Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-17
MISSION CONFERENCE
Alfred Newberry Of New York De-
lvers Interesting Message at Meet
ings Opened in St. Marks Parish
House

! House
! Goodly numbers were in attendance
Friday at the two days conference
en- the church's mission and the ma
tion-wide campaign at ST. Marks Par
ish house The conference is made up
OF the members of St. Matthew $
church at Hallowell, Christ church at
Gardiner and St Marks church of
, this city, and both afternoon and eve
ming sessions called forth many of
! the denomination.
The feature OF these meetings is
the interesting addresses made by Al
| fred Newberry from the Church Mis-
; sion house of New York City, VINO
creates most profound impressions
upon the minds Of his hearers by his
able handling of the subjects in
volved
The first session was called TO order
by the Rev. z. NJ. H. Knapp. rector OF
, st. Marks church, promptly at 4."0
o'clock. He opened the meeting with
prayer and welcomed the visiting del
cgations, immemdiately introducing
the speaker, Mr.. Newberry.
In his opening remarks Mr. New
berry said There must be an in
telligent conception of the whole WORK
of the whole church and the challenge
is placed upon every member TO live
up to the obligations he or she has
assumed. We must do things on
principle. and it is our obligation TO
carry out these principles. And these
principles are our relations to our
nc Ghbor.
E" We are all members of one body.
There can be no distinction of race,
class or boundary. We are all one in
Jesus Christ. Less than third
, Of the population of the world fol-
lows Christ"
The speaker then took up the OK
tcnsivc missionary fields in China.
saying that less than . per cent. of
the Chinese women can read or write
and the average age OF the Chinese
woman is IS years The cheapest
thing in China he said was human
life. The Chinese people do rot be-
lievc in the spirit of unselfshness.
their cup is full; they simply endure
and die. Thirty-five persons through
out the world die hourly from tubcr-
culosis: IS per hour did from this
dread disease in China.
In the Evening
At 100 o'clock another large gath
erinS was present to hear the speaker.
Mr.. Newbery speak on the Missionary
Spirit. His theme dealt mostly with
the missionary fields of the Far East
A Missionary. he said was the log
ical Christian. The savage is a slave
to superstition and he dares not move.
Charity does begin at home, but it
must not stop there. The world is
our home.
| In Japan the masses are under the
influence of a military clique. They
hold the people in ignorance and in
fiuence them against the Chinese and
the United States. In China the him.
derance to their progress is super
stition, disease and ignorance. The
masses are living on nothing and are
working all day to get it. The three
men who represent the brains OF the
republic and who are to represent
that nation at the coming conference
, on disarmament at Washington are
members of the church and are grad
yates of st. Johns school This is
! what the church is doing for the peo-
pie Of China. We are not trying to
evangelize China. we are going over
there to raise up priests, to raise up
, nurses and doctors and to establish
church for and by the Chinese peo-
pie.
Speaking of conditions in Japan Mr.
Newberry said that the Japanese were
growing up worldly wise but without
morals.
He took up in detail the mission
fields in Africa, telling of the work
of the church among the people of
the negro republic of Liberia and say
! ing that that little republic was liv-