The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-25
METHODISTS OF THE SOUTH
The Great Missionary Conference |
in Session at New Orleans.
DISTINGUISHED DIyINES IN ATTENDANCE
The Day Was Taken Up with Addresses
and Sermons-The Attendance
Is Very Large.
,speclal TO The post,

New Orleans. La. April "a The open
Ing Of the great Methodist missionary
conference at Tulane hall today was an
event such as has never been seen In re
llgious circles IN this city before, or II
IL has been cqualcd II has been very sell
dom. AS missionary gathering II sur
passes anything that has ever assembled In
the South and as gathering Of Mcthodsts
It Is something that viii live In the hearts
Of the church people until they die. Even
! II the next one III ever there should DC
another like it-eXcccds II In greatness.
This is the first great missionary confer
encc OF the Methodist church, South, ever
held. IL may lie tile forcrunncr of 9TH
ers, ~ that Is yet to be decided
When the conference was opened there
were on the platform many of the most
noted men In the South ana several Of thc
greatest living missionaries, men anu
women, OF the world. Some of them have
spent their lives In far oil Countries anu
some have spent theirs at homl, Aoins work
that makes II possible to Keep the others
In their fields. There was On the pat
form Bishop i. u. Key OF sherman Texas,
who Is one Of the most distinguished look
ing men I'm the assembly, bishop tAlloWuy
Of Mississippi whom every one through,
out the church knows aa a bralhy Nnl
active man. and tho aged and rcvcfcht
Bishop Kccner Of Louisiana. Therc was
not n thing to mar the serenity OF ihe
occasion and the enthusiasm mounted lnu
grew rs the great choir ANA tue mighty
voice Of the congregation joined In singing
the old hymns that every Methodist chlld,
man and woman, knows by heart.
'rhc attendance OF visitors from otncf
cities * very large. Bishop y. X. Hendrix
Of Kansas CITY, presided. ON the plattofn
were Rev. James Atkins Rev AieN SulheI-
land Bishop ]. G. Granberry Bishop j.
NJ. Thoburn, Mrs. Nj. j. Lambeth, MS.
slonarg to China and Japan aud others.
Rev, Johp Wesley Tgbo,lN, IA charge OF
the evangelical work IL br1all onereH We
Invocation. Rev James Atkins of Nash
vile, Tenn. delivered the opening hddtens
OH the purposes OF the conventions. Rev,
Alexander Sutherland. secretary 81 the
board Of Canadian missionaries Of Toronto
smoke on the subject oneness In CHRIST,
Oneness in Christ" bishop hendrix res
pended TO the address
Bishop CRANBERRY then spoke ON ubcdieucn
to the great commission, Chrsts law OF
life to his church. Rev, John Eos follow
ell with AN address of "'lhe Bible aud Mis-
slons.'
Bishop gmoburn was the preacher AT
night speaking upon "Thc Healing OF Ma
tious, or The Agency OF the Holy spirit.
Gle made an earnest plcn for missions mud
predicted that the coming year would srl
Wonderful reforms In China. Or, Suthcr
lands PRAYER concluded the days session
and the conference adjourned until TO-
Tho hall was packed throughout the day
and delegates continued to- arrive, sn that
the original estimate OF 700 VIII be ~
mission maps and motto~l, and there is
also missionary exhibit to which bishop
Galloway has added the first Protestant 49,
HE sent 80 Mexico. which also secured the
first convert Prof. w. A, llemphlll Is In
charge of the large choir trained for the
event.
The decorations Of the auditorium arc
striking The flags are drnpcd In mn
artistic fashion nj the head ~ the cod
umns supporting the galleries mud fastc 81
vs,i low" and Zinc sbicid Of chin "hcu one
the sore, - S,as Lanarr country sou
States, with two unimportant exec
from us more than is sold to us.
The United States treasury staff
the value of our imports from Mex
while our sales to this Southern ne
SSS,000,000 The total value of all q
trail America last year was less than
ports to Mexico. The entire CONNIE
States with Latin America shows
of s50,000O00 year, but with Mex
ance in our favor of $l0,0OO0OO
And yet the South American ira
amounting TO several hundreds of
But 1t is in the hands chiefly of +
matter of fact we ought to have thr
II we would only liberalize our "a
as the Europeans do. quit devoting a
mercial expansion to Asia and max
fort to cultivate closer trade reatio
ern neighbors, Mexico especially,
and South America, we could enjo
soon commerce amounting to |
counted only thousands in our trat
But we could. for that matter pu
the south of us without relaxing ,
elsewhere.
And this expansion southwark
plished without sending the flag in
tremendous cost by thousands of b
fleets.