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4^RAY, STUDY, GIVE 
 
 Young People's Forward Movement for Missions as 
 
 advocated by the Students' Missionary 
 
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 SELECTIONS FROM "THE MISSIONARY CAMPAIGNER, PUDLISHF.D 
 
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 . FREDERICK C. STEPHENSON, 
 
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 CorreapoHding Member of the Students Mi»»ionary Campaign: 
 
 WITH INTRODUCTION B* 
 
 REV. ALEX. SUTHEI^LAND, D.D. 
 
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 
 
 One of the most remarkable results of the modern mis- 
 sionary revival is the " Students' Volunteer Movement for 
 Foreign Missions." It has accomplished much, and will 
 yet accomplish more. But time, which tests all things, has 
 revealed a weak point, perhaps a missing link. An agency 
 was wanted whereby the grand enthusiasm evoked by the 
 Volunteer Movement could be focussed, and made to sup- 
 ply motive power for denominational work, especially 
 among the Young People's Societies. 
 
 This agency we have in the "Students' Missionary Cam- 
 paign." Its organization and methods show how the en- 
 thusiasm of the larger movement can bc.,utilized to the fullest 
 extent in actual missionary wo||||"i^s aims are eminently 
 practical. It seeks to combine the yeung life of the 
 Church in prayer, study and giving for missions, and so pre- 
 vent this vast reservoir of spiritual energy and financial 
 strength from running to waste. In the following pages 
 will be found a full account of the Plan of Campaign, with 
 * ample suggestions how to proceed in the matter of organ- 
 ization. This movement has in it unmeasured possibilities 
 of good^ and deserves the prayerful and sympathetic aid of 
 all who pray for the coming of the kingdom. Get this 
 little book and read it carefully; then go to work 'on tire 
 
 lines which it recommends. 
 
 . -^ A. Sutherland. 
 
 Toronto, July loth, 1897. 
 
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 I'ray, STrDY, (ilVK • . . * . . • - 7 
 
 TlIK Kl'WOHTH Lka^UK • • . . . , J . M 
 
 Tho Iiuliviilual Mcmlior • • • • • .' - H 
 
 Daily Prayer - • .).'■-, - • . - 9 
 
 Careful Study • • • • • • • • - 10 
 
 Woukly (jiving ...."..... lo 
 
 Hkm'h for tiik Indtvidcal - • - • . . . II 
 
 Two CoatH a Weok \j- • • " ■ . .~ . . ]'J 
 
 Tho Local Society or Ujiaptor - - • • ^ • • II< 
 
 DiSTRIOT Kl'WOHTII IjKAUUK - • ... . . 10 
 
 How to FMari Your Work, aiul Flow to VVoik \ (»iii riaii Hi 
 A 1*1(111 by which overy Honiu DiHtiirl imiy In; M^Jucsciiled 
 
 ill tho Koreigti Field by its own MiNHionary - • - '-^0 
 
 StuoKnth' MiSHioNAUY Camfahjn ^ • •. - - • - 24 
 
 Cttmpaigner'M Plan of Work - - - • - - ^, 
 
 Conforenco with MisHionury (yoniinittce - • - - 30 
 
 Form of Cunipaigner't) Uiutrict Progruuinio - • - 3'i 
 
 proorkss of tiik campaign ' - ' ' • - - - *^ • 3u 
 Tub (jEnkral Uoaku and tiik Stodknth' Missionary (',\m- 
 
 PAMJN - - - - - - - - ■ - 40 
 
 Students' Fund for College FiXpenseB • - - - 4.'{ 
 The Oroanization of " Tiik. Students' Missionary Cam- 
 paign." - - ■ - - ' - - - - 4« 
 
 How Toronto Central District was Organi^dd to Supp rt a 
 
 Missionary - - - • -. / v - • 40 
 Kind Words Regarding the Young People's Forward 
 
 Movement for Missions - - H • - ■* 50 
 Tho Hamilton Conference Conyentioii of tho Epworth 
 
 League - "ig*. ' ' " * * " * ^"^ 
 , A Suggestion that the Whole Church might bo Reorgan- 
 ized on the Plan of the Young People's Foiward 
 
 Movement for Missions • - «-j - - - 54 
 
 A Word from Dr. Henderson - - -! - - - 56 
 
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PRAY, STUDY, GIVE. 
 
 PRAY, STUDY, GIVE. 
 Tune, National Anthein. 
 
 We pray '* Thy kingdom come 
 On earth Thy will be done," 
 
 ToThee we call. .^ \ 
 Christ's last command .w^^||now, 
 Ye to the whole world go 
 My Gospel blessings show, ' 
 
 Christ died for all. / 
 
 Study to understand 
 T)ie need of every land, 
 
 For Christ our King. 
 Earth's harvest fields are white. 
 Come workers in God's might. 
 Into the Gospel light 
 
 All nations bring. 
 
 
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 His son He gave. 
 
 
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 *• Lift up " through Jesus' love, ' 'I 
 
 
 ^ And tb mankind we'll prove. 
 
 
 j^:; Christ died to save. 1 
 Fotward one Army Gra,nd, 
 
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 THE EPVORTH LEAGUE. 
 
 The constitution of the Epworth League of the Metjiodist 
 . Church is a beautiful design, symmetrical and comprehen- 
 sive, the work of the Holy Spirit by the agency of loving 
 fathers for their children. The design of each department 
 requires all the other departments to perfect it.^ None can 
 ^ stand alone. The sdme principles predominate throughout 
 the whole, so that whatever part attracts our attention, or in 
 whatever department we fnay^be placed on duty, we realize 
 that we are in the Epworth League and in a most important 
 position. ^.v 
 
 Accepting the plans and specifications as a free gift from 
 our inspired fathers, we should not fail to seek the same 
 inspiration, that we may be able to comprehend the mean- 
 ing of the design, knd thus be found "laborers together 
 with God " in the working out of the design. The grandeur 
 and magnificence, the glory and strength of the work de- 
 pends upon individual earnest prayer, careful study and true 
 
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 This little booklet is, for ^e most part, a collection of 
 bulletins, which have long been posted, regarding the work 
 of the Missionary Department They are as old as the 
 Pauline days ; our blessed Master published them first. 
 
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 The Individual Member. 
 
 Our Saviour came to save individuals. He called indi- 
 viduals to be His disciples ; He taught individuals ; He 
 trusted individuals with His great commission. We must 
 be saved as individuals; our duty is individual. The 
 
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raw of individual privilege and responsibility applies to the 
 extension ^and strengthening of the kingdom of our Lord 
 and Saviour, ju^ as truly as does the law of individual citi- 
 zenship in the free nation. AH who are qualified should 
 vpte intelligently. AH who believe in Jesus Christ should 
 use all their influence for Him— should pray daily, study 
 His kingdom and support His cause. 
 
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 character of the League is the character of its individual 
 members. It is clear that the dominating desire— the sin- 
 cere prayer^will characterize the ruling influence of our 
 Epworth League. The spirit of our gathering together, 
 whether in large convention or in local society (chapter) 
 meeting, will be evidenced by the results. If we seek 
 earnestly the strengthening and extension of our Lord's 
 kingdom, this will be accomplished. If pleasure, whether 
 social or sight-seeing, is the predominating and moving 
 motive, this will be manifested by the spirit of the indi- 
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 How necessary to beXsure that our prayers accord with 
 our actions— that we do riio^t say, -** Lord, Lord,'' and obey 
 not the Master's command. N^e commands us fo '• Preach 
 the Gospel to every creature," and to "Pray ye therefore 
 the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth laborers 
 into His harvest." This- prayer must be out of our life ; 
 our daily consecration, our plans for the future should all 
 evidence our deep desire, our daily prayer, ** Thy kingdom 
 
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 come." The cry for the salvation of the world must come 
 from the very deepest feeling of our daily lives, then God 
 can and will aps>jf^, and t^^at right early. 
 
 CarefxTl Study. 
 
