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KEY. LAWRENCE HUNT RELATES STORY
Minister Named In Waealaaton aa Co.
rpdfn( rnald Hot Recall t ataa
Kadearlsa Terms la Closing
Hla letters.
The Bassett divoroa trial had proceed
' Scarcely half an hour Thursday morning
.vjua-hen Mra. nasaett collapnd entirely. She
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J tlnued flv
.V morning.'
v was taken from the court room and after
.half an hour a rest was able to resume.
cross-examination, which had con-
ve days, was completed late In the
Rev. Dr. Hunt was placed on
the stand Immediately. The trial pro
ceeded much more rapidly. The minister's
quick, concise answers Were In contrast to
the Ions, rambling; replies which have made
the testimony of Mra. Bassett such a
Voluminous record.
Dr. Hunt stated he was In the college de
partment f the Young Men's Christian as-
pnriHuuiL worn prior to Beginning acnv
f pastoral-duties. He related the episode of
Christmas, 1903, when, accompanied by Ma
aired mother, he called at the Bassett apart
tiients and Mr. Bassett made a scene by
snatching from the delivery boy an en
velope accompanying a present sent by Dr.
Jlunt to Mrs. Bassett.
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Denies EndearlesT Tertna.
Dr. Hunt was kept on the witness stand
Only about an hour In the afternoon. ' In
examining him Attorney Van Deusen for
Mrs. Bassett did not touch upon the nu
merous Incidents which were brought out In
Mrs. Bassett's testimony and consequently
there wsa nut much for the defense to
question him upon. On his cross examlnav-
l i Hon by Mr. Stout, the- minister looked the
J, attorney straight In the eye and answered
L j with decision. At only one time was he in
y y danger of losing his temper. He could not
t Jra rnnipmlwr lust hnw ho rinsed the letter
which he sent with his Christmas remem
brance to Mrs. Bassett In ld and which
caused an outbreak on the part of Mr.
3aaeett. Mr. Stout asked:
"Didn't it close this way, 'With my soul's
love, Lawrence.'
Hunt St 4 red a moment, dumbfounded,
end then answered a long drawn and con
temptuous, ''No."
Dr. Hunt could not' recall whether or
Hot he had taken lunch with Mrs. Bassett
In her apartments In the summer of 1901
He thought he had railed there possibly
a dozen times during the summer. At the
time Mrs. Bassett attempted to commit
suioide, February 18, 1904, Dr. Hunt's mother
remained with her constantly for two
Greeks and Dr. Hunt called every day.
"Uncle Lawrence" Is what 10-year-old
Chester Bassett called Dr. Hunt, when the
boy was permitted to testify yesterday
tft afternoon, regarding several alleged lncl
h . Indents in the life of his mother. One of these
" ' J was the time when, the plaintiff alleges,
l her husband came with Ben Falrchlld to
I Atlantic City to kidnap her children. The
hoy said when the two men came to the
house where Mrs. Bassett was staying,
Falrchlld said to Bassett, "Take him, take
him. ' Now's your chance," referring to
Chester.
There was much opposition to receiving
the testimony of the boy, particularly about
an Incident which took place five years
ego, when he was only five years old. This
Vras the occasion when Mr. Bassett struck
Mrs. Bassett, according to her testimony.
The boy was finally allowed to relate It
He explained that he remembered the In
cident because he got a spanking from nil
father. . . .
Attorney Colllday answered the query of
Mrs. Bassett's attorneys as to what had
become of certain letters by announcing
he had them In his possession and would
produce them. When they were called for
he produced amid much laughter an Im
tnense suit case literally packed with hun
dreds of letters.
While Mrs. Bassett was recovering from
-( rier collapse, her attorney read some of
k er letters to her husband which are rel-
iav-nt if t Ha InmtA triw hlatnn t Ida
family. , .
Letters Betweew the Bassetts.
"I am through with my work and am
On my road to hell," wrote Mr. Bassett
to his wlfs at one time when he had com
pleted his field work for the summer and
was about to return home. In reply Mrs.
faaaett wrote a letter full of encourage
tnent and hope that they would extricate
themealves from their financial difficulties
and that Mr. Bassett would obtain some
Inore lucrative position. In places Mra
Bnssett'S letters overflow with tenderness,
and then again she reproaches him for his
ea for
money,
your
every
wnm lha
financial aid I so greatly need.
