The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-28
MISSIONARY WOMEN.
TWenty-eighth Annual AS
sembly Of the Presby-
Il terian Foreign
Society.
JERSEY CRY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE
twenty Missionaries Tell Of Their.
Work Abroad Reports From
All Parts of the Field.
JERSEY CRY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE
Special to s.The Jersey city News"

| tlEANION. April 20, lcJo.-lAS SiAt
eighth annual assembly Of the Wcman's
Foreign Missionary Society Of the Presby-
| terrain Church was held in this city yes
terday. Delegates were present from
thirty Presbyteries and twenty mission
| aries from all parts of the world were In
attendance.
The morning session began at ten a.
M. The church was full, and chairs
| were brought in from the chapel. The
President, Mrs. G.. p. Turner, presided,
| and announced the opening hymn, Come
Thou Almighty Cod" which was sung
with a will. The Scripture lesson was
| read by Mrs. d. r. Posey of Philadelphia:
! Micah, iv: II. Prayer was offered by
Miss A. NJ. Carter of Newark. The adj
dress of welcome, on behalf of the la
| dies of the churches of Trenton, was CIV
en- by Miss Mary S. m It was
short, clear cut and delivered In a dis
tinct voice. The address was as fol-
lows
Madame President, Officers of the Phil
adelphia Society, Missionaries and Dele
gateseThe part assigned to me at this
convention is a very pleasant one. II Is
to speak the word Of welcome to you all.
on behalf of the ladies of Trenton and
vicinity. Sixteen years ago you as the
parent society met here in Trenton. How
many are here today who were present
then of course we have no means or
moving Doubtless many have gone to
their eternal home. The society has been
so enlarged that there are now seven So
cieties where sixteen years ago was one.
sIt is nine years since you have hon
ored New jersey with your presence.
We pray you 30 not let so long an m
term pass before you visit our Httie STATE
again. The Bible ~enjoins on us the grace
of hospitality, telling US il We throw open
our homes we will entertain angels un-
awares.' In this instance we kno" We We
you before; therefore. we say, welcome
welcome. thrice welcome"
Mrs. C. p. Turner, the president, re-
sponded in a happy manner. she called
attention to the fact hat when the So
ciety met here sixteen years ago II repre-.
scented all the foreign mission activity OF
the aides of the Presbyterian Cnurcn'
whereas now there are seven societies.
But this meeting was for the purpose OF
hearing and speaking about the spiritual
conquests across the sea. IniS IS a con-
%tinuation of the work begun in the TAR
den of the Sepulchre. An interesting con-
trast was afforded by a COMPARISON OIL
the statistics of the society's work SIX
teen years 6 and those OF tooay. Inc
speaker referred briefly to some OF the
advances in woman's work. Sixteen years
ago at one of the sessions special proml-
nence was given to the need OF getting
more women in the churches TO. take an
active part in the conduct of the deyo-
tional exercises. She felt that that prayer
had been answered.
Is The programme this year was arranged
on a somewhat different basis than in for
mer years. There were those who Wisned
to give the missionaries as much time as
possible in the convention, ana there were
Others also who felt hat the important
thing was to hear about the various
methods of work. The programme COM
biues the two ideas.
The report of the Trea sureT, Mrs. j. ".
Fishburn, was then presented by Mrs. =.
g.. Comegys, Jr.. of Philadelphia. The to-
tai receipts for the year were sl5o 4S4 I
This is the largest amount ever received
in any one year by this society," The re-
ceipts last year were $134 ss1. Is. The in
crease is in part due to the contribution
Of the young peoples s9eieties, Ms wors
Board this year.
There is another encouraging feature
in the years work in that the receipts
portion Of the mon coming from. the liv-
ing. The actual increase for the year
was about $4,000. In 1881 the receipts
were nearly as large, but this was due to
The report Of the Home Secretaries fol-
lowed.
les have been reported. OF these, New
Jersey furnished two. There are now
1,49G auxiliaries.
The total number of bands is 1,G22, with
a membership of about 21.a20.
The financial barometer has risen, not
w-ithstanding the war clouds which have
overshadowed this land. Could our be-
loved land be as patriotic toward the
Heavenly Kingdom LII as loyal to the
King rs these past weeks have proved
us~tc he to our w nation and ollr hon
laid in a day for The salvation of the lost
world at the feet CT the Great God our
King?
The following table gathers i'm brief
space important information with regard
to the work of the society:-
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Of the Presbyterian Church. organized
lsIo; TERRITORY synods o Ct At p = B q IL
Tofal receipts May /, 1897, 10 May /.
1898. $155. 4S4. 73.
Tome Department.
Synodical societies
Presbyterian societies .......-....... 52
Auxiliary societies ................ 1876
Bands and Sabbath schools ............ 1,022
f.. + :. 8 Il. and INTERMEDIATE. S5a
Foreign Observation-Disclosures Africa.
China. Chinese and Japanese in Cali
fornia. India. Japan. Korea. Siam and
Laos Mexico, Persia, South America,
Syria
y . - 49, Wt v
Missionaries under appointments. 2
Bible readers and teaehers ......... 105
Day schools 146
Boarding schools IS
Medical missionaries in the field...... IL
Medical missionaries in college and
hospital ............ .....-.-.... 5
Missionaries supported by Y. F. s.
y. E..+-....4 ...- ..t.-..- ~
Wonan's Work for Woman, subscrip-
lions, $17.083.
Over Sea and Land, $16.31o.
The presentation of the missionaries.
by Mrs. w. ii. Danielson, was an inter-
estfng feature of the mornings session
Each was invited to speak briefly upon
the most hopeful form of mission work.
The following ladies' were then intro
duee1:zMrs. w. B. Hamilton of Gilman
fu, West Shantung. China; Miss Annie
r. Morton, of Ningpo, Central China;
Mrs. John Wherry. of Picking, China;
Mrs. James M. Alexander. Of Allahabad,
India; Miss Emma Donaldson, Of Dehra,
India; Mrs. j. Harris Orbison, of Lahore.
India; Miss Harriet A. Savage. OF Dehra,
India; Mrs. +. G.. Wilder and Miss Grace
E. Wilder, of Koihapur, India; Mrs. 2.
d. Wyckoff. of India; Miss Ann K.
Davis. of Tokyo, Japan; Mrs. James G.
Hepburn. of Yokohama, Japan; Mrs. ].
f EnEAran parcfa4 Miss