The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-07
MISSIONARY WORK.
Annual Meeting of the Jer-
1sey City District Woman's
Home Society.
CONVENED AT EMORY CHURCH
Mrs. William Beach Presided
Interesting Addresses-NeW
officers Elected.
CONVENED AT EMORY CHURCH

The Jersey City district of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society held its annua.
conventionin Emory M. E. Church yester
day afternoon and evening. Despite the
stormy weather a large number of delegates
were present. Promptly at two o'clock Mrs
William Beach, President of the Jersey City
district, introduced Mrs. NJ. L. Wells OF
Morristown. who led the devotional exer-
cises. Mrs. L. T. Everett of West Side Ave
nue. M. E.. Church presided at the piano.
After Mrs. butcher had been elected secre-
tary pro tenn, Mrs. Beach called upon the
various delegates to respond to the roll cal
of churches.
From Simpson Church there were five
delegates, from West Side Avenue Method
ist two, from Centenary Methodist five,
from Trinity NJ. E. one, from Hackensack
two, from Union Hill two, from Summit
one, from Morristown five. and from Gran.
ford one. Besides these there were repre-
s~entatives of the Emory M. E. Home Mis-
sionary Society, members Of the Newark
Conference and visitors interested in the
work.
After the introduction of delegates, Mrs.
Boswell, Conference Secretary, called for
the appointment of committees. Mrs.
Beach then named as the Committee on
Resolutions:-Mrs. Jonah, Mrs. Chamber
lain. Mrs. Romer and Mrs. j.. s. Clark. The
Committee on Nominations included Mrs. l..
T.. Everett, Mrs D.. r. Lowrie, Mrs. E. G.
Blamey and Mrs. G.. S. Boswell.
DR.. Lowrie, pastor Of Emory Church, then
welcomed the delegates to Emory.
Mrs. w. E. Drake, President of the New
ark Conference of the Woman's H. M. So
ciety, responded gracefully, speaking OF the
pleasure it gave them to meet in Emory
Church. 7g
SOCIETY
Then followed the reports from the differ
emit auxiliary societies.
Mrs. G.. Lindsey, in the absence of the
regular secretary, gave the report for Emory
Church. This auxiliary was organized last
February with a membership OF sixteen,
which it has now increased to twenty-five.
Mrs. DR.. Lowrie is President and Mrs. Duane
Searles, Vice President. Mrs. Lindsey said
that the society had not thoroughly under
stood the general methods Of Che Woman's
Missionary Society and hoped to gather
ideas from the convention.
Mrs. e. C. Blamey, President of the Simp-
son M. E. Society, reported that her church
had not Joined the Womau's Home Mission
ary Society but did its own work among its
own people.
Mrs. L.. I. Everett read an interesting re-
port of the West Side Avenue M. r. Auxili-
airy. 1t was organized in 1855, with fifteen
members, and now has twenty. It is the
oldest society in the district. Mrs. William
Beach is President, and Mrs. Everett Secre-
tary. The report gave an excellent account
of the work done by the Secretary. Boxes
nave been sent to the frontier for the mis-
sionaries there, and an active interest taken
in the colored Haven Home at Savannah.
The society has supported and educated lib
orally two bright colored girls who are now
teaching among their own people.
Miss L. b. Mendell OF Elizabeth, by
means of a maj decorated with red, yellow,
pink and green stars pointed out to the
audience just where the schools n homes
founded by the Woman's H. M. Society
were situated. She gave q most interesting
account of the ffty-six homes, schools, and
missions established i'll the South, West and
East; of the fourteen industrial schools for
colored girls; of the thirteen deaconess
homes, and of the thirty-eight places where
local work is carried on. Her address was
listened to with great attention.
Mrs. c. x. Hutchinson, who was an.
nounced to speak on the Oriental Bureau
was unfortunately absent.
INTERESTING ADDRESSES.
After the collection Mrs. Beach requested
Mrs. Clinton B. Fiske, the National Presi-
dent of the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety, to address the convention. Mrs. Fiske
had announced previously that she was to be
considered merely a high private" but she
COISeuU5Q W IlfdA6 d l6W Idludl hS. DIG
spoke of the work now being done by the So
ciety at large, of the pathetic appeals from
the frontier and of the various homes men
toned by Miss Mendell. She announced
that to the Italian Home now at Mount
Vernon, N. Y, an Episcopalian had given a
house at Tilbury-onrthe- Hudson, just above
P~oughkeepsie. ''This house, with the adj
jacent grounds, is" she said,9s'valued at
SIS, $780," She urged the societies represented
to contribute all they could to this home.
Mrs. Fiske announced also that $4,000 had
been given to one of the Washington homes
for a new hospital. She wonsthe favor of
all by saying that she had no pet institution,
and that she advised the auxiliaries to be
equally interested in all the homes and
schools under their charge. Mrs. Fiske
closed her remarks with a few personal ex-
periences of an interesting character.
By motion of Mrs. Drake a standing vote
of thanks was given Mrs. Fiske for her kind
ness in being present andain giving such an
inspiring address. f6a
Miss Peterson, a deaconess from the Wash
ington Home, mex spoke most Interestingly
of her work. She was sent to Washington
by the Morristown Auxiliary through the
suggestion of its President, Mrs. A. Day.
She told touching stories of her visits to the
poor, of her work among the children, and
of her efforts to relieve the sufferings of the
aged. She wore the garb of the deaconess,
Inc DlaCK DOtltl6t, WILL Wu1US SUIIlSo IoQ. uu-
der the chin, and the plain black dress, with
white collar and cuffs.
Mrs. j. S. Clark followed, with a short ac-
count of the work in Newark, and then the
Nominating Committee proposed Mrs. VIM.
Beach for the next District President, Mrs.
DIR. Lowrie for Vice President, Mrs. butcher
for Secretary, and Mrs. L. T. Everett for
Treasurer. These we're elected unanimously.
AT the conclusion of the afternoon session
the delegates were given a bolintiful supper
by the ladies of Emory Church.
VIEWING SESSION.
At h~alf-past seven the evening session be-
gan with the devotional services conducted
BY DR.. Lowrie. He was followed by Mrs.
William E. Drake, who read the minutes of
the afternoon session. After a solo from
Mrs. Mary Winner, William Beach
introduced the speaker Of the evening, Mrs.
M. L. Wells, who gave an interesting sketch
of the general work lone by the Woman's
Home Missionary Society.
She told how the society was formed at
Cincinnati in 1883 to send help to the negro
women in the South. After o brief account
of the various homes established there, Mrs.
Wells spoke of the work accomplished
among the degraded whites of the South, of
the Outstanding of the Indians. of the
frontier missions, of the missionaries among
the Chinese in California, and of the homes
for foreigners established in the large cities.
After the closing hymn the audience was
dismissed with the benedictiah by DIR.