One letter was Introduced by Mrs. Bas
sett's attorneys which was written March
PS. 19x when she was In hiding from her
husband In Baltimore. This letter, writ
ten after the birth of her youngest child.
makes an appeal for half her husband's
Salary, for a period of one year and Is
couched. In loving language. She admitted
the letter was sent by her to Dr. Hunt
OLD GLORY WAVES ITS FOLDS
OVER EIGHTY MILLION PEOPLE
HUNTER
WHISKEY
STIMULATES THE MULTITUDE
AND FORTIHES THE INNER MAN
skLasAMAJI a sus.BB.tMuea.a4.
I cruelty. Throughout there Is the pi
) money. In one letter writing for 1
I she says: "Was It for this I saved
I fllfe four years ago? I appeal to
Ji vi!n'e 01 yur manhood to send m
In Wsahlngton and that he mailed It there
to her husband, who was also In Wash
ington at that time. The letter contains
reproaches, but mixed with them a cheer
ful and hopeful view of the future and
for their recovery from their debts. A
"disgrace" of some-kind Is referred to and
of It she writes: "Had you followed .the
dignified policy of silence through the suf
ferings of the past thirteen years It would
not be so."
Friday, being a holiday, there will be no
session, but the trial will go on Saturday
morning., Mrs. Bassett's side of ths case
Is nearly all In. It will be completed Sat
urday and then the arguments as to the
legal side of the question will be taken up.
PLANS FOR MISSIONS
(Continued from First Page.)
lives, we set ourselves to pray that the
Holy Spirit of God may choose and send
consecrated men and women Into this work
of foreign minions In sufficient numbers
to secure the evangelization of the world
In this generation.
Mlaaloaary Material Plenty.
One delegate suggested that It was not
the purpose to evangelise anybody but
human beings, and for that reason he
thought that the words "heathen and
Mahomedan". might appropriately con
tinue In the body of the recommendations.
These words were changed to non-Chrls-tlan.
Another delegate thought that If the
whole amount of $6,000,000 was poured Into
the treasury of the general board at once
the board would not know what to do with
It, and therefore suggested that a limit
be set to the time when this money should
be raised say five or ten years.
An enthuslastio lsy delegate believed If
this plan was adopted the church would
be praying for six months longer without
accomplishing anything. "I have done my
praying over this matter already," he said,
"and now I am for action." Another
equally enthusiastic delegate said: "If we
adopt this ten-year limit amendment, we
might Just as well adjourn now for ten
years. Iet us arrive at the point as
quickly as we can." Another suggestion
was made that should this money be
raised within a year or any other reason
able period, the Foreign Mission board
would be handicapped In finding young
men and young women ready to go Into
the field. Dr. Herron of the Omaha Theo
logical seminary said In response to this
suggestion:
"I have an answer right here to that
proposition. Twenty-five per cent of the
students In the Omaha Theological sem
inary are here In this building now In or
der to have a private conference with Dr.
Hasley. This Is our answer to the mis
sionary spirit."
Great Throat; la Prayer.
J. Campbell White of the Laymen's
brotherhood spoke In a similar strain, as
did Rev. S. M. Jordan, missionary to Persia.
After some further discussion one minis
terial delegate proposed before a final vote
was taken upon the third proposition that
the convention devote five minutes to
prayer, and then, while standing, vote aa
Ood directed.
The entire audience of fully 1.800, earnest,
prayerful men, arose and stood with bowed
heads while brief prayers were uttered by
several of the delegates. Including Dr.
Bradt.
. Dr. Bradt put the question, and It was
carried by a unanimous vote, and then aa
of one accord the great audience broke out
In the aong, "Stand - Up, Stand Up for
Jesus." The effect was electrical and tears
streamed from the eyes of scores of the
earnest men. '
. The remainder of the recommendations
were quickly and enthusiastically adopted.
