Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-22
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
women's Societies Meet Today I'm the Church
of the Covenant.

women's Societies Meet Today I'm the Church
of the Covenant.
Similar in the good work il effects to the
home missions organization of the women OF
the Presbyterian Church is the WomAn's For
eign Missionary Society. The society,
however, is differently conducted in
that the work is distributed among
boards Of control with headquarters in the
various sections Of the country. Once each
year these boards meet in common. the osscers
are elected and the work for the next yeer
outlined and detailed.
All Of these boards have me. FOR this year,
and the session which occurred at the Chlrch
of the Covenant this afternoon. beginning ut
o clock, was literary anc musical one.
SOME OF THE DELEGATES.
Among the delegates present were Mrs. c. p.
Turner and Miss F. Z. Nelson of the Phiiadel-
phia board. Mrs Brown OF the Occidental. Miss
Francis B. Hawley and Mrs. C. I. Wight OF the
New York board. Miss Elizabeth A. Darling OF
the northern New York board. Mrs. Martin and
Mrs. NJ. C. Williams Of st. Louis of the south
west board. Mrs Humphrey Of Chicago OF TIA
northwest board, and Mrs. Mlligan of the
North Pacific.
This morning the visiting lady delegates
were driven TO Arlington. The carriages
of many of the ladies of the Church
OF the Covenant were placed at the
disposal of the city's guests and .
very large number took advantage of the OPP
portunity offered to visit tine graves OF the
patriotic dead The start was made about IL
clock.
This afternoon at 5 O'Clock a reception 20 the
missionaries by the ladies of the Church OF the
Covenant will be given. 20 which visiting la.
dies. members OF Presoyterial Society and dele.
gates to the general assembly are invited.
On Tuesday and Wednesday prayer meetings
will be held in the church at 4:S0 O'Clock
The start was made about ii O'Clock.
GOOD ATTENDANCE.
This afternoon. when the annual meeting Of
the central boards Of foreign missions was called
to order in the Church of the Covenant the cd
ifice well filed Though the day was
an extremely warm one. the condition Of the
atm osphere in the church was pleasant and
cool. The interior decorated in the
same manner as on the occasion Of
the meeting of the home ms sion
on Friday. The cut flowers. potted plants
and palms, which stood in front of the plat
form, almost hid it in their profusion and
filed the church with their sweet fragrance.
The asse moiaee was very nicely seated
through the efforts of corps of Young ladies
who acted ar ushers. They were in charge Of
Miss Fannie Childs and among the nu mbes
were Misses Collins, Singleton, Chandler, WI
Der and Craighead-
THE EXERCISES.
The meeting was presided over by Mrs. c. p.
Turner, the president of the Philadelphia
board. and WAS opened by the assemblage sang-
ing hymn 5l9, and was followed by Q
reading from the Scriptures by Miss Eliza
beth Darling OF Auburn, \. Y. Mrs
Meade Williams of St. Louis offered a prayer
beseeching the Lord to bring light and comfort
TO the foreign missionaries and the peopls
whom they were trying TO bring 10 the Lord
Mrs. James Laws of this city offered to the
| assemblage the most cordial welcome TO WASH
ing;on, to which Mrs. Turner responded. saying
| that II always seemed like coming home when
| the ladies come to the Church of the Covenant
The remainder of the program for the after.
noon was as follows: "woman's Work
for womsn," Miss T. b. Hawiey.
New York; "Children's Work f0
Children" Mrs z. NJ. Humphrey, Chicago.
Ill; New Work for the New Year" Ml
n. h. Fry, New York: ..what is il 20 be Q
Heathen?" Mrs c. W. Matter, China; "The
Waiting Laos, Miss Kate Fieescn. Laos; 'Cni-
nese and japanese in California" Mrs. p. ID.
Browne, San Francisco; ''School work in SIAM.
Mrs, G. A. Berger: Medical work in China,
Dr. Mary Fulton, China; "Three-minute Me-
sages, from Mrs J. r. Holcomb. India: MIA
>. q. Kerr, China; Mira o. n Ford, Africas
MRS. j. n. Cuibertson, Siam, and otherG