Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-05-17
BISHOPS TALK OF THEIR WORK
Travel Thousands of Miles 20 Preside
mt south American Con-
Ierences.

Two eminent and Travelled bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church are in the city
to be present at the jubilee day OF the First
church. Bishop Joyce is general president
Of the Epworth league and his presence
here on the league day is very pleasing to
the members Of the local society. lie will
speak this afternoon on the league, giving
statistics for number Of chapters and mem
bers, and will explain the new work which
was taken up in Philadelphia.
Il have been back in the country but a
short time" said the bishop, having spent
ive months in South America, succeeding
Bishop McCabe and visiting the two Metho-
dist Episcopal conferences. 1 sailed from
New York for Colon, then crossed to Pa
mama and went down the west coast to
Valparaiso 5000 miles from New York I
visited all the cities at which the steamer
called, Conception, Chilli, where the confer
ence met; San Diego and Valparaiso We
have four colleges on this coast. We crossed
the Andes going forty miles by coach, and
visited Buenos Ayres, and afterward Ro-
sario. Montevideo and other cities presid-
Ing at the conference in Rosario On the
1Oeth duy out from New York 1 set sail
from Buenos Ayres. spending fifty-one days
in covering the 1900 miles OF sea- Including
all my side trips 1 covered 5000 miles 1
found the work growing rapidly and the
schools too small for the students and the
churches too small for the congregations. {"
Bishop McCabe: II was in South Amer
lea last year and then went to Europe.
where visited north and south Germany,
Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway
and FINLAND, presiding at conferences of the
church. Since coming to this country I
have been travelling about, dedicating
churches and raising money to defray the
expenses of my South American and Mex
ican trips, which amounted to SS00OU 1
have just come from Mitchell, s. D., where
we succeeded in raising $4,000 for the Da-
kota university; and Monday / will start
for Chilicothe. O., TO attend the Ohio CEN
tennial celebration. which will last for two
days and which 1t is estimated that 10000
will attend. Governor Nash will make the
first speech and Senators Foraker and
Hanna will talk. I will speak on The Re-
ligious Influences Which Have Helped to
Make Ohio" and while I mean to give due
credit to all denominations. have given
the palm to Methodism. which. through its
itinerant preachers, was able to send men
to that new country without waiting for
the communities to get strong enough to
make a call
Shoulo IKE 10 oe III Onaha all my time,
but unfortunately my colleagues have the
authority to send me where they please,
and for six months last year my diocese
took in the Magellan Straits and the Arctic
Circle. On the whole can report the out
look very encouraging; everywhere the
reign of ignorance and superstition is pass
ing away We find ourselves in our minis
trations Of Christ welcomed with singular
cordiality in these foreign countries. In
Europe the halls are too small to hold the
congregations which assemble at our con-
ferences. Ny hopes are brighter than ever
for conquest of the whole world for Christ .,