The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
HOME MISSIONS.
MANNING AUXILIARY
A Question Box.

A Question Box.
Why must there be a Woman's
Home Mission Society.
Because only one-third of our
country's population are con
nected with any religious organ
ization, and these include Nor
mons, Theosophists, Jews, Ro-
man Catholics, as we'll as Pro.
testants. Not one third attend
religious services of any kind.
More than ten thousand are
foreign born citizens, a great
majority Of whom are heathens
from Asia, or the social dregs
from Europe.
We must eVangelize these peo-
pie or they will act as Ieaven
and undermine our civilization
and corrupt our children. Then
there is suffering, sorrow and
sin, to which women only can
minister. Organization gives
strength and perpetuity to the
work.
When was the Woman's Home
Mission Society of the M. E.
Church, South: organized?
| In 1886. when Miss Lucinda
Helm call the women of the
church into service to help build
parsonages on our frontiers.
Since then different phases of
work have been added as God
has led. =,
What constitutes membership?
Any one may become a mem:
Der by paying ten cents dues per
month.
Are there no other collections
besides the dues? Yes, there
are free-will offerings which in
crease the income of the society,
but these are not exacted from
any member.
What does the 81 extra, cor
responding to theauxiliary mem
bership, mean?
1t means that if there are ten
members in an auxiliary it is
desired that ten dollars a year
more than dues be raised for the
general work. Each conference
society uses half it's dues for
parsonages within it's own
bounds: and the other half is in
sufficient to carry on the work.
Free-will offerings amounting to
81 extra per membership will
enlarge the income so that the
work may go forward without
embarrassment.
Would it not be easier to raise
if the auxiliaries gave it to some
specific object?
The current expenses, such as
salaries of workers and teachers,
rents, etc., must be met and
these exceed the half of dues.
Directed contributions can be
used only for special purposes,
and therefore cannot help with
these general expenses. Often
one object is>more popular than
another which is equally import
ant, and yet the one must suffer
while the other abounds. I'm.
directed contributors create a
missionary conscience since they
are given from a sense Of duty
rather than impulse.
What do we mean by connec-
tional work?
Those objects for which an
nual appropriations are made,
and which are managed entirely
or in part by the board.
What are these connections
works?
Parsonages, supplies, educa-
tional institutions, rescue work,
city missions and deaconess
work.
How many parsonages have
we helped?
In these eighteen years, we
have helped more than 1927.
What have we done through
the supply department.?
We have distributed goods to
our preachers at hard appoint
ments, orphanages and mission
schools, valued at S78, 8,569.35.
| When did the educational de-
partment come in to existence?
In 1892, when two schools
were opened in Tampa, Fla, for.
the Cuban children who came in
great numbers to our country.
How many schools are direct
ed by the Woman's Board of
Home Missions?
Twelve. Three of these are
for Cubans, one for Italians,
three for japanese, one for Chi
nese, two for our Southern
mountaineers, one for negro
lgirls, and one is a rescue plant.
| What is the character of the
rescue school?
It is a large training school
located at Dallas. Tex, where
rescued unfortunate girls mot
common prostitutes are given
industrial training. They are