228 The Great Missionary Conference.

[ June ,

The college and hospital have borne a noble part in relieving the sufferings
which followed in the wake of the robbery and murder of five years ago ,
and they deserve well of the suffering people and of who have pitied their

all
sorrows . The needs college today

lie of
the should meet generous and prompt
relief These needs two directions the hospital should have ampler

in

;
.

of for
buildings and accommodations

its
great and beneficent work the college

;
an
should have such

as
increase invested funds would warrant larger

a
Could

its
students and more adequate salaries for
of
attendance teachers the

be
general the college amounting 45,000

to

at
of

fund now about once

at $
,

,
sum

be
75,000 10,000 placed

of
the service

of
raised and the the
to
$

$
,

hospital the tax upon the friends the college America and England

of

in
be ,

but slight while the advantage

be
would the college would

to
immediate
all

and beyond estimate

.

THE GREAT MISSIONARY CONFERENCE

.
the Ecumenical Missionary Conference with
It

difficult speak
to

of
is

out encountering the suspicion that one exaggerating one attempts

to
If
is

.
the variety meetings the crowds the character
of

describe held attendance

in
,

,
or
as

and abilities present speakers countries

of

those whether hearers the

,

,
represented benediction

to
the veteran missionaries whose faces
see it was

;
,

by

the vigor
he
or

passing would speak

of

of
the externals the addresses
,
if,

,
the fervor the prayers the majesty the hymns the impression made
or
of

of

,
,

New York will surely want superlatives

in
he

upon the great city abund

of

ance To those who were not present such superlatives will probably seem
.

un
of

unreasonable but not one the hundreds whom we have met who came
,

der the power the meetings terms which

to

to
of

has failed refer them

in

would ordinarily extravagant With one accord regarded as con

is

seem
it

a
.

surpassing interest and power

of

vention
.
by

the last day

on

of
few figures given out the Executive Committee the
A

The number
be

sessions though only approximate may well repeated here

,
,

delegates pres
48

represented countries represented

of

societies was 115

;

;
,

1,500 present meetings held esti

75

ent
of

missionaries 600 number

;

;
,

163,000 the Exhibit 50,000 But aside

at

mated attendance attendance

,
;
,

from the meetings directly connected

of

with the Conference hundreds other

,

thoroughly missionary character were held

of

the churches
in
of

services
a

New York Brooklyn and vicinity and during those ten days such presen
a
,
,

no
as

foreign missions was made other

in
of

of

tation the cause has had

it
no

place and For once this cause was put the forefront
in
at

other time
,
,
.
be

ought and the greatest commercial city the continent was

to

of

where
to it

,
by

by

the presence the most distinguished men the land

of

of

made feel
,
the
by

reports
of

the crowds the streets and extended and editorials the

in

progress for the extension

of

daily press that mighty movement now

in
is
a

the Kingdom God throughout the world

of

One the best blessings connected with the Conference though

of

was
it
,

quite incidental was the demonstration given the essential unity

of

evan
of
,

gelical Christians
all

almost every name

of

Followers Christ
of

the earth
in