The New York herald., 1874-11-15
METHODIST MISSIONARY COM
MITTEE.

| Appropriations Yestsrday 70 Foreign
| Populations and Indians in This
Land-Plans TO Educate the Church
| in Systematic Bcnehcence.
| The committee having expended so much
| rhetorical and oratorlcal force on Friday went
to work yesterday with q viii. IL WAS agreed
| informally that 10 give the German missions In
the conferences the benefit Of reduction OF
twenty-five per cent the American Missions must
bear o reduction OF At least forty per CENT
Bishop Merrill presided. On the understanding
indicated the sum OF ST. s,5 was given 20 the Ger
man work in the California Conference; $3.50 to
the Central German Conference; $4,000 20 the
Chicago German Conference; $1,000 to the East
German Conference; $4,000 TO the louisiana Ger
man missions, Located principally In New orleans,
where they have three or four SOCIETIES. strong
EFFORT was made TO reduce this sum still 1urthsr,
but the represe tations OF It's needs were such
that no greater reduction could be made. The
Northwest German Conference received the same
Appropriation AZ last year. $1,000. because OF It's
advance in new territory buildings, &c. For
ike reasons the Southern German conference re-
ceived &lo,0oo-the same az 1t had last year; $500
more were added for transfers. For want OF this
sum last year important openings in Texas were
left unnamed. The Southwest German Conference
received ST. 900. making total for German missions
OF $3 l2o against $4S $50, or an average reduction
OF q traction over thirteen per cent instead or
twenty-five. But as all these appropriations viii
be reviewed and perhaps reduced, the average
may be increased when the work IL completed.
THE CHINESE MISSIONS IN CALIFORNIA
having been called, DR.. Otis Gibson gave brief
| account OF the work there both by the General
Missionary Society and the womans Foreign Mis-
stonary Society OF California, auxiliary to the
former. DR.. GIBSON was requested to give de-
tailed sketch OF the condition OF the Chinese
| work on the Pacific coast, and TO enable him to
do so the time oi the morning session was ex-
and tue municipal legislation against the Chin-
ese wnicn he aud his helpers had TO combat
The Jesuit Father DeSnon ana presbyterian
named Pix.ey went about the country occurring
and arousing pubic opinion against Tue chinese.
and qe muncipa aushorites & Sal San Francisco
passed ordinances requiring the Chinese Laundry
men TO deliver their work by wagon or TO pay ~
tax. There were many other ike DISCRIMINATING
ordinances, all of which the Mayor 0i that city
vetoed. This one, however. the Common Council
passed over ms Veto, aud Inc past spring tney az
| tempted to enforce iL; but, as It was framed IN
general terms Dr. GIBSON insisted on the arrest
| oil several wasnerwomen as well as men. lnis
| was not designed Dy the Council, and 1t resulted
| In the repeal of the ordinance within one week.
the city on stne CnInese question: since when
| time he persons named above nave not opened
mouths again., the He s, se as
nese merchants giving their view Q, the Cninese
question. he mad also TO oppose the ''six com
During the past summer the fare from San Fran
cisco 70 CHINA was put $l2 to every nan VINO had
that tney were members ol one or more OF those
companies and had paid their 500 fee therefor.
return, t but could not get passage BY the Pacldc
Mail steamers whose owners were IN collusion
with the ''six compantes1 unless they were mem, 2,
those companies 10 TO import lewd women rom
Chlna. ana q Christian company, receivlng q sub
sldy from CHRISTIAN government. offers prem
| ium to vice in this way. DR.. Gibson gathered up
influence enough TO present the case 10 Congress
and to get the legislation necessary. so that now
his proteges can travel at the same rates others
with merely his indorseMent. He has
IN San Francisco wn,ch numbers 400 members.
! He has Q Magdalene Home, IN winch there are now
twenty-five women who have been rescued from
| the control OF those ''six companies" The hrSt
one received was a woman VINO. tired OF ner lfe
OF SIN, threw herself into the bay from which she
there her asked TO see Jesus man" and Dr.. Gibson
| was sent for and took her TO his mission house.
which was OF such interest that the nalI was
| crowded and many could not get In. The local
gepe e o. ns ana .ns
white people are becoming more reconciled TO
their coming 70 TINS country. the discussion was
Conference for tins work. .The committee sppro.
! prlated $500, the same as last year.
! TIE INDIAN MISSIONS
| In charge Of conferences were next called, and
Central New YORK Conference received $500 Tor It's
missions among the Onondagas and Oneidas; De-
troit Conference received $500; Michigan. 5000;
Northern Sew York, $3.50; Western New Ycrx, ~,
for indian missions IN oregon and Washington
Territory, but controversy having arisen about
Its administration by the California nee.
a. he proposed, or BY the Mission Board, as others
suggested, the matter vas iaid on the table.
Bishop Harris read letter from Mrs. Armstrong,
the widow OF Wyandotte cnlet member Of the
Methodist Episcopal church. sne reports that she
has ST. 500 iii trust ior the erection OF church Tor
those people instead OF one burned some years
ago by the Kansas-Missouri border rui-
to take mold OF the work again, take this money
OF ner hands, send missionary TO hes people,
and bring them again under Methodist Cnris.
tianiry. Long before the Methodists had o ms.
sionary society they had missions ana 1ourtshing
churches among those people. but their repeated
cnanges from reservation 10 reservation have
weakened the relarions existing, and little atren.
tion has been paid TO these people for some years.
| the matter was refe red to committee.
The committee 10 wnom was referred the mat
| ter OF
EDUCATING THE CHURCH ON MISSIONS
and other benevoences reported series OF resolu-
ions, n which they say they lear the pastors nave
been at fault IN not presenting those claims 10 the
people IN whose piety and nberality they have full
confidence Tne report requests the bishops to
address Q letter to the presding elders
anna ns letter o ns whole nucn ssns
forth the needs OF the Missionary society and
that the bishops see that one session OF every
Annual Conference ls devoted to this interest;
that the Church papers pe requested to publish
frequent editorials and other articles on the SUBJ
Ject, and that the pastors impress on their people
that personal consecratlou Includes the consecra-
ton OF property aiso that no better plan can oe
devised than that laid down In the discipline.
The committee regret that the contributions OF the
Church have not Kept pace with It's membership.
This report having been read for Information, as
throwing light on another report concerning the
Missionary Advocate, the two committees were
hands that they might bring In one report at the
next session on Monday morning.