The herald., 1895-09-27

sionary society is to help these faithful
men ana their heroic wives to stand for
God. Last year they furnished S210O Tor
tn is purpose. Many a home missionary
hero would not have been able TO stay at
his post without this aid.
Mrs. i. s. WoOdcock then read the re-
port of the Foreign Missionary society.
The increase in membership has been less
than in any of the four preceding years,
but the year has bsen memorable on ae-
count of our sending out our hrst mis-
sonaries: Miss Easton OF Rlv1rslde to
India, and DR.. Gertrude Taft OF Los An
geles to China. Riverside is now the
banner auxiliary having raised the larg-
est amount this yer. The total number
of societies is seventy-five, with mem
bership OF 1900. The amount raised this
year WAS $4327, an increase OF more tnan
$1,000 over that of last year.
Mrs. J. NJ. Van Give, one OF the con
ference secretaries, made one OF the best
addresses of the day. She said when she
found that she was to follow presiding
elder and precede a bishop she felt rather
timid, but in the delivery OF her address
she gave no evidence of such feelings.
She was glad to speak for all organization
that had been running for half a century
without rattle throughout its machin;
cry. Izak Walton said doubtless God
might have made better berry than the
straw berry but doubtless he never mas
God might have made a better organiza-
tion than the Woman's Foreign Mission
cry society, but he never has. We aim to
get cents a week and a prayer from
every member, and we take in women
and children. Two cents week IS
small sum, but we raised Sl1, 900 last year.
Ii every woman IN Methodism bad 6 iven
2 cents per week the amount would have
been more than doubled.
After a song by the conference male
quartette. Bishop Warren delivered the
a ain address of the evening. 1t was a
strong appeal for the earnest support OF
these two societies. David Livingstone
said God had but one Son and he became
missionary. He left his luxuiiant
home, where there was no night nor
tears, and came to earth where he had
not even place to lay his head. So
the missionary goes forth and plunges
into darkest heathendom that they might
be like Him.
The first thing to learn is the language.
1t is hard for ali adult to learn from a
chattering Chinaman. John Wesley said
that the devil himself must have invent
ed that language so that the gospel could
never be preached in that tongue: Christ
learned the language in which he
preached at his mothers breast; that is
one reason why he was born.
The mparison between the work of
the missionary and ChrIst's work was
continued and illustrated with many
striking anecdotes.
At the close of the address collection
was taken for the benefit of the two SO
ceties.
Miss Alice Chapplaree of San Franiscoc
favored the audience with very pleas
ing solo, and after singing this long me-
tor doxology, Rev. e. j. Inwood of Red
lands pronounced the benediction.
The programme for tomorrow is as
follows:
At $3.50 am, devotional service; 8 a.
M, conference session; 10 am. the lay
electoral conference in the church; 2 p.
M, Joint session of ministerial and lay
conferences; 80 PM, educational ami
versary. addresses by the Rev M. f..
Philips, d. D., and the Rev. ]. B. Green.