The Portland daily press., 1895-06-17

Moslems burned the Bibles of the mis-.
sionaries Now the inhabitants are fa-
vorable to the school and begging for
admission. Even the Pasha of Jerusa-
lem, shrewd man, has appreciated the
value of education, and has quietly sent
his daughters to Paris for an education.
Besides the training home at Ramallah,
there are also four day Schools at which
| 200 girls are being educated There is al
so a medical mission. In it last year 1913
surgical operations were performed, 1868
patients were treated on clinic days, 1642
were visited at their homes, 1860 patients
with eye diseases have been treated, 81
outer villages have been visited. On
clinic days some poor sufferers are
brought many miles on donkeys for
treatment William and Susan Thomp-
son of New Bedford, who have spent
several months at Ramallah are present
at the meeting. The mission is support
ed entirely by voluntary contribution
Last year the contribution was 81, 095. rs.
A building fund of SO, 900 has already
been contributed to enlarge the build
ings.
The Friends at Lawrence are making
an effort to build meeting house. So
on Saturday the yearly meeting took up
a collection of nearly 500 to aid them.
The associat ed executive committee on
Western Indians next reported. This
committee is composed of delegates from
the various yearly meetings on this con-
tinent. They have held two meetings
during the year. One of their members,
John S. Kimball of Newport, r. l., has
made extended visits to the different
missions in the Indian country and was
present Saturday and gave an interesting
account of his visit. The principal
work is among the Kickapoos and Skia-
tooks. This meeting has contributed
$448. 46 to this work.
THE EVENING.
| In the evening the Yearly Meetings. S
Young Peoples Christian Endeavor Soci-
ETY. held very interesting conference.
Interesting papers were read: Jennie
Bishop of Lynn, "Work among the Ju-
nior Members short address by JOS
eph Peele of Lynn, on "What Constitutes
True Citizen;' Abbie Kelley of Boston,
paper on THE Coming Convention in
Boston.
Delegates were present from nearly all
the G. E. Societies in the meeting. The
Portland branch were congratulated on
receiving the Portland banner which is
to be carried to the convention.
SUNDAYS SERVICE.
Sunday was devoted entirely to relig-
ious meetings, which were held in both
the church and vestry, morning, after
noon and evening. In the forenoon in
the church the meeting was opened with
reading of the 18th Psalm by John Wat
son of the Skeatook mission in Indian
Territory. He also made the opening
prayer. An eloquent sermon followed by
John Henry Douglass, his text being,
"But we see Jesus" Hebrews 80
Meanwhile in the vestry David J. Lewis
of Michigan, addressed a large audi
ence.
| In the afternoon in the church Susan
Morris of Cleveland, O., opened the ser
vice with prayer Barclay Jones of
Kansas, preached from Ephesians All.
Susan Morris followed with short ex-
hortation. In the vestry large meeting
was addressed by Sineca Stevens and
Elias G. Minard
In the evening Lindley A. Wells of
Kansas, led the meeting in the upper
room. In the lower room Peter W.
Raidabangh spoke especially to the Sun
day school workers, and to those inter
ested in work among young people
NOTICE TO BE READ AT ALL THE
MEETINGS FIRST DAY.
The Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety will hold a public meeting in this
house, second day evening, the 18th, at
s O'Clock.
| Miss Armstrong of Boston, who has
consecrated her life to the work in India,
where she has been laboring for the past
six years, will speak. Subject, "One
Day in Hindoostan. She will appear in
the picturesque costume of Brahmin
lady. Miss Armstrong is finishing her
medical education in this country before
returning to her field of labor where q
hospital will be established for women
and children. who are down-trodden
class in India. Other exercises will add
interest to the occasion