The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
woMiS'S BOARD OF MISSIONS.
Able Address Delivered ut the Clos.
ing Session in Wilson.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Wilson. N. G., October 29.-The ses-
sion Of the Woman's Board of Missions,
of the Christian church of North Car
DINA closed its session last night with
an able address by DR.. c. Z. William
son, president of the Richmond Female
college. His subject was Woman s
Work" DR.. Williamson said IN part:
when the Wcrlan's Board was first
organized, som people asked what IT
meant. The le, rs c. w. &. NJ. were
given this me& .ns. Car women be-
come men II = language Of the
speaker these le. rs were given mean
ing &C." stands for Christian not IN
any manner or actarian sense, but in
its broad loving meaning, in the sense
Of king Christ like. wv" stands for
woman, the foundation of our churches.
Sunday schools and benevolent organi-
cations. If woman was the cause of
our first curse, it was through her that
we are to be redeemed. She brought
into the world our Savior. Woman in
her purest being is the most god-like
reature in the world. One of the most
beautiful scenes in the Bible is the pic
ture of a woman breaking the box Of
ointment on u Savior's head.
This is woman's age. To her has
many of our most beneficial reforms
been due. Whenever we find q noble
work to be done, we find woman in the
lead. Clara Bartan'S work in the
Spanish war is a living example of what
woman is capable of doing. The {. w
3 NJ. by it's complete organization has
a power for good which car not be
easily estimated. 1t has done more to
-~ronl ,,;re;o,on, ~ ;ntn1lioaoaa nx-ar Tho
fields of the Christian church than any
other feature of the church ~organiZa-
ton. At the national convention which
has recently been held in Omaha the
results of the woman's work shows
up in remarkable figures. There has
been collected during the past year for
the cause of foreign missions SITS, .6S;
for home missions $50. $3.50. SO; converts
by home missionaries 6,419; churches
organized bv home missionaries 101; re.
ceipts of the c. w. B. III. $139. 034. %: to-
tai receipts for missions $500, 2SS.61. The
Woman's Board raised during the first
year of it's existence 81. 200. 50, last year
it raised S64. 1872. 60. During it's existence
the board has raised for the cause OF
missions over a million dollars. Not
only has it done this but has kept the
cause of missions constantly before the
people and in this way has advanced
the cause of Christ over the entire field
covered by Christian churches. Some
have doubted woman'S right according
to scriptures to do this class Of work.
Here DR.. Williamson in very beautiful
language pictured the scene Of Jesus
with the Woman of Samaria at the well
and showed that it was through her in
fluence that her people were saved
Again he pictured Lydia, the first con-
vert across the Adriatic and showed the
influence of her work on those with
whom she came in contact. DR.. vii
hanson urged men not to retard the
work Of the woman but instead give
them means whereby they could further
the work which they have done so sue.
cessfully.
Wilson people are delighted to hav'
this devoted band OF Christian worker:
in their midst and have opened thei,
hearts and homes to them. The meer
ings are largely attended by Wilson PEG
pie and the church building is hardl!
adequate to accommodate all those wh'
wish to attend.