Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-01
FOREIGN MISSION
WORK Discussed
Wilmington District Society
in Second Quarterly
Meeting Today
MISSIONARY is
AMONG SPEAKERS

In McCabe NJ. e. Church today,
members of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Societies of the Wilmington
District M. j.. Church met in second
quarterly meeting. A large number
OF members were present. Reports Of
the various secretaries and officers
featured the meeting. Mrs. J. II.
Moon, secretary of mite boxes, report
ed that she had distributed 40 boxes
TO the Kings Heralds, and 20 to the
auxiliaries.
Mrs. Emma L. Shilling, correspond
ing secretary, read two letters. one
from Miss Matilda Spencer, mission
airy at Toxic, Japan, and the other
from Miss Gabrielle Smith, Whining
ton girl missionary TO China Others
who presented reports were Mrs. HUI
bert A. ROop, secretary of literature
and children's work; Mrs. Arthur A.
Wilmot, district secretary; Mrs.
Vaughan S. Collins, conference secre-
tary; Mrs. Nj. r. Lincoln, conference
treasurer; Mrs. W. +. Drummond, dis
trict secretary Of Young Peoples
work; Miss Ina Wilhelm, branch sec
rotary of children's work. and Mrs. II.
II. Campbell. branch secretary OF
young peoples work
This afternoons session was fea-
tured by addresses by Miss Susan c.
Lodge, branch president, and Or. Belle
J. Allen. Mrs. Stanley Steele sang a
solo and several members Of Scott
Church gave literary entertainment
It was voted to send a message OF
greeting and love in the form of flow
ers or fruit to Mrs. Virginia Dreamer
a member, who is an inmate of the
Home of Merciful Rest.
The report of the district secretary
of young peoples work, stated thai
one new Standard Bearers Society
had been organized at Scott Church
with q membership Of seventeen. II
was also reported that two new auxil-
iaries had been organized, one at Ep'
worth Church, with thirty-two mem.
bers, and one at Eastlake, witt
twenty-six members.
The aim of the year in the chill
dEen's work is to have Little Light
Bearers Society or a Kings Herald
Society in every church. The Phila'
delphia branch supports three chill
dren's missionaries. This report was
presented by Miss Ina Wilhelm
branch secretary OF children's work
Mrs. Kate V. Rue, treasurer, re
ported as follows; Amount received
from auxiliaries during last quarter
S26O65: amount received from young
people's societies, S14S.05; total re
ceived. S406.70. Harrison Street Young
Woman's Society is the banner YOUNG
peoples society. having contributed
SS7. while Grace auxiliary. with
contribution OF S91.9O is the banne
auxiliary for the quarter.
Mrs. II. II. Campbell, branch secre
tary for the Young Peoples WORK
made an earnest appeal that all tn
auxiliaries cooperate more eifec
lively with the young people socie
ties
In her letter, Miss Gabrielle Smith
missionary in China, thanked tn
Young People for their Christina
box and told how she had gone dow
to the wharf herself with two coolie
carrying pole TO get the box. Sh
said she looked all around but didn'
see it until finally her eye spied tn
name of "Mullin," and she said he
heart leaped TO sec that familia
name. She had the officials pull GU
the box and sure enough when
was turned over it was addressed Z
her.