The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-02-22
METHODIST INTERSTATE MISSIONARY CON.
VENTl0N.

f"ethoulsts OF Wisconsin and Mime
sofa are planning an important inter
state Missionary Convention, to be
held at Minneapolis, Mimi, March
2l-&. 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
societies within the bounds of the
Wisconsin, West Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Northern Minnesota Con-
terences, for the consideration of some
OF the problems fundamental to the
Christian occupation of the unevange-
lied nations and also for prayer,
fellowship and discussion of methods
and the best helps available for
fulfilling the great missionary purpose
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 Secretaries of the
Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, as follows: Drs.,
f. ID. Sheets of Chicago, ]. 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
being Field Secretary for Young
Peoples Work; DR.. Frank d. Game
we'll, Executive Secretary of the Open
Door Commission of the Missionary
Society; the following missionaries
returned or at home on Through
DR.. 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, DR.. Fl. l.. E.
Luering of Malaysia, R. c. Beebe,
M. D., of China, the Rev. j. L.
Mclaughlin of the Philippines, Mrs.
F. d. Gamewell of China and the Rev.
Robert Ward of India; other leading
speakers from outside 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 E. Bradt of Wichita,
Kan, Secretary of the Presbyterian
Board of Home Missions.
The Convention is under the man
agement of the Rev. DR.. F. H. Sheets,
Assistant Secretary of the Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church, assisted by competent and
active Executive committee. The Con-
vention will be delegated body.
The Missionary Society of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, under whose
auspices this Convention is to be held,
was organized in 1919. During the
first year of its history the receipts
were 1928 as compared with 81 ,760, 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, Mexico, Philip
pine Islands, and South America.
The Home Mission work, done in
every state and territory of the Union,
besides in Porto Rico and Hawaii, in
cludes that among the following
peoples: Welsh, Swedish, Norwegians,
Danish, Germans, French, Spanish,
Portuguese, Italians, Bohemians,
Hungarians, Finnish, Japanese,
Chinese, Koreans, and American
Indians, besides the negroes and ma
tive white people of the United States.
According to the latest compiled sta
tistics, there are in the foreign fields
SO Conferences and Missions, 49S
missionaries, 3,463 native preachers,
216,S02 church members, and 237 ,675
Sunday school scholars.