Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-13
OFFICERS ELECTED,
Closing Session of the WOman's Mis-
sfOnary Union.


siOnary Union.
The closing days session of the seventh
annual meeting of the Woman's Mission
airy Union, auxiliary to the Southern Bap-
fist convention, was held today in the Cal
vary Church Sunday school house. There
was large attendance and the meeting
was one of unusual interest. The main
theme of the day was the Sunday school
work of the board although, as it was the
last day of the four days session, a good
many matters Of business also claimed the
attention of the delegates. After the OPEN
ing exercises number of reports from the
states were received, and then Miss Alice
Armstrong of Maryland made an address
on the subject of literature. The recon-
mendations of the Sunday school board in
regard to tine adoption of the series of
Sunday school papers was adopted.
The secretary of the board, DR.. T. P.
Bell, then delivered an address in which
he spoke of the work Of the board and it's
needs general discussion followed and
then. basket questions" conducted by Mrs.
c. E. Turnbull, occupied the attention of
the delegates. The annual election of Of
ficers resulted in the choice of the follow
ing: President, Miss f. E. Heck of North
Carolina; recording secretary, Miss Annie
MARITIME of Baltimore; corresponding secre-
tary, Miss A. w. Armstrong of Maryland,
and treasurer, Miss Belle Lowndes of Bal
timore. Upon the completion of the pro-
gram the annual session OF the union came
to a close.
The Sunday Mission Meeting.
The meeting of the Woman's Baptist
Mission Union yesterday was held at 3
p. m. in the Sunday school room, Calvary
Church, Miss NJ E. Wright of Georgia pre-
siding. Mrs. R. H. Graves Of the China
field gave an interesting address on that
country, while Mrs. James W. McCollum
Graves described the work of a mission
aryS wife in China in a most interesting
way. Among other things she had to teach
the infant class" consisting entirely of
old women from eighty to one hundred
years old, the most miserable, abject and
forsaken creatures, as stupid as the most
veritable infants and more difficult than
children to teach. Mrs. McCollum describ-
ed similar work in Japan, and said that a
missionary could get Japanese to do any
thing if you would only teach him English
Miss Buhlmaine told of mission work
among immigrants in Baltimore Oar Sing,
Washington Chinaman, spoke in COM
parison of American with Chinese children
In the matter of fIial respect. Mrs. r. H.
Merely spoke Interestingly of the work in
Mexico. describing the progress of the
girls school at Madero.
Missionary Work in Papal Fields.
The Saturday evening session of the
Southern Baptist convention was marked
by some rather sensational features, in
Guiding some severe structures on the meth
DDS and purposes of the Roman Catholic
Church. The subject was brought up in
the course Of report from the committee
on work in papal fields. one of the mis-
sonary committees of the convention. The
report was submitted by Rev. Mr.. Sproles
of Mississippi. the chairman, and was to
the effect that the work in Italy was ad-
vancing with some degree of success al
though 1t had met with considerable op-
position from the church and from the
state. In Brazil it has been interfered with
by political disturbances, as well as by the
clergy, but in Mexico the status of the
work is much more satisfactory.
The report was discussed by Rev. J. c.
Hiden of Virginia, who made a temperate
address, in which he deprecated any Sc
we're attack on Catholicism, but he was
followed by Rev. Mr.. Cransfeld of Texas
who launched at once into severe ar
raignment of the Roman Catholic Church
Addresses on the general subject of the
report were made by Rev. w. NJ. Pickard
of Kentucky and Rev. j. H. Mccormick of
Mexico. The rest of the evening was taken
l,p in the receiving of other reports from
the missionary board
The convention sermon yesterday was
preached by Rev. j. B. Hawthorne, d. D.,
Of Atlanta, Ga, at the First Baptist
Church, on the subject. 1.-The Significance
of the Name That Is Above All Names"
DIR. Hawthorne took his text the pass
age from Matthew Thou shalt call His