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Bishop CHARLES BAYARD l\IITCHEI.J., D.n., LL.D.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
I. Officers of the Conference.................. ................ .............. 3
II. Boards, Commissions, and Committees............................ 4-6
III. Daily Proceedings .................. ............................................ 7 -21
IV. Disciplinary Questions ...................................................... 22-23
V. Appointments 24-30
VI. Reports-
(a) District Superintendents .................................... 31-60
(b) Standing Committees and Boards.................... 61-79
(c) Special Committees ............................................ 80
(d) Conference Statistician .................................... 82-83
VII. Memoirs. (None)
VIII. Roll of the Dead.-
(a) Members of Conference.
IX. Historical.-
(a) Sermons and Historical Addresses (None)
(b) Former Members and Probationers.
(c) Conference Sessions ............................................ 84
(d) General.
X. Miscellaneous.-
(a) Plan of Conference Examinations.................... 85
(b) Conference Rules of Order.
(c) Supplies and Local Preachers.
(d) Lay Associations (None)
XI. Pastoral Record.
XII. Index.

east and west along the coastal plain. The long distanees and the
excessive fares make it difficult to get our people together at any
one place for institutes and conferences. We held one institute in
Echague while rains were pourmg down and with water ever the
floor of our church. Some forty four persons came in and for four
days we had good sessions together. In Tuguegarao we g.reatly
enjoyed the whole Ryan family thru the Christmas season. In the
four-day Sunday School Institute Brother Ryan gave splendid instruction
with strong evening appeals. Mrs. Ryan and the children
helped nicely. Workers from ten towns round about Tuguegarao
received help whch will make for better and more effective Sunday
Schools.
Then came another car over the mountains, bearing Bishop
Mitchell, Dr. Lyons and Brother Herrmann. This group had planned
to come in November but rains were the heaviest and floods were the
highest as their dates approached. Roads were impassible so they
were delayed until the last Qf January. Then they came. In Echague,
and all the way thru the valley, welcoming programs were given
Bishop Mitchell and his pilots. They had the best of Cagayan travel
but I fear did not enjoy the luxury of our launch service. There
were some baptisms each place we stopped. Our three High Schools
greatly appreciated Bishop Mitchell's address to each in turn. The
District Conference in Aparri was all too short. Weare glad for the
strong spiritual impress made by Bishop Mitchell. We are all glad
to know him personally. We trust our leader and will expect
victory thru all the year he is with us as we work together in the
name and the spirit of the Christ.
1924 has been a good year but we are all encouraged to believe
that 1925 has larger opportunities and larger blessings. As Caleb
and Joshua believed with regard to the Promised land, we believe
that with God's help we can possess Cagayan Valley.
CENTRAL DISTRICT
A. L. BECKENDORF, Supe?-intendent.
After an absence from the Field of sixteen months, the Beckendorfs
again found themselves on JUly 26th in their beloved Phil-·
ippines. They can now, I suppose, be accounted as full-fledged missionaries
since they have encircled the globe, and still prefer to labor
in these Islands above any other place. After all is not that the
measure of a real missionary, for how can he do his best unless he is
content with his work?
This year in Central District has been an unusual one in that"
the directon of the work began with Dr. Cottingham and his assistant
Rev. Filomeno Galang; then after five months Rev. Pedro Cruz was
appointed as acting Superintendent. That left me to complete three
months of the Statistical year. In reality therefore I am responsible'
for but one fourth of the work which has been accomplished or left
undone. I desire to take this occassion heartily to thank Messers.
Cottingham, Galang and Cruz for their efforts expended on behalf
of Central District during our furlough. Each of these men had
numerous other assignments. There was a lahor of love well done.
It was inspiring to be able to begin our new term with a number
of receptions in our honor. The first we had in Knox Memorial,
sharing with Pastor Alejandro; and other receptions in the District
followed. We look forward eagerly to the service of the next five
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We cannot all be great-but we can at least be honest-and that
includes the keeping of our records.
BUILDING OPERATIONS. Last year only P1,200 was expended
in permanent improvements. This included work on two
Calumpit Chapels and that at San Miguel de Mayumo; and the
parsonages at Atlag and Malolos. With practically all help for
building from the Mission Board cut off it is indeed a problem to
build the necessary churches and parsonages.
In addition to writing to scores of friends and givers, I have
personally solicited financial help from many Americans and Filipinos
in the Islands and with very encouraging results.
