The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
MEETS IN NEWBERRf


the Second presbytery of the A. R.
P. synod held their annual meeting
in the Newberry church October 4th
and 5th. The attendance was good
and the spirit of interest and enthus-
iasm was manifest in all the sessions
of the union. The delegates were en-
tertained in the homes OF the city with
lunch at the church on "Wednesday and
Thursday.
The president of the union is Mrs.
N. ". Rhodes of Louisville, Ga, and
the secretary, Mrs. C. E. Miller OF
Atlanta. These were most efficient
and kept the business of the union
well in hand.
The words of welcome were spoken
by Mrs. w. Y. Fair, to which responce
was made by Mrs. Rhodes.
In addition to the regular business
of the union a number Of interesting
and helpful conferences were held.
On Wednesday morning a conference
was held on the thank offerings with
Mrs. ]. NJ. Cuddy of Troy, S. c., as
the leader. The thank offerings are
devoted to the Mountain mission and
nets a goodly sum for this encourag-
ing work. Mrs. J. l. Brownlee of An
derson led the conference on the Jour
nal of Missions, the magazine publish
ed by the union. 1t was the unani-
mos testimony that the journal is a
great help to the societies in keeping
in touch with the work and arrang-
ing their progress. arrangement was
made to double the number Of copies
at once.
The conference on tithing was un-
der the direction of Mrh. R. D. Bry-
son of Clinton and proved a very in
teresting discussion. Mrs. W. B. Lind
saw of Charlotte who is the synodi-
o,l secretary of junior work was
present and led the discussion Fri
day morning on this department OF
work. The Ladies societies are charg-
ed with this work and the splendid
possibilities of this kind of work were
set forth by number of speakers.
The discussion of the Orphanage
work led the union to create a spec
ia1 department to look after this
part of the work. Mrs. I. H. Hunt OF
Newberry was made secretary OF this
department and will edit page in
the Journal of Missions in the inter
est of the orphans.
Mrs. r. D. Bryson gave demon
stration of Mission Study class. Sne
spoke of the importance of missinary
instruction, and said that the STUDY
class was one of the most effective
means of imparting missionary IN
formation. Mrs. Bryson made sugges-
tions as to textbook to be used and
how we'll the book fits the present
world situation.
The evening sessions were devot-
ed to popular addresses on missions.
Mrs. ]. G. Dale who was the first med
ical missionary sent out by the A.
r P. church, and who did a most
telling work in Mexico till the mis-
sionaries were forced to retire from
that field spoke on Wednesday even
ing. Her message was full of heart
and sympathy and moved the whole
CONGREGATION to a deeper interest IN
Mexico and the people who have not
had a chance to know the true way OF
life.
DR.. G. G. Parkinson of the Erskina
Theological seminary delivered a
strong missionary sermon on nhurs-
dav evening on the text: "HoW beau
tiful are the feet of them that Ireach
of peace, and bring glad tidings OF
good things!' Rom. 1918. This ser
mon was vigorous in thought and pre-
sented in his clear and forcible style
The ladies were we'll pleased with
the fine hospitality shown by the New
berry people, and many expressed tne
opinion that all things considered THIS
was one of the best meetings ever
held by the union.
in fact too full for comfort and good