The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-04

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Philadelphia, Last Night.
| The opening sessions of the twenty
third annual meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society of the
| Presbytery of Lackawanna, Scranton
district. were held yesterday afternoon
and night in the Green Ridge Presby-
terian church, and attended by be-
tween sixty and seventy delegates rep
resenting the various auXiliaries maxi
| ing up the district.
Carbondnlc. Avoca. Dunmorc. Hones-
| dale and Olyphant all sent delegates
and there were, moreover, representa-
! tons from the First, Second. Provi-
dence and Washburn Street churches
! The day was consumed in the hear
ing of reports. appointing committees
and other routine business and the
meeting will be brought to a close this
morning. At last nights session an
interesting address was delivered by
Mrs. c. N. Thorpe. of Philadelphia.
The meeting was called to order at
9 o'clock and was presided over by
Mrs. Martin U. Kays, of this city. The
devotional services We're led by Mrs.
j. Lansing then delivered a few in
teresting remarks upon "rhe Church.
Mrs. T.. l.. Hitchcock spoke of "The
Missionary Society" and "Our Homes"
was the subject of an address by Mrs.
A. F. Law.
REPORT OF AUXILIARIES.
After the reading of the minutes, the
roll was called and the report of auXil-
iaries heard. Each society was enti-
| tied to two delegates. but in addition
| to the regular representatives there
We're several others present from each
of the auXiliaries. Avoca sent four,
! Carbondale five, Dunmore six, Homes
| dale four. Moosic eight, Olyphant four.
| the First church six. the Second
| church eleven, the Washburn Street
| church six, aud the Green Ridge so
| cety was represented by between
twenty and thirty members. The re-
ports made showed the work done dur
ing the year and We're of a uniformly
favorable nature.
A solo, praise Ye the Lord by
Miss Grace Spencer. proved an en-
ioyable feature of the afternoon. and
follwing it came the reports Of the
bands. made up of the younger men,
bers of the auXiliaries and including
the members Of the Christian Endea-
vor societies. Mrs. Frisbee. of Car
bondale. then read letters from Mrs.
Vanderberg and Mrs. Fitch, who are
doing missionary work respectively III
Persia and China. Their messages
told of the difficulties against which
they must contend, and gave interest
ing accounts of the work being done.
Both of these missions are maintained
by the society and each of the mis-
sionaries is from Carbondale.
a very pleasing address was made
by AIRS "a. VI. Welles, of Wilkes
Barre. and Mrs. Gregory, of Wilkes
Barre. also spoke charmingly.
Mrs. .. N. Thorpe also spoke during
the afternoon. and the session was
concluded by the president appointing
committees. The following We're those
chosen: Places of meeting, Mrs. Fris-
bee. OF Carbondale; Mrs. Blanchard, or
the central city; Miss Shennon, Of
West Scranton. Resolutions. Mrs.
Jackson. of North Scranton; Mrs.
Russ. of the central city: Miss Wardell.
of Dunmore. Nominations. Mrs. j. \.
Price. of the central city; Mrs. HAM
mond. of OIyphant. and Mrs. Holmes.
of Honesdale.
LAST NIGHTS MEETING.
The distinct feature OF last nights
meeting was the address of Mrs.
Thorpe, who is a representative OF the
woman's board of the Presbyterian
church and secretary for India. Rev.
I. j. Lansing presided over the meet
ing. and Rev. j.. R. Foster conducted
the Scriptural reading and prayer.
Rev. Lansing introduced Mrs. Thorpe
and made IA few predatory remarks, in
which he spoke generally of the con-
ference and remarked the fact that 1T
follows close upon the heels of the
most remarkable martyrdOm for Jesus
Christ that ever happened in the his
tory of mission work. referring to the
Chinese atrocities. A splendid solo by
Albert Pil!ing was another of the
nights enjoyable features.
Mrs. Thorpe spoke principally of mis-
sion work in India. and declared that
| land to be the cradle of the mission
aries. the first ones to preach the
Gospel there being men who We're per-
| sonally acquainted with the apostles
| of the Lord. She argued that COM
| merce and church go hand in hand,
and laid great emphasis upon the im-
portance of establishing Christian edu-
cational institutions in the land. EN-
cellent work is being done by the col
leges for young men at Lahore, and
Mrs. Thorpe declared, anent this: 1.-The
English train the native troops to fight
their own countrymen, and isn't that
exactly what we want to do with the
young men and women, to train them
in Christian ethics. till they can teach
their brothers and sisters.
"once we secured the interest of the
women, we could work wonders, and
with this end in view we should es-
tablish Christian colleges for women"
The programme for today follows;
Communion OF the Lords Supper,
Report OF Corresponding Secretary.
Report OF Secretary OF Literature.
Trcasurer's Report.
SOLO Ms. l.. H. roster
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