The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-25
CLOSING
SESSIONS
Hello
The Warren Baptist Association
Concluded Its 136th Annual
Meeting Last Night.

At the close OF the morning session OF
the 136th annual meeting OF the Warren
association yesterday a noon meeting was
held by the ladies Of the association.
which was devoted to the subject of
home and foreign missions.
The first half OF the noon session was
devoted to home missions and was pre-
sided over by Mrs Henry b. Whitman,
the director of the Baptist Home Mis-
sionary society. in this state
Mrs. Whitman stated that this was the
25th year of the organization, or its sill
yer anniversary, and that a special day
would be set apart for its observance,
probably some time In January.
She then emphasized the urgent need
for home mission work in the home field.
THE Lord calls for help she said.
among the Navajo Indians and among
the Mexicans in New Mexico.
THE Mormons" she continued. have
such fine schools in Utah that the chill
dren will not attend our schools In the
easements of churches and halls. and so
we have been obliged to give up our work
there.
In Mexico the women tearfully call
for boarding school. and In Cuba and
Porto Rico there are urgent calls for
help"
In closing Mrs. Whitman urged the
women of the Warren association to help
in every way possible.
She then introduced Miss j. A. Grand
erson young colored teacher In the
Spellman seminary at Atlanta. Georgia
Miss Granderson spoke Interestingly OF
the needs of the south. and especially OF
the needs of Spellman seminary.
This was followed by presentation OF
foreign missionary work by Miss Emma
IAhg ntof MtSG
Hobson had charge Of the half hour de-
voted TO the subject foreign missions and
interesting addresses were given by Miss
Mary A. Greene of this cis~sard Mrs. +.
L. Smith OF Pawtucket.
Miss Greene gave a comprehensive
story OF the work OF foreign missions in
the Philippines while Mrs. Smith de-
scribed the junior work.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was called TO
order at shortly after o'clock by 1oer M9deri
Bartlett of Pawtuxet Addresses by Rev.
oI b2 d F. % n Msgen SRs toi
lowed. The latter gave a historical sketch
Key L. L psopIes WorS S'tn in the
Churches, after which came the reports
of the several committees a. s;iS
O'Clock q conference was ntlu on now "
Help the Prayer Meeting" and remarks
were made on this topic by Rev. John
Stewart, Rev. B. f. Livingstone and Rev.
The hnal address of the afternoon ses-
sion was by Rev A. @. Upham, ID. d,
in descriptive OF the Newton Theological
Institute.
Late in the afternoon the meeting ad-
journed, after which a social hour was
enjoyed in the vestry and tea was served
by the ladies of the church.
EVENING SESSION. -
A large audience assembled in the audi
torium of the church. for the evening
session and at 1880 o'clock the meeting
was called TO order by the moderator.
The chief address of the evening was
by Rev A. A. Bennett, d. d., mission
airy TO Japan.
Mr.. Bennett told of conditions In the
mission field In that far OF land ana
of the difficulties that were experienced
in earlier times because of native pre-
judice that originally existed toward the
missions He then told of the great
gains in the mission field there In recDt
years. In closing he dwelt on the three
classes of mission work now being done
by Baptists in japan. viz, the educa-
tional work, the denomina tional litera-
ture work and the evangelical Crk.
DR. Bennett was followed by Rev. j. II.
Marsh, the Rhode Island Baptist state
missionary. who dwelt upon his own field
in this state. during the past year:
The meeting adjourned shortly after
O'Clock to meet a year hence, at the
Quidneck Baptist church.