The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
ANOTHER DAY DEVOTED TO THE
WOMAN'S MISSION BOARD.
Elected Characterization
EndeavOr Rally Attended by Ten
Thousand Persons.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 1S.-The arrival of
delegates to the National Convention of
the Disciples of Christ has not diminished
with the progress of the convention, and
this mornings trains brought nearly 1000
more Christians, most of them coming from
distant States.
The sessions to-day were again given
over to the Women's Board of Missions
and the first session began with a Bible
study conducted by Wallace c.. Payne, of
Kansas. following which was a brief period
of worship. The report of the committee
on educational work in the United States
was read by Mrs. W. c. Payne, who out
lined the work accomplished during the
| year, and made several recommendations
| for extensions and school building for the
coming year. Miss Carpenter. dean of
| Women of Drake University. Des Moines,
delivered the morning address on The Col
| lege Girl and Missions"
The report on negro evangelization and
| education was then delivered by c. C.
| Smith, of Cincinnati. field chairman for the
| woman's board in the South. His report
| showed that s1O,527 had been expended on
| this work during the year just ended, and
that the board now owned property valued
at 4s,s75, the result of the years labor
with the colored people. An address on
1.-The White Mans Burden in America"
by Prof. Annie r. Bourne. of Kentucky
University, also touched on the subject of
| negro evangeliZati0n
The presentation of missionaries, which
came just before the noon adjournment,
was an impressive ceremony. The candi-
| dates and their assignments are as follows:
DR.. Rosa Lee Oxer and Miss Elsie Cor
don, Mahobia, india; Miss Wyrick and
Miss Stella Franklin, general work in India.
Mrs II I'll &C. rriGOn of Missouri led the
devotional period at the afternoon session
and a report of the committee on young
peoples work was read by Mrs. Kate w.
Bellamy, of indians The afternoon adj
dress was by Mrs. +. d.. Petit, of Colorado,
and Mrs. V. c.. Hedges, of Missouri, pre-
scented a report on the work in Mexico. The
Nancy Z. Atkinson, Wabash, Ind; vice
| president, Mrs. Efie Cunningham: corre-
spending secretary, Miss Helen Moses; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. S. E. Gray; treas
urer. Miss Mary Judson; superintendent
| young peoples work, Mrs. Matte Pounds,
all OF Indianapolis and all being reelected.
The woman's board resolved to raise
$4,000 the coming year. The session
closed with an address by Mrs. Persis l..
Christian. of Arkansas.
The general board of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Society held its annual session i'm
the First Christian Church this afternoon,
siXty-nine members being present. Rev.
w. J. Russell. of Philadelphia, presided and
the principal business was that of hear
ing reports and electing officers for the
| ensuing year. The officers elected were:
Rev. A. L. Myhr. Nashville. president, and
Rev. Z. III. Kellar, of Carrollton, No., sec
rotary.
DR.. w. T. Moore, president of the college
at Carrollton, Mo-. inaugurated a move
| ment which may result in the church hold
ing its conventions every two years in
stead of annually, as at present.
Ten thousand voices went forth in
GLORY, Glory, Hallelujah: Our God Is
Marching On" when Harvey O.. Breedon,
of Iowa. president of the convention, called
to order the Christian Endeavor rally at
7:30 o'clock tonight. The song service
lasted half an hour and the vast assem-
blage joined heartily into the spirit of the
occasion. A choir of 500 voices partici-
pated in the service and took up the chorus
with the immense audience as one voice.
At s o'clock the programme of the even
ing began with an address by G. III. Platten-
burg, OF Ohio. whose subject was 1.-The
Transforming Power of the Christian En-
deavor." His address was received with
continuous applause. there being a very
large number of Endeavorers present. He
denied that the movement was waning,
saying that its golden age was not in the
accomplishment of the past, but in the on
ward march OF the future. Other peakers
addressed the convention on christian
Endeavor Among the Disciples of Christ
During the Next Five Years"