The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14
woman,s Foreign missionary society.

the Woman's Missionary Society of the
Presbytery of New Brunswick, was held
at the Presbyterian Church in this city,
on Thursday of last week.
It is rare that out city has been visited
by SO intelligent, refine and fine looking
body of ladies, there being nearly two
hundred delegates in attendance. A good
collation. was prepared by the ladies of
the Presbyterian Church of this city.
The morning session of the convention
we're not intended for the public, but in
the afternoon public exercises were held
Of a deeply interesting character, which
were listened to by large audience.
Mrs. Rev. Dir. Lowrie, the President
opened the meeting, after which Mrs.
Happier, returned missionary from
China, led in prayer.
The minutes of the last meeting, held
in New Brunswick, were read by the Re-
cording Secretary, Mrs. James Roman, of
Trenton. Mrs. A. V. Van Fleet, the Cor
responding Secretary, read a very en-
couraging report of work done during the
year, forty nine societies reporting, only
churches in the Presbytery being without
organization. The amount of money re-
ported by the Treasurer, Miss Carrie An
derson. of Trenton, was So, 06S70. A
committee TO nominate officers for the
coming year were requested to confer to
gether, also to decide the place of meeting
for the annual meeting, as several invita-
tions have been received.
Mrs. Happier, of China, was then invit
ed TO speak. She gave some account of
the schools in China, telling of the won
derful memory shown by the scholars,
Tyey are required to commit whole
book to memory, and some have been able
to repeat the whole New Testament She
said the scholars had such small feet that
they Lad to be carried to school, not being
able to walk. The difficulty of removing
this painful practice lies in the fact that
women having small feet are sought for
as true wives, while those having large
feet are not. She said they gladly re-
ceive instruction, wanting her to teach
them how to talk to Jesus, and they love
to sing 10 their own language Jesus
loves me, this know which Mrs. Hap
per sang for the meeting A poor old
woman over 80 years, came to be taught
about Jesus. She became an earnest
Christian, although she was opposed by
her own people.
Mrs. Ogden, of Africa, gave report OF
the closing OF the mission schools because
the French had authority to require one
third of the time to be given to teaching
tho French language, and no other could
be used. They are not discouraged, but
visit from house to house, and, with a
Sunday school, are able to do some good.
The people want the mission schools
opened, that they may learn about Jesus.
She spoke of Mr.. and Miss Nassau and
the little Mary being well and busy with
their work.
Mrs. Newton, of India, who has laborcd
in the leper colony for twenty years, and
was associated with missionary who has
been in that country for fifty years, gave
some account of the forms of religion in
India. She said the Roig Veda is the
first Hindoo book. The higher class Of
the Hindoos are fnely-educated class,
and their civilization dates back several
hundred years before England was civil
lzed, All their laws, social aud civil are
derived from their various religions. We
can scarcely realize the poverty and de-
graduation of the lower classes, very few
being educated. Child marriages and
suttee burning is being abolished by the
English. An anecdote was related of an
English officer and his men visiting pre-
paratoin for suffice burning. The Brah-
minis we're indignant, saying the English
had promised to protect them in the prac-
tice of their religion. and suffice burning
was one of them. "All right" replied
the officer, "our religion and laws forbid
murder. Go ahead with your suttee, and
according to our laws 1 VIII hang every
one of yon for murder" They gave it
up. Education has helped to oyerturn
the religion of the Brahmins il it has not
converted them.
Tho report of the nominating commit
Zee was presented by Mrs. Dale, their
chairman. She said the committee re-
GREETED the necessity of Mrs. Lowrie's
resignation. Mrs. John Newton, of
Princeton, was nominated President with
the following Vice Presidents Mrs. DIR.
Paxton, Princeton; Mrs. s. NJ. Staddi-
ford, Trenton Mrs. DIR. Hunt, of Tren-
ton !; Mrs. Rev. d. Foster, Pennington
Mrs. Rev. Wilson Thomas, Milford; Mrs.
Mcknight, New Brunswick Correspon-
ding Secretary, Mrs. A. V. Van Fleet,
Pennington Recording Secretary, Mrs.