The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-08
WORK OF The WOMEN
Last Day of the Wcman's
Missionary Meeting.
interesting Talks by Ladies Recommends
lions For the Year
1891.

The Baptist Woman's Missionary meet
First Presbyterian church for two days
adjourned yesterday afternoon after an
interesting and profitable session of two
days. 1t was greatly enjoyed by the visl-
tors and by the Christian women in Raj
elgh.
The morning session of the Woman
meeting opened promptly at III O'Clock.
The devotional exercises were conducted
by Miss Maud Reid. the Tabernacle Mis-
sionary of this city.
DR.. Kerfoot, secretary of the Home
Mission Board, made an interesting talk
to the ladies, and complimented their
work in very high terms. He said that
he believed that the Southern Baptist
Conventions have been more indebted to
the ladies for informing the people about
the work of the convention than to all
the Boards of the Convention put to-
gether. He said that the Home Mission
Board was depending on the ladies to help
them accomplish great results in the
spread of the Gospel over the world. He
said there are one million, six hundred
thousand Baptists today, and the South
is growing in wealth as never before. He
encouraged the women in sending boxes
to the missionaries. He said the men
lived on very very small salaries, and the
comfort and inspiration that came to
them in this way was invaluable.
The minutes of the meeting of yester-
day were read by Mrs. D. Rich secretary,
of Winston.
Mrs. Foushee, of Durham, made splen-
did talk on Woman's Progress, and por-
trayed woman as the leading character in
literature, a great benefactress, efficient
in professional careers, and is constantly
growing in usefulness and reputation.
She did not approve woman as a rival
TO man: she said there is sphere
for woman and a sphere for man; let wo-
man be woman and man, man. The very
foundation stone of woman's advance is
christianity. But the higher education
of woman is not to be despised; it better
fits woman to rear and train family
giving dignity to the home and inspiring
high ideals in the girls and boys.
Mrs. w S. Primrose, president of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the Pres
byterian church, made short talk, which
was very much enjoyed and appreciated
Mrs w D. Hubbard. extended to the
members of the North Carolina State
Convention, greeting. She said: Il have
been in the State a short time. having
worked along the same lines in Alabama,
and I do not feel at all a stranger. In
fact. having listened to your earnest
prayers and talks, l feel very much at
home indeed" She then read the recon-
mendations for the Central Committee
for the Year 1901, which are as follows:
RECOMMENDATIONS OF CENTRAL
COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1901.
Deeply conscious of the great respons-
bilities that devolve upon us as individ-
uaIs and societies. as we enter the goth
century, yet confident that He who has
used us in His work in the past will
still more largely use US if we yield
ourselves entirely to His service, the
Central Committee would recommend for
the work of the year 1901 the following:
First. That throughout the first year
of the new century we continue the for
ward movement. each society making un-
RENTING effort to increase it's mem
bership. to have connected with itself
a children's branch and to organize So
cieties in neighboring churches. That for
this purpose corps of volunteer or
ganizers be called for, each such volun-
teer pledging herself to visit and en-
deavor to organize societies in at least
three churches during the incoming year
Second That the societies observe
again this year the Christmas Offering and
the Week of Prayer for Missions the
Week of Self-denial and Prayer for Home
Missions; the Thanksgiving day in July
for State Missions, and use their infiu-
ence towards the observance by our
Sunbeam bands and Sunday schools OF
Bible and Sunday school Mission days.
Third. That Mr.. T. G.. Britton, OF
Soochow. China, and Miss Lottie Price, OF
Shanghai, China, be our Yates Memorial
Missionaries. the sum of 81 900 being our
Christmas Offering for their support.
Fourth. That in grateful acknowledge
ment of the hearty reception and great
success attending the work of the Vol
unteer Teachers in their first summer S
work, we treble the number of workers
in 1901, calling for at least fifty duly
recommended teachers of ability, expert
ence ard consideration who for two
months will conduct summer schools in
destitute places, teaching the Bible anf
elementary studies, receiving for their
services only their board and travelling
expenses.
Fifth. That special emphasis be laid
upon the purchase and perusal of mis-
sionary books, and continued effort be
made to still further widen the circula-