Thirty-Sixth Annual Report
Woman's
Foreign Missionary
Society
METHODIST-EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Room 611 150 Fifth Avenue, New York.
I904-I901)
CONTENTS
Page.
Act of Incorporation 306
Addresses of Officers 3
Addresses of Branch Officers 68
Appropriations for 1905-1906 226
Summary of 254
Bequests in 1904-1905 278
By-Laws of G eneral E xecu-
tive Committee 298
By-Laws of Woman's For- eign Missionary Society... 286 Committees for 1905-1906 ... 7 Committee of Reference, Re- port of 33
Constitution Publica tion
Committee, Report of 39
Constitution 279
Proposed changes in 30
Memorials 31
Woman's Foreign Mission- ary Society —
Auxiliary Societies 301
District Association 305
Young People's Societies. . . . 302
King s Heralds 303
Correspondents, Official ... 3
Disbursements 36
Executive Committee Meeting
Officers and Delegates 8
Thirty-Sixth Session —
Minutes of 10
Resolution of 34
Sessions of 6
Treasurer's Report 37
Folts Mission Institute —
Report of 117
Foreign Money 311
Forms for Will. Devise and
Annuity 309
Foreign Work- — ■
When and by Whom Opened 120 Report of —
Africa 224
Bulgaria 210
China —
North China 163
Central China 174
West *China 168
Foochow 177
Hing-Hua 183
India —
North India 121
Northwest India 127
South India 133
Bombay 140
Central Provinces 138
Bengal 145
Burma 148
Italy 220
Japan 193
South Japan 197
Page.
Korea 188
Malaysia 150
Mexico 204
Philippine Islands 154
South America 207
Switzerland and Germany 222
Headquarters 116
Home Work, Report of —
New England 71
New York 73
Philadelphia 76
Baltimore 78
Cincinnati 81
Northwestern 84
Des Moines 87
Minneapolis 89
Topeka 92
Pacific 95
Columbia River 98
German Work, Report of. . 100 Scandinavian Work, Report
of 103
Young People's Work —
Report of 106
Children's Work, Report of 109 Literature Committee, Re- port of 47
Membership and Scholar- ships 311
Medical Statistics —
Between page 185 and 186 Missionaries —
In active service 259
Sent since organization. . . 2 72
Deceased 2 71
Accepted but not appointed 270
Resolutions of 46
Questions to Applicants... 258 Postage to Foreign Lands. . 311
Real Estate, List of 255
" " Report of 46
Receipts since Organization 115 Receipts from October 1,
1904, to October 1, 1905.. 13 Reports of Committees —
Publication 39
Missionary Candidates ... 42
Resolutions 42
Report of —
Publisher 64
Woman's Missionary Friend 57 Frauen-Missions Freund. . 60 Children's Missionary Fr'd 60
The Study 62
Zenana Paper 67
Standing Committees and
their Duties 72
t r e a sl'rers in foreign Fields 4
Motto, "SAVED FOR SERVICE"
Thirty-Sixth Annual Report
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
METHODIST-EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Room 611 150 Fifth Avenue, New York.
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I 904- I 905
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
President— Mrs. C. D. Foss, 2043, Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Secretary — Mrs. C. W. Barnes, Deleware, Ohio. Treasurer— Mrs. J. M. Cornell, 560 West 26th St., New York City. General Counsel— Lemuel Skidmore, 67 Wall St., New York City.
Corresponding Secretaries:
Miss Mary B. Holt, 4 Berwick Park, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. J. M. Cornell, 5C0 West 26th St., New York City.
Miss C. J. Carnahan, Shady Ave., and Walnut St., E. E. Pitts- burg, Pa.
Mrs. E. B. Stevens, 604 Thompson Ave., Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. F. P. Crandon, 1414 Forest Ave., Evanston, 111.
Mrs. W. B. Thompson, Bedford, la.
Mrs. I. W. Joyce, 310 Groveland Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
Miss Ella M. Watson, 1701 S. 17th St., Lincoln, Neb.
Mrs. S. F. Johnson, 5 Ford Place, Pasadena, Cal.
Mrs.- A. N. Fisher, 214 Twelfth St., Portland, Ore. General Secretaries:
German Work — Miss Louise C. Rothweiler, 123 Mithoff St., Columbus, O.
Scandinavian Work — Mrs. Andrew Farrell, 741 Case St., St. Paul, Minn.
Young People's Work — Miss Clara M. Cushman, 20 Richardson St., Newton, Mass.
Children's Work — Mrs. Lucie F. Harrison, 21 Oberlin St., Wor- cester, Mass. Literature Committee:
Mrs. Wm. A. Gamble, Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Miss Kate E. Moss, 3024 Park Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. J. H. Knowles, 150 Fifth Ave., New York City, N. Y.
Official Correspondents.
North and Central China, and South America, Mrs. Cornell. Korea, Germany and Switzerland, Miss Rothweiler. Mexico and Japan, Miss J. Carnahan. Foochow and South India, Mrs. Stevens. North India and South Japan, Mrs. Townley.
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Italy, Bulgaria and West China, Mrs. Crandon.
Bombay and Africa, Mrs. Thompson.
Malay and Philippines, Mrs. Joyce.
Northwest India, Miss Watson.
Bengal and Burma, Mrs. Johnson.
Central Provinces and Hing Hua, Mrs. Fisher. Treasurers in Foreign Fields.
North India, Mrs. Ruth C. Thoburn, Naini Tal, India.
Northwest India, Miss Anne E. Lawson, Ajmer, Rajputani, India.
South India, Miss Catherine Wood, Haiderabad, Deccan, India.
Central Provinces, Mrs. Alma H. Holland, Hawa B'agh, Jabalpur, India.
Bombay, Miss Christine H. Lawson, Telegaon, Poona DisLict, India.
Bengal, Miss Elizabeth Maxey, 150 Dharamtala St., Calcutta, India.
Burma, Miss Luella Rigby, Rangoon, Burma.
Malaysia, Miss Sophia Blackmore, Singapore, Sts. Settlement.
Philippines, Miss Marguerite Decker, 214 Nozaleda, Manila, P. Is.
North China, Mrs. Charlotte M. Jewell, Peking, China.
Central China, Miss Clara E. Merill, Kiu Kiang, China.
West China, Miss Helen R. Galloway, Chung King, China.
Foochow, Miss Elizabeth M. Strow, Foochow, China.
Hing Hua, Miss Pauline E. Westcott, Hinghua, via Foochow, China.
Korea, Miss Josephine O. Paine, Seoul, Korea.
North Japan, Miss S. Hampton, Hakodati, Japan.
Central Japan, Mrs. Frances Soper, Aoyami, Tokio, Japan.
South Japan, Miss Elizabeth Russell, Nagasaki, Japan.
Mexico, Miss Laura Temple, Appartado, 2033 Mexico City, Mexico.
Buenos Ayres, S. A., Miss Mary F. Swaney, 1449 Calle Laprida, Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentine Republic, S. A.
Montevideo, Miss Lizzie Hewitt, 257 Calle San Jose, Montevideo, S. A.
Peru, Miss Elsie Wood, Lima, Peru, S. A.
Bulgaria, Miss Kate B. Blackburn, Lovetch, Bulgaria.
Italy, Miss Martha Ella Vickery, Crandon Hall, via Veneto, Rome, Italy.
Africa, Miss Susan Collins, Malange, Angola, Africa.
East Africa, Mrs. J. M. Springer, Old Umtali, Rhodesia, Africa.
Switzerland, Mrs. Anna Spoerri, Zeltweg, Zuerich, Switzerland.
North Germany, Mrs. Wunderlich, Tilsiter Str., 1415 Berlin, O., Ger- many.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY 5
PERIODICALS.
Woman's Missionary Friend.
Editor, MISS ELIZABETH C. NORTHUP, 3G Bromfield St., Boston, Mass.
Der Frauen-Missions-Freund.
Editor, MISS A. M. ACHARD, Roselle, 111., P. O. Box 96.
Children's Missionary Friend.
Editor, MRS. O. W. SCOTT, Newton Upper Falls, Mass.
The Study. Editor, MRS. MARY ISHAM, University PL, Lincoln, Neb.
General Literature. Editor, MISS E. C. NORTHUP, 77 Crescent St., Waltham, Mass.
Publisher, MISS P. J. WALDEN, 36 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass.
Board of Managers of the Corporation for 1905.
MRS. O. GREEN, ESTHER E. BALDWIN,
MARY L. DENLER, SARAH K. CORNELL
MARY J. ANDERSON, HELEN V. EMANS,
ANNIE R. GRACEY, ANNA W. GIBSON,
ORDELIA M. HILLMAN, ELLIN J. KNOWLES,
CARLOINE LEAYCRAFT, LOUISE H. NORTH,
MARY A. PRIEST, MARY M. QUEAL,
SUSAN A. SAYRE, JENNIE B. SPAETH. FANNIE J. SPARKES,
Committee of Reference.
The President of the Society, and the Corresponding Secretaries of the several Branches constitute a committee of reference.
All communications to be brought before the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in the interim of the General Executive Com- mittee, should be addressed to the Secretary of this committee, Miss Ella M. Watson, 1701 S. 17th St., Lincoln, Neb.
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
SESSIONS OF THE
General Executive Committee.
PLACE. |
PRESIDENT. |
SECRETARY. |
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1- |
-1870, |
Boston, Mass. |
Mrs. Dr. Patten, Mrs. W. F. Warren |
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2- |
-1871 |
, Chicago, 111. |
" Bishop Kingsley, |
" W. F. Warren |
3- |
-1872, |
, New York City. |
" Bishop Clark, |
" W. F. Warren |
4- |
-1873, |
Cincinnati, O. |
" L. D. McCabe, |
" R. Meredith. |
5- |
-1874, |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
" F. G. Hibbard, |
" J. H. Knowles. |
6- |
-1875, |
Baltimore, Md. |
" F. A. Crook, |
" R. R. Battee. |
7- |
-1876, |
Washington, D. C |
. " F. G. Hibbard, |
" W. F. Warren. |
8- |
-1877, |
Minneapolis, Minn- |
" Dr. Goodrich, |
" L. D. Williams |
9- |
-1878, |
Boston, Mass. |
" W. F. Warren, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
10- |
-1879, |
Chicago, 111. |
" G. M. Steele, |
" L. H. Daggett. |
11- |
-1880, |
Columbus, O. |
" W. F. Warren, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
12- |
-1881, |
Buffalo, N. Y. |
" F. G. Hibbard, |
" A. Lowrey. |
13- |
-1882, |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
" W. F. Warren, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
14- |
-1883, |
Des Moines, la. |
" L. G. Murphy, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
15- |
-1884, |
Baltimore, Md. |
" W. F. Warren, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
1C- |
-1885, |
Evanston, 111. |
" I. R. Hitt, |
" F. P. Crandon. |
17- |
-188G, |
Providence, R. I. |
" W. F. Warren, |
" J. H. Knowles. |
18- |
-1887, |
Lincoln, Neb. |
Miss P. L. Elliott, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
19- |
-1888, |
Cincinnati, O. |
Mrs. Bishop Clark, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
20- |
-1889, |
Detroit, Mich. |
" I. N. Danforth, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
21- |
-1890, |
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. |
" W. F. Warren, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
22- |
-1891, |
Kansas City, Mo. |
" J. J. Imhoff, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
23- |
-1892, |
Springfield, Mass. |
" W. F. Warren, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
24- |
-1893, |
St. Paul Minn. |
" Wardell Couch, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
25- |
-1894, |
Washington, D. C. |
" A. H. Eaton, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
2C- |
-1895, |
St. Louis, Mo. |
Miss E. Pearson, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
27- |
-189G, |
Rochester, N. Y. |
Mrs. S. L. Baldwin, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
28- |
-1897, |
Denver, Colo. |
" C. D. Foss, |
" J. T. Gracey. |
29- |
-1S98, |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
" C. D. Foss, |
' J. T. Gracey. |
30- |
-1899, |
Cleveland, O. |
" C. D. Foss, |
:' J. T. Gracey. |
31- |
-1900, |
Worchester, Mass. |
" C. D. Foss, |
' J. T. Gracey. |
32- |
-1901, |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
" C. D. Foss, |
' J. T. Gracey. |
33- |
-1902, |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
" C. D. Foss, |
' J. T. Gracey. |
34- |
-1903, |
Baltimore, Md. |
" C. D. Foss, |
' J. T. Gracey. |
35- |
-1904, |
Kansas City, Mo. |
" C. D. Foss, |
' J. H. Knowles. |
3G- |
-1905, |
New York City. |
" C. D. Foss, |
C. S. Nutter. |
COMMITTEES FOR 1905-1906 7
Committees for 1905-1906.
COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE.
Mrs. C. D. Foss, Chairman, 2043 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Ella Watson, Secretary, 1701 S. 17th St., Lincoln, Neb.
CONSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATION COMMITTEE.
Mrs. C. D. Foss, Chairman.
Miss M. E. Holt, Secretary, 4 Berwick Park, Boston, Mass.
COMMITTEE ON LITERATURE.
Mrs. William Gamble, 759 E. Ridgeway Ave., Avondale, Cincinnati O.
Term expires 1906. Miss Kate Moss, Maryville, Mo. Term expires 1907. Mrs. J. H. Knowles, 150 Fifth Ave., New York. Term expires 1908.
RAILROAD COMMITTEE.
Mrs. R. E. Clark, 760 Touhy Ave., Chicago, 111 Miss P. J. Walden, 36 B'romfield St., Boston, Mass.
COMMITTEE ON BY-LAWS.
Mrs. W. B. Thompson, Bedford, Iowa, Chairman.
Mrs. C. D. Foss.
Miss M. E. Holt.
Mrs, M. S. Huston, Washington, D. C.
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE AND TITLES.
Mrs. W. B. Davis, Clifton, Cincinnati, O. Mrs. C. D. Foss.
COMMITTEE ON FIELD SECRETARY.
Mrs.. Sarah C. Legg, Chairman, 5 Claremont St., Worcester, Mass. Mrs. M. S. Huston.
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Officers and Delegates of the General Executive Committee
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 1905
President, Mrs. C. D. Foss, 2043 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Secretary, pro tern, Mrs. C. S. Nutter, St. Albans, Vt. Assistant Secretary, Miss Juliette Smith, Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Cornell, 5G0 West 26th St., New York. New England Branch, Miss M. E. Holt, Mrs. J. S. Wadsworth, Miss
E. M. Owen. New York Branch, Mrs. J. M. Cornell, Mrs. Z. P. Dennler, Mrs.
Charles Gibson. Philadelphia Branch, Miss C. J. Camahan, Mrs. A. M. S. Hopkins,
Miss E. A. Fowler. Baltimore Branch, Mrs. E. B. Stevens, Mrs. S. M. Hartsock, Mrs.
W. E. Moore. Cincinnati Branch, Mrs. L. L. Townley, Mrs. A. J. Clark, Miss Mary E. Bannister. Northwestern Branch, Mrs. F. P. Crandon, Mrs. C. W. Fowler, Mrs.
T. W. North. Des Moines Branch, Mrs. W. B. Thompson, Mrs. L. L. Long, Mrs.
T. A. Corken. Minneapolis Branch, Mrs. I. W. Joyce, Mrs. W. J. Clapp, Mrs. E. G.
Lindsay Topeka Branch, Miss E. M. Watson, Mrs. E. R. Imboden, Mrs. Mary
Isham. Pacific Branch, Mrs. S. F. Johnson, Mrs. H. A. B'irdsall, Mrs. J. M.
Lombard. Columbia River Branch, Mrs. A. N. Fisher, Mrs. J. A. Smith, Mrs.
H. O. Kimball. Secretary of German Work.— MISS LOUISE C. ROTHWEILER, 123
Mithoff St., Columbus, O. Secretary of Scandinavian Work.— MRS. ANDREW FARRELL, 741
Case St., St. Paul, Minn. Secretary of Young People's Work— MISS CLARA M. CUSHMAN,
Newton, Mass. Secretary of Children's Work— MRS. L. F. HARRISON, 21 Oberlin St., Worcester, Mass.
OFFICERS AND DELEGATES
Literature Committee:
Miss Kate E. Moss, 3024 Park Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Wm. A. Gamble, Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mrs. J. H. Knowies, 150 Fifth Ave., New York City, N. Y.
Editor Woman's Missionary Friend Miss Elizabeth C. Northup, 3G Bromfleld St., Boston, Mass.
Editor Frauen Missions Freund Miss Amalie M. Achard, Roselle, 111.
Editor Children's Missionary Friend Mrs. O. W. Scott, Newton Upper Falls, Mass.
Editor of Literature Miss Elizabeth C. Northup, 3G Bromfleld St., Boston, Mass. Publisher — Pauline J. Walden, 3G Bromfleld St., Boston, Mass.
OFFICE
OF THE WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Room Gil, 150 Fifth Ave., New York City.
All information of a general character can be obtained of the Secretary.
The Room is to be the depository of a
(1) Card Register of each Missionary.
(2) File of the health certificates of all Missionaries, as well as other papers pertaining to them.
(3) List of outgoing Missionaries and their destination.
(4) All information relative to outgoing and incoming Mission- aries, finding them boarding places in New York, securing passage, attending to their money matters, baggage, freight, etc., etc.
(5) Bureau of information for good speakers, especially for Student and Young People's Missionary Assemblies.
MISS GRACE TODD, Office Secretary Pro Tern.
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WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Official Minutes General Executive Committee
THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION.
FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1905.
The thirty-sixth annual session of the General Executive Com- mittee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, was opened at St. Paul's Church, New York City, on Thursday morning, October 26th, 1905, at 9 o'clock.
The meeting was called to order by the President of the So- ciety, Mrs. C. D. Foss. After singing the hymn "Jesus Shall Reign," Mrs. W. B. Davis of Cincinnati read a portion of the twelfth chapter of Romans and offered prayer. Announcement was made by the President of the severe illness of Mrs. J. T. Gracey, so long Record- ing Secretary of the Society, rendering her presence impossible. On motion of Mrs. W. B. Thompson, Mrs. C. S. Nutter was elected Secretary, pro tern. After the seating of the delegates, the roll was called by the Secretary as follows:
President, Mrs. C. D. Foss.
Secretary, Mrs. C. S. Nutter.
Treasurer,' Mrs. J. M. Cornell.
New England Branch:
Miss M. E. Holt.
Mrs. J. S. Wadsworth.
Miss E. M. Owen. New York Branch:
Mrs. J. M. Cornell. . Mrs. Z. P. Dennler.
Mrs. Charles Gibson. Philadelphia Branch:
Miss C. J. Carnahan.
Mrs. A. M. S. Hopkins.
Miss E. A. Fowler. Baltimore Branch:
Mrs. E. B. Stevens.
Mrs. S. M. Hartsock.
Mrs. W. E. Moore.
Cincinnati Branch:
Mrs. L. L. Townley.
Mrs. A. J. Clark.
Miss Mary E. Bannister. North Western Branch:
Mrs. F. P. Crandon.
Mrs. C. W. Fowler.
Mrs. T. W. North. Des Moines Branch:
Mrs. W. B. Thompson.
Mrs. L. L. Long.
Mrs. T. A. Corken. Minneapolis Branch:
Mrs. I. W. Joyce.
Mrs. W. J. Clapp.
Mrs. E. G. Lindsay.
OFFICIAL MINUTES 11
Topeka Branch: German Secretary:
Miss E. M. Watson. Miss L. C. Rothweiler.
Mrs. E. R. Imboden. Scandinavian Secretary:
Mrs. Mary Isham. Mrs. Andrew Farrell.
Pacific. Branch: Young People's Secretary:
Mrs. S. F. Johnson. Clara M. Cushman.
Mrs. H. A. Birdsall. Children's Secretary:
Mrs. J. M. Lombard. Mrs. Lucie F. Harrison.
Columbia River Branch: Literature Committee:
Mrs. A. N. Fisher. Miss E. C. Northup.
Mrs. J. A. Smith. Mrs. W. A. Gamble.
Mrs. H. D. Kimball. Miss K. E. Moss.
Brief remarks were made by the President, referring to the changes in the official ranks brought about by illness and affliction. The Secretary presented a paper signed by the members of the Board of Managers of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society authorizing the holding' of this meeting in the city of New York at this time. It was voted that notice of this be spread upon the Min- utes.
The Standing Committees were appointed as follows:
Committee on Finance, the Branch Corresponding Secretaries.
Committee on By-Laws, Mrs. W. B. Thompson, Mrs. C. D. Foss, Miss M. E. Holt, and Mrs. M. S. Huston.
Publication Committee. New England, Miss Etta M. Owen. New York, Mrs. Charles Gibson. Philadelphia, Miss Emma A. Fowler. Baltimore, Mrs. S. M. Hartsock. Cincinnati, Mrs. A. J. Clark. North Western, Mrs. T. W. North. Des Moines, Mrs. L. L. Long. Minnesota, Mrs. E. G. Lindsay. Topeka, Mrs. Mary Isham. Pacific, Mrs. J. M. Lombard. Columbia River, Mrs. J. A. Smith.
Missionary Candidate Committee. New England, Mrs. J. S. Wadsworth. New York, Mrs. Z. P. Dennler. Philadelphia, Mrs. A. M. S. Hopkins. Baltimore, Mrs. W. E. Moore. Cincinnati, Mrs. Mary E. Bannister. North Western, Mrs. C. W. Fowler. Des Moines, Mrs. T. A. Corken. Minnesota, Mrs. W. J. Clapp. Topeka, Mrs. E. R. Imboden. Pacific, Mrs. H. A. Birdsall. Columbia River, Mrs. J. A. Smith.
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By request of their respective Branch Secretaries, Dr. Sheldon, Misses Paine, Hartford, Danforth and Crowell, Mrs. Legg Branch President, Mrs. Williston Branch Treasurer, and Miss Juliette Smith were seated with the New England delegation; Misses Lauck, Gregg, Manning and Aaronson with the Des Moines; Mrs. Eaton, Branch President, Mrs. Rawlings, Branch Treasurer, Mrs. Hill, Secretary of the Home Department, Mrs. Summers, Mrs. Taneyhill, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Davidson, and the Misses Pierce, Bride, Thomas, Bender and Sherman with the Baltimore; Mrs. Turner, and the Misses Livermore, Spaulding, Holland, and Baker with the Topeka; Miss Holman, Mrs. Pilkington and Mrs. Masters with the Pacific; Mrs. Van Kirk, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Knox, Miss Hunnings and Miss Laura White with the Philadelphia; Mrs. W. B. Davis, Mrs. Thomas, the Misses Mary Means, Alice Means, Seeds, Frey, and Ayers with the Cincinnati; and Mrs. R. E. Clark, and the Misses Baker, Bohannon, Martin, Logeman, Creek, Ellis, and Dr. Martin with the North Western.
Memorials were presented by the Baltimore, Cincinnati and New York Branches. On motion these were referred to a special committee to be appointed by the Chair.
By action of the Committee, the Program was accepted as printed fixing the opening hour at 9 o'clock and the time of ad- journment at 12:30.
The report of the Reference Committee was read by the Sec- retary. The President noted the appointment of Miss Ella Watson as Secretary of the Reference Committee in the place of her sister Miss Matilda Walson. On motion of Mrs. Crandon, the report was accepted, with the proviso that matter demanding action by the Executive Committee be brought up later in the meeting.
It was ordered, on motion of Mrs. Crandon, that the Treasurers' Reports be deferred till after the reading of the Home Reports.
The Reports of Home work were then presented by the Branch Secretaries; all were of a cheering, hopeful character. The Reports of the Treasurers of the various Branches were given as follows:
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Receipts from Oct. 1, 1904 to Oct. 1, 1905:
New England branch $ 46,449.00
New York branch 82,926.00
Philadelphio branch 56,855 . 81
Baltimore branch 22,668 . 61
Cincinnati branch 72,495 . 57
North Western branch 129,617.38
Des Moines branch 55,205.44
Minneapolis branch 22,259 . 70
Topeka branch 33,782 . 03
Pacific branch 18,632 . 00
Columbia River branch 8,052.01
Total $548,943 . 55
Amount received 1903-04 $534,040 . 17
Increase $ 14,903 . 38
The doxology was sung in gratitude. The following telegram from the Board of Bishops was read: Mrs. C. D. Foss: — ■
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, St. Paul's M. E. Church, New York, "Your Bishops send you cordial congratulations and bid you God-speed in your great work.
J. M. Walden, Secretary."
Mrs. Foss announced the following Committee on Memorials:
Mrs. C. W. Fowler, North Western Branch.
Mrs. J. S. Wadsworth, New England Branch.
Mrs. E. R. Imboden, Topeka Branch.
The regular order of business was suspended for introductions and announcements. The following missionaries were presented:
From India, Misses English, Holman and Gregg.
From China, Drs. Hoag and Martin and Misses Hartford, White, Martin, Adams and Todd.
From Japan, Misses Bender and Seeds.
From Korea, Misses Frey and Paine.
From the Straits Settlements, Miss Ellis.
From the Philippines, Miss Spaulding.
Under Appointment, Misses Crowell, Creek, and Logeman.
Rev. O. W. Scott of the New England Conference and Rev. Mr. Caswell were introduced. Announcements were made by Mrs. E. M. F. Miller, chairman of the local committee of entertainment.
The first day's session was closed with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Scott.
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SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1905.
The General Executive Committee met for its second day's ses- sion at 9 o'clock, with the President in the chair. The devotional exercises were in charge of the representatives of the Philadelphia Branch.
The Secretary called the roll, after which the Minutes were read, and approved.
On motion of Miss Carnahan, Mrs. H. C. Sheafer, alternate took the place of Mrs. A. M. S. Hopkins, absent for a few days.
Miss Juliette Smith of Boston, was elected assistant secretary. By request of their Branch Secretaries, Mrs. Herben, Secretary of the Home Department, was seated with the North Western dele- gation; Mrs. Wilson, Branch Treasurer, with the Philadelphia; and Mrs. William Butler and Miss Butler, Secretary of the Home De- partment, with the New England Branch.
The regular order of business was resumed. The report of Ger- man work was read by Miss L. C. Rothweiler (See report.) Mrs. W. B. Thompson moved that the order of the day at 10:30 Tuesday be the discussion of a change in the "Constitution regarding the for- mation of a German Branch.
The report of Scandinavian work was read by Mrs. Andrew Farrell. (Ses report.) These reports were accepted to be inserted in the General Executive Report.
Miss Clara M. Cushman being detained by illness, the report of Young People's Work was deferred.
Mrs. L. F. Harrison presented the Report of Children's work. (See report.) This was accepted and referred to the Publication Committee.
At this point, Mrs. William Butler was seen in the audience and it was voted that she be conducted to a seat on the platform.
Miss M. E. Holt, Secretary, read the Report of the Constitu- tional Publication Committee which was adopted. (See report.) Miss Walden, Publisher, presented her report, which was accepted and referred to the Publication Committee. (See report.)
Mrs. Hartsock moved and it was so ordered that Miss Ellen C. Parsons, editor of "Woman's Work for Woman" and author of Christns Liberator, be introduced.
Miss Parsons gave a few words of hearty greeting.
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The report of the Woman's Missionary Friend was read by the Editor, Miss Hodgkins. (See report.) The report of the Children's Missionary Friend by its editor, Mrs. O. W. Scott. (See report.) These reports were accepted and referred to the Publication Com- mittee. Miss A. M. Achard, editor, reported for the German paper. (See report.) The report was accepted as was also the Zenana Paper report read by Miss Holt. (See report.) The report of the "Study" was given by Miss Northrup. (See report.) It was ac- cepted and referred to the Publication Committee. As this com- pleted the regular order of the day's program, miscellaneous busi- ness was called for.
Reporters of this meeting for the Church papers were appointed as follows:
Zion's Herald, Mrs. Wadsworth.
Northwestern Christian Advocate, Miss Baker.
Epworth Herald, Mrs. Herben.
New York Christian Advocate, Mrs. Knowles.
World Wide Missions, Mrs. Knowles.
Central Advocate, Miss Baker.
Western Advocate, Mrs. W. B. Davis.
Philadelphia Methodist, Mrs. Sheafer.
Baltimore Methodist, Mrs. Hill.
Michigan Advocate, Miss Baker.
California Advocate, Mrs. Pilkington.
Pittsburg Advocate, Miss Fowler.
German Christian Advocate, Miss Achard.
Methodist Advocate and Journal, Miss Bannister.
Iowa Methodist, Miss Moss.
Pacific Advocate, Mrs. Fisher.
Mrs. Cornell moved that power of attorney be granted to Bishops Warne and Robinson who shall jointly be attorneys of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, to conduct and manage all matters and things relating to the property of the Society at Dar- jeeling, Bengal, India, known as Queen's Hill Girls' High School. This was carried.
On motion of Mrs. S. F. Johnson, it was voted that a Com- mittee on Resolutions be appointed by the chair.
Miss Moss represented the literature. Mrs. Crandon presented the following resolution:
Resolved. That the Branch Treasurers be instructed to furnish to their Corresponding Secretaries true copies of their reports be-
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fore they leave for the General Executive Committee Meeting. Said reports shall include:
1. Balance on hand at the close of the previous year.
2. All money raised for the Foreign Work and for the Contin- gent Fund.
3. All disbursements and
4. Balance on hand at the close of the year. The only item to be presented to the General Executive Committee shall be the actual receipts of the year.
The amendment of Mrs. Stevens that the Resolution should be embodied in the By-laws was accepted by Mrs. Crandon and it was so ordered.
This was afterwards by vote, on motion of Miss Watson, refer- red to the Committee on By-laws.
Mrs. Crandon then presented a second Resolution as follows:
Resolved. That no memorials, or other new business be intro- duced later than the Tuesday sessions. This was adopted.
The President appointed the following Committee on Resolu- tions:
Miss Fowler, Philadelphia Branch.
Miss Bannister, Cincinnati Branch.
Mrs. Lombard, Pacific Branch.
Mrs. S. N. Damon of this city, fraternal representative of the New York Woman's Christian Temperance Union, representing 26,000 Christian women of the Empire State brought greetings from that organization. She gave a brief outline of the work and ex- pressed a desire that God's blessing might be upon the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in its effort to bring this world to the feet of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Mrs. Foss responded in a few appropriate remarks.
A beautiful hymn, in native dialect, was rendered by Dr. Sheldon of Bhot, India.
Mrs. Fisher read a communication from Bishop Bashford, con- taining recommendations in regard to the work in foreign fields. This was referred to the Finance Committee. Mrs. Stewart of the local committee introduced the following missionaries.
Miss Mannning, West China.
Miss Dreibelbies, Central China.
Mrs. Meek, Malaysia.
Announcements were made, the doxology was sung and the meeting closed with prayer by Mrs. Butler.
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THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1905.
The third day's session of the General Executive Committee opened at 9 o'clock, the President in the chair. The delegates from Minneapolis Branch had charge of the devotional exercises. After calling the roll the minutes were read and approved. Mrs. John- ton moved that Mrs. O'Neal be permitted to take part in the dis- cussions and it was so voted. Miss Carnahan requested that Misses Purdy and Dunmore be seated with the Philadelphia delegates. Mrs. Townley asked that Mrs. J. F. Fisher sit with the Cincinnati dele- gates. Mrs. Crandon invited all missionaries present to meet with the Branch Coi responding Secretaries, Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Miss E. C. Northup read the report of the Literature Committee. (See report.) The financial statement of the Literature Committee was read by Miss Moss. (See report.) These were accepted and referred to the Publication Committee. The report of Japan literary work was read by Miss Northup and accepted. (See report.) The official correspondence was then taken up and Miss Holt read the North China report, giving part of her time to Dr. Martin of North China. Miss Laura White of Central China represented the work there in place of the official correspondent, Mrs. Cornell. West China report was read by Mrs. Crandon after which Miss Manning was introduced. Miss Hartford by request of the official correspon- dent, Mrs. Stevens, represented the work at Foochow. The Sec- retary read a letter of greeting to this meeting from the mission- aries at Foochow through Miss Longstreet. Hing Hua was repres- ented by Miss Hartford at the request of Mrs. Fisher, official cor- respondent. These reports were accepted, to be prepared for publi- cation in the Annual Report. (See reports.)
Miscelaneous Business. Mrs. Thompson reported for the Com- mittee on By-Laws. Item one, having to do with the contract with missionaries was adopted.
Item two, combining section 5 and 6 of Article X, was adopted.
Item three, relating to the salaries of missionaries, after dis- cussion, was, on motion of Mrs. Crandon referred back to the com- mittee.
Miss Watson, Secretary of the Reference Committee presented
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one item from her report for action, under Rates of Annuities and moved the adoption of the item which called for the striking out of the last sentence, "The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society- does not spend money so contributed while the annuitant lives, but invests it in good securities." This was not carried. Mrs. Johnson then moved the insertion of the words, "unless so requested by said committee." The discussion was participated in by Mrs. Townley and Mrs. Crandon, the latter suggesting the addition of the words "in this country" be added. This was ^fcepted by Mrs. Johnson and the motion prevailed.
The following resolution was presented by Mrs. Cornell and adopted:
Resolved. That the President of the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church be requested to apply to the Legislature of New York state for an amendment to the charter of the Society that will give to the Executive Com- mittee the ruling authority and the power to meet in any state to transact any necessary business pertaining to the Society.
The report of the Treasurer of the Woman's Foreign Mission- ary Society was read by Mrs. Cornell and accepted. (See report.)
The following Auditors were appointed by the President:
Mrs. J. E. Leaycraft, Mrs. F. M. North, Mrs. C. H. Buck.
The literature was represented by Miss Northup after which the following members of the Local Committee were introduced:
Mrs E. M. F. Miller, Mrs. W. H. Miller, Mrs. J. E. Leaycraft, Miss Andrews, Mrs. Robert Bagnell, Mrs. E. J. Palmer, Mrs. W. I. Haven, Mrs. Baird, Miss E. P. Chase.
Mrs. J. H. Knowles, chairman of the program committee was introduced and made announcements for Sunday. Mrs. Lemuel Bangs (aged 91) president of the Board of Managers of the Home for the Aged, was introduced, also Mrs. Cobb, Associate Secretary of the Woman's Board of Missions, M. E. Church South.
The following missionaries were presented to the Committee: Miss Holland, under appointment to Bombay Conference, Mrs. Turner, under appointment to Sironcha and Miss Purdy of Mexico.
After singing the doxology the Committee adjourned.
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FOURTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1905.
The General Executive Committee convened at the usual hour, the President in the chair. The representatives from Baltimore Branch, conducted the devotional exercises. After calling the roll, the Minutes were read, corrected and approved.
The following is a brief report of the Anniversary:
The Anniversary service was held in St. Paul's Church, Sunday evening, Mrs. Foss presiding. Mrs. J. H. Knowles read the 55th chapter of Isaiah. Mrs. William Butler offered prayer. The choir of the Church rendered excellent music. A report of the year's work was read by the Secretary, Mrs. C. S. Nutter. Dr. George Heber Jones of Korea, spoke of "The Triumphs of Christian Women in Heathen Lands." A collection was taken and the benediction was pronounced by Dr. Leonard.
Mrs. Joyce moved that a telegram of love and sympathy be sent to Mrs. Gracey, Recording Secretary. This was carried by a rising vote. By request of Mrs. Crandon, Miss Llewellyn of Italy was seated with the delegates from the Northwestern Branch.
Mrs. Thompson reported for the Committee on By-Laws:
Item 1, recommending the striking out of Sec. 1 of Article X, was adopted after some discussion.
Item 2, combining Sections 2 and 3 of Article X, was adopted.
Item 3, regarding special application of the missionaries for funds, was recommitted.
Item 4, relating to the Field Reference Committee, item 5, to estimates and item 6, to furlough, were adopted.
Mrs. E. G. Lindsay, Secretary, presented a partial report of the Publication Committee. This report embodied nine items, of which the first eight were adopted with very little discussion.
The ninth item recommending an appropriation of $150 for Scandinavian literature, gave rise to discussion. Miss Holt moved to amend by substituting $125 in place of $150. This was seconded. Mrs. Farrell spoke of the necessity of an increase of literature for her people. On request of Miss Holt, Miss Walden gave reasons for economy at the Publication Office. The amendment was not supported and the item was adopted.
On motion of Miss Holt, the fourth item in the Proposed
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Changes in Constitution, notice of which was given at the meeting of 1904, was adopted, transferring paragraph 1 under Requirements of Missionary Candidates in the By-Laws, to the Constitution, said paragraph to be section 4 of Article VII, the present section 4 be- coming section 5, &c.
Mrs. Thompson moved the adoption of the third item under Proposed Changes in Constitution, by which Article VI. section 1, of the Constitution would read, "The Committee of Reference shall be composed of the President of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and the Branch Corresponding Secretaries." This was car- ried.
It was moved by Mrs. Thompson that the first item under the same head, amending Article V, section 1, of the Constitution be adopted.
Mrs. Fisher moved to lay it on the table and it was so ordered.
The report of Young People's Work was then given by Miss Cushman. (See report.) This was accepted and referred to the Publication Committee.
The Official Correspondence was resumed.
The report of the work in Mexico prepared by Mrs. Keen, was read by Miss Carnahan.
By consent, Miss Purdy of Mexico, was allowed part of the time. The report of South America was read by Miss Holt, those of Bul- garia and Italy by Mrs. Crandon. Miss Llewellyn supplemented the Italy report.
Miss Ida V. Jontz, the president-elect of Folts Mission Institute, was introduced to the Committee and reported for that institution. She was followed by Miss Brainerd, one of the Trustees, who spoke in behalf of its financial interests.
The time for introductions having arrived, the following were presented to the Committee:
Miss Aaronson, missionary under appointment.
Mrs. J. F. Willing of New York, Dr. A. B. Leonard, Secretary of the General Missionary Society, and Dr. S. J. Herben, editor of Ep- worth Herald.
Miss Hartford called special attention to the sale of drawn work in charge of Miss Jean Adams. Mrs. Harrison advertised the litera- ture for children. Notices were given and the Committee adjourned with prayer and benediction by Dr. Leonard.
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FIFTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1905.
The General Executive Committee convened at 9 o'clock, the President in the chair.
The devotional exercises were in charge of the Pacific Branch delegates. After the roll call the Minutes were read, corrected and approved.
A report of the Committee on By-Laws was given by Mrs. Thompson. The first item calling for the striking out of the para- graph preceding section 1 of Article X was adopted. Item 2, calling for the rearrangement of sections 11 and 12 of Article X and item 3, regarding the return of missionaries, section 16 of same Article, were adopted. Item 4, relating to the salaries of missionaries, sec- tion 21, Article X, caused discussion.
Mrs. Crandon moved to amend by making the salaries for Italy, $700 instead of $600. This amendment was accepted. On motion it was voted to strike out the clause, "$50 additional in Bombay City for house expenses," — this item and the matter of house expenses in Yokohama to be left to the Finance Committee. Mrs. Isham moved to amend the last part of the section, by making exception in case of those who are in English work. This amendment was lost. The item was then adopted as amended.
Item 5, relating to the expense for outfit and furniture was adopted, the suggestion of Mrs. Crandon that the words "not less" be inserted, making the phrase read, "not less than $100 for outfit" being accepted.
Item 6, recommending that the section, "Official Relation of Lady Missionaries" be stricken from the By-Laws, to be elsewhere inserted in the Annual Report, with appropriate title, was adopted.
A partial report of the Missionary Candidate Committee was presented by the Secretary, Mrs. Imboden, recommending for ac- ceptance the following candidates:
Miss Grace Dillingham, Miss Minnie Viola Taylor, Miss Emily Irene Haynes, from the New York Branch; Miss Alberta Sprowles, Miss Grace E. Hawley, the Misses Rosalie and Celinda Cook, from the Philadelphia Branch; Miss Edith Burt from the Northwestern Branch; Miss Florence Ethel Smith, from the Minneapolis Branch. After representation by their respective Corresponding Secretaries and some others, these candidates were accepted.
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At 10:30 the order of the day as voted by the Committee on Friday, the presentation of the German work, was taken up. Mrs. Crandon moved the adoption of the Second item under the Proposed Changes in Constitution, recommending the formation of a German Branch. Seconded by Mrs. Thompson. Miss Rothweiler gave rea- sons for asking for this change, presenting both the advantages that would be gained and also some of the difficulties to be overcome. Mrs. Lindsay, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Townley, Mrs. Hartsock, Mrs. O'Neal, Mrs. Gamble, Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Johnson, Miss Northup, Mrs. Crandon and others took part in the discussion, each expressing her own views. Miss Rothweiler answered the objections that had been advanced by the different speakers. The question was then called for and on motion of Miss Holt a vote by ballot was ordered. Miss Owen and Mrs. Isham were appointed tellers. Ballots were distributed and later the result was announced as follows:
Total number of votes cast, 36.
Necessary to make the change, 27.
For German Branch, 22.
Against German Branch, 14.
Three-fourths of the number present and voting being necessary, the change in Constitution was not effected.
At this point Bishops Andrews and Fowler were introduced, also Dr. George B. Smyth of the General Missionary Society, each briefly addressing the Committee.
On motion of Mrs. Townley it was fixed that the order of the day at 10:30, on Wednesday should be the report of the Committee on Headquarters for the Society.
The following were then introduced: Mrs. Ruth Sites Brown, Miss Van Marter of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, Mrs. Huston of Washington, Mrs. Bishop Robinson of India and Miss Katherine L. Hill, under appointment to India.
Announcements were made by Mrs. Knowles who also reported as a result of the Sunday service, one hundred new members se- cured and contributions of $318.
The following resolution was presented by Miss Watson:
Whereas, after twenty-three years of effective service as Rec- ording Secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs. J. T. Gracey feels herself unequal for the duties and responsibili- ties of this office, we do with regret for this necessity and with heartfelt appreciation of her years of efficient service, extend sym-
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pathy to her in her illness and pray for her speedy restoration and yet years of service for the missionary cause. This was adopted by a rising vote.
Mrs. Crandon then made mention of India's Jubilee next year, and of the request that a representative be sent from the Society. She moved that Mrs. C. D. Foss, President, be the delegate from the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. The motion was carried by a rising vote and she was elected. Mrs. Foss acknowledged this ac- tion of the committee in brief words.
Notices were given and the session adjourned with benediction by Dr. Smyth.
SIXTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1905.
The General Executive Committee assembled at the usual hour, Mrs. Foss presiding.
The representatives from New England' Branch conducted the devotional exercises. After the calling of the roll, the Minutes were read and approved. By consent Mrs. F. J. Masters was seated as delegate from Pacific Branch in place of Mrs. Birdsall, obliged to leave on account of illness.
By request of the President, special prayer was offered by Mrs. Stevens in behalf of Miss Bertha Creek, sailing that morning for her field of labor in India.
A message from Mrs. L. A. Alderman was given by Dr. Sheldon. It was then voted that greetings should be conveyed to former Branch Corresponding Secretaries as follows: To Mrs. Alderman of the New England Branch by Miss Holt, to Mrs. Keen of the Phil- adelphia Branch by Miss Carnahan, to Mrs. Cowen of the Cincin- nati Branch by Mrs. Townley, to Mrs. Winchell of the Minneapolis Branch by Mrs. Joyce.
A partial report of the Publication Committee was given by the Secretary, Mrs. Lindsay. This was considered item by item and the nine recommendations presented relating to the publica- tions of the Society were adopted without discussion.
Mrs. Thompson reported for the Committee on By-Laws as fol- lows:
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Item 1, referring to the solicitation for special funds by mission- aries, Article X, section 7.
Item 2, Article X, section 4, substituting a new paragraph for one adopted on a previous day.
Item 3, striking out "Instructions to" in title of Article X.
These items were adopted.
Item 4, recommending the striking out of the whole of section 24, Article X, caused discussion.
By consent, Misses Bender, Todd, Gregg, Paine and Manning, missionaries, participated. The motion to adopt the item did not prevail.
The hour of 10:30 having arrived the order of the day as voted was taken up. The following report was read by the Secretary:
The Committee appointed by the General Executive Commit- tee at Kansas City, 1904; to investigate the subject of establishing a headquarters of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society beg leave to report:
After careful consideration of the subject, and consultation with persons of judgment and experience, the Committee recom- mends the establishment of central headquarters at the Methodist Book Concern in the city of New York.
The Committee also recommends a salaried Secretary, who shall have charge of the headquarters. Respectfully submitted,
MRS. WM. B. DAVIS. MRS. JOHN LEGG. MRS. F. P. CRANDON. MRS. J. M. CORNELL. MRS. C. D. FOSS.
By consent, Mrs. Davis, chairman of the committee, read the series of resolutions presented at the meeting at Kansas City and made explanations.
It was then moved and seconded that headquarters be estab- lished as recommended by the committee. Mrs. Cornell, Miss Holt, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Townley, Miss Northup, Mrs. Joyce and Mrs. Johnson took part in the debate, all being in favor of the proposi- tion. The question was called for and the motion was carried. Mrs. Gamble moved the employment of a salaried secretary. This motion prevailed without discussion. Mrs. Townley presented the following resolution: That instead of the assessment of 1 1-2 cents per adult membership of each Branch, as heretofore, there be an
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assessment of one per cent of the total receipts of each Branch, to meet the general expenses of the society. Miss Watson offered a substitute: That there be an assessment of 2 1-2 cents per mem- ber exclusive of children's organizations. This was discussed to some extent but was not carried. The resolution presented by Mrs. Townley was adopted. On motion of Mrs. Crandon it was voted that the committee on headquarters be continued to arrange the necessary details.
Bishop Burt was then introduced and gave information con- cerning the work of the society in Europe.
Mrs. Wm. B. Davis was elected to represent the society at the Interdenominational Conference of Woman's Boards of the United States and Canada, to be held at Nashville, Tenn., in February, 1906.
Miss W. R. Lewis was elected a member of the committee on program for the Summer school at Northfield, Mass.
A legal document calling for power of attorney for Miss Kate B. Blackburn, of Bulgaria, for the administration of certain prop- erty in that country, was read by Mrs. Cornell, and on motion the petition was granted.
Miss Watson moved that the Committee proceed to the election of officers, and it was so ordered. Miss Fowler and Mrs. North were appointed tellers and the ballots were distributed.
Dr. Eckman, pastor of the church, was introduced, and briefly addressed the Committee.
Rev. Mr. Barrett, of Christiania, Norway, and Rev. A. M. Trel- stad, pastor of the Norwegian church, Brooklyn, were also pre- sented.
On motion of Mrs. Crandon it was voted that whenever a vote by ballot is taken, the delegates rise and stand till their ballots are deposited. .
Mrs. T. C. Bliss, of the Foreign Mission Industrial Association, was introduced and represented her work.
Miss Holt presented the following:
Resolved, That we extend most hearty thanks to Mr. Lemuel B. Skidmore for legal advice so graciously and generously rendered during many years in the administration of the business affairs of our society. We ask that he be appointed as Counsel of the Wom- an's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, his name and address to be placed in the Annual Report. This was adopted.
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Invitations for the next annual meeting of the General Execu- tive Committee were then extended by Miss Watson for the To- peka Branch, the pla e not fixed, by Mrs. Lombard for the Pacific Branch, at San Francisco, Cal., and by Mrs. Crandon for the North- western Branch, at Springfield, 111. On motion the invitation from Topeka Branch was accepted with words of appreciation for the other invitations.
The report of the tellers was given, the vote being practically unanimous: President, Mrs. C. D. Foss; Recording Secretary, Mrs. C. W. Barnes; Treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Cornell, and these officers were declared elected.
Announcements were made, and after singing the doxology the meeting adjourned.
SEVENTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1905.
The General Executive Committee convened at 9 o'clock, the President in the chair. The devotional exercises were in charge of the delegates from Topeka Branch. The calling of the roll was omitted. The Minutes were read and approved.
A statement was made by Mrs. Joyce regarding property in the Philippines. She asked the appointment by this Committee of a third trustee, and nominated Rev. George A. Miller for the position. The nomination was confirmed.
Mrs. Isham presented the following proposed new By-Law:
Each German and Scandinavian Conference may report and send money to one Branch only, and that the one in which it has the largest constituency, and moved its adoption. Discussion fol- lowed in which Mrs. Lindsay, Miss Rothweiler, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs, Crandon and Mrs. Farrell took part. It was moved to amend by striking out the word "money." This amendment was laid on the table. After further discussion the question was called for. Miss Holt moved to lay it on the table, and this motion was carried.
A partial report of the Publication Committee was presented by the Secretary. Item 1, recommending Mrs. Mary Isham as editor of The Study, was adopted. Item 2, relating to the exhibit of litera- ture, curios, etc., was adopted. Item 3, that the committee on By- Laws should furnish type written copies of proposed changes to the
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members of the Executive Committee was, on motion, laid on the table. The report was then adopted as a whole. (See report.)
The Missionary Candidate Committee recommended the ac- ceptance of the following candidates: Leona Aileen Ormrod and Mildred Simonds, from Des Moines Branch; Lydia Ethel Wallace, from Baltimore Branch; Jessie L. Marsh and Gertrude Strawick, from Northwestern Branch; Alice Brethorst, from Minneapolis Branch. These were accepted and the report of the Committee adopted as a whole.
The following resolution was then offered: The Candidate Committee recommend that the Publication Committee furnish the Corresponding Secretaries a uniform summary report. Adopted. This was afterwards by vote referred to the Constitutional Publi- cation Committee.
The report of the Committee on Real Estate was given by Mrs. Davis. (See report.) This was adopted and the continuance of the Committee ordered.
Voted, to dispense with further reading of foreign reports, all to be approved and published in the Annual Report of the So- ciety.
The following resolution was presented by Mrs. Fisher: Whereas, Bishop Bashford calls special attention to the indebt- edness of $100,000 resting on the properties of the Woman's For- eign Missionary Society in its various foreign fields, suggesting the advisability of keeping the income of the Society in advance of the demands, and
Whereas, The Methodist Semi-Centennial in India, 190C, and the China General Centennial, 1907, offer exceptional opportunity to in- crease contributions, therefore,
Resolved, (1) That we state the fact of the indebtedness. (2) That we urge regular contributors to increase their gifts twenty per cent during the two years to cover the debt. (3) That we call for the same percentage of increase in membership. (4) That we set forth the objects to be attained, first in the December number of the Friend, and immediately thereafter in a free leaflet for general distribution. Adopted.
Notice of proposed changes in the Constitution were given by Mrs. Hopkins, Miss Carnahan, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Hartsock. (See report.)
It was moved and carried that Item 5 of Proposed Changes in
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Constitution, by which the words "not less than ten managers" be inserted in Article 7, section 2, be adopted.
The report of the Committee on Memorials was read by Mrs. Wadsworth. The first item relating to a time limit for the Standard Bearers, after discussion, was referred to a special committee to be appointed by the chair, to report at the next annual meeting. The first item of the second memorial regarding the duties of the Secretaries of the Home Department, was discussed. By consent, Mrs. S. J. Herben, Secretary of the Home Department of North- western Branch, and Mrs. J. H. Knowles, spoke on this question. Others who took part were Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. O'Neal and Mrs. Crandon. The motion to lay on the table was finally carried. Items 2, 3, 4 and 5 were accepted without discus- sion and the report was adopted as a whole.
On motion it was voted that when the session adjourn it should be to meet at 2 o'clock.
The following resolution was introduced by Mrs. Joyce: Whereas, There is a growing desire among our sisters in the European Conferences for information on missionary lines, and Whereas, They wish to form organizations, therefore, Resolved, That we request Mrs. Wm. A. Burt, wife of Bishop Burt, to act as the representative of the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society in Europe, and furnish the necessary information. Adopted.
Mrs. Mary Fisk Park was introduced and gave greetings from the Woman's Home Missionary Society. Miss Evans, publisher, and Miss Guernsey, editor of literature, Woman's Home Missionary Society, were also introduced. Announcement of literature was made by Miss Northup.
On motion of Miss Holt, Mrs. J. H. Knowles, of New York, was elected a member of the Literature Committee from the Eastern section.
Mrs. Bishop Newman was presented to the Committee. Mrs. Ruth Sites Brown spoke in behalf of the work of Miss Jean Adams. Miss Owen and Mrs. Farrell were excused from further at- tendance.
The session was dismissed with the benediction by Dr. Stone.
Thursday Afternoon, November 2, 1905. The Committee was called to order by the President at 2 o'clock. Delegates from the Northwestern Branch conducted the devotional exercises.
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The committee on time limit of the Standard Bearers was ap- pointed by the President as follows:
Miss C. M. Cushman, Mrs. John Legg, Mrs. J. M. Durrell.
The following resolution was presented by Miss Moss:
Whereas, The industrial work is of so great importance and of growing proportions,
Resolved, That we appoint a committee of three who in con-' ference with a committee from the Conference under consideration, shall determine where industrial work shall be opened, the char- acter of that work and the disposal of such work. On motion this was referred to the Branch Corresponding Secretaries.
By consent, Mrs. R. E. Clark introduced the subject of a souvenir spoon for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. On motion it was voted that the society have such a spoon and that the design proposed be recognized as the official spoon of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
The nominations of Miss Louise C. Rothweiler as Secretary of German Work, and Mrs. Andrew Farrell as Secretary of Scandina- vian Work, were confirmed. Miss C. M. Cushman was elected Sec- retary of Young People's and Standard Bearers' Work, and Mrs. L. F. Harrison Secretary of Children's Work, the Secretary casting the ballot. The Railroad Committee was re-elected.
Miss Nettie B. Prather was elected Field Secretary.
Mrs. John Legg and Mrs. M. S. Huston were appointed Commit tee on Field Secretary.
The Board of Managers of the Corporation for 1906 was elected.
The Secretary was, by vote, granted permission to edit the Minutes for the Annual Report.
Resolutions offered by the missionaries present were read by Miss Grace Todd. Adopted. (See report.)
The report of the Committee on Resolutions was read by Miss Fowler and adopted by a rising vote. (See report.)
Miss Holt presented the following resolution:
Resolved, That the delegates and missionaries in attendance at the meeting of the General Executive Committee in St. Paul's Church, New York City, desire to express their appreciation of the courtesy extended to them by the Methodist Social Union in the reception given in their honor. We are grateful not only for the delightful evening spent at Hotel Manhattan, but also for the cor- dial sympathy shown toward the work in which we are engaged, as
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indicated by the greeting of Bishop Fowler, and the interest mani- fested by the President and individuals.
This was adopted by a rising vote and the Secretary requested to send a copy to the President of the Social Union.
The appropriations for 1906 were then called for by the Presi- dent and were read by the Branch Corresponding Secretary as follow?:
New England Branch $44,836.00
New York Branch 84,560 . 00
Philadelphia Branch 56,500 . 00
Baltimore Branch 18,000 . 00
Cincinnati Branch 66,373 . 00
Northwestern Branch 123,450.00
Des Moines Branch 58,000.00
Minneapolis Branch 21,320 . 00
Topeka Branch 31,000.00
Pacific Branch 19,690.00
Columbia River Branch 8,500.00
$532,229.00 On motion of Miss Watson it was voted to add $10,000 for the Young People's Thank Offering at Peking, and $1,000 for the Chil- dren's Thank Offering for Aizawa, Japan, making the total, amount of appropriations $543,229.00.
This concluded the business of the Committee. Mrs. J. H. Knowles conducted the impressive closing service, and the thirty-sixth session of the General Executive Committee then adjourned.
MRS. C. S. NUTTER, Secretary Pro Tem. MRS. JULIETTE SMITH, Assistant Secretary.
PROPOSED CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION.
Notice of the following changes in Constitution were given at the General Executive Committee meeting held in New York City, 1905:
1. Article 5, Section 1, to read, The management and general administration of the affairs of the Society shall be vested in a General Executive Committee consisting of a President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, the Corresponding Secretary, President and
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Treasurer, with two delegates from each Branch. (Mrs. S. M. Hartsock.)
2. I hereby give notice that at the next annual meeting of the General Executive Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church I or someone in my place will move the following change in the Constitution:
Article V, Section 1 of Thirty-fifth annual report, to strike out the word "and" before the words Secretary of Scandinavian Work, and to insert after the words Secretary of Scandinavian Work, the words "Secretary of Young People's and Standard Bearer Work and Secretary of Children's- Work." (Miss Carrie Carnahan.)
3. I wish to give notice that I, or someone in my place, will, at the next annual meeting of the Executive Committee, move to amend Article VII of the Constitution by adding to Section 1 im- mediately following the words "for districting the territory of the Church," the words "provided" that when the Branch boundaries divide a Conference, it shall be permitted that Conference to be- come affiliated entirely with the Branch in which the largest part of the Conference territory lies. (Mrs. A. S. Hopkins.)
4. At the General Executive Meeting for 1906 the following change of Constitution of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be asked for, viz.: That the closing paragraph of Art. VI of the Constitution which is en- titled "Literature Committee" and reads "There shall be a Litera- ture Committee of three whose duty it shall be to provide all the literature of the Society except the periodicals and General Execu- tive Committee's Report" be stricken out. Also in accordance therewith to so change Sec. 8 of that portion of Art. VI which is entitled "Constitutional Publication Committee" that it shall read "If the office of editor or publisher becomes vacant during the year this Committee shall have the power to fill the vacancy."
Further, in accordance with the foregoing, to change Sec. 1 of Art. V of the Constitution by striking out the words "the Litera- ture Committee" immediately following the words "two delegates from each Branch." (Mrs. W. B. Thompson.)
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MEMORIALS. From New York Branch. 1. That the General Executive Committee shall define the duties of the office of Secretary of the Home Department.
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2. That an age limit may be fixed for membership in Young Women's Societies and Standard Bearers.
From Baltimore Branch.
The Baltimore Branch in annual session convened presents to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society the following statement and request with the prayer that some definite action may be taken upon the subject at this annual meeting. The difficulty which exists in persuading our young women to pass into the senior auxiliaries gives rise to the grave apprehension that Standard Bearers will continue Standard Bearers for life and that conse- quently the time will come when the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society with its Constitution and membership of two cents a week will no longer exist, five cents a month having become the estab- lished terms of membership. In view of this danger we pray that a time limit be fixed for membership in the Standard Bearers' or- ganization.
Referred to a special commitee appointed by the chair.
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Your Committee recommend that the matter of age limit of members of Standard Bearer Companies and Young Women's So- cieties be left to the discretion of the local auxiliary, which shall urge the older members to transfer their membership to the aux- iliary.
Duties. — -The Secretary of the Home Department shall
(a) Bear the same authoritative relation to the home work that the Corresponding Secretary sustains to the foreign work.
(b) Collect quarterly and annual reports from the heads of all departments of the home work to transmit to the Corresponding Secretary.
(c) Present a report to the quarterly and annual meetings of the Branch.
(d) Furnish the Corresponding Secretary with the annual sta- tistical report.
(e) Be ex-officio member of the Branch Missionary Candidate Committee of which the Corresponding Secretary is chairman.
(Report, Page 258, last line.)
(f) And perform such other duties as each Branch may define.
MRS. CHARLES W. FOWLER, Chairman.
MRS. HIRAM IMBODEN.
MRS. JULIAN S.WADSWORTH,Secretary.
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Reference Committee
May 15th the Committee met in Metropolitan Church, Wash- ington, all but the two secretaries on the Pacific Coast present. A resolution was adopted asking Foreign Treasurers to furnish three copies of estimates properly approved and printed, in uniform size, to each corresponding secretary, so that they shall be recived by September first, and one dozen copies to be sent Mrs. Gracey, sec- retary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. They must give the number of Bible women and scholarships in each and estimates for same.
A uniform credential for the use of all missionaries was ordered, also a committee was appointed to prepare a plan for a Manual.
The following named candidates were accepted: Miss Jessie L. Marsh, Miss Catherine L. Hill, Miss Alta Newby, Miss Hilma Aaronsen, Miss Anne May Wells, Miss Mary Simester, Miss Grace Hollister, Miss Minnie Logeman, Miss Helen W. Wittie, Miss Bertha Creek, Miss Julia I. Kipp, Miss C. May Widney, Mrs. M. A. Turner. Provision was made for the return of two Japnese young women who have been studying in this country, Miss Ogisawasa and Miss Shibata.
Information was received from Peking, China, to the effect that the indemnity money will cover the expense of the Sleeper Memorial Hospital.
A Resolution was adopted, That no Branch shall pledge itself for any new building in the foreign field, without the consent of a majority of the Finance Committee, also that every building project undertaken by the Society shall be paid for pro rata by all the Branches, assessment being proportioned to the receipts of the Branches. Exceptions may be made in the case of Memorial Build- ings by vote of the Finance Committee.
Article 10, Sec. 5 of the By-Laws was recommended to the at- tention of the missionaries. The following appeals for needed help were considered:
Another doctor for Chang Li, and $1,800 for a Bible Training School and Bible Woman's Home; $10,000 for a hospital at Shan Tung, and $6,000 for a Home, and attention called to the debt of $11,500 now on the Peking School; a new missionary for Fukuoka and an evangelist for Kumamoto; for $4,000 to enlarge the Isabella Thoburn College, and for a Kindergarten and Normal teacher in order to secure a Government grant; for $75 interest on the Bur-
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mese School Building; for $43,000 to erect new buildings in Hako- dati ($33,000 allowed, to include furnishing.)
Permission was granted the Des Moines Branch to build the Elizabeth Pearson Home at Thandaung.
The secretaries were advised to use their personal influence with their missionaries to correct the present evils in the matter of furloughs at the end of five years.
Because of debts on property in India it was decided to incur no more obligations for the purchase of property until our present indebtedness is cancelled.
The Cincinnati Branch was authorized to erect the Lillian Harris Memorial Hospital in Seoul, Korea.
Permission was given the Young People to make their Thank Offering apply on the Peking School debt, and that the Children's be devoted to Aizawa day school property.
Expressions of appreciation for courtesies received were given and the Committee adjourned sine die.
MARY S. HUSTON,
Secretary pro tern.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY GENERAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Permanent Fund for Folts Institute.
Whereas, The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society has received the magnificent gift of Folts Institute at Herkimer, N. Y., believing that it should become a great factor in our work; therefore,
Resolved, That we recommend that a fund called the "Perma- nent Scholarship Fund" be raised to provide for the expenses of such pupils of Folts Institute as are unable to meet their expenses, and that we recommend this apportionment: one hundred dollars for each District of the New England, New York, Philadelphia, Bal- timore and Cincinnati Branches; one hundred dollars for each Con- ference in the Northwestern Branch; fifty dollars for each Confer- ence in the Des Moines, Minneapolis and Topeka Branches, and one hundred dollars each for the Pacific and Columbia River Branches — to be raised within three years. We further recommend that, as far as practicable, gifts from individuals rather than from auxiliaries be solicited in the raising of this fund. (1901.)
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Resolved, That we recommend that missionary candidates shall be required to attend our Foreign Missionarv Training School, Folts Mission Institute, at Herkimer, N. Y., for at least one year. In exceptional cases the Branch standing committee on candidates shall have power to suspend the rule.
Resolved, That we recommend that returned missionaries spend at least six months at the Institute. (1903.)
Status of Native Workers.
Whereas, The number of native and Eurasian workers coming to our home colleges for training is yearly increasing, and
Whereas, We realize that the status of these workers, and thei" remuneration is a question of such grave importance to the work at present, as well as to the future, when the native church must .ts- sume the obligations which we create, and
Whereas, The law of supply and demand should determine values rather than personal predilections, therefore, be it
Resolved, I. That we recommend that the Eurasian, Anglo Indian and native workers educated in foreign lands, be returned to their respective fields as Christian workers in the employ of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and not as fully accredited missionaries, unless the Conference to which they go, by a two-thirds vote request such a relation.
II. That the remuneration of such workers shall be determined by the finance committee of the Woman's Conference with which these workers are affiliated.
III. That we recommend that those who contemplate the edu- cation of native, Eurasian or Anglo-Indian women in the Methodist Schools of our home land, be required to secure the approval of the Woman's Conference within whose borders such students reside.
Signed by Missionaries.
Adopted by General Executive Committee. (1903) Our Special Work. Whereas, We, your representatives on the foreign field recog- nize that close personal touch is necessary in order to awaken and continue interest in mission work, and
Whereas, The present method of carrying on one form of special work, namely the attachment of individual givers at home to an individual protege on the foreign field is often productive of many
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harmful influences and results, both upon the givers at home and the proteges in the foreign field, aside from the great labor involved in the necessary correspondence, and
Whereas, This system is detrimental to the fundamental prin- ciples of our Christian service in that such gifts frequently prove to have been of a merely temporal and philanthropic' character in- stead of being offerings made to the Lord Christ, and to the gen- eral advancement of His Kingdom,
Therefore, Resolved, (1) That the missionary be made the liv- ing link between the givers at home and the foreign field, whose support shall be assigned to the various Conferences and Districts, and whose duty it shall be to write regularly to her constituency letters which may be multiplied and sent to each Auxiliary.
(2) That Bible readers, teachers and scholarships, so far as possible, be paid from the regular funds as apportioned to the dif- ferent Branches and Conferences.
Signed by Missionaries.
Adopted by General Executive Committee. (1901)
DISBURSEMENTS OF THE WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, OCTOBER 1, 1904-OCTOBER 1, 1905.
Countries
India
Malaysia
Philippines
China
Korea
Japan
Mexico
South America
Bulgaria
Italy
Africa
Switzerland, N. Germany
Norway ,
Miscellaneous ,
* Out-going Missionaries, Home Salary ,
Total
*Three Branches.
General Work I Bldgs & Debts
Total
$182,841.9.2
12,453.80
3,016.85
92,622.76
16,414.60
57,661.36
22,136.08
13,126.20
3,760.00
7,316.00
1,745.30
325.00 26,312.79
6,880.02
$ 9,998.00
1,000.00
835.00
16,814.75
1,065.00
10,516.00 2,203.83
17,869.88 100.00
$192,839.92 13,453.80
3,851.85 109,437.51 17,479.60 57,661.36 32,652.08 15,330.03
3,760.00 25,185.88
1,845.30
325.00 26,312.79
6,880.02
$446,612.68 | $ 60,402.46 | $507,015.14
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Treasurer's Report
Mrs. J. M. Cornell, in Account with the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society.
October 1st, 1904, to October 1st, 1905.
RECEIPTS.
From assessment of iy2 cent per member.
New England Branch $ 170 . 00
New York Branch 400.00
Philadelphia Branch 236.00
Baltimore Branch 82 . 00
Cincinnati Branch 285 . 00
Northwestern Branch 533 . 00
Des Moines Branch 214 . 00
Minneapolis Branch 100 . 00
Topeka Branch 118 . 00
Pacific Branch 49.00
Columbia River Branch 27.00
$2,214.00
Extra assessment for Midyear Reference Committee Meeting in Washington, D. C, May 15, 1905.
