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 REPRESENTING THE PROTEST¬ 
 ANT MISSIONARY SOCIETIES 
 AND MISSIONS OF THE WORLD 
 
 will be held in New York City, April 21 to May 1, 
 1900. This is the direct successor of Conferences 
 in London, 1888, and Mildmay, 1878. 
 
 [CUMENICAL,—As the early Church opened 
 the first missionary century with an assem¬ 
 bly at Antioch to hear Paul and Barnabas, so 
 the later Church, at the close of this greatest 
 of all missionary centuries will hold a Conference with 
 its mission workers in the metropolis of a continent of 
 which the Apostles knew nothing. 
 
 The historical term ecumenical, or 44 world-embrac¬ 
 ing,” will be even more applicable to this gathering than 
 to the great Councils of the Church, for in it will be rep¬ 
 resented the entire habitable globe* It will be distinctively 
 
foreign missionary* Its topic will be u The Evangelization 
 of the Nations n ; its discussions will bear upon the prob¬ 
 lems arising in the conduct of the work and its personnel 
 will include workers from every field* 
 
 It will be a Conference—not a Council* It will lay 
 down no laws and settle no methods* The workers in 
 many lands will come together to compare notes* There 
 will be free interchange of ideas and much information 
 of great value will be put at the service of all* 
 
 The results expected are: A clearer apprehension of 
 the principles and methods of mission work drawn from 
 a century of experience—-A vindication of Christian 
 Missions by an array of testimony as to their influence 
 and results that will convince all thoughtful men of their 
 utility and power—A great practical advance toward 
 unity — u That they may be perfected into one, that the 
 world may know that Thou didst send Me/' 
 
 Preparation 
 
 " God be merciful unto us and bless us, and cause His 
 face to shine upon us; that Thy way may be known 
 upon earth , Thy saving health among all nations.” 
 
 I_J OW shall we prepare for the Ecumenical Conference so 
 as to reap the largest results, so that we may meet “in 
 the fullness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ ? ” 
 
 The Conference does not begin April 21, 1900. Thatis 
 simply the bringing to a head of the Conference which has 
 already begun. The preparation should not be confined 
 to what is done by committees and writers of papers and 
 
the delegates; it should be a threefold preparation by the 
 whole Church, by prayer, by study, by contributions— 
 
 Prayer A concert of prayer each month for the 
 “fullness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ/’ re¬ 
 peated in church services and family worship, that the 
 Church may receive a mighty impulse through the 
 Ecumenical Conference. 
 
 Study* A new and intelligent study of the great 
 problems relating to the extension of Christ’s Kingdom 
 throughout the world: The relation of the different forms 
 of work to the central purpose of preaching the Gospel. 
 —The Unity, Harmony and Co-operation of the different 
 organizations working in the same fields.—The develop¬ 
 ment of self-support and self-activity on the part of the 
 Native Church. These three principles must be applied 
 intelligently in order to a comprehension of the ways 
 and means of Missionary Economics. 
 
 Contributions* As every Evangelical denomination 
 is invited to be represented at the Conference, every 
 congregation has the privilege of contributing something 
 towards the general expenses. It is thought that the 
 sum of five dollars, which will not be burdensome to 
 most churches, will accomplish this object and provide, 
 without further cost, for the sending of a copy of the 
 Report, to be issued in two volumes, to every congrega¬ 
 tion thus contributing. 
 
 Plan of Meetings 
 
 The Conference will be formally opened Saturday 
 afternoon, April 21, with a meeting in the main hall, at 
 which addresses of welcome will be made and the dele¬ 
 gates introduced; and will close with a farewell meeting 
 on Tuesday evening, May 1. 
 
On the Two Sabbaths a large number of stirring 
 missionary addresses will be given by members of the 
 Conference in the Churches of New York and vicinity. 
 It is possible that there may also be special Conference 
 services on Sabbath afternoons in the main hall. 
 
 Delegates' Meetings in the mornings, attended by 
 the whole body of delegates, will be held in the main 
 hall, to consider the fundamental principles and discuss 
 the chief departments of mission work. 
 
 Specialists' Meetings in the afternoon will be held in 
 smaller halls for more technical and detailed discussion of 
 topics appealing especially to workers along specific lines. 
 
 Each topic will be presented in a carefully prepared 
 paper not to exceed twenty minutes in the reading, the 
 remainder of the time being devoted to discussion by 
 speakers, who have sent in their names in advance, who 
 will be strictly limited to five minutes each. Those taking 
 the leading parts in these discussions will be experts in 
 their several departments, who are selected with refer¬ 
 ence to their knowledge of and experience in specific 
 phases of missionary activity. Every effort will be made 
 to secure the very best, and the result will be a consensus 
 of testimony of the highest value. 
 
 Public Meetings will be held in the afternoons and 
 evenings. At these the most prominent speakers and 
 workers from all parts of the world will vividly portray 
 the conquests of the cross in all lands, the appalling 
 state of the heathen world, the need of unity and co¬ 
 operation and of an understanding of the problems in¬ 
 volved in the task of disciplining the nations. 
 
