Show VALUE VALK OF miggion money bloney brought here by that aid TIIE THE AIND AD TiCA Dr it profits this country to christianize the heathen countries statistics ilia oct 22 20 2 special i at today s session of the international contention Gon of the tha disciples of christ elaborate reports were presented from I 1 the committees on missions in japan china india turkey europa and africa at this afternoons Ee session Eslon W if tl cannon of illinois delivered a remarkable address on the commercial value of mission sin which he ha took the ground that missions more than the efforts of political parties and of the 1 effects of reciprocity treat treaties iea gava impetus to international commerce amora other things he be said this is a commercial aze aie and almost all things are measured by material standards an argument which concludes with dollars has bag great weight with will the average Il veTI but the chief value of missions cannot be told in terms of the market place the graces graess of c atis gosp gospel elare are commercial ns necessities bit haher h fiber should lead to t fleir beir cultivation loyalty to our master de demands mantis obedience to his will regardless of physical cal consequences in the light of their thair second secondary arv end and i incidental results the tha wisdom and expediency ency of missions can be plainly been As civilizing and commercial genci cies esthey they are worth vastly more than they cost the most moat fundamental law of com coa merce merca is ia that of y and demind dem ind judged by that law missions nave a place to fill in it the worlds progress resa ress put fat the bible into the hands bands of any an people and there will soon be a demand for implements of material industry and for the products of field and factory missions develop the sources of wealth in this way they render commerce valuable service they also serve the ha interests of commerce by developing the mental and spiritual powers of men it has been estimated that the average man earns a year he produces a much wealth as a factory in which is Iny invested infested ested it is plain there fore that whatever develops mena powers makes commerce richer and that which cripp cripples jas or destroys them injures legitimate trade each missionary sent out creates a trade with the home country cou worth nearly neaily fifty thou thousand sani doll dollars ars a year it is stated by competent authority that the annual net profits of commerce in lands opened by missions exceed twenty t y million dollars in a century this i ie a an aggregate of two billion dollars the expenses of carrying on the work during that time would not be more than three hundred millions the net profits therefore would be ono one billion seven hundred million dollars it tok to k fifty years to plant the ros cos pel per permanently manenty in the sauda sandwich i ach islands the cost coat was less than one and a half million dollars the indian journal of commerce stated re cantly liege islands paid for exports at a sincle american port in one year more money by three hundred and sixty seven thousand dollars than it cost to christianize them |