The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-23
TO DISCUSS MISSIONS
Philadelphia Branch Of the
Women's Foreign Mis-
sinnary Society.
PROGRAMME or TWO DAYS SESSIONS
Papers, Addresses and Confer
ences Among The
Churches.

The tWensy-eighth annual assembly of
the Philadelphia Branch of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the Presby-
terrain Church is to be held in the old
Third Presbyterian Church, Trenton, on
Wednesday and Thursday Of next week.
The Philadelphia Branch is one OF the
seven subdivisions of the society. 1t in
cludes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ten
nessee. Ohio and the District Of Columbia,
embracing five synods, as follows:-Baiti-
more. with 8 presbyteries and 1s
chruches; New Jersey, 9 p~resbyteries, $50
churches; Ohio. II presbyteries. 646
churches, Pennsylvania, Is ~presbyteries,
1,217 churches; Tennessee, 8 ~presbyteries,
SO churches. making q total of 81 preshy-
teries ard 2.429 churches. Each presby-
terial society is entitled to a delegate, as
are also the Individual church societies,
the young peoples societies and the mis-
sion bands.
The Board Of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church commits a certain
portion of its work to the women, h
last year raised for foreign missions
$500. COG, of which sls4,ooo was given by
the Philadelphia Society. The officers of
the society are:-Prasident, Mrs. Charles
p. Turner; Treasurer, Mrs. Julia NJ. Fish
burn. The headquarters are in the
Witherspoon Building. Philadelphia.
The exercises will begin on Tuesday
evening with a prayer and praise meeting
lsd by Airs. James Roberts, of Lambert
vile. This will be followed by a social
hour.
o., yx-odpccIav- mounting at feo O'clock
Miss Mary S. Gummere viii welcome the
delegates in behalf of the Presbyterian
churches of Trenton, and the response
will be made by the President, Mrs.
Charles P. Turner. The Treasurer, Mrs.
j. NJ. F%ishburn. will present her annual
report; the home secretaries will report
through Mrs. A. R. Perkins, and missions
aries win make addresses.
There viii be two addresses, "our Chris
tian Sisters Of India by Miss Emma
Donaidson; 1.-THE Women Of Shan-Tung,"
by Mrs. w. b. Hamilton, and a conference
on young peoples work, led by Mrs. e. B.
Weitzel.
On Wednesday evening there will be two
addresses by the Rev. DR.. Arthur J.
Brown, Secretary of the Board Of Foreign
Missions, and the Rev. DR.. ]. G. r.
Ewing, President of the Christian Col
lege, Lahore, India, on "India's Need and
Hope
On Thursday morning there will be a
conference Of Synodical and ~Presbyterial
officers, led by Mrs. William Waters, fol-
lowed by a devotional meeting. led by
Mrs. Gerald f. Dale. Jr. Two addresses
will follow. on "Glimpses of Brazil and
the Work There by Miss M. F. Das-
comb, and on why Support Christian
Schools in Japan" by Miss Anna X. Da-
Wis, and two papers, Observation-Disclosures
ence,y by Miss Emma L. Burnett, and
Observation-Disclosures by Mrs. S. c.. Per-
kins.
At the Afternoon session the committee
will report. Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe will
give an address on Somebody Else"
which vii be followed by an address or
IN School and Out, in Syria" by Miss
E. M. Law. Miss Annie r. Morton will
give an account of work in Ning-Po, and
Mrs. Robert e. Speer will give a descrip-
tion of woman's work as she saw it in
Persia.
On Thursday evening there will be adj
dresses by the Rev. James S. Gale on
Work in Corea" and by Luther D. Wish
ard on "a Message from the Volunteers.
Mrs. David Warman is chairman OF the
ccmrnittee having the Arrangements for
the meeting in charge. Mrs. William S.
Voorhees, is secretary and Miss Emma
CASTOR is treasurer.