The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
Ph|LATHEA LEAGUE
MAKING PROGRESS
NOW MAS f.4ee MEMBERS AND Us
WORKING FOR 2.eea m NEXT
YEAR.
REPORTS ARE. GOOD
Eyr5~tTfsE BOARD HeLnS IT'S
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AND HEARS oF WoRk
THAT Is BEING DONE
REPORTS ARE GOOD

The executive board Of the Rich
mond Phisthea league held lis
monthly meeting Friday night in
College View mission, with Miss car
rie r. Brown. president, presiding
The meeting was well attended by the
executive members and very
profitable evening was spent in the
Sunday school work
The reports were good. Miss Emily
Moncure, first vice president and
chairman Of the visitation commit
tee reported that the classes were do
Ing a good work through the city.
Miss Katie Watkins, chairman Of
the extention committee. reported two
nee classes organized, Stockton
street Baptist, South Richmond. end
Paramount Christian, Paramount The
cowardin Christian class, has bot AS
vet been received into the league.
this being the only chartered class
out ot the league. but 1t is expected
~ be at the next meeting
Miss Rernice Heath, chairman of
the. social committee, reported the
social work growing rapidly. Mr..
II. NJ. Starke. chairman OF the en-
ploSment bureau. was not present,
but good report was given from the
bureau
A motion was made by Mr.. J.. j.
Warren that a letter be written 10
Mr. Leslie Atkinson, who has re-
Gently left the city TO accept a po~
sition In another State. MIR. Akin
son was a faithful worker and a
teacher of the Third Christian Phi
iathea class, Miss Mary Miller, was
appointed TO write tho letter, ex
pressing regret Of his going away.
Interesting talks we're made by some
Of the workers and the classes re-
ported that they We're planning a
great work for the winter months
among the poor Of the city. The
Philathea classes donated last winter
many baskets OF provisions 10 poor
Families during the long and cold
months, and this winter they are de-
termined To do even greater work
In this line
s5.s VIII psahIe Class
Mr. NJ. r.. Pace. made a short
talk and stated his class was going to
have 100 girls before the close of
v the-rear Many nther- clAsses have
Just such aims.
The sole aim and purpose or the
organized Philathea class is to build
UP the Sunday-school to which they
belong and to stand loyal to the
church services.
The classes are working to make
the pastors Of Richmond realize that
a PhiIathea can do something besides
attend Sunday-school. Philathea
workers want To be part or the
Eunday-schooi and church and to do
all in their power to make the Sun-
day-achool and church thorough or
PLANTATIONS and lift the burden from
the pastor and Sunday school super
tntendent of ever striving TO create
an interest among the members,
The philathea have grown to about
f400 in the past year and are work
ing TO have an Organization Of 1000
before the close OF 1912.
south Richmond Shows Well.
Mr. Shutz. teacher OF the Balm
bridge Street Baptist class. South
Richmond, made a short talk. and
said that South Richmond was grow
ing in work and that his own class.
organized a few months ago, had
more than doubled its membership
and was planning to do good work
in Its own Sunday-school and
church.
The Influence Of the Bainbridge-
Street Baptist class has already been
felt in South Richmond and the
league IS looking forward to good
work being done In that heid. MISS
Angel president Of the newly or
ganized class at stockton-Street Bap-
fist church. is going to work aud viii
do much to build mp the interest Of
the young women OF her own Sun
day. school
= The Richmond Baraca and the
Richmond Philathea leagues viii
hold their monthly mass meeting at
yena ble-Street Baptist church next
Friday night. October 18th. at p.
NJ Every Baraca Philathea is earn
estly urged to be presest on that oc-
casion as the two presidents are
planning to have 500 Rararca- Phi
latheas In that meeting.
joint social will he held, and Or
johnson, pastor OF the church. will
make a short address on his trip
To Palestine.