Hungary is clamoring for men to preach the true and simple Gospel throughout the country; they have asked our minister to come over and help them, but how can one man be here and there at the same time? the heart of the prime minister toward us, and he allowed us to take up our work again, under the protection of the law, being only subject to such restrictions as the Church of Rome lays on all other denominations there, where she is omnipotent. When the perse-"The harvest truly is plenteous, but the cutions began we had but 30 members, 1 hall, and 1 minister; now we have 130 members, 4 halls, and 3 ministers. laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest." B. LANGENAU. MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Headquarters, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Officers of the Society and Board. President. BISHOP STEPHEN M. MERRILL. Vice Presidents. Bishops E. G. Andrews, H. W. Warren, C. D. Foss, J. F. Hurst, W. X. Ninde, J. M. Walden, W. F. Mallalieu, C. H. Fowler, J. H. Vincent, J. N. FitzGerald, I. W. Joyce, J. P. Newman, D. A. Goodsell, C. C. McCabe, Earl Cranston; Enoch L. Fancher, Esq., James H. Taft, Esq., George G. Reynolds, Esq., George J. Ferry, Esq., John S. McLean, Esq., John French, Esq., General James F. Rusling, Dr. James M. King, Dr. J. M. Buckley, Dr. A. K. Sanford. Elected. 1884. Bishop William X. Ninde, 59 Ledyard Street, Detroit, Mich. 1884. Bishop John M. Walden, 220 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. 1884. Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu, 42 Grove Street, Auburndale, Mass. 1884. Bishop Charles H. Fowler, 455 Franklin Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 1888. Bishop John H. Vincent, Topeka, Kan. 1888. Bishop James N. FitzGerald, 1505 Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo. 1888. Bishop Isaac W. Joyce, 1115 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. 1888. Bishop John P. Newman, 1037 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. 1888. Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell, Chattanooga, Tenn. 1896. Bishop Charles C. McCabe, Fort Worth, Tex. 1896. Bishop Earl Cranston, Portland, Ore. MINISTERS. 1870. Aaron K. Sanford, 63 Park Street, N. Y. 1876. James M. Buckley, 150 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 1880. Jacob B. Graw, Millville, N. J. 1880. James M. King, 37 West 90th Street, N. Y. 1880. Henry A. Buttz, Drew Seminary, Madison, N. J. 1882. Samuel F. Upham, Drew Seminary, Madison, N. J. 1883. Thomas H. Burch, 100 West 130th St., N. Y. 1884. Andrew Longacre, 31 East 60th St., N. Y. 1884. John F. Goucher, 2309 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 1884. James R. Day, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. 1884. Charles S. Harrower, 245 West 104th St., N. Y. 1887. Henry A. Monroe, 1516 Stiles Street, Phila 1872. Bishop Stephen M. Merrill, 57 Washington delphia, Pa. Street, Chicago, Ill. 1872. Bishop Edward G. Andrews, 150 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 1880. Bishop Henry W. Warren, University Park, Colo. 1880. Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, 2043 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1887. Benjamin M. Adams, Bethel, Conn. 1890. Homer Eaton, 150 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 1880. Bishop John F. Hurst, 1701 Massachusetts Newark, N. J. Avenue, Washington, D. C. 1892. Stephen O. Benton, Fall River, Mass. Elected. 1892. Charles H. Payne, 150 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 1895. Ezra S. Tipple, 1981 Madison Avenue, N. Y. 1896. Herbert Welch, Middletown, Conn. Standing Committees. Finance: E. L. Dobbins, J. H. Taft, G. J. Ferry, William Hoyt, J. S. Huyler, J. S. McLean, E. B. Tuttle, Alden Speare, 1896. Samuel W. Thomas, 1513 Centennial Ave- J. E. Andrus. nue, Philadelphia, Pa. Lands and Legacies: E. L. Fancher, G. G. Reynolds, L. 1896. Samuel W. Gehrett, 3418 North 19th Street, Skidmore, Alden Speare, P. A. Welch, Wm. Hoyt, C. Scott, Philadelphia, Pa. J. F. Rusling, Summerfield Baldwin. Africa: A. K. Sanford, A. Fowler, C. S. Harrower, B. M. 1896. George P. Mains, 150 Fifth Avenue, New Adams, H. A. Monroe, Herbert Welch, R. W. P. Goff, Archer York city. 1897. F. Mason North, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York city. Brown. South America and Mexico: J. S. McLean, A. Longacre, C. C. Corbin, J. M. King, S. P. Hammond, H. Welch, C. S. 1898. Alexander H. Tuttle, 1113 Broad Street. Wing, G. C. Batcheller. Newark, N. J. 1898. William V. Kelley, 150 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 1898. Wm. F. Anderson, 219 West 41st Street, N. Y. 1898. Charles S. Wing, 47 Brevoort Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. LAYMEN. 