The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-15
BOARD OF FORErGN 1rIss1 oNs.

dnteresting Meetings Held Xesterday-
 Many Ladies Present-Reports of the
 Worlr-A Large Attendance-The Election
 ofOf1cers.
 The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the New Haven branch of the Woman's Board of Foreign missions was held at the Church of the Redeemer yester- day morning and afternoon. There was a large attendance of ladies, many del- egates being present from adjoining towns.
 The regular exercises were preceded by a devotional meeting held in the Sabbath school room, and led by Mrs. Clark of Durham A noticeable feature of the decoration of the church was the object lesson in the maps of the countries of the world joined together and stretched back to the platform, dotted here and there with red, blue and green to show where our mission work is being done, and over it the motto presented by our loved secretary, Mrs. Hume: "Go Ye Into the World and Preach the Gospel to Every Creature"
 At 1:80 the president of the branch, Miss s. E Daggett of New Haven, called the meeting to order and the minutes Of the last annual meeting were read and approved. The hymn, ''Hail to the Brightness" was sung Miss Daggett read portions of scripture from Philippians and the Revelation, and MT. Phipps offered prayer.
 The report of the recording secretary, Mrs. pr. w. w. McLane, and of the treasurer, Miss J. Twining, were then read.
 Tn the report of the recording secre- tary it was shown that the years work has been characterized 1by a systematic effort on the part of the branch to in crease the gifts of its auxiliaries, made necessary by the deficit in the treas ury of the woman's board, to enlarge its list of contributors. and to extend the circulation of Life and Light.
 To the furtherance of these objects the officers of the branch have bent all their energies.
 The results are shown in the large thank offerings last fall, and in the gains in membership reported by many societies.
 Public meetings have been held as usual, and interesting addresses made by missionaries.
 The auxiliaries have not quite reach ed the mark of last year, when they raised lage extra sum for the Wo- mans Board of missions deficit. But comparing figures with those of two years ago we find al gain of $1 900 in this department of our branch. The thank offerings are about $500 more than last year.
 The mission circles have fallen off about n. In some cases funds that would have come to our treasury ordi- narily have been diverted to home mis- sionary work. But in many cases 1t has seemed impossible to raise the usu- al sums. The Christian Endeavor so- cieties have made small gain on last years record. On the whole the out look Is quite encouraging. A legacy of $500 from Miss E. w. Davenport of | New Haven and of $12O from the estate ] of the late MT. Henry J. Prudden of | New Haven bring the years receipts to ! $15, 5,0O031.
 REPORTS OF COUNTY VICE PRESI-
 DENTS
 Litchfield county, by Mrs. Adanl-Al- most all of our auxiliaries report in one way or another some things which | give encouragement for greater growth l another year. We find some of them | have given more largely than ever be- fore, in spite of hard times, and many | more copies of Light and Life" are | taken. We step across the threshold | of this new year of branch work with strong hope and glad hearts. Fairfield county, by Mrs. Sterling Taking into consideration the times we have done as well as expected. Green wich celebrated in February the twen- |