The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . nize a womans department toraise money to build parsonages. To this Womans Depart-ment of the Church Extension the General Conference in1890 gave the more definite title which it now bears, and atthe same time extended the limits of its activity so as topermit it to do general home missionary work. In each An-nual Conference there is a society, auxiliary to the GeneralSociety, which has charge of all the work within its territoryIt retains one half of the funds collected by it, the other halfgoing to the general treasury Donors to the funds mayg
The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . nize a womans department toraise money to build parsonages. To this Womans Depart-ment of the Church Extension the General Conference in1890 gave the more definite title which it now bears, and atthe same time extended the limits of its activity so as topermit it to do general home missionary work. In each An-nual Conference there is a society, auxiliary to the GeneralSociety, which has charge of all the work within its territoryIt retains one half of the funds collected by it, the other halfgoing to the general treasury Donors to the funds maygive direction to their special gifts, but not to their member-ship fees. The total number of parsonages helped by the CentralCommittee since the Societys organization up to March 31, 1388 American Methodism 1902, has been 1,265, by loans to the amount of $37,100, andby donations of $117, Conference Districts have bymeans of this Societys aid provided residences for their pre-siding elders. The work of the Society has grown rapidly During. THOMSON. MARIA LAYNG , of Scarritt Bible and Training School. recent )Tears it has taken a deeper, firmer root, and extendedalso into new ground. Attention has been given to the Chi-nese and Japanese in this country The department ofMountain Work is educating and otherwise caring for the City Mission Work 1389 children of the poor. The Sue Bennett Memorial School, atLondon, Ky., is practically self-sustaining. The new build-ing for a training school, with twenty-two acres for campus,will be for many years sufficient to meet all demands. Fournew cottages are in process of construction. About one thirdof the students are public school teachers who, in their littlemountain schools, will come in contact with the parents andchildren who live in poverty in the poor cabins, and willthus be able to evangelize many hitherto not reached byother influences. The Reinhardt Normal College, at Walesca, Ga., the giftof the North Georgia
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