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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT? NEWS. W EJJNESHAV, MAY LM. 1913
Report I hursday Will Show How
Greatest I rouble Maker in History’
Stirred Social Unrest and Helped
Heathen Nations to Better Things.
By REV. CHARLES STELZLE.
1 he foreign mission board of the Northern Presbyterian As
sembly ill report on Thursday morning that the total appropria
tions and disbursements last year amounted to nearly $2,000,000.
The fine thing about the se
curing and spending of this vast
sum is that it stands for the
democracy of the human race.
It means that the ties of human
love and sympathy have bound to
gether the peoples of every race. In
spite of inequalities in mental and
physical endowment, this work means
that the spirit of real brotherhood has
girdled the earth.
It is a far cry from^that little sew
ing circle back in the country church,
made up of sincere, tender-hearted
women who worked diligently or.
Friday afternoons, sometimes with
tients treated, 456,658.
There are nine pr sses in- the mis
sions. under the care of the board, one
in China, one In Mexico, two in Per
sia, one in the Philippne Islands, one
in Siam, one in Laos, one in Guate
mala, and one in Syria. These presses
printed 155,773,673 pages last yea".
From the beginning the number of
pages printed has been 1,232,855,985.
Under the care of the board, in
non-Christian lands there are about
1.800 educational Institutions, from
the village school in Africa and the
kindergarten in Japan to great in
stitutions like the Shantung Univer
sity at Weihsien. China, or the Sil-
liman Institute at Dumaguete, P. I.,
or the Forman Christian College at
Lahore. India, one of the leading edu
cational institutions in the Punjab.
More than 100,000 pupils, boarding
I *wu< t* man iuu.uuu pupils, Doaraing
the babies comfortably tucked away and day. receive instruction in these
on one of the church pews, in order< various schools of learning.
. The revolution in Mexico and the
to suppb the heathen with ec=-; disturbed condltion in the Turkish
fortable garments, to the great for-1 Empire and the changes growing >'ut
eign mission boards which annually of the relations of Russia and Great
Britain in Persia have interfered
somewhat with the work in thest
lands. The arrest, trial and convic
tion of more than 100 Korean Chris
tian leaders, most of whom were
members of the Presbyterian
Churches, caused no little anxiety to
the board and interfered somewhat
with mission activities in Korea.
However. 99 of the 105 convicted
Koreans have now been acquitted, to
the great Joy of thousands of Korean
Christians.
Arrests Fail to Hinder.
Notwithstanding the anxiety and
unrest caused by theae trials of the
Korean Christians, there were added
to the churches in Korea umler care
of the board 6,400 communicfmts. an j
at the present time there are 22,503
catechumens under instruction, ready
lo be received into full membership
after due examination.
The first General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in Korea was
organized in September, 1912, the As
sembly consisting of Australian,
Canadian, Southern and Northern
Presbyteries. One of the last acts
of this Assembly was to pass a reso
lution authorizing the. raising of
$1,000 to send two missionaries to
the Province of Shantung. China, to
help evangelize the Chinese.
The great political changes which
took place In China during the year
gave a new impetus to mission work.
It is suggestive that there were add 'd
to the membership, in connection with
the seven missions in China under
care of the board 2,400 members
The schools and churches have been
crpwded with pupils, and many thou
sands have listened eagerly to the
Gospel message.
Recognized in Japan.
One of the striking events was the
calling of a conference by the Via®
Minister, of Bducation of Japan. He
invited all the Christian leaders to
meet with the leading Shintoists and
Buddhists to confer how best to con
serve the morals of the Japanese peo
ple. This was the first official recog
nition on the part of the government
of Japan of Christianity as one of the
religions of the state.
In connection with'the Church of
Christ in Japan, with which our
Presbyterian Churches are affliated,
there are now 66 independent self-
supporting congregations*, with 127
mission churches, and 55 additional
preaching places conducted by those
who are recognized as affiliated with
the Church of Christ. The number of
church members is 22,000. and there
are nearly 14,000 Sunday school pupils
in the various schools.
Tt is worthy of note that the Jap
anese Christians connected with the
churches in the United States under
care of the board contributed during
the last year some $11,000, this being
double the amount spent by the board
in connection with the work for the
Japanese in the United States.
Fleeing Princess
Hopes Yet to Wed
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MARSEILLES, May 21.—Princess
Indira, the beautiful daughter of the
reigning Gaekwar of Baroda, made
the surprising announcement, upon
her arrival here, that she did not jilt
her fiance. Prince Jitendra oF Coocn
Behra, virtually on their wedding eve
and flee to Europe.
She declared the marriage was
stopped at the eleventh hour by her
parents. She explained that her par
ents had arranged to leave for
Europe May 3. leaving the daughter
to be married May 5, but at the last
moment refused to sanction the mar
riage and brought her to Europe.
