The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-07
To this address Mrs. ]. 2. Eagle, of

| To this address Mrs. j. +. Eagle, of
| Arkansas, gracefully responded.
| Miss Heck in her annual address
| dwelt on the growth of woman's organi-
| zed mission work 10 ..er this decennlal
Anniversary brought into review the mar
vellous growth of woman's missionary
organizations in all branches OF the
| Christian church during the last thirlS
wears. The first such organization made
up of women of all denominations was
begun in Il parlor meeting iii the house
of Mrs DoremuS, of New York, Ia
| 1861. II took but seven years for this
society to prove that this work was so
large in its scope that it must be cocks
tent with each denomination. Congre-
gational women organized III 1S6S, the
Methodists North in 1869, but the seven
ties were TO see such an uprising of Chris
tian women for definite, united, Christian
work as the world had never before wit
messed. At the close of this decade
there were twenty-onc great woman's
foreign missionary societies in existence,
which were giving onc-tifth of all given
Inv the churches of America for evangeli-
zation of the heather world. Besides
these. had been organized number OF
great Home Mission societies whose work
to-day is hardly less great than the For
eiun branch These Home and Foreign
Mission societies combined are giving 70
day as much to Home and Foreign Mis-
siuns aS the whole church gave 10 For
cign Missions in 1SS0-only eighteen
ing TO Southern Baptist women to ask
brief years ago.
Miss Heck closed by earnestly appeal.
themselves the question if they, though
the youngest of these general organiza-
tions. were keeping pace with these
great womans movements. She SAID
they had done much, but she confidently
believed would do far. far more.
Miss Annie W. Armstrong. of Balti-
more the devoted corresponding secre-
tary of the Union since ilo organization.
and to whoin ii owes much of its success,
gave the report of the years by briefly
reviewing the progress made III each
department. Her report, together with
that of the treasurer. showed that wo-
mans missionary societies of Southern
Baptist churches had reported for the
wear 1S9T-9S the sum SJS,2S3.00 to For
eign and Home Missions and Bible work,
this sum including nothing given to mis-
sion objects within the limits of the
respective States. Two especially inter-
esting features of each years work was
the Christmas offering for Foreign Mis-
sions. and the week of special self-denial
for Home Missions ut sometime III the
spring With both of these weeks were
coupled special services of prayer. which
were each year more widely observed.
The work in several of the Southern
States had suffered from the fever of last
summer and fall. so that the fact that the
report was this year four thousand dol
lars larger than last was matter of re-
jOicing.
Miss Alice Armstrong, of Baltimore. in
historical paper reviewed the Unions
history. tracing its overwhelming and
deepening influence. In these ten years
the accumulated gifts contributed
through the Union were $46S, 1898.
Mrs. j. II. Tucker, of Asheville. \.
c.. spoke of the work of the Sunday
School Board, and DR.. ]. NJ. Frost, Of
Nashville, Tenn, followed with an adj
dress on the same subject.
The closing devotional exercises We're
conducted by Mrs. Butler, of Missis-
sippi