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Thzrty-szzth Anrtual Report

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The Woman's

U11zon Mzsszonary 50czety

Of America for Heathm Lands

January, I891

New York

Officers of the

Woman's U1Z'lOn Mzss£onary Soc£ety for I897.

PRESIDENT:

MRS. HENRY JOHNSON,

Address, 67 Bible House.

VICE.PRESIDENTS:

NEW YORK. MRS. WILLIAM RANSOM, MRS. J. E. JOHNSON:, MRS. WM. WALTON CLARK, MRS. J. J. McCOMB, MRS. S. O. VANDER POEL.

BROOKLYN. MRS. W. H. HARRIS, MRS. T. B. McLEOD, MRS. S. T. DAUCHY, MRS. CALVIN PATTERSON, MRS. L. R. PACKARD. -

ITHACA, N. Y. MRS. J~ P. McGRAW.

PHILADELP.HIA, PA. MRS. J. HOWARD SMITH.

ALBANY, N. Y. MRS. ROBERT STRAIN.

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

MRS. R. TOWNSEND.

PLATTSBURG, N. Y.

MRS. K. M. PLATT.

NEWARK, N. J. MRS. C. C. HINE.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. MRS. CHARLES DUNHAM.

ORANGE, N. J. MRS .• A. M. MORRISON.

NEW HAVEN, CONN. MRS. F. B. DEXTER.

MORRISTOWN, N. J. MRS. JULIA KEESE COLLES MRS. R. R. PROUDFIT.

SHORT HILLS, N. J. MRS. H. A. BUTTOLPH.

PRINCETON, N. J. MRS. ARNOLD GUYOT.

PITTSBURG, PA. MRS. F. R. BRUNOT.

CINCINNATI, O. MRS. N. FOSTER.

CHICAGO, ILL. MRS. O. F. AVERY.

ROCKFORD, ILL. MRS. RALPH EMERSON.

LOUISVILLE, KY. MRS. JOHN A. MILLER.

CALIFORNIA. MRS. ABEL STEVENS.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY,

MISS S. D. DOREMUS.

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EDITOR OF" THE MISSIONARY LINK,"

MISS S. D. DOREMUS.

RECORDING SECRETARY,

MRS. Z. S. ELY.

TREASURER,

Z. S. ELY. ESQ.

ASSISTANT TREASURERS,

MISS ELIZABETH B. STONE, MISS M. S. STONE. Address, 67 Bible House.

TREASURER OF "THE MISSIONARY LINK,"

MISS HELEN LOUISE KINGSBURY.

AUDITOR,

JOHN M. NIXON, ESQ.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENTS,

Z. S. ELY, ESQ., SUMMER R. STONE, ESQ., HIRAM HITCHCOCK, ESQ.

LEGAL ADVISER,

MR. WILLIAM FORD UPSON.

MANAGERS:

MRS. D. J. ELY, MISS M. MESSENGER, MISS J. VAN VORST, MRS. WM. P. HALSTEAD, MISS SARAH WALLACE, MRS. H. L. SOUTHMAYD, MRS. H. L. PIERSON, JR., MRS. W. WILLIAMS, MISS A. T. VAN SANTVOORD, ~lRs. E. E. ROBINSON,

MRS. D. J.

I MRS. S. J. BROADWELL, MRS. PETER H. BALLANTINE, MISS L. 1. GREENOUGH, MISS C. L. CLARKE, MRS. W. H. ROPES, MRS. STERLING MORRISON, MRS. L. A. OPDYKE, MISS E. W. BEERS, MISS E. A. DEAN, MRS. JOlIN ERVING,

REYNOLDS.

HONORARY Dl RECTORS:

MRS. E. P. ROGERS, MRS. N. THAYER, MRS. W. APPLETON, MRS. R. S. STORRS,

MRS. LYMAN ABBOTT, MRS. R. 1. BROWN, MISS E. M. GRAVES, MRS. JOHN T. TERRY,

MRS. D. W. BERDAN.

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Miss Gardner, " Costellow, * .. Colvill,

Dr. Alice Ernst,

Miss Lathrop, .. May,* " Roderick, " E. Roderick, .. Niblett,*

Miss Ward, •• Dietrich,

Mission Stations.

MISSION STATIONS.

INDIA.

CALCUTTA

AND AD]ACIl:I'T VIl.LAGES.

MISSIONARIES.

Miss H atcheII, " Hamilton, •• Smith

Miss Cockburn, Miss Milner, " Linton, .. Dutt,

O'Deli, .. Wittembaker, .. Hodgkinson, " L. Wittembaker, Mrs. Rosetti,

Mrs. Shome.

ALLAHABAD.

MISSIONARIES.

Miss Clark, Miss Peters, .. Leslie .. M. R~derick, .. Ledlie,

" D Clark .. B~1chambers, .. Smith,

Mrs. Emerson, .. Robinson,

Miss Smith, .. L. Smith .

.. Faville,'"

Miss Beach, .. Harris

Miss Mamsul, '

.. Earle,'"

CAWNPORE.

MISSIONA~IES.

Miss Gantzer, l\Iiss Dolmar, .. Hodson .. Alexander,

'Miss Roy.

NAINI TAL.

MISSIONARIES.

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Miss Fasilles, Miss Martin.

Miss Pickard,

Mrs. Pierson, Miss Pratt,

Dr. Elizabeth Reifsnyder, Miss Melvin,

RAI BAREL!.

MISSIONARIES.

Miss E. Pickard,

JAPAi\.

YOKOHAMA.

MISSIONARIES.

Miss R. L. Irving, .. Crosby,

CHINA.

SHANGHAI.

MISSIONARIES.

Dr. Emma Garner, Miss Mary Irvine,

* Part of the year.

Miss Gantzer.

Miss Montgomery, " Webb .

Miss Berninger,* .. Cobb.

REPORT OF THE BOARD.

THE countries occupied by the Woman's Union ?vlissionary Society for Heathen Lands are India, China, Japan. Five sta­tions in India represent its work in that land, one in China, and one· in Japan, including evangelistic work to some ex­tent in each empire. 20 Missionaries are employed with 304 Bible-women and native teachers; 2 hospitals for women and children are maintained; 5 boarding-schools; 145 day- and Sunday-schools are taught, containing 3579 pupils, and 742 zenanas with 1406 pupils. .

CHINA.-SHANGHAI.

Three Medical Missionaries: Dr. Elizabeth Reifsnyder, Dr. Emma Garner, Miss Martha Berninger; 6 Chinese assistants and nurses.

REPORT OF MARGARET WILLIAMSON HOSPITAL.

B.v DR. ELIZABETH REIFSNYDER.

Hospital year ending September 30, 1896. Number of Dispensary patients

" " Ward Dispensary patien ts " " Ward patients " "Prescriptions

Money received:

From Chinese patients Donations from Chinese

" " Foreigners

27,679 18,807

302

38, II 5

$1, 025.7& 100.00

75.00

8 Shanghai.

The work the past year has been a very full one. More patients were admitted to the Wards than during any of the previous years. The largest number of patients yet recorded were re­ceived in the Dispensary. This increase in number is attributed to the fact that the Hospital. was not closed during the whole twelve months; the first time such has been the case since the opening of the new Wards in 1892.

Dr. Reifsnyder returning in May from eighteen months' absence in America did not feel the need of a vacation, and the work went on during the Summer, which was a great relief to the Chillese.

The great object of the work being to bring the people to Christ, or as someone has beautifully put it, " bring Christ to the people," the evangelizing work is the work. Daily preach­ing and daily bedside instruction are breaking down barriers and making the light to shine into many of these darkened intellects that need only the brighteni~g influence of the True Light, for the minds of these Chinese women compare very fav­orably with those of the women of the West. Centuries of super­stition and idolatry cannot be uprooted in a day; but year by year entrance into the hearts and homes is becoming easier, doors are opening wider and wider. Nothing has done more to break down prejudice a1].d tall forth good-will than the medical work scattered throughout the length and breadth of this great Em­pire. What a privilege to have part in the great work of being Christ-bearers to this people, whether we serve in this direc­tion in America or in China!

REPORT OF THE BRIDGMAN MEMORIAL SCHOOL.

By MISS MARIETTA MELVIN.

Boarding-school: 5 teachers; 35 pupils. Missionary teachers: Miss Melvin, Miss Cobb; Evangelist,

Miss Irvine. The last year's work has gone on pleasantly and quietly.

Five of the oldest pupils have married. Two were with us

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long enough to prove in our own day-schools their fitness and ability for teaching; the third has shown like qualifications in the Mission to which her husband introduced her; the fourth is not only a " helpmeet" to her husband,a native pas­tor in a country village, but" a joy and a comfort" to his peo­pIe; and the fifth is waiting for work to be arranged for her in her new environment. The school has not only grown in size, but there is more talent, and a large majority of the pupils represent a Christian connection.

Our June examinations filled three days-the first being de­voted to the Chinese Classics; the second to religious books; and the third to music. Several visitors were in attendance the entire day; one, a person of great prominence, having been appointed by the viceroy to open a gove,rnmental school for boys. All expressed great enthusiasm over the results, and a determination to introduce the method into other schools.

Religious instruction has the precedence, for our constant aim and earnest prayer is that every girl shall develop into strong, earnest, intelligent Christian womanhood. Three have declared themselves for Christ, and been baptized. One of her own accord has already taken the initiative in mission­ary work. Summoned to attend the funeral of her heathen grandmother, she prayed her relatives not to ask her to take part in any of the heathen ceremonies; because she must refuse. No allusion was made to the matter in direct answer to her prayer. She gathered the children about her, and taught them the Lord's prayer and to sing " Jesus loves Me." Several months after, our evangelist, in an itinerating tour, came across the children, who had not forgotten the prayer nor the hymn.

Day-schools: 6 the first half-year, 5 the last half-year; 183 pupils.

Miss Cobb devotes from one to two hours in examining the pupils in the studies taught by the teachers; and in supple­menting the preparation of the Sunday-school lesson and devotional meetings on Sabbaths. The purpose of day-schools is to exert through the children a Christian influence upon

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their heathen homes. By this distinctively religious service within the compreb.ension.ofthe youngest pupil, our Lord's Day is shown to be different. from other days. The native teachers give up a part of every week, for a season of com­munion and prayer for personal spiritual growth.

Chapel Services.-The attendance of the Wednesday after­noon and Sunday preaching services, have steadily increased; and the chapel is filled with attentive listeners. Seventy-five can be comfortably seated, but we have counted 140. The Sunday-school is always packed and the International Sunday­School lessons are studied. The smal1est attendance was 30, the largest 184. The possibilities of successful service are unlimited. N ow is the golden opportunity. The condition' of women is most degraded and Christian education can alone uplift her to a proper social standing.

REPORT OF EVANGELISTIC WORK..

By MISS MARY J. IRVINE.

9 Baptisms; 64 Bible lessons given in Training Home .. 100 Hospital visits; 74 Neigh borhood visits in homes; 49 Sunday-school classes conducted; 60 Church services at­tended; 5 . Itinerating trips made; 34 Days spent itinerating; 4258 Tracts given out (sheet) ; 23 Book tracts; 10 Bibles or portions.

Two young women both recently baptized have left the church below, and have been gathered with the redeemed. Each gave her dying testimony that her whole peace and joy was in Jesus who loved her and gave Himself for her sins.

The number of those who have need of Salvation through Jesus Christ while patients in the wards of our Hospital has increased greatly. Two Bible-women devote themselves wholly to the work of teaching and preaching the gospel to the patients. When we consider the condition of women in the East socially, we have had a goo.dly number of the educated with us both in

Yokohama. I I

the Training 'School and Hospital. With the latter as our great centre for evangelization, the avenues for the spread of the Gospel are far-reaching. The evangelistic Training Home meets a great need in our work for women. Fifteen different persons have received instruction there during the year. It has been most gratifying to see the whole-hearted earnestness and perseverance of the class in their effort to grasp the teach­ing of the gospel and also to memorize Scripture. Some of those who did not know a character when entering, had, at the close of the term, committed to memory nearly three catechism s on the Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Teachings of Christ; besides having made a most encouraging beginning in learning to read the New Testament.

One quite advanced in years had committed to memory all the parables of our Lord besides being able to read with us Evidences of Christianity.

Not unimportant too has been the silent method of dissemi­nating double the amount of Christian literature, Bibles, and portions of New Testament, all of which have been furnished us by the American Tract Society.

We earnestly beseech you, dear sisters and fellow workers in a Christian land, to uphold us by yOUi"' prayers and believing faith, that we may have a larger outpouring of the Spirit's blessings.

JAPAN.-YOKOHAMA.

6 Missionaries. Mrs. L. H. Pierson, Miss S. Pratt, and Mis$ Crosby Evangelists, Miss' Reba L. Irvine, Miss Montgomery, Miss Webb teachers. "Native teachers and Bible-women.

REPORT OF THE YOKOHAMA SCHOOL.

By MISS REBA L. IRVINE.

N umber of pupils in attendance during the year, 88 ; board­ers, 65 ; day pupils, 23 ; Christians, 40, of whom seven were baptized in infancy and eight are of Christian parentage.

12 Yokohama.

The spiritual life of the school seems to be in a healthy con­dition. Every Friday afternoon, there is a prayer-service for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 'Eleven. girls confessed their faith ini the Saviour during the year and united with the Union Church. Others will soon receive the right of baptism.

Two of the post-graduates left in January to become assist­ants to mIsSIOnaries. They are reported as being most effi­cient helpers. One of the post-graduates married a physician connected with the Red Cross Hospital in Tokio and also as­sistant physician to Prince Aruisagawa's family, and his wife has access to the Prince's home. Six girls, all Christians, gradu­ated in July, two being supported by the school. One is as­sisting a missionary in Yokohama; the other refused an excellent salary, preferring 'to work for the Lord. Another graduate teaches in the school for her board.

