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SUCTION TWO The Relifjous Rambler WOMKN IS KOICKKKONT OK MIS . KIONAKY EFKOKT FOIt f KNTI KY AX1 lTAKTKH. Amerlran Kollo-ers of "Klrnl MUmUmj. iy VoniHiin Work Through Itpmiml mOJoiud Km-Hie Hive M.OOfl.800 hi Vrar. On OctolM-r U. there. oeourreU n anni versary of n red letter lny in lle hlH tory of Christianity, -yet spursely ok served and ulmost forgotten In the stress ami storm of the world upheuvul. The luy marked tha 125th anniversary of the Mrth of modern missionary effort, tho (oumlinK of the first furelK" missionary In the parlor of the Widow Wnllis. at Kettering. Knglunn. twelve pastors (f Northampton met on tatober 2. 1W2. and organized the Iiaptlst Hoclety for 1'nipaKtUlnic tho tlospel Among the Heathen. Out of tlilit smlety siew the movement which sent William Carey, the pioneer, u missionary to liulln. Curey hns been honirel as the Iwirln ner of foreign missionary entleuvor. Tin twelve Northumpton pastors huve not Diien forgotten In the celebration whic h luivo JUMtly honored tho movement v.hlch they start.-.!. And now, 125 year luter, the Widow Wallls Is coining into , share of the nlory with the huniireds of thousands of women who sueeeele.l her Ha leader of world wide missionary Moclety. Women who succeeded her Imvo been snarlns the honor for ct n uiry and a quarter. , We ran picture the Widow Wallls. perhaps us xeulous In her desire to "teaeh all nation" as have hren h-r suc cessors. I'crhups she liad no missionary vision after nil; erhups she ims one of thotte servants of Hod who may be found in every church, .habitually offering their time, gacrincingly offering their isisses sious and meekly offerlngUhemnelveg to the small tusks the Martha of the household of faith. The twelve pastors ut Kettering .sought some pluce to hold their meeting. You url welcome," said the Widow Walll. And the meeting wo held "in the Widow Walll' parlour." lt the HPOtHght then be focuHxed on tliis one phae of the annivernary of Oc tober 2. Let the honors be id to the Widow Walll and her BlHters of the sue . ceding generations, the member of the women1 mlKHlonury societies. The Kind Missionary liudget. . In hb Life of WlllUtm Carey, Dr. Ocorge Hmlth tell us that the "uldow'H pnrlour wa low-roofed" and looked on to a baek garde n." where doubtless the widow busted herself while the devout ilomlnle deliberated within. Wo read In the official 'minute" of the proceed ing, that "the following resolution wore proposed and unanimously agreed to: "Desirous of making nn effort for the propagation of the gospel among the heathen, agreeably to what I recom mended 1n Brother CareiiaJeM-publlca. tion'on that subect. we whote names ap pear to tho subsequent subscription, do solemnly agree to act in society together for that purpose. "A in the present divided state of Christendom It seems that each denomi nation, by exerting itself separately, is mofct likely to accomplish the great end of a mission. It is agreed that the society he culled 'The Particular (Culvinistlc) Ilupti.st Society for Propagating the Gos pel Among the llenthc-n.' "As euch an undertakln'must needs lie attended with expt-nserwe agree Im mediately to open a subscription for the :bove purpose, arid P recommend it to thors. "Kvery person who shall subscribe ten shilliiitrs and six pence annually shall be considered a member of the society." We read further that the tweHe pn t'jrs who signeil the resolutions subscribe-! a total of thirteen pounds, two shillings and six pence hm the first for eign mission fund. In the reports of for eign missionary societies 111 the United States and Canada alone last year, the total Income for the year is given ps $20,405,493. The motto of the pioneers in Kettering, with their thirteen pounds to evangelize the world, was: "Attempt great thing for Ood. Kxpect great things from tiod." Their work have proved their faith. Iteglnnings in America. Women in America were tho first fol lowers of the Widow Walll In women's missionary endeavor. ISaptlst and Con gregatlonalis,U combined In 1800 in the organization of the Hoston ' Female So ciety for Missionary Purpose. Origin ally planned to raise the fund for work among the American Indians, the society was soon linked to the work started by the meeting in the Widow Wallis' par lor eight yearn before, and contributed to the support of Carey's work In India. A year later, in 1801, Congregational women founded the Uoston Female So ciety for lYnmotinff the Diffusion of Christian Knowledge, ftaptist women in Beverly, Mass.. in 1S08, established the Female