The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-30
PAN
COMPREHENSIVE
chedule of What Methodist
Centenary Fund Will Mean
to Foreign Fields.

win the close of the meeting Of the
onterence missionary secretaries nf the
Methodist church. South. at the Hotel
Chisca Thursday night. which was Mt
ended by six bishops of the church and
representatives of the 80 conferences
making up the entire church, definite
plans for i~naugurating the world-wide
missionary movement. made possible bv
the success of the mission centerary
drIve, VIII be taken up at once,
the budget of $35, OO0.0 900 FOR i~naug,,-
FalLns new and maintaining old work
LOT a period of five years, both in he
nom ne sm ~ Ia ana foreign countries, pro-
already started, $3.50, 600 for the home
missions OF the general board, S2.5O0 900
ior me annual conference missions ~
4U,OOQ for the board of church evten-
sion, S''oI!0,OOO for the general work Of
foreign missions, 50, 900, 300 for tbn f"i
eign work Of the woman's c]ouncii ~
3SV,OOO Tor. the women's department 81
home missions, and SIS. $50. 900 for recon.
structlon work in the devastated re-
gions Of Europe.
The foreign work of the Methodist
church, South, lies in Africa Rrs1n
China, Cuba, Japan. Korea and Mexiccn'
follows: " '"|h ileiu
Africa.
TO Africa it is proposed to e ten
men and eight women within fha newt
i've years, two of the ten men To he
DOCTORS and two Of the eight women TO
pc nurses. The plans provide for the
training of 100 native teachers and IA
~evangellsts, the building of four school
MS0usss, 4 houses for missionaries and
% churches, 4he buildings to be buiIt
by native contributions Of material and
Iapor. Also the building of three work
SHOPS and three small hospitals of from
eight TO ten beds each, and the estah-
Ishrneht or a printing press for lesson
s sins tracts and Scriptures in the ma
i've languages. Provision is made for a
sinall steamer for transporting mission
aries and supplies on the tributaries of
the kasai and Sankuru rivers.
the work in Africa covers the BEL
gan Congo, q territory about one-third
population Of about Is, 900, 900, with i'm
mense natural resources. The church
assumes responsibility for the eyangel-
lzatlon OF the Batetela tribe, 100000
strong, between the Lomami and San
kuru rivers, south of the equator. This
Is a trlpe OF powerful men and women
physically, cannibalistic In tendency, but
VINO i've by hunting. fishing and tilling
the soil. They live in ell-built Wiz
ages In the forest along the streams
me medical missionaries have a lead
ing part in the work. utilizing medicine.
surgery and dentistry to overcome SUI
pefstltion and prejudice, and to combat
tropical fevers, dysentery, pneumonia
sleeping sickness, hookworm and other
In addition to the present income the
budget provides: General work, evan
g%elistic, $102, 500; educational, Sal, 900; |
medical. $4,000; total, 1888, 500 per year
1or, flVe years. Woman's work. evan
geltstic, $17,250; educational, 81, 800; |
Brazil.
me task undertaken in Brazil is TO
give the gospel to the 49, 900, 900 people
Tor whom Southern Methodism is re-
sponsible. The people are nominally
Cnrlstlans, but have no personal knowl-
cage or salvation through Jesus Christ.
Distances are great and much of the
travel is on horseback.
IL is proposed to send 43 men and 30
women missionaries, provide for one
native doctor and two teachers. To de-
velop AZ native preachers and 35 native
teachers, build 81 churches, II parson-
ages, IL parochial schools and three
Sunday school buildings, erect addi-
tional buildings for CRANBERRY college
and establish a printing plant; also to
provide funds for ~evangelistic cam
paigns and increase the salaries of ma
tive preachers,
The church is already maintaining "A
and two women in evangelistic
work and six colleges, a seminary, two
professional schools and several hospi-
tails. The budget provides for 81, 924,-
$40 per year for five years.
In China 1t is proposed to train more
Chinese leaders and develop the latent
powers and resources of the growing
Chinese church until 1t shall become a
self-supporting, self-propagating ard
Indigenous church. To enlarge and Der
the educational system already
and to bring to the masses
who are afflicted with plaques, cholera,
diphtheria and other diseases the heal
ing touch of western medicines and
surgery, teach the public the
principles of sanitation and wholesome
living, to establish additional hespi-
tals and nurSe-training achnnls and