The Sunday-school for ragged children, under the super­vision of the pupil teachers, averaged between forty and fifty.

The Benevolent and Missionary Societies have continued their work, and by knitting stockings, mittens, etc., have made a fund ten dollars of which were given to those who suffered from the great tidal wave in June.

Each year confirms us more in our view of the importance of educating the women of Japan.

REPORT OF EVANGELISTIC WORK •

.By MRS. L. H. PIERSON.

The year has been distinguished by many physical calami­ties. In our Bible Readers' Corps there have also been some changes. A few of the members have been married, and others have entered into the Heavenly Rest. Our corps is full, con­sisting of 124 members. To them, in an especial manner, the study of God's Word, and the privileges of His service, are unspeakable benedictions. The meetings which they have held aggregate I403. There have been 143 converted and baptized,

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while 99 others are professing faith in Ollr Lord Jesus, but have not yet been baptized. But these figures represent only an ap­proximate estimate. We have 5 Sunday-schools, the attendance averaging ISO, and through the children relatives and friends are reached. Our regular stations number 13 and at two of them we have chapels. Of the house visiting which forms a large part of the work no estimate can be made. Miss Pratt is rapidly acquir­ing th-e language and is doing excellent work. During the past year she has held 102 Bible Classes and 65 meetings. She superintends two Sunday-schools, visiting the homes of the peqple, and two of our stations. My personal Bible Classes have numbered 1080 and meetings 300. I have made 7 evan­gelistic trips to distant stations, visiting 15 places on the route.

INDIA.-ALLAHABAD.

REPORT OF ZENANA AND SCHOOL WORK.

By MISS M. C. LATHROP.

16 Missionaries. Native teachers. Schools, 44; pupils in schools, IIOO. Zenanas, 264; pupils,

405- Total number, 1505. Sunday-schools, IS. The Con­verts' Home has in it 4 women with their 4 little children. Two others are living elsewhere engaged in work_ One woman also lives by herself on the place. Two girls, children of the converts, are in the boarding-school at Cawnpore.

The year 1896 has been in many respects the best we have known in our work.

Early in the year a young Brahmin widow came to us with her two little children, a girl of four years and a poor sick baby of eighteen months. Her husband died leaving his family with a little money, in the house of an acquaintance. Hearing of the sad state of this woman one of our Christian women went to see her, and then for the first time she heard of Christ

14 Allahabad.

and His love and compassion for thOiie in sorrow. From the day she came to us she has seemed determined to serve Christ up to the light given her. She did not hesitate the first day she came to eat food given her by the Christian women. She has had trials with -us in the severe illnesses of her children. N one of these trials appe~red to shake her faith in the least, and she was very thankful for our care and help.

Another woman who came to us a little later has also two children with her.

A third woman has one little girl. She has lost several little children and one day when we were reading the Bible .and talking together, I saw her weeping quietly. Asking the rea-

-son of her tears she replied: "Had I known there was any­where in the world such kind care and blessing for me when I was left by my husband's death to struggle alone, my children's lives might have been saved and they too would have heard of Jesus." It comforted her to hear His words: "Suffer the little ones to come unto Me." Another woman sitting with us said, "My son was a man when he died and I do not know that he ever heard of Christ." Before I thought 'of ~ fitting reply to make her she said; "The Lord will do what is right."

An old woman who has long been with us, and for many years a staunch Hindu, decided a few months ago to cast in her lot with the Christian women who have received baptism this year. Another young woman has come to us who says she wants to be a Christian.

All through this year we have felt that there was a more ready acceptance of the Word. In many cases coming under our observation the way has seemed easier for those wishing to make open confession of Christ.

In numbers we are a little behind last year, as it has seemed best to close a few of the schools where we were not able to put in Christian teachers.

We have had the usual opportunitie"s for tract distribution this year. In the families we visited, the little leaflets are well liked, and at the Temples near my.sunday-school there is the same ready acceptance of them as heretofore.

Naini Tal.-Rai Bareli. rs

NAINI TAL.

REPORT.

By MISS GRACE R. WARD.

Thirty zenanas, with 44 pupils; 5 schools, with I17 pupils; 5 Sunday-schools, with 97 pupils; Village visiting, Missionary Training Class.

Miss Lathrop was with us some months, and the pupils of the day-schools of which she took charge attended more regu­larly and made better progress than usual.

One of our young pupils came out openly and confessed Christ by baptism. A young Christian man had seen the 'girl after her father's death and wanted to make her his wife, but her religion stood in his way. He offered the homeless family a shelter under his roof, and kept her under my teaching. It was not long before she believed and was baptized on confes­sion of her faith in Christ. The man married her, and theirs is the only Christian home in the little village, and we hope and pray that their influence may be such as to lead others to follow. There have been three ladies in my training class, who have made commendable progress in the languages of the country, and as they were able have helped much in the regu­lar outside work among women and children.

We have been encouraged in our Sunday-school work, as some children come who do not attend the day-schools and take interest in learning Bible verses and hymns. We hope truths are being stored in their minds which will never be for­gotten but will lead them to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

RAI BARELI.

REPORT

By MISS G. R. 'V ARD.

Zenanas, 125 ; pupils, 175 ; schools, II ; pupils, 234; Sun­day-schools,S, ; village work.

Cawnpore.

Miss Pickard reports that two of her pupils have died, but she is not without hope of their salvation.

One of these was a young Mahommedan widow, who had been an attentive pupil. Her relatives in speaking of her death said her last request was to have Christian hymns sung to her. She evidently knew her end was neaT, as she asked particularly for one hymn in which death is personified. The translation of one of the verses is this:

" I (death) say to the people Go again and again to Jesus, Because all are without strength in themselves."

And then the chorus comes in as a refrain:

., There is no home in this world \\~ere I (death) do not enter."

Four women and five children have openly confessed Jesus .as their Master, and have been sent to our Mission in Cawn­pore to be trained for usefulness.

Mary Norton, Bholi I,aI, Mary Comfort, Sunderie, Mary Singh and Rebecca have gone in and out of zenanas and schools during the year, teaching for the Master, and his bless­ing has been on their work. The last named teacher is one who came out from heathenism ~bout two years ago, and is now helping to bring others into the fold of the shepherd she has learned to love and trust.

Famine is now abroad in the land. In such a time the poor people turn to Christ's missionaries, and many are led to see that it is better to serve their Master.

CA\VNPORE.

REPORT.

B..v MISS LILLIAN E. DIETRICH.

Nine Missionaries-Miss Dietrich, Miss Beach, Miss Harris, ·.Miss Mamsul, Miss Gantzer, Miss Hodson, Miss 'Roy, Miss Dolmar, Miss Alexander.

Calcutta.

Schools for Mohammedan, Bengali, and Hindu girls and women, 30; pupils, 364. Mary Merriman boarding-school pupils, 57. Total number of zenanas, 173, with 332 pupils.

There have been some changes in the Mary Merriman board­ing-school. Our present number is 57, an increase of 29. Sixteen of these were famine-sufferers, but a few weeks' care soon rewarded our efforts in their behalf. We were surprised to see them kneeling ~ight1y and thanking the Heavenly Father for his protection, when a short time before they were off~ring flowers and sacred water to a tree or idol, hoping that these would supply their needs. During the year two of onr girls publicly confessed their faith in Christ, uniting with the church here.

The women in the Converts' Home have been growing in the knowledge and love of. our Lord Jesus. Six have been re­ceived in the home this year. One of them has so well im­proved her time that she is now teaching the later comers most .faithfully and perseveringly. In our 30 bazar schools for 364 pupils we are laboring for those girls and women scattered through the city who are still in the thick darkness and misery of heathenism. That the Holy Spirit does use the word of God committed to memory by these pupils we have many manifestations. We have I7 3 zenanas in which 333 pupils are receiving systematic instruction in the word of the Living God. 'Ve often hear it said that the most effective work is not done in crowded meetings or bazar preaching but in heart to heart talks in quiet homes where nothjng disturbs the message sent by the Holy Spirit.

CALCUTTA.

REPORT:

By MISS SARAH F. GARDNER.

To report a mission from which one has been absent eighteen months is not ea~y. But our lines of work are the same as last year. Perhaps the most important event is the coming out

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of . a woman from a zenana to a convert's home. The woman is studying in the high school, fitting herself to teach. So far as we can see, she left her home for the only -reason which would justify her in taking such a step, in order to confess

.Christ, which she was not allowed to do. The numbers in our Eurasian and Bengali helpers have diminished, and we are \vaiting upon the Lord to send us others to fill their places. The Lily Lytle Broadwell Memoria~ School has again come out ahead in Bible work, and as that is the most important of all we are greatly pleased. The Orphanage is very full. The book-work has reopened, thanks to the kindness of home friends who have furnished the money for it. May our next year's work among a people who know not the Lord, be blessed with power from the fuller knowledge of the Holy Spirit.

As Dr. Alice L. Ernst has been absent since March 18th from Calcutta we are not able to report the medical work. Her furlough has been partly spent in Vienna, where she has been preparing for the building of the Mary Hoyt Memorial Hospital in Calcutta.

Miss Edith May and Miss Etta Castellaw have been sent to India the past year.

The station at Fatehpur has been closed with great regret owing to lack of re-inforcement.

Mission stations have received grants from us during the year, viz. :

Miss L. Ballagh, Yokohama. Mrs. Winsor, Sirur, India. Mrs. Scudder, Vellore, I.ndia. Rev. William Harvey, Cairo, Egypt.

Rev. Roswell D. Hitchcock, D.D.,beau~ifully says: "It is plain that the highest and best sense of possessiqn carries

Calcutta.

along with it the sense of stewardship and trust. There is no luxury to be compared with that of giving. God knows no other. It is one of His exclusive prerogatives, He only giving absolutely what is His. But He gives us the blessedness of being partakers in His gifts; His almoners. Real giving which asks for nothing in return, not even gratitude, is not impossible, though very rare and fine. Money spent on our­selves may be a millstone about the neck; spent on others, it may give wings like eagles to mount daily nearer and nearer the skies."

The Woman's Union Mzsst'onary Society of Amert"ca for Heathen Lands in account 'With t'ts Treasurer , for tIle Year mding December 3I, I896.

DR.

Paid on orders of the Assistant Treasurer Loaned on bond and mortgage Paid rent of safe deposit box two years Paid reqrganization Atchison & Topeka R. R. On deposit with Brown Bros. & Co. Check on hand received 31st December too

late to deposit

Balance to credit of new account $12,376 85

$49, 189 43 5,000 00

20 00

52 76 II,918 35

458 50

$66,639 04

This belongs entirely to fund for building the hospital at Calcutta.

NEW YORK, January 2, 1897. Z. STILES ELY, Treasurer.

Account and vouchers examined and found correct. HIRAM HITCHCOCK, Auditor.

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CR.

Balance from last year Received donations and legacies from the

Society Received special payment on bond and

mortgage Received interest and dividends on invest­

ments Paid interest on bond and mortgage Sale by Brown Bros. & Co. of fractional

bonds of the Atchison & Topeka Road.

$22,258 86

1,000 00

4,740 27 1,765 00

153 50

$66,639 04

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Disbursements in Detail. 21

DISBURSEMENTS IN DETAIL.

To support of 16 missionaries in Allahabad, India, 44 schools, taxes, repairs, conveyance, physicians' fees, etc. $4,800 00

To support of missionaries in Calcutta, India, work at Rajpore, native teachers, taxes, repairs. conveyances, physicians' fees, support of children in Orphanage, High School, Converts' Home 10,395 09

To support of missionaries in Cawnpore, India, and sub-stations at Naini Tal and Rei Bareli, 47 schools, repaIrs, taxes, conveyances, building, addition to Mary A. 1\I erriman memorial school, etc. 8,363 51

To support of work at Fatehpur for part of year. 666 00

To support of medical work in Shanghai, China, 3 missionaries, 6 native helpers, drugs, repairs, insurance, enlarging dispensary, etc. 4,134 50

To support of Bridgman Home in Shanghai, China, 3 missionaries, 35 pupils, 6 day schools, Training School, and Evangelistic work. 3,676 00

To support of evangelistic work in Yokohama, Japan, missionaries, 124 Bible Readers, travelling expenses, rent, etc.

To support of school in Yokohama, Japan, 4 missionaries, native teachers, 88 pupils, ground rent, insurance, etc.

To donation sent to Mrs. Scudder, Vellore, India.

To donation sent to Mrs. Winsor, Sirur, India

To donation sent to Rev. Wm. Harvey, Cairo, Egypt

To donation sent to Miss Ballagh, Yokohama, Japan

To travelling expenses of 5 missionaries and partial outfit

To salaries and travelling expenses of missionaries in this country

To printing and mailing Missi(mary Link, Annual Report, etc.

75 00

100 CO

10800

12 00

1,838 68

1,266 40

1,091 58

To rent and expense of Room 67, Bible House, incidental expenses, mission boxes, postage, public meetings, etc., etc. ' 1,431 92

----$49, 189 43

MAR Y S. STONE, As!;istant Treasurer.

Audited and found correct. JOHN M. NIXON.

22 Reports of Concord and Boston.

CONCORD (N. H.) BRANCH. Sec1·etary's Report.

We chronicle four meetings held, beginning with our annual meeting in November, and closing with an informal gathering at the home of our President, in May. to pack the usual box.

By advice from headquarters in New York one box was sent to the Mar­-garet Williamson Hospital in Shanghai, China.

Our society was ably represented among the many others in the woman's edition of. our Evming Monitor by an article from the gifted pen of ~Jiss Maria Woods, in which its claim to procedence as one of Concord's oldest and honorable societies, was set forth no less attractively than its claim upon the heart and hand of every Christian wife and mother, because of its work among the sisters of sorrow in darkened lands and homes.

