METHODISTS. 



493 



The movements in the Virginia Annual Con- 

 t", ivncr t" unite with tlu- Methodist Kpiscopnl 

 Cliun-li, South, without waiting tho action of 

 tin- General Conference, were condemned. 



I M roply to the address of tie Rev. Drs. Linn, 

 K"l>ler, ami Huston, fraternal delegates in-m 

 the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, tho 

 <. inference congratulated the Hitter church on 

 tin- adoption of lay delegation, and expressed 

 tho hope that this step might be a sure indica- 

 tion of further modifications in policy, tending 

 to bring the two churches still nearer together. 

 No report of statistics was presented, the table 

 b.-iii still incomplete. It appears, however, 

 that in the Maryland district there are 10,950 

 members, 134 ministers and preachers, 175 

 churches, 10,720 Sabbath-school scholars, and 

 church property to the value of $528,411. 



The Book Concern exhibits a stock and cash 

 account of $7,166.82 in excess of liabilities, and 

 reports a net profit in four years of $2,036.06. 

 The circulation of the Methodut Protestant is 

 3,185. 



VI. AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

 The African Methodist Episcopal Church re- 

 ports 350,000 communicants, 25,000 probation- 

 ers, 1,000 travelling preachers, 6,000 local 

 preachers, and seven bishops. 



VII. FREE METHODIST CHURCH. The Gen- 

 eral Conference of the Free Methodist Church 

 met at Aurora, 111., on the 16th of October. 

 The following is the statistical report : 



The church property is valued at $218,450. 



VIII. WELSH CALVINIBTIC METHODISTS. Tho 

 General Assembly of the Welsh Calvinitic 

 Methodist Church met in Pittsburg, Pa., in 

 October. This body is not numerous, but is 

 widely scattered over tho country. Provision 

 was made for educating the ministry, in con- 

 nection with the Board of Education of the 

 Presbyterian Church. A professorship of the 

 Welsh language and literature wa> arranged for 

 students in Marietta College. A paper is pub- 

 lished for this church called the Cay Fail*. 



IX. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH i.v 

 CANADA. The following are the statistics of 

 the Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada : 



If t InrrmM. 



Total members 20,240 649 



Sunday-schools 288 60 



Officers and teachers 2,129 842 



Scholars 15,550 8,843 



There are three conferences; the Niagara, 

 the Ontario, and the Bay Qninte. The General 

 Conference met at Ingersoll, August 31st. 



X. WESLEY AN METHODIST CHURCH. Gen- 

 eral View. 



There are also 372 ministers classed as " su- 

 pernumeraries." 



XL PRIMITIVE METHODISTS. The Primitive 

 Methodist Church in England reports 162,000 

 members. Tho strength of this church is 

 largely in its missions, which are home and 

 colonial. Its Missionary Society was organized 

 in 1843. Its progress is indicated by the fol- 

 lowing figures : 



Income in 1843, about $4,425. 



1849, " 19,010 



" 1856, " 52,070 



1868, " 81,275 



" 1869, " 101,990 



The society has 81 home stations and 122 

 missionaries ; 63 colonial stations and 80 mis- 

 sionaries ; one foreign station and two mission- 

 aries. Total, 144 stations and 204 missionaries. 

 Tho. home stations are in England, Scotland, 

 Ireland, and Wales; the colonial in Canada, 

 Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, South Austra- 

 lia, New South Wales, and New Zealand. 



Tho Primitive Methodist Church in Canada 



* Exclusive of missionaries in Ireland. 



reports a net increase of 221 members. Eighty- 

 eight preachers were assigned to stations at 

 the last conference, and the work was divided 

 into seven districts. 



XII. UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES. 

 The following are the statistics of the United 

 Methodist Free Churches of England : Home 

 Circuits itinerant ministers, 269; supernu- 

 meraries, 18 ; local preachers, 3,809 ; class-lead- 

 ers, 4,099; members, 62,888; members on 

 trial, 5,786. Foreign Stations Itinerant min- 

 isters, 84; supernumeraries,^; members, 6,269. 

 In all, there are 68,157 members. The mis- 

 sionary receipts for the year were 7,800, and 

 the expenditures, 7,888. The receipts of the 

 Beneficent and Superannuation Fund were 

 2,490 18s. 8d. ; Local Preachers' Fund (capi- 

 tal), 2,543. 



XIII. METHODIST NEW CONNECTION. The 

 Methodist New Connection Church in England 

 has, in the various mission-fields, 260 chapels, 

 114 missionaries, 211 local preachers, 10,050 

 church members, 625 probationers, 1,457 teach- 

 ers, and 10,085 Sunday scholars. 



