MINUTES

OF THE

TWENTY· FIRST SESSION

OF THE.

MEXICO ANNUAL CONFERENCE

OF THE

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Held in Mexico City

JANUARV 26-30, 1905.

E.dited by the Secretaries and Adopted by the Conference as the Official Record

of its Proceedings.

OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE

President:

Bishop, LUTHER B. WILSON,

Chatanooga. Tenn.

ENGLISH SECRE'I'ARY: H. A. BASSETT.

Apartado 2291, City of Mexico, D. F

SPANISH SECRETARY: T. DEL VALLE.

Apartado 2291, City of Mexico, D. F.

STATISTICAL SECRETARY: J. P. HAUSER,

Tamariz 3, Puebla, Puebla.

CONFERENCE TREASURER: JOHN W- BUTLER.

CONFERENCE REPORTERS: F. S. BORTON,

TOMAS GARCIA

COMMITTEE TO PUBLISH MINUTES:

THE SECRETARIRS AND PRESS AGENT.

STllnOlnG eOmmITTBES. NOMINATED FOR 1906.

l.-PUBLIC WORSHIP: Jose Rumbia, P. Flores Valderrama, J. W. Butler.

2.-EDUCATION: B. N. Velasco, F E. McGuire, E. W~ Adam. 3.-SELF-SUPPORT: L. B. Salmans, J. T. Ruiz, S. I. Lopez. 4.-SABBATH OBSERVANCE: H. A. Bassett, P. V Espinosa, P. Oons-

tantino. 5.-TEMPERANCE: T. del ValIe, Tomas Garcia, Jose Ohavez. G.-OIRCULATION OF BIBLES AND TRAOTS: 1. O. Cartwright, V~

Mendoza, M. Roja~.

7.-SUNDAY SCHOOLS: J. M. Euroza, Antonio Oarrero, N. Mercado. S.-STATE OF THE CHURCH: E. Zapata, F. S. Bortoll, L. G. Alonzo. 9.-CONFERENCE RELATIONS: P F. Valderrama, F. P. Lawyer, Jose

Rumbia. lO.-PRESS: J. W Butler, F. S. Borton, H. A. Bassett, J. M. Euroza.

It.-FINANCES: The Presiding Elders and Treasurer. l2.-AuDITORS: F. S. Borton, Miss Laura Temple, H. A. Bassett. IS.-CONFERENCE STEWARDS: P. F. Valderrama, H. A. Bassett, J.

M. Euroza. I4.-VISITORS TO MEXICO METHODIST INSTITUTE: B. N. Velasco, E.

W Gould, P. Bernal. lO.-VISITORS TO QUERETARO INSTITUTE: 1. O. Cartwright, T. del

Valle, MiRS Evelyn Smith. I6.-To PREACH THE MISSIONARY SERMON: E. W Gould,

Alternate, Jose Rnmbia. l7.-To PREACH THE CONFERENOE SERMON: P. V Espinosa,

Alternate, F. E. McGuire. lS.-To PREACH THE SERMON ON EDUOATION: J P Hauser.

Alternate, V D. Baez.

19.-ExAMINATION HOARD APPOINTED BY THE BISHOP: V. D. Baez, H. A. Bassett, F. S. Borton. J. W. Butler, J. M. Eu­roza, F. P Lawyer, S. 1. Lopez, Vicente Mendoza, Jose Rumbla, L. B. Salmans, P F Valderrama, B. N. Velasco, Eduardo Zapata.

THE EXAMINING BOA RD met and elected: F S. Borton, per­manent chairman and Vicente Mendoza, Secretary.

20.-COMMITTEE ON AGGRESSIVE EVANGELISM: The Presiding Elders and E. W. Adam, R. O. Moreno, T. del Valle, N. F. Morton, P Constantino, David Fermoso, Miguel Ro­jas, F. Montiel, I. C. Cartwright, rablo del ~io, Agus­tin Rivera, Eulaliq r~r,,~, f, ~ernal1 f~4rq :b6pez.

RULES OF ORDER.

ARTICLE 1. After the customary religious excercises, the Secre­taries in tnrn shall read the minutes of the l'revious session for C01'­

rections and approval. ART. 2. No motion shall be admitted for discussion uuless it has

first been seconded. ART. 3. All resolutions shall be presented in writing, as well as

all other motions when the President or Secretaries shall ask it. ART. 4. Every member of the Conference desiring to speak on

any subject shall tisc and addressing the President shall be entitled to the floor.

ART. 5. No member shall speak more than once on the ~ame subject till all who may desire to speak shall have spoken. nor more than ten minutes at a time without leave of the Conference.

ART. 6. The vote on every question shall he blken by eyes and noes, or ballot.

ART. 7. All questions of order shall be decided by the Pre­sident snbject to appeal to the Conference, without debate.

ART. 8. When any question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lay ()n the ta.ble, to postpone, to commit, to amend, or to substitute; but a motion to adjourn shall always be in order, and this as well as a motion to lay on the table shall be decided without debate.

ART, 9. If the question before the Conference be capable of division, upon the call of any member, such question shall be divided.

ART. 10. The business of the Oonference shall be conducted with open doors, unless otherwise ordered by the Conference.

ART. 11. Any question may be reconsidered on the motioR of auy member who may have voted with the majority.

ARl'. 12. If any member call for the previous question, and suc'h call shall be sanctioned by a two-thirds vote of the Confe­rence, the main question shall then be put.

ART. 13. Every member shall be allowed the question of privilege, provided he manifest the nature of it, and it be approved by a majority or the Conference.

ART. 14. The members of the Conference shall assemble in the Conference room puntually at the hour to which Conference adjourned, and no member shall absent himself from the place of Conference session without leave of absence.

Amendment 1. All speeches shall be limited to teu minutes.

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS.

FIRST DAY.

ThursoHY morning, Jan. 26, 1905.

The twenty-firi'lt annual Session of the Mexico Conference conven­ed in Trinity M. E Church, Gante No.5, Mexico City, January 26 at 9 a. m., Bishop Wilson presiding. The sllcrament of the Lord's Supper was administered by the Bishop assi~ted by a number of Elders. Roll Call, The secretary of the last conference called the roll

and thirty members responded·to their names. Introduced: Mr. 'Wallace of Los Angeles California was intro·

duced to the Conference and delh'ererl a short acidress full of interest.

Progranl: The program prepared by the local committee for the use of this present session, was adopted.

Secretaries. H. A. Bassett was re-elected EnglIsh secretary and

Treasurer.

Salutation.

T. del Valle was re-elected Splinish secretary. J. P Hauser was re-elected statistical Secretary and

he named as his assistants, E. W Gould and F. E. Mc­Guire.

J. W. Butler was re-elected conterence Treasurer. B. N. Velasco moved to send a letter of greeting to

Pre~ident Diaz and Vice President Corral. The con-fereBee elected Mr. Velasco to prepare the letter.

Bar of Con- The Bar of the Conference was fixed to include the

ference. first six rows of seats in the center of the churQh. The Ladies of the W. F. M. S. and the wives of the Conference members were invited to sit within the bar.

~t'portere Tomas Garcia was elected reporter for "EI Abogado Cristiano" ~Qd F. S. Borton for "The Mexican He­ralQ,

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Resolutions: The Conference ordered a Committee on resolutions. Standing The recommendations for the standing committees Conunittees. was adopted with the following substitutes.

Transfer.

Death.

Address.

Rules.

Reports,

T. del Valle in place of A. M. Avila, F. E. McGuire in place of S. Quickmire, Jose Chavez in place of David Verduzco.

The Bishflp announced the transfer of Samuel Quickmire to the California Conferf'nce.

J. W. Butler announced the dea,tb of Rev. Gray­bill of tho Presbyterian church, who' was the oldest missionary in this country. The Conference ordered a telegram of sympathy sent to the bereav~d family.

B. N. VelasLlo delivereeI a twenty-minute helpful aeI­dress on the subject: "The adaptation of preaching to our people in general."

The rules of order governing the last session were adopted for use in the present.

The following Pl'esidiug Elders were called l\nd their characters were passed: S. I. Lopez, J. W. Butlf'r, H. A. Bassett, J. M. Euroza, V D. Baez, .Jo­se Rumbia and F. P Lawyer. S. I. Lopez reaJ his an­n ual report.

Introduced. Miss Payne, Director of the W. F. M. S. school in

Presiding Elder's Reports:

Guanajuato; Rev. and Mrs. F. E. McGuire were in· troduced to the Conference.

J. W. Butler. H. A. Bassett, V. D. Baez and F. P. Lawyer read their reports.

TODlorro'W's The Conference voted to conclude Friday morning's Session. session at 10: 30 iu order to permit the members of

the German colony of this city to hold a special serv-ice in this building, in houor of the birth-day of Em­peror William. It was alr>o voted to hold an <iftemoon session on Friday from 3 to 5.

Introduced. M. de 180 Cruz, of Chile, W - S. Spencer, Mr. Cama­ra and Dr. Marchand were presented to the Confer-ence.

A dj 0 urn - Announcements were made and the benediction men1; was pronounced by the Bishop.

Evening

Service:

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Thursday Evening.

Rev. E. W. Adam delivered the conference mis­sionary sermon at 7 :30.

SECOND DAY.

Friday morning Jan. 27, 1905. The morning session was opened by a devotional service conduct­

ed by Eduardo Zapata. Minutes: The minutes of the previous day were read, cor-

rected and approved. Address: L. B. Salmans delivered an inspiring address on

"The manner of directing revi val meetings.~'

Time for The conference voted to hear the W F. M. S. re-Reports: ports Saturday at 11 a. m.

The special meeting for the ladies of the conference was fixed for 10 :30 a. m., Saturday.

Report: Jose Rumbia P. E. of Orizaba District read his re-port.

Presented: J. B. OOX, A. Portugal and V T. Santin all of the M. E. Chul'ch South, were introrluced.

Adjourn- The announcements were made, the Doxology sung ment' and the benediction was pronouncE'd by J. M. Eu­

roza.

Frida;,,- Afternoon.

The afternoon session was opened at 3 o'clock, the devotional service being led by P. F. Valderrama. The minutes of the morn­ing session were read, corrected and approved. Rep.rt: J. M. Euroza, p, E. of the Oaxaca District, present-

ed his report. Question 4- was asked: Who have been received on t1'iai?

The following persons were recommended and, the examining committee reporting satisfaction they were admitted into the Oonference on trial:

QuestionS.

Adjourn-

Inenl.

F. E. McGuire, Jorge Osorio, Agustin Rivera, An­tonio B. Carrero and Jorge Corona.

The Conference voted to elect ji'. E. McGuit'e to Deacons orders under the missionary rule.

Pablo Aguilar was called. The Examining commit­tee reported satisfaction and he was passed to the studies of the 3rd year.

The benediction was pronounced by J. W. Butler.

At the Evening meeting, J. M. Euroza preached a sermon on Education.

THIRD DAY.

Saturday morning, Jan. 28, 1905.

The morning session was opened at nine o'clock with a brief de­votional meeting conducted by J. M. Em'oza. The minutes were read, corrected and approved. COin. on Re- B. N. Velasco was appoint.ed chairman of the com­solutions. mittee on resolutions. COin. on 1. O. Cartwright moved and the Oonference voted

. Evangelisln. to elect a committee on Aggl'essire Evangelism, said commission to b~ composed of one ministHr and one layman from each Presiding Elder's district.

Address. P. F. Valderrama delivered an address on the sub-ject "The relation of ministers' and teachel's' families to the work." The conference requested that this address be print­ed in "EI Abogado Cristiano."

L. B. Salmans was requested to prepare and send to "EI Abogado Cristiano" an outline of his address on the subject of "Revi vals. "

Introduced. The Bishop presented to the Conference Misses An· na R. Limberger, Carrie M. Purdy and Evelyn Smith.

Disciplinary Pablo Aguilar was called to the chancel rail and Question.: responded affirmatively to the Disciplina1'Y questions.

After reporting his collections, the Conference voted

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to receive Pablo Aguilar into full connection and that be be elected to Deacons or()ers.

Question la was taken up: The" following were called, char­aeterf; passed hnd those 'having cbarges reported their collections: Mignel Rosales, N orberto Mercano, T. del Valle, .Eduardo Zapata, F S Borton, Jose T. Ruiz. P. V. Espinosa, S. I. Lopez, H. A. Bassett, A. G. Alonzo, Vicente Mendoza, P. Oonstantino, I. D. Oha­goyan. E. W Adam, t. B. Salmans, F. P Lawyer, B.. N. Velasco, I. O. Oartwright, P. Bernal, P. F. Yalderrama, Jose Chavt>z, Jose Rambia.

Queetion 8: E. W. Gonld. J. p, Hauser and Tomas Garcia were called, characters passed and the Examining commit­tee of third year having reported satisfaction, they were passed to the Rtudies of the 4th year. Petronilo OODF;tantino was called, and character passed and col­lections reported: as all his studies were not passed sati~factorily. be was .continued in the studies of the 3rd. year with the privilege of presenting his exa­minations in the studies of the 4th year at the next annual Oonferellce.

David Ver- When Daviel Verduzco's name was called, the· duzco. Secretary relid a letter from him in which he pl'esent­

ed a petition to withdraw from the ministry and, memberioihip of .the Mechodist Ohurch. His petition, wa~ granted.

Queetion 9 Miguel Rojas was calleel, character passed and he· was continued in the stu~ies of the 4th year.

Queetion 22 Gabriel Rllmbia was called lmrl bis character passed .. Question ao Invitations for the Ilext session of the Conference

were received from PachucR, Guanajuato, Orizaba ann Silao.

The Conference unan:iplOusl~ accepterl the invita­tion from Or'izlt.ba and. extended a rote of thanks to the othet' churches whose invitation. could not be ac­cepted.

W.F. M. s. Miss Payne, Director of the W F. M. S. school in ~eports: Guallajuato offered to send ber report within fifteen

day~ to rye published in the minutes. Miss Laul'a Temple, Director of tbe school in Mex­

ico Oity not being present, her associate Miss Eveline

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Smith spoke a few words to the Oonference and stat­ed that Mi8~ Temple's report would be ready within a few days to be published .in the minutes.

Miss Alice Foster read the report of the work in Orizaba. Her report being mostly concerning tbe English work.

M.iss Ida Bohannon of Pachuea and Mis.~ An,na R. Limberger of Puebla read the reports of their r~spect­ive schools.

Puebl. In8- P. F. Valdarrama, President of the Mexico Me-titute: thodist 'Institute read his report. Adjourn-

anent.

The Oonference voted to hold an' afternoon session at S o'clock. Announcements were made and the be­nediction was pronounced by T. del Valle.

Saturda7 Afternoon.

At S o'clock Norberto Mercado conducted the devotioRal service. By request of the Bisho'p, P. F. Valderrama occupied the chair.

Minutes. The minutes in Spanish only were read and ap-proved.

Coan. on N orberto Mercado read the report of the Oommittee Education: 011 Education. The report was adopted with the re­

commendation that it be printed in "EI Abogado Cristiano" at the earliest opportunity.

Queretaro B. N. Velasco, President of the Queretaro Institute Institute: read his annual report. Coan. to L. B. Salmans moved that a Committee of five be Stud7 Plans appointed including the Presidents of our schools in f~r Schools. Puehla and Queretaro and F. P. Lawyer and two

others to be appointed by the Bishop, .to study plans for the future of our Institutes' in Puebla and Quere­taro. Motion laid on the table until the arrival of the Bishop.

Letters of The letters of greeting to be sent to President Diaz Greeting. and Vice President Corral Were read and approved. Bishop En- Bishop Wilson havlng entered and taking the chair, teredo the motion of L. B. SalmRns was taken from the

table, discussed and carried.

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A. M. AvUa: A. M. Avila was called, his character passed and after his case was presented by his presiding elder, the Conference voted to continue him in the effective relation.

Reports: P. F. Valderrama p~esented the report of the Com-mittee on Conference claimanU\. Report adopted.

J. W. Butler moved that when the Dividend draft from the Book Concern should arrive, that it be sign­ed by the President and Secretary and turned over to the Conference steward-s. Oarried.

Stone for P. F. Valderrama moved that the Conference take Grave. up a special collection of $100 to place a monument

over the grave of Manuel Fernandez, a martyr to the cause of Christ in this country. The roll was called and the full amount subscribed.

R.eports. The report on temperance was read by P. V. Es· pinoRa.

Pre.sAgent. J. S. Turner, Press Agent, read his report which was adopted and turn~d over to the Committee on the Press.

Tr.asurer'. J. W. Butler, Conference Treasurer, rendered his R.eport: report.

V. D. Baez moved that a collection be taken to co­ver the deficit on the Conference scholarship to Puebla Institute.

The roll was called and $69.00 was subscribed. Bill. L. B. Salmans, chairman of the Examining Board

presented a bill for postage amounting to $12.00. Al­lowed.

Adjourn- The benediction was pronounced by Francis S. znent: Borton.

FOURTH DAY

Monday morning, Jan. 30.

The devotional service was conducted' by J. M. Euroza. The minutes were read, corrected and approved. Minute.: The two secreblries and the Press agent were ap-

pointed to publish the minutes and as published they shall stand as thtl offichil record of the Oonference.

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The roll w~ called and each "member indicated the number of m~nute8dedired.

To assign The Presiding Eillers .wer~,appointed to assign the Collections. Conference collections. EvangelisDl': 1. C. Cartwright moved that,the Bishop be request­

e<i to appoint a <;Jom. on a,ggressive Evangelism three members ~rom ea,ch Qistrict, ep.ch P E. being on the Oommi~tee.

E. W. Adam reported his collections. Queetion 1.5 was asked: Answered, none: Discourse: F,. S. Borton presented a paper on "The Use of

the Bible in preaching." The Oonference request-ed Mr. Borton's article for publication.' .

Funds ror J. W Butler stated ,that Mrs. Btitler had in her pos-Bibles: session some funds which could be employed in pur­

chasing Bibles to be placed in the hands of Pastors to be sold at modera te prices.

F. S. Borton moved to accept Mrs. Butler's offer and extend to her a vote of thanks.

Editor Ho- J. ~. ,Euroza was ele'cted Editor of the Sunday jas Bereanas Sehool Lessons Leaves and, Qua~terlies.

R..evising V; D. Bae?, presented the r~port of the Committee 'R..ules: appointed,to revise the rules of. Puehla Institute.

L. B. Salmans moved to consider the articles' separate­ly. After considering seven al'~i~les, the whole revi­sion was adopted.

Question of F. S. Borton wished the privilege of ~tating that Privilege. Mrs. J. W. Butler had offered to receive and prepare

for ~~blication in t.be church papers in the United States all interesting incidents of our work which the preachers might furnish.

Report. J. P. HauRer, the statistical secretary read his re-port; adopted with the pt'ivilegegiven to Mr. Hauser and the Treasnrer of the mission of making some needed corrections.

R..ev;ision or F. S. Borton moved that the Presiding Elders be Blanhe: appointed a committee to fe\"ise the sta tistical blanks

and to report before the adjournment of this con­ference.

Introduced. Rev. P - L. Cobb, pastor of the English Congrega­tion of the MethodiRt Church South was introduced.

School

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Vicente Mendoza read hiR report of the statistics of our day-schools. RepGrta

EzalDining The Bishop announced the following as the Board COlDlDitteea of EXCiminers:

V.' D. Baez, H. A. Bassett, -F. S. B9rton, J. W. Butler, J. M. Euroza, ~'. P. Lawyer, S. 1. Lopez, Vi­centE' Mendoza, Jose Rumbia, L. B. Salmans, P. F. Valderrama, B. N. Velasco, Eduardo Zapata.

A d j 0 U r 11- The Benediction . was· pronounced by V. ~. ment: Baez.

Monda". afternoon

At 3 o'clock the devotional meeting was conducten by L. B. Salmans .who occupied the chair in the absence of the Bishop. Reports. The following reports were read: Self.support, Sun·

day-schools. Oirculation of BibleR and Tra~ts, State of tbe Ohureb and Observance of the Sabbath.

Ed.ofTelD Jose Ohavez Wl'\S reelected editor of the temperance ~e:i:c:: n: column of "EI Abogarln Orlstiano." S.S. Statis- Vicente Mendoza was reelected S. S. Statistical tical Sec7 Secrcltary. Librar71 A I'equest was presented to the Conference asking

for at least one volume from each member to enlarge the Library of Queretaro Institute.

Text Boo1\s& Upon recommendation of the Oomrnittf'e on Exa­minations, the following bnoks were voted to be used in the course of study: Logic by John Stewart Mill and Rhetoric by Uampillo and OOl'rea.

To visit The committee~ named to visit onr Methodist Institutet" schools were given the privilege of making their visits

at any time during the year. COKD.KD.ittees: The Standing committees recommended by the

Board of Presiding Elders, were presented. COKD.. on The Bishop named the Presiding Elders and the Aggressive following persons as the Oommittee on Evangelism: Evangeli.KD. E. W. Adam, R. O. M'lreno, T. del Valle, N. F.

Morton. P. Oonstantino, David Fermoso, Miguel Ro­jas, T. Montiel, Agustin Rivera, Eulalio Perez, 1. C. Oartwright, Pablo del Rio, P. Bernal, and Pedro Lopez.

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S. S. Secre1- H. A. Bassett wa~ con tinned as t:;uuday School a..,,-. Secretary. League T. del Valle was eJected ~ditor of the Epworth Secreta..,,-. League column in uEI Abogado Oristiano." Self-Support. ~he treasurer. reported that for all purpt>se, during

the pa!tt year there had been raised'in this mission the sum of $73,873. The Oonference voted to at­tempt to raise in 1905 at least $80,000.

Resolutions a The report. of the Oommittee on resolutions was read "by 'B.N. Veiasco. Adopted by riSing vote.

C. M. Alna- The name of O. M. Amador having been overlooked, dora the Bishop returned to Question .a.Oarlos Amador

was called, character passed and 'he was adl"anced to the studies of the 2nd. year. _.

Ad j 0 u r n- The Oonference voted that, after the approval of the lnen1. minutes, a devotional service and the reading of the

appointments, the session should stand adjourned sine die.

The minutes were approved, a hymn was sung, P. F. Valderrama offered prayer and the appointments were read.

The Bishop pronounced the Benediction.

qu~~ PA. ~:d{)n5 PRESIDENT.

f7&~lly ~ f?/Ja(J(Je~~ SE~RETARY.

DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS.

1. 'Who have been received by tl'ansfer, and from what Confer­ences~-N one.

2. Who have been readmitted1-None. S. Who have been received on credentials, and from what churches'!

--None. 4. Who have been received on trial'

(a) In studies of first yea7·.-Frank E. McGuire.-Jorge Co­rona.-Antonio B. Carrero.-Agustin Rivera.-Jorge Oso­rio.

(b) In studies of thi"d year1-None. '5. Who have been continuecl on t'l'ial'

(a) In studies offi'l'st year. (b) In studies of seaond year.-Carlos M. Amador. (c) In stUdies of thil'd year.-None. (d) In studies of fourth year.-None.

6. Who have been discontinued~-None. 7, Who have been admitted into full membel'ship~

(a) Elected and o1'dained deacons this year.-Pablo Aguilar. (b) Elected and ordained deaoons previously.-None,

8. What members are in studiefl of third year~ (a) Admitted into full membership this year.-Pablo Aguilar. (b) Admitted into full membership previously.-Petronilo Cons­

tantino. 9. What member.q al'e in studies offottrth year'-E. W. Gould,

J. P. Hauser, Tomas Garcia, Miguel Rojas. 10. What members have completed the Conference course of study'!

(a) Elected and o1'dained Elders this year.-None. (b) Elected and ordained El(iers pr8'l'iously.-None.

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11. What othe1's have been elected and .ordained. Deacons'! (a) A.~ lDcal p1·eachers. (b) Under missionary 1'ule.-Frank E. McGuire.

1~ What others have been elected and 01'dained Elde7's? (a) A.y local Deacons,--None, (b) Under missionary rule.-None.

13. Was the cha1'acte1' oj' each p1'eache1' examined?-This was at­tended to in open Conference, each name being called.

14. Who have been tran·ife1"1·erl, and to what Gonference8'-Samuel Quickmire to California Conference.

15. Who have die.d'-None. . __ 16. Who have been located at their own request?-None. 17. Who have been lor.ated?-None. 18, Who have withdrau:n?-David M. Verduzco. 19. Who have been permitted to withdraw under charges .01' com-

plaints'-None. 20. Who have been expelled -None. 21. What othe7' pm'sonal notation should be madet-None. 22. WhQ a7'e thr. supernume1'ary preachers?-Gabriel Rumbia. 23. Who are the 8ttpe1'annt('ated p1·eacl"te1w?-None. 24. Who are the triers of appeals1-P. F. Valderrama, B. N. Ve­

lasco, Jose Chavez,!. D, ChRloyan, No'rberto Mercado. 25. What i.y the statistical repoTt j'01' this yea1'?-See tabulated

statement. 26. What is thp ag,q1'egate of the benevolent collections 01'deTed by

the general Gonfe1'ence, as 1'ep01'ted by the Oonference t1'ea­sU1'el'?-$2176 33

27. What a1'e the claims on the Conference fund?-$l002,OO. 28. What has been 1'eceived on the.ye claim.y, and how has it been

applied'!-$1002.67. 29. Where are the pl'eache1w stationed?-See appointments. 30. Where .')hall the next Conference be heldJ-OrizabR.

MEXICO CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.

PRESIDENT: BISHOP L. B. WILSON.

1905.

EASTERN DISTRICT

SEVERO I. LOPEZ, Presiding Elder.

Aeelotla HuaU(~hin8ngo

Huejutla. San Agustin Tehut'tlan Tezontepee. Tlacuilotepec .. Tulancing·o. Villa Jual·ez. .. Zacualtipan ....

P. O. Tulallcillgo, Hidalgo.

Santiago J. Lopez, Supply. To be suppli..cl. To he supplied. To be Rup·plied. To be supplied.

. E. W. Adam. To be supplied .

. Sevel"O 1. Lopez. To be supplied.

. .. Norberto Mercado.

MEXICO DISTRICT.

J. W. BUTLER, Presidillg Elder.

P O. Mexico City, Mt'x. AI,al'ta()o 2291.

El Chico " " To he .. upplied. El 01'0. . . To UP. supplied. EI Oro, English '" ork. . . . Frank E .J.l{cGuire Ixtaealco. . . To he HupI'lil'(i. Mexico. .. T. del Valle. Mexic(J, English Work H. A. BaFI't'tt. Nextlalpam. .. L. G. Alonzo. Orizaba, English Work... . . To he supplied. Pachuea. . I. D. Chagoyan. Pachuea, Engljs~ Work.. . E. W Gould. Puebla. . Vicente Mpudoza. Puebla, Englh;h Work, ... , . . F. S. BQ1·ton. Real del Monte .. Mariano FermoRo, supply. Santa Julia. . Antonio Carrero. J. W. Butler, V. D. Baez and P. F. Valderrama, Editors of El

Abo.gado Crist~ano aud Books.

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P. F. Valderrama, President of the Methodist Institute and mem­be~ of the Puebla Quarterly Conference.

:, F. S. Borton, Dean ~t the Theological School and member of Puebla Q.ual'tel·ly·CoIiferen~e.

J. P. Hauser, Professor and member of the Puebla Quarterly Conference. .

Jorge Manning, Professor. J. S. Turner, Publishing Agent.

MORELOS DISTRICT. H. A. BASSETT, Presiding Elder.

Mexico City, Mex. Apartado 2291. AtlautIa .. Ayapango .... Chicoloapam . Mirafl ores. Tepaltzingo. Tlaltizapam .

Jorge Corona. .. L. M. Diaz, supply. Petronilo Constantino.

. . ·Jorge Osorio. . . Crescencio Martinez, supply.

. Jose T. Ruiz.

MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.

V. D. BAEZ, Pl~esiding Elder. Mexico City, Mex. Apartado 2291.

ApizRCO .. Atlixco. Chietla and Atzala. Cholula. San Bema be . San Martin San Pablo .. Tetela ....

. TeziutlAn _ Tlaxcala. Xochiapulco Zacaola.

.. Miguel Rojas. . Eduardo Zapata.

Lorenzo Martinez, supply. Pedro Osorio, supply'

.. Juan Patino, supply. .... Pablo Aguilar.

Carlos Sanchez, supply. .., .... " .. P. V. Espinosa.

