The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-28
THE aIssIoNARY MEErINe.


interest, and the eleventh annual session,
which was commenced in this city yesteT'
day, is no exception. There are large
number Of ladies prominent in the work
present as delegates, besides almost as
large q number OF visitors who come mere
ly as lockers on.
The session was opened at hallpast
nine o'clock in the First Presbyterian
Church, with 3 large attendance of dele
gates aud lady spectators, No gentlemen
are admitted to the business sessions.
Seated on the platform were the Presi.
dent, Mrs. W. Z. SChenCk, OF PhilRdel'
phia; Vice Presidents: Mrs, Hanford, Mrs.
Perkins, Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Allen, Mrs,
Commingo, Mrs. d. A. Cunningham, Mrs,
SherraTd, Mrs. GraYson, Mrs. Humphrey.
The platform is beautifully ornamented
With flowers and evergreens, and the walls
are appropriately decorated with the
names OF the missionaries and the Coun'
tries In which they are stationed. In the
gallery is stationed postotliCe with all its
appointments for the accommodation Of
the delegates,
A hall hour wasF Devoted to- prayer
meeting led by Mrs. L. NJ. Humphrey be-
fore proceeding to the regular programme:
At ten o'clock the exercises were opened
with the hymn
."slng to the Lord ye distant lands"
Alter which q portion Of Scripture was
read by Mrs. Schenck, tho President, lol'
lowed by prayer by Mrs. Gardner, The
address OF welcome was delivered by Mrs
D, A. Cunningham, in her own warm,
Impressive manner, and we append 1t III
full: IL ~ J. I'll
MRS. CUNNIEGHAM's ADDRESS OF WELCOME,
1t has been made my duty and privilege
10 welcome our visitors TO the hospitality
| Of the warm.hsarted people Of Wheeling,
They, with me, rejoice in the kind ProvI-
dence which brings you to us to celebrate
the eleventh anniversary OF the WOmAn's
Foreign Missionary Society Of the Freshly
terrain Church. We hAvehot convened 10
eulogIzs, nor pay homage TO mere human
effort, We. a not met to petition Con.
press or General Assembly to grant us
greater privileges or more extended
Geld OF usefulness, but rather, In womanly
yay, TO express gratitude 10 God for his
goodness to US in the past, during which
He has set open the door to the possession
Of the Nations. In au attitude resembling
that OF the early church, we are gathered
together in His ame'to pray for the spirit
Of power and OF love and OF o sound
mind, to DO given to our workers at home
and In the foreign field.
1t ia well known that the condition oil
| - 81 hnu AL Ia
necessary separate agency TO seek her
enlightenment in the new and living way
OF the Gospels, Theis wOmAn's mission
"a. woman, the,miBsion OF Christian. wo'
man, whose happines1 and hopes flow
from the Gospel, to her sisler sitting In
darkness, who pines and perishes because
the Gospel has not reached her In the
power OF the Spirit. The sacred memories
OF the paat years, and the stirring asso'
Cations which cling 10 these anniversaries
cause US to feel we have come TO an i'm
portant milestone; on one side oil which
we can read the ription, Hitherto the
Lord hath helped us" On the other side
OF 1t one can read, "Surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me Ill the days OF my
life" warranting the hope Of still greater
results for the historian oil the next decade
to record. ~. ~, l'-,
| anu this morning thevoice otone who
welcomes you in the name oil the useful,
helpful Marthas, who have said we must
see that the comfort OF our guests 10 first
secured; and Of the Marys who have said
we must seize this opportunity oil learning
all we can Of this blessed work. In the
name, and In behalf OF those sisters, the
doing and the giving ones, as well as the
receiving and the learning ones, represent
| ing quiet thought and active effort, | ex.
tend 10 you, the officers and mauagers Of
the parent society, with the officers and
representatives OF the long drawn train Of
auxiliaries and bands attached 10 you,
hearty and cordial welcome.
To the devOut women who look back all
the year to the last feast, and forward to
the next; as they prayertully trace the
steps Of the soclety's progress In all ditec'
tions, month by month, we BAY, Come
In, ye blessed Of the Lord"
We welcome the dear young workers
who are here to-day with hearts In which
deep thoughts are growing In relation to
life and duty. May you be led along In
this way till your lives resemble the
maidenB OF Ahasuerus' household being
fragrant with the odors Of definite and
decided CONSIDERATION 10 the service oil
King Jesus. We welcome the children,
our Junior partners In this work oil send
ing the Gospel to the millions who are
without God and without hope" because
without Christ"
He who accepted their hosannahs nine.
teen centuries ago Ia still saying: Suffer
the little children" 10 have ashare In hi,
ministry.
We gladly welcome you here this morn.
ing who, at the command Of the Master,
left your places around the family hearth,
the society Of warm hearts and congenial
friends beCapseyou believed the heather
were dying for the want Of Jesus. Was
not your wolisn's heart fitted by love di.
vine for just such Chria like &rricef Many
who, by faith, have borne you and your
work week by week to the InterCessor's
Throne, see you for the first time to-day,
and bid YOU welcome In the name Of "Our
Elder Brother" and all who, led by the
Spirit 10 this place, with feeling akin TO
the Spartan mStron who eat by the way.
side watching for news Of the battle, and
on being told that her three SOILS were
slain, baid IT asked not for my sOns, but
how 90 the arms Of Spartan" They say to
you: "H'dtch and pray and york as women
can" when they are stirred up 10 'serve
the Lord, for more holy entbuslRsm Ia
needed In the prosecution Of this work.
A special interest 10 attached 10 frs.
things, In the history Of our race, or Of
communities, or Of great enterprises. The
v estern Foreign Missionary Society,
formed by The Synod tof Pittsburgh, was
the ioundanon'ot OUT present Board Of
Foreign Missions. The first Missionaries
to India were Messrp. Reed and Lowtie
and their young wives. The first named
was obliged, on account Of falling health.
10 undeftskeA voyage he never lived to.
iuish. Dr.. Lowfie remained to establish
the Mission, but not before he bore his
gen lie wife to her last resting place, where,
far from her dear Virginia home, her pre-.
cous dust tsposes In the hope Of q blessed
resurrection, This church Ia which we
meet to-day was ConseCrAted by her At.
tendance while Wheeling was her home.
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