St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-28
A Labor of Love.

The annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary board in connection with the gen.
eral assembly of the Presbyterian church
was held yesterday in the audience room of
Plymouth Congregational church. The day
before the ladies had been fitting in and out
putting on decorative tou ches here and there
and adding ferns, potted and cut flowers
The large auditorium with the galleries were
well hlled to listen to the joint meeting of the
five missionary boards. The devotional ex-
ercises were led by Mrs. G. o. Van Cleye.
Mrs. Judge E. S. Williams had charge of the
program, and opened the exercises by stating
in brief, forcible manner the Organization
of General Meeting. After hymn the adj
dress of welcome was beautifully and sincerely
extended to the visiting delegates. E. e.
Swift of Allegheny responded and reviewed
the work Of the past
They sang. ITO the Work" and the presi-
dent introduced Miss Hartwel of Bangkok.
Siam. She said to any one who has labored
in Siam there is inspiration enough to cause
one to respond to a call to speak at mo-
ments notice. She described the temples
the grounds and surroundings, told of the re-
ligion which consisted entirely of idoltry. and
thought Edwin Arnold had prostituted the
gift God had given him by writing: The
Light OF Asia When Asia was Still in Dark
ness. Miss Hartwell has charge of the first
boarding school for girls ever started in Bang
kok, Siam. 1t was organized with four mem
bers and in two weeks had TWENTY-FIVE mem
berS.
The newly-elected president, Mrs. r. Doug
lass of Chicago, was introduced and in a
clear, strong voice spoke of the work and
strongly admonished the women to make a
coming year an unprecedent one for work and
gave many instances why this work should
be carried on and now Mrs. DIR, Swift read
the report for Mrs. Moorhead, of Pittsburp.
They had head 81, 1918 and closed the treas
ury with S1.97s in the treasury, 1918 mission
bonds, ~ auxiliaries; support 124 missiona-
ries, have sent out seven during the past
year.
Mrs. W. s. Knight, of Carthage, Mo-, read
the report for Mrs. Allen, for the Womans
board of missions for the Northeast, they had
had their 9th anniversary and had 300 auxili-
aries and raised S157.50 last year and support
IA missionaries and rs scholarships.
Mrs. James MARS, of Schenectady, N. Y,
read report for Northern New York; they
raised S9,327.8 80 last year.
Mrs. DR.. Swift then said: One year ago I Wis
tied your city and saw how you loved Sarah
Archibald, God too loved Sarah Archibald
Natter and called her home, on the 9Th of
April after sudden and short illness. Rev.
Natter and wife lived in North China at
Wei Hun, 150 miles southeast from Tungchon.
A collection of $65 "a was taken, and the
morning session was closed by singing, II
Love to Tell a Story" and prayer. The ladies
then adjourned to the parlors to partake of
an elegant lunch, served by Dorner, whose
services were secured by the ladies of the
city, the cake being furnished by the Central
choir of ST. Paul.
AFTERNOON.
The session was opened with prayer by Mrs
johnson of st. Paul.
The first subject for discussion was, sour