Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-31

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Interesting Addresses Feature
Sessions at the Newark
Methodist Conference

NEWARK, March S1-Interest-
ing addresses featured the Newark
conference of the Methodist church
here today and last night. The SEES
sions will be continued until next
week, when appointments Z VIII be
made probably on Tuesday. Rev.
Wilbert Westcott, of Perth AmDoy'
il in attendance at the sessions.
There are /, 013 Methodist minis
ters now studying n on trlal pre-
paratory to becoming elders. an IN
crease of more than 1877 over iast
wear, DR.. r. j. Wade, Chicago, COR
respcnding secretary of the commit
tee on conservation n advances
told the members of the conference
"There were $50 ministers who
died in 1921; there are 623 super
numerary preachers, and S,oSS re-
tired minister's" he said. since
June 1, 1919, s~40,76S,340 rave beer
paid into the treasury OF the Meth-
odist Episcopal church for the Meth
odist centenary program. an lncrease
of over $50 per cent in giving OF Ine
Methodist Episcopal church. I'M
is the most remarkable example OF
increased benevolent giving ia the
history of the church. Every CHRIS
| finn man and woman should thank
God for this signal achievement.
.The amount paid district super
intendents was $1,526,650; bishops
s4O1.g16. conference claimants. 81.
711.O2c, making a total mlnlsterlai
support of S28,26S,237. The sun
| day schools of the whole cnurci
number 36,415, an increase or e4a'
with q total enrolment OF 4,6fo'lSo'
an inmrease of 25S,664.
The ideals Of self determination
and democracy which were among
the aims of the World War, nave
stirred the people of Asia and AFRICA
to their depths, said Rev. DR.. TITUS
Lowe OF New York, recently elected
corresponding secretary of n boaro
of foreign missions Of the
Episcopal church, in an address mere
last night at the conference. Dr.
Lowe characterized the recent con-
ference on limitation OF armaments
and Pacific problems as the greatesl
achievement in foreign missions al
MANY centuries. He said in part:
TN Japan there Is a cry for 1 c
and a roof and for a share in the
government on the part OF an ever
Increasing number in that mpir
a. rising tide of democracy in that
country with it's a~utocratlc govern
ment. In China we have a great de-
yeIopment in which a quarter of the
human race Is endeavoring to Or
ganize itself in q popular govern
ment. We lave v yet appreclat-
ed the magnitude of that movement
of 400 million in China. In India
the British empire is transferring TO
the people great government re-
sponsibilities.
.'There is insistent need that spir-
itual ideals resting on a
of education, not the ideals OF ignor-
ant anarchy and materialism' shali
dominate these movements.
Think Of the rae question. Un-
less we turn a new page in history
and work out some means OF coop
~leration between races we are going
forth to a struggle even worse thar
Thai through which we have just
come. All the time we are preaching
to the world in u commercial and
international relationships n in al
WAYS of communication with the
world. If we preach discord and
contempt there can be only one re-
suit.
'Jndustrialism, though farther ad.
Ivanced in Japan, is making raplo
progress in China. We are export
ing not only our machinery, but oui
industrial problems.
1.-The Washington conference wal
Ia foreign missionary affair becausce
it took great steps toward the &C
accomplishment Of the ultimate end o.
foreign missions, which is the estab'
lishment of good will and brother
hood among the nations. But 1t Is
not enough to make treaties with
out the spirit of confidence, mutua
good will and moral integrity.
.sThe time has gone by when for
|, eicu missions can be regarded as the
speciality Of a few fanatics.
: To-day there are considerably
more than a million Christians il
! China"