St. Paul daily globe., 1893-11-28
BAND OF WORTHY WORKERS
SECOND ANNUAL CONGRESS- or THE
W0MAE'S COUNCIL h.
ATTHEHENNEPINm.E.CHURCa
Notable Representation Of De-
voted and True WOmanhood
Who Are Working UnselffshIy
for the Betterment of Mankind
"A Number of Interesting Pa
pers Read-The Programme.

1t was noble band of workers that
assembled in the Hennepin Avenue
Methodist church yesterday afternoon.
the occasion being the second annual
congress of the Womau's Council, Of
Minneapolis. ! g
The gathering represented a goodly
proportion of the devoted and trae
womanhood of the city who are working
on the lines of wisely dispensed phil.
anthropy, education, literature and re-
ligion for the elevation of mankind. i;1
The congress was called to order by
Mrs. 7. B. Walker at 2:3O o'clock. fol-
lowed with prayer by Mrs. Van Cleve,
piano dust by Miss Ethel l.. Pounds
and Mrs. II. ". Gleason.
This was followed by Mrs. ]. NJ.
Heard, who read paper on City
EyangeliZation III General" This
proved an interesting prelude to the
consideration OF "City Evangelization
in Minneapolis. Two interesting
papers on this subject were read by
Miss Eugene Taylor and Mrs. Mary E
Emerson.
A highly interesting address was
made by Miss Eugene Taylor in behalf
IueIlOfIllIldllOn.
The church. she said, did not support
many missions i'll the city. Its policy
seems to be to plant churches instead of
establishing missionechoOls. However.
there was work being done by this de-
nomination, and effective work, toe.
The Wesley church had tiourishiug
mission school in Northeast Minneapo-
lis. and every Friday evening from
seventy-five to one hundred children at
tended services there. There was also
an industrial school connected with it,
which met Saturday afternoon. 1t had
a membership of ABOUT sixty. Here
children were taught to sew, cut and
many other branches of important home
work. The Hennepin Avenue Nj. E.
church had a mission on Sixth avenue
ance, and Il great deal of good was be-
ing done here also. Simpson NJ. L.
church had mission at Fourth avenue
south and Fortieth street, which was.
started by Baptist church. The Simp-
son church took it up some two years
ago. This mission was for Sunday
meetings only. 1t was expected that
good sized church will replace this mis-
sion within the next year.
The paper on The Baptist Church"
was read by Mrs. Mary E. Emerson, IN
the course of which she described the
schools, saying there were five con-
nectod with the churches and for the
poorer children. There were seven
ladies' aid societies doing relief work
among the poor of the city, and five OF
the churches hold lodging house prayer
meetings, which they found to be Dene-
hclal from the fact that they reached a
certain class of people who would not
otherwise hear of the gospel. Two of
the churches were without pastors, tut
the young people have banded together
and were doing splendid work in weekly
meetings. There were three regularly
organized boys brigades working with
boys over twelve and under twenty
years of age. and there was another
band called No Name Society" work
ing among older men. Another society
organized recently was for the purpose
OF findIng work for tie unemployed.
Mrs. Anna Butler Thomas, for the:
Disciples; Mrs. NJ. c. Henkley, for the
COngregatiOnalists, and Mrs. E. f.
Pomeroy, for the Presbyterians, told of
the evangeliZation work of their re-
spective churches.
Miss Nellie G. Judd then rendered an
acceptable solo.
Two other papers presented were
"WeaIth of Nations" =" by Mrs. E. Nj. La,
Penotine, and will the Single FAX In
crease the Number of Homes?'' Mrs.
Maud E. Stockwell.
The programme last evening was:
The Queen i'll the Garden" Mrs. W.
Nj. West; quartette, "Reveries." Sappho
quartette; ''Woman's Interest in Politi-
cal Economy" Mrs. Anna NJ. Buell.:
quartettes, a,''Sing Song o'Sixpence;"
b. Little Bo-Peep," Sappho quartette;
current events, led by Mrs. Crays. The
attendance was large, papers highly in
tereslng and the musical programme
most excellent. The sessions will be
resumed today.