The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-05
1885, q ~
WORK Of
MISSIONS
|Woman's Board
Goth Annual
Meeting.
GREAT RESULTS IN
THREE DECADES
Yearly Reports Show Healthy
Condition Of Affairs Inter
ing Historical Paper.

yesterday. morning anu dlleFHOOH SSS-
sions were held, while from IL until
1870 the yearly luncheon, which has
become one of the pleasant features OF
the occasion, was attended by large
number of Central Union Church. goers.
The meeting was presided over by Miss
Chamberlain, in place of Mrs. G. M
Hyde, the president, who is absent
from the islands
The reports of the various standing
committees were read in the morning
session. in which it was shown the
board during the past year has made
considerable progress in all branches
of it's missionary work. Following is
the order of exercises:
OPENING EXERCISES.
Minutes of May meeting, Recording
Secretary.
Report of Home Secretary.
Report of Foreign Corresponding Sec
rotary.
Rev. ]. A. Cluzan memorial read by
Mrs. j. NJ. Whitney.
Reports of Auxiliaries-First. Cleaners;
second, Lima KolSua; third, Paualu band.
Reports of Head of Departmental E.
Green, Hawaiian work; Mrs. F. w. Da-
mon, Chinese work.
| Music-Piano and song, Mrs. Peck.
| Mrs. A. V Soares, Portuguese Work
Mrs. o. H. Quick, japanese work.
Annual reports secretaries and treasur-
ers; report Recording Secretary.
| Report treasurer.
| Taking of collection, etc.
/ Nominal ting committee and election OF
officers.
| Lunch and recess, 1870 p. m
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| Music. girls of Chinese School.
/ Report of Committee on Appropria-
| tons.
Report Committee on Work for New
| Year.
Paper, History of Thirty Years. Mrs
r. w. Andrews. i
| Music, violin solo, Miss Woods
] Addresses from strangers.
| Resolution of thanks to committees.
| Hymn.
Benediction.
| The reports of the work performed by
Miss Green among the Hawaiians, and
of Mrs. Damon of work among the Chi
nese bore evidence of gratifying prog
ress. Mrs. Dillingham;, the treasurer
reported the finances of the board ir
excellent shape. The total receipts fol
the year had been 81, 2S2.SO. One thous-
and six hundred and seventy-four dol
lars and eighty cents in outstanding
bills had been paid, leaving net bal
ance of s6OS in her hands
A beautiful memorial from Rev. j
A. CruZan of Hilo upon the death OF
Mrs. F. a. Lyman, was read by Mrs
Whitney, and resolutions of sympathy
were passed by the board
| The election of officers for the yeal
resulted as follows: President Mrs
| c. NJ Hyde; vice-presidents, Mrs. S. E
Bishop Mrs. w NJ Kincaid, Mis-.
Chamberlain, Mrs. Theodore Richards
recording secretary. Miss Shelley: for
eign corresponding secretary Mrs. G
n. Dickey; home corresponding secre-
| tary, Mrs. Nellie Lowrey Moore; treas
urer. Mrs. E. l.. Dillingham;.
The principal feature of the afternoon
session was the<reading of Mrs. r. w
Andrews paper on the History of the
Past Thirty Years, which gave an ex
cellent resume of all the work done by
the beard since it's organization. 4
number of strangers also gave brie
talks upon mission and educationa
work in the cities whence they come
| Among these were Mrs. Zabriskie o
Flatbush. N. z; Mrs. Pratt. a northern
| lady who is interested in the educa
tional work among the mountaineers O.
the Southern States, and Mrs. Owen o
Chicago.
| The luncheon was served in the par,
| lors of the church.
4 aIaY. Of fol
and decorated with vases of bright
colored flowers Ladies and young girl.
of the church waited upon the tables
Mrs. Andrew Fuller was in charge o
the luncheon, assisted by Mrs E. A
Case, Mrs c. H. Atherton, Mrs. JOIN
Patty. Mrs. C. Damon, Mrs. McChesney
The paper read by Mrs. Andrews il
as follows:
! airty years history of our Won
ans lard must be brief indeed, to b.
! tolG the few minutes allotted to i
OF It's busy, joyous anniversary day
1t must b a mere sketch-a bird's-ey,
curing. ~ principal deeds done. mo
tives apsi matters mentioned, ant
causes Of Nrogress given.
+ That tbs little band of women gath
cred in payer in an upper room il
the old Fort Street Church, on July 6
| 1871, was. an earnest, concentrated
company. They felt it borne in upor
them that here, in Honolulu, SHOULD
be and must be such an organizat ior
as mad been established in Bostor
three years before. Mrs. Bingham, whs
was about to leave for Micronesia. ex
planned her earnest and long-cherishet
plans; and Mrs. Snow, returning from
a rest in .S'nerica after sixteen year.
OF Tabor a. Nusaia and the Marshal
Islands, pisaded eloquently, with tears
that the sisters should form an organ
lied band to which the missionarie.
might look for aid and sympathy Tw,
days later another meeting was helt
at the residence of Mrs. Lowell Smith
who had not been at the first meet
ing. Mrs. Smith hesitated before tax
| ing hold of the enterprise, for looking