The Republican journal., 1908-05-28

Home Secretary. Mrs. c. j. H. Ropes,
Hammond street, Bangor.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Henry S.
Murchie, Calais.
Secretary of Junior Work, Mrs. Eugene
W. Lyman, Bangor.
Treasurer, Mrs. JrS. Wheelwright, Ban
gor House, Bangor.
Advisory Committee, Mrs. C. 81. Cutler,
Bangor C. A. Moore. Bangor; Mrs. Warren
J. Moulton, Bangor.
Auditor, John L. Crosby, Esq, Bangor
They we're unanimously elected, and the
session closed with the singing of hymn.
The Belfast delegation found delightful
place to open their picnic boxes in the church
supper room, which was open for the pur-
! pose. Some young ladies of the Searsport
church served tea and coffee and pleasant
social hour was spent before the evening
meeting, which was held in the beautiful
little church. A vocal trio was followed by a
devotional service led by Rev. e. H. McEl-
hiney, pastor of the church, and duet was
followed by Miss Kyle's address on the
'Interweaving of Life" which was listened
to with the closest interest. She emphasized
especially the way lives act And react on
each other, and the singular way in which
they are connected. She spoke of the phrase
'tthe world consciousness which is upon
u.s." recently used by Secretary Taft, as
another way of expressing missionary
spirit Those who have recently been
studying the immigration problem were
particularly interested in her description of
some of the recent arrivals at Ellis Island,
whose Chrstianization in their old world
homes precluded any problem so far as they
were concerned Among those mentioned
was an American girl, four years pupil
| of Miss Ellen Stone, who arrived at Ellis
| Island Christmas day, and party of 100
| Greeks, all Christians and members of mis-
| sion churches, whose influence on their
| brothers in this country would be TAR
| reaching. Miss Kyle gave interesting
| gimpses of the work to which some of the
| latest recruits to mission fields are going
and the motive of the work of the Women's
| Board-to redeem the lives of the women
and children in 19 mission fields today.
| Mrs. F. c. Partridge of SilvaS, Turkey, at
| present on furlough in this country, gave
most interesting account of the native work
! ers, Armenian workers, connected with her
home station. In the city of $4,000 population
| the mission maintains Protestant church,
| besides those in the out-stations, a Y .M.C.A.,
| c. Z. Society, Sunday school OF 600,
| women's society, a weekly teachers meet
! ing, and other organizations, boys and
girls schools. The life of these organiza-
tions, said Mrs. Partridge, are the native
| workers, and one can see that this must be
| true when we realize that the American
missionaries include but medical workers,
! , evangelical workers and 2 teachers in
each of the schools. Mrs. Partridge told of
the marvellous amount of work done by
some of the native workers. One of them,
preacher in an Out-statlon, days journey
| from Silvas, is the head OF the educational
work in his village, the center OF all Chris
tian influence, the translator of all govern
| ment village business, besides being the
| letter writer for the whole territory around
him. Another Bible woman in S!lvas
spends all her time from Monday to Fri
day in teaching the poorer class OF women
to read the Bible, and on Sunday has
class of 60 women in the Sunday school,
beside holding weekly meetings for women
| in the church. She spoke also of the great
conservation of the teachers in the schools.
The highest salary paid is 500 a year, and
beside their regular school work the teach
ers are all active in Sunday school, Z. E.,
Y. NJ. c. and all other branches of the work.
The servants of the mission household and
the school pupils all feel responsibility in
forwarding the work, and Mrs. Partridge's
special plea was not to forget the native
workers and students whose tasks are by
no means easy
AT the close of Mrs. Partridge's address
Miss Beach reported for the committee the
| following resolutions:
| l. That we thank the ladies of the
Searsport church, who have opened their
| homes to us, for their generous hospitality.
| We realize that such successful arrange
ments necessitated much thought and labor.
| Q That we thank the singers for adding
so much to the enjoyment Of the evening
service.
g. That we give most cordial thanks to
| Miss Kyle and Mrs. Partridge for their in
! tereSting addresses.
a. That we express our thanks to the
Maine Central and Bangor and Aroostook
railroads for their special rates and to the
newspapers for their kind reports, and also
| to all who in any way assisted to make this
! meeting a success.
A hymn and the benediction, pronounced
by Mr. Mckinney, closed a most helpful
and successful meeting of the Eastern
Maine Branch.