The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-01

.HeSS sea0eFS represent seriously CON
templates the conversion OF tie en-
tire billion and a half OF mankind
10 the Christian religion. How
seriously and definitely they 90 anoa;
this task ir shown by the committees
whose work Is being discussed AZ the
present session. They iaclude com
mittees upon missionary survey aud
occupation: the development OF tram
ing schools for missionaries on the
field: Christian ducauon IL mission
fields: Christian literature. medical
missions: the church in the mission
field securing uniformity III statistical
returns; the statement OF principles
underlying relations of missions
and governments; work among Mos
lens. cooperation and unity. A
magazine called the International
Review OF Missions Is issued quarterly
by the committee.
While h term Protestant is !oose-
~ applied TO this continuation COM
Inittee, the fact Is that il IL So far
from being in opposition TO The
Roman Catholic church. or the Greek
Catholic church. that II does not in
clude within lis urvey any missions
within the lands which are predoini-
Catholic. Thus mission. in south
America and missions in Russo are
omitted from all the committees
tabulauons. 1t has already made
some approaches TO the RoInau and
Greek churches, looking toward the
far distant goal OF ultimate CHRISTIAN
reunion.
Millions in It."
The men meeting at Mohonk are
doing business in behalf of ali the
Protestant churches in America. fhey
really represent the village churches
and the city congregations the son'-
paraUvely few Moravtans as We -
the multitude of Methodists: the dem
ocratic Baptists as well as the aristo-
cratic E~piscopalians: they stand N
the relation of representatives not
only to the tens OF thousands II
to those in Great Britain, Europe.
Australia. South Africa, and whoever
else Protestant churches exist.
Considered only as 4 business en-
terprise. the work which these men
are discussing is probably the great
est ever undertaken BY civilized ma
RAMBLER TWO.
tons. No corporation. for instance.
has 1913 subordinate organizations.
and there are that many missionary
sCSietles in the world, OF which l07
a-e in the Cnited States and Can
aGa.
lrom the financial side alone. the
magnitude OF the committees wor
is apparent. In 1910. the last year for
which complete reports are avaliab bic.
sI4,6Io,.S0 MAS contributed for for
eign missions, and tbs amount Is
steadily increasing. III that total I:
not included the S2,s50,351 given bS
the converts or the field.
The staff OF representatives Of thl'
world enterprise engaged on the las
report-aDd greatly increased sinct
then-was 1920 foreign missionaries
and SIS, 3S8 native workers - Nerita
Die army of occupation scattered owe
all tho cnnt;nopf0 and nFIn.i M ID
lands Of the earth
The Woman Side OF It,
While there is only n woman q
the continuation coniIHittec- and he
appointment was counted a decided
victory by progressive women !:
apparent that the larger nurnber q
foreign missionaries at work abroac
is from Mrs. creightoG'S sex III.
total OF woman foreign missiora-ie
is 1875, of who BAL are Doctors
and 4,9S8 are unmarried women en-
Gagged in teaching and other forms o
Christian ministry. OF married Wom
| en- on the mission field there are >
! 4O6. The condition of women ant
girls in the non-Christidn world Is on'
: of the greatest factors in stimulattni
I missionary interest contribution
t This work Of missions at least com
nands the respect which Americans
accord TO every bic thing. IN add
!. ton TO the fignres already given. the
Edenburgh report shows that tht
Christian ganda has been plant
. Cd at $1,000 stations on the mission
! field. and that there are 1t.o11 actua
,church ORGANIZATIONS among tlie NJ
I ltivee. These enroll 1880 con1r.u-
:. meant members. In addition to tfeet
:, commandment members, there are ne
!. children uho have been haptl@.d. -
that under H. tabulation Of "Bapise
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