The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-06
Reports Are Made and Foreign
Missions Work Thorough
ly Discussed.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
OF W0MEN'S SOCIETY
Morning Session Devoted to
Discussion of Sunday
School Matters.

Baptist State convention commenced at
the First Baptist church, this city, at 9
a. m. with devotional exercises, conduct
ed by the Rev j. II. Franklin. AT all
the meetings there was Il large attend
ance of the delegates aud their friends.
A Sunday school session WIS carried out
under the direction OF d. P. Ward OF
California. AT this meeting papers were
read by Miss Mary Berkeley on The
Cradle Roll" Mrs. II, w. Pratt, THE
Home Department" II. l.. Harrington,
Special Days" B. l.. Corum addressed
the convention on the subject, Organ
lied Classes" Mrs. S. A. Hayworth,
Primary Work." d. y. Ward. Round
Table" Prof. j. a. Smith submitted the
report on Publication Society" and A.,
G. Sandbloom related "Colporteur Ex-
pertences." followed by an address on the
Publication Society" by y. p. Ward.
Words OF greeting were also addressed
TO the convention by Rev. Wildman
Murphy, president OF the Utah Sunday
school union; Rev ". Howard Bowler,
moderator OF the Idaho Baptist associa-
tion, and Rev. Arthur Wordsworth, as
soctate editor OF the Pacific Baptist, San
Francisco.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was devoted TO
the work OF the Women's Baptist Mis-
sionary society of Utah. Mrs. H. w.
Pratt presided,
The opening address was delivered by
Miss Stella j, Rsgon, a missionary late
ly returned from Burma. She gave a
graphic description of the people and
their customs and detailed the life of
the missionary. The people in that coun-
try speak about sixty different dialects
and there are great variety of customs
and religions, The Karens are tho hill
tribes and are more easily Christianized
than those living on the low lands. The
other tribes are very low in the moral
and will steal anything they can get
away with.
The Burmese are OF the yellow race
and the tribes can be distinguished by
the manner in which the hair Is dressed
The women and the men dress very much
alike and one Of the difficulties Of the
missionary at first Is 10 tell the men
from the women.
When the bubonic plague broke out
they could not understand it, They imag-
ined IL to be the work OF the evil spirit.
and asked the Governor to issue a
proclamation commanding the evil ones
TO depart. When they become Christians
they have 10 make a complete departure
from all their old beliefs and customs,
and lead an entirely new life. One of
their traditions was that a white man
should visit them with a book and teach
them new things, and this belief made
the Christianizing Of the Karens possible.
Miss Mary G.. Burdette, secretary Of
the Women's Baptist Home Mission So
ciety OF Chicago, spoke especially OF the
excellent work accomplished In the Bap-
tist Missionary Training school in Chi
cago, where young women are trained as
missionaries or assistants to pastors
There are seven graduates in Utah from
the school. and at the meeting today a
resolution will be introduced urging as
many OF the young women Of this State
who possibly can to take this training
course, which includes nursing, music,
oratory and other departments.
The reports from the church societies
were highly satisfactory and demonstrat-
ed that nearly every church had double
its contribution for home and foreign
missionary work during the past year,
and that the amounts were the largest
ever given from Utah.
The officers OF the Women's society
for the ensuing year were elected as fol-
lows: Mrs. II. w, Pratt, Provo, presi-
dent: Mrs. Ruth Kinney, Salt Lake. first
vice-presidept; Mrs. r. T, Muller. Og-
den. second vice-president; Mrs. W. W
Randolph. Salt Lake, treasurer; Mrs. s.
A. Hayworth, Salt Lake, recording sec
retary. Mrs. A. j. Goss and Mrs. G.. J..
McNltt, Salt Lake, corresponding sec
retaries.
Evening Session.
At the evening session Rev. Bruce
Kinney was reelected State missionary
OF the American Baptist Home Mission
and the occasion was embraced by Rev.
J. II. Franklin D. p. Ward, Ben L..
Corum and Prof ]. A. Smith to express
words of appreciation of the splendid
work so ably conducted by Mr.. Kinney.
The convention also adopted the recon-
mendation of the State board TO request
the Home Missionary society for an ap-
preparation OF $4,000 for the coming year,
with pledge Of $500 from the workers
of the State.
Miss Daisy Wolfgang rendered the solo,
abide With Me-" and In the absence of
Miss Minerva Tallman the report on
foreign missions was read by the Rev
A. Fl. Shattuck
The principal address of the evening
was made by DR.. L N. Clark OF Kansas
City on Foreign Missions DR.. Clark
Is an interesting lecturer aud spoke at
considerable length on the success
achieved in the field In Japan, China and
India.
With the aid Of a diagram he showed
in comparison. what the Christian peo-
pie Of America spend for foreign mis-
sions and for luxuries, the statistics be-
Ing as follows: Foreign missions, ST.
100000; chewing gum. s1l 900 900, mil
linery. sS0,000000; confectionery, S17S,-
900; church work. $3.50. 900 900; Jew
elry and plate, 500, 900. 900; tobacco,
$3.50 10000 liquor. 81 .243 900 900.
The convention Will close its labors
TODAY