Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-06-09
PRICE. FIVE CENTS
CALLED TO THE APP
PREACHING ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE WOMAN'S BAPTIST
STATE EDUCATIONAL CON
NENTION OF VIRGINIA.

VENTIoN OF VIRGINIA.
Large Gathering, Happy Greet
ings. \ Harmonious Session and
Grand Results Anticipated.
Dear Sisters and Friends of the Wo-
mans Baptist State Educational
Convention of Virginia:
II is my privilege and very pleas
ant duty 90 greet YOU once more in
the way OF calling your attention TO
the approaching annual meeting OF
cur Convention.
In less than one month from now.
COR Thursday. June 2Ist. 19O6) we
are TO convene. with the Educational
Circle of the grand old historical
Court Street Baptist Church. OF
Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. Laura s. VIII
liams. president; Rev. ]. c. Jackson,
pastor.
We anticipate a large gathering
of the Sistcrhood and friends OF the
Convention on this occasion. because
Lynchburg Is the place where we. as
Convention OF Christian workers.
were organized and we are always
too anxious 20 visit the place OF our
birth not 20 avail ourselves OF the
NNlpA AuulAN OF NOlnE so.
We anticipate happy greetings of
the sisters and friends OF the Con-
vention on this occasion. because
many are looking forward to the
coming of this meeting. as a place
and time. where and when they ex-
pect 20 meet their comrades and
friends. after the work OF another
year I'm the Masters Vineyard.
Such meetings of co-workers cause
much happiness. which they never
fail 10 express in their greetings 10
/ one another.
| We anticipate harmonious ses-
| sion. because the prevailing spirit
| that has characterized all of our
| proceedings, as a Convention in the
/ past. has been that OF love. peace
/ and harmony and we see no reason
why we should not expect this spirit
I 20 prevail i'm our coming meeting at
Lynchburg
We anticipate grand results on
this occasion. because there are so
many things TO contribute 20 tae
greatness OF the results of such a
, meeting 4 company of consecrated
| earnest working. christian women
from all parts OF the State. assem-
( bled In annual meeting with their
reports OF work accomplished dur
| ing the Conventional year; their
J contributions OF money collected of
| tne Circles, Societies and friends
! they represent. their suggestions
| of plans for more work in the fu-
| ture; their prayers that God may
| still bless their Efforts TO accom-
! plish work in his name; the new
! zeal with which each may return
! home from the meeting, etc. Thus
| it can easily be seen. that the re-
suits OF such a meeting must be
grand.
II the sisters and friends of orr
, convention viii 30 their duty in
} the different ways. they can contri-
butte 90 the success of our Iwnch.
! burg meeting We shall have n real
| lzation OF all our above mentioned
| anticipations. All of the objects TO
| which / would call your special at
/ tention and which YOU should re-
] member in your contributions sent
/ TO our annual meeting, are men
/ uoned in the letter form OF our
minutes. except one and that is the
! "Lallia Bowling Monument Fund"
which is an object very dear TO an
or us. Sister Bowling (you know
was the first President of our Con-
vention.
The Convention voted at our last
/ meeting, 10 erect a monument to
ner memory within the next few
years and that a place should be
I gwen In our letter form for contri-
| buttons TO this object. This. in
| some way, seems to have been over
| looked so that 10 is not mentioned
IN our letter form, out we should
contribute TO IL this year just the
| same
Each letter sent to our annual
| meeting with money for the work
! tostered by the Convention. should
nave the following words written in
| II; For the l.. b. NJ Fund" fol
| lowed by a donation 10 that object.
| our contributions 20 Virginia Theo-
| logical Seminary and College should
be as large as possible this year. for
l IT needs just now, all the aid t1at
we can give to it, OF course. we
must not fail TO do our duty toward
] meeting our Conventional expenses,
our Foreign Mission work and the
| National Publishing Board. We
| ought to raise $1,000 at our meet
Ing this year for the above mention
| ed objects. We can do so, II we
| try. Let us try.
| The pastors and brethren Of the
Churches in sympathy with our
work will help us. / think, IL we ap-
peal to them Will you not breth-
ren2 / appeal 70 you. We would
like TO see you at our Lynchburg
meeting. but IL you do not attend,
please send a contribution and thus
help us raise $1,000 at that meeting.
Your sister In tne Lord,
4 ELIZA P. FOX. Pres. of Con
Salem, Va. May gath, 1906.
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