The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
MISSIONARIES HEARD
FROM EARTH'S ENDS
Reports Made BY Speakers
of All Nations At
Meeting.

Missionary workers from Algeria,
Egypt. and from Turkey. brought mes
sages Of the progress Of Christianity in
their lands to bhe section OF the Sunday
School convention assembled at the
First Congregational Church today.
The service opened with half hour
OF song and prayer. The great conven-
ton choir was divided into two sections.
half at Calvary baptist. and half at the
Congregational Church. Familiar hymns.
printed on the back OF the convention
program. were sung.
The meeting was presided over by Ed
ward K Warren. The roll call OF ma
lions was begun Immediately after the
song service and the Rev. Jean Paul
Cook, representing Algeria, was the first
TO respond. The Rev. ]. r. Alexander,
OF Egypt. followed and the call for the
morning was concluded with the reply
OF the Rev. J. ?. McNaughton. who
spoke for Turkey
Francis Cunneu, J. W. Connell. and
John Hancock. representing the largest
Sunday school in the world. at Stock
port, England, were introduced.
The quiet hour was conducted by
the Rev. Richard Roberts Of England.
Better Class Converts.
That the better class Of citizens IN
faith was the statement made by the
| Rev. DR.. J. r. Alexander.
TT was not a Sunday school man who
/ assassinated the prime minister OF
Egypt. It was not Sunday school schoI-
ars who. when our former President
was in Cairo, gathered In the public
square and shouted Down with Roose-
Welt - he declared. DR.. Alexander SAID
he represented 1900 Sunday school
pupils and teachers In the valley Of
the Nile.
though a little dimmed. over all that
region yet" he said. but ] assure YOU
that the sun or Righteousness is slowly
settling down over the benighted coun-
try
The lack Of teachers. DR.. Alexander
said. was the chief obstacle IN the prog
ress of Christianizing Egypt. The lftera-
ture IL limited in variety, he declared,
but is excellent in quality. He described
the manner Of printing the Sunday
school leaflets in Arabic.
Menace of Mohammedanism
The menace Of Mohammedism was
the subject Of a brief speech by the
Rev. DR.. J. P. McNaughton. THE gate
way to the Orient Is kept closed tightly
against Christianity. and is guarded by
25O,O0O,0Oo earnest. fervid. and almost
fanatic, supporters of the Mohammedan
creed. With these men occupying the
strategic points Of two continents and
invading third, one can imagine what
the work Of bringing the Gospel to them
must be-
There would not have been any such
religion today, Dr.. Alexander said, IL
the church had not been in a decayed
state ar the pdyyant Of MOhar
IF Mohammed had found in any re
ligion Of his day the light of Christian
ity, as we know It now, 1 believe that
In the providence Of God he would have
been no Mohammedan problem and no
mission problem"
The Victories Of the Gospel in ia
pan," was the subject Of the address of
Tamura, Of Japan. The japanese dele
gate brought TO the convention a mes
sage Of hope from the Orient
Fifty years ago" he said, Japan was
a sealed country. It was you Of America
who knoc6ed so hard at our barred doc
that today our gates are open wide
enough to swallow the whole wide world.
However, Christianity has had untold
| difficulties to enter into the heart OF
Japan. II was a gigantic enterprise TO
overcome the old religious systems. like
Buddhism. Confucianism, and Shintoism,
which hJd been rooted in the soil of
the Sunrise Kingdom Certainly il was a
great battle to fight in our behalf"
Religion Not Nationalized.
The speaker declared tl.at Christian
| ity in Japan had never. from the be
| ginning, s"dered itself TO be national
| lied.
To-day I stand face to face with you. -
said the speaker, "a specimen of the
history Of Japan personifed. NY life.
| though IL is humble and insignificant,
/ tells the history of the New Japan"
The Rev. Mr.. Tamura declared the
| Christian church was not advancing by
leaps and bounds in Japan as It was
! in Korea
"Once we made a big jump" he said.
| That was twenty-five years ago and
| as a result we fell down. Christianity
| In Japan today is growing in a steady.
healthful way.
Il believe the greatest revival Of the
twentieth century" he concluded, SIS
to lead ali children to Christ. The
Sunday school is one OF the greatest