In lieu of substantial gifts from America it is my plan to push
the erection of small barrio chapels with good posts, framework and
iron roofs. I have plans laid for the erection 'of six such structures
before the rainy season sets in.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. At San Miguel de Mayumo
was held at Thanksgiving time a joint Sunday School Convention
of Nueva Ecija and Bulacan Provinces. In spite of heavy
rains on the opening day two hundred people greeted Bishop and
Mrs. Mitchell. The reception which followed his address was a happy
time when all present came forward to meet our guests personally.
The Bishop has been a great help and inspiration to the people on
the several occasions that he could be with us.
Mr. Ryan was with us and he was at his best. Over two hundred
listened to his forceful' sermon on the text: "Thou therefore
endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." With searching
clearness he pointed out the course which a good soldier must pursue.
At the same time the Spirit was searching our own hearts, and at
the call for consecration made by the District Superintendent, the
audience moved forward as one body. Such calling upon God, and
such tears of repentence we have not seen in many a day. With
what holy zeal did we sing, "I surrender all." Then came the glad
testimoniel'l, two and three at a time. The presence and the power
()f God was manifest among us. Then while singing, "Hallelujah
Thine the Glory" with beaming faces the delegates went from one
to the other extending the hand of fellowship, and with a pledge to
God of more faithful service for the coming year we wended our
way to our several fields of labor.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE. Another happy time was spent at
Hagonoy where the District Conference was held. It has been the
custom in the past to conduct what we have termed Bible Institutes.
We find though that many of our Local Preachers and Exhorters
cannot attend these Institutes for any length of time because of
their trades. Our District Conference has just outlined a course of
borne study especially for Local Preachers and Exhorters so that
they might take their examinations and be advanced in their studies
from year to year.
The single financial budget was adopted by the District for
each circuit. Along with this a very distmct departure was taken
from any former preceedure for the raising of Mission Domestica
funds. It was decided that for the ensuing year the pastors be paid
their salary only in proportion to the amount of money they raised
for Home Missions as previously· apportioned each circuit by the
District Home Mission Society. It is believed that when the pastor
puts as much energy into the raising of this fund as he does toward
getting his salary that our more needy circuits will be better assured
()f regular support.
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and support. But as Super-intendent I have had the insurmountable
diffIculty of being responsible for another charge which has demanded
that I invest most of my time and effort in the Mission
Station. Even with the ready assistance of Brother Gines".it has
been very difficult. to get very far away from the Dormitory and
Student Church work. The situation has been fraught with too
much of the impossible to be highly encouraging. The Dormitory
cannot be properly directed by a man who is carrying full high school
work and bearing the responsibility of a large and dificult student
pastorate. The pastorate is bound to suffer because of the burden
of the detailed work of the dormitory and the exacting, constant
demands of school. It is too much to expect that a man who has
charge of a dormitory and a student congregation can at the same
time be a successful student. With much effort to coordinate the
work and to cooperate with each other, we have not been able to do
what ought to have been done· for our student young people, and
the pressure of the student work has borne so constantly upon us
as to have interferred very seriously with carrying on in the District
activities.
It has been hard to keep the Dormitory within the self-supporting
limit because of compe.tition afforded by private boarding houses,
the general financial hardship prevailing throughout the country
and a temporary wave of unpopularity which we found to exist
regarding our institution. The members of our churches who have
sons to send to high school have generally been loyal, however, and
we have had a fine group of second-generation Methodist boys,
twenty-six of these being affiliated members of the Student Church
throughout the year. The Dormitory has not been full, however,
and we have felt that an opportunity was being lost through not
having contact with all the yOUl'lg men who could comfortablY
be accomodated. From thirty to forty have been kept on the ;:roll
throughout the year, and these have had daily religious instruction
in Old Testament Heroes, The Life of Christ, Social Morality and
Personal Hygiene and a special Bible study course prepared under
the auspices of the Student Y. M. C. A. of Manila.
The Girls' Dormitory work has been more encouraging and
successful, though certainly not less difficult. Miss Dudley has kept
her inadequate, rented building crowded with selected girls, all of
whom have been regular attendents at church, and all of whom have
had excellent daily religious instruction. Most of them were
Methodist girls from Methodist homes. Those who were not members
of the Church at the beginning of the year have professed conversion
and have been taken into membership.
These Dormitory boys and girls have been a most attractive
congregation, and they have done some excellent work as an organized
church body. They have raised twenty pesos monthly for the
partial support of their pastor, Brother Gines, and have had a
budget for their local expenses and benevolences. Their contributions
to benevolent causes have been greater than all the rest of
the churches in the District put together. It is our opinion that a
student work can be made largely self-supporting, and that it is a
mistake not to call out the giving talents of these fine young people
while they are in the early stages of their preparation for church
leadership. They have conducted their Sunday School and Epworth
League admirably, and a number of them have shown fine talents
of leadership, We expect some future preachers, teachers and
missionaries from the group of thirty-eight who voluteered for
Christian life-work in the Stagg meetings.
