one in every county seat, operating in every part of We are here for that purpose. In our constant perthe county. The people, as a rule, are intelligent, sonal contact with the unsaved we are more and more wide-awake citizens, and ought to be supplied with | impressed with the necessity of urging immediate reactive, pushing, and intelligent pastors; and I be-pentance, and faith in Jesus by showing the sinner lieve none others can succeed. Would that the funds that he is on the brink of the grave and the border of were increased abundantly, so that missionaries might hell, and his only hope is in a complete surrender to, be secured to labor on this promising field. and cordial acceptance of Christ as the only Saviour. The old, old Gospel wins the people. We need more to preach it to the scattered and perishing here. While we are planting new churches we are trying to bring all the churches already established into true organized thoroughly for effective work at home and giving to aid in the work in regions beyond. Houses of worship must be built here; we must have a place for the missionary to preach and for the people to hear the Gospel. Other denominations are doing aggressive work, and are endeavoring to occupy the important towns and cities here. Means are being used to build up churches; and often ministers and members of other churches use unfair, tricky means to persuade Baptists to unite with Pedobaptist churches. In some cases they succeed, in others they meet with ignoble deeat. Oftener the latter. I have met with several amusing cases where preachers of other names have been fairly caught in their own craftiness. May God abundantly bless the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and supply it with all needed funds, and make it a greater blessing than heretofore, and speedily give to them "North America for Christ." -The committee of the Kansas State Board on cooperation with the colored people of the State, recommend such co-operation, and that one representative of the colored Baptists be made a member of the , Convention Board. There is a large number of colored churches in the State, and this proposed arrangement gives promise of much good. MINNESOTA.-Rev. W. D. Athearn writes: Our little church at Waseca, Minn., is doing good work, bettering its condition continually. It has wonderfully improved since 1884, when our good brother and much loved pastor, Rev. A. M. Torbet, came. Each year shows an advance. This last year our benevolent contributions have doubled. We hope to double them again the coming year. We have repaired our house of worship to the amount of over one hundred dollars. Other improvements are much needed, and we will attempt them as soon as possible. We need very much a new communion service. Our present set is of pewter and saw its best days years ago. Any contribution that would secure to us this much needed service would be very gratefully received. NORTH DAKO1A-Rev. G. W. Huntley says: Immigration into this part of the Territory has been large this spring. New settlements have been made, new lines of railway have been commenced, and unfinished roads are being extended. On the Manitoba extension west, thousands of men and teams are employed, and five miles of track are being laid every twenty-four hours. The work goes on nights with the aid of electric lights. The increase of population demands an increase of Christian work and workers. Our prayer to God and the Home Mission Society is, six more men for North Dakota. The few workers on the field are meeting with encouraging success. We have trials and triumphs. God has smiled upon our efforts in bringing souls to Christ. CHURCH EDIFICE NOTES. Almost Safe. The proposition of Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, to give $6,000 of the $12,000 necessary to secure the erection of thirty chapels in the West, on conditions that others would contribute the other $6,000 by September 1, has not yet been fully met. Mr. W. A. Cauldwell has kindly promised $2,000; Mr. H. K. Porter, $1,000; Mr. E. Nelson Blake, $1,000; Mr. S. A. Crozer, $500, and others smaller amounts, until now we lack only about $1,000 of having the $12,000 secured. These struggling churches in the West are awaiting with anxious expectation for the reply to their earnest petitions for help. With many of them it is almost a question of church life or death. With a little help they can secure a chapel and have prayer-meeting and Sabbath schools. Shall we be forced to say to these little churches, you must not expect help? We are almost safe, only about $1,000 lacking to secure $12,000 and thirty houses of worship. Who of the Master's servants will say to us, put me down on that thirty chapel movement? The time is short. The first of September will soon be here. What you do do quickly. -Some of our mission churches are not willing to take all that they can get. We can point to the little church at Monrovia, California, as an example. A new town was springing up rapidly and the Baptists needed a house of worship but did not see the way to obtain it without outside help. They needed $300 more than they could raise, and our Church Edifice Department made an appropriation of that amount. On the day of dedication the little church made an extra effort and with much self-sacrifice paid the whole cost and returned the money to the Society to be used on some other needy field. All honor to the Baptist Band at Monrovia. -Rev. C. W. Gregory, of East Los Angeles, California, writes: "God bless the Home Mission So ciety, without which we could not have secured our excellent church property. Our church, with its lot of 100 feet square, is free of all incumbrance except the conditional mortgage to the Society for the $200 gift." -Two houses