New England $17 . 00 Northwestern $67 . 00
"New York 42.00 Des Moines 25.00
Philadelphia 32.00 Minneapolis 11.00
Baltimore 13.00 Topeka 13.00
Cincinnati 35.00 255.00
Total receipts for year closing Oct. 1st, 1905.. $2,469.00
DISBURSEMENTS.
Balance due Treasurer for year closing Oct. 1, 1904 $ 283.45
Expenses to General Executive Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri.
President $ 45 . 00
Recording Secretary 60 . 00
New England; Sec'y, 2 delegates, 3 missionaries 356.80
New York; , 2 delegates, 2 missionaries.. 183.70
Philadelphia; , 2 delegates 98.50
Baltimore; Sec'y, 2 delegates 135.00
Cincinnati; Sec'y, 2 delegates, 3 missionaries 179.60
Northwestern; , 2 delegates, 2 missionaries 139.95
Des Moines; , 2 delegates, 5 missionaries. . 68.45
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Minneapolis; Sec'y, 2 delegates,, 3 missionaries.... 125.21
Topeka; Sec'y, 1 delegate . . . . 26.00
Pacific; Sec'y, 1 delegate 162 . 50
Columbia River; Sec'y, 1 delegate 135 . 50
Secretary of German Work 22 . 00
Secretary of Scandinavian Work 27.20
Superintendent of Young People's Work 59.00
Superintendent of King's Heralds and Little L. B. 54.85
Railroad Secretary and extra fares r . . 43.90
Editor of Annual Report 13.10
Total expenses Kansas City Executive Meeting $1,936.26
Recording Sec'y, Postage, stationery, telegrams.. 17.46 Superintendent King's Heralds and Little Light
Bearers, postage, printing, etc 24.65
Expenses of President and nine Secretaries to Reference Committee Meeting at Washington, D. C.
President $4.00 Cincinnati $20.00
New England Northwestern
New York 10.00 Des Moines 60.00
Philadelphia 6.00 Minneapolis 64.00
Baltimore 2.00 Topeka 70.00
Official stationery
$ 236 2, |
.00 .00 |
$2,499. 2,469, |
S2 .00 |
Total Disb'ments for year closing Oct. 1, 1905 Receipts for year closing Oct. 1, 1905
Balance due Treasurer Oct. 1, 1905 $ 30 . 82
Audited and found correct, October 23, 1905.
CAROLINE C. LEAYCRAFT, MRS. C. H BUCK, LOUISE M. NORTH.
At the session of the General Executive Committee held in Phil- adelphia, 1901, the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That in order to meet the traveling expenses of of- ficers, dolegates and missionaries to the General Executive meetings and other legitimate expenses in connection with the general work of the Society, it was voted that a sum equal to one and one-half cents per member, not including young women's and children's so- cieties shall be paid by the branches annually to the general treas- urer of the Society.
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Reports of Committees
PUBLICATION.
I.
Resolved, That the "Woman's Missionary Friend," the "Chil- dren's Missionary Friend," and the "Frauen Missions Freund," have our hearty commendation and support; that they are admirably adapted each to its constitutency; and that they are important factors in creating interest and enthusiasm in our work wherever read.
II.
Resolved, That the rallying cry for our "Woman's magazines for the year shall be "30,000 subscribers to the 'Woman's Missionary Friend,' and 5,000 to the 'Frauen Missions Freund!'"
To this end we recommend that Branch Secretaries of Litera- ture, and superintendents of periodicals, conference and district omicers make the circulation of our periodicals objects of especial attention; and that they do systematic work for increasing sub- scriptions, laying upon agents in auxiliaries the responsibility for such increase.
III.
Resolved, That we recommend the acceptance of the following offer made by the publisher of the "Friend," "for every five new subscribers or every fifteen renewals, one free copy of the Woman's Missionary Friend will be given. For every ten new subscribers one free copy of "Christus Liberator."
IV.
Resolved, That necessary space in the "Friend" be given to the "Birthday Missionary" enterprise; that three columns each month be allowed for Young People's work and one column each quarter be given to the General Secretary of Children's work.
V.
Resolved, That we heartily congratulate the Superintendent of the German constituency upon the increase in the number of sub- scriptions to the "Frauen Missions Freund," which is more than double that of any previous year, and call attention to the follow- ing offer of the publisher: one free copy of the "Freund" for every five new subscribers, and one free copy of the "Freund" for fifteen renewals.
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VI
Resolved, That we congratulate the Children's Missionary Friend upon its growth in popularity and its increase of subscribers.
We recommend to the president of each auxiliary, that she appoint an agent in her society, who shall be unceasing in her efforts to place this periodical, the only children's foreign missionary paper in our church, in every Sunday school and in other children's organizations. To accomplish this result, and reach the desired number of subscribers, 50,000, the following offer made by the publisher, is commended; "for every fifteen new subscribers to the "Children's Missionary Friend," one copy of the little book, "Twelve Round the World Stories" will be given free; for every ten renewals one free copy of the paper will be given."
VII.
Resolved, That the Study with its many carefully selected facts is invaluable to our work. We recommend that it continue to strive to meet the need of both auxiliary and program maker. We urge that a more definite effort be made to increase its circula- tion.
VIII.
Resolved, That we rejoice in the success of the "magazine fund" of the Woman's Missionary Friend and urge that one or more mag- azines be provided for every missionary.
IX.
Resolved, That we appreciate the success of our Literature Com- mittee in providing so many valuable pages of instructive matter, and commend them for their prompt publication of the study helps for the coming year.
Resolved, That we recommend for reappointment as auditor, Mr. A. S. Weed, with an expression of our appreciation of his services.
Resolved, That on account of the resignation of our able editor, Miss Hodgkins, we nominate Miss Elizabeth Northup as editor of the Woman's Missionary Friend. We further nominate Miss A. M. Achard as editor of the Frauen Missions Freund; Mrs. O. W. Scott as editor of the Children's Missionary Friend; Mrs. Mary Isham as editor of The Study, Miss Elizabeth Northup as editor of "Liter- ature;" and Miss Pauline J. Walden as publisher.
Resolved, That we recommend the following salaries to be paid for the ensuing year: To the editor of the Woman's Missionary
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Friend, $700.00; to the editor of Literature, $300.00; to the editor of the Children's Missionary Friend, $300.00; to the editor of the Frauen Missions Freund, $250.00; to the editor of The Study, $100.00; to the publisher, $700.00.
Resolved, That the following appropriations be allowed for special contributions: To the editor of the Friend, $75.00; to the editor of Literature, $75.00; to the editor of Children's Friend, $25.00.
Resolved, That realizing the great importance of the Scandi- navian work, still in its infancy, we recommend that the treasurer of the Minneapolis Branch be authorized to draw on the funds of the publishing house for $150.00 to be used in the interest of litera- ture for the Scandinavian work, and expended at the order of a com- mittee composed of the Secretary of the Minneapolis Branch and the Secretary of the Scandinavian work.
Resolved, That the money raised by children's organizations be reported quarterly by the Branch Treasurers in the "Children's Mis- sionary Friend."
Resolved, That we recommend the issuing of 25,000 copies of the Secretary's Annual Report to be distributed as free leaflets to aux- iliaries, the Conference Secretaries furnishing a copy to each pastor.
Resolved, That we recommend that the number of copies of the Annual Report of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society pub- lished, be limited to the estimated needs of the various Branches. We earnestly request that special effort be made to place these reports in the hands of the conference and district secretaries, at the earliest possible date.
Whereas, Notwithstanding the lowered price of the new calen- dar, it retains its excellent character, we recommend that it be given a place in every home.
Resolved, That we recommend that such portions of the col- lection of missionary curios, mounted literature, etc., as are not loans to this annual meeting, be turned over to the Central Head- quarters of the society, as a part of its equipment; said collection to serve as the nucleus of a permanent exhibit, which shall be added to by the society as opportunity offers, and to be loaned, for cost of transportation, to the General Executive Committee, and whenever desired.
MRS. MARY ISHAM, Chairman. MRS. EFFIB G. LINDSAY, Secretary.
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MISSIONARY CANDIDATES.
The applications and endorsements of the following candidates were received and recommended by the committee:
New York Branch — Miss Emily Irene Haynes, Nunda, N. Y.; Miss Grace Louise Illingham, Passaic, N. J.; Miss Minnie Viola Taylor, Tioga Co., Pa.
Philadelphia Branch — Misses Celinda Cook and Rosalia Cook, Greenville, Pa.; Miss Grace E. Hawley, Chicago, 111.; Miss Alberta Sprowles, Frankford, Pa.
Baltimore Branch — Miss Lydia Ethel Wallace, Toronto, Can- ada.
Northwestern Branch — Miss Edith Burt, Munich, Germany; Miss Jessie L. Marsh, Charlotte, Mich.; Miss Gertrude Strawick, Chicago, 111.
Des Moines Branch — Miss Alice Brethorst, Lennox, S. D.; Miss Leona Aileen Ormrod, Hampton, la.; Miss Mildred Simonds, Fayette, la.
Minneapolis Branch — Miss Florence Ethel Smith, Woonsocket, S. D.
Mrs. Z. P. Dennler, Chairman. Mrs. H. Imboden, Secretary.
RESOLUTIONS.
"Paul may plant and Apollos may water, but God giveth the increase."
With songs of thanksgiving we lay at the Master's feet our offering for the year, nearly fourteen thousand dollars in advance of our gleanings last year.
A strong minor chord pervades our song, for with humiliation we realize that the Lord standing over against the treasury cannot say of each one of us, "She hath done what she could." Therefore,
Resolved, That during the coming year our work shall have in it more personal effort and sacrifice.
Resolved, We recognize with heartfelt appreciation the immense amount of time, energy and strength that have been expended dur- ing the year by our Executive, Branch, Conference, District and Auxiliary officers' and members, in pursuance of this work.
Whereas, Mrs. Sarah L. Keen, Secretary of Philadelphia Branch, has been detained from this meeting by illness,
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Resolved, That we regret her absence and constantly realize our loss in being deprived of her strong, loving, wise counsel, and pray that she may be speedily restored to health and strength.
Resolved, That in accepting the resignation of our secretary, Mrs. J. T. Gracey, we are profoundly grateful for the twenty-three, or more, years of faithful, effective, service rendered by her to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and shall always recognize the touch of her moulding hand in our work. Our prayer will be that her health may soon be restored.
Whereas, Mrs. Charlotte O'Neal, secretary of the Pacific Branch and known and loved throughout the West as "The Mother of Mis- sionary effort," has resigned her office,
Resolved, That we tender her honor, love and reverence for the seventeen years of faithful, efficient and arduous labor she has given our society and are sure that as she rests awhile the "Peace which passeth understanding" will be hers.
Resolved, That in the resignation of Miss Matilda Watson, for many years the able secretary of the Topeka Branch, our society has sustained a very great loss which is only mitigated by the fact that her sister, Miss Ella Watson, has been elected to her place. The former secretary will be followed by the love and good wishes of her colaborers and will see the fruit gathered from her seed sowing.
Rsolved, That we are most happy to greet at this Executive, the venerated founder of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs. William Butler. We greatly appreciate her inspiring "Review of Fifty Years of Methodist Missions in India." Her presence with us has been a benediction.
Resolved, That with grateful hearts we record the fact that death has not entered the ranks of our beloved missionaries this year, and pray that their iives, so useful at home as well as abroad, may continue precious in the sight of Him who said, "The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil, the Lord shall preserve thy soul." We will pray continually for the safety of those just leaving the home land as well as for those already on the field.
Resolved, To Louise Manning Hodgkins, who voluntarily retires from the editorship of the Woman's Missionary Friend, we express our heartiest appreciation of the twelve years of splendid work she has given that paper, making it the peer, if not the super- ior, of any periodical of its kind. In whatever work she engages we bid her a hearty "God-speed."
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Resolved, To Elizabeth C. Northup, newly elected editor of the Woman's Missionary Friend, we extend our cordial greetings and wish her constantly increasing success in this new field of labor.
Resolved, In the sudden and startling home going of our be- loved coworker, Mrs. Mary C. Nind, we rejoice because she is now rejoicing forevermore ; but we weep because without her our hearts are lonely. We will strive to follow her last injunction and "Keep on working and working and working and praying and praying and praying until the kingdom of God shall come."
Whereas, During the past year two of the Founders of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs. Thomas Rich, and Mrs. Thomas Kingsbury, have entered into eternal rest,
Resolved, That we remember with gratitude the work done by them and realize that they have helped make possible the achieve- ments of today.
Resolved, That in the translation of our beloved Bishop Joyce, we recognize the fact that we have lost a warm friend and co- worker. Our prayers and sympathies are with those who were nearest and dearest to him, and who are so bravely working on as he did to "Make Jesus King."
Resolved, That we gratefully acknowledge the words of greeting, encouragement and commendation spoken to us at this Executive meeting by Bishops Andrews, Fowler and Burt.
Resolved, That we express our great pleasure in the skillful, just and courteous rulings of our president, Mrs. Cyrus D. Foss, while conducting the business sessions of this Executive Committee.
Resolved, That we highly appreciate the services of Mrs. Nutter and her valuable assistant, Miss Juliette Smith, secretaries .pro tern of this meeting; we commend Mrs. Nutter's excellent Annual Re- port, necessarily prepared under adverse circumstances.
Resolved, We rejoice in the news of Russia's proffered freedom, and that everywhere new doors are being opened to our work fore- telling the not distant time when monarchs and kings will acknowl- edge the reign of the "Prince of Peace."
Whereas, The use of intoxicating liquors is one of the greatest hindrances to missionary work in this and every land, we rejoice in the advanced step taken by our sister denomination, the Presby- terian church, in now having a "Permanent Committee on Tem- perance," which is doing excellent work; also in the fact that our co-workers of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, at their recent
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Annual Meeting, created a new department with a secretary of Temperance.
Resolved, That we heartily commend and indorse the action of our last General Conference, in authorizing a temperance society as one of the regular organizations of each church.
Resolved, That we fail to find words strong enough with which to express our appreciation of and thanks to Mrs. E. M. F. Miller, and her numerous committees, who for six months have worked and planned for our comfort with such wonderful success. We will often pray that the Holy Spirit may be poured on them and their households in great abundance and that they may be kept "as the apple of His eye," and "In the hollow of His hand."
Resolved, That we express to the Methodist Social Union of New York City, our sincere appreciation of the reception tendered us at Hotel Manhattan and of the cordial welcome extended on that occasion.
Resolved, That our sincere thanks be tendered the Pastor and Trustees of beautiful St. Paul's church for their kindly hospitality. To our hosts and hostesses, to all the committees, named and un- named, that have planned for our comfort with minutest detail, to the pages, ushers, organist and sweet singers, to the sexton, the city press, the railroad secretary and the railroads; to Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp for her invitation to a reception at her residence, Hotel Savoy, which serious illness obliged her to withdraw, to the com- mittee on recreation for the opportunity of seeing a part of New York by automobile, and to each and every one who in the slight- est degree contributed to the success of this meeting, we tender fervent, heartfelt thanks and the wish that our meeting may be followed by an unprecedented outpouring of God's Spirit upon the Methodist Episcopal churches of New York City.
Resolved, Now as we separate one from another, that our work in the coming year shall be performed with the zeal and earnest- ness which would characterize it if we knew this year would be our last one of earthly service, and that we will strive for higher ideals of duty, deeper consecration and a mightier baptism of the Spirit of the Lord.
Respectfully submitted,
MISS EMMA A. FOWLER. MRS. C. C. LOMBARD. MISS MARY E. BANNISTER.
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MISSIONARIES' RESOLUTIONS
Whereas, We, the missionaries of the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society, assembled at the meeting of the General Executive Committee in session in New York City, have been the recipients of lavish hospitality and many kindly courtesies, therefore,
Resolved, That we express our sincere appreciation of all that we have received, and extend our hearty thanks to our hostesses, who have so generously opened their homes to us, to the commit- tees that have made every arrangement for our comfort and con- venience and provided recreation in a pleasant automobile ride around the city, and to the Methodist Social Union for the delightful reception tendered us at the Manhattan Hotel; that we also express our appreciation of the opportunities granted us for representing our work in the churches of New York and adjoining cities, and of the kind and patient hearing that has been given us at the various meet- ings of the Committee.
The love and sympathy that have so aboundingly been extended to us have encouraged and strengthened our hearts, and the Chris- tian fellowship that we have enjoyed with those of like precious faith has been a lofty inspiration. For all that we have received during this meeting we render thanks to the Giver of every good and perfect gift, and to those chosen by Him to be channels of His blessings.
Secretary ELIZABETH R. BENDER, Tokyo, Japan. MARTHA A. SHELDON, Bhot, India. LAURA M. WHITE, Chin Kiang, China. Chairman GRACE TODD, China.
ON TITLES TO DEEDS OF PROPERTY IN FOREIGN LANDS.
The committee on Real Estate, beg leave to report — progress. It is very slow, because it takes so long to send a letter to foreign fields and get a response. Sometimes the Committee have written four or five letters before getting any answer.
The Committee are encouraged by the fact that some of the foreign conferences are reporting the real estate of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in their printed reports — showing that our missionaries are beginning to realize the importance of putting these facts in reference to our real estate into legal shape.
We bespeak the patience of the General Executive Committee, feeling sure that in time with "line upon line and precept upon
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precept," your Committee on Real Estate will in time secure all our deeds of property, worded "in t ust for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, United States of America."
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. WM. B. DAVIS, MRS. CYRUS D. FOSS,
Committee
CONSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATION. The Constitutional Publication Committee met at the close of the session of the General Executive Committee in Kansas City, Mo., Nov., 1904, and organized with Mrs. L. L. Keen, Chair- man and Mary E. Holt, Secretary. A meeting was held in May, 1955, at Washington, D. C, in connection with that of the Reference Committee.
The semi-annual reports of the publisher, editors and literature committee were presented and accepted.
A vote of thanks, was extended to Miss F. J. Baker for her work in editing the 35th Annual Report of the Society.
Because of the continued illness of Mrs. Gracey, Miss Baker was chosen to edit the 36th Annual Report of the Society.
It was ordered that a card of credentials for the use of mis- sionaries be prepared and printed.
MARY E. HOLT, Secretary.
Elected at New York:
Mrs. Cyrus D. Foss, Chairman.
Mary E. Holt, Secretary.
LITERATURE. If the work of the Literature Department for the' past year were to be characterized in a single word, that word would be— expansion. Never in our history has so large an output been is- sued from the publishing office, and perhaps in no year has there been a more all-round development of varying phases of our work. This new literature has also been carefully and systematically ad- vertised, and from all parts of the country come reports that the buying and circulating of the literature is on the increase. That more might and should be done in this line is unquestionably true, but the signs are everywhere encouraging.
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The output for the year may be classified in different ways There has been, for example, a large amount of material on Japan, comprising stories, entertainments, recitations, music, accounts of our schools, and descriptive leaflets. The Prayer Calendar and the set of Japanese postcards also belong in this section. There has been a large issue of supplies, such as mite boxes, topic slips, cer- tificates, and various kinds of cards, envelopes and blanks. The interests of the children and young people have been considered, and one field, the Philippines — hitherto somewhat neglected — has been reinforced by two new leaflets and several reprints.
The work in general has been grouped about the year's course of study. This made it necessary to reinforce the supply of litera- ture on Japan, with twenty-six publications (including reprints) as a result. Including the Prayer Calendar for 1905, the total number of pages on Japan is 1,153,840. Last year the total output for China was 470,000 pages, giving an increase for Japan considerably above fifty per cent. This literature is especially attractive in appearance, as befits material pertaining to the beauty loving Japanese.
Lest undue emphasis should seem to have been laid upon the United Study theme, let us turn to the list of leaflets on other subjects. Here we find a total of 2,132,100 pages (new and re- prints), an increase over last year of 683,840 pages. Among these are a Christmas, an Easter, and a Thank Offering leaflet; a Korean entertainment, a Mexican impersonation, a mite box exercise, and a mite box folder; two leaflets — "Dr. Martha Sheldon and her Siege of Tibet," and "Our Chentu Outpost" — showing our gradual ap- proaches, from two entrances, to the no longer closed land; sev- eral narrative leaflets, of which "First, the Kingdom of God," is a type; and "A Little Friend in Africa" and "Social Life of African Women," looking forward to next year's course of study.
Of supplies, topic slips, cards, etc., 430,000 pages have been is- sued, with 28,800 pages in Japanese postcards, — several editions of the last named being called for. The grand total from the Boston office — exclusive of periodicals — thus becomes 3,744,740. In this miscellaneous literature are two items of special interest. One, is the four-page leaflet, announcing our courses of study for children and young people, 10,000 of which were sent, on request, to the General Secretary of the Epworth League ior distribution among Methodist young people. The other is the revised catalogue of 24 pages which has come out since October first, but is now in the hands of our constituency. In addition to this, there have been
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issued since October first, 1,499,000 pages which do not properly belong in the report. They are noted merely to explain that the change of the time of beginning the course of study from January to October preceding, has brought added demands upon the pub- lishing office and the Literature Committee. For this reason the Prayer Calendar for 1906, by vote of the committee, and in ac- cordance with the recommendation of last year's Executive Com- mittee, has been made smaller in size and price.
Our German constituency has issued 180,800 pages of literature, including its annual report, an advance of 73,200 over last year. The annual report of our Scandinavian work, with its total of 80,500 pages and its pictures of secretary and missionaries, is an attractive product, indicative Of enterprise and good taste.
From our Japanese headquarters is sounded the same note of advance. In leaflets, including the ever popular Tokiwa cook book, there is an increase of over fifey per cent, the number of pages being 1,021,000. In the output of decorative cards, which seem to be so pleasing to the Japanese, there have been 942,000 copies. The titles of a few are suggestive, showing that our workers have their fingers on the pulse beat of the popular heart; here we have "The Victory Card," "The Most Dangerous Gun," the series of "Comfort Cards" — so sorely needed in Japan's broken homes; the "Scripture Railway Cards," and the "Soldier Cards." Three calendars find a ready market with this constituency, and this year there were issued the "Peace Calendar," the "Bible Precepts," and the "Bible Text Roll." All of this is a living work and we have reason to take pride in it.
The statistics collected by the Branch Secretaries of Litera- ture also show on advance, a few items of which may be briefly summarized. We hear continually a call for free literature, yet the figures show that at least 1,707,468 pages of free literature were distributed last year and completeness is not claimed for this sum- mary. The sales of Dux Christus amount to 10,588 copies this year, as against 9,771 of Rex Christus in 1904. With this must be taken into account the sales of the young people's text book, Sun- rise in the Sunrise Kingdom, figures for which have not been ob- tained. The sale of the Prayer Calendar has also advanced many points. A new item of great interest is the report of missionary volumes in the various libraries connected with our churches. Here the figures show a count of more than 8,000, and although
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these returns are very inadequate, they are encouraging as show- ing the growing and widespread interest in missionary literature. While we may take pardonable pride in the scope and quality of our output, we place ever first its aim, — to spiead the news of the Kingdom and advance our Heavenly Father's business. Respectfully submitted,
ELIZABETH C. NORTHUP, Chairman Literature Committee.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF LITERATURE.
From October 1, 1904, to October 1, 1905.
By Cash Paid for Printing Leaflets $2,020 . 5G
Manuscript 59 . 00
Cuts 126.32
$2,205.88
Printing Calendars 1,075.00
Design for Calendars 20.00
Express on Calendars 45. 3G
$1,040. 3G
Printing Leaflet Report 10G.75
Express on Leaflet Report... 16.75
King's Herald Literature 71.50
King's Herald Badges 187.50
King's Herald Mite Boxes... 83.20
$123.50
$324.20
L. L. Bearer Literature 32.00
L. L. Bearer Enrollment Cards 91.04
$123.04
S. Bearer Supplies 214 . 48
S. Bearer Mite Boxes 63.70 $278.18
Helps and Hooks 740.49
Gen. Oonf. Express 34.96
Wrapping Paper, Twine, Etc. 46.03
Office Help 867.09
Editor's Salary and Postage.. 714.50 Trav. Expenses of Lit. Com. 109.80
$2,512.87
$8,321.61
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To Cash Rec'd for Literature and Books $4,485.55
" " " Calendar 1,231.90
Leaflet Report 150.90
" " " K. Herald Supplies 588.88
" L. L. Bearer Supplies 358.51
Standard Bearer Supplies 172.22
$6,987. 9G
Cash Deficit
$1,333.65
Value of Literature on Hand $1,545 . 00
Bills Due on Literature 960 . 25
Cash Deficit
Net Balance
$2,505.25 1,333.65
$1,171.60
PUBLICATIONS IN JAPANESE.
October, 1904— September, 1905.
Books and Tracts. Copies. Pages in each. Total Pages.
Tokiwa Cook Book 1,000 150 150,000
Manual for Bible-women 500 67 33,500
Manual for S. S. Teachers 500 40 20,000
Character Talks, Enlarged 500 49 24,500
The Story of Jonah 1,000 15 15,000
The Story of Daniel 1,000 18 18,000
A Soldier's Sermon 10,000 32 320,000
Lessons from Silk Worms 2,000 10 20,000
The Mysterious Guest 2,000 17 34.000
What is God? 5,000 9 45,000
Where is God? 5,000 8 40,000
Christmas Gifts, Third Edition. 2,000 8 16,000
Not a Sinner, Third " . 5,000 7 35,000
The Name of Power, Second " .10,000 11 110,000
Chained to a Pipe, Second " .10,000 7 70,000
To the Unknown God, 2nd " . 7,000 7 15,000
Who Made the Sun? 2nd " . 5,000 3 15,000
Where Found, No. II 2,000 3 6,000
69,500
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1,021,000
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Cards. Packets.
Victory Cards in Two Editions
New Year Pledge
The Most Dangerous Gun
Topical S. S. Cards 5,000
Comfort Cards
Scripture Railway Cards, 3d Edition. 200
Soldier Cards, 2nd Edition 5,500
Easter Morning, 2nd Edition
The Walk to Emmaus, 2nd Edition
No Evil Card, 2nd Edition
Cross and Crown Card, 2nd Edition
Serpent in the Wine Bottle, 2nd Edi. 400 Bible Bookmarks, No. I, 4th Edition 100
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11,200 65,000 942,000
Calendars. Copies.
Peace Calendar 1,400
Bible Precepts 1,100
Bible Text Roll, No. II 1,000
3,500
In addition to the above, two complete catalogues have been issued, one in English, 1,100 copies, and the other in Japanese, 1,000 copies. Of special advertisements, 350 have been issued in English and 11.460 in Japanese.
Eleven thousand four hundred and sixty copies of the Tokiwa have been published, the largest issue yet made in any one year, being nearly a thousand copies monthly. This would be a small circulation in America, but is good for a Christian and a Woman's magazine in Japan. Very few of the Christian papers published in Japan have yet succeeded in obtaining a circulation of over a thou- sand copies, and one of the two secular Woman's magazines pub- lished in Tokyo had, up to a few months ago, a circulation of only 700 copies monthly. I have not noted it among our Japanese ex- changes lately, so it may be out of circulation entirely now.
We have done a good deal of printing the past year, which does not appear in the above report, in response to requests for parts and wholes of various publications in special form to meet some particular need.
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On account of the extensive distribution of literature to sol- diers, the single orders of the year have been much larger than ever before, and we have felt metamorphosed at times into a purely packing establishment.
As it is living work, each year must necessarily record ex- pansion and growth. Respectfully submitted,
GEORGIANA BAUCUS,
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Study courses . 55
United Study of Missions
TOPICS FOR AUXILIARIES.
Text Book, Christus Liberator. An Outline of Study of Africa.
OCTOBER. — Woman's Work for Women in Japan* (Dux Christus, Chapter V.) Looking into Tibet. "The India Approach," Dr. Martha Sheldon. "Our Chentu Outpost."
NOVEMBER.— Forces in the Conflict. (Dux Christus, Chapter VI.) "Crandon Hall and Italy's Daughters."
DECEMBER.— The Dark Continent. Chapter I. A Map Journey. "Social Life of African Women." "Christmas Rosary."
JANUARY. — The Nile Country, Abyssinnia, North Africa. Chapter II. "Only a Woman." The Lady of the Book. ("Mary Louisa Whately.")
FEBRUARY.— West Africa. Chapter III. "Witch Doctors and Charms." "The Women of Liberia."' Bishop Hartzell's Parish.
MARCH.— What we do in Mexico. Thank-Offering. "A World of Gratitude."
APRIL. — East Africa. Chapter IV. "Brass Rods and Beads." Easter Chimes.
MAY. — Congo State and Central Africa. Chapter V. "Moffat and Livingstone."
JUNE. — South Africa. Chapter VI. A Palaver with the Young People. "Graduation Scenes in Other Lands."
JULY. — Veranda Meeting. Birthday Missionaries as Guests of Honor. Our Mission Fields in South America.
AUGUST.— Bulgaria: Methodist Women. North of the Balk- ans. Systematic Giving.
SEPTEMBER.— India Jubilee: Entering the Field. Isabella Thoburn. Dr. Clara Swain.
*Topics appearing in quotation marks are the titles of leaflets. YOUNG PEOPLE'S COURSE. Text Book, Christus Liberator.
OCTOBER.— On to Tibet with Dr. Martha Sheldon! Our Chentu Outpost.
NOVEMBER.— Crandon Hall and Italy's Daughters. Our Pek- ing Thank-Offering: Planning the Work.
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DECEMBER.— "Christmas Rosary."t The Dark Continent. Chapter I. "Social Life of African Women." Holiday Budget.
JANUARY. — Recruiting Rally. The Nile Country, Abyssinia, North Africa. Chapter II. "Moffatt and Livingstone." Quiz on Annual Report.
FEBRUARY.— "Witch Doctors and Charms." West Africa. Chapter III. "The Women of Liberia." Bishop Hartzell's Parish.
MARCH. — Quarterly Muster. Our Next Door Neighbor. Mexi- can Festival: "Las Posadas."
APRIL. — Easter Chimes. "Brass Rods and Beads." East Afri- ca. Chapter IV.
MAY. — Our Peking Thank-Off ering: Working the Plan. Congo State and Central Africa. Chapter V.
JUNE. — A Palaver with the Auxiliary. South Africa. Chapter VI. "Graduation Scenes in Other Lands."
JULY. — Veranda Party. "Story of the Standard Bearers." Telephone Talks with Standard Bearer Missionaries.
AUGUST. — By Tent and Campfire. Best Missionary Stories. My Favorite Missionary and Why.
SEPTEMBER.— Quarterly Muster. Mite Box Opening. India Jubilee: Entering the Field. Isabella Thoburn. Dr. Clara M. Swain.
tTopics in quotation marks are titles of leaflets. "Las Posadas" is an entertainment.
Send to Depots of Supplies for pink slips containing this outline.
TOPICS FOR KING'S HERALDS AND ALL CHILDREN WORK- ING FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. October — Japan No. VI. Missions of Today. November — Japan No. VII. Promise of Tommorrow. December — The World's Glad Christmas.
A Little Missionary in Black and White. (The Bible.) January — Africa No. I. The Great Dark Continent. Review of 1905 February — ^Africa No. II. The People.
March — Africa No. III. Our Friends, the Children. Thank Offering April — An Easter Program. Bulgaria. May — Africa IV. A Flying Visit to Egypt.
June — More Boys and Girls We Ought to Know. July —Bells, the Stories They Tell.
August — Africa No. V. Under the Shadow. Sept'mber — Africa No. VI. Missions and Missionaries.
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REPORT OF THE WOMAN'S MISSIONARY FRIEND. 1904 1905.
God has so arranged the chronometry of life that there are thousands of silent moments between striking hours. It is in these silent moments that the work of the secretaries, literature commit- tee, publisher and editors is done.
The past year has not been unlike its predecessors in happy service. No special change has marked the conduct of your maga- zine, but the editor has tried to make every issue fully justify its appearance. Since this is the. last report the present incumbent is to give you she may be permitted to review somewhat the period of twelve years during which it has been her happy privilege to edit the Woman's Missionary Friend.
During the first twelve years the subscriptions in toto amounted to 202,388. (This was in part a circulation list.) The second period is exact and shows that there were 241,314 paid subscriptions. The third and last period of twelve years, from 1894-1905, gives us 262,394 paid subscriptions, a gain of over 60,000 on the first twelve years, and nearly 21,000 on the second. The average of the first twelve years is 16,865; the second twelve, 20,107; the last twelve, 21,876. During the thirty-six years of its successful existence the magazine has grown from an eight page to a forty paged magazine, more than half of this advance having been made under the honored editorship of Mrs. Harriet Merrick Warren. The present adminis- tration has seen the name of the magazine changed from The Heathen Woman's Friend to The Woman's Missionary Friend; the separation of The Study from the magazine and issued as a leaflet with successful independence; the introduction of the Postoffice Box, the Young People's Department, the columns for the Study outline and Literature Committee, the establishment and report of the Ma- gazine Fund, the establishment and report of Birthday Missionaries, the regular report of Folts Institute, and the Tidings page.
The suggestion for the badge, seal and crest started in the Friend, also for historical reference the illustrated series of all our mission schools to the present date.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The contributions for the past twelve years have included such names as Bishops Thoburn, Bashford, Foss, Vincent, Oldham and Warne, Louise Chandler Moulton, Katharin Lee Bates, Frances E.
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Willard, Emily Huntington Miller, Alexander McKenzie, Dr. W. F. Warren, Dr. Dennis, Dr. Wortman, Frederic Lawrence Knowles, Amos Wells, Delia Lyman Porter, Madame Takeda, F. H. Dilling- ham, C. F. Wilder, Mrs. J. H. Knowles, Mrs. Elizabeth Cheney, and a score more whom limits of space refuse to record. The small honorarium offered for articles, we hope may be increased next year. MAGAZINE FUND.
This Fund, started by the editor in 1898^ largely from her own exchanges, has grown to a subscription of 148, an advance of 12 dur- ing the past year. These magazines include every fine periodical in our country. The Century, McClure's, The Atlantic Monthly are the most popular.
PRESENT STATUS.
The subscriptions for the year 1905 are as follows:
New England Branch 2,135 ;
New York Branch 2,986 ;
Philadelphia Branch 2,807 ;
Baltimore Branch 7G3;
Cincinnati Branch 2,983 ;
Northwestern Branch 5,890;
Des Moines Branch 2,398 :
Minneapolis Branch ' 649 ;
Topeka Branch 1,272 ;
Pacific Branch 650 ;
Columbia River Branch 415;
It is to be hoped that with the impetus that may come from a new hand, the subscription list of the new year may be brought to thirty thousand in 1906.
The editor would express her hearty thanks to the constituency in this final report for their unwavering loyalty and the unrivaled opportunity, in a life not niggardly in its opportunities, that the edit- ing of the little magazine has afforded her. That the future may hold for them and for the publication so dear to the heart of every W. F. M. S. woman new successes born of larger consecration and more devout zeal she earnestly prays. Respectfully submitted,
LOUISE MANNING HODGKINS.
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TABLE OF SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE WOMAN'S MISSIONARY FRIEND FROM 1869-1905.
1870 3,000.
1871 21,000.
1872 : — 22,000.
1873' 24,000.
1874 25,000.
1875 16,000.
1876 17,313.
1877 16,000.
1878 14,074.
1879 13,388.
1880 15,606.
1881 18,007.
1882 20,020.
1883 19,571.
1884 20,045.
1885 19,816.
1886 19,456.
1887 19,987.
1888 19,907.
1889 * 19,834
1890 19,236.
1891 20,401.
1892 21,512.
1893 21,529.
1894 21,617.
1895 20,411.
1896 19,146.
1897 19,026.
1898 20,858.
1899 21,812.
1900 22,720.
1901 —21,447.
1902 23,538.
1903 24,120.
1904 24,184.
1905 23,402.
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THE FRAUEN-MISSIONS-PREUND FOR 1905.
Our Heavenly Father has been very good to us during the past year and has blessed the work of the faithful women who have the cause of Foreign Missions on their hearts. He gave us a com- paratively large increase. When this German paper was started nineteen years ago it was not expected that it would have a very large list of subscribers, that would not be possible for a mission- ary paper written in a foreign tongue, but it was hoped that it would help to interest our German women in this great cause. Surely it has fulfilled its destiny and the large increase in member- ship and gifts is partly due to the distribution of missionary knowl- edge through its pages. This child is gradually outgrowing its coat. It pinches in some places. We have been wondering if the dress really ought to be enlarged, but are awaiting developments in the German work. We are sure that the organization of a German Branch would soon make a larger garment a necessity.
We are now issuing eight pages per month except twice a year, when we issue twelve pages. Our subscription list numbers 4,480, an increase of 109 over last year. May the Lord bltess all that help to make the "Frauen Missions Freund, ' may its useful- ness ever increase and help thousands of German women who love the W. F. M. S. and the cause it represents.
Respectfully submitted,
AMALIE M. ACHARD, Editor.
REPORT OF THE CHILDREN'S MISSIONARY FRIEND.
We come to this sixteenth anniversary of the children's Mis- sionary Friend with grateful hearts, for the past year, — thanks to our loyal workers, — has been a good one. Perhaps you will re- member that our last report noted a slight decrease in subscrip- tions, but we now rejoice over an increase of 1,647, which gives a total of 31,051 for the year ending October first This is a good step toward the 50,000 we confidently expect to see as soon as we fully appreciate the value of the "child in the midst."
This children's paper is unique in its object — as is all mis- sionary literature — and perhaps you would like to know just what this object is. First of all, then, it is to give its readers a correct, idea, and knowledge of foreign missions in an attractive form. Children learn the boundaries of foreign countries at school from
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globe and map, and the names of rivers, mountains, and cities, — but what about the people? If I were to tell the mothers of these children that geography was a useless study, fancy their astonish- ment! But if location and natural features are essential, how much more desirable is a knowledge of the people who wander beside the rivers and climb the mountains. This knowledge the Children's Friend tries to impart through pictures, stories, and sketches of foreign life, — which no missionaries can tell better than our own.
A few weeks ago the King's Heralds were given paper and pencils and asked to write what they knew about Japan. The re- sult you see in your Branch folios; and with all deference to faith- ful superintendents, we feel sure that the paper furnished the larger part of information such as led one surprised mother to say: "I never could have told as much about Japan as my Helen has written."
In this great humanizing age it is our privilege to thus intro- duce to the children of happy America their less happy neighbors in the Orient, and to teach thereby the spiritual significance of all missionary work. Help ,us to do this by putting the little Friend into their hands.
Our object is also to report home work, and many a discour- aged band finds new inspiration in reading of those who have achieved success. Mrs. Harrison's Portfolio combines these reports, while close following the Portfolio comes the list of gifts.
The children have now a fine orphanage at Bareilly, a large share in the Chemulpo Home, the school in Hai Tang, and a good beginning on a school in Japan, the whole aggregating more than $12,000. What do yau see in these buildings? Simply stones, and bricks, and boards? I see confectionery, and peanuts, gum and ice cream — all sorts of luxuries which children love — for, while all chil- dren do not rise to heights of self-denial, many do, and I assure you there are sacred pennies and dimes and dollars in those build- ings across the sea. There is no suspicion of "tainted money" here! Have your children contributed a share? Then there is that fascinating page of Little Light Bearers that no one misses, which is also a help to your treasuries. We have given 84 pictures of life members during the last missionary year, and that does not cover the entire number made by the Branches. Our publisher has kindly taken on the extra expense of these reproductions, and you can repay her only by sending in new subscriptions enough to bal- ance the account!
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We cannot take time to tell more fully the objects of this paper, but please take a copy from our literature table and ex- amine for yourselves. We hope you will like it, but we also hope you will not be satisfied with it. We hope you will say: "What can we do as a society to so increase the number of subscribers that we may have a magazine with a bright cover, filled with more and better stories, sketches, pictures and poetry — a magazine so good, in short, that it will appeal to every child."
It is a great thing to place your hand ever so lightly upon the destiny of nations that are rising to meet God's design for them, but it is a greater thing to place many little hands upon the keyboard and teach them to bring harmony out of confusion and discord. Respectfully submitted,
MRS. O. W. SCOTT, Editor.
THE STUDY— OCTOBER, 1904— OCTOBER, 1905.
The subscription returns for The Study show a decrease of 3,856, the first in its history. Let the fact be thus boldly stated, and then mitigating circumstances may be discovered to make the culprit's case appear less worthy of condemnation.
First in the list of reasons may be suggested the abundance of material that has been available concerning Japan. As the litera- ture report will show, considerably more than a million pages have been issued from our own publishing office alone, and the secular publications have been filled with the doings of the Island Empire. Hence the material contained in The Study has been less neces- sary to program makers.
Second, our young women were given another text book last year, as an experiment, and the different chapter arrangement made The Study of little value to them.
Third, our bright women, like the Athenians of old, are con- tinually desiring some new thing, and it is entirely possible that The Study, in its present form, has fulfilled its usefulness and that the time is ripe for change.
There is still another explanation, which is worthy of careful consideration. It has been the aim of the present editor to change gradually the character of The Study, making it a leaflet for pro- gram committees, filled with suggestions, summaries, and references to appropriate leaflets and other literature — thus pointing out the way and leaving the work to be done by the committee and mem-
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bers of the society. A publication of this sort would not be so well adapted to general use, as an exercise to be read through in the meeting. Hence it is not surprising to have societies reporting that where once they subscribed for a dozen copies, they now take but one or two for the program committee.
The significance of figures depends largely upon their interpre- tation, and it seems reasonable to claim that a shrinkage of this sort may be regarded as encouraging rather than discouraging, for it indicates an intellectual advance. If the members of our socie- ties are doing active work for themselves in lines of study, it is far better than that they should merely read through a leaflet, with brains sometimes — it is to be feared — offering passive resistance to its contents. If The Study has succeeded in becoming really a study, then even a larger decrease might be endured with courage.
There is no doubt, however, that The Study should be more widely circulated among our auxiliaries and young people's socie- ties, for in too many instances it is not known. It is quite in order, therefore, to commend Topeka and Pacific Branches, where an in- crease has been made, and to exhort all the rest to renewed effort during the coming twelve months in behalf of this interpreter of the program for the year.
The following is a tabulated list cf the past year's subscrip- tions:
New England 2,490 ;
New York 4,291 ;
Baltimore 1,014 ;
Philadelphia 4,113;
Cincinnati 4,358 ;
Northwestern 7,287;
Des Moines 4,112 ;
Minneapolis 1,054 ;
Topeka 2,994;
Pacific 931;
Columbia River » 791;
Respectfully submitted, ELIZABETH C. NORTHUP, Editor,
decrease. . . . |
....171 |
decrease. . . . |
758 |
o |
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decrease . . . . |
....421 |
....988 |
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. ...893 |
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decrease. . . . |
....456 |
....293 |
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increase. . . . |
....204 |
increase. . . . |
.... 56 |
decrease |
. . . . 91 |
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REPORT OF PUBLISHER.
With four editors, each to represent her own periodical, it seems unnecessary for me to make any preliminary report to my financial statement, only to express my gratitude for the privilege of nine months of rest which you so kindly granted me, and which I have conscientiously used to the best advantage to prepare me for better service. Nothing can compare with active work in the Master's Vineyard, but sometimes He calls "Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile," and be goes with us in these quiet times, and relieved from the constant strain of daily duties, we get a different view of our work, and return better equipped for service. I wish to bear testimony to the cordiality with which the dear women of the Pacific Branch received me to their hearts and homes, so that it was impossible for me to feel lonely, and I advise any who have need of rest to go to this beautiful land among these dear women, and on the return home to go north to the Columbia River Branch and receive the same cordial welcome from the dear sisters of the Columbia River Branch.
The year has been one of constant activity in the Publication Office and I desire here to say, that a more willing, capable and faithful corps of helpers could not be found in any office than is found in the Publication Office of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
To give you a little idea of what has passed through the office during the year I give the following statement:
The aggregate subscriptions of the periodicals is 92,370, making a total number issued 1,223,200, a circulation of 101,933 per month. The total pages of the periodicals is 20,617,000. The number of pages of leaflets is 3,673,340, which, with the periodicals and reports, the total output of the Publication Office this year, has been 26,097,- 340, an average of 2,174,770 per month.
A communication was sent to the Branch Annual Meetings by the Publisher urging the increase of subscriptions to all periodicals, giving a statement that only one-sixth of our members take the Woman's Missionary Friend, — an average of only three and one- half to each auxiliary. A special proposition was made for the Woman's and Children's Missionary Friend, which will be found in each of the papers, and we hope that this will stimulate the local agents and all who are interested in our periodicals so that we can have 30,000 for the Woman's Missionary Friend and 50,000 for the Children's Missionary Friend.
PUBLISHER G5
PAULINE J. WALDEN, PUBLISHER, IN ACCOUNT WITH WOM- AN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY FROM OCTOBER 1, 1904, TO OCTOBER 1, 1905.
To Cash on Hand $4,038.31
Rec'd for Subscriptions to W. M. F. . .$11,116.23
'C.M.F... 3,075.97 " " " F. M. F... 1,034.66
" " " The Study... 855.07
■ $16,081.93
Literature 6,987.96
Annual Reports 1,012 . 47
W. F. M. S. Badges 741.20
L. M. Certificates 6 . 00
Advertising 394 . 01
Int. on Loans and Deposits 238.06
Waste Paper 2.85
By Cash Paid for Woman's Miss. Friend $7,739.61
" " Editor's Salary and Postage 743.36
Children's Missionary Friend 3,132.62 Editor's Salary and Postage. 312.98
Frauen Missions Friend.... 928.87 Editor's Salary and Postage. 257.14
The Study 870.36
Editor's Salary and Postage 102.50
Annual Reports 1,174 . 45
Literature Expenses 8,321.61
Publisher's Salary 437 . 50
Office Expenses 826 . 97
$2,394.59 $29,502.79
$8,482.97
$3,445.60
$1,186.01
$ 972.86
$ 9,496.06
$ 1,246.47
Badges, Sales, Etc 1,267.75
Advertising 134 . 80
Swedish Editorial Work 62.50
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Annuity Blanks, Etc
Gift to Baltimore Branch...
Traveling Expenses of Edi- tors and Publisher to Gen. Ex. Com
14.84 13.28
$ 1,493.17
167.57
On Hand
Oct. 1. 1905.
Examined and Approved SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
New England Branch.
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Northwestern
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Topeka
Pacific
Col. River
Scattering . . .
Foreign
Oct. 4, 1904.
2,994.08
PAULINE J. WALDEN, Publisher. : ALONZO S. WEED, Auditor
PERIODICALS OCT. 1, 1905. W. M. F. C. M. F. F. M. F. The Study.
2,135 |
3,825 |
48 |
2,490 |
2,986 |
4,748. |
277 |
4,291 |
2,8d7 |
2,858 |
67 |
4,113 |
763 |
1,247 |
60 |
1,014 |
2,938 |
3,041 |
269 |
4,358 |
5,628 |
6,744 |
897 |
7,287 |
2,398 |
2,776 |
686 |
4,112 |
649' |
1,534 |
758 |
1,054 |
1,272- |
1,994 |
653 |
2,994 |
esa |
915 |
182 |
931 |
415 |
886 |
62 |
791 |
396 |
172 |
27 |
2 |
365 |
311 |
494 |
|
23,402 |
31,051 |
4,480 |
33,437 |
24,184 |
29,404 |
4,371 |
37,293 |
Dec. 782 Inc. 1,647 Inc. 109 Dec. 3,856 PAULINE J. WALDEN, Publisher.
ZENANA PAPER 67
ZENANA PAPER. During the year we have tried to give our best to the Rafiq-i- Niswan, and from Hindoos and Mohammedans have received words of no small encouragement.
From Bhot, Godola, and my Bible-women we have received original articles for the paper.
"We attempted to improve the paper by enlarging the size, but after one issue concluded to keep the old form and add four pagei of reading matter. The Rafiq now has sixteen pages.
The Literature Commimttee of the W. F. M. S. of America have requested me to prepare a short history of the paper from its beginning, which we hope to do early next year.
About 100 new subscribers have been added to the list this year. L. H. MESSMORE.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
Balance Oct. 1, 1904 $573.67
Received from New England Branch $600.00
Philadelphia Branch 250 . 00
" " Baltimore Branch 87 . 5'jO
" " Northwestern Branch 75.00
" B. R. Cowen, Int on investments.. 642.00
$1,654.50
$2,228.17
Forwarded to India for Four Editions of Zenana
Paper $940 . 00
Forwarded to India for Marathi Editions of Zenana
Paper 250.00
$1,190.00
Balance Oct. 1, 1905 $1,038.17
SARAH L. KEEN, Treasurer.
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BRANCH OFFICERS
OF THE
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
I. NEW ENGLAND BRANCH.
New England States, President, Mrs. John Legg, 5 Claremont St., Worcester, Mass.; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Mary E. Holt, 4 Berwick Park, Boston, Mass.; Secretary of Home Department, Miss Clementina Butler, Newton Centre, Mass.; Treasurer, Mrs. B. T. Williston, 3 Monmouth St., Somerville, Mass.; Secretary of Young People's Work, Mrs. Miranda C. Packard, Medford, Mass.
II. NEW YORK BRANCH.
New York and New Jersey. President, Mrs. S. L. Baldwin, 1218 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. J. M. Cornell, 560 West 26th St., New York City; Sec- retary of Home Department, Miss Willie R. Lewis, 83 West Washington Sq., New York City; Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Knowles, Room 401, 150 Fifth Ave., New York; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Summer Stone, 1895 Madison Ave., New York City; Secretary of Young People's Work, Mrs. Charles Spaeth, 135 Meigs St., Rochester, N. Y.
III. PHILADELPHIA, BRANCH:
Pennsylvania and Delaware. President, Miss Susan E. Lodge, 1720 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Corresponding Secretary, Emeritus, Mrs. S. L. Keen, 1209 Arch St., Philadelphia; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Carrie Jay Carnahan, Shady Ave. and Walnut St. E. E. Pittsburg, Pa.; Secretary Home Department, Mrs. Webster H. Pearee, 3909 Pine St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Amos Wakelin, 200 Bullitt Bld'g., Philadelphia, Pa.; Treasurer, Mrs. T. H. Wilson, Lawnhurst, Fox Chase, Philadelphia; Secretary of Young People's Work, Mrs. P. P. Strawinski, 414 Church St., Huntingdon, Pa.
IV. BALTIMORE BRANCH:
Maryland, District of Columbia, Eastern Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. President, Mrs. A. H. Eaton, "The Lafayette," 804 N. Carrolton Ave.,
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Baltimore, Md.; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. E. B. Ste- vens, G04 Thompson Ave., Baltimore, Md.; Secretary Home Department, Mrs. S. A. Hill, 2513 Madison Ave., Baltimore, Md.; Recording Secretary, Mrs. D. C. Morgan, Blooming- dale Road., S. Walbrook, Maltimore, Mr.; Treasurer, Mrs. J. S. Rawlings, 20G Woodlawn Road, Roland Park, Md.; Secretary Young People's Work, Mrs. E. L. Harvey, 1314 13th St. N. W., Washington, D. C.
V. CINCINNATI BRANCH.
Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mis- sissippi. President Emeritus, Mrs. Wm. B. Davis, Clifton, Cincinnati, O.; Corresponding Secretary Emeritus, Mrs. B. R. Cowen, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.; President, Mrs. Philip Roetinger, 229 Springfield Ave., Wyoming, O.; Cor- responding Secretary, Mrs. L. L. Townley, 237 Burns Ave., Wyoming, O.; Secretary of Home Department, Mrs. R. L. Thomas, 792 McMillan St., Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.; Recording Secretary, Mrs. C. W. Barnes, Delaware, O.; Receiving Treasurer, Mrs. John C. Kunz, 511 Broadway, Cincinnati, O.; Disbursing Treasurer, Mrs. C. C. Boyd, 1536 Greenup St., Covington, Ky.; Secretary of Young People's Work, Mrs. Calista M. Courtenay, 205 Woodlawn Ave., Zanesville, O.
VI. NORTHWESTERN BRANCH:
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. President Emeri- tus, Mrs. Isaac R. Hitt, Washington, D. C; President, Mrs A. W. Patten, 616 Foster St., Evanston, 111.; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. F. P. Crandon, 1414 Forest Ave., Evanston, 111.; Secretary of Home Department, Mrs. Stephen J. Her- ben, 1906 Orrington Ave., Evanston, 111.; Recording Secre- tary, Mrs. L. H. Jennings, 1460 Graceland Ave., Chicago, 111.; Treasurer, Mrs. B. D. York, 231 Hancock Ave., Detroit, Mich.; Assistant Treasurer, Mrs. J. Dunn, 36 Woodward Ave. Terrace, Detroit, Mich.; Secretary of Young People's Work, Mrs. E. Hale Vollintine, 1021 Granville Ave., Chi- cago, 111.
VII. DES MOINES BRANCH:
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. President, Miss Elizabeth Pearson, 1100 High St., Des Moines, la.; Corre- sponding Secretary, Mrs. W. B. Thompson, Bedford, la.;
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"Secretary of Home Department, Miss Villa M. Patten, Muscatine, la.; Recording Secretary, Mrs. B. M. Gatchell, Des Moines, la.; Treasurer, Mrs. E. P. Fritz, 147 Chestnut St., Dubuque, la.; Secretary of Young People's Work, Mrs. Martha Stahl Beall, Mount Ayr, la.
VIII. MINNEAPOLIS BRANCH:
Minnesota, North and South Dakota. President, Mrs. M. C. Landis, 1503 Clinton Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.; Correspond- ing Secretary, Mrs. C. W. Joyce, 310 Groveland Ave., Min- neapolis, Minn.; Secretary of Home Department, Mrs. A. J. Thorne, 3031 First Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.; Recording ing Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Fitz, 739 Hague Ave., St. Paul, Minn.; Treasurer, Mrs. C. W. Hall, 3206 Second Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.; Secretary Young People's Work, Mrs. J. P. Jenkins, 407 W. 10th St., Sioux Falls, S. D.
IX. TOPEKA BRANCH:
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas. President, Mrs. Emma A. Imboden, 210 North Emporia Ave., Wichita, Kas. ; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Ella M. Watson, 1701 S. 17th St., Lincoln, Neb.; Recording Secretary, Mrs. E. L. Madison, Manhattan, Kas.; Treasurer, Mrs. A. M. Davis, 1701 K St. Lincoln, Neb.; Secretary of Young People's Work, Mrs. Jennie S. Rinker, 2G3G N St., Lincoln, Neb.
X. PACIFIC BRANCH:
California, Nevada and Arizona. President, Mrs. George B. Smythe, 2505 Hearst Ave., Berkley, Cal.; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. S. F. Johnson, 5 Ford Place, Pasadena, Cal.; Associate Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Charlotte O'Neal; Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. R. Umsted, 3036 Hoover St., Los Angeles, Cal.; Treasurer, Mrs. Z. L. Parmelee, S. Pasadena, Cal. XL COLUMBIA RIVER BRANCH:
Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. President, Mrs. M. C. Wire, Eugene, Ore.; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. A. N. Fisher, 214 Twelfth St., Portland, Ore.; Recording Secretary, Mrs. W. H. Saylor, 871 S. First St., Portland, Ore.; Treasurer, Mrs. M. E. Whitney, 704 South I St., Ta- coma, Wash.; Secretary of Young People's Work, Mrs. E. E. Upmeyer, Harrisburg, Ore.
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REPORT OF HOME WORK
NEW ENGLAND BRANCH. . Includes the New England States.
President — MRS. JOHN LEGG, 5 Claremont St., Worcester, Mass. Corresponding Sec. Emeritus— MRS. L. A. ALDERMAN, Hyde Park,
Mass. Corresponding Secretary— MISS MARY E. HOLT, 4 Berwick Park,
Boston, Mass. Secretary of Home Department— MISS CLEMENTINA BUTLER,
Newton Center, Mass. Recording Secretary— MRS. CHARLES E. MANN, Maiden, Mass. Treasurer— MRS. B. T. WILLISTON, 3 Monmouth St., Somerville, Mass. One year ago the representatives of New England Branch gathered in New Haven, Conn., ventured on the great advance of $4,000 over the record of the previous year. The step was taken in the same spirit of faith in God and the Methodist women of New England. We know that the faith dictates this step has not been misplaced. God has indeed opened the hearts of our women so that they have responded nobly to the call for more funds where- with to carry on this work. Especially gratifying is the generous advance in the Thank-offering receipts. Above the encouragement that comes to us from the success of raising the funds is the joy of having adopted two birthday missionaries during the year. Of these Miss Mary A. Simester, is now on her way to the distant station of Chentu, in West China. Miss Bessie P. Crowell will soon go to her appointment in India. The Day of Prayer, Good Friday, was observed in many auxiliaries.
The new membership crusade, initiated immediately after the last annual meeting was a great blessing. All but four officers of the Branch reported having enlisted a new member. The plea was then sent down to the auxiliary membership.
Zion's Herald has continued its courtesy of affording us a column once a month, which has been filled with items from the field. It has also presented for us letters from Misses Chisholm, Mudge and Hemingway.
The increase of auxiliary speakers has undoubtedly had much to do with the happy financial results of the year. Miss Dan-
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forth's service as Field Secretary, has been a great blessing. Miss Dodge made an extended trip in behalf of the work among the young people and children, which resulted in a goodly extension of interest. The condition of the work among the young people is very encouraging and we believe that our members and Standard Bearers are becoming more intelligent givers through the increase of the study, and excellent programs have been given. Membership contests have been held in both auxiliary and young people's so- cieties with gratifying results. The children's work is prosperous and the reports show large increase in both membership and collec- tions.
Our Depot of Supplies, removed to larger quarters, has had a successful year. The sales of literature have increased especially along the line of the mission Study course.
During the year we have been called upon to mourn the loss of the fellowship of two of the founders of our society, members of the New England Branch, Mrs. Thomas A. Rich and Mrs Thomas W. Kingsbury. "While Mrs. Rich was for many years absent from our meetings because of illness, Mrs. Kingsbury's active interest kept up to the very last and she will be greatly missed from our midst.
Our number of missionaries has been increased by two, and we now have twenty-one on our list.
Miss Hartford has returned to the home land after her second term of service, for much needed rest. Dr. Sheldon is now with us but hopes to return shortly to her work on the northern borders of India. Miss Kneeland has regained health and strength and will soon go to Mexico. Miss Paine has been with us since last winter and soon returns for her third term of service in Korea.
Miss Hemingway returned to Malaysia last March and was ap- pointed to Kuala Lumpur.
We are glad to report that Miss Marriott, after a rest in Japan, has taken up her work again in Deh-hua, China, with renewed zeal and hope.
Our annual meeting was attended by larger numbers than ever before and was full of enthusiasm. A spirit of deep consecration characterized all the sessions and, in the quiet of the closing hour, as all knelt together in prayer for strength and guidance, we felt that God was indeed in our midst.
MISS MARY E. HOLT, Corresponding Secretary.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Balance, Oct. 1, 1904 $ 5,771 . 56
Received Oct. 1, 1904 to Oct. 1, 1905 ? 46,449.00
Lapsed Annuity 1,000.00
47,449.00
$53,220.56 Disbursements ,18,595 .95
$ 4,624.61
Transferred to Annuity Fund 3,007 . 22
Balance, Oct. 1, 1905 $ 1,617 . 39
(MRS.) BELLE A. WILLISTON, Treasurer.
NEW YORK BRANCH. Includes New York and New Jersey.
OFFICERS.
President — Mrs. S. L. Baldwin, 1218 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Corresponding Secretary— Mrs. J. M. Cornell, 560 West 26th St., New York City.
Secretary of Home Department — Miss W. R. Lewis, S3 West Wash- ington PI., New York City.
Recording Secretary — Mrs. J. H. Knowles, Room 401, 150 Fifth Ave., New York City.
Treasurer— Mrs. J. Sumner Stone, 1S95 Madison Ave., New York City.
Secretary of Young People's Work — Mrs. Charles Spaeth, 135 Meigs St., Rochester, N. Y.
The shadow has been very heavy this first year without our leader, Mrs. Skidmore. For thirty years her thorough knowledge, rare wisdom and broad sympathy have been laying the foundation, guiding the work and workers on both sides of the sea. We dare not stop to grieve over our failures, we can only trust them in the hands of the Father who was her guide and who promises wisdom according to our need.
The sudden death of Miss Miles in May, added another shadow. For the thirty years she had been so close to Mrs. Skidmore in her
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care for the Special Work that she knew the detailed history of every foreign mission and worker. Her carefully kept records of almost 1,000 individual cases have been invaluable to Mrs. Preston, who was appointed to the work at the June quarterly meeting.
One of the brightest lights in the year has been the increased knowledge of the foreign need brought to the hearts of the women throughout our territory by our Field Secretary, Miss Hughes, our returned missionaries., and our home workers. As a result of their efforts we are able to report 73 new organizations, 4,G74 new mem- bers and $3,166.
The steamship Manchuria late in September took across the Pacific Miss Jennie Hughes to Central China, Miss Hortense Long to Kagoshima and Dr. Li Bi Cu to Foochow. A friend from Cali- fornia writes that Dr. Li proves to the world at large what the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society is worth to women in China.
Miss Elizabeth Nicholls has returned to her work in Bombay, and Miss Maxey to Calcutta, both of them strengthened and re- freshed by their vacation, while they brought closer to our hearts the needs of the women and girls in Bombay and Bengal.
We have welcomed home for a well deserved rest our own Birthday missionary, Dr. Lucy Hcag, who went to China in 1872, Miss Dreibelbies from Kiukiang, Miss Loper from North India, and Mrs. Meek from Malaysia. Two of our missionaries have changed their relation to our society, Mrs. Rasmussen having married Mr. Springer last New Year day, continues the work in Umtali. In August, Miss Marguerite Glenk from Kucheng was married and is now living in Fall River, Mass.
Twelve of our missionaries are supported by their home Con- ferences or Districts, eight by Young People's Societies, four by individual churches, three by special individuals. One district at home gives a thousand dollars annually to support a native district in India. Four assistant teachers are cared for by groups of workers at home.
An additional $2,000 was given this year by a friend in Cen- tral New York Conference to the Perpetual Bible Woman's Fund.
Our headquarters and depot of supplies becomes each year a center of greater activity and interest. The routine work increased so rapidly this past year that our efficient secretary, Miss Cole, could not do it alone and an assistant became a necessity.
The Literature Committee reports a handsome advance in the sales of literature and a large amount of free literature distributed.
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Through the generosity of a friend nearly 80,000 free leaflets have been sent, out during the year.
The conditions of our Young People's Work is best shown by quoting from the report of our Branch Superintendent, Mrs. Charles Spaeth. "We have 305 organizations of young women and Standard Bearers, with a membership of 8,823, a net gain of 45 organizations and 1,034 members. Early in the year it became apparent that the rich soil which we have to cultivate in the field of young people's work was producing a crop of leaves out of proportion to the fruit. A pruning process was at once begun. The membership lists of many organizations have been cut down. So far as we know we have eliminated all union organizations, not counting their mem- bership when their dues are distributed among parish work or di- vided between home and foreign missions. We have remaining an army well equipped, earnest, enthusiastic, loyal. At the center there is felt from the farthest outpost the buzz and stir of activity, the desire to serve.
Last year we began to realize our aim of a young people's missionary in the field for every conference in the Branch. Erie was reported as having undertaken the support of Miss Leona Va- sileva in Bulgaria. New York and Wyoming united to send Miss Saxe to India. Early this year Northern New York assumed the responsibility for Miss Miller's support, and Troy adopted Miss Weaver. Elmira district supports Toku Yoshizawa of Hirosaki, Japan. The feature' of the work in Newark and Genesee Confer- ences has been the preparation for the outgoing of their mission- aries, Jennie V. Hughes and Dr. Li Bi Cu.
While the support of the missionaries is the paramount duty of the young people, money is given for the support of 85 indi- vidual cases under special work. Three societies have paid this year $75 on the Folts Permanent Fund. The attention of many of our girls is being turned towards Folts Institute, and wq are look- ing for volunteers for the field as the movement deepens and broadens.
Because so much of the growth of the Young People's move- ment is due to Miss Hughes, we wish here to make grateful ac- knowledgement of her service. With "lips touched with a live coal from off the altar" she went up and down encouraging tired workers, securing new ones and enriching our treasury. Of the 73 new organizations reported this year, nearly half of them are the result of her labors. True to her conviction that God has a work
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for her in the foreign field to which He was calling her, she turned from the need here of such help as she has rendered and went to meet in the power of the Spirit the greater need abroad. She takes with her the love, loyalty" and prayers of the entire Branch.
The increased representation of young people on District pro- grams is notable. For the first time in the history of the Branch an evening rally was held in connection with the March quarterly meeting."
CHILDREN'S WORK.
Four thousand children are enrolled as King's Heralds and Little Light Bearers, an increase of 430, with 19 new organizations and eleven new Life Members; they have raised $500 for the Hai- tang Orphanage. This department under the leadership of Mrs. H. C. Learn, elected at the recent Branch Annual Meeting to the office of Superintendent, will add still greater successes to its al- ready excellent record under the direction of Miss Maud Saxe.
Our receipts from the Conference have been over $73,000, $4,000 in advance of last year. We have received in bequsts $0,000, but a decrease of $0,000 in special gifts brings our total receipts almost $2,000 less than in 1904 and $2,000 less than our appropriations, thereby delaying the payment of some of our pledges made for the year just closed.
SARAH KEEN CORNELL. TREASURER'S REPORT. Receipts from Oct. 1st, 1904, to Oct. 1st, 1905. . $82,926.00
Deficit October 1, 1904 $ 749.26
Disbursements for Year 81,759.06
Total Disbursements $82,508 . 32
Balance October 1, 1905 $ 417.68
KATE E. STONE, Treasurer.
PHILADELPHIA BRANCH. Includes Pennsylvania and Delaware.
OFFICERS.
President — Miss Susan C. Lodge, 1720 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Corresponding Secretary, Emeritus — Mrs. S. L. Keen, 1209 Arch St.,
Philadelphia. Pa. Corresponding Secretary — Miss Carrie Jay Carnahan, Shady Ave
and Walnut St. E. E. Pittsburg. Pa.
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Secretary of Home Department — -Mrs. Webster H. Pearce, 3909 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Recording Secretary — Mrs. Amos Wakelin, 200 Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurer— Mrs. T. H. Wilson, Lawnhurst, Fox Chase, Philadel- phia, Pa.
Reviewing the past year in Philadelphia Branch, we look back upon some anxieties, but upon no discouragements. When Moses recounted the leading of the Israelites out of Egypt info Canaan, he recalled both the miraculous deliveries, and the stinging trials, telling them that the heavenly manna and the fiery serpent were sent that God might humble them, and that He might prove them, to do them good at their latter end, that they might never say in their hearts that their own strength had brought them into the good land, but remember that it was the Lord alone who gave them power to get wealth and peace.
Through the ill health of some of our devoted workers, and the passing away of others, we at times have wondered how the work could go on; but were sure that God was in the testing. We have taken ourselves to earnest, persistent prayer, confident that the work was the Lord's, and He would keep it "night and day." He is "the faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand genera- tions."
