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Show oo URGING HON (IF0HI1S ! Humanity Becoming Deeply Conscious of Unity World . War Affects All. St. Louis, Dec. 9. Important movements move-ments of church unification in America Ameri-ca have advanced during the last four years and will have a far-reaching effect ef-fect upon the mission field, according to the Commission on Foreign Mission Mis-sion which reported at today's session of the quadrennial meeting of the Federal Fed-eral Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The report is an exhaustive exhaus-tive review of mission work abroad, laying stress upon the great advance that has been mad in co-operation. Discussing Dis-cussing Church Union, the commission says: "The proposed union of the Methodist, Method-ist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches in Canada will not deeply in-fluene in-fluene the home mission policy and situation In Canada, but will deeply affect foreign missions in many fields. The movement toward the unification of Methodism will completely change the missionary situation in Latin-America Latin-America and Asia and Africa, and is rightly stirring profoundly the thought of the missionary leaders." Humanity Worldwide. Tn conclusion the report reads: "The events of the last two years have made humanity deeply conscious of its unity. To the uttermost corner of the world the influence of the European Eu-ropean war has extended. Mankind recognizes that it is one body in which each member must suffer or profit with every other member. The common com-mon experience of all men ,have been so deep and piercing as to eclipse their isolated and partisan experi-ences. experi-ences. The unity of human history and of human life has asserted itself against all that separates it. These unifying forces have collided with the prejudiced tendencies of division. They have not collided with the enterprise enter-prise of foreign missions. It has al-wayr al-wayr been a movement of co-operation and unity. It has proclaimed the duty of international sympathy and goodwill. good-will. Even in the midst of the divisions divi-sions and misunderstandings of war it has preserved the Catholic mind and the Christian spirit, and has held up before all schisms the loyalty of its unity. Missions Take Up Burdens. "In China, wheer the Continental missions suffered great distress because be-cause of the cutting off their supplies, themissionary agencies of other lands took up the burden. In India the American Lutherans came to tho aid of German missions, while the entire mission body in India assessed itself for funds for the relief of German missionaries who might be in need. To relieve the 'strain of misunderstand misunder-stand betweon Japan and tho United StateB, and to maintain the traditional relationships of common understanding understand-ing and friendship, a substantial contribution con-tribution was made in response to tho call of the missionaries by the sending send-ing of Dr. Mathews, the president of the Federal Council, and Dr. Gulick as a Commission of good-will from the Churches of America. "The Christian churches working together in the missionary enterprise confront today, both the privilege and the duty of unique service to humanity human-ity which needs above all else that principle of servico and of unity and of love, of which the enterprise ot foreign missions is the purest expression." expres-sion." oo |