The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-23
FOR A CLOSER ALLIANCE.
Methodists Of Wisconsin and Mime
sofa to Hold Conference.

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/. Methodists of Wisconsin and Minneso.
ia are planning an important interstate
missionary convention, to be held at
Minneapolis March 2l-23. The purpose
of the convention is to bring together
conference and district officers of the
different organizations of the church,
the pastors and representatives from the
local churches and young peoples so.
cieties within the bounds of the Wis
consin, West Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Northern Minnesota conferences, for the
consideration of some of the problems
fundamental to the Christian occupation
of the unevangelized nations and also
for prayer, fellowship and discussion
of methods and the best helps available
for fulfilling the great missionary pur-
pose of the church.
Among those who have been assigned
parts on the program are Bishops E. G.
Andrews, John H. Vincent and William
f. Mcdowell; assistant and field secre.
taries of the Missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church, as fol.
lows: Drs. f. II, Sheets of Chicago, J.
C. Floyd of Cincinnati; G. G. Logan of
Holly Springs, Miss, the, Rev. E. B.
Caldwell of Chattanooga, and Mr.. S.
Earl Taylor of New York, the last be-
ing field secretary for young peoples
work DIR. Frank d. Gamewell, executive
secretary of the open door commission
of the. Missionary society; the follow
ing missionaries returned or at home on
furlough:. DIR. F. H. Wright of Italy,
Samuel Quincy, NJ. D., OF. East Africa,
the Rev. W. C. Swearer Of Korea, the
Rev. d. S. Spencer of Japan,. the Rev.
Don w. Nichols of China, DIR. H. L. f.
Luering of Malaysia, R. c. Beebe, M. d.
of China, the Kew. j. L. Mclaughlin of
the Philippines, Mrs. F. d. Gamewell of
China, and the Rev. Robert Ward of
India; other leading speakers from out
side the constituent territory will be
Dr. John F. Goucher of the Woman's
college of Baltimore, DR.. Frank Mason
North of New York, DR.. F. P. Frost
of Evanston, ILL.,, and Dr.. Charles f.
Bradt of Wichita Kan., a secretary of
the Presbyterian board of home mis-
sions.
The convention is under the manage
ment of the Rev. DR.. f. H. Sheets, as.
sistant secretary of the Missionary SO.
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal church,
assisted by competent and active exc
cutive committee. The convention will
be delegated body.
The Missionary society. of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, under whose aus
pieces this convention is to be held, was
organized in 1919. During the first year
of its history the receipts were 1898
as compared with $l,768,692, the total
receipts for 1905. Foreign missionaries
are working under the society in Africa,
Borneo, China, Europe, Federated Malay
states, India, Java, Japan, Korea, Mexi.
co, Philippine Islands and South Areri-
ca The home mission work, done in ev-
cry state and territory of the Union, be-
sides in Porto Rico and Hawaii, in.
cludes that among the following peo-
Piles: Welsh, Swedish, Norwegian, Dan
ish, Germans, FRENCH. Spanish Poftn.
guese, Italians, Bohemians, Hungarians,
Finnish, Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, and
American Indians, besides the negroes
and native white people of the United
States. According to- the latest, compiled
statistics, there are in the foreign field
thirty three conferences and missions,
49s missionaries, 3,463 native preachers,
2l6.sO2 church members, land. 237 $50
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