The fact that Bishop Moore has decided upon 7th October as the date for the annual meeting of the Foochow Methodist Conference, instead of the usual time, a month or so later, makes it difficult for missionaries and native pastors to finish the usual year's work. "As a compensation, however, we shall be favoured with the presence of the genial and popular Bishop in this part of his broad diocese till the Conferences in this province are both held, as he will not return to Shanghai till his work here is done.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.