The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-27
LIGHT SENT ABROAD.
Second Day of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society.
GOOD WORK IN THE ORIENT.
what Is Being Done to Lift Up Ensiaved
Women of India = history
OF the Society.

Much enthusiasm was manifest yesterday in
the Puget sound conference convention of the
Womens Foreign Missionary Society, held at
s the First M. T. church, aud there was a very
good attendance morning, afternoon and even
Ing. TWAS the second day aud proceedings
commenced little after go n. by the cleo
fion OF Mrs. Nellie s. Hanson, OF Portland, Or,
president, and Mrs ]. NJ. Howard, OF New What
com, secretary. Three committees were chosen
20 facilitate the work OF the convention. The
first committee was purely local one, called
the committee on courteses, and consisted OF
Mrs. Dr. Levi Gilbert. Mrs. Dr. +. g. Johnson,
Mrs Fowler Mrs. G. I. Fishhack. The committee
OR resolutions were: Mrs. NJ. c. Wire. OF
Portland; Mrs. NJ n. Dodge and Mrs J. J..
Moore of Tacoma; Mrs. &. e. Gunner, of Coupe
Vile, and Mrs J. NJ. Edsen, Mrs. +. II. Fuller
and Mrs. J. NJ Howard, all OF New whatcom.
Mrs. G. c. Gulmer, OF Coupeyiile, was made
committee on literature; Mrs. r. A. Curtiss, of
Blaine, organist during the day sessions, and
Mrs Dr. i. G. Johnson was designated to wait
upon the representatives of the press. In add.
tion to the above named ladies and Miss Clara
Cushman, the Peking missionary, the following
ladies took part In the convention: Mrs. A. w.
Oliver, of Portland. Or, Mira. A. Z. Burrows,
and Mrs. ~ NJ. Beatty of Tacoma: Mrs. Mary
Bynon-Recce OF veshon Island; Mrs. Marianne
Allen and Miss Alice Allen, OF Olympia; Mrs.
Ada Custer, Mrs. Nellie Watson, Mrs. c. a.
Leach. Mrs. ID. r. Culmer, Miss +. J. Chase, and
Miss Myrtle Cumer, of Coupeville; Mrs. ". 81.
Tahs, OF Kent: Mrs IL. 3. Ward. of Alliance.
Ohio; Mrs. Alice A. Reid of Washington Court
house, Ohio: and Mrs. Alfred inwood and Mrs.
II. A. Richmond, of the Battery street Methodist
Episcopal church; Mrs. Mahaffe and Mrs Drake,
of tho Madison street church, Mrs Il. p. Austin
and Rev. and Mrs. Drake In all about thirty
members Of the local church attended.
There was quite number Of ministers
present also, among them Rev. C. Il. Thobnrn,
of New Whatcom: Rev. l. W. White OF stan
wood; Rev. John Jensen. Of Sidney: Rev. X. J.
Fahs, of Kent; DIR. Levi Gilbert, OF the First
M. T. church, Rev. Alfred Inwood oil the Bat
tcry street NJ. j.. church; Rev. s. A. Bright, OF
Trinity NJ. T. tabernacle; Rev II. ID. Brown, OF
Grace NJ. T. church, and Rov. W. II. Nahaffe, of
the Madison street NJ. +. church; also Presiding
Elder 4. q. lie Sourd. of New Whatcom.
During the morning session, the exercises of
which were led by Mrs W. G. Wire, encouraging
reports were received from the auxliaries OF
the Vancouver aud Tacoma Districts. Mrs.
Edith r. Austin, of this city, read a leaflet en-
Titled "yoices Of the Women" and Mrs. n. s.
Austin, the conference secretary read adj
dress. Briefly her address follows
1t is fitting that the first gathering of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society on this
north coast should be held where nine years
ngo the first auxiliary organized by Sister
Harrington. sympathy for the less favored
women OF other lands has increased among the
Methodist women OF Seattle. For fifty years
beginning soon after the present century CON-
menced, heroic men, accompanied by wives no
less heroic, had gone forth into strange
md superBtitious lands with the gospel
light. But these missionaries soon encountered
formidable obstacle in the difficulty to reach
the heather women-the men could be reached
easily enough The iron bonds of prejudice and
custom had degraded women. Women were
creatures whose birth was considered a calam-
tty, whose existence curse. Our own Jennie
Fowler Willing said "nothing can save India
from sinking beneath the wares OF her own cor
ruption, but 70 have her women taught the self
respect and dignity that comes only from the
religion of Jesus while Rev. STA six Dug, the
first delegate from the Chinese empire to the
general conference OF our church, stated that
fhe~'conversion of one of our Chinese women is
of more value to Gods cause than that OF twenty
men" This sore need was the call which God
mHae to arouse the daughters of the church In
Christian lands To q sense of their duty and
privilege. The wives OF the missionaries began
the work OF reaching the hearts of their heather
sisters. They founoed the first girls schools
Mrs. Hanson referred to the visit to the pecifi
& coast, nearly five years ago, of Mrs. Mary {.
