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Thirtieth Annual Report of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Motto, " SAVED FOR SERVICE.'^ Thirtieth Annual Report OF THE WOMAN^S Foreign Missionary Society OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 1898-99. MISS P. J. WALDEN, Publisher, 36 Bfomfield Street, Boston, Mass. — SESSIONS OF THE General Executive Committee* The General Executive Committee of the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society has held its annual sessions as follows: President. Secretary. 1 ". — 1870, Boston, Mass. Mrs Dr. Patten, M rs. W. ] Warren, " 2— 1871, Chicago, 111. Bishop Kingsley, ' W. F. Warren, " 3—1872, New York City. Bishop Clark, ' W. 1^. 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, '' 111. ' ID— 1879, Chicago, G. M. .Steele, L. H . Daggett, " ' II — 1880, Columbus, 0. W. F. Warren, J. T. Gracey, " 12—1881, Buftalo, N. Y. F. G. Hibbard, ' A. Lowrey, " 13—1882, Philadelphia, Pa. W. F. Warren, ' J. T. Gracey, " 14—1883, Des Moines, Iowa. L. G. Murphy, ' J. T. Gracey, " IS— 1884, Baltimore, Md. W. F. Warren, ' J. T. Gracey, " 16—1885, Evanston, III. I. R. Hitt, ' P.P. Crandon, " 17—1886, Providence, R. I. W. F. Warren, ' J. H. Knowles, ' 18—1887, Lincoln, Neb. Misj, 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. Imhofi", ' J. T. Gracey, " ' 23—1892, Springfield, Mass. W. F. Warren, J. T. Gracey, " ' 24 i8q3, 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 i8q7, Denver, Col. C. D. Foss, J. T. Gracey, « ' 29— 1898, Indianapolis, Ind. C. D. Foss, J. T. Gracey, " ' 30—1899, Cleveland, O. C. D. Foss, J. T. Gracey, OFFICERS AND DELEGATES OF THE GENERAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Woman^s Foreign Missionary Society^ t 8 99. President, . _ Mrs. C. D. Foss. Secretary, Mrs. J. T. Gracey. Assistant Secretary, - _ - Mrs. J. H. Knowles. New England Branch—Mrs. L. A. Alderman, Miss C. A. Richard- son, Mrs. H. C. McDuffie. New York Branch—Mrs. H. B. Skidnore, Mrs. W. Anderson, Mrs. S. J. Herben. Philadelphia Branch— Mrs. S. L. Keen, Mrs. G. K. Powell, Mrs. Amos Wakelin. Baltimore Branch—Mrs. E. B. Stevens, Mrs. L. H. Tilton, Mrs. A. H. Eaton. Cincinnati Branch—Mrs. B. R. Cowen, Mrs. M. Stevens, Mrs. M. B. Meade. Northwestern Branch—Mrs. F. P. Crandon, Mrs. L. R. Hartman, Mrs. J. B. Roe. Des Moines Branch—Mrs. M. S. Huston, Mrs. J. H. Poland, Mrs. F. D. Archibold. Minneapolis Branch—Mrs. C. S. Winchell, Mrs. I. W. Joyce, Mrs. C. W. Hall. Topeka Branch—Miss M. Watson, Mrs. Mary Wilson, Mrs. E. L. Madison, Pacific Branch—Mrs. C. O'Neal, Mrs. D. C. Cook, Mrs. C. B. Kummer. Columbia River Branch—Mrs. A. N. Fisher, Mrs. T. S. Lippy, *Mrs. H. Pope. *Not present. COMMITTEES FOR 1 899- J 900. COMMMITTEE 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. Alderman, Chairman, 32 Everett Street, Hyde Park, Mass. Mrs. S. L. Keen, Secretary, 1209 Arch Street, Philadelphia. COMMITTEE ON LITERATURE. Mrs. J. T. Gracey, Chairman, lyy Pearl Street, Rochester, N. Y. Miss P. J. Walden, Mrs. J. H. Knowles, Mrs. O. W. Scott, Mrs. R. H. Pooley. PERIODICALS. Woman's Missionary Friend. Editor, Miss Louise Manning Hodgkins, Auburndale, Mass. Der Frauen-Missions-Freund. Editor, Mrs. Ph. Achard-Jacoby, 7101 Minnesota Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Children's Missionary Friend. Editor, Mrs. O. W. Scott, Chicopee, Mass. The Study. Editor, Mrs. J. T. Gracey, 177 Pearl Street, .Rochester, N. Y. THIRTIETH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE General Executive Committee* Mrs. C. D. Foss, President, called the thirtieth session of the General Executive Committee to order in the beautiful Epworth Memorial Church, Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday morning, October 26th, at 9 o'clock. For eight days the Committee was in session, and they were days crowded from early morn until late at night with social pleasure, blessed Christian fellowship, missionary enthusiasm and the develop- ment of plans for the extension of Christ's Kingdom to earth's remotest bounds. Everything combined to make the meeting one of the most suc- cessful. The weather was delightful, the church convenient and adapted to the meetings of various committees, the efficient local committee attentive to every want, the pastor in the fore-front with helpful sympathy, and large and appreciative audiences. On Thursday evening the communion was administered, and this solemn and impressive service never seemed more helpful, as members of the Committee and missionaries from the remote parts of