Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-15
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Es,-esgsal sisaresl Of this country viii next
wear spsni 81 ,215so1 IN mission WORK
/ Th.s ia al;ous SIS 100 in exeess OF the ap
pyopriafion for this year. OF it % pei
eens. OF ss7tIi $50 viii he applied % for
+ eiyss work, asd IS per cent, or @5s5taaV,
i will b. sIpsie.. to domestic work.
This ,,erisi.g. has issen reached hy the
General missionary committee. which Is IL
T session IN TIE First Methodist church OF
( Baltimore, AMI which will reach the end OF
II, work s.,rne sisy this week. IL u Tue
/ falies, meeting tia; the committee has ever
hell. aad It has special local Interest be-
f.,,.ss II il assembling in the church OF the
/ congregation which built the Lovely Lane
meeting house in 1918. where MethossIsni
wa. Organized in this eouu:r,, in liza. The
difference in that meeting house and the
,,xesen, structure, which is considered the
bau5.oulest Methotiist church in the tnIiea
States emphasizes the eontras. between
the mast and the present, and shows to what
vas, strength Methoiisrn has grown
The general committee comprises one
representative from each of the fourteen
missionary districts. seven lay and seven
ministerial representatives of the board OF
managers OF the missionary society, the
CORRESPONDING secretaries. the trcasurers,
and thu recording secretary of the mission
ary society aud the Is bishops All the
hishaps are present except bishops Joyce
anil NaiIialisu both OF iioIj are abroad.
Among the representatives of the mission
districts are j. NJ. Derrtli New Hampshire;
q. K. White. New Jrrsey !; and j. III. Har-
gis, Philadelphia. Among the ministerial
repre- scntativcs is DIR. J. II. Buckley editor
of the Christiin Advocate. abo is one of
the foremost men in the discussions of the
meeting. The lay representatives of the
board of managers include Alien Speare.
president of the board of trade of Boston.
and John French. John :. Mclean, Ezra
u. futile, Gilbert Oakley, of New York,
II. X. Carroll of the New York Indepsn-
dent, and Charles Scott Philadelphia. The
corresponding secretaries are Chaplain &.
C.. Met abe and Drs. J. q. Peek and A. IL
Leonard. The ircasurers are Dir. Sanford
Hunt auI Earl Cranston. Dr. S. l.. Bald
win is the recording secretary.
Bishop Thomas Bowman, the senior
member of the Episcopal college, presides.
The work so far has been almost entirely
upon the apportionment of the money
among the various districts.
Since October, 1882, the Methodist Epis-
copal church has raised and expended over
$40 ,O00, 0OG for mission work. The money
has come from the following sources Con-
ferences, 81 $50 OBJ legac'cs, SSH $40:
lapscd annuities, s42 800; sundrv sources,
s27s ,S74 Total, $40, 09S 600. Last year
the sum raised was 81 .257 ,312, an increase
of So, isi OF this amount the New York
Conference gave SIS, i72, and New York
East gave S52 SOS.
~ far < 10
900 was voted for general and incidental
expenses The first of the foreign work
taken up was that in Africa, and Bishop
Taylor, author of self-supporting missions,
was present to champion his cause. The
report from Africa shows ~ members of
conference and Is missionary workers.
There are 2S of Bishop Taylor's self-sup-
porting mission stations.
My plan" said Bishop Taylor 'is to
negotiate with kings and chiefs for land in
which to build stations and farms. These
! farms become object lessons and result in
much good. Then we have nursery sta
tions. We take children before they grow
up TO school age and educate and train
them. The self supporting method is well
adapted to that field. We have no pauper
class there. There is no land monopoly
there. The kings hold it in trust for their
people. who live within touch of exhaust
less resources, yet live on the low level OF
hand to-mouth subsistence. What we need
in Africa is leadership
| Bishop Taylor's report showed the re-
ceipts for the year to have been s2S,729
and expenditures S24,49l. leaving bal
ance of more than $1,000.
For the work in South America the sum
| of S74 80 was asked. In discussing the
appropriation for India, for which Sli2,-
100 was allowed, the silver question came
up in rather unexpected way. The sala-
ries in other countries are on a gold basis.
but in India they have been on a silver
basis, and a tluctuation in that metals val
ue has been serious loss to the missiona-
ries. 1t was necessary. therefore, to ad-
Just the salaries on gold basis.
The reports from China showed gain of
ll9J members, and sips 900 was appropri-
ated for Chinese work. Bishop Fowler
wanted more than this, because, he said
the Importance of the field demanded it.
We've got to handle China he said.
1--WE cannot get out of it,
For Germany, s32, 100 was appropriated;
for Switzerland, $4,000; for Norway,
SIS $50; for Sweden, S23, 500; for Den
mark, $1,000; for Finland and st. Peters-
burg, S5o14; for Bulgaria, $500; for
Italy, S3i.6 for Mexico, S64 ,050.
Special stress was laid on the importance
of the work at Rome by several of the
speakers. A matter of general importance
decided upon was that every effort shall be
made to have the Church fittingly repre-
scented in the Worlds Congress of Religion
ut the Worlds Fair.
great deal of attention is being shown
to members of the committee during their
visit to Baltimore. There have been sew
eral receptions and public meetings, and a
large missionary mass meeting was held in
their honor this evening.