The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-01
WORLD LEADERS
HAVE CONFERENCE
Board of Strategy is Now in
Session at Mohonk

In al the world there is only one
body which may be said to represent, !
with degree Of authorization all
the multitude of diverse Protestant
churches and denominations OF the
whole earth. and that is the Contin-
uation Committee OF the Worlds Mis-
slonary Conference which was held in
Edinburgh in 1910. That committee
Is now holding its annual session AT
Lake hohonk, \. Y. The member
ship is made up OF thirty-fve distin-
Euished leaders in Protestant mission
work, ten from the United States and
canada, ten from Great Britain, ten
from the continent Of Europe, and five
from Asia. All except the men from
Asia and two from the continent and
M from Great Britain are present at
the Mohonk meeting. These men
were appointed at the Edinburgh Con-
terence, which experts characterized
the greatest church council ever held
since the days of the apostles.
To the man Of the street this gath
erlng OF a group of twenty-seven men
with a long committee name means
little. Yet the creation Of this body,
after a magnificent debate at the
Edinburgh Conference. is commonly
regarded as the most distinct triumph
Tor Christian unity and practical
Christian cooperation achieved Since
the Reformation. High-church angli-
cans and dour Scots, L~utherans from
h state churches Of Germany and
British non-conforTnists, as we'll as all
the assorted denominations of Ameri-
cans, came together in agreement up
on the reation Of This body to repre-
sent the Professionalism Of the whole
world in its foreign mission work,
and to have oversight of the entire
universal propaganda which now rep
resents expenditure Of more
than twenty-five million dollars and
maintains more thar twenty thousand
representatives in foreign mission
lands.
II body which is now sitting in
Quiet session amid the mountains of
MOhonk is best IikeneG tc 4 hoard Of
strategy N q world war. Every mem
beg would rank as At least q major
general il h military form OF or
cTtnization prevailed. All of them ,It
men Of distinction. to whom the af-
fairs Of the ends Of the earth are the
. COmIlonplaces Of everyday work
Practically every member OF this Con
, ~tlnuatlon Committee has ~travele
, around the world, and some haye
Y penetrated into remote corners OF thu
earth where travellers are seldom
seen.
A unique honor was paid to Amer
lea by the choice OF John r.. Mott, OF
New York, az chairman. Mr.. Mott Is
the secretary Of the Worlds Student
: Christian Federation, and associate
general secretary Of the I~nternationa.
Y. ID. G.. A.-and he has already beer
asked to take the general secretary
ship Of the association. Ills conduc'
Of the sessions Of the Edinburgh con
9 ference, a most delicate task. wor
G high ~enConIiuTls for America and pu'
him in the place Of p~Te-eninent lead
ership in the mission work Of tn
world. Shortly after the adjournment
Of the demon meeting he viii star
on d tour around the world, repre-
sentine the committee. Although pos
sessed Of several honorary degrees
: Mr.. MOtt is a larnlan. The secretar,
= of the continuation committee. Mr.
: j. IT. oldham, of Edinburgh. is ais
2 vna There IS one woman upol
the committee.
The members oe this e~ontinuadol
j. committceare:-John r. Mott. IL d.
4FGairman, Pastor =. JULIUS Richter
: vice-ehairnan: y. ". Ro~eil, K.C.
honorary treasurer Rev. {. c. 3
n Bards!ey: Airs. Creighton: Sir Andreg
II. l. Fraser. &c T.. LID: Henry 7
# Hodgin, NIB: Sir George W. MacAl
= pine: Dunca MLaren; Rev. J. \
> Ogilvie. ID; Rev. J.. II. Ritson. Rev
a K. Wardlaw Thompson. DID,: Rt. Rev
(" the Bishop Of Winchester; Rev. T. 5
= Barbour. SD: Rev. James l.. Barton
DID,; Rev. Arthur J. Brown, ID.
- President John f. Goucher. LID.
REV. Bishop Lambuth, DID,: Sila
McBee; Rev. Cannon L Norma
Tucker, Del: Rev. Charles r. Wat
:, son. DID: Prof. G. Haussleiter. DID.
:. Bishop =. Hennig. Friedrich WurZ
Lars Dahle; J. W. Cunning; .Joo
- M~ustahallio. Count Noltke kar
- Fries. Ph.D.; Rev. il. Narais. DID.
1t. Rev. the Rishop of Gippsland
~ Rev. Bishop YoitSu Honda. PcE. +
= C.. chatterji. ID. Rev. chen
Ching-Yi: J. II. oldham. VI A, sec
rotary.
The magnitude Of the operation
which his Mohonk conference SUI
veys appears only when one realize
:, that the serious and definite objeG
"a tive is nothing less than the CONVEX
~ sion of the whole world 10 Christian
ity. h is a large order. There ar,
statisticians say. about 4 billion an
Nf+ - -1nr1o ~ ~ r a.