The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-24


interesting meeting was the annual
meeting of the Women's Presbyterial
Missionary Society of the Presbytery
of Mankato held at the Presbyterian
Church here Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday of last week. Miss
Roberta Barr of the National Board
of Missions and Mrs. James H. Nicol,
home on furlough from her work in
the mission field in Syria, were pres
ent to give the delegates and visitors
true comprehension of the mean
ing and opportunity of Mission work.
Mrs. L. B. Colville of Saint Paul, the
Synodical President, was also pres
ent and gave much beneficial instruc-
ton. All talks and instruction fol-
lowed the thought of Our Personal
Responsibility" which was the theme
of the five sessions held with Mrs.
w. J. Lowrie of Window, the pres
ident of the Presbytery, presiding.
A most significant and interesting
meeting to laymen was the Thursday
evening meeting when three splendid
talks were given. DR.. A. w. Ross,
in charge of the devotionals spoke of
the meaning of ''The Prize of the
High Calling of God in Christ Jesus"
Taking his illustrations and example
from the life of Paul, DR.. Ross stress
ed the urgent need of concentrating
the soul on the high things of the
spiritual kingdom and keeping ones
life in harmony with this high aim.
"We need but two things to become
true followers of Christ Jesus, said
the speaker, we need simply to trust
and to obey-and each:of these essen
tials is within the reach of every
true child of God"
The second talk was given by Miss
Roberta Barr who took as her theme
the beautiful text, Prepare We in the
Wilderness the Way of Jesus; Make
Level in the Desert the Highway of
Our King, and adapted it to the home
mission field. During her address
she pictured the many things being
done in the home mission field with
people of all colors, creeds and Ian
guages, in an effort to build the Kings
highway straight and true. Much in
teresting information was given con-
cerning the work in the various
schools, hospitals and missions sup
ported by the churches through the
national Board of Missions. Miss
Barr in closing made the significant
statement that "a wiser citizenry
would invest in scholarships in Chris
tian schools instead of paying taxes
to support jails."
The third. talk of the series was an
intensely interesting talk by Mrs.
Nicol who described a trip through
Syria and told of much Of the work
being done among the Moslems and
Arabs by the missionaries stationed
at the various missions in the circuit
she described. Most interesting and
instructive were her descriptions of
home life in the Orient and most ap-
peal.ng We're her pictures of the need
Of medical and educational helps and
Christianizing influences for the peo-
pie of these benighted provinces. A
talk by Mrs. Nicol was also big
feature of the Thursday afternoon
meeting when she talked at length
of the work done in the schools and
hospitals of the foreign field to
which she expects to return for fur
ther work next year. In both her
afternoon and evening talk Mrs. Mic
ol made very apparent the fact that
there is no line of demarcation be-
tween the work of the foreign and
home mission fields. "This job of
making Jesus Christ known to the
world is all one great world problem
and is just the same over here as it
is abroad" was Mrs. Nicols state
ment in summing up the matter. A
solo by Miss Opal Geibler, with Miss
Ruth Cooper accompanying, and two
hymns sung by the choir and congre-
CATION were the musical numbers Of
this very fine service.
The banquet meeting held We'd
nesday evening was the opening meet
ing of the convention and was a
splendid one both from the standpoint