Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-09-19

At the Presbyterian Church the
praise service was led by Prof. Hack
leman, and the large chorus made
most exquisite music. Among the
selections was an anthem that was
highly appreciated by all.
Miss Anna Settle, Of Centralla, de-
livered a touching recitation, after
which Mrs. A. M. Harrison, Of Ken
lucky, delivered an impressive adj
dress on "Woman's Debt to Mis-
~sions." This was followed by a some
what humorous speech by W. w.
Rumsey, of Hannibal, which closed
the evening service.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
At the opening Of the morning ses-
sion the work Of the State Mission
board was taken up and will continue
until 2:15 O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
R. H. Waggoner, Of Kansas City,
conducted the devotional exercises.
President d. R. DUNCAN, Of the
-
Christian University, Canton, gave a
blpie stuuyo on Cne .lntroouction 70
! LeUveI 70 cne hebrews III.
Dung"n ~ q mar Oh nne ADDRESS ana
profound learning ano MS study was
nasCeIlul alrangeinenu OIL fauis
pecuiiar inarAs Vi authorship, WHICH
proved beyond a doubt the Pauline
authorship Oh ene hebrew iee1er'
oiauue y. mn, oOaee ouperintehu-
snC u .ne OhrisOlan EnueaVor, SHOW
gu W nis lepore' nuinDer VI oocieoies
m cne oca1e lour hundred; MEMBER
SNIP fourteen hundred; average con-
OrlouVions ilom each socleoy' Sl4'
Inc auuivor reported the accounts
OF tne treasurer correct.
y. A. norman, chairman OF tne
ways ana means committee, maze MS
report wnicn recommended:
Isl. rly hundred churches be en-
ii0Veu III Uhe WITH VI ouaOe mlsslons
ana slo'oOO DC asked Ior the WORK
" S"'N
upon 10 observe state Mission Day"
IN q absence OF W. n. hlcnardson'
VINO was caiiea 10 the bedside OF al
oying Drother IN quincy Illinois, the
report Oh bhe comml11ee on ota1e MIS-
SONS was read by D. . "nlte' OF
cameron. rms report commenced
une work Oh Q corresponding oecre1a-
ry' II A. Appott, ana recommended
tne same Inc o. WORK alreauy begun
py state Board.
D. n. Jones, from the commletee on
scnoois ana colieges' submitted ms re-
port wnicn was aooptec' Inc ioiiow-
ing Scnoois anu colieges are unuer q
Iosterng care OF u convention;
"lhiam WOODS Ooilege lor girls, ful-
ION; Ohristian University Canton'
Oentral onristian Coiiege' Alpany;I
Inc Deheoicoioh was pronounceu ny
w. ~ Moore
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
services were conducted
Dy W. "A. flte, Oh falmyra
III Une absence Oh W. T. hicnaruson
7 conference on "hea froDiems IN
oUaUe Mlssions was leu py In HARD
ing, Oh A,Dervy; Inc speaker referred
70 Une uihlculeies ol reaching 4
remaie orphan scnooi Oh Cue OhriSu-
ian Onurcn, camden folnt; OnriStlan
Oohege, OoiumDiai anu u hlple Oof
leeei Vi Coiunipia' onorU auuleSSes
were maue " ehe nelu men, n, .
Loulsialai Joseph oaynor'
Vi southwest missouri'' HORACE oipe-
rell, Oh cape dirarueau'
~. W. moOre' oi oprihgneiu' oeiiVer-
eu an eAceiienU aouress On ne heeuS
lures "r. Aioofe nearly
lnViUacion WIN his peopie aU
Springhelu next year i
o. H. haruing onereu Ihe report o
tne american Ohristian missionary
society HIS report showed that the
missouri cnurches gave nVe hundred
collars more 70 THIS worK thls year
IMAM any previous year
y. W. Muckiey, secretary OF the
board OF cnurch extension was asked
10 occupy the time OF George Darsle,
OF KENTUCKY, VINO was detained by
sickness. MI. Muckiey mas de-
voted MS Time Tor years TO ms work
and his address was instructive and
inspiring.
saving the foreign population and
dropped some valuable suggestions as
to how best to reach them. However,
W. +. Hamann, OF windsor, devoted
his remarks to this phase OF the sub
ject. His remarks were OF a most
practicable character,
The problem Of the country and viii
lage church was presented by f. A.
Mayhall, Of Louisiana. This address
was made up of practical, pointed
sentences, and reference In it was
made to a number Of prominent per-