Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-25


But his name would be immortal if he had never
written anything but "The Cotter's Saturday
Night" aud Tam O'Shanter;" but wecan name
4 score of his poems, which, in their way, arc
not a whit inferior 10 these.
the WORCESTER DISTRICT PREACHERS
MEETING, held at Trinity church Tuesday and
Wednesday, was well attended, some thirty
preachers being present, besides many lay
brethren. Rev. l.. Cowell, presiding elder,
presided, and after the reports on the religious
state of the churches, the questions discussed
comprised the following: The relation of re-
vivals in religion to the salvation of souls; the
preaching best calculated to promote revivals
young peoples meetings as a means of COM
mencing and continuing REVEALS; the advan-
tages Of outside helps, such as praying bands,
&c the Importance of experimental ard prac
ticalGholiness in the ministry and membership
as a condition Of reyiyals; the importance of the
corporation of the officers and teachers of Sun
day schools in REVEALS; evils sometimes incident
to rcvivals and the remedy for them; pastoral
duty towards seekers and converts, especially
the youthful, in view of permanent results.
Brief essays and speeches on these among other
points were made by numerous cergymen from
various sections of the district, and the discus
sions were listened to with great interest.
The largest interest centcred in Tuesday eve
nins's meeting, when the woman's missionary
cause in the Methodist Episcopal church was
explained and its claims urged by Christian
women, among the speakers being Mrs. Rev. W.
II Warren pT Rpcfpn eorrnc,,nrli,nr
of the New England branch of the woman's
missionary society of the Methodist church
Mrs. Rev. Pliny Wood of Worcester, and Mrs
Rev. j. S. BauOws. We give the following alb.
stract of the report submitted by the secretary,
Mrs. Dr. Warren, reviewing the record of this
new and somewhat novel, although very i'm
portant, organization, the first movement
for which was made in Worcester. The
first step towards organization was taken in
March, 1869. In April following, the real work
began. In May, Miss Thoburn of Ohio was APP
pointed the socety's first missionary, and in
August Miss Swain was associated with her
They left for India in October, and began work
as missionaries in January, 1870. During the
year the system of organization was so read
iusted as to make it work through the whole
Methodist church, by an amendment to the con.
stitution, which was fully approved by the mis-
Sionary board at ewN York, and adopted by the
society, and six branches cryStallized from the
previous association. The first meeting of the
general executive committee of the socet thus
rcorganized, was held in Boston, in April, 1870
when it was found that over $4,000 had been
raised during the year, and encouraged by such
success, estimates to the amount of ST 626
we've accepted for India and $500 for China.
But so strong was the faith of the committee
that they voted to raise 500 900, in order that at
the end of the year there might be a comforta-
Bile surplus. Last May, as the committee as
sembled at Chicago for their annual meeting,
the treasureTs report footed up the
sum Of S22 ,497 raised. Nor was this
gratifying financial success greater than the
results OF the laOoTs of the earnest, courageous,
and faithful women who have devoted them
selves to this work. From not more than 100
auXlliares in April, 1870, the number had be-
come GA, withia membership Of 266S6 Of these
auXiliares 53 were in the New England branch,
81 IN the New York, 254 in the northwestern,
90 in the St. Louis, 90 in the Philadelphia q in
the Baltimore, and "a in the Cincinnati branch
Other work kept pace with the organization of
auXlliares. In the autumn of 1870 Miss Fanny
j. Sparks went out under the auspices of the
New York branch TO join Miss Thobuln and
Miss Swain, in India. From these ladies and
the wives of missionaries the most encouraging
reports came of their labors
The estimates accepted for mission work last
May for the present year, amount to S37, 5S3,
of which India received S2t6tS and China
5l5,TO, which obligations thus far are being
promptly met. The New York and Northwest
ern branches have sent Miss Mcmillan and Miss
lnsey to India, and the New England, St.
Louis, Northwestern and Baltimore branches
have sent Miss Brown, Miss Porter, and Misses
Sarah and Beulah WoOlStOn to China The So
ciety now has nine missionaries in the field
An overlook Of New Englands share in this
grand work, states thar during the first year
ending halch, 1870, this branch raised $1,000
and organized ten auXiliarcS. At the close Of
the second year New England had So auXili-
aries, with membership of 1850. She assumed
the support OF Miss Swain and her medical
work, Of Is girls in the orphauage at Barely,
Il girls in the Amroha boarding school, five
bible readers, and school work in five cities.
The amount raised during the second year was
s56OG, leaving at the end OF the year nearly
$1,000 in the treasury. The present year, the
New England branch has thus far added "a to
her auXlliarics and $50 to her membership,
making the whole present number of herauXili-
aries 81, with 1886 members.
OF these auXiliareS Maine has 6, New Hamp-
shire 4, Vermont II, Massachusetts AZ, Rhode
Island ,, and Connecticut II. This branch has
sent out Miss Brown to Pekm, China, and CON
tinues the support of Miss Swain and her assis-
tants, of the orphan girls, the Amroha board
ing school, Of ten Bible readers, and LARGELY
increased amount of school work in Moradda-
bad, Bgmoar and Roy Bareily. The whole APP
preparation for India is S2972. For China this
year she is doing almost as much us for India
Besides sending out Miss Brown, she is paying
$500 for school work in the city of Foo Chow,
and the salary of native teachers in Pekin max
ing the estimates for China 5000, and the total
for both missions 1902.