The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-20
WOMEN DISCUSS
MISSION TOPICS
W0MAN's MISSIONARY UNION OF
VIRGINIA CONDUCTS CONFER
ENCE At SECOND BAPTIST
CHURCH.
MISS CRANE SPEAKES
SUBJECT OF MISSION STUDY CLASS
Es ~ DISCUSSED AND PRAC-
TfCALLY DEMON
sTRATED.

Officers of the Baptist Woman's Mis-
sionary Union OF Virginia and Miss
Edith Campbell Crane, corresponding
secretary of the womans Missionary
Union, auxiliary to the Southern Bap-
fist convention, were the speakers at
the missionary conference. in session
Monday at the Second Baptist church.
The addresses were short and were
followed by discussions from the floor.
A printed slip. containing questions
relative to the subjects under discus.
sion. were distributed IN the audience
and the conferences were wide-awake
and helpful. Mrs. W. c. Fox. super
| intendent of the missionary societies
! or the Dover Association, presided and
| the meeting was well attended by
| Baptist women and also women of
other denominations.
/ Mrs w. e. James made the open
! ing talk. her subject being The Bible
| in Societies" She gave practical sug-
| gestiens as to how the Bible can be
used In the missionary meetings in
such manner as TO procure the best
| results.
| Miss Crane, of Baltimore, discussed
briefly the subject of prayer. which.
In her opinion. obtains it's value from
the fact that prayer forms the vital
| connection between the individual ana
/ Christ. II liz as necessary for the
continued success of a missionary So
ciety as 1t liz In the Christian life of
the individual
A plea for more. determined and
wider training of boys in the adde's
cence age was made by Mrs. n. S.
Leake. Work among boys, said Mrs.
Leake, presents a fourfold opportuni-
~. 1t gives Christian women an OPP
| portunity to win boys for Christ. to
influence the boy and hold him to
the church and Sunday school by in
shilling in the youth the love for God.
1t presents the boys opportunity of
choosing the things worth while. and
ii presents an opportunity to the TO-
cal church and the denomination OF
making the church's glory permanent
| by training the boys. who In a few
years will be the men OF the nation.
| and, il is hoped, the men OF the
+ church ''" ''>@ "''' ~ ~ : =
BY a process of exclusion, Miss
Crane in q short talk on the mission
study class showed this function and
the needs If these study classes. She
advocates Ia class of from eight to
fourteen members. not larger, who
shall pursue some specific couse Of
STUDY thFOu&H a pEElpd OIL ten weeks
! OF more She. conan ended n,ast heas-
tiiy book by Mrs. Helen Montgom-
cry. who became SO well known to
Richmond people during the recent
jubilee, entitled Western Women in
Eastern Lands. Miss Cranes ad-
dress was followed by a practical de-
monstratfon OK the mission study class
conducted by Mrs. Julian p. Tho
mas. This proved most Interesting
and helpful. as each detail OF the
4 class study was exhibited.
The relation OF the missionary So
ciety to the church was defined by
Mrs. w. c. James, as that OF q sep
arate class TO training school, a
part of the whole working to gain
the purpose OF the whole An en-
thusiasdc discussion OF the various
points relative to the relation OF the
church and society followed Mrs.
James talk.
After the adjournment OF the morn
Ing session. luncheon was served at
the church.
The program for the afternoon SEES
sion will be:
$3.50 p. N. sunbeams. by Mrs. Jul
liam f. Thomas; r. M. Personal
Service, by Miss Edith Campbell
; Crane; $3.50 p. NJ. Society Mocha
nism. by Mrs. W. 8. Leake; p. M,
Missionary Giving. by Mrs. w. G.
James; $3.50 p. NJ. Society Expan-
sion, by Mrs. Julian p. Thomas.
Miss Crane and Mrs. Leake will
speak at the Young Women's Aux
iiiary rally. which will be held at
p. NJ.