The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-16
WOMAN'S HOME MISSION
Society in Session in Newberry-Wel-
come Addresses-About Forty
Delegates Present.


ct Of Delegates. visitors and Ncwbcrry
people gathered at Central Methodist
church on Wednesday evening 10 at
tend the opening exercises of the Wo-
mans Home Mission conference
which is in session at this place.
DIR. }. w. Wolling, pastor Of the
Methodist church, presided over the
exercises OF the evening and after
devotional exercises i'm Il few very
appropriate words and in his charac-
tcristic and happy manner he vel
coined the members Of the conference
and the viSitin" friends to Ncwbcrry
and especially to his church here. Ar
ter DR.. Wollin"'s welcome Mrs. Row
L. Thomas delighted The audience
with most beautiful selection which
WAS :" we'll chosen for an opening
meeting Of this nature. it being the
r"nSrScrratinn hymn. "Takc nv life
and LET 1t he ronSccralcd Lord tn
Thee. purin" the evening the rco,,-
lar choir OF the church also furnished
some cNcrllcn, music.
F"ll"win" Mrs. Thomas solo the
f"ll"win" ladies extended greetings to
tn" conference: Mrs. y. {. Gaillard
ON behalf Of the Wnman'S Home Mis-
Slonary society: Mrs. j. w. IIumbrrt
ON behalf of the Woman'S 5 Foreign
Missionary society; Miss Mary Fran
crS Cannon. on behalf of the .Iuvc-
niles: Mrs. T.. f.. Williamson, for the
Presbyterian church: Mrs. NJ. 4. Car
lislc, for the \. II. p. church; Mrs.
y. }. Bowers, for the Lutheran
rhurrh; Mrs. j. \. Burton, for the
Baptist church. TO single out any
one Of these ladies and say she did
we'll w"nld indeed be Shuwin" partial
ltN for the lovely manner in which
lhrs" courteous. cultured. conS"crai,h
Christian women Welcomed the Wn-
man : Home Missionary >ocictv to
\"Whrrry WAS IN inspiration 1n all
Wh" hcar'l them. Special mention how
ever. should he made of the sweet,
rhilllikr manner in which the ladies
wr," welcomed by little Miss Mary
Frances Cannon. She rAp!ivatrd her
listeners and waS c"mplimrnlcd by
both DR.. W"llin" and Mrs. Waite.
These addresses were responded to bv
Miss tlnnStrnn. matron Of the Door
OF Hope IN Columbia. Miss Finnstrom
Is Swcdr by birtl, and her style Of
speaking the English language
lrndS charm to all tina, she says.
Educated in the old country
she never had any idea Of becoming
Il missionary to Christian America but
she was led hithcr by the hand Of Di-
VINE Providence an dmany are the
lives she has frightened and blessed
by her strong Christian character and
charming personality. and her name
is loved and honorcd throughout our
State. I'm her response Miss Finn
strom said that after hearing such
greetings Of welcome the delegates in
deed felt that they were "Monarchs
ol all tHeN surveyed.
AT the close of these simple and
loving services DR.. Wolling introduce
ed Mrs. w. l.. Waite to the congre-
cation. Hc said in his Introductory
remarks that Mrs. Waite was from a
family that was known far and wide
in South Carolina Mcthodism for
above all other names it was connect
cd with The greatest educational CEN
ter of the church in this State, as she
waS Il Miss Wofford and;> closcrela-
tive Of the founder of Wof-
ford college. I'm his early
manhood he said he had
known Miss Wofrord and for four
years sat side by side with her
brother at school and had often visit
rd in their home. He said he rpmcm-
bcrcd that many of his boy friends
were there and what they said to Miss
W"ttord he could not say but to them
she always said "wait' and in later
years they all learned to know that
when she said "wait" she meant
"Waitc.' that is w. l.. Waite.
Mrs. Waite in her calm. serene. i'm
nrcsSivc. and logical manner outlined
the purpose and object Of the Home
Mission Conference in a very few
words and also thanked the ladies and
friends present for their warm greet
ings. Mrs. r. W. Mcdowell, the gen
cral secretary Of the Home Mission
board, was asked to come forward and
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