CAS a OI FLD DOIT NOW - $50,000 | SIAM EXTENSION SIAM EXTENSION FUND. This Fund is simply to be the means by which Presbyterians are seeking to do their duty by the 8,000,000 people of SIAM. How long have Presbyterian Mis- sionaries worked in this field? Since 1840. PlacwthcerGospels sheen. preaciea throughout the land? NO. WE ©! fe WV. Ge Tee a Se VAAN GG a 7a SIAM if Presbyterians do not see that it is done?’ No one. Why is this true? Because Siam has no other Missions working in it than those: of ‘the “Presbyterian Church: Us. Ae It is a tropical, Buddhistic field and one of the most difficult in the world. Missionaries of other Boards have en- tered Siam, but the field has been leit to us. bw Idol in Buddhist Temple, North Siam 2 oO TOMER PRES Dyer Near @- ORDsORZCONST ANC AND meio - SISTENCE through three-quarters of a Century the Present Generation must add (hE) Adequate Horees; (2) Sufficient Equipment. (3) » Prayer and: Lite; These will bring success in SIAM, ENERGY. “AND © GAT Tee aeD) GUTS Wil BS AGRE VO scan) PRAYER can insure to the whole Siamese Nation the healing and the blessings of the Gospel of Christ. HOW SHALL THE FIELD BE VIEWED? iol pl O@ Ka does AN GOI DEE GN ble Nearly 800,000 inhabitants. The heart of the entire country. All national life centers in this City. All interests of Government and Ad- ministration are focused in Bangkok as they are in no other capital city of the world. “A missionary work which would successfully influence this City would make itself felt to the ends of Siam.” “Where else in the world does the Christian Church have presented to her the opportunity in a single community of moulding a Nation?” VES DEL ae RES Ne SITUA LION? “Not one missionary at the present time is free to devote himself to its direct evangelization.” An adequate system of preaching places must be established in Bangkok under competent supervision so that the hopeless masses shall be drawn into Christian congregations. 5 PRAY OR VBANGIIOFS Or thes ten (lO) Peneatceu cities= am Asia, "BANGKOK, is) the: only “one where the Mission task is undertaken by a single denomination. YOKOHAMA: Population less than half—has eight (8) Societies working there. KYOTO: Population two-thirds that of Bangkok—has six (6) Societies. SHANGHAL: “Approximately vequal population—has at least twelve (12) different Societies. This ought to stimulate our zeal and determination. Sees On NWP eee ONS LDA RoI ELE LANGE VRS Ole! HBS COUN GRoe CONTIGUOUS! VLOra REE Pie oN Vil Se rOny sD ISde RIG is WWI Fl ELAN BeeeiE B Ree Ny) REAGHED BY PHE MISSIONARY, BAS LEWIN SEAM: Here lie four (4) Provinces, wholly untouched by any missionary effort. In area equal to the State of Minne- sota. Population—2'%4 millions. Two of the provincial Capital Cities: OKRA candeR@ wy si easily reached from Bangkok, offer ad- mirable centres for new evangelistic Station. The South Siam Mission has long been straining its eyes eastward, hop- ing to enter this territory. ~J Elephant with Howdah on back, North Siam 8 NORGELER NGS TAM: In the far north at Chieng Rung the people have long begged that a mis- sionary come to live and teach among them. There will be in-gatherings from the very beginning. CHIENG RUNG will give a focus for work in a wholly new field. AGWOS> [EE DORKDER, LN GCEINZS: 5,000,000 people of the same Tai race, speaking Siamese, dwell further north in China. These must be reached from Siam. Glimmerings of Christian truth have reached these people and they have asked pitifully that they might have further teaching. Up to this time the Mission and the Board have been able to do nothing except investigate and confirm the most enthusiastic reports from this territory. STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING MISSION STATIONS. In South Siam the present Mission Stations are: BANGKOK, PETCHABURI, TAP TEANG, NAKAWN@and seis - ANULOKE. In North Siam the established Sta- tions are: CHIENG MAI, LAMPANG (LAK- AW IN) PRE INOANEa nds CEN. RAT, Every one of these Stations is capa- ble of enlarging and intensifying its present evangelistic work and in the case of the older Stations, immediate in-gatherings would result. These established stations are cen- tres of great districts that cannot ade- quately be covered by the missionary force now in Siam. Christian Village Community, Ban Tab, North Siam 1] HOW SHALL THE ADVANCE BE CONDUCTED? Siamese Evangelists and Teachers from our two Theological Training Schools (in Bangkok and in Chieng Mai) must constitute the main force for evangelism: (1) It will put them into the service omihe.@hurch: (ay It swill) ereatly’ increase the capable leadership of the Christian Church in Siam. (3) It will stimulate the work of the Churches already established and will encourage the membership toward per- sonal work and the bringing in of con- Verts: Ribs Ui. Self-governing Self-propagating > Churches. Self-supporting FOR SIAM INITIAL EXTENSION FUND $50,000. Tes Awinect: Increase mon eevaneelistic Activities. (a) More Native Evangelists. (b) More Itineration. (c) More Preaching Chapels. Tlie Adequatcly «Equip Chieng Rung. LU eto Establistiea otation at worat or Roy .@Coshte” Favorable toward Our Missionaries. There is no Caste in Siam. There is: norsystem of Zenanassby which women are shut away by them- selves. There is no persecution of widows and no child-marriages. No ancestor worship. There is no foot-binding in Siam. There is no prejudice against for- eigners. 16 4 ; ‘poYBOLPUL TOINYO 94 OF ‘poalsop JL ‘SIJLF TONS JIpPSdod T[TAA OM ‘AID YIOK MON “OAV UWIIM OST “Svoay, ‘AVC “H LHSIMG “YL 0} JO9ITp JUSS oq P]NOYS S}jls puv sospo[q—HLON PERS TA aes ig: See oled (E271) he Oe a is ees aT See eer EE fo ssquapy Pied Sheehy os SP SOLU ET (toe ON la yn ha Pas, tit Nes) emia LIIE DIL RIM