The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-04-03
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CENTENARY OF THE
METHODIST CHURCH

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The centenary movement of the
Methodist church is the biggest pro-
gramme the church has ever UNDER
taken. Just one hundred years ago
the 18th of April the first Methodist
missionary society was organized by
Nathan Bangs, Joshua Soule and
others in New York City, and the
leaders of the Methodist church in
America, composed Of over 100000
members thought 1t would be very
befitting to in some way celebrate
the hundredth anniversary Of thi S
missionary work, so the M. E. church
which is the northern branch of Meth
odism, has undertaken the raising of
SS0,000,000, and the NJ r. church
south has undertaken the raising of
$35,000,000. This money Of more than
$100,000,000 is to be raised May 49,
25 1t is to be paid, however, in five
years time.
The money that is to be raised is
the least part of the work of the
purpose Of the centenary The church
is facing a new day, and much stress
in the centenary is being placed upon
prayer, and the great host of Meth
odism is being asked to agree to pray
for the success of the centenary and
the whole world in this time of re-
construction. The question Of stew
is also being stressed in this
The members of this
great denomination are being made
to realize that the brotherhood of
Man" takes in every being on the
globe, and they are being brought
face to face with the truth that they
are the stewards of their time, per-
influence and property.
Thousands and multiplied thou
sands of the members are signing
cards agreeing to 1.-THE their income
and give God what really belongs toI
him. In the southern Methodist
church that has more than two mil
lion members, it is contemplated
that 500 missionaries shall be sent
to the different mission fields in the
next five years
All want to know where the $685.
100000 that the southern Methodist
church is to raise is going to be
spent In addition to the mission
work the church is doing now in the
foreign field and home field, includ-
ing the work of church extension,
which totals about 100000 each
year for five years, or S10,000,000I
for five years, the following is con-
First: $2,850OOO to maintain our
work among the mountain peoples
and the negroes and industrial cen
tiers, and to inaugurate plans for
the neglected peoples IN the
great cities Of the south.
Second: S2,140,000 is to be used by
The board Of church extension ii
churches in foreign fields
and in building churches and estab-
ishing institutional plants in terri
DRY in the United States that is
listinctively missionary.
Third: Two and half million doll
airs to be raised by assessments by
he conference boards Of missions Of
he several ANNUAL conferences to be
Ised in more adequate support of
he home mission fields within their
wn bounds.
Fourth: To use S7,87O,OO0 for a
onward movement along all lines in
work in foreign fields
Fifth: Three million dollars for wo-
mans work in the foreign depart
1ent, for benighted womanhood.
Sixth: $1,29O,000 for the home
Mission department Of woman's work,
4 establishing and charging Wesley
ouses, Bethlehem houses, and other
eeded equipment of saving women in
ur own land:
Seventh; S5,S50,000 for evangelistic
reaching and gospel service among
he broken and sorrowing peoples of
rance, Russia, Italy, Belgium and
erbia and other work made neces-
ary by the effects of the war. So
will be seen that there are phases
the centenary that appeal to all;
i fact, every phase of the work
lght to appeal to every intelligent ,
lember of MethOdism.