Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-21
The WOnOR'S Home Mission Society.
The Close of the Fiscal Year, March /.

Tor the year. Are we taking steps
to raise the pledge, or the $1.OO
extra, per member. Are the dues
and Conference expense fund all
collected up to date for the honor
ary and local members, who can
help us in this way, but who can
not come to the meeting in per-
son? If it is worth anything to
us, it is worth taking steps and
making efforts to secure. A faith
full treasurer is the main stay of a
society.
Our Homes The Organ of the W. H. NJ S.
Our Homes has 1888 subscri-
bers, an increase over last year of
1914. Miss Helm turned into the
treasury, $1,000 the surplus over
the years. expenses, including sal
ary of editor. Every new sub
scription price now goes into our
treasury, so every member ought
to try to double the number of
subscribers before the next An
nual Meeting.
Tithing.
The Board set apart the fourth
Sunday in February as time for
the preservation Of the great
scriptural doctrine of tithing.
The Superintendent of the De
partment of Tithing has sent out a
request that every pastor in our
Church shall preach on that sub
ject on that day, and we trust
that her request will be generally
complied with. The study topic
for the month is Enhancing the
Kingdom" and Our Homes will,
as usual, give much space to the
topic, especially emphasizing the
value and practice of tithing.
Our women should study this vi
tai subject with prayerful consid-
eration. The Cords work should
not suffer loss because of the care
less ignorance of those upon whom
it depends.
Ruth HargrOve Seminary, Key West, Fla.
The Principal at Ruth HOr-
grove is finding much difficulty in
providing for the large number of
pupils that are coming into the
school. There are now 317. The
primary rooms are full and run
ming over, every old desk and
bench on the place is in use, and
each day the need of a new school
building becomes more impera-
tive. A boys dOrmitory is also
greatly needed.
Safeguarding the Young.
A Young Woman's Boarding
Home has been opened in Jack
son, Tenn, by the Woman's Board
of City Missions. The house is
a large, wO-stOried building of
twelve good rooms, with two bath
rooms and every convenience
There is prettily furnished sit
ting room where the young ladies
can see their friends, both ladies
and gentle~en. With two in a
room the board is only So a week;
if there are four, So so.
Another Wesley House.
November 10, 1909, the Wesley
House Of ST. Joseph, Mo-, was
opened in the southern part of I
that city. 1t was great day for
Methodism, for the services mark
ed the elimination of the prayers
and labors OF the past year upon
the part of the noble band of wo-
men composing the Board of City
A full account of the
work there will be given in the
next issue of our homes.
The Ultimate Need.
This beautiful pome was read
by Bishop Hendrix at the close of
the service cOnsecrating the dea-
conesses at Savannah, Ga
Good, give us men"-for men the
poet pleads,
The age demands them and their
country needs
Men brave and able for heroic
tasks;
For men of worth and power the
country asks
And still must find them, or, if
earth denies,
The State is bankrupt and our
freedom dies.
rhugh still for men the eager
quest abides,
Behind that need another deeper
hides.
dear aver cen more the age re-
quires
Women to mold heroic sons and
sires, s
Women to make the home a hal.
lowed place, !