Life And Light For Woman Vol 49

Download or read book Life and Light for Woman, Vol. 49 written by Woman's Board of Missions and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life and Light for Woman, Vol. 49: April 1919 The Leviathan docked at Brest February 23 and arrange ments were made for the speedy continuation of the journey. On arrival at Marseilles the party embarked immediately on the Gloucester Castle for Salonika, sailing February 26. The motto adopted is He led them safely on. Letters received from members of the missionary company speak of busy days on board ship with classes and other forms of preparation for the work ahead. The latest cable from Dr. Barton is most encouraging. All the missionary force will be needed at the earliest possible mo ment. Prices of food are falling in consequence of the arrival of food supplies. The entire country is awaiting strong, sane, fraternal Christian approach. One million dollars is asked of the Committee for Relief in. The Near East for seed for spring sowing as the famished sufferers have eaten their seed grain. During the month of February nine of the eleven districts of Suffolk Branch held annual meetings. It was the wish of the Branch that at these gatherings the financial District Meetings policy of the Woman's Board should be of Suffolk Branch. Presented and discussed, as a background for the action of the Branch in annual ses sion March 4. Accordingly officers of the Board have spoken at each of these districts. The attendance has been gratifying and the response to the message cordial. As this is one of our most financially able Branches, the amount of the increase asked is considerable, and every effort should be put forth during the next few months to achieve the goal of set before the societies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.