The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-15
BAPTIST union.
Quarterly Session Held Yester-
day in the Summit Avenue
Baptist Church.

The quarterly meeting of the Ladies' Social
Baptist Union was held yesterday afternoon
and evening in the Summit Avenue Baptist
Church. 1t was well attended. Eight
churches were represented.
The meeting opened with devotional exer-
cises led by Mrs. D. S. Ellison. after which
the Rev. Mr.. McMinn welcomed those in
attendance in a neat speech, in which he
alluded to the good accomplished by the
Social Union and spoke of the general de-
velopment OF missionary work. He also gave
an account of how the union originated.
The clause of the report of the committee
appointed some time ago to revise the con-
stltutlon and bylaws with reference to the
dates for the various meetings of the year
elected considerable discussion. 1t has been
proposed that the association meet but three
times a year instead of four times, as in
the past.
This has been agreed upon by the ladies in
order to avoid a meeting either too near the
Christmas holidays or in extremely warm
weather. The committee yesterday reported
in favor of fixing the dates of the meetings
as the second Thursday in February, May,
and October. The proposed amendment was
laid over until the second Thursday in
October.
LETTERS OF INTEREST.
During the afternoon session Mrs. Edwin
McMinn read an interesting letter from a
Brahmin lady of high caste, whose name is
kashabai, n who is a convert to Chris
tianity. The letter is addressed to women
in Christian lands and describes the gener-
ally wicked customs of the heathens of her
land and sets forth the need of enlighten-
ment.
Mrs. George Lyons read a letter from
Miss Lily Snowden, who is now on her way
to China as a missionary sent ont by the
ROrsOnr nrfTp N11,r.ol C1@
of the Baptist Missionary Training School
at Chicago. The letter was dated from
Yokohama, Japan, and describes her expert
ence in Japan.
Allusion was made by Mrs. D. Reinhard
to Miss Annie Boorman, who returned from
china as a missionary four years ago, and
who is at present in the South of this country
among the negroes.
Inc report OF the treasurer, read by Miss
Nora Foster, the secretary, showed that q
balance of $15.3 was left in the treasury.
and it was agreed that this amount, together
with the collection taken at the evening SEES
sion, should be equally. divided between the
Baptist Foreign and Home Missionary Soci-
cites.
The Union adjourned for tea at six o'clock
to the parlors below.
THE EVENING SESSION.
AT the evening session the choir was pres
emit and interesting programme was presented.
iColliCo a lCCDu1c ny Uu6 Il6V. LII. JOHn A,
Chambriss of the First Baptist Church.
East Orange on the subject of sChristian
Women's True Adjournment. There was an
entertaining and appropriate dialogue called
the Parliament of Nations, y participated in
by seven young ladies in costume, represent
ing seven nations appealing to our nation for
Christian sympathy, setting forth what had
already been accomplished for the Master in
their respective lands n presenting Jewels
and other rare presents as a token of their
appreciation of what America has already
done. Mrs. 7. G. Smith represented Amer
lea; Miss Grace Hook, the Jews: Miss Nettie
Haines, China; Miss Jennie Buckly, Hindoo-
stan; Miss Nettie Gardner, the American
Indian; Miss Irene Davis, the Mohammedans,
and Miss Blanche Birtchett the African.
Miss Nellie Haines also delivered a reeita-
ton entitled Service" which was greatly
appreciated.
On invitation it was decided to meet on the
second Thursday in February next at the
First Baptist Church in Hoboken.
REV. DIR. CHAMBRIss' TRIBUTE.
The Rev. DR.. Chambriss paid a beautiful
tribute to the Christian woman. He first
spoke of woman's personal adornment and
then discussed generally the good works ac-
compliShed by Christian women in the
churches, their works of sympathy for the
poor and their response to the religious SER
vice to which they were summoned by the
Divine Word. These he urged were women's
true adornment. Being a missionary oc-
casional emphases was placed upon earnest
and successful work of Women's Missionary
Circles throughout this country. The
speaker remarked that perhaps one-fourth
of all contributions for missions within the
last few years has come from these women's
societies. Not less than $500, 900 were con
tributed by them during the past year for
foreign missions alone.