r. e—" Fubilee of Women's Foreign SHlisstonary Societies General Bulletin “THE WOMEN THAT PUBLISH THE TIDINGS ARE A GREAT HOST" Issued by Central Commi ap Order from M. H. Leavis on United Study of Missio West Medford, Mass. ( 3 Ed. 5,000. Jan, 26) Almighty God, Lord of the harvest, we humbly beseech Thee to send forth more labourers into Thy harbest, and especially to put into the hearts of many faithful women to give themselves to Thp work in the Mission field; that so the bounds of Thy blessed kingdom map be enlarged; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Che Woman's Jubilee The following description, taken from The Presbyterian, admirably explains the reason for the Jubilee :— HE newest movement in the church is the Woman’s National Foreign Missionary Jubilee, which has been sweeping across the continent, from the Pacific toward the Atlantic, and will reach its climax in New York in April. Did this marvelous movement begin the other day in Oakland, Cal., or ten years ago, when, at the Ecumenical Conference in New York, the Central Committee on United Study was formed, or fifty years ago, when Mrs. T. C. Doremus started what might be called the first women’s club, The Woman’s Union Missionary Society? ‘‘Launched on the eve of the Civil War by persons inexperienced in public affairs, opposed by the clergy, without 3 financial backing, this corporate body is now one of forty Boards with 57,483 auxiliary missionary societies in the United States and Canada, which last year raised $3,328,840.” In this inter- denominational school of missions our mothers and grandmothers learned their first lessons before it occurred to them to form Boards within the limits of their own Christian communions, Skip forty years, and meet with a handful of the women delegates to the Ecumenical Conference on Missions, in New York, in 1900, under the leader- ship of Miss Abby B. Child, at that time representing the Woman’s Board of Missions. They have rippled off from the general swirl of the Confer- ence into a little eddy of their own to scheme for the study of missions, under the conviction that foreign mis- sions is too vast a subject simply to be read about. An interdenominational committee is formed, the first text-book published, study classes spring up apace. Inten years more than six hundred thousand of these text-books have been sold. This year’s book is timely, a review of the fifty years of woman’s organized work for foreign missions. To the Central Committee on United Study was vouchsafed a vision to which they have not been disobedient —no less a thing than a celebration which should stretch from shore toshore. Not fonder of demonstrations, perhaps, than are some of the rest of us, they nevertheless saw that after fifty years of quiet effec- tive demonstration in foreign lands, the time had come for a national celebration at home. 4 The Jubilee Begins The beginning of the great Jubilee meet- ings was in Oakland, Cal., October 12, 1910. With only three weeks for preparation they met the situation nobly. We have taken from one of our women’s missionary maga- zines the following account of the Western meetings written by an eyewitness :— From the first the meetings have been powerful beyond anticipation. It is impossible to give an adequate des- cription; but certain features were deeply impressed upon all those who attended the series. First.—The missionary appeal was sufficient to draw crowded audiences in every city. The largest churches were filled, session after session, and in some cases overflow meetings held for those unable to gain admission. At the luncheons from eight to fifteen hundred women paid for the privilege of attend- ing. Cincinnati held the record num- ber, 1,525; with Indianapolis a close second, 1,500, and Denver, Seattle, Kansas City, Chicago and Detroit with a thousand or more. Second.—The audiences were not only large, but also deeply moved by the missionary appeal. A new world- vision seemed to sway them; a new re- sponse to the fact that missions are not a product, reflex, or side issue of Chris- tianity, but are Christianity itself—its very essence. The most enthusiastic response was not to the thrilling story of heroism, or the moving appeal of dire need, but to the setting forth of the individual responsibility of Christians to the World’s Redeemer. _ Third.