Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-20
CHURCH AND SOCIETY.

Wom ems Foreign Missionary Society Meet
ing in sharpsburg-Bidding Farewell to
the Old Home Last Night In the San
dusky Street Church-social Gossip.
THE thirteenth annual meeting of the
General Executive Board of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society of the NJ. P.
Church is now in session in Sharpsburg. Yes
terday morning the session opened with de-
votional exercises conducted by Mrs. I. Ii.
Calhouer returned missionary from
Japan. Reports of branches in Maryland,
New Jersey, Indiana, Michigan, Washing
ton, D. c.. and PittsDurg were read by Mrs.
Palmer, of Pittsburg, and approved. Mrs. J.
j. Murray, of Maryland. Corresponding Sec
retary, presented her report, which was ac-
cepted- unanimously. Miss Lipscomb, of
Washington, D. c., read q paper on the
Worlds Congress of Missions. Mrs. NJ. A.
Miller, of Pittsburg, read q paper on "Work
in Our Indian Mission Conferences" The
discussion that followed was participated in
by Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Gillespie, Mrs. Chand-
Ter and others. Many interesting remarks
and opinions were made, and the contro-
versy was entertaining as well as instruc-
tive. The paper was referred to the Commit
tee on Extension of Work. Mrs. 7. Fl. .Calhouer
called the attention of the meeting to the
work done by the children of Japan under
the direction Of the mission. She said she
had q number of articles made by them that
she would put on sale, the proceeds to go
into the society's treasury. Mrs. Murray
read q letter from Miss Forrest on foreign
work. She also read letter from DR.. Lewis.
of Westminsi er, Md, who has just returned
from Japan. i'll which he gave information
of a general character about the progress
of Christianity in. that country. vote or
thanks was rendered DR.. Lewis for his inter-
esting letter. DR.. Swift brought the morn
ing session to close with prayer; Lunch
sharpsburs @ pne In Hne the Garcn afternoon S @ T Mrs
Cramer. of Michigan, conducted the
opening devotional exercises. Mrs. D.
s.. Stevens read reports of delegates
from Iowa, Illinois. Michigan, Ohio, North
Carolina etc. Mrs. stevens read statement
oh "Our Work in Yokohama" 1t had been
prepared by DR.. Calhouer and gave entire sat
isfactiOn to the meeting. Mrs NJ. j. Morgan,
from Illinois, general organizer of the e1-
ecutive board. read report of her years
work The report was accepted and an
There was. another interesting meeting in
the evening. The main business of the ses-
sion was discussion of the question, "Shall
the W. F. NJ. S. be united with the Board of
Foreign Missions?" which was opened by
Mrs. j. j. Murray. The meeting Of the board
will last until Sunday evening.
THE Sandusky Street Baptist Church
will soon be q thing of tho past. On Monday
next workmen will begin to pull down the
edifice that has sheltered its congregation
since ls43 and that has been loved and re-
vered as the mother church for nearly half
a century. Although O new and handsomer
church will be built on the site, there are
naturally many regrets for the place of
worship that is to be obliterated in obed-
fence to modern requirements. The last
social in the old place was held last night.
Many CT the ministers who have been in
charge of the church at different times we're
present, and there were not a few who had
been members OF the Sunday school and
who had heard their first sermons when
they were children many years ago in the
church that will 80 soon be pulled down.
social was one of the most pathetic as well
as pleasing features OF the occasion. A
musical programme had been arranged,
and was carried out to the entire satistac-
tion OF those present. 1t was participated
in by Miss Lizzie Nc cArthur, Miss Jeannette
McCallum, Miss Annie Brockie Mr.. John E.
Willis, Mr. james Brown. Miss Mary Thorn
burg, Mr.. Joseph d. Woodburn and MIR.
Evans Pauline. Ice cream, cake and other
the company gave themselves up to informal
social intercourse, in which "reminiscences
played q by no means inconsiderable part.
Until the new church is built, regular serv-
ices will be held in Cyclorama Hail. 1t is
hoped that the new lecture room will be
ready Tor occupancy by next fall. Bids are
in for building the new church, and at
meeting to be held on Monday it will be de-
cided which one to accept.