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^ "T 5 PRESBYTERI/
A WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ORGANIZATION.
In view of the very general desire
of the women in the Missionary Societies
of the Southern Presbyterian
Church for Systematic advance in their
methods and organization, it seems an
appropriate time to reproduce an article
which appeared in the Christian
Observer twenty-live years ago. We
have gained much in those twenty-five
years. In seventy-eight of our Presbyteries
we have Women's Presbyterial
Unions. We have six Synodlcal organizations.
We have advanced from about
300 to 2,710 missionary societies. The
women of those societies gave last year
$335,4SS, of which $49,008 was for Home
.Missions, and $7S,643 for Foreign Missions.
But are we satisfied that we
could have done no better? Why, after
twenty-five years, is there not a Wo.
men's Union in every Presbytery? Why
is the work of Synodical organization
but just begun? Why have we yet no
general union of our forces? Why are
we expending a vast amount of activity
by working as scattered units, when,
by union, we could conserve our
strength and make it count for vastly
more? Why are we doing over and
over, in our scores of Presbyteries, the
work which one vigorous, unified, harmonious
body could do more effectively,
thereby leaving our energy free for
larger effort? -In the early days or
ganizatiou was, of necessity, somewhat
a matter of experiment- The experience
of a quarter of a century has
shown that the form of Presbyterial
and Synodical Unions first outlined was
wise, practical and effective. But, since
Mrs. Sibley has long since gone to
her reward, 1 wish to remove any danger
of misinterpretation by the statement
that "The Women's General Committee
of Foreign Missions" suggested
in the early article, is not intended as
an fixecnuve or even i o ordinate xjonimlttee.
We need no new nor Independent
office. Th selection of our missionaries.
and the management which apportions
and transmits the funds for
their support, is in the hands of the
Assembly's Executive Committees. We
need no other nor better arrangement
than to labor under their supervision,
just as we are doing now. With this
position made clear, all the arguments
for organization advocated twenty-five
years ago hold good today. Because
they do hold good, a new movement,
along the same lines, was presented
in the last issue of this paper. We
ask for it most careful thought and
prayerful consideration.
Kansas City, Mo- Jennie Hanna.
For several years the question has
been frequently raised. "Why have we
no general missionary organization of
thp TL'nmpn nf nilr Philrf>hanH iritn
the hearts of many earnest women, unknown
to one another and living in
many different States, has been breathed
(shall we not say by the Spirit?) a
desire to unite our women's missionary
societies into some sort of an orgnlza.
tion which Bhall enable them to do
more and better work in response to
the Imperative demands of the missionary
fields.
Some, at least, of these desires took
shape six months ago in a circular
appeal which has been Bent to a number
of pastors and elect Indies, and will
be sent soon, if possible, to every
church In our Assembly. The circular
outlined, very briefly, a plan, first laid
before the Executive Committee of Foreign
Missions at Baltimore, and approved
by them, which was known to
have been successfully operated In
other churches. of Presbyterlal and
Synodlcal organization; to form, ag a
whole, one "Women's General Commit,
tee of Foreign Missions." (The word
H er o
i N OF THE SOUTH
"Committee" 1? used as we have no
"Boards." but "Association1' can !be
used, if preferable, as the end in view
is only a voluntary association of our
missionary workers.)
In tweuty Presbyteries the ladles
have already begun to work toward
this end, having in five the official support
of Presbytery. To these, and all
others interested, is due a more detailed
account of the alms and methods
of these organizations than has yet
been given.
To quote Dr. Houston's concise words,
the objects are:
1. To plant a Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society in every church where
there is not one now. 2. To increase
the interest and promote the growth
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Qnn {otioa nlroti/lv nronn l7oH Q Tn olH
the Executive Committee in Baltimore
in selecting and sending to the lield
suitable lady missionaries. 4. To support
and cheer our lady missionaries
in the field.
He further says:
In promoting these objects, the Woman's
Foreign Mission Committees
would engage, first. To forward the
contributions of the Woman's Foreign
Mission Societies to the Executive Committee
in Baltimore, to be disbursed
under the Executive Committee's direction.
When the societies work for
"special objects," these objects shall be
approved by the Executive Committee.
Second. The Woman's Committee shall
not have power to designate or appoint
missionaries. This belongs to the General
Assembly's Executive Committee.
But they may at any time, after diligent
and careful inquiry into the qualiH
r?Q Inno nf o r*r a m o n tr\ r cm to.
UVU11UUO V/i U IT V/1UI A'UlClgU .UIO
si on work, make any suggestions or
recommendations in her case to the
Executive Committee, which they may
judge proper.
It has been asked: "How would this
differ in effectiveness from one overgrown
woman's society?" With Paul
we would answer. "Much every way."
It would give the women of the Church
no greater authority, but they neither
need nor ask for more. It would give
them realization, not of new responsibility,
but of that already laid upon
them, and lead them to wider, wiser,
more energetic plans for meeting that
responsibility. With fullest recognition
of, and gratitude for the noble work
done by existing societies, it must be
admitted that for almost twenty-two
hundred churches, about three hundred
women's missionary societies is not the
limit of the ability of our women to
obey the command "that ye love one
another, as I have loved you!"
