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Bishop Homer C. Stuntz Bishop J. W. Robinson

OFFICIAL REPORT

of the

Twelfth Annual Session of ,the

Philippine Islands Annual Conference

of the

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Held in the

Central Methodist Episcopal Church

at Manila'

March 26 to 31, 1919

METHODIST ,PUBLISHING HOUSE

MANILA, P. I.

"1919

Officers of the Conference

Joint Presidents· ..

IBrSHOP HOMER C. :-8TUNTZ, ,D.D., :L.L.D.

BISHOP JOHN W ROBINSON,D.D.

Secretary

'J OSEPH 'W. MOO~E

Vigan, flo cos, Sur

Assistant Secretaries

ARTHUR L. BIWKEN.DORF

Malolos, Bulacan

FELIPE E. MA.RQU~Z Dag.up:an, i Pangasinan

Sto,tistical Secretary

P.N. CEDARHOLM

Tuguega1-ao, Gagayan

Assistant Statistidal SeffretarieS

ALEJA·NDRO VIDAL

ESTEBAN T. CRUZ

Treasurer

T. 'tW. :BU.NDY

82 Isla de Romero, Manila

Conference Officlals-, Boards, etc.

Agent Publishing House

Editor Philippine Observer Tagalog Paper

Pampanga Advocate

11ocanoPaper -

President Nicholson Seminary

Official Correspondent

Treasurer of the Mission

Assistant Treasurer

M. A. RADER,

Trustees of the Conference

ARCADIO DE OCERA,

Triers of Appeals

T. \V BUNDY

M. A •. RADER

PEDRO B. CRUZ

1 ARCADIO DE OCERA,

JUAN MACASPAC

1 FELIPE l\f:ARQUEZ,

MARIANO L. GINES

E. A. RAYNER

M. A. RADER

M. A. RADER

T. W- BUNDY

P B. CRUZ.

FELIPE MARQUEZ, E. S. -LYONS, R. R. MOE',

ARCADIO DE OCERA, T. \V BUNDY.

A. L. BECKENDORF,

B. TOVERA,

F. GALANG,

Board of Examiners

A. VIDAL,

P. B. CRUZ,

E. T.CRUZ,

U. N ACPIL, R. CALICA,

E. A. RAYNER,

P. N. CEDARHOLM.

Finance Committee

M. A. RADER, R. R. MOE, A. L. BECKENDORF, J. W. MOORE, B. O. PETERSON, - O~ HUDDLESTON.

Boards of Location and Buildings

<Jagayan -District: R. R. 'MOE, B. TaVERA, T. E. ALTAMERO.

Central District: A. L. BECQNDORF, D. D~ ALEJANDRO, F. ROJARS.

Ilocos District: S .. CORDERO,· D.GORRALES, J. W: MOORE.

. Manila. District: . M. A. RADER, E. A. RA YNER, ~IMEON BLAB •.

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Pampanga District: A. DE OCERA, J. MACASPAC, U. NACPIL..

Pangasina.n Dictrict: B. O. PETERSON, A. VIDAL, F. MARQUEZ.

Tarlac District: L. T. TAMAYO, B. O. PETERSON, M. LORIA.

West ])istrict: C. T. SANTOS, M. A. RADER, MELICIO DEARMAS.

Disciplinary. and Conference Benevolences

'I HE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS

Self Support Committee

TBE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS

Centenary Committee

M. A. RADER, E. A. RAYNER, B. O. PETER.SON, R. R. MOE, A. L. BECKENDORF, J. W. MOORE, A. DE OCERA,

SEVERINO CORDERO.

Domestic Missions Committee

D. D. ALEJANDRO M. A. RAD~R, A. DE OCERA,

T. E. ALTAMERO E.GUEERRERO B. O. PATERSON,

F. GALANG,S. CORDERO.

Bo~rd of Education

M. A. RADER, MISS M. M. DECh~R, J DAN MACASP AC

~fIss BERTHA CHARLES, R. :t:t. MOE MISS ELIZABETH PARKS,

P. B. CRUZ.

Board of Sunday School and Epworth League

D. D. ALEJANDRO A. DE OCERA, A. L. BECKENDORF,

MISS RUTH COPLY, J; \V. MOORE, MISS M' CRABTREE,

T. CABACUNGAN, T. \V. BUNDY, M. LORIA,

MRS. M. A. RADER,

SIMEON BLAS,

M. A.RADER.,

D. NACPII ••

Hospital Board

MISS M. CRABTREE, DR. R. P ARISR,

. \V. A. KINKAID, MRS. D. M. CARM.EN,

JUSTICE STREET.

Union ThoologicaI Seminary

E. A. RAYNER, A. L. BECKENDORF·

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S. CORDERO,

F. GALA~G,

Memorials

B. O. PETERSON,

B. TOVERA.

Visiting Committees

Union, Theological Sem.ina? 'II D. D. ALEJANDRO,

Mar'll J. J9hn8ton H08pita,l

THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS

A. VIDAL,

Har?'", Memorial and Lilu9ay~f1, Training School8

MRS. O. HUDDLESTON, MISS ELIZABETH PARKES, MRS. M. A. RADER..

Dormitory

J. W - MOORE, M. A. RADER, MISS B.CHARLES,

MISS E. P ARKS, MIS~ ~SE DUDLEY.

Conference Executive Committee

M. A. RADER, E. A. RAYNER, R. R. MOE,

H. O. PETERSON, O. HUDDLESTON.

Standing Committees Publishing

M. A. RADER, A. L. BECKENDORF.

MISS M. M. DECKER, C. T. SANTOS

B. O. PETERSON,

F. GALANG.

Sanitariums

MISS M. M. DECKEH,

Public Morals

E. A. RAYNER,

A. DE OCERA,

M. A. RADER,

P. B. CRUZ. C.9ASIGURAN, M.A. RADER, S. BLAS,

B. TOVERA, M. GINES, F. GALANG.

State of the Church

R. T. CALICA, B. O. PETERSON, p, N. CEDARHOL~I, C. SANTOS, A. PASCUAL.

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Res,olutions

T. W. BUNDY, R. R. MO,E, U. NACPIL; C. GUANSING.

Conference Relations

F. MARQUEZ, L. T. TAMA~O, B. O. PETERSON, D. CORRALES,

9. GUANSING, J. MAC~SPAC; B. TovEuA •• ,

A. L. BECKENDORF,

Auditing Committee

A. E: R~<\.. YNER, T. 'V. BUNDY.

po,mestic Mission Board

THE DISTRICT SUPERiNTRNDENTS t.·, .' '.,....

, DEAN JORGE BoeoBO, Preiident; E. A,. RAYNER, Vice-P-resident D. D. ALEJANDRO, SMretary-Treasa'rer

SE~VILIAN<? ROMERO, USALDO NA<?PIL,., SEGUNDO DANAO.

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MINUTES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

OF ~HE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Fjrst Day-March 26, 1919 ' -. The twelfth session of the Philippine Islands Annual Confer­

ence of the Methodist Episcopul Church met in Manila in the . Central Chllrch,\Vednesday, March 26th, 1919, Bjshops Homer C. Stuntz, D.D., LL.D., and John\V Robinson, D;D., being present, presiding 1\S joint pl'esiden ts. ~

Opening: At8~30 o'Clock ;the Reverend· Dr. Rader announced hymn .556 beginning "Blest be the tie that binds," after the sing. ing:.:of 'Yhich BishqV ~;VR.Il.'V Robi~sollle~d. in l?r~yer. B.js.QoP Stu~tz presented ;the (h~\T~Pl>D'al lessol~ fr~mfthe theme of Ch1,'ISt'.5 woidda~ quoted in ~.h,e cerel~ony! of the sacrament·, "~n }'emem­brance of me," and erriphaeized the fa~t that all. of our interests nnd purposes as Christians should be centered wbolly in the per­:-ionality.of Jesus. 'Vir.l! t~e assi&tanqe ,of ~ishop .Rpbinson,.~. o. Peterson, M. A. Rader, . .severino ,Cordero an'd Cat~lino Santos, Bishop Stuntz. administer.ed to t~e congregation the· Sacrament of t4e Lord's Supper. . '.'

Roll Call: The presiding officer called upon the secretAry 01 the previous Annual Confel·ence,J. 'V, Moore, reqnesting him to read the roll of members. Thirty-fourjull members and nine probationers responded, as ·follows:

Fm.L MEMBERS:-Victorittuo Alabado, Dionisio D. Alejandro, Tomas E. AlttJ,mel'o, Art.hut' ~. Beckendorf, Tranquilino Cabacu­ligan, RomauT. Calica, Cit·no Cilsiguran, DomiCinnoCorrales, Se­verinoCordero, Felix Cruz, Esteban T, Gruz, Pedro B. Cruz, Nico­las Fajal'do, Filomeno Galano, Ca.taling GuanainlZ, Bnlbino Gatdu­la, Estanislao B. Gilerrero, Cit'iaco Inis, Bonifacio Jimenez, Mau­ricio L, L~ria, Ern.est S.Lyons, ~Juan Macaspac, Felipe Marquez,

. Rex R. Moe, Joseph ,V. Moore, UbaldQ Nacpi1, Arcadio de Ocera, Berndt o. Peterson~ MnrvinA. Ra.de)', FranciscoJ. Rojars, Catalino T. Santos, ~0renzo :T. Tamayo, Benito Tovera, Alejlmdro Vidal.

P1l0BATIONERs:-Monico Feralan, Mariano L. Gines, Felix Ilan, Eusebio Manuel, Regiuo Martin, Candido Padilla, Agaton Pascual, Felipe Re~uaJos. .

Organization: Upon nominntion by 1\1. A. Rader, J. W. Moore was re-~lected Secretary of the Conference. He named A. L. Beck­endorf and Felipe Marquez aR his assistants. B. O. Peterson nominated P. N. CedlHhohn Rtatistical Secretary, and he was elected. He chose Alejandro Vidal and E. T. ,Cruz a8 assistants. T. W. Bundy was elected eoufp-rence Treasurer upon nominati~m of E. S. Lyons.

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Bar of Conference: TJte first five rows of pews were fixed as the bar of the Conference upon motion of A. L. Beckehdorf, and at the suggestion of the ·Cha.irman the members of the Women's Conference were allowed to sit within the bar in the section at the North. '

Revision of Committees: The presiding Bishop caned atten­tion to the fact that many of the committees had been depleted by the absence of certa.inmembere.Dr. Rader then nominated T. W. Bundy in place of C .. J. Hernhardt on the Committee of Triers of :AppeaI, E. S. Lyon. nominated T. W. Bundy in place of J. F Cot­tingham on the Auditin~ ·Committee and M. A. Rader in place of C. J. Bernh.rdt on the Resolutions Committee"and M. A. Rader nominated A. L. Beckendorf in place of A L. Ryan on the Confer­ence Relations Committee. All of these nominations were ap­prayed.

Instructions and Addres80s: Th.e Bishop called Rev. & 1\1rs. T. W. Bundy, P. N. Cedar-holm and Mr13~ Homer C. Stuntz belpre the Conff'rence and introduced them ns nfllw mis.sionaries to this field, and as wife of Bishop Stuntz reapectively.

He then greeted the Conference on his own behalf expref!sing hie keen interest beoJluse of his relation to the work here in that he is assigned. to Southern Asia,: because ofh is memories of a 'previous visitation, and more es.pecially because of the marvelous and nn· ique piece of misBlonary work which has been done bere in the Phil­ippines. In introducing Bishop Stuntz to addr-esB the Conference, and afterwhrds to he the presiding officei" he spoke 'Of the great contrast to be seen here now as compat~d to the time when Bishop Stun.tz first <}ame eighteen years ago.

Bishop Stuntz addressed theConfel'ence telling 'Of the interest­ing events of the, early days of the Philippines Mission, .a-nd how the developments of the present made it seem tilat it had been laid upo,n him by the Lord to select and purchast' the site 'Of the Church in which the Confel'encp was bein~ held. He Rpoke also of the illness of Bishop John E.Robinson which made it necessary that be come out from the U nitedStates 'to take a part in the administering of the work in Southern Asia t~.i~ year.

Question Two: Question 2, "Who have been received by transfer and fro,m what Conference" was asked, RndPerry N. Ce­darholm from the 'Yestern Swedish Conference, Thomas W. Bundy from the' Puget Sound Conference, and Ernest A. Rayner from the Nebraska Conference were anhoun~ed to have been trans­ferred to the Philippine {Jonference. !

Question Fourteen. Question fourteen was asked, "'Vas the c'haracter of each Preacher passed ?', and the name of Marvin A. Rader, Superintendent of Manila District was called: His char­acter was passed ,and he read his report.

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Introductions. Tbe Reverend Mr. Nagle And Mrs. Nap:le, visit­ing in the Philippines en route to their destination, were introduced by Bishop Stuni,z to the Conference. Mr. Nagle is the Principal of the Methodist Anglo-Chinese College in Singapore.

Interpreter. M. A. Rader moved that Filomeno Galang be made official interpreter to the Conference, and it was approved.

Question Fourteen. The names of the effective elders on Central District were read arid their chara-cters were pd;saed. They reported as follows: Pedro B. Cruz, Nicolas Fajardo, Julian B. San­tos (absent in attendance at one of Ollr schools ih the United States) Bonifacio Jimenez, Catalino Guansing, Esteban T. Cruz, and Filomeno Ha~ang.

American Bible Society. When the name of Jesse L. Mc­Laughlin was read, he WILS reported absent on furlough, but it \VtlS

announced that he would :loon return to thi!l! field to take up again the work of the Americah Bible ~ociety, which by specialarranae­ment with the, British and Foreign Bible Society would from this time cover all of the territory of the Philippine IRiands. This arrang.ement was made throllgh an agreement to withdraw all of the work of the American Socieiy from Korea, leaving all of that field to the British Society.

Question-Fourteen. A. L. Ryan was reported to be in the United States o'n furlough. Hi~ character WIlS passed, as wpre those of Gh&rles J. Bernhardt, Arthur E. Chenoweth, Harry Farm­er, Daniel H. Klinefelter, and E. S. Lyons. Brother Lyons repol·t­ed his work as pastor of English work iIi Tondo.

Quartet. A quartet of the Filipino .brethren sang inspiringly tqe gospel hymn entitled, "Higher Ground." .

Question Fourteen. Upon resuming Question fourteen, the character of CataJino T. Santos was pa'!sed, and he reao his report as Superi.ntendent of Bataan DiBtrict. He reported also for his pastoral charge of Balanga and Puerta Rivas.

The characters of Cirilo Casiguran and Melicio de A"mns were passed. The first named gave his report; the latter was absent on account of sickness.

Time'of Adjournment. Upon motion of Nicolas Fajardo, the time of adjeurnmellt of each session was set for eleven thirty n. m. This time having arrived, the nnnouncements were Infide, the Doxology sung and the Bene~iction said and the session was adjourned.

Second'Day-Thursday, March 27, 1919 ,Devotions: Bishop Stuntz led the dpvotions. After congre~a­

tional sin~ing and prayer, in which FeJipe MRrquez leO. and the Bishop foFowed, he took the lesson of the day from words of the

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pl;ayer of S:dntPaut 'as "f~und in the first chapter of, his Epistle to the Philippians, quotirig the ninth verse whic~ reads "And this I pray, that your love, may aboulld more ailllrriore in knowled~e and all discernrnent,"and"emphssize'dthe necessity of knowledge and discernment for the followers of J eaus Chtist. : :;I'hen after flinging, tile_ hymn 'beginning ',,'Guide me 0 Thou Greai Jehovnh," Bishop Robinson took the chail' and announced the opening of the session of thesecondd~~y . The minutes of' the previous session were read and approved as cor'rected.,

Question Fourteetl. Qu~stion fourteen',. "WitS the <;hnrncter of each, Pl'e!:lchel' ,examined" was resumed.' The character'of Rex R. Moe, Supe'rintenci"ent'ofHle Cagtty'a'n Distr'ict, ~as passed and he read his report. ' ,- ,

r~he~n;l.me6f B~tiit~',To~l'a'vas '(~'q,'lleda:fld there being nothIng agaillst him, ~e 'reported as"pa"stol'''of the charge at AparrL l \

~,,:,:'J:..f. ¢.~~ti,qgham'~ char~ct~r, w~s,pHssed; a,ndirl. hisahs-e~'c~ A· ~~:~Beckendod.reltp. for, hiin,hisre.port as !3!lpedntendent of the Q~ntl'al District. ; - ,i ,'_ .;,

M emofi~ls. 'E-'·S. Lyons. moved t'bat tbehour at ten o'clock o'n Saturday modling beset aside for'the readingoftbem'e'morials.' It was ordered done.' .,' ' "

, Question Fourte~n. '-~Uponresuming Question fourteen, 'the ch~rac~erof Arc:a9.io~de Ocel:a; ~aB passed and he reported his year'~ w~rk in 8dmini8t~rihg -th~' P~i.mpttng;.L District a$ Superint~nderi~.

Introductions. Dr. Louis Richmond,. Pastor of the Union Church of Manila was present and Bishop Robinson invited him to the hont'and introduced him to the Conference. He:sp'oke

, briefly in response. .

Question Fourteen. The characters of JUR.n Maca~p'ac- and Uhtlldo Nacpil were passed, and they gave' their l'eports. The' character of Edwin L. HouF;ley, who is on furlough in.the United States was als? pa88e~.

The na.me of B~ O. Peterson, Sup~I"intendent of Pangasinan District was called. His character wits pa.ssed. and he read his report.

Tl'anquilirio Cabacllngan, Felipe Marquez and Alejandro Vidal gave theIr reports, their characters having been passed by the Conference. . ,

Question Fifteen. Question fifteen, "Who have been tl'snsfer-: red, and to what Conference" was asked. and the Bishop announced the transfer of Arthur E. Chenoweth from the Phili ppine Isla nds Conference to the New York Conference .

. Question Seventeen. Question seventeen, "Who· have ~en located ·at their ow-n request'" was asked, and consideratio9 was deferred temporarily.

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Question Eighteen. Question eightee~, WAS asked, "\Vh<? b,ave been located?" The answer was "None:" >,

Question NIneteen. Question nineteen, "'Vho hu\'e with­drawn?" was asked, 'and none were reported withdl·swn.

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Question Twenty. ~n response to question twenty, "Who have been permitted to withdraw under charges or complaints?", none were said to h~ve withdrawn. ' ,

Question Twentv One. "Who have been €xpelled~" was as k,ed. The answer was "None." .

!": Question Fourteen~ Question fouheen was again t~keh up" and the charflcter of Lorenzo 'l'amayoV, Superin·ten.oerlt·of the Paniqui District was passed. He read his report.

l\fs':lt:icio Loria.~ upon hav'ing his chntncter passed, gave his report. ' ....

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Qu:estion·Seventeen. ·Question seventeen-, was now .taken up and: it, was' aiHlOllnced that the :formal applicn,tion .. of Candido "Magrm' 'to locate h3.d been Teceived. M. A. Rnder moved tl!~?tt his petition be granted and that he be allowed to locate at h\'$,own req.uest. It was approved.

Greetings. A. L.Beckendorfmoved·lhat the greetings.of the Conference be extended to Miss Louise Stix:t'ud who after eleven years of missionary service in the Philippi"nes 'was leaving on furlough. It was so ordered.'

Adjournment. The time 'havipg exph:ed, the' announcements were read and ;.after prayer by the Bishop the' sesFion of the day stood adjourned. .

Third Day-Friday, Marth 28th,,' 1919 'Opening. Bishop Stuntz le~ld the devotions at ei~ht-thirty

o'clock taking the lesson ,from the Gospel of L~ke, the 19th chllpter and tenth' \"er8e, which reads "For the Son of man is come to pave tha t,which was ·lost"" and from the. Gospel of John, the first chapter and the fortieth to forty.pecond verses, takin~ especi~lly the words, "He brought him to JeFlus." He preached :lrom the subject of seeking and saving, emphasizing the necessity of method in the work of the preacher. Aft~l Bishop Rohinson had led in prayer, Bishop Rtuntz took the chair and called for the rending of the minutes of th~ previous session. They were approved as read. It was requested that a resume of the minutes for the two previous sessions be given to the Oonference in the Spanish langufl~e, this was granted, an.d Felipe Marquez, assitant to the secretary read such ,a resume.

, Motion of Reconsider. M. A. Radel' called for the reconside­ration of the motion for· the time efthe Memorial Service. The

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reconsideration 'was allowed. Then he moved that the time be ,J

changed to follow immediate.ly the devotions on Saturday morning,· the 29th. It was so ordered.

Question Fourteen. Question fourteen was resubH~d and the character of Catalino Santos was, passed. He read his report.

The Character of Oscar Huddleston and Isidoro Panlasiqui who are ,at present in the U nHed States were passed.

Qne.tion Three. Question Three was asked, "Who have been readmitted?" and the answer "'-as, "None."

Question F()ur.. Question four, "Who have been J'eceived on Credentials, and from what Churches?" wAs asked. The answer 'Was "None."

Q.uestion Five. The fifth question, "Who have been l'eceived on Trial" was flsked, and upon favorable report of the Examining and Conference Relations Committee, the following named brethren 'Were received: C~non Gacntan, Jose Senzon, Constan¢io Mercado, Roberto Songeo, Tomas Diwa., Jose Jadnto. All of these ""ere re­ceived in studies of the first year; none was receivt:d in studies of the third ye,ar under the Seminary Rule.

Question One. It was asked, "Is this Conference incorporated accordin!=!: to tbe requirements of the Discipline?" and the answer WRS "Not inoorporated, but holds all property in aceordance with Philip,~j nes Law." . .

Question Six. Question six, "Who have been continned on Trilll?" was asked. In studies of the first year Donato· Alltonio and Candido Padilla were continued on trial. Those who Were itdvanced to studies of the second year ate Monico Fpr:llan, Mariano Gines, Felix llano Eusebio Manuel, ~"eli'pe Regualos and Regino Martin.

M. A. Rader moved that th~ matter of the status of Agaton Pascual WIth reg'lrd to being admitted into iull membership be referl'ed to the Confer.,nce Relations Committee. It was so-ordered.

Those adva'nced to studies of the third year areAgaton Pascual. Joseph "T. Moore and Ricardo del ROFlarhl.

Upo~ motion of E. S. Lyons, th~ name of A. L. Beckendorf wa.s referred to the Conferenf'e Relations Committee with th~ object of haviIi/Z him admitted to full membership, inasmuch RS he hHS

completed his studies according to the Seminary requirement and served a sufficient time on probation. ..

None were continued on trial in the studies of the fourth year.

Question Seven. Question seven, "'Vha have beendiscon-tin ued?" was asked, and the answer was "None." . .

Question Eight. It was asked "'\Tho have been admitted into full membershi p?" The answer was, "Ricardo del Rosario, who is elected and ordained Deacon this yeBr, and Joseph 'Y. Moore, who was elected and'ordained Deacon previously.

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, . i Question Nine. "What members are in studies of the third

year?" was asked. They are Ricardo del Rosario and Joseph W. Moore who have been ndmitted into full membership this year, and Isidoro Panlasiqui.and Victoriano Alabado who were admitted previously,

Question Ten. Question ten, "\Vbat members Rl'e in studies. of the fourth year?" was asked. They are Francisco ,. Rojal's, Estanislao Guerrer9, T. W', Bundy, Dionisio Alejandro and Beni­to Reyes.

Question Eleven. "\Vhat membel's have completed the Con­ference Course of Study?" Tho~e elected and ordained elders this year are Ciriaco Iliis, Balbino Gatdulu, Domiciano Corrales and Tomas Altamero. W. F. Kinsey was reported as having fulfilled the requirements of the Course in that he has ~radunted from Theological Seminary. He was elected and ordained Elder pre­viollsly. None were elected and ordained Elders under the Semin­ary ~ule.

Question Twelve. Question twelve, "What others have been elected and ordained Deacons?" WR£ asked. The answer was, Damian Agpalo and Candido Ojas Castro, as Local Preachers, but

\ none under the Missionary and Seminal'Y Rules.

Question Thirteen. Question thirteen, What others have heen elected and ordained Elders?" was asked. Mariano Tovera was elected as a Local Deacon, and Dionisio Alejandro under the Missionary Rule.

Question Thirty'six. Question thhty-six, "Where shall the next Conference be held?" was asked, and upon motion of M. A. Rader, the Centl'al Church, ManilawHs chosen.

Accounting for Benevolences. Upon discusEion of the matter of the accounting of finances, Dr. Rader suggested that the Confe­rence Tre=-lsurer prOCUl'e standard forms for the l'eporting of autho-' rizhed collections, He then moved that reports of all moneys raised in these collections in the various Districts be brought in to the Annual Conference, but not the funds, and that the reports should appeal' iQ the Conference statistics, but not in the Treasurer's l'epo~t. It was adopted.

Centenary Day of Prayer. It was moved by M. A. Rader that the seventeenth day of each m'onth be set aside as a special day of prayer as a part of the Centenary program.

E. S. Lyons moved to ref til' this matteI' to the Centenary Com­mittee, for its report, and it was done.

'Epworth League Committee. A. L. Beckendorf caBed for a l'evisiol~ of the Epworth League Committee, sugges~in~ that the names of Mr. a'nd Mrs. Bundy be substituted fQr those of A. L. RY8:n and Mrs, Cottingham. The revision'wRs made in accordance with the suggeEltion.

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Question Twenty-Two. In answer to Question Twenty-two; '~Wh!:t.t other personal natation Ehould be made?" it was said that there was none.

Question Twenty-Three. "Who are the Supernumerary' . Ministers, and for what number of years consecutively has each

held this relation?" The answer was, "Felix Cruz-for three yearB."

Question Twenty-Four. It was asked "\Vho are the retired Minesterr.;?" Thel'e are none.

Question Twenty-Five. Question twentj-five, "\V'ho are the Tl:1ers of Appeals?" was asked. They are Felipe Marquez, T. \V. Bundy, A. L. Beckendurf, Arcadio de Ocera and M. A. Rader.

Question Twenty-Six. In answer to question twenty-six, "\Vhnt is the annual report of the Conference Board of Home Missions and Church Extension?" it was said that there is nothing.

Question Twenty-Seven. In answer to question twenty­seven, "\\That iEt the annual report of the Conference Board of

. Foreign Missions?" it was said also that there is nothing.

Question Thirty-One. Question thirty-one, "\Vhat are the claims on the Conference Fund?" was asked, and the answer was that there were 110 claims.

There was a discussion of the matter of the Conference Clllim­ant's fund, and the announcement of the receipt of the dividends from the Methodist Book Concern of $331 for this year was made.

Benito Tovera moved that a special collection be made each year to provide.a fund for retired Local Preachers who are in need, and that this f,und be .at the disposition of the Annual Conference. Itw~s approved.

Bishop Stuntz called attention.to the Disciplinary requirement that collections be taken in every charge for the Conference Claim­ants' fund, and upon motion of E. S. Lyons, it was directed that the District Superintendents see that these collections are made each year.

Extension of Time. Adjournment.M. A. Rader moved for extension of time to hear the· announcements, 8S it was already past the time set for closing~ Time ws:!.s extended, and after the reading of the announcements the benediction was pronounced, and the session of the morning was adjourned.

Fourth Day-Saturday, March 29, 1919 Opening •. The devotions were led by Bishop Stuntz who, after

the congregation· sang the hymn, "Stand up, stand up for Jesm;", offered prayer and too~ the lesson from Ephesians the first chapter and third verse, and other portions following. He then preached

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from the theme "The hope of His calling", and closed the service with pl'~yer. I \

Memorials. In accord~nce with the order of the Conference the Memorial service foflowed directly upon the opening devotions. The chairman of the committee on Memorials, Severino Cordero conducted this solemn service in commemoration of those who have died during the year. (See Memorials.)

Business Session. Bishop Robinson called upon the Secretary for the reading of the minutes of the previous sesi;tion. They 'wert~ corrected and approved. A resume in Spanish was presented- by the Assistant Secretary.

Question Eight. Question eight was resumed, and upon favor­able report of the Conference Relations Committee, Arthur L. Beckendorf and Agaton Pascual were received into full membership in the Conference, Bishop Stuntz addressed the in-coming class, and admitted them into full memberl:lhip.

Question Twenty-Nine. Question twenty-nine, "What is the COllference Treasurer's report?" was asked, .end W T. Bundy read the report. (See Treasurer's Report.) Upon motion of Rex R. Moe, the report was accepted with permission grant~d to.add minor corrections.

Question Thirty. Question thirty was asked. In answer to (a). "\Vhat is the aggregate of the benevolent collections ordered by the General Conference?" it was reported that there was ~426.17, and in answer to (b) "What is the aggregate of the benevolent collections ornered by the Annual Conference?" it WB,S said that there was P'64.11. This report was approved with the privilege granted to make necessary c01'l'ections.

Accounting for Confe,rence Benevolences. Upon motion by E. S. Lyons it was ordered that the resolution made one year ago providiog for the accounting for Conference Benevolence col­lections' be ammended 80 that it would require all Preachers pay­ing money to the Treasurer either to make payment on the first day of the Annual Confet'ence 01· to give vouchers on that day.

In this conn~ction it was moved by M. A. Rader and ordered by the Conference that the Treasurer and Statistician prepare blanks for' the reporting of these m'atters, and that their report shoutd be made to the Finance Committee.

Question Thirty-One. By common consent question thirty­one was recalled, and the answer WAS ammended to read, "Referred to the MisBion Fin'anceCommittee."

Question Thirty-Two. Question thirty-two was asked: "What has been received 'on these e~aims?". and it was ordered that the sum of the amounts received last year and this year be the ~nswer, the Treasurer to 'make report subsequently .

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Question Thirty-Three, . Que~tion thirty-three, "Wh8t amount has been apportioned to the Pastoral OharJ!;es within the Conference, to be raised for the support of the Conference Claimant,,?" was asked, and upon motion of E. S. Lyons it was ordered that an attempt be made to raise P500 for the next year.

Question Thirty-Four. In answer toqu~stion thirty-four, "What amount has been paid by the Conference Treasurer to the Board of Conference Claimants fOl'Connectional Relief?", it was answered, "Nothing.'"

Question TW,entY-,Eight. Upon tbe suggestion of the Presid­ing Bishop the answer to question twenty-eil!ht concerning' the statistical report was deferred until the last session of the Confe­rence.

QuestIon Twenty-Three. Questio,n twenty-three, "Who 8l'e the Supernumerary Ministers?" was recalled, and to the name of Felix Cruz waR added that of Melicio de Armas, upon motion of Catalino Santos. '

Revision of Committees_ Upon request of A. L. Beckendorf t,heSunday SchoolCommiteee was' revised, the names of Miss' Copley, J. W. Moore and Tranquilino Cabacungan being substitut­ed for those of Miss Mildred Blakely, C. J. 13ernhardtand A. L, Ryan, respectively, who are at present on furlough, and that of. Mauricio Loria being added.

The name of A. L.Beckendorf was substituted for that of J. F. Cottingham on the Union Theological Seminary Committee.

The name of Rex R. Moe was added. to the Resolutions Committee ..

T. W Bundy wa$Rssigned to the Auditing Committee in place. of J. F. Cottingham. '

Announcements and Adjournment. After the l'eading of the announcements, .and the benediction pro'nounced by Bishop Robinson, the session of· the day. stood adjourned.

Fifth Day-March 31, 1919 Qpening. Bishop Stuntz led the devotions, annol:1pcing the

hymn beginning ':r need Tbee Every Hour.)] After brief prayer, lie opened the Scriptures to the first Epistle of Paul to the Collos­sians, the first chapter" verses nine to thirteen, -and preached con­cerning the \Villof uod for men and the ~ible as its'text-book. The minutes of the previous session were read in English and in, Spanish, corre~ted and approved. '

Conference Journal. Upon motiton of R. R. Moe it was order-. ed that the Conference Journal as printed .be the official minl,ltes of this 'Conference.

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'" Question Twenty-Eight. QueE=tion twenty-eight, "'Vhat is the Stlitistical Rt:port?" was asked, and P N .Cedarholm read the report. Note was made of the fact that the District reports had been made out on radically varying forms, and for that reason it was impossible to prepare a complete and accura.te report. It was recommended that special blanks suited to the needs of this Confe­rence be prepared for the future to avoid this confusion and ina.ccuracy.Upon motion of Rex. R. Moe the report was accepted as read. (See Statistical Report.)

P. N. Cedarholm moved that the reports be closed on the·first day of J annary, and that the year be from January first to January first.

M. A. Rader moved to ammend the motion by snbstituting for January first the words October thirty-first so that the reports of all the Conferences in Southern Asia Bh6~lld be in conformity. It was carried as amm,ended.

Union Seminary. E. S~ Lyons reporte~ as President of the Union Theological Se.mnary, and upon his own motion the report was adopted.

Upon motion (lfM. A. Rader it was ordeI'ed that entrance to the Seminary High School be by recommendation of the Quarterly Conferences or District Superintendents for this year, and by re .. commendation of both hereafter.

,Chair Vacated. While Bro'ther Lyons was giving his report, Bishop Stuntz vacated the Presidential Chair in favor of Bishop Robinson who continued in his 8t~ad.

Certificate of Ordination. The Bishops presented to the Secretary a Certificate of Ordination of those who had been elected to Deacons' ~nd Elders' orders and ordained the da.y before, which certificate is to be incorporated in the Conference Journal. (See C~rtificate of Ordination.)

, Publishing 'House Report. E. S. Lyons presented nlso his report as Publishing Agent, and by common consent it was adopted.

Union Church Council. The' Report of the lJ nion Church Council was brou~ht by 13;. S. Lyons, and upon motion of M. A. Rader, the repol',t was adopted.

Question Sixteen. Question sixteen WAS asked, "'Vho have died?" A. L. Beekendorf reported the death of Brother Santos Beley

Printing of the Minutes. M. A. Rader moved that the min­utes of the Conference be prir.ted and that the same amount be allowed for ~his purpose as last year. It was so ordered.

Centenary Com.mittee. The report of the Centenary Coin­mittee was brot;lght by M. A. Rader; and upon his inotion it wa~ adopted. (See Report.) ,

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Sunday School Missionary. A~ L. Beckendorf read the report of A. L.Ryan for the Board of Sunday Schools. It was approved. (See Report.)

Auditing Committee. A. L. Beckendorf gave his report as Cha.irman of the Auditing Committee. Upon motion of M. A. Rader, it was ordered by the Conlerence that as far as possible the books of the District Superintendents be audited at the Con­ference time, and with this modification the report was adopted.

Memorials. A. L. Beckendorf presented a memorial through the Conference addressed to the Evengelical Union req nesting that a. letter of welcome be sent to all teacherf: entering ~he Philippine Islands in the Bureau of Education. Upon his motion it v.'as adopted. .

F. J. Rojars read a memorial from the Central District, Con­ference requesting the attention of the Annual Conference to the need of reading rooms for the Philippine Constabulary Btlrracks. Upon motion of M. A. Rader it was aTVmenaed to the end thllt these matters be cltlled to the attention of the Y.M. C. A. and the Provincial Government by this Conference.

An additional memorial from Central District petitioning for the pu bUcs tio!} of certain works was referred to the Publishing Committee UpC)ll motion of E. S. Lyons.

Space for District Reports. lJpoll motion of E. S. Lyons it was ordered that a maximum of six pages be nllowed in the Print­ed Journal for the J'eport . of ench District, and that the same~ space be al10wed for{the report of the Sunday School Misilionary.

Domestic Mission Committee. The report of the Domes­tic Mission Commitee was brought by DionisioD. Alejandro, and upon pis motion it was adopted, nnd the CH binet was reques,:" ted to bring in nominations for the membership of this commitee.

Adjournment. After announcemellts. had been madeuppn motion of M. A. Rader and the pronouncing of the .benedic­tionby Bishop Robinflon, 'the session stood adjourned, until foul' o'clock in the afternoon.

Afternoon Session,Fifth Day-March 31st, 1919 Opening 1'he .last session was opened ·by Congregational

singing, and 'prayer led by Bishop Robinson, who then called for the reading' of the minutes of the morning selSsion. rfhey .w,ore approved as l·ead.· .

. State of the Church. Roman .T. CaHca read the report of the Committee on State of the Church, and upon motion of Arcadio de Ocera ti was adopted. ~.

Pubiic Morals. Benito Tovera brou!!htin the report of the Commitee on Public Morals. Upon motion of l.'ilomeno Galang it was adopted. -,.

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Sunday Sch'ool Board.' The report of the Sunday School Board was broug'ht in by D. D. Alejandro, and upon T. W Bundis motion it was the adopted.

The Presiding Bishop annou,nced that it was the recom­mendation of. the Cabinet. that the Sunday School and Epworth League work of thil:l Conference be Q1,dered united under one

._~ commitee's direction, and it was so done.

Epworth League. J. ,V. Moore brought the report 'of the Epworth Lengue Commitee, and by cO.mon consent it was adopted.

Standing Commitees. R .. R. Moe rend the Cabinet's nomi­nations for the .Standing Commitees and Boards of the Con­ference, and they were elected liS read.

Conference Board of Trustees. Upon motion of E. S. Lyons the followir.lg nflmed were duly elected Trustees or the Phil­ippine Islands Annual ConferencA of the Methodist Episcopal Church: M. A. Rader, Arcudio de Ocera, Pedro B. Cruz.

Joint Session of Conferences. Upon motion of R. R. Moe it was resolved to invite the 'Vomen's Conference to sit with us in joint session and present such matters fiS they might desire for gene.ral consideration.

The Bishop having extended the invitation, M1'R. JeAn Halstead Rader presented a l'e.solution requesting each District Supedntendent to see that the statistical sheets provided by the Women's Confel'ence be filled out and returned to the Statistical Secretary of the V\T omen's Conference, Mrs. Maud Scharff .Bec~endorf.

It was ordered that this request be granted, and upon sugges­tion of the Presiding Bishop, Mrs. Beckendod was nominated, by the Women's Conference as their committeeman to sit with the .Committee of the Annual Confel~ence for the preparation of the .forms to be used in facilitating the statistical reports.

