MINU~··

OF THE

lVIISSION C()N~-"EI{EN (~E

OF THE

METHODIST EP18COP-I~1~

CH1TR,UR

HELD AT

OLD UMTALI, RHODESIA, AFRICA

JAN. 20-27, 1915

OFFICIAL JOURNAL

(See Secretary's certificate on the

last page of the Journal)

Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, D.D., L.L. D., Presiding

Eleventh Session

1915

INHAMBANE MISSION PRESS

1915

CONTENTS

Appointments Committees __ _

Conference Se8sions Daily Journal Disciplinary Questions Mission Roll

Organization Reports: Missionaries

Committees Resolutions

Statistics

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REPORT OF THE l~HAMBAXE ]) I ~rr RI err

By WILLIAM C. TERRIL

To our beloved Bishop and Brethren of the Mission:-We rejoice in the grace of God that has been vouchsafed

to us and especially to our Bishop since the last Conference. We report our thanks to God because He has brought to us once more this modern Apostle to the African.

The conference year now closing has been the best in the history of the Inhambane District. Spiritual and material prosperity have accompanied the prayers and gifts of the Church at home, and the prayers, gifts and efforts of the Church on the field. Each department of work reports an increase in growth and interest.

The Outstations

We are becoming more convinced that the out-station work, to a very large extent, is the key to our success. Weak­ness on the out-stations spells weakness throughout the entire work. Thus when there is a healthy and sane growth on the out-stations, we are quite assured of success, and we are in­spired to greater efforts. There are at the present writing thirty six out-sfations. Two have been added during the year, as yet without pay and without a promise of pay f01" Borne time yet to come. There are in charge of these stations 39 native pastor-teachers, all more or less equipped, and 37 receiving help ranging from $ 2.50 to $ 7.50 monthly. Thirty­one of these stations report an increase in members, and in some cases there has been an increase of from fifteen to fifty per cent. Five stations report a decrease. This year there are more deaths reported than for any previous year, as a result of the year of famine -and two years of partial famine. The total increase in full members ilnd probationers is 359, which means a fraction above a 26% increase.

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These out-stations are grouped into five circuits for quar­terly conference purposes. A more frequent visitation of the entire work has been effected this year and this has resulted in a great uplift to th~ work. Three rounds of quarterly con­ferences have been held and the stations visited and examina­tions conducted. "hese visits have been seasons of great spiritual refreshing. In many cases one has been reminded of Methodi~m's early daYD. A quarterly conference at Bokisi furnishes an example. After a strenuous day the closing ser­vice was held at which time a large number of adults were to be baptized and admitted into the Church, followed by the Sacrament of the Lord'" Supper. While the sermon was being pre'1checl a solemn hush came on the audience and soon weepmg was heard, and in a few-moments there was a com­ing to the altar. It was not long before the entire audience was on its knees before God in earnest prayer, some for par­don, others for cleansing and still others for power with God and ma.n. Heaven was very near and the Spirit came in power. Fully thirty minutes were given over to this heart searching and hea.rt pleading. Then as spontaneously did the spirit of calm come and the service proceeded. That day nlarked a new era in the life of our work in that circuit. These experiences teach us that the African can be converted, blesseci and kept the same as any other people, by the power of the Gospel of Christ.

Class meetings are being organized on many of the sta­tions and there is a real live inter.est in them. We have sub8tituted in the past for this "spiritual thermometer" of the Church. We are hoping to install the real thing on all our stations in the course of another year.

Sunday Schools

N ext in importance as an evangelistic agency, as well as edudational, is the Sunday School. The International Sun­day School Lessons are taught. Each school has its officers and teachers and some schools are well organized and con­duct teacher training classes weekly. In addition to the regular lessons taught, instruction is also given in the Lord's Prayer, The Ten Commandments, The Apostlee' Creed and One Hundred Catechetical Questions. We cannot overesti­mate the influence for the training and winning of the native through this department of our work. The seeds of the Gos­pel truth are being sown in the hearts of heathen and believer alike, and they are bearing fruit. There bas been an increase of 247 members the past year, which makes a total member­ship of 1142. The Sunday Schools have been regularly supplied with the ~'Kuca ka Mixo," our native paper.

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Self-support

One of the evidences of growth in the Christian life is the desire to help oneself. This has never been so much in evidence at lnhambane as it is today. "Every member giving weekly" has worked a transformation among our people. On the part of many there is real enthusiasm in their givjng. An increase is reported· on 35 out-stations. The amount given for actual jlelf-support during 1913 was $ 19~.82. This year the amount is $ 356.18, which makes a good 30/~ increase.

See a Sunday scene at all our stations. The service is over except three items. One of the .items is the collection. The secretary takes his roll of all the members on the station and as their names are called they come to the front to deposit their gift with the treasurer. Watch the personnel of those who come. Moses, David, .Jeremiah, Isaiah, Amos, Ruth, Peter, Paul, James, John, Mary, Martha, Dorcas, Pencil, Waistcoat, Penny, Sixpence, Pound, Nine, Twelve, Dustpan, Toomuch, and many others, too numerous to mention, may be seen wending their way to the front with their offering.

Cbapel Buildings

The past year has also been remarkable from the stand­point of chapel building. Many stations have been compelled to tear down their chapels and build larger ones, or enlarge their old 011PS. Other stations, where the people have met in theteacher'shutor under the shade of a tree, have been inspired to build a chapel. There have been many huildings erected during the year, one of them being a frame and iron building and the others of native material, but very neat in design and comfortable. The actual cost of the buildings is $ 550. This has been accomplished without help from the Mission. Ad­ding this amount to the amount raised for self-support and we have a total of over nine hundred dollars.

Day sCbools

Each station maintains a day school. The work done in these schools is limited, but what is done is well done and from thepe schools we are receiving our best boys and girls. The p~rsonnel of the pupils is very interesting. Grand­mothers with their grandchildren tied to their backs and all ages and sizes between these two extremes can be found busy with their lessons, the main purpose being that of learning to read so that they will as soon as pos~ible be able to read in the" Jesus Book."

During the year fifteen of our native pastor-teac.hers have been gra.nted a government certificate from the respective official of the circumscription. This means that these men

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are eligible to carryon the work on their stations without being ha.mpered by the Government. Thi.s is fiot a certificate permitting them to conduct a regular school for secular teach­img, but rn~rely an acknowledgment by· the Government at the work and the man in charge. This is very much of a help to our work and shows the sympathy of some of ihe Government officials for our Mission.

Mission Headquarters • The members of the M::ssion at the headquarters haye

been kept in excellent health. Gi·:uki has become a r0al health resort. It is improving yearly. Dr. and Mrs. Stauf­acher, who have been on the field without a change for 19 months, have not spent a full day in bed because of fever, Mr. and Mrs. Persson, who have be9n b),ck 15 monthR, report. no malaria. The District SuperinLnde-lt and his wife, who have been back 21 months, have not hao a sign of malaria. The children Ukewise have been kept in excelTent health. For this gl'eat blessing of good health we praise God.

1'he coming of a little son into the home of Brother and Siskr Persson in December has added another member to our mission family. It is a new sight to see white children play­ing at Gikuki, but it adds to the sunshine of our lives to see four there at present. For tho good fellowship that has existed between the workers at Gikuki we are also thankful to AJmig'hty God.

Property Improvements

Since last Conference the new dormitory and school build­ing has been completed and is now being occupied. The entire cost of the building is approximately $1.400.00. It fills a long felt need at Gikuki. A house haR also been erected for Mr. and Mrs. Persson. It is a very neat and comfortable four roomed cottagewith a verandah on each side; there is also a kitchen and pantry. The entire cost of the building is about $1, 200. Two buildings have been removed and rebuilt at a cost of $500.00. Another long felt want has been supplied by the generoeity of Dr. E. H. Richards_ He has made possible for us a 65 foot well and a French pump. rr'he cost of the well is $350. There are several other minor, but necessary improvements. The appearance of Gikuki has greatly changed, which has arlded to its healthfulness as well as its beauty. An the improvt.:ments made have been made possible without direct help from the Board. Gifts from our Special Gift donors and by the workers on the field have mel, the expenses incurred.

Evang~)hstic Work.

All our work aims at the one purpose: that of making possible the~evangelization of this people. Various agencies are

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adopted and Gikuki uses all at its command. There is the direct 'evangelitic effort. Two prayer services are held daily and four services on Sundays. There are also four weekly class meet­ings and one meeting for the tpa.chers of the Sunday School. In all 21 services are held weekly and these are being blessed in the winning of souls and the training and strengthening of the natve Christians.

Educational Work

The Teacher Training Institute has held two sessions during the year, making a total of five months. The total enrollment was 15, and 12 remaind until the end of both terms. The Free Methodist Mission was represented by one 0f its natve teachers, which is the beginning of the purpose to make this Institution a Union Training School. The stuaies were in Portuguese and Sheetswa and consisted of Reading, Writing, Dictation, Translation, Arithmetic and Geography. In addition to these studies a series of lectures were given in the native language on the Life of John Wesley and the Lifeof Mahomet. Some of the teachers made great progress and all made some progress. They left with a determination to retllrn at the opening of another term and to act in the interim as field agents for this school. .

The Girls' Trainng School has also had two sessions. I will leave this branch of work to be reported mainly by Mrs. Terril, who is the principal and by Mrs. Persson, the indus­trial teacher. Suffice it to say that this branch of our work is destined to playa very important part in the future of this Mission. There is a csrt'ain opposition, even on the part of our farthest advanced native men to the training of giris. Yet they are beginning to realize the need of it, as' has been evidenced when family disputes have arisen, because the wife

... has been untrained and thus unable to wash and iron her husband's clothes as he thinks they should be washed and ironed, or because she did not know how to keep herself, the children and the house clean, as he felt they should be kept. Some of the husbands have even consented to have their wives spend a month a year, or more, at Gikuki in order that theY' !Ilight be taught the first principles of good housekeep­ing. This will work in favor of the Girls' School. . The school for the children in the native language ha.s been in session most of the year, under the care of Abel Likumbi, a graduate of the Adams School of the American :Soard in Natal. Good work has been done.

Many calls have come to us to open a school for Portu­guese children. We steadily refused because we could not accomodate them. As. a trial one little lad came and remained with us a month and then whooping cough broke out among

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our children and that part of our work was closed. We look upon our educational work this year as being of a higher order than for any previous year.

Niission Press

Mr. Persson will report in detail for this department, but I have great pleasure in stating that more and better work has been dO.lle this year than heretofore. At the end of' the year a million octavo pages had been printed and since that time thousands of other pages have been printed, in addition to smaller jobs. The net profits th _s year amount to $ 500.00. This, with the better grade work that has been done, as is evidenced by thA moreatractive a.)pearance of the Inhambane Christian Advocate and other publications, continues to make this department of our work one of the most e'ffective agencies for the evangelization of thiE peo-')le. Mr. Persson has applied business methods to this branch 0: missionary endeavor and he has made a SUCCl-SS. We augur larger things for this depart· ment in the days to come.

Medical Work

Too much cannot be said for this department of ou"'" work and for Dr .. and Mrs. Stauffacher who are in charge. The work and the workers are winning their way into the lives of all classes of people.

See a daily scene at the dispensary. The patients are of all ages and sizes. They ropresent various na.tionalities, the Inhambane native being in preuominance, The rawest heathen are there. Thor,e who are still heathen, but have adopted a little more ciVIlized mode of dress, are also present. N at-ive Christians are also there in large numbers. Mothers with their tiny babies tied to their backs are always on hand. The Arabian and Hindoo Mahommedan, with their long flow­ing robes can also be seen. "Chungwanas~' or "Little white" men," in other words half-castes, are also in evidence. Chi­nese may also be see11- among the waiting number and not infrequently real white people in the person of Portuguese. The Dr. and his good wife are always busy in this labor of love. They will report for themselves in detail, but I wish to say thai, from my experience and certain:knowledge, nothing is too much for ihese two servants of the Master to do to heal the broken and diseased bodies of all who suffer, whether black or white, in order that never dying souls may be saved. Many people--and three white folks are among the number­owe their lives to the ability and faithfulness of Dr. Stauf­facher.

Government Relationships

It has been a year of unparalel1ed peace fX:OlLl the stand-

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point of government interference. During my visits through­out the district I have called Oil the government officials and the reception has been most cordial and kind. The proof that this is more than a mere surface cordiality is shown by the fact of the licences being given to some of our evangelists, as before referred to. Other administrators begin to realize the importance and help that the Mission is to the native. One of our administrators has kept a young man from one of our stations, as a special policema.n, much against the wish of the young man, but the administrator declares he cannot find an honest man outside of the Mission and thus must keep this young man, since he is exceptional in many ways. The same administrator has taken one of our teachers and made him a teacher of the school recently opened at the government headquarters. Other white men likewise have asked for Mission boys to be overseers for them.

The present Governor General is a broad and liberal minded man and realizes the great value that Missions are to this native people. He proposes setting on foot a program for making grants to Mission schools that meet certain con­ditions. We see greater things aheac for missionary enter­prise in this province.

Relationships with other rUsslons

Our relationship with the Free Methodist Mission has always been cordial, friendly and one of unity in purpose. This spirit has grown and plans are being laid whereby we can work more in unity and cooperation in the future, so that a larger and more efficient work can be done for the un­touched natives. The plans will be held in abeyance for some time, since their Bishop, Rev. John S. MacGeary, has re­turned to the States for his !Jeneral Conference.

While we do not and cannot expect to work in close unity and coopera.tion with the Church of England Mission, yet as far as possible, plans have been laid so that we will not be tread­ing on each others toes, when there is a large territory un­touch6d as yet by either Mission. A meeting was held in the beginning of the year to plan for the removal of stations that were too close together, and that in the future neither Mis­sion will open a station closer than five kilometers to another station. Plans were also laid that members under discip­line cannot be accepted from one Church to the other without first investigating the case. In almost all instances the Church of England Mission was fair and liberal in her plan­ning for the good of the work as a whole. Native Workers

Some of our native worker~ are very worthy of mention. Almost to a man they have been faithful to the Church and

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to their work. The. Rev. Tizora M. N avess, always true to the best interests of the cause of Christ among his people, has been faithful and helpful in all that concerns the work. Filipu James Gwambe, the pastor of the Inh.arrime Circuit, is one of our coming leaders. He has done good and faithful service. Awn M ukom bo, the 2,ssitant teacher at Makodweni, is one of the men who offers us great hopes. He is very in­telligent and deeply spiritual. We see no reason why in the course of a short period spent in the Swi8s School at Rickatle that he should not be granted a regular teacher's certificate. Samueli Mbelisi of MalongEmi has now one of our largeHt stations. Paule of Mafuyani has done excellent work and his station has grown more than 100%. Mosisi Babati of Ma­sitini, Noah Longama of Marllkule, Bob Malate of Vavati and Enosi Humbani of Boningo have done excelJent work and their stations have grown in spirit and numbers.

Limpopo District

I refer to this district because it was my privilege and joy to accompany Brother Pointer during six weeks to this important part of our field. What a great field of opportunity is there! How its needs gets a hold on ones heart and life! In a brief period that district will be the largest and best of this Mission. The people are hungry for the Gospel. The work rests heavily on my heart and when Brother Pointer and his family goes there in the near future, we shall fol1ow him and his work with deep interest and our earnest prayers.

Conclusion

Tne most cordial, friendly and helpful relationships have existed between my worthy colleagues, Brother Keys and Brother Pointer an<;l myself. I rejoice in the fact that Brother and Sister Keys are again with us, fresh from stilTing expe­riences, with new bIooo coursing their VEl ins and new desires and purposes filling their hearts for this work. We thank God for restoring them to good health and bringing them safely to us a.gain.

The war affects us, but only indirectly thus far. Rhol·tage of food supplies; the increased cost of living; the uncertainty and irregularity of the mail ; the anxiety of heart as to what will happen should Portugal actually declare awl', and especi­ally should there be a Holy War called for all Mohammedans, and the thought of the possibility of a depletion of funds and thus a retrenching of the work, all serve to affect us. But our trust is in God and we are confident that He who makes the wrath of men to praise Him will fulfil His purposes for the world through this awful bloodshed. We do not antici­pate a change of flag, but we do anticipate the time when at

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Inhambane and throughout Africa, above the flags of the na­tions that now govern this continent and above the crescent of Mohamet, there will flo"\t the blood stained banner of the Cr08s of Christ, entwined with the white banner of peac~. To this end, All Hail to the branch of the Church that we love, because she has backed us with her prayers ani g~f';s! All Hail to the faithful donors who have prayed and sacrifi.ced that Africa might be saved! All Hail to our great white chief Bishop Har.tzell, who with his heart of love has prayed. labored and toiled in the homeland and ill this continent of his choice! All Hail to the band of loyal and faithful mis­sionaries who have given their lives and are giving them to­day for the winning of the African for Christ! All Hail to the faithful native workers, who have com~ up out of gross heath,enism, but who are today servants of the King and are working to lead th~ir own people to the Saviour of the world! Above all, All Hail to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Saviour of our souls and the Master of our lives!

REP()RT ()F THE INIL\!1J3ANE .~1JS~ION PR}jSJ~··

BY J. A. PERSSON

THE Inhamballe mission Press has had a most successful year, due very largely to the better equipment in presses and type that we have acquired since last Conference. The total numbet of pages printed shows an increase of more than a third over any preceeding year and for the first time in the history of the Press has the income been sufficient to pay the salary of the missionary in charge.

