The Methodist Church and Missions
The article traces the Methodist Church’s missionary origins from John Wesley to global expansion. It covers early foreign fields, Union and split impacts, 1819 mission organization, centenary goals, wartime financial strain, and efforts to sustain growth with a push for annual per member giving. It highlights China duties, key cities, and the task of expanding foreign and home missions despite economic pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
Methodist Church
England
Georgia
Wesley
Chinese Methodist Mission Shows Vast Church Network
The text details a large Chinese Methodist framework with 126 organized churches and 11 000 members, 250 Sunday Schools with 12 500 members, 88 Ep worth Leagues with 6 000 members, and 68 Women’s Missionary Societies with 8 000 members. It notes 119 schools with 707 teachers including American and native staff, 10 000 young Chinese, and Soochow University as a major institution with 2 500 pupils and 158 teachers. It cites a 1923 Chinese Conference fund of 12 000 000 and the Manchuria mission, urging readers to read The Task Ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth Leagues
Woman's Missionary Societies
Our ‘ Church
Telleges
Soochow University
Inese Conference
Manchuria
Atlanta Constitution Plant Damaged by Fire
Fire destroyed the sixth floor of the Atlanta Constitution in Atlanta on March 8, damaging the building and equipment estimated at about 100000 dollars. The blaze origin was undetermined and insurance covered the loss. Traffic was halted as police set Forsyth and Alabama Streets lines to keep crowds safe while portions of the Journal’s plant assisted by transferring equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Journal
Forsyth
Alabama
Journal
Francis E. Clarke
Constitution
Maj. Johns. Cohen
Constitution Force
Clark Howell
Tri-Weekly
Fire Destroys Acworth Farm Home Killing Two Children
Acworth Ga March 8 two children of Mr and Mrs Robert Howell died in a house fire that consumed the farm home four miles south of Acworth while the parents were away. A third child was rescued just in time. The blaze left the family with a tragic loss.
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Acworth
Robert Howell
Sculptor Not to Be Prosecuted
Atlanta, March 7. The Stone Mountain Association withdraws its extradition application for Gutzon Borglum to face DeKalb County charges of destroying models of the Stone Mountain Confederate memorial.
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Atlanta
Walker
The
Stone Mountain Association
Gutzon Borglum
North Carolina
DeKalb County
Stone Mountain
Southern Methodist Centenary Mission Drive Achievements Recap
In 1919 after 75 years, the Southern Methodist Church marked seven foreign fields and added eleven with Belgium Poland Czecho Slovakia Siberia Manchuria and Africa. The Centenary sent nearly 800 new foreign missionaries and 800 home missionaries.
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W. W
Board of Missions
Northern Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
China
Mexico
Brazil
Korea
Japan
Cuba
Africa
Belgium
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Siberia
Manchuria
Simple Way To End Night Coughing
A brief at home cough remedy claims nightly throat irritation and phlegm congestion can be eased by Dr King’s New Discovery Coughs. Take a teaspoon before bed and hold in the throat for 15 to 20 seconds then swallow without water. The formula supposedly soothes, loosens phlegm, and reduces cough quickly. On sale at druggists nationwide.
Centenary achievements of the Methodist missionary movement
The article details a century of Methodist expansion from 1919 to 1930, noting 25 000 new believers in Korea, a strong church in Czechoslovakia, and extensive building: 60 schools 800 churches 12 hospitals and 25 mission plants abroad. It describes publishing efforts in Harbin, Siberia outreach, stewardship campaigns, Life Service Volunteers, expanded pre siding elder districts in New Mexico and Arizona, and large-scale church development including schools for Mexican and Appalachian communities, military chaplains and rural work programs.
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Korea
Czecho-slovakia
Belgium
Europe
Poland
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Brazil
China
Brasil
Siberia
Harbin
Presiding Elder
New Mexico
Arizona
Pharr
Texas
San Antonio
Crossville Tenn
Smithville
Oklo
Appalachian Mountains
Army
Navy
Department of Rural Work
Southern Methodist University
Hendrix College
Birmingham Southern College
Central College
Great Lakes and Baikal Sized by Lakes Measure
The text notes three Great Lakes plus Lake Baikal in Siberia compare in size to Lake Efe and Lake Huron. It emphasizes large inland bodies of water and geographic scale across Eurasia and North America.
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Great Lakes
Lake Baikal
Sibe
Lake Efe
Lake Huron
Five Gals Paint Free Offer Amid Local Campaign
The Kero Paint Company of Louisville Kentucky offers five gallons of its best house paint free to one property owner at each post office or rural route in the county. The plan aims to place paint on a house in every locality this season and requires a county salesman. Interested persons should write Ady Louisville.
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Kero Paint Company
Louisville
Kentucky
Ady
Get Rid of Spiders With Pennyroyal Sat Urate
An old remedy suggests trouble with spiders by applying crushed pennyroyal and cotton wool to suspected breeding spots. The instruction claims results in removing spiders.
Rainbow Common Sight in Rawail Town
A rainbow is a frequent sight over Rawail with vibrant colors gracing the sky above Honofuls. Locals note the daily occurrence as a common natural phenomenon in the area.
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Rawail
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Methodist Church and Missions
J. D. McCord
Butler Methodist Church
Thomas Coke
Nova Scotia
West Indies
India
Baltimore
Francis Asbury
West
Louisanna
Liberia
Argentine
South America
Southern Methodist Church
Charles Taylor
M. E. Church
General Board of Missions
Woman’s Board of Missions
General Board
W. W. Pinceton
General Conference
Southern Methodists
Aintenance
Mission Board
Shanghai
Soochow
Huchow
China Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Scott
Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Southern Methodist Missions
Oesser
J. W. Woolfolk & Co
Fort Valley, Ge
General Chemical Company
Rector St
New York
Orchai Phate
Florida
Harrows
Spades
Growers’ and Packer's Supplies
Pruners
Carter Implement Company Hardware and Orchard
Poplar St
Macon, Ga
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