The Spirit of missions . o stimulate missionary interest amongChurch students, to secure volunteersfor mission work, and to present theclaims of the ministry to college chapters were admitted in1899. As the w^ork of the organization de-veloped it was realized that the move-ment presented two differing lines ofuseful service. There was need, first, oforganization among students for workon behalf of other students by the forma-tion of Church societies, which shouldbe to the college or school in somemeasure what a parish is to a com-munity. Secondly, there was the morespecific work of
The Spirit of missions . o stimulate missionary interest amongChurch students, to secure volunteersfor mission work, and to present theclaims of the ministry to college chapters were admitted in1899. As the w^ork of the organization de-veloped it was realized that the move-ment presented two differing lines ofuseful service. There was need, first, oforganization among students for workon behalf of other students by the forma-tion of Church societies, which shouldbe to the college or school in somemeasure what a parish is to a com-munity. Secondly, there was the morespecific work of presenting the oppor-tunities and claims of the ministry andthe mission field. At the annual convention of the As-sociation held in Toronto last Novem-ber it was agreed that the Churchs callto her sons and daughters could be moreeffectively presented if the secretariesappointed to visit colleges and schoolsworked directly luider the Board, whilethe Church Students Missionary Asso-ciation devoted its attention to organiz-. Rvv. John J. (Irnvdd, Jr. ing and encouraging in mens colloj^esthe general Church societies above men-tioned. Such so-cieties mightreach and inter-est a large num-ber of Church-men, and at thesame time offerto the Boardssecretary on theoccasion of hisvisit a welcomeand an oppor-tunity to pleadthe greatercause. There-fore the Board of Missions was asked toappoint two secretaries, whose specialwork should be to inform students con-cerning conditions in the mission fieldand the opportunities for service support for two years of such an ef-fort having been provided without call-ing upon the resources of the Board, theRev. John J. Gravatt, Jr., and DeaconessHenrietta R. Goodwin were appointed. In following out theThe Scope of twofold purpose ofthe Work stimulating ^ niis- s i 0 n a r inter-est among all students of Church schoolsand colleges, andof securingamong older stu-dents the neededvolunteers forthe mission fieldand for the min-istry both of menand
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