 If our love for our Saviour and our brother leads us to 
 pray daily and live for God and man, it is needless tb say 
 that Missionary literature will be in demand. He is a poor 
 citizen who is not enough interested in the progress and 
 growth of his country to )ceep track of the /j/««^j and terri- 
 tory acquired. A good citizen stands ready to go to the 
 frorrt at the cairof his country, and anxiously watches the 
 movements of the army which he helps support. Surely a 
 citizen of the Heavenly Kingdom slfould foftc^the^iannef 
 of love and watch the success of the army of mts^oriaries. 
 We have our^wefekly Sunday School lesson for the study of 
 the Word of God ; do we not need at least a monJ;hly 
 meeting where we may study the acts Of the present 
 apostles who are striving to preach Christ in the regions 
 beyond, and should we not talk over the progress and cost 
 of thegreat war? f 
 
 Weekly GiyiNa ; 
 
 1*he Pauline'plan' of weekly giving^ a gjood system of 
 taxation to sustain the war; it allows even the poorest to 
 do something, and if we can only secure the most disinter- 
 ested and poorest citizen (whether he have much or little 
 of this world's goodsV we need not trouble abdut those rich 
 in faith and love, as evidenced by^ their Systematic giving. 
 
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 HELPS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL. 
 
 As aids to the Daily Prayer, our Church recommends the 
 Cycle of Prayer. (3 cents per copy; 30 cents per doz ; 
 $2.00 per hundred.) 
 
 •5] SPECIMEN OF TitLE PAGE. 
 
 (J^cle of Prater 
 
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 THE GENERAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 THE WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY 
 , EPWORTH LEAGUES AND 
 - SUNDAY SCHOOLS 
 
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 *f Two cents a week " the Master asks 
 From all the loving children's hands ; 
 Two cents a week to tell His love 
 And teach His Word in foreign lands. 
 
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 We must fulfil Christ's great\conimand 
 His Gospel send lo every land^ 
 
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 Of Gospel light o'er Ii\clia's plains ; 
 
 Two cents a week may free a race 
 
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 For ages bound by error's chains. 
 
 " Two cents a week ; " from China's shore . 
 We catch the cry and hear the plea ; 
 Two cents a week a few years more, 
 
 And struggling China shall be free. _ •' ^ 
 
 • "Two cents a week " may wake the note 
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 Two cents a week, O blessed Christ, ^ 
 ^ May tell of all t^y love to man. 
 
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 • The Local Society or Chapter. 
 
 *'A little leaven leaveneth the wbgle lump.V "^The 
 Young People's Fdrward Movement for Missions" taay be 
 begun by a local society br- chapter, where there is one 
 consecrated member who will try to form a band for "Daily 
 prayecfor," ** Careful study of," and "Systematic propor- 
 tionate giving to Missions." He may continue by agitating 
 for a monthly missionary meeting and a missionary library 
 (see article on "How to Plan Your Work and How to 
 Work your Plan," page i6). By God's help he will soon 
 be able to exclaim, "Behold how great a matter a little fii-e 
 kiiidleth;" He may secure sample copies of the helps for 
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 One local society has an influence on another, by fol- 
 lowing out the true connexional spirit of Methodism under 
 the direction of the ministry. The 2nd Vice-President, by 
 the help of the Students' Missionary Campaigr^ could soon 
 have every Society in his district organized in the Young 
 People's Forward Movement for Missions. Then, by con- 
 sulting with the General Board of Missionis^ after raising 
 enough money for the support of a missionary! the General 
 Board will be glad to appoint one. (See article me " General 
 Board and the Students' Missionary Campaignior a Young 
 People's Forward Movement for Missions under the direc- 
 tion of our Church.") The members oi the General Board 
 of Missions are the elected representatives of the members 
 of the ^hurch, and are therefore the. representatives of the 
 Epworth League. Thus we sfie that our fathers have de- 
 signed our work so that we may develop a loyal connex- 
 ional spirit, and be truly united in the support of the 
 missionary work of the Churclj^. ^ ^ 
 
 How TO Plan Your Work, and How to Work Your 
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 I. Object. ::.-.;. ~:~r"T':^V7-^"^^~^"^ -' ./■., 
 
 The evangelization of the world in this generation, 
 
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 II. immediate Flan of Work. ^ 
 
 I.: That every member^ our Young People's Christian 
 
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 a. That every member qf our Young People's Christian 
 Societies study the need of the heathen, and also study to 
 show himself approved unto Clod, rightly dividing the Word 
 
 of Truth. . . 
 
 3. That every member of our Young People s Christian 
 Societies lay aside weekly a certain sum upon which he 
 will ask God's blessing— this money to be sent at regular 
 intervals through the regular channels of the Church, to 
 supporfthe Missionary Board of the Church to which he 
 belongs. 
 
 m. IIo7V to work the plan immediately with«ut delay and 
 witlwut outside help. Each society can do it, 
 I.. Have a Missionary Department in your society, con- 
 sisting of a superintendent (second vice-president), a secre- 
 tary-treasurer, a missionary librarian, and a missionary com- 
 mittee, consisting of one member for about every ten mem- 
 bers of your society. If possible, secure volunteer workers 
 on|this commit^tee. *' One good volunteer is worth many 
 
 prissed men.'* / 
 
 2. Make it a rule that every committee meetmg shall be 
 
 opened and closed with prayer, and, correct minutes kept 
 -^b)^ the secretary-treasurer^ If troubled or discourage4 
 
 meet for prayer only. If successful, meet for thanksgiving. 
 Do ijo^ attempt this work in the strength or by the wisdom 
 of ma^ Keep the fact that it is God's work prominent. 
 
 3. Obtain a copy of the roll cf membership of your 
 society. Let each member of the missionary committee 
 take about ten names to canvass and look after. Each 
 member of the comniittee to pray especially for the other 
 

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 members of the committee and for the members of the 
 society he has undertaken to look after. 
 
 4. Let the committee prepare a good missionary pro^ 
 gramme, showing the need of the heathen and Clod's wilj! 
 concerning missions ; also show what the Epworth League 
 could and should do. Explain fully the Daily Prayer, 
 Careful Study and Weekly Giving plan. 
 
 5. Besides announcing this meeting, let each member of 
 the Missionary Committee (either by personal or written 
 iriyitation) invite each member of, the society 4)n his list 
 t^i\i\i( missionary meeting, thus niaking cctt0To( a full 
 attendance. ■■"*' /* 
 
 6. After explaining fully the Young People's Forward 
 Movement for Missions, with its object and plans, let the 
 society adopt the plan. Then have a few minutes' inter- 
 mission. During thikioter mission let the Missionary Com- 
 mittee ask each memc^r of the society to promise to pray 
 daily for missions, read and study as he can aboyt missions, 
 and lay aside a .^weekly sum which he will pay tirthe secre- 
 tary-treasurer of the J Missionary Committee each ihonth. 
 
 7. The chairman O^jKe Missionary Committee should 
 have the oversight of lH<H|g|6 missionary work. He should 
 especially try to estabH9||9M|^h^^i$siQnary meeting and 
 
 see that good P>^^g>'^i^^^W^^v^^^4. ^^ ^^^ society 
 has no missionary librar)f^P^|ilible onSBnould be started, 
 and a missionary librarian put in charge. This member of 
 the Missionary Committee should see that as much printed 
 missionary information as can be secured is circulated in 
 the society. The Missionaky Campaigner furnishes a 
 monthly programme with subject matter, as well as infor- 
 
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 for MftuS^^ Missionary Outiook and Christian 
 ^'l|»riiiW%>uId be in every Lejigue. The Book Room 
 ^ lltffl^ special Missionary CatalLue, Which may be had. 
 frecT 'I%<t new missionary booWk are cheap and very 
 
 interesting.^ • ■ * ■ I ' ' ■ ''.^i 
 
 8. Let each member of the Mii^ionary Committee sec 
 dm! no one on his list is forgetfulito pay. If a member 
 neglects to pay, it may be taken as a sign that he forgets to 
 pray daily. ^As the membership of the society increases 
 let the names be divided among the Missionary Committee. 
 If possible, keep the whole society playing, and each mem- 
 ber giving a little— just what the rioly Spitit would have 
 
 them give. 
 
 9. Evc?y three months have the tecretary-trcasurer givc^ 
 the amount received for the quarter ^o the treasurer of youl^ 
 society, artd receive a receipt for th^ same. . 
 
 19. The treasurer of^the society should without delay 
 ■fill tlfe amount to the treasureif of the district, if the 
 District Epworth League is organized. If the district is 
 not organized, the amount may be handed to the pastor to 
 be forwarded to Dr. Sutherland. 
 
