The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-11-13
GREAT MISSION GATHERING
A Convention Of Great Importance
s. the Methodist Church at
OMAHA

meet several New York bishops
whom, lie desires to confer with ref
erence to matters pertaining to Da-
kota University. On his return
bone Dr.. Nicholson Will stop lit
Arlington ovcr Sunday to assist in
the dedication Of a new Methodist
church.
The General Missionary Commit
tee is SO constituted as to represent
the entire denomination temitOrlAl-
Nv. 1T has authority to establish
new missions in the interim Of the
auadrennial sessions Of the General
conference. and to make all applo-
griatiOnS of money for use at home
and abroad. except the sum of $50, 600
which is placed annually at the dis
pOsal of the Board OF Managers OF
she MiSSionry Society by cOnStitu-
t,onal enactment. with which to pro-
vide for unforeseen emergencies.
The General Committee divides the
Whole church into fourteen districts,
earn containing approximately the
same number of constituents. n
as far rs possible consisting of contig-
aous territory. From each Of these
districts the general conference APP
points Quadrennially Onc person to
serve On the general committee for
= term OF four years. 1t is the duty
OF each of these representatives to
study carefully the needs of bis own
&istrict that he may be able to rep
resent it fully and fairly to the COM
mlttee rs a whole, at its annual seS-
siqns, when the appropriations are
made The board OF managers rep
resentatives have to do with the adj
uMniStratiOn Of the missionary WORK
of the church at home and abroad
from month to month as the year
goes by. and are familiar with every
detail! OF practical administration.
The bishops and the Missionary
Bishops who preside annually in all
the conferences and missions at home
and III the foreign field are members
81 an HS1lSld "' L Wv
corresponding secretary, the first as
sistart corresponding secretary. the
treasurer, the assistant treasurer,
and the recording secretary Of the
missionary society-in all at this
zine So members.
The committee meets annually in
che month of November, and spends
usually one week in making apprO-
p%riations for the calendar year sue
eeeding. Its sessions are open to the
public. Not a conference or a mis-
sion at home or abroad, saw those in
Africa is called but that some bishop
viii respond who has administered
III said conference or mission within
recent years. Last November this
committee met in Albany. n. Y.
All the effective Bishop and Mission
airy Bishops were in attendance eX-
sept Bishcp Warne. Bishop Vincent
REPRESENTED nine conferences anC
missions in Europe; Bishop Iboburn
seven conferences in Southern Asia
&isllop Moore eight conferences ir
Eastern Asia: Bishop lIarlZell three
conferences in Africa Bishop Joyce
gwo conferences in South America
Bisho- Hamilton one conference in
Mexico. There were present th'
ajsbops who had presided in our six
Ey-siN Englisb-spcaking conference
~, ut;nj, t},nrn ir n,,Scinrnry U,nyl-
sixteen Notwithstanding conferences
and nine mission conferences an
M~iSSions-in all nincty-one confer
snccS. mission conferences and mis-
3iOnS, some of whom had been on a
Che foreign fields in former years, cX
sepb u and AL on some of them
The corresponding secretaries wer
present, who by correspondence an
pe!sGtat visitation are in touch wit
che Whole field. home and foreign
sh" recording secretary. who ha
charge Of al! the records Of the mis-
saonary society: the treasurer. II,
assistant treasurer, the district rel
rcsentativcS and the fourteen men
Gers Of the board of managers, a
ready to contribute to the genera
fund Of information.
1t is in the light of informatiC
gathered from all these sources tbi
Cne annual appropriations of near
81 500, 900 are made, and while it
not claimed that no mistakes occuI
It may be reasonably assumed til;
6hey are reduced to a minimum
phe' intrinsic interest Of tine dai
sessions will be increased by gre
mass meetings to be held in Il
First Methodist church, on Wedne
Say evening November II, and Frid'
evening. November 10. the gener
soplc for Wednesday evening beil
Home MissiOnS," and on Frid