Telegram-herald., 1889-10-18

opened With az anthem ~ TIE choir
and PRAYER 81 Rev Dr. Hen8ersoa. u
Detroit Mr, J.. b. Austin gave short
scc0uut ol the work done n the tram
ing schools. size said that there are
fifteen of these training schools lu opar-
aton. educating tl lsslonarles VINO arr
% ASS. in etans sehzng .ae woria.
Iaoe0 among tle colorel people
celeut WORK ani the seed planted
IN these schools already glyes promise
ot llch harvest oa thr banks of t1e
Congo. During tae past year there
have been 3-l converts au1 Inere are
585 students preparing Tor the ministry.
Their effectiveness is shown hy tAf sue
cess of one young lady Who went INTO
q town where there was no Chr .an
OIganzaf She started sunday
school that soon grew into church,
and ROW they have a church edlncc
erected These co.ored people form
connecting link between thc home and
foreign d. s-ions. There are successful
schools al Raleigh, y. C., Nashville,
Tenn, Richmond. Va, and New Or
leans. Great attention is paid % the
cultivation OF WOmanly virtues and ac-
compi -hmeuts. Education without
grace has proved Intellectual n the
work Our Michigan Bapusis are bet-
ter acquainted with the Harlwell lnst-
tute. Ot kchmOnd, va. Already several
who have gone 0ut from tins school arc
dong successful mss .Onary work. In
Monterey, Mexico, We have a small
school, and also in Ogden and salt
Lake CITY. Many of the pupils are
from Mormon families. On the Pacific
coast are several schools for Chinese.
The report of the treasurer was read
by Mrs VIM. A. Moore and Was fol
lowed by the report of the Correspond
ING Secretary, Mrs. \. j. Fox. She said
that yesterday was the fifteenth birth
day of the State Institution and that
today they look over the past with great
pleasure and into the future with love
and trust. The five missionaries who
We're i'm the service m Northern Mlchi-
gan at the beginning of the year have
resigned bat there are live others dong
good service at Manistee, CharlevOlx, q,
Harrisville, Deckcrvlle.
These ladies gave way TO the
representatives OF the women 5
foreign mission. Mrs. c. +. COnley,
the vice president, gave a short address
stating that yesterday a number Of
missionaries set sail tor Burmah and
China. among them Mrs. DR.. Scott, who
goes to reopen the hospital at Swatow.
Mrs. ii Sweglcs then read the re-
port OF the corresponding secretary.
She stated tnat it was their tenth an
niversary as a State society. At the be-
ginning of the year there were sixteen
missions in India, Burmah and China,
and that during the last year
they had succeeded in gain
ing good foOt-hold in
Mandelay, where DR.. AdOnirum Judson
suffered so much, and now they had a
mission house there. 1t was built en-
tirelv by the nickel contributions from
the women of the missionary societies.
There are now fourteen missionaries in
Burmah, seven in China, five in India
and two in Africa. The society raised
S3l 900 last year, and over $4,000 of I
was raised in Michigan. There are in
the State forty-one young peoples So
cieties and thirty-three chlldren's
bands that have furnished about one
sixth Of the annual contribution.
Miss Frances f. Palmer, who has
been for several years engaged in mis-
sionary work in Burmah, closed the
meeting with a short address telling Of
the work done in Burmah.