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BISHOP JAMES C'. BAKER, M.A., D.D.

BISHOP EDWn-; F. LEE. M.A., D.D.

OFFICIAL RECORD
Twenty-Fifth Session
PhIlIPPInes Annual Conference
of the
MethodIst EpIscopal Church .
Held in the
Knox Memorial Church
at Manila
March 17 to 24, 1932
METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE
MANILA, P. I.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mission Treasurer .... .
Legal Report ....... .
Stewardship and Evangelism
Board 9f Religious Education ...
Philippine Observer
Wesley Foundation
Philippine Council of Religious Education
Board of Ministerial Training ..... .
Resident Missionary of the Cagayan Valley. ..
Conference Treasurer .. .. .. .. ..
Constitution of thae Domestic Mission Board.
Constitution Domestic Missionary Society ..... .
State of the Church .. .. .. . ..... .
Proposed Constitutional Amendments.
Memorials to General Conference ........... .
Public Morals ...
VIII. ROLL OF THE DEAD
IX. HISTORICAL:
Resolutions on Solicitors for Church Funds ...
Conference Chronological Roll
Probationers
Conference Sessions
Missionaries
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X. MISCELLANEOUS:
Plan of Conference Examinations ..... .......... 112
Dialect Training of Workers In Bible Institutes .. 114
Statistics •....... .. .......... ..... . .. Inserted
Secretary's Certificate . . . . . . .. ..... 116
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II. CONFERENCE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
Field Finance Committee
BISHOP EDWIN F. LEE, Chairman: ARCADIO DE o CERA, Vice Chairman:
B. O. PETERSON, H. J. RILEY, AGATON PASCUAL, CIRIACO INIS, W. S.
PALMER, LORENZO T. TAMAYO, SEVERINO CORDERO, J. F. COTTINGHAM,
PEDRO B. CRUZ, BENITO TOVERA, CIPRIANO NAVARRO, L. C. PADILLA,
ESTEBAN T. CRUZ, ALEJANDRO VIDAL, E. S. LYONS.
Trustees of the Board of Foreign Missions
B.O.PETERSON J. F. COTl'INGHAM S. W. STAGG
ARCADIO DE OCERA
Conference Trustees
CATALINO T. SANTOS B. O. PETERSON
Board of Ministerial Training
J. W. MOORE, Chainnan; B. O. PETERSON, Vice-Chairman; FRANCISCO C.
CARI:NO, Registrar; E. S. LYONS, J. F. CO Tl'INGHAM , EUSEBIO MANUEL,
JOSE JACINTO, W. S. PALMER, S. W. STAGG, TOMAS ALTAMERO, BENITO
TOVERA, BONIFACIO ANGELES, MARIANO GINES, ALEJANDRO VIDAL,
CIPRIANO NAVARRO, ESTEBAN T. CRUZ, FELIX GROSPE, FRANCISCO
GALVEZ, JOSE GAMBOA, JULIAN A. SANTOS.
BOARD OF LOCATION AND BUILDINGS
North Cagayan District
BENITO TOVERA BUENA VENTURA GARCIA SEGUNDO ROMISO
South Cagayan District
CIRIACO INIS, PABLO LANTION, VICENTE VELASCO, COSME AFALLA
Central District
E. T. CRUZ, CARLOS MA:NACOP, GERARDO SAMSON, BUENAVENTURA
LOPEZ, BENITO REYES. CANDIDO PADILLA, QUINTIN FAUSTO.
I1oeos Sur District
SEVERINO CORDERO, CENON GACUTAN, MACARIO GUERSON, BONIFACIO
HIDALGO, CANDIDO ZAPATA, PEDRO CABACUNGAN.
Manila District
PEDRO B. CRUZ, J. F. COTl'INGHAM, AGATON PASCUAL. JUAN NABONG.
J. F. JACINTO, DR. P. J. ARCILLA. L. C. PADILLA.
Pampanga District
ARCADIO DE OCERA, EUSEBIO MANUEL, JULIO QUIW A, ISAAC MANGANTI.
JUAN MACASPAC, PEDRO SISON.
Pangasinan District
ALEJANDRO VIDAL, B. O. PETERSON. CIPRIANO NAVARRO. L. VINLUAN.
CIRILO CASABAR, DIONICIO GARCIA. EMITERIO KABADA.
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Tarlac District
L. T. TAMAYO, EULOGIO DIZON, AMBROSIO BERNARDO, C. JUANANI,
D. C. ANTONIO, PEDRO RAZON, A. TORRES.
Domestic Missions Board
ESTEBAN T. CRUZ, Chairman; AGAT.oN PASCUAL, EUSEBIO MANUEL,
CIRILO CASIGURAN, MRS. J. F. COTTINGHAM, MONICO FARALAN, AM­
BROSIO BERNARDO, MARGUERITE HEWSON, RUFINO BLANCO, ROBERTO
SONGCO, BENITO REYES, CENON GACUTAN, FELICIANO AMOR, JOSE
GAMBOA, and the District Superintendents.
Conference Relations
CIPRIANO NAVARRO, Chairman; BENITO REYES, E. S. LYONS, TOMAS
LARA, PEDRO TELLES, TOMAS ALTAMERO, MARIANO L. GINES, CRISPULO
ICBAN, RUFINO BLANCO, J. F. COTTINGHAM, PAULINO DANAN.
Board of Conference Stewards
TOMAS ALTAMERO, BENITO REYES, H. J. RILEY, CENON GACUTAN, AM­
BROSIO BERNARDO, MONICO FARALAN, JULIAN M. SANTIAGO, J. F. COT­
TINGHAM, RICARDO DEL ROSARIO.
Conference Board of Religious Education
BISHOP EDWIN F. LEE, Chairman; JOSE F. JACINTO, Vice-Chairman; J. F.
COTTINGHAM, MRS. EDWIN F. LEE, BONIFACIO ANGELES, W. S. PALMER,
MRS. E. S. LYONS, CIPRIANO NAVARRO, LETTIE WADSWORTH, EUSEBIO
MANUEL, MARY EVANS, B. O. PETERSON, MARION WALKER, FRANCISCO
CARI:NO, MRS. ASUNCION PEREZ, H. J. RILEY, ISIDORO PANLASIGUI,
FRANCISCO GALVEZ, S. W. STAGG, MARIANO GINES, CIRIACO INIS, BE­
NITO TOVERA, TOMAS ALTAMERO, FELIX GROSPE, FELICIANO AMOR.
Wesley Foundation
s. W. STAGG, Chairman; CIPRIANO NAVARRO, RUTH ATKINS, ISABEL
GARCIA, SATURNINA LARA, The Mission Treasurer, and the District Superintendents.
Self-Support and Conference Benevolences
J. F. COTTINGHAM, Chairman; GREGORIO VERGARA, ISAAC MANGANTI,
CARMEN CUNANAN, TOMAS ALTAMERO, DONATO ANTONIO, J. F. JACINTO,
AGATON PASCUAL, FELICIANO AMOR, and the District Superintendents.
Conference Memorial Service
FELIX ILAN, CARMEN CUNANAN, ROMAN NACU, BARTOLOME MANALAS­
TAS, MISS MARY SUAREZ, MRS. J. F. JACINTO.
Triers of Appeals
SEVERINO CORDERO, AMBROSIO BERNARDO, FRANCISCO CARINO. MO­
NICO FARALAN. CENON GACUTAN. FELIPE MARQUEZ, B. O. PETERSON,
H. J. RILEY, PEDRO TELLES.
Reserves:-SILVESTRE B. AYSON, BALBINO GATDULA, LAUREANO MARl.
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VISITING COMMITTEES
Union Theological Seminary
ARCADIO DE OCERA. CIPRIANO NAVARRO, BENITO TOVERA, L. T. TAMAYO.
B. O. PETERSON. PEDRO TELLES.
Mary J. Johnston Hospital
SEVERINO CORDERO. TOMAS ALTAMERO, MRS. L. C. PADILLA. ARCADIO
DE OCERA, FRANCISCO VENTURA, MRS. C. B. PEREZ.
Harris Memorial Training School and Lingayen Bible Women's
Training School
MRS. CONSUELO FONACIER, MRS. L. C. PADILLA, MRS. MARIA V. VEN­
TURA. MRS. PEDRO ARCILLA, MRS. J. F. CO'ITINGHAM.
Dormitories
BERTHA D. CHARLES. SATURNINA LARA, CARMEN CUNANAN, ROMAN S.
NACU. SEVERINO CORDERO, ISABEL GARCIA, BENITO TOVERA.
MARION WALKER.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Committee on Hospital
AGATON PASCUAL, chairman; B. O. PETERSON, BENITO TOVERA, DR. JOSE
PEREZ. E. S. LYONS, CRISPULO M. ICBAN, LORENZO T. TAMAYO.
W.F.M.S. Committee on Training School Curriculum
RUTH ATKINS, LEILA DINGLE, BERTHA ODEE. HELEN WILK
Committee to Edit the Conference Minutes
F.. S. LYONS, CIPRIANO NAVARRO. F. S. GALVEZ, ;T. W. MOORE, EUSEBIO
MANUEL, F. C. CARI&O.
Commission on Evangelism
FRANCISCO S. GALVEZ, Chairman; MARGUERITE M. DECKER. LEILA
DINGLE, J. F. COTTINGHAM. NATANAEL DE PANO, ROMAN S. NACU, and
the District. Superintendents.
Committee on Prayer League
TOMAS V. LARA, Chairman; CARMEN CUNANAN. JUAN MACASPAC,
MILDRED BLAKELY. GREGORIO VERGARA.
'V.F.M.S. Trustees
MISS MARGUERITE M. DECKER. MISS MILDRED BLAKELY.
MISS BERTHA D. CHARLES
W.F.M.S. Institute, Lingayen, May to July, 1932
Dean •.......... , ................•......•. MARGUERITE HEWSON
Assistant Dean ......................•.............. EMILIA RAMOS
Registrar and Treasurer ...........•..............•. LEILA DINGLE
House Mother ................................... MARION WALKER
Recreational Director .........•.••...•...•........ VIRGINIA HAYES
Instructors ........................••..••..•. NATIVIDAD DE LEON
EMILIA RAMOS
GENEROSA DUMAUAL
ESBERTA OPINA
MERCEDES ALABADO
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only the extreme financial emergency made it impossible for the
Board to endorse our proposed program of advance for the Philippines.
He gave excerpts from letters from Corresponding Secretary
Diffendorfer, Bishop Oldham and Bishop Mitchell and informed the
Conference of the receipt of numerous letters from other representative
men in the church which indicated that there was a very
real interest in the advance program proposed for our church in the
Philippines. Bishop Baker also voiced his recognition of the wide
interest throughout the church in the Philippine Islands program.
PRESENTATION OF GAVEL: Miss Beatriz Gatbonton on
behalf of the Knox Epworth League presented to Bishop Lee a
gavel.
ROLL CALL: The former Secretary called the roll of the Conference
and the following responded:-
Aguda, Pedro
Aguilar, Santiago
Alabado, Victoriano
Altamero, T_omas
Amor, Feliciano
Armas, Melecio de
Bernardo, Ambrosio
Blanco, Rufino .
Brazal, Ildefonso
Cabacungan, Domingo
Casiguran, Cirilo
Castro, Amado
Carino, Francisco
Corrales, Domiciano
Cordero, Severino
Cottingham, Joshua F.
Cruz, Esteban T.
Cruz, Pedro B.
Danan, Paulino
Fajardo, Nicolas
Faralan, Monico
Gacutan, Cenon
Galvez, Francisco S.
Garcia, Dionicio C.
Garibay, Calixto B.
Gatdula, Balbino
Gines, Mariano L.
Guansing, Benjamin
Guansing, Catalino
Icban, Crispulo M.
Ilan, Felix P.
Inis, Ciriaco
Jacinto, Jose F.
Lacsina, Nicanor
Lara, Tomas V.
Lyons, Ernest S.
Maganti, Isaac
Manalastas, Bartolome
Manuel, Eusebio
Mari, Laureano
Masanque, Victor
Marquez, Tiburcio
Mendoza, Victorio
Mercado, Constancio V.
Moore, Joseph W.
Munda, Buenaventura
Nacu, Roman
Navarro, Cipriano
Ocera, Arcadio D.
Paquing, Isabelo
Padilla, Candido
Palmer, Willard S.
Pascual, Agaton
Pascua, Eduardo
Peralta, Laureano C.
Peterson, B. O.
Raguiridin, Mariano
Regualos, Felipe
Reyes, Simon D.
Reyes, Benito
Reyes, Eladio
Riley, Herbert J.
Rosario, Ricardo del
Ryan, A. Lowell
Santiago, Agapito T.
Santiago, Julian M.
Santos, Catalino T.
Santos, Julian A.
Santos, Quirico
Stagg, Samuel W.
Songeo, Roberto
Tamayo, Lorenzo T.
Telles, Pedro
Tovera, Benito
Vergara. Gregorio
Vidal, Alejandro
Zuniga, Clemente
PROBATIONERS:
First Year
Antonio, Donato C.
Guerson, Macario
Cruz, Leoncio V.
Lusong, Pedro C.
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Ocera, Hector de
Pastores, Manuel
Perez, Alejandro M.
Telan, Felix
Second Year
Capule, Donato P.
Gonzaga, Sergio T.
Grospe, Felix
Guzman, Catalino T.
Guzman, Jacinto T.
Luat, Jose
Jacinto, Fulgeneio D.
Jerusalem, Aniceto U.
Larida, Gregorio
Navarro, Manuel G.
Padolina, Gregorio
Pano, Natanel de
Samson, Pedro
Tumamao, Hilario
INTRODUCTIONS: The Rev. and Mrs. Herbert J. Riley and
Miss Bertha Charles returned missionaries were introduced, also
Miss Ruth Harvey of Malaya, and Matias Cuadra of the Independent
Methodist Church.
ACCEPTED PROCEDURE IN TRIAL OF MELECIO DE
ARMAS AND AMADO CASTRO REFERRED TO THE CON­
FERENCE BY 'THE COMMITTEES ON INVESTIGATION
APPOINTED AT OUR LAST SESSION MARCH, 1931:
The Secretary reported to the Conference that these committees
had referred these two brethren to the Conference for trial.
On motion therefore of Benito Tovera, Secretary of the Cabinet,
the following actions were taken. (a) It was moved that a select
number of 15 as per paragraph 318 section 3 be elected-from among
the full members of the Conference except those belonging to Manila,
Bataan-Zambales, and Central Districts-by the Conference to which
select number shall be referred as per the provisions of the Discipline,
the cases of MELECIO DE ARMAS and of AMADO CASTRO.
(b) That a nominating committee of 5 be appointed by the Chairman,
which committee shall present to the Conference the names of 8 members
of the Conference as counsel as per paragraph 365 section
3 which states that "in case of trial appointment (of counsel) shall
be by the Annual Conference." From the first two names presented
the Conference to elect one for the prosecution in the De Armas case;
from the second two names the Conference to elect one for the
defense in the de Armas case. From the third two names presented
the Conference to elect one for the prosecution in the Castr9 case;
from the fourth two names presented the Conference to elect one for
the defense in the Castro case.
(c) The Committee on Nominations is further instructed to
prepare a mimeographed list of 25 names of members of the Conference
(excluding the Manila and Central Districts) from which the
Conference by vote select 15· to comprise a "select number" for
the trial of the cases against MELECIO DE ARMAS and AMADO
CASTRO as per paragraph 318, section 3. The committee is to exclude
from the nominations District Superintendents, missionaries and
all members of the Conference who have had a direct relationship to
either committee on investigation. These names are to be presented
to the Conference for vote immediately after the reading
of the journal on Thursday morning February 18 at which time each
member shall vote by crossing out the names of not less than 10
on the mimeographed list presented to him by the Nominating Committee.
The 15 members of the Conference receiving thereby the
largest number of votes remaining on these mimeographed ballots
shall be the duly constituted and elected "select number" for the
trial of the DE ARMAS and CASTRO cases. (d) This "select number"
so elected as per above are excused from all Conference and
committee sessions and are instructed to remain in continuous session
with no discussion with other members of the Conference except as
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witnesses are called in before them, until they are ready to reach
a decision in accordance with the requirements of the Discipline.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE: The Nominating Committee appointed
by the chair for attention to the DEARMAS and CASTRO
cases constitutes the following: L. T. Tamayo, chairman; Severino
Cordero, H. J. Riley, Alejandro Vidal, Tiburcio Marquez.
The Nominating Committee presented names for counsels in
the DE ARMAS and CASTRO cases and the following were elected.
(a) Gregorio Vergara counsel for the church and Felix Uan counsel
for the defense in the DE ARMAS case.. (b) Mariano Gines counsel
for the church and Tomas Lara counsel for the defense in the
CASTRO case. The Chairman asked if there were any objection to
the selection of counsel as indicated above; there being no objections
the vote as indicated above was ordered.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM: It was moved that the printed
program be adopted by the Conference as the official program.
PRESS CORRESPONDENTS: The chair appointed J. W. Moore
press correspondent.
ORDER OF THE DAY: A. L. Ryan requested that the order of
the day tomorrow at 11.25 be consideration of a resolution, concerning
the Union Theological Seminary.
GREETINGS: Upon motion of A. L. Ryan the Secretary was
requested to send a letter of greetings to Mrs. Peterson, who is ill
in hospital in Manila.
LETTERS OF GREETINGS: It was moved and carried that
letters of greetings be sent to absent members and missionaries.
QUESTION 15: The name of B. O. Peterson was called, his
character passed and he read his report. (See report).
RESOLUTION FROM PANGASINAN DISTRICT: Felipe Regualos
presented a resolution from the Pangasinan District commending
the work of Dr. B. O. Peterson as their Superintendent and recommending
compliance with the recommendations of Dr. Peterson
and the policy of the Resident Bishop that the next Superintendent
of the Pangasinan District be a Filipino pastor.
RECESS: The conference took a recess of twenty minutes reassembling
at 11 o'clock.
ASSIST ANT SECRETARIES: The Secretary appointed S.
D. Reyes and Mariano Gines assistant secretaries.
BISHOP BAKER'S ADDRESS: Bishop Baker addressed the
Conference on "Japan and the Evangelistic Movement under Kagawa."
ADJOURNMENT: Following announcements the Conference adjourned
1 o'clock noon.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1932
DEVOTIONS: Bishop Baker conducted the devotions, the subject
of his talk being "Hope."
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"SELECT NUMBER": At 11 :30 a.m. the tellers reported the
names of those elected to constitute the 'select number' for the trial
of the de Armas and Castro cases. The following names were read
in open Conference by the Secretary:
Alejandro Vidal
Tiburcio Marquez
Roberto Songco
Cenon Gacutan
Ricardo del Rosario
Monico Faralan
Rufino Blanco .
Victoriano Alabado
Domiciano Cor ales
Ambrocio Bernardo
Dionisio Garcia
Constancio Mercado
Laureano Mari
Buenaventura Munda
Felipe Regualos
There being no objections raised to these elections Bishop Lee appointed
Alejandro Vidal as chairman of the 'select number' after
which they retired from Conference to begin to give their attention
to these cases.
RECESS: The· Conference took 20 minutes recess, and upon resuming
the session B. O. Peterson took the chair at the request of
Bishop Lee.
ADDRESS: A. L. Ryan addressed the Conference on "Our
Gospel Message and the Training of Ambassadors."
QUESTION 15: The name of L. T. Tamayo, Tarlac District
Superintendent was called, his character passed and he read his
report. (See report).
ADJOURNMENT: Following the announcements Conference adjourned
at 12.30 noon.
FRIDA Y. FEBRUARY 19. 1932
DEVOTIONS: The conference opened with devotions conducted
by Bishop Edwin F. Lee who spoke on the subject: "A PERFECT
STRUCTURE AND IMPERFECT WORKMEN." His text being
Philippians 3 :12.
JOURNAL: The minutes of the previous session were read and
approved as corrected.
ORDER OF THE DAY: It was agreed that the order of the day
for 10:40 a.m. be put forward one hour.
PERMISSION TO CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION: On motion
of E. S. Lyons it was ordered that some candidates for admission
be excused to attend the Lay Electoral Conference.
QUESTION 15: P. B. Cruz, Superintendent of Manila District,
was called, his character passed and he read his report.
E. T. Cruz, superintendent of Central District, was called, his
character passed, and he read his report.
APPRECIATION OF E. T. CRUZ: On motion of C. Zuniga, a
resolution was accepted expressing an appreciation of the good labors
of E. T. Cruz and Bishop Edwin F. Lee; and to request the Annual
Conference to retain the services of E. T. Cruz as District Superintendent
of Central District.
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MEMORIAL SERVICE: The chair was requested to appoint a
chairman for the Committee on Memorial Services.
QUESTION 8: Sergio T. Gonzaga, Catalino de Guzman, Aniceto
