The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1903-11-20

hume MISSION lIomSs
Auxiliary Superintendent of
Literature. and Press are expected
to express in their own language
the items furnished them by the
Conf. Supt. but l shall publish the
first two items below just - they
are semitic me az l think any
change would be an injury,
WANTED.
To double our membership at
once For this we continually call.
How shall it be done? By the con-
ference officersf or by every wo-
man doing her part and bringing
in oner Let Us by this latter plan
Every body to the work.
This is the last month of third
quarter. How are our returns?
Only thrses'more months to wind
up the fiscal year. The record is
being made "up yonder" as well
az here. Have1yo done what you
could?
Your new deaconess candidates
entered the Scarritt Bible and
Training School in September
The course of training for these
deaconesses, which is very inter
esting, is outlined in the CD dialogue
of the school which can be secured
by application to the principal,
Miss NJ 8. Gibson.
i The Homer Deaconess Home is
under Increased obligation to Mr..
Toberman -of Los Angeles who
has added $500 TO his gift By
the firstsof january, this home,
filled with every modern convent
ence and equipment will be ready
for occupancy nd gives promise
of untold benefit to the Southern
Methodist Church on-the Pacific
Coast.
], The Settlement Work, which is
accomplishing so much good in
our cities is taking a stronger hold
constantly. Birmingham, Ala,
: with their new deaconess, Miss
Taylor. has begun such work. 1t
: has long been an. immense success
in Nashville under miss Clyce and,
I in Atlanta, the work has grown to
1 amazing proportions under Miss
Rosa Lowe. Dallas Texas is do
, ing fine settlement work, with
: Miss Haskins in charge, Thorn
asville GA. has begun q settlement
/ work, under the direction of Miss
Heath, a deaconess, which is. far
, reaching in its effect. And now
comes Miss Bruce with her own
I home "a cottage in the midst Of
{ an entirely Cuban and italian ele-
ment at Ybor City Ia this little
3 benighted Cuba and Italy she
lives and exemplifes the life of
Christ A settlement home of her
4 own, with the nations at her doors
3 gives 10 her, and TO Us, wonderful
possibilities. Truly we are learn
= ing to reach the masses by going
, to them.
Our.Rescue Home aud Training
s School at Dallas Texas has open
ed a Bazaar at 37O Elm ST. under
r the management of Miss Hartman,
{ which gives promise of great use
! fulness to the institution. Miss
: Hartman, who was trained in, the
/ Moody Bible School, has, like
: many of our workers. given up
| much that the world calls desirable
? to give her life to clri.t's service.
= They will have a strictly up-'o-
8 date millinery establish ment, dress
I making. needlework, light bread
| beaten biscuit. cake, ETC., all made
by the girls i'm our home. The
: object 10 not only to help in the
, running expenses OF the Home
but to train and tit the girls for
t some useful vocation AS a safe
guard against the storms of life
: when they have the protecting
: walls of this noble institution.
, Mrs. Virginia johnson. our un
firing Supt. of our Rescue Home
and Training School has given
not only of her means but herself
} unsparingly to the work and has
, accomplished good that is beyond
, reckoning. This is our only Res
{ cue work. Let Us rally to it from
Californis to Maryland.