CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 19 June 1909, Page 9

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

. "SOUND THE ADVANCE." "Sound the advance," was the keynote of tho Church Missionary Society's meeting in Queen's Hall, London; ,laßt month. One of tho features of the year's work was tho revival at Oxford and Cambridge Universities of missionary interest. For the present year, £371,000 has 'been sanctioned for tho'general work of the society. - Reference was made to tho adventurous journey of Dr. Emmeliiio Stuart, who travelled in Persia ten days on a spring|cSs gun-carriago. courteously escorted by-Persian soldiers. Sir John Konn'away said tho feature of tho foreign field was the rising of national aspirations in countries containing half the world's population. The' Bishop of Rochester, speaking without notes, with commendable clearness, fsaid a parish of Tunbridgo Wclls.'jil. hisdioceso had been ono of tho most liberal in its support of the society, contributing over £3poo in one year. Two of tho-martyred missionaries who laid down their'lives with Mr. Stuart in China, were Australians—a fact of special interest to himself after his experience in Australia. Dr." Karintr amused tho audience by recalling Kaffir ,boy's lettor: "I liavo no trousers, i trousers aro broken. I am not bogging only.;.reporting I" Eduoational . work _ was .of-..enor-mous importance in evangelising tho world.

A speaker ones said of Bomoone,/in Bisflop Wostcott's presence, "Ho waß not a real missionary; ho " was only a tcacher." The bishop buried,,his. :hgad in his hands and said, again and, again, "Only a teacher I" Tho . report stated that during- .tho yew forty-niuo candidates had been accepted for foreign training,' and fifty-nine for servico. Eleven clergy , and five, doctors, of whom two are ladies, .h&d been added to tho roll. Tho. ordinary income from associations and direct , benefactions,; had,.; been much beJow tho average;: .hnt,Moving to,the PaarAngikaa tbank-oft'eringSj '.ahd. unusually" heavy legacies, tho total 'amount had' reachod a sum of-£396,976,; in addition to £26,549 received for-special'.fuiids.' .'. After devoting £11.000 for urgently required buildings in vanoul missions, tho committed' were able to roduo ■ tho accumulated deficits of previous yeai l». v £1779. The'deficits now' stand a £30,642. • v:'"-;,,'