The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-18
SYNOPSIS OF TALK
Interesting Address Of the Good Ac-
compIished by Vast Gather
ing Of Worlds Christian
People.

Surprising the speaker in no I'M
certain manner by their presence, an
assemblage of nearly two hundred
gathered In the large auditorium Of
the Westminster Presbyterian church
last evening to listen with intense in
tere5t to the reports and general in
formation about the recent World
Missionary Conference held at Edin-
burgh, Scotland from June IA to %.
C. R. Joy, who had been invited by
the Woman's Missionary Society to
make twenty minute address at the
conclusion Of the regular Wednes-
day evening prayer meeting, was ex-
pecting to address only a gathering
of thirty or forty Presbyterians In
the chapel and the larger gathering
came unexpectedly, though in his
usual interesting manner, Mr.. JOY
was equal to the occasion and the adj
dress was interesting to q degree,
lasting perhaps fifty minutes.
The speaker OF the evening, return.
ed the first week In July from the
world conference Of missions, being
a representative OF the Congregation
al board and was also in attendance
as a member of the international
committee at the worlds conference
of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation held in the same city. Having
been over the ground thoroughly, Mr..
Joy was able to tell in an interest
ing manner about the former con-
ference Acting in connection with
the Woman's Missionary Society of
the Westminster church, a union
prayer meeting of all the protestant
UNCONVENTIONAL churches of the city
was held
w. j. Fulton introduced the speak
er in few brief sentences, following
several choral numbers, and in part,
Mr.. Joy said:
A Wonderful Conference.
Many OF you have been reading
your UNCONVENTIONAL papers and
know about the Edinburgh confer
ence SO it is rather embarrassing
and question as to whom should
speak this evening those who know
the most or those who know the least
about the recent conference. In speak
ing shall try to give you an idea OF
the plan and what the conference
tried to accomplish.
The conference held in Edinburgh
from June 14th to the 23rd was the
third of the series of worlds con-
ferences. The first general mission
airy conference was held In London
In 1883 and the second in New York
In 1900. The initiative for the third
conference was taken by the joint
action Of the Scotch and American
foreign missionary societies and led
to the formation in June 1907 of an
executive committee representing the
societies of Great Britain and Ire
land. A similar committee was Great
ed in the same year for the United
States and Canada. and in the follow
Ing year for the continent of Europe.
Arranging the Features.
The main features of the Edin-
burgh conference were arranged for
by committee of nineteen men who
had charge of the program and other
appointments. The British executive
committee naturally took the leading
part in the preparations for the con-
ference. In order to gain time and
fix as promptly and tremendously as
possible the features of the confer
ence, an international committee of
nineteen members met in Oxford,
England in 1908 and determined the
basis of representation Thirteen
hundred delegates from all over the
world were present at the conference
this year and the interest manifest
ed was the greatest ever seen at a
gathering of this kind An equal
number of representatives as that rep
resenting the delegate figure, were
also present. Thirty countries and 159
foreign mission boards were repre-
sented. The basis of representation
was proportioned as follows Ameri-
can, go; Great Britain, 46, and Ger