Our two missionaries, who, from our meeting last year went out to do our Lord's bidding, one to China, and one to Mexico, have also met their time of testing, but neither regret the step taken, nor looks back with longing to the easier life of home.
MOVEMENTS OF MISSIONARIES. During the year Miss Hewett returned to Japan, and was ap- pointed to Sendai in the Central division. Four of our missionar- ies are home on health leave, Miss Kyle of Pauri, India; Miss White, of Central China; Miss Dunmore and Miss Purdy, of Mexico. Miss Katharine Ledyard Hill is under appointment to Lucknow, India, and is expecting to sail in a few days, and four others have told us of God's call to them to go to the uttermost parts of the world to tell the story, when circumstances shall open their waj- to go.
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Several Christmas boxes have gone to make glad the hearts of the little ones in our schools.
Last year was the first that we had ventured to name a defi- nite sum for our Thank Offering, and the pledge of $10,000 has been met. A bequest from Mrs. Ford of Pittston, Wyoming Con- ference, equal in amount to that received from Mrs. Bennett's be- quest, enables us to complete the Bennett-Ford Hospital at Tai An Fu in Shantung, China, for which only a two-thirds estimate was asked last year. Our faithful Mrs. Crcmham, of Wilmington, Del., who for many years had carried the mission cause in her heart, left the society a bequest of more than eight hundred dollars, and one or two small legacies have helped *us through some difficult places. Through all these circumstances abroad and at home, ever speaking in our ears, ever calling to our consciences, we hear the slogan of the early church: "Be not weary in well doing, for in due season ye shall reap if ye faint not."
S. L. KEEN.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts from Conferences $49,820 . 5.4
Bequests, special gifts and annuity 7,035.27
Total receipts $5G,855 . 81
Balance October 1, 1904 20,543 . 84
Grand total $77,399.65
Disbursements $60,672.34
Balance October 1, 1905 ,-. $16,727.31
MRS. THOMAS H. WILSON, Treasurer.
BALTIMORE BRANCH.
Includes Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
OFFICERS. President — Mrs. A. H. Eaton, 804 Carrollton Ave., Baltimore. Corresponding Secretary — Mrs. E. B. Stevens, 604 Thompson Ave ,
Baltimore. Secretary Home Department — Mrs. S. A. Hill, 2513 Madison Ave.,
Baltimore.
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Recording Secretary — Mrs. D. C. Morgan, Bloomingdale Ave., S.
Walbrook, Baltimore. Treasurer — Mrs. J. S. Rawlings, 206 Woodlawn Road, Roland Park,
Baltimore, Md. Treasurer Contingent Fund— Mrs. Wm. M. Winks, 37 E. North Ave.,
Baltimore. Agent Bureau of Supplies — Miss Baldwin, 1404 Bolton St., Baltimore.
As we review the year just closed we see much that excites gratitude and "fills our tongue with singing," for "the Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Beginning with a larger appropriation than the Branch had ever made ($16,578), we are most happy to report to this meeting $4,539 in advance of that sum, and this without any large gift and only one small bequest ($iu0). We trace this result to the heart searching Bible lessons and addresses of our president; to th» new and better methods introduced by the Secretary of the Home Department, and the fidelity and devotion of the confei^ence and district secretaries. The fruitage is seen in a more general recog- nition by the auxiliaries of the fact that success or failure rests with them, and closer attention to details is paid by the officers. All the ordinary agencies — conference anniversaries and camp- meetings; echo meeting of the last General Executive, repeated many times, have been made use of with gratifying rsults. The annual excursion on the bay grows in popularity and enriches our contingent treasury. This contingent fund meets, and must meet, our running expenses, for we are under a moral obligation to send to the foreign field all money not solicited for expenses.
Miss Thomas' basket by its articles of beauty and utility has nearly reached the $5,000 mark at which she aims.
Our young women were so generally organized into auxiliar- ies and our children into bands, and had assumed obligations they could not ignore, that the later organizations known as Standard Bearers and King's Heralds have not made the rapid growth that they have in other Branches. But we report fifteen companies of Standard Bearers and thirty-seven bands of King's Heralds and 758 Little Light Bearers.
Gains in auxiliaries must come chiefly from . the one Confer- ence that is wholly ours, and not from the three small ones that
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are ours only in part. So an increase of six auxiliaries, while gratifying to us, may seem very small to you. Virginia and Florida are the only coast states in which we have auxiliaries; three in Virginia, two in Florida, but an increase, though small, in Confer- ence collections indicates a growing interest. The Branch has pub- lished the third edition of Sooboonagam Ammal — 5,000 copies; and beside the annual Easter leaflet has issued an appeal by the Presi- dent for 1,500 new members; by the Corresponding Secretary an Open Letter; A Gleaning from the Communicant (a little journal published quarterly by this church), and a History of Bhimabai, one of Miss Harvey's Bible-women. The Easter leaflet asked for much the largest offering made by the Branch ($3,200) to complete, as we hoped, the Raipur buildings. We lack $115 of the full amount asked for. Our Depot of Supplies still abides in Strawbridge Guild House, by the courtesy of pastor and trustees of the church. We are indebted to Miss P. J. Walden for a file of twelve handsomely bound volumes of our official organ — Woman's Missionary Friend, thus more than making good in that direction the loss inflicted by the fire. The only itinerary made in the Branch was by Miss Glenk, who spent two weeks in Wilmington Conference. We have received valuable service from Dr. and Mrs. Budisill, Dr. D. S. Spencer, Dr. T. J. Scott, Mrs. J. E. Robinson, Miss Holman, and Dr. Li Bi Cu. No resident in Baltimore Branch has presented her- self as a candidate for foreign work, but we are assisting Topeka Branch to send one to Sironcha, India, and we have returned to Yokohama Miss Lan Ogasawasa, to take charge, under Miss Amy G. Lewis, of the Tobe School, a memorial to Miss Maud E. Simons. The history of our year is brilliant in instances of noble serving and generous giving. A young woman's auxiliary in Washington is an illustration. At the beginning of the year the treasurer expressed to me her fear that they would fall behind in their receipts, as they were putting a new organ in the church. Well! When the organ was in they were so happy over it that their Easter offering was $75.75 — more than three times larger than the year before. They rejoiced so over it that their mite boxes turned $111.78 into the treasury, and their total for the year is $380, every cent of it a free will offering with the exception of $9.00 from sales they made from Miss Thomas' basket. Every officer in the auxiliary is a wage earner; out at work each day, and so their time is limited.
Respectfully submitted,
E. B. STEVENS.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Balance Oct. 1, 1904 $6,545.40
Receipts from Oct. 1, 1904, to Oct. 1, 1905 22,668.61
$29,214.07 Disbursements 23,160 . 5 S
Balance . Oct. 1, 1905 $6,053 . 49
MRS. J. S. RAWLINGS, Treasurer.
CINCINNATI BRANCH.
Includes Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi, with Headquarters at Cincinnati.
OFFICERS. President Emeritus — Mrs. Wm. B. Davis, Clifton, Cincinnati, O. Corresponding Secretary Emeritus — Mrs. B. R. Cowen, Walnut Hills,
Cincinnati, O. President — Mrs. Philip Roettinger, 229 Springfield Ave., Wyoming.O. Corresponding Secretary — Mrs. L. L. lownley, 237 Burns Ave.,
Wyoming, O. Secretary of Home Department — Mrs. R. L. Thomas, 792 McMillaa
St., Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O. Recording Treasurer — Mrs. J. C. Kunz, 511 Broadway, Cincinnati, O. Disbursing Treasurer — Mrs. C. C. Boyd, 1536 Greenup St., Coving- ton, Ky. With hearts full of gratitude we present the report of the Cin- cinnati Branch. All through the year the leading of the Holy Spirit has been manifest. It was with fearful hearts we took up the work as the two officers who had been at the helm for thirty- five years retired from office — but not from the work; for whatever of success has attended our efforts we owe it to Providential guidance and the sympathy and advice of those whose years of ex- perience and love for the work has made them pre-eminently fit for the task which they have undertaken. The zeal and devotion of the home constituency has been a constant inspiration and it is also their consecration of time and talents and means which makes this record possible.
The Branch was unusually fortunate in having Bishop Tho- burn, of India; Mrs. F. D. Gamewell, China; Mrs. Lucie Harrison,
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Superintendent of K. H. and L. L. B., and Prof. Herbert Welch, President of Ohio Wesleyan University, who gave the anniversary address, as speakers at the Annual Meeting recently held in Cleve- land. The result of Mrs. Harrison's presentation of the children's work was the election of Mrs. J. T. Fisher, of Cleveland, as Secre- tary of King's Heralds and Little Light Bearers.
Thus Cincinnati Branch has for the first time her complement of officers, a Secretary of Young Woman's work, and Standard Bear- ers having been elected one year ago. The Society has been in- creased by 615 new members, although there has been a decrease in the number of auxiliaries, and a decrease of 82 in Woman's Mis- sionary Friend.
The Young Woman's and Standard Bearers' work has been in- creased by both organizations and members, while the King's Heralds lead with 30 new organizations, 499 new members and an increase of 942 (and 500 more secured at Annual Meeting) sub- scribers to the Children's Missionary Friend. The Little Light Bearer roll is increased by 454. Subscriptions to German Freund increased by 53.
The day of fasting and prayer was a benediction to all who observed it and its influence was manifest in the returns on Thank Offering day, as well as in the spirit of self-denial and consecra- tion which made these returns what they were. The thank offering was devoted to the establishment of the Lillian Harris Memorial Hospital in Seoul, Korea.
At headquarters the work is constantly increasing. The effi- cient Secretary of Literature, Mrs. J. C. Harper, and the office sec- retary, Miss Startsman, are indefatigagle workers and have made the record what it is.
Many of our missionaries have been adopted by the different districts during the year; and the custom is growing, with much interest and enthusiasm as a result. Mrs. W. O. Semans who for a half score years has conducted the business of the Central Ohio Conference was obliged through ill health to give up her position of Conference Secretary. This was greatly regretted by the whole Barnch and resolutions of the love of her district secretaries and of all others connected with her in her work were adopted.
The resignation of Mrs. L. H. Wilson as Kentucky Conference Secretary was also a matter of deep regret. She had the confidence and love of all her co-workers and her place will be hard to fill.
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The five new missionaries sent out during the year have all been above the appropriations. The great need of a teacher in the new college in Mexico City inspired the appointment of our first "Birthday Missionary," Miss Grace A. Hollister, who is now at her post and rendering valuable service.
Owing to a crisis in the work in Korea, Miss Jessie B. Marker was sent to Chemulpo in September.
Miss Finlay went to the assistance of Miss Seeds at Fukuoka, and Miss Cody to establish a training class for kindergartners at Nagasaki.
Dr. Mary Ketring, after years in the homeland, left in February as a representative of the Cincinnati Branch, to assist Dr. Edmonds in the 7/m. A. Gamble Memorial Hospital in Chung King, China.
Dr. Ernsberger, Miss Young and Miss Jewell, who were home on furlough, have returned to their respective fields, while Miss Ayers and Miss A. Means are upon the eve of sailing.
Miss Bing has been changed from school to evangelistic work. Miss Alexander, formerly at fappora, has been transferred to Hiro- saki, Japan, while Miss McHose goes from Sing Iu to Tientsin, China, and Miss Swormstedt from Inhambane to Umtali.
Miss Mary Means, Miss Seeds and Miss Frey are home for a respite and we welcome them to this meeting.
Word has been received of the serious illness of Miss Buch, and Miss Hamer under appointment to Sironcha, India, will not be able to leave for another year. For both these we pray a speedy return to health.
Our latest recruit is Miss Margaret Crabtree, who will leave be- fore the close of the year for Manila, to assist Miss Decker in the Training School, and thus our Branch will once more have a repre- sentative in the Philippine Islands.
The special gift of $4,600 by one of our members has enabled the erection of the Bungalow in W. C. and the missionaries' home in Chemulpo.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Balance on hand Oct. 1, 1904 $6,836 . 78
Received from Mrs. Kunz $72,451.27
By rebate 44 . 30
Total Receipts $79,332.35
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Total Disbursements 65,355 . 95
Balance on hand Oct. 1, 1905 $13,970.40
Branch Contingent $552 . G7
Folts Institute 171.15
MRS. JNO. KUNZ, Receiving Treasurer.
MRS. CHARLES C. BOYD, Disbursing Treas.
NORTHWESTERN BRANCH.
Includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
OFFICERS.
President Emeritus — Mrs. Isaac R. Hitt, Washington, D. C. President — Mrs. Amos W. Patten, 616 Foster St., Evanston, 111. Corresponding eScretary — Mrs. F. P. Crandon, 1414 Forest Ave.,
Evanston, 111. Secretary of Home Department— Mrs. Stephen J. Herben, 1906 Or-
rington Ave., Evanston, 111. Recording Secretary — Mrs. L. H. Jennings, 1460 Graceland Ave.,
Chicago, 111. Treasurer— Mrs. B. D. York, 231 Hancock Ave., Detroit, Mich. Assistant Treasurer — Mrs. J. Dunn, 36 Woodward Ave. Terrace,
Detroit, Mich.
In contemplating the record of the past year, we are con- strained to consider it as having been full of privileges, plenteous In occasions of good, and richer in known duty than the years which have preceded. The overflowing riches of God's grace have, many times, impelled the weary heart to make pause and to cry out to the triumphant soul, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits." Repeatedly, messages of tenderness and words of cheer have come from the missionaries, to brace the heart and strengthen one's faith in the blessed "tie that binds," and in countless simple, homely ways God has permitted this ele- ment of joy to be infused into the daily life, to brighten the path- way and to make the cup overflow with these added drops of sweet- ness. Especially close has been the co-operation of Branch officers who continue with one exception in their familiar places. Mrs. Abel Bliss, for sixteen years officially connected with the Branch work as Rock River Conference Secretary, and in later years as a most efficient Home Secretary, removes to a southern state within
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the territory of the Cincinnati Branch, to which we commend her most affectionately.
Mrs. S. J. Herben, though but recently returned to our Branch, In which she received her first impulses to work and first training in the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, was elected to succeed Mrs. Bliss.
Mrs. Prentice, though a "shut in" for the entire year, has faithfully continued her work as secretary of Special Work, and has written and distributed hundreds of letters to missionaries and patrons.
The same commendation may be given to the secretaries of Young People and Standard Bearers and of the King's Heralds and Little Light Bearers.
A new significance has been given to the initials of the society in the opening of a department especially for Women From Many Schools. This promising work has for its motive the intimate ac- quaintance with those Methodist young women who enlist as Student Volunteers in the colleges and higher institutions of learning throughout the Branch, to inform them concerning the progress of the W. F. M. S. and to help them in intelligent, definite preparation for missionary service. In addition to the medical scholarships oc- cupied, a scholarship in Albion College, Mich., and the free scholar- ships in Northwestern University, a new offer has been gratefully received from the Chicago Training School to give two annual schol- arships, including board and room, to missionary candidates in this Branch.
The gains have exceeded the losses this year. In new auxiliaries we have 26, with a gain in numbers of 401, bringing the membership up to 33,773. Though there is a decrease in the number of Young Women and Standard Bearers reported, we are assured that they are not lost to mission work and interests, but have transferred their membership to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, or to the missionary organizations among the young people under the Mission- ary Society of our church. The King's Heralds show an increase of 39 societies and 884 members. The Little Light Bearers report 21 new societies with 476 members. Thank offering receipts $26,693, an increase of $2,502. The pledge made for Crandon Hall at the Branch meeting one year ago has been raised, and a special effort to secure new missionaries and their support for five years has been inaugurated which it is hoped will be effective in placing an in- creased number of young women in the field.
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The department of Literature has shown steady advance, and the increasing demand at large assemblies other than our own show a decided gain which is gratifying. The work at Branch Headquar- ters continues to grow under the efficient care of the office secretary and the active zeal of the committee in charge.
The interest in the week of prayer for missions at the Christ- mastide grows steadily, and the results are felt in newer purposes and deeper devotion. The offering was $3,841, a gain of $528.54.
The financial report shows a slight decrease. This does not, however, come from lessened receipts from our auxiliaries, but from the smaller amount received through bequests and annuities.
Within the year we have been privileged to send out three new missionaries. Dr. Esther Gimson to hospital work in Bareilly, India, Mrs. Harriet L. R. Grove to Calcutta, and Miss Helen A. Witte to Chentu, West China. After furloughs, all too brief, Miss Mary E. Melton has returned to Nagasaki, Japan, Miss Miriam Forster to Asansol, India, and Miss Lizzie Hewett to Montevideo, South Amer- ica. Those who are at home on furlough are Miss Lizzie Martin and Dr. Emma Martin, from Tientsin, China, Miss May McKinley, of Dar- jeeling, India, and Dr. Luella Masters, from Foochow. The wedding bells rang for Miss Decker, of Chung King, in November last and she became the wife of Rev. James Beech of Chentu.
Twice, as the year drew to its close, a beloved comrade entered that low tent whose curtains never open outward. Mrs. Lewis Mere- dith, first president of the first auxiliary west of the Alleghanies, and the first home secretary of the Branch, who in the sunny clime of California when the new day dawned for her; when the heavens became brighter, and the face of God smiled the sweet welcome home to another soul triumphant. Our "Little Mother" Nind, to whom morning, noon and night were but measures in a ceaseless song of victory, had but tasted the rest of the still retreat when the mys- terious chariot of fire paused at her chamber door. So close was ithe inner bond with eternal life preserved, that no pulse beat of that happy heart was repressed. From following the footprints of her Master in her daily life she was lifted up from earth that she might see Him face to face. "The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God. They are in peace."
MISS F. P. CRANDON,
Corresponding Secretary.
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TREASURERS REPORT.
Balance in General Fund Oct, 1st, 1904 $11,710.88
Total Receipts Oct. 1st, 1904, to Oct. 1st, 1905 129,617.38
From Benefits, Annuities and Gifts 8,954 . 51
Grand Total ' $149,282 . 77
Total Disbursements for year 1904-5 137,126.47
Balance, including Annuity and Investment Fund $12,156.30
Transferred to Annuity Fund $1,100 . 00
Transferred to Invested Fund 2,500 . 00
Total Transferred for Year 3,600.00
Balance in General Fund Oct. 1st, 1905. $8,554.51
MRS. LAURA C. DUNN,
MRS. BERTRAND D. YORK, Treasurers.
DES MOINES BRANCH. - Includes Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. OFFICERS. President — Miss Elizabeth Pearson, 1100 High St., Des Moines, Iowa. Corresponding Secretary — Mrs. Wm. B. Thompson, Bedford, Iowa. Secretary of the Home Department — Miss Villa M. Patten, Musca- tine, Iowa. Recording Secretary — Mrs. B. M. Gatchell, Des Moines, Iowa. Treasurer — Mrs. E. P. Fritz, Dubuque, Iowa. Secretary Young People's Work — Mrs. R. S. Beall, Mt. Ayr, Iowa.
When the lowly Moabitess went forth to the harvest field the Master said to His reapers, "Let her glean even among the sheaves and reproach her not; and let fall also, some of the handfuls of pur- pose for her, and leave them that she may glean them, and rebuke her not." The Lord of our harvest hath put of this same generous spirit upon those among whom we have been gleaning, and our bas- kets have come in filled with golden grain, so that we have no lack; all our need has been supplied.
In the middle of the year we found our accounts much more seriously overdrawn than ever before, and we felt that deliverance
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could come from God alone. The eleventh day of August was fixed upon as a day of fasting and prayer, and earnest, believing hearts waited upon Him. At the end of the year the treasurer's report showed that the victory was greater than we had expected, and we have a balance with which to begin again. The Annual meeting, crowring the year of such blessing, was a time of joyous thanks- giving-.
In several particulars, the work in Des Moines Branch manifests vigorous life, viz.: in the yearly round of profitable district meetings, some thirty in number, in the many Thank Offering and other public meetings held by auxiliaries, in the goodly gains in membership, and in the sales of literature and supplies, amounting to $1,700. These figures are not only an indication of missionary interest, but a pledge of its increase. We note, however, with concern some weak points in our defenses; for instance, the too brief lists of subscriptions to our periodicals, and the lack of some one to care for and lead on in the work among children.
Our largest building enterprise reached completion last Decem- ber in the dedication at Hyderabad, India, of a pair of excellent buildings for the Girls' Boarding School. The good home of the missionary and her assistants is a delight, and the school building, with its large, well ventilated classrooms, furnished with good desks from America, leaves little to be desired.
It is a great satisfaction to have this excellent school so well housed.
A wise mother in the olden time, pointing to her sons, said: "These are my jewels," and the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society prizes similarly its daughters, whom it sends forth to the distant and difficult fields of service. In the matter of new missionaries, God has not left himself without witness in our Branch. Within the year several names have been added to our list, besides those who went out immediately after the close of our last session. Miss Newby sailed in June for Nan Chang, Central China, to the assistance of Miss Ogburn in the Stephen L. Baldwin Memorial School, and in September Misses Wells and Hitchcock left for the needy station Chung King, West China. Still another, Miss Aaronson, leaves in a few days for service in the Girls' High School, Calcutta, India.
Misses Phelps and Daniel, at the close of needed furlough, return to Japan, and Miss Lauck to India. Misses Gregg and Manning have recently come home for their first vacation, from Muttra, India, and Chung King, China, respectively.
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This brief report presents but a few of the many points of interest in our work. The year, as memory holds it fast, glows with a luster "above the brightness of the sun," for He has walked among ms, and though our path led through strait places, our feet stum- bled not.
For these precious lessons of faith for rich i aterial gifts, for richer gifts vouchsafed in bright, young lives devoted to the service of our God, for His matchless grace which has upheld and made us to triumph, we render joyful, humble praise to His excellent name.
MRS. WM, B. THOMPSON,
Corresponding Secretary. TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts Oct. 1, 1904, to Oct. 1, 1905 $55,205.44
Disbursements 53,173 . 45
Balance $ 2,031 . 99
MRS. E. P. FRITZ, Treasurer.
MINNEAPOLIS BRANCH. Includes Minnesota and the two Dakotas.
OFFICERS. President— MRS. M. C. LANDIS, 1505 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis,
Minn. Corresponding Secretary— MRS. C. W. JOYCE, 310 Groveland Ave.,
Minneapolis, Minn. Secretary of Home Department— MRS. A. J. THORNE,, 3031 First
Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. Recording Secretary— MRS. J. H. FRITZ, 729 Hague Ave., St. Paul,
Minn. Treasurer — MRS. C. W. HALL, 3206 Second Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
The Minneapolis Branch is small numerically and financially. Much of its territory is missionary ground, but we" have a fruitful soil for the development of large possibilities in the near future.
We closed our twenty-second year with rejoicings over victories won and advance on many lines. The year has been full of anxious thought and careful planning by our faithful Conference and District Secretaries for advancement and for strengthening of weak places;
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they have been rewarded by meeting in full all our appropriations, with a small balance with which to begin the year. Our Annual Branch meeting held in Fowler Church, Minneapolis, was the best in our history. Three full days were given to business and methods of work, with several fine papers on different phases of our problems. The three evening services were full of interst. We began with a reception, address of welcome and response, all exceptionally well rendered.
Miss Ella Manning from our far away mission in West China, gave us a glimpse of the vastness and the immense possibilities of that great field. One evening was too short to give us an ade- quate conception of the open doors and opportunities for seed sowing which will soon ripen into abundant harvests.
Dr. Henry Leuring of Malaysia, gave us an evening of intense interest- in portraying the needs of the unsaved world, especially of the condition of women and why we should send them the Gospel message. All who were privileged to hear him, resolved to do more and better work for missions.
Miss Blackstock is our only missionary at home, her heart is calling her back to Japan.
Miss Rouse, after giving ten years of faithful service for China's daughters, was married in August to Dr. Keene of South Dakota, they have located in Spokane, Washington. We give them our blessing, and pray Heaven's choicest blessings upon their lives.
Miss Whittaker our birthday missionary, sailed for Rangoon, Burma, last November. She is happy in the school work and making good progress in the language.
The persistent and earnest pleadings for another worker in the Training school in Manila, so aroused our sympathy and in- terest, that we searched among all the Branches for the one to go in place of Miss Spaulding who was compelled to come home on account of ill health. We found Miss Marguerite Decker on the Pacific Coast, one ready and willing to go, and well fitted for that important field. 'Miss Decker sailed for Manila the 27th of May, and was most joyfully welcomed July 5th. She writes most en- thusiastically of that great field.
Miss Grandstrand of Lindstrom, Minn., was graduated from the Chicago training school last May, and sailed for Pakur, India, in August. Miss Grandstrand goes out at her own expense and sup-
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ports herself while on the field. Her work will be under the auspices of the Branch.
There are two accepted candidates who are taking a special course in Bible study, and hope to be sent out the last of the year.
We lose by removal, our Superintendent of Children's work, and her successor has not yet been found,
We have great need of leadership among our auxiliaries and young people. We want a Field Secretary for constant travel throughout our Branch in the interests of our work.
One of the most interesting and helpful features of our annual meeting was the afternoon with our young people, who had entire charge of the program. This department, if fully organized, will prove one of our strongest and best arms of service for the develop- ment of the home side of the work. We covet the energy and enthusiasm of our young people for this world wide Evangelism.
A day of prayer for the work and the workers was most profit- able and helpful.
The Bureau of supplies has been well patronized and more lit- erature sold than in any previous year. 135,000 pages of free litera- ture were distributed. We have not increased in as many lines as we had hoped, but we look into the coming year with confidence that we will do better work and advance in interest and zeal more than ever before in our history. "It is not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit saith the Lord." In that Spirit we are trusting.
MRS. C. W. JOYCE,
Corresponding Secretary. TREASURER'S REPORT.
Balance from Oct. 1st, 1904 $ 146 . 26
Receipts from Oct. 1st, 1904 to Oct. 1st, 1905 $22,259.76
Total cash and receipts $22,405.96
DISBURSEMENTS.
For the Foreign field $18,996 . 30
Contingencies 1,938 . 01
Total disbursements $20,934 . 31
Balance Oct. 1st, 1905 $ 1,431.65
MRS. C. W. HALL, Treasurer.
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TOPEKA BRANCH.
Includes Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Texas, Okla- homa, Indian Territory and New Mexico.
OFFICERS. President— MRS. EMMA A. IMBODEN, 210 North Emporia Ave.,
Wichita, Kan. Corresponding Secretary— MISS ELLA M. WATSON, 1701 South
Seventeenth Street, Lincoln, Neb. Recording Secretary— MRS. ETTA L. MADISEN, Manhatten, Kan. Treasurer— MRS. ANNETTE M. DAVIS, 1701 K. St., Lincoln, Neb.
The twenty-second year in the history of Topeka Branch, has not been an exception to the goodness and mercy of God. He has been better to us than all our fears, yea than all our hopes and we rejoice in the larger receipts, increased membership and a greater number of missionaries in the field. Nine months ago when a change in the office of Corresponding Secretary was imperative, to some of us at least, it seemed that disaster might overtake us. But more and more are we learning that the Lord's work is not dependent for success upon the strength of any human hand, nor the guidance of any human mind, however strong and true.
We closed last year with Miss Imhof outward bound, returning to Japan, Miss Varney preparing to sail for a second term of service in China, and the faces of Miss Henry, Miss Clippenger, Miss Swan and Miss Morgan set for the first time toward India.
That these good women accomplished the long jorney by sea and land, reaching their destination, without accident and in health, is a reason for gratitude.
The news had also come of the serious illness of Miss Spaulding in rianila, and a little later the tidings that she had been ordered home. We rejoice in having her with us today, almost restored to health to encourage our hearts by telling of the work in the Philippines.
Eight years ago at our annual gathering we said good-bye and bade Cod speed to Miss Livermore, goint to India. After these years inwhich she has wrought well, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, she is with us to tell of the condition of woman- kind in a land where Christ is not known.
Within the twelve months, God's call has sounded in the ear of
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Other young women gladly, "Here am I, send me," two of whom will sail next week for India.
A few weeks since we sent to Japan, Miss Suye Shibata, a young woman who came from her native land five years ago to more thoroughally prepare herself for a life work. In June she graduated from the New England Conservatory of music, the first Japanese to receive a diploma from that institution and most fitting is her appointment as teacher of music in our school at Aoyama, Tokyo.
The Christmas offering inaugurated a year ago and the adoption of Miss Morgan, as our Christmas missionary, has proven a great success, bringing into the treasury more than $1,300. This report indicates that the women of Topeka Branch, while planning for gifts for friends and loved ones, have not forgotten the one whose com- ing they celebrate, Jesus Christ, the greatest gift to all mankind.
Our treasury has been enriched because earth is made poorer by the going home of some of Cod's saints, whose last thought and dying petition was for the continuance of success of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. Miss Fuller who gave fruitful years to India, and in her last will bequeathed her all to the organization which she represented, — eleven hundred dollars has been realized with a possiblity of two or three hundred more. Fifteen hundred has come from the estate of Mrs. Eliza J. Chrisman of Topeka; four hundred from that of Mrs. Virginia Mitchell, Marion, Kansas; and one hundred from that of Mrs. Leah J. Locke, Crete, Neb. A good woman in setting her house in order for the next world has paid into the treasury $1,000.
The out-put from our Bureau of Supplies increases year by year and the interest in the United Study grows as is evidenced by the sale of 1,124 copies of "Dux Christus." The only discourag- ing note we have to sound is a decrease of 47 subscribers to the Woman's Missionary Friend. This is sufficient cause for chagrin and humiliation.
The work among the young people and children, our hope for the future, has made steady progress and from the respective Sup- erintendents we hear of numbers of new organizations. The year has had more of joy than sadness, but with our round the world constituency, we have experienced a common sorrow in the going hence of Mrs. Mary C. Nind. There were present at our annual meeting representatives from auxiliaries organized by Mrs. Nind, more than thirty years ago and to whom she has been a source of inspiration and strength.
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We might have known that in the eternal fitness of things Mary C. Nind would not take any ordinary road to Heaven. A chariot of fire was a fitting ascension for one of such fiery zeal. We cannot believe that her activities have ceased, though we shall greatly miss her bodily presence.
Another friend, true and tried who but recently received his coronation, is Bishop Joyce. In his busy life never too busy to give time to the consideration of the interests of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and how frequently within our territory has he responded to calls for addresses at conference anniversaries, and ever prodigal of his strength were there a possibility for the advancement of the work.
The annual meeting was, as has been each preceeding, the best in our history.
The children's meeting and young people's rally, were of unus- ual interest.
We were fortunate in having as speakers in addition to our missionaries, Mrs. Lydia Wilkinson, Miss Melva Livermore, Miss Winifred Spaulding, Rev. Geo. B. Smyth, Rev. Geo. H. Jones, Rev. J. O. Denning and Rev. Don Nichols.
Such is the record, incomplete though it be, of the year's work.
We are glad to have had a part in such blessed service. "Soon may the last glad song arise, Through all the armies of the skies, That song of triumph which records, That all the earth is now the Lord's."
MISS ELLA M. WATSON,
Corresponding Secretary.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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Oct. 1, 1904; Oct. 1, 1905.
Balance, Oct. 1, 1904 $ 8.904.82
Receipts 33,782 . 03
Total, including balance $42,686.85
Disbursements 35,441 . 82
Balance, Oct. 1, 1905 $ 7,243.03
MRS. A. M. DAVIS, Treasurer.
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PACIFIC BRANCH.
Includes California, Arizona and Nevada.
OFFICERS.
President— MRS. GEORGE B. SMYTH, 2505 Hearst Ave., Berkely,
California. Corresponding Secretary— MRS. S. F. JOHNSON, 5 Ford Place,
Pasadena, California. Associate Corresponding Secretary— MRS. CHARLOTTE O'NEAL,
Pasadena, California. Recording Secretary— MRS. J. R. UMSTED, 3036 Hoover St., Los
Angeles, California. Treasurer — MRS. Z. L. PARMELEE, South Pasadena, California.
"Hitherto the Lord has helped us," and many proofs of His help- ful presence have been given us in the good year 1905. Ourp rogress has hot been rapid nor our advance as great as we had hoped for, yet we are grateful that the fruitage of our year's work has not been insignificant.
One of our best-beloved, Mrs. Lewis Wright of Pomona, one whose life and services seemed so necessary to the prosperity of the Pacific Branch, was called to her heavenly home in March.
Rev. A. C. Haggard our faithful and generous friend, received his crown and heard the "well-done" welcome, since last we met in annual session. Property worth nearly $15,000 for the endowment of a professorship in Lucknow College, has been given us by the godly man.
Our increase in organizations and membership has not been as great as in others years. Seven new auxiliaries and 23 new Young People's Societies make a total increase of 30. Considering that many of the District Superintendents of Young People's Work did not fairly get to work, the increase in their work is most grati- fying. Our receipts have been encouraging all the year, and if our needs did not multiply so rapidly we would be in good financial condition.
But "the reapers overtake the sowers" and our balance did not justify a large increase in our appropriations.
The United Study was generally followed by our people and we believe the interest in all our literature is hopefully increasing.
Miss Spaulding and Dr. Sheldon and Miss Means rendered effi- cient service at Thank Offering meeting. Their ministrations left
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a gracious influence wherever they spoke, or sung and our work was left better and stronger because of their helpful services.
Misses Hughes, Long and Sites, and Dr. Li Bi Cu spent Sunday, Sept. 24th with us, to the delight and profit of our people.
We are especially favored by having with us for a few months Dr. and Mrs. Schwartz of Japan.
Our own missionaries have had a successful year. Miss Hol- brook has had fine opportunities for reaching the people of Japan, by her ministrations to the soldiers in hospitals, and to their families. Miss Collins has had sickness in her home and one of her precious children died. We are hoping to send her a helper very soon, who in addition to being a college and Normal School graduate is a trained nurse, and will we hope do a great work for Africa.
Dr. Taft has had to do double duty since her beloved Dr. Hoag's return home. She has found it necessary to confine her services to her own Methodist work. Heretofore she and Dr. Hoag, have treated missionaries of other Boards.
Our Rajputana girls, Dr. Beck and Miss Hart, are facing a terrible famine. They write that already the water tanks are many of them dry and the natives are leaving their homes to wander about the country, in search of food and drink. We thought when we sent Miss Marble to India a year ago, that she would be sta- tioned in the North India Conference, but she was needed elsewhere and now we have all three of our missionaries in Northwest India Conference. She is very happy in her home in Meerut and is in love with her work and fellow-workers.
Miss Parker has been in charge of Manila Training School all the year and has given general satisfaction, although she has been in ill health much of the time. She has given six years to work in the Philippines and must take her furlough next spring.
Miss Holman is rapidly recovering her health and strength, and will probably return to India this winter.
Miss Celesta Easton who served us in India for several years, has been waiting at the bedside of her invalid mother for years. God has called the sufferer home and Miss Easton will be ready to return to her work this winter, if the money to send her can be secured. The India missionaries stand ready to welcome her back. We need the money for her support and for that of our new mission- ary to Africa.
We need women to fill our offices, especially the offices of Young People's and Juvenile Work, who have time and health
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and push and aggressiveness. We have found no patent method by which this work will run itself. The women who undertake it cannot accomplish what ought to be done by sitting at home and writing letters. Reports are good, but if nothing is done to enthuse and increase the work, there will soon be nothing to report. We want a band of District Superintendents who will go after these young people and children and keep in constant touch with them all. We all need to pray more. We have not tested the power of prayer. If we had we would have clearer visions of duty and would receive all that we need from Him, who is "able to do exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think."
Our annual meeting was held in Pomona, California, Oct. 4, 1905, and was large and enthusiastic. Its important features were a lantern slide lecture by Dr. H. W. Schwartz of Japan, an inspiring address by Miss Emily Wheeler of the American Board, and the retirement of the Branch Secretary, and the election of Mrs. S. F. Johnson to the vacant office. In laying down the work that has been such a delight and that had grown so dear to her, the retiring Secretary rejoices that her precious charge has fallen into such vigorous and competent hands. May Cod bless and greatly prosper the work of Pacific Branch in all its future.
CHARLOTTE O'NEAL,
Corresponding Secretary.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts from Conference, Oct. 1, 1904 to Oct. 1, '05 $18,132.00
Receipts from annuity 500 . 00
Total Receipts $18,632 . 00
Deficit Oct. 1st, 1904 $ 134.28
Disbursements 18,440 . 11
Total $18,632 . 00
Balance Oct. 1, 1905 59 . 61
MRS. Z. L. PARMELEE, Treasurer.
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COLUMBIA RIVER BRANCH.
Includes Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon.
OFFICERS.
President— MRS. M. C. WIRE, Eugene, Oregon.
Corresponding Secretary— MRS. A. N. FISHER, 214 Twelfth St.,
Portland, Oregon. Recording Secretary— MRS. W. H. SAYLOR, 871 South First St.,
Portland, Oregon. Treasurer— MRS. M. E. WHITNEY, 704 South I St., Tacoma, Wash.
The year 1905 is notable in the history of the Pacific Northwest. Those giant numerates erected above Portland Heights to blaze against the evening sky, signal a date of such local significance that the country at large and nations afar have noted its import and paid it tribute. Hence the missionary record of Columbia River Branch cannot be considered without taking into -account the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. In a new country an event of this character, involving history of historic pioneer days and prophecy of future empire, must of necessity largely absorb the attention of the people, to the possible temporary waiving of- claims of a wider nature. So, although our hope for marked advance along every line of our Branch work has not had full fruition, there is more than usual reason for thanksgiving for the degree of suc- cess attained. Whatever has been accomplished is due, on the human side, to a deep and abiding devotion to the world-wide cause of the Master — which is a safer basis for future calculations than larger increase under unusually stimulating circumstances.
Ten new auxiliaries have been added during the year, all in small churches where a few devoted women have become surety for the undertaking. For four of these organizations we are indebted to Miss Livermore, who tarried along her homeward journey from India for a glimpse of her Western relatives and thus became a blessing to others. Never has any missionary passed our way who has made a deeper spiritual impression or presented more forcibly the wondrous power of the Gospel in a pagan land.
Our greatest advance has been among young people. Two new factors contributed to increased activity in this direction — the election of a Branch Superintendent who has brought strength of heart and brain to bear on the task of building up this important
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division of our forces, and the fresh incentive to effort that the outgoing of a new missionary affords.
The number of Standard Bearers has been increased by nearly one thousand, under the inspiration of providing the support of Miss Laura Austin, who has been commissioned to evangelistic work in Gujarat, India.
Our King's Heralds Bands have also grown and the number of Little Light Bearers Life Members. Among the latter is a unique trio of beautiful boys — three brothers with one and the same happy birth.
The receipts are less by a small sum than those reported one year ago, yet they show a substantial gain from ordinary sources, the amount of the preceding year having been augmented by two large gifts for specific purposes.
The Annual meeting was held in Salem, Oregon, a location well adapted to incite to brave endeavor, since hard by is the sacred en- closure of Lee Mission Cemetery, where sleep the band of heroes who wrought so well for church and for state in the days when all the region was foreign mission ground. By happy coincidence the date of the meeting covered the time fixed upon by the Com- mission on Aggressive Evangelism for special prayer for the out- pouring of the Holy Spirit and the revival of the work of God.
And truly, in no former Branch Meeting has the voice of prayer risen so frequently or the spirit of devotion so controlled all the proceedings. The consecration service led by the Branch Treasurer, in connection with the consideration of appropriations, was such as to lay the responsibility of the work on all hearts and to result in the ananimous decision to place the amount of our figures considerably in advance of the receipts of the present year.
The nearly unexpected presence of Mrs. Williams Rouse Keens and the tarrying of our own Miss Austin on the eve of her departure for the foreign field, lent more than ordinary charm to the gather- ing and supplied the living links with China and India, that will strengthen future effort in their behalf.
We go forward into another year, confident that its record will far exceed that of any now passed.
MRS. A. W. FISHER,
Corresponding Secretary.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Balance on hand October 1, 1904 $ 2,088 . 10
Receipts from Octoberl, '04 to Oct. 1, 1905 8,052.01
Total $10,140.11
Disbursements $ 7,855.99
Balance on hand October 1, 1905 $ 2,2284 . 12
MRS. M. E. WHITNEY, Treasurer.
German Work
He who led us in former years and helped us in many diffi- culties has been with us and has helped us during the past year. Although we cannot report great advance, we feel that it is a cause for gratitude that our recipts show a small increase when we had feared that the unusually large receipts of last year, tracea- ble largely to the visits of Miss Nicholaisen in three of our Con- ferences, would be followed by a decrease this year. These Confer- ences did fall back, so also thcjse in Europe, but others made such advances that these losses were not only covered but our totals show an advance of $415.18.
The largest bequest that has ever come to our German Work came to us this year. It amounted to $600.00. This was sent in in several installments, giving no clue as to who the donor might be until with the last remittance the information came.
We are grateful for our corps of faithful Conference Secre- taries, without whose help this work could not have been done. For the first time for a number of years no change has been made necessary by death or other causes. With but three excep- tions they are pastors' wives who, as we all know, are usually over- burdened with their own church work, but they have bravely taken up and carried this work, giving to it untiring energy. A few of them have succeeded in interesting their membership, both young and old, in mission study as never before. As a result our sales of literature have increased.
We labor under peculiar difficulties in regard to supplying suitable study helps and other leaflets. A large number of our members are able to use and many prefer to use the English helps, but there still remains a large number, and many of them our most earnest and faithful members, who cannot derive much if any
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benefit from anything in the English language, whether written or spoken, and for them we must provide something. The "Study" is given in full in our German "Freund," and last fall we published a sixteen page leaflet on Japan, the first one which was distinctively in connection with the study. Another on Africa is soon to follow. Besides this two other leaflets were published and 4,000 copies of our Annual Report. Of the latter 1,600 were sold, the remainder being used for free distribution. The increased sale of reports is, we believe, an index of the interest which many have in our work.
The need of an Agent of Supplies, who could relieve the secre- tary of this part of the work, had long been felt and we are happy to say that we have succeeded in securing the gratuitous services of a young lady who proves herself very efficient and who is glad thus to be able to do something to help the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
We are glad to be able to report another increase in the sub- scription list of the Freund. The number of subscribers in Amer- ica equals 72 per cent of our membership in America.
The matter of German Branch has again been discussed and voted upon. Two hundred and five auxiliaries, representing a membership of 5,209, participated in the vote, which resulted in 3,761 in favor of, and 775 against the formation of a German Branch. In none of the Conferences was there a majority against the mat- ter, two Conferences did not report a single vote in opposition, and several others less than one-half of their vote. The question was again submitted to the ministers of our ten conferences in the United States. Their vote stands the same as last year, that is, 6 conferences favor and 4 oppose the forming of a German Branch. Or, to bring it in another form, 82 per cent of the vote cast in aux- iliaries and over 75 percent of our active ministry favor the forma- tion of a German Branch. We have prayed that the Lord may direct us in this matter, bringing to pass that which seemeth best to Him.
It is a source of gratification and of hope for the future that several of our German girls are at present engaged in special prepa- ration for work under the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. We know that the more representatives of German Methodism we can have in the foreign field, the more will the interest at home grow. Relying on the promises of the Master we look happily for- ward to the work of another year. Respectfully submitted,
LOUISA C. ROTHWEILER,
Secretary of German Work.
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Another year has gone and we bring you our third annual re- port. It is expected of us and rightly so that our work should prosper year by year. We admit that the growth has not been rapid so far, but nevertheless we are glad that we can report a slight increase. We realize that when a society has existed for some time the requirements grow and consequently the work and care of the officers increase. But we look up to God from whom comes help, comfort and strength.
Central Conference takes the lead this year as well as last in contributing money. I ascribe this largely to the fact that Miss Swan went out on the missionary field from Chicago where she was so well known. She received $200.00 towards her traveling ex- penses and $75.00 towards her outfit. Miss Swan is well pleased with her lot as missionary in Pakur. Mrs. Culshaw writes that she will be an efficient worker when she has learned the language. In this conference we have a good worker in the Conference Sec- retary. She has made every effort to accomplish th best results in her Conference.
The Northern Conference has not succeeded in raising as large an* amount of money as last year. There have been a few auxil- iaries which have nlot sent their dues this year, but we do not think they intend to abandon the work. The Conference Secretary, Mrs. G. B. Kallstedt, on account of ill health, moved to Kingsburg, Cal., in April. We felt the loss very keenly, she being an able sec- retary. I was fortunate, however, in securing Mrs. M. Weber from Minneapolis to take her place. She has proved herself competent for the rsponsibility and full of enthusiasm for the work. A num- ber of auxiliaries in this Conference had farewell receptions in March for Miss Granstrand and contributed $53.75 towards her outfit. Miss Granstrand started out for Pakur, India, the first of April, but stopped in San Francisco until the 16th of August. Then her journey towards India was resumed. Her last letter to me was written on board the steamer Siberia, which was nearing Japan.
In the Western Conference I have made a change this year. I have secured a separate secrtary to care for the auxiliaries be- longing to Des Moines Branch. I am sure that this arrangement will prove more satisfactory to both branches. Miss Gabrielson of
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Eastern Conference reports less money contributd this year, but I believe all the auxiliaries are trying their best to keep up interest. The Conference Secretary tries to encourage every society.
California District reports a few more members and some in- crease in money. The District Secretary has served faithfully and reported promptly. In San Francisco, Ookland and Kingsbury the societies had receptions for Miss Granstrand before she left for Pakur.
Our editor has kept up her four columns of missionary litera- ture semi-monthly in our church paper, which has proved interest- ing and helpful.
During all our Conference sessions our work has been repre- sented. In some of the Conferences quite an interest has been taken in the camp meetings. A tent has been used in some meet- ings at headquarters for the missionary literature.
When we sum up the year's account we find that we have added nine new auxiliaries and 337 members this year and an in- crease of $400.67.
I have written 353 letters besides quite a few postals. My prayer for God's blessing on the work has followed every letter written. I am trusting in my Savior and look up to Him for guidance in the future.
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Young People's Work
BRANCH SUPERINTENDENTS.
New England — Mrs. Miranda C. Packard,
Medford, Mass. New York — Mrs. Charles Spaeth, 135
Meigs St., Rochester, N. Y. Philadelphia— Mrs. P. P. Strawinski, 414
Church St., Huntingdon, Pa. Baltimore— Mrs. E. L. Harvey, 1314 13th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Cincinnati — Mrs. Calista M. Courtenay, 205 Woodlawn Ave., Zanes-
ville, Ohio. Northwestern — Mrs. E. Hale Vollintine, 1021 Granville Ave., Chi- cago. Des Moines — Mrs. Martha Stahl Beall, Mt. Ayr, Iowa. Minneapolis— Mrs. J. P. Jenkins, 407 W. Tenth St., Sioux Falls, S. D. Topeka — Mrs. Jennie S. Rinker, 2G3G N. St., Lincoln, Neb. Columbia River — Mrs. E. E. Upmeyer, Harrisburg, Oregon.*
There has been a deepening of interest, in the work of the young people and more perfect organization of many societies, that cannot be reported in figures. Much culling has been done, and dead timber removed, so that our figures represent real live work and workers. Over the grave of nearly every society that has been dropped from the list as dead, might be erected a cold gray slab, bearing in black letters this pitiful inscription, "This society ought to be alive. It died for lack of love and care from one woman. It is to be regretted that nobody cared, enough to save it."
There is still the same crying need of a supervisor, for the young people as well as the children, in every church.
There is a growing feeling that it is not enough to pay one's dues, and much special work is being taken. This is a natural outgrowth of good care.
We report, 1,663 organizations, with a membership of 42,950. 50 missionaries are assigned to our care, besides 71 B'ible women, 269 scholarships, 190 orphans, 14 day schools, 8 teachers, 4 widows, 3 hospital beds.
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In most cases the young people have joined with the auxiliaries in their Thank Offerings, and it is impossible to tell how much they have given. In fact four of the larger branches have not reported the special work taken by the young people, and our figures should be much larger than they are.
I would request our committees on special work to give the branch superintendents of young people's work lists of special ob- jects to be taken, that they may inform their workers what is available, referring them, of course to the committee for arrange- ments.
Every Branch but the Pacific has elected Branch Superinten- dents, who have proved to be valiant leaders for ou»* hosts. They have helped each other, in many ways, especially by exchange of all helps issued. Miss Walden has kindly put their names on her mailing list, and copies of new helps, as issued, have gonf> directly to them, from the Publishing office.
Most of the Branches have granted an appropriation of money for the use of the Superintendent, in pushing her work, and many helpful leaflets have been issued for Branch use.
New York Branch granted $150.00 this year, requesting their superintendent to use part of it in going to the Northfield Meeting. Generous sowing, brings generous reaping. After dropping off 1,000 doubtful members, New York still has the largest membership, num- bering 8,823 members, and shows the largest net increase of 1,034 members, and 45 in organizations the total number being 305.
Miss Jennie Hughes, their field secretary, did splendid . work for the young people, organizing 35 new societies.
No true mother is ever selfish, and our auxiliaries do not mean to be, but they are prone to say to the speakers who come to them, "We want you to build up the auxiliary." I would plead earnestly that the young people may have their fair share of the speakers and public meetings.
It was a great joy to have the Peking debt of $10,000, as- signed to us for a general Thank Offering, upon which we can all unite in one grand effort.
50,000 dainty cards containing a picture of the school, and a bright red brick have been issued, to be sold at ten cents each. Dollar certificates are ready for those who give $1.00 or sell bricks. Any one giving ten dollars may name a chair in the school, the gift of $50.00 names a dormitory, and $1,000 a large schoolhoom. Thank offering leaflets and envelopes have been issued. By the com-
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bined use of these helps we hope to lift the debt. An. average of 25 cents per member will do it. Treasurers should take great care to report the money given properly.
This year we propose to join with the mother societies and use "Christus Liberator," as our text-book. The pink slips which our publisher makes free, contain our program, which is bright enough for any young woman's club.
A question that comes with increased force is, How shall we induce more of our young women to take and read the "FRIEND?" I would suggest that we have Young People's department of four pages, in which shall be grouped the material that particularly appeals to young women sixteen, eighteen and tyenty years of age, as well as the practical helps from .the General Secretary. With such a department containing the brightest missionary news, short stories, now and then a new song or piece of music, and exercises ap- propriate for programs, could we not urge the paper upon our young women with even more enthusiasm than now, and if they know that they have their own department will they not be more apt to take up their mother's paper, and at least read that part? I think so.
Again, as last year, I beg that space may be given our Branch Superintendents, in each branch quarterly, to be headed with the small flag, and the words YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK. Some who will not wade through long reports, will be caught by the flag, and read about their own work.
Several of the Branches where the question has been disputed, have taken action allowing our delegates a vote, in the annual meeting. This seems to me, right and just.
Much time and thought has been given in trying to evolve best plans for reporting our work. Personally, I regard our Superinten- dents, as assistants to the regular secretaries, and think they should report to them. The auxiliary is the mother of the house- hold, the young women are the older daughter, King's Heralds the younger daughter and the Little Light Bearers, the baby. The mother is responsible for her family and should report the whole to the district secretary. The young women should report to the auxiliary, and to the district superintendent.
We greatly need a system of uniform blanks, throughout the Branches for our work.
A delicate question for which I cannot as yet see a definite so- lution, is that of the age limit. It is easy to say to a girl fifteen, "You are now old enough to be a Standard Bearer," but who is
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wise enough to know, at just what time to say to our young women, you must now join the auxiliary?" The question is many sided and very complicated. In many cases our auxiliaries meet in the after- noon, when many young women are busy. In some cases they prefer the methods of the younger society. I repudiate the insinuation that our young women wish to remain in the younger society, because they do not wish to pay the "two cents per week."
I would urge our young women to join the auxiliary, just as soon as it seems to be for the good of the cause.
We close the year with gratitude for its victories, and look out into the new year, knowing "It is better farther on."
CLARA M. CUSHMAN,
General Secretary.
Report of Children's Work
BRANCH SUPERINTENDENTS.
New England, Mrs. S. F. Durgin, 19 Cottage Street, Cambridge, Mass.; New York, Mrs. H. C. Learn, Room 401, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York; Philadelphia, Mrs. P. P. Strawinski, 414 Church Street, Huntington, Pa.; Baltimore, Mrs. W. E. Moore, 524 Carrollton Ave- nue, Baltimore, Md.; Cincinnati, Mrs. J. F. Fisher, Cleveland, O.; North Western, Mrs. W. E. Whitcomb, 730 Winthrop Avenue, Chi- cago, 111.; Minneapolis, Mrs. B. E. Fielder, 81 Arthur Avenue S. E., Minneapolis, Minn.; Topeka, Miss Susie Sweet, Topeka Avenue, Topeka, Kan.; Columbia River, Mrs. E. E. Upmeyer, Harrisburg, Oregon.
Visitors upon entering the study of the late C. H. Spurgeon would see the walls lit- erally covered with pictures of children.
These were all pictures of his twin boys taken at different times. It is said with great pride this eminent divine would point out the growth and development of his children from time to time.
It is with something of Spurgeon's pride that your secretary presents to you from year to year the growth and development of our little people.
That the Branches might be interested in working for one aim the following standard was set before them at the beginning of the year:
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1. An average of ten Little Light Bearers to an auxiliary in each district.
2. A club of at least ten subscriptions to the Children's Mis- sionary Friend in every church where there is an auxiliary.
3. One Life Member of King's Heralds or Little Light Bearers in every district.
Toward the close of the year report blanks were sent to the District Secretaries or Superintendents through the Branch Super- intendents asking in connection with the above the following addi- tional questions:
1. Number of King's Herald organizations and membership.
2. New organizations.
3. What is the outlook in your district for children's work?
These report blanks were to be filled out by the District Sec- retary and returned to the Branch Superintendent, who would place them in the Branch Folio.
BRANCH FOLIOS.
These Folios may be seen in the Exhibit. Special attention is called to the Northwestern Branch Folio, which is a perfect mine of information concerning the work of that Branch. Many of the others are exceedingly attractive and interesting, containing not only statistics but suggestions from some of their best leaders, papers from some of their King's Heralds, pictures of the Life Members and other pictures relating to the work.
Northwestern Branch has the banner on life memberships, re- porting 64 new ones this year, and the New England second with 22. Total of Life Members reported during the year, 145, against 80 last year, and 175 new Bands.
While a few districts came very near the mark, I have not heard of one which has met all three requirements, but we will hopefully try the same standard one more year with only one addi- tional request (the most important of all) A SUPERVISOR OF
CHILDREN'S WORK IN EVERY AUXILIARY. We hope every Branch, Conference and District officer will keep this office continually before the auxiliaries until the time comes when supervisors are elected just as regularly as secretaries and treasurers. No one thing could brighten the outlook for chil- dren's work as much as this, for the work of the Supervisor is to have the oversight of the children's work, securing leaders if neces- sary and reporting regularly to the auxiliary, thus constantly keep-
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ing before the auxiliary the fact that it is always her place to mother the King's Heralds and Little Light Bearers. BRANCH SUPERINTENDENTS.
This Branch officer is the medium through whom the General Secretary can reach the Branches. The work is greatly retarded when this office is not filled. Six of the Branches re-elected their superintendents — one, New York Branch, has elected Mrs. H. C. Learn in place of Miss Maude E. Saxe, resigned, and one, Cincinnati Branch, has elected a superintendent for the first time, Mrs. J. F. Fisher, of Cleveland.
Your Secretary had the privilege of attending the Cincinnati Branch annual meeting this year. The Lord had in answer to the earnest prayers of many prepared the way for the presentation of children's work. The women of this splendid branch are thoroughly aroused and I believe we may expect great things from them through the efforts of their new superintendent. Nearly all present pledged themselves to an active interest in the work. At one of the ses- sions subscriptions were taken for 500 copies of the Children's Mis- sionary Friend. This will bear fruit, and is a good example for other Branch meetings to follow. I believe in no way can one dollar be expended which will bring such rich results in our work as in subscribing for a club of ten copies of this charming little paper. It delights and instructs the children and splendidly equips a leader for her work. I regret to say three of the Branches are without superintendents. I hope the leaders in these Branches will earnestly pray and work till one is secured.
Your Secretary has prepared the following supplies this year:
1. "A Quick Trip to Japan" entertainment with a bulletin or poster intended to help advertise, and a small leaflet called "Sug- gestions."
2. A Thank Offering Easter postcard.
3. Thank Offering letters and envelopes for Aizawa, Japan, the object given us for the children's Thank Offering this year.
This last letter is more elaborate than we generally intend to produce for the Thank Offering, yet the interest which it has al- ready awakened promises a rich harvest.
New attractive invitations for Little Light Bearer receptions and a program by Mrs. Scott have also been issued this year.
A hand book for workers among the King's Heralds and Little Light Bearers is in process of preparation. This will aim to contain concise information concerning children's work — a description of all
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helps and supplies and a list of the best leaflets, entertainments, etc. I would like to see a plan inaugurated in the Little Light Bearer work whereby visitors would distribute missionary litera- ture to interest the little ones and the mothers, something after the Home Department plan of the Sunday School, also at the same time circulating little envelopes for an offering. I hope this plan may be developed the coming year.
HAI TANG. Over three thousand dollars for the building at Hai Tang' has been raised by the children's Thank Offering. This took them nearly three years. The "sections of wall" with the names of the children upon the pages have been bound and the book is in the Exhibit. It will be sent to Hai Tang to be kept in this new building in which the children will always feel a loving interest.
The reports which have come to me from the various Branches in the three years are as follows:
New York $803 . 39
New England 510 . 14
Philadelphia 408.24
Northwest 375 . 15
Topeka 337.87
Cincinnati 232 . 63
Des Moines 222 . 03
Columbia River 69.00
Pacific 15.80
Minneapolis 13 . 75
Baltimore 12 . 00
REPORTS.
In my judgment the Branch Treasurers should be requested to send direct to the editor of the C. M. F. the report of the children's Thank Offering quarterly. This would be much more reliable than the present method.
FREE SUPPLIES.
These are especially needed in the children's work. Wonderful returns come from a judicious use of free helps in this department.
I would therefore most earnestly request that the Branches vote to make the following supplies free.
Enrollment Cards, Record Books, Hints on Best Methods and leaflet, Beginning in the Cradle, or Why Be a Little Light Bearer, for Little Light Bearers.
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Organization Blanks and Plans, Membership Cards and Dollar Brigade Certificates for King's Heralds, and also Mite Boxes and Thank Offering letters for both King's Heralds and Little Light Bearers. This is a modest request. Most of the Branches are al- ready doing this. Some are wisely doing much more.
An additional appropriation ought always to be made for the use of the Branch Superintendent.
CHILDREN'S MISSIONARY. A children's missionary for the Branch is a good way to inter- est the King's Heralds and the Little Light Bearers, as the dues can be used for her support. I trust this method will be generally adopted.
Gratifying reports have come from Branches of sectional meet- ings, children's workers conferences and children's meetings. Any meeting of our society, whether a Branch, Annual, Quarterly or District meeting, which does not give something of inspiration or help in the line of children's work is incomplete, and sure to be a disappointment to the ever increasing number who are especially interested in children's work.
"There are sheaves pushing higher and faster, And age has more branches and roots; But dearer are none to the Master, Than childhood in blossoms and fruits."
Respectfully submitted,
LUCIE F. HARRISON, Secretary of Children's Work,
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Regarding Headquarters for the Woman's For- eign Missionary Society.
Mrs. Wm B. Davis.
WHEREAS — The Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church attended to all the duties of sending out our Missionaries, until it became too arduous; and
WHEREAS— The New York Branch then added this work to their own Branch work,, and have for years courteously taken the burden of seeing the Missionaries of all our Branches off for their various destinations, finding them good boarding places while in New York, securing their passage, attending to their money matters, their baggage, their freight, etc., etc., and
WHEREAS — In these later years, the burden of this work has been divided between the New York Branch and the Missionary Society — therefore, it is
RESOLVED — That, while thanking these organizations for their varied and arduous work, we, the General Executive Committee, feel that the time has now come when we should have a Headquarters for our Society.
We are an immense business firm, with an income of over half a million dollars. Is any business firm in America, with such an income and such varied and responsible work, carrying on its busi- ness without a headquarters?
RESOLVED— That this Headquarters shall be in New York City, in a room rented for the purpose from the Book Concern, it practicable.
This Headquarters shall be a central Bureau of Information to which anyone can apply for news, knowledge of the foreign field and of the home land.
(1) To relieve the Missionary Society and the New York Branch of their duties relative to the outgoing and the incoming Missionaries.
(2) To keep a card register of each Missionary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, so that her whole history may be furnished at short notice.
(3) To keep the Health Certificates and Testimonials of all the Missionaries on file.
(4) To keep in touch with each Branch, so as to know, each
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season, just how many Missionaries are going out, so as to arrange and adjust the departure in companies as far as possible.
(5) In order to keep the work of the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society before Methodist young women, the Secretary shall keep in touch with the Student Volunteer Movement in Col- leges where young women are in attendance. She shall also attend the Student and Young People's Missionary assemblies, to keep the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society before possible candidates for the foreign field.
RESOLVED— That the Secretary shall be the Editor of the Annual Report of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
RESOLVED — That a committee of five shall be appointed to in- vestitage the subject of a place for Headquarters and a Secretary, the cost of both, and report at the next meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, after having been presented at the spring meeting of the REFERENCE COMMITTEE.
The above paper was presented at Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 3, 1904, and was referred to a committee consisting of:
Mrs. Wm. B. Davis, Mrs. Legg, Mrs. Crandon, Mrs. Cornell, Mrs. C. D. Foss.
FOLTS MISSION INSTITUTE.
During the past year Folts Mission Institute has suffered a great loss in the resignation of its president, Mrs. Mary Swail Wil- kinson, who on Aug. 5 became the wife of Rev. Marcus L. Taft, D. D., of China. During the three years of her presidency the school almost trebled its enrollment, and the course of study was raised. Nowhere, outside of a Theological school, can a more thorough course of study be had to prepare one for Christian work. The Department of Old Testament and Comparative Religions is taught by Miss Lillian Bren Miller, (B. R. P.), who has been a student in the Chicago Divinity School and is a graduate of Hartford Theo- logical Seminary.
Miss Rose C. Talbott (B. S.), a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, is the new teacher who takes up the New Testament work and Church History. Miss Jennie M. Bingham, who has been in the school for a number of years, will this year take up some of the outside field work besides doing some Bible teaching.
The Kindergarten Department is under the direction of Miss
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Elizabeth Beaman, a graduate of Teachers' College, Columbia Uni- versity.
Instrumental music is taught by Mrs. Nellie Piper Drake, who has had this work for several years.
Miss Mary V. Fox, a graduate of Crane Normal Institute of Music and the Potsdam Normal and Training School, teaches voice culture.
Elocution and Physical Culture are taught by Miss Rose Fritz, a graduate of Neff College of Oratory.
Miss Elizabeth du Fresne Tyler, of the Boston Cooking School, In addition to her duties as matron, teaches Domestic Science.
The Departments of Religious Pedagogy and Sociology will this year be under the direction of the president, the latter being largely lecture work by outside lecturers.
The school has been fortunate in having the following persons for special lectures during 1904-5: Mrs. Frank W. Crisman, M. D., six medical lectures; Mr. William George, "The George Junior Republic;" Dr. J. C. Carson, "Educational Possibilities of Defec- tives;" Rev. Chas. E. Hamilton, D. D., Commencement Address; Rev. Gideon F. Draper, D. D., "Japan;" Miss Willma H. Rouse, six lectures on "China;" Bishop J. C. Hartzell, "Preparation for the Field;" Mr. Edward P. St. John, two lectures on the "Graded Sunday School;" Miss Martha Hixson, four lectures on "Missionary Meth- ods;" Miss Frances Walkley, six lectures on the "Teacher Training Class and Primary Methods;" Rev. W. D. Marsh, D. D., one lecture on "Browning" and a course of eighteen lectures on the Epistle to the Romans.
It is gratifying to note that each year there is a larger propor- tion of college women making up the student body.
The course of study has been raised this fall (1905) by putting in Comparative Religion, Sociology and Bookkeeping as required studies. These had heretofore been electives.
The outlook was never better. There are opportunities for enlarging the work in two directions, thus meeting the present needs in the foreign field. The first is along the line of evangelis- tic work, as young women are needed who can go not only as teachers but as working evangelists. The second is in preparing young women in the kindergarten department to go out not only as kindergarten teachers but as training teachers who can train na- tive workers.
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The demand is more and more for well equipped workers. Our school is aiming to meet this demand by a threefold preparation on the part of its students — the mental, physical and the spiritual. So far as possible it is desired that the students shall have had at least some college work, though the course is arranged for those who have had High School work only. Much attention is given to the care of the health. The physical culture work is under the di- rection of a specialist and the students are expected to spend some time out of doors each day. But much as we value the mental and physical preparation, we realize that these are not sufficient, but there is needed more than anything else the spiritual preparation. "It is not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord." And so we pray that the Holy Spirit may direct in all the affairs of this great work. Respectfully submitted,
IDA V. JONTZ, President.
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ASIA.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society commenced work by sending in 18C9, Miss Isabella Thoburn and Miss Clara A. Swain, M. D., to India.
November 29, 1859, the first Methodist Girls' Boarding School was opened by the Misses Sarah and Beulah Woolston, who had been sent to China by the Ladies' China Missionary Society. In 1871, the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society adopted them, and also sent Miss Maria Brown (Davis) and Miss Mary Q. Porter (Gamewell), to Peking.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society commenced work in Japan in 1874, by sending Miss Dora Schoonmaker (Soper), to Tokyo.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society commenced work in Korea in 18S5, by sending Mrs. Mary B. Scranton, to Seoul.
AFRICA.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society commenced work in Africa in 1S74. In 1874 Miss Mary Sharp who had been sent out by the Missionary Society that year, was adopted, and in 1879, Miss Emma Michener was sent to Monrovia.
SOUTH AMERICA.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society commenced work in 1874 in South America by sending Miss Lou B. Denning and Miss Jennie M. Chapin to Rosario.
MEXICO.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society commenced work in Mexico by sending in 1874 Miss Mary Hastings and Miss Susan Warner (Densmore), to Mexico City.
BULGARIA.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society commenced work in Bulgaria in 1874. A Boarding School for girls was opened by Rev. D. C. Challis in November, 1880. In 1884 the Society sent Miss Lin- na Schenck to Lovetch.
ITALY.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society commenced work in Italy in 1874, and in 1885 sent Miss Emma Hall to Rome.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society commenced work in Manila in 1S99, by sending out Miss Julia Wisner, Mrs. Annie Norton, M. D., Miss Mary Cody and Mrs. Cornelia Moots.
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Report of Foreign Work
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
INDIA.
NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE
Organized as a Conference in 1864.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Work Commenced in 1869.
Official Correspondent, Mrs. L. L. Townley.
