Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-04-06
METHODISTS HEAR
MISS CLIFF TALK
MISSIONARY is GUEST OF
CONGREGATION THIS
WEEK

The Womens Foreign Missionary
society of the First Methodist church
met at the church parlors last We'd
nesday afternoon and combined with
the evening meeting, which proved
of especial interest to the members
and others present. A supper was
served to the ladies as well as the
men, who had been invited to come
also and to stay for the evening meet
ing, following which music was en-
joyed under Mrs. =. L. Sisson's leader
ship. A ladies' quartette rendered one
number.
Following the Rev Richard Evans
announcement of special services dur
ing Holy Week, Miss Minnie Cliff,
formerly a teacher in the public
schools of this city, and a missionary
at Singapore for five years, gave
fine address on the conduct Of mis-
sions, both at home and abroad.
Work OF Women
She stated among other things that
none of the women III administrative
and executive positions with the Mis-
sion society in the homeland received
any salary for the great work they
were doing. She also told very in
terestingly how in one year S1,500.000
was raised in this country for the aid
of foreign missions conducted by the
Methodist Women's Mission society
alone. All this done by the women
the only moneys received by the solic-
itors being their travelling and other
necessary expenses,
One of the most pleasing things
Miss Cliff brought out was the fact
that all the missions of every de-
nomination were evidencing spirit
OF unity in a manner broad and eff
fective enough to prevent duplication
OF effort in any one foreign field. In
sections where more than one denom-
ination is at work, Miss Cliff stated
meetings of representatives of the two
or more denominations are held and
work is planned and arranged so that
there Is no confictioL.
Women Important
Miss Cliff spoke of the absolute
necessity of women workers in the
missionary field on account OF the
peculiar social laws which make 1t
absolutely impossible for men work
ers to reach the women and girls. In
Singapore Miss Cliff had to deal with
great variety of religions of which
she gave brief sketch She stated
that OF all these the Mohammedan was
probably the most degrading to its
women and In fact that IL was a re-
ligion OF men only.
Instances of the manner In which
the people of Singapore. its Japanese.
Chinese. Indian and others, meet the
advance of the missionaries. making
IL possible for the women who were
In the field to continue their work
and feel that they were making real
strides Tor betterment. were quoted
by the speaker. She stated that wher-
ever the British flag flew support of
every educational institution was to
be found and that Americans were al
ways made to feel that their work In
any country ruled by the British Vas
supported and appreciated by the gov
eminent.
In Sharp Contrast
This was in sharp contrast to the
attitude Of the Dutch in Java and else
where; money for hospitals is readily
given but the Dutch persistently re-
fuse their support to anything that
furthers the education of its people
in fields Of the missionaries.
In closing Miss Gin stated that
the representatives OF Foreign Mis-
sions no longer felt II necessary to
beg for funds with which TO carry on
their work
This being the month In which
thank offerings are given, the usual
thank Offering collection was taken
up and II Is hoped that the audience
did not fail to respond literally.
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