World Methodist Ecumenical Conference Comes to London
Henry Tuckley reports that London will host the Third Methodist Ecumenical Conference in Wesley's Chapel on Sept 4, with about 500 delegates from America and Britain, including 30 from America and 200 from the British Isles. The piece recalls the Mansion House welcome by Sir William McArthur and notes the growth of Methodism to over seven million members.
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Indianapolis Journal
London
John Wesley
America
Wesley
M. BE. Church
Washington, D. c
Lord Mayor's
William McArthur
Sir William
City Road
Mansion House
Europe
England
Atlantic
Hurst
Washington
John Weeley
Jesus
Ecumenical
Horace Marshall
Sheriff Marshall
Methodist Times
Hugh Price Hughes
Hughes
Mr. Hughes
W. L. Watkinson
M. E. Church
J. F. Hurst
J. H. Vincent
D. A. Goodsell
J. W. Hamilton
J. ©. Hartzell
M. E. Church South
Simpson
William Arthur
H. H. Fowler
Robert W. Perks
Perks
Wesleyan Church of Great Britain
Henry Fowler
M. P
City Road Chapel
Wesley's
Dean Stanley
Joseph Parker
Henry Tuckley
Benevolent Methodist Societies Grow Across Nation
Special to the Indianapolis Journal outlines the nineteenth century rise of Methodist benevolent groups in the United States. Epworth League claims 19,800 locals with 1.86 million members. Sunday-school Union 31,686 schools. Tract Society distributes 12 million pages yearly. various societies report multi‑million dollars in education, missions, and endowment efforts including 60 million in Book Concern sales and 36 million spent by Missionary Society. The North and South pursue twenty century funds aimed at education, philanthropy, endowment, and debt relief, with substantial pledges already secured. Educational expansion shows fifty‑six colleges, twenty‑five theological schools, and broad endowments, while Britain, Ireland, and Australasia report sizable Methodist memberships.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
Methodist Church
United States
Young People's
Epworth League
Sunday-school Union
Tract Society
Methodist Book Concern
Freedmen’s Aid Society
The
Missionary Society
Board of Church Extension
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Wesleyan Methodists of England
South
Board of Education
North
Great Britain
America
Ireland
Wesleyan Methodist Body
Primitive Methodists
United Methodist Free Churches
Methodist New Connection
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Mongol Folklore and Burial Customs in Ta Kou Golok Lands
In Ta Kou Golok country Mongol storytellers delight crowds with myths of yak and flea, origin tales, and demon legends. The piece details Mongol burial rites, slave systems, and social structure, noting lamas involvement, bone and organ practices, and heredity slavery under chiefs. It shifts to a perilous Golok march across a rocky ravine, then to Indiana history about Fort Wayne and the Maumee Wabash portage as a gateway of trade and conquest.
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Sedaka Ta-Kou
Ta-Kou
Ma-Chu
Houkou-Ousson
Tche-Ula
Koko-Nor
M'dewe
Ma-Jung
Golox
Burton
Charing- Nor
Rockhill
Prejevalsky
Golok
Kamdo
Dji-Chu
Kinsha- Klang
Hoang-Ho
Thibet
Thhang-Gol
Aga
Fort Wayne
Indiana
St. Marys
St Joseph
Maumee
Erie Basin
Lake Erie
Niagara
St. Lawrence
Mississippi Valley
Gulf of Mexico
St. Joseph
Charles R. Dryer
Allen County
Great Lakes
New France
Wabash
Little Turtle
Richard Villa
Greenville
Anthony Wayne
Wayne
Northwest
Miami
Glorious Gate Fort Wayne and early advantages
The article traces how Fort Wayne’s strategic position offered early settlers advantages in the Wabash valley. It highlights how the site impressed the first white occupants, shaping trade routes, position in regional power, and the unfolding settlement pattern.
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