The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-29
MORE MEN, MORE MONEY |
NEEDED FOR MISSIONS
DIR. Patton Declares Church Is Far
From Doing It's Whole Duty In
This Regard.
MACEDONIAN CRY is HEARD.
HeaIhen Countries. Suffer the Ills OF
Ignorance and Superstition and Call
Aloud for the Gospel of the Christ.

Laying special stress on the need OF
mors enthusiasm in connection with
the missionary work, especially in the
foreign fields. and again scoring those
who fail to believe in this branch OF
church work, Rev. DR.. r. w. Patton,
Episcopal conference leader, delivered
smother powerful sermon last night
at the second Missionary Mission Con-
! ference being held in st. Paurs
Church. Grace and Ninth Streets,
under the auspices OF the Episcopal
churches of Richmond.
| DIR. Patton told of the great power
of prayer, and cited various instances
when they were answered, even whlle
meetings we're in progress. lie toid
| of r. big missionary meeting that was
going on in Chattanooga. when i'm
mediately after three minutes of silent
prayer in behalf OF the mission cause
young lady and young maa. ooth
| of whom were graduates or promln-
Leaf universities. arose and announced
that they stood ready to give their
| lives to work IN the foreign fields, as
serting that they could no longer let
the pleas of the African tF:be ring
| IN their ears.
A Question of Giving.
There would be much larger
| amounts contributed to the mission
cause If the men would just realize
| that the money they make does not
belong to them but to God. The prob
lem before them is not how much they
can save, but how much of GODS
money they will devote to His great
work. The Episcopal Church he's
capacity for doings things, and 1t
should now go out and find men who
will contribute money to this cause
men who will administer to the needs
Of the suffering humanity in the for
| eign field and who will be willing to
give money towards the Advancement
| of religious education among the
| heather people. More money and
more men are needed TO carry on
this missionary work in the heather
sections of the world. The missionary
workers seem to be available. but the
men have not fully realized that they
must play an important part in this
! work with their contributions
TT seems strange for Richmond 10
| have people who declare that they
do not believe in foreign missions.
Nevertheless, there are some OF those
people here. Is the work the church
is doing 10 foreign fields worth t. We
shall see. At the present time the
church is supporting 20 missionaries
and other men and women serving
/ In various other capacities in the
mission fields. The good that In being.
done is certainly worth everything
that we DO and contribute In behalf
of the cause. II tends to make life
brighter and sweeter for the heather
l race and alleviates the suffering OF
the people. We are told that the wo-
men in China suffer more than in any
j other country. Still, In, many places
in the Orient that are no hospitals to
meet the Ills of the suffering human
ity.. The Episcopal Church in China
has more than 1000 communicates
In the three dioceses. The Episcopal
; Church 10 supporting colleges. which
have turned out several hundred
graduates. who sought education In
these Christian institutions"
After telling OF what the Episco-
pal Church is doing for the people
Of China, he told of some of the great
things that are being accomplished in
apan He said that one OF the greatest
needs Is the means to further n Chris
tian institution and for the extension
OF an Episcopal hospital.
DIR. Patton explained how the EZRA
of ghtenm ent" in Japan was start
, Cd | A Japan by father of the present
Emperor. and of how ths ideals OF
, the monarchy had declined because
OF tho lack OF religious advancement.
. At the death OF the former Emperor
when his son, the present ruler OF
japan. assembled 10 the throne, he an
nounced before his cabinet that In
, the future 1t would not be called the
+ era Of enlightenment" but the reign
lcf righteousness"
; by this we can see that Japan could
not have possibly succeeded without
7 religion. No nation can, ana it is
up to us TO do all In our power to
=. 49,. 49,, - ~ /,
! eligious and educational lines. What
are we going to do towards the re-
Jigious advancement in Japan
= Through the study OF science and
, philosophy the students in Japan have
: discovered that Buddhism was wrong
from it's foundation. and they are fast
casting aside their ancient religion
and are now worshipping the one and
only God.
: I'VE should cast aside our selfish
/ ness Civilization cannot survive with
ont brotherhood. and it's the religion
of Jesus Christ that can establish 1t.
: 81 do not wish TO criticize in saying
that only two cents per capita Is con-
: tributed week towards the mission
J cause. Do you think this is adequate?
; Isn't It worth more to us? Does this
satisfy the people of Richmond? Is
: II right? No better people ever lived
under GODS sun tnan those VINO re-
side in Richmond, but it's the fact
that they just don't realize the tragic
conditions that are prevalent. I be-
lieve that the people here would be
really ashamed of themselves If they
were once aroused to n full reaiiZa-
ton of this fact. l believe that the
people here could enlarge their con-
tributions by something like $4,000
a year towards this noble cause II
they tried. Richmond is not giving
one-tenth OF the money II should to
the missionary cause. but believe in
time they will realize this and do the
right thing"
Despite the unfavorable weather
conditions the auditorium OF st. Pauis
Church was almost filled. and DIR. Pat
ton held the rapt attention OF his au-
dience for more than an hour. He Is
forceful speaker and one who COM
mands the closest attention of his
hearers At o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon he spoke at the conference
For women. At this meeting the
church was taxed TO its capacity.
There will be another conference for
i women this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
I'm ST. Pauls Church. while tonight at
SIS o'clock DR.. Patton will make an