—The place and influence of the drawing room as a factor in great movements received fresh testimony. p 2 f ’ ia iy 5 F i & FF rié 67 if ad ae YAS i> wodti ey Grou? UARitt. fies 5 Wherever a woman had put herself back of her house in the invitations to a drawing-room meeting, there it was possible to gather together large num- bers of the women not often found in the missionary societies. Lfourth.—The emphasis laid on the study class as a means of missionary propaganda resulted in the formation of many classes in churches, Sunday schools and homes, for the study of the present text-book. In one church twenty groups of women were organ- ized to meet weekly for prayer and study. fifth.—In every convention stress was put on the comparatively small number of women already enlisted in missionary endeavor, and the obligation of active propaganda which this lays upon missionary women. In some of the church rallies the women, by a rising vote, pledged each to secure an- other member for her society. The definite method of a membership can- vass conducted by a thoroughly in- structed committee going out two by two to every woman in the congrega- tion, was adopted in many instances. For the first time many denominations had carefully prepared charts showing the exact proportion already enlisted. In some cases auxiliaries pledged a fif- teen or twenty per cent annual increase in membership as an end to be persist- ently and systematically sought. Stxth.—While the raising of money was in no sense the prime object of the conventions, the supreme obligation of sacrificial giving was steadily presented. The vastness of the work, the injustice of ranking it as a minor 6 charity, the unparalleled money power in the hands of women as well as of men, the sinister growth of luxury, the widening opportunities before the church, were presented by many speakers with persuasive power. When, in the various church rallies, the opportunity was given for Jubilee thank-offerings, the reponse was sig- nificant. Over three hundred thousand dollars was given for permanent memo- rials of the Jubilee year in buildings and endowment. In Indianapolis $85, - 000 was pledged; in Kansas City, $54,000; in Chicago, $36,000. Many women who had never given more than fifty dollars to missions gave the salary of a missionary or the equipment of a hospital. It was realized as never be- fore that the standards of giving which were right and just for our mothers are not adequate for their daughters. Two cents a week might be noble in the days of poverty, and absolutely ignoble in days of plenty. Seventh.—The note of prayer was everywhere the deepest undertone of the meetings. Wherever the prayer preparation had in any degree been lacking there a diminution of power was felt. Wherever prayer had abounded there a strong sense of the spiritual was present. In Denver ‘‘an upper room’’ held bands of praying women while the sessions were in progress. In Kansas City for four weeks before the meeting cottage prayer meetings had been held throughout the city. Speaker after speaker emphasized the fact that women’s missionary work was born in prayer, and urged the privilege of 7 definite, specific, intercessory prayer as the secret of success at home and abroad. Lighth.—The most triumphant note of the meetings was that of unity. The local committees of from one to two hundred women rejoiced in a new consciousness of their oneness in Christ. The ten or eleven women who in each convention reported the denominational rallies, exemplified in their reports the unity of the work. The great audiences were one heart, one soul, as they listened to the story of the slow-rising empire of Christ in the Far East. Livingstone’s great word to Stanley, ‘**The end of the exploration is the be- ginning of the undertaking,’’ in the form in which it had been paraphrased at Edinburgh, ‘‘the end of the con- vention is the beginning of the cam- paign,’’ was adopted as a slogan of the Jubilee. -Word that comes from every city shows that as never before women are bending themselves to the carrying out of the three-fold purpose of the Jubilee meetings: to gain a better conception of the opportunity confronting the Christian church in the Orient, to deepen the prayer life, to enlarge the sense of obligation and the contributions of Christian women. 