Work accomplished

We have printed new editions of several of our books; the Inhambane Christian Advocate and A Kuca ka Mixo have been published regularly, and our Catechism has been, translated and published for the first time. In addition to these publications of our own mission we have printed for tho Rhodesia Mission the following: The Rhodesia Missionary Advocate, for 1914, The S. S. Lesson sheets for three months, an edition of the First Reader in Chimanyika, 5,000 copies, and 1,000 copies of the Catechi~m in the same language. The Minutes of the last Conference were printed here. In the beginning of last year w~ printed a secular paper in

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Portuguese, edited by a lawyer in town. After a few issues, however, the paper was discontinued. Since July last year we ha.ve printed a monthly paper for the Free Methodist Mission at lnhambane, containing the International S. S. Lessons in Sheetswa. Some commercial printing and binding has been done and we hope to develop this branch of our work a~ it is very well paid.

Where our books go

Our books are being sold ill several places in the Transvaal and the Cape Colony. We sell quite as many of our books to parties outside our Mis!,ion as are used in our own work. Thus we print comparatively large editions and can sell at lower prices which benefits the Mission. Were it not for the sales to customers outside our Mission the prices would pro­bably be 50% higher.

Need of a larger building

The printing machine which was donated by a friend in America has enabled us to print faster and better than we were able to on our old press. Without it the result of the year's work would have been less. A large font of type has been bought and paid for, and several other necessities for printing have been acquired. But all these implements have to be housed so 'lur present quarters are becoming too crowd­ed. The old boys' dormitory has been made over into a bindery,which has given us some space in the press room, but it is not practical to have the establishment divided as it entails carrying material and the work in hand back and forth, and, also, makes it more difficult to superintend -the workers. 800 dollars would be sufficient for the building of a suitable house.

Why we have our own Press

We have often been asked, "What are you working for, what is the r~ason you keep up a printing establishment instead of h'lving the work done by printers in the homeland or on the field 1" Many reasons could be give n. First, we believe in industrial training under christian influences. Second, we want to give our people opportunities to make their living in their own .country, among their own people. Almost the only way for a man to support himself is to go to the mines in the Transvaal as there ar-e very few chances of finding work in the province. Third,when this press was started no printer was to be found except in the nearest town to the South, 250 miles away. To send printing there meant delay, as proofs had to be sent back and forth, and the prices w~re almost prohib­itive. By using native labor we reduce the cost of printing

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and we save time by having the work done under the super­vision of those knowing the language.

Plans for tile future

By printing for outside parties we hope to make money enough to complete our equipment. We do not think it wise to borrow money for the purpose; not any of our materials have been bought that way and we have no debt at present. We hope also to assume the responsibility for the salary of the manager. Whatever we make after reaching this goal will be used in providing the Mission with religious literature free of charge. In this way we will be able to spread the Gos­pel, doing our share in the evangelization and training of these people.

MEDICAL REPORT

By DR. AND MRS. C. J. STAUFFACHER.

AS we have been only· eighteen months on the field it is difficult, with accuracy, to report the climatic conditions and how it effects the missionaries and natives in regard to health. Our special work is to look after the missionaries' health and to relieve the suffering natives both physically and spiritually.

Missionaries

In regard to the missionaries at Gikuki from a health standpoint they ma.de a good record. I know the missionaries here claim their good health to the fact that they were too busy to get sick. It may be true but we claim that it is due to the facts that we have killed the breeding places of the mosquitoes, the regular taking of quinine and above all the eating of greens. We have eaten so many greens that one of our number expressed himself as being able, he thought, to get along nicely if he was compelled as Nebuchadnezzar of old to eat grass like a horse.

At Kambini the missionaries since the last conference have had a clean record but previous to that time they have had very severe sickness. They too have learned the value of quinine in that section so much so that when Mr. Pointer is out on a trek he lets his men carry everything even his money all but his precious quinine, which he would never trust to anyone. Even our three little ones who arrived in Inhamba­ne and are spending their babyhood days in direct touch with

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dark Africa are well and growing into two splendid little girls and one sturdy little boy.

Natives

As to the natives we find a large variety of diseases, pneumonia, tuberculosis, bronchitis, malaria, dysent ery, elephantiasis, hepatic abcesses, worms of all descriptions, gonorrhea, Ayphilis, rheu eye and ear diseases, burns and ugly cuts due to dl'unkon brawls, snakes and hyenas, but the most common is sores. In truth Af :ica is an open sore. We at first thought if they only would not come with these sores, for it takes weeks and months to heal some of them and here wh'ere bandages and medicines are so expensive the cost is considerable, but we changed our minds for we believe it is God's method of giving us an opportunity to scatter the Word, as they hear the Scriptures day after day. Some remain after they are cured, others go back to their homes; a steady stream of heath8ndom is flowing through the dispensary, touched by the sunlight of love as the message is brought home by the Christian workers, then on hack again to mingle with their fellows, How much light penetrates the depth of this stream we cannot know but here and thel'e a reflected ray gives added proof of the assurance, "it shall not be in vain," saith the Lord.

Statistics

Numbel' of patients ....................................... 10500 N uniber of in patients ................ '., ..................... 112 Number of visits outside .................................... 367

" Labor cases attended ............................... 6 Chloroform Operations ............ : ................ 8 Ethel Choride and cocaine operations ..... 265

OutSide calls

Every two weeks we make a trip to Kambini, also stop at the station J ogo. The natives at these times come in from some distance. Here and'there along the road natives are waiting with their sick. We are called to homes of Christians, heathens and Mohamm'edans, where they are too sick to come. Here again the natives cannot understand why we take such pain'S and trouble to care for the sick without price ur money for there is no such spirit in their heathen customs, or in Mohammedanism. This gives us an excellent opportunity to tell them of Christ. Besides we are often called to the Free Methodist and Church of England stations to look after the missionaries and the most difficult cases of the natives.

Need of a hospital

In speaking of a hospital it is the nnly part of our work that is disappoInting, in' that we must turn folks away that we

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could treat and maybe cure a good number of them in an adequately furnished hospital. We hope our prayers will soon be answered and that enough money will conie so that we can have a place for these unfortunate ones, for there is scarcely a day passes that we must not turn away some one. Our hearts are indeed filled with sorrow when we think of the Maste·r's words, "In as much as you have done it unto one of these little ones you have done it unto me" but if we have not done it, then what?

The need of medical instruction

Here where the gl'ossest breach in sanitary laws is practiced, and the great bulk of the people cling to old heathen customs regarding the treatment of diseases, and added to these the pest of insects and rapid decaying vegetation, the spread­ing of information regarding hygenic conditions is of the utmost importance. We have attempted to accomplish this by instr.ucting the teachers as they come to the dispensary and by training several young men, and also by writing articles in the Kuca ka Mixo, our native paper.

Scattering the word

Each day at the dispensary we have prayer, Scripture reading and song before we begin the day's work, and our Bible woman talks to the patients and gives religious tracts to them, which they are privileged to take with them to their homes. In addition to this she goes to the homes of the na­tives that are not far away and prays and talks with the sick. It is this part of the work that we want to make count. We pray more and work harder for this than for any other part of the work. We are glad to see the results of the medicine that we dispense, and we are made happy when we know that an operation is successful, but that which gives us the greatest joy is to hear men and women ask about the way to Christ the loving Saviour of mankiJld.

R~JPORT OJ3' MRS. "T C. TERRIL

FOR all that the Lord has done for us this past year, we do praise Him; for all that He has enabled us to accomplish, we are truly grateful. Altho only a part of my plans have been put into action, this part has been successful and is the be­ginning of greater successes. For the part which has not materialized, we regret that we have not had more time and strength to carry out OUI' ideas,

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For a long time it has been the intention to fulfil a crying need, and this year we have been able to set in motion a higher training school for girls. The pace s.et by the boys demands that the girls be better educated. In February, we opened" school for the girls ltnd had from 12 to 16 girls in training. Their day was planned from morning to night and they were assigned to different classes. The school was in session from 8 A. M until 11. 30. It was opened with devo­tions in Portuguese, consisting of song, prayer and Scripture in Portuguese, and reading, writing, arithmetic and dictation. In the afternoon there were practical lel!lsons in sewing, laundry, housework, etc. under the direction of Mrs. Persson. This school lasted for four months.

The second session was opened in September and contin­ued until November. There were not so many girls this time, but it was digging time and the girls felt that they ought to be working in their gardens. The same work that was given them in the first term was continued. We l,ope to open again as soon as possible after the harvest and expect to have much enth usiasm and interest.

In conjunction with the girls' school we have also had the school for the Evangelists and I taught them devotions, writing arithmetic, Portuguese, music and geography.

At the same time, for two hours a day, I was teaching Little Ruth Stauffacher and Lester Terril.

For some time. some of the Portuguese have been begging us to take their children in school. Finally arrangements were :nade and we took one Portuguese lad. He and our two children were taught for four hours a day. This lasted a month when the children took the whooping cough and we dared not expose the:. Portuguese lad. As soon as we are able we will begin school again and, also, make arrangements for a couple more Portuguese children who have been asking to be taught. We feel that this branch of our school work will de­velop into one of our most important departments, for we shall be able to r~ach a class of people which have not come under our influence up to this time.

With the exception of a few weeks at a time we have continued our school in the native with the beginners: This has been under the direction of a native taacher. All on the station have attended this 'school a.nd some of the boys and a few of the girls have made a good deal of progress. For .the last four months we have had as a teacher a native from here who was trajned in the Congregational school in Natal. He is a good teacher and his pupils have advanced nicely.

The "other department of my work has been the Sunday School. We have had each week a teacher training class for the more advanced boys and girls who are able tote&ch a class.

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On Sunday, after the general opening exercises, the school is divided into classes and the various classes are taught by these teachers. In this way, we feel that the teaching is more personal and effective. After the lesson is taught in this way, the school is called together again and the lesson reviewed ..

For all the departments of our school work, we prophesy a great success during te the coming year, with the help of the Great Teacher.

REP()RT' ()F THE KAMBINl .A.NI)

LI~{POPO DIS"fRIC'rS

By J. D. POINTER

THE Conference that met at Umtali Rhodesia in October 1913, divided the large territory of the Limpopo District into two parts, making what is now known as the Kambini and Lim­popo Districts. The territory of both districts includes pos­sibly 250 miles of the coast line of Portuguese East Africa and extends westward to the Transvaal. There are about 800,000 natives within the bounds of the two districts and they belong principally to the Bats~ a and Bachopi tribes of the great Bantu family. Those among whom we work for the most part speak the Sheetswa language.

The Kamblnl District

The work of the Kambini district includes; the care and supervision of fifteen native stil.tions and workers; the native church at Kambini where preaching services are held every Sunday and prayer.s each day under the Bupervision of the missionaries; The Bodine Training School for boys where the Sheetswa language and Portuguese are being taught; the medical work which is being done by Miss Ellen Bjorklund under the supervision of Doctor Stauffachel; the industrial or farm work, which, in the absence of Mr. Bush (now on furlough) is being superintended by the writer.

During the year we have visited and inspected all of the native stations except one in the far North. Un these stations the children are taught to read the Testament in Sheetswa, and services are held by the native workers on Sundays and prayers during the week days.

The Bodine Training School during the past year has been under the supervision of Mrs. J. D. Pointer who was

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assisted by a competent native teacher. There are about seventy-five pupils in the school who are being taught in Portuguese or Sheetswa, and about twent.y-fiv~ of this number are orphans and make their homes here. We have built a good substantial two-story school house of sheet iron which is also being used for a dormitory to house the boys.

The medical work at Kambini is being done by Miss Bjorklund who is a trained nurse. All of the many ills :1nd diseases of the natives receive treatments at her hands and some days her patients number twenty. Our medical mis­sionary, Dr. Stauffacher a.t Gikuki, also makes trips to Kam­bini every two weeks to care for the more serious or difficult cases.

The industrial work at present consists of teaching the boys some simple things about farming. They help make the crops and thus lea.rn t(") till the soil. This season was very dry and our crops were short, however we harvested nearly 1400 bushels of peanuts, and about 200 bushels of corn. We are much in need of better equipment for the farm as well as in all other departments of the work.

During the furlough absence of Rev. P. W Keys who is in charge of the entire work of the Kambini district, the writer has been in charge of his district as well as of the Limpopo, with its twenty or more stations and workers. The work of the two districts is so much as to require the entire time at foul' mis­sionaries, and in the absence of two of them this year my work has been largely that of conservation. We have trav­eled through a part of both districts, visited and preached in many of the native stations, baptized and married scores of the native christians, and received about 140 into the Church during the year.

The Limpopo. District

That section of country lying between the Inhambane Govermental district on the North and the Limpopo River on the South, the Transvaal on the W·est, and the Indian Ocean on the East, is the territory of the Limpopo District. It has for many years been the most neglected part of our work in Portuguese East Africa because of the scarcity of missionaries. On our recent trip through those parts we selected a central location for our district headquarters on the banks of the anci6nt Limpopv River near Chai-Chai. We are looking forward to the time when we can get the money to build a simple house there in which to live and carryon the work. This section of country is thickly populated and the most of our ·work is new and undeveloped. Very little .is being done by other churches and the field for the most part is open to us. In writing of the Limpopo country another superinten-

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dent has said, "I know of no worthier and needier cause in the missionary world of today than this Limpopo Region, and I know of no field that will yield lare;er returns for God and his church."

The peoples of the Limpopo section have sought our mis­sionaries like the lame man who sat at the temple gate called Beautiful and asked alms of Peter and John who came up to worship, 80 those people out of the depths of their spiritual poverty have come up to our temple,to our church, asking alms, not to obtain food and clothing for their bodies, but they come asking for the Bread of Life and the garments of Salvation. Shall we heed their cries, or shall we turn thell' back into greater darkness?

Our Needs

In order to occupy the field and develop the work, we must have money to build a home for the missionaries. We also need money for a school and church building combined, and supporters for thirty native preachers. When these needs are supplied we will then ask for another missionary to teach and help in the work. Because of the enormous amount of work that we have been trying to do at Kambini during the past year, we have not had sufficient time to carryon a correspondence for special gifts for Limpopo. N ow that other workers have come to their posts we hope to give all of our time to this neerly field. But what shall we do, and to whom shall we go for help? First, we appeal to our beloved Bishop Hartzell, whose ability to interest the home Church and to raise money for Airica has been demonstrated on all occa­sions. Second,we appeal to the finance committee, in the distri­bution of undesignated funds, to remember Limpopo. Third, we appeal to the Church at home and to our Board of Foreign Missions at New York, whose missions girdle the Globe and upon which the sun never s~ts, to send help that will enable the Sun of Righteousness to arise and shine in the hearts of the people. Fourth, we appe2.1 to you, our fellow workers, that you, when you pray, when you write letters, when you make appeals, remember the Limpopo people, not for the sake of doing a personal favor to the writer, but as acts of mercy and helpful­ness for a people" whose needs are surpassed by the needs of no other heathen in the missionary world." Fifth, we appeal to Almighty God, the Father of us all, whose cause we advo­cate, and" who is unwilling that any.should perish, but that all should come to the knowledge of the truth, as it is in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." Like the disciples of old who were sent out by the Master, we· go to those people without purse or scrip or shoes, but with a mighty Gospel and faith in the Living Christ.

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The Oovernment

While on our visit to the Limpopo country. last July and August we had the opportunity to visit the three Administra­torE! who govern the circumscriptions where our w Jrk is located. We found them to be very kindly disposed toward us and the work. Now that we will be watched by them, we hope to do a work for the natives and their country that will provoke the gratitude and admiration of those in authority over them.

Our health has been good, for which we are heartily grateful to Almighty God. There wa.s born into our home a bright and sweet little baby· girl, who gladdens our hearts and helps us to forget our troubles. For her and the health of her mother we have another great cause for thankfulness. Withal God has been good to us, and we have had pleasant and cordial associations with the other missionaries, and even though our work has been exaoting and hard, we never enjoyed working better than we have during the past year.

REPORrr ()F TH}J RHODESIA DISTRICT

By CHAS. A. KENT

MISSION Work stimulates or vitiates piety, fertilizes or with­ers spiritual life, challenges faith, reveals the presence or absence of wise judgment, and maintains a heavy demand for grace, tact, patience, consecrated common sense, affability and the love that never faileth. For the increased measure of these among our workers, during the past y~ar, as for the manifold blessings of heaven we "praise God from whum all blessings flow."

General statement

Beside the oenters where are white workers we have forty-two native stations in the care of a like number of pastor­teachers. In many of these stations there are two schools, with several preaching points. rrhere are fifty-two natives in the employ of the Mission as evangelissi, teachers, and pastors.

We have 1,574 full members, 1,613 probationers, and 4,809 unbaptized adherents. This is an average to each station of

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38 full members, 40 probationers, and 115 unbaptised adher­ents. 179 children have been baptized during the year, 400 have been received on probation exclusive of these children, and 406 have been received into full membership. There are 3400 enrolled in Sunday Schools which are Bupplied with .the International Lessons in the vernacular with he-Ips edit.ed by E. H. Greeley. 4,200 are reported enrolled in day schools taught by native teachers.

A material a.dvance has been made in self-support. The most notable example is the Umta.li native church which has given $250 since last conference. The Mission reports $790 contributed by the native people, as against $350 of last year.

The missionary's largest service calls for a christian and sensible love for the native people that shall determine his attitude to and bis treatment of them. This must be con­structive. We ar@ here but temporarily, until they can do without us. That IBay be yet far distant. But we must lay well the foundation of the Church of Christ in Africa. To do this we must wisely fmlter individuality and eneourage initia­tive. We must be their best commentary on the life and teachings of Jesus. The problem of the station is the problem of the pastor-teacher. The problem of the pastor-teacher is the problem of the missionary. The problem of the missionary is the problem of the bishop.

