Evening star., 1939-09-10

' of Christian forces throughout the
worlds of more than usual signifi-
canoe this year when second world
war already is in progress" Mrs,
Frank A. Linzel, Woman's Council
president, declared.
AS a background for its foreign
mission study, the institute will use
Through Tragedy to Triumph, by
Basil Mathews. In it the author
presents free Interpretation Of the
| functions of the world church as
mediator of the Gospel in the pres
ent world crisis, Mrs Linzel pointed
out.
He further states in his intro
duction," she continued. that for
the first time in their history the
Protestant forces of the world are
beginning to see their world task
as one and mdivisible. and to see
their separate communions as parts
of the universal church, united IN
the common enterprise of calling
the whole world to face the claims
of Christ to the lordship of all its
life"
Domestic problems also will be
studied by institute. with the back
ground provided in the volume
Homeland Harvest" by Arthur H.
Limouze.
Migrant Workers Plight
Will Be Emphasized.
The situation of migrant workers
In the country will be emphasized
this year and will be the subject
of the pre-institute luncheon which
has been arranged for october l6
at the First Baptist Church.
Miss Edith Lowry. executive Sec
retarv of the Council of Women for
Home Missions in New York and a
nationally recognized authority on
| the problems of the migrant work
ers. will be the luncheon speaker.
Plans for the institute and its
program will be thoroughly dis
cussed at meeting to be held Sep
tember Is for denomination repre-
sentatives and the Missionary Edu-
cation Committee of the Woman's S
Council.
Mrs. Fannie Foster, chairman of
the councils missionary department,
is in general charge of arrangements
for both the institute and the pre-
institute luncheon. She is being
assisted by large committee, which
includes Mrs. j. Luther Frantz, pro-
gram chairman.
Mrs. Harper Sibley of Rochester,
N. Y, widely known church woman
and well known here, where she re-
sided when her husband was presi-
dent of the United States Chamber
of Commerce, will be the inspira-
tional speaker at the institute, it is
announced.
She will make three addresses:
"Wanted, a Unified Personality"
Wanted, a United Church" and
"Wanted. a Cooperating World
Mrs Sibley has attended num-
ber of international conferences.
anong them the Jerusalem Confer
ence in 1928 She studied in the
Orient with the Layman's Foreign
Missions Inquiry and was one OF
two women delegates to the meetings
of the International Chamber of
Commerce at Berlin in 1887. She also
was a delegate to the Conference on
Life and Work at Oxford, England
the same year.
Mrs. Leslie Swain of New York
writer and one of those who at
tended the International Missionary
Council at Madras, India, in De-
cember, 1888, will direct the for
eign study, based on Through
Tragedy to Triumph"
Mrs. Rothenburger to Lead
Home Mission Study.
The home mission study, based on
Homeland Harvest" will be di-
sected by Mrs. Leila Rothenburger
of indianapolis, who, in addition
tt travel extensively in mission
fields in the Orient, was member
of the group which studied racial
relations in the South in 1881. She
also was fraternal delegate to the
churches of Great Britain in 1887.
To present the institutes study on
methods, Mrs. Alexander Maitland
will come from Richmond, Va
Chairman of the Committee on
Woman's Work of the Presbyterian
Church of the United States, Mrs
Maitland, also is teacher and
editor of the woman's page OF
Presbyterian of the South. She
has prepared helps for a number
OF mission study books.
Local ministers also will assist in
the program, DR.. E. H. Pruden
president of the Federation OF
Churhes being scheduled to extend
greetings at the final luncheon.
The pre-institute luncheon is the
first general meeting of the season
of the Woman's Council and is an
1ually attended by several hundred
persons.
The institute. which follows, is
open net only to members of the
Woman's Council, but to all church
women of the city.
Mrs. Foster, the general chair
man, will be assisted in arranging
the institute by Mrs. Nellie Clark
vice chairman Other members Of
the committee, in addition to Mrs
Frantz, the program chairman, in.
clude:
Mrs. Arthur Briscoe, treasurer;
Mrs. Charles Trimble, secretary
Mrs. Charles Jackson, chairman
of denominational representatives
Mrs. Briscoe, tickets chairman; Mrs
j.. w. Graves, registration chair
man; Mrs Nellie Clark, luncheon
chairman; Mrs. William o. Tufts
music chairman; Mrs. o. B. Taylor
literature chairman; Mrs. Leslie
Bowers, ushers chairman; Mrs. M
E. .Farrel. hospitality chairman, and
Mrs. E. M. Reese, publicity chair
man.