The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
INCREASE FOREIGN MISSIONS
All Churches Of the State Agreed to
the idea Of Doubling Foreign
Mission Money.

the Idea Of Doubling Foreign
Mission Money.
Thursday evening concluded the
Laymens' Missionary convention,
which was in session for two days,
The Methodist church contained a
great concourse of men for the last
meeting and it was an. enthusiastic
one throughout. DR.. j. R. Trimble
presided owe the meeting, which was
started with a song service.
Three splendid addresses were Civ
IN during the evening that were lis
tened to intently. John Merrill spoke
on The Regeneration Of Turkey
and vas an intensely interesting re-
view Of the country from a religious
standpoint. To make the regenration
the more picturesque Mr.. Merrill de-
scribed the earlier conditions Of that
country, of the massacres which were
precipitated against the Armenians,
and these were horrible pictures
drawn from actual existence in that
country.
DR.. M. D. Eubank is a strong be-
lever in the future of the Chinese
empire from a religious and from g
commercial standpoint. His presen-
tatton of the advancement of that
country through the various avenues
was something interesting because
he told of its advancement in a way
fh0t fnrW0rC1l hi~ 49, -
knew just what he was talking about.
DR.. Eubank said that the Chinese are
waiting for America to come to their
rescue, to educate them in religion
and business and the customs of our
country. What DR.. Eubank wanted
the Christians of this country to do
was to first implant the religion of
our country SO firmly in the hearts
of the Chinese that the nation will
be saved from the encrochments of
other religions which do not satisfy
the longing.
George Heber Jones gave the clos
ing address of the Missionaries in his
strong presentation of the message
from Korea. MI. Jones has spent
many years in that country and his
presentation of the work accomplish
ed in that country gave strong hope
and courage of greater advancement
Of the kingdom. His outlook was in
deed hopeful.
Bishop johnson of the Episcopal
church of the state, made the clos
Ing address and gave evidence of his
full faith in the ultimate success of
the Laymens' Missionary Movement.
Increasing Money for Missions.
G. d. Hardy, as chairman of the
committee appointed by the laymen
to arrange for the policy to be fol-
lowed, presented the report, and fol-
lowing him came the statements of
the various denominations.
This policy was placed before the
denominations during the MONDAY
meal and was discussed during the
session which followed. The policy
presented was a change in the giving
OF the foreign mission Offering, maxi
Ing 1t a weekly collection through the
duplex envelope system and u
largest possible educational, financial
and spiritual results when properly
introduced.
Representatives of the church we're
called and went forward to state what
they intended to do. The result was
that all the churches of the state rep
resented In the convention. namely
the Baptists, Congregationalists.
M~ethodists. Lutherans, Presbyter-
ians and E~piscopalians agreed to In
crease their foreign missions from
$4,000 of last ear to 5000 for
the coming year. This was endors-
ed by the entire convention, and thus
as a result of this laymens' movement
foreign missions will receive that
much Of an increase for the coming
year, and it is confidently believed
b a the succeeding years will he
even more fruitful.
The churches of this city last year
raised $1,000 for foreign missions
and they pledged that the coming
year would be increased to $4,000.
and the reports made out at the meet
Ing indicate that already the sum
pledged will be something over that
amount.
DR.. Trimble thanked the men very
cordially for what they had accom-
plished, an d congratulated the
churches of the state on the LOYALTY
Of their men.
Rev. Mr.. Tiegen, of Aberdeen, at
the head of the Evangelical church,
made a report on missions in that
church at Aberdeen stating that the
l34 members recently contributed
1870 in 80 minutes for mission work
and last year the n of the
church in the state contributed $3.50
per capita for missions. i
Bisnop Johnson pronounced tho
benediction which brought the con-
vention to a successful fnality.
The convention and the prelimin-
airy work has been un Ter the super
vision of a central cooperating com
mittee, which has worked early and
late to make the convention a sue
cess, and that it has heen there IS no
question. That it will result in a
great good to South Dakota as al