 II. The District Treasurer should /send the amount 
 
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 12. At the annual district convention, or at a special 
 convention called for that purpose, the district may under- 
 take the support pf a missionary, or any other special objec^^ 
 under the direction of the General Board of our Church. 
 
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 the district supports, and duplicate it on a centograph or 
 mimeograph, and send a copy to each society on the dis- 
 trict, which will be very helpful in increasing the interest.— 
 Missionary Campaigner^ May, 1897 < 
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 A Plan by which every Home District may be 
 
 B^PRESENTED IN THE Foreign Field BY 
 ' -ITS OWN Missionary. 
 
 Two facts are patent to every student of missions : FirsU 
 that, the members of our Leagues are ready to do their 
 duty toward world-wide evangelization. They await a 
 knowledge of the facts concerning missions to fire their 
 enthusiasm and definite plans to direct their energies. 
 Meanwhile much aimless work is undertaken and produc- 
 ing inadequate ^results. Funds freely contributed for 
 missions are very often directed out of the proper channels 
 and handed over by Young People's Societies for undenomi- 
 natiQnal schemes. Secondly ^ that the home constituency 
 is not worked tqLthe best advantage. Here are needed a 
 better system and more approved methods. 
 
 A careful study' of present missionary activity reveals a 
 strong tendency toward the individua/is^ic idea.^ The many 
 who must necessarily remiain at home, loyally supporting by 
 prayer and money the workers in the foreign fiel^ prefer to 
 centre p^sonal interest in individuals. This individual 
 interest need not in any \yay interfere with the larger 
 interests of our missionary organizations. ^^ 
 
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 directing attention to a- fact that we have too long over- 
 looked We disregard it longer only to our disadvantage, 
 for this individualistic idea is manifest on every, hand. It 
 is for us to accept the fact and plan our work accordingly. 
 We may turn this tendency of human nature to the great 
 advantage of the nations that are " without Christ." 
 
 In harmony with the foregoing facts the Methodist 
 students of Canada have organized themselves with the 
 purpose of conducting a Catnpaign for Missions. This 
 forward movement plans to attain the realization of the 
 ideal expressed in the tirte which stands at the head of this 
 
 article. 
 
 Dr. Sutherland, dir Missionary Secretary, has been freely 
 consulted, and with him w^ liave fully ' discussed many 
 details of the plan, with which he is in perfect accord, and 
 
 ' toward the realization of which he offers needed assistance. 
 I Each District now organized for League purposes 
 meets regularly in convention. The Second Vice-President 
 is responsible for the missionary plans and work of the Dis- 
 trict. At the time of the District convention, when all the 
 local Leagues will be represented, the Missionary Vice- 
 President of the District may call the dellgates together for 
 the purpose of discussing and perfecting definite and 
 
 , systematic plans with a .view to working the District to 
 
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 At this meeting an outline programme may be drafted, 
 : planning for the systematic visitation of the Local Leagues 
 
 of the District ; and, if necessary, a representative of the 
 " Students' Missionary Campaign may be secured to help m 
 
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 It will be the duty of the deputation, Campaigner and 
 Secbnd Vice-President if possible, or Cani|>aigner alone, to 
 meet persot^ally the members of the Missionary Committee 
 of the League visited, and discuss with them the line of 
 work the jUistrict is undertaking. In the public meeting he 
 shall endeavor to arouse enthusiasm and enlist co-opera- 
 tion. /J^he public meetings must be itell talked up and 
 Jidely/advertised. Those who are deeply interested will 
 ray ^nd//(flr« for definite results. 
 
 ■2., Send to the Mission Rooni^for our Campaign book- 
 lets, containing form of promises for daily prayer and weekly 
 giving, and secure pledges of two cents a week or more 
 from all members and friends of your League who desire 
 to join in this undertaking. \ 
 
 The weakest District will have from twenty to twenty-five 
 Leagues, and the stronger ones many more. 
 
 Twenty Leagues having the two-cent-a-week pledge from 
 each of twenty-five members, or twenty-five Leagues having 
 the same promise from only twenty members, would reach 
 the sum of five hundred dollars, the amount necessary to 
 support an unmarried missionary* 
 
 In rnany Leagues the members and friends- making this 
 pledge would exceed fifty, and in every League there would 
 be several able to pledge more than two cents weekly. 
 Thus many Districts could easily reach eight hundred 
 dollars, the amount necessary to support a married mis- 
 sionary. The funds will be remitted quarterly through 
 designated League channels to the Mission Rooms, and will 
 be separately reported in the Society's report, accredited to 
 the Leagues of the District fr6m which sent. 
 
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 3. When the District is ready to support its representatives 
 in the foreign field, the Missionary lioard of our Church 
 will approve the person and determine the field of labor. 
 Often the candidate selected will be\he one who was 
 chiefly instrumental in working up the^ District. On^ of his 
 best qualification's will be a personal acquaintance with 
 aftiMt eyery Leaguer of the District. His success in 
 i'^-^iPoping the home constituency will be a guairantee for 
 ^^^bility and worth for foreign service. Volunteers for 
 the foreign field have urged that though they are prepared 
 to enter upon their work no Society has funds to send 
 them. : Here is the supreme opportunity for such men. It 
 is a truism that before we can become widely useful abroad 
 we must first prove our worth in Christian service at-home. 
 . The advantages of this pl^n are evident. The mission- 
 ary in the field is personally known to every contributor 
 toward his support. He knows personally those who daily 
 pray for him and his work and back up their prayers with 
 fheir gifts. Letters are regularly interchanged. The letters 
 he receives are helpful and encouraging. The letters 
 received at home from him will be circulated till each has 
 been read and discussed in every League in the District.' : 
 The facts, etc., contained in these letters become ready 
 fuel for missionary fires. Those at home are kept in 
 direct and living touch with the work and the worker on 
 the field. There need be no anxiety about the interest 
 lagging after a year or t^o. It cannot die out. It must 
 inprease, deepen and intensify. Every month will generate 
 fresh enthusiasm.-- J/«x/^««/7 Campaigner, ]\xnQy \2>()6. 
 
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 STUDl^TS' MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN, 
 
 The Students' Missionary Campaign is n6t a new mis- 
 sionary society, but is a movement inaugurated by Chris- 
 tian Methodist students to promote, under the direction of 
 the ministry and the General Secretary of Missions, a 
 Young People's Forward Movement for Missions. 
 
 What t)ie Students' Volunteer Movement for Foreign, 
 Missions has done ind is doing to create and maintain 
 an intelligent, active interest in missions in our colleges and 
 universities, the Students' Missionary Campaign seeks to do 
 in our Young People's Christian societies, The Students' 
 Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, by organizing 
 for daHy prayer and systematic study of thg missiqnary 
 cause, has enlisted thousands of consecrated students as 
 Volunteers for the foreign field. These volunteers are not 
 sent out by the Movement, but avfait the call of the Church 
 to active service. It is a well-known fact that, while the 
 Church members are in possession of an abundance of 
 means, the missionary societies of the Church are finan- 
 cially unable to send out but a small percentage of the 
 educated men and women who ha^e volunteered for mis- 
 sionary work. Missionary authorities are agreed that the 
 cause of this financial embarrassment is Hack of knowledge 
 on the pkrt of the membership. If Christians only knew 
 their privilege and the need of the heathen, and understood 
 our hefivenly Father's will concerning the extension of His 
 Kingdom on the earth, they would respond heartily and 
 
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 To meet the need of the Church in this crisis of her 
 
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 history, the Students' Missionary Campaign has been 
 instituted to assist the ministery in calling the Church, 
 the young people especially, to daily prayer for, careful 
 study of, and systematic proportionate giving^to, the mis- 
 sionary cause. 
 , The methods adopted are simple and direct. All opera- 
 tions are carried on through and by existing organizations; 
 all moneys flow through the proper channels to the Mis= 
 sionary^Society. Space will permit of but the briefest out- 
 line of the plan of work. Christian Methodist students, 
 volunteers for mission work and probationers for the 
 Methodist ministry, while attending college where they 
 have special advantages for obtaining missionary informa- 
 tion, organize classes for prayer for, and study of, missions. 
 During vacation, and from time to time as opportunity 
 ~ offers, they seek to make known to ail whom they can 
 reach, what they have learned regarding missions. 
 
