Salt Lake Herald | 1895-11-21 | Page 1 | Baptists

BAPTISTS Opening Session of the Conference on Foreign llssious NEW YORK Nov OThe opening session ses-sion of the conference on lorcgn missions mis-sions in the interest of the American Baptist Missionary union was held toJdy in the Mount Morns Bapist church I Addresses were made by the Re r Thompson late a missionary in Kuliiool i India J L Nicoll Jiiiih vice consul it I Nisaland Africa Rev A S Hobart D D of Yonkers Rev it Harter of Vew York and Rev H C Mabie or Boston Missionary ThompsDi said that the natives na-tives of Inuia are ruled uy caste and ciih tom There are cases wherein the natives na-tives have killed their children rather than have them become Christians He contended that it paid to save these people peo-ple notwithstanding all that has been sal to the contrary Vice Consul Kicoll said that there is more or less friction between the officers and missionaries in Africa due chiefly to the fact that both sides were ignorant of the duties of the others In his district dis-trict he said there is represented the mission of the Dutch and the established Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland tried to convert the natives but I have not succeeded very well thus far