Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-02
MISSIONARY WORK.
Meeting of Lutheran Woman's Home
and Foreign Society.
UNDER AUSPICES OF GENERAL SYNOD
Appointment of Committees and
Reception of Reports. .
ADDR ESSES BY MEMBERS
AUSPICES OF GENERAL SYNOD
ADDR ESSES BY MEMBERS

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The assembling of the twelfth convent, M
OF the Woman's Home and Foreign MIS-.
sionary Society Of the general synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United
States. which began last evening, in rhe
Luther Place Memorial Church, Rev 4,r.
j. G. Butler, pastor, was continued today,
The acting president. Mrs. ]. r. Hartman.
presided, and Mrs. c. E. Wirick OF Salina
Kan, was secretary.
Devotional exercises were conducted by
Miss E. Haase of Dakota City. Neb. The
roll call showed that nearly all the synods
AFFILIATED with the society were represented
at the meeting. Following the reading <n6
approval OF the minutes OF the previous
meeting the chair announced the appoint
ment OF the following committees;
On executive committees report-Mrs. J.
p. Krechting. Mrs p. A. Myers. Mrs. q. w.
Enders.
On letters and papers--Mrs. J. w. Rich-
ards. Miss Carrie Jeffries, Mrs. o. c. S,th.
Mrs. William ]. Butcher. Mrs ]. @. Butler.
Resolutions-Mrs. A. V. Hunter. Mrs. II.
L. Anenjohn, the Misses s. ]. Nichols and
Harmyer and Mrs. c. Pennock.
Corresponding secretary's reports - Mrs
]. Thrall. ~
On box work committees report Mss
Lille Meyer, Mrs. Holloway Mrs d. KIoss
Literature-Mrs. Lucy Y. Cutler, Mrs. {.
l.. Gerlaugh.
Historians report-Mrs Luther kaufman.
Mrs Ed. Miller, Mrs. Frymyer.
The report of Miss NJ. n. Norris cores
ponding secretary. set forth that there are
twenty-one synodical societies. 76l aux
fliaries. with a total membership of a0.u7s;
also 43S life members Articles amounting
in value to s7,799.92 were sent to mission
aries
Mrs. A. V. HANNA, general treasurer.
AZ Mrs E. ID. Miller, assistant treasurer,
reported that the total contributions during
the biennial We're S55. 800 AZ. This includes
a memorial thank Offering of 81 S51 ii Dur
ing the last biennial 5000 were raised tor
endowment of beds in the India hospital
Mrs. Hamma's Address.
After submitting the report Mrs. Hanna
made an address, and in part said:
Among the worldly wise there is a
common saying that money talks; so I say
of this report, 1t talks. and talks right out
from the hearts OF those from whom it
came. In the list OF donors during the
last two years there were not less ~xhan
1900 contributors. and II is not unjust to
any one to say that the majority of them
are from the common people and the poor
Of Gods kingdom. Among these donors
was the wife and mother who from her
scanty allowance has week by week laid
aside her little treasure for the cause she
loves go well. ana tnere was the WIDOW
who amid the sorrows of her broken heart
does not forget that Ii Is more blessed to
give than receive, presents her tear-staifed
mite to Him who holds her treasure in His
keeping. Here, too, was the overworked
needle-woman with her precious life~Oell
nigh stitched away, giving the tenth ~.ier>
scanty earnings that her anxious heart
may have at least one Joy the world cam
not take away-the Joy OF some day hear
ing the King say: She hath done what she
could
But, however engaging the past, the
future stands before with richer treas
ures than all we have gathered hitherto.
Since last We met a new century has OPEN
ed it's doors. Let enter and claim it's
unnumbered blessings, and then whetheN
we meet again here or not till beyond the
sleeping and the waking where We shal'be
soon. We shall doubtless come again with
rejoicing, bringing our sheaves with us"
Mrs. Skaters Report.
Mrs. X. b. Shaffer, secretary of the ex-
ecutive committee, made an exhaustive re-
port, which covered every line of work
conducted under the supervision Of the
committee Among other matters it, was
stated that:
The last two years have been wonder
full years. Barriers have been broken
down. Doors hitherto closed have been
opened. Woman's work has been recog-
niZed as never before, Wider fields of USE
fulness have opened to her and she has
entered them with new courage and in
spiration. Financial and other reports
show advance all along the line. There is
a growing enthusiasm I'm the study of mis-
sions. Instead of leading, the executive
committee has been led The work has
when open doors were sought. How to
supply the demand is now the cry.
Special appeals have come before the
societies that have touched the hearts of
our women, and they have given TO them
often at the sacrifice of own work.
Both the home and foreign box-work COM
mittees have done faithful and efficient SER
vice, as their reports win show. The Chill
dren's Missionary has become practically
self-sustaining the last two years.
The Woman's Society supports in India
a hospital, training school for nurses. dis
pensary, girls boarding school, training
school for mistresses, industrial school.
school for Mohammedan girls, sixteen Hin
du girls schools. fifteen Sunday schools and
the Zenana work. The society has eight
missionaries in the field, six in charge OF
work and two learning the language. The
furloughs Of two are due in 1901 and two
in 1902.
The executive committee asks for an in
crease of $4,000 at least in the next two
years. to meet the growing demands OF
the work, both in the home and foreign
fields.
AT the close Of the last biennial the So
ciety was supporting eight missionaries in
the foreign field and nine in the home
field. At the present time there are ten
foreign missionaries and one assistant, and
eleven home missionaries supported by the
society"
The Receipts.
A paper on "Our Young People" was read
by Miss s. e. Stoever OF Philadelphia, at
the close of which Mrs. s. F. Breckenridge.
treasurer OF the board OF trustees reported
the receipts for the two years ending De-
cember 81. 1900, amounted to s12. 800 80 and
that there is now deposited in the Spring
field (Ohio) Savings Bank 81 .S00.69. and in
$50 90.