y 3'^ - w\ C- Hi. commwon committee jjpog^oo oo^ooo fe°(g^ 00 oo^ocjo gaog^oo oo^Nfrooo 000(^00 00^000 oCog^cif PROGRAMME nWSi/‘i33 KocaSE TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society with Newly Appointed Missionaries JUNE NINETEEN—TWENTY-FIVE, 1913 FORD BUILDING, BOSTON ft* Program Thursday, June 19 THE MISSIONARY AND THE BOARD 10.30 Devotional Service, Emory W. Hunt, D. D., General Secretary 11.00 Introductions 11.15 Business Session of the Board. All missionaries are expected to be present Friday, June 20 THE MISSIONARY AND THE BOARD (Continued) 9.30 Devotional Service, Rev. P. H. J. Lerrigo, M. D, Capiz, P. I. 10.00 The Foreign Department The Woman’s Societies Relations with the Treasurer 2.00 Conference Photograph Saturday, June 21 THE MISSIONARY AND THE HOME CHURCHES 9.30 Devotional Service, Rev. Joseph Taylor, Chengtu, West China 10.00 The Home Department Cultivating a Constituency— Specific Gifts and the Station Plan The Missionary as a Writer The Missionary Preparing for Furlough Sunday, June 22 MESSAGES BY THE MISSIONARIES Addresses by the missionaries in the churches Monday, June 23 PERSONAL RELATIONS OF THE MISSIONARY 9.30 Devotional Service, James H. Franklin, D. D., Foreign Secretary 10.00 Personal Questions Relations to Europeans and the Government Relations to Fellow Missionaries Relations to the People and their Religion 2.00 Separate Sessions for Men and Women Missionaries Tuesday, June 24 THE MISSIONARY AND HIS WORK 9.30 Devotional Service, Rev. J. H. Deming, Shanghai, East China 10.00 Language Study The Society’s Policy Forms of Work Cooperation 4.00 Reception by Boston Baptist Social Union and Woman’s Baptist Social Union in Ford Hall. All missionaries are expected to be present Wednesday, June 25 THE MISSIONARY FITTING FOR WORK 9.30 Devotional Service, Fred P. Haggard, D. D., Home Secretary 10.00 The Intellectual Life of the Missionary. Prof. R. M. Vaughan, Newton Cultivating the Spiritual Life. M. C. Mason, D. D. A Task Worth While. President W. H. P. Faunce, Brown University 2.30 Public Service for Women Missionaries in Ford Hall, under the direction of the Woman’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Societies 7.30 Public Service for All Missionaries in Ford Hall Missionaries Sailing During 1913 Includes all who have sailed since January 1, 1913, or those who are expected to sail before December 31. RETURNING BURMA Hartford, Miss S. S., Illinois Seagrave, Mrs. A. E., New York Kirkpatrick, M. B., M. D., and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Slater, Miss S. R., Pennsylvania Illinois Vinton, S. R., and Mrs. Vinton, Massachusetts McGuire, Mrs. John, Indiana ASSAM Boggs, S. A. D., Nebraska, and Mrs. Boggs, New York SOUTH INDIA Bawden, S. D., and Mrs. Bawden, New York Newcomb, John, and Mrs. Newcomb, Indiana BENGAL-ORISSA Bacheler, Miss M. W., M. D., New Hampshire Oxrieder, J. H., and Mrs. Oxrieder, Minnesota SOUTH CHINA Adams, A. S., Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Adams, Groesbeck, A. F., and Mrs. Groesbeck, Iowa England Traver, Miss E. G„ Washington Capen, R. T., Massachusetts, and Mrs. Capen, Waters, Mrs. G. H., Ohio Indiana EAST CHINA Mackenzie, C. F., M.D., and Mrs. Mackenzie, Proctor, Mrs. J. T., Missouri Tennessee Latimer, J. V., and Mrs. Latimer, Iowa WEST CHINA Bassett, Miss B. E., Illinois Davies, J P., and Mrs. Davies, Ohio Clark, I. B., and Mrs. Clark, New York Taylor, Joseph, New York, and Mrs. Taylor, Wisconsin CENTRAL CHINA Huntley, G. A., M. D. and Mrs. Huntley, Ver- Roeder, Miss W. W., Massachusetts mont JAPAN Ryder, Miss G. E., Massachusetts CONGO Mabie, Miss C. L., M. D., Illinois PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Johnson, Miss A. V., Illinois Thomas, R. C., M.D., Massachusetts, and Mrs. Munger, H. W., Pennsylvania