The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-06
C[N1tIIRY lf Missions
BEFORE CONFERENCE
DIR. 1scauchamp Tells Methotiists That
Iayrnen Have Pledged Thirty
five Million Dollars.
BISHOP CANNON SPEAKS.
Declares 1t Is the Duty Of Southern
Mcthosiism to Evangciizc Northern
Mcxico's Three Million Population.

was presented to the Virginia Metho-
dist conference today by Bishops
Hendrix and Cannon; DR.. w. b. Beau
champ and DIR. Hiram A. Boaz, of
Nashville: Rev. James c. Myers. mis-
sionary to Japan, and DR. E. II. Rawl-
inEe.
DR. Beauchamp, who stated that he
had nearly completed the rounds OF
the annual conferences, said that,
have taken the allotments and some
have increased the amounts assigned.
Not single preacher or layman has
voted against the centenary move
ment in any Of its undertakings. He
spoke of the great laymens confer
ence. where lag representatives OF the
southern Methodist Church met to
study the great need of the missionary
neld. After careful presentation OF
the needs of the fields, home and for
eign, the allotments for the different
conferences were decided on, The
| laymen decided that the very least
they would do was thirty five millions
and put no limits on the asking. This
recommendation was taken to the
general conference and that body
voted by unanimous vote~-the first
| time the general conference ever got
behind proposition unanimously.
The presiding elders, in three meet
ings, have unanimously endorsed the
centenary movement and no member
OF any annual conference has yet op-
posed it, The West Virginia confer
ence unanimously made its allotment
from one and half to one and three
quarters millions.
There is the greatest confidence
that the program will be~put over and
that more than Is asked for will be
raised.
When the men representing all the
departments of the work of the
Church met to decide what cause
should have the right of way. Bishop
Gambler. of Emory university. said:
No matter what We may think the
CLOCK says 1t is the centenary OF mis-
slons. This is not only the hour OF
the centenary movement, but the
/ hour Of the Church OF God in the
world All the nations of the world
are calling upon Professionalism to save
The best of their civilization. A lay
man said recently: If God had given
thousand years for us To consider
time. we could not have selected a
greater time than this This is the
hour in the Providence Of God when
| men and women have been trained to
/ know what the spirit of sacrifice
means. IT Is the hour when men in
! the Church must do the same for
/ Christ.s sake--make the same sacri-
/
gladly made for patriotism shall
| piacard this utterance of Bishop Hem
{ drix's, When God loves, He loves n
| world, and when God gives, He gives
| HIS SON We must learn what il
means to give as God gave His Son.
| iffty thousand have signed the en-
roliment card of intereession 70 pay
. God. day by day, for the victory"
Bishop Cannon on Latin America,
BlShDn Il
| on the work in Latin America 1t
/ has fallen to him. he said. TO super
wise the work in Mexico and along
the border. There is no field that Is
our own providential field as the
great work among the Mexicans.
They are our only neighbor on the
south
/ The organized churches OF this
| country are saying to Southern Meth
odism. These people are your neigh
bors, and this Is your task. your OPP
+ purtunity. We cannot, as southern
| psanle, say We have no mission TO
the needs of the great people OF
Europe. but the same Providence that
has opened the doors OF Europe has
opened the doors In Mexico. It is not
| only our task but our duty, to evan
gelize the three million Mexicans in
Northern Mexico. The time is ripe
for Professionalism. and Northern
Mexico has been given to the Southern
Methodist Church as its field
What sort of people are these
Mexicans? Some call them 'Greasers
Az a recent world convention held at
tCoiumbu ohio. with delegates pres-
cnt from all over the world. there
We're two men from Mexico, and they
made as strong an impression as any
TWO men in that world conference
one of these men was educated in our
Church school at Chihuahua
Bishop Cannon spoke OF a little or.
phan boy who was put in school and
now the Y. NJ. c. a. has picked hin,
out 10 lead their work in that section
Rev. James T. Meyers. of japan
gave brief survey OF the work /,
the East. China he said with he,
100000 600, Is opened to us pecullarI,
as Americans. There most cordial
feeling exists toward American PEG.
pie, brought about by the return OF
the $4,000. 900 Indemnity, given 10 edu.
cate Chinese students in American in.
situations. There is no organized re.
ltgious opposition in China as In japan
! Korea needs us.
! The American people are responsible
for Korea She Is being Japanized
believe there has come a check in the
low Of the people toward Christianity
due to Japanese influence. The Jan,
anese government is not hostile. The
Jams are giving money to Christian en-.
terpr'ses Japan IL out for LEADERSHIP
In the East. She Ia acknowledgirr
that she stands In need OF the mora
strength. moral fibre that come only
through Christianity. Japan is friendly
but critical. The laps say why don't
YOU practice Christianity II you be.
lleve that all men are brothers, we
have to live right in japan before they
will believe what we speak and teach
The missionary spoke of the graa,
! Japanese Billy Sunday who said, I'm.
less Japan is ChriStianized in the NEXT
ten years. she Is lost The tendency
TO materialism. sensualism. etc, from
the viewpoint OF man. proves that this
il critical time. We have been shor,
of money, but whenever Japanese
youth offered himself for the minis.
try, they did not let him 20.
Committees Are Appeirt~A.
Rishop Hendrix announced the fol.
lowing Centenary committees as fol-
lows:
| Laymen--T. 8. Soutbgate, j. r. Cat.
lin. c. F.. Wilson and J. r. pettvtohn
| Clerical-B. r. Lipscomb. j. Y. Carey
J. w. Moore and ii. p. Myers.
, DR. H. A. Boar. the newly-elac. "a