Lillian Stewart Memorial Hall 
 
 ‘‘I am most happy because I believe that in the work in 
 which Mr. Stewart and T hope to engage we shall have the 
 aid of a Mighty Helper. And I pray that no lack of conse- 
 cration on my part may hinder the lorwarding of Christ’s 
 kingdom in that field to which we go.” — Extract from a letter 
 to Dr. Lajnbuth, Secretary of the Board of Missions, written 
 by Mrs. Stewart on their appointment to Japan. 
 
 Pal more Institute is an English night school lo- 
 cated in Kobe, Japan. Its history dates from the 
 commencement of our mission in that empire, hav- 
 ing been the first work started by Dr. and Mrs. 
 J. W. Dambuth, the latter putting into it some of 
 the best efforts of her consecrated life. It gets its 
 name from Rev. W. B. Palmore, D.D., of the St. 
 Louis Christian Advocate , who some twenty years 
 ago made it a gift of five hundred dollars and a li- 
 brary of about one thousand volumes. 
 
 The student body is composed of employees of 
 banks, business houses, teachers and students from 
 the government schools. The annual enrollment 
 for the past several years has been more than five 
 hundred, the average nightly attendance being 
 about one hundred and fifty. The work has paid 
 its own expenses, and was able to contribute over 
 five hundred dollars toward the purchase of its 
 present property. 
 
The school meets for two hours five evenings a 
 week. Nothing but English is taught. One-fourth 
 of the time is given to the study of the English 
 Bible, the remainder to reading, conversation, and 
 grammar. In addition to the work in the class 
 rooms there are, at outside hours, Bible and sing- 
 ing classes, a school prayer meeting, and occasional 
 social gatherings. Many of the students attend 
 our Church services, and are on the list of inquir- 
 ers and probationers. The sole object of this most 
 interesting work is to win the young men to Christ, 
 and some splendid results have been secured. To 
 mention but a few: Two of the stewards of “the 
 strongest Methodist Church in Japan” — one a 
 cashier in a bank — were converted in the school, 
 and are still faithful workers for it ; another is an 
 officer in the Salvation Army, a most zealous and 
 successful worker and their chief interpreter ; sev- 
 eral have entered the ministry, while a large num- 
 ber occupy places of honor and usefulness in busi- 
 ness and the government service. Everything 
 considered, this night school has been the most 
 fruitful single work that has been conducted by 
 our Japan Mission. It was to take charge of the 
 Palmore Night School that Rev. and Mrs. S. A. 
 Stewart, of the Western North Carolina Confer- 
 ence, went to Japan in 1906. During Mrs. Stew- 
 art’s short stay in that empire she did what she 
 could, laboring most faithfully and winning a 
 strong hold on her missionary associates and the 
 student body. 
 
 Through the generosity of some of the Lord’s 
 stewards, the Board of Missions was able to secure, 
 
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last spring, a piece of property for the permanent 
 location of this work, which furnishes a home for 
 the resident missionary connected with the school 
 and ground sufficient for the erection of a building 
 for class rooms, reading room, and library. It 
 was this property that Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Lambuth 
 rented and lived in for several years, and from this 
 place this faithful man of God went to his glorious 
 reward, sending to the Church his last message : 
 “I fall at my post. We are doing a great work. 
 Send more men.” Into this sacred home Brother 
 and Sister Stewart moved, with high hopes, after 
 a solemn dedication service attended by our mis- 
 sionaries and Japanese Christians. It was from 
 here, from the room hallowed by the death of the 
 sainted Lambuth, that in June, 1907, Lillian Bridges 
 Stewart went home to be with God. 
 
 It is now proposed that a memorial building 
 costing six thousand dollars, for the housing of 
 this important work, be erected within the next 
 few months in commemoration of Mrs. Stewart, 
 and that it be named the “ Lillian Stewart Memo- 
 rial Hall.” The need for the building is imme- 
 diate and very great. The night school is now 
 being held in a borrowed building which must 
 shortly be surrendered. This means that a very 
 high rent will have to be paid, or that the work 
 will be given up, or greatly reduced in extent and 
 usefulness. Dr. Lambuth wrote from Japan : 
 “Bishop Wilson and I very heartily indorse this 
 plan, and do not see how the school can go on 
 without this building.” 
 
 The plan decided on is to raise the money needed 
 
as a special memorial fund in cash contributions, 
 or in subscriptions, payable semiannually, unless 
 other terms are preferred by the donors. When 
 this money is pledged, the Board of Missions will 
 provide for the immediate erection of the building. 
 Funds or subscriptions may be sent to J. D. Ham- 
 ilton, Treasurer of the Board, 810 Broadway, Nash- 
 ville, Tenn. 
 
 Board of Missions, M. E. Church, South, Nashville, Tenn. 
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