The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-19
Meeting Of the WOman's Home
and Foreign Missionary SOci-
ETY. of the Presbytery Of Man
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The annual meeting of the Wo-
mans Home and Foreign Missionary
soeity of Mankato Presbytery VAS
held in the Presbyterian church If
this place on Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week. The following isfa
list of delegates and visitors attend
ing from out Of town:
Miss Rachel Irwin, Panhala, India;
Mrs. G. y. Van CIeve and Mrs. E. F.
Pomeroy, of Minneapolis; Mrs. L. j.
Taylor and Mrs. W. H. Budke, of
LIE Sueur; Mrs. j. Fl: Long, of Stay
ton; Mrs. j. 5. Pinney and Mrs. Nor
ris, of St. James; ltev. aEt: sir~. J.. Il.
Badger and Mrs. G.. JIl:.>..>l ts>.,y;
Mrs. Kennedy, of Amiret; Mrs. j. <.
Gourley and Mrs. j. H. Lease, OF
Window; Mrs. W. f. Bates and Miss
Carrie Miner, of Wiunebago City;
Mrs. A. Simonds, Mrs. VIM. Thorn,
Rev. and Mrs. j. e. Montman, Miss
DR.. Loretta }. Petit, Mrs. Barron,
Mrs. Petit aud Miss Petit, Of Rush
more; Mrs. j. ". Kcadc, Of Summit
Lake; Mrs. }. w. Johnson, Of La
verne; Mrs. W. T.. Finch, OF Beaver
J Creek; Mrs. Osborn and Mrs. w. A
Funk, of Mankato; Mrs. Sarah Neff
of Lake Crystal; Mrs. r. b. Abbot
| and Mrs. f. w. Lindsey, of Jackson
and Rev. &. S. Hays, of Chattfeld.
The meeting opened with devotion
al exercises at the church Tuesda,
l evening, and was followed by a re
r ception for the delegates at the HON
of Mrs. Geo. Dayton. Wednesday afte
. noon was occupied chiefly with tn
hearing of reports from the officer
and from the several local societies
= In the absence of th. president, Mrs
E. X. Cheadle, of Blue Earth City
the chair was occupied by the frs
, vice president, Mrs. Jones, of Tracy
5 Mrs. L. M. Bliss, of Worthingto
gave the address of welcome. In tn
afternoon besides the election {
officers, Mrs. R. B. Abbott, of Jack
son, gave very full and able repo,
of the recent meeting of the Board {
the Northwest at Minneapolis, an
a paper prepared by Miss Alice Far
3 of Mankato, on "The Students Vo
unteer Movement" was read by Mr.
8 Osborn. of the same place. Interest
ing addresses we're delivered by tn
+ venerable Mrs. G. o. Van Cleve, c
/, Minneapolis, and by returned miss
}, ionary from India, Rachel irwin
In the evening Miss Irwin delighte
a large audience of children with
spirited account of her life and wor
in India. After the children ha
been dismissed, the meeting was ad
dressed by Rev. Geo. S. Hays, c
Chatfeld, MIMI, who gave an interee
e ing description of the trials and en-
] couragements of missionary work i
t China where he labored for sever;
! years.
Il On Thursday morning the sam
! delegates convened as a Home Miss
+ ionary society with different set O
officers. Mrs. L. J. Taylor, of [
:, Sueur, presided and Mrs. w. F
i Budke, of the same place acted 6
)! secretary. As on the previous da.
reports were heard from the Officer
having charge of the various line
of work and from the delegates of til
local societies. Papers were read o
''The Y. P. S. G. E.-What is it d.
: ing?" by Mrs. W. A. Funk, of Mar
q kato, and ':The Mormons" by Mr.
8 W. F. Finch, of Beaver Creek. Mr.
s W. F. Bates, of Winnebago City, di'
J. cussed, in a lively and in terestin