The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-12

systematic work among young people,
work that Is being pushed by the Union,
and concludes With a statement tnat inc
outlook for thcsyoung peoples WORK, Do.n
in young woman's societies ana cnlidre.il
bands, is brighter than 1t has been ~
any time since the orsanizatlt n OF we
union, seventeen years aso.
Tho secretary highly Asmmends tnc
custom OF societies In the churches OF
sending boxes to the familiss OF frohtler
missionaries. she says the boxes are
often moro beneficial than money, hn ls
this custom has been largely instrumen-
tai in holding Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory for the BaptiRts.
During the year ending April Goth there
were sent to the frontier missionaries
and their families 515 boxes. valued az
81, 64o %, and In addition 10 boxes. valued
at sl,45s10 were sent 10 the sunday
school missionaries in the far West. 81
Secretary's Travels.
The secretary tells OF her missionary
trius FOR a year In the following para
graph: 80,
covering q period OF 145 days. First, to
Nashville, Tenn annual mcetingl. SECOND,
to Asheyille, N. c.. for Young Woman.s
Christian Association Conference thlrq.
& 10 Virginia and Tennessee: fourth to
E Greenville. for purchase OF Missionary
Home: Nth, to Virginia. Missouri. Indian
Territory, Oklahoma, Arkansas: sixth.
to Florida, South Carolina, North Ga ro-
lima. virginia; seventh to Philadelpnin,i
Pa. in connection with work among tnc
colored people; eighth. to mountain l1Ns'li1
schools In North Carolina, Tennessee anu
Kentucky: ninth. to Newton Centre:
children. sixteen Thousand eight hum
bred and forty-eight miles were travelled.
& 273 meetings attended, Including womanSs
annual meetings in Maryland, Virginia.
indian Territory, Oklahoma and tlorlad-
The Interesting report closes as follows:
.'What is the secret OF success Z, as ls
a young man OF Chauncey Depe", s ne =.
reply was: my boy. there rs no secret:
Il is lust dig. dig. dig" The Idea seems
very applicable especially along the Inc
Of "apportionment.'' the Importance OF
" which cannot BIO too strongly emphasized.
.There Is money enough in the hands
OF Christians to sow every acre OF the
earth with the seed OF truth" says Dr.
Josiah Strong. If those ~ 3charse o.
Woman's Missionary Union work VIII
carry out Mr.. Depew's idea-in other
words. keen at It, keep Mt It. along the
| line OF apportIonment. in course OF tlme
we believe Southern Baptist women VIII
come near. to the measure OF their re.
sponsibillty in giving, and that Coo VIII
honor Woman's Missionary Union BY
continued calls to larger service.
Financial Review.
THE report OF the treasurer. Miss p. ~.
/ Kicker. OF Maryland. was then read.
This report was one purely Of figures.
and shows that during the past year the
1 Union raised In cash through its soc, !.
ties scattered all over the SOUTH, ~ zst ~
i and the value OF the boxes sent 70 inc
frontier was 343,lo5.33: total, $l3s.s s9.6 %.
The cash was disposed Of as follows;
Paid over to the Foreign Mission BOARD,
i s53, as. as maid over to the Home ME-
sion Board, $3O,Gos.a2 paid over to the
sunday School and Bible Board, $Al1 q,
paid for Margaret Home" SO. $50. me
receipts and disbursements for the past as
/ year were so8,a5G,87, larger than Tor the
i year previous, In the seventeen years
sinca tho Union has been organized, Its
members have raised for the misslon
work and properly disbursed the sum
(. OF 31,133. 1910, and as there are no sal-
arled officers the expense Of the WORK
has amounted to only about 21s per cent cent
or the collections. WI. B. u I. 4, Il
4 NS,The Union then considered the recon-
mendations Of the Home Board, Wnlch
asks that the Baptist women give spe,,
Il cial attention another year to schooi
work in the mountains and Cuba and 70
G work among the colored people, T..
Al the afternoon session the Union
rave consideration to the recommends.
A tions OF the Foreign Board, and adopted
them with slight changes,
Tho Union will hold two sessions 70,
morrow, and on Sunday afternoon VIZ
A hold n big missionary meeting,
u Among the ladies attending the meet
ings OF the Union are Mrs, w, 8. Leake
and Mrs. II. A. Coleman, OF Richmond
a Mrs. j. a. Barker and Miss N. u Cooke
of virginia. and Mrs, George J, basny
81 ~ Porto Rico, formerly of Virginia.