Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-10-20
Of American Missionary
ksso. in Worcester, Mass.
Miss Caroline Hazard Of OfWeIIes-
ley Delivers Principal Address.
Session One Of Most Successful in His.
tory Of the Allied Societies.

Worcester Mass, Oct. 19-This was
the last day of the annual meeting of
the American Missionary Association in
this city and full program was car
ried out. Following the usual devo-
tional service and a brief business ses-
sion. the forenoon was given up to as
sociated societies. Addresses were de-
livered by representatives of the
American Board, the Congregational
Education Society, the Congregational
Church Building Society, the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary Society and
the Congregational Sunday School
and Publishing Society.
A women's meeting and an open par
liment we're arranged for this after
noon. Sec. Cornelius Patten, D. D., of
the nome department of the American
Board appeared for the first time as
the representative of that body before
the association. Sec. Patten spoke on
America, a Missionary Nation" He
called attention to the similarity be-
tween the work of the association and
of the American Board saying:
"Your field is the foreign races In
America, our the foreign races at home.
Naturally our methods are similar.
Though Evangelism, education and IN
dustrial training, we both seek 10 llft
UP the lowly and established Christian
civilization in the earth. Let England
be the great commercial power II she
will: let Germany be the great war
power; let France stand for science ana
Italy for art; but let US supremely
stand before the world as the great
missionary power"
Rev. N. ]. Fenoga of Wisconsin spoke
for the Education Society.
Rev. Nj. J. Fenenga of Wisconsin,
SPOKE for the education society.
At the womens meeting, this after
noon, a message of greeting was given
by Mrs. w. H. Blodgett president OF
the Womans Home Missionary Associa-
tion of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Several addresses on various phases OF
womens work were delivered. The
speakers included Miss Caroline Haz-
ard, president of Wellesley college, who
spoke OH How We Cooperate"
wellesley College is one of the COL
1eges which owes special debt or
gratitude to the teaching and spirit /9t
Mary Lyon. The keynote of Mary
Lyons ambition for women was the
opportunity for larger service which
she emphasized. and in her mind the
service which women could render ex-
tended far beyond the confines of their
own homes. Her splendid missionary
zeal has descended to all of the wom-
ems colleges which owe their 1nsplra-
tion very largely to her.
wellesley from the very first years
of it's existence as a college has been
represented in the foreign field. and the
devotion of Wellesley's graduates IN
India and in China has proved source
of great strength to the college. NO
lesser table are some Of the achieve
ments in the home missionary field
where Wellesley is represented in the
social settlement work"
Miss Hazard gave some instances OF
the special work of Wellesley gradutes
and emphasized the fact that the col
lege motto mot to be ministered unto
but to minister" is nowhere more fully
carried out than in the lives of these
devoted women.
The report of the Bureau Of Wo
mans Work was presented by Miss d
E. Emerson, secretary, of New York a:
follows:
I'VE report an increase in contri
buttons for the past year through wo
men societies. Received from women
state organizations s26,931 and s424
sent by local societies directly to tn
national treasury, total $31.174.
This is the largest amount ever re
ceived by the American Missionary As
sociation in a single year through VIC
mems organized work 1t is simply
testimony to the growing intelligence c
women of missionary lines. With n
6imintItinn nf in, ~,
rather necessity to increase just tn
kind of work that association has i
hand for the negro race and also III
mountain people: with the work fC
the Chinese and Indian still urgent an
pressing. there has yet been added t
this large field of missions rapid
developing work Of Evangelism I
Porto Rico and a very important an
significant work in the Hawaiian Is
lands. making a greatly increase de
mand upon the A. NJ. A. treasury
Missionary need in America is taki,.
on great. even alarming proportion:
and intelligent women are studying tn
facts and situation, learning just wha
must be done and by what agencie:
These women leaders will obtain thoi
followers and here is where we find tn
signs of promise for a steady, eve
III gradual, increase of contributions t
the American Missionary Association
The held forces of the America
Missionary Association are already n
their posts. absorbed in this great .vor
for the negroes. mountainners. Chimes
and Japanese. Indians and Eskimo.
Porto Riciars and Hawaiians.
The recent federation of women
state organizations should increas
their influence and usefulness in r,;>
ing funds for missions in America. Ga
we reach $o5.0oo the coming year fro,
women's societies for the work of III
American Missionary Association >"
Sec. Charles ]. Ryder, of New yor,
read secretarial paper on "The Nat
of Hopefuness." 20
Ahl.nt Sforri