Is Mind, corresponding secretary of the Mlnneap-
oils branch, who addressed the conference then
held in Port Townsend. This visit revived the
fainting auxiliary in Seattle, and caused one to
be organized in Tacoma. She mentioned the
untiring labors of the late Mrs. Rev. II. ID.
Brown, also the work of Mrs. Culmcr in the
Whatcom district There are now thirteen aux
ilarles organized, besides many childrcn's
bands. This branch asks of the Oregon and
Puget Sound conference s. 900 for the work this
year. She concluded with a well worded ex-
hortation TO zeal and activity.
During the noon hour the visiting delegates
were treated 10 nice lunch In the basement of
the church. The ladies engaged In this act of
hospitality were: Mrs. c. NJ. Sheafe, Mrs. S. f.
Crockett Mrs. Judge Frye, Mrs. j. w Busby
Mrs Marhta A II Mro
Judge Foote, Mrs. J. H. Rykmsn, Mrs. T. L.
Cragin, Mrs. W. J. Morphy, Mrs. W. S. Alexan-
der.
Mrs /. ]. Moore led the devotional exercises OF
- the afternoon session. The first paper was one
by the convention secretary. Mrs. J, NJ. Howard
of New Whatcom, on "Tidings From Afsr /"
Following is a synopsis:
sShail we whose souls are lighted .
The lamp OF life deny" sang Mrs. DR. Butler
and Mrs. f. w. Parker about twenty years ago.
and now H. s3s of our Christian mothers, 1o,lls
of our devout young women, aud 1927 of our
dear boys and girls have taken up this same
song, and have prayed the same prayer. with
anxious hearts awaiting the "Tidings From
Asar." Prior 10 the organization of the
w. r. NJ. s. Mrs. Butler and Mrs
Parker had labored with their husbands in
India When they Waited this country they
brought the news of the Indian mission neli
with them TO a few Christian women. telling of
the misery aud degradation of the women OF the
Orient A call was made for Chris
tian young women to extend helm.
ing hand. Two at once responded for IN.
mission service, and on November s. lS6g Miss
Isabella Thoburn and Miss Clara NJ Swain. NJ
D.. of New York, sailed for India Since the or
ganisation of the society l25 noble Christian
young women have volunteered our society
has work in Japan, Korea, ChIua, India. MALAY.
ala, Bulgaria, Italy, South America and Mexfco
There are now ninety-six American mission
I'll in
with leo zcnana teachers and assistant misSion
aries, $50 Bible women, aud over 90 city and
village schools. with numerous ornhanaSss
boarding schools. hospitals and disnenSaries
The missionaries are oyerwosked and the school
buildings and orphanages are iuadeouate
There are now three snnual conferences in
India, the first field visited. namely; North
india South India, and Rencal Ar,n,,.
the institutions are day schools. boa-i
fng.schools. medical school ,,at.
zeal work, EcDara work a woman.
training school, desconcss home ana trs5ninc
school, an orphanave, a home for homeless
women, and the "widows' Home Ia Nor,b
India alone there are rs schools. with soOO
rupils ~ assistant missionaries, g, Blhfe rad
ers over i.eeo learning tn rcad. 200 receiving
religious instruction and 21.ooa women treated
in the dispenssries. There are thirteen girls in
the Agra medical college. Miss sophia Black
more, with two assistants, is carrying on the
work in Malaysia, which last wear was sen
arated from the Bengal conference Rey Mr..
Nunsou testifics 70 her Success There ar, now
twenty missionaries in China though twenty.
one yesrs ago there was hardly to he found n
Christian woman in all China; and
chinese womens conference rs.
avsn been held ia Faa chow a,