A history of Methodism in the United States . uarterly Conference of the church to which hebelongs, and make application to the president or principalof the institution which he attends. A note is required,which the signer is legally and morally bound to pay assoon as able. The General Conference authorizes theboard to cancel a loan in whole or in part on account ofprotracted ill health, or for five years actual missionaryservice. The amount loaned in the twenty-two years is$603,, and only $50, have been proportion suggests serious problems, to which theattention of t
A history of Methodism in the United States . uarterly Conference of the church to which hebelongs, and make application to the president or principalof the institution which he attends. A note is required,which the signer is legally and morally bound to pay assoon as able. The General Conference authorizes theboard to cancel a loan in whole or in part on account ofprotracted ill health, or for five years actual missionaryservice. The amount loaned in the twenty-two years is$603,, and only $50, have been proportion suggests serious problems, to which theattention of the church was directed in 1896. In the discus-sion much emphasis was given to the facts that during thefirst six years of the societys history notes were not re-quired, and that until quite recently an erroneous impres-sion prevailed that when one entered the missionary ser-vice his notes were immediately canceled; that a largemajority receiving loans have gone into fields where theyhave received but a pittance, and with the increase of fam-. c. A-, ^ o-^^ BOARD OF EDUCATION. 413 ilies have found it difficult to lay aside anything for pay-ing their debts; that a considerable number of accountshave been canceled by death, ill health, misfortune, andmissionary service; that eighty-six per cent, of the wholeamount has been loaned within the last twelve years, sixty-eight per cent, during the last eight, and forty-four percent, during the last four years, and that, accordingly, ina majority of cases payments could not be expected forsome years to come. From the last consideration it isargued that larger returns must be expected. The subject, however, is one that has given perplexityto other religious denominations; for the advantage ofsuch assistance would be much discounted if with edu-cation so obtained there was a diminution of the sense ofhonor. The educational institutions of the Methodist EpiscopalChurch within the past thirty years have received many those else
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