The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-09
CHRISTIAN W0MAN'Si
BOARD OF missions j
They Will Open the Proce edings5
Of the Tidewater
n Convention.
(sipeel al q rho 4, Times pl.pa tch.)

Il sl Especial 10 Tho Times - ispatch.)
8ss LESTER MANOR, VA, August 8. Tho
first lay OF tho Tidowater District Cone
$yentlon Of the Christian churches opened
yesterday in Jerusalem Church with the
session Of the Christian Woman's Board
Sot Missions. Il. q III N;
Mrs. +. p. Tyler, presid ent. opened the
meeting by reading the One Hundredtll &
Psalm; prayer by Mrs. Tarrar .$i; 5iS33
a The address OF welcome was beautifully
delivered BY Mrs White; responded to W
Miss Lula Phillips.
Ell The report OF the district secretary was
read by Miss Alice Hankins, for Mrs. q
Hankins, the secretary, who was detained
at her home by serious sickness In her
family. ~ ISL III $S III 5
\ The report " MS follows: 4. N lumber q OF
sauxilnrIes In district, ~: otal member
J ship, SOC number OF the T! ding ken, i0i I;
total collections for three-quarters Of the
year 1865. 9s: total collections for the.
Maddox fund, tl25. %. q
ss8s The next order was the report OF Miss 3
&OrYis, the district secretary. she laid !.
special stress on the great Importance
E OF C.. w. IL. nj. day. and also the special
week OF prayer that should BIO observed /
each year. yis 55s
The annual reports we're g al led for ana
only ten reported, but several had mailed I
theirs to the secretary. x .3ss; ss55
5a Miss Lula Phillips addressed the meet
Ing on tho Centennial ork Il Of our
Church for the Woman to Do. IS
.$$ Mrs. Hurch. OF Norfolk. delivered an {
address on That Ye May Know: She
gave n general View OF the work I Of
the women, and In The tire $da VS. work.
tnr NJ
t{fine, and showed Ia ma gnificcnt work ac.
scomplished by the work Of tho & g. siSV
ID. Nj. IS AZ q N s sfi
ri j. y. II, Hundley made IA short, pointed
talk on the rs State evelopment Fhund, ''s
and raised s2326 after which the adj
jcurned for dinner. s3y
At 2: 10 the tonyention assemb lied, and
after devotional exercises. conducted BY
&C. o. Woodward and G. a. w atson. 4 first
order was report of enrolment commit
tee, showing total enrolment OF 40. Com
mittee on Tldlngs reported. after which
the Obituary Committee reported eight
deaths during the year, p aver by J. T.
Il. II undley; song by Wood ward, atson,
and williams, and Aiiss Fox Hankins.
Report on 'Children's Work" ny Miss Mss
Alice Hankins, showed IS children q, at
work. 81 u ID
ISL Miss Orvis gave a mar ia ~ ex planning
a large map, showing Tue phir - = w 7,
world In which the 3. u. are re- AZ a.
work and what kind OF work !s done ~
each part Of the known world NO re
Miss Ateanley read q pa per prepared AZ by
Miss Estclle shackelford on q trip e e our on
s.nission's fields: Miss IIanklns favored
,,s With a sweet and appropriate solo. that
was much enjoyed by the large audience "
The next n was Round Table
Talk, engaged In by Mrs Mlooklar;a q
tho oiI1cers; Mrs. David suit on B the
members; Mrs. Farrar,8 on the devotional
exercise Miss Orvis, on business 4. and and
programme sSfs ts .A4 5.st
The next In order was an address by
Miss Orvis on Service" This WIS tho
browning address Of the day and car
ricd with 1t great force and power = 1,o
good sss IL d, . ~, I. I,
VA r. IA. Cave kindly consented to ~! me
position that was to have been fllled 7, py
others who wcre prevented from attending
by sickness, He spoke on tire ~ elatlon Z
4 OF the Auxiliary to the Church, Il