St. Paul daily globe., 1893-10-28
TOLD OF SAVING WORK.
DEEPLY INTERESTING REPORTS FROM
HISSf0NlRY FIELDS. ~
SUCCESSFUL GIRLS. SCHOOLS

Tishop Thoburn, Miss Abrams and
Miss Hedrick Give Graphic
RecitaIs of the Work Being
Done in Misunderstanding Elder
Hard, of India, Lectures-Sab-
bath Talks.
The opening exercises of the morning
session were conducted by Mrs. w. b.
| SkIdmOre, of New York, and after few
| items of business had been attended to,
the work in India, 20 which the whole
morning was devoted. was taken up.
In this country the Methodist church
has established extensive missionary
stations. These fields are divided into
three conferences, namely: The North
| India, with Rohilund as the center; the
South India, with Bombay as the center,
and the Bengal, with Calcutta AS the
| center. The North India conference
embraces territory lying northeast of
| Agra, famous for its beautitu ul specI-
mems of Saracenic architecture. To the
foothills of the Himalayas. and has an
estimated population OF 25,00U, 600 per-
| sons.
Bishop Thoburn. in speaking of this
new field, paid d very high tribute to
the women missionaries VINO have gone
out there. He said: Nowhere in Meth
| odISm 10 wOman'S work so Thoroughly
organized aS in the North India confer
ence. The work of the mission in this
held may be characterized thus: Mis-
sionaries. q: wives and widows of mis-
Slonaries, 20; wives OF native conference
members, 16; assistants, p; Bible read
ers. 259; day schools. 210; day pupils,
4.163; boarding schools, 13; boarding
school pupils. S35; orphanages, q Or
phans, 200; English boarding schools. 2;
pupils in the same, 1856; training schools,
2; pupils. 81; women under instruction,
about $1,000; hospitals and diSpenSarieS,
3; patients treated, 15.0O0; homes for
homeless women, 2; inmates. s."
The South India conference embraces
district lying in the provinces of Bonn
bay, Madras and Hyderabad, and en-
braces territory of great extent, with
population of many millions. In this
field great Work is being done by IL
missionaries; assistants, 16; Bible read
! ers, 15; day schools, 81; pupils, 775; Or
phanageS. 4; orphans. 1872; women un-
der instructions, about 1,500.
The Bengal conference comprises the
provinces of Burmah, Calcutta. Central
India and MusSoorie, and in extent of
territory is the largest OF all of the
India miseiun field. In this district
thnra
charge IF the work, d assistants, 2
boarding schools with $50 pupils, or
phanages with GO children. % day
schools, where nearly 400 children are
instructed. There is also Malaysia
mission. which, although quite new, has
been wonderfully successful.
SANG IN HINDoO.
Miss Lawson was called to the plat
form and asked to sing verse of the
| hymn, Jesus, Lover of Ny Soul" in
the Hindoo language. which was very
sweet and full of a music of its own.
The president, Mrs. Mind. then intro
duced 10 the ladies Mrs. Bishop Wal
den, OF Clpcinnati. and also mission
aries as follows: Misses Bing, of Japan,
and Kitterlng, of China, also Miss Will.
son, of Bombay, who were extended
very hearty greeting
Mrs. WardWell Couch, of Minneapo-
lis, presided at the afternoon session,
and introduced Miss Abrams, of Bonn
bay, who save a very interesting re-
view OF the work done in this great city
| by the missionaries who are sent out by
| the society.
THE GIRLS SCHOOLS
are very useful factor. Tor while at
tending these schools and obtaining an
education they are very frequently
brought into the church. Another
branch is that carried Oh in the neigh
boring villages. The work is largely in
the line of training schools for women,-
A most useful department is that of dis
Seminating religious literature among
| the children. and also a paper in the
interests Of Zanana work, which is car
rled on very extensively in Bombay,
and its helpfulness certainly makes it a
necessity.
Miss Hedrick. of Calcutta, sent out by
| New York branch, drew very graphic
| p cture of that beautiful city. The Cal
| cutta girls school is the work with
| which Miss Hedrlck has been connect
ed. This, with the boys school, was
founded by Bishop Thoburn, and the
work has been successful in a very
marked degree. In the girls school are
| UraSian girls principally. These include
d large number of the children of En-
| gliSh officers who while in India fall i'm
with native women of the lower classes:
and besides, soldiers who are in India
on duty for a time. and stationed in
outlying districts where there are few
Europeans, prefer TO place their chill
! uren in missionary schools, as the teach
erS are Christians, and consequently
exercise great influence for good over
them.
The opportunities for doing good,
Miss Hedrick explained, were Just as
great in her work as in the mission
aries work. The name Urasian, she
| explained. was
| SYNONYMOUS WITH SIN,
and as many of these children were the
| product OF sin. but usually placed in
the care of the school, so that they
might be surrounded by influences for
| good, and not be conscious of their
origin unless it became necessary. Miss
| Hedrick talked enthusiastically of her
work, and held the attention of her
| hearers throughout.
The devotional meeting which fol-
lowed was led by Mrs. w. B. Skdmore.
EVENING SESSION.
At the evening session Rev. G. P
Hard, of India, who has been for ten
years the presiding elder of large dis
tricts, and secretary of the combined
conferences throughout India, Burmah
and Asia, Iectured on The Crisis of
Missions in India, or the Great Oppor-
tunity." MIR. Hard has been identified
with this work III way that has
brought him before the public Oh many
occasions, and as his wife is an English
lady who, however was brought up
principally in ludia, they together have
teen quite a power for good in that
country, as she gave to him her knnwl-
edge of the work that was needed
among the women. Mr.. Hard's talk was
listened to with great interest last night.
His remarks are given in brief. He.
said:
1T is A TERRIBLE THING
that the name OF Christ is not known to
hundreds of millions in the world. They
are redeemed, but they do not know it.
Experience has shown that wherever
Christ is preached the people listen,
some believe. accept Him and have the
blessings of Christianity. We may be-
lieve that in this dispensation Christ