Changes In personnel

The period of fifteen months, since the last conference, has witnessed an unanticipated change in the personnel of our workers. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and Pearl Mullikin left on re~uIar furlough February 14th, 1914. On March 4th. Frank Searles Howard, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Howard, was loved away by Him who said, "suffer the little children to come unto me." His earthly stay was but eleven months, his illness was but a few hours. The precious little body was laid away neiu the chapel at Old U mtali, where it awaits the morning of the resurrection. On April 4th, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, with their two children, left for Ameri.ca. Immedi­ately upon arrival Mr. Howard submitted to an operation for appendicitis from which he is now fully recovered.

Ruby N. Goddard sought relief from periods of aphonia in a trip to Durban. Upon her return she was transferred for six months to the Board of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society for work at the Fairfield Girls' School at Old Umtali where she stepped into the vacancy caused by the enforced furlough of Grace Clark, who, resuming work after a trip to Durban, was compelled to relinquish and to make a hurried trip toAmerica,where in our Des Moines hospital she submitted to a critical operation from which, by a kind providence, she

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is fully convalesent. God's blessing has, withal, been ours in the preservation of life, in the restoration of health, and in the sustaining of those on the field. On April 6th. the mis­sionary force was happily added to by the arri~al of Josephine May into the home of Mr. and Mrs, T. A. 0' Farrell.

White Centers.

N yakatsapa haF been without a white worker since the first of February, 1914.

MI'. and Mrs. Wallace have done excellent work in the places vacated by Mr. and Iv.f rB. RobJrts, Mr. Wallace in charge of the farm and "Mrs. Wallace ass";sting in the school. The property at Old Urn tali is the same as last year, a word must be said concerning the "Mission House." It is in a very bad condition and by any civic }nF~)ect')r wonld be condemned. Its repair or replacement requires fur: Is not now available. Upon Mr. Howard's going his place at t1-1e head of the Boys' Central Training School was temporarily taken by E. H. Greeley, a~' sif.ted by A. L. Buchwalter and- H. 1. James. Later Mr. J ames was transferred from Pen halonga and put in charge of this center. The enrollment of the school, under his super­vision, has steadily grown and the promise for the coming year is very encouraging.

At Mrewa, our farthest ce:ater to the north-yet more than one hundred and fifty miles from the Zambezi River, our northern boundary-the doggC'r house has been replaced by a brick and iron one of six rooms, valued at $1500. Much of the material was transported gratuitously, the forty miles from the railroad, by ·farmei's in whose high favor Dr. Gurney has ingratiated hbpself by his life and pills.

At Mutambal'a;on the southern boundary of our terri­tory and fifty miles south of Umtali, a new five room cottage affords Mr. and Mrs. O'Farrell and family a comfortable home. The hou£~e is valued at $1 750. This center has made material progreBs despite the additional work put upon Mr. and Mrs. O'J!'arrell by the leave of absence of Miss Goddard. Definite plans are taking shape for a much needed new church.

At Mt. Makomwe there has been built, this year the first stone church of this Mission. The stones were obtained from an '.;.djoining kopje and personally laid by J.G.Paisley, the missionary in charge.

Land Orant

Rhodesia Mission is entitled to a remaining grant from the British South Africa Compny of 8076.55 acres, as a per­petua1 lease for mission purposes. If this land is to be taken there should be no unnecessary delay. The conditions,

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h~wever, necessitating survey and occupancy within a limited time, make it impracticable for us to attempt it at this time. Six hu~dred morgen nea.r Headlands and sevf\nty-five miles from Umtali, that had been gra.nt~d us upon application, has been voluntarily relinquished because a Trappist Mission of the Roman: Catholic Church, this year, settled upon an ad­joining farm.

District Confernce

A happy and successful district conference of the Rhode-. sia Mission was held at U mtali June 8-16. It approved a signi­ficant resolution submitted by the members of Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, looking to the extension of their work to N yakatsapa. It appointed a "committee to confer with other denominations and the government concerning the opening of hostels for native girls and women in Penhalonga and Umtali." It provided for a contribution to the British and Foreign Bible Society.

It submits, for the approval of this conference,a revision of General Policy formulated by the Rhodesia Mission in October, 1911, and adopted by this conferenc in 1912.

Teachers' Institute

An interesting and well attended institute for our na­tive pastor-teachers was held from June 16 to July 1 L. It was the first in the history of the Mission. Many of teachers' wives were also present for whom special classes were held.

Financial Sltuatlo n

Our financial situation rna y be described as static em­barrassment occasioned by an accumulated deficit and the discontinuanee of a number of special g iits. It results in an inability to continue present work and carefor present wor kers on the present financial budget. N othiIlg but the "sword of the Spirit," the siege guns of intercessory prayer, and the faith that feeds on difficulties can adequately deal with this situation. The financial condition of the work occasions that prominence be given to "special gifts" that in the Apostolic Church was given to "spiritual gifts." But the missionary in Africa cannot live and maintain his work by tent making or the labor of his own hands. For relief we must look to the home church. Our confidence in her and her administra­tive agencies has seemed to UB to justify our continued effort to feed Christ'fl hungry ones when the cruse of oil runs low and the treasurer's scraping of the financial meal barrel is heard from end to end of our Mission. But the God of Elijah is our God and is as resourceful as in the days of the prophet.

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White Work

Having recommended the closing of our white work and the disposition of the property in Umtali and Penhalonga I desire that this report shall contain a full statement and explanation.

Services under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church for white people in Umtali were first held in the prim­ary room of the Academy, JanuarT 1st. 1r01. The present church building, known as St. An'Jrews, was opened for divine Service on May 3d., 190~. Honorable Earl Grey laid a corner stone in honor of Cecil Rhodes who died in Cape Town the previous year. The cost of the building was a little less than $25,000. of which $15,000. was unpaid at the time of opening. $10,000 was paid within the next two years. The remaining $4,000 is a present ~ebt, a loan from the Guardian Fund by the courtesy of the High Cnurt of Salisbury, upon which an annual interest of six per cent has been paid for, now, ten years.

At Penhalonga services were begun in 1901. Bishop Hart­zell and Bishop Burt dedicated the present building, named St. Pauls, in 1908. The cost was $5,000. and the building was dedicated free of debt. Manager Barker of the Penhalonga. mines deserves much credit for this.

After a vicissitouB history of this church, Rev. H. 1. James was appointed pastor in Octobor, 1913, he having come out by understanding with the BoarJ for this church. In addition Mr. and Mrs. James had charge of a native Circuit. The Mission assumed the salary and the house rent. This left but little incidental expenses for the Penhalonga Society. This conscientious man and his wife labored diligently, tact­fully, acceptably, yet with no response. All parties concerned agreed on the futility of the effort. Mr. James· was later transferred to Old Umtali to fill a vacancy. On October 7th. the Rezende Mining Company offered $1,000 for the church building. The sale was approved by the Board of Foreign Missions but has not yet been effected.

It can be shown that in fourteen years of effort to plant churches among the white people of these two places more than $ 30,000. has been expended. This does not include the regular salaries ()f Presiding Elders and District Superintend­enis whose services as pastors of St. Andrews cover the major part of the fourteen years. Present Situation of the White Work

Our white work a.t Penhalonga has been discontinued and the property is for sale.

In Umtali there ara the Church of England, the Presby­terians, and the Dutch Reformed. The English -are the

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predominant nation8.lity and are most all identified with the Ohurch of England. The Scotch are next in number and are, almost without exception, adherents of the Presbyterian Church, which is an organized, aggressive society prepa.ring to build. The Dutch Reformed are now ~recting a good build­ing which is to cost about $ 4,000. to care for their people of increasing numbers. These denominations care for ninety-fi ve per cent of the white people. There is a small number of English Wesleyans. St. Andrews has never been organized and has, today, but a handful of regular attendants. These refuse to assume any reaJonable religious or financial obliga­tions.

In the light of these facts what is the duty of Methodism to the white people of Umtali ? I answer, unequivocally, it is to discontinue the appropriation of missionary money.

There are serious considerations against the maintain­ance of denominational Methodism in Umtali. The present day spirit of comity and co-operation and the very genius of Christianity demand intelligent and true devotion to the Kingdom of God that is free from denominational bigotry and prejudice. While men are dying without the knowledge of Christ in the allotted and ~ ccepted territory of this Mission who will say that missionary money should be appropriated to give the white people of U mtali denominational preference?

Adherence to the rules and ohject of the Board of Foreign Missions ma.kes impossibl~ this appropriation. The Manual on page 5 declares, "the chief objeet is to supply the living preacher for those who must otherwise be without the Gospel." Umtali has three other protestant churches and her people have as good wages and homes as the average town of like population in the United States. Again, on page 36, the Manual states, "Our Society expects and requires that all white work shall become self-supporting as rapidly as possible. Its well defined policy is that ch uTr.hes for English speaking and other peoples of protestant origin shall be established only where they can become immediately self-supporting, our funds being designed exclusively for evangelistic work among non-protestant or non-christian peoples."

What will be the result of such discontinuance of appro­priation? Either self-support or discontinuance. Clearly, the white oonstituency should assume all expenses of the main­tainance of the white work,a~ such, or the sevices discontinued and the property sold to an evangelical body. This proposition has beeh submitted and is now before the men who are known as the official board. That it is not an unreasonable alternate is seen when it is understood that the Mission will pay the regular salary of the one caring for St. Andrews who shall also have charge of a native circuit. The people are not poor.

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Among the mem bers of the so called official board are men of means.

Oh, that God may make us wise in a supreme and con­sistent love for his Kingdom and creatures. Mter all, we are not in Africa to make her Methodist but we are here, under God, to make her Ohristian, to give the story of forgiveness, regeneration, peace, and service to ber multiplied thousands yet in heathenism and superstition. Let us not do anything to reduce the Kingdom to unnecessary fractions at frictlon. Let us "seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness."

OLD VMT_AI.I REPORTS OF BOYS' CENTRAL 'rRAINING SCHOOL

REPORT OF rHE PRINOIP AL

HENRY 1. JAMES

AFTER anticipating coming to Rhodesia from about the time of the previous Ohristmas, we arrived on the field October 1st, 1913, which was three weeks before our last conference. We had expected to go direct to Penhalonga but as Conference· was so near it was thought best that we should stay at Old Umtali until Oonference.

Those three weeks seemed a long time to us as we were anxious to get to our work. We had prayed continually for six months that we might be prepared for that work and that the people might be prepared for our cOJping. Consider then with what disappointment we learned from Bishop Hartzell while the Oonference was yet in progress that we should pro­bably be stationed at Umtali instead of Penhalonga. It was

. perhaps a coincidence that some seven or eight years ago, while yet a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Ohurch, I entered into correspondence with Bishop Hartzell regarding that very work.

All this will perhaps show why I was glad wh~n things were so arranged that when Oonference closed I found that I was appointed to the Penhalonga Circuit.

After getting established, we sought, by inc essant wand­erings o'er hill and vale in our visitations and in numerous other ways, to win the European population to the Ohurch and to God.

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N ever were a pastor and his wife received more cordially by any people than were we by these people. In all their social life and affairs we were welcome but they had appar­ently lost all desire for the spiritual which so many of them confessed to have lost that, try as we would, nothing we could do moved them.

But amidst the arduous and discouraging task of helping the one race of people who would not be helped, there was the ever present opportunity of helping the bIack race. In this work we found much joy, not only in school and church work at our two churches at Penhalonga but also in visiting outstations of the Circuit.

In April, owing to the sudden departure of the Rev. H. N. Howard, I was called upon to take part of the duties at Old U mtali which now fell upon the remaining missionaries. On four days a week I took Mr. Howard's class-room work, the other three days being at Penhulonga.

About the middle of July we were transferred to Old Umtali to take charge of the work. Never anticipating educational work I had not prepared espeeially for it; but in doing my best in my new role I have often been much blessed.

On taking charge, there were 59 students here. Subse­quentlyof some have gone while others have come making, at the close of the year, 33 students. When we reopen after Conference there are 82 who expect to enter be~ides otherllJ who will if circumstances can be met.

We cannot hope with our present outlook to 'be able to use all the students, trained hpre, as teachers, even if they proved suitable. Thus the added importance of giving them suitable industrial training to fit the.ll for life. Yet we are doing nothing, nor indeed can we with our present staff, except that in Agriculture which is .being given by Mr. Wallace. The time is coming when the people will challenge us on this, and upon our answer will depend their entering this school or another. Only a few weeks ago on rne day I had prospective students ask if they could learn, in one case brick-laying, in .another printing, and yet another typewriting.

With over a hundred classes a week and only tW0 white and two native teachers, we cannot hope to take up any work of that nature.

The Confe rence year has been full of surprises to me. Some goals have been reached, others a ttempted, God has been with me through all.

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REPORT OF ASSISTANT

MRS. R. R. WALLACE

WE arrived at the Boys' Cental Training Sohool on Jan. 14, 1914, from N yakatsapa. I assumed the work of teaching previously done by Mrs. Roberts; school opening on Feb. 2.

The subjects taught in this, the literary department of the school, are, reading, writing, spelling, phonic drill, com­position, dictation and conversation; all done in English.

During school days my afternoons are spent in the school room.

The most essential requirement, for both teacher and pupils, would seem to be patience, patience, patience. Of persistence the boy usually has sufficient, especially when it is English, the white man's language, he is trying to learn.

I rarely see one of the boys pass in school housr or out, that he has not his reader with him, either conning the spell­ing over as he walks or the corner of the book protrudes from a pocket, ready to be taken out, for use, at the earliest oppor­tunity_

Often out of school hours, a ragged boy appears at the door to ask "will my teacher sound this word again, I fear to make mistake." Library

A number of the more advanced boys have made use of a small library that has been pla'ced in my keeping for them.

One boy took out a copy of the Story of the Bible over and over, as he found it easier to underdand, with his limited knowledge of English, than he did the Old Testament, of which there is no. translation in his own tongue Sick Babfes

It has been a pleasure to be able to do a little for them, and profitable to me as well, in helping me to become ac­quainted with the mothers. Usually before I am ready to leave my room in the morning, they begin to arrive, sometimes a dozen of them, occasional1y none at all.

A scourge of sore eyes has visited this section and the babies seem to have been the chief sufferers.

If any class of natives need help more than another it does seem the helpless African babies should come first.

One ceases to wonder at the frightful mortality among them, after seeing the kind of care they get; the wonder is that any survive.

Sunday School

on Sunday afternoonsJ have helped Mr. Greeley and

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Mr. Wallace with the boys' Sunday school. It is a cheering sound to hear how much Scripture some

of them are able to "learn by head" as they exeprss it. We are trusting that it is ah~o being learned by heart.

I want to testify to the abiding presence of my Saviour all through the past year and to tha.nk Him for numberless blessings.

AGRICULTURE

R. B. WALLACE

LEAVING Nyakatsapa Station, Jan. 1914, we came here to assume the duties of Mr. Roberts, he, leaving on furlough.

The year has brought blessing and sorrow, failure and achievemen t, yet thru it all God has remained the same, patient, merciful and h.elpful, about these things I like to think as well as well as to acknowledge.

The Farm

The past season was dry in this community and the crops suffered accordingly, but we were able to harvest 800 bags of corn and 45 bags of beans. These bags weigh 203 lbs. The acreage will be about the same as last year, the bean acreage will not be quite so large, but with a good season we should have larger }'Aturns than we had l~st year. We are trying a few acres of Spanish Bunch peanuts, which yielded most remarkably in this neighborhood last year.

Some new land is being cleared of bushes and roots to increase the acreage next year by between 30 and 50 acres. Mr. Roberts sowed and I am reaping the results of some of his days of ha:d work. One of them is the nice patch of alfalfa that he planted in the vegetltble ga.,.den, which is under irrigation. This has proved very valuable when it came to fattening the pigs for market, as it was in our long dry season. It was used for the little calves when there was nothing but dry grass, and they were too young to care for it. The chick ens and the cows had some of it and when the latter almost ceased to give any mHk, the alfalfa came to our reSCUA. This year we have prepared two more gardens in the river bed for alfalfa, one of these is seeded and the other waits for seed that has been ordered.

The pigs have realized us more than $400 this year, and I consider them the most profitable stock we have at the mission. With the bacon factory now at Salisbury, one need not fear being overstocked on account of a small local market. The work cattle have endured the long dry season and are looking well. The cows have added to the herds anumber of

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calves. The goats are increasing, but the sheep al:e not doing so well, yet we have sold more than $100 worth of them.

The plan Mr. Roberts .had for a . citrus orchard has developed to the extent, that the beds of Mozoe lemon seedR he planted have grown to be nice young trees, and have been removed to the nursery, waiting to be budded.

Class Work

My class in agriculture and animal husbandry meets four times a week. We have take.:<l up the diseases most common among the native stock, and have tried to give some f!limple remedies that a native boy might administer; also some simple principles of anatomy to make the caretaker of sick and well animals more efficient, then the care of the garden, and the valus of fertilizers that the boys are able to get: also the source of plant food and the way it may be liberated and utilized. Sunday School

This work was put in my charge shortly after coming down here, and Mrs Wallace and Mr. Greeley have given very valuable aid in this department. We also have been assisted by some of our best boys. There is one feature of this Sunday School that has been very satisfying viz: the memorizing and reciting of scripture verses before the school. The number of verses given by the boys varies, but as many as 24 verses have been given by one boy, and less than 8 months before this he did not know his alphabet: but by attending night school he wa~ able to do this. Many of the boys recite from 4 to 12 verses each Sunday. Not long since on of the boys, Tsunhu, in a contest.gave the "Sermon on the Mount," almost perfectly. This work will count, for God has promised, "My word-----shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please ....