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The representatives of about one hundred Christian Chinese
young men and young women have approached our Bishop, asking
that we give them aid and direction in establishing a Methodist
Episcopal Church in the city of Manila; and as these young people
have definitely declared their unwillingness to unite or attend the
only organized Protestant Chinese service in the city of Manila,
we earnestly believe we ought to give them such assistance and
counsel as we are able to without encroachment upon our existing
Missionary program.
Chaplain and Mrs. Clemens have been With us some weeks during
the year and have held special services in ten centers on this
district with marked success. The Chaplain has not only helped
the congregations spiritually but he has counselled and strengthened
the work in materal things. He has been having much success in
other districts and will make his report to the Conference. The
work of Chaplain Clemens clearly demonstrates that for one who
knows how, the way has never been more inviting nor the people
more eager for the Gospel message than in these present days.
Miss Mary Deam of the Mary Johnston Hospital and Miss Hazel
Davis in field work have taken their furloughs while Miss Alice P.
Maull has come out to Mary Johnston and Miss Marion Lyons to
take over the work of the Book Store in the Publishing House.
The coming of Bishop and Mrs. Mitchell and their niece Miss
Kellogg has meant very much to the work in the Manila District.
The preaching and wise counsel of Bishop Mitchell has been very
helpful and inspiring.
Mrs. Lyons has been actively engaged in Camp Fire work in
Knox Church and in regular services among the young people in
the Student Church. In my absence she has at times gone regularly
to the office and has helped to make possible much that I have been
enabled to do.
While we have been much burdened with many duties that have
come to us, we are exceedingly thankful to our Heavenly Father
for the good health and spiritual guidance which have been given
us. We pray earnestly for the victorious faith that shall make it
possible for both the preachers and missionaries to stand steadfast
and faithful until our present trying circumstances shall have passed.
PAMPANGA DISTRICT
ARCADIO DE OCERA, Supel'intendent
I acknowledge that the best opportunity and the greatest blessing
that have come into my life have been my call into the army
of the cross. This is now my twentieth year in the ministry, my
eighteenth year in this Conference and my sixth year in the superintendency
of the Pampanga District. During these twenty years
of consecutive work in the Vineyard of the Lord, I have been greatly
benefitted by the many blessings of life, which are now my best
assets in paying my indebtedness to my people. I am fully convinced
that the urgent need of my country is the true religion of Jesus
Christ; the religion that has power to renew the inner man; the
religion that drives away the greediness and selfishness from industry
and commerce; the rel'igion that does not tolerate corruption
in business and political enterprises; the religion that would not
suffer the moral and social life of the people to sink into the mire
of degredation; and the religion which upholds the spiritual life of
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EPWORTH LEAGUE INSTITUTE
The splendid attendance at the Epworth League Institute in
Lingayen last December 19th to the 23rd, demonstrated the interest
of our young people in that kind of work. From Pangasinan District
there were enrolled in the class work of that Institute fully
one hundred twenty English speaking students. The Institute method,
through its bringing in outside speakers and through its intensive
class work, provides a means of accomplishing much good. The
same should be said of the Institute method in Sunday School conventions.
The recent Sunday School convention held in Dagupan
was the precursor of a number of lesser institutes of the same nature
to be held in different places on the district before the next rainy
season.
CHAPELS AND PARSONAGES
New chapels have been erected at Babasit, Sablig, Pilar and
San Vicente. The work on the Binalonan, Laoac and Bugallon
churches has been continued. Parsonages have been put up in
Agno, San Manuel and Umingan.
DEATHS
We have lost two faithful, ordained local preachers. Rafael
Velasques and Marcos Laguisma, from the time of their conversion.
began to preach and continued to do so until dread tuberculosis
incapacitated them for work. For some years Rafael Velasques
acted as colporteur. Marcos Laguisma left a rich heritage of friends
and converts and helpful memories all over the Zambales section of
Pangasinan where there is hardly a congregation the founding of
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TARLAC DIStRICT
LORENZO T. TAMAYO, Superintendent.
Tarlac District gives its heart-felt thanks to the Almighty Father·
for. the blessed day in which Bishop Charles Bayard Mitchell and his
beloved wife landed; for they are a great blessing to the work of
Methodism in our fair Islands.
We are also thankful for the short period of time in which our
beloved Bishop Charles Edward Locke and wife lived by the side of the·
Filipino brethren. in which they showed us great symnathy and lessons
of goodness which are never to be forgotten. For all of these things·
Tarlac District is greatly indebted and their works will never be
forgotten nor can they be recompensed; for they are like seeds that
are sown, and will bear fruit.
