The San Francisco call., 1906-08-14
MISSIONARIES OFF
To FAR LANDS.
Forty-Four Men and
Women to Sail for Chi
nese and Korean Fields
PLANS OF BISHOP

whom will depart this morning on the
Manchuria for foreign fields, the rest
| to follow in a few weeks, were given
a reception yesterday by the women
of the Occidental board and numerous
clergymen and laymen at Calvary
Presbyterian Church., The great Sun
day-scheol room was thronged with
church workers who came to bid the
young men and women and the vet
erans who are going into distant and
alien lands godspeed on their journey.
Refreshments were served and Evan
gelist Clifton Powers sang songs ap-
propriate to the occasion. The Rev.
John Hemphill, D. d.; the Rev. j. H.
Laughiin and Mrs. II. B. Pinney, pres
ident of the Occidental Board, spoke
feelingly of the work their guests were
about to undertake.
The missionaries who will sail today
| for Korea and China arA the Rev. and
Mrs. w. C. Isett, Mrs. ". S. Paris. the
Rev. and Mrs. Cyril Ross, accompanied
by their three children; the Rev. and
Mrs. s. c. Peoples. Robert M. Ross,
NJ D.; the Rev. and Mrs. w. M. Camp
bell, accompanied by their two chill
dren; Miss Esther l.. Shields, DR.. and
Mrs. w. E. Robertson, Dr. and Mrs.
Carl J. Shellman, Miss Elizabeth c.
Fitch. Mrs. H. H. Woods. Miss Ed
munds, C. A. Bergstresser and ]. E.
Morrow.
TO SAIL ON KOREA.
Those who will sail on the Korea
September are Miss Grace M. Lucas.
Miss Eaith C. Dickie. Miss Annie r.
Morton, Miss Lillian A Taylor. DR.. and
Mrs. Claude Mason, Miss Eula Van
Vranken, the Rev. and Mrs Charles
e. Scott and child, the Rev and Mrs.
F. S. Curtis and Francis ], Hall, NJ. D.
On September Fl there will sail on
the Siberia the Rev. Walter c. Erd-
man. Miss Mary Leaman. Miss Lucy
Leaman, DR.. and Mrs. John M. Swan
and child, the Rev. David S. Tappan,
the Rev. George D. Byers and Miss
Ellen Ward.
The missionaries go under the
auspices of the board of foreign mis-
sions of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States.
LAYMEN'S s1,000,000 FUND.
At a meeting of the Methodist min
| listers yesterday Bishop Hamilton.
speaking of the restoration of churches
and the notable undertaking of the
Laymen's League to raise 1000. 900 for
church and relief work in California.
of which movement Robert T. Miller
of Cincinnati is the leading spirit, said
there never had been so much easy
money IN Ine country as now, ana eA-
| pressed the conviction that the lea que
would succeed in its design. He added
that when he goes East shortly to
attend conferences there will be moth
| ing so much in his heart and mind as
! San Francisco. He said that durin g
! his tour he will lecture at every con-
ference, and the money derived there
from will be devoted to the churches
here
! The Rev. DR. Francis NJ. Larkin. who
has just returned from the East, where
he has been engaged In connection
with the Laymen's League Million Dol
lar Fund, said that much over million
dollars had been contributed to the
relief work in this city by Methodists.
| He paid a high tribute to Robert t.
Miller, DR.. E. r. Graham and James NJ.
Gamble of Cincinnati for their sym
pathy and efforts in behalf of the
restoration of the churches.
1t was resolved that DR.. Larkin con-
vey to the people of the East the min
listers sense of deep appreciation for
the efforts made.
Evangelists DIR. Frank Granstah and
Clifton Powers will hold union evan
gelistic services every evening this
week, except Saturday, at s o'clock, at
Westminster Presbyterian Church, at
the corner of Webster and Page streets
The opening OF the Presbyterian
Orphanage Annex at San Anselmo will
take place August 81.