THE GENERAL MISSIONARY COMMITTEE. THE General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church met in regular session at the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, Minn., at 9 A. M., November 9, 1893, Bishop Thomas Bowman presiding. Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. M. D'C. Crawford, D.D., and after that, by request of Bishop Bowman, Bishop Goodsell took the chair. Dr. S. L. Baldwin was elected Secretary; Dr. Homer Eaton, Assistant Secretary; Dr. Sandford Hunt, Financial Secretary; and Dr. Earl Cranston, Assistant Financial Secretary. The hours for the meetings of the Committee were fixed as follows: from 9 A. M. to 12 M., and from 2 to 5 P. M. The Missionary Committee is composed of the 18 Bishops of the Church, 14 representatives of the 14 districts into which the entire Church is divided, the three active Corresponding Secretaries, the Honorary Corresponding Secretary, the Recording Secretary, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, and 14 representatives of the Board of Managers. Total, 53 members. The roll was called, and the following members were found to be present: BISHOPS.-Bowman, Andrews, Merrill, Warren, Foss, Hurst, Ninde, Wa'den, Mallalieu, Fowler, Vincent, FitzGerald, Joyce, Newman, Goodsell, and Taylor. (Bishop Foster is on episcopal duty in China, and Bishop Thoburn is in India.) DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES.-Rev. J. M. Durrell, D.D., Rev. George B. Wight, D.D., Rev. M. S. Hard, D.D., Rev. J. H. Hargis, D.D., Rev. R. M. Freshwater, D.D., Rev. J. M. Carter, D.D., Rev. W. H. Shier, D.D., Rev. T. E. Fleming, D.D., Rev. J. F. Chaffee, D.D., Rev. D. W. C. Huntington, D.D., Rev. J. J. Bentley, D.D., Rev. I. B. Scott, D.D., Rev. J. L. J. Barth, D.D., Rev. G. C. Wilding, D.D. SECRETARIES.-Revs. Drs. McCabe, Peck, and Bald. win. (Secretary Leonard is in China, and Honorary Secretary J. M. Reid was not able to be present.) TREASURERS.-Revs. Drs. Hunt and Cranston. REPRESENTATIVES OFTHE BOARD.-Revs. Drs. J. M. Buckley, J. F. Goucher, M. D'C. Crawford, Homer Eaton, S. F. Upham, J. R. Day, A. K. Sanford; Messrs. John French, Alden Speare, E. L. Dobbins, J. S. McLean, E. B. Tuttle, Charles Scott, H. K. Carroll. (Dr. A. S. Hunt, who was elected as a representative of the Board, was unable to attend, and Dr. Homer Eaton, a reserve delegate, was recognized in his place.) A motion by Bishop Walden that the proceedings of the Committee be designated a Missionary Confer Balance, cash debt of Treasury, October, 31, 1893.... Outstanding bill of exchange..... $109,263 26 78,943 60 On motion, the bar of the Committee was fixed to include the first five rows of seats from the pulpit. On motion, all missionaries who may be present during the sessions of the Committee were invited to seats within the bar. On motion, the order of appropriations adopted by the Committee last year was readopted, with the understanding that the Domestic Missions are to be considered first. On motion, the Committee proceeded to fix the amount of the total appropriations, and the following amounts were suggested by different persons: $1,134,000; $1,160,050; $1,200,000; $1,279,050. On motion, it was ordered that the proceedings of the Committee be governed by ordinary parliamentary law, except as the Committee has taken, or may take, action to the contrary. On motion, a committee consisting of Bishop Hurst, Dr. J. M. Buckley, Dr. J. F. Chaffee, Dr. J. H. Hargis, and Mr. Alden Speare was appointed to confer with a committee of the Woman's Home Missionary Society in regard to work in Alaska. The Committee adjourned. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The Committee met at 2 P. M., Bishop Thomas Bowman presiding. Dr. S. F. Upham conducted the devotional exercises. On motion, a committee, consisting of Bishops Goodsell and Fowler and Dr. S. F. Upham, was appointed to consider propositions concerning the con On motion, it was ordered that the proportion appropriated to Foreign Missions be 55 per cent and to Domestic Missions 45 per cent, namely, $567,050 to Foreign Missions and $463,950 to Domestic Missions. Dr. J. M. Buckley presented the report of the Committee on the Rules and Usages of the Board of Managers appointed a year previous, and the report was accepted and ordered on file. Bishop Goodsell presented the report of