The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-15
GATHERING OF
TALENT
Methodist Missionary Convention at
Fargo to Be the Biggest Meeting Of
the Kind Ever Held in the United
States-Great Gathering of Talent.

the Kind Ever Held IN the United
States-Great Gathering Of Talent.
Methodists of North Dakota are
planning an important State Mission
airy convention, to he held at Fargo,
March 10 to 81, The purpose of the
convention is to bring together con-
ference and district officers of the diff
ferent organizations of the church, the
pastors and representatives from the
local churches and young peoples So
cieties within the bounds of the North
Dakota conference. for the consider
alton of some of the problems funda-
mental to the Christian occupation of
the unevangelized nations, and also
for prayer. fellowship and discussion
of methods and the best helps avail
able for fulfilling the great missionary
purpose of the church.
Among those who have been assign
ed parts on the program are Bishops
E. G. Andrews. John H. Vincent,
William +. Mcdowell and Joseph G.
Hartzell; DIR. II. X. Carroll of New
York, First Assistant Corresponding
Secretary of the Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal church;
Assistant and field secretaries of the
same society as follows-Dr. G. G.
Logan of Holly Springs Miss, the Rev.
e. B. Caldell of Chattanooga, Tenn,
and Mr.. s. Earl Taylor of New York,
the last being Field Secretary for
Young Peoples Work; the following
missionaries returned or at home on
furlough-Dr. H. H. Wright of Italy,
the Rev. w. G. Swearer of Korea, the
Rev. d. s. Spencer of Japan, the Rev.
Don w. Nichols of China, DR.. H. l..
E. Luering of Malaysia, the Rev. r.
c. Beebe, M. D., of China, the Rev. ].
L. Mclaughlin of the Philippines, Mrs
F. d. Cancel of China, and the Rev.
Robert Ward of India; other leading
speakers from outside the constituent
territory will be DIR. John F. Goucher
of the Womans college of Baltimore,
DR.. Frank Mason of New York, and
DIR. F. p. Frost of Evanston, Ill.
The convention is under the man
agement of the Rev. DR.. J. B. Trim
BILE, field secretary of the Missionary
society of the Methodist Episcopal
church, assisted by competent and
active executive committee. The con-
yention will he delegated body.
The Missionary society of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, under whose
auspices this convention is to be held,
was organized in 1919. During the
first year of it's history the receipts
we're 1928 as compared with $1,76S, 692,
the total receipts for 1876. Foreign
missionaries are working under the
society in Africa, Borneo, China,
Europe. Federated Malay States, In
dia, Java, Japan, Korea, Mexico,
Philippine Islands and South America.
The Home Mission work, done in every
state and territory of the Union, be-
sides in Porto Rico and Hawaii, in
cludes that among the following peo-
ples-Welsh, Swedish, Norwegians,
Danish. Germans, French, Spanish,
Portuguese. Italians, Bohemians, Hun
garians, Finnish Japanese, Chinese,
Koreans and American Indians, be-
sides the negroes and native white
people of the United States. Accord
Ing to the latest compiled statistics,
there are in the foreign field SO con-
ferences and missions, 49S mission
aries, 3,463 native preachers, 216,SO2
church members. and 237,675 Sunday
school scholars.