The resolutions aa a whole were' then
adopted unanimously and again the con
vention broke out Into enthusiastic song.
"Praise God from Whom All Blessings
Flow." '
- Dr. Hunter Corbett stated he had an an
nouncement he wished to make. '
"I have Just heard that 10,000,000 of my
people In China are on the verge of starva
tion from famine," he said, "and I move
the adoption of a resolution to the effect
that this great body baa heard with the
alncerest regret of the deplorable conditions
prevailing In that far off land, and that
our liveliest sympathy goes out to them. In
the spirit of the Master we recommend that
the church at once take steps toward se
curing a donation of grain and money for
these starving people." '
The resolution was adopted, and a sug
gestion was made that an earnest of the
sympathy of the convention be taken by
making a subscription at once.
Dr. Corbett opposed this proposition, as
no Immediate offering was wanted.
Pray far ErrtaaT Girl.
Dr. Bradt asked .the attention of the con
vention to a request that he had just re
ceived from a Christian mother In Omaha
for the prayers of the convention for a
wayward daughter who had gone astray.
Dr. Corbett was asked to give voioe to
the prayer, and did so In a deeply touch
ing manner, to which the convention gave
a responsive "Amen."
J. Campbell White addressed the con
vention briefly, relative to the movemea
for sending a committee of 100 laymen
around the world to visit the' various mis
sionary fields with the view to submitting
a report on missionary work from prac
tical observation. Thirty men of this com
mittee were now out on that mission. He
asked that suitable laymen be appointed
as members of this centennial committee,
and aked for Information relative to any
person who might Intend going abroad
soon, that they might be Interested In the
matter. He stated that he had already
found two capable business men of Omaha
who have said they will act as members
of that committee. If there are any others,
he would have them, asked to send their
names to J. Campbell White, field secretary
of the United Presbyterian church and sec
retary of the laymen's foreign movement,
Allegheny, Pa,, or to Charles Edwin Bradt,
central district secretary board of foreign
missions of the Presbyterian church, SIS
LeMoyne block. Chicago.
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, closisq session or cokvestio
Great Kathastaaaa Marks the Evening
Eaerelaes.
' Nolan R. Best, editor of the Interior,
presided at last night's meeting. The
minutes of the entire three days' conven
tion were read. Charles Edwin Bradt gave
a brief talk expressing the thanks of the
delegates to the local committee In charge
of the convention, to those who had opened
their homes for ths entertainment of guest a
to the newspapers and other agencies that
had worked for the success of the great
enterprise.
Following thta came the report of the
treasurer of the convention, B. F. Brown.
It showed receipts of H.050 and disburse
ments of H.D8. the latter being chiefly for
advertising and organisation expenses. The
expense of the building and other local
necessities was provided for by the tooa!
committee.
The chairman was hurrying the program
on with all possible speed and pointed out
that there was a deficit of $383 and that
any who desired to contribute toward wip
ing this out could do so after the session.
"We haven't time for It now," he said.
"Mr. Bradt has made himself responsible
for this amount.".
Immediately there waa a restless move
ment In the crowd.
'Take the collection right now," yelled
a man.
"Nov I don't think we can spare time
to do that," said the chairman.
I "Pass the hat." shouted another voice.
"It'll only take Ave minutes," said an
other, and there were similar cries from
all over the building and In less time than
It takes to tell and against the protests of
Mr. Bradt and the chairman who stood
powerless on the platform, twenty men were
passing hats through the audience and the
clink of silver was ringing all over the
building.
"This Is enthusiasm In religion with a ven
geance," shouted the chairman above the
happy uproar as the collection went on.
More than S166 was realised from the Im
promptu collection.
Rev. Dr. F. E. Hoskins, for twenty-three
years a missionary In Syria, and now editor
of the Arabic Press In Beirut, spoke on
"The Syrian Situation." He said In part:
Twenty-three years In the land In which '
Christ was born and lived and died Is a
privilege. It Is a country with the reilgion
of Mohammed. No greater foe has opposed
Christianity than Ialam and one-seventh
of the people on earth follow the green
flag and call upon Ood. linking Hla name
with that of Mohammed.