Under a new resolution that was passed in February of last year
the seven towns in the Province of Nueva Ecija which were within
the jurisdiction of the district, were combined with the district of
Cabanatuan and in their places were exchanged the circuits of Tarlac
and La Paz. The work of Methodism in this district is scattered
through 21 towns with a.n area of 2925 square miles, and there are
200,988 inhabitants.
EVANGELIZATION.
(I} Distribution of work.
The work in the District is divided into 12 circuits, and three
().f these are under local pastors who are not receiving salaries from
the church. The rest are under the supervision of the following
pastors: Camiling and Sta. Ignacia, Pedro Q.uines; Paniqui and Anoo,
Ambrocio Bernardo; Victoria, ·Pedro Razon; Rosales, Estanislao Guerrero;
La Paz, Crispulo rcban;. Tarlac, Constancio Mercado; Moncada,
AJip.io Valdez; Cuyapo, Santiago Aguilar. The helpers are 3 high
school pensionados, 4 Deaconesses J 4 Bible women, Miss Mina Pletcher,
the district Missionary, and 120 exhorters and local preachers.
Brothers Alipio Valdez and Estanislao Guerrero, because of
sickness worked in their circuits for but three months. And their
work was given to Carlos de Guzman and Santiago Aguilar, respectively.
In each circuit a revival" meeting was held by the pastor. In the
places that were newly opened for the work, congregations, Sunday
Schools· and Junior Leagues were organized. Bible institutes were
also- held for the instruction of the adult men and women.
The Bible Society, by its agent Mr. B. Tolentino, is estimated
to have distributed 1000 Bibles in various parts of the district.
For about three months Chaplain Joseph Clemens, the conference
Evangelist, came to help us in seven places for revival services.
Many people were converted to the Christian life. He used sterepticon
lectures and as a result of his work 892 men, women and children were
baptized.
Influence of the G08pel.
As the sun rises and gives light to the w()rld every morning to
dispel the power of darkness, the influence of the gospel is broadcasted
to banish little by little the terrible power of sin. As this
influence grows greater and greater the more the devil doeth his
work; but this is not an obstacle, but it is lather a sign of the
triumph and progress of the daily work done in the vineyard of the
Lord. It does not assure us of this only but it gives us a true under-
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standing that Jesus Christ is a personal Savior of those that are
faithful to Him.
Fruits of the works.
The helpless servants of the Lord after they received the call
to work in his vineyard, went to their respective places with prayers,
and were full of happiness and hope. The Lord surely helped them,
and as a result of their efforts and work 507 souls were brought to
the feet of Christ. 208 adults 166 children were baptized, excluding
those that were baptized by Chaplain Clemens.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
There are 21 organizations with 2249 students. Two of these
are newly organized this year. The General Sunday School convention
was held in the town of Camiling, Tarlac, and the Sunday School
that won the district banner is that of La Paz.
SOCIETIES:
1. Epworth Leagues.
There are two languages that are used by this organization,
English and the local dialect. There are ten organizations with 306
members. Most of these members became church members.
2. Junior Leagues.
Under the wise leadership of the Deaconesses and the Bible
Women 27 places have organizations with 602 members.
3. Cradle Rolls.
There are four organizations with 65 members, but most of the
mothers of these children are now considered friends and members
of the church. The hope and strength of the church of the future
rests upon the youth whom we rid of all kinds of evil that degrade
good character, as it is proven that because of the lack of proper
care in the childhood the present generation are mostly vicious people.
The proper training of the youth and their joining the church early
in childhood make them good citizens. This is the work of the church.
There are also organized local societies. All of these organizations
have the tendency to help for the welfare of the people and
to stop the many vices that take hold of them, and this is one of the
many helpers of the church to the outside.
PROPERTIES:
There are two lots that were donated to the church this year.
One is in Lomboy, La Paz, Tarlac, by Mrs. Tomasa Fiesta. It has
already a Torrens title in the name of the church. The other one
is in Calibongan, Victoria, Tarlac, which was donated by the Coloma
Family.
There are 17 chapels with estimated value of P24,968.00 and four
pastoral houses with the value of P2,901.00. Most of the chapels are
made of light materials and now they need to be repaired, so that
we ask the committee on Finance of the Mission to set aside P6,000.00
for the aforesaid reparation.
In Lomboy, La Paz, Tarlac, a chapel P1,500.00 has been erected.
P230.00 was paid for the repairs on the pastoral house in Tarlac.
P320.00 was paid for the repairs on the chapel in La Paz. The work
on repairs is still going on until all will be repaired.
