El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-28


one Of the strongest layman leaders
of the city. said grace preceding the
BANQUET and Howard B. Durkee, seere-
tarv of the Y. M c. a, and also secre-
tary of the laymen's committee. spoke
briefly on business matters conhecteu
with the convention BEFORE inc pIos am
OF speeches began
.-o.bine Is left 10 chance in the ar
engagements for the laymen conventions
The program Saturday night was
balanced one and included sketch OF
a native layman Of foreign lands, Woro
pictures Of conditions in the missionary
workers fields and closing with force-
fui appeal to the laymen present 10
support the world wide movement
which IS 10 evangelize the world In the
present generation
In his opening address J. ]. Ormsbee
told how FL Paso in the old days would
have the biggest and best of everything
be fl a prize fight, saloon, gambling
house peace officer Later this desire
for things big turned to the civic, ne
said and FL Paso strived for Things
cfvically large Through II. b. Durkee'
Of the Y NJ. c. A. he said that the lay
mems missionary movement had oeeh
called 10 the attention Of FL Pasos
business
same spirit was shown in landing TINS
convention. the biggest ever held in
the city
A Korean Layman.
Yum Sun Ungey, character sketch
OF a Korean layman, was the suolect
of DR.. c. F. Reid. of Oakland, Cal, and
former missionary to Korea and emma
spoke on at the beginning OF the SPEAK
ing Yum Sun Ungey ran a saloon anu
gambling shop in Korean town. &C
cordfuz to DR.. Reid He became inter
ested in the new religion Of the Chris
tians and was finally converted. Then.
taking his Bible and wrapping IL IN
cloth he started out to preach the Cos
pei 10 his people.
From town TO town he went, his
Bible marked at the 1 18th verse OF the
third chapter of the book OF Jonn-
His Methods were simple he
would stop a man on the roao'
show him the chapter in the book which
tod thai God so loved the world that
ne gave his son that we might nave
eternal life
Then Yum Sun Ungey would elaoor-
ale on the love which was so great as
70 give I'D a son that we might nave
everlasting life Soon there were two
heads down over the book and the con-
vert followed Yum Sun Ungey into the
next town where he would speak pc
fore crowds and wodld convert one
town after another TO the Christian
faith
Gave His Life to Cause.
.eHe was one Of the most effective
svan1eIisrs l have ever heard or
known" DR.. Reid said He wore him.
self ont with his work and died from
exposure while going from place 10
place in the mountains missionary
was with him when he died.
yum Sun Ungey was sad, 1 am nol
afraid for myself he said, pn1 lhinA
Of the great mass of my people VINO
have never heard of the great bless
ings Of Christianity.
-sYun Sun Ungey died preaching thdt
18th chapter. third verse of John- anu
while 1 expect TO go TO heaven by some
hook or crook, 1 never expect TO ger
M as high as Yum Sun Ungey he hao
= devotion that was consuming ana nc
gave himself TO Christ with absolute
abandon 80.
with such laymen as that in Korea
.. :. anv wonder that God has stirred
az, the lavmen of America in order that
the orient and occident may unite anp
Gods will shall be wrought IN the
salvation of the world?
Revolutionary Turkey.
word picture of conditions in Tur-
1rev as 2 result of the granting OF free-
dom and a constitutional government
by the sultan was Rev j. ?. McNaugh-
TONS talk on Turkey and some gllmpses
~ the revolution which recently TOOK
place there -,
Pev. Mr.. McNaughton told of the
memorable days Of July "a. 1908 ana
AprfI %. 1903. two epoch making days
IN Turkish history to the end or time,
the speaker said. Telling of condl-
tions before the granting of liberty TO
the people. he said il was impossloie
10 20 from place TO place in the TurKlsi,
s,n1ire without a local passport, and
mentioned how the newspapers were
censored until nothing was left TO read
In contrast to this he described the
feelings of the people when they real
lied that freedom had been given them
and he pictured the streets or Con-
e-aotinople on the third day following
the granting of liberty to the people
when men. women and children filled
the streets until after midnight, shout
ing for freedom, brotherhood and
equality
declaring that the civilized world
Rad no conception Of the sultan as he
was in his brightest days, the mission
ar. said that he was one of the great
est men of the last century and that ne
and lord Salisbury were two OF the
greatest diplomats of the 18th century.
He ascended to a lettering throne
as a figure head yet he ruled for 50
years as a despot and left his empire
in better condition in many ways than
when he assembled the throne" the
speaker said
For Evangelization of World.
II was left for Rev. Willis R. Hotch-
kiss. a missionary of the Society of
Friends a religion whose basis is uni