SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ¡oéiety METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH For tlie Year 1881. PABlsvX % 1882 . N E W Y O R K : PRIlSTTED ZE^OIFt- T H E SO C IE T Y 8 0S BROADWAY. I CONTENTS. ACT OF INCORPORATION ................................................................................. 7 ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER AND ASSISTANT-TREASURER 26 ANNUAL REPORT (INTRODUCTORY)............................................................................. 30 APPORTIONMENT OF MONEYS TO BE RAISED DURING THE YEAR 1882 25 A P P R O P R IA T IO N S F O R 1882.................................................................................................... 24 BY-LAWS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS .................................................................. 15 CONCLUDING SUMMARIES .................................................................................................... 307 CONSTITUTION .............................................................................................................................. 11 CONTRIBUTIONS AND AVERAGE FOR TEN YEARS ............................................. 311 DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN MISSIONARIES .................................................................. 316 DOMESTIC MISSIONS ...................................................................................... 232 A merican Indians. ...................................................................................................................... 237 W elsh .............................................................................................................................................. 243 G erman............................................................................................................................................ 244 Scandinavian............................................................................................................................... 246 C hinese............................................................................................................................................ 247 A rizo n a .................................................. 260 B la c k H ills.................................................................................................................................. 264 D ak o ta ............................................................................................................................................ 266 I ndian T erritory....................................................................................................................... 269 M on tan a........................................................................................................................................ 270 N ew M exico.................................................................................................................................. 278 U t a h ................................................................................................................................................ 286 W est N ebr aska........................................................................................................................... 291 E nglish-S peaking C onferences........................................................................................... 297 FOREIGN MISSIONS: A frica.............................................................................................................................................. 33 S outh A merica............................................................................................................................. 41 C h in a............................................................................................................................................... 57 F oochow ................................................................................................................. 59 C entral C h ina..................................................................................................................... 7s N orth C hina......................................................................................................................... 82 G ermany and Sw itzerla nd .................................................................................................... 89 Scan d in avia................................................................................................................................... 102 N or w a y................................................................................................................................... 102 Sw eden.................................................................................................................................... *°7 D enm ark................................................................................................................................. 124 North India................................................................................................................................. *34 South In d ia.................................................................................................................................. *88 B u lg a r ia ........................................................................................................................................ *9* I t a l y ................................................................................................................................................ *9» Japan............................................................................................................................................... *°3 M e x ic o ............................................................................................................................................ « 4 GENERAL MISSIONARY COMMITTEE ............................................................................. 4 HONORARY LIFE MANAGERS .............................................................................................. 3” LIFE MEMBERS ............................................................................................................................... 33* METHODIST PUBLISHING AND MISSION BUILDINGS ACCOUNT 29 MONTHLY AND ANNUAL STATEMENTS OF THE CONDITION OF THE TREASURY ............................................................................................................................. 28 OFFICERS AND MANAGERS ................................................................................................... 3 PATRONS ........................................................................................................................... 320 RECEIPTS OF THE SOCIETY FROM THE BEGINNING ........................................ 3IQ STANDING COMMITTEES.’...................................................................................................... 6 Offiòef^ of Û\q $oéiety ài\d Soàfd. R e v . BISHOP LEVI SCOTT, President. Vice-Presidents. B ishop M. S im pson , B ish op J. F. H u r s t , T . B o w m a n , Hon. Enoch L. F a n c h e r , W . L. H a r r is , R e v . M. D ’C. C r a w f o r d , D .D ., “ R. S. F o s t e r , J am es H . T a f t , E sq., I. W . W il e y , H o n. O l iv e r H o y t , “ S. M. M e r r il l , R e v . D. C u r r y , D.D., “ E. G. A n d r e w s, R e v . D. W ise, D.D., J. T . P e c k , H . M. F o r r e s t e r , E sq., H. W. Warren, R e v . J. P. N e w m a n , D.D., “ C. D. Foss, H o n . G e o r g e J. F e r r y . John M. Reid, Charles H. Fowler, Corresponding Secretaries, David Terry, Assistant to Corresponding Secretaries. J. M. P h illip s , Treasurer. J. M. W a ld e n , Assistant Treasurer. Jam es N. FitzGerald, Recording Secretary. MINISTERS. B ish op L e v i S c o t t , D a n ie l C u r r y , J ohn W . B e a ch , M. Sim p s o n , A l b e r t S. H u n t , O t is H. T if f a n y , “ T . B o w m a n , L e w is R. D u n n , A a r o n R it t e n h o u s e , W . L . H a r r is , A l b e r t D . V a i l , G e o r g e G. Sa x e , “ R. S. F o st e r , A a r o n K . S a n f o r d , L e v i S. W e e d , I. W . W i l e y , J o h n M il e y , S a n d f o r d H u n t , “ S. M. M e r r il l , John B. Merwin, G. W. Woodruff, “ E. G. A n d r ew s, George F. K ettell, Jo h n B. G ra w , “ J. T . P e c k , Christian F. Grimm, M il to n S. T e r r y , H. W . W a rRichard r e n , Vanhorne, James M. King. “ C. D. Foss, S am u el W. Thom as, Henry A. Buttz, J. F. H u r s t , J o h n P. New m an, C h a r le s S. C o it, D a n ie l W is e , Alexander L. Brice, S am u el F. U pham, J am es M . T u t t l e , James M. Buckley, W illia m P. R y d e r . M. D ’C. C r a w f o r d , Daniel A. Goodsell, LAYMEN. John Falconer, Oliver H. P. Archer, Harold Dollner, Enoch L. Fancher, G e o r g e J. F e r r y , Lemuel Skidmore, James H. Taft, John Stephenson, John B. C o r n e ll, Timothy A. Howe, James M. Fuller, John D. Slayback, Hiram M. Forrester, G e o r g e I. Sen ey, W illiam C. Hamilton, ohn S. M ’L ean , George G. Reynolds, W . J. H u tch in so n , ohn French, Clinton B. Fisk, Anderson Fowler, O l iv e r H o y t , Andrew V. Stout, E z r a B. T u t t l e , C h a r l e s C. N o r t h , Stephen Barker, Charles Scott, G ilb e r t O a k l e y , John M. Phillips, A l d e n S p e a r e. I saac O d e l l , Jo h n H. B e n t le y , G^ei\efàl JVti^Ìoi\àry Öon\n|ittee. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS. Bishops. L e v i S c o t t , S t e p h e n M . M e r r il l , M a t t h e w Sim p s o n , E d w a r d G. A n d r e w s , T h o m as B o w m a n , J esse T . P e c k , W il l ia m L . H a r r is , H e n r y W . W a r r