Domestic Mission Committee. Upon motion of A. L. Beck­endorf it wits ordered that the Domestic Mission Committee be struck off the listns the Domestic Mission Board fills all require­ments formerly imposed upon this ~ommittee.

Annual Joint Session. M. A. Radel' moved that for one session each year the Women's Conference be invited to meet with the Annunl Conference, in joint session and it was unanimously ordered.

Centenary. M. A. Rader. Chairman of the Centenary Com­mittee spoke concerning the work of carrying out the Cente­nary program.

Delegates to Central Conference. Upon motion of E. S. Lyons it was ordered that the matter of s~lecting delegates to the Southern Asia Central Conference be placed in the hands of the Conference Executive Cominittee with powel' to act.

Greeting. It was ordered that letters expressing our love· and hopes for prosperity be sent to all MissioD'Rries on Fur­lough, including Ml;S. Eveland and the Filipino brethren who are in the United StateR 3S students.

" "0 Correspondents to Church Papers. Upon motio~ of A.L' Beckendof, the Bishop was requested to appoint sllch corres­pondents to our Church Papers as h~ thought advisable.

Bishop Robinson again spoke of 'his joy in flttending this Conference and' then called upon Bishop Stuntz to read the' appointments, who first addressed the Oonference l'ecountio$?; reminescences of the eal'ly days of the Mission, and "outlininp; joyflll anticipations for the future. He preached 8. message of aggressive, evangelistic battl_e against sin; of exalting J ~sus Christ.

Resolutions. R. R. Moe presentedo the report of the Com­mittee 011 Resolutions, and upon motion ofM. A. Rader, which was put by the Secretary at the request of the Presiding J:SishQP, it was unanimously adopted.

Closing Exercises and Reading of ~ppointments. After eongrega~ional singing, and prayer lead by E. S Lyons, Bishop Stuntz read the appointments. Tho .Doxology was sung and the benediction said, and the Conference stood adjourned with· out day. "

(Signed) J. W; MOORE, , Seeretary.

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(Signed) HOMER C.STUNTZ. (Signed) J. W .. ROBINSON.

Presidents.

DIsciplInary Questions 1. Is this annual Confel'ence incorporated according to the requirement

of the Discipline?

Not incorporated but all property is held in accordance 'with Philippines Law.

2, Who have been received \)y transfer, an(i from what Conferences? Thomas W. Bundy, PU,qet Sound; Perry N. Oedar1t.olm, We8te,'" Swedish; Ernest A. Rayne1', Nebraska.

3, Who have been rea.dmitted? None.

4. Who have been received on Credentials, and from w~at Churches'? Nune.

5. Who have been received On Trial?

(a) In studies of .the first year. Toma8 Diwa, OenonGacutan, Jose Jacinto, Constancio .il(crcado, Jose Seazon; Roberto Songeo.

(0) In studies of third year under the Seminary Rule. None.

6. Who have been Continued on Trial?

(a) In Studies of ~'irst Year. Donato Antonio and Candido Padilla

(b) In Studies of Second'Year. ¥()nico Fe1'alan, Ma'riano Gines, Felix Ilan, Eusebio Manuel, Regino Ma-rtin, Felipe Regualos.

(c) In Studies of Third Year. None,

(d) In Studies of Fourth Year, None.

7. Who have been discontinued? .None.

8. Who have been admitted into full membership,?

_ (a) Elected and ordained Deacons this year. Damian Agpalo, Oandido Ojas Oast'l'o, Rica1'dio del Rosa?'io.

(b) Elected and ordained Deacons previously. Arthur L, BeckendorJ, ~os.eph W. Mqore, Agaton Pascual.

9. What members are in studies of Third Yea1''?

(a) Admitted into full members.hip this year. Joseph W. Moore, Agaton Pascual, Ricardo del Rosario.

(b) Admitted into full membership previously. Victoriano Alabado and lsidoro PanZasig'ui.

10. What members are in studies of fourth year? Dionisio D. AZ~iandTQ, Thomas W. Bundy, E8taniBlao Gtl.errcrQ, F'I'ancisco J. Rojm's, Benito Reyes.

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11. .What members have completed the Conference Course of Study\!

(a) Elected and ordained Elders this year. Tomas E. Altamero, Domiciano ()offaZea, Balbina Gatdula, Ci~'iaco Inis.

(b) Elected and ordained Elders previously. William If'. Kin8ey and Arthur L. Beckendorf·

(c) Elected and ordained Elders under· the Semlnary .Rule. None.

12. What others hav~been elected and ordained Deacons? (a) As Local Preachers~

Damian AgpaZo and Candido ·Ojas Ga8tro.

(b) Under Missionary Rule. None. (e) Under the Seminary Rule. None.

13. What others have .been elected and ordained Elders?

Ca) As Local Deacons .. Mariano Tovera. (b) Under Missionary ~ule. Dionisio D.Alejandro.

14. Was the character of each Preacher examined? YeB~ \

15. Who have been transferred, and to what Conferences? Art.hur E. 'Chenoweth, New York.

16. Who have died? Santo. Beley.

17. Who have been located at their own Request? Candido Magno.

18. Who have been located\! Bone.

19. Who have withdraw? None.

20. Who have been permitted to withdraw under charges or complaints\! None.

21. Who have been expelled? None.

22. What other personal notation shoDld be made? Bont.

23. Who are the S~pe!"numerary Ministers, and for what number of years consecutively has each held this relation\! Melicio de Ar",as·and Felix Gruz. (3)

24. ,Who are the retired· Ministers?' None.

25. Who are the Triers of Appeals? Felipe Ma't'quez, ''1.'• W. Bundy, A. L. Beckendorj, Arcadia de OceTa, M. A., .Rader.

26. What is the annual report of the. Conference Board oiIIome Missions' 'and Church Extensio,n? None;

27. What is the annual report of the Conference Bo.ard of. Foreign Missions? . None .

. -28. Whatis the ~tatistical Report? (See th.e Statistician's Report)

29. What is the Conference Treasurer's Report? (See the Conference Treasurer's Report.)

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30. (a) What is the agllregate of the benevolent collections ordered by the General Conference, as reported by the Conference Trea­surer'l $285.58

(b) What is the aggregate of the benevolent colleetions ordered by the Annual Conference, as reported by the Conference Treasurer? $753.05.

31. What are the claims on the Conference Funds? Xo Olaims •

. 32. (a) What has been received on these "claims?· $391.00. Tcta($991.00.

33. What amount has been apportioned to the 'Pastoral Charges within the Conference, to be raised for the support of Conference" Claimants'l $250.00. .

34. What amount has been paid by the Conference Treasur~r to the Board' of Conference Claimants for Conneotiona.l Relief? Nothing.

35. Where are ~he Preachers Stationed? (See list of Appointments.)

36. Where shall the next Conference be held? Manila,"Central Methodist Church.

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Certificate of Ordination THIS IS TO ,CERTIFY that in the Krtox Memorial Church of

Manila, Philippine IsI&nds, on Suuday March 30, 1919, we ordain­ed the following named brethren Ri:JDeacons:

Ricardo del Rosario, Damian Agpalo, Candido Ojas Castro.

And io the same, place, on the same day, assisted by Elders, we ordained the following namedbrethreri as Elders:

Dionisio ,Alejandro, Balbino Gatdula, Chiaco lois, Domiciano Corrales,

Tomas E. Altemero.

;a:QMER C. STTJNTZ, Bisll,op. oJ. W., RORINSON, Bishop.

Public SerVlces Thursday, March 27.

3:30 p. m. Address, "Home and Foreign Missions," at Central Churcb, Bishop Robinson.

8:00 p. m. Addresses, "The Centenary Movement in America," Bishop Stuntz.

"The Centenary Abroad," Bishop Robinson. At Knox Memorial Church.

Friday, March 28.

8:30 p. m. Reception to Bishop and Mrs. Homer C. Stuntz 8Qd Bishop / J. W~ Robinson at Hugh Wilson Hall. .

Saturday, March 29.

8:30 p. m. Sunday School Anniversary and Graduation of Teachers 'J'rainirig,Class at Central Methodist Church.

Sunday. March 30.

9:30a. m. Bishop Stuntz at Central Methodist Church. 10:30 a. m. Bishop Robinson at Union Church. 10:30 -tl.. 'm. Rev. D. D. Alejandro, Knox Memorial Church. 4:00 p. m. Ordination Service at Knox Memorial Church. 7:00 p. m. Epworth League Rally, Bishop Bobirison,at Central Church. 8:00 p. m. Union Meeting, Bishop Stuntz! St. Paul's Church, Tondo.

Monday, March 31-

8:30 p. m. L<ec~ure, "Pressing Pe.ace Problems," Bishop Stuntz, at Central Methodist Church.

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Conference Roll Full Members

NAME

AZubadu, nctoT'iano ........ . ALEJANDRO, DIONISlO D .... . ALTAMERO, TOMAS E .••....•.

tOE ARMAS, MELISIO.... ..

BECKENDORF, AR'rHUR L .... . BERNHARDT, CHARLES J .... . BUNDY. '1'. WALTER ........ .

CABAOUNG AN, TRANQUILINO.

CALICA, ROMAN '1' .•.•..•..••. CASIGURAN, CIRILO •.•..

CEDARHOLM, PERHY N ...... . CORRALES, DOMICIANO ...... .

CoRDERO, SEVERINO.. • •..

COTTINGHAM, .JOSHUA F .... . t CRUZ, FELIX ............... .

CRUZ, ESTEBAN T.. ... . ... . CRUZ, PEDRO B ........... . FAJARDO, NICOLAS .......... .

li~ARMER, HARRy .........•.•.

GALANG, 14"IT,OMENO.. . ...•.

Gu A NSING. CAT ALINO ...... .

GATDULA. BALBINO ......... .

Gue7'l'ero, EstlLrdslao B ... .... . HOUSLEY, EDWIN L ......... . HUDDLESTON. OSCAR ......•.

INIS, CIRIACO .. . ...•••••.

JIMENEZ, BONIFACIO ........ .

KINSEY. WILLIAM £4' .....•••. KLINEFELTER, DANIEL B ..... LoRIA, MAURICIO L... ..• ..

LYONS, ERNEST S ........... .

McLAUGHLIN, JESSE L .•....

MACASPAC, .TUAN ......... .

l MAGNO, CANDIDO ...•..•.•..

MARQUEZ, FIJ:LIPE. ...•.......

MOE, REX R .............. .

ADDRESS

Mexico, Pamp. ... San Isidro, N. E .... llngan, Isabel a ...... Samal. Bataan ...... MaJolo,-, Bulacan .... 150 Fif;h Ave. N.Y. ~lani1n ............. LinJrsyen, Pang ... Asing-an, Pang ...... Ol'ani, Batasu ... " . TIIguegn.l'ao, eng ..... Pidigan, Ab,'a ...... Nan'lICun, 11. Sur .... 150 Fifth Ave. N.Y. Maricahan, Rizal.. .. Polo, Rizal. ..... Manila ............ Manila .............. 150 Fifth Avf'.. N.Y. Manila ............. Malabon, RizaJ. ... Mecaua~'nn, Bul. " . La Paz, Tarlac .. " . 150 Fifth A\'e. N.Y. San Fernnndo. Pam p. Tllg'llegat'no, Cag .... Navotas~ Rizul. ..... 150 Fifth Ave. N.Y. Honollllu, Hawnii ... Gerona, Tnrlac .... Delaware, Ohio ..... Manila .............. Guagua, Pamp ..... Manila .. .... .. ... .Dagupan, Pan~ .... Tuguegal'so, eag .....

ENTERED InNERANCY

P. I. 1916 P. I. HU6 P. 1. 1911 P I. l1U2 N. Minn. 1910 P I. 1914 Pgt. Sound 1916 P 1. ]912 P. 1. 1913 P. 1. ]909 W.Swedish 1915 P. L ]915 P. I. ]917 N. Indiana 1909 P. 1. 1918 P 1. 1913 P I. 1910 P. 1. ]908 Up. lown 1901 P.I. 1908 p. I. 1907 P 1. 1912 P. T. 1913 N.R Ohio 1904 S.vy Kns. 1903 P.l. 1914 1) 1. 1910 .N.K Ohio 1913 Oldrlhoma 1904 P. 1. 1907 Rock River 1899 Up. Iowa 1897 P.L 1906 P. 1. 1906 Malay 1902 No. Nebr. 1905

MOORE~ JOSEPH W. . ..... . N ACPIL, DBALDO. . ........ .

DE OOERA, ARCADIO ..•• ~ •....

Vigan, IJ. Sur. _. __ I Nebr_ UH6 Tarlac. Tal'lac .... P I. 1913 San Fernando, Pamp. P. I. 1906

Names in CAPITALS indica.te orda.ined EIders. Names in Italics indicllte orda.ined Deacons.

YEAR CAJlETO P. I. --

191~ 191 3 191 9

191 9

191 0

190 4

]907 190 6

191 4 190 5

* 1903 19 00

:

HJO 7 19t 6

t ~upernumerary. ". Came to Maltaysia. in 1800. t Located at own request.

Conference Roll (Cont.) YEAR

NAME ADDRESS ENTERED ITINERANCY CAME TO P. I.

Panla3iqui, lsidoro .. ....... .. Mt. Vernon, Ia ..... PETERSON, BERNDT 0 .. .. Vagupan, Pang ..... RADE1f' MARVIN A ........... Manila ..... ~ ......... RA YHER, ERNEST A.... • .•.. Manila ....... ..... Reyes, , Benito . ........... .... San Leonardo, N. E . Bojars, F't'ancisco J . ........... Uagonoy, Bul. ...... del Rosa?'io, Ricardo ...... .... Bamban, Pamp ..... RYAN, LoWELL A .. .......... Baldwin, Kas ....... SANTOS, JULIAN A .........•• Tacoma, Wash ...... SANTOS, CATALINO T .......• Balanga, Bataan .... SNYDER, ALVA LEE .......... Bloomington, IlL ... SMITH, SAMUEL J ...... .... Ft. Barancas, FIa .... TAMAYO, LORENZO T ........• Paniqui, Tarlac ... 'l'OVERA, BENITO ............. A parri, Cag ........ V[DAL, ALEJANDRO ...... .... Pozol'rubio, Pang ....

Probationers SECOND YEAR

P.I. 1910 P.I. 1905 Colo. 1890 . ................... P. I. 1914 P I. 1916 P.I. 1917 N. E. 1908 P. 1. 1913 P 1. 1906 P. 1. 1909 P.I. 1912 p. I. 1907 P.I. 1911 P.I. 1912

1904 1903

1915

19 08 5 190

·-c~~,=--·-··· -==.CC., =~_·CC~=7.-,-~="'=-====;========-~: =="-==;========T=:==:==

I YEAR NAME ADDRESS ENTERED I TINERANCY CAME TO

P. I.

Feralan, Monico ............. . Gines, Mariano L ............ . llan, Felix ................. .. Manuel, Eusebio ............ . Martin, Regina .............. . Regualas, Feli pe. . ....... .

Almila, Cag ... : ..... P. 1. Caudon, 11. Sur..... P 1. Binalonan, Pang ..... i P. 1. San Fernando. Pam p.' P 1. Sta. Ana ............ \ p. 1. Rosales, Pang ...... , P. 1.

FIRST YEAR

1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918

=================================~~~~=-~-=.~=-=-=========

NAME

Antonio, Donato ............ . Di wa, 'l'omas .............. . Gacutan, Cenon ............ . Jacinto, Jose.. . .......... . Mercado, Constancio.. . . . .. . Padilla, Candido ............. . Seazon, Jose ................ . SODg~O, Roberto ............ .

ADDRESS

Munos, N. E ..... " Bacolor, Pamp ..... . Sta. Maria, 11. Sur .. Sta. Mesa, Manila .. Lu baa, Pa mp ..... . Angat, Bu1. ...... .. rechagne, Cag ...... . Angeles, Pamp .•..•

Na.mes in CAPITA.LS indicate ordained Elders. Na.mes in Italics indica.te ordained Deacons. Na.mes in R lm:l.n letters indicate uDordained.

ENTERED lTINERANCY

P.I. P~ I. P.I. P.I. P. I. P.I. P.I. ~P. I.

1917 1919 1919 1919 1919 1918 1919

1 1919

YEAR CAME TO

P.I.

Appointments for 1919

Cagayan I)istrict

REX R. MOE, Superintendent; Tuguegarao, Cugayun, P I.

Abulug, supplied by Ambrosio Binag Alcala Monico Fal'alnn A pan'i BENITO TOVERA Echague and Santiago - jose Seazon Hagan THOMAS ALTAMERO Itawis To be supplied Sanchez Mira, supplied by Felieiano Colhtdo Tugu~garaQ and Pefiablanca CIRIACO INIS Dialect 'Vork P. N. CEDARHOLM

Cen~ral District

A. L. l3ECKENDORF, Superintendent; Malolos,Bulacan, p, 1.

D. D. ALEJANDRO, Assistant Superintendent; San Isidro, N. E.

i\1iaga, supplied by Gregorio Padoli na Angat Candido Pttdilla ~tlag, supplied by UlpiaI)o de Pano ~aliwag, supplied by Daniel Mnnlupig 13ocaue, supplied by Agustin Samson Bongabon, supplied by Gabriel Bautista Bulacan, supplied by - Luis Fajnrdo Cabanatuan, supplied by Victorino J orda Calumpit, supplied by Lucio AnJ!eles Campo Magno To be supplied Guigllinto, supplied by Beuigno GonzHles Hagonoy - . FranciHcn Rnja.rs luaon, supplied by Doreteo Ramos Jean, supplied by Gracittno JOf'e Laur, supplied by - Patricio Gamit Malolos, supplied by - . Agustin Bactol Pamaroan, supplied by - Antonio Fajardo Papaya, supp1i~d by Guillermo Vllarosa Penaranda and Gapan, supplied py Bartolome Manalastas Q,gingua, supplied by Pedro Francisco Quezon and Licab, supplied· by Galicano Garcia

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San Antonio, supplied by San Isidro, -San Leonardo, San Mi~uE'l, supplied by Santa Maria, supplied by Santa RosH, supplied by Santo Domjn1!o, supplied by -Talavera, supplied by - -Zaragozll, supplied by

Ilocos District

- Espiridion Razon D, D. ALEJANDRQ

;. Benito Reyes Bernabe Bartolome

_Carlos Maliksi Toribio Teodoro Claudio Un mit·

Francisco Fajardo Pedro Ramos"

SEVBRI,NO CORDERO, Superintendent; N arvacan, 1. S.

DOMICIANO CORRALES, Assistant Supel'intendent; Pedigan. Abra

Bangued Circuit,sup}J1ied by Bauguen Circuit, supplied by Burgos Circuit, supplied by Candon Circuit, Dolore~ Circuit, supplied by La Puz Circuit, supplied by MUj!singal, supplied by N aI'vaca 11 Circuit, Narvacan Circuit, 8ssiRtant pastor

. NorthCircui t, - -Pidigan, \ San Jose Circuit, supplied by Santa, supplied by -San Esteban Circuit, supplied by -Santa Lucia Circuit, supplied hy Santo Tomas, supplied by Sevilla Circuit, supplied by .Vigan Circuit, EUl!lish and Vernacular work

Boys Dormitory

Manila District

Pablo Cabotage Gorgonio Reyes Cenon Gacntan

M aria no L. G·ines '. Lauriano Peralta

- Gregorio Lara Tomns Lara

SEVERINO CORDERO - Dionisio Gonsalo

- To 1:>e supplied DOMICIANO CORALLES

, Primitivo -Gines - -Nicomedes Saroza Mariano Damocles

Dionisio Gelncio Nicolas Carino

Mariano Tovera­- J: \\1.M OORE' J. W. MOORE

M. A. RADER, Superintendent; 259 Gral. Luna, Manila

Evangelist, supplied by Simeon BIas

Manila: Central Church

Knox Memorial~ - , -( English Work -

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M. A. RADER PEDROB. CRU~ and

FILOMENO GALANG T. W. BUNDY

St. Paul's Church ~ English \Vork

Santa Mesa. Circuit· Santa. Ana Circuit :Binondo Circuit, supplied by

Corregidor Malabon Navottis -Mejcauayan Paranaque, supplied by -polo and Obando Taytay and M ariquina, supplied by

Pampanga District

NICOLAS FAJARDO E. A. RAYNER

- Jose F. Jacinto Regino Martin

- Roque Bautista To Le supplied

CATALINO GUANSING BON1FACIO JIMENEZ BALBINO GATDULA

Pedro Jacinto ESTEBAN T. CRUZ

Faustino Castro

ARCADIO DE OCERA, Superintendent; San Fernando, Psmp.

Angeles Apalit, supplied by Al'ayat, supplied by Bacolor -Bamban Caluluan, supplied by • Candaba, supplied by Capas,. supplied by Concepcion, sl1ppliedby Guagua La Paz Lubao -Macabebe, supplied by -Maga]a.n, supplied by -Mexico Negrito Work, supplied by Porac, ~upplied by - -Pulung Masle, supplied by

Roberto Songco Feliciano MH nag

Isidoro Panlilio Tomas Diwa

Ricardo del ROBario Am brosio Macaspac

Frudencio TU8zon EmiHo Magtuto Isaac Man~HlDti JUAN MACASPAC

- EBta'neslao Guerrero Constancio Mercado

Emillano Regala. Paulino Danan

Victoriano Alabftdo Fe.lix Sanches

Crispu\o Ichan Juan Luat

~ - - - - - ARCADIO. DE OCERA

San Fernando Assistant Pastor - Eusebio Manuel . Evangelistic and Student'Vork O. HUDDLES'fON

San Luis, supplied by Mfll'iano Millari San Simon, supplied by Victor Msssnque San Vicente, suvplied by - - Teodoro Panlilio Santa Rita., supplied_b.Y IsidoroGuivarra

Tarlac ~ - b ~Assistant Pastor, supplied' y

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UBALDO NACPIL Hugo Gutierrez

Pangasinan District B O. PETER~ON, Superintendent; Dagupan. Pangasinan~

Anda, supplied by Emiliano Sebrio Agno, suppUed by Macario Casiano Alaminos, supplied by Remigio Ntd.ividad 4singan and San Man.uel R. T. CALICA Bagahag, supplied by - Candido Ojnscastro

. Bambang, s'upplied by Tiburcio Marquez Bani, supplied by . Lauriano Mani Bayambang, supplied by -Pedro Toreo Bayambong, supplied by Hospicio Banaga Binalonan and Villasis Fel1x P. Ilan Dagupan, Rupplied by Silvestre Ayson Da~m.pan, Editor Naimbag a Damag, FELIPE MARQUEZ Lingayen, Pangasinan Work H. E. ZIERER Ling-ayen • T. A. CABACUNGAN Manaoag and San Jacinto,. supplied. by . B~silio Balagtas Macdew, supplied by • Marcelino Alvarez Pozorrubio - . ALEJANDRO VIDAL

'Saiasa, supplied by Marcos Laguisma San Carlos, supplied by Rafael Velasquez Santa Barbara, supplied by Pedro Pascua San Quintin, supp1ied by • Augustin Caoli San Fabian, supplied by - Simplicio de Le,on Sta. Maria· ':' Lorenzo Espi !'itu Tayug and San Nicolf:ts, sup.plied by - Gregorio Ver~ura

Tarlac District LORENZO TAMA.YO, Superintendent; P.O. Paniqui, 'farIac, ~. 1.

A1cala. supplied by OamiIing, supplied by 9uyapo • Gerons. Guimba, supplied by Ltipao, supplied by -' Moncada M'uiios Paniqui Paniqui, Assistant Rizal, .supplied by Rosales , Sal] Jq~e, supplied by Victoria, supplied by

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AlJpio Valdes 'Braulio'Lucero

,. To be8uppH~d Mauricio Lods

Eusebio Dagdag8 n Lorenzo CubiDta

- To be supplied Dona:to Antonio

L. T. Tamayo Juap Ordofis.

- Darnin n Agpa 10 Felipe Regualos

• AQastf\cio~Ortis '~ Pedro Quines

West District

CATALINO T. SANTOS. Superintendent; P. O. Balnnga, Batnan.

Abucay To be supplied Bagak and Morong To be supplied Cabagan Circuit, supplied by Pedro Dave Iba, supplied by Isnnc Granadosin Limfl.y and Mariveles - To be supplied North Zambales, supplied by Pacifico Muranon Olongapo Circuit, Agliton Pascual Orani and Hermosa CIRILO CASIGURAN Orion, supplied by Julian Santiago Puerto Riv8R and Balanga • To be supplied Samal a.nd Kaligiman To be supplied Dinalupijan" supl'lied by Mariano Capuli San Narciso, supplied by - Pedro Razon

Members on furlough:

A. L. Ryan, E. Housley, Harry Farmer, W F. Kinsey, D. H. Klinefelter E. S. Lyons, A. L: Snyder, C. J. Bernhardt.

Conference Official Boards, etc.

Special Appointments

American :Bible Society J. L .. McLAUGHLIN Editor Philippine Observer :M. A. RADJ<::R Editor Mabut.ing BalitB PEDRO B. CRUZ Methodist Dormitory. - M. A. RADER, Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Steinmetz Agent Publishing House T. W BUNDY Editor Philippine Observer M. A. RADER Tagalog Paper P. B. CRUZ

Pampanga Advocate

Ilocano Paper

Nicholson Seminary Official. CorrespondeD t Treasm;er of the Mission ~ Assista n t Tr~asUJ'er

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{ ARCADIO DE OCERA JOAN MACASP AC '

{FELIPE MARQUEZ MARIANO GINES

E. A. RAYNER M. A. RADER

M. A. RADER T. W. BUNDY

Women's A'ppolntments Cagayan District

Abulug Aparri Ilagan -Sa nebes Mira -Tuno -Tuguegarao, Dormi tory assistant

Children's Work W. F. M. S, Work Boys Dormitory District 'Vork

Angat Atlag Bulacnn -

Cabanatuan -

Hagbnoy Malolos -Peft,U'anda and Gapan San Ant'onio -San Is.idro nnd Jaen -San Miguel -District Work

Amaraw Babaywan Balufll'ie Bangued Bisangol Bul'~oS Candon Capariaan Codoog­Cubcubboot Dolores .: Lugog M'ambog

~ Nurse , N arvacan (N urse

Central District

Ilocos District

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- Timotea Daguna - Placida Bermudes

Floren tinaMa pala , Teresa

Andrea Lasam Bartolomeo. Adurru - ~1ieeria Panaga

- Wilhelmina Erbst - Mrs. Cedarholm

- Mrs. Moe

- Leona Marceli no Fruetuosa Danao

Inez Godoy ~ . Maria SU,arez I Vicenta. JordR.

- Raymunda Robles , Marta Garcia

Emilia Fajardo - Maria Garcias

- An'drea Talancss Crecencia Angeles

Mrs, Beckendorf

Urbana Looy • Desideria Rebollido

~ Potenciana de ] a Cruz -, Aguatina AlcHntra

- Tomaaa Pascua Hilaria Dison

CODsolacion A buya Cesada Turgano

- Eulalia Mendoza - Filomena Gabatin MaD uelaBalmaceda

Juanita -Cid Floren tina Vergara

- Maria Aragon Isidra Cordero

Anunciacion' Mendoza

Pandan

Pidigan

San Jose -San Eliteban Santa Santia~o Santa Maria Santo Tomas Sevilla Vigan Field \Vork and Girls' Dormitory

Espel'anza BumRulag ~ Cayetnna Pilal'ta , Isidofa Bringas

Raymunda Dominno - Filomenn Las MariRs

Eduvejes Espant.o Al'aeeli Damoeles

- Pantaleona Garcia - Baillinn. Gollong Felieidad Qllebrnl

Leona Guzman Rose E. Dudley

Manila District Dis~dct Work Seminary

Harris Memorial Training School

Hugh \Vilson Hall Dormitory

Mary J. Johnston Memori81 Hospital -

'Tondo Polo Meyeauayan Tangos Ba~umbayan Malnbon Knox Memorial

Mrs. M. A. Rader Mrs. E. A. Rayner

f M. M. Dpeker

M. M. Crabtree • \ Sixta Guano

l Eugenia de GUZITllln Salvndora Espiritu Bert.ha D. Charles

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Rebecca Parish Maron Bording

• Alfreda Costrup Teodosia Villan ueva

Melasia Cruz Susana de la Rosa

Damasa Domingo Cresencil1na Santos

Amhrosia Santos Maria Caraeta

Mrs. T. W. Bundy

Pampanga District Angeles Apalit Arayat -Bscolor Bamban Candaba -­Lubao -Mexico PorRe Pul ung Masle -San Fernando

Girls Dormitory Dormitory Assistant

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Mrs. TeofiI'a Songeo Valeriana Aq ufno

Emilia Samia Mrs. Carmen Diwa

Mrs. Inoeeneia Rosario Mrs. Florentina Tuason

Mrs. Juana Mercado Mrs. Emilia Alabado

Mrs. Antonia Ieban - Ines Salangsang

.-Maxima Isip

Elizabeth Parkes - Isabel Romero

English Work District Assistant

San Vicente Tarlac

Alava Bani -

Bansal

Mrs. O. Huddleston Carmen cCunana ri

o Severina Supan Mercedes Alabado

Pangasinan District Serviliana Adan

·Paulina Cipr.e , Inez de In Pena

-.~ Dorotea de Leon ( Justina Abun

Baynmbang Roberta Ranjo Bayom bong - Balbina Balasu Binalonan -- Franciscn Rodriguez. Dagupan - Dominga Req!lezo

District Work . Mrs. Peterson Lingayen, Principal Bible 'Vornen's Training School Ruth Copley

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Silveria Lucas Dorotea Bel tt9 n

Teachers in Training School • Modesta Bartolome

Studen t 'York Man~atal'em San Fabia"n -Sapa -Villasis

Canan and Rizal

Cuyapo Gerona

Paniqui

Santa Ignacia •

Victoria

OraniCircuit Sari Narciso

On Furloug.h:

Tarlac District

SaLurnina Miran Mrs. Zierer

- Teodora Begilla Porferia Garcia

- Maria Bris Serviliana Farinas

\ Juana Abraham ; PelagiaLanoza

Benigna Montero Eleuteria Rumingk~t

{- Mrs. Juan Ordofia 0

Mrs. Lorenzo Tamayo

West District

Maxima Batac Anecita Mariano

'Alberta Gaiia

• Francisca CrisostlD1P . Anita Razon

Mary Evans, Anna Carson, Mildred Blakely, Loui-seStixrud, Mrs. Housley, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. E. S. Lyons.

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t·

Reports of DIstricts

Rev, M, A. Rader. D.D.

Manila District Report We have come again to the close of another Conference year. It is

wi th joy that we come again to make our report to each othel' and to the Conference.

Conditions have been abnol'mal in the Philippines the past year. Our country has felt the pull and heard the call of the Allies in the struggle for a world democracy, At first the war seemed so far away to the Filipi­nos that they were not disposed to be interested beyond being curious as to how it would terminate. But as time went on, and especial1y after the United States was drawn into it! we begstn to realize that not only was the freedom of the peoples of Europe at stake but the freedom of A merieR and the Philippines, and of the;world. With the knowledge of the fact that milIons of the finest young men of America were getting into the fight set the blood tingling in .the veins, of the Filipinos also. One of the finest de­monstt'ations of the apreeiation of the American program in the Philipines was seen in the response of this whole nation of people to the cause that .was transforming America into an army camp and sending millions of men and unlimited equipment over the seas to France. The eal1 of the It'ilipl­nos for a Division of National Guard to be organized nnd sent to the frollt

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was made and as soon as it was accepted by the Washington government it was mobilized and put into training at Camp Claudio, a camp named after the fil-st Fiiipinosoidier who fell at the front in France.

Early in the .war·pr,actically ali,of the: American' soldiers were with­drawn from the Philippines and the protection of these Islands W&s entrust­ed to the Scouts. Many times I was asked by travelers through the Phi­lippines if we were not afraid to be without the Americari troops and it. was with great pride and joy I assured them that Amedca~s were just as safe in the Philippines under the protection of FiHpinos as they were under protection of the Americans.

Filipinos and Americans alil{e have responded to the needs of the United States in the world war wholeheul·tedly. Many Americans resign­ed from their pOSitions here and hastened to the home land in their en­deavor to get to the front, some of whom were successful. It was nofault of the Filipinos that the National Guard, did not geli a chance to go. We can blame Germany' for that.:Ifl every case the Liberty Loans were over-subscribed. We did fall dow,non the United War Work but that was dU,e to the fact that the leaders appointed were not Y. M. C. A. men or sympathizers. Time and ag-ain we have responded to the Red Cross, the last time raising more thanP400,OOO which represents the lat'gest amount for a purelybene~olet purpose ever raised in the Philippines.

All these things have affected.the Church work we have been trying to do. It has called for a number of our peeachers to tl!ivethemselves to the great cause. Eev. Filo~eno Galang volunteered from Zamba-les and was appointed Chaplain. Brothers Cipriano Navarr·o, Ulpiano D. Millal'e ,and Guillermo Villarosa were called to the secretaryship of the Y. M. C. A. Brothers Gamboa, Pinto and Pacifico Marenon enlisted as privates. All have shown their patriotism and devotion and we feel sure that they will be stronger .men for the .experiences' they have had,

OUR, HANDICAPS

'We have had many handicaps during the year other than those caused .by the war. '

Bishop Burt assigned Rev. Charles J. Bernhat'dt and- wife to work iQ this district as missionaries and as teachers in the Seminary. Some of us knew at the time that Mrs. BernhBi'dt .was not well but we did not dream that she was so nearher end. They left us early in July for the States in ,tbe hope that something might be done to stay the ravages of the disease that was sapping het' lif~. away. Four days after they landed in San 11'1'an­eisco she slipped away to the Glory wor1q, Her yenr and a little more in .the PhiUppines endeared her to us all. She was a brave and beautiful ,soul and it was pain for her to pull 4et'self away from the Master's work ,which she had come to love so much while here. She knew that she was not long for this world even while yet at Binalonan. She said to her hus­.band, "Charles, it cannot behelped.The~~ is no us'e in being sad or SOl'­

,rowful.We would better make the best of it. Let us go ahead as though .nothing wa~ the,matter and that we would live to'gether for years." And that was what they agreed to do,' They dreamed their dreams of love and ,~omp~nionship .~ng fellOWship. ,'l'hey built their castles in the air. They

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old each other what they would do Lomorow. next seal', and on down tli~ futllre,all the time knowing they were only dreaming. They went in and, out before the missionaeies and the Filipinos with smiles on their fae~s but with hearts breaking. They never by word Ot' look intimated t,hey wel'e carrying such a secret. Some of us wondered how the\' could be ignorant of Mrs. Bernhard's l'eal ,condi tion, fot' the doctol's had t~ld' us. All the time they knew that she was going home to die and they Wet'e afl'aid that death would meet them on the wa~', which it did.

Bishop Burt also appointed Miss J. Edna Thomas to help in the wo­men's work of this district. Sunny-faced cheery. hearted Miss Thomas was not urivileged to fill out the year. This was to be het' last YeaI' before her furl~ugh. In October word dame that, her aged f~Lthel' wa; paralyzed and that her mother was exhausted in tl'ying to care for him, Miss ThomBs asked for the privilege of returning to her home a little ahead fol' of her fU,l']ough in ordee tbat sbe might care for her parents. The spirit of s('r­vice was the dominaBt desire of hel' life. It had sent her to the Philippi­nes and now it was taking her back again to hel' horne. In November she left us. On arrival at her home in Alliance Ohio, she found her people all sick with trancazo. A week later on December 10 she entered the higher 'sel'vice of her Heavenly Father.

Another handicap came in the call of Rev. A. L. Ryan to l'eturn to the States to help in the Centenary Drive in the Sunday Schoo']s. He with his family sailed eat'ly in January. The loss of these splendid workers made a serious break in our work, with no immediate pt'ospect for others to take their places.

We had no one to take Brother GalaDg'splace in Zambales. Rev. Fe­lipe Regualos pastor of the San Narciso Circuit was asked to suprevise the work 'to the north of his cit'cuit which he did until tt'ancazo left him and his two children in such enfeebled condition that he l'equested a uansfer to Paniqui District wbere he could leave bis children with relatives. The request was reluctantly granted.

In July Rev. Julian A. Snntos decided to go to the States to pursue his studies thus leaving Sr.tnta Mesa Circuit without a pastor. Rev. Jose F. Jacinto the successful pastor at Sta. Ana was transferred to the Sta. Mesa work and Rey ./U. ·D. Millare was lifted from Paraiiaque to Sta. Ana from which he resigned three months later to take up work with the Y at Cam p. Claudio.

~"or sufficient reasons Rev. Regino Martin asked to be relieved of tbp. work at Meycauayan in1 JUDe of last year and Rev. Faustino Castro was sent .to,thew·ork at Meycauayan.

One of our best among the local preachers was Rev. Santiago Soriano who was pastor of the Polo Circuit. He was a good man and. a faithful worker for .Jesus Christ. His death was enough to discourage the people at Polo as it followed within six months thedeath of their form­er pastor Rev~ Adolfo Gerolaga,his little 'child and his beautiful wife. Brother Julian Santiago a 19cal preacher ofObando has supplied the work. His services have been augmented to tlle delight o.f the people by several

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visits from Chaplain Galang ... AS,a resulIi of Bro. Galang1s last Sunda.y P84 were raised for Mary J. Jolitisttn:l Hospi~al and P20 for the bhristi.n Service League, it being the first offering for the cause. .

In spite or these pastoral dinlculties to say' nothing of others, that have arisen during the year, to disturb our pr,ogram sf the district,the work has gone forward.

Navotas and Malabon Circuits have, had successful years of constructive work. Tondo has not increased in numberrs to any great extent but Pas­tor F.ajal'dohas done his best.

Taytay under the leadership of Pastor Gatdulahas had occasion of re­JOIcing. The people at Santa Ana, Corregidor, Parailnque, Castillejos, Wacon, and Mariquinah:ive had more or less regular preaehing, but they have not wavered in their devotion and loyalty.

The new circuit organized last year under the dir-ection of Rev.Boni­facio Jemenez has not gone forwards as we had hoped that it would.

