The log cabin Democrat., 1915-04-09
FORT SMITH GETS WOMAN'S MEETING SESSION NEARING CLOSE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IS SUB- JECT OF DISCUSSION ON
 LAST MORNING.

Christian Education was the prin- cipal topic of discussion at the morn ing session of the Womans Mission ary Union convention today. Ad- dresses were delivered by Rev. Otto Wilmington, pastor of the First Bap- tist church of Conway; Miss Bullock of Central College and Dr. S. Y. Jameson, president of Ouachita Col lege. Inspiring messages were deliv- cred by each of the speakers and they were accorded the closest attention.
 The convention will adjourn this afternoon at ) o'clock, after one of the most successful sessions ever held. So crowded have been all the programs that it seemed at noon as If 1t would be impossible to complete
 the work before adjournment, but
 several of the delegates have already
 been forced to return to their homes. and the remainder will depart this afternoon and tonight
 After invitations had been extend ed from four cities, Fort Smith was selected as the place of the next meet ing of the union, which will convene on the second Wednesday in April, 1916. Fayetteville, Warren and Stamps also invited the union, and the decision in favor of Fort Smith was made by the nominating commit tee. The union will hold it's session in the First Baptist church of the Border City.
 A report of the work of Mary Forbes Industrial Home, where needy girls are enabled to live cheaply while attending Ouachita College, was sub- mitted by Mrs. E.. B. McNutt of Ar kadelphia this morning. The report was discussed by Mrs. Plank of Ar kadelphia and others, after which an offering of S143 for the home was made.
 A memorial service in honor of the late Dr. R. J. Willingham, for many years missionary secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention, and an address by Dr. J. R. Jester on the Judson centennial fund, were the prin- clpal features of last night s session ot the union. The memorial service was conducted by Miss Pearl Harri- son, several delegates speaking of the tender regard with which the fallen Baptist leader was held.
 pr. Jester is field secretary for the Judson centennial fund. This year marks the one hundredth anniversary or the sailing of Adoniram Judson, the first Baptist American missionary to foreign field, ana the Southern Baptist Convention is seeking to raise in commemoration of his work fund of S1,250,000, of which S250000 is to be expended for general equipment, churches, missionary homes, hospitals, etc; $200,000 for publications and SS0O,000 for schools of all kinds.
 The doors of enlarged opportunity are now opened to us, said Dr. Jes- ter. Shall we enter them? It isl impossible to do so with our present equipment. History is being made at
 aviation speed in most of the coun- tries where We are working. We may lose not only years of time, but even the possibilities themselves, if we fail to seize upon the opportunities which God in His providence is thrusting upon us. The great changes which are now taking place in the Far East affect 900,000,O00 people, or more than half the population of the globe In other lands remarkable transfor- nations are taking place. Conditions are now plastic, later they will be- come fixed. A century of history, measured by the usual standard, may be made in the next few years, or lost for all time. More people of the upper classes in China were reached | for Christ in a recent year than were won during the first hundred years of effort in that land; while more ln- quirers were enrolled recently in one nights service than during the first l fifty years work What is true of 1 China is to great measure true in all our fields. It is Gods call to us in this al-iH1portant hour,
 The apportionment to Arkansas is >30,000 When we remember that q | million and a quarter dollars are to be raised in all of the states of the southern convention, this amount is not large for Arkansas It should be | done easily. Since it is to be raised by deferred payments, extending | through three years, it should not and | must not be permitted to interfere | with the regular offerings for the current support of the work