St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16
REVIEWS THE YEAR
MINNESOTA BRANCH, WOMAN,S
BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS,
IN ANNUAL MEETING
AT PARK CONGREGATIONAL.
REPORTS FROM ALL AUXILIARIEs
SHOW A SUCCESSFUL TWELVE
MONTHS, WORK.
THE ARMENIANs NOT FORGOTTEN.
Interesting Addresses Delivered at
the Evening Session by a Number
OF Prominent Women.

Inc nineteenth annual meeting Of the
Minnesota branch Of the Woman's Board
Of Missions opened at Park CONGREGATIONAL
church yesterday afternoon, with the presi-
dent, Miss Margaret Evans, of Northfield in
the chair. Rev. DR.. Ingersoll made the open
ing prayer, and the conference reports were
given.
Mrs. F. A. Brownson, of Minneapolis, rep
resented the Anoka conference and all the
auxilaries reporting told of an enthusiastic
years work, much Of it along the line of
Armenian relief.
Mrs. j. A. Norris of Sauk Center. read
the report from the central conference. At
Monticello they are doing well; at New
Paynesville there is some progress; at Orenok
they have small society; at Princeton, both
the senior and junior societies are doing
good work; at st. Cloud they have abandoned
the old fashioned woman's missionary So
ciety, but are doing good work and sent
money. There was good report from Sauk
Center; at their annual Thanksgiving service
$40 was raised. At Round Prairie they have
a mission band.
Miss c. w. Haynes of the Mankato con-
ference, had very little to report, as only
four auxiliaries had made reports on work.
Mrs. Pearson read he report from Min
nesota Valley, where there are five auxiliar-
les, and membership of 101. Letters from
the auxiliaries all show increasing interest.
Miss Evans, when asking for the Northern
Pac1hc report, spoke of the death of Mrs.
Warner, of Duluth, the vice president of that
conference, and said that the society had lost
most efficient helper.
Mrs w. S. Horr gave the report from the
Northern Pacific conference and said the
work for the last year had been like ship
without pilot; that she who stood at the
helm had early set sail when death called
her. Mrs. Horr said that Mrs. Warner had
the years work we'll planned, as was shown by
her books. She said the societies were making
an especial effort along the line of foreign
mission work, and that important feature
of the meetings was prayer.
Mrs. E. N. Leavens, Of the Owatonna con-
ference, said that many auxiliaries had failed
to report. Seven had reported enthusiastic
work. At Morriston there is a new society
and at Dodge Center one has been formed as a
result of Miss HartwelPs recent trip.
Mrs. Lang read the report from the Western
conference, where there are six active auxil-
iaries. 0@
Mrs. Pearson read the report from Winona
conference, where there are 2S0 organized So
cieties.
Miss Evans said she was glad the state was
~
son, the secretary, to lead a general discus
sion relative to points brought out in the re-
ports.
1.-THE Social Hour After the Meeting was
the first subject discussed, and it was decided
that 1t was an excellent idea, as it made
those women who otherwise were afraid to
talk express themselves with compartive free
dom, and many new ideas were exchanged.
A numbr of women present gave experiences
along this line.
The second subject discussed was the 'fWay
to Make Thank Offering Service Interesting"
Many excellent schemes were presented.
The meaning Of the word membership and
who are considered members was next dis
cussed, and opinions were divided between
those who pay 81 year and those who pay
any amount at all. The majority were In favor
of the latter plan.
At the evening session Mrs. e. P. Ingersoll
extended a welcome to the delegates. She
closed by saying: 1--WE give you a hearty
welcome to our homes, to our hearts and our
city, believing that in doing so we shall be
twice blessed"
Mrs Ingersoll was followed by Miss Cathe-
rine w. Nichols in greeting from the Wom-
ans Home Missionary union. She expressed
herself as proud Of the woman's board of
missions, and considered that the organization
she represented and the one she was address,
ing as identical, In that the latter were wom-
en- of the home mission also, and that they
were united for one purpose-that Of spread
ing the gospel, the one at home. the other
abroad.
The greeting from the American Board of
Missions was given by Rev. E. P. Ingersoll.
He gave something of the history of the Amer
lean board, as being eighty-six years old,
and having its origin in the heart and brains
of Samuel Mills, Gordon Hall and John Rich
| mond, Of Williams college, Massachusetts,.
This was in 1910. These young men inspired
| others, and they were sent forth to work, not
| only as preachers, but as physicians and edu-
| Gators, to all parts of the world, even to
| Turkey where the light of civilization so
fell on the benighted Turk that he felt he
must put 1t out. This board which at first
was a union of the Congregational, Presby-
terian and Dutch Reform churches, was the
! first in the country.
Miss Margaret ]. Evans, Of Northheld re-
| sponded to the welcome extended in very
fitting words, mentioning the time that they
! had met part of the state association
only. Miss Alice p. Palmer, around the
world missionary, spoke of what she had seen
| in Africa.
She deplored the awful blot that rested
upon the Christian countries with the capi-
| talist trying to make himself rich through
| the great rum and opium traffic of Africa.
She doesn't like to call the people heather.
She thinks the name might be as applicable
to those who get gold and diamonds there
! She spoke of Cape Town, with its large pop
| ulation and the gospel preached in thirty
different languages; of the many places the
| gospel had never been heard; of the different
people doing missionary work in Africa.
The last speaker of the evening was Mrs.
]. G. Johnson, who went with her husband
! last September. on the delegation sent by
| the American board to investigate the mis-
| sionary work in Japan.
The music was feature of the evening.