The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
is WORLD WIDE
Representatives From Foreign
Missionary Society Coming.
Bishops ON Program of MethO-
dist Church Gathering.

Methodist women from all over the
world will gather in Topeka Oct. 20
Nov. s. for the annual convention OF
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety. The organization is one OF the
greatest women's organizations in the
world.
This society has a membership of
more than 300, 600. and collects and adj
ministers annually million dollars.
1t supports l, 100 schools from kinder
garten to college grade, and has TWEEN
ty-one hospitals all in foreign lands.
Worldwide Methodism will send its
representative women to this great
convention.
Mrs. w. F. Mcdowell, wife of Bishop
Mcdowell, is the president of this So
ciety and will preside at the conven-
ton. Bishop Mcdowell lives in Chica-
go and is one of the leading educators
of the Methodist church. Missionaries
from China, India, Japan, Korea, Bur-
ma, Malaysia, the Philippine Islands,
Mexico, Africa and Italy will be in at
tendance. Every state in the Union
will be represented.
Bishops Will Speak.
Bishop Homer c. Stuntz, from South
America, will be one of the speakers.
He was sent to the southern continent
in May 1872 and has his headquarters
in Buenos Aires, Argentine. He has
charge of all the missions of the Meth
tell of his work there.
Bishop John L. Nuelson, from South
ern Europe, will cross the Atlantic
ocean to tell of the missions on the
continent, especially those in the Bal
kan states. He is a resident of Zurich
and was visited by DR.. F. L. Loveland
of the First Methodist church on his
recent trip to Europe. Bishop Nuelson
has charge of all the missions of the
church in Europe.
Bishop F. J. Mcconnell, from Mex
fco will bring a message from the war
ridden country. He lives in Denver
but has charge of the Mexican mis-
sions and helped to get the mission
aries out of Mexico during the present
revolution down there. 1t is expected
his addresses will be among the most
interesting in the series.
Famous Chinese Coming.
Mr.. Ng Poon Chew, editor of Chung
Sal Vat Pc, Chinese daily of San
Francisco, an authority on things
Chinese and an orator of international
reputation, will speak on THE Chinese
Republic and Its Relation to Chris
tianity'' on Tuesday evening, Nov. 4.
The First Methodist church of To-
peka, with its great Sunday school
temple, will afford splendid advan-
tages for entertaining such conven-
ton as this. 1t was selected as the
seat of the convention largely because
of facilities and the fact that Topeka
is known over the Methodist world as
being one of the finest entertaining
cities in Methodism.
There are eleven branches of the
society in the United States. What
Is known as the Topeka branch, be-
cause it's headquarters are in Topeka,
comprising Kansas, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico,
Utah and Wyoming. The members of
the executive board of this branch are:
Mrs. Hiram 1mboden, Wichita; Miss
Ella Watson, Lincoln, Neb.; Miss Viola
Troutman, Topeka; Mrs. L. E. Nc
Entire, Topeka; and Miss Frances
Huntington, University Place, Neb
Mrs. B. NJ. Davies, Topeka. is the gen.
eral chairman of the local committee.
Large Missionary Exhibit.
An exhibit of costumes, curios
idols showing various religious feat
ures of foreign countries, will occupy
the department rooms of the Sunday
school temple. Scenes illustrating
the home life and costumes of the
people of different countries will be
given each day at 4 o'clock in the
Sunday school temple.
One hundred missionaries and can
didates will be in attendance, besides
general officers and secretaries of the
missionary societies. Hundreds of Wis
itors, from every state in the Union,
are already reported for the great
convention.
All sessions as we'll as the mission
airy exhibit are open to the public.