The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-26
DELEGATE MAKES
REPORT ON MEET
FOR V0LUNTE TEERS
Miss Halle orimscy Tells Of Work
at Student Volunteer Conference
at Des Moines Where 5000
We're In Session.
EXPLAINS PURPOSE OF
MOVEMENT IN ADDRESS
Goes Into De.au and Gives Views Of
Missionary Workers from over
Entire World; Says Time for
Church Growth.

In an interesting address last night
at The Epworth MBethodlst church,
Miss lIallio Grimsley related her ex-
perienccs and observations during
her attendance Of The Student Vol-
unteer conference held at Dcs Moines,
Iowa, from December Slst to January
ilh she was sent to that meet as
special delegate from her church
and the usual Sunday night sermon
was surplanted last night by her
speech
Miss Grmsley spoke at length up
on the purpose and accomplishment
of the Student Volunteer movement.
Her talk was in part, as follows
THE purposes Of the Student Vol
unteer movement which is promi-
nent and which has been steadfasrly
adhered to are: to awaken and
maintain among all Christian stu
dents Of Che United states and Can
ada intelligent interests in foreign
missions; to enroll sufficient numbers
OF properly qualified volunteers TO
meet the pressing demands of the
mission boards of the nUited States
in their effort to give all living men
the opportunity Of knowing the lly-
ing Christ to help all those who
intend to be missionaries in prepar-
ing for their work. to lay equal
burdens of responsibility on all stu
dents who remain at home. as minis
ters or lay workers that they may
actively promote the missionary en-
terprise by their gifts and by their
prayers IT is not an organization
to send missionaries-it leaves that
for the church to do But it helps
to summon students to worldwide
tasks. 1t exists primarily for the
foreign missionary societies of North
American churches. 1t is a student
movement. 1t field IS all insttu-
tiona OF college standing in the Unit
ed States and Canada II holds con
ferences every student generation,
or once every -four years. On ac-
count Of the war thc 1870 conference
was two years late. However, it
was the biggest conference OF its
kind ever held, there being 5000 del
cgates in attendance, consisting Of
students faculty members and mis-
sionaries who represented one thou
sand colleges ana universities in the
United States and Canada as woll as
10 foreign nations
The educational department Of
the movement encourages missiona-
ry education ii advocates mission
study actyides, and it's Influence
hes established hundreds Of mission
Try libraries in colleges and uniyer-
sites OF this country The most I'M
lortant achievement Of the organi-
zation, however has been tae en-
liatment of volunteers for foreign
missionary service 1t has given
eight successive generations Of stu
dents the claims Of foreign mIssiona.
ry service Since the movement
was organized eight thousand one
hundred and forty Of the students
ehom # has enrolled as volunteers
have gone to the mission fields or
this number two thousand two hun
dred and two have gone in the last
six years They have gone to prac-
tically every non-Christian land
In the afternoons during the con-
ference period between the hours Of
eight and ten simultaneous meetings
were held at the different churches
of the city. Missionaries presided
at these meetings and from them
we heard directly from the non
Christian countries Natives of di.
vers races, talents, ambitions and
creeds We're there and many Of
them spoke While the majority OF
them were only students. they gave
real addresses. We had our eyes
opened to many things South Am
erica is waking but the intellectuals
Of that country are not religious be-
cause the religion they know has
caused mostly war conflict and back
wmdness. Their universities are
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