 Our^Young People's Christian sc^cieties offer a wide and ^ 
 accessible field, for work^ Each member of the Students' "^Z 
 Missionary Campaign reaches as many societies as he can 
 wherever he happens to be situated. Some, by the co; 
 operation of the district and local Epworth League office^, 
 are able to plan a tour throughout one or more districts. 
 In order to make his work pernianent and self-propagating, 
 he not only gives a stirring, up-to-date missionary address, 
 but asks for an after-meetihg of all intierested in the exten^ 
 sion of our Lord's kingdom on earth, requesting especial^ 
 that the Superintendent of the Missionary Department /nd 
 Missionary Committee confer With him. He then su^ests 
 the forming of a b^nU iu the Society for dftily prt^/er for/ 
 
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 careful study of, and weekly giving to, missions. The 
 developing of this band is left in charge of the Missionary 
 Committee of ^he Young People's Christian Society. As 
 helps to the members of these bands, he introduces : 
 
 t. The '^Cycle of Prayer" puBjished by our Churchy 
 .which is a guide to those who wish to lift u^K^ieir eyes and " 
 look upon the fields. This booklet divides tfee, world into 
 thifty-one parts, so that in one month, by praying for a por^ 
 /tion each day, the one using it makes intercession for all 
 men everywhere. 'The Missionary Campaigner is a paper 
 published monthly as a commentary on the Cycle of Prayer, 
 in which information regarding the subjects suggested for 
 prayer is furnished. * 
 
 2. He recommends each Epworth League to begin to 
 form a missionary library, he sells and takes orders for all 
 the missionary literature he can, and leaves printed price 
 lists, so that they may purchase, more. 
 
 3. He also introduces the Pledge and Collectors'. Books 
 for weekly givirfg, furnished by pur Missionary Society. 
 
 it is needless to say that the above plan of work meets 
 with the hearty approval of the officers of our Church. Dri 
 Alexander Sutherland, Secretary of the General Board of 
 the Methodist Church, says, in \k\Q Missionary Campaigner 
 for September, 1896 : " Our young people will do well to 
 study darerally the 'Young People's Forward Movement for 
 Missions,** which is being promoted by the Students' Mis- 
 sionary Campaign. The work has been carefully planned 
 with a two-fold object : ^ ^ 
 
 "\ " i. To enlist all our young people in united work for 
 missions, under the direction qf our Church. ~^ 
 
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 " 2. To establish and make that work permanent and self- 
 propagating-^to bring each member of our young people's 
 Christian societies into such close touch with the extension 
 of our Lord's kingdom and the salvation of the world, that 
 daily prayer lind systematic, proportionate giving wHl be 
 recognized asi a personal^tiyilege and responsibility. 
 
 ^* A well-organized district ^puld raise enough to send out 
 and support at lea^ one missionary. Several districts are 
 already ^t work, and the plan ^eets With great favor. 
 When enough is raised to send out a man and support him 
 iot one year, the General Poard of Mission^ will be glad to 
 appoint one. The discussions this work will call for at the 
 annual District Conventions, and the definite interest of the 
 individual Epworth Leagues, will tend to develop an earnest 
 interest on the part of every member." 
 
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 After careful comparison of experiences of the past year 
 and thoughtful consideriuion as to the best methods of 
 work, a representative conibittee was appointed to draft a 
 plan for presenting the Young People's Forward Movement 
 for Missions to the Leagues. 
 
 The following concise, but comprehensive report was 
 submitted and adopted : 
 
 L He Meetings in Districts^ or Leagues already canvassed. 
 
 Here the work must be largely along the line of exhorta- 
 tion and encouragemeni. Enquire definitely as to what is 
 being done, r)Ot forgetting the n e ed of a missionary lib r ary. 
 
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 Tell something of the campaign and what it is accomplish- 
 ing elsewhere. Show that the movement is under the 
 direction of our Missionary Board. 
 
 li. As to Leagues or Districts as yet unorganized. 
 
 1. Preliminary arrangements. Many workers nriay be 
 able to arrange only for isolated meetings. If so, do not 
 let this fact deter them from working. Where possible, 
 however, it would be better to arrange for a consecutive 
 tour of a district. In this case, where two or three work 
 a district, it may be best to leave arrangements to the dis- 
 trict officers, though it would not be out of place to offer 
 suggestions. It has been found a good plan to have pro- 
 grammes of the tour printed and distributed some time 
 before it is commenced. It impresses the importance of 
 it, and causes people to wait expectantly. Where several 
 men wish to work in one district systemalicfally they may 
 indicate places they would like to visit 
 
 2. The Meeting. Much of t||tuccess of the meeting 
 may depend on the day's womr If possible see the 
 minister and get in touch with him. Let hjm see that you 
 are merely at his service, and work as much as possible 
 through him. Endeavor also to meet the president and 
 officers of the League before the meeting. Talk matters 
 over. See what has been done and enlist their sympathies 
 
 beforehand; ^*, 
 
 Promptness and punctuality are essential to success. 
 The King's business .should be managed on bu^iiess 
 
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 long. Conciseness and brevity are necessary to a true 
 presentation of the matter. Show 'the basis of missions 
 and their supreme importance. This will lead to an ex- 
 planation of the work of the Missionary Campaign which 
 should be emphasized in its three aspects : 
 f I ) Praying for missions. 
 
 (2) Studying missions. _ i , ^ :i 1 
 
 (3) Paying for missions. 
 Uhderthese respective heads the question of the C>r/j 
 
 ^^<ry<rr, literature, and the weekly giving plan may be 
 disclosed, and show the relations between the three, the 
 ist leads to the 2nd, and the 2nd leads to the 3rd. 
 / Charts and maps may be used to great advantage. • 
 / Let the general meeting pave the way for' the meieting 
 with the Missionary Committee at its close, and pave the 
 way for the future work of the Committee in the League. 
 
 3. Literature. Each Campaigner should carry a supply 
 of cheap missionary literature, have it laid on a table for 
 inspection and sale at the meeting. One difficulty will be 
 to dispose of literature and to meet the Committee at the 
 close of the meeting. Each Campaigner must exercise 
 great astuteness in order not to fail to do both. The 
 difficulty may be ov^rcojne by arranging with a responsible 
 person for the disposal of literature, both before and after 
 the meeting. A gpqd plan ha$ been to group several 
 books and offer them for a specific sum; ^.^., " Facts," 
 "Do not Say," and " Murdered Millions" for twenty-five 
 cents {Cyckxfvxj be included). Never fail to consult with 
 the Missionary Committee as to methods and plans for the 
 details of.the work of their League. (See pp. 30-32) 
 
4. The Missionary Campaigtier, Show its place^in the 
 work, and secure any subscriptions which may be had in 
 the general meeting. Further canvass must be made by 
 the Missionary Committee, ^ithVhich arrangements can be 
 made according to suggestions given below. 
 
 CONFERENCfe WITH MISSIONARY COMMITTEE. 
 
 The Campaigner should never fail to confer with the . 
 Missionary Committee after every public meeting. This , 
 is the surest, if not the only, way to perpetuate hfs work^- ^ 
 It is desired, as far as practicable, that the Campaignersw, 
 should follow some uniform method. Therefore the fol- 
 lowing plan is recommended, after much deliberation and 
 practical experience: . 
 
 \. Re Organization of Mi ssionafy Committee, \ 
 
 Every committee should havt the following official 
 members : f 
 
 1. A Convener, who shall have\ 
 the committees' work, and {b) special d^arge Of, th0 League 
 missionary meetings. . ' 
 
 2. A Secretary, who should (a) j keep careful records of 
 all committee and public meetings, and (^) conctiict all 
 missionary correspondence. 
 
