The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

Shoemaker and Mss Elizabeth l.. Gray, of Philadelphia; Mrs. William Garry Bassett Northampton, and Miss Josephine NJ. Ches- ter Washington, D. C,
 A letter of salutation was read by the cor responding secretary, Mrs, II, l., Wayland, from Dr. Charles E. Greig, director of the mission At Paris.
 A cablegram was received from the sec retary of the mission at Paris, William Sol tau, announcing that deficit of S1o,OOO had been made up.
 pointments of committees as follows:
 Committee on resolulons-Mrs. Hudson Mrs. Stiles of Morrlstown, N, ], Committee on time and place of next meetlng-Mrs, Dlmock of Elizabeth, N. j., Mrs. Perkins of Philadelphia, Mrs. Barrett.
 Nominating oommittee-Mrs,, ". II. Bar, Kiss SSE 0 chester Ss% sFSSE of WEasSnston Mps read the pledge of the association, paper by !ys,rS Miss M A; Jordan of smith smith the mornings program.
 Mrs. Parkhurst, in closing the formal meeting, called for short Informal addresses and experiences of the delegates, Luncheon was served at 12:30 o'clock In the chapel, to the delegates and recep- tion of one hour was held in the chapel par lors by the officers and directors, from 1:30 to2:30.
 THE AFTERNOON SESSION,
 The afternoon session opened at 2;3o o'clock with devotional exercises. The af- ternoon was given up to receiving reports.
 The report of Miss Caroline Remington, the general secretary, showed great pros perity and dealt at length with the most satisfactory results from the large amount of literature which has been disseminated through the field during the past year.
 The report of Corresponding Secretary
 Mrs. Il. l. Wayland was then presented. It reviewed the progress of the association from the time of its Founding by MT. McAll, and commented in touching manner upon the death of the founder, MT, McAl and gave prominent mention to the various sue cesSeS of MT. Greig, who succeeded pr. Me All as the manager of the Paris work. Ar ter describing the silver anniversary cele- uary the report states that there are now | thirty-tve meeting places In Paris. The report is in part as follows. -Four years ago the McAll mission be- came Of age, but congratulations were soon checked by the tears that fell on the grave of the beloved founder of the work But q | man was ready for the occasion, equipped | ana trained. Dr. Greig devoted his talents, his learning, his culture, his whole conse. crated life to the cause, We have watched him preaching, teaching, administering, go- | ing without luXurieS and even comforts, | sparing neither himself nor others in his
 This year has brought the silver anniyer- sary, The 1Tth of January came on Sunday
 as did the 17th of January, 1872, when the | first humble hall was opened in Rue Julien
 Lacrox, and when twenty eight neighbors came in to hear the. English Friend who l wished to speak to them of the love of Je' sus Christ. In twenty-five years the one | room in shop at Belleville has been mul, | .ipled until there are thirty-fve places of
 meeting in Paris and its enyirons and near | ly fifty scattered throughout France and in Corsica"
 The report of the treasurer, Mrs. A. R. | Perkins of New Haven, showed that the | receipts from auxiliaries were unusually | large Of the Connecticut auxiliaries the
 following made ssn contributions Hartford ,af sg | New Haven S5S1 40, New London $36, Nor wich S433 14. Windsor Locks S228.10,
 The receipts during the year were S33I,- | 709,19 expenditures s35,S1023; balance S1,- | S9S.91 . A solo was rendered by Mrs. c, H. Vishno | of New Haven, after which reports from the auxlliaries were received. The afternoon session closed with an in l teresting paper on ''The Influence of the 1 Bible in the Work of the McAll Mission, T by Mrs. Isaac Miller of Plainfield, N. J.