The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-18
WOMEN SET EXAMPLE HE'S UP AGAINST IT
Their Missionary Societies. Teach
Men Valuable Lessons.
W.B.M.I.RECEIvEs CONTEMPLATION
T,yenty-hfth Meeting of Minnesota
branch Closes After Important
and Enjoyable Sessions.
From a Staff Correspondent.

From a Staff Correspondent
Little Falls, Mimi, April 1S.--The an
nual convention of the Minnesota branch
OF the W. B. NJ. I. closed this morning.
The question of finances occupied much
OF the morning. Mrs. w j. Brown of
GlenWood suggested plans for the sys-
temat1c raising Of money and Mrs. Adelia
wells, New Paynesville, presented the
matter OF ''The Relation OF Ones Income
to the Forward Movement. - An APP
propriate poem,,&$'. Bring an Offering to the
Master. = was readily Mrs. &C, TobeY OF,
Sank Center. 1.-THE closing conservation
hour was led BY Mrs. E. NJ. Williams OF
Chicago. The Minneapolis delegates re-
turned this afternoon.
The missionary address last evening of
pr. J. f. Loba, from India, held the de-
lighted attention ola large audience and
was one OF the most inspiring speeches
OF the convention.
Conference Reports.
The conference reports gave the de-
tails OF the work in the auxiliaries and
the comments suggested by local ex-
perience. Among the strong thoughts of
these reports were that the greatest
need is to get leaders for the children in
every church in order that they may be
trained to have part in the great mis-
sion work The cultivation of the joy
note as we'll as the idea OF duty was urged.
The going out of Miss Holt from the Du-
luth district to ali Armenian school in
Turkey has awakened special interest
both in Duluth and Biwabik
A feature of the convention was the
centering OF the, literary exercises on two
OF the principal missionary fields, arl
these programs on China and India will
doubtless be held in mind by many of the
delegates as models for, pleasant and
profitable meetings at home. The method
was thai Of the successful study club,
applied to missions.
In the consideration of the situation in
and needs Of India. Mrs. A. A. Stone, of
Morris, gave d paper on THE Direct and
Indirect Results of Christianity in India"
in which she said, Modern missions have
grown from an unpopular and ill-support-
ed ENTERPRISE to one of such prominence
and magnitude az to impress every stud
ent Of history that modern missionary
effort has been a potent factor in shaping
the events of the world. No matter what
ones sympathies be towards the cause of
missions, be is not an intelligent OBJ
server who claims or believes that for
eign missions arc of small significance,
for this work commands attention even
where it is not favored"
Mrs. G. M. Dickinson, of Hancock,
pointed out THE Effect of the Famine in
India on the Widows and Orphans show
ing that i. had been the means of giving
openings for effective evangelistic work.
1t is impossible to estimate what the
famine years may have meant to India in
spiritual way. The missionaries are
now hoping for means to follow up their
opportunities. Mrs. E. V. Lamburd, of
,Ortonville showed the Importance OF "Bi-
Bile Women in India" Mrs. A. C. Peck's
paper on Religions of India showed the
conditions under which missionary work
is carried on and the reason it. is needed,
Mrs. E. M. Williams. assistant treasurer
of the w. B. NJ. l., explained that the In
creased appropriations for the year are
chiefly on account of the pressing needs OF
India. T. Besides those already assumed,
there are others equally worthy, among
them a home for Miss Abbott's widows IN
Bombay.
Missionaries Needed.
One of the missionary addresses was
by Miss Susan A. Searle of Kobe College,
Japan. She showed that the idea that
missionaries are no longer needed is en-
tirely erroneous. The love of beauty of
the people is cloak for much moral
rottenness. The educational work is relied
on chiefly as a means of getting the at
tention. Of the people, as medical work is
not needed Miss Searle gave an enter
tanning account of the history and man
agement of the college, whose graduates
are in great demand and of the fervent
twentieth century. revival movement
among native Christians. @@ :.
Rev. w. C. A. Waller gave the branch
and women's missions in his welcome
commentator $that was not merely con-
ventional. He said that he valued the
w. B. M. I. because it had learned the
lesson Of using means to accomplish
Christian ends and was expanding conse-
Grated gray matter in devising means.
In this the women's missionary organlza-
tions have been so successful that the
mems boards study their methods to get
pointers. Miss Grams in her response said
She rejoiced in the welcome because she
believed it meant that the city was in
sympathy with the work for which the
branch stood. The Missionary movement
stands for the unity of the church Of
Christ, all churches agreeing upon this
work; it represents not our own up
building, but the extension of the kingdom
of God. =
A. Delegates in Attendance.
The list of delegates present at the
convention included :. Mrs. l.. A. Will
liams, Mrs o. M. Carr, Pelican Rapids !;
Mrs j. NJ. Huntington, Excelsior; MINES.
c.. A. McClintick, O. E. Huffman, Grey
Eagle Mrs. l., G. Swain, Mrs. Jennie E.
Tearse, Winona; Mines. James A. Norris,
Vinet A. Whipple. c. NJ. McCollum, G. f.
Smith, Sank Center; Mrs. G: O. Swanson,
Cannon Falls; Mrs. Johanna A. Lauer,
Elk River: Mrs Rose Shumaker, Mrs.
E. Y. Lombard, Ortcnville; Mrs. A. S.
Mason, Alexandria,; Mrs: Frederick H.
Pehler, Wadena; Mines. Louise Wilcox
saltwater; Mrs. Myrtle Wellington, Big
Lake; Mrs. F. A Weld, Mrs. l. A. Hun
toon, Moorhead: Mines. D. T. Wheaton, A.
A. Stone, A c. Peck Morris; Mines. M. L.
Hull, Addie Bixby, Upham, G.. M. Sawyer,
c. NJ Burr, A. H. Heath Catherine w
Nichols, F. H Barber, Charles Fowble
Miss Grace Fifeld, St. Paul; Mines S. V
S. Fisher, May r. Rood, I. NJ. Cone, H. j.
Cclwell, F. Steffenson. L. H. Halloek, A.
w. Wood, A. E. Phillips, Norcross, Frank
W. Nevins, w. J.. Jennison, S. B. Grim
shaw, o. S. Chapman, H. A. SERVER, Wiz
lard W. Morse, Mary L. Dunn, p. J. M
Newconb Lowell E. Jepson, Julia MUIR.
man, Misses Annie l.. Rankin, Ella M
Bishop, Minneapolis; Mrs. Grace BarroWs
Mrs. e. E. Cram, Burtrum.
Attracting mere attention than all o.
the delegates is the infant son OF Mrs
| Grow OF Burtrum, who has behaved II
quite as decorous a manner as mis- ELDERS
Martha Scott Anderson.
SUDDEN DEATH At BRooKINGs.
| Special to The Journal
Irookings. S. D., April 80. @. Wheaton
/ died suddenly last night at the home of hi
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