Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-10-06
The Light Of the Gospel Illuminating
the Darkness Of Pasanism.
The Wonderful Meetings Of the
American Board in Portland.
Encouraging Reports From the
Wom:n's Board of Missions.
100000 More Pledged for the
Work Than Ever Before.
PORTLAND, Oct >.
The woAANs BOARD.

PORTLAND, Oct D.
THE woAAN's BOARD.
The eleventh public meeting of the Wom-
ans Board of Missions was held in Portland,
Thursday morning. The church was over
flowing, and an overflow meeting was held
in a neighboring church. Mrs. w. II. Fem
of Portland. Vice President of the board.
presided. The report of Woman's Board in
the East was read by the secretary 1t has
under its care 2l branches in this country,
and three conference associations, and be-
tween 700 and 800 auxilliaries, and SEQ and
900 mission circles among the children. In
the foreign field. 80 missionaries, 81 Bible
lage and day schools. Total receipts since
January S9l 1856. From the interior encour-
aging report was given by Mrs. Case of
Chicago. From the Woman's Board on the
cisco reported. The missionary secretary
reported nearly all the churches. Addresses
were made by Miss NJ. f. Govey of Osaka,
Japan, Mrs. c. c. Park of Bombay, India,
Mrs. c. K. Allen of Harpoot, Turkey, Miss
NJ. ). Rice Of the HISTORIAN mission.
TIE AMERICAN hoard.
At the meeting of the American Board ex-
ceptionally fine weather continues. A
crowded meeting of the woman's board of
missions at an adjoining church, relieves the
crowd at City Hall. Rev. Danl March
opened with prayer. President Bartlett, OF
Dartmouth College, presented the report Of
the committee in Dakota mission. The re-
port, after referring to Secretary Means ex-
haustive paper on that mission, recommend
ed that the mission be transferred to the
American Mission Association, leaving the
details of arrangement to the prudential CON-
mittee. Gen. Whittesey of Washington on, secre.
tary of the Indian commission, spoke briefly
and forcibly in behalf of the Indians. Rec.
concentrations of the committee were adopt.
ed
Rev. S. G. Willard of Connecticut, re-
ported on West Central African missions,
Rev. E. II. Byington on the European Tur-
key mission. followed by Rev. J. F. Clark,
missionary to the Bulgarians. Rev. DIR. W.
f. Merriman reported on Eastern and Cen.
trail Turkey missions. Col. Franklin Fair
banks spoke on the treasurer's report, Rev
DIR. II. NJ. Storrs on the Austrian missions,
and the Rev. DIR. Hamin on the Western
Turkey mission.
DIR. Storrs, in an eloquent address. offered
the following resolution, which was adopted
Resolved. That in the judgment of this
board the prudential committee should be
encouraged to employ the most strenuous
measures approved by Christian wisdom to
secure, through our national government
or otherwise, to our missionaries in Austria
the complete enjoyment of their civil and re-
ligious liberty in the administration of the
missionary work.
SlOO, 200 MORE PLEDGED.
At the devotional halfhour, which was led
BY Rev. l.. S. Poland of Massachusetts, there
came one of those spontaneous and unex.
pected demonstrations which two or thres
times before has happened in the history Of
the board. Secretary Alden, in a few words
| tremulous with feeling, said that great bur.
den was on the prudential committee. The
missions demand the present year 100000
more than the committee see any prospect Of
receiving, and they as yet see no light. I'm
mediately. without preroncert, persons whose
regular contributions were $1,000 or more,
arose one after another, sometimes two at q
time, and pledged themselves to double their
annual subscription. In ten minutes 500.
900 were thus pledged, and then, under the
lead of DR.. Webb, those in the audience who
would double their gifts were invited to rise
At least thousand persons rose to their feet
Probably one-half of the required advance
vas pledged in the closing fifteen minutes o,
the prayer meeting.
Three churches were opened for the CON-
munion service, all Of which were filed.
The next annual meeting of the board was
appointed at Detroit, Mich. Rev. VIM. NJ.
Barbour, of Connecticut, designated a
preacher, and President A. L. Chapln Of
Wisconsin, alternate. Rev. DR.. w. Merri.
man reported on Central and Eastern Turkey
mission, Rev. President William Brooks on
that of Madura and Ceylon, Rev. Dr. Z.
Wolcott on Maratha mission, Rev. DIR. T..
W. Gilman on that of Japan, and Rev. DR..
A. Z. Perkins on Foochow, North China and
Shause missions. The old board Of officers
was reelected with the exception of Rev. J..
r. Worcester, whose declining health does
not permit him to serve on the presidential
committee, Rev. A. H. Plumb takes his
place.
In the evening every seat and every foot OF
standing room in the hall was occupied a
full hour before the time of the meeting
Two overflow meetings we're held in neigh.
boring churches. After brief song service
and prayer by DR.. Quint. the venerable DR..
H ,pkins, president of the board, now in his
SIND year, gave the annual address. He vas
received with hearty and long continued AZ.
plause. Rev. DIR. Hill of the Uuitariao
church of Portland was received with an
plause. He thought the motives for mis-.
sionary work could be drawn from MANY