 Other Cities* It is expected that meetings will be 
 held in other cities and in the colleges, both preceding 
 and following the Conference, addressed by speakers 
 from abroad. 
 
Constituency* All the Evangelical Protestant So¬ 
 cieties conducting Foreign Missions to Unevangelized 
 Peoples in the World and all Missionaries so employed. 
 This would not include Missions in Europe or United 
 States of America and Canada. Each society is invited 
 to appoint at least two delegates, and while all Missiona¬ 
 ries and all persons from abroad accredited as represent¬ 
 atives by their Societies will be received as delegates, the 
 limitations of such a gathering will make it necessary to 
 apportion the representation among the Societies in the 
 United States and Canada upon some equitable basis. 
 
 Hospitality* New York City and Vicinity will bear 
 the pleasant burden of entertaining the delegates to the 
 Conference and of arranging for their comfort and en¬ 
 joyment. It is expected that hospitality will be provided 
 for all the delegates from abroad. Those coming from 
 the United States and Canada will be provided for so 
 far as practicable. 
 
 Public Receptions* The plans provide for a public 
 reception for the delegates, attended by the President of 
 the United States and others in high position, represent¬ 
 ing the Christian Church, the Government, Judiciary, 
 Army and Navy, Law, Letters, and Business. 
 
 Report* The great addresses and the summary of 
 the discussions will be contained in the general report of 
 the Conference to be issued within one hundred days of 
 its adjournment. This ought to be in the hands of 
 every Christian Pastor and Student of missionary work 
 in the world who wishes light on the problems of mis¬ 
 sions and testimony as to the power of the Gospel in 
 uplifting fallen humanity and establishing a new social 
 order in the world. It will be published in two volumes 
 at $2.50 and sent to all subscribing prior to May 1, 1900, 
 at $1.70. Post paid, $2.00. 
 
General Summary of Programme 
 
 [Tentative outline of topics without arrangement as to order and time.] 
 
 Authority and Purpose of Foreign Missions ♦ 
 
 The Reason for Foreign Missions. The Authority of Our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. Office of the Holy Spirit. Scriptural Idea and Examples. Their 
 Place in the History of God’s Kingdom on Earth. Co-operative Forces in 
 Missions. Supreme and Determining Aim in Foreign Missions. 
 
 Consecration of the Church to Foreign cMissions ♦ 
 
 Enthronement of the Missionary Idea in the Church, in the Training 
 of Children at Home, in Sunday-school Instruction, in Church Services, 
 by Concert of Prayer for Missions, by the Study of Missions in Theological 
 Seminaries, and by the Possible Power of the Pastor in Awakening and 
 Sustaining the Missionary Spirit. 
 
 Support of Missions by Home Churches • 
 
 Reflex Influence ot Foreign Missions on Contributing Churches, 
 Christian Stewardship, Consecration of Wealth and Influence, Systematic 
 Beneficence, Ways and Means of Securing Funds, Legitimate and Illegiti¬ 
 mate Appeals. How shall the Constituency of Each Board be Guarded? 
 Special Appeals, How Far Desirable ? Deputation Work by Missionaries 
 on Furlough. Auxiliary Societies. Missionary Magazines and Literature. 
 
 Relation of Students and other Young People to Foreign Missions* 
 
 The Student Volunteer Movement, Achievements, Position and Sig¬ 
 nificance. How to Fire the Future Ministry with the Missionary Spirit. 
 Organized Movements Among the Young People of the Church. How 
 to Utilize Them in Forwarding the Missionary Enterprise. The Respon¬ 
 sibility of the Church Toward Volunteers. The Peculiar Obligations and 
 Opportunities of this Generation. 
 
 c Administration. 
 
 Missionary Boards and Societies. Their Organization. Their Rela¬ 
 tions to Missions and Missionaries. Interdenominational Conferences. 
 Deputational Visits. Government by Missions. Importance of Strong 
 Central Stations. Conferences on the Field. Supplemental Aid — 
 Reduced Rates of Transportation, Co-operation of Officials and Civilians, 
 Government Grants. Kind of Reports Required. Importance of Uniform 
 Statistics. Treasury Topics. 
 
Survey of Christian missions 
 
 Review of One Hundred Years of Mission Work ♦ 
 
 The Century of Missions Just Closed, its Triumphs, Occupation of 
 Strategic Points, Expansion of the Problem and Development of Methods, 
 with a Statistical Summary, Showing the Leavening Influence of Missions 
 Upon the World ; the Contributory Results to Geography, Science, Com¬ 
 merce, Diplomacy and Colonization. The Superintending Providence of 
 God ; and the Wonderful Opening by Prayer and Faith of Long Sealed 
 Doors. 
 
