Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-06


societies are authorized, protected and encour-
aged also by the General Assembly. They add
| each year a very large sum to the treasury Of
the boards and do an amount Of work that is
inealculable. There are few movements of
modern times which are more beneficent in their
aims or moro worldwide in their results than
this movement Of the women of America to
form these various missionary organizations Of
the different Protestant churches.
The result has been quite beyond the expec-
tation of the most sanguine These societies
have developed into organizations SO large that
| they do an amount of bushes and handle an
| amount Of money equal to some Of the largest
business corporations Of the country.
OVER HALF MILLION OF MONEY.
Last year the total amount raised for foreign
| missions by the women's boards of foreign
missions of the Presbyterian Church was over
$4,000 The largest check ever sent to the
board in New York was one for s90. 600, sent
by the women's board Of Philadelphia. The
women g executive committee for home missions
raised for work in our own land last year
1858, 900 Considerably over half million dol
lars WAS contributed by the Presbyterian
women Of America for the evangelization Of
our own country and to send missionaries and
teachers TO heather lands.
the service is voluntary. Probably twenty-five
or thirty paid clerks and typewriters is large
estimate for expenditure, and these would be
employed only in the Offices Of the central
boards-seven in all Probably there is no in
stance on record of so large business being
conducted with SO little expense and SO much
volunteer service. The aggregate amount re-
ceived is very large, but the contributions are
mostly in very small sums from the original
contributors. The plan Of organization is the
great Presbyterian plan.
For the foreign work there is, first the So
ciety of ladies in the church, with its officers,
encouraging and forming auxiliary young peo-
pies societies and bands in the same church
These different church societies are auxiliary
to the presbyterial society and pay their con-
tributions to its treasurer the presby terial
society auxiliary to the board with which il is
connected. The foreign missionary societies
have six central boards. These boards have
their headquarters and offices, respectively in
Philadelphia New York, Albany, Chicago, St
Louis and San Francisco. Each Of these is in
dependent of the other and responsible to the
general assembly's board of foreign missions in
New York. For the sake OF comfy in work
they have a central committee for consulta-
ton and suggestion, but work independently
In their respective fields.
THE HOME MISSION ORGANIZATION,
The work for home missions is organized in
church society, then the presbyterisl society
with its officers and then the synodical society,
which is auxiliary to the one central organiza-
ton in New York, the women's executive COM
mittee OF home missions. In this society the
members Of its synodical committee are ap-
pointed by the synod itself, and in this way is
more directly responsible to the synod than the
foreign missionary organizations. The ladies
thus do a work that is considered one Of the
greatest powers for good Of modern times.
They send out lady missionaries, teachers and
physicians to nearly every pagan nation in the
world thus not only introducing Christianity,
but with it modern civilization as we'll. Many
a country has been opened first for commerce
and international intercourse by the years Of
patient work OF the missionary and the teacher
| that preceded. In our own country the
women's executive committee have schools
| among the Mormons, Indians, Mexicans and
mountain whites, for which they provide the
teachers. build the school houses and chapels
and often furnish books and clothing. They
support several boarding and industrial schools,
from which pupils 60 out we'll equipped for
life. During the year preceding this they had
120 schools, $50 teachers and over 1000 pupils
among people who are pagan as are to be
found in foreign lands.
OUR LOCAL SOCIETIES
The women of the presbytery of Washington
city have presbyterial society for both homo
and foreign missions. Last year they con-
tributed to these boards over IS, 900.
The president Of the Presbyterial FOREIGN
Missionary Society Ia Mrs. James A. Laws, and
of the Presby terial Home Missionary Society,
Mrs. Teunis s. Hamlin These ladies. with
Mrs. William A. Bartlett. one of the vice presi-
dents, and Mrs. o. B. Brown, one of the secreta-
ries, have charge Of the arrangements for the
reception and entertainment Of tho visiting
ladies'. whose meetings are to be held in tho
Church OF the Covenant, beginning Friday,
Nav 10, at o'clock.
The following have been appointed on COM
mittees:
Reception committee for both home and for
elgn missionary meetings-Mrs. Laws, Mrs.
Kelly. Mrs. Bartlett. Mrs. Hamlin, Mrs. Little,
Mrs. Sunderland, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Wood.
ruff, Mrs Alden, Mrs. Hershey, Mrs Patch,
Edwards, Mrs. Chas A. Smith. Mrs. Miller.
Mrs. Lonsbury, Mrs. Todd. Mrs. Schnell.
Miss Rittenhouse, Mrs. Lockart, Mrs. Snow.
Mrs. Kellogg. Mrs. Yount Mrs. o. B. Brown,
Mrs. F. L. Moore, Mrs. Merrick
Reception committee for foreign mission
meetings-Mrs. Laws, chairman; Mrs. Nc
Knight. Mrs. H. B. Williams, Mrs. Culbertson,
Miss Chester. Mrs Powers. Miss String. Mrs
Evans, Mrs. Webster, Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs Ran
dali, Mrs. Falls, Mrs. viles, Mrs. Armstrong,
Mrs. Darlington.
Reception committee for home mission meet
ings-Mrs. Joseph Kelly, chairman; Mrs. II. r.
Inniffe. Mrs. Paxton. Mrs. Lockart, Mrs. P. G.
Randall Mrs. George Davis, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs.
W. c. Moore, Mrs. George H. Shields. Mrs.
Susan Shields. Miss Bradley, Gertrude Jones,
Fannie Childs. Mrs. Night, Mrs. Bailey.
Committee on accomodatioas-Mrs. !. F.
mcfarland, chairman; Miss Chester, Miss
Sedgey.
Committee on finance-Mrs. A. R. Ouaiffe.
chairman Miss Fannie Childs, secretary; Mrs
Charles b. Bailey, New York Avenue Church;
Mrs. De Warman, Gunton Temple Memorial;
Mrs. t. G. Jones. Metropolitan; Mrs. Withe-
row, North Church; Mrs. George Hercus, Sixth
Church; Mrs. Charles Lyman, Assembly; Miss
Rittenhouse. West Street; Mrs. John B. Wight
First Church; Mrs. A. B. Kelly, Fourth Church;
Mrs. Campbell. Church of the Covenant; Mrs
Merrick, Gurley Memorial; Mrs. Webster,
Western; Mrs. Thomas Taylor. Westminster.
Committee on music-Miss Bradley Mrs Ben
nett Mrs. Bodfsh, Mrs. Bittinger and Miss
Coyle.
Committee on badges-Mrs F. L. Moore. Mrs.
". NJ Paxton, Mrs. De Hershey. Mrs. Randall.
Committee on excursions-Mrs. John b.
Wight. Mrs. Susan H. Shields. Mrs. Webster,
Mrs. Charles B. Bailey, Mrs T. g. Jones.
Committee on advertisement, reporting and
printing-Mrs. ". b. Bryan. Mrs II. b. F. Mac
farland, Mrs. Fred Perry Powers, Mrs. W. H.
Heron.
Ushers-IIiss Fannie ChAds, Miss Belle Mac
farand Miss Jackson, Miss Smell, Miss Nc CAL
mont. Miss Wells, Miss Hanford, Mus LYMAN.
Miss Davis, Miss Bool. Miss Hine, Miss Baines.
Miss Bl ockett. Miss Craighead.