To meet this emergency It is proposed
to organize the women's societies, as
suggested, on the strictly Presbyterian
model, by Presbyterial and Synodlcal
associations, with approval of Presbytery
or Synod.
we will speak principally of Presbyterial
organizations as they are the
foundation of the scheme. They should
be officered by the most competent and
consecrated women of the Presbytery,
a president, one or more vice-presidents,
secretary and treasurer, women of both
faithfulness and ability.
There should be. once a year, a meeting
of representatives from each society
in the Presbytery. Full reports
of the work, and progress of each Society,
should be given, and be followed
by a free interchange of ideas and
methods, difficulties and obstacles, and
the best way to meet them; new and
better plans for the work of the ensuing
year; methods which have been
tried effectively for securing better attendance,
deeper interest, larger giving,
etc., etc.. will receive attention. It is
difficult to overestimate the value of
such a meeting as this, well carried
out.
There is a stimulus .in the mere
meeting with earnest, enthusiastic women.
whose love and zeal are contagious.
There is an arousing power even in
reports and statistics, when they are
an index of one's own faithfulness, and
there is great gain in the exchange of
helpful plans by bright, wide-awake
women, each one helping some other.
Many a timid, half-discouraged worker
would go home from such an assemblage
with new hope and courage.
Many an ind'fferent one would be so
aroused hv wViat hod >.?on
ed: so awakened by the contact with
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strong, loving, zealous hearts; so
shamed by the neglected opportunities
at her own door, that she would go
home With a missionary ardor neve* to
be quenched. Some of the most successful
and faithful women in the missionary
ranks today received their
first impulse at just such a meeting.
These would be strictly woman's
gatherings, and interfere no more with
home duties, nor be less womanly, than
the ladies' prayer meeting, primary
teachers' meeting, or regular monthly
missionary meeting. They would be
in no way independent of the Executive
Committee of Foreign Missions, and yet
very helpful. They would create an
esprit de corps, which is not a bad
thing, wisely directed. The parllamen.
tary rules necessary to be observed,
to pr-ivent waste of time and words,
would teach conservation of force; and
that woman can handle work expeditiously
and well under those rules
needs no more proof. The view of the
work as a whole would give breadth
of interest to those who might grow
into narrow or selfish endeavor. The
effort to stimulate others would induce
workers to keep their own work up
to its best level. The reports sent to
the annual meeting would show where
no societies had yet been formed, either
in church or Sabbath school, and, by
letter or personal visit, such churches
should be persuaded, if possible, to
unite in the work. Often they only
ne-jd an appeal to secure co-operation.
Hut the "annual meeting" is only
the consummation and evidence of the
work of the entire year. The officers,
two or three of whom should live in
the same city (and none salaried)
should keep a constant supervision of
the Presbytery, and stir it up by all
legitimate means. They should be thoroughly
posted as to new methods, so
that they could inform new societiesThere
should be a committee to push
vigorously subscriptions to "The Missionary,"
and to circulate leaflets and
other sources of missionary information.
In both of these things, and in
correspondence with missionaries on
the field, they should and could lift an
immense load of routine work from the
shoulders of our overworked secretary
at Baltimore.
In order to secure accurate reports,
all funds should go to the treasurer
of the Executive Committee through
the Presbyterial treasurer.
Visits from returned missionaries
should be secured whenever possible.
Ab we become more acquainted with
the need of the Foreign Mission field
and the resources of the Home field,
we shall be able to render valuable
assistance in finding and fitting out.
as well as supporting, new missionaries.
Though we have spoken only of Presbyterial
organization, it is, of course,
but the foundation of Synodlcal and
general organization which must soon
follow.
That personal, definite. Intelligent
knowledge of the mission field and
work, and a wise, practical and successful
adaptation of resources to desired
ends, are the result of systematic labor
and organization. Is shown by the
astonishing figures which foot up the
tabulated statistlfic of "woman's work"
in missions during the last twenty
years. That a warm, unswerving loyalty
of the Lord Jesus is cultivated by
this same meanfl is the irresistible conviction
of all who have known intimately
the workings of women's missionary
associations, and seen the home loving,
home making women who gain here a
generous and thorough training for effective
work, and who make the missionary
atmosphere at home, which is
essential to the development of our
next generation of missionary workers.
It Is earnestly honed that we may
avail ourselves speedily of this undoubted
power of organization and concentration.
Those who can do no more can organize
societies In their own churches.
To those who will send the circular
appeal already mentioned, together with
a short personal letter, to the churches
in their own Presbytery, either of the
undersigned will gladly send the requisite
number of circulars and forms of
Presbjterlal constitution. Then, as
soon as possible, perhaps by the fall
meeting of Presbytery, a meeting of
delegates from interested churches?
better from all?can be held, organlza
tlon pffeof-ed. officers elected. work
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