The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-03
FORJUNIOR WORKERS
Plan for Children's Missionary Work
Adopted After Careful Scru- .
tiny Of Every Detail.
Bishop Thoburn Tells the Methodist
Women How the Church De-
ponds Upon Them. =

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(For Yesterdays Proceedings see Page 81
The women of the general executive
OF the WOman's, Foreign Missionary So
ciety Of the Methodist church spent the
entire morning to-day in, considering the
report on children's work. item by item.
The plan was adopted with but one i'm
portant exception. 1t was the design Of
the committee to exclude the work Of the
Little Light Bearers from the scope Of
the new organization and keep it as a sep
arate department., but the executive de-
c1ded to unite the whole work under one
superintendent. Miss Pauline Walden
and others warned the committee that the
trend at present was differentiation and
the uniting Of two lines of work so di-
verse would mean an early undoing of the
work. but the convention did not see it in
that light.
The acceptance OF the main portion of
the report unchanged established a. united
chlldren's organization for the boys and
girls from to IA years under the title
or the Kings Heralds, with appropriate
watchword, motto, constitution and Other
machinery of organization. A snec,a1
object for contributions will be assigned
to them and the Children's Missionary
Friend, enlarged to sixteen pages, will he
the official organ. There will be a general
secretary to superintend the work and
That of the babies and their mothers
known as the Little Bearers. The branch
secretaries appointed for children's work
new society. way
Inc report of a special COMMITTEES on a
suitable badge and seal for the w, F. M.
3. last year was made by Miss L. M.
dodgk1ns. The design, drawn on a black
board by Miss STA, one of the Chinese
girls attending the convention, was shown,
IL Is a gold globe against which a cross is
Uh01n hot,
border of light blue enamel with the name
OF the society lettered upon it in gold.
Inc edge OF the pin is made perfectly
smooth, In order, Is Miss Hodgkins ex-
plalned, that mothers with little children
would not have to remove it to prevent
hurting the little heads against their
breasts, as they meant that the little
ones should point to the pin, asking,
Mother, what meaneth this badger" and
in this way tmbibe early the missionary
spirit The badge was adopted and will
also be used as a society seal or en-
blem on all of it's literature -.
At the close of the business .Bishop
| Ihoburn was presented. He told the
women very simply how much the church
depends on their society. He said that It
| Is proposed to reorganize the benevolences
OF OF inc church and when this is done he
should favor anything which would give
more leeway to the women's foreign mis-
s1onary organization, which had proved
| its worth. He said that a new era in
missionary work is undoubtedly at hand
and referred to the great meeting recent
ly held in Cleveland in which $500. 600
was raised. He told Of the great oppor-
tun1t1es in India. where 100, 900 are eagerly
| awaiting the gospel and extensions of the
work are greatly needed.
Adjournment found the convention
much behind with its work and the hear
Ing of the official foreign correspondence
that should have begun Friday morning
has not yet been taken up The election
which should have come this morning
was also deferred. It is not an uncom-
! mon thing, however, for the official mis-
slonary correspondence to be crowded out.
as this requires no action by the com
m1ttee and Is afterwards printed for the
benefit of the whole society.
This afternoon a memorial service was
conducted for Mrs. J. M Thoburn Mrs,
Ph. Archer, Misses Lillian NJ Harris. Mary
Def: Lloyd, Josephine Nicholson. DR.. s
l.. Baldwin, and w. E. Curtis. The
speakers were Bishops Thoburn and
Moore, Mines. E. T. Chowen, M. G.. Mind
M. S. Huston and w. B. Skidmore. A.
counts Of the Cleveland meeting in behalf
OF missions were given by Mrs. J. r..
Gracey, Mrs. ]. M. Cornell and others
Ih1s evening will be devoted to the in
terests Of the young people and will be in
charge OF Mrs. M c. Mind. Addresses
Will be given by Misses H. L. Kemper.
franc Baker, Anna Stone and others.