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| society. This home has made 1920
calls on the sick and distressed has dis
tributed 12,661 tracts, papers and many
Bibles, and has carried 1867 garments
to the worthy poor.
Another important branch of the
work is the Willing Workers Industrial
home of Brooklyn, which has place
where young ladies may learn sewing
| and other branches, and where they
| may find simple and pure amusement.
Since November /, 1895, when the home
became a conference work, $1,122 has
| been expended.
Mrs May Leonard Woodruff of Nor
ristown, N. j., general organizer of the
| Woman's Home Mission society, next
| made an address, speaking of the gen
eral work of the society. She said that
| the society first began it's work in 1869,
when the wives of few ministers be-
came interested in the women among
| the then lately freed slaves, among
whom there was no idea of the sacred
ness of womanhood, wifehood and moth
| erhood. Up to 1871 the work was all
| private, but at that time the necessity
| of organization began to be recognized
| and q committee of women appeared
before the Philadelphia convention of
| that year asking that the work be taxi
en- as part of the work of the Wo-
mems Foreign Missionary society, but
! the request was denied. For four con-
secutive years the same request was
made and denied The cry was then
heard, DO not organize any more So
cieties in the church; there are already
| va to1<pn 0f ~ The
Freedman's Alc bureau was then asked
! to take up the work and was about to
| do so when it was discovered that if
women were received ON the board
some of the bureaus property in the
south would have to be given up.
In the conference at Cincinnati in 1879
the matter was brought up and the la
| dies were advised by Bishop Wiley to
| form a Womans Home Missionary So
| ciety. This was done and the attention
| of the society was first directed to the
| frontiers of the south and west. 1t was
| found to be difficult to get the negro
women to turn their attention to a re-
| form in the home life, SO attention was
| turned to the young negro women. IN
dustrial homes were organized in which
| instruction was given in the ideals of
home life, as the society believes that
| the elevation of the womanhood ele-
Yates the home, and so, through that,
! the nation Fourteen homes were es-
| tablished in the SOUTH twelve for color
/ ed girls and two for poor white girls
| Mrs. Woodruff then spoke of the work
| among the Indians and told of the great
| good which has been done in that line.
No aid was asked from the government,
as government aid was then being
given to a work among the Indians by
another denomination and the society
thought that if the Methodists got their
/ fingers on a little government aid they
could not protest at the other denomin-
alton putting a whole arm into the
treasury. A great work is also being
carried on by the society in Alaska
and also in stopping the traffic in young
girls practiced by the Chinese on the
/ Pacific coast. During the last year 300
ministers have been cared for on the
frontiers.
| Mrs Woodruff then spoke of the ways
| in which the ministers Of remote west
ern churches had been aided and in
| conclusion asked for the prayers of
| the meeting for the success Of the
work.
Rev. DR.. Charles S. Wing of Brook
| lyn, presiding elder of the Brooklyn
/ south district, next spoke briefly of
| deaconesS work He said that he was
glad women were organizing for church
| work There may be the widest differ
ence of opinion as to the advisability of
women entering professional fields, but
there can be no difference as to the
| advisability of women entering certain
lines of church work. They have pc
| culiarly special endowments which fits
them for work of this kind Women
have certain power to penetrate the
| soul which men have not. Man is
! bungler compared with the tact of wo-
man. The work which is done by dea-
conesses is of such nature as to re-
quire all the fitting qualities which
woman possesses. DIR. Wing closed by
| asying that there ought to be Deacon
ess home in every town of any consid-
/ cradle size in this conference.
Following this address Mrs. Wood
ruff sung by special request When the
Pearly Gates Are Open" accompanying
herself on the piano.
| The evening session began at 7:S0 in
Trinity M. e. church and was devoted
to the observance Of the anniversary
of the Church Extension society. Rev
DR.. George E. Reed, president of Dick
inson college in Carlisle, Pa, presided.
The session was opened with prayer
by Rev DR., Thorpe. DR.. Reed then
made few remarks and said that the
| Church Extension society was organiz-
ed about the time of the close of the
| civil war and now is carrying on its
| work in every state in the union The
object of the society is to multiply the
number of churches by giving sub
stantial aid in times of need. During
the past year out of $780, contrib
| uted to church societies only $4,000 has
| gone to the Church Extension society
and it is hoped that the amount will
be doubled during the next year. Rev.
DR.. ]. B. Merwin then spoke of the
work done by the society during its
thirty years of existence and said that
during that time it has distributed
/ s., $40 900. The board has aided 1854
church, more than one-third of the en-
tire number owned by the church.
Rev. DR.. w. A. Spencer of Philadel-
phia, corresponding secretary of the
Church Extension society, was intro
duced by DIR. Reed and spoke on the
aims and work of the society. He said
that the New York East conference