Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
STANDARD STANDS
Convention Of 1907 Made Permanent
Organization by It's Men.
DINNER AND MEETING BIG EVENT
same esder of Presbyterian Church
Gather Here to Celebrate what
Was Done and DO More for
Foreign Missions.

One hundred million souls for the Pres
byterian church alone to preach to in this
generations; the evangelisation Of the world
in this generation. 1900 missionaries;
the giving of s. by every member
Of The church: the raising Of $6,OOO,-
600 for this crusade Of salvation in
foreign lands-this is the Omaha stan
dard' analysed. the standard espoused by
the Presbyterian Mems Missionary con-
vention that met In Omaha February
1874, 1907, and which was made permanent
last night, crystalized into the Omaha
Standard Mems Missionary Clu Of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States
Of America by $50 men OF various places
at the First church.
Three years ago under the directing in
fluence Of DR.. Charles E. Bradt, field sec
rotary of the Board Of Foreign Missions.
1,034 men composed this convention at the
Auditorium in Omaha; they came from
nearly every state and some from foreign
lands. The idea of the convention was
that stated above. The meeting last night
was to make permanent the convention as
an organization and this was done by the
adoption Of bylaws and a constitution and
the election of officers. These officers
were chosen:
President, Rev. w. S. Marquis. d. D.,
Rock Island, ILL.,. vice president, Rev. A. B.
Marshall, d. D., Minneapolis; secretary,
Rev. Charles e. Bradt. d. D., Chicago:
treasurer, Robert Dempster, Omaha.
The constitution provides that the club,
whose official title is stated above. shall
meet in Omaha annually as near the date
of the original convention as possible.
Dinner Before MeetiaR.
Preceding the meeting last night the men
dined in the basement room OF the First
church. The meeting was presided over
by Rev. e. H. jerks, d. D., pastor of the
First church. who was chairman of the
local, and Rev. NJ. v. Higbee, D.. d.
Rev. A. w. Halsey, d. D., OF New York,
secretary Of the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions and one of the giants of
the church, was the first speaker. His
subject was The Outlook for the Worlds
Evangelization in this Generation" DR..
Halsey made the Auditorium ring with his
eloquence and his hearers made It ring
again and again with their applause.
ut is 8, mans outlook" was the keynote
Of DR.. Halsey's address. He recited facts
and figures as showing the marvellous pro-
gress foreign missions were making in
every land; how the heathens were adopt
ing Christianity; how they were carrying
on the work in their own countries and
how the biggest men Of brain and money
the world over were giving Of their time
and means to the work.
Much had been said during the evening
Of the fnct that the First church of Omaha
had attained the Omaha standard" and
DR.. Halsey commended this, but he pointed
TO a church over in Korea that was giving
so much more that what Omaha's First
church was doing was insignificant.
He brought out the fact of how all the
churches were working together on for
eign fields. AS he expressed 1t, 1--WE have
a great religious trust in those lands and
will not compete with each other in this
work among the, heathens."
Dr.. Marquis Makes a Hit.
DIR. Marquis spoke on The Omaha Con-
vention Standard and the New Missionary
Era" He said it was a standard trust,
but not Standard oil. He provoked great
laughter by a timly anecdote.
When 1 went home from that Omaha
convention three years ago and laid the
standard Of IS a member before my peo-
ple," said he, some of them said 1t was
too much. 1 asked them If they were as
good as Catholics. They thought they
were. 1 told them the Catholics refrained
from eating meat on Friday. l figured
that by cutting out meat one day each
family would save at least 90 cents
for that day. They caught the spirit
and one man told me later that by
eliminating meat on Friday he not only
saved the 80 cents for his Omaha Stand
ard but made Is cents on the side by the
Zeal, for his meat had cost him 20 cents
a day"
He cited many Illustrations to prove the
existence of the new era and said as DR..
Jenks had said in his opening address,
that nothing Omaha ever did gave it such
wholesome advertising as the holding of
this convention.
DIR. Bradt made a report Of the events
leading up to the 1907 convention and the
results flowing out from 1t. He cited a
long list of churches that had broker rec
ords in foreign missionary giving and
showed that In every one of these churches
was at least one man-clergyman or lay
man-who was a delegate to that 1907 con-
vention. He gave much credit to the news
papers for their help in publishing the af-
fairs of this convention and the events OF
the missionary cause. He showed that the
convention of 1907 was the first meeting Of
the kind ever held
Other speakers, DIR. jerks to begin with.
had shown that this laymen's movement
and other kindred movements for advano-
ing the work of missions had followed in
the wake of this convention which had
carried the name of Omaha to all quarters
of the globe.
DR.. Bradt, ]. II. Franklin of Omaha, DR..
MARQUIS and possibly Robert Dempster of