Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-07


The wonsn's Fofeigr missionary he'd
lfs anniversary n1eeting IN the afternoon
1hszs we're nearly 40 persons present,
the majorits q xhona we're women.
The Rev. A a. Gould called tho meet
ing % order. aud the congregation sang
hynan No ai2. The Rev. John W Hal.
ieaback u Otseg0 offered al insocation
70 the fhrone II grace.
Mrs VI ID. Moore u Greensilie. the
presiding officer annoaneed the objects
Of the uleef ting. and called upon Mrs &.
ID. Carpenter. the conference secretary.
% read her annual report Mrs Car
pentcr paid a tribute a. the character ~
work done by the society. Ihestatistics
II the society show total membership
Ut t.0o7, sifh -. auxiliafles The mem-
bsrship ifcfessed 10 during the year.
There were 10 subscribers 10 the
Heather Women's anu Heather G bill
drn's Friend. The gift offerings. etc.
amounted to ff.sfi52. and The entire
amount raised during the conferences
year Was ss.tu2sl. Albion district has
the largest membership. s51; Big Rapids
being next with 10 Albion was
first In the amount u money -aised;
Kalamazoo second aud Lansing third.
In the special work II the conference
the Grand Rapids district 10 represented
a. follows: Division Street NJ r. church,
Miss Pereyia's salary at Lucknow. and
q Bible woman In Tsun Hwa- The Di-
vision Street Young Peoples society. a
scholarship IN the Calcutta high school
and q Bible woman at Budaon. The
Muskegon church has Bible woman at
Nagasaki. and tho Alice Moon room at
Loftcha. bulgaria.
The Rev. Manley 5. Hard. ID. ID. OF
Philadelphia, correspondent OF the
Church Extension society. was the
speaker OF the afternoon. He paid an
exalted degree Of respect to woman and
her work. Tie recounted the wonderful
women whose work stands out In the
history Of the world. In literature he
referred to George Eliot. George Sand.
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps. He spoke OF Belya Lock
woods work at the bar. and Francis T..
Wizards untiring energy. lie re
ferred TO Anna Dickinsons unfivaled
powers and abilities. Still he main
tanned that women bestow much Of their
energy on matters that are unworthy.
Dress and minor matters OF amusement
were mentioned rs among woman's be-
setting sin. Many a woman, he said,
deyotes her time when she meets an
other woman 10 discussing some new
stitch. lie mentioned the statement OF
a doctor who said he had visited a
woman within forty eight hours OF her
death from consumption. and found her
propped up in bed trying to teach an
other woman the kensington stitch. he
believed that few women comprehend
their real power. The temperance re-
form would have been abandoned by
men; but women, scarcely realizing their
power, have continued the fight and
agitated the question until it will not be
downed. He said that many a woman
is charged with being the ruin
Of her husband, but il is q miser-
able, mean charge. IL he had con-
fided his cares and responsibilities In
her, she would have cut her garments
according TO the cloth. The great char
tiles OF the world are dispensed by wo-
men. The address closed with an
eloquent appeal 20 the women to con-
tinue tho good work that they had be-
gun, and assuring them that the great
influence OF their work was being felt
in every corner Of the globe.
The Rev. r W. yaa Schoick OF Al
bion made the appeal for the collection.
and the congregation responded freely
to his good -natured but eloquent plea
for liberal contributions for the work OF
the Lord.
The session closed. with congrega-
tionaI singing, "Grecnland's Icy Noun
tains." and the benediction by the Rev.
X. w. Van Schoick-