Thomas, Michigan NEWLY APPOINTED BURMA Case, B. C., Massachusetts Singiser, F. K., and Mrs. Singiser, Pennsylvania Currier, R. P., and Miss Edith A. Gould, Massa¬ chusetts ASSAM Fowle, W. H., and Mrs. Fowle, Ohio SOUTH INDIA Hollis, Miss E. E., Massachusetts Wathne, Thorleif, and Mrs. Wathne, Illinois SOUTH CHINA Hildreth, E. S., and Mrs. Hildreth , Massachu- Northcott, Miss Fannie,, Ohio setts Scott, Miss M. S., M.D., Illinois Newman, H. W., M. D., New York EAST CHINA Kulp, D. H., II., and Mrs. Kulp, Pennsylvania Sparey, Miss E. R., New York Leach, C. D., M. D., New York, and Miss Helen E. Tyzzer, Massachusetts CENTRAL CHINA Davitt, G. Glass, M.D., and Mrs. Davitt, Penn¬ sylvania CHINA —UNDESIGNATED Wilcox, F. C., and Mrs. Wilcox, Michigan Crosby, Miss A. R. Massachusetts JAPAN CONGO Gilbert, H. F., and Mrs. Gilbert, Illinois Marsh, A. V., Illinois King, J. C., M.D., Massachusetts, and Miss Cora E. Wolff, Michigan PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Benedict, Miss C. G., New Jersey Mather, A. K„ and Mrs. Mather, Illinois Johnson, Miss Olivia Thomas, Miss M. J., New York Lagergren, Miss Selma, Illinois Special Notices The regular meetings of the Conference will be held in the Board Room, eighth floor, Ford Building. They are not open to the general public. Written questions on topics not on the program may be handed to the presiding officer at any session for answer the following day. The Secretaries and Treasurer will be in their offices each day. Definite appointments should be made if interviews are desired. Inquiries regarding shipment of goods should be made at the Treasurer’s office. Those desiring to make purchases in Boston may secure from Mr. Barnes, Vice-Treasurer, a card which will entitle them to special discount. Each missionary should leave with the Treasurer instructions regarding insurance, payment of subscriptions to periodicals, and other items of personal business to which attention should be given during absence from the United States. Each missionary should leave at the File Room the following: 1. Names and addresses of relatives and friends to whom special communications may be sent as occasion may arise. 2. A portrait. A group photograph of all the newly appointed missionaries will be taken at Chickering’s, 21 West Street, Friday afternoon, June 20, at 2 o’clock. The size will be eleven by fourteen inches, and orders for the same, at $1.00 each, may be left with the Literature Department, Room 800. All the missionaries, both newly appointed and returning, are expected to be present at the evening farewell service. It is desired that the wives of all our missionaries, as well as the appointees of the Woman’s Societies, shall attend and participate in the afternoon meeting held the same day. The offices of the Woman’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, the Bap¬ tist Forward Movement for Missionary Education, the New England Baptist Library and Missions are on the seventh floor of the Ford Building. The office of the New England District Secretary of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, American Baptist Home Mission Society and Ameri¬ can Baptist Publication Society are in Room 615, on the sixth floor of the Ford Building. The Boston Branch salesroom of the American Baptist Publication Soci¬ ety is located at 16 Ashburton Place, directly opposite the entrance to the Ford Building. On the fifth floor of Tremont Temple may be found the rooms of the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society and the editorial rooms of The Watchman. The Ford Building is the home of the Boston Baptist Social Union, and was built by funds left by the late Daniel S. Ford. All parts of the building may be inspected, if desired. A fine view may be had from the roof. 1 Ed.-500-6-13