The daily gazette., 1880-04-08
FIRST EDITION.
Foreign Mtsstons.
THE MEETING OF THE woMEN's FOR.
rs EI8N MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

THE MEETING OF THE woMEN'S FOR
EIsS MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The tenth annual ession of the Phila-
delphia Branch of the Women's Foreign
Missionary Society, which commenced
In Grace M. E, Church, yesterday morn
Ing, was continued In the afternoon and
evening. The afternoon opened with q
ba I hour Of devotional exercises, after
which Mrs. Joseph Grubb, of Philadel-
pLia, Mrs. Hickenderry,- Chambers
burg, Pa, and Mrs. Martlndale, of this
city, were appointed nominating COM
mitlee 10 report officers for the ensuing
year. ....,.f,,,... L,.........
Following came an Interesting ad-
drest on "The Claims OF Foreign Mis-
sions," by Rev. J. II. iCa dwell, pastor
of st. Paups Nj. K, Church. MRS. Il. b.
Stevens, of this city, read carefully
prepared paper on "The Requisites for
the Service" and Rev. II. l.. Tompkin-
son, Of Mt. Salem NJ. e. Church, spoke
Of "The Signs Of Progress" This clos
ed the afternoon exercises. st M.
THE ANNIVERSARY. -.
l' The anniversary exercises took place
In the evening, in the main auditorium
of Grace Church,, and were presided
over by the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Miller
There was fair sized audience The
first speaker was Mrs. Henry Wheeler,
OF Columbia, Pa, who addressed the
meeting on the foreign missionary work
in general, Mrs. Wheeler spoke from
almost q personal experience, as she has
been closely identified with this work
for years, and has o sister who spent a
long season In the missionary labor.
She alluded to the increasrd facilities Of
tee present day for carrying ON the
missionary work, compared with those
of thirty or forty years ago. Then the
journey itself was an event of the grav-
est Importance, while now nearly al the
inhabitable parts of the world are con-
nected by easy and convenient lines Of
travel. She then spoke directly of The
mission field. Africa, with lis millions
Of slaves, Is being opened by the mis-
sionaries for the reception of the seed Of
truth. Millions OF the File Islanders
have been converted to Chris ianity, and
India, where idolotry and superstition
for centuries have had full sway, and the
water of the Ganges were long regarded
as the medium for the cleansing Of sir
from human souls, is fast coming under
the benign influence Of the Christian re
ligion.
The speaker also alluded to the degra
ded and benighted condition of womer
IN these heatien countries, and of til,
| glorious field thus opened for women IL
The mission work. She closed with al
earnest appeal TO the ladies of the au
dience for their earnest aid, sympathy
and cooperation in the foreign mission
ary work.
Miss Luella Kelly, of Biltimore, spok'
next. THIS lady Is proselyte from the
Catholic faith, and her Address cimprised
aIelation Of the events that led to he
conversion, which did not happen unit
she had been on the eve OF entering
convent. Her attention was attracted Il
the foreign mission work by hearing
lecturs on the. subject delivered by Mrs
Or. Butler, which filed her with a grea
and controlling desire 10 enter thu fell
az = laborer. She has since been prepaT
ing herself for the work and will 'sooI
enter upon the hard and stormy paths 0
foreign misslonary's life. 81 Is dIt.f
At the close OF Miss Kelly's nd
dress collection was taken up for th
benefit Of the Society, and with closiD
hymn and the benediction by Rev, MI
Miller, the anniversary ended.