 Survey of Fields ♦ 
 
 Each Field will be Surveyed in its Past History and Present Condi¬ 
 tions with a Review of the Work of Christian Missions, the Development 
 of the Native Church and Christian Institutions. A Consideration of the 
 Chief Problems Involved in the Effort to Evangelize Each Country, and 
 the Outlook and Demands for the Coming Century. Countries — Japan, 
 China, Korea, India, Burma, Siam, Turkey, Syria, Persia and Arabia, 
 Oceania, Africa, America, North, Central and South. Missions to the 
 Jews. 
 
 Missionary Exhibit ♦ 
 
 In order to vividly present, through the eye, the social and moral 
 conditions of the peoples among whom missionaries are laboring, their 
 appearance and customs and natural surroundings, together with the 
 changes resulting from a hundred years of missionary effort, there will be 
 the most complete Missionary Exhibit probably ever collected. This 
 Exhibit will be a combined Library and Museum, and will comprise Pub¬ 
 lications of all kinds in English and many other languages ; Maps and 
 Charts, Pictures, Models, Curios in dress and workmanship, and objects 
 of religious worship ; all intended to illustrate the actual surroundings of 
 the Missionary in his work. 
 
 Special Topics . 
 
 The Bible and Christian Literature in Mission Fields. Relation of 
 Foreign Missions to Social Progress and the Peace of the World. Special 
 Providential Demands of Foreign Missionary Enterprise on English Speak¬ 
 ing, German, French, Scandinavian, and Other Peoples. The Present 
 Situation and Outlook and Demands for the Coming Century. 
 
 Non-Christian Religions. Attitude Towards. Religious Condition 
 of India. Ethical System of China and Japan. Mohammedanism. Apolo¬ 
 getic Problems of Missions. 
 
Principles and Jlqents 
 
 Comity and Division of Fields , 
 
 Need of Unity and Co-operation in Mission Work. Influence of For¬ 
 eign Missions in Bringing This About, dangers to be avoided by Mutual 
 Understanding and Division of Field. Necessity for Economy in the Face 
 of the Apalling State of the Heathen World and the Great Unoccupied 
 Fields. Principles and Application of Comity in the Readjustment of 
 Fields, in Co-operation and Common Rules, and in the Employment of 
 Native Workers. Report of Committee on Comity and Unoccupied 
 Fields Showing What Form of Agreement and Co-operation Will Be 
 Accepted by the Different Societies, with Testimony as to the Results of 
 Comity and the Effect in Different Fields of the Lack of It. 
 
 Self-Support by Native Church. 
 
 As a Principle in Mission Work. As Determining Methods Employed. 
 The Encouragement of Activity on the Part of Native Converts and their 
 Consecration to the Extension of the Kingdom of Christ. Their Voluntary 
 Work in Preaching and Teaching and Contributing Money to the Cause. 
 Dangers Incident to the Use of Money. Need of Insight and Patience. 
 Importance to Development of Spiritual Life and Extension of the Work 
 to Regions Beyond. Report of Committee, Followed by Testimony 
 From All the Fields of the Missionary Activity of the Native Church. 
 
 Native Agency , 
 
 Its Importance and Relations to the Foreign Arm of the Service. 
 Different Forms of Native Service. Preachers, Teachers, Colporteurs, 
 Medical Assistants, etc. Methods of Securing and Training Native 
 Teachers. The Native Pastorate, When to be Established and How? 
 When is a Native Church Ripe for Self-government so that Responsible 
 Supervision of Evangelistic Work and Churches and Schools Can Be De¬ 
 volved Upon Native Leaders? 
 
 ^Missionaries and Candidates. 
 
 Care in the Selection of Missionary Candidates. Their Preparation. 
 Special Fitness for Special Work. Need of Their Thoroughly Under¬ 
 standing What They Are Going Into. Missionaries’ Salaries, Allowances 
 and Furloughs. Limited or Life Service? Unmarried in Initial Years of 
 Services? Mastering Vernacular. Reports and Correspondence. Right 
 Relation to Diplomacy and the Government Where Laboring. Attitude 
 of Missionary Toward Other Religions. Pagan Faiths, Mohammedan¬ 
 ism, Non-Evangelical Forms of Christianity. 
 
Departments of Work 
 
 The various forms of work will be discussed in their relation to the 
 supreme and determining aim of missions and the proportion and utility 
 of each in conserving that aim, the qualifications of workers in each de¬ 
 partment and the social problems involved. 
 
 Evangelistic Work. 
 
 Manner and Form of Presenting the Gospel to Non-Christian Peoples. 
 Itineration and Chapel Preaching. Personal Conversations. Dealing 
 with Converts. Development of Native Church. General Gatherings. 
 Training of Workers. Relation of the Native Church to Particular Forms 
 of Evil — Caste, Slavery, Intemperance, Foot-binding, Widowhood, 
 Opium, Polygamy. 
 
 Educational Work. 
 
 Including Primary, Secondary and Higher Education. Day and 
 Boarding Schools, Manual and Industrial Training and the Teaching of 
 English. Place of Education in Christian Missions. Necessity for Training in 
 Teaching in Missionary Work. Christian Schools as a Means of Develop¬ 
 ing Purpose and Activity. Preparation of Teachers. Employment of 
 Non-Christian Teachers. Is it Desirable to Have in Each Mission Field 
 a College or University Wholly Under Foreign Control and Support? 
 How Far Can Mission Schools be Made Self-supporting? Bible Study. 
 Proportion of Devotional Element and Religious Instruction. Personal 
 Work. 
 
