Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-14

VI. San Unusually Large Num-
Der OF Delegates in Attendance.
Several Returned Missionaries
Present and Addressed the Body.
The Proceedings OF TIL Q First
Days Sessions OF the Society.
The annual meeting CT the Cincin-
natl branch of the Women's Foreign
Missionary Society is in session at the
Fourth Street M. E. Church. This
branch includes the societies Of sew
eral States, West Virginia among the
number. Fully two hundred delegates
are in the city to represent the local
branches of the society, and the con-
vention is one of the most important
religious meetings held in the city in
recent years. The lecture room OF the
Fourth Street Church was crowded
yesterday with visitors and Wheeling
persons who are interested in the COM
mendable work being done by the So
ciety.
The w. F. NJ. S. has missionaries in
Japan, China, India, Bulgaria, Italy,
Korea, Mexico and in several Of the
South American countries. In addition
to the delegates there are present sew
eral returned missionaries. as stated
above, and many prominent members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The officers are: President, Mrs. VIM.
B. Davis, Of Cincinnati; secretaries,
Mrs. B. T. Cowan and Mrs c. w.
Barnes; treasurers Mrs. John c. Kunz
and Mrs. Oliver Kinsey.
The lecture room OF the,Fourth Street
Church was appropriately decorated
for the sessions Of the society. The pill
lars were adorned with branches Of
fall greens, while there was a judiciOus
arrangement of palms and other eXot-
les, the whole combining to produce a
very tasteful and artistic effect. Por-
traits of prominent workers in the mis-
sionary cause were also hung about
the room, and upon the tables were
placed the publications Of especial in
terest to the delegates to the aconven-
ton. There was also very Interesting
exhibit Of the articles manufactured in
the the society sdA Which 5' were ered for sale
as souvenirs of the mqefing.
The first session offthe society was
ing and was opene/by the singing Of
the famous old Methodist hymn, ooh,
for Thousand Tongues to Sing Our
Great Redeemer's Name" Devotional
exercises were bed by President Davis,
who read from the fifteenth chapter Of
John. The Il dress of welcome on be
half of the Wheeling society was made
by Mrs. A. q. Clarke, who said:
MADAM President and Ladies Of the
Cincinnati Branch:
"Not lo4 ago an organization of wo-
men, banH I'd together for a noble. edu-
.cational ld Christian work held an
annual citing in he great city of
The to WHOM had been given
lhSm e Of ~ aking a few words
|hat she gould say
tNRorical city, the birth
nation; the city filed with
the nOnes Of men Of clear vision ana
strong hearts, who had not been afraid
to declare in the face of the believers
in the divine right of kings, their belief
that all men were born equal
Now no such fine things can be said
be me Of our little city. But we can,
and do, welcome you to kind hearts and
TO homes in which we trust the dear
Lord Jesus dWells IS the h0nored guest
in the upper chamberi And as His
messengers Sent by Him, it is pleas
ure and al inspiration you confer upon
US by eonsenting to be our guests.
"AlP other great philanthropic enter
priS4 to lessen the woes Of humanity,
ring for the sick, for the poor for
Tiendless, for the little neglected
R.-all Of these have been found
ed by len. They are doing great and
gloriouA work, and God is blessing
them. But egr' hearts thrill within us
as we remember that the missionary
work is of His own founding.
God chose the first missionaries.
God told them where to go. Goa pro-,
vided for their necessities. Coo, by
His Holy Spirit, gave them the power
to work. God gave them success. and
: TO God they gave glory. We consider
it an honor to welcome YOU as CO.
workers with Him in this His own re
culiar work. We welcome you because
we need you. There are fields white
to the harvest Of missionary work in
West Virginia, but the labOrers are few.
We need the enthusiasm Of members.
which viii surely come to us, as we
clasp your hands in friendly greet
ing.
con behalf Of the Methodist women
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