No book has been so great an enemy
to Christian progress ss the Koran. I
know Its good points and Ha bad. In this
book Is one command which. If carried
out, would put all Christians to the sword.
In Africa today no one knows how many
heathen there are. Fifty years from now
there will be no heathen there. The forces
of Islam are at work there and If relative
Mohammedan and Christian efforts are con
tinued as they are at present. Islam will
have seven-eighths of the millions of peo
ple of the dark continent. Slavery and
polvgamy will follow with the green flag.
Pan-Islam Is the cry of a great move
ment agitating the Mohammedan nations
and Turkey Is at the head of this move
ment.' If the Turkish ruler could carry out
his purpose he would at once weld to
gether all his forces throughout the world
and chaos would reign.
The United States must Inevitably be
thrown into the vortex of the eastern ques
tion. Why have they objected in Turkey
Just lately to having an ambassador from
the United States? Because they know
such an ambassador must stand on the
side of Christianity. In latter years Amer
ican commercial Interests have Invaded
Turkey. Here we might ask. men, what
right have American business men to In
vade Turkey with their goods and put an
end to many Industries? American goods
are distributed throughout Turkey and on
that account there Is opposition to Amer
ican missionaries. Today the American
missionaries have not as great liberty In
the Turkish empire as they had fifty years
ago.
But progress In Syria is encouraging.
Thousands of men, nominally Moham
medans, read every book printed by our
board at Beirut. Warring factions have
been brought together In our schools and
made friends. Hundreds of girls, trained
In our schools, have gone out and en
tered Mohammedan homes aa wives. In
not one of these homes has a second wife
been taken. It Is the entering wedge of
what will eventually put an end to po-
In the center of the dome of the most
beautiful moaque In Constantinople Is a
figure which the Mohammedans have tried
to paint over repeatedly. But year after
year it comes peeping through. Is Is the
figure or the waiting Christ placed there
by the Christians who built the temple.
How significant this Is of the eventual
triumph of Christ over Islam.
"The Foreign Mission Enterprise was
the subject of an address by Rev. Dr.
George Alexander of New York, president
of the Board of Foreign Missions.
I was In Omaha twenty years ago and
I remember at that Ome the drinking water
was heavily loaded with sediment from
the Yellowstone. It was facetiously re
marked at that time we went home "with
lots of sand." , , .
Membership of the foreign board Is a
liberal education. It Is a great business in
Itself. Collections amount to 11.260.000 each
year coming from ten thousand channela
This money must be spent supporting v
missionaries, building churches and col
leges and a hundred other ways.
Enterprise means courage, venture, vis
ion.. The missionary Is like a prospector.
He seeks for souls among the dark hordes
of the dark continents. Commerce and re
ligion will go hand In hand. When I was
In Smyrna last summer the American
conMil there outlined a plan to me for
combining the missionary and commercial
efforts of our country- He said he had
mentioned It to the representative of the
Standard Oil company and he was enthus
iastically In favor of It.
When I went 10 me noiei yrwierunjr, iu
clerk looked at me end asked, "You haven't
any samples, have you?" When I came Into
this great building and saw the great body
of men I thought to .myself, "These are
our samples."
Missionary efforts In the last few years
have had great re ward a Former heathen
potentates have made marvelous conces
sions to Christianity, and many moral evils
have been stamped cut. The king of Slam
has abolished gambling. The emperor of
China is trying to blot out the opium trafflo
In his domains. ,
Men are needed as well as money and
with an Increased supply of men and money
the work will, go triumphantly.
Especially impressive was the closing ad
dress by Rev. Dr. Hunter Corbett, who left
immediately after the convention for China,
where he Intends to spend the remainder
of his life without returning again. Dr.
Corbett came to the front of the platform
and the entire audience arose to honor him.
The Impressive hymn, "Ye Christian Her
alds, Go Proclaim," was sung and the en
tire audience stood while the - venerable
missionary gave his farewell address. He
said In part:
It has been my privilege to travel s round
this world three times, to cross the Pacific
ocean seven times, to meet missionaries
from all countries, and I have yet to meet
an unhappy missionary. We must undergo
manv things which no other thing could
persuade us to undergo except the joy of
serving God and winning souls. It seems
to me the joy of winning souls In heathen
lands Is far greater than winning them at
home. We have the Joy of unfolding the
blessed truths to darkened minds for the
first time.