WORK AMONG WOMEN

MRS. H. 1. JAMES

WHEN Mr. James was appointed to Old Umtali I immediately thought that my special work here should be to help the wives of op.r married students who are living on the Mission.

After talking with Mrs. Buchwalter about it we decided that we could best help these women by teaching them to make garments for themselves and their children. In August we were able to start this work. At first some of the women seemed a little afraid to trust us,but I now think all attend our classes, three afternoons a week, making our enrolment 36. There were only two or three who had any idea whatever of

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sewing. In fact theycou]d all handle a hoe far better than a needle, but they w('re anxious to learn and now, in spite of crying babies, many of them are beginning to sew neatly and have a good idea of putting the garment together. We hope soon to teach them to cut out their own garments, but at present we only have a small cutting-out table in an over­crowded room which makes it very difficult to do so. Since we began the work over one hundred garments have been cut, and are being paid for by the women. The charge we make for each garment is exactly what it has cost us. In this way they are able to have better-looking, stronger and more suitable clothing then they could purchase at a store for the same cost.

We have been very much cheered by the fact that some of these women are not satisfied to be taught themselves but are a~king that their children may lea.rn as well, so now we also have five or six little girls trying to make stitches.

Our afternoons are not confined entirely to sewing. The first half-hour is taken up with Bible study. I have been trying to take up the Life of Christ with them. The questions which are asked after a lesson are often discouraging, but I tr'y to remember that they are a people beginning a new life and naturally ask child-like questions.

Mrs. Buchwalter has given occasional talks on cleanli­ness- a much needed subject I am sure- and has tried to show them how better to take care of their bodies. It is often distressing to see what suffering is caused, not always because they won't care for themselves, but because they do not know how.

MUTAMBARA

REPORT OF T. A. O'FARRELL

THE past year has been a year of many helpful and happy experiences. God's hlessings have come in a multitude of ways, chief among which has been a revival. This year, after the native gardens were harvested, we began daily prayer services. On Sundays the entire Ghristian body went preaching. We tried to visit every hut within reach, to invite everybody to church, being careful nOL to neglect the old people. The first Sunday saw an increased attendance in­cluding a numbAr of old people, and we had one conversion. Soon people began coming from neighboring farms, some coming ten or twelve miles. For nearly three' months there

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were one or more conversions every Sunday. Nothing cheered us more than to have the old people come and feel at home: in the church, for as a rule they stay a",a'Y. No singing has ever sounded sweeter than that of old heathen grand­mothers trying to sing hymns. One old woman' definitely gave herself to God. Some others are praying in a groping fashion. The conviction has grown upon us that these old people have been neglected and that they are worthy of our best efforts.

I have made a number of evangelistic trips into new territory. On one of them more than a hundred Christians, including six teachers from six different stations, came together in a large thickly populated valley for a two days, service. It is ofrty miles froLll M utambara and twenty miles f.rom the nearest outstation. The enthusiasm of the Christ­ians was indescribable. In the evening wh~n the camps had been prepared all fell to singing, and tor the first time in their existence the hills resounds with Christian songs. At first many were frightened. But soon young people began follow­ing the crowds who w~nt about preaching. They hung around the camp fires in the evenings. The sick came to be healed. Little boys followed us about. Two tried to go home with us. The Zimunya Church with the aid of the two outstations of the Mutambara Church have undertaken the support of a teacher at that place. Thus two stations out of seven are supported by funds raised locally.

One preaching place has developed under an energetic volunteer pastor until they have a regular a,ttendance of about sixty. I hold quarterly meetings there. They observed Christmas festivities on Dec. 28. and invited me. I went and found about 250 poople gathered to be merry over a feast consisting of several baskets of sodza and the meat of three pigs and four goats.

Two of our former school boys came to me a few months ago and announced that they had opened a school in Portu­guese East Africa. I have not had time to visit them yet.

The outotations are making progress. Two or three are doing exceptionally well. The attempt at opening an outstation on their own responsibility has had a good effect upon the people. With one exception the teachers have had weekly lessons, with more or less regularity, together with some learning of Bible verses and outlining of simple sermons.

I want to commend the efforts of one teacher who has seldom missed a lesson altho his station is 20 miles away. If I had money I would like to invest it it! outstations. One station opened nearly two years ago, has cost in all about a hundred dollars. There are at least 50 people in school and in attend­ance at the services. That means 50 believers altho they are

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not fully grounded Christians. That is not a bad investment. At Mutambara we have been busy building and preparing

to build. The .house, begun before last conference, is finished. Seventy-five· dollars left has been put into another' house

with grass roof 'and a dogger floor. Mr. Alberts and his family moved into the bouse just after Christmas. At last Conference we had a dollar to use in bUilding a new church. Tb I'u gifts from America and from the native people we now have about 200 dollars. With volunteer labor and that of the boarding school we have made and burned 67,000 bricks for the church. N a money was spent on this work. There is about half enough iron here to cover the ChUl·ch. The roof timbers can be cut on the Mission Farm. We can get the brick work done for about $150.

Upon Miss Goddard's going from Mutambara, Mr8. O'Farrell kept all of the girls who could not otherwise attend school, which meant having 12 of them living in our kitchen for -three months. We wish Miss Goddard success and many blessing~ in her present work.

Mr. Alberts was secured a year ago to do the agricultural work. He has done very well with the farm. He is a steady, Christian man. Besides being able to farm he is also a splendid brick layer. The farm pays for his services except when he is building. Be,sides paying him, and other necessary labor, the farm has purchased more than $150. worth of new equipment. When the wheat is sold it will close the year nearly even. The promise for a mealie crop is good. The pigs, sheep and goats are increasing in number and in value. We hold, as alway, th&.t the farm should develop on its own resources. We are glad to see it improving.

We have also tried to have the school meet its running expenses. This is a large item in developing the place. This year we have made 89,000 bricks, and 67,000 were made by the school boys without any cost. While we have charged no tuition we are now asking the boys to give money for the church. They have pledged about $150, a good part of which has been paid.

REPORT OF J. G. PAISLEY

IN giving this my second .conference report of the Makomwe Circuit, I am conscious of the rare privilege God ha.s given,

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ot spending one more year with you on the field, for the rescue of Africa's perishing.

During this conference year 114 baptisms (including children) have taken place. 76 persons have been received into full membership and 89 on probation. There have been two or three deaths, several dismissed because of immoral conduct and 20 transferrec to other circuits.

The Field

This yea.r two new stations have opened up-pushed out in the regions beyond us, one in the Rusapi DiAtrict and the other in the Makomwe. The latter is supported chiefly by private funds, supplied by one of our missionaries. Besides these two stations, minor ones have been opened by the teachers themselves, thus enlarging their work, their sphere of usefulness. While we have not visited our stations as often as we wished, yet as opportunity occurred we have gone forth gladly, "Bearing the precious seed," and have returned with rejoiuing bringing our sheaves with us.

All our chiefs are friendly and it is not unusual to see them in our services. Sometimes they may not have the loftiest motives for being there, yet we are always glad to welcome these poor old weather beaten leaders of their race, under the gospel message, with the hope that God may ·save some of them. J UBt the other day one of these same chiefs sent his favourite son to request us to take charge of a funeral service. One of his nephews had died, and this old heathen king wished the young man a christian burial. Gladly the request was granted, which gave us a splendid opportunity, s.Uch as we never had before, of telling out the Gospel story to so many heathen gathered together at one time.

Our Center

Makomwe - Here almost all our time is spent between station visitations, and here some of our greatest battles have been fought, and not the least of these have been the erecting of a suita.ble building for·school and worship, called "Hudson Memorial." The stone work is completed and the material ready to begin the roofing at once. It has been a long, and muscular battle with little ffidans and only raw natives as helpers. Three months were spent helping Dr. Gurney, at Mrewa, build his house. This together with the care of the out-stat50ns and attendance at "Teachers Institute" consumed much of our time, -leaving us very few months in whic.h to give our attention to this much needed building. '

With building operations on we have not had much time in the day school. This has been largely cared for by the nativ~ teacher, with slight supervision by myself. We have

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however, endeavored to carryon a special night class all through the busy season also a week-end class for our native teachers. These dear boys come to Makomwe every Friday afternoon, rain or shine, and leave for their respective stations noon next day. So we spend Friday night and Saturday forenoon with theIl-l not only helping them in their school studies, but through the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures as well.

N ever have I seen so many sick and helpless people as there are at Makomwe at this time. FOl' instance, this morning all within a vt3ry few hours, there came ten persons for treatment as follows--six syphilitic cases (men, women and children) a case of sore eyes, sore toe, punctured skull, (this a little child) and last, a young man whose arm was tusked or bitten by a wild hog, leaving a very ugly wound. These have all been cared fore as best our limited knowledge would allow and have gone away, satisfied that the missionary is here to help them.

The Outlook

Certainly as we look across the field the outlook is en­couraging. Everywhere doors are open and our churches and schools are welcome. But alas! The cry of the heathen is heard when there is neither money or workers to help them. Truly the responsibility of the Church increases as doors open in heathen lands.

TRANSLATION

REPORT OF E. H. GREELEY

FIRST I want to speak of the Language work for that has been my chief concern. The Class which was making such brilliant progress has not been kept up as I hoped it would be. Six of the class suddenly went to the home land, only two of late being present. Drink deep should be the policy of every missionary who desires to augment his usefulness and influence among the people, and that can only be attained by persistent work each day. To be able to talk a little about the common duties of the house or yard does not touch the deeper things of the heart and motives. It does not reveal to one how the native thinks or what he feels. It does not show the size of his world, and until we can put ourselves within his boundaries we cannot sympathize with him. We must learn the customs that influence their acti(;ms and speech before we. can get near to their hearts.

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The work of editing the S. S. Lessons continued as in the past. I have put as much of the work upon my native helper, Paul Mariyanga, as possible both for his sa'ke and for the sake of the work. I have been preaching in the· vernacular during the year, with pleasure and great profit to myself, and with pleasure, I trust, to the hearers.

The first cast of the book of Exodus has been made, alElo Ruth and Samuel.

.A shott story of the Christ has been written with many Bible references and is ready for the printer. The aim. of the booklet is not simply to recite the chief events of his earthly existence as the son of Mary, but to ~how that eh rist has always existed, that he created the wol'ld, that he appeared to the prophets of old and that he is now alive in heaven and ever shall be. .

The Temperance Catechism on Alchohol and Tobacco is still in my hands. It has not been printed. It is to my mind the most needfull bit of work outside of hymns which I have done. I do hope that this year may see it in the hands of all our native people for it will show to them that our laws ~gainst these soul destroying agencies are founded on reason and the laws of God.

Gene~is has been revised and typed tho not yet ready for the printer. The study of the Old Testament seems peculiar­ly adapted to the life of this people.

The Junior History of Methodism which was only done at last Conference has been typed. This was a much more difficult piece of work: than we had thot it would be, involving the consideration of a lot of new. words used in connection with our history and government.

The Probationers' Handbook is ready for the press, also, an Outline Life of St. Paul.

The Young Disciple at the Lord's Ttl-ble, a most helpful and spiritual little booklet in three parts-Before Communion, At the Lord's Tabl6, and After Communion.

The Standard Catechism with Proofs is ready too for the printer.

The Primer of Christians has been revised and typed. The Gospel of John has been r.arefully gone over again

and would have been printed before this but for the question of how to spell proper names. .

It has been suggested that no more translation be done till we print what we now have ready. If this is done it will enable me to put more time to the writing of hymns. A new

.. hymn book ought to be under way if it is to be ready when our present supply is exhausted. Of all my varied works nothing blesses my own soul like the writing of hymns, every one of

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whic-h is written with an earnest desire to use the words and tune useful to the great work we are in. Some have been written since last Conference and I have begun to revise a.nd cull fr'om our old book what are worthy to be preserved.

The Old Umtali Church of which I am pastor now consists of five substations in addition to what we have here. They are Manyarara, Marara, Mundel1da, Mandiambira and Chikanga. I do not feel that they have had aaequate atten­tion but I have done what I could. The Old Umtali Church now aggregates 300 Full Members and about 150 Probationers. There have been 90 Baptisms and 25 received on Probation since last Conference. The General Rules have beer! rbad several time-s and the Sa~rament of the Lord's Supper admin­istered. The General Rules are now perfected and I hope may be printed here in the vernacular and put into the hands of our pastor-teachers. We are hoping also to print the Burial Service so that it may be used at the burial of our people.

The class meetings have been held regularly and are valuable aids to our members at the outstations,

The Sunday Schools are prosperous as fsr as I am aware. I look forward to the coming year with joy and faith that

my work is not yet done and that as' my day so shalt my strength be.

IN AND THRC) 1 T eiH TH}1~ H () l\{E

REPORT OF MRS. CHAS. A. KENT

RESIDENCE in town would, a.t first thought, give little oppor­tunity for natiu-e work. But such has not, entirely, proven the case with us, although the character of that work is differ­ent from that of the kraal station.

During the past year we have tried to make our home the center of helpfuln' ss for christian natives who work in and about Umtali. We are glad that many of them have felt free to come .to us with their troubles and to bring to us their sick. Especially has it fallen to us to' doctor and nurse many of their babies and children.

Thirty-five of the wjves and daughters. of these men were formed into a weekly sewing class, where over a hundred garments have been cut and made.

For the boys in search of work, for the native teachers, and for many of our natives passing thru Umtali our place has been made headquarters. We have tried to protect the

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girls who were to be in town over night, by giving, them food and lodging in our house. We do so feel the need of a hostel or other provision for the protection of these girls. While we have been able to do this little, many many girls have not harl this care and the results have been disaptrous.

The opportunity for direct christian teaching has not been so great as we have wished, but it has been our pleasure to have a weekly or monthly Bible clr.. SS, for five of our native pastor:'teachers on Friday eveniJlg, followed by lessons in reading and arithemetic Saturday morning.

This, together with the work done for the wives of the pastor-teachers luring the Institu te, reported elsewhere, constitutes what we have been able to do in the time available from the instruction of my own chi:dren and from the many home duties of the house wife and mother.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL

of the

ELEVENTH SESSION

of the

EAST CENTRAL AFRICA

~{I~SION C()N~FEREKCE

of the

ME'rHODIST EPISCOPAL

CHURCH

Held at Old Umtali,

Rhodesia, Africa,

January. 20-27,1915.

President, Bishop J. C. Hartzell.

Secretary,- Rev. E. H. Greeley.

OFFICERS OF CONFERENCE

President, Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell. Secretary, Eddy H. Greeley, (Mrewa, Rhodesia:) Assl:stant Secretary, Samuel Gurney, Statistician, Thomas A. O'Farrell. Assi$tant Statistician, Henry I. James. Treasurer, Abraham L. Buchwalter.

STANDING COMl\UTTEES

Auditing, The ]'inance Committees of t.he Rhodesia and Iuhambaue Missions.

Publishing. For the work in Rhodesia, O. A. Kent, H. N. Howard, E. H. GreelEY,

H. I. James, T. A. O'Farrell, Mrs. C. A. Kent, 1\1rs. H. N. Howard, A. L. Ruchwalter, Miss E. D. Nourse.

For the work at Inhambane, W. C. Ter:;:il, J. A. Persson, P. W. Keys, Mrs. W. C. Terril, Mrs. P. W. Kpys.

Nrtive Courses of Study, C. A Kent, (:hairman, W. C. Terril, E. H. Greeley, ']' A. O'Farrell, P W. Keys, H. I. James.

New work, W. C Terril, C. A. Kent, P. W. Keys, J. D. Pointer, E.H. Greeley, H. N. Howard, T. A. O'Farrell, A. L. Buchwalter, J. A. Persson.

Qualification of Native Workers, A. L. Buchwalter, C. A. Kent, E. H. Greeley.

Women's Conference, The women of the Conference, Sunday Schools. For Rhodesia, E. H. Greeley, O. A. Kent.

For Inhambane, W. C. Terril, J. A. Persson, Miss E.E.Bjorklund. Board of Church Location and Erection, The Finance Oommittees

of the Rhodesia and Inhambane Missions. Conference Boundaries and Deno,ninational Adjustments.

For Rhodesia, C. A. Kent, T. A. O~Farrell) S. Gurney. For Inhambane, W. O. Terril, P. W. Keys, J. D. Pointer.

Union Methodist Training School, O. A. Kent, T. A. O'Farrell, A. L. Buckwalter. .

Boa1'd of Examiners. For Inhambane, W. O. Terril, P. W. Keys, J. D. Pointer. For Rhode8ia, C. A. Kent, E. H. Greeley, S. Gurney, H. 1. .James,

T. A. O'Farrell, H. N. Howard. Finance.

For Inhambane. Appointed: W. O. Terril, P. W. Keys, J. A. Pers­SOll- Recommended: J. D. Pointer, O. J. Stauffacher.

For Bhodesia. Appointed: C. A. Kent, A. L. Buchwalter, E. H. Grt'ell'Y. Recommended: H. I. James, S. Gurney.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Conference Programme, The District Superintendent and Pastor of the Ohurch whc.i.'e the Conference is !leld.

State of the Church, H. I. James, O. A. Kent, W. O. Terril, A. L. Buchwalter, Miss E. D. Nourse.

Publishing 0/ the Minutes, The Rhodesia and Inhambane Publishing Oommittees. .

Resolutions, H. I. James, J. G. Paisley, R. B. Wallace. Fraternal Wesleyan Delegate, C. A. Kent. Conference Sermon, S. Gurney. Alternate, T. A. O'Farrell.

MINUTES OF THE ELEVENTH SESSION of the

EAST CENTRAL AFRICA MISSION CONFERENCE

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FIRST DAY-Wednesday, Jan. 20th, 1915.

