Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-19

tons and then shall the End come"
(Matthew xiv, li) He said
A year ago the international Bible
Students Association, perpeyed by the
conflicting reports, resolved to send a
Committee Of Seven 10 investigate and
give candid report on missionary
prospects In foreign especially
In South India, where It Is making Il
special effort was one Of that Com
mittee, which otherwise was composed
Of four successful business men,-One
doctor, and General Han. Of the u. S.
A. The Committee performed It's du-
ties cOnscIentously and made its Re
port to one Of the largest Christian
gatherings ever held In New York City
in the HlppOdrome, March 3lst. It's
Report, published In pamphlet form,
reached very wide circulation
amongst Christian people. | am au-
thorlzed to offer the remainder free,
one copy cnch, to all Interested in
Foreign Mission work. postcard ad-
dressed TO 81. h, s. A., Brooklyn, n
"" requesting copy Of the Mission
ary Report will receive prompt atten.
ton as long us the supply holds out,
The Committee, in preparing this Re-
port, felt sure that II would be dis
Couraglng to some loyal Christian peo-
pie: and they therefore laid bare the
facts In as kindly and Christian a man.
ner as possible Every one Of them
being deeply Interested In the heather,
every one Of them n sincere Christian,
what else could they do?
Now, as the Committee feared, tho
truthfulness Of their Report, which 80
many Christian people gratefully nc.
knowledge has irrtatcd few persons
These evidently fear that we have
shattered their Idol and dscredited
their fairy tales respecting the lmme.
diate conversion OF the world by hu.
man nstrumcntnllty and more millions
OF money We sympnthlze with these
enthusiasts, who seem TO deceive them
selves as well ms others and who shut
their eyes to facts, while hoping against
hope to maintain exploded theories
one Of these, Mr. w II Ellis, alias
the Religious Rambler" attacks our
report after the style Of Don Qulxote
Falsely he declares that we journcyed
on the same vessel from san Francis
co TO Shanghai giving the impression
that we had not visited Jnpau nt all
Then he declares that we merely raced
through the country did not visit all
the mission stations nor talk with all
the missionaries; and he wants to know
how we could know anything on the
subject Of our Report our Report
tells the facts The Committee Of Sew.
en- scattered, and spent six days In
japan, or total of i2 days Of iuvestl.
CATION our 20 days spent In India, |
similarly recorded, would he tho equiv. |
acut Of nearly six months lnycstlgn. |
tiou by one person.
our l. R, s. A. Committee were not |
commissioned 20 investigate missions.
nor merely To nsk missionaries 10 cor
mhoratc reports promulgated by mis-
sunury societies We visited and In
tcrogated the people saw their con
diUons attended meetings, etc. As
for myself this critic charges In one
breath that | did not preach the ser
nous which appeared IN the ucwspa
pcrs Of the world; and IN the next
breath he declares That spent all my
time IN preaching and therefore had
not time Tor Investigation A discern
ing public read between the lines NJ
such criticism what the bible symbol
ically describes os "gnashug of teeth.
The orIv praotooD Method.
II millions or money were being
spent to give instructions ln Frcuch.
II the teachers gave glowing reports
NJ their success, md Nc q committee
VI business men We're sent 10 mycsu.
gate the success would they ask the
teachers and professors Tor couhrmu.
ion OF the reports they h0d nIrcady
made or would they go amongst the
pupils, and seek TO ascertain TO whut
extent they had knowledge OF
French7 Thcrc can be but one an,
,wcr TO this question The principle
,pnurd 20 Foreign Missions shows
hat our Committee took the only
proper course Tor ascertainmg the
acts They did obtain them, and be
ieve that every missionary and every
'thrr person who has been IN foreign
ahds, within the last i've years, willl
m reading our Report. concede that