Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-01-31
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The Best Ever.

The Best Ever.
Rev. A. H. Thenpson, pastor Ut
tne First Methodist church,, also gave
MS Impressions Of the convention.
he said that he had had many op-
portunities to attend large and won
that he had ohce attended dne where;
president Taft was the Sprincipal'
speaker. But he said that the con-
vention just over in Fargo affected
MIN more strongly than any before.
But" he said, "all Of the time
that sat there, there was q great
sorrow In my heart that not more
irand Forks men were present. Men.
you DO not know what you have MISS
ed, and the chance to attend another
IKE It may never come to you. Gath
cred there were many Of the biggest
men IN church work, and chance
like 1t may be long in coming this
way again. II you had really tried
to. In spite Of the cold and the snow,
you could have gotten there, and If
you had once gotten there, you would
have come back home bigger and bet
ter men," -
another thing that Impressed me
mostly at the convention that 1t was
so free and easy. When we wanted,
to applaud, we did, and when we
wanted to laugh we. did. But when
some Of the missionaries from foreign
lands told of the appeal that was
coming from these. lands for more
help, there was not a dry eye in. the
entire audience" - .,:s
At the close Of Rev. Thompson's
Talk, the orchestra gave q musical
selection, and Mr.. Griffith introduced
the principal speaker Of the evening,
Rev. Hugh L. Burleson, brother Of
Rev. ]. K. Burleson Of st. Paul's Epis-
coapl church Of this city.
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Rev. Burleson began his talk by
telling also Of his impressions of the
convention. He has attended about
nine other laymen's missionary con-
ventions this year, he said, but no.
where was the enthusiasm and deep
religious feeling shown as at the Far
go convention. He felt proud, he
said,: to have men from ST.. Louis,
and other eastern and southern places
come here to cold blustery North Da-
kota," and find 30 much warm en-
thusiasm in Gods work. Fargo was
the former home Of Rev. Burleson.
He then told of the work that is be-
ing done by Christian missions in the
world. -:
Three Universal Articles.
There are three ~ universal things
that reach every portion of the globe.
The first is the Singer sewing ma
be found in secluded spots in China; or
India, sitting in the street and. being
run by a Chinaman., or a Hindu.
The next universal article is Stand
ard oil. Rev. Burleson said that he
had received word from a missionary
In the heart Of China, that he had
ventured inland where neither white
man or Christianity had been heard
OF On the top Of a high mountain,
a pagan temple had been erected ages
ago, and at this place, according to
the missionary. he found two pagan
priests. handing out Chinese tracts to
the group around him, out of an old
Standard oil can. On an inland river,
far away from civilization, another
missionary had found an old Chinese
drifting down with the current, and
boiling food on the boat out Of a
stove made from a discarded Standard
Oil can.
But the next universal industry,
said Rev. Burleson, is foreign mis-
stons. A person cannot go to any por-
ton Of the globe without finding a
Christian missionary, even in the
darkest depths Of Africa. y
He told story Of foreign. mis-
sionary riding on a train along the
O~S~Ss
man across the aisle asked him what
line Of business he was in. He said
that he himself was selling singer
sewing machines. -
The missionary replied that he was
engaged in a business that spent $780,
100000 per year in pushing its trade
into foreign countries. and that EN-
ployed over $4,000 men in foreign
lands. The sewing machine salesman
was dumbfounded, thinking that he
had been in the largest business in
the world
Last year, by actual count, 5O,OO1
Christian missionaries were engaged
In foreign lands, and over $40, 1000, 900
was spent on foreign missions.
Rev. Burleson told also Of the trials
Of missionaries in former years COM
pared with what they are now. Chris
! tianity has advanced far more than
was thought possible few years ago.
But this. he said. was partly due to
the decreased size Of the earth.
He could. said Mr.. Burleson, get
word from China to his office in New