. Evangelical missions. Part I, The missionary principles and practices of the United Evangelical Church . Jesus having an alabaster box of ointment very pre-cious, and poured it on His head has had numberlessimitators in acts of devotion, not counting the cost,desiring only to express loyalty to Him. When Jesus did missionary work, throughout everycity and village, preaching and showing the glad tidingsof the Kingdom of God, we are told (Luke 8: 2) that,Certain women, which had been healed of evil spiritsand infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whomseven demons went, and Joanna the wife
. Evangelical missions. Part I, The missionary principles and practices of the United Evangelical Church . Jesus having an alabaster box of ointment very pre-cious, and poured it on His head has had numberlessimitators in acts of devotion, not counting the cost,desiring only to express loyalty to Him. When Jesus did missionary work, throughout everycity and village, preaching and showing the glad tidingsof the Kingdom of God, we are told (Luke 8: 2) that,Certain women, which had been healed of evil spiritsand infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whomseven demons went, and Joanna the wife of Chuza,Herods steward, and Susanna, and many others, min-istered unto Him of their substance. Associated withPaul and Silas in the missionary labors in Macedonia,were, among others, Devout Greeks a great multi-tude and chief women not a few. So on down through the history of Christianity,wherever the standard of the cross needed to be up-held. Christian women were there to lift it up; wher-ever there were battles against evil (as the liquor traf-fic), women were there to present a heroic front; 100. Mrs. M. M. T. Fouke President First Womans Missionary Society, 1880 WOMANS SOCIETY A LEADING FACTOR loi wherever self-sacrificing service was needed, as in thecase of Red Cross work or foreign missionary service;Christian women were there with a faith, courage anddevotion that was often marvelous. The United EvangelicaIv Church Has ChiefWomen Not a Few. Very many of these womenwere with us when the United Evangelical Church wasorganized, having done excellent service as leaders inthe Evangelical Association, prior to the Church di-vision. It is therefore expedient that we go back topredivision times, showing the activities of our womenin those times. In 1877-1878 a movement took shape which finallyresulted in the formation of the Womans MissionarySociety. After several appeals to the Board of Mis-sions and the efiforts of the editors of the EvangelicalMessenger, the board finally
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