Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-11
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occasion. Mrs. Burdett Hart, the former l president of the branch, presided at the ses- sions of the day, which-were held at 10 a. m. and D. m. The morning exercises opened with prayer, singing and the reading of selec- tions from the sculptures Following these were greetings from the Woman's Board of Missions and the branches, remarks appropriate to the day and the occasion be- ing made by Mrs. o. P. Hubbard. The Womans Board of Missions was represented by Mrs. Bowker, the president, and Miss Child, the secretary. Mrs. T. N. Brown, sec- retary of the New Haven branch, presented her annual report, which shows that there are now in existence in the State 115 auxiliaries and 85 mission circles. Of this number four of each have been ad- ded during the year. While in some of them there is little activity, yet they are generally prosperous. Allusion was made in detail to the county meetings held throughout the State, which have been universally well at tended and of exceptional interest. The re- port closed with lengthy synopsis of the work in the various missions under the care of the missionaries supported by the woman's board in Europe, Asia and this country Miss Twining reported that the receipts of the year were rather less than those of last year. But in addition to these receipts the l board has received legacies from two ladies of this city, Mrs. Wooster Hotchkiss giving $47O, and Mrs. Susan W. Eustace $500, these swelling the receipts to more than those of last year. Mrs. G. P. Prudden read an ex- | haustive and interesting account of the ten years work of the board, and the morn ! ing exercises were closed after Miss Hazlet had sung the solo Pour out thy heart," l with an address by Mrs. Gulick, a missionary | in Spain.
 Miss Child, of Boston, gave greetings, ! from the w. B. M. in closing saying: 1T want to thank you in behalf of the Boston nl k<.o + A<,l l<1 l more. The work abroad grows and our ef- forts must increase. It would take too long to tell the special needs of this year.' She al- luded to the enlargement in the school for girls at Ahnednugger, at Harpoot and the Constantinople Home. When we think of the sacrifice our Saviour made, she added,
 we feel that ours are nothing She had ! been much impressed by a remark made at Communion service recently. Christ took the cup and blessed it. but did not put it to his own lips. He broke the bread and gave it, but took for himself not morsel Then greetings next came from the Eastern Connecticut Branch from Miss Gilman. She | said with every one in our mission circles wholly the Lords, then we shall not lack for missionaries.
 Mrs. Wm. Gulick in her address said: I doubt if anyone in this room who is inteIi- I gent on the subject of missions has not | heard of the wonderful work in France. | The fields are already white for the harvest. Perhaps you do not realize that in the land of the Inquisition they are also ready. Less l than twenty years ago this was not the case, so that the epitaph "Poor Spain'' has been | often used. Sea captains have often brought | Bibles thither, but they could only be read at night Those who desired to learn the | truth were banished. In 1868 missionaries | from England, Ireland and Scotland were sent into the country. Very much | the same hopefulness was then expressed ! ic int nf Tn | when we came, we found mission stations in \ Madrid, Barcelona, Grenada, Cordova, &c., | vile, Jerez and Cadiz. In Seville the mis- sionaries had purchased a Roman Catholic church. Twenty thousand dollars were paid | for it by the Scotch board As we went ! about saw the South was pretty well occu- | pied. In the North there was nothing but ' colporter work, went directly to San | lander It was possible for the colporters
 to start out from there. We had many h. teresting meetings with them. It would take
 too long to tell you of all Some discour- ogements were experienced, yet even taking l these into account should we not be thankful | for what has been done? As the children ! were growing up in our schools we felt that | something must be done for the higher edu- cation of girls; and have had in our own l family eight girls whom we have taught and I hope to fit for teachers. The in- | fiuences of Romanism in foreign coun- tries were referred to obstacles to overcome. One of these obstacles to us is the belief in purgatory. A witty Frenchman has made a
 calculation and says that so much money has
 been given by legacies for masses that every
 one that has lived, is living or can be born. | She closed by saying the young lady who 8 | few weeks ago thought herself suited for a
 year is now on her way to the Constantinople
 Home. How is it with us? Are we choos-
 ing our own work? Are we giving our time
 and talents? May all these auxiliaries and
 societies band together to pray for this work. l Who knows but the new seminary which we are to found at San Sebastian may soon send
 out missionaries to all the Spanish speaking countries.
 | The meeting was now adjourned and the 1 ladies were invited to partake of fine colla- | tion, which was served in the lecture room of l the church.
 The adjourned meeting at p. m. was 1 opened by the singing of the closing verses
 of the hymn written for the occasion by Miss Day.
 The report of the nominating committee
 was then read by Miss Walker
 Election of officers followed Prayer was
 then offered by Mrs. A. c. Thompson, of l Boston. County reports were then read by
 Mrs. s. l.. Cady. Then followed greeting
 from Turkey by Anna Felisian: ''I bring to-
 day our women's love to you. In Marsovan
 we have every week prayer meeting and we
 pray for you, for you have done so much
 goodness to US. One old lady, so old she can-
 not hardly pray, says God bless the Ameri-
 can Board and the ladies they send to us. ,
 Salutations from Marsovan and Constanti-
 nople they send to you. These girls from
 the Marsovan go to teach the gospel through
 Cappadocia and Pontus in the villages. I
 want you to pray that they keep from temp
 tation and bless their Home 'The missionary
 hymn was sung in Turkish by Anna Felisian
 and Miss Bush. A paper, "Outward Board, D
 written by Mrs. Hart, was read by Mrs.
 Fairchild. Next followed solo by Miss
 Hazlet, Mot sparrow falleth'
 Miss Parsons, of the Constantinople Home,
 then gave an extremely interesting address,
 to which all listened with eager attention.
 She commenced by referring to the close con-
 nection that exists between that special work
 and the New Haven branch.
 | s The branch is represented there by mis-
 sionary workers, as well as identified by gifts
 of money often and generously made. She | referred to the need of enlargement of build ings at the Home, and plans already in prog
 ress. A sad feature had been the removal of two little Turkish girls from the school, the l only ones who had ever been members Their
 removal was caused by an attack of the
 Turkish newspapers upon their parents for
 sending them to Protestant school Miss
 Parsons gave graphic account of the rude
 manner in which the missionaries are often | treated and quoted extracts from our Ameri-
 can newspapers which went to show the bit-
 terness of feeling
 | Her address closed with touching incl
 nt'concerning the history of one of the graduates of the Home. Remarks were
 made by Mrs. Bowker, of Boston. vote
 of thanks to the ladies of the New Haven
 Branch, and particularly to the ladies of the
 Davenport church, was proposed by Mrs | Force, and passed. A closing prayer was
 offered by Mrs. Bowker, and after the sing
 ing of the Doxology in long metre, the meet | ing adjourned