The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-09

MANY CHRISTIAN
WORKERS NEEDED
Foreign Fields Ready for Mis-
sionaries to Spread the
Gospel of Christ.
CONDITIONS IN AFRICA
FOUR SPEAKERS ENTERTAIN
CONVENTION sPIRlTEDLY.

A survey of the mission Held by mis-
sionaries from the front" was the fea-
ture of yesterdays forenoon session of
the laymen's missionary convention.
Four speakers were heard, Rockwell
Clancy, George Heber Jones, Thomas
Moody and Nj. d. Eubank, these telling
of the work and accomplishments in
the missionary movement in India,
Korea, Africa and China
The session was held In the First
Methodist church with the Rev. George
Hebe.' Jones presiding. In the opening
of the session the assembly took part in
a scriptural reading, which was fol-
lowed by congregational singing and
then five minutes of prayer.
In his Introduction of the speakers.
DIR. Jones referred to the banquet of
Monday night and the addresses made
ON that occasion. The prominent dis
play of a banner bearing the legend,
The evangelizatiOn of the world in this
generation" also attracted the atten-
ton of the chairman.
DIR. Rockwell Clancy. whose service
i'm the missionary field includes twenty
six years in India, was the first speak
er. In the 300000.000 population of In
dia, forming one-fifth of that of the
world, DR. Clancy stated that where
twenty-five years ago there were not
100 Christians, there are now over 100,
900 in one district alone. He tod of the
long struggle of the missionaries in the
uplifting movement, and the. success
that is being attained.
Condition CT Africa.
The Rev. Thomas Moody, from long
experience in the mission field of Afri
ca, talked interestingly of conditions
n iaic of
ception. which he expressed as focus
ing in the point of Africa being a coun-
try rather than a continent in itself
he gave d new idea of the darkened
land. The Rev. Mr.. Moody related the
story of the going out of the eight mis-
sionaries in response to the call of STAN
ley, in his continuation of the work of
Livingstone. Detailing the growth Of
the evangelical movement through At
RIGA, the speaker pointed out that today
there are 500 missionaries scattered
throughout Africa and $4,000 church
members. who, only a few years ago.
we're held under the shadow of heathen-
ism. The conflict in Africa today, ac-
cording to Mr.. Moody, is no longer be-
tween the forces of Paganism and Mo-
hammedanisTn, but between the Mo-
hammedans and Christians.
Need Men in Korea.
That the necessity of the missionary
in Korea is centered more upon the
character of the Koreans rather than
upon a territorial estate, was the argu-
ment of DR.. George Heber Jones of the
Korean field, and who followed DR..
Moody. The missionaries, DR.. Jones
commended. had evidenced a marked
material relief and benefit in the Ko-
rean country. Where a few years ago
ignorance prevailed, the missionaries
have brought about a more intelligent
condition and have aided and assisted
materially in the betterment and i'm
provement Of social and economic con-
ditiOns. Many of the converted KO-
reans had, too, according to the speak
er, shown the strength of their belief IN
Christianity IN the substantial manner
of supporting the church.
DR.. NJ. D. Eubank made strong plea
in his review of conditions in the China
mission field. DR.. Eubank would like
TO see 1900 missionaries volunteer fol-
service in China. this number being in
the ratio of one missionary for each
$4,000 Chinese in the empire. In his
talk DR.. Eubank referred to the history
Of the Chinese people and their religious
leader, COnfucius. and pointed out thai
owing to the ingrained beliefs of the
Chinese the task of converting them IS
hampered and slow, in the face of ira
dition. The planting of a school, pat
termed after the public school of Amer
sca, was detailed with the success In
the imperial edict that created some
10000 public schools throughout the EN-
pire The missionary doctors" too
according to Mr.. Eubank, have played
an important part in the bringing o.
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