St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-11
wOMAN,s FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The Second Annual Meeting at Ova
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The Second Annual Meeting at Owa-
Special to the Globe.
OWATONNA, Mimi, Oct. 10.-The sec
ond days session of the second annual
meeting of the Minneapolis branch of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church, was opened
this morning at 9 o'clock with prayer and
promise meeting, led by Mrs. Mary c.
Mind. At 9:3O the formal opening took
place. the president, Mrs. Emily Hunting
ton Miller, presiding. The report or the
enrolment committee was then
read. The following committees were
appointed: committee on resolutions, Miss
Hunt, Mrs. Peck and Mrs. Seage; on bylaws,
Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Winchell and Mrs. d.
S.B. Johnson; on annual meeting, Mesdames
Mind, Douglass. Wagner and Miss Taylor;
on publication, Mesdames Winchell,
Bixby and Miss Dryer; on missionary
candidates, Mesdames Mind, Miller,
Tarr, Plannette and Miss Dryer;
committee on memorial, Mesdame J.
w. Martin, Van Fosser, Blake and Nc
Kinstry. After the appointments were an
nounced, the reception of fraternal dele
gates took place. At 10 o'clock, the
president, Mrs. Miller, delivered the annual
address. She took occasion to speak in
glowing terms of the work accomplished in
the past and urged all to renewed efforts
for the future work, which was of great
magnitude. After the address the treas
urer, Mrs. Harrison, gave the financial
standing of the society. The conference
secretaries, Mrs. G. S. Winchell, Mrs. l.
N. Hartsough. Mrs. D. c. Plannette and
Miss Maggie Dreyer. then made their re-
ports, after which an adjournment for lunch
was taken, which was served in the lecture
room of the NJ. E. church.
At 2 p. IN. the convention reassembled.
Devotional exercises were held led by Mrs.
Smith of Kansas. The topic for prayer
was, Our Missionaries and Our Work.
Memorial service was held at 2:30. The
services were of an impressive character,
and recalled many incidents of self-denial
in the noble work of evangeliZation. At
o'clock discussion was opened by Mrs.
John Douglass on the subject of How to
Reach the Million of Women and Million of
money asked for. The discussion was con-
tinued with great animation until they
were reminded that other subjects as i'm
portant required their attention. One of
the most important of which is an answer
to the question: how shall we interest in
and attach to the NJ. f. M. society the
children and youth of the church? Miss
Emily F. Hunt had various and feasible
methods to be considered, which, if acted
upon, no doubt would create greater in
terest among the young. The plan, if
printed in full, would be of interest to all
friends of the Missionary cause.
The announcements for Sunday are:
1890 a. m, missionary sermon by Mrs.
Mary G. Mind.
On Sunday afternoon there will be a
children's meeting which will be addressed
by Mrs. E. II. Miller and Mrs. j. l.. Nc
Grew.
Sunday evening Mrs. Julia Lore McGrew
of India will address the meeting. AS the
seating capacity of the church is over six
hundred, all are invited to attend these
meetings.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Mrs. e. III. Miller, ST. Paul, president; Mrs.
]. FL. Heard, Minneapolis, recording secre-
tary; Mr.. NJ. G. Mind, Minneapolis, cores
ponding secretary, Mrs. W. III. Harrison,
Minneapolis treasurer. Vice, presidents,
Mesdames Bishop Foss,. C. "A. Yananda,
Pascal Smith, Carrie Knauft, A. P. Nc
Kinsley, w. HI. Soule, III. J. Van Fosen, Will
lam Wright G.. R. Hair, Helen A. Nixon and
j. w. Martin. Conference secretaries,
Minnesota conference, Mrs. Charlotte
P Winchell, Minneapolis. Dakota con-
ference, Mrs. F. NJ. Hartsough, Sioux
Falls, Dak.; Northwestern German confer
ence, Miss Maggie Drier, Armstrong, Kan.
North Dakota conference, Mrs. d. G. Plan
nett, Grand Forks, Oak: Columbia river con-
ference, Mrs. L. Tarr Lewiston. Idaho O: Mon
tana conference, Mrs. J. F. Mills, Ft. Benton,
Mont; Oregon conference, Mrs. NJ. c. Wire.
This evening the report of the corresponding
secretary, Mrs. NJ. c. Mind, was read. The
president, Mrs. Miller, then read a well-pre-
pared paper on how they paid the church
debt which ranks her as one of the ablest
women in the missionary work.