MONEY:
The church with regard to self support by this time has not yet
come to the desired stage of sucess; for at present there is not a
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single church in the district that js wholly self-supported. Despite
this hardship the church is going on doing its work and trying to
raise whatever it could to meet its needs. Because of this spIrit the
work of the church this year has gone on smoothly without any
obstacle.
The total amounts of money that were collected this year are
the following: for the pastors, Pl,808.00 for the Bible women P515.00.
Domestic Mission PI86.90. Total Pl,956.00 For other expenses
P486.00. Grand total P8,401.00.
The decrease of the collection for support this year is due to
the emigration of the members to other places. Some went to Mindanao,
some to Nueva Viscaya and others went to Hawaii. Besides
the crisis that had just passed had a great deal to do with this
decrease. And we do thank the Lord that these hardships are now
over, and He has not forgotten his helpless servants.
The District conference and the Sunday School convention were
both held in Camiling, Tarlac. The district is not the only one that
is happy, but the more so Camiling, in which these events were held,
for ever since the erection of the chapel there 19 years ago not a
Bishop visited that place except at that time our Bishop Mitchell.
Under the cooperation of the worker.s men and women the district
had a happy time and a fruitful work. We do hope that for the
future the Lord will pour His bountiful spirit upon us so that we
may have a happier time and more fruitful work.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
A. LOWELL RYAN.
Since· making our last annual report we have joined the company
of globe circumnavigators, the occasion being the World's Sunday
School Convention at Glasgow, Scotland.
GLASGOW CONVENTION
We shall not take time to make any detailed report of that great
Convention. We have attempted to do that to some extent in the
Sunday School Journal, and at various Provincial Conventions.
However this report may appropriately refer to the world-wide
significance of that gathering in its fine emphasis on the world task
of saving and serving the world's childhood and youth. The key-note
of the Convention was well sounded in those striking words of Dr.
William C. Poole, Pastor of Christ Church, London, and newly elected
President of the World's Sunday School Association, "The Church
must rebuild its program around childood. It must change its
emphasis from adult to youth and claim life at its beginning, instead
of waiting to redaim it at the end. The primary obligation and
responsibility of the church is the religious education of its childhood
and youth, for the whitest part of the white harvest is the childhood
of the world. Keep the child in the midst where Jesus placed him."
N ow a person does not have to travel to Glasgow to hear that
kind of a message. But if ever a world conference is justified, it
is worth while in the realm of religion. "When 2,810 registered
delegates reprsenting 52 countries of the earth, with their 847,000
Sunday Schools, and 82,500,000 enrollment, come together and agree
that such a statment as we have quoted representes the new program
of the Church, it does have far-reaching significance for the worldwide
extension of the Kingdom of our Christ.
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REPORT OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS BOARD
D. D. ALEJANDRO, Chairman.
The Conference on the Domestic Missions work which you have
ordered met on Saturday afternoon, March 7, 1925, and we beg to
submit the following report.
1. It is our conviction that the different districts need to work
out the general plan which the Annual Conference has from time
to time recommended on this matter in order to make the work
effective and connectional. We regret that in one or two districts
the recommendations on this work have been more or less disregarded.
2. We urge our pastors to organize local societies according
to the provisions set forth in the Constitution for local societiea
which was adopted and ammended by this Annual Conference last
year and the year before.
3. We reiterate our confidence in the efficiency of the district
organization if the District Cabinet as provided in the Constitution
can be well organized. We urge our District Superintendents to
follow more closely and adhere to this plan of district organization.
4. We recommend that Article VI of the Constitution for local
and district organizations be ammended to read thus: "It shall be
the duty of the District Cabinet to supervise and look into the work
of the local societies and to help the District Superintendent in
determining the places that will receive financial help from the
district fund and the amount needed, provided such budget has
first been approved either by the district convention or the district
conference and provided further that no budget can be changed in
the interim of the district convention or distirct conference."
5. We hereby ask the Bishop and the Cabinet to appoint the
Corresponding Secretary of the Domestic Mission Board of the
Conference as provided in the Constitution of the Board which this
Annual Conference passed last year in order to perfect the organization
of said Board.
6. We recommed, further, that in addition to the different
collections we are taking for this cause, a yearly drive or campaign
for funds be started in every district under the auspices of the
district Cabinet to swell the funds of the dsitrict.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS MONTHLY PROGRAM
AGATON PASCUAL, Chairrrwn.
The Committee on the Domestic Missions Monthly Program, recommends
the following:
1. That the observation of the seventeenth day of each month
as day of prayer (Missionary Day) which this Annual ConfereN.ce
agreed and approved two years ago will be continued.