Jerusalem, Gregorio Larida, Pedro Samson, Jose Luat, and Natanael
de Pano were received into full membership and elected to be
ordained deacons.
RECESS: Conference took a recess of 20 minutes. Conference
reassembled at 11 :00 o'clock a.m.
ORDER OF THE DAY: Mrs. Emma Moore spoke on: "OUR
PHILIPPINE CHURCH MUSIC." This was followed by a hymn concert.
Mrs. Sylvia Barnes Thomas and J. W. Moore participated.
QUESTION 8: F. D. Jacinto was admitted into full membership
and was elected to be ordained deacon.
QUESTION 11: Felix Grospe, Bartolome Manalastas, Buenaventura
Munda, Roman Nacu, and Agapito T. Santiago were elected to
be ordained elders.
MARY J. JOHNSTON HOSPITAL REPORT: Dr. Rebecca Parish,
directress of the Mary J. Johnston Hospital, Manila, read her
report which showed a satisfactory year despite the general economic
depression. This report marked the twenty-five years of service given
by Dr. Parish in the Mary J. Johnston Hospital. The presentation
of a basket of flowers was made by Mrs. P. B. Cruz as an expression
of affection on the part of the many whom during these years she
has so faithfully served. Bishop Lee then spoke briefly commenting
on the genuineness of Dr. Parish's christian motive in social
service. He also stated that expressions of appreciation have come
to him from people of all classes in Manila relative to her work
and that of the hospital. Speaking for the conference Bishop Lee
expressed to Dr. Parish the appreciation and esteem of her associates.
A resolution expressing an appreciation for the services of Dr.
Parish was presented by Rev. P. B. Cruz, superintendent of Manila
District.
INTRODUCTION: Miss Henrietta Doltz, our new missionary on
the staff· of the Mary J. Johnston Hospital, was introduced.
ADJOURNMENT: Following the announcements the Conference
adjourned at 12:45 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1932
DEVOTIONS: With Bishop James C. Baker in the. chair Conference
devotions began at 8.30 a.m. Following the message for the
morning, devotions closed with prayer.
PRESENTATION TO B. O. PETERSON: Miss Silveria Lucus in
behalf of Pangasinan District presented a loving cup to B. O. Peterson,
Superintendent, as an expression of appreciation and gratitude
for the work that Dr. and Mrs. Peterson have done throu.gh the
years. Dr. Peterson expressed deep thanks for this evidence of love
and confidence.
VISITORS: The Rev. Abel Eklund, Singapore District Superintendent
and the Rev. James J. Kingham, Editor of the Malaysia
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4.-BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA
Whereas, the Methodist Episcopal Church is the owner of lot
No. 117 of the Cadastral Survey of the Municipality of Bayombong,
Province of Nueva Vizcaya and which lot is covered by Original
Certificate No. 28, and as said lot is no longer needed for Church
purposes in said municipality as a new plaza site has been purchased,
the Trustees of the Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in the Philippine Islands are hereby authorized to
sell said property for the best possible price and the proceeds from
said sale shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Methodist Mission
and be applied on the cost of the new site purchased.
5.-VILLASIS, PANGASINAN
Whereas, the Methodist Episcopal Church is the owner of lot
No. 305 of the Cadastral Survey of the Municipality of Villasis,
province of Pangasinan and which lot is covered by Original Certificate
No. 9338, and as said lot is no longer needed for Church
purposes in said Municipality as a new plaza site has been purchased,
the Trustees of the Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in the Philippine Islands are hereby authorized
to sell said property for the best obtainable price, and the proceeds
from said sale shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Methodist Mission
and be applied on the cost of the new site purchased.
6.-SAN MANUEL, PANGASINAN
Whereas, the Methodist Episcopal Church is the owner of a lot
in the Barrio of San Roque, Municipality of San Manuel, Pangasinan
said lot is approximately 60 meters by 27 meters and covered
by Original Certificate No. 3985 of the Cadastral Survey of said
Municipality and
Whereas, Roberto Collado has for some years been occupying 12
meters in the rear part of this Chapel lot, and is now desirous of
purchasing said twelve meters of said lot for the sum of P100.00,
and as the Quarterly Conference of the San Roque Congregation
has taken action recommending the sale of the twelve meters of
land, on which the house of Roberto Collado is standing for said. sum.
Now therefore the Trustees of the Annual Conference are hereby
authorized to execute a Deed of Transfer for said twelve meters on
the following condition to wit:
That said Robreto Collado would pay to the Congregation of
San Roque the sum of PlOO.OO upon the delivery of the Deed of
Transfer and the money shall be used with the consent of the District
Superintendent for the repair of the San Roque Chapel.
7.-GAMU, ISABELA
Whereas, the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Philippine
Islands is the owner of a piece of land located in the Municipality
of Gamu, province of Isabela, approximately 140 meters long on
the side of Burgos Street and 40 meters wide from East
to West, the same being bounded on the East by Burgos street
on the South by Vicente Carro, on the West by Public Domain, on
the North by Narciso Urbina, and as said property is no longer
needed for Church purposes authority is hereby given to the Trustees
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Philippine Islands
with the consent of the District Superintendent, to execute a Deed
of Transfer to any portion or all of said land, at the best price ob-
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Felix Grospe
Buenaventura Munda
Bartolome A. Manalastas
Roman S. Nacu
Agapito Santiago
Francisco Layag
Candido Zapata
and Bishop Edwin F. Lee assisted by all the District Superintendents
ordained as DEACONS:-
Natanael de Pano
Sergio T. Gonzaga
Catalino Guzman
Fulgencio Jacinto
Aniceto Jerusalem
Gregorio Larida
Jose Luat
Pedro Samson
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1932
DEVOTIONS: The devotional hour opened at 8.30 a.m. Bishop
Baker brought the message of the morning, his subject being, "The
significance of Great Lives," it being Washington's birthday.
ORDER OF THE DAY: The election of delegates to the General
Conference and Central Conference was made the order of the
day for tomorrow morning, Tuesday, immediately after the reading
of the journal.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE "SELECT NUMBER:"
The Secretary appointed Nicanor Lacsina to act as assistant secretary
for the "Select Number."
COMMITTEE ON STATE OF THE CHURCH: It was moved
and carried that the Committee on the State of the Church be excused
immediately after the reading of the journal and to be in
session the whole day if necessary and to report early tomorrow
morning.
JOURNAL: The minutes of the previous sessions were read
and approved as corrceted.
QUESTION 15: The names of the following were called, their
characters passed, and those present gave their reports:-
Edward Cabell Cirilo Casiguran
Amado R. Castro Francisco Carino
Joseph Clemens Orwin W. E. Cook
Domiciano Corrales Paulino Danan
Joshua F. Cottingham Marcelo Diwa
Orville L. Davis Nicolas Fajardo
Tomas Diwa Cenon Gacutan
Paul D. Eddy Dionicio C. Garcia
Monico Faralan Jose Gamboa
Francisco S. Galvez Mariano L. Gines
Calixto B. Garibay Catalino T. Guansing
Balbino Gatdula Oscar Huddleston
Benjamin Guansing Marcelino Gutierrez
Crispulo M. Icban Felix P. lIan
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Jose F . Jacinto
Nicanor Lacsina
Juan Macaspac
Daniel H. Klinefelter
Tomas V. Lara
Isaac Maganti
CONFERENCE EVANGELIST AND STEWARDSHIP SEC­
RETARY: J. F. Cottingham read his report and following the
reading moved that the part of his report touching on finances be
referred to the Committee on Stewardship. It was so ordered.
BUILDING PROJECTS: Upon motion of E. S. Lyons it was
ordered that because the Mission is unable to distribute any funds
for district work in the Annual Conference this year, in the interests
of pastoral support in the Conference, that so far as possible the
building of chapels and parsonages be suspended.
LETTER OF GREETINGS: The Conference voted that the
Secretary be requested to send a letter of greetings to Dr. Huddleston
retired missionary of the Philippines Annual Conference.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REPORT: W. S. Palmer, Secretary
of Religious Education read his report which was received with
great interest.
WOMEN'S REPORT: Miss Mildred Blakely, principal of Mary
Brown Townsend School, Lingayen, read her report. Following the
reading- of her report Miss Blakely was presented with a bouquet
of roses by a representative of the Tarlac District as a token of their
love and esteem, and in appreciation of the work she is doing.
Miss Saturnina Lara, read her report. It was moved by J. F. Cottingham
and carried that Miss Lara be appointed a member of 'che
Committee on Stewardship.
RECESS: Conference took a recess of 20 minutes and reassembled
at 11 a.m.
VISITORS: The Rev. and Mrs. Jockinsen of Union Church,
Manila, were introduced.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STATE OF THE
CHURCH: F. S. Galvez presented a partial report concerning deliberate
campaigning for election to ecclesiastical positions. This
report was translated into Tagalog and Ilocano.
ADDRESS: James J. Kingham addressed the Conference on
"The Gospel Message and the Youth of Malaya."
VISITOR: Peter Ah Wah Lee a teacher from Malaya now
studying in the Union Theological Seminary was introduced to 'the
Conference.
ADJOURNMENT: Following announcements the Conference
adjourned at 12 :30 noon.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1932
DEVOTIONS: Bishop Baker conducted the devotions and his
message for the morning was taken from Psalm 121. Arcadio de
Ocera offered the closing prayer.
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JOURNAL: The Minutes of the previous session were read and
approved as corrected.
ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO GENERAL CONFERENCE:
It was moved and carried that the chairman appoint tellers, and the
following were appointed with H. J. Riley, chairman; Mariano Gines,
Crispulo Icban, N atanael de Pano, Clemente Zuniga.
Dr. Ernest S. Lyons, and Benito Tovera, Superintendent of the
North Cagayan Valley District were elected ministerial delegates to
the General Conference.
MARRIAGE BANNS: E. S. Lyons moved that his report concerning
Marriage Banns be incorporated in our printed journal.
PUBLISHING MARRIAGE BANNS
Whereas there is confusion and doubt in the minds of some as
to the rule and practice of Methodist Episcopal Church for publishing
the Marriage Banns, it was moved by E. S. Lyons and seconded
by Benjamin Guansing that--
It be and hereby is ordered that no minister or pastor in the
Methodist Episcopal Church shall perform any marriage ceremony
until the banns of such ceremony shall first have been published by
being posted for a full period of ten consecutive days on the bulletin
board of the church where such ceremony is to be performed.
Provided, that such pUblication shall not be necessary where the
banns have already been published in accordance with law.
QUESTION 15: The following names were called their. characters
passed and those present gave their reports:-
Nicolas C. Dizon Nicanor Lacsina
Tomas V. Lara Ernest S. Lyons
Juan Macaspac Isaac Manganti
Bartolome ManalastaE Eusebio Manuel
Laureano Mari Victor Masanque
Felipe Marquez Tiburcio E. Marquez
Regina Martin Victorio Mendoza
Constancio Mercado Rex. R. Moe
Roman S. Nacu Buenaventura Munda
Isabelo Pacquing Cipriano Navarro
Willard S. Palmer Candido Padilla
Laureano C. Peralta Agaton Pascual
Ernest A. Rayner Mariano A. Raguindin
Simon D. Reyes Felipe Regualos
Samuel W. Stagg Benito Reyes
PHILIPPINE OBSERVER: The name of J. W. Moore was called,
his character passed, and ,he reported as Acting Editor of the Philippine
Observer. His report was accepted.
INTRODUCTIONS: The Hon. T'eodoro Yangco was introduced
and he briefly greeted the Conference. The Rev. and Mrs. H. C.
Bower of The Sumatra Mission Conference were introduced.
WOMEN'S REPORTS: Miss Bertha Charles reported on Hugh
Wilson Hall, Manila, and Mrs. Josefa niaz gave her report for the
Cabanatuan Girls Dormitory.
EVENING SESSION: It was moved and carried that the Conference
reassemble at 8 p.m.
MEMORIALS TO GENERAL CONFERENCE: The chairman
of the Committee on Conference Memorials read the memorials that
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were going forward to General Conference and the following actions
were taken.
It was moved and carried that Memorial I be adopted.
It was moved and carried that Memorial II be referred hack to
the Committee on Memorials because it does not· follow the right
procedure according to Methodist Polity.
It was moved and carried that Memorial III be referred back to
the Committee.
It was moved and carried that Memorial IV be adopted.
It was moved and carried that Memorial V be adopted.
It was moved and carried that Memorial VI be adopted.
(See Memorials)
WESLEY FOUNDATION REPORT: E. S. Lyons, President
of Wesley Foundation gave his report.
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL
OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Cipriano Navarro, General Secretary
of the Philippine Council of Religious Education gave hi::;
report.
LETTERS OF SYMPATHY: It was moved by Cipriano N avarro
and carried that the Secretary be requested to write to the
Executive Secretaries of the National Christian Councils of China
and Japan expressing our deep sympathy because of the present
trouble in China and Japan and our prayer that the Sino-Japanese
troubles may soon be settled peacefully and that peace may again
reign in China and Japan.
PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR: E. S. Lyons spoke a few words
of appreciation for the honor and confidence shown him by the
Conference in electing him ministerial delegate to the General Conference.
SOLICI'rORS FOR CHURCH FUNDS: Julian Santos read a
resolution concerning solicitation for church funds which was accepted
and the Conference moved that this be referred to the Committee
on the State of the Church.
BOARD OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: F. S. Galvez read
part of the report of the Board of Religious Education.
It was moved and carried that the recommendations contained
in his report be adopted. (See report).
E. A. RAYNER: It was moved and carried that Dr. E. A.
Rayner be appointed to his present position as Professor in the
University of Southern California.
ADJOURNMENT: Following the announcements Conference
adjourned at 12: 30 noon.
EVENING SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1932
DEVOTIONS: Conference was called to order by Bishop Baker
at 8:30 p.m., hymn 556 was sung and E. T. Cruz led in prayer.
RESERVE DELEGATES TO GENERAL CONFERENCE:
Upon motion of Simon D. Reyes it was ordered that the Conference
vote for two reserve delegates.
A. L. Ryan and Eusebio Manuel were elected reserve delegates
to General Conference.
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PRINTED JOURNAL THE OFFICIAL RECORD: It was
moved and carried that the printed minutes be the official journal
of the Conference.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE RELA­
TIONS: It was recommended that MANUEL DlW A present in
regular form his request for location.
That QUIRICO SANTOS, MARCELINO GUTIERREZ, CIRILO
CASIGURAN, REGINO MARTIN, NICOLAS C. DIZON, FRAN­
CISCO ROJARS, and TRANQUILINO CABACUNGAN be granted
supernumerary relationship.
That JUAN MACASP AC be granted retired relationship.
That the case of JOSE VALENCIA was not acted upon due
to his failure to present credentials from his present church, but
the Conference sympathetically assured him of a favorable action jf
he could present his request next year.
That FILOMENO GALANG be received. back into the Conference
subject to the ruling according to the Methodist Displine.
CENTRAL MISSION CONFERENCE: It was moved and
carried that action be taken that the Central Mission Conference
be a full Central Conference.
ELECTION OF STATISTICIAN: Eusebio Manuel was unanimously
elected Conference Statistician.
CONFERENCE TREASURER: B. O. Peterson was unanimously
elected Conference Treasurer.
COMMITTEE ON MEMORIALS: H. J. Riley read again the
report of the Committee on Memorials for the consideration of the
Conference and it was unanimously accepted. (See Memorials).
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS: E. S. Lyons read the report
of th.e Committee on Resolutions and it was accepted. (See
Report).
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MORALS: Mariano L. Gines read
the report and' it was accepted. (See Report).
AUDITING COMMITTEE: B. O. Peterson reported the accounts
of the Superintendents were properly audited and found
correct.
DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS: All Discipilinary questions
were called and answered accordingly. (See Disciplinary Questions).
PLACE FOR NEXT ANNUAL CONFERENCE: It was moved
and carried that the place for holding the next Conference be decided
by the Cabinet.
READING OF T'HE APPOINTMENTS: Bishop Lee read the
appointments.
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CONSECRATION SERVICE: Bishop Lee .gave a short address
and the congregation sang the hymn, "Faith of our Fathers." Following
the solo "0 Master Let me Walk with Thee" by Mrs. J. W.
Moore, Bishop Baker pronounced the benediction and Conference adjourned
at 11 a.m .
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Chairmen.
Secretary.

