A WOMAN-MINISTRY by L. A. Hoopes

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 30, 1900

A WOMAN-MINISTRY.

By L. A. Hoopes

SINCE the announcement of the death of Sister S. M. I. Henry, no doubt the query runs in many minds, What shall become of the work of which she was the leader? To all we would say that the work started among the women was of the Lord, and he will see to it that it is carried forward. It would be well to reread carefully the leaflet “A Special Call to Our Women.” In this leaflet you will get the very idea, set forth in the Testimony, which God would have our women everywhere take hold of.

It is true that the leader in the movement has fallen at her post of duty, and is resting in the Lord; but her work goes on. The women who have responded to the call have the same ministry that they had while Sister Henry was alive. There is just as much need of their continuing their work as ever. The woman-ministry will continue as long as the work of the gospel continues.

There is no reason why the work outlined by Sister Henry should be discontinued, when, in fact, it was getting nicely under way. Hundreds of persons have expressed themselves as having received help, some through the Review, and others by personal letters. This work has been planned for weeks in advance. The department in the REVIEW will be kept up, and the personal correspondence will continue. Miss Durland, who has been closely associated with Sister Henry in her writing, will be continued in the same line. All letters, requests for prayers, and items of experience should be addressed to Miss Grace Durland, 271 West Main St., Battle Creek, Mich., and she will see that proper attention is given such correspondence.

There may be other women whose names are not on the lists in Miss Durland’s office, who would like to study and take part in this work. If so, they may be supplied with the leaflets as well as with the study-cards that Sister Henry had prepared.

The work with our German sisters will continue as before, Mrs. Marie Beermann, of Santa Rosa, Cal., taking the lead. Mrs. Mary B. Hansen, of Ruthven, Iowa, is taking up this work among the Scandinavians. Mrs. Vesta J. Farnsworth is also taking up this work in the Australasian Union Conference.

Since your leader has had to lay down the burden, does it not seem to indicate that God would have you all buckle on the armor a little tighter, and carry on the work to completion? “There certainly should be a larger number of women engaged in the work of ministering to suffering humanity, uplifting, educating them how to believe—simply believe—in Jesus Christ our Saviour.”

Although Sister Henry can not speak to you in person, you can receive great benefit from her experience, in the books “Studies in Home and Child Life,” “The Abiding Spirit,” and other of her publications.

L. A. HOOPES, Sec. Gen. Conf.