The Portland daily press., 1897-11-16
UNION MISSIONARY MEETING.
A Pleasant Afternoon at West End
Church.


the Woman's Missionary Union at West
End chapel was opened by Miss Laura
Carlton with short prayer, followed by
reading from the Psalms andHprayer by
Mrs. J. S. Merrill.
After solo by Miss Carlton, "He
that keepeth Israeli Mrs. Fem told the
Ladies' something of her visit to the
missionary meeting at New Sweden.
Mrs. Fem said she felt perhaps
she couldn't tell her experience quite
SO well as she ought, for shell had already
told it three times within week.
The great question of the meeting was
whether women could be corporated as
members of the American Board, anu
there was strong feeling for it in the
West, but against it in the East. Out
of the delegates, however, 200 voted
against it and IL for 1t, with good many
others not voting at all.
The question of the senior and Junior
work came up, and also whether aythe
benefits should be paid for or if they
should be distributed free. 4
Mrs. Fem spoke especially Of a mission,s
airy devotional meeting which was so
helpful and beautiful
The various reports of the foreign mis-
sions were very satisfactory. and the
two special schools which these societies
derfulIy blessed.
Mrs. Fem was quite enthusiastic over
the leading women at the convention
and particularly over the scholarly paper
by Mrs. Merrill E. Gates Mrs. John T.
Thompson, the other delegate from Port
tive of the 'Juniors," spoke delightfully."-
of her experience. She said there was
most interesting testimony from the
women missionaries from India and
Ioobuland, from. Armenia, Japan, Bulgaria
and Turkey, SO the meeting proved to be
inspiring and encouraging in every way.
Miss Morrill,, who has recently returned
from her missionary work in Paotlnzfu,
China, related in such a oharmingly mod
est way, her experience there but spoke
with much courage end confidence in re-
gard to the work that is being. accom-
plished. She felt the increase in the
number of the Chinese who had become
Christianized had come largely through
the helping work of the dispensary.
which accomplished for the Chinese such
wonderful results.
Miss Morrill's account of her visit in
the country was very interesting, and
one of the most pathetic things she told
was of one of the women, who said
''This must be important doctrine, for
the foreign women to come down here in
the cold of winter to teach u.s. The
story Miss Morrill, told of her last Sun
day in China was quite inspiring, when
she so sweetly spoke Of the effort she was
Obliged to make to supply the place of
the ''Pastor Man." who was unavoidably
delayed.
The communion service that day Miss
Morrill, felt was as Christ would have
wished it to be, in the spirit of devotion
and sincerity.
The meeting closed with singing
"Praise God from Whom All Blessings
Flow and the testimony of the dele
gates and the missionary must have been
very snplelesOuOiJ w pAO 'AOiuUoIS Ol the
Missionary Union here.
DEAD IN HIS FLOAT,
:. Bath, November 15.-Frank Williams of
Bath was found dead Monday forenoon in
his cunning float few miles below
Bath. When found by a boatman the
float was drifting and a portion of
Williams body was hanging over the side
of the boat, with his head In the water.
Williams was subjected to fits, and it is
supposed he was taken with one which
accounts for the position he was in. He
left home early in tho day on a bird hunt
ing trip. He was forty years old and n
married.