Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-10-07

number OF delegates present, lhciueihx
many prominent ladies from all parts OF
the conference bounds. and our people |
are delighted to have them among u.s.
Rev. {. d. BulIa, of Winchester, preach |
ed an able sermon Sunday morning, in
the M. Z. Church South. Sunday night
the meeting was opened with religious
exercises, conducted by Rev. Mr.. Bulla,
during which Mrs. w. F. Walker and Mr..
C. W. Taylor rendered a beautiful
Duet. The pastor of the church, Rev.
b. f. Ball. extended a cordial welcome
to the ladies' OF the society, and called
upon the president. Mrs, A. w. Wilson.
of Baltimore, and the acting secretary,
Mrs. ]. 7. Williams, of Romney, who is
first vice president, to assume charge of
the meeting.
Miss Katie Belle holland, on behalf of
the Charles Town Society, then delivered
the formal address of welcome, as fol-
lows
:. Mrs. President and Ladies of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the Bal
timore Conference
In greeting you tonight we are reali-
zing the fulhlment of wish we have long
entertained. We have some blessings
that we desire to share, and none are
nearer to our hearts than the women who
are giving the best of mind and labor to
spread the great light to the people that
sit in darkness. We welcome you TO the
mountains. always the businesses of llber-
ty. TO one of the lovliest valleys known
TO the world; to a people, br ave, hospit-
able, cultivated, religious-to the Win
chester district, that has held its own ever
since our Woman's Board of Missions
was formed; and lastly to our little aux
Hilary of Charles Town-small but en-
during.
. Our church, our homes our selves
are yours. May your stay with us be full
of pleasure may your work gain fresh
impetus may the guiding hard Of our
Lord be in all that you do and may you
leave behind with us. when you must
leave, a fuller knowledge of the great
cause We are serving, a more deeply
rooted determination to stand by your
side and hold up your hands, and may
this work, to which God has called the
: women Of his church, grow and strength
en- in our hands till the kingdoms OF
J this world are become the kingdoms of
e our Lord and of his Christ
! Again let me, as representative of the
Charles Town Society, extend to you
our cordial welcome.
To this address Mrs. w. H. Ballengee,
of Warrenton, Va, made the following
response
Sisters Of the Charles Town Auxiliary
and dear Crystals In behalf of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society OF
the Baltimore Conference, let me thank
: you for the cordial welcome you have
: given us to your church. your homes. and
your hearts. Between some of us and
: you there already exists friendship.
i Others of us were until this meeting total
E strangers; but this welcome you have
2 given is not because of what we are OF
who we are, but whom we serve. In His
name we come among you, and in recely
ing US you receive the representatives OF
that gracious Savior, our Elder Brother,
who has said, ''Inasmuch as we have done
it into one of the least of these my brethen
ye have done it unto me-" The society
which represent is branch of the
wowan's Foreign Missionary Society OF
the NJ. Z. Church South, an organization
which is the expression of the love borne
by the women of our church to their dis
> tant and less fortunate sisters in heathen-
dom. For nearly a quarter of century
, the work has been in existence. Started
f by feeble few. with scant means at theil
II disposal, and but one missionary candi-
+ date, the work has grown until it now
EN- braces tens of thousands of workers,
! over sixty active lady missionaries, and
collections which, this last year, amount
> ed to a hundred and eighteen thousand
= dollars. mmencing in China, we row
have work IN Mexico, Brazil, Corea. Cuba
+ and among the American Indians. Al
a recent Board meeting we were urged
to take charge of the work In Japan, in
/, which country alone the work for women
is in the hands of our Parent Board OF
Missions All the lady missionaries to
7 the other foreign fields are under APP
: pointment from the Womans Board.
The human infant, after period of
: dependence and growth, reaches point
of independence and maturity, Not so
: the infant society. which in 1878, by act
: of the General Conference. was launched
into the world to enter upon its mission
OF love and mercy. Truly its infancy has
passed, but it will ever be dependent up
on the church which gave it birth, and it
viii never cease to grow until, in the
fullness of time. the whole human fami-
ly shall have taken on the image of Him
who is the only true and perfect head of
the Church.
. To US as heral6s of salvation, thou
sands, yea, millions of heather women
turn a listening ear. Their cry to us is !:
Come over, ere we die Our most fer
vent prayers, our deepest love- our untr-
ing efforts should be for those helpless,
suffering souls, hungering for the Bread
OF Life. thirsting for the living water
Whatever in the remotest way helps on
the glorious work for them. is service for
the Master.
You have hidden US welcome to work
among you. you have wished us God
spead. GIVE us also the joy of your pres
ence at our meetings; aid us in every eff
fort 10 advance our work. that the bless
ing of God and the peace which passeth
seth understanding may be both yours