The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-05
Report From the Triennial

Report From the Triennial
At a recent meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary of st. Philips Episcopal
church, Mrs. Guy p. Cobb, who was
one of the five church women repre-.
senting the Missionary District of Okla.
homa at the Convention at Detroit,
made the following report: Repre-.
senting as We did 1000 communicates.
and endeavoring to learn all we pos.
siby could, out of an almost overwhelm.
ingly abundant feast Of churchly knowl.
edge offered, we were five very busy
women.
In contrast with st. Louis, | found an
atmosphere of busy. hurry, character.
lstic perhaps of our most prosperous
city-which has grown in the last five
years from a hundred thousand to we'll
over half million the biggest automo.
. bile center in the world
Z The sessions OF Woman's Auxiliary
We're held in the First Presbyterian
church, very beautiful building. Here
we held our study classes. and our very
interesting instruction.. classes for all
ottlcers-the one for Diocesan treasur
ers and presidents, particularly inter.
ested me.
The wonderful Corporate Commu.
nion was held in St. Pauls Cathedral
and that great building easily capable
Of seating three thousand was packed
TO capacity with women-women only!
Here we presented our united offering
thank offering for victory. The whole
sum amounted to $456192l6-a cent
q day from our churchwomen. which
goes TO the training, sending and sup
port Of our women workers, and the
care of those who are sick or disabled.
East Oklahoma gave over $1,7OO-our
district of Oklahoma had the doubtful
honor of presenting the smallest offer
ing, $47LG4.
With the districts united as at pres.
ent, may / hope to send $4,000 next
time, in 1922? viii every woman in
the st. Philips Mission help me to her
utmost? \ cent day is all we need.
and with forty auxiliary members. in
three years ArdmOre should contribute
Sl4i. Can't we do that?
At this united offering service Blsh.
op Williams of Michigan made a won.
derful address-he is most able man.
whom | had the great pleasure of hear.
ing last summer on Mackinac.
Missions are, perhaps we all know.
divided with five fields. our own
church-our own toWn-our own state
our own country--and Gods own
world. In struggling missionary dis.
lrict, such as Oklahoma, charity ought
10 have a good start at home. We have
Two mission folds in Oklahoma-King
'Hall and All Saints Hospital-toward
these, our energy must be consecrated. .
King Hall, dormitory for women at
the State University, the only institu. .
ton of its kind, and valued at $25O,OOO
it is filled to overfowing. fills a great
need, and needs all the help we can
give it in these II. G. of l.. days.
An Saints for many years the ONLY
hospital in the state, and the only n.
stitution of its kind also needs much
help, although through an additional /
endowment fund of 81 900 from the /
Women's Auxiliary OF New York. and .
thank offering of nearly $4,000 in rec.
ognition OF Bishop Brooks twenty-five .
years of service, this mission now is
OH 4 rirmor foundation.
The mention CT Bishop Brooks hiring
to mind the great respect Maid him in
the house OF bshops. which held sew.
eral IN Jments OF complete silent resnoct
Dishop Thurston,s trih,,+o >, th, ,rno..
work ne 90 unselfishU corriad on an
.
wherever he went the neonle knew md
roverad him-to the work that co,Id rot
be tahulated in u repo,,t but tbot cnnr,