Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-15

acknowledgements to be made as it
was originally.
Several resolutions were presented con-
templating minor changes in the Disci-
pline. AL referred.
A petition was read adverting to thedif-
ferences of opinion entertained by many
as to the extent and force of existing pro-
hibitions against the use of alcohol. The
petitioners asked that the views Of the
Conference be more certainly defined.
The same paper adverted to the circus
and theater, n those amusements
deemed incompatible with the spirit Of
Methodism. The sense of the Conference
was asked as to these matters. The Com
mittee of Revisals, it seems, refuses to
recommend any change in the discipline
on these subjects.
An interesting report on Chinese and
other missions was read. Just now the
mission is in rather a bad condition. 1t
has two agents in the field, and has little
money and some very valuable property.
The schools of the Choctaws and Greeks
were destroyed during the war. Their
sympathies were with the Southern
church. The last Conference restricted
everything to domestic missions, and the
foreign had been neglected. Struggles of
the past four years had been terrible, and
great efforts had been made to extinguish
debts. SiXty-eight hundred dollars were
given to the Chinese mission in 1865, and
Rev. T. J. Allen made its superintendent.
Two missionaries, two women and two
men, thirteen probationers and three sta
tions.and five preaching places constitute
the force of the Chinese mission. The
property owned in China was worth $22,-
600. Reports from all parts Of the empire
are encouraging. Fifty thousand copies
of the Chinese Christian Advocate were
read by all classes of people. A long re-
port on the condition of Indian missions
was read and commented on by DR.. Mum
sey, who said his main business had been
to raise money for these missions. DIR.
Harrell said that the ChOctaw, Cherokee
and Chickasaw missions all had prospered.
SAD EPISODE.
In the midst of this recital of facts aE-
fecting missions, it was stated that the
Treasurer of the Board had unfortunately
been induced to invest 81, 600 of the
money belonging to the Board in Erie.
The transaction proved unfortunate, and
the church, as represented by its agent,
was loser. 1t was stated by those who
knew the defaulter well that he intended
to make the church the beneficiary of the
transaction, and that if he had made
$50, 900, and placed this sum in the Golfers
of the Conference, no man would be more
Landed than this banker, who dealt habit
ually in stocks and bonds. But the bank
o a 4O5tg Noo "a oBAON AN BONOANN
stricken, and had but few friends. On
the other hand, the committeeman who
investigated. the whole affair said that
it was impossible to mollify the
terms they had employed in
characterizing the unfortunate traRsac-
ton. The reporter does not believe, how
ever. that members of the Conference
deem the late treasurer a corrupt man.
Such is not the fact. There are those,
however, who think him an infatuated
gambler in the stock market. This habit
does not involve dishonesty, only an in
SAINT delight in that excitement begOtten
by fluctuations of fortune. 1t is very
much the offenSe one commits who
drinks over much. 1t is not the whisky
the topper delights in, but the eXhilarating |
effects. Surely we may contemplate the
brighter aspect of this case, and ascribe
to the defaulter motives almost worthy
of a Christian gentleman. Such is the
of the case, suggested by several
who spoke publicly and pri-
vstely of the unfortunate affair. We see
no necessity for the publication of the
yet right the wrong he has done
the Church. The report states that T. f. |
Magruder, of faultless fame and integrity, |
supplants the unhappy bankrupt de-
This most interesting report on
missions was referred.
ADVENTURES OF A MISSIONARY.
Mr.. Harrell, the General Superinten-
lent of Indian Missions, made an inter-
verbal report of his tolls and sue
cesses among the red men. His district
is as large as one of the larger States,
and field of labor very like that of the
original p~ropOgandists of Methodism.
Harrell had been a member of the
General Conference since 1910, but never
before had attemptedto address the grave
body. He distrusted himself somewhat,
for he was accustomed to speak before
audiences of a very different character.
During the war the Indians suffered
greatly for the meane necessaries of life,
and many could hardly live. Now they
are in better condition than ever before.
They have better farms more carefully
titled and better houses. In fact, all the
tribes among whom he travelled are in
better condition than in 1860. When Mr..
resumed his tasks, after the ces-
satiOn of hostilities, he had no money,
could get nore and could only promise to
pay his assistants when better times
came. They had managed to live and the
and schools to prosper, n DR..
Munsey could tell the rest. Mr.. Harrell
eft Memphis for the Indian country in
1880, and organized he first Methodist
circuit ever created west of the Missis-
sippi among the savages of that day. He
las been there from that day forth, first
n one then another NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Conference, of which there are now six in
ictive existence.
The missions were neYer so prosperous.
The annual increase of communicates is
rom seven to eight hundred. The Indians
among whom Mr.. Harrel tolls, look for
he gospel to the MethOdists alone. Bishop
Pierce can tell much o. them. He preached
- eH1r, Lat -nn- Nk-ln.A IN sAfnrA-atu.
They are however taught wholly in Eng
ish, and most of them speak English.
Harrell himself breaches through a
Interpreter. He thinks il the better mode
If imparting instruction. There is very
little difference between the language of
he Chickasaws and that of the Choc-
avs. A specimen of the difference will
Do detected in the ChocktaT word, ma
meaning "may-be-so," and, the
Jhickasaw word of the same Specification,
. nlGho6itd." The Cherokees and Creeks
i've near together, as do the Choctaws
md C~hickasaws. Fol- weeks Mr.. Harrell
las slept in the open air, preach
ng and sleeping beneath the
rees, among the Indians. He
lad never feared or encountered harm or
He was as safe there as here,
md was never in his life insulted by a
ed man.
The closing appeal of this devout,
man in behalf of the Indian was
heartfelt and touching as it was
enderly said and uttered with manly
loquence. 1--WE owe" Mr.. Harrell said,
much to these Indians. They owned,
very long ago, all this broad land.
'eads and whisky. We left them poor,
cry poor. Can't we giUe them the Cos
vel of CHRISTI
After the report on missions was refer
the conduct of the treasurer was
gain discussed. Drs. Marshall, Green,
and Moran each spoke of the de-
the latter c~ondemning it in {
trong terms Is a " reckless Wall street
peculatiOn," asserting hat these " are
be proper words, even if they were writ
with honey dew upon a lilly leaf, l
nth quill of nightingale" DR.. Hamilton,
Ike DIR. Marshall, thought the conduct of
be late treasurer almost venial, and
hen it was stated that the bankrupt had
a small part of the sum he had
appropriated, there was a manifest dispo-
.tion TO nav the report remodeled. DR..
Watkins insisted hat everything in the
sport affecting the character of the man :
Mould be stricken out; that the church !
} which the unfortunate individual be- |
,nged, and not this Conference, had 7
lrisdictlon in this case. The report &
as referred to the Committee on Mis- I
ons.
Or. McAnnally presented a report
'hlch recited in glowing terms the sue 1;
esses and value and capacity of the st. Z
outs Methodist Publishing Company. 4
general history of the corporation was 1
wen, and an dddendam winking and
altimore n suggesting hat the book Il
1ncern would prosper hugely in the Y
ands of these two cities. Referred '
DIR. Bledsoe's proposition to publish a
.udTterIy ReVielo was referred to a special r
)mmittee of seven, It was L