The Portland daily press., 1893-11-09

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Not long ago this high commissioner
notified one of the missionary pastors to
refrain from disciplining those OF his
ock who might use rum or tobacco
Inere was no law, said the high com
missioner, either in the Bible or out, TO
prevent man drinking or smoking. Ihe
| missionary refused to obey the order,
and has been imprisoned. Food is o1ten
| scarce in this island, and for some time
one or the missionary workers mas peen
obliged to live no one coacoanut gay:
Mrs. Pauline Root Of Madura, lndia,
| one OF the missionary Physicians SPOKE
somewhat briefly, as she was to speak
| again in the evening.
Rev. Judson Smith, D. D., secretary, OF
| the American Board, was the last
| speaker. He sketched the history of
| Christianity, deducing therefrom the
! argument that the missionary Work IN
! foreign lands is bound to result in the
| christianization of those lands. In the
| last sixteen years the Christians of
! China have trebled, there being now
about 40, 600 of them. There are now
almost three million Christians in the
heather countries, and ten years hence
there will be six millions.
The Evening Session
like that of the afternoon, was attended
by very large audience of delegates and
Others. Mrs. Smith presided, as during
the day. The exercises were opened by
brief devotional services, Rev. DR.. Jen-
kins of State street church offering the
prayer.
The special feature of the evening was
the addresses on the junior work by Miss
Kate g. Lamson. Connected with the
Woman's Board are 52s junior societies,
which in the last eleven months have
| contributed $14, $50; andsswith the aid OF
several other junior branches this sum
has been increased to SO, 702. This work
reaches even into the cradle for recruits
there being "cradle roll" department.
for children under five years of age.
| The contributions of such are an import
ant and interesting part in carrying light
| to the heather.
Miss Hartshorn, who has charge of the
paper "The Mission Day Spring." was
next introduced, and spoke of the merits
of this little missionary magazine for
Rev. Dr.. VIM. H Fem was next intro
duced. He observed feiicitously in be-
| ginning the. fact that most of the audi
ence were women. DR.. Fem then went
on to.say that living as they do in this
age Of the world the children are
wonderfully favored. A literature has
been created for Them. the household
conversation is moulded for their adj
|
very wise in enlisting the young in its
work. Education is now looking more
| to the formation of character. 10 the
three RS is added fourth-Righteous-
ness.
Twenty-Five years ago the church
be Christian?n To-day no one thinks of
such a doubt. Every child in the church
militant, like every child in the military
| empire of Germany, should be destined
| for the. drill and the service. The Church
of Christ, even in it's young people, is not
to be ministered to but to minister. The
Church of God is not a theme, it is a
| force.
DIR. Pauline Root, of the Madura,
mission in India, was introduced. Per-
sonally she has nothing to do with the
evangelical or educational work, but in
her medical work she has observed much
of native life. The children in the
Indian homes are quite happy SO long as
they are unmarried. They have toys and
attentions But when the girls are
married, and they are married as early as
| eight years, their lives are very hard.
| They must maintain silence in the
| presence of the husband or mother-in-
| law, and lead a very depressed life. But
the new marriage law allows the girls to
remain unmarried until they are twelve,
and this is making it easier for the girls
to become educated. In general this
| education seems to be appreciated when
the girl is married. Her husband and
mother-in-law are generally proud if she
can make sense out of printed matter
| like man." The Indian boys and girls
are very bright, and when they become
| Christians are active in endeavoring TO
do good to their fellow countrymen.
! It is thought that before many years
the merchant class of Southern India
will all be Christians. The education
given to the low caste people by the
missionaries is awakening the high caste
people to the necessities of education.
| Once low caste man could not go along
| the same street with high caste man,
or cross the shadow of such a man,
| without danger of imprisonment. But
| now the Indian civil service is open to
competitive examinations, and this is
putting within reach of the low caste
man means of elevation which he is
using.
While there are yet many natives who
rely on witches, conjurers and devil
doctors, the missionary doctors are more
| generally trusted. The medical work
gets near the heart of the people and
Facilitates greatly the evangelical work.
Rev. Dr.. F. E. Clark, the father of the
| Christian Endeavor movement was the
| last speaker. He made many interesting
references to the facts about missions
which he learned while on his tour
around the world.
Today's programme will be as follows:
Observation-Disclosures meeting, con-
| Quoted by Mrs. S. E. Carr; addresses by
Mrs. G. II. Daniels, Mrs. G. H Gutterson of
Madura, India, Mrs. o. H. Gulick of
Kunnamto, Japan, Miss E. Harriet
Stanwood, Miss Ida W. Prime of Constant
| tinople, Miss Laura B. Chamberlain of
Sivas, Turkey.
Afternoon-Addresses by Miss Agnes
M. Lord sof Smyrna. Mrs. F. E. Clark,
| Mrs. Robert A. Hume of Ahemdnaear.
India, and Mrs. Charles W. Halbroot of
Mapumulo, South Africa.
Railroad Notes.
At meeting of the directors of the