FOREIGN MISSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 9

FOREIGN MISSIONS.

-yyTOToucH^ v The report., of, the •' Commission on ]Mis:sions to* non-Christians;-''prbsentedy.at' the;World/,;/Missionaryy /Conference, states. .that: apart-"- fromy the -parts j/'of, the world more or.;kss;effeotively;' ; oecu-i pied by; /the' missionary"societies,-'ithere are enormous::.unoccupied; sections, ; with' great populations. X;An'/attempt: is nmde' roughly, -to.' estimate/ these: .untouched ■populations.; It. is .'calculated:>that:tb.ere' are, /inyseciions untouched:and. not 'in-' eluded in, any ..'existing;': scheme of ,'.niis- : siqnary operation:- 1 -.. ■■'.,■;■•', ys : -' Vfyi ;: Asia : y^^;;';:/;;Jv:A"^./.i: : '„C':"J42,o6biobb''--,:>Africa,;: .......i..v:;.. : .:v.;;,70,000,0C10■'•■!,' ■ 'Arabia- .;:...;;;.,•..;:;■./.. : :3,0U0i000':; y,Syria;, y.;...;..:..;.,;;.:;.ufy-,550,000 / ;' .' They Sinatic /..-'Peninsula':'■ ■',■-,;50,000^. , :Eastemy.Sumatra and: ; yyy-. : ; :';:.":; ..;.-■ : .-'-■• Adjacent .-'.-islands.-j.:'.:-:" / 3,250,000 V; :; : 'Madura; Bali; and,Lorn-': ; ■: .-''• "'.'■■■ "■■'. -bok-;lslands : ' !-.;.?.ii [ :2,000,000;:';' : : Malay: Peninsula: ■•;;..:;.-..■'1,000,000:;' ;y;- : ;">.Total:-'. ; >...y;.:..4.;;ii3;000,0b0; ; Areas, iii countries;/nominally'-:;occupied' by. missionary societies;.'but really iiii--: touched; by missionary,:-,. effort ■.-•Would probably.; show -populations' ;.exceeding; in the';aggregate;.the.total :6f the/unoccupied areas.: ,: ;;..';;,;.:■■,' y.;/ -The .cbheiusion/:arrfvedyat- is:.'that,-..'-if. tho.. Churcli'is' to .remove :the-:reproach. of so. uracil of ;tlm world's population being outside the,influence- ofythe.'Gos-. pel, there must /.be':—'.". .:■'■;-.' ■■/■.:: y; ■■. ■'■ . Knowledge, of ihe - facts.' ■ .~' V. •. Strategic,.planning'.;for..the future."."/■' -Effective: occupation; of,.the unoccupied areas,-will callfbr. the/strengthen--ing of \the existing missions : both 'by nien-.and money.- : /:■//. -:. '. ;New•• missions .must' be inaugurated;as. ; far 'as possible y by*.; the r existing societies, ■ for the occupation of territories ;far, removed .from established missions.:' : ;,:; - ,>;.- .'■.:■•.; '■';.',.'. •.:'',■;' ./ The!;ideal' of .'cajrying'.the /Gospel; .to ■all the world must be lifted/and steadily upheld./. -..;. :■; /yy ',-..- y ' : --'-\'.,.-. •'■-■'•.- .: It. is: of the : utmo'st .importance that the numerous independent: organisation's; conducting;missions."in xliiforeut;lands and with -"diverse;iinethods should, be in close touch.with each"other,' ; should be familiar .with;;each'.other's'.work and methods, and should',profit-,-'by,-, each other's failures..;a^d.'successes'.'■'- L;/ ; y//.:.;:

St. Clement's,(Jlarrickville,. n!s.W.j pariah paper, referring t<, the men's iseryico, says:—"This branch of bur- work is. much to bo thankful.for.. It is-, a grand sight to «eo the largo..corigrega'tions of niori: at the service on- 'tlio first Sunday afternoon in> each month, instead of tho number of men'dccreasin" it is increasing, and. what, is best, the; interest in the service is deepening,-unci many are the expressions, of' thanks which come to our.rector for tho blessings received at the services."., ■_ A speaker in tho 'World■■ Missionary Conference.-, from India stated that at least 8000/ more missionaries were, needed for that country at once to :.-, all adequately, cope with conditions as they are. This would only mean one : missionary to ovory, 25,000 of population,