Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-28
THE MISSION WORKERS.
An Earnest and Enthusiastic Meeting of
Charitable Women Ora ndunting Exer-
cises of the Western Pennsylvania
Medical CoIIege-Socinl Gossip.

| An Earnest and Enthusiastic Meeting OF
Charitable Women Graduating Exer.
| cises of the Western Pennsylvania
Medical CoiIege-Socinl Gossip.
A large audience of earnest, enthusiastic
women attended the opening sessions of the
eighth annual meeting of the Foreign and
Home Missionary Societies of the Pittsbure
and Allegheny Presbyteries, which were held
yesterday morning, afternoon and evening in
the Third Presbyterian Church, on Sixth ave-
nue. The subject of home missions occupied
the attention of the ladies during the day. AT
10 A. M. the meeting was opened by devotional
exercises, with Mrs. White in the chair. Mrs.
S. P. Herbison, the recording secretary, pre-.
sented her report. and the facts contained
therein were very pleasing -Four new auxil-
liaries have been organized during the past
year, namely, New Central, Coal Bluff, Grafton
and Park avenue. Twenty-Five new bands
have been added, thereby swelling the number
of auxilaries to II.
The total membership is {, ,77S, and the total
sum of money sent to the Executive Commit
tee amounted to IS, ,34l 81 personal Efforts
was treated in a short address by Mrs S. s.
ellison, who. by facts nicely stated. proved
what the subject of her remarks had and could
accomplish.
The Corresponding Secretary in her report
reviewed the successful work of the different
bands.
After delightful lunch in the parlors of the
church the ladies reassembled and listened to
the report of the treasurer, Mrs.T. Fl. Robinson.
1t was necessarily lengthy as an itemized ac-
count of all the collections and expenditures
was given. All of the auxilaries were repre-
serted in the total amount of money received
during the year. which was S6,762 65.
The report was accepted, and Mrs. A. G..
Patterson. the Leaflet Secretary, followed With
her report which informed the ladies that over
200 papers. leaflets and books had been dis
tributed during the year.
The Box Secretary. Miss H. Moorhead. gave
an interesting account of the various boxes
shipped during the year, which aggregated in
value S5,6l5 43, A very interesting address was
Seminary, South Carolina. on the needs of the
freedmen and their gratitude for educational
privileges gwen them.
A Committee on Nominations was then ap-
pointed and brought in the report tor the
election of officers The nominations we're:
President Mrs S. B. HARRISON: Wee Presi-
dents. Mrs: George A. Kelly, Mrs. A. G. White
E. Swift, Mrs. j. N. Maxwell. Mrs. W. o.
Campbell, Mrs. w. L. Rhoades Mrs. j. P.
Woodbridge, Mrs. d. NJ. Glenn, Mrs. l. H. Nc
Kelvey. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Bryan. Mrs. $. S. ellison,
Miss Margaret Stewart and Miss Bella Veech;
Corresponding Secretaries, Mrs. J. l.. Logan,
Mrs. s. c. Farrar, Mrs. L. G. Shrom and Miss
Jane Brooks; Recording Secretary. Mrs d. w.
Bell; Box Secretary, Miss II. Moorhead Leaflet
Secretary, Mrs A. c. Patterson; Freedman Sec
retary. Mrs. o. L. Miller; Treasurer. Mrs t. Ii.
Robinson; Auditor, Mrs David Robinson. The
report was approved and the officers who were
elected made short speeches acknowledging
the honor. The ladies then adjourned to par
take of delicious lunch prepared by the
members of the Third Presbyterian Church.
The evening session was devoted to mission
airy addresses by Rev. ]. NJ. Allies and Rev.A.C.
Good. The devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. f. P. Cowan.
The sessions to-day promise to be unusually in
teresting. The morning exercises will open with
a ladies' quartet, THE Lord is My Shepherd"
Schubert, by Mrs. Porter Miss Scandrett Miss
Abbott and Mrs. Cartwright. Interspersed in
the regular readings of reports and routine
business will be soprano solo, Far From My
Heavenly Home" composed by Mr.. NJ. E. Eat
man, sung by Miss Ada Scrandrett; an alto
solo, Gross and Crown" Thomas by Miss An
ME McCreary, and soprano solo, Rock of
Ages" VIM. Cook, sung by Mrs j. E. Porter.