Raymundo I Baez, supply . L. A. Garcia: supply.

Carlos M. Amador . ... Miguel Gal'cia, supply.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

F. P. LAWYER, Presiding Elder. Silao, Gto . . Jose Chavez.

To. be supplied. Celaya. Cipres Guanajuato. Levi B. Salmans and TOlllas Gal·cia.

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Leon. . .. . .. r. C. Cartwright. Queramaro. . . To be supplied. Queretaro. To be supplied. Salamanca. . . . To be supplied. Silao. . F. P. Lawyer. B. N. Velasco, President of the Queretaro Institute and member

of the Queretaro Quatel'ly ConfE'l'ence. Gorgonia Cora, ProfeRsol·. Silao, Medical Work, George Byron Hyde.

OAXACA DISTRICT. J. M. EURozA, Presiding Elder.

CuicatJil.n. Huitzo. Nazal'eno. Oaxaca. Zachila

Oaxaca, Oax. Apartado 95. . . Agustin Rivera. . . To he supplied.

Angel Zambrano, supply. M. Constantino, supply.

Juan C. Martinez, supply.

ORIZABA DISTRICT.

JOSE RUMBIA, Presiding Elder.

Santa Ana AtzRcan. HuatuRco .. Orizaha. Tiel~ra Blanca. Tuxtepee.

Ol'izaha, Veracruz . . Mig'uel Rosales. Plutarco Bernal.

. Jose Rumbia 1\1 Monjaras, supply'

Vicente Osorio, supply

WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY ..

Guanajuato Effa M. Dunmore and Ella Payne. Mexico City. . Laura Temple and Eveline Smith. City Missionary Mexico City, . . Harriet L. Ayres. Orizaba. Alice Foster. Pachnea. Ida Bohannon and Helen Hewitt. Puebla. .Anna R. Limbergel', Carrie M. Purdy,

Blanche Betz, Ethel Strawn, and Jen­nie Pennington.

ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF THE CONFERENCE. Names in italics are on trial •

. -------------------------~--------------------------------------------------~---------------------NAMm DISTRICT POST OFFICE .\DDRESS STATE

Adam Enrique "'................... Eastern........................ Tezontepec ........................ . Aguilar "M.blo... ••........ ..•...... Mountain....................... 8an Martin ........................ . Aronzo Lucas G ...... ..... .... ... M6x:I·co... ..... ..... ...... ...... Nextlt11pam ...................... . A7nado,' Carlos M.......... .•• ...... MountRin..... ................. Xochlapulco ....................... . 'B'I.eilzRvA .... DM ............... > ................................ :: Orizaba..... ........ ... ......... Orlzaba ........................... .. .. Mountain .................. :.... Mexi('o, Apartado 2291. ........... . Bassett II. A .... t.................. M~xico.... ..................... Mexico, Apartado2291. ........... . Bernal Plutarco.:..... ...... ........ 0MrJxZaiCboll..................................... ............. Huatusco ......................... :

- Borton Francisco 8:...... .......... " ·Puebla., Apa\'tado 511 ............. .. Butler John \V.. ..................... MM~xXII.CcOo................................................... M~xlco. Apartado 2291 ............ . Carrero Antonio B • .......... .-....... • t: Santa Julia ........................ ,

. Cartwright I. C......... ........... Northern.......... ....... ...... Le6n ............................... . :·:Chagoyiin tgnacio D ........ ~ .... M~xico ....................... , . Pachuca .......................... .. :ChavezJos6 ........................ Northern ........ : ............. Celaya ............................. .

COllstantino Petronllo. ............ Morelos....... .... .............. l.:hicolot1pam ...................... . cD'oerloVuaal."leor.«.e .......... ~.· ................•..•........•........ Morel08...... ............ . ....... A tlautla .................... ' ....... .

.1 M~xico.... ...... ...... . . ........ )f~xico, Apartado 2291. ........... . ERpinosR Pascuat.:V ........ ;....... Mountain. .... ................. Tetela ...................•..........• EurOZR ,Justo M..................... OAxaca .......... :.............. Oaxaca, Apartado 95 ........ 1.... ••

. Garcia Tomlts. . ........... ......... Northern..... ............ ... ... Guanajuato ......................... . Oonld E. W......... .... ......... ... M6xico.... .............. ........ Paehnca ........................... . Hauser J. P ..... ;................... M~xico......................... Puebla, Tamariz 3 ................. . Lawyer F. ·P ................ :........ Northern. ....................... 8I1ao ......................... " .... .. L6pez Severo I..... ........... ...... Kastern.... ..................... Tulancingo .....•... : ...... ; ........ . Mendoza Vicente................... Mexico.......................... Puebla ............................. .

aldalgo . ...... 1. .... ...... .. Pueblo. ......•......•..•...... Mexico ... · .................... . Hidalgo ............. , ..... ; .. :veracruz ...................... . J)lstrito Federal ......•...... Distrito Federal ........... .. Veracruz ............. , ...... . Puebla .............. ; •...•... Distrito FederaL ... ;, ••.••.. ;1)18trito Federal ....• ; •...... .Guanajuato ......... .-;! ..... . ·Hldalgo ............ ;;; ..... . Guanajuato .......... ri ..... . Mexico ............•..•....... :Mexico ................ : .••... J)lstrito Federal ............ . Pueblo. ................. .-.... . Oaxaca. .... ; ................. . ,Guanajuato ......•.......... Hidalgo ..................... . Puebla ...................... . Guanajuato ................. . Hidalgo ..................... . Puebla. ...................... .

Mercado Norberto .......... ;;..... Ealltern......... ............... l'ulanclngo ................ ; ..... .. McGuireF.E ... :. .................. Me·.ico ........................ EIOro ............................ :. Osorio Jnrge ...... ·. ...... ............ Morelos..... ......... ........... Miraflores ....................... .. Rivera ApuRt1n ..................... Oaxaca........................ Culcatlt1n .......................... . ROjal'! MIguel. ....... ... ...... ....... MonntRin. ........... ........... Aplzaco ...... ~ ..................... , RosRlcs Miguel. ..... ............ .... Orizaba...... ..... .... .......... Atzacan .......................... . Rulz Jose T..... . .. ... ............. Morelos ...... . ....... . .. ....... . TlaltlzapAn ....................... .. RUIIibla Gabriel.................... Mexico........................ M~xlco, 2a. PUa Seca 4-9~ ...... .. Rumbla' Jose.................... .... Orizaba....................... Orizaba ........................... . Salmans Levi B..................... Northern........... ............ Guanajuato uEI Buen Samarl tano" Valderrama P. F~ .......... ;....... Mexico.................. ........ Puebla, TRmariz 8 ................. . Velasco Benjamin N............... Northern....................... Quer~taro ..................... o ••• -.

Zapata Eduardo ... _ .. ~_._.",,:~~~_ .. ~ ... r_~ounta:~ ........ ___ ~~~~iXCO ...... : ...................... .

Hidalgo ...................... . Mexico ....................... . Mexico ...................... .

:~ia;ac~'~':: ::: : : :: : : :: :: ::: : : : Veracruz .................. .

1II1oreios ............•......... Distrlto Federal.. .......... . ·Veracruz ...........••••..... quanajuato ............... . Puebla .: ........•............ Queretar~ .................. . Pnebla ..................... .

t¢ C

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LOCAL PREACHER'S DIRECTORY,

NAME lOST OFFICE ADDRESS

Baez R. I.. ...... , , .. , Teziutlan ............. , .. . Constantino M. . . . . Oaxaca . .. ., .......... . Cora Gorgonio ... ,.. Queretaro ... ~.:;. ' .•.... , .. . Diaz Trinidad ....... Jilotepec .............. , Fermoso Mariano .. " Real del Monte ... , ,. . .. . Lopez Santiago.. .•. San Agustin ..... , ... , . , .. Martinez L .... ,..... Gbietla. '.' . . .. . . . . .. . .. .. Martinez Juan C ..... Zachila .......... : ... , .. Man~ing J. A ....... '.' Puebla....... "., ......... . O~orlO Jorge ..... ,.. Mil'allol'es .. , .... :.: ~:.:. Menduza Esteban.... Atlixco .. , .......... ~ .... . Osorio Vi-cente ...... Tuxtepec ..•....•....... Osorio. Pedr.o .. '.' . . . .Puebla .......... ~ . . . .. .., Rfcov Edmundo ... ,. Pachuca· .. ~; .. " ..... , .. Zambrano Jose ...... ,·Huitzo ................... . Zambrano Angel.... Oax.aca,... . ............ .

STATE

Puebla. Oaxaca. ~neretaro. Puebla Hidalgo. Hidalgo. Puebla. Oaxaca. Puebla. Mexico. ·Puebla, Oaxaca. Puebla. Hidalgo. Oaxaca. Oaxaca.

ENGLISH 'LOCAL PREACHERS.

NAME POST OFl<'JCE ADDRESS STATE

BorhlseT. H ........ ,. Dimstan T. H ...... . Hyde Geo. B ....... . Williamson R. ....... .

Pachuca.. . ... ............ Hidalgo.

SiI~~ .... :.:: :':::::::::.::: Gu~najuato. Mexico ................. , .. D. F.

Sobey Richard .... . Pachuca. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidalgo

WOMAN'S FOREHlN M1SSIONARYSOCIETY DIRECTORY,

NAME. . POST OFFICE ADDRESS STATE

Ayres Harriet L ... ? .l\1e~jco, 2& Illd:ustria 476.. D. F. Betz Blanche ........ Pnebla. Tamal'iz 11..... Puebla. B-obannon Tda...... . Pachuca...... ... .. . Hidalgo. DunlllOl'e Effa M.. . .. . Guanajuato... . . . . . . . . . . .. Guanajuato. Payne Ella ........ . Foster Alice..... . .. Hp-witt Helen ....... . Limbel'g·el:.A.nRa:1t. . P~r~l~!o.rri-eM, ... ' . Pen",i:ngton Jennie .. Stra\Vn Ethel .... ,.,. Templp. Laura ....... . Smith Eveline ...... .

Oriz~ba .... :: .. .':. : : : : ~ : : ~ Pachuca: ............... . Pueblii., Tamariz 11 ..... . . Puebla, Tamariz'11 ..... . Puebla, Tamai'iz 11.... . Puebla, Tamariz 11 ..... . Mexico, ~ Industria 476 .. Mexico, 2& Industria 476 ..

't V~racruz. Hidalgo. Puebla .. Puebla . Puebla. Pup-hla. D.F. D. F.

EASTERN'DlSTRICT '<'.

SEVERO I . LOPEZ , P. E.

[ Translation]

MR. PRESIDENT AND DEAR BRETHREN:

Through the kindness of OJlr Good Heavenly Father, and moved with profound gratitude. I present my~e)f before you upon this oc­casion for the purpose of giving a report as to Ohristian labor, throughout the Eagter~ District, carried on during the year.

FORMA.TION OF THE DISTRICT. You will remember that, at the annual conference held one year ago, in the. city of Puebla, Bishop Fitzgerald saw fit to divide into two the district hitherto known as the District of Hidalgo, by adding a pal't to the District of Mexico, and giving it the name of the Eastern District.

There are thirty-six working points within the five circuits compris­ed in the district i to wit, Acelotla, H uej utla, Tezontepec. Tulancingo and Zacualtipan. The territory is composed of the Eastern portion of the State of Hida.lgo. the North Eastern portion of that of Pue­bla, and a part of the Western portion of Vera Oruz, I will refer to each circuit in detail.

ACELOTLA. The congregation at this point has never lost its re­ligious enthu~iasm and Ohristian piety, ascribed ther~to by the pre­siding elder of the District of Hidalgo in his report presented to conference in 1897. Tl1~ gr~ter part of the old members have been already called up higher Io,r -the eternal rest prepared for them in the mansions of God, because they believed in the Lord and confid­ed in Him until the end; but as the spirit of Elijah rested upon Elisha after passing the river, it seems as though the spirit animat­ing the old Ohristians actually rested upon the younger congrega­tion. Enthusiastic, fnIl of faith and love towards God, and towards each other. Mr. Santiago 1. Lopez is the pastol' in charge who has worked with true consecration and constancy, and, hecause of b'is faith, the Lord has granted him as premium most excellent fruits which he is harvesting in his Christian career. The congregation is

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organized with 15 members in full communion and 56 probationers, having a total of 100 adherents.

Upon the lot purchased in 1896 a honse is being built for a par­sona,ge which is not yet finished but it affords comfortable lo~ging

to Brother Lopez. have good grounds for believing that during the present year the honse will be entirelY,.,finished, and this will be quite Rn im.provement to the place. When· Brother Lopez establish­ed himself at Acelotla he h~d for a residence a very ha~ble hut which could scarcely be distinguished between the nopal plants. The Lord blessed his abnegation and sacrifice, and after gi"ing him a good house to live in he has also gi ven him a good wife in Miss Flora Rasoon to whom he was married on December 21st last. With soch a worthy companion we are sure that Brother Lopez will be able to realize great triumphs in the work and for the honor of our God.

During the year a society of ladies married and unmarried has been organized for the purpose of collecting funds to carryon the further construction of the church and they have already collected about fifty pesos as well as some building material.

TEPEYAHUALCO is the second charge of importance in the cir­cuit of Acelotla. In this congregation religious fervor has pI'evailed in a most satisfactory degree, and the influence on evangelical reli­gion is bei~ exteuded throughout all that region.

We have about fifty persons attending the services. Our dear Brother Mr. Baez made report a year ago to us that a good Brot.her Mr. Melesio Meleudez had built the walls for a temple, and would have finished it but he ran out of money. The work remained un-finished and Bl'other Melendez prays ~he gener.9-us assistance of our mission to carry to a happy termination the construction of the church.

TEZONTEPEC. Few are the persons whom we have been able to win during the year in this circuit as new members; but although they are few they have contributed to the glory of the Lord because he says that "There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." Brother Leopoldo M. Diaz iR the pastor in charge. Upon reaching his new appointment he was well received by the congregation and by the public in general and immediately set about the difficult task of uniting the scattered bret,heren. who for some time, bave been separated from the church, and now with few exceptions they have all reunited. Sympathy towards the Gos­pel has been worthily developed in that place and this truth il'l the

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more demonstrated oythe larger Durilbtirwho, attend our special gatheriqg:i, as well as by the respect given to out' religious service~. The eongrega.'tion at Sao A'gustin ,is' extending an influence for good throughout tha~ part of the country in' the speeialservice.o; we hold at which n~t les:i than sixty person~ have been 'present; and al­though we have not had as many at onr ordinary services thongh they a~~ certainly' attended by quite a number of peopl~,

We do not know if through the wi1I of God Of' not, Brother Oar­los Bautista has lost his sight' entirely. but it 'ill' to be believed that even with his mateTial eyell he can llot see the world; he can with his spiritual sigh't discern God.

This brother, faithful as ever, gathers the congregaiioll at'ld holds sen'ices which are thoroughly spiritual whenever the pastor is call­ed on Sunday to preach elsewhere.

We have in this circuit also received a number of people into full c()mmunion, others as, probati(tners, and have baptized R nnDiber of adherents as well as children. The spi~ittiai 'condition of ' the circuit is satisfactory. The pastor in his quarterly repOl't expresses himself as follows: ' ,

"With respect to our revifal services we have t~e honor to add that at the end of the year we have not had any ser,v:ices or prayer meetings or Snnday Schools which have not ~art :,upon them the seal of the Holy Ghost." '

"The spirit in the field here as well as outside, fills me with sweet satisfaction and con tent, because I can see that our work in the Goppel has not been in vain."

TULAI\ClNGO. This circuit which has increastd somewhat in its sphere of action to the North with the addition of the foundaries at ACEtpuleo and Agua Blanca, as witnessed by tbe circulation of portions and cop'ies of the Holy Scriptures and a large lll~mber of tracts, and we have been enabled' to hold 'meetings with various people. On c-iufEaflt the circuit includes HUl\uchinango and Ne­eaxa: At the lattp.r plMe, dne to the installation of a large electric plant 1\ very modern village is springing up with ·quite 1\ number of inhabitants. We have we'l grounded hopes that at a very near day, the Mexican Light and Power 00. (Limited) will donate us a lot of land fflr the construction of a <:burch and buildings for a school. At Huauchinango we bave also circulated numerou~ tracts and placed a number of copies of the Holy Scriptures, and held temperance meetings with the scholars of the public schools,

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It is difficult to plant the Gospel at Tulancingo, but it now seems as though the people are btlcoming more tolerant, and we are treat­ed with more general reRpect. At the Wat.ch Night service held on the night of December 31st last we had more than fifty people in the meeting and receiTed ten into full communion and nine 88 pro­bationers; we baptized ten adults and fonr~children. We have,there a regular attendance of thirty to forty persons. In the eircuit the total number of persons in full communion if! thirty-three, proba­tioners forty nine and adherents one hundred anq fifty~ The circula­tion of the Abogado Cristiano has beeH pushed, there being fifty­two subscribers in the circuit.

HUEJUTLA. AND ZACUALTIPAN. "These circuitH comprise the biggest seotion in the district. The mountain lan,ls. the impassable roads, impassable during the rainy season, and the heavy rivers vrithout bridges make difficult to the pastors their travels to the different points as frequently as we would wish. There are tweuty-two places whe~e we have held services with large numbers who gladly gather to listen and to receive the consoling promises of Life Eter­nal, but as yet, we have not been able to organize any church un­der our discipline on account of the distances which separate the various charges, and the difficulties which nature itself presents to us to prevent furt.her intercourse with our co-.workers. Ne .. -erthe­less Brothers Rosalas and Mercado, who are pastors respectively, have done all they could to carry out their duties and 'have visited the various points within the districtlas'much as poSsible. Bowing the seed e>f t.he Divine Word and waiting patiently on the LOl'd for the harvest and reaping. Under the instruction of Bishop Fitzge­rald, up'to the present time the pastor R.t Huejutla has had his residence at Zacualtipan, but it is absolutely necessary that he -establish it in the center of the circuit so as to 'develop the work properly.

The brethren and the friends with whom we count at Tehuetlan promise to help all they can towards the support of the pastor in that place, and a like offer lias been made by our friends at Huan­tIa; but bearing in mind the great interests of the work as well as the personal comfort of the pastor and his family it seems to us that Huejutla is the point best adapted for the purpose, because the -climate is mUd and yellow fever does not reach the 'place, while it is also situ'ated more or less in the center of the points comprised in the circuit. It will fall to 'the lot of Bishop Wilson to decide upon the 'problem for the benefit of the work of God and for thQ bre-

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thren of those widely separated settlements. The churgh at ~a­cualtipan does not at preSt nt offer anything ou.t of }he ,ordinary ~ The heavy rains and the epedemic diseases which peQet,rated ,the homes of our brethren have prevented punctual ~tt~.ndance . upon the services. The brethren however have not lost their religious fervor, and in proof of the !:lame is. the fact that they have formed an association for the put'pose of collectjl)g mouey to build a church. We do not know how much they have'coll~ct~d but whatever it is, it i~ a proof of their love. for the cause of God.

The congreglJ.tio.nat San Miguel also has lost a number of its members. The work at the.foundaries stopped and. ()bliged the~e

laborers to go to other places for work, and this has cut do~n the congregation to two or three familieR.

OUR SCHOOLS. School work hits been follow~d up conscientious­ly. We -have four Bchools with 129 children, a l)umber that pru­mises to increa~e this year in view of the good result~ that follow­ed the late examinatioill~. At Acelotla the number of scholars ma­triculated in the school during the )ear was twenty-three.

But bearing in mind that Acelotla is a small place the number is really satisfactory. The annual examination~ were excellent. The: children have been able to treasnre UJ..' knowledge which will be in­dispensable to them when they reach the age of. manhood. Further­more they daily receive fresh inspiration in the Holy Scriptures for the formation of their Christian character, It is to be noted that this school had been distinguished by abund~nt fruitage which it has rendered to our church, for, with the exceptioG of the older members, the congregation is comprised of young people of both sexes educated in that school.

The school at San Agustin suffbred somewhat on accnunt of the difficult circumstances which could not be controlled by the teacher. These difficulties have now disappeared and we therefore trust that in the present year the work will be more satisfactory. The matri­culation during tha year was 32 children, but we have the assur­ance that this year the number will be pereeptibly increased.

The Rchool at Zacualtipan is still a mixed sqhool and this has been quite an obstacle fOl' the adnnce of our cause. A numbe~ ~f families, although sympathizing with the Gospel work, and l\rn~ng them some of our own brethren, prefet' to have the~r gil-Is attend the public school so that they may not be 10 company with the boys. When the public I\chools itS well as the Catholic schools have a good equipment and competent teachers it is but natural that

21 our friend~ should prefer these schools to ours. The town is one of qnite considerable importance and there is little or no religious fa.­naticism, and could we establish there a school for girls and au­other for boys this would help our work very much. The pastors have made great efforts to preserve the high character of our schol­astic work. When they have gone out on their missionary trips their wives have been kind enough to fill their places in the schools. Brother Rosales who has not been able to visit his circuit gave his time to importa~t work in the 1\choo1. Judging by the success at­tending the regnlar examinatio~s the work was excellent. From the report which the corumissioner of education on the part of the gov­ernment rendered to the prefect of the district we select the follow­ing qllotation.

"Complying with the commission which you were pleased to give me in your esteemed note No. 791 of the 20th inst, I have the honor to inform yon that the examinations here in the Evangelical school directed by Norberto Mercado were attended with most satisfactory resnlts; the scholari< educated in t.his establishment manifested that they had received excellent instruction along the various lines, based on the f>xamination, it being noteworthy that the tel4cher has subjected himsf'lf throughout tl) the programme of compulsory in­struction in force in the state."

The Rchool at Tezontepec is a girls' school and is :;u:;tained by the Woman1s Society of Ollr church. It i:; taught by the Misses Alta­gracia and Juana Ortiz who have brought up the school to such a point of excellence that it is the beRt in the place. The secretary connected with the c')mmi8~ion on education expre·se8 himself as follows.

"It couM be noticert that the scholars in all the cla'l:ms answered scttisf>tct.orily all the QlHdtioIlS put to them in every sturly under re­view. They evi lence their zeal and predilection followillg satisfact­orily the :olY8tem of examination. The Mixses Maria Lara and Ofelia MeneReR fini-lhed the primHry course. Among the classes which were distingnished for special merit were the following: Arithme­tic of the fOlU'th year, Gymnastics and Geometry of the third And fourth year sewing anll sketching." In Sh01·t the work presented at that establishment witnessed the dedication to the teaching on the­part of the Misses Ortiz in a place more or 1es8 hostile to the Gos­pel, and they ha\Te heen able to engage the sympathy of some of the leading families whose testimony has been most favorable to the­sohoo1.

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The Misses Ortiz matriculated 58 girls durfng the last year and this number will be materially increased this year. Various friends in the town solicited the establishment of a boys school promising their sapport in part. It is to be hoped that the day is not distant when the request of these brothers will be complied with which would forward our work at that place. It is also believed that at Tulancingo the time has come to commence school work. It is true that we have but few children in the congregation, but various friends have stated that they wo~ld prefer to send their children to any school we might 'establish. We do not' donbt tnitt' the establish­ment of a Rchool at that place would contribute largely to the ad­\"fance !Jt our Work.

STATISTICS: The following statistics may be of interest to the ·.confer:ence.

Preaching points. .• . . . . . . . . . . .. ... 36 Members iri full communion.... ...... .169 Probatiuners. . .. . ........... ~ 370 Adherents. . • • . . . . . . . . • . . . • • • • .•. . . • 1321 Children baptized ....... ... .... ...•. 12 Adults baptized. . . .. .••..•. 36 Ohildren matriculated in the day school. 120

In spite of the great difficulties which we have had to meet and overcome we can furnish the following list of collections:

For conference claimants. . • • • 28.00 For tracts........... ......•.... 12.00 For mip.sions .••.•.••••...... For bishops ......••.•••.......•.• For education. .• ............ • .. For self support.. .. . ..•.•....... Other local purposes ....•......... For construction of church AceloUa Oonference expenses.... . . . . . .. ..

23.00 15.00 17.50

322.00 101.00 45.00

5.00

TOTAL. • •• •••••••••• * 567.50 Before closing I deem it my duty to witness my profound re­

cognition of, and gratitude to, Almighty God for having granted us the honor of preaching the Gospel, because he has been our Guide and has sustained us in all of our work, and has never abandoned us in moments of sadness or afiliction. I wish also to express my sincere gratitude to the pastors and teachers of the district fur their eooperation with me so efficiently in the glorious work which has been vouched safe to us.

MEXICO DISTRICT

J. W. BUTLER, P. E.

The geogl'aphy of t.he Mexico District was so changed, by the presiding Bishop. at our last Conference as to include the work in the Federal District, two circuits in the State of Mexico, the work in and around Puebla and Pachuca and the English work in Ori· zaba.

About mid-summer Bro. and Sister Quickmire, on account of ill health, returned to the United States. In September we were per­mitted to welcome Bro. Rnd Sister McGuire who came to take up the work so well begun by the former in ElOra.

In December we had the pleasure of welcoming a new missi(mary on the District in the person of Miss Evelyn Smith, whose previous residence in the country had given her an intereAt in the work.

Another new-missienary WRS also welcomed among us three weeks ago in the person of a worthy helpmeet .to Bro. Bassett.

In November the family of Dr. Bortou left for California to en­joy a protracted fJIdongh granted by the Mi~io'nary Society. Both Mrs. Borton and the children much needed this change.

Bro. Zapata of Pachuca found his health broken during the year and therefore went to seek rest and special medical. treatment for some three months in our Guanajuato Hospital. !

Several of the workers on the District haye had sickness in their homes, dul'ing the year, but we ILre grateful to be able to report that all have heen Flpared and, with. few exceptions, able to prose­cnte the work committed. to their care. The Presiding Elder desires to gratefully acknowledge in thi~ presence, what to him seems a special Providence over his own life. In meeting with his engage­ments within the bounds of the MisRion and in attendance upon the General ConferenCE; he has travelled over 16,000 miles during the year. On two occasions he has been in serious railroad accidents. On his way to hold the first Quarterly Conference in El Or.o the train in which he travelled left the track and three of the coaches turned over. In April last when en route to the General Confer-

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ence he was a passenger on the train which ran off the track near Zacatecas when 14 were killed and over 60 injured and yet, in both cases, he was mercifully spl\red from death and even from Rerious injury. From a sense of gratitude to Goel for RlI His goodness comeR a sincere desir'e to reconsecrate ones self, with renewed ~eal, to His holy service.

HERE IN THE CAPITAL our work hRs made fmbstantial growth dur­ing the year. Bro. del Valle hEIR continued in charge of the Mex­ican work. At first the absence of the girl's Flchool from our congre­gation was quite noticable, but the attendance has so far im­proved that, for the past three or four months, it has come to bE' as good as when we had an average of 40 persom~ in each service from that school. The boy's school has improved hoth in attendance and work. The new teacher, Prof. Paniagua, Who is a graduate of our Puebla Institute, after working for a year for the Government re­turned gladly to his "first love" and haR <lone efficient work both in t,he church and the schoo\. The early Sunday morning service es­ta.blished by the Pastor, several months ago, has been very wel­come and helpful to mRny who find it much more convenient to Rt­tend at 6 :30 a. m. than 11 :30. At the same time the early service detracts little if any from the attendance upon the noon flervice. The Sabbath School, Epworth League, the Temperance Society and the Woman's Mutual Aid Society have all continued their good work without interruption.

The Two Bihle women and the city evangelist, lfiss Ayre~, are increasingly useful. They carry the Gospel of pardon for sin, of com­fort in sorrow and of hope in death to many homes which could not. p91'hRps, be reached by the minister. The statistics of their in­defatigable labors l.'Rn ~~ be given here as .M.iss Ayres is just now enjoying a. much needed test in the North j but the record is care­fully kept on high while we are excecdingly grateflil for visible re­sults.

On the first Sunday of the new year our people brought their "than-k offerings" to ·\the House of the Lord." In keeping \\'ith their limited circumstances there were hundreds of pennies and small coins, bnt at the c108e of the day. the "offerings" in cash amounted to $140. All the apportionments are fully met and an adviu:ce of $158 in self support over the previous year.

Special.services brol~ght in some new ones, revived the church members and left many evidences of God's favor in onr midst.