 Literary Work. 
 
 Christian Literature, its Variety and Importance. Mastery of the 
 Vernacular Indispensable to Those Engaged in Literary Work. The 
 Translation of the Bible. Preparation of Books in the Vernacular, Papers, 
 School Books, Magazines. History and Extent in Different Countries. 
 Mission Presses and Management of Printing. 
 
 Medical Work. 
 
 Relation to Mission Work as a Whole. Practical Proofs of its Value. 
 Qualifications for. Dispensaries and Hospitals. Medical Training of Natives. 
 Self-support. 
 
 benevolent Work. 
 
 Orphanages. Famine Relief. Asylums for the Blind, Deaf, Dumb, 
 and Insane. 
 
 Women's Work . 
 
 Women’s Share in Foreign Missions. Home Department. The Con¬ 
 dition of Women in Non-Christian Countries, and Special Efforts in Their 
 Behalf. The Training of Bible Women and the Development of Voluntary 
 Workers. Survey of Woman’s Work. Special Conferences on Evan¬ 
 gelistic Work. Educational Work, Medical Work, Work for Young 
 Women and Children, Literature and the Financial Problem. 
 
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 Committees 
 
 The General Committee is composed of representa¬ 
 tives of the Foreign Mission Boards and Societies in the 
 United States and Canada connected with the Evangelical 
 Churches. It will constitute the host to welcome the 
 delegates from abroad representing British and Conti¬ 
 nental Societies. 
 
 The Central Executive Committee appoints all other 
 Committees, excepting the General Committee, and acts 
 upon their reports. The Executive Committee is com¬ 
 posed of the General Chairman and Secretaries, nine 
 elected members and the Chairmen or representatives of 
 the other Committees. 
 
 The Programme Committee will prepare the pro¬ 
 gramme and appoint the writers and speakers. 
 
 The Popular Meetings Committee will utilize speak¬ 
 ers attending the Conference in Mass Meetings in the 
 Churches in New York and Vicinity and in Other Cities 
 and Colleges, and hold Preliminary Meetings to awaken 
 interest in the Conference. 
 
 The Statistics Committee will secure statistics from 
 the Protestant Missionary Societies of the World, such 
 as will fairly represent the growth and results of Chris¬ 
 tian Missions for the Century just closed. 
 
 The Exhibit Committee will arrange a Missionary 
 Exhibit setting forth the physical, social and religious 
 characteristics of the races among whom missions are 
 established, including photographs of Missionaries and 
 Native Converts, Churches, Schools and Hospitals, and 
 the Literature of Missions, Maps, Charts, Diagrams, and 
 printed matter of all kinds used in the Home Church by 
 the Boards and Missions, together with the publications 
 in many languages used by the missionaries in their 
 work. 
 
 Special Committees have also been constituted upon 
 
 Woman's Work and the Relation of Students and Young 
 People to Missions* 
 
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Committees 
 
 The Hospitality Committee will arrange with hotels 
 and boarding houses in the city for the entertainment of 
 delegates at reduced rates; secure such hospitality in 
 private houses as may be voluntarily offered, and inform 
 the Christian public as to the persons who will attend 
 the Conference, so that as many personal invitations 
 maybe secured as possible; issue bulletins of informa¬ 
 tion and guide books for the delegates; arrange for 
 lunches and receptions and provide for the general com¬ 
 fort of the delegates at the Hall, including a bureau of 
 information and introduction. 
 
 The Finance Committee will formulate the plan 
 upon which the funds shall be raised and disbursed, ap¬ 
 point a Treasurer and consider the estimates prepared by 
 the several Committees and present them in total to 
 the Executive Committee with recommendations as to 
 the apportionment to be devoted to each Committee. 
 
 The Transportation Committee will arrange with 
 steamships and railway companies for reduced rates of fare 
 for the delegates; will appoint a Secretary to whom letters 
 of inquiry may be directed or referred, and will publish 
 a leaflet informing the delegates as to the American sys¬ 
 tem of travel, including the checking and delivery of 
 baggage, the passing of it through the Custom House 
 and the going from the steamships to the places of enter¬ 
 tainment. 
 
 The Hall Committee will secure at an early date 
 options on the largest Halls in the city, and Churches 
 adjacent thereto, with the view to having the Exhibit, 
 Bureau of Information, Lunches, Committee Meetings, 
 and Lobby, centered in one place. It will also appoint 
 the ushers, arrange for tickets of admission, decorations, 
 and music. 
 
 The Publication, and Press Committee will supply 
 information relative to the Conference to the Religious 
 and Secular Press and will have charge of the publication 
 of the Report. 
 
honorary President 
 
 Hon. Benjamin Harrison, LL.D. 
 
 [Former President of the United States of America.] 
 