MISSIONARIES.
Bareilly — Fannie M. English, Margaret Lewis, M. D., E. Gim- son, M. D.
Eudaon — Laura Wright, M. E. Ruddick.
Lucknow — -Florence Nichols, Elizabeth Hoge, Eva M. Hardie, Helen Ingram, Lilavati Singh, Ruth E. Robinson, Alice M. Northrup, Ada Mudge, Katherine Ledyard Hill.
Moradabad— *Alice Means, *Mary Means, Lois M. Buck, Mary Henry.
Naini Tal — Sarah A. Easton, Rue E. Sellers, Nora B. Waugh.
Pauri — *Theresa J. Kyle, Mary Wilson.
Pithoragarh — Annie Budden, *Martha Sheldon, M. D., Lucy W. Sullivan.
Sitapur — *Ida Grace Loper.
Wives of Missionaries In Charge of Work.
Mrs. S. Knowles, Mrs. L. S. Parker, Mrs. J. H. Messmore, Mrs. J. H. Gill, Mrs. C. L. Bare, Mrs. F. L. Neeld, Mrs. J. Blackstock, Mrs. L. A. Core, Mrs, J, W. Robinson, *Mrs. J. N. West, Mrs. G. C. Hewes, Mrs. D. L. Thoburn, Mrs. S. S. Dease, Mrs. F. Chew, Mrs. B. T. Bradley, Mrs. G. W. Guthrie, Mrs. P. S. Hyde, Mrs. T. C. Bad- ley, Mrs. R. I. Faucett. * Home on leave.
NAINI TAL. Miss Easton reports a successful year at Welles- ley. The arrival of Miss Waugh saved Miss Sellers to the work. Beside the three missionaries there are 12 other teachers all born and mostly educated in India. Next year will be Wellesley's Silver Anniversary. While Bishop Warne was at Naini Tal, protracted
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meetings were held and quite a large number of the girls were converted and are bringing forth the fruits of righteousness. The native work is confined to the Zenanas, day schools and Sunday schools in all of which great work has been accomplished.
BAREILLY. The work in the Orphanage, one of our most important institutions has gone on successfully. All the girls sent up for the Government Middle Examination passed. The year closed with 225 on roll. In the summer vacation, 22 of the girls were married and double . that number could have been "given away" as this place is known far and wide throughout the land as the place where the best wives are to be had. The sheltered orphan girl goes out into the world — into heathen villages many of them, and there to set up a Christian "home" — a word not found — unknown — in the Hindustani language. The city and mohul- la work, with the day and Sunday schools, zenana and village work, all with the one object to make known the love of Christ, means much for the incoming of Christ's Kingdom among the many who love to listen to the old, old story.
ZENANA MISSION HOSPITAL. Last year there were 11,717 new patients in the dispensary, 21,419 visits made, while 318 calls were made at the Bungalow outside of dispensary hours, making a total of 22,211 patients seen. All suitable cases receive medicine to last four or five days; so during the year 300,000 doses of medicine were dispensed. The money received for dispensary work was $800, the helpers being a medical assistant, one pupil nurse and one com- pounder. Last year there were 696 calls on patients in their own homes for which $580 was received in fees; and in addition $200 was received in donations and for private rooms, all of which has been used in meeting general expenses and in adding 24 iron beds, bed- ding and hospital clothing.
During the first two months of this year the in-patient work was almost closed on account of necessary repairs; and later the plague drove about one-half the population from the city. These facts account for the report of less work this year than last; yet now they seldom have less than 40 patients daily and often from 100 to 175 daily during the busiest seasons. In the seven months of 1905, January 1st to August 1st, dispensary 4736 new patients with 781 visits, hospital 150 in-patients, 95 operations, outside calls 200, and 350 girls examined in the schools.
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July plans for enlarging the medical work were made. It was proposed to have a Training class for the wives of the men in the Theological School that would fit them to treat simple diseases among the women and children in the circuits; where they may be sent — often far from medical aid. In this class girls also can receive training, preparatory to attending a medical college; and others can be trained for nurses. Dr. Gimson was a welcome ad- dition to this department of work. The school for the wives of the students in the Theological School with the kindergarten an- nex, is a very important part of the work in Bareilly.
SHAHJAHANPUR. The Girls' Boarding School has gone on increasing in importance, training girls for the Master's service. Miss Organ's failing health will necessitate a change here. The city and village work and "Home for Homeless Women" are valuable auxiliaries in leading heathen women to give up the worship of idols. The number of Christian homes is increasing.
PITHORAGARH. The evangelistic work under Miss Budden's supervision has been wide in its extent and rich in returns. She reports an itinerary of almost six months constant work. 556 villages visited and thousands of souls individually told of the love of Christ and his power to forgive sins. There were 25 in the Training School last year, not one of whom had to be rejected. The institutional work consisting of farming, cattle raising, girls, and boys' boarding schools, day schools, hospitals and dispensary work as well as the Woman's Home, with its 70 inmates, ten of whom are blind, is under Miss Sullivan's supervision and she re- ports a good year in all departments.
BHOT. This work on the border of Thibet is being honored of God and souls are being born into the kingdom in this land so long closed to the Gospel. Miss Brown and Miss Sullivan went into Thibet without any difficulty and traveled about fifteen miles beyond the border, distributing Scripture portions and tracts.
DWARAHAT. The work here has been held by the Misses Seymour, one teaching the Girls' school, the other in general work. The girls of the Boarding school deny themselves a part of their regular food; that is, every day from their daily allowance of ata, they keep out one handful and collect it in a bag, then every Saturday this is weighed and the price given to them: this they give in Sunday school collections. The girls also collect the pickings of their rice and this is bought from them for about Rs 3
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a year. They give this as follows: Rs 1 each for Children's Day, the Annual Missionary Chanda and the Woman's Foreign Mission- ary Society: this year as there was a "Bible Sunday" to give to, the girls have worked in the garden and earned the extra rupee. One of the girls was sent from this school to the Agra Medical College this summer.
THE GARHWAL DISTRICT. Work is carried on among the villages with difficulty as many places are so inaccessible that the work must be left largely with the native helpers. Still many lights are shining in the mountain villages where there are those who have accepted the true light of the world. The Girls' Boarding School and Orphanage prepares workers for this mountain district.
The MORADABAD DISTRICT is a very large one and the work, with the exception of Moradabad city, is mostly among the villages and smaller cities of Amroha and Sambhal. This work necessarily suffered from the absence of Miss Means and the illness of Miss Buck. There is great opportunity for evangelistic work and the necessity for this work has been emphasized this year as it has been found that much of the opposition to Christian work has come from the women. The Girls' school did well in the Middle Examination passing all of the girls sent up, and a class of 13 girls have commenced studying in the High School division. When Bishop Thompson visited India he said he envied the workers sta- tioned at Sambhal where the Hindoos expect the sinless incarna- tion to appear — where Christians can tell the people that the "sinless incarnation" has come. A faithful band of Bible Women give this message from day to day in this old interesting City.
THE BIJNOUR DISTRICT has interesting work in nine cir- cuits where the Bible Women work among Christians and non- Christians. The Girls' Boarding School continues to send out workers for this needy field. In the Zenana work fruit has ap- peared in the case of a young woman who seems to be living a true Christian life in her heathen home; and it is hoped that she may be the means of leading many others to Christ.
BTJDAON. The District work with a native Presiding Elder is carried on in 8 circuits. One of the most efficient workers died with plague and the work in many places has been hindered by the ravages of this terrible disease. Still the Evangelistic band of workers have been able to do much good work in many places. The Girls' Boarding School is increasing in numbers as more prov-
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ision is being made for the education of boys. The parents object to having the girls educated unless their boys can have the same privileges.
PILIBHIT DISTRICT. This work is in charge of a native Presiding Elder and his wife. Miss Budden with her band of workers visited some of the places in the cold weather and Mrs. Mansell has given what help she could.
HARDOI. The Girls Boarding School with its sixty girls gath- ered from the nine circuits is doing very important work in the District where a few years ago there were no women or girls who could read. The Christians are rejoicing in the gift of money from a Los Angeles lady, to build a new church which is very much needed. The District work is of special interest as it is carried on among many classes of people, some of whom are specially ac- cessible.
THE OUDH DISTRICT— is very large reaching into the bor- ders of Nepal where there is an interesting girls' school, supported by the girls in the Bareilly Orphanage.
GONDAH. The Girls' Boarding School had 77 girls on the scholarship roll. Beside the regular course of study they are taught plain and fancy sewing and drawn thread work. Two girls from this school are attending the Muttra Training School to further prepare themselves for their life work. Miss Scott reports: "We were pleased to notice at the Woman's Annual District Conference that nine of our former girls were present and are engaged as Bible Women in this large Oudh District, two also who are engaged as teachers in this school; and our thoughts went out to others — some entirely alone in a heathen community — and especially one engaged in the Dufferin Hospital work." The addition to the Home is just completed, but they are not through building yet as a dor- mitory is greatly needed. The school dining room where the corn is ground and the drinking water is sheltered from the heat and rain still serves as a dormitory. Miss Scott must return next year and another be sent to take this work. One hundred and twenty houses in the city and suburbs are visited regularly where an in- terest is shown in learning to read and write — the people wishing to learn Roman Urdu so that they can read the Bible and sing the songs. Good work has been done in the villages around Gonda: 70 places have been visited where tracts and Gospels have been given to those who could read.
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SITAPUR. The Girls' School which last year was closed on account of the plague has completely recovered from the effects of the panic, with ten more than last year enrolled and the higher section larger than for some years. Nine have united with the church in full connection and 13 on probation. This school is a valuable auxiliary to the district work, many having gone out within the past two or three years as Bible readers, and are doing efficient work.
LUCKNOW. The Isabella Thoburn College continues to gain praise by passing girls sent up for Government examination. They are rejoicing now in having passed all the girls sent up for the B. A. examination.
Miss Singh writes: "The Annual Class Day of the College was held in February, in the Harriet Warren Memorial Hall which was beautiful that day with floral decorations in white and gold, the College colors. Sir James La Touche, the Governor of the Province presided; and we also had the honor of having with us Mr. Orange, the Director-General of Education for all India. There were the usual numbers on the program, essays, choruses, de- bates, etc. There was an essay on astronomy with a chart of blue and gold to represent the starry firmament. The Governor was so pleased with the exercises that the following week he had the building grant Rs 11000, sent to us in cash. It had been promised in installments, in the course of two years. Practically all the College, Normal and Entrance Class girls belong to the college Young Women's Christian Association. God has blessed them greatly this year in deepening their spiritual life and in increasing their efficiency as Christian workers. Eighty of the graduates from the College are today working as assistant missionaries in different parts of India, Burmah and Ceylon."
Miss Brouse reports: "The average attendance in the Girls' Schools is 190, 100 of whom are boarders. Eleven were sent up for Government examinations of whom 10 passed. In the Middle ex- amination one of our girls headed the Province and five took scholarships, while in the High School one of our girls came out second in the list. This was cause for rejoicing as her competitors, over 1400 in number, were mostly boys. The Junior Young Women's Christian Association meetings have kept the girls in touch with missionary needs. The Sunday prayer meetings have been very helpful and a real improvement in the spiritual intelligence of the
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girls as well as in earnest Christian living, is clearly seen. In 1903 Government officially recognized the courses of study offered for the Normal department and provided certificates to be given on the completion of a two years' course. Four candidates have thus far passed this examination and it is expected seven will appear next year. Besides these students taking the regular course, there have been seven girls during the year taking kindergarten training only. Besides the training in theory and practice both in kindergarten and Normal methods, the course of study includes mathematics, English and science work in High School or College classes."
Home for Homeless Women. Miss Hardie writes; "Thirty- eight women have this year found a home with us and a larger number than usual have been passed on: some to service and others for whom marriages have been arranged, to homes of their own. At present there are 23 in the home, three of whom are children. The improvement in some of the women has been marked. A num- ber have been taught to make point lace and requests are coming in for women to teach this work in other Homes. Some have be- come proficient in drawn thread work while plain sewing is taught to all. Three hours daily are spent in study, one of our blind women teaching orally those who are unable to learn to read. Miss Guthrie has charge of the zenana village work and day schools and reports all these departments as prospering and bringing forth rich results. Mohammedans as well as Hindus are accepting Christ many being persecuted, disowned and cast out by their people. May God help them to stand firm for Him to the end."
NORTHWEST INDIA CONFERENCE.
Organized as a Conference in 1892. Official Correspondent, Ella M. Watson.
MISSIONARIES. Ajmer: — Anna E. Lawson, Mary A. Hart Aligarh: — Laura G. Bobenhouse. Brindaban: — Emma Scott, M. D. Cawnpore: — Rose M. Pyne, Lydia Pool. Meerut: — Annie S. Winslow, Elizabeth Dana Marble. Muttra: — Isabel McKnight, Agnes E. Saxe. Home on Leave: — Anna M. Gallimore, Melva A. Livermore, M. Eva Gregg, Charlotte T. Holman.
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Wives of Missionaries in Charge of Work: — Mrs. P. M. Buck, Mrs. H. J. Wilson, Mrs. J. B. Thomas, Mrs. J. C. Butcher, Mrs. R. Clancey, Mrs. J. T. Robertson, Mrs. C. Worthington, Mrs. D. C. Clancy, Mrs. G. E. Stokes, Mrs. H. R. Calkins, Mrs. F. P. Fisher, Mrs. J. B. Baker, "Mrs. T. S. Molesworth.
AJMER. Miss Holman's illness and subsequent home-going left a vacancy in the Ajmer school. Miss Lawson was sent from Phalera to take charge, and the opportune coming of Miss Hart of the Pacific Branch, was a delight to all.
Dr. Beck, who up to the year 1905 was stationed at Ajmer, says of this Girls' School: "It has been our privilege this year to become better acquainted with the individual girls than we ever have been able to do before. In the drawing-room of our bungalow this summer, we held class prayer meetings, a special class attend- ing each Sunday. Never have we seen the presence of the Holy Spirit more clearly manifested than in those meetings. There were very few indeed who went away without receiving definite spiritual blessings. Several girls were happily converted while sitting in the services."
In addition to her medical work, Dr. Beck was given charge of the Ajmer City District work. She says of one of her Bible- readers:
"Harriet, our cheery, happy worker, has lent us most valuable assistance this year. She has a way of attracting the people to her smiling face, a happy manner, a few commonplace remarks, and her hearers are ready to listen to the Gospel presentation. She went with us one day to a large muhalla. With a Sunday School lesson chart before her, she gave a talk which held her large audience of men, women and children an hour."
PHALERA. "The work of the Educational Department in the Girls' Orphanage shows steady progress, as nearly all the classes were promoted at the annual examination. For the first time, many of our older girls have taken the All-India Sunday School examina- tion, and we were delighted at the results; for they did very well indeed, one girl having answered every question correctly. Their knowledge of the Bible, and the improvement in their singing, is a matter of great satisfaction, as special stress has been put upon these most important things."
ALLAHABAD. How nobly Mrs. D. C. Clancy has worked. With- out dormitories, or store-rooms, or school-rooms, or any of the
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necessaries to the proper care of a school, she has done her best for the famine girls under her care. The time has come when she must have help. Not only a Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Missionary is needed here, but property and dormitories and store- rooms for the proper equipment of a school. Allahabad is the head of a District, and should have a Girls' School. The famine girls of '97, who still remain with Mrs. Clancy, should after all these years, be properly housed. Living, eating, and sleeping, reciting, studying, sewing, and nursing the sick in one little room, has long enough been our disgrace in Allahabad. The need here is great. Mrs. Clancy says:
"We greatly need money to build a good girls' school, with proper sleeping dormitories, a school-room, clothes-room, etc. At present we have one dormitory not very large. The grounds are very confined. There is no school-room at all. The classes have to be cfowded into a small verandah. Allahabad is one of the prin- cipal stations of India, and it should have a good Methodist girls' school. With proper buildings, we could get a lot of girls."
ALIGARH. The Woman's Industrial Home, under Mrs. Mat- thew's efficient management, is turning out cooks, teachers, Bible- readers, wives of preachers and pastor-teachers. It also carries on a large industrial work, such as: — cloth-weaving, lace-making, bas- ket-weaving, and gardening. Mrs. Matthews writes:
"Six of our older girls are teachers now, and are a great help. Two of them went to the Brindaban mela., and did excellent work. It has been yery encouraging to see the spiritual growth in these young people for whom we have prayed and laboured, and who are now prepared for this great work.
"Last August I attended the Summer School and District Con- ference at Muttra with some of our pupil-teachers. I met several of our girls, who had been inmates of our Home, and who were married to pastor-teachers. My heart rejoiced to hear them give the report of the work in which they were engaged. These were poor ignorant girls when they came to us a few years ago. They were converted at some special meetings Bishop Warne had with our peo- ple. They were married shortly after, and are now working as Evangelist Teachers."
In the Girls' Orphanage, Miss Bobenhouse has had a good year, she says:
"Each year adds new interest to the work. Nothing is more fascinating than the study of child-development. The wonder and
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delight are increased when we see the minds of children, whose early years were spent in total ignorance and heathenism, suddenly open and expand and eagerly grasp for knowledge. To see eyes brighten, and faces, once sad and hopeless, light up with a new expression of intelligence, is a joyful experience. I shall never for- get the weary look upon the faces of some little ones who were brought to me during the last famine. Afterwards, when I heard them laughing happily as they played, their laughter was music to my ears. I have marvelled at the mental- development of some of these girls, and the readiness with which they grasp spiritual truth."
CAWNPORE. Here the Girls' High School (English), as usual, has had a successful year. The Superintendent says:
"Last year four candidates were presented for the Government High School examination, and all passed. This is the largest class ever presented for that examination by this school. It may be of interest to the friends of the school to know where these voung ladies are now. Miss Rae is doing successful work with us as teacher of the First Standard; Misses Alice Kouwen and Amy Mooney are studying in the Blackstone Institute, Muttra, prepara- tory to entering Mission work; and Miss Abercrombie is helping her mother at home."
In the native girls' school, Mrs. Worthington and her faithful assistants have done good work. Mrs. Worthington says:
"Our girls grind, cook, plaster the walls and floors of the entire boarding house; keep clean their school-house, mend and make their own clothes. Our girls are also liberal givers. I have been surprised often to see how readily they have brought out from their little store, their pice for collection; some have worked to earn money to be able to give, and sometimes my heart has ached to see them give their hard-earned little all, never having anything to buy sweets."
Mrs. Calkins, in charge of the Cawnpore city work, says:
"The patience and love of our women have brought their own fruit, for through much sorrow and sickness, we are still able to send in a goodly report. Since October the plague has raged, and entire families have been swept away. It has been pitiful to go through certain districts, and hear the words, "Closed! Closed!; (Band! Band) House after house locked, and the tenants either dead or gone, until the scourge shall have passed over. Several schools were entirely broken up. Out of a family of eleven, the mother alone was left. Another poor mother with two beautiful daughters,
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just ready for baptism, snatched away in a day. Notwithstanding all this, God has given us seventeen baptisms, new houses are opened, and many are calling to us, more than we can take care of, unless the number of workers is increased."
In the District work, ever faithful Mrs. Robertson, has wrought well, notwithstanding the demands made upon her time as the wife of a pastor-in-charge of a large English-speaking Church.
MEERUT. In the Meerut District, the "village conquest" has been pushed with indefatigable earnestness.
"The record of the year's work, is one of effort more than of accomplishment, of desires and hopes not fully realized.
"But the reward of our endeavor has been a better knowledge of the work, born of experience, and a stranger desire than ever to push the village conquest. Many are the opportunities opening up before us. Resources are at our command which at first, to us, as to Elisha's servant, were invisible.
"Of the sixty-four preachers' wives, Bible Readers, and Evan- gelist Teachers under our charge, we have come to know person- ally all but two; of the forty-five stations where they live, we have visited all but four. In addition to this with the help of our work- ers, we have told the Gospel story to Hindus, Mohammedans, and Christians in one hundred and sixty different villages.
"The influence of the Girls' School is being felt more and more throughout the District. The object of the school is to gather in, and to educate the daughters of the native Christians, and such others as may come to the school, preparing them either for advanc- ed study and preparation, which will make them more efficient teachers and evangelists; or, to send them, after a few years, back to their homes, better able to exert a Christian influence in their villages.
Through Government aid, fees, and other sources, the school collected during the year One Thousand, Three Hundred (1,300) Dollars; Eight Hundred and Forty-Nine (849) Dollars of this was a special building grant."
MUTTRA. The important points of the Muttra District during the past year, have been:
First, — The remarkable health of the girls in the Institutions. Notwithstanding the fact that the plague has surrounded every one of the schools, there has not been a death from this fearful
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disease in one of the Institutions of the District. This is cause for continued praise by the Missionaries, and for increasing wonder and interest and opportunities among the heathen.
Second,- — The Agra Medical School, which was formerly under a joint Committee from the North and North West India- Confer- ences, has been reorganized, and is now to be under a Board of Trustees.
Third, — The increased number and the efficiency of the students of the Muttra Training School, necessitate another Missionary, that one may be set free to direct Evangelistic work. With the students at work in turns, a Misionsary could get out over the entire District among the seven thousand Christian women living in the villages. The students need the training, and the people need the help.
Miss Saxe's knowledge of kindergarten has enabled her to be- gin kindergarten work in the Boarding School, in the Summer School, and also to introduce some teaching in kindergarten meth- ods in the Training School.
Miss Scott has been able during the past year to secure the Bengali Assistant, for whom she has been working and praying for years. "We are so thankful to have a good Bengali worker, who can help these poor, neglected, deserted Bengali widows. The people are learning to know her, and have confidence in her. Many of them come now to visit her, and her work is growing in the city. She visits regularly sixty-five homes; goes on certain days to the bathing places and temples, where she meets many women. She is an old experienced worker, and knows well how to deal with all classes. We are continually thankful to have her."
The District work has been greatly interrupted by the plague, but this awful calamity has turned the attention of the heathen to the Christians and Christianity, as almost nothing else could.
THE PUNJAB. Although this is practically a new field, yet Mrs. Thomas writes:
"In the Lahore Circuit we have witnessed wonderful results. During the present year nearly eight hundred have been baptized from raw heathenism. It is not difficult, I am sure, for our friends at home to realize what immense responsibilities these victories force upon us and upon our workers. These babes in Christ must be taught and cared for most diligently; else our work goes for naught.
"In one place which we visited, we were greeted by more than three hundred Christian men, women and children, who sat with
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us all day listening eagerly to our teaching, and joining heartily in our Christian hymns and prayers. And at the close of the day, they made a free-will offering out of their poverty, for the support of the Gospel, and then pleaded with us to take their girls and boys and educate them."
SOUTH INDIA CONFERENCE.
Organized as a Conference 1876. Reorganized 1886.
Official Correspondent, Mrs. E. B. Stevens.
MISSIONARIES.
Bangalore: — Urdell Montgomery.
Hyderabad: — Catherine Wood, Alice Evans.
Kolar: — Fannie F. Fisher, Florence Maskell.
Madras: — Grace Stephens.
Nadiad: — Ada Holmes, Cora Morgan.
Ralpur: — Grace Harvey.
Raichur: — Grace Woods, Norma Fenderich.
Sironcha: — Maud Hamer, Mrs. M. A. Turner.
Vikerabad: — Elizabeth Wells.
Wives of Missionaries in Charge of Work: — Mrs. Gilder, Mrs. Batstone, Mrs. Ernsberger, Mrs. Scharer, Mrs. Butterick, Mrs. Grose, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Rudisill, Mrs. Garden.
BANGALORE. Baldwin Girls' High School, the only free Pro- testant School for girls in Southern India, was never in so flourish- ing a condition as just now. Miss Clippenger's coming seemed to inspire the people with confidence and both boarders and day pupils increased rapidly. Her failure in health so soon upon her arrival, necessitating her return home, was a great blow to our work in Bangalore. It is believed that if the Society will speedily fill the vacancy Miss Clippenger's return has made, the people's confidence will be renewed, and Miss Montgomery encouraged.
KOLAR. Miss Fisher's heart is full of praise and gratitude to God for His Goodness, and the definite leadings of the Holy Spirit. The spiritual life of the girls is more marked than it has ever been, and they are glad of any opportunity given to serve Jesus. Four of the girls have been married and have gone out to make Christian homes. Of the eleven who married last year, ten are serving ths Mission as Bible Women or Teachers, and yet, says Miss Fisher, "we cannot supply the demand for Christian workers." Since the first of January twenty-one girls have been received into the Orj
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phanage, making one hundred and fifty-four now with us, and we are expecting more, as we are in the midst of famine. Four of the six girls who appeared last year for the Government examina- tion passed, and seven will appear this year. All our teachers are government certificated, and excellent work is being done in the school-room. We have organized a High School Class. High gov- ernment officials who have visited the school have spoken commend- ably of it. Eight widows are now in the Widows' Home; all able to work and earn their living, except one, who is consumptive, and she takes care of the children while the mothers are at work.
Deaconess Home cottage is completed and occupied. This new building is composed of three bed-rooms, and is occupied by six assistants. The building has been erected by money from the government grants, by little things sold, and by savings here and there, the missionaries are happy to do something without asking the Society for money. The life of a most valuable missionary, as well as the lives of her flock, call for something better in the line of medical attendance than the services of an inebriate who cannot be trusted in anything he says. Miss Fisher acknowledges the good- ness of God in every department of work.
Miss Maskell, reporting for zenana and village work, says:
"Never has my heart been so encouraged, so hopeful with regard to this work, as now. The women in town and village were never before so eager for the glad tidings. There have been many bap- tisms, as the result of meetings — many of them in the open air, held by Miss Maskell, the Bible women and older girls of the school. The way Christians pray — addressing an unseen Being as though he stood before one — impresses them very much. 416 zenanas and 62 villages are now visited by Miss Maskell and her helpers, and 7 day schools are under her care. She has made pupil-teachers of the more advanced girls. Sunday schools for Brahmins and Hindus are doing well, and so is the one recently opened for Mohammedans, and it has an attendance of from twenty-five to thirty."
BIDAR. Here a small work, comparatively, is under the direc- tion of Mrs. Batstone. She employs seven Bible women, and looks after 4 day schools.
HYDERABAD. If the measure of difficulty encountered in the construction of a work is what entitles it to be known as gigantic, then surely gigantic may well be applied to Christian work in this stronghold of Mohammedanism. But line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little in the Boarding School and
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Orphanage and zenanas, in the 9 day schools are making breaches in the wall, and some glad day He whose right it is to reign will reign even in Hyderabad. Very few of the girls in the school or Orphanage in Hyderabad who have been convinced that Jesus is the Saviour of the world, have the courage to openly declare it, and meet the fierce persecution which is sure to follow, but there have been a few notable exceptions. The bright Sunday School cards distributed in the homes, and picture rolls hung on the wall of the school-room are contributing to success. Poor little chil- dren, born to drudge all day, that they may put food enough in their bodies, so that they may live to drudge the next day, are attracted to the day school, and imbibe enough Christian truth to repeat it in the homes, and so the truth spreads. An Indian Chris- tian lady who visits in the Zenanas on business for the Begum, told Bishop Oldham that there she had heard the children from the little schools repeating the Scriptures and singing the hymns. More than 200 such children are helping the kingdom to come. Six Bible women visit in 231 homes, and in them they are reaching regularly at least 700 women. A woman's Bible was thrown in the fire by her angry husband. She hides the charred leaves in her bosom, so rich are they with the precious promises written by the prophets.
MADRAS. Eventful as is every year of Miss Grace Stevens' life, this last one will rank as superlative. Oh, that there were more time to give you its story! In December she wrote of a very happy Christmas, spent with her large family in the compound, gratifying them with a dinner of "duck curry," and a Christmas tree in the evening. Later of her enjoyment of conference at Kolar; then of baptisms in her drawing room; of the great interests that filled hearts and hands as the New Year dawned. In February of her birthday celebration; its decorations, music, gifts: those that most touched her heart coming from the poor villagers, eggs, veget- ables, measures of grain; of the opening in the evening of the High Caste Girls' School. In May of her visit to Darjeeling, of the help that dear Sooboo--gave her, relieving her of much of the care of the converts in the Nicodemus Home. Of the class and prayer meetings she held with tnem; of her faithful work in the villages, attended frequently by persecution. With the word that came in August that Sooboo — was Kidnapped, followed soon after by "she was not abducted," you all have heard, and it is too painful to re- hearse. Thank God for the later word received by me while in Branch Annual Meeting, "Returned." How glad we were to respond
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with a shout, "Hallelujah!" What led the misguided woman to leave the Mission we do not now know; that will come later. Cholera came into her home in August, and a very valuable assist- ant, after a few hours' of suffering, entered into rest.
RAICHUR. The greatly needed land for erection of buildings has not been secured. So crowded for room is Miss Woods that classes are studying or reciting on her right hand and her left, aua it is a problem how to accommodate the associate missionary — should she be sent — that the growing work demands. But the truth is spreading. Under a tree by the wayside, near a shrine where on his mud throne some heathen deity presides, the children are taught: "Thou shalt not have any gods but me."
VIKERABAD. Miss Wells reports a prosperous year, and sends in increased estimates for scholarships and Bible women, also $7,500 for buildings. In the enclosure which she rents is a Mo- hammedan tomb which makes the place a favorite resort for holding each March the Tiger Man Festival. So at night 500 or 600 men, with masked faces, half naked bodies, painted to represent stripes of the tiger, frenzied with religious zeal and drink, rush in witn their so-called musical instruments, and make night hideous. As no harm has come to her from it in either of the two years, she says she is not afraid, but it certainly makes her feel queer and is most unpleasant.
MEDICAL WORK. Itinerating is such a habit in this great Gujerat District that even the medical work itinerates also. How- ever, Dr. Tuttle is convinced that this method has had sufficient trial to prove it decidedly unsatisfactory. In these two years she has treated about seven uiousand patients and it is readily to be seen that her work has suffered vast disadvantage for lack of a hospital where proper care might have been given. Much of Dr. Tuttle's work is minor surgery, she has had twenty cases in a day. Many of these need hospital treatment. It should be located at a central point, easily accessible to the people. It is an institution which is sorely needed in this physician's work among suffering women and children.
GODHRA. GIRLS' ORPHANAGE. Miss Abbott reports, "There has not been many changes. The results of annual examinations were very satisfactory and we hope for a grant-in-aid. Our indus- trial work has developed and become quite a feature of the school. The kindergarten and physical culture departments have improved
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under the new assistant. Many of the girls have made good prog- ress in the spiritual life.
Our great need is a school-house and it seems that we must have that if the work is to make any iurther progress. Sitting on open verandas through heat, cold, dust and rain is not conducive to good health or good work." Miss Curts is associated with Miss Abbott in the work of this orphanage.
EVANGELISTIC WORK. Mrs. Bancroft reports Godhra circuit as moving steadily forward, but is saddened at the sight of the vast harvest with so few reapers. There are two good Bible women at work but their number should be multiplied.
Miss Abbott has supervision of six Bible women on Thasra cir- cuit, which embraces about one hundred villages wnere work is opened. She herself has visited all the chief points several times. There is much eagerness to hear the Gospel; and many are turning from their idols. A missionary who could give all her time to this work is greatly needed as the Bible women need much instruc- . tion and help.
NADIAD. Here the evangelistic work is in the hands of Misses Holmes and Morgan. There is daily work in nine mohullas of the city and several villages near. Miss Holmes has fine helpers; she holds a weekly prayer meeting for women which has proved a blessing. She rejoices in her work and in the knowledge that the women of India are coming to the true light. At Mahuda a "Jubiiet, church" is to be built by the missionaries; the need is so great iof a place of worship for the converts.
Miss Morgan finds this work both interesting and hopeful; she will be glad to get the language so that she may tell the sweet story herself. She has twenty-two helpers who work among the women, and carry on day schools for the children. Winter campaigns re- lating to the Jubilee are planned in the hope of strengthening the Christians and reaching many others.
Finally a list of some of the many appealing needs of this great and rapidly developing conference: Four or five new missionaries, including a deaconess for Grant Road church, Bombay, large num- bers of Bible women and evangelistic teachers, property for the Telegaon and Godhra schools, and funds for an English school at Bombay, for the Poona debt and for a hospital for Gujerat.
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CENTRAL PROVINCES CONFERENCE.
Organized 1905. Official Correspondent — Mrs. A. N. Fisher.
MISSIONARIES.
Jabalpur: — Louisa Heafer, Nettie M. Hyde, Mrs. A. H. Holland.
Khandwa: — Anna R. Elicker, Mabel Lossing.
Raipur: — Emily L. Harvey.
Sironcha: — Mrs. M. A. Turner.
Wives of Missionaries in Charge of Work: — Mrs. G. K Gilder, Mrs. C. B. "Ward, Mrs. V. G. McMurray, Mrs. W. D. Waller, Mrs. Martha Day Abbott.
The Central Provinces Mission Conference was organized by Bishop Warne at Khandwa in January of the present year. This is the eighth Methodist Episcopal Conference in India. It is made up of what was formerly the Central Provinces district of of Bombay Conference and the Godavery and Raipur districts of South India Conference. The territory covers an area of about 134,000 square miles and includes a population of nearly 13,000,000. Indications of a remarkable movement toward Christianity give promise that this will become one of the greatest fields in all the Indian empire.
The Woman's Conference was organized at the same time, with Mrs. Warne presiding, and their First Annual Report has been issued.
BASIM. Mrs. McMurry has had charge of the work in this station for the past year, though at the sacrifice of physical strength that might well be employed in the care of her own little ones and in the assistance of her husband in the boys' school. A passing missionary writes that this is the neediest place in the conference. Two missionaries should be sent to care for the orphanage and the large evangelistic field in the region. It is especially important as a center from which must be drawn workers in the Marathi country.
KAMPTI — A day school and zenana and village work are car- ried on at this point. We glean from the published report of Mrs. Waller that great credit is due her assistant, Mrs. Butterfield, for the success of the work. The school has an average attendance of fifty. Requests come from surrounding villages for schools to be opened, which the lack of means forbids. In the zenanas the Gospel message is eagerly received, and there are some who are Christians at heart though in prison still.
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SIRONCHA — The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society owns a good property in Sironcha, a large compound of about thirty acres, with commodious buildings, but since Miss Fuller's death the prob- lem has been to supply the missionaries who may make this the strategic center for as large work as is possible. Mrs. Turner has recently been appointed to this station and will soon sail for her new field, where it is hoped another new missionary may join her later.
JABALPUR — Our largest and best equipped work in the con- ference is at Jabalpur. Since Miss Hyde's return from furlough Miss Heafer has given attention to the evangelistic and zenana work. Her six Bible-women visit regularly one hundred and fifty houses where they are eagerly welcomed. Miss Hyde and Mrs. Holland have large plans and hopes for the Orphanage, with its 231 girls. Miss Hyde writes: "We feel that we must have a High School and a Bible Training School for these Central Provinces, and as this is the largest and oldest school, with large classes from which to form a nucleus, we propse to get these under way this year." She rejoices in having as assistants four fine Indian Christian young women, one of whom comes to them from the Isabella Tho- burn College. Permission has been granted to name this institution the Johnson Boarding School and Orphanage, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. T. S. Johnson, whose friendly aid has been invaluable.
KHANDWA — The Orphanage contains about 120 girls. Miss Elicker has been gladdened by the coming of Miss Lossing, who will have charge of the educational work. As for Miss Lossing, she writes: "I am so glad I am here. India is a satisfying place if one wants her life to count. I would not be anywhere else if I could."
Mrs. Martha Day Abbott has charge of the evangelistic work on the circuit and notes encouraging facts. Concerning her annual visitation of the villages she says: "Taking tents and all neces- saries, we live in the villages for a season. With able native preachers to assist, we give out the word by preaching, singing, and distribution of Scripture portions, and a good magic lantern is an aid in the evening meetings. We hail these times as blessed opportunities to strengthen the weak and awaken the indifferent. At such times we are given a glance at the whitened fields."
NARSINGHPUR — Mrs. Felt reports of the evangelistic work under her care: "We have not yet seen the fruit we wish to in this circuit, yet we are confident of several things, that hearts are
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responding to the truth, that people are more ready to hear it, that the Bible is being read as never before, and that the Lord of Hosts is with us." All the women workers are from the Jabalpur and Khandwa Orphanages.
Raipur — The new buildings so long and so sorely needed for orphans and widows are at last in process of erection. Miss Har- vey writes: "The building work requires close and constant over- sight to prevent dishonest work, but I am glad all the day long and count the extra burdens a real joy, so happy am I in the prospect of sometime getting away from the overcrowded and unhealthy quarters."
Concerning the work of the Bible-women in this district, Mrs. Gilder writes: "We have many signs of promise, especially in the eagerness of the village women to hear the Gospel story. I am planning to help the Bible-women in their studies of the course adopted by our Woman's Conference, in order that they may be fully equipped for their important work."
BOMBAY CONFERENCE.
Organized as a Conference in 1892. Woman's Work Commenced in 1884. Official Correspondent, Mrs. W. B. Thompson. MISSIONARIES. Baroda: — Mary E. Williams, Mary B. Tuttle, M. D. Bombay: — Helen E. Robinson, Elizabeth W. Nicholls, Joan Davis.
Godhra: — Anna A. Abbott, Kate O. Curts. Nadiad: — Cora Morgan, Ada Holmes.
Poona: — Mrs. S. W. Eddy, Estelle M. Files, Fannie A. Bennett. Telegaon: — Christina H. Lawson.
Wives of Missionaries in Charge of Work: — Mrs. E. B. Frease, Mrs. W. H. Stephens, Mrs. L. E. Linzell, Mrs. A. W. Mell, Mrs. W. E. Bancroft, Mrs. A. E. Ayres, Mrs. Effie P. Fisher, Mrs. A. A. Parker.
BOMBAY, BOWEN CHURCH. Miss Davis has had a good year in the deaconess work in connection with this church. She re- roprts: "In over eleven hundred calls made within the year, I find that our church and Sabbath School stand among the people for
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pure, strong Christian living. Especially do I note the effect of total abstinence teaching among the little ones, some of them ob- jecting to spirituous liquors as medicine, and warning older mem- bers of the family who were taking it under a physician's direc- tions. Our church is indeed a leaven among this great English population." She rejoices that several of their members have heard and answered the call to devote themselves wholly to Christian work.
GRANT ROAD CHURCH. A strong plea comes from this church for a deaconess to assist in reaching the great numbers of people in its wide and very promising field. The pastor is also presiding elder of a large district, and can do little of pastoral work, and the deaconess is greatly needed. It is believed that after three or four years, the salary could be provided from local sources.
A very urgent appeal is made and with most excelent reason, for an English school for Bombay, for the training of the children of our own people and many others. The need of such a school is apparent at a moment's reflection. To commit the early years of the lives of children of Methodist homes to influences unsympathetic, even if not openly antagonistic toward the spirit and aims of Meth- odism, is not only presumably hazardous in the extreme, but it is even now in this very city of Bombay, working out its legitimate results in the diverting of bright, promising young people from the membership and work of our church. Not one more year of such wasteful economy should be permitted in that great center.
POONA, TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL. A year of rich blessing here is reported. The number, both of boarders and day pupils has increased, and prospects are good for still further gains. Fin- ances are also improving; the patronage of this school must come largely from the middle classes, but it is this class which gives large promise of results in the matter of supplying mission helpers. A very blessed work of grace has been enjoyed which has wrought real transformation in hearts and lives. This, the missionaries in charge take as the seal of divine approval of the school, and its continuance is their highest aim. If only the school were free from the crushing debt which has long burdened it, the outlook would become more bright.
ANGLO-INDIAN GIRL'S HOME. Mrs. Hutchings gratefully records a year of rich blessing. The work has been well done and
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most of the children passed in their studies. With few exceptions, health has been good and in spiritual things the gifts of the Lord have been beautiful. "With regard to our finances, not one word has failed of His good promise. We are intensely grateful to the Lord and all those friends whose hearts he has touched, for the sympathy and help we have received this year."
MARATHI DISTRICT. CITY, DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Miss Robinson reports four of these, enrolling one hundred and ten. This indicates missionary access to a goodly number of homes where, especially in times of trouble and affliction, the message may the more surely find welcome. The ever recurring hindrance aris- ing from the child-marriage system prevents the long continuance of the girls in the school, and the securing of results in the measure desired; nevertheless the work pays. In her work among the wom- en the missionary finds a field which especially invites personal dealing. It is difficult to get the women to come with regularity to public meetings, but a quiet conversation concerning the good news of salvation usually finds a willing listener. Incident after inci- dent shows the blessed results of the meeting "where two or three are gathered together in the name of the Lord."
EVANGELISTIC WORK. Miss Nicholls reports, "Much of our time is taken up in visiting among a class of people quite bitter against Christianity. An illustration of this will be found in a family which has been visited for some time. The father is a direct descendent of Mohammed, but he and the whole family are con- vinced that Christ, and not Mohammed, is the one through whom salvation is to be obtained. The man has often come to our bunga- low at night to talk of things concerning the truth. One night the entire family came; the day for baptism was arranged, all was ready, but the Mohammedans got word of it, filled the house, threat- ened them with abuse and death if such a step was taken." What courage they need to make the open confession. There is much restlessness upon the part of the people; many are throwing away their idols but as yet fear to confess Christianity. The work among the low caste people is constantly advancing.
THE WOMAN'S FRIEND, Marathi Edition, went down for a time with the bank failure last year, but has happily reappeared. The paper needs the help of new and attractive cuts with which to illustrate articles that without them, fail of making the impression they should make. This little messenger ought to be better out- fitted for attaining its beautiful possibilities.
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TELEGAON. The experiment of last year resulted in the re- moval of the Boarding School from Bombay to this place, and thus far there has been an apparent improvement in the health of the pupils. The large per cent of passes in examinations indicates good work.
The success of the vegetable garden last year led to larger ven- tures in that line this year, as the indications are that the soil is suited to such enterprise. A season of special meetings in April resulted in spiritual quickening in the lives of many of the girls, and on Easter several were oaptized. Some of the pupils are teach- ing in schools for Hindu girls in the town, and others go out at times with the Bible woman to the villages to tell the Gospel story, which finds ready listeners. This is a good drill ground for these young soldiers.
EVANGELISTIC WORK, in Mrs. Fisher's charge has neces- sarily been limited to a small area as there were no appropriations for traveling expenses. The missionary is studying the language, and if she can have means and helpers for work among women and girls, the great Marathi field around Telegaon, now so neglected and desolate, will rejoice and blossom as the rose.
POONA CITY SCHOOLS, and Evangelistic Work. Mrs. Stephens in charge.
The plague and small-pox carried away several of the pupils but the schools were not suspended. Fearful havoc was wrought in the city, yet our workers went on in the midst of it, meeting many sad cases, sometimes finding but one or two left from large families. The district work is increasing, some fifty villages being visited by cart and train. The work is among both Marathi and Hindustani people. The latter keep their women and even their little daughters after bethrothal at as early as eight years of age, in strict seclusion. In the midst of such monotony what an event is the visit of the Bible woman.
The Rice Memorial Dispensary, also in Mrs. Stephen's care is doing good work. The compounder takes drugs to many villages and this helps to open doors to the evangelist. There have been many baptisms and the condition is hopeful.
HINDUSTANI ZENANA WORK. Mrs. Vardon reports: "The word of God has been regularly taught in forty-four homes and the majority of the women take a keen interest, earnestly seeking, information and we feel sure that some have taken Jesus as their Saviour. Our hearts were much encouraged on learning that a worn-
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an whom we had visited ail the year, openly prayed, as she was dying of plague, for the forgiveness of her sins and that she might be taken home for Jesus' sake.
GUJERAT DISTRICT. BARODA. Miss Williams sounds a hap- py, hopeful note in view of present and prospective blessings. Abundant rains have assured a good harvest, and are the occasion of rejoicing. The new buildings are a joy; there is good health and improvement in all lines. Numbers are increased notwithstand- ing the losses that are constantly recurring. Nearly every pupil who has married is a teacher or Bible woman.
Industrial work has made a good beginning; numbers of the girls are learning weaving or some other useful work. This seems a happy family from the prankish little nursery people to their elders, but there are pathetic life-stories both past aud future, for many of these girls. It is a pitiless storm that beats upon girl- life in a heathen land. Numbers of Miss Williams' girh have found in cnrist a personal Saviour.
WOMAN'S EVANGELISTIC TRAINING SCHOOL. This insti- tution now becomes a part of the Florence B. Nicholson School of Theology. Mrs. Fisher says that many of the students remain for the year instead a few months as formerly, and thus have much better opportunities. The new buildings are going up and will soon be occupied; the work will then have two departments, one for ordinary village workers, the other for those further advanced who will remain in school for a period of years. Much is to be hoped from this training school.
EVANGELISTIC WORK. Mrs. Frease and Mrs. Linzell have charge of the work in groups of circuits including many villages. They have more than forty helpers and the work grows beyond expectation. A period of persecution affected the work among the women but the Christians were faithful. Recently, two whole vill- ages came to the pastor asking for a teacher as they all wanted to become Christians. At midnight two of the brethren were met on a lonely road by two persons who, they found were candidates for baptism who had come a long way and were too late for the service. They consented to wait for the ordinance until the next visit. The work is being blessed, yet it is trying and laborious, as witness a trip made by Mrs. Frease, thirty miles over a rough, hard road, with a wet towel to her head, as it was one hundred and five in the shade. Mrs. Linzell speaks of the method of estab- lishing circuit centers to which may come the village Christians
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who are unable to read; the native helper and his wife meet with them read and pray with them. The hearts of the missionaries are filled with praise to note how manifestly the blessing of God rests upon the labors of these lowly, simple-hearted servants of his.
BENGAL CONFERENCE.
Organized 1886.
Reorganized 1893.
Woman's Work Opened 1882.
Official Correspondent, Mrs. Charlotte O'Neal.
MISSIONARIES.
Asanol: — Miriam Forster.
Calcutta: — Elizabeth Maxey, Kate A. Blair, Jennie Moyer, Nian- ette Henkle, Rosa M. Pyne, Susanna Stumpf, Hilma A. Aaronsen, Mrs. L. M. R. Grove.
Darjeeling: — Emma L. Knowles, Bertha Creek.
Pakur: — Pauline Grandstrand, Hilda Swan.
Wives of Missionaries in Charge of Work: — Mrs. F. W. Warne, Mrs. J. Culshaw, Mrs. W. P. Byers, Mrs. Ada Lee, Mrs. J. P. Meik, Mrs. Beals.
ASANSOL. Miss Forster's return was hailed with delight. She has 120 girls in school, increased from twelve six years ago. Last year property was purchased in a fine site on a hill at the outskirts of Asansol and now the Ladies' Home for the workers is built. It is a large, convenient building. Cottages are to be put up for the school girls in order for practical home training. A building for class-rooms including a kindergarten hall is now a necessity. This will cost $3,000. Miss Hodgkins has kindly promised to furnish the desks. Other friends are providing the cottages. Miss Swinnerton has reopened the day school for high-caste girls. Twenty widows are trained and cared for in the Home. Occasionally one of them is married. The Christian community grows, and God's favor is with the workers in sustaining grace.
MAZAFFARPUR. Shortly after the opening of the year Mr. Denning followed his wife to America. Mazaffarpur, in charge of Rev. W. D. Beals and wife. Mrs. Beals is a daughter of Bishop Robinson, and was no novice in work in India and knew almost instinctively just how to lay her hand on the helm and guide sue-
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cessfully the work from which Mrs. Denning had been so suddenly called, by the illness of her child. The work was opening up well when suddenly the plague broke out in the school and one of the most promising girls died with it, and in spite of all precautions, another girl was stricken, but with God's blessing and the faithful nursing of Miss Peters she recovered.
The girls were kept in tents for a month, while the school was thoroughly disinfected and all danger of contagion was past. We will all agree with Mrs. Beals, that Miss Peters is a heroine. Going out last year she has from the beginning faced difficulties that would have discouraged a heart less brave than hers. Left alone by Mrs. Denning's enforced absence, with the country, language and people all new and strange to her and with the nearest Ameri- can missionary 300 miles from her, she has conquered difficulties and won for herself a place among our bravest and best in India.
The school is growing in numbers and fifteen of the girls have organized themselves into a Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Auxiliary.
Mrs. Beals in charge of zenana work has had but one good helper since March, and has not been able to do the work she saw on every hand. The Training School pupils are making fine prog- ress in their studies and some of the more advanced ones are going out in little bands holding Sunday Schools.
DARjEELING. Beautiful for situation and healthful in climate, Darjeeling is a choice location for a Christian school for girls of English as well as Asiatic parentage. The necessity for and import- ance of such a school is clearly proven by the many testimonials that come from the patrons of the school, as to the mental and moral improvement of their daughters. Christian parents especial- ly, prize highly the privilege of having their daughters under the spiritual influence of this Home, and non-Christians give strong testimony as to the improvement in study and aeportment of their children. In the High school department there are five fine looking, noble girls preparing themselves for useful lives. The domestic side of the school work deserves more than a passing mention, with children of ages ranging from 5 to 18 years, many of whom have never learned to do anything for themselves, the task of train- ing them to habits of neatness and helpfulness for themselves and for others is a difficult one, yet our missionaries are patiently and lovingly working wonderful transformations in this important line.
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PAKUR BOARDING SCHOOL. Opened with 80 girls with a prospect of 100 before the year closes. A fine kindergarten de- partment of 50 pupils is cared for by two teachers.
The old tumble down building has been deserted and the chil- dren are comfortable and happy in their new home.
The missionaries Home is so far completed that the first story can be occupied. Mrs. Culshaw is much pleased with Miss Swan and her work.
There are eight Bible women on the Pakur circuit and three at Bolpur. One of these is a Santal, through whom they hope to reach the Santal women. The work is reaching out to the villages about Pakur. Day schools have been established in three villages and Sunday schools in eleven villages. In one of the villages a Santal Methodist Episcopal church has been built, the first of its kind in all India. There has been 70 baptisms during the year. The uplook and outlook of the Pakur work is most inspiring.
Mr. and Mrs. Culshaw are careful and conscientious money- spenders, and tireless and enthusiastic workers. May their tribe increase.
The Tumluk work goes on as usual. Miss Blair and her Bible women have about 50 houses where they visit regularly.
Miss Moyers schools begun in Hindu temples are outgrowing their quarters. Sne will return to America this year and some one must be found to take her place.
CALCUTTA. Mrs. Lee's work is all doing well. Miss Eddy is in charge of the Dennett Training School and is highly commended by her co-laborers. The 150 girls in her school do their own cooking by turns and make their own clothes. The Government has sub- stantially aided this school during the year.
Miss Cooper is training ten women in kindergarten methods and Miss Bannerjee, B. A., has 68 little kindergartners in her school, 32 of whom are Hindus.
Miss Maxey has returned to Calcutta and will take charge of the Deaconess Home, which has been efficiently presided over by Miss Pritchard. Miss Stumpf lives in the Home and has charge of the Orphanage. She has been seriously handicapped in her work through lack of funds and has reduced the number of orphans to 23, and even yet is embarrassed for lack of funds to support the girls.
The Bengal Finance Committee discussed the closing of the Or- phanage. They found that arrangements could be made for 20 of
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them in other Protestant free schools and the remaining three could be transferred to the Calcutta Girls' School. Miss Stumpf's Hindu- stani work has been interfered with by the plague, yet has held its own despite of obstacles.
The CALCUTTA GIRLS' SCHOOL. Miss Henkle in charge, opened with 107 boarders. For lack of room the little boys are being sent to other schools. Provision for a better housing of this school is an imperative need. The Government inspector says, "the present Kindergarten building is not a fit place for the education of 60 or 70 children" and that "the Boarding School dormitories are over-crowded" and unless we soon furnish increased accommoda- tions he threatens to close the school. As this school is an im- portant feeder to our work, in providing mission workers, we can- not afford to have it closed.
KIDDERPORE. An intensely interesting report comes from Mrs. Shaw, in reference to Kidderpore work. The wide-open doors, the eager inquiries about the way of salvation, the new openings on every hand make this a place of great promise and we can well understand how Mrs. Shaw would be grieved exceedingly to see the work closed by her removal to another place by the Conference. She writes: "I cannot tell you how I have been impressed with the hunger and soul-need of these poor women who sit in darkness."
Her detailed reports of the work of new Bible Women, and her Dock work, where men and women attend together the open air exangelistic services give one glimpse of the mighty need in Kid- derpore. These Dock laborers come in from the Central Provinces and remain for a year or two and then return to their homes with their earnings.
BURMA MISSION CONFERENCE.
Organized 1901. Official Correspondent, Mrs. Charlotte O'Neal.
MISSIONARIES.
Rangoon: — Josephine Stahl, Carrie Foster, Luella Rigby, Grace Stockwell, Lotta M. Whittaker.
Thandaung: — Fannie A. Perkins, Charlotte J. Illingworth.
RANGOON. The Girls' School opened with a considerable de- crease in attendance, but with a marked increase of spiritual life. The decrease in numbers was the result of removals of families
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from the city. The evangelistic spirit that prevailed was the result of believing prayer. The girls are developing in Christian character in a most encouraging way, nearly all of them lead in prayer or testimony at their League meetings.
Early in the year, Bishop Robinson held a service in the school and sereval of the younger children, were converted. One of the teachers who had been a Catholic was converted at this meeting to the great joy of our missionaries.
Plague broke out in Rangoon later in the year and prevented the filling up of the school that the teachers had hoped for. People were afraid to send their children into Rangoon, because of it, and the day school being in a part of the city where plague was most rife, and lost a number of pupils also. This desease in num- bers effects the income of the schools and some necessary repairs has increased the expenses somewhat. We should cheerfully meet this deficiency, for, in a careful administration of funds, no one can excel our beloved Miss Stahl.
Miss Foster writes most hopefully of the Girls' School and men- tions personally several of the older girls who are developing into bright, helpful women.
Miss Whittaker has fitted into her place so easily and naturally that she seems already like a veteran.
Miss Rigby gives an interesting account of the conversion of a Chin. The Chins are a hhl race, who have so long been subjugated by the Bumans, that they meekly say, "I am not a Burman, I am only a Chin." They are not Buddhists but sacrifice animals to ap- pease evil spirits. The Chin convert named above, is the head-man of a village 100 miles from Rangoon. A native preacher visited him and taught him the way of salvation through Jesus Christ. When he decided to be baptized he and his wife went down to Rangoon and spent three days searching for our missionaries. They were eager to learn and were radiantly happy when at last they were baptized, but insisted on returning home to teach his people and said, "We will shut out evil-doers and study the Bible and keep the Sabbath, and by and by we shall be a Christian community." His name is My Toung, which means Mr. Basket. May he indeed be a basket to carry the Bread of i_afe to his people.
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MALAYSIA CONFERENCE.
Organized as a Mission in 1887.
As a Mission Conference in 1893.
Reorganized as a Conference in 1904.
Official Correspondent, Mrs. I. W. Joyce.
MISSIONARIES.
Singapore: — Sophia Blackmore, Mary D. Lily, R. Luella Ander- son, Miss Harding, assistant.
Penang: — Clara Martin, Mary A. Olson.
Kuala Lumpur: — Edith Hemingway.
Taipeng: — Ethel Jackson, Evelyn Toll.
Wives of Missionaries in Charge of Work: — Mrs. B. F. West, Mrs. G. F. Pykett, Mrs. S. A. Buchanan, Mrs. W. P. Rutledge.
MALAYSIA MISSION, is in mourning today. Mrs. Mary C. Nind, its founder, royal patron and steadfast friend is here no more. Full well we know the story — how Bishop Harris returning from a tour of the world reported Singapore as the wickedest place hu had seen and how earnest pleas came from Dr. Oldham, who had just entered that field, for help. The plea was laid before the Executive Com- mittee in session at Evanston in 1885, but the Committee were obliged to report that pressing as was the need they could not incur the added expense. 'Twas then that the sublime faith of Mrs. Nind proved equal to the emergency and she offered to become responsible for the undertaking, pledging and subsequently paying $3,000 through the Minneapolis Branch for this Mission. But the money that Mrs. Nind gave represented the smallest part of the work for that mission. How later in answer to prayer, Sophia Blackmore was sent from Australia to lay its foundations and develop its work. From the hour she took it on her heart, she never ceased to labor and pray and plan for its establishment and its prosecution and its success. When ten years later she was permitted to visit the mis- sion and see some of the fruit of the vine she had planted, her joy was so great as to banish sleep and she spent a night in praise and thanksgiving. That her interest never ceased is evident from the fact that the last appeal she made in the Friend which reached its readers after she was in heaven, was for help to send another missionary to Malaysia.
Among the last letters received from Malaysia was one from
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Miss Anderson setting forth the needs of Ipoh. She concluded by saying, "Tell Mrs. Nind they are waiting for her to send some one to Ipoh."
Malaysia mission was founded by Bishop Thoburn with W. F. Oldham, now one of the Bishops of India, as the first missionary. In 1887, Miss Sophia Blackmore was appointed the first representa- tive of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and is now the senior missionary in point of service. Our commodious Mary C. Nind Deaconess Home, on a beautiful hill, houses four missionaries and fifty girls, the youngest of whom is a baby. An addition to the home is greatly needed, a place especially for the sick, who ought to be provided for both for the comfort and convenience of the children as well as the missionaries. As it now is when any are sick they have to be cared for in the already over crowded rooms of the missionaries. One thousand dollars will complete the needed improvements and be of untold blessing to the work and workers. Will not some of the Lord's stewards to whom much has been given, heed this call for this imperative need? Miss Lily has had a most successful year with the Methodist Girls' School. There are 150 enrolled with a daily attendance of about 130.. There art, ten tear.hers and assistants. Two of the girls have been transferred to Penang and are teaching in Miss Olson's school.
There are difficulties in the way of securing good teachers for this school which are very discouraging. A Normal Training School is almost a necessity, either one for the mission schools, or all should be required to take some training in the Government Schools — and that means an advance in salaries and an increase in ap- propriations.
THE BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL is under the care of Mrs. B. F. West and progress has been made, notwithstanding the difficulties in the way. The women who come use three different dialects, so that Mrs. West really has to know all three dialects in order to train these women for service. This is a very important branch of the work and greatly needed.
Mrs. Oldham writes: "Miss Salome Fox, a girl who was con- verted in the early days, has for many years done house to house visitation amongst the Malay-speaking Chinese women. Christina, one of the girls from the Deaconess Home, is beginning to help in this work, but what are two workers amongst so many needy women! I spent a day with Miss Fox, and as we went from house
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to house my heart was greatly stirred, we were so warmly welcomed and kindly received. These are women of means, and consequently of leisure, and often the ones who keep the brothers, sons and husbands from deciding for Christ, yet the precious seed God has given us to sow finds lodgement in the heart, and Miss Fox is summoned to death-beds where she has again and again helped to mako reconciliation between these souls and the Saviour, and heard glad testimony. In some of these homes schools are being held for the little people in the neighborhood. Would that there were a dozen more like Miss Fox in the city of Singapore."
THE TELOK-AYER GIRLS' SCHOOL has been rapidly advanc- ing under Miss Anderson's wise and careful leadership. There are five teachers. One, Miss Pauline Yezelman, has been with us from the beginning. She has proved a very reliable woman. We owe the teachers a debt of gratitude who have continued with us so many years on low salaries, especially Misses Pauline and Florence Yezelman.
Miss ^nderson will come home in March having given six years to this work in Malaysia. A new missionary is needed at once for this very important and vital work among the Chinese. There is an urgent need that one should go this fall. Miss Anderson pleads for a missionary and a building to house the Telok-Ayer work, then adds, "poor Ipoh." How much they need a deaconess there. A home has been built and awaits the coming of a worker.
Mrs. Rutledge at Ipoh is teaching 120 children with only one assistant, has four boarders and looking after the interests of her own home. This is too much for any woman to do in such a trying climate. Surely some one must go to this needy place, also.
KUALA LUMPUR SCHOOL has had an increase over last year of grant-in-aid of $300 which speaks well for the faithful work done by Mrs. Meek, who has worked untiringly for the native people. Her heart was gladened by the kind words and beautiful gifts given her by the native people, showing their appreciation of the work done for them. Mrs. Meek is now at home and Miss Heming- way has most enthusiastically taken up this work. She has started a Boarding School and asks for the needed outfit for this new enterprise.
MALACCA. Mrs. Shellebear has been doing house to house visitation, holds open air schools besides other forms of mission work. She has been most fortunate in securing Miss Pugh who has been employed by the Bible Society, but is now desiring to take up
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direct missionary work. "She has been in Malacca four years, is acclimated, has made a thorough study of the Malay language and is a capable consecrated woman. God gives her access to Malay homes and hearts." She is a missionary on the field, ready for work. Who will adopt her? The only expense will be $450 per year for her support. The field is very inviting and they are pleading for a worker.
PENANG. Miss Martin has been itinerating in company with Miss Jackson. They found some very interesting material for future development. Miss Martin is beginning to feel at home in the Chin- ese language. Miss Olson is becoming proficient in Malay and has charge of the day school. There are 24 boarders in the home. The work is growing and a third missionary will soon be needed in Penang. The Alexander Home is doing excellent work in caring for homeless women and orphan children. Mrs. Pykett is an untiring worker and is a true mother in Israel.
THE SANITARIUM is proving a wonderful blessing to the tired missionary. Miss Blackmore says it will add two years more to each missionary's term of service. Miss Olson says she feels like a new missionary since her return from the hills.
TA1PENG. Miss Jackson and Miss Toll are making a good rec- ord of advancement. Miss Jackson working in the Cninese dialect with a good Bible woman and Miss Toll has the school work which is "growing and bids fair to be a Christian center for disseminating Gospel truth." This is where Mrs. Curtis did such heroic work, and laid the good foundations on which Miss Jackson and Miss Toll are building. Taipeng is the place where once a year all the mission- aries go, for from there our sanitarium "Epworth Heights" is reached. Miss Jackson must receive the parties, house them ior a day or more, and make all arrangements for the hill-climbing. She has rare executive ability and is not only equal to the task but seems to enjoy it. She is studying Chinese and does evangelis- tic work. Miss Toll has the school, and has taken Tamil for her vernacular: it is a very difficult language, and if she masters it she will occupy an unique place, for Mrs. Pykett is the only one who speaks Tamil. The Tamils are coming over in large numbers, and many of them are Christians, representing all the denominations of Southern India. We must provide religious instruction for them."
BORNEO. Mrs. Hoover writes: "Our Bible woman has visited three settlements on the Rejang River, Sarawak, Borneo, twenty- one times. She has done a lot of visiting among the women at
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Ka Pho. She has held thirty-five prayer meetings, thirteen in the homes of the people. Fifty-three women were taught by her during the year. Sixty-three children were taught to read"
The imperative needs of Malaysia are, first, a missionary im- mediately to take Miss Anderson's place at Kuala Lumpur. We urgently ask that someone be sent soon. We cannot afford to drop this very important work, and Miss Anderson cannot remain longer.
Secondly, a deaconess at Ipoh. We hope Dr. Leuring may be able to find the right one while he is on furlough.
Thiraly, a missionary for Malacca. Miss Pugh is there and is being supported by the missionaries. We ought to assume aer sup- port.
Fourthly, an addition to the Deaconess Home.
May the Lord hear our petitions and grant our requests.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MISSION.
Organized as a Mission in 1904. Official Correspondent, Mrs. C. W. Joyce.
MISSIONARIES.
Manila: — *Miss Winnifred Spaulding, Miss Lizzie Parks, Miss Louise M. Decker, Miss Margaret M. Crabtree.
Wives of Missionaries Who Assist in Woman's Work: Mrs. Homer C. Stuntz, Mrs. M. A. Rader, Mrs. Ernest S. Lyons, Mrs. Klinefelter, Mrs. Cheneweth.
* Home on Leave.
The cheering news of the growth of Protestantism in the Philippines is most helpful and encouraging. The work is hindered only by lack of workers. No other mission field has made the rapid advance, as has the work in this Island Empire during the past four years. Every avenue leading to light, knowledge and helpfulness is crowded with earnest seekers after truth. The churches are packed with devout worshippers, the Sunday Schools filled with children eager to be taught the way of life. Our Woman's Training School is packed with bright earnest young women anxious for the knowledge that will prepare them for useful, helpful lives.
MISS SPAULDING of the Topeka Branch, was compelled to return home on account of ill health and is slowly gaining in strength in the home land While awakening interest and arousing enthusiasm among our people as to the needs of the work in the
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Philippines. We pray that she may soon regain her usual health. Miss Lizzie Parks, who is supported by the Pacific Branch, took charge of the Training School and has most successfully carried on the work. The school year opened in May with eighteen girls in the Classes. The wives of the missionaries are rendering most efficient aid in teaching a number of classes daily. The Deaconess Home is too small to carry on this important training school. A Deaconess Training School building is a necessity. Mr. Harris of Chicago has generously offered to contribute $5,000 toward such a building, if the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will contribute a similar sum. The amount has been pledged and we hope the "Harris Memorial Deaconess Training School" will soon become a factor for good in training native teachers for the great harvest fields.
The Minneapolis Branch was fortunate in securing Miss Mar- guerite M. Decker of Los Angeles, Cal., a trained nurse and Deac- oness for the Principal of the Training School in Manila. Miss Decker is exceptionally well prepared for this very important work. Miss Decker sailed for Manila, May 27th and arrived July 5th and was accorded a royal welcome.
Miss Decker writes most enthusiastically of the outlook and its promise for future development. She says, "I am glad you sent me to Manila. I've never been so enthused over anything in all my past experience, as over this work. And it looks so hopeful. These dear people! I love them already as I have never loved my work before, (and I thought I had always given to my work all that I possessed) but this is different. I am so glad to be here."
A friend of Dr. Stuntz, as well as a friend of humanity, has recently offered $9,000, gold, to open up Medical work among the women and children in Manila. He does not want any of this fund used for buildings. Dr. Stuntz very kindly turned over this fund to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and congratulates the society in sending such a capable trained nurse as Miss Decker so that she can begin the work at once. The work will be commenced on a small scale and as it is developed and nurses are trained, a Hospital building may be needed.
Miss Crabtree of the Cincinnati Branch will go to assist Miss Decker in the training school this fall, but another trained nurse is needed for this new department of helpfulness and blessing to the poor of Manila.
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At Dagupan in the north a most urgent plea is made for a training school for native women and girls. Everything is in readi- ness for opening up the work. Mrs. Farmer, wife of one of the missionaries begs us to send a Deaconess at once. Who will respond to this appeal?
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CHINA.
NORTH CHINA CONFERENCE.
Woman's Work Organized in 1871.
Conference Organized in 1893.
Official Correspondent, Mary E. Holt.
MISSIONARIES. Peking: — Mrs. Charlotte M. Jewell, Gertrude Gilman, Effie G. Young, L. Maude Wheeler, Anne D. Gloss, M. D.
