The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-02

CT Missions yesterday afternoon az
Central Union church parlors had more
than ordinary interest, two ladies from
abroad making addresses on mission
the Far East.
Mrs. S. Fl. Phillips of Salem, Mass,
spoke on home missions, and the eff.
fective work accomplished by the
boards controlling this work, and she
stated that the home missions had a
very large influence on missionary
work in foreign lands because often
times missionaries for the foreign
work were supplied from the field
where the home missions had been i'm
planted strongly.
II it were not for the home mis-
sions, she said, 81 IN afraid our for
eigp missions would not be carried on
SO WE'LL
She said there had been some criti-
cism lately as far as the Baptist work
was concerned, that there were too
many societies and they should be
combined into large working body.
It was finally proposed that the Bap-
list societies should be combined into
one large society, and SO in May of
this year the Women g Baptist Home
Mission Societies viii be gathered
under one head, with a general head
quarters IN Chicago. There is already
a training school in that city for the
training Of missionaries and church
workers to send out women evange-
lists IN the South and many other
places on the mainland, also among the
Indians and the various stations where
they have home missions
The Baptist Home Missions Society
also maintains an orphanage in Alaska
and has good schools in Cuba, Porto
Rico and IN the South. The trained
nurses from these Southern training
schools are sought everywhere in the
South
She spoke of the work among the
Freneh-Canadians and of an incident
where Catholic church, with its
priest and communicates, were taken
over into the Protestant camp, the for
mer Catholic priest being the pastor.
Mrs. Arthur H. Smith of Picking.
wife Of a well-known missionary in
China. gave an interesting talk on life
in China from the missionary stand
point Mrs. Smith possesses a fine
sense of humor and many of the incl
dents of life that came under her per-
sonal observation were told in a hui
morous vein.
She spoke of the lack of primary
schools. Generally there were rooms
but no teachers. If the governor of
the district was enthusiastic over the
work, then the work went ahead, and
where he got the money to conduct
the work no one could tell.
Mrs. Smith spoke favorably of the
Chinese press. An eminent native pro-
fessor in China said he never found
anything really hostile in the Chinese
press against the missionaries or their
gospel. Mrs Smith said that there
was an awakening of the patriotic
spirit IN China, especially among the
younger generation. It seems to be
real patriotism, and it is spreading all
over China now.
The methods of travel in China are
cumbersome and great strain upon
the missionaries who have to travel
about Riding is done In cart, a
case of q here you find your seat first
and never find it again until the trip
is finished - One has to take along a
mattress, washbowl, pitcher and char
coal brazier At one time while snow
vas several feet deep in the drifts,
Mrs. Smith had as her Bibie-reading
Chinese women companions, one who
had but one arm and the other but
one leg. Her story of the difficulties
had in toting them along in danger
Gus parts of the road where the cart
could net travel convnlsed the large
audience.
She told Of meetings where for
eign woman was a real curiosity.
Whenever meetings were held the Chi
nese women Of the villages would
crowd around so that she had first to
mount a chair. but the audience was
not satisfied and she had to mount a
table. where she could be seen by all.
And then a Gordon of women converts
had TO stand in front because the vii
Iage women would lift her skirts SO
that they could see her feet. Her
feet seemed to interest them on &C
count eff the comparison with their
own small, bound feet.