The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-05

Marathie undia) missions, reported by
Mrs. E. E. Strong. of Auburndale.
Mass; and the Foochow, North and
South China and Spanish missions, rep
resented by Mrs. Joseph Cook, OF New
ton. Mass.
A memorial service for Miss Abbie
B. Child, the late secretary OF the home
department, followed the consideration
of these reports. In this service Miss
E. Harriet Stanwood spoke for the Off
GERS of the board, Miss Daggett, Of this
city, represented the various branches
while a tribute in behalf of the mis-
sionaries was given by Miss Ellen NJ.
Stone, of Chelsea, Mass.
Under the general topic OF the con-
vention, Shall Enlargement Be Our
Watchword," Mrs. Emily L. McLaugh--
lin of Roxbury, Mass. spoke on En-
largement in Faith" and was followed
by Miss Sarah A. ClOsson, Talas, Tur-
key, on What Christianity Does for
Homes in Turkey" The morning ses-
sion closed with an address by Mrs.
Elizabeth D. Harding of Sholapur, In
dia, entitled Sacrifice and Its Blessed
Reward"
The afternoon meeting which began
at 2:3e o'clock was called young la
dies session and opened after deVo-
tional exercises with an address by
Mrs. Alice G. West, Worcester, Mass,
on 1.-TWO Aspects of One Question. She
gave a lucid statement concerning the
present and future of missions ana re-
viewed what had been done in mission
work in the last one hundred years. She
mentioned among other facts the great
need of competent medical aid in China
inearrying on successful mission work.
Miss Kate G. Lamson of Boston spoke
on the topic, "a Decade of Young Peo-
pies Work" She said in part:
MISS LAMSON'S ADDRESS.
ut is now thirteen years since the
womens board of missions created
special department for its work among
young people. A secretary for Junior
work was appointed in 1885,, The sum
of gifts during these ten years is S222.-
40S. This has been applied to every line
of work for which the board is RESPONSE
ble While some young ladies' societies
support their own missionary, others
their native helper, and others still con-
duct educational work, the medical
work has been their special care and
quite largely sustained by them. The
children's mission circles, besides en-
gagtng in the general work, have given
wholly or part kindergarten buildings
to Smyrna and Czarea, school buildings
to Madura and Foochow, a children's
ward to the hospital in Ahmednagar, a
school for Kraal girls in the Zulu mis-
sion, supported by kindergartens in
Japan, and are now providing their me-
mortal to Miss Abbie's girls school at
Diong Lob, China. Endeavor societies
have for some years supported Miss Alb
bic G.. Chaplin at Tung Cho, China, and
have done variety Of other work.
zone of our Junior auxiliary presi-
dents, Miss Mary e. Kinney, is filling
large place as missionary at Ada
bazaar, Turkey. Branch secretaries for
junior work are appearing as presi-
dents of branches, proving that this de-
partment is no mean training school
for larger responsibilities. A record of
sixty new societies formed exceeds the
marn of any previous year. In contribu-
lions we have received from young la
dies societies, s9,71s.42 Including $6s.50
from mission study classes); from Chill
dren's Mission circles, sS,936,44; from
cradle rolls, $1,506.o7; from Endeavor So
cfeties, $76S.D7; and from Sunday
schools, s2,7S231; an increase over last
year In every one of these lines except
that of Junior Endeavor, making our
total receipts for the year $22, 426.15, and
the total increase for the same period
$3.51Z04.
"Since the agreement between the
American board and the Woman's
board, whereby the children Of the Sum
day schools were left to this board as
part of its constituency, various meth
DDS of pursuing this work have been
employed. Mission study classes are
spreading noticeably and systematic
effort is now being made by the Amer
lean board to establish them generally.
The women's board is cooperating in
this. In work with the Endeavor So
cities all branches have a part. The
New Haven branch leads conspicuously
in this as in several lines of activity
among the young people. A recruit for
branch work has been drawn from the
officers Of local Endeavor union, and
a sketch of missionary of the New
Haven branch, supported by the En-
deavor societies. has been printed by
the union.''
A paper entitled "China's Need was
presented by Miss Emily S. Hartwell,
Foochow, China, part Of which is as
follows:
Miss Hartwell said in part: The
adjustment by imperial edict Of the
infanticide of Chinese baby girls leads
one to ask what now awaits the girls
and young women thus spared?
Let me tell what have seen and
heard. One early dawn I visited a sta
ton provided by the Chinese authori-
ties in a country district. 1t was a bare
room where discarded baby girls were
received from their parents or relatives
as soon as the baby could be brought
after birth. I saw six baby girls, each
but a few hours old. packed among
ragged clothes into two bushel baskets
Three little black-haired heads dang
ling pitifully from side to side on theil
weak little necks was all of the babies
to be seen in each basket, while a shiv'
erjng woman stood by ready to carry
the baskets suspended on either end o
her bamboo load-sticks and peddle then
out in the mountains to the first pur
chaser who would give a few hundred
cash to pay for carrying them to the