 General Committee 
 
 Rev. Judson Smith, D.D., Chairman 
 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Rev. S. L. Baldwin, D.D., Gen. Secretary Mr. W. Henry Grant, tAsst. Gen. Secretary 
 150 Fifth Ave., New York 156 Fifth Ave., New York 
 
 AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS 
 Rev. Judson Smith, D.D., Boston, Mass. Rev. Chas. H. Daniels, D.D., Boston, Mass. 
 
 AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION 
 Rev. Henry C. Mabie, D.D., Boston, Mass. Hon. Robert O. Fuller, Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION 
 
 Rev. R. H. Pitt, D.D., Richmond, Va. Rev. R. J. Willingham, D.D., Richmond, Va. 
 BAPTISTS OF CANADA, MARITIME PROVINCES 
 Rev. J. A. Gordon, M.A., Rev. J. W. Manning, M.A., St.John, N. B. 
 
 BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC 
 Rev. J. G. Brown, Rev. S. S. Bates, Toronto, Canada 
 FREE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 Rev. Arthur Given, D.D., Auburn, R. I. Rev. Rivington D. Lord, D.D., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
 
 SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 Hon. William L. Clarke, Ashaway, R. I. Rev. O. U. Whitford, Westerly, R. I. 
 
 FOREIGN CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 Rev. A. McLean, Cincinnati, Ohio Rev. S. J. Willis, New York. 
 
 MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CONVENTION 
 Rev. J. J. Summerbell, D.D., Dayton, O. Rev.J. G. Bishop, D.D., Dayton, O. 
 
 DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE PROTESTANT 
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE U. S. A. 
 
 Rev. Henry Anstice, D.D., Philadelphia. 
 
 Right Rev. Wm. Neilson McVickar, D.D., Providence, R. I. 
 
 AMERICAN CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE PROTESTANT 
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE U. S. A. 
 
 Rev. W. Dudley Powers, D.D., New York Gen. Wager Swayne, New York 
 
 REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH 
 Right Rev. Wm. R. Nicholson, D.D., Philadelphia 
 Rev. Wm. T. Sabine, D.D., New York 
 
 MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION 
 Bishop S. C. Breyfogel, Reading, Pa. Rev. T. C. Meckel, Erie, Pa. 
 
 AMERICAN FRIENDS CENTRAL BOARD OF MISSIONS 
 Rev. Micajah Morris Binford, Brooklyn, N. Y. James Carey, Jr., Baltimore, Md. 
 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL SYNOD OF THE 
 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE U. S. 
 
 Rev. George Scholl, D.D., Baltimore, Md. Rev. Luther Kuhlman, D.D., Frederick, Md. 
 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN, GENERAL 
 
 COUNCIL 
 
 Rev. F. W. Weiskotten, Philadelphia Rev. E. E. Sibole, D.D., Philadelphia 
 
 GERMAN EVANGELICAL SYNOD OF NORTH AMERICA 
 Rev. Edward Huber, Baltimore Rev. Paul A. Menzel, D.D., Washington 
 
 MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 
 Rev. A. B. Leonard, D.D., New York Rev. A. J. Palmer, D.D., New York 
 
 Rev. S. L. Baldwin, D.D., New York Col. Edward L. Dobbins, Newark, N.J. 
 
BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH 
 Rev. Walter R. Lambuth, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 MISSIONARY SOCIETY, METHODIST CHURCH IN CANADA 
 Rev. Alexander Sutherland, D.D., Toronto, Canada 
 
 WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 Rev. W. H. Kennedy, Syracuse, N. Y. Rev. A. W. Hall, Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 GENERAL MISSIONARY BOARD OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF 
 
 NORTH AMERICA 
 
 Rev. J. S. McGeary, Newcastle, Pa. Rev. B. Winget, Chicago, Ill. 
 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH 
 Rev. T. J. Ogburn, Summerfield, N. C. Rev. W. L. Wells, D.D., West Lafayette, O. 
 
 BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH 
 Rev. J. Taylor Hamilton, Bethlehem, Pa. Rev. Paul de Schweinitz, Bethlehem, Pa. 
 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE 
 
 U. S. A. 
 
 Rev. F. F. Ellinwood, D.D., New York Rev. A. J. Brown, D.D., New York 
 
 Hon. Darwin R. James, New York 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN 
 
 CHURCH IN THE U. S. 
 
 Rev. S. H. Chester, D.D., Rev. Joseph I. Vance, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 FOREIGN MISSION COMMITTEE, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA 
 Rev. W. Moore, D.D., Ottawa, Canada Rev. R. P. Mackay, Toronto, Canada 
 
 Hamilton Cassels, Esq., Toronto, Canada 
 
 Eastern Division 
 
 Rev. P. M. Morrison, Halifax, N. S. Rev. Alexander Falconer, Pictou, N. S. 
 
 CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF MISSIONS 
 Rev. J. W. Laughlin, St. Louis, Mo. Mr. T. H. Perrin, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA 
 
 (Dutch) 
 
 Rev. H. N. Cobb, D.D., New York Rev. M. H. Hutton, D.D., New Brunswick, N. J. 
 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN THE 
 
 U. S. (German) 
 
 Rev. J. I. Good, D.D., Reading, Pa. Rev. S. N. Callender, D.D., Mechanicsburg, Pa. 
 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN N. A. 
 
 (General Synod) 
 
 Rev. David Steele, D.D., Philadelphia Prof. M. Gailey, Philadelphia 
 
 BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE ASSOCIATE REFORMED CHURCH 
 Rev. W. L. Pressly, D.D., Rev. W. M. Grier, D.D., LL.D., Due West, S. C. 
 
 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA 
 Rev. R. M. Sommerville, D.D., New York Mr. Thomas E. Greacen, New York 
 
 FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST 
 Rev. Wm. M. Bell, D.D., Dayton, O. Bishop E. B. Kephart, D.D., Annville, Pa. 
 
 UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES 
 Rev. W. W. Barr, D.D., Philadelphia Rev. M. G. Kyle, D.D., Philadelphia 
 
 AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY 
 
 Rev. Edward W. Gilman, D.D., New York Rev. John Fox, D.D., New York 
 
 Rev. Wm. I. Haven, New York 
 
 AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY 
 
 Rev. D. J. Burrell, D.D., Ne\y York Rev. G. L. Shearer, D.D., New York 
 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
 
 Rev. Henry N. Cobb, D.D., Chairman , 25 East 22d Street, New York 
 
 Rev. S. L. Baldwin, D.D., Secretary 
 150 Fifth Avenue 
 Rev. F. F. Ellinwood, D.D. 
 
 Rev. A. B. Leonard, D.D. 
 
 Rev. ArthurJ. Brown, D.D. 
 
 Lucien C. Warner, M.D. 
 
 John W. Wood 
 
 [And the Chairmen of all Committees] 
 
 W. Henry Grant, tAss't. Secretary 
 156 Fifth Avenue 
 Hon. Darwin R. James 
 Rev. Henry C. Mabie, D.D. 
 
 Rev. J. F. Goucher, D.D. 
 
 Rev.Judson Smith D.D. 
 
 Rev. A. C. Dixon, D.D. 
 
 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE 
 
 Rev. Judson Smith, D.D 
 
 Rev. F. F. Ellinwood, D.D. 
 
 Rev. A. B. Leonard, D.D. 
 
 Rev. S. L. Baldwin, D.D. 
 
 Rev. H. N. Cobb, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Walter R. Lambuth, D.D. 
 
 , Chairman , 14 Beacon Street, Boston 
 
 Rev. Henry C. Mabie, D.D. 
 Rev. James S. Dennis, D.D. 
 Rev. J. F. Goucher, D.D. 
 
 W. Henry Grant 
 
 BRITISH COMMITTEE 
 
 Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, Chairman, London 
 Rev. J. G. Watt, Hon. Secretary 
 146 Queen Victoria Street, London, E. C. 
 
 A. H. Baynes, London 
 
 Rev. E. P. Cachemaille, London 
 
 Rev. Alex. Connell, London 
 
 Rev. W. T. Gidney, London 
 
 Watson Grace, London 
 
 Dr. C. F. Harford-Battersby, London 
 
 G. A. King, London 
 
 Rev. W. Perkins, London 
 
 Walter B. Sloan, London 
 
 Eugene Stock, London 
 
 Tissington Tatlow, London 
 
 Rev. Geo. Tonge, London 
 
 I. P. Werner, London 
 
 Rev. Prebendary White, London 
 
 Rev. Jas. Johnston, St. Leonard’s-on-Sea 
 
 Rev. Josiah Thomas, Liverpool 
 
 Rev. Jas. Buchanan, Edinburgh 
 
 Rev. John M’Murtrie, Edinburgh 
 
 Rev. Jas. S. Nisbet, Edinburgh 
 
 Rev. Prof. Lindsay, Glasgow 
 
 W. J. Slowan, Glasgow 
 
 Rev. W. Park, Belfast 
 
 COMMITTEES ON SPECIAL TOPICS 
 
 COMITY AND DIVISION OF FIELDS 
 
 Rev. Alexander Sutherland, D.D., Chairman Robert E. Speer, Secretary 
 
 Rev. William T. Smith, D.D. Rev. Rivington D. Lord, D.D. 
 
 SELF-SUPPORT 
 
 Rev. Walter R. Lambuth, D.D., Chairman Rev. S. H. Chester, D.D., Secretary 
 
 EVANGELISTIC WORK 
 
 Rev. A. B. Leonard, D.D., Chairman Rev. J. L. Barton, D.D., Secretary 
 
 EDUCATIONAL WORK 
 
 Rev. J. F. Goucher, D.D., Chairman Fennell P. Turner, Secretary 
 
 Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, D.D. Frank Morton McMurray, Ph.D. 
 
 Rev. D. Z. Sheffield, D.D., China Rev. Jas. L. Amerman, D.D. 
 