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()f the. peculiar and trying features which obtain here. Americans, English and others'; whom we try to rf:'ach, l\1'e largely a oom;tantly moving people. Some are railroad employees and can only atter d services every second or third Sunday; otb.ers Rre connected wit.h industries located outside the city with fami1ie~, perhaps, here and they are only s~en occasionAlly; others are tourist~ who gladly avail themselves of church pri vilegf's once or twice and then we see them nomore; but many,unforrunately, are led away by the multitude to keep hoiidRY instead of Holy day and must be labored with in­dividually. To win snch the pastor find~ it necessary to exercise nev'er failihg patience and tender solicitude. Among these are found sons and daughters of tninisterr!. class-leaders and other pious parents whose prayers and tears tollow them in a foreign land. During the past yenr a Ministerial Association was formed of all the English speaking' mini~ters of this city, which has hI'ought abont no little good. One resnlt now before us if! a well arranged plan for union revival services to commence the 12th. of February and to be carried on as many weeks as circumstance/! justify. The several pastors are to be their own evangelists, though it i!'l hoped that Bishop Wilson and Bishop Caudler will both be able to lend value able aid during their visits. We hope and pray that hundreds may be reached and brought back to the Father-s house aud the Fa­ther's service.

The building site previously reported as purchased in the heart of the American colony for a new church at a cost of Rbout $20-~OO. mostly with b()rroweri money, has now a debt of only $5,000. with all interests 'and taxes paid up to date. If pre~ent expecta­tions al'e met it will not be long before plaus will be under consi, deration for a church edifil!e worthy of our Methodism anri its ,a­ried relations to the capital of this country. The Circle for daily reading~ in the Bible eonducted by Mrs, Butler has reached a cir­eulation of filome hundt'eds and has awakened marked interest in many placei>. A year since we'reported the sale of the Womans Foreign Missiollary Societ y1/\ property and the fact that we had begun the eonstrnction of the new edifice on the West side of the City. We are happy to report that the magnificent building is about done and yuu will all be invited, during this seRsion of conference. to inspect the same. We have spent over $150,000 and believe that we have the finest modern school building in the Federal District. The school was opened the second week of January and has already enrolled upwards of 100 girls, 42 of whom are interns.

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SANTA JULIA isa growing colony between this City and Popotla. ,Bro. AntonioOarrero hasl~ored here in the face of great persecu­tion.

He has been .stoned apd, o~ one occasion was shot at as he walk­ed along the street. the ball passing within a few inches of his head. A fanatical Italian priest preached publicly against him and his work and caused to be circulated thousands of inflammatory sheets. These were often of such an exaggerated character that many of his own people turned agains.t him and the civil authorities warned him to cease his tirades. Lately he has been removed and a German priest has been sent to t.he parish who seems inclined to be friend­ly. In the meantime our young pastor continuec;l faithful in his work. His congregation and Sabbath school ha\"e both increased in size and the day school has matriculated 54 children. Through the generosity of Bro. Phillip Reynolds of Brocton. Mass., who gave us $1000 gold, and the cooperation of others, we hav~ huilt a neat chapel which was dedicll.ted last Sunday by Bishop Wilson.

NEXTLALPAM is the head of a circuit with four appointments. Bro. Lucas G. Alonso aud hjs good wife have worked well.

Tequisquiac is at the otber extreme of the circuit .. A new church has been built and will be dedicated probably in April.

'l'he foundations welle laid Hin the blood of a martyr"-one of our humble brothers of the place, like Stephen of old, was literally stoned to death because of his new faith. The cruel ontburst of fa­naticism inspired our little flock there with new zeal, one of the re­sults of which is seen in the building of1.his new church.

EL ORO. The return of our Missionaries to the homeland on ac­count of ill health, left l1S for ncarly three months without any worker in that field. The coming of the p.ew Missionaries, later in the year, encouraged Ollr people and revived the work. The Sabbath school has grown .in numbers while the public sen'ices have about doubled in attendance. .

All the benevolences have been met; . nearly a thousand dollars given to self support; over a thonsand on church debt,-making about $2500 for all purposes. As;soon as the church debt has been paid this congregRtion will not o-nly be entirely self supporting but will contribute something toward the pa,tive work.

OXIZABA. The monthly services for English speRking people have been maintained without interruption. The attendance bas' averag­ed from 35 to 40. The people seem to greatly appreciate church pri­vileges, some of them coming six or eight miles at the evening hour

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in order to be present. They gladly meet all the expenses of the minister's travel.and entertainment and contribute something f~r

missionary work. Much of our ,success here is due to M.iss Foater who also continues her self-supporting English school.

P.ACHUCA .ANn VICINITY. Here also, our work is carried on in two languages. The English school, fiith many Mexican pupils in it, has matriculated SO boys and girls and is entirely Relf·support; ing. Bro. Gould haslaborecl fl\it4fully in a field :that has its dif­ficulties and its encourHgements. Nov. 27th. will alw'ays be a memor· able day in the hiRtory of the English congregation in Pach~~~. Themmal p~blic Re~vice wa,s held in the morning. Qut the service was made unusual and extraordinary by such a wonderful manifest· ation of God's power falling upon the congregation as we have rare· ly seen anywhere. At the close of the sermon one man cried allowed for mercy and many wept either becallse of their own r;inEl or out of sympathy fbrotherR who "sorrowed for sin." Mrs. Gould has had excellent success 'with her Junior League work. Something has been paid on the 'church debt. Conference clai~ents Jl.nd M.illsions advllnced and $5,788 raised for aU purpose~.

Thellative work under the devoted labors of ,Bro. Zapata has gained much. The two Junior I..'3agueR number .173 and three Ep· worth Leagnes have 260 active and associate members. The_ two day schools have matriculated 535 childre'n. :Miss Hewitt, who for three years did magnificent work in the English school, has entered formally upon the work of the W. F. M. S. ~nd is now associated form~lIy with Miss Bohannon in the Mexican work. Assisted by an able native faculty they have conducted the work' 'most~ crp.ditably to themselves and the Mission. Four worthy y~ung ladies gra­duated last Nov., ::on which occasion the Governor of the State pre­sided and, after an address by the Presiding Elder concerning the real object of Methodist school work in this country. presented the diplomas and addressed a few words of appreciation and encourage­ment to ~,ach graduate. He was gracious enough to heartily com­mend rhe:work of our schools in, gener~l. So much interest was mani· fested op the part of the public that the school entertainment had to be divided between two nights to give all who desired an op-portunity to attenc\; .

Fiv~ y'~ars ago 80m,a of" our visiting friends expressed the fear that we were building a 'Church too large for our work in Pachuca. But on several occasions, during the past year, the fluditorium has proved to be too small for the congregation. Revi val services

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brought in about a dozen sonls and lifted the Rpiritual tone of the church, The people have- paid tileir ptl!~tor's salary in full and have met the benevolen'6es. For-~ill purposes they report $2,164.

In EIOhico, MlssBlancas has conducted an exceltf'nt school with 46 ehildren.

On account of the departure of Bro_ Francisco Manriquez to t.h~ United States for the ,purpose of' study in the Northwestern Uni~ versity, it became necessa'ry to seek a pastor for Miraflores. After .confe.rring with the 'Pre~iding Elder of the Moreloa District, we consented to let him have the supply at Real del Monte, Bro. Jorge Osorio, for the Miraflores cbilrch and school. The Presiding Elder of the Mountain District then consented to our employing Bro. Ma­riano Fe1'lDOSO at the Real.

PUEBLA OIRCUIT. This, incl udes three congregations. The Eng­lish congregation is administered to by Dr. Borton of the Theolog­ical School, who, in addition to his work in the class-room and in the preparation of our S. oS. lessons, preaches every Sunday to a small and constantly changi'ng congregation. The few, however, at'e important and we are glad that Dr. Borton is willing to do this work, the importa~e of which is n~t minified by the fact that the peoplc are few. These few have increased their o~erings somewhat over the past year. Oonsiderable demand is also made upon the Doctor's time by railroad people for funerals and other ministerial iSCrvices.

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Just outside the city gate, in La Oolonia, we have an interesting native work kept' np"by. thc"Stndents of the Institute under the di­rection of the Pastor of the Oircuit.,

Of course, our principal WOl'kis in the city and Bl'O. Mendoza is i ndefatigH.ble in its prosecutiou. This Bro. is one of the younger memberR of Ollr Oonference but iRdevotion to the best interests of the church and the exerci~e of common flense, he appears like a man of exper,ience.

The Sabbath School i8 one of the best we know of in the country. Two Epworth Leagues are maintained. Two night flchools, attend­ed chiefly by adults, have accomplished much good. Temperance 8undllY was observed with great enthm\lasm by our people. Among -other immediate result~ was a petiti(lD to the city Government sign­ed by 400 citizens irreilpective of religious affiliations, asking for the restrictions of certai:n abuses in connection with the liquor traffic.

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At watch night sen'ice the church waR crowded with earnest wOl·shlperR. 8e~en were received on probation and two into full connection. The Ohristmas fe8tivities wer'j not only joyful but useful. As the children came to receive their presents from a well laden tree they brought glftP1 of Bugar, rice, coffee, beaml and other articles in abundance. Early the next morning. under the guidance of the pastor and officers of the S. 8 these neceRsities or life were distribut~d by the ulder children to 12 neerly familieR. A company of young people never spent R. happier Christmas morni ng than did

. they. Sunday. Jan. 15th. waf: another happy occasion in the hi~tory of

our Puebla church. It waR Missionary day and special Hervices were held in the evening. Two months before, the paMor had distribut­ed small pasteboard boxes among the families of the congregation and exhorted them to deposit therein their offerings to help bring the whole world to Christ. After a brief adrlress by a oath'e of California. another by a native of Chile and a third one hy a native of MasRachusetts, intersperced by appropriate singing. the Mexican pastor sent four young ladies to gather the offerings including the little boxes. The enthusiasm rose aF! the contents of box after box was laid upon the altar. By actual count there were 1357 coppers, hundreds of dimes and small coins and some dollars amounting. in all, to $1.20. One poor woman declared that such a cause deserved the briKhtest and best she could find. 80 when her box was opened it was found to contain nearly 300 new copp(>r~. When it is re· memb~red that all our people are t'xceediugly poor thi~ collection CRn only be co.nsidered R!; most remarkable.

The Methodist Institute has closed its first year IIf hi:-;tnry unrlpr the Presidency of a native Mexican and we may be ttutllkflll to God that Methodism was not a generation old in this conntry when it had produced, at least, one man who was. in every way, competent to occupy such an important position. His report, as well as the report of the visiting committee, will come before you in rlne time. But I cannot resist the opportunity of saying that Dr. Valderrama and his associates, both native and foreign, deserve your cordial support. You will be pleased to know that. during this r,aRt year, the Institute received from its patl'ons about $5,000; the highest figure yet reached.

The girls Normal School, under the able man~gement of Miss Limberger and her efficient associates made magnificent tlistory in 1904. Its matriculation was the largest yet; its English department

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was more than self-supporting; while the receipts from all depart­ments reached the grand sum of $9887-the largest. sum, as·far as we know; of ana strictly Mission sehoe1 in.all the country. ·But aU thes~ details wiii be laid before you by. the Directress and we only want to add here that the hearty mann~r in which these miasiomiries and teachers of th~ school c(Joperate in church' work' ;is . 'highly appreciated. With sllchwilling co-workers in both'sch601s Jno wonder that the congregation supports its own pastor, ftnd that the church reports '151 59.8 as raised for all pllrposes durin~rthe' year. When we remember that our first missionaries were received :'io Puebla, 30

years ago, with stones and our first church dedicated in the presence and under t.he protection of a whole company of soldiers, who stood guard from sunrise till 10 o'clock at night, and that even then fanatics hurled missels enough over the tops of the .bayonets to break most of the windows in the front of the chapel, when we rem.ember all this and to:-day see; in this same city of Pnebla, our church and school work carried on so successfully without any .. open .perse­cutions we can only exclaim: "It is the Lord's doings,-and it i~ marvelous.in our eyes." To Him be all the praise I

In conclusion we are grateful to report improvement't.n the matter of coHections all over the District. . ,

For M~ssionswe have received $538, $88 more than the appo~tion­ment and $82 more than the previous year. Benevolences $660; .past­orals~pport $7,481; School suppert $21.0~O; ,'BlIilding and re.pairs $2,346; other IO'cR 1 purposes $2,522; Maldng a grand. total of $35,­OO(j~ . con~iderably :'m()re than the RRni~:;cbcrrbhes gave la~t yeal·. Besides the above, the Pl'esicling Elder has collected, from individual~ mostly during his brief visit to the United States, the sum of $6,226, which, with ,the approval of the Finance Committee, .has'been useq to aid'the Queretaro and Puebla Im~titutesand new churche$.in San .. ta Julia •. Tequisquiac, Gnaje and San Bernabe.

To our fellow-workers we are greatly indebted for uniform cour­tesies a,nd hea,rty cooperation, to God who is "over all" is dne our sin.cere; gratitude fol' Proyidential care and whatever success we have been able to attain.

DISTRICT OF MORELOS

H. A. BASSETT, P E .

. MR. PRESIDENT AND BRETHREN:

At the lagt Annual Oonference, one of the new Districts form,d was call~d Morelos. In this District are si~ c~cuits with eighteen charges in tile states of Mexico and Morelos.

Although not large in the number of appointment~, the territory included is of considerable proportion, extending from near the city of Mexico on the north to the town of Jicarrero, 200 kilomet~r8 south. With but few exceptions, all the laborers in this part of the Lord's vineyard have been exempt from any severe illness, but have enjoyed the ble~sing of good ~ealth.

The Master's work in a number of places has been prosperous un­der the faithful ministrations of the pastors and teachers in our schools.

AVA·PANGO OIRCUIT. Here we have one of (he most encouraging works on the District. The pastor, Agustin Rivera, has labored faithfully for the past six years and has continued to enlarge pis borders until he now preaches to sen~n different congregatiQns. The "labor has been hard, but the reRults have fully compensa~ed

the pastor for all the efforts put forth. The services have been well attended, and twenty-two have been receiv.ed during the yel\r. There' are four Sunday-schools with 45 enrolled. We also have three day-schools with a matriculation of 173. In Ayapango, Mrs. Rivera and Josefa Marquez have done faithful work in the d~y school, while Miss Atalia Oarrasco has directed the school in Zo­yatcingo. At the little town of San Diego, the pastor established a regular preaching place and much interest has been shown by the inhabitants of that village in the spread of the new teachings. The parents are anxious that a day-school should be started for the edu­cation;of(~their children, and one citizen has offered us a room free if we witI' finish on it som~ needed repairs. The time seems very opportune to establish this school if a suitable teacher can be secured .

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conversions are reported during the year. Feeling the need of a day-school in AtlautIa, the pastor secnred the services of Miss Jo­vita Chavarria, who has labored f.a~thflllly and has ~8triculated 65 bOYF; and gIrls: 'In this school we 'have hopes of hiying deep the foundations for the futufe pl'Osperity of our protestant cause iu that vicinity.

CHICOLOAPAM. Here we have a circuit of two appointments with a membership of 3U and a few probationers. The pastor; Petronilo Constantino, bas worked zealously during the yeRr. especially in onr day-school. He.has a Junior League with 36 m.embers and two Sunday-schools with a membersh~p of 32, and much religious instruction is being imparted through these organizations. In Coa­tlinchan, the church has been thoroughly repail'ed and appropriate re-opening ~ervices were conducted by Bishop Wilson and Dr. But­ler last Tuesday. A large congregation WIiS presen tand the 'sen ices were helpful and inspiring to a high degree. The hpportionment8 of the year have all been raised in full.

TEPALTClNGO. The lerritl)ry of thi~ circuit seem~ to be the most sterile soil on the District. Indifference to all forms of reli,gion pervades this entire section. E,'en the Roman Church seems to be unable to enforce faithful support on the part of its membe,rs. Our pastor, Jorge Oorona. has been faithful to his task io ministering to three small congregations. He reports 2!5 members in full con­nection aud 20 pruuationers. The day-I-chool at Topaltcingo is a very encouraging feature of the work on this circuit. J nan Rosales is an efficient teacher and has enrolled 65 scholars. At the last Quartel'ly Oonf~ren~e, all the scholars prl~sent remained to hear the sermon and to ouser,a the cummnnioll service. In snch a large school as this, much good seed can be sown. We have an oppor­tunity here of purcllafling a Oltthulic church which has bee,~ closed for 80me time, If we make the purchase, we could use th£\ build­iug both for I\c4Qljl ~nd preaching purpose:;;.

TLALTIZAPAM. This circuit, under the labors of Jose T. Ruiz, has three preaching pJ.ace& with a membership of 75 and 9 probation­ers. The pastor reports six conversions dUl'iog the year. He has two SUllday-school8 w1,th a member"hip of 80. In the early years of Protestant.ism in that section, there lived there a rough, stalwart c~aractel' who enjoyed a fight above everything else. Altnough he was a leadel' in wickedness he was not viciouR in disposition. When the Roman Ohurch offered $200 per head for all protestants and a ti.me was set to begin the persecution, this knight of chivalry said

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to himself: 4'here is a chance for some excitement by defe~ding

these helpless Christians," thereupon he t90k his stand, with gun and sword and prevented the enraged'mo_b fro.m carry.ing into exe­cution its wicked purposes. He little thought that that act would be the first step in his own conversion. lJUtso it pro"ed, for having once become acquainted with the protestants. he resol\"ed to study their teaehings and. after some t.i1ne,be was brought to the foot of the cr088 where he found pardon in the blood of a crucified Sa,viour. At the last Quarterly Conference held in Tlaltizapam. that very man was granted a local preacher's license. May God give him many souls for his hire before he is called to his reward.

MIRAFLOREs. About twenty-five mileR south-eaPtt of this capital is the beautiful town of flowers rRlIed Miraflores. Here our work was established a number of years ago and it has had a prosperous career from its origin. Francisco ,,'Manriquez, who has been in cl1arge for a number of years waPt granted a leave of absence in November and has entered North-Western University at Evanston for the purpose of perfecting his knowledge of the English lan­guage.

Jorge O~orio, of Real del Monte, was transterred to this work 'as pastor of the congregation and director (If the school. He haR en­tered upon his duties with much enthusiasm. The dRy-school opened with the new year and up to the present 245 scholars ha ve been matriculated. Before the yeRr closes, the pastor hopes to have more than 300 enrolled. In such high repute is the school held that pupils are in attendange from fOUl' neighhoring towns. The parochial school enrolled only 60 the past year imd now 24 of those 60 are on our lists. Hope is entertained that by the end of this year that parochial school will be compelled to close its doors for the lack of scholars. Our Junior teague is composed of all the pupils of the f:chool thus giving us a regular attendance of 245. To do the work of thi~ large schooi Becessibttes eight teachers, in'clud­ing Assistants. The pastoral snpport 'f6r the year was $200 besides $1,000 raised by the school. At the last Quarterly Conference about 200 persolls were in attendance and the entire congregation s.eemed greatly interested from thebeginlling to the close of the service.

STA.TISTICS. On the Morelos District) there is a membership 0

8.66 and 131 probationers. We hai~ 13 Sunday-schools with an enro.l,lment .of 422. In our seven day-schools we al'e instructing

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563 children. The amonnt raised for Hetf-support was $1,377. The number of conversions reported was 52.

With grateful recognition to the brethren who have all been kind and helpful and to Almighty God whose pr<:>vidential care has been o,,"era11 the workers on the District, I recpectfully submit this report.

. Mexico City, January 23, 1905.

MOUN:TAIN DISTRICT

[Translation. ] MR. PRESIDENT,

DEAR BRETHREN .AND CO-WORKERS:

It is for me very pleasing and a motive of gratitude to God to be able to report to you the Christian tabors conducted in the Mountain District. A year ago by appointment of Bishop Fitzgerald, I went' to take charge of this ,district, which it should be said, in due justice, was in an excellent ccmdition of progress. under the ad­ministration of my ·esteemed predecessor Dr. Valderrama who is regarded very fraternally by the workers and tl;te· congregations in that section of the church.

In order to make my report as complete as possible I have thought it my d.uty to take. up each circuit in particular, alike to show the advance made by 9ur congr~gation8. as well as to understand where the urgencies of the situati'?Jl are more prominent.

I will commence by referring to the .circait of APIZAOO. This is a field of great extent including the congregat­

ions of Santa Anita, ~n Juan y Barron whi'ch is the }"f\ding town of the circuit. About the middle of the year we found ourselves obliged to sepafm.e trom this part of the work, the church. of San Bernabe. Brother Ignacio D. Chagoyan is the pastor of the circuit and is also the teacher of one of our schools. This good brother has had to duplicate himself in order to carryon the big work in his charge. The congregations have been well attended and have given evident proof of life and enthUfdasm. The m'eetioga which' we have

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bad the pleasure of attending have been numerously attended and very spiritual in character.

This circuit is distinguished by a scrupulous punctuality in rais­ing all theiL' ccllections.

It should be said also that the pastor has seen fit to select a good assistant in the person of Carlos Montiel one of our professors who bas frequently preached at various points and who gladly visited the bretheren in San Juan when they held their first services. From various points we have received reiterated im'itations to visit them and to carry them the gospel, invitations which have been accepted ag far as circum3tances would allow. On the 16th of September the pastor visited the town of Terrenate where he had been in vited before hand to make an address on the occasion of our national feast, and it waR pleasant to note the favorable impres~ion made by the gospel in that locality where we ~oon will have a flourishing congr~gation.

The examinations in the thl'ee schools of the circuit were not only successful but brilliant, and well attended by a number of dis­tinguished persons, Brother hagoyan and Mt', Guadalupe Rodri­gupz have certainly brought up the work to a very successful point. Among those present was the Prefect, the President of the town coullcil, 1 h~ justice of the peace and government teachel'~ as well as other gentlemen who where very much interested in the school examinatious.

At Tzompantepec ol1r teacher Mr. Montiel has displRyed great acti\'ity, and the pupils demon8trated at their examinations the good work he had been flble to do with them. At this point the brethren fire very zealous for the building of a. church, and hope within a year, or a little more to have it ready for dedication. Would that the Lord would shed a copious bleSSIng upon the noble efforts of (.lIr bretheren,

ATLIXCO. This congregation is in a good condition and it evi­dently has entered upon a new era (If prosperity. Young Mr. Leo­poldo A. Garcia, a student in theology in the Institute at Puebla, has been going there every week to preach, The meetings .av~ been well attended and the bretheren have displayed a zeal worthy of the canse of God. I firmly believe that were a minister to be placed in charge of this picturesque placfl, and a school started we conld carryon a work of great importance. The bl'etheren have collected all their assigned collections and the greater part of the self support apportionment,

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The New Yt-Jar's service WHS It memorable event in the history of the congregation and a special motive for the consecration of hearts to the Lord.

ATZALA. The pllstor of the cicuit, brother Lorenzo E. M8rtinez has devoted a portion of hi~ time to the pastoral work as well as to the work connected with the daily school, and i'n both departments he haR had flattering ~ucce8S,

During the first months of the yea.r which is past we received a request fl'om the pe~ple at Zicatlan where there was a congregHtion worshiping in an independent way, asking that our church t.ake charge of their work. Brother Martinez with the due formalities of the case took possession of the work and hAS continnAd his visits every fortnight '\\ith regularity. In this new congregation the at­tendance will not be below thirty persons. This makes three congre­gations which we have in that district and we could undnubtf'dly establish othorc; if the pastor hAd more time to attend to them. The school held sllccesl-flll examinations and the new school year has opened up onder the beAt allspicefl.

CHOLULA. None of the members of this conference are ignorant of the difficulties which we have alwaYR encountered in this city, domiTIl-Ited as it is by the Roman Oatholics, since the clergy has made itself absolute in the place, Rnd there s~ems to be a CatholiC' church for every family This circumstH nee has brought abNlt lamentable retrogreRsion among the people living there, and they are very active in their hostility to the preaching of the Gospel. Nevertheless 0111' young brother SHmuel Corona, who is the pastor in charge has done all he could to lengthen out t.he possibilities of the work. There are but few connected with our 'York. but they are faithful to their convictions auel, SundAY after Sunday, they meet with great satisfaction to worship God in spirit and'in truth. Many people in outside towns also meet occasionally in our littlo church to hear the preaching of the Good News. Mr. Oorona advised me as follows.

"On December 11th the pastor at Puebla went to Cholula for the purpose of baptising Ii child. son of one of our brothers, and that day was a day of great bleslJing for the phlCe, After preaching in the church we went to the hOllse of our brother whORe SOil wa., to be baptised and there we held another service in the presence of many persons

SAN BERNABE. Mr. Esteban Mendoza having resigned the pas­torate, Broth~r Juan Patino went to take charge of the church and

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the Rchool. This servant of the Lord has worked with notewortllY zeal most efficiently aided by a Chl'i!>tian wife. At the last quarter­ly confet'ence which was held in this town, the hall was crowded wit.h people. Brother Antonio Hernandez and his son Don Marcos who are the principlo colnmns of the church have lent the weight: of theil' good will in favor of the work. There is not the slightest, fear rpg:uc1ing the future, for the work is all a solid, well establishedl basis ano upsides has the support and blessing of the Most HIgh., The church which has been building a little more than two years is. now ready for the roof and we have purchased the lumber and ex­pect within a few months to dedicate the church.

SAN MARTIN This circuit is one of the largest and incl\:ldes the' cor.gregations of Teotialcingo, San BnenRventUl'a, Tepetitla, Hn(tt San Rafael. It has al80 three town!> which are visited occasional­ly. The workers are Pablo Aguilar al1(l Crescencio Osorio, the lat­ter a studen t of theology at Puebh. The meetings which "'e have attended have filled us with grel\t joy and with hope for the bles. sings of the Go>zpel to be realized later on,

In the month of July we dedicated the pretty church at TeotlaI­cingo which was Gonstr'ucted with genproll~ donations from Brothe~ Reyno\Cl:;; of Boston al'; well M contriblltions from the members of the congregation and contributi0ns from the MisRionery Society._ The event was a notable one in the history of the chUf'Qh and left: a very pleal'ing impres~ion. Dr. Valderrama and Dr. Borton anell Prof. 'fanlling with their fami1ie~ were present. t;ome of the stu­dents Sling very sweetly. Dr. Valderrama ()I·pached the inaugural: sermon with the UIwtioll and eloqnence fO[" \\'hich he is character­ized. The I'Pslllts m.u~t b~ vel'y satisfactory. Dr. Bortoll, one of the­best friendR of thpRe brethel'eu, and tbrough whose kindness the donations for construction had been received, had a!,\Rigned to hirD> the privilege of d(l(licating the chmch. In truth it was an event long to be remembered among the brethren.

At San Rtfael we have just opened It Rtnall school under the elf .... rection of Proft:!"Ror CarJo3 Montiel, and accol'diog to the prospects np to the present, we believe that it will wonderfully aid the pro.­gress of our work.

Another event worthy of mention is the establishment of a library at Teotlalcingo. Dl'. Bortoll ,has taken steps to proc:ure the mone) and purchaRe thE:: books and onr bl'ethren thcrefore have good li­teratul'e to instruct them in the sciences.

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A thousand thanks to those good brethren who have enabled us .to proceed with all this work.

'SAN PABI.O. The congregation of this name presided over by

1;he young sturlent CarloR Sanchez is in an excellent condition. All "rits member's are very pOOl' but their enthusiasm and 'love for the <Gospel has no limits whatever. The quarterly conference here in December left a very pleasing ilupl'ession alike on account of the -.large number present as well f1S the Chri:;tian experiences given . .At Sant.a Ana Coapan there is another cOBgl'egation with a few ad­illerents, but young Sanchez follows up the work faithfully aud '~onstantly. There is a feeling of sympathy growing up on all sides towards the Gospel and we do not doubt that we will have a bounti­:tnl han'est later on.

TETELA. This field is rather hard to work, on account of the :andiffet'ence of the greater plJrtion of the people,nevertheless we lhave quite a number of friends there. Brother Pascual V Espin0-~a who is the pastor, conducts the work energetically in the dBy school and his pastoral visits. As a rtsult of his efforts I quote from his report.