2. That the monthly program of the Domestic Missionary Society
be held on the same day in connection with the day of prayer and a
collection be taken to be given to the Domestic Missions fund of the
Circuit.
3. That Each Church which renders programs will be asked to
give report to the Quarterly Conference, also the aCCOUJl.t of money
collected.
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of this committee with other committees in the so called Board of
Religious Education it was suggested that we attempt to have more
than one Institute.
Acting upon the wisdom of the suggestion, our brethren in Pangasinan
and Tarlac under the leadersbip of Dr. B. O. Peterson and
Rev. Lorenzo Tamayo, went to work and had a wonderful Institute
in Lingayen, Pangasinan with 164 delegates. This is the first Institute
in that place. Two other great Institutes were held. Under the
leadership of Brothers Rex. R. Moe and A. L. Ryan, the young people
of Cagayan valley had a great time in a combined Epworth League
and Sunday School Institute. While this gathering was going on.
the Sibul Spring Institute was a1so in full swing. This was under
the leadership of Brothers S. W. Stagg, H. J. Riley and several others.
In all these institutes the Lord manifested His presence in the lives
which were consecrated to His cause. We recommend that there shan
be three or four Epworth League Institutes this year.
There are today 2726 Epworth Leaguers in our territory and
they are apportioned among the districts as follows:
E. L. Me"m.be'!',';
1. Cabanatuan District ........................................ .
2. Cagayan DJstrict............................................... 6
3. Central District................................................ 8
4. llocos District........................... ......................... 6
5. Manila & ·West...................... ........................... IH
'6. Pampanga District............................................ 14
7. Pangasinan District......................................... "6
8. Tarlac District................................................... 11
293
308
:.Hl
643
698
177
366
TOTAL............................................ 70 2726
WESL E Y FOUNDATION COMMISSION AND PROGRAM
S. w. STAGG, Chailrman,
In view of the fact that the Methodist Episcopal Church of the
Philippines is faced by the tremendous challenge -of the fifty thousand
high school and college students within the territory aUoted to it it is
hereby moved that a student program inoluding the following objectives
be carried out by the Annual Conference and the mission
during the next ten years.
1. The general student work of our conference shall bear the
name of the Wesley Foundation in keeping with the usage of this
term in America.
2. A 'standing Wesley Foundation Commission shaU be appointed
by the presiding Bishop. This commission 8'hall 'consist of five 'members.
The DistTjct Superintendents shall be ex-officio members. This
commission shall be charged with the execution of this program with
such modifications as the AnnualConfel'ence shall order from time
to time.
3. The Bishop :shall appoint an ;Executive Secretary who shall be
the executive officer of the Wesley Foundation Commission.
4. A Wesley Foundation Unit shall be established in all centers
Dot a]ready so occupied. These units sha1l ultimately 'include a boys'
and a girls' dormitory and a student church.
5. 'Capable young men and women al'e to be chosen and given
special training of such nature as will fit them for leadersbip among
students.
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A new linotype has been installed, the cost of which is paid. This
machine materially contributes to the success of the printing department.
Brother Will Akert, .as 'Superintendent of Printng, is showing
himself to be both a capable administrator and practical printer. He
has put into his department the spirit of missions which is urgently
needed in our kind of an establishment. The policy is to take no
profits on Mission .printing and even to print below cost where we can
make a real contribution.to .the work of the Church.
In the Store Miss Helen Lyons succeeded Mrs. Schofield in that
department, and later Miss Marion Lyons. who came in July of last
year, took charge. They have each helped the Store to grow in usefulness
and served the Church in the distribution of religious literature
and of much needed supplies.
The proposition .to arcade the Methodist Building has been approved
by the finance committee and sent up to the Bo.ard of Foreign
Missions for approval. If the approval is granted, we shall shortly
have a much improved home for our business and an increased income
for general use in forwal'ding our cause among the people.
A copy of the Balance Sheet is hereto attached and made .a part
of this report.
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and her inspirational help in the women's work. The chairmanship
of Bishop Mitchell in the conference sessions has been deeply spiritual
and enlightening. Therefore the pastors and missionaries in recognition
of the fine contribution of these two leaders extend to them
a hearty welcome and pledge generous cooperaton in their plans for
this field.
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EIGHTEENTH SESSION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
ANNUAL· CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
BISHOP CHARLES BAYARD MITCHELL, Presiding
MARCH 3-Tuesday.
8 :30 a. m.-Meeting of the Conference Board of Examitions
followed by the calling of all classes in
Conference studies.
5:00-7:00 p. m.-Reception of Bishop and Mrs. Mitchell to
Conference members and Friends at the Episcopal
Residence.
