Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-21
BISHOP NEwMAN's LONG TRIP.
He Has Left . Visit to the Churches Il
South America.

He Has Left on . Visit to the Churches Il
| South America
| On board the Pacific Mail steamship Column
bia, leaving New York yesterday at noon TO
Aspinwall, was Bishop John P. Newman Of tn
Methodist Episcopal Church and his party
starting out on q four months trip through
South America
1t is the custom of the Methodist house o
bishops to delegate one Of its members ever,
| two years to visit the churches, missions ant
schools OF the denomination in the continent I,
the south Of us. Besides this supervision tn,
object Of the visitation is to inquire into tn,
condition Of the members Of the church and es
pecially that Of the clergy.
Bishop Newman, this years delegate, is al
old traveller. and his experience will make hi
trip one of more than usual interest," as he in
tends to study the general and political condi
ton of the South American countries through
which he will pass.
Mrs. Newman accompanies the bishop ant
Mrs Joseph +. Knapp Of New York, Mrs. J.
Mcknight Moses Of Washington and Miss Wood
whose father is South American missionary
will make up the party Of five.
BISHOP NEWMAN TALKS ABOUT THE TRIP.
Bishop Newman gave a goodbye interview
to Mail and Express reporter
"We hope to reach Panama on the Monday
afternoon after we SAIL" he said "we will
remain there three days, until the soth OF thi,
month, and shall have an opportunity to lool
at the canal il there is anything there.
There we take the Chilean steamer down
the west coast to Callao. the seaboard town Of
Peru, and then so up to Lima, where we have
both church and school interests, and will re-
main probably until about the 18th.
1--WE next take a steamer and follow down the
coast, stopping at places where missionaries are
to be ordained. Quito and Guayaquil will be
visited. The chief point on tha4 coas. side will
be Valparaiso. but we will make long visit at
Santiago. where we have important institutions
of learning attended by both males and females
and largely patronized by the Chileans.
Considerable time is required to be spent
there. for the design is TO make q most thor
ough supervision of all these interests II the
people give their money there, they should
have full knowledge of how it is expended and
the results obtained.
at will be May when we leave, probably
and il the railroad over the Andes is completed
we will cross the peninsula by way of it. If it
is not. we will take the steamer southwark and
the east coast of Buenos Ayres. where are CEN
tered the chief interests of ou- chrch. There
we have large English speaking and native
churches, schools and houses of charity. The
conference of all our ministers will pro badly be
held in BuenOs Ayres. It will occupy week or
ten days.
''Montevideo will claim considerable time,
and 1t is possible we shall go into Uruguay
and Paraguay. Then reach Bio Jane:ro,
and later possibly Para. where Rev. Mr.. Nell
son was imprisoned for preaching against
Mariolatry. 1t claimed, you know. tina, it
was against the constitution to speak against
If and. although Mr.. Nelson was acquitted by
the lower court. he was sentenced TO three
months imprisonment by higher court. His
sermon was not offensive, but was a vigorous
discourse.
I'VE shall give much time to Brazil as
we can. and expect to reach Their about the first
or middle OF August
1T is my purpose while away to give atten-
ton to all the great interests of the countries
we visit. the condition of religion, education.
commercial resources and politics, and the out
look toward unifcation.