 3. A Treasurer, who shall haves charge of the League 
 missionary finances; who shall, iin fact, be the League 
 missionary bookkeeper. In small societies he may make 
 the individual canvass of the members for subscriptions 
 
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 •4. A Missionary T.itcralure. Member, who shall have 
 charge of all the Society's papers, periodicals, books, etc. 
 He should read all of these as far as possible, should 
 index every article in a book provided for the purpose, 
 and should circulate them constantly and systematically 
 among all the members. ' 
 
 5. Where t(ie Society is kir^e, one or more members will 
 probably have to be appointed to assist the Treasurer in 
 making the tas^vass. / 
 
 \l. Jie L^agm, Missionary Meetings, * /, 
 
 I. Time and frequency of|Sucfi — urge monthly meetings. 
 
 a. Subjects— (rt) Varied ; {p) in line with Cme ; {c) use 
 subjects in Missionary Campaigner ; (c^ use/charts, maps, 
 blackboard, etc. 
 
 3. Special singing. \,. i ~< 
 
 . 4. Make suggestions concerning the best use^of mis- 
 sionary literature for the requisite infornption. 
 
 III. Re Use of Cycle of Prayer. 
 
 1. Each active member at least should use it, 
 
 2. Recommend the use of the Missionary Campaign^ 
 and Facts on Foreign Missions for thA knowledge essentia 
 to intelligent prayer. 
 
 IV, Re Missionary Literature, 
 
 1. Missionary Llbrary^urge thfe necessity "Sind sugges 
 means of securing pne. / ^ 
 
 2. Systematic circulation of' tM books. 
 
 3. Distribution of LeafletSy etc. 
 
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 4., Arrange for canvass of the Society for subscriptions 
 
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 V. Re Systematic Giving, 
 
 I. Explain fully the use of the pledge and collector's 
 books. / 
 
 3. Urge the wisdom of making a personal canVass of 
 the members. / 
 
 3. Method of collection — (<i) Use envelojpes; (b) the 
 monthly meeting is the best time. .' 
 
 4. Emphasize ^gularity {a) in laying by/(^) in collecting. 
 
 5. Leave the pledge and collectorji^ books with the 
 Committee. / 
 
 6. Fill in a report form of eaiwi meeting, and send 
 reports at least once a week to tl)ecorresponding member, 
 Frederick C. Stephenson* 568 Parliament Street, Toronto. 
 This is very necessary, as the corresponding member must 
 have the information which this report gives to enable him 
 to tabulate the work and correspond with the officers of the 
 League which is visited. Do not report in informal ways, 
 but report on the form which will be furnished by the 
 General Secretary, Dr. Sutherland, or by the corresponding 
 member, upon application. The importance of having these 
 reports properly filled in and promptly returned cannot be 
 too strongly emphasized. The reasons are so many and 
 the advantages so great, that space cannot be given to 
 enumerate them. They will be apparent to all when the 
 General Board meets in the i^Xl,— Missionary Campaigner^ 
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 The advantages of having a printed programme well 
 circulated announcing the different appointments at which 
 the Campaigner will speak, with date of each, and advertis- 
 ing the literature which he will have on sale» are so apparent 
 that no Campaigner or District Executive should fail to 
 
 hiave this done. / 
 
 This plan impresses the people as no other effort can, 
 with the system and magnitude of our work— it not only 
 insures a large attendance, but those who come are more 
 apt to bring money with them for literature. It also 
 allows one local League the opportunity to visit one or 
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 work. This advantage cannot be too highly estimated, as it 
 impresses the fact that Methodism is connexional— that it 
 is truly an organized body. Again, it insures the proper 
 arranging of th? tour, as the executive under the manage 
 ment of the Missionary Vice-president knows better than 
 anyone else the best order in which to plan the meetings. 
 
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 the organ of the Young People's Forward Movement for Mlsshni: '•' 
 
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 PUBLISHED MONTHLY PV . , . . . '« 
 
 FREDERICK C STEPHENSON, * 
 
 Corresponding Member students' Misalonary Campaign, 
 
 588 PA ^1 A ME NT ^iv. Toronto 
 
 Object: To promote united pr«yoV for, study of, 
 and giving to, IVIissions. 
 
 The Missionary Campaigner i^ ihe organ 'of the "/Young 
 People's Forward Movement for Missions" as '.advocated by the 
 ' ' Students* Missionary CanviJaign.^! Jt acts «s a njediuni. of coin- 
 munication between the Gampaigjiers and the'Epworth Leagues. 
 Missionaries supported by our yOung people will contribute 
 largely to its pages. 4^ regular Monthly Programme, with 
 material for a Monthly Missionary I&^eting, is fvM^hed each 
 month. The subject is tjiq, one ^suggested by the Cycle of 
 Prayer used by the Methodist Church. , 
 - 'The object of publishing tliis paper is not to make money. 
 We have proved beyond ai doubt that Christians w^ho read facts 
 month after month so^n* become sointerested that they pray, 
 study aild give. 'We therefore publish. the Missionary Vam- 
 /wt'sfrter at a price which i^ less than cost of production. Clubs 
 of ten or more subscribers^may have the Missionary Campaigner 
 
 for one year for lU cents efach. Single" subscription, 2o cents 
 per year. Samples sent free to any address. 
 
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 The fallowing form is printed on a sheet large enough 
 to allow space for answers after questions, and furnished to 
 each^Campaigner, frpe of charge, by the General Board of 
 Missions: — 
 
 Ptoplt't Forward Movtnitiit for Missions. 
 
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 ((f) The use of Pledge and Collector's Books'" ' ' " ' 
 
 («) AMissionary Library?..... .....r...:;;;^;^ 
 
 5. y«*l"eo'Mi8sionaiyliteraturesold ........... .Ordered 
 
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 ACCOKDINO TO REPORTS RKdl^VED TO DATB. JUL^ 1. 1897. 
 
 Districts oftainzed for suppoH^^^ . "" 
 
 ^ Coboui^^istrict.~Rev. y. £. Smith, M.D., and wifc; 
 Chen-tu, China. / '^ 
 
 .Toronto Eastpistrict.^Eir.KiIbom and wife, Chen-tu* 
 China.- *" ' 
 
 Toronto Centre District-^Rev. J. A. Jac^^^^^ M.D.,. 
 and wife, Bella Bella, B.Q 
 
 Toronto West District^TongChue Tom and wife 
 Chinese |^ission, Victoria, B.C. " 
 
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 ' Bistn€ts organize^, but Musionary not yet appoiM^ 
 
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 Torc^nto Conference. ~Bramptori,Uxbridge, Orangeville, 
 — Collingwood. Owen Sbund, Bracebridge, Aigoma 
 ofV Quinte Conference. - fielleVille, Cannington. 
 illford, Lindsay, Madoc, Napane^, Pictdn. Tarn 
 worth, Whitby, Brighton. v^ 
 
 . Hamjlton Conferehce.^amilt6n, Guelph. St. Cath- 
 ^ines, Woodstock, G^k,Simcoe, Milton, Norwich, Mount 
 l^orest, Walkerton-V^iarton, Welland. "^ , 
 
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 L^stowelJ Kincardine, Goderich, Exeter, Strathroy, Sarnia, 
 
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 British Columbia Conferencc^Kamlpops, Victoria. 
 
 NeW Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Conference'. 
 — St. John, Sackville, St. Stephen, Charlottetown. 
 
 Nova Scotia Conference.— Halifax, Truro, Cumberland, 
 Liverpool. 
 
 Newfoundland Conferej^ce.— St. John's. . 
 
 Montreal Conference. —- Kihgston, Perth, Pembroke, 
 Nipissing, Sudbury, Ottawa, Quebec, Stanstead, Waterloo, 
 Huntingdon. — Missionary Campaigner^ August, 1897. 
 
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 THE GElSEfeAL BOARD AND THE STUDENTS' 
 MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN. 
 
 Dr. Henderson, of the Mission kooms, gives the folloyr- 
 
 . ing summary of the action of the General Board in the 
 
 matter of th^ Students* Missionary Campaign : ^ 
 
 '* An interesting event in the proceedings was the waiting 
 on the Board of a,number of* young people representing the 
 Students' Missionary Campaign and the Young People's 
 Forward' Movement for Missions. Mr. F. d StepheiJ^ 
 son, a"* medical student of Trinity College, read a report 
 setting Iprth. the genesis, growth and nature of this new' 
 movement. He put emphasis- upon the statement that the 
 objettyof this Forward Movement was to act as an auxiliary 
 to the \Missionary Society ; to be under the guidance and 
 governriient of Jthe Church, and to move along strictly^ con- 
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 ferred to. a special committee, whose reporti as finally 
 amended, is as follows : 
 
 "Your comtnitteCj haviing conferred with the deputation 
 representing, the Students' Forwar^|iIovemei;it in the cause 
 cf Christian missions, beg leave to report as follows : 
 
 We recommend : / ^ 
 
 ^1^ Thkthe Board expresses its cordial sympathy with 
 the students in their work, its gratification with their desire 
 to pl^ce the work under the direct cc^trol of the Churph 
 through the Board, and its belief that the movement, wisely 
 guided, will result in stimulating and devetoping widespread 
 interest in missioriary work among our young people, and 
 in securing substantial additions to the income of the 
 
 Board. .,■ -■■. ■*.■■■.'' / 'r :■''■: . 
 
