The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-09
watson MODERN
DOUBLING THOMAS
DR.. Vance Georgia Populist
for Dccrying Foreign
Missions.
C o M ENDS ROCKEFELLER
Refers to Mlillionairc's Charity
Offer in Address to Union
Theological Students.

"Wherc in all the ages has there
been lnything like the proposition
! made by Rockefeller to turn over his
wealth TO charity" asked DR.. James
/ L. Vance of Newark. y. j., at the
Second Presbyterian Church yesterday
Iafternoon in the course of an unusual
! ly powerful missionary sermon 10 the
tgradunting class of the Union Thco-
logical Seminary. Things never be-
fore Thought Of are being done now.
The modern man Is the finest on the
dies of time Almost infinite are the
daring achievements of men opening
UP fields Of which our ancestors never
dreamed. Here a man digs canal
ut Panama to join two oceans another
plants red flag at the North Pole or
claims to have done 1t.
some day we may cook with I'M
prisoned sunshine. some DAY we may
drive our factories with the power
that is behind the tides. Edison tells
us that the day viii come when all
manual labor will be replaced with
machinery. and men will be nothing
more than superintcndents. 1t may
he that lie is right when he says that
we are but pgmles to what We snail
lie in later ages.
"One of the ronlances OF the moderh
world is the devotion of medical men
TO the furthering of their science They
do not hesitate to yield up their lives
for the sake of acquiring knowledge
that will uplft humanity Tubercu-
losis has had to yield its secret. and in
time the white plague will disappear
from our field of fears"
Defends Mission Work.
After pointing out by further eX-
amples that the world is making
titanic strides toward that perfection
which will come to it's ronsummation
in the second dominion OF Christ, Dr.
Vance vigorously assailed those who
have sneered at foreign missions.
Many of those who believe that
the church is doing nothing along
charitable lines for the betterment OF
those who ought to be npliftcd' both
here and abroad. know nothing about
what the church is doing. The editor
of the Portland Oregonian. always
ready. to discredit organized Chris
tianity. attacked recently the VIII OF
the late Mr.. Kennedy. of New YORK,
saving that he might better have left
III 10 scientific charity than TO mere
church board. The truth is that Mt.
Kennedy spent much Of his life In TINS
scientific charity work and knew fui!
well that the church stood behind 1t
when Thomas f. Watson. of Geor-
gia, decries foreign missions we may
we'll ask IL there is not something
worse than Populism the matter with
him. He is our modern doubling
Thomas. and I wish that he might
come in contact with some of our mis-
sionaries and touch them and see how
real is the quality of their great
work"
Diplou,ns for Twelve.
Twelve bachelors of divinity VIII go
out from the chapel of the Union inc
illogical Seminary on "Wednesday. me
commencement exercises of that lnsu-
tuition have already begun, the oacca
laureate sermon having been preached
by Rev. D. Clay Lilly yesterday az lhe
seminary The missionary address was
delivered yesterday afternoon in the
Second Presbyterian Church by KEY.
Jas. l. Vance. of Newark. n. j., VINO
received his degree from the seminary
Just twenty-four years ago
The annual meeting of the board OF
directors takes place on TUESDAY
morning at 10 o'clock. That evening
at comes the students reception, the
social event of commencement week.
On "Wednesday the final exercises
start at ii o'clock. Rev Newton Don
aldson. of Huntington, w. Va, mem
Der of the seminary board, will make
the address to the graduating class
The degrees will be delivered by
George w. Watts of Durham. N. G.,
president of the board.
Three of the graduating class have
dedicated their lives to the cause OF
foreign missions. One will soon sail
to China. while the others are to begin
their work in Africa.
Many alumni of the institution viii
be present for the final exercises.