I shall go back from this land with new
joy. The intelligent and sympathetic In
terest In foreign work I have found has
given me an inspiration which shall make
my remaining years In China happier even
than those that are past. The gospel Is the
true antidote for despair. Unwavering
loyalty to Jesus must be life's keynote,
and then the result cannot be In doubt.
Let every church share In a great, re
vival which shall sweep over the world and
establish the universal brotherhood of man.
Farewell.
"Ood Be With You" was sung, the aged
missionary about to depart for his last
Journey to China pronounced the benedic
tion, and the first men's foreign missionary
convention was announced adjourned.
PARK COM. KG E TSOPLB RALLY
Members of Facnltr, Alamal and
Stadeat Bndy Diss Toaether.
Park cn'Iege has had a large representa
tion at the convention. Among the dele
gates from this Institution are President
Lowell M. McAfee, Dr. A. L. Wolf of the
Latin department; Rev. Austin D. Wolf,
librarian, a few students and many of the
alumni, some of whom have recently come
across foreign shores on furloughs. Among
these Is Rev. Jamea 8. Cunningham, whose
work Is near the tragic trail biased
through the dark continent by David Liv
ingston. Park college, founded In 1875 at Park
vllle. Mo., by the . late Dr. John A. Mc
Afee, father of the present president, has
today seventy-three alumni on foreign
fields aa missionaries, and Its present stu
dent body Is composed of young men and
women from twenty-eight states of the
American Union and these countries:
Alaska, Bohemia, Bulgaria, Japan. Mexico,
Persia, Philippine Islands, and 81am. Its
foreign missionaries are in these lands:
Africa, Austria, Australia.-Bulgaria, Bo
hemia, Chill, China, India, Japan, Cores,
Laos, . Mexico, Persia, Philippine Islands,
Porto Rico and 81am. One of Its foremost
missionaries. Dr. Eleanor Chestnut, wss
among those massacred over a year ago
by Chinese at lien Chow.
All the Park people at the convention
and others who are residents of Omaha
met at dinner Thursday at the Chesapeake,
en Howard street. The company Included
these:
President Lowell M. McAfee, Prof. A. L.
Wolf of the Latin department; Rev. A. D.
Wolf, librarian; Prof. Bliss Evans, philoso
phy; Dr. Henry Bullard. St. Joseph, Mo.,
trustee; Rev. L. R. Smith, Humboldt,
Neb.; Harry Armstrong. Wakefield; Edgar
Clark. Gordon: J. H. Salsbury, Ptatts
mouth; John Crelghton, Tork;. William
Templeton. Kirk a vllle. Mo.; John Hatfield,
Tarkio, Mo.; John Duncan. Fairfax. Mo-;
Jamea 8. Cunningham, West Africa; WIU-
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WORK IX THE FOREIGN FIELDS
Hoot Interest aad Efficiency Is Main
tained and Financed.
Five Interesting and Important addresses
were delivered at Thursday morning's ses
sion of the convention. Rev. A. W. Halsey,
D. D., home department secretary of the
Board of Foreign missions, spoke on ' The
Literature Essential to the Comprehensive
Understanding of Foreign Mission Work."
He placed the study of the life of Duvld
IJvlngrtone as clearly In the front of mis
sionary biographical literature, and showed
that grit, gumption and grace were the
chief essentials of effective missionary
work.
"It is essential that we should let the
church at home know what la going cu
In the mission field In Persia and In the
Philippines, China, Japan and elesewhere,"
said Dr. Halsey, "and the missionaries from
those fields have told us something of that
work, but their time was too contracted to
tell all that we would like to know. Hence
there 1 a growing demand for more de
tailed Information regarding tbe work In
the various fields. It is one of the pur
poses of this movement to give that In
formation aa far aa It Is obtainable and
the Inquiry for Intelligence Is unceasing
and Increasing."
