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

church Of God marches on to not only
assured, but to immediate victory.
Let US advance said Neesima. This
we have been vainly trying to do. Or
our knees he added. This let us ear
nestly attempt, Then shall there come 8
tide too deep for sound or foam which
shall bear us into the very presence OF
God, and the millennium will have
dawned."
Many valuable suggestions were
brought out on these topics by different
speakers, and the conference was con-
sidered very successful.
An interesting letter from Mrs. Ed
ward Hume, of Bombay, was read In
which she expressed much pleasure in
the gifts which she had received from
the homeland but there was a tone of
great anxiety and sadness as she re-
ferred to the fresh outbreak Of the
plague.
A very impressive devotional service,
| led by Miss Hinsdale, closed the morn
, ing session.
| Luncheon was served in the chapel to
more than three hundred guests, and a
very enjoyable hour was spent in social
| intercourse
| The hymn. Worship the Lord In the
beauty Of holiness" opened the afternoon
session The report of the treasurer,
Miss TWlning, followed.
The total receipts for the pledged
work and contingent expenses of the
Branch are S14335,4s, which shows de-
felt of S975,77. A gift of 81 900 in stock
of the Boston Electric Light company
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New Haven, towards the permanent
fund Of the Branch, the interest Of
which is used to carry on the part of the
work at home
gift of $1,000 the first Of it's kind
ever received by the Branch, was from
donor whose name is withheld, and
was intended to be passed over to the
Woman's Board of Missions, to help re-
move the pressure which exists for many
needs In various mission stations which.
are not provided for by the ordinary re-
ceipts from the branches.
A legacy of $1,000 from Mrs. Amelia
A. Leonard. formerly a missionary in
Turkey was also designed for the extra
calls upon the Woman's Board.
These two last, deducting the state tax
on the legacy, makes the total receipts
in money $1s,S12.24. Remarking on the
condition of the treasury, the treasurer
said. Though we may rejoice that a
great lift to the general work has been
permitted to come through our Branch,
our hearts are to-day oppressed with
sadness. The receipts for the pledged
work of the Branch-the work we are
pledged to support-are $975.77 short of
the sum needed, and that much less
than the receipts of last year. This sum
we have yet to raise. One Of our socie-
ties hearing of this deficit, sent six dol
lars more at once. Another, not a
strong society either. learning through
Life and Light of the present deficit
in the treasury of the Woman's Board,
sent an additional ten dollars A spirit
like this moving in the heart of each
one of us would soon wipe out this de-
felt of $975,77, large as it Is. Shall we
do this. or shall the New Haven Branch
make the deficit of the w. b. M. $1,000?
Six societies have sent their usual sum,
fifty-two have increased their contribu-
tons and sixty-five have fallen off in
sums varying from fifty cents to fifty
dollars. Five small societies are as yet
not htard from. The amount of the
thank offering is $7s1.33 The Cradle
Roll department is the only one which
has increased, but the gain here is quite
marked"
Miss Daggett, the president, added q
few earnest words expressing great re-
greet over the deficit reported by the
treasurer, and urging that persistent
effort be made to raise the $1,000 before
the Branch report is printed. She asked
that one hundred women would pledge
themselves to collect $40 each, that the
amount may be easily secured.
Miss Prudden. secretary for the junior
presented the following pa
per on Expansion:
Expansion is a live issue to-day. |
We might differ in opinion If we were to |
discuss 1t politically, but we trust we
shall arouse no disagreement in using /
the current phrase to indicate live is
sue in our Junior department. Our ques-
ton is not one of expansion of territory;
there is neither need or call to the New
Haven Branch to step outside of the
four western counties of Connecticut in
Its work. There is no imperialism about
1t, for we do not think the young people
in our churches need to be taught that
foreign missions are the only Christian
What we need is the expan-
sion of life principle in ourselves. AS
The plant expands into bud and flower
because of the life within, so each young
heart that takes into itself the life of the
Christ, who came not to be ministered
into, but to minister" should expand
Under that life principle to a readiness
% give time and money and prayer for
he needs Of suffering world.
When we were organized, twenty
light years ago. as a Branch of the w.
3. M. one Of the vital working ideas,
Ind one which we have never heard any
me say was not within woman's legiti-
nate sphere, was that we were to edu-
ate the children into that conception of
that believes that Christ
lied for the whole world. 1t is largely
lue to the steady growth and mainte-
lance of this idea that we have our jun
or department to-day with $50 channels
# influence. Many of these are Chris
ian Endeavor contributing societies,
nd not definite missionary organiza-
ions, but did you notice the testimony
f some new societies reported from the I
ounties this morning." A new world
las opened before them in the study of I
mission fields That is the expansion in ;
ino ted iyr to, IL, 4 l,rI