Continuing, the princess said:
"It is supposed to be a question of
taste.'but there are other reasons why
my parents withdrew their approval
of my marriage, all of which I don’t
think strong enough to put a barrier
between us.
The prince and 1 are still engaged
and hope lo marry some day.”
spend millions of dollars for work
among the backward races.
Close Relation Between Them.
But there is a mighty close rela
tion between the two—moie than
either of them sometimes suspect.
For here the women learned of the
great human problems of the people
for w hom they worked and often sac
rificed. It was here that the ‘‘mis
sionary talks” gave them a glimpse of
the needs of men and women and
children, the picture being hung in
the halls of their memory, to be
viewed anew as each fresh reminder
told them of the sufferings of a be
nighted people. And when wealth in
creased they gave more generously to
help in the great task of “evangeliz
ing” the folks who had become to
them real human beings, instead of
mere myths.
These great sums spent for mission
work come mostly from comparative
ly poor people. Sometimes a gener
ous man or woman of wealth con
tributes a large sum. but in the main
the money is secured from those who
have learned from the pinch of pov
erty what It means to go without
the necessities of life, to say nothing
about its luxuries.
Mission Boards Roused China.
When China awoke the mission
board became busy. Indeed, it was
because the mission boards of the
world had been busy that China
swokc.
The church is the greatest trouble
maker in history. It is not organized
to keep down social unrest. The chief
business of the church is to create
social unrest. Its missionaries go to
a country where the people have long
been satisfied with low physical, men
tal and moral ideals.
The missionaries point out these
low ideals and then show them the
possibilities of a life lived with the
Christian ideal constantly before it.
Is they catch something of a vision
of what this way means to them,
there comes to them a spirit of social
unrest which will not be satisfied un
til it breaks the bands which bound
them through many a century.
Turns World Upside Down.
This lias been the history of the
church in every generation. Even the
earliest disciples of the Nazarene
were accused of preaching a gospel
which was "turning the world upside
down." .
Just this 1 has happened in < hina.
With a view to meeting this new sit
uation. the last General Assembly
voted to send out 100 extra mission
aries and the foreign board was au
thorized to raise an emergency fund
for this purpose. Three hundred thou
sand dollars* has been raised for this
purpose during the year. It was esti
mated at the beginning of the year
that the receipts from churches, worn
en> societies, Sunday schools and
young people's societies would amount
to $1,300:000. There was received from
these sources $1,234,698.42, showing
a deficit of $65,301.58. The increased
appropriations were made necessary
by the expansion of the work.
Gifts Set New Record.
The total amount received from the
churches during the year, which is tae
stable source of income, was $»06,-
251.16. This is $12,695.83 more than
has ever been received from this
• ource in its 76 years of histor>
1903 the board received from
churches only $349,185.78, in
*706,251.16; thus the receipts
this source alone have more
the
1913
from
than
doubled in the ten years. Receipts
from women's societies were 5410,-
103.82. being an increase of $11.16o.Sl
over the previous year.
To the above amounts should be
added the receipts on the field from
native sources, such ac educational,
medical and evangelistic work, trie
sum of $501,192.
The investment securities of tae
board purchased and acquired during
the past year amounted to nearl>
*500.000, making the total net amount
of securities owned by the board at
the present time $2,950,909.40.
The board has sent out during the
year to the foreign field 89 new mis
sionaries. The total number of mis
sionaries now engaged in the work of
the board on the foreign field is 1.15i.
to this must be added 315 native
preachers and 4.97b other native help
er- Th** communicant membership j
of the native church is 122.000. To I
this should be added 69.770 who have
confessed Christ and are under in-|
struction preparatory to brine
reived into full communion m
church.
Aids Thousands to Health.
The board has under its care 73
hospitals and 118 dispensaries. Pa-
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HUFF CASE TC BE
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Judge Grubb Overrules Demur
rer and Gives Construction on
Contempt Question.
MACON. GA„ May 21. Tin- trial of
Colonel W. A. Huff for contempt will
begin strictly on its merits late this
afternoon. It is expected that Judge
Emory Speer, against whom the con
tempt is alleged to have been com
mit ted. will be the first witness for the
Government.
Judge W. I. Grubb overruled the
demurrer of the defense thi« morning
and ordered the trial to proceed. In
making this decision, Judge Grubb
Jaid:
"A judge after lie leaves the court
house is as an individual, no more
than any other man.
"Adjudge is not exempt from per
sonal criticism if that criticism is not
intended, and does not possess a ten
dency to influence a decision of the
court or otherwise obstruct or defeat
the ends of justice. If the criticism
is directed to the judge as a man.
and affects him only as a man, no
matter how severe nr abusive the
criticism, tt ts not contempt of court.’’
