Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-30
A MISSIONARY CONVENTION.
The woman's Foreign Missionary So.
ciety in Session i'm This City.

The first session of the twentieth annual as
sembly of the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Presbyterian Church Was held this
morning at 1890 O'clock in the Church of the
Covenant. The church completely filed
with ladies and it was a thoroughly femi-
nine audience. If there was man
in the church besides the news
paper men lie was not visible to
the naked eye. On the platform, which was
beautifully decorated with flowers. were seated
the president of the society, Mrs. W. E.
Schenck; the vice president, Mrs. kumler; Mrs.
Mcknight Miss Nelson, Mrs. Thorpe, Mrs.
Pond, and the other officers and several of the
more prominent members OF the
society. Stretched out upon the organ
In full view of the audience a large mis-
sionary map of the world, with the relative
parts of the earth's surface marked out they
are occupied, whether by the Christian or
heather races. The map told the story Of the
objects of the society in most eloquent terms.
ADDRESSES AND REPORTS.
Mrs. d. o. Mcknight of this city delivered an
address of welcome. Mrs. Schenck responded
in a brief address of thanks. The treasurer's
report was read by Mrs. ID. Il. Posey, Mrs. J. NJ.
flshburn, the treasurer. being unable to attend.
1t showed the society to be in a very satisfac-
tory condition financially, although the de-
down the receipts about $4,000.
Miss F. I. Nelson read the report of the home
secretaries, which reviewed the history of the
society.
The brief report of the work done by the So
clety during the year 1SS9-90 shows that there
are now 1913 missionaries in the field, Is at home
ana 10 sent out to their fields of work and
transferred to the occidental board.
Five missionaries are now self supporting.
There are ten missionary teachers. eighty-two
tive ~.
and one hundred and fifty-three day schools.
The contributions have amounted to Sl4l,-
1888. of which 81, ,9S3 has been expended in
medical work and S1S,O20.9 for buildings.
There are forty-eight presbyterial societies,
twenty-one new auXiliarles and one hundred
and sixty new bands.
Mrs. c. \. Thorpe. one of the foreign secre-
tarles, read the report of foreign work
throughout the world.
Mrs. L. S. Pond, missionary from Syria,
gave an account OF school work in that land
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED.
The following committees were announced
Nominations Miss Martha Graham of China,
chairman; Mrs. J. NJ. Stevenson, Mrs f. Fl.
Huntingdon of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. William
Dugdale of Maryland, and Mrs. J. W.
Mason. Grafton. VIVA. Committee on resoIJ-
tions-Mrs. Nanderslice. Germantown, Pa,
chairman; Mrs. A n. keigwin, Delaware; Mrs.
II. w. Sage, Ohio; Mrs. Fraill Green,
Easton, Va, and Mrs. Robert Ack-
man, Madison, \. J. Committee on
place of meeting for lS9l-Mrs. Paul Babcock,
Montclair, \. j.; Miss Elizabeth Webster,
Mauch Chunk, Pa; Mrs. j. III. Montgomery,
Dayton, Ohio; Miss Agnew, Greencastle, Pa,
and Mrs. Wylie, Baltimore.
TO BE RECEIVED By MRS. HARRISON.
The meeting was adjourned until 23O o'clock
this afternoon. Notice was given that Mrs. Harri-
would receive the ladies of the society tomot-
row evening at 9 o'clock and that Mrs. Morton
and Mrs. Wanamaker had promised to receive
the members, the former this afternoon and
the latter tomorrow, but that the board had
found it necessary to decline these two invita-
tions.
At 12:45 the Washington members of the
society entertained the delegates. the mission
aries and the members of the board at hand
some luncheon that was spread at Jackson's
cafe.
THIS AFTERNOONS SESSION.
The program at this afternoons session in
cluded an address, ''Our Second Decade" by
Mrs S. c. Perkins, a reception to the missiona-
ries who are in attendance at the assembly, an
address on Homes in China" by Mrs. John
Butler, Progress in Japan" by Miss Anna
Davis. the reading of notices and finally a con-
ference of mission band leaders to be held in
the chapel.
This evening at o'clock there will be gen.
eral meeting at which Rev. DIR. T. s. Hamlin
will preside and addresses will be delivered
by Rev. Samuel Jessup and Rev. +. L. Ellin-
wood, secretary Of the board OF foreign mis-