, 1879-04-11
RELIGIOUS.
Meoting Of the Baptist Women's
Missionary Society.
An Earnest Appeal to Young Mon by
the Rev. Mr., Pentcoost.
FOREIGN MISSIONS,
voMAN's pAiTiaT SOCIETY.

woMAN'B nAfTlaT HOCfKTf.
rrbo c,p1,tb annual Convention Of tllc Woman's
p.n,i.t Missionary Society Of tho West was held
r"'tcr,Iay IN the Second baptist Church, corner
:, W"rrat md Monroe strccts, commencing nj
N o,r1oek, Mira. Robert Harris, the President, in
Among tic 1adlcs present wcro: Mrs. DR..
Narst Bay City, Mich: Mrs. La Fcbrs, New
YoTk; Mrs. j. r. Heed, Cincinnati; Mrs. D. u.
cheney. ElgIn; Mrs. Thearlc, Englewoosl; Mrs.
r. II, Adans, Aurora; Mrs. Belden, Evanston;
Mr,. 8. NJ. Haywood. st. Louis; Mrs. A. L,
Tarr. saulvIcl, Ill; Mrs. Savage, toilet; Mrs.
y. +. Mcraddcn Bloomington; Mrs. A. NJ. Ar
no,d. Providence, r. L.; Mrs A. 3. Meckcr,
chicago; Miss Dlckcrson. Chicago; Mrs. 0.
WATERBURY, 1onla, Mich; Mrs. flciFord, Of tho
Fonrth Church; Mrs Z. T. BoRgs and Mrs.
Prof. Howe, Of the University Place Church;
Stra. s. A. Fuller, Chicago; Mrs. ]. E. Tyler,
n the First Church: Mrs. W. N. IInIgii,
samc: Mrs, fecdham, University Place
church; Alra. Rice and Mrs. Goodrich. Of tho
Centennial Church; Mrs. II. l.. Bristol, Of tho
First Church; Mrs. u. g. Adams, Dundee; Mrs.
roylor Williams, Sterling; Mrs. E. c. Atkins.
1njauapols; Miss Stevens, Elgin; Mrs. Heath,
of the Fourth Church; Mrs. Brown, 1ndianapo.
IL: Mrs. Leeds. Mrs. j. A. smith, and Mrs. j.
", Conlv, Morgan ParK; Mrs. E. c. Alcott.
Mrs, J. II. Smith, Mrs. u. g. Bartlett, md Miss
Clore Smith, Kaultohco; Mrs. 8. l.. Jonpngs,
Wlmetto; Mrs. 8. u. Gilbert, Normal, Mrs. II.
J. Ku!ckcrbockor; Mrs. Z. g, Riley, Valparaiso:
sirs, i. Hanen. OF thu Simpson Methodist
church; Mrs. D. D. Crawford. Lawndnlo; Mrs.
Il. il. Gum, and Miss l.. i. Quon, LaGranga:
Mrs. c. ball, Crown Point, Ind:
Mrs. Harris presented o Dtblo reading en-.
titled ''1'he Missionary Work OF tic Early
Churches" prepared by DR.. Ashmore, Which
81 lis. Waite, on behult OF TIC Second Church,
extended
CORDIAL WELCOME
to the visitors, WHICH WIS responded to by Mrs.
harris, Tot the Society. Mrs. Harris also cx.
tended greeting to tue representatives Of sister
missionaries, to those Rct apart for tho work,
NH 10 ali present. She statcdas rca1llts that
there lad been raised by the women Of al de-
nominations for missionary purposes 81, 0oo,o0o.
GOj untyc helpers, mid 600 schools. Tho Womcn's
Baptist Society VI tile West had raised, since
is organization, ss6,85a.e5; tic Society OF the
Eas,, ssea!s5, 900.
ing called upon, addressed tile meeting on behalf
pI Tint Board. She stated that her Board had
tWcnty-Hyc missionaries, stx boarling schools,
forty-iIvc day schools, twelve teachers, twenty
sesen ulbIc-readere, md tho receipts for tho
1&8t tcn TEAlH uHu 4utuutlltu LII &kt41ltos
TNEAsuRER's REPORT
Tie report OF Mrs. +. A. Smith, the Treasurer,
showed n.e total receipts Of II .Ae year to 90
sl5892a o8; the e1pcntcs, 314, 760.89; leaving d
ba'auce Of $780,. 90 In tile treasury
The report was discussed by Mrs. Dickinson
Of Chlcago Mrs. Twcglcs Of Mlchiennt hirs. +.
4. Smith OF Chicago, und Mrs. Tolinan OF Chi-
caGo, after which it waa adopted BY unani-
NOUS vote.
sl1s. Howe, Of Chicago read fcttcra fro,n
Mrs. Z. G. Mitchell, OF Paris. a'[ss Thompson,
slt,s NoEw9od ', o. md Miss Daniels Of sMaton
u Buffalo; Mrs. TubbB, OF Dcs hioines; Mrs.
Randall, Vlce.rrcsident Of tho Minnesota So
cictyi Nils Janes, State Secretary Of Minneso-
-; Mrs. Stevens, State Secretary Of Iowa; md
The report Of the Enrolnlont Cotnnl!ttcc
showed seprescntat!on from New York, Wis
rnnslb, Rhode Island, Michigan, Ohio, Indlana,
Missouri, Iowa. and Illinois, besides q lareo
number II representatives from tle city cturcIl-
60. Tho committees wero then appointed by
tie Chair. ---.'
Mrs: Tolmnn, Acting Recording, Secretary,
rcod the annual report Of that ofilecr, which
dealt ma!nly In Ecneralitles md It was adopted.
,.;,sS nSS Fcnorss IT, Of the State Secretaries wero
stao Secretaries were read, Colorasio, real
BY Ara., Howe: Mrs. Farr, for I'LL
hlrf. bHeElcB, Tor Intelligent rvpOrt
Of Alrs. Gunu, Statu Secretary Of Kausns, read
y Mrs. Howe; Mrs. Stevens, btate Secretary OF
Oh!o, read by Mrs, Il. Il. Scott; Mrs. Motion.
GrEal, btato Secretary Of Iowa; Mrs. Jonrs,
Sate Secretary. ot aiuuesota, read by Mrs.
Linacfd Of Alo3tno.
AIRS. Mefail, Stato Secretary OF Missouri, anI
.a MFs. Clark, Of Wisconsin, read their reports,
which closed this portion Of the prograu,mc.
y, report upun State work WIS rend BY Mira.
lonan. u'a tho subject Of State organization
was discussed at length by the Indies.
Vn motion, Il was resolved to abandon the
quarterly meetings ot tho Society, and hereafter
hoId only senli-aunual meetings.
~ Msa. oycrtnnn read a paper prepared BY Mrs.
newett, Of Normal, OIL "What would We llayu
tlse Lord do for w, mud what would the Lord
hare ua do for lllai'"
1Hs PROCEEDINGS or TIE HvENlNa sEssIoN
consisted of devotional exercises, md addresses
" the ltcy. J. pcdlte, u. d., tile Ruy. II. Z.
Neghbor, md Mrs. A. j. Lyon. returned mIs-
asi9snaries. a.s The Convention will reasssmblu at
V;oo ta!s nlornlng.
PENTECOST.
TALK TO YOUNG MEN.
lie NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. revival services nj 1ost