New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-13
BISHOP TAYLOR READS HIS REPOhI.
. c.prrur. REVIEW or his WORK IN AFRICA

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DEFENDING his METHODS
~ ,,,.,, y, the Central Illinois Conference, moved
,b,+ the regular order OF the day should DO tahen up
md the report OF Bishop Taylor 10 nearu' An o"'-
hurst OF applause from the delegates spread al o'or
the house a, the Bishop came forward on 'hc pa'o'
p,sbor Foster as chairman rsrpcd his saVol IN v'p
and finally waited until the greeting had snosiooa'
-, ,,r,or csr,..d in his hand q roll OF manuscript
nd otse1,d alphabetically that was not his haoit
to read speech from manuscript
at nevor read 4 sermon IN my lio,' he oonunuou,
hut have boon shut up for several days win COLO
and trust to the Lord to give me expression "Hu .
think 10 WILL Arplause.l The rcpon was adaressc'
TO the General Conference OF 1909 anu IL ue-h
rr,-och ss the General Conference q 1895 sd upon
- ~. r.,nonstbilty Epsoopn supervision OF our or
,n,,.d work In Africa, with unrostreeo hperJ 70 opoh
new missions in the regions ecyon1 as 'he A'o nisn
lead his servant IL now becomes my du'y ana p.o
TO report progress 70 'ho oi0'
our Church -,.., an. s,... vail
The Libefiaps 1.-Two pretty coinfofSoiy ana orSe Won
On Sunday bat rule have no spare enAnso ioi 0s~
and school purposes The Aonfovs SeH'hsH no" hau
49,, A &, Al 200 worth Of r.pairs but the WORK "so
p % o.. -, ., funds for It's completion. The church
oh.,sntn which was 2Si4 in 1884 whom was ap
non,ed had increased TO 26+li 10 local pfo.'hor- 10
school teachers and 1873 scholars had poem sua
4, a.. s,me tint. The number OF churehes no" 10 90
III ~ -, Oh an increase OF SIS, 900 In tour ycsrs
80 an cod.,t.dness Of so5S. While preaching In Mon
,ota one Of the nstiveh giant In Hts, arO'e Ior con
version and baptism L ssd 70 him. MIMI, nv -. -
i've, have vour He promptly replied mao tn'ee
o.. =, ,h.m has run away. L wish W God shohsf one
an,a run away but can't stsad woniln psiaNer On"
=, nj, r.m,,nng wives died and Mimi, came INTO 'ho
church with the single WIFE In hcso"s 49,
tno, and chiefs of different Tribes IN 1851
Nimly my interpreter bens n'', a..,aus .la
,rnn and oI,n, 10 stature Ind man OF MARVELLOUS ee
ouenos in his own language he triumphant! Catfish our
cause through many . holly eont,toa war OF "o'U~
NOT DIsLoYAL TO THE CHURCH.
the early coarse OF tho Church. but Ike Daniel curry,
ao ,h. .u...,ion and donounce slega,or. Laugh
ter and spplsuse The chairman OF the Assoh'f' Oon
mittee IN 1852 announced the onieal doeiS'n oi VIC
that had right. had any man or oi'nop "S~ "
organize d Methodist Episcopal Chufeh ou''"o VI VI"
limited States sxespt regular missionaries soh' ou' unao
the suthority OF the Missionary Committee anu "o li
under their Jurisdiction. l sat for seA'0h :" '
amazement and said down IN my troubled n''r' - ma
the voice Of my mother, 10 whom hafo '"' $50
Ado!ity1 Did It come from her great orse'e' ',
Conference, body true 20 her h"e anu won
nethods but acting uniformly under divine p''"o'p'e
liberal as tho light and wids as the ~orlai t"0' 'N
lied my Irregular work In India into rEuiai H".'
Conference and thereby recognized and inaoir'i ' IN
eiplo. and methods under which God had iaa us
tions-the principles ana methods OF tno |" "
Christ from the beginning.
sNay: this voice came not from my niothef' pu' o'
servant in my mothers house. IL trying 10 lay claim
to IN. homestead and play the old lady herself ihch
said How viii that AFFECT tho South India conference
The president replied That Is resulsnJ'orsan1ed
Conference BY order Of She General Conference ana
entirely out tho hands OF the missionary oohih''eS
! said TO nysoli in tho hands Of tho com
nlttee bnt thank God II IA now out OF NOT roach
crhis IL . soliloquy am quo,ing) when they nave
exhausted ue power OF doing sclfsupport mission WORK
1t Is time accept the subsidies Of the Church" ZAP
piause)
The Conference OF 1884 selected weknoun organizer
Of seitsupportng msslens and made him Bishop 10 60