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Show a WHO STARTED What what is the origin purpose? At some longing and of Womans' Day? When? And for time in life we feel a trembling, fearful to do some good thing, something different helpful It was WOMANS' DAY just to some good such impulse an cause. and urge that’ led Mrs. Nannie Burroughs to think of what a special day-dedicated to a great cause--could do for church women. Womans' the young Day was corresponding proposed by Mrs. secretary of the Womans' Burroughs, Convention, at the meeting of the convention Memphis, Tennessee, in September 1906. The proposal was be National known as that the Fourth Womans’ Sunday Day. in in July Thi dayswas not thought up as a scheme a christian school for raising women. As a result of Mrs. women Burroughs' idea, discovered that the for raising money, but To quote from her letter,"A million women working! A million women singing. A million women laboring for the coming of the kingdom in the hearts of all.men, would be a power that would move God on his throne to answer, immediately, the petitions. It would mean spiritual dynamite that would blast Satan's greatest strongholds." have given many opportunity to develop, they can be tops in christian service. They have learned to speak, present good christian ideas, depict courage, fidelity and grace, and are more and more becoming great spokesmen for the Lord. Mrs. Burroughs intended for women to do what the woman did who talked with Jesus at the well. She "went to town" and brought the town out to “see Jesus." God be with you, women, on Womans' Day. Sis. Daisy Gentry, Chmn |