The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-03-26


The ninth annual report of tho Woman's
Horne Missionary Society ahowed that
during the year death Ind visited many
OF their homes, including that of their
president, Key. N. Nj. Browne. Several
young peoples societies have been added
and thoir paper Is increasing IN circula-
tion and the supplies have been far beyond
al! expectation. Ihe reports OF the an
null meeting at New Castle were read.
so, 1887 OF have been sent out since the
society bas been organized
Mrs Mary Leonard Woodruff said that
why we have Wouan's Home Missionary
Society Is because Wa like the word
society. 1t Is one or the twuDty.eight
TINT grew out OF the society formed by
Mr. Wesley. In 1919 because an emer.
Eency had arisen our great Missionary
Society WAS formed In 1927 tie Sunday
school aud SO Oh down. In 1869 the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was
formed, becau 50 the word came across the
water that In Llis homes on the orient none
but women could go iUto them.
In 1871, when tho W. L. NJ, $. was hold
Ing itS annual convention In Phi adelnhia.
the women were uskeu to drop tile word
Foreign. We found tile cry then, that
there were too many sGcleties and coiiec.
tons. In 1850 the general conference was
held In Cincinnati. A committee was
formed and the WoInan'5 Home Mission
ary Society was formed. and so to-day we
have this great society doing that which
the Foreign Missionary Society la doing
among the women in foreign lands we are
doing IL with the women at home.
JhN homes established in the different
States were described. During the past
yenr beiw on two and three thousand
negro girls Lave been taught In those
homes Inc thought we want to get into
our minds is this-sai vatlon TO those poor
gris means Just the same as 1t did to you
or to me.
While orr work seems slow yet the
little lenvan Will yet leuven the hlg lump.
There era 270, 900 Indians who could not
enter place OF worship il they wanted.
because there Is no room for them. And
yst til SO mon have souls to be saved, and
there ls II heavy responsibility resting
upon US for the manner in which these
people have been treated. The hig hest
paid to II missionary 10 80 MONTH out
OF which she must pay her board.
a description OF the iiIst christian Nava.
hoe funeral was related BY Mrs. Wood
ruff.
The nbomtnottons OF AlasSa were ds.
nouuced. They are Il Disgrace to exist
beneath the American flag.
The Mother Jewels Home, In Nebraska
was described.
The work OF the Society among the I'm.
migrants was also described. Ths re- ls
not a hsuthen in America was statement
made yesterday but she coEtrAdiGtsd it
because in Philadelphia Jhpre are hum
drcds OF Chinese neathens. aud 40 we must
do something to save the souls OF these
Ieople.
Tie work OF tho deaoouess is not con.
fined to thA sums alone We must not
forget that III the brown stone fronts in
tho great cities there are hearts burdened
with stu. Oh that God may help us to
meet our re-IonsiDilltieS. 1t does not
make any difference whether tnese people
ure ignorant and unreinsd for the story
Of tie cross Ia the same to them as 1t has
been to rs.
Dr. Merritt Hulburd said that 1t would
AL In ali Mira
Stengle life member of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society.