The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-27
WOMEN'S WORK.
Union Conference Of the
Methodist Home Mis-
sionarY Society
in Centenary
Church.
MRS. CLINTON B. FISK pREsIDEs
Work Among Mormons, Orientals,
Negroes and Mountain
Whites - Who Dea-
conesses Are.

Whltes Wn0 Dea-
conesses Are.
ihe Conference Union meeting of the
newark, New York and New York East.
Woman's Home Missionary Societies of
the Methodist Church was opened in the
Centenary Methodist Church., Pavonia
avenue. this morning. The conductor of
the Erie cars had reason to know that
there was a meeting of some kind in
centenary Church, for when the New
YORK and Newark delegates entered the
cars they told the conductors to stop at
the centenary Church. Every time they
passed a building which looked the least
bit like a church the conductors were
asked ii that We're Centenary, and 1t was
even insisted that the carpet cleaning
works was the Centenary Church.
Ine church was undecorated except for
two poles in front of the choir box which
were wound in barber pole fashion with
red, white and blue bunting. A string
was strung across the poles and a chart
of the missionary work and map was sus-
pended from it. An American flag was
draped over the pulpit. Mrs. G.. E.. Sscor
iCur PIdlSt SERVICES. TWO
very exhaustive prayers were made,
hymns sung, and Mrs. Secor ended the
service by reading a few verses from
Ephesians and telling the ladies that the
best work was often the monotonous
every day and day by day work.
Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk, the National Pre-
sident, presided. She said she had been
told that if she had any virtue it was
IN kaaninD dp1npofac IN fhofa 4ta.1 1;-.s4
and that she would strictly enforce this
rule today. She said the conductor of her
car asked what was going on in Centen-
airy Church and when she told him he
said:-'T go to Simpson, but they have
a good pastor at Centenary Mrs. Fisk
then introduced the Rev. E. c. butcher,
who welcomed the conference. He said
he was glad to see every cody woman,
and he was so glad because it is a char
acteristic of women to keep the cross of
God higher than everything else. Mrs.
Fisk then shook hands with Mr.. butcher
in behalf of every woman present and
said she hoped he would derive some
good from the meeting.
Mrs. Q. s. Woodruff and Miss Lena
Leonard sang a duet and Mrs. C. H
Carhart of Brooklyn conducted the YIN
postum in. the Bureaus of Work. Mrs. c.
G.. Hill Of Newark told of the work be-
ilS dOl4e U lit H6EIOGS.F oHG Saul IQHrA
are seventeen industrial homes and
schools for them. In these homes and
schools the girls are trained in domestic
brighter pupils are educated for teach
ers. She read several letters from the
girls thanking the society for the schools
Mrs. G. c. Coffin of East Orange. spoke
of the Mountain Whites" She said she
meant by that term the two million peo-
North and South Carolina. Alabama and
Georgia. She described the life led by
these people and their uncouth manners
veloped they are self-reliant and indie
pendent. There are but two homes for
th Mr. gennet e and R r RFod Hpmes a;assaa
the work among the Mormons. She told
some of the doctrines of the Mormons
and said that the Methodists had done
other agencies combined in eighteen
years work for the reformation of the
Mormons. There are nine Methodist
Mrs. c. S. Woodruff had the work
among the Orientals for her subject.
She said she had reference to the work
She said there Is a ring in San Francisco
organized for the express purpose Of en-
Il tiei 1aga o 3ixsa q W yemen Some d tS this s.x country hae
IN that city, s sold at auction TO- the high
f hSrr ana N new Pork Pat e Che t~Ph same Business 10T IS
carried on. The Missionary Society is
working among these women, trying to
work and helping these women.
Mrs. w. r. Baird of New York read
a paper on Supplies Z telling. how the
sionaries and people n need. In some
cases barrels Of clothing are sent. in
others. money. again.. religious books
Baird gave several instances Of mis-
sionaries who have almost starved while |
doing their work and told of their graft
The society has kept over 300 ministers
in their fields of work, who, except for
the supply department, would nave been
Fisk gave a humorous description Of the
first barrel backed by the department, /
telling how they put. 50 much in that
hammered It down.
Mrs. Fisk announced that as it was
join the noontide prayer. She said it
was q beautiful thought hat at this Time
the Home and n Foreign Missionary 50
Woman's Rights Associations Joined in
a At the close of the few moments
Of silent prayer Sweet Hour OF Prayer
Mrs. Il. W. IKE Of Plainhsld read
8 The 'e circ ge0a rh hen Boo 81 t 5siee a0Sks arg sea 'taol le
relating to the problems of our country.
such as Our. Country, and "The Century
announced that the Newark society nearlN
wore out the ann given to the society /
doing the greatest amount OF systematic T
reading they received the banner SO
Mrs. Var risk park, Mrs. Clinton 3.
Fisk's daughter, told Of the Young Peo-
OF work among the children, and said
that the apprehensionS that the Epworth
League would crowd out the missionary