The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
woMAvs MISSION UNION.
Most Interesting and Enthusiastic
Meeting just Observation-Disclosures
OF Unusual Interest, That Were
Rare Treats to the Members.
eSnecia, 70 The Messenger.l

(Specia, TO The Messenger.)
Faison. ~. C, June 1.-THE sixteenth
annual session of. the woman's Mission
Union. Of the Wilmington Presoytery.
the second oldest union IN the South
ern Presbyterian Church. closed IDS
most interesting n best attended ses-
sion on Thursday night. The closing
service was an address On China, By
Rev. r. Lacy Little. OF Richmond
county. who for nine years has been 4
missionary OF this church at kiano
Yien. about one hundred miles from
Shanghai. where DIR. Worth, OF this
P~resbytery is located as a medical
missionary. His address was very fine
of course touching upon his personal
and dangerous experience ae nrst n
also during ten Boxer uprising n the
need of the gospel TO bring this 50o.-
900. 600 to Christ. lest. after being
trained as soldiers by Japan, the Vel
low peril" might indeed become n
peril to the Angio-Saxon people.
Rev. Mr.. Little, who is at home for
his health. will return at once to his
work
Among the interesting features of
this meeting was the young peoples
work under charge OF the woman
mission and personally conducted by
Mrs. ]. c. Stewart, a most Cody and
capable agent of this work. whose re-
port vas read by MISS Annie Moore.
as she was compelled to be absent
These little folks had contributed Il
cots to DR.. worth's hospital at kiano
Yien, China, and would also help this
Mission Union in building a $4,000 hos
pital at this place, as a much larger
n is needed. h reports from their
local unions were read by these young
girls, many of them being less than
10 and II years old and who will under
such training some day get the glad
welcoce, We'll done"
Thursday morning, the president,
Mrs. Jackson Johnson, led the conse-
Grafton service will. bible reading.
prayer and praise -ervice. which
brought the session in full touch and
sympathy with the African mission
Address of Mrs. Cra~iey of Whining
ton. who for years has been with her
husband, Rev. Mr.. Crawley in Africa,
now of Emmanuel church. Mrs. Craw-
ley simply thrilled her audience with
her deeply spiritual manner and con-
secrated life work of which she spoke
and the just need of the gospel In Az
RIGA, where the gospel was so readily
accepted and appreciated and more and
more prayed for daily by those natives
L IL 1du H. ldSCo IL Ciiu ~ so
much for their own people. She spoke
of the great gain to these people of
the gospel, and especially the aplift to
womanhood, who were simply sold rs
wives, each husband having as many
as he could buy. Her earnest. pathetic,
spiritual pleading illustrated by her
Personal experience, made a strong
impression on all present and won her
and her cause a large place in the heart
Of the Mission Union.
Miss Mary E, Stewart OF Faison, who
had just returned from a trip to the
Holy land with the international
Sunday School party was invited to
speak to the union and her address was
unusually fine, describing the geo,
graphical and physical condition of
Palestine accurately n illustrating
the distances, plains and mountains
and rivers by comparison with our
southern climate, geography, Physical
conditions, making her address
unusually clear and distinct, and MOI
easily forgotten. even by her smaller
and younger hearers; and her knowl-
edge of Scripture, both of Old and New
Testament, gave her great opportunity
to apply and connect clearly, mEoh
Scriptural truth, otherwise confusing
to those who may never visit Pales-
tine. She carried her audience through
the desert to Palestine. through CALI
lee and its sea, and prominent Scrip
tural towns of it's borders and on
through stony Judea to Jerusalem.
Joppa, Jericho and the plains and
mountains so familiar to Bible students.
The hot sun, presence of but little wa
ter, the extreme clearneSs Of the atmos-
phere and intense sun and moonlight
and the customs of the people as given
in the Bible in older times inc in the
associated and thoroughly appreciated
by her audience. Miss Stewart will
give the local union many pleasant
evenings Of her travels.
Interesting papers were read upon
the Joy, Grace and Fruits of Giving
also another paper by Mrs. B.. F. Hall
on the Elizabeth McRae scholarship,
on which she proposes to raise 1000
In Fayetteville and Wilmington Pres
byteries for the splendid mission
school at Banner Elk. above Asheville.
The following Officers were ~electe1
and reelected for next year:
President, Mrs. Jackson Johnson: Re-
cording Secretary and Treasurer. Miss
Mary DeVane; Vice President, Misses
Eliza w. Murphy and Margaret
Pierce; Corresponding Secretary. Miss
Annie D. Moon; Agent of Young Peo-
pies Society, Mrs. J. c. Stewart. Mrs.
Johnson, Mrs. eva and Miss Muir
ply reelected for their great faithful
ness.
II lS iOSoSuliOIiS III lldllkE
was adopted
Whereas, The woman's Missionary
Union of Wilmington Presbytery feel
so grateful for the many tokens CT
hospitality n Kindness; resolved
a. That u grateful thanks are
returned to the people of Falson who
We'd with one another in showing us
an ideal hospitality and thus making
our visit one to De long and delightful.
ly remembered.
CO. That our thanks are also return.
ed to Revs. Messrs T.. D. Johnston, p.
Mcintyre and r. Lacy Little for their
helpful presence and valuable assis.
lance to our meeting.
CD We tender to Mrs. Crawley of
Wilmington, a returned missionary
from Africa, our thanks for her splen.
did address upon African missions
and her zeal for and cosecration to
such mission work.
Also we tender to Miss Mary E.