The San Francisco call., 1899-08-03
YEAR OF PROSPERITY
AHEAD FOR BAPTISTS
Mrs. Sunderland's Optimistic Address
to the Home Missionary
SOcietv

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 2-The Baptists
from all over California are gathered at
their summer resort at Twin Lakes and
every cottage and many tents are occu-
pied.
The Women's Baptist Home Missionary
Society Of California has completed its
session. Associational secretaries as fol-
lows have been selected to serve for the
coming year: For the Sacramento River
Association Mrs. Carroll of Red Bluff;
South Central Association, Mrs. L. ,.
Lawrence of Emmanuel Church OF san
Jose; American River Association, Mrs.
Smith of Shasta; Central Association,
Mrs. ]. H HelsIey of Ceres; Paciflc Asso-
citation, Mrs. A. D. Banks of Sacramento;
San Joaquin Association, Mrs. Austin CT
Dinuba-
The committee on enrolment includes
Miss Edith Reid of Alameda and Mrs
Robert Whitaker of Oakland. On the
obituary committee is Mrs. h H. bennett
of Oakland.
Mrs Sunderland, the president, was
very optimistic in her address and looked
forward to a prosperous year, as did Mrs.
l.. A. Johnson in her report for the board
The treasurer, Mrs. E. A. Joy OF san
Francisco, reported for the general mis-
siouary work SSl2 rs, with a balance of
81 45 or hand. Fifteen dollars and sixty
five cents was raised for the Chinese
kindergarten work. Miss Ham OF OAK
ssO1 had been sent to missionary churches
during the year.
The obituary. committee reported that
the following had passed from TINS NE
during the past year: Mrs. pierce OF
Berkeley, Mrs Perkins Of the Tenth-ave-
nue. Church Of Oakland. Mrs Jenne 80; OF
Santa Cruz, Mrs. Davis of the First
Church of San Francisco, Mrs. Gilmore or
Fresno, Mrs. Strong of Sacramento, Mrs.
Price of Red Bluff, Miss Janson or the
Dano Norreigen Church of Oakland,
The reports from the associational Sec
retaries were all encouraging and were
given by Mrs. J. H; Helsley, late of Con
Mrs Carroll of Red Bluff for the Sacra-
mento River Association, Mrs. AUSTIN OF
Dinuba for the San Joaquin Valley Asso-
Those who participated in the discus
sion on the apportionment OF money that
should be raised by the circles were Mrs
I n Helsley of Ceres, Mrs. Carroll of
Red Bluff and Rev. +. >. Lawrence OF
San Jose.
of Sacramento, who is to enter the train
ing school for missionaries at Chicago
Miss Hagstrom, missionary among
the Swedes in Oakland, who is a g1adu-
ate of the training school, gave an ad-
A missionary platform meeting was held
dressed the meeting were Miss Egi OF the
Chinese church, San Francisco; Miss
Hagstrom of the Swedish church of Oak
land Rev F. S. Lawrence, pastor of EN-
manuel Church in San Jose and the
churches at Palo Alto and Mountain
View; Rev P. Peterson, pastor Of the
Danish church at Watsonville; Rev: j. II;
HargreaVes. and Rev. w. NJ. McCart Of
the gospel wagon work:
Rev. c. NJ. Hill of East Oakland pre-
sided at the session of the general con-
vention to-day. 1t opened with song
and praise service. Rev. Robert Whitta-
ker. the State missionary, gave a report
on the present status of work in Northern
and Central California This was fol-
lowed by a report Of State Treasurer E.
F. Baker.
In the afternoon an address was given
by the pastor of the First Church of San
Francisco who spoke on Enthusiasm in
Our Work"
The open parliament on How, Shall We
Care for the Little Country Churches"
brought forth many good points.
The annual sermon was preached this
evening by Rev. A. NJ. Petty.