The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
!. FAREWELL" TO MISS OWEN
Interesting Meeting of The woman's
Union Missionary society.

Interesting Meeting of The woman'l
Union Missionary Society.
The October meeting of the Wom
ans Union Missionary Society, held or
Monday, Oct. 7th, took the form of &
isfarewell to Miss Adeline w. Owen
who sailed for India in company with
some returning missionaries on Satur
day, October IL.
Invitations had been sent to all the
churches, and there were fully one
hundred and twenty-five present, in
Guiding some from Boston, New York
city, Chatham and Madison.
Mrs. Ropes, president of the So
ciety, presided. After the opening ex
ercises solo, The Lord is mindful
OF His own" was sung by Miss Esther
Buxton,
MrS.ColleS gave some "reminiscences,
referring with much feeling to Mrs
Edgar F. Randolph, whose presence
will be greatly missed in the society
The early history of the organization
was recalled, also some of the remark
able personalities connected with it.
Miss Lucy Morris, secretary, read the
minutes of the last meeting, and Miss
Ooursen, treasurer, the treasurer's re-
port. @
Miss S. D. Doremus, the correspond
ing secretary of the Parent Society (67
Bible House, New York;, then talked
for half-hour. She said she was espe-
-eially glad to come to Miss Ovens fare
well, for was Miss Owen not "a grand
daughter of the Society? Mrs. Ed
win Graves, Miss Ovens grandmother,
was one of the charter members of the
society founded in 1860, and left leg
acy of S5, 900 at her death, which has
been loyalty keptup by her daughters.
A fascinating resume of the society's
work, more particularly in India, fol-
lowed beginning with the zenana work
in 1860, the starting of the first orphan
age in 1871, then the dispensaries, the
nurses classes, the hospital work and
the rescue work. Nineteen of the I'm
ion Missionary Society missionaries are
supported by individuals. Who will Of
fer to support the other twelve mis-
sionaries and the ten assistant mis-
sionaries?
The endowment of bed is. ..... 5000
Yearly expense of bed ..... rs
Salary of a missionary physician 900
zenaaa missionary. -. 600
native worker. so
of a school. SO
Miss Doremus said that so often she
was asked, I" Why do not world travel
ers approve of foreign missions ?n
" Because they do not go to see all
what it is they are really doing" just
as Sir Charles Bagehot in the early '30s
said on his return to England from
America, " There is no such thing in
as Niagara Falls"
Referring to a book all should read,
" The Missionaries and Their Critics. y
She quoted from the first chapter to
the effect that we must force the Cos
pei on the heathen with somewhat the
persistence we do our merchandise.
The Chinese do not want our -four:
the Hindus do not want our kerosene,
and yet we send them. So. in sending
the Gospel.
Miss Doremus then bespoke the
prayers OF every person present for Miss
Owen, that she might have the speak
ing tongue and hearing ear, and the
tender sympathy that will make this
work the gladdest work of her life.
Miss Owen herself said few sweet,
earnest words. Mrs Samuel Gillespie,
chairman of the box committee, gave
a charming account of the box sent to
CaWnpore, India, in June.
A social hour followed and tea and
cake were served. The society gained
several new members.