Opening,- The Eleventh Session of the East Central Africa Mission Cunference was opened in the Old U mtali Church, Rhodesia, January 20th, 1915, at 8.30 a. m., Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, D.D.,L.L.D., presiding.

After appropriate religious exercises the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered by the Bishop, assisted by the Elders of the Conference.

Roll Call,-E. H. Greeley, the Secretary of the last Con­ference, called the roll of the Conference Members and the following answered to their names:

Conference Members, A. L. Buchwalter, E. H. Greeley, Samuel Gurney~ H. 1. James, C. A. Kent and T. A. O'Farrell.

Missionaries not Members of the Conference, Mrs. A. L. Buchwalter, Miss Ruby N. Goddard, Mrs. H. I. James, Mrs. C. A. Kent.

Missionaries of the W F. M. S., Miss Emma D. Nourse. Other White Workerb, J. G. Paisley, R. B. Wallace and

Mrs. R. B. Wallace. The Bishop announced to the Conference that owing to

the disturbed conditions of travel because of the war it was 'probabie that the members from Inhambane would be unable to attend.

Introduction of Fraternal Delegate,- The Rev. John White, Superintendent'of the Rhodesian Wesleyan Missions, was introduced and invited to participate in the diseussions.

Organization,-Secretary and Assistant, On motion of S. Gurney E. H.

Greeley was elected secretary, and S. Gurney was chosen Assistant Secretary.

Treasurer, On motion ofC. A. Kent, A. L. Buchwalter was elected Treasurer.

Statistical Secretary and Assistant, T. A. O'Farrell was elected Statistical Secretary, and H. I. James as Assistant Statistical Secretary.

Standing Committees,-Auditing, The Finance Committees of the Rhodesia and

the Inhambane Missions were elected as the Conference

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Auditing Committee. Publishing Committee: For the work in Rhodesia, C. A.

Kent, H. N. Howard, E.H.Greeley. T. A.'O'Farrell, H.1.James, Mrs. C. A. Kent, Mrs. H. N. Howard, A. L. Buchwalter and Miss E. D. N ( urse.

For the work at Inhambane, W. C. Terril, J. A. Persson, P. W Keys, Mrs. W. C. Terril and Mrs. P. WKeys.

Native Course of Study, C.A.Kent, chairman, W.C.Terril, E. H. Greeley, T. A O'Farrell, P. W. Keys, H. I. James.

New Work, W. C. Terril, C. A. Kent, P. W. Keys, J. D. Pointer, E. H. Greeley, T. A. O'Farrell, A. L. Buchwalter and J. A. Persson.

Qualificatton of Native Workers, A. L. Buchwalter, C. A. Kent and E. H. Greeley.

Women's Conference, Women of the Conference. Sunday Schools, For Rhodesia, C. A. Kent, E. H. Greeley.

For Inhambane, W.C.Terril, J.A.Pel'sson, Miss E.E.Bjorklund.

SpeCial Committees,-The following Special Committees were appointed:

Conference Programme, On motion of C. A. Kent the District Superintendent and the Pastor of the Church where the Conference shall be held were appointed as a Committee on C'1nference Programme.

State of the Church, H. 1. James, C. A. Kent, W. C. Terril, A. L. Buchwalter and Miss E. D. Nourse.

Publishing of the Minutes, The Rhodesia and Inhambane Publishing Committees. >

Resolutions, H. 1. James, J. G, Paisley and R. B. Wallace.

Book Concern Draft,- The Bishop announced that the Conference was authorized to draw on the Book Concern for $122. for the year 1913 and $178. for the year 1914.

On motion the drafts were ordered and the Treasurer was instructed to deposit the money with the Board of Foreign Missions in N ~w York to the credit of the Conference Claim­'ants Fund of this Conference.

Hours of Session,- On motion of S. Gurney the hours for the daily sessions were fixed at 8.30 a. m: for opening, and 11.30 a. m. for adjournment, the first half hour of each session to be devoted to devotional services.

Board of Church Loc~tion and Erection,- On motion of C. A. Kent a Board of Church Location and Erection, as provided for in our Book of Discipline, was ordered; and the Finance Committees of the Rhodesian and the Inhambane Missions were appointed as such Board.

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Committee on Conference Boundaries and Denomina­tional Adjustments,- On motion of C. A.. Kent a Committte on Conference Boundaries and Denominational Adjustments was ordered, to consist of three members, to which committee all matters pertaining to these subjects shall be referred, the committee having full po'Ver to decide such matters as are referred to it.

The following are the members of the committee. For Rhodesia: C. A. Kent, T. A. O'Farrell and S. Gurney. For Inhambane: W. C. Terril, P. W- Keys and J. D. Pointer.

Introduction of Visitors,- Mr. J as. English and Mr. Robert Clegg, visitors from U mtali, were introduced to the Conference, and Mr. English addressed the Conference bri~fly.

Adjoupnment,- The Conference wa~ adjourned at 11.30 with the benediction by the Bishop.

AFTERNOON SESSION

Opening,- An informal. afternoon session was held at the home of E. H. Greeley, Old Umtali, to which the residents of Old Umtali and vicinity were invited. .

The meeting was called to order at three o'clock, the Bishop presiding.

Address of Fraternal Visitop,- The Rev. H. Alexander Shaw, pastor of the Umtali Presbyterian Church, was intro­duced as Fraternal Presbyterian Delegate. Mr. Shaw ad­dressed the meeting on the necessity of missionary work in Rhodesia and the attitude of the pe·ople toward the same.

The Bishop's Address,- By the special requ~st of the Conference Bishop Hartzell gave an address on the Lessons of the European War.

Reception,- After the Bishop's address refreshments were served by the ladies of the mission, and a social hour was enjoyed in which all had an opportunity to meet the Bishop and the Fraternal Delegates.

EVENING SESSION

Opening,~The Meeting was opened at 7.30, BishoplIart­zell presiding. After singing the hymn !' The Churcb's One Foundation" prayer was offered by Mr. R. B. Wallace .

.Announcement concepning- Bishop Anderson's Visit,­Bishop Hartzell made a statement concerning Bishop A.nder­son's inability to make his episcopal visit to the Conference at this time, and expressed the hope that he would.be able to

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come later. The Bishop said that Bishop Anderson had sent his love to all and his regrets that he could not be present.

Report of Delegate to the Wesleyan SYnod,-S.Gurney gave bis report concerning his visit to the Rhodesian Wes­leyan Synod as our Fraternal Delegate, and made certain suggestions concerning the possibility of closer cooperation between the two bodies.

Address of Fraternal Delegate fl:)om Wesleyan Synod,­The Rev.J ohn White, Superintendent of the Rhodesian Wes­leyan Missions, was introduced as the Fraternal Delegate from that body.

Mr. White's address was most helpful in character, and was listened to with great interest by the Conference, and with the conviction that a master in the school of missions was speaking.

Vote of thanks to Rev. John White,- On motion of C. A. Kent the Conference by a rising vote expressed its pleasure at having Mr. White with it, and its high apprecia­tion of the address he had given.

Committee on Union Training School,r- On motion of C. A. Kent the Conference voted that it approve of the pro­position that the Wesleyan Methodist Mission and the Meth­odist Episcopal Mission establish a union training school for native teachers and evangelists, and that the Bishop -be re­quested to appoint a committee of three to confer with a similar committee from the Wesleyan body concerning such school.

Adjournment,- The Conference was adjourned at 9.30 by singiag the doxology, and the benediction by the Rev. John White.

'SECOND DAY-Thursday, Jan. 21st, 1915.

Opening,- The second day's session was called to order at 8.30 &. m. by the Bishop.

The devotional services were conducted by the Rev. John White . •

Minutes,- The minutes of the first day's sessions were read, corrected and approved.

Disciplinary Questions,- The following DisciplinE;Lry Questions were taken up and answered in the negative: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,24,25,26, 27, 33, 34.

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Question 36,- The Thirty-sixth Question was taken up, " Where shall the next Conference be held?" On motion of A. L. Buchwalter, seconded by T. A. O'Farrell, it was decided that the place be determined by the District Superintendents.

Repopt of Rhodesia District,- C. A. Kent presented his report as District Superintendent of the Rhodesia District. ( See reports.)

Report Concerning the Conference Claimants' Fund,­A. L. Buchwalter, havir.g been requested to ascertain the amount, rate of interest, etc., of the funds in the hands of our Board of Foreign Missions to the credit of the Conference Claimant~' Fund. read a statement from the Board concern­ing that matter; which statement was ordered printed in the minutes.

Treasupep's Repopt,- A. L. Bnchwalter read his report as Treasurer of tlte Mission.

Missionapies' Repopts,- The following named mission­aries read their reports: H. J. James, T. A. O'Farrell and S. Gurney. (See reports.) .

Vacancies in Committees,- On motion of S. Gurney all committees were authorized to fill any vacancies which may occur in their membership during the conference year, except the Finance Committee.

Editing Reports, - The Committee on the Publication of the Minutes was authorized to edit all reports for publication so far as may be necessary.

Reports of Absent Members,- On motion of C. A. Kent the Committee on Publication of the Minutes was authorized to receive the reports of absent missionaries and to include such reports in the printed minutes.

Adjournment,-The Conference adjourned at 11.30 with the benediction by the Bishop.

THIRD DAY-Friday, Jan. 22nd, 1915.

Opening,- The meeting was called to order at 8.30 a. m. by Bishop Hartzell, who also conducted the half hour devo­tional service.

Minutes,- The minutes of the previous seesion were read and approved.

Question 23,-The Twenty-third Question was taken up, "Who are the Supernumerary Preachers?" E. H Richards; his cha.racter was passed and he was continued in the same relation.

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Question 14,- The Fourteenth Question was taken up, "Was the character of each Preacher examined?" The Bishop called the names of the following members, and the character of each was passed: W. C. Terril, ·A. L. Buchwalter, J. R. Gates, S. Gurney, H. N. Howar~, C. A. Kent, P. W. Keys.

Question 9,-The Ninth Question was taken up, "What Members are in the Studies of the third year?" E. H. Greeley, - his character was passed, the Board of Examiners gave their report, he was given credit for such studies as he had completed and wa.s continued in the Studies of the Third Year.

T, A. O'Farrell,- his character wa.s passed, the Board of Examiners reported, he was given credit for certain studies which he had completed and was continued in the Studies of the Third Year.

H. 1. James,- his characte:r was pass.ed, the Board of Examiners reported, he was given credit for certain studies which he had completed and was continued in the Studies of the Third year.

Question 10,- The Tenth Question was taken up, "What Memb~rs are in the Studies of the Fourth Year?" J. D. Pointer,- his character was passed, he was reported as being unable to attend the Conference and was continued in the Studies of the Fourth Year.

Division of the Conterence,-The Bishop presented the question of the division of the Conference as provided for by the last Gene-ral Conference.

On motion of A, L. Buchwalter, seconded by T. A. O'Far­rell, it was voted that the Conference be divided into two Mission Conferences under the Enabling Act of the General Conference of 1912; subject to the approval of the majority of the members in the Portuguese territory. The Secretary was instruoted to write to these members and secure written statements of their wishes in the matter and to have the same published in the Minutes.

Reports,- The following reports wel'e read: Miss E. D. Nourse, for the W. F. M. S., J. G. Paisley, R. B. Wallace, Mrs. C. A. Ken t, Mrs. R. B. Wallace and Mrs. H. 1. James.

Transfer of John R. Gates,-The Bishop announced the transfer of John R. Gates to the Verment Conference.

General Mission Policy,-C, A. Kent presented a revision of the Mission Policy as prepared by the Rhodesia District Conference. On motion of T. A. O'Farrell, seconded by C. A. Kent, it was voted that the General Policy of the Rhodesia Mission be referred to the Rhodesia District Conference with power to administer it and alter it as it may see ,lit.

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Statistics of Inhambane Mission,- W. C. Terril was appointed as Assistant Statistical Secretary with authority to prepare the Statistics for the Inhambane section of the Con­ference and have them incorporated in the printed Minutes.

Official Joupnal,-On motion of E. H. Gree]ey the printed minutes were adopten as the Official Journal of the Conference.

Directions fop Publishing Minutes,- C. A. Kent moved that the expence of publishing the Minutes be divided equally between the Inhambane and the Rhodesia missions and that the two Finance Committees be authorized to furnish the money; that the number of copies printed shall not exceed 300; that the amount of space occupied by reports be equal for the two missions and that the cuts inserted be paid for by the mission inserting them. Carried.

Adjournment,- The Conference adjourned at 11.30 with the benediction by the Bishop.

FOURTH DAY-Saturday, Jan. 23rd, 1915.

Opening,- The session of the Fourth Day was called to order at 9. a. m. and the devotional service was conducted by the Bie;hop.

Minutes,-The minutes of the previous session were read, corrected and approved.

Missionaries' Reports,-- The following named Mission­aries presented their reports: Mi.ss Ruby N. Goddard, report read by Miss E. D. Nourse. E. H. Greeley.

Question 30,- The Thirtieth Question was taken up, "What is the aggr6gate of the Benevolent ColJections ordered by the General Conference, as reported by the Treasurer?" $ 35.00.

Question 31,- The Thirty-first Question was taken up, ,. What are the claims on the Conference Fund?"

Question 32,-The Thirty-second Question was taken up, "What has been received on these claims, and how has it been applied?" The amount received was $ 300~00 for two years. The Treasurer was instructed to dbposit this amount with the Board of Foreign Missions in New York to the credit of the Confetence Claimants' Fund of this Conference.

Fraternal Delegate to the Wesleyan Synod,- The Bishop announced hjs appoi.ntment of C. A. Kent as Fraternal Delegate to the next session of the Wesleyan Synod.

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Conference Sermon,- The Bishop. announced his ap· pointment (,f S. Gurney to preach the Conference Sermon, and of T. A. O'Farrell as alte rnate.

Names of New Mission Conferences,-The Bishop called attention to the fact that the Enabling Act for the division of the Conference provided that the Conference adopt names for the new Conferences. It was agreed that if the Conference shall be divided the names adopted be the Inhambane Mission Conference and the Rhodesia Iv.1ission Conference.

Committee on Union Training School,- The Bishop announced the Committee on Union Training School with the Wesleyans for Native Teachers and Evangelists as fol­lows: C. A. Kent, T. A. O'Farrell and A. L. Buchwalter.

Report of Committe on Resolutions,-H. 1. James read the report of the Committee on Resolutions, which was adopted. ( See Resolution C.)

Tribute to Bish(\p Hartzell's Administration,- C. A. Kent presented Resolutions concerning Bishop Hartzell's twenty years of Administration of African missions. which resolutions were unanimously adopted by rising vote. ( See Resolutions A.)

Sabbath Services,- The District Superintendent C. A. Kent announced the Program for the Sabbath Services. : Adjoupnment,- C, A. Kent. moved that when the Con­ference adjourn it be to meet at 8.30 a. m. on Monday, which motion prevailed.

FIFTH DAY--Monday, Jan. 25th, 1915.

Opening,- The Fifth day's session was called to order at 8.30 a. m., Bishop Hartzell presiding. The opening devo­tional service was conducted by the Bishop.

Minutes,- The minutes of the previous session were read, c.orrected and approved.

Board of Examiners.~ The following were appointed as members of the Boards of Examiners:

FofInhambane: W C. Terril, P. W. Keys, J. D. Pointer. For 'Rhodesia: C. A. Kent, E. H. Greeley, S. Gurney,

T. A. O'Farrell, H. N. Howard and H. I. James. The Bishop announced that in the event of the Con­

ference being divided these were to constitute two separate Boards.

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Report on Sunday Schooll-= E. H. Greeley presented the report of the Committee on Sunday Schools, which was adopted.

Finanoe Committee fol' Rhodesia.-The members of the Finance Committee for Rhodesia were announced as follows: A. L. Buchwalter, E. H. Grea-Iey and C. A. Kent.

On motion of C. A. Kent it '\v2.S voted that the Board be requested to appoint H. 1. James. and S. Gurney as as addi­tional members of this Committee.

Report on the Womans' Conference.-Mrs. H.!. James presented the report of Committee on W omen~' Conference, including a proposed Constitution for that Conference. On motion of C. A. Kent so much of the report as referred to the work of the paNt year was adopted, while action on that part referring to the proposed Constitution was deferred to a future meeting.

Adjonl'nment.-The Conference was adjouirned at 9.45, to meet at the call of the Bishop

SIXTH DAY- Wedne:'1day, Jan, 27 tho 1!)1/i.

Opening .-The Sixth Session was called to order on Wednesday Jan. 27 th, at 7.30 P. M. Bishop Hartzell presiding.

Minutes. -The Minutes of the previous session were read and approved.

Finance Committee for Inhambane.--The members of the Finance Committee for Inhambane were announced as follows: W C. Terril, P. W. Keys and J. A. Persson.

On motion of C. A. Kent it was voted that the Board "be requested to appoint J. D. Pointer and C. J. Stauffacher aB additional members of that Committee.

Question 30,- The Thirtieth Question was taken up, U What is the Aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the General Conference as reported by the Con­ference Treasurer." $ 34.61.

Question 28,-The Twenty-eight Question was taken up, "What is the Statistical Report." T. A. O'Farrell presented bis report as Statistical Secretary, which revort was adopted. See report.

Question 29,-The Twenty-ninth Question was taken up, H What is the Conference Treasurer's Report?" See report.

50 EAST CENTRAL AFRICA . Report of the Committee on the State of the Chupch,­

C. A. Kent read the Report of the Committee on the State of the Church, which was aoopted. Se.e report.

Constitution of the Women's Conference,-The report of the Cummittee on Womens Conference, so far as that report relates to the proposed Constitution for that Confererice, was reread and discussed. On motion of C. A. Kent the Constitu­tion as thus read was adopted.

