Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
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;i.\s« m;;^ C>vcntv*1Biiitb o \^.:; £^nnual IRcport 1897 s 98 ""Ml^ M??^|Kfr mmnninnnr :im .— . — Contents PAGE. Act of Incorporation 220 Home ^Vork, Report of Branches Appendix to Annual Report 248 New England 94 Appropriations for 1899 146 New Y(}rk 97 •' Summary of, by Countries 167 Philadelphia 100 By-Laws of General Executive Com- Baltimore 103 mittee 207 Cincinnati 105 By-Laws of Woman's Foreign Mission- Northwestern 108 ary Society 208 Des Moines 117 Branches of. Territorial Limits and MiniieapoUs 120 Address of Officers 189 Topeka 124 Committee of Reference K)0 Pacific 128 I Columbia River 129 Constitution of ^Vo^lan's Foreign Mis- . sionary Society 202 German Work, Report of 132 " Correspondents—Official 190 " Statistics of 1.36 Committees for 1898-'99 3 Literature Committee, Report of 171 Depots of Supplies Cover, 3d. page. Literature Committee, Treasurer's Executive Committee, General 3 Report 175 " Officers and Delegates 3 Lesson Topics for 1899 1911 " Twenty-ninth Session 4 Memberships and Scholarships 2231 " Se.ssions of , When Held 2 Minutes of General Executive Com- mittee 229 Foreign Money, Value of Cover, 3d page. Missionaries, List of, in Active Service.. 193 Forqis for Will and Devise 222 Missionaries, List of. Sent Since Organi- Foreign 'Work zation Bulgaria 84 Missionaries, List of. Deceased 201 Missionaries, List of, Accepted and China— Retired 200 Foocliow and Hing-Hua Confer- Missionaries, Where Stationed 224 ences . Postage to Foreign Lands Cover, 3d page. Central China Questions for Missionary Applicants .. 219 North China. Receipts of Society Since Organization. 169 West China... Receipts From Oct. 1st. 1897, to Oct. 1st, 1898 1(58 India- Rules of Pronunciation 227 North India Conference Real Estate, List of 22!! Nortliwest India Conference. Reports—Of Publisher 170 South India Conference Constitutional Publication Com- Bombay Conference mittee 17() Bengal-Burma Missionary Candidates 142 Italy— Publication Committee 138 Committee on Re.sohitions 144 Japan- Sulxscriptions to Publications.. 168 Central Japan Children's Missionary Friend.. 185 Nortliern Japan Woman's Missionary Friend... 178 Southern Japan Resolutions of Committee on Korea Finance 141 Malaysia Mission Conference Summary of Home Work for 1898 137 Mexico •• Foreign Work 192 in Foreign Fields UK) South America. Treasurers /;ipliiiiiti(s of Gracey, Mrs. J. T. /;; /'<vi>7 Streft, ROCHESTKU, N. V, Digitized by the Internet Arcliive in 2011 with funding from Drew University with a grant from the American Theological Library Association http://www.archive.org/details/twentyninthannua01woma Twenty-Ninth annual report WOMAN'S jforeign /llbissionar^ Society METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. FOR THE YEAR 1897-98. Miss P. J. Walden, Publisher, 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. SESSIONS (aenefal GxecatiOe (^ommiffee. The General Executive Committee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society has held its annual sessions as follows : President. Secretary, I — 1870, Boston, Mass. Mrs. Dr. Patten, Mtrs. W. F. Warren, " 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. 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. •' 1 1 — 1880, Columhus, O. W. F. Warren, J. T. Gracey, " 12— 1881, Buffalo, N. Y. F. X}. Hibbard, A. Lowrey, " 13—1882, Philadelphia, Pa. W. F. Warren, J, T. Gracey, " 14— 1883, Des Moines, Iowa. L. G. Murphy, J. T. Gracey, " 15—1884, Baltimore, Md. W. F. Warren, J. T. Gracey, '• 16—1885, Evanston, 111. I. R. Hitt, F. P. Crandon, " 17— 1886, 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, " 2\ — 1890, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. W. F. W'arren, J. T. Gracey, 22 " — 1891, Kansas City, Mo. J, J. Imhoflf, J. T. Gracey. " 23— 1892, Springfield, Mass. W. F. Warren, J. T. Gracey, " 24—1893, St. Paul, Minn. Wardwell Couch, J. T. Gracey, " 25— 1894, Washington, D. C. A. H. Eaton, J. T. Gracey, 26— 1895, St. Louis, Mo. Miss E. Pearson, J. T. Gracey. 27— 1896, Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. S. L. Baldwin. J. T. Gracey. " 28— 1897, Denver. Col. C. D. Foss, J. T. Gracey, • 29— 1898, Indianapolis, Ind. CD. Foss. J. T. Gracey. OKFICHRS and DELECtATES (IF THK GENERAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 09omc\r\'s poi'ei^n Missionary §oci(+\|. 1898 President. - - - - Mrs. C. D. Foss. Secretary. - - - - Mrs. J. T. Gracey. Xew Exgl.\xd Braxch— Mis.s M. E. Holt. Mrs. J. Legg. Mrs. \V. H. Thurber. New York Branch— Mrs. H. B. Skidmore, Mrs. S. L. Baldwin, Mrs. A. H. Tones. PniLADELrHiA Braxch —Mrs. S. L. Keen. Mrs. R. H. Matlack. Mrs. T. H. Wilkenson. Baltimore Braxch— Mrs. E. B. Stevens. Mrs. C. \V. Baldwin. Mrs. T. H. Martin. Cixcixx.