Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-12-21

This happy anniversary Of our Society
reminds us of our obligations to the great
Author and Oliver ofall our .mercies, anc
calls for that lively gratitude which ought
to inspire the heart of dependent creatures
; Though in the infancy of our Associa-
ton, we have been called to experience the
affective dispensations of Providence in the
death of beloved sister, one who had ar
dentIy engaged in the work, and could
leave her dying charge to us to5e faithful
10 the cause we had espoused, ana, in addi-
ton, the removal ofour directress to dis
tant part of the country ;yet We are still
constrained to say, Hitherto hath the
Lord helped US" and we haEe, prospered
beyond the anticipations Of the most san
guine.
When an enterprise has God for its au-
thor, the Holy Spirit moves the friends of
Christ to cooperate with himself in &C
compIishing the purposes of his love; and
when they die, the Spirit which wrought
in them still lives, and constrains others
to enter into their labors. Thus the work
goes on, though they who have been dc
tive in it's commencement do not continue,
bv reason Of death. With such reflections
do we introduce brief report of our Soci-
ETY..
This Association was organized No.
vember %, 1885, adopting a constitution
drawn from the Boston and New York
constitutions, with a little variation. Three
different denominations associated them
selves together, with that union of feeling
which promised a happy result. The in
terest that was manifested in our Society
at the commencement, has gradually in
creased. Accessions, from time to time,
have been made and we now, number
forty members, and about one hundred
and sixteen children.
The Mothers Magazine and Mothers
Journal are highly valued by us, and fur
nish rich source from which we may
draw many profitable lessons.
1t may not be amiss, nor perhaps unin-
teresting, to detail the course Of our oper-
atoms. Experience has taught US that
our meetings are more interesting and
profitable when we pursue a regular plan
and, consequently, we thought proper to
take up the subject Of family government
in a connected manner In order to re-
duce to practice, as much as possible, what
we hold in theory, we have thought best
to pass such resolves as will stimulate US
to consistency and we are happy to say,
that we think that mothers have been led
to feel more oftheir responsibility as moth
ers, and the nature of parental duties, and
the best method Of discharging them, than
ever they have done before. And we feel
determined, more than ever, to press for
ward.
Our quarterly meetings have beee atten-
ded by a large collection of children.
They were arranged into classes, and ques-
tons selected, suitable for each class, pro-
posed to them, with a view to enforce
their duty to their parents and their God.
Selections have also been read, and re-
marks made, with an endeavor to produce,
if possible, the same desirable effect and
we can with pleasure say, that pleasing
attention on the part of the children has
been observed, and parents have been graf
flied, and encouraged to 60 forward in this
delightful work, in the full assurance that
their efforts will not be in vain.
Encouraged by the success Of the past,
we would look forward to another year
with frmness of faith and cheerfulness of
hope. We feel that we possess high
vantage ground that we are the Or
gans of a mighty influence, which must
he felt, not onl y to the latest posterity, but
through the endless ages of eternity and
that mothers, combined, can do more tow
ards achieving the triumphs ofour nation
al glory, and renovating lost and ruined
world from the power and dominion of
sin, and in Fastening forward the reign Of
the Prince of Peace, than all other associ-
ated influence.
Then would we hail our sister associa-
tions, and encourage them to 60 forward
in this great and glorious enterprise
humbIy trusting on Almighty aid, that
our endeavors may be blessed, and the
world saved.-A. F. B., Sec.
Barnet, Passunpsic, VT. Oct. 20, 1886.
Let other mothers in Vermont initiate
their sisters in Barnet-Ed. Tel.