The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
Hundreds of Prominent
Church Workers From
All Over South Will
Arrive During Day
PRELIMINARY PLANS
ALREADY MADE BY
WORKERS ON SCENE
Daily Publication to Be Issued During
Sessions-New Missionaries to Be
onsecrated-How Work Is
Divided Among the
Churches

Churches
Tonight at o'clock the Woman's Mis-
sionary Council opens at the First Meth
odist church With Miss Belle II. Bennett
of Richmond Ky. presiding.
| Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock the
executive committee will hold an impor-
tant meeting at the Morris hotel. At the
same time the workers conference, head
ed by Mrs Archibald Trawicl< of Nash
ville will meet in the Sunday school room
of the First Methodist church.
Tonight's Programme
Opens at p. m, Miss Belle IL. Bennett
presiding
| Anthem.
Council Hymn No. AIS, Faith of Our
Fathers"
Creed
Prayer by Bishop j. II. Mccoy of Bir-
mingham.
Bible reading, DR.. l.. c. Branscomh.
Gloria.
Survey of Foreign Work of Woman &
Missionary Council, Mrs. J. B. Cobb, cor
responding secretary foreign department
of Nashville, Tenn.
Survey of Work of Home Field of Wom-
ans Missionary Council, Mrs. T.. W. Mac
ponell corresponding secretary home de-
partment of Nashville, Tenn.
Hymn No 4os, Lead on 0 King Eter-
nal"
Announcements.
Benediction, DIR. j. W. Johnson, pastor of
| Tho First Matbodiet church
Council Paper
A unique feature of the council will be
the publishing of daily paper called the
) Council Daily" This paper will be print
ed each day and will contain a complete
account of days proceedings. The paper
| Will be issued only during the time that
the council is in session. Miss Bennett,
the president of the council urges all
delegates and visitors to subscribe to it.
The subscription price for all the issues
will be % cents.
| An Information bureau has been estab-
lished at the First Methodist church.
This booth will be in charge of the Young
Peoples Missionary society Of, Woodlawn
and will be located in the PASTORS study
At this booth will be telephones. council
registry a postoffice station, lists of all
committees and names of the delegates.
Lunch Committees
Each day the various Methodist
churches of the Birmingham district will
serve lunches to the delegates at the
convention hall.
The following list shows how the work
is divided among the churches on diff
ferent days.
General chairmen, Mrs. r. n. Bell, Mrs
A. A. Gambll.
} Thursday, April 10, Norwood, Twenty
| first AVannp oh
Friday, April II, Fountain Heights, Wes-
} ley Chapel and Owenton churches
, Saturday, April 12, South Highlands,
Eleventh Avenue, st. Johns and Trinity
} churches.
Monday, April "A, First Methodist, West
End and Ensley churches.
Tuesday, April Is. East Lake. Walker
Memorial, Fairview and West Woodlawn
churches.
; Wednesday, April 16, Wood,awn. Avon
dale, East Birmingham and Pratt City
churches.
New Missionaries
This year nine new missionaries will
be consecrated and sent to foreign
field by Bishop Lambuth. The follow-
ing is the first complete list Of the
) foreign missionaries to be consecrated
during this years council meeting:
Miss Berth Attoway, Greycourt, S. c.:
Miss Mary j. Boster, Huntsville; Miss
Leila Blifer, Kansas City. Mo-: Miss
Agnes Graham, Comnanche, Tex: DR..
: Hattie f. Love- Sweetwater, Tenn; Miss
Margaret Webster, Ennis. Tex: Miss
Bessie Hardie and Miss Eva Hardie
OF Seoul Corea.
These young ladies come directly
from the Scarritt Bible and Training
school at Kansas City. This school be-
longs to the Woman's Missionary coun-
ell and is for the training of foreign
and city missionaries. The last two arc
daughters of DIR. Hardie, a missionary
to Corea.
The list of city missionaries to be
consecrated by Bishop Mccoy and
which has been announced by the
deaconesses' committee are:
Miss Young, Miss Nellie McLain. Miss
Marsh, Miss Ethel Cunningham, Miss
Estelle Haskin, all of Nashville, Tenn.
These young ladies have Just received
course of training at the Bible Train
ing school at Nashville, Tenn This
, school is also owned by the council
, Foreign Department
The report of Mrs J. b. Cobb OF the
foreign missions department for the
past year shows that there are 27g
missionaries and Bible women main
tanned by the Southern Womans coun-
ell in the foreign. countries of China,
Corea, Brazil. Mexico and CUBA. Be-
SlQeS lItSt lntS nave -VN Hdl1Ne neID-
ers employed and have 80 Bible and
boarding schools in these countries.
Attending these schools are 6124 heath =
ems This department. was organized in
1873 and at that time there were only
three missionaries maintained in for
. efgn fields by the council
Among the Arrivals
Among the many arrivals yesterday
were Dr. and Mrs. Pinson. who have
lust returned from an eight months
trip to Corea, Japan and China spent
in studying the foreign missions in
those countries.
Miss Mary Norman Moore. president
OF the Missionary society OF north Ala
barna. also arrived in Birmingham yes-
terday. Miss Moore is known through
out the south as president of the Ath- =
ems Female college.
Mrs. u. a. West. secretary of the for
eign department of north Alabama con-
ference. accompanied Miss Moore.
Miss Lily Stradley. a missionary from
Brazil. is also in the city.
Miss Mabel Wheeler, formerly OF
Birmingham. was one Of the arrivals
vest erday.
Miss Maria l.. Gibson. president of
the Scarritt Bible and Training school,
and Miss Mabel Howell, who has charge
OF sociological department. OF the Scar
sitt school. also reached Birmingham