1849. Enoch L. Fancher, 141 Madison Ave., N. Y. 1852. James H. Taft, 480 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. China: J. H. Taft, S. F. Upham, P. A. Welch, H. K. Carroll, G. P. Mains, W. V. Kelley, A. H. Tuttle, J. L. Hurlbut, W. F. Anderson. Japan and Korea: 0. H. P. Archer, D. R. Lowrie, J. E. Andrus, J. Beattie, E. S. Tipple, H. W. Knight, F. M. North. Self-supporting Missions: J. S. McLean, A. Fowler, J. French, R. Grant, H. K. Carroll, A. K. Sanford, S. W. Thomas, J. L. Hurlbut. Europe: H. A. Buttz, T. H. Burch, J. R. Day, A. H. 1858. John S. McLean, 402 Hudson Street, N. Y. India: J. F. Goucher, E. B. Tuttle, B. M. Adams, J. M. N. Y. 1866. Oliver H. P. Archer, 14 West 52d St., N. Y. 1866. George J. Ferry, 21 West Fourth St., N. Y. 1869. George G. Reynolds, 16 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1876. Lemuel Skidmore, 44 Pine Street, N. Y. Pa. 1880. Alden Speare, Newton Center, Mass. 1883. Peter A. Welch, 121 Broad Street, N. Y. Domestic Missions: John French, J. D. Slayback, H. W. Knight, S. O. Benton, S. W. Gehrett, W. V. Kelley, S. W. Thomas, J. R. Curran, C. S. Wing. Publications: J. M. King, J. M. Buckley, J. F. Goucher, A. Longacre, A. K. Sanford, J. B. Graw, C. H. Payne, John Beattie. Woman's Mission Work: C. S. Harrower, J. R. Day, D. R. Lowrie, E. S. Tipple, H. W. Knight, G. P. Mains, L. Skidmore, Herbert Welch. Estimates: J. M. Buckley, J. S. McLean, S. F. Upham, G. J. Ferry, J. D. Slayback, J. S. Huyler, J. L. Hurlbut. Apportionments: J. F. Goucher, J. M. Buckley, C. S. Harrower, D. R. Lowrie, F. M. North. Audits at New York: E. B. Tuttle, A. K. Sanford, W. H. Falconer, J. Beattie, E. S. Tipple, C. S. Harrower, F. M. North. Audits at Cincinnati: Richard Dymond, R. T. Miller, R. 1888. Richard Grant, 23 Arlington Avenue, East H. Rust, A. J. Nast. Orange, N. J. 1888. Henry W. Knight, 156 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 1888. Alex. H. DeHaven, Hotel Majestic, N. Y. 1889. Chester C. Corbin, Webster, Mass. 1890. Edward L. Dobbins, 752 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. 1891. James F. Rusling, 224 East State Street, Trenton, N. J. 1892. John E. Andrus, Yonkers, N. Y. 1892. Henry K. Carroll, 95 Westervelt Avenue, Plainfield, N. J. 1894. John S. Huyler, 64 Irving Place, N. Y. 1894. John Beattie, 245 West 46th Street, N. Y. 1896. Richard W. P. Goff, 230 South Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Nominations and General Reference: J. S. McLean, A. K. Sanford, J. H. Taft, E. L. Fancher, O. H. P. Archer, J. M. King, H. A. Buttz, J. F. Goucher, E. B. Tuttle, John French, J. M. Buckley, C. S. Harrower, E. L. Dobbins. The Board of Managers in 1898. (Extracts from the Proceedings.) JANUARY.--A committee was appointed to revise the Missionary Manual. FEBRUARY.-Rev. Wm. G. Shellabear and Rev. Henry L. E. Luering, of the Malaysia Mission, were recognized as missionaries of the Society. It was ordered that persons received into Annual Conferences or Missions in foreign countries be informed at the time of their reception that it gives them no 1896. Archer Brown,80 Munn Avenue, East Orange, claim to recognition as missionaries, or guarantees N. J. that they will receive full salaries of missionaries, or 1897. Summerfield Baldwin, 1006 North Charles allowances for children, or furloughs at the expense Street, Baltimore, Md. of the Missionary Society. 1898. George Clinton Batcheller, 237 West 72d | Street, N. Y. MARCH.-Rev. John B. Merwin, D.D., a member of the Board for twenty-seven years, died March 5. 1898. John R. Curran, 400 Ellison Street, Paterson, Rev. Charles T. Coit, a member of the Board for N. J. eighteen years, died March 6. On March 15, Rev. the Missionary Society, provided that not more than one copy shall go into a family. APRIL.