The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-17
Gratifying Reports of Progress
in Home and Foreign
Missions.
OPPOSED TO THE LOTTERIES
The Stand Taken by 1.-THE Call"
Endorsed in Resolutions by
the Conference.

NTH day of the big Methodist conference
has been one filled with business. In ad-
dition to the regular forenoon session a
special session was held this afternoon
and adjourned to this evening to continue
the work that is being crowded into the
latter end of the conference.
Bishop Warren occupied the first hour
of the morning session beginning at s 80
o'clock with special sermon to ministers.
His subject was The Verbal Felicities
and Intensities of the Bible" This is one
of the lectures delivered by Bishop Warren
at the University at Denver, where he is
professor of the English Bible. 1t is the
seventh of series that has been published
in book form under the title of ''The Bible
in the Worlds Education"
The sermon abounded in biblical phrases,
to which the Bishop called the attention
OF the pastors, and showed how much
more was really in every word than ap-
peared upon a superficial examination.
He said that the Bible was filled with verbal
treasures and that the worlds scholars for
hundreds of years had turned to it as an
exhaustless mine of information and holy
thought. Different men, he said, under
stood its words and interpreted it differ
emily, according to their habits of mind.
Poetry is not rhythm or rhyme merely"
remarked the Bishop; lit is the expression
of the essence OF things. The Bible con-
tains such poetry. He who has the Bible
need not lack poetry, though he have no
Shakespeare, no Milton, no Browning;
and he who does not read the Bible knows
not what real poetry Is.
1.-The parallels are incompatible compo-
sitions-a natural statement of what is
probable in real lite, coupled with divine
and complete statement. They are the
little events OF daily life made to mean in
finity."
Before closing his address the Bishop
explained the circulating library of the
Ilf Theological School at Denver. Through
it every Methodist preacher from the
Mississippi to the Pacific who subscribes
81 year may receive one dozen of the
latest theological works for one months
use, anu must then mail them to the ne xt
subscriber in the list, the books being re-
turned to the Librarian at Denver at the
end of the year.
Speaking of the Denver Theological
School Bishop Warren said it was no
longer necessary to send young men to
Boston, for the Denver Methodist school
was equally efficient, an6 he did not wish,
he said, to speak slightingly of the Boston
school. for his brother was at its head
AT the close of the Bishops address the
following resolution was offered and car
ried by rising vote of ministers and con-
gregation:
RESOLVED That we hereby express to Bishop
Warren our gratitude not only for the able
manner in which he has presided over this
conference session, but more especially Tor the
precious instruction We have received from
his lips, of which his lecture on the English
Bible forms fitting climax.
w hen the conference shall have closed,
Bishop Warren will visit Santa Cruz for
short time. From there be will go to San
Francisco, where on Friday evening, Sep
TENDER 20, a public reception will be ten
dered him and Mrs. Warren at the Central
Methodist Episcopal Church. The new
minister will also be welcomed at the same
time. A week from next Wednesday
Bishop Warren will be IN Pasadena TO pre-
side at the Southern California Conference.
which will open on that day. The next
week after the Pasadena Conference the
Bishop will preside at the Arizona Mission
Conference.
The report on the Chinese district was
made at this mornings session. In the
been received into the Methodist church
in Northern California $50 Chinese. The
past year was characterized as a most
critical period in Chinese work because of
the exclusion act, the Chinese-Japanese
war. and the recent dissolution of the Six
Companies. In spite of all the minor dis
couragements Christianity was said 10 be
progressing among the Chinese In San
Francisco fifteen converts have been made
during the year. in San Jose four, in
Modesto one, in Stockton two, in Sacra-
mento three-a total of Uwenty-eight con-
verts to the Methodist church. and an in
crease of twenty over the previous wear,
and a larger number than ever before
More money was received from the Chinese
district for mission purposes than was
called for by the apportionment
The superintendent recomm ended that
classes be formed wherever practicable for
the purpose of Bible instruction among
the Chinese. He further recommended
that the estimate for expenses be the same
as last year, namely: For four preachers,
$500; seven teachers, $3.50; one mission
airy, $20O0 two Bible women, $500; other
expenses, $2210; a total of $7760.
Sixteen Chinese women and girls have
been rescued in San Francisco by the
Methodist mission during the year.
The following resolution, offered by F.
D. Bovard and H. G. Benson, was carried
at this mornings session:
WHEREAS We believe that the efficiency of
our present system of itinerancy depends on
the time-limit, therefore,
RESOLVED That we memorabilia the General
Conference TO make no further change in the
time-limit.
A large part of the day has been taken
up by the reading of committees reports
1t appears that there is not district in
the whole conference that has not made a
increase in conversions in the
last year, one thousand converts having
been reported from one district alone.
Most of the afternoon and part OF the
evening was devoted to committees re-
ports. The report of the education COM
mittee, in brief, is as follows:
The University of the Pacific. through the |
efforts of its chancellor, Dr.. F. f. Jewell, as |
sisted by President Beard, has secured during |
.he past year $51 400 on subscription toward |
he Indebtedness of the institution. A possible |
,hrinkage of this amount before it is all col |
ected. together with necessary additions 10 /
he library and the laboratories, make it adj !
,isable TO recommend the collection of S2j,- |
100 additional. A new board of trustees has
,een incorporated, thirty-six in ali. divided
INTO three classes, according TO the expiration
# this term of Office one class going ont in
;eptembet 1895. another in 1896 and a third
n 1897 These trustees are to be elected by
he Annual Conference.
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