Evening journal., 1904-11-11

uafy whcih viii be held IN Calvary
Church. this city.
Mrs w. II. Wilde. secretary of the
Babies Branch, read paper which
gave the history of the branch. which
was organized IN 1892 and which now
has membership of over 1900. Mrs.
ID. II. Curlett gave a short report of
Mexican division, showing progress an
along the line. ana Mrs. IA. l.. Curtis on
foreign missions.
The early part Of the session was
neld IN the auditorium of the church
with Archdeacon George c. Hall pre-
siding. Addresses were made by
Bishop McKim. of Toxic, Japan, and
Archdeacon Wetmore, of North Caro-
| lima.
Bishop McKim told Of the struggle for
Christianity in Japan and said that be-
fore the mission was established there
was not a school of any kind for girls
I in that country.
There is only one college there for
the higher education of women, and
/ that was established by Christianized
/ Japanese. and not by the government.
/ The question has been put-why
should the cultured and intelligent Jap
anese be I'm need Of missionaries. There
are two great religions i'm Japan-Budd-
hism and Shntoism. Buddhism has
been called spiritualism without "A soul,
] charity without love. nature without
/ birds and trees. is Buddhism, with its
idolatry, superstition and contempt
good enough for the intelligent and cul-
tured Japanese? They do not think so.
The Shintoist worships the sun, the
moon, the stars. He worships the god
Of the tree and of the river Shintoism
is obscene and immoral. It's law is TO
obey the emperor and to follow the ma
tural impulse. Is Shntolsm good
enough for the cultured and intelligent
japanese? They do not think so.
I'VE have forced our civilization upon
Japan" said Bishop McKim i'm conclu-
sion. shall we not also do our best
to urge them to accept the religion
which will strengthen them and keer
them pure?"
Archdeacon Wetmore spoke of the
mountain people of North Carolina.
They are a good people" said he
poor and plain. but not poor white
trash. They are ambitious and thrifty
but have dropped behind. and are cut
off from the outside world by the very
nature of their country Up to twenty
years ago there was not "a railroad IN
that country Of $1,000 square miles, Sc
rough and rugged and hard to gel
about In. They don't want to stay be.
hind but want to go ahead with 9th.
ers.
THE Episcopal Church is doing mucl
for the colored people of the South. bu
little for the mountain girl and boy
who are eager to learn and when the,
have acquired knowledge. develop int,
splendid men and women"
Archdeacon Wetmore made such
strong plea for his people that the aux
iliary voted to give him twenty-five pc
cent. of the collection of the day. whicl
amounted to S62, and the various
branches pledged him quite a sum.
Mrs. George c. Hall. president Of tn
Junior Auxiliary. asked that her repor
S be postponed until the next meeting ow
= ing to the pressure of business. Sh
= reported that the Juniors had don
e great work during the year, especiall
e in the packing Of missionary barrels
Two were sent to DR.. John briggs 81
e Alaska, which arrived just before h
Y started East.
q Mrs. Hall spoke enthusiastically O
; the work of the Juniors in this countr
j to build and equip a childrens ward /
8, DR.. Woodward's hospital I'm GnankI
s China, to which the Delaware Junior
+; Will contribute 500.
r, After some discussion It was decide
g to postpone the usual May meeting III
IS til June, so that it may take place whe
8. the annual diocesan convention is
II session, so both bodies may meet at Oh
- time.
2. The next annual meeting will be hel
s. in Delaware City In October 1905.