the earth gathered about the Lord's table. Bishop Thoburn and about twenty ministers of the city assisted the pastor and presiding elder. At the close Mrs. Cowen, Secretary of the Branch, extended a very cordial welcome, to which Mrs. Keen responded. Thirty minutes at the opening of each morning session and an hour in the afternoon were given to a season of devotion, so full and rich in heart experiences as to lift every one above the weariness of the day's work. It was a cause of devout thanksgiving that the year's work had been crowned with success in all departments, and that the receipts were the largest in the Society's history, exceeding those of the previous year by thirty-one thousand dollars. O WOMAN S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETV. Twenty of the Society's missionaries were present, beside several of the General Missionary Society, whose words were always helpful. A delightful informal reception was held one evening in the church parlors, giving an opportunity to meet many of the Metho- dists of Cleveland and vicinity. The Sabbath was a day given over to the interests of the Society in the various Methodist churches, while in the evening the thirtieth anniversary was held in the presence of an audience that completely filled the church. The reports of the foreign work, so full of thrilling interest, acceptance of missionaries, resolutions passed and a summary of the proceedings may all be found within this report. The meeting in 1900 will be held in Worcester, Mass. Report of Foreign Work* OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. INDIA. NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE. Organized as a Conference in 1864. Woman's Work Commenced in 1869. missionaries. * Isabella Thoburn, Sarah A. Easton, Florence Nichols, Rue Sellers, Ruth A. Collins, Kate O. Curts, Elizabeth Hoge, Mary Reed, Eva M. Hardie, Annie Budden, Fannie Scott, Theresa J. Kyle, Clara M. Organ, Celesta Easton, Mary Stearns, Mary Wilson, *Fannie English, Martha A. Sheldon, M. D. Marion Newton, Mary Means, Delia Fuller, Mrs. P. T. Wilson, Alice Means. wives of missionaries in charge of work. Mrs. E. W. Parker, Mrs. J. B. Thomas, Mrs. J. H. Gill, Mrs. J. H. Messmore, Mrs. p. T. Wilson, *Mrs. J. L. Humphrey'. Mrs. W. a. Mansell, Mrs. S. Knowles, Mrs. C. L. Bare, *Mks. J . A. Core *Mrs. F. L. Neeld, Mrs. N. L. Rockey, Mrs. J. Blackstock, *Mrs. J . W. Wauch, Mrs. J. T. Robinson, Mrs. J. N. West, Mrs. T. J. Scott, Mrs. a. B. Hewes, *0n home leave. Mrs. C. C. Ashe. In this, the first field opened to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, we can look back over three decades of organized work for heathen women. And from a review of the results, it would seem that had the Society done nothing else in the thirty years, this alone would have been a rich return for the investment of prayer and faith O WOMAN S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. and effort. Work is carried on in nine presiding elders' districts, covering eighty-five stations and circuits, each the centre of outlying organized work. Twenty-four representatives of the Woman's For- eign Missionary Society with the wives of twenty missionaries belong- ing to the parent board, superintend the force of native workers, which includes 327 assistants in various lines of work, besides the 345 Bible- women regularly employed, 1,336 girls are gathered into the various boarding-schools, 384 in the orphanages and 3,016 m the day-schools and 8,350 in Sunday-schools. Through these and many other agencies the seed of the kingdom is being sown, and already the fields are white to the harvest. KUMAON DISTRICT. This district comprises Naini Tal, Dwarahat, Pithoragarh and Bhot, covering all grades of work. Wellesley High-school at Naini Tal has added another prosperous year to the long list of successes. Sickness came, a rare thing in this well ordered school, but the record was remarkable, thirty-two out of forty passing the Government examination. This school makes its own improvements and repairs, and begs for teachers only from home, the need being increasingly urgent. Strong characters are being built up here, and the girls are known wherever they go, as earnest and conscientious. Every year under Miss Easton's care, the property increases in value, and within the last year an addition was deeded to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, which with that already there gives it a valuation of $27,500. In Huldwana and Bharbar, Mrs.
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