The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
TALKS ON MISSIONS
OCCUPIED TINE OF WOMAN'S MIS-
SIONARY UNION.
CHINA, AFRICA AND CUBA
REPRESENTED BY SPEAKERS WHO
MADE SHORT ADDRESSES.

Further Collection Made for Home
aries to the Hal1kas-Fund Now
Secured Amounts to over $1.1OO.
Work Among Immigrants Dis
cussed by Miss Buhlmaier of Bal
timOrc-Chinese Idols Shown by
Mrs. Roswell Graves-ImpOrtant
day When Election of Officers
Will Take Place.
To the hearing of missionaries almost
the whole session of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Union, yesterday afternoon,
was given up. The meeting was con-
Quoted by Mrs. ]. H. Eager of Balti-
more, VINO has presided at each of the
sessions in the absence of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Charles A. Stakely of Ala
bama.
The praise service with which the
session opened, was conducted by Mrs.
w. ]. McGlothlin of Kentucky This
was opened with hymn followed by a
prayer delivered by Miss Annie w.
Armstrong, and then after other pray
ers and hymns with the reading of the
XVIII Psalm by Mrs. McGlothlin.
This meeting, as was that of the day
before, was held in the Independent
Presbyterian Church. Saturday the
officers of the Union occupied the pull
pit, but yesterday they sat at desks
placed on the floor on level with the
Mre -
the change, stating that as there had
been some difficulty on the part of the
audience in hearing the officers and
speakers the day before these had de-
cided to descend from their high estate
in the hopes that this difficulty would
be overcome.
Work Among Immigrants.
She then in a brief preface in which
she gave some views of the late Rev
DR.. Tichenor of Atlanta relative to
work among the immigrants introduced
Miss Buhlmaier of Baltimore, mission
airy of the Union among the immi-
grants that arrive through that port
Miss Buhlmaier gave an interesting
talk, telling of her experiences, and
showing the value of the work and
the neeQ IOr us ENLARGEMENT.
AS showing the amount of this work
Miss Buhlmaier stated that the Sun
day before, alone, LOO immigrants
had been landed at the Baltimore pier
and that this number often amounts
to $500 day. She gave a few of
her experiences as illustrating what
her general work is, telling of sick
women and children to be looked after,
literature and Bibles to be distributed
and comfort and care to be admins
tered under varied conditions.
Despite the efforts of the laws to re-
strict immigration, the speaker said
the number of people seeking homes in
this country grows larger each year.
1T looks" she said, "as if the Lord
God Himself were sending them to
us. for the people who come have a
small conception of the spirit of Christ.
They know something of religion, but
only enough to be constantly in fear;
they know nothing of the joy of re-
ligion.
"All these years we have been neg
lecting these people. and now God is
sending them to us; that is why the
laws can't keep them out. They are
coming in such numbers that there is
room for five missionaries, instead of
only one" Last year, the speaker stat
ed, religious literature had been dis
tributed by her to 81. 900 of these imnl-
grants. among this literature being
600 copies Of Bibles. Testaments and
gospels. Despite these large figures,
the supply OF Bibles. etc. is limited,
and 1000 additional copies could have
been given away TO those who would
have appreciated them.
Home for Hnska workers.
After an intermission during which
Miss Eleanor Allen sang hymn. the
meeting again took up the question OF
subscriptions for home for the mis-