The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06

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HOME MISSION SOCIETY,"
Work 81 This Important Branch
of the Methodist Church.
Alexander the Grent unvo r,nnlsind the
idea Of d great state composed OF men ell OF q
many races living together iii Pence anu
mutual respect. and though his srea af
idea seemed lost with Ills death. the the 10 10
mans took It UP aud hawed out u rough
rcnllzntion of 1t In tho time OF Christ.
our Saviour said: A'All so nrc brethren.
And paul taught that IN Christ Jesus
there could be neither jew nor Greek,
barbarian. Scythlan, bold nor free.
So with this idea the Home Mission
Society has gone forth upon n "ido llei io
of usefulness, extending from ocean 70 !,
ocean, working among all races ana
classes. 4.
heather among us. the mountain people,
Tic lost women, the lost Of tho cities,
parsonage building, etc.
For fifteen years the Home Mission
Society has boon III operation, anti
through its instrimcntality, hundreds q 81
needy preachers have been provided VIII !!
comfortable homes, hundreds OF lost anu
ruined lives have been found and re-
claimed. Tho membership increased1l
twenty-fouii hundred last year Statlstlcs
nrovc how tho good Lord lius blcsseo
lid women who have given their llFes "
Ills service The members number now
nj AZ Last year wo helped 4129 phrson-
nres. sent cut 100 boxes to NEEDY
preachers.
But with all the past achievenl ~, .
there ARE Grnndcr results hf1e;lu NO. l..''
twentieth century means unspen u !. DIG ~
TO ever. earnest c l Fi w
nlall. 5a.t 33gi 81 8. L.,
ON cuban schools are developing IN
broadening Influence under me sc'li t1'
superintcndent, Miss Mary i'rucc.
ire three schools at Tampa, fbor CITY
n,d 11es.yrest are nlltllnder her supcryl,
sim ma number about four hurdreu
and eighty She conducts Mother
Meetings" visits from house 10 mousse
and carries forward 4 night school ~
Italians, p. III, - Il, :,
What wonders can be periori hit'3 W =
life gwen TO Ills service.
Il Onthc Pacific coast We nave. q. .ap'n,
cso church, with Mr. Yanaseyanh us
,stor re is a l.atlve minister ot,tour
rh,,ch in Japan DR.. Reid, who wa $ ~
missionary TO China, is superintendent
or the work on the coast. Ilo reports
II mos porous condition Of the work the !,
In Los Angeles the work among .he
Chinese consists Of afternoon a 7 nls, =.
schools There, too, we have ne e. De'ia =,
tiful Homer Deaconess lionoI il.s! 20
= IN thousand dollar building, opened
recently, q gift from MI. = ~ = ~
memory OF his son.
Dcaconess work begun In Bible times.
II started in American Methodtsm III
1887, when the first home was ofEanlzeu
,nder tl,e direction of, Mrs. Lucy Rider
Mcyer ana superintendent hy Miss lsa-
bella Sholum.
rhe deaconess deals mis- sionary ldea.
,rhe deaconess is to minister TO theSc
an y, sida nf The Influence Of tho church.
She is called to go to the neeuS' In. nv
wretched aud the vicious. whom the
| church can reach III no other way 3t Ti''
| By her personal contact.
There are now about fourteen hundred
deaconesses In the NJ. Z. Church. Wo
/ million dollars arc used IN this Work. l2
But there Is need for more corsecra'eu
1 young women to take up TINS W9rk TN.
AZ We look over this vast field or labor
every woman should ask herself what Is
| aha doing for the Masters cause. 20
" into All The world and preach the
| y #g1' q Il y F..
gospel 10 every creature.
a Dallas Texas, that godly woman.
| Mrs johnson, is doing a grand work
4 ..rescung the pershing," Seven hundreu
girls have. been saved in the Rescue
/ Home They are trained there 70 ushu'
4 vocations, which prove safeguards asa'ns'
| n return to the world and the devii,
when they leave the liomc.
This Is called the Ann BroWder Gun.
I ninpham Home In October, the Brevard
Industrial School, forty miles from Ashe-
willie. ". c., was opened. This proves &c
be "a Ercnt enterprise; offering tho noun
j, tain people % means Of education winch
i otherwise they could not obtain. These
A are true. noble people, drinking In the
4 pure mountain breeze; living, day y!
4 day, in touch with nature; they seem Il
4 grow rugged and strong in character. II
this school there are more than nun
dred pupils.
! Let our home missioners pray tLat this
4 school may prove such a blessing to thu
\ rnountaineers as the Sue Bennett Nc
4 mortal at London. Ky. The principal ain
IS to give thorough Bible instruction ane
4 point these young people to Christ as ;
personal Saviour. 1t claims many CONVEX
sicns. 1t Is Il high grade school will
good primary and academic departments
4 Our Park Place Auxiliary Is steadily
moving on, hoping for grander achieve
ments this year than ever before.
At the close Of this fiscal year W,
find we have not grown so much numer
icaly, but our workers have been goini
forth I'm His name" administering t,
the sick and needy, casting "bread uDoi
the waters and, we trust advancing
III spirituality,
A collection is on foot for a deacones
scholarship and many have contributed
For other needs over two hundred dol
lars have been raised The ladies o
j Clay Street Joined us IN sending barre
TO the Indian mission In Oklahoma. The
contributed very literally
Tho barrel was valued at about on
hundred dollars,
The yourg peoples society has no
been idle. For local work they hav
raised more than Il hundred dollars
They deserve special mention for thci
untiring efforts In mission work, etc
If we could only be aroused to a sens
OF our privileges as followers of Christ
who came to seek and save those tina
were lost. There IS such a cry for NOR
workers, and why do wo Methodist wa
men, who enjoy so many Christian priv
|, lcges. sit and sing the hours away, prais
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