Tientsin: — *Lizzie E. Martin, M. I. Stevenson, M. D., Prances O. Wilson, *Emma E. Martin, M. D., Lottie McHose. Ch'ang Li:— Ella E. Glover, Edna G. Terry, M. D. Shan Tung: — Anna E. Steere, Rachel R. Benn, M. D., Sue L. Koons, M. D.
* Home on leave.
PEKING. The two schools of Peking and Ch'ang Li are still combined in the new building in this city. From Mrs. Jewell's report we quote the following: "School closed a month after con- ference. A class of eight girls was graduated. Shortly after the close of school one of them was married to a young Methodist preacher two returned to the school as teachers, and the other five have been teaching in women's and children's schools in differ- ent parts of the Conference. At their graduation we ventured upon unwonted publicity for Chinese girls in that we held the exercises in the church and invited native women rather promiscuously and men with some discretion. The girls came upon the platform with composed dignity and gave their essays without any indication of flight or faint. It was a glimpse of a current of progress that is setting forward here and which will have much to do with the re- making of China. The Chinese are waking up to the fact that to have a strong nation, there must be strong women and that crippled mothers cannot produce a nation of strong men. The President of the Board of Revenue came to visit our school. He was evidently interested in all that he saw, but what called forth an exclamation of the heartiest approval was the fact that every one of the girls had natural feet. Many inquiries regarding the school and its course of study are made by well-to-do people, who are looking towards a broader life for their women.
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Fourteen girls without homes remained at the school through the summer. They enjoyed the school basement which is probably one of the coolest places in Peking during the summer and is never cold in winter.
When school re-opened Sept. 20th, and the long line of girls came filing in from the train just at dark, we breathed a little prayer of thanksgiving that everything was in order. The girls who had remained during the summer had everything prepared in the dormitory and dining-room for a cordial welcome. For various reasons fifty-one of the former pupils did not return, but enough new girls have entered to make the total enrollment for the year one hundred and ninety-one.
There seems to be a difference of opinion in the Conference as to the feasibility of introducing the study of English throughout the school. This year the experiment has been tried of allowing any girl who had reached the High School Grade to study English if she wished to do so and would furnish her own text-books. Be- low this grade any girl could take English by paying a moderate price for it. The result is thirteen out of forty-seven in the High School are studying English and they are doing good work. One man, an educated Christian, has contributed more to the school this year than his daughter's full board and tuition and three other pupils who are from the official class have paid full board and tuition. It was thought by some that the question of class distinction would be an effectual barrier against bringing this class of girls into a school of just "common folks," but it has proved no barrier at all. The culture of these common girls quite commands the re- spect of others. Of these three girls one proved unworthy and was dismissed, while the other two are lovely girls much liked by all.
More has been done for self-support in the school than ever before. The native teachers who, with one exception, are graduates of the school are doing faithful work. One of them regularly gives back to the school a tithe of her salary. Under Miss Wheeler's capable instruction nineteen girls are making satisfactory progress in organ practice.
The Christmas boxes were a great help at the Christmas cele- bration, which as a Christmas tree proved as enjoyable to the little Chinese children as to those in our own land."
A year ago Miss Gilman enlisted a band of forty Standard
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i Bearers. Monthly meetings are held and mission study is pursued in which the girls are much interested. During the recent Con- ference at the anniversary of the auxiliaries of the Woman's For- eign Missionary Society there was much enthusiasm over the col- lection. The auxiliary has given a good sum and the Standard Bearers $46.
Nine little girls have united with the church this year.
Mrs. Jewell, at the close of her report, laments the existence of debt on the school-building. We earnestly hope that, during the coming year, this debt may be cancelled through the gifts of our Young People to whom this is assigned for their Thank- Offering.
"The new Sleeper Davis Memorial Hospital," Dr. Gloss writes, "is a beautiful building and will be quite finished this fall. Dr. Hopkins has worked hard on it and our Society owes him a great debt of gratitude."
The plan of the new hospital differs from the old one in having foreign instead of native wards. This change is made because, with the hot water heating plant, the whole building can be heated with one fire. There are rooms for two physicians. At present the new Training School is used for wards and the Dispensary for isolation wards. Dr. Gloss reports the Dispensary practice as somewhat smaller than formerly but more difficult. There are some free Chinese Dispensaries, one German and one run by the English army, which do not charge any gate fee as we do and therefore draw off some, especially the easy cases. The clinic has been very interesting. Some have come from the upper middle class, have paid for their medicines and taken an interest in the girls' school. From such families through this channel no doubt children will come into the girls' school. There seems to be a disposition on the part of some of the well-to-do Christians to help in the support of the hospital.
Dr. Headland has made many calls among the very highest class of Chinese who send for her socially as well as professionally
A union Medical school for women in Peking is proposed, the equipment to be furnished by our mission. Four students are wait- ing to enter such a school, three of whom are Methodists from our own school. As this school cannot be organized this year, a course for nurses will be arranged and the girls put to work in the hospital. Mrs. Phoebe Li is still the Bible-woman, teaching
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and preaching in the Dispensary which, practically, is a street chapel.
Dispensary treatments 6,420
House patients 86
Outcalls 638
Fees $290.00
TIENTSIN. In the Training School there has been this year twenty-one women from eighteen to sixty years of age. The women studied hard. The revival services held by Drs. Pyke and Hobart, did much towards deepening the spiritual life of these women. In the industrial work the women have shown a very pleasing spirit, both toward the work and in their relations to each other. Fol- lowing the week of prayer there was a gracious revival among the churches in Tientsin and a number of our women were con- verted. Dr. Martin reports for the medical work an increase in the number of ward and dispensary patients in the Isabella Fisher Hospital. At the new dispensary at West City the clinics have grown in numbers, the attendance being from fifty to one hundred. Many have heard the Gospel. Each patient receives a ticket with a number -on which is printed, "Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest."
Hospital and West City Dispensary treatments 5,936
Ward patients 185
Country and home treatments 1,589
Fees received in United States gold $205 . 00
It is proposed to establish in Tientsin an Anglo-Chinese school. The Chinese officials and men of wealth are demanding western education for their girls and the opening of such a school will be a fine opportunity to reach the Chinese upper classes with the Gospel.
Bishop Bashford has transferred Miss McHose, whose health demanded a change, from Foochow to take charge of this new work.
CH'ANG LI. Miss Glover reports thirty-six women in the Training Scohol. The Industrial work has been faithfully carried on through the year by Mrs. Davis. No one has yet finished the course of study. There are many interesting things to be told of these lives so common-place and yet so full of pathos. It seems to be an understood thing among the most of the candidates for the Training School that they are to unbind their feet, and so several
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had on the Christian shoes when they came while others went to work very soon to make theirs.
A few of the women have been too stupid to learn any Chinese characters, but we believe that even the most stupid of them have learned some lessons of the Great Teacher. Five of the women joined the church on probation, and seven were baptized and re- ceived into full membership. Mrs. Glover has made short trips on the District visiting twelve villages in two weeks. One of the most notable events of the year was the holding of a ten days' meeting for the women of Ch'ang Li. Three meetings were held each day. Mrs. Jewell conducted a class in Bible study each morn- ing. Towards evening a prayer-meeting was held and the last one held on the hillside was a very precious one.
Not a little work has been done by the wives of pastors and presiding elders. The native women on two districts have con- tributed $25 (gold) to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. Dr. Terry made one country trip in the autumn and later two other short ones, making the total number of places visited twenty- three.
The trip taking two large towns north of Ch'ang Li and the outlying villages was full of encouragement, showing the pos- sibilities for work in that region. Nowhere are found more intelli- gent women than in those villages among the hills.
The hospital and dispensary records show an increase over last year. Dr. Terry makes a strong appeal for a helper so that she may be free for medical work and visitation in the country.
T'AI AN. Miss Steere writes: —
"With two teachers and forty-one pupils I have been able to carry out a plan I had for the school, viz., not to fill my time with regular classes, but to leave myself free to visit the classes at any time.
This has been our best year. — The first class to go to the Peking High School is ready. There are only three girls in the class, but they are all old lady Wang's grand-daughters. They have done good work, passed creditable examinations and they are good Chris- tian girls. The teachers are good. Seven pupils have joined the church on probation and Junior Leagues have been organized, and much interest shown in the weekly prayer meeting. In four years we have grown from fifteen to forty-one pupils with a prospect of a larger number next year. The prospects for the Training School
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were not good at first, but during the year nine women came. Old Mrs. Chao of the wonderful head dress granted by imperial per- mission for a long life of widowhood and her daughter-in-law were even more enthusiastic than last year, and it was an eventful Sun- day, when the former was baptized and received into full connection in the church at her own request.
THE LETTIE MASON QUINE DAY SCHOOL has grown con- siderably. The teacher is a daughter of old lady "Wang."
Dr. Benn rejoices in the coming of a colleague, Dr. Koons, and the new Priscilla Bennett Hospital, which is rapidly approaching completion. Dr. Benn writes: "Many pilgrims have stopped by our gate to listen to Mang Lao T'ai T'ai, or have gone in to drink tea with her and listen to her messages of love. Many of them have also come to us for treatment. Two priests from the Great Temple and one priest from the Temple of punishments, have been among our patients. There have been many hopeless cases and among them a number of lepers. The evangelistic results of medi- cal work cannot be tabulated."
Dispensary prescriptions 2,513
House patients 28
Outcalls 43
Fees received in United States gold $44.13
From Grandma Wang's report we quote: "When the Doctor came back I went with her into the country, visiting all our Shantung stations, the doctor curing the sick and I preaching the Gospel. I am now eighty-two years old. The Lord's great mercy and favor are still shown, in that I am still able to read His word, and serve Him as a Bible-woman."
WEST CHINA CONFERENCE.
Woman's Work Commenced 1882.
Discontinued 1885, Re-opened 1894.
Official Correspondent — Mrs. Frank P. Crandon.
Missionaries: — Miss Clara Collier, Miss Helen Galloway, *Miss Ella Manning, Miss Dorothy Jones, Agnes Edmonds, M. D.
En Route: — Miss Mary A. Simester, Miss Annie M. Wells, Miss Mary Ketring, M. D., Miss Helen A. Witte, Miss Frances Hitchcock.
* Home on leave.
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Wives of Missionaries: — Mrs. M. M. Canright, Mrs. P. B. Manly, Mrs. M. J. Curnow.
CHUNG KING. The present situation of our missionary in- terests in West China has been so clearly set forth by Bishop Bash- ford in his official letter to the Secretaries, that I have adopted some portions of that letter as affording the best possible statement of what is being done and what is needed to be done in that locality. He says:
"By agreement with the other missionary societies in West China, we have been given for our field from twelve to eighteen thousand square miles of the Szchuan Province. Our territory which extends from Chunghing to fifty miles beyond Chentu, embraces the Chentu plain and is by far the richest territory in the Province. Consequently with less than one-tenth of the territory, we have fully one-third of the population, or from twenty to twenty-five million people. We have now fewer missionaries in the Province than any one of three or four other societies, but on account of our superior location, secured because we entered the field at an early date, we have more Chinese workers than all the other Protestant missions combined. These others societies naturally covet our terri- tory, and will speedily press in upon us, unless we can re-inforce our workers. It would be wicked for us to play the part of the dog in the manger, and refuse to allow other societies to enter the field, unless we are ourselves prepared to take care of the millions entrusted to our keeping.
"Mrs. Bashford and I traveled between five hundred and a thousand miles by chair and boat in the Szchuan Province. I passed through cities of thirty or forty thousand inhabitants, where men told me that they had never heard the "Jesus doctrine" before, and begged us to send some one to teach them the way more perfectly. Our West China Mission increased its membership in 1904, forty per cent. You will be surprised to know that ninety per cent of our members are men and only ten per cent are women and children. You will also be surprised to know that while prob- ably only ten to twenty per cent of the men in China can read and .write, yet ninety per cent of the men applying for membership in the church, could both read and write, and we have insisted that the other ten per cent shall learn to read the New Testament before they are received into full membership. I found the various
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chapels where I preached, full of men, with from two or three, up to eight or ten women in an inner court. I often asked where the wives and children were, and told them that they could have no true church unless their wives and children were converted and brought into Christian fellowship. They answered that their wives had unbound their feet, but that they had no one to teach them the "Jesus doctrine." Often the men seemed very eager that some one should be sent to teach the wives and children; but with from two to ten families often living together, and with the older people in complete control of such families, it is almost impossible for the men to establish family prayers, or to teach their wives and children at home."
Miss Manning, one of the missionaries assigned to duty in West China is now at home on furlough. While she was in China, her time was chiefly occupied in superintending and carrying on the "Woman's Training School." When it became necessary for Miss Manning to return to America, the Woman's Training School had to be closed as there was no one in the mission station who could take up and care for the work.
An additional missionary has been appointed and is now en route for the station, but as she has as yet, no familiarity with the Chinese language, she will not for the present be available for this particular service. While this situation in regard to the training school is much to be regretted, we get some satisfaction out of the fact that when Miss Manning can return to her work, she will not be single-handed, and in the future, if one of the workers is compelled to be absent, the operations of the school will not necessarily be entirely suspended. This is an arrangement greatly to be desired.
Our congratulations have been duly extended to Miss Decker, whose marriage was celebrated last November.
Mingled with those congratulations were many twinges of re- grot, that one of the results of this otherwise auspicious event, was (be transfer of Miss Decker from Chung King to Chentu.
Miss Jones has succeeded to the work which had been conducted by Miss Miss Decker and she has now the entire charge of the school.
Owing to the crowded condition of the compound in Chung King, the location became unsanitary and a number of the students in the boarding school suffered from illness in various forms. The
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( situation became so serious that it was at last decided to abandon
the compound entirely and remove the school to the country.
The "Friend's Mission" had a property located about two miles up the liver from our station, on which they had built a house that v.as at the time referred to, unoccupied. This house and grounds were rented and Miss Jones decided to sacrifice her own home and the companionship of her associates for the welfare of her wards. The school was removed to the new site by the river side and though it is a somewhat lonely place and perhaps not so safe as we could wish, the change has proven to be beneficial to most of the students. The removal was not however, made quite soon enough. Two of the students died from illness which seemed to have been occasioned by the unsanitary condition of the building in which the school was first conducted.
At present there are thirty-eight girls in the school, of whom Miss Jones writes as follows: "It would be difficult to find a more helpful and lovable band of little helpers anywhere than we have here. Though many doors of opportunity have been closed to us, because of our inability to speak the language fluently, the door of prayer has always been ajar, and we have had a most blessed year, because of God's gracious presence. In every extremity the Lord has brought us deliverance. He has strengthened our hands, He has healed our illnesses, He has given us the spirit of helpfulness, and He has enabled us to realize, that they who trust in Him, are like "Mount Zion which cannot be moved."
It is very evident that a new property must be secured if we are to continue our school at Chung King. Neither the present house nor the grounds are adequate for its present accommodation. The play ground is a space whose dimensions are only ten by thirty feet.
No recent report has been received from Dr. Edmonds. That fact is doubtless attributed to the severe and dangerous illness from which she suffered. In a report sent at an earlier date in the year, she writes as follows:
"In the spiritual progress of our work there has been much to encourage us. The patients who have been able to receive it, have carried on a regular Bible study under the direction of our hospital Bible woman. She has given her afternoons to the patients in the hospital, and her mornings to those who come to the clinic, teach- ing them as they awaited their turn to go into the consulting room.
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It is absolutely impossible to judge intelligently as to how much of the truth is appreciated or accepted by these clinic patients, for they are constantly changing. But we are not without the evidence of some fruit from these labors. "We have had the joy of seeing some darkened souls come into the light and liberty of the Gospel of Peace. We have seen the idols cast away and Christ given the supreme place in the household, through the influence of hospital teaching. Whi'e we would gladly witness a much greater response to our instruction, we have an abundant assurance that "our labors are not in vain in the Lord."
CHENTU The woman's work in Chentu still continues to be cared for by Mrs. Canright. About thirty girls have been crowded into tbe small room which is used for a day school. The children are industrious, intelligent and happy. They are very fond of the hymns which they have been taught, and passers-by often stop to stare alter the crowd of little girls coming out of the gate on to the busy street, still singing — "I am so glad that our Father in Heaven;" "Jesus Loves Me" and other hymns.
A new hospital in Chentu will soon be opened by Dr. Canright. In this institution there will be a woman's ward, which Dr. Canright is very anxious that we shall equip.
During the last four years, the progress of our work in Sui-ling, both in regard to the intellectual development and as to the spirit- ual life and character of the women to whom we minister, has been most satisfactory and full of encouragement. Mrs. Curnow and our Bible women have held weekly meetings with the native women.
The dedication of the church at Sui-ling took place at the time of a great festival, when crowds of pilgrims come to the city to burn incense at the shrine of the goddess of Mercy. Mrs. Curnow took advantage of this opportunity to hold special services in the church for ten days. During* this time thousands of women heard the Gospel story for the first time, and our own people were blessed and strengthened in their religious faith and practice.
Mrs. Manly writes from Tozcheo — "The year was begun with a text — There is no restraint with the Lord to work by many or by few." This was at once our inspiration and our support. It gave to all of us, courage to go forward and attempt much for God among the women of these districts, even if our force of workers consisted of only one foreign woman missionary and one Bible woman, and the field comprises six cities and many villages. Tozcheo being the
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place of residence of Mrs. Manly has naturally received the greater amount of attention, and hence here have developed the most satis- factory results. The women who have attended our services have increased in numbers and in knowledge and in faith. They have been regular attendants at the Sabbath services and the weekly class meeting, which has increased one hundred per cent during the last year.
"The Bible woman has been self-sacrificing in her devotion to the work assigned to her, and incessant in seeking after those who show any interest in their salvation. She is an efficient laborer with me in the Gospel."
The great progress of the anti-foot binding movement is worthy of note. It is not uncommon to see little girls from all grades of society with natural feet, while a large number of women have discarded the bandage and adopted such shoes and stockings as are used in civilized countries.
The appeals for re-inforcement in this great and promising field have been earnest, important and pitiful. Miss Galloway wrote during the summer:
"What would I not give if I had the power to transport some of our sisters at home into our midst, to show them these broad fields, white already to the harvest, the grain falling to the ground and spoiling for lack of hands to gather it. After one look, they would go home with hearts so full that they would cry out from the housetops — send more laborers to West China.
No demand is more urgent or more reasonable, or offers greater opportunities than those which come from West China. More women misionaries for West China is echoed and re-echoed in every report which comes from our own representatives, from the superin- tending Bishop, from the native workers, and from all who under- stand the situation. What shall be the response? We have done something — not much — but yet something to supply that work, and, today Hie missionaries who have been holding the fort almost alone, and whose hopes have been disappointed, and whose eyes have grown weary looking for help which they needed so much, but which came not are now rejoicing and happy because five additional missionaries who have been assigned to the West China field, are entering upon the long journey up the Yangtse River, and are com- ing to their relief and support. May a gracious Providence have that little band in His keeping, guard them against every danger,
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give to them journeying mercies, and bring them safely to their journey's end.
Five missionaries is not a large contribution to a situation where the demand is literally for hundreds of workers, but it is at least a step in the right direction, and it is hoped that it may be followed by many successive steps of the same sort.
In regard to West China, right earnestly would we emphasize the exhortation — "Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, th*».c He will send more laborers into the harvest."
CENTRAL CHINA CONFERENCE.
Woman's work organized in Kiu Kiang 1874, in Chinkiang 1884, in Nanking 1887, in Wuhu 1897, in Nanchang 1903.
Official Correspondent, Mrs. J. M. Cornell.
MISSIONARIES.
Chinkiang: — *Lucy H. Hoag, M. D., Mary C. Robinson, *Laura M. White, Gertrude Taft, M. D., Grace A. Crooks.
Nanking: — Ella C. Shaw, Sarah Peters, Edith M. Crane, Alice Peters.
Wuhu: — Emma E. Mitchell.
Kiukiang: — Clara E. Merrill, Mary Stone, M. D., Anna Stone, *Carrie J. Dreibelbies, Thirza M. Pierce, La Dona Deavitt.
Nanchang: — Gertrude Howe, Ida Kahn, M. D., Kate L. Ogborn, Alta Newby, Jennie V. Hughes.
* Home on leave.
CHINKIANG. Miss Robinson writes, "We are all working towards self-support but at best it will be only a nominal affair until the country is more settled and sentiment more in favor of tbe education of girls. We have seen some dark days with our big family, but the mercies have been far greater than the afflictions." The school has been under our jurisdiction for 21 years. Its popu- larity makes imperative the call for larger quarters. Some ad- joining property has been bought and needs to be walled in to prove ownership."
Dr. Taft writes how desperately a new hospital and dispensary
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are needed in Chinkiang. The operating room is less than nine feet wide and the small wards so full of beds that the air at night becomes very close and unhealthy. Negotiations are being made for a piece of property adjoining the hospital which they earnestly hope they will be able to buy when they can secure it.
The need for trained nurses is also very great. The two now there, Miss Chang and Miss Liu, are women who have to be in- cessantly watched. Dr. Hoag who has been in service 32 years re- turned this spring for a vacation. It was nine years since she had been home and she greatly needed the change and rest. The fact that there has been an increase of 88 in-patients over last year is an encouraging one in itself and the total increase of visits to the hospital is 1287.
The evangelistic work is most closely connected with the medi- cal work and Miss Hu, the Bible woman has sole responsibility.
Prayer service starts each morning and from 10 to 3 every day Miss Hu preaches in the dispensary. She also prays and visits with the in-patients in the afternoons and has charge of the evan- gelistic meetings for women and children in the street chapel.
NANKING. The cry from Nanking is for new and larger build- ings for the Girls' Boarding school. Miss Shaw writes, "Our school has opened and we are badly overcrowded. Some girls have been turned away. Today three mothers came with their daughters who, they said, must come to school; their bethrothed husbands had been educated abroad and they demanded education for their wives. I felt I could not refuse them." Miss Shaw tells of a suitable piece of property that can be had for a reasonable price. She begs for the money for this and for a building.
The teaching force has been strengthened by the coming of Miss Alice Peters. She began at once to teach English and after Miss White's departure, took some of the music pupils.
This year was distinguished by having the first graduating class. The exercises were held in the church and two promising young women received diplomas.
Miss Ren with the assistance of a pupil, Miss Chen, has kept the Bible Woman's Training school running smoothly. There are now five regularly employed Bible women, each doing work in her native place.
A letter from Miss Peters says, "We are greatly in need of an evengelistic missionary for our country itinerary work. This work
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has been much neglected. Classes and churches once flourishing are now languishing, and if not watched, they will relapse into heathenism.
KIU KIANG. In Kiu Kiang the school is acquiring an excellent reputation under the wise discipline, and up to date methods of Misses Merrill and Pierce. Pupils are stimulated to good endeavor by the vision of a new high school building growing up and especial- ly by the high ideals set before them, in the lives of Dr. and Miss Stone.
In the ELIZABETH SKELTON DANFORTH MEMORIAL HOS- PITAL, Dr. Stone is priviliged to do more than ten thousand acts of kindness a year to the dispensary patients that throng the waiting rooms. The hospital is always badly overcrowded and must be enlarged.
Moreover a home for Dr. and Miss Stone is imperatively needed. Given to hospitality, their tiny rented house fairly overflows with guests, native preachers and their wives; Chinese ladies who would not honor foreigners with their presence, officials and their retinue. One progressive official wished his daughter to take a journey of four hundred and fifty miles to see Dr. Stone for the inspiration she would receive.
The WOMAN'S TRAINING SCHOOL is in charge of Miss Anna Stone. She says of the women of the school: "They are most grateful for the privilege of being here. I wish you could see how happy they are and how they try to do their best in everything."
Miss Deavitt who went out to Wuhu last year has been trans- ferred to Kiu Kiang to take charge of the orphans during the ab- sence of Miss Dreibelbies in America.
NANCHANG. The Baldwin Memorial School has enjoyed ex- ceptional favor from the beginning. Miss Ogborn has been carry- ing the burden of it alone, but now rejoices in the assistance of Miss Newby, sent out by the Des Moines Branch.
Miss Howe has charge of evangelistic work and day schools. Because of her unusual knowledge of Chinese she has been re- quested by the Central Methodist Episcopal Conference of China, to devote as much of her time as is possible to translating.
The medical work opened and carried on by Dr. Kahn, has been almost self-supporting, the receipts covering all expenses but the rent of the house. Progressive Chinese have promised to donate land and to build a hospital. It is only fair that our Society should do their part in building a home for Miss Howe and Dr. Kahn.
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The victory of Japan over Russia brings fresh problems to workers in Central China. Hitherto Christianity and education have gone hand in hand. Now the Japanese are pointing out to eager China a new road to gigantic civilization, not by way of the cross.
Today in our endeavors to help the east we may be savin, west; for a civilized agnostic China will be a menace to the w
FOOCHOW CONFERENCE.
Organized as a Conference in 1877.
Woman's Work Commenced by Baltimore Ladies' China Missionary
Society in 1858.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Commenced Work in 1871.
Official Correspondent, Mrs. E. B. Stevens.
MISSIONARIES.
Foochow: — C. L. Jewell, J. A. Bonafield, E. Lyon, M. D., Hu King Eng, M. D., Phoebe Wells, Phoebe Parkinson, F. Plumb, J. Adams, Mrs. S. E. Tippet, E. M. Strow, May Li Hu, Mae Chisholm.
Ming Chiang: — M. E. Carleton, M. D., M. Peters, I. Longstreet.
Ku Cheng: — G. B. Travis, F. V. Lorenz.
Ngu Cheng: — M. Allen, M. Glassburner, Li Bi Cu, M. D.
Hok Chiang:— L. A. Trimble, C. M. Bartlett.
long Bing: — *M. Hartford, A. Linam.
* Home on leave.
FOOCHOW. At October Conference, 1904, Miss Bonafield and Miss Plumb were appointed to the Girls' Boarding School; but just after the opening of the spring term Miss Bonafield left for Kucheng to get somewhat acquainted with Miss Hartford's great evangelistic work in three large districts. Miss Hartford's furlough was long over due and she greatly needed the change; this left very heavy work brought upon Miss Plumb, but with the Father's help and the assistance of Miss May Hu, who is a very capable worker, she has been able to send in a very fine annual report. She pre- faces it with a great longing that the young women at home could know the blessedness of this work for the Master: then would there be many more laborers in China's great harvest field. The
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fall term had an enrollment of 140 which the spring term increased to 149. Of this number 30 are boarders, 18 day pupils, making 48 girls not on scholarships. At the Chinese New Year many pupils who had finished the two years' course of study in the day school or in the Mary E. Crook Children's Home, were adimtted. In the fall term they had to combat a long siege of measles and other illnesses, but all recovered. Christmas was a delightful season. The present that gave greatest pleasure was the return of Miss May Hu after nearly five years spent in study and in training in the United States. They tasted too, the more blessedness of giving, contributing money to help a poor blind girl.
A class that graduated at the Chinese New Year was the largest that ever graduated at this school. Of the graduates three are studying medicine; one is taking kindergarten training; another has entered the seminary and the others are helping in the boarding school. The revival meetings were a source of power, and the bene- fit has been seen in many directions, notably in an increasing inter- est in the Young Woman's Christian Association and the organiza- tion of a company of Standard Bearers.
SEMINARY. Miss Parkinson writes of the Foochow Seminary: Last year we enrolled about 40 pupils; not all at one time as our building will not accommodate more than 30.. If we had had more room we could have doubled the number and I know that next term I must refuse a number who have applied for admission. The stud- ents have done good work and it is a pleasure to be with them.
DAY SCHOOLS. There has been an increase of th^ee to tne number of day schools, making a total of 16, all in good condition.
WOMAN'S TRAINING SCHOOL. No report of the year's work in the school, to which Miss Wells was appointed in Miss Jewell's absence, has been received. But I hazard nothing by saying, in view of the excellent condition in which Miss Wells found the school, and the energy and devotion she brought to it, it has been a good year.
CHILDREN'S HOME, MARY E CROOK MEMORIAL: Mrs. Su- san E. Tippet, in charge, is living on the second floor of the school building and the room adjoining hers is the nursery. She says she has the most "homey" feeling she has had for years. "In all we have cared for 42 children who belong to us, and from 15 to 20 boarders beside. Seven of our own have died, all of them babies. There has been much sickness and the numbers are diminished.
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The girls have developed spiritually and are learning to overcome deceit and untruthfulness. The kindergarten has flourished with 70 children, most of them from outside homes, some of them heathen homes, and into these the Gospel has gone via the kindergarten. On the street corners we have seen the children playing kindergar- ten games and have heard them singing kindergarten songs."
INDUSTRIAL WORK. The demands of this work carried by Miss Jean Adams, self supporting missionary, have become so heavy as to enforce her return to the United States for a time to ir,ake sales for the beautiful work done by the 150 women who thus procure a living.
Miss Chisholm has been associated with Miss Adams in this service and her absence leaves Miss Chisholm to take full charge of the industrial and evangelistic work for the women and to supervise the finishing of the Voman's Home. Miss Chisholm has completed her first vise's course of study, conducted religious sei vdees in Dr. Hu's Hospital and has been a general helper. Her voice is in re- quisition wherever song is fitting, and she is a general favorite with sister missionaries.
NGU-CHENG. Conference appointments read "Ngu-cheng Medi- cal Work to be supplied." This was done in the May meeting of the Reference Committee, by the appointment of Dr. Li Bi Cu.
Miss Allen says of the boarding school: "It has had an at- tendance of 60 girls. 14 came from Hai-tang, 2 from another island near Hai-tang — the first ones from that island to enter a boarding school. It is considered a great event not only by the girls but by the entire island. Eight girls graduated this year, four of them from Hai-tang. With one exception they are all teaching. The younger girls are interested in the Junior League cared for by the Misses Bartlett and Glassburner, while the older ones belong to the Epworth League and are active in the spiritual department, going with students from the Woman's School, Sundays, into the nearby villages for religious service.
MEDICAL WORK. Dr. Lyon in charge of Liang-au Hospital, says, "Our work does not vary much from year to year. Miss Wells having taken charge of the Woman's School could give but partial attention to the evangelistic part of our work — directing the Bible women. Our students, led by the Holy Spirit, have entered into closer communion with Him, and their half-hour evening prayer meetings for God's blessing upon Christian work have brought
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blessings to themselves. Two of our students have been to Amoy and have seen a new and more modern hospital. I took one to Shanghai when I went to the medical convention, where are two newly built up-to-date hospitals and it did her good to see them. Students returned filled with enthusiasm and want that ' we, too, keep up-to-date. They have been a great help to me as I have tried to do better, more thorough, more asceptic work. I have deviated from the old plan of allowing each patient to bring her own food and keep it by her bedside lest it be stolen. Of course our patients are less, as some hospitals refuse to change. But we do better work: our wards and our kitchen are cleaner and as far as I can discover our patients are happier."
THE CITY HOSPITAL. Dr. Hu King Eng occupies the new little house on Black Rock Hill where the air is pure and sweet. Being near the spot where the new hospital is to stand she can watch its construction — something much to be desired. Referring to the proverb that filial piety is chief of all the virtues, and tn^- . universal display of that virtue by the wearing mourning garment for a long period after the death of a parent — the well to do and most influential making themselves look the most hideous — she says, "I did not after the death of my dear mother make myself hideous; I dressed in white with sackcloth shoes. Nevertheless I had to keep myself behind the scenes for I was told if I went to the homes of the people I might bring death to them. So I was called only to very serious cases, the friends saying to each other 'death is sure to come, so let us call Dr. Hu.' Thank God that all these patients were restored to health. The number of hospital in-patients is less than last year; the new plan, paying ten cents per day for board, I am convinced is shutting out the very rich and very poor. A unique feature of Christmas entertainments in Foochow is, that guests ask to be invited, and if one is unable to accept the invitation, he or she comes afterward for some 'left over, happiness." All of Dr. Hu's invited guests came except one old woman too ill to attend; but the next evening at ten o'clock she appeared and apologizing asked if she was too late to get some of the 'left over' happiness. There was plenty for her and she was made happy.
Quite a good many Vegetarians have been taken in for treat- ment this year. One woman who was healed and converted a few years ago, has brought in a number. The ignorance of parents in raising their children is one of the appalling things Doctor meets.
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A little fellow of two years, suffering from wine and tobacco on which he had been fed, was brought in; Doctor put him on low diet and little of it and his friends were amazed that "nothing to eat" made him well.
Patients in Hospital 954
In Dispensary 15,630
In homes 620
Total 17,204
Total number who have heard the Gospel through her medical work: 46,032.
LEPER WORK. Beyond any other class of people do the poor lepers appeal to the sympathy and practical help of Christianity, and none are more appreciative of what is done for them than are these poor sufferers. In the leper village near Foochow where a few friends of Miss Wells purchased land and built a fine little chapel and home for the native workers, the work has had a prosperous year. There are more than 50 boys and girls in attendance at the day school. There have been a number of baptisms.
MING-CHIANG. THE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL, NATHAN SITES' MEMORIAL. Dr. Carleton says the number of patients attending the dispensary this year has increased more than 500, and she notes a greater willingness to pay the small fee required to buy medicines, bandages, etc. Visiting out-patients is seldom sat- isfactory as the call is only to those who are desperately ill. A little, perhaps, has been gained in people recognizing that the Doctor is uniformly successful in treating Christian families. They fail to recognize that a call for the Doctor must come early, and that the case must be given entirely into her hands. Rains — unprecedented even in China — have prevented many from entering the hospital as patients the rain not ceasing for twenty-four hours in seventy days.
STUDENTS. When work was resumed last fall there was but one student. Two graduates from the Foochow boarding school have entered to take the course. Miss Longstreet has continued to give music lessons to the senior students and to play the organ in the more important services. Doctor has conducted a class in Bible study with the matron and students. She has made two thorough trips over the district. Dr.' Carleton says she believes hospital work should be and in most instances is a true nursery of
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the church. Gospel seed has here been scattered with liberal hand. Doctor's statistics:
Dispensary patients 4,194
In patients 66
Visits 203
WOMAN'S SCHOOL. Miss Mary Peters, in charge.
In this school 20 or more women are being prepared to serve as teachers or Bible women. These teachers are Bible women in a way for the Bible is the main study in all the schools. Many of the students being bread-winners at home and knowing that their course must be short, apply themselves diligently to their books and make fine progress. Of all mission work none is of more importance than that done by Bible women; no better place to hide the leaven than in the home. There are 15 Bible women on the district.
The GIRL'S BOARDING SCHOOL and DAY SCHOOL. Miss Longstreet appointed to this work says, November 14th, I moved into eight small rooms back of the church; reserved two for my own use, the school had six. The number of pupils was 15, just as many as the house would hold. We were a crowded but exceedingly happy family. My girl teacher has proved a jewel, with her con- secrated heart and happy spirit. In March the number had so in- creased partitions were removed, making three rooms into one for school room and dining room combined. Two rooms were rented of a neighbor for bed rooms. It is interesting to see the rapid men- tal development of the girls when they enter the school. There is nothing in Chinese books which calls forth a child's imagination or imparts practical knowledge. In Genesis class one day they were talking about the stars, how large they were, etc., and a fourteen year old girl said — "O, yes! I suppose one star is as large as this room" — my tiny sitting room. The older girls from sixteen to eigh- teen have developed spiritually to a marked degree. The chorus class has done good work. We want to give our girls the best we can along all lines, but we covet for them most of all that they may love Christ and bring their people to Him.
DAY SCHOOLS. The number this year is ten and I hope later to open more. Now that they have boarding school to look forward to they have a greater incentive to study than before.
NGU-CHENG. In the training school 22 women have been learning to read, write and think; and the latter has not been the
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easiest part of the task. Study of the Bible occupies the chief place in the curriculum, though they study geography, physiology and primary astronomy. Miss Glassburner has been a great help in teaching the women to sing. As the term was closing measles entered the school but Dr. Hung, a graduate from the Foochow Hospital, took the sick ones in hand and they were soon well.
THE ROMANIZED SCHOOL is a great blessing. Some of the women who enter here know very little of Christianity though they are by name Christians. The Bible is a sealed book, they being unable to read; but after two terms in school they can read very well any book printed in Romanized. Much of Miss Trim- ble's time and strength have been given to the three great districts to which she was appointed: Ngu-Cheng, Hok-Chiang, and Hai- Tang. She held evangelistic services for the women on every circuit of the district. A wonderful work requiring infinite love and patience! With what skill she went over and over the plan of salvation, leading the women slowly and carefully out of the darkness into His marvellous light. And with what blessed results! I leave Miss Hartford's work to be represented by herself as I nave not received the annual report.
HING-HUA CONFERENCE.
Organized as a Conference in 1896. Official Correspondent — Mrs. A. N. Fisher.
MISSIONARIES. Hing-Hua: — Elizabeth W. Varney, Minnie E. Wilson, Pauline E. Westcott, Mary M. Thomas.
Sing-iu: E. J. Betow, M. D.; Martha Lebeus, Martha Nicolaisen Ing-Chung: — Althea W. Todd, Jessie A. Marriott.
At the annual session of the Woman's Conference of 1904, Mrs. Bashford was chosen to preside, and her gracious direction of the proceedings was thoroughly appreciated. Her closing message is here cited in part as indicating the spirit which characterized the review of the year's work:
"There has been one Scripture text that has come to me during my stay here with new impression, 'Thou shalt call thy walls Sal- vation and thy gates Praise.' This great wall that surrounds your
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city greatly impresses me. Walls are for safety, for protection. We may think of every day as walled about with the presence of God, so we are safe. We go through the morning gate to begin the day and the evening gate to close the day. If we begin the day with praise for His goodness to us and end it with praise, our days will be blessed."
So the little company of missionaries entered the gate of a new year with praise, and, amid all the vicissitudes of a work far be- yond their physical powers, pressed on to its close with praise. The HingHua mission has prospered notwithstanding its urgent need of reinforcement. Five new missionaries are required to avert the possible fatal overstrain of those on the field, or to pre- vent retreat from promising undertakings. A missionary in writing on this subject says: "Really, it becomes a question — shall we work to the very limit of our strength and go home broken down, or shall we leave undone the hundred things that wear on the nerve and brain and do only what our strength will allow?"
Surely, there should be no occasion for such questioning for lack of laborers!
. HING-HUA— Miss Varney's return from furlough afforded relief to Miss Westcott in the Hamilton Girls' Boarding School, which con- tinues to flourish and, year by year, to send forth girls trained for Christian service. In addition to their duties in this school, these ladies have charge of the day schools in the district.
Miss Wilson reports a good year in the Woman's Bible Training School of thirty students. Four women finished the regular course, with the best record, both in studies and visiting, of any class en- tered. While Miss Thomas has given her attention to' the acquire- ment of the language, she has assisted somewhat in the care of this school, thus releasing Miss Wilson once or twice during the year for inspection of the work of the Bible-women on the district. Could there be one missionary for country evangelism and one for the city, to work daily with these women from the Training School as they go out into the homes, they would become much more skill- ful workers, and hundreds would be won to Christ in the place of tens.
SING-IU — This station has lost one of its workers through the transfer of Miss McHose to North China for health reasons, which leaves Miss Nicolaisen alone in charge of the growing Isabel Harf Boarding School. She reports progress in the studies and spiritual life of the girls and manifold grace for her own task.
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Miss Lebeus, in pursuing her evangelistic work, has been "in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils in the wilderness, in weariness and painfulness." The tales of her experiences when overtaken by floods of rain, in crossing mountain torrents and scaling slippery precipices, are thrilling. Of these she says: "Country trips in China during rainy season are jolly when you write them up several weeks later, after your aches and pains have left you, your wet and torn clothes are washed and ironed and mended, and you have enjoyed warm and regular meals for a season."
Nevertheless, she deems it worth all the toil and privation to be able to carry the Gospel message to the multitudes who have not before heard. The Margaret E. Nast Hospital is completed and finely equipped, and will be opened this fall, with Dr. Betow in charge. This is the only hospital in the region.
ING-CHUNG — The situation here remains practically unchanged. More room is needed for the schools. Miss Todd and Miss Marriott have waited in vain for the coming of the missionaries who should be preparing to take their places in the near future when their fur- loughs must be granted. Who will go? Who will send?
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GOREA.
Woman's Work Commenced in 1885.
Official Correspondent, Louise C. Rothweiler.
MISSIONARIES.
Seoul: — Mrs. M. F. Scranton, Josephine O. Paine, Lulu E. Frey,
Mary R. Hillman, Ella A. Lewis, Margaret J. Edmunds, Minerva
Guthapfel, Mary M. Cutler, M. D., Emma Ernsberger, M. D.
Peng Yang: — *Ethel M. Estey, Henrietta P. Robbins, Rosetta S. Hall, M. D., Esther K. Pak, M. D.
Chemulpo: — Lulu A. Miller, Jessie B. Marker.
* Home on leave.
During the beginning of the conference year the work in the northern part of the country seemed to be somewhat disturbed by war conditions, but in a short time those who had fled in terror returned, all fear was dispelled and work has gone on since as if there had been no war except that prices of everything have so advanced that many problems and difficulties have arisen, be- cause of the increased expense.
The loss of so many of the brightest and best trained helpers who had emigrated to Hav/aii, is of course still felt, and the total inadequacy of the missionary force impresses itself more and more upon our workers, so that at times they seem to be almost in despair. Each one is doing not only a full share of work but often the work of several; the letters that have come appealing for new workers are pathetic.
Spiritually the past year has been one of special blessings. Dr. Hardie, who seems to be a specially chosen instrument for evangelistic work, with Rev. Moose, both of the Methodist Church South, held special revival services in First Church, Seoul, in Pyeng Yang, and in some other places, which were accompanied by such outpourings of the Spirit as had not been witnessed in Korea before. Those who had long been in the church and who were con- sidered as our most faithful Christians received new revelations of sin that still remained in their hearts, those who had been Christians in name only, all sought cleansing and forgiveness. Missionaries, teachers, Bible women, the girls in the Boarding School and others were so blessed that the effect has been felt through the year.
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The Annual Meeting, or rather the Conference of last Spring, was a marked one, not only because for the first time presided over by Bishop Harris, but because, as with one impulse, all seemed to be filled with a desire for greater unity in work with other mis- sions.
This was not the case simply with our own mission but the same thought seemed to fill the minds of the members of the different missions. By leading men and women the conviction was expressed that better work could be done, as well as strength and money saved, by uniting forces in carrying on educational, medical and literary work especially, but also in the evangelistic work. All seemed to feel that this movement was not of man but of the Lord. Several of our ladies wrote that it seemed as if the millennial were dawning.
The oft repeated plea for a new hospital for our medical work seems to be more likely to be answered than heretofore. A begin- ning at least has been made in securing funds for this much needed building and the medical force in Seoul most earnestly prays that the matter will be carried to completion very speedily.
The munificence of Mrs. Gamble has made possible the erec- tion of the much needed Home in Chemulpo. The war caused great rise in the price of building as well as in everything else and it would have been utterly impossible to go on with the building as planned for if she had not been ready to supplement her gift by an- other large sum. It is reported as being a very satisfactory build- ing and was to be ready for occupancy by the middle of November.
The return of Dr. Ernsberger from her furlough brings some relief to Dr. Cutler, who, in addition to her heavy work, has added the task of going during Dr. Ernsberger's absence twice a week to the East Gate Dispensary. Miss Edmonds is going forward with her Training School for nurses, having five young women in train- ing. She holds them strictly to high ideals, .hoping in time to have native nurses who shall be just as faithful and just as reliable as any American trained nurse. She as well as Dr. Cutler are working under great difficulties as the present hospital is utterly inadequate in room, sanitation and equipment so that patients have often had to be transported to the Presbyterian Hospital or be tur&ed away. An epidemic of scarlet fever in the boarding school, to- gether with the already far too heavy work of the hospital and dispensary, made the transfer of Miss Lewis from the evangelistic
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work to assistant in the medical work necessary. Of the medical work in Pyeng Yang, Mrs. Hall says: "At the time of our last report dispensary and hospital work seemed practically closed by the war, women and children had fled when the Japanese soldiers came. It seemed safer for Dr. Pak and the two helpers to take their well earned vacation in their native city, Seoul. The missionaries remaining in the city gave confidence to the natives so that they soon came flocking back. As the war moved north patients came as before and I missed my helpers, but our blind pupil teacher and Miss Robbins helped me. Miss Robbins put so much heart and thought into her work that I have since then coveted a foreign worker very much for the hospital. 8638 cases, almost double the number of last year, have been treated. The receipts, $190.00 (gold), are triple those of the previous year, 82 patients in one day has been the highest number reached. Much curva- ture of the spine is caused here by carrying babies on the back from the time they are ten days old. Five women were converted during their stay in the hospital. The dispensary Bible woman made 99G visits in the homes of patients and sold 254 books. Dr. Hall begs that she may have a foreign assistant to superin- tend the nursing and that an evangelistic worker be sent.
In the three dispensaries and two hospitals which we sustain in Korea, 13,446 patients were treated during the year.
Special Work. The Boarding School in Seoul opened last fall under the most favorable circumstances spiritually, both teachers and pupils had received such blessings that they entered the work of the year as never before, but still it was a year of special trials. Grace Moon, a most reliable native helper, was obliged to leave to go with her husband to Hawaii, it was long before her place was satisfactorily filled. At last just the one for the place seems to have been found, an earnest, true Christian, one of the best edu- cated women that Korea affords, able to command the respect and obedience of the girls. Her history is so remarkable that it seems as i" the Lord had been preparing her for years for this work. "" .d epidemic of scailet fever above mentioned caused Miss Frey much anxiety, and resulted in the death of two of the girls. Self- support is being pushed as much as possible. It is a pleasure to note that gratitude is shown by some of the girls in a very sub- stantial manner, during the year two of them having taught without pay in their home village to which they had returned from the
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school, saying that, as they had received so much they could not do else than help others.
Our building has been pronounced the best built of any in Seoul.
There is an increased desire on the part of the people for edu- cation for their girls and so day schools are being called for. We hope the day is not far distant when a system of Christian day schools with a common course of study, will give us schools for every Christian community and also suitably located schools of higher grade. There are at present 20 day schools with 380 pupils.
We must not forget the very interesting school for blind girls that Mrs. Hall carries on. The first received is making good progress and is teaching others. Industrial work has been done which cared for one-sixth of the cost of maintaining the school, another sixth was provided by natives.
Evangelistic Work. In this department the greatest successes as well as the greatest needs are found. As already noted above, a special outpouring of the Spirit was experienced at different places. One of the most remarkable features of the work has been the development of individual women. A poor widow who had been greatly blessed in Dr. Herdie's meetings, soon afterwards came saying that she felt she must tell others of this wonderful power which the indwelling of the Spirit gives for victory over sin. Since then she has traveled over a large part of the district, visiting the churches and proving herself such a blessing to them that they request that she come again. All this has been done without receiving a cent from us to defray her traveling expenses.
Misses Miller and Hillmann, spent the winter in conducting classes for women at different points on the district. This district, lying mostly on islands, must be traveled by boat which is both expensive and difficult. The work on this district has made splendid progress and the result of the classes held is shown in the development of more intelligent home life and a deeper personal experience. In the Chemulpo church alone, 91 women have given their names as inquirers during the year. Mrs. Cable has also greatly benefited the work by the long itineraries she has made with her husband.
Misses Estey and Robinson held similar classes on the Northern District. At one of these classes held in Pyeng Yang, 130 women were enrolled, one of whom had walked 273 miles to attend. Al-
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together 31 classes, lasting generally two weeks, were held with a total attendance of 550. Four Bible Institutes where 350 women received instruction, were held. On the Northern District, Mrs. Morris has traveled over 1600 miles with her husband, instructing the women wherever possible besides helping in the city work in which Mrs. Follwell also rendered very efficient help.
Before being called to the help of the medical work Miss Lewis traveled on the South District. Mrs. Alice Hammond Sharp has also spent a great deal of time in country work on this district, where the outlook is very promising and the need of more help is great.
We cannot give the exact number of women in the churches, but as near as can be told from a careful estimate there have been 5G00 women under instruction during the past year. When we remember that, with very few exceptions, these women are mothers or grandmothers who are influencing the coming genera- tion we know that a great many more than 5600 are being instructed in the way of the Lord. Again and again the plea is sent for the missionaries to come and instruct, but because of the lack of work- ers many of these calls cannot be answered. May we not hope for reinforcements during this year?
KOREA SCHOOL STATISTICS. Seoul: — Boarding School, 50 pupils. Miss Josephine O. Paine, Superintendent.
JAPAN CONFERENCE 193
JAPAN.
Woman's Work Commenced in 1874. Organized as a Conference
in 1884.
Official Correspondent, Mrs. S. L. Keen.
Missionaries.
Tokyo: — M. A. Spencer, H. S. Ailing, Georgiana Weaver, E. M. Soper, M. Lee.
Yokohama: — Mrs. C. W. Van Petten, G. Baucus, E. Dickinson, N. M. Daniel, A. B. Slate.
Hakodati: — M. S. Hampton, A. Dickerson, F. Singer.
Hirosaki:— E. J. Hewett, M. B. Griffiths.
Nagoya: — A. P. Atkinson, R. J. Watson, E. Holbrook.
Sendai: — C. A. Heaton, Frances E. Phelps.
Sapporo: — L. Imhoff, B. Alexander, A. V. Bing.
Home on Leave. Elizabeth R. Bender, Ella Blackstock.
Missionaries' Wives In Charge of Work. Mrs. Mary Holbrook Chappel, Mrs. C. W. Huett, Mrs. Julius Soper, Mrs. F. N. Scott, Mrs. C. N. Bertels, Mrs. Fannie Alexander Wilson
The labor of our brave missionaries in the field of Japan through the past year has been much increased by the added responsibilities and opportunities brought to all by the progress of the war with Russia. One earnest woman writes; "The war has brought us face to face with such extraordinary responsi- bilities and opportunities that we are almost dazed by them; sol- diers so eager for Christian literature that they are fairly ready to mob a missionary for the possession of the Gospel and the tracts which she may hold in her extended hands."
The incidents of the work growing out of the conditions of war are most touching and inspiring. We have heard of the brave soldiers in the field, but not so many stories have been told of the despairing women who were left at home. One such attempted to take her own life at Sapporo, and was rescued and visited by our Christian workers and taught the sweet story of the Gospel. She is now seeking the comfort of the Christian
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religion and says she would never have given way to despair had she known of this Saviour before.
The work in detail at the points where our schools, hospitals and Bible women arS doing such noble work, shows at each point eager seekers after knowledge among the Japanese, and an ever- increasing demand for more facilities in the way of buildings and appliances for the work in evangelistic, academic and industrial lines.
"There are twenty-two missionaries in the field, representing the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. There are three large board- ing schools, with nearly six hundred pupils, seven day schools, one training school for Bible women, with forty pupils, two schools for the blind, containing thirty students, two kindergartens, with over a hundred pupils. These missionaries have the supervision of forty Bible women, and work in and out of sixty churches, and the thous- ands of homes opened through the schools. They publish a wom- an's magazine, and much other literature for women and children. All these responsibilities rest upon the women of this conference, and the need for more workers is imperative."
HAKODATE. At the girls' school the report of the work of the year is full of encouragement, and the joy that, while new pupils are being received, almost beyond the possibilities of ac- commodating them, many conversions are taking place among the day pupils, and a Christian influence is thus being carried to the heathen homes as well as the benefits of education. Over five hundred are reached by Gospel teachings, and at Christmas time twenty-two pupils were baptized.
The kindergarten is full to overflowing. The hospital room, which had to be turned into a class room, is very much missed, but with great faith the teachers look forward to the new building, saying; "We believe that our Heavenly Father knoweth the needs of the Hokkaido and that he will supply them according to His will."
In the musical department the work has been most enthus- iastic. The Hallelujah chorus has been learned and sung again and again. One of the native teachers has gone to the charge of the work in the Girls' School at Fukuoka. Many entertainments have been arranged, particularly the song service and magic lan- tern entertainments on Christmas night, with pictures of the birth and life of Christ. A benefit entertainment was given for the
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families of soldiers. One former pupil writes; "The first thing the Hakodate girls do when they come together in a strange place is to sing the dear songs we learned in the Hakodate school."
City evangelistic work in Hakodate is very much aided by the unconscious work of the children in bringing the truth of the Gospel to their homes in song and story learned at school.
HIROSAKI. At Hirosaki Mrs. Alexander had charge of the school for the past year and also of the kindergarten. The school has flourished in spite of many changes and much dependence upon native teachers. One father, himself a teacher, though not a Christian, brought his daughter to the Girls' School in prefer- ence to the Government High School for Girls, because, he said, "I believe her heart as well as her mind will receive training here."
It was expected that the present building would be enlarged but this plan had to be abandoned for lack of funds. During the year 163 have been enrolled, 9 of whom now graduate, five from the academic and four from the sewing department, only two of whom have not yet openly confessed Christ as their Saviour. Daily Bible instruction, evangelistic talks, work of the King's Daughters, temperance society work, all have been instrumental in bringing many to Christ.
TOKYO. "This is the finest mission compound in the East," said Bishop Thoburn, when he first saw Aoyama, Tokyo. The Aoya- ma Jo Gakuin, has made wonderful progress in the past year. Two hundred and eight pupils have been enrolled, and twenty-five have just been graduated. Four graduates in higher English of a year or so since, are now successful teachers, and one has passed the' examination by which she receives a license to teach English in the Government schools. The religious life of the girls was greatly stimulated by the meetings held during the week of prayer, when Bishop Harris was present, and many were led to consecrate their lives to evangelistic work. At Christmas time the pupils cheerfully gave up receiving their usual gifts to devote the money to the religious work among the Japanese in Korea, and the same pupils also gave ten dollars and more to purchase comforts for the soldiers.
Physical culture is developing the physique of the pupils, and the exhibition of their skill in athletic games was highly praised by those who were invited to witness them. God has greatly
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blessed the work of the native teachers, and through their efforts Government recognition has been obtained for the intermediate course of study. The industrial school has been ably carried on. There are seventy-six pupils and thirteen graduates, all of whom are Christians. The entire year has been marked by a very earnest spirit of industry and self-sacrifice.
"The war, instead of hampering the Lord's work, as was feared it might, has greatly increased our opportunities."
The superintendent of B'ible women, gives the following in- cident of her work in Nishio; "It had been said that the war was interfering sadly with the church work. It has always been difficult to overcome the prejudices of the people in this town, but when this war with a so-called Christian country began, they said that the Christians were friends of Russia, and the more timid Christ- ians came to church more seldom, and everything languished. But that has all come right again, and now things are going on as well as usual. Recently the brother of one of our members, a young officer, was killed in battle, and a great military funeral was held, thousands of people attending. And that funeral was conducted by our Presiding Elder and pastor. It was wonderful that such a thing could take place in Nishio."
SENDAI. An incident of Miss Heaton's work at Sendai shows how the work of the Bible women is blessed. During the latter part of January at night at Morioka, one of their earnest Christians went to the parsonage in deep distress. She told the pastor that when she first became a believer she was very happy, but for sveral days she had been troubled by the knowledge that sin had power over her. They read together many passages of God's Word, and he showed her that the blood of Jesus could free her from sin's power. After a time she was able to understand, and surrendering her will, received the desired blessing. She was so happy that she stayed for several hours all the time talking and praising God for her wonderful joy and peace. The next morning she returned, bringing fifty dollars for the new church as a thank offering, for the unspeakable peace of God, which filled her heart.
YOKOHAMA. Miss Georgiana Baucus tells in an interesting way how she saved her conference publication, Tokiwa, from im- pending disaster by devoting one-half of the proceeds of her sub- scriptions during the summer months to the relief of the families of soldiers. The material of her paper was also made to harmonize
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with the spirit of war times, and Japanese heroes and the work being done for soldiers in Japan were well written up. Any illus- trations which could be borrowed from the war for religious teach^ ing, were much appreciated. For instance, Miss Dickerson's plan of the "Port Arthur of the human heart." Many other attractive forms of Christian literature were published by this enterprising missionary editor and her assistants.
The report of the Japan Woman's Conference is the most able presentation of the work that our noble women are doing in the field. The spirit of the workers who are there to train, as well as that of the native workers who have been trained, is one of entire consecration to the will of God, and also of enthusiasm and faith in the work of each school and evangelistic labor they under- take. Ever and again the hearts of our ladies are cheered by visits of friends from the home land, who take pains to look into the work of the mission stations as they pass by upon their travels, and sometimes an unexpected gift thus finds its way into the hands of the missionary to whom it means the possibility of en- larging or continuing some cherished piece of work, which was threatened on account of scarcity of funds. Truly the women who publish the tidings in Japan are earnestly fulfilling the Master's commands to labor while it is yet day. May the Lord continue to enrich their toil with His blessing.
By HARRIET P. SANBORN.
SOUTH JAPAN.
Organized as a Mission Conference in 1899
Womans' Work Commenced in 1879. Official Correspondent, Mrs. L. L. Townley.
MISSIONARIES.
Nagasaki: — Elizabeth Russell, Lola M. Kidwell, Mariana Young, Mary Melton, Mabel Davison, Hester A. Thomas, Mary A. Cody.
Fukuoka: — *Leonora Seeds, Mabel K. Seeds, Alice Finlay.
Kagoshima: — Jennie M. Gheer, Lida B. Smith, F. Hortense Long.
This Conference includes the Island of Kiushiu, the southern most of the four large islands of the Japanese Empire with a
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population of over 7,000,000, and the other islands belonging to Japan lying south and west of the main island, including Formosa and the Loo Choo group.
FUKUOKA. Ei-wa Jo Gakko. The past school year has been the most prosperous in its history both in increase of numbers and increase of conversions among the girls. In the Spring term alone we had more conversions than any previous entire year. This perhaps is because we had more new girls to enter in the Spring term. Out of more than 40 new students, 20 gave their hearts to God. In the other two terms we had eight conversions all of whom have been baptized. Many of the conversions among the new girls are due to the influence of the Christian girls and the lives they live.
It has been the most prosperous year in the history of the school in another way. We are being recognized not only by our own Church and other Christians as an educational center, but the non-Christian element so recognizes us. This means much for Christianity, when the city's educational authorities recommend girls to come to us because of our high standard of both education and morals, the latter of course taught through the Bible.
In June we had our first graduates from the present course of study which is of academic grade, a class of five. One of these graduates is now at Kwassui, two remain with us as teachers, and the other two are employed otherwise in our immediate work.
Evangelistic Work. In the N. Kiushiu District, Miss Hettie Thomas has had charge of the evangelistic work. The nine Bible women employed have all done good work. An innovation was made last Fall in the establishment of a Foreign Cooking Class and a Foreign Sewing School. Mrs. Fretz writes:
"Twice a month a number of Japanese women come to my home and spend the whole afternoon, their desire being to receive instruction in foreign cooking," my purpose in receiving them, to teach them of Jesus; they are willing to listen to the Gospel in order to learn how to cook foreign food. I am willing to teach cooking if by that means I can gain access to those who other- wise never have the influence of Christian people. They have heard of Christianity — they think of it as a "new religion" but be- yond this have no knowledge of it or of its teachings. Becoming acquainted with them in this way affords occasion for calling upon them in their homes and gradually forming a friendship which brings with it great responsibility and golden opportunity for Chris-
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tian influence. Seated at their work these forty-five women make a beautiful picture, and their sweet quiet voices, their quaint cos- tumes and their exquisite politeness make them very attractive. The Bible woman after reading the Scripture and leading in prayer takes about half an hour in which to explain about God and his wonderful love to all mankind. To these women, who from childhood have known nothing but Buddhism, it must be a strange experience. That they are willing to hear the gospel, even as a means to an end, is encouraging. But we have had greater cause for joy as not long since one woman asked for private instruction in the Bible; and still others have asked the privilege of coming early and studying the Bible. Sixteen of these women are now inquirers. So even while cooking is the attraction at these meet- ings we are hoping that the Spirit of our Father may speak through us and thus these women may accept Christ." The six Sunday schools in Fukuoka have grown marvelously both in num- bers and interest. Not only little children, but high school girls attend, as well as the mothers, and sometimes the fathers of the children.
NAGASAKI. Kwassui Jo Gakko. In some respects Kwassui has never had a better year. The enrollment of 280 exceeds any previous year and it is a matter of sincere regret that applicants have been turned away because the house which 20 years ago was thought entirely too large, is quite too small for 20th Century demands. The school has been crowded all the year; too many for the buildings and teaching staff. The conditions brought about by the war have increased the Industrial Department to its utmost capacity. This department was organized in 1881 and it is a pleas- ure to have such privileges to offer, now that girls are looking for ways of support. In this department, where Japanese and foreign sewing, embroidery, drawn work and wood carving are taught girls have gone out to do independent work, to work in families or teach. Miss Russell writes, "Commencement closed our work on the 29th and we had a pleasant week. I wish I could send you some speci- mens from our Art and Industrial Departments. The great piece in wood carving was a pulpit set which went to the new church at Sappora. Our only graduate this year was from the Industrial Department, but next year we shall have some College girls if all goes well."
Last year there was no revival, but almost every Sunday some
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one would join the church: this year a revival began almost with the opening of the school and those who joined the church last year, who thought church membership enough, were converted, with 16 others. The whole number of Christians in the school is 127. Kwassui is a class meeting school; with 12 classes made up from the students and teachers, all well attended once a week.
Although not a school exercise, a Patriotic Society among the students is a very interesting variation in school life. Three families have been adopted by the Society.
December 1st, Kwassui celebrated her Silver Anniversary. The two teachers first sent out to open the school were there together. It was a delightful occasion; many pleasant surprises came with it; and surely it reflected much credit upon the alumnae connected with the school, as well as upon those scattered abroad in Japan and America.
There are 17 Sunday Schools in this City of Nagasaki and two in suburban centers directly carried on by the Japanese teachers and older students of Kwassui. These schools have had an aver- age attendance of from 20 to 75 at each center, according to school and location. Bibles, Hymn books, tracts and cards have been given out during the year; an occasional member has been brought into the church, and the children of the common people have heard gladly "the old, old story."
"To one conversant with the best and brightest side of life in Japan some of the sights witnessed in the slums of the open port of Nagasaki would be almost incredible — ignorance, degradation, desolation, poverty and practically a total ignorance of God and his wonderful Gospel of full salvation."
KWASSUI DISPENSARY. During the year, 3154 patients have been treated to whom have been given 9656 prescriptions. There has been no epidemic of any kind if we except a light one of smallpox, which broke out among the refugees returned from Man- churia and Vladivostock, after the war began, which was promptly checked, 622 vacination were made and 314 free visits paid, all of them to famalies of soldiers. There have been 229 insane patients; several have been apparently cured and many more could be per- manently helped if there were only some place where they could be placed under care, and controlled.
KOGA GIRLS HOME. There are 28 girls in the Home. The matron and teachers, with 2 or 3 of the older girls carry on a
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Sunday school in the house to which the children of the neighbor- hood are invited. They have a class meeting every Sunday evening and prayer meeting on Friday evening.
When in 1879 the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society began its work in Kiushiu, there was no school, no Bible women, no Sunday schools — now we have 2 schools of high grade, one of them college grade, 1 night school for girls and women, 15 B'ible women, 24 Sunday Schools, 38 meetings for women and classes for Bible study held regularly, several auxiliaries to our Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, besides a goodly number of meetings and differ- ent kinds of work that no report can cover. Early in the year the support of one of the Bible women was assumed by the church in Nagasaki in which she had been working. This is a step forward and we shall rejoice when every church in Japan is able to sup- port, not only its own Pastor, but its own Bible woman as well.
Mies Gheer reports: "Visits have been made during the year to every place where we have work in the District. Most of them have been visited several times. One tour of six weeks was made last autumn. When I could do so I stopped here and there at tea houses, by the road side, on the sea shpre, in the hotels or wherever I could talk to the people about Jesus and the Christian religion, giving them tracts and texts of Scripture selected and printed especially for this purpose. Occasionally I had an audience of only one, but almost always from 10 to 40 or 50 persons would gather to listen; and at different times and places there were between one and two hundred people standing or sitting quietly by, listening to all I said. Some days I stopped only a few times; other days I would have the opportunity of speaking to 20 or more such companies. Everywhere the people heard with respectful at- tention, only once or twice was anything unpleasant said or done."
KUMAMOTO. In this city which is one of the largest in Kiushiu, the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society has no mission- aries and the Conference again urges the sending of a worker to develop the work in this field which is ripe to the harvest.
An earnest appeal has been made for several years for two missionaries to open work in Formosa. This island which is about the size of all Kiushiu, has not yet been entered by our church or the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, although there are sever- al families belonging to our church who have for some time been asking that pastors and Christian teachers be sent among them.
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Thus far these calls have been unanswered and we have neither work, nor workers on the island.
This S. Kiushui District embraces within its limits a vast area. It has not perhaps so many of the large cities as some other parts of Japan, though the three largest cities of the island, Nagasaki, Kagoshima and Kumamoto are within its bounds, but it is dotted all over with larger or smaller towns, villages and communities of farmers, fishermen and other folks. There are thousands of these towns where the Gospel has never been preached, there are hun- dreds of thousands of the people who have never heard anything of the Saviour's words. There are hundreds of square miles where no teacher of Christianity either lives, or even occasionally visits to tell the people there of God.
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MEXICO.
Woman's Work Commenced in 1874. Official Correspondent, Mrs. S. A. Keen.
MISSIONARIES.
Mexico City: — Harriet L. Ayers, Laura Temple, Grace Hol- lister.
Pachuea: — *Ida Bohannon, Helen Hewitt
Puebla: — Anna R. Limberger, *Caroline M. Purdy.
Guanajuato: — *Effie M. Dunmore, Ella E. Payne, Celinda Cook, Rosalia Cook.
*Home on Leave.
MEXICO CITY. The work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in Mexico, begun thirty-one years ago, has a record of steady growth, improvement and enlarging influence. In Mexico City we now have a large commodious, handsome building, with every de- partment from kindergarten to college course. The new enterprise has an enrollment of 175, of whom sixty are boarders, and is at- tracting pupils of a higher social position than formerly, because of its advanced curriculum, and attractive exterior. The Bible is read, and Christian hymns sung daily; the boarders have their own Epworth League services, and attend the Mission church on the Sabbath. The fence around the external of the Institute has yet to be built, and the chapel is not at all completed, being left in the rough until sufficient funds are in hand to furnish these without borrowing. Ten thousand dollars are yet needed to pay the debt and complete the building as it now stands. American teachers, Miss Smith and Miss Allen are employed, besides the Mexican professors, and the principal, Miss Temple, considers the outlook promising in a high degree.
PACHUCA. The second school in order, instituted at Pachuea, with perhaps not so large number of boarders as some of the in- stitutions, has the largest day school in the Mission, and its influ- ence in this mining town, is felt all through the city.
