Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-10


 | away? We would appeal to friends in America. For years the mission aries at Van and friends here who l contributed have been laying good 1 were discouraging. Now God is giy- ing the harvest. Shall we let it go to
 waste because the reapers are too few 1 The. boys school needs another Amer ican teacher and the girls school needs
 one more American teacher But the
 answer comes back, There is no mon
 ey-
 The schoolgirls and their. mothers
 are trying to do their share When
 they cannot afford to pay tuition they come and work for it by scrubbing the floors and windows and in other ways. i Many of the graduates of the school l have become capable, earnest Christian
 leaders. Most of the teachers in the
 missionary schools at Van and in sur
 rounding villages received their train ! ing there. Some of the. graduates were | Y w. c. A., which are reaching out
 to many other young people of Van- i A Sum of $1,241.51 Needed.
 A Prayer of Conservation by Mrs. | $. l.. Blake preceded a talk by Miss
 Helen E. Calder. Miss Calder depi0red
 the lack of s3,700 less than last year and asked what part of the work shall | we cut out Shall missionaries be sent home. allowances droppedt buildings left unfinished2 She then announced other. pledges. making the amount still needed only $2sS00. More pledges at this time and the offerings of fssyvednes- day evening and Thursday morning re-
 duced this by S1,05S4 49 so that S1,241.-
 51 now remains to. be raised.
 Power of Christian Hospital
 After the hymn, Take My Life and Let 1t Be, Dr. Ruth P. Hume of An rnednagar, India, spoke on The Power
 of a Christian Hospital. She gave many of her experiences in the native homes and the influence the Christians have there.
 Dr. Stephenson frequently goes to some neishboring village, taking along q supply of medicines, powders and ointments, as far as possible, because the patients do not bring bottle alonng. The mission school teacher has al ready announced that she is coming, and if it is not the time for sowing or weeding or harvesting, she may see from fifteen to one hundred and fif- teen patients in an afternoon. For some things she can accomplish a great deal with one supply of medi- cines and advice. But. in addition, the people become acquainted with us and they will come to Ahmednagar repeatedly for treatment or come as inpatients in the hospital Dr. Ste- phenson and l can go to scarcely any village for miles around without meet ing some one who had been treated by us. And not one of them returns without some knowledge. perhaps very little, Of Christ. Through the hos pital and dIspensa1y the women are learning to know Christ, and to pray to Him. And not until the women know Christ will India break off it's yoke and become free indeed.
 Notices were given Of the literature, reports and luncheon and of the clos ing of the polls, and Mrs. Edward Tead of Suffolk branch and Mrs. Philip Browning of the New Haven branch were appointed tellers.
 Dr.. Patton Heard Again.
 The closing address was on What Africa Means to the Christian World, by Rev c. H. Patton. D. D., home sec retary of the American board, whc said:
 By tacit agreement England, France, Germany and Italy have taken contsol of various African countries, until now 1t is practically under control of the European powers. Each power is doing much to improve its territory as an inducement to make it the outlet of Europe's capital, energy and popula- ton. Railroads are building every where-eiSht on the east coast and sixteen on the west coast=aIl to con meet eventually with the Cape to Cairo system. It is a rich and promising prize. But what is it's moral vaIue2 Is this vast prize to. be given to Chris t1anlty? Africa is the battle ground Of Christianity today-not China. Afti- ca is an even more crucial point, for here Is the great battle with the great est foe of -Mohammedan- ism. Idolatry quickly disintegrates before the spread of Christianity, but Mohammedanism only solidifies. The prize they too, seek, is Africa, and. they have planned the invasion of Af- r1ca by an immense army of mission aries They are going every where and having lnarvelcus success. for the na- tive IS an easy prey to them. They are sweeping down into the interior a vd ha harf ie- against us except south of Zambezi, which is safe.
 Africa is the laboratory of Chris tianity. As the crude ore is taken from the mine to be tested. so here may be taken. the hardest kind of ma terial the lowest type to be found in the human race and test made of what can be done in shaping this into is successful. in the main and other 1 China-may yet rejoice because of this test of work Results 1 were shown Dr. Patton in Natal where a group of wild heather in the front ID Y cpntrastir g, with the fine appear i ance of others in the church would | anyone seeing it to the cause of missions. They give up the old life !! entirely and become good. honest. | genuine Christians. A precious neck lace of lions claws shown by Dr. Pat i ton 7was given up by the Chief Mis- | soula.
 Africa IS also the final test of mis- l sfonary motive. There is some. race | prejudice in America, but in Africa 1t l IS intense. -Four workers are now | wanted by the WomanS board. Dr. | Patton appealed for Christian soldiers, ] Tor scholars in the laboratory, for Ioy- al followers to work for the IoWliest- |
 The meeting closed with prayer by 1 Mrs. Henry Fairbanks of Vermont.
 Miss Tafft was organist at the gem sral session and Mrs. Haskell ot the | piano ill the devotional service.
 At o'clock the closing session of he convention was called to order by he president, Mrs Daniels, opening with the singing of the hymn Lord Speak to Me, That May Speak
 Election of Officers
 The first business was the election ,f officers, which followed the report If the nominating committee, present. d by. Mrs. Edward Teed. She report d 13S ballots cast for the following [ ticket, which was declared elected:
 President, Mrs Charles II. Daniels, Wellesley; vice presidents, Mrs N. G. Clark. w. Roxbury; Mrs. John o. Means and Mrs. E. E. Strong of Au- f ,urndale, Mrs. A. A. Lincoln of Vol aston, Mrs J.. L. Barton of Newton center. Miss Susan Hayes Ward of Newark, N. J.: corresponding secre- rS InI n :