I" MlSC. SOMEWHERE - IN —- ALL THE WORLD A CHALLENGE TO CHRISTIAN STUDENTS EMERGENT NEED OF REINFORCEMENTS IN FOREIGN FIELDS OF DISCIPLES OF CHRIST Joint College Recruitment Visitation The Foreign Christian Missionary Society The Christian Woman’s Board of Missions Published for the Boards by the College of Missions, Indianapolis, Indiana, January, 1919 GRAHAii Chapel College of .Missions, Indianapolis The New Call T 1 l-L voice of America calling increasing millions of her sons to the righteous defense of humanity had scarcely died away in the signing of the armistice, when the Foreign Mission Boards of the United States and Canada met in conference in New York to consider the necessity and means of greatly augmenting the Christian forces in the foreign fields of the world. The conference confronted a serious situation, for the follow¬ ing reasons: (1) In some areas the number of missionaries has actually been depleted by the war; (2) hundreds of young men and women who during the last four years would normally have gone out as missionaries to many lands have been drawn into military service or its attendant activities, many of them having paid the supreme sacrifice, or having been incapacitated for foreign Christian work; (3) in every mission field the tumult of nations has precipi¬ tated opportunities and needs so vastly enlarged that the present forces are less adequate than ever to cope with them. In the face of unprecedented conditions and demands the relative disparity of workers is probably greater now than at any time in the past his¬ tory of Christendom. The need of reinforcements is correspond¬ ingly patent and com.manding. The Boards of the United States and Canada have therefore ])uhlished from the above-mentioned conference the following joint appeal lo the young manhood and womanliocd of today: Message of the Boards The war is over! The battle for the ideals of righteousness, justice and truth has been won! The_victory has cost enormously in money, suffer¬ ing, sorrow and life-blood. Men have willingly sacrificed everything, including life, rather than yield their principles. They have left a legacy of heroic service that must be neither forgotten nor lost. The banner they have carried forward in war must be held high in the days of peace. This privilege belongs peculiarly to the young manhood and womanhood of this generation. The new task will be harder than the old, for it will be shorn of the glamour, the excitement and the pageantry of war. d’he war was won with armies. It will take more than armies to keep it won. It will require men who have the power to see and follow ideals when the world has lost sight of them; men who have the capacity to draw their motives from un¬ seen and hidden sources; men who have wills strong enough to remain faithful and patient when God is working in his ordinary and more delib¬ erate ways. The Christian Church must accept this chal¬ lenge. Upon the ministers at home and the mis¬ sionaries abroad will devolve the leadership. Our appeal is to those who have heard the call of war. The call of peace is even more arresting. The war must be interpreted to the nations of the world. They must realize that spiritual forces are more powerful than material, that righteousness exalts a nation, that brotherhood and not rivalry must determine international relationships and that sac¬ rificial service is essential to the world’s well-being. These truths are at the heart of the missionary message. They must be carried to the ends of the world. The welfare of the world will depend upon men who have incarnated these truths in their lives and are willing to live for them. The Mission Boards of all the Churches in the United States and Canada have consecrated them¬ selves to this task. They need men and women in larger numbers than ever before. Every phase of the work needs strengthening. The strongest and finest qualities of brain, heart and hands are re¬ quired. The demand is for ministers, teachers, doctors, agriculturists, technical workers, business men. God can use every talent a man possesses. This appeal is to you. We are face to face with a great crisis. It is the day of opportunity for young men and women. Again can it be said Christ has gathered his disciples about Him and with greater intensity than ever before is saying: “Go ye therefore and make disciples of all the na¬ tions, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things ivhatsoever I commanded you; and lo, J am with you always, even unto the end of the world:’ 4 SPECIAL CALL OF THE FOREIGN CHRISTIAN MISSION¬ ARY SOCIETY AND THE CHRISTIAN WOMAN’S BOARD OF MISSIONS 1. Emergent Appeals and Obligations. —The Disciples of Christ share in the critical situation and unparalleled challenge which faces the foreign missions of all Christian communions. From each of the twelve principal countries (beyond the United States and Canada), where our work is established or projected, have come urgent appeals for more missionaries. Some of these appeals were reported prior to 1914. In both intensity and num¬ ber they have grown immensely during the war. At the outbreak of hostilities the Foreign Christian Missionary Society and the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions had already adopted plans of considerable extension, especially in China, India and Africa. The Woman’s Board had accepted large responsibilities in Mexico and in South America. 