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and yet worship countless millions OF
idols.
The dawn is coming, as shown by the
gradual breaking down of caste which
is the backbone of Hinduism, which
believes in the sanctity of the COW and
the depravity of women. In closing
she said that were the call to come to
help the United States troops now IN
Mexico the entire country would rise
up to render aid and yet for years the
missionaries have been pleading and
calling for aid that is slow In coming.
The morning session today was fea-
tured by the raising by pledges and IN
actual money of 1854 to apply on the
deficit of $1,000 which had been re
ported for the past year. Miss Grace L.
Colburn, home vice president, presided
at the first part of the session and af-
ter pledges had been given for states
and circles DR.. Clara c. Leach, who is
going as a medical missionary, pledged
800, or such part of it as could not
be raised at that meeting by pledges
in cash of dollar each.
Mrs Elizabeth G.. Hall of Africa
promptly pledged so of the 800 and
then the pledges began to be announced
from all parts Of the auditorium while
dollar bills waved III the air. Mrs. Hall
promptly appointed herself a collecting
committee and in 20 minutes, aided by
one or two pledges of considerably
more than one dollar and winding up
with one of $l2, the 800 had been
raised.
The morning session opened at $50
| o'elock with prayer by Miss Helen w.
Munroe. Miss Nellie G. Prescott of
Boston, associate foreign secretary, pre-
scented the fveyear program, which
calls for the raising of a total appro-
priation of $730400 to be expended in
various forms of missionary work and
in increasing the number of societies
number of members and subscribers to
missions. The plan is divided into
eight features besides that of raising
the money, each having a definite OBJ
jectiYe in numbers.
The junior state secretaries reported
on the work done by their branches
during the past year. Those who re
ported We're Miss Carrie f. Hinckley OF
Portland, Me, Miss Elizabeth Sargent
of Ludlow (Vt), Miss Harriet Hunt
of Newton Center, Mass, Miss MaudC
Nichols of Providence, r. l., and Mrs
Frederick W. Payne of Hartford, Conn
: Miss Elisabeth Arlington of Newton
Center, Mass, home correspondent
told of mission work in Sunday schools
this talk having been postponed from
,, yesterday afternoon s program, ant
: then came the raising of money to ap
ply on the deficit.
A brief memorial service was con
Quoted by Mrs. H. G. Stafford of Bos
ton for the three missionaries who hat
died since the last meeting. They wer
Miss Martha Cowan, Miss Mary Da.
and Miss Sarah Durfee.
Miss Clara a. Converse of Kanagana
Japan, delivered an address on tn
missionary work in that country. Sh
t said that it should be remembered tina
+ the first Baptist missionary work i
i that country was done only so year
] ago and that the first woman of Japa
\ baptized into the Baptist church is sti
: living. There is plenty of work 70
e missionaries there, for of the populatio
5 of 40 millions only $4,000 are Christian
{ She said that the japanese are yer
= receptive because they are mutually
o praying people. She closed by tellin
i of Colby House, with which she is col
= nected and which is one of the large:
s and the earliest Baptist institutions t
be established in Japan.