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IV. DISCIPLINAUY QUESTIONS
1. (a) Is this Annual Conference Incorporated According to the
Requirement of the Discipline?
No, but all property is held in accordance with the laws
of the Philippine Islands.
( b) What Officers and Persons holding Moneys, Funds, etc., are
Bonded, and in what Amounts, According to the Requirement
of the Discipline?
None.
2. Who have been Received by Transfer, and from what Conferences?
None.
3. Who have been Readmitted?
Filomeno S. Galang
4. Who have been Received on Credentials. and from what Churches?
None.
5. Who have been Received on Trial?
(a) In Studies of First Year.
Adriano Cabotaje
Ruben Candilaria
Gregorio Fernando
Bonifacio Jacob
Marciano Quiocho
(b) In Studies of Third Year under the Seminary Rule.
None.
(c) Exempt from Course of Study under Seminary Rule.
None.
6. Who have been Continued on Trial?
(a) In Studies of First Year.
Donato C. Antonio
Leoncio V. Cruz
Macario Guerson
Domingo Luna
Pedro Lusung
Jeremias Ocampo
Eduardo Pascua
Manuel Pastores
Alejandro M. Perez
Felix Telan
(b) In Studies of Second Year.
Ezequiel R. Angeles
Donato P. Capule
Vicente S. Cordero
Jacinto de Guzman (conditioned in 3 Collateral
readings)
Hector de Dcera (cond. in 3 Collateral readings)
Esteban Guillenno (cond. in 1 Collateral readings)
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(c)
Mauro M. Javier (conditioned 1 subject and 2 Collateral
readings)
Fernando Laxamana
Manuel G. Navarro
In Studies of Third Year.
Hilario Tumamao
(d) In Studies of Fourth Year.
None.
7. Who have been Discontinued?
Bernabe de Pano
Bernardino Navarro
Abraham Perez
Gregorio Padolina
Anastacio Ortiz
Salvador A. Tante
Fernando Tala
Flor Velasquez
8. Who have been admitted into Full Membership?
(a) Elected and Ordained Deacons this year.
N atanael de Pano
Sergio T. Gonzaga
Catalino Guzman
Fulgencio D. Jacinto
Aniceto Jerusalem
Gregorio Larida
Jose Luat
Pedro Samson
(b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previously.
Felix Grospe
(c) Elected to be Ordained elsewhere.
None.
( d) Ordained Deacon, having been previously elected by,---­
Conference.
None.
9. What Members are in Studies of Third Year?
(a) Admitted into Full Membership this year.
N atanael de Pano
Sergio T. Gonzaga
Catalino Guzman
Fulgencio D. Jacinto
Aniceto Jerusalem
Gregorio Larida
Jose Luat
Pedro Samson
(b) Admitted into Full Membership previously.
Manuel Adeva
Nicanor Lacsina
Pedro Aguda (conditioned in 3 Collateral readings)
Isaac Manganti
Feliciano Amor
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Victor Masangque
Edward Cabbell (conditioned in 4 Collateral
readings)
Dionicio C. Garcia
Victorio Mendoza
Benjamin Guansing
10. What Members are in Studies of the Fourth Year?
Domingo Cabacungan (conditioned in 2 Collateral
readings)
Amado R. Castro (cond. in 1 subject)
Ildefonso Brazal (cond. in 3 Collateral readings)
Simon D. Reyes
Clemente M. Zuniga
11. What Members have Completed the Conference Course of Study?
(a) Elected and Ordained Elders this year.
Bartolome A. Manalastas
Buenaventura Munda
Roman S. N acu
Agapito T. Santiago
(b) Elected and Ordained Elders previously.
None.
(c) Elected and Ordained Elders under the Seminary Rule.
Felix Grospe
(d) Elected to be Ordained elsewhere.
None.
(e) Ordained Elder, having been previously Elected by·---­
Conference.
None.
(I) Ordained Elder elsewhere under our Election.
None.
12. What others have been Elected and Ordained Deacons?
(a) As Local Preachers.
None.
(b) Under Missionary Rule.
None.
(c) Under the Seminary Rule.
None.
(d) Elected by this Conference and Ordained elsewhere.
None. .
13. What others have been Elected and Ordained Elders?
(a) As Local Deacons.
Francisco Layag
Candido Zapata
(b) Under Missionary Rule.
None.
(c) Elected by this Conference and Ordained elsewhere.
None.
14. Who have been left without Appointment to Attend One of our
Schools?
Manuel Adeva
Roman T. Calica
Vicente S. Cordero
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IIdefonso Brazal
Crispulo Icban'
Fernando Laxamana
15. Was the Character of each Preacher examined?
Yes, in open Conference.
16. Who have been Transferred, and to what Conferences?
O. W. E. Cook-Southern California
17. Who have Died?
Alipio Valdez
18. Who have been Located at their own Request?
None.
19. Who have been Located?
None.
20. Who have Withdrawn?
( a) From the Ministry.
None.
(b) From the Ministry and Membership of the Church.
None.
(c) By surrender of the Ministerial Office.
None.
21. Who have been Deprived of the Ministerial Office?
None.
22. Who have been permitted to Withdraw under Charges or Complaints?
None.
23. Who have been Expelled?
Melecio de Armas
24. What other personal notation should be made?
Tranquilino Cabacungan-has taken an appointment
in Hawaii and is looking toward possible
transfer to the California Conference.
25. Who are the Supernumerary Ministers1 and for what number of
years consecutively has each held this Relation?
Santiago Aguilar 2
Marcelo Diwa .. .. " 4
Nicolas C. Dizon 1
Regino Martin ..... . 3
Quirico Santos 1
Tranquilino Cabacungan 1
Marcelino Gutierrez ... .. 2
Cirilo Casiguran... . .. ..... 2
Francisco Rojars . 1
26. Who are the Retired Ministers?
Oscar Huddleston
Nicolas Fajardo
Felipe Mat'quez
Juan Macaspac
27. Who have been granted Leave of Absence?
None.
28. Who are the Triers of Appeals?
Severino Cordero
-Ambrosio Bernardo
Francisco Carino
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Monico Faralan
Cenon Gacutan
Felipe Marquez
B. O. Peterson
H. J. Riley
Reserves:­
Silvestre B. Ayson
Balbino Gatdula
Laureano Mari
29. What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Home
Missions and Church Extension?
See report of Domestic Missions Board.
30. What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Foreign
Missions?
None.
31. What is the Statistical Report?
See the Statistician's Report.
82. What is the .conference Treasurer's Report?
See the Conference Treasurer's Report.
83. (a) What is the Aggregate of the Benevolence Collections ordered
by the General Conference, as reported by the Conference
Treasurer? $ ...
(b) What is the Aggregate of the Benevolence Collections ordered
by the Annual Conference, as reported by the Conference
Treasurer? $156.88.
34. What are the Claims on the Conference Funds?
For Annuity distributio.n,....... .. . years multiplied by the
Disciplinary rate of $ .......... per year, $ ......... For
NEcessitous distribution, $ ........ , Total, $ ...... .
35. (a) What has been Received on these Claims?
From The Book Concern, $97.00.
From the Chartered Fund, $ ...... .
From Board of Pensions and Relief, $125.00.
From Annual Conf. Investments, $849.82.
From Pastoral Charges, $. . ....... .
From Other Sources, $ •.•
Total, $1,071.82.
(b) How has it been Applied?
To Retired Ministers, $800.00.
To Widows, $492.00.
Necessitous claim of Effective Members, $60.00.
86. What amount has been apportioned to the Pastoral Charges within
the Conference, to be raised for the Support of Conference
Claimants?
No apportionment.
87. Is there a Conference Sustentation Fund Society, and what is
its Report?
None.
88. Where are the Preachers Stationed?
See list. of appointments.
89. Where shall the Next Conference be held?
Referred to the Cabinet.
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Anda-West (supplied by) ........... .
Anda-East (supplied by) ... .
Anda-North (supplied by) ..
Anda-South (supplied by) ....... .
Asingan ... . ................... .
Bani-Center ..... :."....... ...... .. ..
l:Sayambang-Bautista (supplied by) .. ..
Binalonan-Laoac .................. .
Binmaley .......................... .
Bolinao-Center (supplied by) ....... .
Bolinao-Binabalian (supplied by) ..... .
Bolinao--San Roque--Tupa (supplied by)
Bugallon-Aguilar (supplied by) ... .
Burgos-Mabini (supplied by) ... .
Calasiao (supplied. by)... . ....... .
Dagupan ........... , ....... .
Dasol Infanta (supplied by) ..
Lingayen, Students Church ... .
Dialect (supplied by) .... .
Malasiqui (supplied by)... ..
Mangatarem (supplied by) ...... .
Natividad-Santa Maria (supplied by) ..
Posorrubio (supplied by).. . ... , . .. ..
San Carlos-Urbistondo (supplied by) .,
San Fabian and San Jacinto ............ .
Mangaldan and Mapandan (supplied by).
San Manuel ..................... .
San Nicolas.... . . . . .. "
San Quintin (supplied by) .. .. .. . ..
San Quintin-Umingan .. , .......... .
Santa Barbara (supplied by) .. .
Sison-Labayug (supplied by) .. .
Tayug ................ .
Villasis (supplied by)
Rosales-Balungao (supplied. by) ..... .
Sual-Labrador (supplied by) ...... .
Left without appointment to attend school.
Women's Appointments
District Missionary W.F.M.S. (Lingayen,
Pangasinan) ................. .
Mary Brown Townsend School. . . . .. . ..
Student Work (Lingayen, Pangasinan)
Hugh Wilson Hall, Junior - .. .
Assistant ....................... .
Bayambang Girls' Dormitory... .. . ... .
Lingayen Kindergarten.... .. ..... . ..
Supervising Deaconess. ..... .. .. .. ..
District Nurse. .. ... ... .
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E MILIANO SEBRIO
Marcos Villamil
Fernando Calicdan
Emeterio Kavada
T. E. MARQUEZ
MARIANO RAGUINDIN
FELIPE REGUALOS
SILVESTRE B. A YSON
Emilio Rosario
Ruperto Gaerian
Santiago N amoca
Marcelo Villacorta
Roman Amor
Cornelio Camba
Domingo Cabacu,ngan
Dionisio C. Garcia
Juan Colorado
FELIX GROSPE
Melanio Lorezco
Domingo de Vera
Gregorio Viloria
Recardo de Ia Cruz
George Regino
Cornelio Ferrer
Adriano Guarin
Mauro J aviltr
CALIXTO GARffiAY
TOMAS V. LARA
Braulio Lucero
Plegunte Balan
Placido Elenzano
Angel Catabay
Feliciano Amor
Eugenio Fernandez
Jose Belmonte
Macario Casiano
Ildefonzo Brazal
Leila Dingle
Mildred M. Blakely
Silveria Lucas
J anuaria Casipit
Feliza de' Vera
Solema Edralin
Marciana Lumanog
Antonina Vela
Esperanza Bumanlag,
Caridad Ocera
Lettie Wadsworth
Isabel Garcia
Mrs. Sixta Dizon
Marcela Cansino
Esberta Opina
Lucia Olivar
R.N.