Rev, Edgar P. Hill. D. D., professor of
homllecttcs In the McCormlck Theological
seminary of Chicago, spoks upon the sub
ject of "What Can the Pastor Do to Arouse
Interest In Foreign Missions?" He said In
part:
"What hath thou done for Me?" Is the
divine Inquiry from Christ. The mission
of the pastor Is to lead mn of the church
Into the fellowship of Christ; to tell men
how deDendent thev are upon Him. when
Jeous Is everything. Follow the commands
of Christ and everything else will come.
Arouse the sympathy of the peoole In the
deplorable conditions In foreign lands will
do In Dart. But there are other motives
aside from those of sympathy. Th Borer
uorlsln save a areat stimulus to the mis
slonsry spirit, but we cannot always have
Boxer upnslnss. wnt is needed is to
maVs the world realise that Jesus Christ
Is the hope of the world. Exnlstn to the
iwnnla the needs of the foreign field. No
Christian will dare to I an ore the lest com-
msrd of Jesus. Cover the hlsrkness of
the heathen wnrld wHh Illuminating rlorr
that aprtne-s from the cross. It was a
ours Chinese convert who said. "If all
the oeonle of China believed In the Bible
It would make China strong " Keen your
iwvnle Informed of the conditions In for-
elm l"fds. The secret of the euoreoa f
tui fortii mtetonerv worV In the Pacln
mnr cities Is that thev are krt n ''-" d
of the work and uearent peed of foreman
ienne. Tet u ev oirlvee In rem
nlets fnim.nd' t t Ml-r fear wt
h e Ctr1'a work and tell thv
wt We'hes do" for von. Tjtnk. look and
tlt wf.pt von liiw "r at the whole
Rev. Charles Edwin Bradt. central dis
trict secretary of the board of foreign mis
sions, spoke upon the subject of "How to
Finance the Field." He as id:
This question Is one of the moat Impor
tant we have to consider. A msn came to
me Isst evening, who had heard Mr. Sneer's
addreaa during the afternoon, and said to
me: "Dr. Brsdt, I am going home from
this convention and Induce our members
to give at least to per year each for foreign
missions. If enough Is not raised I will
move up the balance"
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The responHlbillty of the church Is divided
Into three parts, the local, home and foreign
fields or work. The church has not truly
and faithfully faced the entire field until
It has seriously faced the problem of the
evangelization of the world. We cannot
feed the foreign held with tne crumbs or
Lazarus. So unless we feed the starving
thousands of the foreign world, they must
perish.
rrearn tne gospel to tne people now liv
ing. There may be other generations to
come, but we will have no part in their
work. e must establish a new standard
of giving. Jesus said: "Give them to
eat," and if we obey tbe divine admonition
all material things shall be added unto
us. One-sixteenth of 1 per cent is not
enough to keep the heathen Lazarus from
starving. No one but God Is able to glvo
us a standard of what we should give for
His cause. Jesus said that c should feed
the starving multitude with the bread of
life, and if It coats your life and my life
It shall be no more than is needed. Christ
suld: "Make the multitude sit down In
companies of fifty and one hundred." Lo
cate tnem and get tnem in order, ana, see
ing what we have to do, do It system
atically. We are here today to look over
the foreign field. Our missionaries toll us
that we should have at least one mission
ary to every 26,000 non-Christian people.
One missionary should be supported by
each self-supporting church in the I'nlted
States. We must multiply our present re
sources by five. Work, work, and set aside
a month or period of the year for conse
crated consideration of foreign missions.
It should be a revival period of the
churches. Secure pledges from the mem
bers. Ask the missionary board to assign
you one missionary for your special care
and support him. There are plenty of stu
dent missionaries ready to go If the means
were In sight. By such a system the re
sources of the church may be Increased
tenfold, for a new Interest Is awakened.
He that doeth Christ's will shall enter the
kingdom of heaven.
SET PACE AMU WE WILL FOLLOW
Message that Comes from Syaodleal
Meeting; la California.
Immediately upon the conclusion of Dr.
Bradt'a address a telegram of greeting was
received from the Presbyterian synodlcat
meeting now In session In California, which
aald:
"Set the pace and we will follow."
