The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-06
CENTENARY Of MISSIONS
BEFORE CONFERENCE
DIR. Bcauchamp Tells Methodists That
Iayntcn Have Pledged Thirty.
five Million Dollars.
BISHOP CANNON SPEAKS.
Mcthohism to ESangclizc Northern
Mcxico's Three Million Population.


was presented to the Virginia Metho-
Hendrix and Cannon: DIR. w. B. Beau
champ and DIR. Hiram A. Boar, of
Nashville; Rev. James G. Myers mis-
sionary to Japan. and DR.. L. II. Rawi-
ings
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 a single preacher or layman has
voted against the centenary move
ment in any of its UNDERTAKINGS He
spoke of the great laymen's confer
ence, where 176 representatives of the
Southern Methodist CHURCH met To
study the great need of the missionary
field. After careful presentation of
the needs OF the fields. home and for
eiEn. the allotments for the different
conferences were decided on. The.
laymen decided that tho 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
centenary movement and no member
OF any annual conference has yet OPP
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 ii is the centenary Of mis-
sions. This is not only the hour ~
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
a 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. 1t is the hour when men in
the Church must do the same for
Christs sake-make the same sacri-
noes that they have willingly and
gladly made for patriotism | shall
placard this utfcrance of Bishop Hen
driXs, When God loves, He loves a
world, and when God gives, He gives
HIS Son. We must learn what it
means to give as God gave His Son
Fifty thousand have signed the en-
rollment card of intercession to pay
God. day by day. for the victory"
Bishop Cannon on Latin America.
Bishop James Cannon, Jr., spoke
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 op-
portunity. We cannot. as southern
people. 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 1t 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 recent world convention held MT
Columbus, Ohio. with delegates pres
ent from all over the world. there
were two men from Mexico. and they
made as strong an impression as anv
TWO men in that world conference
one of these men was educated in our
Church school at Chihuahua"
bishop Cannon spoke OF little or
phan boy who was put in school and
now the y. NJ. G.. A. has picked him
out to lead their work in that section.
Rev. James T. Meyers. of japan
gave a brief survey OF the work In
the East. China. he said With her
100000 900. is opened to us peculiarly
as Americans. There a most cordia,
feeling exists toward American peo-
Pile. brought about by the return or
the $40. 900. 900 indemnity. given To edn.
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
| Relieve there has come check in thu
now OF the people toward Christianity
anese government Is not hostile The
Japs are giving money to Christian en-
terprises. Japan Is out for leadership
IN the East. She is acknowledging
that she stands in need of the moral
strength, moral fibre that come only
through Christianity. Japan is friendly
but critical. The Japs say, why don't
YOU practice Christianity IL you be-
ieve that all men are hrotherso" We
have to live right in Japan before thew
will believe what we speak and teach
The missionary spoke Of the great
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
is critical time, We have been short
Of money. but whenever Japanese
youth offered himself for the minis
try. they did not let him 60
Committees Are APPOINTED.
Bishop Hendrix announced the foI
lowing Centenary committees as fol-
lows:
Lavmen-T. S. Southgate. T. T. Cat
lin. c. r. Wilson and J. p. Pcttyjohn.
Clerical-B. T. Lip~comh. !. ". Carey.
j. w. Moore and H. p. Myers
A DR.. Fl. A. Boaz, the newry-eiected
secretary of the hoard IF cburoh a..