Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-15
LADY MISSIONARIES.

The following is from the Rock Hill
Herald of last Wednesday,:
The meeting of the ladies of the
Chester District Missionary society,
held in St. Johns church, commenc-
ing Friday evening last, was indeed a
pleasant gathering of good women en-
gagged in mission for the betterment
of humanity. The attendance was
not as large as was expected ; but those
who were present were much delighted
with their visit.
At the Friday night meeting the
opening services were conducted by
Rev. S. H. Zimmerman, who intro
duced Mrs. T. S. Jefferys, of Yorkville,
the society's secretary, who presided in
the absence of the president and vice.
president.
The address of welcome, greeting
of love to the fair visitors, was deliv-
cred gracefully by Miss Hortense Rob-
erts, of Winthrop college, to which
Mrs. M. F. Jones, of Yorkville, made
fitting response.
Mrs. Wightman was then intro
duced, and in her charming way she
held the interest of the audience until
she took her seat. Mrs. Wightman is
a sanity woman who at once wins the
love of all who may be fortunate
enough to hear her words of love for
mankind aud listens to her appeal for
the Christianizatlon of the lands wrap
ped in the darkness of idolatry and
infdelity.
The society held two sessions Satur-
day.
Sunday, Rev. S. H. Zimmerman
preached before the society, the lar
gest congregation ever assembled in
the church being present to hear him.
Sunday afternoon Mrs. Wightman
lectured to the children, all the Sun
day schools in town being invited to
attend. She held the attention of her
young hearers. She exhibited to them
several of the idols children in heath
en- lands are taught to worship and
they were consequently very much
impressed.
The ladies of the society left for
their homes on Monday.
The following resolutions were adop-
ted by the society:
That we thank our dear sister, Mrs. E.
G. Jefferys. for the able manner in which
she has presided over this conference,
and assure her of our love and apprecia-
ton for her very efficient services.
~ la- Gao al ho nj
NJ. D. Wightman and Mrs. j. w. Hum
bert for their presence, and hope that the
influence of these noble women vii! in
spire us to renewed efforts in our work:
That we express sincere gratitude to the
people of Rock Hill for the kind and hos
pitable manner in which they have re-
ceiyed and entertained the members OF
this conference.
That thanks are also due to the minis
terial brethren of Rock Hill for their
presence and words of encouragement.
That we earnestly thank the members
of the choir for the sweet strains of music
to which we have listened. May they
live long to sing the praise of our dear
Redeemer.
That we request the publication of
these resolutions in the Rock Hill Herald.
Mrs. n. E. SHANNON.
Mrs. H. G. STRAUSS.
In his opening remarks to the socle-
ty, Friday night, Mr.. Zimmerman gave
the audience some idea of the work
being accomplished by these good
women. He said
There are now so regular missionaries
employed by the board at work in China,
Korea and Brazil, New Mexico and the
Indian Territory. There are l32 assls,
tants in schools and evangelistic work, IL
boarding schools SO day schools, 3kinder-
gartens, hospitals, Bible college, 81
Bible women, II scholarships and more
than 1000 pupils in the schools besides
many hundred women under instruction.
To the number of so missionaries two
have recently been added, one for Korea
and one for Brazil.
The treasurer reports having received