WESLEYAN MISSION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1162, 24 June 1911, Page 9

WESLEYAN MISSION.

ADDRESS BY SIR ANDREW ERASER, Methodists in Queen's Hall, London, at the recent May meeting, were in a happy mood—grateful for a large increase of converts and ready "to greet the unseen, with a cheer," iu .-pile, of a deficit. Lieutenant-Colonel W. K. Walker, one. of the best-known laymen in Methodism, presided,'and on the platform worn most of the leaders, headed by tho President of the Conference. Tho chairman said he had personally visited many of tho society'.-, stations in tho East, and could bear ivitucss to Iho devotion and ability of tho missionaries. A missionary _ was often pastor, teacher, architect, builder, and doctor (even although ho knew little of medicine). Sir Andrew Eraser, who made such a deep impression two years ago at May meetings, delivered the first address, lie said ho had been an interested spectator of mission work during 37 years of service for tho Crown. When he first went to tho Central Provinces tho native Church needed porpctuol guidance now it was a strong and propagating Church. The Edinburgh Conterenco had created fresh missionary interest, and had laid on (heir heart a great anxiety to cany out the vast work that remained. "Tho Laymen's Missionary Movement Conference in Toronto moved me," said Sir Andrew, "moro than any other conference, lour thousand hard-headed business men discussed t'hero how to conduct foreign missions on tho best jiossiblo lines. Already this.movement had led to an enormous increase of funds—£lo2,ooo m the first year. ~ The President of the Conferenco said he could not understand ovaiigclism which did not concern itself with foreign missions. ,n The onlv missionary speaker was the Rev. Henry Goodwill, who was called upon last—according to the strange tradi'tion of missionary meetings. Ho spoke of his work in the Transvaal in a vivid manner.