Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-14

count Again, it is certain that in many
cases moneys paid to missionaries in various
charges were not returned, but were allowed
to pass as so much paid to the missionaries
in the usual way Of sustaining the minis
try"
= TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.
Rev. Wellborn Mooney reports as fol-
lows:
Nashville City Mission has been under the
pastoral care of Rev. FL. d. Hogan, who re-
ports: Churches, 2; value of churches S4,-
900; members received during the year, 70;
adults baptized, 81; infants baptized, u;
Sunday-schools, 2; scholars, 100; amount
of missionary money collected, 100; col
lected for Old Debt, nothing.
West Nashville Mission was served by
Rev. w. D. F. Sawrie. Churches, none;
value Of churches, nothing; members, none;
members received during the year, none;
adults baptized, none; infants baptized,
none; Sunday-school, /; scholars, IT'S;
amount of missionary money collected,
nothing; collected for Old Debt, nothing.
WORK IN GENERAL.
"Nore than fifty years ago, the Mission
airy Society Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church was organized; its work was glo-
rious, and its success matter Of devOUt
thanksgiving to God. After the separation
in 1874, the Southern Church went right
forward in her appropriate work eff preach
ing the gospel to the poor, and Of sending
the tidings of salvation to the regions be-
yond.' More than two hundred thousand
souls among the slaves of the South were
taken into the communion of the church
besides the multiplied thousands who had
died in Christ. The work among
the Indians, west of the Mississippi, was
prosecuted with vigor, while in China
there were several faithful heralds Of
salvation striving to break the power Of
Satan's reign and proclaim liberty to the
captives. At home, among our own poor
people and the foreign population that
fioated in from the infidel nations of the
Old World, our missionaries were accom-
plishing a good work. The civil strife
however, of 1868 greatly retarded the
Customary work of the church. That
Der, the Society was left with a heavy
debt, the country impoverished, and the
people discouraged. Then followed
drought, mildew, short crops, low prices
and great pressure in the finances of the
country; yet God has not forsaken bis
people nor given their crown to another
The old debt has been provided for and
nearly all paid, the missions sustained
and all the appropriations for the year vii
be met in due time. The great West opens
to us an inviting field, and already on botf
sides ofthe Rocky Mountains our missiOna,
ries are at work. This work should be en-
larged, and more labOreTs sent forward
with increased appropriations. The door tC
Mexico is fairly opened, and we should C
IN and possese the inheritance. God seems
strangely to work in this direction, and in.
dicates clearly that we should work with
him. Our domestic missions have prosper
ed TO q considerable extent, as will be seer
from the statistics following. These, how
ever, are incomplete, and only exhibit
part Of the results Of the labors OF the serv
ants Of the Lord Jesus Christ"
ss ga statement has ap
peared in our Church papers announcing
that our Board had failed to pay its quot'
of the old missionary debt. We are graft
fed to learn from Bishop Marvin that thu
parent Missionary Board at Nashville con
siders that our Conference, in consequence
of having almost entirely sustained thu
German missions in. Texas since the war
should be released from paying any farthe
share of this old debt, and that the publica
ton was probably an oversight of the Urea
money required for the Texas German
Mission has so exhausted our treasury tina
we have been able to do but little for th
maintenance of missions among our Enc
disappearing population. Hereafter, how
ever, the German work will be supporte
by the parent Board, and as soon as tn
small debt we owe shall be cancelled. six
ty per cent. of our collections viii be at GU
disposal for this purpose, and we hope {
be able then thoroughly to canvass an
cultivate our whole ecclesiastical feld.n
THE CHINA MISSION.
The church has sustained mission
China for many years. There is one ST
ton in Shanghai and another in SuchOw.
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE
is a new field, embracing Kansas and all Il
country west as far as Montana. The ye'
closing September, 1871, was prosperou