The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-06-27

were Mrs. l.. s. Bartlett, Mrs. An
ma B. Collins, and Miss. Edith Bart.
lett who became the wife Of Rev.
E. A. Gilmore, and Miss Ella Brown
who married Rev. Richard Coulter.
One whose name WAS once upon
our roll is now missionary in Pei
STA. Two other members are now
missionaries in Indiay and another
was missionary for short time
in Japan, while three more of our
members were at one time mission
aries in Utah. On Oct. 30th 1875,
this Society rented a house in East
Maryviile, for the purpose of es-
tablishing "Home" for destitute
women and children. Into this
home were gathered 10 persons,
who had been begging for food and
clothing upon our streets. The in-
mates Of this home We're fed and
clothed, and the sick ones among
them tenderly cared for, and all
had religious instruction. Steps
were being taken to secure char
ter for this Home, but after a while
for the lack of means to sustain it
this plan had TO be abandoned, with
many regrets. At one time the
town was districted, while the
members Of the Soc. visited these
districts carrying tracts for distri-
button while visiting the poor in
their homes. The Presbyterial
MISSIONARY Society of Kingston
PresbyterS was organized April
24th 1880, and our local mission
AIRY Society belonged to it from
that date till Apr. 10th 1886, when
we were transferred to the Presby-
terial Society of Union Presbytery,
where we still have our connection.
Up to 1880, we contributed only
part of our funds through the WO-
mans Synodical Society Of Tennes-
see; but in that year we became
auxiliary to it, through Kingston
Presbyterian Society.
During these q years this So
ciety has contributed to the cause
of Missions, both Home and For
eign, the sum of $2,5SO,SS a greater
part of the time the funds for each
year have been equally divided be-
tween Home and Foreign woi k, we
for some time gave to tie support
of "A little girl in the Calcutta Or
phanage, aIndia, whose name we
anglicized, by calling her Mary
Moffett. We also sent something
to Mrs. Lyman B. Tedford of India,
and contributed to the support OF
Miss Margaret e. Henry while she
was a Missionary in Japan. Also
sent funds to Alaska for tho girls
school at Fort Wranglr, and to the
Garfield Memorial fund etc. II
1876 the society undertook to aid in
the support of a home missionary
who should labor In the Cumber
land Mts. Rev. ]. II. Reagan 0c
cupied this field for nearly foul
years, and was then succe sded by
Rev. James McNeal. Soc. contrib
uted annually $25 for this work
Much interest was also taken IL
Utah our other. and more remote
home field, when Miss Nellie Bart
lett, Mrs. Blackburn, and he
daughter Miss Nellie, and other
whom we knew, were doing mis-
sion work. 1t is said the sun neve
sets on Maryville College students
many of whom are missionaries il
Foreign lands,-so that we hav
had an almost continuous messag
from them in the letters of tn
Bartletts, the Alexanders, the Por
ters, the Tedfords, Miss M. T
Henry, DR.. Emily Marston, Rev
John Silsby and Rev. s. Il. Wilson
and others. So we can truly sa
that our interests are world wild
incentives, and our inspirations /
the work have indeed, come fror
many lands. The regular MONTH
meetings of the Society have bee
held at the homes of the differen
members, for all these years unit
September 24-1S92 when for tn
first time, we met in the Lectur
= Room of this church. The las
meeting held at a private house
was with Mrs E. S. Henry. Thi
, Society from the first, has acknOw
edged the truth of the words {
Livingstone, "There is no deep an
abiding interest in missions that
not founded an knowledge of tn
work." and there has been a stead
increase in the number of on
missionary periodicals among tn
members, which magazines al
carefully read, and much inform,
| ton thus gained for our work.