Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-11-20
woMAN's MISSIONARY UNION.
Tie Recent. Meeting Held In CoIum-
bia u Decided Success.

bia Decided Success.
| Westminster, Nov. 19.-Special:
The annual meeting of the Woman IS
Missionary Union of South Carolina,
auxiliary to the Baptist State Con-
yention, held its fifth meeting In the
First Baptist church of Columbia
from the 18th to the 14th instant.
The words of welcome by DR..
Lindsay, the pastor, on Tuesday
leyening, were words expressing the
greatest cordiality. He proved to
the convention how glad the people
of Columbia were to see them by the
fact that there was no difficulty I'm
assigning homes to the four hundred
women who had sent IN their names.
,, The entire service Of the evening
was given to a review of State mis-
sions, by Dr.; T.. M. Bailey, the able
secretary Of this work, and his as
sistant, DIR. Defieux. Both spoke OF
the progress Of the. work being done
by the WOman's Missionary Union.
DR.. Bailey spoke at length on the
different fields In the State, and it
was learned that there are nows at
work in the State mission field Is
men and S15 women; also that sthe
Baptist outnumber any denomira-
ton In the State. DR.. Bailey closed
by showing the great opportunity, in
fthe mill towns, as .,Sto so per cent
of all mill operatives are Baptist.
The devotional exercises on We'd
nesday morning were conducted by
Mrs. Alyin Ethridge, of Saluda, after
which was chain OF prayers for d.
vine blessing on the meeting.
Mrs. w. e. Wilkins, of Columbia,
In most charming manner, deliv-
cred the welcome address. She said
If 1t We're possible for the people OF
Columbia TO have the number of
hands that mythology hands down
of Grecian giants, they would ex-
tend them ell in the thrice welcome
they felt for us. The response was
very appropriately made by Mrs. j.
s. Bennett, of Laurens.
Mrs. Chapman's address came next.
This was an address Of much infor-
nation, and 1T showed deep thought.
Among the many beautiful passages
presented one was notable: Thou
crownest the year with thy good
ness" Mrs. Chapman has been pres
ident of this convention for the past
five years, and the work has shown
marked progress.
The gifts of the past year amount
ed to almost $4,000. %
When Mrs. Chapman commenced
this work there were two bands and
two hundred missionary societies.
Now there are one hundred and ten
bands and five hundred societies.
Through the address three strong
points were presented-the great ef-
ficacy Of prayer; larger things in
study to be an intelligent worker;
and larger space to be occupied.
Mrs. Chapman reminded each So
ciety Of their duty to foster the
young into service, as the hope of
the future lies in the young women.
Each society should feel responsible
for the organization and instruction
of the sunbeams. There are 21,0OO
Baptist churches In the South, and If
all would espouse the cause of mis-
sions, what great things would be
.....
In beautiful, touching words did
the retiring president thank this
body for, the love and kindness be-
slowed on her the past five years,
after which was sung in broken, pa
thetic tones "Blest be the Tie that
Binds"
Miss Edith Campbell Crane, secre-
tary of the Southern mission work
covering the oversight of sixteen
States, brought greetings from the
headquarters at Baltimore.
Mrs. Eutzminger, returned mis-.
sionary from Brazil, was introduced;
also fifteen missionaries working in
the various mill towns of our State
Some of these presented beautiful
quotations as they were introduced.
Among them: Miss Ellis, of Gaffney,
For me to IL is Christi" Miss
Dowell, Of Rock Hill, 81 am not
ashamed Of the Gospel of Christi"
Miss Daisy Cummings, Of Spartan
burg, "The greatest JOY is in serv-
ing Others" Miss Attaway, of Co
lumbia, THE harvest truly is plente-
Gus, but the laborers are few" and
Miss Rushton, also a worker in Co.
lumbia, Whatsoever thy hand find
eth to do, do it with thy might"
Miss Parton, of PelZer, spoke Of
the beauties of full, surrendered
life, and Miss Tyler placed I'll work
as important, nothing small.
Mention was made Of the absence
of Miss Taylor, of Greenville, who
is suffering from a. severe sprain;
also Miss Berger, Of Anderson, who
was recently hurt in fearful rail-
road accident.
The w. M. U. Training Sschool, of
Louisville, KY, sent greetings
through one of it's pupils, Miss Mat
thews, of Greenville.
Miss Crane addressed the conven-
ton. She compared the work to a