The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-16

be taken away. Our Adelaide Frost Alice
Oxer, Bessie Farrar and many others, have
put their lives in the trust of our kind
Heavenly Father and have said: If perish
perish, but l will go and lift the royal
for whom Christ died are only waiting for
the message in order to receive it And now
from far away India comes these comfort
ing words: DO not feel sorry for us and
think It a sacrifice, for 1t is only joyful
loving service for our Master. Tell the
young people not to be afraid to come and
for Christ Such are the lives that have
gone from the influence of the G. w. B.
lands. Then there are our earnest young
women, young women who are
engaged en- Z age IN the home WORK; "a, as
bands-those who are having a part in
training the young. for lives of usefulness
in His vineyard. What a blessing this work
has proven to the young woman. Yes. we
have a work for Jesus, living echoes we
will be, of Thine own sweet words of bless
The work of our C. w. B. M. like the
quality of mercy is not strained. 1t drop
peth Ike rain from heaven upon the earth I..il
that gives and him that takes You re-
member dear sisters, when Solomon went
before the Lord upon being made king, in
say: Ask what / shall give thee. Then
did solomon ask for wisdom and knowledge
choice riches and honor were added unto
him by our loving Father. So it was with
all other things to bring glory and honor
to the Lord. They did not ask for riches
and honors for themselves, but for wisdom
to do the Lords will in spreading His glor-
iouS kingdom. In making this wise choice
the Christian wives and mothers were not
only blessed themselves, but studying TO
know the will and wishes of our dear Savior
they received a, blessing for their children.
An appreciation Of this blessed work has
entered the home. The little children have
caught the sweet inspiration and with their
motto. Shine for Jesus, a host of little
builders are doing their part to take the
world for Christ. Through the influence of
our auxiliaries, which were given to our
eonsecrated sisters for the wise choice they
made, many of their sons and daughters
have so felt the love of Christ constraining
them that they have gone into the dark
heather lands there to plant the cross of
Christ Not only are our sisters now called
to be used in His service as when the
blessed work first began but now their
very loved and own are called to hasten
the coming of our Lord. AS / stand before
you tonight a picture comes before me of
an earnest Christian mother with her two
long bridge going to the c. w. B. NJ. meet
ing. That evening a letter is read which
tells OF those who are perishing in heather
great need of workers. The hearts of these
little girls are touched by this appeal and
on their way home the older one says to
the younger: Sister, when l grow up / am
going myself to carry the gospel to those
sad people. Will you not go with me?' The
sister and leave my mother, 1 will do all
can to help send Others AS these Nttle
girls grew into young womanhood those
early influences were strengthened by the
spirited meetings of the c. w. B. M and
IN answer to earnest prayer the time came
at last when the older one could prepare
herself for work in the foreign field"
MRS. ENCELL'S ADDRESS.
AT the close of Miss Farrar's address,
Mrs. Jennie Encell. of Syracuse N. Y was
introduced. Mrs Encell spoke in a general
way of the c. w. M. B., and made fine
impression on the audience She spoke as
follows:
.'At one of our district conventions in
New York, in conducting a query box,
this question was drawn and given to our
young Syracuse pastor to answer:
-" Is the c. w. M B. Side Issue?' He
hesitated moment as if the question was
think we are apt to underestimate the i'm
portance of side issues. If we wish to be-
little anything we call it a side issue, and
that settles it at once. But what are often
called side issues may be of lasting inter
est to mankind Then opening Bible
he's he said: Let TN me 4r read you side
caused a deep sleep to fall upc dam,
and he slept. And he took one of 8 ribs
And the rib which the Lord had taken
from man made He woman.
IF this c. w: B. NJ. is a side issue we
believe that, like the one spoken of, it
is of God. At first as Sister Jamison
and as such were permitted to follow the
larger machines and CLEAN in the corners
and by-wayS which they could not reach.
But it was soon evident that there were
rough, stony places and dangerous
marshes, and thorny patches, and many
10-cent missionary sickles carried by the
c.. w. B. M. women and kept ever bright
and sharp by constant use were needed
Fifty years ago there was not a wom-
ans missionary society in America. Now
there are forty general boards thirty thou
sand auxiliaries and over a million women
in these societies. In our own beloved G.
w. b. M. we claim membership of over
thirty thousand
THE organization of these boards
marked a new era in the evangelization of
the world and in woman's development as
tleman asked another what agency of the
present seemed to him the most far
reaching in its power for good to the hui
man family. His reply was, Not our dis
coveries in medical science, not the appli-
cation of electricity to the practical uses of
life, nor our Improvements in mechanical
power but the establishment of women's
missionary societies and the work they are
doing for Christ
THE C. w. B. MS MISSION.
1.-THE C. w. B. M. has mission to us
as people. It's first object is the spiritual
development of the women within our
churches. This is definitely stated in our
auxiliary constitution: It's object shall be
to cultivate a missionary spirit, to encour-
age missionary effort in the church, to
disseminate missionary literature, and to
secure systematic contributions for mis-
sionary purposes To accomplish this is
to solve the great problem which will make
us what we should be-the greatest mis-
sionary people in the world.
THE second object of the G. w. b. NJ
Is the missionary training of the children.
1--WE call ourselves disciples of Christ
but how slow we have been to learn of
Him. There has never been period in
the world s history when child nature was
so much studied by teachers and so much
these tte be oe chrsta not women q
Board realizes that the world will soon
belong to the children, and that they be-
junior societies, it's helps to train them
and hold them in ChristS service. What
object could be greater?
THE greater part of Christ's ministry was
spent in cultivating the missionary spirit in
the hearts of His disciples. That He per-
mitS us to bear humble part in this pri-
mary work of His and has given to those
who bear the message of salvation the
promise of His constant divine direction and
protection-this should fill our lips with
dence that we shall reap in due season if
we faint not
THE educating work of the G. w B. NJ
has been felt not only by those belonging
have been reaping the harvest of our SOW
ing. l. came in an opportune time. The
old-fashioned sewing society was fast pass
ing away. The churches were surfeited and
many of them sick unto death with fairs
and festivals. oyster suppers, New England
suppers. pink teas. blue teas and green
teas. The women were most Of them like
Martha. numbered with many cares and
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