Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21
wILlINANrrc CANT MEETING

Camp Ground. Aug % 1s22-The sizty-third session Of the Willimsntic Camp Meeting opened with services in the Tabernacle, morning, afterntoon and evening After the severe rain Saturday the weather was deiightfuiiy cool and elear It was Missionary Sunday, and at 10 o'clock in the tabernacle the an niversary was held of the Wotnan's For eien Missionary Society Of the Methodist ! Episcopal church.. There was a good sized audience present
 Miss. Ella Stanley of Manchester con ducted the meeting. Prof. Elmer Smith, | who so delighted the people last year by 1 his able conducting of the singing. was l again at his post, with Miss Sarah ! Greer of Mystic at fhe organ Mrs. II. l E.. Gallup of Moos4p read the Scripture : prayer was offered hy Rev. ". H. Bath | of Norwich, superintendent of NefRieh district
 ] A solo was sung by Prof Smith, Jesis ] Lover of My Soul. After notices had 1 been given by District Superintendent
 Bath, the ccngregation sang, Oh Zion, ] Haste.
 l Miss Stanley gave a summary af the various missionary meetings held during l the year and other works. She then presented Frances Willard MacIntire, of Japan, daughter of Rev. Waiter S. Mac ! Intire, who has held important pastorates in the Norwich district, including New i London Rockville and Hazardville. Miss MacIntire spoke of the happy mem I ories clustering about Wiilimantic Camp 1 Grennd for her since her first coming here when eight years old
 She described several of the charac- teristics Of the Japanese, favorable And ! unfav6rable, maintain ming that the latter i, traits were too much Inagnifed by the ] Amkrican press. Because there Is a I great deal of irrelisioushess there is a tremendous need of Missionaries Out of a population of 55,OB0,6o0 there are but half a million Christians, yet these are the ones who are slowly leaving the mass One of the hardest things the mission , aries have to do is to tell their people America is going back on the centenary ) offerings. Miss MacIntire spoke (;
 wishing to soc any young people during the week who may desire to conseArate their lives to missionary work An offer ing was taken for the cause. The closing hymn &as No. 633 ot the Methodist Hyrnnal.
 sl Sunday afternoen, the Wemans Hcna,
 Missionary society held it's anniversary
 in the tabernacle at 2 o'clock The aux. , Hilary president, Mrs Stephen Prentiss o1 1 New London, occupied the chair. The auxiliary president Mrs Stephen Pren
 tiss of New London occupied the chair The Scripture was read by Mrs. " H
 Bath of Norwich, conference vice presi dent. Prayer was offered by the con
 ference corresponding secretary, Mrs Je
 rome Greer, of Mystic. A solo, I Thinl When l Read that Sweet Story of Old, was sng by Miss Evelyn Miles Rogers O . Springfield Mass.
 The speaker was Mrs. Charles Davis, d
 Providence, whose work is among tn,
 Italians in that city. She alluded to hei predecessors in that work there, tht
 Misses Rogers and Golden. Mrs. Davi came in June from similar work at tn,
 north end of the city of Boston. Ther, are fine new quarters in Providene, which have recently been obtained. Tn
 speaker gave q word of appreciation t
 her three sons and theiF father. who co operation in home work enables tn
 mother to do this special form of Chris tian service. The kindergarten and Sun s ! day school work was emphasized also tn work of visiting among the homes. At the close of this excellent addrAs Mrs Robert Bitgeod of New London ex plained how the New England Southern Conference women had taken the suppor
 of this special work upon themselves an an offering was taken. A solo, My Task was given by MISS Rogers
 Mrs, Alice Strong of Boston, presiden of the Camp Ground Auxiliary Of tn Wohan's Home Missionary society
 spoke of the. death Of Mrs. Robert \
 Stanley of Hightland Park, for man years deeply interested in this branch (
 Christian work and contributed liberalI
 of her means for it; out of respect {
 her memory the audience rose and stoo silent for a moment.
 At ( p. pl., there was a ChiIdrea's mi.
 sionary meeting. Miss Ruth LafarEs {
 Hockanurn presided. Mrs. Davis told (
 her work among the Italian children ( \ Providence.
 t The evsRinE meeting was held at E o'clock in the tabernacle by the speal
 CTS of the day.
 Fl Miss Frances Mac1ntire gave interes
 ing "reminiscences of her four years
 Japan. Another young lady to go. fro
 Norwich district to Japan is Miss Esths
 Thurston of South Manchester. who vel 6 a year ago.
 Mrs Tlayis T,a 2 ra in int ere cti,,e in d