The Daily Missoulian., 1913-06-13

among the several splendid ad
dresses that have been delivered her
during the convention Of the DISCIPLES
OF Christ Of Montana was that of A
Mclean, president Of the National So.
ciety Of the Disciples of Christ, who's.
nome is at Cincinnati, Ohio Lead.
ing the missionary forces of the
CHRISTIAN church for more than 81
years Mr. Mclean has won recogni-
ton as one of the worlds missionary
specialists. The address in question
was that which he delivered at the
meeting Wednesday evening and was
on the foreign missions. For his text
he selected:
And saw another angel flying in
mld-heaven having eternal good tid-
ings to proclaim to them that dwell on
the earth unto every nation and tribe
and tongue and people," Rev. 14:6.
The speaker said:
For Al years the Millenial Harbinger
carried this great missionary text on
its title page as the expression of the
central thought of our movement.
This text was the banner around
which the fathers rallied and under
which they fought their battles 1t
was to them what the Stars and
Stripes are to the army and navy of
the republic. am to speak at this
time on foreign missions among the
Disciples of Christ. As a people, we
are committed to the missionary cause
by our history and by the genius of
our plea, as well as by the teaching
of the Word Of God. The Christian
association at Washington, the first
organization among our people, was
missionary society. 1t was formed for
the sole purpose Of promoting simple
evangelical Christianity. According
TO tbe law by which every seed bears
fruit after its kind, all tha, grew
out qf the Christian association should
haves partaken Of its missionary char
actef. ur plea Is a plea for the
union Of all the people Of God. When
Christians were dividing and glorying
in their divisions, Thomas Campbell
discovered that our Lord prayed that
all His followers might be one to the
end that the world may believe that
the Father had sent him. More than
century ago this good man was led
by the Divine Spirit to see what the
Christian world is coming to see more
and more, namely, that the evangeli-
cation Of the world is far too great
task for a divided and discordant
church. It is being felt on all sides
that united church would be moral
miracle, and would complete the task
Of the worlds evangelization in a sin
gle generation.
repeat that our people are un-
alterably and everlastingly committed
to the missionary enterprise We are
committed to it as irrevocably as the
American people are committed to
democracy. We cannot oppose mis-
sions or ignore missions without do
ing violence to the plainest teachings
of the Scriptures and without doing
violence to the fundamental principles
of our own movement Whatever smayI
be true of other communions, with
us missions should be in the blood,
in the marrow of our bones and every
fibre of our beings. This will be SO
If we are true to our Lord and the
Book and to our own history and tra-
ditions
The Disciples of Christ have today
$50 missionaries on the field and about
1,500 native workers. Only men and
women of ability and culture and con-
secration are sent to the field. The
work is difficult and calls for the
best. Missionaries are pioneers. They
20 to lay foundations. They need to I
be especially well equipped. DR.. Mack
lin was told by his teachers that he
was the best all-around man they had |
ever sent out DIR. Butchart was the
gold medalist and took every prize
that was Offered in his classes. Such |
men as Wharton, Brown, Garrett. |
Robinson, Davey. Shelton, Hardy, |
Lofts, Hensey and Eldred and such
women as Miss Lyon. Miss Parker, |
Miss ClaWson, Miss Miller and Miss |
Dale could earn far more money at |
home and have hundred comforts
where they have one now. They have |
gone to the field because they have
come to the firm conviction that life |
to be worth while must be life of |
service to men in Gods world. Mis-
sionaries are offered larger salaries
by churches and by mercantile con-
Germs, but they keep right on in their
own work. One of our men in China
was offered $1,000 year to go into
business, and he turned it down With
out a moments hesitation and thought
SO little of it that he never mentioned
Lie llldltCl III Ills correspondence. Wis
sionaries go out not because the work
Is easy, but because 1t is hard They
are fascinated by it's difficulties. Be
lieve me, the men and women at the
front represent the heroic element in
the church. They do not make this !,
plain for themselves. They resent it /
when it is made in their behalf It
Is true, nevertheless. If the same de-
votion and loyalty were shown by the
whole body of believers we would be
able to sing with new meaning:
Like a mighty army,
Moves the church of God"
The Foreign society has it's largest
mission in China. The Woman's board
is just beginning it's work in that :