Report of Auditing Committee,-H. 1. James presented the report of the Auditing Committee, which was adopted. See report.

Expert Audit of Mission Accounts,- On motion of C. A. Kent it was ordered that the accounts of the Rhodesia Mission Treasurer be audited annually by an expert account­ant.

Rate of Wages for Native Teachel's,- On motion of C. A.. Kent the action of the Tenth Session of the Conference, fixing the rate of wages for Native Teachers, was rescin ded.

Episcopal Supervision of African Missions,-C: A. Kent presented Resolutions to the General Oonference concerning the Episcopal Supervision of the work of the Ohurch in Africa.

On motion of S. Gurney the Resolutions were adopted and thH Secretary was instructed to forward a copy of them to the Secretary of the General Conference. (Resolution E.)

Native Courses of Study,-On motion of S. Gurney the Secretary was instructed to prepare and forward a petition to the next General Conference asking permission to substitute Native Courses of Study prepared by this Conference in place of the English courses provided by the Discipline .

. Report. of Committee on Publishing of the Minutes,­It was voted that the Report of the Committee on Publishing the Minutes for 1913 be adopted as a part of the proceedings of this session, and printed in the Minutes.

Audit of Inhambane. Mission Accounts,- On·motion of A. L. Buchwalter the Inhambane Mission was authorized to provide for the audit of the accounts of that Mission, and that the report of such audit be incorporated as a part of the Minutes of this session.

Final Adjournment,- On motion of S. Gurney it was ordered that after the reading and approval of the. Minutes, the devotional exercises, such remarks as the Bishop may be pleased to make and the reading of the appointrp.ents, the Conference adjourn without date.

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We hereby certify that the foregoing is a complete and correct reco'rd of the proceedings of the Eleventh Session of the East Central Africa Mission Conference Jan. 20 to Jan. 27, 1915; and that it was adopted by the Conference as its Official Journal by the following action: "On motion of E. H. Gree]ey the Printed Minutes were adopted as the Official Journal of the Conference."

President

Secretary

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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS

I, Is this Annual Confe'rence Incorporated acc07'ding to the requirements of the Discipline r No

2, Who have been Received by Transfer, and/rom what Con­ference?

None

.'i], Who have been Readmitted? None

4. Who have been Received on Credentials, and from uhat Churches? None

.5, Who have been Received on Tr/al? a. In Studies of First Year.

None b. In Studies of Third Year.

None

6. Who have been Continued on Trial? a. In studies of First Year.

None b. In Studies of Second Year.

None c. In Studies of Third Year.

None d. In Studice of Fourth Year.

None

7 Who ha'l'e been Dl:scontinued? None

8. Who have been admitted into Full Membersldp If a. Elected aud ordained Deacons this year.

None b. Elected and ordained Deacons previously.

None

9, What Members are in Studies of Third Yea.r? a. Admitted into Full Membership this year.

None b. AdmUted into Full Mmbership previously.

Eddy H. Greeley. Henry I. James. Thomas. A. O'Farrell.

10. What Members are in Studies of FOU1·th Year? J. D. Pointer.

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11. What Mernbers have Completed the Conference Course of Study?

a. Elected and ordained Elders tltis year. None

b. Elected and ordaflled Elder,'! pre1)iottsly. None

12. What other::;" have been Elected and Ordm:ned Deacons? a. .As Local Preacher.~.

None b. Under Missionary Rule.

None c. Under Seminary Rule.

None

13 What others have been Elected and Orda£ned Elders? a. As Local Deacons.

None b. Under Missionary Rule.

None c. Under Seminary Rule.

None

14. Was the Character of each Preacher examined if T his was carefully d.one in open Conference

15. Who have been Transferred, and to what Conferences ~ John R. Gates, to Vermont Conf.

16. Who have Died if None

17. Who have keen Located at their awn Request None

18. Who have been Located? None

19. Who have Withdrawn? None

20. Who have been permitted to Withdraw under Charges or Complaints? None

21. Who have been Expelled? None

22. What other personal Notation should be made? None

23. Who are the Supernumerary Ministers, and for what number of years consecutively has each held this Relation? E. H. Richards. Three years.

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24. Who are the Retired Ministers if None .

25. Who are the Tr£eri; of Appeals? None

26. What is the A nnual Report of the C"nference Board of Home Missions and Church Extension? None

27. What is the Annual Report of the Confernce Board of Foreign Missions? None

28. What is the Sta#~tical· Report? See the Statistician's Report of T. A. O'Farrell.

29. What £s the Conference Treasurer's Report? See the Conf. Treasurer's Report of A. L. Buchwalter

30. What is the Aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the General Conference, as reported by the Conference Treasurer? $35.

91. What are the Claims on the Oonference Fund? None

32 What has been Received on these Olaims, and -hou) has it been Applied? $300.

33. What £s the Five Per Cent of ~he amount raised for the Support of Conference Claimants, and paid by the Confer­ence Treasurer to the Board of Conference Claimants for Oonnectional Relief? None

34. What amount has been appor#oned to the Pastoral Charges within the Conference to be raised for the Sup­port of Conference Olaimants? None

35. W here are the Preachers Statio'Md? See List of Appointments.

36. Where shall the Next Conference be held? To be decided by District Superintendents

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APPOINTMENTS

East Centpal Afl'ica Mission Conference,

Old Umtali, Rhodesia January 20-25 L915.

Bishop Hartzell Presiding.

Inhambane District

WILLIAM C. TERRIL, Superintendent

Makodweni Circuit Doroti.

-Rumba. Makodweili. NwazakarL Pembe. Vavati. Xikokotsa. Xitinwe. Xitsibeni.

Makakw~ Circuit Congweni. Malongeni. Marule. Mafuyani. Makahlule. Muzungulume. Mudilwani. Ngowongwe. Xidambane.

Tizore M. N a vess. Andreas J amela. Enosi H umbani. Aroni M ukom bo. Alexander Y.fulamuli. Payindani. Bob Malate. Tomasi N avess. Tauia Lipezo. Refasi M unyamane. Tizore M. N avess. Mosisi Tsekanyane. Sam ueli Mbelisi. Alike Manyisi. Paule Makunutwani. Diki Pongo. We site Musuki. Danyeli Mazuze. Belli Pinzuka. J aketi Kolesi.

nnixl Cfrcuit District Superintend~nt. -Gikuki.

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Girls' Training School Mrs. W. C. Terril. Assistant Medical work. Mrs. C. J. Stauffacher.

Dawutini. Samueli J emu. J ogoni. Samueli Dibaji. N yambehuni. Samueli Perengi. Xingowi. Elija Ma:giwani.

Nyarlme Circuit Filipu J. Gwambe. Bokisi. Ramueli Ndaba. Biyeni. Lazaru Lalani. Celewane. Paule N yamete. Malele. Solomoni Gwam be. Marukule. N oa Longama. Mangeni. J ohani Landela. Masitini. MOBi Babate. Mabeleni. J oba Longama

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Mavumani. Mungwambe. Napadyani. N yamahango. Xichaiceni. Tiyamati

Jeremiya Matapa. J ohani Mbokwane. -Hamela Senga. Sam ueli N gakane. Luka Jose.

Kambini District

PLINY w. KEYS. Superintendent Kamblal Circuit

Kambini. Bodine Training School, District Superint@ndent.

Medical Dispensary. Cawo. Madanjele Makarringa. Mayebeni. Panga. Pakule. Xigwelani.

Mas.luga Circuit Mahoxa. Malumbane. Mangonye. Robeni. Tabele. Xihlokwani. Xilakwe. Xipongo. Xit~uku.

Mrs. P. W. Keys. Jina Mabunda. Davida N yapere. Mrs. J. A. Persson. Samueli Nyarime. Saule N obele. M uti M. Sikobele. Njulumazi. . Kaliji M. Tobele. Amoei N yakumbi. To be supplied.

J amesi Jingwani. To be supplied. Simoni Zunguze. James Lirali. Solomoni Makamo. Jeremiya M. Masase. Pabanyane. Chorte M uhlanga. Fannie Tafula.

Limpopo District.

James D. Pointer Superintendent. Cblbuto Circuit

Chika-chika. Fihlwini. Hlalala. Kwayi. Mabangani. Mabuganini. Manyongwani. Matangate.

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Hezekiah. Jeremiah. .petros. Mosi. Johani. Timoti TembA. Mateu. Simoni.

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Mawuse. Mbambani. Moyeni. Mugunwani. Mugulwini: N wachihisa. Pusa. VanganyekanL . Xipizini.

MaaJacue Circuit

Josiya Aroni. Bramford Magizan. Mateu. Isaiah Korsa. Teaya. Jeremiah. Davida. Petro.

Babule. Titusi N yangabi. Bitsule. J uda Sitole. Makupolani~ George· Langa~' . Matimadime~ Joshua. N yachalane .. , Stefani N obele! N yakale. Elija. Nwamutenga~ . Jona Mabilani. Nyatsumbu;· Tomas Nyapulu: Ponabang. Isaiah. Xigumeto. Petro Guni.

Work among women, Mrs J. D. Pointei'

C .. J. Stauffaoher medical Director- Inhambane, Kambini and ·Limpopo Districts.

Mission Press-W. C. Terril, Editor J. A. Per~son-BuBi~eBB Manager.

Rhodesia Distpiet

CHAS. A.KENT, District Superintendent.

Umtall Circuit St. Andrews.. Supplied by District Supt. Native work. U ill tali. De. vid Mandisodza Bvumbe. Obadiah Chimonya. Gutukunurwe. Zachariah Mukambiwa

Old Umtall Henry I. James 01£1 U tntali . Location. Clifford Faku Shikengai and Mandiambira Johnson Maramba· Mundenda and Marara John Wesley J aha

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Manyarara. To be suppJicd from Old U mtali N,.akatsapcl Clrcult .

Nyakatsapa. Umtasa. Dowi. Zinyembe.

A. L. Buchwalter Philip' Chieza Isaiah Darikwa Aaron Viga Joshua Katiti

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Buwu. Nyahari. Samanga. Rupinda, N yamukarara. Mission School.

John Mugwambi James Chikusi Johnson Sachisi Furness Chatepa Andrew M'Bengo Mrs. A. L. Buchwalter

Headlands Circuit Masakwa. Fairfield. Mahuwe.

Geof.=:::e Mandinga Daniel Chinyeri J aeon Machiunyika Benjamin Karimpfumbi N yauhedegwa..

(jandandzara Circuit Swikiro and N dingi. Nyatsanza. Gandanzara.

Joseph Nyamurawo Nathan Gwishiri Benjnmin Katsidzira, And:;-)w Gapika

Makomwe Circuit J. G. Paisley Makomwe. Herbert Tabuvumba Matanda. Thomas Marange Gwawawa. Nathan Gwizo Chik;wena. Enoch Mashayanyama M uchenga. Harrison M ujuku Rukwezaand Mataranyika. Barnabas Magume M uziti. ·:Melzetter Marawa Rusapi Joseph Chimbadzawa 1vIission School. J. G. Paisley

Penhalonga Circuit. Madeo. Ruzendi.

Mutambara Oircult. Mutambara.· M uatiabako. Nyambeya. Oilmerton. Chitakatira. :H uradzikwa. Chitora. Chisumba. 11ission Schocl.

Medical Work. Mrewa and M 'Toko Circuit

Mrewe. Mrewa. Location. Kanyasi and Zonga Maramisa. M'Toko. Makaha.

Anderson Kackisi Andrew Marawba R. B. Wallace M osea Peradzayi J a.mes Hlenwiyo Timothy Chakufa Nathaniel Jijts James M usapayi To be Supplied Cazana Sadomba Isaiah M upepwe R. B. Wallace, Assistant Pearl Mullikin M ra. R. B. Wallace Samuel Gurney, E. H. Greeley Paul Maryanga Benjamin Kuwadza Solomon Gabetu Isasc Kajau Isaiah Kashayanyama Daniel Kaplin

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Boys' Central Tra·ining Scbool

Agricul ture. Mechanics. Music. Native Assistants.

H. I. James, Assistant Mrs. G. A Roberts G. A. Roberts to be supplied Mrs. H. N. Howard Cliffotd Fuku, I?teven Maseaba

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Woman's work, Location and District. Mrs. C. A. Kent Fairfield Girls' School (Woman's Foreign Missionary

Society) Ruby N. Goddard, Estella A.. Hess Rhodesia Mission Press. To be Supplied James Vilika. Traveling Evangelist Editor of "Rhodesia Missionary AdvocatE, .. C. A. 'Kellt. On Furlough: T. A. O'Farrell, H. N. Howard, Miss E. E.

Bjorklund

....... COMMITTEE REPORTS AND STATISTICS

Resolution A

WE, the members and other workers of the East Oentral Africa Mission Conference do hereby give glad expression of our thankfulness to God for the earnest life, theoontinuous labor, and the eminent servioes of our honored leader, Bishop J.C.Hartzell, who, because of length of service and number of years, retires from active service in May, 1916.

We are thankful for the life, health, and vision of this man whom the General Conference of 1896 choose to succeed that rugged man of God, Bishop William Taylor.

We declare our conviction that the Kingdom of God has been .greatly strengthened in Africa during the 'past twenty years of his supervision of the Methodist Episcopal Church in this .continent.

We pray that God's protection, "presence, and peace may be his; we aqsure him of our prayers.

Resolution B.

WHEREAS, by the legislation of the Church, Bishop Joseph C.Hartzell ceases ~ctive administration as bishop for Africa of the Methodist Episcopal Church in May, 1916, at which time the General Conference is to choose, by ballot, his suc­cessor:

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THEREFORE BE IT RESOL YEp; ·that we,' the me~be.rs of the .. East Central Ail'ioa Mission Conference in seJsion at Old Umtali this 27 thday of-January, 1915, do hereby petition the General Conference which meets in Saratoga -Springs, New York, May, 1916:-

( 1 ). That, for episcopal supervision,: Africa be divided into North and South Africa. Of the present work North Africa shall include that off the Mediterranean Sea and on . the' Madeira Islands. South Africa. shaH include the work in Rhodesia', Portuguese East Africa, Angola, and, Belgian Congo.

( 2 ). That the. present Missionary Episco.pacy. be super­ceded ity the administration of General SuperintendentE.

(3). .That.the Committee on Episcopacy fix an_Episco­pal Residence in South Africa, the General Superintendent, here assigned, to administer the work in South Africa and that Nprth Africa be administered in connection with the work on the continent of Europe.

(4). _ That.the Secretary be instructed to send a copy of these Resolutions to the General Conference.

;Resolutions C.

Inasmuch as our Bishop is with us again, havingencQunte;red m1t,ny difficulties and dangers .both on land and sea _conseque.nt

. on .the: present international conflict,.be it resolved that we as a conference, . devoutly. thank Almighty God for the pr Jtecting "care.v.ouchsa~ed in bringing him thus far m -safety a.nd that we> pray for God's 'protecting _.hand to lead him throughout the .visitation of other fields.

'fBe it- resolved:. that ',we manifest rQur .~deep . regrets '. at: the inability of Bishop ,Anderson to be with ,us at:-- the eont er,enee,

._-as .waR -antic.upate~, and that we -.extend to him .. our heartiest g,reetjngs .with : the. sincere hope that weshallha va th;6 joy rof

.,..' his presence_ atcQUf_uext sBssion. Whereas the Rev.J.R.Gates finds to his gr.eat sorro," that

. he Is ~Junable at pres.eRt, thrQugh, family medical advice, to return here to the work..he lovm;,be it .resolved:. that- ·we, ... .re­membering his past services assure him of our aeep sympathy and regret; that God's blessing may be upon him in the work hehas undertaken inthehomeland and that the way might 800n be ol)ened for his return.

" W.he.r@~sJ,on~~count of serious iUness, Miss Hrace ;(Hark ,~:aJUt the ·Rev.;.and Mrs. H. N. Row&rdand famlly. were .ordered

borne for: tre-;:ttme:p.t leaving ,tl1eir .places s~dIy vac.ant.··be it resolved: that we express our great satisfaction andjQY in the knowledge of successful operations and reco:very. Inasmuch

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asMr and Mrs Howard were called upon to pass through deep trial in the Joss of their precious little child just before leaving for America, Be it resolved: that we as a confel'ence herewith express our deepest Christian sympathy.

Whereas this conference has been most royally ·enter­tainod by the ladies of Old U mtali. Be it fesolved: that our

. sincere thanks be~xtended to them for their hospitality. Be' it resolved: that as a conference ",,-"e regret the unavoid­

able absence of representatives from Inhambane whose coun­"-eil we have missed in our deliberations, also that we send greetings to each worker and bid them God speed in the new year's work.

Be it also resolved that we are grateful to the Great ·Physician for the restoration to health of Mrs. J. D. Pointer .

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Repert of. the Committee on the State oftheChupch

THE East Central Africa Mission Conference is composed· at "present, of two distinct fields known as the Rhodesia Missbn and the Inhambane Mission. They are under the English and Portuguese flags. Rhodesia is roughly included within

. the borders of the Zambezi River, the Indian Ocean, latitude "18 and longitude 32. Only that portion west of longitude 32 is yet occupied. Tnhambane Mission oonsists of the territory along the Indian Ocean, from 100 to 300 miles inland, and extending south of the Sabi River to the Limpopo River. The total area is about equal to that of the combined States of New York, Iowa, and Kansas.

