The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
BAPTIST women
TO MEET HERE
Jubilate Of Twenty-Fifth An
niversary to Be Observed
Late This Month.
FINE CHORAL CHOIR
Name Of Great Missionary, Adoniram
Judson, Also viii Receive Tribute
During Celebration.

The jubilate of the twenty-fifth anniver-
Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist
Convention. to be observed at First Bap-
tist Church, Avenue of the Presidents and
o Street, October "A, 3. and %, will sur
pass in interest all other conventions OF
Baptist women held i'm this city in recent
years.
CommemOratng the founding of the
union at Richmond, Va, in 1855, the MEM
bers have planned a celebration this fall
for every principal city Of the South, the
first already having been held in Balti-
more BY chance the anniversary happens
TO fall in the year when Baptists all over
the country are observing the "Judson
Centennial in honor of the great mis-
sionary, Adoniram Judson, a celebration
Intended 10 mark the forward movement
in the Baptist denomination in the direc-
ton OF missionary endeavor. Judson's
name will be given prominence by the
many distinguished speakers who will
come from other places to the jubilate.
Large Chorus Ready.
A large choral choir OF 200 women from
various local churches, led by Mr.. Percy
S. Foster, will open the all-day meeting
on the 2Ith by singing the hymn. Sing,
Ye Women of the Southland" the words
and music of which were composed espe-
cially for the occasion by Miss Margaret
Dudley Reynolds A devotional service
will follow, led by Mrs. Charles C. Gould,
president of the Woman's Missionary
Society of the District Baptist AssOcia-
ton. Mrs. Elizabeth Darlington Simpson
will assist at the organ.
Mrs. c. n. Chapman. vice president OF
the union and leader of the local organ
ization, who will preside at the meetings,
will first introduce Miss kathleen NAL
lOry. of Alabama, corresponding secre-
tary. who will speak on THE Meaning
of the Jubilate." Miss Fannie f. 5.
Heck. of Raleigh. n. c., president OF the
union, will then speak, and following her
Mrs. Z. B. Matthews, president OF the
organization for the State Of Maryland.
Miss Marie Buhlmaier. for seventeen
years port missionary OF the union at
Locust Point. Md.-the Ellis Island OF
deliver an address on
Our Duty to Our City and How TO
Fulfill It."
Young Peoples session.
After a luncheon, to be served by each
church individually In the Sunday school
room Of the church, there will be an
afternoon session conducted by the vari-
Gus young peoples societies OF the local
churches. among them the Baptist Young
Peoples Society, the Christian EndeavOr,
the auXiliaries, and the Juvenile society |
Of the Sunbeams. The Farther Lights I
will bear the leading part, as they are |
missionary in purpose.
Mrs Maud r. Mcclure, principal OF the |
Louisville Training School, Louisville, |
KY, will address the afternoon meeting /
On the subject OF the relationship OF that |
school to the various medical missions |
owned and operated by the union through |
0ut the country.
On the evening of Saturday, October |
5, there will be reception in honor Of |
all the visiting delegates TO the jubilate |
and to the speakers. to which all Rap- |
lists are invited. The Sunday school |
Dom will be turned into a parlOr for the J
occasion and will be brilliantly decor /
lted in lavender and white-the jubilate
,olors.
The large missionary mass meeting
set for 2:3O the following Sunday after
noon was to have been opened by Presi-
lent Woodrow Wilson, but owing TO
President Wilson's absence in Mobile,
Ala. he has written letter OF greeting
o be read at the meeting
The Rev. DR.. William O. Carver. pro-
essor OF theology and missions OF the
louisville Baptist Theological Seminary,
Will be one OF the speakers. The Rev.
Or. Carver is considered one OF the most l.
Eloquent speakers in the denomination
n the South.