The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-13

ourselves very fortunate to have secured
as successors in both instances thoS
who have been elsewhere identified will
missionary work.
For many years there was Away
present at our annual meetings one who
as vice-president of southern Middlesel
county, was one of our active co-labor
A. w. Hazen writes
"In the winter the summons came tt
one of our early friends. Let us stol
one minute in our hurry to meet the
present demands and lay a palm branch
on her grave She gave her best and ha
met the verdict, Well done; enter thou
into the joy of thy Lord
AT It's organization the Woman's
Board of Foreign Missions found in Mrs
Mccall an intelligent, consecrated work
er. The daughter of missionary, she
seemed to inherit the spirit and under
standing of the work. The New Haven
Branch appointed her one of it's first
county vice-presidents, and in this ca
| pacity she served seventeen years, only
dropping the work as her husbands long
and painful illness demanded her whole
| time. Though she passed through the
deep waters of affliction her spirit never
| tagged.
Tier painstalzing care for details, her
persistent effort in her own church and
| in the county laid the foundation on
which we are now building, and as
much as in her lay she was faithful to
the end "
Others here and there throughout the
Branch have laid down the work here
and passed on to higher service Have
their places yet been filed by new work
ers, that the work they loved may still
go on?"
The years work in our counties was
presented by one vice president from
each county. Mrs. Choate, of Green
witch, gave the following report from
Fairfield county:
In the northern division of Fairfield
county two societies have sustained
great loss, in that the minister has re-
moved to another parish, taking with
him his WIFE who counted for many wo-
men in the missionary society.
By distributing the cent-a- dayton
month envelopes in one auxiliary ten
new members were enrolled. One small
society doubled the subscriptions for
Life and Light" several others have
made special efforts in that direction.
When a report of the year was asked
for, from one society came a complete
record of the eleven meetings of the year
copied from the secr5tarys book. 1t
proved very interesting reading, showing
I, 1f,,l Tlao
of December prevented the monthly
meeting, and in January it was held
later than usual on account of severe
cold. Besides the regular annual thank
offering, a mite-boX is presented at each
meeting to catch stray pennies. One or
two societies have been kept from disap-
pearing by the presence of some foreign
worker among them. The treasury has
not been increased throughout the sec
ton, although much effort has been
made to prevent it's dropping behind.
In the Bridgeport division, as only I'M
ion meetings are held there can be no
report from individual auxiliaries the
attendance from each and the contri-
buttons remaining about the same. The
numbers at our monthly meetings have
on the whole increased over last year,
but there is general feeling that, while
these meetings are interesting, they do
not increase the Christian zeal of our Ia
dies, and the question of disseminating
them and substituting individual auxili-
ary meetings is to be brought up at our
next executive meeting-a hopeful sign. |
In the southern division of the county
Darien reports that the annual public |.
L. ;,,
vember. A brief history of the organi-
cation was given, dwelling mostly on the |
sainted officers and members who had |
left them. This was suggested by the I
sudden death of Mrs. Austin, who had .
been their president for thirteen years,
In Greenwich the meeting in July was
under the charge of young ladies who
had returned from college. Mission
work at Smith, Oberlin and Mt Holyoke
was reported. One member has placed
her copy Of Life and Light" on the ta-
BILE in the readng-room of the Public
library; another has added hers to the
magazines in circulation in a club. A
feeble folk who dwell among the hills
North Stamford observed April II, the
lay of prayer, and each member at the
meeting prayed. An example worthy to
De followed. Norwalk continues printed
programmes. They find a social hour,
With tea and waters, after the meeting
very helpful Larger attendance, great
n interest. increased collections. In
stamford occasional letters and papers
Ire received from members who have
moved away and joined other auxilia-
les. Possibly there is a suggestion here
or other societies.
JUNIOR DEPARTMENT.
In looking over the reports of the :
ears work among the young people we
ind much to encourage. One secretary
writes, 1.-The interest in missions deepens
very week" Another says "the enthu ]
iastic interest of these girls is wonder
I'll; foreign missions open up new {
world to them" We are delighted to
nd that many of the circles are trying
0 know personally our missionaries;
ONE have written to Mrs. Logan, Mrs, ]
,aton and Miss Chaplin and received {
interesting letters from
hese workers. One circle has received {
rom Mrs. Logan her journal" which /
to be passed around among the neigh {
oring circles. More work with fingers +
as been accomplished this year than {
ny previous one: love for the work c
esks expression in this way. One circle t
,ade ninety sunbonnets and sold them =
} increase their offerings. One busy wo t