Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1912 — SPLENDID MEETING OF MISSIONARY WOMEN [ARTICLE]

SPLENDID MEETING OF MISSIONARY WOMEN

Hammond District Meeting Brought Sixty Delegates, Representing Every Church in District. ' ; X : ——- ———~~~, . i—The forty-second annual meeting of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Hammond district of the Northwest Indiana conference, which convened in Rensselaer Thursday, has proved a very Interesting meeting. To begin with sixty delegates were in attendance, representing every church in the district that has a society of this kind. The ladies were entertained in the homes about Rensselaer and everything done for their comfort. The program at the church occupied the time of the delegates quite completely. Mrs. W. W. Worthley, of Michigan City, president of the district, called the meeting to order at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon and delivered a keynote address that started the meeting off in good earnest style. Mrs. T. J. Everett, of Brook, conducted the devotional service and Mrs. A. A. Fell delivered an address of welcome, to which Mrs. A. T. of Valparaiso, responded. Following the roll call of ofiicers and auxiliaries, the auxiliaries reported. The district had pledged $2,000 for the work and the report showed that the pledged amount had been raised and exceeded, the amount being $2,169.38. The Rensselaer auxiliary raised $163.00 of this amount, which was the most raised by any auxiliary. The auxiliaries raised a total of $1,815.20, the Standard Bearers raised $194.30; the King’s Heralds raised $57.27 and the Little Light Bearers raised $102.61. Kentland exceeded among the Standard Bearers and Francesville among the King’s Heralds. The report was very gratifying to all the officers and members. At 4 o’clock the school children of thte grades were taken to the church, and witnessed an interesting program which Miss Emma Knox, the returned Chinese Missionary, had arranged. The infant classes of the M. E. church sang in a most pleasing manner and the girls from the Monnett Home also sang pleasingly. Miss Knox appeared in Chinese, costume and told of the customs of the Chinese people and exhibited a number of. curios, delighting the school children and at the same time instructing them so plainly that the least could understand. In the evening the devotional service was conducted by Mrs. Dorothy Hart, of Wolcott. Mrs. M. D. Gwin played a piano solo and Misses Mary Harper and Georgia Harris sang a duet. Miss Knox again spoke of the missionary work in China- Her address proved very interesting to. the large audience. This Friday morning a “love feast’* was led by Rev. Harper. Miss Stella Meeker, of Crown Point, read a splendid paper entitled ‘*lf.’’ It served to enthuse all to greater effort invtheir missionary work. The election of officers followed.