Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-11
LIVED THROUGH AVALANCHE
Returned Missionary Has Marvellous
Adventure in Turkey.
ONLY ONE MAN WAS LOsrT
Five Hundred Delegates from Great
Britain Expected 90 Attend the
second baptist worlds
Congress.

BY d. V. FRANCIS
NEW YORK. Dec. l0.-tspeciai to The
Bee -After seven years 81 hnraSh.t, and
self-sacrifice in one Of the most primitive
parts Of the world the Rev H. W. Nc
Doweu has returned to England to view
the wonderful advance made by civiliza-
ton.
Rev. Mr.. Mcdowell is "a missionary who
for twenty-three years has been engaged
in trying 20 drive the doctrine Of Presby-
terianism into the Moslem heart Of Asiatic
Turkey.
Rev Mr. Mcdowell finds that even In
this speed-mad epoch modern invention has
enabled no man 70 attain the speed record
he made in a land where the splitter OF
electricity and the odor OF gasoline have
never intruded. When he sped through the
air more than 5000 feet IN less than one
minute, he rode on the breast Of an avail
anche, and had as his travelling COM
panions in the unequaled flight seventeen
native burden bearers, who lived TO tell
the tale and ono who is lost.
Rev. Mr.. Mcdowell is stationed at Uru-
MA. Persia, but his work carries him
> across the border liae into the land Of
the Kurds. the picturesque nomadio tribes
OF Asia Minor. He made his wonderful
ARteu NeNNFu from Nue App 70 me boNloiA
Of Mount Ardanush. n central Kurdistan.
a mountain which in the terror OF native
travellers.
The work Of Rev. Mr. Mcdowell lies in
the mountain districts where the stall
wart. excitement loving Kurds live like the
feudal barons OF the middle ages Kurds
are the despair Of the young Turks. who
are trying to modernize and civilize their
country.
Mr.. Mcdowell and his cavalcade OF
twenty -nine burden bearers and guides
found themselves on the summit OF Mount
Ardanush The party had broken camp
before daybreak TO start the ascent, and
at p. m. they stopped on the very top
of the peak TO look down its wickedly
preeipitous side All the year round Ar
danush is crowned with snow.
slide started suddenly.
After the Monday MONDAY lunch and
smoke the men started on the hard trip,
the guide leading the band was a few fee,
ahead Of Rev. Mr. Mcdowell, when the
mountain peaks seemed TO CULVER and a
mighty sound echoed from valley to valley
as the great avalanche let loose.
From the eleven men clinging perilously
10 the top ledge OF that mile-high mountain
peak. their fellow travellers disappeared az
uEnLulnk GUS HGEOHa the SKY N0Eus Idi-
not measure the power of the awful crash, "
said Mr.. Mcdowell. Then absolute dark
ness IN the heart OF the snow dust a gale
4 that cut into the marrow as I passed
through inky space. We were bouncing
over snow-eovered rocks. finally. as II we
were in the NAV OF some huge monster
twisted tossed and shot back and forth
Once my body doubled up like a jack
knife and pitched forward. A second later
shot out in the air. Ny ears, nose and
mouth were filled with snow. Turks are
doing wonders for their country Three
years ago" said Mr.. Mcdowell, II never
Travelled without q guard. Last winter
went from Van to Beirut without guard
But, Of course, the influence OF the younE
Turk has not been felt in Kurdistan. This
IL still a land Of what we would term
bandits.'
British Baptists Coming strong.
At the second Baptist World congress, &c
be held in Philadelphia next June. IL IL
expected that 900 British delegates will be
present. At the recent Russian Baptist
convention in ST. Petersburg. fifty dele
gates were selected, Of whom Il is said
that twenty-eight have suffered imprison'
rnent or exile Tor their Baptist faith Tt
~ enable these poor and prosecuted Baptist
sentatives to Philadelphia. the Bapdsts Of
the United States have subscribed a tunt
OF f2.OOO. The president OF the Baptist
World alliance, DR.. Clifford, win preside
over the congress.
Preacher 10 LumbeFjacks.
There tn no more interesting person en-
gaEed in evangenistc work than Rev
Francis Il. Higgins, sky pilot of the "Lum'
bertaeks." who had been speaking before
mammoth audiences in Chicago and IN
New York and other cities.
The woodland campaign OF the "sky
pilot" as the loggers can hirn, has reached
5000 men in Minnesota alone, and per
haps as many as 10000 throughout tbs
country. His vigorous. red-blooded ap-
peals have won wide reputation.
Report on Welsh Church.
The report OF the Welsh church com
mission OF which R5oo copies have been
distributed by the Liberty eociety shows
that the church IN Wales has lgs clergy
men, t.5l6 churches, Sls mission rooms
with seating Accommodations for ESsiT, The
membership Of the four larger denomina-
tons other than the church OF England Is
Haptists 1885. Calvinistc Methodists no.
az consreEationaIlsts. 1883, Wesleyan
Methodists 40sii Smaller denominations
Ias70
Besides these Free ehurchmen. more thar
half q million In number. there are out
eide the church by law established the
members OF the salvation army and also
the congregations OF the Roman Catholic
church, numbering 64,eoo
EnEIiah Preacher called.
The Rev. John Jeffrey tombstone. Phi
d. r. Il. @. s.. Of London, has accepted q
call fro mthe old First Presbyterian church
OF Huntington. L. l. Recently. while speak
ing to a trustee Of the American Board OF
Missions, he expressed a desire 20 visit and
preach IN a typical old American church
Il know the very church, said the
trustee. THE old First church at Hunting
ton Is without pastor and you can sup
ply there"
Week OF United Prayer.
The Evangelical alliance has issued the
annual Invitation for a week Of united and
universal prayer, setting the time for Jan
uary ! 70 = The subjects 70 be considered
are sunday January ], The Fatherhood
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