The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16

| Bishop Robert Mcintyre, the great
est orator in the Methodist church.
/ presided today This bishop bears a
striking resemblance to Massena, the
| oldest Of NapoIeon's marshaIs. In
| deed he could easily sit for a picture
| of the famous tactician of the French
emperor's army. intellectually and
| strength of character are stamped
| upon the eagle face of the ST. Paul
bishop. His physical strength ap-
pears shattered by the weight of years
but his spirit shines unwavering in his
deep set eyes.
The committee is behind in it's Ia
bors and will hardly finish it's ap-
pointed work until late this evening.
The apportionment of the $S50.000
appropriation of mission and church
extension funds of the church for the
coming year has not yet been pre-
/ sented to the general committee by
the special subcommittee excepting
only the money" for work in the negro
missions and churches. This branch
of work will receive $4O,677 this year
in place of the $48,425 received last
year. Alabama. Arkansas and North
Carolina and Tennessee receive the
$4,000 apiece. The committee on
apportionment of funds for white
work and foreign speaking mission
work will report this evening.
Nearly the entire morning session
was spent in debate on the details
and methods of assigning funds by
the different conferences among the
churches of their states. The general
by states, but it has the power to ar
range the details of its distribution by
conferences to a certain extent.
DR.. Forbes Sneaks
DR.. Robert Forbes, secretary of the
home missions board of the Methodist
church, was the principal speaker at
the big mass meeting at the Auditorium
yesterday afternoon. He was followed
by Bishops Anderson and Hughes.
In the course of his address DR..
has received as much aid as Kansas.
The board of home missions and
church extension helped to build more
than 500 Methodist Episcopal churches
assist in building little churches in
Kansas and has loaned 100000 more
at low rates of interest. Now in her
days of prosperity we look more and
more to Kansas to give out of her
abundance.
THE church is here to help people to
be good, not to save souls. We are
here to save people and make them be
good. The Methodist Episcopal church
is here to make the people good by
preaching the gospel to them. And the
Methodist Episcopal preachers preach
the gospel the best of any preachers.
But it takes money to do this. The
board I represent is supporting 1000
missionaries. They are in fields which
can't support them. but quarterly from
the office in Philadelphia a draft goes
out to each of them to help them to
live and spread the gospel. They are
laying the foundation of empire
That board has helped to build 15,-
900 out of the 10000 churches of our
denomination in this county. Last
year we helped to build 401 churches
and then there were the 1900 mission
aries to support. 1t is not hard for
man to fill pulpit already established,
but it takes a great big man to go
into a field where they only understand
the language and establish a church."
AS announced in the programme
printed last week, Methodist bishop;
and preachers from every section of the
country filed the pulpits of Kansas
Methodist churches yesterday. 1t was
John Wesley day in the Sunhower
state.
The home missions and church ex-
tension committee which has been in
session here since last Thursday, con-
cluded it's labors today and the 20 dele
gates in attendance left for their homes.
This has been one of the most import