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Show sixty-Sixth Methodist Anniversary. I New Yoek, December 18. The Missionary ! Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church ! held its sixty-sixth anniversary in the Academy Acad-emy of Music this evening in the presence of an audience that completely filled the great : building. Bishop Harris called the people to order, and for three hours many of them listened to addresses 011 the scope, necessity, ; abilitv and aggressiveness of the church s ; missionary efforts. The audience was notable for an assemblage of its character, . bMRnse I of the large number of young and middle- ; aged people present, they outnumbering the , gfey-headed ones by three or fom r to . one. , Ahandsome amount of money was otnb , ted for the subscription of $lO0,0C0 to be raised' and expended in foreign nnss.on j work during the coming fiscal year. , |