MILLIONS FOR MISSIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 155, 1 July 1914, Page 6

MILLIONS FOR MISSIONS.

~» THE WAR ON HEATHENISM. AMERICAN FA-STOR'S WORLD ~Ta)UK. Whatever may be the sharp and fine distinctions between the multiplicity of "jarring sec.it-*' in the religious field, the fact that there is unity in the desire to carry the tenets of the Christian faith into'lands under the shadow of heathenism is emphasised by Pastor A. G. Daniel's, of AYas'hington. D.C. a wellknown figure in the missionary world, who is at present on a visit to Auckland. iPastor Daniel's, after 14 years of missionary travel., is firmly convinced that the huge expenditure upon missions ir, money well spent, whatever eect is carrying on the work, because of the fact that the light of civilisation and ihe teaching, industry and the atse of medicines are being brought to the people in those lands. A grey, quiet man well advanced over middle-age, Pastor Danivlls, who is the prcsider; of the Foreign Missions Board of the Seventh Lay Advent is is movement, has just commenced' a two-years' mission tour which is to take him practically all O'vc-T the world, and will conclude in duly, Bill). In conversation with a "Star reporter Mr. Danielle pointed to the magnitude of tiie missionary movement of to-day. Annually the sum of over live million pounds was being spent upon ■evangelistic work all over ihe world, and to-day there were 2.5.000 European missionaries at work. The army of anissionary workcas throughout tire iworld now numbers l."j,000. while the Scriptures have been translated into about 400 languages. Speaking of his journey, Pastor Danielle raid that Ihe. SfcventJi Day Adventisl movement now had missions in 103 different lands— in fact in nearly every mission field, excepting Tibet. Afghanistan. Arabia and Mohammedan countries to witch acc.'.-s could not be obtained. His trip, which commenced on May Ist. was with tlie object of inspecting and carrying a message of encouragement to the mission centres of .lapan, Korea, China. Burmah, India. Egypt. .PaVes'tine, Turkey and the Balkan States, thence journeying to South America, to visit the renins in those States. iSince leaving 'Wellington, hv bad visited Suva, and after preaching in the Auckland Town Hall on Stm.l'av night he intended proceeding to Wellington and 'then on to Sydney. -fßgnni anal China. As illustrating i 1.0 far-flung nature of the missionary oriSS'a.tions of the Seventh Day Adventisl Hhovcmoivt. 'Mr. Daniel's said ■that stations had been opened in portions of Attica, where Ihe natives were iinrnciinibvU-.l by clothes of any description, and' iffliere a blade of grass or an ornamental itnotli were the only adornment worn by i!ie simple dusky folk. Although fcl'.e period- of his present tour would not allow him to get that far out of the track of civilisation many of the places include.ll in the itinerary were remote from raihvav access. .Asked whetheT 'ire had any sympathy with the view held, by Pastor Nield. of Wellington, that New Zealand was observing the seventh day as the Sabbath hy reason, of tire difference of times brought about "by geographical position, Pastor Dauiel'ls said that lie entirely dissented from iliat belief, and knew Pastor Nield lo be scientifically wrong in his contention.