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Title: The history of Methodism (electronic resource)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Subjects: Methodism
Publisher: New York : Eaton & Mains
Contributing Library: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library

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sionaries every year as it has cost to takecare of me. This first gift was devoted to the support of a FOUNDERS OF THE WOMANS FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Mrs. Thomas Kingsbury, Mrs. William Merrill, Mrs. Thomas Rich, Mrs. E. W. Parker, Mrs. William Butler, Mrs. Lewis Flanders. Bible woman in Moradabad, India. In 1869 Miss IsabellaThoburn and Miss Clara Swain—the latter a medical mis-sionary—were sent to India. They were the pioneer mis-sionaries of the Society By a system of Bible readers, schools, orphanages, medicalmissionaries and visitation of the homes, with physical and Foreign Work 1167 spiritual aid and comfort, the messengers of the cross sentout by the Womans Foreign Missionary Society have ren-dered infinite help in building up the kingdom of Christ.By rescuing children, especially girls, of heathen familiesthey have been enabled to at once save many from degrada-tion, if not death, and raise up Christian native women tolabor in the future for their sisters in darkness.
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MRS. CYRUS D. FOSS.President of the W. F. M. S. MRS. J. T. GRACEY.Secretary of the W. F M. S. During the year 1900*30 missionaries were sent to theforeign field by this Society, making a total number in thefield of 195, of whom 24 are medical missionaries. Thereare 5,410 auxiliary societies and 139,404 members in theseveral Conferences. The young womans societies number597, with a membership of 15,090, and 641 mission bandsamong children with 17,271 members. During the yearending October 1, 1901, $426,795.28 was collected. In addi- 1168 American Methodism tion to considerable miscellaneous literature the Society pub-lishes The Missionary Friend, The Childrens MissionaryFriend, and Der Frauen-Missions-Freund. During the civil war a woman who had discovered hertalents, and was busily engaged under the auspices of theSanitary Commission in relieving the distress incident to the battle and the march, realizedthat she must be actively en-gaged henceforth in helpingthe needy. She was not su

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