| Show FOREIGN MISSIONS discussion at the 0 E convention INDIA MEED MORE HELP work in the dark continent armenia the help of all christians D 0 july IS 13 special the closing day of the great national convention of christian Endeavor era ern was made notable by an address from S 0 K B A of india in which he severely criticized criticised the action of the recent methodist conference in baltimore on the missionary question on this point he be said one of the great needs perhaps the greatest zu adest need of the indian church is indian christian leaders men of the soil who understanding the ambitions the alms aims and the natural tendencies of the people and entering into closest relationship with them will guide them to foster foater a natural christianity christ danity that will haye have respect to the graces gifts dud and talents of the tha land and to some extent take its form and shape from the peculiar characteristics of the indian mind and life and here I 1 feel it nay my duly daty now to raise ray my voice in protest against a resolution lately adopted by one ona of your boards for foreign missions this board has decided that it will not fiend as missionaries to any country natives of that country whatever their qualifications may be I 1 kaow that I 1 voice the feelings ot of the millions of my countrymen christians christiana wad aid hindus when I 1 say we regard this resolution re as uncharitable and unchristian this resolution will do more to estrange the natives and the missionaries than anything else I 1 can think of there are native baronets baranets baro nets native civilians native judges native collectors and natives riss rise to the highest steps of the official ladder but kiark this particular board has declared that no native shall ever be appointed to the rank of a missionary I 1 do not mean to deny that some natives might seek the appointment of 0 a missionary in order to better their temporal condition I 1 do not deny that still a large proportion of our religious leaders should bs be men from this country and from england but bat I 1 dare affirm that to some native of appointment as missionary will involve a greater self belt denial than to many men of this country who are sent bent out as missionaries on the general ni asio nary question the distinguished visitor also said young india is now seriously ji putting utting the question what shall we do with christ it is ia true that more mission aries labor in india than in ia any other foreign held field america has sent us ua more missionaries than other christian country the lame barns america will eyer ever be associated with the great philanthropic movements in my conn try and in behalf of of my countrymen I 1 extend our car heartiest greetings of joy and gratitude to you none eona and daughters of this most moat layered land to whom providence has baa assigned the lead in missionary enterprise we thank you yoa because you love us na you loye love us na because you loye love fod od and ti uth we will always reciprocate bour Uh christian ristian love and your heroic missionary efforts forts rf for we know well that the heart of this great nation beats in sympathetic response with the sufferings of the eastern nations who are hopeless because they are indeed the history of missionary efforts 1 has reached a grave crave crisis and particularly those in behalf of the of young people of my land I 1 appeal to the educated christians men and women of your colleges and universe tier tie and to the consecrated christian talent of this land to listen to the macedonian cry tor help that comes fron from india A brief and earnest address from rev key J H hildner of germany Gen many was the feature of the morning exercises in tent teat williston willston Wilh ston he was followed by bv rev eav goo geo P goll gall of africa who conveyed the greetings of the christian endeavor union liberia he said in part owing to we toe complex con plex nature of our work and the crude material with which we haye have bad to labor our growth has been laboriously slow and from the one one society in 1891 we can only repart part a gain of eleven additional ties and one junior society and from a membership cf twelve we have gained but more making a total for the six years of or a gain of 53 members and two new societies for every year these chete figures may not seem very large to you but when the fact is taken into consideration that long and wearisome journeys had to be taken afoot or in canoes through deadly man grove swamps in order to organize these now societies and that nine tenths of the members of those these societies are young people redeemed fram in heathenism through the power of the blessed gospel of jesus christ to whom christianity and civilization are comparatively ively speaking new their significance will be more mor apparent la in tent teat endeavor rev frederick D greene of constantinople secretary of national rational armenian relief belief committee was the star speaker and delivered a lengthy address in the course of which he said ba d 11 was born in the land of the sultan were my father is still laboring borine la in the thirty eighth year of his service as aa a missionary of the american board after spending endine ep my boyhood in constantinople and being educated in the united states I 1 set sail bail just six y beare ear ago go yesterday to go