The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19

A Visit to the Annual Convention
OF the WOman's Board OF FOr-
eign Missions Of the G. II.
Church. at Oxford. Miss.


The 5th annual meeting Of the Wo-
mans Board OF Foreign Missions Of the
Cumberland Church met at Oxford, Miss.
4 May 18th to 10th. We left Jasper on
Thursday, May l4th and reached Evans
willie about 2 o'clock, p. m. there await.
4 ing our arrival we found one of the
|, Board waiting TO receive Us, who took
and kindly entertained us until next
: morning, when we all started for the
sunny South. Arriving at Hopkins
vile, KY, we were invited 10 stop oyer
and rest until Saturday morning, in or
rider TO avoid night travelling. AT that
place we were kindly met BY commit
tee and taken TO their pleasant homes,
where every kindness that could be
Thought Of was bestowed to make our
stay at that place pleasant, which we all
appreciated in the highest degree. Not
soon shall we forget the kind and Chris
tian friendships formed while there. Sat-
nrday morning we all met again at the
depot to continue our journey. We
Travelled rapidly on until afternoon,
when we stopped at Milen, Tenn. From
the looks of what we seen we had come
to the land Of strawberries, upon which
we feasted and rested for the next tive
hours; then we started and travelled
steadily until O'Clock that night, when
we reached the depot at Oxford, Miss,
where we were met again by a commit
tee with busses and carriages, and con-
Quoted to the homes so kindly provided
for US, where we were entertained with
the greatest hospitality. Kinder people,
we have never met. They left nothing|
|undcne that would render our visit
pheasant. We eau truly say il was pleas
lant TO be there. Sunday morning wei
were invited to 60 to any church wei
wished 10 Sabbath school. We went tol
1.-THE Baptist Sabbath-school, then 10 thel
Presbyterian church at IL o'clock, a. M, \
land heard DIR. Harris, OF Nashville.
|(editor Of the c. r. paper) preach. HisI
lsubject was "The infirmities Of the hu-
man body aud mind which he pre-
lsented in good style. In the afternoonl
THE ladies held preparatory meeting.
THE subject for meditation was, "OneI
died for ALL The meeting was con-
Iducted by Mrs. M. ID. Lester, Of Leba-
mon, Tenn. In the evening Dr. ALL
'McCumply, OF Lincoln, H., delivered an
able and eloquent sermon on the theme.
"The Field is the World" Monday
morning the convention met al O'Clock
and spent one hour In devotion. con-
Quoted by Mrs. J. III. Morton, Of Russell
vile, Ky. At 3 o'clock the regular busi-
ness Of the convention begun, Mrs. r. B. |
RustoD, President Of the Board, in the
chair. The address Of welcome, by Miss
Belle Hudson, OF oxford, was splendid
and well delivered. The resi- ponse in be-
half Of the Society, written by Mrs. J. H.
Guest, Of st. Louis, was also good, and
was in her absence read by Mrs. A. @.
Stewart, OF that city. Then followed I
greetings from Sister Boards, various
Auxiliary Societies, and letters from Mis-
sicnaries In Japan. Then the annual ad-
dress by The President. Mrs 4. Il. Rus
ton. Of Evansville, Ind. All these ad-
dresses were good and will be pnblishedI
in the annual report, which all persons
ought "a read. The convention was
Hospitality entertained at a most luxuri-
ous repast at noon in the basement of
the church. The Oxford ladies shower
ed blessings and the kindest attention 10
both visitors and delegates. Thus theIl
hour was pleasantly spent in conversa-
tions, and many old friendships revived
and new ones formed. Thus the meeting
proceeded the remainder Of the day, and
the next; every thing moved in order.l
and promptncss, worked like clock-work,
not a single failure. no jars, or conten-
lions. We would love to give the whole
but perhaps il would bel :
rather lengthy. On the evening OF theIl
18th, the convention was invited to the
Cumberland Female College, to q mu- l
sical entertainment, which was real !
pleasant. On the morning Of tho Goth, /,
We were kindly conducted TO the depot.
Then came the saddest part, that Of part l
ing with friends so kind; but the good i
by's will come. We returned BY the I
same route we went, stopping again onel
night and half of day At Hopkinsville,I
KY, 70 again enjoy the kind hospitality
81 our new formed friends, which wasI
indeed treat. We arrived there at SlI
o'clock At night the next morning lady /
ook us In her nice carriage aud drove I
,ycr their beautiful city, then ont toIr
heir Insane Asylum. They have beau
ifnl city. AT that place our church peo- Il
,le are building . fine stone church *
house the basement is completed and
hey are holding services in II. Their old ]
'hurch had previously been DESTROYED /
~ fire. But perhaps the loss OF one willis
% the gain Of better one. After din \
Ter came the good-by's again. We came i
o Evansville, where again we were met
md kindly entertained until the next
lay at ! O'Clock p. m, when we bid the \