Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-08

spreading The gospel has been their
prominent characteristic, and to-day
American MriIrali>im numbers within
| her vai ii"us branclm.s 3.99.i.1l4 im.iI-
hrrS: 1850 lr.veling preachers. and
34.1 lurai preachers: - 90" ci,ur, Ia
coiIirc> valued at SiUu. u.U,U.taiU: =. . in
sIiIuiiOn- Of L. irning, embracing uni
vcr>iIleS, colleges. srmimarirs and high
| sclioUl>; in 1882 il had 4:i3 mi>>iOmn:'ic
in foreign fields sent from America. be-
side ,JU6. native helpers; and during
that year contributed fur the cati>r Uf
foreign missions the sum of $55l,-
AL A.
The NJ. E. Church, South, has pre-
pared TO join in the celebration of "the
Centennial Anniversary of the Organ
! ization of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in America" which will occur
| in Baltimore on Dec. 27, and proposes
/ to commemorate the great event
| throughout its entire bounds with sui
| table services and by raising funds for
! educational purposes, church extension,
and missions-lhree noble objects to
which the liberality of the church will
certainly respond. Two millions of
dollars is the amount proposed to be
| raised tor these objects, and that this
purpose can be ACCOMPLISHED there
should be 10 doubt: it will certainly
not exhaust the treasury OF this strong
church with its nearly nine hundred
thousand members.
1t may be interesting to our readers
to recount what American Metliudisln
has hitherto accomplished OIL the Cem-
tenary occasions. We first revert to the
Centennial OF 1889. As the first Meth
odiSt society was formed in London in
the month of November, 1889. SD 1889
became properly the one hundredth
year of Alethodism. 1t was according
~ celebrated in Europ. and America.
During that Centenary year, with q
membership OF 749,2l6 members, in-
cludiIg coiOred members and Indians,
the Methodist chul cn in America raised
S6OU,O0O for missions, educational pur-
poses, and for tile support of the wUril-
ont preachers, and the widows, Child
rem, and orphans Of preachers. The
Wesleyan Methodists OF Great Britain
raised over one miliion dollars Tor sim
liar objects.
The next Methodist Centennial event
was in 1866. 1t was in commcmora.
tion OF the first Methodist pre- ching
services held in this country In l766,
and was ce ebrated by tho Methodist
Episcopal church in 1866. Education
and church extension were the great
obj els OF their benevolence, and ST.
OOU, 900 was suggested rs the amount 10
be raised. The result was magnifi-
cent one, the haiik-offerings amOllmt-
ing to %, ,1O9 1873 SO, or more than four
times the amount proposed ut the out
set.
The successful celebration of these
two former Centenary events should
certainly encourage our Southern Meili-
odist friends to the accomplishment of
the noble deeds they have essayed.
Such past ought to be an Inspiration.
Able and competent committees nave
this work In hand, and will spare no
effort to successful ly consllnnlatc it.
The Central Centenary Coiulniltec, with
headquarters vt Nashville. Tenn, is
composed as follows: E. Il. Hendrix,
-. d., OF Missouri, chairman; W. p.
Harrison, D. d., secretary; Wills.
Williams, assistant secretary; Judge
james Whitworth, treasurer; Bishop
II. N. McTyeire: T.. ID. Palmer, ESQ,
Of Nashville, aud James q. Carter,
Esq. OF Louisville, Ky. The follow
ing is the Centenary Committee of the
Lexington, Mo-. Districi-M. NJ. Puyh,
z. E., Independence: Rev. d. C. Browne,
Sedalia; Judge j. K. Ryland, Lexing.
ton.