The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-23
INDIA AND EGYPT.
Sixteen United Presbyterian
Missionaries Sail Today
for ForeigQ Lands.
TOUCHING FAREVELLS LAST NIGHT
Reports of the Association Read
Yesterday in the Summit
Avenue Church -General
News.
TOUCHING FAREVELLS LAST NIGHT

The Women's Missionary Association OF
the New York P~resbytery held its semi
annual convention yesterday afternoon
and evening In the Summit Avenue United
Presbyterian Church. at Summit avenue
and Montgomery street. The afternoon
session was devoted TO the transaction OF
business while in the evening a farewell
reception was given to fourteen of the six
teen missionaries who left by the
Anchoria this moor for India and Egypt.
Mrs. A. Kennedy Duff, President of the
Missionary Association, presided. The
convention opened at $3.50 O'Clock with de-
votional exercises. After roll call and
the reading of the minutes the Treasurer,
Mrs. j. G. Leifried, presented her report.
Ii showed that the total receipts for the
year were 1901, ~; total disbursements
s261.s1, leaving Il balance on hand OF
$39.31.
The Rev. S. Puri, a native Indian
preacher, was present, and sat upon the
platform as a consulting delegate. Mrs
A. X. Duff rendered a full report OF the
proceedings of the General Assembly,
which she attended as a delegate of the
Missionary Association. The Junior
Committee reported that two Junior So
cieties nave been organized in the last six
months, making eight in the New York
P~resbytery. This work of the Junior So
ciety for the coming year will be to buy
100 acres of land In Alabama, at IS an
acre, on which to build a school and
church for the Freedmen's Mission work.
The Young Ladies' Society of the Sum-
nit Avenue United Presbyterian Church
applied for admittance to the Women's
Association and was accepted. Miss NJ.
]. Hale, Recording Secretary, resigned,
and Mrs. Hausbeck was elected to succeed
her. The Seventh Avenue S7cif-y of New
York vas instructed 10 81 pgsst sie.ssate
to the next general convention. which will
be held in Cleveland. The following COM
mittees were Observation-Disclosures,
Mrs. Biddle, Mrs. McKelvey and Miss Pat
terson; Resolution. Mrs. Wallace, Mrs.
Hervey and Mrs. Ferguson. Miss Cynthia
e. Wilson, who has been engaged in mis-
sionary work in India for eighteen years,
ar who returns today for another addi-
tional term. addressed the delegates on
the work among the women in hat coun-
try.
1T is impossible to convert the men"
she said, until we first reach the women,
L l - -AC WoAiNA Al ~ SHS
h~eathenism. When we deal with the men
they say: Convert our Women first. If
We should profess Christianity, which we
desire to do, they would give us no peace
at home
The women in India, Miss Wilson de-
clared, are ignorant creatures. and have
TO be taught as little children do. Miss
Wilson and her sister, Miss Rosa Wilson;
go from village to village preaching to and
teaching the women.
A collation. was served after the after
noon session. In the evening a farewell
was rendered to the outgoing missionaries.
After prayer and a short service of song
the Rev. Anrey S. Biddle made q short adj
dress of welcome. Mrs. r. G. McKelvey
and her daughter sang an appropriate
duet, "Mizpah," which brought tears to
the eyes of the missionaries who occu-
pied the platform, n also caused many
in the audience to weep with them. The
Rev. w. w. Barr then introduced the mis-
~sionaries, who each had a few words to
a ). The missionaries are:-Rev. and
Mrs J. s. Barr, D. D.. Rey. and Mrs.
Robert Reed Mcclure, Miss Rosa T.. Will
son, Rev. and Mrs. w. B. Anderson, Miss
G. E. Wilson, Miss Lorella G.. Dickson,
Mrs. T. E.. Halliday-India.
Rev. and Mrs. S. c.. Ewing, ID, Rev.
and Mrs. James E.. Hunt, Prof. and Mrs.
r. S. McClenahan-Egypt.
The missionaries sailed today from the
foot of T~wenty-fourth street. New York,
where q large party assembled to see
them off.