 LITERARY WORK 
 
 Rev. James S. Dennis, D.D., Chairman Rev. Henry O. Dwight, LL.D., Secretary 
 
 MEDICAL WORK 
 
 Rev. R. C. Beebe, M.D., Chairman E. W. Peet, M.D., Secretary 
 
 W. W. Keen, M.D. J. H. McCartney, M.D. 
 
 Stephen Smith, M.D. J. B. Busteed, M.D. 
 
 NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS 
 
 Rev. F. F. Ellinwood, D.D., Chairman Rev. Geo. Wm. Knox, D.D., Secretary 
 
 HOME DEPARTMENT 
 
 Rev. Henry C. Mabie, D.D., Chairman Rev. C. H. Daniels, D.D., Secretary 
 
 COMMITTEE ON POPULAR MEETINGS AND SPEAKERS 
 
 John W. Wood, Chairman , 281 Fourth Avenue, New York 
 Rev. A. Woodruff Halsey, D.D, 
 
COMMITTEE ON STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE 
 
 John R. Mott, Chairman , 3 West 29th Street, New York 
 Rev. E. E. Chivers, D.D. R. R. Doherty 
 
 Robert E. Speer Rev. F. E. Clark, D.D. 
 
 Rev. A. Dewitt Mason John W. Wood 
 
 COMMITTEE ON STATISTICS 
 
 Rev. James S. Dennis, D.D., Chairman , 301 Lexington Avenue, New York 
 H. K. Carroll, LL.D. Rev. Edwin M. Bliss, D.D. 
 
 W. Henry Grant Rev. E. E. Strong, D.D. 
 
 PUBLICATION AND PRESS COMMITTEE 
 
 Rev. Edwin M. Bliss, D.D., Chairman , 130 Fulton Street, New York 
 Frederick P. Powers Talcott Williams Rev. Henry Anstice, D.D. 
 
 Rev. John B. Devins T. O. Conant Rev. Henry N. Cobb, D.D. 
 
 Rev. F. M. North, D.D. Rev. J. B. Drury, D.D. Rev. S. L. Baldwin, D.D. 
 
 Silas McBee Frank H. Scott W. Henry Grant 
 
 H. R. Elliot 
 
 EXHIBIT COMMITTEE 
 
 Rev. Harlan P. Beach, Chairman, 3 West 29th Street, New York 
 Rev. Wm. M. Langdon, Secretary, 130 East 16th Street 
 Rev. H. Allen Tupper, Jr., D.D. Mrs. Wilbert W. White 
 
 Rev. William I. Haven, D.D. Mrs. Harlan P. Beach 
 
 Luther D. Wishard Rev. E. W. Thwing 
 
 Mrs. John R. Mott Mrs. Will Carleton 
 
 Mrs. Luther D. Wishard Mrs. A. T. Twing 
 
 WOMAN’S GENERAL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME 
 Miss Abbie B. Child, Chairman, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 
 
 Mrs. J. T. Gracey Mrs. D. J. Burrell 
 
 Miss Mary Parsons Miss S. C. Durfee 
 
 WOMAN’S COMMITTEES ON SPECIAL TOPICS 
 
 WORK AMONG YOUNG WOMEN AND CHILDREN 
 
 (Committee in Pittsburgh) 
 
 Mrs. Mary Clokely Porter, Chairman , 216 Allegheny Avenue, Allegheny, Pa. 
 
 METHODS OF GIVING 
 
 (Committee in Chicago) 
 
 Mrs. Moses Smith, 115 South Seavitt Street, Chicago 
 
 LITERATURE 
 
 (Committee in Boston) 
 
 Miss S. C. Durfee, Chairman, 34 Waterman Street, Providence, R. I. 
 
 Mrs. Judson Smith, Secretary 
 Miss Pauline J. Walden Mrs. Alvah Hovey 
 
 Mrs. Joseph Cook Miss Louise M. Hodgkins 
 
 Mrs. H. G. Safford. 
 
 EVANGELISTIC WORK 
 
 (Committee in Canada) 
 
 Miss E. S. Strachan, 163 Hughson Street, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 
 
 EDUCATIONAL WORK 
 
 (Committee in New York) 
 
 Miss Mary Parsons, Chairman, Rye, N. Y. 
 
 Miss Ellen C. Parsons Miss Susan Hayes Ward 
 
 Miss Francis Hawley Mrs. S. L. Baldwin 
 
 Mrs. Cyrus D. Foss Mrs. David J. Burrell 
 
 Mrs. A. T. Twing Mrs. W. H. P. Faunce 
 
 MEDICAL WORK 
 
 (Committee in Philadelphia) 
 
 Mrs. John F. Keen, Chairman , 1209 Arch Street, Philadelphia 
 Mrs. C. N. Thorpe Mrs. Mary Jackson 
 
