New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-20
GATHERED IN CONVENTION.
MINNEAPOLIS THE SCENE OF A Ma
TIONAL MISSIONARY SESSION
now A woMAx.s SOCIETY HAS GROWN AND PROS

now A woMAN's SOCIETY HAS GROWN AND PROS
PERED IN SEVENTEEN YEARS AND CARRIED
THE GOSPEL TO MILLIONS.
In Minneapolis yesterday a notable gathering OF
women took place at the Wesley Methodist Epis-
copal Church They went to open the seventeenth
annual convention Of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church. which will continue eight days, and at
which prominent workers from all parts Of the
country will be in attendance.
The morning and afternoon sessions were oc-
cupled with reports from the department officers
and the evening meeting addresses were made
by prominent members OF the organization.
The sessions were enlivened with music given
under the direction Of Mrs. Sumner Couch ana
the address OF welcome was made by Mayor
Pratt The Rex Jabez Brooks offered welcome
on behalf OF Wesley Church. and Mrs. Matthew
s Hughes the wife Of the pastor, spoke for the
women who opened their doors for the enter
talnment Of visitors II was decided that
luncheon viii be served every day in wesley
dining-room TO the delegates. pastors or churches
and their wives. and that a little social re-
taxation a reception will take place next Satur-
day evening the home Of Mrs. c. H. Harrison
Several drives around tire suburbs Will be taken
by the women as the guests Of the Mayor OF the
city
The anniversary meeting OF the society Will be
held next Sunday evening, and the leading address
will be made by Mrs. W. c. Heron. OF Cincin-
natl. chairman Of the Business Committee
HOW THE SOCIETY BEGAN.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society had It's
beginning seventeen years in Cincinnati
ono Of its founders being Mrs. r. s Rust
who has promised be present some time our
ing the convention and deliver an address Inc
tho Frcedmcn's Aid Society and the first money
contributed TO the work was y soI p'r 80. 10y
the mother of Bishop Gilbert IiaNen Inc money
contributed during 1861 was 1s22l6. while sup
plies sent TO the missonarIes amonheu ;soed
The membership OF the ORGANIZATION mas M "a
to more than seyenty-hvc thousand women, a an 4
+ collected and distributed $4,000 in supplies ana
/ Last year there eighty-hv missionaries IN
tho dcIj and lSj dcacon-sses at work or in train
J irg There we're thirteen schools Of academic
! migrant homes twenty deaconesses homes three
/ orphanages 4 National training schoo! Tor dea
Cincinnati and { hicago for city mission work and
home for missionaries and deaconesse - n
Ocean Grove. During the seventeen years more Una
two thousand girls have been trained IN me IN
fustral homes ana oyer e!fa ne lager classes
| trained i'm homes allied with the Freedmens Aid
society There are immigrant homes in New
indugtrai home in far-away Alaska. where the
The rest Of the world for months. without mail
or communication Of any kind, and where there Is
40 physician nearer tnan a thousand miles. ,s
The present Na5ionaI nresdetnt Of ,b the ae en
e MI 2n and re under her guidance tho
work has grown stronger and more prosperou,
eVert whore. DURING the conN"ht!oH S!lt " III
the guest Of Mrs g r. Thorpe II is largely Que
+ 10 Mrs Fiskes efforts that the American nag
/ spreads it's folds over 50 many OF the sociev
/ homes and schools for she II intensely patriotic.
Mrs. r. < Rust. tho general corresponding Sec
I rotary j. tho acknowledged l. ider, because OF
her wide knowledge aud experience and. though
her health has been impaired she is still an ardent
b worker 90, ,,...-
/ Mrs william Christie Heron. who will deliver
tho anniversary address next sunday evening Is
b prominent in club circles and well versed IN par
+ iiamontary usages For many years she has peeu
/ an earnest worker her principal duties being 10
place tho workers I'm the home mission n"IdS-
worker L. secretary Of the Bureau OF Deacon
/ csscs work and her assistant i Mrs II. \. Mnarn,
I of Buffalo Mrs. Robinson has the Oversight OF
all n the homes Of the society. 3nd X eSpt'lalE
Interested i'm tho National Training school and
Sib.y ETospitaI At Washington. where deaconesses
. md missionaries prepared fo- work. TIL PART
Of the work grow 70 b. such far-reachlng one
that Professor Henrietta \. Bancroft was APP
pointed lad secretary few months ago. MISS
= Bancroft has been a professor OF English Ian
gtiage and literature. and also preceptress on Al
bion College for five years. Bofor" that she oc-
/ ciipiod the place of dean II the Womans College
If the University Of Callto~n-i. 1ud preceding
mat sho was professor Of English At Cornell , oil
/ lece. Iowa. She l. grad lat" OF Michigan l NJ
y.rSlfv. and spent two years IN foreign STUDY IN
/ the universities e oxford. rasoury End Paris.
/ Miss Bancroft became much i'm rested IN
/ hon mission work that she obtained year :
I leave Of absence from her duties nj Albion 'Gl-
/ lge in Order 70 Civ her entire time and thought
10 the spreading ~ the good glad news
J There 4.c many other earnest women through
/ ont Tho country who nave aside other ambi-
fiors and more lucrative and honor bic plac'
when tho Gospel shall bee preached 10 all ma
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