'.'From the 16th to the 18th of October we held revival services. :and at the last meeting had 45 persons present. This year hBs been ""ery fruitful for the Gospel and we begin to see the rebults of 23

tlllonths of constant rlaily visits." The Misses Ernpstina Sanchez and Concepcion Galvan who carry

<>on the girls' school have had a good year, aBd I understand they tlave t,he sympathy of the people. From the report furnished by :the commisRion charged to preRide at the examinations of both .:schools we take the follow~ng:

"On November 23rd the examinations took place in the girls' ~chool. It is evident that the Misses Sanchez and Galvan have done good work during the year. The girls all manifested the advance lthey have made under the variolls topics of examinations. On the "24th Brother Espinosa lifted very high the Methodist flag. All the .......... .. -children, without exception, and in all subject matters replied .promptly. There were 18 numbers on the programme, but with -the care and ability displayed by Mr. Espinosa the answers were so Il'apid and laconic that the time sped swiftly." We trust that the Lord will give due increase.

TEZIUTLAN. We have but little pleasing reference to make to this place. Attendance at the services does not exceed eight of ten

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people. ReligIous fanaticism has isolated us almost entirely. Ne­vertheless the pastor Raymundo 1. Baez does not cease to hold ser­vices three or four times a week, thus calling the attention of pas­sers by. He established with great sacrifice a little school and had' thirteen pupilll. but the Catholic priest took it npon himself to go-. from house to house and see the parents of the children and eveIl1 to preach in the pulpit against the school so that there is not now a single scholar.

Brothel' Baez visited the town of Chignautla to sell Bibles, Hym­nals and Testaments and to solicit subscribers for the Abogad~ Cristiano. He was getting along nicely when the Catholic mis­sionary arrived and began to preach so furiously against his work: that Brother Baez was stoned and had to leave in a hurry. Ruu despite t.his picture of gloom we have an agreeable item to record{ touching the work at the Aurora Mining Plant. There the J>ftstor­!lolds meetings every week and the attendance is some thirtJt t() forty persous. A number of American families have located thell&

who wish to help llS and the pastor therefore is more contented'~

\\Te have great hopes at that point and trust in the Lord~s hlessing for the future.

TLAXOALA. All the brethren who have visited this circuit. know t.hat the Methodist church has high prestige in the surroundings or the city of Tlaxcala. Panotla shows considprable progress and th&. light has radiated there from to various ~nrrol1nding points. Preach­ing is regularly had at San Diego, Santiago and other points where­the truth has opened its way even through the midst of fanaticism.

About the elose of AUgURt, Brother David Verduzco who was the pastor in charge asked permission to withdraw from the church to­enter intu the service of the Presbyterian church; from that time: the young student Pedro Osorio has punctnally visited the congre­gations we have referred to.

The examinations at the'Penotla Rchool directed by Prof. Anto­nio Carrero were very Rucce~sful. Among others who were present on the occasion were the private secretary of the Governor of Tlax­cala, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of the State and other persons who expressed themselves favorably about the good me~ thods of study employed. The girls' school in Tlaxcala, sustained by the Woman's Society and directed by the Miss Aurelia Baez had a very sllccessful year. The examining committee reported among other things:

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"~'The young lady professor deserves \"'ery stl'<'ng commendnoati jfor her excellent work. The girls; replied- promptly ~l1tl cleRrly. "The literary function closing the examination wal') qnite a novelty in this plRce. The parents were content And happy because of the marked progress of their children. The brethren at Panotla have -constructed a new building for a school and hope soon t.o be able :.to use it.

XOCHL!PULCO. The principal work at this place is the day school ;and Brother Oarlos M. Amfldol' has been teRching the greater part -of the year. The results were very satisfactory although we have thad ~ome changes among the teachers. Mr. E;:pinosa who ~-as

cpresent at the commencement exercises says: "I congratulate Brother Amador for the success attending his ef­

\forts and was glad for the opportunity to be present on the occa­:sion.·' The preaching ,has gi'\"en few results due principally to the '10cal indifference and to the fact that nearly all of the people are ignorant even of the Spanish language. The brethren at the Ran­ccheria de la Rosa de OAstilla have remained faithful and are work­ling constantly in the Gospel.

ZACAOLA. There are two congregations in the circuit, Zacuola

~nd Santo Tomas which are under the pastoral caro of brother Mi­

;gnel P. Garcia. At both points the brethren are punctual in the

aneetings and give unmistakable signs of religious faith. At Zacaola

<they have commenced the construction of a chapel for the services,

lhaving purchased a site and accumulated sufficient matel'ial for the

:same. One Rister, who is now quite olri, has gone on foot to va­

rrious places s()liciling funds for the new church. She went. on foot

to Orizaha 20 lengues distant and collected quite a sum of money

for that purpose. At Santo Tomas they ha'\"e collected $60 _ 00 al­

Il'eady for the purchase of a site for the building of a church.

MISCELLANEOUS. We have not had any sicknesses nor any perse­

o(!utions. In the day schools which are 10 in number there are 12

¢eachers, 520 sc~olars of both sexes. In the greater part of these

:schools we have established branches of the Epworth League which

"old weekly Rervices under the direction of the children themseh'es,

oa.nd these little societies have done much to ad vance the cause of

Goa ill the homes represented.

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OOLLEOTIONS. The following collections the diMrict.

Self-support. COllference claimants, .. Tracts .• :Mis~ions .. .Bishop Erl Ilcation . , .. Local Expenses.

Total.

have been received in

$ 552,00

61.00 22.00 51.00

22.00 10.00

260.00

$ 978.00

Respectfully submitted.

NORTHERN DISTRICT

F. P LAWYER, P" E.

God has been gracious to his children, Rud the Mast~r of ths vineyard has rich Iy blessed his laborers in this the largest terri­torial district of this Mexico Conference during another year.

As most of you know, the Northern· District extends from Oi­ptefol, near San Juan del Ril) on the south to the Rio Grande on the north, from the Facific Ocean on the west to the Gulf of Mexico on the eaRt. However not all thhl VAst t.erritory is occupied by our 'MethodiRm as yet. but as a part of it is alRo under the care of the squthet'!1 wi ng of our great church, we al'e led to'hope that the time is not far distant when God will reach many ·more of these people through His Gospel and give them the witness of the Holy Spirit that they are saved by grace throug,h faith in Ohrist as a personal "Savior. .

Another special feature of o\lr~ork in the Northern District of which we are justly proud ~s our large and 'ably conducted Medical Mi~sionary enterprises, whiph enable us t.o disarm prpjudice against the Gospel and so win their confidence that they may be led to re­joice in restored health and full salvation,' fulfilling thus Christ's command to His disciples Raying, "All ye go, preach, saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand, heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, ....•

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Freely ye have receiv~d, freely give." Oenturies of Romanism make the heart so impervious to spiritual influences that the sense of gra­titude must be awakened in order to make them sufficiently appre­ciative of Ohrist's blessings, as to be willing to accept His salvation; for they have ever been taught that it is the church that saves instead of Ohrist, the Mighty to Save.

LEON. The Roman clergy boast that this is one of the most fan­atical cities of the Republic and has withstood more ~ucceRsfully

than 811y other the effort~ of our and other churches to plant Ohrist's standard in its midRt. From their pulpits, by house to house visitation, and through the Roman Bishop's organ they have opposed our work with a zeal worthy of the tl'ue followers of Christ.

Of more than a dozen families drawn from their idols toward Ohrist by the Gospel tq.is year, not one has escaped the temptation to deny Him. first by financial and social offers of remuneration t(} do S(), then by threats of excommunication if they refused to leave our church and school; and failing with these, thp,y applied fierce, bitter and open persecution that tried heart an(l soul of thoRe wh(} love their Savior enough to continue fa.ithful to Him at all cost.

The fifteen persons who abandoned Romani8m this yellr to follow Ohrist by uniting with His church, make a company of forty of the Lord's faithful, after deducting the removals. The consecration and devotion of these faithful few- have cheered the heart and lightened the burdens of those who labor in their behalf. For instance they voted unanimously to URe the more than sixty dollars collected for Ohristmas festivities and present,s, in renovating their chapbl, in­stead of spending it for personal gifts.

The attendance upon church serviceFl and Sunday School has R\'eraged .about twenty....:fh .. e per~ons. Twenty-nine pupils were en­rolled in the day school in all departments. There is a JtlDior League with a fair interest and attendance. The contributions are as follows:

Self-support, $220; Oonference collections, $25.75; for other pu rposes, $65.

The Gospel is preached dAily, except Sundays to the sick poor of the Dispensary to mor~ than a thousand new per~OllS during the year. This work is alsl) supplemented by the efforts of two Bible women, who vi~it the patients, carrying the Gospel to their homes.

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STATISTICS OF THE MEDICAL WORK IN LEON

Tota1 number of t1'eatments gh-en. . 5,211 Total cash receipts. . . . $ 2,212.31

A fully equipped electrical apparl\tns and a course of study late­ly taken in Chicago to enable the physician in charge to w;;e Rame to best advantage add grear.ly to the efficiency of this department. These show how earnestly and indefatigably bl'Other and sister Cartwright have labored in Luon during the PRo:;t year.

SILAO. We are not able to report as much pr()gre~s in the Spanish work here as in 1903. This was due in part to the absence of the pastor in charge on his duties as Presiding Elder and in part to'lacK of com;ecration and cooperation on the part of his aSRistants.

However we have had nearly a dozen conversions an(l sixty pu­pils enrolled in Sunday School. A fair general interest has been. maintained in the work in spite of the many (1isconragements. Self­support raised $330; Conference collections, $S5.18; other pur­poses, $84.80.

The English work has shown a mat'ked arl"ance over last year, both in attendance and interest. This wOl'k has contributed $55.16 toward Self-support. Our Christmas exercises in English were greeted with a full. house and an enthnsiastic audience. The same were accorded the :teftivities for the Mexican congre~ation.

STATISTICS OF THE MEDICAL WORK IN SILAO

Dispensary treatments. Free visits .... Pri va te cases.. ..

Total ....

2,100 2,455 3,185

7740

This l'eal1y represents about eight mont hs work, the physician in charge having spent nearly four months with his family in the States.

The following are the receipts from this work: From poor patients .. From sale of medicines. From private pat ients ....•

Tot.al ....

$ 100 730

5.767

$ 6,687

The gt'eatest need as a snpplement to this work is a consecrated Mexican Bible woman to carry the GORpei into the homes of the patients anrl help them to realize their need of Chl'i~t a~ a Savior.

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The other points of this circllit, Romita, Salamanca and El VallI-! de Santiago have been visited and services held almost regularly -every two weeks during the year. A few new persons have shown an interest in the Go~pel and even requested that. SilOday services be held in 'their towm;; 8.t;leR~t part of .tpe .time. The circuit has -only one Suuday School, one Senior a..nd one Junior League.

GUANAJUATO. The peculiar contour of thi~ city with its several miles uf length·and le~s than one' in breadth, made it very difficult ·to secure large attendance at evening services in one place. Hence two distinct congregations, meeting about a mile apart have been maintained since the beginning of the year with Sunday School and evening preaching services in both. The result of theRe S1multaueous -evening services was a notable increase in attendance. In March and October revival sel'vices were held with very gratifying results, About thirty conversjons are reported. The a\'erage attendance in both places at Sunday School and c.hurch services is about 185

. persons.

EDUCATIONAL. The Mary Ann Cox Memorial College for Girls ha'8 met with a seriou;; reverse during the year by the severe ill ness of its Principal, Mis., Effa Dunmore, who after several months of sllffering returned to her Aative land to recover. her health. Miss Ella E. Payne of Pennsylvania was sent out to take her place and has taken hold of the work with an energy thht promises Rure and :abundant foIuccess. More than a dozen boarders were received and .a fl1ir qnota of dRY pnpils.

A Training School Class for Bible women was started to meet a long felt want in our churches when properly developed.

The primary school for hoys enrolled Heventy pupils and main­tained a high degree of excellence in its work of training boys for -our two InstituteR.

The medical work with its four doctors and ten nurtles has con­tinued its remarkable gr.owth. A new clasR of nine nursE'S is being formed, making twenty with the new nurse snperintendent. who recently arrived fl'om Chicago. Four thoUR md dollars worth of ap­paratus for applying electricity, heat, li~ht and water; the building an(l opening of It new wing to the 'Good Samaritan Hospital have greatly increased the acceptability, effidiency, and utility of itR serv­(}e for God and to suffering hnmanity, as welluR its earnings to insure the future pel'Iuanence of its work.

Private visits ... Office consultations.

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RECORD .OF WORK

Surgical tl'eatments by doctors and nurRes. Surgical (minor) operations. Major surgical oparations. Medicines furnished.

993 5,532

10,440 211 51

13,451 Different cases treated. . . . . . 2,020

Self-support is increasing to the extent of assuming the entire support of the Hospital, church work, assistant pastor alld nurse­Training Schr)ol, leaving only the Dispensary, the two primary Schools Rnd the MisRionary to receh'e aid from the Missionary So­<liety.

The following items show the Self-snpport raised: Ohurch.... .... .... $ School. ... .. " ........... . Medical work.

2,343.76 872.15

15,046.78

Total ..... . $ 18,262.69

Would add that this iochldes all kinds of collections and donations taken for pastor's salary, other helpers, Education, Oharity, Oon­ference collections, festivals, furnishings, and curl'ent expenses.

OELAYA CIRCUIT. It is composed of four small congregations, Oelaya, Oortazar, GlUlje and Salvatierra. Partly for education of children and partly on account of health of his wifH, brot\.ler A.dam has lived alone aU year in Oelaya while his family hlis lived in Que­retaro. The people are very harc1 to reach and COTlseq\lpntly there have been few conversions. More than $.50 was raised for Self-sup­port, and all the othel' collections assigned were completed. Such precautions were tllken against the mob and such pNmpt protec­tion afforded by 'the authorities that we were not tl'ollbled this year.

QUERETARO CIRCUIT. This circuit with its three congregations and Institute has had a prosperolls year in every reRpect. There were 18 or 20 conversions, $106 for self-Rupport, raised by pastor and congregation, while the Institute received $3,280 for SRlUe purpose, 54 boarding and nine day pupils were enrolled. There Were thirteen graduates in the primary department.

Nearly half of the boal'ding pupils are from Roman Oatholic fa­milies and many of the parents complain that when their boys re-

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turn home for vacation they are no longer willing to heRr ma~s in Latin, worship images and kiss the hands of the priests. In~tead of these things they insist upon reading their Bibles and trying to in­duce all their relatives and friends to accept the Gospel and share its light. .

Brother Velstaco has labored heroically against many odds to succeed as he has and needs more financial help to finish building and for repairs besides needing all our !;ympathetic prayers.

NEW WORK. In San Francisco del Rinc6n near Leon new work has been begun, principally among families made friendly to the Gospel by the Medical work, that promises rich fruitflge because of the fierce opposition of the parish ~riest, who ad \'ertises us by hurling &.nathemas at all who seek their health and salvation with ns. The lown with an adjoining village represents some twelve or fifteen thousand people who worship iml'lges because they do not know thllt God has forbidden it and their religious guides en­courage it beclmRe more money comes into their treAsury thereby.

In Guaje a lot was donated to u~ by the owner, Bro. Fonseca, which has itR wall built all ready for the roof, floor, doors and windows. The deed has been made out and $100 in gold secured by Dr. J. W. Butler to 8nish the building. Henc.e we hope to begin work on it next month, ~o as to have it ready for dedication by the middle of the year 1905.

In Soria a large wea.ving establishment with its colony of labor­ers near Celaya, brother Adam has begun new work, viRiting a few families and distributing tracts to those willing to receive them. As the owners 9f the factory are zealou~ subjects of the pope, we must proceed with cantion in order to avoid their. opposition and con~equent prohibition from entering the premises.

RECAPITULATION OF RESULTS FOR 1904

Total Self-support. . . .. . ...... . . $ 31, 006.00 75 Number of Additions to the church ....•...•

Number of Sunday School Scholars enrolled .. Number of Day and Boarding School Pupils .. Total amount of Conference Collections.... . $

5663 345

295.93

- In conclusion we desire to thank mogt heartily an the workers throughout the District for their kindness and co-operation during

-tbe,cpast year. for they have shared in the labors that have made this .brief account po~sible. We cannot refrain from regretting that

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Qur work WhS not more perfeotly done, that we might have greater things t; report, but the Lord has been gracious to his cause and to his children in granting us the pleasure of seeing so many re­fmlts from our preaching and teaching, giving, healing and serving in His name.

Thanking Him that "hitherto he hath helped us" to fwcompJish what seemed best to Him and us and truRting the Father for even greater future blessings upon all ollr labors, we place the toils of the past with their fruitage at the feet of the Master and respect. fully submit this report. for your consideration.

DISTRICT OF OAXACA

J. M. EUROZA, P. E.

( 1 ranslation. )

MR. PRESIDENT AND DEAR BRETHREN:

We have reached the end of another year of labor in the vineyard -of the Lord, and we believe we have good ,"l"Ounds for thankfulness to God because He has accompal ied us, and has sustained us in the discharge of our obligations.

The year has been rich in opportullities for the dev~lopment of Christian endeavor, and more than one have been our occasions for belief and trust in God, far beyond our former experiences. Having recognized our chance to "labor while the day lasts," we could not do 1(>88 than engflge resolutely in the work of evangeliza­tion, firm in the con viction that the Lord will usher in a neW era and signalizlj the efforts of His servants for the salvation of the Mexican!!.

Our field of operations has not changed in character, nor can we aRticipate a change in so short a period j it should be borne in mind that wherever we have established our work, it has been in the midst of radical fanaticism, maintained and fomented by Roman Catholic archblshops or bishops. Under those circuml:!tances we have availed ourselves of the services of our best workers j yet some ti me mUFlt necessarily elapse before we see signs of evangelical awakening. Such is our experience in Leon, Queretaro, Puebla, Oaxaca and Tulancingo.

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Roman OHtholic fanaticism not only prevails in full \"i~or among the women who unfort'l1lately lack ~ufficient light to discern bet­ween the truth and the error, the light and [he darknesR, in all that appertains to religions faith, but also among the higher classeli of the public in general. MallY of the men of high Rocial Rtanding are fanatical and are swayed by the popub\r prejurlices towArds Oatholicism or drift into various :,chools of moderll phiioHophy. The most nnmerous element is to he found among those who prefer to cloak their IJndersta~ding in Frellch incredulity and froe thought, while othel's indulge in the realm opened up by Spencer 01' Stuart. On every hand we find the follow"Jrs of th('se sl:hools of philosophy who do not hesitate in going to Mass, and frf'ely ReiHl their children to schools taught by priests and nuns, tht-'re to acquire an educa· tion, either as day pupils or aR boal'der~, in the prillciples of most radical ultramontism; fUI'thermf)re, they a,'oid even the simple sa­luting of evangelical Ohristians. whenever snch fdelld iy rt:>cngnition in any way ml'ly impRir theil' relations with the family Ot' with their superiors or the public in general.

Turning from the better classes of society to view those of meaner level and poor social standll1g, it is easy to undel·~tand that the conditiou is not any better. Aside from their low intellectual and moral standing, and the miserable cOllditions under which they live, they seek some material ad vaIitage at the hRllds of those who bring them Protestantism. If, M the enemies of our Oause, affirm, we could pay salaries to those who attend OUI' services, we would have the largest congregations in this part of the country. Such is our conviction ill view of the many requests we have received from persons in every walk of life, as well as a goodly number of Oath­olic p.riests.

In this atmosphel'e we hl\. .... e lived and labored, endea\'oring with all the powel' of oUl'Rpirit to ri!>e above the many occaRions of dis­couragement dne to tht! lack of R fl'Rnk and sincere character. In the midst of this t~nacious opposition and heavy campaign, our valiant co-workers have labored to meet the hope of the church and the necessity of the cOllntry. Gifted with true Gospel spirit, they have continued energp.tically in the work of teaching in our schools and the preaching of God's word. For a fact, the number of per­sons redeemed by no meRns is consoli ant with our desires for their conversions to God. Ah! but we hl\ve pRrtaken of the joy that at­tends the angels whenever even one of 0111' countrymen has been cOllverted, after long labor and prayer for such result. We com pre-

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hend t.hat not only is that the redemption of one preciouR soul, but that it is a work that demands absolute consecration on our part, even though the event be the result of lenghtened ll-l.bol's, Would t() God that we might. live to see the dawning of that t.ime which He has ordained for the manifestation of the fruits of our labors and sacrifices on the altar!

THE PUBLIC SERVICES have been sustained with all pnnctuRlity and we have had an average attendance in the Dist.rict which has been very satisfactory, being a total of 251 of which 31 afe for Oa­xaCR, 50 for Cuicatlall, 90 for Huitzo, 40 for NClzareno and 40 for Zachila,

We have tliken special efforts to hold Rt:vival Servic:leR in Ilccord­ance with the reqnirements of eHch I'Jcality, anel the results we have obtained are satisfactory. We have not had what some of our colleagues t.erm "coo versions," nor could we have them, fOl' our brethren are already eonverted. and our effort hAS been to awake and encourage t.hem to gt'eater activity in the work of evangeliza· tion by word and example.

Among the ~pechll service we had during the year, one worthy of more than pRssing notice was that held at Zachila on December last. Not only did the br'ethren of the church attend, bnt as well a large uumbet' of the best people of the place ladies and gentle­men. The impresEliotl left by the simplicity of our wor~bip, our doctrines and aims, wa!'! pronollnced, alld respect and r:ympRthy with our work was manifested t.hat night. OUI' goorl brother Juan C. Martinez has been able to dominate a Kitnation that at other times had bAen unsupportable for former incumbents of the pas­tOt'ate. This makes manifest the expediency of leaving our workers at those places where they are able to.hring-success to their eilorts due to their talents and)Bllrience. The at.tendance that night (lin not fall below 600 person!';. Our congregHtion ordinarily has 40 in attendance, and we ha\-e 99 m.embers at d probationers.

Another meeting (hat was blessed with good results WAS nn­doubtedly our Christmas feast in the church at Oaxaca, which waF; attended by some distinguished persons as well as by fdenrlR of th.e assistant pastor /ind the Presiding Elder of the DiEltrict.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK has cI'Illed for our constant effot'1s and those of our co-workerEl, at all points where schools have been e~tabli"lhed. We have 300 scholars, ann although tbere are deficien­cies in that branch of the work, it is dne to irregularity in attend-

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ance on the part of the schc;>lars and also a lack of help to carry QD

that work. Even uuder those conditions we carefully atupy the Word of God and endeavor to appropriate it and apply it practically in our daily lh"es for our own betterment and for the glory of God.

THE DAY SCHOOLS progress very Hatisfactorily, especially with f't'Stpect to the number of scholars enrolled, though perhaps they are not in numbers .comparable t.o other purtions of the Field. Among the schools best noted for number of Mttendance is that at Zachila, at which point, d~e to difficulties· in the WRy of the Public School, we have had an increasing attendance. Thanks to the prestige en­joyed by Brother Martinez, we hR\""e in the school a nnmber of children from points more or less remote from Zachila.

The renewed requests and offers made by some friends and people at CUilapa. caused us to reopen a school at that place; but the ex­periment has only reinforced our former opinion concerning those good people. They ~ffer to foment and foster our efforts, but when we start the school!s, they, on their part, fail to carry out promises they made for support; promi:-es which seemed spontaneous, and not only do not help us financially, but do uot eyen give us their moral support. Those poor people have no idea of carrying out honestly their engagements; they have 110 true concept of duty. All they want is to have a good free school, where their children can be .educated, and where no mention is made of religioll, and in con­nection with which they do not have to attend any divine service. Though we have labored during the year for the est~blishment of the day school undtn' the care of Brother Angel Rosas. we have not had more than an average Qf six scholttrs and Hen they are .not punctual. -

Even the \"isits made from Zaehila by Broth('l' Martinez have not ()perated to better the situation, yet the labol'er::; say with a ·'Sm.ile {)n their lips: "I am just going to send the children to the school," and a year has gone by without our being able to get the children to attend school. In previous yearr; we had the same difficulty with those same people and under Episcopal consent we closed the school during the time that Brother Guillermo Camargo was in tharge. With due respect to your opinion, it might be advisable again to close the school. This is n9t the c~se at Cuicatlan. There we have one of the best attended schools, and all the scholars are prompt, while we have succeeded in establishing tht're t he idea "that it is a privilege to find a vacancy for there are children who want to come to the school." We have few school benches, and it

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ibeing our wish to have the school kept in orderly tashion,it has 110t been possible to receive all those who apply for admittance. :Our brother Miguel Rojas and his esteemed wife have worked earn­estly and with an interest worthy of praise, anJ I would not be sa­tisfied were I not, ou this occasion aud in your presence, to accord to them a vote of confidence for their fine work. We have there the -beginnings of a glorions work. As we gather about that rising :school aIL the elements at our disposition, it is possible that we will reach triumphant results for the Cause of God, as well flS truly beneficial advantages in behalf of the people of that interesting portion of the State of Oaxaca.

The schools at Huitzo, Nazarenr) and Sosola have had pleasing .:SucceS3. The school at Oaxaca City had one of its best years, gi ven the practicill results therefrom. Three scholars finished the primary grade of instruction, one of them going tu the Puebla In­stitute, another to the State Institute of Arts and Sci6nees while the -third will have to forego his studies for a while on account of poor health. But the fact that one of our graduates should have entered ,the State Institute of Arts and Sciences is the best recompense we <lould have desired. Our school is not iucluded among the Public

,Schools so our scholars do not enjoy any right to graduate from a .lower to a higher school, and should it be attempted the person mak­ing the pretension would ~ave to submit himself to due examina­tion in order to demonstrate his fitness to enter the higher govern­ment or public schools. Ollr graduating scholar undenvellt an exa­mination and after the same, was admitted to the Institute tv fol­Iowa commercial course.

Wo must nut fail to mention the conditions under which our .school at Oaxaca City operates. There are twenty Catholic schools .and twenty official schools and only one M~thodist school. Would to God that we be enabled to give to that Methodist 8chool the es­.sential quickening qualities of the mURtard seed and that the day may be hastened when the divine influence may be splendidly de­monstrated where now' appears nothing but illusory error!

THE EpWORTH LEAG'HE ~fforts are~. c.onstantly tending towards . the betterment of the young people, and w~ rest om'hope thereon in the wOl'k of educating, in patt-l of Cb . Jstian practice, the child­.:en and the youth of our Church.

THE COLLECTIONS in eaeh of the circuits of our 'District have been fully made up under the apportion~ent inQi,~te'd in the offi­

-eialorgan of our Ohurch, with the exception of t~'~ ~burch at Oaxa-

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a. City, which on account of being small has therefore been unable­,.0 meet the apportionment. We have tried to bring out the best in this. ~line, but iu justice to the truth we should make the statement. Our brethren generally are very poor, and really do Ohristian work in contributing as they now do towards the furtherance of God:s

·cause. If we can awaken them to secular enterprises, if we stir in · them the love of labor and industry, if we instill into their hearts. 'more religiou, we will thu~ contribute assuredly to the better de_ velopment of Self-sllPPOI·t in the Church.

Material improvements have been happily realized in our proper-ties at Huitzo hnd Zachila and a little At ()uilapa. The buildings were impro\'ed notably. but as we have for guetits the earthE)uakes. and this year the rain-fall has beeu severe, the building at ZRHchila suffered considerably. and one room fell in and entailed damage on the others. Fortunat~ly we had no one hurt.

The condition of our properties is sueh that we have to spend Borne money e\'ery year to improve them, or at least to keep them, more or less in their uormal condition, dne to the effects produced

· by the earthquakes. Before closing this report I should Rtate that all our co-workers

'in this District ha\"e complie(l with their duties as good Ohl'i!\tians according to their sphere of aetion. and with the disintere::.ted zeal that always animates them. We have lived together in the most fraternal and harmonious manner, and in common have. shared in the joy that attends any triumph of tmth insignificant ,though it. may have Reemed.

With very fe I\" e'-e Pti9J)S we bave all had si;CknesRes in our homes. Our dBftr brother A .geJ Zamhrano has sU'if"ered (Juring the year­from lameness that has made it impo~sible fOl' him to attend promptly all his engllgements.

Our brother Juan C. Martinez had the pain to ~ee his youngest daughter leave him and fly to the bosom of God, when she was scarcely ·on the threshold of childhood.

On entering upon this ne\v year we have before us new prospects · and possibilities of a(;quiring new triumphs, A variety-of circllm­~stances has been setting Ull in positions of good outlook. We' need

ability Jl,ll(l tact to conduct ourselves 'as we should. We need the meekness ·lId·other' illdiflpensable qualities neCEssary to control -these new conditions before us, and we will be indeed happy if we, at leogth, realize the good our souls reach after, to offerlt, wibh deep respect, at the feet of our Divine Master.

