The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-28
Christianity IN China

Mrs. Bessie Watkins Lipscomb, whose
gifts, grace and tact make her a most
pleasing presiding officer.
The proceedings today began with
devotional exercises at $3.50 a. M, fol
lowed in order by reports of confer
ence corresponding secretaries, coun- ,
Gil echoes, modern auxiliary, dem
onstration conducted by Mrs. B. E.
Brister; institute for auxiliary Off
GERS, by Mrs. A. F. Watkins; the de- |
votional half hour led by Miss Myrtle
Long, one of the deaconesses attend
ing the meeting.
At 2:3O D. m. the conference recon
vened when the following order was
reports of conference treasurers; talk
on tithing; plans for auxiliary treas
urers; pledges for 1913; and reports OF
district secretaries.
The Saturday night session was
largely attended and was made quite
interesting by personal narratives OF
their work as deaconesses by the
Misses Long, Womack, and Tinsley.
The visiting delegates mostly at
tended Sabbath School Sunday morn
ing, distributing themselves among the
three Methodist Sunday schools in the
city.
Three services were held Sunday
at II a. m, p. m, and at night, with
large audiences on each occasion. The
afternoon service was for the children
and the large number present were
highly entertained by talk from Mrs
S. S. Harris of Florida, who having
spent five years in China, is now in the
home field on a years furlough, which
she will use in telling about China ant
China's religious needs; and Miss Mel
Drake, a missionary to China, sent gu
by the Women of the Mississippi con
ference, who is now about to return
after her stay of one year in the HON
land The incidents related by thes
ladies, who are devoting their lives t
the cause of Christ among the peopl
of the Orient, were instructive an
thrilling.
The feature of the Sundays exc
cises were the addresses by Mrs.
L. Marshall of Nashville, Tenn, ed
torial secretary of the Woman's Mi
sionary Council, at the morning Sc
vice in Main Street Church, and MI
S. S. Harris of Florida, missionary
China, who returned last month fro
her five years stay in Soochow.
Mrs. Marshall announced as b
theme "The Messianic Mission
Christian America" and in discussil
the subject she evinced a comprehe
sive knowledge of history and pc
tics which enable her to give me
practical view of missions in this
round world.
Mrs. Marshall spoke of the marv
! tous changes in China in recent yef
h and said that America should not ov
- look it's Messianic mission to that CO..
try, for when China rubs the OPT
!. dream out of her eyes her footstt
are going to shake the nation"
n Confucianism which has been
4 corner stone of China's civilizat
i is no longer so, and when the religi
prop of nation is removed confus
and disaster follow, unless ahot
and better system is substitu'
China has excellent reasons for
r friendly attitude towards the Uni
States, and Christian China, thro
9 educational and religious forces,
the opportunity Of helping to sh
the destiny of a country with
four hundred million people, with
sources beyond the widest dream
THE materialist. we're in ssubsta
some of the strong points made
q Mrs Marshall.
- Mrs. Harris spoke on Our worl
China and said she was pleased y