Mite Society. The Congrc nationalists and Baptists continued as Iron tier women in mission, in Amarlca until 1819, when the Methodists founded a Female Missionary Society Auxiliary to the Missionary and Bible Society, and In 1823, when the Presbyterian estab lished in New Yorklhe Society for the Support of Heathen Youth. These organisation, however, were forerunners of the various women's boards and auxiliaries which the differ ent denominations established In later years. The early societies represented efforts of local groups of women who gathered to ew garment for the chi'd widows of India, .perhaps, or. to pack " boxes" for the mllonarles in the west. Many were the sacrifice of these women made In the days of thslr economical de IMmdence, and often her 'gift to ml ions meant the extreme of self-denial. . One of the first societies established on a. basis of pormanency wa the Wo man's t'nlon Mintfkwary Society. In 161. in New York, with auxiliaries in many other cities of the country'. more than half century this society has con tinued Its work tv Voluntary worker and unsalaried officers, and last year's Income amounted to 7.mt, supporting 140 tl.l.-i vj.IhIiL uorker and a staff of native helters. , once more the Congregational women are among the pioneers, und In lKflfl they established the Woman's Hoard or .Mis sion. iJist year the Income- of this l.Hrd was $215,423. with Il30,2lii luldi- i, I -for the Woman's Hoard of Ml rtlon Interior, and $10,553 for the similar organisation on the Puclllc coast. organisation of women In other do n..mlnutioiis iiroceeded raiildly. Some of the dates of origin, with thu -Incomes of the last year show their growth, follow: Women' Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist Kpiseopul Churcli. or ganised. .March 22. IMW income for is is. $I.034,C10 from home sources, and H7.- 126 received on the Meld. Women's Foreign Mlssionni y Sm:lety of the Pp-sbyterlan Church. organi.xei (letober. 1S75; income for 11. $222.74. ,- In addition, the Presbyterian women havo several other board representing separate divisions of the country whose Income total f lnO.noO additional. Woman's P. i pi 1st Foreign Missionary Society, established Fvhruary 2S. 1171; Income In ISl'i. HM,..1ito. which Includes a legacy of $ IOi.Oiill. Woman's Auxiliary of tli rroiesuini Kpiseoiuil For. iisn Mission Itonrd. org. to la d iHceliiber. 1H7I. The funds raised by this SiH-lety are l.nludel In the In come of the denominational Issird, whU h in 1J1 was '.n;:.tiS!i Christian Woman's Board of Mltmkins, Disciples of Christ, organised Octols-r. 1 k74; income for Ifllii $4,213. Three Millions for Mission. Woman's Board of Foreign Missions, Dutch Uel'ormcd Church, organised ls7."; Income for 191s. $!U.2!i.. Woman's Missionary Association of the I'nlled Brethren Church, orgnnleil Oc toher. 187.1; income for 11. $19,705. Woman' Foreign .Missionary Society, Methodist Protestant Church, organized 1S79; income for lHHl. $20,oon. Woman's Missionary Smrlety of the Lutheran Church, general hymwl, organ- W-d June. 1879; income in 1 'J 1 6 . $3H.u.r4. Other women's societies, with their In comes for 1916. Include: I'nlted Presby terian. $101,31)5; licforined Kpiscopat, $4,- 3 CopynVht Hart Sth- finer & ; Marx Copynlit Hart ttb-ltncr. Marx We have bought In two weeks ..mi! ifiimMrNHiHNiniffftniinfitfitmi ItfMiwniiuiimimuudiii . I"" .1. M 41; 1'nlveriMlUt, $5.JIH; fjerman He foruie l, $21.tlil; Krlriids, 20.50; Kvsn gelle:il, $IH.20; Church of tlod, $4ri5; Kouthcni ISHpllNtJ, $U1.84!i. The uc ccMwirs of the "llrst missionary woman" in i be I'iiIIikI States alone Inst year con- irli.utetl marly $1.ooo,000 to foreign mis sion through tho womeu's boards uud uiixillarleii. For a century American women have Ix-cn lending tho way, even with their strawberry festivals, their mission study clauses ond tho like. Tltey have kept tils church" missionary bea con burning, ond trained It youth to the broad vision which world wide ellwin iiisnlres. Muny a lay lisder III foreign missions tisUiy can attribute his seal to his mother nnd her "missionary WH'lety" which met in some "Widow WiiIIIh' iMirlor." ANCIKXT VANITY MiXiX. They Were I '! by Klrusran Woineti llefore Home Itersme a Tower. Kausu City Journal: Itccent rxcava-j tlon In Italy have uneur tiled many tol let til tide u-.sl by ladles of the Ktru cun wrlol, long before the Human came iuln isiwer. Among these arc vanity Is.xe. very much like those of tho present time. These ferrv on a slender chain thut fastened to the girdle of the Ktiurlan. Im-IIs and con tained sweet -see ntvd simaU's