The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-31
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.


and Korea.
Denver-Eight hundred delegates are
in Denver attending the Rocky Mountain
Missionary convention, which opened
a three-days' session Tuesday morning
at Trinity church. Bishop H. 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.
Bishcp Foss opened the days ses-
sion with an address on Forward, or
Spiritual Message for the Convention"
DIR. Matt 8. 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.
The North Indian quartette, with
special missionary songs. was a fea-
ture of the evening. Bishop w. F. Old
ham talked on missionary results in
southern Asia, and DIR. A. B. Leonard
had for a topic, 1.-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 100000, 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 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 a native preacher, unmar-
rleu, IN lnuld, AlIlCd anu oouth Shihn
for a year. Forty dollars will support
a native preacher, unmarried, in cen
trail north or west China for year.
Fifty dollars will support a native
preacher. unmarried. in Japan for 4
year. Sixty dollars will support ma
tive preacher, unmarried, in Korea fol
a year. Twenty-Five dollars will sup
port an unmarried and S35 married
student in our academic and theologi-
cal schools year. Fifteen dollars
will support an orphan in India, Africa
or Hinghua, China. for a year. Forty
dollars will maintain a primary day
school in Foochow mission, China for
year"
Said another: There are 3,051 Pro
testant missionaries working with the
157 ,772 900 population of Africa. They
have 1872 native helpers. There are
274 800 communicates. In schools we
have 205,047 pupils. Over half of the
missionaries are Methodist. In India,
ministering to the population of 294,-
361 ,056 are 4,105 Protestant mission
aries. with 25,727 native helpers. Com
municants number 43S,076 and schol-
ars in the schools 394,264. OF these
27S are Methodists.. In China, with its
432, 900 900 men, women and children,
there are only 3, ,107 Protestant mission
aries. There are S,313 native helpers.
There are 131 .404 communicates. In
the schools there are 50,55S pupils. One
hundred and ninetysix of the mission.
(. aries are Methodists.
"Laboring among the non-Christian
population of the world to-day there
are 17,749 Protestant missionaries,
with S9,335 native helpers. The num-
yer of communicates is 1,736,076. The
number of pupils in Christian schools
is 1,196,127. The income from the
field is $3,516,015. Sent from America
each year is $19,175,SS5."
The convention includes Colorado
Wyoming. Utah, Arizona and New
Mexico, but among the delegates and
visitors are men known the world over
In missionary and church circles.