The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-16
FOR FOREIGN FIELDS
METHODIST WOMEN REVIEW
THEIR YEARS WORK FOR THE
SAVING OF HEATHEN
THEIR SIXTEENTH ANNUAL

Drated with Three Services at
Central ParlszsM. e. Church Yes
terday-Miss wilma Rouse Tells
of the Missis.eee I'm China-six
Years of Work at Ku Cheng.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church will be
heid today and. tomorrow at the Central
Park NJ e. chufch.7 The society embraces
the Following conferences: North Dakota,
South Dakota, Minnesota, North Mime
sofa, North German, Northwest German
and Black Hills4t
The society celebrated anniversary Sun
day with three services at the Central
Park M b. church yesterday.
Cha1rmen of the committees having the
programme and entertainment in large
nave been announced as follows: General
committee Mrs. Longley; entertainment,
Mrs. Williams; reception, Mrs. Sabin;
courtesies, Mrs Turner; press, Miss Nor
rison; music, Miss Bollinger, and decora-
ton, Miss Quinby.
The occasion of yesterdays exercises
was the celebration of the sixteenth ami
versary of the establishment of the So
ciety in the Northwest.
The morning service opened with a love
feast, which was presided over by Mrs.
Frank Doran. After the Scriptural and
devotional exercises Miss Wilma Rouse.
returned Chinese missionary, delivered the
address of the morning upon the evangel-
istic work in the Orient, and particularly
that in the district of Ku Cheng.
Miss Rouse explained interestingly the
methods employed in the girls school
over which she has direct charge. The
girls are taught the elementary principles
OF domestic art and, as common
tary upon the benefit of such instruction,
the speaker made comparison between
the heather and the Christian home. An
other striking feature of the work in
China was the stability of the Chinese in
adhering to their faith A Chinaman
when once converted to the Christian reli
gion was ever a Christian and brought
many of his fellows to espouse the reli-
gion Of Christ
Miss Rouse told of some of the hard
ships which the missionaries were; com
PEELED to undergo in China and Of many
of her experiences during the six years
that she had been, employed at Ku Cheng
station. The massacre of 1895, in which
six missionaries lost their lives, was but
a short distance from the place where
Miss Rouse was at work, and she, with
her five assistants, narrowly escaped with
their lives - q
There was great poverty among the
people, as we'll as degeneracy Of morals,
and of necessity, but few of the comforts
of life for the missionaries. An impress
sion had become circulated abroad, the
speaker said & that missionaries had more
than the ordinary run of luXuries, but, to
the contrary, the real truth would reveal
a tale Of great hardship, privation and
self-sacrifice on the part Of the American
laborers in China's mission field.
The work since the massacre had been
very successful and some very visible
results had been accomplished In and
about Ku Cheng in Improving the condI-
ton of the native women; which all over
China is nothing short of deplorable, ex-
cept where the light. Of Christianity has
shed abroad it's elevating influence. 1t
had not been with ease that the Bible had
been taken to the. Chinese, as the precepts
of Copfucius. have become so firmly i'm
bedded in the Chinese nation that few
years work cannot recompehse for the
centuries that, the great empire has lived
in darkness. ~; l,cw
Miss Rouse stated that she expected to
return to her station some time next
year.
The afternoon was given UP to a meet
ing of the Junior leagues, with a talk by
Miss Rouse upon her work in China, made
doubly interesting by the exhibition of
Chinese vestments and all sorts of. curios
from the Orient. e10y -. So
Miss Sophie B1ackmore, the conference
missionary at Singapore, delivered an adj
dress at the evening meeting, telling in
a graphic manner of her work among the
heather in that part of the world. The
work among the women had been carried
on with the assistance Of the native work
ers in a very successful way. Funds had
not at all times been sufficiently plenti-
full as not to retard the work, but with all
the mission in Malaysia had prospered,
and the results lent encoura cement for
the future.
Today will be busy day with the So
ciety, as reports from all the standing
committees will be read, with reports from
delegates from each of the three states
represented at the gathering. Mrs. L. w.
Joyce will read her annual address, which
will be followed by reports from Mrs. G.
w Hall, treasurer; Mrs. S. c. Winchel
corresponding secretary; Miss Mabel
Martin, bureau of supplies; Mrs. A. j.
Thorne, mite boxes, and Miss Lillian
Quinby, Quarterly Review" Mrs. H M.
Longley, .on behalf of Minnesota, will
read a report of the progress made in this
state, and Mrs. M. G. Lands and Mrs. l..
v Hauser will report for North and
South Dakota, respectively.
At noon lunch will be served by the Ia
dies of the church The afternoon session
will be opened with devotional exercises
led by Miss NJ, Nicolaisen. Greetings will
be extended by sister churches, and re-
Spouse made by Mrs E. N. Wolever Miss
Washburn will read paper on Our
Young Women, PES and Miss L. NJ. Brooks
will discuss the social element in young
women's work, and the story of Mary
Ashton will be told by Miss Ida -Hillman.
A question-boxo meeting will be led by