Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-21

ject of an address of unusual inter-
est given by Miss Carolyn T. Sewall,
children's missionary, at Tientsin,
China. Miss Sewall is a graduate of
Mt. Holyoke, has been in missionary
work in China for seven years, and
is now home on her first furlough.
She told of the witnesses for Jesus
at Tientsin and of the great influence
for good in these peoples lives, that
was worked by this witnessing She
cited examples of women whom she
had known in China whose charac-
tiers and dispositions had been COM
pletely changed by coming into the
knowledge of Jesus.
The question, if this witnessing is
carried on to as great an extent as it
should be in our churches? was asked
by the speaker That was the way
the Christian church was started
by group of men, the Apostles, go
ing out To witness for Christ in the
face of persecution and death And
yet nowadays a person sometimes feels
reluctant to mention the name of
Christ in places outside of church.
The power of our witness depends
on the reality of our experience, Miss
Sewall pointed out, and she told Of
the great difference in her own life in
the last three or four years as her
witness for Christ was becoming
stronger. And she told of the need of
the power of prayer that a PERSONS
witness might be carried home
Address by Mrs. Lee
Miss Carolyn d. Smiley of Ahmed
magyar, India. who was scheduled as
the next speaker. was unable to be
present on account of illness and the
presiding officer, Mrs. Harmon. read a
very interesting letter from her. In
her place Mrs. Lee, associate secrn-
tary of the Women's Board Of Bos
ton. spoke, telling of the work of
Miss Smiley and others in helping
girls in India to catch the vision.
Mrs. Lee is the daughter of Dr. Rob
ert Hume. a we'll known missionary in
India, and is a graduate of Wellesley
College
She spoke of the fact that there
are 147 languages in India. She had
learned only one of these languag as
however, the Marathi only one of the
languages of that country being nee
cssary to know because of the re-
stricted areas for the individual mis-
sPonarles. At one of the meetings she
had attended she heard an elderly
gentleman speak against education in
the high schools, his grievance being
not against arithmetic and the other
studies taught there. but against the
TACT that they did not teach the girls
there to become good cooks. He
thought they were not paying atten-
ton enough to domestic science.
| The speaker stated that that was
one of the things Miss Smiley was do
ing in Misunderstanding the girls to be
good housewives and to make their
money go long ways in the running
! OF mouse. And she told of how
these girls were catching the vision
and were becoming splendid mothers
end housewives. When a girl once
catches the vision she is free to walk
through the streets there alone. Girls
are also being educated as teachers.
which is indeed a great acccmpIish-
ment in missionary work.
"Uncut Diamonds of Africa"
The final speaker on the program,
was Rev. w. Stanley Carne of Cor
ham who held the close attention OF
his audience by his address,, Uncut
Diamonds of Africa" He paid his
respects to the missionaries who rep
resent the Society in foreign lands
stating that he appreciated what it
means to go out into the PARKWAY
lands and work and serve in he name
of the Lord.
! He told of the proportionate size OF
! Africa. four times as large as the
! United States and with one halt
again more people. He spoke of the
three types of boys met there, the
Zulu, the kafir and the Cape, the
first being noted for their splendid
physique.
That the religion of long ago is gra
dual!y creeping south, he stated. Il
has already reached the Congo and
the gold districts. He told of the
work of the boys in the mines and
showed that in that country was the