The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

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There are thirteen colleges, insti-
tutes and high schools owned and
controlled by the NJ Il. Church South
in Missouri. The value of four of
them is not reported, but the aggre-
gate value of the other nine is S212,-
900; endowments, $4,000 The
new building to be erected this year
for Central College will increase the
first amount $4,000. These institu-
tions are as follows: Central Col
lege, Fayette, Mo-, Rev. j. D. Ham
mond, d. D., president, established
in 1856; Howard Payne College,
Fayette, Mo-, Rev. II. ID. Groves,
president; ST. Charles College, st &.
Charles, Mo-, Prof. James A. Lanius,
president; Centenary College, Pal
myra, Prof. G.. X. Foster, president;
Macon District High School, Clarence,
Rev. j. II. Pritchett, president;
IChillicothc District High School.
Humphreys, Prof. j S. Harrington,
principal Northwest Missouri Col
lege, Albany, Prof. W. II. Pritchett,
president; Woodson Collegiate Insti-
tute, Richmond, Prof. b. G. Shackle-
ford, presidents; Central Female
College, Lexington, Prof. A. A.
Jones, president; Morrisville College,
Morrisville, Rev. j. b. Ellis. presi-
dent; Scarritt Collegiate Institute,
Neosho, Rev. G. G. Woods. ID. D.,
president; Cottey College, Nevada,
Mrs. a. V. G. Stockard, president;
Bellevue Collegiate Institute, Gale
donia, Prof. n. b. Henry, president.
This is a long list of educational
institutions and they are all doing
good work. They employ about one
hundred teachers and have over
1000 pupils enrolled.
Two members of the Missouri
conference have been elected bishop
-Rev. f. NJ. Marvin. at the general
conference in New Orleans, in 1866,
and Rev. Eugene r. Hendrix, d. D.,
at the general conference in Rich
mond, 1886. Bishop Marvin died in
1877, while Bishop Hendrix lives at
Kansas City, to bless the church with
his counsels and leadership.
The st. Louis Christian .4drocate,
the organ of Southern Methodism in
Missouri, was established in 1850, and
has circulation of nearly 30, 900, the
largest of any Southern Methodist
| paper. Among other important insti-
tutions of this church in the state are
the Scarritt Bible and Training School,
Kansas City; the Barnes Hospital,
soon to be erected in the city of st.
Louis, Mr.. Robert a. Barnes having
bequeathed 100000 for that pur-
pose; and the Methodist Orphans
Home, St. Louis, valued at $40, 900,
with an endowment of $50, 900.
Besides the NJ. f. Church, South,
there are eight other Methodist
bodies represented in Missouri, three
of which are colored. The largest of
these is the Methodist Episcopal
Church, which is influential and
growing. 1t has ,2S5 commune
cants with church property valued at
81 ,S35, $40. The following are the
other Methodist. bodies: Methodist
Protestants, 1859 communicates,
church property, 500 900; Congre-
gational Methodists, 1,l5O communi-
cants, church property, $4,000; Free
Methodists 1925 communicates, church
property, $3.50; Wesleyan Metho-
dist Connection of America, two
churches, fifty communicates; Afri-
can NJ. Il. Church, $3.50 communi-
cants, church property, S2Sl,2 ,2S9;
African NJ. T.. Zion Church, 2,037
communicates, church property,
5000; Colored NJ. Z. Church, 953
communicates, church property,
S22, ,l40. Total number of Methodists
in Missouri, III $780, total value of
church property, S4,S36, ,724 All
these various branches of Methodism
have the same doctrines, differing
only in questions of church polity and
government. They are all striving
to "Keep the unity of the Spirit in
the bonds of peace" and recognize
it as their mission to spread Scrip
tural holiness over this great state.
They are in cordial sympathy and
fellowship with every division OF the
great army of the Lord, and heartily
bid their co-laborers "God speed"
in capturing missouri for Christ"
M. b. CHAPMAN.
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