 Mrs. W. Storer How Mrs. J. H. Kreider 
 
 Mrs. A. L. Wainwright Mrs. J. L. Sibole 
 
 Mrs. George E. Shoemaker Mrs. C. A. Longstreth 
 
 Miss Sue Stoever 
 
' Vice• Chairmen 
 R. Fulton Cutting 
 D. Stuart Dodge 
 Charles A. Hull 
 Frederick B. Schenck 
 John G. Jenkins 
 Charles A. Schieren 
 
 William Baldwin 
 Gerard Beekman 
 Archer Brown 
 John H. Converse 
 Churchill H. Cutting 
 A. H. DeHaven 
 W. H. Doane 
 Ernest F. Eilert 
 
 FINANCE COMMITTEE 
 John H. Washburn, Chairman 
 
 Executive Council 
 Frank Harvey Field 
 Charles M. Jesup 
 William H. Rowe 
 John Seely Ward, Jr. 
 Lucien C. Warner, M.D. 
 William Dulles, Jr. 
 
 Secretary 
 
 William D. Murray, 58 William Street, New York 
 Treasurer 
 
 George Foster Peabody, 27 Pine Street, New York 
 
 Henry H. Hall 
 Darwin R. James 
 Robert Lawrence 
 William G. Low 
 William McCarroIl 
 Arthur W. Milbury 
 William H. Nichols 
 W. H. Parsons 
 William J. Schieffelin 
 
 Francis Louis Slade 
 Alden Speare 
 W. P. Stevenson 
 Gen. Wager Swayne 
 Henry N. Tifft 
 Spencer Trask 
 P. A. Welch 
 Mornay Williams 
 
 HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE 
 
 Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D., Chairman, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York 
 Mornay Williams, Vice-Chairman Rev. Charles C. Creegan, D.D., Secretary 
 
 BAPTIST 
 
 Rev. Charles L. Rhoades, D.D. 
 Rev. John Humpstone, D.D. 
 
 Rev. W. C. Bitting, D.D. 
 
 Rev. R. S. MacArthur, D.D. 
 
 Rev. John B. Calvert, D.D. 
 
 Col. Alex. S. Bacon 
 O. R.Judd 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL 
 
 Albert Shaw, Ph.D. 
 
 Rev. H. A. Stimson, D.D. 
 
 Rev. S. H. Virgin, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Josiah Strong, D.D. 
 
 R. A. Dorman 
 
 Dyer B. Holmes 
 
 Rev. Wm. H. Ward, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Elliott W. Brown 
 
 EPISCOPAL 
 
 Rev. David H. Greer, D.D. 
 
 Rev. William R. Huntington, D.D. 
 
 Alex. M. Hadden 
 
 Francis C. Moore 
 
 Dallas B. Pratt 
 
 }. P. Faure 
 
 Rev. Percy S. Grant 
 
 H. H. Cammann 
 
 George Maccullouch Miller 
 
 Rev. W. M. Grosvenor, D.D. 
 
 METHODIST 
 
 Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Andrew Longacre, D.D. 
 William Baldwin 
 William B. Millar 
 
 LUTHERAN 
 
 Hon. Charles A. Schieren 
 
 Rev. J. B. Remensnyder, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Mauritz Stolpe 
 
 Rev. E. F. Moldenke, D.D. 
 
 James Fellows 
 
 E. F. Eilert 
 
 George B. L. Moller 
 
 Rev. S. G. Weiskotten 
 
 Rev. H. W. Hoffman 
 
 Rev. J. W. Loch 
 
 Rev. R. Anderson 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN 
 
 Rev. A. J. Brown, D.D. 
 
 Rev. A.Woodruff Halsey, D.D. 
 Rev. John Balcom Shaw, D.D. 
 Rev. Henry Van Dyke, D.D. 
 William E. Stiger 
 Alfred E. Marling 
 Col. John J. McCook 
 Allerton W. Kilborne 
 Henry H. Hall 
 
 REFORMED 
 
 Rev. Henry Everton Cobb, D.D. 
 Rev. Donald Sage Mackay, D.D. 
 Rev. Roderick Terry, D.D. 
 
 Rev. J. Douglass Adam 
 
 Rev. John G. Fagg 
 
 Rev. Joachim Elmendorf, D.D. 
 
 A. A. Raven 
 
 Wm. L. Brower 
 
 James G. Carmon 
 
 Gerard Beekman 
 
 Rev. H. A. Kinports 
 
 Unclassified. —D. J. Yarnell, M.D., Hans P. Andersen 
 HALL COMMITTEE 
 
 John Seely Ward, Jr., Chairman , 1 Broadway, New York 
 Francis Louis Slade Rev. H. A, Kinports 
 
“ ®l)c JffUtsic of tfjc (Gospel " 
 
 Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling 
 
 O’er earth’s green fields and ocean’s wave-beat shore. 
 How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling 
 Of that new life when sin shall be no more. 
 
 zAnd they sang a new song, saying , 
 
 'Thou art worthy * * for thou wast slain, 
 and hast redeemed us to God out of every 
 
 kindred , and tongue and people and nation . 
 
 (Blorp to 0ob in tbe Ibigbest, ©rt i£artb peace, 
 
 (Boob *11(11111 to /Iben.