The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

cumstances, serve on 1t during the com
ing year.
Mrs. Whitney also moved that the
regular election be held Immediately
after the result of this informal ball
lot was made known. This motion was
carried, but afterward was reconsid-
cred and lost, the chief objection to 1t
being that 1t was not expected by many
of the delegates who had therefore re-
NAMED away from the session.
Reports of state secretaries were
read, Tennessee, by Mrs. w. M Wool
wine; North Carolina by Mrs. William
II. S. Burgwyn; South Carolina, by
Mrs. d. l.. Roberts; Vermont, by Miss
Florence Il. Clark; Virginia, by Mrs.
C. G.. Burton; Michigan, by Mrs. J..
II. Murfn; District of Columbia, by
Mrs. f. q. Collins. and Pennsylvania.
by Mrs. r. II. Ramsay
The report of Michigan was
followed with short talk
on the work of the Detroit city Union
state reports, as no reports, for differ
ent reasons, will be made by New
York, Georgia or Mississippi.
The National Junior Republic.
The programme for the session in
cluded an address, THE National Jun
ior Republic" to be delivered by Miss
Leech of Washington. but as that lady
is not present at the conference, this
address was not given and the evening
was concluded with an address by Mrs.
Isabella Charles Davis. who spoke on
''The Fatherhood of God"
That this is the relation that God
bears to humanity is proved, she said,
by all the scriptures isaiah said,
Doubtless thou art our father, though
Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel
acknowledge us not: thou, o Lord. art
our father, our redeemer; thy name is
from everlasting" And Malachi said:
Have we not all one father, hath not
one God created us?" Paul said: For
asmuch then as we are the offspring OF
God, we ought not to think that the
Godhead is like unto gold. or silver. or
stone craven by art and mans de-
vice." and the Son OF God has taught
We to pray "Our Father"
DO you consider God as your father
In the fullest, widest. deepest sense -
, asked the speaker, with an active and
constant care Of you, or as a father
afar off, in a distant heaven where by
and by he may do something? He Is
our father. father of body, soul and
spirit and nothing touches any interest
| or your life that he is not concerned
in 1t. Even in the Old Testament this
/ is shown for did he not tell the chill
! cren OF Israel what to eat, the number
/ of tassels to their gowns and in what
manner to worship? He teaches also
his sovereignty; but greater than his
sovereignty, than his power, than his
Glmightiness is his fatherhood The
first work of this order is to believe
and teach his fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood OF man.
The session was closed by a. bene-
diction pronounced by Rev. DR.. Ham
len. The programme for to-day's ses-
sion Isl:
10 a. m.-Devotlonai services; min
utes.
Poll open for electoral ballot, 10: 30
1890.
Our Affiliation With the National
Council Of Women; THE Educational
department of the ORDER: presenta-
ton of plan for the establishment of a
summer school of method in connection
with the Interstate Conference.
p. m.-Question box: announcement
OF elections; informal discussions; un-
finished business reports of commit
tees; invitations for next annual meet
ing; conservation service and installa-
tion of newly elected officers.
$3.50 p. m--Reception rendered to the
officers and delegates of the Interstate
Conference by the Kings Daughters
OF Savannah, at the DE Soto.