The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-04
THE MISSIONARIES
closI Of: THE 'woMEk's MEETING
Al ths slrst PrsabJtsrlaa iCAureh-ia!sf,slius
-Cis.isk .I1srclse', Followed b. . samptuoas !
Lunch --rhs Committees Appointed Aad +
Ofictrs Eisctsd for tho EAlulsx Year.

The seventh annual meeting OF tho Preaby.
terlal WomAns Foreign Missionary Society
Of Washington prtsby!cry closed yesterday,
the final meeting being held at tho First
Presbyterian Church. Tho meeting was
opened by the usual devotional exercises
Mira Williams made a few very appropriate
remarks, In concluding which she said :
I'VE have listened to the reports OF our
Treasurer and Secretary. We have seemed 10
give Literally; but have we given one tenth?
Lot us give OF our timo, money, talents,
everything which we have. WHAT Is your
talent? Some have the gift OF singing; others
OF talking; others may have only silent In.
huence. ~ ol5 i'@E'T H1F'
Mrs Cunningham made short address
speaking OF the $50. 900 600 heather. l3! :
Mrs. Snerrrd spoke OF iakir who used To
come and listen 10 Mrs. Ewing ono OF the
missionaries, singing, and who said "Your
religion seenls to make you joyful, seems to
say, Rsjotos! rejoice!' while our seems to
say, Alas alas y" IFI 81
Mira. Hopkins spoke for q few minutes, say.
irg she had been wonderfully helped at these
meetings, and after singing by the choir Mira
Cunningham, the President, appointed the
various. committees. ,a1i- OK NtT
A paper prepared by Mrs. Lsster, which
was very interesting las Mrs. Lestsr's papers
always are) was read by Mrs s,orer. az.
Mis-. Rev. R. NJ. Brown, OF Bellnire, read
paper entitled
"A FLEA FOR IoREIeS MI:sIoNs"
There Ia one missionary in China for every
500, 600 persons. Miss Fanny Noble, Becrt.
tary OF mite chests for medical missions, re-
ported that 1888 Is had been received from
this source this year, an increase OF $29O 90
over last year, She said the mission Is not 4
new ont; 1t dates It's beginning back / 900
years, to the time when the blind were made
10 see and the lame to walk and the leper
cured. u. 20 fsFss ~. l,is
| A motion was carried to educate Miss Jes.
sio K. Carlton at the Philadelphia College,
thatshe might 90 out as medical missionA.
~ one year from next summer. Her father
Ia missionary, and her brother physician
In India. lSegr. ar-i
A note was sent to the President announc.
There is a very dear young lady (M!ss
eallie Pollack, OF Washington, Pa, in our
own Presbytery, who has Just offered herself
for mission WORK; she Ii present In tho
church, ~ ff7,' ~,
She will not wait to study medicine, bui
hopes to 70 next iall Miss Pollock has 9
brother now o missionary in Iadia. S. ST.
n,'ENl NEXT YEARS AEErIEo. s1E
Mrs. Williams read n port on "MiBsion,
AIRY Literature" The question Of the vari.
Gus au1illarics reporting at the meeting
through their delegates or having the Score.
tary OF the Presbyterial report for them wa.
fully discussed, and 1t was iiaalIy decided
that at the semi.annual meetings the auItl
liaries and bands report through their dele.
gates, but at the annual meetings through
the officers OF the Pfesbytesial.
The Committee to decdU upon tho place
OF next meeting, accepted an invitation from
the Second church Of Washington for tho an.
nual meeting, and from the church at Hooks
town for the ssmi.annual one.
The Committee on Officers recommended
the election OF all the old officers, which was
moved, seconded aud carried.
The report OF the Committee on Rtsolu.
lions was also accepted. ~
Miss Jennie Baird WAS appointed dele;
gate to tho Earent Society Ia Philadelphia;
After prayer aud benedio!ion by the pastor,
Dr. Cunningham, the meeting adjourned
all being invited down stairs TO the lunch
prepared by the Lunch Committee. The
dining room was most tsstily arranged and
the lunch served was delicious. The success
which attended this feature OF the exercise,
made tit ending Of the interesting and sue.
cessful meeting. - n.