The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
ADDRESSED BY MISS BENNETT.
President of Board Greeted by Large
 Congregation.

President of Board Greeted by Large
 Congregation.
 A great congregation at the DeAter Avenue Church at 8 o'clock last night heard Miss Belle H. Bennett, Ffesl- dent of the woman's Home Mission Board tell what that body of women is doing.
 Bishop Galloway presided at the meeting and offered the opening pray or. a.,
 Dr. w. M. Cox, pastor of the Dex- ter Avenue Church. introduced MISS Bennett He thanked the congregation for its attendance and said that It showed that the people appreciate the work of the Woman's Home Mission Society. The ministry of Christ, he said. Is being more universally recog- nized every day. People are getting more religion. They don't sing so loud, nor shout as much as in the days gone by, but religion is becoming more firmly fixed every day. He then pre- sented Miss Bennett.
 She thanked the large congregation for giving her the privilege of telling them what the 10000 women of the Woman's Home Mission Society Is do- ing. She said that she believed that the understanding of Gods revelations Is increasing and that the Christians are beginning to realize the cnormity of the work ahead.
 She told of the original band of for eign missionaries who started from England to India and said that the archives of Britain will show that this | was regarded as the most foolish pro- | ject ever inaugurated by the Church of England. Time has shown, however. that the original missionaries had | more perception of the powers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
 TrnY1o tho fOraipn Y1niasiOpartpu' cess the home missionary idea origi- mated and there are now hundreds of workers ready and willing to enter the work in either home or foreign fields. Their reason for not so doing is the poverty of the church. This. the Home Mission Society is endeavoring to rem edy. The church Is robbing God by not paying to his cause the tenth of l its income. which Is due the Master. For this reason the tithing department of the Woman's Home Mission Society was organized and Is now doing much good in that direction.
 Miss Bennett explained that on ec- count of the small salaries which must be paid by some communities ana on account of the fact that 1t Is not op- tional with a Methodist minister where he Is sent the parsonage department was organized.
 She paid high tribute to the fidelity of Methodist itinerants. who, regard less of their own wishes, and with sal- aries less than enough to keep them alive. go uncomplainingly to any charge. The parsonage department en- deavors to aid in securing a home for the minister of a charge not able to furnish one.
 She explained the work of the sup plies department. Miss Bennett told of instances where ministers, not mak- ing over $500 a year, have large fami- lies and have to do without many of the necessities of life These necessi- ties, the supplies department endeav- ors to furnish. She told many incl dents of great heart interest, where good had been done by this depart ment.
 Missions Among Foreigners.
 Miss Bonnet told of the mission work among the Cuban colonists of Florida, in the form of schools and reading rooms. She said as a result of this, there are numbers of Cubans who. returning to their own country, are spreading broadcast the doctrines of enlightenment taught them by the Home Mission workers.
 She also explained the work on the Pacific coast, where Chinese and Ja- panese are taught to read and write, and then taught the principles of re- ligion. In China, as a result of this work, many mission schools have been established by natives in parts of the Empire inaccessible to the white mis- sionaries.
 The work of educating and enlight- ening the young people of the Appala- chian range, the moonshiners, and ig- norant classes was discussed, and she reported excellent work in those fields.
 She spoke Of the City Mission work and how the women working in the slums have established kindergartens and night schools. hospitals, libraries churches and free meals for people, whu had hitherto allowed their children to grow up like weeds. She described this noble work in eloquent detail
 Miss Bennett dwelt upon the work among fallen women, and told of the home for women of this class and their offspring. She said that many of these women. picked up by the workers and