MR. & MRs. 0 L. DAVIs--On furloUgh.
MARY L. DEAM-On furlough.
MR. & MRs. PAUL D. EDDY-On furlough.
WILHELMINA ERBST-On furlough.
GLADYS HILLARD - Methodist Publishing House-Assistant Mission
Treasurer. .
ELIZABETH GRENNAN-On furlough.
E. K. HIGDON-Instructor Union Theological Seminary.
D. H. KLINEFELTER-SUpply Pastorate, Southern California Conference.
E. S. LYONS-Publishing Agent, Mission Treasurer and Legal-Advisor.
B. O. PmmsoN-Acting Mission Treasurer, and Publishing Agent.
REX R. MoE-On furlough.
MRs. EMMA G. MooRE-Evangelism through the Ministry of Music.
JOSEPH W. MOORE-Instructor Union Theological Seminary.
JOSEPH W. MOORE-Editor Philippine Observer
CIPRIANO NAVARRO - Secretary of Philippine Council of Religious
Education.
WILLARD S. PALMER- Secretary Religious Education, Instructor
Union Theological Seminary.
AGATON PAscuAL-Editor, Mabuting BaJ,ita. 442 Rizal Ave., Manila.
E. A. RAYNER-Professor, University of Southern California.
H. J. RILEY-Mission Correspondent.
A. L. RYAN-President Union Theological Seminary (on furlough).
S. W. STAGG-Director Student Evangelism Wesley Foundation.
S. W. STAGG-Chairman, Wesley Foundation.
PAUL E. THOMAs-Manager Printing Department, Methodist Publishing
House.
HELEN WILK-On furlough.
HAZEL DA VIs-On furlough.
ARMEmIA THOMsoN--On fudough.
Left without appointment to attend school:
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Manuel Adeva
Roman T. Calica
Vicente S. Cordero
Domingo de Luna
Fernando Laxamana
Jeremias Ocampo

