The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-03-23
KANSAS CITY DISTRICT.
Report of Elder Stephens to
the Conference.
How the Lord Has Prospered the
People Financially and
Spiritually.


Conference:
] hereby rs-ent the report Of the k,n,a.
City D,sirict. IL embraces seventeen
chargrs, which includes tifty appointments.
THE rRE.cHEE>
in .hsrss. of these churcr- have ireen blsme-
lee i'm lie .nd ahnni,ni IN lsbors. L.
iue~n then, sri mss-li the most pirs-an,
relations hsv~ existed.
THE ANIMAL District
Conference wss he'll at Holden, Os'oier
lst AMI :snd. 1879 o. go the best attend
ei, IL not the m II pr..fi; sb'e se-sion of the
Conf-renc-. All the items III bn.ine>- en-
'rusie.i tn the supervision ri that body
s~re considered with csrr aud fidelity
THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
oi the di-ir'.., j., perhaps, ~ favorable ~
could he expected. The salaries estimated
for the Pastors. except in u few Instances,
have not brrn increased, hut the per. cent.
paid On them has increased from 81 per
cent last year, to .. pr cent. this yesr.
The number OF charges paying in full this
year is thirteen. a. against faur LAT
year. However, on several Il the weaker
circuits. the ps-tors are receiving nm in
adequate support.
A careful distribution of the amounts
s.sessr,l ior
BENEVOLENT PCRPusEs.
was msde early in the year, aud the a',sn-
ton of the preachers and the quarterly
Conference has been called Ia these inter
esis, fully up Ia the demands al. the dis
eipline. These coi!-ciioo-. in the ag.r-g ate,
a:e thirty pr cent. m"re than last ye.r.
Quite = h-ai,hv Improvement, in the
matter al church Debts NAV b. no;ed. No
new dru,s hsv. been incurred Three
thousand d"i'ar- have i,~en Tsis~d and
paid for liz. ii9,idAiI"n of oil J-Ul>.
Thu. our sexual church ind, b,-ins-s has
been diminisi.s,i twenty five yer cent. tine
nsw church and one lew parsonage are in
procsss Of erection. Two churche. have
been completed and await dedication. Our
church property noe, including improve
menls, - several thousand dollars In
advance Of last year. This general gain
is very largely attributable io the improved
condition oi the country.
THE CHURCH PArEHs
are having . larger patronage, s-pecIsilv
the ''C~ntra! Christian Advocate, there
beine an incr-~-e 81 ~ per cent O.her
weekIie-, nearly ~ per cent. Ne have not
vet attempted the publication Of q Dist
riot Paper" although xe have one editor
among us. aud material for several more.
II is gratifying to lie able To- r,pcTi the
continued prosperity Of the
SUNDAY >s'HOoL WORK.
A District ;. :. Destitute was held IN
connection With the District Conference,
in which a good sunday School iu,-rr-,
prevailed. A numb-r Of schools have
been organized into missionary societies
this year, and nearly all the '@..i,ools under
our direction have been duly org ,nized un-
der di ciplinary provisions and are man.
aged by :. :. Bosrds. With very fs~ ex-
ceP,ions our schools Use our own literature.
notwithstanding the persistent efforts Of
outside parties to displsce it. We have
yet to regret The seeming necessity fer the
employment ii on. denowin siionsl
strength in union schools. Considerable
interest has been awakened in regard to
forming church lyc-um-, normal cis-sss
and classes for special religious in~truc
iion.
THE MEMBERSHIP
hes not materially changed in numbers
Special revival services have been held on
nearly all the char yielding very graft
flying re.nlis. The additions by litter
have not eqa .lei the rempv ,l- by one
half. There has also b.cn some wedding
and pruning, OF necessity, snd.,he rule Is
being adopted of repairing what sc have
and can be found after iew dsys. 80
that our gain in membership j. aofs,i ra'i.-
or than fyuu'ir.. Nevertheless, ."u:e
places will show :ine numerical inc.es~-
] wish iI-t here to ssy fur the people sud
pastors Of our churches on the Kansas
City District that We are in peace and fra
ie-nal accord with the church-. of sister
and especially with OR
brethren Of the NJ f. Church Sou'h. We
exchange pnlpit-. j'in in revival services
and meet together in Sunday School work
~ brethren. We iolins the things that
make for peace. M, q few al the con-
veii- nj our affairs are from families ma
tive To the soil, and from some hitherto
10 our ci,urcL. M considerable
barriers vi general prejudice are found in
our field. A fee exceptions thee msy ne,
hut not snffiriehi IL - Ia .snid-d.
Nas left to bs- supplied. A supply was
rot secured, however, until one quarter |
"a. p..-~d. Bro. Z. H. Brooks. sr "iu-
ste Of Ashury, more than made up the
EARLY lack of service. There have been
several revivals aud The membership in
creased. AL the church Interests have
,~en much improved.
Bro Thr-ifsll vas appointed IN Grand
Circuit ore year ago. The charge has been
faithfully and diligently cared for. The
regular services have hen m.i1,sinesi. the !
people visited end some souls saved
The collections are far in a.,vsnce Of
preceding years. A good church is nearly
out OF debt, valued at $1,000
Lste IN the year Bro. Tarei:,iI ws- called
% . severe stiiiciion in the death If his
s,fe, Who wss suddenly taken from th.
ield Of toll her.. to reward yonder.
wAERENsBUEG,
,nder the csre of Bro. Stewart, hss ~i-sii-
= improved. Large and appseciative su-