Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-18
THE FOURTH DAY
General Missionary Committee Re-
sumed Its Labors This Morning.
DISCUSSION OF PHILIPPINE MISSION
Small Sum Appropriated for Work
in the islands.
OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED

| The fourth Gays session of the general
missionary committee of the Methodist
| Episcopal Church was begun this morning
! at 10 o'clock in the Foundry Church. 18th
| and q streets northwest. Heretofore the
| hour for beginning the days work has been
| o o'clock, but. it was desired to give an
| opportunity for some committee meetings.
| it was decided to defer the general meeting
| for an hour.
| 1t has been supposed that the committee
| would be able to complete it's work and
| adjourn at the close of the morning ses-
sion Monday next. Whatever prospect there
| was for a finishing up of the business at
| that date has row completely disappeared,
| for it is found that the committee has COM
| pleted only about one-half of its annual
| task. The progress made at this meeting
| has been unusually slow, it is said, on &C
count Of the disposition to discuss details.
| Instead of having debate on the various
| classes in the schedule of appropriat ions,
| such as the work among the Germans. or
the French-Speaking peoples and then pass
ing rapidly over the items, has been the
| custom, the latter have been made topics
of discussion.
| 1t is now believed that at the present rate
| it will be necessary to hold evening sessions
| Monday and Tuesday, and even then it will
| probably be necessary to hold sessions
| Wednesday. This afternoon there will be
| no meeting. the committee has accepted
| an invitation of Bishop Hurst to visit the
| grounds of the American University. To-
| morrow a majority of the members of the
| committee will occupy the pulpits of the
| churches of the denomination in this city.
Philippine Mission.
Bishop Merrill presided at the session
| this morning, and soon the devotional
| exercises We're concluded Bishop Fowler
| said the question would have to be deter
| mined at this session whether or not a
| mission is to be established in the Philip
pine Islands. He. therefore, suggested that
! the matter be taken up.
| Rev. Dr. Buckley observed that last year
| when this question came up it was decided
! that the Philippines belonged to foreign
| missions,
! President Mckinley" observed Bishop
! McCabe. Says the Philippines is not
! foreign question:
| matters pending before this committee"
! retorted Or. Buckley, and SO his opinion
| is not to govern
! DR.. Buckley suggested that the Philip
! pine question should be referred to a spe-
/ Cial committee
Bishop Weldon was of the opinion that
| il the subject of the foreign work was to
! be considered at the present time. the
| Philippine question would then be in order
/ without further action. 1t stated by
| Bishop Andrews that Bishop Thoburn OF
| Ind1a would be Obliged to leave the city
| Monday in order to take d steamer, and,
| therefore, the foreign mission work ought
| u be taken up, in his opinion,
| possible. 1t was decided to proceed with
! the consideration of the appropriations for
| the foreign work, and then Bishop Fowler
| asked how much money would be needed
! for the proposed mission in the Philip
| pines.
| 1t was stated that a large appropriation
| would probably not be needed DR.. Leon
ard said Methodist church was already
| established in Manila, and there We're other
| faclIltleS tor the proposed work. A motion
| was made that an appropriation of 81 900
| be made for the Philippine mission.
Bishop Thoburns Initial Service.
! Bishop Thoburn then gave an account Of
visit he made recently to Manila. where
| he held service in a theater and had an
| audience of about 100. Services have been
| continued since and the interest Is well
! sustained. He also established what is
known in India a coffee room, as a re-
| sort for sailors and soldiers. He added that
! 1t was self-suppOrttng. a small charge
| was made for temporary lodgings He
| thought good school for boys ought to be
| established at once and similar institu-
! ton for girls would undoubtedly come later.
| He said one of the workers spoke the lam
! guage Of the Tagals. another Spanish. and
| English services were being maintained
| The bishop went to say that 1t had
| been his experience that the first step In
| the establishment Of a church was not the
| erection of building. That had always
| been later phase in the work. He urged
| that the Philippine Islands should be at
| tached to the Singapore region, and in a
| few years, perhaps at the end Of four
! years. there would be a Philippine confer
| ence He said he believed an appropriation
OF 200 would be sufficient at this time.
Ut The opinion was expressed by Bishop
| walden that the Philippine Islands would
be home mission field when the commit
| tee meets next year No opposition was
expressed to the Philippine appropriation,
although the discussion ran on for some
/ time. The resolution appropriating 50 900
was adopted, and the work was placed in
| charge Of the bishop Of India and Malaysia
| a resolution was also adopted appro-
| priating 5000, any part of it. If if is do
mated to this work.
! Bishop Hurst exhibited a recent map Of
| the Philippines and at his request Bishon
| Thoburn gave some account of the islands
/ II WAS suggested by Bishop Hurst that
| the whereabouts of Aguinaldo be pointed
out. and; amid much laughter the bishop
| IRON india said that he wished he could.
There is no map for Agunaldo," was
the comment of Bishop Hurst.
CONGRATULATIONS Extended
| A resolution extending the congratulate
| tons of the committee to Mr.. John French
| on his eighty-tifth birthday, which elected
| a few words Of thanks from Mr. French.
| and also the comment from Bishop Bow
| man that Mr. French was three years older
| than he is
A resolution was also adopted expressing
| the appreCf5, ion of the committee for the
| forward movement carried on by the Ep-
worth League
Various items of appropriation for the
| work in Malaysia We're approved and then
| the items for India were acted upon The
| total appropriation for Malaysia was So
| 800, and foT India its roportionate amount
| OF the inc1 ease based on last years appro-
| prlatlon to he determined by a special COM
| mttee. The same action was taken in re-
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