At the last Conf~rtmce Rev. Pedro B. Cruz and Rev. Roque Bautista were assigned 'to Knox Memorial Church.. Brother Baut.ista took charge and the work soon began to reveal his,administrative ability. The Church was cleaned and repaired inside and out. New varnish was added to freshen the inside appearances and th'e whole building was put in good shape be:. fore the arrival of Pas tor Cruz from America. After the heavy load he had carried he asked for a little. respite in December until CQnference time. He deserves and has the gratitude of us all for the splendid work he has dODe here.

Brother Cruz is growing stronger daily in body and in love and favor with the people. 'l'his Chur·ch has now the largest Sunday school ;of the District. They have inaugura.ted a Primary department with about ]00 children. It will be well if every pastor and Sunday School worker would take time to study the methods of this Chureh in this regard.

Central Church also has had a good year. Many young people have been reached for the Kingdom. Some vaiuable leaders have been trained and other leading men have come out actively in Qhristian work.

Perhaps the most all around success this year has been achieved at Olongapo. Pastor Agaton - Pascual has shown himself to be a man of affairs. He has not been above doing anything that needed to be done toadvanee the interest of his work in .. the community. The people. 01 his Church furnished the lumber and hehns made it into seats, repaired the parsonage, and added a new room to it.' Two coats of paint have been added to the building inside anci out, a cement floor has been put down and new electric lights installed. He is greatly assisted inhjs work by having 33 subs­~ribers to the Mabuting Balitaand more than 100 subscribers to the Philippine Observer. Our pastors in general do not as yet see the advantage in having a religious paper coming regularly into th~ homes of the people. We hope that more of them .will try to get as many subscribers at they have families of their congregations. '

It is with great satisfaetion we report the sueces.s of" the plan

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of self-suppol't on the District. The charg~s, have for the most part not only raised the amounts they promised at the beginning of th!:J year, but in most cases they have paid more than they promised. All, of the charges are endeavoring to increase the salaries this year twenty per c'ent over last year.

Some of the places have failed to measure up to the expectation but in most cases the failUl'e is due to a lack of sympathet.ic touch on the part of the pastor with the people. In one case it is due to an attachment for a former pastol'. 'I'here have been raised on the District this year for the support of the pastors including bouse reot ",6974 an increase of 'F1501.

Shortly after the close of Ollr last conference r received a let­ter from Bishop John E. Robinson asking fol' two consecrated ~"i1i­pino women, deaconesses if possible, to go to Java as missionaries to help in evangelistic and school work. Earlier in the yeal' we bad re­ceived a call for teachers for out' Mission Anglo-Chinese schoolsat Penang, S. S. Later came another call for two young men p1'el1chers for evangelistic and school work in our Mission i~ Java. As far as we know this is the first call that has come to the Philippines for Filipinos to go out as mis­sionaries to the peoples of other races. Nevel' in nearly 400 years of Christian C1 vilization was a Fili pino missionar~ sent out of the Islands to seek the conversion of the non-Christ,i~n peoples all about us until now. This marks a new era in the history of Christianity in the Philippines. The Filipinos are beginning to pear the call of Jesus Ch"ist to "Go into all the World and preach my Gospel.' ~

The following young men have been sent t,o Penan~', S. S. to teach in the Anglo-Chinese school a.nd do missionary work:

Fructuoso 11ar, Sebastian 8iruno, Felix R. Cabatit, C. 8. Arl'iola, and E. 1. Beltran. all gr'aduates of the Philippine Normal School and having had two years experiElDce as teachers. These young men are doipg splendid service to the satisfaction of the Principal of the school.

In .January of. this year Mr. Vicente Maddela and Mr. Gil Enriquez, two local preachers and teachers in the g'overnement schools sailed from Manila 101' Java to answer the' call of the Church there. We ar~ sorry that we have not been able t.o secure the women (lsl(ed for. Several are willing to go but thet'e are ,difficulties fn the way that have not as yet been overcome. But the going of these fine young men t.o heJp .Tesus Christ save the heathen world has sent a thril1 of joy and expectat,ioD through out the Church. Man}, are getting an enlar'ged vjsio~ of the Fili­pinos' responsibility in the building of the Kingdom of God not only in th~ Jslands but among our, neighbors who have' not bad our advantages. Our best contribution this year to Jeslls'Christ has not been in money but in men. We have been told these seven missionaries were needed in the Phpippines. - 'I'bat is true but they are n.eeded more in the places where God called them. The promise is "Give and it shall be given you." "E"r~,~ly you have receiv89" f['ee1y give." It becomes a prophecy when w.e' turn ~h~ pa~sage a1'oun4. "Freely you ~ave g~yen, freely l'ecei,ve." God wiJl supply all Qfour needs wllen we are faithful to Him.

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The high cost of material has practrc~lly prohibited· much building during the past year. However a new chapel 118S been built at Lungos, Zambales, another re'built at Castillejos, and a third is nearing completion at Cabangan. Improvements h,:tve been made at Mariquina, Kaybadia, Binuangan, and .new ehurch started at Polo. The Garett Memorial Church at M uzon will be ready for dedication at the close of Conference. Material for a new church is in hand at, Iba and construction will begin shortly.

The year has been one filled with sorrow and yet one of great joy because efthe blessings ,of God that have been upon us and about us' Nearly,600 converts have bee~ added to the Church membership. The, Seminary, the hospital and the Bible Training school have been fruitful in good works. . '

INSTITUTIONAL WORK

The Methodist Publishing House has had its best y.ear fin.ancjally the past year. The old building on lola de Romero has been sold and a new building purchased on Rizal Ave. vVeshall soon be located in as fine a site aS,can be fOimdin Maniia. Rev. E. S. Lyons has engineere(i the whole affair. This h~s been a very busy year for Mr. L~'ons. Besides looking after the Publishing House he has been the Treasurer of the Mission and has looked after our part Of the Union Seminary work. To this must be added the tranfer and registration of many of our properties to the Mis­sion so as to carry out the program begun last year. We were afraid at om~ time that he would not be able to continue his work to the end of the year, but a little care of the doctor andtbe Y gymnasium have builit him up. vVe think that he has earried a vacation and are glad that he is to have a chance to return to the States and once again be with his family. Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Steinmetz of the Baptist Mission have recently moved to Manila and they have joined QUI' missionary ·staff. They '111'e experien­ced missionaries of the best type. They kindly consE}nted to look after the Methodist Dormitory and they are heaet and soul in the ChuJ'ch work at Central. Their coming has been,a wonderful relief to me personally~ We look forward with greater hope and expectation for the comirig year.

Dr. Parish has had to do some clever planning to avoid closing the doors of the Hospital owing at times to lack of fund~. But in spite of all of the embal'rassments Dr. Rebe('ca Parish and Missess .Carson, BOlding and Kostrup and Dr. Esteban and the splendid corps of nurses have achiev­ed the greatest success the Hospi tlltl has even experienced. More patients have been cf'.redfor and thereturns from fees have been larger. More babies have been brought into the world in' the Mary J. Johnston Hospital than in any other hospital inthe city of Manila. The Baby Show was a great success and many of the' pl).rents of tpe more'than 3700 births in the hospL tal since it was established eleve~ years ago bl'oug~t their little ones on the day set. FinanC€shave not always come easy, but they have come' an~ 'the good work of the hospital brings a constantly growing number of sIJPp.orters. ': , 'Miss ~. ,M. Crabtr.ee has. had a splendid year at the Harris Memorial Training SchooL During most of the year' she' was assisted by_.Miss Mary A. Evans, Miss Charles, Mrs. Ryans' and others. Thegrad~atingexereies

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~ere unusu .. ally attracti ve. We Deed a ISI'ger number of young women who will.have the self-sacrificing spirit to devote themselves to the work of teaching the children the Gospel. We would appeal to all of our pas­tors to search for worthy leaders :among the young women that they lDay be gi ven traing in this school.

Miss Chal'leshas had her best year in t,he Hugh Wilson Hall. The buildin.g was crowed from the opening of school last June. Many have been turned away for want of room. The moral and religious influence of the Hugh Wilson Hail is exceedingly fine. .

1 have greatly enjoyed my ~'esrs wOl'k. God has been with us snd. has blessed us. We covet no higher haDar than to serve Him and those for whom Christ died.

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Catalina T. Santos, Superintendent

Bataan District We give thanks-to God fel'vently fOl' His infinite good-will and love as

our Father in Heaven. He is our Masr.er and is taking good care of us strengthening us and helping us in performing our duty. He is preserving us and the manifestations of His Holy Spirit impress much in our heart.

Last year thet'e were many things that troubled us; the great European War which is just over, the high cosr. of living and loss of work or employ­ment, by which ou~' members can earn money for their need and living, The plagues which visited the Archipelago, such as the trancazo, dengue and grippe cost many lives, These did not bother us however in ouI' work, even the workers and members of the Churh. At present we are unanimously saying: "'l'he Lord is our Pastor. We are all sure that His immense goodness and mercy will be upon us in all times of OUl' lh'es. and to the end we will stay with the Lord.!'

VIEWS AND GENERAL CONDITION OF THE DISTRIC'l'.

Bataan distl'ict although it has a small place in our journal, has a big task and laborious work, for the towns are far separated from each other: ricefields in between, and rivers, and mountains and hills, as the towns of BBgak and Moron. These two towns can hardly be reached by any other means except by boat, for the way is ve':y difficult in cossing the high mountains and rivers. They are almost surrounded by the China Sea.

Nearly all the residents of the Batasn province, except those in Bolanga which is the Capital, are prot.estant. Even the Seventh Day Adventist and Roman Catholic Priests and Zamoristas admit and recognize that OUI'

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and leads peace to the World. However th~y are attackir.g and blasphem­ing our Church.

THl!: CIRCUITS

The district is divided into five Circuits and composed of t,welve Con­gregations.

Orien Circuit has three congregations in different municipalities which are Limay, Orion and Pilar. The Central is Orion. 'l'hese places are un­der brother Regino Martin, who came last, July HHR ft'om Maycawayan. Brother Julian Santiago is the one assigned in the circuit but owing to bis illness BI>other Regina Martin took his place and rendered good services His good spirit and ideas aided the work splendidly and although the dis­tances of his circui ts were very great he took' geod eart' und was able to teach three Junior Leagues, The members love him nnd the brethren or of Limay and Orion wish his return there aftel' the Confel'enee.

The work in Orion is somewhat hard for the Catholic priest, in t.htlt {,own in a nati ve t.here, and has lIluny relatives. Our C1H~rch howe\'er if improving in the knowledge of the Gospel and the bret.hren there are get­ting money to build a new chapel of strong material and also ask a deaconess who knows how to play organ. The Church has (u'omised to buy and organ for her and for the Church.

Or'ani Circuit is composed of two munieipalitles, Ol'ani and Hermosa and has thl>ee congt·egations. One is in the barrio and the other is in the Central part of the town of OranL This circuit is under the care of bl'o­ther Cit'ilo Casiguran who is a 7.ea]ous administrator.

The brethren in Hermosa have gathered some timbers needed in t,he building of the Chapel. The Orani congregation has llaLherpd 800.00 pesos to be used in the eontinuation of their Chapel the work of which they have already started beside the 200.00 pesos spent previoul.v in the beginning of the bUilding. .

Dinalupihan did not have a Pastor' last year, because the .... were not able to support one, I have not give"n up my interest however and some Limes I have sent a preacher or> gone myself, The bretht'en there help in sincere service and true faith in our Saviour.

Calagiman Circuit is composed of two congregation:-, Samal and Cula­giman. These are under the charge of Brother Melesio de Armas. Bro­ther Melesio has a desir'e to serve the Gospel but his illness made him weak and was an obstacle in performing his duty. I toor~ him once with me r.o Baga and went by foot passing by the rivers and mountains. The second day of our staying thel'e he was attacked by a sickness Bnd fell un­concious, blood coming out of his mouth. He returned home carried by four men on a hammock. By God's help and the Doctor's advice he is recovering iittle, He must quit for sometime until he has fllll:" recovered.

He constructed a new chapel in Samal and it will soon be finished. One in Calagiman is already finished. In Calagiman we held a Sunday School convention last November which has well attended. Fastor Ryan and Dr. Rader were with us and helped us very much. We also held the District Conference there. The delegates and members of the Conference were received with much enthusiasm and were furnished with all they needed during the Convention and Oonference.

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The Puerto Rivas Circuit has two municipalities, Balanga and Abukay. This circuit ·is under the cbarge of Brother Punciano Bugay and mys6lf· Brother Bugay is an ordained -Local preacher, an entbusistic and laborious man and an example before men. The people in Abukay asked his conti­nuance in Abukay.

1.'he lot where the Chapel is located in Puerto Rivas has already been bought by tbe Congregation and the paper is in my name as representa­t,i ve of the M. E. Church. Last year the brethren there proposed to build their chapel with strong material, but I ,vithheld them because of not ha ving enough funds and the high cost of materials. That, circuit is an ·exam pIe in happiness and jubilee in the Spirit.

Bagak was the new place of work last year. Brother P. Sumandal is a local preacher who was established there last May and after a few months organized a small congregation. I believe this will become the means of the Gospel ~s tl'iumph in Bagak.

Sister Francisca Cl'isostomo and Ivisit,ed Bagak and stayed there four days and held meetings twice aday,-in the afternoon and in the evening. and neal-Iy all the people in town attended OUI' meetjng. The people are anxious to hear the preaching of the Gospel.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION

The Month of December 1917, when the Sunday School convention was held in Bataan district DI', Rader, and Revs. Cottingham and Ryan were the teachers. 'l'hey gave new ideas and helped the congregations to raise support for their pastors. From that time the Mission stopped gi ving su pport to the congregation of Bataan Distl'ict with the exception of the Bagak district fOl' it is a new work-.

'l'he voluntary contribution is the delicate thing even at this time in -the M. E. Church in tbe Philippines, Many members or neady a11 are gi ving contribution nllt only because they know this work and sacred duty to God but for the· wol'l~ of the Pastor. So the. pastor who knows how to te9.ch this thing and give his life in fulfilling sincerely bis duty is the one who l'eceives the complete amount promised by the congregation.

The voluntary contribution is the one thing that made me think much and find ideas how to compel the members to give even in the time of scarcity last year. Thank God for his great goodness and help and the spirit of love which filled the hearts for our members. All of them were sincere in this respect. Hel'e is the list of the voluntary contribution of each congregation to their respecti ve pastors.

Limay Orion Pilar­Dinalupihan -Hermosa Orani Sarnal Calagiman Abukay Pllerto Rivas

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5.00 192.00

72.00 20.00 10.00

461.00 55.00

262.00 123.00 500.00

p. 1,700.00

SUNDA Y SCHOOL

ODe of the tl~illmphsin Our labol' is the teaching of 'thE' Sacred Sm'ip­tures to the people and leading them into the true fnith, The members of our Ohm'ch througn. the organization of the Sunday Scliool, and the lessons and ideas used during the teaching have libE't'ty to talk and ex­press their doubts and at once the questions can be answel'ed.

The Sunday School gives many activit.ies in the ChUl'elJ. Pastor Ryan's suggestions to efLch S. S. are the celebration of t.he Children:.; Day, Rally Day, Decision Day, Thanksgiving Da,v, gaster Da,v, Christmas Day and the Annual S. School convention. All of these awaken the interest and enthusiasm of the members to work more fOl' OUt' Lord Jesus Cbt'ist. At present Bataan District has 174 Sunday Schools 8 of which are in the barrios. '1'here are 918 students and 80 officers, 'j cradle Holls and 117 babies as members.

CONCLUSION

L9.st year about two months we were not able to work on account oi' illness which I already mentioned in the b.eginning of this report, and some of the workers were afflicted with illness too. Nevertheless there at'e 116 new roem bers added in the District. Also the prosperity of the Con­gregatIOns has increased. We have the unity, love and the marvelous work of the Holy Spirit in our heart which gives peace and joy in our much suffering in the work. So we say; "We will follow behind our J..Jol'd and where He is, there we will be also."

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Mi~sionaries and Work~r8

Cagayan District. The ~eeds and oPPol'tunities in Cagayan District are gl'eater than ever

befol'e, We rejoice to have a pltrt in a great Church 'with a great pro­gram, How we would like to take a strongcnmpaign for the Gosp·pl into every town and barrio of the District.. It is folly to open wOl'k in H {.Own unless we can conSflrve and continue the beginings. We need and !;eek men ,and women of. deep consecrstion to God and his Gospel. We need abundantly 1001'e pra~'er, We need pesos {.O equip workers and the Chur-

. ches in the gol'eat forward movement.

The marked feature of the :year 1918 has been entire pastoral support. We planned for it; we worked fol' it and under God we have achieved There has been good cooperation, The pastors ventured courageously in the undertaking. V\Te organized the economoes and distributed pledge cards to the mem bel'S, The Domestic Mission Society has acted as a bal­ance wheel by which the stronger circuits helped the weaker. Two cir­cuits. Tuguegarao aDd Ilagan have received no help fl'om the Domestic Mission fund. Alcala-Itawis and Aparri paid mOl'e int.o the fund than was paid to their pastol's from the fund. Tuguegarao paid ]20 pesos into the Domestic Mission treasury besides paying their pastor the maximum sal­ary allowed b.v the agreement. between pastors. I1agan also paid 59.pesos into this Mission fund besides genel'ously caring 101' all local needs. '1'he District as a whole has paid its pastors and more. The llagan Church has gi ven. in money and labor 370 pesos for finishing their Church building, with good seats, pUlpit desk and chait'S. This hard wood structure now lacks only the cement Hoor. The parsonage home in Aparri, also of hard wood has been built costing some 600 pesos partly paid by the members. Our circuits have paid thru the year for all pUl'poses the following Alcala

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124, Aparri, 6741 Ballesteros 52; llagan 1098, Itawis 315, Sanchez Mira un. Santiago 73, l'uguegarao 627, making a total of 3094 pesos.

We are more tha:n grateful to the Christian friends io the States who have continued their help thru the stress and strain of war for the support of Churches in these Islands. Part of this money has been used for print­ing the District Conference minutes with reports in two dialects so that all our mem bel's could understand the plan and purpose in the financial campaign. These printed sheets were a very definite help in bringing about the year's success along that line. Some special gifts were used in helping Church buildings and parsonages and in repairing ot.herts. FOUl'

congregations plan to build new and better Churches this new ~·eur. Six iron roofs and cement for floors have been promised for some .veal's. 500 "8heets of galvanized iron and cement we must buy as soon as the price wil1 warrant such purchase. The larger work demands more pastors and we are sending more men to the Seminal'y for Lhe necessary prepnr8Lion. An these we count investments for the larger Kingdom.

The Centenary call was presented to our District, Conferences. The Cagayan Valley Methodists want to do their part the agricultural pros­pects for this year are far from the best, No rainfall for the past five months has delayed, damaged or prevented entirely much planting of to­bacco. While the price may be the highest ever the yield must be a very small fraction of tha 1918 crop. Nevertheles in the joy of ac­complishment of the past year, our members are willing to venture on a plan for doubled collections and appropriations. The giving of our' Chur­ches last year tota.led 3004 pesos while the Centenary program fisks us for 4200 pesos. We feel that this is possible and are anxious to do all our part.

The Dormitory work is most confining to Mrs. Moe all thl'u the school year. I was keept at ho'me by some of these difliculties for two months, When the tobacco crop'was sold and money plenty in the Valley it was nearly imposible to get anyone to work. I washed dishes, swept floors~

carried water, cut wood and even cooked some meals for the Dormitory students. These irregularities with u spell of clan divisions made a few of the students dissatisfied and fonr left of whem two have retUt'ned. Others came in and the number thruout the year has averaged sixteen and eigh­teen. Nearly all help willingly in the Sunday School and gpwOl,th League work and eight have joined the Church.

Miss Erbst has wrougbt a good work. Sbe is in better health than one year ago. She has met uncommon difficulties in the relationofher Dormi­f.iJry girls to the scbools dances. Tdals were as by fire but out of it a11 the girls have come witb a better confidence in our our ChUl'ch and in the Dor­mitory home. Miss Adduru has been the faithful assistant and in many ways has experienced no light persecution, All of the girls living in the Dormitory have attended practically every Church service we have and most of them have been con vet·ted. The Ilarger house and Letter location has added much to the comfort of all. Seven deaconesses have worked thruout the weal', two of these serving their charges almost as pastors, We a.re grateful for the constancy of all theae, who have brought only

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cerdit to the Church. This year under tlleir cal'e are 6 Ladies Aid Socie­ties, 10 .Tunior Leagues and a. full share of the Sunday School and Epworth wOl'k. Two of our deaconesses are going to Manila to continue st,udies, one in thE' Mary J. Johnston Hospital and on'e in the '1.'raining School· Another, our busy and useful nu'rse, Miss Felisa UmE'ntzllD has married a Cht'istian lawyer and will continue her relation to our Church thru her home in llagan. '1'0 replenish the ranks we have three new graduates fi'om the Training School who will immediately take up work in the District. Miss Erbst has been in c~harge of these workers and by correspondence has guided them well. However they need a sympathetic visitor more often to see their problems and give personal help. We continue to pray for a second worker to sbare in the respon"SibHities and worries of both the the Dormitory and field work. Tbe Institute fo~ women in 'I'uguegarao was well attended and much interest shown in the Bible instruction, and demostrations of right care for both health and disease, also Aid Society market day and sewing circle. We_ gratefully appreciate the general help­fulness of Miss Erbst and the splendid you~g women nnder her directio_o.

In Evangelism we ha,"e accomplished less thar. we had hoped for. In connection with the Institutes converts were gathered and members added to the Church in the three larger centers. Special rivival effort in Appal'i and Tuguegarao yielded decisions for Christ. All told our results count some 200 for the year.

There is grea.t satisfaction thruout our District in that we have two additional mis5ionaries, Brother and Sister Cedarholm; whoal'e already with us in the work. They are begining on the dialect and from their studious habits we feel sure they will make good Ilocanos promptly. Both these helpers show beautiful patience and endurance in meeting changed conditions and new ways of living. They have withstool;l the raids of rats, ants and mosquitoes. The contrasts between New York City life and the plains of the Cagayan al'e very real to .them. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cedar­hol<m have given splendid help in two Bible Insthutes and Mrs. Cedar­holm is now caring' for the girls DOl'mitory allowing Miss Erbst ~o attend this Conference. '1'0 Mrs. 1\'10e and myself the personal fellowship with these companion workers is a blessing which we value highly.

'1.'he year has been a busy one. We feel somewhat a failure in that the woek has been pushing us rather than we pushing the w:ork. Some of the pastors have seen more Imrdships in the way of sickness and high cost of food thsn ever before. The missionaries have been dt'iven to the throne for consolation and sustaining faith as never before. In it all I feel we have not known the hardships of our front line suldiers in Ft'ance. Our prayer is that we may be worthy to push forward the campaign and prove good soldiers ot" Christ until the arch enem~ of all good is routed from the strongholds of vino joints, cockpits, gambling dens and dance halls, for the .glory of God and victory in His Name.

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T. F. Cottingham, Dist. Supt.

Central District Dear Bishop and Brethren:-Five years have passed since the Korea, then bearing the glorious

Stars and Stripes, sailed unto Manila. Bishop William Perry Eveland ~nd some of the Missionaries were at the pier to welcome us and to give the first news of appointments. Before we had descended the gang plank the Bishop informed us that we were to go to Central District, and to live at Malolos. How many joys have been ours in these past fiye years service ()f the Master in the District" and joys have been accompanied by many heart aches and sorro\vs, the grea test of these was the loss of our beloved Bishop Ev~land. Yet we come to the close of this term with hearts filled with gratitude and praise to the fl'ather who hath been with us and to the Saviour who fails us not in joy and sorrow.

THE GROW'l'H OF THE KINGDOM.

Central District comprising two Provinces: Nueva Ecija aDd Bulacan, bas not heen open to the Gospel many yeal's. Fifteen years ago the Gos­pel had been but little known. Ten ,years ago the foundations had been laid and the real growth had begun. In the fiv~ years just past we have seen the Kingdom increase and improve in a most satisfactory wny.

Moral Background and Oon:science. '1'0 understand a field and the work accomplished a study should be made of source from which the converts .come. The traditions, the customs, the virtues and the vices, some of which appear to the people to be virtues,should be knowD. A 11 people

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have their customary vices and there are no people without some virtues. For the missionary to approach the FilipIno people with the belid that everything they do is·bad is as much In error as the one who thinks that the people need but little change to hecome good Christians. The Filipino has been branded and marked by the fraiJe and the worst element in the Roman Church, Jesuitism, has changed a man who was naturally kind of heart, a lover of truth and freedom, to a man who believed that it was right to deceive or even to lie. To gamble, to chew buyo and use cigar­ettes before he had lear'ned to walk, and in the latter life even to Ii ve in adultery was not condemned, not even by t.he padre. Yet with this moral background corrupted and with the lives of thousands corrupted and ruin­ed there stood forth two 01' three great virtues. Love for Freedom, Hos­pitality to the Stranger and a Burning Thirst for Knowledge. He might be a gambler and adulterer, and tho he might love his rooster his gaming and his buyo and lime yet he never lost sight of these virtues. And it was from such as these that there came men who are CLEAN in life and thought. Men who would cut off a right arm before they would return to the cock-pit, the cigarette, the vino and the life of adultery. In virtue among men and women great progress has been made. Drunken, debau­ched, nicotine soaked, gambling despoilers of women have been converted and become honored and honest man, and God;;fearing servants of the Lord. Scores of children then having no right of the common law have become legitimate thru the marriage of parents, who have a new cons­cience in these Inatters. One stoi;y will suffice to explain what we mean by this background.

It was in Pefiaranda. Bishop Eveland had preached in our revival. That was almost five y'ears ago. An old man of sixty was converted. A gambler, cock-fighter, beetle nut chewer, living with a woman to whom he was not married. That night his gambling and his rooster went out for­ever but what to do with the woman he did not know. She too was old, Both were very religious. They had not married because they were very poor and the padre had not urged them to marry, yet al ways for years they had gone to the church for mass and for confession. Never had they failed to do as the padre had said was the rigbt way. But God spoke and the old conscience was re:qewed. 'l'he next night he came back and bro­ught his old wife, and she too came to the front and was wonderfully con­verted. 'l'hat night the old couple decided to marry and make a public confession o~ their sins. During the ceremony hundreds of the Roman neighbors looked on and marveled ... Five years have passed. The old man and wom&n have gone from place to place trying to make a living. Always the Bible and their religion have followed them .. Never has reli­gion and Bible been packed away in the bottom of the trunk until ';we get home again," as has happened to some of our own countrymen. This should answer the question so often asked: DO Ji'ILIPINO CONVERTS STICK?

CHURCH GROWTH.

Five years ago we had fourteen preach~rs to shepherd the flock of six thousand members. Today we have circuits for twenty-nine preachers and hope _at this Confenee to fill everyplace. The past year we have bad

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twenty-four pastors. Today Out' membership is 12,793. The revival work in the past five years has brought 7,400 ;(seven thousand four hundred) into the Kingdom.

The Missionary Societies which have been organized in this period are thirty-five in number and pay an annual sum of P1200.00 into the District Treasury to· be used for the spread of the Gospel in the Philippines .

. Five years ago the Sunday School enrollment in 32 places was 1800. Today w·e have the lessons taught in 107 places and the enrollment is 6871. From no cradle rolls we now have 35 and an enrollment of 1135. 'reach­er Training and organized class wprk have made more efficient the 331 officers and teachers we now have on rolL

The Epworth and the Junior leagues have grown in proportion to the attention we have been~.e-to giveihat work. We had six Deaconesses in 1914. Now we have twelve and ne_ed many more.

SELF-SUPPORT INCREASE.

Five years ago the beast of our night watches was the dragon of MON· EY_ Work was opening every place and preachers could be found but thel'e was often no money to pay them and the work debt was forevet' ac­cumulating in most alarming rates. The people paid but little. Not more than ten percent of the required amount for their preachers. There is no time to retell the story of the struggle, the plans, the prayers, and the sacl'ifices of the men who have helped us to carl'S the self·support program to a place where the people paid 40 and then 68 and then 85 per cent of the support and then at last to "Go over the Top." This year the same Distriet which could not pay fourteen men fifty pesos a month DOW pays twenty-four men 750.00 per month or P9,000.00 for the year.

INSTITUTE PROGRESSS.

Bible institutes have been many. No less than 14 have been held. We have had 10 Sunday School Conventions. Two Epworth League Con­ventions. Scores of "workers meetings" and stewards meetings. The Bible Institutes are now organized so that we have a seven-~'ear course which we hope to be able to follow with a two·year post-graduate course· Some of the men have completed the seven year course and a few have completed the first year of the post.graduate.

CHURCH BUILDINGS AND LANDS. ~

Five years ago we had less than thirty chapels and Churches. All of -these except five were of light material. Now we have twenty-two hard material chapels and the same number of light material. Of the forty­four chapels in the district we have built or rebuilt all of them except five, during the past five years. Our people have had a mind to work. Since last conference year five new chapels have been erected and mate­rials are ready for three more as soon as the rice is harvested. The people had the miqd of Nehemiah and the Spirit of the Lord and the work has gone forward.' We leave an heritage of wOl'k for Brother Bec­kendorf of work to be done in a score of places. We bad but few parson-

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ages but now we have fourteen which are in price from 200;00 to 700.00 pesos. We estimate the value of the for,ty-four, .the lots,. and the fOl1r­teen parsonages to be 38,000.00 pesos. Among tbe best of the chapels are M.alolos, Atlag, Hagunoy, Bulacan, Baliuag, Taal, San Isidro, Gapun, Peiial'anda, Papaya, Cabanatuan and Zarag<;>za. The best of the parson­ages are Cabanatuan, Atlag, Bulacan and Peiiaranda.

CONGREGA~'IONS.

Time will not permit us to name over as we should like each congr'e­gation and its work. \Ve can but name them and classify them according to the wOl'k they have done. Among our good strong chUl'ches which are doing evangelistic work we would name, Aliaga. Talavera, San Isidro, Pe­'iiaranda, Papaya, Cabanatuan, Santa Rosa, San Leonardo, Laur and Zara­¥oza. Some of those not so strong in Nueva Ecija have been Quezon, San Anton and Gapan. In Bulacan we have San Mig uel and Cal umpit, Bali­nag, Atlag, Malolos, Hagunoy, Bulacan, Taal, Pamaraoao, Guiguinto and 10aon, while those ali ye but not so good are, Santa Maria, Angat, King-ua, all~l Niogan.

THE PRESENT YEAR.

The Joear has been one oi wOl'k. First there is the care of the chur­ches. The missiona!'Y is the father of all. All 'trou bles and cares and sickness belong to him. He knows everything, almost, and must be consulted. Not long ago a man who was investigating our work said that he was glad to find that missionaries could take things eas~'.

Well we shall imitate Paul an'd speak as a fool. In the past tw'elve months we have spent 54 days in Institutes and Conventions. More than seventy nights in revival work. Have helped to build five chapels and rebuild fout: others, and helped with two parsonages. \Ve have organized for money raising and have dedicated six churches going into other Dis­tricts for apart of the work. We have preached about five times a week. Forty-two days we, :have taught in, the Seminary in Manila, gi ving three days It week for foul' months. Written 1200 letters withoul' own type­writer. Held some quarterly meetings and personally conducted several parties of visitors and investigators over the Dist'rict. Besides this we have acted as secretary of the Finance Committee and the Corresponding Secretary for the Missions, and also have had to audit the mission books. The rest o! the time we have had things EASY.

pur revival work this year has been good:J:t'rom the beginning' of the year the Lord has been pouring out his blessings. The work orBrother James M. Taylor and later the work of Brother George Meyers was ex­ceedingly helpful. When the Influenza came in October we had 1650 con­veets. Since that time the work has not been so good. The total for the yeat' is 1750.

Our Instituyes and Conventions have been very good. Our people have new visions and come to learn and then to practice. Our Sunday Schools Mve gt'own about ten per cent, and 'we now have 650Q enrolled. ~'he Mission Domestic Societies hayegrown and have paid their promise amounting to about 100.00 a month. 'l'hey plan next yeat' to reach'at least 150.00 per month.

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Mrs Cot,tingham who has had a bus." year has in nddit,ion to the t'egular wOI'k of the di!;trict been compelled to assume the additional burdens, made heavy by my many absences; she has been the counsellor, the ductor the teacher and almost everything else in the neighborhood, In addition to this the Red Cross wOl'k has ,been he1'5. Het: Red Cross ColleetioDS among OUI' mem bet'S have amounted t,Q P'263.00, And e\'PI'Y one of Olll'

workel's has now become a member of the Red Cl'08S.

Our benevolences are not as good as we had ilOped foJ' the year but total 1,505.00 pesos. The1'e must be some dialect. literRture print,ed and distributed if we 1'1'e to teach 'our people t,Q gi ve to the benevolences as they should. ' .

THE P.H:RSONl!.;L 01<' 'I'H I'; DrS'l'HlO'l' ,

Perhaps the happiest phase of mission life is that of the joy which tbe missionary has in his fellow workers, We have with us those who have been with us thru th~ trying days. Those we have known since the begin­ning. In the days gone by wben the ChUl'cll was born amidst trial and persecutions. Brothers Jorda~ de Bano. the l<'ajardo bl'ot,hers. Samson, Razon, Beley, Reyes,Padilla and Gamet who have fought the good fig-lit. faithfully. Then there are the laymen sucH as Carreon, tHe PadiJlas\ the ,B'ajardos, the Ramoses, the Santos, Angeles, Dahao, and scores of others who have been blessed in persecution and tribulation. God bless them all .and keep them until the Ct'own of Life is awarded, Then there are those whp have come among us later~ Brothel' and Sister Beckendorf who have labot'ed so efficiently and so earnestly this year. Brother Dionicio Alejandro who has done such good work as pastor in chat'ge. Miss Evans who has been able to be witil us a few times. All Out' preachers among whom are, Rojars, Fajardo, Bartolome, Manalastas, Villarosa, Ralon, Bac­tal, Francisco, Gonzales and Maliksi, these who have held the ourmarks of the Kingdom and with oursplendid girls, Cristeta, Vicenta, Maria, An­drea, Emil ia, Marta, Carmen, Maria, Fructuosa, lnes. Cresencia, and Leona have made by the help of the Lord great adyancein the Field of ths LOt'd. UpOD each and all young and old, missionary and layman, preacher and deaconess we ask the blessing of the !<'ather Almighty, and having full assurance that leaving in their hands the work we have loved so much that with such workel's as these the great wOl'k of God in Central District will go on. This work which has been 0111' love day and r.ight thru the years we leave to them praying that our Christ may be with them even as he has been with us.

J, F. CO'l'TINGHAM.

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Rev. Arcadia de Ocera. District Superintendent

Pampamga District May I take first the privilege to express my hearty thanks to the

Almighty and to the Cabinet for making me District Superintendent of Pampanga and successor to the tireless missionary who was able to work day and night witheut fatigue; a man of hard faith, matured experience and wide vision. Thanks be to God for granting us such missionary.

When in the last Annual Conference the Bishop announced the new Qffice in the Field of Gospel work which I had to assump, these questions arose within me: Am I worthy and fitted for the new post whIch the higher body entrusted under my care? Am I the man chosen by God to lead in the important work which deals with the salvation of so111s and of the betterment of my Fatherland? Since that time these questions have never left me and they are still ringing in the temple of my heart. I even felt that my ability could not meet the greatness of the task. I asked the Lord to separate among us the man worhty for the work. At times I entreated him with this prayer, "Dear Lord, not my own will but thy will be done. Take me just as I am and use me."

FlRST PROBLEM SOLVED

As soon as I returned from the Conference last year, I began to inve!­tigate the first and last need of the district, which is the support of every preacher. Truly nine of the twenty four circuits are better in self,supol't; for they had exercised this system two years ago, before the order of the mission came, which was that every district in the whole Methodist Mis-

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". \. sian Territory in the Philippines be put on entire self-support, by the

first month of 1918. The rest of the circuits before this time were sup­ported by the mission treasury at P140.00 per month How to meet this amount taken by the mission and gather the same from the district itself was the great problem that confronted me day and night. The first three months were spent in going around the district propagating this new bur­den of the work and. convincing the members of their most sacred respon­sibilities and duties for the establishment and advancement of the Kingdom of God, and this effort was rewarded with good resuls.

Last.Jauuary the 9th, I called a meeting for all the workel's including women, for a purpose to lay another plan for the support of the preachers. I put before them the new method which I had studied. It is something like this: First, I increased the salary of the married ones especially those who have children-then I wrote down on the blackboard all the names of the circuits with six columns, opposite each. In the first column I put the salary of every preacher; in the next, the amount that ought to come from the district treasury; on the third, the amount that ought to be rais­ed from the circuits; on the fourth, the tithes of each preacher; on the fifth, a certain 'amount which ought to be raised from the Domestic Mis­sion Society; and on the last, a certain amount from the monthly collec­tions raised from the S. S, and the church. All the mone~' that comes from the jast three columns should be given to the district treasurer. Everyone was satisfied with this new plan and we agreed unanimousl,v to make it compulsory, meaning by this that every worleer must collect the exact amount which is the shar~ of his charge. In case of failure or neglect so that the money would not be collected on time as it was agreed, the preacher is responsible for the balance or his own pocket would ans­wer to what is lacking. This brings a bettel' result.

OUR SUCCESSES

1. The Grace of Giving. In our last quarterly conferences I had seen the grace of giving among the members. Every circuit has a very good plan for the support of the preacher for the coming year, and these plans vary. Three of these circuits have planned to free their workers and their families about their food for the whole year, an.d raise a certain amount of money every month. These are Bacolor, Apalit and Mexico. '1'wo others have al'l'anged to select thfl .strong and rich mem­bers, and everyone 01' two alternately give the full salary of the preach­er, and raising at the same time the weekly and monthly mInor helps which come into the treasury without delay. These are Candaba and Tarlac. Others have planned to gather up all the amou'nt promised for the whole year in the first month of the year, and the rest would continue in the old method.

Gi ving toward church buildings is a sign of spir'itual awakening in the district. There is a congregation that built a chapel, bought a lot, for h, and a baby organ without asking help from outside their circle .

