The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-30

les. Cal, May 4. In view of the forth
voming session of General Conference,
.'WorId-Wide Missions" the official paper
of the Missionary Society of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, will print in the
April number the following survey of the
missionary work Of the denomination for
the last four years:
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Membership The tota; membership in
foreign Conferences has grown from 1872,
104 in 1899 to 476 in 1903, an increase
OF 81, So, or Il per cent. The regions most
fruitful in accessions to membership have
been: Korea from 1887 to $3.50; the Phil
fppines (from a handful to :, S42); North
west India 0rom 4,l69 to 42,672); Gujarat
District Bombay Conference Qrom 3,44S
to lo9S5). The number of Sunday school
pupils has grown from 1897 to 290 l5S,
a gain of 1921 or 10 per cent.
Difficulties Special difficulties which
have disturbed missionary activity or
which have tended to block progress have
been the Boxer u3risings in north and
west China. floods in Central China, the
plague in South China, cholera and the
plague in various reasons Of Southern
Asia, and famines in India, East Central
Africa. and Finland No one Of these diff
fculties was so widely and so distressing
L. felt as We're the cuts in appropriations
which the General Assembly Committee
was forced to make during the first two
years of the quadrennium, because of the
rapid extension OF the work OF the So
Il
mands upon its resources.
Episcopal Supervision. Bishop Moore,
with the exception of one trip to the Unit
ed States. has spent the four years in
Eastern Asia. He has seen the end of the
Boxer upheaval and the beginning Of the
Russian-Japanese war. Bishop Vincent
has spent practically all the quadrennium
in Europe. Bishop McCabe has visited
Europe once. Bishop McCabe and Bishop
joyce have each made two visits to the
missions in South America. Bishops Ham
nton, Cranston. and fitzgerald have visit
ed Mexico. Bishop Warne has itinerated
IN Southern Asia throughout the quadren-
mum; Bishop Thoburn has made two
trips to Southern Asia. and Bishop War
Re none. Bishop HartzeH has made two
extended journeys to Africa supervising
and administering our mission work on
the east and west coasts of that CONT
nent.
Deaths. The most notable deaths have
been those Of Bishop William Taylor. Mis-
sionaTy Bishop for Africa; Bishop E. W.
Parker. Missionary Bishop for Southern
Asia; Miss Isabelle Thoburn. pioneer mis-
sionary Of the Woman's Foreign Mission
sometime missionary to China and at the
time of his death Recording Secretary of
the Missionary Society. Not a few other
missionaries and a number of leading ma
tive workers have gone to their reward.
nor must we forget the five hundred ma
tive Christians in North China and the
tie group in West China who have re-
ceived martyrs crowns. These all died
IN the faith
Conference Organization. Since the last
General Conference Burma District Of
Bengal burma Conference has become
Burma Mission Conference; the Congo
Missionary Conference has become the
East Central Africa Mission Conference;
the Western South America Mission Con-
ference has become the Western South
America Annual Conference; the Malay
sia Mission Conference has become the
Malaysia Annual Conference; and the
Philippine Islands District thereof. or
ganized since 1900 is now retitoning to
become successfully a Mission Confer
ence and an Annual Conference during
the coming quadrennum.
Tnoccupied Territory. The outposts of
our foreign missions have been pushed
Borneo has been entered also Bolivia and
Patagonia. The line Of preaching ap-
pointments has advanced northward in
Korea. New cieies and groups of VII
lagos have been added TO the scope of
missionary supervision in most Of our
Missions in China. while in the Philip
pines. instead of one province of Luzon
being entered. as four years ago. cur ap-
pointments are now in eight In India
several Conferences have rapidly extended
the geological range of their work, this
being especially true Of Bombay and
Northwest India
Property Values The estimated value
OF foreign missionary property has in
creas Sl.244.l2o. or frcm S5.4lo9SS TO s6,655.-
COS. an increase of - per cent. Particu-
larry significant have been the additions
Of equipment made to medical work in
China. and to industrial work in India
and Africa.
SeIf-SupPort. There was collected for
self-support in the foreign field during
19o0-03 the sum of Sl.262.57S; during the
previous quadrenium. S92o,6Se. an increase
o. SS4l.S9S. or 81 per cent.
Comfy Growing evidences are TO be
sionaries SO t. relate their work geograph-
ically and in other ways 10 that Of other
societies that the most economical dispo-
siuon Of money and life energies may be
made and the largest results achieved.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS
During the quadrenrium now closing
the Missionary Society has expended
E.947.4 = on domestic missions. this
amount being used in experimenting the
exceedingly scanty salaries Of over 400
Methodist pastors who are NJ work in
very needy fields in affording special
agency relief shrdluetaoinshrdl
emergency relief 10 few such from time
to time and in providing the entire sal
aries Of . few men who are st work
in regions where their work is supervisory
and where such contributions Tor self
support as are made go 10 local pastors.
Domestic mission work is carried on in
fifteen languages: = touches practically
every state ard territory Of the United
States and the nonContisuous regions OF
Porto Rico and Alaska. An appropriation
for work among Korean emigrents in
Hawaii was first made druring the pres
ent quadrennium. As were alse the spe-
cial appropriations fer city mission work