Twenty years' history of the Woman's home missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church, 1800-1900 - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1903 Excerpt: ... departments of the Church work. Her words carried great weight in the early councils of the Society. Mrs. Davis leaned upon her judgment, and called her "the balance wheel of the Board." She was for many years Auditor and Chairman of the Publication Committee, and Secretary of the Bureau for Middle Southern States. In 1900, by authority of the Board of Trustees, Mrs. Hoyt, conjointly with Mrs. D. L. Williams, prepared and published a work of much merit, entitled "Souvenir Exhibit of the Homes of the Woman's Home Missionary Society." It is a volume of one hundred and forty illustrations, with valuable data accompanying each. Mrs. Whetstone also was one of the few whose deliverances were considered indispensable upon most matters of importance. Being frequently in ill-health, she was not always present at the business sessions of the Board. Then the Board went to her, and, by her bedside, tangled skeins were straightened out, and questions of momentous import were solved with the help of her sweet, motherly spirit and her large liberality. From the days of the seventies, when Mrs. Hartzell went to her for advice and comfort, even pressing her way into the sick chamber when Mrs. Whetstone "could only look and listen" to her earnest plea, through all these twenty years she has held her place as "one of the leaders." Seldom attending an Annual Meeting, she has conserved her energies for other forms of service. A prominent leader in the practical direction of the affairs of the Society from the time of her election as First Vice-President was Mrs. John Davis, of Cincinnati. Years of activity in other lines of charitable work, the Women's Christian Association, the Associated Charities, orphan asylums, and the like, had prepared her for successful achievement in t...