Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-08
.LAYMEN GATHER
TO HEAR PLANS
Religious Workers From Far
Lands Tell OF Work Done
And to be Done.
THE CROSS is ADVANCING
In hrica. Korea, China, India and
other Heather Countries American
Christians Are az the Front

I
| The Lsymen's Missionary convention.
which opened It's sessions On this city
| last night with q banquet al the First
| Presbyterian church, held its first reg
ular session this morning In the First
! Methodist church with the Rev
| George Heber Jones. "a missionary from
! Korea. presiding Following this morn
! lugs session. a luncheon and confer
! eucc Tor an ministers was held at the
| Wilson hotel 90 be followed by sos-
sion 100 the First methodist church at
-.ao this afternoon. At this session
| the question Of How 20 enlist the
men Of the church In the work OF
cvangelizing the world" was consider
ed. The following agencies were con
sidered by the speakers: The pastor as
leader. the missionary committee. def
mite missionary education. missionary
literature, business system and tho
every member canvass. The speaker
on the program for this discussion
we're 5. Earl Taylor OF New York. ST
j.. Eubank Of China and Dr. C. T.
Brandt Of Chicago. A dinner NJ $50
| NJ the flfht Methodist church for the
general committee and invited guests
Us % follow this afternoons session
and az 1;45 DIT Heber Jones OF Korcn
| VIII speak on "Korea's Message 10 the
! World. Or. Jones will be followed
by George Sherwood Eddy. speaking ON
the subject The Awakening Of Asia"
MORNING SESSION.
The session this morning began with
a scripture reading. the assembly tax
Ing part Congregational singing fol-
lowed and this was succeeded by five
minutes on prayer The regular pro-
gram or the morning was then taken
up. The plan called for "a survey OF
the world field by missionaries from
the 'front.' The following mission
fields were included India Rockwell
Ciancy' Korea, George Heber Jones;
| Africa, Thomas Moody
Or. Jones, in opening. recalled the
addresses Of last evening, saying that
those present were deeply stirred. brinc
ING 70 the auditors "a sense OF the re-
sponsibility that rests on every man
| Referring 10 a banner prominently dis
played, he said Il must certainly strike
those who see it with the Importance
or the duty confronting them The
banner referred % bore the legend.
The cvangelization Of the world In this
generation" DR. Jones then presented
Or Clancy, for 26 years in India
| Or. Clancy, speaking Of the work Ina
india, said these days are days OF
practical works When he first went
20 India, he found Il rare 20 meet
Americans there-now he said Amer
leans are found there In great numbers
enjoying the delightful climate OF the
cooler months. when flowers are ever
| In bloom-a season Of four months IL
the tourists would remain over Their.
the other eight months OF the year.
when IL n intolerably hot, they would
better realize the problems confronting
the missionaries working In that field
| II is possible 20 travel throughout India
today without guides, for az every one
| Of the great number of railroad sta
tons coolies are found who speak Eng
fish Too many Of the tourists. however
| travel over the country too fast he
| said. and do not know tho people AS
they should know them.
| He told Of "a tourist who asked "A
| hotel clerk n the missions Of India"
had done any good. The hotel clerk
| could not tell him. Then this tourist
| was taken to the home Of DIT Clancy
where he learned how much the mia.
siOns had accomplished and he wa.
| truly amazed. There are 800. 600. 900 Deo-
| pie I'm India. said the speaker. one-ffth
| Of tho population Of the world When
! the missionaries first went there he
| said. tho missionaries did not love the
| people with their nakedness and dark
| SKINS IN answer 10 prayer the mis-
| sionaries were given love for them
| and after e years already spent there.
| he said no longed 10 20 back-hc wa
| homesick-for in the Is years he mad
| already learned 20 love the people and
! hoped 90 return for 20 years more in
| the field. He referred 10 the %. 1000 00l
| IN the low caste who were So over
! wrought by the three upper castles who
| could never achieve anything N 10 were
| not for the missionaries laboring iu
that field.
| The progress that ls being made now
was relatcd-how in the mission schools
low caste children. high caste ami
! Mohammedan boys sit side by side in
! the study of western science and tho
| Bible. The Bible Is the text book aud
! IT'S message 10 the new race OF India
! q marvellous tn Us every consideration.
! Twenty-Five years ago where there
! were not 100 Christians. today there
| are 100 900 Christians lu the district
MISSIONARIES IN AFRICA.
The program was altered 20 give the
| Rev Thomas Moody, Tor many years "a
| missionary in Africa. an opportunity q
| tell OF the work being done there Too
] many people he said, think OF Africa
/ as a country and not as "a continent -
| "a continent as large as America ana
| Europe combined. continent made
| up OF the holdings OF many nations
! as Canada and France part as large
! as the United states. He told OF the
| vast country, It's rivers and railroads,
| and It's people and declared II 90 De
| country now ready 90 receive the uils-
| sionaries In Sc every part ready To-
! receive Christ
The Rev Moody related the clrCum-
! stances OF the departure OF the first
| eight missionaries to Africa In response
! 10 Stanley's call following Living
| stones work there. He told how young
! men were burned. but how since the
/ earliest days the blood OF the martyrs
| has been the pillar Of the church, still
| Christianity has won It's way--descend-
| ants OF murdcrors OF Christians today
| leading in the enlightenment in that
! land and standing at the head OF their
| peoples as kings. Today there arr 500
| missionaries thcref and 1000 church
| members Who were only a few years
| ago heathcns Eighty millions of Mo
| hammedans and as many other peoples
! are yet without preachers among them
| and there is much 20 do now. The
! conflict today is not between Plagiarism
| ana Mohammedanism, but Mohammo-
| danism and Christianity-th problem
I a. ,1,,- for The tavrnou 10 say whefher