The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
WELCOME GIVEN
TO METHODISTS
Delegates to Annual Meeting
Of Missionary Society
Gather Here.
ADDRESSES ON PROGRAM
Treasurer's Report Shows 500, ,622.4o
Was Donated to Women's Home
Organization Last Year.

Welcome Night" was celebrated last
night by the delegates to the thirty-seeond
annual meeting OF the board of managers
OF the Woman's Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church nj
Foundry Church. Avenue OF the Presi-
dents and Church Street Northwest.
From the time that Mrs. George o.
Robinson. president. called the meeting to
order until the close Of an informal re-
ception late last night. there was not an
hour that there was not some sort OF
meeting in progress.
Welcome night opened with devotional
service by the Rev. Bishop N. C. Loccock.
There then was started the addresses OF
welcome.
Rev. Bishop Earl Cranston, of the
Washington district. welcomed tie dele
gates for the church at large.
Bishop Cranston said. IN part:
Go where you will. you viii find MEM
bers OF this society or signs Of their won-
derful work. II you come within their
reach, You VIII be captured by their devo-
ton TO their church and their people. We
can stand a large increase in those who
make sacrifices for religion and patriot
ism. as do these women. In Washington
we need many more OF them. We of the
church give ycu hearty welcome You
represent the country at Its best, as well
as do the members OF any other society
in the United States"
Mrs. suartxelI introduced.
In introducing G. W. F. swartzelI Of
this city, who welcomed the delegates for
the Methodist Union, Mrs. Robinson said
said that he had been OF great help to
the society since its organization, moie
than twenty-five years ago. Mr.. SwartzeIl
said:
''Washington is as much your city as
ours. The general government bears Its
share Of the SUPPORT OF the District We
give you a most cordial welcome. both
because of yourselves and because you
represent stupendous, marvellous
amount of work that has been accom-
plished. We welcome you to our homes,
our hearts and our institutions and city.
Mrs. d. B. Street. secretary OF the
Washington district, who greeted the
delegates for the District members of the
society, called attention TO the 'domi-
nation OF Washington society by titled
foreigners and members OF the admin
istration in power" She said, however,
that the portion of the people repre-
sented in the society had not bowed the
knee to Baal." Mrs. Robinson announced
that the President would receive the
members of the society on Monday.
Addresses OF welcome were delivered
also by the Rev. W. r. Wedderspoon,
pastor OF Foundry Church, for th- con-
vention headquarters; the Rev. W. L.
Mcdowell. district superintendent, for
the ministers of the Baltimore Confer
ence. and by the Rev. w. II. Wilder for
the Lucy Webb Hayes Training School,
OF which he is president.
Responses TO the addresses OF welcome
Aaff hU A L nrla Of
Des Moines. Iowa, for the conference
secretaries societies. and Mrs. W. p.
Thlrkield. Of New Orleans. for officers
of the society.
Mrs. Thirkield spoke principally of the
fact that many OF the officers OF the
society had been founders, and Of the
opportunities for helping that the society
offered.
Mrs. Griffith told of the work Of the
secretaries and her memories of the work
in Indiana.
There were several songs by the
quartet OF the church, and Prof Anton
Kaspar was encored after a violin solo.
Following the meeting there was an
informal reception. In the receiving line
were:
Mrs. d. B. Street. OF this city: Mrs.
G. o. Robinson, Mrs. William Christy
Heron. of Cincinnati: Mrs. p. ID. Perch
ment, of Pittsburgh: Mrs. George II.
Thompson, of Cincinnati. general treas
urer; Mrs. F. A. Aiken, of Cincin-
natl: Mrs. Della L. Williams. of Ohio;
Miss II. A Bancroft. Of Detroit; Mrs.
E. L. Albright. of Chicago; Mrs. D. ID.
Thompson, Of Evanston, III: Airs. d. d.
Leonard Woodruff, of Allendale, n. J.:
Mrs. P. H. Bodkin. of Los Angeles, and
Mrs. Mary Fisk Park, OF New York.
Program Carried Out.
The program for the earlier part Of
the day included reading of Scriptures
by the Rev. DR.. II. S. France. president
of the board OF directors OF Lucy Webb
Hayes Training School; prayer, by the
Rev. w. F. Mcdowell. superintendent
of the Washington district; organiza-
tion of the convention, by Mrs. +. A.
Aiken, recording secretary: election of
assistant secretaries, appointment OF
standing committees, reports on the
convention newspaper, by Mrs. Levi
Gilbert, Mrs. Ward, Platt, Mrs. Laura
B. Ennis, and Miss Alice NJ. Guernsey;
report Of the bureau of mission sup