Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-26
SPANISH MISSIONS
 DOING GREAT WORK
Report Shows How the LaborS of Church Have Steadily
 Grown,

Church News, a little monthly bull letin published at Clayton, N. NJ. contains in it's last issue, an interest ing resume of the work of the MethO- dist-Spanish missions in New Mexico
 since the work came under the direc- ton of Rev. Thomas Harwood. The review is by Dr. Harwood and is in part as follows:
 Our missionary work in New Mex
 ico has never gone in leaps and bounds" but the following statistics
 will show an almost continual, health
 ful growth of the work from its be- ginning:
 The writer reached this field in
 October 1869. and in 1870 reported
 fifteen members, one preacher, two Sunday schools, sixty scolars and two church buildings valued at s3,OOO This was independent of Father DwyeT's work at Santa Fe, where he had lived a year and had a small church organization which consisted of Governor Pile, his family and a few others. When the governor was removed and Father Dwyer left New
 Mexico, the organization was discon- tinued
 In 1875. We had as per report: Mem bers, 11S; probationers, :: Sunday schools, s; scholars. 194; day schol-
 ars. 60.
 In 1880 We had thirteen missions, 319 members, fOrty-five prObationers; Sunday schools, sixteen; scholars, | 503: day scholars, eighty. Up to that time the writer had travelled 30 GOO miles on horseback, in stage and in i buggy. camping most of the time, but sometimes staying in houses. Hon | Thomas Catron, prominent lawyer, 1 in New Mexico, says: You ought to write a book and call it Thirty l Thousand Miles by Camp Fire" l have much of it written and would | have it printed but for want of means. In 1884 we had missionaries, p;
 members, 6S8; probationers, 114; l Sunday schools. Il; scholars, 1,G0g; l day schools, II; Ischolars, 274. That year the work was divided and the 1 Spanish gave over the English mis- | sions: Missionaries, 6; members
 1S1; probationers, II: local preach
 CTS, 3: Sunday schools. [; scholars, ! 553: churches, '; valued at S35, 5,000. This left us for the Spanish work: Missionaries, Is; mSlbers, S9; pro
 bationers, 132; Sunday schools, II: scholars, PIT; and day scholars, 274 The writer of this never asked to
 come to New Mexico, but was sent
 When the mission was organized in 1872, he did not ask to be it's super intendent, but was appointed by Bish op Simpson When the work was di yided into the English and Spanish
 speaking mission, Dr. s. w. Thorn
 ton was appointed superintendent oi
 the English mission, and the writer
 without any desire on his part was made superintendent of the SpaHisf
 mission, a position he has held III
 to the present time.
 II Tn 1890 we had in Spanish woTl T alone: Ordained preachers, 6; unoT : dained preachers, Il; local preachers U 3; stations and circuits, 28; preach ing places, 92; churches, z; parson 5 ages 16; value of church property 5 all told, S41 800; Sunday school schol Z ars, 39S: day scholars, 293; members al 955; probationers, 4S0.
 3 In 1900 we had, preachers, 31 t members, 1,743; probationers, 759. F In 1906, at our last conference, ou 7 statistics showed that we had, ol l, dained preachers, 23; eligible fo ? membership, for the next conference
 providing they stand their examins q tions. 10; making a membership 0
 33: local preachers, 6; member! y 2.O63: Sunday schools, 45; scholars e 1882: churches, 34; probable value f $4S,600; parsonages, 29; valuation d $29, 500; total, s78.200.