Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
MISSION PROGRESS
IN INDIA DESCRIBED
Bishop Frank Warne Speaker
at Anniversary Service of
Methodist Board.
PRAISES WASHINGTON
PARISH FOR LOYALTY
Unprecedented Problems Faced by
Workers in Foreign Field at
Present Time.

Bishop Frank Warne of India was
the speaker at the anniversary service
| of the board of foreign missions in the
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
| last night, in connection with the Bal
| timore conference of the Methodist
| Episcopal Church. which is conducting
| it's 1920 annual session.
DR.. w. R. Wedderspoon, pastor of the
| church, presided and introduced Bishop
Warne as our own bishop
Twelve years ago I came as a stran-
ger to Foundry Church." said the
| bishop, land asked you to support a
young missionary 1 needed in my field.
| You gave him to me. He was then I'M
| known. Today he is in charge of a
district in which there are 10000 Chris
tians. IA
Not only have you supported him in
| the mission field ever since, but last
year this church gave $2.700 to foreign
! missions. $500 to homo missions, and
y works total more than $500. / eoar
| graduate this church on having such a
| pastor, this conference on sending such
| a man as delegate to the general con-
| ference"
| Faced Unprecedented Problem.
He said that when the general mis-
sion board met they were faced with
an unprecedented problem on account
of three conditions-first. the mission
airy societies had been Frustrated by the
war; second. there never was such a
| movement by un-Christian nations to-
ward Christ, and third, when they had
sent $4,000 to Korea they had not one
dollar of surplus funds with which to
meet the unprecedented situation.
He said tnat he believes it was an
prompted him to move that all the
churches be called to unite in a pas
sion period of self-denial to meet the
| need. This scheme has had great en-
couragement and promises to work out
satisfactorily.
Bishop Warne related marvellous
stories of conversions and heart-mov-
ing narratives of missionary life. He
drew a lesson from the great Welsh
revival
In talking particularly of India the
speaker reminded the audience that
one fifth of the entire human race is
in India. They have the most mar
velous man-made religion on earth.
od-given faith in Christ" he said
In 1857. he said. in the heart Of India
with a mutiny embroiling. an American
missionary had gathered about him six
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100000 non-Christians. He had for his
text Fear not little flock. it's your
Fathers good pleasure to give you the
Kingdom" Just as the text was an
nounced the mutineers broke in.
| slaughtered the six Christians and de-
stroyed the cottage. They destroyed
everything but the text" exclaimed
Bishop Warne You can't burn up the
eternal promises and pledges of the
Sacred Word.
On "Waiting List"
ut has been my privilege" he con-
tinued. ito see the mission in India grow
so that now our own church has rescued
$4,000 souls. and we have another
mighty army that have torn down their
idols and are turning toward Methodism
To them we have to say. Stand back;
We cannot take you We call them our
| waiting list. It Is heart-rending for the
missionary to see 100000 Of these
bronze hands stretched out and hear
| their musical Indian voices plead: "Oh.
come TO us and teach US about Jesus
I'VE cannot minister to them now be-
cause when we have taken care Of
our schools and colleges and churches
building a permanent organization for
the future, we have but one American
missionary to hold up the hands Of
from $4,000 to 10000 Christians And at
that we are baptizing them at the rate
| of 10000 year"
He paid glowing tribute to the work
of some native missionaries, and told
of one who walked more than 500 miles
| in a month, preaching generally three
times day. He told the story Of one
Indian missionary who was sought to
take charge of the best church in tho
mission field. This boy had been bap-
tized from the lowest slums Of their
poverty and fanaticism. missionary
induced friend in the United States to
| put this boy through school at an ex-
pense Of $50 a year. and finally through
| greatest preacher in the empire, and
we could not spare him for that most
desirable charge because he WAS doing
| too valuable and indispensable work
| for Christ where he was" said the
bishop with great feeling.
Have Proved Conversion.
That the Christians of India have
proved their conversion by persecution
and by giving was emphasized by Bishop
Warne. 1.-THE infant native church last
year gave more than $4,000 for the
spread of the knowledge of Christ" he
said This is the most wonderful ak
ample Of church giving 1 have ever
known.
"And so I am pleading for 4 people
who are helping themselves, and We ask
YOU to do for them only what they ara
not able to do for themselves, and to DO
it in Christs name and for His greater
glory"