Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-08
ANNUAL REPORT Of
BAPTIST LADIES
Outline Of Work Done During 1916,
Together With Donations for
Various Purposes.
The Ladies' Aid and Missionary So

ciety or the First Baptlst cnurcn OF |
Bryan, Texas, respectfully submits
the following report Of its work for
the year 1916 for the benefit of those
members who cannot attend the
weekly meetings, and yet who do
their part in giving their regular con.
tributions:
We have done our financial duty as
best we could to the causes Of for
eign, state, associatlonal and home
missions - to Christian education
here at home to our own beloved
Bryan Baptist Academy, and also to
the Louisville Training School and
the B. w. NJ. w. Training School at
Fort Worth.
Buckner Orphans Home has this
year been substantially remembered
by our society, not only with the reg
ular cash donations and boxes of
clothing which we send quarterly, but
on account of the serious epidemic of
typhoid fever which prevailed in that
institution, our society gave $50 in
cash at one time and then gave a self.
denial day especially for the home
which resulted IN gift of s35 more
We have made systematic study
this year Of Baptist missions in the
South and have found It most helpful
and inspiring.
We presented to our church as
gift, an individual communion serv.
ice, which has been very much appre.
ciated.
Our society belongs, in the person
Of two representatives, to the United
Christian Workers OF the city, and our
local charity committee co-operates
with and works through them. =
We have enjoyed several all day
sewing parties, when we made gar.
3ments for the orphans and other
needy poor.
Through the influence of our so.
ciety this year Sunbeam Band, com.
posed OF goodly crowd of small
children, was organized and has done
good work.
A Mothers Day meeting given by
our society. on August 21st, with an
unusually fine program, was much en-.
joyed by large crowd of our church
women. =
= We were informed that one of the
scholarships at the Fort Worth Train.
ing School this year had not yet been
filled. and through the influence OF
our women Miss Van Buren, White OF
Bryan. an ambitious and worthy
young Christian girl, is now there at.
tending school.
We have helped in every way we
could to add to the comforts and
pleasures OF our own Bryan Baptist
Academy, which, under the guidance
OF our pastor, DIR. NJ. Z. Weaver. Is
growing to be one OF the very best
schools OF its kind In the state. We
give two scholarships--for which W,
pay cash-there annually. and thi,
year, when It was seen that ION ac
count of the unusually large attend
ance) more tables must be arranged
In the dining room, our aid societ,
came to the rescue and gave beauti
full dining Room shower. which pro
= vided plenty OF china and glassware
and also table linens.
The spiritual life OF our society ha
, never been better than now. w
give the first thirty minutes OF on
!, meetings to devotional service an,
, God has blessed us in 1t.
, Our society has a regular socia
service chairman, and through he
: and her committees a good work ha
, also been accomplished In this lin,
We have distributed good. literatur,
song books and Bibles In the count
9 jail, and have had several religion
8 services there conducted by the pa,
3 tors OF the city. Visiting and mini,
9 tering to the sick and shut ms" an
Q calling on strangers is another in
8 portant feature done. Cottage praye
9 meetings held in the homes Of the |,
dies were greatly enjoyed for perio
OF several weeks.
J Another great work done by III
committee was to establish a stor
hour for the foreign children of Br
an, at which time light refreshmen,
are served the children and the bea
tiful stories OF the Bible told to ther
In following the outline given the 3
eiety by the Baptist Women Missile
Workers OF Texas we have reach,
the excellent standard OF b.
Much more has made us feel IN
the aid society is the greatest organ
zation to which the women OF q
church can devote their time and O
ergies. and we are praying for
broader and grander work for our W
men In the year that IL before us. r,
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