The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-15
women IN CONVENTION
Meeting Of the Lackawanna Presby-
teriau Foreign Missionary Society.
THIS MORNINGS ELECTION
Officers for the Year Will be Chosen and
New Committees Appointed-Ad-
dresses by Mrs. G. +. Dale.
Missionary to Syria.

The women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Lackawanna presbytery of
the Scranton district began its eigh-
teenth annual convention Yesterday af-
ternoon in the Providence Presbyterian
church. The meeting continued during
the evening and will re-convene in the
church this morning. l..
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1. .. MORGAN, tue Iecoruihs secle.aly
read tne minutes % OF tne M last a,.f meeting =
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Inc repor. oi tne treasurer Mrs
nayno,, oi Sarpohuale. ,nulea.eu Una, q.
the soe'e.9 Hauhot coi'ripu'eu as ''uel
toward the churchs roreign mission as
II d1d last year.
TWO reports, each compilation ol
the work and condition of half Of the
auxiliaries of the society were read.
Mrs. N. p. Osterhout, of the North
End, read paper on What the Mis-.
sionary Is, and What the Missionary
Should Be-" It was a very capable anG
belpful effort.
AN AFRICAN MISSIONARY.
Mrs. Charles T.. Robinson read let.
ter from Rev. Charles Werner, who left
this country last wear. accompanied b,
.Iosenb Phinns coiorai For tha mission ~
orv t,a,d In Africo pb;nns ,yos q pss
one ,n;ssinn non,,sr, and nrotaoa ~
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sisheu " WORK III the interior severa
Zambeeze. and, according to Mr.. Wer
ner's letter, has met with great sue
cess
Mrs. Gerald F. Dale, returned mis-
sionary to Syria, talked briefly but en-
tertainirsiy OF mission work in tina
country.
ness meeting over which Rev. George 10
Guild, pastor Of the church. presided
After q service of prayer. scriptur
reading and song, Mrs. Dale, who talked
at the afternoon meeting. gave anothe
address on Syrian religious customs
Mohammedism, and paid especial at
tention to the Presbyterian n,issionar,
work. Her subject matter tended I,
give the audience a very comprehensive
idea Of the aims and accomplishment
| Of the missions in the Syrian field.
She remarked upon the excommuni
cation, bOycotting and persecution O
Christian natives by the government
officials and MOslem priests. Hundred
espoused the Christian faith but kep
1t secret except in cases near the pro
| lection Of mission stations. The con
verts were generally conscientious an,
earnest, two qualities which the faith o
Mohammed did not encourage nor de
velop
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tenn which Includes dav and inIustr,a
schools and colleges Tor hoth Saxes
The work has progressed so we'll tha
the teachers graduated from the h,ehe
schools are sought after by the EngIisl
missions which have no education
swatan, ond ore locate y, stntinr
scottarod thro,,aho,,t Do oIasti,,o "''oA'
St ,,..I ,.m ,.e
She said little difficulty was exper
ienced IN noIding the converts stead
fast, as the Christian belief gives then
great inducements in its promises
| beauty and fulfillment, three things al
most I,ndreamed of by a Moslem Th
converta were also attracted hy III
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