

I1URCH. 



The hjTcial Indian fund rea Three 



India 



in th- Special Sendee 



fund --..pfoid Brooke 



hwl t iri.-us ehi 



in different parts ,,f the .1 lit- 



erature to appeal lot he more c-i - - was m 



Mon- t! l'l 



with the 

 ! v .j. .:.'. . UN,.' . :.- : . : N*< " T| It* 



,i.s4 -riplion hud 

 receiv. 1 for 10,800 copies of t 



llev a> "jllb: 



lion. In the work of the central | 

 mission a small drcreaM* had taken place in the 

 n umber of eppi literature, which was at- 



_ the name " I'nitai 



p . . : . . : - . ii ' f tt,.- minister 



r.-iTnrd to the management of the church; 



means of inoreaMn;: the im-mU-rship of the church- 



ar and his Dif- 



nice ASSO- 



-s iii the incul- 



vaiiee princ-iples. and especially with 



ventine; the sale of intoxkants to 



child; 



Triennial Confer- 

 1 .-ional Conference of Tni- 

 tanan. Literal Christian. Free Christian 

 .l.scribini; or Kimli 



;.-t in Sheflield. April fi. Five triennial 



meetings and one interim meeting had been piv- 



1 lie attendance was the largest on 



.-arian fin d Mr. P. L. Sen. an In- 



dian ' alive of the late K eshub CliUllder 



Sen. Mr. .1. IJ. B.ard.of Manchester, presided, and 

 in his o|tf'!iin;; address sp,,ke <,f s ( ,me (|iiestions that 

 had I -:ioii with the certification 



of candidates by advisory committees, which had 



.. luit which were not 



otherwise brought before tbeOonfi \ reso- 



lution was passed declaring that no immediate 

 ii would lie satisfactory to t he 

 ss it provided that the supefinteiid- 

 rvwhere placed 



under authorities, who should have 



-1 in all schools receiving trrants- of public 



funds; that no preferential treatment be ^iven in 



thedistnbuti.n of public money to the denomina- 



ired with the tioard sh.>o|s; that 



training colleges supjxirted by public m-.n 



v open to students of all denominations. 'The 

 resolution fun 1 d that no settlement of 



! final whieh <lid not provide that only 

 seeolu --..-ill be directly or indirectly 



laid ' < funds. Sympathy w- 



yiSSiil with the c r . lans. and a resolution passed in 

 ^ the destinies of the \^}nw\ in the 

 han^N of jts people. A resolution 



-.n h Couneil (F,-d. 

 >) WM Dnanimouxly adopted, The 

 subject.*.' ' the Spiritual Life 



of tt *,** "Ministerial Superannuation." 



-The Means of Recruiting our Minis-- 

 <Mitl 



mortaliti - j a l Life." 



le"w-r*> discuswd: and. 

 in a woman's n vomen.tl, 



adult clasps, working - 

 kindred q 



I Mllh BKl I Mi: I N < Hl-RrH. The 

 .-d tables of this Chun h for 1*07 jrive it 

 ministers. 4.1T2 churches, and :;.",, 117 communi- 

 cant members. 



: annual n. the l>oard 



\' ryA 



1 in Lisbon, The total 



!\ had lieeii N 1 the 



. \p.-ndilures $1 



live liranchi-.. with : - 



mem 1 unc; ladies' liamls. with U>:{s mem- 



lllelll- 



IN ..f the association in \ 

 China engaged the attention of the n..-ri m-. 



.drcnnial - nfer- 



ledo, I..w 



mad< 



nil of 1! 



1'nion. the Hoard of Church Tru-!.,-. ;,n,| othrr 

 boards. The report of the standing Committee on 



Trmperance im-nt ioiie<| [| - at ion in t i 



.f the American Anti-Saloon I.- 



Committee on Kducatioiml Interests r> 

 mended the adoption of a uniform standard for all 



h. ml* of the Church in the ronrsi-s of study 



leading to demes. It was advi-.-d th.-, 1 



effort I'e niadi- to reli-\e the educational instita- 



Uon8 of the Chnrofa from financial embarrassment* 



The Conference having l-i-n \i-n -d and ad<lressed 

 liy Bishop Duhs. of the I'nited Kvanu'clii-nl Church. 

 H fraternal delegate was appointed to attend the 

 <ieneral Confi-n-ncr of that l>..d\. Kurlher. 

 the Con!'. Ivcd unanimously : " U'//. 



The activities and polity of the Church of the 

 I'nitcd Brethren in Christ are in the m 



dwith the teliets of thel'lliled 1'1\ a II H-| jcal 



Clinrch: and \V /<>/> //.-*. The fraternal spirit Del 



these liodies is ni,,st cordial : tlier- 



That we are favoraMe to a still more imimat. 



tion lietweeli these chlirche<. and will consjd. I 



looking to\\anl or^ani<- union; and t! 

 favor the appointment of a commi>-ion com 

 of the Board of Bishops, which shall lie inti 

 with all matters looking to closer fraternal rela- 

 tions U-tWeell olir respective dellolli mat io||-." A 



committee was provided for to arran-'- f-r th- 

 liration of tlu- one hundredth am f the 



meeting of the first ( 'onferenee in the history of the 

 Church, near l-'n-derick. Md.. to be held duriiiL' tli- 

 \ear 1!(K. and ' Q -.'-ral '< 'on!'. 



ii of 1'.<M. A mimr pt-d cmphasi/- 



inx r the importance of instruct ini; the people on the 



rvation and ennoMiiitf of the Christian home, 

 and ur^Mii^ that the pastn-s ^i\e this ni.-r 

 attention. Bishop .1. Weaver, n tirini: from 



. leded ln'shop emeri- 

 tus: tl ther bishops. Cast],.. Kephart. llol- 



Mills were elected for another term of four 

 The Coiif. , !.-d that the bishop of a district 



must reside upon and preside over the district 

 throughout the <|uadrcnnium. A proposition to 



the effect that Mo lollop shall IK- eligible t.- 



in. ! than tw<. (juadrenniums was vo(e(l 



down. The Conference approved a ruling of the. 

 bishops upon a deli* ln-ir tenure 



<.f <.fli<-e: and decided t! 

 parliameir limat.-. it would t 



w js,. to restrict thet. 'he bishop's office by 



iiiijx>sinu' a time limit of eligibility." 



< onse|-\at i\e. The ( branch of tho 



1'nited I'relhren Church was formed after the 



withdrawal of Bishop Milton Wrighl and 11 dei- 



:ie opinion with him from th- 

 em! Conference of IHH<>. on account of it- adoption 

 of a Muiion and declaration of doctrine. 



It holds that this action of the (Jeneral Conference 

 (regular and the changes made by it were il- 

 and touched jK.ints beyond the competency of 



the i U> determine. Hence it, 



hold* that it is the true t'nited Brethren Church. 



It had. ii. PS, s-55 churches, and 