VI. REPORTS
PANGASINAN DISTRICT
1928-1932
B. O. PETERSON
Change
Rapid readjustment has characterized the life of the people.
What has affected the life of the people has affected the work of
the Church. Systems of transportation have improved. More miles
of good roads have been completed. Commerce is taking the needs
and luxuries nearer to the doors of the people. Communication is
more speedy. Automobiles travel faster. Train schedules are mQre
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San Carlos, and Mangaldan. Many churches have undergone extensive
repairs, reconstruction and continued construction. The
church at San Nicolas is a good example of what indigenous ability
of mind and means can do.
Bible Women's Training School
The past year has been theb€st in the life of the Bible Women's
Training School. The principle of training workers to carry on
their endeavors under self-supporting conditions has been firmly
maintained. This self-support principle keeps the workers at all
times in close touch with the economic life of the people and gives
them a larger sense of responsibility. It calls for dependence of the
workers on the integrity of the people who in all fairness should
support them. More over this principle of self-support guarantees to
this institution a constant field of service thorugh times of financial
depressions and other difficulties. Credit for the success of this
school is due to the principal, Miss Mildred M. Blakely and her loyal
group of efficient faculty members.
Gir'ls' Dormitories
While some dormitories have been forced to close their doors
for lack of patronage our dormitories at Lingayen and Bayambang
have continued to survive. This success may be attributed to
two distinct causes, the consecration of the managers in charge and
the nature of the attachment built up in the lives of the students
who live in them. Miss Isabel Garcia in the Lingayen Hugh Wilson
Hall Junior and Mrs. Sixta Dizon in Bayambang have had surprisingly
splendid success under very discouraging financial conditions.
Kindergarten
The kind of kindergarten work done by Miss Marcela Cancino
in her schools at Lingayen and Dagupan emphasizes right training
and Christian nurture at the time they properly belong in the life
of the child.
Sunday Schools
With the closer personal attention made possible by the full
time leadership of the Rev. W. S. Palmer, Secretary of Religious
Education, improvement and interest has been noted in our Sunday
School workers on the District. This is evident at the Sunday school
conventions where methods and means are discussed in fine detail
by the workers themselves.
Epworth Leagues
Working in cooperation with the Christian Endeavor of La
Union Province our Epworth Leagues enjoyed a special privilege at
the Bunuan beach Institute. The place of meeting and the strong
program presented made the institute unusually constructive in the
heart and mind of those who attended. To encourage the out-ofdoor
feature a five year lease has been secured for the ideal location
at Bunuan near the sea.
District Work
Beyond all expectations Miss Dingle has succeeded in keeping
her splendidly prepared Bible Women loyally at their destinations.
In Sunday School and in League the Bible Women and Deaconesses
build solidly and well the Life of Christ in the Church.
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Student Work
The importance attached to work for students makes necessary
a special appointment for Lingayen. During the past two years an
additional pastor has served the dialect congregation. We were sorry
to lose the Rev. Cipriano Navarro from the work for students but
were made glad in July by the coming of Rev. Fleix Grospe who
has splendidly served the appointment.
For student work in other high school towns as well as in Lingayen,
Miss Lettie Wadsworth has given full time and made many
friends. Especially constructive has been her supervision of the
graded school of Character Education in Lingayen.
Extension
The extension principle of instruction has proven itself in Pangasinan
to be well adapted to the economical and effectual training
of preachers while doing full work as pastors. Sixteen supply
pastors in Pangasinan and four in Ilocos Sur are taking advantage
of the Extension training centering in the Lingayen group of Districts.
Eighteen men attended the full month's class instruction.
Under the direction of Miss Dingle, the -Daily Vacation Bible School
Institute, had a very largely expanded program during the past
summer vacation season of the Public Schools, and consequently gave
enlarged usefulness in religious teaching. The very nature of this
work suggests that it should more and more receive the active cooperation
of such teachers and others who are familiar with public
school methods of instruction. This is for the good of both the
children who are taught and those lay workers who do the teaching.
About 28 years ago when I began work in Ilocos Sur I looked
forward to the the time when the Church would be so well established
in the Philippines that it could supervise and support itself.
Children in a family, though dear and precious as children, are expected
to grow to maturity, and in doing so, more and more attend
to their own wants and necessities. As with children in a family
so with the membership and congregations that have grown up under
the initiation of the missionaries. At this Annual Conference
a Filipino district superintendent will take the place of the missionary.
This is as it should be.
Special Mention
Space and time forbid naming all those men and women in the
District whose work through the year merits special credit. The 300
Local Preachers and Exhorters, the church officers and Sunday
School workers and other consecrated lay members, have all contributed
to the total success. During the past year pastor Tomas
V. Lara at San Nicolas and Mauro Javier at Mangaldan have
especially succeeded in leading many souls to Christ.
Ccmclusion
The year has been free from disturbing incidents within the
force of men and women workers. Efficient attention to duty and
loyal cooperation with the administration of supervision, have characterized
the year with good memories. The RETREAT with the
leaders of both men and women workers last September, showed the
interest "that builds for permanency in the things of the Kingdom.
Personally I have felt it one of the most constructive years I have
experienced in the service.
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him in this respect. Though busy in her home, she finds time to call
on people and to help in the work of the local Church.
The parsonage at Tuguegarao has been finished with a total
cost of 2643 pesos including the free labo.r donated by the members.
Miss Atkins has also finished building a new and spacious residence.
Our chapel at Balinguit has been dedicated. We have also dedicated
our chapel at Bawa, the Church in the Wild-wood. Our chapel
at Solana has been cemented. Three other chapels would have
been finished had we received. our share of the San Juan Heights
sale. Materials are being gathered for three more chapels. Our constituency
are feeling the great need of building dignified churches.
Any outside financial help given in Christ's name and for His glory
will greatly encourage our people to give their best in building these
houses of worship.
Our Inspirational meeting was held at Tuguegarao during the
month of August. Dr. and Mrs .. Cottingham came and warmed our
hearts. In this gathering we put our Christ at the center of the
program. Around Him we. prayed, waited for the still small voice
of our Master. We yearned for the rebaptism of our souls by His
divine and majestic power. We were very anxious to have a new
revelation of what it means to be really an ambasador of the Cross.
We are glad to report that the yearnings of our souls have been
answered. The natural self was filled by the Spirit of God. With
one accord we pledged once more to our Lord our lives and our all.
As we wanted to reflect the life of Jesus in our lives to others,
to the places where the need was greatest we went to proclaim the
blessed and glorious Gospel of Hope and Salvation .. Our main objective
was not to swell statistics but to get men and women into
the Kingdom of God. The words of the Psalmist that they who
sow in tears shall reap in joy, and he that goeth forth and weapeth
bearing precious seeds 1 shall doubtless come again rejoicing, bringing
his sheaves with him was fulfilled before our eyes. As a result
of our extensive evangelistic campaigns 300 have been received into
our fellowship. Those lost sheep have returned to the fold and to
the Shepheard of their souls. Children baptized 178. We received
237 into full connection this year.
Our Sunday School Convention was held at Aparri during
the first week of November. Our hospitable members there have
entertained freely in their homes all the delegates. For four days
we listened to splendid lectures which dealt with the most vital problems
of religious education. Hours have been spent in answering
well prepared questions which have relative value in the sacred task
of inculcating religious truth. We were aware of the fact that social
regeneration can only come when we can get people acquainted
with God. Brothers Navarro and Palmer and Dr. Moore were present
and they ably helped us.
Our Epworth League institute was held at Ilagan during the
Christmas vacation. Dr. Stagg brought to us messages which enriched
our lives. Miss Hewson and Miss Dingle have also aided
us in laying down very distinctly the right line in the Christian
development of our young people. We aimed to initiate them into
the Kingdom of God. Our effort was not in vain. We see that our
young people are well lined up. They are rendering effective service
for the Lord and for the coming of a neW' day.
Mrs. Tovera, our Domestic Mission Treasurer, was able to collect
222.31 pesos this year. With this money we were able to help
support our pastors who are stationed in weakers circuits and
preachers who are preparing the way for the Lord in the wilderness.
Through the able help of Mrs. Cottingham new Societies have been
organized. We are hoping that by next year we shall be able to
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Lee, (who is just as eloquent as the bishop himself), addressed the
small congregations that were so eager to see our esteemed leaders
for the first time in their lives. Formerly, only the larger and
better churches were visited by our bishops in our district.
Not very long after the episcopal visit, three of the most distinguished
members of the cabinet, Rev. Lorenzo Tamayo, Rev. Severino
Cordero, and Rev. and Mrs. Pedro B. Cruz, came to visit the
wonderful Cagayan Valley for the very first time. I am sure that
these big fellows had seen visions when they came to see our great
districts. Their views were widened as they travelled comfortably
from Balete Pass to Aparri in the Ford graciously provided by the
Manila Epworth Leagues for the use of their highly estemeed district
superintendent. I took them to some of· our churches and there
I let them talk to our people all they wanted until very late in the
night all the time that they were with us for several days. They
have surely given us much of food for thoughts and our souls for
which we are grateful.
It was in the month of May when our longed for Missionaries,
Rev. and Mrs. Herbert J. Riley and children finally came to us
in the Valley, I am only jealous because they are not residing within
our district. The Missionary influence ought to be divided, so
that the Rileys should reside in either nagan or Bayombong, both
provincial capitals.
Very shortly after their arrival, Brother Riley began to work.
Naturally, he started in the North District; in June and in July, he
came to the South. In twenty days continuous travel, some times
in his Ford, (We had the use of carabao power to pull it out of the
mud twice) some times on horse back and some times on foot, we
visited most of our important points. In this visitation we dedicated
three chapels and baptized fifty people. Brother Riley has already
proven himself to be a real brother and a faithful coworker.
His happy disposition can overshadow any apparent difficulty in the
work.
Several Bible Institutes were held in the district during which
classes were conducted at day time and revival services were held
in the evenings. This work yielded much fruit. Brother Francisco
Cariiio came to help us in one of the institutes. He conducted
the Leadership Training classes in which about twenty English speaking
young people attended very faithfully.
Again this year, we divided ourselves into several groups for
Evangelistic campaigns. These campaigns were conducted in almost
all the circuits with very satisfactory results. We baptized this
year 923 children and adults and our net gain in membership is 50l.
While we do not have very much money, our people have been
willing to give and to do what they could for the church. They
worked in groups and went to the forests to cut and gather materials
for their new chapels and· as a result, eight new chapels
were built this year in the following places: Two in Mabini circuit
under pastor Segundo Gutierrez; two in Bagabag under pastor Lorenzo
Gutierrez; and in Murong, Bagabag, they gathered enough
narra boards for the walls of their church. The church in Bintawan
under Pastor Gregorio Vergara was entirely renewed and
enlarged with strong materials and iron roofing. The church in
Latorre with Pastor Faralan was enlarged using strong materials and
iron roofing. As a result of a debate won by Pastor Felix nan over
the Seventh Day Advantist in Lamo, the church there was finally
rebuilt, enlarged, and with iron roofing. The small chapel in Aritao
that stood on some body's lot for several years, is now on our
own lot that we bought this year and a small parsonage is built
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spoke about Religious Education and after their lectures they introduced
the wonderful Laubach's method of teaching illiterates.
The Women's Aid Society held its convention in Munoz, Nueva
Ecija. Miss Regina B. Antonio, the president, was the motivating
factor of this women's society. This society helped to raise part of
the Bible Women's support in the district. .
The District Conference which was held in Guimba, Nueva Ecija,
was attended by 109 delegates. Dr. and Mrs. Cottingham attended
the conference. They made a strong appeal for self-support. In
this conference, six local preachers and 55 exhorters were recommended.
Six girls were recommended to attend the Harris Memorial
Training School; nine to the Mary Brown Townsend Memorial
Training School; three men to study in the Union Theological Seminary
and one student pastor to take high school course and to be
supported by the district.
Building Construction
Two barrio chapels of mixed materials were constructed during
the year. One in Vargas, Camiling, Tarlac and the other in Visay,
Gerona, Tarlac. The approximate value of these chapels is P3,OOO.OO.
For repairs, the district spent "500.00 and the total expenses for
construction and repairs amounts to '1800.00. This lessened the selfsupport
for preachers.
Students' Work
Miss Leila V. Dingle, our District Missionary conducted several
revival meetings in all the students' centers. Many students have
been encouraged to attend Sunday Schools and the religious services.
Several of them were accepted as members. The work in the provincial
capital of Tarlac under the charge of Rev. Roman Nacu
and Miss Carmen Cunanan was very successful. Through the efficient
leadership of Rev. Roman N acu and Miss Carmen Cunanan, there
has been an increased attendance in all the religious services in
Tarlac, Tarlac.
Munoz .and Central Luzon Agricultural School is under the
charge of Rev. Donato Antonio with the good cooperation of three
instruCtors, Messrs. Ambrocio Torres, Desiderio Goco and N asario
Sadorra. Many of the students have been accepted as members.
The work of the church in this institution is very encouraging. This
is the only institution within the district in which we can make an
expansion of the Kingdom of Heaven., for students of this school
come from all parts of the Philippine Islands. This institution is the
Alma Mater of several preachers who are scattered among the Ilocano
people in the North.
Medical Aid
Miss Lucia Olivar, our district nurse, who is also the district
nurse of Pangsinan, has done a splinded work in nursing. She has
visited several places, giving lectures, medical instructions and treated
sick chlidren and adults, especially in places where there were
no doctors nor sanitary inspectors.
Our Institutions
There are 17 girls from the district who are studying in the
Mary Brown Townsend Memorial Training School. Four of them
graduated last December, 1931. There are at present three girls in
the Harris Memorial training School, and one of them will graduate
this year. In Guimba, Nueva Ecija, one student will graduate from
the high school this year. Mr. and Mrs. Eulogio Dizon have supported
this student during his studies in the high school.
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The girls' dormitory in Tarlac has been rebuilt last year. It
is now in good condition. In view of this we expect a greater number
of boarders this coming school year.
Our Great Loss
Rev. Alipio Valdez, 34 years old, after two years' illness, crossed
the GREAT DIVIDE, November 14, 1931. Pastor Valdez had served
in the ministry 14 years. After his death, twin baby boys were born
from the parsonage, but one died. The untimely death of Rev. Alipio
Valdez is an irreparable loss of Tarlac District. The district
lost a conscientious and devoted worker.
Territory
The members of the Methodist Episcopal Church from the Ilocos
regions who immigrated to Baler, Tayabas, have petitioned the National
Christian Council, requesting that they be included in the
Methodist area, for this town is within the jurisdiction of the Presbyterian
Mission. After several inaorsements, that region was finally
ceded to the Methodist Episcopal Church which now awaits the
action of this conference as to which district on the east with a distance
of about 108 kilometers. The road leading to this place is now
under construction. It is therefore requested that this town be included
in Tarlac district.
In the district, the work of Evangelization opened new places
and are divided into congregations; 35 Sunday Schools were organized,
the membership of which is 2972; there are 13 Domestic Mission;
societies Women's Aid 10.
New members converted in 1931 445.
Self-support raised '3691.00.
For constructions '680.00:
The success of the moral and spiritual work in the district has
been due largely to the wholeheal'ted cooperation of our men and
women workers and members who have consecrated their lives for
the service of the Lord.
MANILA DISTRICT
PEDRO B. CRuz
We render gratitude unto Him "Whose we are and whom we
serve." He has blessed us as we went about discharging our responsibilities
and doing our humble duties in the past ten months of our
second year of service on the Manila District. We must confess
there was testing of our faith which discouraged us on the way, but
deliverance came in due time.
During the month of April, most of the pastors in the District
devoted their time to special evangelistic services while the deaconesses
with the help of lay leaders in the churches, under the supervision
of our beloved missionary, Miss Hewson, held their Daily
Vacation Bible Schools. Coming back from our vacation in May,
we at once attended to the problems of self-support and Domestic
Mission work.
On May 31st, a special joint program of the District Domestic
Missionary Society and the District Board of Stewards, was held in
Tondo. In that meeting a good amount was collected by the treasurers
of the District Domestic Missionary Society and the Board of
Stewards respectively. The timely arrival of Dr. and Mrs. J. F.
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Cottingham in June was a real inspiration and encouragement to all
of us in the work of the Domestic Missionary Society and selfsupport.
From July to October, local Conferences and Church Loyalty
Days were held. In our visits to the different churches we felt quite
keenly the crisis which was prevalent everywhere. It was hard for
most of us; but there was no quitting, an expression once more of
the sincerity, devotion, and sacrifice of these "heroes of the Cross"
in- the Manila District. In our Spiritual Retreat at Calaguiman, Bataan,
we received new vision so that problems that appeared gigantic
before became insignificant and a firm determination gripped all
of us to finish the high calling which we began in the ministry of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. The spirit of evangelism is widespread
over the two Districts, so that even the more inclined critics
of our cause are having unusual enthusiasm and various activities in
tlieir own churches.
In the reports of new members received during the year, Pastors
Galvez of Taytay, N atanael de Pano of Santa Ana, Gatdula of Malabon
South, Gamboa of Meycawayan, and Simon D. Reyes of Paraiiaque,
can not be rivaled.
In the record of stability in self-support and Domestic Missionary
Society and administration of their circuits, there are Pastors
C. T. Santos of Malabon North, Agaton Pascual of Tangos, Julian
Santiago of Binuangan, and Eladio Reyes of Corregidor; while
all the circuits in the District from the biggest to the smallest have
their activities in building and repairing churches and parsonages.
The work for the children and women goes on steadily With a
constructive program under Miss Hewson with' her group of deaconesses
whose consecration to their duty is without peer.
November was our Convention month in the Manila District.
November 7-8, the most successful convention of the Manila District
Epworth League was held in the new Temple of St. Paul's,
Tondo. Some 300 leaguers attended the convention with hearts hungry
for the message of life. The Rev. John P. Jockinsin of the
Union Church was the first speaker who thrilled the young people
with his message on "What Shall I Do with My Life"; the second
speaker was the Hon. Teodoro R. Yangco, who spoke ably upon the
subject, "Others". Our own Bishop Edwin F. Lee was to have
been the third speaker but because of his early departure after his
last visit here Dr. J. F. Cottingham was invited by the Program
Committee to fill his place. He spoke on the "Ten Year Program
of Philippine Methodism."
On November 21-22, the convenion of the Manila District Domestic
Missionary Society was held also in Tondo. Despite the time
of crisis, the delegates from the different societies attended with
their reports. Those societies which were behind in their quotas
to the District Treasurer tried to pay up all what they could at the
time of the convention.
With the cooperation of Mrs. J. F. Cottingham as General Secretary
of the Domestic Missionary Society, we feel convinced that
this coming year we may reach our goal of P5OO0.00.
We shall continue to open new work in the various towns around
Taytay; Cainta is already opened, the revival work is still going on
under Brother Galvez. Some 67 new members were reported to me
already, and a new congregation with a new Sunday School is now
organized.
Tondo Congregation has begun work in Poron, Palawan. We
should send a new preacher to Pugad-Babo and the surrounding communities
there and another to Binondo where Mr. Yangco is ready
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to give a big old camarin on his own lot to be used as temporary
chapel.
The successful convention of the Manila District Sunday School
Association was held on November 29-30. At this convention, the
young people of the church passed a resolution that in the future
all the District organizations hold their conventions jointly to save
time, energy, and money. I think this will be done.
We were happy to have with us Bishop Lee in October; he dedicated
the P12,000.00 Chapel of Taytay; Dr. and Mrs. Lyons are
always sympathetic friends ready to help and to advise in season
and out of season. Dr. Parish kindly supplied us with health-papers
for distribution among our people for which we give her thanks.
Like last year, the various institutions in the Manila District
will be reported by their respective directors who are directly responsible
for them: Dr. Rebecca Parish of the Mary J. Johnston Hospital,
Dr. E. S. Lyons for the Methodist Publishing House and the
Rader Hall, Miss M. M. Decker for the Harris Memorial Training
School, Dr. A. L. Ryan for the u.nion Theological Seminary, Miss
Bertha Charles for the- Hugh Wilson Hall, and Miss Margaret Hewson
for the new Lope de Vega Hall.
In conclusion I am reporting herewith a few items of some special
interest to notice as a summary of the work done in the Manila
District covering the last ten months:
(1) New members received 658.
(2) Self-support including Domestic Missions '17,744.75.
(3) Amount spent for buildings '16,090.00.
BATAAN-ZAMBALES DISTRICT
PEDRO B. CRuz
The last annual conference decided that Manila District be
divded into Bataan-Zambales District and Manila District. The
former comprises both the Bataan and Zambales provinces; the latter
includes the work in Manila, Corregidor, some towns in Rizal, and
a few towns in Bulacan. The last annual conference likewise through
Bishop Lee appointed us to the Superintendency of both districts.
April was our vacation month in Munoz; also in that month
we availed ourselves of the opportunity to make a trip to the Cagayan.
We can never forget that journey for which we thank God
and our brethren in Cagayan; we pray for the continued success of
the Gospel in Cagayan Valley.
Upon our return from vacation, we turned our attention to the
work of Domestic Missions and self-support in Bataan province.
On May 31st a special meeting on stewardship was held in Orani
which proved to be successful in the collection of special pledges to
cover the outstanding obligations of the churches to their Pastors.
In spite of this, due to the present monetary crisis, the leaders in
the province saw that the budget for the year of the Domestic Missionary
Society would not cover the monthly distributions so we
thought of a plan for emergency. The Secretary-Treasurer, Rev.
Pedro A. Tellez and I went to see the Hon. Teodoro R. Yangco. We
presented to him our need; he was convinced to help the work in
Bataan especially in the support of the newly appointed Pastor in
Bagac and Morong. He responded by giving his pledge, even more
than we expected. He promised to give fifty pesos every month
beginning last July for ten months, or five hundred pesos for the
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whole period. But the brethren did not neglect their duty to be
loyal to the cause of the Kingdom. They tried hard to collect all
pledges that the churches promised to their Pastors.
In June, Dr. and Mrs. Cottingham arrived. Among the many
receptions in their honor was the one given by the Preachers' Association
of Bataan. This was held in Orion amidst the rejoicing of
all to show their gratitude for the help rendered by these _ beloved
Missionaries in the work of the Domestic Missionary Society, Selfsupport,
and Evangelism.
Our first visit in Zambales was made in August. We passed
through tbe new road cOOllecting Bataan and Zambales. The fifteen
workers, men and women, gathered at San Narciso for a whole day
meeting. 'then we had the devotional hour followed by the reports
of the workers. The report of each worker was full of fruitage in
spite of the hard times and the crisis.
At the suggestion of Dr. Cottingham, a committee on Evangelism
was formed in Manila last July. This committee formulated
plans a.nd decided to begin thorough preparations for the coming dry
season. While the quarterly conferences and church loyalty days
were being held in the circuits during the months of July, August,
and September, all of the workers of the- two districts of Bataan­
Zambales and Manila were preparing for the joint Spiritual Retreat.
In my diary, I have this memorandum: "Oct. 21-25-Workers'
Retreat for the two Districts at Calaguiman-the best Retreat we
ever had-all blessed; problems that appeared discouraging were
seen in the Light of the Holy Spirit; we all saw new visions of new
life and purpose. The Lord be praised."
During the first week in November, we made our second visit to
Zambales. We visited Olongapo, Sta. Rlita, Castillejos, N'regrito
Work, and Subic. At this visit we began preparing the circuits for
the Missionary Journey we had planned to make with Dr. and Mrs.
Cottingham, Miss Hewson, and others. We made this Missionary
Journey November 11 to 19. According to the' plans, Mrs. Cruz and
I served as the John the Baptist for the three Missionaries. From
Olongapo up to North Zambales, we held conferences, administered
batisms, and arra.nged programs. Then we were followed up by Dr.
Cottingham speaking on evangelism and self-support, Mrs. Cottingham,
on Domestic Missionary work, and Miss Hewson, on the work
for women and young people. At Iba, the Superintendent of public
schools granted Dr. Cottingham the privilege to speak to 600 students
in the new auditorium of the Provincial High School. We have a
very bright future for our work among the students here. The Rev.
Mr. Mora, the present Pastor, has served Iba circuit successfully
for two years. He was for 14 years a public school teacher, which
position he left to answer the call of the ministry. He is ready this
conference to join with us "for better or for worse."
There is now an organized congregation at Candelaria in North
Zambales. 'the brethren there under the leadership of Rev. and
Mrs. Celestino Abad are ready to build a permanent chapel.
The work among the Negritos in Zambales is found in Palan
Mountain, Pandayan, Banliwit, Sta. Rita, Macarang, Alibang, and
Subic. This work is in the hanchl of a very able and aggressive
missionary, Bro. Felix Ningala. At Palan Mountain they built a
chapel of buho and kogon with dimensions of 3 by 6 meters. We
dedicated this chapel November 3rd. Recently they transferred the
barrio to the lowland. They are now building a bigger, more durable,
and more beautiful chapel. The negrito brethren are showing
their interest in the new life. Brother Ningala does not only preach
to them but also lives with them, teaching them how to read and
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write and how to live worthy of being Christian citizens. In our
District Conference at San Narciso, Bro. Ningale expressed his
gratitude for the horse he is using .now donated by Miss M. M.
Decker. The pony is named "M. M. Decker Memorial Horse for the
Missionary to the Negritos of Zambales Province." Bro. Ningala is
forced to wear a silver badge on his coat with this inscription:
"Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary to the Negritos," otherwise
the Negrito brethren would not recognize him as their missionary.
The important work among the children, the young people, and
women, continues to progress. This is due to the untiring efforts of
our Deaconesses under the supervision of Miss Hewson.
T'he success of the work in Bataan-Zambales is due to the fine
consecration of our workers who through poverty and lack of material
necessities are still peacefully and faithfully serving, and to
the sacrifice that the supporters of the Domestic Missionary Societies
in Manila District are making by giving P100.00 to Zambales and
P10.00 to Bataan every month.
Some of the results for the last ten months:
New members received. ....... .•..
Spent for buildings ............ .
Self-support including D. Mission .....
CENTRAL DISTRICT
E. T. CRUZ
331
1'2913.15
P4402.17
This year although it was somewhat a year of many trials and
hardships, has proved to be a year of sincere devotion and loyal
service to the Master on the part of every worker of Central District.
Faithfulness is the word that best describes everyone's life
and task.
Just after the close of the Annual Conference last year, I began
my work for this conference year. A joint meeting of the workers
of Nueva Ecija and Bulacan was held in San Miguel, Bulacan, where
a plan for our evangelistic campaign and other phases of our work
was brought up. Matters affecting the District, particularly the
spiritual life of the churches as well as the financial side were
discussed with frankness of heart and an open mind. We reached
a conclusion that Central District needed the baptism of the Holy
Spirit, which baptism ought to be full and dominant in the life and
soul of every believer, most especially our workers. Thank the good
Lord, for He came to our rescue. He once more consecrated us to
the great cause. He made us see our failures, our misdeeds, and our
shortcomings that through them we might with determination learn
a triumphant march like that of the Eleven for the expansion of the
Heavenly Kingdom and for the glory of· the Good Master.
Convent'ion and Lyceum
Some of our time has been set aside for our lyceum and District
Convention. A fifteen day lyceum for our pastors and deaconesses
was held in Bulacan, Bulacan. Miss Davis and Miss Walker
helped us during the lyceum. Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Cottingham gave
no less effort for its success. Revival services were also conducted
during the evenings and there was manifested much spiritual fruitage
among the brethren. Special classes oD' Evangelization were conducted
by Dr. Cottingham for the workers alone. Everyone felt
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A number of recruits for the Gospel Ministry this year will add
some force to the evangelization of our District. By the increase
of our laborers, we hope to increase our harvest.
District Conference
Our District Conference convened in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
last January 21st to the 24th. It was an inspiring conference, although
once in a while some hot and lively discussions were at issue,
yet, at the end it was the will of the Lord that triumphed. Miss
Marion Walker and all our deaconesses have been very helpful to
us. They were with us side by side in the difficult struggle, sympathizing
and cooperating in all our endeavor to spread the good
tidings of love and peace.
Summary of our L088 and Gain
1. Self-support, a loss of P2,055.00.
2. Membership, a gain of 543 souls.
3. Domestic Missionary 'Society, a gain of P908.00.
4. Sunday School, a gain of 1823 members.
5. Total cost of improvements P5,464.
6. Disritct Superintendent's support P617.
Our labor during the year has not been very strong. We failed
in many things. We were sorry for our shortcomings. We are
gravely ashamed before the Master for the little harvest. However,
we are not discouraged for the Lord of the Harvest has been very
kind and gracious to us during the past. Weare determined to
Win the victory. Like Paul, we are forgetting the things that are
behind and are pressing toward the prize that is before us. Let
the Lord be praised! To him we offer our thanks for the little labor
we were able to accomplish in His Great Vineyard.
REPORT OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
By A. L. RYAN, President
Enrollment
In bringing a report for the Seminary I wish to mention first
the matter of enrollment. We have a total of 83 students, 51 of
whom &r.e ministerial students. Twenty-eight of these ministers
are in the six year's B. D. course. Two of them are graduate students,
while 26 are under-graduates. That is to say, these 26 will
receive either the A.B. or Ph.B. degree, then (if circumstances permit)
go on to get the B.D.
Of these 28 men in the B.D. course, 15 are Methodist, 6 Disciples,
4 . Presbyterian, and 3 United Brethren.
In the Shorter Seminary course there are 16 men enrolled looking
. towards the Th.B. degree. Seven are Methodists, seven Presbyterians,
one Disciple, and one United Brethren.
Four young women of the Disciples Mission (classified mInISterial)
are specializing in religious education, looking towards the
B.R.E. (Bachelor of .Religious Education) degree.
Ten of our students have indicated teaching as their expected
life work. Four of these ten teacher students are ministers' children.
These teacher students are classified by missions as follows: 4
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Methodist, 2 Presbyterian, 2 United Brethren, 1 Disciple, and 1
Catholic.
. Our total enrollment is not very much different from what
we have been averaging the past five years. The enrollment each
year from 1927 to the present has been as follows: 80, 94, 91 74, 81.
The ministerial students during these years have ranged as follows:
52, 55, 51, 42, 51. The teacher students during the same period
have ranged as follows: 26, 86, 39, 26, 10.
It will be noted that there is a decided drop among those who
look towards teaching, while our ministerial students have increased
nine as compared with last year. This decrease in teacher students
is probably due partly to financial depression, and partly to the increase
in the number of schools of education.
Curriculum
This leads us next to a consideration of curriculum. I should
like to say at the outset that whatever changes or additions have
been made in our curriculum from year to year, have come about
chiefly as a result of suggestions by the heads of the departments,
and also by missionaries or Filipino pastors in the field. Last year
I sent out a letter to a selected list of Misionaries and Filipino pastors
ask-ing for suggestions about subjects which they thought should
be taught in the Seminary. Many replies were received. Our Curriculum
Committee gave careful consideration to all of these.
The Shcwter Seminary Course
I would like to call your special· attention to the Shorter Seminary
Course, in which we now have 16 men enrolled. Certain revisions
were made in this course for this year, which I think have
greatly strengthened it, making it especially helpful for those ministerial
students who can not plan to take the entire six years work.
It majors in Bible, 36 units being offered in Old and New Testament
courses. The total units required for the 'th.B. degree amount
to 146.
Students who graduate from this course and later find it possible
to continue work towards the B.D. degree may do so, taking
care to meet the net minimum units as set forth in the total B.D.
requirements.
The Seminary Evangelistic
Is the Seminary evangelistic? About three years ago, a committee
from the Presbyterian Mission conducted an investigation to
discover whether the Seminary is adequately fulfilling its mission.
One of the questions asked in their questionaire was this, "Did the
intensity of your desire to preach the Gospel increase or decrease
during your stay in the Seminary?" All answered, "Increased."
During our annual conference last March, I sent a brief questionaire
to about 15 leading men who had been in the Seminary
during recent years. Their replies all bore glowing testimony that
the Seminary had helped to increase their evangelistic fervor and
passion.
I have been making a study of our last Conference Annual to
discover further data along this line. The facts reveal that our
Methodist Pastors, who were formerly students in the Seminary,
had an average of 30 accessions to the church for each pastor during
the Conference year.
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It may be said that we are not so equipped as to be able to do
this work in a satisfactory and efficient manner as each of these
different branches. It may be true that we cannot complete the
sale and distribution of the necessary literature as well as these
agencies ,that have been raised up for the specific purpose, but with
their active co-operation we think there is no finer and more economical
way to undertake such a program, than in close co-operation
with the 'Methodist Publishing House.
We shall not be fully satisfied until at least we have had a full
conference in relation to these matters, and have actually tried the
possibility of meeting through our institution the full needs of these
several departments of the Church program.
It should be born in mind that we are not seeking to make profit
out of any branch of our business, and stand. ready at all times to
make special arrangements for the handling of books and special literature
that is needed in the different branches of the Church.
Not withstanding the hard times and the great depression in
business the usual cash contribution of P2,OOO has been made to the
Mission Budget for 1931, together with a further sum of P700 making
a total contribution to the Mission of P2,700. We have also made a
further grant of P350 to help clear a debt on the Pampanga Church
paper and have donated the entire cost of Publishing the Mabuting
Balita. Other small donations and grants amounting to P142.27 have
been made.
We close with a word of commendation for the faithful services
of the employees in both the store, the Printing Department and in
the work of our Office.
No case of disloyalty or of wrong doing has been discovered
among them this year. In every position the employees have been
efficient and faithful. All this has greatly helped to make possible
the degree of success we have had. For the fine co-operation and
faithful services rendered, each one has my thanks and gracious
appreciation.
72
E. S. LYONS
Publishing Agent

METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE
Manila, P. I.
BALANCE SHEET-NOVEMBER 30, 1931
ASSETS:
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash-
On Hand.. .. ... .......... ... ..
At the National City Bank, Savings Account
Accounts Receivable:
Customers
Less-Reserve for Doubtful Accounts.
Net
M. C. Denniston.
Rents Receivable .... .
Wightman ..... .
Advances to Publications:
Pangasinan Advocate.
Pampanga Advocate .. .
Ang Mabuting BaIita .. .
Philippine Messenger.. .. .. ..
Philippine Observer. . ..
Tagalog Hymnal Revision.
Inventories:
Books, Stationery etc.
Paper ....... .
Leather, Cloth, etc.
Ink, Oil, Glue, etc.
TOT AL CURRENT ASSETS.
FIXED ASSETS:
Land ........................ .
Building ' .......... .
Less: Reserve for Depreciation ... .
Machinery .. .. .. ..,.
Less: Reserve for Depreciation. .,
Tools and Accessories. ... ...
Less: Reserve for Depreciation.
Types, Lead, Metal, etc. .. . ...
Less: Reserve "for -Depreciation.
Office, Furniture and Fixtures ..... .
Less: Reserve for Depreciation .. .
Book Room, Furniture and Fixtures.
Less: Reserve for Depreciation.
TOTAL FIXED ASSETS ......... .
DEFERRED CHARGES-PREPAID INSUR-
ANCE ..... . ...... .
EXHIBIT "A"
78
P 64,669.46
19,239.14
P 29,950.75
19,928.68
P 2,481.36
1,124.30
P 8,541.84
7,800.37
P 2,563.66
1,555.71
P 3,725.99
2,169.24
P 1,492.84
33.75
P 11,469.67
2,000.00
P 9,469.67
1,407.03
1,143.00
70.00
P 554.69
1,381.21
2,403.77
46.50
2,290.86
345.96
P 29,680.63
836.37
109.03
78.70
P 45,152.00
45,430.32
10,022.07
1,357.06
741.47
1,007.95
1,556.75
P 1,526.59
12,089.70
7,022.99
30,704.73
P 51,344.01
105,267.62
489.83
P157,101.46

METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE
Manila, P.I.
BALANCE SHEET-NOVEMBER 30, 1931
LIABILITIES:
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Overdraft-National City Bank of N. Y.
Accounts Payable:
Miscellaneous, LocaL... ... . .....
Miscellaneous, Foreign. . . . . . . . . . .. ..
American Bible Society. .. .. ..... ..
Accrued Interest Payable. .. .. . ...... .
Accrued Taxes...... . . . . ............ .
Consignment Account. .. ... ... .
Loans Payable:
Chap. Joseph Clemens ............ .
Mrs. Joseph Clemens .......... .
Nicholson Bible Seminary ..
E. Parkes' Estate ..
Deposits .................. .
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES ..
METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION-CUR-
RENT ACCOUNT. ... . . .. ..
CAPITAL ACCOUNT:
Balance, November 30, 1930 ........ .
Less: Net LosS-Per Exhibit "B".. .. ..
EXHIBIT "A" (Cont.)
74
P 705.49
1,803.96
194.75
359.26
456.52
2,808.50
P 2,166.11
1,164.33
1,924.16
2,015.60
P 4,716.28
6,328.48
7,270.20
2,660.62
P 20,975.58
27,086.50
P122,900.27
13,860.89 109,039.38
P157,101.46

METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE
Manila, P.I.
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES
(Prepared From The Books Without Verification)
FROM DECEMBER 1, 1930 TO NOVEMBER 30, 1931
MISCELLANEOUS INCOME:
Net Sales Sunday School Literature. P 66.49
Rentals of Buildings-
Methodist Building... .. ..... ., .. P 12,255.50
Less: Grants to Pampanga Advocate. .. 350.00 P 11,905.50
Less:
Maintenan'ce and Repairs.
Insurance ....... .
Depreciation ... ..
Real Estate Tax ..
Net ..... .
G. Tuason Building-
Total . .
Less: Repairs and Maintenance.
TOTAL INCOME.
DEDUCT:
Loss on Printing Operation-Schedule B-1 ..
Loss on Book Room Operation, Schedule B-2,.
TOTAL LOSS ...
ADD-EXPENSES AND OTHER CHARGES:
General Expenses.
Stamps ..
Interest on Loans.
Transportation
Donation. . .... .
Depreciation, Furniture and Fixtures .. .
Total Expenses... .. .. .. ..
Accounts Written Off ..... .
TOTAL LOSS DURING THE YEAR TO EX­
HIBIT "A," ..
EXHIBIT "B"
75
P 635.20
603.02
3,283.47
1,468.93
P 481.12
217.66
5,930.62
p 5,974.88
263.46
P 6,841.77
6,151.17
P 1,052.07
61.06
763.78
1,505.78
2,842.27
256.37
P 6,481.33
691.45
6,238.34
P 6,304.83
12,992.94
P 6,688.11
7,172.78
P 13,860.89

METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE
Manila. P.1.
PRINTING DEPARTMENT OPERATION
(Prepared From The Books Without Verification)
FROM DECEMBER 1, 1930 TO NOVEMBER 30, 1931
SALES:
Commercial Printing ....... .
Religious Printing.... . ......... .
Book Binding:
Commercial .. P 1,779.82
P 11,199.46
17,686.26
Religious .............. . 1,727.47 3,507.29 P 32,393.01
DEDUCT-COST OF SALES:
Materials and Supplies:
Inventory, December 1, 1930:
Paper ............. .
Leather, Cloth, etc. . .
Ink, Oil, Glue, etc.
Purchases during Period:
Paper ........... .
Leather, Cloth, etc. ..... ..
Ink, Oil, Glue, etc.
Total Materials and Supplies.
Deduct-Inventory, November 30, 1931:
Paper .......................... .
Leather, Cloth, etc. . .......... .
Ink, Oil. Glue, etc. . ................ .
Materials and Supplies Used ..... · ....... .
Add-Labor and Power:
Salaries and Wages .................. .
Outside Labor... .. .. . ............. .
Power and Light... .. .. .. . .. .
Cuts .......... . ..... .
Outside Labor.
Total Cost of Sales... .... .. .. ..
GROSS PROFIT ON SALES... ., .... ..
LESS: SELLING AND OVERHEAD EXPENSES:
General Expenses....... .. .. . ....
Delivery.. ........... . .... .
Rent ..... ... .... . ......... .
License and Taxes... .. .. . ... .
Reimburseable Expense. . . . . . . ..... .
Maintenance and Repairs of Plant.
Advertising ........ ........ ..... .. .
Transportation . . . . . . .. ..
Insurance............. .. . ........... .
Depreciation of Machinery. .. .. . ..... .
Dept:eciation of Tools and Accessories. .. ..
Depreciation of Types, Lead, etc. . .....
P 1,029.33
158.21
153.20
P 4,926.85
534.99
279.76
P 836.37
109.03
78.70
P 17,674.40
3,609.92
963.92
696.80
261.66
P 1,340.74
5,741.69
P 7,082.33
1,024.10
P 6,068.23
23,206.70
P 562.38
35.70
3,600.00
191.73
172.72
368.47
17.25
366.35
150.76
2,996.07
248.14
1,281.28
TOTAL LOSS ON BOOK ROOM OPERATION TO EXHIBIT "B"
SCHEDULE B-l.
76
29,264.93
P 3,128.08
9,969.85
P 6,841.77

METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE
Manila, P .1.
BOOK ROOM OPERATION
(Prepared From The Books Without Verification)
FROM DECEMBER 1, 1930 TO NOVEMBER 30, 1931
SALES:
Total for the Period ..
Less--Return Sales. . ...
DEDUCT: COST OF SALES:
Inventory: December 1, 1930.
Purchases during Period'. .. ..
Freight In... .. . .. , ... .
Total... ... . ...... .
Less--Inventory, November 30, 1931 .. .
Cost of Sales.
GROSS PROFIT ON SALES ................ .
ADD: COMMISSION ON CONSIGNMENT SALES.
GROSS INCOME.
LESS-SELLING AND OVERHEAD EXPENSES:
Salaries .....
General Expenses.
Royalties .....
Freight-Out. ..
Rent ........... .
License and Taxes.
Advertising. . . . .. . ....
Transportation.. . ... .
Insurance... .. ..... . .......... .
Depreciation-Furniture and Fixtures. ..
TOTAL LOSS ON PRINTING TO EXHIBIT "B" ..
S C H E D U L E B-2.
77
P 18,855.53
723.71 P 18,131.82
P 35,381.75
11,508.10
126.43
P 47,016.26
29,680.63
P 3,294.29
673.40
351.84
251.16
1,500.00
104.99
526.25
63.73
150.76
372.60
17,335.63
P 796.19
341.66
P 1,137.85
7,289.02
P 6,151.17

