New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-15
SOUTHERN MISSION WORN.
APPROPRIATIONS BY THE METHODIST
COMMITTEE.
WHAT HAS nEEx DONE IN SOUTHERN STATES

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN SOUTHERN STATES
END or THE MEETING.
The seventh and last session of the General Com
mit;ec of the Methodist Episcopal Missionary DO
clcty was called to order yesterday morning al
$50 o'clock In the Hanson Place Church' brooh
lyn by Bishop Joyce. Bishop Newman pfcsideu
after the recess.
The subject of appropriations for the southern
States was taken I'D. The proceedings were en-
liycned By a spirited debate. There we're present
several bishops who have presided in the past over
conf rcnces in that section. and they were ehapeu
TO lay before the committee much informatioh'
from practical point Of view. with respect to the
value of the work Of the Church in the South
While in Some instances it was evident that the
fields were hard to cultivate. it was conceded that
on the whole the outlook decidedly encourage
ing.
The Rev Dr. II. j. Carroll especially advanced
some facts concerning these conferences which
strengthened the views of those VINO were III IaFoi
of liberal treatment of tho missions. DR. caro-"
made q review Of the worh in three States, namely
Alabama Georgia and Arkansas, in each OF "h''h
there are two conferences. one whit" ana one col
orcd covering substantially the same territory.
He said that in seventeen years these six confer
ences had received from the Missionary society
treasury a total sum Of ST. 95. of which the three
white conferences had received an apportionment
OF sl9l 32 and the three colorcd of N4'- That the
three colorcd conferences contributed >lo'bp 10 the
general treasury within that period. and the White
conferences had contributed $5,915 He stated
that the total number Of members in the Sin con
forences is $3.50 of whom 3l.o99 in the three
coored and 1851 in the three white conferences;
that the gain in the six conferences WITHIN the
period of seventeen years was 1901" OF when 'S-s
were i'm the colorcd and $50 in the white confer
encos.
bishops Merrill Foss. Walden and others agreed
that a reduction in appropriation in some instances
u.,s desirable Eshop AIailaeu cul>giz'd the white
conferences and insisted that the results accom-
| plished by them were equal any other record In
| the missionary field. Dr. !. T.. Scott Of Marshall
Tex colored man. said the facts given by i'r Car
roll did not bear against the coiored conferences
| pr Carter OF Tennessee. spoke eloquently OF the
sefsacrifcing character of the white preachers IN
| that border state
The total amount Of appropriations Tor 'he "'''c
| work follows:
| Alabama 5000; Arkansas. $500 Austin; 5000;
Rluc Ridge 500 central Ifn ,1os,on t"j Ken
tucky 81 100. Missouri $3.50. 81 Johns RivTr 80
| ST. Louis. 5000 Virginia $40 West Virginia.
N' For coored work-ccntral Alabama; sS9 Cen
s sss' 500 florida s2ioo; Iowa 500; Iexins'on
s1Ccc; Little Rock. $50: Lon.,ane NVo' e. s.c.
| Saith carolina $4,000 Tennessee. s2.l"' Texas.
5000: PIPER MssissiRP; E a. 2N washington" ''"
! The sum OF $1,000 was allotted for the support oil
| tho chilau mission SZ7.oOo FOR work among the
| chinese and g. 700 for missions In Bucnos Ayres'
these being contingent wholly upon the ABILITY ol
the church representatives. - t"o , ~, ~ col
| lection. were received especially Tor these pun
Some o, the delegates living remote sections Of
the country started for their homes before NE 'os
yesterday session smpP . nIo about O'clock
| The deliberations occupied mu'h 'ots't p rru"r
s.ssions OF tn. committee has mere h''h - 'l''e'
| a consideration of the amounts allotted.