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Show METHODIST CHURCH LOSING MEMBERSHIP PHILADELPHIA, Dec. S.The Metho-diyt Metho-diyt episcopal church in the United States lo-j 60.000 nemfotra last year. This announcement v.au made todav by the Kcv. Edgar Bla'.ie, executive secretary secre-tary of the centenary program, a tho annual convention of the hoard of borne missions of the Slethodist Episcopal church. He said tho condition vas an alarming fact faced by ail Protestant dioceses and that othor dci'niiit t-ouyht to fi:;0 tSOUS.-J T'T It. ' "Ot.cr deivi.nr-L.' .j b!a;r.o. it on tVe Tn.r. boca'j.-o a. larco n,;mter (.-f t :ie:r c!err"men wero with th- amy." dpolared tl-e Rev. Mr. Blake, "imc biame it on the Influen.u tpidv-mic. v. Inch carrif d oif their congregations. Still others say it Is due to a revision of their records in cutting off tho persons who have died or moved. Let us not deceive ouraeives with theee excutea. The condition exit ex-it tj. "e must faj?e it fcarlely. It cannot be successfully met by the $113,000.00 centenary fund. AVo roust have a solid hy.cUtng of more than four million Methodists in the United States." |