Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-04-06
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
Eishty-One Dollars Was the
Amount Contributed.
A Small Audience Present-SOmr Very
Interesting and Instructive Papers
Raad-yyhat the Society Has Accom-
plishec During the Past Year-A
Splendid Lunch Served.
From Fridays Daily.

Last evening but small audi
ence assembled in the Presbyterian
church to take part in the annual
Thank offering of the Ladies Mis-
sionary society of that church.
However, those who did attend
were highly and interestingly en-
tertained and the exercises were en-
joyed by all.
The services were opened with an
anthem by the regular choir OF the
church, followed by the reading of
a scripture lesson by the society's
president, Miss Frank Russell, and
a prayer by theipastor,i followed by
some appropriate congregational
singing.
Then came the reading of some
papers by members of the society
that were instructive and were
listened too with close attention.
We print below the papers read in
full so all those who were not pres
ent can persue the at their leisure
and we feel that all will be repaid
for the effort if they will read them.
After the exercises lunch was served
to all in the church parlors.
The collection was very hand
some one, and amounted in all to
the snug sum of eighty one dollars.
There are no more liberal people on
the face of the earth that are the
good people of this city. We are
proud of the people, the city and all
connected with it. No wonder we
get little bit "red headed" when a
man or woman runs our city down.
She leads 10 everything. Read the
following interesting papers:
Mrs. J. E. Kirk read the follow
ing interesting paper on THE Re-
lation of the Board of Home Mis-
sion to the Presbyterial Society,""
The Presbyterial Society is that
department of the Women's Home
Missionary Society, whose MEM
bers are chosen from, and appointed
by the several local societies within
the bounds of Presbytery,to act in
conjunction with that Presbvtery
in carrying for ward the work OF
missions. We thought it might be
of interest and profit to those pres.
ent to hear something of the plan OF
work, its government and the re-
1ations of our society to the church
proper.
We frequently hear such remarks
as these: Il don't believe in mis-.
sions. How do 1 know that what
I contribute ever reaches the object
to which it was sent, or for which it
was intended? Passing through so
many saleried hands, it is we'll nigh
exhausted before it reaches the OBJ
jet OF my pity. l prefer to give to
those in my own vicinity, where I
may see the results of my generos-
ity. Let each community care for
their own, then there will oe no
missions.
This mi ght be worthy of consid.
Grafton, were all persons equally
enlightened, educated, and christ,
ianized. Unfortunately, such con-
ditions do not exist, and we, who
are highly favored, if we be christ
ians, must thoughtfully and prayer.
fully consider the welfare of our less
fortunate brother, whether he be
on the frontier, in far off Alaska, OF
at our very doors.
Our object is to make plain to
you that giving through the board
of home missions is preferable to
indiscriminate giving, because it is
sure to reach, in most thorough
and systematic way, by the most
economic methods, those who are
worthy of assistance.
The board of home missions is a
body of men, twenty-one in number,
ten ministers and eleven laymen,
appointed by the General Assembly
from seven Presbyteries, in and
near New York city. Chosen from
this locality, for the sake of conve-
nience and saving of time and ex,
pense in attending the meetings OF