The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-18
.DR. BROONFIELD
WILL Be away
ABOUT 4 MONTHS
Will Inspect Missionary
Work in Three East
ern Counties.
.MAY GIRlLE THE GLOBE
Rev. Arthur MCGEE to
Preach Here in His
Absence.

DR.. ]. c. Broomfield will start at
4:12 Tuesday afternoon on the Penn
sylyania road on long journey to
foreign lands which will occupy a
Cpace of time covering four months.
DR.. Bloomfield will go to Pittsburgh
where he will stay over night and at
$3.50 Wednesday night he will->tart
for Seattle, reaching there Saturday
night. On Sunday he viii preach in
two Methodist Protestant churches in
Seattle and Oh Tuesday viii go to
Vancouver. From here DR.. Broom
field will sail for Yokohoma, Japan,
On the Empress of Asia. The trip win
take about ten days. At Youkohoma
Dr.. Broomfield will meet Rev. Dr..
Leigh Layman, we'll known Fair
monter.
After spending three weeks in
Japan DR.. Broomfield will go to
Shanghai by boat and from there to
Peldn by rail and from Pekin to Kal
gen, China, the center of all mis-
sionary activities IN China The great
Chinese wall runs past the edge of
this city Three weeks viii be spent
here. The next place OF visit will be
Hongkong and from there DR.. Broom
field will go to Calcutta or Bombay
II transport can be obtained DR..
Broomtield intends returning from
Bombay to London by way of England
in Marc, but If this proves impossible
he will come back by way OF the
Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands.
While DR.. Broomfield is away Rev.
Arthur MCGEE will occupy his pull
pit. Rev. MeGee comes from Phila-
delphia and Is well known here. He
will have rooms at the "Y"
Rev, Broomfield goes ON his foreign
tour mainly for the purpose of look
ing over ground in Japan, China and
India with the object OF getting in
formation as to the expending of
about a quarter million dollars which
Is waiting to be spent for missionary
purposes. This money. belongs to the
Methodist Protestant church and was
donated during the campaign conduct
ed in all churches not very long ago.
Two years ago DR.. Broomtield was
asked to undertake this trip but he
went into the army instead, feeling
he had work there which came first.
After the armistice was signed he
was again asked to go and has now
made all arrangements to start.
The money will doubtless be spent
on making additions to the work al
ready in progress in foreign lands, in
constructing new buildings where
needed and in occupying territory
assigned to the church DR.. Broom
field represents. ALL churches repres-
ented in the lands Dr.. Bloomfield
will visit have certain territory as
signed to them for working and the
work does not overlap in any degree.
There are two reasons for DR..
Broomneld being assigned to this
special work Of looking over the
ground-one because he is chairman
o fthe committee whic hraised the
money, and a second, because he is
secretary OF the Board Of Foreign
Missions-having all missions in
charge. While in the three countries
Conferences will be held with mission
aries and thorough canvas Of all
needs will be made with other denom-
nations expressing their ideas and
with the native preachers to help in
the work also. In this way three
sources of information will aid to
great extent in the selection OF Just
the right needs. Schools will be en-
larged probably and the missionary
force will be increased. New churches
will be opened doubtless and new sta
tions made
Rev, Broomfield will be accompan.
led on his trip by Rev DR.. Fred c.
Klein Of Baltimore, corresponding
secretary of the Board Of Foreign
Missions and formerly missionary in
Japan. Rev. Mr.. Klein will go with
DR.. Broomfield on the entire trip and
will also return with him. He will be
met in Pittsburgh by Dr.. Broom
field.