Mothers' Union.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 3, 1 September 1917, Page 18

Mothers' Union.

A meeting of the Diocesan Council was held at Bishopscourt on Wednesday, August Bth, at 2 30 p.m. Present — Mesdames Sedgwick (President), Mayne, Eice, Mitford-Taylor, Hansard, Ruddock, Collins, Maclean, Cook, and I)eaGoneßs. Esther Brand. The Bishop was m the chair. A letter was read from Mrs. Morton, M.U. Secretary for the Auckland Diocese, expressing her warm appreciation of our . contribution to the Self-Denial Fund m aid of the Distressed Women m the Allied Countries. She had aimed at sending £1000 from the Dominion, and Waiapu Diocese had given £106.' : A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Overseas asked if any Branch m this Diocese would like to be linked with the Branch at Wiston, near Huntingdon. The Secretaries were asked to make this known to their Branches and report to the next Council meeting. The Annual Festival was fixed for Saturday, December Ist, on whicji date the Bishop would be able to preach. At the conclusion of, the business the Bishop gave a short address on the ideals of the Mothers' Union. He spoke of "the danger of our Union being drawn into the vortex of present day activities and forgetting the purpose for which it was formed. People sometimes seemed to think that there was* not much done by coming together to. say a Litany, that knitting socks or making shirts was more important than Intercession. The work of the Mothers' Union was of the highest importance, viz. : To prepare the homes for the men who will return from the front, and to train the' boys and girls who will be the future builders of the Empire." The Bishop went on to beg the M.U. to set its face against raffling or anything of that kind for patriotic purposes. "Our men are worthy of direct giving," and a resolution was passed — " That this Council of the Mothers' Union enters a strong protest against the growing habit of raising money for patriotic purposes by raffles, art unions, and so-called competitions,"