The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
antagraph of Worlds Missionary Conference of 1910 ~

,.noudence to The Tribune.
" oJwGH Scotland. June 10
M Mjssionery conference of
a Echa most ausplcious opening
ga Ha.;.sj Free Church Assembly
W Oa ,ns educational and historic
Edinburgh, Scotland, on june @
@T.Js g I q short business session was
n M, the opening meeting
Ms o'clock. Lord Balfour of
|G ,bc, president of the confer.
sip ~;ded at both meetings. and
;ns address in the evening
Ssa;ahed with terse and signifi
f n.,anres. n,s Lord Balfour is not
!.1sIsrIy 1lI a pleasing speaker. but he
!s5..ssly and attractlvely argnmen-
1Is'sIBi Beiug accustomed 30 address
ns..,.smen y. and politicians, his mis-
sidress was Of the statesman
<'e pa.;des its note of unity of
|5 and work in mission fields, If
|fea.nir r union or church (Which,
et,v etwrv 40 dominates the whole
.,,use that / have reserved that
ior one separate artlclel, the
i n Lord Balfour abouuded IN
4 Z 'fsr1eaching statements as the
|Esiue;
4 Balfour Is Heard.
. so,. 20 do nothing else than
H. w IN The minds OF Christian peo-
n@p- pc-rcst is the variety of prob
pon pos,c6 have to bc faced. this con-
y VIM SanIJ not be without its use. In
|caos |caoso,IssIon NvII with which j have had
car.cally 20 deal this point is
~ s,s Illustrated. There Is the prob
'pt9g gn.rnnnial difficulty, Of the duo re-
g he civil and the spiritual power
~ %Saesd You may have a civilized
n.ant With a civilized and yet not
:n,pn asns" "ncople, you man have an an
4 s,s ~ backward civilization like that
>xirs or you may have a Christian
,rmrut ruling over a Mohammedah
dirS,l population. There arc euro
: pro,ectorates over regions az YET
. = - SnucIyIlized, and In the varying de-
= Of civilization every eiass or NaiE-
'-.s,sm is presented for consideration
= VodJ sss dJscusslon. Cast your minds 10
. ~ ~ China. TO India, TO the Dutch
~. I,ass 10 the specially MohsmmcGan
IL an tho continent of Asia. such,
-.ppsnorle rs Persia and Turkey. Egypt
I, ,Ss soudau. TO North Africa. Cen
Z, ,gr,cs " East Africa, West Africa, and
I I p.a,,,h' n AFRICA. and you will find that
A. .,ue io saw that the difficulties with
5S you arc confronted vary not so
4 Mn the political, but with the re-
~ differences.
Csrtsin Spheres the Same.
~. are certain spheres OF civil gov
-<rt which arc practically the same
-1vhcre. There arc missions which
's the samc object, but the difficult
I, which arise mainly from the fact
I, IN so few OF those cases which l
n mentioned does the government &C
,,rIedge In the abstract the principle of
's,ou of conscience. You cannot in
4 natter lay down even the most gen
!, principles which will carry your fur
4 than the threshold OF questions Of
n varying degrees Of difficulty and
uEaton with which you are con-
--ipd The government may be ueU-
1 \ may be hostile. il may vary from
J lczest to the highest civilization.
1 affcuitics with those under IFS sway.
fzeto tne fauaiicism with which they
& 10 their own beliefs.
Awakening IN the EaSt.
ik. me pass TO another point, By com
D uusen; there IS just now a great
rrtuIty. Nations In the cast are
1ken,ng. They are looking for two
t-E They are looking for enlighten-
= ard for liberty, Christianity alone
u religions meets these demands in
Z hghssl degree. (Applause,) There
|rn be Christianity without liberty,
liberty without at least the restraint
'0ristiau ideals is full OF danger. There
q poTer unique in Christianity OF all
4sicas to uplift and TO ennoble, and for
> Ieason, that IL has roots and its
atoms In sclf-sacrillce and in love.