This day of our annual meeting, life here is for each of us shorter by one year-life there is twelve months nearer. Shall we not pledge our hearts to deeper consecration in the one work which is of absorbing interest to the heart of the Redeemer? Shall we not pledge our hands to work, to give with greater earnestness and gladness, remembering that the time is short ?

Treasurer's Report. Receipts.

Balance on hand· Membership fees. . Gift to support Bible reader Interest on deposit

Total

$37 89 4450

65 00 99

$148 38

Payments.

Work material . $12 93 .A:rticles for and express on box 6 47 Home Society 25 00 Home Society to support Bibl~

reader 6500 Cash to balance 38 39

Total , . . . $148 38 CARRIE E. JOHNSO~, Treasurer.

BOSTON BRANCH.

Treasurer' s Report. . * Mrs. Walter Baker Memorial

Band. . .. $1,274 00 * From Mrs. Wm. Appleton 1,05000 * From Trinity Church 963 50 * Mrs. C. V. R. Thayer.. 400 00 * Trinity Church Zenana Band . 316 00 * Collection from Emmanuel

Church . . . . . HI 50 * Mrs. Edward Crosby's Collection 97 00

: ~r:~ r: §\1~f;~rd an~ frie.nds ... Miss E. B. Barrett's Collection * Bridgewater Band . ... Miscellaneous Collections . * Mrs. John D. Richardson Mem-

:ISO 00 60 50

4Z 00

4000

78 37

A. Lovis, 1.50; Mrs. N. P . Mann, I; Miss Hattie Dunbar, I; Miss A. M. Gregory, :I ; Miss M. H. Faxon, I ; Miss K. E. Palmer, • : MISS Idelette Car­penter, I ; Pamelia A. Hall, I ;

Mrs. J. G. Lovell, I; Mrs. Geo. O. Lanfhear, I ; Mrs. M. H. Mitchel, I; Mrs. lessie Par­ker, I ; Mrs. A. H. Temple, I ;

Mrs. W. Frank Hurd,.. Mrs. Frank E. Blake, for supJ?ort of spinning teacher in Bndg­man Home School, 30.00 • Links, 8.00. Total

Grand total . $4,661 37 MARIA N. JOHNSON, Treasurer.

Audited and found correct.

orial Band: Mrs. L. M. Stan­dish, 10; Mrs. Francis James, 5; Mrs .. S. C. Demerest, 5 ; Mrs. Rev. G. M. Adams, D.D., 2.50; Mrs. J. K. Culver, M.D., 2; Mrs. G. Wait, '.50; Mrs. HKNRY JOHNSON, Auditor.

* Items previously reported in The Missionary Link.

Report of Albatt), Branch.

ALBANY BRANCH.

Treasurer's Report.

Annual subscription from Mrs. George Douglas Miller . $10 00

Annual subscription from Mrs. L. M. Palmer, .. In Memoriam" 1000

Annual subscription from Miss Is-abel Allen. . .. 2 00

Bequest frum Miss Sophia Adams through the Emmanuel Baptist Church . . . . 2,000 00

Annual contribution from Mrs. Abraham Lansing, "In Mem­ory of Susan Gansevoort, by her husband, Peter Ganse-voort," continued . . 25 00

Annual contribution from the .. Ladies' Missionary Society" of the Madison A ve. Reformed Church, through Mrs. Geo. W. Van Slyke, Treasurer, as follows: Bible Reader in Yokohama, 60; Miss Reifsnyder's assist-ant, Shanj:?;hai, 60 . 12000

Subscriptions for Missionary Link through Miss Eliza Phelps, collector. .. . 25 00

Annual contribution from the "Temple Grove Mission Band,' of Saratoga, N. Y., through Miss Helen W. North,

f~rt~~eMirsf~~t H~~~ !uttk~~ hama. . . .. 3000

From the" Junior Missionary So­ciety" of the Madison Ave. Reformed Church, through Miss Susie B. Robinson, Treasurer, for the support of "Waka Kijima" in the Mis-

I sion Home at Yokohama . 4000

Annual subscription from Miss Mabel Learned. . 20 00

Annual subscription from Mrs.

Annual collection from the First Reformed Church, through Mrs. A. H. Richards~ as fol­lows, viz.: The Misses Sumner, 25 ; Mrs. John D. Parsons, Jr., 2 ; Miss Visscher,2; Mrs. John Vissch­er, 2; Mrs. P. S. Lansing, 2; Mrs. Van Gaasbeek, I; Mrs. A. K Richards, I ; Mrs. Irving Knickerbvcker, . ; 1\1rs. Boren Parsons, I ; Miss Emma Spell-man, I .,

Annual collection from the Fourth Presbyterian Church and others, by Miss R. M. Wad­dell, as follows, viz. : Mrs. B. W. Arnold, 15; Mrs. P. K. Dederick, 5 ; Mr. B. W. Johnson, 5; Mr. R. J. Wad­dell, 3; Mr. A. T. Kibbee, 2; Mrs. David O. l'Ilears, I ; Mrs. A. J. Edwards, I; Mrs. A. T. Kibbee, I; Mrs. R. W. Thach­er, I; Mrs. S. C. Foster, I; Mrs. W. M. Kennedy, I; Miss R. M. Waddell, ~

Annual subscription from Mrs. Charles B. Lansing.

Annual subscription from Miss Abby Spencer Lansing

Annual subscription from Mrs. Worthington La Grange

Annual contribution from .. El­len's Band" " In lVlemoriam " from Miss Mary P. Roberts

Annual subscription from Mrs. William J. Milne .

Annual subscription from Miss Susan Y. Lansing .

Contribution from Miss Le~and Bancroft .

From Mary R. Somers

1000

10 co

5 00

2000

200

1000

200

10

John L. Newman for "Eg­berts Band," "In Memoriam"

Annual contribution from Mrs. Total receipts in cash . S~'469 Ie

Value of box sent to Miss Ward 90 00 Frederick Townsend. .

Annual contribution from Mrs. J. Townsend Lansing . IO 00

$2,559 10

Annual contribution from Miss MRS. FREDERICK Tow,",sEND, Treas. Eliza Phelps 2 00

NEWARK (N. J.) AUXILIARY.

SeC1-etary's Report.

This is our twenty-sixth birthday. We are few in number, and the money comes from the efforts of collectors and the Mission Bands who labor so faithfully-" The Snow Birds" and the" Woodside Zenana Band" holding annual fairs for the support of workers in Japan and India. The charge of

2'4- Report oj Newark Auxiliar)'.

the Snow Birds "Senyo Takeda" in the school of Yokohama is a pretty, bright girl of sixteen, a Christian and very promising. Piari, whom the Snow Birds supported so long in the Calcutta Orphanage has now gone to Cawnpore to be with her mother and sisters who are all Christians. Minnie vVittembaker in Calcutta is the charge of the Woodside Zenana Band.

Mrs. Boyd's" Little Messengers" from the Second Presbyterian Church still support the scholarship in Yokohama.

During Lent a box valued at $rro.12 was prepared for Miss \\,'ard at Cawnpore.

This society has met with a loss in the death of ~Iiss E. M. Cae. From 1876 her name appears on the minutes as Corresponding Secretary and :Miss Roderick, our Missionary at Allahabad, will miss her letters and kind remembrances as we do her presence, for she came to these meetings through wind and stann even though latterly feebleness indicated with what .effort. Not long since, when too sick to be here, she wrote: "The recurrence of the anniversary of our Society always brings to one's heart a well-spring of joy, for the past is luminous with the light of God's favor." Frequently she opened our meetings with prayer and all felt no one loved this Auxiliary better than she. After a long exemplary Christian life she has just gone over beyond to watch with the Master the ingathering sheaves.

Another (Miss Rockwood) was taken to the Heavenly home and who can doubt some sweet surprises await her as souls go up from that lleathen land! It gives us a lonely feeling when such aged saints pass over, and we would fain keep t~em when they continue to make themselves useful and lovely in life, but "God's appointment is the servants' hour" and these, though active till the last, were not cut down till ripe for glory-their prayers are recorded. "Thy Kingdom come."

Christ's Kingdom on earth may be compared to a raft floating down the stream-sometimes its progress so qniet as almost to be imperceptible, then again it travels on at rapid rate. Storm comes and wind and the waves beat about, dash over, completely submerging. till it appears swallowed up ; when the wind abates it rises and goes tranquilly on as before-big ships have gone down in the storm but the little raft lives through and brings its load into port safely at last. So Christ's Kingdom advances steadily though often tossed and shaken with turbulence, and blessed will those be whose interests are there in the day of its final triumph.

F L. SMITH. SeC/·dar)'.

Report of New Brunswick AuxiNary.

Treasurer's Report. By Mrs. E. C. Boyd,i. "Little Mes- Duncan, 1; Mrs. C. R. Wag-

sengers" of .t'rimary Class ner, I; Mrs. E. D. G. Smith, Second Presbyterian Church . $40 00 5: the Misses Merry, 3.50;

By Miss Wallace; Mr. W. C. Wal- Miss Zennie Sharp, I . .

lace, 200; "Snow Bird Band," By Mrs. C. C. Hine, Woodside 100 ; Mrs. Allis, 3.00' Miss Zenana Band, proceeds of Strong, I ; Mrs: Theo. to~~ 2 ; Fair. . . . . Mrs. E. H. NIchols, S; lVIrs. Miss Avery, of Woodside R. H. Allen, S; Mrs. E. J. Miss F. L. Smith, subscribers, Clay, 5; Mrs. S. M. Lyttle, 4; and from Mrs. Peter Ballan-I; Miss Stiles, s; Mrs. \Val- tine of Trinity Episcopal lace, 4S.70; extra cent a day Church,200.. band, 7.30. •• 38000 By Miss J. W. Abeel: Mr. R.

By Miss Edith Merry, of North Symington, yo; "\lr. Frederick Reformed Church: Miss Frelinghuysen, 5; Mr. John Madge Waters Clark, for sup- L. Meeker, 10; Mrs. Stephen port of Ito Yumasa in Japan, H. Condict, •. 50; Miss Joanna So; Mrs. Robert Ballantme, 2S; W. Abeel, 3; Mrs. Elizabeth Mrs. John H. Ballantine, 10; Howell Mitchell, 3. . . Mrs. Alexander Clark, 2; Mrs. Mrs. H. N. Van Wagenen, Thanks-J o~eph Pit;novi, I; Mrs. J. giving donation

20000

27 00

204 00

32 50

2000

Total $1,008 00

Wtlbur SmIth, I ; Mrs. D. A. Depew, 1; Mrs. F. S. Douglas, I ; Miss A. B. Duryee, I; Miss M. O. Duryee, I; Miss K. P. MRS. E. D. G. SMITH, T1'eas.

KEW BRUNSWICK (N. ].) AUXILIARY.

Secretary' s Report.

It is with a.sense of loss that we bring our year's work to a close, for we have been called upon to part with two of our members: Mrs. D. F R. Runyon, one of our vice-presidents, and Mrs. Byron Halstead.

In November we gave a musicale for the benefit of our society, which was pleasant as well as profitable. \\'e had the pleasure of a visit from Miss Gardner last winter, and after hearing her interesting talk, we felt much more in touch with the work she is carrying on so effectively in India.

Members. First Reformed Church:

Mrs. J. Fisher • Mrs. k. T. B. Spader Mrs. Hageman Mrs. Dr. Searle Mrs. G. Van Pelt . Mrs. J. Fisher, for Link

Second Reformed Church: Mrs. S. M. Woodbridge Mrs. D. D. Demarest Mrs. Dr. Riggs . Mrs. Dr. Williamson Mrs. Brithan Mrs. J. Newell Mrs. G. Waldron Mrs. J. Garretson Mrs. O. H. Cook. Miss Mary Campbell

~H:: !~~ieCW~~~~ Miss Van Renselaer

HELEN H. JANEWAY, Secretary.

Treasurer's Report.

$63 60 Miss Riker Ross. . First Presbyterian Church:

roo SOo 1 00

1 00

100

60

00

100

100

200

r 00

100

100

1 00

Mrs. James Wilson Mrs. Maloy. Mrs. Van Arsdale Mr. H. L. Janeway Mrs. N. R. Janeway Mrs. J. J. Janeway Mrs. A. Voorhees Mrs. C. Runyon . Mrs. T. R. Warren Mrs. W. P. Voorhees Miss 1. Evans Miss E. Howell . Mr. F. L. Janeway Tea at Miss Bishop's

Interest

5 00

1 00

100

5 00

100

100 100

00

roo IOO

I 50

2 50. 200

IS 00

17

$126 62

1 00

100

1 00

100

100

ANNA B. COOK, Treas.

Report of Prince/on and Baltimore.

PRINCETON (N. J.) AUXILIARY.

Treasurer's Report.

Mrs. David Brown . . . . $300 00 Mrs. Ernest C. Richardson, for

dormitory fund of Mary A. Mer-riman School, Cawnpore 25 00

Miss Ellen L. R. Brown. 25 00 Mrs. Joseph H. Bruere, in memory

of Mrs. F. S. Wilson Mrs. A rnold Guyot . Mrs. Theodore W. Hunt Miss Alexander Miss Noms . Mrs. William Noms Mrs. Alexander Russell Mrs. James O. Murray Mrs. John T. Duffield Mrs. Walter Harris Miss Toline .

