The Missionary Centennial EIGHTEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN NINETEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN The Northern Baptist Convention The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Tremont Temple, Boston Bring this program with you to the next Session GRIFriTH-STILLINGS PRESS BOSTON, MASS. 1814 • The Missionary Centennial • 1914 THE NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION Wednesday, June Twenty-fourth □ □ The Afternoon Session 1. Hymn {Th( people rising Tune, Italian Hymn Thou, whose almighty word Chaos and darkness heard, And took their flight. Hear us, we humbly pray; And where the Gospel’s day Sheds not its glorious ray. Let there be light. Spirit of truth and love. Life-giving holy Dove, Speed forth Thy flight; Move o’er the waters’ face Bearing the lamp of grace. And in earth’s darkest place Let there be light. Thou, who didst come to bring On Thy redeeming wing Healing and sight. Health to the sick in mind. Sight to the inly blind, O, now to all mankind Let there be light. Holy and blessed Three, Glorious Trinity, Wisdom, Love, Might! Boundless as ocean’s tide Rolling in fullest pride Through the world, far and wide. Let there be light! 2. The Reading of the Seventy-second Psalm and the Con¬ certed Praying of the Lord’s Prayer Rev. T. A. T. Hanna, Pennsylvania (Who married Emily Judson) 3. The Presentation of the Veterans who Attended the Jubilee at Philadelphia in 1864. Mrs. S. L. Brackett, Pennsylvania Frances N. Brooks, Massachusetts Rev. G. S. Chase, Massachusetts Rev. M. B. Comfort, New York Rev. A. R. Crane, New Jersey Mrs. A. J. Gordon, Massachusetts Rev. G. B. Ilsley, Maine Rev. G. W. Lasher, Ohio Rev. A. G. Lawson, New York Rev. A. J. Padelford, Massachusetts Mrs. Sarah Potter, Illinois Rev. T. W. Powell, Ohio Rev. V. A. Sage, New York Mrs. E. O. Stevens, New York Mrs. S. J.Taylor, District of Columbia Rev. D. W. Wilcox, New York ’63. Rev. D. A. W. Smith, Burma ’63. Mrs. D. A. W. Smith, Burma ’63. Mrs. Mary E. Colburn, Massachusetts Response on behalf of the Veterans (ten minutes) Rev. M. B. Comfort, Assam and New York Page four] THE MISSIONARY CENTENNIAL 4. Address, Adoniram Judson (thirty minutes) Rev. 0. P. Gifford, D.D., Massachusetts 5. Address, The Judson Centennial in Burma (twenty minutes) Rev. Frank M. Goodchild, D.D., New York 6. Hymn {Thf people rising) Tune, Missionary Chant Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. For Him shall endless prayer be made And endless praises crown His head; His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning sacrifice. Blessings abound where’er He reigns; The prisoner leaps to lose his chains; The weary find eternal rest. And all the sons of want are blest. Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen! 7. Address, One Hundred Years of American Baptist Missionary History (sixty minutes) Rev. Nathan E. Wood, D.D., Massachusetts 8. Hymn {The people rising Tune, Materna This hymn was written especially for this occasion by Rev. Howard B. Grose, D. D., Editor of Missions. A hundred years sing praise to Thee, Eternal God above; And countless voices raise to Thee Their grateful hymns of love. These wondrous years their story tell Of peoples born again. Of nations bowed beneath the spell Of Him who died for men. On Burma’s shores, where Judson wrought, Lo, ransomed hosts upraise The banner of the truth he taught. And sing the songs of praise. So India, China, and Japan, While idol temples fall, See converts hail the Son of Man, And crown Him Lord of all. All lands redeemed sing praise to Thee, O Christ, our Lord and King; We join the choir and raise to Thee Love’s joyous offering. A hundred years! Ring out, glad bells. The Gospel full and free. While all the mighty chorus swells The praise, O Lord, to Thee. 9. Address Adoniram B. Judson, M.D., New York 10. Address Rev. Edward Judson, D.D., New York 11. Prayer and Benediction Dr. Edward Judson THE MISSIONARY CENTENNIAL [Page five The Evening Session 1. Hymn {Tkg people rtstng) Tune, Coronation All hail the power of Jesus’ name! Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all. Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball. To Him all majesty ascribe, And crown Him Lord of all. Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget The wormwood and the gall. Go, spread your trophies at His feet. And crown Him Lord of all. Oh, that with yonder sacred throng We at His feet may fall; We’ll join the everlasting song And crown Him Lord of all. 2. Reading of Scripture and Prayer . . Rev. Walter Bushell, Burma 3. Address, The Baptists and the Future of Foreign Missions (sixty minutes).Rev. William C. Bitting, D.D., Missouri 4. Hymn. Tune, Harwell {The people rising) This hymn was written especially for this occasion by Rev. J. M. Lyons, of Germantown^ Pa., eighty-six years of age, and was given first place by the committee. The first stanza con¬ tains a reminiscence of Grant’s troops cheering him as he passed by the lines in the terrible but victorious campaign of 1864. Onward