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My Brethren: every year that paS&1es gives .us renewed motives to declare that our co-workers are good workers, that they are good Christians, that they deserve onr confidence and our consideration. The triumphs 80 far attained have been due to their efforts and zeal. Pray tor them and for me, that God may aid us all, 80 that we may present ourselves' 'as workmen that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing tbe Word of Truth."

Respectfu11y submitted.

ORIZABA DISTRICT.

JOSE RUMBIA, P E.

[Translation]

My DEAlt BRETHREN:

Before commencing my report on the district und~r my charge I desire to rendet' a tribute of gratirude to our heavenly Father fo; having allowed all the workers to reach the end of the year in good health,

Notwithstanding the fHct that the Orizaba District includes some sections in which th08e terrible ~courges, yellow fever Rnd malaria, exist, no misfortune has been suffered by Ollr congregations in the hot cOllntry. nor in the othel's that are foulld in a better climate. This fact encourages us to lIew eifOlti;, and to continue utlliziqg the talents ,,·ith which God ha., endowed us,

Under these favorable circumstanceR, the work has not only maintained the ~ood condition under which I r~ceived it from my worthy predeces .. or, but we hHve obtained some salutary triumphs that have beel! deposited at the feet of our oi'eator.

ORIZABA, In this city, there are two congrt'gations which are under my own charge, and of which, the one in the city proper sllf~ fers some fluctuations, but never has an average attendallce of less than forty. We have done our best to infuse a goe)ti spirit and zeal in our congregations, giving our services animati- n by means of ~pecial hymns and encouraging all person Ii to tak ... IHtrt in the sing­ing alternated with the reading from the Bible, fe)t· which reason we never cease to exhort them to attend the services with their -Bibles, Lastly, we have brought them together for an hour e1'er,

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JD.igbt in order to practice hymns alld correct the great defects that ~re noted in. the singing, because as t.hey all have been brought up un the Roman Catholic Ohurch, where they hM'e taken no part 'Whate\·et'in this important form of worship, they have no disposi­¢ion to ~ing and, when itt last they embrace the gospel, they simply ::sing as they can pick up the tunes.

Another of the laborR that have been undertaken with great zeal, is that of Self-Support, to which object we have dedicated a good deal of attention, and for which we haye utilized all the means in -our power. The result is that all our people understand our desires, :and it is probable that the future results will greatly surpass those ~btained up to the present.

The Sunday School has been well looked after, and endeavors l1ave been made to induce every child who attends our day school -to attend also the Sunday School, calling the attention of the pa­A"ents to the fact that the Sunday class torms part of the program of :teaching. In this labor, we have been greatly assisted by the ef­.ncienn. work of the teachers, the Misse'l Magos, who not only have -earnestly labored as teachers, but have also rendered sen-ices in the .<lhurch.

The day school has had an avet'age attendance of forty pupils of 'both sexes during the year. The constant visits of the parents IJrought about a good attendance in the Sunday Schaol, a good re­ftigiOlts influence in the homes of the children, and subscl'iptions such ;a.s never seen to the Self-Sllpport fund. There have been struggles ~ud IIJacrifices, but the soundness of our cause has carried us through cev6l'Y thing.

Tile temperance meetings have given excellent results. Many parents were accustomed to give t.heir children pulque, with the re­~u)t that during school hours they could not go on with their stu· -dies all account of the bodily lassitude the~' felt. Due to the tem­JPerance work amongst them, this custom has now disappeared.

On account of my mRny occupations, I had to give up the school ~D the jail, which I had charge of for five years, but the town ~ouDcil keeps it up and pays a professor to attend to it.

Rio Blanco is the other place under my pastoral charge, and is a .:amall Yillage at a distance of a league from the city of Orizaea. The .great cotton factory there furnishes work for 3,000 or 4,000 oper­.atives, and every eight days I have up to thirty pupils in the SUD­.~y school. Brother Andres Mota allows us the use of his house without charge. I have bought hymn books and bibles for the use

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of the attendant.s. Brother Mota keeps up an active and zealous' propaganda holding meetings, in which his fJ'iends join him in hymns, reading the Bible and offering up prayer. Previous to his:.. conversion tw~ or three years ago, he was a drunkard, a blasphem­er and a quarrelsome man,i11 treated hi;:, wife, and generally was soc bad that it was thought impossible to lead him from the error or­his ways; but God called him and, since he commenced to hear the­Gospel in the Sunday meetings, a notable change was obser\"'ed iIb, his cUl'Itoms and \Yay of living. He is an ardent C~llvassp.r for th~ "Abogado OristianQ," and, ill company with another faithful b~ lie-fer of the same place, he has obtained 18 subscribers.

We are in hopes that the faithful ones of this important: and ooallJ­tifnl fleM will purchase a piece of ground and turn it over '0· ub&. church for the purpose of raising a temple or It school-house,. as 1 dOo> not donbt that the day will come when Rio Blanco will be- a.nother Mirafi()fes.

REVIVAL SERVICES. Some successful ones were held'du'riug toe­month of October, in which the Lord fulfilled his promise tliat his. word would not rpturn to Him void. An old woman, 59- }>ea-rs of age, and her grand danghter of 16, presented themselves andl asked! to be received as probationers. The grandmother frankly conf'-ess~

-that sh~ had never in her life received such comforting txperien<Jes in her heart as then. AR It sister, she raises her voice in prayel'iut our social services, reads her Bible with great earnestness, and heE" geatest treat is to hear the Gospel spoken of.

The other conversIon was that of her daughter, 34 years of age-,. who attended one of our revival service in company with a son 1~ years of age and a daughter of 12, in order to enter all their name~ as probationers. Her other young children are now attending our day. school, a8 well as the SundAY school.

THE NEW PROPERTY. The pnrchase of this property wi!) give greater prestige to the religious work in Orizaba. It stands in a vel'y mnch frequented street, and is remarkable for its architecture, which is different to that of the other houses in this town.

Although Ori1.aba is the Levitical city of the State of Veracruz~ we will show them thAt the Protestants, in raising a temple, desire especially to show Ohrist liS "the Lamb of God that taketh away the sini; of the World," and that each heart ought to be a sflfletuary for the Holy Spirit.

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and we hereby invite all our brethren and companions to be present on that occasion.

ATZACAN. This village is inhabited entirely by Iudians, who are hard working and keep up an active trade with Orizaba in agri­cultural products. Our members there live by working in the fieldt­jn which they generally earn a wttge of fifty cents.

The congregation is numerous and faithful, and its influence makes itself felt more and more every dl'lY in the village. A tzstca.n was a fanatical place ,thllt resilitcd every innovation, but the Meth­odist Church came to lead it in the pa[h of prllgress aud of true worship, Fourteen years of constant labor have resulted in tbe Oa.tholicR and Protestants liviug together in perfect harmony.

The br'ethren have efficiently assi~ted in the transportation of the material for the construction of the pt;stor's house, whi,ch we hope will be completed within the present year, if we can CQunt on the necessary reSOUl'ces. Tae faithful are often called together to work and then they break out stone, dig sand or make some improvement i(l. our propel'ty, accompany the past()r in his visits, hold official meetingR with al,l regularity, etc. It is a notable fact, which perhaps is seldom seeu that the official members carry their discipline with them to the meetings, al'e good debaters and require everything to be to their satisfaction.

The day school is doing good work and is a great stimulus fot our own people and outsiders. As in previous years, it has been the first to celebrate the glorious anniversaries of the nation and' has had the honor to be the one that roused the interest of the Gov­e.rnment school and local authorititls in the commemoration of such dates, The first flag to be raised iii that which floats over onr church and the first rockets to salute the festal day, came from the mis­sion house,

There can be no doubt that protestantism is indi~pensable to the life of the people that have been born under a I'eligion which is so full of errors as Romanism.

HUATUSOO. This is a circuit thl1.t ,if! made up of three congrega­tions under the chltrge of our brother Pilltarco Bernal. A lot was p,urchased there some time RgO on which. to erect a temple and our brethren live in hopes of seeing it. Ttte palltor has displayed great energy and has nnt only been able to keep up his congregation but also to take advantage of certain opportunities for forwarding the cause. Whenever a. historic date approaches, brother Bernal is the first patriot to go all over his section of the town and to excite the

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resideuh to take a part, either decorating their houses or contri­buting ~2.r the general decoration. He is on intimate terms with the 8uth,? .. rittes and is well liked in the society of the place.

Centll\and Oomapa are the other places in which regular services are held. In the former, the construction of a chapel was com­menced, but bas not been concluded on account of the difficulty of getting the necessary materials and a competent person to execute thE' work. The walls have been built anll the tileR are ready for the roof, but we have to wait for the lumbet' till some one goes to cut it .in the forest anrl prepares it for use. It is very much to be de­~ired that OenUa should be able to utilize its chapel as soon as possible.

In Oomapa some difficu!ties arose through threat~ that were made again~t Bt'other Bernal. On one of the occasions ()l\ which he went to hold service, the fanatica stoned our brethren Rnd attempted to interrupt the proceedings. The police and local authorities refused to give any help; but Brother Bernal appealed to the Jefe Polit.ico, who t.ook RctiY'e measnreR and gave the gnilty parties a good lesson.

TIERRA BLANCA. Thi:'J place hal' a great future before it, and is growing day by dHY, on account of the railroads that meet here from Veracruz and Cordoba tv the Pacific. The preacher has hiter­to resided in the old h'tmlet, distant a kilometre fl:om the station, where his dwelling i:'l. which is utilized for the services and school. It is propos~d to build near the station, where a town is forming .aQd where our work will have better results. In order to maintain -our WOl k in the hot country, I am of the opinion that we should at least build 1\ dwelling hOllse for the worker. and thus not only save the heavy reut to be paid, but also give our workers nealthy houses to live in.

EL PANTANO. Here we have an excellent and enthlliliastic con­gregation. Brother Mendez is an enthusiastic supporter of the re­ligious spir'it anet an ardent preacher of the Word of God through­-out all that section. This brother iii a merchant and has preferred to suffer finRneial loss rather than Rell on the Sabbath.

At the beginning of the preRent month of January, the two little houses dedicated to our worship were burned. They were built of board~ and g~as.", 't the expense of the brethren who had given them to our church: but the hand of some fanatical enemy of the gORpel must have .committed this crime.

When the Ohritltians of EI Pantano SRW that the pla('e formerly ~ccupjed by their house of prayer wa" only marked by ashes, they

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said: "They may have burnt the houses of wood, but not our bo­dies. which is the house in which our God must live."

They now meet in the house of Brother Mendez, with the same· zeal and with greater faith in their Savior.

TuxTEPEc This is the most distant point in the District and that which gives abundant work to Reveral workers. The congregatiou is numerous and, although composed of persons from the working classes, it nevertheless has a good social standing and. Rbove all, a great influence. It is well known that the people on the coast are frank in character and very sociable. Their eASY manners and friendly character al'e more than ~mfficient to facilitate the sowing ef the good seed. Free from the,' bigotry that characterizes other people, tho gospel has triumphantly entered there, ~nd brought about a real revolution in the local customA.

Notwithstanding th~ indifference which the coast people manifest with regard to religious matters, precisely 'because tho~e people are the most neglected by Romanism. I cannot but f!ay that this con­gregation shows a trne religious spirit, and the faithful guardian of -the Christian precepts. The boys' schoo), which is so necessary as it is the only one in Tuxtepec, is well attended and has demanded the attention of Brother O~orio anrl his three Assistants. The plan of studIes satisfies the requirements of the pupils and the aspira­tions of the parents. Brother 080rio has the credit of having ele­vated his school to a higher plane than any other in that region. The examinations heM at the end of the year were brilliant in their­results, and showed the dedication of the masters aRd the good work of the pu pi1s.

Tho girls' school, which is under the direction of Miss Sara Rniz, has given excellent results. We believe that it will also become the first of its claRs, and that, together with the boys' school, they will advance our caUR.e and put it on a permanent basis.

The religions instruction is well attended to; the pupils of both schools know our catechism, Racred history, and correctly recite the-· texts out of the' Bible. In the Sunday school, we found all the children who attenrl the rll\y school. .

The work in Ttlxtepec every year acquires a greater development and, in view of its future prospects, we can but ask, who are pre­paring themselves to work in tbat climate~ We have faith in the Lord that He will provide messengers for His service.

The TuxtepecanoR hav*, a strong and ardent desire to see a .build­ing raised there that will be worthy of the work which is being-

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done; they are anxious to give a practical direction to their energie!!,. their money, and to make the best possible arrangement for the· transp(ll'tation of the material, and to relieve each other iu the work, until the building is completed. I would therefore call· the attention of this Conferellce to that good work, to the insufficiency of the house we now ha\'e and which consists of a shed of palm leaves and grass with a damp soil and the appearance of a cage.

We should also bear in mind the necessity: of a house for the pas­tor aod schoolteacher; It is difficult to find moderately good lodg­ing in this section, besides which, the rent is high ~Illd, when one cannot have a little comfort jn this climate, life is a real sacrifice.

Under these circumst,ances, it if.1 urgently necessary to raise at once the buildings which we require for worship, school8 and dwel­lings for the teachers. Otherwise, we are exposing the health of those who carryon an active work in a terrible and sickly climate.

COLLECTIONS. The amounts assigned have been all covered and,. we believe, wIth a surplus in the S~lf-suppOI't, principally iu that branch which has been successfully started in the day f.1choo1. In Orizaba, where we have principally Rtruggled, we have collecte& during the year $74.00; in At;r,acan, $7i.00, and in Tuxte­pee, $287.00.

The summary of the collections is as follows:

Self Snpport. .. .. Conference claimantR. .. .. Tracts ...... . Mi~sions ........... , Bishops. .... ... , .......... . Poor ............ . National Festivals ........ -.,_ Christmas. Sundry Objects.. '.

Total ...

$ 998.00 59.00

. .12.00 67.00 13.00 14.00

109.00 49.1)0·

107 00

$ 1,42800 CONCLUSION. All the workers in the District have, with satis­

faction, reached the end of the yeal', with the most cC)rdial rela­tions to each other and in the best disposition to continue with. greater experience Rnd resolution in the work that God has seen fit t'l place in our feeble hands. We bope that the Father of mer· cies will always keep u~ faithful in His work and entirely conse­crated to the fulfillment of our duties; but even should it (Jot be Sat.

we will keep before us the words of our Lord and Mast.er: "We ar&­improfitable servants."

Respectfully submitted.

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'THE MEXICAN' METHODIST INSTITUTE. PUEBLA

P. F. VALDE~RAMA, PRESIDENT.

MR. PRESIDENT:

DEAR BRETHREN:

When some of you ,told me at the beginning of last year of the ~ppointment which Bishop FitzGerald had conferred on me, at the Annuai Oonference held in the Oity of Puebla, a year ago, to take -charge of the direction of the Methodist Institute of that city, I was somewhat uneasy about the new and to me unknown responfti­bilities which I wa~ soon to take with the acceptation of said ap­pointment. But some of YOll also animated me with your helpful .advice, making me comprehend that this work waR one more of re­-organization and of government than one of pedagogical kuowledge -or professional dispositions.

Thi~ observation seem~d right to me. I accepted the position, .and gave np myself entirely to the wOl'k with all the faith which always has inf~pired me in the good caust! and with all the will "Which brings the conviction that one can do a good and helpful "Work. The following is the rcport of what God has permitted us to do in benefit of the Ohri~tian young men which are being edu­-cated in our Institute.

MATRICULATION,-We hRve not had certainly a larger number of -students (his year than that which has registered in some former years. The Flurety we have that it is not possible to accom­modate h1gienicI,lIy mf)ce than 50 boarding pupils in our present <Iuartere, impelled us to refuse several applications of young men who deRired to euter our school paying all or part of their expenses. Some of these young men have been recommended to our Institute in Quereta.ro, and others have beeu told to wait for better times. {)ur largest enrollment during the school year waR 54 boarders and 160 day pupils; making a total (If 214. It wonld not be amiss to :say that if we hAd 1'\)Om for one·hundred boarders, it would not be ~ifficult to have Rueh number ot PUpilR,_ who. would pay all their -expenses. :~'-Such iii the number of appliCAtions which'we Rre oblip"d to"refuse very freqnently.

OOURSES OF ~~u'pY.-The Ins.ti.tut-e, as YOtr know,df~ides its' ins­tfnctio:o'hl to·th·e'foUowing departments: P~imary (which ill also Rubdi-

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vided in three, junior, middle and s~nior). Secondary, Normal, Theological and Commercial. Each one of these department14-ha~' its own director and every ono;, haR done a work worthy of ment.ioning herein..

We will begin, naturally, with the Primary Department. In charge respectively of Miss Aurelia Sanchez, and Messrs David Sanohez and Nestor Hernandez, forms whf1t we could call the base of our work, and is the most largely attended. Miss Sa()che~ has charge of the small boys coming from the Kindergarten; Mr. Sanchez hall charge of the Middle division, and Mr. Hernandez of the Senior one. All of these teachers have done a consoientious and profitable work. There are more than 100 matriculated pupils in the threb divisions and the school has become popular amon~ not only those of our faith, but among the large number of liberAl residentil of the city.

OTHER DEPARTMENTB.--The Secondary and Normal Departments are under the special care of the professors J. P. Halls.el, J. A. Manning, Epigmeniu Velasco, Manud Domingl1ez, J. V Cuervo, Lie. Juan Crisostomo Bonilla, P. F Valderrama and Miss F. S. Strawn. There were graduated in the Normal Department the following young men: Samuel Corona, Cesar Zapata and Hipolito Martfnez. The first t.wo are already working in our Institute in Queretaro. The latter one has begun taking our theological course.

COMMKRClAL DEPARTMENT.-There were 15 pupils matriculated in this depArtment during the past year, and it is one which helps us the most to solve the question of self-support, for Pitch one of the young men belonging there pays '26.00. Since from this depa.rtment we deduce a good palt of our 1:j~lf-~lIpport. we ha.ve given it more attention extending in pllrt the COUl'86 of stlldiel'l. The department if! in charge of the profe"8ors Lie. Raftlel V. Garda, David Sanchez, P. F. Valderrama, and Miss T. F. Valderrama.

THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.-This department fOl'ms what we could call the crowning of work. It is under exclusire charge of our intelligent companion Dr. Borton, and has a class of six -students which is very enthusiastic. Among these students there is one of the descendtmts of Atahualpa, that is, a son of t.he far .away Republic of Perll, )Vho came especially to our'<l,ustitute to take up Our Theological· course, after which hewiIl g) back to hill work in the Anhual'OonfereiJce' of o hili , to which-he-belongs. . We think it needless to say that Dr. BortQn workJ,p.,with much assiduity,

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teaching in a very satisfactory manner the following classes: Theol­ogy, History of the Church, Exegesis and Homileticli.

RRLIGIOUS LIFE.-This is one of the matters which has attracted most seriously our attention since we came to the Institute. To.. some of our co-worker!; in the ministry, it seemed, not a Christian college, but a center of religious incredulity; but the truth is that after a careful examination of the matter, we see that this: has only been exageration of the real religiou~ situation of our young:­men. Certainly, there are some students who hl\.\'e no religious ideas at all; but ttiis is only natural when we take in to consideration that two-thirds of the same come from homes where religious life· is given little or no importance; and even more, from homes where protestant people are looked upon not very favorably. To rectify thiR error, teachiug that our religion, ha~ ft great influence in the moral life and the fi!lal destiny of the meu, has been one of our mOAt constant endeavors. Much has been done on this point, since­all the young men who have accepted our doctrines, either con­verted or not in our Institute, are pious not only by name or form­ulas hnt in practice.

A DISAPPOINTMENT.-Wben our work was heaviest and we found our!'1elves ready to commence the preparations for our examinations at the latter part of the year, an epidemic, which extended all over the city, caused by tho poor quality of potable water in the city, invRded us in a. very alarming way: Ten of onr boys were att~cked and somE: of them had to stay in bed for nearly two months. It mU!~t be said that the t,yphus fevbr, which was the malady which attacked OUl' young men waR not a new thing in the school. It had been there for six years at least, but har1 never showed itself so largely as it did last year. We were not discourRged at all for this trial which God Rent llS in the fir~t year of our work at the Insti­tute. We understoocl that there was something wrong to correct, and that it was a brilliant opportunity to do so. But before we pass to name the various improvements that we have undertaken to correct, permit me, dear brethern, to pay a high tribute of thanks and gratitude to Borne of the professors who helped me to take care of our sick boys, and among whom our brother Epigme­nio Velasco and David Sanchez were especially devoted.

In the catholic school of the city of PuebJa, every pupil who falls sick in a serious way, is Rent to his hl)me immediately, and for this reason, the fathers of our pupils were greatly suprised to see that their BODS were not-sent Ollt; but that our schonl was transformed

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into a hospital, Il nd our teachers took the place of assiduous nurses .and were transformert into trne apostle.'! of the Christian doctrines. "This trial therefore, has resulted into a double ,ietory, because we -conquered ourselves, putting away ollr fear and takiOng pllins to care for our sick, and have also conquored the enemies of our I'eligion, making them see ve'ry clearly which is the true and only :spirit of the Protestant schools.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Iu dew, then, of that it was necessary to impro\-e the sanitary condition of the In'titution, we took the old .and dirty fountain place in the middle of the garden, and ha,e sub­-stituted a large tank, clean, and well ventilated. We esta­blished a small condensor to sterilize .the drinking water, and fixed .a room especially for the toilet of the pupils. A shower bath has l1een put in, and lastly, the interior of the school 'has been painted entirely. No doubt, there are yet many good things that can be -done in our Institute, but we think that what we have done is enough for the present, and wait for new oportunities to undertake (lew improvements.

OHRISTIAN FRATERNITY .-It is with much pleasure that I am able to say to our Annual Conference that the highest Christian spirit and the most complete ft'aternity always prevailes among the teachers alld the pupils. All our companions have done a most -excellent work. Our Treasurer, Mr. Hanser hllS demostrated to be a young man of special qualities for matters of administration. He will do a good work'in this way, wherever our Church may put him, for he if; honest, active, scrupulous and exact in the performance of his duty,

THE LIBRARY.-Through the aid of Dr. Butler, Dr. Borton, Prof. Hauser and various other friends of the scbool, the library acquired -a large number of books last year. A mong these were the Spanish­American Encyclopedic Dictionary in twenty six volumns, Universal History by William Oncken in sixteen voluwns, large contributions -of scieRtific and educntion~l works from the Smithsonian Institute .and Goverment Printing Office of Washington, D. C., besides nume­TOUS other bo~ks of a sc:ielltific, literary and historical character. Our shelves are now crowded. We are thinking of establishing an alcove for the Theological Department and another with book -especially adapted to the Normal Department.

SF;,LF-SUPPORT.-According to the report of our Treasurer, the -self-support rai8ed this year in the Institntion, is $ 5,119.00, a. ~arger figure tha.n has beeu in previolls years.

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NEW PROSPECTS.-This is, dear brethern, in concrete, the report whioh I can present of the fir~t year of our work in the Mexican Methodist· Institute of the Oity of Puebla. Our aspirations in benefit of the Institution are great; our wishes, Rincere; OUI' expec­tatillns for the good cause, many; and if God permit us a few years more, and the authorities of our Church contillue to favor IJS

with thii position, we will make our efforts stronger, until our Institute will beco~e. by the power of God, and the grflce of his 'Spirit, the first University established by the Methodist people in our beloved :rtepu1)lic of Mexico.

Respectful,ly submittecl, p, F. VALDERRAMA.

QUERETARO METHODIST SCHOOL,

(T1'anslation) MR. PRESIDENT,

DEAR BRETHREN:

Once more the pleasant task de\'olves upon me of informing you of the greltt bles.sillgs that God has designed to bestow npon us, in the course of the past year of 1904. in connection with the Institute which our Church supports in the historic City of Qtleretaro.

The scholastic labors of t.he year have been characterized by two chief featnres: First R well marked and mf!nifest desire, both inteaQhel'r! and pupils, to improv~ ~d\leRtion ill all its forms, exert­ing themseh'es in real earnest ill endowing it with a practical character, in order that the alumni may acquil'e a solid and useful knowdledge of the mRtters th~y are taught, 80 that they mny be well prepared for tho strnggles of life; Rnd second,' the fostering and developing of spiritual and religious life. To this end, the Insti­tute haR employed ilifferent meanK tending to obtain that the pupils may appreciate lind better understand the grand idtlals of Ohristian ReligIon, and the reason for the necessity of their professing, freely and spontaneollldy. the blessed teachings of the Son of God; also in oreIer that, fl'om their early yt>ars, they mRy consecrate themselves to His holy service. We have not nad to wait long for the results, and even' the youngest boys, in our Oollege, show the most vehement desil'e for growioll every day in the flpiritual aDd religiouli life; and this pl'aiseworthy desire refleots itself on all the I ahors of this Institute. '

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SCHOOL LIFE.-Union and fraternity are the chief features among the student! in this Institute. The teachers and the pupils lead a regular family life. The hours devoted to study are, for the boys, Dot wearisome and abhorred, but, on the contrary, hours of plea. .. ure and satisfaction, because the teachers, by employing the best m~thods in teaching them, render the task for them, not only easy and ageeable, but profitable in the extreme. The strictest

. order and discipline are preserved in all the different departments; great care is devoted to inculcate, among the students, mutual respect, and towards those in authority in the Establishment. And all this is enforced without having recourse to punishmellt!:! and violent measures, the results obtained being the fruits of love and persuasion.

One of the results obtained, in the Institute, is the mutual con­fidence from teachel's to stuclents, and vice-versa. The students act.ually know, through their own experience, that their teachers are their best friends. This conviction on their part reAders the work of Education easy in the extreme.

PROGRAMME AND COURSE OF STUDJES.-We are deeply indebted towards the Vencrable Bishop Joyce for the Constitution and by­laws, 80 wise and widely liberal thRt authorized for our Institute, from its foul\dntion. According to said By-lIlWR, the Queretaro Methodist Institute has become, from its foundation, an establishment devoted to primary and secondary instruction, and thi::. circumstance has afforded us the opportunity to willingly establish, for the profit of our students, alltlle coun~es in primary

. and secondary instruction. In the funnel', we have adopted the curriculum in the Federal District alld Territories of the Feileration, Which is one of the best followed in this country.

In the latter, we are following the COJ,H·se .of studies approved by the Council of Bishops of OUl· Chnrch. 'We have been abl~ to observe that the faithful compliance with said programmes gives a most satisfactory result, meeting the growing necessities of studious youth; Rnd that our Rlndents. on completiug their respective oourses enjoy It physical, illtellcctu~l and moral development highly satis­factory.

We have always held, in our Institute, as the first conditiou for its existence, the religious questioD. All our efforts, therefore, hR\'e tended, and are always tending towards the scientific and social development of the education we impart; they are most powerful and efficient auxiliaries, which we place at the tlervice of our pupils,

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in ordflr that they may acquire a full and complete education, as 'Christian workerR and enlightened youths~ becoming useful to ihemselveR and to their fellow-creatures.

One of the purposes of the Queretaro Institute was the prepara­tion and training of young men whose intention it is to devote themselves to the Ohristian ministry and teachiug. In this sense have we worked unrelentingly and in eal'neRt, from the foundation ..()f this establishment, and we have, in consequence, prepared t be 'larger;t possible mlmber of our pupil$, who, on completing their ·courses in this In~titute, may paRS to the Puebla College, where ithey may complete their preparation to become Ministers, 01'

;teachers, in our Church.

Our heartfelt thanks ascend to God,for having deigned to bestow. His blessings 011 ou r labors, teuding to that end. A good number of

,our students have already been sent t~ the Pnebla "Mexican Meth­odist Institute," and: Rome of them actually occupy the sacred chair ·as Mini~ters, while others wear the robe of Evangelical teachers, .and are already at work.

Taking into consideration that, notwithstanding our lDultiplied -exertions and great desires that all the young men we educate may ,b€'come Ministers, or teacheri\, many of them are following!different avocations, without departing from the holy precepts of tht) Gospel, and, far from this, taking t.hem to their homes, to their workshOps, and wherever they go, and being the mouth­pieces of the Message of Salvation from the Son ef God. Considering also, on the other hand, that we must prepare our ,young men for the struggles of life, in such a manner that, when they loave the school, they may be able to honestly earn their

. bread, for themselves and their families; taking into consideration all these wants, we established, two years ago, a Commercial Oourse, which has given the best results; and we have had the experience that the students who attended this course, have lost nothing of their religious sentiment!!, keeping their ardent faith and love for the Gospel, and the convictioB that the life of the World's 'business must have as a basis the Religion of our God.