The message was greeted with applause
and furnished a new Inspiration for the
after proceedlrgs.
David McConaughy of New Jersey, east
ern district secretary of the Prebyterlan
Board of Foreign Missions, spoke Interest
ingly upon "The Parish Abroad." He said:
It Is tbe missionary's privilege to be the
light of the world. The Lord said: "I not
ye am the Bread of Life, the Resurrection,
but I and ye are the light of the world.
A candle which is lighted will give light
to all in the house. Do not go home from
this convention and merely give your t&
for this work and let your energy and
responsibility end there. To do that would
wreck this whole enterprise. How much
energy are you going to put In this work?
What part will you take as the light of the
world? From this Men's Foreign Mis
sionary convention, the first ever held lo
the world, let us hope that the light of
untold candle power snail go rorth. The
foreign field Is the parish abroad, and Is aa
much a part of your church work as the
local field. Get Into real, vital touch with
this work. Our parish abroad Is twenty
five times as large as the parish at home
here In the United Stales. There are 277. OoO
heathens apportioned to us for each church
niember In America. Think of It.
Rev. W. 8. Marquis, pastor of Broadway
Presbyterian church and aynodlcal chair
man of tbe foreign missionary coramlue,
spoke upon "The Missionary Methods for
Men in tbe Local Church." He said In
part:
Rejoice, ye men of Christ, that there la
work for you to do for Hla cause, work
which women cannot do. It was to men
that He gave the command, "Go ye Into all
the world." It la men who put the deep,
, vibrant strain In the churches, aa the baas
with
want-ad
these heads:
Barter and Exchange.
Business Chances.
Offered for sale:
Furniture.
Pianos. Organs and Musical In"
struments.
Typewriters, Sewing Machines.
Miscellaneous For Sale.
Live Stock for Sale including
cows, birds, dogs and pctsj horses and
vehicles, poultry and eggs.
oanne :
"The Want ad Corner."
evening circulations combined are:
voice fills out the harmony of the anthem
or chorus. Women cannot sing bass. Yet
women have done their part grandly, nobly
and faithfully, and are still doing It. But
there Is work for men to do. First we
must get the officers, leaders and trustees
of the church Interested; then the congre
gation; then organise a missionary com
mittee from the different church boards and
societies who will thus unify the church for
the field. Set. the sum to he appropriated
for fr reign mHslona and divide It up through
tne working forces or tne cnurcn. -men
let the pastor reach out Into the larger
field of the congregation that is not In im
mediate touch with the organised church
bodies. FlnsMy establish definite work for
the individual church. I trust and believe
the day will come when the general board
shall say how much shall be raised for this
work and apportion it to the different
aynods. Then we will have a definite plan
to work to. What thy hand flndeth to do,
do It now. "Tomorrow's a myth, get busy
forthwith; today la a fact, act. act."
Dr. Marquis concluded his address with
a short story of an old 12. BO gold piece
that waa given him years ago by the widow
of a soldier of the civil war. The coin
had been given her by her husband and
she had for thirty years treasured It as a
keepsake. But when an urgent appeal had
been made for foreign missions this widow
was so Impressed that she took the "Idle
gold" coin from Ita hiding and gave It to
him for the cause. He tried to persuade
her to keep it, but she would not do so.
Dr. Marquis placed $2.50 In other money
In the foreign missionary fund and has
since kept the coin. He said: "Its story
has been the means of raising over 11.000
for the foreign missionary fund and I hope
ita good offices will not fall me here."
BAffQtET OF THE MEW'S LEAGl'B
Forty Members Dine with J. Campbell
White, Who Speaks.
Forty members of the men's leagues of
the United Presbyterian churchea of
Omaha and South Omaha met at lunch at
the Commercial club Thursday to hear an
addresa by J. Campbell White, pne of the
prominent flgurea In the missionary con
vention at the Auditorium. Mr. White waa
formerly secretary of the men's movement
In the United Presbyterian church and la
now secretary of the laymen's movement,
which seeka to combine the work of the
laymen In all the churchea for the evan
gelisation of the heathen world. He em
phasized the need for the assistance in the
movement of every Christian man. Rev.
