The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-16
NEWS FROM FOREIGN FIELDS.
Interesting Letters From Twin City
Missionaries Abroad.

Yesterdays session of the Minnesota branch
of the Women's Board of Foreign Missions of
the interior, at Park avenue, was devoted ex-
clus.yey 20 work. The usual committees
were appointed. Mrs. A. H. Pearson, Of
Northfield was appointed corresponding sec
rotary, and gave an interesting history or the
of st. Paul. the treasurer, reported that the
contributions had fallen off during the year
by 81 Co., the total receipts being $5,219,' leav-
ing a balance of 1910 in the treasury. An in
terestng feature Of the morning session was
missionary story by Mrs. J. A. Wejherbee,
of St. Paul. who drew an apt analogy between
the slow and labor!ous work required to ex-
cavate and remove the gigantic structures of
Nineveh to London and the toll in paving the
way for missionary work.
At the noon adjournment luncheon was
served the visitors in the church parlors
Open exercises and reports constituted the
programme in the afternoon.
The evenings session was devoted to a
young peoples rally, and large gathering
of ladies listened to the eloquent and inspir
ing address. The president, Miss Margaret
J. Eveans, of Mortified, presided: Mrs b.
NJ. Smith, Of Minneapolis, opened with an
encouraging address to the young ladies', and
Miss Bertha Haneman presented an outline
of the work of the Christian Endeavor society
along missionary lines.
An interesting letter from Miss Hartwell,
a Minnesota girl. who is stationed as a mis-
siOnary in China, was read by her sister,
Mrs. Topper, of st. Paul. She urged the
sending of six more young ladies to the Chi
The next speaker, Miss Susan H. Olmstead,
of Cons tantinople, is a former Minneapolis
girl, who has devoted herself to the cause
of Christian instruction in Turkey for the
past eight years. She is niece of President
Cyrus Northrup, and a graduate of the uni
vers!ty of the class of 1883. Her topic was
THE Christian Education of Women in Tur-
key" She presented in a very charming
manner the Importance of the work in Tur-
key, and the large opportunities of the fed.
They were able to reach Mosem women, as
well as Christians. The college in which she
instructor Is very like American in
stitutions for young ladies. 1t has been
growing rapidly, notwithstanding the diff
culties incidental to the settlement OF the
Eastern question. The college occupies a
unique position in educational affairs, and Is
the finishing school for all the others in the
interior.
The recording secretary. Mrs. H. G. Web
ster, introduced Thomas Sulena, the Nicollet
avenue merchant who has taken such an in
terest in the cause of his fellow countrymen
who were obliged to fee from Armenia. He
vigorous and effective address He stated that
the newspapers had not exaggerated the
atrocities of the Turks in the least degree
He extolled the Salvation Army and the
church people for their aid, but exclaimed
passionately: rs this humanity to let the
slaughter go on, in this, the close of the
nineteenth century. Can Christians look on
and not take any action when my country
men under such a government the
cursed Turks?"
During the evening several musical num-
bers were rendered by Miss Ethel Rounds,
s. H. fowler and w. S. Wingate.