Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-23
THE CONVENTION OVER.

mems tsaptist Foreign Missionary Society Closes After a Two Days Ses. sion at the Calvary Baptist Church. At 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Colby, of Boston, called the delegates to order for the second and last days meeting of the fifteenth annual convention of the Ladies Baptist Foreign Missionary society being held at Calvary Baptist church. After prayer meeting lasting for half an hour the most of the morning was spent in feading reports of the different State sec- retaries. These reports showed the detailed statements of the number of societies and mission bands in each State and what had been accomp lished by them during the year The reading of these reports was begun by Mrs. Griffith, of Fairport, New York. Mrs. J. B. Colgate, State secretary of New York, followed, and she in turn was succeeded by Mrs. Watrous of Eastern Pennsylvania. Mrs. S. M Whiting of this city, State secretary of Connecticut, said that although there had been no general increase in the number of societies this year, there was perceptible and very encouraging toning up of the work and new vigor in the organizations which indl- cated enthusiastic work for the future. The New Haven society supports two foreign
  Fairfield county a number of mission bands have been formed. After the secretary of Delaware had reported, Mrs. J. c. Durfee, of Rhode Island, reported encouraging work in her little State, four new circles having been formed during the year and twenty four mission bands at present being at work. The next thing on the programme was the reading of the poem, "How Non Meet Yea Found The Way" by Miss Maud Lincoln of Newton Center, Mass, which was very in teresting, and Miss Lincoln by request re- peated it at the afternoon session. Parts of the'poem are as follows
 HOW NON MEET-YEA FOUND THE WAY. i Iris Sabbath at the mission;
 Sounds of worship fill the air;
 Stealing through the she!tering lattice
 Comes the reverent voice of prayer,
 When a cry breaks shriQ and eager
 Out amid the monday glare.
 There a woman bent and aged,
 Raven hair, all streaked with white
 Leans upon two dark skinned daughters.
 In the dazzling mid day light,
 AS she sees white faces bending,
 Half she turns, as if for flight
 Then her ua voice iis spoke loud loud and clear,
 Strengthened up her bending figure.
 Lost was every trace of fear:
 II must find him." Spoke the teacher:
 Come, for you have found him here.
 Came the aged Karen woman Up the stairs with footstep slow.
 Thus began her eager story
 O
 In our village down below.
 Many gems have left me- Teacher
 Since knelt at idol shrine,
 And no more my heart to worship
 The dread spirits doth welcome;
 Now long to wholly enter
 On the way chose for mine.
 s.I would enter through the water:
 Thus hear the Christians do;
 And if they have needed cleansing,
 Imust have that cleansing too:
 Make Non-Meet-Y Yea, worn and sinful,
 Clean and purified like you.
 Not old woman-say Non-Meet-Yea,
 When to God for me you pray,
 There many sad old women
 There is only one Non-Meet-Yea
 Entering Christ Jesus way"
 Life for her may soon be ended;
 In the years that still are lent,
 Goes she forth glad evangel,
 And it may be through her witness
 Others may of sin repent.
 Then take courage, weary teachers
 In the gloom of heathen lands,
 And take courage ye home dwellers
 Holding up the teachers hands;
 Thirty years the seed growing
 While time ran it's golden sands.
 Sown to-day amid the darkness,
 Silently the seed takes root:
 From the soil, unknown to sower,
 And hereafter from its branches
 Shall be gathered precious fruit. Greetings from other boards were then ex- tended by Miss Masters of St. Johns, New Brunswick, and by Mrs. A. R. McMaster, of Toronto. These ladies spoke about the mis- sionary work in Canada. Miss McAllister of Rangoon, Burmah, then talked to the con- vention about her missionary school at Kan endeine. During the noon intermission the different State secretaries held a business meeting in the gallery The afternoon ses- sion opened at 2:30 with singing. The elec- ton of officers was the first thing on the programme and resulted in the choice of the following ladies to preside over the associa- tion for the following year:
 President-Mrs. Gardner Colby, Newton, Mass. Vice -Presidents-Mrs. Robert Harris New York; Mrs. M. H. Bixby, Providence, R. l.; Mrs. S. M. Whiting, New Haven, Conn.,; Mrs " C. Butter, Plaindeld, N. J.; Mrs J: B. Colgate, New York. Corresponding secretary-Mrs. o. W. Gates. Newton Center, Mass.
 TIeasurer-Mss Mary E. Clark, Missionary Rooms, Fremont Temple Boston. Auditor-Charles H. Chandler, Boston. Directors (Terin expiring 1S89)-Mrs. H. B. Goodwin Boston; Mrs. A. W. Howard, Randolph; Mrs. Alvah Hovey, Newton Center; Mrs. H. F. Lane, Worcester.
 An interesting paper on "Africa and Its Relations to Missions" was then read by Miss Josephine Tyler of Brooklyn, ". in which she told of the work done by the missiona ries in that country and the obstacles that lad to be overcome before any good work was realized.
 Mrs W. H. Roberts, of Upper Burmah, was to have addressed the delegates, but ow- ing to illness she was unable to do so, and Miss Emma J. Cummings of Maplewood, Mass, followed with a paper on "Doll Dressing," after which the convention closed with the doxology.
 In the Evening.