2. The Call of the Hour. —To meet these obligations and to embrace the still larger and unescapable opportunities opened by the war in all the fields, the two Boards hereby issue a united call for reinforcements. Here is the call: One hundred and fifty-six new missionaries are needed urgently and immediately in our foreign fields. 3. A Challenge to Students. —To the whole Brotherhood of Disciples of Christ the need is announced, but it will be especially presented in our colleges, to which the Church must continue to look for her trained leaders. Christian students are to be pre-emi¬ nently the knights of this new crusade. The challenge will be heard not only by men and women now in college, but by our sol¬ dier-students who have fought in France, or have been drilled in American camps: “The Son of God goes forth to war . . . Who follows in His train?” Dr. William E. Macklin (Thirty-three years in China) The New Missionaries This conspectus indicates the geographical distribution of the reinforcements so urgently needed in the different departments of service. CHINA: A. Foreign Christian Missionary Society Evangelists: Man and wife for ChucJiow ... 2 Man and wife for Wuweichow (outstation of IFuIiu) ..-... 2 Man and wife for Luchowfu ___ 2 Educationalists: Man and wife for Nanking (the University of Nanking)....... 2 Single woman for Nanking (Miss Lyon’s Girls’ School) ....... 1 Man and wife for Luchowfu (Boys’ Boardin" School)....... 2 O Single woman for Chuchow (Girls’ School) ...... 1 Single woman for Wuhu _____ 1 Ehrsicians: Man and wife for Nanking (the Univer¬ sity of Nanking Hospital)____ 2 JSurses: Trained nurse (young woman) for the hospital at Luchowfu ..... 1 B. Christian Woman’s Board of Missions Educationalists: Single woman for Luchowfu .. 1 Single woman for Nanking (Ginling Col¬ lege) ....... 1 C. Joint Station of C. W. B. M. and F. C. M. S. Evangelists: Man and wife for Nantungchow . 2 Educationalists: Man and wife for Nantungchow __ 2 Th ree single women for Nantungchow . 3 M an and wife for Nantungchow (practical chemist) ....... 2 Ehysicians: Man and wife for Nantungchow (Hos- ])ital) ....... 2 ISurses: Trained nurse for Nantungchow . 1 Total for China 30 7 INDIA; A. Christian Woman’s Board of Missions Evangelists: Two men and wives and three single women for extension of work in existing stations and for opening new stations.... 7 Educationalists: Two single women for Bilaspur (Burgess Memorial Girls’ School)... 2 Physicians: Man and wife for Bina ..... 2 Two single woman doctors to be assigned where most needed.... 2 1\arses: Two trained nurses for hospitals and dis¬ pensaries ...-.. 2 B. Foreign Christian Missionary Society Evangelists: Educationalists: Printers: Agriculturists: Two men and wives; one of the couples to strengthen an existing station, the other to open new work..... Three single women... Man and wife for Bible College or High School at Jubbulpore ... Two single women....... Man and wife, a publisher for the Mission Press at Jubbulpore .... Man and wife to direct Orphanage Farm at Danioh ..... TIBET: Foreign Evangelists: Total for India... 3 Christian Missionary Society Two men and wives for new station at Chambdo ....... Physicians: Two men and wives for new station at Chambdo .... JAPAN: Total for Tibet... Foreign Christian Missionary Society Evangelists: Two men and wives for Tokyo . Man and wife for Akita . Man and wife for Fukushima . Two men and wives for new station at Tsuruoka ... 4 Evangelists and Six single women......... 6 Kindergartners: - Total for Japan 8 18 (N (NIO rtlCC PHILIPPINES: Foreign Christian Missionary Society Evangelists: Man and wife for work in the Northern Ilocano Field ...... 2 Educationalists: Man and wife for Manila (Union Semi¬ nary and Bible College)... 2 Physicians: Man and wife for Vigan (Hospital)... 2 Total for Philippines__ 6 AFRICA (Belgian Congo): Joint Mission of the F. C. M. S. and the C. W. B. M. Evangelists: Four men and wives; two couples for ex¬ isting stations, and two for occupying new territory..... 8 Two single women for evangelistic and school work....... 2 Physicians: Three men and wives; one couple for an established station, two couples for new stations ..... 6 Nurses: Three trained nurses (young women) for hospitals ... 3 Total for Congo...... 19 LATIN AMERICA Christian Woman’s Board of Missions ARGENTINA: Evangelists: Two men and wives for Buenos Aires . 4 Two men and wives for new station in Entre Rios or Corrientes . 4 Educationalists: Two men and wives for Buenos Aires . 4 One single man for Buenos Aires . 1 One single woman (primary teacher) for Buenos Aires ..... 1 (All for Boys’ School—Colegio Amer¬ icano.) Social Workers: Man and wife for Christian Social Service in Buenos Aires . 2 Total for Argentina... 16 9 1 / PARAGUAY Evangelists: Educationalists: URUGUAY: Educationalists: MEXICO: Evangelists: Educationalists: Social Workers: PORTO RICO: Evangelists: JAMAICA: Evangelists: Man and wife for new station at Asuncion 2 Two men and wives, Two single women, One single man, (All for proposed schools at Asuncion) 7 Total for Paraguay......... 9 Man and wife for Montevideo (professor¬ ship in proposed Union Theological Seminary ) ..... 2 Total for Uruguay....... 