Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-27
METHODIST STATE -. 49,. =.
MISSIONARY CONVENTIONS

~iSaN NoehS' u'S " 0S i'Sid4 a. T al "
March 1921, Which Will Be At
tended by ,Prorninents From All
Parts of the Country.
Methodists of North Dakota are
planning an important state mission
airy convention, to be held at Fargo
March 1921. The purpose of the
convention is to bring together con
ference 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
North Dakota conference, for the con.
sideration of some of the problems
fundamental to the Christian occupa.
ton of the unevangelized nations, and
also for prayer, fellowship, and dis
cussion of methods and the best helps
available for fulfilling the great mis-,
sionary purpose of the church. ~.
Among those who have been as
signed parts on the program are
Bishops E. G. Andrews, John H. Vim
cent, William f. Mcdowell, and
Joseph c. Hartzell; DR.. II. K. Carroll
of New York, first assistant cor
responding secretary of the Mission
airy Society of the Methodist Episco-
pal church; assistant and field secre-
taries of the same society as follows:
DR.. G. G. Logan of Holly Springs,
Miss; the Rev. S. B. Caldwell of
Chattanooga. Tenn, and Mr.. S. Earl
Taylor of New York, the last being
field secretary for young peoples
work; the following missionaries re-
turned or at home on furlough: DR.. F.
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. Luer-
ing of Malaysia; the Rev. R. c. Beebe,
M. D., of China; the Rev. ]. B.. Nc
Laughlin 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,
and Dr.. F. Frost of Evanston, Ill.
The convention is under the man
agement of the Rev. DIR. J. B. ,Trimble,
field secretary of the missionary so
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
church, assisted by competent and
active executive committee. The
convention will be delegated body.
The Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal church under
whose auspices this convention is to
be held, was organized in 1919. Dur.
ing the first year of its history the
receipts we're 1923 as compared with
$1,76S,692, the total receipts for 1905
Foreign missionaries are working I'm,
der the society in Africa, Borneo
China, Europe, Federated Malay
States India, Java, Japan, Korea
Mexico, Philippine Islands and South
America. The home mission work
done in every state and territory OF
the Union, besides in Porto Rico and
Hawaii, includes that among the fol
lowing peoples: Welsh, Swedish,
Norwegians, Danish, Germans, Span
ish, Portuguese, Italians, Bohemians
Hungarians, Finnish, Japanese
Chinese, Koreans, and American In
dams, besides the negroes and native
white people of the United States
According to the latest compiled sta
tistics, there are in the foreign field:
33 conferences and missions, 1913 mis-
sionaries, 3,4e3 native preachers, 216.
s02 church members, and 37,675 Sun
day school scholars.