nnd oth er "beuutlllers" with which they were accustomed to dab their classical faces Iroiii time to time. One of the most interesting relic of this far uwuy Uiy Is u hand mirror. BAD STOMACHS " BUSINESS FAILURES In thin day of high efficiency more failures ure duo lo disordered stom ach than lo any other cause. Noth lug undermlnuii tho botly and mind ho quickly a stomach trouble. It sapH tho energy and reduce ambition und vitality to a low tdib. Cathartics frequently aggravate tho trouble. Overcome quickly your stomach, liver and intetlnul trouble with Moyr's Wonderful Jieinedy. a it reaches the seat of disease. Millions have been restored by It. Let one Uoe of Mayr's Wonderful Ilemody convince you to duv. For sale by City Drug Store. Adv to make room for the builders Buy your y - - r-z """Mini - '"mum i-'"""'Mi iiuwamuMuultiu.iMMiwMuiuniiMuuuiuiuUo tt MMimiuiii(iiinititniiiHitlilflHTl DAILY ARDMOREITE ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 14, 1917. shuped exuelly (he Mime mm those of our time. Hut InsteMd of gins, tlm Ktiu I tan ladle were coniHIM to dend upon a surface of highly burnished cop per for a glimpse of their loveliness. Althougu glass was in fairly comiiHin use many eurs ago, it was not until recent times that a dev. r mind thought of painting one ide of a gluss with a preiHiratlon that would is use it to re flei-t whatever cainn before It. So In un dent day milady was fouiM-llisl to use some glassy . pool or a bit of itoltsli.tl copper tor ner ioukipk giass. ah.. u. evun-;'m nave serwa wie.r r . ..U..M.. ft I twt.m Ikiud inKlunl lintin CKSsfully. It I from these ancient hand mirrors of copimt that we got the de sign for our mcslcru creation of glass. Articles "similar to thoso found in the Etruiwtin tomb have la-en discovered at various times In Kgypt. Assyria and elsewhere, but tills recent find Is a notable one because of the excellent state of the articles, and their variety. (iKRMANY OKKK1M 1'OTATOK.H TO llF.NM AKK "IN TRADK" CoM-nhligen. (M 13. flermany ha offerml to supply a certain quantity of tolatoes to Denmark. In ixchui.ge, however, tiermany will exp-ct Denmark In supply her with articles of which she Is n need. THE LUNCHEONETTE IS NOW OPEN AT BOYD HARRELL FOUNTAIN, WHERE YOU GET THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. 'mm this high SCHWARZ'S Must be CLOSED OUT 1Z LUest main cT. Mmin'mm;ml r Wilt JllllUulUlu.ullllMlllllllUU-'UlWmtqs.lllW IUMMHIIMHMIWI MUD PUTS STOP TO BATTLE IN FLANDERS I.ndoii, Mt. 13. Ill Flanders, the heavy rain which stopped Field Marshal tliilg's drive yesterday before all hi olJcct)eN were attained was continuing tislay, increasing the depth of the mud struggling In their advances. The mud evidently was hampering the Herman dually, for they failed to deliver a counter attack" during tho night. (in i lie French front, the chief actlvi- tl have Is-en In the Alne region. The German crown prince made several at tacks hist night on till front, lie was met with effective rcelstunee by leu em! Petu In's forces, however, und all the assaults were repulsed. 'AMI AKTIU K TKOOI'M lit V IJIIF.KTY HONDS Wucu, Texas. h-l. 13. -Ilio soldier at Camp Mac.Vrtliur hhv ub'r'lsl $3(14, 4f.O LIM-rty bond, It wa utinomic td today. The goal ha been set at a half million. Iaul Weseiowskw. former ly u member of the )llcc force of IH'trolt. Michigan, subscribed $100, money he earned washing clothing for the soldiers since arriving at the camp. m class mens CLrdmore. Oklahoma PIKKH4H. ON MTWD.' MarshlleM. M.. tut. I ! -Pi. isol. charge,! with the I; I Inupli g of I.l".l Keet, fourteen months' Old soil ef J. Holland Keet. a :tnker ol SpriiiHllelJ, May 30 lust. l.U the witness stand in hi own behtilf tislay end denied the charge iig.ilnst Mm..' I'lcmol sssl be knew nothing nUout the kldnnping until he read it In the paper of the next morning. Winter Halls Italian Drive. i line. Italv. eict. 13. Winter ha pre maturely but definitely set III through- Hunts Hew Now Ready We can furnish anything made of wood, as we have a complete stock of white pine, oak and steam dried finish. Our new ma chines will be a big saving to contractors on mill work. Window shields. glass of PHONE 329 H. T. HUNT, Mgr. and Prop. East Broadway clothing Store fall clothes at a iiwiw.wnmwMmin.ii.WMW.MWiwwi.wii out the Iwtlle front, preventing itera tion on a grand stole. t SUiiAK Mesaay 10 lbs CANE 83c 12 lbs. BEET S5c If We Hell Yon Heel Mugai" We TeU Yon M American Cash Grocery 1 1 r.. Main lt. if MiiflMl For Business all kinds, and wind big fdiscount S r ii 1 s z c 1 i X 1 I i I! i i z I i i ! E 1 I