The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-09
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|Intoxicants Bar Worlds
Redemption.
BELIEF OF A MISSIONARY
Meeting Yesterday of the Woman's
Board of Missions at Central
Union.

| The Woman's Board of Missions held
| its regular monthly meeting yesterday
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock in the parlors
of Central Union church. There was a
large number present and the meeting
was very enthusiastic.
passage from a chapter of Joshua and
made a few earnest remarks, and after
a few hymns and prayer, reports were
received from the various departments.
These showed excellent progress in
missionary work in different lines.
| Miss Malone, representing the Ha-
waiian department at Wailuku, report
| ed the cottage settlement at that place
as being fairly under way and outlined
the plans for the institution. There is
| to be kindergarten, comfortable club
rooms, a reading room and library and
an Industrial school in addition to the
regular church and Sunday school ac-
Icommodations.
Miss Weaver read an interesting pa
per on Literature of the Church and
"a report of the work done among the
Portuguese was given. Mrs. Hyde then,
in few graceful words, introduced
Miss Jessie Alderman, round-the-
world missionary.
Miss Alderman responded with an in
teresting impromptu talk, touching on
personal experiences she had met with
in her travels, describing her visit to
the King of Siam and the palatial priS-
ons of the Zenania women in India.
She wildly pictured the weary life of
the shut-in women and appealed ur-
gently to the Board of Missions to give
much thought to foreign work. Follow
ing this Miss Alderman spoke with
great earnestness upon the drink evil
and the great obstacle it put in the
way of Christianity all over the world.
IT firmly believe" said she, that if
liquor in all its forms could be done
away with, within twenty-five years we
should find the whole world clothed in
it's right mind. glorified and at the
foot of the cross"
Miss Mabel Sumpter, the representa-
tive of the board at the head of the
Chinese work, spoke briefly. Miss
Sumpter has only recently returned
from the Coast, where she was sent
by the board in the interest of the Chi
nese, and she expressed great encour-
agement and faith in the future of mis-
sionary work among the Chinese. resi-
dents of the Coast and of the Islands.
A letter was received from Miss Myra
Green. who is representing the board
in the Hawaiian work, and also one
from her physician, stating that Miss
Green's recovery from her recent dan
gerous illness is now assured and that
she hoped soon to be at her work
again.
Miss Stryker of Japan, who is now a
guest of Rev. Mrs. Kincaid, spoke for
la few moments, heartily endorsing the
sentiments expressed by Miss Acker-
man as to the need of foreign work
She said that while. it was the general
opinion that Japan is almost entirely
Christianized, yet it was very much to
the contrary, and that the mission
ary's work was far from being done
there.
A collection was taken UP, amounting
to s609O
! Mrs. DR.. Whitney announced that on
next Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
| the regular meeting of the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association would
| give place to a temperance lecture by
Miss Alderman and Miss Murcutt, and
that they would speak on Present
Methods of Combating With the Evil
of Strong Drink
The meeting closed with a prayer
/ and a hymn.