PUEBLA has been most successful in securing self support, which last year amounted to over $6,000. The English department has been entirely self sustaining from its first inception, and three
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additional American teachers, besides the missionaries, teach the primary, drawing and English departments. Typhoid fever attacked two of the teachers, and for a time caused much anxiety and much additional work for the well ones. Miss Purdy was ordered home, several months of complete rest being found necessary to secure her complete recovery. The pupils of this school manifest a high ap- preciation of the efforts to train them in Christian womanhood, form ing themselves into associations for the upbuilding of character even among the younger children, who have banded together to practice obedience and good order. The Alumni Association supports a scholarship in the school, and its members put in practice the spirit of helpfulness learned in their school days.
GUANAJUATO, still struggles with the inconvenience of an un- finished building, and the devastating flood which swept down the mountain early in July, greatly damaged floors and partitions, un- dermining the corridors and some rooms. Money is needed for repairs and finishing the building, but we thank a kind Providence that notwithstanding considerable loss of life followed the course of the waters, all the inmates of our school were spared.
Eight day schools in different towns in the Republic are sus- tained by the Society, and we are asked to open six new ones. These centres of Christian witnessing cannot do otherwise than have a very decided influence in overcoming the prejudices of the people, and giving a truer estimate of those who read the Bible for them- selves, and learn that there is but cne meditator between God and man.
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SOUTH AMERICA.
Woman's Work Organized in 1874.
Conference Organized in 1893. Official Correspondent, Mary E. Holt.
MISSIONARIES. Rosario: — Mary F. Swaney. Buenos Ay res: — Eleanor Le Huray. Montevideo: — Elizabeth Hewett, Susan A. Walker. Lima, Peru: Elsie Wood, Bertha Wood.
BUENOS AYRES. Miss Le Huray reports as follows: "For many reasons our school year has been, financially, a good one. Our enlarged accommodations allow us to take in more boarders so that our family including the thirteen girls on scholarships, numbers some thirty. We have not as many day scholars as we would like to see. The medical inspector of the school board visited us a short time ago. He was very much pleased with our large piece of ground, the arrangements of the school rooms, bath rooms and so on, and, on leaving, congratulated us on having one of the best schools in the city. "Were it not for the question of religion" he said, "you would not be able to accommodate all who would come to you."
The teaching force is the same as last year with one exception. We have a young German Argentine girl in place of one who married last year. We are fortunate in being able to get good normal teachers in the city, but in the provinces and smaller towns where we have work they are not so easily obtained. For this reason we wish to train good teachers to be sent out to these places.
Our closing exercises held in the English church were very interesting. We charged a small admittance and cleared one hun- dred and thirty dollars which went to aid a self-supporting native congregation.
Our Bible-woman supported by Mrs. Newman's fund is an Italian woman of middle age belonging to our Italian Mission.
Our prospects for next year are excellent. At the expiration of our lease of this property which still has three years to run, we hope to be very firmly established."
The enrollment for the year has been 102. Of this number,
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thirteen have scholarships and twelve are boarders. There are eight teachers, two Normal students and one Bible woman. All attend the daily Bible lesson and the mid-week prayer meeting.
Miss Le Huray expresses great pleasure in having Bishop and Mrs. Neely as residents near the school, and in them she finds kind and sympathetic friends.
ROSARIO. The schools continue about the same in the number of pupils. Miss Swaney says: "The Charity School is always full and always turning away applicants, especially in the lowest grades. The enrollment has been 155 and there might have been another hundred if we had had the room and the teachers. The law obliges parents to have their children in some school. They like our discipline and teaching, and many of them care so little for any religious belief that they are willing to risk our teaching the Scriptures. It is different with the pay schools. The wealthy families are drawn to the schools of the "Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts" which are well equipped. Our pupils come from the less wealthy and the poor families. The pay school has eighty-seven girls, a small gain over the previous year.
The teaching is in Spanish in the two schools and in the Sunday Schools. The Scriptures and our hymns are in daily use. English sewing and house work on a small scale are taught. We have ten girls on scholarships, two of whom are pupil teachers."
During the strikes and labor troubles prices of everything went up, and consequently $100 for a scholarship is no longer enough to feed and clothe a girl. Both Miss Swaney and her sister have economized "cruelly" and yet there is a deficit which they deplore.
The new building is commenced and will proceed as long as the money holds out. The plan is to secure first good dormitory room for paying boarders and to adapt other parts of the house to the immediate necessity. Much new furniture will be needed and an- other missionary should be sent who will be in readiness to relieve Miss Swaney by and by.
Teachers and helpers, 9; Scholarships, 11; Day Schools, 2; Pupils, 222; Sunday Schools, 2.
MONTEVIDEO. We rejoice that the long-standing debt on this property is cancelled, the final payment having been made this year. During Miss Hewett's absence in the homeland, Miss Walker has had entire charge of the school, fulfilling her duties in a highly acceptable and painstaking manner. Miss Hewett returned
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in the middle of this year and resumed the Treasurer's work in addition to her duties in the school, all of which Miss Walker had heroically carried under very trying circumstances. The effect of last year's Revolution is still felt, not only in business circles and other enterprises, but in the school in which there is a decrease in numbers and a consequent decrease in tuition fees.
Miss Hewett further reports a slight increase in numbers this second semester which encourages the hope that next year a great advance may be made. She says: "With our new buildings which were voted last year at Kansas City and which we expect to have completed the last of February, we shall be able to accommodate more boarders and shall then be able to make that department a financial help to the school; and what is of more importance, to reach a larger number of homes with the Gospel message. In the morning prayers which Miss Walker conducts, the boarders give their Bible lessons, and during the day it is interesting to note how they apply these lessons, selected by themselves, as they reach the difficult places. Our Roman Catholic day pupils are manifesting an increased interest in spiritual things. A weekly prayer meeting which I have started for Spanish girls is attended by a large number of Romanists. The Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union work of this city is closely connected with our school work and the meetings are kept up as circumstances permit."
The number of pupils now enrolled in the school is 150; number of teachers, 10. As both Spanish and English are taught, a larger number of teachers is required. Another missionary is earnestly desired.
PERU. Our Society began work in Peru in 1891, with one missionary. Since 1903 there have been two representatives of the Society in this field. Miss Elsie Wood writes as follows: "Aside from the help these missionaries give to the regular meet- ings of the church, temperance society, Sunday Schools in both Callao and Lima (seven miles apart) and Junior and Epworth Leagues in Callao, their work has been in the schools. In Callao there is a system of schools, so a child can enter the mission kindergarten at four years of age, go through the grades and gradu- ate at seventeen, with a High school diploma. The High school is the only one for girls in the whole republic. • There have been twenty-three girl graduates, thirteen of whom are teaching in the mission. In the school in Lima there are one hundred and thirty- five girls in the primary or grammar grade work and nine in the
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first year of the High school work. The school is almost entirely self-supporting. In the boarding department there are twenty-five boarders, some of whom have come ten or twelve days' journey to attend the school. We have girls from the best families and also some from the very worst. We need buildings to accommodate the school which has outgrown its present quarters."
BULGARIA.
Woman's WTork Commenced in 1884. Constituted a Mission Conference in 1892. Official Correspondent, Mrs. F. P. Crandon.
Missionaries: — Miss Hate Blackburn, Miss Dora Davis.
Good news is always expected from Bulgaria, and this year's report in no way disappoints our expectations. It is true that our schools in that locality do not multiply as they have clone at some other stations, but the school which we do maintain at Lovetch is an apt demonstration of what can be done in the way of giving Christian training to Bulgarian girls. The success of this enterprise suggests an inquiry as to the wisdom of extending the work which is being so vigorously and admirably prosecuted under the direc- tion of Miss Blackburn and Miss Davis. Perhaps the money which is available for appropriation this year, is too limited to admit of any larger contributions for this station, but it is difficult to find a more promising field of work than is presented in Bulgaria.
The attendance at the Lovetch school is limited only by the accommodations which the building affords. Every inch of space is utilized and it impossible to provide for the girls who are clamor- ing for admission. A class of seven students was graduated last June. These girls represented five different cities and villages, and come from homes representing varied conditions and varied employments. The father of one of the girls is a member of the National Assembly, another is a prominent merchant, a third is an army officer, and the others though less prominent, are none the less honored and respected.
Great profit has been derived throughout the year from month- ly lectures accompanied by stereopticon views. An hour each month has been devoted to literary exercises, including readings, declamations in French, English and Bulgarian, original composi-
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tions, music, etc. The Government School Inspector Visited the school on one cf these occasions and he was a most attentive listener. At the close of the entertainment, he expressed himself as delighted with the program and requsted a copy of it to be sent to the National Assembly as he wished to call the attention of the Assembly to what he had seen and heard, because in this line of work they had never yet succeeded in their State schools. The following day he visited the regular classes and upon his departure said — "I am leaving with the most favorable impressions of your school and your methods."
Another interesting and encouraging item of school life is the organization of an alumnae association by the graduates of the school. The wife of the present Mayor of Lovetch is one of its members. Much interest and enthusiasm has been manifested in the new organization and it will undoubtedly prove of great valu'd to both school and alumnae."
Miss Lookanova, for seven years a valued member of the faculty, was married last year to an estimable young Protestant and has removed to Chicago where they still reside. Her place has been filled by Miss Rainova, one of the graduates possessed of rare qualities of gentleness and refinement.
Miss Gutt, for two years the excellent music teacher, was mar- ried at the close of the last school year and now graces the home of a rising young lawyer of Sofia.
Miss Blackburn says: "All things considered, we have never had a more satisfactory year than the last. In the matter of scholar- ship, the classes compare favorably with those of preceding years; the deportment cf the pupils deserves unusual praise, and the health of both teachers and pupils has been excellent."
"Spiritually there has been much to encourage us. There has been an unusually large attendance and active interest in the class meetings. A number of new members have joined the Epworth League. Live prayer-meetings, a Bible class studying "The Apos- tolic Church," and eight girls received as probationers into the church, are among our successes."
"The local Woman's Foreign Missionary Society completed the systematic study of "Rex Christus." The Thank Offering was more than double that of any preceding year and the contributions to the Bible work amounted to about $50.00. Throughout the mission there has been an increased interest manifested in woman's work and our Bible woman has received unstinted praise from the
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pastors. At present in addition to the Bible woman supported by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, two women who are en- tirely dependent on the money received from the Bulgarian auxil- iaries, are at work in the adjacent villages.
We are all familiar with the fact that the church has looked upon our mission in Bulgaria as an unpromising field and that it has not had strong support from our Society; but one or two in- stances that Miss Davis has reported, clearly indicate that the seed that has been sown has not all fallen upon stony ground. She writes: "We were making a little holiday trip to a neighboring monastery, and on the way we stopped in a little shop to see a man, a maker of wooden bottles. While talking with him we noticed a Bible lying on a shelf. Upon inquiry we found that he was a diligent reader of the Book, and not only that, but he had read it to his neighbors, and had sold thirty Bibles to them. The village where this man lives is four or five hours distant by carriage from Lovetch and no preacher of our mission is located in that region, but the teaching and influence of the Lovetch school had in some way reached this workman and the Bible had become his instructor and his friend."
"Another man, a member of our church has during the summer been acting as a colporter. He reported that he had met with a ready demand for Bibles and especially for copies of the New Testament. He had sold many copies in places where he had been told that no one would purchase them."
We have much to encourage us in our work in Bulgaria, but if we desire that its influence shall be increased and that the mis- sion here shall become such a center of power as it ought to be, we must add to the number of our missionaries and broaden the basis of our activities. The very success of the mission is the source of its present embarrassment. Its accommodations have become entirely inadequate to the demand of the station. Some way ought to be found for meeting the present demands. Enterprises such as we are conducting can never remain stationary. Failure to prepare the way for further expansion means inevitably, the losing of the advantages "already secured."
Miss Blackburn closes her report with these encouraging words: "With a new superintendent on the field, a Bishop of rare ability and experience in charge, and with a full assurance of the Divine presence aDd guidance, we go forward joyfully and hopefully."
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ITALY.
Organized as a Conference in 1881.
Woman's Work Commenced in 1886.
Official Correspondent, Mrs. F. P. Crandon.
MISSIONARIES. Rome: — M. Ella Vickery, Eva Odgers, Agnes A. Llewellyn, Edith M. Swift, Edith Burt.
CRANDON INSTITUTE. No educational work which is being carried on under the auspices of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, has been more uniformly successful, or has furnished more satisfactory results, than that which has been conducted by Miss Vickery in the girls' school at Rome. The opposition with which this enterprise has had to contend from the date of its inception, has been both open and insidious. There was no possible hope of success for this work except that which was based on the excellence of the educational facilities which the Institute afforded, and the absolute honesty and genuineness of the methods adopted in both the departments of administration and instruction.
Wisdom, moderation and courage have uniformly characterized its management, with the result that the confidence of a once hostile community has been secared, and it now enjoys a most flattering patronage, a large portion of which comes from a clientage that has no sympathy with its religious purpose or teachings.
Indeed so far as religious doctrines or methods are concerned, there can never be any accord between what Crandon Institute stands for and the teachings and practices of those who constitute an overwhelming majority of the surroundings populace. The re- spect which the Institute receives, is a compliment to its integrity and to its persistence. We expect it to commend itself more and more to the intelligence and to the moral perceptions of the citizens of Rome, and our faith in its ultimate establishment as an import- ant factor in the educational and religious forces of the "Ancient City," is made more sure and steadfast by every report which comes from the active workers in the school, or from those casual or interested visitors who become acquainted with its operations.
The report of Miss Vickery concerning the acts and doings and
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achievements of the year, is in all respects so admirable, that I cannot do better than quote those paragraphs which relate to the topics in which the Executive Committee is especially interested. She writes:
"In all that relates to the superior quality of the instruction which it offers, the high grade of the teachers that it employs, and the honors gained by the pupils in the Government examinations, Crandcn Institute has again this year, held its place in the fore- most ranks of educational organizations. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the various government officials and in- spectors, have awarded it unstinted praise, and have moreover em- phasized their approval of its methods and its curriculum by enroll- ing their daughters as it& pupils."
The number of boarders remains the same as last year. In this department no increase was possible, as all the available accommo- dations had previously been occupied. The number of day pupils has been increased, the total enrollment having been more than three hundred and the average attendance two hundred and eighty- seven. The kindergarten has been especially well attended. The Institute is fortunate in having loyal and devoted teachers, whose earnest and conscientious work ensures good results. With the assistance of the pupils of the Music School, Mile. DeLord has given a series of entertainments, the proceeds of which have furnished a fund for aiding the poor people of the church, and has provided clothing and many useful articles for the poor boys of the Recrea- toria."
"The large reception room in Crandon Hall has been converted into a chapel, where the teachers, the boarders and day pupils as- semble for service every morning. Frequently we have a short address from some visiting missionary or minister of the Gospel. The resident teachers take their turn in holding evening prayers, and their earnest words have helped very much in teaching the girls, to understand, appreciate and appropriate the salvation which the Saviour offers, and beget a desire to read and obey His Word. Often the impressive hymns, sung at this service, reach hearts that have remained closed to all other spiritual influences, and dispel the indifference in which some of the girls strive to encase them- selves."
"As in other years, the Kings' Daughters' circles have been Aery active. Every Thursday they visit the homes of the poor, carrying material aid and comfort and cheer to the sufferers, in-
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stilling hope and new courage into the hearts of those who are sick, over-burdened and sad. When we see these girls gladly mak- ing personal sacrifices in order that they may help others less fortunate, we rejoice that they have grasped something of che Christ spirit and are learning to walk in the footsteps of Him who went about doing good.
"Five families, who in placing their children under our instruc- tion, asked that they might not be allowed to hear the sermons of a Protestant minister, have now granted permission for them to attend our church. Sometimes we feel that the results of our work are far short of our desires, but we are consoled with the thought that truth always moves at a slow pace, and that often great and lasting results follow the smallest beginnings. It is our prayer that year by year, the young women who will go from our doers to take their places in the struggle of life, may be well grounded in faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, nobly inspired by His teachings, trained to the consecration of all their activities to the good of Italy and of the human race."
To this report of Miss Vickery's I desire to add a few extracts from an admirably written article from the pen of Mrs. Fidelia Buttz Clark:
"A good work is known by its results. Questions such as this are often asked: "What is Crandon Hall doing for the evan- gelization of Italy?" As this is naturally the direct, ultimate and sole aim of the institution, we are happy to take this opportunity of bringing various facts to the attention of the thousands of friends who are interested in the school. Crandon Hall brings Christian influence to bear upon three hundred girls and young women who come to it as pupils each year. Naturally the influence is more direct and convincing when exerted upon those who live in the building. Still it cannot fail to be felt by the hundreds who enter its doors, by the families of pupils from whom the prejudice so uni- versal against Protestants here, is removed, and by the large circle of acquaintances which each family represents. Unconsciously to themselves, the young women mingle with members of the Evan- gelical churches and imbibe the principles of our religion. The next generation will show this. In Italy especially, it is true "That a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump." Little by little, as gradually and as noiselessly as the rock is worn away by the gentle lapping of the waves, the Gospel is entering the hearts and the
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lives of the Italians through Christian influence over her young women and men. Crandon Hall in these few years of its existence shows practical results, and its pupils are passing on the benefits received there, to others in various parts of the world. One young woman has been teaching for two years in a Wesleyan school in Bristol, England; six are becoming known for their writings and the high moral tone of their productions are in a measure the out- growth of ideals formed while in the school; twelve are teaching in Government schools in Italy, four in private institutions. One is in our Methodist school in Livorno, and one graduate remains in Crandon Hall. A graduate in music may soon go to Bulgaria to accept a position in the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society work in Lovetch. Another, after occupying a position as matron, has gone to New York for training as a deaconess, two graduates are married and have formed homes of their own. An effort has been made to teach a practical application of Christianity to daily living — not so much creed as action. All the pupils join in prayers and the Bible readings. Signor Bani, the pastor of the Italian church, talks each Sunday morning. These addresses have been exceedingly interesting and helpful. An unusually good spirit prevails among the girls and a sincere desire to help others to be kind and patient for the love of Christ.
These are a few of the results and aims of Crandon Hall. It deserves the support of the church, both moral and financial. Its position is ideal, its scope the highest imaginable, its corps of teach- ers able and consecrated. Bishop Burt who saw in every stone laid in the building, the fulfillment of a noble ideal writes thus: "There is no one institution in our church, whether at home or abroad, which needs and merits the confidence and hearty support of our people more than Crandon Hall at Rome. It is scarcely six years old, and yet it has already accomplished wonders in the Christian education of girls and young ladies, in enlarging the sphere of in- fluence of our church in Italy and in providing for its own financial support. I doubt if any other school of our church has a more brilliant record, especially when we take into account that Crandon Hall is in Rome, where every malignant art has been assiduously used to thwart its purposes, nullify its influence and destroy its very existence. It has proved that it is of God by its power of resistance and by its marvelous development for good. The future of Italy depends on the evangelical enlightenment and education of women in order that they may be freed from priestcraft. Cran-
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don Hall is the only institution of its kind in the very heart of popery. Though in Rome, its influence for the highest type of Christian civilization is felt throughout the whole country; it is one of the strategic schools of our church in her worldwide mission. Three noble women, Miss Vickery, Miss Llewelyn and Miss Swift, with their faithful associates are doing there a work which com- mands the admiration of all who love the cause of Christ. They are few against hundreds of nuns furnished with an abundance of money. In giving these girls a Christian education, we are anticipating the problems of the future and saving the nation. How I wish we had about twenty such institutions in Europe."
At the annual meeting of the Northwestern Branch in 1904, it was determined to cancel if possible, the debt remaining on Cran- don Hall. Literature concerning the work of the institution and its value to the missionary enterprise was freely circulated, and though there was no representation from the school or from Italy, to personally impress upon the various contributing congregations the value of this educational work and tell of its inspiring, wholesome influence among a people to whom a Christian faith was a new and strange doctrine, and the money asked for was to be applied to the payment of a debt — a fact which is seldom an in- spiration to generous giving — yet the loyal and true women through- out the Branch, responded grandly to the appeal that had been sent forth, . and the result was a Thank Offering which amounted to $20,000. This amount would have been increased by $G,500 but for the fact that in three conferences, the Thank Offering collection was appropriated to other interests. The property of the Institute continues to increase in value. A purchaser stands ready to pay us for it $110,000. This is just about double the amount that the Society has invested in it. If another site for the school could be purchased and a more extensive and commodious building erect- ed and paid for with this sum, it would perhaps be a wise policy to change locations. But no other location which is equally desirable for school purposes is now available, and for the present no such change will be made. As it is, all the pupils who can be cared for are received, and though a large number of applicants must needs be turned away, and though we would most gladly provide for all who want to come, still we are unwilling to risk a removal to an ineligible quarter.
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constantly increases in numbers, in efficiency and reputation. For some ur known reason the report of Miss Odgers the Principal, has not yet been received. The information which it is now possible to give concerning the work, has been gleaned from letters which have been received at various times during the year. The school is very much crowded, but Miss Odgers says: "I want to admit all that I can for every year counts with these girls. When I see how different in every desirable characteristic the girls are, who have been educated in our school, from other girls in the same social class, and realize what the training here has done for them, and that through them the gracious influence of the Christian faith and teaching is being felt in the little towns from which they come, or, when I remind myself that as the wives of Christian pastors stationed in the Methodist churches scattered throughout the King- dom, they will become a potent influence in bringing in the day of Italy's redemption, my heart prompts me to receive every girl who presents herself at my door, and to do for her all that our facilities makes it possible for us to do. One of the graduates of 1904 is teaching a day school in a new station opened by Mr. Wright, the Presiding Elder. In this school the Bible is read daily and its teachings are emphasized and enforced. Another from the same class has married an Italian minister, and is now in the United States where her husband has been appointed as pastor to the people who have come from their own land. The sewing teacher who had been a Roman Catholic, united with the Methodist church on probation at Easter, as did also a number of the school girls at the same time.
The Creche still continues the good work begun in 1S96, and a hundred poor children are gathered there daily to be fed, taught and cared for.
AUSTRIA. A Bible woman has been employed in Trieste, Austria. She is doing good work among the people, but has been subjected to great persecution. The authorities of the city are doing all in their power to suppress the work of our church. Under the provisions of the Austrian law, the children of such parents as have forsaken the Catholic Church must remain Catholics until they become fourteen years old. Pastors representing evangelical denominations have been prohibited from holding religious meetings or Sunday Schools, and in one instance from even assuming the title of a Methodist preacher. This preacher is not allowed to enter
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a hospital to minister to the sick or the dying, or to accompany the dead to the cemetery. The little chapel has been closed and the faithful Christians are meeting for worship in private homes behind closed doors.
Miss Fraisse, our Bible woman visits among the people and is gaining their confidence. She is also working among the chil- dren, striving to so teach them that they may grow up to be con- sistent and devout followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
PAPAL LANDS. It is greatly to be regretted that our church people, and to some extent the membership of our society, mani- fest so little interest in the missionary work which is being prose- cuted in Papal lands. The condition of the people to whom we minister is as pitiable as that of the heathen in India, or China, or Japan. They are as ignorant as any people on earth and the superstition and degradation of these countries, is appalling. Many of our missionaries from China and India, when they have witnessed the superstitious practices and ceremonies of these people, say that the heathen practices of the Hindus and Buddhists, are not more meaningless or degrading. In many of these countries the Bible is a prohibited book. It is not very long ago that it was ordered to be burned in the streets of one of the principal cities of Mexico. Images and relics are worshipped in their churches just as idols are worshipped in heathendom. The second Commandment has been entirely cut out of the Decalogue, and the tenth Commandment has been divided into two parts in order to keep the number good. Ancient heathen idols have been found on the altars of many church- es and are worshipped under the name of some canonized saint. It is well known the ancient statue of Jupiter now bears the name of St. Peter and is worshipped daily by the throngs who crowd into St. Peter's, and yet many of us seem to think that these people do not need any religious instruction.
ITALY. Notwithstanding the apathy of the church and the various missionary organizations in regard to our missions in Papal lands, there are many encouraging aspects to our work in Italy. And first let it be noted, that there is an increasing spirit of liber- ality and religious toleration among the non-official classes of the people. Experience has demonstrated that the doctrines which are taught and the principles which are inculcated by the missionaries tend to promote the good order of society and sobriety and industry among the people. The mission people and the mission schools
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are never disturbers of the peace and good order of the community. The sympathy and helpfulness which constantly attend the ministra- tions of our teachers and physicians and our pastors do win the hearts of the people, and they do come to believe that the mission- ary effort is inspired by unselfishness and a genuine love of the peo- ple, and having secured their confidence the way is opened to their enlightenment and conversion. Then education is more and more widely disseminated and the mission schools afford the best facilities for instruction, which the people can command. The children come to us to be taught, they are influenced by the spirit and the atmo- sphere of the schools, and gradually but surely, the pupils them- selves become efficient missionaries in the social circles where they move.
Tha spirit of inquiry is constantly becoming more and more ag- gressive. Both men and women attend the services in the mission churches. They listen attentively, they ponder over what they hear, and they come again and again asking questions and seeking explan- ations concerning the new faith which has arrested their attention, and out of all this inquiry and investigation, there eventually comes conviction of the truth and then acceptance of the instruction. The people read the Bible and the religious literature which the mission workers freely distribute among them. The experience of very many years confirms the belief that God's word will work its own way into the heart of any one who will study it and seek for enlightenment. Those who will candidly read the Bible and receive its teachings with an unprejudiced mind, will be brought to a knowledge of the truth. Then our people commend themselves to the confidence and appreciation of the communities in which they live. One of our Italian pastors is practically the superintendent of all the schools in a city of about 6,000 inhabitants, and a Christian woman has been appointed a teacher in one of the municipal schools, and in the same town the common council donated a lot for a site for a Protestant church near the center of the city.
The progress of Protestant Christianity in Italy has attracted the attention of the Pope himself, and he has appointed a com- mittee of five Cardinals to consider what steps ought to be taken in opposition to the missionary enterprises which have been estab- lished in Italy. But no opposition can avail to stay the progress of evangelical religion in Italy. Of course forcible opposition is not to be thought of and in the intellectual and spiritual conflicts which
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may ensue, truth and righteousness will ultimately prevail. If the cause which we have espoused is founded on the eternal principles of right, its triumph is as certain as that God lives and reigns over the inhabitants of the earth. The fair land of Italy will be redeemed. The gentiles shall behold its light and kings come to the brightness of its rising.
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SWITZERLAND AND NORTH GERMANY.
Official Correspondent, Louisa C. Rothweiler.
After a number of years of continual increase in receipts from our sisters in Germany and Switzerland we are sorry to report a decrease. This is no doubt in part due to the heroic efforts that are being made in some places to support their own work instead of applying to us for help, and in part to the fact that some larger special gifts that came for a few years as a result of the visit of Miss Lebeus to many of our congregations there, have gradually stopped, but also because one of the most generous patrons of our society in North Germany was lately called home to her re- ward. We hope that the special efforts which our leaders there are planning for the coming year will result in a great increase of interest.
One very hopeful sign in North Germany is the success with which several Standard Bearer Bands have been organized among the young women of the churches. Others are being planned for. In order to hold the interest of these Bands permanently it will be absolutely necessary to assign to them a share in a missionary,
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one who will keep in touch with them and let them know what she is doing. A sister of Dr. Luering, of Ipoh, has been instru- mental in creating much of this interest, and her Band is very anx- ious to have their money go to the support of some one on his district.
The appropriations given to North Germany and Switzerland have been used to the best possible advantage, giving just enough to stimulate the people to do their utmost to raise the remaindr ncessary to support the visiting deaconesses employed.
In North German Conference two are employed, one at Schnee- berg, the other at Chemnitz^ Both have done faithful work, the one in the former place has had an especially successful year. She relates very interesting cases where families and individuals have been converted and brought into the church.
Of the four deaconesses employed in the Switzerland Confer- ence there is one each in Adlisweil, Herisau, Lausanne and Zurich. While all have done good work, the one in Lausanne has had the most interesting work, as she gives a part of her time to the su- pervision of a Home for Working Girls. This has not only been a refuge for girls when out of employment and destitute, but many have been glad to avail themselves of the opportunity of having a safe home and boarding place. A goodly number have been saved from a life of sin, brought to a knowledge of sins forgiven and have united with our church. Others, while they have not taken a decisive step, have been influenced for good. Last Christ- mas invitations were sent to all who had been, either for a longer or a shortr time, inmates of the Home, to come to a celebration there. With those in the home at the time and the members of the local organization of young ladies, some 200 gathered. Some of these who had not been attending the church services for some time have since then again come. Only our Father above knows of all the good done at this one station by this sister. Herisau, where a very little support was given, has decided henceforth to support their worker themselves, so as to let the other three places have a little more help, which they stand in sore need of.
Thanking sincerely for what the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society has done for our work among the Germans in Europe, both conferences ask that the same appropriation be given them for next year.
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AFRICA.
Work Opened in 1899.
Official Correspondent, Mrs. Wm. B. Thompson.
Missionaries: — Quessua, Susan Collins; Old Umtali, Virginia Swormstedt.
The places in this great land at which our Society is at work are literally very few and very far between.
The three stations reported one year ago have divided, strange to say, to two., one on the east coast and one on the west.
When and where has the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society ever before spread such a statement upon its courageous records, as that of abandoning a station where the whole continent could muster but three? The very words seem the knell of dear hopes and priceless possibilities. Some day, maybe, the record will be oblit- erated from memory, or better still, the lost territory may be recovered.
Which one of the sweet shimmering lights has in dishearten- ment slipped out from dark Africa's tiny constellation? Inhambane "was" and so it bears a resemblance in at least this one point to its classic predecessor, Troy. Miss Swormstedt was sad at the thought of leaving the station and work to which she was at first assigned, but for various reasons it seemed the wise course.
OLD UMTALI to which she is now transferred has the advant- age, not only of a more healthful climate, being three thousand five hundred feet above the sea, but also of a developing work which demands an increase in our force.
The tide of popular sentiment has turned and now, native girls, recently so hard to induce to come to the school are coming, and the girls' school at Hartzelle Villa is a reality, although still in the day of small beginnings. Bishop Hartzell had made over to us one of the houses and some of the land granted by the Government to our church. The house is a valuable one of brick with iron roof. It contains several rooms and a veranda. When needed repairs are made it will be very well suited to our use. It is located apart from the other houses in a beautiful spot at the foot of the moun- tain overlooking a large and fertile table-land bordered by peaks rich in gold.
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Ovr grounds have ample garden room. A new building will be needed for the girls, and for this, with repairs and other improve- ments, two thousand five hundred dollars are asked — in addition to some funds now on hand.
A new missionary also is needed as a co-worker for Miss Sworm- stedt, who is the sole representative of our Society since the mar- riage of Mrs. Rasmussen to Mr. Springer of the Missionary Society.
Mrs. Springer has rendered valuable service to mission work by the preparation of a vocabulary and grammar, and she will make other contributions to the equipment of our missionaries by doing needful translating. Her circular letters are valuable, throwing much light upon the needs of that land, bringing its conditions to our attention in an appealing way. Very pathetic are the life-stor- ies being lived by some of those poor girls. One day the uncle of one came and demanded her. His father had given her mother to her father who had never paid for her and this daughter was to be sold to pay the debt — and the cattle for which she would be sold were to be used in paying off another and similar debt. The girl refused to go and a way out of the difficulty was happily found.
QUESSUA. For the work at this west coast station, adequate materials for preparing a report are not at hand. In May, Bishop Scott sent this appeal from Monrovia. "I am here in Africa doing my best to carry forward the work assigned me by the church. I write at this time to make formal request of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, for a worker for this field. I desire to open a school for girls as soon as may be,," Later he speaks of securing a new two room school building in Krootown, one of the largest native towns on this coast, where there is the greatest possible opportunity to accomplish a magnificent work. The town is a suburb of Monrovia and is under the influence of civilization.
The Bishop calculates that the expense incident to the opening of the work will be really small — and pleads, "If you can help me, do not fail to do so."
What shall be our response to the plea from the good man? His words, "If you can help me" touch the heart. How often in all the long years has such a cry been uttered by eager, trembling lips, by out-stretched, appealing hands. How far more often has it perished mute in the longing heart, and how long has been delayed the answer to these appeals from this "far, forgotten land." "How long, oh, how long!"
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WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Appropriations for 1905-1906
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NEW ENGLAND BRANCH. North India.
tfaini Tal, Schools, convey- ance, teachers (one-half)..? 104
Dwarahat, First assistant.'.. 240
Three scholarships, $20.... 60
Pithoragarh, Assistant, Miss
McMullen 240
Conveyance 60
Two Scholarships, $20 40
Shot, Repairs 67
Bible-woman - 4
Expenses to Conference... 33
Medical Supplies 50
Dr. M. A. Sheldon, home sal- ary, cne quarter 88
Bareilly, One hospital bed... 20
Twenty scholarships, $15.. 300
Shahjahanpur, Miss C. M.
Organ 650
Four scholarships, $15 60
Moradabad, First assistant. . 300 Filtv scholarships, $15.... 750 Two Agra Medical scholar- ships 80
Twelve city schools 16 S
Inspectress 60
Conveyance 84
Bible-women 104
Mrs. Parker's itinerating. . 33
Assistant for city work... 200
Rent 100
Repairs 250
Sambahl, District work 1,100
Mrs. Core's itinerating 33
Bijnour, Second assistant. . . 220
Twelve scholarships, $15... 180
City workers 160
Conveyance 66
Circuit Bible-women and
teachers 75
District Work —
Basti 88
Dhanpore and Sherkot 145
Mandawar 80
Nagina 130
Najibabad 125
Nurpur 110
Seohara 80
Mrs. Gill's itinerating 50
Lucknow, Miss F. L. Nichols. 600
Miss A. Mudge 600
Two memorial scholarships 80
Scholarships 60
Debt (in part) 845
Budaon, Miss E. M. Ruddick. 400
Itinerating 30
Total for North India. $9,422 Northwest India.
Cawnpore, Miss B. F. Crowell, salary and out going ex- penses 800
First assistant 220
Two one-half scholarships. 80
Ten scholarships, $15 150
New roof (in part) 85
Meemt, First assistant 240
Muttra, First assistant 240
Conveyance 37
Thirteen scholarships, $15. 195
Total for Northwest
India $2,047
South India.
Hyderabad, City schools 275
Mrs. Somerville 260
Conveyance 25
Four scholarships, $2u.... 80
Madras, Miss D' Jordan 260
Miss Young 260
Conveyance 80
Ten scholarships, $20 200
Meenambal 100
Total for South India. $1,540 Central Provinces.
Basim, Assistant 200
Bible-women and convey- ance 184
Forty-eight scholarships,$15 720
Raipur, Miss E. L. Harvey... 600
Conveyance 60
Rent 50
Total for Central Prov- inces $1,814
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
227
Bombay.
Telegaon, Five scholarships, $20
100
Total for Bombay $100
Bengal.
Darjeeling, Miss B. D. Knowles, salary and
home-coming 650
Total for Bengal $650
Malaysia.
Singapore, Seven scholar- ships, $20 140
Miss Meyer 240
Rent, Teluk -nyer School.. ISO
Conveyance 120
Teacher 90
Penang, First teacher 180
Kuala Lumpur, Miss E. A.
Hemingway 450
Conference and Finance
Committee Expenses. ... 30
Vernacular teacher 48
Contingencies 90
Repairs on house 90
Furniture 100
Philippines, Building 100
Total for Malaysia and
Philippines $1,858
North China.
Peking, Miss Erne G. Young. . 750
Miss G. Gilman 650
Tartar city day school.... 60
Hospital current expenses. 300
Thirty scholarships, $30... 900
One medical student 50
Ch'ang-hi, Dr. E. G. Terry.. 650
Miss E. E. Glover 750
Day schools 100
Training school 300
Hospital and dispensary. . . 275
Country medical work. . . . 150
Nineteen scholarships, $30. 570
Conference Minutes 20
Total for North China,$5,525
Central China.
Nanking, Day school. Seven scholarships,
!5.
40 175
Total for central China. $215 West China.
Chung King, Bible-woman. . . 35
Itinerating 10
Four scholarships, $20 80
Chentu, Miss C. J. Collier. . . 650
Miss M. A. Simester 525
Five scholarships, $20 100
Two one-half scholarships. 20
Rent and repairs 35
Two hospital beds, $40 80
Total for West China. .$1,535 Foochow.
Foochow, Miss E. M. Chis-
holm (in part) 200
Twelve scholarships, $20... 240
One orphan 30
Ku Cheng, Woman's school.. 150
Bible-women 50
Day school 25
Repairs 25
South Yen Ping, Miss M. C.
Hartford, home salary. . . 350
Hai Tana. Woman's school.. 300
Bible-women 50
Day schools and traveling. 90
Conference Minutes 10
Total for Foochow $1,520
Hing Hua.
Ing Chung, Miss A. M. Todd. 600
Miss J. A. Marriott 600
Bible-women 75
Conference expenses 10
Total for Hing Hua.. $1,2 8 5
Korea.
Seoul, Miss J. O. Paine 700
Twelve scholarships, $35... 420
House steward 50
Fuel (one-half) .■ 175
West Gate day school 40
Repairs, Scran ton Home. . 75
Gateman, Mrs. Scranton... 50
Keeson, Mrs. Scranton.... 50
Total for Korea $1,560
North Japan. Hakodate, Teacher of litera- ture 270
Teacher, 1st and 2nd grades 115 Seven scholarships, $40... 280
Building 1,105
Hirosaki, Teacher, 3rd and
4th grades 100
Assistant 60
Bible-woman, Mrs. Taku-
sari 90
Total for North Japan.. $2, 020 Central Japan. Tokyo, A o y a m a, Science
teacher 235
Eight scholarships, $40.... 320 Two industrial scholar- ships 80
Yokohoma, Preparatory
teacher 75
Ground rent 60
Insurance 200
228
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Fuel and lights 75
Bible-woman, Mrs. Inagaki. 90
Samabukicho day school.. 650
Seven scholarships, $40... 280
Blind school (in part) .... 25
Literary work 40
Nanoya, Translation teacher. 150
Sewing teacher 200
Matron 100
Total for Central Japan.$2,580 South Japan. Nagasaki, Seven scholarships,
280
Total for South Japan. $280 Mexico. Mexico City, Miss B. E. Knee- land, salary and outgoing 825 Three scholarships $50.... 150
Bible-woman 105
School supplies 100
Miraflores, Native teacher. . . 250
Assistant 225
Pachuca, Native teacher, M.
Orozco 250
Assistant io0
One scholarship 50
"Water Tax and Repairs. ... 80
Puebla, Miss J. Palacios 500
Three scholarships, $50.... 150
Total for Mexico $2,885
South America.
Buenos Ayres, Rent 200
Assistant teacher 200
One scholarship 83
Rosario, Assistant 400
Repairs and taxes 200
School supplies 30
Furniture 50
Two scholarships, $100.... 200
Montevideo, One scholarship. 100
Taxes 150
Insurance 27
School supplies 100
Building 650
Total for South Amer- ica $2,390
Bulgaria. Lovetch, Matron and other
service 220
Two scholarships, $45 90
Taxes 25
Land 4 5
Total for Bulgaria.... $360 Italy. Rome, Via Garibaldi, Five
Scholarships, $50.
250
Total for Italy $250
SUMMARY.
North India $9,422
Northwest India 2,047
South India 1,540
Central Provinces, India.... 1,814
Bombay, India 100
Bengal, India 650
Malaysia and Philippines... 1,858
North China 5,525
Central China 215
West China 1,535
Foochow, China 1,520
Hing Hua, China 1,285
Korea 1,560
North Japan 2,020
Central Japan 2,580
South Japan 280
Mexico 2,6<i5
South America 2,390
Bulgaria 360
Italy 250
Total $39,836
Thank Offering for India. . . 5,000
Grand total $44,836
NEW YORK BRANCH. North India.
Naini Tal, Bible-women $64
Mrs. Newman's Bible-wom- an 50
Rent for B.-W. Home 33
Dwarahat, Two scholarships,
at $20 40
Medical scholarship 40
Pithoragarh, Eight scholar- ships at $20 160
Support of women 100
Industrial work 320
Miss Annie Budden, Salary. 600
Asa.stant, Miss Ellen -Hayes 300
Village school 20
Training class 67
Bible-women 100
Conveyances 80
Itinerating 100
Mrs. Newman's Bible-wom- en 100
Bareilly, Orphanage, First
assistant 300
Second assistant ...."..... 240
Third assistant 220
117 scholarships 1,755
City schools 100
Mohulla and village work. 165
Bible-women 160
Conveyance 160
Special Bible-woman 25
Itinerating (Sader Bazar) 16
Woman's school, teachers. 120
Books and incidentals 12
Shahjahanpur, West, Bible- women 72
Mrs. Neeld's itinerating. . . 50 Shahjahanpur, East, Four Bi- ble-women 120
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
229
Conveyance 60
Widows 40
Repairs 20
City schools 40
Katra Circuit 60
Thera Bajhera Circuit 45
Faridpur Circuit 64
Pauri, Six scholarships 120
Mrs. Newman's Bible-wom- an "Sarah" 50
Mrs. Newman's Bible-wom- an "Eleanor Gill" 50
Moradabad, Five scholarships 75 Evangelistic work, convey- ance 75
Bible-women 80
Medicines 25
Repairs on school building. 50
Budaon District, Bible-women 800
Bijnour, Two scholarships. . . 30
Pilibhit District 1,060
Haraoi, Thirteen scholarships 260
Bible-women and medicines 180
Mrs. Tupper's itinerating. . 28
Sandila, Bible-woman .... 68
Safipur, Bible-woman .... 60
Sandi, Bible-woman 52
Mallawan, Bible-woman... 68
Bilgram, Bible-women .... 80
Unao, Bible-woman 80
Pahani, Bible-woman 68
Shahabad, Bible-woman . . . 124
Summer School 30
Lucknow, B. W. Caroline
Richards 40
Conveyance 100
Zenana and village work,
Bible-women 144
Conveyance 80
Circuit Bible-women 60
Sitapur, Miss Ida G. Loper. . . 600
Eight Scholarships 120
B. W. Georgiana Dempster 40
Bahraich, Schools 80
Conveyance 90
Rent 40
Bible-women 100
Kaisarganj Circuit Bible- women 68
Bhinga Circuit 96
District itinerating ....... 40
Miss P. M. English, salary
and return 900
Total North India. .. $12,129
Northwest India.
Phalera, One scholarship. ... 15
Allahabad, Eight scholarships 120
Assistant 220
Cawnpore, Thirty-three schol- arships 495
High School, Two scholar- ships 160
City Bible-women 100
District B. W. and itiner- ating 330
Meerut, Eight B. W. and itin- erating 200
Muttra District, Agra Assis- tant 240
Three Bible-women, con- veyance, etc 75
Day schools 44
Ground rent 44
Brindaban, Two Bible-women 84 Bengali Evange^st (half) . 120 Muttra, Miss Agnes Saxe. . . . 600 Five Native scholarships. . 100 Boarding school, five schol- arships 75
Two District Bible-women. 50
Total for Northwest
India $3,072
South India.
Bangalore District.
Kolar, Eighteen scholarships,
$20 360
Miss Lena Davies 240
Munshi 19
Conveyance 50
Two Bible-women 48
Hyderabad District, Assistant,
Miss Reilly 260
Conveyance (partial) 50
Secunderabad, Bible-woman. . 40
Bowenpalli school 80
Madras District, Taxes (half) 65
6S scholarships, $20 1,360
Matron 200
Three city and nine village
schools 468
Miss Lewis 220
Miss Brown's successor. . . 220
Munshi 20
Bible-women 120
Conveyances 160
Nicodemus Home, "Parva-
thy" 40
Raichur District, Four Bible- women 100
Belgaun day school 50
Raichur boarding school,
Mrs. Wellis 240
Miss Thoy (half) 90
Munshi 25
Twenty scholarships, $20.. 400
Bible-woman, Martha 50
Village school 25
' Total for South India. .$5,000 Central Provinces. Narsingpur, Bible-woman and
conveyance 250
Bombay Conference. Bombay, Miss Elizabeth Nich-
olls 650
Miss Helen Robinson 650
Assistant 240
Mrs. Bhimjibhoy 160
Emily Bai Abraham 80
230
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Mrs. Nathan 94
Two Bible-women 100
Conveyances 130
City schools 100
Repairs to Zenana Home. . 200
Taxes and insurance 160
Itinerating 25
Telegaon, School, Miss C. H.
Lawson 600
Assistant matron 52
Nurse 40
38 scholarships at $20.... 760
Cart and bullocks 200
Eno Circuit, Bible-women. 100
Poona, Miss Estelle Files.... 500
11 scholarships at 20 220
Taxes 85
Gujarat District, Three Ah- medabad Evangelistic
teachers 56
Itinerating (Mrs. Ward ... 25
Baroda, 20 scholarships, $20. 400
Godhra, Miss Kate Curts 600
15 scholarships at $20 300
Total for Bombay $6,527
Bengal Conference.
Asansol, Three scholarships
at $20 60
Bolpur, Pour Bible-women... 160
Two teachers $40 80
Tv/o teachers 40
Two Jhees 24
Five village schools 20
Repairs " 20
Driver and bullocks 46
Calcutta, Miss Storrs, vacation
trip 50
Five orphans at $40 200
Miss Elizabeth Maxey 325
Deaconess Home, rent 400
Hindustani work, toucher's
salary 67
(Miss Stumpf), Bibie-wom-
an 67
Rent Jhees 50
Incidentals 16
Bengali work, Mrs. Lee,
horse and gharry 75
Four Bible-women 180
Eight scholarships 200
Shoju Otego scholarship. . . 15
Pakur, 10 scholarships at $20 200 Tamluk, Miss Jennie Moyer,
home salary 350
Expense of return to U. S. . 300
Teachers and Jhee 140
District schools and Sunday
schools 80
Bible-women and scholar- ships 55
Total for Bengal $3,2^U
Burma.
Rangoon, Emma Kunzl 80
Total for India $29,378
Malaysia. Singapore, Teluk Ayer girls'
school Missionary 450
Vernacular teacher 48
Kwala Lumpur, Scholarships. 50
Matron 72
Insurance 50
Repairs (partial) 30
Total for Malaysia $700
Philippines 250
North China Peking, Mrs. Charlotte M.
Jewell 650
20 scholarships at $30 600
Rondout day school 50
Bible-woman, Phoebe Li... 40
Bible-woman, Mrs. Liu Chao 40
Training school teacher. ... 40
One medical student 50
Ch'angli, Eleven scholarships
at $30 330
Bible-woman, Mrs. Ch'in
Tang 40
Bible-woman, Mrs. Chou
Wang 40
Tientsin, Bible-woman, Mrs.
Kuo Wei 40
Shan-Tung, Bible-woman, Old
Lady Wang 40
Bible-woman, Mrs. Clara
Wang 40
Mrs. Liu Chi Hsien 40
Publishing Conference Min- utes (partial) 20
Total for North China. $2,060 Central China.
Chinkiang, Dr. Lucy Hoag,
home salary 350
Return to China 300
14 Scholarships at $25 350
Medical work 200
Nanking, Four scholarships at
$25 100
One Bible-woman 20
Wuhu, Miss Emma Mitchell. 650
Bible-woman 40
Bible-woman, Cheng Sze Mo 40
City evangelistic work. ... 50
Two day schools 80
Day School rent 25
House rent 100
Gateman 25
Kiu Kiang, Miss Dreibelbies,
home salary 350
Return to China 300
Twelve scholarships at $25. 300 Toward furnishing S. A. R.
Fish school 200
Two day schools 80
Two Bible-women 80
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
231
Miss La Dona Deavitt 650
Nanchang, Miss Jennie V.
Hughes 550
Ten Scholarships at $25... 250
Four day schools at $40... 160
Total for Central China. $5,250 Foochow Conference.
Foochow, Woman's Training
school 60
Romanized school 50
Miss Phoebe Wells' salary. 600
Four Bible-women 100
Miss Florence Plumb,
home salary 350
Expenses of return to New
York 300
Girls' School, seven schol- arships at $20 140
Six orphans at $30 ISO
Miss Young (conditional) . 470
Miss Elizabeth Strow 600
Business Agent's expenses. 30
Repairs Tai Maiu Home. . . 50 Mingchiang,. Dr. May E.
Carleton 750
Medical Students 125
Medical assistant 60
Hospital expenses 500
Annie Fealing 30
Watchman 26
Repairs 50
Kucheng, Miss Grace Travis. 600
Messenger, etc 50
Woman's school (half) .... 150 Eie:ht day schools and trav- eling 200
Eight Bible-women 200
Boarding School, Five
scholarships, $20 100
Repairs 50
Furniture 50
North long Bing, Miss Alice
Linam 600
Messenger, etc 50
Woman's training school.. 200
Repairs and rent (partial) 50
Insurance 85
Ngu-cheng, Li Bi Cu, M. D. . 200
Total for Foochow. ... $7,055
Hinghua Conference.
Sieng Iu, Orphan
Hinghua, Two Bible-women.
20 50
Total for Hinghua.... $70
Korea.
Seoul. Eiva Haktung, Sixteen
Scholarships at $35 560
Eunman Teacher, Isabel... 60 Chong Dong, Bible-woman,
Theresa 50
Bible-woman, Delia 50
Hospital, Miss Mary Cut- ler, M. D 700
Eight free beds at $35 280
Repairs and incidentals. . . . 165
Drugs and instruments.... 250
Mrs. M. F. Scran ton 500
Bible-woman, Hanna Chung 50
Bible-woman, Alice Barr. . . 50
Bible-woman, Melissa Pak. 50
Bible-woman, Sarah Kim.. 50
Sang Dong day school.... 50
Muchinai day school 50
Fuel for day schools 25
School supplies, books, etc. 25 Kong Ju. Mrs. Sharp's itiner- ating 100
Pyen Yang, Miss Henrietta
Robbins 700
Miss Robbins' itinerating. . 200 Miss Robbins, Bible-woman 50 Ethel M. Estey, home sal- ary 350
Return passage to America 350 Miss Estey's Bible-woman,
Ham Chong, D. S 50
Fuel and supplies, Ham
Chong day school 25
Pveng Yang home repairs. 50 Mrs. Rosetta S. Hall, M. D. 700 Drugs and incidentals . . . 150 Hospital and dispensary as- sistants 200
Hospital Bible-woman 50
Hospital matron 50
Hospital repairs 50
Hospital fuel 150
Hospital in patients 100
Blind class 60
Blind class teacher 40
Chinnampo day school. ... 50 Chinnampo day school fuel
and supplies 25
Chemulpo. Miss Lula Miller. . 750
Miss Miller's itinerating. . . 150
Bible-woman, Helen 50
Bible-woman, Helena 50
Kang Wha Bible-woman,
Frances Mary 50
Balance cost of well 20
Medical traveling 75
Freights and Duty 100
Printing reports 30
New Missionary 1 OuO
Total for Korea $8,740
North Japan.
Hakodate, Caroline Wright Memorial school, Miss M.
S. Hampton 750
School ground rent 90
Insurance 90
School repairs 100
Fifteen scholarships at $40 600
Teacher, Chinese, Mr. Uno. 350
Matron 115
Two pupil assistants at $60 120
232
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Kindergarten, First assis- tant 90
Industrial and Blind School
teacher 60
Indusrial and Blind School
rent 25
City "W ork, Bible-woman
a Teachers' House rent 40
Bible-woman, Mrs. Yamako 90
Travel, tracts, etc 25
Hirosaki, Teachers, 1st and
2nd Grades 60
Eighth Grade 365
Sewing 110
Sewing, First assistant. . . . 100
Sewing, Second assistant. . 60
Drawing 60
Kindergarten, Miss Yoshi-
zawa 180
Aomori, Bible-woman 90
Nurse Girls' School 60
Yoshida Children's Meetings 30
Monthly Meetings (travel) 30
Total for North Japan. $3,6 6 5
Sendai, Bible-woman 90
Tokyo, Miss Georgia Weaver. 700
Insurance 150
Four Scholarships at $40. . . 160 Harrison Memorial Indus- trial School, two schol- arships 80
Higgins Memorial Training
school, two scholarships. SO
Yokohama Blind school. ... 25
Tokyo, Bible-woman 90
Bible-woman, Mita 90
Bible-woman, Odawara ... 90 Literary Work, Tokiwa. ... 150 Nagoya, Miss Anna Atkinson 700 Teachers, History and Geo- graphy 300
Teachers, Intermediate de- partment 160
Teachers, two assistants. . . 150
Two scholarships 80
Bible-woman, Second Church 90
District travel 70
Total for Central Jap- an $3,255
South Japan.
South Kiushiu District, Miss
Gheer 700
Miss Lida Smith 700
Miss Hortense Long 587
Miss Gheer's assistant,
Miss Nakamura 50
Tracts, literature, etc 50
S. S. and Supplies 50
District and City travel
and work 300
Kagoshima house rent,
taxes and repairs 200
Bible-woman, Kumamoto,
Mrs. Oshima 125
Bible-woman, Yatsushiro,
Miss Matsunobo 90
Bible-woman, Omura, Mrs.
Yamaki 100
Bible-woman, Kokubo, Miss
Nakanishi 100
Bible-woman, Kagoshima,
Mrs. Tsuchihashi 110
Bible-woman, Kagoshima,
Mrs. Kubo 60
Bi Die-woman, Loo Choo,
Miss Hori 100
Loo Choo, Miss Yoneyama. 50
Bible-woman, Loo Choo,
Miss Ito 35
Fukuoko, Two scholarships at
$40 80
Nagasaki, Fifteen scholar- ships at $40 600
Miss Davison, half salary. 350
Teacher, Japanese litera- ture 250
Total for South Japan. $4, 687 Mexico.
Mexico City, Miss Laura
Temple 750
Miss Allen 500
Normal Dept., Prof. Cer- vantes Imaz 300
French, Prof. Mons. Mau-
ries 180
Insurance 75
Seven scholarships at $50. 3oU Mrs. Newman's Bible-wom- an 50
Treasurer's expenses 60
Pachuca, Elisa Salinas 200
Kindergarten assistant, Au- rora Varela 150
Three scholarships at $50. 150 Mrs. Newman's Bible-wom- an 50
Puebla, Miss M. Tovar 150
Miss Manriquez 180
Matron 200
Four Scholarships at $50.. 200
Repairs on Roof 70
Total for Mexico ....$3,615 South America.
Buenos Ayres, House Rent
(partial) 750
Miss Eleanor Le Huray. . . 750
Assistant teacher 400
Servants 275
Taxes and repairs 200
Physician 75
School supplies 200
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
233
Mrs. Newman's Bible-wom- an 50
Eight scholarships at $85. 670
Matron's assistant 50
Montevideo, Mrs. Newman's
Bible-woman 50
Rosario, Furniture for school 65
Peru, Lima, Miss Elsie Wood 750
Total for South Amer- ica |4,285
Bulgaria.
Lovetch, Miss Llavka Get-
cheva 225
Miss Leona Vasileva 200
One scholarship 45
Taxes 25
Total for Bulgaria. ... $495
Italy.
Home, Isabel Clarke creche. . 150 Via Garibaldi School, Five
scholarships at $50 250
Matron and assistant 200
Day teachers 100
Crandon Hall, Mary Barratt 150 Trieste, Miss Fraisse (par- tial) 50
Total for Italy $900
A frica.
Quessua. One scholarship. ... 20
Ole Umtali, General work. . . 115
Medical supplies 10
Two scholarships 40
Total for Africa $185
SUMMARY. India. North India Conference. . . .$12,129
Northwest India Conference. 3.072
South India Conference.... 5,000
Central Provinces Conference 250
Bombay Conference 6,527
Bengal Conference 3,220
Burma Conference 80
Total for India $30,278
Malaysia Conference 700
Philippine Conference 250
China.
North China Conference. . . . $2,060
Central China Conference... 5.250
Foochow Conference 7,055
Hing Hua Conference 70
Total for China $14,435
Korea. Korea Conference 8,740
Total for Korea $8,740
Japan.
North Japan Conference. ... 3,665
Central Japan Conference. . . 3,225
South Japan Conference. . . . 4,687
Total for Japan $11,577
Mexico 3,615
South America, Buenos Ayres 3,420
Montevideo 50
Rosario 65
Peru 750
Total for South Amer- ica $4,285
Bulgaria 495
Italy 900
Afric'a 185
Total $75,460
Thank Offering.
(Amount conditional upon collec- tions.)
India. Lucknow College 2,080
Cawnpore School roof.,.. 200
Telegaon School 1,630
Pakur School 270
China. Chinkiang School re- pairs 500
Foochow, Miss Adams'
Home 500
Japan, Hakodate School.... 2,720 South America, Montevideo
School 1,600
Mexico, College fence 500
Total $10,000
Grand Total $85,460
APPROPRIATIONS FOR PHILA- DELPHIA BRANCH.
North India.
Dvoarahat. scholarships $60
Lobha, Circuit Work 25
Pithoragarh. scholarships (5) 100
SuDDort of Women (5) 100
Bible-women 40
Bareilly, scholarships 195
Students' wives scholar- ships 72
Kindergarten 72
Mrs. Mansell's itinerating. 13
Pauri, scholarships 3u0
Miss Kyle, home salary. . . 300
Assistant 240
Medical scholarships 40
Village schools (4) 100
Bijnour, scholarships 105
Lucknow, Salary Miss K. L.
Hill 500
Furniture and Passage. . . . 150
Salary Miss Blackstock. . . . 300
Medicines and Doctor 125
Isabella Thoburn College
(Conditional) 1,560
234
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
City schools and convey- ances 150
Gonda, First assistant 240
Scholarships (10) 150
Conveyance 35
Bible-women 1 1 6
Conveyance 80
Balrampur 130
Total for North India. $5,358
Northwest India.
Phalera, Support of "Women. . 45
Repairs 20
Allahabad, scholarships 90
Assistant 160
Conveyance 75
Bible-women 250
Itinerating and Wheel Tax. 50
Agra, Medical Home 360
Brindaban, Bengali Evangelist 1^0 Muttra, Bible-women under
Mrs. Clancey 350
Itinerating 50
Lahore, Bible-women 150
Cawnpore, Native school.... 225
Bible-women 88
English School roof 135
Total for Northwest
India $2,168
South India.
Kolar, Scholarships 80
Partial Support Miss Linda
Lewis 60
Day schools (2) 100
Salary Miss Fenderich. . . . 600
Hyderabad. Scholarships (5) . 100
Bible-women 230
Conveyance (partial) 50
Raichur, Assistant 180
Scholarship 100
Bible-women 100
Conveyance 100
Total for South India. $1,700 Central Provinces.
Chota Chindwara, School.... 24
Bible-women (2) 48
Jubalpur, .Salary Miss Haefer 600
Assistant 120
Bible-women (3) 120
Conveyance 30
Total for Central
Provinces $942
Bombay.
Bombay, English Worker,
Miss Forbes 280
Poona, Bible-women 75
Mrs. Stevens' Itinerating. . 100
Baroda, Salary Miss Williams 600
First assistant 200
Second assistant 200
Matron * 240
Scholarships 2,300
Taxes and insurance .... 200
Interest 300
Pundit 40
Scholarships district Train- ing school 500
Teacher 60
Assistant 40
Taxes and expenses 100
Medical assistant 280
Godhra, Scholarships 100
Total for Bombay $5,61f
Bengal.
Calcutta, For Miss Storrs ... 25
Total for Bengal $25
Burma.
Thandaung, Salary Miss II-
lingworth 600
Scholarships 120
Total for Burma $720
Malaysia.
Singapore, Salary Bible-wom- an, Miss Fox 200
Chinese Bible-woman. Sia-
un-Kam 72
Scholarships 160
Rent Bible Training School 150
Contingencies 50
Total for Malaysia $632
North China.
P. king. Scholarships (4) 120
Tientsin, Gate keeper 40
Bible-woman, Mrs. Wang
Wang 40
Shan Tung, Salary Dr. R. H.
Benn 750
Salary Dr. S. L. Koons. . . . 650
Scholarships (7) 210
Repairs 100
Hospital current expenses. 275
Country travel 100
Drugs and instruments. . . 300 Dr. S. L. Koons' traveling
expenses 50
Total for North China. $2,635 Central China.
Chin Kiang, Laura M. White,
Home Salary 350
Scholarships (6) 150
Evangelistic work 15
Nanking, Scholarships (4)... 100
Kiu Kiang, Scholarships (7). 175
Bible-women 40
Total for Central China $830
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
235
Foochow.
Foochow, Watchman 50
Repairs 50
Orphans 150
Conference Seminary 150
Hospital, medical scholar- ships (2) 80
Salary, Dr. Hu 450
Assistant 50
Medical Student 40
Instruments 50
Matron 25
Repairs 50
Watchman 50
Industrial Home 500
Ku Cheng, Bible-women 100
Scholarships 180
Scholarships in Deaf and
Dumb dep't 50
Printing Conference Min- utes 10
Total for Foochow $2,035
Korea.
Seoul. Scholarships (7) 245
Bible-woman, Hannah 50
Shares Nurses' Training
School (6) 210
Insurance 20
Substitute for Mary Whang 50 Salary Miss Guthapfel . . . 700 Miss Guthapfel's itinerat- ing 100
Miss Guthapfel, Bible-wom- an 50
Bible-woman, Drusilla LI.. 50
•Mrs. Miller's itinerating. . . 75
Day School Kang Syo 50
Fuel and supplies 25
Dav school Pong Mong
Dong 50
Fuel and supplies 25
Day school, Laura Arner. . 50
Fuel and supplies 25
Pyeng Yang, Bible-woman ... 50
Bible-woman's Institute . . 40
Salary Dr. E. K. Pak 240
Chemulpo, Gateman 50
Total for Korea $2,155
North Japan.
Sappora, . Bible-woman, Ka-
bato 90
Hakodate, Salary Miss Dick-
erson 700
Salary Miss Singer 750
Ladies' Home ground rent. 30
Ladies' Home insurance. . . 15
Ladies' Home repairs 50
Scholarships (9) 360
Teacher, sewing and eti- quette 60
Teacher Kindergarten .... 215
First assistant 75
Blind School 150
Hirosaki, Repairs 25
Teacher, First and Second
grades 65
Tracts and Gospels 30
Sendai, Salary Miss Hewett. . 700
Total for North Japan. .$3,315 Central Japan.
Tokyo, Salary Miss M. A.
Spencer 700
Salary Miss M. E. Soper. . . 700
Scholarships (12) 480
Teacher 250
Assistant ., 60
Asakusa day school 400
New desks 80
Day school visitor 90
Travel 40
Travel of District Super- intendent 100
Miss Sprowles, salary and
passage 800
Yokohama, salary Miss Slate 700
Bible-woman, Mezukaido.. 90
Bible-woman, Oiso 90
Bible-woman, Lotsuyo .... 90
Tokiwa and literature 100
Nagoya, Bible-woman, Nishlo 90
Total for Central Japan. $4, 860
South Japan.
Moji. Bible-woman, Mrs. Ta-
kamori 90
Kagoshima, Bible -woman
Mrs. Ayabe 85
Nagasaki, Scholarships (5).. 200
Orphanage (1) 40
Total for South Japan. $415 Mexico. Mexico City, Sarah L. Keen College, Teacher, Miss
Davila 240
Professors Science and Lit- erature 360
Matron 240
Scholarships 250
Puebla. salary Miss Limber-
ger 750
Salary Miss Purdy 750
Teacher, Miss Duarte 240
Bible-woman 105
Salarv, Book-keeper 75
School supplies 80
Scholarships 250
Guanajuato, salary Miss
Payne 750
Misses Cook, salary and
passage 900
Water Tax and Repairs... 80
First assistant 210
Scholarships 150
Miss Dunmore, home sal- ary 350
236
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Bible Training scholarships 100 San Vincenti, Teacher and
supplies 200
Tetela, Teacher 180
Total for Mexico $6,260
South America.
Buenos Ayres, Scholarship. . 83
Rent 200
Teacher 200
Rosario, Toward furniture
for Building 48
Peru, Salary Miss Bertha
Wood, half year 375
Total for South Amer- ica 5906
Bulgaria.
Hotantse. Teacher 80
Bible Work 120
Land Improvement 25
Total for Bulgaria.... $225 Italy. Rome, Via Garibaldi Schol- arships 200
The Creche 125
Total for Italy $325
Philippines. Manila, Toward land and .
bunding 250
Total *or Philippines.. $250 SUMMARY.
North India $5,358
Northwest India 2,168
South India 1,700
Central Provinces 942
Bombay 5,615
Bengal 25
Burma 720
Malaysia 632
North China 2,635
Central China 830
Foochow 2,035
Korea 2,155
North Japan 3,315
Central Japan 4,860
South Japan 415
Mexico 6,2 'jO
South America 906
Bulgaria 225
Italy 325
Philippines 250
Total $41,371
Contingent 1,410
Conditional 1,229
$11,000
Thank Offering ..'... 14,000
Grand Total $58,000
BALTIMORE BRANCH.
North India.
Naini Tal, Schools and Con- veyance $103
Dwarahat, Scholarships .... 80
Bible-women 60
Itinerating 25
Pittwragarh, Bible-women... 40 Bareilly, Scholarships and
orphans 165
Moradabad, Scholarships 1 06
Lucknow, Miss Ruth E. Rob- inson's Salary 600
Miss Hart, Scholarship.... 26
Isabella Thoburn College . . 500
Gonda, Scholarships 105
Total for North India. $1,809 Northwest India. Aligarh, Bible-woman and
conveyance 83
Muttra, Bible-woman and
conveyance 110
Total for Northwest
India $193
Central Provinces.
Sironcha, Mrs. Turner's Out- going Expenses 225
Conveyance 30
Scholarships 80
Land Tax 15
Jabalpur, Scholarship 20
Raipur. Manuel assistant. . . . 260
Scholarships 500
Conveyances 60
Bible-women 100
Wells and fencing 500
Mrs. Gilder's itinerating. . . 50
Bible-women 80
Buildings 1,500
Total for Central Prov- inces $3,420
South India.
Kolar, Scholarships $260
Day Schools 100
Miss Linda Lewis' Salary
(partial) 65
Hyderabad, City Schools 80
Miss Murray (assistant) . . 260
Miss Ross (assistant) 260
Matron (partial) 100
Scholarships 80
Vikerabad. Bible-women .... 72 Madras, Miss Grace Stephens'
salary 400
Miss Grace Stephens' as- sistant 180
Scholarships 700
Elizabeth 56
Guilford School and Bible- women 80
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
237
Sooboonagam Ammal 124
Venka Bai 40
Taxes 65
Raichur, Scholarships 100
Kent and Repairs 300
Total for South India:$3,322
Bombay Conference.
