Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-07-23
MISSIONARY NOTES
by Secretary Jordan.


To AN my foilow-vorkers in the Lord
Greetings.
] rejoice 90 tell you. by the grace
OF God. I ann at the Office again from
the great World Missionary Confer
encc lu Edinburgh Scotland. Th0mp-
son Naugu and Phillip Koti. two
students from South Africa have
also arrived. The Bouoy BOYS have
been detained, but viii Dee here at
an early date. Twelve hundred dele
gates from an over the world were
in attendance az the Worlds Con
ference. They represented 100 Diff
teront churches and organizations.
over one hundred of them were men
and women from the frOut-missiOn-
aries who had spent years on the
field. For ten days the meetings con
unued. The assembly hall of the
United Free Church. which seats
three thousand persons, was filled
three times each day Besides this
chief meeting of the delegates. there
We're regular sessions maintained at
the synod Han belonging 20 the City
of Edinburgh, and another gathering
.at the assembly han of the Establish
ed Church OF Scotland These two
meetings together had a regular at
tendance of az least 900 OF the
1900 delegates coo represented
American churches and societies.
This was due 10 the fact that repre-
sentation was in accordance with the
amount contributed for work among
non-Christians, by the various
churches and societies. The United
figures prepared by the conference.
gave nearly one-half of the total
amount contributed for foreign mis-
sions. These figures were based on
the reports OF 1907. The contribu-
tions OF America have increased from
$9,776,3O5 in 1907 TO $11,3I7,OOO
In 1903. AS a result OF this large
representation. American methods
received a good deal OF attention.
II was truly a representative world
conference. In talking OF missions
the world was regarded as a single
unit-'One great neighborhood" as
John r. Mott put it. This world is
not much larger than one-third the
size il was in the last generation. 4"
A letter from Bro. Murf dated
June 14th says: 1925 will pay off
our entire Indebtedness here. A let
ter from Mr.. Lewis Bouey and one
from Dr. Majola Agbbi make pa
thetic appeals for immediate relief.
Is there not some man OF God in
every association and convention
meeting who will think OF the last
loving command Of our LORD and
the needs of these suffering workers
in regions beyond and see TO it that
no Baptist gathering adjourns with
out giving something for this work
One OF the first remarks heard
from our brethren on dropping into
the Office was: at --- as
ISOLATION only four churches sent in
twenty-five cents each for foreign
missions, and the brethren would not
turn even this small amount over
TO me SO I might bring 1t to the
work"
oh, when will this heartless thiev-
ishness cease in Baptist gatherings?
Is there not danger of the Almighty
paraiyZing the fingers and whitening
the bodies-indeed distorting the
whole being OF these professed fol-
lowers of His who Will not give to
the work themselves Su1 ihen steal
that which these give whose hearts
are prompted by the love OF Christ
to have Him known to all men?
We call upon the churches. pas
tors and all who love the Lord to
send something. IL only a postage
stamp, that the work may go on.
The Foreign Mission Board to make