The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-13
MISSIONARY SOCIETY WORK.
Tie Semi-Annual Meeting at Fletcher-P Place
Church-The Second Church Society.

The semi-annual meeting of the Woman's For.
eign Missionary Society of the Southeast Indiana
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Indianapolis district, began yesterday morning
in Fletcher place NJ. e. Church, with about $50
present. The exercises of the morning session
were opened by lovefeast, led by Mrs Jones.
Committees were appointed as follows: On
auditing Mrs. Clancy. Mrs SIMS Mrs. Ander-
son. On enrolment, Miss Lee, Miss Wilson.
On time and place, Miss Sanders, Mrs Hawk,
Mrs. Myers. On resolutions, Mrs. McClain, Mrs
Cornelius, Mrs. Rawls.
Representatives from sixteen auxiliary
branches made reports. ali but one of which
showed an increase in membership. The most
notable of the reports was one by Mrs. Langdon
of Greencastle, respecting the interests Of the
| Japanese students being educated there, and
| one by Mrs. Asbury, of the Ames street Church,
and another by Mrs. Geo. L. Curtis, of Green
castle.
| By FAR the most interesting work of the day
| was '"The News of Our Parish conducted by
| Mrs e. g. Cornelius, which was review of the
| work being done by the missionaries in foreign
lands. Mrs. l.. c. Bowser's report from South
America after stating the difficulties to be
overcome there, said: 'Tn some places far
| the larger part of the population are Roma
Catholics, and that is the recognized religion of
the State, but in few places are missionaries ex-
cluded except in Peru. In our missions there
we have 337 members and 379 probatoners, be-
sides fourteen day schools, in which there are
1000 scholars and fifteen Sunday schools, in
which there are l,2l0 scholars" Miss Sanders
said 1.-The first missionary went to Cora in
1882 In 1857 there were about 10 900 native
Christians, and although this figure looks large,
it is not one in each 500 Of the population. The
number is on the increase. The country was
opened to American commerce in 1882 and to
Great Britain a year later The first Methodist
mis- variff hor in
five The principal religions of the natives are
Confucianisn Buddhism and Shauranism. The
King Is liberal in his views making relig-
ious work there much easier than in some other
heather lands" Miss Carson had prepared a pa
per on Bulgaria, but in her absence it was read
by Mrs. Dashiell, of Southport There are now
twelve missionaries and six native preachers in
Bulgaria. and girls school at Loftcha with
twenty eight scholars. Miss Anna Cotton told
of the work in Japan. There are several schools
and missions there, and the Roman alphabet is
being rapidly introduced in place of the Japanese
system. Reports were also heard from Miss
Jessie Lee, on India, Miss Anna Todd, on Africa,
Mrs. Osborne on Mexico, Mrs Franklin. on
China, and Mrs. Phillips, on Italy.
At the afternoon session. after devotional ex-
ercises by Mrs Cotton and the report of the cor
responding secretary, officers for the ensuing
year were elected as follows:
President-Mrs. Sullivan of INDIANAPOLIS
Vice-presidents-Mrs. Baggs. Mrs. Loomis Mrs.
Niesler, Mrs. Denning, Mrs. Heller Mrs NJ Han.
cock. Mrs. White Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Harrison and
Mrs Cotton.
Recording Secretary-Miss Anna Cotton, Indian
apoiis.
Corresponding sccretary-Mrs. H. G. Hanneman.
Franklin.
Treasurer-Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, Indianapolis
Secretary of Bureau of Exchangs-Mrs. T. P. Nc
Lain Indianapolis.
Delegates to Branch Meetings-Mrs. Dr. Andrus
franklin alternate Mrs. L. G. Bowser
Delegate to State Meeting-Mss L. o. Robinson. .
Mrs. Stagg introduced. and spoke in the
interest of her sister, Mrs Waugh, missionary
to Comporia, India, followed by Miss Addie Will
son, now attending the training school for mis-
sionaries at Chicago The candidates there re-
ceive medical, theological and practical educa-
ton as nurses, part Of their time being spe mt
in visitations.
Fraternal greetings were delivered by Mrs. r.
V. Hunter, of the Seventh Presbyterian society,
and Mrs. Morgan. of the Protestant Meth odist
Church. 1t was announced that the time for
holding the convention of the Southeast Indiana
Conference, at Falkland. Shelby county, had been
changed from May 81 and juno 1, and g. to