'Here is, approximately, a native population of one and one half millions, living in settlements in the towns and else­where scattered in small kraals over large areas. In reli­

: gion they: are animistic. ~uperstition, witchcraft, -polygamy, .,beer-drinking flourish among this tribal people, without civil­

.- ization ·and with multiplied languages and dialects. Sin has bound the feet of these peoples within the cell of heathen .,darkness for thousands' of years.

What has the Gospel, thru the missionaries of our church, accomplished? We ,have won the confidence and, to a large extent, the-love of. the people. Hostility lias give,n way to tolerance and this to.eagerness for the -- christian church and school. We have established moral ideals. An immoral- peo­ple, without moral ideals., havd caught apartiai vision of the

. ideals of christian civilization, of~ virtuous, life, of a ~4ristian home. These ideals are increas.ingly widespread. Lost traces of the divine impress are bej,ng restored. Not in a single

62 EAST CENTRAL AFIUCA

bound do they attain the standards of peoples nurtured by cen­turies of christian privilege. But conversions are real, evid­ences of inward change are manifest, though some of the old things remain. We have reformed the habits of our people with reference to intoxicants and tobacco. This is an object lesson to all. We have awakened intellect and aspira­tion. At first our students asked to be paid to come to school, now they will make gr~at sacrifice to attend. We have taught the chl'istian religion and won multitudes to Christ. He is still able to "save to the uttermost," and that is the extent of this people's need fully met in Jesus Christ.

Here is a!l open door. The fields are ripe and will be speedily harvested by Christianity or Mohammedanism. Our opportunity is extensive and intensive. More than one half of the field is yet unplowed and unplanted for Christ. Whole tribes and vast territories are now unevangelized. They are asking for Christ. They will Plock to the church and school.·

.African womanhood presents a wonderful opportunity. Our church has but three stations with girls' boarding depart­ments in this conference. Girl8 and boys attend the rudimen­tary kraal schools. The ~irlB of South Africa are awakening to better things. Everywhere is discontent. Womanhood is seeking emancipation from the tyrl.nny of old cusl:oms and is asking for the privileges and protection of Christianity.

The opportunity is not less than building the black race of Africa into the Universal Church of Christ, and the crea­tion of christian civilization and democratic governments .

• ... ~-+-

Report on Sunday Schools

WE have forty-five Sunday Schools with a total enroll­ment of 3,900. This is an average of eighty-seven to each station. Our Sunday Schools are, for the greater part, using the International Lessons in the vernacular, which . are a valuable part of our machinery for sowing the Word and grounding our people in christian and Biblical truths.

The Berean Leaf Cluster has been provided for the cur­rent yet;\r. This is a help that interests all. It is our purpose to .help the teachers at the next Institute to an intelligent use of them.

The committing to. memory of Bible verses has been started, with gratifying success in some of our stations. The English and Chimanyika are both learned. In one instance the entire Sermon on the Mount was thus given.

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The schools are not all well manned but they are study­ing and learning the Word of God and as the. years go by and the native p8.stor-teachers become more efficient these schools will grow in efficiency and power.

-- ...... E. H. Greeley Cka~ .A. I~ent.

Conferenoe TpeaSlll'erS' Report

1. Concerning the Conference Claimants Fund of the East Central Africa Mission Conferenc~; this fund is in the custody of the Board of Foreign Missions, and was reported by the Treasurer of the Board, under date of March 21, 1914, to nonsist of the following amounts.

October 4 1905 December 17,1907 February 1, 1909 September 10.1909 Odober 11, 1911 November 18 1911

Accrued interest Total

To this amount has been added

20.00 45.00 43.00

135.00 130.40

56.00 45.85

475.25

For the year 1912 135.00 For the years 1913 and 1914 300.00

Grand total not including interest after Nov. 11913 910.25

Interest at 4% after Nov. 1 1914.

2. Conference Collections. A collection amounting to 35.00 was taken by the Old

U mtali Chm"chand forwarded to the Board of Foreign Missions.

3. Printing of Conference Minutes. 300 copies of the Official Minutes for the tenth session of

the conference was printed &t Inhambane at a cost of £ 30. Respectfully submitted,

A. L. Buckwalter

... -Repo~t of the Conferenee Auditing Committee

This committee presents the following report: We recommend that the audit of the W. F. M. S. books,

which has been made by an accredited accountant, be accepted~

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We also recommend thattheatidit of the Mission Treasurer~ s accounts, which have been -made quarterly' and found correct be accepted:.

The books of St. Andrews were -audited up· to Dec. 31· 1914. and-found correct.

St. Pauls' books were not available for auditing. Signed, H. L~J ames

... -Report of the Inhambane Auditing Committee

The auditing committee reports that they have exa.mined­thA books of- the' Inhambane, Kambini and Limpopo Districts, 8.S -well as the books of the Mission Treasurer, the Medical­department a.nd the Mission Press and find the a.ccounts: in­same correct.

P. W Keys, chairman .

..... RepoptofThe Women's Gonference

THE formal orga~ization of our women's conference wa.s made January 21, 1915, during the annual Besion -of the East Cen­tral Africa Mis!lion Confer~nce~ held at Old Uintali, Rhodesia.

However for a. number of years previous a regular meeting of our missionaries has been held' at the time of the Mission Conference, its object,being to plan work Jor and among the native women and children. The following report is the effort made by these missiona.ries-during the year 1914.

On June 16,1914, Old Umtali Mission began to take on an unusual appearance, as the·teachers with theil' wives, children, servants, donkeys, -a.nd riogs ,began -to arrive~Of coulse/we women were mostly concernee with the wives. childrenanq dogs, who were al1 eventually cared for in the dormitory of the­Fai.rfield Girl.,' Schobl.

How our hearts were burning to do something for these women, not alone for them but for what they might, in turn, be able to do for fh"e- cause of Christ among the people of their kraal8 and villages.

This was our first attempt at regularly organized class8s for these pastor-teachers' wives, only a few of whom had had previous schooling -beyond -that-offel-ed in the kraai' schools under inefficient native teachers. This was a great handicap in working with them, -but we -tried'to adapt our instruction to theil':needs and ability,', and felt more' -thanJrepa.ii·'for-the iniel'est· they took~-

\1.ISSION CONFERENCE 65

Daily prayers were conducted each m.orning in the girls' ~:school room, followed· five days in the week by Bible lessons in ~the wLife of Christ." Miss Nourse was especially adapted to :this work as she has the native tongue at her command, while the other instructors were obliged to work thru interpreters. Three· hours each week Mrs. Buchwalter met the women in her own house and gave per~onal talks on the need on purity and nobility of womanhood in Africa. Mrs Buchwalter's long experience in work among Africans has given her an insight into native customs that onabled her to reach the women to an extent beyond that accorded some workers. Her talks were prefaced by Bible lessons applicable to the subject of the day.

Mrs ..• Tames gave two lessons a week, using for her subject the Discipline of our Church. It is not an easy matter to ada.pt this complic"ated book to the untrained mind of the average African women. But Mrs James succeeded in happily choosing some portions that could and did prove helpful to them in better understanding the rules and policy of our Church.

Mrs. R. B. Wallace, our efficient trained nurse, spent three periods each week in giving most helpful talks to these motihers·upon the physical oare of themselves and their child­ren.

It increasingly becomes the wonder of our workers how as many children as do should survive their babyhood. The rate of the mortality of infants is Tery very great, therefore these simple, direct talks, given in a personal way, were one of the most important features of the course.

Twice a week the subject, "Mothers and their Children" was undertaken by Mrs. Kent who was considered an approp­riate teacher, being herself the mother of four healthy children. Indeed, time and again she has been ca refully questioned by native mothers to know if she is really the mother of all-"don't part of them belong to another wife?" is the question. This can be understood when one remembers that the African wife bears many children, but she seldom has a large living family.

One day basins, soap and towels were provided and after a practic.~l demonstration a number of the mothers applied the lesson upon their own "wana." (children). Talks were given with the object in view of impressing upon these mothers their personal responsibility in giving their children moral and chdstian instruction for, strange as it may seem, it is custom­ary for such duties to fall upon the father.

There is at least one point in which African women are akin to other women they like new clothes. We quickly found that the ladies that had charge of the sewing lessons were, by far, the most popular of the teachers. It seemed a

66 EAST CENTRAL AFRICA

trial to the women to even lay aside thei.r sewing even during the other lesson periods. One of the instructors was -named by them "the woman of the white heart." We never could make up our minds whether it was beeause she allowed them to sew during her lesson periods or whether it was because when serving them with tea ~he passed the sugar bowl around for them to help themselves.

The sewing was un&er the joint direction of Miss Clark and Mrs. Kent. Every garment ma.de was cut by the native woma.n making it, and each woman made from three to five garments. These sewing teachers tried faithfully to impress upon the women the desirability of their conducting sewing classes in the several stations, and while we have only learned of one woman. having since attempted this we feel that even that is a beginning and a promise of more to b~ accomplished in thi'3 and the following years .

..... Woman's Confepenee

On Friday J an:22,1915,. the women of the Mission Con­ference met "to organize a Woman's Conference.

After devotions led by Mrs. Kent the following officers were elected:-

President ............................... Mrs. A. L. Bu(}hwalter, Vice-President .. .- ..................... Miss. Ruby N. Goddard Statistical secretary ................. Mrs. C. A. Kent, Secretary-treasurer .................. Mrs. H. 1. James,

The following Constitution was adopted. 1. This Society shall be called The Woman's Conference

of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Rhodesia Mission Conference.

2. The aim of this Society is a united effort for advancing the Kingdom of Christ among women and children, especially the pastor-teachers' wives in Rhodesia; to discuss native cURtoms and formulate our opinions concerning them as to their influence for good or evil, and present our views to the MisRion Conference; to tiear reports of delegates from ~ut­stations and to inform ourselves on all matters relating to our work.

3. All representatives of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and all women workers of the Parent Board shall be members of this Conference

4 . .A number of the wives of our native pastor-tea.chers shall be invited to participate in the Conference a.nnually.

~. The Duties of the officers.

MISSION CONFERENCE 67

( a ) It shall be the duty of the President to preside at the meetings of the Conference and supervise all its general interests.

(b) It ~hall be the duty of the Vice-President to perform the duties of the President in the absence of that officer and to aid her in her work.

( c ) It shall be the duty of the Statistical Secretary to gather together all statistics which would be the concern of the Woman's Conference and especially to furnish all statistics required by the Statistical Secre­tary of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society.

It shall be the duty of the woman's Conference to approve all estimates submitted by the treasurer of the woman's Foreign Missionary Society.

( d) It shall be the duty of the Secretary-treasurer to keep a record of the proceedings of the meetings and to notify those members who are on committees of their duties.

6. The officers shall be elected at the first session of the annual meeting by a majority of al1 votes cast. .

7. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Presi­dent, secretary-treasurer, and statistical secretary. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to prepare programs for meetings, to inform members of their assigned duties on the program and to correspond with any members concern­ing the work when desired.

8. The order of exercises sh.all be:­( a ) Devotional exercises. (b) Reading and approval of the minutes of the previous

session ( c) Miscellaneous business. ( d ) Reports. ( e) Papers and discussions. (f) General question drawer opened. ( g) Adjournment. 9. The meetings of this Conference shall be hQld twice

a year at the time of the Mission Conference and the District Conference.

10. This Constitution may be added to or changed by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any annual meeting of the Conference.

The DIvision of the East Central Africa Mission Conference

Inhambane February Eighth, 1915. The members of the Portuguese East Africa section of the

68 EAST CENTRAL AFRICA

East Central A.frica Mission ·Conference were called together at ,the above date at the above named place by Bishop J. C. Hartzell, those being present were: Pliny W. Keys, ,James D. Pointer, William C. Tel'ril, members of .conference­Josef A. Pe"son, Charles J. Stauffacher, Mrs. P. W Keys, Mrs. J. D. Pointer, Mrs. J. A. Persson, Mrs. W. C. Terril, members of the mission. .

The Bishop conducted the opening exercises Jl.nd also gave a very inspiring and interesting report of the work of our Church in Africa and alBo regarding the work of the Board of FOl'eign Mi8~ions of our Church. He then presented to the gathering the action of the East Central Africa Mis­sion Conference, which was held in Old Umtali January 7W-27, 1915, concerning the matter of the divi£.~on of the said conference into I'-WO Mission Conferences, which action is in accord with the enabling act, passed by the General Confer­ence of 1912. The members of the corrference who met at Umtali voted unanimously for the said division, subjf\ct to the vote of the members of the Portuguese East Africa divi­sion. A v;Jte was then taken of the said members, and each voted in favor of the di vision of the conference and that the name of this section of the division shall be the Portuguflse East Africa Mission Conference.

The Bishop then stated that the action of the Conference was taken under the authority of an enabling act pasHed by the Genral Conference of 1912, authorizing the division of the conference by a major.ity vote of the membrs present and voting and the approval of the Bishop. The enabling act as referred to is: "East Central Africa Mission Conference, during the next quadrennium, by majority vote of the mem~ bel'S present and voting and with the concurrence of the Bishop presiding, may divide into two Mission Confer,ences, with such boun.iaries and names as may be adopted."

The necessary action having now bee'n completed by the conference the Bishop approved the division with the names as indicated.

The question of boundaries was left for ~uture joint action of the two Mission Conferences .

Conference Members

Buchwalter, A. L., Greeley, E.-H., Gurney, Dr. S.,

• ••• •

MISSION ROLL

P.O~ A'ddress.

Umtali. Rhodesia Mrewa Iv.1rewa

¥ISSION CONFERENCE 69

.Howard, -H. N, 286 Main St. N.Canandajgua N. Y. U. B.A.

Ja.mes~, H. I. ICent, O.A., Keys, ,P .. W., O. Farrell, T. A., Pointer, J. D., R~c.hard8 .E., H. Terril, W. C.,

Old Umtali, Rhodesia Umtali '" Box 45. Inhimhane,E. Africa.

. Umta:li Rhodesia. Box 45, Inhambane. ·E:Africa. Oberlin. O. U. S. A. Box 41, .In,~amba.w,E.Africa.

M i_ionarles, .not Member,; .Q.f Copference.

:ajorklund, MiRa E~E., Inha,mbane, E. Africfl. Bu.c..hw~lter,Mrs. A.L., Umtali, Rhodesia. ,Bu~h, ,Mr. R. L., Sebring, 0., U. S. A. Goddard, .Mi$s. :Ruby 'N. Old ·Umtali, Rhodesia. Howard, :M:r.s. :m:. N., 286 .Main Rt l-"~' ndajglia

.J~~s, M:rs. 'R" T

'1(' r>-' -

onliSsion. ries not Men1-

" "~is~uona S. A. del' l"J

. serted un t.. f1'1ca. To be ln ".~- East ~

f Conference ' Inhan'lbane, bers 0 Stauffacher,

Dr. c. J, .. nU umtali. Rhodesia. ~ . .1!J.:tl., Oberlin O. U. S. A.

_ .. ~uL£a,cber, Mrs. C. J. Inhambane. E. Africa. Tel·ril, Mr.s. W- C. t,.,..t

MiNJonades of tbe·W •. F. M •. S.

Olar k, Miss, Grace., ·~ess,·Miss, ,Estella .A. ~ ourse, :'MiBs. ,E. ,D.

Otller White W orker.s.

:Pe;isley, :Mr .. J. G .. Wallace, Mr. R. B. Wallace. M fS R. B.

N&tlveW orkers.

Old 'Umtali, Rhodesia , " " . ,

Room' 710. 150 Fifth Ave. N.Y City U. S. A,

Old':Umtali, Rhodesia. Old,Umtali, Rhadesi.a OdZi, :Rhodesia

For names.....-see 1\..Ppoil),tIllentg. R-.pjtuJation

Membens of~.conferen-ce 11 'Missionaries, nottMfi.mh.er . .ot~onference 19 'Missionaries of the~W.';F.fM.'S. 3 Other Whit'e Workers " , 3 Native-Wo~ke~s"'--' 141"

·IDotal Workers 177

~uSSI6N CONFERENCE 69

-fiOW84'd, H. N,

J,a.mes~? H;. L ~ent, ·C. :A., Keys, P. W., O. F al'rell, T, A., Pointer, J. D., RH~harde .E., H. Ter-ril, W C.,

286 Main St. N. ·Oanandajgua N. Y. U. B.A.

Old U mtali, Rhodesia U nlisli ',,' Box 45, Inha~inhane, E. Africa. U mtali Rhodesia. Box 45, Inhambane. ·E:·Africa. Oberlin. :J. U. B. A. Box 41, . 1I1!il:ambaw, ~ .. 4frica.

M iulonarles, .Dot Memb.e..rJi .Qf Copference.

B.jocld und, Mi S8 E. ·E.; Buchw~lter, Mrs. A . .L., :Bush, .Mr. R. L., Goddard, Miss. :R,qby N. Howard, :Mr.s. 1lI. N.,

. J~~S, Ml's. JI . .!. "Kent, :w.trs. C. A., tKe.ye, Mrs.P. VI., 'Mullikin, 'Miss, ·P., 0' Farrell. Mrs. T. A" Persson, 'Mr. J. A., PeNson, M~. J. A., :~'oW.ter, MM. J. D. ~Ob8rts, :M.·G . A.,

!Richards, M-rB. E. :H., Stauffacher, Mrs. C. J. Terril, Mr.s. W. C.

.~ries of tlle.W ."P • .li."S.

Clark, Miss, Grace., ·He.ss,-Miss, ,Estella A. ~ourse, :Miss. E. D.

Otller White W orker<8.

"'Paisl~y, .Mr .. J. G .. Wallace, Mr.·R. B. Wallace. Mrs R. B.

Native Workers.

