The New York herald., 1878-11-01
METHODIST MISSIONS.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GENERAL coMMIT-
TEE--wao COMPOSE IT AND WHAT THEY ARE

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GENERAL COMMIT
TEE-wHo COMPOSE 1T AND WHAT THEY ARE
TO DO.
The Missionary Committee 1.-THE Methodist Episco-
pal Church Will meet in annual session here to-day to
look over the vast mission folds OF that Church at
home and abroad and 10 mako tho annual appropri-
ations for carrying forward that work another year.
This commttee Is made up OF three distinct bodies,
representing the whole Church. II consists OF the
bishops, all OF whom, save one, will bc present They
have been IN the city for attending their own
annual meeting aud on the Sabbath they
preached In different churches IN this city and
vicinity. Az this meeting tney compare notes OF
their visitations among the ninety annual con-
forencos into which the denomination In
he United States and mission fields IL divided
They have the important and often disagreeable
duty oil satoning he preachers In those conferences
and they now report that Of the 10, 800 l.norant
ministers changed about stationed by than during
the ecclesiastical year just closed not one has de-
cnsd 10 go 10 his appoi ointnont nor has any church
refused " receive any pastor thus sent. This might
be taken as an indication that the 70 revolt on
the part oil both preachers and churches ana the de-
sro 10 leave the Methodist Episcopal Church the
pars Of the former, # tho appointments dia not
please, has Gained down. The disease has worked
It's cure, ana The future those who despse the
day OF small things and look tor iat things which
they can't get will hesitate before tDey jump over
tho lence 10 and only barren wastes in
othor denominations as well a. thor own.
very lew OF those ministers who nave
lett the Methodist Episcopal Cnurcn latciy
have doas well a. they might have aons had they
remained W It's communion fne committees con-
siso OF twelve representatives oil many mis-
sion districts INTO whIcn tho whole Church nas bee
Boston. Mass r.prcsynsinx tho annual conferences
% East Maine and Name, New hampshire, vermont,
ais,ris.; Rev j. ). Y. Ba,ss, oi White P,aias, NY,
representing the conferences Of Fooohow, China, New
xss aua Ssw s'ia IL Siw
comprislnx me Nol.n saa Central Now YORK,
ming conferences; Kew. G. ". Cnesoro. OF Ellington.
n. r., Fourth district, comprising phiiadel-
Sursa and East ONE 0oafsisucs:; Rev.
D. IL K. DIX. or rrlauepaia, W. Va,
g,u,a, West Virginia, Washington, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida and Liberia cpnierencss.
representing ONO and Central Ohio. C.nsnna.i Inal.
anu, North anu Southeast lndiana, kentucxy and
Lexas.oa % Sou,Htsu%ss s'1sn rsnn.s sv :. -
HoIsten, Georgia, Savannah, Alabama, Central Ala
bana, Aissssippi, LOUISIANA. Texas and West
Texas ana Arkansas conferences, seventh district;
Rev D. r.. Barnes OF Grand Rapids, Mich. represent
Ing Rock River, Central Illinois, Northwest indl-
suces, Eisutns distriot; Rev. Bsnneu Anchsli, Of
Algona, Iowa, Ninth ai.lr,c., comprising Wisconsin,
Hor.nwsss Nor Iowa 'a aDS Dss So,n:s nS onoSnierensss
Rsv. b. Kelly, OF Fort Scott, Kansas, Tenth dslrict
oxa aG. ana sSS ssa soan
Hines, oi La Grapd1, Oregon, eleventh distrlc con-
.s!ing q NeDraska. Colorado Rocky Aonn.aias' Ne.
oumbis River conferences ami Rev. G. A. Laeber, OF
Cpcago, H.. Twelfth dlstric comprising all the Ger
mans here and ~ Europe. seven conierencex inen
tnsre twsve representative OF tho Board Of Man
ayers OF tho MISSIONARY soe!s.y y--namsiy Drs A. PIG.
Crawford. G. II. Fowler, d. Curry, A. X. Sanford, J.
+. Newman and q. 4. Kettle, also iaymen General =,
B. FAX ii. NJ FORESTER, J. b. Oornoii, 4. W. Proc
(Phiiade phial The missionary secretaries and The
publ hers Of the Book CONCERNS 10 New Yorx and
Cincinnati arc also members, making altoacther
forty representatives OF tho Methodist Epsco
pal Cnurch, the reprssen elected
by the General Conferences every tour years, the
managers' representatives, may oe changed every
year, though many oil them are ro-sscteu from year
year. ana the bisnop, ara Wy virtue OF their othce
life representatives OF tee whole Church, with whose
supervision every department OF The general work
, 49, MISSIONARY MONEY! AND MEMnRRsaiP. 1t.
Last year committee Distributed nearly $65o,000
among the sevefai missions OF the Church. ihey
may nave q larger sum TO dispense ~ 1879 Tho ap-
amounted 10 907, but tnis Included
Sl20 900 Tor tho nquidat,on vi ,ne debt OF mis-
siopafy treasury oil $l1u,000 relatively small por-
year, howsver--about $50 QUO. OF these approprla-
tt0ns $26S 077 went Tor will beforo the calendar
among foreigners IN the United Sa,es rsrrores aud
nearly 500 0OO 10 similar missions IN the several States
Tue EnKisn speaking msslon populations here re-
ceysa the heneht oi $l4S, 700 worth o WORK. large
proportion OF tnl last named sum was distributed
among the poor whites and coiored people OF the
South, wnerv the Methodist Episcopal Cuurch has
twenty eignt annual couferensos, equally divided be-
tween white and coiOred and q metnOePship among
iorer o 206 2o4 ana among The latter oi lSo s03
Thoy have also AN aggregate o 4SS, ,976 childrou IN
their sabbath schools aud property oi great value
The pumDcr OF missionaries. native preacuers
aud teachers maintained ny the Church ~
foreign lands Is ,235, and among foreign
populations III This country 297. aud among
Enyiisn speak ng populations hore 2,25S The Meho-
dist Episcopal Church had In its foreign missons
years ago 20 465 churcn members, ana among tho
toTsiRn populations on this continent 6S.O86 The
Cnurch has Qncuasd In tho aoovsD ~ missiopares
and ~ native preachers IN Mexico, and properly
valued ~ $7S,b90. Il has churches aud 10
preaching halis, 667 members, 320 pupils IN day
schools ana $50 in sunday schools. Tbs mission
lstey received ACCESSION oil Two AmericRns. Rein.
torcemens are constantly going forward to different
missions, and those ABROAD come home 70 rost ana
recuperale from time to tune. Two young mon wore
recently transferred from the Gsnesee Conisrsncs 10
Africa and others waiting TO sent out, while
tho Woman's Foreign Missionary Society have sent
missionary lauies TO Foochow, Cniua; Rosario,
South America, and Mexico. Tho receip,s OF money
NJ the missionary treasury Ia TINS city last week
amounted 10 IS, 1873 OF. THIS does not include the
which sum, together with a s,milsr amount ~ the
SUNDAY School Union aud $4,000 to the Tract SOC
ciety OF tho Metnodist Episcopal Church, has been
paid Bmhop Scott beng tho senior VI his colleagues
Will preside ~ the opening session OF the General
Committee to-day, and aor that all tho other bishops
ling In ASIA bishop simpson, VINO has lately COM
pctcd tue sxtyoiRhtb year OF his age, IL still vgor
Gus enough to visit conferences the Pacific slope
aud 10 sel ver tue Yale lectures on preaching the
couiing winter The committee will ST. probably Ave
days Their work Is important and they must mako