The New York herald., 1872-11-16

se,ond Days session-Appropriaticns for Do
mestic Missions-Romoval Of Good Mis-
sionary, but Bad Financier-General
Enlargement of Mission Work

Odist Episcopal Church met yesterday AZ ten
O'Clock and continued their appropriations to those
foreign stations that had for one cause or Other
been laid aside the day previous. Bishop Foster
who administers the mission work In Germany,
Switzerland and Scandinavia, was absent on Thurs-
day, and in Difference to him the appropriations to
those places were passed by until yester-
day, when he was present There was
then some discussion touching the propriety OF
the committee sppropriatlng the 800 asked for
on Thursday to establish Methodist missions
among the Indians In Arizona and New Mexico.
DR.. Crawford thought il was q matter belonging
solely to the Board OF Managers. Bishop Harris
announced that the Episcopal Board had had
meeting and had appointed Bishops Andrews,
Merrill and Peck q commission to examine that
Territory, and II they deem 1t prudent to establish
the missions as contemplated The motion for the
appropriation by the committee was then with
drawn, ana another recommending the Board Of
Managers to appropriate $500 for this purpose
was adopted. The vote whereby tho
SWEDISH MISSIONS IN NEW YORK
and New York East Conferences were divided on
Thursday, and $1,000 given to the latter, was re-
considered, with O view to make the New York
Mission Appropriation $4,000, instead OF $2,5e0.
The additional 81 900 was designed to give helper
to Pastor Hedstrom and to provide preaching In
Bethel in Brooklyn and In another at Perth AM
boy, N ]. The committee did not feel disposed to
go beyond the immediate bounds OF New York.
and therefore refused the additional appropria-
tion. The Bishops who shall preside at these two
Conferences are, however, II by the Spring 1t shall
be Judged best, to separate Dean street Swedish
church, Brooklyn, from the New York Conference
and give it to the New York East, and with 1t the
$1,000 taken as above.
The appropriations for Germany and Switzerland
were then taken up, and on representations by
Bishop Foster and Rev. Mr.. ROthweiler and others,
$24, 600 was appropriated for the regular work and
$4,000 for the extension Of the work in new fields,
and $500 contingent on the Bishop being able to
find man already on the ground TO open mission
in Berlin. 1t was declared during the discussion
that since the union of Germany under one head
that Empire had been wonderfully opened up for
the reception OF the Gospel and the founding of
Methodist missions The committee had felt them
selves authorized therefore, to increase the apprO
priations $500. The mission now owns church
property valued at 32l, ,s1a thacrs, and last year it
had raised 1897 missionary money. On motion,
1880 contingent fund was added.
Bishop Simpson took the chair, and the
APPROPRIATIONS FOR DENMARK
called out some severe structures on the financial
ability Of Rev. Mr.. Willerup the superintendent of
missions in that land. The discussion which en-
sued was participated i'll by Dr.. Crawford Bishops
| Harris. Simpson, Peck and Foster and others, and
it showed that while Mr. Wierup is an excellent
man as a preacher and a Christian he lacks fnan-
| cal tact and ability, and engages in enterprises
which involve him in debt. He is now inextricably
other friend or friends must pay his debts. His
continuance in his present position as the
in Denmark is detrimental to the interests
| and progress OF the missions there. Two
years ago Bishop Simpson had removed him, but
being unable to find a suitable man to take his
place had left him there cOnditiOnaly; and, be-
sides that all the ministers in the mission stations
in Denmark and Norway had united in protest
against his transfer or removal 1t is also fact
that should be known that he cannot leave the
Kingdom OF Denmark without paying his debts so
that If he should be called to America some one
must step to his aid financially. Bishop Foster
thought he could find man to take Mr.. Wilerups
place, and he designed to make a special visit to
the missions in Northwestern. Europe and
would inquire into Brother Willerup's en-
Hafrs believed they would bs found ds TO e1ceeS sce
| be made useful in his old field in Norway, but
the committee were not disposed to leave him
siOnary Society in debt. He had published some
books In the Danish language on his own specuia-
tion, and, as Bishop Harris remarked had he made
would not have got dollar OF it; but they did
not sell as he anticipated, and he owes for paper,
printing ana other things, and has involved himself
in various SUITS so that his removal Is imperaively
| demanded.
SUPERINTENDENT wILLERUp RECALLED
ON motion of Bishop Ames, therefore, Bishop
| Foster was advised to recall Mr. Willerup immedi-
ately, ana on motion of DR.. Crawford the Board
was instructed to investigate the financial affairs
of the mission in Denmark by commission or
otherwise. and to act as in their good Judgment
and discretion should be found best. There was
therefore, appropriation of $1,000 made to this
mission, portion thereon being contingent on an
extension OF the work. TO Norway ss,269 GO was
| appropriated, and to Sweden where a wonderful
revival OF religion has been progressing $19264, of
which sum sssos G & on new NV work An
the superintendent in that ied in which he states
that there are 1000 persons on probation in the
missions, and nearly rs many more have been ad-
mitted into full membership during the year.
Bishop Foster and Rev. Otis Gibson pressed the
claims OF the Chinese missions in California and
| Oregon. Mr.. Gibson thought 1t was the greatest
work that God had ever opened up before the
| Church. And instead OF giving 100000 to China he
| would give 100000, if lie could and instead of
having eight men In that land he would have
thirty He wanted at least $1,000 Tor his own work
! in California 81 200 OF which he asked for the
Woman's Missionary Society's work. Bishop Har-
ris wanted all of this money, If granted, to be ad.
Ames said it cost from one hundred to two hun
drcd per cent more to maintain missions among
THE CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA
than 1t did in the province OF Canton, China, where
they come from, and he was in favor of closing up
the mission in California and opening one in Can
ton as suggested by Mr.. Gibson.
Bishop Foster considered this the most preposter-
ous proposition he had ever heard, and he was
falling him In this instance
| objection having been made to an item of taxes
in the schedule OF estimates for this mission, Mr..
Gibson explained that 1t was inserted because the
\ Missionary Society paid them last year, and he
would inst as lief pay the taxes and insurance from
the rents OF the Mission House in San Francisco as
to pay $500 for the rent or bazaar preaching place
! and $50 month each to two teachers and other
! incdentals for which no appropriations arc asked
or made. The rentals average 800 month, and
| by direction OF the Mission Board here they
/ must cover the expenses of the building which
! they do and few hundred dollars over, which are
l spent in extending the work among the Chinese
immigrants. The appropriation OF $1,000 was
granted to
! DOMESTIC MISSIONS
The appropriations to domestic missions in
charge of annual conferences called out debate on
I the practice pr0priety OF establishing or sus-
1 tainlng missions on caste basis for either white
colored people. DR.. Tiffany called attention to a
| case that came before them some time ago from
Atlanta, where 81 800 was given to help white
gregaton exclusively Bishops Ames aud Harris ex-
pained that there nothing In the discipline nor
In the administration OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church that admitted OF distinctions being made
'on account Of race, color or previous condition Of
servltude," and that certificate OF membership
is good In any Methodist church in America; and