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District Missionary Meeting.

! District Missionary Meeting.
The combined home and foreign mis-.
sionary societies Of Orangeburg district
held their annual meeting at Jericho
church on the Cameron circuit May 1919
The meetings were presided over by Mrs.
W. l.. Wait, corresponding secretary of
the home mission society, and Mrs. f. S.
Herbert, vice president of the woman s
foreign missionary society. These conse-
Grated ladies are devoted to missionary
work in whatever form, and were mutu-
ally helpful in conducting the meetings
of their respective societies.
Friday, the first day, was devoted to
home missions. The meeting was opened
with song and prayer, followed by well
come address by Rev. J. G. Yongue, pas
tor of Cameron circuit. He assured the
societies that it was great pleasure t.
Jericho community to have the meeting
at their church and to entertain the dele
gates in their homes. Rev. j. l.. Tyler,
pastor Of Elloree circuit, was also pres
ent, and assured the societies of his SYM
pathy and interest in their work. Mrs.
Wait responded to these addresses, and
earnestly expressed her desire that all
present might be greatly benefited by the
meeting She then talked of the home
mission work in South Carolina. The
society was organized in Sumter in 1898.
Since then its growth has been slow but
steady. There are now four hundred
members in the South Carolina confer
ence. She explained the great need of the
work. When We consider that only one
third of the population of the United
States belong to any church and that there
are forty-seven Buddhist temples in Amer
ica, we realize that we must be up and
doing in the cause of Christianity. We
find need for home mission work in the
secluded mountain districts, in the popu-
lous mill districts, in the slums Of the city,
and everywhere There are only four
societies in the Orangeburg district, viz:
Rowesville, Branchville, Orangeburg and
Bamberg. Only the two latter were rep
resented. TheJ reported societies doing
active work along various lines.
Before the close of the morning session,
Revs. H. B. Browne and M. W. Hook
came in, and were gladly welcomed by
the society.
In the afternoon Rev.H. A. Mccullough,
pastor of the Lutheran church, was intro
duced to the society and spoke words OF
cheer and encouragement to the workers
in the missionary cause.
Mrs. Wait spoke Of the parsonage aid
feature Of the society and showed how
help had been given many parsOnages,
not only in the far West, but right here in
our own South Carolina. Rev. H. B.
Browne also gave an earnest talk on this
,r n,iccsn,, 1rnrly M
Herbert talked of and explained the res
cue work being done by this band OF
workers.
Saturday was occupied by the foreign
missionary society. After devotional ex-
ercises, Miss Daisy Gates welcomed the
society in the name of the woman's for
eign missionary society of Jericho church,
after which Miss Lena Yongue, in behalf
of the juvenile society of the same church,
extended hearty welcome. To these ad-
dresses Mrs. Herbert responded and urged
the societies to greater diligence in the
Masters work Our district secretary,
Miss Albcrgotti, was unable to be present,
but sent words of greeting. Her report !
was read by Mrs Herbert. From it we
learned that the society had not been at a
Standstill. There has been an increase in
members and in subscribers to the Mis-
aionary Advocate. There has been total
of S660.51 collected from the society dur |
ing the past year. Orangeburg is the ban
ner society of the district, and Bamberg |
next. While these societies have paid
more money, there are other smaller soci- |
eties that have averaged much more per |
member
Reports from delegates were called for.
Some 10 or - responded. Most of the
societies not represented by delegates
sent reports which were read.
Mrs. Herbert gave an interesting and
instructive talk on the Scarritt bible and
training school. She told Of the noble
work being done here in training young |
lives for christian work in every field,
whether at home or abroad.
Mrs. Wait earnestly urged the reading
of our missionary literature-especially |
the Missionary Advocate, The Little
Worker, and Our Homes. We cannot be
intelligent missionary workers and neg
lect the study of our missionary literature.
The program Sunday morning was a
very full one. The congregation assem-
bled early, and services were begun by a
love feast, conducted by Mrs. Herbert.
She then gave the Sunday-school talk
on temperance, after which Mrs. Wait
presented the home mission work to the
large congregation which had by this
time assembled, and organized home
missions society at Jericho churc, Nth
fifteen members.
The sermon at II o'clock by Rev. NJ.
w. Hook closed the pleasant and profit
able meeting of the Orangeburg district
missionary societies. The next meeting
will he held at Cone