Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-28
MISSIONARY SPEAKER SAYS JAPAN
 lSFRENDLY TOWARDS UNITED STATES

of six students started, today there arc over 5000,
 I only ask that when you read news paper accounts you reason it out for yourself and judge between the military party and the liberal party, which is the biggest party in Japan. Sympathize with the liberal party in it's struggle for more freedom, encourage them Japan's doors are wide open today, back them up with your money and prayers that Japan, which today Stands as a great power for good or evil, may become a Christian nation the same as America. and a last ing friendship may be the outcome.
 Speakers on women's work.
 The meeting. which followed the sup per, was presided over by Mrs. Frederick W. Lester, president of the missionary department of the guild who welcomed the members and friends to the depart ment.s nfst meeting. Tfs prvgrsRn begax with solos. F1orian,s Song, by Goddard and Morning, by Speaks, Miss Doris Myott. Mrs. Charles Tyler Bard, presi- dent of the guild spoke on Our Reia- tions, saying that the. church was the body and the missions the arms, needing only the strength and aid of the body to accomplish much good. Mrs Bard asked that the United Congregational church continue to keep it's name as a giving church. The next speaker was Miss Elizabeth F. Pullen, who talked on Our Goal, say | ing that last year the women gave $5, 300 | to the church. and that this year the women of the church numbering S75,
 were asked to give ss.21s to the church
 work, divided equally between home and foreign work. This amount seemed large but in reality was small dona- ton of IF cents weekly from each woman l member being all that was required tc I send the guild over the top. Miss Fuller stated that it was not. true that most of {, the money contributed for missions was eaten up in the home offices. but that ] they were conducted more economically that most business offices and much tht
 greater share of the money reached tn, l foreign field.
 I Mrs. H. B. Cary was then called upoi T to explain the use of the Sunshine bag
 and said that small donations made oftel | would fill the bags and send the collec
 tion over the top. She urged that ever
 member fill her bag
 Miss Marion Bishop spoke on O1r Tasl q and asked the men of the church to ge
 their own dinners when the day cam
 for the women to meet and sew all da,
 for the Backus hospital, the tuberculosi
 sanatorium and the church hospital ii
 Costa Rica. The women's program de
 pended upon aid from the men. and thi
 would be one way of giving it. Ate
 the sewing. the women were to pack tn
 Christmas box for the Congregations } school in Tennessee, again for the wor among the coiored people of the soutf and then do the foreign work, which al :. dad off She asked the men to back up the .wotne
 in this vast undertaking ~and aid ther to keeD< the church on the giving column Inc final speaker was Rev. Alexande : H. Abbott, D. D. pastor of the churci who congratulated the women on tfei } splendid showing and thanked tn women for their splendid work for mis sions. He said that it was a wonderf, 5 undertaking for the. women alone { } raise S3.000. and the men of the cf1urc would rise tp meet the challenge
 The dining hall had been most tast, t fully decorated for the occasion in color ' suggestive of Hallowe' en, the decoratin 2 being in charge of Mrs. James L. Gas 5 and Miss Edith Young. On each of ff 7 tables were pumpkins and other HalIov
 e'en decorations and the appetizing SUI : per was provided under the direction ( 3 Mrs. William H. Oat and Mrs. Arthur \ e Thompson, joint chairmen, Mrs Harve c M. Briggs. Mrs. Roy D. Judd, Mrs. Edgs y H. Allen Mrs. Chauncey A. Sherma, e Mrs. George E. Zimmerman and MT s Sidney Smith. The table committee con s prised Mrs. John n. Sherman and MT n Herbert R Kind.
 - The waitresses at the various tahI, e were members of the Sodalitas class ar s other young women of the church