Poona. Mrs. Stephens' itiner- ating $25
Scholarship in Training
school 40
Frederick Rice Mem. Com- pounder and Bible-wom- an 50
Keeper of bullock and cart 65
Drugs 100
Rents 60
Bible-women 65
Telegaon, Scholarships 120
Total for Bombay $525
North China.
Peking, Scholarships 180
Total for North China. $180 Central China.
Chin-kiang, Scholarships. . . . 1j0
Medical work 100
Kiu-kiang, Scholarships .... 150
Total for Central China. $350 Foochow Conference. Foochow, Woman's Training
school 40
Hospital Bible-woman 2 5
Leper work 60
Miss Chisholm's salary (in
part) 400
Girls' boarding school....*. 240
Medical students 80
City Hospital expenses.... 100
Medical student 40
Mrs. sippet's salary 600
Orphans 330
Miss Jeanne Adams' work
for widows 221
Miss L. Ethel "Wallace, out- going and expenses 1,000
Ming. Chiang, Woman's
Training school 150
Hospital expenses 50
Matron and Bible-woman. . 25 Kucheng.. Day school and
travel 200
Bible-women 50
Nr. long Bing, Bible-women.. 50
Official expenses 20
Publishing Conference Min- utes 10
Total for Foochow Con- ference $3,691
Hing Hua Conference.
Hing Hua, Juliet Turner
School 300
Juliet Turner scholarships. 20 Sieng lu, Scholarships (Isa- bel Hart School) 60
Total for King Hua.. $380
Korea.
Pyeng Yang, Day school 60
Seoul, Scholarships 315
Matron 50
Aogi day school 40
Miss E. A. Lewis' salary.. 7^ J
Hospital bed 35
Total for Korea $1,200
North Japan.
Hakodate, Scholarships 120
Pupil assistant 60
Akita Bible-woman 90
Total for North Japan $270 Central Janan.
Tokyo, Aoyama, scholarships. 200
Industrial School 40
Teacher of Penmanship. ... 65 Teacher of Embroidery. ... 75 Miss Bender's home salary. 225 Miss Bender's return pas- sage (conditional) 275
Yokohama, Miss Amy Lewis'
salary 700
Fuel and lights 50
Tobe school 300
Poor school 60
Taxes 65
Miss Tan Ogosawari's sal- ary 200
Total for Central Japan. $2,255
South Japan.
Nagasaki, Scholarships 120
Primary teacher 55
Total for South Japan. $175
Itahi.
Rome. Mrs. Mando 95
Creche 35
Total for Italy $130
Mexico.
Mexico, Scholarships 100
Total for Mexico $100
SUMMARY.
North India $1,809
Northwest India 193
238
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Central Provinces 3,420
South India 3,322
Bombay 525
North China 180
Central China 350
Poochow, China 3,691
Hing Hua, China 380
Korea 1,200
North Japan 270
Central Japan 2,255
South Japan 175
Italy 130
Mexico 100
Total $18,000
CINCINNATI BRANCH.
North India.
Naini Tal, Miss Waugh 600
Pithoragarh, Miss Oram 240
Woman in Home 25
Pour Village schools 80
rwo Bible- women 40
Bareilly, Orphanage scholar- ships 255
City school 35
Assistant, Mrs. Tucker.... 300
Eight Bible-women 200
Shahjahanpur, First assistant 240
Second assistant 180
Scholarships (60) 900
Nine Bibie-women 225
Bareilly District 320
Moradabad, Miss Buck 500
Rent 100
Assistant '. 240
Repairs 150
Scholarships (24) 360
Itinerating 100
Medicines 25
Bible-woman z5
Miss Alice Mean's salary
and travel 900
Miss Mary Mean's home
salary 350
Budaon, First assistant 240
Scholarships 135
Bijncur, Scholarships 225
Lucknow, College scholarships 60
Secretary's salary 200
Persian Teacher's salary.. 100
College debt 2.000
High School, 18 scholar- ships 360
First assistant 300
Second assistant 300
Home for Homeless Wom- en, Miss Hardie 400
Assistant 240
Conveyance 50
Matron and Teacher 225
Repairs 40
Scholarships, five at $15.. 75
Sitapur, First assistant 220
Boarding School, 60 schol- arships at $15 900
Zenana work, conveyance. . 120
Assistant 200
Bible-women . . 60
Gonda, Boarding School, Miss
Scott, home salary 3 50
Travel 300
Second assistant 200
Conveyance 67
Scholarsnips, 28 at $15.... 420
Repairs and medicines 35
Nawabganj Bible-woman.. E>3
Oua,i District, Miss Hoge. . . . 400
Assistant 240
Itinerating 100
Conveyance 90
Bible-women 14u
Medicines 50
Marietta, Bible Woman... 25
Colonelganj 40
Bara Banki 254
Lakhempur 120
Sidhauli 100
Total for North India. $15,824 Northwest India.
Phalera, Circuit Bible-woman 20
Cawnpore, Second assitant . . 200 Brindaban, Medical work,
Dr. Scott 600
Medicines 334
Assistant 200
Compounder 40
Nurse 30
Servants 24
Six Beds 120
Conveyance 75
Itinerating 34
Rescue Work 90
Muttra, Scholarships Train- ing school • . 80
Boarding School 300
Cawnpore, New roof 100
General Evangelistic teach-
ews and Summer Schools 1,125
Contingent 34
Total for Northwest
India $3,406
. South India.
Bangalore, Scholarships (2) . 80 Mrs. R. David's Canarese
assistant 200
Miss P. Davias' Tamil as- sistant 200
Munshi 40
Conveyance 60
Kolar, Miss Smith 220
Orphanage scholarships (24) 480
Day school , 50
Bidar, Two day schools 50
Hyderabad, Ten scholarships. 200 Vikerabad, Eleven scholar- ships 220
Land Tax 60
Nine Bible-women 216
Conveyance 50
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
239
Bclgaum, Mrs. Ernsberger's
itinerating 50
Raichur, 7 y2 scholarships... 150
Total for South India. $2,326 Central Provinces.
Sironcha, Six Bible-women
(conditional) 150
Six scholarships 120
Raipur, House rent 160
Matron 240
Assistant Miss Thomas. ... 260
Six scholarships 120
Munchi 40
Total for Central Prov- inces $1,090
Bombay. Poona, Taylor High School
scholarships 60
Mrs. Eddy 600
Marhati Evangelistic work. 265
Baroda, Thirteen scholarships 260
Two scholarships 30
Total for Bombay $1,215
Bengal.
Asansol, One scholarship. ... 15 Darjeeling, Queens Hill, Miss
Wisner 600
Calcutta, Miss Lee's work. . . 500 Pakur, Sixteen scholarships.. 320 Two Bible-women and con- veyance 160
One Bible-woman for Ram- pore Hat 40
Pour Village schools 110
Tirhoot, Mrs. Beal's work. . . 50
Tamluk, uand rent and taxes 25
Miss Blair 400
Two scholarships 40
Bible-women 120
Conveyance 40
Total for Bengal $2,570
Burma.
Rangoon, Two scholarships. . 40
Malaysia. Singapore, Deaconess Home
repairs 25
Thirteen Scholarships 260
Miss Norris 150
One Scholarship in Training
school 20
Taxes 30
Teluk Ayer, Miss Anderson 350
Travel 300
General Work 200
Penang, Day school teacher. . 3 80
Contingencies 100
Tamil scholarships (10)... ISO
Sanitarium transit 100
Total for Malaysia. . .$1,895
Philippines.
Manila, Two . scholarships. .. . 80
New Missionary 1,125
Matron 30
Home 1,000
Total tor Philippines. . $2,235 North China.
Peking,. Twenty-six scnolar-
ships 780
Tientsin, Miss McHose 650
Day schools 50
Watchman 10
Bible-woman, Chao 40
Crangli, + ive scholarships. . . 150 Tsun Hua District day
school 50
Bible-woman 40
Total for North China. $1,770
West China.
Chung King, Dr. Ketring. . . . 050
Insurance 50
Furniture and repairs t>0
Bedding and gowns 50
Hospital Bed 15
Scholarships 40
Bible-women and expenses 40 Chentu, Two scholarships.... 40 Suiting, Bible-woman and ex- penses 40
Total for West China $975
Foochow.
Foochow, Miss Jewell 600
Woman's Training School
(14) ♦ 280
Romanized School 100
Repairs 60
Nine Bible-women 225
Miss Bonafleld 600
Scholarships (33) 660
Tai Main repairs 50
Two Medical students 80
Biblical scholarships 70
Total for Foochow $2,725
Hing Hua.
Hing Hua, Hamilton Girls'
School 160
Training school, 12 scholar- ships 288
Leper Day schools 200
Bible-women and expenses
of travel 350
Day Schools and travel. ... 550
Miss Thomas 600
Sieng Iu, Woman's School. . . 400
Day Schools and traveling. 425
Miss Lebeus 600
Dr. Betow 600,
Medical Missionary 1,000
240
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Scholarships
One hospital bed.
280 20
Total for Hing Hua. . $5,793 North Japan.
Sappora, Miss Bing 700
District Bible-woman 9u
Ladies' Home, rent and
repairs 300
Travel of District Supt. . . 100 Caroline "Wright Memorial
School, five scholarships. 200 Hirosaki, Miss Alexander. . . . 700 Furnishing New Home (con- ditional) 100
Tokyo, Aoyama, Jo Gakuim,
Eight scholarships 320
Teacher sewing and eti- quette 130
Teacher Drawing 60
Matron 75
Sunday School work 30
Harrison Memorial Indus- trial School, teacher in
sewing 80
Evangelistic work, two Bi- ble-women in Shinam,
and expenses 250B
Travel 25|-
Bible-woman 40
Mrs. Chappel's Mothers'
Meetings 2Q
Yokohama, Higgins Memorial Training School, two
scholarships 80
Blind School 25
Nogova, Teacher drawing and
penmanship 125
Total for North Japan. $3, 450 South Japan. South District.
Nagasaki, Bible-woman, Mrs.
Watanahe 100
Sendai.. Bible-woman, Mrs.
Takunani 100
Kagashima- Bible - woman,
Mrs. Webara 60
Nagasaki, Kwassui scholar- ships 800
Miss Thomas 700
Miss Kidwell - 750
Miss Russell 750
Miss Young 700
Miss Cody 662
fciencT teacher 300
Translation 100
Chinese literature 100
Art department 250
Industrial department .... 120
Ground rent 175
Insurance 175
Dispensary 100
Repairs 300
Water rent 40
Orphanage scholarships. . . . 400
Interest 70
Kindergarten supplies .... 50 North District.
Miss Leonora Seeds 700
Bible-woman, Fukuoka.Mrs.
Kato 120
Bible-woman, Moji, Miss
Mizuta 85
Bible-woman, Omuta, Miss
Omura 120
Bible-women, Wakamatsu,
Mrs. Saruta 120
City S. schools 30
District travel 100
Tracts and Bibles 30
Miss Reed's assistant 50
Bible-women in North Dis- trict 75
Fukuoka, Teachers' salaries. 800
Six scholarships 240
Fukuoka, Teachers' Salaries. 80 j-
Six Scholarships 240
Insurance 120
Miss Finlay 550
Total for South Japan . $9,942
Korea.
Seoul, Ewa Haktang scholar- ships 455
Gateman 50
Books and stationery 50
Chong Dong, Bible-woman,
Susanna 50
Bible-woman 50
t-Tospital and Nurses' Train- ing School, Miss Ed- munds 700
Baldwin Dispensary, Dr.
Ernsberger 700
Bible-woman 50
Disnensarv assistant 75
Fuel 75
Gateman 5j
Repairs 75
Drugs and Instruments. ... 150
Insurance 52
Day school 40
Sang Dong, Mrs. Sharp's Bi- ble-woman 50
Pyeng Yang, Home and Hos- pital insurance 75
Chemulpo, Bible-woman, Pris-
cilla 50
Bible-woman, Hannah .... 50 Miss Hillman's travel and
home salary 650
Miss Marker 550
Furniture 100
Itinerating 100
Day School 60
Supplies 25
Mrs. Cable's itinerating. . . 35
Total for Korea $4,717
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 19C5-1906
241
Mexico.
Mexico, Miss Hollister 650
Miss Lopez 210
Miss Valesco 210
Porter 210
Sewing teacher 90
Cook 90
Taxes 200
Five scholarships 250
Miss Ayres and travel.... 810
Bible-woman 50
Puebla, Miss Palacios 500
Music Teacher 120
Porter 140
Taxes 240
School supplies 100.
Repairs 180
Roof 100
Orizaba, School supplies 60
Porter 60
Guanajuato, Bible-woman... 50
Total for Mexico $4,320
Italy.
Isabel Creche, Day Nurserv 90 Via Garibaldi, three schol-
raships 150
Total for Italy $240
Africa.
Umtali. Miss Swormstedt. . . . 500
Twelve Scholarships 240
Total for Africa $740
SUMMARY.
North India $15,824
Northwest India 3,406
South India 2,326
Central Provinces 1,090
Bombay 1,215
Bengal 2,570
Burma 40
Malaysia 1,895
Ph.lippines 2,235
North China 1,770
West China 975
Poochow 2,725
Ring Hua 5,793
Japan 3,450
South Japan 9,942
Korea 4,717
Mexico 4,320
Italv 240
Africa 740
Total $66,373
NORTHWESTERN BRANCH.
North India.
Dwarahat. Second assistant. 200
Scholarships 180
Bible-women 60
Pithoraaarh. First assistant. 240
Scholarships 320
Second assistant 240
Woman's home 50
Medical work 200
Hospital repairs 100
Medicines for village work. 20
Bible-women 80
Bareilhj. Dr. Lewis 650
Dr. Gimson 000
Assistant 220
Medical work and repairs. 550
Support of beds 240
Nurses 160
Medical scholarships 80
Bible-women in hospital... 50
Scholarships 525
Rebuilding Physician's
Home 4,000
Pauri, Miss Wilson 600
Second assistant 220
Scholarships 240
District Bible-women 350
••.edical B.ole-women 60
Medic.nes and itinerating. 120
Moradabad, Second assistant. 240
Scholarships 345
Training Class 120
Circuit and village work. . 2vU
District Bible-women 420
Repairs on house 150
Budaon, Miss Wright 400
Second assistant 200
Scholarships 225
Day school and zenana
work 100
Conveyances and itinerat- ing 140
Bible woman and village
work 280
Biinour, First assistant 240
Scholarships 225
Medicine 20
Bible-women 75
Lucknow, Miss Singh (par- tial) 300
Miss Northrup 600
Winslow scholarship 75
0 Farwell scholarship 50
" Kindergarten assistant . . . 300
High School assistant 300
Blind women 75
Isabella Thoburn College.. 3,2o0
Gonda, Assistant 220
Scholarship 20
Bahraich. Bible-women 50
Total for North India.$19,000
Northivest India Conference.
Phalera. Miss Greene 600
Miss Ellis 500
Traveling expenses and
furniture 40o
Assistant 220
Scholarships 30
Repairs . . : 100
Allahabad, Scholarships 345
tawnpore, Mrs. Worthington. 400
Rent and taxes 50
242
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Scholarships 495
Day schools 75
Wheel tax and conveyance 35
Village and mohulla work. 250
Meerut, Scholarship 20
Bible readers and itinerat- ing 600
Aligarh, Boarding School
scholarships 2,790
Industrial scholarships ... 765
Poor women 495
Mrs. Matthews 400
Assistant, Miss Murray. . . . 240
Brindaban, Zenana assistant. 200
Muttra, Repairs 100
Blackstone Institute.
Munshis and incidentals... 80
English scholarships 180
Evangelistic band 50
Hindustani scholarships. . . 345 Training school scholar- ships 45
Second assistant 200
Zenana assistant, Miss Her- ring 220
District Miscellaneous.
Bible-women 75
Cawnpore, high school, new
roof 250
New missionary, Miss Loge-
man 500
Outfit, traveling expenses
and furniture 600
Total for Northwst
India $11,655
South India Conference.
Kolar, Miss Fisher $600
Miss Peters i-60
Miss Lewis . 220
Mrs. Hall, matron 200
Scholarships .. .. 1,000
Miss Curtiss 1*0
Bible-women 50
Brahmin day school. 120*
Munshis and conveyance. . 140
Madras, Scholarships 400
Miss Doyle . 260
Special appropriation 40
Miss Zuluka Doyle 26o
Bible-women 120
Conveyances 10C
Nicodemus Home ( C/nga-
mah) 40
Raichur, Miss Woods 600
Miss Thoy 100
Total for South India
Conference $4,550
Bombay Conference.
Poona, First assistant 250
Domestic department 100
Taxes y0
Scholarships , , go
Miss Bennett 400
Bombay, Miss Chovey 160
Bible-women, conveyances
and itinerating 250
Taxes and insurance 165
Telegaon, Miss Strip 220
High school teachers 225
Scholarships 800
Godhra, Miss Abbott 400
Household expenses 100
First assistant 220
Second assistant 200
Matron 240
Repairs 100
Medicine and doctor 100
Conveyance 120
Pundit . : 80
Scholarships 800
School-house (new) 1,400
Total for Bombay Con- ference So, MO
Bengal Conference.
Asansol. Miss Forster 600
Miss Vernieux 100
Miss Douglass 120
Miss Hoskings 200
Miss Moore 160
Girls' cottages (2) 600
Repairs and taxes 100
Bible-women 120
Conveyance 50
Scholarships 1,200
Teacher, Lucy 40
Calcutta, Orphanage 360
Interest on deaconess home 400 Lizzie Johnson's Bible- women 100
Mrs. Lee's assistant 230
DarjeeUng, Miss Creek 500
Traveling expenses and
furniture 425
Pakur, Miss Swan, salary
(partial) 200
Scholarship 20
Bible-woman 40
Muzefferpur, Miss Peters.... 600
Zenana assistants 480
Scholarships 900
Bible-women 160
Repairs 100
Taxes and land rent 65
Day schools 180
Conveyances 150
Matron 200
Training school 20
New conveyance 150
Total for Bengal $8,630
Burmah Conference.
Rangoon, Miss Stahl 600
Malaysia Conference.
Singapore, Matron 75
Scholarships 100
Contingencies 100
interest 75
Mary C. Nind Home 1.000
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
243
Taipeng, Miss Jackson 600
Miss Toll 600
Personal teachers 95
Conference and finance
committee expenses .... 65
Scholarships 200
Assistant teacher 225
Paintiner and insurance. ... 140
Bible-woman 60
Conveyance 75
Repairs on school building 40
Total for Malaysia. . . .$3,450
North China Conference.
Peking, Dr7"Gloss77r.7?7.'".T" $650
Miss Wheeler 650
Scholarships 450
Lettie Mason Quine day
school 60
Medical students 50
Tientsin, Dr. Martin, home
salary 175
Traveling expenses 300
Medical work 150
Miss Martin, home salary. 175
Traveling expenses 300
Chang -li, Country evangelis- tic work 100
Tai-an-Fu, Miss Steere 650
Scholarships 1,050
Country day schools 100
Lettie Mason Quine day
school 25
Bible-woman, Mrs. Kao.... 40
Training school 100
Conference traveling ex- penses 50
Total for North China.$5,075
Central China Conference.
Chin Kiang, Miss Robinson. . 750
Miss Crook 650
Scholarships 225
Bible-woman 40
Wind mill 100
Nanking. Miss Shaw 650
Miss Peters 650
Miss Alice Peters 650
Miss Crane 650
Scholarships 625
Bible-woman's school 300
Day schools 120
Bible-women 80
Kiukiang. Miss Merrill 650
Miss Pierce 650
Scholarships 350
Woman's school 300
Day school 40
Hospital building : 1,000
Drugs 500
Furniture for Fish Memo- rial 250
Furniture for Miss Merrill. 100
Nanchang, Miss Howe 750
Dr. Kahn 450
Rent 300
Miscellaneous.
Treasurer's Expenses 20
Total for Central China $10,850 West China.
Chuna King, Miss Jones.... 650
Scholarships 260
Painting, repairs and in- surance 130
Medicines 300
Instruments 50
Furniture, repairs and in- cidentals 150
Hospital beds 65
Bible-women 70
Itinerating 50
Vhentu, Miss Witte 525
Furniture 100
Traveling expenses 400
Scholarships 120
Day school 50
Bible-woman and itinerat- ing 50
Rent and repairs 40
Hospital beds 80
Su.-ing, Rogers' day school.. 50
Bible-woman 40
Tsicheo, Bible-woman and
itinerating 80
Total for West China, $3,260 Foochow Conference. Foochow, Hospital evangelis- tic work 50
Seminary scholarships 50
Boarding school scholar- ships 220
Day school and itinerating 400 Lettie Mason Quine day
school 30
Dr. Lyon 750
Hospital expenses 950
Hospital repairs 150
Insurance 75
Orphanage 270
Ming Chiang, Miss Peters. ... 600
Miss Longstreet 600
Boarding school 240
Day schools and traveling. . 325
Bible-women 300
Training and Romanized
school 200
Repairs and furniture.... 200
Watchman 25
Kucheng, Romanized station
class 300
Boarding school 280
North long Bing, Boarding
school 420
Training class 120
Day school and traveling. IdO
Bible-women 225
South long Bing, Day schools
and traveling 200
244
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Miscellaneous.
Conference Minutes 25
Mary Clarke Nind Evangel- istic fund 3,000
Total for Foochow. . $10,185
Hing Hua Conference.
Hhin Hua. Miss "Wilson .... 500
Miss Westcott 500
Boarding school 200
Bible-women 250
Bible - women's Training
class 100
Packard Home, painting
and repairs 150
Sieng Iu, Scholarships 100
Hospital beds 80
Ing Chung, Boarding school. 40
Bible-women 200
Day school and traveling. . 125
Building (Special Gift) 80
Miscellaneous.
Conferences expenses 25
Total for Hing Hua.. $2, 750 Japan Conference.
Hakodate, scholarships 240
Teacher mathematics 270
Teacher history, etc 145
Teacher preparatory 145
Hirosaki, teacher kindergar- ten 125
Total for North Japan. $925 Central Japan.
Sendai, Miss Heaton 700
Bible-woman 40
District work 100
Aovama. Miss Ailing 700
Miss Bullis 600
Outfit and travelling ex- penses 350
Repairs 150
Watchman : 55
Scholarships 680
Chinese teacher 270
Literature teacher 100
Translation teacher 200
English teacher 200
Primary teacher 115
Assistant teacher 60
Normal teacher 200
Fukuaawa, Day school 400
Desks 150
Yokohama. Mrs. Van Petten. 700
TmjpI and lights 150
Painting and repairs 100
Books, tracts and travel.. 90
Scholarships 280
Theology teacher 180
Music teacher 80
Sowing and etiquette
teacher 90
Day schools, Aizawa and
Kanagawa 400
Kanagawa rent 90
Dav school visitor and
travel 160
Mothers' meetings 20
Blind school 50
Taxes 25
1\ a^oya, Repairs and insur- ance 175
Mathematics and science
teacher 200
Literature and composition
teacher 200
Music teacher 180
Assistant teacher 75
Bible-woman, First Church 90
Bible-woman, Toyahashi . . 90
City Work 40
Miscellaneous.
Miss Baucus' work 90
Total for Central Japan $8,625 South Japan Conference.
Fukuoka, Miss Seeds 700
Native teachers 125
Scnolarships 280
Repairs 120
Book and industrial fund. . 50 Matron and night watch- man 100
Bible-woman at Hakata,
Mrs. Sakamoto 85
Bible-woman at "Wakamat-
su, Miss Saruta 75
Bible-woman at "Waifu,
Miss Takamatsu 90
Nagasaki, Miss Melton 700
Scholarships 200
Mathematics teacher 400
Bible school assistant 100
Primary teacher 50
City work 150
Total for South Japan. $3,225
Korea.
Seoul, Repairs 250
Insurance 175
Fuel 175
Scholarships 280
Visiting nurse 50
Pyeng Yang, day school 85
Total for Korea $1,015
Philippines.
Manila, Scholarships 40
Taxes 50
Total for Manila Mexico.
P90
Mexico City, Kindergarten
teacher, Miss Valvende. . 225
Assistant teacher 180
Medical attendance 75
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
245
Scholarships 300
I achuca. Miss Bohannon.... 750
Miss Hewitt 750
Miss Garcia, 1st Grade... 210 Miss Lopez, 2nd Grade.... 210 Miss Chagoyan, Kindergar- ten 250
Miss Jiminez, music teacher 160
Miss Guzman, matron 250
School and dormitory sup- plies 200
Porter 115
Repairs 125
Scholarships 100
Purbla. Normal teacher 250
Kindergarten 200
Dormitory supplies 25
Scholarships 200
Guanajuato, Primary teacher 210 Kindergarten and sewing
teacher 180
School supplies 3 00
Porter 9(j
Scholarships 150-
Miraflores, Sewing and draw- ing teacher 180
Furniture and supplies.... 100
Anizaco, School and supplies. 450
Tlarcata, School and sup- Plies 230
Tetela. School and supplies. . 375
Leon. Scholarship 50
Bible-woman 50
Total for Mexico .$6,740
South Ameria.
Montevideo. Miss Hewett. . . . 750
Miss Walker 750
Assistants 1,000
Scholarships 200
Bible-woman 50
Taxes and repairs 350
Porter 100
Rozario, Scholarships 500
Teachers 900
Buenos Ayres, Rent 350
Scholarships 200
Total for South Amer-^ ica $5,150
Bulgaria.
Lovetch. Miss Blackburn .... 600
Miss Davis 600
Miss Raichera 330
Miss Diem 170
Sewing and drawing teacher 200
Incidentals and repairs.... 150
Traveling expenses 50
Books and apparatus 50
Scholarships 240
Bible-woman 50
Purchase of land 150
Total for Bulgaria . . . .$2,590 Italy. Rome. Crandon Hall, Miss
Vickery 700
Miss Swift 700
M'dle De Lord 500
Scholarships 200
Via Garibaldi. Miss Odgers. . 700
Teachers 500
Taxes and insurance 300
Repairs 200
Scholarships 350
Industrial department .... 200
Trieste, Miss Fraisse 75
Total for Italy $4,425
Switzerland.
Bible-women and work.... 150
North Germany. Bible-women and work.
125
Africa.
Quessua, Scholarships ISO
SUMMARY.
North India $19,000
Northwest India 11,655
South India 4,550
Bombay 6,500
Bengal 8,630
Burma 600
Malaysia 3,450
North China 5,075
Central China 10,850
West China ■ 3,260
Foochow 10,185
Hing Hua 2,750
Japan 8,625
Sotu.-srn Japan 3,225
Korea 1,015
Philippines 90
Mexico 6,740
South America 5,150
Bulgaria 2,590
Itaiy 4,425
Switzerland 150
North Germany 125
Africa 180
Contingent 4,630
Grand Total $123,450
DES MOINES BRANCH.
North India.
Pithoragarh, scholarships ... $320
Pauri, scholarships 220
Bareilly, scholarships 150
Shajahanpur , scholarships . . 300
Moradabad. Third assistant. . 200
Scholarship 90
Repairs 40
Budaon. scholarships 150
Repairs 33
Lucknr w, Miss Sircar 360
.'otal for North India. $1,863
246
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Northwest India.
Ajmere, Miss Lawson 600
Phalera, scholarships 60
tawnpore, Miss Pool 600
Miss Pyne 600
Scholarships Girls' high
school 560
Roofing 110
Kasgang. Bible-women, con- veyance and itinerating. . 700 Meerut. Second assistant. ... 240
Scholarships 180
Aligarh, Miss Bobenhouse . . . 600 Bible-women and convey- ance 80
Muttra, Assistant 214
Scholarships (training
school) 140
Scholarships (boarding
school) 60
Bible-women (District).... 400
Delhi, Bible-women 90
iviiss Lauck, passage and
salary 900
Total for N.-W. India. $6,134
South India.
Kolar, Scholarships 360
Miss Maskell 600
Bible-women 144
Conveyances 100
Tent 100
Miss Linda Lewis (part
salary) 75
Day school 50
Hyderabad, Miss Wood 600
Conveyance 75
Miss Smith 260
Miss Evans 600
First assistant 260
Miss Phillips 260
Miss Birt 260
Matron 100
Scholarships 1,000
Conveyance 50
Vikarabad. Miss Wells 600
Scholarships 500
-ouse rent 100
Evangelistic assistant .... 260
Bible-women 120
Conveyances 50
Total for South India. $6,524
Central Provinces.
Jabalpur, Miss Hyde 600
Scholarships 3,500
Mrs. Holland 600
Bible-women 240
Conveyance 30
Assistant for Bible training
school 200
Conveyance 40
Khandwa, Miss Elicker. . . . . 600
Miss Lossing 600
First assistant 200
Scholarships 1,200
Evangelistic assistant 100
Bible-women 100
Training class 50
Itinerating 30
Burhanpur, Bible-women .... 96 Narsingpur, Bible-women and
conveyance 300
Total for Central Prov- inces $8,486
Bombay.
Bombay, Bible-women 80
Godhra, scholarships 200
Total for Bombay $280
Bengal.
Calcutta. Miss Henkle (half
salary 300
Miss Aaronson, passage and
salary 600
Miss Stumpf 600
Pakur. scholarships 280
Asavsol, scholarships 120
Bible-woman, Mrs. Mondol 20
Total for Bengal $1,920
Burma.
Ranaoon. Miss Foster 600
Miss Stockwell 600
Lease, Burmese girls'
scnool 100
Scholarship Burmese girls'
school 120
Miss Rigbv, passage and
home salary 700
Itinerating 50
Pnndav schools z5
Bible-women 80
Villaere schools 25
Village Schools 25
Than da una. Miss Perkins. . . . 600
Scholarships 280
New Building 7,000
Total for Burma $10,180
North China.
Peking, scholarships 360
Tientsin. Miss Wilson 650
Training school 150
Country work 40
Bible-woman, Mrs. Fu-Li.. 40
Ch'ank Li. scholarships 210
Shantung, scholarships 60
Total for North China. . $1,510
Central China.
Kin Kiang, Dr. Stone 450
Nurses and employees 150
Board for poor patients... 50
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
247
Scholarships, girls' school.. 275
Nan Chang, Miss Ogborn ... 750
Miss Newby 545
Scholarships 600
Bible-women 80
Total for Central
China $2,900
West China.
Chung King, Miss Galloway. . 650
Dr. Edmonds 650
Medicines 200
Bedding, etc 100
Helpers ana servonts 70
Hospital beds 30
Incidentals 50
Scholarships 240
Insurance, painting, repairs 30 Miss Manning, home salary
and return 700
Miss Wells 545
Miss Hitchcock 545
Woman's Training school. . t>0
Itinerating 75
Bible-woman 35
Total for West China. $3,970 Foochow.
Foochow, Miss Hu 150
Scholarships (boarding
school) 400
Miss Sia 150
Seminary 30
Bible-women 50
Orphans 60
Yen Ping, Emma Fuller girls'
school building 1,000
Ngu Cheng, Miss Trimble. . . . 600
Miss Allen , 600
Miss Glassburner 600
Miss Bartlett 600
Woman's school 400
Bible-women 400
Romanized Station class. . . 200
Day schools and traveling. 480
Girls' boarding school 900
Repairs 50
Hai Tang, Woman's school.. 100
Bible-women 150
Day schools and traveling 330
Boatman 30
Insurance 50
Publishing Conference Min- utes 20
Total for Foochow Con- ference $7,350
Hing Hua.
Sing Iu, scholarships 120
Bible-women 50
Hospital bed 20
Total for Hing Hua. . . $190
North Japan.
Hakodate, scholarships.... 120
Teacher (Translation) ... 145
Teacher (Japanese) 145
Hirosaki, Miss Griffiths 700
Repairs (on old home) ... 25
Bible-woman 90
Travel, district superin- tendent 75
Teacher, 7th Grade 360
Total forNorth Japan .$1,660 Central Japan.
Sendai, scholarships 500
Teachers and supplies 225
Bible-woman, Sakuyama... 90
Tokyo, Miss Phelps 700
Travel 25
Aoyama, scholarships .... 280
Teacher (Mathematics) .. 235
Total for Central
Japan $2,055
Mexico.
Mexico, scholarships 200
Light 180
Puebla, scholarships 200
Roof 30
Ayapango, Miss Cruz Za- pata 180
Miss Lidia Flores 100
School supplies and rent. . . 60
Tezontepec, teacher and sup- plies 300
Orizaba, Rent 150
Total for Mexico $1,400
South America. Rosaria, furniture 40
Total for South Amer- ica $40
Italy.
Rome, Via Garibaldi, schol- arships 200
Total for Italy $200
Africa.
Quessua, scholarships 120
Total for Africa $lz0
SUMMARY.
North India $1,863
Northwest India 6,134
South India 6,524
Central Provinces 8,486
Bombay 280
Bengal 1,920
Burma .1.0. .,j
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WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
North China 1,510
Central China 2,900
West China 3,970
Foochow 7,350
Hing Hua ±20
North Japan 1,660
Central Japan 2,055
Mexico 1,400
South America 40
Italy 200
Africa 120
Contingent 1,253
Grand Total $58,000
MINNEAPOLIS BRANCH.
North India.
Pithoragarh, scholarships $200
Bareillij, scholarships 120
Bijnour, scholarships 45
Budaon, scholarships 180
Pauri, scholarships 80
Gonda, scholarships 120
LucknoWj Deaconess Home
scholarships 32
Deaconess Home wall.... 125 Debt on Isabella Thoburn
College 520
Total for North India. $1,422 Northwest India.
Ajmeer, scholarships 180
Phalera, Repairs 40
Allahabad, scholarships 45
Cawnpore, High School, half
scholarship 40
Cawnpore, Share in new roof 50
Muttra, Two teachers CO
Boarding school scholar- ships 90
First assistant, Miss Ogil-
vie 240
Punjab District, Lahore, four
Bible-women 120
Four day schools and itin- erating 100
Mussoarie, Three Bible-wom- en and itinerating 140
Deoband, Two Bible-women
and itinerating 90
Roarku, Seven Bible-women
and itinerating 200
Delhi District, Multan, Two
Bible-women 60
Total for North India. $1,455 South India.
Kolur, Five scholarships 100
Two Bible-women 48
New Conveyance ' 46
Madras, Elizabeth Harrison. . 20
Total for South India. $3,085
Central Provinces.
Jabbalpur, Two scholarships. 40
Patan, Four Bible-women... 80
Total for Central Prov- inces $120
Bombay.
Two day schools 200
Mrs. Vardon's Bible-woman
and itinerating 125
Poona, Mrs. Stephens' Bible- women 100
Mrs. Stephens' summer
school 25
Mrs. Stephens' itinerating. . 50
Miss Thoy 240
Bullock cart 25
Telagaon, scholarships 220
Total for Bombay. . . . $985
Bengal.
Pakur, Ten scholarships 200
Ten widows 100
Matron 120
New building 500
Total for Bengal $920
Burma.
Rangoon, Miss Whittaker . . . . 600 One Burmese scholarship. . 20 Thandaung, Three scholar- ships 120
Total for Burma $740
Malaysia.
Singapore, Miss Blackmore. . $450
Miss Harding, assistant... 250
Conveyanca 120
Scholarships 280
Bible Training school, Five
scholarships 100
Bible training school, con- tingencies 50
Methodist Girls' school,
Four teachers 540
Taipeng, Contingencies ....;. 100
Matron 60
One Bible-w-man 00
'iwo teachers 300
Painting day school 100
Conveyance 75
Penang, Miss Martin 450
Matron 90
Twenty Scholarships 400
Insurance 49
Two Bible-women 96
Miss Olson 450
Miss Olson, teacher 48
One teacher 120
Caretaker 60
Watchman 60
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
249
Interest (conditional) Rent for Bible-women Transit to Conference. Publishing Minutes . . Sanitarium transit . . .
120 24 50 20
100
Total for Malaysia. . .$4,622 Philippines.
Manila, Miss Decker 750
Three scnolarships 120
Contingencies 75
■Emergency 175
North District, Miss Stixrud,
traveling expenses 375
Training School Building.. 1,350
Total for Philippines. .$2,845
Central China.
Chin-Kiang, Pour scholar- ships 100
Kui Kiang, Anna Stone 450
Itinerating .■ 60
Assistants 100
One day school 40
Rent 75
Total for Central China $825 West China.
Chung-king, Three scholar- ships 60
Three hospital beds 45
Hospital work 80
Bible-woman 30
Itinerating and day school 85
Xniling, Day school building lu~
Total for West China.. $400
Foochow.
Woman's Training school. 40
Girls' Boarding school.... 160
Three medical students.... 100
One orphan 30
Ku Cheng, Miss Lorenz 600
Four day schools 100
Two Bible- women 50
Two Deaf and Dumb pupils 50
Scholarships 660
Repairs 50
Furniture 50
Total for Foochow $5,960
Hing Hua.
Hamilton Girls' School.... 140
Being Iu, Miss Nicholaisen. . . 500
Support of beds 540
Scholarships 240
Conference expenses 20
Total for Hing Hua.. $1,4 40
Japan.
N. Japan, .Hakodati, Three
scholarships 120
Central Japan, Tokyo, Miss
Lee 700
Watchman 35
Insurance and repairs 130
Ten scholarships 400
Bight teachers 540
Matron 65
Blind school 25
Publication 25
Total for Japan $2,040
Korea.
Three Scholarships 105
One Bible-woman 50
One teacher 60
Total for Korea $215
Bulgaria.
Lovetch, One Scholarship.... 45
Total for Bulgaria.... $4 5
South America.
Buenos Ayres, One schol- arship ioo
Rosario, Furniture for new
building 20
Montevideo, new building
(conditional) 400
Total for S. America.. $ 520
SUMMARY.
North India $1,422
Northwest India 1,,on
Central Provinces
South India 208
Bombay 9°5
Bengal 9^0
Burma » 740
Malaysia 4'o^c
Philippines 2,845
Central China 825
West China 400
Foochow l,Sd0
Hing Hua 1,440
Korea 215
North Jpan 120
Central Japan 1,920
Bulgaria 45
South America 520
Contingencies 508
$21,200 Miss Adams, Home, condi- tional 120
Provisional Thank Offering. 680
Grand Total $22,000
250
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
TOPEKA BRANCH. ? North India Conference.
Pithoragarh, scholarships ... 100
Bible-women 20
Pauri. Scholarships 100
Bible-women 50
Moradabad, salary of Miss
Henry 400
Repairs 60
Budaon, scholarships 195
Itanuija, Bible-women 75
Lucknow, Bible-women 100
Sitapur, Bible-women 170
Rae Bareilly. Bible-women.. 255
Itamuja, Bible-woman ... 75
Lucknow, debt, conditional.. 650
Total for N. India $2,475
Northwest India Conference.
Ajmer, scholarships 1,020
City Evangelist 60
Bible-women and convey- ance 195
Bible-women 192
Itinerating 25
Phalera, scholarships 810
Women 60
Circuit Bible-women 100
Bible-women 116
Cawnpore. Repairs on roof. . 20
Meerut, Miss Livermore, sal- ary and return 600
Miss Winslow, salary 600
Howard Plested Memorial
school, scholarships 1,005
Bible-women 810
Muttra. Miss McKnight 400
Scholarships 195
Total for N.-W. India. $6,208 South India.
Bangalore, Miss Montgom- ery's salary 600
Rent 500
Day school 120
Bible-women 190
Kolar. scholarships 240
Assistant 60
Bidar. day schools 100
Bible-women 140
Conveyance 40
Belgaum. Bible-women 250
District Bible-women 50
Miss Holland, outfit and
passage and salary 900
Total for South India. $3,190
Central Provinces.
Sironcha, Assistant $220
Pundit 40
Conveyance 50
Bible-women 185
Mrs. Turner's salary and
outfit 650
Raipur, Bible-women 80
Scholarships 100
Itinerating by Mrs. Gilder. 50
Total for Central Prov- inces $1,375
Bombay Conference.
Baroda, Scholarships 90
Keep of ponies 160
Rent of bungalow 100
Dispensary 50
Nurse 40
Compounder 100
Drugs 300
Dr. Tuttle, salary 600
District Hospital, building. 1,000
Godhra, scholarships 500
Nadiad, Miss Morgan, salary 400
Conveyance 300
Itinerating 160
Total for Bombay $3,S00
Bengal Conference.
Asansol, Bible-women 40
Calcutta, Four schools 170
Two Bible-women 80
Travel 20
Kidderpore, Teacher 40
Assistant 160
Hindustani Work, Two Bible- women 60
Two teachers 60
Rent 20
Conveyance 40
Assistant 160
Anna J. Thoburn .Deacon- ess Home, building fund 1,000
Pakur, Miss Swan, salary. . . 300
Scholarships SO
Santal Bible-women 32
Rampore Hat, Bible-women. 40
Total for Bengal $2,300
Burma.
Rangoon, land lease 100
Scholarships 160
Total for Burma $260
Malaysia.
Penang, Matron $ 150
Total for Malaysia. . . . $150
Philippines.
Manila, Miss Spaulding, home
salary 300
Scholarships 120
New building 1,000
Total for Philippines. .$1,420
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
251
North China.
Tientsin. Dr. Stevenson 650
Medicines 150
Scholarships 180
Watchman 20
Total for North China. $1,000 Central China.
China Kiang, Scholarships. . . 200
Repairs 50
Nanking, Bihle-women 120
Itinerating 60
Kui Kiang, Scholarships 250
Bible-women 40
Total for Central
China $720
Foochow Conference.
Foochoio, scholarships 120
Seminary scholarships .... 25
Conditional 150
Kucheng, scholarships 400
Bible-women 175
North long Bing District,
Biule-women 100
Total for Foochow $970
Hing Hua Conference.
Hing Hua. scholarships $560
Miss Varney's salary 600
Sieng In. hospital beds 180
Scholarships 20
Total for Hing Hua.. $1,360
Japan Conference.
Sanpora, Miss Imhof 7u0
Rent 150
Assistant 90
Sunday school, rent 15
City work 10
Otaru. Bible-woman 90
Hakodate, scholarships 240
Sunday School, rent 35
Marioku, Bible-woman 90
Tokyo, scholarships 200
Miss Shibati 300
Penmanship 80
Yokohama. Bible-women .... 80
'iagoya, Miss Watson 700
School supplies 60
Scholarship 40
Total for Japan $2,880
South America.
Rosario, Miss Swaney, salary $750
Scholarships 400
Assistant 240
Matron 450
Repairs and taxes 200
Interest 500
Furniture 155
Cook 180
School supplies 50
Total for S. America. .$2,925
SUMMARY.
North India $2,475
Northwest India 6,208
South India 3,190
Central Provinces 1,375
Bombay 3,800
Bengal 2,302
Burma 260
Malaysia 150
Philippines 1,420
North China 1,000
Central China 720
Foochow 970
Hing Hua 1,360
Japan 2,880
South America 2,925
Contingent 965
Grand Total $31,000
PACIFIC BRANCH.
North China.
Bhabar, Bible-women $110
Divarahat, Scholars 40
Pithoragarh, Scholars 200
Bible-women 80
Bareilly, Scholars 120
Pauri, Scholars 140
Moradabad, Scholars 150
Bible-women 75
Budaon, Scholars 180
Bijnour, Scholars 60
Hardoi, Scholars 330
Itinerating 30
Lucknow, Inspectress 60
Sitapur, Scholars 120
Assistant 180
Gonda, Scholars 150
Barabanki, Bible-women .... 60
Total for N. India $2,085
Northwest India.
Ajmere, Miss Hart's salary. . 600
Scholars 1,125
First assistant 200
Second assistant 180
Miss Holman's home sal- ary 300
Phalera, Dr. Beck's salary. . 600
Meuicines 200
Assistant 100
Itinerating 70
Scholars 1,350
Widows 150
Repairs 50
Rajputana, Bible-women .... 300
Meerut, Miss Marble's salary 600
Scholars 75
Bible-women 125
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WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Cawnpore, Scholars 435
Bible-women 100
Repairing roof 40
Aligarh, Scholars 60
Muttra, Training scholars. . . 35
Lahore, Bible-women 100
Roorke, Bible-women 125
Total for N.-W. India. $6,920
South India.
Kolar, Scholars 100
Day school 50
Hyderabad, Scholars 60
Madras, Scholars 100
Raichur, Bible-women 75
Belgaum, Bible-women ... 25
Total for South India.. $410
Bengal.
Asansol, Scholars 100
Pakur, Scholars 500
Building 230
Calcutta, child widows 45
Total for Bengal $875
Burma.
Rangoon, Burmese school. . . . 200
Day school 25
Thandaung, Scholars 8fl
Total for Burma $305
Central Provinces.
Kampti, Assistant 250
Bible-women 140
New Tonga 80
Schools 160
Deficit 50
Raipur, Bible-women 60
Total for Central Prov- inces $740
Bombay.
Baroda, Scholars 15
Central China. Chin Kiang, Dr. Taft's sal- ary 600
Medicines 100
Scholars 150
Kiu Kiang, Hospital Bible- woman 30
Total for Central
China $880
Foochoio.
Foochow, Orphanage 120
Bible-women 35
Minchiang, Scholars 100
Kucheng, Day schools 100
Bible-woman 25
long Bing, Bible-women ... 200 Hai Tang, Bible-women .... 95
Total for Foochow.... $775
Ring Hua.
Hing Hua, Scholars 120
Sing Iu, Scholars 180
Bible-woman . . . .■ 25
Hospital bed 20
Total for Hing Hua.. $345
West China.
Chentu, Scholars $14o
North China.
Peking 60
Japan.
Nagoya, Miss Holbrook's sal- ary and return passage. $675
Bible-woman 75
Tokyo, Bible-woman 40
Hirosaki, Sunday schools.... 30
South Japan.
Scholars $80
Total for Japan $900
Philippine Islands.
Manila, Miss Parke's home
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Scholars 40
Total for Philippine
Islands $640
Africa.
Quessua, Miss Collins' salary $450
New missionary 900
Scholars 160
Total for Africa $1,510
Korea.
Chemulpo. Bible-woman .... 50 Seoul, Scholars 70
Total for Korea $120
Mexico.
Pachuca, Scholars $100
Norway.
Christiana, Mrs. Newman,
Bible-woman 50
South America. Rosario, Furniture $12
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1905-1906
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SUMMARY.
North India $2,085
Northwest India 6,920
South India 410
Bengal 875
Burma 305
Central Provinces 740
Bombay 15
central China 880
Foochow 775
Hing Hua 345
West China 140
North China 60
Japan 900
Pnilippine Islands 690
Africa 1,560
Korea 120
Mexico 100
Norway 50
South America 12
Contingent 518
Total $17,500
Conditional, Manila 1,000
Conditional, new missionary 800 Cond.tional, Lucknow College 390
Grand Total $19,690
COLUMBIA RIVER BRANCH.
North India.
Dwarahat, Scholarships . . . fithoragarh, Scholarships . . Bareilly, Scholarships . . . . .
Budaon, Scholarships
Shajuhanpur, Scholarships .
Lucknow, Mrs. Ward
Isabella Thoburn College. Gonda, Pupils and teachers.
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145
105
Total for North India.. $720
Northwest India.
Meerut, Scholarships $450
Agra, Medical scholarship. . . 30
Muttra, Scholarships 90
Aligarh, Scholarships 180
Cawnpore, Roof 10
Total for N.-W. India. $760
Central Provinces.
■Jabalpur, Scholarships $40
Bombay Conference.
felegaon, Scholarships 100
dannahbai, Abraham 72
Baroda, Orphanage 40
Godhra, Orphanage 180
Guinarat, Village work 1,700
Miss Holmes 400
Itinerating 160
Rent 120
Miss Austin 500
Itinerating 80
Total for Bombay $3,352
Malaysia.
Singapore, Miss Lilly $450
Conveyance 120
Kindergarten supplies .... 50
Scholarships 120
Teacher 72
BiDle Training school 65
Total for Malaysia... $877 China.
North China, Peking, Schol- arships 30
Building, conditional 50
Foochow, Scholarships 40
Miss Parkinson 600
Seminary work and schol- arships 145
Buila.ng 1,000
Bible-woman 25
Ku Cheng, Scholarships 40
Sieng Iu, Bible-women 50
Scholarships 60
Hospital beds 40
Total for China $2,080
Japan.
Yokohama, Scholarships .... $80
Literary work 25
Tokyo, Industrial school.... 120
Teacher in wood carving. . . 40
Hakodate, Scholarships 80
Hirosaki, Prize scholarships. 40
Kindergarten teacher 60
Total for Japan $445
South America.
Rosario $10
Montevideo 50
Total for S. America.. $60
Philippines.
Manila, Building $50
SUMMARY.
North India $720
Northwest India 760
Bombay 3,352
Central Provinces 40
Malaysia 877
China 2,080
Japan 445
South America 60
Philippines 50
Contingent 116
Grand Total $8,500
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North India.
Almorah. Bpworth Sanita- rium $2,830
Bareilly Hospital 13,000
Bareilly Orphanage 11,000 Bhot, at Dharchula, Flora
Deaconess' Home .... 1,900
Chandra, Deaconess' Home. 1,000
Bijnour, Boarding' School... 3,000
Budaon 5,650
Gonda 2,5u0
Hardoi, Boarding Home. . . . 3,000 Lucknow, Isabella Thoburn
College and High School 53,334
Moradabad 9,500
Naini Tal, Boarding School. 30,000
Wellesley Hospital 1,000
Pauri. Boarding School and
Orphanage 11,000
Pithoragarh, Boarding School
and Woman's Home. . . . 6,441 Shajahanpur, Bidwell Me- morial School and Bunga- low 7,000
Sitapur-j Boarding School. . . 8,801
Total $170,956
North West India.
Agra, Medical Home $2,720
Ajmer, Boarding School and
Marks Hall 13,335
Aligarh, Louisa Soule's Or- phanage 12.52S
Brindaban, Mabel Calder
Home and Dispensary.... 4,600
Cawnpore, Hudson Hall and
English School 23,300
Meerut. Howard Plested Me- morial School 10,860
Muttra, Blackstone Institute 16,800
Phalera, Orphanage and In- dustrial School 7,600
Total $91,743
South India.
Haiderabad, Stanley Home. $10,000 Zenana Home 6,000
Kolar, Wm. Gamble Dea- coness' Home 5,000
Orphanage and Darby
Hall 5,000
Widows' Home 2,103
Madras. Harriet Bond Skid- more School, Baltimore Memorial Home and Northwestern Memorial Home 33,333
Raipur 500
Sironcha, Mary J. Clark
Memorial 6,800
Vicarabad 1,000
Total $69,736
Bombay.
Baroda. Orphanage $22,000
Bombau. Boarding School
and Home 25,000
Stevens Hall 16,666
Khandwa 500
Jubalpur, Orphanage and
Boarding Scnool 12,000
Deaconess Home 5,000
Total $81,166
Bengal.
Asansol, Widows' Home.... $1,500 Evangelistic Home 1,000
Darjeeling. Queen's Hill School (Crandon Hall, The Repose, Almira Hall and Pierce Build- ing) 33,000
Muzefferpur, Dispensary.... 3,516
Total $39,016
Burma.
Rangoon. High School $40,000
Charlotte O'Neal Institute 30,000 E. Rangoon, Burmese Girls'
School 600
Pegu, Mission 150
Total $70,750
Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur, School $15,000
Penang 7,000
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Singapore-School 70,750
Taipinff, School 10,000
Total $64,500
North China.
Peking $19,000
Tientsin. Isabel Fisher Hos- pital, etc 19,000
Tsxm Hua S.000
Total $46,000
Central China.
Nan Chang, Baldwin Me- morial $10,000
Chin Kiang. Home, School
and Hospital 13,316
Kiu Kiang. Elizabeth S.
Danforth Hospital 4,000
The Home 3,500
The Kiu Kiang Boarding
School 2,500
The Kiu Kiang "Woman's
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Total $43,066
West China.
Chung King, Flora Deacon
ess Home 5,300
Holt Boarding School 1,100
Wm. A. Gamble Hospital. 5,950
Bungalow
Chang Li, Hospital 1,250
Total $13,600
Foochow.
Foochow, Boarding School
and Residence $14,000
Woman's School and
Residence 4,500
Liang-au Hospital and Woolston Memorial Hos- pital and Residence.... 11,100 Mary E. Crook Memorial
Orphanage 3,100
Hok Chiang, School 4,500
Ku C eng. School 3,950
Woman's Training School 2,250 School Compound 722
Total $44,122
Hing Hua.
Hing Hua. Juliet Turner
Memorial School $3,300
Hamilton Boarding School S 500 Home 5,'500
Day School and Bible
Woman's Home 500
Anton 513
Sieng In. Isabel Hart Memo- rial School 5,400
Frieda Heim Woman's
Training School 2,000
Margaret E. Nast Hospital 10,000
Total $35,713
Korea.
Seoul. Home and School. . $13,000
Dispensarv 600
East Gate, Scran ton Home 2,000
East Gate Dispensary. . . 300
East Gate, Baldwin Chapel 250
Pyeng Yang, Home, Hospi- tal and Dispensary. ... 1,500
Total $17,650
North Japan.
Hakodate, Shcool and Home.$13,500 Hirosaki, Home 1,000
Total $14,500
Central Japan.
Nagoya $8,600
Sendai, Ladies' Home and
Industrial School 5,000
Tokyo, Industrial School. . . . 3,000
Abyama 20,000
Tsukiji 8,500
.Asakusa Day School 500
> okohama. Maud E. Simons
Memorial 4,000
Higgins Memorial Home
and Training School... 12,500
Yamabukicho. School 1,200
Kanagawa, Kindergarten. 50
Don Tarbox School 200
Total $63,550
South Japan.
Fukuoka $12,000
Koga, Orphanage 5,000
Nagasaki, Home and School 50,000
Total $67,000
Mexico.
Guanjuatn. School $10,000
Mexico Citv. Orphanage.... 50,000
Mirapores, School 1,000
Pachuca, School 20,000
Puebla, Normal Institute. . 25,000
Total $106,000
South America. Montevideo, School and
xiome $22,700
Rosario, Home 9,3o0
Total $32,000
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Bulgaria.
Lovetch, School and Home. $6,500
Italy.
Rome. Crandon Hall $75,000
Home 20,000
Total $95,000
United States.
Herkimer, N. Y., Folts
Mission Institute $50,000
Endowment 70,000
Permanent Fund 45,000
Total $124,500
SUMMARY.
North India Conference. .. $170,956
North West India 91,743
South India 69,736
Bombay 81,116
Bengal 39,016
Burma 70,750
Malaysia 64,500
North China 46,000
Central China 42,750
West China 13,600
Foochow 44,122
Hing Hua 35,713
Korea 17,650
NorLh Japan 14,500
Central Japan 63,550
South Japan 67,000
Mexico 106,000
South America 32,000
Bulgaria 6,500
Italy 95,000
United States 124,500
Total $1,296,702
MRS. WM. B. DAVIS, MRS. CYRUS D. FOSS, Committee on Titles of Real Estate.
258 WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
QUESTIONS TO MISSIONARY APPLICANTS.
1. Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you the work of a foreign missionary?
2. Do you desire and intend to make this your life work, and are you willing to labor in any field?
3. Have you an experimental knowledge of salvation through the atonement of Jesus Christ, our Lord?
4. Have you an earnest desire to win souls to Christ, and how has this desire been manifest in the past?
5. Are you a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and do you believe in its doctrines as set forth in Part 1, Chapter 1, of the Discipline?
6. Have you a thorough English education?
7. Have you studied Latin or any modern language; what pro- ficiency have you made, and do you readily acquire the same?
8. In what schools have you taught and with what success?
9. Have you a knowledge of music, either vocal or instrumen- tal?
10. What is the condition of your health?
11. Do you easily adapt yourself to people and circumstances?
12. Have you ever been married; if so is your husband living?
13. Will you answer by testimonials to each of these questions?
14. Remarks.
The new official spoon of the Woman's Foreign Missionary So- ciety has on the end of the handle a fac simile of the badge which has the cross over the world, next the Standard Bearers' pennant with a part of it reaching on the under part of the handle. Then the King's Heralds' trumpet finds a place, and near the bowl of the spoon is the Little Light Bearers' candle. A picture of a church is in the bowl. Underneath are the words "Tremont St. Church, Boston." Above "W. F. M. S. Organized 1869."
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Sent Out From America or Employed by the Women's Foreign Missionary Society Since its Organization
m indicates Marriage; s Self-Supporting; r Retired; dis. Dismissed; d De- ceased; f Daughters of Missionaries. Name in italics is married name. Abbreviations, in parenthesis, indicate Branch.
Date of App'm't 1905 1901 |
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NAME and branch. Aaronsen, Hilma (Des M.) Abbott, Anna Agnes, (N.-
W.) Aorams, Minnie F. (1898) Adams, Jean Akers, L. Stella, M. D.
Perkins (1885) Alexander, Bessie (Cin.) Allen, Belle J. (Cin.) Allen, Mabel (Des M.) Ailing, Harriet S. (N.-W.) Anderson, Luella R. (Cin.) Atkinson, Anna P. (N. Y.) Atkinson, Mary- Austin, F. Laura (C. R.) Ayers, Harriet L. (Cin.) Barrow, Mrs. M. L., M. D.
(King) 1900 Bartlett, Carrie M. (Des
M.) Baucus, Georgiana Beard, Bertha (Gasson)
(1903) Beazell, Laura E. (Andres)
(1903) Beck, Edna L., M. D.
(Pacif.) Bender, Elizabeth R.
(Balto.) Bengel, Margaret (Jones)
( 1892) Benn, Rachel R, M. D.
(Phila.) Bennett, Fannie A. (N.-W.) Benthein, E. W. (N. W.) Benton. J. Emma (Elmer)
(1885) Betow, Emma J., M. D.
(Cin.) Bing, Anna V. (Cin.) Black, Lillian A. (1889) BxacKburn, Kate B. (N.W.) Blackmar, Louisa (Gilder)
(1900) Blackmore, Sophia (Min.) Blackstock, Ella (Minn.) Blair, Kate A. (Cin.) Bobenhouse, Laura G. (Des M.)
Date of App'm't 1900 1888 1897 dis 1888 m 1897 m |
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1871 |
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1891 |
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1880 1904 1905 1900 |
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NAME AND BRANCH.
Bohannon, Ida (N.W.) Bonafleld, Julia (Cin.) Boss, Harriet (1898) Bowen, Mary E. (1898) Bowne, Ida May (Manfre)
(1903) Brouse, Louise T. (Cook)
(1905) Brown, Maria (Davis)
(1874) Bryan, Mary E. M. D..
(1897) Budden, Annie (N. Y.) Buck, Lois M. (Cin.) Bullis, (N. W.) Bumgardner, Lucy E.
(Morton) (1903) Burman, Matilda C. Burt, Edith (N. W.) Bushnell, Kate C, M. D.
(1882) Butcher, Annie (Hewes)
(1896) Campbell, Lettia A. (1878) Carey, Mary F .(Davis)
(1880) Carver, Margaret B. (Erns-
berger) Carroll, Mary E. (1897) Carleton, Mary E., M. D.
(N. Y.) Cartwright, Ida May (1904) Chapin, Jennie M. (1890) Chisholm, Emma Mae
(Balto. & N. E.) Christians. Mary, M. D.
(1891) Christiansen Christine
(Ashe) (1896) Clemens, Mrs. E. J. (1881) Clippinger, Frances (1905) Codv, Mary (Minn.) 1904 Collier, Clara J. (N. E.) Collins, Susan (Pacif.) Collins, Ruth H. (Thoburn)
(1899) Combs, Lucinda, M. D.
(Strittmater) (1878)
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App'm't NAME AND BRANCH.
18d4 m Corey, Katharine, M. D.
{Ford) (1888) 1905 Crabtree, M. Margaret
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1892 to Craig, Frances (Smith)
(1895)
1904 Crane, Edith M. (N. W.)
1905 Creek, Bertha (N. W.)
1904 Crooks, Grace A. (N. W.) x892 dis Crosthwaite.Isabella (1893) 1895 to Croucher, Miranda (Pack- ard) (1903)
1905 Crowell, Bessie F. (N. E. ) 1S95 Curts, Kate O. (N. Y.)
1893 Cutler, Mary F., M. D. (N.
y.)
1SS0 r Cushman, Clara (1889)
1890 r Daily, Rebecca (1897) 1888 r Danforth, Mary A. (1893)
1898 s Daniel, Nell M. (Des M.)
1895 to Dart, Jennie M., M. D.
(Dease) (1898) 1893 d Davis, Mrs. Anna L. (1904)
1900 Davis, Dora (N. W.)
1902 Davis, Joanna, (Des M.)
1903 f Davison, Mabel (N. T.) 1888 m Dav, Martha E. (Abbott)
(1894)
1896 to Deaver, Ida C. (1897) 1903 Deavitt, La Dona (N. T.)
1899 to Decker, Helen M. (Beech)
(1904) 1*05 Decker, Marguerite M.
(Minn.) 1884 r DeLine. Sarah M. (N. W.)
(1895)
1891 r DeMotte, Mary (Doering)
(1892) 1874 r Denning, Lou B. (1889) 1882 to DeVine, Esther J. (Will- iams) (1891) 1888 Dickerson, Augusta (Phila.)
1897 s Dickinson, Emma E.
1893 to Diem, Lydia (Wengel) (1898)
1893 r Donahue, Julia M., M. D.
vj.897) 1884 d Downey, Clara A. (1896) 1899 Dreibelbeis, Caroline (N.
Y.)
1890 r Dudley, Hannah (1891)
1891 Dunmore, Effie (Phila.)
1894 r Easton, Celesta (1900)
1878 Easton, S. A. (Cin.) 1902 Eddy, Mrs. S. M. (Cin.)
1901 Edmonds, Agnes M., M. D.
(Des M.)
1902 Edmunds, Margaret J.
(Cin.) 1894 Elicker, Anna R. (Des M.)
1897 m Elliott, Martelle (Davis)
(lyu4)
1879 to Elliott, Margaret (Wilson)
(1883)
Date of App'm't 1895 d |
|
1886 1900 1884 1899 |
r |
1888 1900 1895 1883 1899 |
r d TO |
1903 |
|
1892 |
TO |
1887 1888 1887 1905 1884 |
r r TO |
1896 1890 |
TO |
1893 1902 1898 1889 |
r m |
1891 1893 1886 188/ 1894 |
r d |
1897 1878 |
r |
1881 1904 |
d |
1896 1903 |
|
1898 |
TO |
1885 |
|
1892 1900 |
TO |
1880 |
TO |
1895 1905 |
r s |
1894 1876 |
d |
1899 1889 1905 1878 |
s d |
NAME AND BRANCH.
Elliott, Mary C. (Steph- ens) (1886) Elliot, Mary J. (1890) Ellis, Ida (1886) (N. W.) English, Fannie M. (N. Y ) Ernsberger, Emma, M. D.
(Cin.) Ernsberger, I.. M. D. (1900) Estey, Ethel M. (N. Y.) Evans, Alice A. (Des M.) Everding, Emma J. (1892) jiiwers, Harriet C. (Lyons)
(1900) Fenderich, Norma H.
(Phila.) Ferris, Emma E. (Shella-
bear) (1897) Field, Nellie H. (1888) Files, Estelle M. (N. Y.) Fincham, Ella B. (1894) Finlay, Alice (Cin.) Fisher, Elizabeth (Brew- ster) (1888) Fisher, Fannie F. (N. W. ) Forbes, Ella R. (Phillips)
(1894) Foster, Eva M. (1895) Foster, Carrie (Des M. ) Forster, Miriam (N. W. ) French, Anna S. (Freyer)
(1895) Frey, Cecelia M. (1894) Frey, Lulu E, (Cin.) Fuller, Delia A. (1901) Gallimore, Anna (Bait.) Galloway, Helen R. (Des
M.) Gheer, Jennie M. (N. Y.) Gibson, Eugenia (Mitchell)
( 1882 ) Gilchrist, Ella, M. D.(1884) Gimson, Esther, M. D. (N.
W.) Gilman, Gertrude (N. E.) Glassburner, Mamie F.
(Des M.) Glenk, Marguerite E. (Bur- ley.) 1905. Gloss, Anna D., M. D. (N.
W.) Glover, Ella E. (N. E.) Goetz, Adeline (Guthr'r)
(1901) Goodenough, Julia E.
(Hudson) (lSSe^ Goodin, E. S. (1899) Grandstrand, Pauline
(Minn.) Green, Lily D. (N. W.) Green, Lucilla H., M. D.
(Cheney) (1878) Gregg, Mary E. (Des M.) Griffiths, Mary B. (Des M.) Grove, L. R. Mrs. (N. W.) Guelphi, Cecilia (1886)
274
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Date of
App'm't NAME AND BRANCH.
1903 Guthapfel, Minerva L.
(Phila.) 1888 m Hale, Lillian G. (Scott- Welday) (1894)
1885 r Hall, Emma M. (1900) 1905 Hamer, Maud (N. W.)
1883 dis Hamisfar, Florence N., M.
D. (1886)
1900 in Hammond, Alice J. (Sharp)
(1903) 1892 r Hammond, Rebecca J.
( 1899) 1881 Hampton, Minnie S. (N. Y.)
1895 Hardie, Eva M. (Cin.)
1892 m Harrington, Susan (Cons-
land) (1893) 1895 d Harris, Lillian, M.D.(1902) 1891 m Harris, Mary W. (Folwell)
(1894)
1893 r Harris. Nellie M. (1895)
1904 Hart, Mary Ames (Pacif.) 1887 Hartford, Mabel C. (N. E.)
1884 Harvey Emily L. (N. E.) 1874 d Hastings, Mary (1898)
1891 Heafer, L. (Phila.)
1893 Heaton, Carrie A. (N. W.)
1892 m Hebinger, Josephine
(Snuggs) (1894) 1884 m Hedrick, .M. C. (Miles)
(1890) 1898 Hemingway, Edith A. (N.
1901 Henkle, Nianette (Des M.) 1904 Henry, Mary (Top.)
1884 Hewett, Ella J. (Phila.)
1886 Hewett, Lizzie (N. W.)
1904 Hewitt, Helen (N. W.)
1878 d Higgins, Susan B. (1879)
1905 Hill, Katherine Ledyard
(Phila.)
1900 r Hillman, Mary C. (1905) 1905 Hitchcock, Frances H.(Des
M.) 1872 Hoag, Lucy H.( M. D., (N.
Y.) 1895 m Hodge, Emma, M. D. (Wor-
rall) (1899) 1892 Hoge, Elizabeth (Cin.)
1901 Holbrook, Ella M. (Pacif.) 18/8 m Holbrook, Mary J. (Chap- pell) (1890)
1900 Holman. Charlotte T.
( Pacif. ) 1905 Holland,' A. J. (Top.)
1904 Holland, Mrs. Alma H.
(Des M.)