 ** 2. That as those who have begur^ this movement have 
 already achieved results in securing pledges of support 
 sufficient to provide for the m^aintenance of at least one 
 additional jnissionary in the foreign field, and have denlon- 
 ^trated that very much greater results must follow a conr 
 tinuance and enlargej^ent of their work, and, at the same 
 time, have dbne this by making greater sacrifices of time 
 and raoniey than can be continually afforded by young men 
 -who depend upon their own exertions for theirliving and 
 their education, the Board shpuld accept the trust thus 
 evidently imposed upon it by Divine Pr jvidence,r-and make 
 suitable provision for the guidance aiid ^naintenatice' of the 
 movement. - 
 
 \ "3, That a man, to be known as coi"ilesponding member 
 
 of the StudentsV Missionary Campaign, be appoint e d by the 
 

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 Board or its Executive, to take charge of the work under 
 the Executive Committee, remuneration not to exceed $ i 
 per day for the time of service. 
 
 "4, That Mr. F. C. Stephenson ° be corresponding 
 member for the year now commencing, and that hereafter 
 the said corresponding member be appointed annually from 
 names suggested in the reports of those engaged jn the 
 campaign work during the previous year. . f 
 
 "5 That the 'postage, stationery, etc., necessary for the 
 work of said corresponding member be furnished by the 
 General Secretary, and paid for out of the funds of the 
 Society. * ; 
 
 "6. That the Board advise the gathering of voluntary 
 contributions, to provide for the remuneration at a rate not 
 to exceed $1 per day of service, of those students who 
 spend niore than four weeks in one season in the work of 
 visiting Epworth Leagues, and organizing bands therein of 
 members pledged to pray daily and pay weekly for 
 missions. ' ' ^ ^^ 
 
 "7. That t'he moneys already expended in carrying oh 
 the movement, of which detailed accounts have been ex- 
 hibited to the committee, be recouped out pf the funds of 
 the Society in part, to the amount of $71.72 (spent in post- 
 age arid stationery]* 
 
 ** 8. The following conditions are to prevail in the move' 
 merit: 
 
 ^ , " (a) It is tO'' be distinctly understood that when it 
 proposed to visit tfhe Leagues or Young People's Societies 
 on our circuits, the Campaigners shall first put themselves 
 in communication with the pastors, and secure their ap- 
 proval before any steps are tkken to hold meetings. 
 
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 be distinctly understood that while the 
 Board will be' gladjto receive suggeationf from those en- 
 gaged in campsiigniWork, and from contribtiting Leagues as 
 to the sending oiit of agents for mission work in the foreign 
 field, yet the selection and appointment of miteioharies to 
 the foreign field rests entirely with the General Board of 
 Missions, in regard to the persons, the fields to whjch they 
 may be- sent, and the reniuoeration which . th^y shall 
 
 receive.- /■ . ■ ' '.' - ' ' \;;K' ^ 
 
 "(^) It is also to be distinctly understood that, While 
 Epworth Leagues and groups of Leagues may be encour- 
 aged by the Students' Missionary Campaign workers to 
 raise money for particular missions or missionaries, yet the 
 funds raised are to be paid into the treasury through the 
 regular <^hannels and be at its disposal, and it shall be 
 wholly in the discretion of the Board, and its Executive 
 whether, a new mission or an additional missionary sug- 
 gested by the Leagues or Campaign workers shall be 
 established or sent out by the Board or its Executive at any 
 time, or whether any mission or missionary supported in 
 whole or rn part by this movement shall be continued, 
 removed or withdrawn."-^C>4w//'fli^' Guardian^ October 
 
 7 th, 1896. 
 
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 Students' Fund for College Expenses. 
 
 Time is money ^ even to missionary campaigners, many of 
 whom, in giving their time to "The Young People's For- 
 ward*. Movement for Missions" visiting Leagues during 
 the summer, really lose opportunities of making Enough 
 
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 money to pay the next year's college expenses. To help 
 
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 meet this need, the General Board of 1896 adopted the fol- 
 lowing resolution : , 
 
 " Wherea^ the General Board recognize that these young 
 the means of great blessing to our Church, 
 rcii az, I. e means of bringing thousands of dollars into . 
 our missioniry treasury, recomrj^end the gathering of volun- 
 tary contributions to provide f6r the remuneration, at i rate 
 not to exceed $1.00 per day of service, of those students 
 who spend more than four weeks in one season ip the 
 work of vis ting Epworth Leagues and organizing bands 
 therein of njembers pledged to pray daily and pay weekly 
 for missions." , '^^ ; 
 
 In addition to their support as a body, the members of 
 the General Board of Missions have promised the Forward 
 Movement for Missions their hearty support, individually, 
 as is evidenced by the following : 
 
 "Whereas we, the undersigned members of the General 
 Board of Methodist Missions assembled, have expressed 
 our hearty sympathy and co-operation with the Young 
 People's Forward Movement for Missions, j|(s inaugurated 
 by the Students' Missionary Campaign ; an(r ' 
 
 "Whereas, we have recommefided that voluntary sub- 
 scriptions be solicited, to form a fund to assist those studentsr 
 who have worked^ as regulated by our Board of Missions, 
 for more than one month during th^ season, and who need 
 aid for coUege expenses, we, as individuals, hereby proinise 
 financial assistance, which we will pay to the Treasurer of- 
 the Mission Board within one week after the report of the 
 Summe r 's Citmpaign of i8»7 has been^preseiited to the * 
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 to be regulated'by our ^cveral ability and judgment, icgarcl 
 ing the needs of the students and merits of the cause. 
 
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 (Signed) "A. Carman, Toronto. 
 
 ' A. SuTHKRi-ANi), Toronto. 
 
 J. C. AiKiNS, Toronto. 
 - JamksMills, Agricultural College, Cuelpr 
 • . W. FJHAL^'Napanee, Ont. 
 
 Georoe Jackson, London, Ont. 
 
 i. T6ve|^ Hamilton, Ont. 
 
 S. f/ HuRSTis, Halifax, N.S. 
 
 Wii/liam Johnston, Trenton, Ont. 
 
 W./h. Heartz, Springhill, N.S. 
 
 John J. Maclaren, Toronto, Ont. 
 
 T./G. WILLIAMS) Sherbrdoke, Que. 
 i. H. Lamhly, Inverness, Ont. . 
 {. B, RVGKMAN, Kingston, Ont 
 ^EO. W. Dean, Portage la Prairie, Man. 
 'homas Nixon, Winnipeg, Maff. 
 
 /H. p. Cowperthwaite, Newfoundland 
 
 James Woodsworth, Brandon, Man. ' 
 
 Thomas N. Scripture, Toronto, Ont. < 
 
 R. W. Clarke, Millbrook, Ont. ■ ' 
 
 VVilliaM Briggs, Methodist Book Room. 
 
 J. VanWygk, Hamilton, Ont. 
 
 James Henderson, Toronto, Ont. 
 
 E. Evans, Hampton, N.B. 
 
 Robert Maitland, Vancouver, B.C. 
 
 S. A. Cheslev, Lunei^urg, N.S. 
 
 H. Cairns, Arnprior," Ont. 
 Warring Kennedv, Toront©, Ont'Vf 
 
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 THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDENTS' 
 MISSIONAkv CAMPAIGN. 
 
