The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-11-09
HOME MISSIONS.
p.aventioa OF the w. n. IA. $. at Pine
street Church.

The District Conventional the women's
Home Missionary Society was held yester.
aay afternoon and evening at the Pine
street Me thodist church and this after
noon and tonight viii be held the session
Of the women's Foreign Missionary So
siety at the Chestnut street church. The
attendance yesterday afternoon was very
large and both sessions were made very
Interesting. The afternoon session COM
menced with devotional half hour led
by Hrs G. q. whidden, singing by the
congregation and prayer by Rev. L. :.
J. McAllistsr. Mrs. +. j. Clark then
delivered an address OF welcome and the
response was made by AIRS. W. 5. Bo-
ward. Mrs. L. o. Thayer then presented
the secretary's report of the last meeting
which was held in Biddeford last year.
Then came the reports OF the delegates
from the auxiliary societies including
th5ss from the Chestnut street, Pine
street, Congress street, Pieasantdais,
woodfords, Westbrook, Gorham, Saco,
Biddefurd. kennebunk and York
churches. These reports told In general
way OF the work which each auxiliary has
been doing during the rast year. Mrs.
J. Ii. Bounds then sang solo and this
was followed by b paper on the general
work OF the society by Mrs. Thayer. MISS
Lund gave five minutes talk ON the oea-
coness work In Boston, which was very
instructive. Mrs. kimball followed with
a report ON the Chicago convention. she
said that at the national meeting OF the
society there were 1U2 delegates present,
repI esenting IS churches. The report took
up the proceedings Of each day of the con-
yention which lasted a week. The alter
noon programme came to on END with
solo by Miss Edith Piper.
Al the evening paper there was
PRAYER by Kew G. A. Terhune and leo
fare by Mrs. Evangeline Gallagher of Au-
burndale, Mass, on "Bright Spots In
Dark Places She told OF the work OF
the Home Missionary society in the big
cities and In the south, giving detailed
account of the immigrants rescue mis-
sions in Boston aud New York. She told
of the good work tn ese missions were do
ing in the rescue OF women who are
landed here by the big steamship COM
panies as immigrants and OF the many
cases In which the devoted band at these
rescue missions had been able to save the
women from the pits which had bsen dug
for them by INSCRIPTIONS persons. Then
she went into the South and told OF the
work which Is being done among the me-
Rroes. The lecture was illustrated with
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good idea OF the homes which have been
built for this work in the southern
States They also showed the condition
of the negro before they were brought
under the influence OF these homes and
how their condition was improved by
contact with them. These things were
brought out very plainly by series of
Interesting photographs Mrs. Gallagher
is fluent speaker ard thoroughly con-
versant with her subject. She spoke to
an audience which completely filled the
church and which seemed to fully appre-
ciate all that was said. The evening came
TO an end with solo by Mrs. j. III.
Bounds.
The programme for today at Chestnut
street church is as follows:
Afternoon, 3 90 p, m Singing; devo-
tional exercises, Mrs. Q. A. 1erhune;
address OF welcome, Mrs. Luther Free
man; response, Mrs. II. A. Clifford;
business: solo, Mrs, j. IL. Bounds;
branch report, Mrs. Ella q. Turner; song
In Tamil, Sooroonagam Animal; collec'
ton; report of executive committee, Mrs
W. s. Bovard.
Evening, z 80 p. m.-Singing, congre-
CATION; devotional exercises Kew. Luther
Freeman; solo, Mrs j. II. Bounds; bap-
tismal hmyn, Sooboouagam Animal; ool-
lection; address, Miss Grace stephens;
benediction.