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Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781332217021

Excerpt from Twentieth Annual Report of the Woman's Home Mission Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South: Annual Meeting, Held at Asheville, N. C., April 26-May 2, 1906 Western North Carolina is famous throughout our great country for scenery wild enough to be enchanting, yet subdued into a serene beauty that brings balm and peace to the human spirit. To those who know the Carolina mountains, every mood of the year is welcome, for each makes delightful revelations of the changeful beauty that haunts the peaks and valleys and streams. But the first blush of the year's new life seems, indeed, a breaking forth of God's glory in the "Land of the Sky." The balmiest spring weather not only greeted the happy comers to Asheville for the eighth Annual Meeting of the Board, but it lingered throughout the entire week, with only brief showers now and then to make one know that April was not forgetting her time for making the world to blossom. It was too late to find the trailing arbutus - that shy, sweet recluse of the rocks - and too early for the laurel and the rhododendron, but mountain sides and valleys were bright with violets and phlox and dogwood and the gorgeous wild azaleas. A great bunch of galax leaves, sent in one day to the body with the compliments of the Toxaway Company, brought visions of mountain streams and hiding places of beauty; and among the handsome palms in the church, purple lilacs and Easter lilies mingled their richness and purity. Had no flowers been in evidence, they would scarcely have been missed, for Central Church in itself is a joy to the eyes. The exquisite taste in tone and style characterizing the whole interior, decorations and furnishings, makes a fit setting for the windows, which are remarkably beautiful in design and execution. Amid the busy work of the session it was restful and inspiring to look up at the great Gothic windows and have some sublime thought of the Master borne in upon the mind and heart. The windows below the gallery are not less beautiful, and in almost every window is seen some combination of the Easter lily, giving a unity of design most pleasing to the eye and the mind. The congregation may well be proud of their church, with its modern conveniences and equipment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.