Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-30
WOmAN's HONE MISSION.
The Society Of the Washington Presby
terry Meets at the First Presbyterian
Church.


The Society OF the Washington Presby-
terry Meets at the First Presbyterian
Church.
The ninth annual convention of the
Ladies' Home Missionary Society, Of
the Washington PreSbytery, was called
le order yesterday morning at nine
o'clock, in the First Presbyterian
church, with an attendance of about
sixty delegates from the different
churches. Twenty-Five churches were
represented Mrs. DR.. Storer, of Elm
Grove, presided, and in the absence OF
the Secretary, Mrs. Mcclellan otliciated
temporarily.
The morning session was opened with
devotional exercises and responsive
reading. The minutes Of the previous
meeting were then read, and the next
order, the report of the Corresponding
Secretary, was passed over. The roll
call Of the churches showed all in the
PreSbptery represented by delegates,
each of whom presented the report Of
the church which she represented.
Mrs. Rev. c. M. Afford followed with
a recitation, "a Patchwork Window"
which was delivered in an admirable
manner, and we'll received. The last
work of the morning session was
the appointment OF the different
committees, as follows: Commit
tee on Nomination, Mrs. DR..
Bowman, Mrs. Judge Cranmer and
Mrs. Hutchinson; Committee on ReSo-
lutions, Mrs. Helen Atkinson; Mrs. j.
L. Weaver and Miss Marie CarOthers;
Committee on Place Of Meeting, Miss
Leach, Mrs. Blayney and Mrs. Thomp-
son.
Singing followed the announcement
Of the committees, and after prayer the
meeting adjourned, The delegates re-
paired to bursts, where tempting re-
past was discussed.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
was called to order about O'clock. 1t
was opened by devotional exercises, led
by Miss n. Sherrard.
The report OF the Treasurer, Mrs. w.
R. Thompson, of Washington, Pa, was
comprehensive one, and made a graft
flying showing. The gross receipts were
So, 55e. 80, gain over the previous year
OF S933.O9. The Home Mission Board
receipts were S1,416.S4; Freedmen's
Board, 81 ,i32; contingent fund, 5000;
value Of boxes, S95S.37. The expendi-
lures left balance on hand OF S24.3
The joint salaries of two teachers under
the Freedmens Board was 5000, and
S6919 was contributed.
Mrs. DR.. Reed read carefully pre-
pared paper by Mrs. j. W. Paxton upon
1.-The Weight of Soul 1t contained
many valuable hints and suggestions.
Many delegates who were not present in
the morning expressed a desire TO hear
Mrs. Afford, and she was induced to re-
| peat her recitation OF "a Patchwork
Window"
Mrs. Ralston, teacher at Nottaway
c. H., Va, gave an entertaining talk
upon the mission work at that point.
Mrs. j. L. Weaver, OF Burgettstown,
Pa, followed In an address upon
Echoes from Detroit" She gave re-
port of the proceedings Of the General
Assembly, which met last Nay in De-
troit. The President then read letter
from Rev. DR.. A. Cunningham, after
which the exercises were closed with
prayer by Miss Sherrard.
During the morning Miss Rebecca
Rhodes presided at the organ, and in
the afternoon Miss Fannie Robinson.
Miss Teresa Phillips sang solo in the
afternoon. After the close of the meet
ing, the ladies took charge OF the dele
gates whom they were assigned to en-
terrain at their homes, while several
went TO the hotels.
EVENING SERVICES.
Rev. Cunningham presided at the SER
vices last night, and the church was
we'll filed. After the preliminary eKer-
cises, Rev. ID. E. Finks, of Brooklyn
was introduced, and delivered an ad-
dress. ''0ur Land, its Lights and
| Shadows E"
He spoke Of the immense nndeYeloped
resources OF the country, dwelling par
ticular upon those OF some of the Wes-
tern Territories. But the strength of q
country, he said, does not depend alto
| gether upon its material resources, how
ever great they may be. We must
metsure our strength by our weakest
! points. We have new country, and