Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-26
SPREADING THE GOSPEL
The Reports Submitted Today show
Work In Foreign Lands.

The third days session of the Womans
Foreign Missionary Society opened at
am. today at Foundry M. E. Church with
devotional services, There was fair at
tendance of delegates, missionaries and
friends of missionary work. The exercises
began with the singing of hymn No. 725,
More Love to Thee" Prayer was offered
by Miss DAILY. Nearer, My God, to Thee
was sung.
At $50 the president, Mrs. Eaton. raped
for order, and the roll was called, number
of absentees being noted. Following this
came the reading of the minutes. Some cor
rections of a minor nature were made.
Miss Louise Manning Hodgkins, editor Of
1.-THE Heather Womans Friend" was In
troduced to the assembly, ard made a few
appropriate remarks. The delivery OF mail
was accomplished and several lost articles,
such as reticules, eyeglasses and hand
their owners. Mrs. A. N. Fisher announced
her resignation nm the committee on reso-
buttons In ia, Mrs. o. w. Scott. This
action of Mrs. = her was acquiesced in.
Miss Walden presented the financial re-
ports of the Heather Womans Friend
Heather Children's Friend" and THE
German Friend" The reports showed q
slight increase for each of the periodicals
named.
Miss Hodgkins made a supplementary re-
port to that of Miss Walden In regard to
THE Heather Woman's Friend" She thank
ed the society for the support which they
had given her. The exchange list had in
creased nearly 100 per cent during the year.
A Heroic Missionary.
Secretary Gracey read the report Of the
literature committee. That committee dur
ing the year had sent out to the press of
the society much literature which 1t was
thought would do good.
The president made a strong plea for the
press of the society, and the several reports
were properly referred.
Tine next report in the order of business
was the financial report of the literature
committee. submitted by Miss p. j. Walden.
Mrs. c. Achard submitted the report of the
"Gern sn Friend" and it was read by the
secretary.
Secretary Gracey read a communication
from the National Council of Women in
vitfnS representatives Of the Missionary
Society to attend its national convention to
begin in this city on February II, 1895. 1t
was voted that the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society should be represented by
its president, Mrs. A. H. Eaton of Balti-
more.
A letter from Miss Mary Reed a leper
missionary in India, was read, in which
she told of the happiness which the gospel
was shedding among the doomed people of
the isolated colony. The story of Miss
way not wholly accounted for, she con-
tracted leprosy, and then, feeling that she
had divine call, wrote to her parents in
this country that she could never return.
She then went into the heart of the leper
colony, and Is devoting her energies to her
distressed co-victims.
The hymn S92 was sung, and then Miss
NJ Watson read the report of the north
west India conference. Mrs Scott returned
from five years service in northwest India
stated that of the 10000 converts in India
1000 We're in this conference. She urged
that at least three unmarried missionaries
we're badly needed. They would bring into
the church the wives and children of con-
verts. Native women could not be brought
INTO central places of learning. They must
visit them in their villages and homes and
90 eVangelistic work. Mrs. Scott spoke
with great enthusiasm, and there was a
disposition to grant all she asked.
Mrs. Keen of Philadelphia who visited the
various missions IN India last year, told an
entertaining story of what she saw there.
she spoke of the great good which had been
done, which was being done, and which
would be done by the missionary workers Of
their church. She spoke of the enthusiasm
which animated the hearts of the people.
she was listened to with fattering atten-
ton.
Converting Notes.
Many OF the ladies have not learned the
art OF public speaking. their voices as a
rule, being well modulated, but deficient in
force and incisiveness, and the enunciation
cloudy The shining exceptions to this rule
are Secretary Gracey of Rochester, N Y,
ana Mrs. A. N. Fisher of Columbia River
branch.
During the day several of the missiona ries
under appointment busted themselves by
taxing voluminous notes of the proceedings
Several OF these missionaries are very in
teresting women.
The palm and fern setting of the pulnit
was rearranged today, that the view of and
from that important point might not be
obscured. The pulpit was additionally en-
beilished this morning with a wealth of
bright, fresh fall flowers, mainly chrysan
themums. These flowers were doubly sig
nifcant from the fact that this society is
putting forth great efforts for the christian
1zing OF China, Japan and far eastern coun-
tries, to which this pretty blossom is native