Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-19
BAITIsT MISSIONS.


Program OF the Approx ching COmvcn.
ti0n of the WOmen's Society.
Preparations fer the annual convention
of the Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary
Society of the Middle and New England
States and the District of Columbia are
about CON Dlete SO far as the local COM
mittee of ladies in charge of the conven-
ton are concerned. The convention proper
will be held Wednesday and Thursday
April q and %, but there are to be several
important meetings of officers before then.
Programs have been completed for these
preliminary meetings and sent to this city
but the program for the convention itself
will not arrive until the officers of the
general society arrive here this evening.
The headquarters for the reception COM
mittee, of which Mrs. Charles A. Stakely
Is chairman, and for the society officers
will be at the Ebbitt House, and at that
place tomorrow evening there is to be 4
reception to the missionaries attending the
convention and the officers.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon tomorrow
there is to be an important conference of
the secretaries, the program for which,
in the form of series of questions, is as
follows: Questions by the board of di-
rectors: "a Have you faithfully tried to
introduce systematic giving through month
ly envelopes? (2) Have You some respoH-
sible person in charge of literature in each
church? 90 Would an apportionment aid
in this work? a. What policy should We
adopt with regard to our Sunday schools
o. How will the plan for systematic bene
licences affect our organization? CD What
are the duties of state association secre-
taries? 90 Where does the chief respon-
sibilty lie for returning blanks? ~ Can
we bring out points of common giving to
foreign missions and to other charity? t5)
Cannot onesfo, .th of the women not at
present members of the society be enlisted
a w he new
six months? Questions for foreign secre
taries: "a Should junior societies contribute
to our society or to the missionary union?
(2) Shall we adapt our methods to junior
societies OF encourage our own band work?
90 Can we make the object for which
juniors work still more specific? a. Can
we have additions to make the Farther
Light work more attractive? (5) Could
we have simple set of lessons with ques-
tons and answers for primary classes and
juniors? 90 Has sewing ever been used in
the Farther Light meetings without in
terfe1irg With the spiritual benefits. and
q Is il wise to include young men in these
meetings? Many of the topics are on i'm
portant phases of the societys work and
most Of them will be debated in the con-
vention.
This and the subsequent sessions of the
convention are to be neld at Calvary
Church, the sessions during the day in
the Sunday school house and the evening
meetings in the church proper. There are
one at 2 pm. and the other at 7:30 pm. A
feature of the convention will be OBJ
ject lesson in foreign missionary work by
Miss Marie Bowling of Philadelphia, a re-
turned missionary from China. who will
have a class dressed in Chinese costumes
to illustrate the lesson. Officers are also
to be elected for the ensuing year, the
present officers being as follows: President
Mrs. Sarah c. Durfee, Providence, r. l.;
vice president for the District of Columbia,
Mrs. E. w. Bliss of Calvary Church: treas
urer. Miss Alice E. Stedman of Boston;
secretary of the foreign department, Mrs
H. G. Stafford of Boston. and secretary of
the home department, Mrs. N. M. Water
bury of Boston. The secretary for the
District of Columbia is Miss Emily York of
the First Baptist Church. The general
chairman of the convention committee is
Mrs. E. W. Bliss of Calvary Church. All
persons members of any society as con-
tributors are entitled to participate in the
convention. and for this reason alone 1t is
expected that there will be large num-
Der present both from this and other cities.
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