New-York tribune., 1910-01-17
PLEDGE TO MISSIONS
LAYMEN'S MOTEMENT
Has GREAT THRONG.
Greater Nesc York VII In
crease Its Offering from
$4,000 to S725, 900.

1t is doubtful if any meeting just like
the one held in the Hippodrome yester-
day afternoon ever before was seen, at
least in Greater New York Oi,- of the
speakers extended the geographical pos
sibiities to include the North American
continent
1t was a mass meeting for men of the
Greater New York convention of the lay
mems missionary movement What
drew those men by the thousands? The
immense stage IS we'll as the balcony
boxes and orchestra of the Hippodrome
were crowded. The subject of foreign
missions took them to the meeting; the
need for extending the work of foreign
missions was the sole theme of the
speakers, and the resolution passed by
the convention binding this town to in
crease by s325,o00 its cash offering to
the cause of foreign missions during
this year was adopted with great en-
thusiasm by a standing vote The sum
promised is S725.0Oo The amount
given to foreign missions by the various
denominations of this city last year was
S4OO, 600.
Although it IS not possible to serve
God and Mammon it is possible to serve
God with Mammon, was the pervadng
sentiment, preached with peculiar power
by laymen and applauded in most re-
sounding and frequent fashion by the
listeners Not a woman was present.
The few songs that were sung were rem
dered by three thousand men who want
ed to sing. They stood, the better to do
So The result was something to reach
the heart Perhaps it aided the speak
ers. each of whom, using no notes, gath
efed inspiration from the spontaneity
and strength of the applause of the vast
audience until he seemed carried out of
himself by the greatness of his theme
CLERGY AND LAITY.
Bishops, rectors and ministers were on
the platform, but laymen made the ad-
dresses. Bishop Darlington offered the
benediction. William Jay schieffein
presided. Among those present were
Bishop Thomas B. Neely and Bishop
Robinson, of India; the Rev DIR. George
Alexander, the Rev. DR.. Wallace Nc
MILAN. the Rev. DIR. Silas McBee. AL
fred Z. Maring, Colonel ]. J. Janeway.
William Fellowes Morgan, Gilbert Col
gate and Dr. George Heber Jones, of
Corea. The speakers We're George s
Eddy, of India; j. Campbell White. gen
eral secretary of the laymen's mission
airy movement, and DR.. j. A MacDon-
aid, editor of the Toronto (Canada)
Globe" Stephen Baker offered the res
OH Int
greater New York to increase it's CON
tributions for foreign missions this year
from 100000 to at least $725,OOO.
Mr.. SCheffeln said the evangelization
of the world in this generation. the oh
jeCt of the convention did not mean the
conversion of every one, but it meant
that every living creature should have
the opportunity to decide whether or not
he would become a Christian.
At the close of an mpassioned appeaI
DIR. Macdonald said that America would
vet control the peace of the world Can
ada was ready to evangelze her share
of the world, he said New York, how
ever, must lead the way If the United
States would share in the uplift of man
kind we must overleap, he said, our ex-
clusion laws and go through our tariff
walls and in Asia, Africa and South
America create new centres of spiritual
influence.
MISSIONS AS INVESTMENTS.
Mr.. Eddy told of missionary work in
India, where, he said, one hundred boys
could be put through college for the sum
required to educate an American boy at
one of the great universities. He talked
on Missions as an Investment He
said:
A hundred years ago we sent the first
missionaries to China. Our trade with that
country totals nearly S50,000,00o and is rap
place large orders for new navy, and
will construct more railways in the next
decade than any country in the world.
To raise the standard of living in China
to that of ours would be equivalent to the
creation of five Americas for our trade
alone.
American commodities are found in the
heart of India and China, miles from the
railway, and our trade alone receives
tenfold return from all that is spent III
missions Dr.. John f. Goucher, president
emeritus of the Woman's College. of Balt-
more, has invested 100000 in missions in
India.
To-day there is a community of $1,000
souls gathered out of idolatry and heath
erism and unspeakable degradation in an
enlightened moral community. where life
is worth living. as the result of the invest
ment os this one man. Missions are a pay
ing proposition
Where can we find investment that
will yield a hundred fold in this life, and
In the world to come eternal life?
BASIS OF INSPIRATION
Mr.. Whites subject was The Signih-
cameo of the National Missionary Cam
pagn."
Next June, only a month after this
tionai campaign eliminates at Chicago,
world missionary conference will be held
at Edinburgh. where the principles and
methods tested and proved in this cam
paign viii become the common knowledge
of the leaders of all Christian forces
throughout the world
Tidings of what you do here to-day and
curing the coming weeks in your indiVid-
ual churches will he carried 10 the remot-
est corners of Christendom for the inspi-
ration and guidance of others.
Not only does the world need saving;
the Church also needs saving, in many
cases from materalisH, from rationalism,
from Journalism and from Indifference 10
the will of God The mightiest lever TO
lift the whole Church into a vital. Virile,
conquering force IN the world is the chal-
lenge of the worlds need
The biggest thing IN the world is the
world If that fails TO call forth man
efforts and resources, even God has moth
ing greater left with which to arouse and