The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-05

Ieteady growth In the Sunday scnoVi. .he
latest statistics are: Number i. sunday
schools 81, s4s, increase 1889; number OK
offcrrs and teachers 347.91i, decrease 40lS;
number OF scholars 2,e47,349, increase 3d.
271. These figures are FOR the entire
church, both in the United States and 10
| foreign lands The increase IN the for-
eign lands during the qua Ire laium vas
637 schools, 1925 officers and teaeaers ana
.5T3 scholars The conversions 'uIlng
the four years were 4S605S. 1he agRre-
gate collections were s93Sl2.
The report OF the womsn's Foreign Mis-
slonary society stated that 80 wonderful-
! ly blessed ard successful has been tlis
work so wide the fields opened to the
workers, and SO rich the harvest in souls
won for Christ that our institutions are
foil TO overlooking and all our resources
are overtaxel."
The work at home is represented by the
| following statistics Auxiliary societies
50O6. members 127,455 youngl womsn,s So
cieties 605, members 1l,S6I, children
bands 66s, members 1888, total orgahi-
sations 1915. with q membership OF ioo,-
759 There are SO annual conference sec
retaries and gas district secretaries. These
figures. 1t was stated. show a healthy in
crease, as there has been m addition OF
more than 500 aux!liarios and 1900 inen-
bers in the last quadrennium.
The total receipts were 2SS595-au
increase of S144791.
The total amount raised and distributed
in thirty years reached the sum OF $S,04o,-
1919.
The amounts appropriated to the various
fields in the past four years we're: India
$500 COS, Malaysia s25, 1G9, China S275. OS3.
Japan s2O2, 40 Corea 1858, 62s, Mexico $780,
376, Italy $23 425, Bulgaria sli,975 South
America $7972i. Germany 5000, Switzer-
land $780, Africa $4,000, Norway Sl00;
total s1,S02, 1906
The report Of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society showed the income had
steadily increased since 1888 when it was
1903, it being for the last four years
1904 400, of which $527 1855 was cash and
s276 eos supplies.
The educational work being almost
clusively for girls and young children, the
amount contributed by the pupils from this
source during the four years was S17,a1o
During the last quadrennium TIE dsa
coness work Of the society has progressed
rapidly. 1t has now thirty-one instltu'
tons. including three National trani1g
schools for missionaries and deaconesscs
and three local schools for the same kind
of training. II also has three res. homes.
two hospitals and one orphauage.
The property of the society Is steadily
increasing in value, a conservative vaua-
ton being S66S S62. The requests amount
ed to S34,022. the endowments to $i0 GG3
and the society has also received annuity
funds Amounting 10 $685.
The report OF the trustees for the four
years showed receipts of $120,575 and dis
bursements of S1Os, $3.50, the cash on hand
being $l1 900.
The accepted trusts and requests now
amount to $266, Az as against 1925, 1868 four
years ago.
The report Of the Epworth League sci
forth that the past quadrennium had been
marked by an advance movement on prac-
tIcally every line Of it's work March l.
1900, there were 1891 chapters. with a
membership Of over 1850, 900. In the Junior
League thsre were 1867 chapters and a
membership OF more than 400 900. The
total membership is therefore 2704S chap /
ters and about 100000 members. There
has been a rapid and steady increase n
the membership in 1900, especially in the
Junior League chapters.
We gratefully record a growing spirit
Of frsternal good will and CO. operation
between the Epworth League and the
Christian Endeavor and the young peoples
societies of other churches. They are
coming to see that the consolidation OF
our several young peoples societies into
4 general organization under the official
direction Of the church was not the out
come OF unconditional narrowness or OF
sectarian rivalry, but rather that the very
genius ard correctional quality of the
Methodist Episcopal church required that
or their larger spiritual growth aud use
her young people be trained in the
lsages, spirits and correctional ideals OF
he church. The justification of this o.
sanitation is demonstrated by lis unpre-
'edented growth and spiritual power and
'y it's achievements for Christ and the
'hurch.
The report OF the Twentieth century
hank offering commission contained the
Glowing:
Much of the work done has been prep
ratory blowing and sowing, but har-
'est has been already gathered large
nough to greatly encourage us and the
romise that III we SOW bountifully we
hail reap bountifully" leads us to hone
or ultimate and complete success. The
residents and inanc.als agents of our
olleges and semlnaries have reported at
he central office over $500. 900 sub
cribed for Christian education.
More than S2,500,000 has been sub
crihed for debts ON church property and
I at least s7500O0 for philanthropies and !
harities
II all reports were in they would. we
hlnk, show that one-third Of the 500 900
90 has been subscribed Every day this
Movement IS growing in interest and 7
avor with the church.
Baptist Directors in Session.
Dallas. Texas, May i.-The board os \