Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-05
TIE sEmI.ANNUAL MEETING
o. the w0men's Foreign Missionary So
cieIY at CIhysHille.

o. the WOmen's Foreign Missionary So
eieIy at CIAysViIIe.
The semi annual meeting OF the WO
mans Foreign Missionary Society Of tie
Presbytery of Washington, helds its open
ing session Tuesday evening, in the Presby
terrain Church, of Clsysville, Pa. The
Pastor, Rev. James l.. Leeper, presided,
aid Rev. VIM. Speer, d. D., and Hon. Il,
l. Crsnmer, of Wheeling, made addresses.
AhiCh we're listened TO with much inter
1t. Mrs. Happier, of Canton, Chine, being
present, was asked to say few words in
ls1iOn TO her work in that city Of mill
N inhabitants She consented TO do 50,
- he desired TO say word to the boy
resent, and also 20 the men who could not
have The privilege of nearing her next day
when only women were in attendance.
There are 4,3lO women whose names are
enrolled as members in the thirty-eight
rhuT, hes of the Presbytery, and these gave
st year to the cause Of Missions Foreign
he u m If 81, $40 40.
MORNING SESSION
Tie meeting Was opened At 9 A. NJ th.
president, Mrs. ID. A Cunningham, in th
hair by singing the beautiful hyma IL
.iIUing-
81 ord God the Holy Ghost,
In this accepted hour
Aso the day OF Pentecost,
Descend In alllhy power"
After the devotional exercises Mis-.
NOb.e made a most beautiful address Of
Welcome on behalf of the people of Gays.
vile, to which Mrs. Cunningham respond.
ri in sn appropriate manner. Letters were
hen read from Rev. NJ. Dunlap and Miss
a nt mi ~ ha az ahv,r,
arc the other at Allahabad, India.
Mrs. Harper, who for the last thirteen
and a half years has been q diligeut worker
in the missionary field at Canton, China
addressed the meeting, telling us much
that was interesting about her work when
there and Of the people. their customs, &c
Two committees were then appointed
one on IeOlutions and the other on creden
tails
Miss Williams, # Wheeling, the efficient
secretary of Missionary Literature, mad
an address on Our Publications" speak
ing of those which are published by our
oV n Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Tie meeting then adjourned until the 81
T. moon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting having been called to order
aud hymn sung, Mrs Storer, Of Elm
WV ACaA CAklNlCN A1ON W luLeI
est young people in Foreign Missions"
Which contained 8 great deal Of practical
advice Oh that subject The president,
ms. Cunningham, followed with q report
OF the meeting held at Syracuse last April.
To which she Was our delegate. The com.
mittees which had been appointed in the
morning then made their report The re
port Of the Committee on Resolutions was
ordered 10 be printed in the Presbyterian
Ranner One of the most interesting
If net the most interesting exercises Of the
cay, was an illustrative Baud" II was
composed Of sixteen young ladies from
Washington, and wss conducted exactly as
hey are in the habit Of conducting their
monthly meetings The subject chosen
ass Cbins, and was q particularly interest.
ing one as We had with Us at our meeting
one who bad already given nearly fourteen
wears Of her life TO the service of her
Master in that country, and who hoped TO
~ turn there shortly TO take up the work
81 so much loves. and which nothing but
IN health has csuied her to lay down. This
bind Unsigned themselves q baud of Mis-
SonA1es making the journey from Phila-
de phis to China and the route was de-
Scnbed, and the PLACES through they passed
are brought wildly before US.
After the conclusion of the exercises by
the hand and the transaction of some busi-
ness by the society. Miss Grayson, OF Wash.
iug'on, prayed, the doHology was sung,
= tie meeting was dismissed.