LEGAL REPORT
I have pleasure in reporting for the Conference year the receipt
of the following Board and Church titles:
1. Registered certificates have been issued and received in the
name of the Board of Foreign Missions, for lots 7 and 8 in San
Lazaro Estate; for the two Mission lots in Tralac; for the Mission
House lot in Malolos; for the Boy's Dormitory and the Isaac Peral
House lot in Manila, and for the Dormitory lot in Ilagan, Isabela.
These titles complete the registration of all Board properties except
the Bishop's lot in Manila and for which stgregation proceedings are
under way for a division of that lot among the Board, the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society and the Students Church.
2. Church titles have been received for our Church property in
SamaI, Bataan; for two lots in Calaguinan a Barrio of Samal, Bataan;
for the new Church site in Villasis, Pangasinan; for our
property in Bugallon, Pangasinan; for a lot in San Antonio, Nueva
Ecija; for the Church lot at Quezon. Nueva Ecija; for the Church
lot at Candon, Ilocos Sur; for the Church lot in Dagupan, Pangasinan,
and for the Church lot reserved in the sale of the second half
of the San Juan Tract new sold.
3. Segregation cases have been prepared and filed:
(1) For our Boys' Dormitory lot in Lingayen, Pangasinan
in which we shall set off a strip .of land along the side
street for rental purposes.
(2) For the new Parsonage lot in Rosales, Pang.
(3) Proceeding are on the way to segregate our Church lot
in San Quintin, an dfor the land below Easter School
road in Baguio.
Women's Foreign Missionary Society their portion of
(4) The papers are being prepared for the setting off to the
the Hugh Wilson Hall property.
4. Common Deeds have been received for the following properties.
(1) Barrio lot of Ibung, Municipality of Solano. Nueva Vizcaya.
(2) For the Church lot in Dupax, Nueva Vizcaya.
5. Relocation sites have been secured in the following places:
Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya; in Alcala, Pangasinan; in Paniqui, Tal'lac;
and in Subic, Zambales. while work has been done on relocation
projects in San Mi,guel de Mayumo; Gerona, Tarlac; Munoz, Nueva
Ecija; Bulacan,. Bulacan; in Palawig, Zambales and in Tayug, Pangasinan.
6. Applications have been filed for the registration:
(1) Of our Church property in Sibubl Springs.
apartments.
(2) Two cases' in Santo Tomas, Barrio of Candon.
(3) For the registration of the Rosales Church lot.
(4) Papers have been filed for registering our Sta. Maria
Church lot.
(5) For the registration of Church lot in Tumuini, Cagayan
and for Tu,gi a Barrio of Bani, Pangasinan.
7. Cases Tried:
(1) Two trips were made to Nueva Vizcaya in the case of
the inheritance of the property of Manes Panganiban.
This case is still pending. .
(2) An ejectment case in the matter of the Church lot in
Baliwag; and in the road lot taken from the Church lot
in Baliwag by the province of Bulacan.
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tance thru all the conference is 1330 miles; more than two thousand
kilometers. .
In spite of the hard year and the low price of rice, the loss in
support to the pastors has been held at a reasonable amount. Organization
of the Stewards and the cooperation of many fine laymen
has brought a fine increase in the support of the District Superintendents
that is approximately sixty-five per cent for the year.
We want to pay a tribute to the kindness -of the missionaries,
District Superintendents, Pastors, Deaconesses, Bible Women and
Laymen who without a single exception have cooperated in this plan
of Kingdom Building.
Recommendations
Believing that this year is one that shall test our faith because
of the depression, loss of appropriation from America and a spirit
of pessimism that is abroad, we recommend:
More time for evangelism. Let every pastcr agree to double
his efforts this year.
That a week each month be set aside in every district and
circuit, in which there shall be revival efforts in the local
church and district. That during the prayer week 110
plans shall be made that will involve expense of travel.
For want of a better name we suggest we call it "Beginning
at Jerusalem" week.
That there be a moratorium on building for one year.
Only in cases where building funds are already collected
shall building be done.
That the pastors agree with their District Superintendents
to advise with the Secretary of Stewardship and ioin in
a prayer of faith that shall supply our needs month by
month. Not asking for a regular sum from the funds
from America but accepting such as may come as a direct
answer to our prayers.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Since the last session of the Annual Conference The Board of
Religious Education has been operating under a budget of P2000 less
than that of the previous year. In order partly to make up this
loss in income and also to be closer to the field of our work your
Secretary moved last June from Manila to Malolos, Bulacan. We
have since that time heartily enjoyed being provincianos.
Since last July we have issued irregularly to the 365 pastors
and women workers of the Conference a little mimeographed periodical
known as "The Philippine Church Journal," which journal has
contained, we hope, some pointed suggestions for religious education
in our churches.
During the past year the 200 odd books in the library of our
Board have been generously used by members of the Religious Book
Club of the Philippines. In order to make it possible this year for
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every pastor and woman worker to become a member of the Book
Club and to read the best books the Board has recently voted to
charge a yearly fee of only fifty centavos and to pay all postage on
books borrowed. We thus hope that every Conference appointee will
this year a vail himself of this opportunity to read good books.
We have this year given a great deal of our time to young people's
work, in our visitation, in the writing of numerous letters to
Epworth League presidents and to pastors, and especially in arranging
for our five Young People's Christmas Institutes. From our
personal observation and from the comments of qualified observers
we believe that all of the Institutes increased in the quality of their
results in terms of young people. Following the suggestions of our
Institute Program Committee the daily schedule of each of our
Institutes provided for the active participation of the young people
themselves in morning watch periods, in forum and discussion
groups, in classes and in various forms of recreation. The Bible
courses provided stimulation for the practical interests of the discussion
course on World Peace. Numbers of young people at all of
the Institutes signed a petition asking the World Disarmament Conference,
now meeting in Geneva, to work for radical disarmament
of the nations. There w.ere 540 registered delegates at the Institutes,
with a total of 700 in attendance. The largest number attended the
Central Luzon Institute, held this year at the foot of Mt. Arayat.
Cagayan Valley Institute had more than twice as many delegates as
in previous years. The Institute at Los Banos was participated in
by young people of several denominations, with the Methodists having
the largest group. Christian Endeavor young people also attended
the Ilocos and Agno Valley Institutes, and in each of these
three Institutes the young people of the two Societies testified to
their joy of -fellowship together. We look forward to still closer
cooperation and fellowship with the young people of the Christian
Endeavor during this new year and those to come.
During the early part of the year your Secretary acted as the
Chairman of the Curriculum Committee of the Philippine Council of
Religious Education, which Committee is now charged with the production
of lesson materials for the Philippines. Some valuable new
lesson materials have this year been prepared, all of them with
either the direct or indirect help of members of this Board. Some
of them were produced or revised in a Curriculum Course at the
Seminary, of which your Secretary was the instructor.
For the first time we now have lesson materials especially for
those of Intermediate and Senior ages. The present lessons were
written by Mr. Feliciano Amor. We also have now a Young People's
topic quarterly, for use in our Epworth Leagues. In each of
these quarterlies there are more than enough lessons for each Sunday
of the quarter, thus permitting the young people to choose those
topics in which they are most interested. Especially for our Institutes
two new courses were prepared. The first is a course in the
life of Jesus, the second a course on World Peace. A very helpful
booklet of church recreation known as "Philippine Phunology," is
ready for your purchase at fifteen centavos. New programs for
Parents' Meetings have now been assembled under one cover. Our
Children's Committee has been responsible for the preparation of a
valuable new booklet on "The Children's Dep't. of the Church School,"
and has also published a story book for children, called, "Carding
and Ninay's Own Book."
. As chairman of a curriculum research committee of the Philippine
Council we are attempting to gather Philippine Life Situations
and other materials which will aid us in preparing continuously better
lesson materials.
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More than a year ago a special committee was set up to work
out a program of boy's club work for our Philippine churches. That
committee has worked at its task and has now prepared a very
worthwhile boys' program to be known as "The Pioneers of the
Philippines." This boys' program has already been adopted in principle
by the Board of Religious Education. We hope that you will
at once obtain your copy of the Handbook of the Pioneers of the
Philippines, study it, and start to organize the boys of your church
and community as Pioneers who will follow in the footsteps of the
Great Pioneer. Shall we make every effort in the coming months
to provide in all of our churches a real program of Christian character
-development of our boys. We hope, too, that it will not be
long until we can announce a similar program for our girls.
We have this year heartily enjoyed our many contacts with the
workeps of all the districts. With the help of a newer car than we
had previously, we have within the past seven months travelled by
auto 13,000 kilometers in the course of our visitation, and we have
had many enjoyable and some unusual experiences varying from
being marooned by great floods in the Cagayan Valley to being
captured as a Manila gangster.
The effectiveness 9f our work of religious education is entirely
dependent upon the cooperation of all our church workers. These
who have this year cooperated are far'too many to mention by name.
They include members of the Board of Religious Education and of
its several important committees, the district superintendents, pastors.
women workers, missionaries, and a countless number of lay
workers. The progressive success of our religious education program
in the conference and the local churches will depend entirely
on the cooperative endeavor of every church worker.
WU,LARD S.- PALMER.
THE PHILIPPINE OBSERVER
JOSEPH W. MOORE, Acting Etbitor
At the head of the editorial page of the PHILIPPINE OB­
SERVER stand these words: The Leading Philippine Journal of Religion,
Morals and Social Reform. I earnestly believe that this statement
is true in all respects but one. In content, in ideals, in sincerity
and in actual attractiveness and interest it holds to this standard.
But it is not leading in one essential respect. It is not leading
in distribution, in circulation.
I accepted the acting-editorship with eagerness and delight. I
found that the last issue before my beginning had been distributed
to 3,300 addresses. A careful investigation showed us that we were
justified in lopping off 1,100 names immediately from our mailing list,
and my first issue was 2,200. Each month has seen a reduced issue.
January, 1932 found us with 1,156 suscribers; February with 1,114.
March will leave us with only 906.
What is the matter? Has our OBSERVER run its course? Has
it finished the fight? Is there no longer a demand for such a periodical
in our midst?
If every member of this conference had done what one of our
probationers, Gregorio Padolina did, we would now have more than
10,000 subscribers on the roll. BrotherPadolina easily secured 104
subscribers in his community, and earned a cash premium of P26
for himself. He also received a valuable book for his library as a
prize. Brother Gregorio Vergara also deserves honorable mention
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for their viewing. We can deplore evil cines and exhort youth not
to go to the picture houses because of them, but they will go anyway.
The producers will not be persuaded by our opposition to clean up
their business. But some of the pictures are really good. If we
acclaim the good, we offend no one, and we help establish an intelligent
attitude Qf criticism and selection on the part of our
readers. The producers themselves have shown a friendly interest,
and have indicated their desire to have the good pictures favorably
presented.
The future of the OBSERVER rests with us. Our estimate of
its importance to our general work, and our efforts on its behalf
will determine whether the Leading Philippine Journal of Religion,
Morals and Social Reform is to continue. Under the circumstances
of my work it has been possible for me to accomplish only the
monthly task of editing and publishing the paper. I have not had
the time or facilities to propagate the circulation. Naturally, our
number of subscribers has declined, and will continue to do so unless
a more adequate provision for management is made. Such a provision
should call forth the largest possible degree of cooperation of
every member of this Conference.
REPORT ON WESLEY FOUNDATION
1. That because of the ambitious educational program of the
Philippine Government which aimed to place a public school in every
town and barrio throughout the Island, the Methodist Mission early
sought its contacts with the students through dormitories for men
and women in the provincial high school centers in the area assigned
to the. Methodist Mission. Since then until the present time the
program has been to maintain dormitories in provincial centers and
thus save the large overhead expense, and the varied demands made
upon the .Mission through the upkeep and maintenance of schools
and colleges.
There are sixteen of these high school centers in the Methodist
area and among the thousands of students who gather for attendance
upon the various institutions to be found in these centers there
is to be found one of the most attractive and promising evangelistic
opportunities in Mission fields.
The various dormitories under the supervision of Wesley Foundation
have had difficult times this year, because of the small number
of students who could really afford to patronize them. Many
started as residents of the various dormitories, but because of the
failure of income they were forced to leave the institution and take
up rseidence often in remote and unsatisfactory places in order to
save a few pesos.
Because of the hard times prevailing many private homes have
also opened to students, offering board and rooms at rates which
dormitories cannot meet and be respectably maintained.
There are eight dormitories under the supervision of the Wesley
Foundation and while most of them have been able· to meet their
running expenses, the boys' dormitory at San· Fernando has been
barely able to pay its way. The moving of the High School classes.
to the new site has helped to make the situation more difficult.
The girls' dormitory in Cabanatuan has moved into its fine new
building which was· dedicated in December, and while not directly
under the Wesley Foundation has had aid from the Secretary "both
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taught. To climax the last National Religious Education Convention
the first gr"aduation exercises of this course was had. TWenty
five students entitled to a diploma were listed in the program. Contrary
to former practice there were no students entitled only to a
certificate or seals who took part in the program .
. ... . Peace education claimed a portion of your secretary's attention.
During the Christmas holidays about 550 young people met in five
Epworth League Institutes and Interdenominational conferences.
Your secretary prepared the course on hte subject of peace and put
out a text-"The Universal Peace Movement" which was used in all
the five groups mentioned above. A peace squadron was organized,
the members of which were distributed to address every one of the
institutes and conferences on the sub-ject of "Peace." This address
was to climax: the series of lessons on "The Universal Peace Movement."
As a definite result of this phase of activity some 2,100
young people signed a disarmament petition which petitions were
forwarded to the International League of Women for Peace. The
five institutes and conferences voted to ask Professor M. Gamboa,
U.P. now in Oxford, England to go to Geneva and represent hetm
at the disarmament conference.
Y {)ur sec:retary presented in the last meeting of this body in
September the "Internationa.l-Good-will Handkerchief project. The
idea you recall is to secure especially designed handkerchiefs from
our Sunday School members to be taken to Rio de Janeiro at the
World Sunday School Convention to be presented as good-will gifts
to the children in the Sunday Schools of other lands. Considering
the hard times we are in and other difficulties the result has been
very gratifying. We now have about 1000 of these beautiful things.
The fact that we still have about three months before shipping these
gifts means that we might have much more than 2,000 all together.
Most ()f the handkerchiefs are made of Philippine cloth and with
high grade of workmanship in embroidery. This is greatly appreciated.
"
The making of programs for conventions and conferences and
the promotion. of the same is work. As chairman of the program
committee for the Epworth League Institutes and the Interdenominational
conference your secretary was able to work out with the
committee a more unified program for the young people irrespective
of denominations. The reactions from the five gatherings have been
favorable. Around 550 delegates were in attendance. The setting
up of the. National Convention and the securing of speakers and
singers was made lighter by the ever ready assistance of committee
members and especially of Mr. E. K. Higdon who was a joint
partner in the whole affair.
In line with the policy of br·inging about a more genuine and
intimate relationship between the cooperating bodies of the Council
and other independent Protestant communions your secretary proceeded
to interest the brethren of the Independent Methodist Church
and the newly organized Iglesia Evangelica U nida de Cristo in the
Interdenominational conference in Los Banos and the National Religious
Education Convention and also the International Good-will
handkerchief project. The response has been most gratifying. Official
delegates from both churches were sent to Los Banos and the
National Convention besides contributing speakers and- special choirs
for the program. Requests for models of the good-will handker­
.chiefs were received. In the last meeting of the Independent Methodist
Church the ministers of that body promised that the project
will be pushed in their churches.
Another hopeful sign of cooperation has been demonstrated in
the conferences held in Los Banos, Bunuan Beach amd Vigan. In "Los
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Baiios the Epworth Leaguers of Manila and Bulacan and Christian
Endeavors of the Disciples, United Evangelical Church and the
In Bunuan Beach the Endeavors from La Union, and the Leaguers
from Pamgasinan and Tarlac provinces also met and enjoyed each
other's company. In Vigana similar story took place between the
Methodists of Ilocos Sur, the Disciples of Ilocos Norte and the United.
Evangelicals of La Union.
Finally let us look forward without forgetting the things that
are behind. Let us make further discoveries of the opportunities
of constructive Christian service through religious education. Let
us have faith in the rich promises of· the Great Teacher, faith in the
potential leadership of the Filipino· Christians, faith to believe that
in the face of world-wide financial depression and retrenchment our
peop1e shall courageously accept responsibilities; relying upon themselves
and upon God.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF
MINISTERIAL TRAINING
Commendable progress is being made in our ministerial training
work. Standards are increasingly being raised. All agree that
we must have a better trained ministry if we are going to meet the
challenge of the present day. The fact that our annual conference
last March passed a resolution making high school graduation or
its equivalent a required academic qualification for admission on
trial, reveals our common thought on this matter.
Many thanks are due to the various instructors for their cooperation
in maintaining high standards. At the sme time there
is need for still more careful and systematic follow-up work on
the part of instructors in relation to their students.
The mid-year institute held last October was productive of good
results. However the attendance was not as large as we had hoped
for. The total number of students attending was 28, whereas we
have a total of 52 in the conference course of study, 7 fourth year
students, 18 third year, 12 second year and 15 first year. Of course,
it needs to be remembered that 11 of these undergraduates have been
attending the Seminary this year, and were therefore excused from
attending the institute, since it was felt that they could not attend
the institute and at the same time keep their Seminary work up to
proper standard.
Our attendance at the institute held last March just prior to
our annual conference was 43. Therefore this year's attendance of
28 shows a decrease of 15. Part of this decrease was due to illness
and part to financial depression.
Mention should also be made of the Extension Course work for
local preachers which has been carried on in Pangasinan district.
This is under general supervision of the Board. Seventeen were in
attendance. The results have proven very encouraging.
We have no post-graduate students at present. But if a subsidy
can be secured for promoting this phase of work, several men
are planning to take up the courses as now arranged by the General
Conference Commission on graduate study.
We are exceedingly grateful to Dr. Allen MacRossie, Executive
Secretary of the Commiss-ion on Conference Course of Study for the
splendid financial cooperation which has been extended to us. The
grant this present conference year was $175, (P350.) But even with
this generous grant plus the amount received from student fees, we
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still have a deficit of P176.76 in this fund, as we face the new conference
year. It is hoped that we may be able to find a special gift
to cover this deficit and also to take care of expanding work in the
future.
In the interests of closer correlation and in conformity with the
Disciplinary requirements,
Be it resolved, that immedia.te steps be taken to place the dialect
local preachers' course under the direction and supervision of the
Board of Ministerial Training.
(Sgd.) A. L. RYAN, Chairman.
REPORT OF RESIDENT MISSIONARY OF THE
CAGAYAN VALLEY
H. J. RILEY
Mrs. Riley and I are supremely happy to be with you again in
this country and among the people we love with all our heart. During
our recent stay in California, in speaking before Filipino and
American groups, we frequently referred with pride to the fact
that we did not belong there, that our adopted home was in the
Philippine Islands and our membership was in the Philippine Islands
Annual Conference.
And surely no greater privilege could be given to us than to
serve our Christ and the Filipino people as missionaries in the large
and growing Cagayan Valley. Our first and lasting impression of
the Valley can be described very correctly in the words: "The Land
of Opportunity."
We have realized that our first important task was to get
acquainted with our Pastors, members, and the communities where
our church is serving. We are glad to report that under the patient
and efficient guidance of our two District Superintendents we have
visited all of the important congregations and centers of work in the
Valley.
It has been very interesting and almost startling to discover the
size of the territory in which our North and South Cagayan Districts
are located and over which the Superintendents and missionary
must travel. It is actually a distance of four hundred and fourteen
kilometers from Santa Fe the first· point on the South District to
Sanchez Mira the farthest congregation on the North District, and
sixty and forty kilometers respectively to the two most distant
preaching points East and West of the main Valley road.
As a result of our first visitation of this rapidly growing work
we are convinced that there is no spot in all the world where the
Church of Christ is called to a greater task of spiritual and moral
leadership than in the Cagayan Valley. And there is to be found no
finer type of people than the Cagayanos, a people very open minded
and responsive to the spiritual and moral truths of Christianity. .
During our eight months of residence and happy service in the
Cagayan Valley we have come to love and admire our -two district
superintendents, the Reverend Ciriaco Inis and the Reverend Benito
Tovrea, and to have a very high regard for the people where ever we
have visited. Mrs. Riley has found great joy in her fellowship with
the members of the Tuguegarao Church and in helping in the Church
School, the Epworth League, and the student Work, and if it were not
the care of our three children she would visit and help the other
churches in like manner.
It has been an increasing pleasure and inspiration for Mrs. Riley
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"\VEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 17
"Surely the Lord is in this place. This is none other than
the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."
8:30 A.M. Devotions and Holy Communion ... Bishop Edwin F. Lee
ORGAN-"Offertoire in B-flat"..... . ....
.Read
HYMN QUARTET-"Fairest Lord Jesus ... "
Words from the German, 17th Century
Silesian Folksong, harmonized by T. Tertius Noble
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Moore
9 :00 A.M. Opening Session of the Annual Conference
10:30 A.M. Twenty-minute Recess
11:40 A.M. Address: "Japan and the Evangelistic Movement under
Kagawa" ..... Bishop James C. Baker
12:20 P.M. Adjournment
3 :00 P.M. Committees as announced
4 :30 P.M. to 6 :00 P.M.-Conference Reception, Residence of Bishop
and Mrs. Lee---1265 General Luna
7 :30 P.M. Organ Recital­
"Fantasia"
"Chanson Triste" ..
"At Evening"
............... . Stainer
............... . Ne'vin
. ................ Kinder
Domestic Missions Night. . . Mrs. J. F. Cottingham
A Pageant-"Building Up the Church"
Picture Review of Domestic Missions
-Knox Memorial Church
(See note on the page for Saturda.y)

THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 18
"The path of the righteous is as a dawning light that
shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
8:30 A.M. Devotional Hour, led by Bishop James C. Baker
HYMN Sow-ceO Love that will not let me go,"
Words by George Matheson, Music by Albert L.
Peace ....•.............. Rev. Samuel W. Stagg
9 :00 A.M. Conference Session
10:30 A.M. Twenty-minute Recess
11:40 A.M. "Our Gospel Message and the Training of Ambassadors".....
. ....... Dr. A. L. Ryan
12 :20 P.M. Adjournment
3:00 P.M. Committees as announced
7:30 P.M. Organ Recital-
"Festival March" ..................... . Read
"Berceuse" ...... . ........... Kinder
"Song of Joy" . . . .. .. .Frysinger
Address: "The Rural Church in the Philippines"
.. .. .. ............ . Rev. E. K. Higdon
-Knox Memorial Church
THE MUSIC of the Conference emphasizes the great
hymns of the church. The hymns sung, both by and
for the congregation have been selected with careful
regard for their poetic and musical merit, as well as for
their expression of exalted religious sentiment. The
participation of friends and members of the Conference
has greatly enriched the program of Conference music.
The brief organ recitals by Mrs. Sylvia Barnes Thomas
have been arranged for because of the inspirational worth
of organ music as a part of public worship. It is devoutly
hoped that the music of the Conference may both aid in
worship and lead to fuller appreciation of the power of
sacred music as a means thereto.

FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 19
"Rejoice, ye pure in heart,
Rejoice, give thanks and sing."
8:30 A.M. Devotional Hour, led by Bishop Edwin F. Lee
HYMN QUARTET: "How gentle God's commands" ...
Words by Philip Doddridge, Music by H. C. N ageli
. . . . . . . .. . .. Manila District Male Quartet
9 : 00 A.M. Conference Session
9 :30 A.M. Lay Electoral Conference-St. Paul's Church, Tondo
10:00 A.M. Clearing of Report on Classes for Admission to the
Conference and for Ordination
10:30 A.M. Twenty-minute Recess
11 :40 A.M. "Our Philippine Church Music" . Mrs. Emma G. Moore
Organ-
"In Twilight" .. . . . . . . .. .. .. ... . .. Stebbins
"Summer' .. .. .. .. .., .. . ... Stebbins
HYMN ANTHEM-"Christian, dost thou see them?"
Words by Andrew of Crete (660-732), Music by
John B. Dykes, (1868) ..... Conference Male Choir
12 :20 P.M. Adjournment
3 :00 P.M. Joint Session with the Lay Electoral Conference. General
Discussion; Subject, "Our Program of Advance
for the Philippine Church"
Evangelism in the Districts .... Rev. Benito Tovera
The Developing Work for Women and Children
.. . .... Misses Saturnina Lara and Mary Evans
The Student Approach ........ Rev. S. W. Stagg
The Layman's Outlook... .Mrs. Asuncion Perez
A Self Reliant Church. .Dr. J. F. Cottingham
7 :30 P.M. Organ Recital­
"Offertoire in D" .... ... , ..... Batiste
HYMN SOLO-HO Christ who holds the open gate."
Words by John Masefield, (1874-), Music by Edward
Shippen Barnes ...... Rev. Joseph W. Moore
Address-"The Modern Student and His Religious Out..
look" ........ ..... .. .. . Bishop James C. Baker
-Knox Memorial Church

MONDAY
FEBRUARY 22
HBehold, how good and how pleasan.t it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity/'
8:30 A.M. Devotional Hour, led by Bishop James C. Baker
9 :00 A.M. Conference Session
10 :30 A.M. Twenty-minute Recess
11 :00 A.M. Address: "The Gospe] Message and the Youth of
Malaya" ...•........ Rev. James J. Kingham, M.A.
12 :20 P.M. Adjournment
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TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 23
o Christ, our only Saviour, 80 come to dwell in us
that we may go forth 'with the light of thy hope
in our eyes, and thy faith and love in OU1' hearts.
Amen.
8 :30 A.M. Devotional Hour, led by Bishop Edwin F. Lee
Organ-
"Larghetto from C]arionet Quintet".. .. . . Mozart
HYMN SOLO-"My Jesus, as Thou Wilt," Words by
Schmolke-Borthwick, Music by Carl M. von Weber
.. .. ..... . ............ Mrs. Emma G. Moore
11 : 00 A.M. Consecration Service, led by Bishop James C. Baker
11 :30 A.M. Expected Hour of Adjoul'nment.

PRINTED AT THE METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE, MANILA

COMMITTEE ACTIONS
6. That the local constitution of the Domestic Missinoary Society
and the constitution of the Domestic Mission Board be printed in the
1932 Annual Conference Journal.
7. That two 'Per cent of the total collection of the Domestic Missionary
Society from each district be paid to the Domestic Mission
Board.
E. T. CRuz,
For the Committee.
CONSTITUTION OF THE DOMESTIC MISSIONARY SOCIETY
ARTICLE I.-NAME
The name of this society shall be "The Domestic Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church."
ARTICLE n.-OBJECTS
It shall be the object of this society:
(a) To help weaker circuits unable to maintain entire selfsupport.
(b) To provide money to send preachers to open new work.
(c) To open, as soon as the funds and circumstances will
permit, missions among the mountain tribes in our
territory.
(d) To provide money to print tracts for free distribution.
(e) To provide money to be loaned out to poor churches
for the purpose of building chapels.
ARTICLE IlL-MEMBERSHIP
Any member or friend of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who
will promise to pay a monthly due of not less than five centavos
(PO.05), may become a member of this society.
ARTICLE IV.-OFFICERS
Only members of the Church in full connection are entitled to
hold office. The officers shall be a President, a Vice President, a
Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be elected annually during
the first week of the Conference year, with duties generally assigned
to such offices, provided only that the Treasurer shall disburse money
only as the Society directs him.
ARTICLE V.-MEETINGS
There shall be a regular monthly meeting for devotional, inspirational
and education purposes with a program, after which a collection
for the work be taken. Business meetings may be called by
the President at any time.
ARTICLE VI.-DISTRICT CABINET
There shall be a District Cabinet, who shall act as an Executive
Committee for the district, composed of the District Superintendent
as ex-officio Chairman, a President, a Vice President, a Secretary
and a Treasurer, to be elected by the annual convention herein provided,
or in its absence, by the District Conference.
It shall be the duty of the District Cabinet to supervise the
work of the local societies and to co-operate with the District Superin-
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III. In order to keep the confidence and trust of all our members
in the local churches and to save many of our people from blanre,
we recommend that the following suggestions be given:
(a) That good treasurer's books be used following some bookkeeping
system.
(b) That money given to the church be given receipts, and all
money paid be given v()uchers.
(c) That the treasurers should be careful not to use the church's
money for their personal use.
«H That all money received must be turned over to the proper
treasurer as early as possible.
(e) That pastors are requested to give receipts for all things they
have received either for their regular support or as special gifts to
them, such as rice or anything else which might be considered as applying
to their support.
(f) That pastors or laymen collecting funds in other ch--rch s
and districts should give clear accounts of the money they colle::t.
(g) That no money be expended, not included in the budget, except
that the Official Board has acted on it. We suggest that a budget
something like this be adopted:
Domestic Mission ... .. P 5.00
Superintendent's Support .. 5.00
Pastor's Support 60.00
Running Exp,enses ....... .. 15.00
Miscellaneous - . . . .. ., ... . .. .. 10.00
IV. In view of the fact that difficulties have arisen or become
aggravated during the absence of Bishops from this field, and in
view of the wide distances between the two conferences in this area,
and also the distance between this area and the United States, we
request the appointment by the Bishop of a Conference Sup erindent,
or a committee of three to look after the interests of the conference
during the absence of the presiding Bishop.
V. Whereas it was agreed by the old Evangelical Union that the
name "Iglesia Evangelica" or its English equivalent be used as the
common name of the churches with the denominational name in a
subordinate place on buildings, letter heads and literature; and
Whereas this is the common practice now in some localities;
We rEcommend the adoption by the Annual Conference of tbe
use of the name "Evangelical Church" to precede the Ufe of our
denominational name.
VI. In view of the crying need at the present day for vigorous
and aggressive personal and public evangelism in the country among
all classes of people and in all places, utilizing all members in the
local churches, we, therefore recommend that a Commission on Evangelism
be appointed by the Bishop to study the objectives, the message,
and form of organization for a general evangelistic movement.
VII. Realizing the present state of our Church and the need of
a." spiritual awakening and dynamic spiritual vitality amollg our
people, we therefore, recommend that Prayer Leagues be organized
in every district and in every local church throughout our Conference;
that the Bishop be requested to appoint a committee of five
to determine the objectives and the form of the organization as an
instrument in the promotion of this religious movement.
VIII. At the request of the Committee, there appeared before
us the one first responsible for the handling of the de Armas investigation
who stated that:
" For four months he "had been studying the de Armas case,
after which conclusions were reached. Advisers were con-
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DIALECT TRAINING OF WORKERS IN
BIBLE INSTITUTES
EXHORTER'S COURSE
First Year:-
1. St. Luke's Gospel.
2. Sunday School Organization and Administration.
B. Catechism.
4. Old Testament Characters, Genesis to Ruth.
5. Family Worship.
Second Year:-
1. St. John's Gospel.
2. Sunday School: Child Study.
B. Intermediate League.
4. Old Testament Characters: Samuel to Isaiah.
5. Finances of the Local Church.
Third Year:-
1. St. Mark's Gospel.
2. Sunday School: Principles of Teaching.
B. When We Join the Church.-Ryan.
4. Old Testament Characters: Jeremiah to Malachi.
5. The Preacher and His Work.
6. Studies in Christian Experience.-Tamayo.
Fourth Year:-
1. Acts of the Apostles.
2. Sunday School: Primary Methods.
B. The Junior League.
4. The Books of the Bible.
5. Boy Scouts.
6. Discipline: General Rules, Articles of Religion.
LOCAL PREACHER'S COURSE
First Year:-
1. First and Second Corinthians.
2. Sunday School: Junior Methods.
8. John Wesley.
4. Tongue of Fire.
5. The Conference of the Church,-Quarterly, District, Annual,
General.
Second Year:-
1. Epistles of Peter and John.
2. Sunday School: Teaching Adolescents.
3. History of Methodism.
4. Christian Doctrine,-Terry.
5. Pilgrim's Progress.
Third Year:-
1. Hebrews.
2. Sunday School: Senior and Young People's work.
3. Life of Paul.
4. History of the Christian Church. I.
5. Personal Evangelism.
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CIRCUITS
MISSIONARIES
OF THE BOARD
MEN WOMEN
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT
DOMESTIC
MISSIONS
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CHURCH ON THE
FOREIGN FIELD (LOCAL CURRENCY)