The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-15
STATE MISSION WORK
REPORTS BY woMAN's AUXILIARY
MISSION BOARD.
TWO SESSIONS WERE HELD.
ADDRESS WAS DELIVERED By
BISHOP NELSON.

Miss DOdsOn of st. Mary's School,
Shanghai, Made Entertaining
Talk of Mission Work in the Land
of Onfucianism Fund Was
Raised with Which to Aid Her
in the Work-RepOrts of Secreta-
ries of the Seven ArchdeacOnries
Were Received-CIosing Session
To-day.
Two interesting sessions of the Wom-
ans Auxiliary to the Episcopal Board
of Missions were held yesterday al
Christ Church, in the Sunday-school
room. A great deal of business was
before the convention, and instead OF
disposing of it at one session, as had
been expected, two sessions were held
after which the meeting adjourned
over until this morning at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. F. F. Reese, the diocesan sec
rotary, presided, Mrs. Charles Barney
acting az recording secretary. The
most interesting part of the proceedings
consisted in the address of Bishop Nell
son, the report of Miss Dodson of ST.
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work in China, and the reports of the
various officers of the board. The first
session was held at II o'clock, last
ing until o'clock, and the second be-
gan at 4 o'clock and was concluded
shortly before dark
Miss Dodsons report, in itself an ex-
cellent exposition of the conditions prev
alent in the missionary field in the
Orient, was enthusiastically received.
In token of the appreciation of her
kindness in delivering the interesting
and instructive report, and as a signi-
fIcation of the sympathy with the
work being accomplished, a rising vote
of thanks was taken, the motion en-
bodying an expression of the desire
of the board to cooperate with Miss
Dodson in furthering the work, and,
on motion of Mrs. Elliott, subscrip-
ton was made to the fund needed
for additional school facilities. In less
than five minutes $125.OO was pledged.
Bishop Nelson's Address.
The feature of the 4 o'clock session
was the address of Bishop Nelson. The
speakers subject was mission Work
in the Diocese of Georgia; Past, Pres
ent and Future" 1t consisted in an in
teresting resume of the work accom-
plished by the church and it's auxil-
larry branches in mission work since
it's organization, and a brief outlining
of the work ahead. He began with the
administration of Bishop Beckwith,
which he said accomplished fabulous
results. when the time consumed was
taken into consideration, and ably re-
viewed the mission work in the state
up to the present time.
In speaking Of the outlook, he said
that he considered it very hopeful. He
ventured that within five or ten years
fifteen or twenty mission stations
would apply for admission as full
f1edged parishes. He exhorted the la
dies of the board to expend their en-
ergies in the channels which would re-
suit in the most good, saying that
great good would be accomplished in
the exercise Of a wise discretion. In
conclusion he paid merited tribute to
the invaluable assistance of the ladies'
of the auxiliary, saying that in the
performance of his God-given work he
would ever be encouraged by the as
surance that they stood ever ready to
aid his mission.
Inc HlOTI1lIB SESSION. was opened DV
a prayer by Rev. Robb White. The
work of the meeting consisted, in the
main, of the reception of the reports
of the various officers of the auxiliary.
The report of the honorary secretary,
Mrs. F. H. Miller, on the united Of
fering, was received with evident in
terest.
ArchdeacOnry Reports.
The report of the diocesan secretary,
Mrs. f. F. Reese, was one of the
most interesting received. 1t showed
increased work and enthusiasm in all
of the archdeaconries. The reports
of the seven archdeaconries exposed
healthy condition of mission
work. Mrs. A. p. Wright read the
report of the Albany archdeaconry at
the morning session. Miss Kate AVER,
of Augusta, was appointed secretary
pro tenn. by the chair.
The rendering of reports was con-
tinued at the afternoon session, Mrs.
Nellie Peters Black, secretary of the
Atlanta archdeaconry, making her re-
port. This disclosed a condition of af-
fairs which was a source of gratifica-
ton to the ladies of the auxiliary
While but comparatively small
amount had been raised for foreign
missions, the funds had. to a large
extent, been used in discharging the
debts of the several parishes, so that
the present year finds them in the best
condition financially that they have
ever enjoyed.
The savannah District.
The report of the Augusta district
was productive of much interest. The
Savannah archdeaconry's report was
rendered by Miss Annie Johnson. This
showed that Christ Church had con-
tributed $1.2S5 to the auxiliary work,
while st. Johns was but a short way
behind, with s1,174. Miss Johnson also
reported for the Junior Auxiliary. Mrs.
Mallory Taylor. of Macon, made the
report for the archdeaconry of which
she is secretary Mrs. Julian Schley
reported the work of the "baby branch"
of the auxiliary.
The most important bit of legislation
was the creation of the Office of sec
rotary of the Junior Auxiliary. The
motion was made by Mrs. Nellie Peters
Black, and was Endorsed in a short
speech by Bishop Nelson, whose opin-
ion was asked. The Bishop waived his
appointive power, and asked that the
secretary be elected. Miss Meta Black,
of Atlanta, was unanimously elected.