• This is Panipuan in th.e circuit of Mexico. Otber renewed and finished their churches from their own blood and perspil'ation. These are San Bartolome, Pa1at and Porac. In San F'ernando and Mexico where the two biggest concrete churches are buil t, the congregations made new

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subscriptions for the completion of their church buildings. The amount contributed for the former is PI,600.00, and to the later Pl,200.00. The treasurers of these congregations receive money from the contributors almost e'Very week. The former has already collected over P700.00, the later mOl'e than P600 00. The circuit of La Paz is planning to raise P2,OOO.00 tc build a semi-concrete church.

Others signs of this grace are the increase of chUl~ch, .sunday School, and special collections, and also the increse. 0.1 our Domestic Mission Society. After I had observed this grace of gi ving thruou t the district, I said with"joy, "The time has come which every missionary an.d Filipino wOl'ker has been praying for; the seeds of sacrifice that have been sown by the Cheistian bl'ethren acr.oss the sea are beginn"ing to yield fruits. This ne w movement is assuring us the victory and benefit in all hardships, sufferings, struggles, diligence, time. money. life and everyth~ng we had put into this work of the Gospel."

Let me itemize all the money raised last yeal':

Support of preachers & D. M. S. S. S. Collections Church Collections Special Days Collections Red Cross Collections Bible Institute Church Building' Miscellaneous

Total

5,383.88 754.23 586.02

79.77 317.76 521.62

2,360.00 1,463.16

11,466.44

The budget for the coming yeal' for the support of preachers alone is P6,912.00.

2. Our Relationship with the Prominent Persons of the Province:

If we want to find out why Protestantism is now better understood and recognized by the prominent men of the province inc!tiding those who are in power and employees of the government, we always get reasons. The principal one is accredited to Mr. Felix David of Bacolor', a noted machinist ~nd a high grade mason. 1n the old Spanish days he was exiied by the fdars. He had suffered much on account of his orders. He was greatly used by God to introduce Protestantism into the realm of the higher and more intelligent classes of t,he province. This is how it came to pass. Last API'il, we were at Concepcion, a town in Tarlac, attend­ing its fiesta. During one of the evening sel'vices in the church, Mr. David carne and asked if he would not be permitted to talk. We • extended tbe privilege to him. The substance of "his talk was an appeal to the people urging them to get away from the tyranical Roman Church and join the Democl'aticProtestantdenomination, where the Only God and pure gospel of Jesus Christ is taught. He said that he would spend what is left of his life in propagating the teaching and religion of his Lord. At the cloe of his talk he called the members to make a subscription for-the completion of qleir church and he himself"gave P5.00. The~ be s.~g­gested to celebrate a memorial service for the death of the Hon. Atkinson

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''-. \ Jones. Time came and we pel"formed the proposed seniee .• -\ hig audience

was present. 1 beli ve 1 am safe to say that was the first sen-ice of its kind rendered anywhere in the Phi!ippines outside :\lanila.

Since that time we noticed Mr. Da.vid planning t·o introduce PI'oLest.an­tism to the higher and more intelligent classes in his town. He did it by inviting me and the Met,hodists to ha ve a joint.sen·ice fOl' the memorial offered fol' Mr. ',Tones deaLh by a society called, "The 33" ",hmw melllbers are mostly the intelligent persons of Lhe tOWIl. OUI' PUI'L in this pl'ogram reached the patriotic and l'eii?:ious sent,iment of thp audience, and the people began to realize the principles and purposes of t'I'ot,estnntism. Before the program ended Mr. David stood lip on tIl(' platfol'lIl snd llLtered the following words; ';Beloved, friends and townlllates,--1 beseech )'OU

from now on that we must not despise the 11ethodists, but, love them inst,ead. They are our fdends and brothers and have same feelings put'­poses and ideas we have for the upliftment and liberation of OUl'countl'Y·" ll'rom t,hat time the influentilll clusses of the pl'Ovince IHl\'e become more and more ftoiendly to us and have chunged their attit,ude toward us in a respectable manner, This happened in the first part of last. May.

Next to this occasion was the gl'eaL memorial serdce for MI'. Jones held at San Fernando on the night of May 29th, 1918, The San Ij'ernando congregation with the help of the diffel'ent cil'cuits of the distl'iet, planned and lwepared for the occasion. Thl'u this event we fouud an oPPol'tunit,y of gett,ing the prominent people of the town to see whaL we Rre doing· vVe in vited them including Mr, David and his associates. Most of them eame. :'Ill'. David took a prominent part in the progr'slIJ and delivered a very impressive talk. At the end ,MI'. David stood up and asked once more permission to say a few words, When he got hold of his audience) he said in a sweet impasioned voice) "Gentlemen and F'l'iends, I beseech you from now on that we must not call t,hese people PURUPUT any more, (PUI'­Upllt is used arollnd the pI'ovince to despise the pI'otestants, and seems to ha\'e its ol'igin from Candaba, Parilpanga.) Because they kno\,' how to hOllol' and commemorate the libel'ator and benefactor of our racE'. In fa(~t. they are the' ones who have Jed the public on this occasion,:'

Another step of this kind was the reception offel'ed b.\' t,he San B"el'­nando congregaLion in hanoI' of my new office held in one of the nights 'during our Bible Iost.itllt.e, OcwbeL' the 5th, The chief leaders of the prepamtion Wel'e Sisters Isabel Home;'o and Mercedes Alabado. Invitat­ions wel'e sent, to our new fde'nds, the tbe "33" society Rnd othel's, Two lIIunicipal presidents, some lawyers' and many othel'S came. In his ad­dress Mr. Gozun said in substance, it is said thp,t we Filipinos are gl'eat imitators, yes, but we must not imitate the friars. ~\'lr, Hilario said that even ,the protestant.s are POOl', yet they are rich and abounding in love to God and felJowmen, This occasion added something' to our new I'elations­Sllip with the higher classes.

Anothel' thing wht'ch promoted this relationship is our participation in the Rizal Day: ODe in Bacolor in the night of the 29th of December where sister Isip and myself were invited. A patriotic solo and a speech weJ'e our share, Another one in San Fernando in the evening of the 30th

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where the municipa1l'resident asked the Methodist Church to have a ('\ar in the parade. He also asked me to give a speech. This also nurtured our relationship.

3. O~r Pens and Articles. Our articles which are publishod in the' thre'e dialect 'papers have something to do with this new friendship; "lng 'Catala" or "The Parrot," owned by a RO!Ba:p. Catholic, the mun'icipal presiden t. of San Fernando: "Ing Alipatpat" or "The Firefly," owned by ·8 free thinkAr, the municipal president of Bacolor; and "Ing Sulu ning Pamikalugud" or "The Light of Brotherly Love." owned by an Aglipa­yano, a machinist in the capital, welcome our articles. With these wid­-ely circulated papers' our 'messages were carried aud read even to those who never heard us or knew 11S. At present I have a polemic about hell .against one of the best writers and dramatics of the province. He has finished the studies of law. He affirms that there is no hell and I prove the opposite. At first the province was troubled and shaken by his reas­oning, but now with the arrows of the Lord that :sophystry is knocked down and the doubts which used to be prevalent disappear. We began this last March and we are not yet thru. This polemic became a great instrument for propagating the truth, Because of this our thinkiag people have realized that the protestant ministers are not really ignorant, but deep thinkers and learned too.

An at'ticle on "Smoking, A Sin" by Rev. Victoriano Alabado, once used to battle Z!1moristas and their damable theory, and then publlshed .in our Abogado Cristiano is permeatint!: our membership. Ten members and nonmem bel'S at Bamban have pledged to abstain from that sin-cursed

,dirt. A member at La PAZ after reading it, called his family, made a prayer meeting right there and promised the Lord to abstain from smok,­jng. Brother Navarro, a bookeeper in Camp Stotsenburg, has also re­cently abstained from this vice, and promised to give what he would otherwise s~oke to the Centenary at the rate of ten centavos a day 01'

P36.00 !i' year. Another member at Apalit is reported to abstain from this filthy habit.

Let us hear what the influential and higher classes have to say about us. Because of the" frequent contact we had with them, they rightly discovered the true purpose of protestantism. They now observed what kind of men the Methodist Ministers are. On one occasion,' the municipal president of Bacolor said, I have studied many kinds of religion and ob­served th'eir ministers, but. I have never seen a cleaner and purer one than the protestant ~·eligion. Nearly all the ministers of the other reli­gions are vicious, adulterers and sillners, but the Methodist minjsters are pure and clean having no vice whatever. I observed them after eatintl with them in many banqnets and that they do not' have anything in their mouths except toothpieks. Even' the candidates .are forced to abstain from drink and gam blin'g; for1ear that the protestan,ts will not vote for them. This success is not ours but God's.

BIBLE INSTITUTE, SUNDAY SCHQOL CONVENTION AND DISTRICT

CONFERENCE '

Our Bible Institute was held last October at San li'ernando for ten da.ys. 120 were enrolled including the workers, men and women.'" There

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mere nine teachers; five Filipino pastors, three deaconesses and, one mis­sionary woma.n. Evangelistic meeting's were held during the institute and 21 young men and women joined the church. All of these are high school -student save one \vho is their teacher. Miss Stixrud led to con\'ersion these young people while Mr. Ryan preached one decision sermon for them. In the Sabbath of the IJistitute a campaign for subscription for ,.-.he compltion of the church at San Fernando was planned out and worked to a finish and Pl,660,00 was collected. This is the biggest contribution .San ·Fernando church ever witnessed. Previous to this event prayers for the increase of faith among the members were poured out to the throne

-of God day and night. Mr. Cottingham~ my financial advicel' led this compaign.

Sunday School convention was held too during the institut.e. MOle than 130 delegaLes 'from different circuits were present. Mr. Ryan, 01.l1'

S. S. Missionary arranged and directed the program of the convention.

In one of the nights of the institute Mr. David and his whole family -eame fol' the only purpose of attending the service. His orchestra com­posed of his nine children played for us in the service. He gave an -addt'ess toO". This attracted many people into the church.

During the institute we have had the opportunity to be more acquaint­-ed with some municipal teachers, including supervisors and principals, and -some government employees, the municipal president of San Fernando and· the treasurel'. Two times we ext:.ended them cOl'dial invitations to eat with us in the institute dining table and they gladly consented. I found out that this was a good way by which these men could know whut we at'e . .(ioing.

We' were blessed and helped by the coming of Mr. Cottingham, Mr. Ryan and Miss Thomas.

I wish you had been with us in our district conference held in Mexico 'from the morning of the 25th till the mOJ'ning of the 28th, last February ·.of the present year. In the first place we wanted to be helped and inspir­ed by your presence and suggestions, and in the same time share the blessing of the Lot'd's presence during the day sessions and night services.

"'The v~ry fil'st thing you would notice in our conference is how each and -every membel' of the conference behaved. The meetings were orderly, peaceable and respectably kept. Everyone of us tried to be strictly disci­plinary. 'rhe next thing you would hear are the reports of the preachers 'which are mixed with discouragement, and encouragement. Discourage­ment because all of us did not do our best durin'g the year to win many

-souls for Christ:. '1'hi8 failure you will see from the new converts during the whole year. We had only 800. Encouragement because 8:11 of m: in svite of all hardship, temptations, and sufferings have not tUl'ned our back from the battle field, except the three who were frightened and lost their -faith in their Lord' in the time of crisis. These are Bro. Emilio Magroto, 'Teodoro Panlilio and Domingo Canlas. These never went to their appoint­-ad circuits, The last thing you would observe from this conference and may be it is the best, is the real and genuine bap.tism of fire especially 'among the workers; This miracle took -place in the third morning of our devotion. At the close of the spirit-filled message, invitation to come to

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the altat· was announced in which all of us came and knelt. While kneel­ing and praying earnestly the fear and holiness of the Lord caught us, and everybody trembled and cded with much tears. We fervently asked the I..ord to forgive us of our sins, mistnkes and failures. The prayer lasted about an hOllr, then we felt the forgiveness of Out' sins, received the bapt,islIl of tbe Holy 'Ghost and obtained t,be victory over our difficulties, tr'oubles and temptations. When we came back to our seats we were entirely changed. Ever,\' one testified and witnessed to do his or her best and employ the best. of his or her time .to the ca.use of the Lord. All of us confessed that the cause of our failure in winning many souls came from no or.her source but in·not doiug our best in m:my things, as theneglect'oi prayel', visits and in studying the condition of our congregation and our indi vidual lllelIl oet'S too. We faiied to pL'epare:and use the possible l'emedy fOI' our undert!Lking. .\loreover we acknowledge our willingness to go any where even to the hardest place.

OllI' visitors were Dr. ~r. A, Radel' and Rev. A, L. Beckendol'f. DI'.

Ihder thdlled us by his address on revi val and lecture on the Centenary Movement find on Cbristian League Service. Rev. Beckendorf led the subscirption campaign tit r.he lastnighc of the conference, and.we gather­ed ovel' P800 money antLpl'omises.

DORMI'l'ORY WORK

~i<iss Louise Sr.ixrua, t,he dean of onr only dormitory in the capital rendered a year of splendid service in lea.ding the young men and women to the knowledge of Christ and to the experience of personal sal vl'Ition. Most of tlhe young- women had already forsaken dancing. Some of the ~'ollng" women in her class had also taken this step. The bunger for truth and fOl'gi veness of sins dominated the students minds. Bible classes and pmyer meetings were organized during the year. The splendid service a~complished by this dormitol',v will aSSUl'e the givers to give mare to sllch institut.ions and pel'suade some to dedicate themselv6s for this kind of service in the vineyard of the I~ord.

WORKgRS OF 'l'HE DIS'l'RIC'l'

There were 2~ men and 1'2 women includine: the pastors' wives who helped push the wheels of the Kingdom. They worked faithfully and hopefully.

OURGRA'l'l'l'UDE

I am safe ,to say that our departed missionaries. Rev. & Mrs. E. L. Housley left a deep mark of Chdstian influence and example in the heart of Pampanga pro \"inee, The Pampango people speak not infreque~tly of their kindness, services and work. Their ten years term in this province will last fOI'~ver. We love them very much as they had loveq. us too. We lift, our hearts to :the Almighty for gratitude in granting us such efficient missionaries.

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Rev, B, 0, Peterson

Pangasinan District The Pangasinan Distl'ict. has foul' definitel,v defined secliotls, Til(' old

Zambales section 01' that pal t of the pt'ovince Wl';-;t of the mountains embracing' 9 municipalities, t.he Pungasinan lan~~lIag(> section embrncing' that part of the province f,'urn those tJlulllltuins eastward 10 and including Manaoag and having HI IJlllnieipaJit.ip", e(Jslel'n "nogasinan beirJg the llocano section from Manuoag east wllt'd 10 the high range of mountains and embracing ]4 municipaliLiI'''', and Nueva Vizcuya Province beyond those mountains ,and embracing (i municipalit:e;-; and several Igul'ute I'ancherias, ~'I'om Uagupan it i" ;),-) miles to HoI inau on the no\'th \\ e'st, about the same to Infanta on the sOllthwest. 4f) milf>s to Umingan on the southeast and 105 miles to Bugabag'in Nueva Vi;f,caya to the nort.heast, The fit'st named section or whnt used to be nOl'llIel'u Zambules, must. be traveled by horseback boat Rnd 11," foot, The t W() llIiddle l'Iections of Pangasinsn bet.ween the two l'an~es uf mountains ean be tl'aveled hy auto, The Nueva Vizc8Ja set'tion must he renchE'd by hOl'sehuck,

Early in the year it beeollt(~ (·"ident that t.he SellIinal'Y wuuld requit'e the services of Rev, and ~ll's, Bernhsl'dt., We wel'(' sony to lose them from Pangasinan Distl'ict on account of the g,'eat need CUI' missionaries, on account of the hold tht>y had e.stablished on the uffecI·ions of the people in eastern Pangasinan :lOd on account of the need fUI' Hl'otber Bernhardt to continue the BiDu]onan church constl'uction w itll w hose plans he was

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familiar. Mrs. Bel'nhardt's subsequent illness and death caused great sorrow. Her's was a tru€ missionary spirit which had completely won the love of the people.

CHAPELS

New chapels llave been built at Umingan, Cuting, Laoac, San Fabian, Bayamban and BanL, Reconstruction is qeing pushed at Bambang, San Roque of Bolinao, Alimbeng and Anagao. Further work on t.he Bina­lonsn church has been awaiting the loweringof prices on iron and cement. The roof has been finished. The personage has been partly constructed and has a nipa roof. An iron roof should be provided for the parsonage as it stands so clo~e to the .church.

Ev ANGELIS'l'IC WORK

Three causes have con'tributed toward depening the spirhual1ife of the church and have encouraged evan~elistic effort; the war, the self-sup­port program and 'the trancaso. The war with it,s appeal through the Red­cross undLiberty Bond campaigns has encouraged much healthful di~cus­sion and platform oratory of a helpful nature, and this has stimulated the religious life of the people as a whole. The self-sup'port program has brought about abetter cooperation of the pastor with his mem bel'S. The pastor has had to place more faith in his people and the peopJe have come to realize that their pastor has bl:'en more symp~thetic with in their con­ditions and more dependent upon them for their assistance. The Trancaso (influenza) has made many a sinner more appl'oacbable to the Gospel appeal.

Emiliano Sebrio has organized three new congregations and built, one new chapel on the Anda circuit besides winning the banner of the District for his -Sunday Schools. Every department of, the churcb has grown under his efficient management With. a solid increase of 31 in the mem bership. Tranquilino Cabacung-an and his good wi·febave cared for the.'student situation in LingaYf'n. Brothet' CfiQ8Cungan pushed the build-

'ing of a splendid chapel in Binmale. He ha~ traveled a large circuit including 7 municipalities and altogether has had an increase of 57 in the membership. In October the· District Confel'eoce expressed its desire that he be given District Evangelistic work and il1 January he was appointed woek in that connection along with the care of the Lingayen Binmale circuit,Marcos Laguisma having taken over the Sual-Mangatarem section of brotherCabacungan's former circuit. Simplicio de Leon has 'had a most excellent year on the Mqngaldan circuit with 175 increase to the membership. He llas built e ·new chapel at'San Fabian. Work has opened up in the afol'etime unyielding town of Santa Barbara, and anew congregation organized at Veritenilla .. Alejandro Vidal has built a chapel at Cutiog~ the former Zamorista deflection center,and another at Lamic. The stat~stical report shows an increase of 188 in the 'membership on his cil'cuit. Felipe Marquez on the Binalonan circuit took down with heart trouble:in May and for a time- he was on the border line of leaving us. His son, Flol'encio Marq uez, was secured from the Manila District to .care for the Binalonan circuit. Althought 1brother Felipe Mal'qu€z\; hea1.th has imp'eoved he has not been able to undel'take full pastol·a.} work. There is an increase of 37 in the Il}embeeship of the Binalonan circuit .

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Felix Ilan has had a very hard year on the San Manuel circuit. In July small-pox ·in his family kept him from his work for some weeks. Trancaso made November and December impossible months. However, his people are asking for his return. Roman Calica took over the ",·ork on the San Nicolas circuit when Gregorio Vergara left to attend the Seminary in May. Late in the year brother Roman was transfer'red to Iba in Zambales Province to take the place of Filomeno Galang who had been released for the chaplaincy in the National Guard. Pat;lgasinan District asks the returD of brother Cali ca. There was an increase of 107 in the membership on the San Nicolas circui,t the past year. Agustin eaoli finished a splendid chapel at Umingan, brought .. about harmony at Evan­gelista and altogether has had a victorious year in the building up of the churcp on the whole San Quintin circuit. Besides the men assigned to large circuits others have done large work for the kingdom. After deductions from death, removal and other causes there is an increase in the total membership of the Pangasinan District of 839.

t" SELF SUPPORT

Last year the entil'e ammount reported raised for self-support ""'as PI042. This year we report P2755 or a gain of 165 percent. This may not measure up:what has been done on other districts. However we feel that we have won out as we have lost no preacher from this. cause and there is a present determinat,ion and splendid spirit of consecration that will pull through the comi'ng year: Only one preacher received any as­sistance from Domestic Missions and that was only for two months. The District Conference last year had voted that circuits should be so arrang­ed that they could be able to care for their preachers if they wanted to and that no Domestic Missions money should be used except fol' new work. Seven of our large circuits are cared for by men who have partly SUpPOl·t­ed themselves from private incomes, In October Marcos Laguisma wrote that he would have to stop preaching to earn money to pay his debts. He was relieved of his circuit but did not stop work until in December. BUt in January he wrote that both he and his wife had concluded that he must continue to preach even should their house fall down over them. He im­mediately began work on the Salasa circuit. While holding the last quar­terly conferences in the old circuits where Marcos had previously worked' I presented his case. As a resul t the people presented Marcos 93 pesos in cash be'sides some pledges, at the Alaminos Bible Institute in January.

A member from an outlying point said "We are like infants being car­ried:about in their parents' arms .and are therefore too weak even to attempt. to support our pastor," He was asked how many years ivfants are suppos­ed to remain too ""eak to do anything for themselves. He saw a light. T4e past year that man has given upward of 20 pesos toward the pastor's support and contributed 30 pesos in each toward the purchase of a chapel and parsonage lot.

THE CENTENARY

At the pl'esent time 240 stewardship cards have been signed and re­ceived by me. Emiliano Sebrio sent 65 signed cards from his circuit. The use or disuse,of the stewardship pledges show the character of the work

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of the pastorjn char~e in a vel'Y illuminating way. The Centenary apport­ionment for t.he Pangasinan District has been distributed in a budget item­ized in, every detail, and tllese bl1dgets are in the ha!1ds of the pastors.

WOMEN'S WORK

'1'he work of women labol'el'~ is vital to the cause. It Is rapidly be­co-:ming the right apm of the chuI'ch's stren2'tb. Wherever, we have a Deaconness Ol',BibleWoman we do ,not need to worry about the life of the church. Roberta Ranjo has had 58 converts at Bayamban. Beside other pastoral duties she performed 17 funerals the past year and.cpushed the construction of a chapeL Poderia Garcia atSan Fabian reported 41 converts. At Ventenilla 84 people .were recei ved into the membership of the church at one meeting through, the work of two Bible women lrom BanzaI. Encarnacion Bartolome, at San NicQlas, Balbina., Balasu in Ba­yombong and Felipa Garletos in Mangatarem and lhancisca Cutaran of L'ltol're ha\'e done most excellent work.

THE BIBLE WOMEN'S TRAINING SCHOOL

This school has built up such a high standard of efficiencY and pedec­tion of system that special comment 00 its 'york and the character of its faculty has been made by people of note in Government service. The principal, Miss Blakely, has returned to the States on a well earned furlough. I t has been a great disappointment' to the School .as well as to the whole Pangilsinan District that Miss Orilla Washbnrn has been ,un­able to. return t.o the Philippines. The arrival of the new missionary Miss Ruth Copely assures th,econtinuance of the Bible Women's Training School. '1'he Misses Silveria Lucas, Modesta Bartolome, Dorote9. Bel­tl'an and Satul'nina Miran have efficiently cooperated to make the good name of the Institution.

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SUNDAY SCHOOLS

In many places the life of our church work depends upon the Sunday School. The high degree of excellence attained in our dialect Sunday School literature and Sunday School Missionary, the Rev. A. L. Ryan. His return fl'om furlough by the time of another Annual Oonference wi11 be awaited with keen' anticipation. A very widefield awaits develop_ ment. Efficiency in Sunday Scbool wo~'k wil J determine more than any­thing else the charactel' of the growing youth of the lanel. The chiidl'en must be won. 1'hey must be taught. ,In them lies the hope for a better Phili ppines.

DOMESTIC MISSIONS

Since in August. a missionary has been sustained on the ¥anaoag cir­cuit by the funds of the Domestic Missions treasury. On the beginning of the new y~ar another inission~ry started work among the Igorotes of Nueva Vizcaya. He already claims 150 converts, A half of the ~ithe of the pastors goes to the Domestic Mission funds but this part goes toward the support of the District Evangelist. As he assi~ts the pastors in seC\ll'­ing needed suPPOt·t his position becomes of mutual advantage to both the evangelist and pastors. A third missionary is planned for !lnd will be ap­pointed as soon as theJfunds allow such a venture.

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" \ PnOBLEMS

The outstanding';pcobtelll in Pangasinau Distl'ict is the providing- of preachers fOl' the Pangasinan languug-e section, FOl'the 19 municipalities there are but two preachers who are Pangasinan~. We have had to take Iloeano preachers to provide for tbis field. rrhis has been unsatisfactory to the Pangasinan people. rl'he sectional feelinll:s berween the Ilocano and Pangasinan peoples in politics have in a measure shown themsel \'('s in our membership. The pangasinan lang-uage peo'ple need a missionury who can give his time to them. alone. 'As it is the work among the Pan­gasinans js weak because the Ilocano congregations have demanded thE' large share of the missionaries' time on account of their large number.

2nd. Pangasinan District with its four sections is too unwieldy. Nueva Vizcuya should be joined to Paniqui District. A new road has been put through 'between San Jose. Nueva Ecija. to Nueva Vi7.cuJa which is much more easy to tra,el t.han the tl'·aiJ from San Nicolas, Pan­~asinan. Moreover, the Government has already appropia~ed the Illone~' to begin the construction of a railroad from Nueva Ecija through Nueva Vizcaya and the Caga~'an to .-\parri.

There may be better disposals of these problE::lUs. A change is neces­sary and vital to a propel' eUl'e of t,he territorie.s concerned. Nueva Viz· caya needs a missionary. Two missionaries are needed for the Panga­sinan and Doenno peoples in Pangasinan Province. Still another mis­sionary is needed for st,udent work. Ling'ayen has a new capitol build­ing costing P300.000. There were nearly 2,000 students enrolled the past,' year in the Provincial High School, Trade School and Intet'mediate SchooL If the future of our "'ork in Pangasihan is to ~e insured it is vitally necessary that immediate steps be taken to provide for a more adeq uate missionary force that shall be able to minister to the English. Student work and Pangasinan language people as well as to the Ilocanos·

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Rev. Lorenzo Tamayo, District Superintendent

.Paniqui . District The rapid progl'ess of time shows many things which rejoice us,

and also things which hi~der our good purpose. There is a very import­ant thing however which is worth remembering, that is the world:war has ended and the triumph of Christianity for ~hich the world longed has come. The success of the work of the church and our being saved 'from death oblige us to give thanks to our heavenly Father for the many bles­sings he has bestowed upon us.

THE DISTRICT AND THE CONDITION OF THE WORK

The territory of the District is the same and no changes are made, There are 24 towns in the three provinces, Tarlac, N. Ecija and Pangas­inan. The center is Paniqui, and its circumference is 180 miles. There are 468,000 inhabitants and they are divided into four dialects, Tagalog,. Pampango, Pangasinan and Ilocano, but the majority are Ilocano. The·

'inhabitants secure their living in farming and in a little commerce.

The 24 Lowns are di vided into 14circuists, 42 organized congregations, and 227 preaching places. There al'e other towns man..y smaller places. not yet opened on account of not enough workers.

The work in the organized circuits is entrusted to the nine pastors­and two Deaconesses.

CONDITION OF THE WORK

The coming of the Adventist and the Rizalinos in some places is like­a baguio that stirred the minds of the people, but after is has beep pbserv­ed and compared to the work and purpose of the church it is seen to differ-

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greatly; and this extinguished the doubts of the people. This happening strengthelled our b!,ethren in fai,th and they abide firm Iy in the church.

The Rizalinos by the influence of the founder of the new sect" worked hard to convert the ,people inside and outside of our chureh, and tbjs i,s greatly against the Gospel for they made Rizal the true Christ Qf the Phili ppines.

One of their. members disturbed a service and the Pastor placed the case in the hands of the Justice of the PE-ace. 'The said member was sentenced for punishment but appealed to the Court of First Instance in Lingayen. Till now no result has been arrived at by the court. The case ,happened in Rosales. P.angasinan with brother Damian Agpalo.

The influence of the work of the Gospel was enlarged. Although the adversities are gt'eat, this did not become a hi~dt'ance for it strengthened the faith of the people in Christ. In fact the work of the ene~ies does not' hinder our work but in some ways it helps to stl'engthen faith. So we ought to IClve them. It is a great thing to love our enemies.

PLAN OF THE DISTRIC'l'

The committees of every congregation are organized 8S follo,,'shaving the centl;al committee as the head; Centenal'Y, Constt'uction, Red Cross, Self-support, Benevolence and Sunday Schoo.1 Association. Each has its own plan according to the things it needs. Two stewards of the district:. were ·chosen to help t.hesp- committees. The work entrusted to them is to see that the daily lif.e pf the peop1e should be closely related to the Will of God. '

A Society named "Paniqui District Society" waS orgauized. The members of this society are the Pastors and their families. Its purpose is to support the Pastors' childt'en in their studies beginning from the 'intermediate class. The total monthly subscription amounts to ,PIS.aO.

The total amount of Self-Suport was P2,318.2j. This was 'given to 8 Pastors and one Bible Woman. 'This is the first year that the churches 'tried to support their own workers. This did no't go on rapidly for many of our brethren did not think they could carry the burden. Those who gave were only 635 persons. We did not receive according to their abilit~es but accordin,g to the fruits of their love and the belp o~ God. By experience we found, that not only in ,the things needed were we suc­cessful but also we incl'eased the knowled~e and love of our brethren to know the value of an ideal tUe. The amount of support collected was not enough to supply all the needs; so debt was enforced, yet it was done with great suffering and desire to serve God. This year ,about one fourth

,of the crop was lost on acco,unt of famine and poor conditions of commerce. But there is agl'eat hope that:. the churches can supply the needs of the ten Pastors by the increased knowledge and love of the people.

;,'l'he Circuits 'TARLAC PROVINCE

'rhe Pastors in charge are brother Mauricio Loria, A:nastacio Ortis, 'Ambracio' 'Bartolome' and' Estanis'1,i6 Guerrefo. ' " '.' ';

Camiling Circuit. This circuit is charged to brother Loria. TherE: are four towns and the places are far apart. Romanism and the Agli­payanoshave their strong hold in this place and the peop1e are addicted to worldly ]j viJig, but the church contin'ues on steadfastly in the truth." One hundred five new members were added to the church this year and the support given "to t.he pastor was PloQ.OO. '.rhere are 3 Sunday Schools ana 4- congregatfons.

MONCADA CmCUID'

Moncada Circuit ,is in charge of brother Ortiz. There are 4 towns, 4-congregations, 2 Sunday Schools org~nized and one provis'ional chapel. Tli'e work js progresing slowly on account of the different dialects but the con­dition is good. One hundred ninety fOUT pesos was collected for self·.support and 41 new members were added to the church.

GERONA Cniou}'!'

In Gerona there are 2 towns, 5 congregations, 3 Sunday Schools, 2 Jun_ ior League and 2 chapels; one of them ·provisiona). The work is in charge .of brother Ambt'ocio Bat'tolome and Miss Eleuteria Ruminquit. Brother ~mbrocio is a govel'llment employee and devotes pal·tof his time to the work of the church. The amount ofself-support collected was ~45.00.

VIC'l'ORIA CIRou!'}'

Brother Estanislao Guerrero is in charge of the work of Victoria Cir­cuit. '.rhere are 4- provisional chapels, 6 Sunday Schools and 4 Junior Lea­

. gues organized. Good conditions prevai'l in the work, 43 new memberS were added to the church and P31O.00 was raised for self-support.

P ANIQUI CIRCUIT

On the Paniqui Circuit there are 2 chapels, 3 congregations, 3 Sunday Schools R"{ld 3 Junior Leagues organized. The workls charged to Miss Juana Abraham, Bible woman. 58 new members have been added to tho church and P130;'OOhas been raised for the self-s.upport. The work is now given to Brother Juan Ordonia and results are expected in the futU1;e.

PROVINOE OF N. ECIJA

The pastor's in charge are Brothers Pedro L, QuiJ}os,I;;.useuio Dagdagan Donato Antonio', Alipio Valdez and Pedro Razon.

RIZAL CIRCUIT

There are 3 congr.egations, one provisional chapel, 3 Sunday Schools and one Junior Leagueoratanized. The, are 23 new member~ added to the church and PI75.00 collected for Pastors. The work ischarged to Brother Quines. He worked months until August \vhen Mrs. Quines and he went to their home town for child birth. .Theystayed till the end of the year and the work of "his circuit was charged. to the local pr~achers and exhort­ers. One of this.congregation nll-med"Canaan where 35 families are living with not less than 250 total, is a new place and the brothren living there are from the provinces of Mont8.nioza, 110co~ Sur and Pangasinan. Two .Bible Woman are sent to work ther~ because ofJhe great needs. A ne.w

\ private school will be opened because no government schoo] is being erect,­ed yet. There are only 20 of the tnha.biJ:.~nts who know how to read a.nd I believe there in a~great opportunity for the opening of a pri \'ate schoo, by the help of these two young ladies.

Lup AO ClROUI'!'

Lupao Circuit is in charge of brother Eusebio Dagdagan. This circui t is at. the base of the mountain, a limit between the province of N. Ecija a.nd Pangasinan but there are inhabltants living in their fields outside the town. On this account the work is hard, so a horse is badly needed. Tlw total amount of support collected was P45.00 and 22 new members were added to the church. Thel'e is one provisional chapel, 2 con~Tegations and one Sunday School organized.

Mu~oz CmclT!'l'

Munos Circuit is in charge of Donato Antonio. Brothel' Antonio is studying in the Central Luzon agricllltur~l School tiut devotes part of bis time to the work of the church. There was one provisional chapel but it was burned last month and,there is a plan in ordel' to el'ect a new chapel with strong material. There is a Sunday School in good condition, one congregation, JOnew members added to the church, and ft30.00 given to self-support. The work among the English students is entrusted to Brothel' Beckendorf.

SAN J OSg CIRCUI'l'

San Jose Circuit within three months from Janual'~' till April, the work was intrusted to .Brother A lipio Valdez, but because of his sickness, he stopped and tbe work was aaded to Guim ba Circuit which is charged to Brother Pedro Razon. T·here are 4 congregations, and 3 Sun­day School whicb are charged to "he preachers and exhorters. '1'here is no regular service in the town due to the absence of the Pastor. The land on which the cbapel now st.ands was ta~en by the governmept. It will give other land and. transfer the chapei at the same~ime, but it is not yet fulfilled. This is the cause of their not having regular s·ervice. Brother Anastasio Ortiz is sent there in ~harge !'tlld :po~' success in tha work is, expected. Three new members are adQed to the ehurch an~ P204.00 was raised for Pastor's support.

GUIMBA eIRdu!'l'

Guimba. Circuit is in charge of Bl'other Pedro Razon. A piece of land was bought by the mission worth ~400.00 and an which the cha.pel is to be erected. Part of the matel'ials nt'e now ready. 'rhree new members wel'e added to the church, and P178.00 was raised for Pastol'!S support in the two congregaLiolls.

CUYAPO CnwUIT

'l'his is included with Rosales circuit which is ~harged to brother Damian Agpa]o. Ther~ are 3 congreg~tions, 2 Sunday Schools an un­finished chapel. The miSSIon gave P280.00 which was spent fOl' .?oine. This' circuit is compased of man·y places; so an additional Pastor is ne€ded to the work. The P~stor's support ~s P6B.OO.

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,Rev. Severino Cordero Dist. Supt.

Vigan District r am thankful on this special occasion on which' we can see our belov­

ed Bishop whom we a~)preciate, and to whom we owe much;-especially him who was the fil'st Superintendent of. the Methodist Episcopal Mission in these Islands.

That is you,' Bishop Stuntz; allow me to remind you of that precious visit in the Ilocano Country where yoti left an indelible note in the His't­ory Of Methodism in the year 1905.

The light which shined and resolved the dense clouds of my false belief i'n the Eucharist has left me a living Jesus whose word is symbolized

.as the bt'ead which has the power to revive. Thanks for that, 0 Bishop, .and may God prolong you.r life to be ,the blessing of many nations. "

In that Ilocano Country you found fl man sitting jn the bench of trib­ute. That man 'is ~be. one who is now giving report; the said countl'Y now being in its second year of organization as the Vigal;l District.

1 1;HE DIS'i'RIOT AND ITS WORK

1. The new places:

,Right after the Ann'ual Conference ~n March last, year, rsa~ it WaS

b'est to give ,cQnsid~ra1iio~' to ,stt'engtbenipg b~rs~lves in' the work; and I 'called all the Pasto~s' 'and NIi~s~~n.ar.ie~. t~', 'a me~~~og., ~eca'use:'~~: w~ ~t?­sired to widen the vineyard of our Lord; we opened new places in Abra

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and four towns in Ilocos Sur, in w,hich the Go~pel is ,preached. But we regret that it was not done as we desired. Only 'foul'places in Abl'a, r.rayum, Danglas, San -Juan aDd Lagangilang, where 'Pastor Domiciario Cor­rales worked, are- opened: If this work is continued with the help of the Home Missionary Society, I believe we shall give next year a report of the establishment of the two congregations in these places.

, The four places in Ilocos Sur aJready mentioned, namely Santa Lucia, Santa Cruz, Santa and Santo Domingo were recommended to the District Missionary, Rev. J. W. Moore, but,on the account of his work in the Dor­rnitory, he said he could not visit these which the special conference desir­ed to open. Nevertheless the District Conferece that was held la.st month senli a Dome~ti~ Missionary, Dionisio Gelacio, who is now actually wOl'king the.re. We regret to say that we could only su.pply money for him unti'l May first of this year. Thus I humbly ask the Financial Board to help us in the maintenance of this Missionary work in these towns where hungry people are dying in sin.

2. PastoralOa're.

Under the Disciplinary System the Circuits were cared for by the division of the time of the Pastors for each Congregation. Even though the Pastol's have broad :fields to work in, (for some of them have eight congregations) yet all were carefl'.i1ly cared for weekly through the visit, of the Class Stewards in the homes of the members, and with the help of the Local'.Preachers in charge of each Congregation.

