The Penn's Grove record., 1922-01-20
A World Vision of
Christian Missions
Great Christian Work Being
Done By Methodist Cen
tenary Fund

ChurcheS IN LIllS iSSAOh " i
County was held in Emmanuel
Methodist Episcopal Church on We'd
nesday, District Superintendent Al
fred Wapp stated that this was the
+b;rd on his district. One was held
on Monday at Cape May Court House
and another at Clayton on Tuesday.
Rev. Leonard c.. Murdock, Execu-
tive Secretary of the Philadelphia
Area Methodist Missionary Centen-
ayv. with headquarters in the Wesley
pnild;np. 1901 Arch Street, Phlladel-
mia. was the speaker in the morning.
he fold of the great work being done
hv fine millions raised by the cehCeh-
NV fund both for home and foreign
nissions. Where towns spring up
with the building of new lnduStrigsS
f,,nds are loaned with which to pullo
Church commensurate with the
moods for twenty-five years. In some
nlaces Easements are made ana eoVei
I'd oyer for immediate use, SO
Cburcb can be erected later. In De
troit nersons representing seventeen
determinations Joined in help build
40 The new Methodist Church. In
I,ay oil field in California, the Centen,
NV Secretary appeared with 1uno
70 start the new Church enterprise.
There were all kinds of mechanics SO
II was proposed that men give thelr
Iabo, to make brick from clay on tne
Ground and the Church was erecteu'
mostly by volunteer labor, after WORK
ing hours. -, l.ooo
In several cities Churches become
ahandoned by deaths and removals OF
old members and the advent OF IN
dustries and foreign elements; IN
Stead of selling these Church edlhces
as formerly, the Centenary funo Is
used to keep them, make them sociaI
centers and welfare stations 10 hoiu
the new foreign citizens. MOVING
pictures and religious education Is
qiven, also Americanizatlon classes
are held.
The missionary fund is to evangei-
ize, to save the people OF all naClons'
but first those in our own county.
The Church will never go back 10 tie
old way of raising missionary Iuilds
after the good work beng cone py
the Centenary Fund is seen. 1t gave
a new impetus to missionary WORK a'
home and abroad.
The object of the conference Is 10
inform the people and str up ehthu
siasm among the people to Keep II
going. They should be educateo ny
special meetings, tracts and pape[s'
Sp thew will read and talk about the
GREAT work being done in MISSION
Selds. The greatest opening is IN
China. where there has been the
greatest advancements in recent
Gears. There are hundreds OF mil
lions who are eager for the Gospel.
The Government officials of the new
Republic are waiting to have thelr
educational system taken over by the
Methodist Episcopal Church, because
MANY of the officials were educated IN
colleges in America.
Give the layman the facts ABOUT
missions. There are now mlllioh
regular subscribers. The average IN
come of a Methodist is the average
of each individual of the Nation, $4OO.
For each member to give S4 a year
would be only l cent on the dollar;
MANY can and will do better. All
should reach the average.
In the afternoon DR.. Murdoch gave
a brief outline of home Church train
inc methods. While there was
good plan adopted, yet new conditions
and different dispositions require the
truths and work to be adopted to
meet them.
Rev. George S. Connell, of Waverly,
N. Y, told of the great success
Methodist Churches are making In ms
region by getting the Church mem
bers to adopt the titheing system.
That is, to give one-tenth OF their
income to the Church fund.
In one town where there was an
industrial strike the pastors In all
other Churches left that town, but the
Methodist Church, which had tithers
increased its membership, increased
the size of its edifice and loaned
money to the needy.
1t puts the Christian Church on
business basis, attaches all members to
the Church as well as those in need.
The Churches have had wonderful
successes in those places in New York
State where it is carried on.
In the afternoon Rev. w. Thomas
Hobart gave a brief talk on mission
ary work in China, and in the evening
he gave an illustrated lecture, show
ing many scenes in China. He stated
that Methodist missionaries first went
to China in 1907. In fifty years there
were only 1000 converts. Now 40O,-
600 are converted with Methodist
Churches and influences, and many
are waiting for the evangelical Cos
pei of Christ.
China had an educational literature
science and civilization before Anglo
Saxon civilization began, but rigid
caste and monarchical rule kept
progressive ideas from growing and
developing.
Since 1900 the Western system of
education has been adopted. Hun
dreds of Chinese have been educated
in American colleges, returned to
their country and taken education and
the principles of republican govern
ment with them. Grammar and high
schools are now numerous in China.
Pein has a big university where