. The one hundredth anniversary of the Haystack prayer meeting celebrated at the ninety-seventh annual meeting of the American board in North Adams and by the Haystack centennial meetings at Williamstown, Mass . issionary work on the installment plan for those brief periods,and then to return to their own parishes, was almost playing atmissions. These young men had now a life purpose and amission to those who were still in heathen darkness. When thatfirst vessel sailed for the far East, they went out into the unknown. The prayer meeting resulted in putting forces at work in India,Turkey, Afric
. The one hundredth anniversary of the Haystack prayer meeting celebrated at the ninety-seventh annual meeting of the American board in North Adams and by the Haystack centennial meetings at Williamstown, Mass . issionary work on the installment plan for those brief periods,and then to return to their own parishes, was almost playing atmissions. These young men had now a life purpose and amission to those who were still in heathen darkness. When thatfirst vessel sailed for the far East, they went out into the unknown. The prayer meeting resulted in putting forces at work in India,Turkey, Africa, China, Japan, and the islands of the sea, whichhave changed and are changing them politically, intellectually,and spiritually. The influences that have gone out from this spothave altered the course of history and changed the map of theworld. Here, where these five students met to pray, men and womenhave journeyed by hundreds from all over our land. Bravemissionaries are here from the front, representing countries thenunexplored and practically unknown. Native Christians are here,from nations that are coming rapidly from darkness to a hundred years ago Mills declared, ^ Before we die, our. OPENING ADDRESS. 109 influence must be felt on the other side of the world.^ Howabsurd it all seemed! Yes, the same absurdity as when a littleband of fishermen, inspired by their risen Lord, threw themselvesagainst the Roman empire. These men won in the first and his associates won in the nineteenth. God was with thelatter as with the former. In the great passion of his soul, Millsburned out his life in twelve short years of service, but some ofthe mighty and worldwide results of that life and work we are tohear about in the exercises of this afternoon. 110 THE HAYSTACK CENTENNIAL. THE FUTURE OF MISSIONARY WORK. Rev. Arthur Judson Brown, ,Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, New York. A SON of Massachusetts, with sacred memories of Congreg
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