New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-18
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
woMEN's WORK FoRTHE WORLD.
ANNUAL MEETING OF A BAPTIST

EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF BAPTIST
FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The eighteenth annual meeting Of the Womans
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society OF the East began
In the First Baptist Church, at Clinton ana ferro-
pont sts., Brooklyn. yesterday. The exercises "elo
opened with a service OF prayer led by Mrs W. d.
wyckoa OF Brooklyn. At IL o'clock the iorinA OK
srclscs begun by the reading OF psaim, snsne
arid PRAYER by Miss Josephine Tyler, Oh brooKiyh.
Mrs W. H. Wyckof, on behalf Of the Long isiahu
branch OF the society and the Brooklyn ohurcnee en
made an address Of welcome
Mira. Gardner Colby, president Of the society," saiu
that the corporation and sympathy Oh DroohyH
women was always appreciated by the society,"
missionary work was moving steadily on saie Sau'
hut new facilities for the work were neeoool hi
tbourb many medical missionaries had been seht QUIZ
49, 1000 sor them was stu In Of the supply
=, r.s.,d 10 tho finances Of the society," all obhga-
,on. had baen promptly met Tho small surplus
houavsp would have 10 be used for immediate "Oih
and more money was needed to continue inc Worn
Torrsnona,nr secretary Mrs. o. W. Gates, OF New
49,. c.,..a Mass read the annual report OF me boaro
M III hsoaors showing what had been done pS 'ho iS
sonaxies ana the publication house. Many ln'ercs1ns
"details were given Of the work IN Africa, i"N,"
Cn,na japan and Burmah The treasurer MISS NJ
= cqsrha Of BOSTON, read her annual report show
IN, rece,nts of g76l03 SO, with balance 81 inc DO
o,nnng of the year Of s. ,002 81, making totaI %
Raj 1876 CO. The foreign expenditures were s'o-
1917 25 and total Of ISL ,066 10, leaving O@sho0
of S13o SO. The society was invited 70 hc0' :"
Albany and in Portland Me-, next year Inc "~V
tor was referred ~ . committee MIS- VhVoh' u
Ranpoon. Rurmah, then told about her mission WORK
At the afternoon session Mrs L. c. Barnes Oh
Newton Centre, Mass read a paper on Responsive
seryice fbr Young Women" in which she urgeo the
necessity OF putting missionary literature into the
hands OF young women. The motto OF inc SOCIETY,"
"Woman's work for woman" she SAID shouiu DO
changed to the motto "Womans work ior INC
worlds Mrs. S. NJ. Whiting then spoke on tho SUD-
iect, "A Hindu Widows True History she APP
peared in native costume, and gave graphic &C
count of q woman's life in India The daughter Oh
a man of the highest CASTE she was married when
but six years old, was taken TO her husbands homo
at eleven, became mother at twelve and was ieft
widow at thirteen. At this early age she salu irom
the fact of her being widow she became an outcasI
The work the society doing among the Hlndu
women was of incalculable value. Addresses were
also made by Mrs. Nathan Brown, OF Yokohama,
Japan Mrs Waterbury, of Madras India, and Mrs.
C. Y. Train Editor Of The Helping Hand.'
At the evening session the Rev. W. H. Robinson
presided On the platform we're the Rev. Messrs d.
C. Eddy, Edward Braislin, A. II. Birmingham, T.
Allen, N. E. Wood G. ". Folwell and r. T. Middle
ditch. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Mcbride read from the
Scriptures and the Rev. DR.. Hiram Hutchins offered
PRAYER. The Rev. Dr. A y Goruou, OA DV9''"'
chairman Of the Executive Committee OF the Mission
ary Union, was the speaker Of the evening He said
in mart: GThere are two great hosts OF Christian
women banded together at the present time VIC
are expecting TO cast of the yoke OF the liquor
power in Massachusetts, next week, and this result
Will be largely due TO the earnest WORK OF women
Our theological seminares cannot turn out one
one-hundredtl of the needed In foreign mission
airy work, and In consequence women have beeh the
pioneers In opening up the Congo ana other nelGs:
A duet was sung by Francis Fischer Powers ana B.
FISCHER Miller after which a short address was made
by the Rev. Dr. W. G. p Rhoades, and the closing
prayer was offered. by the Rev. Dr. d. G.. Eddy.
To-day will be devoted mostly 10 routine work
At the fnal session In the evening the Rev. Dr. A.
T. Pierson, Of Philadelphia, viii speak
FUNERAL OF EXCoNGREssMAN CHITTENDEN.
Many persons attended tho funeral Of ex-Congress-
man s. B. ChIttenden in the Church Of the Pilgrims
yesterday afternoon The body Of the dead man was
in silk velvet covered CONN, bearing silver plate
with the name In full and the date Of birth and death
The paIlbearers were James g. 7. Stranahan, A. A.
Low, A. NJ White, c. d. Wood. George Bliss, Samuel
Mclean Edward Carey, william Allen Butler George
l. Nichols and r. NJ Citing. Among others present
we're Vice President Norton, Henry c. Bowen, z d.
Benedict, J. N. Van Colt, J. II. rockingham, O. l.
Ford. Luolen Birdseye, w. Fl. Harvard, Darwin X
james ex-Mayors Booth and Whitney exJudge Glocrt,
General slocum, General Barnes, A J. Hardenoursh
T. NJ Iitchheld and ". 7. Hatch. The Chamber OIL
Commerce was represented by Samuel d. Babcock
James NJ Brown, Charles 6 Smith, Josiah NJ. Ffske,
Cornelius N. Bliss George Wilson, Morris X Jesup,
Henry Hentr John II. Inman, Woodbury. Langdon
and A. E. Orr The Children's Aid Society was also
represented by committee: orst , sn6rss nas
tor for moro than forty years. The p'raa was Ia 1no
family plot at Greenwood