myself as aa a mis missionary ary from christian america to darkest armenia at van a thousand miles in to the interior from constantinople leand and within eight of mount ararat I 1 have come coma back from armenia a missionary to lo christendom how can missionaries be heard aboya above the babel of selfish jealous and discordant cries that rises risea from a christian world indifferent to every precept of humanity huma alty as aa well as religion 7 at a time when churches are beginning beet nning to turn into cattle sheds and when moat disheartening of all tha gifts of americana christians christiana are so BO small that the missionary board is corn com belled pelted to order retrenchment to the ex tent of SO 30 per par cent of the work hitherto carried on ander these circum ances A few of the missionaries at th the 9 front fron may well be spared for the more urgent work of arousing the churches at home water cannot rise higher than its source the apathy of the tha christian world is 13 felt in the darkest recesses of heathenism and islam the tha blackest puke of the worlds his wry lory since time was dated in the year ot our oar lord is that written in the blood of the armenian martyrs of 1895 1995 the actual occurrences are indescribably harf tying lying and of such colossal magnitude as to stupefy the imagination that tries to grasp them fifty thousand murdered with every accompaniment of fiendish andish fi cruelty and outrage ou traye half haifa a million reduced to beggary by the plan der dar or destruction of their property two hundred and fitly thou thousand band perishing of starvation and disease A region as ag large ea as new england new and pennsylvania swept by a cyclone of blood fire and lust last it was not the out outburst barst of sudden unaccountable and forces ol of nature it was pre mediated deliberate calculating and the demon of the storm wrapped in the center of the cloud but hurling barling his withering i bolts with unerring air and unflinching purpose was abdul abd ul hamid hamic wall titled 11 shadow of god on earth the tha land of the sultan is ia in eclipse the crescent has obscured the eon of righteousness but this was not the worst the frama is hi blacker than the picture when VV hen we turn tarn our cur gaze from that be land to those nations called civilized and Ohn christian stian what do we see seat one ray 0 la there not one shout shoot of encouragement ment for who are ready to perish no ong one volunteer volant oer to go to ther the rescue escus no alost holy russia is dumb catholic austria and italy and france have turned kneir heads the other way protestant germany has stopped her ears england the conscience of the world spends her breath in maudlin apologies and impotent ravings while america proudly lifts up her eyes to heaven thanks god that she is ia not cot as other men are and congratulates herself that it is ia none of her business bu sineas it is said bald that the monroe doctrine stand stands da in the way let monroe monroa interpret his own doctrine when areace in 1823 was wallowing in her blood shed by the same hand that has struck armenia who was wan the first ruler in the world to express official sympathy syn pathy and send a commissioner to that land he was the Fres president ident ot of the united states and his namo name was waa james monroe monroa he would turn in his bis grave at the thought ot his hia doctrine being interpreted in such a way as to mean the tha repudiation ot the of man Is america in her dotage does she fear to do now what she did when an infant among the nations alas bo far from doing any anything to alleviate the condition of the armenians Armen ians the united stats states has haa failed to vindicate the rights righta even of its own subjects in that land our oar american fell fellow ow catiz one in ID turkey engaged in lawful pursuits pnra pur nita guaranteed by treaty have been and are being subjected to peril parit and insult in november 1895 1893 more than eight months ago at harpoot and marabl houses and property of amer were burned and plan plundered dered to the extent oi of over by the turkish ah soldiery and mob yet not a cent of indemnity nor the punishment of a single offender has baa been secured but bat on the other hand the turkish government emboldened by its immunity is proceeding edine to still further out outrages razes and is plotting on wee fa ee and malicious malici oss charges to drive all americans americana from the land intense silence prevailed during the address in tent washington naon where the meeting was under the auspices of the armenian relief association of miss rebecca krikorian of armenia who said among other things lif if we suffer buffer only the loss losa of our property we would not desire to trouble you jou tor for we can en dare the utmost pa poverty verty yea if it were only the loss leas of nf our lives I 1 dare say oat we could endure that alsa we are accustomed to martyrdom flat but I 1 have to say eay that our honor bonor and purity are being trampled on oa moreover be cause oar ministers mini stera and teachers will not deny christ they have been put to death in the most moat arnel ways more thai aba 1 mostly beads of families died ze BB mavyce mary a and now more then than 9 mostly women end and children are perishing from starvation and la Is not america responsible for what has happened |