the committee appointed last year on changing the methods of work of the Chinese Mission in San Francisco. The report was accepted, and it was referred to a special committee consisting of Bishops Goodsell and Fowler, Dr. G. C. Wilding, Mr. Alden Speare, and Mr. J. S. McLean. The following were appointed a Committee on New Work: Bishops Warren, Mallalieu, and Walden, Drs. Fleming, Hard, Bentley, Goucher, Day, and Carroll, and several communications and papers were referred to them. A committee of nine was appointed on Mission Work in Cities, as follows: Bishops Foss, Ninde, and Fowler, Drs. Barth, Durrell, Hargis, Crawford, and Sanford, and General E. L. Dobbins. A memorial from the South Carolina Conference on the distribution of the appropriations made to that Conference was referred to the bishops. The Committee adjourned. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10. The Committee met at 9 A. M., Bishop Merrill presiding. Devotional exercises were conducted by Dr. J. H. Hargis. On motion, it was ordered that communications referred by the Board to the General Committee be distributed to the proper committees. On motion, it was ordered that special committees of seven each be appointed on Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Europe and Africa, and South America and Mexico to consider appropriations to these fields, make adjustments, and report to the General Committee; and Bishop Fowler, Dr. Sandford Hunt, and Dr. S. L. Baldwin were appointed to nominate said committees. New England Southern (Swedish).... 1,700 On motion, a committee, consisting of Bishop Ninde, Dr. J. F. Chaffee, and Dr. T. E. Fleming, was appointed to adjust the amount appropriated last year to the Northwest Swedish Conference with the reduction prevailing, and report on the amounts which should be thus given to the Central Swedish, Northern Swedish, and Western Swedish A petition was presented from the New York Swedish Methodist Episcopal Preachers' Meeting in regard to Swedish work in Philadelphia, and was referred to Dr. S. L. Baldwin and Dr. Homer Eaton to consider and report. On motion, it was ordered that matters concerning Domestic Missions referred to the General Missionary Committee by the Board of Managers be referred to the Committee on Work in Cities for consideration. Bishops Foss, Ninde, Vincent, Newman, and Goodsell, Dr. J. J. Bentley, and Dr. Sandford Hunt were appointed a committee to consider the question of creating a fund for church property in foreign missions. The Nominating Committee reported the following Committee on Foreign Missions, and they were confirmed: JAPAN. KOREA, AND CHINA.-Bishops Fowler, Mallalieu, Goodsell, Drs. McCabe, Baldwin, Upham, and Carroll. INDIA AND MALAYSIA.-Bishops Bowman and Hurst, Drs. Peck, Hard, Freshwater, Goucher, and Mr. E. B. Tuttle. EUROPE AND AFRICA.-Bishops Ninde, Vincent, and Taylor, Drs. Cranston, Barth, Crawford, and Sanford. SOUTH AMERICA AND MEXICO.-Bishops Foss, Newman, and FitzGerald, Drs. Hunt, Wilding, and Eaton, and Mr. J. S. McLean. On motion, Secretary McCabe was substituted for Secretary Leonard on the committee appointed last year on allowing Conferences the use of a certain portion of their contributions in excess of their apportionments for use within their own bounds. Several communications were presented and referred to appropriate committees. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Committee met at 2 P. M., Bishop Andrews presiding. Devotional exercises were conducted by Dr. J. M. Durrell. The Committee on Swedish Work in Philadelphia reported that they deeply sympathized with the desire of the New York Swedish Methodist Episcopal Preachers' Meeting that efficient work may be established in Philadelphia, but in view of the present financial stringency they simply recommend that whatever appropriations may be made for Swedish work in Philadelphia be made to the Philadelphia Conference. The report was accepted. Appropriations for Scandinavian Missions were resumed, and the following made: Philadelphia (Swedish)............. Puget Sound (Swedish).. (Of this not more than $1,000 shall be .... $200 2,400 12,000 625 The report of the Committee on Chinese Work in San Francisco was presented, and, on motion, adopted, as follows: Whereas, The character of our work among the Chinese in San Francisco has entirely changed from an educational work to an evangelical work; and, Whereas, The rescue feature of our work cannot profitably be conducted in the same locality with our general evangelical work; therefore, Resolved, 1. That we recommend the sale of our Chinese Mission property in San Francisco for the purpose of securing suitable property for evangelical work among the Chinese in San Francisco. 