S. 'l'he Revival Meetin,gs.

There are congregations in which we felt the necessity of renewing the life of the members, and in eleven of these, namely, San Esteban, San­tiago, Candon, Tamurong, Salcedo, Cubcubboot, BugnaYf San Jose, Sevi­lla, Capariaan and Santa, revival meetings were held during a week in each. There was a double advantage which is worthy to be praised: first, the strengthening of the mem bel'S; secondly, 337new converts. Thanks to Pastol's Damocles, Gines, Carinu, Gacutan, Tovera, Peralta and Zarzosa, to the Missionary, Miss Parkes, and also to the Deaconesses Quebral, Gi­l'onella, Abaya,Gl'acia, and others f<;>r this movement.

Besides this revival work there was a wide evangelistic campaign done by the Local PI'eachers, Exhorters, Deaconesses and Bible Women during th~ dry season.

4. 'l'he Education oj the Memoers.

There are thirty-two Sunday Schools in the District. Under this department there are 525 new pupils during last year and 233 of these became members of the Church. We heJd 511 local conventions in our c~ngregatioris, and one District Couventiori _ in which 30 new members were baptized on Decision Day. We give much thanks to Pastor Ryan for the many methods he left for the propagation of the Sunday Schools. Our District recognizes the love of that good man and prays that· h~ may come back again 'to the Philippin"es. There is a new organized Sunday School under th~ leadership of Rev. Mal'jano Gines in Candon'~

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5. The Uonferences. The time that I spent during the four quarterly conferences in the

Distdct within the thirty congregations was 180 days during the . year. I am very much pleased to remember in the Dist,rict Conference the, days of mutual gatb~'l'ing which revealed<apropbesy that in the future there will be greater prosperity, power and influence of the work of our Lor'd. and all the difficult things will become easier. During this District Conference there were 62 baptized in the three days of preaching service.

(j. The o.f.fice.

r had a gt'eat deal of work in the office which I gave to the service of our Lord. I take notes from the coriferences and find o,ut thenames'of our brethren who need help and advice. By means of letters I advise thein, and many of these letters were written with prayers and were bless­ed by our Lord to save our In'ethl'en ft'om Satan's slavery.

In my note book there are the nalpes of those who have not yet given their promises fOl' the support of the Gospel, and because I want to help the needy pastors I write to everyone of themor tothe Eco.nomes of their cit'cuits; and even thoug'h this work takes the time of the rest r should have, I count it as 'a recess,apd it is tt'ue, indeed, when I receive their answers which tell of their fulfillment of their promises.

7. 'llhe. Chu1''che8.

This year there were two ch~l'ches dedicated. They are very good, erected in good locations, and with sacrifice of the members and help of the District. rrhet'e may have been fifty pesos help horn the Mission. The total cost of these erected' churches is 600 pesos .. 'l'hanks for the leadership of Francisco Carino, Lope Blanco and the help of pastors Moore and 'l~overa. -

In these days our plans are to build st·rong-et' churches, and to prove their eagerness to build them, the members have already prepared one half of the Ilecessat·y funds. Thecongreg-ations now ready and h11mbly asking the belp of the Centenary Committee a.re Sevilla, Amaraw, Cala­wan, Salcedo, Santiago, San Esteban,and lastly. Bang-ued, where a large building is hadly needed, for it is Lh~ capital of Abl'a. Therefol't; I take

-the privilege at this time of appealing to the member's of the Centenary Committee that they help in this movement of the Lord.

8; The "workers in the Dist1'ict.

In Vigan there are three missionaries. One is Pastor Moore whoruns the boys' Dormitory. He has rendered much good to the sixt.y young men studying in the High School and living in the Dormitory. He is also the Pastor of the,Vigan Uil'cuit, especially in the English work. Because of his great love JCll; us, he has learned the Docano dialect and is now preaching in it. We ow'e much to him for his good example in a sweet relationship with the Missional'ies oftbeother Protestant denominations and because of this we have a closer cooperation.in pushing the work of God. W~alsoowe much fOl' his other works in the District aqd we a~'e glad 40 have Mr~. Moore, his mother, for now Mr. Moore will };ave more time to help in the District evangelism. '

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The other two are Miss Parkes and Miss Dudley. The first one ,is in charge of tbe Women's work in the District, and became as an e-vangelist in the town of Sa~[1'i CI'UZ. Because of her work there is a great hope that a congregation will be established there. Nearly thl'ee fourths of her time. was spent in visiting the different congre~ations to strengthen the work of the women; and bel' gl'eatest work is hel ping the sick people and instructing the women. All the people in the District 10'V.e Miss' Parkes as a 'guiding star to the pilgrims in this life.

The second is Miss Dudley in charge of the Student Girls' DormitOl'Y· Because of he't' notable leadel'ship in the house mans apply for board ip the Dormitory, but because it can accomodate only a few, many hav-e no room. It would be well to enlal'ge this building 'so that many more people will be helped. In llddition to this work, Miss Dudley makes a trip once a year throughout the District to visit the Junior Leagues.

There are ten Pastoral charges in the whole District composed of 33 congt'egations, under eight pastors, foul' assistants and one missionary in charge of Abl'a. Besides these, there are 102 Local Preachers and Ex­horters, 253 officers of' the Sunday School and Church, 26 Deaconesses and Bible Women and a NUl'se.

Rev. Tovet'a remained a steady and trustwol'thy pastor in charge of one of our largest circuits. He is like an anvil tJlat cannot be jerked about by thEfheavy stl'okes of torment and temptation of this world. He is a model of saintly life. In the three places where revi val meetings were held in his circuit he gave a vet'y great help' to the brethren in fighting against the snares of the Seventh Day Adventist, and because of his goodness he was maintained by the circuit: There were fifty who re­cei ved baptism.

Rev. Carino is the oldest pastol' in our District. He is now 61 years of age, yet his wOl'k does nut make him old, for he is one of the :qlost active workers,' havingS congregations ser)arated by almost impenetrable passes and rivers. He served and brought eight souls to the Church, and for his goodness he was maintained by.his circuit.

Rev. Mal'iano L. Gines in Candon is a mem bel' of this Confet'ence on probation. If he abides in the good behaviour which he has already demonstrated he will be the great hope of the District. He,is an ideal man with broad views concerning the pt'ogress of the District. He under­stands very well our plan and is now following it. Every place where he has been assigned to work he has \\:on the banner of the Sunday School Association. There are 59 new converts in his circuit, He is a.lso main­tained Qyh:is circuit.

Pastors Damocles and Peralta and others have served and done profit­able work. None of the 12 pastors have retired from the work of the Lord. 'l'here were many worldly seductions fl'om which they were delivered.

'1'he Deaconesses, Misses Quebrel, Gil'onella, Abaya, Araceli Pantaleo­na, Mendoza, Guzman, Alcantara and the Nurse~ Miss Cordero, and the Bible Women are the blessings of our District. Thanks to the Institu­tion thatgavet~ese. \vornen good educations, and may God let them serve as constant guides to. our young.

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9. Self Support in the Di,$trict.

This work went, on in the three years as follows;

Year 1917-1918,' Year 1918-1919, '-Year 1919·1920,

- PHSG - Ii 3051

" 4135,

'For the sake of those congregations fr'om which the first self-support of our District has come, and the new appropriations for this year 1919-1920, I have the honor to show them as follows:

Narvacan ,Circuit P 829.00 1,150.00 Candon

" 4[)1.00 756.00

Sevilla 319.00 336.00 LaPaz

" 252.00 240.00

San Esteban Il 257.00 396.00 Bangued

" 240.00 336.00

San.ta Maria '1 233.00 156.00 Salcedo

" 181.00 195.00

. Vigan "

86.00 180.00 San Jose

" 72.00 90.00

Santo Tomas 57.00 84.00 Magsingal 64.00 Dolores 84.00 Pandan 72.00 Bago, Santa 69.00

Total P 3051.00 4135.00

10. Contribution3 for the Local Ohurches and for BenevoZence$.

, Our Congregations answered the call of the Government for the Red '~ross by public collections and other contributions amountiIlg to PI19.36. Besides this there was collected P408.70 for' the Do~estic Mission, P213.80 ~or the repair of Chapels, P600 for' th~ newly dedicated churches and !"484.29 for the differentexpen'ses, amounting in all to P1.826.24. This was in addition to the P3,051 fol' self-support. There will be P4,877 general total.

11. 1'he'Sweet Union of the Three, Evangelical Denominations.

In the Conferences and Conventions of the three missions, namely, Christ-ian, United Brethren and Methodist, it has been shown before the towns that sacred, eternal ties bind together the said denominations. We have helped one another .to bring souls to our Lord and to,teach the people systematic methods for the building of the Kingdom.

12. '1'he Becomendations for the Distr'icl.

In conclusion I humbly pr,esent the desire and recomendation of Our Pistrict for the consideration of the Finance Com~litt€\e of the Mission concerning the two new places which should be given provision: one in ilocos Sur and the other in Abra. Help should be given to Bangued" Calawan (Candon), Amaraw (Santa Cruz), and Santiago for the"construc­tion of ~ew Chapels, as these congregations have already prepared the

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haH of the funds. Help should be given to Narvacan and Candon for t.he construction of new parsonages, and to Sevilla, Salcedo, Santa Maria, San Esteban,Pidigan and D010res for the rebuilding with strong materials their old; rotten chapels.

'My service in the Gospel along with our oldet' missionaries is a pri vi­lege to me. and it increases my desire in attaining sooner upon the reali­y.ation of the complete support of the District.

Sunday School Work The special work of the Board of Sunday Schools in the Philippines

began in November, 1914, just four years age.

As to the nature of our work it is essentially co-operative. In harmony with the plan of co-operation agreed upon by the last General. Conference, we recognize th.tl primacy of the Board of Foreign Missions upon the foreign field. Therefore as far as general field work is concern­ed, we make it a point to work through the representatives of this Board. Our function. is to help the District Superintendents and other missionaries, men and' women, in building up the Sunday Schools in their respectiv~ fields, and in promoting the etficiency of re1igious instruction both intensively and "extensively.

There are vadous phases of the work to receive our attention. ~'he first to which I w'ish to make reference is that of teaching and training.

TEACHING AND TRAINING

The same generallipes have been followed this year as befot'e in the Union Theological Seminary and the Harris Memorial Training School· for Gi ds. Courses were given in all the classes of the Seminary. A total of forty-one took these various courses. In Training School I have had twenty young women taking the Barclay Manual course. This makes a total of exactly 300 who have taken the various courses in th~ Principles aud Method:; of B,eligious Education in the Seminary and 'reairiing School ~ul'ing the past four years.

ENGLISH SPEAKING SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE

One of the outstanding. featUl'es of the year was the special institute of ten days conducted in English for Sunduy Schoo~ workers. It was held in Manila frQID May 27th to June 6ti), under the joiIn auspices of the Union 'l'heological Seminary and the' SUIlday School Union. It was an in­novation being the p.rst of the kind ever held in the Islands. Some were a little.dubious as to how it might work out. But it proved to be a brilliant success,. and gave a fine' impetus to the whole teachet' training movement in' the Islands. The graduation service, addressed by Mr. Carnilo Osias, Assistant Director, Bureau of Education, was a il'and climax, being: attended by a lal'ge student audience composed of High School, Normal, and University young people: 48 received certificates of graduation from the val'ious co~rses given. High standards of work were maintained, th.orough examinations being given at the close of the

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courses. '1.'he .students at this institute comprised 7 pastors, 4 Sunday School Superintendents, 3 S. S. secl'etaries, 25 S. S.teacilers, Rnd 6 students. Most of the provinces in the island of Luzon were represented. It is evident that this institute reached a quality of workers, who should be able to render a high cJass of service in tbevarious schools-to which they are related.

TEACHER TRAINING BY CORRESPONDENCE AND CLASSES

Last year it was reported that 338 persons had been enrolled during the previous thl'ee years for te~cher training, to do the work in special classes or by correspondence. There luis been added to this since An­nual Conference last March, 39, thus making a total for the fou:­years of 377.

In the Philippines Of the future, two needs are pal'amount, a Christian democracy and a democratic Christianity. Christian teaching, success­fully carried out through OUt' Sunda~' Schools on a nation-wide scaJe and in the spirit of brotherhood is an essential requisite in bringing these ideals to pass. We must'meet the challenge of the new day whlch is dawning in this rising Republic of the Orient.

In addltion to_the above teacher training woi·k. recent reports indicate' 107 weekly teacher's classes for the stud~' of the Unifol'm lessons undel' the direction of the pastor or superintendent. An enrollment is reported in these gatherings of 1061.

DISTRICT INS'l'ITUTE AND CONVENTIONS

It has long been the custom 0,1 our district Superintendents to hold annually what might be called district or provincial institutes. At t.hese gatherings of usually len days or two we.eks duration, courses. are l!inm in dialect on the Bible, Church history~ Homiletics, Theolo~y, Pet'sona' Work, Pl'inciples: and Methods .of Sunday School Work, Music, etc. It .has been ou~ policy thl'oughthe four ."ears to cooperate personally in all these district gatherings. Upwards of six or seven hundred receive this kind of training every year. .

We have just 'completed a strenuous visitation of district conventions, coverin~ eight districts or Provinces. Aoou,t 700 delegates a.ttended these conventions. The sessions lasted for two days and a half at each place, and were marked by intense intet;est and enthusiasm. The Leeision Day efl'orts held inconnectio,n with each convention were marked by spiritual power and most encouraging results. Something over a,hundred accepted Christ as Saviour and ~Iastel~ during these special services,

A special visit was made to Lingayen Bible Training School fOl' girls for some Sunday School lectures. A few other places Iiav~ been made' the object of special visitation.. .'

Our mileage of tl'Bvel since Conference'and up to. Nov. 15th amounts to 153;) miles. 'I'll is makes a. total for th,e foul' years of about 14,400 toiles. 57 seJ~mons and a~dres,ses have been given by myself durinL the eight months, besides ,3. great many confel'enCe& .!lave been cp~ducted. with workers. This does not inCluaet.he teaching . lectures ar. Seminary alid

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Training School, thirteen huurs a week for fonr months. Neithel'does it. include the hundreds o.f splendid addresses at conventions by missionaries. pastors, and other workers, all of which reveal an increasing appreciation of the vast significance of religious instruction in r,he Sunday School.

LITERATURE AND CORRESPONDENCE

Next to trained and consecrated teachers our greatest need is an ~d­equate literature. Some attempt has been made of course to meet thi,;; problem but the need is so \'ast, that we have only heen able to touch the edge of it. We are happy to note the creation by the Book Committee of our church Qfa Department of Literature for the FOl'eign Field. \\'e trust that with the aid of this new' department a great advance may become possible for Ollr Sunday School literature in the Philippines.

:B'irst, every six months·there has been the preparation and adaptation <>fmatel'iai for our dialect lessons. These have been published in journal form in a booklet of about sixty pages l containing the lessons for the six months followin~. This has been done in four dialects. Tagalog, Ilacano, Pampanga l and Pangasinan. We have a circulation in this work of about 1,000. It is estimated that perhaps 201000 people make use of them ever." week.

We have followed the International Uniform lessons in this work using the material one y~ar later than they do in the states. 'I'his has been an advailtage t.o us in this way, that it has made it possible for us to t"eceive and use lal"ge quantities of surplus material from the states in -connection with the English side of our wor:~ which wit,h the American Public School syst.em here has been growing so rapidly"

Looking at this lesson material ft"om the quantitive side, it is seen to be woefully inadequate. A half-year's lessons journal ,of sixty pages means that we have about two pages on an average for each lesson. It is pathetic. And yet we are financially unable to do more.

As to the English side of our work, it is comiDg to be t.he most fruit­ful and hopeful. We can use thousands of Senior aDd Interm6diate -qqarterlies, adult Monthlies, and Journals, picture rolls, and picture -cards. We ,are not receiving enough of these supplies through the Surplus ,departments in the states l to supply the constantJy increasing demands from'our gl'owing English classes. We must have them in some way, else (lUI' work is going to be seriously handicapped.

From the surplus funds of our Litel"ature Grant we have been able to prepare and publish special leaflet literature, for which the need is very great. Much of this has been for free distribution at con\'entions, insti­tutes and through the mail. The following subjects of free distribution

~ ooklets will-indicate the character of the work. These have nearly all been put into three or four dialects. "Suggestions for Building up the School," "[nereasing Sunda~' School Attendance," "Organizing a New Sunday School." Rally Day Suggestions, "Observing Decision Day," "The Ot'ganized Class," "The Hequirements' for a Standard Sunda~' School," "Sunday School Evangelism," "Teacher Training, "Young People~' Work," "An Efficiellt Sunday School," etc. Besides these

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hundreds of leaflets in English sent out by th~ Board of Sunday SchoolSi and pertaining to the various departments of work hn ve been freely dis·­tributed. Special programs have been prepared every year under our' supervision fOt' Easter, Children's Day, Rally Day; and Christmas, and' have been used by the most of our schools. A complete set of recor(r helps has been prepared which 'have helped much in increasing the elficiency of the wOl'k. They are the Secretary's book, Treasu-1'er's book,. Teacller's class book, and collection env'elope. A Cradle Roll chart,., CradJe Roll certificate, and Honor Roll Chart have' also been prepared. and have met with a large sale and use. In addition to the above, thous­ands of pages ofcircnlar letters have been sent out carrying suggestions­about every phase of Sunday School work. Altogether about six million pag-es of Sunday School literature have gone out from It-hiS office during­the past four yeal~s.

MISSION ARY INSTRUCTION· .

In line with our announcement at 1 ast Conference, our Literatm'e Com­mittee has prep~red a special missionary program for the first 'Sunday of­each month. These have been printed in the Sunday School Journals in­dialect, and our schools have been using them regularly during the open­ing exercises of the school, following the pl'ogram with their monthly missionary offering. The purpose of these missionary programs has been­to give Our people a broader vision of the work of God's Kingdom. It is, bearing fruit. Our Sunday Schools and churches are responding to the­Centenary appeal with alacrity.

BENEVOLENCES

I.n addition to the monthly missionary offerings just refered to, our" schools are learning to observe the special days and take the special be­nevolent collections as reeommended by our Annual Conference. These special days and benevolences are as foilows,-Easter" Foreign Missions;-, Children'.s Day, Union Theological Seminary, Manila; Rally Day, Board of Sunday Schools;Bible Society Da~', American Bible Society; Christmas,_ Red Cross or Armenian l~'und.

Below I give our general statistics in tabulated form.

ME'l'HODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL ADVANCE PHILIPPINES

March, 1915 to Novembet', 1918. (Three years, eight months) 1915 1918 Gain.

1. No. of Sunday Schools 276 352 74 2. Sunday School Membership 13777- 26500 12723

ALMOST DOUBLED IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS

3. Officers and Teacher's 4. Ct'adJe Rolls during period 5. Crad1e R~ll members\lip 6. Repol'tedconversions fl'om Sunday Schools 7. Teacher Training:

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1200 2386 1196 135

3225 9100"

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{a) Number completing COUI'ses in Principles and Methods of Religious Education in Seminary And Training School -- 300

{b) Numher enrolled in special courses doing \Vorkin classes or by' correspondence 377

(c) Number completing course (this i~cludes Seminary and Training School figures above) 3~~

(d.) Weekly teachers' classes for ~tudy of Uniform lessons 101 (e) Enrollment in these classes 10fH

. CaNOL USION

The Bureau of Education has created an opportunity and a challenge for the church,which I .i\Tenture to say is unparalled in the history of Missions. To meet it 'om' church at the present has only eight men missionaries on the field. We ought to "have at least twenty-five. This student' opportunity has reached the stage where it is increasing at a tremendous rate. It is becoming acute. Decision time is at hand. The nation is in a period of adolescense. Thousands are ready to yield. But there is needed the voice. Talk about life investment. Can ·our young people at home ask anything richer or more promising! Behold the field white and ready.

The task is impe~'ative, America.'sgl'eat expel'imant. in democracy bere will not avail without the leavening in,fluence of re~l brotherhood and Christianity. We must stem the coming tide of skepticism, which already is making itself felt. America with her allies has won the war against the Hun. But 'in doing it we dare not take om' eyes off this mighty front. America's task and mission in the Phili'ppines is unique .. I am sure it bears So strategic relation to our mission work in Japan, China, Malaysia, and India, which the churc~ at home does not fully realize. Whether we succeed or fail here in measuring up to the mighty challenge, will mean much yonder. Recently five of our choice young Filipino teachet's, NO,rmal graduates and stal wart Christians, have gone to Penang at the request of authorities. there, to teach English in our Methodist

. school.

Oathe map our field is not as lal'ge as some_others, but its reJation to the 'rest of the Orient is most strategic. With adequate re-enforcements the influence can be made far-reaching and etl'ective. May God give eyes

·:to· see, and hearts to respond, in money, men, prayers, t,hat the army: of the Lord may advance and capture the Philippines for His Kingdom.

Yom's for thE'! Master's Service,

A. LOWELL RYAN.

Memorial REV. SA~TOS D. BELEY

It is with sort'OW that at this time we recall the untimely deat;h of our beloved bt'other and co.worker. In the early days of mission8t:y ~ork iIi the province of Nueva Ecija> this man was a no mean helper in

'it :prog~'es~, and ther~are men in~ this' body now who still l'einembers

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those early days. For sevel'al years before he entered the Seminary he was the right hand of missionaries and this early missionary interest led him to dedicate his whole life to the itineran~ ministry. As a student in the Seminary he had a good record, a1 ways quiet, reserved, and studious. As a preacher he was beloved by his people, not only by the members but also by the friends of the Ch!}rch, and respected by all. As a fellow minister he was 'fdendly, brotherly, and helpful, :ready to advise and to take counsel. He had a great ideal and that. id~al was the exaltation of the ministl'y to its dignity and purity. ' We cannot estimate the value of the 10s5 to us and to our work for Ihe was indispensable, but the Father in His infinite wisdom has decreed that he should assume duties in the heavenly service, and we humbly bow to His infinite "'ill and decision.

He passed a way on the 131:.h day of J anua;y Qf this year after a very brief I:.ime of illness leaving behind him a SOl'l'OWhlg wife and five smal children, the oldest being 6 years and the youngest a baby boy Of three months, born two weeks after his father passed away. We commend the sorrowing widow and the little orphans unto the loving care of the heavenly Father who careth for all even for the little ~parrow of the fields.

Philippine Islands Annual Conference of the MethodIst Episcopal Church

Centenary Committee The Centenary Committee held several meetings ,during the year and

arranged for the beginning of a campaign fOl' the Centenary Drive. Let­ters were sent out stating the purpolies of the Centenary with emphasis on the phristian's 'rask~ Pt'ay.er, and th~ Acknowledgement of Steward­ship. These letters have ~one out to all the Churches. In most of the Districts conventions have been held and programs presented arousing an interest in th~ task b~fol'e us. The apportionment of the Centenal'y Committee at New York has been accepted and assigned to Lhe variQus Districts.

After prayerful deliberation the Centenary Committ,ee 'bel'eby offers the following plan for adoption:

1. 'l'hat we as a Conference hereby p]ed~e ourselves to obsene the 17th day of each month asa day of prayer and Consecration for the Pas-tors and people. '

? That we hereby pledge ourselves diligently to work for the con­version and accession of fifty thousand people during the next five years.

:1. That we will earnestly seek to enlist the co-operation of ten thousand laymen jnthis forward'movement.

4. That we earnestly recommelld our Pastors and mem bershi p to keep pt'ayer lists and actively to engage in pel'sonal effort to secure:individual conversions.

5. That, we as metnb~l's of this Conference hereby pled;ge ourseives to acknowledge Stewa.rdsJ:!ip and to endeavour to get all our members to

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\ do the same, and we shall try to secure at onc.e a~ tithers one-fifth of the present membership of our Church.

6. That we hereby accept the apportionment of 60,000 pesos each yearfol' five years, as our Genten~ry Offering.

7.· That we hereby pledge- ourselves upon the adjournment of Con­ferenee;

_ L TQ begin immediately the securing of signatures to the Stew­ardshi p Cards.

II. To "Secure the pledges to meet the amount apportioned to our respective charges.

III. To s~ek the deepening of the Spiritual Life of our people and the conversion of o'ur friends and neighbors to our Lord' Jesus Christ.

IV. We would ask that the District Sllpel'intendents report as 'soon as possible to the Chairman of the Committee the results of the Financial Campaign; aud seccndly that reports of the number of conversions shall be made monthly.

8. That this Report be put into the hands of the Pastors at once.

W.e confidQntly believe that a united effort on the part of ' the pastors and people will enable us to reach the goal set before us,

1v.{ARVIN A. RADI<~R, Chairman.

Union Theological Semin~ry The Union Seminary has just completed. another year of efficient

service in the preparation of a trained ministry. Forty students were in attendance; of these, twenty were from Methodist territory.

While we are gratified in having so lIlany w:ho come ·to us for this tl'aining, we actualiy need three times the number and cau find the local support. for as many as fifty trained men at this very moment. We ar~ all -agreed that the development of a tlrained ministry has in no sense kept pace with the growth of members and congregations which 'must have pastoral oversite,'

It has lo~g been a conviction of some of us that our great need for a better trained ministry can only be supplied through the establishment of a preparatory course of study. Three things have lately developed to confirm this view. ~"~rst-, the recent discovery of how few men have act­ually come into the work from the University classes during all the years past, l~ading us tot,he conclusion that these students are too firmly fixed in the choice of an occupation for the·future, and too thoroughly influenced by opportunities for material advan.cement, to came over to the less at­tractive work of the ministry. Secondly, the entrance class in the Sem­inary for 1918 contained but tW9 men who had received any High School training, and these two were not of high grade, the other eighteen being of iesser training; also, that double the Dumber of the s~me grade offered themselves 'fOl' the ne~d~d training, but were not taken for l~~k of means

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to support them in the training. The third factor was the investigation had at Camp Clauuio in December, 1918, which finally settled the matter that we must have a complete preparatory ·course .. After some days of intensive work, offerts were made to enlist the men in religious work. Man10ffered themselves but all wanted further training. ' Out of Qne hundred and ten who offered themselves one hundred had received trs­iningless than that required for entrance to College classer:;, while every year of the High School course had many representatives. The Facuhy of the Seminary thereupon met and have outlined a complete preparatory course following the course of Government High School and we are now arranging to take any candidate above the inter'mediate course and give him. the needed training for the work. That this may finally being us to t·he necessity for a full college course there can be little doubt. But witrh the several' Missions Cooperating with both 'men and money, this too, will find a ready solution! when the need for it is really upon us. Out' part of the present program is to supply three professors. My earn­est recommendation is, for our Mission to supply that number and so relieve them from other responsibilities that they can each ,do his full share;

'We rejoice ~hat we can report the early return of Dr. and Mrs. Hay­nel' as our representatives in this.im portant work. In the earliest day of oureJi'ort in the Islands the demand was for field Missionary supervision, but now the, call comes for putting our stress on the training and supplying of a native Ministry. ,Let us not fail in this urgent and fundament,al ·demand. .

Prospects ·are good that we shall so.on have an actual representation ,of the Gongl'egational Board OEl the teaching force of the Seminary_ The most cordial and sympathetic relation has existed between the different Missions now represented. '

An ul'gent1needfor the wholE> project is a union building where a real~ ,Union effort and spirit may be cultivated and consummated. Forihis pro­ject the Methodist and United Brecht'en Missions are both w·holly ready. The Methodists are offering the site at Henan and Taft, held for yein's .forth:e purpose and there is a Seminary cred\t'of P171 000.OO cash on OJ]l'

books to go towards our share of the building, W,e are agreed to supply the balance on call framthe Trustees. The United BretHren have held themselves in readiness for years, to take rip their share of these needed 'funds.

It is properly believed that there are many worthy and able preachers who' have not the opportunity to take the new Course offered. For these we 'have prepared a three years Bible training course that will rotate

'with the years, and which. will offer only one year of the course at a time, giving its students an opportunity to cover avery helpful ~reparation in 'a'large number of needed· subjects. . '

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. 'SevE:'!ral of the Boar~s represented ha ve approved the Trustees selected 'for the Governing body of the Seminary and steps will now shortly be .takeI;t t~ formally inc~i·porate the Insdtu,tion_, Tbe fii·st.4:llty ot"the 'new organization' will be' to'entei' upon the maitingof plans fOt, a'permanent

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new home where, real institutional life and spirit m8~' be created and fostered. '

We humbly thank -God for the progress we have made in this hranch of OU1' \vork and pray for' a just and adequate consideration of its future worth and needs.

K S.LYONS

Report on the Publishing House With this Conference we close five years of management of the Pub.

lishing House. Complete ignorance on my pnrt of this kind of work, keen competition and slack work, gave the plant no fair chance to prove its worth for the first t~ree years. Moreover during nearly all of this period I had four other regular assignments. Had it not been that we early found an efficient practical printer in Mr. W, H. Case, to direct our print-ing department, we certainly would have failed. '

Prior to the last two years we had looked upon the institution as one which brought no, adequate return for the charge upon the Missionary who had its management, and was in no sense worth the expense and trouble required to contir.lUe its existence.. We now beJieve it can be both a help and a real Missionary agency in creating and distributiQg material wbich is truly essential for the growth of the Kingdom in our midst,

Mission Publishing Houses are usually born ofa necessity and promptly fail to achieve their propet' success because of the faults of the Missionary in charge, and of Cabinets who rarely gi ve them just, consideration. Two often a pastor-agent is appointed, then promptly given several otlier assignments, that be cannot succeed as the Pub]jsheJ'~ ev'en though he has the experience and ability to do so.

The Printing department can and ought to be limited to the capacity of producing only what is essential to the ready development of the Mis­sionary enterprise. The added equipment for printing should be only such as will aid in keeping busy the force em.ployed when not engaged in purely religious printing, for the mere pursuit, of success in secular print­ing, can usually be sought more easily and· profitably in temperate clim­ates and under conditions more favorable than in the Tropics.

The Book department in this field has no limit. to its possibilities. Thet'e are some tens of thousands of students wbo have come up through the schools i~ the past fifteen years, and there are some thousands who are being added to the list each year. They all will read, they are eager and enquiring. Who will supply them? There 5s a single up-to-date book store in the Islands. Who has a better right to have a share in this 'great and growing neldpf influence than the Christian Missions? ,Moreover, the'school book and school supply question is also most important. The Government only waits for any firm to be ab.le to take up this matter and 'guarantep- its success, when it will promptly turn over this book ,business, .as it has many others.

The year of 1919 saw our printing plant running to its limit. Over 'eleven thousand pesos 'increase is shown in the general printing done,

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_Meth6dis~ ; Publishing Hous~, ~anila, P I. Accounts for the year ended December '31st, 1918

To Paper· .. Leather and Cloth ,. Ink, Oil, etc. ., Sa.taries and Wages ;:

,Rent· ;-Cnts 'Power and, Light Expe,nses

.. Outside Labor -,. Repairs and Renewals

nery) Profit

'To Inventory Jan. 1st

Printin2" Department

- P12,89417 443.25 521.26

12,902.11 1~050.00

397.41 - 6f314

(Machi-

587.45 413.70

313.45 ~ 5 .... 81889

1"'36.044.83

By General Pr:inting : .. ,Job. Printing

Book Room Department

By Inventory Dec. 31st,

- 1"'12,614,95 23,429.b8

1"'36,044.83

1918 -, P16,492 44 .. S. S Lessons counted

1918 - f"14,OI5.45

as stock: in 1917 280.07

.. Purchases and' char­ges during the year

Expenses - ~ .. 100/0 of S.S. Publica.

l'16;212.37

3.350.78 4:l4.18 19,563.15

tion during the year 242.40 ---1'" 191.78

Stock condenmed ac­count 50

P'19,755.43

Sales and Credit!! during the year'

" Lass Reduction of values in sales of books

EuildiDg- Rentals

To Light', Instalation . . P 46.80 By Rentals .. Repairs and Renewals (Building) -15.00 .. Profit ~

To Taxes Inslirance General'Expense . Discounts and Donations -

" Interest

'Ttl Book Room .. General Account .. Net Profit

I'" 844.50 . General Accounts

. P 25861 27500 115~ 7:{

456.39 1,399.53

1"'3,348.29

By-Loss

Profit and Loss

- 1'" !l8521 3,a48.29 2868.09

f"6,~01.59

~/2

By Printing Department -.. Building Rentals-

5,354.77 19,370.22

385.21

1"'19,755.43

I'" 844.50

P 84UO

• ~3,348.2g

P3,318,29

- P5;8i8.~9 782.'j()

!'-e,601.59

; - ~

Methodist Publishing House, Manila, P I. Balance Sheet ending December 31st, 1918

ASSETS

Methodist Publishinl!" House Land Building PSO.OOO.OO

Printine- Department Machinery P 5.870.69 Plant. Tools and Fix-

tures 613.27 Type. Leads. etc. 2.044.30

Stock Paper Leather. Cloth. etc. Ink. Oil. etc.

Bo~k Room Department

~ 4,380.44 328.00 34.00

Stock P14,015A5 Furniture and Fixtures 143.23

Office Furniture and Fixtures

M. C. Denniston Salary account Shortage account

Sundry DebtorS

f" 478.85 1.869.90

Pampanga Advocate -·.P S. S. Literature -Presbyterian Balita

95.82 1.416.17

270.30 128.90 115.82

. Newsletter -American Bible Society Sundry Debtors -

'Stamps on Hand-

Cash On hand Overdraft at Bank

6.278.98

P 1,603.58 202.44

8.528.26

4,742.44

14.158.68

• 314.84

2,348.75

8,305.99 6.94

1,401.14

P89,807.40

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LIABILITIES

Sundry Shareholders 1'1'22.915.94

Retirement of Accounts To Miss M. Klinefelter P " Miss M. Decker

1.432.62 4;15165

.. J. L. McLauahlin

.. M. A. Rader " J. F. Cottingham

Loans' Sunday School Union Methodist Mission To Cash payment to

apply on account

Sundry ·Creditors Philippine Observer Literature ACCOUDt Methodist Balita­Methodist Book Store

Rent -Sundry Persons -Phil Education Co. J. P. HeilbronnCo. -M. B. e. New York

.. S. Francisco -Dr. M. A. Rader

(Congt.) Dr. R. Parish (Congt.) Philippine Education

(Comb'n) -A. L. Ryan (CongU­The Morehouse Pub.

lishing Co.

Suspense Account

Capital Account

2.368.86 5uO.1I0

75.81 ---'l"' 8,528.94

14,387.00

250:00 f"25,092.55

2,00000 --- 23.992.55

P 1,020.31 968.68 98.67

2,860.95 489.75

8.00 131.10

1.90 290.40

236.40 4.80

6.40 13.00

61.62 U91.78

190.00

Balance Jan. 1. 1918 1"43,107.69 Less-S. S. Lessons

counted as stock 1917 28007

Net Profit 42,827.62 2,868.09

45,695.71

P89,807.40

enabli~g us to retire a substantial amount of indebtedness on our new property, besides payinl! all current obligations monthly.

In addition to Publishing three monthly papers in English and two-, in the' dialect, we ha.ve twice published the Sunday School book, a 3000· edition of Hurlburt in Visayan, 'a 3000 edition of a book for the care of children, a 5000 edition of the Tagalog song book, a 1500 edition of the Pangasinan song book, an increasing number of rt'ports, and much Epworth League and Sunday School materia1. On all this kind of print-· tng our prices have been little over actual cost and the accounts always ca.rried.to~.g.uit "the, eonv,enience _ of·tbe .• persons ::for .. dVbom. -the work was undertaken. Every man in the Publishing House received an increase, without request except the Missionary in charge. This raise seemed to produce a habit of mind which resu'Ited in a demand for a second general increase, and other 'demands that finally culminated in· a strike of the­entire printing force; even the messengers went out. We have been forced to make an agreement that. raised our weekly pay roll more than twenty per cent.

We completed the purchase of the new Publishing House site on Ave­nida Rizal mentioned in our-last report, and we have also disposed. of our­Isla 'de Romero property where we are now paying rent until we ca.n make a satisfactory change of location. In the meantime the City has removed the entire row of buildings on Avenida Rizal making it the fin­est business .location in the City. Many think we made a-good purchase in the new property and we have receh-ed offers ranging from fifteen to· thirty thousand pesos more than we paid for the property, but we hold it hoping that it will be the future home of a Branch of our Book Concern.

A copy of the 1918 ba.lance sheet is hereto attached and made a part. of this report.

E. S. LYONS.

Union Church Council Your'Committee on Union Church Council begs leave to report that.

another successful year has been had in the Union Theological Seminary and the prospects are good for a representation of the Congregation~l Mission in the Sem~nary at an'early date. '

It is the conviction of youl'Committee that one of the real problems. in the way of a National selfsupporting Church is the unequal progress in some of the Missions at work here of things fundamental fro the ultimate success of such a Church. That such an equality may be aided, and more promptly arrived at, your Committee earnetly urges that this Conference will petition the Evangelical Union to modify its Constitution and by laws. to admit into Membership and activity the Filipino brethren.

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E. S. LYONS,

For the Committee.

Domestic Missions In a meeting of th~ Domestic Missions Committee it was agreed to pre­

-sent this report:

1. That the above mentioned Committee be discontinued anq a stand­ing Board be organized in its stead. This Board shall be called the Annual Conference Board of Home Missions, and shall be organized in

:some such form as according to Paragraph 447, Section I and 2 of the Discipline of 1916.

2. That the Constitution adopted last year (pp .eo and 81, JourI1al of 1918) be adopted or used as the Constitution for local soeieties ..

D" D. ALEJANDRO.

The State of the Church Devo~ion, loyalty and deeper spiritual life are found every where, b!lt

many deeply rooted sins must be upropted. We therefore call special .attention to the following. .

1. We feeJ the need of consecrated ministers, men whose time, zeal and passion are inten~ely devoted to the conscientious delivery of t.he whole -Gospel to our people; men with the spirit of the evangelist who can make men choose Jesus as their Saviour and Lord.

2. We urge the pastor's to encourage the members to build up the family altar, for it deepens the l!lpiritual life of the individual, home, con­gregation and Church. .

3. We urge the pastors to have childr'en's revivals. The children are the men and women of the Church of tomorrow. It is very important -and vital that each congrega,tion should have Bible Women or Deaconesses to lead the childr'en in the way in which .they should go.

