The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
THE MISSIONARY MEETING.
Reports and Discussions of Finances
the Order of the Day.

The Womans Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church Of America transacted
the first business of its twelfth biennial
session yesterday morning. The body
convened Wednesday night bat there was
merely reception OF delegates and the
delivering Of addresses Of welcome.
Yesterday morning the delegates gath
cred in the Luther Place Memorial
Church and presented their credentials.
About $50 representatives from all parts
OF the United States are attending the
meeting. The Corresponding Secretary,
Miss Morris. presented tabulated report,
showing the increase in membership, and
the general totals in connection with the
work Of the society. At the beginning Of
this year, according 10 her report the
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
Society, with its auxiliaries. had mem
bership Of about 5000. distributed among
76 societies The women's societies had
L. .e95 members, the young peoples So
cieties ZZ1H. and the children's societies
1872; for boxes sent 10 mission churches
she said s. 7g9 had been contributed.
The secretary Of the Executive Com
mittee Mrs. X. i. Shaifer, read a sum
mary of the work done during the year
and the condition OF the mission schools,
in which she urged that more money be
contributed 70 keep up the institutions
already established, and to forward the
work
The treasurer. Mrs. \. V. HANNA, re-
ported the total contributions during the
biennial term 70 have been So. .322. rep
rcsentiug about tWenty-four contributors
and Institutions. Inc balance on hand is
Mrs. E. 3. schoH. the historian, briefly
sketched the work Of the society, ana its
members, during the two years. and Miss
s. +. StOver read paper on our Young
People" which was an appeal TO further
interest the younger members OF the
church in the work. A report Of the
treasurer Of the board of trustees, similar
10 that Of the general treasurer, followed,
and the meeting closed with reports of
standing committees on literature and
box work.
The visiting ministers and delegates
were entertained by the younger mem
bers Of the society IN Washington with
lunch in the chapel, following the meet
ing
In the evening. after a short devo-
tional service, led by Mrs. J. r. Hartman,
Mrs. W. s Dysingcr of Bogansport, Ind,
read an address on What event Of the
nineteenth century was the most far
reaching in its power and most important
IN its influence for good on the human
race She declared that the greatest
event since the birth Of Christ in the first
century had been the entrance of woman
/ into the field Of religious work
Before you can save the nation" she
said, you must save the family ard the
individual Women have taken hold of
mission work during the last century and
now In every church In the world there
are women lahoring and doing things that
men could never do"
She told Of the first womans mission
work, which began In London in 1894 when
an American missionary persuaded some
English women TO try helping the desti-
tute Indian women. The work in the
United States. she stated did not begin
until 1853 when the Union Woman's s Mis-
sionary Society was begun in New York.
Committee reports this morning VIII
take mp the most of this mornings ses-
sion. A paper, entitled How are the boxes
sent our missionaries appreciated? 2" win
be read BY Mrs A. II. Shrades of Nevada
Iowa. In the afternoon Journey TO the
National Lutheran Home for the Aged
at Winthrop Heights Will be taken.