The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-12-09
FOIt sSURPDRT; OF, THE MISSIONS
! !. NEEUHD BIZ THE O1Oi2ITD rs
g "a METHODIST CHURCH E a.' ~
C;Al''Tl'1HllO(l|ltlE ! nF')Ll,unVCE.

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{ By II oraeefD. Slater. J

HeT 76ss9a, a. 4 D De-; S7- s re New
Orleans Cant rsnce OF the colored
Methodist, ERtacopa Church: has stust
closed, its sanaais, asssi Qn: at this place.
This mission Eepn terence, one of
the GsKg that "a lds for the, prot estaat
ehngc gain lhe dwaS,f die to- the
pred liant Catholic influence
There are, oK tcongse, seyetal large
and 5gnb q ess. hut lin the
rt,Anis $ 81 few followers
ofS6iofsd 9ffi at the various
chaSkaa2 lreh lis making
gs H4 S : Is 3 TIE light 81
bind dp 4 tthis territory. Il.
The work ssems to be4handieapped
In some degree by an ipsu fiieiency OF
funds from the, general church for
such "a, Held. bit there - are good
strong and earnest men down here
who ares willing to- sacrifice for the
cause sofSthe church and for Christ.
In the whole conference, despite the
small rnem bership and the rayages
OK the boil Weevil there was not a
single deficient report made, and from
the statistical reports, healthy In
creass IL being made in membership
each year. -. -, E sti,s
=, IT. would occur to, the casual nl,9
server that@the general eonfe fsnS$
rptght mex more adequate ;. praYssj
Ions sfor %thas work Sin mtssion shsfdg.
and sngsk tantiel measures fbr
the s$Ran s0f the 'eh urch. = IN tbia
opnnaeti ever; Rev I o.. phil
i, liRs. peyhapg the strongest nam ia
fhs Gang e oal2lsesFs9 gnd 1n
! rlsa fesBeCts: one pf: the. strongest
IN tho church mas figured% quite
a ~. ae'S ,si.tl general con.
?It}fWas Mr.. Phillips who secured secured:
an addition to the fluids; for, missions
that placed the cause .bn q little more
t than Gpafsimo basis. He .is,., I'd
map Of general prominence through;
ontrthe church; although for the last!
fourteen years, he has conRned his
activity to the mission fields OF south
Louisiana; II -, ~. '.'~@=.
Rev. Phillips came from the Texas
conference to this conference fourteen
years ago. Me served as presiding
elder .on1<the Crowley district for six
years and has been a member OF the
General Board for ten years.
Some OF his best church work was
done in Texas before he came this.
way, erecting in: ,thatastate the first
colorad Asthpdist /; dhatches In >Hous-
tqRsapas QERRgRA aad i'slAte being here
he ha#. areetad7 patronage at Lafay.
>et6e Ct &&theo lseSt ro&aS 1000 and, a
qkYESh saarad larson agerat New Orleans.
believe, Ia sbaI' saving" said
Rev. Phillips when asked a question
with arefereaIca to his work. ,"phat
tststhe ofaal mission Hof the minister,
and .11aount It the greatest thing Of
nay Christian ministry that have
= been an Instrument in the salvation
Of nearly 5000 souls
That simple statement in a nutshell
demonstrates the character of the
man. He 10 earnest to a fault, and
certainly has the courage of his con-
vlctions, In church p9ities, Phillips
may be said to be stahd patter He
has always been on the side of the
administration, but by no means can
be construed as being weakling for
that reason, - :.
On each occasion at the general
conference when there was shown q
disposition to ignore the message of
the Bishops, it was JIG. Phillips that
headed the minority report and cham
ptoned the cause OF the Fathers of
the church as that one cause that
should be needed, and that one source
Of advice that the church should re-
spect and heed.
Rev. Phillips headed the delega-
ton from this conference to the gen
eral conference that will meet In
Augusta Ga, next May, and has at
tended three consecutive sessions Of
that body from this conference. 10.
In securing the adoption Of the
EDwortht :. League instead of the
Chri8tian Bndeavor at the Nashville
meeting, he brought himself into
prominence throughout the church
The delegation accompanying him
will be Rev. q. w. Lands, and Rev
p. A, Brpton, alternate, for the cler
gy; and for the laymen, r. Holt, p
A. Bugas, aud a, r. Chargois, alter,
nate , - II 4 e.. ,...s.,.
i, Visiting this conference, were
aFnong the general offiesrs, DIR. w. b