The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-12-02
ON Her WAY TO INDIA.
Miss Alice Wishart Reached London on
Monday of Last Week.
INCIDENTS OF TRIP TO NEW YORK.
After a Week on the Continent She Expects
to Sail from Marseilles, France, Next Sat
urday. Her Companions In Travel

Miss Alice E. Wishart, daugh-
ter of the Hon. S. p. wishart of
Wells Tannery, left her home
November -, enroute to Allaha
bad, India, accompanied as far as
Huntingdon by her father and
Miss Maude Baumgardner. In
Huntingdon she was the guest OF
the Woman's Missionary Society
and the Young Ladies Branch
Missionary Society of the Presby
teriau church, at their afternoon
Joint meeting. On being request
ed to speak, Miss Wlshart told
the societies how the call had
come to her to work IN a foreign
country and how she had accept.
ed it. Miss S. r. Lowrie of War.
rlors Mark, president of the
Presbyterial Society, was pres
ent at this meeting, having come
to Huntingdon to bid Miss Wish.
art goodbye. At 1870 p. NJ,
joined by her friend DR.. Bertha
Caldwell of Johnstown, who had
been connected with the Presby-
terrain Hospital at Allahabad, Miss
Wlshart left for New York, ex-
pecting to sail Saturday, Novem-
Der II.
On Friday afternoon November
13, the officers and members of
the American Union Missionary
Society rendered reception and
farewell meeting to the two young
ladies who were to sail under
their auspices. Miss Mary Fair
bank had been appointed to assist
her sister at Jhansi, India, in
hospital evangelistlc work and
Miss Wishart to assist Miss Todd
at Allahabad, in School and Zena-
ma work. The meeting was held
in the beautiful Assembly rooms
of the American Bible Society,
aud the room was completely fill
ed with friends and members Of
the society. The meeting was
opened with PRAYER and reading
by the Rev. DR.. Valentine, a form.
er Congregational missionary at
BON bay. The chairman of the
meeting, after few Introductory
remarks, called upon Miss Edith
May for a few remarks on her
work. Miss May was formerly
stationed at Allahabad, but is now
on a furlough, leaving next fall to
take charge of the Calcutta Mis-
sion. Miss May told the society
of the work which had been un.
der her charge, and which would
now be shared by Miss Wishart
on her arrival in India. DR.. Cald.
we'll gave little outline of her
hospital work, and spoke on Mis-
slonary Societies, stating that
though it is hard to leave home
and friends and comforts, even
for Christ's sake, the sacrifice is
nothing compared to that on leav-
ing India for furlough, after hav-
, ing put ones whole heart and
life into ones work. Miss Fair.
bank told briefly of how her
grandfather, father, and relatives
had been happy to serve Chris,
for SO many generations in India
and how she felt that she was go
, ing "home." She gave a little
, sketch of what her future work
/ would be. Miss Wishart, when cal
ed upon told very simply and nat
J urally of how she had been led il
: this important step, how she knew
, her own weakness and short com
= ings and could hope to accom-
t plish good only by living near tt
r Christ, and by being upheld by
a the prayers of her friends auc
+ the love and sym pathy of her 50
ciety. After the bonedictiou til,
! meeting was turned into II rrcep
4 tion. From the audience "A lad,
$ came for ward who announced 5 b.
O wished to have Miss Wishart al
1 her missionary and to assum,
Y her support and expense. Th'
q lady is the married daughter o
!. one of New York City's mercban
. princes, aud seemed much inter
v ested in her protege.
I On Saturday morning a larg'
/ crowd assembled at the dock h
0 see Misses F.sirbank and Wishar
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