MARCH 4-Wednesday.
8:30 a. m.-Devotions by Bishop Charles Bayard Mitchell.
9 :00 a. m.-Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
9 :30 a. m.-Conference Business.
4 :00 p. m.-Meeting of Public Morals Committee.
8:00 p. m.-Pageant: "Saul in the Desert." Knox Memorial
Church.
MARCH 5-Tkursday.
8 :30 a. m.-Devotions by Bishop Mitchell.
9 :00 a. m.-Conference Business.
3 : 00 p. m.-Committee Business.
5:00 p. m.-Commencement Exercises of the Mary Johnston
Hospital.
8:00 p. m.-Dialect Service.
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church.
MARCH 6-Friday.
8:30 a. m.-Devotions by Bishop Mitchell.
9 :00 a. m.-Conference Business.
3 :00 p. m.-Committee Business.
4 :00 p. m.-Domestic Missions-D. D. Alejandro, Presiding.
8:00 p. m.-Teachers' Training Graduation Exercises.
Knox Memorial Church.
MARCH 7-Saturday.
8:30 a. m.-Devotions by Bishop Mitchell.
9 :00 a. m.-Conference Business.
8: 00 p. m.-Conference Sermon by Arcadio de Ocera.
Knox Memorial Church.
MARCH 8-Sunilay.
8:30 a. m.-Model Sunday School.
Knox Memorial Church.
10: 00 a. m.-Sermon by Bishop Charles Bayard Mitchell.
Knox Memorial Church.
4:00 p. m.-Ordination Service-Knox Memorial Church ..
8:00 p. m.-Baccalaureate Sermon of the Union Theological
Seminary-By Rev. B. O. Peterson,.
D.D. Students Central Church-San Luis.
MARCH 9-Monilay.
8:30 a. m.-Devotions by Bishop Mitchell.
9: 00 a. m.-Conference Business.
3:00 p. m.-Report of Committees.
4 :00 p. m.-Reading of Appointments.
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PLA N OF CONFERENCE EXAMINATIONS
COURSES OF STUDY FOR MINISTERS
Examination for Admission on Trial.
1. Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church
for 1924, with special reference to the Articles of Religion. (For a
good commentary on these, see Wheeler, Twenty-five Articles of Religion
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.)
2. Philjppine History.-Fernandez.
3. Life of John Wesley.-Wincheste?'.
4. (a) Plain Account of Christian Perfection.-W88lell.
(b) Selections from the Writings of the Rev. John Wesley,
M. A.-Welch.
5. A Bible Biography. The candidate shall be prepared to write
a paper of not less than one thousand words on one of the following
subjects, using only the materials found in the Bible: The Life of
Moses, The Life of David, The Life of Jesus as recorded by Mark,
The Life of Paul as given in Acts. The subject to be written upon
will be assigned at the time of the examination.
6. A written sermon.
7. Directions and Helps for the Examination for Admission on
Trial.
All papers submitted by the candidate shall be examined with
reference to the use of English, and the character of this work shall
be taken into account in determining the grade in each subject. This
rule shall apply throughout the Course.
ENGLISH COURSE FOR FILIPINOS
FIRST YEAR
1. New Testament History-Rall .................................... C. C. Herrmann
2. The Making of the Sermon-Pattison ........................ D. D. Alejandro
3. Discipline of the Church .................................................... R. T. Calica
4. How to Study and Teaching How to Study-McMurray,
S. W Stagg
5. The Art of Writing English-Bro'wn and Barnes ........ E. S. Lyons
6. Sermon ............................... _ ............................................ D. D. Alejandro
To be read:
1. Public Worship-H oyt .......•....•..........•.............•.............. C. C. Herrmann
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 .................................... Benito Tovera
2. Short History of Christian Church-Moncrief ........ Alejandro Vidal
3. The Pupil and the Teacher-Weigle ........................ Cipriano Navarro
4. The Way to Win-Fisher .................................................... J. F.J.acinto
5. Sermon .............................................................................. D. D. Alejandro
To be read:
1. Education in Religion and Morals-Coe ............................ E. S. Lyons
2. The Preacher, His Life and Work-Jowett.................... "
3. The Life of Luther-McGiffert............................................ "
4. History of Methodism. (Vol. I.)-Stevens .................. ..
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Second
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
4. Tongue of Fire.
5. The Conferences of the Church,-Quarterly, District, Annual,
General.
Year:-
Epistles of Peter and John.
Sunday School: Teaching Adolescents.
History of Methodism.
Christian Doctrine,-Terry.
Pilgrim's Progress.
