The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-22
WOMEN NOT IDLE.
Holding Missionary Meetings i'm the
Assembly Room of the Inn.


Special to the indianapolis Journal
WINONA PARK, EAGLE LAKE, Ind,
May 21-The women are not entirely left
out of the proceedings at Winona, although
there are no women commissioners to the
assembly. The eighteenth annual meeting
of the womans executive committee of
Presbyterian Home Missions is being held
here in connection with the assembly, and
the session opened to-day. The meetings
are being held in the assembly room of the
Minnewawan Inn with Mrs. Darwin X.
James, of New York. presiding. A great
number of women are in attendance, but
some of them preferred to put in their
time at the session of the General Assem-
bly, in the big auditorium this morning.
Moderator Jackson told them he was
quested to announce the women's meeting
at the inn, and requested that they attend
their own meeting
The session opened with devotional
meeting, led by Mrs. ]. B. Kindall, of La
porte, president of the Indiana Synodical
Missionary Society. Mrs. d. nj. Cooper, of
Detroit, read the scripture, and prayer was
offered by Mrs. E. N. Barrett of Iowa City
The Rev. George f. McAfee, superintendent
of mission schools, reviewed the work of
the year. His report showed that there are
III mission schools among the Alaskans,
MeXicans, Mormons and mountain people
of the South. In these schools there are
sos teachers and over 5000 pupils.
Mrs. G. E. Coulter, of Philadelphia, read
the report of the freedmen's secretary and
Miss S. f. Lincoln the treasurers report.
She stated the receipts Of the year at $685.
S99.2O, and showed the debt of $l05,0O0, re-
ported one year ago to have been decreased
to $9,649. The mission property owned In
different fields by the board is valued at
Mrs. F. H. Pierson. of New York, corre-
spending secretary of the organization, re-
"A owl ~ fIaG agar
Her report showed total membership of
10000, distributed among 2S synodical 2l4
presbyterial and over 1000 local societies.
Short talks on mission subjects Were lis
tened to from Mrs. G. r. Sullivan Miss
Carolyn Sullivan, Mrs Phoebe Riddell, Miss
Anna NJ Sheets and Rev. Sheldon Jackson.
In the afternoon Mrs. Darwin r. James
read the presidents annual address, and
Miss NJ. K. Jones made a report on young
peoples work. During the year there has
been received from societies of Christian
Endeavor $241S9.SS and from Sunday schools
$l9.557.26.
Finks, editor of the Home Mission Monthly
and Mrs. II. p. Merriman editor the Chill
dren's Magazine. Miss Lydia A. Hays. Mrs.
respectively, Of work among the Mexicans,
freedmen and mountaineers. Henry G.
Olin treasurer of the board of home mis-
sions, offered the closings words and
prayer.
The woman's executive committee, which
would more properly be called the woman's
board of home missions, Is the largest gath
ering of women in the country The terri
tory covered by it is cc-extensive with that
of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States. 1t has charge of all home mission
educational work What is now technically
known as the board of home missions has
charge of the evangelistic work and the
support Of home mission schools
The next meeting of the committee will
be held next Tuesday. when officers will be
elected
The woman's foreign missionary meeting
will take place at the Minnewawau Inn
next Monday, with Mrs. III. H. Forsyth pre-
siding Representative women of the seven
womens boards and a large number of mis-
sionaries viii be present and take part