Evening star., 1901-04-29
ITS TWELFTH CONVENTION
wOMAN.S MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF
LUTHERAN GENERAL SYNOD.
Opening Meeting Wednesday Evening
TT Luther Place Memorial Church
The Program.

The twelfth convention Of the Woman 9
Home and Foreign Missionary Society of
the general synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church In the United States of
America will be held at the Luther Place
Memorial Church, Rev. J. G.. Butler. d. D.,
pastor, beginning Wednesday evening next
and continuing until Monday, May 6, in
elusive The exercises will begin with
conservation service led by Mrs F. c.
Harper of Chambersburg, Pa. and, after
the transaction of the routine business in
cidental to national convention of that
kind. an address of welcome will be de-
lvered by Mrs. j. G. Butler of this city.
The response will be made by Mrs Lewis
Hay of Indiana. Pa.
The feature of the evening will be the
annual address of the president, Mrs. Alice
G. Bond of Salina Kan.
The Thursday morning session will be
mainly devoted to routine business, the ap-
polntnent of committees. reports of gen.
eral officers. to wit: Corresponding secretary,
Miss NJ II. Morris: treasurer. Mrs a. V.
HANNA; secretary of executive committee.
Mrs. X. b. Shaffer: historian Mrs. E. B.
Scholl: treasurer of board of trustees. Mrs.
:. F. breckenridge and standing commit
tees. There will also be read paper on
Our Young People by Miss S. f. Stoever
of Philadelphia. Pa The evening exercises
Will begin at o'clock and the principal
OF the Nineteenth Century Was the Most
Important and Far-reaching in its power
for Good to the Human Race" by Mrs.
W S Dysinger of Logansport, Ind. and
the relation of Home Missionary Remi-
niscences." by Mrs. r. II. Young of San
Diego, Cal.
Reports of CommIttees.
Friday morning reports will be submitted
from committees as follows: On presidents
address, corresponding secretary's re-
port, on treasurers report. on executive
committees report. OF literature commit
tees report, on letters and papers. on box
work committees report. report of auditing
committee, report of committee on trans
portation.
Mrs. A. b. Shrader of Nevada Iowa.
will read a paper entitled How Are the
Boxes Sent our Home Missionaries Appre-
ciated?'
In the afternoon of Friday the delegates
Will visit the National Lutheran Home for
the Aged. at Winthrop Heights, D. c.,
where reception will be held in their
honor. An interesting program has been
arranged which consists. in part, as fol-
lows: Introductory remarks. Rev. NJ. w.
HANNA d. D.; prayer, Rev. P. H. Miller,
D. d; solos. by Miss Mary Mackenzie
Byrnes; greetings of welcome. by Rev w.
r. Parson. ID. D., president of the board Of
man, and the benediction by Rev. S. b.
Barnitz. ID. D.. western secretary board
of home missions.
In the evening of the same day the OPEN
ing exercises will be conducted by Mrs. L.
l.. Belmer of Osborn, Ohio. Voices from
India Will be represented by Mrs Yeiser
Mrs. l.. B. Wolf, DR.. NJ Baer and Mrs. DR..
Harpster and Miss Van Leer and Miss
Kline those from Africa.
The Saturday morning meeting will be
devoted mainly to Queries from the
Field conducted by Mrs. j. G. Traver of
Hartwick Seminary. New York, and ap-
pointment of standing committees
Sunday morning at IL o'clock the conyen-
tion sermon will be preached by Rev. Dr.
J. 6. Butler, pastor of Memorial Church
The evening meeting will consist of a me-
mortal service to Our Sainted Dead - con-
Quoted by Mrs. S. +. Breckenridge pres-
dent of the executive committee: the cele-
bration of the Lords supper and renewed
The final session of the convention will
be held Monday morning and after the
transa ction of all business not previously
finished, Quiet Hour will be conducted
by Mrs. F. A. IIeilman of Baltimore Md
Society Officers.
The officers of the society are: Pres
ident, Mrs. Alice G. Bond, Salina. Kan:
vice presidents, Mrs. j. F. Hartman.
Pa. Mrs. s. s. Waltz Louis
Vile, KY: recording secretary Mrs NJ E.
Warrick, Salina. Kan; corresponding sec
'etary, Miss NJ. H. Morris 4O8 North Green
street Baltimore, Md: treasurer Mrs. A.
V. HANNA. 80 North Fremont avenue
Baltimore, Nd; historian, Mrs Emma b.
Schoil, 1"o West Lanvale street, Balti-
more, Md.
Executive committee-Mrs. S. F. Breck-
nnridge, Springfield. Ohio: Mrs K. B.
5haffer. Delaware. Ohio; Mrs. Ross Mitch
FL Mrs l.. A. Gotwald Mrs. J. T. Zim-
norman. Mrs. j. A. Work, Mrs. G. u. Got
valid. Mrs. +. H. DornbIaser Mrs leila
b. Watkins, Mrs. VI. j. FREY Springfield.
ohio; Mrs. a. V. Hunter, Columbia CITY,
Ind; Mrs. l.. l.. Belmer, Osborn, Ohio:
Mrs. Geo II. knollenberg. Richmond Ind.
General literature committee-Mrs A "
tamma. Mrs. W. Fl. James. Miss NJ. II.
Norris. Mrs. j. B. Carr, Miss Sallie Protz- |
nan, Mrs. q. w. Miller. Mrs. w. H. Dun |
,ar, Mrs. A. II. Studebaker Mrs Mary S.
Ftupp
Editor Children's Missionary-MissL Laura |
Wade Rice. Baltimore, Md.
Box work committee-Mrs. Geo. d. Got |
valid, Springfield, Ohio.