Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-02-18
THE WALL AUXILIARY.

Il NSAAA "A 4
Annual Meeting of the New Haven
Branch at Center Church Chapel
Address of Mrs. =. G. Dracq.
The annual meeting of the New Haven
MeA1 auxiliary was held in Center church
chapel yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The chapel was well filed, notwithstand-
ing the inclemency of the weather, and
much interest manifested in the proceed
ings. Rev. Mr.. Poteat of Calvary Baptist
church presided, offering prayer, reading
the scripture and making brief but very
interesting address The report of the
treasurer showed that a sum of money
slightly in excess Of 5000 hadibeen received
from the various churches during the past
year, which had been used for the purpose
of maintaining the station at Versailles un-
der the charge of Mrs. Ashley. 1t was also
decided to donate q sum of money to the
Beach Memorial hall fund.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year followed and resulted as follows:
President Miss E: e. Bradley secretary, Miss Miss
following board Of vice presidents were elected
from the several churches: College chapel, Mrs
of sSs
Beckley; United church, Mrs T: Benedict and
SsdE Davies
Congregational church, Fair Haven, Miss NJ. A.
Hart; Second Congregational church, Fair Ha-
Clara Leete colIege street, Mrs. Charles Nicoe
OILS; Dwight Place, Mrs. T BUCKINGHAM; DaveI-
Hanna HAM s'''' burgess ~ ~ "
A very interesting and instructive adj
dress was then given by Mrs. J. G. BRAGG,
who told of the progress of the work in
which they were all interested. In open
ing she related an incident of a cultured
Branch family, whom she had heard of in
Philadelphia, who had developed into a
family Of free thinkers and infidels, on ac-
count of their feelings of adherence for
the only religion with which they were
familiar, and particularly emphasized the
fact that it was such class of people as
we'll as others which it was the desire of
the McAll mission to reach. She said:
You are not sending your money to France
to proselyte devout Romanists, but
declare themselves to be free-thinkers, and
by this is meant that they are just as
free for the preaching of infdeli-
ty, the preaching of the gospel of
Jesus Christ, or free for any
other work. Is not this the one
golden opportunity to do good and ad.
vance the interests of the kingdom OF
| Christ on earth? Mrs. BRAGG thon gave an
| account of her tour through France dur
| ing the year of the exposition. She stated
| that at the present time there were in
| 10000 sittings. Forty of these stations
| were in Paris and vicinity. There are
seventy missionaries connected with the
| work, who receive salary for their ser
| vices and between 500 and 900 who do moi
receive any salary. Mr.. and Mrs. Meal
| have labored with this latter class fol
nineteen years, during which time they
have never received any remuneration
The aggregate attendance at the services
last year was upwards of 100000. Sht
here stated that for less than IS sixty per
sons could hear the gospel preached a
least once.
An interesting account was then given by
the speaker, of the dispensary connected
with the Beach Memorial hall It is ope,
two afternoons each week and only fit,
| the hall and thence from the hall are sen
into the dispensary one at a time. Thos
remaining in the sale, while the on
patient is being treated are entertained b,
having the Bible read to them, explained
in manner perfectly clear to their com
prehension. There is also very interest
| ing mothers meeting connected with tn
hall The work of the missionary boat
owned by a English gentleman and loane,
to the association, and anchored at tn
Port de La Concorde in Paris, has during
the past year been very successful. Tire
meetings were held daily commencing a
2 o'clock p. m. and lasting until 10 O'Clock
The interest in these meetings was SO grea
that many remained continuously through
out the entire session. The seating capa
| CITY of the boat is 200 persons
After giving some further details of tn
work in Paris, she spoke of her tou
through the provinces in 1889. In com
pany with her husband she travelled $3.50
miles in twenty-eight days. Mr.. Brac'
speaking in halls in eighteen differen
places en- route. The halls were all crowd
ed not withstanding the intense heat,
being during the month of July. Sh
spoke at some considerable length of tn
meeting at st. Etienne, of the convicts, o
the mission where the hall was SO crowde'
that a passage way had to be cleared il
order that she and her husband might en-
ter. Eighteen testimonials were given b.
those who had been convicted b
the work of the mission. Mrs. Brac
closed his remarks by reference to tn
work in Brittany, where Mr.. McAl at frs
doubted the feasibility of establishing
mission and yet where to-day the peopl
are much more faithful than in many othe
places and where they have several mission
halls, and on one occasion in one of tn
halls in which Mr.. BRAGG spoke there wer
fully as many persons at the doors an
windows around as in the hall