The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07
WORK OF METHODISTS
WHAT THE GENERAL HOARD OF
EDUCATION HAS DONE.
Addresses by the Rev. DIR. Payne and
DR.. sanford Hunt ut the Baiti-
more Conference.

BALTIMORE March 6-After a short
preliminary service of prayer and the adj
ministration Of communion, to-day, the
Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church settled down to the work of
it's one hundred and eleventh annual ses-
sion. The feature of the conference this
year is the pentecosta1 services every
morning and afternoon. These meetings are
in charge of Rev. DIR. S A. Keen, of Della
ware, O., who has devoted the past four
years to evangelistic work of this char
acter Bishop L. G.. Andrews, of New
York secretary OF the Episcopal College,
is the president of the conference
In telling of what the general board of
education has done during the past year,
Rev. DIR. F. A. Payne said that it had
been largely instrumental in giving to the
nj. E. Church the gest system Of educa-
ton put up by any Protestant denomina-
ton in the country. The university senate
of the church. he declared, has formulated
a standard for graduation for Methodist
colleges. and all such colleges are asked
I to come up to it. All have done so and
riculum. DR.. Payne urged the strict OBJ
servance of childrens day and compliance
sending the chidren's day collections
tire to the board of education. The money
people and It has Been doubled e IN the the
past six years Not a cent of it goes for
expenses of demonstration; Last year
1859 students were assisted. Most of these
could not have remained in school except
for the money the board lent them.
Dr. Sanford Hunt. senior agent of the
National Methodist Episcopal Book Con-
Germ. called attention to the facts that the
appropriations made this year by the con-
notwithstanding the financial distress 1.-THE
profits of the Western house at Cincinnati"
the Eastern house, at New York What we
have been expecting for a long time has
come to passs-the, patronage of the New
Cincinnati has increased. This will be
more and more apparent in the future.
The West does not feel the pressure of the
East, and particularly in New England.
where the people are all engaged
Immediately felt. Then, again, the native
Americans driven from that section to
are composed almost entirely of foreigners,
who Catholics. 1t issa fact that there
is scarcely any Americans employed in the
shoe. factories in New England, they hav-
ing been driven out by Canadians
''Methodism is drifting westward. There
is no rivalry between the two houses. They
now west of Cincinnati. and the center of
Methodsm is still further west The net
capital of the Eastern house is 81 0t5 $40;
that of the Western house is. $l,3Sl, 112.
total net capital of S., 1896. 952. TIE sales last
and Of the Cincinnati house $685., 1856: total,
1885,, 322" The profits of the New York
house were $66,907 and of the Cincinnati
house s127.564, a total of $194.472. Paid in
dividends to annual conferences subsidies
and other objects ordered by the General
Conference by the New York house $50 045;
Cincinnati house, $56546; disbursements to
annual conferences in 1894, slO7. 465. Paid in
subsidies for Epworth League and other
expenses in 1894, S29, 1876 The total profits in
the past two years have been Sill, 260 The
report called esuecial attention 70 the fact
that the Book Concern has in the last two
years contributed $2Ss.570 for the support of
Suslerannuates.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society
celebrated its anniversary in sthe afternoon
Mrs. c. i. Roach made a short statement
of what the society has done to help desti-
tute preachers on the Western and South
western frontiers During the year over
$4,000 worth of supplies were sent to them.
Mrs. G. W. Brown. treasurer of the society
reported contributions of Sic ISL cash ana
81 ISL in SUPPLIES.
In the evening the F'reedmens Rureau and
Educational Society," held its anniversary
meetino. Rev. DIR. HartZell, of Ohio made
fhe aIdre9S