CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1479, 29 June 1912, Page 11

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

&0ff,674; ■" Tho. annual niesting idf' held 011 April SO in. the Queen's' .Ila'!,; Loiidcn, the president, Sir John 11. Kenn- : ■&nte.d'. : ,th6;committcp's.;rcyiew. : ; ;Hft'i])refacedvthc..;fo!;!naiyrepbrt''l3jJ !;onncasnent, : which evidently gave unstinted pleasure t;> tli.o. meeting,, (hat the. deficit oil the jycar!si'SKprknig,.So£■ over \£Sf)[lO'had,'.duiing;the'!ast few days, been' For the. first' . time for ;many ; had also-been abie' to j;a;s on somiiihing for. Future-usd; :? Xo less than. .COSOO-had ! : a|i th(v'eall¥6f^theC^iresidoritff t suhsequently. sang thV Doxology. . The dominant nbltr of the. review was" struck iii the. text whieii prefaced'the report "Thanks be unto' God, which' giv- • s'tli: iis' the victory: • thrpu'sli oiir. Lord Jesus: Cliri?!." to.Work, al; headciuartets were-'iriipressed ■witl/ ; : :r.emiirkabtu' :.wliplo^inissibriary'';ehtcfprisfe; ; :,j:^ .tion. had unfcldt'd itself ' witii dramatic snddoVmei-.s, so. that tlia Churoli of Christ '■$ynsvwithin; : sight^6f.greatti^yic^^ 'wonS derfiii records; 01" advancing- and success.; In India the.hcw..w;ork'of education wilh for. the various missionary societies-have-c ii* I■.;i nfl iii&ncpV f Already t lie!-i.iiv;orlt; j ,;iya=. '.thti'r ::\v.-is iiot;.io-:;-.;attack : .;:IsHii'a hut'ti) save' Mussulmans,' and" that::lovefwas' tlie ::oiic , . : irresistiblu> ; ivcappiV;;in'' .th'c:: missionary's arino!ir. In 'Africa the work' .was . steadily growing, '. inul the native. iidiiirch'Svas.. hot-'pnly Oiers^Jufeiii^oVeivoft'i.Eelf-^upjiort'jnnd : Vin. ; missipnary euteiprise.'- China waviti tlnr , throes^ 1 ..roJEisyeyfllij ti on"J;'\iiiid ■■■ tiiin ment-hv -the !:evr 'Ooverhnient of religious : :tplefatipn:' : 'Sras^ii/liappys>augury:^for. ; future. . Japan was a difficult, field, hut; ':eye.tfjthei;ei'.signs^:pf : 'tfthecotnihg' victciy; were.not wantii-!;. In the home. base_ ad-. var.ee \vns evident. .' They-ha:!' reet-ived' during the. financial, year-.a f;ross total, of. ;i£40f1,6"f..? would; W/nV.'iiecd! ifp^'addittonaliiretrenchmenth^ft^ jagSht^^vho^Had^bpen^kept;^ various .fields (if..labour''.;.;would, return' out rVeri'iits. were urgeni:—viz.. th« galherinj. in of "the;, depressed filfifses". " in .-.lndia, . the tribes> ""C ;Sfi:iea.iniw ! :thrpatflii(!d.;by ; 1 development ;6f4educational work in .(yiiino:: F : Thoy : . ;.U!aii!;cd Ciofl '.for"; llio;. "scieticn of. mission's"' "which is emergm-: sourres and states : ; inan. ; ;hip. 'Dnriii.g the{ year, (lie society ;liid;':acc^ted|®.': ; TOiss!ona'ries.:s ciiniiidale.s out. of_ feme liiiiety .who had ofiereil : theii-: Servicer.; ' ; r i'ii'e; :v ?ociqty 'hail; ; M -work, ; 'a nd. .-HO native de^j^.;"and : •lay agonta '■■■-., '■"<-' s: