The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-09
WOMAN'S HOME
MISSION WORK
SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE CONFER
ENCE M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH,
IN SESSION HERE.
The Proceedings Annual SermOn-The Commit
seS-YOune Peoples Seryice-AddresSss,
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i iltlllt NiiNlN OF AiU hllll NlNl' Nbllfl
encr w. t. Church. South, opened in the
Methodist church here Saturday night at
: clock.
Mrs. j. T. Williams. OF Romnty. ".
Va. the president. presided. The devo-
tioual EXERCISES Wcrccpnductcd by ReVP.
". lriirics of Washington IN thcahsence
of Miss lcilrirs. The address Ol welcome
was delivered 10y Rev. j. II. Light. the
pastor. Greetings were read from the
Entertaining Sucirty 10y Mrs j. II Light.
and from the Wouuu's Foreign Mission
SocicN 10y Miss Vivian Conway Rev.
/. W. Jcilrir~ responded iOr Miss lirVnn,
fWho hand NOT arrived.
Then. were thirty-f,c delegates enroll
.ed Saturday night hut the number has
been Increased to about fifty.
THE COMMITTEES.
Mrs. j. IT, kuhlmaun. acting secretary.
OF Che.tcnilr. Md. mad the committee
appointments a~ follows
Extension Nork-Mr~ e. ". hawkins.
Mrs Geo. b. kcczcl. Miss Bcvnn Mrs T..
q. Jones. Mrs. f. j. Bates. Mrs i. Il.
Althousc. Mrs ). y. f. Anderson Mrs.
llamrick
Finance Committo.-\lis~ W. s. Tucker,
Mrs. W H. Robinson. Miss Jcfirics.
Miss Callahan. Mrs t. g. Common. Mrs.
Pauline Jones. Mrs d. l.. Blakrmop.
Miss Alice Melville
Press AND lifcwtun-Nlr~. j. II.
kuhmnuu. Mrs W. t. Frampton. Miss
Our. Mrs VIM Melville. Mrs W. StrlioN.
Mrs Muller Miss Jessie Melville.
pnrsonag- W b. Gallahcr, Mrs.
Josie Leonard. Mrs India llcnna0'. Miss
Jean lIotchkiss. Mrs W H. BalIrug'c,
Miss Olive ponoluc. Mrs Enrich.
Audtiug-Rcy T.. W Jciirir-, Rev. j.
H. Light
Resolutions Mrs. Il. L. l.. smith Mrs.
Painter Mr.. NJ. f. Plumb. Miss Ethel
John
PuhIcatiou-Mr~. j. H. kuhlmann.
Miss NJ. :. Tucker. Rev. f. W. Jriirics.
Miss Jefirir- Mrs. J. +. Williams
Platform Courtcsics-\lr~ Molle Tank
ard. Miss Jessie llough. Rev j. II. Light.
Pagrs-Nl-~rS Annie Rice. Eleanor
/ Howard. Hattie Nmtchou>c. Mamie
/ Van Duersou.
SOCIAL HOUR
After thc bencdictiou by Rev j. H.
Light the ~ocrty and guests Wcpinvltrd
/ in thcSmday school room. when. about
am hour was pleasantly spent ~orially
+ The program consisted oi piano duet
. by Mary and Will l.oNrrl. solo hy MIR
/ VI. T. Church. and piano solo Icy Miss
+ Hattie CoN. Refreshments wrrr served.
ANNUAL SERMON.
The annual Sermon WAS preached at
Ill "a. 200 SUNDAY hy Rev. j. II. Light.
followed bY communion ~crNlrr.
+ Tia. subject WAS "LoNc'~ Offering to
F The Lord MIR Light said iu part
+ In putting the account OF thc anolut-
+ ing BOO immediate contact with th" h'.-
travail. Mark showed thr instincts of th.
artist H. threw human character into
+ the deepest shadows BOO order to bring
out the highest lights The betrayal
showed how mean man can hrcomr
amber thr sinister Influences of an evil
passion The amounting shows how high
our uatun. can ri-r under the inspiration
of love ior our Lord.
Love like that calculates mo- values
and measure mo- offerings. The richest F
thing. and the largest measure. Is ill.,
ideal of personal conservation. II is tine
cNtraragaut quality boo character. II Is
ALSO the daring. and DOB 20 very just aud
proper ~ci~,. the unpa~uung quality iu
Christian character. 10 estimates no
probabilities its arithmetic deals 300 the
high numbers. bcyoud the ordinary
rearh oi human calculation. II l-accord- .
iugly the prime quality for tlc Christian f.
ADVENTURE When the Lord laid the .
foundation ira exploring the depths OF the .
heart OF ST. Peter. ir did NOT say.
81.
thou me-" And when be- got the comics .
sion of love. hr was ready 90 trust the F
Kingdom to the disciples. Vet love doer F
the ueediu thing. The amounting for the .
burial was the most ucediul thing be-
caus. death was the most imminent .
thing in the history of the Lord. Love
for Jesus also l. the -ur'-i guarantee Tor
the proper care of the poor The works
of mercy and charity have their spring
from hearts. and their practical expires
sion i'm lives devoted to the Christ.
And. al last monumental loveforC Christ
crowns the lie with monumental sue
cess. The enduring monuments an not
found ON granite blocks. nor on living
rock hut ON the broken fragments OF
Mary : alahaster box.
Mr. NJ. r. Church sang a solo.
THE YOUNG Peoples SERVICE.
The meeting Sunday at 3. p. VI.
was held for the young people and
children. The address OF welcome was by
Nancy Cunningham. Chorus 10y infant
class. recitation by Mary JacksOn. rcclta-
ton hv Icannettc Stearns duet 10y two
little Urls. recitation 10y Margaret Light,
and this was followed by IL talk 10y Mrs.
f. NJ Hawkins. Of Roanoke. who spoke
abont the Importance oi Young people :
work and urged the early training oil
children for God. This interesting talk
was followed By Miss Bennett. OF Rich
mond. Ky. President Of the Home Mission
Board. She said II she had been az home
she would be- found before argrrlass oi
colorrd men and women. She spoke icel-
ngly of the need of this work among thus
class i'm missions and of their Ignorance
and need OF training and OF their appre-
citation Of the work which she was
doing for them in her own city.
She also spoke Of the work oil the TN
nese ON the western coast and the good
work the Home Mission Society was do
ing I'm educating them and sending them
back to their own country TODD mission
airy work.
4 collection was taken and the meeting
closed with the benedictiOn
SUNDAY NIGHT.
At ; p. NJ the prayer service was con
Quoted. 4 very interesting aud instruc-
tive address on Work our own Mission
Society is Doing was delivered 10y Miss
Bennett, of Richmond, Ky.
Miss BENEFITS address was the feature
OF the evening. She made "A strong plea
for the preachers ont on the frontier AMI
told OF the hard places they had 10 till
and the very small salaries they received
and of the suffering they had 10 undergo
in order to hold the frontier post IN the
church. She also said there We're 1l2.-
900 volunteer students ready TO 90 AZ
soon as the church could furnish the nee
essary means In speaking Of the home
mission work she said there Were three
counties in Texas in which the English