Evening journal., 1920-03-11
WORLD MISSIONS
need SUPPORT
Veteran Missionaries Tell
Women of Their Work at
Interchurch Meeting
100 MINISTER'S AT
DOVER CONFERENCE

more was necessary TO show the neec
OF some great organization to cO-ordi-
nate the work OF all churches so ss
70 make them more efficient in the
mission fields OF the world, than The
woaderful testimony Of three mission
aries, all OF them veterans In the for
eign feld
DR.. C. B. Lesher. a medical mission
airy Of the Am rlcsn Baptist Foreign
Missionary Society, who with his wife
has spent the last 10 years in South
China, Or. John VI. Springer, whose
home address is fllzabethvlle. Belgian
Congo, and who is survey supervisor
OF Central Africa for the Interchurch
World Movement, and Dr. I'aul l..
Gerhard. who has spent many years OF
service In Japan, were the three speak
ers
"The great terror OF China" said
Or. Lesher, "is the bubOnlc plague. and
YOU in this conit1ent have practically
nothing 20 fear from that We have
discovered an invaluable serum 10 use
as a preventive for this, and / have
inoculaled whole villages at a time
with it In one place ! found the
whole population Of a town waiting
FOR me. and was able to inject the ser
nm into over 6i0 Of the people in one
day. though I was nearly overwhelmed
in The rush Of The panlc-strlcken peo-
pie who feared there was not enough
serum for all. Ny wife and I are the
only physicians with modern educa-
ton in a district OF 10000 people
Dr.. Springer dwelt on the superst-
tons and fears, the feiishes and idols
on ahe people Of Central Africa, and
his statement that the place 90 go 20
see The latest "tango steps now en-
ihrallng lhe people OF America. and
me latest fashions with which women
now try to outstrip each other was
Central Africa" the difference being
he added, that when people did things
Ike that in that part Of the world, the
sophisticated in America called them
"heathcn."
II we don't hurry and Christisnize
the world said Or. Springer, 1.-THE rest
Of the world is likely TO heathenze us.
We must begin now
DR. Gerhard drew a picture OF the
Japanesee that made them seem far
from what many leading news edi-
torial writer's have tried TO make them.
Tie called them kind, gentle and con
siderate. and said that they want
Christianity, and the privileges and
Joys that Christianity brings. but that
the church must strike now, or 4
will be loo late for other things are
creeping in that win take the place OF
Christianity.
This afternoon. Or. Frank Rines, who
took a leading part In ths great Cen
tenary Movement OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. gave an Illustrated
talk. which he called The Statistical
Mirror" Dr. Rines Is a member OF the
Statistical Department Of the Inter-
church World Movement and all his
facts and charts are drawn from the !
figures obtained by the surveys OF the !
Movement. He showed that The daily /
per capita sivings OF the church mem /
bership OF the United States amount |
to 81 cents. and showed that II all |
churches gave as the seventh Day Ad- /
ventisls do. by iilhing. the income /
Of the churches would be In excess Of /
q billion dollars a year. He closed his /
address with direct plea for more I
conscientious giving.
Special to The Evening Journal.
DOVER. Del. March 1.-THE three /
days conference OF The Interehurch /
World Movement opened yesterday /
afternoon in Wesley NJ. =. Church. !
with one hundred ministers, both. /
white and Negro from all parts Of the
slate in attendance.
The opening service was conducted /
by the Rev John W. Springer. super
intendent OF the Congo Mission Of 1
ihe " n Church. The REV. G. w. /
iiuniley N. o.. presided over the
session.
After The devotional exercises an
Illustrated lecture was given by Or. 4
Hnntley, for thirty years a missionary /
IN China, for The Baptist Church. The
pictures showed conditions in China
as they have existed in the past and
ss they exist now.
Or. Springer in his opening remarks
explained the objects and purposes OF
me lnterchurch Movement and stated
mat their coming together was TO con-
sider solely the things Of the Kingdom
OF God The mission was 10 replenish 4
and multiply and to live up 10 the in
Junction OF Christ, when he said l
Go ye into all the world and preach
My Gospel"
As to the efforts Of each denouina-
tion endeayoring to establsh the eos-
pei In foreign lands, the speaker said
that TOO often we have been ia
others way" What Is needed now is
cooperation in the great work OF
bringing the world 10 Christ and Christ
to the world. He urged al denomi-
nations TO get together for this one
needed and most helpful thing = hu-
manty. He spoke OF the need of phy
sicians in foreign lands.
Between the addresses there were Il /
Illustrated SONGS
The third speaker was Prof. Paul s \
Gerhart, of japan College. japan. for
% years a resident OF Japan, who told /
OF The needs Of Japan. the main one OF 1
which is Christianity. He spoke OF the
excellent schools, colleges and uniyer-
sites, but no Christian influence.
He closed his address with an an 4
peal for mission work in foreign
lands
The closing address Of the afternoon
was made by C. B. Lesher. NJ d.. for
ten years in Swatow, China. He told
OF the lack OF Christian civilization
which must be supplied by the Chris
tan missionary. He closed his ad-
oress with an appeal for prayers and
money TO help carry on the work Of
svangelization Of China.
REVIVAL At BETHANY.
Evangelist Harry j. Goodwin. Of
WayueSbtrR West Virginia Ia oo,.t,