2000 2000

IS 00 1000 1000

500

5 00

5 00

5 00

5 00

5 00

5 00

5 00

5 00

200 200

:YIiss Yeomans . . Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Miss Solomons Miss Henry . . Mrs. John G. Hibben Miss M. Joline . Mrs. James H. Owen Mrs. Henry Cameron Mrs. Wikoff Miss Tuthill. . Mrs. M. D. Westcott Mrs. G. M. Harper Miss Duffield. . Miss Sarah G. Duffield Mrs. Waterman Mrs. Conover . Miss Dorothy Harris Mrs. Dr. Bergen Mrs. B. Perry

200 200 200 200 200

200 200 200 2 CO

I 00 100

100 100 100

I 00

I 00

I 00 I 00

I 00

Mrs. Frederick Vinton Mrs. Joseph Schanck Mrs. James McCosh Mrs. J ohn DeWitt Mrs. Samuel Paxon Miss Clarke 200 ELLEN L. A. BROWN, Treas.

BALTIMORE BRANCH.

Treasurer's Report.

Mrs. Cornelius Weston Mrs. Henry Onderdonk. Mrs. A. N. Bastable Mr. A. N. Bastable Mrs. H. M. Hoffman Mrs. Alex. M. Carter . . .

For support of Gen. Yamamoto, Yokohama, Japan. Total .

Link sub. from MlSS Elise Wright From "Medical Mission Band"

per Miss Gilman, for .support of Dr. Reifsnyder's Chinese

Fro:si~~M~m'orial' B~nd ,; of

$600

15 00

1000

5 00 IOO

5 00

$4200

50

5000

"Church of the Redeemer" R. E., per Miss Elise Wright, for Miss Lathrop's work in Allahabad, India . . . 20 00

From "The Band of Hope" of "Girls' House of Refuge" per Miss Rebecca S. Norris, for support of Chinese girl in Br.idgman Memorial School, Shanghai, China 40 00

Total .. $152 50

MRS. ALEX. M. CARTER, Treas.

CINCINNATI BRANCH.

Secretar)"s Report.

The Cincinnati Branch has held its usual meetings during the year, and has had occasional communication with the nine girls, six in India and three in China, who are supported in the mission schools of Calcutta and Shanghai by ladies of the Society.

The year has been uneventful, excepting so far as the quiet fulfilment of pledges can be described as an event; and in this regard, the death of

Report of Cincinnati Brallch.

several of the most constant and faithful contributors has somew hat lessened the resources of the Branch. Among these Mrs. Henry Spencer was a classmate of Miss Brittan, and a member of our Society from its very founda­tion ; who for twenty-five years never failed in her regular subscription.

New work has been undertaken in connection with the HighSchool for Girls in Calcutta; Mrs. Doane has endowed a scholarship to be known by her own former name, Fannie Treat. The offerings of our Branch in memory of Mrs. Broadwell will be transferred to this High School, which bears her name inscribed over its door, and which we hope will stand as a perpetual monument, conserving the remembrance of her beautiful life.

Mrs. Frederic Kemper has established a scholarship in the Home School at Yokohama. The Broadwell-Doremus Band has undertaken the support of a scholarship in the High School at Calcutta, in the place of two young girls, Sallie Gardner and Evelyn Vent, and who are now ready to be useful as teachers. The Band sent to the Bible House last June a box valued at $108, to be divided among four mi.ssion stations.

In the view of many mercies, and hope of more fruitful days to come, the Cincinnati Branch is impelled to ., thank God and take courage."

M. E. THALHEIMER, em'. Sec.

Treasurer's Report.

Receipts.

By balance from last year $3 78 Proceeds of a Drawing-room Lec-

ture by Mrs. Murray Shepley 19 00

Proceeds of a Musicale. . . 18 50 The Fanny Treat Scholarship in

the Calcutta High School by Mrs. Wm. H. Doane. 50 00

Mrs. Frederic Kemper for the sup-port of a girl in Japan . . 40 00

From the Estate of Mrs. Eliza G. Davis for the support of Phebe Baker in Calcutta. . . 75 00

Annual Collections by Mrs. S. C. Tatum . . " 1900

Annual Collections by Mrs. A. C. Kemper. . . . . 37 00

Annual Collections by Mrs. A. C. ,Kemper, for the Naini Tal Station . • .. 21 00

Annual Membership Miss Brad-ford. . .. . 2 00

Annual Membership Mrs. De Mott Woodmansee 5 00

Cash. . . . . . . 25 The Broad well-Doremus Branch for

the support of Sarah Gardner and Evelyn Vent in Calcutta, Margaret Hays in Yokohoma, Lily Broadwell in Shanghai . 140 00

Mrs. Alexander McDonald for the SUl>port of Laura McDonald in Calcutta .., 30 00

Mrs. E. Williams for the support of Eleanor Doremus in Calcutta 30 00

Miss Phebe Baker for the support of Eliza Given in Calcutta. . 30 00

Mrs. J. R. Foster for the support of Josephine R. Foster in

Mrs~~ah~:~ T. Dicks~n fdr th~ 4000

support of Caroline T. Dick-son, in Shanghai . . . 40 00

Mrs. Wm. P. Hulbert for the sup-port of Caroline M. Hulbert in Shanghai . '" 40 00

Annual Collections of Mrs. J. R. Foster CJ4 00

Total . $734 53

Expe1zditurcs.

For support of children . . $300 00

The Broadwell-Doremus Band for the support of four children 140 00

Scholarship in the Calcutta High School . .. 50 00

Support of a child in Japan . 40 00

Toward Salary of Pharmacist in Margaret Williamson Hospital 170 00

For the N aini Tal Station, India _ 21 00

Incidental Expenses 2 IS

Postals and printing 4 00

By balance

HANNAH AMELIA WHITE, Treas.

Report of si. Louis and Chicago.

ST. LOUIS (MO.) AUXILIARY. Collections by Mrs. S. W. Barber,

for Bible Reader, Calcutta. Mrs.]. M. Carpenter,s; Mrs. J. L. Pearce, I ; Mrs. Jennie Dudney, I; Mrs. Silas Bent, zo; Mrs .. Edgar Miller, 2; Mrs. 'V. F. Boyle, 2; Mrs. John Simonds, I ;.1VCrs: Wm. Guy, I ; Mrs. Dr. Lemome, I ;

Mrs. E. M. Sloan, I ; Mrs. A. R. Hall, I; Mrs. Lydia Par­vin, I; Mrs. J. H. Brookes, I ; Mrs. Wm. Barren, I; Mrs. Robert Ranken, 5; Mrs. Lucy McClure, 1; Mrs. W. C. Butler, :r; .Miss M. E. Fenby, I; Miss Fanny Nesbet, I; Mrs. J. B. Fenby, 5; Mrs. S. 'V. Harber, 17 $60 00

Links: Mrs. W.L. Boyle, .50 ; Mrs. J. M. Carpenter, .50; Mrs.

Mr. ~~r' ~:~cS: ·W. Barber fo~ I 50

Sarah in Miss Gardner's School 50 00

Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Barber for Bed in Margaret Williamson Hospital, Shanghai, China 25 00

Freight on 3 boxes to India. . IO 00

Doremus Mission Home, value of box. .. .. 8000

Doremus Mission Home, value of . box. . . . . . 4S 00

Calcutta Orphanage, value of box 118 00

Total

Mrs. S. W. BARI'ER, Treas.

CHICAGO BRANCH.

Treasurer's Report. For the Dormitory Fund of the

Mary A. Merriman Memorial School at Cawnpore: Mrs. O. F. Avery, 361.46; Mrs. M. E. Bassett, I ; Mrs. Chamber­lain,s; Miss Robertson, I; Mrs. Rockwell, I; Sunday School of the Second Presby­terian Church, 30.19; Miss E. Dryer,s; Mrs. 'V. H. Read, IO; Little Mary's mite box, .35; Mrs. A. M. Burdick,s; Mrs. F. M. Johnson, I; Mrs. Northrop,s; Mrs. Louise Mc­Millon,s; Kenwood Evangeli­cal Church, per Treasurer, 25 ;

Mrs. D. J. Ely, 50; Mrs. Au­gustus More .. 5; Mrs. M. A. Hubbard, 25 ; Mrs. T. B. Black­stone). 30; H. f·. Merrim~n, 35; v. R. MerrIman,s; MISS Patterson, 2; Mrs. Katherine Isham, 40; Mrs. Fred. Crum­baugh, 6; Mrs. McBerney, I ;

Mrs. S. J. McPherson, zo; Mrs. Emma P. Ely, 10; Mrs. Henry W. King, 30; Miss Willing, 2; Mrs. Ralston, I; Mrs. Lloyd, I; Miss Cundel, I; Miss Hatch,

I ; Two Friends, y : Miss Clara Crumbaugh, I ; Miss Dunham, 5; Byron Band, Byron, Ill., 20 • . • $738 00

Mrs. A. ~1. Burdick, Pres-cott Scholarship, Yokahoma, Japan . . . . . 50 00

Mrs. O. F. Avery, for orphan girl in the Memorial School, Cawn-pore. . . . . . 35 00

South Side Tabernacle Sunday School, for girl, Bridgman Me-morial Home, Shanghai . 40 00

Subscriptions to 111issio1zary Link I 50 The MISSes Brooks, in Memoriam 20 00

M~Cb~Hunt 500

Mrs.·Albert Keep 5 00

P. Craven . . .. I 00

Mrs. Louisa Stager Barton, in Me-moriam 2000

Total . $915 50

MRS. O. F. AVERY, Treas.

Examined and found correct, January 7, 1897.

CLARA HUNT, Auditor.

KENTUCKY BRAKCH.

SeC1·etary's Report.

We held the twenty-sixth anniversary of dur organization as au auxiliary society. During the past year our circle has been unbroken. The oldest member of our Society, whose childhood was when the century was young, is spared and, though past four-score years and ten, is a blessing to us, and her earnest, constant prayers are a benediction.

Report oj Kentucky and GermantO'lon.

These twenty-six years have been times of marvellous change. In our own city and State we wele the first Woman's Missionary Society, and at that time organized charities were few.

\Ve have seen the rise and growth of the Woman's Christian Associations and other outgrowing avenues of usefulness.

Japan has always been an interesting field for us, since Mrs. Pierson be­gan as teacher in the establishment of the School and Home at Yokohama. N ow her work in the Training School for Bible readers and as an Evan­gelist has become one of the wonders of modern missions.

We have always fldt great interest in India, specially in Miss Lathrop's work. We unite with our new society at Anchorage in paying the salary of Mrs. Shame, a Bible reader in Calcutta.

Weare responsible only for our own share of duty in mission work, leaving the result with Him who promised His presence and help to all who obey His commands. It was for no great or impossible service that Jesus gave the strong commendation, " She' hath done what she could." Let us enter on a new year, taking for our motto the clear, inspiring words of our dear Miss Gardner, .. Let us do what we can and do it now."

Treasurer's Report.

Constance Love Memorial Band, per Mrs. John A. MiHer:

Mrs. Hundfie Mason $1 00

Miss Mary McDowell I 00

Mrs. S. J. Look I 00

Mrs. Stamback. 2 00

Mrs. John Graham (in Memoriam). 00

Miss Mary Graham 1 00

Mrs. Catherine Seaton 1 00

Miss M. E. Miller. . 1 00

"'Irs. Cornelia Semple (in Memoriam) 1 00

:\-Iiss Nena Semple 1 co Mrs. L. Leonard. . J 00

Mrs. C. M. Love (in Memoriam).. 1 00

Miss Florence Love 00

Miss Mattie Love I 00

Mrs. L. L. Warren 2 00

Miss Ella Warren . 2 00

Mrs. John A. Miller I 00

$2000 The Olive Branch Mission Band,

per Mrs. M. E. Crutcher: Mrs. E. L. Warren 6 00

Mrs. J. D. H. Mitchell. 3 00

Mrs. J ahn Beha 3 00

Mrs. J. A. Carter $1 00

Mrs. ]. F. Lewis I 00

Mrs. Andrew . Miss Ala Fitch Miss C. Richardson I 00

Mrs. M. E. Crutcher 2 00

Mrs. John Alexander

E. T. Perkins Band, per Mrs. Anderson:

Mrs. M. B. Adams Miss M. McDowell Mrs. Dexter Hewitt Mrs. L. D. Martin. Mrs. S. T. Martin . Mrs. W. H. Dulaney Mrs. Thos. W. Bullitt . Mrs. AnnieM. Robinson Mrs. A. E. Richards Miss Theodore Kerr Miss S. T. Booth Mrs. D. H. Stoy . Mrs. G. W. Anderson

Individual subscriptions

$100 00

100

100 100

100 :100 100

00

100 I 00

100 800

$2000

2000

1600

Total' . . . $76 00

MRS. SAMUEL J. LOOK, Trl'as.

GERMANTOWN, PHILA., PA,

"Willing and Obedient Band," Rev. D. M. Stearns:

For India . $2999 00

For China For Japan

Total

. $ 445 00

5837 08

. $9281 08

OFFICERS OF AUXILIARIES

OF THE

Concord, N. H., Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. James Minot. Vice-Pres.­Mrs Edward Hoague. Sec.-Mrs. Henry K. Morrison. Treas.-Mrs. E. S. Rich­ardson.

Boston Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. Wm. Appleton. Sec.-Miss Florence Dix. Treas.-Mrs. Henry Johnson. Ass't Treas.-Mrs. Edward Crosby.

DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY AUX. TO BOSTON BRANCH.

Pres.-Miss M. L. Richardson. Sec.­MrS. A. A. Quincy. Treas.-Miss Char­lotte A. Vinson.

Haverhill, Mass., Zenana Society.

Pres.-Mrs. Dolly Hammond. Vice­Pres.-Miss Elizabeth Goodrich. Sec.­Mrs. Chas. K. Morton. Treas.-Miss Sarah N. Kittredge.

Providence, R. 1., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. John C. Stockbridge. Vi,'&­Prests.-Mrs . . P. Campbell, Mrs. F. E. Richmond. Sec. and Treas.-Miss M. S. Stockbridge.