4. We urge the preachers nvt to take an active interest in party poli­tic~t but to give mOl'e religion to the politician. As a Church, we should

.al ways support the best men-mol'al and Christian inen for official positions.

5. We. heartily commend the marvellous success in Self Support, yet we believe toe Church has not yet fully realized the true spirit of the Widow. Self Support should be fosLel'ed, pushed' and developed as ~h,e -only natural method for the sustenance of the Gospel. There can be no healthful growth in the Christian Life without activity in the support of

·-the Gospel. Self Support deepens the spiritual life of the members. Ste­wardship and tithin~ should be fostered.

6. The Church of God must be united to match and to prot.est against all the evil$ that are menacing public welfare, such as the gl'owing evils of tbe saloon, the dance halls, the cock-pit, and other forms of evils. The Church should exercise all her power. aDd utilize every opportunity to .~n·eate public opinion and seCUl'e legislation against these curses.

R. T. CALICA.

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Public. Morals Christianity aims at the symmetrical development of every individual.

'1'0 accomplish this end every ,kind of social evil must be eliminated. The cockpit, the saloon. the gambling dens, the segregated districts and the like are stumbling blocks in the way. And as long as they are there the Church and the Sta.te are in danger. Because of this fact we recommend to all our churches and mem bel'S to vote for clean, upright candidates, and to draw up resolutions on these-matters petitioning their representatives and senators to enact legislation that will eradicate, these from our midst·

CIRILO CASIGURAN.

Conference Sunday School Board We recommend as lafot year the observance by all our Sunday Schools

of special days, such as Easter, Children's Day, Rally Day, BIble Society Day, Christmas and Decision Day.

We would emphasis the special collections: That on Easter for Foreign Missions; on Children's DAY f~r our Theological Seminary; on Rally Day for the Board of Sunday Schools; on Bible Society Day for the American Bible Society, and on Christmas for the Domestic Missions. We u'rge that each District quadruple the amount of the past years special coHec­tions, and that the increased amount be placed in their Centenary bu-dget.

We record our thanks to the Philippine Islands Sunday School Union for $heir help and cooperation in many ways. We also request of them financial help for the second half of Hurlburt's Teacher Training book into the dialects.

We are glad for the, splendid start which has been made in the mis­sionary education of our young people.. The new programs used on the' first Sunday of each month have proved exceedingly helpful.

We record ourthanks.to the" Board of Sunday Schools for their contin­ued liberal grants for the work on this field. We also thaJJk the Method­ist Book Concern, the World Association, and many Sunday Schools in iheUnited States for sending us surplus Sunday School supplies. These are used to great advantage in our growing English work. I

We recommed the same ,plan as last year for the distribution of our , dialect Sunday School supplies from the Methodist Pu blishing House. We i urge upon our, Sunday Schools to purchase the lesson booklets in more i beral quantities, and with more pl'omptne!,s.

We urge the publication of a song book for ebildren, and' for speeial occasions~ as also books for advanced Sunday Scboolcourse.

D. D. ALEJANDRO.

Epworth League This Committee is gratified to note the progress that has been m'ade

in the Epwortih League of tliis Conference during the. past year. '

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In accordance with the recommendations maae by this Committee last year, the students in the Harris Memorial 1'raining school, Mar~' J. Johnston Hospital and the various Do:'mitories have been gb-en special opportunity in training for leadership in the Epworth Leagues.

The plan to follow the regular course of Epworth League topies one year later than in the United States has been carried out in Manila and Vigan, and with less regularity in Aparri and Tuguegarao.

We unqualifiedly recommend that this plan be adopted by all Leag'ues, and that advantage be taken of the oppol'tunit.y afforded by OUl' Publish­ing House to secure the necessary helps.

We nrmly believe in the adaptability and suitability of the gl'e,at pro­gram of the Epworth League to the needs of the young people of the Phil­ippines, and urg(> our preachers to do all within their power through organizing new Leagues and strengthening those already organized to fulfill this program. We earnestly recommend t.het no other form of Church activity be substituted for the Epworth League or be allowed to displace it in any of our congregations.

The Epworth League pr9gram and policy should be given a prominent exposition in all our Institutes, Conventions and Conferences, and our leaders among the young people should be given special instruction in its methods at these times. As soon as it is practicable speciul EpWOl·th League Institutes should be held throughout the Conference.

We request that a complete collection of ,Epworth League supplies;­helps, topics, pins, etc., be secured and kept in stock at t,he Methodist Publishing House.

We have designated Rev. J. W Moore as Corresponding Secretary foJ' the Epworth Leagues of the Conference, to carry out a campaign of inform­at.ion and development alon~ the I ine., of the policies above advocated, and we request that the Mission Finance Committee appropriate for his use a fund to be prorated to the District Missionary work accounts.

The Central Committee of the Epworth League is her'ehy requested to join with the Board of Sunday Schools in the SUppOI't of a special mis­sionary for these two great departments of Young People's Work.

J. W. MOORE,

Auditing Committee '1'he end of the Conference year finds but one member of the Auditing

Commit.tee not on furlough!-and that membel' the latest one added to the Committee.

The following books have been audited up to Decembel' 15th; and found satisfactory:.

Those of the M issioD. Treasurer, and

Those of the Manila Boy's Dormitory.

The Committee· requests with regard to the books of the Distdct Sup:erin'tendents that at least the cash books be sent in for examination.

A .. L. BECKENDORF.

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Repo,rt of the Resolutions Committee We greatly appreciate the courtesy ,of the Central Church congrega ...

tion in their entertainment of our Conference. We are thankful to the Quartette and all the helpers in the musical program.

We are grateful to-God for His presence with us during the year that is past; fOl; the progress of the church as is evidenced by the large ~utnber of converts and accessions, by the greatly increased support of our pastors and local needs, and by the splendid spirit of harmony that pre:", vails thruout the Conference.

We are sorry to lose from our ranks this year our treasurer and oldest missionary, Rev. E. S. Lyons, who goes on furlough. We want him to know that we do appreciate the splendid services ~e has rendered the church during all these years. W~ trust that he may have a pleasant and profitable vacation and in due time return to the work in this field.

We shall als'o gt'eatly miss t4e presence, cooperation and fellowship of Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Cottingham, Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Ryan and chil­dren, Misses Mary A. Evans, Anna Carson, ;Mildred Blakely, tand Louise Stixrud who have already entered upon their furloughs. To one and all we would wish,the choicest blessings while in the home land. We'extend to them a cordial inyitation to return to the work of God in these Islands.

We are made happy over the return to us of Rev. Pedro B, Cruz from the States and the coming into our midst of Miss Copley, Rev. and Mrs. Perry N. Cedarholm, Rev. and Mrs. Bundy and dear little-Rose Lucinda. May God gi ve these newcomers an abundant harvest of souls in the work of the Kingdom inthe years to come. We welcome with gratitude the news of the outcoriling lagain to this field of Mi$s. M. M. Decker, Rev. O. Hud­dleston and famiJy, R~v. K A. Rayner and family andRev.J. L. McLaughlin.

We are profoundly grateful to our Heavenly Father for sending to us this year our distinguished presiding officers Bishop and Mrs. Homer C. Stuntz, and Bishop John W Robinson. Their preser:ce among us brings peculiar joy and gratitude. Bishop Robinson, the wise statesman and Christian leader of India and the Orient by his council, sympathy, and clear understanding of all of our problems as well as by his messages, has endeared him to us. We wish that he might stay among us longer.

Bishop and Mrs. Stuntz at'e home folk returned after a long absence. We have followed them dudng the years of their distinguished services for the church in America, in South America, in Europe and the Orient. We have been favored of God in having them with us for this conference session which is the outgrowth of the work they began years ago. ' They have come back with the 'same cordial missionary :sympathies and love 10rthis work andthe workers. We have been greatly .c~eered and bless..: ed by the addresses, sermons and council of our beloved BishopSt,untz. If we could we would like now to elect him an honorary member of this Conference. We appreciate thegrotherlyspirit 01 Bishop Robinson and Bishop Stuntz and their great kindness and paiience in administering the affairs and solving the problems of this conference.

We shall evel: hold them in grateful remembrance. We shall follow them With our prayers that they may be of the same rich ble.ssing to the other fields of the church to which they may go.

Rules. F or the Finance Committee

I. The Committee will tl'ansact no business except in session regu­larly convened.

II. A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum. III. The District Superintendents shall have authority to call meet­

ings of the Committee during the interim of Oonference sessions. IV. A copy of the proceedings of such meetings shall be forwarded

to absent members, by the Secretary of the Committee. V. No member of Confel'ence shall create or assume any financial

Gbligation in the interest of the Conference without first having the con­sent of a majority of the Finance Oommittee.

VL The Treasurer of the Mission shall payout no money save on the -order of the Finimce Oon.mittee.

VIr. At the time of the Annual Oonference the Finance Oommittee shall sit as an estimating commi ttee to consider and fix the support of the FilipIno pl'eachers in the Conference.

V III. All money on accoun t of travel shall be paid b.v the Treasurer only upon presentation of itemized statements showing for what objects expenditures have been made.

IX. Money paid by the Treasurer for Chapels and other special uses shall be noted in the Treasurer's accounts in such a manner us to show definitely for what objects they were spent.

Rules of Order 1. All the business of the Oonference. excepting sueh as may be

brought forward by the President, shall be by motion. II. On all questions of order the decision of the President shall in all

cases prevail, unless overruled by an appeal to the Conference; any three members dissenting fl'OID the President's jud:gment shall have a right to appeal to the Conference.

III. The ·President shall appoint all committees not otherwise spe­chi.lly ol'dered by the Conference .

. IV. All motions or resolutions introduced by any member of the Conference shall. be reduced to writing, if the secretary or any member request it.

V. No new motion or resolution shall be entertained till the one und­er consideration shall be disposed of which may be by adoption or reject­ion, unless one of the following motions shall intervene, namely: indefinite f)ostponement; postponement till a given time; to lay on the table; to subs­titute or to a.mend; to· refer or to adjourn, and the motions shall have pre­.eedence in the order in which they are placed, and, with the exception of

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m',ltions to substitute ot' to amend,' shall be put .withoutdiscussion: provid­ed that a motion to refer or toadjoul'n may be made at any time and is not debatable. . .

VI. Ever'y member shall have a right to speak on any motion, but shall not speak more than five minut~s at anyone time nor more than once on anyone subject until all have spoken who desire to do so; unless by special permission of the Conferonce.

VII. Every member when he speaks, shall rise from his seat andres­pectfully address the chair, and shall not on any dccasion use personal re­flections 01' intemperate language.

VIII. When a member intends to make complaint against anot.her hav­ing a bearing upon his moral character, he sha.ll 'apprise such brother of his intenti~n, before he brings it into Conference.

IX. No mem~er stall absent hi in self from the ~ession of the Conference without permission of the President unless he be sick or unable to attend.

X. It shall be in ordAr for any member of the ~onference whElD he thin ks a question has been sufficiently discussed, to move that the question be taken without further debate, and if the motion be sustained by two thirds of the mem ber~ present and voting, the main question shall be put with­out further discussion.

Conference Examinations 1. The chairman shall hRve general charge of examinations with power

to fill vacancies among the examiners.

2. The Chairman, Registrar and Examiner of any particular study sha1l have power to decide all matters relating to certificates of credit in the interim of the . Conference. The Registrar shall make all reports of examinations to the Conference.

:3 •. The examinations shall be held semi-annually beginning on the day prior tothe various Bible Institutes, and to the Annual Conference .. Pro­vided that,however, candidates may present themselves at any time upon arranging with the examiner through the Chairman.

4. So far as possible, the examinations shall be in writing and at the seat of the Confer'ence. They shall be held at a place agreed upon by the Board of Examiners;.the questions and answers to be put In the hands'of the Chairman and grades reported to the R~gistrar.

;,. Seventy per cent must be obtained in each subject to pass.

6. A syllabus of a designated chapter ofeaeh book "to be read" will be required together with a certificate stating that, theboo.k has been pead, and must be in the hands of the examiner one month beforetheda.t~ of Conference.

7. All prepared written work mustbesenttothe Chairman one month before the date of examination. . .

Attention is called to the Coo'ference action Of Dec. 14th 1915, where candidates are requested to mee~theirExtuniners for lectures on difficult passages the day before Confel'eQce E~amin~tions.

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Course of Study for American Missionaries

Admission on Trial

Sa.me as in Discipline of 1916.

First Year

1. New Testament History.-Rall 2. Human Behaviour.-Col vin and Bagley 3. The Making of the Sermon.-Pattison

'4. Vocabulary and Grammar in Dialect. 5. Story in dialect.

To be Read.

1. Individual work for Individuals.-Trumbull 2. The Pastor-Preacher.-QuaYle. 3. Francis Asbury.-Tipple.

Second Year

1. Short History of the Christian Church.-Moncrief 2. The Pupil and the Teache."r.-Weigle 3. The Way to Win.-Fisher 4. Essay in Dialect. 5. Rules, Ritual.and Hymnal -

To be read.

1. Christian View of the Old 'l'estament.-Eiselen. 2. Education in Religion and Morals.-Coe; 3. The Preacher, his Life and Work.-Jewett.

Third Year

- Rayner Cedarholm Beckendor'f Rader Cordero

Rayner Moe Beckendorf Marquez Rader

1. Beacon Lights of Prophecy.-Knudson Moe 2. The Social Pl'oblem.-Ellwood -. Beckendorf 3. Introduction to the S~udy of Comparative Religion.-Jevons Cedarholm 4. John, Acts and Romans in Dialect. Rader 5. Sermon in Dialect. Cordero

To be read.

1. Studies in Christiaty.-Bowne. 2. Social Evangelism.-Ward. 3. Life of Philips Books.-Allen.

Fourth Year

1. Paul and His Epistles.~Hayes. 2. System of Christian Doctrine.-Sheldon 3. Everyday Ethics.-Cabot· '-4. First and Second Corinthians in Dialect 5. Sermon in Dialect;

To be read. 1. Histol'ical Geography of the Holy Lands.--Smith. 2. The Book of Isaiah. Vol. 1. Expositor's Bible.-3. The Churh a Community Force.-Tippy.

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Rayner Beckendorf Moe Rader Marquez

English Course for Filipinos

For admission on trial as required in Discipline 1916

First. Year

1. New Testament History.-Rall Vidal 2. The Making of the Sermon - R. Caliea 3. Discipline oithe Church, ,- - De Ocera 4. How to Study.and Teaching how to Study.-;-McMurray - E. T. Cruz 5. The Art of Writing Eoglish.-Brown and Barnes - Cedarholm

To be read.

1. Public Worship.-Hoyt. . 2. The Pastor-Preacher.-Quayle. 3. Winning the Fight Against Drink.-Eaton. 4. Francis Asbury.-Tipple.

Second Year

1. How We Got Our Bible.-Smyth 2. Short History of Christian Church.--:Moncrief 3. The Pupil and the Teacher.-Weigle 4. The way to Win.-Fisher - \

To be read.

1. Education in Religion and Morals-Coe. 2. The Preacher, His Life and Work.-Jewet.t. 3. The Life of Luther . .,.-McGiffert. 4~ History of Methodism. (Vol, I}-Stevens.

Third Year

1. Beacon Lights of Prophecy.-Knudson. 2. Foundation of Christian Belief.-Sttickland 3. Social Problem.-'Ell wood - .

Tovera Vidal Moe

- Galang

. Moe Rayner Calica Cedarholm 4. Introduction to Study of ~omparative Religion.-Jevons-

To be read.

1. Studies in Christianity.-Bown~. 2. Christianity and the Social Crisis.-Rausehenbush. 3. History of Methodism. (Vol. H)-Stevens. 4. Life of Ph iii ps Brooks.-Allen.

Fourth Year

1. Paul and His Epistles,-Hayes 2, System of the Christian Doetrine.-Sheldoo k. Everyday Ethics.-Cabot 4. The New Home Mission.-Douglas

To be l'ead.

1. Historical Geography of the Holy Land.-Smyth. 2. Outline of Christian Theology.-Clarke. 3. The Minister as Shepherd.-Jeffersoo.-4. History of Methodism. (Vol. IU)-Stevens.

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PamarOlln,: ............ 300.~':'~ 14.:- 1 13 51 '188 1-- 85 1 ,SOO ''', 14 ... !:';',' .... I~'i';. " ()$Rn(~il!uel .. ~ ·,.r .. ·· .... !>. ~13~' w,;7 . 5. L.J>1 ,il,6 l ~86 141 327 .. ,-p .:.-222 i',""'''' L, J,39 } .• ;11 . i,(~21000'0 0 1 3~~~' I. 30 ...... ;.~;: ""1 25

Sta. MRris" ..... ,. ... ~...,.,.,., . . ~"'., 2 1--,14 ~". 6~76 .--l-Q.a --47-2 4 3H......... .. 'i' !;! 'Il"'" "482... . .. _. Support of deacopesses.j 960 1"1-+.:.:'" "I~ ~' ... :.. I . l----~ ~ ___ L_--.:..:... .. __ :I.:..:..._..1~2"'6,3 •••• u5.~

I ii' Tota~ .... ' II 6837

1 '09~, g. 2111~ "'1 1279, 74]: 687, 200 1233~ 41 ': 51250 -f-,4 .20100: 5098! j~I\'1' 1&:83 '" ,~2.30 lIocosOtatjrlct I I ~ . i j I ! ' , .... '1 I I I

o .. se ... il1sc: ..... ,(I~),';",~."" lJ 391, ...••. 2.2 ,8t !1::18 I.: 206'f; 26 468 H! 5 S: 395: r ... ';: ..... ::' 5 i'>Q950c ... ;: ......... ,., 640. ....... .., ... 234'00 'OSaJced& ...... i~.I •• :.... .... .181 ! lO 1 6 i 107 83. , .. 190 [5 II: 207 .N'" ) ... .• I 5 ~ 1420 ... ;..... 36....... 20,00 l,Sto.Tomas ... I:; ......... 8 67 i.:;):.. ,8 i ".14 . ~ '17 HI 7q .147 ,)1,3 (:324 ............. }: 3 ~- 360 .... "':~''''''Y .lilO ....... .., ... 42.00

Candon< .... '.,.1............ • •. 451 15 671.25 <. 178 1/ 52C) 698 r ~ 6 t 198 ....... 'i ... : .. ,;,: 4 e.5745 ......... ;;, ... ; 0 285 ...... ~ ..... J 192.00 I.San Esteban........... ,-,j 257 j·lI· IS 13 2 j,. 214 111106 320 j 2 0 118 ,~~",,,) ...... ': 2 bl 878 .... .. ...... ; ::t ,! 95 .. ..... ...". ..... 62.00

Stft..Maria ..•••. :.::~ ... ~. 233 11 -18 8 9'6 1r-l ~~OO 2 298 ........... 2' "928 •••.••• J 90 ~ .... H ••• ~~,~,~, •••• 26.00 DNM'VIIOIl. n " .UU. IJ........ l·, 829. ! ... '.. 16 28 ,j,) 6 .. 1125 l: 295 ... 420 • i <J _Ii 1368 ; . ,).~~. ''''~'''', '.j .'~" l' '11

731 ~03 ' i' - ; ... ';': "Ii .298 .. , .. " ",.,,\', ,.,.... 15000

Vhran.. • ....... :....... 150 .. '" 12 15 !) lUl 1'59 :ZOO a j. 326 ...... I., v 2 12000 155·..... ..;.. .. 125.00 Ban£!'ued ·········1 ...... 240 I' .. .... JO 57 2 I 22f 352 576 2. 121 ... •. 2 1025 ....... ' 155 ..... "~ ,,3.00 ~'''''~I 3400 La Paz, ..... ".,......... 252.... 114 l~ .. <> HI 81 226 ) (.2 ',(. 225 .~: ..... J' ... ~. l>~ 2 "I 978 "J i ......... '-IPO ........ . ........... .

- :;N61'te .. ;1 .. • .. ~~~;~~'·::: .. I~ ~;~29~'( 87 :15:31 2~~51~' -~~' -2 86 ~Hf ~. 7/ '~2 -.,Jdit!~L" . 300~' . ~ :.v M anii"ii; Di~trict ~ -, -, - --r --I -. ~ -r- r I ~ 5 - ~'6< 2 2 ~~ •. '::; '~-:, .. ;~;p.i~~~"~ ~ --" ~ ~e:~ia~~~~~y~i:::~:::: '72~~g!·...... ~g :~!'i 4t I ~t g!ii' m 0/ ~ I £ i~t :,:::::~": ',,:= I ~ Itlifo, c.igL:·::: ·'~~:~();::::,Ui.r9.

oSlO. Paul's. il.)! .. ·•••••• ~;;'~~r:'~~::· ~03(:) ,~-l 20 18 3 -'3'1:332 ~ .... J .. ::I 1 ,J500ij il' 2000:1_· 370 ....... ,. ~ ...... ~ .. ]'00 '}'~=: ~~:aChfr~~i .. ::::' \0 229, ...... P 1 (j ~ i ~gl~ ~gl 'i ~ : " ~~~ .~ ..... t:::: : .. ! ~ ~; ~~g ,I '''n150 t ... • ......... ::::. :::::: ·'lA.o8 ~t!~roc'O't;lui~~.~i~~~~::::.l;d~:~ ~::~ .. l~:":' 41251 2g7 ::.~~6 ~:~::~ f:~g~: '~::::::~ g.g :~~ 1 "~:250' 2048' .. :.: .... :., •. • •. ·: .•. ·~.'i1~o'.llooog

MalabonCI rcult . :~-.-.-::.- 1060 5 290 443 ,-, 733 3 276 .... :.. a 6950 1 -, 400 500 ~ : .. N1Lvot$/!ltCIr<mit[..... ~:"s12 I.<.f:.. 14 28 \'132 r. 320 366 686 ' .. 0 5 ~J353 .; ..... ,]i) 2 t:; 5000 '1 '400' 490 6.61 ...... 76700

Taytay and Mariquiii·ti:-:.. 235 4 '2 5 94 '159' --""25'3 2 136 ..• ;~ , 2 3500 45 36.00 .:i1:r ... aii!tbueGircult ....... ,:'140!.<.\ .. 2 7au;, 7 '.:!130' '216 3!l.6;;flu180·il ... , ........ 1'1 htl5QO, .... ~,100. ;.1200

"CbrrelZitlor .... ~. ....... ',1l 60 ! t,... 4 11& t; 5 ~ 84 j 398. 482 .':0 2 . 1> 75; ! ..... '.1... .. .... .. ..... .......... 9.00 i,IbaChlQuit.;i .. $ ...... , • .: <<I ~3 ~' .. ;, ,_ ~ •. 7 t 214, 19& 407 ,i) 2 _.160 ' .. '" ',2 ,"'2000 · .. ··300 /,1200

c .t'. ';~: §fi;r&iij~~ti~TI;;,· ~i! '~:':: J J ";;,~ I '-If' ~fl :1~!1! '-t ,', H . ,.,,,.' .: C:' 'I ' ~;.5E :-r < :::~~! :: :::~:: :: ::::~: :~:::::::::: :::.:: Palaui£!' CirCuit ...... I 10 1 ....... L2 I.. • 1 4 6 1 [' 41 ..... J. '" I'" . ! .. 1 ..... .:.r ...................... ' Olonppo .. 1 ••• .... 9521 ...... !10 18 8 I 16 11 27 ~ li~ . 2 2 1 1 70U! 170 {~,,·.l4-i: :: •••• l; •• '.'. . ~.OO

. Binonl:\'? pirouit. '.' .,218 I~ -:~~~H ~ ',; 3 8 11 I __ ~ ~ ~-.".... ~ ~ ..•..•• •• •.•••. ••

,,) .Tot.al... ... 9.131..·. 128 390 250 ;.2558 4433 6991 :41.::3320'... ,;, .... ~. 32 ;t7815b' i I _J.~.~.y:4in8 ';31oAl .L •• 12220:00

, 'n~;:,j jnstit'~'io~g' -" )<. ,I I, .,:f dl ~ :~'<'i'(~' : ;. i~~', ~ ",' '". ,.')" 1:,M'ethodistPublish.House>.' .............. · .... ,1 ""',"'" ....... .............. ..£:: ••. , ............. ~90000 .................. ", ••••• r·::~~: .. ':·Nlc.holson Bible'Sem·y ... , ... ,.... .......... ..... ..' ....... J ....... ,. ........ ...... 7 .................. ' 1500!) ... ', .......... ...... .. .. ,' , .. .. ('3 Mission ReSidences , ....... ,;:,., .. 'f' •. ...... .. ............... ,... ........ .. ...... ",'" ,.10000, "".j .. , Manila B~ys"Dormttory~, ....... .. ..... .'.;1; ........... , ,','" ... .......... ...... .;.: ... ...... i .~~.~:. ,50000 '," ......... ...... • ............. ..

, .• j Wj,F" M. s. (" .. f: , .• , . 9> '!,f. ~ 3 '800:· 0.0' Hu~h WIsoD.Ha.11... f· .... f.' ....... '...... :',' -;-.,.!':' ., ••• "~""i'.;!" .. Harris Memorial' School.. ...... ..d .......... ; ...... '.u .... , .... _ ... ' .... !.......·,,!'5000

.MA,ry,Johnston I!ospital.. __ ._._. I~ _"_'_' _~_"_~ ........... , . ...:..:.:---.: ~_._._. 75000

.. ....... ~.. • .. .... ,. •.•• f:t lt ,. •••••• ,.

Total ...... : .. "... • ............ ~ .... !... .~ ............................ 345000 j, t

. ~., "

MINISTERIAL SUPPORT CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

SUNDAY SCHOOLS

EPWORTH LEAGUE CHURliH PROPERTY

BENEVOL'E:NT OFFERIN.GS

C.HARGES

Pampanga District

Angeles .. · .••••.....•..•. Apullt ................... . Arayat ..... ; ........... . Bacolor , ............... ,. Bamban· ................ , Caluluan ................ . Candaba •.. ·· ..•..••.... ,. Capus ..•......•••. Concepcion ... , ........ . Gual/un ............... .. La Paz.· .............. .. Lubao .................. . Mucabebe· ............... . Maglllang ..... ····••· .... . Mexico ................. . Negritos .••••...•....... PorRC .................. .

6760 1IH.98 9400

135,00 254.70 44.00

43600 82.00 92.00

45800 22400 295.78 58800 241;68 41430 127.00 22619

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a 26 5 4 3 2 6

11 ...... 11 6 ........ .. 4 .... 4 5 4 25 5 20 4 4 ...... 6 4 ...... 22

10 ...... 12 6 ...... I3 2 ...... 8 2 .... .

'S .... 11 1 25 43. 7 40 .. 60 7

MEMBERS

38 63 101 1 64....... .. ..... 1 350 ............ .. 215 21 236 1 274....... ........ 1 500.... . ...... .. 172 '602 774 4 122 ....... 3 510 .............. . 200 201 40 1 1 117 2 250 .............. . 198 80 278 1 70 2 504 ........... ..

17 .. 17 1 70 ...... 1 80 .... ' ........ . 243 674 917 1 45 1 120 ............. .

68 59 127 1 54 1 170.. .. .. .... .. 620 169 789 2 350 2 950 ........... .. 394 618 1012 3 345 3 1480 ............ .. 273 215 488 I 239...... 1 120 .............. . 567 379 846 2 350 6 1144.. ... .. ..... .. 220 10 230 1 30 1 330.. . .. . •....... 363 138 501 1 82 2 ]530 ............... . 972 878 1850 3 896....... ........ 4 4516 ..... · ...... .. 128 78 206 1 60 1 30 ............. . 154 126 280 2 205 496 .............. . 154 10 164 1 75 1 70 .............. .

30 .... .. 50 ........ .75

150 .......... . 60 ..... .

153 ..... .. 80 ..... ..

8

50 ..... ,

25 ...... . 450

40 30

413 30

·201

1.40

1.00 100 2~OO

.60 4.85

.90 .::::.

:13.00 213t 800

23.75 0400

142.00 10408

25.00 54.62

534.37 lUO.88 131.03

1t692 296.47

60.90 Potrero ............... ,. Pulungm'Rsle .....•...... San Fernando .. ·.. . ....

15000 .:::: 846.00

2 5 8 ....•. 13

324 369 693 1 191 1 191...... ........ 60·....... ...... 3300 583 766 1349 3 679 3 7660...... ........ 90 .. ..... 1.85 614:11

100.00 .... San Luis ...••....... ,.

'San Simon ............. . 19 20 39.. ..... .... ..... ..

...... ...... 75 26 ]01 ................ .. 6 1.27 ..... . 1200

Santa Rita ............. . Tarhlc ................. ,.

S 931 250 34:3 2 120 2 300 ...... ......... 10

!l7780 ____ 7_~~~Q~_~ __ 1 ~ ___ -_1 ~--____ ~_._ .. _---..E. __ ~.402 Total ...... . ~ -1.Q!...2Qi~~1 59471124771~~ ~1--iQ.~~1_. ___ ~ __ 12£1 __ 12430.36

I Pang.sinan Dist.

.Agno...... ................ 52.00 .. ·.. 13 31 8 ]85 197 382 5 95 4 1000...... .... ..... • Anctil. ................... 120.00 .... · 19 3 11 196 191 387 9 385 7 1655 ...... ...... ... .. 44 Aslngan ................. 190.00.... 12 5 27 382 280 662 3 239...... ....... 1 500 .. Bani. ... ...... ..... 86 00 ..... 13 10' 8 112 47 159 3 . 156 3 150 .. ......... 20 Bayamban ............... 48.00··.. 2 8 5 25 50 75 1 30 25 Binmaley.... ........ ..... 12.00 ..... 6 14 29 89 118 1 80 1 300 270 ........... . Binalonan .. :........ .... 232.00 19]2 25 399 243 642 5 765 1 200U.. 230 ....... . ......... . Bolinao ........ ;....... 16.00 . .... I2.. 13 95 115 210 4 151 3 240 50 ........... .. .. .. Dagupan ..... .......... 3:;0.0" .... · 14 20 30 150 162 311 4 422 3 4280 • 1 12800 50 ... .... 5.00 ..... . J .. ingayen.. . .......... ... 140.00 .. 4 IS 3 3::14 96 430' 2 327 2 3LOO I 3000 30 ................ .. MangaldRn ............ 122.00..... 17 54 20 251 582 833 4 704 2 .650 .. .. .... ...... 120 .............. . ManaoR.g .; . . . .•.. .. . . . 1 4 23 27' . . . . . . . . .. ..... ..... . .... . Ntleva VizcaY&... ........ 480.00 40 30 30 554 DOl 1455 10 637....... ....... 4 720 140 ........... . Pozorrubio.... .... .... 300.00.... . 16 18 23 408 106 514 2 293 2 130 40 ...... .22 ..... .

. Salasa. .. ............ 14800 ..... 7.. 2 I29 112 241 3 292 ....... ...... 3 250 ................ .. San Cllrlos .... ........ 30.00 6 19 4 111 65 236 a 113 .... ,. ....... 3 ]50 ... .... .. Slin Nicolas.............. 274.00 .... 11 43 21 408 269 '677 10 379 2 700 .. .. ]4 ............. .. ...

.30 .... .

.38 .. ..

.14 .. ..

2774 104.49

10.85 607·7 400

1O.5~ 14.94 1690

21593 68.06

15164 1.16

loa 13 a5.i8 11.14

\I 828 ,44 71

Sta. Maria. . .. , ...... . . . 45.00 I . . . . . . 22 23 45. . .•. .. . .....• • Sl\n Quintin.. ... 160.00 ..... 9 14 22 138 69 207 3 160........ ....... 3 750 .... ... 71 ...... 1.00...... 32.88

Baguio(RestHomes) ... _____ --__________ :..:...:.:..:..--- ___ .. ~ __ ._._. '--- _____ 3 16500 _ .. _. __ ._._. __ ._ .. .:.:...:.:..:.. __ . __

Total ...... 2755.~O_ .. _...E!~I~I~~ 7552 ....E...1~1...;.:.: . .:..:..:..:.1~~~~~..2!.Q!. __ 17.04 __ .. ~

Panlqul District

Tarlac Pro v •

'. Camiling ..... ...... 160.00 13 32 38 233 132 365 2 186 ...... 33 3 2913... 6 ...... 200 2 11 00 Moncada ... ............. 17000 8 16 14 186 36 222 2 127 .......... , 1 600 .. 52 g..... 200 3 8.00 Paniqui.. ................ 62 00 68 9 8 28 232 120 352 3 108 I.... 130 2 488 1 360 18 .,.. 4 00 5 21.00 Gerona .. ................ 45.0U 17 12 6 18 336 200 536 3 230 I ... I 60 2 1160 I 53 ........ 800 8 Victoria ................ 31000_ .. _~ __ 1_~~ __ &0.~ __ 6 ~1 ___ '1~ __ 4_~ __ 1_-.!QQ..._~.. ____ ~~

Total ... .1.ll.00 ~~--2!-!!!.I-1.!§!.~ I I765 16 1112 __ ~--!!.~6_1.......!. 460 ~_,,_._. _I.!.!!.BQ.~ . 46 00

Pan£"asinall Provo I I I I I P I Alcala............... ..... 59.00 14 6 15 145 88 233 2 250.... . 2 250 52 ...... 1.00 I 1 00 Rosales .................. ~9_00_ .. _~ __ 1 ~~ __ 60.~_2_~3 ____ ~! ___ 2 _ 610 _1 __ ._8Q ___ 1_5 _._. _.l!.QO _. R. 1200

Total...... 349.00 __ .. 1~ __ 7 -!LI~ _~81_590 _4_~ __ ~ --!. __ 8~ __ 1 ___ 80_ ~I"":':':";';'~ --J!..I~

Nueva Bcija

Cuyapo' ............... 4700 11 11 16 214 45 259 2 102 1 700 407 ...... 2.~ 0 3 Guimba .................. 17800 14 5 21 124 29 153 2 90 450 1 100 33 ....... 400 3 7.00 Mufios. .......... ...... 30.00 4 2 IO 38 34 72 1 60 30 ....... 200 3 1600 San Jose ............... 168.00 36 13 6 15 116 58 I74 3 180 390 8 ... .. 4 00 2 RizlIl .. , ............... , 166.00 9 13 3 5 8~ 60 148 3 169 .. , 1 200 1 150 85 .. ..... 100 1 1.00 Lupno .................... 12500 ~ __ 5 __ 7 __ 6_1~ 54 127 1 25 .. ~1~ __ 5_0_~ ___ 50 __ .. ___ .. _._ . ...!.:QQ._._._~!'

Total ..... ,. ~OO 76 60 231 731 653 , 280 933 12 626 t---=-= 34 5 1790 3 300 '563 .. /13.00.....!! 25.00

'rarlac ............ ,. 747.00 85 57 63 1141 )1871 578 1765 16 1112..... 333 12 6036, 21 460 191 ....... .116.00 ]8--;;0 Pangnsinnn.......... d9.00 29 7 37 442 148 5~0 4 473...... 41 4 860 I 80 67 g' .... 9.00 9 13.00 Nueva Eolja ••....•. 71400~~~~~~~~~_·_· __ .. ~1--.!.._1790 __ ~~~ ....... 13.00 _1.? 250{J

Grand Total.. 1810 00 ~ 2ii.~ 2241~I-lQQ!~.L2~~ 32 1 2211 408 2.L~1_6_· ~ -.-El __ ·_"_~~ ~

Philippine Islands

Bataan District ......... 1700 46 34 82 359 921 1280 17 825 ....... ........ 8 6621 2 350 1270.. ..... 430 747.00 Oagayan District. ....... 1535 66 195 173 2004 1381 3385 16 ]324.. . 14 18475 6 13580 801 .. 7.00 283 4S6.00 Central District ........ . 8864 109 235 96 211 7848' 4945 12793 74 6871 200 .. 2330 41 51250 14 20100 5098 1451 16.00 1200 292.00 Ilocos District ..... ;.... 3740 231 126 298 87 1513 2145 3658 33 2586 ..... ....... 32 27794 2 12000 2034 458 3.00 410 985.011 Manila District... ...... 9131 128 390 250 2558 4433 6991 41 3320...... ...... 32 178150 ] 1 31300 4318... 33.00 2220.00 Pampangn District. ..... 5506 '107 204 224 6530 5947 12477 35 4822............. 40 25801 2360 ...... 16.1.0 393 2430.00 Panlr8sinan District..... 2755 222 299 256 3932 3620 7552 72 5228 ....... ....... 44 16575 5 32300 1104 ....... .1 8.00 251/ 972.00 Paniqui DIstrict.. 2050 ~ ~6 ~ 224 2282 1006 3288 32 2211.. 408 21 8686 __ 6 ___ 840 ~~~_0...Q.~. 84 OU

Totals 1919 .... 35281 501 1076 160911507127026/24398 5142~' 320 27187 200 2738 2321 333351 53 121640 17806 ....... 1121.003006'8216.00 Totals 1918 .. ~ 246 1150 2157 2027 25479 22844 48323 337 25425 .... . 240 308125 49 .... 22878 ... .. 54 001-!1472 00

~";'"'::,:","~.::::::: :::: :::: : .. ~.2: .. ~~~ .. 74· · ... t,;2ol.1.~~~ I .. l.:~~. ~ r :::::::::: :\····.·1 :::::::: .... ~ 5.72· ::: ::: :1 07:00 .::: I07:'~O

G' i'-' :,~~,:·.:n.:.r£4*~::, .. ",--,'~ .~,,~:~~ #1'4~'" ~~·ii.-;Z_"k,t~f~~;~ ~~'~:.." . "\";', " ~:. ~ " - -~-~.'."""-"~-:~'" ","'-;-~ -,-:-"'" ~ ~:~:=i>;"',: ,- - . _.- - - H'. -'-~~~""~~--'~-" "~'~V_'-'-~ -~~.

BENEVOLENCES .Annual (Jon.f. 1919 .

