The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-19
THE GENERAL CONVENTION
Of 1907
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| came in, and the galleries were fuIl
found myself sitting besides Mrs
George Wallace and her sister. Mrs
McKim; then Mrs. Haywood from
Massachusetts who spent some week,
last year in Honolulu, en- route to visi
her missionary daughter in japan
came up to me and asked me to ST
with her. Then I spied Mrs. Brunsor
in the gallery, and we exchanged
smiles, and in the distance 1 saw m,
friend Miss Taylor of Virginia who
was so good to me in Boston | also
had word with Miss Emery and Miss
Sally Stuart, the dear soul, who had
so set her heart upon having the con.
vention in Virginia this year
After some routine business we dis
ipersed, went home for supper to come
| out again at s o'clock to see a Junior
Auxiliary Historical Missionary Gllus-
trated) meeting. The lantern slides
were most interesting, showing work
in Alaska, and in the mountains of the
South, but I shall describe this more
fully in paper to my juniors OF st.
! Andrews, Here I was told someone
wanted to see person who was
| bridesmaid to Mrs. Wainwright, BIZ
shop Willis sister, / knew that meant
me, so I found dear old body who
| had spoken to me in Boston, a Mrs.
Julia Salisbury, who lives near Mrs.
| Wainwright in BiItmore, n. Carolina.
and we had nice little chat, and I
sent messages by her, and sat near her
all the evening.
That ended our first day in Rich
RiSbon ~
had arrived in Richmond the day be-
fore, and everybody was talking about
him, and eager to see him, and many
had met him at a reception given the
night before by Bishop Gibson of Vir-
ginia.
At half past ten the next morning
the great United Offering service of
the Woman's Auxiliary took place in
Holy Trinity again. We were fortu-
nate enough again to get good seats,
and it was just as crowded as it had
been the day before for the mems SER
vice. 1t was a glorious service, and 7
wish you could all have been there I
held your offering in my hand,
wrapped in a pretty envelope that Miss
PaElxe had designed, and placed it on
theSgord aims basin which was present.
ed by the Church of England some
years ago, for you all, with a grateful
heart for the privilege of doing it. The
communion silver services used were
from Hampton, bearing the date 1913,
sent to Jamestown in 1919, and one
from old Bruton church, which came
from jamestown, bearing the date
1882. We inspected this silver after
the service in the vestry, with Mrs.
Restarick and Mrs. Alsop, who sat
near each other during the service.
After the service we came across
Archdeacon Weber. who enqufred for
all his Honolulu friends, looking as
well as ever We caught glmpses of
him several times again. Then we met
Miss Howells of Uniontown, Pa, and
her sister, who still take a great in
terest in Hawaii, and Mrs. Collins and
Mrs. Minor of Detroit, Michigan, who
were instrumental in sending that
lovely box of household linen last year
to the Priory.
In the afternoon at o'clock we
found our way to the great auditorium,
where thousands could be admitted
Miss Greenwich and 1 got good seats
in the gallery It was most interest
huge platform, and the people gather
ed there.
They gathered all the missionaries
they could get word to on the plat
form. and with famous bishops, noted
women and clergymen, and a large
choir, it was an inspiring sight. Wei
soon spied Mrs. Restarick, near the
front and near her Deaconess Drant, |
A
tie Indian boy, among them. There We're
addresses by Bishop Gibson of We'll |
come, and by Bishop Roots of Han
kow, Bishop Spalding of Salt Lake, |
by Bishop AYES of Mexico and by, DR.. |
Lloyd. Then the English bishops were
presented, the two officers of the Wo- |
mans Auxiliary in Canada were pre-
sented, and Miss Emery gave her j
report. Then Miss Sally |
Stuart greeted the assembly as fol- |
lows in part, which I copy from a pa
per 1 have at hand.
Miss Stuart said: Three hundred /
years of welcome ring out today from /
all our hearts, as we greet this repre- /
sentative body of devout women, from |
North, South, East and West, from |
beyond the seas, as we'll as from Can |
ada. You are come to unite your |
with ours on this great |
and TO make this day so /
long anticipated a day to be remem- /
bered, and make US of Old Virginia /
glad for years to come. So with our /
welcome we thank you for your
presence, for the bringing to US that |
which you cannot take away, the sweet |
influences and happy memories that
will linger long after you leave US.
We must cherish our past for the
sake of the future, lest we forget to
remember all the way the Lord our
God has led us these 300 years. We
are one in Christ, one in heart, and
one in missionary work in hand. The
keystone that supports the organiza-
ton is the unity of the Woman's Aux
Hilary. Again we bid you welcome to
our hearts and homes All we have is
yours to command while our guests.
Again and again a cordial welcome to
Then came the most exciting event
of the day, the announcement by the
treasurer, Mr.. Geo. @. Thomas. of the
sum of the united offering. He began
b1y in R0Stap ba