METHODIST MISSIONARY EFFORT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2150, 16 May 1914, Page 9

METHODIST MISSIONARY EFFORT.

DK. BROWN'S VISIT W) ENGLAND. The Key. Dr. Brown, of Sydney (the; veteran missionary, and presidmit of the. ; General Methodist Conference of Australia), returned to Sydney recently, from England. Dr. Brown left Sydney abut nine months ago, as rtrgroseniattyo of the Methodist "Church of Australia, to the centenary celebration of tho parent missionary society itt Loudoit. The reports published at tho t-inift of Urn various meetings indicated that tlio celebratfeas wet'b'ia every way successful, and this h tho opinion osm-essed by Br. l-kowiv who speaks in .the highest terms not only .of tho prepurations tliat.w-e.Te macle. but also of tiro meetings themselvea. The meeting ia the great' Albert Hall was tfftft'of the largest ever held ill that celebrated building, there being from 9000 to 10,000 people present. It sras a most noteworthy gathering, including, as it did, representatives from nearly all parts of tho world.

■ Questioned as to tlio restilt of those.' meetmgs, Dr. Brown stated to a representative of "Tho Daily Telegraph' , that ,, ho thought, the amount ebwd at-£269,-000, for the estfrnsion of tnissioii 'Vtovk --would be eonsidefabjy exceecled. He had been very nwcli impressed by tho great revival of missioisary 'intercut in Britain. I'c&ple did li.ofc ea.ro now so much to hear sensational stories of can* nibn.lism And cruelty, but rather tooh an. l'jitcHigeflt ■ iatorest in, tfee mission work itself. This, in siis opiaion, was ens of tho most gratifying signs. • s?ho format tion of mission study eirclos, and the f?vstenn.atio course of instiractioii given in these, had done nvue!i ■ to strengthen missionary interest. _ Dr. Brown, spoke and lectured on sionary ivork in many of tbo provincial I towns, and <m being avsked Whether any of the meetings wore of special interest,.! said thai ouo of the most memoratao was a missi«iary conference Tteld at "Bly- ', t-heswopd," Kenfi'ew, the residence of Lord Blytliesweed, This gentleman—*a Cl?.urchma.n—is in the hahit of folding inter-deiiofiiinational eonferenees oft religious questioiis- at liis hoiile. On. the present occasion lie iuvitejl over 100 ■ministers of a]l denominations to meet l>r. Brewn, and discuss foreign mission work. Ciiurfelimen, .High and how-, ministers of the Church of Scotland) tlie Free C&tircli, Baptists', Salvation Army officers, antf oth-Drs wett> there, Djr , . Brown states that ho nevef , addressed euoh an appreciative audience or received ■such km'rty thanks as wero pres.entfld. to him after the meeting* This gftt'li* ering.was ouo of the most ple.asa.itt memories connected with his visit to the Old Country.