Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-06-23


their purpose is above apology. No
ject is to be bis ready and willing assist
in high and holy marriage-love to
spring are the countless throng ofsaved
souls in far-off Asia, long forgotten
Africa, and ourtown precious America
Childrenthey are feeding without seeing,
loving without knowing, but whose
shining faces and white souls will greet
them on the farther shores of time."
How glad we are that we are Chris
tian women with such gracious sur
bscause we are christian woman-a
faith 80 sure, SO satisfying-a
church to enfold us pastor
to care for us---a Bible SO adapted to
our needs and SO evi6 emily a revelation
from its Divine Author-human friend
ship based on common faith
the strongest, the noblest desires
e.f our human hearts all met and
satisfied in this one precious Saviour,
and now hearing these sweet words of
welcome inHis name, for his sake makes
us feel that our coming together must
deepen the craving ofHis name on every
heart-the fixing of the purpose ofeach
one 10 be more fully His in the days to
come; to spend more time in learning
what there is to be done, and in seeking
to .drink into His Spirit" that we may
be led into larger fields of usefulness.
Our Conference Society has met to
csiew the work it has done during the
year past aaa to give to its members
fresh courage and zeal for the conflicts
ahead, and we feel sure we have
hearty welcome b e, because both res
idents and visitors are interested in
this aubiest of missiona.
while weconsider the work to be
done, the call for more laborers, the
failing atreHgth of our missionaries be-
cause this call Is SO slowly being answ-
cred, our hearts beat as one. And as
we work and plan together, may we
awaken more sensibly to the call and
determine to be more jealous for the
Master during the year before US, that
at its close we may hear Him say ''She
hath done what she could"
We cannot toll in vain:
Cold, heat. and moist and dry,
Shall foster and mature the grain,
For gamers in the sky,
Let US take courage, then, and conse.
crate ourselves more entirely to our
Saviour, being determined to do only
that which He would have US do.
Go labor on; your hands arc weak
Your knees are faint, your soul cast
down;
Yet falter not the prize you seek
Is neaE-a kingdom and crown,
Then came the annual address of
the President, Mrs. j, A. Cunniggim,
which, in her absence was read by
the, Weep resident presiding, Mrs.
F. D. 'Swindell.
The following is the Presidents
address:
Dear Sisters, Co-La6orers i,s the
Wonaam's Mission zry Society, and
Friends -
Convening for the second time in this
hospitable city for the annual review of oul
work, what varied memories-of the per-
plexity, of the sadness, as well as the
| pleasure,-com into mind in connection
with the former occasion of our visit here
Our beloved President, Mrs. N. H. d
Wilson, detained at home, ministeriDg t6
sick husband our honored and reVered
Corresponding Secretary, "Aunt Bumpass"
prevented by physical inability from be-
| ing with us; our Treasurer, Miss Alice
Wallace, watching at the bedside of de
voted mother, nearing the better world
and dear Aunt Mary, our "mother of {
thousand daughters y, lowering as it were
between life and death and, saddest OF all
the Angel of Death came even into oul
| very midst, and carried away the lovely
| Spirit of one of our most valued workers
Sister Burkhead, your pastors wife. All
well do we recall the scene of sadness tha
quiet Sabbath evening, when just before
| twilight, we followed in body, the weep
ing family and friends to the &c resting
place of the dead y, and covered her grave
with beautiful f1owers--the tribute of low
cur human leader, we felt as did Jacot
when he said, all these things art
against me-. But the dear Saviour, il
whose name we met, proved present helI
in time of need. His precious promise
"Lo, I am with you Away, strength
ened our faint;ng hearts, as we applied
ourselves to the task before US; and we Re
i allied from day to day the blessedness o
His approval.
| Your kindly greetings and hearty wei
L come as well as the sweet associations il
your homes, and your Christian helpful
ness in our work, we gratefully remember
In contrasting the work of the Woman
Missionary Society in North Carolina, a
i given in. the Minutes of that meeting, il
1886, with the Minutes of the two Confer
ence Societies in North Carolina in 1891
we find there has been a gratifying in
crease, namely. In 1886 there were =
Adult Aux. Members Contribution
48 1885 $1,618.9
: '91. 1877 2,947 3,531.3 3
) Bright Jewel Bands. Members Contr
1896 not given 5 657.2
1891 1876 5,167 $3,098.5
! In addition to the above contribution