Richmond planet., 1906-06-02

VENTION OF VIRGINIA.
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\ Large Gathering, Happy Greet |
iugs, \ Harmonious Session and
Grand Results Anticipated
Dear Sisters and Friends Of the Wo-
mans Baptist state Educational
Convention of Virginia:
To is my privilege ana very pleas
ant duty 20 greet YOU once more in
tine way of calling vour attention Co
the approaching annual meeting OF
our Convention.
Tn less than one month from now.
tor Thursday. June goth. l9o6) we
are To- convene with the Educational
Circle of the grand old historical
Court Street Baptist Church. of
Lynchburg. Va. Mrs. Laura s. Will
liams. president, Rev. !. q. Jackson.
pastor.
We anticipate large gathering
OF the Sistcrhood and friends of the
Convention ON this occasion, because
Iynchburg is the place where we. as
a Convention OF Christian workers.
were organized and we are always
too anxious TO visit the place of our
birth not 20 avail ourselves of the
opportunity of doing SO.
We anticipate happy greetings OF
the sisters and friends of the Com
veution ON this occasion. because
many are looking forward 90 the
coming OF this meeting. as place
and time. where ana when they cX-
pect to meet their comrades and
friends. after the work of another
year I'm the Masters VINEYARD.
such meetings of co-workors cause
much happiness. which they never
fail to express i'm their greetings TO
one another.
We anticipate 81 harmonious ses-
sion. because the prevailing spirit
tnot has characterized an of our
proceedings. as a Convention iu the
past. has been that of love. peace
and harmony and we see mo- reason
why we should not expect this spirit
to prevail in our coming meeting at
Lynchburg
We anticipate grand results ON
This occasion, because there are SO
many things to contribute 10 the
greatness of the results of such
meeting a company OF consecratct
earnest working christian women
from all parts of the State. assem-
BLEED Boo annual meeting with their
reports az work accomnlishc. dur
ins the Conventional year. their
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 i'm his name. the new
zeal with which each may return
home from the meeting. etc. Thus
II can easily bee seen. that the re-
suits OF such meeting must be
grand.
II The sisters and friends of our
convention VIII DO their duty in
the different ways they can contri-
butte 20 the success of our Lynch
burg meeting we shall have a real
ization of all our above mentioned
anticipations. All of the objects TO
which ] would call your special at
tention and which Won shouId re
member in your contributions sent
10 our annual meeting, are men
TONED in the letter form of our
minutes. except one and that is the
l-alla Bowling Monument Fund"
which Is an object very dear to- All
OF us. Sister Bowling (you know
was the first President Of our Con
vention.
The Convention voted at our last
meeting, 10 erect monument 10
ner memory within the next few
years and that a place should he
gwen IN our letter form for contri-
buttons 10 this object. This in
some way, seems 10 have been over
looked so that il is not mentioned
in our letter form. but we should
contribute TO il this year Just the
same.
Each letter sent TO our annual
meeting with money for the worL
sos'eTeu by the Convention, should
nave the following words written i'm
~ For the L. b. NJ. Fund" =" fol-
lowed by a donation TO that object.
CuI contributions TO Virginia TheO-
ioslcal Seminary and College should
De as large as possible this year. for
IL needs just now, all the aid t1at|
we can give 10 il. OF course v,e
must not fail 10 do our duty toward
meeting our Conventional exnensee
our Foreign Mission work ana tbe
National Publishing Board we
ought 10 raise $1,000 at our meet
ing this year for the above mention
ed objects We can do so, If we
try. Let us try
The pastors and brethren of the
churches in sympathy with our
WORK viii help us. / think, If we an
peal to them. VIII you not breth-
rem / appeal 20 you. We would
ike 20 see you at our I.ynchburg
meeting, but II you do not attend
please send a contribution and thus
help US raise $1,000 at that meeting.
Your sister in tne Lord.
ELIZA p. FOX, Pres. OF Con
Salem, Va, May cath, 1906.