The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-14

TO be established in Italy and In Mexico. In
the former country the British Wesleyan Society
have two missions and ten stations distributed
through the kingdom, and he considered 1t
would be both injudicious and discourteous to
trench on their domain. In Mexico, the pre-
judice both against Protestant denominations
and against Americans was SO strong as almost
to preclude the hope or the prospect of success.
Indeed, he had grave doubts In his mind for
some years In regard to missions in Catholic or
nominally Protestant countries atall. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars have been expended upon
such missions, but there is very little spiritual
fruit to show for it. He was in favor of
occupying and enlarging the mission fields
of India and China, where the Lord is blessing
success; and he believed that the discipline aud
the practice of the M. e. Church heretofore had
been to continue only such fields as gave pro-
mise of fruit. Except the Swedish, he doubted
whether there is single Methodist mission
among Protestant communities that begins to
meet the expectations of the Church commen-
surate with the outlay to sustain them, and in
Sweden their success depends very greatly upon
the numbers that emigrate to this country, and
the friendly intercourse kept up thereafter be-
tween the two countries. he hoped the day
would soon come when the Missionary Society
would direct its money and its labors where
the most souls can be gathered into the fold of
Christ.
DR.. Holdich dissented from the remarks of
DR.. Curry. He thought that there was never SO
much encouragement for missionary labor in
Catholic countries as at present, and in proof of
it he cited the success of Rev. Mr. Riley, in Cen
trail Mexico, and Miss Randall in Northern
Mexico, both Americans, though the former had
been born in Chill and spoke the Spanish lan-
guage as his vernaeular. The Doctor had cor
responded with Miss Randall in regard to estab-
fishing Methodist mission in San Luis Potosi
for the region around, and she had highly ap-
proved OF 1T, and gave every encouragement
for her. 1t was true that some of the missions
in South America had been discontinued for a
while hut thew have haan recommended and
Rev. Mr.. Riol, a converted priest, is now preach
ing with great acceptance and success in Bueuos
Ayres, whittier he has been transferred from
Montevideo, and encouraging reports come
from other sections of the South American
field. He thought there was ample room for
the Church to establish missions in both
the countries named and hoped the appropri-
alton made would be Endorsed by the joint
bonds
In making the conference missionary appro-
priations $500 was taken off the amount al :
lotted to st. Louis last year, and $1,000 from
Kansas. General Clinton b. Fisk asked there
fore for an explanation of this reduction, while
an increase had been given to some of the older
conferences which did not need it, he thought,
so much as these border conferences that are
continually covering new territory. EXplana-
tions were given that, taking into consideration
all that territory west of the Mississippi, aud
the appropriations made to other conferences
there, it was found that these two had received
more than what the committee deemed to be a
1alr prOpOrtlOn. Inc 81. Louis conference SILL
has S14, 900, and the Kansas Conference $4,000,
which is more than the Des Moines and Iowa
Conferences receive for similar territory and
similar work.
As the discipline requires the concurrence OF
the Board of Bishops also in the appropriations,
Bishop James read their concurrent action, and
congratulated the committee, the board and the
Church that the old mission fields are not only
to be maintained, but that two new ones-Italy
and MeXico-are to be established. After the
benedction by the venerable Bishop Morris, the
society ad ourned.