THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 
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ences. But the General Conference also voted 
that after the second session succeeding the present- 
session of the General Conference, Parkersburg,, 
Kansas, Missouri, and Wisconsin conferences 
should become self-supporting, thus leaving the 
missionary society with the care of one dozen 
mission-conferences. 
THE bishops’ address. 
This document, always important, was of un- 
usual interest at this session, as in a few words it 
recounted, in actual statistics, substantial prog- 
ress in all elements that go to make up an active 
and strong church, capable of accomplishing much 
in the advancement of the Master’s kingdom. 
Number of church-members 125,658 
Increase in four years i 7 j 347 
Number of meeting-houses ^^^57 
Increase in four years .' 257 
Number of Sunday-schools. 2,662 
Number of scholars 128,425 
Increase in the number of schools 756 
Increase in the number of scholars 22,423 
They add that in addition to supporting them- 
selves the Sabbath-schools had during the term 
contributed |4,000 for the General Sabbath-school 
Association, and that the collections for this pur- 
pose were steadily increasing from year to year. 
The corresponding secretary’s report showed 
that the missionary society now employed three 