The Commercial (Jourso, which we have established in the Ins­titute, has entailed no expense whatever to our Chnrch, because the students have provided.for the expenses. This is a fact which ..speaks highly in favor of the good disposition of those students to . help in the expenses required by their education.

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Gospel holds the first place among our means of education; and we ~re gradually succeeding in attaining the most satisfactory results.

EDUCATION .-The closest attention is given to all branches of education for young men. A variet.y of gymnastic exercises, faci· litating physical development, has been established. To that effect we have adopted Sweedish gymnastics and military exercises; and the results have been most satisfactory.

The supreme ideal of intellectual labor performed in all the eourses of teaching, is to teach onr students to think, and to avail themselves of their own personal energies and of Nature's gifts to fulfil their miRsion on Earth. To this end, intellecteal education, in all the courses, is entirely experimental, auti we endeavor to place, both the the flhild and the youth, in a position to utilize. thei!' personal knowledge in their future course of every day life. The I nstHute haR a Literary Lyceum, which lends a useful help t() the alumni as regards a thorough knowledge of the language, enabl­ing them to properly express their ideas. This Lyceum has been formed by the students and the teachers of the Institute. It holds fortnightly meetings, and, affords several hours of pleasant solace to­its members, for its programmtls are always varied and interesting.

The"ethical education imparted in the Queretaro Institute has for' its basis the GORpel. Practical ethics taught in. the College are noi only confined to books~ teachers and students daily practice lessons. of ethics in action in Ruch a manner, that the conferences deliyer­ed by the teacher RlwllYs deal with the virtues or defects which the student has before him. The result of this process is that the: student gl'eatly strengthens hi'! will fol' the better fulfilment of his duties towards his family and towards society.

There are, in the College, two Epwort.h Leagues, formed by the studeuts, Rnd they play a most important part in the moral and religious education of our alumni. As every year passes, we obstlrve that the rAligiolls education given at this establishment exerts a most powerful influence in the homes of the students. Many of tt.l'&

young ruen who are received by us at our Institute, belong tOo CatholiJ families, and they come from differellt sections of the country. When they enter our Institute, they bring som~ of the practices of the religion of theil' parents, but it soon happens tha t, with the interC'ourse of their school-mates, and the new life of the College, they receive little by little the teachings of the Gospel, until they become thoroughly converted to Ohristianity, abandoning their old tenets, Tuen, these young men, not. only receive Jesus

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:as their deliverer and Saviour, but, when they return home, they :are the messengers of happy tidiBgs, an4 the instru~ents of God 'bringing to their families the knowledge of Truth. We have heard -of several young men, belonging to Oatholic families, that, on their -return from Oollege,exert themselves unfiinchinglYt:~n the conver-'sion of their parents and relatives.

LIBRARY.-At the meetings of this Oonference, laRt y~~r, I enjoy­ed the privilege of many of the brethren attending it ,having offered ·me their valuable cooperation for the formation of a small library, which is a pungent want in the Queretaro Institute. Some brethren offe-red their contributions in bo.oks i some others, in cash . .At the time, I only received some $ 15.00 in cash. The majority '()f our generous donors promised me to remit their donations, .either in books or cash, directly to the Institute. We have not been -yery lucky with these friendly offerings. because they have not yet ·reached U8, and our infant library is still in its first stage of forma­tion. The small amount of ml)ney which I received, early last year, iI'om seyeral brethren and friends of the Institution, helped me to buy a few volumes which constitute the first installment of our longed-for library. Would to God that several of our good t>rethren may help us in the important work of endowing the :Methodist Oollege of Queretaro with a small library for the ~on'Venience of its students!

:ScnOLARsHIP.-Since the foundaticn of the Institute, we have in-vl1t'iably followed the rule that the students, with their pel'sl)nal efforts, help themselves as regards the different expenses and .outlaya entailed by their education. By this means have we sue­.ceeded in imparting our help to a large number of young men with ,the very limited number of Scholarships of which the institution is able to dispose.

We insist, in earnest, that thes.tlldent, or his family, defray a portion of tho expenses, the Oollege defraying the other portion. We also insist upon the convenience of the student acquiring the

·habit of devoting Bome of his time, every day, to perform BomB manual work, in the interior of the Oollege, without failing in his attendance to the different classes. Tbis is with the purpose of developing in the students the love of work, and of teaching them bow a manly character and an independent condition are to be ;acquired. The results of this practice are, that the students become humble, and that "they do not consider work as derogatory in any ;~f its forms, Many a time havo we had, in our Oollege the sweet

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~xperience of seeing our_ pupils, who were unable to buy some piece of clothing, or other personal wearing apparel, call at the Director's office aski-ng to be given some work in order to raise the money they were in need of.

The year's E8timate of our Institute has an appropiation of $3.200,00 for Scholarships; but, out ~f this amount $2,800 were taken, for self-support, leaving a balance of only $400.00 for Scholarships during the year. With this amount, and following the Tules we have established that the students are to help themselves as much as -possihle in the expenses required for their education, we have been able to receive ten students enjoying a full Scholarship, and twenty five more with a portion of their expenses provided for.

FIN.ANCEs.-The receipts for Self-Support, from the students amounted, during the year to $3880.00. This sum meaus a gradual 3nd safe increase in the Oollege's financeR. In ten yearH, elapsed since its foundation, there has been a constant increase in its revenue. l'huR in 1895, the year of its foundation, the receipts amounted to -$150.00 only, during the whole year, while in 1904, they have reacheu $3,280.00. This shows an increase of twenty-fold over the in­-come of the first year; that is to say, 2000 per cbnt increase in the Self-support, during the term of the ten years elapsed.

VISITS .AND EXAMINATIONS.-By a decision of the Academic Board of our Institute, the examinatioLs Of the year's course took place on the 25th. 26th, 27th, and 28th, October 1st. Sixty one students (52 boarders, and 9 day-pupils) submitted themselves to eXfl.minatioll. Thirteen, completeci theil' Primary High Oourse of Instruction, receiving their corresponding diplomas at the Clossing exercises of the School, held in the Hall of the Oollege 011 the evening of the 28th, of October.

On the occasion of our R~views and partial examinations, we had the pleasure of receiving the visit of the Director General Of Public Instruction of the State, who deigned to appoint a special Delegate, as his representative, t{) preside over the examinations on the afore­said dates. We al~o_ had the pleasUl'e of being called upon by our dear Brethren Mes~rs. Francis p. Lawyer, Presiding Elder of the Northern District, Severo 1. L6pez, Presiding Elder of the Eastern District, and Profesor Tomas Garcia, Pastol' of the. Guanajuato Church. The two latter Brethl'en composed the Visiting Oommit­tee, appointed by this Respectable Annual Oonference. During the days that they stayed in our company, we enjoyed a regular treat:

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-their words of advice and of enconragement· inspired us with new ardor to go ahead in our work of educating the young.

THE BUILDING . .....:.. You will allow me to ~ubm1t to your considera­tion, my dear Brethren, the urgent need we -have in our Institute, of the completion, as soon as possible, of a Hall, now only half built, in the new portion -of the building occupied by our Oollege. This Han we are in the greatest need of, as a complement for the class-rooms. Besides this by itself, a powerful reason, every rainy season con-tributes to destroy the portion already built of said Hall.

I also call your attention to the imperative repairs needed in the­olel portion vf our building: some of the roofs are bent, aItd there­are many doors and windf)ws inoeed of urgent restoration.

CONCLUsION.-In making a 1 esume of our humble labors, realized during the past year, we can not abstain from acknowledging that the provident and ben~volent hand of our beloved God has deigned to bestow Ul30n us His invaluable gifts and bounties: and we, most reverently, lay at the steps of His throne th~ fruits of our small ef­forts in behalf of t.he education of the young.

May our Divine Master grant glorious and rich fruits to the blt-s­aed cause of the education of the Mexican people t

Most respectfully submitted, B. N. VELASCO.

GIRL'S NORMAL INSTITUTE.

PUItBLA.

During the year 1904 the ~ormal Institute for GirlR in PuebIa enrolled three hundred and thirty-one pupils. In' the English de­partment the increase was greater than in tha Spanish. Ev~n in this conservative city of Puebla the public has shown- its iuterest in and appreciation for the study of English both for cultnre and prae­tical purposes. It is not only willing to pay for what it. receives but enters the condemned portals of a protestant school alld defies so­ciety's anathema. We are gIRd to state that these two schools so ably directed by Misses Pennington and Betz are entirely self ~up­porting. These schools Are filling so rapidly that we 5')on shall b& compelled to open a third.

As soon as we can command the room we hope to be able to offer to the public a graded English school as we now have in Spanish.

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It is chiefly due to tho English school that our· self-support -has .reached the sum of $9,337.65.

In the Normal school we have regretted the absence of Miss Ade­~la Palacios who for so many years haR been flO closely associated \\ ith the school, and if success has been ours, to her it has been :due in no slight measure. She seeks rest and change in the United .states and we hope that she S0011 may be returned to ns in restored health and new inspiration.

Of our alumnae and thE-ir association we may ju~tly feel proud. There may be some vacillating ones among our graduates who do not honor their Alma Mater, but as a whole their determination to serve their Master as well as their country by teaching and belping the unfortunate and i1lit£~J·ate· women thus lifting them out of ignorance; thei!' re80lution to continue their studies and attain the higher education for women; their enthusiasm" and love for their school home and endeavor to promote her welfare are commendable and encouraging.

A lIttle maiden of nine, passing her vacation with one who has J>efriended her since her mother's death was found to be surrep­tiously teaching the servant to write. The woman had bought a Writing book and from her little teacher was laboriously learning. Sarita was carrying out the spirit of the alumnae association to lend .a hand.

Not only to our graduates bnt to our understudents as well has ..cume this spirit of helpfuln~ss, and the comprehension that each one, no matter how weak, may be helpful to some one who has had Jess opportunities than herself. One of the girls who returned to her village home for vacation resolved to teach the Indian women to reRd. She also formed a missionary so"ciety of sixteen members. -Another young girl returning to a very fanatical village in which she and her father were the only protestants, tried to have a Sun­day school. The first Sunday sevel'al came but learning the real im­port of hl'r teaching, on the third Sunday a volley of stonps greeted ner instead of pupils. But of far more consequence than the work these girls really do is the awakening to their responsibility and the consciousness that they can do something for their Master.

Dl1ring the year fourteen of the boarding pupils were received on probation and Rre now waiting an opportunity to be received in the church in full membership.

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In regard to the intellectual training in the Normal School, the girls are awakening to their privilege of acquiring the higher edu­cation. Our one graduate of t.he class of 1904 is now in the United States to take a college course ~o prepare as a teacher in one of oul' advanc'ed grades. Other pupils are looking forward to one or two years study in the United States. It is our aim as rapidly as our means permit, to make our course of study more comprehensive.

Respectfully s~bmitted, ANNA R. LIMBERGER.

CARRIE M. PURDY

SARAH L. KEEN COLLEGE.

MEXICO CITY

The past year has been an unusual one in the history of the col­lege. During the construction of the new building, in order to sec­ure acc(\modations we were obliged to di,ide the student body, lo­cating the Primary Department in three sections in different parts of the city, while the Normal students were sent to the W. F. M. S, School in Puebla. By reason of the division and its attendant dis­advantages the work WRS carried on with no little difficulty but a !Strong nucleus was maintained for the present larger work which is rapidly developing in the new location.

The college building is a substantial commodious two story struct­ure modern in all its appointments.

The building is 90 by 210 feet in dimensions, containing 58 rooms and two oourts, one for the Normal department and tha: f1ther for the Primary and Kindergarten schools. Between these Is ~. chapel with seating capacity of 400, but which to our regret is liot yet fin'" ished owhlg to the lack of funeIs.

When, toward the close of the year it was found that the cost of the building was exceeding the architects e~timate our anxiety was relieved by the Philadelphia Branch pl'Omlsing us their thank of­fering to help meet the deficiency.

We are so thankful that onr desires have-been realized and that we now have a college buihling commensurate with the need and which may worthily represent the work of the W. F. M. S. Uuring the past year by careful economy we were able not only to' pay a

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heavy tax on the new property and rent amounting to $125 a montb but also to buy furniture for the dormitories and class rooms throughout the entire building without asking for a special appro­priation from the soeiety.

The boarding department at this early date is almost entirely filled. The school is attracting much attention. Almost daily, en­quiries come from near and distant points of the Republic. The enrollment 4as exceeded our expectation. All grades of society are represented. Some of the girls belong to the best families of the. city. This will have its effect in breaking down prejudice.

In addition to six native teachers and four normal graduates who> are having their year of practice teaching, there is a teacher of: French also in the normal as professor of pedagogy, the distin­guished instructor Sr. Cervantes Imaz, formerly superintendent of ~ublic instruction in the city and author of several works (m edu­cation.

It was with great joy that we welcomed Miss Eveline Smitb of Chicago to the school the latter part of the year. Miss Smith is a graduate of the Crosby Adams School of music in Ohicago and has done special work in language in the Northwestern University. Un­der her direction the departments of music and English are being very successfully conducted. We very greatly need two more Amer­ican workers in the school.

The departure of Miss .Ayres for the United States in September left a void in the home but although we miss her grp.atly, we are glad that she can have the opportunity for rest and change which she so much needed.

With the enlal'ged opportunities comes increased responsibility. but we are looking to the Heavenly Father for wisdom and strength that we may so direct the young lives entrusted to our care that they may become messengers of light to the homes to which they shall return.

Respectfully submitted, LA URA TEMPLE.

REPORT OF THE SCHOOL "HIJAS DE ALLENDE.'" PACHUCA.

Our report for the year lfW3, while being far from what we might wish is still <?ne of encollragement. What had been so long a hope' Wa.R at last realized and another worker, Miss ,Helen Hewitt, was

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8ent to the work in Pachuca at the beginning of the year, The year opened under favorable cireumnstances with four new teachers in the faculty, While the enrollment, 370, hM not reached that of former years we feel that the quantity is made up in the quality as -each year we are enrolling a better class of pnpils, .

The constant demand to take more boarding pupils than we could possibly accommodate, even with tbeaddition of a new room, was in a measure supplied when we secured two rooms in t4e Qther Mis­sion Building, -and hence we can report the largest number of board­ing pupils in the history of the school.

We would be glad to review the work in detail but only a passing glance is permitted, The purchase of a piano for the kiudel'garten greatly increased the attendance, Frequently during the marching, the window on the Rtreet was crowded with interested spectators and in a number of instances children wel'e enrolled soon after. The first and second grades have done thorough work as the examanations proved, It is a privilege to report the excellent work done by Miss Elisa Salinas, a graduate of Puebla, as teacher of the third and fourth gl'ades, We ate glad that she is with us again. The secondary under the direction of Misses Orozco and Pere?, with a four years ~ourse is steadily gaining in popularity; twice duriug the year, girls from the government school have entel'ed and found it impossible to do the work that our girls do easily.

The school is organized into three Epworth Leagues, the Senior, the Junior, and the Infant Band. While the attendance is not com­pulsory, nearly all of the girls avail themselves of the privilege and find it a greRt help to their religious life .. It is also a place of prac­tical parlimentary practice as well.

A new plan for the June vacations was tried this year, with a fair degree of succeF.s. Formerly we hRve lost many pUfJils as the govbrnment schools did nflt close, but with the new arrangement -only two or three teachers were Rwayat anyone time, and their placeF! were snpplied by the fourth yeltr Irirls benee at no period was -our flchool closed and the attendance: at the end of the yent' justified it.

Rev. Zapata being away the 16th. of Sept. the faculty assumed the responsibility of the Independence celebration that is usually gh·en by the church and a very sllcceRsful entel't.ainment was given to an audience of over 700 people, The Governor graced the occasion with .bis presence and added much to the interest.

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be true at the end of the year. The examanations lasted two weeks, the first being devoted to the kindergarten, elemental, first and second grades primary; the teachers and pupils acquitted themselves with credit. Tf'achers from the city schools that saw our work ex­pressed themsel yes as much pleased. especially with that of the kindergarten. A cantata was given twice during the week by the ~hildren of these dep,llrtments, the first evening the chnrch was filled to over flowing with the patrons of the school and members of tht1 <congregation. The second audience was composed of prominent Mexican and English families. The higher classes were examined the second week and we were priviliged to hnve with ns Rev, T. Del Valle of Mexico City to assist, aL d greatly did we appreciatEl his words of commendation and encouragement.

On the evening of the 21st. of Oct. a class of four young ladies gradnated with honors receiving their diplomas at the hands of Gov. Pedro L. Rodriguez. All delivered essays that were well received by a large andience. Dr. Butler gave the address and the words spoken to the girls were full of help and ad vice for them as they vTere about to enter the larger life. The motto "Ambitious not to dominate but to serve" was an index to the chaL'acter of each girl. One goes to Puebla, another to Mexico City to take Normal Courses and the other two will teach.

The library as been ilJcreased during the year, donations of over $70 00 having been expended for us by Dr. F. S. Borton in valuable books. We are grateful to Dr. Borton for this sen·ice.

A numbet' of the girls have nnited with the church and II general air of Christian in fl uence pert'ades the school. Weare glad to ~ay that an appropiatioll for a new dormitory and a gift from Mr. Gould, father of the pastor of the English congregation, makes it possible for us to look forward to the time when we shall not have to say, "no room, no room, " bllt "Come wit.h us and we will do thee good. "

The pS\tio, so long needing repairs, has been newly cemented and makes an ~xcellent playgronnd alld place for gymnastics.

As the old year with its successes and failures is behind us and the riew one before, with new opportunities and possibilities we only pray that we may be faithfuL servants and leave the work in our }j'ather's trusting that the Reed sown in weRkness may grow in stl'ength and the harvest .be ,great.

Respectfully submitted. IDA BOHANNON,

HELEN HEWIT.

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GUANAJUATOGIRLS' SCHOOL.

While I deem it a pleasure to be given the privilege of represent· ing the work of the' mission to which I have been Divinely sent, yet, I cannot but express my regret, that the health of my predecessor, Miss Effa Dunmore, prevented her leaving for publication, a report of the work, for I feel that these pages should give jnst mention to­every noble effort put forth during the past year for the Guanajua­to school. And especially so, since the labor had to be done under physical inability, with no assistant.

Arriving as I did on November 6th, just about the close of the school term~ and finding Miss Dunmore so broken in health that even interviews about the work had to be wisely omitted, H is almost· impossible to write a creditable report.

However, I gladly pen some of my experiences to prove that I found a very pleasant work awaiting me. On the morning of my arrival, as I stepped from my room, teachers and girls stood in a line in the corridor, and after introductions and loving greeting, sang "Jesus, Lover of my Soul." To be g.reeted thus, after the home farewells, made me feel that I had come where I not only needed to teach others the Savior I had found, but where, as in the home land, Christian help and sympathy were here formy encour­agement. Truly I had "no other refuge," but, then, Thou, Christ, art all I want."

011 the evening of November 7th, a very creditable entertain-ment was given to a large and appreciative audience, and I was in­formed it was a reception to me. I was greete~ I:lO cordially and earnestly, that, these evidences, added to the many messages which came from all the workers, made me feel that while I was far from home, I was very near f"iends. How lovingly, then, I should have assumed my missionary life, with all this added to God's perfect will and grace.

My earnest prayers that Miss Dunmore might remain until my arrival proved in accordance with Divine will, and I had the priv­ilege of having her wit.h me Cor about two wecks. during which time I learned many belpfll11 things about my work. On November 19th, I was given the records, and left in charge with an interpreter, but my fadth in Him Whom I know ARid, "Go."

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there were in session, besides, six Primary years, in three grades, and attention paid to Normal work, music and English. The board­ing students numbered 19, day boarders, 2, RO that, including 2 teachers, a family of 23 were sustained. The total enrollment in the school numbered 153. An expenditure of $3,47~. 77 was covered, excluding salaries. The self-support amounted to $897.27.

It was very pleasant information to have pointed out to me the­girls who had recently come into Chri~t's kingdom during the spe­cial services held in the past year, one especially, for whom mUCh earnest solicitation had gone forth.

On December 21st, our halls were Dpen to the wedding of one of our students, Miss Dionisia Salazar, who was the music teacher, also, to Mr. Abraham Delgado, the teacher of our Boys' Mission School. Miss Dunmore had a similar experience in the marriage of Miss Carolina Domin~uez, the teacher of the 3rd and 4th Primary, to Dr. DelRio, the efficient native physician of our Hospital.

While their changes, added to the departure of Miss Jael Soto, teacher of the 5th and 6th Prim~ry, and the departure of the-. Kindergarten assistant, increased the Reriousness of my position, yet, with my faith in my commission as God's will, sustained by His grace and precious promises, I endeavored to close the year's work, and set my face toward 1905.

I take plea~nre in mentioning the patient continued help and advice given me by Dr. and Mrs. Salmans, for I feel that next to­God's care, it was their help that held the fore at Gllanajuato.

My appointment to this work was so positively Di,ine, that I ask no greater blessing than by HiE; grace to accomplish the pprpose for which he sent me.

Respectfully submitted, ELLA E. PAYNE.

Acting Principa1.

THE ORIZABA ENGLISH SCHOOL.

Another year hM gone into the past, gone into eternity with all its trials, its joys and its opportunities. We have had our share of all, have met them as best we could, have enjoyed to the fullest th& pleasures that have coma our way, and the difficulties and unpleas­antness have been forgotten as qnickly as pos3ible.

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We have been working-and there is little more to say. Eleven months of class w(lrk whose recital here would be neither intere~t­ing nor instructive but whose record we hope is written in added power and strengthened chat'acter in young lives soon to enter upon the work of the world.

Thirty-seven pupils hav-e heen enrolled in the English school dur­ing the year and seventy-six in the ,SpRnish. A small English Sunday School hfl!!!' been carried on, and about ten of the children have been members.

Occasionally applications come frl)m families who wish to place their girls as boarding pupils, but as therE' are no means of accom­modating boarders it hRs been impossible to accept these. Consider­ing the large number of American and Englii~h families on hReien­dRS or In the various other employments of the coast region whose -children have no opportunity of education at home, it would, seem thRt there should be a boarding school at Ol'izaba.

The EngliKh School, this year; for the first time, during the pre­aent administration, haR attemp.ted something in public entertain­ment. A cantata waR given in June and another at the bp.ginning of December. The result was to bring the school into closer touch with the parents and to find in them a host of loyal Rnd helpful frierlds whose kind appreciation and co-operation have been most encouraging.

With the opening year before us, its opportunities still in the unknown future, we take up the work, d~termined, with faith and patience to execute thRt which falllil to our part, anrl if sometimes we 'strike a thorn' as well as 'R rose' we shall ~till "keep a-goin."

ALICE FOSTER.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.

MR. PRESIDENT,

DEAR BRETHREN:

Methodism is great in the world, not alone because of its pious and elocuent prelWbers .who have so ably borne high Rnd alwaYR the standard of the holy doctrines of the gospel, but also because of iti! numerous schools in which h"Ye befm trained neariy all of the famous men found, in our churches', and a large' part of the dis-

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tinguished men of the world have learned many good' things' in them.

But in our day everything is being radlcally modifled and trans­formed almost· every moment, so that all, including these same schools, is subject to the inflexible law ot human progress.

To preserve these schools in the same'state of progress in which the national and religious requirements have placed them, and in order that we may never allow our educational institutions to retro­grade a single step, our Annual Conference has provided a Stand­ing Oommittee on Education tQ inspect and oversee them, and the personel of that CQmmittee appofnted for the present year offers for your consideration the following recommendations:

I.-That our pastors and teachers should never forget the neces­sity of officially registering these schools that they may enjoy at all times the same privileges that the government 8chools enjoy.

2.-That. our teachers try all they can to encourage self support among the papils, and that the money thus collected be employed in tbe purchase and replacing of material and supplies for school purposes in each establishment.

S.-That in every place,wljE:re it may be possible, Teachers' Ins­titutes be established.

4.-Tbat It paper be established to serve as the eco or messenger of all the Methodist Schools of our mission in Mexico.

Reflpectfully submitted.

P. F. VALDERRAMA.

F. P LAWYER.

JOSE RUMBIA.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

We are more and more persuaded of the fact that the Sunday School i8 exercising Ii mllSt benificent influence in the evangelization of the world. Into this class of religious instruction, as maybe seen, may be admitted those of the most tender years as well as those of adYanced life. Well may we say that the. tield of the Sunday School is quite RR VRst as the Church itself, and very naturally, the fruits from both He!ds anght to be Rbundant.

Permit UR, however, to call the attention of the Conference to the fact, that, ad'\'antageous as is this work of God in the study

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·of the Holy Scriptnres, in many toogregatioofl Sunday Schools are not formally and properly organized for the study of the Word of God. We "ery much lament that in Rome con grega­

·tions some brethren, whom the mini~terR in other years received into the church, are now sadly indifferent -to this important work fof tbe charge. If we were to look for ~the origin of this condition we would find t no doubt, that itc~mes ~ the neglect of a personal study of God's Word. For this reason we urge that in every con­gregation there m'ay be a movement to arouse the interest of all to the importance of a daily study of Gocl's Word and of attendance upon this means of grace, that our people may. remain faithful to the Lord and grow in the knowledge of his truth.

To that end allow us to add to the many and excellent recom­mendations that have come to us year by year, the following:

T. That the pastors and teachers cease nut exhort the children of the day school to ~ttend our Bunday School.

II. That the program of the Sunday School service be varied from time to time to promote interest and awaken enthusiasm.

III. That a "Cradle Roll" be organized where ever possible so that the little ones may be !"ecognized 'as part oflthe Sunday School.

IV That special emphasis be put on the Home Department. V. That we use, frequently, missionary topics that interest may

be kept up in the cat1!~e of missions. It we thus organize our Sunday Schools, vary the prpgram, and

introduce special music, from time to time. we shall discover, sur­ely, that this is a powerful arm the Church.

1. C. CARWTRIGHT.

V MENDOZA..

M. ROJAS.

COMMITTEE ON SELF SUPPORT.

The committee which you have nominated to study the most, important matter of Self Support after having heard the inspiring aud cheering reports of the Presiding EldArs and PastorR and obser­'\"ing the general tendency of our congregations to take an increasing participation in all that refers to Self Support at the Church, has great reason for giving thanks to Almighty God for the success at­tained in the year just past. All collections assigned by the past

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.annual Oouference have been raised, and the Self Support of the ministers and schools has been considerably increased.

Your committee considering .the important work it has to deepen .and increase interest on the part of the Church in this matter of Self Support, in order to better the results in the work of evange­·Uzation, has the honor to present to your consideration the full owing recommendations:

1st. That there shall be organized in every congregation a board ()f stewards under the direction of the pastors, and that this board shall endeavor to present such a financial plan as will meet the necessities of the work in each place.

2sd. That the pastors shall instrnct. and preach to their congre­gations concermng the privileges and the important duty of each member to contribute to the support of the Chureh.

Srd. That in the Sunday Schools and day schools there shall be taught to our students this beautiful Ohristian duty that all should make a special effort to contribute to the expenses of the church and that this beneficial habit of consecrating their offerings to the house of God should continne to be fostered among the evangelical people.

Respectifully submitted. F. E. MCGUIRE.

ENRIQUE W. ADAM.

B. N. VELASCO.

STATE OF THE CHURCH

Mr. President and Brethren:

"Ye shall know them by their fruits.'~ This sentence pronounced by the Master, is the t~st of the strength of any church claiming to be Ohristian.

Methodism has everywhere proven to possess vitality, and its triumphs, present and past, assure to us its futule results in behalf ()f the spiritual welfare of the masses.

It could not be otherwise in Mexico, as the short history of our <!hurch has showed it. During the past year we attained the follow­ing good results:

1. Public worship has been well attend~d. The numher of at­tendants bas augmented and if in a few places there has been a

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smalldecreRse, it has only served to mark out those who belong to the Lord.

2. A true agressi¥e element in the church has started, by means of protracted meetings, a strong crusade against sin and backslid­ing, not only at the end, but also in the early part of the conference year, the result being a greater spirituality and enthusiasm among the people.

