Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-07


DAY-THE NIGHT SESSION-TO-
DAYS PROGRAMME.
The annual meeting, the twenty
second, of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society Of the Presbytery of
Washington, is being held in the First
Presbyterian Church. There is a very
large attendance of delegates, the as
semblage numbering about one hun
dred and fifty of the representative wo-
men workers in the church in this sec
ton. The ladies are being entertained
in various homes throughout the city
and every effort is being made to in
sure their comfort and pleasure while
in the city.
The meeting was called to order at
eleven o'clock yesterday morning, and
was opened with devotional exercises.
The address Of welcome on behalf of
the Presbyterian churches of this city
was made by Mrs. s.. L. Jepson. She
was listened to with marked attention
throughout. The reply was made by
Mrs. William Speer, of Washington,
Pa. Then Mrs Flora Williams sang
exquisitely open the Gates of the
Temple"
The President Of the Society is Mrs.
J. H. Snowden, Of Washington, Pa. The
other officers, nearly all of whom were
present, are: Vice presidents-NTs.
DR.. Speer, Washington, Pa. Mrs. W. F..
Hamilton, Washington. Pa: Mrs. Hen
ry Woods, Washington, Pa; Mrs. w.
E. Allen, Elm Grove; Mrs. E. J. PAUL,
Wellsburg; Mrs. J. N. Vance, Wheel
ing; Mrs L. Greer, Elm Grove; Mrs. j.
C. Hupp, Wheeling; Mrs. S. T. Mont
gomery Cameron; Mrs. R. R. Bigger,
Wheeling; Mrs. Matthew Rutherford,
Washington, Pa; Mrs. DR.. Jepson,
Wheeling; Mrs. C. L. Williams. Treas
urer, Miss J. W. Baird; presbyterial
secretary, Miss Martha Grayson; as
sistant secretary, Miss Christman; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. DR.. G. B.
Woods; secretary Of bands, Miss Kath-
crime Hayes; secretary of literature,
Miss Stockdale; secretaries of railroad
facilities, Mrs. Kelly and Miss Christ
man.
The secretary read the minutes of the
last meeting, which were approved.
The reports of officers constituted the
first and one of the most interesting
orders of business on the programme
for the day.
Miss Katherine Hayes presented re-
port of the work of the auxiliaries. 1t
showed these bodies to be in a pros
porous and growing condition and a
valuable help to the society. Miss
Hayes offered some suggestions with a
view to increasing the interest in, and
efficiency of, the auXiliaries.
A report of the medical work among
the foreign missions was read by Miss
Truesdall, and was very entertain
ing paper. She stated that although
medical work among the heather is
still in its embryonic stage, a great
deal of good has already been accom-
plished, especially among the lepers in
India.
Miss Lizzie Morgan, of Washington,
Pa, read the report Of Miss Speer on
the foreign correspondence. The paper
gave a great amount OF valuable and
interesting information pertaining to
the work of Outstanding the people
OF India and China. Reference was
also made to the missionary work in
Palestine and Syria.
The report on literature was read by
Miss Stockdale. She emphasized the i'm
portance of this department, and ad-
vised a more liberal patronage of mis-
sionary publications.
The President announced the ap-
pointment of the following regular
committees, namely:
Place of next meeting: Mrs. Austin
Vance Church; Mrs. Dougherty, Wash
ington, Pa; Mrs. Flack, East Buffalo.
Nominations of officers: Mrs. Car
yer, of West Liberty; Mrs. Blaney, of
Upper Buffalo; Mrs. Armstrong, Of
West Alexander
Resolutions: Miss Lizzie Morgan, Of
Washington; Mrs. Warden, Wellsburg;
Mrs. Allen, Elm Grove.
After the singing of the hymn,
Filing Out the Banner" a recess was
taken until o'clock. Luncheon was
served by the local committee in the
basement of the church, and was par
taken of with evident zest by the Wis
itors.
In the afternoon the devotional ex-
ercises were conducted by Miss Fannie
Noble. Miss Margaret Harvey contrib
uted a very pleasing vocal solo. The
Passing of the King" The roll call
OF the societies showed an excellent
representation, both as to numbers ard
ability
At $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon an
interesting meeting of the young people,
whose watchword is Onward" was
held and was presided over by Miss
katherine Hayes, Secretary of Bands.
Immediately after the call to order a
beautiful selection entitled Onward
and Upward" was rendered in a very
pleasing manner by a quintette com
posed of the following named young
ladies: Miss Mamie Cushing, Miss Lau-
"a Leonard, Miss Bessie McLane, Miss
Mary McCammon and Miss AIDA Nc
Lane. Miss Gertrude linn then re-
cited THE Children's Crusade in a
manner that elected considerable COM
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