The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . charter, which was approved by President BenjaminHarrison on February 24, 1893. One building, the Hall ofHistory, has been completed. The second, the Ohio Collegeof Government, will soon be completed. Plans for a third,funds for which are being secured by the Womans Guild,are in the architects hands. Contributions have been made 1086 American Methodism to the building and endowment funds by the clergy and laityall over the United States. Ten million dollars has beennamed as necessary for its buildings and endowments. The Methodist Episcopal Chur
The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . charter, which was approved by President BenjaminHarrison on February 24, 1893. One building, the Hall ofHistory, has been completed. The second, the Ohio Collegeof Government, will soon be completed. Plans for a third,funds for which are being secured by the Womans Guild,are in the architects hands. Contributions have been made 1086 American Methodism to the building and endowment funds by the clergy and laityall over the United States. Ten million dollars has beennamed as necessary for its buildings and endowments. The Methodist Episcopal Church to-day owns and conducts50 colleges and universities, 7 colleges exclusively for women,60 classical seminaries, 4 missionary institutes and Bibletraining schools, 20 theological institutions, 10 of which arein foreign mission fields, and 76 foreign mission academicschools. The grounds and buildings are valued at over$16,000,000, the total endowments $13,000,000, and thereare employed 2,800 teachers and professors, instructing43,322 CHAPTER CVII The Shuttle and Thread of Fraternity Mutual Messengers of Good Will.—National and InternationalUnity.—Exchange of Brotherhood. PRIOR to the year 1784, when the American Methodistsinstituted a separate organization, communication be-tween English and American Methodism was closeand cordial. This fraternal intercourse was continued prin-cipally through Coke, who frequently passed from one coun-try to the other. His last visit to America was in the war of 1812 difficulties arose between the Metho-dist preachers and the Wesleyan missionaries in Canada,and, as no amicable adjustment had yet been reached,in 1820 John Emory was sent by the Methodist EpiscopalChurch to England to endeavor to effect an adjustment, and,at the same time to arrange for a mutual interchangeof delegates as representatives of the one Conferenceto the other He was cordially received and his missionwas successful. At the General Conference of
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