The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-14

To work until the flower
Of the ages doth unfold,
And heavenly alchemy hath touched
And turned earth's dross to gold.
o great, o grand commission!
What more could mortals ask,
Than thus to aid heavens architest
Complete His mighty task!
For this earth gives it's martyrs,
And heaven it's saints doth crown,
For this divinest love was spent,
Divinest life laid down.
This highest, hottest service
Awaits our willing feet,
Our hearts, our hands, our lives, our
In sacrifice complete.
Such service brings enlargement
A nobler, wider range,
And gives to lifes dull commonplace
New meaning sweet and strange.
Such partnership hath profits
To mortal speech unknown,
But heaven will interpret them
When the King comes to His own.
Co1aborers, coworkers,
We who the tidings tell,
The future of ChriSt's universe
Doth in your keeping dwell.
O royalty He trusteth
His work to feeble hands,!
Let every loyal heart respond,
And carry His commands.
And when the Master-builder
Shall find His task complete,
When all the universe unfolds
In beauty at His feet
No stone of temple lacking,
No jewel lost to sight,
When life itself is lifted up
To loves supremest height,
And likeness of the Highest
Doth in mans features shine,
And all atoms voices blend
In choruses divine,
Then these. the Lord coworkers
Coheirs with Him shall be,
They of His fitness shall partake,
They shall His glory see,-
Inheritors of ages!
And sharers of Christ's throne?
For into lasting partnership
The Lord will take His own.
FRANCES r. McLANE.
Miss Webb, missionary from Ardna,
Turkey, then gave an interesting talk
on Heroes of the Cross in the Land of
the Crescent
She told of the great difficulties met
with in the Turkish mission field and
of the trials and dangers which the mis-
sionaries there have undergone, empha-
sizing the stories of Turkish atrocities
which have startled Christendom dur
ing the past year. At the conclusion of
Miss Webb's talk the hymn How Firm
Foundation" was sung.
Mrs Capron Of Chicago then made a
brief address to young ladies on Hand
fuls of Purpose" She said that If she
could have her life to live over again
and could have all the stimulus which
marks the work of young women in
mission work to-day she would surely
feel that she had a handful of pur-
pose" Young ladies who have a life
of purpose cannot better use it than by
throwing it into the foreign mission
work No interest in foreign mission
means no interest in Jesus Christ. An
interest in missions means that a wo-
mo icy1 frysr, Fzs+ T,,
clusion she said: LET God see how in
earnest you are, and you can but see
what he will do for you. If you have
taken Jesus Christ for your Savior
then down into your heart has come the
Holy Spirit. Let us ask ourselves each
day what is our handful Of purpose to-
day"
Following Mrs. Capron's address Miss
Daggett, president of the society, spoke
on "a Look Forward
Prayer was then offered by Mrs
Griggs of Ivoryton.
The nominating committee for next
year was announced as follows: Mrs
7. K. Noble of Norwalk, Mrs. Edward
Douglas of Middletown, Mrs. J. w
Beach OF New Haven, Miss Ellen L.
Langdon of Plymouth, Mrs. w. F
White of Trumbull.
On motion of Mrs. Prudden resolu-
tons were adopted thanking the eXecu-
tive committee for its work in arrang-
ing the convention, to the railroad COM
pany for reduced rates, to the press fol-
reports and notices, to the ushers and
choir, especially to the missionary speak
ers, also to all who took part in the
program.
Mrs. WEIGH of Torrington invited, or
behalf of the First Congregational
church of Torrington, the convention tc
meet in that church next year. The
invitation was accepted.
On motion of Miss Prudden it was
voted to send greetings to all the mis-
sionaries os the New Haven branch in
the field.
The following resolutions were pre-
scented by Miss Hopson of Kent, Conn
and adopted by the convention;
Whereas. The bitter cry of Armenia
has resounded through all the earth
and
Whereas, American citizens in Tur.