Y. M. C. A.

It is indeed seldom that the Y. M. C. A. holds a more earnest and satisfactory meeting than that which took place in their rooms last evening. The subject for discussion was "The Relation of College Men to Foreign Missions" and R. H. Kennedy '93 was was in charge. It is the duty of all Christians, he began by saying, to give themselves to Christ and to spend their lives where they can do the most good. The time has passed when we can look upon foreign missionary work with mere enthusiasm alone. There are now 1500 million people in the world. 140 million Protestants; 90 million, Greek Catholic; 205 million, Roman Catholic; 8 million, Jews; 175 million, Mohammedans and 870 millions are Heathens.

In the United States there is one Protestant minister to every 800 persons; in Heathen lands there is but one to every 400,000. It is a great field of work for young men and the results to be obtained may be surmised from the fact that since the first missionary went to Japan in 1859 over 300 churches have been established and 35,000 persons have become Christians.

L. H. Roots Gr., spoke next and related some of the facts about China. There are now but 1400 missionaries in the country which contains the largest population in the world. This is at the rate of one for every 250,000 people. To realize what this means let one imagine the state of things if there were only two ministers in all Boston.

Mr. D. S. Muzzey '93, followed and spoke chiefly of the condition in India. There are but 1500 Christian workers in the whole country and the proportion is one to about 320,000 natives.

The last speaker of the evening was F. H. Wood '93. He devoted himself to a general account of the present situation in Heathen lands and closed by urging all Harvard men seriously to consider where their duty lay and how they could best fulfill their earthly mission.