The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
The MISSIONARY
METHODIST CONVENTION TO FOR
WARD HIS WORK.
GRAND MEETING IN DENVER
Bishops Warren and Foss Preside at
First Days Sessions - Interesting
and Korea

Exhibits From India, China, Japan
and Korea.
Denver-Esht hundred delegates are
in DenverattendinG the Rocky Mountain
Missionary convention, which opened
threc-days' session Tuesday morning
at Trinity church. Bishop II. w. War
rem Of Denver presided at the day ses-
sions and Bishop c. d. Foss presided
over the evening session. Beside the
delegates there are at least 200 visitors
in attendance, running the total attend
ance up TO 1000.
Bishop Foss opened the days ses-
sion with an address on Forward. or
Spiritual Message for the Convention"
DR.. Matt S. Hughes, pastor of the In
dependence Avenue Methodist Church
of Kansas City, spoke on The Spirit
of Missions and Christian World Con
quest" Dr. +. ID. Fowlcs, formerly
missionary to Porto Rico and Singa-
pore, Malaysia, now of New York City,
discussed the excellent missionary eX-
hibt being held in the basement of the
church.
The North Indian Quartctte, with
special missionary songs, was fea-
ture of the evening. Bishop w. F. Old
ham talked on missionary results IN
southern Asia, and DR.. A. B. Leonard
had fer a topic, "The Way Of the Lord
Prepared" An exceptionally interest
ing program has been arranged Tor TO-
day and tomorrow. the closing day.
The church aditorium was crowded
at both the day and evening sessions.
Admission is being charged to ...iSS ID. ID
dresses, but the exhibit in the base
ment is free The exhibit is made up
of work done in missionary schools by
children of 1G0, 900 900 natives of India,
China. Japan and Korea, with speci-
mems of weaving. basket work, needle
work and tools of these countries. The
exhibit is out of the ordinary, feature
with much educational value.
The appropriations OF the missionary
society of the Methodist Church
amounts to only 10 cents for each
member and probationer of the Meth
odist Church. A strenuous effort is be-
ing made to stimulate the interest of
the younger members of the church in
the work of the missionary society.
Said one delegate: '"Thirty dollars
will support native preacher, unmar-
ried, in india, Africa and South China
for a year Forty dollars will support
native preacher, unmarried, in CEN
tral, north or west China for year.
Fifty dollars will support native
preacher. unmarried. in Japan for
year. Sixty dollars will support ma
tive preacher, unmarried, in Korea tor
year Twenty-Five dollars will sup
port an unmarried and S35 a married
student in our academic and theologl-
cal schools a year. Fifteen dollars
will support an orphan in India. Africa
or Hinghua. China for year. Forty
dollars will maintain primary daV
school in Foochow mission, China Tor
a year
Said another: "There are 3,05l Pro
testant missionaries working with the
157,772 900 population of Africa. They
have 15.732 native helpers. There are
pa 600 communicates. In schools we
have 2O5,O47 pupils. Over half of the
missionaries are Methodist. In India.
ministering to the population OF 294,-
3G1 ,O5G are 4,105 Protestant mission
aries, with 25,721 native helpers. Com
municants number 43S,01G and schol-
ars in the schools 39i ,2G1. Ot these
27S are Methodists In China, with it's
$4,000, 900 men, women and children,
there are only .l07 Protestant mission
aries. There are S,3l3 native helpers.
There are 131, ,404 COMMITMENTS. In
the schools there are 50,55S pupils. one
hundred and ninety-six of the mission
aries are Methodists.
"Laboring among the non-Chrlstlan
population of the world to-day there
are 17,749 Protestant missionaries,
with S9,335 native helpers. The num-
yer of ccmmunicants is l,73G,O1G. The
number of pupils in Christian SCHOOLS
is 1,19G,127. The income from the
field is $3,3lG0l5. Sent from America
each year is sl9,175.SS5."
The convention includes Colorado.
Wyoming, Utah, Arizona and New
Mexico, but among the delegates and
visitors are men known the world over
in missionary and church circles.