\Ti Branch— Mrs. E. T. Cowen, Mrs. J. H. Creighton. Mrs. L. Paine. Northwestern Branch— Mrs. F. P. Crandon, Mrs. R. W. Bosworth, Jklrs. E. A. Hypes. Des Moines Branch—Mrs. M. S. Huston. Miss E. Pearson. Mrs. T. H. Hagerty. MixxEAPOLis Braxch—Mrs. C. S. W'inchell, Mrs. I. \V. Joyce. Mrs. J. Stafford. \ Topeka Branch—Miss M. Watson. Mrs. C. C. Adams. ^Irs. L J. Moe. Pacific Braxch— Mrs. C. O'Neal. Mrs. D. C. Cook. *Mrs. C. V. Kummer. Columbia River Branch. — Mrs. .A. N. Fisher. Mrs. T. S. Lippy, Miss E. Nottingham. •Not present. COVINIIXTEES FOR 1898-99. COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE. Mrs. H. B. Skidmore. Chairman. 230 West 59th Street. New York. Mrs. B. R. Cowen, Secretary. 2406 Highland Avenue, Cincinnati. O. CONSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. Mrs. L. a. .\lderman. Cliair>ita>i. 32 Everett Street. Hyde Park. ^lass. Mrs. S. L. Keen, Secretary. 1209 Arch Street. Philadelphia. COMMITTEE ON LITERATURE. Mrs. J. T. Gracey. Chairman, 177 Pearl Street. Rochester, N. Y. Miss P. J. Waldex, Mrs. J. H. Kxowles. Mrs. O. W. Scott, Mrs. R. H. Pooley'. PUBLICATIONS. Woman's Missionary Friend. Editor, Miss Louise Manxixg Hodgkixs, Auburndale, Mass. Der Missions-Frauen-Freund. Editor, Mrs. Ph. Achard-Jacoby, 7101 Minnesota Ave., St. Louis. Mo. Children's Missionary Friend. Editor, Mrs. O. W. Scott, Campello, ^lass. The Study. Editor, Mrs. J. T. Gracey, 177 Pearl Street. Rochester. X Y. TWENTY-NINTH SESSION General Executive Committee. The twenty-ninth session of the General Executive Committee was held in the city of Indianapolis, Ind., commencing Thursday, October 27th and closing November 3d. The Roberts Park Church opened wide her doors and welcomed with royal hospitality the mem- bers of the Committee from all parts of our country, and missionaries from the ends of the earth. Mrs. C. D. Foss, the President, called the meeting to order, and assisted by Mrs. Joyce, led the opening devotional exercises, after which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered by the Presiding Elder, Rev. Dr. Rawls, assisted by the pastors of the city. It was an occasion when all realized that "power is given to the faint, and to them that hath no might, he increaseth strength," and realizing this, the duties and responsibilities of the week were undertaken. This hour of spiritual uplifting was only the foreshadowing of the spiritual influences that pervaded the entire session and rested upon every heart. Visitors were present from the adjacent cities and towns, and the interest in all the proceedings was unabated from the opening to the closing hour. Twenty-four missionaries were present from India, China, Japan. Mexico and South America. Among them were a number connected with the General Missionary Society. From day to day these toilers in the great vineyard told of their work, their needs, the opening doors, and their deep spiritual experiences. The morning hours were given to business, the afternoon to devotional meetings and the discussion of topics related to the general interests of the Society. It was gratifying in the extreme to know that all the work of the year had advanced, and especially that the financial report had reached the highest mark in the twenty-nine years of the Society's history. Three hundred and twenty-eight thousand, four hundred and eighty-eight dollars had come into the Treasury, showing the increase T\\ K.\TV-M\T11 ANNUAL MEETING. 5 over previous year more than fourteen thousand dollars. This fact occasioned great joy and thanksgiving. But there was a cloud to the sunsiiinc, for the Committee could not grant by nearly one hundred and fifty thousand dollars the amount asked for by the workers in the whitening fields, and for sixty-five new missionaries needed to enter opening doors. As 1899 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the organization it was resolved to make an effort to raise a memorial fund of two hun- dred thousand dollars in addition to the three hundred and fifty thousand needed for the ordinary demands of the work. A touching and beautiful memorial service was held on Saturday afternoon for the fallen heroines, those who had for so many years stood in the forefront of our ranks. Miss Schenck of Bulgaria, Miss Rowe of India, Miss Simons of Japan, and Miss Hastings of Mexico. On the Sabbath the Committee had representatives in twenty- one churches and a number of members were added to the auxiliary societies throughout the city. Dr. J. F. Goucher preached in the morning at Roberts Park Church, a most helpful sermon. In the evening the anniversary of the Society was held, when the annual report was presented, and an address given by Mrs.