St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-29
Afternoon Session.

The attendance was mucn larger
when the afternoon session opened and
the audience joined heartily in the de-
votionaI services, led by Mrs. Minnie
Weber, of Minneapolis.
Mrs Emily Huntington Miller gave
an interesting talk on "The Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society, What It Is
Doing and What 1t Needs"
Mrs. Charlotte Winchell, of Minneap-
oils, read a paper on missionary Serv-
ice and Our Conference"
''The Western branch" she said,
''with which it originated, was organ
lied at st. Louis, April 4, 1870. The ter
ritory first comprised the states of
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Kansas.
The branch was formed just
two weeks before the annual
meeting of the general society Or
Just at the close of the first
years work of this society in the
M. E. church of America. At its birth
there were three auXiliaries within
its bounds twenty-fOur hours old,
and with an enrolment of $50
members, while officers and mem
where concerning the aims, purposes
and needs of the enterprise. 1t had
everything before it, nothing behind it.
In the summer of that same year, 1870,
Miss Isabella Leonard, assistant cor
responding secretary of the branch,
came into the Minnesota conference
and began the work. She organized, in
several churches, auxiliarieS which re-
main to this day. The one at Month
cello has not only kept its record good,
but has grown into three. Per-
hapS the strongest auxiliary
added to the list through
the efforts of Miss Leonard was that of
the first church at Winona. Here she
found Mrs. Mary G. Mind and enlisted
her in the work. She held a meet
ing for heather women when scarcely
able to stand, and secured good list of
names. Soon calls came to organize in
neighboring towns and villages. The
first year closed with twenty-four aux
iliaries. A dozen years of in
telligent study of the needs of the
world has deepened and broadened
the interest and it has returned in
three-fold interest. At the annual
session in Minneapolis in 1877,
good work was done, and six
wears later, when the general
executive convention in Des Moines
Minnesota was honored by being placed
at the head of one of the three divisions
of the great West, with branch head
quarters at Minneapolis. Since that
time splendid work has been done, but
there is yet field for developments"
Mrs. Mary G.. Mind discussed the
"Foreign Field" in bright and enter
tanning way and received hearty APP
gently and the conference ciamored for
more when she finished, but time was
limited.
Hon. Thomas Simpson and Rev. G. r.
Hare were OH the programme to discuss
System in Church Finances" but both
were absent and the topic was thrown
open for general discussion.
Hon. A. O. Dunn said he did not come
prepared to speak, and really thought
the conference unprepared to talk on
the subject He said if there was any
person that could tell him how to
MAKE THE PEOPLE SHE'LL OUT,
he would be more than glad to listen.
Mr.. Wilson, of Minneapolis, said he
had seen great many plans started to
help church finances, but had never
seen any completed. He thought it
a good plan to establish the en-
and thought that this conference should
raise 100000 for that purpose. He
thought they should have another fund
deposit, and when any member is over
taken by misfortune he can draw
enough to meet present needs, by giving
his note, at 10 per cent.
Rev. Espey had always been aceus-
toned to the peW-renting system, as the
free seat business had not worked salts
factorily. He thought the pews should
be sold to the highest bidder at auction.
This brought DR.. Forbes to his feet.
He said that the poor man who gave $40
church gave more than the rich
man who gave $500. He was OPP
posed to the pew-renting system,
and would not preach to people who be-
lieved in it. He believed in free seats
in the churches everywhere. He
thought the solution of the problem was
to go back to primitive Methodist ways
and usageS.
Rev. Mr.. Gilbert said that the plan in
operation at Winona was to send a
printed circular to query member at the
beginning of the year, making an ap-