The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-11-12

A notable body of bishops, missionary
secretaries, clergy aud laymeu of the
Methodist Episcopal Church assembled
on Wednesday. The appropriation OF
one million seven hundred Thousand
dollars for missionary work is one OF
the principal objects which called it
together.
BISHOP WILLIAM TAYLOR.
Decidedly one .! the mos intc.e.t ting
parsonage rresen. al tic ,n,ri!nG of the
commi,tee is Bishop William Taycr, of
Africa l. will be CONC .dch he mcst uni
enc and dis:iu guished character IL Metr-
odism to day is William Thy Ion. ApI ar
emily, though past SIEVE MY one Years, he
is in the full vigor OF health and eminent
usefulness. He has charge Of ali The
Methodist missions III the continent of
Africa, including the Old Liberia settle
merits. which have existed Tor fifty years
under the care aud suppolt ct ihe Mis-
sionary 5 'ciaty .! ;hr Methodist EyisCO
pal Churca, aud OF m,:c tbGn forty self
supporting mission stations III ether
parts Of Africa wh;c! Ia: as organized
within the las: eight years. lie is appar
emily pr1of agains. the supposed deadly
climate OF ttnpcal Africa, aud is pur-
suing his present work with all lie
energy aud geu;us whieh have chrraa-
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He was b Jrn in f ,ck ing ham county,
Va. i'll May, 1921. and was educated at
the Lexington Military Ilsritu,e H
united with the Methodist Episcopal
Church in 1871, aud entered the ministry
of the Baltimore Conferenc in 1913
So marked was his success, even when
very young, that at the conference OF
ls4e, held in Baltimore a COMMITTEES was
sent from North Baltimore Station to
ask for his appointment to take charge
as Junior pastor. He and his wife engaged
with remarkable zeal in tho regular
church work. aud also inaugurated street
preaching and evaugelistic services in
the Beair NJ srket AMI other places in
that section of the city.
The bishops having issued call for
missionaries to California, C was ,csign
ated by Bishop Wang, in the fall OF
1S4S, as ono for that service. BY reason
of the remoustrauces which came from
the laity OF the charge, he was continued |
in Baltimore until tie spring OF 1919, |
when be made ENGAGEMENTS 10 go to his |
distant field. One Of tbs preparations
for his CaliforBi. C re, T. Was the erection
OF d church i'll Baltimore, which was
packed up on the vessel and carr! led with |
him.
Tue business o! the General Hiss
Ionary Committee began on Wednesday |
when at the sugsestian OF Bishop |
Fowler, tie committee voted that the |
appropriations Tor missi 1as tor the COM
ing year should be Sl,2l5, 600. The |
appropriation of this great sum for a |
single years work is but maintaining |
the church's wonderful record as {. |
missionary agent record which sh o~s |
Tor The uCcaut clDSlng WITH oCCpD6i 81, |
% this year over ten million doll srs
raised for missions.
What the missionary society did witt |
the million and u quarter dollars rails |
for it during the past year was tod b,
Rev. Dr. SandtoTG Hunt, treasurer of
the society, in his annual rep TT. Til
sources whence tbis money cane have
been mentioned above. The lnual
conferences III giving SLID S95 n 'reasel
their contributions over tn year he'ug,,
by Sal 354. Wilmington Conference gave
1928 in excess OF her appointment aud
exceeded her collections of 1891 6y -, 93l
She was apportioued $40, 207 aud gave
$27, 1872. The other conferences which
gave in excess of the apportionmeat
were Dakota, Des Moines, Germany,
Holston, Kansas, Missouri, Montana.
Northern German, North west, Iowa,
Sutherland aud Texas, and the mission
conferences of the Black Hills, Bulgaria,
New Mexico, English, North Pacific,
German, South America and Utah.