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II) ~ ~ II)

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NAME OF CHARGES ~ U'J

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Cageysn District Pampanga Distrlot Al~la....... ...... ...... .... ...... ....... ............. 8.00 8.00 Guagua....... . ..... ........ 1.00 ....... ....... 1.00 0.63· 2.63 Aplrri .................... ,. 2.00 3.00............. 6.00 11.00 La Paz..... .... ............ 1.00 .... 1.00 Ballesteros ................. 1.00 2.00 3.00 Lubao ...................... 0.51 "0:74' :::::::: 1.00 6.00 1.18 9.43 nagan.~..... ...... .......... 1.00............. 1.00 Magalang................... 0.60 0.84....... 0.92 21.00 0.65 24.01 Stanis.. ... ................ ....... ........ .... 2.00 4.00 6.00 Mexico ................... :. 4.00 1.00 ........ 2.00 15.00 175 23.75 Sanches Mira....... ...... 1.00 ..... ........... 4.00 5.00 Porac. ....... .......... 0.90 0.80... .... 5.00 1.30 8.00 Santiago ................... ... 1.00 .......... 1.00 San Fernando.......... ... 1.13 2.16 ....... 5.00 255.00 2.85 266.14 Tuguegarao •.••••........•• 'I~ ~I~ ~ 16.00 I 8.00 I~ San Simon..... ...... ..... 1.27 0.84... ... 1.27

r.rotals ........ 7.00~_._._._. _ .. _~!2.Q.Q..J!!:QQ. Tarlac ....................... 0.87 ________ 1.64 ~ 1.54 4.89 Totals ........ .!ill.~ __ ._. ~1!ill~~'

Central District Pangasina" District Anda ........ ............ 1.00 1.00 1.00 ..... ...... 2.00 5.00 Asinjfan........... ...... .... 3.00 ...... . .... .... .... 3.00 Binmaley nnd Lingayen.... ..... 1.00 45 .. 0000 l' '5'.0"0 ...... 4.00 9.00 Dagupan ....... 5.00 3.00 25.74 1.00 54.74 Mangaldan...... ........ .... 1.02 2.00........... 1.00 4.02 Mannoag .. ............. 3.00 .... .... ...... 3.00 Nueva Vizcnya. .... ...... .... 2.00..... .. ..... 2.00 4.00 San Nicolas........... '" 2.00..... .. . . . .. . 1.02 3.02 Stln Quintin ................ 1.04 ~--.b.QQ.._._._. __ .. _. __ 2.00 ~

Totals....... 8.06 18.23 11.00 15.00 25.74 13.02 91.05

Alia·ga. • ................... 2.00 ..... .... 2.00 Co.banatuan.. ............... 1.05" oj'1>' .. 0:50' ....... : : .. :... ... 2.30 La.ur. ................. ..... .... ... ...... . ............. 1.70 1.70 Penaranda. and Papaya ... ....... ........ ..... ....... 1.60 1 60 San' Antonio .............. .... • ........... ~ ................ 0.90 0.90 San Isidro...... ...... ..... 2;40 .... ... ........ ..... .... ... 2.40 Zaragoza ........... ~ ...... 1.00 ... .... ...... .... 1.00 Bulacan Province:.... .... .. . .. ...... 282.55 ..... 282.55 Atlag ....................... 3.00 "0:60 2.00 ........ 2.65 8.25 BlI.liuag .. . ...... . ..... ...... .. ..... .a..OO 1.00 Bulll.can ..................... 3.08 ..• 1 .. 1.0 •• .. 1.·6·4· •••••..••••. 1.00 51..

7102 Calumpit.......... .......... T

Hallonoy .................... 2.00 1.00 ....... ...... ........ .... 3.00 arlac(P.niqui) Diat. Kln2ua ..................... 0.60 1.00......................... 1.60 Alcala 1 00

~:~o~rgu'~i.:· ::::::::::::::: 1.20 ... ~.oo tgg ~ ::::::: _~.~ I~ g~~~i~~:::::::::: ::::.::::' ~:g8 0.60 tg8 Totals ........ ~~~~ ~1l.851324.57 g~~~~~a·::::::::.:::::.::::. 8.00 .. 8.00

Moncada........... ........ ~:gg ~:~g. 0:50 0:40 l~:gg Munoz ..................... 2.()0 2.0(J Paniqui ....... 4.00 ,4.00 1,50.... ... 0.52 10.02 Rizal .................... 1.00 100 .::' .. 2.00 Rosales ................. 800 3.50 0.60 6.00 ...... 18.10

~i~tgri~e::::.::::::::::::::: 4.00 3.00 13.71 1~'~~ Totals ... ~ ... 38.00 16.50 ~ 10.00 13.71 0.92 81.73-

_______ 1-- Episcopal ~

--- ~

lIoooa (Vigan) Dlst.

Angeles ..... ..... .......... ........ ...... 1.00 0.84 ... ..

~:~\~~.::::::::::::::::::::: 0.75 ::: ... :. :::::::: ..... ::: .... '0:7Ii Candaba..... .... ...... ...... 1.40 .. :.: ........... ,.... 4,58 ..... . Concepcion ...................................... 1.55 6.34 .... :.

Bangnen .......... .......... ...... ....... ....... 5.00 5.00 Banllued....... ...... ........ 3.00·...... ........ 10.00 13.0n Burl!o........ ..... .......... ...... ... ..... 13.00 ]300 Candon ..................... ........ ....... ~9.00 19.00 Narvacan .............. ,. .... ... .•.. ....... 8.00 8.00 San Esteban ............... .. . .... ........ 4.CO 4.00 Sevilla .... ...... .......... ... .... .... .... ...... 35.00 35.00 Sto. Tomas ....... l......... ..... ..... ..... ' ..... 9.00...... 9.00 Vigan ........................ _._,,_. ~-=--:~~ ___ ~~<!Q..~_2()~!! West (Sata.n) Diat.

Totals ..... "·I...!.QQ. 6.44 117.00 .... ...!.:21i 01'lon .............. ....... .... 40.00 40.00 Ora.ni ............. ......... .... 100.00 100.00 Kalalliman . ..... ......... .... ....... 100.00 100.00 Puerto Rivas ... ........ 10.47 .. .... 90.00 4.00 10447

CflDtral ...... · ............... 25.00 36.97 .... 25.00 53.65 ..... 140.62 Totals ....... ,--.- 10.47 ----- 330.00 4.00 344;47 Knox ........................ 1.72 ... 141.10 104.92 247.74 --~I---~--II~.:;;.:.:;::.::.j...:,;.:~ Navotas. .......... .......... 6.61 5.35 60.00 102.kl5 ..... 60.00 234.61 R Polo ......................... _____ --1:1Q._._ .. _ _ ._._. ___ I~ .capitulation

Totals ........ 33.33 42.32 204.80 127.65 158.57 60.00 626.67 CI\gaYI\D District...... ... 7.00 6.00 .. 38.00 13.00 '64.00 __ ___ Deaconess Traininr School 60.00 Central " ......... 16.33 5.45 8.39 282.55 11.85 324.57 68667 Iloc~s ........... 3.00 644 .. 117.00 126.44

-'- Mamia ........... 33.33 42.32 204,80 127.65 't58.57 60.00 626.67 Pampanr", ", ........ ~ .. 1343 6.38 14.11 313.76 10.65 358.33 Pangasinan" .... ....... 8.06 18.23 11.00 15.00 25.74 13.02 91.05 Tarlac ........... 38.00 16.50 2,60 10.00 13.71 0.92 81.73

~:~~ West ........... __ 10.47 _____ 330.00 ,~ 344.47

0.75 .. Due. Manila 60.00 5.98 ,:"::,:,,,:-:,_._._. _._. _._"_. _I- Epls. larlae ~ 7.89 'rotals 1919 .... 119.15 111.79 226.79166.761279.33113.44 2081.26

Manila Dictrict

Pamp.nga District

OFFICIAL REPORT

OF THE

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION

OF THE

Women's Conference

of the

Philippine Islands Mission

of the

Methodist Episcopal Church

1919

.~ ..

Manila

March 26th, to 31st 1919

Officers of the Conference

Pre...r;:ident MRS. HOMER C. STUNTZ

1 rice_ pJ'esideri ts 1\1 RS. 1\1. A. RADER

See1"()far.if

1\IJss P A UKES

MRS. ,CLYDA L, BUNDY

Assistant Secretary l\hss CRABTREE

Treasw'er 1\1 ISS Cn A RLES

Assistant l"reas'ttre1' 1\1 ISS DlwKlm

Official Correspondent l\hss CRABTREE

Statistical Secretary M'RS. A. L. BE{~KENDORF

Assistant S.tatistical Secretary MISS DUDI~EY

MISS PARKES

Trustees DR. PARISH MISS CHARU~S

MISS EltBST

MISS CHARLES

MISS CHARLES

MISS DUDLEY

Temporary Committees

Nomination MRS. B. O. PE.TERSON

Resolution Mlf:S ERBST

Standing Committees

Finance and Field Reference M ISS CRABTREE

MISS COPLEY

MISS DECKER MISS ERBST

Field Property

MISS CRABTREE

MISS COPLEY

MISS BORDING

DR. PARISH

MISS CRABTREE MISS PARKES MISS CARSON

MISS I:'5TIxRUD MISS EnBsT MISS ClIARLES

MISS BLAKELY MRS. M. A. RADER,

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MISS DJ;~CKER

MISS Copr~Y

institute MRS. CI,YDA L. BUNDY MISS ERBST

MISS PARKES MRS. A. L. BECKENDORF

Sunday School and Ohildren's Work MRS. M. A. RADER MRS. A. L. BtCKENDORF MRS. O. HUDDLESTON

MRS. R. R. MOE MISS PARKES MISS DUDLEY

MRS. RAYNER

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Medical and Social Hygiene DR. PARISH

MISS CRABTREE

MISS CRA BTREE

MISS PARKES

MISS DUDLEY

MRS. M. A. RADER

Literature

MISS COPLEY

MISS ERBST

MISS KOSTRUP

MRS. R. R. MOE

Mas. RAYNER

Junior League MRS. CLYDA L. BUNDY MISS PARKll:S MIRS OOl~LEY

Vefrnacular Stud,!! DR. PARISH

MISS ERBST

MISS BORDING

MISS DUDLEY •

DR. PARISH

MISS CHARLES

MISS DECKER

THE SECRETARY

MRS. R. R. MOE

MISS DUDLEY.

Auditing Committee MISS DECKER

Baguio Cottage MISS BORDING

Program Committee MRS. 0, HUDDLES'fON

Publishing Committee MRS. M. A. RADER

Educ.ati(}nal Committee MISS KOSTRUP

MRS. A. L: BECKENDORF

Furniture Committee MISS eRA BTREE

MISS PARKES

MISS DUDLEY

Mas. RAYNER

MISS CHARLES

MRS. PETERSON

MJSS BORDING

Minutes of the Women's Conference

March 26, 1919 Opening. The seventeenth annual session of the 'V omen's

Conference met and organized in Hugh \Vilsoll. Hall, March 26 1919, at 5 P. M., with Mrs. M. A. Rader presiding. The Conferen­ce opened by signing, "\Vonderful Words of Life," after which Mrs. Homer C. Stuntz was introduced and led the devotions; She brought a message of cheer and inspiration.

Roll Call. Miss Charles was appointed temporary secretary, calling the roll. Those ·responding were: Mrs. Rader, Miss Stixrud, Miss Bording, Miss Kosti·up, Miss Parkes, 1\11ss Erbst, Miss Crabtree, lirs. Peterson and Miss Charles.

Organization. The following were appointed by the chair for the No~inatinK Committee: Miss Erbst, Ml's. Peterson and :Miss Crabtree. The Committee im,mediately retired.

Introductions. Mrs. Steinmetz was introduced to the Con­ference and spoke a few words to the ladies.

Mrs. Stuntz was then asked to ~ive a message' trom India and spoke most intel'esting,ly and appealingly of the Mass Movement.

Report of Nominating Committee. The Nominating Com mittee brought in the following report:

President 1st· Vice-president 2nd Vice-president Secretary Assistant-Secretary , -Sta tistical f:lecretary Assist. Statistical Secretary Treasurer (recommended)

Mrs. Homer C. Stuntz; Mrs. M. A. Rader; Miss Elizabeth Parkes; Mrs. Clyda L. Bundy; Mis9 M. M. Crabtree; Mrs. A. Beckendorf; Miss Rose Dudley; Miss Charles.

, Field & Co~ference Commitee. Miss Charles, :Miss Dualey" Mi~s Decker, Miss 'Crabtree and Dr. Parish. The report was accep­ted and the sem'etary was instructed to C3-St the ballot for the IlaIDes reported.

Hour of Conference. It was moved and carried that the­W (lmen's Conference meet at Hugh Wilson Han at 4:30 each after­noon.

Report. The report of the Program Committee was given by Miss Bording nnd H('cepted.

Privilege. It was moved and carried that Mrs. Steinmetz be invited to attend the sessions of this Conference and be accorded the privileges of the· floor.

Adjourment. After prayer the Conference stood adjourned.

March 27, 1919.

Opening. The meetiug was opened by the First Vice-Presi­dent, Mrs. M. A. Rader. "Anywhere with Jesus" was sun~

, , - , after which Mis~ Klinefelter brought the devotional mess~ge from Isa. 41, pn,yer being offered by Mrs. Cnbacungan and Miss Crabtree. We were then favored with a beautiful duet by Mrs.Cabacungan and Miss Br.ingas. The minutes were read and approved.

Introductions. Miss Copley and Mrs. Bundy were intro­duced and welcomed as members of the Conference.

Report of Committees. The following reports were read and

adopted: Institute Committee, Literature Committee and Publish­

ing Committee. (see reports of committees).

Letter of Sympathy. A motion was made and c8rl'ied in­structing the secretary to Eend· a letter of sympathy to Dr. and Mrs. Lemmon, of the Christian Mission~on account of their hurried call home due to the'illness of their son. .,

Change of Hour of Conference. Moved and carried that the hOUI' of Conference be changed from 4 :30 p. m. to immediately ufter the morning devotions of the Ann\}al Conference for the remaining two days.

Round Table. Miss Erbst conducted a Round Table on Probe

lems of the District, Home, S.unday School and the Junior League.

Adjournment .. After prayer by Miss Copley the Conference

stood: adjourned.

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March 28, 1919 Opening. Meetjng was called to order by the president. De­

votions were lead by Dr. Parish, "Rescue the Perishing" being the opening song. Minutes were rend and corrected.

Report of Committees: The following reports were read and adopted: Medical, Vernacular and Furniture.

Asst. Treasurer. Miss Charles Darned Miss Decker as assist­ant-treasurer. Approved by Confm·ence.

Medical Committee. Moved and carried that the duties of the Medical,Committee should include Social Hygiene.

Uniform Reports. Moved and carried that thel'e be a uniform report blank lLmong the ueaconesses. The chair appointed the Misses Crabtree, Copley and Parkes 88 a temporary committee to arrange these blanks.

Moved and carried that flowers be sent to Miss Stixrud and Mrs. Rader and Miss Parkes were appointed as a committee.

New Committees. 'lhe chnir appointed as Ii Resolution Com­mittee the Misses Charles, Erbst and Copley; and 8S a Junior League Committee Mrs. Bundy, l\1iss Parkes and Miss Copley.

Discussion. Miss Parkes lead a diseus~ion on Home Mission­ary Societies relating to good programs, diBtributiol~ of medicine and raising of money by vnrious methods.. She urg~d the organi­zation of the Domestic Mission Societies, or Ladies Aid. Societies, in all ch ure hes.

Greetings. Moved and carried that greetings be 8flnt to the former and absent members ol this Conference; Mrs Eveland, Mrs. Carrothers, Dr. E. J. Pond, Miss Winfried Spauldin~, Mrs. A. L· Ryan, Miss Blakely, Mrs. Cottingham, Miss' Evans, Mies CnrBon, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. R. R. Moe, Mrs. P.N. Ced'arholm, Miss Rose Dud~ ley, Mrs. McLaughlin, Mri. Rayner Mrs. Huddleston, M·rs. Hous· ley, Mrs. Kinsey, Mrs. Klinefelter, Mrs. Moore, and Miss Washburn.

Adjournment. After the singing of "Help Somebody Today" and pray~r by 1\Irs. Stuntz, the meeting stood adjourned.

March 29, 1919. Opening. Meeting was called to order by the President. 'IHe

is so precious to me" was sung as the openillg song, after which

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Miss Kostrup led in prayer. Mrs. Rader read for a Scripture lesson the last chapter.of Joshua. "Be strong and of a good courage" be not afraid, ,{or thy' God is with tb~ withersoever ,thou goest." Mi­nutes were read and approved.

Report of Committees. The following committees reported and reports were approved: Field Property, Baguio Committee and Auditing ,Committee.

(see report)

Standing Committees. The.following Standing Committees were appointed by the chair: Field property, Institute, Sunday School, Medical, Literature, 'Auditing, Baguio, Programt,Education­aI, Furniture, Vernacular, Publishing.

(see'list)

Visit by Bishop Stuntz. Bishop Stuntz visited the Confer­ence and gave us a' very interestj ng and, instructive address, an­swering some of ourpreplexing questions, for which we gave the Bishop a rising vote of thank8.He ihvited the Women's Conferen- , ce to hold a joint session with the Annual Conference on Saturday at 4 P. M. '

Papers. Miss Bording read a paper written by Miss Stuxru,d in which she spoke of the various needs of the Conference ae she has observed them. Moved and carried that papers be read at the next annual 'session upon the genet'al work, one by a Filipina worker and one by an Amerlcanworker, the material to be furnish­ed by the various members of the Conference:

Adjournment. After prayeiby Mrs. Stuntz the meetinc ad­journed to meet again at the call of, the pre8ident~

March, 31, 1919. Opening. A called meeting was held with the president in

the chair. Mrs. Steinmetz 8sked for the Bong "Jesus is all the­world to me" after which she brought a messege from the second chapter of Hebre~s, emphasizing the thought' "but we. see Jesus" .. Mrs. 'Rader lead in prayer,aiter which "Every day and hour" was sung. Minutes were read and approved.

Reports of Committees. Miss Crabtree's report on deacon­es! blanks wa~ accepted and on motion the blanks l'ecommended were adopted as the official report blanks for the Filipina workers.

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Moved and carried that the workers in charge of the Filipina workers send to the·publishing committ,ee their estimates of the number of blanks each will require.

Statistical Report. Moved and carried that copies of the statistical report blanks required by the Genel'al Ex.ecuiive be sent thru the worker in charge to each pastor of a circuit.

Moved and oorried that the missionaries in charge of the dis­trict, or the district superintendents bel'equested to communicate with each of the pastors in charge of a circuit requesting them to see that these blanks aie filled out and returned to the statistical secretary. Mrs. Rader was appointed by the president to bring this matter before the Annual Conference at a joint session (~ee

.annual conf~rence minutes for action taken.)

Moved and carried that we accept Mrs. Beckendorf's offer to make mimeograph blanks for statistics.

Moved and carried that the finance committee be instructed to -send in an estimate for statistical blanks.

Moved and carried that the 8tati8tica~ secretary send a letter .of ex.planation about 'these estimate blanks to Mrs. Eveland.

Roeports of Committees. Junior League and Resolution eommittees read their reports which were approved. (see reports.)

Written reports. Moved and carried that -9.11 standing committees hand in writte,n reports to the Becretary.

Minutes. Moved and carried that the Conference minutes he left in the hll.nds of the publishing committee, the Conference to abide by its decision.

Graduation Certificates. Moved and carried that the Lin .. ga'ven girl graduates be awarded certificates on graduating, as is done in the other schools.

Greetings. Greetings were received from Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Cedarholm, and Miss Dflcker.

Adjournment. The Conference adjourned after the singing of the "Doxology."

Reports of Institutions

Mary J . Johnston Hospital, We add another full busy useful year to Oill' alrea,dy good record; the

poor, needy, sick and helpless have again received succor, and we number our Hospital :family by sev~ral thousand more;.it bas been a hard, good year.

Because of the War and high prices, finances have been a. difficult problem and for the same reason and the consequent lowered vitality and 'poor nourishment of the masses, there has been more sickness and demand for Hospital care. During tbe Influenza epidemic, there was a heart break­ing demand for beds and care-how little we could do .toward helping in this great task; we believe lives were saved in so far as patients were

. able to secure hel p.

Every department has been full; the little children with their never­endinp; cry fo(, help, we-eping and wailing they know not what for, but we know-for' help for the poor little tired starved sick bodies; what an opportunity there is in 'the Childrens' wards, both for the children, and for teachiug the Filipina nurs~shO\v to help the helpless little ones; and the opportunity does not. end there, either, for parents, friends, visitors always see or hear SOMETHING that helps them, that they themselves may be more nearly what they should be, GOOD caretakers of little children.

The great cry for more beds for medical and minor surgical work, is ever heard; so many poor wives and mothers, who need care and rest and, encouragement, must of necessity be refused this, for lack of room. This department is in reality a good' place for h~lping the Filipino home, by building up the women, and giving them new and better ideas; it is not just mere medical care and treatment they need, but teaching how to really be home keepers, and how to protect themselves and their families from disease. '

In the Maternity department" ,the same rows and ro'ws ofbappy mothers and little black-headed babies attract every visitor, and ~ive us all joy in serving; it is so satisfactory; the m?thers nearly all learn, and the Babies are well kept, and well-started on the journe, of life; one only has to look at a crowd of healthy happy mothers and children such as was seen at our recent Baby Show, to see our teachjng has not been in vain.

The Milk Station has been kept up and has served between 30 and 40 , poor· children daily, with the "bread .of life" which means the necessary bottles of prepared milk to keep them alive and help the'm to gr()w strong; imported milk is high, and we have not been able' to do half the- work we would like in this department,but much g'oodhas been dorie.

Daily the big Free' Dispensary bas helped to alleviate the sufferings of the throngs of poor people; oh the wounds, accid,ents, fevers, and all! It is a great place to get into toueh with the masses .... and to help some.

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The Evangelistic worle has gone forward, under the splendid belp of our Deaconess Miss Teodosia Villanueva; the Kindergarten children, and those attending the Sunday evening meetings ha"e all heard the Word; the WOlDen in the Wards, have had Bibles and much personal teacbing, besides the Sunday School lessons; the Dispensary patients ha ve heard the Gospel daily, and OUt' Pastor and others have all helped to make these bt'nnches of evangelism successfu1.

The Nurses have done well; a fine class of 11 graduated eat'ly in January and are already oat doing work for the people in sevel'a} capaci­ties; we are sure thel'e 81'e places each year for ten times as many as we gt'uduate; those left to take the work are trying to do their part: a new cl~ss of ]2 has been received. '

Eat'ly in January Miss Carson, who had 'served so faithfully and well, left for her furlough in the U. S. The work goes illy without her splendid and exceptionally capable presence.

During the year:

Hospital Patients -Dispensary " Milk Station H

1910 21002

211

Total 23123

Balance March 1st, 1918, Fees Gifts etc, W.F.M.S. Approp. Associated Charities,

Balance Mcp 1st, 1919

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P 9404.20 19153.81 1209.58 9730.00 7000.00

Total P52497.59 Expenses 44981.29

P 7516.30

REBECCA P.ARISH, M. D.

Harris Memori'al Tl'ainingSchool Immediately after Conference, Miss Decker sailed for the States for a

well' merited furlough and it was with many misgivings that we took over the duties of the Harris Memorial Scheol. However the pleasant month spent itinerating wi th Miss Parke's up in one of the northern provinces a'nd the happy, restful vacation in Baguio put new COUl'ago into us for the year that lay ahead.

Miss'Evans has been the faithful, willing assistant until her furlough began, the first of Jan,uary, when she also left for America.

The school has again had the loyal services as teachers of Misses Eugenia de Guzman, Sixt.a Guafio, Ambrosia Castillo and Salvadora Espi-

Harris Mem:>rial Bible Training School, Manila, Philippines

ritu. As these young women mature and become more experienced ii:{ the work of the school we depend upon them for c~rtain things and find them a great support and joy.'

The school opened with sixteen new girls but in less than a month it became evident that two wet'e not up to the standards of the school and as it was e,ven more evident to themselves, they asked to be permitted to go home. Th~ fourteen remaini~g made up a very creditable Freshman class. The majority 9f the students of this class are graduates of the seventh grade, and one has had a year in the High School and two years of teaching.

The "flu" or tranC8Z0 epidemic finally struck the school. One after the other of the girls came down with it until we had eleven cases- in all stages of the disease. Withtbe help of three Clf the Filipina teachers we

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succ.essfully nursed them a1 . and not one was lost.· vYe are unfortunate in havIng to live aCt'OSS the street from a morgue and it was not a very .cheering experience f·O see funerals leaving that place e\'et'y hour of the day, b~ginning often at six o'clock in the morning" and continuing until after dark.' Of course we knew too that this was only one of manl more -establis~ments who were doing the same thing.

During the epidemic it became evident that our Mal'Y Johnston Hosp· ital needed help because of so many of tbe nurses being .down with it. This was our chance to/help and to show our gratitude for all that insti­t.Ution has done for the school. Accordingly we offered tlle help of four -of the Seniors who had had a little experience in nursing. The offer ~yas gladly' accepted and for ten days they worked in the milk station, dispen­-sary, babies' ward and any where they could, relieving the nurses, for the more difficult work. 'I'hey gave theqlsel ves unstintedly but gained vast.ly more in knowledge and experience.

Through the organization of the graCied Primary and .Tuniol' depart­ments in the Sunday School of the church next to the school, the Senior -class has had unusual privileges. We put all the Seniors into these ,departments todo the work and to get the training in" this part of Sun. <lay School work. This experience, together with the weekly cl.ass in Teacher Training, llas 'given these girls excellent equipment for their 'Work after graduation. They have been most enthusiastic in learning to teach the children by means of the hand wOl'k an~ the sand map. We teel'that this part of their training alone has been worth the time and' ,money spent on t hem this' year.

When the Women Students' Conference to be held in Los Baftos hecame assured, we at once decided to send all the Seniors. There were ·on]yfive of them and ,perhaps it would be many years before we should again have so few in the Senior class. The Conference was all it prom­ised to be and the girls returned with deepened spiritual lives and added ~eal for the work of the Master. Incidentally we learned that they were a blessing to the Conference. 'I'lie success of the expel'iment makes us ieel that as many as possible of the students of this school should be sent Ito the Students' Conference each year.

The trancazo had greatly hindered the work of the school and the 'prospects of having Bishop and Mrs. Stuntz here for Conference caused u.s to h01d off a little.1onger in hopes of having them with us forCommen­

-cement. However that was not to be so the exercises were held on the night of February the 27th. The Mayor of Manila honored us with his .presence and an address to the students'. It'ive young women reeeived ,their diplomas. Although a: small class, eacQ was a choice young woman -with no ot~er thought' than to serve her ,Savior.

On tbe d~y following, the Alumni Association held a picnic in the 'IIlol'ning and a banquet in the evening. About forty of the gradua~es came 1";0 the school for the day and renewed old times. Surely these reunions .have a large place in the program of the school as evidenced by the testi· moriies,gen~rally given tearfully', as to the value of the training received he'l;ea:t i \ Harris Memorial "and the. great joy to be back again "in the .old schaaP' with former classma.tes. '.

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In point:. of months, the year ha.s be~n. a long one and yet it has been packed so full, the time has fairly :ftown it has been short after all. The teaching of a large class of young women in the S.S. of Knox Memorial Chm'ch, ever'y Sm;lday, and the constant- attendance at the service for English speaking_ Filipinos in the same,church?; with the.Epworth League meetings in the evenings have occu{>ied most of the Sundays. Other activities out in the city in connectio~ with the-Red Cross and Christian Service League have taken more or less time.

We look back over the ~'ear that has just gone and thank 'God for His­love and care. We 10,ok forward to the year ahead and the return of Miss Decker with joyful anticipation.

M. MARGARETT CRABTREE.

Hug,h Wilson Hall As we take a backward glance we can scarcely realize that another

twelve monc,hs have passed and another year's work has closed. There have been many jo),sand pleasures but there have al~o been days of diffi­culties and discouragements.

At Conference time Miss Evans was placed in the Barril) Memorial Training School and Miss Thomas was transferred from Parripanga Distl'ict to Manila District wi~h head-quarters at Hugh Wilson Hall. I was very glad, indeed. that I could have a companion in the house, brita-fter six very pleasant months, Miss Thomas was called to the-States o.n account of the .illness -of her father, and in few more weeks the Master called her to be with Him inthe'Heaven)y Home.

It is a joy each year to see the increased number of girls enrolling in the'University. Five years ago there were very few who went beyond the High School, but now it seems tha.t the ambition of every girl, graduat­ing from the High .School and Normal, is to pursue some course in t.he University. So before the opening of school this year every place in the Dormitory was promised. Many, thiriking! they couldobtain a place upon their arrival in Manila, were forced to seek pt'ivnte boardin.g houses. It is hard to refuse a girl entrance when we know conditions in the private boardi-ng houses are not w~at they should be. So, to help remedy this ft little, I borrowed six beds from the Harl;is Memorial School and put them in our sewing-room thinking they wO'uld be vacated within a few weeks, bUli it was six months before our numher was reduced to normal. '

The LibE>rty Loan drives and Red Cross activities have taken much of our time. B'!ginning with July 4th, which was set-as Tag Day for Manila,. a. two week's members.hip campaign was launched by the Red-Cross. We then began to work on the outside and -during the two week's campaign we raised more than two th.eusand 'pesos thrumemberships, benefits,. spechil gifts and-tag day. ,All during the year we have kept work in the house and the r;ids have given their time, as they h.ad it to spare, making bandages and garments and knitting. During the Liberty Loan -_.Driv~

- there were about twenty girls who bought bonds.

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Two years ago'the Young Men's Christian Association established the Y. M. C. A. Student Confel'ence. Ever since then we have longed to, have a similar organization for tbe young women, but there being no Young Women's Christian Association hel'e the w{)l'k bad to be taken up by some one else. After many discouragements and difficulties we were able to hold the, First Woman's Student Conference at Los Bailos during the Christmas vacation.

Tbe leaders were chosen from tbe different denominations. There were thirty delegates in at.tendance representing all the denominations, half of these being residents of Hugh Wilson HalL' 'We were vel'y fot'tun .. ate to have with us at that time our Dr. and Mrs, Meyer and Dr. Brown who brought ~ message to the Conference, f~

While we were but amere handful who had assembled in that beautiful' quiet place, owing to lack of accomodations yet we feel that it was the beginning of greater and better things for 0111' womanhood. One of the important issues of the Conference was the,drafting of resolutions protest­ing against the tobacco and liquor babits in the Philippines.

Last July weorganized ~ St:.udent Volunteer B~nd in Central church with an enrollment of thirty,.two. [am over-joyed to report that 13 of this number come from Wilson Hall. I bave had the privilege of leading this band of young people who have consecrated their lives to special ser­vice if the Master's call comes to them. It, indeed, has been a great pri­vilege ar.d blessing. Weare praying that somehow, somewhere, some way funds may be secured and a place may be found for these young peo­ple to serve, One of our girls who has been in the United States the past four years preparing, at her own expense, for Mission Kindergarten work will be compelled to start a private school upon her return because there is no place fOl' her in the Mission. It is very discouraging, to say the least, to try to bring about th\is consecration to service among our girls when DO effort is· put forth to provide a place for them to serve.

Plans were made for the organization of a Bible class for the girls in the Dormitory but later on it \Vas thot best noL to limit the attendance to the residents of the DOl'mitory. After careful consideration an invitation was given to other dormitories as well as the Y.M.C.A. to join us. '1'he8e institutions took great interest in the work. We were finally organized into what i~ now called the Manila Christian Union which meets every Saturday n'jght at Wilson· Hall.

We have been greatly encom'aged in this work by the hearty support. of the. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts in the University of the Phil­ippines, and we hope that thru him we shall be able to accomplish great things among the University students,

A new Catholic Dormitory for girls was opened in October and while we are usually sorry to lose any girls yet the loss in this case proved to be a blessing. There wel'e only ter. who transferred and they were nar­row-minded, prejudiced girls wbo tried to cause opposition in our work. After they le'ft the spiritual life grew and deepened more rapidly. The Personai WOl'kers Band has been very faithful, but at times somewhat discouraged over the results of their work .. The winning of the girls is a slow process but when once they surrendet' are true and loyal. We have

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had some beautiful conversions and consecrations this year. A few'months :after school opened three .girls were .expelled from the Government. Dor­mitory for a very minor offence. The Dean called me up and asked me to take them in and give them some religion. I smiled to think that she, a woman of more t.han sixty years, in charge of 270 girls, would ask me to ' perform a task she was not capable of. I took them in and in less than three months they were converted and taken into the church.

My Teachers Training Class was not so large as last year. There , were nine who did good work and were able to t.a.ke their certificates at

,Conference. Time has gone' 311 too fast fO,r us to accomplish the tasks before us,

but we have do'ne our best and we leave the results with Him.

Respectfully submitted, BERTHA D. CHARLES.

English-Filipino Work Owing to lack of space. Mrs. Rader o'mits her report pf English~Fili­

pino' work in Methodist Dormitory and Central Ch urch merely stating that this yest' h~s been the most progressive and encouragin~ of-all.

Central District A year ago we felt like strangers in a strange land, adjusting our­

sel yes to the new environ. But that' was a year ago. It doesn't take one long to get into the work, when there is so much that one wishes to: do. The days ar's more' often far too short. We feelnlOl'e than ever our res­ponsibility since the horn,egoing of the two splendid workers, Mr, and Mrs. Cottingham, who gave tpemsel ves 'so fully to the work o,f the M is­sion.

Our moving in Decemb~r to :Malolos broke. into 'the ,regular routine .somewha.t.

The English Sunday School at Sanlsjdl'o has cont!nued to the end of the school year, being left in charge of Pastol'Jorda's son unde!' the di­rectiOn of ' one of the American teachers. The work with, the students is 1ar from satisfactory. It'is harder to gain results; but nevertheless it is an 'interesting work. We were pleased in Fe'bruary to be. able to enter­tain' 115 of the San Isidro student friends in M~lolos. I consider myself <>ne,of Mr. Ryan's assistants, altho not Officially appointed by him during his absence. But thus far I ha-ye handled the correspondence and marked the paper:s of the Teacher Tra.ining students which came to our office. I eould write a volume about the other correspondence which I handle for pastors, local preachers and exhorters~ I find it hard to travel about with Robert. Home is the best place for ·little folks in'my judgment. Both, Robert and I have had our share of one species o~ Job's afflictions ~his year. I am hoping that the siege is over.

It is a real pleasure to get betteracqusinted with the Deaconesses. Since Miss Evans has 'gone home, I have tried to be t~eir missionary mother and many of them have responded as true daughthers of the work.

MRS. A. L. BECKENDORF.

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Report of the Girls' Dormitory _SAN FERNANDO~ PAMPANGA

. The appointment to the Girls' DormitorS' at San Fernando came to me last conference as a complete surprise, however, it did not disturb me as I had committed my affairs to God and Lfelt SUl'e He was the ovelo-ruling power.

My first work was to make the Dormitory an attractive home. I had a good sized library and I bought games to furnish amusements to co.unt .. aract those of a base influence.

, The high school opened with a whirl of dances and gaieties. .My new girls had not even seen a Bible before and most of them did not know it was the Word of God.

I started two Bible classes for high school stlldents,onein'our church and one ,in the !)ormitory, with a membership of sixty. Monthly socials have been much enjoyed. The morning devotions and these Bible classes were the maln opportunities I had to arouse a hunger in their hearts after God, From ,the first I·felt God's presence in our Bible classes and morn­ing devotions. I often gave t.h,e invitation for anyone who wished to talk about spiritual thi~gs to see rne. .

A beautiful Protestant girl in the Dormitory just loved to dance. One evening I gave a talk on "The Two Ways." She came to my room after­wards crying and said, "Oh, Miss Sti:xrud, never before did I feel God's Spirit as this evening. I know I have sinned in dancing; please pray for me. " From. that hour she has been a changed girl. She has become a very active Christian worker. One girl was blind. She was gloriously converted~ It made a marked change in het' lif~ from a peevish, sullen girl to a bright joyous Christian.

One. Sunday the lesson was about Nicodemus. God was working on many hearts that day. In the afternoon and evening many young men eame to see me and they kept coming thru the week. The loveliest £,irl in my Dormitory, with tears rolling down her :cheeks, said, "I have been seeking God for eo long time, but I ha.ve not that wondedul assurance you told us about." The sacred hour that followed can hardly be described, but she left my room with "that wonderful Itssurance" in her heart. She was so happy that she testified about it to all the girls and to many in the high school. She began at once to try to lead others to Jesus. Many came to be prayed for and every one was ~furnished with a New Testament in \vhich I wrote eo set of references that would lead them to a Christia.n ex­perience, such as Sin, Repentance, Justification, etc. Young men came who broke down crying saying, "Please help me to get rid of my sins." I witnessed some glorious conversions and often my joy was more than I can pur, into words.

The loaning of spiritual' books has helped to make them strong in Christ. As they read their Bibles many questions came up abou~ Roman­ism. "The Trq.e Faith-and How I found It," was an ;excellent book to teach·them about convension as well as the errors of Romanism. It was a glorious sight when twenty-one y<?ung people of this intelli£,ent class,

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oined our church. Among them was a high school. teacher, several government employees and some 01 the brightest high school students. Many others came up to the altar to give thei'r lives to Christ. Since t.hem many othel's have been con'verted and signed- membership cards in my offic~.

Early in the year lVestarted a Dormitory prayer meeting. At first only a few led in pl'ayer but DOW all 'take part and t.hey pray not to the nints, but to our Heavenly Fathet'. The favol'ite'song- is, "How precious is the Bible that God has given to me." Last year the priest forbade them to read the Bible. The beads and the small images that used to hang on every bed have disappeared. We sent two delegates to the Christian Service League and our whole class joined.

We have tried to do .our "bit" for "OUl' boys over there" t.oo. We have given the collection of the Dormitory Bible Class as well as P200.00 we raised by a basket social to the Red Cross.

