The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-01

Bishop l. B. Scott left this port on
June 9th for Saint Paul De Loanda.
where he went to preside over the
annual session of the West Central
African Mission Conference. The
Bishop returned to Monrovia OIL
Thursday the 5th of the month. per
Steamship "Bonny," after an absence
of nearly eight weeks. He came
from the lower Coast by the steamer
"Brussellville" and transhipped at
Sierra Loan for Monrovia; he had a
very pleasant and safe voyage.
The Conference was held quiet
three hundred miles interiorward
from Loanda, and the Bishop reports
very successful session. He was
met at Loanda by Brother Shields
who accompanied him to the seat of
Conference. The work was carefully
looked after, and our missionaries in
that section Of the field start off
for another year of missionary eff
fort in the strength of Him who Com
missionoed the disciples to Ego into all
the world and preach the gospel to
every creature"
The work in the West Central AT
RIGA Mission, was founded upon Bish
op Taylor's self-supporting plan,
but is now being fostered by the
Board of Foreign Mission, under the
supervision of Bishop J. G. Hartzell.
The territory is under the Portuguese
Government, and our work therefore
must meet the present needs of the
Portuguese as well as our own native
population. BY this it is indeed ap-
parent that this visit of Bishop Scott
to this field in the discharge of his
Episcopal functions carries with it the
significant fact of the worldwide
principles of our Methodism. The
Church will more and more come into
the deeper realization Of her duty to
our foreign missions, as our Mission
airy Bishops give to the Cause their
earnest and faithful supervision and
report the same through our Church
organs.
This visit of the Bishop in his off
cial capacity enables him to have a
better knowledge of the real work
being accomplished together with the
needs of the various Missions. 1t will
doubtless broaden his horizon as to
the larger views of the entire mission
field, thereby bringing about a full
comprehension of the comparative
strength of our Methodist Missions.
and showing the strategic points for
more aggressive missionary operations.
1t gave an opportunity to study the
native people now under the domino
ton of Europe as compared with our
native Liberian population. In this,
much more can be accomplished in the
intelligent presentation of the needs of
Africa, especially during this our
Diamond Jubilee" Celebration. The
Bishop is optimistic in his vision of
what God means for the darker races
in the coming years of our mission
] airy endeavOrs.
The Bishop speaks in highest terms
of his reception and treatment by the
members of the Conference, all of
whome are white, and the mission
aries in general A reception was
tended him at Loanda on his arrival,
and Rev. and Mrs Shields, the miss.
ionaries in charge did their utmost
to make every thing pleasant for him
The report showed that some adj
vance had been made during the year
both in the number of members and
the property acquired. The Confer.
ence was held at Quessua, about 30C
miles inn the interior, as aforestated
In reaching our Mission Station al
this place. much Of the distance over
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