2. That the results of the sale of this property be kept for the purchase of property for the evangelical work among the Chinese in San Francisco. Several communications were received and re ferred to appropriate committees. On motion, it was ordered that the $600 for rent French Missions were taken up, and the following in the Chinese Mission in San Francisco, appropriated appropriations made: Gulf Mission... $700 The appropriations of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society for 1894, aggregating $310,731, were presented, and referred to a committee consisting of Bishop Merrill, Dr. Day, and Dr. Crawford. The roll of attendance of the Board of Managers was presented and referred to a committee consisting of Bishop Andrews, Dr. H. Eaton, and Mr. John French. An invitation from the Hanson Place Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the next session of the General Committee was presented. On motion, it was ordered that at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning the order of the day be the fixing of the seat of the next General Missionary Committee, and that all invitations be passed to the Secretaries' desk. The Committee adjourned. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11. The Committee met at 9 A. M., Bishop Warren presiding and conducting the opening devotional exercises. The Committee on Distribution of the Appropriation to the Central, Northern, and Western Swedish Conferences recommended the following, which were adopted: last year, may be used for paying the expense of repaving the streets bordering on the mission buildings, ordered by the city government. The question of an appropriation for work in the Hawaiian Islands was referred to the Committee on New Work, and action on the recommendations made was postponed until said committee should report. The order of the day was taken up, which was the fixing of the seat of the next session of the General Missionary Committee. Invitations from Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, and from Detroit, Mich., were presented, and New York was also nominated. On motion, the invitation of the Hanson Place Church, Brooklyn, was accepted, and the hearty thanks of the General Committee were sent to the Detroit Preachers' Meeting for their kind invitation. Secretary Peck, as a question of privilege, stated that in view of the financial condition and the necessities of the work at home for the efforts of the Secretaries he had decided not to make the official visit to India provided by the Board, and remain at home for the sake of the work. On motion of Dr. Crawford the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, 1. That this General Missionary Committee has listened with deep interest to the statement made by Secretary Peck of his purpose to forego his anticipated official visit to India and Malaysia, authorized by the Board of Managers, and for which all preparations have been fully made, in view of the present depressed condition of the finances, and the imperative need of the most earnest efforts of the Corresponding Secretaries to meet the obligations of the Society. 2. That we appreciate the magnanimous action of Secretary Peck in giving up, at the call of duty, his visit to the field where many important matters demand attention, where great results are being attained, and where his coming is anticipated with intense interest, both by our missionaries and by the native Christians. 3. That we are confident that this decision of Secretary Peck will be followed by great blessings upon the work at home in connection with his labors, and that his action will meet with cordial appreciation throughout the entire Church. ($200 of this available at once, at the disposal of the resident bishop.) SPANISH MISSIONS. The following appropriations were made: New Mexico Spanish.... New Mexico Spanish, for schools.. New York East, Spanish...... The following appropriations were made: |