Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-31
DECEMBER MEETING
OF W0NAN'S MISSION
Mrs. William Z. Miller Gives
Echoes" OF The Jubilee
A. Boston
PLAN FOR NEW MEMBERS

The Deceni - meeting of the
WoHans Fore.ga Missionary Society.
First Ne holds copal Church.
gas called q order ~ Inc president.
Mr.. Burgaa. on Monday eYening al S
o esock
The devotional exercises were led
h} Mrs Ba.gan. wAo took as a scrip
ERE lesson ihir een;n chatter OF first
Corinthians This was followed by
PRAYER IS ,he Lester and eege~al SEN
tenca prayers J s. ;4o mcneil ers The
re- or,s al The various o;doe-a were
sal mittct Miss Nellie Dldas. super
ntendeai OF the Standard Bearers.
sAte Il most inicres.:A ana encour-
aging rc9or; Of wors done ana inter
as. shown especially along spiritual
lines This group Of fourteen young
ladies' together Win their efficient
head prepared wonderful lox q
clothing anG other articles Eoth use-
fui and anus ~, which they sem IL
the French War Orphans The Older
society also sen large lox filea
with comfort and good cheer.
Through ,he ci.or,s OF Mrs. J S
St'ahorH. secretary ana chairman o.
the program committee, very attrac-
.tive programs fo- he years work
4 ound in light llue we're presented
10 each menl er OF he society.
An efior is eng made to raise
he neml crship. which now numbers
over 100000, 70 one million To this
cad Plan has been proposed. by the
entire Methods, Church. OF placing
a five minute woman in each church
0n Sunday. January 4ih. or as neal
then as possil lie. 10 present the cause
and solicit meml eTs Mrs. Kadesch
Mrs. BraMhlc, Mrs Strahorn. Mrs
Thos J. l.inthicum, ana Miss Nellie
Dadds were among those selected &c
carry out the work in the Methods
Churches in and around Annapolis.
At the ciosc Of the business meet
ing. Mrs W f. Miller, the former
president and now superintendent OF
Young Peoples Organizations in the
Baltimore District, entertained the so
cety ly bringing first hand Echoes
from The great Boston Jul lice meet
ing Among other Things Mrs. Mil
Ter said:
Mrs Mcdowell wife Of the bishop
presided over this vast assembly
which had representatives from all
over the world She is "a wonderful
woman and a type of those who are
engaged in this work which is one oil
The biggest things in The world today
From sending two missionaries the
first year the numl er has now grown
10 one thousand. and in the past year
over $2.00o,000 has passed through
he hands of this powerful organi2a
ton
"One OF the founders Of the society
Mrs Lloyd Parker. was present and
told many interesting things al ont its
beginning fifty years ago. She has
spent the greater part 70 her life in
India.
The most affecting and beautiful
feature of The jubilee was the deliv-
cry OF commissions 10 the new outgo
ing missionaries Their perfect con
rdence in. and absolute devotion to
lie cause to which they have dedicat-
Cd their lives glorifed their faces
They feel that they are existing in
an army as Soldiers Of the Cross.
Miss Frances Rulman sang a very
Inspiring hymn. entitled Calling
From the Lands Across the Sea"
one of the decorations used Al this
great Boston meeting. was Strings o.
Jubilee els. 61.0C0 an told, and each
one representing 800, sum stuff
Client to keep sick woman in India
alive for four weeks.
A noticeable thing about the mis-
Ni0naries there. was their utter UNI
5elfshness All of their requests
weve for something to benefit their
unfortunate brothers and sisters
across the sea One of the pressing
needs today, is for greater facilities
for healing physical infirmities
There is no surer way Of reaching
The hearts OF the heather than ty
administering to their lodiiy com
for At present there are only 453
doctors to 400 100000 people in
China. Thirty : three million people
lie every year from diseases caused
~ heather Religious practices.
Imagine trying 10 ran hospital
without running Mater, heat suff
Gent light. or s;ur.lizcr. This is
done over there.
IN closing. Mrs Miner Impressed
her hearers with the thNught that the
responsibility of this greaN work rests
upon ali and referred TO Calvary
IS the first Red Cross" Non which
ilcod was shed for the hAaling of
he nations.
Miss Pullman sang again very
swoetly and effectively another OF the
jubilee hymns. jubilee BeNs.
nhioa closed the program
Refreshments were served IN
group 5, Miss Jessie Russell, leader
ana the members returned 10 their I
n a7y-as shortly afora alavap