Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-08-13
REPORT OF "A DELEGATE' CON
TINUED.

"PTIOEBE."

At this point it was announced that
special message had been received
from Japan, through Kiyoshi Kordzumi,
an iron merchant from osaka. AS he
took the document from a casllet, tied
with a red ribbon, he said, Better that
| should read it in my own Japanese"
and as no one objected, he proceeded
to read. An English translation was
afterward given, and the convention
voted to send to Japan a cordial mes
sage of thanks.
A thoughtful address on "Christian
Education, the Hope of Civilization"
was given by Rev Robert NJ. Hopkins
of St Louis, u. S. A. He began with
three differences: % That all is not
we'll with civilization. Strife and bit
ter hatred have filled the hearts of men
and they are not seeking the best
things of life CD That there must be
a way out of all our misery and dis
order. go That the way out is the
way of religious education. He said
that this path is among the children
and the youth of the world, and he en-
phasized the fact that a dollar or a
utS spent 1T NIdI 'ltltI plildllOu Is
worth hundred dollars or a hundred
days spent in character reformation.
But what is the status of religious
education" he asked. when fully one
third, or 500, 100000 of the population
of the world is in the formative period
of life?" He stated that it is a con-
serVatiVe estimate that out of this
number, 500, 100000 are not receiving
any Christian education or training
and this is an army which threatens to
become a menace to civilization, when
it might become the worlds saving
grace if we could make them the chill
dren of our Lord.
Mr., Hopkins was followed by Rev. II.
II. Halliday, of Burma, and the Rev. "
p. Mammon. b, A. of India, who made
the convention realize the difficulties
and the possibilities of the work in
these Eastern countries. Only one mil
lion out of 100000 of the population
of Burma are in touch with facilities
for Christian teaching, and of the great
population of India, with it's 100, 900, 600
children, only one million are in
Christian schools and Sunday schools.
when he spoke of the leaders of the
Sunday school forces of India. What
are four loaves and two fshes?" he
said. 1--WE are but four men and two
women"
At this point a message of greeting
was received from King Haakon, of
Sweden, expressing his hope that the
convention would be great success.
Next DR.. Poole. formerly of Dorche ester.
Mass, but now of London, gave a stir
ring address on THE Place of Christian
Education in World Evangelism" He
claimed that Christian education and
world evangelism aim at the achieve
ment of personality, in, and for,
through a perfect society and that the
social method of to-day is based on
self interest and is utterly unchristian.
can we build the Kingdom of God out
OF the world mind-stuff as at present
constituted?" he asked. And he an
swered the question with an emphatic.
NO He claimed that the church
must make revolutionary change in
It's spirit and method, and if necessary
recorder its life and practice so as to
put education along side of evangelism
In its works. He said, with a great
deal OF earnestness. that the great task
or the w, S. S. Association is to reach
the worlds children with a teaching
program that will produce a generation