Inha.mb&ne, E. Africtl. Umtali, Rhodesia. Sebring, 0., U. S. A. Old ·Umtali, Rhodesia. 286 ,Main St. N. Canandajgua

N. Y., U. S. A. Old Umtali Rhodesia . UItiiali, " lllha,mbane, E. Africa. 'Wellmore,Kentuoky, ·U. S.A. U mtali Rhodesia. Inhambane. E. Africa.

" ""

OldU mtali. Rhodesia. f)betlin O. U. S. A. Inhambane. E. Africa.

" "t tt

Old Umtali, Rhodesia , .t tt , RoOm 710. 150 Fifth Ave.

N.Y City"(T. S. A.

Old';Umtali, Rhodesia. Old·Umtali, Rhadesi.a Odzi, :Rhodesia

FO"r :aa~s~e:e ~pointIll.ents. B-..PituJatien;

M.embens oLConferen-ce 11 ~Mi~sn:marie.s, not .Member.oLConference 19 ~M!SBiongHes of th.e ~W. !F. 'M.: S. 3 Other White Workers " . 3

. 'NativeW~elis . 141" Total Workers 177

CONFERENCE SESSIONS MEMBERSHIP AND PROPERTY.

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1901 Nov. 16-25 Umtali & Old Umtali Hartzell J. M. Springer 3 4 11 246 $

1903 Sept 29-0ct. 7 Umtali Hartzell R. E. Beetham 6 3 13 644 1905 May 26-J une 5 Umta.li Hartzell J. E. Ferris 5 2 7 1008 1907 . March 13-16 Umtali Burt & Hartzell J. E. Ferril!l 5 8 11 1522 1907 Nov. 22-26 Umtali Hartzell J. E. Ferris 8 3 14 2622 73,645 1909 July 10-16 Umtali Hartzell E. H. Greeley 9 7 18 3953 141,720 1910 Aug. 17-Sep. 3 Old Umtali Hartzell E. H. Greeley 11 4 20 4574 132,315 1911 June 7-14 Old Umtali Wilson & Hartzell S. Gurney 11 2 18 5064 147,390 1912 Feb 17-23 Old Um1!ali J. R. Gates * T. A. O. Farrell 8 3· 22 4959 148,082 1913 Oct. 22-29 Old Umtali Hartzell E. H. Greeley 11 0 24 5754 162,060 1915 Jan. 20-27 Old Umtali Hatzell E. H. Greeley 11 ° 19 6012 171,233

* Member of ConferenfJe. Presided by appointment of Bishop Hartzell.

~ ~ NAME OF CIRCU!'!'

Z OR STATION 1:) ;::j

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 1'3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21)

30 31 32 33 34 35 36

INHAMBANE District Blyeni Bokisi Celawalle Congweui Doroti Giknki Jogoni M l:I.k.odwelli Mabeleni MaIeJe Mafuyalle Malongeni Makahlnle Marole Masitini Maroknle Mangeni Mavumani Mboningo Muznngulnme Mndilwaui Mnngwambe Napadyalli Ngowongwe Nwazekare Nyambehnni Nyamallsllgo Pembe Vsvati Tiysrusti Xidambane Xitsibeni Xikokotsa Xitinwe Xicaiceni Xingowe

Total Inhambane

KArlBINI District. 1 Chawo 2 Kambini S Madanjele 4 Makaringa 5 Mayebelli 6 Panga 7 Pakule 8 Xigwelani 9 Mahoxa

10 Malumbane 11 Mangonye 12 Robeni 13 Tabele 14 Xihlokwani

3 3

3 3 1

2 2

10 19 11 6 7

18 17 iJO

2 40

8 34 6 5

19 15 14 7

11) 11 4 4

17 6

16 10 8 ~

11 2

25 9 7 3

10 2

431

6 25

3 15

4 13 15

[,

4 4 2 2

Statistics of the East Central Afl'iea Mission Conference

26 44 25 31 31 34 £9 84

7 72 SO 65 30 18 33 49 46 34 55 50 14 19 41) 17 40 28 27 42 52

6 58 69 50

28 15

1326

17 82 15 _5 15 50 70

50

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36 ~8

36 37 38 52 46

114 !)

112 38 99 36 23 52 64 60 41 65 61 18 23 63 23 56 38 35 50 fl3 8

83 78 57 25 38 17

49 1 4 210 1 3

41 4 40 47 11 6l) 2

1 1 2 15/

1 I 259 -}4

~07 60

165 125 49

121 109 126 37 62 47 13 14

116 15 79 30

150 411 58 11 06 80 50 25

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1 1 8

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1757 141 2632 42 41 1 2 15 37 39

23 107 10

18 1 60 3 19 1 63 2 85 4

55 1

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45 175 50 75 50

100 110

100

311 25 30 40

1 2

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9 6:l 19 4, 21 19 3:3 4~j

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41 1 53 1 33 1 19 I 27 1 16 ()

1200 32

2[) 80 ~o 50 2U 65 80

62

2;)

211 12 35

10 fill 10 15 10 1

1000 2 2.~

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50 1 Ii) 25 HI 20 15 15 50 15 Iii ~r;

1:, 20 20

100 15 20 10 20

2210 5

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40 5

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10.20 5.m.) ·1.7';

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7.60 4.91 H.1O a.67 7.72 2.011

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23.83 14 1837 Ifj 10.23 1() ilri.42 17 (\.H618 7.~n lU

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107.60 :U 4.91 32

18.10 lm 3.n7 ~j4

12.72 35 ~'<XI 36

771.1R

1 2 H 4

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10 1I 1'~ l:J 14

~ .0 a NAME OF CIHCUrf s:s Z OR STATION ... UJ

~

15 Xila.kwe 16 Xipongo ] 7 Xitsnkl\

LlnpoPO District. 1 Chika-Chil~a ~ Fihlwiui :-J Hlalala 4 Kwayi 5 Mabangani 6 Mabungani 7 MUllyougwani 8 Matangate 9 Mawuse

w Mbamballi 11 Moyeni 12 :\iugunwaui 13 Mugulwilli 14 Nwachihisaui 15 Pusa ]6 Vallgauyekani 17 Xipizilli 18 Bahule 19 Bitsule 20 Makupolani 21 Matimadime 22 Nyachalale 23 Nyakale 24 Nwamutenga 25 Nyatsumbu 26 POllabangi 27 Xigumeto

RHODESIA District 1 Old Umtali ~ Chikanga 3 Marara 4 Mudenda 5 Mandiambira 6 Mallyarara 7 Ga.ndanzara 8 Mukanan8 9 Swikiro-N dungi

10 Nyatsanza 11 Mapara 12 Pellhalonga (Madeo) 13 Rezende 14 Umtali (White) 15 Umtali (Nati,e) 16 Bvumba 17 Gutukumuhwa 18 N yakat.sapa 19 Nyakatsapa-Umtasa 20 Dowi 21 Zinyembe

2 2

1

3 :3 1 2

1 1 1

Statistics of the East Central Africa Mission Conference

7 18 3 ]9

12 15 120 475

2 2 H 10 2

14 15 35 20 2

11 8

16 10 5 10 2

10 10 2 2 1

10 12 5 20 1 15

25 30 2 If)

10 25 2 10

12 25 1

12 15 5 ]8

202 269

]30 24 22 4] 31 17 29 10 24 16 64 25 95 52 50 23 75 56 15 37 30 3 3n 40 35 30 30 0

1 92 66 26 23 34 31

99 65 23 39 21 29

~5 3 22 2 27 4

594 37

6UI 20 2 60 1

970 17

2 1 30 1 2 25

19 3 60 7 2 30

2~ 4 50 12 oii 4 1(10 20

2 40 ] i) 1 6u 6

::l 25 26 2 75 14 ]f) 75 3

2 40 20 4 50 6

2 4() 2 30 1 25 S 22'~ 40 25 40 3 16 70 1 55 3 125 2 18 4U 1 35 2 100 8 12 35 1 37 3 100 12 1 35

27 4 90 4 23 50 3

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1 ] 1 1 1 1 1 I 1

19 1 2 25 15 15

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2 1

2

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3

2

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31

1 J

1 1 J 1

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1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

17 17

154 80 50 16 40 2 7 160 2 2 63 4 48 4 39 18 40 7 88 22

147 52 73 20

131 7 52 0 33 0 75 34 65 2 30 2

]58 27 49 65

164 62 50

65 0 0 1 1 40 12 4 1 1 36 2 0 I 1 40 0 5 1 1 50 4 4 1 1

250 38 11 I 1 95 0 0 1 1

168 1 7 2 J 74 2 0 1 1 38 8 0 I 1

150 10 10 1 1 150 4 2 I 1

2 2 31ft 7 1 1 60 6 --1 1 40 12 1 1

160 30 70 3 72 8

1 1 1 1 1 1

20 19 17

400

15

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20

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15

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33111

70 ~9 43 45 47 44

156 76

157 88 35

103 61

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88 59 82

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12 1 20 1

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15 1

18 1

25 1 25 ] 25 1 15 1 20 I 15 1 35 1 2U 1 ~5 I

330 17

230 3 89 1 43 I 45 1 47 1 441

156 1 76 1

157 1 88 1 35 1

103 (II 1

1 68 1 70 1 39 1

88 1 59 I 821

35 27 35

591

1 20 I ) 5 1 15

1fi 260 1 50(10 1815

25 I 15

25 1 25 30 1 15

25 1 15

30 1 10 30 1 15

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10 15 10

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250 1 2000 4 13750 4872S 16415 34 99 1 25 1 20 65 1 25 I :W 45 1 25 1 20 74 1 ~5 I 20 55 1 25 I 20

3u5 1 25 1 2() 116 1 25 l' 20 112 1 25 1 20 78 1 ~5 1 20 41 1 25 1 20

I 2000 1 400 300 85 1 1000 1 125 30 2 2750(1 1 1000 1500 4f100 57 1 2225 1 250 55 I 25 1 2(\ 50 1 25 I 20

91 2 55 1 80 I

50 2 3040 2490 25 I 20 25 1 20

200

75

200

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I 2 3 4 5 6 j

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W 11 12 13 1-1 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

895 92g 1 35 35 2 25 25 3 25 25 4 25 25 5 25 25 6

150 150 7 35 35 8 90 90 U 45 45 10

11 12 13 14

215 215 15 35 35 16 40 40 17

18 150 150 19

45 45 20 ~5 25 21

~ .0 m NAME OF CIRCUI',C

Z OR STATION ..... en

~

22 Bnwu ~3 8amanga 24: Rupinda 25 Nyamakarara 26 Headlands 27 Fairfield 28 Mahuwe 29 Nyahwedegwa 30 M.a~ekwa 31 Mrewa 32 Mrewa Location 33 M rewa Center 34 Maramisi 35 Kanyasi 36 Zonga 37 Mutambara 38 Inyambeya 39 Mutsabako 4:0 Zimunya 41 Ohitora 42 M1"radzikwa 43 Ohitakatira 44 Gilmerton 45 Cbisnmba 46 Makomwe 4:7 Matanda 48 Gwawawa 49 Chidnku 50 Sharara 51 Ohikwena 52 Rukweza 53 Kudziwa 54 Muziti 55 Rusapi 56 Machenja. 57 Chigwedere

Total Rhodesia

Tot.als for Inhambane " "Kambini " " Limpopo H " Rhodesia

Totals for Conf. 1914 "" 1913 Increase Decrease

1 2

6 5

3 3 2 2 1 1 6 5

12 11 12 12

1

1

1

1 2

1

3

3

3 3

1

1 .1

3

3 2 1

Statistics of the East Centf'al Africa Mission Confef'ence

10 38 48 12 46 58

7 30 37

100 10 90 12 93 5

77 77 1 98 98 1 70 70 1

76 1 25 1 75 1 2fi 1 47 1 ~5 1

40 59 104: 6 56 18

1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 90 ';JO I 85 I 25 1

20 20 20 20

25 18 34 57

36

84 1 3

29 36

5 12

40 23 17

8 16 25 18 36

4: 11

49 74: 31 49 51 85 75 lo.i2

15 15 I 53 53 4 4() 2

11 11

85 169 37 12 13 3 27 30 1

36 4

18 6

3f, 31 18

22 11 48 77 41 2] 34

65 4 40 2 23 2 18 H

78 30 54 3 35 5

30 27 73 95 77 25 45

2 2 9 2 2 9 8

150 5 70 17

120 19 200 20

1 1 148 148 1 1 77 77 1 1 118 llS 1 1 132 13'~

134 134

1 120 1 1 80 I 1 120 I 1 145 ]

25 25 25 25

20 20 20 20

25 1 20 125 150 1F1(l 120

1 1 1 1 I 3 I I

70 70 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1

25 2 1620 225 54 5-t. 25 1 20

1:,20 120 25 1 120 90 ,12 42 25 1 20

275 42 12 50 1

2 185 185 224 51 66

25 2 2150 1I6on 1 1

50 50 25 1 21.1 65 1 47 47 25 1 20

125 'l 10 55 78 30

100 10 75 9 50 12

3 2

1

4 1 5

1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1

1 1 1 1 I 2 1 I

65 75 44 50 17 fj3 58 97

93 8G 58 75

63 61 70

1 1 1 I

1 )

1

25 25 25 25

700 25 25

75 1 1 1 8'a 82 I 75 1 25 95 6 2 I 1 93 93 1 67 1 25

105 14 9 1 I lOB 1:13 i 103 1 25 80 9 2 1 1 118 ] t H I IOJ 1 2~ 35 5 2 1 1 1.21 121 J no 1 25 84 8 8 1 1 aG 3.:.; I 8 1 25 60 3 4 1 1 68 68 L 9 1 1 25 GO 1 1 35 as 1 58 1 25

I 1 1 1

I 1 1

20 20 20 20

]50 20 20

1 20 1 20 I 20 1 20 I ~(/ 1 20 I 20 1 20

175

1 1672 1618 3190 411 4969 3~6 139 2 7 16C 54 55 4057 4217 47 3984 53 3G575 57 231:25 65068 164154000:l4

431 1326 1757 141 2632 42 41 1 2 15 37 39 1118 1118 36 1206 32 2210 5 6545 14.000 120 _475 5l}4 37 970 17 19 1 2 25 15 15 400 425 15 591 16 260 1 5000 1800 202 269 ,171. 33 1470 112 31 17 17 330 330 17 473 ]4 215

1 1572 1618 3190 411 4969 396 139 2 7 160 57 55 4057 4217 47 8984 53 36575 57 23425 65068

1 2325 3688 6012 622 10041 567 230 411 200123 126 5905 6(190 115 6254 115 39260 6B 34965 80868 2 1918 3836 5751 231 101l9 610 259 121 133 5445 5445 106 5713 Iv.'} 4079(- 58 30233

407 ~61 391 2 460 645 10 541 10 5 4635 1481 78 43 39 7 1530,

164,1 54000 34

164:154000 3(

I

45 45 22 35 35 23 50 50 24 45 45 25

26 30 30 27

28 45 4fi 2H

30 31

60 flO 32 915 915 aH 4() 40 34: 40 40 35 85 35 36

75 340 4~5 37 38

25 25 39 40

SO 80 41 35 35 42 80 30 4a

44 45

7(}0 60 760 4fl 40 40 47 25 25 48

49 40 40 50 70 70 51

105 105 52 115 115 5a 65 G5 54 35 35 55 55 51) 56

57 465 990 4110 5599

364 425 771 200

4110 75 465 990 411 0 5599

6645 829 1415 512 6867

5115 ] 240 35H8 175 222

4286

Summary of Statistics

Missionaries, Men Women

Workers of the W. F. M. S. Other Foreign Workers Ordained Native Preachers Unordained Native Preachers Native Teachers

Total Workers

Members Probationers Total

Training Schools Elementary Schools

. Total Schools

Students in Training Schoo]s Students in Element. Schools

Total Students

Sunday Schools Scholars

Adults Baptized Children Baptized

Total Baptized

No. of Churches & Chapels No. of Parsonages & Homes

Value of Churches & chapels Value of Parsonages & Homes Value of Mission Presses Value of Mission Lands Value of Other Buildings and

Epuipment Va]ue of W F. M. S. Property

Total Value

Debt on Real Estate Support of Local Ch urches Church building and Repairs Other Local Purposes Total Contributions

Foreign Missions

ERst Africa I Rhodesia I 1914 1914

Workers

6 6 6 5 0 1

° 3 2 1

° 1 71 52 85 69

Totals 1914

12 11 1 3 3 1

123 154

Members and Probationers

753 1,572 2,3}H2 __ ~2~,0~70~ ____ ~1~,6~18~_, ___ ~3,~68.8

2,823 3,190 6,013

Educational Work

2 2 4 69 54 123 71 56 127

40 160 200 1,848 4,057 5,905 1,888 4,217 6,105

68 46 114 2,270 3,984 6,254

Baptisms

171 396 567 91 139 230

262 535 297

Church Property

62 53 115 6 57 63

$ 2,685 36,575 39,260 11,545 23,425 34,970 5,000 3.500 8,500 4,000 37,500 41,500

6,520 24,068 30,588 16,415 16415

29,750 14,483 171,233

Indebtedness and Self-help

4,000 4,000 639 465 1,104 425 990 1,415

4,110 4,110 1,064 5,565 6,629

Benevolences

34 34

Totals 1913 I Increase I Decrease

12 12

2 3 2 2

133 L66

1,918 :1,863 5,781

121

5,445 5,445

105 5,713

610 259 869

104 58

40,790 30,310

8,500

40'5~ 26,210 15,750

162,060

4,000 5,115 1,240

513 6,868

1

407

9

460

9 541

11 5

4,660

1,000

4,378 665

9,173

175 3,597

34

1 1

1 10

I~-

43 29

1,530

4,011

I

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