The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

and If you'n just get somebody to tell you
what I've already said I'll be obliged TO
and blushng like schoolgirl, replied that
he would extend that courtesy TO the bish-
OPP rhe audience laughed again at the
expense of the reporter and the bishop
looked immensely pleased.
Bishop Joyce talked interestingly of the
missionary work carried on by the Meth
odist Church and particularly of the work
in China, with which he is thoroughly ia
miiar because of long residence I'm that
country. He spoke OF the oid-fashioned
custom of the Womens Foreign Mission
airy Society OF each member giving a pen
ny week aud a prayer for the mission
work. The bishop said the society was born
i'm prayer and over 100000 has been raised
since 1859 Bishop Joyce quoted Chinese
proverb. which says. They that know
don't speak. but they that do not know.
feeling toward these people. He interested
the audience very much by telling Of some
OF the Customs of the Chinese. The par
ents of that country never count their
girls" IL Mr.. Quong has five boys and
two girls and acquaintance asks the
number OF children he has he replies that
he mas five The bishop told of having
baptized fourteen women in Corea who had
never been named. They were named
this occasion, one being called Carrie
Joyce" The bishop paid high tribute TO
the dowager Empress of China, who. ne
said. was a woman of great tact and wIEh
a rare talent for managing business a1-
fairs. what wonderful Methodist she
would have made" the bishop declared
MUST HAVE BRAINS.
Missionary work is the greatest business
for brains and culture and refinement in the
world" he insisted. There used to be an
old-fashioned idea that a preacher who
could not make a success i'm America should
be sent to a foreign mission and be bundle
of stupidity on two feet" The bishop was
glad to say that this idea does not
now prevail. He declared that intel
ligence and ability and culture are
required in missionary work as we'll
as in the most Americanized pulpit
and he told a good story to illustrate his
point. You can't send men that are not
developed intellectually" he said. I'VE
must send our brightest intellects over
there. Bishop Joyce said that while he
had charge of the missionary work i'm east
ern Asia he was delightfully."- proud of the
American girls the Womans Foreign Mis-
sion had sent over there" In the delicacy
of technical training. the bishop declared,
they were of the best "A woman learns
the language quicker than man." he said.
I'm fact, women learn To talk quicker than
men,. He explained that the Chinese al
phabet is made up of $4,000 characters. For
eigners have to have knowledge of 1000 Of
them TO do much talking. Women who can
play the piano or who have a knowledge of
tones learn the Chinese language more
readily than men. IF / was twenty-seven
years DID, declared the bishop, land had
much sense as i think / have now L
would go 10 China on the double-quick.'
Miss Dixon. conference secretary, talked
short time of the work the society has
been established at Muzaffarpur. and 5000
has been raised to take Of the work
there, i'm addition 10 $500 worth of clothing
and household goods that have been sent.
The conference treasurer reported that the
districts OF Bloomington, Connersville, Ev-
ansville. Moore's Hill. New Albany, Sey-
mour, vincennes and Indianapolis have con-
tributed $3, 9.54 to foreign missions in the
last year. OF this amount $3.645.23 was
raised by the Indianapolis district. At the
close OF this report the audience felt like
singing. and the hymn selected was Praise
God, from Whom All Blessings Flow"
TALK BY BISHOPS WIFE.
The session closed with a pleasant little
talk by the wife of Bishop Joyce, who told
of the Methodist Church in South America,
where, she said. ''they have had presented
to them for 300 years dead Christ-a Christ
on the cross" They are political organi-
cation. the speaker said. They care more
for politics than for the souls of the people,
and this is why the spiritual life is neg
lected. Mrs Joyce says they have few
Protestant churches in South America. Eve
are working i'm dngy, dark halls i'm that
country" she said. and we need churches.
She told of the work of DIR. Thomas Wood,
a former Indiana man. who has been con-
Quoting missionary work in South America
for thirty years. He speaks fluently the
Spanish and German languages, and has
Travelled the country on foot, on horseback
and on railroad trains; He is having a
wonderful influence on the educational work
of the country. Just now he is planning for
a great sale of the Bible in South America.
Mrs. Joyce told of finding little mission
airy in South America who is called a bible
woman. She used to do missionary work
in the prisons. and when the authorities
finally denied her admission she made little
cakes, or ''turnovers," and, placing bits OF
Scripture in them, sent them in TO the con-
victs. In closing Mrs. Joyce made an appeal
for 81. O00 with which to build an assembly
hall i'm Montevideo. Such hall Is needed
badly by the Methodist Church in South
America. and she hopes the money will be
forthcoming.
I'VE feel this afternoon" said Mrs. Ba-
con. i'm closing the service, that we have
stood on the mountain top and, through
Bishop and Mrs. Joyce, looked out over the
world"