Albany Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. D. K. Bartlett. Sec.­Mrs. Mary P. La Grange. Vice-Presls.­Mrs. J. W. Miller, Mrs. J. N. Newman,

~:!~~~Eir~F~!:dlfk ¥~~n~~n£' Sumner.

W. U. M. Soc., Clinton Ave. Church, Brooklyn.

Pres. and Treas.-Mrs. W. H. Harris, Mrs. Wm. P. Halstead.

30

Millstone, N. j., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Miss M. G. Sutphen. Vice-Pres. -Miss Mattie Medick. Sec.-Mrs. P. Willi:~s!~vius. Treas.-Mrs. Ida V.

Morristown, N. S., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. F. G. Burnham. Vice-Pres. -Mrs. E. Laws. Sec.-Mrs. H. W. Bux­ton. Treas.-Miss M. H. Maury.

Newark, N. j., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. C. C. Hine. Vice-Prests.­Miss J. W. Abeel, Mrs. Peter H. Ballan­tine. Sec.-Miss F. L Smith. Treas.­Mrs. E. D. G. Smith.

New Brunswick, N. j., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. Chas. Dunham. Vice-Prests.-Mrs. lohn Clarke, Miss S. Van Rensselaer, Miss Woodbridge. Treas.­Miss A. B. Cook. Sec.-Miss Helen Jane­way. Ass't Sec. -Miss \Voodbridge.

Princeton; N. j., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. Arnold Guyot. Sec.-Miss Norris. Treas.-Miss Ellen L. A. Brown.

Philadelphia Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. D. Haddock, Jr. Sec.-Mrs. Dr. Shoemaker. Treas.-Mrs. Wm. Waterall.

GERMANTOWN A.UX. TO PHILA. BR.

Pres.-Mrs. H. M. Johnson. Sec.-Miss E. A. Well. Treas.-Miss Mary Hallo­way.

OjJicers of Auxiliaries. 3 1

CAMDEN AUX, TO I'HILA. BR.

Pres.-Mrs. A. P. Hurlbut.

LAMBERTVILLE, N. ]., AUX. TO I'HILA. BR.

Pres.-Mrs. A. H. Holcomb. Vice­Pres.-Miss Emma Runk. Treas.-Mrs. Fannie Runk. Cor. Sec.-Mrs. Dr. Stud­diford. Rec. Sec.-Mrs. W. Hunt.

GERMANTOWN, PHILA., PA •• WILLING AND OBEDIENT BAND.

Rev. D. M. Stearns.

Newcastle, Del., Branch.

Pres.-Miss Spotswood.'

Baltimore Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. Cornelius Weston. Vice­Pres.-Mrs. H. H. Clark. Rec.Sec.-Mrs. A. N. Bastable. Cor. Sec. and Trcar.­Mrs. Alex. M. Carter.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. N. Foster. Vz'ce-Prests.­Mrs. A. C. Kemper, Mrs. C. T. Dickson, Mrs. R. Dymond, Mrs. H. C. Robbins. Treas.-Mrs. M. M. White. Cor. Sec.­Mrs. Thalheimer. Rec. Sec.-Mrs. John Gates.

Chicago Branch.

Prcs.- Vice-Prests.-Mrs. Fred. Crumbaugh, Miss E. Dryer. Sec. and Treas.-Mrs. O. F. Avery. A uditor.-Miss Clara Hunt.

Anchorage, Ky., Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. Mahlon D. Stambach.

Kentucky Branch.

Pres.-Mrs. M. E. Crutcher. Vice­Pres.-Mrs. John A. Carter. Rec. Sec.­Miss F. Y. Love. Cor. Sec.-Mrs. John A. Miller. Trea.r.-Mrs. S. J. Look.

St. Louis, Mo., Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. James H. Brooks. Sec. and Treas.-Mrs. S. W. Barber.

Invalids' Auxiliary.

Pres.-Mrs. H. 'V. Buxton. Morris­town, N,'J.

Wakefield,

Amherst, Boston,

'Bridgewater, Hatfield, Northampton, ..

Guilford, New London,

MISSION BANDS.

New Hampshire. .. Willing Hearts," Miss H. Dow •

Massachusetts. "Mrs, W. F. Stearns' School.

Mrs, 'Valter Baker Memorial Band, Miss M. L. Richardson, Pres. Emmanuel Church, St. Paul's Church,

Boston Br.

Miss Morrill's and Miss Lowell's S.-S. Classes, Trinity Church, Zenana Band, " Real Folks,"

.. Seelye Band,"

Miss H. A, Wetherell, Treas. Mrs. David Billings.

Miss M. A, Allen. Miss. Soc. of Smith College, Miss S. E. Williams, Treas .

Connecticut. " Lily" Band,

New London Aux.,

New York.

Miss Sarah E, Spencer, Treas. Mrs, M, D. Clark, Treas.

Albany, Ladies' Miss. Ass'n, Mad. Ave. Ref. Church, Mrs, Geo, V, Van Slyke, Treas . .. Young Ladies' Miss. Band of Mad, Ave, Ref. Church, Miss Susie B. Robinson, Treas .

.. In Remembrance of Susan Gansevoort," Mr. P. Gansevoort . .. Ellen's" Band, Miss Mary P. Roberts. "Egbert's Band," Mrs. John L. Newman.

"Temple Grove," Saratoga, Miss H. W. North. Bridgehampton, L. 1., Brooklyn,

"D. M. Miller Memorial," Miss M. E. Rose. .. Pioneer" Band,

"Plymouth," Miss. Soc" " Light-Bearer,"

Mrs. Frank Taft . ..

Cold Spring, Corona, L. 1., .. Flatbush, L. 1., Irvington, New York,

.. Old South Union," " B. C. Cutler Memorial" Band,

Zenana Band of Central Cong. Church, Willoughby Ave, Chapel S.-S.,

Henry Ward Beecher Band, .. Hillside" Band,

.. Leverich Memorial," " Mary E. Page Memorial" Band,

" Strong Memorial," .. Irvington Band,"

" Olivet Helping Hand," .. Mary E. Hayes Memorial,"

"Rogers Memorial Band,"

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Miss E. C. St()ughton • Mrs. R. A. Burch .

Mrs, J. Aikman. Mrs. C. C. Gignoux: Miss Tiebout, Pres.

Mr. Geo. Beard, Treas. Mrs. Lyman Abbott.

Mrs. A. P. Wilson . Mrs. John Van Wickel.

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Mrs. M. H. Bergen . M1"s. J. T. Terry.

Mrs. M. K. Jesup. Miss E. A. Dean.

Miss E. L. Suydam.

New York,

Poughkeepsie, Sing Sing,· Stafford, N. Y., Syracuse, .. Tarrytown,

Chatham, Hackensack,

Hamburgh, Millstone, Morristown,

Newark,

Newton, 'New Brunswic;.k,

Phillipsburg, Roselle, Summit,

Allegheny, Derry Station, Germantown.

Robesonia, Scranton,

Baltimore,

Ada, Cincinnati,

Bryon,

"Gardner Mission" Band, Miss M. A. McComb. S.-S. of South Ref. Church, Mr. T. C. Janeway, Treas.

" Angel's" Band, Mrs. S. O. Vander Poel. _ Industrial School of Amity Baptist Church, Mrs. W. R. Williams. "The Golden Rule" Mission Band, Mrs. S. W. Buck, Treas.

"Hearts and Hands for Jesus," Mrs. J. E. Johnson. "Sisters of Martha," - Miss Lida M. Randall, Treas.

Ladies of Reformed Church, Mrs. R. Townsend . Sunday-School of Reformed Church,

Young Ladies of Miss Bulkley's School, Miss H. L. Bulkley.

New Jersey .

.. Oak Ridge" Band, Miss S. \Vallace. .. Chase" Band, Mrs. W. \VilIiams.

S.-S. of Reformed Church, .. Bethany" Band, Miss Eleanor Doremus Tucker.

.. Nimble Fingers," Miss A. M. Stultz. Proudfit Band, Mrs. E. E. Doty, Pres.

H Pearl Gatherers" of South St. Presby. S.-S., Miss Phcebe Thatcher, Pres.

" Little Messengers," Mrs. R. W. Vandervoort. .. Snow Birds," Miss S. Wallace .

.. Fannie Meeker," Miss Madge W. Clark. 'Voodside Young Ladies' Zenana Band, Mrs. C. C. Hine.

"Byington Memorial," Miss Mary F. Kanouse. Woman's Union Soc., Mrs. C. Dunham. "Band of Helpers," Mrs. E. L. Stevenson.

North End Mission Band, Miss K. T. Beam. Union Mission Band, "Earnest \Vorkers," Mr. D. 'V. Berdan.

.. Memorial of Two Shining Lights," c\lrs. H. L. Pierson, Jr.

Pennsylvania.

Orphan Asylum Band, Mrs. C. A. CUdry. R. R. Y. M. C. Association, Mr. W. D. Havner, Treas.

Primary Class, First Presbyterian Church, .. 'V. R. Young, Senior H Chas. M. Lukens, "

Endeavor Society, Mrs. S. E. Keiser. King's Daughters, Mr. S. G. Smith, Treas. King's Children, Grace Church,

Maryland.

The Medical Mission Band, Miss Alice Gilman. Band of Hope, Miss Rebecca S. Norris.

Memorial Band, Ch. of Redeemer, Ref. Epis., Mis~ Elsie C. Wright.

Ohio.

Young Women's Christian Association, .. Broadwell-Doremus" Mission Band,

Illinois.

Bryon Band,

Miss Sarah L. Lehr. Miss Nannie Foster •

I\Irs. T. H. Read.

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Chicago,

"

Mission Bands.

Sunday-School of 2nd Presbyterian Church, Primary Class, Ist Congregational Church,

Sunday-School,

Chicago Branch. u '"

South Side Tabernacle, Chicago Br. "Cheerful Givers" of Washington Heights, Mrs. O. C. Howe.

Galesburg, Hyde Park, Rockford,

"Prairie Gleaners," Mrs.E. M. Dunn. Kenwood Union S.-S., Mr. Robert B. Bonk, Treas. " The Argonauts," Mrs. Ralph Emerson.

Louisville,

Mills Seminary,

Kentucky.

"Olive Branch," . Il E. T. Perkins,"

" Constance Love Memorial,"

California.

" Tolman" Band,

Mrs. M. E. Crutcher . Mrs. G. W. Anderson. Mrs. John A. Miller.

Miss C .. K. Golding.

Mission Bands of the Philadelphia Branch.

Tenth Presbyterian Church,

" H. E. Boardman Band. Harriet Holland Band. J. A. Howell Band.

Second Refortned Episcopal Church, Zenana Band. Ogontz School for Young Ladies, Ice-Cream Band.

Mission Band of Mt. Vernon Seminary. Upland, Margare~ Bucknell Band. Zion 'Episcopal Church, Virginia Hoffman Band, R. E. Ch. of the Redeemer, Zenana Band,

Mission Band, Ch. t)f the Atonement.

Mrs. W.·R. CarroU. Miss Laura A. L. Gilroy.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Mrs. W. H. Harris,

Miss Doremus, Miss Kingsbury,

Miss Mary S. Stone, Mrs. S. T. Dauchy, Miss E. W. Beers,

NOMINA TION.

Mrs. Z. S. Ely,

PUBLICATION.

Miss Wallace, Mrs. W. Walton Clark.

FINANCE.

Mrs. S. J. Broadwell, Miss E. A. Dean, Mrs. W. R. Ropes.

Miss Wallace.

Miss Beers,

Miss Elizabeth B. Stone, Mrs. Henry Johnson,

ASSISTANTS ON SPECIFIC CORRESPONDENCE.

Miss M. L. Blakeman, Miss A. T. Van Santvoord, Mrs. George M. Lillie.

Miss Camille L. Clarke,

NEW LIFE MEMBERS.

Mrs. Wm. Belden, Mrs. A. P. Chesley, Mrs. Edward Crosby, Mrs. Abraham Ditmas, Mrs. John H. Ditmas, Miss Elinor C. Hewitt, Mrs. Wm. H. Jackson, Mrs. Mary Gertrude Mason, Miss Mary H. Maury,

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Miss Mattie C. Meddick. Miss M. A. Miller, Mrs. Annie Murdock, Miss Alice M. Muzzy, Mrs. Hugh O'Neill, Miss Minnie C. O'Neill, Miss Gladys Opdyke, Mrs. Wm. Ransom, Miss Isabel M. Wightman.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-L.AWS.

PREAMBLE.

In view of the deplorable condition of heathen women, a Woman's Mis­sionary Society has been organized, with the following Constitution, under which women of all evangelical denominations may work together effi­ciently, by distinct voluntary effort, for the salvation of their perishing sisters:

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I. This Society shall be called the" WOMAN'S UNION MIs­SIONARY SOCIETY OF AMERICA FOR HEATHEN LANDS."

ART. 2. The object of this Society shall be the evangelization of heathen women in foreign lands. For this purpose, the Society shall send out and support single ladies from America (always giving preference to the widows and daughters of missionaries), as Teachers and Bible readers, to train and superintend native 'Women to labor for this object.

ART. 3. This Society shall be composed of women, and the condition of membership shall be the annual contribution to its funds of not less than one donar.

ART. 4. Any person, by the payment of Ji.fty dollars. at one given time, .may become a Life Member. A Sunday-school or Association donating the same amount may have the privilege of creating any'friend a Life Member. The names of new Life Members only will be published in the An~ual Re­port. Children may become Life Members by the payment of twenty-five dollars.

