Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-04

Miss Sallie Stuart, OF AleNahdfli''
who has been the president OF the
Woman's Auxiliary of Virginia, of the
Protestant Episcopal Board of Mis-
sions, since the diocesan branch was
organized, twenty-five years ago, was
presented with purse OF gold at this
mornings meeting Of the auxiliary
held at Christ Episcopal church. The
presentation was made following her
annual address which gave resume
of the organization of the parent as
ISOLATION, in Christ Church of this
city, al years ago and the diocesan
branch in St. Paul's Church, Norfolk
in 1890. Tie presentation was made
by Bishop w. Cabeil Brown, bIsh-
op coadiutor of Virginia, and Miss
Stuart made suitable response.
In her address Miss Stuart said;
"Our sanity grandmcthers taught
their children the spirit OF the
Christ. that they might win the king
dom for Him; and this old Church
has it's own missionary history, apart
from, and long before there was a
Board of Missions. Here holy women
had been praying, studying and CAV
ing to missions at home and abroad.
If time permitted, how we would de-
light to recall the names OF those
colonial workers! The Lees, the
Fa;rfaxes, EIerberts, Washlngtons,
Custiscs, and others long since gather
ed home! The old records were lost,
Or destroyed, during the Civil War;
but can recall from my own child
hood the interest aroused by stories
of the Red Mans country. and of
China, Japan, and Africa, where our
own Virginia men were at work.
"To you, women Of the Virginia
Branch. these memories Of facts Of
the long ago are a goodly heritage
as you gather here to lay your tri-
butte of reverence upon the spot where
the first parish branch was formed.
"When the enthusiastic and jealous
rector Of old Christ Church, the Rev.
Randolph H. McKim, caught the
vision of what could be accomplished
by the change proposed by the Board
of Missions. the formation of the
Woman's Auxiliary, he at once de-
cided TO adopt the idea, calling TO-
gether the women Of his congreea-
ton on the second Monday in Noveln-
Der, 1871. They prepared i consti-
tuition. and appointed as their first
officers: Mrs. J. j. Stab!cr, Pres!-
dent; Mrs. Frederick Lloyd. Vice
President; and Miss Sallie Stuart,
Secretary and Treasurer. The APP
pointed officers accepted, the con-
stitution was adopted, and in Decem-
ber 1871, before Mrs. living, the
first Secretary of the Wonan's All
Hillary, was installed in the New
York Office. Eirginia's first Parish
Branch Of the Woman's Auxiliary
was at work, retaining its old name,
the Missionary Society of Christ
Church. Fairfax Parish. Of its
first officers, I alone remain. the only
woman in the Christ Church Branch
bearing one of the original names. /
Two descendants of its charter mem !!
beers are in the Branch today-Mrs. !.
f. S. W. Howard, and Mrs. Will
liam J. Boothe.
"Iou who have worked with me !
during the latter years know that in
1890 Bishop Whittle requested me to
unite your Parish Branches into a !
Diocesan Branch. a missionary
meeting was called by the Norfolk
Branch Of the Wonan's Auxiliary to
the Board of Missions, and held III
the Chapel Of. ST. Paul's Church, 4
IpneS1s, 1890 Eat this meeting were
representatives from Christ Church
Christ Church, Winches-.