Telegram-herald., 1889-10-11
MISSIONARY WORK.
Yesterdays Proceedings at the
Division Street Church.
TIE ANNUAL ELECTION or OFFICERS
The Forenoon Devoted 40 the Various
District Ksports-Ihe hieetion-lateT-
ssting Aadresses-The Meeting.
Last Evening


Last Evening
The morning session of the Woman
Missionary society yesterday Was de-
voted largely 70 reports from tAe
various q STREETS. Ia the main the re-
ports were very favorable Mrs. c. q.
Hudson. OF Anderson read the report
Tor North indiana, Mrs. Eml Kelley
OF Indianapolis. that for tie Indiana
Conference. Mrs. Kate J.. Haynes, that
f0l Southeast Indiana, Mrs. A. c. Nc
Knsey, that fog Northwest Indiana.
Mrs. II. T.. Taylor, Of East >prngp0rt,
presented the report for Michigan, and
referred very feelmgiy 10 the death of
Mrs. Hoag, with whom she had been
intimately associated. The Mich gan
Conference has nine districts, and in al
Of these annual meetings have been
held. In three semi-annual meetings
and IN five camp meeting missionary
services were held. The Grand Rapids
district has shown an increase of l22
members, and three new auxiliaries
have been organized. Kalamazoo Is the
banner district, as il has always been.
Ionia district has done good work, and
a strong young ladies society mas been
organized. Niles and Lansing districts
have also grown stronger, and the total
amount raised for all purposes Is So
370.79.
Mrs. F. D. York, of Williamson, read
the conference for Detroit, showing an
encouraging increase in organizations
and membership. The district has 80
auxiliary societies, with a membership
of 1851, with p auxlliaries IN the
| Adrian district and almost equal mem-
| bership. Bay City district has been
| organized during the year and Is IN Il
| ilOurishing condition. The district has
| l07 auxiliary societies and a member
ship of 2,7lO.
All the delegates were present at the
afternoon session which opened with
PRAYER and Scripture service led 10y
! Mrs. Jordon and Miss Belle Leonard.
| Mrs. Calder read the minutes, and the
| tellcrs read the following report:
| President, Mrs. Isaac X. Hit, of Evans
ton, H.: corresponding secretary, Mrs.
| f. Z. Crandon, of Evanston, H.:
teasurer. Mss Minnie Preston, of De-
troit; recording secretary, Mrs. l.. A.
Calder, of Chicago; vice-presldents at
large, Mrs Bishop Harris, Mrs.
ID. p. Kidder, Lucy Prescott
Vane, Mrs. Philander Smith, Mrs.
T. p. Haughey, Mrs. David Preston,
Mrs. l.. A. Hagans, Mrs NJ. A. Mar
| shall and Mrs. Mary c. Wind.
After the report Mrs. DR.. Kate Corey,
a returned missionary who has spent
| many years in China, followed with an
| eloquent appeal for the maintenance Of
| missionary work in China. She SAID
that there seemed TO be a great lack Of
| interest in work in that land, beca Use
! the people were not popular, but that
| after having become familiar with the
| language she had found many traits OF
| character TO be admired. She related
pathetic story of a young girl who
| had been educated in q Christian school
| and had embraced the faith. Ia her
| infancy, as is the custom, she had been
| betrOtned TO a heather, member OF q
rich and powerful family, and during
| the ceremony she refused to kneel to
| the idols. Efforts were made to crush
her TO the floor, but II was OF no use.
Finally a soldier stepped forward and
| drawing his sword said that there must
| be something in herreligiOn better than
| idOlatry, and the first person who
| touched her should die by his sword.
| The speaker SAID that il was popularity
! supposed that female intantcidc
had ceased in China, but Of
every fifty families she had known she
did not believe there was one which
was free from the crime. She de
scribed the life Of Il Chinese woman, in
all its misery and degradation, and the
| force used by the husbands in crushing
the mother love when little girl was
| born. Chinese women had the mother
| love in a great degree, but they were
not permitted % show il. Girl babies
were thrown into the rivers, or left upon
the hills 10 die. Many infants and
| young girls were sold to be brought up
for immoral purposes, and these young
| souls the Christian schools were able ~
save. A Chlnaman regarded his wife
very much as stOCkdealor regarded
his horse, and If ne took good care of
her II was because he would have u
pay money for another IN case the first
one died Or. Corey gave careful sta
tistics showing the vast amount of good
that IS accompl she'd bv those VINO are
there. She is q frail little woman, who
returned from lOochOw TO her home %
Ohio about year ago with her health
! seriously impaired from overwork. She
hopes 10 return 20 her work some day.
After she had finished speaking, Mss
Ella FOrds, OF Indiana, and Mss
Martha Taylor of Michigan. two young
ladies' who are soon to enter the mis-
| sionarv field, were introduced, and
! each -Doke briefly. bIt with much zeal,
Of the work before tham.
The church was filled again last even
ing t0lstcn 90 tlic reports of the branch
secretary and treasurer, Mr.. J. r.
CrandOn. After these were read Mrs.
Iucv Rvd Never, prnCipa. OT tho
[ NJ isl0narv Training school, uf Chicago
was introduced and made a stirring al
dress in the cause Of the Woman
/ Foreign Mission. Her arguments are
/ em.nentlv practical, and she is a spe8 X
! OF Of no ordinary ability. She startta
ont with q compar..0n of the worker.
of the early Christian Church
with the workers Of TODAY
She saId In tho first century OF iha
Christian era the whole known w0r.
was cvaugclzcd. lu 20 years a ltu'
! unknown band with only one Jeanne.
man. 81. Paul. among them spread the
doctrines of Chr stianltY Throughout
the entire East. Eacn one % tae carIy
Christians bei eyed Il .is duty to go $3.50
the world and spread the gospel
The same dea should 0oia today
Nearly All 0f thrm were poor people