ART. 5. The officers of this Society shall be a President, Vice-Presidents, Corresponding Secretaries, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, Assistant Treasurers, and an Auditor; and these (with the exception of Treasurer and Auditor, who shall be gentlemen), in connection with Managers from each denomination represented in the Society, shall constitute a Board, a fourth of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular meeting; and this Board shall always be chosen from those who are, or shall· become, twenty-dollar collectors or subscribers, resident in or near New York City.

ART. 6. Regular monthly meetings of the Board shall be held on the second Wednesday of every month.

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The Anniversary shall be observed at the January meeting, when the Annual Report shall be read, and the Officers and Managers shall be elected.

ART. 7. At the January meeting of the Board, the Standing Committe~s for the ensuing year shall be appointed. The Board shall have power tQ fill any vacancies at other times.

ART. 8. The President, at the request of two members of the Board, may call a special meeting of the Board; and, at the request of the Eoard. may call a special.m.eeting of the Society.

ART. 9. Honorary Directors shall be appointed by the Board. The Board shall also have power to confer this honor upon any officer of an Auxiliary, and upon any lady corresponding with tlli!? Society who is emi­nently· distinguished for her efforts in behalf of heathen women.

AR~. 10. All measures involving the expenditure of money shall require the previous recommendation of the Finance Committee and the approval of the Board.

ART. 1 I. In the appointment of Missionaries and native Bible readers and Assistant, the Board shall have regard to the equal claims of all de­nominations represented in the Society, so far as the qualifications of candi­dates and the condition of the treasury will permit.

ART. 12. No change shall be made in this Constitution except at an Anniversary meeting, and then only upon the recommendations of the Board, and upon the vote of two-thirds of the members present.

BY-LAWS.

I. Every meeting of the Board, or Society, shall be, opened by prayer and the reading of the Scriptures, and closed with prayer.

2. No person shall be entitled to attend the meeting of the Board, except its acting members, unless by special invitation of the Board.

3. The minutes of each meeting shall be read at the following one, and, when confirmed, signed by the President.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

(1) Reading of Scripture, and prayers. (2) Minutes of the previous meeting. (3) Report of the Treasurer. (4) Report of Finance Committee. (5) Reports from Standing Committees. (6) • General business. (7) Closing prayer.

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4. In case of an equality of votes, the President shall be entitled to a casting one.

5. All orders made for payment on account of the Society, shall be .signed by the President and one of the Committee on Finance, and coun­tersigned by the Corresponding Secretary.

6. The year of the Society' E operations shall begin the I st of January, and terminate the 31st of December, when the accounts shall be made up,

. and the Annual Report, with the names of all contributors communicated, shall be printed.

7. The Boar{} shall appoirit, annually, the following Standing Com­Jl?ittees, viz. : ;E;x:ecutive, Finance, Publication, Nomination.

The Assistant Treasurer shall be, ex-officio, a member of the Committee on Finance; the Corresponding Secretary, of the Committee on Publica­tion; the Recording Secretary, of the Committee on Nomination.

The Executive Committee shall consist of the President. Secretaries, and Assistant Treasurers, with such others as the Board may appoint, and shall have a general oversight of the home and foreign work.

The Finance Committee shall examine and report upon all bills before they are presented to the Board, and shall have a general supervision of the finances, and shall ~evise and recommend measures for increasing the receipts.

The Committee on Publication shall have charge of the printing; and no document shall be published until examined and approved by them.

The Committee on Nomination shall recommend suitable persons to fill all vacancies in the Board.

S. The postage of all letters of the Secretaries and Treasurers on the business of the Society shall be defrayed; also the stationery and inci­dental expenses of the Secretaries, Treasurers, and ladies going to a foreign land.

9. The Board shall take care that the support of all those they send abroad shall be properly guaranteed, their salary commencing from the period of their arrival at the post of labor.

10. The Board shall make proper arrangements for the comfort and protection of their foreign Missionaries during the voyage and on their first arrival in a foreign land. Should a return to America be necessary from the failure of health, and by medical advice,the Society shall be responsible for the necessary expense.

II. Each lady going out as a Missionary shall be required to sign an engagement, in the presence of two witnesses, binding herself, in case of voluntarily reli11quishing her situation, or in case of her marriage within five years after her arrival in a foreign land, to repay to the Board the sum expended ·by them for her passage and outfit. She also shall give the

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Board six months' notice of any intended change, or forfeit her ~upport for that time.

r2. No candidate shall be finally appointed without presenting satisfac­tory credential:;, nor without personal intercourse with some members of the Board; and before the departure of anyone, a special meeting shall be held for the J>urpose of commending her to God.

13. This Society shall hold itself in readiness to respond to appeals from sister teachers and schools connected with other Protestant Boards and Societies, and to make grants in aid for them; also for native teachers and Bible-women, and for school apparatus, as their funds may allow.

14. If any evangelical association, Sunday-school, sewing-circle, or Band, auxiliary or not, or any individual, shall wish to support a native teacher, Bible-woman, pupil, or school, for a certain time, the Board shall make the necessary arrangements, and be the medium of transmitting their funds, the donors designating the person and field.

15. A friendly intercourse shall be maintained with sister societies, while Thursday of each week shall be observed.by the officers and members of the Society as a special season of prayer.

r6. The Missionary Link, published by this Society, shall be limited to reports of the Society, foreign correspondence concerning heathen women and schools, and to articles on missionary labor and education among women.

CONSTITUTION OF AN AUXILIARY

OF THE

WOMAN'S UNION MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF AMERICA FOR HEATHEN LANDS

1. THIS society shall be called the ---- of the Woman's Union Mis­sionary Society of America for Heathen Lands.

2. Its object shall be to aid the General Society in sending to foreign fields and sustaining single ladies who ~han labor as missionaries among heathen women, train and superintend native Bible-women, or open schools for girls.

3. Any person may become a member of this Society by the payment of not less than one dollar annually.

4. This Society "Shall holel regular stated meetings, when all suitable measures shall be adopted to promote interest in this bran.ch of the mission­ary work. and to..obtain subscriptions.

5. The Society shall hold an annual meeting in the month of ---, when a board of voluntary officers and members shall be chosen to conduct the business of the Society until a new election.

6. I t shall be the duty of the Secretary to record the proceedings of the Society, notify members of meetings, and prepare the Annual Report. She must also keep the General Society informed of the condition of the Auxil­iary, and forward a list of officers and the Report, which, if desired, will be printed in the publications issued by the General Society.

7. The Treasurer's duty shall be to report the state of the treasury at every meeting. and remit the funds, yearly to the Treasurer of the General Society, never in any case delaying payments later than the 15th of Decem­ber, that the acknowledgments may be made in the Annual Report pub­lished in January.

MEMORANDA.

I. Any rules relating to the local affairs of the Society may be adopted, provided they do not infringe on the Constitution and By-Laws of the General Society.

2. It is desired that one or two delegates should be sent to the annual meeting of ,the G~neral Society, that mutual interest may be promoted.

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3. It is desired that this Society shall, in fair proportion, share in the ex­pense of issuing publications of the General Society, receiving in return as many papers as can be distributed judiciously.

4. Specific contributions for any foreign field of labor may always be made, when reports received therefrom will be regularly forwarded to the Auxiliary.

RULES FOR FORMING MISSION BANDS.

r. An association of young ladies, banded together to aid the" Women's Union Missionary Society," shall be called a " Mission Band."

2. Each Band shall be responsible for the payment of not less than $20 a year.

3. A child may become a Member of a Mission Band by the annual pay­ment of twenty-five cents. Parents or other adults may become Honorary Members by the annual payment of fifty cents.

4. Each member shall be entitled to a certificate of membership pro­vided by the Society.

5. A Mission Band may be formed by four or six young ladies or children acting as collectors, whose duty it shall be to obtain the names of members, return them certificates of membership properly filled out, and also to make yearly collections as they become due

6. Each Mission Band shall have the superintendence of some lady in the same church where it is formed, whose duty it shall be to watch over and direct the labors of the collectors, see that their payments are duly made to the General Treasurer, and in every way encourage their efforts.

7. Each Mission Band may have the privilege of specifying in what particular field occupied by the Parent Society they wish their money to be expended.

8. Each Mission Band must select an appropriate name, not already i1t

use, that no confusion may arise in the acknowledgment of money.

THE MISSIONARY LINK.

The organ of the Woman's Union Missionary Society is issued monthly, and contains letters and reports of great interest from our own Missionaries and Bible readers. It also publishes full statements of the progress of the Society at home, and unites a department devoted exclusively to Mission Rands. Address, 67 BIBLE HOUSE.

THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH OF THE

Woman's Union Missionary Society of .America,

FOR HEATHEN LANDS,

Was Organized in Philadelphia May 20, 1861.

THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH was incorporated by the Court of

Common Pleas, of the City of Philadelphia, March 10, 1869. It was

empowered to take and hold real and personal estate to the yearly value

of five thousand dollars.

FORn OF BEQUEST.

I give and bequeatk to ike "Pk'iladelpkia Branck " of tke WOMAN'S

UNION MISSIONARY SOCIEry OF AMERICA, ike sum of

to be applied to the Missionary purposes of said Society.

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL R·EPORT FOR 1896-1897

OF THE

Woman's Union Missionary Society OF AMERICA,

FOR HEATHEN LANDS.

In speaking of foreign missions, Dr. Henry Van Dyke says:

"Missions are an absolute necessity, not only for the conversion of

the heathen, but also, and much more, for the preservation of the

Church. Christianity is a religion that will not keep. The only thing

to do with it is to use it, spend it, give it away.

"The greatest triumphs of the Gospel in modern times have been

won in foreign fields. The results of missionary enterprise in the

actual number of converts added to the Christian Church have been

immense and startling. One million three hundred thousand confes­

sors of Christ have come out of the darkness of heathendom within

the past century, and they are coming now at the rate of 100,000 a

year, 275 every day. Just think what that means! But greater even

than these numerical results are the triumphs which cannot be tabu­

lated in figures or reduced to statistics. Triumphs of patience and

hope in China, where the preaching of the Gospel in a city for twenty

years without a single convert has been followed by a thousand­

fold harvest. Triumphs over prejudice in India, where the Govern­

ment, which was once arrayed against the missionary, enterprise in

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bitter scorn and contempt, has now become its friend and eulogist

and protector. Triumphs of charity in every land smitten by famine

or pestilence, where the suffering people have learned to turn in­

stinctively to Christian missionaries as their first and best helpers.

Triumphs of transformation in the islands of the sea, where whole

races have been changed from bloodthirsty cannibals into peaceful

and order-loving folk. Achievements like these are in fact the greatest

glory of foreign missions. They manifest, as nothing else could do,

the intense hopefulness, the splendid, serious optimism, the invincible

courage and the uplifting power of the religion of Jesus Christ for all

mankind."

Miss Lathrop writes: "I trust you realize how much of the work

in Allahabad you are supporting, and pray specially for God's favor

to rest upon it. Miss Leslie and Miss Peters have under their weekly

care thirty-two families with forty-three regular pupils; that is to say,

those learning to read; but this does not include those who receive

Christian instruction. Besides this they have 160 pupils in four

schools, to which they. go weekly. And these figures do not tell all

their work by any means, as both do whatever comes to hand in

looking after the material as well as spiritual interests of the women

we have living on the place, those who have come out from heathenism

and are young and feeble in their lives as Christians. There has, during

the past year, been a good deal of sickness among the children of these

converts, and Miss Peters has much of the time acted as both doctor

and nurse to them. Miss Leslie has the oversight of their studies;

has evening prayers with them, and is a safe guide and pattern for

them to follow in their daily lives. Each has a Sunday-school where

she goes for the day, and both are consecrated women desiring to do

what the Lord wishes. Then there is the school taught by Miriam

Oudrat on the banks of the Ganges. In her village where she has

built a small mud hut, answering the purposes of school-house and

dwelling place, she reigns a sort of Queen, directing and controlling

the poor people, doing a good work and being fully appreciated.

REPORT OF THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH. 5

"Caroline Christian, teaching equally well in Bengal1 and Hindi,

with enough Urdu to teach, is a girl of attractive appearance, very

gentle and winning, and loved by all of us as well as by her pupils.

1 have written you of Naniya, who was baptized last year and is now

teaching in two places. In the morning she gathers a number of

women and children in her own house, and later in the day goes to a

village where she has the only girls' school in the place. Her influ­

·ence as a Christian is telling upon the people, showing more among

those she has in her o\vn home, some of whom have declared them­

'selves as Christians. The one to whom you have longes't been a

·caretaker is myself. This year has been one of a good deal of bless­

ing in that it has shown us more of the results of our work than any

former year. We have had several baptisms, and others promise to

follow."

From our work in the Margaret \Villiamson Hospital, Shanghai,

-Come the same wonderful reports of untold numbers of cases improved

and cured, spiritually as well as physically. Dr. Reifsnyder returned to

her post early in the year accompanied by Miss Berninger, oi Cata­

wissa, Pa., who took the place as druggist of our dispensary in the

place of Miss McKechnie, lately married. Dr. Gale, writing from

there, is particularly impressed with the sorrows of the little Chinese

girls all about her. She says: "Picture them, not the poor, but the

,great middle class, those placed above physical want, and what is their

life? Their coming rarely hailed with pleasure in any family. If it

happens to be the first child when the little girl appears on the stage of

life, the attendants gaze in silent gloom and disapproval, the mother

weeps, and the father and his parents rail at mother and child. Per­

haps then and there the baby's woes are ended forever; but if she lives,

at about six years of age the dreadful foot-binding process begins,

and then there are three years of suffering. Is it not enough to ruin

the most angelic disposition?"

From Miss Higby, Bassein, Burmah, we have heartfelt thanks.

"'1 cannot express my gratitude to you for so generously providing

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for my needs. Never since I first came to Burmah have I been so much in need of a new outfit, and never has it been so difficult to get

what I want." Mrs. Winsor, writing from Sirur, sends warmest thanks for $100.