speed, ye men of Heaven, Haste ye for the thickest fight. Holy trusts to you are given. True defenders of the right. Lo, the world is in commotion. Great events and grand are nigh; Pledge anew your hearts’ devotion, Your great Leader’s passing by. Here the fathers took their station, Teaching love divine for man; Rise, proclaim the great salvation. Carry on what they began. Up and on, nor halt, nor linger. Nor be idly waiting found. Lo, Faith points with radiant finger Where the victors glad are crowned. Through the clouds the light is breaking And the ling’ring shadows flee. Joyful souls, from slumber waking. Shout the year of Jubilee. Hallelujah, let glad voices Sound it over hills and plains; Now the host redeemed rejoices, Lo, our Lord Jehovah reigns. 5. Sending Out the Missionary Reenforcements. Page six] THE MISSIONARY CENTENNIAL Official List of New Appointees American "Baptist Foreign Mission Society □ Sailed previous to the Convention Asher K. Mather Judson C. King, M.D. Mrs. Asher K. Mather Mrs. Judson C. King Sailing in the Fall of 1914 Godfrey L. Bergman Mrs. Godfrey L. Bergman Raymond B. Crawford Ruth Daniels I. Newton Earle, Jr. Mrs. I. Newton Earle Royal H. Fisher Mrs. Royal H. Fisher Victor Hanson Fiancee: Lucia M. Parks Mrs. 1. F. Holder Archibald D. McGlashan Amy Porter Walter E. Rodgers Mrs. Walter E. Rodgers William H. Stallings Clarence E. Van Horn Fiancee: Alice M. Dwells Sailing in 1915 or thereafter Archibald G. Adams Mrs. Archibald G. Adams Harold de B. Barss Mrs. Harold de B. Barss Zo D. Browne Mrs. Zo D. Browne Alexander C. Hanna Mrs. Alexander C. Hanna Herbert C. Long Walter P. McLeod, M.D. Fiancee: Ruby Bruner Frank P. Manley Fiancee: Edith Argo Jesse E. Moncrieff Leslie B. Moss Fiancee: Marion Venn Maurice T. Price Robert S. Wallis Fiancee: Caroline P. Langworthy Appointees of the Woman^s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Harriet Bennett Alice C. Bixby Omie E. Carter Mabelle R. Cully Violet G. Ettenger Helen M. Good Elizabeth Hay Marion C. Mason Ethel Phelps Susan Roberts Ethel M. Smith Harriet N. Smith Florence R. Weaver THE MISSIONARY CENTENNIAL [Page seven 6. Hymn {The people rising Tune, Cutler The Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain: His blood-red banner streams afar, Who follows in His train? Who best can drink His cup of woe, Triumphant over pain; Who patient bears His cross below. He follows in His train. A glorious band, the chosen few On whom the Spirit came. Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew And mocked the cross and flame: They met the tyrant’s brandished steel. The lion’s gory mane. They bowed their necks, the death to feel: Who follows in their train? The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave. Who saw his Master in the sky. And called on Him to save: Like Him, with pardon on his tongue. In midst of mortal pain. He prayed for them that did the wrong: Who follows in his train? A noble army, men and boys. The matron and the maid. Around the Saviour’s throne rejoice. In robes of light arrayed: They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain: 0 God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train. 7. Benediction □ □ The Centennial of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Thursday, June Twenty-fifth □ The Morning Session 1. Hymn, Christ for the World We Sing No. 1 in “The World Evangel,” but the ordinary tune. {The people rising) 2. Prayer .Rev. William Pettigrew, Assam 3. Address, The Challenge of the Hour President Carter Helm Jones, D.D., Washington 4. Open Parliament 5. Hymn, The Morning Light is Breaking No. 283 in “The World Evangel,” first tunc. {The people rising) 6 . Introduction of Rev. Arthur C. Baldwin, Foreign Secretary P age eight] THE MISSIONARY CENTENNIAL 7. Brief Addresses by Missionaries Rev. S. E. Moon, Congo Rev. G. H. Hamlen, Bengal-Orlssa Rev. J. M. Baker, South India 8. Hymn Tune, America This hymn was written especially for this occasion by Rev. James Many, Washington, D. C. {The people rising Our fathers gave their all, When they heard Jesus’ call To save the world; Into the heathen land Went forth that sacred band To honor God’s command, And save the world. Theirs was a sacred trust. Pray, give, and go they must To save the world. They did not seek for fame. But went in Jesus’ name Lost peoples to reclaim And save the world. Now, in the morning glow. Up, Christians, forward go To save the world; God’s truth and love declare To all men everywhere; Christ’s glorious triumph share And save the world. 