The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-04-17
MIDDLE BRANCH.

The twenty annual meeting
of the ladies' U. P. Presbyterial soci-
ETY. of Sidney Presbytery was held in the
U. P. church at Bellefontaine on April
10th and 11th. In addition to the re-
port that has been given in the RE-
PUBLICAN, we notice few facts of the
meeting on Tuesday evening and We'd
nesday:
The president, Mrs. Dickson, called
the meeting to order, and beautiful
anthem was rendered by the Bellefon-
taine choir, invocation by Rev. Brown
lee, and singing by congregation, af-
ter which DR.. J. P. Robb of Sidney,
read the Scriptures and offered prayer;
singing by congregation, after which
Mrs. M. P. Robb conducted the thank
offering service. The amount of the
offering was $213 46, which was conse-
Grated with prayer by Rev. j. G. Roe
of Kenton. An excellent address by
DR.. Hamilton of Piqua, on the buaning
question of the hour, s"The probable
effect of the South African war on the
cause of Christian missions" He re-
marked that although our sympathies
may be with the Beers yet, he believed
they would be conquered by the En-
glish, and they being more progress
i've the cause of missions would be ad-
vanced. This was followed by fine
address by DR.. Simpson on the subject,
'"The outlook for missions in Egypt and
the Soudan." After giving the statis-
tics of the great increase in population
in Egypt during one year, and stating
that the population is millions, and that
, six thousand miles of railroad will be
made in the Soudan, he remarked that
the Providence of God is sometimes
equal to command. God has present
ed the opportunity to press mission
work into the Soudan. All power is
. given to me on earth, go ye, there
/ fore, and teach all nations" While
! we are discussing the subject, shall we
organize the mission in the Soudan?
The Roman church have already organ
lied mission there. Wednesday
morning, service was conducted by Mrs.
Simpson, who, after conducting a
Bible reading, read an interesting
paper on the subject, ''Under orders, y
showing that we are all under orders
as Christians. We can not all work in
the same harness, but should all look
for our work, and be willing to do oul
duty. We each one have a work to dc
in our several societies and cOngrega
tions. The paper was instructive and
practical.
Mrs. A. P. Wylie conducted the me-
mortal service. A tribute to the mem
ory of Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston was
read by Mrs. Phillips. Mrs. Gustin ot
Piqua, also read memorial. Miss
Abbie Robb of Sidney, read an excel
lent paper, "The Indians" and rave 8
history of the aborigines of our cOun
try, and of the wrongs they have suf
fered at the hands of the whites, and
tol6 of our duty to them. There was 6
tribute to the memory of the late Mar
tha J. McKown, who spent many year:
in Egypt. The roll call was answered
by "a delegates repeating verses O
Scripture. The officers elected-Pres
ident, Mrs. S. A.Kogers; Vice Presi
dent, Mrs. Mary Reeder; Rec. Sec'y
Miss Laura Dow; Cor. Sec'y, Mrs. E
P. Smith; Thank Offering Sec'y., Mis-:
Matte Waddle; Junior and Literature
Miss Clara Laughlin and Ann Wallace
The paper by Mrs. Stewart of Findlay
"Keep the children for the Master
use," and also the paper "Work anon!
the Hebrews" by Miss Creswell of Tc
ledo, were good. The Junior hour an
the songs and recitations by the chill
dren were enjoyed by all. The amour
raised during the year was S2237.60.
GOLDEN ROD.