8 Our Jubilee Offering It is proposed that we, the Christian women of the United States, bring to our Lord this year a jubilee offering of a million dollars, which shall be used for the salvation of women and children in non-Christian lands. Measured by our ability, compared with the billions we shall spend this year on our own comfort and luxuries, it is not a great gift. It seems very little divided among five hundred million Christless women. For the honor and dignity of our Lord let this be wholly a love offering. No strenuous campaign nor fervid appeal was needed for the beautiful womanly gifts that Christ made immortal. The alabaster box, the two mites of the widow were the overflow of loving hearts. Surely our love for Him is not less than theirs. The great need is to bring this opportunity to every Chris- tian woman as soon as possible. With the fine organization of our Women’s Boards this can easily be done. We would make certain conditions if it were possible: that it be a gift from women and girls, that it be offered prayerfully, that it be given not grudg- ingly nor of necessity. Our Jubilee aim is a million dollars and many more interested women. We shall reach it by united effort, by personal service, by earnest prayer. Our means of approach may be through the union, meetings, where the facts will be strongly stated; through literature, which our Boards will pro- vide; by conversation at home and among our friends; by personal letters and invitation; by facing the facts our- selves, and giving as our love prompts and as our Lord hath prospered. 9 The Jubilee in the West The Central Committee is indebted to the Western Committee in Chicago which was so helpful in the plans for the West. The Chairman, Mrs. Edmund Osbornson, visited most of the Jubilee cities and met the com- mittees, giving valuable assistance in preparation. Between October 12 and November 21 Jubilee meetings were held in fifteen centers in the West. Oakland, Cal., Portland, Ore., Se- attle, Wash., Denver, Colo., Lincoln, Neb., Omaha, Neb., Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis, Mo., St. Paul, Minn., Min- neapolis, Minn., Milwaukee, Wis., Chicago, IIl., Indianapolis, Ind., Cin- cinnati, O., Detroit, Mich. Large meetings were also held at Northwestern University and De Pauw University. The Jubilee in the East and South After a pause for Thanksgiving and Christmas, the Southern and Eastern Jubilees begin. The dates are :— Cleveland, January 23, 24; Louis- ville, January 26, 27; Nashville, Jan- uary 80, 31; Washington, February 2, 8; Baltimore, February 7, 8; Harris- burg, February 9, 10; Philadelphia, February 18, 14; Pittsburg, February 16, 17; Buffalo, February 23, 24; Albany and Troy, March 2, 8; Spring- field, March 6, 7; New Haven, March 8, 9; Providence, March 10, 11; Bos- ton, March 14, 15; Portland, March 16, 17; New York, April 4, 5, 6. The West has through its fifteen ju- bilees already held, pledged $300,000. The South and East will now have an opportunity through the sixteen jubilees planned. And all states, cities and towns not reached by these large gath- erings, will respond through the smaller meetings, for which preparations are being made. 10 Progress in the South and East The Committees are most of them well under way. Two decided to wait until after Christmas before completing organization, but preliminary work has been done, and delightful reports reach us of perfect unity, earnestness in prayer, thoroughness in preparation, and splendid faith and enthusiasm. If we may judge from the attractive, per- suasive literature of the Committees, great audiences are assured. The speakers expected are Mrs. Montgom- ery, Miss Miller, Dr. Noble of India, Miss Hughes of China, Miss Osborne, also of China, Miss Emery and others. The Chairmen of the Eastern Jubilees are as follows :— Mrs. Levi Scofield, Baldwin Place, Cleve- land, Ohio. Mrs. J. B. Marvin, 1885 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Ky. Mrs. W. E. Norvell, 1018 19th Avenue South, Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, 1200 K Street, Washington, D. C. Mrs. John T. King, 1425 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Wm. Jennings, 232 State Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Miss Susan Lodge, 1720 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ( Mrs. John Miller, 222 Hawthorne Street, Pittsburg, Pa. rl Mrs. Mary Clokey Porter, 15 Marshall Avenue, Allegheny, Pa. Miss Harriet M. Buck, 518 Franklin Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Wm. Gurley, 84 Fulton Street, Troy, N. Y. Mrs. D. O. Mears, 53 Ten Broek Street, Albany, N. Y. Mrs. C. H. Burnham, 167 Bowles Street, Springfield, Mass. Mrs. W. H. Fairchild, 218 Crown St., New Haven, Conn. * Mrs. W. H. P. Faunce, Providence, R. I. Mrs. S. Van Rensselaer Thayer, 30 Fen- way, Boston, Mass. . Mrs. John Thompson, 253 State Street, Portland, Me. * Temporary Chairmen, Norr.