The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-07
WORK FOR
MISSIONS
WOmen's Board Is
Planning for
Future.
ANNUAL MEETING
TO BE NEXT MONTH
Report, on Work in Spain and
Portugal and Among the
= Chinese Here.


the wOmen's Board Of Missions
held n most successful session In
the psriors OF Central UniOn church
yesterday afternoon. There was a large
attendance and the thanks Offering
which was taken up made an excellent
showing. The reports were well re-
c~iv-d and there were contributions
fror, various members OF the board.
-ho~ing the interest In The work
throughout the city.
Tn. annual meeting Of the board VIII
be reid June :. when there win be an
aII-aay session OF the board. officers
being then elected and work for the
n-- year planned President Mrs
g n Hyde appointed the committees
which viii have charge OF the annual
meeting. and the committee on work
rcposted n plan for the entertainment
Of the ladies who will be I'm attendance
at that time. There was much of In
terest In the entire gathering and for
some time after the close OF the meet
ing there was an Informal reception
held and the ladies' inspected the vari-
Gus articles which were brought by
Miss Sumter to illustrate her paper.
when Mrs. Hyde called the meeting \
20 order she asked Mira Richards. OF
Mantciair. ~. j.. TO conduct the devo- |
tIonaI exercise. and taking the one
hundred and third Psalm. Mrs Rich |
ards spoke feeiingiy OF the years mer- |
cics. referring with impressive words
TO the escape from death experienced
by Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke and Mrs Tur-
ner. After prayer by Mrs Theodore
I.ic hards and the approval Of the min
utes OF the last meeting. Mrs C. H
Dickey read a letter from a mission
ary In HarpOOt Turkey. telling of the
work done there. The letter recounted
the destitutiOn and sufferings Of the
Armenians and told OF the desire OF
hundreds 10 leave thcir own country to
seek homes In America The letter said
that there were thirty-hve missions
without pastors and that In the or
phanaGe there we're now go children.
The report OF the treasurer showed
that while the balance on hand at the
beginning of April vas Sf7s-75. the ex-
penses and charges during the month
had left In the treasury only ssi75.
Mrs. LeadInEham said thai she noticed
n growth OF feeling for missions among
the Hawalians and whites as well. and
that there was more sympathy with
the work now among the sailors and
soldiers than formerly.
Mrs g ~. Castle read from a letter
" hIch she had received telling OF the
work OF the American board. and quot
ing the remark or one OF the leaders
that the board needed 100000 more
than a. had for Its work each year.
The board. she said. had entreated
every individual sympathizer and each
church To pray and plan for n wider
eudeayor. Great efforts were being
made. she said. that the churches and
take up the provision for.
some missionary. One church. she said.
had given only SIS for missions. but by
systematic work had increased that 20
ssoe and paid OF n debt as well She
referred To the work In India. saying
that missionaries often returned from I
ISrg trips where their hearts had been
<fsddened by the progress OF the work
among the people. and found awaiting
them intelligence that there was n lack ,
~ funds TO continue the endeavOr- Mrs
r.astfe said there had been much done :
tt horne. but there should be n time 1
when the people should look out upon
lhs world and see where they could be :
VI help. She also called attention To :
he fact that the offering for the Bible :
Society would b. taken up during the
month. and said the hope was that ,
here b. n liberal contribution :
CHRISTIAN WORK IN SPAIN AND
PORTUGAL
Miss Eleanor Pires then read the
paper % the meeting as fol-
ows:
FAILURES AND SUCCESSES OF !
THE MISSION WORK IN SPAIN
AND PORTUGAL
since there IL such n difference be- I,
wecu the work In Spain and Portugal. I.
{ seems best TO treat each country sep :
lratefy Let US first consider Spain- !,
Mary are apt 20 picture Spain as n
oft southern region decl<ed with the =
rNurfant charms OF Italy On the con- q
rary u ~ n stern. melancholy country 4
rith rugged mountains and long
weeping plains. destitute OF trees and