The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-18
An INTERESTING SERMON.

A very interesting session of the an
nual district convention Of the Wo-
mans Home Missionary society of the
Hammond District Northwestern Indi-
ana Conference is being held in the
auditorium Of the First Methodist
church The members OF the Hammond
society at one of their late meetings
made complete arrangements for the
entertainment of the visiting delegates
during their stay in the city. Commit
tees were appointed to meet the in
coming trains and escort the guests TO
the meeting place. The guests began
arriving early in the morning and con-
tinued to come during the remainder
of the day. Many of the members were
unable to attend any session yesterday,
but arrived here today for the more
important meeting, when the annual
election and installation of officers was
announced to take place.
The church room was comfortably
filled with the members of the Ham
mond society and the visitors. who met
for the first time yesterday morning at
1880 o'clock This meeting was very
informal and held only for the recep
ton of the guests and assignment OF
delegates The more important meet
ing was called at 1880 p. m, when Mrs.
William II. Reed of Brook, Ind presi-
dent, took charge of the meeting. She
announced the devotional exercises,
which took place at the opening of the
meeting. and in the absence of Mrs.
A. T. Briggs, Mrs Frieda whitley pre-
sided A short address followed when
the Rev w F. Switzer. pastor of the
.g,,F,- Id.
of welcome. The welcome was genuine
and sincere, and Mr.. Switzer spoke en-
couragingly of the work in the dis
trict Mrs. Humphreys of Whiting
gave the response to the welcome. Mrs.
| Gillett of Whiting read the minutes
at the meeting. after which the presi-
dent made the appointments of commit
| tees. One of the very interesting events
of the afternoons program was the re-
port of the work in the societies of
the district. Representatives were not
present from all the cities, but the re-
J ports of the East Chicago, Whiting
| Valparaiso, Indiana Harbor Star City
and Hammond auxiliaries were read
| The reports showed an increase Of
membership in every society and ad-
vanced work being done among the
members other reports of interest to
the members were given by delegates
from the Queen Esther Circle, Home
Guards, and Mothers Jewels. Mrs.
Grace Oswold of Michigan city then
read a very pleasant paper. entitled
| What Shall I Render to the Lord %
Her paper called forth a great deal Of
discussions, which added interest to the
| subject A short business hour fol-
! lowed. when it was decided to nomin-
ate by ballot in the election of Of
hcers. The meeting closed with pray
| er.
The evening session was very enjoy
able. and was attended by about the
same number of visitors. Several mu-
steal numbers were arranged for the
entertainment. among them a selection
by the Ladies' quartette, composed of
Mesdames Dunsing. Houser Thompson
and Dobbins. They sang My Rosary
and as an encore gave I'm a Pilgrim
Here Mr. Leaning also gave a very
! enjoyable number on the program, and
sang That Sweet Story of Old" The
only address of the evening was given
by Mrs b. Wilson of Lafayette, who
is president of the conference. Her
talk was particularly instructive, and
she gave many instances of the work
being done by the immediate societies
She began her talk with the Antioch
work, which was the first missionary
work ever done and which has con-
tinued ever since. She spoke in detail
of the port. the mountain and the in
terror work, giving especial attention
to the work of Miss Mathews at Ellis