The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-18
BAPTIST MISSIONS.
SECOND DAY OF CONVENTION AT
 CALVART CHURCH.
Reports of Work From China, India and the PhiIippines-NIiss Helen Newcomb in the Role of Burmese Womnn-Finances satisfaetOry-TO- days Programme.


 days Programme.
 The convention of the Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary society at Calvary church last night, listened to a number of short talks by mission aries who have been engaged in India and China, and by women who are upholding the affairs of the society at home. The church was well filed
 Miss Julia H. Wright presided at this meeting. She first introduced Mrs. W. s. Sweet who has been working in Hangchaa, China. She spoke of the work of the mission school and pointed out particularly what they were doing to raise the station of the women of the country Miss Edith B. Gurley of Troy, N Y, spoke of the yearly con ference at Northfield She told of the aims of the school and their efforts to conduct a helpful and systematic study of missions.
 The next two speakers were from India. Miss Julia c, Shinn of Pan gvon, Burma, made strong appeal for more funds and more missionaries for India.
 The country for which Miss shinn lapors, is the jungle country where the conditions of the natives is worse than parts of India. The progress of Chris tianity has been slow here. Many peo pie, said Miss Shinn, wondered if it really paid after all. She, however, was very sure that it did pay. Better civilization through contact with the advanced countries does not meet the real. needs. More help was needed to continue the work and keep the hand to the plough.
 Miss Helen Newcomb spoke clad in the costume of a Burmese woman, a crimson garb, enveloping her like the robes of nun. She recited the life history of a Burmese woman and brought out the contrast of what that life was and what it could be made.
 Miss Bessie Harvey and Miss Bertha Clark, both of the Haseltine House, and studying to become missionaries, made short talks. About ten o'clock the convention adjourned to meet again this morning.
 The meeting was well attended yes terday morning, when the first open meeting of the convention was held Over two hundred delegates from out of town were present and the church was well filled The reports of the officers all showed that. the society was enjoying one of the most prosper ous periods since it's foundation. Many young women have become | converted to Christianity and have given up their jewels to be sold to aid in the work, In Assam, there has mol beer much headway made in female education, but the reports gave hops of much improvement in the coming year.
 Burnah reported two floods plague and much sickness, but fine work is be- ing done in educating the boys, In one mission over 70 boys attended night school, squatting on the floor and hold. ing a torch in one hand and book in tho other,
 There is a great need of more teach CTS, and an earnest appeal was made for helpers New school buildings are being erected at Mandalay Rangoor I and other towns.
 In the Philippines at one school, there are over 100 pupils ranging in age from twelve months to twelve years The missionary in charge reports fnt progress, but adds, q see no signs o any wings sprouting."
 | From China comes the report tha | many of the young men now refuse tC marry girls who have their feet bound | up after the custom so long prevalent | The missionaries there have Waged { war on the custom and the people ar, now coming to view the custom iron their standpoint The young men saN | they do not want to marry "old-fash l iones" girls.
 From another school came an inter esting report of the visit of the man darin, clad in the bright colored silk l of the country and accompanied by ( train of attendants equally resplen dent. He complmented the ladies O the school on their large tidy feet and read very learned paper or Education" It was afterward fount out that this paper had been writer for him by small boy
 The. treasurer's report showed a goot l balance on hand, and a large numbe of new members in the past year The reports of the home and foreigi | secretaries gave the hearers an insigh into the work being done, and that o the foreign secretary in particular 1 which told of the missionary work il parts of the world, was followed witl the closest interest. The morning meet l ing concluded with two addresses b. missionaries from India and Burmah.
 This afternoon there will be dis l cussion of the missions in the Sunda, school, and addresses on Zenana worl 1 among the women of India, portray al of work done in the Philippines an, l the experience of a missionary in Bur
 nah,
 The reports of the home secretarie
 Miss Nina A. Reade and Miss Julii
 H. Wright chronlcled the formation O
 many new circles, the success of tn
 annual day of prayer and the increas
 in the number of the society's publica
 tions. "The Cradle Roll" which pay
 special attention to the babies, ha,
 over 1,2O0 members, and many mother
 borrowed babies in order to join.
 The programme for to-day shows th
 final work of the convention and vii
 be carried out as follows:
 9:S0 a. m.-Devotional meeting; re 1 ports of state secretaries; addres
 by Mrs. J. s. Timpany; reports O
 junior state secretaries