SUDANESE MISSIONS
—_ LUNCHEON TO MR. D; N. . MACDIARMID. In the Y.M.C.A, Rooms yesterday afternoon. a complimentary luncheon was tendered to Mr. D. N. MacDiarmid, general secretary of the 'Australasian branch of the Sudan United Mission. Mr. C. M. Luko presided over & numerous attendance. He referred to the growth of the mission during recent years, and tlio necessity of tho promulgation of Christian ideals and tho Christian, spirit. Mr. MacDiarmid- said that njissions were taking.n. bigger place, every year in the worlds of Government and diplomacy. Speaking of his three years' experience, in Egypt, ho said he was with tho Imperial Forces which were sent out to repel tho Senussi raids, and in this connection he mentioned the good reputation
earned by the New'Zealanders as fighting men. They were remarkable for their & deeds of daring and their initiative, and many good stories wore told about them. Mr. MacDiarmid spoke of tho, enormous distance that separated tho. .Y.M.C.A. • huts in such a country—2oo to 500 miles between huts—and ho mentioned that the general manager of the Sudan railways .had been so impressed with the work of tlio Y.M.C.A. that, lie had given him a free pass. (Applause.) The speaker ' had also mot the senior officials of tho Sudan, with whom ho had come in close contact, and the impression lie gnthered was that to Sudan tho British Government; had sent out 6omo of the- finest, Christian' gentlemen it had sent anywhere. . Ho made the interesting statement that - while at Khartoum a Boy Scout movement iwas initiated in connection with the Gordon College, and the result was so satisfactory that h.o had been asked to develop it in other parts of tho Sudan. He could not do that, but the Govfi'nni'iit had offered every assistance towards the work of Christian teachers in the southern region of the Sudan! The Government had also offered a capitation crant for pupils at Christian schools. That' was one of the biggest proposals that had ever been ma.de by a Government to a. missionary society,'but tho reason was that if Christie.'iily were not exfended fhron-jh the southern regions of the Snda'n H'TO would be a great wave of Mohamm p dn"isin a»d a proportionate increase in the d'Hit'iilties of "ovprnment, Ench s«Iio"1 would cost ,£ISOO to esM*lis'i. ITe h»ned to be returning to the Rnda" sliei'tlv. with ft'.'') or + h re'; others who had been nrena.red for the purpose of promulgating what he regarded as a Christian and Imperial scheme of missions. Mr. MnnP'Tinid was accorded a hearty vote of IhnnV.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 249, 15 July 1919, Page 5
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423SUDANESE MISSIONS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 249, 15 July 1919, Page 5
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