-The following persons in Africa were recognized as missionaries of the Society: Rev. Amos E. Withey, Rev. Samuel J. Mead, Rev. Wm. P. Dodson, Rev. Charles W. Gordon, Rev. Robert Shields, Rev. Herbert E. Withey, Rev. Wm. S. Miller, Rev. Wm. O. White, Miss Susan Collins, Mrs. Mary B. Shuett, and Miss Hilda Larson in Angola; Rev. John G. Tate, Rev. James B. Robertson, Miss Agnes McAllister, Mrs. Jennie Hunt, Rev. John Harrow, Mrs. Frederika Smith, Mr. D. E. Osborne, and Mr. W. L. Walker, of Liberia. It was resolved MR. G. C. BATCHELLER. MAY.-Dr. J. F. Goucher made a report of his visit to the Missions in Southern Asia, and Dr. S. L. Baldwin made a report of his visit to the Missions in Eastern Asia. Rev. E. W. Burr resigned as a member of the Board of Managers. JUNE.--A committee was appointed to confer with committees or representatives of other missionary societies or boards, concerning the establishing of missions in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines. The President, Vice Presidents, and Recording Secretary of the Society and Board, and the standing committees of the Board, for the ensuing year were elected. Mr. J. A. Punderford resigned as a mem ber of the Board of Managers; Rev. J. L. Hurlbut. Secretary of the Sunday School Union and Tract Society, and Mr. Charles P. Armstrong, of Baltimore city, were elected members of the Board of Managers. JULY.-Rev. Samuel Knowles and Rev. Dennis Osborne, of India, were recognized as missionaries of the Society. Mr. C. P. Armstrong declined to accept his election as a manager, and Mr. George Clinton Batcheller was elected in his place. Rev. Ensign McChesney, D.D., resigned as a member of the board. SEPTEMBER.-Rev. Albert S. Hunt, D.D., a member of the Board of Managers for thirty-two years, died September 11, and the Board attended his funeral in Brooklyn, September 14. Mr. George R. Howe resigned as a member of the Board. Rev. Wm. F. Anderson, Ph.D., of New York, Rev. Charles S. Wing, D.D. of Brooklyn, and Mr. John R. Curran, of Paterson, N. J., were elected members of the Board of Managers. A paper was ordered sent to the American members of the Peace Commission in REV. J. L. HURLBUT, D.D. REV. CHARLES S. WING, D.D. paid from special gifts. Rev. J. F. Jenness was recommended for appointment as a missionary to South America. Self-support in the European missions was urged. DECEMBER. A committee was appointed to attend the funeral of Rev. Daniel Wise, D.D., for many years a member of the Board, and to prepare a memorial minute for record. The establishment of a mission press at Malange, Africa, was authorized; Rev. B. S. Haywood and wife were approved for appointment to Mexico; Rev. J. C. Sherrill and wife, Mr. Joe A. Davis, and Miss Amanda Davis were approved as missionaries to Liberia; several others were appointed or recommended as missionaries to South America, Japan, Korea, and Africa, subject to medical examination and examination by Committee on Nominations and General Reference; Rev. J. B. Thomas was authorized to return to India; Rev. A. K. Sanford, D.D., was elected Vice President of the Society and Board. Missionary apportionments Paris urging that guarantees should be obtained of to Conferences and Missions for 1899 were adopted. religious liberty in the Philippine Islands. OCTOBER.-It was ordered that the treasurers of all foreign Conferences and Missions should forward all moneys raised for missions to the treasurer of the Missionary Society in New York at the adjournment of their annual meeting. The following were elected representatives of the Board in the General Missionary Committee: Clerical-J. F. Goucher, J. M. Buckley, S. O. Benton, H. A. Buttz, S. F. Upham, J. M. King, S. W. Thomas; Lay-E. B. Tuttle, Alden Speare, J. S. McLean, Anderson Fowler, E. L. Dobbins, J. M. Cornell, C. Scott. Reserves: ClericalA. D. Vail, C. H. Payne, A. K. Sanford; Lay-J. F. Rusling, John French, P. A. Welch. NOVEMBER.-The Rev. Albert D. Vail died, and the Board attended the funeral and passed appropriate resolutions. Rev. Wm. G. Smart, of the Liberia Conference, and Miss Rachel Mair and Miss Jessie Arms, of Liberia, were recognized as missionaries of the Society. Authority was given to send out several missionaries to Africa, their expenses outgoing to be REV. WM. F. ANDERSON, PH.D. |