of worship in Indian Territory are now nearing completion because of the help given by our Church Edifice Department. The Indians do much of the work themselves, and, with money to purchase lumber and nails, they get up a neat chapel at a small cost. More houses are needed and could be built if the money was in hand to give a little help. -When you make your contribution for Home Missions do you think especially of our Church Edifice work? Remember that no funds can be used for this purpose except such as are so designated by the donors. If you intend something to help the little churches in the West in securing houses, designate for Church Edifice work, otherwise it goes to the General Fund. Some of our churches do not seem to understand this, and, while giving to the Society, never think to say that a part is for Church Edifice work, and so it all goes to the General Fund, and the Church Edifice Treasury runs low. -Never, perhaps, has the demand upon our Church Edifice Fund been so heavy as at present. Population is pouring into the Western States and Territories, and towns springing up as if by magic. The new towns must be helped to chapels where the people can be congregated for worship and the children gathered in Sabbath schools. We could use $100,000 a year very profitably now in this work. Other denominations are helping their people, and too often the Baptists are left to struggle alone, while the children are lost to us because they are furnished by others with facilities for Sunday school service. -Nebraska makes its appeal through Rev. J. W. Osborn, who says: "Our Church Edifice work presses hard upon us. It is of little use to spend money on a field or church that has no home. We must build this year at least twelve church edifices, or suffer greatly in our work. Small donations of from $200 to $300 would enable us to do it." WOMAN'S AMERICAN BAPTIST 14 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. President, Mrs. Thomas Nickerson, Newton Centre, Mass.; Vice Pres., Mrs. Anna Sargent Hunt, Augusta, Me.; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Mary C. Reynolds, Wallingford, Connecticut; Treasurer, Miss Margaret McWhinnie, 14 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. During the past month Spelman Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., has suffered a great loss in the burning of Union Al Hall. This building was one of the most important of all those used for school purposes. The diningroom, kitchen, store room, carpenter's shop, nurse's training school, model school room, and one or two of the teachers' rooms were all in this building. though an old building, yet it was admirably adapted The work for the purposes for which it was used. of the school will be seriously crippled until this house can be replaced. The coal for the next winter was in the cellar, and some of the supplies. The boarding department is an important part of the work of this school. When we consider that nearly a barrel of flour is used at one baking, and a bushel of potatoes at one meal, we get some idea of the size of the school, and also realize the care and planning that is necessary to make this department a financial success. Miss Packard is a skilful manager, and has an able helper in Mrs. Mallory, the efficient housekeeper. In order to bear the expenses of this large family of two hundred and fifty boarders, much provision must be purchased at wholesale. A quantity had been placed in the store room of Union Hall for use during the Miss Packcoming year, but it was lost by the fire. ard and Miss Giles are very weary after the year's hard work. They need absolute rest. This calamity recalls them from their Western trip, and much of the summer must be spent in the hot Southern city. Our Woman's Society cannot put up school build. ings. The insurance upon the old building is $3,500. A new brick building, which prudence demands should take the place of the old wooden one, will cost from $12,000 to to $15,000. Are there not some in the denomination who have means, who will at once aid in erecting this new building? These faithful, successful teachers need to be relieved of all anxiety during these summer months. Surely here is an opportunity to do much good. We must not, however, as a Society, interfere with our distinctive work of supporting teachers. Miss Caroline Loomis, of Hartshorn Memorial College, Richmond Va., has resigned her position in order to rest. Miss Loomis has taught twenty years, and has earned a right to retire from her labor of love among the colored people. Miss Lillian Van Clef, of Michigan, has been appointed to fill her place. The plan of the new school house at Salt Lake City has been received by our General Missionary, Rev. Dwight Spencer. It was prepared by Messrs. Jardine, of New York, and the plan donated to our Society by these gentlemen. The specifications have also been completed, and work upon the new build. ing will begin in a short time. Our schools have now closed, and many of our teachers and home workers are now taking needed rest. The year that is past has brought us many per. plexities. Losses by fire have hindered our work in Kulli Inla, Indian Territory, Salt Lake City, and now at Spelman Seminary. Yet God reigns. The work is His, and out of seeming disaster He brings grand results. May all those who pray for the ex tension of the Redeemer's kingdom remember the work of our teachers who are leading souls out of darkness into light. work of the Society she represented, the speaker referred to the multitudes of people in our land whose women were utterly ignorant of the duties and responsibilities of motherhood, and showed how the Society aimed to send among these people intelligent Christian women to do the training for which the mothers were disqualified, and in this connection referred to the department of kindergarten instruction which had during the past year been added to the training school curriculum. The speaker closed by Total....... $850 68 saying: "God hasten the day when each home in our land shall become a building stone, and our nation rise a vast cathedral filled with the praise and worship of God." RECEIPTS FOR JUNE. Maine... $23 04 Young Volunteers Vermont. New Hampshire. 