New Britain herald., 1915-11-01

to the missionaries from India, Africa, China and Turkey. More were present from Turkey than from any other country, because present conditions have compelled them to leave their fields Though we have become so accustomed to heart-rending tales from across the sea during the past year of continental war, their story of what has taken place in Turkey dur ing recent months in unprovoked wholesale massacre of the peaceable race of Armenians, and deportation in- volving hardships and cruelty and death by the hundreds of thousands, was such as no one could listen to without moistened eyes and bated breath and the prayer: How long, O Lord, how long!' In the woman's meeting some dozen of the missionary women told in a few sentences, Why I want to go back to Turkey
 "In the American Missionary ex- hibit were included such persons as Henry Roe Cloud, a Winnebago 1n- dian, H. H. Proctor of Atlanta and Booker Washington, the foremost American Negro, who received his education at Hampton Institute.
 'The action of the council which will mark this meeting in our histori- cal evolution was the bringing to completion the changes of organiza- tion that will make the council the controlling body in the operation of all our joint missionary and benevo- lent societies, and a re-alignment that will bring into closer cooperation in kindred groups several branches of our work, though without a complete merger of the separate societies at present. This will set the Home Mis- sionary society, and the Church Build irg society and the Sunday school mission work in a missionary exten- sion group and another group will be devoted to various lines of education.
 "The background of the world at war and the massacres in Turkey gave
 direction and touching emphasis to many of the words that were spoken.
 Or one evening Dr. Aked of San Fran
 cisco spoke on An International Con-
 science,' taking the position of
 strong pacitist Dr. Gordon who fol-
 lowed him, with the topic: Our
 Conflict and Our Resources speaking from a different angle, yet expressed
 the view that the miseries incurred
 through the war will tend to put an
 end to war. The council sermon by
 Dr. Davis, formerly of New Britain,
 was strong presentation of the
 Gospel of Jesus for world at war.
 And the great student and missionary
 leader, John R. Mott, assured us that
 the bonds of brotherhood in student
 and missionary circles are not broken, but will be renewed and strengthened when the war comes to an end
 Resolutions expressing the senti-
 ment of the council that unnecerrary by our country be avoided, that our government should do whatever it is
 possible to do in union with other neutral nations in securing peace, and urging measures to save the non- Mohammedan population of Turkey, l were carried to President Wilson by a 1 delegation from the council.
 "Summing up. the message of the Spirit to go to the churches seems to 1 be: First since the churches by their regularly appointed delegates have l taken over the entire work of our ! missionary societies, that work in all l it's branches ought to receive heartier | support than ever before. No one in
 the spirit of individualism ought to say against the judgment of all the churches, I do not believe in mission | ary work or I am not interested in
 home missions Or I don't care for
 foreign missions Secondly. upon the
 dark background of war and massacre, l through this fearful baptism of blood, we ought all to rise to a higher trust : and confidence in God, and the Chris