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are creeping in that will take the place of
Chrisfianify

are creeping in that will take the place OF
Christianity.
100000 TRAINED LEADERS NEEDED.
Tho first session was held yesterday
Afternoon. DIR. w G. Clippinger, MEM
Der Of tho Intcr-Church team touring the
central and western States, lcctured on
the American Educational Survey OF
American Colleges" He said there arc
400 900 students in American colleges md
universities. Half Of these arc in de-
nomipational and independent colleges.
These denomipatiopal institutions furnish
30 per cent Of our mir istcrs and mission
aries.
There are 10000 trained Christian
leaders needed, he said. To carry out the
program Of the lnter-Church World Move
mcnt for the next five years. One OF
these denominations alone needs 1900
Of such leaders. State universities supply
only five TO ten per cent. One denomina-
tional college with 300 students has IN
training 81 young men and women VINO
will take their places III the ranks with
other Christian leaders.
"There are 5000 new missionaries
needed each year." DIR. Clippingcr said.
Theological seminaries are furnishing
only half of this number. In addition,
half Of tho world has no preachers. no
physicians, no gospel and no hospitals.
TO reach the world with these benefits the
colleges must q,Iadruple their output of
these Christian leaders One small coli
lcge has ten graduates in q single mission
field in Egypt.
4 survey more thorough by far than
anv government ar church survey is
being made of the American colleges,
universities and theological seninaries by
the Inter-Church World Movement. DIR
Clippinger said, as n fact, one per cent
OF the population of the United States
graduates from colleges. From this num-
Der all of the trades and professions must
be supplied "As said before" said DIR.
Clippinger, "these colleges must quadrunle
their output of Christian leaders to fill
the gaping ranks resulting from the war
and other causes"
A massmeeting was held last night, the
chief feature of which was the presentation
of the foreign survey of the lnter-Chureh
World Movement. The stcreopticon
views that brought home 10 the audience
the fact Of the tremendous needs of the
world that is generally known as the
heather lands, DIR. George A. Huntley,
medical missionary, who has devoted a
large part of his life TO work in Shanghai
and other parts Of China, pointed out the
necessity of world, 95 per cent OF whose
inhabitants are iliiterste and a large pro-
portion of which have never had the care
of n modern physician, seen Bible or
heard the name of Christ.
"Five thousand missionaries are need
ed Immediately" said DIR Huntley, lin
order that these people who want Chris
tianity and who are begging for II, may
have it. There Is one thing worse than
being ignoraat about Christ. and that is
knowing about Him and being unable to,
have the benefits which should come from
with the knowledge. Millions
are CRYING for this help and America il
the only one enough unharmed after the
war TO give If. Our man power and riches
are untouched by the war, compared TO
the other civilized powers and the duty
devolves upon III"
WHAT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL?
DIR. a. NJ Honline, second speaker of
the evening, laid stress ON the need of
religious education. He pointed out
hat there are now in Sunday schools g.
D0o, 600 less boys and girls than there
we're in 1914. The only remedy for this,
ne said Is to construct all over the coun-
nv. summer religious schools such as are
already being formed in many parts of the
in which the child would be
taught in religious studies by trained
teachers.
There are twenty million children in
his country getting no religious instrtic-
ion,' he said, "and the rest don't get
much. Evangelical church children get
26 hours year, Catholic children get
216, and Jewish children 335 hours. If
children studied geography the way
they get religious instruction, IT would
take IA years to complete the required
work"
This afternoon DIR. Frank Rines, who
took leading part in the great Cen
tenary Movement of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, will give an illrstrat ad
talk, which he calls The Statistical Mir
-or." DIR Rines Is member of the
Statistical Department OF the Interehurch
World Movement. and all his facts and
,harts were drawn from the figures OBJ
aiued by the surveys of the movement.
He shows that the daily per capital Civ |
nes Of the church membership of the |
United States amount TO 81 cents. and |
hat if all churches gave as the Seventh |
Day Adventists do, by tithing, the in |
,orne of the churches would be in excess |
II billion dollars a year He makes a |
lirect plea for more conscientious Civ /
ng Mrs Eddy will make an address.
The conference closes after the session |
his afternoon. The Dover pastors con-