Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-06-13
womans Missionary Meeting.

Nhls' ~. "a. uuSS June
9th at 2:30 o'clock. Twenty-nine
members were present. Meeting
opened by singing Just AS |
Am Without One Plea, Miss
Hattie Fudge at the piano. Mrs,
James O'Keeffe read scripture
lesson taken. from Matt. Is, 10
20, followed by a number of
sentence prayers. The President,
Mrs. Lacy Tynes took the chair.
Subject for study was Woman
in Industry, Childrens Work..
'Woman's Place in Industry
in Christian Lands was present
ed by Mrs. G. H. Fudge, in a
selection from the Missionary
Voice in which she spoke of the
low wages of woman. A sad fact
that in the United Statess alone.
six million of working women
are receiving six dollars per
week. OF the various reasons
given for low wages for woman,
so much lower than that of man,
the principle one seems to be
what is called supplementary
wage, that is, a great number
of women work to supplement
the income of the family.
Following this paper, Mrs.
EARLY st. Clair told of 'Woman's
Place in Industry in New Chris
tian Lands. Her talk was full
of interest and revealed the
pitiable truths of low wage for
woman. In Cuba silky thousand
women seeking bread are forced
to compete with half million of
men. Their best opportunities
being in cigar factories where
they realize only $3.50 per week.
In no other country in the world
do so large percentage of
women participate in wage
earning as in Japan. Japan has
twice as many women as men
on the payroll of the govern
ment. 'Women's Needs-Phys-
ical and Moral, was given in a
most excellent paper by Mrs. II.
G. Peery, sr. 'Woman's Needs
in Legislation, by Mrs. Coulling,
in very instructive reading.
The Young Peoples Work was
taken up by Mrs. e. e. Wiley,
in which she stressed the impor-
lance of the work to be done by
them and the responsibility that
rests upon the older heads.
The Childrens Work., which
comes under the head of the
first vice-president, was brought
before the body by Mrs. d. p.
Hurley. Take heed that We
despise not one of those little
ones, for l say unto you that in
heaven their angels do always
behold the face of my Father
AS arrows in the hand of
mighty man, so are children of
the youth" The only way to
have consecrated missionary
church is to train the children
to know the facts of missions,
to love and pray for missions.
The business part of the meet
ing was taken up: Collection of
dues, reports of vice-presidents,
appointing of committees, etc.
Next meeting to be with Mrs.
w. A. Scott. The Lords prayer
was repeated in concert and
meeting adjourned.
Delicious refreshments, consist
ing of cream and cake, were
served by the hostess, Mrs. C.
A. Fudge. Press Supt.
pray we therefore the Lord
of the harvest, that he will send
forth laborers into harvest.
Surely this must be the prayer
of the women of Methodism this
year when they recall that more
than thirty cities and mill
communities were denied deacon
esses and city missionaries at,
the recent session of the Council
because there were not enough
to go around" If every call
for deaconesses made in 1912
had been granted and the work
had normally developed, we
might have located It's more
than were available. We APP
pointed liz trained women for
the work in the homeland. How
does that stand by the larger
demand? Ten years ago we APP
pointed six deaconesses when
the first class was set apart for
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