The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-27
President Makes
Annual Address

The following address was made
by Mrs. E. A. Harris, President Of
the Clarks Street Home Mission So
ciety, of Clark Street Baptist
Church:
Honorable Pastor, Officers and
Members of the Clark Street Home
Mission Society and Friends:
Tonight ends my second year as
your servant and during this year
[ have tried to do my best as a
leader. The Lord has blessed us
greatly in our work.
To my co-workers I would say,
you have striven hard to accomplish
the things that have been requested
Of you when We started out the
first Of this year and more. At a
sacrifice you sent me to the Nation
e Convention and for this shall
ever be grateful to you. I want you
to know now that words cannot ex-
press to you my feelings and appre-
citation for this act of kindness, this
honor. Not only this, but for every
thing you did, little or much, / have
gratefully and prayerfully accepted
them all.
Another year has opened before
us, renewing our friendship of that
particular joy which only true wo-
men know that to unite in one pur-
pose, agreeing upon the same things
will elevate us to higher religious
planes in thoughts and action.
The world is sick with war and
the only remedy for it is prayer.
This is fight for freedom to build
Gods Kingdom into the hearts of
men and women on this earth. Jesus
Christ came into the world for only
one purpose. And that was to in
terpret God and life to mankind.
So, let us as Missionary Sisters
strive to SO live in our community
that the careless and unconcerned
persons will change their ways and
desires and line up with the pro-
gram of the Master. Since we are
the salt of the earth" let us save
someone else.
Our group meetings of our
TWAS, J.MA's with the Mission
Society have inspired us to want
them more often. We hope to do
that and more. l trust or hope that
we will have another year COM
mittee known as the State and Ma
tlonal to raise funds for same; and
that this committee of three be ap-
pointed, one from each auxiliary
and the funds be placed in spe-
a delegate to the State and National
meetings. l feel that if we all work
together earnestly, we can achieve
our goal. l want to thank you all
for your loyal support in helping
me to carry on in this work. Your
cooperation in every respect was
one hundred percent. We were not
able this year to send an extra dele
gate to the State work, but we sent
our Second Vice President to the
County Work and this had meant
much to us. BY pooling together
our mites we have been able to
make glad some hearts. Our work
has not been in vain.
| want to commend you for
coming up to the mark in finance
this year. Giving the amount that
l asked for, do you remember? IT
was $4,000 and you passed that
mark. Congratulations. Let's double
our budet for 1913 And let us pray
for q better courage to work and
broader vision Of service. The Lord
viii strengthen us greatly if we
rust ia Him
Sisters, we are greatly indebted
TO our pastor for having the Call
Session Of the State and County
in our city and at our church so
that we could take a retrospective
view of some of the work of our
state and county. We, the Mission
Sisters of Kinds county, and that
means you, have in Natchez Col
lege three students and it is up to
every local society to do their bit
in helping to keep these students
there. So, let us make the sacrifice,
that these young folk may have a
religious education. For right heads
and hearts make better boys and
! girls, better men and women. Be-
cause the standard of living togeth-
er as Gods Children is high and
only the grace of God in our hearts
as Christian makes us worthy of
bearing His name and living His
life.
! L therefore Urge VOL sisters to