New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-10
METHODIST MISSION WORE.
ANNUAL MELTING OF TILE GENERAL COMMITTEE
TX BALTIMORE


Baltimore. NOv . fspeclaD -Blshop Bowman pre-
SIDED nj the opening session this morning Of the cen
eTal Committee Missions Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Although tho weather wrctchcd. the
auditorium o. The First Methodist Episcopal Church
| filed with well known ministers and laymcn. All
the bishops Of the Church IN America. except Bishop
joyce. who is IN Europe. and Bishop Malalieu who
Is conducting conferences I'm Chinn aid Japan. occ
| pied the plnti0im. Tie missionary secrc.
tarics present the Rev Dr. c. G. Mctabc. the
Rev. DR. J. O. Peck and the Rev. Dr. A. d. Leonard.
Devotional exercises were conducted by the Rev. J.
VI. Reid and The committee then proceeded 10 bns-
ness. After long d ciesion II decided not to limit
appropriations Of missionary funds In III country but
10 extend The work Into all fields and among all
classes and races OF people. Tie subject Of cluai1a
| ton OF nlssNnarfcs' salaries was also considered.
The financial reports Of the year lust closed Show
m Increase In receipts aud II Fcncrn! Improvement.
Last wear Ito receipts VI MI thc societies werr
- dS0si- TIE present socetIes raising ~ s3-. the
Woman's Foreign society S27e0OO and the Woman
Home Society 81 a $50.
The que, ton II orgnnizng oil the colorcd ciurchc,
In the Methodist Episcopal Church into - separate
church 50 rs 10 pave the Way for organic union be-
tween the hes SOrth and south. is expected -
come up. BISHOP Foster has Advocated .ueI course
In recent work church un.fy. ana tLr que.t ton
may -pIius up at any time b,cau.c 'Ao aplropFa
uons Tor church WORK IN The South moro less
ned mp with The possibility OF such scparatl n
IN report u thr Rev D.. <. Hunt, the ir,a irer.
shows TIA the receipts from tOvoml,r !. j. j. t.
October 81 1872. we're Sl,&2s,e-- o.. IN Increase u
3-t,t74 -. Toe al b.. Srnrnts r"!r - -,-.@ - -
- udhr he following: Africa. sol -; Een-al,
t@2,lE Buigrin, -i'Iii %, Cen. Ia. China. 3 ,
80 %. pcpmHrk. - Al %. Foo fh4v. 3D.. ~ -:
Germany. G,iDi o. g T.nan,, n IN American 4l.l'
society. 1900; ia " 3liO4i IS japan $50 81.
NcNics, .DJ@i -. NOfih CHM, SOL, 73f =. NOr.l
India. s73.oi3 u; nth india, f-3o5o 81 sweden,
r'.,i4s 90: sutherland :l0,oj7 -: m''i mis-
ions. t4J1. $40 10, incidental rNIcA-e., 3osi %;
1nl,c cAP"nses 2r5O3 so; p-blirau futd, 10
151 70. The balance f. the treasury. pc O.r L. lat
after paying ever calm was tif,j53 %. IN" re-
ccpts from collections only wer" SLID 800. an he
crease u S41Jji Tho receipts du in- the yclr II IN
icgHci's were Sl23 90 10. an Inc cas" IL ~J.1tJ
Upon nc ion Of bishop Fowler. rl.275.o 600 wa ap-
prplratcd ~ the work Of the coming \ rn,p-
litinn Was adopted to Iquest o." nest general con
ference 10 rcmOv" the Hast Of S2J,ODO from TIE con
tingcnt fund. III" proportion Of % per cent FOR
foreign and - per cent iOf domestic missions was
adopted making TIE amount 80 be- apprl p'iatcd for
the iorIne: *';'jroc und iOT tho latt"f S52o.2oO.
Among the other ~ p 1prauonS made were $4,000
Tor ONCE expense rro,0OD. Incidental fund $4,000
for publications, and $1,000 for saar,, OF M .onary
bishop.