2 Two men and wives for new territory in Zacatecas ......... Man and wife for San Luis Potosi .. Two single women for Saji Luis Potosi...... Man and wife for Mexico City (professor¬ ship in Union Theological Seminary).. 2 Two single women for Aguas Calientes.... 2 Man and wife for Christian Institute work at Aguas Calientes ..... 2 Total for Mexico...... 14 Man and wife to reinforce present work.... 2 Total for Porto Rico...... 2 Experienced minister and wife. 2 Total for Jamaica. 2 Grand Total... ....156 10 to to 4:^ !\Iiss Elma Irelan of Mexico Has served in that land nearly fourteen years V The Demand Is Imperative So imperative is the demand for these new missionaries that, if the entire number of 156 were immediately forthcoming and adequately prepared, they would all be sent to the fields this very year. The Support Is Sure The Boards make this bold declaration in the established faith that personal dedication elicits financial response. Spiritual de¬ cisions attract supporting dollars. The devotion of lives surren¬ dered to Christ’s program of world-redemption has acquired a new leverage on Christian wealth. The war has stimulated the Church by demonstrating how potent has been the sacrificial enlistment of America’s youth to release abundantly the lesser treasure of her gold. At the dawn of a new age of high enterprise and ardent hope for all nations, no appeal to the unrealized resources of the Dis¬ ciples of Christ could be so irresistible as the enlistment now of a new foreign legion ready to answer the call of the world in the lands that look to us for the Gospel. If the workers were at once avail¬ able, the additional funds for their equipment, dispatch and main¬ tenance would undoubtedly be supplied. Tlie Call to Women Th is call may be militant in its form but it is not masculine in its restrictions. The modernity of the missionary enterprise is evi¬ denced by its challenge alike to the sons and daughters of this gen¬ eration to labor side by side, moved by the love of God, for the uplift of all mankind. The call comes with equal insistence and equal privilege to women and to men. The fact that of the 156 recruits required, 48 single women and 49 wives of missionaries are asked for, attests the vast range of opportunity open to woman’s service and leadership in all spheres of missionary activity. Prepared Leaders Required It is hoped that no inconsiderable number of college men and women, who are educationally prepared and experienced in Chris¬ tian work in America, can be found to consider immediate accep¬ tance of some of the great life-opportunities indicated in the above conspectus. There should be many students and recent graduates, not yet sufficiently prepared, who will enter at the earliest possible moment upon the special training necessary to equip them for these world-significant tasks. This call lays its claim also on college pro¬ fessors. Why should not some faculty members lead the way as volunteers? The Societies will make a special appeal to the colleges, uni¬ versities, and seminaries. They request the co-operation of the faculties of the institutions they visit, and, above all, the prayers of 12 the Brotherhood that the needed candidates may offer themselves for the work. "The harvest is rich, l)ut the laborers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest riiat He will send forth laborers into His harvest.” How to Adflress Correspondence Applications to the Foreign Christian Missionary Society should be addressed to Stephen J. Corey, Secretary, Box 884, Cincinnati, Ohio. Candidates for fields of the Christian Woman’s Board of Mis¬ sions will please write to the President, Mrs. Anna R. Atwater, Col¬ lege of Missions Building, Indianapolis, Indiana. Regarding fields where the two societies are carrying on the work jointly (e. g. Belgian Congo and Nantungchow, China), ap¬ plications may be sent to either Mr. Corey or Mrs. Atwater. Inquiries regarding the preparation necessary for foreign serv¬ ice may be addressed to Charles T. Paul, President of the College of Missions, Indianapolis, Indiana. WHY FOREIGN MISSIONARY SERVICE SHOULD APPEAL TO STUDENTS IN THIS HOUR 1. The Christian War, In this hour, as in no other, Chris¬ tian character demands the moral equivalent of war. Foreign mis¬ sionary service provides this in an outstanding way. The young man wishing to sustain his hight spirit of courage and devotion to a great cause should not leave the foreign missionary call uncon¬ sidered. The challenge of the work in non-Christian lands is high and bold and compelling. Foreign missionary conquest is a war¬ fare, and it appeals to the pioneer and dauntless spirit. In fact, a courageous, young, Christian man, in this hour, who has the proper training and qualifications for it, will find himself under the neces¬ sity of establishing real reasons why he should not go as a foreign missionary. 2. The New Unselfishness. A new thrill has come to American manhood. The young men who have gone to the front have been fighting for sacred ideals, for human freedom, for the liberation of women and little children. Many of those who have stayed at home have had the same lofty purpose. There is a new unselhshness in the world today. America has been giving her young life not only for others, but for other lands and other races. W e have been crusaders on a distant continent in a great cause. The same dominant note runs through the call for service in dis¬ tant mission fields. 