D. R. Turnbull, pastor of the First United
Presbyterian church, presided at the meet
ing. BIG REVOLl'TIO" f TUB ORIETT
Eve Emprees Dowager Has Takes aa
Progreaalve Ideas.
Rev. J. Ashley Fitch, missionary from
the Bhan Tung (China) district. Is one of
the visitors to the convention, having but
recently arrived from China.
"My district la In northern China, In
Shan Tung province," aald Dr. Fitch.
"There has been a tremendous revolution
In sentiment In China since the Russian
war. The people are now awakening to th
benefits of western civilisation and are
rapidly adapting themselves to the new
conditions. The awakening was rude, but
It was effective. Even the empress
dowager, who Is atlll living, by the way,
bas become an ardent progresslvist. It
should be said In justice to her that she
personally alwaya did lean toward modern
ideas, but aba waa surrounded by ad viae ra
of the old reactionary party, and to them
rather than to her should be attributed the
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delay In the awakening of China. Chi
nese students are going Into Japan by ths
thousands to become educated to modern
Ideas. China and Japan are friendly, but
atlll China holds to the old doctrine of
China for the Chinese. The whole coun
try Is rapidly assimilating progressive
Ideas and forms, and It la a giant awak
ened, ahaklng off the Inactivity and preju
dices of centuries. It la a mighty land of
Incalculable resources. The people are pa
tient. Industrious and keenly Intelligent.
The prejudice against the civilizing Influ
ences of Christianity Is rapidly vanishing
and the nation has a mighty future be
fore It. Aa their nearest neighbors It be
hooves we Americans to cherish the most
friendly relations with the Chinese. They
are disposed to be friendly with us. Wa
must aend our best men there, that their
moral. Intellectual and conservative ex
amples may lmpresa the Chinese with our
sincerity."
COB COLLEGE GRADUATES MEET
Hold Baaeaet at Omaha Clab aaa
Talk Mlsstoa.
Fifteen graduates and members of ths
faculty of Coe college. Cedar Rapids, la.,
who attended the missionary convention
at the Auditorium held a reunion and
banquet Thursday noon at the Omaha club.
One of the prime objects of the meeting;
was to consider the responsibility of Coe
collese In the foreign missionary work.
James Adams of the clasa of 'SS, through
whose kindness the club rooms were se
cured for the meeting, presided. Dr.
Stephen Phelps, the "rat president of the
college, waa present and was one of the
speakers.
Parsons Holds Rraaloa.
Eighteen graduates of Parsons colleeje, a
Presbyterian Institution at Fairfield, la.,
took advantage of their presence at the
missionary convention In Omaha to hold a
college, reunion. It waa held at luncheon
at the Commercial club, and several ad
dresses were made and greetings sent to
the home college.
Those present were M. P. McClure of
Council Bluffs, C. L. Zorbaugh of Cleveland,
McClelland of Chicago. Charles Black of
Clinton, III.; Frank 8. Arnold of Kansas
City, William Kearnes of Beatrice, Carey
Moore of Fulton. 111.; G. C. Berger of
Portland, Kan.; Samuel Light of Nebraska,
O. O. Dale of Minneapolis, H. W. Reherd of
Waterloo, la.; Jamea Bean of Wlnfleld. Ia.;
Nutting of the Omaha Presbyterian Theo
logical seminary, J. Ashley Pitch of China,
R. W. Taylor of Tekamah, J. W, Day of
Des Moines, M. V. Higbee of Knox Pres
byterian church, this city, and Dr. A. C
Brown, the one layman, of Council Bluffs.
Tea Staadares Re-Establlshod.
WAJ3HINOTON. Feb. a. I'pon the rec
ommendation of the board of government
tea experts the secretary of the treasury
has established the same tea standards
for the year 180? aa were in force for the
year Ik.
Froalbltlea Bill Killed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The house com
mittee on the District of Columbia has de
cided that It will make no report on the
Webber bill to prevent the manufacture
and' sale of liquor la the ilstriot of
Columbia.
Bee Want Ada for Business Booatara.
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