The Ordway new era., 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
Exhibits From India, China, Japan
and Korea.

Denver-Eight hundred delegates are
In Denver attending the Rocky Mountain
Missionary convention. which opened
three'days session Tuesday morning
at Trinity church. Bishop II. w. War
ren 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.. +. d. Fowlcs. formerly n
missionary to Porto Rico and Singa-
pore. Malaysia, now OF New York City,
discussed the excellent missionary eN.
hibit being held in the basement of the
church.
The North Indian qunrtette, with
special missionary songs. was fea'
mre OF the evening. Bishop W. F. Old
| ham talked on missionary results In
southern Asia. and DIR. A. b. Leonard
had for a topic, THE Way of the Lord
Prepared" An exceptionally interest
ing program has been arranged for to-
day and tomorrow. the closing day.
The church aditorum was crowded
at both the day and evening sessions.
| Admission Is being charged TO the nd
| dresses. but the exhibit In the base
mcnt Is free. The exhibit Is made up
OF work done In missionary schools by
| children of 7GO 100000 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 Is cents for each
member and probationer OF the Neth
odIst Church. A strenuous effort Is be
ing made to stimulate the interest ol
the younger members of the church In
| the work of the missionary society.
| Said one delegate: Thirty dollars
| will support a native preacher. unmar
ricd, in India, Africa and South emma
| for n year. Forty dollars VIII support
n native preacher. unmarried. In cen
| tral. north or west China for year
| Fifty dollars will support a native
| preacher. unmarried. In Japan Tor
year. Sixty dollars will support ma
tive preacher. unmarried, In Korea ioi
| n wear. Twenty-Five dollars will sup
mort an unmarried and s3o married
| student in our academic and theoloSi
| cal schools year. Fifteen uolia''
will support an orphan in India. Africa
or Hinghua. China, for year. Forty
dollars will maintain primary DAY
school in Foochow mission, China toi
| a year..
| Said another: There are 3.O5l FRO
| testant missionaries working with th'
| 157,772. 900 population of Africa. Ihe!
have l5.732 native helpers. There are
oTI COO communicates. In schools we
| have 2o5.O47 pupils. Over half of the
missionaries are Methodist. In India
| ministering to the population of 29i.
3Cl .O56 are 4,105 Protestant mission
1 aries. with 25,T27 native helpers. Com
municants number 43S.07G and schol
| ars in the schools 394,264. or these
27S are Methodists. In China, with itf
| a32 600 900 men. women and children
| there are only 3, ,107 7Protestant'mission
aries. There are S.313 native helpers
There are 131 .404 communicates. In
the schools there are 50,55S pupils. one
| hundred and ninety-siN OF the mission
aries are Methodists.
.I.aboring among the non.Christiar
population of the world to-day there
are 17,749 Protestant missionaries
with S9,335 native helpers. The mum
yer of communicates is 1.736,O76. The
number of pupils in Christian schools
is 1,196,127. The income from e the
field is $3,516,O15. Sent from America
each year is $19.175.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.