The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-16
THE MISSION WORK.
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OF
WOMAN'S CONFERENCE.
Memorial Service Saturday Night
Annual Sermon Sunday, by Rev.
DIR. Creasy-Concert by Light
Rearers-Mass Meeting

Saturday nights session of the Wo-
| mans Conference was devoted to a
memorial service in honor of Mrs.
! Frances NJ. Bumpass, the former be-
| loved Secretary, who died in Green's
boro last month. A strong and beau
| tiful paper, giving a sketch of the life
and work of the deceased was read by
Mrs. John r. Brooks, the present eff
ficient Secretary of the Conference. A
number of ladies present paid hand
some and loving tributes to Mrs.
Bumpass' Christian character and in
iuence she had upon others for good.
Papers were also read on other
members of the Society who have
passed away during the year. Their
| names are as follows: Mrs. Althea
Penland, of Asheville; Mrs. j. II.
Moore, of LenOir: Mrs. w. w. Albea,
Mrs.Luc d. Hodgin and Mrs. Matte
E. Pulliam, of Winston: Mrs. Ed
wards, of Wadesboro.
THE ANNUAL SERMON.
The annual sermon before the soci-
day morning by Rev. DR.. Greasy,
who selected his text from Hebrews
1919: "Then said he, Lo, 1 come to
do thy will, o God.'' The theme of
the discourse was 1.-The Mission of
Love to do the Will of Cod DR..
Greasy said that physical or mental
development nor accumulation of
wealth were sufficient, but that it was
love to God and our fellow men that
make all of these effective and useful.
The sermon was followed by the adj
ministration of the Holy Communion.
1t was a beautiful and impressive
service.
BY THE LIGHT BEARERS.
The concert given at 800 Sunday
afternoon by the Light Bearers, COM
plimentary to the delegates and friends
attending the conference, was truly in
teresting and Mrs. L. E. Steere, the
efficient and popular superintendent OF
| the Centenary Society, deserves much
praise for the successful and pleasing
entertainment. The program as pub
| ished in Saturdays SENTINEL was
| rendered with fine effect.
MASS-MEETING.
A union service was held at night.
| The opening exercises were conducted
| by Rev. j. A. B. Bry. Prayer was
offered by Rev. F. Fl. Wood.
Mrs. Bishop Wightman, of Charles
I ton, S. c., President of the Woman s
|
] and she proceeded to deliver a splen-
| did address. She said the century now
nearing close had been most re-
| markable one. She mentioned some
| of the things that made it SO. She
| told of the first woman who taught
| children how to spell and read on Sun.
| day afternoons. Now, said she, hun
| dreds and thousands of children are
being taught not only to spell and
read but the Word of God. She re.
| ferred to the life of Miss Frances Will
lard, the great temperance leader
| saying cher heart beat for every hui
| man soul. -
| Speaking of the missionary cause
( Mrs. Wightman said that the woman :
Society had been working for twenty
| years; that it now has fifty workers il
foreign fields. She thought sometime:
it ought to be called the "Peneroya
Society or Army" The Southern
Methodist church has appropriated
| 500, 900 for the work this year. Mrs
| Wightman read an extract from let
ter written to her by Chinese girl
She referred to the effort being made
to do away with the custom in Chin;
of binding the feet of all the girls
"As soon as China women can b,
reached. sosoon will China be saved, ,
said the speaker, adding that if thi
| century Is called the woman 8, per
haps the next one will be called thu
children's.
Mrs. Frank Laney, of Monroe, SANG
beautiful solo at the conclusion o
Mrs. Wightman's address.
Mrs. Humbert, secretary of thu
South Carolina Missionary Confer
ence, was the next speaker. Her ad
dress was interesting and was well re
ceived. She said there are now sc, OO
Christians in China; that the womel
have Is workers there while the mel
have only 16. She said good work i
also being done in Mexico, Corea ant
among the Indians.
In concluding her admirable address
Mrs. Humbert asked: "As woman wa
the first to fall, is it not fitting tina
women and girls should go forth am
proclaim the word of Jesus Christ?''
This address was followed by col
lection, taken by Revs. Greasy, FIR
and Grissom and Mr.. M. A. w alker
Quite nice sum was raised.
The service closed with the benedic
ton by Rev. G. w. Callahan.
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