Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23

work in Algeria and told of some of the
difficulties encountered in teaching
Christianity. He said that the Sunday
school where he is located contains about
children to become converted were girls.
Work Through the Children.
''They are longing for something better
than they have ever had declared DR..
H. H. Coates, a missionary from Japan.
who was the principal speaker last night
at Mckendree Church. The people OF
Japan want more moral power. Their
thoughts are turning more and more to-
ward Christianity every year."
DR.. Coates told of the extensive educa.
| tional system of japan, and of the great
student population of its capital.
Our missionaries gain access to many
| homes in Japan through the children
| who are members of the kindergartens.
declared DR.. Coates. while missions
| have been established in most of the
larger cities, there are still thousands of
| smaller cities and towns in which the
evangelists have not yet labored. The
country presents about the finest evan
| gelistic opportunity of any country in the
world, although the ultimate evangelical
ton of the country must be done by the
People in Japan, he said, are aggressive
and they do not like it to be said that
they are behind any other country. They
| keep their Notifications in good shape
and look to their armament, although
! they have no desire or intention of going
to war with the United States despite so
many published statements to the con-
| trary.
| Il hope the people of the United States
will show Japan an example in Christian
arma ment," said the missionary, and
let Christian peace be the great bene-
diction.'
| Rev. f. Eourner Allen of Toledo. Ohio.
| also spoke about missions, and he urged
| his hearers to always do what they can
| to promote the work of foreign missions
Spreading Gospel in Turkey.
| A large congregation attended the serv-
ices in the First Congregational Church
and displayed great interest in the adj
| dresses made by Rev. Wallace McMullen,
| New York city and Rev. ]. P McNaugh-
ton of the Turkish mission. The neces-
| sity and value of foreign missions were
forcibly and eloquently presented by both
speakers
the general subject. while DR.. McNaugh-
| ton spoke with special reference to the
| progress of missions in Asia Minor. In
advocating the spread of the gospel Dr.
| McMullen particularly urged the I'm.
pOrtanCe of the many millions OF Brah-
| mans. Buddhists and Mohammedans. The
success of missionary work among the
| benighted people in the orient means. he
! said. that they will be a blessing to the
world instead of a menace.
| DR.. McNaughtOn, who was introduced
as "a missionary statesman. gave an in
tereSting review of the steady growth OF
Christianity in Asia Minor in spite of
| the tyranny, wrong and oppression which
| had marked its rise and progress Mod
| ern civilization. he said. owed much to
the people of Turkey and the east. es-
pecialy in the matters of architecture,
| sculpture and other arts.
Former Commissioner Henry B. F.
Mcfarland. in an address delivered yes
terday morning before the Sunday school
| of the Lutheran Church of the Reforma-
ton on Capitol Hill. named Theodore
American Sunday school. Mr.. Macfar-
land spoke of the value of Sunday
school work in making for better men
| and women. and of the importance of
| the youth mastering the lessons which
are offered for study.
Besides Mr.. Mcfarland. W. A. Eudaly
of Middletown. Ohio, member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Sunday school
| convention and H. F. Kenny. general
secretary Of the Sunday School Associa-
ton of Alberta. Canada. SDke briefly of
the value of the work in the modern
Sunday school.
Men in Sunday Schools.
The congregation at the Emmanuel
Baptist Church, 10th street and Column
bia road, last night was addressed by
Rev. w. c. Pierce of Chicago and Miss
Barakat of Mount Lebanon, Syria.
Rev. Pierce spoke on the mems Sum
| day school classes. saying that in the
| last five years more than five hundred
| thousand men had joined Sunday school
| classes. He also spoke on the religious
| education of the children, urging the
mothers and fathers to be more exact
| in the training of the younger genera
| ton.
Miss Barakat spoke of the customs of
| the orientas and their religion.
Mr.. Carl F. Staugh of Milwaukee sang
a solo and, Miss Grace Spielman played
a cornet solo. being accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. H. A Coombs
| Services at the Petworth NJ. E. Church,
| Rev. William a. Hay, pastor, were con-
Quoted by Rev. Raymond a. Carhart, a
missionary in the Mexican field, and Rev.
James E. Bird. pastor of the Golf Memo
| rial NJ. E. Church, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Teachers Needed in India.
| Principal interest in the missionary
meeting at the Calvary Baptist Church
attached to the address of Prof j. r.
Chitambar. professor of English at Reid
Christian College. Calcutta. He spoke of
the necessity for a competent corps Of
teachers and missionaries in India, in
order that the strenuous struggles OF
Buddhism and Mohammedanism to secure
absolute sway in that great territory may
| be overcome.
| Thousands of converts to Christianity
have been secured he declared. land
yet other thousands will accept the teach
| ines of the Bible as the field of our work.
ers is extended. The next ten fifteen
years constitute the critical time in India.
nd hoh nNyroS nd
| churches throughout America to lend
every aid in their power to the mission
aries on the firing line among the mill
| lions of tribesmen between Calcutta and
| the Himalayas." Rev. Ernest Deroset of
England also made a special address be-
fore the Calvary congregation.
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