, 1876-10-13

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University, md Dt. Hemingway. Of tho sihhi-
gan Conference, wcrc introduced.
ference aljo,lrn il, or'lcr II allow the sacrnbcrs
MT opportunity ta dste1id tho nno',lAy prayer
Tho Hey. q. u. Fowler, editor of tho M17
1ork Christian Adroca'e, wa4 introduced, and,
ndtolttlIcd.
AFTERNOON sEsslox
The missionary anatvtrGary exercises occupied
op.S;ned t'a 1ncctng BY giving out the hymn,
" fFon Greenlaihl's Icy Ino,liltaiD.." After thu
asn:Mg, thu Rev. M. strul,rtlge Uttered prayer.
cs ~ ~ ] it, snss ysa to H. H. ssrrctsty y q @
Tier. atr. Allen, ret! IL list of uttlsess Win hal
teel, nominated. They wero elected by ascla-
nntiun. III follows:
rrss:'4a<s!I!; a4$1!i11s;,.E' p1?'f:' r. Cleveland,
Ittusurtr.-W. ii. rtsacr. ''
.!..ts,t,.t 7isatYrfr1!t. ,;; il. Wilkinson
t,ay@rt- J. i. Gs,ss Gsaw., r Cochran, A. W.
.1uwclt II. ii. iarklurst, A. Newton, s. II.
Adams, T.. II. Fowler. - Glass, y. il. Ax,c!I.
The lsey. ". i. burns was introduced ~ Thu
spirit wns i'ihercut IN al, people. it might nut
i,e f'tfy developcd In ai, hul II was there anh
could he brought out Gy circumstances. It
slanocsel ii thu uark Ages, until Marlin l.utlur
kliEcH nNHJ. Hl3 GVH4 nllu
t''ls Wlsn Wy Wesley y,o,,a! sa!no aPun The st,ss
Cilrlstiam worII. In tIlIs prcsent day lay
t!tcrc was r.on. for further Development.
1t Ind l'cen statct! TINT tho Methodist dcnoni-
natlrn Only gays W eents rcr eartta to the cause
ni nlissIot!e. 1t was stranEe that tic great
Church, with Its wealth and numbers, couli not
glvg more tl'an tlas. There must bc some DIFF
tlenlty III tl.o wayy, a''d Tint was TINT notion
was narOad TINT thu churches SHOULD begin mis-
asonary work at honse befurc gotn:; to the
l,eathch anl distant countries. hut That i,lc,s
whs wron|., God had soItI,nalI1cd that Chris
tasis should rrcncl, tn all the world, not To any
one portion oi It. Wlat has bce!l slone IN The
luat iity ycarsl Aiatlagasulr iGtd entered the
fnlu oil Christ. Ch'ua, +TarHu, Afrira, and
wi,ulo nations Of The south. Sea Islands hid
ylcit!el countless numbers nj converts. I,1dfn
as1d Turkey wers constantly growing towards
C!rls,iaslty. India tias ts-tlay sre Christians
tah were in the wl.olc wuriu 1T the enL Of the
first ccntury. Hcatlie'ilom VII, l.eing tls'ney
cosntea. Tho rsal!ns Of tho Dcy!' wcrr being
;ssved , ~a;;; A. was IieI aate by Nsg"tsn i d,,i
Gonoa ''' q satan. e o toust there her VIII was =
great deal Of missionary spirit alive ii. The ro
pic, nntl the only thing nccessary was the alIIl-
tv 10 ht!r H. up. Thu Speaker was listened to
nttcntfycy.
TIE REV. DIT. TIFFANY
spoke about the prencny power OF money,
showing that IN proportoh as d man hci!cSet in
the truths ui tic Bible liz gay1 money to tltuse
them. bcsit'cs fa:ts, aoGtrincs were preached
by tnisstulury contributions; ons WIS That thu
depravity of i,sctl Wis cotnpicte, nlsotlscr wnB
That men lnd the power Of ctuosttg; al, THRU,
there was n possibility Of bclng saved. Glaics,
there wcro preached tho methods Of Diylno
teaching.
lnu speaker wished to refer to tho general
operations OF tho Missionary Society. How
sum sim was set against their partIcu-
lar church to be raiscl for missionary
exaenscst The Missionary aoalety ha u Boartt
Of Managers an! Missionary Committee up
Tho Missionary Boart clsstcsl twelve cunlmlt-
tcrncn, who uct with the twelve ot her distinct
coinnlisteeincn, and, with the Blcllnps, cpnstl-
tntcl = NfssnlAry Committee OF lnirty-!lIne.
The Com,nttec looked uscr the ground care-
fully anl appurtIt,ned out tho ns.cssme.ts-
They divdcn up tbs nlsstons tutn three tllv.s-
iuLs,-tarclgt1, iorcgn-sprahlng population I'll
this country. and nativc-bor!i population. Tnc
determination vi thu amount to bc assessed was
Tho bishop, the board Ut Managers, tho Com
fc,cncc, tho stcwurls,-;l l.a1 to pass upoi,
Them. There were 5.Sdl torcign missionaries 1t,
Thu llcld; S33I,1 1aD was appropriated annually to
keep In uctiyr operation s7ll,OOO worth oi
Church property ali 10 pFea:h to 17,kN cnn-
vsrts. fl,rrc GENES back ycary S9o,oD in tte
sllapo Of collections.
ailssions tv toresn .popnlation in our own
speaking missions were but two In number, and
tue appropriation WI, bnt 81 900 Yct tierc
Ecro appropriated ',ia0 for the support Of
Methodist churches ut home. 1t ln.1 bceu Otter,
charged that the rostol getting doliar into tho
hands Of the hratllen was hi less than g. This
wis far from tho fu.t The entire cost MIS- 2 l-lH
cents. The only salaries paid for administering.
tie nfnrs Of tho sucsrty we're those pail to two
clerks nntl Il secretary.
Dr. T.irauy wantctl thu ministers to try the
penny-a-tlny pla, oil collections. He had trlcl