isa-normaladvance-1914-00189

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE189£. m c. a.A GLIMPSE INTO THE FOREIGN FIELDf\N Friday afternoon, February 27, the rep- ^S resentatives of various colleges and uni¬ versities of Indiana gathered at Earlham Col¬ lege to attend the third annual missionary con¬ ference of the students of Indiana. President Kelley, in his address of welcome, said that Earlham had invited us immediately into her Holy of Holies.Saturday morning we began to realize what foreign missions mean. There were returned missionaries from China, Japan, India, Kongo Land, Egypt and Mexico. There were also several foreign students, planning to return to their native lands as missionaries.President Bowen of Nau King University in China showed us that much more could be ac¬ complished through the union of the various denominations than separately. In his college seven denominations are working. He says there is no denominational distinction for the Chinamen. In speaking of the Baptists, Meth¬ odists and Friends, he distinguishes them by saying, Big washe, little washe, or no washe.The needs of Japan were vividly portrayed by Mrs. Gorst, who spent many years there. The missionary movement has lost much through neglecting the opportune time. Still a band of native Christians and missionaries on March 1, 1914, began a year of prayer forthe evangelization of Japan. Remember the field is still ripe for the worker.In India, the Land of Sacred Books, the people have always been seeking the true God. They have in turn accepted Hinduism, Budism, Mormanism and now they are beginning to ac¬ cept Christianity. The fate of India rests with the missionary.Africa presents two distinct problems. In the north we find the Mohammedans, while in the heart of the continent the frightened negro calls to us. In Egypt the scholar is needed to supplant the crescent with the cross. In Kongo Land the missionary must be able to work with his hands as well as his head. Here is especially good field for the medical mission¬ ary.Earlham considers itself exceedingly for¬ tunate not only in having a little Japanese girl but also two Mexican girls as students. There was at this conference a Mexican Y. W. C. A. secretary who could not speak English. Through an interpreter, she told us of the in¬ fluence of the schools. At present little mis¬ sionary work can be done on account of the revolution. But surely when this awful war is over the work will be carried on with re¬ newed vigor.The harvest truly is plenteous, but the la¬ borers are few.—Matt. 9:37.The only reward of virtue is virtue the only way to have a friend is to be one.—Emerson.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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