The point was as to whether an
abusive letter sent to the judge at bis
residence was a contempt committed
"in presence of the court or so near
thereto os to obstruct the administra
tion of justice;”
When coOft convened this morning
at 9:30 o'clock, With hundreds of per
sons in attendance, arguments were
renewed on the point of law as to
whether the sending of the letter to
the Judge at his residence constitutes
contempt of court, granting that the
letter ordinarily is contempt matter.
Attorney T. S. Felder, representing
the aged defendant, had already ar
gued that a contempt was not com
mitted by sending the communication
to Judge Speer at his home, and the
special prosecuting attorney. O. D.
Street, of Birmingham, replied.
Judge Grubb had previously held
th..! a judge at home and the
judge at court are dlstihct entities,
but it Is argued by the Government
that the letter deals not only with the
judge as a man. but as a judge, and
al9o threatens him and abuses the of
ficers of the court.
It is probable that to-day the other
letter sent Judge Speer by Colonel
Huff last year, and which was so
vitriolic and personal that the Judge
did not introduce it in court will now*
be put in the records. In that event
it will be open to publication. Thi-
letter is addressed To whom it may
concern.”
Diaphanous Waists
The Rage in Paris
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. May 21.—After the brilliant
E>lors in vogue till now, the reap
pearance of numerous gowns of soft
shades, such as Nattier blue and pale
lemon, which enjoyed popularity last
season, are proving a welcome feature
f the fashion display at Longchamps.
A distinct characteristic of the
summer mode appears in trans
parent bodices, generally made of the
thinnest mousseline de soie, the only
opaque material used being a silk
■sash around the waist. The rest, the
sleeves included, is absolutely trans
parent—in some cases so much so as
to indicate a wish on the part of the
wearer to outdo the most daring
fashion of the directoire period. Rose-
tinted tulle bodices with very short
sleeves are exceedingly popular.
Fashion experts predict that their
vogue will increase as the season ad
vances.
The mania for the new silhouette is
showing no sign of. abating. The j
draping of skirts is more confined, j
bringing the fullness from the hips to
the front, so ap to emphasize the |
straight line and give the “1913
stylish droop.” The low'er part of the j
skirt is now left quite plain, clinging
closely to the figure.
The movement in favor to lower
heels seems to he making headway, i
Very few of the fancy Louis XVI. ,
jeweled or lacquered heels, which
caused a sensation by their extraordi
nary height early In the season, were
seen. At the same time the classic
cothurni or buskins, laced high on the
leg, are more fashionable now.
Lodge and Union to^
Hear Elliot Speak
When Dr John Lovejoy Elliot,
noted social worker and head of the
Hudsorv Guild of New York City,
comes here to close a series of lec
tures under the auspices of the At
lanta Ethical Lecture Committee, a
number of organizations will atten I
in a body.
The 300 members of Yaarab Tem
ple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, have
accepted an invitation, as have mem
bers of the Parent Teachers’ Asso- 1
elation and the Atlanta T.vpographi- |
cal Union. More than 1,000 special
invitations have been sent out.
BONDS BRING PAR AT HOME.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN., May 21.— !
The local clearing house association lias
purchased Chattanooga’s $150,000 issue
of improvement bonds at par. In view •
of the market considerable gratification j
was expressed by* Mayor Thompson. J
BY COST OP LUG
United Assembly Committee Asks
Higher Salaries for Workers
in Foreign Fields.
Thai the missionaries in India and
in other foreign countries are affected
by the high cost of living as much as
are their stay-at-home brothers and
sisters, was the statement made in
the report on foreign missions, pre
sented to the United Presbyterian As
sembly, at the Central Presbyterian
Church on Wednesday.
The report declares that “inasmuch
as the high cost of living is keenly
felt by the missionaries, it Is recom
mended that the Increase in the scale
of salaries', approved by the Woman's
Board and the Board of Foreign Mis
sions, be granted."
The following are the recommenda.
tlons which provide for Increased sal
aries:
1. That the salary of each unmar
ried woman missionary In India (doc
tors excepted) be advanced from *500
to *550 a year, and of unmarried
women doctors from 1700 to $750, to
become effective November 1, 1913;
ihat the furlough salary for unmar
ried women missionaries he *40 per
month.
2. That children's allowances be
continued throughout the furlough
period: that the annual allowance be
fixed at *100 for the first ten years of
each child's life, and at *200 for the
next ten years.
3. That the salary of a married
couple be *90 per month, and that the
salary of an unmarried man be *50
per month.
4. That the salary during the second
term of service in the Sudan and
Egypt he fixed at *1.500 a year for a
married couple, and $850 for an un
married man; that the salary during
the second term of service in India be
fixed at *1,320 a year for a married
couple, and *780 for an unmarried
professional man.
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