—At the request of the Jubilee Com- mittees the, Central Committee has published a folder with hymns, to be used at the meet- ings. This, with the general bulletin and text-book may be ordered in quantities from M. H. Leavis, West Medford, Mass., or from mission boards. Il The National Jubilee The New York Committee sends a cordial invitation to delegates from other cities to attend the Jubilee to be held in New York, March 28-30, 1911. Mrs. John B. Calvert, Chairman of Entertainment Committee, 201 W. 57th St., will be happy to answer any queries regarding hotels, boarding houses, etc. Park Avenue Hotel and the Martha Washington are recommended as inex- pensive and pleasant houses. Tickets for the luncheon may be ob- tained from Mrs. C. F. Hoffman, 620 Fifth Ave., Chairman of Places of Meeting Committee. [Please note change of dates from April 4-6 as given in first edition. ] New York Committee on Preparation Chairman, Mrs. SAMUEL BROADWELL, 387 E. 64th St. Vice Chairmen, Mrs. WILLIAM P. PRENTICE, Mrs. Davin J. BURRELL, Mrs. W. B. CRalG, Mrs. Witi1aM I. HAVEN, Mrs. NEWELL D. HILLIs, Dr. ANGENETTE PARRY, Mrs. JoHN GREENOUGH, Mrs. ALBERT G. ROPES, Mrs. BARRETT, Mrs. DecatuR M. SAWYER. Secretary, Mrs. DeWirr Knox, 1744 Broadway. Treasurer, Miss FLORENCE E. FELLOWS, 1312 Madison Av. Chairmen of Sub-Committees Publicity, Miss Avice M. Davison. Prayer Circles, Mrs. J. H. KNOWLES. Places of Meeting, Mrs. C. F. HoFFMAN. Finance, Mrs. E. E. OLcort. Entertainment, Mrs. JOHN B. CALVERT. Young Women, Miss GERTRUDE E MACARTHUR. Music, Miss Laura J. Post. Literature, Mrs. J. R. ROGERS. Parlor Meetings, Mrs. H. O. ARMOUR. The Central Committee on the United Study of Missions will make its headquarters, during the New York Jubilee, at the Murray Hill Hotel, two blocks from the Grand Central Station. The Committee will reserve Monday, March 27, preceding the Jubilee, as a Quiet Day for prayer and conference and will welcome the presence of oflicers and members of Women’s Missionary Boards, with Chairmen of Ju- bilee Committees, East and West. 12 Program for United Jubilee Meetings in Smaller Cities and Towns It is proposed to hold united Jubilee meetings in as many cities and towns as possible during February and March. The object is to give to women the pleasure and inspiration of meeting together and learning of the work of all the Boards. It is also desirable that they should know about the progress of the Jubilee and the great united effort to bring to our Lord a Jubilee Offering of $1,000,000, which will be devoted to work for women and children of non-Christian lands. It is most important that they meet for united prayer. A program for such union meetings provides for an all-day and evening meeting, or may be brought into two sessions, afternoon and evening. The territory covered by each meeting may be one town or city or adjacent towns as the local committees may decide. With the combined talent of all the churches, it is not necessary to have a speaker sent by the Boards, though it is desirable. In order to supply speakers, many Boards are uniting their forces to provide them, with as great econemy as possible. It is hoped that the entire country may be covered. The general plan of these smaller Jubilee Meetings is similar to those already held in the West. An opportunity for prayer, a résumé of the past fifty years as a whole; reports of their boards by representatives of the various churches, a social hour at the luncheon which is far more than social if wisely conducted ; the denominational meetings when each goes by itself to consider what more it can do, the coming together with reports of these rallies which inspire and stimu- late; the singing of praises to God; the inspiration of an address from secretary or missionary. These constitute the Jubilee. | 13 Some Practical Suggestions If the luncheon tickets are paid for, it will free the women of the churches who should be present at the meet- ings, and will furnish a small fund for payment of a speaker’s expenses, if one is sent. Let notices be given in the local press and church calendars for two weeks before the meeting. Select a centrally located church where women can be heard easily. Plan for a large attendance. Put the matter into the hands of a committee of all the churches, at least two from each. Select a choir of young women to lead the singing which should be worship- ful. Dispense with solos which break the continuity of the service. If an evening meeting is held invite all the young women’s circles to march into the church under their various denominational banners, singing as a processional ‘‘O Zion, Haste.” These may serve as the choir. ; PROGRAM Morning Session 10.00 Bible Reading. Topic, ‘‘Some Exemplary Wom- en of the Bible.” The leader gives five or sixas types,—Mi- riam, Deborah, Hannah, Mary, Dorcas, Rhoda,—and then calls for others, and the qualities they illustrate. 