S. M.oreover, the banner of the Gospel is now floating in many new places which have opened their doors to the me~fu'ge of good tidings.. Step by step our church is nearing the attainment of this. motto: U Mexico for Christ:'

4. Although not very strong, the persecutions and excomunica­tions from the Catholic church have been felt, but only to promote­the goW'th and strength of the chnrch which they intend to destroy.

5. Self-support continues growing stronger every day. We are­advancing slowly, but with a steady step. Our church is not a backslider iu this respect.

6. The church property increases continually Churches, schools and parsonages are being built; our people eontributing for this purpose either with personal work or money. This is bringing into our field new elements to more effectua))y fight error and sin.

7. Our dRy sc.hools are in charge of consecrated and competent teachers, and the-edneation of the ever encreasing number of child­ren gives us a~ -~pportunit.y to work out the spiritual fi'generation of society.

For the forgoing facts, we belie¥e that all we lack-and for it we earnestly pray-is a full baptism of the Holy Spirit in order to more efficiently accomplish the eVH.ngeliza tion of t3e people, so success­fully commencerl.

Respectfully submitted, NORRERTO MERCADO. JUSTO M. EUROZA. T. DEL VALLE.

CIRCULATION OF BIBLES AND TRACTS.

Mr. President anct Brethren: The Word of God is the revelation of our heavenly Father's will.

We can never know -that will nor comply with its precepts with­out the knowledge o~ the -holy Scrjpture.

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Having this in consideration, we beg to submit to your aproba­tiol1 :

1. That the preachers in charge be requested to see that the church members, probationers and adherents of their congregations diligently practice the reading of the Bible, and that they join the Bible Reading Circle, conducted by Mrs. J. W Butler.

2. That. a.., far as pos8ible, the study of the Sunday-school les­Ron be done in the Bible, teaching the pupils that the Berean Leaves are only helps in the study.

3. That the preachers in charge be recommended to see that in our day-schools the alternate reading of the Bible be preferred to­that in which one reads and the Rchools listen.

4. Tbat by all means the pl'eachers, Bible readers, Sunday-echool teacherR, superintendents of Juvenile Leagues and official members in general constitute themselves "propagadoras" of Bibles and tracts.

5. That each preacher in charge place himRelf in contact with the AmedQan BilJle Society's Agency (San Juan de Letran 4, Mex­ico City) and with onr publishing Agent in order to always have a supply of Bibles and tracts.

Respectfully Elubmitted.

TEMPERANCE

T. DEL VALLE.

T. GARCIA.

J. CHAVEZ.

As the church is the divinely lolppointed agency for the communi­cat.ion of the Spil'it alld the aunwcement of the Redeemer's cause, so the liquor traffic is the diabolical agency for dispensing liquid destrnction and promoting the kingdom of Satan.

The Son of Gall WHR manifeRted to destrny the works of the de­vil, Rnd rnilli~t~I'S of the gospl-!l. if tt'ue to their commi~sion must seE'k by all possible UleaflS to destroy tbis traffic in drink which is one tlf God's worst enemies and the devil's best friend. The only consistent Rttitnde this conference CRO take is that of relentle!!s and aggressive hostility. The bRttle is on: the conflict is irrepressible. Recognizing the~e facts we respectfully present the followIng sug­gestions:

1. That all our pastors, Sunday-school officers and teachers in our day-schools be examples of complete total-abstinence.

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II. That our day-schools introduce text-books which present the ~vil effects of liquor upon the human system. Also that temperance songs be taught to the pupils.

III. That our pastors be requested to preach at least once each quarter on some phase of the temperance question and one of these .meetin~s shall be on Tempertmce Sunday in Nov.

IV That temperance literature be scattered iu all the homes of lQur members and throughout all our circuits.

V. That only unfermented wine be used in our communion ~services.

Yl. Declamatory contests with temperance recitations are re­~ommended to all our charges.

H. A. BASSETT.

P. V ESPINOSA.

REPORT OF PUBLISHING HOUSE

When our fathers established the e,-angelical church in Mexico they faced many seeming unsurmountable difficulties. Among the first questions to be solved: How could they reach the homes and hearts of the people, with doors closed everywhere throngh pre­jlldice and superstition ~ How could the blessed truth that they pos­:sessed be heralded to the farthest confines of the Republic-with :sueh limited roads of travel and means of communication?

They were not long in planting in this City and other centres the 'Printing Press-she bet:ame early the handmaid of the Church;. as far as the Federal Postal Service extended, so far was it possible to <extend the rays of the breaking day. If the printed page was of 80

great utility in their day, what may it not accomplish in our day, ~hen the intelligence and 1ib~rality of the people are opening a thousand doors for its circulation. Brethren, I am convinced that we are facing an awakening in Latin America, as profound and 8S

far-reaching as the renaissance of the 16th century in the old world. We must reach the masses with the message of present and future Salvation, and our evangelical press will be largely iustrumental in doing this. pur capacity should be inoreaaed~ oommensurate with the demands of the field. We are praying God to give us $25,000.00 for thilil-im,portant work of the Oonferenoe, and we believe that ill some way the need lVill be met.

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During the year our presses have been running all day, and part of the time at night. Whereas in the early hi3tory of our Press our publications were distributed locally, today they are supplied to every State and Territory of the Republic, and are crossing the seas to South and Central America, Spain, Ouba, Porto :aico and the Phillipine Islands. Our Publishing Houses in New York, Cincin­nati and Kansas City refer all. Spanish orders to us: we are supply­ing the "Ministerial course of study" for the preparation of Meth­odist ministers in all these countries, and are supplying several of the Conferences with Sunday School helps. As one of the older Spanish Conferences we are glad to help our brethren as far as pos· sible-but we cannot supply the demands of our own fteld-much less the great need beyond.

The paid subscriptions to our publication!l-both El Abogado Oristiano and Bereau Lesson helps have noticably increased this year. In additition to the regular issue of El Abogado we have printed three ~pecial illustrated editions-New Years, Educational and 16th of September numbers.

Our Berean Teacher's Quarterlies have increased 156 during the year. There would seem to 'have been a marked increase in Bible Study throughout the Conference: two years ago we were printing 390 Teachers! Quartarlies--today we are printing 600, an increaRe of ioo per cent in tW(I years. This also speaks in unmistak­able term~ of thb spiritual and Echolarly editorship of Dr. Borton. I trust he may be prevailed upon the continue this important service.

We have printed Spanish and English editions of the 20th An­nual Conference Minutes: music and word editions of our Hymnal, Booklets, tracts, etc.; among which we might mention the Educa­tional Address of Dr. Valderrama in Puebla, t>20,000 tractR, 50,000 portions of Scriptures for Temperance and Sur day School work, Bible Study conrse and a number of booklets in Engtish-descrip­ti\"'e of our mission work-by Mrs. Jno. W Butler.

We did not print the London Tract Society Tracts this year-as their "Grant" for Mexico, we regret to say, has been discontinued. This reduces considerably the number of pages printed, and usually reported in our annual report-the number this year being about three and one half million, as against five million last year. But While there would seem to be an apparent reduction of our output, it is not real-the amount of paper consnmed was considerably more than during the previous year, the increase being in periodical

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and book printing. We printed of periodICals alone over one and one half million pRges, equaling in \'olume about ten million pagel:) of tracts.

While the time does not seem opportune for the consolidation of the two Methodist Papers in Mexico, our brethren of the Methodist Church South have given us preference in all their church print­ing. We acknowledge, with gratitude, the courtesies of Bros. Cox and POI'tugal, and Mr. Winton and other brethren of Nashville. Not only have we printed EI Evangelista Mexicano, but also their Euglish Church Bulletin, Minutes of their Conference, and have reo ceived on commission the agency for all their exc~llent books pub­lished in Nashville-Mr. Grimes having turned over to our ·'ex­pendio" his entire stock of boob.

We are now printillg a very important volume for the Federal Government-being the fifth book printed for them in onr estab­lishment. The work consistfl of several hnndred pages, is profusely illustrated, and of n technical nature, being a text book for the Meteorologital Department of the RepUblic. The work came to us after llaving been submitted to. the Smithsonian Institute print­ing establishment, Washington Uity and other technical print­ing establishments: we hesitated to rec'"::ive it because of its tech­nical nature, but the authorities seem to be satisfied with the work. They havE' Tolunteered us the use of any of their engl'aving~ that we mfty desire for our Illustrated Weekly.

During the llttter part, of the year your Agent was absent on a three months visit with parents and friendR in the United States­after all absence of seven yehrs. It was our privilege to speak in many Churches and Colleges of the work of our Conference and es­peciRlly of our pres!; in Mexico. E\Terywhere we found the people intereRted Rnd awake to the impurtance of our work: in St LOUIS we 'had a cordial meeting with Bishop Vincent who has a huge place in his bib heart for Mexico and our work: in ani>ther city a worker from India had spoken the previous Sunday on the remarkable wQrk of our MethodiRt Press in India, and it was our privilege a week later to present the work of our PrcFs in Mexico, founded by the same grand man who founded the Methodist mission in India.

Respectfully ~uhmittedt

J. S. TURNER.

Pub. Agt.

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REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE FUND FOR CONFERENCE CLAIMENTS

Mr President: Dear Bl'ethren:

The following is a detailed account ot the receiptH and ex penditures for the year

CREDITS.

Last. year balance. Dividend from Publishing House. Central District Assessment ..•. Northern .. Morelos Ol'izaba. EIll't.

Oaxaca. Sierra.

Total

DEBITS.

Paid to Mr. Gabriel Rumbia.

" ., Widow Gamboa

" " Palacios ....

" " II Rodriguez. .. " " FernAndf>z . , , . Tovar

orphan Castillo ..

Total.

BALANCE OF ACCOUNTS.

Crf>dit~ . Dt\hits.

Cash on hand ..

Mexico City, Janual'~' 28th of 1905.

$ 4~.72

316.on 288.40 119.00

46.0(J n9.0U 2800 42.00 61.00

$ 1.002 67

$ 162.00 240.00 120.00 12000 120.00 120.00 120.00

$ 1.002.00

$ 1.002.67 1,00200

$ 0.()OO.67

P. F. VALDERRAMA.

H. A. BASSETT.

JUSTO 1\1. EUROZA.

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STATISTICAL SECRETARY FOR SCHOOLS.

As our ChUl'ch has dedicated much of its energy to the cause of the popular education, it has proved a g'ood idea to gather the Statistics from all the schools scattered over our Mission field.

We desired in this report that onr information shall be more complete than during the year past; thus we have done all in our powel' to gather hy means of the fig'ures given, what our schools have done during the past year, The Statistics are as follows:

Schoolt~ of all grades 53.

Number of Teachers and Principals: 138,

Registered in the Kin'dergal'teus .. Registered in the Pl'imary Schools. Registered in the Intermediate Schools. Registered in the Grammar Schools. .. Registered in the High Schools .. Rt'gistered in the Commercial School. Registered in the Theological School.

Boys. 255

1,365 63 19

B 8 6

Girls. 304

1357 113

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Total Registration .. . 1,724 1,832 --- ---Grand total. Averag~ Daily Attendance. NumbHr of studentH examined. Number of students passing in tlJeir exa'

minations. Numher of students helonging to evange­

lical families. Expenses of the Schools and InstitUtes. $ Self Support of the same.

Respectfully submitted.

3,556 iJ,02f't 2,828

2,501

873 8;).~45.24

27,882.50

VICENTE MENDOZA, Secretal'Y.

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TREASURER'S REPORT.

Mexico Dish'iet:

Mexico, Mex ..

Eng ..

" Mex ..

Nextla1pam ...... Puebla, Eng Orizaba, Eng Mexico, Eng Pachuca, Mex

Pachuca, Eng'. Mexico, Eng EIOro .. Mexico, Eng' .. Pueb1a, Mex. Mexico, Mex.,

g'old at 202

Northern District:

Celaya Guanajuato.

Leon. Queretaro.

Silao.

Queretaro

Baldo

Miss

Eastern District. Ol'iza ba District ....

Oaxaca District .. Morelos District ....

Mountain District.

MISSIONS.

Temple,

Total.

$ 2.19 29.53

85.70

5.00

20.00 10.00

56.65 45.00

60.00

44.00

20.00

7.50

120.00

$25 50.50

$ 2.00

50.00

10.00

12.00

14.00

3.59

22.00

556·.01

113.59

23.00 67.00

32.00 54.00

51.00

$ 8!l6.66

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EDUCATION.

Balance 1903 .. Mexico, Mex. .. Xochiapulco. S. 1. Lopez. Mexico, Eng .. SiJao Mirafiores PaClhuca, Me±.. Nextlalpam. Mexico, Mex .•. Guanajuato Queretaro. Pachuca, Eng .. Queretaro Institute, by action of

Presiding Elaers . Draft 6208 Loan Juan H. Martinez. Puebla Institute .... Queretaro Institute.

Balance ....... .

Morelos District:

Ayapango Chicoloapam .. Mirafiores Ayapango. Tepaltziogo ..

TRACTS.

Atlautla. .. " ..... .

Mox ieo District:

Nextlalpam Orizaba, Jt:ug.

Pachuea, Mt'x. Pachuca, Ellg EI01'o, Eng .. Puebla, Eng. Mexico,'Eng.: . Puebla, Mex.

$

300.00 25.00 89.39 89 a9 25.00

028.78

3.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 ~.oo

1.00 ---

$ 200 2.00

6.81 6.00 ~.OO

3.00 15.00 £)00

Cal'l'ied fOl'ward.. $

$ 316.32 20.11

2.50 40.80

5.18 5.00

11.00 2.00

16.10 76.34

9.23 25.00

528.78

41.31

61.31

97

Brought forward.

Northern Distric.v.

Celaya G~an8jullto . Queretal'o. Silao ..

Ql'izaba Distl'il't. .. Mountain Distl·ict ... EaBtem DiRtrict .. Oaxaca District ..

Total.

Mf'xico Dist1'ict:

Puehla Orizabll, Eng' .. Real del Monte. Nextlalpam PachneR, Eng. Puehla, Eng-E� Oro, Eng' Mexico, Eng -Puehla, Mex.

MOl'(~los District:

ChicoloRpalil Ayapango.

BISHOPS.

Tepaltzingo, H. A. B ... A,tlautla ...

NOl·thern Ditltrict:

Celaya-_ .. GURnajuato Leon ..... QueretAro ..

East(>l'n District ... MOllntRin District.

Carded forwal'd.-

$

.. $ 2.00

$

$

$

10.00 4.00 7.00

$

2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 800 400 200 8. (}O 8.00

2.00 4.00 1.00 1.00

2.00 8.00 2.00 2.00

61.31

23.00

12.0('1 22.00 12.00 11.00

38.00

14.00

14.00 2200-

88.00

98

Brought forward.

Oaxaca District ... Mirafiol'Els . Pach uca, Mex ....

Total ..... CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP.

Balance from 11lst year. Cash, J. P Hauser $ Cash, J. W Butler.

Balance

85.00 400

76.66

$

$ 88.00

14.00 2.00 600

$ 118 00

165.66

$ 165 66 $ 165.66

LOYD SCHOLARSHIP.

By Cash

" " By Ca~h.

" " " "

..

" " "

" " " II ,.

By Cash.

" " .. " " " "

$ 63.00 42.00

.. $ 273.00 5.00

50.00 38.75

233.77 50.00 58.40 25.00

71.00 91.84

154.70 5000

EXPENDITURES

8 Shares London Bank a. $193.50. 3 ShftretJ London Bank a $184.

$ 580 50 552.00 192.00 1 Share London Bank.

Balance.

105.00

733.92

367.54

$ 1.206·46

1,324.50

118 04

J. W. BUTLER.

99

COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.

MR. PRESIDENT .AND BRETHREN:

The Oommittee named by you takes pleasure in presenting for your conRideration the following resolutions:

1. We are very grateful for the visit of our beloved Bishop L. B. Wilson. His wise counsels, and his truly brotherly attitude towards us all, and the skill wit.h whieh ·he has directed the Conferenc~ business, have all contributed to give us a real inspiration. We await with interest his visits to our homes and different fields of la­bor, not doubting but that through them, we and ours and Ollr work will be deeply and permanently bles!o\ed.

We have been in an especial manner impressed by the evident interest taken by our Bishop in the acqnisition of the ability to ex­press himself in our own native tonguE', and to come in ·personal contact with all the workers in the Lord's harvest here.

May it be that in our next Annual Conference we may have the pleasure of hearing Bishop Wilson preach a sermon in the musical tongue of Cervantes.

We desire that his stay in Mexico may be very pleasant, and that our kind Heavenly Father may cOlltinually pour upon him the riches of His grace, that he may continue· to ue an instrument in the extension of the Kin~dor:n of God amollg men:

2. We very highly appreciate the kind solicitude and fraternal care shown us by the pastor~ of the Mexican and English congre­gations, aH also by the Committee on Public worship, and by all other persons whose many attentions and exquisite courtesies have so mnch contribnted to the pleasure of our sojonrn here:

3. It has been a cau~e oirea1 satisfaction to the workers of this Conference to behold the mHgnificellt work that has been brought to completion in the shape of The SHrah L. Keen In~titute, which is undoubtedly the finest edifice of its kind owned by any Wi)man's Foreign Missionary Society in Mexico today.

We most cOI'dially congratulate Miss Temple the indefatigable Principal of the establishment, Ml also het· faithful fellow workers, for tQe grent advances already achieved; fmd at. the same time we desire to express our high appreciation of the court.esies received at their hands at the brilliant and most enjoYltble reception tendered

)00

the Bi~hop and Oonference by Miss Temple and her teachers and pupils.

4. We are glad to express our appreciation and esteem for Mr. A. J'. Wallace of Los Angeles, California, for his mo~t fraternal words and for his generous donation of olle hundred pe.-;os for our work:

5. Finally we desire to .ex,tend our thanks to the Mexican Oen­tral, Interoceanic and National railways for favors received in the shape of special rates granted members of the Conference.

Respectfully submitted.

B. V. VELASCO.

F. S. BORTON.

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MINISTERIAL REGISTER,

ADAM ENRIQUE W -1893, Xoehiapulco; 18£14-6, Mt'xieo, As­sistant Pastor; 11;97-8, PachneR; 1890, Orizaha; 1900, Tulancin­go; 1901,Gllalla,Juato, Assistant Pastor; 1902, Silao; 1903-4, Ce­laya; 1905, Tezontepec.

AGUILAR PABLO -1902-5, San Martin. ALONSO LUCAS G.-1890·1, Chicoloapam; 18~2-3, Ayapango;

1894, Qu~retal'o; 1895, Heal del Monte; 1896-7, Supernumera­ry; 1898-190fl, Nextlalpam.

AMADOR CARLOS M.-1903, Real del MOllte; 1904-5, Xoehiapu}co. AVILA ABRAHAM M.-1898 Guallajuato, Assistant Pasto\';

1899, Santa Ana Atzat'an; 1900, Guallajuato, Assistaut Pastor; 1901-4, Atzacan; 1905, Orizaba, Assistallt Pastor.

BAEZ V. D.-1I'HI0, Apizaco; 1891 2, Tetela; 1893-4, Gttana­juato; 1895 Tezontepee; 1896, P E. of the Mountain District; 1897-8, Mexico; 1899-1903, .P. E of the Hidalgo District. 19U4-5, P. E. Mountain District.

BASSETT H. A.-1898-I905, Mexico, English Work; 1901-4, P E. Orizaha Distl'jCt; 1904-5, P E., Mor~los District.

BERNAL PLUTARCO -1887, Apizaco; 1888, Atzala; 1889. Atlixco; 1890, Puebla, AssistRnt Pastor; 18l11-4, Teziutlan; 1895-6, Huitzo; J 897, Xochiapulco; 1898-904, Huatusco.

BORTON FRANCISCO S. -1893-4, Mexh·o. English Work; 1895, P. E. of the Eastem District 1896, Puebla; 1897·905, Thf>ology in Mexico Methodist Iu!o;titute Rnd Pastor Eng'lish Work.

BUTLERJUANW.-1874-84, MissionarYi 1885-7, Mexico; 18.88. Mexico, English Work; 1889-90, P. E. ofthe Central District; 18£11, P E. of the Hidalgo Distl'il't; 1 t;92-4. P E. of th.e Mexico Distl'iet; 189;>-900, P. E. of the Central District; 1904-5, P. E. of the Mexico District.

CARRERO ANTONIO B -1905, Sallta Julia. CARTWRIGHT 1. C.-1891-3. Pachuca, English Work; 1895-7,

GuanajuR.tn; 1898-9, Xochiapulco; 1900-5, Leon. CORONA JORGE -1 ~On, AtlautlR. CHAGOYAN IGNACIO D.-HI91, Ayapango; 1892, Chicoloapam;

1893-4, Tetpla; 1895. Xochiapulco; 1896, Tulallcingo; 1897-8 t

Celaya; 1899-1901, SilHo; 1~0:?-4, Apizaco; 1905 Pachnea. CHAVEZ JOSE -1886-8, COl'tazal'; 1889-90, Oaxaca; 1891-3,

Celaya; 1900-4, Queretaro; 1905, Celaya. CONSTANTINO PETRONILO,-1899-~0 1, Pachnea, Assistant Pas·

tor; 1902, Mexico. Assistant PIlAtor; 1903-5, Chicoloapam. DEL VALLE TRANQUILINO.-1900-5, City of Me:1ieo.

102

ESPINOSA PASCUAL V.-1888-9. Tezontepec; 1890-1, Tulan· eing'o; 1892-3, Queretaro; 1894-0, Cueramal'o; 1896-900, POl'­tido Diaz (Pozos); 1901-2, Tt'ziutlsu; 1903-0, Tetela.

EUROZA JUSTO M -1885, Leon; 1886, Salamanca; 1887·8, Queretaro; 1889, Tulancingo; 1890-4, Pachnca; 1895-8, P. E. of the Hisalgo District; 1899-900, p, E. of the Oaxaca District.

GARCiA TOMAS.-1901, Tetela; 1902'0, Gto, Assistant Pastor. GOULD E. W. 1904·5, PachlW,a"EngJ.~sh Work. HAUSER J. P.-1903-5, Pl'().f;illthe.Meth~distMexicanlnstitute. LAWYER F.P -1903, SHao; 1904-O,P.F; of Northern District. LOPEZ SEVERO I.-188n-6, Silao; 1887-9, Pachuca; 1890-1,

Queretaro; 1892. Oaxaca; 1893-5, Or.i'zabs; 1896-8, P. E. of the Oaxaca District; J 899, Mexico; 19.00·S, Xochiapulco; 1904·5, P. E. of the Eastern District

MCGUIRE FRAN~ E.-1900, El Oro, English \Vork. MENDOZA VICENTE -1898, 1'ezontepecj 1899-900, Pachuca;

1901-0, Puebla. MERCADO NORBERTO.- 1891-0, Zacualtipan; 1896-8, Silao;

1899-901, Tezoutepec; 1902-3, Tulancingo; 1904-0, Zacualtipan. OSORIO JORGE -1905, Miraflores. RrVERA AGUSTIN.-190f>, Cuicatlan. ROJAS MIGUEL.-1899, Real del Monte; 1900-1, Tlaxcalll;

1902-4, Cuicatlau; 190n, Apizaco. ROSAI,ES MIGUEL.-1901-4, Huitzo; 1905, Santa Ana Atzacan. RUMBIA JOSE -1888-91, Tuxtla; 1892, Xochiapulco; 1893'0,

Tllxpau; 1896-7, Zacualtipatl; 1898, Ol'izabai 1899, Oaxaca; 1900·3, Orizaha; 1904-0, P. E of the Orizaba District.

RUIZ JOSE T.-1897-8, Panotia; 1899-900, Apizaco; 1901-2, Tepaltzi'l!go; 1903-0, Tlaltizapan.

SALMANS LEvi B -1885-7, Pachuea, English WOl'k; 1888-9, President of Theological S~minary; 1890-1, United States; 1892-6, P E.. of the Northern District; 1891, Silao, work medical; 1898-906, Guanajuato.

VALDERRAMA P F. -1880, Real del Monte; 1886, Pachuca; 1887, 1'latcala; 1888, Tuxpan; 1889-90, Orizabs; 1891, Pue­bla; 1892-6, Mexi~o; 1897-903, P. E of the Mountain Distdct. 1904-6, President of the Methodist Mexican Institute,

VELASCO BEN.JAMIN N.-1886-6, Puebla; 1887-9, Profesor of the Teological Seminal'Y, Puebla; 1890-4, Tezontepec; 1890, Pue­bla; 1896-905, Pl'esident of the Queretal'o Institute.

ZAPATA EDUARDo.-1891, Pachuca, Assistant PastOl'; 1892-4, Mirafiores; 1896-6, Guanajuato; 1897-900, Puebls; 1901-4, Pa­chue8; 1905, ·Atlix~o.

103

SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE.

Preach-Date Place Memb-Year Bishop Secretary ers. i bers

1885 Ene. 15-19 ]l,l~xico. Harris. S. P. Craver. 18 1299 1886 .. 14-18

Pu~bla . Foster. .. 19 1437

1887 .. 13-17 Hurst. " 25 1294 1888 "

27-31 M{jxico. Bowman. "

25 1721 1889 "

17-22 Guanajuato. Walden. "

30 2238 1890 .. 16-20 i.\l{jxico. Manalieu.

William Green 30 2125

1891 " 15-20 Pachuca. Ninde. 30 2544

1892 " 14-18 Puebla. Fowler. "

30 2848 1893 " 19-23 Mexico. Foss.

" 32 3025

1894 " 18-22 Orizaba. FitzGerald. C. Evans.

22 3037 1895 "

17-21 M{jxico. Joyce. W 20 3534 1896 "

16-20 Guanajuato. Newman. H. A. Ballsett

:.!8 4385 1897

" 21-25 M~xico. FitzGerald. 26 3675

1898 "

19-24 Puebla. McCabe.

H. A. Bassett 27 4094 1899 .. 26-30 M~.dco.

" 26 4262

1900 "

18-21 Pachuca Ham'ilton. "

36 5156 1901 .. 17-21 M~xico.

" 36 5435

1902 "

16-21 Guanajuato. Cranston.

.. 34 "5221 1903

" 15-19 Pachuca

" 34 5383

1904 .. 21-25 Puebla, Fi tzGerald. "

35 5749 1905

" 21-25 Mexico. Wilson.

" 35 5969

DELEGATES TO THE GE~'"ERAL CONFERENCE.

1888, J. W. BUTLER; Reserve, S. LOZA .. Lay DelegR.te, J. M. PHILLIPS. 1892, C. A. GAMBOA; S. P. CRAVER. Lay Delegate, A. CABRERA. 1896, J. W. BUTLER; P. F. VALDERRAMA. Lay Delegate, J. A. MANNING. 1900, J. W. BUTLER; J. ]1,1. EUROZA. LII.Y Delegate, ANDRES CABRERA. 1904, J. W. BUTLER; J. M. EUROZA. Lay Delegate, Miss JUANA PALACIOS

NEC~OLOOICAL TABLE The present list includes the names of all the Ministers

and W. F. M. S. 1.l:orkers of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mexico, who have died while in the regular work, whether before or since the organizati01t of the Annual Confermce.

NAMES. PLACE OF DEATH. DATE OF DEATH.

.July.. ... .. ...... 19, 1877 April. .......... , 8, 1881 Jan .............. 17, 1882

Trinidad Rodriguez .... . Epigmenio Monroy ..... . Germlin LUderl; ........ .

Mexico ................ . Apizaco ................ . Puebla ................. .

Prud. G. Hernandez .... . Quer~taro ............. . .. ....•...•....• 21, 1882 Feb.... . ......... 22, 1885 Jan, .............. 5, 1889 Mareh ........... 28, 1890 Feb ............. 28, 1890 March ........... 31, 1892

-November ....... 19, 1892 August .......... 15. 1895 September .•.... , 6, 1895 March ........... 15, 1896 August .......... 15, 1898 December ..•.... 18, 1899 November ....... 18,1900 May ............. 28, 1902 Noyember ....... 20, 1903

Joaq. V. Hernl1ndez .... . Agustin Palacios ....... . Sim6n Loza ............. . Galdino Gutierrez ...... . Everardo Castillo.. . ... . Conrado A. Gamboa ... ; . A. W.Newlin .... :' ..... .. Manuel Femlindez ..... . Lucius C. Smith ........ . Mary Hastings... . .. . .. . Abunliio Tovar y Bueno. Mattie L. McKibben ... . Mary D~F. Loyd ....... . Jennie 8. Balsett ..•.•...

