The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05

month prior to the meeting of the
student convention in the inVesuga-
ton Of missionary facts touching the
negro church of the south and were
able TO show the opportunities which
are now offered the negro students
They faced very frankly the difficult
ties in the service which negroes rem
der in Africa. but they also held the
hope that the negro students would
rise to the demands which africa
places upon them. The greatest Of all
difficulties IS in the quality OF men and
ONE who offer for service, there
fore the first need is to deepen the
spiritual lives of the students &c
quicken their apprehension of the
work in the fields and to furnish the
moral motive necessary for the heroic
aervice of missionaries.
One of the most stimulating or all
the addresses was that delivered by
| DR.. John r. Mott on a world view in
which he lifted the horizon of negro
students above that of local conditions
and stimulated them to attend to q
world situation. The hope Of the he
| gro church in the South is its broad
horizon and great spiritual n
ness.
a volume of great value and strik-
ing interest has just been compiled,
which contains the addresses deliv-
cred at the Atlanta conference. Prof.
| A. NJ. TraWick, secretary in the stu
dent department of the international
committee of the y. NJ. G. A. COM
piled and edited the volume. Among
the contributors are w. d. Weather
ford, Ph.D.; John r. Mott, LID;
Booker T. Washington, LID; Egbert
W. Smith, L. D.; f. M. Poteat. DR..
J. D.. Hammond. Bishop J.. G. Hart
zell. Prof. John w. Gilbert. DR.. G. c..
Winton, Frank X. Sanders.
Laymen and Missions.
Lord Balfour Of Burleigh, Lord
Bryce, Lord Lamington, Sir John Ken
naway, Sir Albert Spicer, Sir Ernes,
SatOW and other we'll O English
laymen have addressed an open let
ter to the laymen Of the Christian
church in Great Britain respecting
the missionary enterprise.
"Tne present position OF the work
in the great mission fields is startling
indeed says this communication.
after long years of patient labor a
period has been reached, fruitful be-
yond all expectation, Of missionary
success and opportunity. h tides
which are moving in the east will wait
for no man. and not eve the Obsorb-
solve the church from it's response
bility for giving the Gospel to the
nOn-ChriStian people in this ONE
tous hour in their long history. In
face Of the stress and pressure and
unknown anxieties Of the coming
Christian laymen will shoulder the
burden there may ensue grave disas-
ter to the enterprise"
They close with an appeal to lay
men to rally closely round their mis-
sionary societies at. this time, to fnd
their needs, and to see hat these are
met.
Letter From Constantinople.
The following from a missionary il
ConstantinOple gives a splendid idea
Of existing conditions in Turkey:
Now that Turkey has been drawn
, into the war, it is forbidden to write
any letters in languages other thar
) French, Turkish or German. and these
+ must be left open for the censor. Thu
, ambassador, however, allows US tt
: send American letters in his pouch.
, Il do not know whether we shall
. be allowed to receive letters or not
We have had no mail for a week, an(
: the papers are only allowed to pub
! lish such war news as the military
staff gives out. You probably know
: more than we do about the cours,
: of the war, for we do not place much
confidence in the tidings Of uninter
rupted victories which are served GU
r to us
yesterday the police placed a cor
don around Robert College and sale
they must search for wireless tele
graph apparatus. ] told them | woul,
facilitate their search in every wa,
g | could. showed them all our instrl
ments and conducted them around tn,
g buildings. They became very muc]
g interested in the college. heard on
say: This is a very well ordere,
school. Another said: This is tn
biggest school in the country
The inspector himself grew yer
e afable. a~pologized many times TO
M he was giving US, and
II When ne left took my hand and said
d In my opinion, your office is create
than that Of q king I could easil
nave a a row with them, but
treated them nicely, and they re
n sponded at one in kind.
r. rms afternoon we had a Vespe
service AT the close | found a 10