The times., 1898-03-03

1t Becomes Enthusiastic when

"AInertca" II Sung.
The missionary anniversary OF the Pal
timorc conference of the Methodist Epi--
| ocoai Church WIS held last night ut
Waugh Church Third and \ streets
northeast The service was opened hy
the delegates and congregation singing
America Mrs. Leeeh sss'.s with Effect
an appropriate solo enI Reg. Dr.. Her
bert introduced Rev. W. 4. Smith. .. ..
who delivered an instructive and fervent
address on Methodist Missions
He gave an interesting description OF
Methodist mission work az home and
abroad and said If the forI Jesus Christ
can save the world there is no question
about his ability to save the community
in which We live. The speakes said he
| accepted the Bible in its entuety the
whale story and al. The swallowing cE
Jonah, he thought. svas nos 50 much of "a
| miracle after all, and he also believed
| Lazarus was raised from the dead.
Let us have faith in the purpose Of
the Son of God to lift up humanity We
Methodists believe in an unlimited atone
ment. We go out and preach the Who
soever VIII doctrine. We do not stop 70
| or the brogue of his tongue. 5ut wherever
we find a son of Adam it is our purpose
/ to save him. We preach a present sal
walton to every man anl woman who wiu
accept it.
"The Methodist Church is missionary
church, and every member should be a
| missionary society unto himself
The first missionary society OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church in this coun-
trt-F eafd Dr .x.1 IL.
1873. and during the first year OF It's eX-
istence the members raised SSz5 for mis-
sion work Great prejudice exists among
some people, who think all the money
contributed and collected goes abroad to
such countries as Asia. India. China and
Korea. This is a mistake. Over s3;00.G0e
has been raised for missionary work
since the formation Of the first society in
1919. and one-half of this amount was ex-
pended in the United States on domestic
missions.
I'VE ought to sing America in every
| missionary meeting. exclaimed the
speaker, and the remark was greeted hy
a chorus of hearty ''Amens.~
The Methodist Church. continued DR..
| Smith. ''is preaching the gospel in the
/ United States in sixteen different tongues.
! Germans make splendid Christian men.
| The Eastern German conference has con-
| tributed for ten years 81 30 per man for
I
/ cult to reach at first, but when they are
( reached they make the highest type of a
! Christian. y
! I'VE Americans can only beat the Ger
| man brethren in one thing. and that is
/ backSlding, remarked the speaker and
/ a general laugh followed.
! The Swedes, Norwegians. French and
/ Italians also make good Methodists. The
| church is trying to Christianize them as
! they come to these shores. Africa was
/ the first foreign field visited by the Meth
/ odist Church and Melville Cox was the
/ first missionary He went 10 that coun-
/ try in 1888. but only lived three or four
months Now missionaries are subjected
/ TO a strict medical examination. and must
/ furnish a physicians certificate of good
health before they are sent abroad
The Methodist missionaries Iabored ten
years in China before they secured a sin
I gle convert. Today there are FIVE annual
/ conferences in that country. and some OF
/ the Methodist Cinnamon have learned to
shout Amen" and ''Hallelujah," in good
American fashion. The Chinese We see
/ here" added the speaker. ARE not typical
/; Cinnamon The converts in China are
grand men, and would grace any pulpit in
| this land.
India has become a great Christian en-
pire. and the greatest Methodist Church
in the world is in Calcutta. II expends
each year for current local expenses
So, 600.
Rev. E. L. Hubbard. pastor Of the Mad
ison Square Church Baltimore. closed the
service. He stated that there were about
5000 members OF the NJ. e Church in the
Baltimore conference
The program for today IS: Regular ses-
sion at o'clock; anniversary of the
| Womans Foreign Missionary Society. 3
| o'clock; anniversary of the Freedmen's
Aid and Southern Educational Society. 1t
/ 100 o'clock.