The morning times., 1896-08-21

abo,her convention in which women will
be the guiding spirits will be held at the
metropolitan NJ. E. Church, October 7, 8
| and .. The convention will be that Of the
baltimore branch OF the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society OF the Methodist Epis-
| copal Church, which includes Baltimore,
Washington, Frederick City, Md, and the
Wilmington district OF Delaware
Each oDeof the various Methods tchurches
in the Baltimore district have the right to
send two ladies as delegates to the con.
vention, and it is expected that there will
be nearly il not quite I75 delegates and 81
| many more visitors to the convention
Preparations are being made to entertain
tie delegates and their visiting friends and
there is every reason To believe that the
ladies' will be especially well cared for
during their stay in this city. The Meth
odisg churches viii assist in this part of
the program.
TIE program Of the three days work
has no. yet been perfected, but will be
issued in ,Cuplc OF weeks There will
be morning. afternoon and evening sessions
and the reports to be presented and the
papers 10 be read will deal entirely with
foreign missionary work.
Mrs. A. II. Ea.cD. wife CT Prof. Eaton.
OF Bal iirore, tie pres.cont OF the society.
VIII preside al all business sessions. There
VIII he each day an address OF welcome
by one Of the District officials and the
responses VIII he made by officials OF tie
society.
PLANS ALL PERFECTED.
The church Will he appropriately deco
tod If.
session several delegates whose especial
business il Will lie to give Information 10
those VINO desire to know JUS. what the
nature OF the otie;y's WORT; is At each
business meeting there will be Bible
readings and addresses ON topics pertain
ing TO foreign missionary work. All these
meetings VIII he opeu to the general public
aud all vino desire to come Will he gladly
welcomed.
The reports Of the officials and those
of the delegates will include beside the
detailed work in which the society is ar
pres sent engaged reports from the several
standing committees The especially IL
;erpstigg matter wh,c., comes UP at every
convention is the history of the boarding
and da Y schools which the society is Hain-
tanning ~ several foreign countries. The
henehsiai results Tor which these schools
are responsible are OF the greatest interest
to the iaennbers OF the baltimore branch.
THIS branch or Ire Methodist Mission
airy society supports missionaries and
schools In Northern ltdls, Northwestern
indlj' ana southern Ihlia. Korea, Japan.
N"rtn ana ochtrai tiina AMI itaiy' ana at
he coming convention taefe VIII be- present
Two or threc iorei2u MISSIONARIES WEo VIII
give In detail the history OF the missionary
WORK in the sections from Which they
Inc personal 'eih'fiscchces cci'efed by
the missionaries 10 those who support the
schools IN which the missionaries are EN-
p.oEcd VIII be 4 feature or the convention
program, ana from letters received CON
ccrising ire progress OF 'he worE- the de-
tailed account from ore who Genes direct
from these foreign lands VIII he or especial
interest 10 every one WHO attends The con-
vention.
Ire success OF AiHeflcah teachers In
foreign fields VIII also be topic OF
interest to the delegates and visitors
SPECIAL FEATURES PROVIDED.
The officers intend to make the coming
Convention an especially interesting one,
and with that end in view will have sew
eral attractive features-oue or two at
least at each session. They hope to Sc
cure the attention of not only the church
going people, but those who have not
heretofore taken an interest in missionary