The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-05-14
MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Second Day Of the Session Being Held
Here.
A Number Of Committees Appointed and
Interesting Reports Read--other Mat

Ine ueIeRhtes 70 tne Olxth Biennial
)Convention Of the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society Of the General
Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church
met in the Trinity Lutheran church last
evening for the second session Of their
convention here. The meeting opened
with the singing OF the Hymn No. 222 fol.
lowed by reading Of the Scripture.
Rev. S. B. Barnitz, Western secretary Of
Board OF Home Missions delivered an elo.
quent address Of some length on 'Califor.
MIA, Our Field" He is pleasing speaker
and his address was very interesting.
Hymn 1893 was sung by the entire con-
gregation.
Mrs. A. NJ. HANNA of Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, followed with Greetings from the
Pacific Coast"
Rev. ]. Il. Leuker, Western Secretary OF
the Board of Church Extension delivered
a stirring address on the work Of that or
ganization during the past two years.
The meeting closed with the common
service.
The delegates convened again this
] morning at o'clock and opened the meet
ing with conservation services led by Mrs.
j. S. File of the Hartwick Synod.
Mrs. L. NJ. Il. Easterday of Lincoln,
Nebraska, presided at the piano.
The subjects for prayer were "Our Per.
sonal Conservation" Sustaining Grace
for our Home and Foreign Workers" and
"Consecration Of New Laborers at Home
and Abroad.n
The business session commenced at
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hymn "In Thy great name, o Lord, we
| we come," followed by scriptural read
ing and prayer.
| The minutes we're read by the secretary,
Mrs. Bellman, and the roll called.
Mrs. j. S. Detweler, president, read her
| annual address. 1t was excellently COM
posed and we'll read. She mentioned the
progress of the organization during the
past two years and said that she was glad
so much interest was being manifested in
the work. There is great need for this
work as can be seen by the fact that out
of 1450 congregations only AGO auxiliary
societies are found, leaving almost 1000
without any organization of the kind A
large number Of the congregations with
/ out societies are composed of Germans
and Scandinavians, who are almost en-.
tirely cut off from the rest by the differ
ence in speech. She suggested that means
be provided by which the German and
Scandinavian sisters could be supplied
I with missionary literature, also that a
general agent, t,who should go from church
to church urging this work, might be APP
pointed. She thinks that the lack of
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The greatest difficulties existing at pres
ent seem to be the want OF knowledge,n
the conventions not being as far reaching
as they should be. The attendance is too
small at the regular monthly meetings OF
the auxilliaries and the incorrect idea of
the real purposes of the missionary So
ciety.
The lady closed with an eloquent ref.
erence to Gods goodness and Gods prom.
ises.
The following committees were then
appointed by the chair:
On Presidents address-Miss Puella
Doonblaser, Mackeyville, Pa; Miss En-
ma Morris, Baltimore, Nd; Mrs. E. W
Simon, New Philadelphia, .,
| On executive committees report-Mrs
Emma B. Scholl, Baltimore; Mrs. John
A. BRENNAN, Altoona, Pa; Mrs. NJ. E
Culp, Pittsburg; Mrs. II. Dunhart, Wash
ington, ILL.,; Mrs. L. T. Lark, Peabody
Kansas.
Literature committees report-Mrs. S
S. Waltz, Louisville, Ky.; Miss Lille
Meyer, Cincinnati; Mrs. Jennie Rooney
Springfield, o.
Box work committees report-Mrs. S
b. Barnitz, Des Moines, Ia; Miss SalliG
Fleischer, Canton; Mrs. s. L. Pretze
Shelltown, Pa.
On letters and papers-Mrs. A. V. Hunt
er, Columbia City, Ind; Mrs. J. +. Shat
fer, Delaware, o.; Mrs. S. M. Hartley
Casstown, o.
On resoiutions-Miss Emma E. Sener
Lancaster, Pa; Mrs. L. M. =. Easterday
Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. NJ. L. Cubbs, st
Louis, Mo-. Mrs. A. b. Flohr, Wooster
o.; Mrs. l.. L. Belmar, Camden, Ind.
Mrs. E. d. Miller, Baltimore, Md; Miss
Lille Meyer, Louisville. Ky:
Auditing committee-William Feller
Canton.
Nominating committee--One delegate
from each synodical society.
Miss Mary H. Morris, Baltimore, Md.
corresponding secretary for the past two
years, read her report. II was precise
and very interesting. The lady mad,
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during the coming two years.
Mrs. A. V. HANNA, of Los Angeles Cal.
treasurer of the society, read the report
for the past two years. l
was most encouraging. The casl
received from all quarters for the
term just closed amounts to S42, ,26796, ant
the disbursements amounted to S35, ,285 30
When the lady took the Office there was
balance in the treasury of S4,6l9.17, which
has been increased during her term Il
$l1, ,603 So.
The increase of the income for the pas
two years over any corresponding term II
S3,912 81.
Mrs. Rose Mitchell OF Springfield, Ohio
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, re
ported $l4, ,075.64 subscribed for the Hos
pital Fund and So, 1922 for the Lincoln
Nebraska, Home.
Mrs. e. S. Prince of Springfield, Ohio
Secretary of the Executive Committee
and Mrs. Emma B. Scholl OF Baltimore
Historian of the Society, each made in
| teresting reports.