Dr. James Taylor, Dr.. Rader, Mr. Ryan and Dr. Noon have nil been a help to us through the addresses given by them. Otherwise, I have worked alone as there was no other missionary ~n San Fernando. The District Superintendent ·has ever been in greatest sympathy with all my wOl'k and our relationship has been perfectly )H~rmonious. Our Bible cluss with Dormitory members gave P160,OO to help the repairs of our Church. . '

On January 21st we received the sad news of the death of Miss Thomas. The very same evening the Dormitory girls gathered in the room that ~sed to be hel"s lor a beautiful memorial service. God was very near to us and several of .the girls decided never to give up until "they had the. peace and joy that filled Miss Thomas' life. On January 28th, Miss i'homas' birthday, we held a large memorial sel;vice in our Church. Mr; de Ocera and Dr. Rader gave the addresses and the Oormito\'y girls furnished the music. Many that night, too,decidedfor Christ. "Though she be dead yet she speaketh." '

I 10Te the :B'ilipino people. If God will permit Isha11 be glad to serve them until He calls me up yondel'. But" All' souls are mine" saith the Lord and wherever I am most needed is the place for me.

LOUISE A. STIXRUD.

Pangasinan and Paniqui Districts DISTRICT WORK

Recalling the enfor.ced conditions on .our districts at the beginnjng of the Conference Year, March 20, 19}8, )'ou will remember that the COlD­

bined work of the two districts, plus the Bible Woman's Training School, was left to the supervision 01·one W. F. M. S. worker.

With school work demanding seven months of the yearit was deemed wise to withdraw hom all itinerary and spend the months of April and May in Institute work. Into the best school centel'S we went with our splendid trio of Filipina .workel's, one gl;'aduate from each of our Institu-

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tions. The Guimba Institute was a decided suceess. Ca.milinl, a mOIlt.

needy section, saw seven profitaLle days in the study of Bis Word. Would that we bad a. !,Ol'ker among these folk all the while,

Aside from the two Institutes, the- Woman's Work in Paniqui Dis­trict has been earried 00 by one 'Hart'is Memorial Bible Tl'aininr School gl'aduate, one nUI'se, four Bible Women and the ,,,ife of the District Sup­~u'intendeot, The unusual conditions of sickness on the district have more than ovel',taxed Miss Montero, who gives her full tinle to Disu'ie," 'Dul'sing,

Pangasioan Institutes, tho smaller in attendance, showed no less eagerness in del ving into the Bible truths, MOl'e and mOl'e we are de­pending on the Filipioa wOl'kers to carry the burden of the Inst.itut.e ~ot'k, All honor to t,he three wllo so nobly carried the whole of the teaching, and special mention of Silveda Lucas, who with such 0 degree

Sunday School Superintendent and Bible Woman united for Service,

()f leadership managed the whole two mont.hs Institute Pl'ogram, I spent a few da~'s with them at euch institute, meeting the cf6ndidutes for the t.hree Training Schools, and planning with the local leaders. Who can find us a line of \Vol'k that brings such deh rewa.rds for tbemoney and time invested? Would that we might have l'i~ht now an America wOI'ket' who eould devote her full time to this very work all thru the year, Where is the worker and who will send iel'? '

Pangasinan has ha.d fifteen gl'aduntes from the three 'I'raining Schools most of the year. Silveria Lucas and Dorotea Beltl'an have been in the

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Bible Training school. All have met tbe Spanish Influenza and ba":e belp'ed in tbe prayer meetings for tbe sick nnd in holdin~funerals. 'Chol­era and smallpox have been prevalent in some parts of the district. The workers have often been called .upon to do that which others thru feal" would not do.

'The Bible Women, seven in number, have done well too. District w~rk as carrie'd, on by the students of the Bible Woman's Training School has met its Waterloo in the prevailing sickness, but God bas been ~'ith us thru all.

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School opened June 10th with an attendance of thirty-three and clos ed December 9th. It was good to have Rev. B. O~ Peterson, our District Superintendent, with us for the Opening service., Blessed was that hour, when our new school family gather-ed around the Lord's Table. Though just two day previous to the opening service word liad brought me the

Graduating Class 1918.

sad news of my fathe'r de:Lth, yet even with the shadow of new sorrow hanging low, He 'came preciously near. From this hour we went into the regular w{)rk of the school. We have had more than 'our usual share of sickness with malaria fever, quarantined for measles, quarantined again for mea.sles and trancazo. Out' nurse was down, the Bureau of Health­could give us no raHer. At the last Miss Anna Carson, of .the Mary Johnston Hospital, learning' of our condition, came to our relier,remain-:

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jng until the hour of fumigation was over. Later when the epidemic swept our town again and took the servants, leaving us a family of forty, we had ample room to put to test the mettle of each of us.

In Red Cross money collected the school stoqd second on a committee of sixteen; in membership, one hundred per cent, and it is the happy pos­sessor of a registered Government Bond.

Would that we could share with ~'ou the inspira~ion and the new mis­sionary ideals left thru the visits, of Dr. Taylor and Dr. Meyer. To the close of the year the girls talked of the possibilities 01 becoming real mis­sionaries, going out into nearby needy fields. We sp(;cialized in Sunday School work thru the help of Rev.A. Lowell Rya.n.

In general improvement we have done little save making the usual necessary repairs caused by the continuous work of the white ant, then giving th~first story' of the main building a coat of Murano pain't, later installing an electric lighting system. The new lights, we trust, may n'ot only be another line of economy, but add to the efficiency of workdon~.

The Fil,ipina teaching force of the school remained just as last year. Upon each girl heavier t'esponsibilities were thrown due· to Miss Wash­burn's absence, but with what gladness we come to the close of the year each girl having measured up beautifully to her higher duties. Saturnin8 MirRn our little "giant" Bible Woman, has taught the Acts and Epistles, 'supervised the work done by the students on the distric& and carried the never endless work of the M'a.tt'on. DOl'otea Beltran has carried the three departments, Music, Junior League and Sunday Scbool, aside from helping in office work daily. Modesta Bartolome, the nurse, has taught the nursing course, cared for some ninety patients outside the schoo], and carefully watched over our own flock. Her hands have been unusually full this year. Silveria Lucas, with her five subjects., with regular office work, has yet found time to be of invaluable aid to me. With her keen insight into the work as a whole and her devotion to it, we count on her for the work of an~ther year.

After long waiting our new missionary reached here August 27th. Since then her time has been occupied with t.he language and preparing fOl' the heavy responsibilities that all too soon faU to her. We can only hope that relief may speedily come from the homeland either in another new missionary, or the return of Miss Washburn, who is 'Qeing detained thru the illness of her loved ones.

Graduation. days were a bit different from former years, provincial health c()nditions derpanding a closed qommencement. Eight girls have splendidly finished the course. They have alr~ady begun the work where­unto He has called them.

The last days of this year are being spent in preparing for furlough'. God has so aQundantly .ghren joy in His service, that we would almost wish, selfishly perhaps, thatfurloughs were not necessary, bl,lt we go grate,..

.ful for privileges of the past, trusting the future in His hands and de sir .. ing that even in the homeland He may use us to His glory.

MILDRED M. BLAKELY.

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yv. F- lVI. S. R~port, PaQga.$in~n District Only a little over six months since our arrival in the Philippine~, yet

it seems we hav.e had enough experience to have been,here much longer. Tt has ~een a joy to be here, to feel the can ohhe work, and to know there lay before us such QPportunities for service. We realize we are yet only a new missionary with many things to be Jearned, but with that realization comes also the reme~branceof His promise "As thy day so spall thy strength be," and so we loo~ unto Him with confidence knowing it shall be even as He pa& promised.

We arrived at ~ingayen during lihe middle of the school year snd what a royal welcome' both Miss Blakely and the studeJ;lts gave to us. Never can we forget tll~little pro~ram of wel,come planned by the girls and a song they had composed for the occaS!ion with the refrain "We have been praving for your coming." It seemed we loved' them at once and through the we~ks which have gone since that time they ha~e truly be­come deal' to us.

As soon as we were settled in our new home we commenced the study of the dialect and a little later taught a class in Bible with the assistance of an inter~reter, and also gave some English work to theteache·rs. Scarcely before we realized it commencement had come. How happy we felt as we looked upon the splendid graduating class the crown of Miss Blakely's labors. We surely received ~ew inspiration for our work as we beheld these girls withtheil'.bright faces, looking into the future so hope •

. f·ully and counting it a .privilege to be sent forth in humble service for the master.

Shoi,tly after this Miss Blakely left for the homeland, so the heayy responsibilities came to rest upon us. We have k~pt one of our teachers, Dorot~a Beltran, with us as a helper and sl:J.e has surely proven herself a very valuable assistant many times. We have made plans for the opening of school in June, anq so have written many letters to pastors and pros. pective students. All indications are, that we shall have a good attendance this year. We are "thankful that the four splendid teaehers who'have been with Miss Blakely ar~ all to return for another year'~work. We shall ba\"e ,to d~pand much upon them but they are willing and ~~pable. .

We have nQt tried to pravel on the ·gistriC1t slnce we needed time for language study· and office work. Several of our deacpnesses have ~tt~nded and in some·- cnses assis~ed iQ. tpe diaerent institutes h~ld by the Di~trict S~pel'iDtendents. We ha.ve 'attended one dist~ict·confereb~e and through visiting and minglingwlth the people have tried to come in touch with their lives. As we. look toward the future we re"l~ze there ar~ heavy responsibilities which rest upon us. To ,be left witho~t a co-worker our first year was a disappointment, but we are looking not at our own'sJIlall strength,but ~nto aim; who is our sufficiency. knowing He has promise!! His Holy Sptrit as our leader and guide. So we enter upon our new year of work· with gla~ness of 'heart that \Ve are here in these Philippine Islands.. -.-

RUTH E. COPLEY.

Vigan Report The girl's dormitory in Vigan has closed a fairly successful ~·ear. We

opened in June with more students than we could care for and were oblig­ed to turn away some :as 'we had neither beds nor room for them. We began the school year with twenty girls and closed with sixteen. Two girls left to enter the Mary Johnston Hospital, one was obliged to len,ve school on account of the death of her mor.her aud the fourth was too homesick to stay.

While the work has been very trying this year, because of lack of. ac­commodations, and, unsanitary conditions, there has been. much realjo~' as we have"watched the change in some of the girls who have been with us. All have faithfully attended, morning devotions and joined in the learning of Bible v.erses. One or two girls were greatly interested in the Old T'estament stories and one girl came to me asking if I had Bibles to sell. When I show~d her one, she asked if it had the story of Joseph in it, as she wanted to read that again. We had just finished reading that at , prayers.

Our prayer circle held at noon each day, in my room, h,as been 1aith­fully attended by a few of the girls throughout the entire year. Others have been more or le5.s irregular in attendance. We talk over our pro­blems at this ·time and I have been greatly encouraged at the questions the girls have asked. "Why do you pray for the coming of the Holy ~ph'it?" "How do I know there is a God ?', Problems connected with their daily living in the dormitory ha~e been discussed aDd prayed about. Each hits her prayer list and great is our joy when answers to prayers are reported. These girls of the prayer circle have been the most active in taking part in the Prayer Meeting snd Epworth League. Not long ago they came into my room laughing and almost before we were seated, ask­ed me if it was right to pray· for carabaos, the work animals of the farmers. I began asking questions, and finally one' of the youngest ~irls said, "They are laughing at me, Miss Dudley, because last Dight it was rainy and cold and at prayer meeting, I was remembering my father and his work an'd I knew if our carabao got cold and sick my father could not take care of his farm so I prayed that God would 'take care of the car­abaos."

During this year when there has been so much sickness Rnd death all around us, we a.re indeed thankful to our Heavenly Father that He has spared us. Many of the girls were ill for a day 0.1' two dwring the tran­cazo but none seriously.

La~t April and May I visited most o.f the Junior Leagues on the qis­trict and eXI,'mined the children. Some les~o~s in the d!lllect have b~en &ept out to the :Qible women. I have answered caps for help Il-mong the sjckin Yiga.n and Pandan. ThE) first of the year, I was elected Sund.ay School Superinte~aent of the Vigan Sunda., School. I have again done the sort.ing and distributing of the Sunday School supplies lIJent ~s from th~ United States~ With the help qfthe Deaconess, Miss Guzman, tbous-an4~ of P9~~als have been prepand and sent oU:t. ,:'

Thanks to the kindness of our friends at home, Miss Parkes' and I sent out Christmas packages to :our pastor's families, the Bible women sn4 Deaconesses, and a number of our smalle!', needy Sunday Schools. For the second time the friends of ColuD;lbia Branch" have given me a handker­chief shower at Christmas and it has been such a help to us.

Miss Guzman has rendered splendid service in the dormitory as my helper, and one of the students has rendered valuable assistance in l'eturn for h,elp given her.

Our great need at present is a suitable dormitory building and we are praying that the way may be opened to secure this, as we must have a. home for our Protestant girls when they come to Vigan to attentl the High School. ' .

The Year's work is ended and the new Year's work taken up with the prayer that the coming year may see Christ having the pre-eminence in everything. .

ROSE E'. DUnLEY.

"Vlgan District Work "There's a song on our lips and praise in our hearts for the Lord hath

done great things for us, whereof we are glad."

The Conference year opened with revivals which were held on most of the circuits and all were blessed with the salvation of souls. Much medical work was done at all of them. Special services for children and women were held, both of which were an' inspiration. At the latter, lessons on Bocial hygiene and child culture were ~iven and greatly appreciated by the women. Crowds of children came to the children's services and took a lively interest in the singing and the lessons. In Santiago we had two and sometimes three, services a day.

In May we held our workers' institute in Vigan with twenty-five in attendence. Mr. and Mrs. Higdon, of the Christian Miisi6h, rendered excellent assistance with the teaching and all felt that God was with us in Spirit .and in power .. The girls returned to their stations with' fresh courage and strength and determination to serve the Master better than ever before.

The trancazo hit the Ilocos country very hard and the girls and I spent weeks doing our b,est. to combat it, treating over two hundred cases successfully .. The gratitute of the people knew"no bounds and we were happy in being able to bring relief to so many and incidentally preach Christ as the Healer of all our spiritual diseases. Many instances could be cited of the results but only one town can be spoken of now.

In Santa Cruz the door is now wide open and numbers are ready for baptism. One dear soul said, "If I be the only one, I will accept and W or­ship God in the best aud only way which you have brought me. "

Our work among th~ Tinguianes is growing and we are proud of our. Bible-woman who works 8.mong~h~m in one barrio. Welongand prayfo~ more girls and more money for these places that plead for them. Our"

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· .. isit to Dunglas will long be remembered as also to San Juan, bOth of whicboooupy a larg&-place in our prayel'sfor aripE"Ding' harvest among a

, people of such child-like faith.

, Both Ma}lila aod Liogayeo gradu~tes have had a sucoessful yew-r', One w~o was assigned t.o a remote Tinguiane barrio, where a year ago not one woman or girl could read or write, now has all afthe women and girls .reading their Bibles to their lastin2' good and joy and the program l'enaer­ed by them and the children" charmed the whole neighborhood and is attracting others to the Gospel message. From every town and barrio, appeals came for a worker. The fieldll are ripe unto the harvest. These girls are the very back~bone of our work when given the supervision of a m~hedy woman. Without" this, they become discouraged, lose their enthusiasm 'and fall by the wayside. And yet there is no woman to give

Graduates for His Service

her whole time to this work. Field work 1s not easy. Nothing calls for more self-denial, yet nothing is more after the plan and pattern of afm, 'who commanded His 41sciples to preach and ~o~eal and to go into the .highways and byways and compel the people to come in.' In the final reckoning it will be found that the strongest and best workers we hav9 'are tbose who in their early years learned to love the Master.

One eonseientious woman could easily supervise two districts if sufti­eient tl·.vel m'oney were allowed~ It; seemed to be the consensus ofopinio~ of the Conference tha\ our greatest need today is evangelistic field workers. '". OUl"DistrictConference was the,best yet. and the presentation to the , anila 'graduates, wbo have completed' the r.equisite number of years of ,:8,el:'Vice,of,th~ir, ,service certifi.cates, grea~ly ,impressed the _people !LDd was Os" blessiog' to tbe gir1s. They reconsecrated their liyes to Him at. that

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time'~nd we felt tbat each one of these girls was" worker gained, for each year of. service an.d supervision ripens and matures them. Our hearts are more than heavy as we look into the coming year, yet;

"He knows, Heloves, He cares; Nothing' this truth can dim, He gives His very best to those Who leave tbe choice to Him."

ELIZABETH PARKES.

Report of Miss. Erbst Our work in Cagayan District has steadily progressed. The workers

received an impetus for better service at the January Institute. The powel' of God awakened eve.ry one and we felt ourselves carried along with new strength. We gave ourselves with united devotion to prayer. The 17th of each month was observeg as an all·day of Prayer, and I believe the change for the better things is due to this spiritual effort.

The mountain trip with the Moe family, and the pleasant vacation in Baguio, renewed spirit aud body. Opport.unities for service made the vacation worth while.

In returning I found the Dormitory crowded. Bartolomea was handl­ing the situation bravely. There were no servants, so with the- aid of the g\rls she cooked, cleaned and managed the 'family of 17 in a little bouse scarcely large enough fot: 6. She has stood by me all year and has proven a staunch friend to the Dormitory girls.

During the year difficulties arose at the High School. There are no AmeriCan women teachers and the men made unlleasonsble demands upon the Dormitory girls. I opposed the da'nces, which were not in the school progr.am, because they were not safe. As a result threats wer.e madE:' and persecution started. Bartolomea, a sophomore at the High School, bore the brunt with a serene Christian spirit. .

The school closed with the 10 girls in the Dormitory. Each one attended the chapel every morning taking turns in leading the devotions. We gave a syste"matic study of the-Bi.ble. The girls know all the books, and have committed to memory a verse from each of them, and are able to give the important characters and stories. They attend the church services reguJarlv and all But two were baptized and taken into member­ship. "Two go t~the Manila Institutions, Orillia Tuzon preparing for deaconess work aud Nicatas Mackay for a nurse.

"We have five more High School girls who wish to go to the Training Scbool, but the school allows only two girls from each District. HOwever, with the help of a scholarship from dear Mrs. Ida Moe we can send three girls.

Three new graduates from the Training School came to the District to take np the work of three older workers.

Feliza Umengan has married a fine young lawyer and Ellceria Panaga takes het place in Tuguegarao.

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Macaria Daguna finishes her eour'se at the Manila 'l'r'aining Scbool, Timotea, her sister, takinl!: her place. Macaria has done heroic lVOt'k.

When her mother died she took up the duties of her borne, caring for three }'oimger sisters alid a sick father. She proved a faithful claaconess, preacher and teacher. to the people in Abulug.

Paz Billag gives a good report. She leaves for the Mary J. Johnston Hospital for training. We are sorrJ' to have hel' M\'ny from eabng-an for three years but'she will be better equipped.

Teresa Imperio wil.l open the work at Sanches Mira. '1'11e suppOt~t of Paz Binag will go to the north of the Islands, where it is badly needed.

Florentina Mapala and Andrea Lasam have pi'oven themselves vnlient workers in their first year of service. Flol'en1.ina is far away from her home! in Ilagan. She has assisted the faitllful pastor and helped to organ­ze the work. Andrea is alone in Tuao but has gathered a faithful number of men and women about her, and they are pushing the battle.

Placida Bermudes carried on the work at Apal'l'i. This is a coast town a.nd many travelers stop thel'e. Added to the duties of a deaconess, the care of transients has- fallen to Placida. We have often pal·taken of her kind hospitality. It is her aim t.o show her people how ttl keep a clean Christian home. They love and respect her.

The Moes have been true frienda and loyal co-workers. Aid and council w~re never lacking. Little Margaret brightened many a durk hour for me.

We were very glad when we heard that our new missionaries wel'e coming. The Institute work was crowding upon us. Tbe Cedarholms a.rrived just in time. Mrs. Cedal'holm taught lIThe Life of Christ", to the women and l~d the devotions and young people's meetings. The girls have already taken her into their hearts. \Ve are also very thaD.kful for her kind help in caring for the Dormitory while I am away at conference.

We need more money to ca.rry on the work effectively. 1 have DO

medical fund, no incidental fund, and my travel money does not Clu·t·y me thru . ~he. year. Expenses have been high and r am over 100 pesos in debt tor the Dormitory.

We need a Dormit.ory building and 8re, again asking $15000, to buy the land, di,g a well and put a strong stone fence around the property, and buiid a house for forty girls. Please pray that our needs may be suppn~d soon. The tlme.goes by, and no land-marks fot' our work: are raised in this far-away, but needy field.

We will still keep hammel"ing away at the old problems, against sin and uneleanness, rejoicing that WP- have gained ground in Satan's territor; t.his year. The God who answered Nehemiah's prayer for a new Jel'usalem will also answer ours for the Cll.gayan.

I. WILHELM IN A ERBST.

Tuguegarao The past year has been made up ot the uSlial number of months and

days but an unusual Dumber Of events and expel·iences. Conditions of livine ehanke in some wp.j~·from year to year a.hd we note espeCially the higher cost of most needed things which is. familia.r to"tbe humab race

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now. We have had greater difficulty than ever before in hiring work done and notice too an increase in stealing. Our wood pile, fruit trees, chicken coop and even the saf~ have been visited by breakers of the eighth commandment. Miss Erbst and I have been the only American women in the District during nearly all the year,

My first and most constant care is the Boys' Dormitory. There are some very discouraging features of ,this work but, as in other parts of the work, we a1 ways find some boys whose development in. character and Christian faith justifies all the labor and is our encouragement. The young people in both Dormitories have been interested in and helped faithfully the Sunday School and Epworth League devotional meetings and entertainments. All the girls with Miss Erbst have attended practi­cally every service of the Church, which we consider a very good record. A good number from both homes have been received into the churCh membership.

As ~he treasurer of the Domestic Mission 'Society, I have watched with great interest the success of, the District in accomplishing financial independence. Into this fund the pastors and deaconessel pay one-half their tithe; Sunday Schools, Epworth Leagues and Ladies Aid Societies one-third or one-fourth of their monies. These, with· special gifts from individual members, have met the needs of the circuits which are not entirely self-supporting.

Since livin'g in the Cagayan Valley I had done no travell~nr:t in District work until last :Cecember and January when I made two trips wjth Mr. Moe. The first was by horse to Tuao, Rizal, MaW31lan and Pia.,t. The first day's ride of 25 miles after eight months without riding was tiring but it took us into the land where thirst is quenched with e-reen cocoanut juice and weariness is allayed by hot chocolate served several times a day· In Tuao the pastor can visit only once a month and there the deaconess keeps alive and regular the services of the church. E'rom there to Rizal we rode thrufields, foot-hills and into the mountains. Some of the trails are as nature has niade them and in need of a little human labor. In places it was safer to walk than to ride. We held a belated Thanksgiving service in the Rizal 'Church. The pea.ce-maker's blessing was won by the pastor and superintendent who helpea to clear away a difference between two of our MethodisL familes at that place and 'again in a barrio where we went to hold a trial of a certain member. We stopped in Mawanan only for a wedding but our arrival was not expected until the following day. Crowds of people were there and pig~ and chickens were being, slaughtered but only the pastor could wait fOl' the ceremony the next day. Ho,~e'Ver the people made the opportunity to preach which we did not miss.

In Piat is a famous shrine, an image of the Virgin Mary. Multitudes of people bring their offerings and' burn candles before her every year. She is -rich.iIi jewelry and fine raiment but the offiCiating padre is far rieher. We have yet no work started in Piat but enough friends are there to make an opening easy when a worker is found. We stopped in the. isolated homes of st-veral pioneer Methodists and prayed with them- and their families. Six times we cro~s~d rivers'in the lor boats with our ho~ses swimming alongside.

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· My second trip away from home was an all..days ride on the river la.unch t.o visit Cahagan and llagan in Isabela Province. I had often heard ~f the '~anito\' but' never traveled on the river enough .to sefi any of them until this time. These are little bamboo rafts set afloat on the stream -earrying an offering to the spirits responsible for sickness. During the weeks ,!hen many were dying with the trancazo lihere were many of these little spirit-boats on the river. They carry money, rice candies, a white ehicken if possible and perhaps a pig. Also many little colored paper llags. These offerings are oftenscolen by some brave person who is Dot afraid of dying immediately if he takes them. My work in Ilagaowas to teach in the Bible Institute which was followed by another in ':rugue­garao, gatherings such as we held ever'y year fOl' the extra instruction of .our native workers and a,llotbers who will attend. I enjoy the teaching and the study for it.

I have not attended Conference since December 1915. The depriva­tion is easier to bear this year than bere-to-fore because of the delightfu 1 eompanionship of Mrs. Cedarholm. She has cared for the Girls during the last ii-ve weeks of school and we 8re both keeping our Dormitories -open an extra week to entertain the 40 students from Isabela who are here in the Athletic Meet. We fully appreciate Mrs. Cedarholm's -entrance into the Mission work here and it can in no way be called a small beginning.

Our home in Tuguegarao is a happy Olle and we thank the loving Father for its blessings. Our relationship to Him is closer than ever before. We are trusting that the Spirit of our Lord may be manifest in us to ~coomplish His will.

BELLE N. MOE.

Resolutions RESOLVED 'rHAT:

We are deeply gl'ateful to have our beloved Bishop and Mrs. Stuntz present with us. We pray that the strong comfort of our Heavenly Father be theirs in the loss of their only daughter.

We deeply regret the loss of two loyal and faJthful workers, Miss J. Edna Thomas and Mrs. Charles 13ernhardt. Miss Thomas had almost -completed her five years of service on the field when she left us to serve her loved ones at home. But after a few days there sbe was promoted to ~ higher service in the Heavenly Home. Her life, especially among the Pampanga people, was a bright and shining light. -

Mrs. Bernhardt was associated with us in the work only a little more than a year when the master saw fit to call her home. During her term .of service sbe endeared herself to the hearts of the people. We cannot understanditbe plans of our Heavenly Father, but we do have the assur­ancethat Henever makes a mistake. We .convey our heartfelt sympathy to the. loved ones of these two co-workers. -

We greatly miss the presence of Mrs. Moe, Miss Dudley and Mrs. Cedarho1m who are unable to attend Conference, and those on furlough in the States.

We extend a hearty welcome to our new missionaries, Miss Copley, Mrs. Bpndy and Mrs. Cedarholm; also Mrs., Steinmetz.

Our best wishes go with Miss Stixrud as she travels toward the homeland.

We extend our heartiest thanks to our missionaries who so graciously opened their homes to us during Conierence.

For the Committee,

W. ERBST.

Report of Medical Committee Medicines have been sent out. thro Hospital getting rates, giving

advise, etc., as asked.

Harris Memorial Training Scbool, has equipped girls with medicines aod advice as usual, thro the year ..

Provir.cial Women Missionaries, have helped their deaconesses and Bible Women with medicines and advice, as in former years.

REBECCA PARISH,

Ohairman Committee.

Report of Vernacular Committee The fo~low~ng ~avellaesed Third Year Ex- 5 :l~: ~~~~I~~

amlDatlons 10 'l'agalog: 1 Miss Ca~son

The following passed Fourth Year Examina- Miss Carson, Tagalog . .' J Miss Dudley, Ilocano

·tions: Miss Kostrup, Tagalog Miss Bording, Tagalog

RE~ECCA PARISH,

(Jhairman Oommittee.

Report of Auditing Committee The following have had their books audited:

Misses Dudley, Copley, Parkes, Stixrud and Charles.

The following promise to have the matter attended' to as soon possible: Miss Erbst, Miss Crabtree, Dr. Parish. .

REBECCA ,PARISH,

Ohairman Oommittee.

Junior League Committee Urges the organization of Junior J.,eagues thl:bugho,ut tiHLConference,

and that the complete course be giving which would ibc)ude awarding ell~blems for work done.

CLYDA L. BUNDY,-.

OhaiTman' Oommittee.

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Memorial

Elsie Fischer Bernhardt

Miss Elsie Fischer came to the Philippines in early June of 1911 to became the bride ~f Brother Charles J. Bernhardt. It was with extra­ordinary delight that we welcomed her into our midst and wrought to make joyous and beautiful her wedding in this strange and far.a~'8ry land. She and her husband were happy and enthusiastic in their missionary labors and associations. She ,,'as winsome and courageous, and we loved her.

In t,he first short year disease laid hold upon her with fatal grip. She fought for life with such optimism and cheerfulness that few indeed were led to know how serious· was her condition. She with her husband took passage for the home·land in July of this last yeurhop"ing to arrlve in time to be with loved ones there before the end.

How our hearts went out to them in sympathy as they embarked upon that sad, unequal race with the Death Ani'el! How we were constrained to admiration as we beheld the Christian grace and fortitude which sustained them;-especiaUy Mrs. Bernhardt.

They lost the mortal race. She was overtaken and borne to per heavenly home without" the sadness of farewell except for" taking leave to precede her mate to that fair land.

We sorrow in our loss but treasure the memory of her who had en· deared herself to us. We sympathize with Brother Bernhardt in his bereavement arid bear this tribute of love and admiration for the noble spirit of her who left us in so short a time.

1. Edna Thomas How different our last farewell to Mi!s Thomas! It is true she sail­

ed from these shores with anxiety and fear for the welfare of her aged parents, to whom she was going with help in their sickness and hardship, but there was not a. thought concerning her own safety. Instead all our sentiments were of hopefulness and joyful well·wishes, for it was known ihat she was going home to prepare for her wedding day.

She was privileged to reach her home, but her abiding there was for only a few days. Finding; lovedonesin serious illness and great need, she unstinted1y gave herself to the tasle of caring for them, and in a few days sheh~rself contracted the disease to which she shortly succumbed.

Miss Thomas. had seen full fruitage of her yoeman service on our Philippines Mission FIeld. She had endeared herself to all of us and to a host of the Filipino people. Her sunny, spirited devotion is real and vivid· in our memory. Our pain in the temporal loss "Of her presence among us can _only yield to the joy of contemplating the radiance of her eternal1y victorious life.

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She was one who brought good tidings; a teacher, an organizer, a missionary; and wherever she labored she attracted people to her and won their confidence. Her work seemingly was not completed; nor has it ceased for it goes on w'ithout her, multiplied by the hands of those she enlisted in it. .

We miss her song and laughter, her friendship and her servic~. Our gratitude arises to the Heavenly Father for the blessing of having had her with us the time He granted, and we trust Him to fill the place left vac­ant by her appointment ft'om our Confet'ence to that great one without end.

Institute Committee FIRST YEAR

Life of Christ. Sunday School and Junior League Methods Articles of ~~aith and Catechism - . Hygiene, Sanita.tion and Care of Children.; Music Church History

Afternoons in house visitation.

Life of Paul -Church History Old Testament Stories Duties of Church Members -Topical Bible Studies "Save the Babies" Music

SECOND YE.AR

Afternoons spent in house to house visitation ..

1 period per day. - 1 period per day.

1 period per day. 1 period per day. 1 period per day. 1 period per day.

1 period per day. 1 period per day. 1 period per day. 1 period per day. 1 period p~r day. 1 period per day .. 1 period per day.

We recommend that the above course of study be used merely as an outline, and that the worker in charge use her own judg-ment in adapting her course to fit the needs of her pupils.

We recommend that only thenumber of Institutes and the enrollment be recorded in the Conferenc~ Statistics. . .

STUDY COURSES

Harris Memorial Training School FIRST YEAR.

Old Testament-Pentateuch and Historical Books. New Testament-Life of Christ (Historical) and Acts.

,Bible Geography. ' English'-:"Grammar and Composition. ,;Physiology' and Hygiene. Music-Vocal and instrumental. . Field Work.

SECOND YEAR.

Old Testament-Historical (review) and Poetical Books New TestiLmeBt-Life of Christ (Doctl'inal). Doctrine and Methodist Discipline. Bible Study by Topics. . English--Grammar and Composition. United States History. Philippine History .. Current Sunday School Lessons. Music-Vocal and Instrumental. Field Work.

THmn YEAR Old Testament-Prophecy. New Testament--Epistles .

. General History. Church History. Literature. Lectures.

·Nq.rsing-Theoretical and Practical. Sunday School and Junior League Methods. Current Sunday School Lessons. Music;.....Vocal and Instrumental. Industrial Work-Cooking. Field Work.

Lingayen Bible Woman's Training School FmST YEAR

New Testament ..•... Life of Christ with the harmony of the Gospels. New Testament ..... Acts and the Epistles. (Paul's journeys.) Junior League and Sunday School Methods.

Practical application of the lessons under super­vision.

Tithing .and Elements of Bookkeepin/i'. Practically applied to each girl's personal account.

Industrial work .•.... Plain sewing, tatting and croche.t. Sanitation and Care of the Body. Physical Exercise ... One half hour gymnasium, one hour out doors daily. Music ................ Instrumental and Vocal. Memorizing of choice

hymns incl uded. Old Testament ....... Bible Stories. District Work ....... Classes in barrios of Lingayen.

SECOND YEAK

Church' History ...... Outline of the development of the Christian Church. Closer study of the Methodist Church.

Old .Testa men t ....... Prophecy. Qld Testament ...•... Hebrew poetry. Sanitation ..... , ...... Preparation of food for tbe sick, careot the home. Christian Doctrine and the Methodist Discipline. Industrial work ...... Embroidery and lace making. Physical Exercise, ... One balf hour gymnasium, one hour out doors daily. Music ...............• Vocal and instrumental. District Work. ;' ... :-: . CI-asses jb barrios of Lingayen.

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WOMEN'S STATISTICS FOR THE CONFERENCE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1919

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W. F. M. S .. Missionaries Wives of Missionaries ........ . Filipino. Worker»

Deaconesses .............. . Bible Women ...... , Nurses ..................... ..

Chl'lreb Or¥&nizations •....... t Full Membership (women);. 251 Probationers <-women).. .. 133 Adherents (women) '286 Women and Girls baptized... 79

Sunday Sohools ..... . ••• Omcera and Teacbers (women) Classes (women).. ..

~~~~~~r:;if:r~~8~~) ' .. :': ::. Enrollment (childrens)

Lessrues: Junior and Epworth .. Omcers and Teachers (women) Enrollment (women). . Leagues usinl/: course of study

Other YOUDI/: People's Orsraniz8tions """'" ..

Enrollment. "'" ..... ' ... .

Institutes. .. .... . MissionarY Teachers. . .... '" Filipina'reachers ....... . Enrollment (women). . .. . Graduates (2 yr. course)

13 22 23

242 19

357

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Bible Schools . . ........ . 1 Missionary Teachers., ..... . FilipinaTeachers . .. . . . . . 1 Enrqllmen'~. ' . , .. 14: Manila Graduates at work.. . . 1 Lin~aJen Graduates, at work.

Dormito,ri~8. . ........ ' ....... . MUlsionaries .......... . Resident Students ......... .

HospitA.1 A~erican Doctors ......... .. Fillpina Doctors .......... . A mericRn Nurses. Hospital Day's Service .. .. Students in TrRininll ....... . Graduates at work ....... .. Hospital Beds ..... ~ ...... .. Hospital Patients .••..... Dispensary Patients ........ . Prescriptions. .••••. , Milk Stations Babies fed .... D!it's li'~edi~urs.;. '.":... . .. Babies Born ................ .

Receip.s Fees ...... .... . ..... . Dona.tions ... , . . ..... ..... .

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Junior Epworth League: Primary Section

FIRST YEAR

I. Bible Study. Bible Stories as outlined in Bible Study Manual No. l.

II. Memory Work. (Required.) 1. Bible verses as given in Memory Work No. 1. 2. The Lord's Prayer. 3. Psalm 23. 4. Mark 10: 13-16. {) E;ymn-"Savior like a shepherd lead us."

SECOND YEAR

'f I. Bible StOt'ies read and L'epl'oduced asoutlioed in Bible Study Manual No. l.

II. Memory Work. (Req uit'ed) 1. Bible verses as given in Memory Work No. 1. 2. Psalms 1 aIild 100. ' 3. Beatitudes. 4. Matthew 18: 12-14. 5. Hymn--"Savior, teach me, day by day."

III. Stories of Church Benevolences.

THIRD YEAR

I. Bible Study. Bible Stories read and written as outlined in Bible Study

Manual No, 1. II. Memory Work. (Required.)

1. Bib~e, verses as given in Memory Work No. 1. 2. Commandments. 3. Apostles' Creed. 4. Matthew 22: 35-41. 5. Hymn-"O Day of Rest and Gladness."

III. Stories of Church Benevolences.

Mary J. Johnston Memerial Hospital

Ethics.

Course of Study FIRST YEAR

(WeekU' Lessons.)

Anatomy and Physiology. Practical Nursing. Dietetics. Bible.

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Lecture Course

Cldldr~n 's Medical Cases in th~

Home.s.

Contagious Diseases.

Skin Diseases ~nd UI~ers.

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Course of Study ( Continued)

SECOND YEAR (Weekly Lessons.)

Anatomy and Physiology. Practical Nursing. Obstetrics. Care of Children'. Bible.

THIRD YEAR (Weekly Lessons.)

Practical Nursing. Materia Medica. Care of Children. Obstetrics. Urinalysis (10 lessons.) Bible.

Lecture Course (Oo1Itinued)

Care of Medical Cases in t.he Homes.

Bacteriology (Demonstrations.)

Tuberculosis in the Homee.

In testinal Parasi tes.

Mosquitoes.

Tropic.al Diseases.

Hygiene in the' Bomes.

Vernacular Course of Study FIRST YEAR

Vocabulary. Grammar: Principal parts of common verbs. Declination of persona)

pronouns; ,Memorize one principal conjugation" Simple conversation: such as greetings,etc. Read the Gospel of St . .Tohn and be prepared to give free English trans­

lation ,of first ten chapters, Memorize the Lord's Prayer. Read in English a His~oryof the Philippine Islands.

SECOND YEAR Vocabulary. Grammar: . Composition, sentences illustrating the use of simple words. Conversation: as used in the conducting of a simple class or service. Read Gospel of St. ,Luke. One parable to be given orally. Memorize the Apostles' Creed and three hymns.

THIRD YEAR

~ead Acts and I and II Corinthians. Memorize ten Bible verses and two hymns. Teach as a Sunday School Lesson: Acts 3: 1-12 or Acts 8: 26-40.

FOURTH YEAR

Read Galatians, Ep4esians, Philippians and Hebrews. Extemporaneous Address ..

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