The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26
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,

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
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.. F. D. Fowles, formerly a
missionary to Porto Rico and Singa-
pore, Malaysia, now of New York City,
discussed the excellent missionary ex-
hibit being held in the basement OF the
church.
special missionary songs, was a fea-
ture of the evening. Bishop w. F. Old
ham talked on missionary results in
southern Asia, and DR.. A. B. Leonard
had for 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 aditorium was crowded
at both the day and evening sessions.
| Admission is being charged to the ad-
| dresses, but the exhibit in the base
| ment is free. The exhibit is made up
of work done in missionary schools by
children of 760,Q00,000 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 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 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 for
a year. Twenty-Five dollars will sup
port an unmarried and S35 married
student in our academic and theologi
cal schools a year. Fifteen dollars
will support an orphan in India, Africs
or Hinghua, China, for year. Forty
dollars will maintain primary da!
school in Foochow mission, China fol
a year."
Said another: There are 3,051 Pro
Itestant missionaries working with the
157 ,772, 900 population of Africa. The!
have 1872 native helpers. There are
274 900 communicates. In schools We
have 205,047 pupils. Over half of the
missionaries are Methodist. In India
ministering to the population of 294,
361, ,O56 are 4105 Protestant mission
aries, with 25,727 native helpers. Com
municants number 43S, S,076 and schol
ars in the schools 394, ,264. OF these
278 are Methodists. In China, with it!
432 100000 men, women and children
there are only 8 ,107 Protestant mission
aries. There are 1913 native helpers
There are 49, ,404 communicates. II
the schools there are 50,55S pupils. One
hundred and ninety-six of the mission
aries are Methodists.
"Laboring among the non-Christia1
population of the world to-day there
are 17,749 Protestant missionaries
with S9,335 native helpers. The mum
yer of communicates is 1,736,076. The
number of pupils in Christian schools
is 1,196,127. The income from the
field is S3,516,015. Sent from America
each year is $19,175,SS5."
The convention includes Colorado
Wyoming, Utah, Arizona and New
Mexico, but among the delegates ant
visitors are men known the world ovei
in missionary and church circles.