18 72 Miscellaneous... 30 67 03 2. 00 WOMEN'S BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY. 2338 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. GENERAL OFFICERS. President-MRS. J. N. CROUSE, 2231 Prairie Ave., Chicago, Ill. Corresponding Secretary-MISS M. G. BURDETTE, 2338 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Recording Secretary -MRS. H. THANE MILLER, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. A. S. Hunt, Vice-President of the New England Society, presented a paper in which, after pleasant greetings and allusion to the true unity of the work of the two societies, she proceeded to present "Our Country" in its aspect as a mission field, and urged the duty of Christian preocupancy in the opening States and Territories of the vast new West. She referred to the incoming thousands from Europe, to Mormonism with its centralized power, to the Southland with its 7,000,000 dark-skinned sons and Treasurer-MRS. R. R. DONNELLEY, 2338 Michigan Ave., daughters of Ethiopia, to thousands of untutored red Chicago, Ill. Reunion. We supplement a brief report of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Women's Baptist Home Mission Society which will be found in July Tidings, by a short account of the joint meeting of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society and the Women's Baptist Home Mission Society, with headquarters at Boston and Chicago respectively, held between 8 and 10 o'clock Monday morning, May 30, at the Hennepin Avenue M. E. Church, Minneapolis, Mrs. Thomas Nickerson, President of the first-named Society, presiding. After a devotional service and a short address by Mrs. Nickerson, Mrs. J. N. Crouse, President of the Women's Baptist Home Mission Society (Chicago), was introduced and spoke especially on the responsibility of Christian women. She mentioned as the four great factors in the world's civilization, the State, the church, the school, and the family, and tracing all influences to their fountain head found it in the home. The thought that the destinies of nations are in the hands of mothers, rolls an awful responsibility on Christian women, and the question, "What are we doing to meet it?" is one of great portent. Does the progress of mothers in a knowledge of child nature and the best methods of training it aright keep pace with the world's progress in all directions? is a question which must receive a negative answer. No special provision is made in our school curriculum to fit our sons and daughters for the responsibilities of paternity. The world's need to day is mothers and teachers who understand how to develop the spiritual nature of the child. The speaker cited several incidents showing that among the mothers of our land there was great room for improvement, and then called attention to the difficulty of securing Sunday school teachers who un derstood child nature and were skilled in methods of developing it. In applying the principle under discussion to the men in wigwam villages in the Indian Territory or scattered over Western plains, to 10,000,000 Mexicans ground down under the heel of priestly despotism, to the gleaming pagodas of the heathen Chinese on the Pacific Coast, and to the peoples of Alaska, who sit in darkness. The speaker, having sketched the field, impressed the fact that in it is a distinct and definite work for the Christian women of the country. She called attention to the multitudes of women who have no knowledge of Christ, and yet whose influence, in its way, is as potent as ours. She spoke of the value of Christian schools, and of the importance of direct personal work in the homes of the people. We quote the closing paragraph of Mrs. Hunt's paper. "The directions of an Athenian general to his soldiers going forth to battle seem to come to us with force. He ordered them in time of danger to put one knee on the ground, and firmly rest their spear on the other, and covering themselves with their shields be able to resist the enemy. Are we individually on one knee in prayer to our Heavenly Father, the unseen captain of our host, and does the shield of our faith in Him cover us so securely that we shall be able to resist any power that would hinder us in the great work whereunto we are called? Happy shall we be if we have even the least part in bringing in the day when it shall be said "The people which sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.' Mrs. M. A. Ehlers, of the Women's Baptist Home Mission Society (Chicago), spoke from the standpoint of a missionary. She referred to the fact that many of our women were too busy to find time for reading, that the Bible was almost untouched, and the Helping Hand, Tidings, and similar publications not always taken promptly from the wrappers; but that those who did occasionally read the newspapers, had doubtless had their attention attracted by the frequent heading, "Home Rule," or "Home Rule in Ireland." In the speaker's mind our country's great need might be expressed in the words, "Home Rule in America." God's way of saving any country is to begin with the children in the home. What we want is not a blue-coated, brass-buttoned policeman on the outside, but a policeman on the inside, that the ruling motive should be, not "you must," but "I ought. The manner in which this