Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
SELECT OLD LEADERS
DISTRICT OFFICERS OF WoMAN's
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
REELECTED.
Interesting Business Session Held in
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Yesterday sAfternoon--WeIcome Elk.
tended Last Night.

tended Last Night.
From Mondays Daily.
In acknowledg cement of the excellent
work performed by the district officers
of the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety, the reelection of the entire ros-
ter of officials occurred at yesterday
afternoons session of the annual meet
ing, being held in the First Methodist
Episcopal church. The office of second
vice president has been abolished and
hereafter the recording secretary and
treasurer will be one office. The Off
cefs Of the district follow:
Rresident-Mrs. G. R. Williams of
otttlmwa.
Vice president c. B. Powell of
Abba.
Recording secretary-treasurer-Miss
Ellas Harris of Abba.
Corresponding secretary-Mrs. P. B.
Davis of Ottumwa.
The transaction of miscellaneous
business was also done at yesterdays
session.
Meeting Last Night.
Devotional services, led by Mrs. J.
G. Caughlin of Moravia opened the ser
vices last evening. A hymn by the
entire congregation was followed by
the report of the resolution committee,
in which was contained words of
thanks to the Ottumwa society for its
hospitality and to the pastor of the
First Methodist church. DR.. A. e.
Craig followed with words of welcome
on behalf of the First Methodist
Episcopal church. DR.. Craig said that
the hat-rack. the finest room. the best
chair and the best of everything at the
homes where the delegates were lodg-
ers was to be regarded as their own,
for they were most heartily welcome
to everything. He spoke warm words
concerning the missionary society and
the women who did missionary work.
Mrs. Davis Welcome.
The words of welcome on behalf of
the Woman's Missionary society of the
First Methodist Episcopal church were
delivered by Mrs. P. B. Davis, and are
as follows:
MRS. President and Friends: 1t is
said that in no other language do we
find word which SO fifty represents
the ideal family life as does our word
home. Poets sing of it, writer's ideal
lie It, The press, the orator, the
statesman, the man of God from the
pulpit immortalizes and extols and de-
tends 1t. Women toll and bear heavy
burdens for It's perpetuation, men die
for II.
"As we seek to make of our country
aCChristian nation, one that shall not
be such in name only, among the null
tiplied agencies employed is that of
our Woman's Home Missionary soci-
ETY.. In land Of homes, need not
explain its meaning. Missionary
means one sent to spread religion
society, union of persons in one inter-
est'-so we find our society to be a
union of persons in one interest to
send, or to spread religion in our
homes. Do we need this? The ques-
ton is largely answered when we con-
slider the necessity Of engaging in evan
gelistic work many months of the
year, and we realize the need of this
work in organized form when We know
that through the church alone compar-
atively few are reached l mean in
its ordinary channel. Our Open Door
missions, through many philanthropic
expedients, reach out helping hand
to- the fallen. These things all fail
without Christian cooperation.
Have we forgotten the brave efforts
of the pastor of our church to correct
evils which aff1ict our own fair city
with her many Christian churches and
great working membership? How
about the dark and corrupt places in
our land which still need the help of
workers. So our society stands for
this whether it be in the midst of civili-
zation or on the frontier. We say to the
pioneer missionary as he, with his
family respond to the divine comm and
Go ye,' which means to him and his
dear ones. sacrifice, being half starved
and half clothed, utterly devoid of COM
forts. To these we say, we pray for
you. The Lord, whose bidding We do
shall be made manifest to you through
our hands and hearts. One. of our
bishops said it means great personal
conservation to- be missionary
anywhere, sbnt5 lit = means conse-
Grafton with heroism to he an obscure
missionary in our own country.
The Various Departments.
$50 TO make our work effective we
have organized our great departments,
governed by one head. AS the ocean
vessel swings to her berth she is met
by one of our representatives who is
ready to greet the immigrant as he
comes wearied with his long journey to
our sometimes inhospitable shores.
Through another department we say
to the black man, we are come to as
sist you to a larger life to help train
your hand, your brain and save your
soul. Through another channel we
touch our brave but illiterate noun
tain whites. To them we stand for an
education. To the Indian through the
Indian work we say, take courage, the
God of our fatherland shall be your
great father. After long persecution
we recognize your wrongs. Make your
homes, till your land, live in peace.
To the Oriental we call rescue from
your opium joints and vices, be one of
us to fight sin. Then noble band of
deaconnesses and nurses go fearlessly
to answer the call of the dying and
desoIllte Orr training SCHOOLS for