13 3. America’s World-Relations. America has a new ac¬ quaintance with the world. We have formerly been the most pro¬ vincial of the Christian nations. We are now one of the most neighborly and far-reaching in our sympathies. Because our country was satisfied, selfish and provincial in its policies, it was difficult before the war for us to think in world terms. It is easy now. Our living and planning for the future will touch the ends of the earth. Every one who thinks will have an interest in foreign lands from now on. The war has introduced us to mankind. God pity us if we shrink within ourselves again! 4. The Great Surrender, It is now perfectly natural to discuss self-denial. The “sacrihce” of foreign missionary service will scarcely be mentioned again. The men or women who have given their all at the front for the freedom of the world will not dare again to have mental reservations about the distance of Tibet or the loneliness of Africa. The parents who were willing to give all their sons for the war will hardly refuse to release one for for¬ eign missionary service now. 5. The Lure of the Lntried. The war will leave a great unsatisfied longing in the hearts of men. The man who went to the front will not readily adjust himself to an ordinary service when he gets home. The boys who wore the khaki and did not reach the fighting line will be unsatisfied without doing some big thing in the future. Many boys of the Students’ Army Training Corps are chag¬ rined and adrift. They had hoped to serve, but their camps have been disbanded. The possibility for a rare and unselfish life-work will appeal to them more than ever before. 6. The Divine Draft. We have become used to the draft principle of service. Our soldier boys have become accustomed to taking orders. If we are leaders and lay upon our Christian young men the burden of the Divine draft for sacrificial service, they will accept it. Our men and women will be as true to the call of Christ when they recognize it as they were to the call of the country. 7. The Specialized Task, There are more specific open¬ ings for specially trained men and women now than ever before. Foreign missionary work is being more thoroughly organized along social lines than formerly. It will now be easier for strong people who have a special type of training to find a place where their spe¬ cific equipment will fit into the work. o. The Home Fires Burning. The Church at home will not need to he converted to a universal enterprise in the future. With the new world-consciousness will come a new sense of world- responsibility. The Church will now send people to mission lands with a determination to back them up in the great enterprise as never before. The home fires of intelligent co-operation, support and prayer will burn with unwonted brightness, and shine to the uttermost lands. 14 % 9. The New W orld-Neighborhood, Distance lias lieen eliminated. The world is a startled and humbled neighborhood. Since two million of our men have crossed the sea for a great cause, the ocean will be no longer a barrier to a life-work. One may in¬ deed say, ‘T saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.’" The ocean, which was formerly a mysterious and terrible barrier, is now even more than a highway; it is a doorwav to all the peoples of the earth. THOUGHTS FOR STUDENTS Quod Erat Demonstrandum I'his is what the Hon. Ion Keith Falconer, brilliant Cambridge student, and later professor of Arabic in his alma mater, thought of the missionary obligation resting upon the college men of his day: “While vast continents are shrouded in almost utter darkness, and hundreds of millions suffer the horrors of heathenism or of Islam, the burden of proof lies upon you to show that the circum¬ stances in which God has placed you were meant by Him to keep you out of the foreign mission field.” This challenge to think and pray the problem through concluded his last address in Scotland before he gave his life for Arabia. He died at Shaikh Othman in 1887. To have no share in the greatest work ever given the children of men to do is to invite self-impoverishment and to miss the greatest blessing that God is waiting to give to those who obey Him.— A. McLean (President F. C. M. SJ. There is a shining path from the army of your country to the army of Christ on the mission field. Some of the most eminent missionaries have been military men. Dr. J. M. Davis, a graduate of Beloit College, who gave thirty- nine wonderful years to Japan, under the American Board (Congregational), was a Lieutenant-Colonel of Volunteers in the Civil War. Our own Charles E. Garst, who went also to Japan under the Foreign Society in 1883, and labored till he fell in 1898, was a West Point graduate who served his country several years Imfore he answered the call of the East. The missionary enterprise is the Christian campaign for international good-will .—Harry Emerson Fosdick. One of our greatest needs, if we are to meet the demands of the new time, is a renewed sense of the reality of God’s call to each individual.— J. II. Oldham. J’he while 1 listened came a Voice I did not know, 1 could not see; But when my waiting spirit heard, 1 said: “Lord, here am 1; send me.” —Phillips Brooks. Are you waiting for God's call, or is God waiting for your answer? 1 V Entente Coediale Of East and West