education was to be conducted is taught in the Word (Deut. 6: 6, 7). The speaker illustrated her thought by relating an inci dent showing how a wise Christian mother had by dilligent teaching of the Word of God led her son to give his heart to the Savior at four years of age, and, training him up in the way he should go, he was today a strong, useful Christian man. But there are many children in our lands who have no true home. To these the Women's Baptist Home Mission Society is sending help. Seventy missionaries represented the Society on its various fields during the past year. Mrs. Ehlers cited her experience in Memphis to prove the need and value of the work done by these missionaries, who not only gather and train the children, but teach the mothers. Many of the latter with tearful eyes express gratitude for the help, saying: "We do want to know how to make our homes better and to train our children." The speaker alluded to the fact that the children of to-day will in a few years be men and women, and that these boys will soon be the voters, each one helping to wield the destiny of the republic. Touching the Indian problem, she said Indians can be taught to appreciate a Christian home, and recited beautifully the familiar lines of Longfellow, describing the homesick lodging of Minnehaha. Not Congress, but Christian women, must develop this instinct. Mrs. Ehlers closed her address by an appeal to any one who might feel called upon to give herself to missionary work. She said she knew what it was to bid good-bye to parents, and Sunday school classes, and church and social privileges, but she knew also the joy in service, and at the close of each day, with her co-laborers, sang "One more day's work for Jesus, how sweet the work has been." My sister, "Hear the voice of Jesus calling 'Who will go and work for Me?'" NAME. ORDINATIONS. George E. Stevens, Frank Churchill Woods, S. E. Smith, Mrs. Mary C. Reynolds, Corresponding Secretary of the New England Society, spoke next of the work Joshua Brockett, of that Society among the various classes of people in our land, and illustrated the true spirit of mission work by a graphic description of the scene when Miss Ophelia brought "Topsy" back to St. Claire, saying, "I do not know what to do with her," and Eva's sweetly laying her hand upon her and saying "I love you," a touch and assurance which caused Topsy's tears to flow, and gained for Eva her passionate promise to try to be good. So we must go to these people as Christ did. We must touch them. Reynolds spoke of the importance of bringing the children to missionary meetings, and illustrated her thought by convincing incidents. She said that when she saw her own little daughter go down into the baptismal waters, she knew that missionary meetings had much to do with it. The speaker emphasized the place of prayer in our work, and closed her address by a beautiful application of the legend of St. Christopher. Mrs. Miss S. B. Packard, principal of Spelman Seminary, Atlanta, was introduced. Owing to the lateness of the hour Miss Packard had but a few minutes to speak, but did not fail to interest those who heard. She rehearsed briefly the history of the school from the day, six years ago, when she and her associate, Miss Giles, began the enterprise with eleven girls and women, until the present time when the enrollment reaches about 600. She said that aside from the literary and industrial teaching, Christ was the Alpha and Omega of the school and that seventy of T. J. De Witt, George W. Hicks, W. L. Cavin, James F. Claypool, L. D. Carpenter, John S. Festersun, T. N. Hazen, S. J. Odom, " June 19. CHURCH EDIFICES DEDICATED. June 7. June 21. IN JULY. The following new appointments were made: Rev. O. Lindh, Swedes in Boston, Mass. Nathanael Schmidt, First Swedish Church, New York, N. Y. S. E. Price, Second Church, La Crosse, Wis. W. H. Knapp, Chetopa, Kan. E. Meyers, Germans in Beatrice, Neb. James F. Hill, Wahpeton, Dak. L. L. Wood, Dillon, Mont. Fung Chak, Chinese in Portland, Oreg. G. C. Harris, Dayton, Wash. W. T. Green, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The following re-appointments were made: Rev. E. B. Palmer, D. D., District Secretary for Pa., So. N. J. Del., Md., and D. C. June 12. June 12. June 19. May 29. June 26. 66 Apr. 17. June 26. June 26. June 12. July 3. May 22. DATE. June 28. May 16. June 13. Mar. 16. July 2. June 6, Apr. 22. J. M. Russell, J. J. Corwin, 25 Moses Hoagland Worrall, 55 Bela Hicks, 89 San Saba, Tex., Birch Run, Mich., Detroit, Mich., Sandwich, Ill., 42 Central City, Neb., May 19. June 16. June 6. June 1. Edwin C. Baird, A. P. Hanson, Swedes in Joliet, Ill. Daniel Rogers, General Missionary for the Indian Territory. Wm. Hurr, Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory. E. E. Tyson, New Rockford, Emanuel and Tiffany, "J. H. Hartman, Jamestown, Dak. O. E. Brown, Clear Lake, Dak. Alex. Turnbull, Salida, Colo. U. Gregory, D.D., Tucson and vicinity, Ariz. "Tong Tsing Cheung, Chinese in San Francisco, Cal. The following teachers were appointed: At Wayland Seminary, Washington, D. C.-Miss Birdie W. Webber. At Richmond Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.-George Hovey. At Roger Williams University, Nashville, Tenn.-Rev. D. W. Phillips, D. D.; Prof. D. R. Leland; Mrs. Annie M. Haley; Miss Silene Gale. At Florida Institute, Live Oak, Fla.-Rev. J. L. A. Fish; Mrs. Ada B. Fish. At Atlanta Baptist Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.-Prof. George A. At Benedict Institute, Columbia, S. C.-John R. Wilson. At Spelman Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.-Miss S. B. Packard; Miss At Chinese Mission School, San Francisco, Cal.-Miss Anna B. Hartwell. At Chinese Mission School, Fresno, Cal.-Mrs. M. T. Hunt ting. |