, 1869-04-16
FOREIGN MISSIONS,
Meeting of the Womcn's Board
OF Missions for The Interior.
Interesting Addresses By nj. Proctor
and Mrs. sanw,L Lady Mis-
61qrsries.

Eetttng OF the Ko;utnb Board OF Ess.ons for
The Interior, N auxiliary BoaetJ 70 the New YORK
Bosrd4 VIA held IN The Second Presbyterian
Church, corner Of Wahash xvenue and Washington
Eucet, ye<teftaJ afternoon, the President Mrs
Bartlett IA the chair. The attendance Of nem-
be1s waa very !algc.
The proceedings were opened with prayer By
the Rev. Dr. Patterson
Miss Proctor, member Of the female academy
at Aintah, Turkey, who visited that country In the
1n3ezrsi p1 The board, then delivered an address,
She Eadd- Aklttah waa situated cast Of the most
eastern part Of the Mediterranean ses, between
d. t aaa unp:ossa touiS Of Of Palestine. Tne !arso
towns hAd from twenty -hve TO eighty thousand tn-
hAbitantz, shd thc smaller ones ten thousand
sre as er D. 80 .9a .s fol ne
The dwellings In thc co1ntr5 *c5c only one etory
hKS5ana haa but one f.. foezn, ,n " :, an.Enaas .n
IN The c-ticz iher we're TWO stories tn height but
tc,don hid more tAan three roomA
The Armenian u11sstou had been established to
reach ihe Mohammedank bui Is one-qnarter Of The
population were noru!nalIy Christians, it bad been
rrcesss,3 to preach tho Gospel to the latter nrst
wcrt seldom mentioned Ia history. The nlasions.
res discovered ancient scfson OF the Bible IN the
Gretk lanGuaSc, which the natEes found, AFTER an
examination, correspnuded to our oEn- II 1873
Dr. Smith visited Turkey, ind IN the 3eas follow.
Ing Dr. Snyder, opening the door for Christian
work
tie women, because thcr were educated.
and onlr after being convinced that the women
hALi s4ouls ~ould th1y allow them 10 be tsught
Mn snyder had opened = school, and a. "a In
ducement offered and gave tTo mills 10 cVeEI one
who attended. A training school for men WAS
cpsnel pfesous e IT, Saa n a., tasa ssar ope tos
there she found twenty young f1dIe1 attending
The most promising schalafa were selected na
TO nsP oxea q he goo i ~1 e.
customs Of their -, nauon,, and slept On
morning sna geTed d. swsy y - closet
While eating, they 1T OF low stools, . took And
hall high: . waiter Il placed On the knee, and
wo o o. tn nns
that they rcfe Christians A high standard Of ID.
nlsson to school had been established, and in or
des 70 poesess The intelligence required 70 enter,
course Of ssudy In the prlnary schools which have
ksan Instituted throughout the country, was neces-
-. The nrst houg u school ~, u The morning Is
will impure the bchoiaf1 mufc, intellectually, than
any other branch Of study. -.
md opposition. The girls mAsTy VERT young, and
arc not a!lox ed to be teen on the stteets-4n OBJ
s:acc TO their entering The schools Thirty
iour.ss M Being Christians. These sEsdaa,es have
established better F7sde OF schools Ii different
seeuon. Of the eonntEy: soessl nte laaa been bel
upou with such dtstsu<t As formerly. ..
Ono yer! peculiar custom Of the nation Is that
!9ung . subsequent, M 70 he. a' sn5
Il Is. obtained There were thirty In The
GRADUATING e'ass rs se4s s'3ny being from ahs
and esen swo hundred miles distant, For some a Il
requires weeks Journey on horseback to reach
The school. one Of the graduates. 1ho resides at
Ardens- two hundred miles AwaJ. had gone back
to the home Of her nnchrsttan parents, hoping TO
eatAbllsh school and disseminate the Gospel
Fatf fhA Efn 0f 4
S7oF, = lady somewhat aiTanced IN years. but
possessing vcry sweet voice, addressed tne
csonesiau isands Although It was one OF The
smallest missions OF the board, God hAd prompted
her 10 80 and DO His wark, and she was Thankful
Hu l1ltHtulnesA She found IN her own enrght
cucd COUNTRY tna: many did not know tht
situation Of The isiands- They we're south
south OF TIE equator, and consisted Of thFe,
crocpa, the Gilbert Marshal and Caroline IGlAnds
When ehe sAllea for home she len Eoon for uono
1ptu go niles distant In the Morning. Star: thc
ssIted to San FTa1c!sco, 100 miles more Til
rniasion Was established TO give aid and encou1
ascment 70 the Hawaii Christians Mr.: sturgeas
sent ont By the American Board, in 1881, to Assts
The nstt,e converts In their work When the Sand
ChIistlaus hid held their annual meeting and ms
tured their plans. The Captain Of whaling Fes
Sci f.nm Massachusetts Jeafs tctoEr, bad torchs
and had read h.s Bible to the king mud Queer
and tod them Of the Savior and OF heaven Il lei
ter from the King. IN reference TO this c!fcuM
STANCE, was published II = Honolulu paper on th
morning. Of their arrival This letter determine
them to 20 to Strong Ielahd- The King locke
At the sI missionaries and selected the spcahe
and hef husband 10 remain with him, Hay1ng
wolld &c father 1nd mother to them u
WAS, literally, until he died two Years nterEnrdl
sns you'd ngi spsaf, q ths sten1 ;aey .5
hsd lived to see the prtestA o. the island. wh
Wc1c their strongest opponents, converted ~
toa Il I'd asut II
i II % IS II. r,e.son Joined them md reH..n.
Mission ~n formed, after ten years lab
On sssonss Isl.nd they vent
o wss sd d.y rnen toey .s1, The t'an
these, together With large number Of natiT'
accompanied the ship until she vas three miles
Who could not md room on the decks remalnln2
rheir boats alongslde AT Ehon, the nstlres "
willing to Listen U the truth Although the I
dsed Iiles apsTr, ~ the dialects we're entirely
fe1ent. She would saJ TO the ladies that there '
no 6urer Way to happiness than to ca11J The eE,
OF happiness to those who know nothing knd Ne
cau Enow anythlug, unless Christian lanorels
sent among them
The attendance Il the prayer meetings It z e
numbered between sixty 1ud seventy, and In
ceHnbe{ 1861, at thelr last meeting. there
eighty present. The natives told her 70 inform
Cnnstisn women u America thas tnsy S lssea a n n
them tn the home He had prepared for all
missionaries weTr encouraged by knowing .
Cbststians were praying for lhen-
The A1tHhaN 1flauds, th1ty-thrre In NUM-
have but one white Ul!Aslonasy-Mr. 6oow.
Micronesia there wAa only one white won,
ArA St1rxesA The speaker had only CONT
America for her childrens sake, and hoped to
fun TO her work ns soon rs the Why was %
p!atn. She felt she had not much time 10 VI
and tnust WORK wnlc 1t was day. What won
she asked, would be willing to wesr hcreatte
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