The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-23
nftsen churches. with contributions for missions
Amounting 70 &305 20

The report of the State secretary for Nebraska.
showed the contributions Of that State for lass
year to have been 1889. 81. Nebraska has loo
Presbyterian women engagedin missionary work
and sos children are receiving direct missionary
instruction. Miss Mary Hartwell, now In this
country from Siam, made q tour of Nebraska
and helped arouse a new interest in foreign mis-
sions.
The report from Ohio, presented bv Mrs. B.
w. Slagle. secretary, showed collections amount
ing to 81. 734 So There are only four presbyter-
les in Ohio, the Synod of Toledo belonging to the
| Northwest Board.
The following report comes from the Western
Female Seminary, at Oxford, of which Ida B.
Robbins is secretary:
Our missionary society includes in its mem
bership about the whole school. Monthly meet
| ings have been held on the first Saturday in
every month, conducted by q section of fifteen
or twenty young ladies. assisted by q teacher.
The interest in missions has been increasingly
earnest throughout the year, being quickened by
frequent letters from friends on the field, as
we'll as by visits from returned mission aries.
We were glad to welcome to our nome for .
short time Mr.. Wilson, that sorely-bereaved
friend from the Laos. We have also had visits
from Mrs. Shaw and her little daughter, OF
| China. and Mr.. Robert Hume and his two chill
dren, of India. The packing and sending out OF
four boxes of useful articles also gave us q new
interest in the fields to which they
won't. The Sabbath evening twilight meetings 10
which the foreign work is especially remembered
Is always awe WIFI lHLCISSks OuK COutEluQbAJuN
to foreign missions have been as follows: Regu-
lar contributions, $2l7. 81; thank-offering toward
deficit of general board, SOC. 40; Christmas dime
Offering, SIC. 66; for work in Alaska, Sl5; for or.
| gan in Mary Hesser's school, SIG. 65; through oWs
trustee. Nj. Preserved Smith, for Mary Hesser'a
work in Japan. $500; total, 1866 Is. Our most
precious gifts TO the work have been hiss
Blakley, one of our teachers of last year, and
Mrs. L. NJ. Naylor. a trusted member Of oI
present school, now waiting formal appointment
as assistant to Miss Hesser in Japan.
The report from Wisconsin, Miss NJ. w. Jan
dee, secretary, showed liz societies and boards
of which fifteen have been organized within the
year, and 2.289 members. Contributions fos
foreign missions, 50. dig 55; homo missions,
So, log. 50. In September Miss Rebecca McChss
Brown, of Milwaukee, sailed for Sidon, Syria.
Mrs. William Bird, of Abeih, Syria. has also
been adopted by Wisconsin as its missionary.
The report from Colorado showed contribu
tions amounting to 81, 096. 81.
The report from Michigan showed 81. 1885
sent to the treasurer of the board of missions
Five presbyteries reported seventy-ive societies,
forty-nine bands, fifteen Sunday schools, 3,54a
members
Miss Mary Clark, of this city, made a beauti.
full address entitled, on the programme "Persia's
Queen She said the word Persia. had q
thrilling sound now, as it recalled the past glo-
ries and present fallen condition of that country.
There was a ruin OF a magnificent palace, built
two Thousand years ago. whose halls had re.
echoed with the tread of Persia's greatest war
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cent celebrations and gatherings. Could these
walls be gifted with the power of speech they
could tell Us of one scene, which, for heroism,
self -s~acrifice and nobleness, excelled all others.
The central figure of that scene was not q king:
nor a warrior, but a fair young girl, called
Esther" a star. She had risen from a
slave to be the queen of q great peo-
Pile, and had dared TO plead for the lives OF
her people. Although nominally a queen;
she was still subject to the despotic and
tyranical exactions of the king. How could she
hazard all her greatness and position In an en-
terprise that was almost sure to faili But this
thought did not deter her from doing what sha
thought was right. The woman arose superior
to the queen, and she did not fail. It is not
possible for any woman to read the story OF
Queen Esthers life and work and not feel like
doing something for her race. Continuing, Miss
Clark developed the analogy between the history
of womankind and the career of Queen Esther.
saying that now had come the time for women
to reach out their hands to save their fellow
creatures, who were cropping in darkness in
heather lands. There was . great work being
done and to be done, and IL belonged to the
women, who had entered upon it with zeal and
earnestness.
Miss Clark, at the conclusion of her address,
recited a beautiful poem entitled "The Brides
Outfit" which was written by the presiding off,
Ger many years ago and referred to the yea1
1857, which, on account OF the panic In this
country, was very serious to foreign MISSIONS
by reason of the retrenchment then made neces-
sary.
The president read the following:
INDIANAPOLIS, April %, 1886.
To the Woman's Board of Al ssions:
Dear Friends-We are rejoiced to hear of your good
came here, heard Of the old, old story of Jesus and his
love, and we want our friends in China to hear about
i; Wt s si IisS yo Of ~ rd s1 help e SH sssa It Glass; e GAin''
Second Presbyterian Sunday-school.
This letter, written in a painstaking hand,
slightly redundant as to capital letters and care.
fully spelt, was received with a buzz of admirins
approval. The gift came without suggestion
from anyone and was. as Mrs. johnson said, 0
great and pleasant surprise. A lady near the
reporter suggested in a strong whisper that the
Board of Missions. in taking it. was probably in
viting a boycott-bnt they took it.
The last half hour of the morning session was
devoted to answering numerous questions about
the workings OF the board, to which answers
were given by Mrs. q. III. Latin, OF Chicago,
who showed an intimate acquaintance with the
details of the subject, and others. Acommittee,
consisting of Mesdames Helm, Hutchinson and
Cromwell, was appointed to consider and report
upon the best plans Of making reports. Mrs.
Van Cleve was called upon to answer the ones.
tion whether there was any available plan BY
which the home and foreign missionary work
could be united and consolidated. She replied
very earnestly that such a coalition could not be
thought of-that it was impractlcable and mad
visable. Mrs. Douglass explained the meaning
Of the phrase Especial objects" as used in mis-
sionary work; that Is. some particular form OF
work or aid that is needed to which the atten.
ton Of some auxiliary or person is directed.
This outside work. she said, was not always de-
sirable, and before entering upon it applications
for information and instruction should be made
to the board.
The following is a list of the missionaries OF
the Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions OF
the Northwest, the date of their appointments,
their homes at the time OF leaving. and the sta
tons to which they were sent. Those marked
with an asterisk are now In this country:
China-Mrs. W. j. Mckee. Ningpo, sent from
Marshall, Mich; Mrs. j. NJ. W. Farnham, Shang.
hal. sent from Newcastle, England; Mrs. w. s.
Emens. Shanghai, Oxford, o.; Mrs. Hunter Cor
bett, Chepoo. Lawrenceville, Pa; Miss Jennis
Anderson, Chepoo, Washington, Ia; Mrs. J. A.
Leyenberger, Chepoo, Ohio; Mrs. Robert Matero,
Web Hen, Minneapolis, Mimi; Mrs. J. Newton