The Ecumenical Missionary Conference Report
By Editor
The Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions is over, and is pronounced on every hand the greatest missionary assembly that has ever been held. It now remains to make its work permanent. That will depend to a very great degree on the report of the conference, its character, the extent to which it is circulated, and the manner in which it is used. As to the report itself, it is now in the hands of a special committee, who have had large experience, and who will employ trained men. The editorial end in view is to omit nothing essential, to admit nothing non-essential. The plan includes three parts: (1) The story of the conference; its inception, organization, and conduct, and its place in the history of missions. (2) The contribution of the conference, the papers, addresses, and discussions. (3) Appendices, including the complete program, the organization and roll, a list of missionary societies, a summary of missionary statistics, a carefully-prepared bibliography of the best missionary books, and an index. The report will be published in two volumes, of about five hundred pages each. Paper, printing, and binding of the best. Originally, the price for the two volumes was fixed at $2.50, advance subscribers to receive it for $2.00. The funds of the conference, however, will cover the cost of putting it on the press, and will thus enable the committee to reduce the price from $2.50 to $1.50, and to advance subscribers from $2.00 to $1.00 for the two volumes. They will be ready for delivery early in the fall. Subscriptions, accompanied by the money, may be sent to the Publication Committee Ecumenical Conference, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. Checks should be made payable to Edwin M. Bliss, chairman.