Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-05-03

titute children. Mr.. Foote has succeed
ed, we learn, in raising $425 in c...sh, and
a barrel Of good clothing, a present
from tie ladies, besides securing homes
here for four of the eight "little wander
ers" whom he had with him. He is
good speaker, and has readily found
the way to the hearts and pockets Of the
benevolent.
Mission WORK AT HoME.-Editor R"t-
land Heyqld. Last Saturday was the
annual exhibition and feast day Of the
Mission School under the auspices of the
Rutland Missionary Association. After
PRAYER had been offered by Mr.. Burnett,
and a hymn had been sung by the chill
dren, the Superintendent stated that
there had been eighty children connect
ed with the school during the past sea-
son. that the average attendance had
haon oh, ut thirty, and that these num-
beers womb probably have been consid-
erably larger, if the room occupied by
Thorn had not he, IN so inconveniently sit
uated, and she hop d for a large increase
when a suitable buh> ling should nave
been provided for the sc~ enumeration oi
the school. The children recl'eu th7
Scripture verses they had Learn eu ourlns
the winter, and addresses were l. 'Nuo W
Mr. Foote of the Howard Mission, 4>e"
York. and Mr.. Burnett. These exercises
were interspersed by singing by the
children, and conclud,' ID with a prayer
offered by the Rev. Leila nd Howard. ke'
wards were then distribl ted TO chldreh
who had merited them b. puhctuaIlVy'
or perfect Rotations, and the little peo-
pie adjourned to an adjoh ing ROOM
where were tables bountifuIly spread oy
the kindness of the patrons Of ih 'School'
who once year at least have Elbe pleas
ure of inviting to a feast those win can-
not recompense them. The fea5uIa u
this meeting which distinguished IL
from preceding similar ones was tia
presence of Mr.. Foote, and his company
of Little Wanderers. His address vas
very interesting, but he evidently labor
ed under some misconceptions. he
spoke Of drunken and cruek parents, Of
degrading vice and shameless 0eggary.
as if they were things unknown in the
seclusion Of this Happy Valley, but if
some one with powers of narration like
his own could have told him the story
of some Of the children and youth of
this place, it would have been his turn
to shed tears like those he drew from the
eyes Of his hearers. Mr.. Foote leaves
this place with large sum of money
given by the generous citizens of Rut-
land for the benefit of the Howard Mis-
sion; and it is well but oh have the
wretched little ones in New York strong
er claims on them than those that haunt
our own streets? When Charity dses
not begin at home, it ought at least to
end there, 1t is well to send the gospel
TO the heather, but a heather in Rutland
is as we'll worth converting as heather
in Burmah, and it must never be for
gotten that our Lords last charge to the
disciples was that in preaching the Cos
pei they should begin at Jerusalem,
which was their home. 1t is well to ed
ucate the freedmen but alas for the
unemanCipated; for the child covering
under the blows of q, drunken mother
and shackled with the letters of de-
grading superstition. If you will allow
me, will state on another occasion in
your columns what the Rutland Mis-
sionary Association proposes to do for
these worse than orphans, and will con-
clude with an anecdOte of the celebrated
John Randolph;
At the time of the Greek struggle for
independence, he happened to call on
lady in Virginia, who was very enthusi-
astic in her sympathy with that cause,
and who earnestly solicited q subscrip-
tioH from him in aid Of the suffering
patriots. He declined giving anything,
but when he went out, finding the lawn
covered with the slave children Of the
estate, ragged, dirty and noisy, he put
his head back into the drawing room,
with these words
Madam, the Greeks are at your door"