St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-26
THE ANoKA CONFERENCE.
Women Take a Turn at the Mis-
SionS.

w omen rake q lufn at TIC AiS-
sions.
The closing sessions Of the Anoka an
nual conference, which has been held
in Pilgrim Congregational church, took
place yesterday, and the conference
came to a finish with the afternoon
meeting. The topic of the day was
missions, the foreign field be-
ing considered in the morning
and the home department. in
the afternoon. The meetings were
conducted by the women, and the most
important business of the morning SEES
sion was to arrange for combination OF
the mems and women's departments of
work so that the two branches might be
considered jointly at future conferences
rather than one following the other.
This will serve to unity the work OF the
men and women. Mrs. A. 7. Lyon, of
Anoka, and Mrs. A. +. Bronson were
appointed standing committee to look
after the programme tor the next con-
ference.
The days sessions were well at
tended, and several interesting adj
dresses were made by returned mission
aries. In presenting report from the
churches of the district, Mrs. Bronson
look was encouraging, and that a large
number of missionaries were going into
the field. Mrs. E. p. lngersoll. as treas
urer of the foreign department. gave a
report of So, $50 received for the year. An
interesting "reminiscences was given
by Mrs. l.. ID. BOynton, of st. Paul, who
spoke of "our silver anniversary" re-
ferring to the anniversary of the found
ing Of the national organization, at
which she was present twenty-five
years ago. Miss Mary Porter, a young
woman of Rockford, ILL.,, was the first
missionary to be sent out by the organ
izaton. Her field was Pekin, China.
Following Mrs. Boynton, Mrs. Sawyer,
of st. Paul, read am anniversary poem.
Mrs. McQuiry, of Macalaster, gave an
entertaining and instructive talk about
the work in Africa, where she was en-
gagged for several years. She spoke par
ticularly of the Zulu people. Mrs. L..
V. Lewis, in reporting the branch meet
ing, gave an account of the recent con-
vention at Owatonna. In place OF an
address by Miss Buxton, letter from
Mrs. Thorn, at Mahdi, Turkey, was read:
A poem read by Miss Brickett concluded
the mornings session.
In the afternooa home missions was
the subject of discussion, and the work
was considered in its various depart
ments. MIS-. Morley read encouraging
and sympathetic letters from the state
officers. Mrs. r. B. Herrick discussed
the Sunday school and publishing
society work; Mrs. l.. f. Jep-
son presented the children'S
work; Mrs. G. E. Gill gave an
account of the work among the
freedmen. Mrs. Elaine Goodale East
man presented the cause of the Indian.
In discussing the Needs of Minnesota, I"
Mrs. Charles Newcomb complained of
the great lack of comforts i'll the
homes of the missionaries and
the meager supplies with which
they have to work. The Spiritual Side
of Home Missionary Work" was the
subject Of paper written by Mrs. c. w.
Reyes. and read by Mrs. j. h. Albert,
| of Saltwater. In the absence of Miss
! Nichols, Miss Martha King told of the
| work in Mexico and New Mexico, where
missionaries are engaged among the
| natives. Miss Charlotte r. Willard was
the last speaker before final adjourn
| ment