Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-30
Missionary Endeavors Dis.
cussed by Presbyterians.
WORK AMONG M0RMoNs
Field There as Well as Among In.
dams and Colored People,
Says Speaker.

addresses by Mrs. d. Everett waid of
'he "onans board of home missions at
we" ofk, and Miss r. c. Barr of Pitts
ouIsh' assistant secretary for freedmen's
WORK. We're features of the session of the
t"enty-sixth annual meeting of the Wom-
an Synodical Society of the SYNOD of
Baltimore, which opened in the Church of
tne covenant this morning. Mrs. M. V.
Richards presided
Mrs. Waid I'm her remarks told of th.
growth of missionary endeayor from I'll.
beginning of the country, and urged in
creased efforts to interest women crho
have time and means to take I'm bon.
mission work
Inc problems among the colored peonle
tne Indlan and the foreigner were spoken
or, and Mrs. Waid declared that the Nor
i ilion neid was one that was not to be
Inc Mormons. she asserted. were hard
az work making converts, and she told
OF conversation she had with the doc
t tSa on an English steamship. in which
home more than fifty girls who had an.
pealed to him for help after they had
started from home with the Mormon
workers. o"
1.-The The condition Of women in foreign
countries was alluded to- She said
whether you vote or not Won havo
great power in public affairs. more 90
tndn inc women of any nation in the
World she urged that this power be used
III, LUZ missionary purposes in the improve
ment of this country
Uplift Of Colored Race.
Miss Barr had for her theme tho nm.
lifting of the colored race. She told
OF the work that had been done bv
the Freedmen's board of the presbv-
terrain synods throughout the country
The colored race. Miss Barr said. was
to be elevated by being taught to use
the saw, the Scrubbing brush and the
broom. That the Bible must go hand
IN hand with these. as an educational
factor. was her claim
She gave some interesting account, of
the earnestness of colored children in
their efforts to obtain an education. and
gave fgures as to the percentage of ill.,
llteracy in the race. Miss Barr closed
with an earnest appeal that more inter
est be taken in the work.
Inc morning session of the society
opened with religious service, followed
6y an address Of welcome by mrs.
Gharles Wood of this city. Mrs. w. d.
and Miss Leonard gave an outline of
the work done by the home missionary
society in the past year. Miss Hunting
OF Baltimore. special secretary of the
Young Peoples Society for Christian En-
deavor; Mrs. Bush of Wilmington, spe-
ciai secretary for the Freedmen's board
Miss Ellison of New Castle Del. secre,
tary or the literature board, each gave
a snort account Of the work done by
their respective boards in the past wear
Mrs. S. D. Luckett. presbyterial presi-
dent OF this city. spoke on the work to
be done in the home mission week
November II to 81. and the morning
session was brought to a close with
devotional nd hAr
pronounced by the Rev. DIR. Charles
Wood.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoons session opened with a
Scripture lesson by Mrs. E. Stinson.
president of the PresbyteriaI Society of
Baltimore, and prayer by Miss Eva
B. Taylor. president Of the New Castle.
Del. Presbyterial Society. This was
followed by the report Of Mrs. George
NJ Gather. secretary treasurer. on the
financial condition Of the society.
The election Of officers and address on
"By-Products of Missions" by the Rev.
DR.. !. T. Headland of Picking. China, also
will be interesting features of the after
noon session. as will be the delivery of
greetings from Beirut. Syria, by Mrs.
Charles L. Carhart; from Guatemala
City. by DR.. Mary Gregg: from Soochow,
China. by Miss Mary baltimore.
In the Church OF the Covenant last
night Rev. Headland. who for sixteen
years has been connected with the Uni
versity of Peking spoke on the part
America had taken in the making of
China DIR. Headland was acquainted
with all the prominent men Of that coun-
try and was an adviser OF the company
while he was laying his plans for the re-
forms that took place in China ten years
ago. In his address DR.. Headland paid a
high tribute to the late John Hay. a
nomhQr nf tho Church Of he nj
as a statesman and Christian.