The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-04
N, {. MISSIONS
Women's Foreign Society
Reports to the Newark
Conference at Eliza
beth.
DOES THE WORK IN CHINA pAY
Miss shih Ngan Lei, a Con-
vert, Asks That Her Coun-
try Receive sThe Lamp
Of Life. .
NEW MINISTER'S ADMITTED
Appeal for Contributions to
Twentieth Century Fund
Which Is Now
sle,ooo 900.
NEW MINISTER'S ADMITTED
especial 10 -srhe Jersey CITY News."l

Especial to 'tIne Jersey Sits 4>S"''
ELIZABETH, April 4. 19o2.-There was
more than one grey haired preacher VINO
looked astonished and rubbed his eyes
yesterday afternoon at a meeting OF the
Newark Methodist Episcopal Conference
now in session in st. James Church mere
in this town. Only the day before Wo-
men in droves had run off successfully
a missionary meeting and yesterday II
was the same thing, only bit stronger,
as one brother exclaimed, adding
.sWal, I swan Them sistern are a get
tin pritty smart; beant they?'
In an unmistakable manner the sisters
of the Newark Methodist Conference
have, during the past two days, demon
strated that they know what should be
done ard how to do it, in affairs mission
ary. The Women's Home Missionary So
ciety on Wednesday afternoon held their
sway and strait-laced men of the old
school were convinced that home mis-
sions were an essential of the Methodist
Church. Yesterday the Women's Foreign
Missionary Society took the field and im-
pressed upon the pastors the fact that
whether 1t be home or foreign, mission
airy work is the raison a etre of Meth
odisn They even went further and an
nounced the birth of, as one of them
called ii, THE New Women of Method
ism"
Every seat was filled yesterday after
noon when Mrs j. II. Knowles. president
of the Womens Foreign Missionary So
ciety, opened the annual meeting There
wasfIst 4 woman IN Fsfas big audfeHce IN
st. James's Church who didn't crane her
neck (many rose to their feeD when a
dainty little Chinese woman tripped on
the platform close behind the president.
Eight other we'll dressed. aristoeratic
looking women followed, and when all
were seated Mrs. Knowles. who is as COM
posed a presiding officer as Mr.. Thomas
Reed, of happy or unhappy memory,
called the meeting to order.
where is Bishop Joyce2' asked Mrs.
President Knowles, and, there be6rg no
response, she asked the distinguished
looking Rev Dr. Bowman to offer prayer.
He did so and then retired to a rear
seat. Mrs Knowles directed Mrs. John
E. Stevens, Of Jersey City, to read the
treasurer's report OF the society.
That report was that the receipts of the
society were for the year past s6,l24. 4d
against s5,792 for the year before. OF
This sum Jersey City District had con-
tributed $1,65S; Newark, $3.50 and some
odd cents Elizabeth. sl240, and Paterson,
81 .e42 Then Mrs. Knowles gave a few
statistics which showed that the society
had raised in the year past si26,7s5, had
supported 246 missions in China. Corea,
South America, India and Africa, and
had s. 40 auxiliary societies in this coun-
try with a membership of sl39, ,404, and
then came this surprising announcement
from Mrs. Knowles
eve have 2e4 societies organized for
babies under five years of age. contribut-
Ing to the noble cause of foreign mis-
sions."
Praise the Lord. shouted little Rev
]. r. Bryan.
Mrs. Knowles. after presenting Miss
Strowe of the Jersey City district. Mis-:
Shaw of the Elizabeth district and Miss
Colt of the Newark district as leaders Of
the Foreign Missionary Society move
ment. introduced Mrs. Mary S. Wilkinson
president of Folts Institute, Herkimer, n
T.. an exceedingly bright and attractive
speaker. whose address on women's mis-
sionary work electrified the pastors.
The sensation Of the day was reached
when Mrs. S. L. Baldwin presented Miss
Anna Stone, the native Chinese lady she