The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-17
THE RICHMOND VIRCINIAN
NEWS FROM AMERICAN
TURKISH MISSION FIELD
American Board 200 People IN More Than Twenty Sta
in Turkey and Balkan SatesFrendliness to Mission
aries Seems Be the Rue-Ant opium Conference-How
Faith Chases Fear-Facts That Count.

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reached that piace-the others hav-
ing deserted on the way. The old
Camel Corps" the Hamidieh. which
was called to the colors again and
sent to the front has apparently dis
solved. Nearly every company has w.
turned to it's village saying It's no use
to stand against Russian artillery.
The war does not seem likely to spread
to the interior districts and all signs
point to the fact that the American
missionaries are trusted and their
teachings welcomed as never before.
Anti.opium Conference
A cable recently announced that
the protocol of the anti-opium con-
vention of 1919, which aims at the
suppression of the opium traffic and
international traffic In cocaine and
ether nexious and habtt-fnrmlng
drugs, has been signed at The Hague
by Henry Van Dyke, the American
minister to the Netherlands: Tang
Using Fou, the Chinese minister, and
M. Loudon, the Netherlands minister
of foreign affairs. The affixing of
their signatures to the protocol by
these three diplomats puts the con-
vention into immediate force for the
SlkHatoEy CounIIAC5p @cAh "a sSS
475.000.000 inhabi-
tants. China with an estimated popu-
Iation of $4,000. 900; the United States
100,000,000, and the Netherlands and
her dependencies, 45,000,000.
The international opium conference
held a series of meetings at The Hague
in June OF last year, some forty-four
nations being represented. Before
adjourning, the conference requested
Foreign Minister Loudon TO obtain
ratification from the adhering powers
Faith Chases Fear.
Recently a violent earthquake shook
the city of Tunis, writes Rev. j. j.
Cooksey. of Tunis. North Africa. Our
house creaked and ratified like a piece
of loose machinery. When our hotel
boys came home from work in the
hevening they had q great deal to say
about the quake.
Mrs. Cooksey asked Hosein IL he
were frightened when he felt his
workshop tremble. The lad promptly
replied, "Oh, no. / was not at all
afraid. I commenced right away to
sing that French hymn:
Sur tot je me repose,
o Jesus, mon Sauveur.
All faut-il autre chose
Pour un pauvre pecheur?"
The English translation follows:
rest myself on Thee,
o Jesus, my Saviour.
Is there need of aught beside
For a poor sinner?''
Three years ago Hosein was a poor.
wandering lad we rescued from the
streets. Today he is among the first
fruits Of the home for orphans and
/, waits which our church supports.
Facts that Count.
Through provision In the will OF
the late j. r. Toberman, of Los An
geles, Cal, the board of missions OF
the Nj. e. Church, South. was left a
legacy of $4,000. which is soon to
be turned over to the board. In
1908 Mr.. Toherman gave to the Wo-
mans Home Mission Society $4,000
for the erection of the Homer Tober.
man home. in Los Angeles. In his
will he left further $4,000 to the
board. to be invested for the mainte-l
nance of city missions in Los Angeles.
The result is the Homer Toberman
clinic.
Missionary society officers or others
interested in mission work among
Flepers or wishing TO interest their or
CARNATIONS in this important work
could do no better than to send to Mr..
w. M. Banner. secretary u. 8. A..
committee of the mission to lepers.
los Raymond Street. Cambridge.
Mass. and ask for sample program
for q meeting on tWorid-Wide Work
by his society. the Mission to Iepers.
Among Lepers.'' This il furnished
1t is full OF interest.
Central Turkey College. at Aintab.
Is the oldest Of the American colleges
in the interior of Turkey. 1t was
established TN 1915 and is under the
care OF the CongregAtionaIists About
sixty OF its alumni are ciassifisA ~
ministers and = large number - teach
era IL graduates are paatqr a Tnrs1