The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-20
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which was greatly enjoyed, after
which Mrs. Primrose gave a detailed
account of the work of The Woman $
So ely of Christian Workers
The union took recess at $50
O'clock until this morning at ten
o'clock
The program for today is IS fol-
lows:
Hymn.
Scripture readings.
Prayer.
Address-Rev. M. MEG. Shields.
Hymn.
Minutes Of yesterdays session.
Paper-Eoreign Missions Mrs. y
O'Rerry. Goldsboro, n. c.
Hymn.
prayer.
Thursday Afternaon-3:30.
Scripture reading.
Prayer.
Question Box-Mrs. Samuel Watson,
Henderson, y. c.
Hymn.
Paper-"A Memorial of our Mis-
sionaries, Who Have Died During the
Year--Mrs. Caudace r. Emmett, Ok
ford, II. G.
Prayer.
Election of officers.
Unfinished business.
Read and approve minutes.
Hymn.
Prayer and adjournment.
The Night Session.
The night session was largely at
tended. and able addresses were
heard, these on Home and Foreign
Missions. One interesting statement
made during the course of Rev. j. O.
Reavis' 40 dress ION Foreign Missions
was that Admiral Togo, the great
Japanese sea fighter, is an elder i'm the
Presbyterian church. the wife of Field
Marshal Oyama being d member of the
Presbyterian church, which Oyama
attends, though he is not member
The services We're in charge of DR..
w. ID. Morton, and were begun with
the Lords Prayer as a chant by the
choir and congregation. Mr. Morton
led in prayer, there was an anthem
by the choir and congregational sing
ing. Then DR.. Morton read part OF
the oath chapter Of St. Luke and Rev.
j. O. Reavis, of Nashville, Tenn, led
in prayer. After this most beautiful
solo was effectively rendered by Mrs.
Horace Dowell and the congregation
sang From Greenland's Icy Noun
tains.'
Mr. Morton expressed the gratitude
of the Treasurer and the Chairman of
the Committee on Missions for the
great work ard handsome contribu-
tons from the ladies for missions and
then introduced as the FIRST speaker
Elder Samuel Watkins, of Henderson,
who spoke on the Forward Move
ment in Home Missions as learned
from the Foreign Mission work.
Elder Watkins Speaks.
Mr.. Watkins declaring he was no
speaker gVae most interesting review
of conditions in Able 1arle Presbytery
He said there was Established from
Orange PresbyteTy in 1889, that Or
ange then extended from Lexington to
the Atlantic. With so much terri
tory it was deemed advisable to estab-
lish Albemarle as a Missionary Pres
bytery. 1t consists of 80 counties, with
population of $4,000, nearly one
third of the population OF the State
there being in North Carolina eight
Presbyteries. In .Albemarle PresLy-
terry there are 10 counties without
Presbyterian churches, in it's forma~
ton there having been % churches
now increased to 81 with an increase
of so per- cent in numbers and ESQ
per cent in contributions. In this
field, he declared the people had not
neglected to contribute to Foreign Mis-
sions for they gave more to this than
to Home Missions. In this great field
of 80 counties he declared there is
much work for the church right at
home, work in which the Synod was
nobly aiding with contributions, ii
giving about $4,000 while $4,000 is
raised in the field to support the min
listers in the weak churches, as only
three or four are self-supporting, such
as Raleigh, Wilson, New Bern. and
Goldsboro. The churches established
since 1889 are all feeble and are being
helped, for without this the gospel
would not be preached to them He
urged that there is the means to go
forward in