Tulancingo ... , ....... . Orizaba ............... . Puebla ............... .. Queretaro ............. . Cortazar ............... . Puet.la' ............... . M~xlco ................. . Puebla ................. . Oaxaca ............... : .. Pachnca ............... . Orizaba ............... . M~xico ............... .. Battle Creek, Mich ... . Mexico •...•••••........

TABLE OF STATISTICS No. 1. FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 81 1904. CHurH MEMBERSHIP. BAPTISMS. SUNDA Y SCHOOLS. CHURCH PROPERTY.

~ Ell == iii

I I cD I~ ci-iii· CI1 l1li .., ..,. .s:i Q) ,SbIJoO CIl i~ ~

... .., "0

... .., ... C) .E .; :$ Cc' '0

0'" CIl'" as :s.~ as ~ 115 =s '0' '3-ti C)<I) ... ca CIl -; '0::8-

Names of Clulrges. ,Q as ;,:::'il 0 1S.t:I '0 :$ 10- .... be 'Eo..,:f 0.., ..... .s~ CIl 'tlCll ..d ..d .c:I oaS 10- c<l)O ...... ~~ Q .c:I~ ~.~ C) c:i C) 0 Q) . c CIl ,Q ~CIl c og&; o..CIl ~J;l

.... C) o~ ....... :ll

c~ CD

1

;Q 00 ;Q "'a~~ .... c 0'" OS .... c. oc. OS .... .... as z~ ~.g.g 0 ~ .<1) 0" as 0 0 as ,s- ~ ... 0'" . .xl 01%1 ''0

,Q as ,Q

Q z:l. 0 0 ~~ 0 0 0 P- o 'tl'tl.c:l&: 0..'0'" Q z 0 z z z ... ... ';;0 c::l

Z Z Z Z 0.. 0.. ... .c:I c.. 0

EASTERN J)[ TRlCT.

AC'elotJa ......... .... .... 56 15 1 2 2 2 3 50 1 600 255 Huejutlll. anc1 Tebnetll\n 250 19 1 1 ]2 Te~ontepec & S Agust1n 127 85 1 3 26 a 2 55 1 15(10 2 1900 Tultlncingo, HUlI.uchi-nango & Tlacullotepec. 49 33 1 4 10 1 1000 1 1500

Zacualtipl\n and Villa Jul\rez:.;................ 118 40 3 1 II 18 MEXICO DISTRICT. ~ --r92 --]- --'r. 9 --:«i --7- ---8- :-l35 --~C 2iioo --4- 4000 ~ ---

El Cbico& Real del :\!ontc 200 112 1 2 4 55 &1 Oro.......... .. ...... 17 1 2 1 4 30 M~xico and Ixtacalco.. 275 284 2 2 2fi 15 1 9 300 Mexleo, Englisll Work,. 14 52 1 13 1 1 11 85 Ntlx.Ulilpam............ 31 63 11 2 2 60 Orizaba, Eng ish Work.. I 1 10 Pachnca ........ , ........ 182 177 1 2 8 1 11 190 Pachnca, English Work. 11 73 3 5 1 15 75 Pnebla.... .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . 257 201 3 3 9 2 2 15 2t7

3 1 2

2

6000 7000

100000

800

25000

20000

1 1 3

3

900 6000

100000

400

35000

1119

PuebIa, English Work... 1 2 1 • 1 4 02 SlintaJulia ...... ..... ... 4 4 1 3 5 1 3 21j 1 2000 37 MORELOS DISTRICT. ~ ~ --1-2- ---7- --7-6-~ --]-4- -----;;g 115!1 --]-1- 1601lO0 --9- 142300 1156- ---

Atlau.tla ................. 3 23 1 2 2 2 1 17 1 1300 45 Ayapango .............. 00 140 1 l 8 7 4 5 45 3 4000 Chicolol\pam ...... ...... 3 30 2 2 2 4 112 2 2000 1 200 'Miraftores ...... . ........ 100 75 1 2 6 1]0 250 1 5000 1 3000 Tepa1tcingo...... ........ 20 25 1 1 2 2 18

50 9

Tlaitizaptn .............. __ 9 ___ 7_3 __________ 6 ____ 6 ____ 2 ____ 2 ___ 8_0 ____________ _

MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. 201 866 4 4 24 17 13 2t ~1 __ 7_ 12300 2 3200 ---wr- ---Apiza,co & San BernaM. 72 104 1 3 12 8 4 102 1 1000 1 1450

Chietla and Atzala...... 58 49 1 2 2 4 3 2 35 1 400 Chulu\a..... . . ........... 8 12 1 1 1 1 6

Atlix.co ................... \_ 16 \ 8 1 2 1 1 25

~ ___ \L-___ -1.51- 17:\· ~-'I- --5- --1-7- - 4 - - 8- - 8 -'i68 - _ --'1400 --1 --1450 --- ---= ,1 !SallMartln .............. 1 72 I 58 f I 3 4 1 1 40

Tetela.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 16 1 1 1 35 Tezuitlin ........ .. .. .. . . 29 23 1 1 2 2! TI,I.xcala .... '" . .. .. . ... .. 50 125 1 1 2 :l" 65 Xochiapulco ........ .... 56 14 1 2 10 ,Zacaola and San Pablo. 62 29 1 1 4 2 2 2 45

2 2

2000

2000 9550

100

6800

200

150

NORTHERN DISTRICT. ~ ~ --7- --1-0-~ --6- --]-6-~ 392 I 8 - 14950 --3- 8~50 _~~~ ---

Celaya.. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 44 62 3 2 1 2 2 20 2 1600 1 600 Cuer4maro .............. 6 1 Guanajuato........... .. . 224 109 8 3 Le6n ..................... 26 18 1 2 Querlitaro and Cipres.. . . U6 62 1 3 Salamanca.. .. . .. .. .... .. 18 8 1

1 8·

2 1 '2

28 7 4

327 36

160

Silao and Romita. ....... 55 46 2 4 1 7 40 SHao, English Work..... 1 4 25

6500 2 19000

30000

1500

4904

OAXACA DISTRICT. 489 305 --3- ---8- 15 10 9 52 608 1 6 39600 3 196UO ~--

(JuiclI.tll\n ........ ~ .. .. .. . 24 26 1 2 1 1 4 60 I 30 Huttzo...... .. ....... .... 195 96 2 4 3 4 2 flO 2 1000 Nazareno ...... .. .. .. .. .. 80 40 1 2 8 1 1 55 Oaxaca.. .. . .... .. .. 48 35 1 5 1 2 37 1 5000 1 20000 Zachila •.......•......... __ 83 ___ 16_ 4 I 2 2 73 2 I 1400 2 1400 ORIZABA DISTRICT. ~ ~ --2- ---9- 14 I 9 1 9 11 305 5 I 7400 3 2HOO --3-0-

Santa Ana Atz8can.. .... 24 42 1 1 1 1 5 40 1 1 1500 1 500 HUa tU6CO.................. 55 35 1 2 30 1 600 Orlzaba .... " . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 88 1 3 1 1 2 6 65 1 8000 1 6000 Tierra Blanca......... .. . 8 25 1 2 1 4 2:) 2 400 1 80 Tuxtepec ............... 25 60 1 3 6 1 5 80 1 600 1 200

'-W-I200 --3- ---7- --9- --1- ---6-,-W- ---uo---0-llM,--4-1~ RECAPITULATION. ------ --------- --------- ---1---1---Eastern District ........ 600 192 1 7 9 36 7 8 ]35 2 2500 4 4000 M.6xico District...... .... 975 985 12 7 76 25 14 79 1159 11 160800 9 142300 Morelos District... 201 366 4 4 24 17 13 24 442 7 12S00 2 3200 M.ountain District ... ,... 445 438 7 10 28 6 16 20 392 8 14950 3 8350 Northern District 489 805 3 8 15 10 9 52 608 6 39600 3 19,;00 Oaxaca District .:::::::: 430 213 2 9 14 9 9 11 SOli 5 7400 3 21400

255 1156 104 350

4904 30

Orizaba District ........ 130 200 3 7 9 1 6 22 240 6 11100 4 6780 Total 1904 .......... ~, 2699 ~ --li-2-1--r75 ~ --7-4-,---ml ~ --4-5- 248650 '~1205630 6i99 ,---Totall!103......... . 2949 . 2800 86 49 212 126 75 208 2924 42 191150 28 174430 4189 --1-- ---- -~.~- -----------Increase........... 821 101 4 3 37 22 1 8 357 3 5i500 31200 2610 Decrease ......... .

TABLE OF STATISTICS No.2 FOlf YEAR ENDING· nrfc:·-jU-1904·. SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Names of Charges .

.EASTERN DISTRICT.

Acelotla .............................. . Huejutla aud Tehuetl!1.n .............. .

2 3 50 42 2 40 1 1 12 10 1 12 3 2 55 46 42 1 Tezontepec and San Agustin .•...•....

Tulancingo and Tlacuilotepec •........ Z~cualUp!1.naud VUlaJuarez .....•.. I~~~~-I-~~~-i-~~~-~~~~~I~~~~-I-~~~~I~~~~-I-~~~-~~~~~ 1 2 18 10 2

7 8 135 108 5 94 3 5

M.EXICO DISTRICT.

El Ohico and Real del Monte ....... .. EIOro ..............•..............•....

2 4 85 1 4 30 18 4 5 40

M6xlco and I1tacalco ................. . MU:ico. English Work ................ . Nextlalpam ............•................ Orizaba, English Work ............... . Pachuca .................•.............. Paehuca, Englirh Work ............... . Puebla .......•........... '" .......•.... Puebla, English Work ................. . Santa Julia ..•....•........•............ I~--~-I-~~-;;;;;:-I-~-;-;-;::;:;-.I-~--;:c-;-;::--I-~~~-I-~---:;;;;---I-~~;;;;-:-

MORELOS DISTRICT.

1 9 300 125 9 1 11 85 60 8 10 2 2 60 45 2 40 1 1 10 1 11 190 80 11 84 1 15 75 14 15 2 15 247 180 15 150 1 4 52 40 4 1 3 25

H 79 1159 548 67 304

34 2 100

5

21 278 52 63

2 593

AtlautIa ............................... . Ayapango .............................. . ~hicolo'pam ................ '" ........ . MiraBores ..............•............... Tepalteingo ............................ . Tlal~zap!1.n·····························I __ ---:~~ __ ~~~_~~~_~~~~~I_~~~_I_~_~~I_~~~_I ___ ~_I.~~~~

MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.

2 1 17 15 1 7 4 5 45 40 5 18 2 4 32 35 2 5 1 ]0 250 2lJO 6 10 2 2 18 15 2 15 2 2 80 84 4 80

13 24 442 419 20 135

3 5 3 5 34 5 10 1

3 16 53

A}>izaco and San Berna.he ............ "I A tlixco .......... ..... .. ............. . Chietla and AtzlI.la ................... . Cb01ulR ................................. ~ __ ~I

3 4 102 90 4 90 1 1 25 20 1 18 3 2 35 3Q 2 2.; 1 1 6 6 5

8 168 -~-1-46 138

8 16 2 4

8

10 28

: 1 1 40 36 1 36 1 1 35 23 1 14 1 2 29 9 1 3 2 4 65 50 4 40 1 2 ]0 11 2 2 45 32 2 30

16 :':0 392 307 16 261 -~---

811.11 Martin .............................. 1 Tetela ................................. . Tezultllin ............................ .. .Tlaxcala ............................. . Xochiapuico .............. , . " ....... . ZllcaolaandSan Pablo ................. _~--=-=-.I_~~-,-;._!_~~~~

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

2 7 25 4

2 2 5

2 3 41 49

g~~~~~aro':"""",::"""",: . :: : : : '. : : : : : : . : : : 2 2 20 15 20 5

2 28 327 ;168 28 242 1 7 36 28 7 36 2 4 160 109 4 leo

Guanajuato .......... , ................. . ,Le6n ................................... . Quer~ta.ro and Cjpr~s .............. .. 8alamll.nca .........•..................

19 97 5 8

I)

7 40 24 7 20 4 25 1~ 1

9 52 608 326 49 478

SUllO and Romlta. ................... .. Silao, English Work .................... I_~~-,,-_I_~~-=~II_~~~_I_~~ ___ I

,OAXACA DISTRICT.

I) 15 10

29 14U

1 4 60 50 4 20 4 2 80 60 60

Cuicathtn .....•.•....................... Huit?o ................................. .

6 12

Nazareno ............................. . 1 1 55 50 40 1 2 37 22 22 2 2 73 50 50 9 11 305 232 5 192

Oaxaca ............. : .................. . Zachila ................................. _~~-=--.I_~~~_I.~_-;:-::;~II __

ORIZABA DISTRICT. 12

1 5 40 40 5 25 1 2 30 25 2 20 2 6 65 50 6 30 1 4 25 18 2 26 1 5 80 50 5 40 6 22 240 183 20 14r

Sa.nta Ana Atzfican .................. " Huatusco.. ....... ... ..... .... . ...... . Orlzaba ................................ . Tierra Rlanca ......................... . ·Tuxtepec .............................. ·I_~~-:;..._I_~~~_I_~~~·~

3 4

4 4

15 2

6 14 13 89 ~~--

RECAPITULATION

Eastel'n District ....................... . M~ldco District ........................ . MOl'elos District ....................... . Mountain District .................... .. Northern Vlstrict ..................... . Oaxaca. Di"trict ........................ . OrlZabaDhtrlC~"""""""""""'I_~~~1_~~~_I_~~~I_~~~_I_~~~~II_~~~~_~~~_I~~~~I_~~~_I

Total, 190'........ .•...... . ••..... Total, 1903 ...................••.. "I_~~~_I_~--':::"':"

7 8 125 108 5 94 ]4 79 J159 548 67 3U4 13 24 442 419 20 135 16 20 392 307 16 261 9 52 608 326 49 478 9 11 30i 232 5 19'1 6 22 240 183 20 141

74 216 3'.m 2123 182 160p 75 208 29;!4 2015 210 1623

:) 2 593

10 53 41 49 29 140 6 12

13 39 107 891 80 666

8 347 108 28 18

loCt'eB.f!e ...............••........ Decrease ........................ .

27 325

TABLE OF STATISTICS No. S FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31-1904.

Names of ,charges. 'j

EASTERN DISTRICT.

AceloUa ..................... . Huejutla. and Tehlletlan ... . Tezontepec anti San Aaustio Tulancingo & Tlacuilotepec. ZlI.cualtipau & Villa Juarez.

MEXICO DISTRICT.

El Chico & Real del Monte .. El Oro ....................... . 'M~xico and Ixtacll.lco ...... . M6xic(), EngUsh Work ..... . N'extlalpan . . .. . . . . .. . . .. . .. Orizaba, English Work •..... Paehuca ....••.... ~ ......... . pachuca. English Work ... .. Puebla ....................... . PueblJl, English Work; .... .. Sa.nta Jnlia ................ ..

MORELOS DISTRICT.

Nam'~ of Pastor.

Pastor's Snpport •

..:

7 Miguel Rosalt's.............. 100 60 2 2 62 2 Leopoldo Diaz .. ............ 150 100 2 2 ]02 a 20

S. J. L6pez..... ..............., 50 , 50 I $ 2 $ 2:5 52 , 4

~J JbL6pe~, .... 'd'" .. .•...... 115 40 ~ 2 42 8 25 ~or erto ~,.erca 0 •. ;........ 125 60 _ 2 62 10 12 3

$ 540 , :uu , 10 T-w-$-320-, 38. --- $ 64 $ 3

M. L. Fermoso ......... " .... . 200 200 . 200 20 F E McGuire ............. .. 400 934 2 2 936 10 400 , 40 T .. del Valle ................. .. 1200 1125 8 8 1133 80 84 H. A. Bassett .............. . 2000 2000 8 8 2008 50 514 100 L. G. Alonso ... ; ........... . 50 50 2 2 5:.! 5 5

800 1551 ]551 Eduludo Zapata ........... . E. W. Gonld ............... .

650 625 6 6 681 45 100 21 800 1000 8 8 )008 50 175 278

Vicente Mendoza ......... . 900 711 8 8 719 45 52 F. S. Borton .............. .. 250 170 4 4 174 10 43 68· Antonio Carrero ............ . 50 48 48 55

$ G800 T8414 , 46 '$46 $ 8460 $ 315 ---- , '1817 ~ Atlautla ..................... 1 Manuel Monjaras ........... 22 8 1 1 9 2 , 8 'Ayt\pango ...................... Agustin Rivera.............. 225 60 4 4 64 12 C1hicolol1pam ............... ' Petronilo Constantino.,.... 41!1 40 2 2 42 4 84 Mirailores .................... Jorge Osorio................. 1200 1200 2 2 1202 20 40 10 I 'l'ellaltzingo ................. Jorge Corona............ ... 40 21 1 1 22 4 Tla.ltizapl111 .................. JOB~ T. Ruiz........ ....... 50 60 2 2 62 4 12 8

MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. ,1577 ,1 89 ~ $ 12 $ 1401 $ 46 ---T86 ~

ApiZlI.coandSmBernaM ... J. D. Cbagoy!n............. 70 70 A tlixco ..... , .. , ..... , .. , ,'. .. L. A. Garcia. ............. , . . . . 60 40

3 3 10 20 16 2 2 42 4 6 4

ChieH", and A tzala....... . Lorenzo Martinez .. , .... ,... 40 40 2 2 42 5 3 3 Cholulll.., ................ ,',. Samuel Corona. ..... , ... '.... 30 2 2 2 4 2 2

\ ----wo- --152-- 9 -$--9- $88 ~ --- '$3l '"$23

-.. - - -- ... I ~~~ef!artln .. : .. : .. :::.::::::::1 t~~b~~ ~~~~~a;~·R............... ~g §g ~ :~ 19 :: /fJ

Teziu tiiii: : :.:... ............ Raymundo.r. Baez.... ....... S8 ~8 ~ 42 6 4

7 4 2 5 Tl oala Pedro OsorIO ....... . . . ...... 5

x:oXhiapuico:::·.::·.:·"".'.::::. CHrlos M Amador.......... 19,0 ~O ~ ~ ~~ ~ 2 8 Z oaola aad San Pablo...... Miguel Garcia ................ ___ 0_0 ____ <!_O ________ _

a $ 500 $ 322 $ 20 $ 2U $ 2'17 $ 56 === $ 61 ,. 44 NORTHERN DISTRICT. --- ------ --- ---

Celaya ..................... .. Cuerl1maro ' . . . .. . ..•........ Guanajuato ............... .. Le6n ....................... . Querlltaro ................... .

~iY::::J'Romita::::::::::: : SHao, End1sh Work ........ .

OA.XACA DISTRICT.

cuicatll1n ................... . Huitzo ....... · ............... . Naztireno ................... . Oaxaca ...... , ............... . Zachila ..................... .

ORIZABA DISTRICT.

Santa Ana Atzacan ....... .. HuatuscO .............. , .... . Orlzllba ..................... . Tierra Blanca ..... ·· .... · .. · Tuxtepec ......... ··········· .

BECAPlTULATION.

Eastern District. ..... ······· Mexico Distriet ............ .. Morelos District ......... ···· Monntain' District ......... . Northern District... . ...... . Oaxaca District ........ ····, Orizaba Distrito ............ .

'l'otal, 1904 ............ . Total, 1903 ......... ····

Increase ..•...... ····· . Decrease .....• ······· .

5 E. W. A dam.. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. 60 40 2 2 42 8 F. P. Lawyer... ....... ..... 10 10 2 2 12 2 L. B. Salmans y T. Gal·cia. .. 900 740 8 8 748 55 [1]11248 I. O. Cartwright..... ....... 70 220 2 2 222 10 [2J 2496

97 8 5 Jose Chavez................ 120 2 2 12 15 27

F P L 10 10 2 2 2 . . awyer................ 200 210 2 2 212 20 [3] 6810 15 F. P. La·wyer....... ......... 10 F. P Lawyer................ 100 55 2 2 57 5 _____ 1_5 ____ _

,1470 $ 1285 , 22 $ 22 $ 1305 $ 117 ___ ~ 20601 ~

6 10 M. Rojas.................... 40 40 2 2 42 Atilano Madrigal.. . . . . . . . . . . 70 61 2 2 65 A. S. Zambrano.. ............ SO 30 2 2 3~ 1~ I M. Constantino............. 150 80 5 5 8e ~ Juan C. Martinez........... 50 50 2 2 52 ______ _

$ a40 $ 261_ $ 13 $ 13- $ 276- $ 32 ===Ll_~ ~

~~~~r~~r~ : : : : : :: : : : : : : : : : : ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ 2~ 6 J J. Rumble.................... 320 320 4 ~ t5~ 5 5~ 2

t·.~s:r~~~~.::::::::::::::::: tg~ ~gg ~ 2 157 12 30 __ 1_4_ $ 720 $ 720$ - 12- $ 12 $-532- $ 56 1===1 $ 98 ~

540 310 10 10 '120 38 I 64 3 6800 8414 46 46 8lo0 311) 1317 593 1577 1389 12 12 1401 46 86 14~

500 322 20 20 237 56 61 't

1470 128r, 27 22 13Ll5 117 20601 135 340 261 13 13 276 32 10 12 720 720 12 12 I 532 56 ______ £_f ___ 39_

$ 11947 $ ]2701 $l35 $T35 $12531 $6601 ' :m37 , ~ 8751 9i24 133 133 99;1 ~ ___ ~---

,3196 $ 2977 -'--2-(~-1' _ 61 ,20990 98

[1] 'Of thill amount, $ 10696 WIlS for medicII.1 work [2] $ 2476 was for medical work. [3] $ 6687 was for medical work.

TABLE OF STATISTICS No.4 FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 81-UJ04

Names of Charges.

EASTERN DISTRIOT.

________ B.....,..E_N_E_V __ O-,LEN r COLLECTIONS.

MISSIONS

~ g; • oe .... CO ::sO

i~ .0

EDUCATION

Acelotla ...... , .. . . .. . . . . .. ......................................... 4 4 2 ~ 'I 4 ~ 2 , 21 Hnejutla and TebuetlAn.............. ................... .......... 1 3 2 2 2 9 Tezontepec and San Agustin...................................... 10 10 2 ]2 14 2 40 Tulancingo, Tlaouilotepec and Huaucbinango................... 7 7 4 10 8 2 31 Zacnaltipan and Vllla Juirez.................. .............. 9 1 10 2 2 ]0 2 26

MEXIOO DISTRICT. $31 T3 ~1-ru-123 --T10 T38 ~ ~ EI Chico and Real del Monte ..................................... --- --1-0- --1-0-'1--- ---8- .------ --2-0- ---"-- --]-S-

EI Oro.... ... . . . . .. ................................................. 20 20: 2 400 10 2 434 M~xico and Ixtacalco....... .... .... .. ..... .. .. ...... .. .......... . . 1'l6 S 134 I IS 20 763 80. 8 ]023

'~~~~~~~~::.;:~:'<::.:.:.:).~:.:~::.:.:.::::::::::::':::::::::::: ~ : ':: 1::~ 268 ~ ~ 1: Pachnca, English Work .......................... · ................ 25 25 50 6 25 ~g g rgJ Puebla .......... ........................... ........................ 89 32 ]21 fi 165 45 8 345

~::~~Ji~~~i~~.~~.~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::':::::::::::: 20 20 3 10 4 37 MORELOS DISTRICT. 1368 $145- $51if" -no llO6 ---$1596 ~I~ $2ti16

Atlantla....................................................... --2- --- --2- ---1- --2-6- --- --- ---2-'--1-~ .A yapango ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '10 10 3 12' 4 29 C1hicoloipam ........................ . .......................... I 4 4 R 2 5 2 4 2 23 Miraftores ................ , ............. , ...................•...... ·1 23 2 25 ]0 2 I 2tl 2 59 Tepaltzingo ..................................................••.... 1 4 4 2 4 1 11 Tlaltizapll.n .... ...................... ............................. 6 6 3 8 4 2 23

MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. $ 43 J]2 $ 55 $ 21 $ 33 -== t$ n- $ 46 ,$ III '178

A pizaco and San Bernab(! ..... · ....... ····························1 5 2 7. 3 10 I 3 23 Atlixco.:........................................................... 5 5 2 6 4 2 ]9 ,hl' .. t)" linn Atz!l.la .............................................. ~ i 6 .. _ 6 .2 2. .. 3 5 2 20

\ Choluln ......................... · .. ··· .. ~ ..................... \ $ 1;--'-2-~I ,-~-~2-1---- "~ 1;-r$--2~-I~-{- -~ -o;~--

I San Martin........ .... ........................................... , 2 $ 7 9, 2 6 $ 5 $ 8 III 1 $ 26 TeteJa ... , ...... , . . .•. . .. ........... ..•............................ 9 1 10 2 4 1 10 2 29 Teziutll1n..... ...................................................... 4 4 2 5 2 13 Tlaxcala... .. .............. .................................... ... 5 5 2 2 4 6 2 21 Xocbiapulco .. . . ... . . . .... ........................................ 5 5 . 8 2 15 Zacaola and San Pablo ......... , .......... .......... .. . .. .•.... 2 2 2 2 3 2 11

NORTHERN lJISTRICT. $ 44 ,10 $' 54 fI 18 !, 14 == , 23 $ 56 III 20 $ 185

g~~a~~;lro· .. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.::::::::::: ~ ~ ~ I 9 ~ ~ 2: Guanajuato......................................................... 29 21 00 10 376 353 55 8 852 Le6n ... , .................... ............ .. .............. ...... ...... 5 5]0 3 12 10 2 87 Queretaro ......................................................... 10 7 17 4 10 2 15 2 50 Salamanca.............. ...................... ............ .......... 4 4 2 2 2 10 Silao and Ronlita . . .........•. . . .. . ....... .. . ...... .... .. ...... .... 25 25 3 5 I 11 20 2 66 SHao, English Work ......... '" ......................... 5 5 2 5 2 14

OAXACA DISTRICT. ,82 $ 3:3 $ 115 $ 25 1 $ 394 1== Ii! 1187 III 117 1111 22 III 1060

Cuicatll1n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 4 2 2 8 6 2 22 Hultzo .......... .. ......... . .. ..... ........... .... ..... . .......... .. 5 5 2 2 2 9 Nazareno... ............... ........ ........ ......................... 4 4 2 2 5 2 13 Oaxllca ........•.... , ......................... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 3:3 ]5 5 38 Zacblla .. .......................................................... 4 -1 2 2 6 2 14

ORIZABA DISTRICT. $30 1 2" T'32 T1l' $I1,-- T"'S!$'32I'$13 $96

~anta Ana AtzRcan .......................•........................ ~ ---~ ~ -:-----1--;-~ ~ Huatusco........................................................... 6 6 2 50 5 7 2 72 Orizaba...... .. .. .. .......... .. ......... . .. ...... .. .. ............ ... 25 10 35 4 202 125 25 4 395 Tierra Blanca ..................................................... · 6 I 6 2 40 110 5 2 165 Tuxtepec .. .. .... ...... ... ... ..................................... 6 6 1~ 2 !l34 199]2 2 561

l5l1$16 T67 $l2 "'f6761--- '""$i39 $561Tl2 $ 1262 -----1-----Eastern District................................................... 31 :l 34 12 23 1(1 3810 127 M(!xico District...... ................................................ 368 145 513 60 106 1596 315 46 2616 Morelos District.......... . ..... .. .. .. .............. .. .... ...... . ... 43 12 55 21 83 11 46 12 178

~~~t~t::~gm~l~t:·:::·.·.·.·::.:·:.:·.·.·:.~·:.·:::.·:::.':.: ::::::::::::::: ~~ ig jr~ ~~ 3~! ~~ 1~~ ~g 1~& Oaxaca District. ............................................... 30 2 32 11 11 8 32 18 96 Orizaba District. ........... .. ........ .. .. ....... .... .... .. .. ...... 51 16 67 12 676 439 56 12 1262

Total, 1904. . .. .. .. . .... .. . .. .. ............................ $ 649 $ 2:.!1 $ 870 1159/, 1257 ,--- $ 2174 , 660 ~ $ 5524 Total,1903 ................................................. ~~~~~ ___ 5424 ~~ __ _

RECAPITULATION.

b~~~~~~~·.'.': : : : . :.:: ::: : : : : : : :: :: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : '. : : : ]7 751 2930 10 27

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BISHOP DAVID H. MOORE, LL. D.