The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-05
IN THE MISSION FIELD
MINNESOTA BRANCH OF GENERAL
BOARD OF EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
HEARS REPORTS ON THE WORK

Annual Session Held in the Church
of ST. John-BishOp Gilbert Takes
Part, and Bishop Edsa1l, of North
Dakota, Delivers an Address-The
Condition of the Auxiliary Said to
Be Encouraging.
| The following officers were elected yes
terday at the session Of the diocesan
branch of the woman's auxiliary to the
general board of missions Of the Episco-
pal church, held at the church of st.
John the Evangelist;
President-Mrs. Hector Baxter, Mime
apolis.
Bronson, New York.
First Vice President-Mrs. William B.
Folds, Minneapolis.
Second Vice President-MrS. Denis FOL
lett, st. Paul,
Third Vice President-Mrs. Frost. Vino
! ma.
! Secretary and Treasurer-Mrs. Judson
| Wade Bishop, st. Paul.
Mrs. William B. Folds, Minneapolis,
acting president, presided at yesterdays
session with Mrs. Hector Baxter, secre-
tary, and Mrs. Denis Follett, recording
| secretary IOr the Qay.
Bishop Gilbert conducted the opening
services, at which holy communion was
celebrated.
In an interesting address Bishop
Samuel Cook Edsall of North Dakota,
presented the urgent needs of his own
field Of work in North Dakota not only
among the Indians, but also among the
white people in the reviving towns of the
state. He said that people were too
apt to neglect the missionary spirit in
their daily Christian life.
DR.. D. W. Rhodes, rector of st. Johns
church, welcomed the auxiliary and the
visiting clergymen present.
Over 200 delegates responded to the
roll call at the beginning of the business
session.
The roll call of parishes was responded
to as follows:
Minneapolis-Get II; Grace, s.;
st. Andrews, 3; Holy Trinity, z; st. Ans
garius, 4; st. Marks, 10; st. PauPs. 6; ST.
Montevideoa /; Northfeld. i; Red Wing,
4; RoehesterrY1; Rushford, |; Shakopee' J.
Good Shepherd, 8: Messiah, II; st. Glenn
ent's, II; St. James, A. St johns, 49 st.
Paul's, 8; ST. Peter, 9; st. Mary's. Of Mer-
stillwater s; White Bear Lake, 3; VIII
mar, 2; Breck school at Wilder, 1; St.
Boniface, 5; Iowa. l.
Mrs. Folds appointed the following COM
mittees:
of Minneapolis Mrs. Bass, of St. Paul.
TelIers for Mite Boxes-Mrs. Bingham
ana Mrs. Brown, of Minneapolis; Mrs.
and Mrs. Mayo Of St. Pa9i Mrs Meader
and Mrs. Weitzel, of Minneapolis, and
! Mrs Bronson, of Saltwater.
| On motion of Mrs. Hiram F. Stevens
a resolution of sympathy was formally
extended by the delegates to Mrs. Cath
cart, whose husband died Tuesday.
Former president of the auxiliary, Mrs.
Charles Bronson, now engaged in mis-
sionary work in New York city with
Sybil Carter. sent a letter assuring the
auxiliary of her constant interest in
it's welfare. The delegates rendered
vote of thanks to Mrs. Bronson for her
interest and for her twelve years of
faithful service as president OF the
auxiliary.
Luncheon was served in the guild room
by the following ladies of st. John
church: Mrs Moriland, Mrs. Lake, MRS.
Anton Shimonek, Mrs. Stewart l.. Moore,
bert. Mrs Brewer, Mrs. Olmstead, Mrs.
Keim, Mrs Bliss, Mrs. Maginnts, Mrs
Morton, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Pitts, Mrs.
]. w. Bishop, Mrs. Mcdonald and Mrs
Cary. They were assisted by the Misses
Myers, Pope Cary, Taylor, SchandreW,
Cook, Alice Roberts, Beardslee, Hopper
Durham, Wright, Lanpher, Theo. cary
Finch, Nina Badly Chapman, Edlth
Chapman, Pitts, Rossen, Church, Slpley
and Denegre.
The afternoon session, after the election
of o4icare was taken I'D with the read
ing of reports.
Mrs. Baxter read the secretary's report
"On the whole" she said, "the con-
dition of the auxiliary in our diocese Is
encouraging We have added to our list
the unorganized branches at Cokato, Hen
derson, LIE Seuer, Albert Lea, Blue
Earth, and new interest has been aWak-
ened in other parishes, as the financial
report shows. The sum total OF cash
given and boxes sent shows an increase
of s37OSS over that of last year. Mrs
Fold stated that in her report that Min
nesota has the reputation OF being Wen
orga nized, and among the first to advo-
cate and adopt all helpful methods OF
carrying on auxiliary work. She sald
that Mrs. Irving, the secretary Of the
| general auxiliary, had requested that
the women Of every parish see that the
! opening year of the twentieth century
| be celebrated by special meetings Of
prayer and thanksgiving for the marvel
Gus advance in the cause of missions
| during the past 100 years.
| Mrs. Baxter also read the treasurer S
report, which showed the receipts from
| the various dioceses in Minnesota to be
| s., 695S1. Of this st. Paul contributed
| S, 0S9 81 and Minneapolis $619.30.
The report of the junior auxiliary, read
! by Miss Katherine Slippy, of st. Paul,
| showed it's receipts to be $591.84.
The money received from mite boxes
amounted to $541 04, and the United offer
ing to $22S.47. The amount was divided
among foreign, domestic and diocesan
needs. Of the foreign mission fund it
| was decided to give $3.50 to keep up the
Bishop Whipple, Bishop Gilbert and Mrs.
| Brunson scholarships in China. The bal
ance will be sent to the general board.
Of the domestic fund, $500 will be sent
to Miss Sybi1 Carter for her missionary
! work In the East $50 to Rev. Geo. B.
Pratt, former Episcopal IN rector at
| Hastings now first missionary to Porto
Rico The balance will be sent to Mrs.
! Stevens; $500 of the diocesan portion will
be given to the Deaconess' home and the
balance will be given to Bishop Gilbert
to be used according to his discretion.
Miss Charlotte Folds, correspondent Of
| the Church Periodical club, reported that
2O3 magazines and 500 odd magazines had
been sent out during the current year.
OF the morning collection, sos was given
! to Bishop Edsall and the balance will be
devoted to the emergency fund.
The delegates rendered Miss Folds a
vote of thanks for her services as presid-
ing officer, and the ladies. of the church
for their courtesy in entertaining the
visiting delegates.
Yesterdays session closed with mis-
sionary service The full vested choir
Al
toned by Mr. E. G. Johnson. Rev. Dudley
! W Rhodes pastor of St Johns church,