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Show Tha Melhodlel rniirarenre. Omaha, May 0. Illthop Mallallen, preelded at tbe uiorulog sese lon ot the Methodise confeieucv. Thu flrsl order of the day wai thu report of Illshep Thohurn of India an I Malaysia. He laid the church la teaching the gospel In those countries lu thirteen languages. lan-guages. The work In India Is In ex. cellent condition, but the need la great. The membership has Increased nearly XO.OOO during tho past fouryesrs. The Hunday schools have IncraaseJ If .DUO, .and now number 0.5,011. Thero were ri.OUO scholars lu the diy schools, l'eople by thousaudi aru giving up the Idols. The conference then requested the committee apjiolnted tbo previous day to prefare a resolution upon the Chinese exclusion bill to report. Judge Lawrence submitted a report whltll slated Iho committee bad learned tba bill a-aa already signed by tbe President. It was therefore too late to laku auy action, until tbe exact wording of the condition of the 1,111 wai ascertained. Dr. Hwlri. ilelli ottered a minority report to have tbe question refrrrrd to tho committee on the state of the church. He feared tho passage of tbe hill would Jecpardlm Ihe lives and properly of the missionaries lu China and wanted ttiu matter disposed of, so that conference confer-ence might he thoroughly Informed aa to the actual state of attalrs. The matter wai finally referrud to another speclel committee of dve minister! and four laymen. |