 Each college enlists its own Campaigners, a large number 
 of whom select their districts in which to work, which are 
 usually near their homes. Some men are willing to work 
 wherever the Corresponding Member may direct. Others _ 
 who do not know where they wUl be during the summer, 
 promise to do whatever they can, wherever they arCi 
 
 The Corresponding Member communicates with the 
 District and Local Epworth League ofTtcers and secures a 
 list of invitations for Campaij^ners to hold meetings in in- 
 dividual Leagues or throughout the District, as the case 
 
 may tie. ^- 
 
 The list of Campaigners and the list of invitations are 
 published in tlie Missionary Campaigner, the organ of 
 ••The Young People's Forward Movement for Missions.'* 
 The Epworth League officers and the Campaigners inter- 
 ested are adVised to correspond with one another, and thus 
 arrange fpf meetings. The District Epworth, League 
 Executive; under the direction of the Missionary Vice- 
 Presideqt, plans the tours and arranges the dates 0|f meetings 
 with the Leagues throughout the District. One League 
 billets the Campaigner for one day and conveys him to his 
 next appointment, thus reducing the travelling expenses to 
 
 a rninimum. * I 1 - 
 
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 Many earnest missionary meetings, addressed by difTerent 
 Campaigners and conducted by cheers and members of 
 
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 Early in December, 1896, a special meeting of the 
 Central District Executive was called to meet Mr. F. C. 
 Stephenson, who explained the work some of the other 
 districts in Ontario had undertaken along the lines 
 suggested in connection with the " Forward Movement," 
 and more especially the supporting, by a District T^pworth 
 League, of a missionary in the home or foreign field* 
 
 The Executive were impressed with the importance ofy 
 the work, and the opportunity that was' offered- for som) 
 practical work for our Leagues to take up. They accor 
 ingly decided to call a meeting of ippresentatives from every 
 League in ' the district, believing that if the object wais to 
 be attained, every League should co-operate. ^The rastor, 
 the President, Missionary Vice-President, and the niembers 
 of the Missionary Committee, of each League went invited, 
 and a fairly representative meeting held at /Broadway 
 Church, December 28th, 1896, was the result, at 'which 
 the President of the District, Rev. J* C. Specif presided. 
 
 As far as the Central District is concern/d, the matter 
 first aissumed definite form at this meeting, when it was 
 unanimously and enthusiastically resolvec^to undertake the 
 support of a missionary, and a committer consisting of the 
 Missionary Vice-President for tM district, Mr. G. H. 
 Wood, and the Convener of every League Missionary Com- 
 -mittee, was appointed to carry it out.y 
 
 This committee has met freque/ntly, and, as a result, 
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 —too far from the city to attend our meetings— writing to 
 inform us that they are in hearty sympathy with our work ; 
 and, better still, are going to help financially. \ 
 
 A very important and largely attended meeting was held 
 on January 29th, at the home of Mr. Fred. C. Stephenson, 
 to select, if possible, the field and missionary to which the 
 money raised by the district should be applied. On 
 invitation of the committee, Rev .Dr. Sutherland was 
 present, representing the General Missionary Society, and 
 Mrs (Rev.) AV. H. Hincks, representing the Woman's 
 Missionary Society, both of whom spoke impressively upon 
 the work an4 needs of their respective societies. While 
 jthe committee thoroughly appreciated: the grand and 
 selfrsacrificing work done by the Woman's Missionary 
 Society, and were especially anxious not to encroach upon 
 their" sources «f income, it was felt that, at any rate at 
 present, it would be better not Jo divide the proceeds 
 between, the General and Woman's Missionary. Societies, as 
 suggested by Dr. Sutherland, but to devote all our efforts 
 towards supporting, through the General Board, "our own " 
 missionary.. As Dr. Sutherland had intimated that there 
 was great need of a medical missionary being sent to the 
 west coast \ of Vancouver Island, it was unanimously 
 iesolved that the Leagues of our district undertake the 
 support ^of a missionary of the General Society in that 
 field, at a cost of $800 per annum. At a later date it was 
 found impracticable to occupy the west coast, and the 
 Missionary selected was sent to BellaBella. - ' 
 
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 Missionary Society, which, if carried out, would more than; 
 make up any loss that society might otherwise sustain. 
 . A word as to the district might nA be out of place. In 
 the city, its limits, east and west, are Yonge Street and 
 "Spadina Avenue ; but its length is much greater than its 
 width, extending, as it does, from the Bay to Richmond 
 Hill the district includes seventeen Young People's 
 Societies, which altogether have a membership of about 
 
 '1,000.. ■ ■■... ■ 
 
 It is very gratifying to know that the young people are 
 taking the matter up so enthusiastically. In fact, in April, 
 only about three months after organization, in response to 
 a request from the cominittee, asking for an intimation of 
 the probable -amount their League would raise before May, 
 1898, ten of the societies replied, naming amounts which 
 aggregated more than $500. We understand some of the 
 societies— such as Broadway, $150; St. Paul's (Avenue 
 Road), $75 ; Yonge Street, $75 ; New Richmond, $50 ; Elm 
 Street, $25 ; Davisville, $25 ; Thornhill, $i| ; and Edgeley, 
 J^^have actually //<?^^^^ themselves to corttribute these 
 amounts during the first year, There is, therefore, good 
 reason to#felieve that in the future, as the young people of 
 our district realize, as they undoubtedly will, to a still 
 greater extent, the privilege which is now offered to them 
 of doing something practicalm helping on Christ's cause, 
 and of putting into practice our motto, ** Look up ! Lift 
 up V they will take hold so earnestly, that even more 
 thaifc the neces^ry $800 will be raised without trouble. 
 
 Our Leagde motto can most appropriately be our motto 
 in "this movement also, for it is based on the "pray and 
 
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 pay " principle. Equally important with giving is praying ;l 
 and thus, in joining this new movement we, perhaps, more, 
 truly than ever before, both **look up '' and " lift lip." j 
 Th^re is even greater reason for activityJin the part of 
 our members now than when t^he w6rk was first underl 
 Jaken, for the Missionary Board have, as a result of the 
 Central District organization, appointed Re:V. J. A. Jackspt^, 
 S.T.L., M.D., as Missionary to Bella Bella, an important 
 point on the west coast of the British Columbia mainland, 
 where, especially during the summer fishing 'season, as many 
 as four or five thousand people are there at at^mev A^ 
 hospital is being erected; and, as Mr. Jackson is' doctor as 
 well as minister, a field ^f untold usefulness awaits him. 
 
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 Although he is not, going to Vancouveir Island, as we at first 
 expected) we believe the Missionary Board know the needs 
 .of the work so well, that wje must simply accept the changie ; 
 and while, Dft Jackson and his, young wife labor amongst 
 •the Indians and whites thousands of miles away, we must 
 be ever Active. at home, atid constantly in prayer for the 
 outpouring of the Hbiy Spirit on our missionary, and also 
 on ourselves and our societies.— Missionary Campaigner^ 
 
 July, 1897. ' 
 
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 Kind Words REGARDING THE Young People's Forward 
 ' Movement KOR Missions. 
 
 We publish extracts fi-oip a few of many letters received 
 from both the laity and ministry of the M. E: Church, 
 encouraging us in oQr YOung People's Forward Movement 
 for Missions: « 
 
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 Missions as advocated by * The Students' Missionary Cam. 
 paign ' of your Church/very auspicious and full of hope for, 
 the future of missions. If our young people of this genera- 
 tion can be thoroughly aroused as to the importance of 
 missionary enterprise, the Church of the future will be pre- 
 eminently a missionary churcji, It will develop systematic 
 giving,--and with a systematic distribution of missionary 
 . LraturQ will beget a deeper and more intelligent interest 
 in the salvation of tfeg heathen. I sincerely trust that such 
 atnovement amona»oung people will be inaugurated 
 in all our churchesJiiP:^ope of the future in ^very par- 
 ticular is in the education and -ctmsecration of our young 
 people I greatly rejoice in this movement, and earnestly 
 ^ay that the Spirit that inspired it will come in power 
 
 upon the whole of Christendom. 
 
 «'Rev. J; P. McFerrin, 
 
 "Louisville, Ky." 
 
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 ined the tw6 copies of Missionary Campaigner sent me, 
 and am greatly pleased with the hopeful enthusiastic tone. 
 The Young People's Forward Movement for Missions is a 
 movement in the right direction, and cannot be too heartily 
 commended. It will aid in pjacing upon the entire Church 
 its duty and 6bligation in sending the Gospel to aU the 
 world. May the Go*of all grace greatly bless you m your 
 
 ? work of faith and labor of love: ' ' ^V 
 
 >» Fraternally^ yours, I 
 
 " S. W. -Gehrett. 
 
