The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-04-23


influence of the Deaconess move
ment upon Home missions.
After singing one verse of S'He
was not willing that any should
perish" Mrs Mary Leonard Wells
gave the principal address. She
reviewed the development of diff
ferent organizations of our
church. The Woman's Home
Missionary Society dates from
1881. From one Home in the
south 80 girls have no gone out
to be teachers in the south. Dur
ing last year 1000 young girls
under the influence of Industrial
Homes. One girl graduatec++-a.a--
the means of building a chapel
in a place where no gospel was
preached.
We have 10 stations among
Indian tribes. We are debtors to
the Indians. In some places no
missionaries but those of this
society, the Navajo tribe an ex-
ample of this. 1900
Work among New Mexican
Spaniards illustrated by the con-
version of little Catholic girl,
whose father nearly killed her
and married her to a wicked man
but her death resulted in his COIL
version.
Among the Mormons we have
II stations gaining access to many
homes men could not enter. 80
missionaries sent out by Nor
mons last year to gain recruits
to MOrmOnism.
Mothers Jewels Home at York,
Nebraska. About SO now in
that home. Even children of
our frontier preachers were cared
for last winter.
One representative to the Gen
eral Conference in the west could
not have gone had it not been
for clothing furnished him by
this society.
One home in Alaska. WORK -
in California among Chinese is of
great Importance. Of $500
Chinese women in California on
ly 1000 are legal wives, and
others need caring for. Impor-
tant work is being done in New
York city among 10000 Italians,
also in Chicago among foreigners
was dwelt upon. 7
p5The anniversary of the Freed
mans Aid and Southern Educa-
ton Society was observed at 3 b.
Rev ] w Hamilton of Cincinnati
gave the address.
He characterized the history of
the past as being justly classed
rnder three heads: Preying up
on each other, extension of ter
ritory; and balance of power.
Christianity is not se1ffshness.
Ike Danger .of-nur day.4ies srona.-.
little men, men who do not have
a broad outlook but are narrow
and selfish. In the new world
dawning upon us brotherhood is
the order.
The old south must be blotted
out and a new south created,
The whites of the south were
more damaged by slavery than
the colored people and the color
ed type of christianity has been
better than that of the whites.
The sentiment of the south
makes it unpopular for a white
man to teach colored pupils. OF
240O educated young co1ored peo-
pie 400 were educated by Our
church.
Some men do not believe in
educating negroes, but industrial
education is practical. AT the. -
dedication of one of our schools
in Missouri a colored man was
invited to speak at the opening
of school for his own people
and said there that his last lash
ing he received as a slave was for
trying to learn to read.
The work we must do for the
reconstruction of the south is to
put christian school in sight of
a christian church all through
the south.
The first school of an Acade--
mic grade ever opened in the state
of Missouri under christian tuti-
ton has just been opened by our
society.
At AIS DR.. Bates conducted a
for children in the Con-
church.
FRIDAY EVENING.
The evening service was given
to evangelistic work. Rev w H
Atkinson led in prayer. "Christ
receiveth sinful men," was sung.
MIR Harvey sang a solo and DR.
Bates preached.