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and visitors on Friday afternoon at
the De Soto.
Resolved. That TO the officers of the
/ Independent Presbyterian Church We
extend our grateful thanks for the use
Of their large and beautiful church.
Resolved That oUr thanks he ex-
/ pres sed 10 the local press for kindness,
and to printers and typographers IN
/ Nashville for cOurtesies extended our
| excellent programme committee.
Resolved That our meetings nave
been very much more helpful because
Of the presence of the unusually large
number Of missionaries from both
home and foreign fields, and also for
the visit and GREETINGS Of Miss Bur
dette Of Chicago from the Woman's
Home Mission Society
Remembered the Dead.
The Committee on Obituaries, Mrs.
@. F. Gregory. chairman, reported the
following resolutions.
we tender our loving sympathy TO
the families and fellow workers OF
God, who have entered their Master
10Y. Mrs. j. 2. Eagle, vice president
OF the Women's Missionary Union for
Arkansas. and wife of the president OF
the convention. a regular attendant
and earnest participator in the annual
meetings Of this union. She was IN
deed a remarkable woman. Few were
better informed on matters Of state or
passing events. no one vas more gra-
c.cus or kind in social life. nor better
equipped as a useful member OF So
Ciety. Her conversation was bright
and sparkling. hut never frivolous; her
friendship was Sflcere and candid, and
her loyalty To her friends was a thing
to be admired and cherished by them.
Her fidelity to the church Of her
choice was only equalled by the read
mess with which she served her Mas
ter and the intelligent conservation of
her gifts was the expression of a soul
imbued with the desire TO make the
world better for having lived in it.
She was an admirable presiding Of
ficer wise I'm council. progressive in
tendency, and energetic ~ the accom-
phshment of the ends she aimed at.
We shall miss her presence and her
counsels.
Mrs. George s Dobbs. vice presi-
dent for Louisiana Of the WOmens
Missionary Union, and president of the
Central Committees of the state from
1895 to 1899, was an earnest laborer
in the days when the foundations of
this work we're laid in that state
Mrs. II. 5. Roberts. a faithful and
devoted member of the Central Com
mittee Of Kentucky, was intelligently
interested in the cause of missions and
ever anxious to interest others. Wise
in counsel, active in execution, always
ready 10 do more than her share, il
was wonderful how much was accom-
plished by one so frail in body Her
indomitable spirit was inspired by love
| for her Saviour.
Mrs. Franklin Wilson of Maryland
| was one of the earliest workers in or
ganizing women's missionary societies
for foreign missions. She hailed with
| joy the great advance that has been
made in recent years. A sweet and gen.
tie spirit, after the long life of active
| service she rests from her labors.
| Mrs John g. West. a faithful and
| earnest worker in Texas. and a regular
| attendant on the annual meeting of the
| w. NJ. u, is greatly regretted and
| missed by her fellow workers in that
state.
Mrs Adelia w, Hillman, chairman
| of the Central Committee and vice
president of the w. NJ. L. for Missis-
| slppi from 1887 to 1894, was one of the
most efficient leaders, tireless workers,
and strongest characters; an intellec-
| tual queen, but above all a consecrated
| Christian woman, has been called to
cease from her loved employ To come
| up higher into the joy of her Lord She
VAS greatly beloved and honored, not
! pAAS. IA iANl ONh HAdNti nut ny all VINO
| knew her.
Mrs. r. s. Edwards, sister of ]. b.
! HaNWen, missionary to China and
/ first president of the Woman's Mis-
I sioHary Union of South Carolina; Mrs.
| I. o. Lawton. mother Of w. w. Law
| ton Of South Carolina, missionary to
| China, and DR.. Tichenor, late secre-
| tary of the Home Board.
They are at rest. in Gods own
| presence blest,
Who, while with US, this day we low
ed to greet.
Conventions DER, they count the years
no more:
Times football is not heard along the
golden street.
| No passing cloud their loneliness may
shrOud
The beauty of their youth may never
No line of care their sealed brow may
wear.
The joy CLEAN of their eye their Dim
ness ere may shade,
No stain is there upon the robes they
wear,
Neither the gates of pearl which they
have passed;
| Like woven light, all beautiful and
bright.
Eternity upon those robes no shade
may cast.
Their faith is light, their hope is full
delight:
The shadowy veil of time is rent in
twain;
! Their untold bliss. what thought can
follow through,
To them to live was Christ, to die in
deed was gain.
The remainder of the meeting was
taken up with unfinished business,
| farewells to missionaries. those present
| being Mrs. Roswell Graves of Canton
| China; Miss Kate Perry of Indian
| Territory, and Miss Buhlmaier of Bal
timore. Md, and with a service of con-
secratiOn and prayer.