Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-22
FIFTEEN rH ANNUAL CONVENTION

ANNUAL CONVENTION The First Days Session of the Wo. mems Baptist Foreign Missionary Society Held i'm Calvary Baptist Church Yesterday.
 About three hundred delegates attended the opening day's session of the Womens Baptist Foreign Missionary society, which began at Calvary Baptist church yesterday morning and will continue today The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Colby of Newtown, Mass, the president of the so ciety, shortly after 10 o'clock, when prayer meeting lasting about half an hour was con- ducted by Mrs. Harris, of New York. Then came the address of welcome by Mrs. s. M. Whiting, of this city, in behalf of the New Haven conference to the out of town dele gates. During her address Mrs. Whiting said:
 Beloved president and sisters. of the women's the S New Haven Womens Foreign Missionary rye, con n ference it is my delightful priyilegs to bid you 0 gladly opened to receive you. We not only hospitaIties of our homes and church, but we rev
 
 gether 'the chfefest of ten thousand, the ''al together lovely, who as he so graciously promised is here in midst, and that to bless. It is with you, who from the organzation of this society if wise counsel faithful gentle leadership has endear ed you to all all r hearts % and sd ys9 gPs sx fo their special work called you also to be it's chosen leader.
 ingly welcome you back to your native land to unite with us in this glad anniversary. In our loff hTF1 and h0Q sisters face face. and voice to them the mes sage of SayioSs have @ ioD in the and rejoice in the joy that has outweighed them all, as you saw some for whom you labored leave their idol worship and accept of Jesus thelr Re deemer Dear sisters of kindred societies most glad ly we greet you as our own to-day, for in aim hearts with gladness and we rejoice together in the triumph of onr King: As look upon this large gether for the one object~the christianization Of women in heather Iands-as review the work you fhs dass sueesss apeY GSRpS@n %6ioR Win crown your future labors, I am deeply impressed tunity given to Christian women in every land and the heavy responsibility now resting upon them. of the Wornen,s saviour who bids you go in to DOS seSs the land which the Lord thy God giveth you, bid you welcome
 Mrs. Whiting was briefly responded to by Mrs. Gardiner Colby, of Newtown president of the society. Mrs. Colby said that their mis- sionary work was receiving more and more encouragement as the years roll by, and that the heathen were constantly being brought to higher state, She appealed to all mem bers to work more earnestly in the future, and said that she longed to make them real ize the conviction which is impressed on her mind in regard to the eimportance of the work. ''The dark clouds" she conelu ded, (which oppressed us at the beginning of the year have rolled away and our plans have been realized. God has been faithful to his prom ises and we have paid our society debt.'
 The corresponding secretary, Mrs. O. w. Gates, of Newtown Center, Mass, then read her encouraging report which covered the work done in the home and foreign depart ments of the society since the last conven- tion. Miss M. Clark, of Boston, the financial secretary followed with a report which showed that the total expenditures for the year were $59, ,758. 37 and the total receipts $59, ,871 31, leaving balance of $112.94 in the treasury April 1. Owing to illness Mrs. J. A. Freddy was unable to deliver her address on 'EUpper Burmah" and Rev. Dr. Cushing, who has for years been a mission ary in Burmah spoke in her stead. In his remarks he urged thu ladies to prosecute with untiring zeal the noble work of relig- that country, and said that he was very much gratifed with the splendid showing of their reports of the ad- vancement of such work as was indicated in the reports from the corresponding secretary. He described briefly some of the dishearten- ing obstacles that stood in his way and in the path of other foreign missionaries when he made his first trip in 1867 and on his second tour through the Burmah country in 1876. The chiefs of the various communities in that country did much at times to cause to the Christian workers. Of late years he said these restrictions had been removed to very large extent and the disap N,oG4 Ho rI,a 4o1-@ advantage of during the next two years.
 He thought the work of the women mis- sionaries in teaching the youth of that coun- try the way to Christ would be very pro- ductive of great results. Their minds, he added, had become as impregnated with the Buddhist worship as that of the adults of the country.
 When Dr. Cushing finished his address the closing prayer was said by one of the officers of the society and then the forenoon's session was adjourned. For an hour or two thereafter the ladies discussed the luncheon in the lecture room and then re- assembled in the church and began at 3 p: m the afternoons work, the session being opened with singing and prayer by Mrs Colby, followed by inter esting address by Miss Barrows of Moul- main, Burmah, in which she described the country and the conditions of the people, as well as the efforts made there by the mission aries for improvement. Next came an ad- dress on Missions in France," by Mrs. Ma rine J. Chase, which was listened to with much attention by those present, and during her address she said: Over fifty years ago the Baptist Missionary Union planted mission in France. When it was noised abroad that a mission was to be started there and mission aries were coming, they were persecuted and driven within themselves, so that for over thirty years that mission stood still. But I thank God it is still there and is now making rapid progress in the right direction, and the work of God has at last been put in the right plrce, and now bibles can be put into the hands of these people who so persecuted the mission aries when first they went to France. Now ask you to pray for the people there, give your money to send the word of God there, and so help along this, Gods great work. Mrs. Chase has recently been very i'll and spoke in a rather weak voice. After her address collection was take.N up by Miss Minnie Wells, Miss Edith Sanborn, Miss Edith Stow, Miss Libbie Weed, Miss Kittie Gillette, Miss Lottie Jerome, Miss Marion Buck and Miss Kate Lawrence, who acted as ushers, after which prayer was said md the session adjourned. The programme or two days exercises is as follows:
 MORNING.
 Singing.
 Scriptures. Prayer
 Reports of State Secretaries. 'oem ......." "How Non- Meet Yea Found theWay." By Miss Maud Lincoln, Newton Center, Mass.
 Greetings from Other Boards.
 Singing.
 Address
 By Miss MCAlIiSter, RangOOn, Burmah.