"Oh! how grateful I am for this kind and generous gift .coming just at

this time. The school has had a prosperous year. Of the seventy­

five girls, nine have decided for Christ since I last wrote. There

must be a reality in the religion that makes such changes as we s~e

here."

Our anniversary was one of unusual interest, for we had with us Miss Gardner from India and Dr. Reifsnyder from China, both of

whom stirred our hearts with their thrilling recitals. Madam Llaya

Barrakat, a Syrian, now resident in this city, also made an impressive

address.

We sent two valuable boxes, one to Miss Lathrop, the other to Miss Gardner.

Another of our little circle of managers has been called from

earthly service to heavenly rest. Miss M. Troutman had gained a spe­cial place in our esteem from her patience and faithfulness, and her

bright, cheery manner. Would that there were more always ready to "look upon the bright side of life and study for helpfulness in the brighter hereafter."

REPORT OF THE

Germantown Auxiliary for 1896. January 30th, at the invitation of the Germantown Auxiliary, a

large. audience gathered to meet Dr. Reifsnyder, who made a most

delightful address. To us it was especially so; for since our adoption

of the little day school at Shanghai our interest has been greatly in­

creased in China. In April we had the pleasure of sending to our

school a small box, containing forty-five pairs of wristlets, slates, pen­

cils, cards, etc., which we hope have proved useful; and in August,

our annual box for India was dispatched.

Our monthly meetings have been held in the W. C. A. with abop.

an average attendance of eight ladies. The officers have continuel

the same. President, Miss H. M. Johnson; Treasurer, Miss Halloway;

Secretary, Miss \Vells.

Our receipts for 1896 have been as follows:

For Chinese School ...................................... . From First Presbyterian Church .......................... . From Secoud Presbyterian Church ....................... . Through Miss Rech ...................................... . Managers' dues ........................................... . Box to China ............................................ . Box to India

$25 00

55 00

12 00

1200

850 23 II

120 01

$255 62 We are sorry we cannot report better things. We are few in num­

ber, yet we are a determined little baud, thoroughly convinced that

the Woman's Union Missionary Society enjoys the special approval

of Him who once prayed so fervently that His people should be one.

Therefore, we are resolved to go bravely ou, doing our part in the

great work of making Him known in the dark places of the earth.

Let us also seek to be ready "for all manner of service" at home, 4fwholly at His commandment."

November 26th, 1896.

E. A. WELLS, Secretary.

OFFIC ERS FOR 1897.

Presidenl.-Mrs. Daniel Haddock, 806 Pine street. Vice-Presidents.-Episcopal-Mrs. A. F. Lex. Presbyterian-Miss

Mary J. Boardman. Baptist-Mrs. J. F. Page. Reformed Episcopal­Mrs. W. R. Nicholson. Methodist-Mrs. F. G. Elliott.

Treasurer.-Mrs. Wm. Waterall, 1030 Race street. Corresponding Secretary.-Mrs. G. E. Shoemaker, 3727 Chestnut

street. Recording Secretary.-Mrs. Wm. W. Farr, 3902 Walnut street.

MANAGERS AND COLLECTORS.

Boardman, Miss M. J. *Breed, Mrs. W. P. Dillaye. Miss H. A. Elliott, Mrs. Fred G. Farr, Mrs. W. W. Graeff, Mrs. J. E. Griffith, Mrs. B. Haddock, Mrs. Daniel. Howard-Smith, Mrs. J. 1I0well, Mrs. Z. L. Hurlbut, Miss. Keen, Mrs. Chas. B. Kennard, Miss A. F. Lex, Mrs. A. F Lewis, Mrs. G. Albert. Linnard, Mrs. S. B. Matlack, Miss C. H. Nicholson, Mrs. W. R. Page, Mrs. J. F. Richards, Mrs. J. L. Stroud, Miss R. H. Shoemaker, Mrs. G. E. ~totesbury, Mrs. R. G. Sheppard, Miss Miriam. Thomas, Miss M. A. Troutman, Miss E. Waterall, Mrs. W m.

*Deceased. (8)

258 South Sixteenth street. Ogontz, Montgomery Co., Pa. lOOg Race street. 3902 Walnut street. 1621 Spruce street. 2038 Chestnut street. 806 Pine street. 4400 Chestnut street. 4039 Chestnut street. 418 N. Second street, Camden. 1729 Chestnut street. 1829 N. Broad street. 102 S. Fortieth street. 1834 Delancey Place. 3819 Walnut street. 1910 Pine street. 2106 Chestnut street. 1820 Chestnut street. Bryn Mawr, Pa. 125 W. Chelten ave., Germantown. 3727 Chestnut street. Upland, Delaware Co., Pa. 2105 Spruce street. Germantown. 1627 Arch street. 1030 Race street.

REPORT OF THE PHII.ADEI.PHIA BRANCH. 9

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Anable, Miss A. M. Beck, Mrs. Charles E. Benson, Miss Harriet S. Biddle, Miss Hannah. Dillaye, Miss H. H. Dripps, Mrs. J. F. Kelley, Miss Kathleen. Kirkpatrick, Miss Martha M. Lat~mer, Miss E.

_Morris, Mrs. Maria. Munday, Mrs. E. W. .Perot, Mrs. Joseph S. Rambaut, Mrs. M. L. Bonney,

Phila~~lphia.

Ogontz.

New York. Phila1;lphia.

New York. Philadelphia. Hamilton, N. Y.

LIFE MEMBERS OF THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH .

. Addicks, Miss Florence, Anable, Miss Alma M. Anable, Miss Frances A., Anable, Rev. C. W., D.D.

Phila. "

Cambridge, Mass. Anderson, Rev. thos. S., D.D.

New York. Appleton, Mrs. James, Phila. Ashhurst, Lewis R., Ashhurst, Mrs. Lewis R., Baldwin, Rev. Stephen L., China. Bayard, Miss A. M., Phila. Bayard, Miss Theodosia, Barclay, Mrs. H. c., Beadle, Mrs. E. R., Benson, Miss Harriet S., Bennett, Miss Frances E., ::Bissel, Miss Frank, Pittsburg. Boardman, Rev. G. D., D.D.,

Phila. ::Boardman, Mrs. G. Dana, Boardman, Harriet Holland, " ·Boardman, Miss Mary ]., Boardman, Mary, Bogue, Mrs. E. A.,

New York City. Bush, Mrs. F. c.,

New York City. Brittain, Miss Harriet G., Japan. Brown, Mrs. Susan D., Princeton.

Blecker, Miss F. M., Roseville, New Jersey.

Browning, Miss Anna L., Phila. Burt, Miss Mary, .. Brown, Miss M. Hamilton, Burt, Mrs. Nathaniel, Burt, Arthur, Beck, Mrs. Chas. E., Bush, Mrs. ]. c., Clapp, Mrs. Wm. S., New York. Craig, Mrs. John. Clewell, Mrs. Maria P.,

Germantown. *Carey, Mrs. Gertrude F., Phila. Conrad, Mrs. B. W., " Davidson, Miss S. K., Davis, Dr. Perry, Providence,

Rhode Island. Dillaye, Miss Harriette A., Phila. Dickson, Mrs. H. S., " Dripps. Rev. J. Fred., Charleston. Davis, Mrs. W. H., Easton, Pa. Dickinson, Miss Annie E., Phila. Deal, Mrs. Charles, DeWitt, Rev. John, DuBois, Willie P., Eliott, Mrs. Chas. D., Boston. Evans, George 0., Phila. Evans, Mrs. George 0., " Eames, Mrs. William, II

10 REPORT OF THE PBII.ADEI.PHIA BRANCH.

Ed lards, Miss B. Blair, Pittsburg.

Espy, Miss Caroline, Phila. Farr, Idrs. Wnl. W. " Farnum, Elizabeth H., *Foster, Mrs. T. S., Fox, lhiss Mary, Fox, Miss Mary R., *Grant, Miss Elizette M., Greene, Rev. Wm. Brinton, H

Gould, Miss Georgine V., Gould, Mrs. J. E., Gould, Miss Sarah, Griffith, Rev. T. S., Trenton, N. J. Hawes, Rev. Edward, Phila. Hawes, Mrs. Edward, Hanna, .Mrs. Emily J.,

Plantsville, Conn. Hamlin, Rev. Cyrus, D.D.,

Constantinople. Harris, Mrs. John, Phila. Henry, Mrs. E. J., Germantown. Hutchinson, Rev. J. M., Phila. Hyde, Rev. J. c., Trenton, N. J. Harley, Mrs. Jacob, Phila. Henry, Rev. J. Addison, H

Hagar, Mrs. Hallock, Horace, Detroit, Mich. Hill, :Miss Emilie B. Hollingsworth, Mrs. Elijah, Phila. Hopper, Mrs. H. Homer, Miss Jane W., Phila. Hurlbut, Miss Kate H. Hurlbut, Miss Louisa. Ijams, Rev. W. E. Jackson, Miss Mary L., Pittsburg. Johnson, Rev. Herrick, D.D. Jones, Mrs. Sarah W.,

Germantown. Kelly, Mrs. Kathleen, New York. Kennard, Rev. J. Spencer, If

Kennard, Mrs. ]. Spencer, If

Kennard, Miss Anna M., Phila. Kirkpatrick, Miss Ella D., If

Kirkpatrick, Miss Emma E., .. Kirkpatrick, Miss M. M. Knowles, Mr. G. W. Knowles, Mrs. G. W. Knowles, Master Willie.

Lamson, Mrs. E. E., Windsor, Vt_ Lamson, Miss Flora, " " Lewis, Miss A. E., Phila .. Lex, Mrs. Anna F., " *Lex, Miss Louisa W., Lippincott, Mrs. Craig, Linnard, Mrs. S. B., Love, Mrs., Lowrie, Mrs. Eliza J., Lowry, Mrs. A. L., Ludlow, Master H. S., Troy,

New York.. Moore, Rev. Wm. H., Phila .. Matlack, Miss Glara H., /I

McHenry, James, McCullaugh, Rev. Archibald,

New York. Mqxey, Mrs. John G., Phila .. Milliken, Mrs. M. J., /I

Mitchell, Miss Nellie S., Morrison, Mrs. A. M., Orange,

Morris, Mrs. M. New Jersey ..

Munday, Mrs. E. W., New York. Murray, Rev. c., Wilmington,

Delaware~ Nicholson, Rt. Rev. W. R., Phila .. Nicholson, Mrs. W. R., /I

Nicholson. Miss Elizabeth, Olden, Chas S., Princeton, N. 'J~ Pearne, Mrs. W. H., Salem, N. J~ Pechin, Miss Almira, Phila. Pearne, Miss Clara, " Peters, Miss Anna M., Potts, Miss Lizzie, Phila. Rambaut, Mrs. Mary L. Bonney,

Hamilton, N. Y. Raymond, John H. LL.D.,

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Remington, Miss C., Phila. Rich, Miss A., Germantown. Ross, James, Phila. Ross, Mrs. James, " Rowland, Mrs. A. ]., " Ringgold, Rev. S.,

Clarksville, Tenn~ Roberts, Miss A.,

Middletown, DeL Savage, Mrs. W. L.

REPORT OF THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH. II

Savage, Miss M. C. Scull, Miss A. M. *Seddinger, Mrs. J. L. Shields, Miss Elizabeth P. Sharp, Mrs. John Henry. Simpson, Mrs. Matthew. Smith, Rev. ]. Wheaton. Smith, Mrs. J. Wheaton. Stevens, Mrs. ]. P., Stotesbury, Mrs. R. G., Stroud, Miss R. H., Siter, Mrs. Ed., Savage, Mrs. W. S., Shippen, Mrs. Mary S.,

Phila. "

Seelye, Dr. T. L., Cleveland, O. Tasker, Thomas, Phila. Thayer, Mrs. Martin, Thomas, Miss Maggie E., Whitall, Mary C., Willard, John, Troy, N. Y. Willard, Mrs. Sarah c.," "

*Deceased.

Williams, Dr. E. H., Phila. Whitney, Mrs. E. S.,

Green Bay, Wisconsin. Wilson, Miss E. J., Germantown. Wilson. Mrs. W., Phila. Warren, Miss Martha, " Williamson, Miss H., Wheeler & Wilson, Messrs.,

New York. Watson, Rev. Benj., D.D., Phila. Watson, Miss Rachel, " Watson, Thomas, Williams, Dr. J.,

Fort Kodian, Alaska. Wilson, William, Phila. Whitney, Miss Helen c., " Whitney, Miss Mary D., Whitney, Mrs. W. Beaumont, II

Woodhull, George, Judge. Woodhull, Mrs. Clara. Woodhull, Miss Hannah. Waterall, Mrs. William, Phila.

TREASURER'S REPORT Pbiladelpbia Brancb Woman's Union Missionary Society of America, for

Heatben Lands, in Account wltb Mary L. Waterall, Treasurer.

DR· To balance on hand January 1St, 18¢ ........................ $12 22 To subscriptions, donations and collections .................. 1,426 65 Interest from Harriet Holland Fund ........................ 980 00

" "Mary A. Boardman Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 00 Mrs. Earley Fund ............................ 60 00 Mrs. E. H. Williams Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 00 Agnes W. Leavitt Fund ..................... 30 00

on Martha T. Carroll Fund ....................... 12 00 " Deposits.. . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13

Cash from John Bohlen Trust Fund P. E. Church of the Holy Trinity ................................................. 400 00

By Cash, " "

" "

CR. Miss Lathrop, Allahabad, India ................. . Misses Leslie and Peters, Allahabad, India ....... . Miss Street ..................................... . Dr. Reifsnyder, Shanghai, China ................ . Mrs. Winsor's School, Sirur, India .............. . Bible Reader in India supported by King's Daugh-

ters and Sons of Pennsylvania .............. . Bible Reader in India supported by Mrs. J. L.

