Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-13

not expected The audience numbered about
800. and all went on as orderly and as rev.
erently as the worship OF any Anne rican
congregation The official board has met
regularly and all bills were paid with bal
ance to credit. The accounts were in model
condition and the records of membership
and baptisms up to date They actually
crossed off the names of members who
had died! have found names upon church
records in Iowa ten years after the death
Of the persons to whom they belonged.
AT Hagonoy in the province of Bulacan,
a similar record has been made this past
year. and the members there are now pre-
pairing for the erection of chapel that Will
seat at least 800 people, and be an ornament
to the city They will need to raise at least
$500 toward 1t in addition to what as
sstance the Church Extension Society en-
ables US to give them. At Mexico. IN the
province Of Pampanga, we have the largest
and best-erganized membership outside OF
Manila. Two brothers who owned large
theater have given it to the church. 1t Is
a good building and is seated for 800 peo-
pie. l went there to hold quarterly con-
ference a few days ago, and found an audi
ence of at least coo people assembled. After
three of us had spoken and several had ex-
pressed a desire to find Christ, we held
quarterly conference that did my heart
good! All the official members were pres
emit All were deeply interested. More than
800 of the audience remained. interested
spectators of the work.
Division of the Field
DIR. Stuntz is DESTROYS Of opening mission
work in some of the southern islands which
are either not fully worked by the denom-
nations at present there or which are be-
ing held by one another denomination
that intends to have workers there soon.
but president of the executive commit
tee of the Evangelical Union, and fairly
in harmony with its principles he will
take no step toward that end now, and not
until the expiration of the present con-
tract. which expires this summer. Then I'M
less the CongregationalistS Baptists- or
Presbyterians seem to be sufficiently we'll
manned to care for all the people in their
respective territories, he will probably IN
sist upon a modification Of the present sys-
TEN.
continued DR.. Stuntz. practically two
things prevent from even attempting at
present to occupy them at ALL First, we
lack workers, and, second, 1t has seemed
good to Bishop Warne and all the brethren
here to enter into a compact in the Evan
gelical Union by which the entire field is
delimited. Under this arrangement Method
ism Is given all of the Island of Luzon
including a free hand in Manila, from
line running through Manila as far north
as Dagupan, and from sea to sea, with
our natural line of extension up the Caga-
yam valley conceded. That gives nearly
1900 900 of the 100000 of the popula-
ton to work among. 1t gives us the most
compact territory. 1t gives US the only
railway line In the archipelago to use in
reaching our work. 1t gives us the Taga-
log, Pampanga and Locano people. three
of the most progressive of the many tribes
or races in the Philippines. 1t leaves us
free to enter upon work in other islands
than Luzon. as seems wise when the inter-
ests OF other missions are considered.
Policy Of the Methodists.
Conditions determine our policy We
aim at evangelistic work almost exclusive
ly. The public schools opened by the
American government are meeting the need
for popular education and doing 1t so well
that 1t would be waste Of mission funds
and needless reflection upon the effort
of the government for US to enter into
secondary school work. we would most
certainly do under different conditions.
Nor are we anxious to provide educational
Institutions to any considerable degree at
the present stage of the work. When we
have such institutions we want them for
our own constituency and not to benefit
those who have little or no sympathy with
US. When our people begin to clamor for
special schools for their children we shall