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 •*I regard the StudeptV Missionary Campai^gn more kici- 
 
 j)Qrtant than any work in the m^sionary directibn that has 
 
 been dpne in the last quarter of a century, as an educative 
 
 swork. 'I endorse it with all jBf^Y mighty hearty mind, and 
 
 strength. -^ '■:^ -■'■'•■ ■^''■■: ■■■.''■., '' . /'* "■ ■'■■....■" M'- ■ '^-t >'''■'■"■- '' 
 
 ■ ^' The Missionary- Campaigner is an excellent J)aper, and 
 
 no doubt acccomplishing a great work for the coming .of the 
 
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 **I believe it (the Yotl^ People's Forward Movement 
 for Missions) is GiPe of the many indications of a f]uickened « 
 missionary conscien^ie throughout the Universal Church, 
 ' ^ "J^EV. J. W. Shoaff, D.D., . 
 
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 it is altogether unnecessary to print any of the thousands 
 gf expressions of commendation received from all sources • 
 throughout "Canadian Methodism^ regarding our Students' 
 > Missionary Campaign " for a "Young People's Forward 
 Movement fo» Missions" under the direction : of our 
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 The fact that the Movement is. under the management 
 and direction of the General Board of Missions of our 
 Church, and that the Hamilton Conference Epworth 
 League and the Toronto Anm^al Conference unanimously 
 passed motions recommending the Ministry and District 
 officers to co-operate with the officers of the local Epworth 
 Leagues in organizing notpnly the local Epworth Leagues, 
 
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 but also the District /EpwQrth Leagues, on th^ Young 
 
 **" People'^ Forward Movement for Missions plan, is an ^yi- 
 
 dence that Mre are all of omc accord in this matter >nd that 
 
 it is the woric of the ttoly Spirit in our midst. ^ 
 
 The following resolution, moved by Rev. R. Burns, B,A.i 
 
 and seconded by Rev/ W< H. Hincks, was unanimous!/ 
 
 adopted: "Resolved, that Jhis Epworth League meeting ; ^ • 
 
 of thie Toronto Methodist Conference heartily endorse ' ; 
 
 .\^ the work of' thet members of the Stuldents* Missionary ^^ 
 
 Campaign in connection "with Leagues and Genial ^ *.' 
 
 Societies of our Church: We strongly urge upon 'lo<iailv:;v^^ 
 
 '" leagujes, ami pSrtiGularly upon the district leagues-^of the - ' • v : 
 
 V JConfer^nce,' the importance of organizing^all the leagues, so 
 
 that all member? Wilt stiidy and pray aiwi giveJitiore fbr the \^^ -. ' 
 
 advancement of th^great missibnary caus^" ' - ;;• ' ^ ' I "' • 
 
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 At the Convention.hejd. in Paris, the following resolution - 
 was iinanimously adopted: ^ - ;, Iv , , . , " i 
 
 Moved by Rev: ||. W, WoodsV^orth, seconded by^ • 
 
 Dr. Henderson, and resoiVied,— ,.• / * ^ 
 
 " That we, the members of the Ep^bith League Convene 
 tion of the Hamilton Conference,- desire to express .our i 
 hearty approval of the Young People's Forward Movement :-. 
 for Missions, and .hereby pledge ourselves to do all in bur > 
 pd^er to secure its practical adoption in the numer6u|l . 
 Leagues that we represent. As an additiqnd inspiration \ • 
 for aggressive work, we take as ouf motto for 1 897 not only. 1 . 
 
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 in every League/ being fully persuaded that, with such 
 mighty motives to quicftfen and g*ide us, we shall have a 
 year of unprecedented blessing atid victory all along the 
 
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 > SuqGESTION THAT THE WhOLE ChURCH MiGHT/B^RE- 
 
 OTganized on the Plan of the Young pEppLrs 
 Forward Movement for Missions/ 
 
 \,Rev. A. Bl Leonard, Senior Missionary Secretary^ of the 
 M. ^.Church, in an article on "The Decentr^^tion of 
 Missions" .(see Gosj^el In All Lands, September, 1892, ' 
 page 399), after showing clearly the advantages of having 
 all » our missions and missionaries managed byithW Mis- 
 sionary' Society, instead of by individuals or individual 
 churches, submits the following as a plan of enlisting indi- 
 vidual interesty individual prayer, for, study of, and giving 
 to the missions of the Church : ; 
 
 "In the place of the individual church becoming a foreign 
 missionary society, let such as are able financially to bear 
 the burden, notify the corresponding secretaries of their 
 readiness to undertake the support of a missionary in the 
 ^foreign field. Upon such notification being/ received, a 
 missionar)' already in the field, or one to be appointed in 
 the regular way, could be assigned to that church for sup- 
 port. The money for his support can be forwarded to the 
 treasurer of the Missionary Society, and through its .estab- 
 lished methods forwarded, With slight cost and without risk, 
 to its. destination. All the benefits of independent action , 
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 auences tfte^churches supporting missionaries wouVd be 
 
 constantly, praying for their^rotection and success. Every 
 prayer-meeting woiild be in .part, at least, a missionary 
 
 ^rayer-meetingj and from every family .aitar and every closet 
 prayers would ascend for God's blessing upon the cause of 
 missions/as well as for tl^e missionaries supported by such 
 lical churches. These prayers would increase missionary zeal 
 knd greatly enlarge tlje spirit of beneyolence. The Church 
 has wealth in abundance, and prayer jiyill place it in the misr. 
 sionary treasury, where it is sojmuch needed. The result 
 would be a large mcifease in coiitributioh^: M^ny churches^ 
 now doing but little, because ihey are not directly, respom 
 sible for the support of '^mWsiohary family, wmiid greatly 
 enlarge their gifts;^ surprising themselves at th€ sums they 
 would raise and the ease with which it jwould be accomr 
 plished. . Such churches wouH feel the sanie responsibility 
 for the support Of their m>5^nary that they da for the sup- 
 port of their pasj^ A sense of" personal responsibility 
 w^uld be\ felt which would inspire self-sacrificei an Experi- 
 ence now too rare in all our churches. : \ '■■ >,. .. 
 
 *« Under our Methodist ecoribmy this mkhod of support-, 
 jng missibnarijes could be expanded so' as to include, the 
 
 • weaker churches as well as the stronjpjier ones. Under -the 
 supervision of the presiding elders, churched coulH ^e 
 grouped in districts, and: two or more gould be united In 
 supporting a missionary, tjndersuch a plan the individual 
 churches would have all the inspiratiop that closeness of 
 contact, frequent communication with their own ftiissionary, 
 and direct responsibility Could produce, without any of the 
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 faitli, prayer, benevolence, and fidelity at the extrem|j|jies. 
 ''There are many churches in Methodism that could each ^ 
 *nd out one new missionary to a foreign field, and the m- 
 spiration of their example would so enlarge the liberality of 
 the whole Church as that the work now established would 
 still be liberally sustained. Here is a plan by which the 
 jMissionaYy Society of the Methodist Episcop?il GhuYch can 
 greatly enlarge its work, and so hasten the d^y of the com-* 
 ing of the hord.** ' > 
 
 A Word prom Rev. Dr. Henderson. 
 
 One otjhe most significant events of our time is that of 
 the Young People's , Forward ^vement, as advocated by 
 the Students' Missionary Campaign, under the direction of 
 the General Board of Missions. The significance of^ thi^j" 
 movement is deeper than some of us can see, arid diviner 
 than some of us think. They hlive been at work for oyer 
 a year now, ^g4 yave Wd tinie to test the efficicy of their 
 scriptural '^^wftp- Resultis are favorable. Wherever they 
 have be^jijl^^n I.finii their prayers h^ve generated a 
 greater sjniHiHRF misi^ic^ns^ and wherever we have the^ 
 ■greatest sympathy we have relatively tHe greatest support. 
 Financial results sh6w this to *be true, that wherever a 
 church has.within its pale a soQiety of young peOpl^ organ- 
 ized upon the forward movement Basis, it can acoomplish 
 more for God and dying liumanity than it could if it had 
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