The Afro-American. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1892-1899, 1895-12-21
Y 0menW Work forMissions
Gonf Of Auxiliary Societies
" Philadelphia.
sdT is PRoNoINoED ONE oF THE MOST
NortBLE GATHERINGS EYER
HELD BIZ THE WOMEN OF
THE RACE.

$1,000 - = $3.50 WOMEA OE
THE RACE.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 80, IA cal
went forth months ago from the Par.
anI Mite III Visionary Society, composed
of the women of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church to the Societies
AlaxiliarI tn meet i'm connectional
s,s.o,iiiSare1ce IN this city at Bethel
1nuren, November Z tO III, inclusive.
Inc end IN view was as stated hubstan-
Tally In the appeal 90 That sum
mary ra of The work nT1;5;.51 til
I've and heIls
dnriIisy. ga 4 snty one years Of the ex-
lstenee of biir s0cIety may be laid be-
fore them. (2) That the parent society
may become more fully informed Of
The condition of the work among the
au1iliaries, their present needs and the
obstacles to their bl eader success. (3l
That we may confer together as to the
best means of awakening u deeper in
terest, of engaging more heartily the
energies of our sisters in Christ, to in
sure more concerted action and to adj
wise as to plans and methods Of carry
ing forward this work Finally, that
p full report of the anne may be made
tn the General Conference of the
Church, which Is to be held in Will
mlngtOn, N. Ci., in the month Of May,
1896.
In answer to the call upwards of sew
enty delegates appeared from almost
score Of States, the most notable of
Whom were: Mrs. Grace r. Offer Of
pennsylvania, Mrs. Sada j. Anderson
of ohio, Mrs. Sarah Early of Tennes-
see, Mrs g. Al. RatcIiff Of Indiana. and
last, but not least, Mrs. Amanda Smith
of-the world, for she has Iabored i'll
four continents, America, Europe, Asia
and Africa, A woman of whom Bishop
ID. Thoburn says: ~ have learned
more that has been of actual ware 70
tne as q r~ Ncher OF Christ
From ~ Smith Vii
othe person / ever Ill
ton i efhe above named side
from many letters, there .o present
BIZ hops Alex Nv. WaymaA, the senior
III i chairman of the board and his
6od lady; Benz. W. Afnett, statisti-
ian of the church and secretary To the
bishops; BENZ Il, Tanner, bishop Of
the district in which the conference
Mas held.
-ieu 49, 4 Il Tanndr Il, WI 4 chosen t.
residing oAeer VI 0lIe conE.ance
LIS Tanner has been an active W1,Igar
E IN the parent society since its orgf9i-
yiktiOn in 1874 After the introduch\
SSsaal to such assemblies, the conft =
ice at once proceeded to work. :
buld not be timely toenteA into a9A
, suffice lit, that we give that which
e the conference one of the most
sble ever held BIZ women of Africa33
cent. 1T is quite natural We slgIllu
'eSsTfF with THE presidents addrc6'
very carefully prepared papG LID
winch was rehearsed the doine~ oI tlle
paEent body for The past tventy-ohe
years. ia order followed sports from
hoJne au1iliaTies; whiIe9Iany enconr-
aging words came frcD1he isles OF the
sealand from the DscK Continent.
n rs Mary N. Cooper, wife Of mis-
, slonary who spent . year and more I'D
he Begmudas, w3s present, and spoke
i'm hopefnl terms OF the work women
are doing in the Somer's Islands
aseJyti was represented by the Rev.
Solomon Porter Hood, who spent four
years there and i'm the neighbOrlnE
islands, aud who received a large
measure OF his support from this 50
tion showing how white the fields
were to harvest. and sadly enough to
be reaped almost entirely by the Ro-
man Church. San Domingo was rep
resented by Mrs Alice AstWoOd, wife
of the Rev. III. @. ~. Astwood, who
was United States Consul to San Do
mingo for six or eight years, and also
officiated as superintendent Of our
mission work. BY reason Of iElnS33's elie
per was read ny her hnshasuu, aild
ueeDtR be said that no ot1H; o iii Hill
as IL did oppression thai l JIG: showing
o " ~ ~ oars many 7bnd widely open
f fiji ~ lof ,yIticB proceeded voices
.asillg ~ Macedonian accent
Come over and help us."
III letter from the Rev Reuben A
oeaIy of BrldgetoWn, Barbados. ne
w are still fighting, but things
are very hard. From Sierra Leone.
iAlfi ca, was read paper from our W.
perlnfendent, Rev. u Fri Fredericks.
N when he says, III must here most
salllI1hatlcaily assure you, that the only
Traces or what may be called mission
WoAIk 10 our church that You will find
ol lI!le west coast of Africa is til con
IaeeSlon With this conference How
litlsAt Ilese words are can be realized
9'AANAAl Use ieSpt II remembered that for
NeiSalSl the parent society has 49, VI 49,
las TO MS support a1lnuafiy S406, and
Maa1ust completed a mission house at
WV belly ut u cost vi almost 81, 600; to-
1naAer with $50 annually for the
fallintenance of Il female TEACHER to-
snke charge OF the same. The Hlosing
Mech Of the conference was made by
frs Fanny j Coppin, graduate Of
DaasAkaerIln and DrincinaI If the Institute
Ter Colored Iouth.N X dge