Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-21
IN AN NUAL SESSION
Reports of Progress Of Baptist Foreign
Missions.
Secretaries Tell of the Work Which
Has Been Done and fs
Being Done.

The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the
Wcman's Baptist Foreign Missionary So
Getty, which commenced yesterday after
| noon at the Sunday school house Of Cal
vary Baptist Church. Rev. DR.. S. H.
Greene pastor. corner of sth and H streets
northwest. was continued today.
The morning session, which began at $50
O'Clock. was opened with a devotional
| meeting, led by Mrs. Archibald whea ION
| of Connecticut.
Announcement was made that arrange
| ments had been made by which President
Mckinley would receive the delegates to-
| morrow at noon.
| At the conclusion Of these exercises the
president of the society, Miss Durphey CT
| Providence, r. l., took the chair. On &C.
\ count Of the absence Of Mrs. Dean. the
clerk, whose health did not permit of her
presence Miss Zimmerman Of Massachu-
| sets was elected clerk pro tenn.
The chair announced that Mrs. s. p. Bliss
| of Washington, who had been selected to
make the address Of welcome. was unable
| on account of illness to perform that duty
| or to attend the meeting, and the address
was delivered by Rev. DIR. Greene, the pas
tor of Calvary Church. An appropriate re-
! sponse was made by President Durphey.
The twenty-sixth annual report Of the
| board of directors was read by Mrs. Wat
| erbury, secretary, and in part was as fol-
lows:
The board of managers have had their
usual busy year. Our new treasurer proves
to be treasure well. Miss Clarke so
long known and loved. resigned in April,
and in September became the wife of the
secretary of the Missionary Union, Rev.
DIR. j. NJ. Murdoch.
The state secretaries have all been con-
Home and Hasseltine House, have given
many hours of service outside the regular
board meetings, and we are sure that our
directors do not, as a rule, find their posi-
ion nm ho hfa rA MOI mr. ma
''The state secretaries have all been con-
,inued in Office, and We thank Cob and
take courage as we think of them: never
acknowledging disappointment, always
faithful. We have filled some vacancies In
our junior department. Miss Josie Smith
works hand-in-hand with her mother in
east Maine; Mrs. E. B. Doian has begun
the campaign in west Maine. Both report
progress after a few months CT service,
and will have better report after full
year of effort. We were compelled to re-
lease Mrs. Reed in. west Massachusetts.
She was one of the faithful, and we APP
pointed Mrs. George Russell IL her place.
Miss Bella Taylor has been ably assisted
this year by Mrs. Harriet Goodrich in the
same field. Mrs. Bowling began the year
as junior secretary in Pennsylvania, but
her health, which was severely taxed dur
ing her work in China, could lot endure
the strain.
THE missionaries who have sailed are
Miss Ella Chapman and Mrs. Julia G.
Miss Eta Edgerlein to assist Dr. Breed, in
Nalgonda, India, and Miss Lisbeth Hughes,
for Mailman, Burma.
The Hasselt;ne House, at Newton Cen
ter, Mass has sheltered a large family.
Fourteen girls prove that we needed a
house large enough to hold them. Two
have gone to foreign fields and eight are
under appoin tment
The publications for the year were
seven new leaflets and forty-nine reprints.
The leaflets were Our Beautiful Story Tell
ors.' Wasted Lives AS Wage Women
The Yonadus of India The Pioneer of
Missions and several others.
THE secretaries in many cases have made
a special effort IL increase the list of our
periodicals. Ind yet we must report a slight
decrease in the circulation of the HELPING
Hand, while for Kings Messengers there
a727. 81
We would be glad to omit the part of
the report which tells of debt. There
are some who assure US that it is a good
thing to have a debt. We are sure it is
not good thing to keep it, at least, not
for women. and. Of course, will soon be
met Our receipts were $50, 43S. 49, includ-
ing deficit Of last year amounting to $14,-
l9o. IT, and expenditures $96, 451.72. We
had contingent fund of $500, a part
which We applied in the work"
The report closed with an urgent appeal
to the members Of the convention, and
Baptists of the country generally, not TO be
discouraged at the presentation of the
contribution for the ensuing year a little
and all the obligations Of the board could be
promptly met.
The reports CT the treasurer, home and
foreign secretaries were practically COW
cred in that read by Mrs Waterbury, as
above.
Other Business.
The report of the committee on the Hos
pital for Women and Children at Nel!ors
India, was read
THE great need for money to carry on
this new enterprise was pointed out.
After an address on Mission Schools
by Miss Sarah Slater of Moulmein, a recess
was taken for luncheon. which was served
In the banquet room of the church.
The program Of proceedings after recess
ir cluded singing, prayer and addresses on
Romance of Mission Life" by Mrs. NJ. B.
sionary," by Miss Orissa Gould, NJ D., India,
and on "One of Our Burmah Schools" by
Mrs. NJ. A. Trtbolet, Burmah. A Chinese school
VIII be conducted by Miss Marie Dowlfng
China, and paper on Applied Energy
will be read by Mrs. Caroline Atwster
mainder of the session memorial services
Will be held in respect to those who died
during the year.
The features of tonight's meeting will be
an address by Mrs w. A. Montgomery of
Rochester, N. Y; brief talks from mission
address on Our Chinese Sisters" by Mrs
w. H. Cossum of China.
Last evening a reception was given in
the parlors of the Ebbitt House by the
Baptist ladies of Washington to the dele
gates to the convention.
Marriage Licenses.