The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03
The General missionary Conference

This will be the greatest Conference
in the history of the NJ. e. Church,
South. 1t will have but one object in
viow-"C Christ for the heather, and the
heather for Christ" 1t will be COM
posed of men, women and young peo-
pie, representing the most progressive
and aggressive elements in the church,
and every phase Of the missionary ques-
tion will be brought under review aud
earnestly and faithfully discussed.
There will be 1901 delegates careful
ly and intelligently selected and APP
pointed, and SO far as heard from, the
Annual Conferences are sending their
very best men, and the women are APP
pointing the select ladies' of their
conferences.
New Orleans is designated as the
place for this great conference, and a
better place than this cosmopolitan
Southern city, where all the world is
to be found in miniature, could not be
selected. Who has been to New Or
leans but wants to go again, and he
who has not been should see New Or
leans before he dies?
The conference will last just six days.
1t will begin on the evening of April
"a, and run till the evening of April 30,
1901. This is the best season of the
year for this missionary meeting, and
the best time to see New Orleans. In
April the Crescent City is veritable
garden of flowers. One can see these
beautiful thoughts of God at that time
in their primitive glory and freshness.
There have been invited to take part
in the exercises the representative mis-
sionary spirits of Christendom, and
also the foremost leaders of the best
christian thought of the age. It will
therefore be time of refreshing in the
fullest apostolic sense of the word, 8nd
every delegate and every visitor should
come prepared to take back not simply
the inspiration created by the great
gathering and the greater purposes, but
also the facts, the TREMENDOUS missionary
spirit, and the deepening missionary
conscience.
This gathering together of the repre-
sentatives of our church will be the
upper room" and 1.-THE Pentecost" OF
the methodist Episcopal Church,
South.
The opening sermon on "The Holy
Spirit and Missions" will strike KEEP
note of the whole conference. Special
emphasis will be given to the imman.
ence and leadership of the Holy Spirit
in the missionary. movement of the
church. And as the movements of the
Great Executive. of the Godhead are
studied in the march of Christianity,
we are constantly forced to exclaim
"What hath God wrought
The conference will review all the
work of missions, and every phase of it
discussed Foreign missions, domestic
missions, missions and education, mis-
sions and the colored people, the Ep-
worth League. our mission fields, pray
er and missions, the Methodist revival,
and modern missions, etc,
These are important questions which
have for sometime been confronting the
church, such as the evangelistic and
educational questions. This and like
problems will be given the fullest con-
sideration in the spirit of honest in
quiry.
We hope to reach conclusions and
adopt plans for the more complete oc-
cupation of the fields where we now
have missions. We need more ade-
quate provision and equipment for the
work and workers. We need to arrive
at wiser policy for administration and
self-support, both in our domestic mis-
sions and on our foreign fields. More
efficient methods are needed for dis
seminating missionary information.
And then we need to create intelligent
conviction rs TO personal responsibility