On This Day in 1889
From Memphis, Tn the Board reported:
In 1859 the Board resolved to open a mission in this country. Several missionaries were appointed. Two of them, Mr. and Mrs. Rohrer, started for the field in the ill-fated "Forest City," which was never heard from after leaving this country. The enterprise has never been abandoned. Dr. Yates urged the Board to make a start there as one of the most promising lands for missionary labor.
Last year the Convention adopted the following commendation presented by the Committee on the "Enlargement of the Work of the Foreign Mission Board":
"The Committee especially commend to the Convention the establishment of a mission in the long-neglected but progressive empire of Japan. The commercial relations of this people with the United States are of such a nature as greatly to favor the success of the enterprise. The vessels bearing our missionaries to China must pass by the suffering millions of Japan, which is so situated geographically as to afford a most valuable strategic territory for the capture of the boundless regions beyond. The establishment of this mission was a favorite project with Dr. Yates. Shall our brethren of the North and English Baptists be permitted to toil there with no help from their Southern brethren?
In 1859 the Board resolved to open a mission in this country. Several missionaries were appointed. Two of them, Mr. and Mrs. Rohrer, started for the field in the ill-fated "Forest City," which was never heard from after leaving this country. The enterprise has never been abandoned. Dr. Yates urged the Board to make a start there as one of the most promising lands for missionary labor.
Last year the Convention adopted the following commendation presented by the Committee on the "Enlargement of the Work of the Foreign Mission Board":
"The Committee especially commend to the Convention the establishment of a mission in the long-neglected but progressive empire of Japan. The commercial relations of this people with the United States are of such a nature as greatly to favor the success of the enterprise. The vessels bearing our missionaries to China must pass by the suffering millions of Japan, which is so situated geographically as to afford a most valuable strategic territory for the capture of the boundless regions beyond. The establishment of this mission was a favorite project with Dr. Yates. Shall our brethren of the North and English Baptists be permitted to toil there with no help from their Southern brethren?
