Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-24

| Pinkston; Henrietta and Wichita Falls
| mission, s. Simlsins; Albany and Fort
Griffin mission, William Wyatte; San
Angelo mission, ". H. Coker. Willis
Picket, c. Jackson supperannuated: J. q.
Williams left in the hands of presidihg 6
elder and a. B. Prince; DR.. r. I. Luis,
transferred to the Little Rock conference.
Joint board of finance, Fort Worth dis
trict--H. A. Booker, clerical; Jackson Cass,
layman.
Dallas district-C. F. Moore, clerical; j.
r. Body, layman.
Revs. a. H. Jones and Dr. R. F. Luis
were appointed a committee to publish
1900 copies of the minutes in pamphlet
form.
The conference then adjourned to meet
next year in Sherman, Texas.
ISAAC LANE,
Presiding Bishop.
A II. JONES,
Secretary.
r. T. LUIS,
Reporter.
To the Bishop and Conference, Fort Worth,
Tex
DEAR FATHERS, BRETHRES-We, your
committee on missions, desire to call your
attention to the need of a new departure in
the missionary work. Enterprise is the
characteristic feature of modern civiliza-
ton. The world no longer moves on its
and pace. Travel and transportation, pos
tai and telegraphic communication; the
rate of living, the speed, and sweeping
through to the bounds of the earth and the
bounds of the visible universe, the quicken
ing pulse of intellectual and social life, the
extensive scholarly researches and scien-
tifc investigations, fly like flags in the wind.
While everything else is moving with light
ming pace, the course of mission must yoke
sanctified enterprise to its car, if not it
Will be hopelessly left behind. God means
(when he said go into all the world and
preach) that the church shall quicken her
march. Why should the world the flesh
and the devil monopolize all the enterprises
of this age! II will no longer do to act and
talk as though we had countless years and
even centuries before US in which to evan
geliZe this world. If we, with one dash or
push with which the worldly enterprises
are carried forward with, the 30,0C0 600
PrOtestantS now on earth-yes, even the
200, 600 members of the Cumberland Meth
odiSt Episcopal church, would not let ten
years pass without having established in
every town and city in the Southern states
with missionary efforts, and bearing
the good tidlngS of the gospel to
every family among our people as
well as the Spaniards and Indians
II the church stands still or move so slowly
as TO allow the children of this world to out
4.
modern inventions but all modern devices
for destroying both soul and body into the
regions beyond, ahead of the gospel mes
sengerS. The church has many things
growing upon her. There appears to be an
uprising OF our women and men. Nothing
like this has been seen before in the his
tory of our church; it reminds US of the
middle ages of the enthusiasm kindled by
Peter the Hermit and has given to this
movement the name of modern crusadeS.
This uprising began laying its foundation
in the general conference in 1890, and we
are glad 10 note the good results of our
work among the ladies through this, only
a signal gun. We have carefully consid-
cred our mission work in this state, and
has done some good this year, in the Dial
las district. Elizabeth chapel, Oak Cliff,
has been raised from 4 mission to a charge
50 has Corsicana; no improvement in Fort
Worth district. We your committee re-
commend that the conference concentrate
her means upon the most prominent cities
and mission royal districts and drop those
hopeless missions, and that the assigned
be paid quarterly, and where
those ministers has failed to any good to
not Ee paid, 1t would be Squandering funds
III that direction. We also re-
commend that an appropriation be
allo wed for the Fort Worth district,
Waco, South Dallas. Denison, Abilene, Col |
I,
your committee, held in consideration the |
communication of DR.. Il. T. Brown, secre- |
rary of the general missionary board |
Some OF the thoughts are rare and valuable !
As the recommendation of the joining and !
monthly dues-ioining, 10 cents; monthly
dues cents-for the Women's mission
board, we recommend it, owing to the con- /
jitiOn of our women, and we don't recon-
mend the meeting of the WOmen's mission
board in annual session separate from the |
annual conference, for several reasons:
/ irSt they would not have the presence of
lie bishop and the leading ministers of the
and thus lose their enthusiasm
for the work. Second, the women's work
IS quite young yet to be left alone to do
his difficult work, and some of the women
alone would lose interest in the work
We, your committee, do not think it wise
o have a lady to travel in the bounds of
he West Texas conference.-the work is
90 scattering and not sufficiently organ
zed. We recommend that the organizing
If the work be kept in the hands of the
presiding elders and pastors, and the local
under the local Office, be-
ieviug, IS we do, that this method would
end TO further and hasten to success and
ReSDectfullv. vOIIr servants