Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-02-19
MISSIONARY PAGEANT
FIRST N. T. Church
Addresses by Mrs. E. D. Huntley
and DR.. Mary Stone of Kiukiang
China.
APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE.
Nations in Costume Present Their
eeds---Miss Esther White
Proiocutor.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the First NJ. Il. Church gave
Annapolis a rare treat on the eyining
Of Thudsdav. February L. On this
occasion Airs William e. Miller. pres
ident of the Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society. Mrs. J. b. Rippere, in
charge of the Junior Missionary Soci-
ETY., known as the Ready Workers. as
sisted Mrs. A. NJ. Bass, presented a pa
geant of missionary significance enti-
tied THE Torehbearers."
The pageant was opened by the pro
ocutor. Miss Esther White. who gave
rs an introduction the followmg 'In
the beginning God gave the worid.and
there was light How II came swift
". instantly or by slow dawning
growing out of the pale twilight
through which the dim outlines Of the
new Grafton revealed themselves, III
creasing in lightness until the full
glory oi tn summer rccnday came
~ onIv conjecture
Day succeeded day through the
.ong years until in the fulness of time
God sent His Son to earth. lie him
self said 4 arr the light Of the world
~ that followeth after Me shall not
walk in darkness He came not e.
Israel alone, not to man alone. but 60
male and female, that Jew and Cen
tIlG Greek and barbarian, Scythian.
bond andf rec might have the Light of
Life When His supreme mission or
earth was accomplished. He was re-
ceiyef back again irto Heaven, a. His
sing He left MS unfinished wo.K t1
Peter and John and the other disciples
90 Luther and Livingston, to Carey
Judson and Morrison, to you and 10
me rhe task OF carrying the torches
20 all parts OF the word TorcnesIor
though a city may fash into light al
the turning of a levor the Light OF
Lisht can be carried only by the am
i'assaaors Of the king. 1t passes from
hand to hand and flames from heart
20 heart
Following q processioral of An
gels of Light" passed up the aisles of
lha church 10 the choir loft, while an
"Inyi ible ChOir"sang 20 Zion Haste
Miss Nyce Feldmeyor, an angelic pro-
phct. gave q reading 81 the prophecy
OF comfort to Israel, spoken by the
Prophet Isaiah. ""Arise. shine, for thy
lieht is come, and the Glory OF the
Lord is risen upon thee As she en-
ished hese prophetic words. there
passed TO the platform representatives
of India bringing news OF India's
darkness. ard progress and clamoring
10, the Light OF Life more abuudantlv
Succeeding these wcle women and chill
dren from Japan, Burma, Korea. from
the Mosleuin countries. China and
Africa all telling the same story OF
their great needs. As each approach
ed the platform the Prolocntor intro
ducad them With suitable words Al
intervals the angelic choir and Iryis-
ibie choir hurst forth into song.
The pageant concluded with a pro-
cession of pilgrims grouping blindIy
up the aisles of the darkened church.
They were met az the altar by the an
gelic choir Torchbearers, who gave
them The Bible and with lighted
torches led them from the church a
group OF pilgrims cropping for "The
Light and fin ling no angelic messen-
gers TO lead them, cry in despair
where. o Where Is The Light? In
answer 10 their pathetic appeal. an ~
Eliminated cross suspended above
them burst into radiance. and as ttey
kne.t inthankful alteration the song
The Light of the World is Jesus" WAS
sung by an angelic voice in she per-
son Of Miss Frances R-llman The
pageant closed with a song by DR.. Geo
r Feidneyer. rs It Nothing to Yoa?"
At the close OF the pageant AIRS. Sill
Ter introduced Mrs E ID. Hu!nblay.
secretary Of the Baltimore Branch oe
5c Woman's Foreign Missionary So
eiety. vel known 10 Annapolis 50 tho
organizer Of the original band OF
| Ready Workers. VIXEN her husband,
Rev r d. Huntley- was pastor Of the
church Mrs HuntIey explained the
history and meaning n the flags and
banners. Which decorated the front Of
the church and which came from
China as gift 10 her She also in
irodnced DR.. Stone, the first Chinese
woman horn of Christian parents. and
who grew up with unnounded feet Or.
stone was educated in America as a
doctor OF medicine and returned to her
ic'ne ID KiLka7s. Chine, as a med
Ical missionary.
Or. Stone Is auent speaker She
naNersseeHs at q loss for Ecrd. and
her fund or illustrations gemece mex
haustible. She tcld OF her cffcrts 10
operate With no Intelligent assistance.
Of her attempts TO instFac- her Cnsist-
ian converts in antiseptice shaf they
4 inigth bclp her. OF the great demands
and of the few helpers an trained
nurses. Dr. Stone told OF marvellous
answer to prayers. and Of her per-
sonal belief in the efficacy Of Frayer
pr Stone made special appeal for
material help n medical way as they
reach the soul through the healing
of the body.
ThOose taking the different imper-
soDations were. Prolocutor, Miss Es-
ther White: angelic choir, Misses Eliz-