Richards and friends ....................... . Mrs. J. L. Richards and Mrs. McCarter to Miss

Gardner's Home for Converts ............... . For Harriet Holland, Calcutta, from Harriet Hol-

land Band ................................. . For Chinese School, supported by Germantown

Auxiliary ............. ~ ..................... . For Sarah Emory Morton Scholarship, Calcutta,

from Sunday-school Christ Memorial Church. From Lambertville Auxiliary for child in Bridg-

man Home, Shanghai ....................... . Shiza Tanaka, Yokohama, Japan ................ . For child in Calcutta Orphanage ................ . For Miss Ward in her Zenana work ...•......... Special for Miss Ward ......................... . Bible Reader in India supported by Mrs. Haddock Ogontz School and Society to Thankful and

Frances Bennett, Calcutta ................... . (12)

$3,000 00

$600 00 600 00 150 00 50000 100 00

6000

75 00

25 00

40 00

25 00

50 00

40 00 40 00 30 00 21 68 6 00

6000

100 00

By Cash

REPOR't OF 'tHE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH.

Camden Auxiliary, etc., to Agnes, "Mud Hut" teacher ..................................... .

Agnes W. Leavitt Scholarship, Calcutta ......... . Box expenses ................................... . Missionary Links ............................... . Stationery, printing reports, etc. . .............. . Donation to Sunday-school Union .............. . Anniver~~I7 e~p~~ses ........................... . Box a~ FIdelity .............................. . Balance on hand December 31st, 1896 ............ .

$3000

3000 17 47 II 00

37 55 5 00·

41 42 500

299 88

$3,000 00· Value of boxes sent:

Miss Gardner, Calcutta ...................................... $40 00 Miss Lathrop, Allahabad, India .............................. 45 00

ANN'\. FLEX, $85 00

MARY L. SHOEMAKER, Auditors.

LIST REPORTED BY MANAOERS AND COLLECTORS. Mrs. Haddock.

Miss F. H. Bryan ......... $2 00 Mrs. Haddock, for boxes. 5 00 Miss Ella Manderson ..... 4 00 Mrs. Haddock, for Bible

reader, India ........... 60 00 Miss Lucy H. Carstairs .. 5 00

Mrs. G. Albert Lewis. Mrs. J no. A. Lewis .....•. $2 00 Mrs. W m. S. Carpenter ... 2 00 Mrs. C. K. Inglis......... I 00 Miss \Tansant ....•....... I 00 Mrs. G. A. Lewis ......... 5 00

$11 00 $7600

Miss H. A. Dillaye. Mrs. Z. L. Howell. Mrs. Gustavus W. Knowles $50 00 Jno. A. Howell Band {or Foreign From 0 gontz School, Missions.

for Frances and Thank- Miss Lizzie Howell ....•.. $1 00 ful Bennett ............. 80 00 Miss Emma Howell ...... I 00

$130 00 Mr. Zophar C. Howell.... I 00 Miss Gardner. Mrs. 1. M. Howell ........ I 00

Mrs. R. G. Stotesbury •••••• "2 001" r. Zophar L. Howell ... I 00 :Mrs. Zophar L. Howell .. I 00

~~E~·~~':~~=!t!~P~~; Miss }{ebecca L. Howell .. I 00 Missionary Society Christ He- Mrs. E. B. Whiteman •.... I 00 morial Church. Mrs. Geo. D. McCreary .. I 00

Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. How- Mrs. Wm. Gest ......... , I 00 ard-Smith ............. $12 00 Miss Ella Howell ........ I 00

Mrs. E. C. Benedict...... 3 00 Mr. Jas. W. Patterson... 1 00 Mrs. J. Howard-Smith ... 10 00 Mrs. ] as. W. Patterson .... I 00

$25 00 From Sunday-School Christ Me­

morial (R.E.) Church, per Miss Martha V. Hammer, Treasurer, for Sarah Emory Morton Schol­arship.

Miss Gardner's (Calcutta) High School .......... $50 00

Mrs. 'A. F. Lex. Mrs. A. F. Lex, sub. and

boxes ...............•.. Miss Bloodgood ........ . Mrs. C. H. Graff and Link. Mrs. S. B. Linnard ..... . King's Daughters and

Sons of Penna., per Mrs. H. E. Rood, Treasurer

Miss M. M. Kirkpatrick. sub. and Links, 1895 and 1896 ...•...............

700 100 300

10 00

6000

41 00

Mrs. Wm. Campbell..... I 00 Mrs. Wm. M. House .... 1 00 Mrs. k. J. Sharpe ........ I 00 Mrs. Paul M. Elsasser .... I 00

$17 00

Mrs. JOB. L. Richards. Mrs. J no. R. Whitney .... $2 00 Mrs. Arthur Malcom .... 5 00 Mrs. F. de H. Janvier ... . . 5 00 In memoriam (E. A R). 15 00 Mrs. E. M. Corlies ...... 10 00 Rev. Wm. H. R Corlies.. 3 00 Mrs. Albert Margerum ... 3 00 Katherine J. Campbell .... 5 00 Mrs. C. Howard McCarter 10 00 Sam'l S. Richards ....... 2 00 In memoriam (Mrs. S.

Simes) ................ 20 00 Mrs. J os. L. Richards ... 20 00 Mrs. J os. L. Richards (bxs) 5 00

$122 00

(14) $105 00

RltPORT OF THE t:HILADnLPHIA BRANCH. 15

Miss M. J. Boardman. Miss Boardman, Link ..... $o 50 Harriet Holland Band,

Tenth Presho Church ... 40 00

$40 50 Mrs. Wm. W. Farr.

Mrs. Belle F. Dunton ... $2 00 Mrs. J as. Carstairs ....... 5 00 Mrs. Fitzhugh Coyle ..... 10 00 Mrs. W. W. Farr ... ;.... 50 00

$67 00 Mrs. J. E. Graeff'.

Miss Burkhart ..... :..... $2 00 Mrs. J. E. Graeff ....... ~

$700 l'lr •. W. R. Nicholson.

Mrs. Bowie .............. $5 00 Mrs. W. R. Nicholson and

"Link" ................. 2 50

~ Mrs. Geo. Erety Shoemaker.

Rebecca White .......... $roo 00 Mrs. Jno. Farnum....... 50 00 Mrs. Israel Morris....... 10 00 Miss Anna Morris .... 0... 5 00 Mrs. Mifflin Wi star . 0 • • • • 5 00 Miss H. W. Pearsall .. 0 • • 10 00 Mr. Theo. H. Morris .... 10 00 Mr. F. W. Morris ........ 5 00 Mr. W. H. Morris .... 0 • • 5 00 Mrs. J no. E. Cope ....... 6 00 Mrs. Evan Randolph .... 0 5 00 Miss Mary Coates .. 0 • • • • 5 50 'Miss Sarah M. Taylor . o. • • 5 00 M. S. Hinchman........ 2 00 Mrs. Wm. W. Paul...... 200 Mrs. Jas. N. Mohr ....... I 50 Mrs. W. F. Hall ......... I 00 Miss Young ............. 50 Mrs. J as. ~rhitall ........ 25 00 Mr. Thos. W. Sparks .... 10 00 Mary A. Haines ......... 2 00 Miss Juliana Wood .... 0 0 5 00 Miss Benners 0 ••••• ~ •• 0 • 50 A Friend ......... o ••• o' 50

$271 50

From Lambertville Auxilia.ry, Mrs. F. B. Bunk, Treasurer.

For sup. ot Shiza Tanaka, Yokohama, Japan ..... $40 00

For sup. of child in Bridg-man Home, Shanghai, China................. 40 00

For sup. of child in Cal-cutta Orphanage ...... 30 00

For Miss Ward in her Ze-nana work ............ 21 68

Special for Miss Ward ... ~ $137 68

Germantown Auxiliary. perMtss Halloway. Treasurer.

Miss Jack ............... $1 00 Miss Wells .............. I 00 Miss Hacker ............ I 00 Cash.................... I 00

From First Presbyterian Church, Germantown.

Miss M. T. Richards .... I 00 Mrs. G. H. Con diet ..... I 00 Mrs. S. G. Dennisson .... 2 00 Mrs. Shepherd .......... I 00 Mrs. T. Garrett......... 1 00 Mrs. Lukens ............ I 00 Mrs. Taylor ............. 1 00 Miss M. Mansfield ....... 1 00 Miss S. Mansfield ...... . Mrs. Sidebottom ........ . Mrs. komaine .......... . Miss Wilson ............ . Miss T. B. Henry ....... . Miss H. M. Johnson .... . Mrs. M. Bryan ......... .

100 100

500 100

500 200 100

Mrs. J. O. Pease........ I 00 Miss McLean............ I 00 Mrs. W. H. Mechling .... I 00 Mrs. F. A. North........ 2 00 Mrs. S. G. Beck ........ 20 00 Mrs. T. C. Henry ........ 10 00

For Ohinese School. Mrs. T. C. Henry .... 0., 5 00 Second Presbyterian Pri-

mary School ...... 0 0 0 • 0 10 00 Miss E. A. Wells 0.· •••• 0 I 75 Miss H. ~1. Johnson ..... I 00

\\\1\II"l\il\'\\ 3 9002 10638 4556

16 REPOR't OF 'tHE PHlI.Al>'£I.PHIA BRANCH.

Miss M. Holloway .. . . . .. '$ I 00

Miss Elinor Campbell ... I 00 Miss Hacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 00 Mrs. Campbell .......... I 00 Miss Rich ............... I 00 Miss Arrott ............. I 00 Mrs. Wells .............. I 00 Florence Uhler .......... 25

Collected by ~liss A. Rich. Mrs. E. Cope ............ 6 00 Mrs. E. Kellogg ........ 2 00 Mrs. Ployd, ............. I 00 Miss H. Birchall ........ 50 Miss A. Rich ............ 2 50

Second Presbyterian Church. Mrs. C. Pardee ......... 5 00' Mrs. J. W. Moffly ....... 2 00 Mrs. Brockie ............ 2 00 Mrs. McIlhenny ......... I 00 Mrs. Holloway .... :.... I 00 Mrs. S. Bradbury ....... 5 00 Miss H. M. Johnson..... I 00 Mrs. Miles' .............. 1 00 Mrs. Vail ............... I 00 Mrs. Holloway .. :....... 1 50 Miss Stroud ............. I 00 Miss E. Jack .. '.......... 1 00 Miss L. Darrach ......... 50 Mrs. A. White ........... 1 00

$125 00

Camden Auxiliary, per Miss K. O. Hurlbut Treasurer.

Mrs. Callahan ............ $1 25 Mrs. Quint ............... I 20 Mrs. Sharp ............... I 20 Mrs. Grey ............... I 20 Mrs. Bingham ........... I 20 Mrs. Hurlbut ............ I .20 Mrs. J. Miller............ I 20 Miss Mary Miller ........ 1 20 Mr. B. O. Titus......... I 20 Mrs. B. O. Titus......... 1 20 Dr. Elton Goodfellow ..... 1 20 Mr. R. Bancroft... .. . .. . .. I 20· Mr. Felton ............... 1 20 Mr. Francis Smith ....... I 20 Mr. M. E. Whitaker ..... 1 20 Miss Ackley .......•..... 1 20

Miss A. S. Hurlbut ...... $1 2()O Mrs. Neille ............... I 20

$21 6s, Miss M. Troutman.

Miss A. W. Pearsall ..... $5 00 , Miss M. Pearsall ......... 5 00 Mrs. G. M. Troutman ... 5 00 Miss Troutman .......... 5 00 Miss M. Troutman ....... 10 00 Mrs. Wharton Smith .... 2 00 Miss 11. W. Smith........ 2 00 Miss Meta Newcomb .... 1 00 (Don.) Miss Laura Mc-

Clintock ................ 5 00

$40 00 Miss Matlack.

Rev. R. C. Matlack ...... $5 00' Miss C. H. Matlack ...... 5 00

$10 00 Miss Miriam Sheppard.

Woman's Bible Class, Epiph-any P. E. Church ....... $9 00·

Mrs. Fred'k G. Elliott. Mrs. F. G. Elliott ......... $5 00·

Mrs. Wm. Waterall. Miss Simons .. . . . . . . . . . . .. $1 00 Mrs. H. T. Coates ........ 2 00, Mrs. Jno. R. McCurdy and

Link................... 5 50' Mrs. L. J. Tingley ....... 5 00' Miss H. Oldden, Links ... 1 00 Mrs. Warrington and Mrs.

Waterall, Links... ...... I 00'

Mrs. S. E. Hood ......... 2 00 Miss E. A. Kates ....... 2 00 Miss Jane Jones ......... 1 00 Mrs. S. M. Patterson ... . . . 5 00 Miss R. C. Broadbent ... 2 00 Mrs. Isaac A. Sheppard .. 10 00· Mr. Thos. A. Robinson ... 5 00 Mr. Wm. Waterall (Easter) 25 00 Miss Juliet K. Hood..... 5 00' Mrs. Van Dusen ......... 2 50 Mrs. S. M. Patterson, Links I 00

The U WOman"s',Union' Mi~~/.iJn'ary· Society oj Americ(], jor Heathe,n La.ndr" 'wasqrgan;zed in -l\!'Q'l). I860,and

incorporated inNe1u .. YLwk, Feb. 1st, !3.6r~ .

Sealof-Office-

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I 'g£ve· and beq~eath to the ",Woman's -Union

Missiona1Y Socz"etJ' of A meri"ca for Heathen Lands," I in,c.orporated £n .the! ttty '. of New York, Feb Ist, , '1,'

.. 186j,:.~h.e sum of' to be appl£ed to the.

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