Third Year:-
1. Hebrews.
2. Sunday School: Senior and Young People's work.
3. Life of Paul.
4. History of the Christian Church. 1.
5. Personal Evangelism.
Fourth Year:-
1. Romans.
2. The Making of the Bi ble :-V'ernon.
2. Sunday School: The Adult . Bible Class: Organized for
Service.
4. History of the Church. II .
.5. Comparative Religions-Soper.
Subjects for Lectures in Bible Institutes.
1. Sanitation and- Hygiene.
2. Lectures on Prayer.
3. Health and Exercise.
4. Lectures on Service.
5. Lectures for Men.
6. Lectures for Women.
7. Religion and Politics.
8. Community Influences.
9. The Church and Outside Societies and Clubs.
10. The Home and the Nation.
11. Church Records and Organization.
12. Training in the Devotional Life.
13. Sermonology.
14. The Laws and Chrjstian Marriage.
15. Andres Dunn. Primitive Christianity.
EXTENSION BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL COURSE
FmST YEAR
Organization and Doctrine: "When We Join the Church,"-Ryan,
Bible: "Life of Christ,"-Stalker.
History: "How we Got Our Bible,"-Patterson Smythe.
Pastoral Theology: "The Pastor and His Work." (Text in Preparation.)
Religious Education: "Life in the Making,"-Barclay et aI,
SECOND YEAR
Organization and Doctr,:ne: "Essentials of Methodism"-McConnell;
"Membership Manual."
Bible: Acts of the Apostles and the Life of Paul,-Stalker,
To be read: "Early Days of Christianity,"-Grant.
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Biography: "Great Characters of the Old Testament,"-Rodgers.
To be read: "Luther the Leader"-Nuelsen.
Pastoral Theology: "The Making of the Sermon"-Pattison.
Religious Education: "How to Run a Little Sunday School,"
-Fergusson ..
THmD YEAR
Religion and Society: "Jesus' Ideals of Living,"-Fiske.
Religious Education: "The Daily Vacation Bible School,"-Stoutand
Thompson.
The Conference Course of Study for Entrance on Trial.
ALTERNATES
Ten Lessons in N ature,-
"The Spread of Christianity,"-Hutchinson.
"Bible Plays."-Benton.
"Builders of the Church,"-Tucker.
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Missionaries of the Woman's foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopol Church
Mrs. Cornelia Moots
Dr. Annie Norton
Miss Mary Cody
Miss Julia E. Weisner
Miss Winifred Spaulding
Miss Elizabeth Parkes
Miss Marguerite M. Decker
Miss Mary Margaret Crabtree
Dr. Rebecca Parish
.Miss G. Driesbaugh (Mrs. Baldwin).
Miss Rose E. Dudley
Miss Mabel Crawford (Mrs. Bowers)
Miss Louise Stixrud
Miss Wilhelmina Erbst
1900-1900
1900-1901
1900-1900
1900-1900
1902-1905
1903-
1905-
1906-1920
1906-
1906-1909
1907-
1907-1909
1907-1919
1909-
Miss Lena Salmon (Mrs. Carruthers) 1910-1915
Dr. Eleanor Pond 1911-1916
Miss Orilla F. Washburn (Mrs. A. Smith) 1912-1917
Miss Bertha D. Charles 1912-
Miss Mildred M. Blakely
Miss Anna Carson
Miss Mary A. Evans
Miss Edna J. Thomas
Miss Maren Bording
Miss Alfreda Kostrup
Miss Ruth E. Copley
Dr. Mary Ketring
Miss Mary Deam
Miss Hazel Davis
Miss Anette J. Finley
Miss Ellen A. Scheidt
Miss A. Armenia Thompson
Miss Lottie Swank (Mrs. Newton
Gottschall )
Miss Ruth E. Joyce Atkins
Miss Margaret E. Hewson
Miss Mary Elizabeth Grennan
Miss Bertha Odee
Miss S. C. Hawkins
Miss Mary A. Klinefelter
Miss Mina L. Pletcher
Miss Alice P Maull
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1914-1918
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1919-1921
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1924
Manila
Present Address
S. California
San Fernando, Pamp.
Manila
Deceased
Manila
China
Vigan, P. 1.
Malaysia
Honolulu, Hawaii
Tuguegarao, Cag.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Manila
Lake Worth, Florida
Manila
Lingayen, P. 1.
On Furlough
Manila
Deceased
Korea
Korea
On Furlough
Ohio
On Furlough
On Furlough
On Furlough
On Furlough
On Furlough
Sumatra
Tuguegarao, P. I.
Manila
On Furlough
Manila
Manila
S. Fernando, Pamp., P. L
Lingayen, P. I.
Manila