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WOMAN'S MINISTRY

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 8, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 19.

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WOMAN'S MINISTRY.

By L. A. Hoopes

In the Review of Jan. 30, 1900, notice was given concerning the work among the women, which was started by Mrs. S. M. I. Henry. It was there stated that the women had the same ministry since the death of Sister Henry as before. She was a leader among the women, and there is no question as to her call of God to the cause she espoused. But her toil and labors are ended, and the women are left with the same work to carry forward. Their responsibility is not lessened in any degree. The personal, individual work of each and every woman increases as time goes on. Each new opportunity for doing good and helping some discouraged soul to look up and trust in Jesus, brings an increased responsibility.
The General Conference Committee in their spring session considered this question, and were fully convinced that the work was specific enough to demand more than a passing notice. After examining some of the correspondence of Miss Grace Durland, the office secretary of this department, it was clearly manifest that the women's work should assume a more tangible form. Accordingly Miss Durland was retained as office secretary, and an advisory committee of five women was appointed to take this entire department in charge, and develop and set in operation such plans as will be for the best interests of this phase of our work, and the advancement of the cause of God.
The following-named women were appointed by the General Conference Committee to have charge of this work: Mrs. G. A. Irwin, Mrs. S. N. Haskell, Mrs. A. J. Breed, Mrs. L. A. Hoopes, and Mrs. C. M. Christiansen. Mrs. Irwin was chosen as chairman of the committee. Correspondence concerning this work should be addressed to her at 271 West Main St., Battle Creek, Mich., where it will receive prompt attention.
There are grave responsibilities resting upon this committee. While the plans must not be stereotyped so that the work can be done only in one way, yet there must be plans laid that will enlist all the latent forces in our homes and families, in the great work of saving souls. This committee can not do the work alone; they must have the co-operation of every lover of truth for humanity's sake. They must have your prayers.
L. A. Hoopes, Sec. Gen. Conf.