9. Business 10. Prayer 11. Adjournment □ □ The Afternoon Session 1. Hymn, No. 48 in ‘‘The World Evangel” {The people rising Oh, spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found. Wherever human hearts and human woes abound; Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound. The Comforter has come. Chorus: The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come, The Holy Ghost from heaven, the Father’s promise given; Oh, spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found. The Comforter has come. The long, long night is past,* the morning breaks at last. And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast. As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast. The Comforter has come. Chorus Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings. To every captive soul a full deliverance brings; And through the vacant cells the song of triumph rings. The Comforter has come. Chorus O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine — That I, a child of sin, should in His image shine? The Comforter has come. Chorus THE MISSIONARY CENTENNIAL [Page nine 2. Prayer .Rev. J. M. Foster, D.D., China 3. Report of the Judson Centennial Commission President George E. Horr, D.D., Chairman 4. Brief Addresses by Missionaries Rev. J. E. Cummings, D.D., Burma Rev. C. L. Davenport, Burma Rev. D. A. W. Smith, D.D., Burma Rev. H. B. Benninghoff, Japan Rev. David Gilmore, Burma Rev. R. B. Longwell, Assam Rev. Jacob Speicher, China 5. Hymn, Onward, Christiati Soldiers No. 215 in “The World’s Evangel.” {The people rising) 6. Award of Centennial Prize Libraries Mr. Henry Bond, President of the Convention 7. Address, The Appeal of the East to the Churches of the West Rev. W. A. Hill, Minnesota, Member of the Centennial Party to the Far East 8. Hymn . Tune^ The Son of God Goes Forth to War This hymn was written especially for this Bennington, Vt. Awake, awake, O Church of God! Comes now to thee the call Of Christ, thy Lord, who bids thee on Till every foe shall fall. What though the hosts of darkness stand, Their last fierce battle make? The Victor, Christ, He summons thee; O Church of God, awake! 0 Church of God, lose not the day. That now has come to thee; A world, awaking from its sleep. Is waiting light to see. On heathen altars fires burn low. Forsaken temples are; Now, now advance, let idols fall. And Christ be known afar. occasion by Rev. Wallace I. Coburn of North The fathers heard; they followed fast, And eager met the foe, The prison’s chain, the dungeon’s gloom. And drank the cup of woe. With faith-cleared eye they saw the Lord, The meaning of His cross; For mankind’s sake, for Jesus’ love. All things they counted loss. The toil and labor of the years. Let these not be in vain; Haste, reap where others sowed in tears. And weary served in pain. Thy sons, thy daughters ready are To dare for Jesus’ sake; O golden hour! What call is thine! 0 Church of God, awake. 9. Presentation of Fraternal Delegates Page ten] THE MISSIONARY CENTENNIAL Missionary Organizations which have sent Greetings, with Names of Fraternal Delegates "Present Boards in the United States American Advent Mission Society . American Bible Society. Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention China Inland Mission (American Branch). Mission Board of the Christian Church. Foreign Christian Missionary Society. Christian and Missionary Alliance . General Mission Board of the Church of the Brethren . . American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Missionary Society of the Evangelical Association .... Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America . . American Friends’ Board of Foreign Missions. Foreign Missionary Association of Friends of Philadelphia Laymen’s Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada . Board of Foreign Missions of the General Synod of the Evan¬ gelical Lutheran Church in the United States of America Parent Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. General Missionary Board of the Free Methodist Church of North America. Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Protestant Church. Missionary Education Movement. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presby¬ terian Church in the United States. Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of North America. Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America . , Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America. Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in the United States . Seventh-Day Adventists Denomination. Student Volunteer Convention. Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen. Foreign Department of the International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations of North America . Foreign Department of the National Board of the Young Woman’s Christian Associations of the United States of America. The World’s Christian Endeavor Union. Boards in Canada Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board. Canada Congregational Foreign Missionary Society . . . Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, Canada Foreign Mission Committee of the Presbyterian Church in Canada — Western Division. Rev. George F. Tyler Mr. Churchill H. Cutting Rev. T. B. Ray Rev. M. T. Morrill, A.M. Rev. A. McLean, D.D. WiLLiAu Douglas Mackenzie, D.D., LL.D. Rev. A. G. Lawson, D.D. Mr. Mornay Williams Rev. L. L. Uhl, D.D. Rev. Edward S. Ninde, D.D. Rev. W. W. Pinson, D.D. Rev. Fred C. Klein Walter S. Schutz Rev. George Alexander, D.D. Rt. Rev. Wm. Lawrence, D.D. Rev. E. W. Miller, D.D. Rev. A. R. Bartholomew, D.D. Rev. J. C. Robbins Rev. Paul deSchweinitz, D.D. Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D., LL.D. Mr. J. N. Shenstone THE MISSIONARY CENTENNIAL [Page eleven Boards in Great Britain Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland. Brethren’s Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel among the Heathen. Rev. Paul deSchweinitz, D.D. British and Foreign Bible Society.. China Inland Mission.^. Church of England Zenana Missionary Society. Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East . . . Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee .... Continuation Committee of the World Missionary Con¬ ference, Edinburgh. John R. Mott, LL. D. Friends’ Foreign Mission Association. Rev. R, L. Simkin London Missionary Society . Mission to Lepers in India and the East. Mrs. W. M. Danner Foreign Missions Committee of the Presbyterian Church of England. Regions Beyond Missionary Union. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Sudan United Mission.. United Free Church of Scotland’s Foreign Mission Com¬ mittee . Rev. James Stalker, D.D. The Missions of the Society Missions in Burma. Missions in Assam. Missions in South India .... Missions in Bengal-Orissa . . . Missions in South China .... Missions in East China .... Missions in West China .... Missions in Central China . . . Missions in Japan . Missions in Africa. Missions in the Philippine Islands Missions in France. Missions in Germany. Missions in Sweden. Missions in Spain.. . Missions in Russia . Missions in Finland. Missions in Denmark. Missions in Norway. Rev. D. A. W. Smith, D.D. Rev. M. C. Mason, D.D. Rev. A. H. Curtis Rev. G. H. Hamlen Rev. Jacob Speicher Rev. Charles S. Keek M r. D. S. Dye Rev. H. B. Benninghoff Rev. P. C. Metzger Rev. P. H. J. Levigo, M.D. Rev. O. J. Engstrand Rev. John A. Kallman Rev. P. Stiansen Other Cooperating Societies of the Convention American Baptist Home Mission Society. Rev. H. L. Morehouse, D.D. American Baptist Publication Society. Rev. A. J. Rowland, D.D. Woman’s American Baptist Flome Mission Society . . . Mrs. A. G. Lester Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society . . Mrs. H. B. Montgomery □ □ 10. Address by President William Douglas Mackenzie, D.D., LL.D., Hartford, Connecticut, representing the American Board of Com¬ missioners for Foreign Missions, and speaking on behalf of all the Fraternal Delegates 11. Hymn {The people rising) Tune, Grostete Page twelve] THE MISSIONARY CENTENNIAL Soon may the last glad song arise Through all the millions of the skies — That song of triumph that records That all the earth is now the Lord’s! Let thrones and powers and kingdoms be Obedient, mighty God, to Thee! And over land and stream and main. Wave Thou the scepter of Thy reign! Oh, let that glorious anthem swell. Let host to host the triumph tell. That not one rebel heart remains, But over all the Saviour reigns! 12. Prayer and Benediction □ □ The Evening Session 1. Hymn . Tune^ Federal Street This hymn was written especially for this occasion by Miss Ellen Hamlin Butler of Bangor, {The people rising Maine. Saviour of men, to Thee belong Worship and praise in holy song. Angels exalt Thy power above; Ours is the rapture born of love. All that Thy people call their own. Thou hast bestowed, and Thou alone. All that we dare to do or be. Master of life, has come from Thee. Still dost Thou stretch beseeching hands. Longing to bless the outer lands. Still is Thy dearest hope denied. Still is Thy love unsatisfied. Lord, here and now, our souls prepare, Gird us Thy tireless quest to share. Till earth’s last kingdom we behold, Shepherd of nations, in Thy fold. 2. Prayer .Rev. A. H. Curtis, South India 3. Address, Money or Life Rev. Emory W. Hunt, D.D., General Secretary of the Society 4. Hymn (The people rising) Tune, Doane Fling out the banner: let it float Skyward and seaward, high and wide; The sun that lights its shining folds. The cross on which the Saviour died. Fling out the banner: angels bend In anxious silence o’er the sign. And vainly seek to comprehend The wonder of the love divine. Fling out the banner: heathen lands Shall see from far the glorious sight; And nations, crowding to be bom, Baptize their spirits in its light. Fling out the banner: let it float Skyward and seaward, high and wide: Our glory only in the Cross, Our only hope, the Crucified. 5. 6 . Address, Why We Should Enlarge Our Plans John R. Mott, LL.D., Chairman of the Continuation Committee of the Edinburgh Conference Hymn . Tune, Austria {The people rising) We are living, we are dwelling In a grand and awful time. In an age on ages telling; To be living is sublime. Hark, the waking up of nations, Gog and Magog to the fray: Hark, what soundeth? is creation Groaning for its latter day? Worlds are charging, heaven beholding, Thou hast but an hour to fight; Now the blazoned cross unfolding. On, right onward, for the right! On, let all the soul within you For the truth’s sake go abroad. Strike, let every nerve and sinew Tell on ages, tell for God. 7. Prayer and Benediction