The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-15
WOnldn'S Work Is NeDer Done"

It is an old aphorism. but nevertheless true, that
 Man works from sun to sun,
 Rut woman's work is never dOne"'
 sorntkcw this little sentiment cane 10 m whe- l was talking with prs.;v Mrs. E:n"s' Te'd the other day ah ,u' Inc Womsns < Missionary society If Ire lIieh- lanGs Method st church of whica cue is the hr',oreG president, and wlcn, this evening will be host to Dr. w. R. Hen dirk. the te,oved pastor of enc church, and his lovely wife at a dinner in which the entire congregation of the cIuren is very much interested, as we'll as many frisnGs o.-sde Of the immcd'a e mem- berShip.
 Ms. Rcdc is charming type of the you 1g. aggressive, modern ciemert in religious circles. lending her selendtd vi- 'taliiy aid resourceful heart and mind 10 the great work of the Womal Mission a v s; cicty, which verifies the seat ment of the poet when he declared that "Woman's work is never done.
 Centering into the very core of relig- ious life and religious activities is the Woman's Missionary society of the Meth odist church-big, broad, ceaseless in it's work, far-reaching in it's scope and in- elusive of all the essential things that are the backbone and marrow of church work.
 The Womans Missionary society. be- sides functioning many of the big fnan- cial problems Of the church, uses it's in- fluence in a very sweet and precious way to the social side of church work, bringing together as it does all elements of the church into a nearer comradeship, a closer walk, truer friendship.
 This was quite noticeable during the recent tower campaign" at Highlands Methodist church, for it was the con- sensus of opinion that the splendid spirit infused into the workers on this occasion came largely from the getting together" Of the personnel of the various com mittees and breaking bread together" as it were, praying together for guild ance, in a work which was very close to the hearts of all those concerned, through the courtesy of the Woman's Missionary society.
 We have planned our dinner this evening in honor of Dr. Hendrix and his graciius family, as a repetition of the dinners the Woman's Missionary society gave during the tower campaign for we felt that fine get-together spirit was created in this way, more than it had ever been in our congregation be- fore, and it developed a sweet cornrade- ship among our members, and we want to keep this spirit up. Dr. Hendrix and his family are such wonderful addi- tion to our church; he always shows such grace of thought and speech that we like to provide an occasion like this this evening to hear him and to get bet ter acquainted with him and his fam ilys'
 T have never realized until recently in fact, since l have been president or the Woman's Missionary socety-what a big, wonderful thing our society is: how worth while and how splendid For IS years l have been a member of the Woman's Missionary society. serving in various offices, but never have I really understood it's scope it's bigness, until recently-its religious and social infiu- ence."
 ''In the first place the Woman's' Mis- sionary society fills the want of every woman who seeks service,'' Mrs. Redd said. "It functions every department that any club or society could possibly function. It is benevolent in it's work social, educational and religious. It is far-reaching in it's scope for today our Woman's Missionary society Is repre- sented in eight different foreign coun- tries. Besides maintaining our mission
 
 at home on a furlough), the Woman's Missionary society maintains our Bible woman, Lizzie Lynn We have four scholarship, one supported by the so- ciety, one by Mrs. Hal J. Copeland and Mrs. c. F. Horst; one by Mrs. J. D. Ei- liott and one by the band of 1920
 Tn our local work, which includes the 2S auxiliaries in this district, under the North Alabama conference, which in te 11x- H. .osl |. ters at Nashville, we are we'll organized and active. Our district meeting to be held at Highlands Methodist church on April T. will assemble all the 23 auxil- iaries, which will meet for discussion and plans. We may liken our work to the planting of the flowers and the shrubs and the beautiful things in the spring time. Then in the autumn. harvest day is nigh, and we come bringing in the sheaves; in other words. the results of our work we garner