West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-20
WORK FOR HEATHER.
Meeting of Presbyterian Won
ems Foreign Missionary
Society.
ABOUT FIFTY MISSIONARIES,
All Women, Present and Made Short
Speeches-The General Assembly
Considered Work Among the Freed.
men-Other Subjects Up.

sionary society of the Presbyterian
church was held here yesterday
About so missionaries, all women,
were present from Africa, India, ia
pan, Korea, Mexico, Syria, South
America, the Philippines, Siam and
Central Asia. All the missionaries
made short talks, giving the progress
of the different miss, ms during the
year or so.
Miss Grace Newton, missionary
at Pekin, China, told of her expert
ences in that city during the siege.
She caused ripple Of applause to
run through the audience when she
said:
No Presbyterians Guilty.
mo Presbyterian ministers or mis-
sionaries were guilty of lQoting. ]
have learned from the public press
that some of the missionaries were
guilty of footing, whatever their mo-
tives may have been. / do not know
if this be true, and | do not wish to
criticize, but l know no Presbyterian
missionary was guilty of that Of
tense.
1T is fact" continued Miss New
| ton, that no converts made through
the efforts of Presbyterian mission
aries have ever returned to heathen-
ism in all my experience in China,
and for that reason think the creed
should not be revised. Not only is it
good enough for Presbyterians in the
United States and in Scotland, but it
is good enough for China. I credit
the success of our missionaries eff
forts in a large measure to our pres
ent creed, and / do not think it needs
revision"
All Money Received Expended.
The report of the treasurer for the
year 1902 was read, showing that
$370,479 had been received, all Of
which had been expended.
The centennial celebration of the
Presbyterian Home Mission society
was begun yesterday. The Rev. DR..
Phraner, of East Orange, N. j., pre-
| sided. The principal speakers were
the Rev. Drs. Henry G. McCook, S.
| F. Nichols and E. P. Hill, who re-
viewed the work of the home mis-
sionary board in the east, middle and
extreme west, the three sections into
which the country is divided.
The Rev. DR.. McAfee, of Chicago,
secretary of the Women's Home Mis-
sionary branch, made the opening
prayer.
DR.. McCook, of Philadelphia, was
the first speaker. His subject was
the work in the states from the At
lantic to the Alleghenies.
President Roosevelt Will Attend.
President Roosevelt, who will ad-
dress the meeting tonight in Carnegie
hall in celebration of a century of
home mission work, will arrive over
the Pennsylvania railroad at 6 p. m.
He will be met at the station by a
committee from the board of home
missions and will be driven at once
to the hall. He will leave for Wash
ingt@ on the midnight train. Every
seat in Carnegie hall has already
been disposed Of.
The devotional exercises at the
opening Of yesterdays session Of the
Presbyterian general assembly were
conducted by the Rev. Dr. Moffat, of
| Washington, Pa. The Rev. DIR. Van
Dyke. the moderator, presided at the
business session.
Yesterday marked the beginning of
the centennial celebration of the
Presbyterian home missions, which
| Is being held in connection with the
general assembly. The Rev. DR..
Samuel A. Martin, president of Will
son college, Chambersburg, Pa. chair
man Of tho standing committee and
on freedmen's missions, presented the
thirty-seVenth annual report of the
| board of missions for freedmen.
\ Speeches were made urging better
work for freedmen.
Catholic and Presbyterian Negroes.
The Rev. John N. McGonigle, of St
Augustine, Fla, said the best negro.
officially, in the south was the Roman
Catholic or Presbyterian. He offered
an amendment to the report of the
standing committee, recommending
! that the contributions of the church
to. the freedmen's work be increased
so per cent during the coming year.
The report of the freedmen's board,
with the Rev. Mr.. MacGonigle's
amendment, was accepted and adopt.
ed. The Rev. DR.. P. A. Mckinley, of
! Steubenville, o., presented the re-
port Of the board of education. Diff
ferent persons made speeches on the
| subject.
Should Get Other Men to Preach.
DR.. Van Dyke, the moderator,
closed the discussion by saying that
it was the duty of the minister to
find out a candidate for the ministry
from his flock.
THE man who finishes his minis
try" he said, without getting other
men into the ministry has not had a