1905 Holmes, Ada (C. R.) 1905 Hollister, Grace (N. W.) 1877 m Howard, Leonora, M. D.,
(King) (1884)
1887 r Howard, Meta, M. D.(1889)
1879 r Howe, Delia A. (1882) 1872 Howe, Gertrude (N. W.) 1881 wi Hoy, Ellen I. (Lawson)
(1884)
1897 1898
1889 1899
1902 902
1884 1883 1903 1894
Date of
App'm't NAME AND BRANCH.
1895 Hu, King Eng, M. D.
(Phila.)
1904 Hu, May L. (Des M.) 1883 m Hogoboom, Marion (1884)
1887 d Hughes, Mary (Ernsber-
ger) 1890)
1905 Hughes, Jennie V. (N. Y. )
1883 m Hyde, Laura, M. D.(Foote)
(1886)
1888 m Hyde, Minnie J. (Wilson) (1894)
Hyde, Nettie M. (Des M.) Illingworth, Charlotte
(Phila.) Imhof, Louisa (Top.) Ingram, Helen (Minn.) Jackson, C. Ethel (N. W.) Jakobson, Alma (Keventer)
(1904) Jewell, Carrie I. (Cin.) Jewell, Mrs. C. M. (N. Y.) Jones, Dorothy (N. W.) Johnson, Anna 1888 in Johnson, Ella (Kinnear)
(1893 )
1896 f Kahn, Ida, M. D. (N. W.) 1886 m Kaulbach, Anna L. (Wil- son) (1889)
1892 m Keeler, Anna C. (Manson) (1899)
1880 dis Kelly, Luella (1885) 1891 r Kemper, Harriet (1895)
1891 m Kennedy, Mary E. (Core)
(1894)
1881 d Kerr, Harriet (1886) 1888-1905 Ketring, Mary, M. D.
(1893)
1894 Kidwell, Lola May (Cin.)
1895 m Kissack, Sadie E. (McCart- ney) (1896)
Kneeland, Bertha E. (N.
E.) Knowles, Emma L. (N. E.) Koons, Sue L, M. D.
(Phila.) Kurtz, Alice W. (Phila.)
(1903) Kyle, Theresa J. (Phila.) 189V dis Lamb, Emma L. (1899)
1884 r Latimer, Laura (1888)
1892 Lauck, Ada J. (Des M.)
1885 m Lauck, Sarah (Parson) (1888)
Lawson, Anna E. (Des M.) Lawson, Christine (N. Y. ) Lay ton, M. E. (1892) Lebeus, Martha (Cin.) 1894 m Lee, Irene E. (Ver Mehr)
(1901) 1903 Lee, Mabel (Minn.) 1884 LeHuray, Eleanor (N. Y.)
1873 m Leming, Sarah (Shepherd)
(1875) 1898 Lewis, Amy G. (Bait.) 1891 Lewis, Ella A. (Bait.)
1900
1881 1904
1902 1885
1886 1892 1878 d 1898
MISSIONARY DIRECTORY
275
Date of App'm't 1901
NAME AND BRANCH.
Lewis, Margaret D., M. D.
(N. W.) Li Bi Cu, M. D. (N. T.) Lilly, Mary B. (Col. R.) Limberger.Anna R. (Phila) Linam, Alice (N. Y.) Livermore, Melva A. (Top. ) Llewellyn, Alice A. (N.W.) Livingstone, Kate Logeman. Minnie (N. W. ) Long, Hortense, (N. T. ) Longstreet, Isabella D. (N.
W.) Loper, I. Grace (N. Y.) 1874 mf Lore, Julia A., M. D. (¥c-
(Grew) (1876) Lorenz, Frieda V. (Minn.) Lossing. Mabel (Des M. ) Loyd, Mary De. F. (1902) Lyon, M. Ellen, M. D. (N.
W.) M-anning. Ella (D. M.) 1884 mf Mansel, Hester V. {Mon- roe) (1889) 1894 m Marks, Lillian R. (Kelley)
(1903) Marble, Elizabeth Dana
(Pacif.) Marriott, Jessie A. (N. E.) Martin, Clara (Minn.) Martin, Elizabeth E. (N.
W.) Martin, Emma E. M. D.
(N. W.) Maskell, Florence (Des M.) Mason, Letitia, M. D.
(Quine) (1875) Masters, Luella, M. D.
(1905) Maxey, Elizabeth (N. Y.) 1888 m McBurnie, Susan (Bond)
(1894) 1886 r McDowell, Kate, M. D.
(1891) 1893 m McGregor, Kate, M. D.
(.Boomer) (1895) 1904 McHose, Lottie (Cin.)
1883 m McKesson (Conkling) (1886) 1900 d McKibben, Martha L.(1900) McKinley, Mary B. (N.W.) McKnight, Isabel (Top.) McMillan, Carrie (Buck)
(1872) Means, Alice (Cin.) Means, Mary (Cin.) Meek, Mrs. Mary C. (1905) Mekkelson, Josephine (1902) Melton, Mary E. (N. W.) Merrill, Clara E. (N. W.) Meyer, Fannie E. (1903) Michener, Emma (1881) Miller, Lulu A. (N. Y.)
1900 m Miller, Martha J. (Jones)
(1904) 1886 dis Miller, Oriel (1889)
1901 r Miller, Sara H. (1903)
1905
IS 97
1S90
1895
1897
1901 s
1899
1905
1905
1898
1898
1904 1904 1884 d 1890
1899
1904
1901 1897 1900
1900
1898 1874 d
1892 r
1888
1900 1901 1871
1897 1896 1900 r 1900 d 1897 189o 1894 r 1880 d 1901
Date of |
|
App'i |
n't |
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|
1873 |
d |
1902 |
|
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r |
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r |
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|
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|
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t |
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r |
1892 |
r |
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|
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r |
1896 |
|
1894 |
|
1880 |
d |
1899 |
|
1903 |
t |
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r |
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|
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|
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d |
1903 |
|
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r |
1894 |
m |
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|
1892 |
|
1900 |
|
1888 |
d |
18S9 |
r |
1899 |
|
1903 |
|
1903 |
|
1890 |
|
3888 |
m |
1904 |
|
1903 |
|
1894 |
|
1888 |
|
1S89 |
|
1897 |
m |
1902 |
|
1900 |
t |
1903 |
|
1896 |
m |
1871 |
m |
1886 |
r |
1878 |
r |
1872 |
d |
lS9o |
|
1902 |
|
1900 |
m |
1884
NAME AND BRANCH.
Mitchell, Emma L. (N. Y.) Monelle, Nancy, M. D.
(Mansell) (1874) Montgomery, Urdell (Top.) Moore, Alice M. (1903) Moots, Mrs. Cornelia (1902) Morgan, Cora (Top.) Moyer, Jennie E. (N. Y. ) Mudge, Ada, (N. Y.) Mulliner, Clara (1883) Neiger, Lillian (^S^ Newby, Alta (Des M. ) Newton, Marion (1902) Nicholls, Elizabeth W. (N.
Y.) Nichols, Florence L. (N.E. j Nickerson, Florence (1887) Nicholaisen, Martha L.
(Minn.) Northrup, Alice M. (N.W.) Norton, Anna J., M. D.
(1905) Odgers, Eva (N. W.) Ogborn, Kate L. (Des M.) Ogden, Henrietta C. (1889) Olsen, Mary E. (Minn.) Organ, Clara M. (1905) Otto, Alice- M. (Selby)
(1900) Payne, Ella E. (Phila.) Paine, Josephine O. (N.E.) Pak, Mrs. Esther Kim, M.
D. (Phila.) Par doe, Mary E. V. (±892) Parker, Theda A. (1893) Parkinson, Phoebe A. (Col.
R.) Parkes, Lizzie (Pacif.) Pennington, Emma (Phila.) Perkins, Fannie A. (Des
M.) Perrine, Florence (Mansell)
(1894) Peters, Alice (N. W.) Peters, Jessie (N. W. ) Peters, Mary (N. W.) Peters, Sarah (N. W.) Phelps, Frances F. (Des
M.) Pierce, Nellie (Miller)
(1905) Pierce, Thirza M. (N. W.) Plumb. Florence J. (N.W.) Pool, Lydia S. (Des M.) Porter, Charlotte J. (1901) Porter, Mary Q. (Game- well) (1882) Pray, Susan, M. D. (1887) Priest, Mary A. (1880) Pultz, Elizabeth M. (1877) Purdy, Caroline M. (Phila. ) Pyne, Rosa M. (Des M.) Rasmussen, Mrs. Helen E.
(Springer) (1905) Reed, Mary
276
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Date of
App'm't NAME AND BRANCH.
1900 Rigby, Luella (Des M.)
1902 Robbins, Henrietta (N.Y.) 11903 f Robinson, Helen (N. Y.)
1884 Robinson, Mary C. (N.W.) 1900 f Robinson, Ruth B. (Bait.) 1889 m Rogers, Anna M. (F'ur-
ness) (1890) 18.87 r Rothweiler, Louise C.
(1898) 1S94 m Rouse, Wilma H. (Keene)
(1905) 1S81 d Rowe, Phoebe (1898)
1900 m Rowley, Mary L. (Wilson)
(1904) 1905 Rubright, Caroline (Phila.)
1901 Ruddick, Elizabeth May
(N. E.) 18S7 m Rulofsen, G. M. (Thomp- son) (1888)
1879 Russell, Elizabeth (Cinn.) 1895 r Russell, Martha H. (1897)
1899 m Samson, Carrie J. (Sun-
der) (1903)
1904 Saxe, Agnes E. (N. Y.) 1S84 d Schenck, Linna M. (1892) 1S74 m Schoonmaker, Dora (Soper)
(1879) 18S9 Scott, Fannie A. (Cinn.)
1889 Scott, Frances A. (Cinn.) 18S5 Scranton, Mrs. M. F. (N.
E.)
1880 d Sears, Annie B. (1895)
1890 Seeds, Leonora H. (Cinn.)
1902 Seeds, Mabel K. (N.W.)
1889 s Sellers, Rue E. (Cinn.) lS79d«'s Sharpe, Mary (1883)
1887 Shaw, Ella C. (N. W.)
1888 s Sheldon, Martha A. M. D.
(N. E.)
1890 m Sherwood, Rosetta, M. D.
(Hall) (1892-1896) 1895 m Shockley, Mary E. (Doane) (1904)
1902 d Sia, Mabel (1903)
1903 ?• Siddall. Adelaide (1904)
1905 Simester, Marv (N. E.) 1SS9 d Simons Maud E. (1898) 1893 Singer, Florence E. (Phila)
1900 Singh, Lilavati (N. W.) 1S91 f Sites, Ruth M. (Brown)
(1895)
1901 Slate, Anna B. (Phila.)
1885 Smith Lida B. (N.'Y.) 1S9G r Soderstrom, Anna (1901) 1903 f Soper, Maude E. (Phila.) 1900 r Southard, Ada J. (1905) 1870 r Sparkes, Fannie J. (1891) 1S78 m Sparr, Julia, M. D. (Coffin)
(1884)
1902 Spaulding, Winifred ( Top. ) lS9fi m Spear, Katherine A. (Col- lier) (1900)
1880 m Spence, Mattie B. (Perrie) (1883)
Date of
App'm't NAME AND BRANCH.
1S96 r Spencer, Clarissa H (1901) 187S Spencer, Matilda A. (Phila)
1892 Stahl, Josephine (N. W.)
1892 mi Stanton, Alice M. (Wood- ruff) (1899)
1900 m Stearns Mary P. (Badley)
(1903) 1SS9 Steere, Anna E. (N. W.)
1892 Stephens, Grace (Bait.)
1895 Sterling, Florence (Lenth)
(1897) 1890 Stevenson, Ida B., M. D.
(Top.)
1901 m Stockwell, Emma (Price)
(1903)
1901 Stockwell, Grace (Des M.) 1904 Stone, Anna (Minn.)
1896 Stone, Mary, M. D. (Des
M.) 1904 Strow, E. M. (N. Y.)
1902 Stumpf, Susanna M. (Des
M.) 1SS8 s Sullivan Lucy (Cinn.) 1869 r Swain, Clara A., M. D.
(1896) 1S7S Swaney, Mary F. (Top.)
1902 Swift, Edith M. (N. W.)
1903 Swormstedt, Virginia R.
(Cinn.)
1895 Taft, Gertrude, M. D.
( Pacif . )
1889 m Taylor, Martha E. (Calla- han) 1893)
1903 Temple, Laura (N. Y.) 1887 Terry, Edna G., M. D.
(N. E.) 1869 d Thoburn, Isabella (1901)
1904 Thomas, Mary M. (Cinn.)
1903 Thomas, Hester A. (Cinn.)
1889 mi Thompson, Anna (Steph-
ens) (1895)
1890 r Thompson, E.
1871 m Tinsley, Jennie M. (Waugh)
(1876) 1901 Tippet, Mrs. Susan (Bait.)
1895 Todd, Althea M. (N. E.)
1897 Todd, Grace (1898)
1904 Toll, Evelyn (N. W.) 1874 m Trask, Sigourney, M. D.
(Cowles) (1885) 1903 Travis, Grace B. (N. Y.)
1889 Trimble, Lydia A. (Des M.) 1895 r Trvon, Elizabeth (1900)
1890 m Tucker, Grace (Tague)
(1896) 1882 r Turney, Mrs. L. M. (1881) 190z m Turner, Sarah B. (Parker)
(1904) 1903 Tuttle, Mary B., M. D.,
(Top.) 1SS9 m Van Dorsten, Amelia, (Laiv-
ver) (1900) 1887 d Vance, Mary A. (Belknap)
(1892)
MISSIONARY DIRECTORY
277
Date of App'm't 1881
1898 1891 1896 r 1904 1S90 to
1880 m
1874 to
1883 1904 + 1902 1901
1895 1905 1902
1881 f
1903 f 1891 1876 m
1904 1896 hi
1892 m
1901 to
1900
NAME AND BRANCH.
VanPetten, Mrs. Carrie (N.
W.) Varney, L. W. (Top.) Vickery, Ella M. (N. W.) Waidman, Isabel (1899) Walker, Susan (N. W.) Walton, Ida B. (Multer)
(1891)
Ellen (Fox)
Susan (Densmore)
Warner,
(1885) Warner,
(1890)
Watson, Rebecka (Top.) Waugh, Nora Belle (Cin.) Weaver, Georgia (N. T.) Wells, Elizabeth J. (Des
M.) Wells, Phebe (N. Y.) Wells, Anna May (Des M.) Westcott, Pauline E. (N.
W.)
Wheeler,
(1893)
Wheeler,
Frances (Verity)
Maud (N. W.) White, Laura M. (Phila.) Whiting, Olive (Bishop)
(1882) Whittaker.Lotta M. (Minn.) Widdineld.jc lora M. ( Chew )
(1898) Wilkinson, Lydia M. ( Wil- kinson) (1905) Williams, Christiana ( H all)
(1902) Williams, Mary E. (Phila.)
Date of
App'm't NAME AND BRANCH.
1896 to Wilson, Fannie C. (Alex-
ander) (1900)
18S9 Wilson, Frances O. (Des
M.
1SS9 m Wilson, Mary E. (Buchan- an) (1896)
1S93 Wilson Minnie E. (N. W.)
1894 f Wilson, Mary E. (N. W.) 1901 Winslow, Annie S. (Top.) 1885 Wisner, Julie E. (Cin.) 1905 Witte, Helen (N. W.) 1903 f 'Wood, Bertha L. (Phila.) 1892 Wood, Catherine (Des M.) 1889 f Wood, Elsie (N. T.)
1901 Woods, Grace W. (N. T.)
1880 d Woodworth, Kate (Quinn)
( 1883 ) 1871 d Woolston, Beulah (1S86) 1S7 8 d Woolston, Henrietta, M. D.
(1879) 1871 r Woolston, Sarah H. (1896)
1895 Wright, Laura S. (N. W.) 1880 r Yates, Elizabeth U. (1885) 1892 Young, Effle G. (N. E. )
1897 Young, Marianna (Cinn. ) 1S9S d Zentmire, Cora (Brewster)
(1900)
Missionaries 497
Medical 58
Married 99
Retired 62
Self-Supporting 10
Daughters of Missionaries 19
Deceased 37
ismissed 7
Bequests in 1904-1905
Name Residence Branch Amount
Mrs. Brewster Lowell, Mass New England. ..$3,955.08
Mrs. M. A. Pike Wayne, Maine New England... 100.0
Mrs. Roberts Biddford, Maine New England... 500.0
Gifts (Miscellaneous) New England.. 3,000.00
Mr. Alfred Y. Atwood Elmira, N. Y New York 2,000.00
Mrs. Sarah Boughton New York 1,289.98
Mrs. Charles W. Brown Oswego, N. Y New York 1,500.00
Estate of Mrs. Rosamond Brad- ley Ticonderoga, N. Y.. New York 41.40
Mrs. Amanda I*. Bryan Valley Falls, N. Y..New York 952.50
Mrs. Samuel Call Syracuse, N. Y New York 25.00
Mrs. Maria Howell Pulton, N. Y New York 952.50
Mrs. Judith L. Hunt W. Frankfort, N. Y. New York 100.00
Mrs. Harriet E. Lewis Madison, N. \ New York 100.00
Mrs. Harriet C. McMichael Seneca Palls, N. Y.New York 476.25
Mrs. Sarah A. J^angford Palmer. New York City New York 1,273.53
Mrs. J. M. Reid New York City New York .... 959.00
Mrs. Margaret Peacock Ocean Grove. N. J.. New York 25.00
Mrs. Abigail M. Whitehead Rochester, N. Y New York 95.00
Mr. Henry Browns Wyoming, Pa Philadelphia ... 95.00
Mrs. Mary E. Cronhaven Wilmington Philadelphia ... 859.66
Miss Ellen Ford Wyoming Philadelphia ... 4,207.03
Name unreported Baltimore. 100.00
Stephen C. Frampton Reynoldsburg, O Cincinnati 500.00
Mrs. P. C. Dukes Dukes Chapel, O.... Cincinnati .... 500.00
Mrs. Wm. A. Gamble Cincinnati, O Cincinnati 4,100.00
John Linebaugh Grove City, O Cincinnati 1,887.01
Mrs. T. H. D. Harrold Rock River, O Cincinnati 1,250.00
Albert E. Miller Arcadia, O Cincinnati 250.00
Mrs. Abigail Vannosen Michigan Northwestern . 191.80
Mrs. Alice H. Chipman Petoskey, Mich Northwestern . 600.00
Miss Marie St. Phillips Ionia, Mich Northwestern .1,102.52
Isaac Vincent Michigan Northwestern . 949.05
Esther P. Turner Michigan! Northwestern . 95.25
Miss Lillie Hollister Mishawaka, Ind Northwestern . 25.00
Mr. L. A. Cropper New Britton, Ind...Nortnwestern . 342.25
Mrs. Lizzie Funk Bloomington, 111 Northwestern . 50.00
Mrs. Amanda Dunlap Illinois Northwestern . 46.25
Mrs. J. T. Berry Illinois Northwestern . 100.00
Mrs. i^aura Calder Evanston, 111 Northwestern . 355.00
Mrs. M. P. Meredith Oak Park, 111 Northwestern . 500.00
Rev. John Olmstead Appleton, Wis Northwestern . 216.39
Mrs. Nancy Mason Illinois Northwestern . 31.11
John Engelbrec-t Osage Bluff, Mo Des Moines 600.00
Name unreported Des Moines 500.00
Mrs. Eliza Chrisman Topeka, Kans Topeka 1,500
Mrs. V. Mitchell Marion, Kans Topeka 400.00
Miss Delia A. Fuller Boulder, Colo Topeka 1,110.75
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Allen Rochester, Minn ...Minneapolis ... 100.00
Mrs. Averill Buffalo, Minn Minneapolis ... 95.00
Total $39,604.31
Constitution
OF THE
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METH- ODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
ARTICLE I.— NAME. This organization shall be called "THE WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH."
ARTICLE II.— PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Society is to engage and unite the efforts of Christian women in sending missionaries to the women in foreign mission fieldts of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in supporting them and native Christian teachers and Bible readers in those fields and all forms of work carried on by the Society.
ARTICLE III.— MEMBERSHIP.
The payment of one dollar annually shall constitute Member- ship, and twenty dollars Life-Membership. Any person paying one hundred dollars ishall become a Manager for Life, and the contri- bution of three hundred dollars shall constitute the donor a Patron for Life.
ARTICLE IV.— ORGANIZATION.
The organization of this Society shall consist of a General Ex- ecutive Committee, Co-ordinate Branches, District Associations, Aux- iliary Societies, to be constituted and limited as laid down in subse- quent articles.
ARTICLE V.— GENERAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Section 1. The management and general administration of
280 WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
the affairs of the Society shall be vested in a General Executive Committee consisting of a President, Recording Secretary, Treas- urer, the Corresponding Secretary and two delegates from each Branch, the Literature Committee, Secretary of German work and the Secretary of Scandinavian work. The President, Recording Sec- retary, Treasurer, and Secretaries of German and Scandinavian Work shall be elected annually by the General Executive Committee. The two delegates and reserves shall be elected at the Branch An- nual Meetings. Said committee shall meet in Boston, the third Wed- nesday in April, 1870, and annually, or oftener, thereafter, at such time and place as the General Executive Committee shall annually determine.
Section 2. The duties of the General Executive Committee shall be:
First. To take into consideration the interests and demands of the entire work of the Society as presented in the report of the Branch Corresponding Secretaries and in the estimates of the needs of mission fields; to ascertain the financial condition of the Society; to appropriate its money in accordance with the purposes and method therein indicated; to devise means for carrying forward the work of the Society; fixing the amounts to be raised, employing new mis- sion aries, designating their field of labor, examining the reports of those already employed, and arranging with the several Branches the work to be undertaken by each.
Second. To transact any other business that the interests of the Society may demand, provided all the plans and directions of the Committee shall be in harmony with the provisions of the Constitu- tion.
ARTICLE VI.— PERMANENT COMMITTEES OF WOMAN'S FOR- EIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
REFERENCE COMMITTEE.
1. The Committee of Reference shall be composed of the Presi- dent of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and the Branch Corresponding Secretaries.
2. It shall meet immediately after the adjournment of the Gen- eral Executive Committee, and organize by the election of a Chair- man and Secretary.
3. All cases of emergency that would come before the General Executive Committee, arising in the interim of itts sessions, shall be
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submitted to this committee, and decided by a majority vote.
4. The Chairman shall send each resolution that is submitted to the committee to each member, and when all have returned their votes, the Recording Secretary shall declare the result, and record both resolutions and votes.
5. The committee shall present a full report of its action during the year to the General Executive Committee for approval and per- manent record.
6. Thie committee shall hold a semi-annual meeting, at such time and place as shall be designated by the Chairman and Secretary. The expenses of this meeting shall be paid from the general treasury.
CONSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATION COMMITTEE.
1. This committee shall be composed of the President of the Society, and the Branch Corresponding Secretaries.
2. It shall meet and organize immediately after the adjournment of the General Executive Committee, by the election of a Chair- man and Secretary.
3. All cases of emergency concerning publications, arising in the interim of the .sessions of the General Executive Committee, shall be submitted to the Constitutional Publication Committee, and the case shall be decided by the majority vote.
4. This committee 'shall take charge of the missionary period- icals of the Society and arrange for the publication of an annual report of the work of the Society, and shall have supervision of all business concerning the publications. This committee ishall report annually to the General Executive Committee.
5. The publisher shall give the Chairman an itemized report of the receipts and expenditures of the periodicals properly audited, by the first of October. If she finds it necessary to deviate from the published instructions of the General Executive Committee, .she shall lay the matter before this committee, and be subject to its direction. She shall report semi-annually to the Constitutional Publication Committee.
6. A committee of three shall be appointed annually by the Constitutional Publication Committee, to whom shall be intrusted the investment and control of the funds of these publications.
7. The publisher shall commence and close her financial year with October 1.
8. If the office of editor, publisher or member of Literature
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Committee becomes vacant during the year this committee shall have the power to fill the vacancy.
LITERATURE COMMITTEE.
There shall be a Literature Committee of three whose duty it shall be to provide all the literature of the Society, except the periodicals and General Executive Committee's report.
ARTICLE— VII— CO-ORDINATE BRANCHES.
Section 1. Co-ordinate Branches of this Society on their acceptance of this relationship under the provisions of the Con- stitution, may be organized in accordance with the following gen- eral plan for districting the territory of the Church.
Name. States Included. Headquarters.
New England Branch Boston, Maps.
New England States.
New York Branch New York, N. Y.
New York, New Jersey.
Philadelphia Branch Philadelphia, Pa.
Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Baltimore Branch Baltimore, Md.
Maryland, District of Columbia, Eastern Virginia, N. and S. Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Cincinnati Branch Cincinnati, O.
Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Northwestern Branch Chicago, 111.
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin.
Des Moines Branch Dee Moines, Iowa.
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Minneapolis Branch Minneapolis, Minn.
Minnesota, North and South Dakota.
Topeka Branch Topeka, Kan.
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Pacific Branch Los Angeles, Cal.
California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii.
Columbia River Branch Portland, Ore.
Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. This plan, however, may be changed by an affirmative vote of
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three-fourths of the members of the General Executive Committee present at any annual meeting of the same.
Sec. 2. The officers of each Branch shall consist of a Presi- dent, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a Cor- responding Secretary, a Treasurer, an Auditor and such other of- ficers as shall be necessary for the efficient work of the Branch. These with the exception of Auditor, shall constitute an Executive Committee for the administration of the affairs of the Branch, nine of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. These officers shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Branch, and shall continue in office until others are chosen in their stead.
Sec. 3. The Executive Committee shall have supervision of the work assigned to the Branch by the General Executive Com- mittee, provide for all the needs, and receive reports from all forms of work carried on by the Society, which, by the plan of the General Executive Committee, are to be supported by the Branch.
Sec. 4. Each Branch shall appoint a standing committee of not less than five, of which the Branch Corresponding Secretary shall be chairman, who shall investigate the case of any candidate within the limits of the Branch, and shall supply such candidate with blank for health certificate and constitutional questions, to be filled out and answered by her; and when practical a personal interview shall be had with the woman by two or more of the committee before her papers are forwarded to the Reference Committee, or the Commit- tee appointed at the General Executive meeting. The Correspond- ing Secretary of the Branch presenting missionary candidates shall have a personal interview with each woman presented before her final appointment to a foreign field.
Sec. 5. No Branch shall project new work, or undertake the support of new missionaries, except by the direction or with the approval of the General Executive Committee.
Sec. 6. Each Branch may make such By-Laws as may be deemed necessary to its efficiency, not inconsistent with this Con- stitution.
ARTICLE VIII.— DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS.
District Associations shall be formed wherever practicable; said associations to have supervision of all auxiliaries within their limits.
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ARTICLE IX.— AUXILIARY SOCIETIES.
Any number of women who shall contribute annually may form a society auxiliary to that Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episfcopal Church, within whose prescribed territorial limits they may reside, by appointing a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, and Supervisor of Chil- dren's work, who together shall constitute a local Executive Com- mittee.
ARTICLE X.— RELATING TO THE MISSIONARY AUTHORITIES OF THE CHURCH.
Section 1. This Society shall work in harmony with and under the supervision of the authorities of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The appointment, recall, and remun- eration of missionaries, and the designation of their fields of labor shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and annual appropriations to mission fields shall be submitted for revision and approval to the general Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Sec. 2. All missionaries sent out by this Society shall labor under the direction of the particular Conference or Mission of the Church in which they may be severally employed. They shall be annually appointed by the President of the Conference or Mission, and shall be subject to the same rules of removal that govern the other missionaries.
Sec. 3. All the work of the Woman's Society in foreign lands shall be under the direction of the Conferences or Missions and their committees in exactly the same manner as the work of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Super- intendent or Presiding Elder having the same relation to the work and the person in charge of it that he would have were it a work in the charge of any member of the Conference or Mission.
Sec. 4. The funds of the Society shall not be raised by col- lection/s or subscriptions taken during any of our regular church services, nor in any Sunday-School, but shall be raised by such methods as the Constitution of the Society shall provide, none of which shall interfere with the contributions of our people and Sun- day-Schools for the treasury of the Missionary Society of the Meth-
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odist Episcopal Church; and the amount so collected ishall be re- ported by the pastor to the annual Conference, and be entered in a column among the benevolent collections in the Annual and Gen- .eral minutes.
Sec. 5. Section 4 of this Article shall not be so interpreted as to prevent the women from taking collections in meetings con- vened in the interests of their societies; nor from securing mem- berships and life memberships in audiences where their work is represented, nor from holding festivals, or arranging lectures in the interest of their work.
ARTICLE XI.— CHANGE OP CONSTITUTION.
This Constitution may be changed at any annual meeting of the General Executive Committee, by a three-fourths vote of those present and voting, notice of the proposed change having been given at the previous annual meeting; but Article X shall not be changed except with the concurrence of the General Conference of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church.
By-Laws
OF THE WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
-OFFICERS.
The officers of this Society shall be a President, a Recording Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the Society.
II.— DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society and with the Recording Secretary and Treasurer shall have power to transact all business of an executive character arising between the annual meetings.
2.' The Recording Secretary shall keep a full record of all proceedings of the General Executive Committee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and place the same in the safe of the Publication Office.
She shall present at the anniversary of the Society a report of the year's work. She shall also forward to our foreign treasurers, as soon as practical after adjournment of the General Executive Committee, a copy of the appropriations for each mission.
3. The Treasurer shall receive and disburse all money paid into the general fund pro rata by the several Branches, for the general expenses of the Society. She shall also have charge of all money received from gifts and legacies to the Society not spe- cifically devised to any Branch, holding such funds subject to the order of the Reference Committee.
III.— BRANCH CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.
I. The . Branch Corresponding Secretaries shall superintend all the interests of their respective Branches; conduct the cor- respondence of the Society with foreign missionaries; be present at all Branch, annual, and quarterly meetings, and present a quarterly report cf the work of in- Branch, and give to the public,
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or direct to be given all communications and plans of the business of their respective Bra aches.
2. Each Corresponding Secretary shall be required to furnish in her report to the General Executive Committee the following items: number of auxiliary societies, members, life members, honorary patrons and managers, subscribers to the Woman's Missionary Friend and the receipts of the Treasurer. In her report of the for- eign work she shall include the number of missionaries, Bible read- ers, boarding schools, and orphans supported by her Branch.
IV.— BRANCH TREASURERS.
1. Branch Treasurers shall be required to publish quarterly in the Woman's Missionary Friend their reports of moneys received.
2. The financial year of the Society shall commence October 1. Branch Treasurers will close their accounts for the year by Sep- tember 30.
3. The money received from annual memberships shall not be used to make life members, managers or patrons. Life member- ships shall be made by the payment of twenty dollars, given specifi- cally for that purpose. If in installments, the final payment shall be made as soon as practicable, and the membership reported as complete only when that has been done; all the installments to be credited on the Treasurer's book and acknowledged in the Woman's Missionary Friend.
4. In case any Branch is unable to meet the obligations it has assumed, any other Branch may, by the action of the Executive Board, be permitted to use its surplus funds in aid of the Branch deficient.-
5. Any bequest or donation made to the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society shall, unless otherwise specified by the donor, be paid to the Treasurer of the Branch within whose bounds the donor resided at the time of death.
V.— SECRETARY OF LITERATURE.
There shall be a Secretary of Literature elected by each Branch, whose duty it shall be to assist the Literature Committee through correspondence, by suggestions, by presenting the needs of their re- spective Branches, and aiding in any other way the Literature Com- mittee may desire. It shall also be the duty of the Branch Litera- ture Secretary to advance the interests and increase the circulation
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of our literature and publications in every possible way. She shall have charge in connection with the Literature Committee of the exhibition and sale of our literature at the various public gatherings and conventions throughout the country, the expenses to be borne by the Branch where the convention meets. When, as frequently oc- curs, the Epworth League, Student Volunteer, or other convention is held outside of our own country, this duty shall belong to the Standing Literature Committee.
VI.— GENERAL SECRETARIES.'
There shall be a General Secretary of Young People's Work, and a General Secretary of Children's Work who shall be elected annually by ballot by the General Executive Committee.
VII.— FIELD SECRETARIES.
Field Secretaries may be employed to travel throughout the Society for the promotion of the work. They shall be elected an- nually by ballot by the General Executive Committee.
VIII.— FOREIGN TREASURERS.
1. The Foreign Treasurers shall forward their estimates, prop- erly approved and printed, if possible, to each Corresponding Sec- retary before October 1.
2. The Treasurers in the foreign field are instructed, upon re- ceiving remittances, to forward immediately receipt for same; also to forward semi-annually, January 1 and July 1, a financial state- ment together with the balance in United States currency to the Branch Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer. Any appropriation which, for any reason, is not required on the field, shall be so re- ported by the Treasurer on each April 1 and October 1.
3. The appropriations for the foreign fields shall be paid on the basis of the currency of the country, the exchange therefrom accruing to our treasury with the exception of the salaries of the missionaries, and buildings, which shall be paid on the basis of American gold.
4. The funds of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society shall be entirely under the control of the General Executive Committee, to be used only for the purpose designated by that Committee. Our missionaries shall not exceed in expenditure the amount appropri- ated by the General Executive Committee. Emergencies arising
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during the year can be met only by application, properly endorsed by the missionary authorities, to the Committee of Reference.
5. If any surplus funds remain in the Foreign Treasuries from unused appropriations, exchange, or other source, they must be re- ported to the Branches, and held subject to the order of the Secre- tary of the Branch from whose moneys they accrue.
IX.— OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
The Branch Corresponding Secretaries shall correspond with the missionaries, so as to be able to present a full report of the work in each mission, such information to be presented to the General Executive Committee, the fields assigned to the several Secretaries to be arranged by themselves.
X— MISSIONARIES.
1. Missionaries shall devote their entire time and attention to their legitimate work and shall report each quarter to the Corres- ponding Secretary having supervision of the same, and to the Pre- siding Elder of their respective districts.
2. They shall incur no expense which has not been authorized by the General Executive Committee and they shall credit to the Society all donations received for the support of their work and annually report the same with their financial statement.
3. They shall not apply to private sources for financial aid without the sanction of the General Executive Committee. All so- licitations for funds shall be made through the proper official author- ities.
4. Medical missionaries shall keep an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements, and report them quarterly to the Treas- urer of the Mission, any surplus being remitted to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. Medical outfit provided by the Society shall be the property of the Society.
5. The following contract shall be entered into by each mis- sionary and the Corresponding Secretary of the Branch employing her:
"I, Corresponding Secretary of the Branch
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episco- pal Church covenant and agree on the part of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society to pay the traveling expenses of . ,
a missionary in the employ of the Branch, from her
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home to her field of labor and her salary from the time of reach- ing the field at the rate of $ for the first year and there- after at the rate of $ per annum. I further agree to pay
her return passage and home salary as provided in the By-Laws relating to those matters."
"I, , a missionary, agree to give at least five years
of continuous service as a single woman to the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in any field to which I may be sent and failing in this, to refund the amount of outfit and passage money. I also agree to conform to all the rules and regulations of said So- ciety while in its employ."
6. The salaries of missionaries going to the field after October, 1901, either as new or returned missionaries, shall include all ex- penses hitherto classed as incidentals and shall be, in Africa, $500; Bulgaria $600; Foochow and Hinghua $600; North, Central and West China $650; India $600; Italy, Japan and Korea $700; Malaysia $450; Mexico, the Philippines and South America $750. The first year's work of a new missionary shall be so planned by the mission that the major part of her time shall be given to the study of the lan- guage and the first year's salary shall be one-sixth less than the full regular amount except in the case of those whose full salary does not exceed $500. Medical missionaries shall from the first re- ceive full salary.
7. Each new missionary may be provided with not less than $100 for personal outfit, and if necessary, $100 for furniture, the fur- niture to be the property of the Society.
8. Missionaries shall not adopt any child as their own. They shall not bring to this country foreign-born girls or helpers except upon recommendation of the Field Reference Committee of the Con- ference in which they reside and permission of the Reference Com- mittee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
9. Estimates and all other matters requiring the action of the General Executive Committee shall be presented through the Wo- man's Annual Conference or meeting of the mission or such com- mittee as they may appoint.
10. Each foreign conference and mission shall have a Field Reference Committee to be elected annually, whose duty shall be to consider all matters of general interest arising during the interim of their annual meetings.
11. Estimates for Bible women and zenana workers shall
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include the expense of conveyances, munshis and teachers, and those for scholarships, the cost of fuel, lights, medicines and the minor expenses necessary in the maintenance of the schools
12. (a) The Field Reference Committee of each Conference and mission shall consider the need of furlough or home leave upon the part of the missionaries within its bounds and shall as occasion may require forward its recommendations concerning individual cases to the Reference Committee which shall fix the time of such furlough or home leave and notify the Secretary of the Field Reference Com- mittee.
(b) In case of emergency demanding immediate return home upon the part of a missionary she shall bring a certificate of dis- ability from a physician and the superintendent of the mission.
(c) A missionary returning from the field for any other reason than that of ill health shall secure permission of the General Exe- cutive Committee through the Corresponding Secretary of the Branch employing her.
(d) The liability of the Society for the necessary traveling ex- penses of furlough or home leave shall depend upon conformity to the regulations of this section.
13. In all cases where the relations of the missionary to the Society are harmonious her home salary the first year shall be $350. If her health requires her to remain longer in this country the sec- ond year's home salary shall be $300. If her detention for a longer period is necessary her case shall be in the hands of her Branch for adjustment.
14. Each missionary shall attend the first session of the Gen- eral Executive Committee held after her return from the foreign field and her traveling expenses to and from the place of meeting shall be reckoned upon the same basis and paid from the same fund as those of members of the body.
15. The return of a missionary to the field after home leave shall be submitted to the Reference Committee, by the Correspond- ing Secretary of the Branch employing her, and shall be determined by a majority vote. Such application shall be accompanied by a new medical certificate.
16. All missionaries and assistants whose homes are in the for- eign field shall defray their own furlough expenses, and during their furlough shall receive an amount equal to half their respective sal- aries when in active service.
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17. If there prove to be a manifest unfitness for missionary la- bor, the General Executive Committee may cancel its obligations to a missionary whom it has appointed, three months' notice having been given to such appointee by the Committee of Reference, re- turn passage to be paid by the Society, provided she return at the expiration of the three months.
18. All rules pertaining to the relations of the Woman's For- eign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church with its missionaries shall be published in the general annual report.
19. We accept the relation of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society to the authorities of the Church, and to our workers in the field, as interpreted by the delegated conference in India, in their sesion of 1881, as follows:
Whereas, Certain usages have grown up and been found accept- able and successful in connection with our older mission field in India, we deem it expedient to formulate the same in the following rules:
1. In general: The position of a lady missionary, placed in charge of work in connection with any of our circuits or stations, is the same as that of a second missionary or "junior preacher" to whom special work is assigned.
2. In particular: The general plan of work, such as establish- ing new schools, employing and dismissing head teachers, arrang- ing terms of tuition, board, etc., and preparing a course of study, when these matters are not fixed by the Educational Committee, selecting classes of people among whom work may be more success- fully carried on, arranging dispensaries and deciding the proportion of medical work to be given to natives and Europeans, Christians and non-Christians, etc., all such general plans shall be arranged by the lady in charge of the special departments of work, after free consul- tation with the Superintendent or Presiding Elder.
3. The lady missionary in charge of work has full liberty to do the work assigned her in her own way, and to carry out the in- ternal arrangement of her department in the manner ■ which she deems best adapted to secure success.
4. The relation of the Superintendent or Presiding Elder to the work under the charge of a lady is the same as' it would be were it under the charge of a member of conference — he having a general advisory supervision, auditing the accounts (when not done by trus- tees), making suggestions, etc., exactly as with all the other work of his district.
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5. Lady missionaries in charge of work, and all missionaries of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, are appointed by the Pres- ident of Conference, at the same time and in the same manner that the appointments of Conference are made. Should, however, a Pres- ident of Conference at any time decline to so appoint, the Super- intendent or Presiding Elder in Council will arrange the same.
.G. All new buildings or expensive repairs or changes shall re- ceive the sanction of Superintendent or Presiding Elder, even though no appropriations of money be asked.
7. A class of laborers is employed in our work, known as "as- sistants." In the employment or dismissal of these ladies, the con- sent of the Superintendent of Mission or of the Presiding Elder must be secured. They may be transferred by the Presiding Elder, with the consent of the lady in charge of the department in which they are employed. When these lady assistants, being members of our Church, by several years of faithful service; have come to be re- ceived as belonging permanently to our body of laborers, they may, on the recommendation of the Woman's Society, when such exists, or by quarterly Conference, be formally recognized by Conference, and appointed the same as women missionaries are.
8. In case of a transfer of a woman missionary or an "assis- tant," from one Conference or charge to another, a written permis- sion shall be secured, signed by Superintendent or Presiding Elder in whose jurisdiction the person may be employed, when, accord- ing to the condition of Rule 7, the engagement may be completed.
XL— MISSIONARY CANDIDATES.
1. A missionary candidate must believe herself Divinely called to the work of a foreign missionary, and assert her belief that she is actuated only by a desire to act only in accordance with God's will.
2. She must indicate her ability to work in a foreign field by Christian usefulness at home.
3. She must declare her intention to make foreign missionary work the service of her effective years, and agree to give at least five years of continuous service, as a single woman, to the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, unless prevented by ill- health; this is not to be understood in the sense that the obligation to remain in the field ceases at five years, but that her obligation to refund passage and outfit money is binding for that length of
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time; she must also assert her willingness to labor in any field, though her preference is always to be taken into account.
4. The age of candidates must not be less than twenty-five years, or more than thirty years. A special facility in acquiring languages, or call to English work, may be considered sufficient rea- son for deviation from this rule.
5. Financial and executive ability, and power of adaptation to circumstances, are essential qualifications.
G. She must present a certificate of health from a competent physician, and give satisfactory answers to the medical questions authorized by the General Executive Committee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
7. After the adoption of a missionary candidate, she shall be regarded as under the direction of the General Executive Committee and of the Committee of Reference, in the interim of the sessions of that committee.
8. The case of any accepted candidate not sent out during the year, shall be brought before the General Executive Committee at its next session.
9. The application of a missionary candidate with correspond- ing testimonials shall cover the following particulars: Health, adap- tability to people and circumstances, executive ability, intellectual qualities and culture, religious experience and usefulness, and gen- eral fitness for the work.
First. Health, attested by a properly certified health certificate.
Second. Personal religious experience. Belief in the doctrines and identification with the membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church, experience and efficiency in Christian work, conviction and call to missionary work, and the intention to give to it the service of her life.
Third. Testimonials are further necessary as to grade of schol- arship, whether it includes the study of Latin or any modern lan- guage, with facility in its acquirement; knowledge of music, vocal or instrumental. Diploma of Scholarship.
Certificate of experience and success in teaching.
Fourth. Testimonials are also required as to executive ability, adaptability to people and circumstances, and whatever personal qualities are necessary for greatest efficiency in Christian work.
XIL— PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY.
1. The Periodicals of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
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shall be known as the Woman's Missionary Friend, Children's Mis- sionary Friend, Der Frauen Missions Freund and The Study.
2. The editors and publisher shall be elected annually by the General Executive Committee.
3. In the interim of the sessions of the General Executive Com- mittee, the management of the society's periodicals shall be under the control of the Publication Committee provided by the Constitu- tion.
4. The proceedings of the General Executive Committee shall be reported in the December number of the Woman's Missionary Friend, excluding appropriations and unimportant details.
5. The minutes of the General Executive Committee shall be incorporated in the Annual Report.
G. The postage and traveling expenses of the editors of Woman's Missionary Friend, Children's Missionary Friend, Frauen Missions Freund and The Study and publisher of these papers, and members of the Literature Committee, to and from the sessions of the General Executive Committee, shall be paid from the funds of these publications.
7. In no case shall the amount used in publishing interests, or for any other demands, infringe upon a capital of $5,000 to be re- tained in the treasury of the Society's publications.
8. There shall be a Constitutional Publication Committee, con- sisting of the Corresponding Secretary of each Branch, to take charge of the missionary periodicals of the Society and to arrange for the publication of an annual report of the work of the Society. This committee shall report annually to the General Executive Com- mittee.
9. The territory of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society shall be divided into three sections: The Eastern section to be composed of. New England, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Branches; the Central section, Cincinnati and Northwestern Branches; the Western section, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Topeka, Pacific and Columbia River Branches.
10. The Literature Committee shall be nominated by the dele- gates from the above sections, and elected by the General Executive Committee for a term of three years on the rotation plan. The Committee shall report to the mid-year meeting of the Constitutional Publication Committee, to the Annual Meeting and to the General Executive Committee.
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When the Epworth League, Student Volunteer or other Conven- tion is held outside our own country the exhibition and sale of our literature shall be under the supervision of the Literature Commit- tee, the expenses to be met from the treasury of the Woman's For- ign Missionary Society.
XIII— ZENANA PAPER.
1. The Constitutional Publication Committee shall take charge of the funds raised for the endowment of the Zenana Paper and con- trol of their investment and expenditure, and have the general super- vision of the interests of the paper.
2. The Corresponding Secretary of each Branch shall have the control of the investment of the funds raised for the support of the Zenana Paper within the bounds of her Branch, with the approval of the Constitutional Publication Committee; the interest on invest- ment to be paid semi-annually to the Treasurer of the Zenana Paper.
3. The Woman's Conference in India shall nominate a commit- tee consisting of five persons, three ladies and two gentlemen, one of whom shall be the publisher, to supervise the interests of the paper and arrange with the Press Committee for editing and publishing the Zenana Paper in the various languages and dialects required; these nominations to be subject to the approval of the Constitutional Publication Committee in America.
4. The Corresponding Secretary of the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society in India shall send an Annual Report of the Zenana Paper to the Chairman of the Constitutional Publication Committee, with the amount of circulation and items of interest, in time to be presented to the Annual Meeting of the General Executive Commit- tee in America.
5. The Treasurer in India of the funds of the Zenana Paper, shall furnish the Constitutional Publication Committee an Annual Report of the receipts and expenditures of said paper, in time to be presented to the General Executive Committee meeting in America.
G. A report of the Zenana Paper shall be published in the An- nual Report of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
7. The Treasurer of the Zenana Paper funds in America shall send the interest on the investments direct to the Treasurer of the Zenana Paper in India, only upon order of the Chairman of the Con/ stitutional Publication Committee.
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XIV.— ANNUAL MEETINGS.
The General Executive Committee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church is hereby authorized to hold its Annual Meetings either within or without the bounds of the State of New York, and at such times and places as said Committee may determine; said Committee, at its Annual Meet- ing in each year shall appoint a President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary and other officers of the Society according to its best judgment.
XV— BY-LAWS.
These By-Laws may be amended at any meeting of the General Executive Committee by a two-thirds vote of the, members present.
OFFICIAL RELATIONS OF LADY MISSIONARIES.
1. Definition of relations of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society, as given by the Bishops in May, 1881.
"To the ladies of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society:
"To your questions we respectfully reply as follows:
1st. We take the liberty to refer you to our action bearing
date November 22, 1877, a copy of which is as follows:
TEACHERS IN MISSION SCHOOLS.
"1. In the judgment of the Bishops it is not within the right of the Superintendent of the mission to remove lay teachers from the schools to which they have been appointed, nor to interfere authoritatively with the internal arrangements of the schools, unless such right be expressly granted by the missionary authorities at New York.
"2. In case of difference between appointee and the Mission (including the Superintendent), which cannot be adjusted between the parties without unreasonable delay, we recommend that such difference, with the papers and facts, be referred by the parties to the Bishop in charge for final decision.
"3. It is our judgment that the missionaries sent by the Wom- an's Foreign Missionary Society should be permitted to be present at the meetings of the mission and to speak on all matters relating to their work. Most respectfully and sincerely,
WILLIAM H. HARRIS."
By-Laws of the^General Executive Committee
BY-LAWS OF THE GENERAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
I. The General Executive Committee shall convene not later than the last week in October.
II. The annual meetings of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church shall be held at such places as the said committee shall elect.
III. The President and Corresponding Secretary of the Branch within whose precincts the meeting of the General Executive Com- mittee is to be held, shall fix the date of the meetings of said Com- mittee, and arrange for the anniversary exercises.
IV. The Branch Corresponding Secretaries shall meet at least three days before the time of the meeting of the General Executive Committee for the purpose of nominating the members of the Standing Committees, and planning work for its session, and report the same at the opening of said Committee.
V. The traveling expenses of President and Recording Secre- tary shall be paid by Treasurer of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
VI. The order of business shall be as follows:
1. Calling the roll.
2. Appointment of standing committees, i. e., Committee on Publication, Committee on Finance, Committee on Application of Missionary Candidates, Committee on By-Laws.
3. Reception of Memorials and Petitions.
4. Reports of Corresponding Secretaries.
5. Report of Committee of Reference.
G. Report of Constitutional Publication Committee.
7. Reports of Editors and Publishers.
8. Reports of Official Correspondents and presentation of in- formation from foreign work.
9. Fixing place for -next meeting.
10. Election of President and Secretary, who shall continue in office until the appointment of their successors.
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11. Notice of constitutional amendments.
12. Miscellaneous business.
13. Reports of Standing Committees daily; immediately after reading minutes.
VI. The rules of order shall be as follows:
1. Each session shall open and close with devotional exercises.
2. All resolutions to be discussed shall be presented in writing.
3. No member shall be granted leave of absence except by a vote of the entire body.
Standing Committees and their Duties
I. ON PUBLICATIONS.
1. To this Committee shall be referred all reports of agents and editors and of the Literature Committee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
2. This committee shall carefully examine the receipts and ex- penditures of each department and as far as possible determine the source of any unnecessary and undue expense.
3. It shall nominate agents and editors and recommend amount of salary to be paid to each.
4. It may recommend the authorization of certain amounts con- sidered necessary to secure satisfactory results in the issuing of periodicals and other literature, being always careful to observe the requirement in Article IX, Section 7 of By-Laws of Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
5. As far as possible it shall consider the literary matter of all publications.
II. ON MISSIONARY CANDIDATES.
1. This Committee shall examine and report upon all the testi- monials of missionary candidates that are presented at the General Executive session.
2. It shall consider all matters relating to native assistants and workers that may be brought before the Executive Committee.
3. All reports, or memorials concerning Folts Institute shall be referred to this committee.
III. BUILDING COMMITTEE. There shall be a standing Building Committee in each foreign mission and Conference, elected by a majority vote of the General and Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies.
IV. REFERENCE COMMITTEE. This committee shall consist of the President, and the Branch Corresponding Secretaries.
SUPPLEMENTAL. All nominations not provided for in the duties of Standing Com- mittees shall be made by the Committee of Reference or be offered through a special committee appointed at the General Executive Committee then in session.
Constitution for Auxiliary Societies
Auxiliaries are expected to labor in harmony with, and under the direction of the Branch.
ARTICLE I.— NAME.
This organization shall be called The Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society of Auxiliary to the
Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ARTICLE II.— PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Society shall be to aid its Branch in inter- esting Christian women in the evangelizing of heathen women and in raising funds for this work.
ARTICLE III.— MEMBERSHIP.
Any person paying a regular subscription of two cents a week, or one dollar per year, may become a member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. Any person contributing five dollars per quar- ter for one year, or twenty dollars at one time, shall be constituted a Life Member.
ARTICLE IV.— FUNDS.
All funds raised under the auspices of this Society belong to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and shall not be diverted to other causes.
Remittances shall be forwarded quarterly to the Conference Treasurer.
ARTICLE V.— OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS.
The officers of this Society shall be a President, one or more Vive-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer and Supervisor of Children's Work, who shall constitute an Executive Committee to administer its affairs. Managers and Su- perintendents of departments of work may be added as needed. These officers shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Society. ARTICLE VI.— CHANGE OF CONSTITUTION.
This constitution may be changed at any annual meeting of the General Executive Committee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society by a three-fourths vote of those present and voting, notice of the proposed change having been given to the Branches before April 1 of that year,
Constitution for Young People's Societies
OF THE WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
' ARTICLE I.— NAME.
This organization shall be called The Young Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, or Standard Bearer Company of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the Church, Auxiliary to
the Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ARTICLE II.— PURPOSE.
The purpose of this organization is to interest young people in Foreign Missions and to support the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ARTICLE III.— MEMBERSHIP.
Any person may become a member of this organization by pay- ing not less than five cents a month, or may enroll as a Standard Bearer by signing the following pledge:
"In remembrance of our Father's love and in loyalty to the great commission of our King, I will give five cents a month as dues to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to aid in sending the Gospel to the Christless millions."
The payment of fifteen dollars shall constitute Life Membership. ARTICLE IV.— BADGE.
The badge of this organization shall be the Church pennant pin. Members paying one dollar per year may wear the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society badge if preferred. Neither badge should be worn by any person not paying dues.
ARTICLE V.— FUNDS.
Funds raised under the auspices of this Society belong to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and shall not be diverted to other causes. Remittances shall be forwarded quarterly to the Con- ference Treasurer.
ARTICLE VI.— OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS.
The officers of this organization shall be a President, two or
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more Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Sec- retary and a Treasurer, who shall be elected at the annual meeting of the organization and constitute an Executive Committee to ad- minister the affairs of the same. Superintendents of departments may be added as needed.
ARTICLE VII.— CHANGE OF CONSTITUTION. This Constitution may be changed at any annual meeting of the General Executive Committee by a three-fourths vote of those pres- ent and voting, notice of the proposed change having been given to the Branches before April 1 of that year.
Constitution for King's Heralds
ARTICLE I.— NAME.
This organization shall be called the King's Heralds of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and be under the supervision of the auxiliary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in the said church, if any exist; otherwise under the especial supervision of the district secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
ARTICLE II.— OBJECT.
The object of this organization shall be to promote missionary intelligence and interest among the children and to aid in the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ARTICLE III|— MEMBERSHIP.
Any child between the ages of eight and fourteen may become a King's Herald by the payment of two cents a month. The pay- ment of ten dollars shall constitute a child's life membership.
ARTICLE IV.— OFFICERS.
The officers of this organization shall be a superintendent, presi- dent, two vice-presidents, recording secretary, corresponding secre- tary, treasurer and agent for the Children's Missionary Friend. ARTICLE V.— MEETINGS.
Meetings of this organization shall be held on the
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of each month. The officers shall be elected semi-annually, at the September and March meetings.
ARTICLE VII.— BADGE.
The badge of this organization shall be a silver button with "King's Heralds" in blue lettering.
PLAN OF WORK FOR LITTLE LIGHT BEARERS.
Children under eight years of age may be enrolled as Little Light Bearers by the payment of twenty-five cents annually, receiv- ing the enrollment card as a certificate of membership.
The payment of ten dollars shall constitute Life Membership.
DIRECTIONS.
The Superintendent elected by the Woman's Auxiliary shall have charge of the work for Little Light Bearers and plan for the collect- ing of dues, remitting and reporting quarterly through the regular channels, arrange for the annual public meeting, keep an accurate record in the Little Light Bearers' Record Book and report regularly to the Woman's Auxiliary.
Constitution for District Association
ARTICLE I.— NAME.
This association shall be called The District
Association of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in the Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ARTICLE II.— PURPOSE.
The purpose of this association shall be to unite the auxiliaries of the district in an earnest effort for the promotion of the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
ARTICLE III.— MEMBERSHIP.
All members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in District shall be considered members of this Association.
ARTICLE IV.— OFFICERS.
The officers of this Association shall be a President, three or more Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Sec- retary, a Treasurer and Superintendent of Young Woman's Work, and of Children's jvork, who shall constitute the Executive Commit- tee to administer the affairs of the district.
ARTICLE V.— MEETINGS.
There shall be an annual meeting of the District Association, when reports shall be received from all auxiliaries in the district, missionary intelligence be given and necessary business transacted.
ARTICLE VI.— CHANGE OF CONSTITUTION.
This Constitution may be changed at any annual meeting of the General Executive Committee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society by a three-fourths vote of those present and voting, notice of the proposed change having been given to the Branches before April 1 of that year.
Act of Incorporation
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State of New York, City and County of New York,
We, the undersigned, Caroline R. Wright, Anna A. Harris, Sarah K. Cornell and Harriet B. Skidmore, of the City of New York, and Susan A. Sayre, of the City of Brooklyn, being all citizens of the< United States of America, and citizens of the State of New York, do hereby, pursuant to, and in conformity with the Act of the Legisla- ture of the State of New York passed on April 12th, 1848, entitled "An Act for the incorporation of benevolent, charitable and mis- sionary societies:" and the several acts of the said Legislature amendatory thereof, associate ourselves together and form a body politic and corporate, under the name and title of "The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church," which we certify is the name or title by which said society shall be known in law. And we do hereby further certify that the particu- lar business and object of said Society is to engage and unite the efforts of Christian women in sending female missionaries to women in foreign mission fields of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in supporting them and native Christian teachers and Bible readers in those fields.
That the number of managers to manage the business and affairs of said Society shall be seventeen, and that the names of such man- agers of said Society, for the first year of its existence, are: Lucy A. Alderman, Sarah L. Keen, Ellen T. Cowen, Hannah M. W. Hill, Mary C. Nind, Elizabeth K. Stanley, Harriet M. Shattuck, Isabel Hart, Caroline R. Wright, Harriet B. Skidmore, Rachel L. Goodier, Annie R. Gracey, Harriet D. Fisher, Sarah K. Cornell, Anna A. Harris, Or- delia M. Hillman and Susan A. Sayre.
That the place of business or principal office of said society shall be in the City and County of New York, in the State of New York. Witness our hand and seal this 20th day of December, A. D. 1884.
CAROLINE R. WRIGHT, (Seal)
ANNA A. HARRIS,
HARRIET B. SKIDMORE,
SUSAN A. SAYRE,
SARAH K. CORNELL.
ACT OF INCORPORATION 307
State of New York, )
ss City and County of New York. \
On the 20th day of December, 1884, before me personally came and appeared Caroline R. Wright, Anna A. Harris, Harriet B. Skid- more and Sarah K. Cornell, to me known, and to me personally known to be the individuals described in and who executed the fore- going certificate, and they severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
ANDREW LEMON, Notary's Seal.) Notary Public (58),
New York County.
City of Brooklyn, State of New York, County of Kings,
On the 22nd day of December, A. D. 1884, before me came Susan A. Sayre, to me known, and known to me to be one of the individuals described in and who executed the foregoing certificate, and duly acknowledged to me that she executed the same.
F. G. MINTRAM, Notary Public for Kings County. [NOTARY SEAL..]
State of New York, \ County of Kings, j" I, Rodney Thursby, Clerk of the County of Kings and Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, in and for said county (said court being a Court of Records), Do Hereby Certify, that F. G. Mintram, whose. name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof, or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Notary Public of the State of New York, in and for said County of Kings, dwelling in said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly author- ize to take the same. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Notary, and verily believe the signature to the said Certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and offixed the seal of the said County and Court, this 24th day of December, 1884.
[SEAL.]
308 WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Certificate of Incorporation, December 27, 1884. I, the undersigned, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, for the First Judicial District, do hereby ap- prove the within certificate, and do consent that the same be filed pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, entitled, "An Act for the incorporation of benevolent, charitable, scientific and missionary societies," passed April ^th, 1848, and the several Acts extending and amending said Act. Dated New York, December 26, 1884.
ABM. R. LAWRENCE, J. S. C.
State of New York, )
County and City of New York, f
I, James A. Flack, Clerk of the said City and County, and Clerk of the Supreme Court of said State for said County, do certify that I have compared the preceding with the original Certificate of In- corporation of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist. Episcopal Church, on file in my office, and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such original. Endorsed, filed and recorded, December 27th, 1884, 1 hour, 25 minutes.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, this 12th day of November, 1888.
rSEAL] JAMES A. FLACK, Clerk.
BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE CORPORATION, 1896-97. HARRIET B. SKIDMORE, SARAH K. CORNELL,
SUSAN A. SATRE, MARY H. BIDWELL,
ELLIN J. KNOWLES, ANNIE R. GRACEY,
ORDELIA M. HILLMAN, JULIA L McGREW,
HELEN V. EMANS, ETTIE P. BALDWIN,
ANNA A. HARRIS.
BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE CORPORATION FOR 1905-06. MRS. O. GREEN, ESTHER E. BALDWIN,
MARY J. ANDERSON, SARAH K. CORNELL,
MARY L. DENLER, HELEN V. EMANS,
ANNIE R. GRACEY, ANNA W. GIBSON,
ORDELIA M. HILLMAN, ELLIN J. KNOWLES,
CAROLINE LEAYCRAFT, LOUISE H. NORTH,
MARY A. PRIEST, MARY M. QUEAL,
SUSAN A. SAYRE, JENNIE B. SPAETH,
FANNIE J. SPARKES.
OFFICIAL RELATIONS 309
OFFICIAL RELATIONS OF LADY MISSIONARIES.
1. Definition of relations of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society, as given by the Bishops in May, 1881.
"Ta the ladies of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society:
"To your questions we respectfully reply as follows:
1st. We take the liberty to refer you to our action bearing
date November 22, 1877, a copy of which is as follows:
TEACHERS IN MISSION SCHOOLS.
"1. In the judgment of the Bishops it is not within the right of the Superintendent of the mission to remove lay teachers from the schools to which they have been appointed, nor to interfere authori- tatively with the internal arrangements of the schools, unless such right be expressly granted by the missionary authorities at New York.
"2. In case of difference between appointee and the Mission (including the Superintendent), which cannot be adjusted between the parties without unreasonable delay, we recommend that such difference, with the papers and facts, be referred by the parties to the Bishop in charge for final decision.
"3. It is our judgment that the missionaries sent by the Wom- an's Foreign Missionary Society should be permitted to be present at the meetings of the Mission and to speak on all matters relating to their work. Most respectfully and sincerely,
WILLIAM L., HARRIS."
FORMS OF WILL, DEVISE AND ANNUITY. FORM OF BEQUEST.
I hereby give and bequeath to the "Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church," incorporated under the
laws of the State of New York Dollars to be
paid to the Treasurer of said Society, whose receipt shall be suffi- cient acquittance to my executors therefor.
FORM OF DEVISE OF REAL ESTATE.
I hereby give and devise to the "Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church" (describe land, etc., in- tended to be given to the Society) and to their successors and as- signs forever.
310 WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Mrs. J. M. Cornell, 560 W. 26th Street, New York, is the Treas- urer of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, with power to sign release to executors, through whom the Society may receive be- quests and to perform such other acts as are required by the Act of Incorporation, and which cannot be legally executed, by Branch Treasurers.
Note. — Prompt notice of all bequests and devises should be given to the Corresponding Secretary of the Branch within which the donor resides.
FORM OF ANNUITY.
Whereas, of
has donated to and paid into the treasury of the Branch
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis- copal Church the sum of Dollars.
Now, therefore the said Branch of the, Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in consideration
thereof, hereby agrees to pay to said during
natural life interest on the aforesaid sum at the
rate of per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually,
said payments to cease on the death of said
and the said sum donated by as aforesaid is to be con- sidered as an executed gift to said society and to belong to said Society from this date, without any amount or liability therefor.
Branch of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by
RATES OF ANNUITIES.
Where it is practical, in the place of making a bequest, it is far better to convert property into cash and place the same in the treasury of the Missionary Society at once, on the annuity plan. By so doing all possibility of litigation is avoided and a fair income is assured. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society does not spend money so contributed while the annuitant lives, unless so requested by said annuitant, but invests it in good securities in this country.
The following rates are given:
To persons from 50 to 55 years of age 4 per cent.
To persons from 56 to 60 years of age 4% per cent.
To persons from 61 to 65 years of age 5 per cent.
To persons from 66 to 70 years of age 5% per cent.
To persons 70 years and over 6 per cent.
Special cases shall be arranged for by the Branch committees having in charge bequests and annuities.
This plan removes all risk of broken wills through skill of law- yers and uncertainty of courts.
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MEMBERSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE WOMAN'S FOR- EIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The payment of one dollar a year, or two cents a week, consti- tutes membership.
The payment of twenty dollars constitutes a person a life mem- ber.
The payment of one hundred dollars constitutes an honorary life manager.
The payment of three hundred dollars constitutes an honorary life patron.
Scholarships vary from twenty to eighty dollars.
Bible-women's salaries vary from twenty to. one hundred dollars, according to experience in work.
POSTAGE TO FOREIGN LANDS.
The rates of postage to Mexico are the same as in the United States. To all other points where our missionaries are stationed letters weighing half an ounce are five cents; newspapers one cent for each two ounces; postal cards two cents. Foreign postal cards may be procured at any postomce. All foreign postage must be fully prepaid.
FOREIGN MONEY.
INDIA. A Pice is one-fourth of an anna, or about two-thirds of a cent. An Anna is worth one-sixteenth of a Rupee. The Rupee varies in value, and is worth about 33 cents.
JAPAN. A yen, whether in gold or silver, differs slightly in value from the gold and silver dollar in the United States, being of less value. There are one hundred sen in the yen.
CHINA. A cash is one mill. The tael is worth in gold about $1.15. The Mexican dollar is also used in China.
OFFICE OF THE
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Room 6n, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City
All information of a general character can be obtained of the Secretary.
The Room is to be the depository of a
(1) Card Register of each Missionary.
(2) File of the health certificates of all Missionaries, as well as other papers pertaining to them.
(3) List of outgoing Missionaries and their destination.
(4) All information relative to outgoing and incoming Mission- aries, finding them boarding places in New York, securing passage, attending to their money matters, baggage, freight, etc., etc.
(5) Bureau of information for good speakers, especially for Student and Young People's Missionary Assemblies.
MISS GRACE TODD,
Office Secretary Pro Tern.
PUBLICATION OFFICE
36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. MISS PAULINE J. WALDEN, Send all orders for Periodicals to above address.
DEPOTS OF SUPPLIES.
New England Branch — Mrs. Julia F. Small, Room 16, 36 Brom- field Street, Boston, Mass.
New York Branch— Miss Anna L. Cole, Room 401, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Philadelphia Branch — Miss Hannah Bunting, 1018 Arch Street Philadelphia.
Baltimore Branch — Miss Maria Baldwin, 118 E. Baltimore St. Baltimore, Md.
Cincinnati Branch — Miss Frances Davis, 57 Washington Street Room 408, Chicago, 111.
Des Moines Branch — Miss Mary Q. Evans, 105 N. Mulberry St. Maryville, Mo.
Minneapolis Branch — Mrs. L. F. Cole, 416 E. 14th Street, Min neapolis, Minn.
Topeka Branch— Miss M. D. Thackara, 1303 T St., Lincoln, Neb
Pacific Branch — Miss Josephine Crum, 254 E. 23rd St., Los An geles, Cal.
Columbia River Branch — Miss Annie Farrel, 231 West Park Street, Portland, Oregon.
German Work — Miss Lena Bauer, 22 Lincoln Place, Chicago, 111.
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