The news & observer., 1905-12-03
COTTON AND THE CONFERENCE
For the First Time the Methodist Conference Paid Home
and Missionary Assessments in Full Because Cot
ton Farmers are Prosperous.


college would be closed, the library
was sent to Durham to Trinity Col
lege, and the old institution was pro-
nounced dead and a eulogy was pro-
nounced upon its useful career. But
some good women and fewer good
men determined that it should be
resurrected. Most business men said
that the attempt was futile and tried
to dissuade the women. At that time
Mr.. l.. l.. Smith wrote a vigorous let
ter in the News and Observer calling
upon all friends of the institution and
advocates of educational progress to
rally to save the college. Mrs. Lucy
A. Cunninggim and Miss Mamie Lee
Smith, of Greensboro, and others OF
the alumnae, began to organize. Ihe
News and Observer responded to their
|appeal, and gave its columns and It's
influence to save the institution Gov
ernor Aycock. devoted above all else
to education addressed a mass meet
ing at Greensboro. Liberal men re-
|sponded in moderate subscriptions, the
owners agreed to sell to the women
upon favorable terms, and the old in
stitution, rich in the love of thousands
of women educated there and their
daughters and grand-daughters, was
Isaved-was resurrected to a newer and
better life. About that time, after
the new subscribers had purchased,
the institution was destroyed by fire!
1t seemed a disaster, but it rang like
a bell in the night and aroused the
friends of education to the point of
Willingness to contribute more llber-
ally to rebuild. And rebuild they did
upon larger plans, and now the col
lege is more prosperous than ever in
its history. It's president is woman
Mrs Lucy II. Robertson-and her
success, backed by the courageous
women of the alumnae, and the good
men who helped. shows that faith
and enthusiasm and genuine interest
on the part of many is the greatest
resource any institution can have.
Compared with such resource, big
money important as it isl Is not
to be reckoned, for enthusiasm and
zeal. well directed. always commands
enough money to do what is necessary
TO be done. 1.-The saving of Green's
boro Female College and it's wonderful
prosperity'' said Mr. j. a. Long to
me today, "is the biggest thing the
Methodists of North Carolina nave
done in this generation" And he is
right about it, for few men know so
we'll as Mr.. Long what work it took
to bring it to it's present place. AS
one of the trustees his practical Judg-
ment and generous help have contrib
uted to it's success. The address OF
Rev. Walter Curtis, financial agent of
the college, was heard with deep in
terest. There is need for enlargement
already. for every available place in
the college is occupied
Reference has already been made to
the strong hold the Methodist Orphan
age has upon the church. 1t has
peculiar place in the heart OF many
Report was made of the receipt OF 80
600 devised by the late Mr.. Washing
ton Duke to the orphanage. When
Franklinton was called. it's pastor,
Rev. J. II. Shore announced 'collec-
tions i'm fulP' and 'eleven hundred
dollars additional for the Methodist
Orphanage at Raleigh" l asked Mr..
shore whose generosity added 50
largely to the contribution from HIS
church. and he said he was not per-
mitted to give the name of the donor
But | hazard the guess that 1t was
from the generous hand of Mr.. sam
c. Vann. who has been one of the
best friends of the orphanage since it
was established.
/ was particularly interested in the
missionary address of young Mr.. H1no-
hara the Japanese student who re-
Gently graduated at Trinity College,
and will shortly return to Japan TO
preach the gospel He has been OF
fered a good salary to teach. but he
feels called to carry the Light that
has illumined his life to his fellow
countrymen. His mother is firm
believer On Buddha. and the accept
ance by her son of Christianity greatly
dispIeased her, and he was practlcally
cut off by his family because he had
renounced the religion they profeSsed
He told of how his mother refused
h Inn 4
So tender way as to show that his
heart yearned for a reconciliation.
Though estranged because of religion
he writes to her every Saturday and
longs to return to Japan and chlefy
because he hopes and believes he will
be permitted to bring her to the ac-
ceptance of the faith that dominates
his own life. | wish / could repro
duce his words. his tones and his
manner when he spoke of his mother
and the barrier between them. 1t
was without criticism of her with
out justification of himself, and his
allusion to the fact that his chief
desire was to bring her to see the
Saviour" was so tender and simple
as to bring tears to eyes unused to
weep 1t was a scene to be photo
graphed on the heart and mind. and
to prove to the most skeptical the
worth of missions.
Following this talented Young Japa
nese preacher was an address by DIR.
Lambeth the Missionary secretary.
He is a man among men. a Few
years ago he held a missionary meet
ing in Raleigh for a whole week, and
his sermons and talks were from
full heart and a trained mind, inn
pressing deeply all who heard him.
In his address today, which was ad-
mirable, he spoke of the ambition or
Mr.. Hinohara to be Instrumental IN
bringing his mother to Jesus and
recalled an incident in the life OF
another young Japanese student who
was educated at Trinity who returned
to Japan with the same purpose. Mr..
Lambeth told how he had succeeded.
how he had seen his mother brought
into the church and become zone of
the noblest Christian women | have
ever known" said DR.. Lambeth, and
he said he had the faith that the same
happiness would be given to Mr.. Hin
ohara.
In the course of his address the
/ young Jap told how he had been con-
verted to Christianity by a woman
teacher and DR.. Lambeth followed
with n story of the work of that WO-