Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-10-03
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MISSION WORK
Discussed By Delegates from Woman's Home
Missionary Sscieties, This District.

Z 1he moraing session of the Woman's
Home Missionary Societies of the Augusta
district was devoted to reports and miscel-
ianeous business, large number of dele
gates aud visitors being present from Halo
well and Gardiner.
Inc afternoon exercises opened with de-
votional services, conducted by Mrs. Helen
B. c. Beedy of Pennington.
The reports of the secretary and the
committees on credentials and resolutions
were duly read and adopted.
The resolutions were as follows:
Resolved That the Woman's Home Mis-
slonary Society appeals to every Christian
woman. That in view of the Unprecedented
condition of our country, we recommend
that the membership of the society be in
creased, making it more efficient % in
The benevolences of the church.
X solved, That we are glad to Cooperate
with oar sisters of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society, ana recognizes in them
The worthy pioneers in woman's organized
work for missions.
Resolve d, That we urge the extension of
the circulation of the literary organ of the
-ociety-"The Woman's Home Missions
IS the best means of dlffusirg information
and awakening intelligent enthusiasm in the
work.
That we pledge ourselves as members of
!he auxiliaIies, to aid the district and con-
ter'Lce secretaries, by doing all in our
power to assist in the work Of the Woman's
doD'e Missionary Society, giving full and
prompt quarterly reports.
That we extend our most heartfelt thanks
10 Mrs. c. A. Thayer, district secretary :;
to Mrs. Sarah r. Palmer, conference
secretary; to the Augusta auxiliary
to the Maine Central Railroad, and to all
others who have so kindly contributed to
the success of this first meeting of the Au-
gusta district.
The afternoon programme included an
interesting paper on our "Mi,sion Work In
the South by Miss Emerson, which was
read by Mrs. Thayer. THIS was followed
by practical and inspiring talk by Miss
Isabel S. Allen of Portland on "What to
Send-Where to Send-and How to Send
Cur Contributions to the Department Of.
Supplies also, an able and appealing ad
dress by Mrs. CIR. Palmer on the "Varied
and Increasing Demands of the Work as
Viewed from Both Philanihropic and E
Patriotic Point of View"
The poem, "Alelnia, read by Miss Hill,
and the solo. There is Green Hill Far
away" as rendered by Mrs. Marden, ad
ded much to the enjoyment of the pro
gramme.
The first address of the evening session,
by Mrs. Helen B. C. Beedy of Pennington,
opened with an interesting history of the
origin of the Home Missionary Society.
The first money contributed to the work
was a S. gold piece, given by the mother of
Bishop Haven. The first president of the
society was Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes, who
gave her last public efforts to this work.
Mrs. Beedy closed her paper with fervent
appeal for organized work in behalf Of the
Emigrant's Home. the deaconess' work and
espec ally for tie degraded women and
girls of Alaska. Rev. Mr.. Thayer of Gar
diner was present by the urgent invitation
of the auxiliaries, and followed Mrs. Beedy
with an earnest and eloquent tribute to the
work accomplished by the women of our
churches and made special plea for the
Emigrants' Homes. The musical numbers
rendered by the church choir, under the
direction of Mr.. Beck, were heartily appre-
ciated by the audience.