The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-22
BISHOP CANNON
OPPOSED TO CUT
IN MISSION FUND
Noted Minister breaches
At First Methodist
Church Here

An appeal 70 the entire membership
Of the Southern Methodist church or
| the 20 per cent reduction for foreign
missions was forecast Sunday morning
by Bishop James Cannon, Jr., in his
sermon at the First Methodist church
Bishop Cannon, who is one of the four
missionary bishops of the Southern
Methodist church, stated that he had
agreed to the first cut in the foreign
mission Appropriation, but that he did
not agree with the latest recommends
tfon made by the board Of foreign mis-
sions of the church. The bishop ex-
pressed himself by saying that he did
not feel free to agree TO a second cut
of 20 per cent merely on the recommen-
dalton Of the board. until the matter
had been placed before the entire mem
bership Of the church.
Bishop Cannon is to make a personal
appeal in the hope of having the boards
recommendation overruled early next
May.
Text From St. luke
The minister preached from the scrip
ture account in st. Luke End of the
first coming of the Savior, beginning
with the well known words, land there
were shepherds in the same country
abiding in the field" the speaker layi1. G
stress on the words following: Behold
I bring you good tidings of great joy
which shall be to Il people" The
bishop also read from the 10Th chapter
Of st. Luke: "Ft the Son of man
came to seek and t, save thu which is
lost"
At the close of sermon by DR..
George Stuart a number we're received
into the church. On Christmas Day,
the Sunday school will observe white
Christmas" and offerings made to the
Methodist orphanage at elma and to
the needy Of Birmingham.
DIR. Stuart Presents Bishop
Bishop Cannon was presented to the
congregation by DR.. Stuart, who stated
that he opposed "invidious" disti~~ tioa ),
but thrt Bishop Cannon's vision y. : '
needs on the foreign missionary field
was clearer than that of any other one
of the great leaders of thought in
Southern Methodism, an. when the
bishop finished his sermon, DR.. Stuart
said: eff you don't think this message
was worthwhile, regret dee.'ly your
view"
After explaining to his congregation
LndC LQ0 WOTuB ueSCFlptlN0 VI vi lSt o
birth and His mission were the most
precious ones .-nown, ~ bishop lost
no time in seeking to make an aplica-
ton of them to q leeds of today.
IF you are a devout Methodist you
believe the wol IF Luke in the 10Th
chapter and 10th verse, and vo are
a true Christian you rejoice in the
knowledge that Christ is the Savior of
all peoples" SAID the bishop. Our
Lords kingdom is all the world; He
does not seek men of any one race or
any one nation. He seeks lost men and
women wherever they may be. l rejoice
that my church is l:-ing, giving and be-
lieving in the full hope that Christ is
to conquer everywhere"
Figures Given
In discussing the deliberations of the
foreign missionary boar |, as to financial
budgets for the foreign mission work,
the bishop said that except the general
conference, that board was the most re-
sporsible organization of the church.
He said after long deliberatiOn it was
voted that 20 per cent reduction be
made in the foreign field work but that
when later it was recommended that a
second 20 per cent reduction be made
in the same work the speaker opposed
the move and aske,, that he be allowed
to take the matter to the congregations
of the entire church in the hope that
sufficient financial response be Sc
cured to insure no further reduction in
the foreign work, at least. not until
May &C 1925, when the board will hold
its annual meeting.
The bishop undertook to show that
TIE things for which thousands Of dol
l. ho.,, .Ok Il
30 valuable as are the claims Of the
spread Of the gospel in foreign lands.
Figures were given to show what
mighty increase in wealth there has ap-
peared in the : fi|e J ars, with the
concluding claim hat the missionaries
were not getting their just and lawful
support.
Calls For funds
The fact that thousands "are appoint
ed to die" in the twelve foreign fields of
the Southern Methodist church, when
the waste in spending money would
save them" was us. ~ arouLe the con-
gregation to a sense of their financial
duties. The sacrifices made and still
being made, by missi -.-ries, some #
them making 500 a year. who could
have commanded several thou: ands of
dollars a year in America according to
the bishop, we ferred to at some
length.
Must I he called pom to cut the
wages of these missionaric~ 20 per cent"
asked the speaker. Must l be called
upon to discharge from the service our
trusted and valued missionaries? Do
you suppose I am going to take the re-
sponsibility of causing our missionaries
to fall to the ground in humiliation