10.80 Address, ‘‘ Fifty Years of Wom- an’s Work in Foreign Mis- sions.” Let this be an address rather than a paper, based on ‘¢ Western Women in Eastern Lands.” It should occupy not more than half an hour, and should cover the needs of the fields, kinds and amount of work accomplished, what re- mains to be done. 14 11.00 Ten-minute Talks from _ repre- sentatives of the various de- nominations, giving as many facts as can be crowded into the time, about the work of their own boards. 11.45 The Story of the Jubilee. (Bul- letin) or speaker, if present. 12.00 Prayer Service. (See page 15.) Luncheon with brief addresses fol- lowing, and presentation of pioneers. In every church are some who can re- call beginnings. Let these be guests of honor. Afternoon Session 2.00 Denominational Rallies in sepa- rate rooms, with presentation of the Board plans, literature and pledges, with discussion. Let each Chairman be ap- pointed, to report to the re- united session later—number present, amount pledged, plans for more aggressive effort. 3.30 Singing, Prayer, Reports of Chairmen of Rallies. Closing Address. (If an evening meeting is held, the women may go home from the denom- inational rallies, to meet in the evening for reports and addresses. Or sessions may be afternoon and evening, with supper. Bulletins, circulars, hymns and other needed material furnished by the various mission boards on ap- plication. Apply also to boards for speakers as early as possible. Any town with three or four churches may have a Jubilee.) 15 SUGGESTED SUBJECTS FOR PRAYER Following the Plan of the World’s Missionary Conference, Edinburgh THANKSGIVING For being alive in this critical period of the world’s history. That we are not given only easy things to do. That no work given need alarm us. That work shirked in the past does not deter God from again taking us into part- nership. For pioneers in work in foreign lands. For pioneers in the home side of the work. For the privilege of learning from others. PENITENCE For our unbelief, hardness of heart and laziness. ‘© They limited the Holy One of Israel.” ‘6 FTe did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.” For remissness, faithlessness and lack of im- agination in prayer. For the blindness that fails to see the great- ness of the present opportunity. For the lack of sympathetic understanding of the missionaries and of each other. For the tendency to glorify self in all our work. For the meagerness of our work. For our lack of interest in what we cannot see. For racial antipathies. PETITION That those unaware of missions, or indif- ferent to them, may through the Jubilee get a vision of things as they are, and that they may give themselves freely to the work either abroad or at home. That in the cities nowcelebrating the Jubilee, the appointed program, as far as it rep- resents God’s will, may be victoriously carried out. That the Jubilee may glorify God, and no- where degenerate into mere glorification of woman’s work. That the speakers, as well as the chairmen and members of committees who have undertaken special responsibilities, may be given wisdom and buoyancy in their work. That the spiritual motive may be supreme in every detail of the preparation. That the work may be completed within the time appointed. That every Society represented may con- tribute in full measure the fruit of ite experience Q Braver for HMlissions Ait Over the World QP od, who hast made of one blood all nations of men for to dtuell on the face of the tohole earth, and didst send thy blessed Son to preach peace to them that are far off and to them that are nigh; Grant that all men eberpinhere map seek after thee and find thee. Bring the nations into tip fold, and add the heathen to thine tiberitance. Gnd we prap thee shortly fo accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; through the game Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. {From the Book of Common Prayer, p, 16]