Evening star., 1898-08-15
AT WASHINGTON GROVE
Meetings of the Woman's Home Missionary
Society.
Exercises Yesterday and Other Notes
From Beneath the Trees-Pa-
triOtic Exercises Planned.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.
WASHINGTON GROVE, Nd,
AUGUST IA 1885

AUGUST IA, 1895
The series Of meetings of the woman's
Home Missionary Society and Deaconesses
of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened
today with a conservation service led by
Mrs. NJ z. Cohen, who selected as her
theme Paurs exhortation to holiness, found
in Romans, II.
At 1890 the general service was held ia
the Tabernacle, which had been decorated
with flags and large banners bearing the
notices of the society. Potted plants and
palms adorned the platform. DR.. NJ. ID.
Peck presided and. on behalf of the. associa-
ton and residents of the Grove gave an ad-
dress of welcome. Mr.. Craleton Hughes
continued the welcome in an original poem.
The devotional part of the meeting was
NEW. Miss Ina l.. Saunders sang a solo,
accompanying herself with the autoharp,
and in response to the welcome extended
Mrs. s. V. Buzza made suitable reply. Miss
Ella knight gave a violin solo, Miss May
Smith accompanying.
Mrs. L. B. Street. who was expected TO
speak upon The Work of the Womans 5
Home Missionary Society,"" was absent on
account of illness and Miss Clara l.. Roach
responded in her place. She said, in review
of the work of that society. that 1t follow
ed the foreign society in the inception OF
its work and was an outcome of conditions
found existing in the south at the close OF
the civil war; that in Cincinnati July 10.
1880. a gathering of women presided over
by Dr. Rust proposed the formation of
home missionary society, and such an or
-ganiZation was effected, Mrs. Lucy Webb
Hayes, the wife of ex-President Hayes be-
ing its first president. The society has had
rapid growth and more than a million and
half dollars has been raised to carry on
the work. Eighteen missions have been
maintained in the south with 100 mission
aries in the field and 300 deaconesses sub
1ect to call In their special field of work
The work of the society is not confined to
the south, but in Mexico. New Mexico CAL
ifornia and Utah homes and stations are
maintained. Among the Indians in the
west, at Unalaska, Alaska. are home
schools for natives, which combine educa-
ton with Christianity in their teachings
The Mothers Jewels Home in Nebra ska
ana the Watts De Peyster Home in New
YORK, with homes for women in New York
Boston and Philadelphia, are sustained bv
the society. During the past year sixty
thousand dollars worth of supplies have
been sent to missionaries on the frontier
Following Mrs. Roach Miss Ina l.. sand
ers, a deaconess, told How | Was Led
Into the Deaconess' Work"
An evangelistic and song service was
held at O'Clock. DR. Woodman i'm charge
of the singing: Miss Reeve a deaconess
nurse. Miss Sanders. Miss Hicks, Miss
Rushford and Miss Rogers all giving in
cloents OF their work, the later speaking
Particularly of Kindergarten work.
The evening service was in charge of Mr.
b. II. Stinemetz, Miss Reeve making the
opening prayer; Miss Ella knight sang a
solo, and Miss Ida H Rogers spoke of tba
Hcme Life of the Lucy Webb Hayes
Training School, Mrs. woodman sang A
solo. and Mrs. Roach spoke of the deacon
ess work, saying that upon the authority
OF Rom, 1871, the early church recognized
the deaconess a helper in its work hut
In later years the Roman Church ralegated
these helpers to the cloisters, and 1t was
not unul within few years that the Pro-
testant Church has recognized the order
ana made it part of its system
To all obscure German preacher is given
the honor of founding the Order of the
Deaconesses, and Pastor Fleetner will long
be remembered by church workers
In this country the Deaconess Training
School was Instituted in Pittsburg in 1881
since which time 1t has sent out 800 work
ers;e2S homes have been erected in differ
ent parts of the country.
From the Washington Training School
one hundred have been sent out to do its
particular work
Mr. Walter Duvall spent the Sunday in
camp with Mrs. Duvall-
Roach, is confined TO the house with serious
illness.
The Young Peoples Epworth League of
this place have elected as members of their
executive committee Miss Nellie Potbury
Miss Grace Welch. Mr.. Cornelius Cissell
and Mr.. Donald A. Tracy and as their
chorister Mr.. Peyton Gordon
Mr. Charles Dunham of Washington was
a guest in camp today.
Friday evening, the 18th instant. under
the direction of DR.. Francis ]. yyoodman
the closing meeting of this series will be of
the patriotic order, at which time Ashley
NJ Gould and Mrs. J. Ellen Foster viii
make addresses, and a special musical pro-
gram suitable for the occasion is being pre-
pared.