The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-06
The AMERICAN BOARD.
Opening Exercises To-day.

The American Board of Commissioners
for foreign missions, assemble this after
noon for it's sixty-ffth annual meeting
at the Congregational church in Hut-
land The opening exercises will commence
at 8 o'clock, and the session of the board
will continue until Friday at IL o'clock.
Great preparations have been in progress
by the committee of arrangements here for
some time in anticipation of the event, and
the great Importance of the event in Rut-
land has not been over-anticipated, as will
be found on the assembling of the board
and as the exercises progress. No meeting
or assembly of such immense proportions
has ever before been held either in this
place or in the state, and the occasion calls
for the most elaborate and well-grounded
preparation on the part of our citizens. To
say that it will be well met and that Rut-
land people will be found equal 10 the
emergency, great as it Is, is only to state
what its promises insure at ills time from
the universal endeavors being made here
for the event. Nearly every family and
household in town have thrown open their
doors with a generosity seldom seen, to
welcome the visitors during their stay here,
and although a large number will be ac-
commodatcd out of town, Rutland will tax
her resources to the utmost to give enter
tainment to majority who attend.
The Congregational church, where the
majority of the meetings will be held, has
been deliberately trimmed and decorated for
the occasion, and will present a beautiful
sight this afternoon. -Four large festoons
of autumn leaves, veng in color and vari-
ETY. the hucs of the rainbow, have been
suspended from the centre of the ceiling
and from the central point of which is
hung handsome basket of flowers. The
floral appointments throughout the church
are upon n scale of beauty which do credit
to the handiworli and good taste of the
ladies of the society who have arranged
and perfected the decorations.
The Baptist and Methodist churches are
also fitted up for the meetings to be held
in those churches during the session.
We give below the order of exercises OF
the board for the entire week, and in to-
morrows paper we shall publish COM
plete directory of the names and residences
of people from abroad for whom enter
tainment has been provided in Rutland,
Middlebury, Wullingford, Fairhavcn, Cas-
Teton, Brandon, Pittsford, West Rutland,
Sutherland Falls, Clarendon, Flints Cross
ing. and elsewhere This will also include
all the names and residences and places
where entertainment has been provided.
The following is the
Order of Exercises.
TUESDAY.
p. m. Business meeting. Congregation
al church.
p. M. Meeting of Vermont branch of
| womans board of missions. Congrega-
tional chapel.
7 p. m. Annual sermon, by Rev. II. NJ.
Scudder, D. d. Congregational church.
WEDNESDAY,.
8 q. m. Prayer meeting. Baptist church.
8 a. m. Business meeting. Congrega-
tional church.
0 a. IN. Addresses. Baptist church.
| % pm. Business meeting. Congrcga-
| tiOnal church.
q pm. Children's meeting. Baptist
church.
Z p. IN. Addresses. Congregational church.
Up. IN. Addresses. Baptist church.
Up. IN. Addresses. Methodist church.
THURSDAY.
8 a. m. Prayer meeting Baptist church.
0 a. M. Business meeting. Congregation
| al church.
0 a. m. Meeting of Womans' board of
| missions. Baptist church.
| % p. m. Communion service. Congrega-
tonal church.
% p. m. Communion service. Baptist
q p. M. Communion service. Methodist
church.
p M. Addresses. Congregational church.
p. M. Addresses. Baptist church.
I p. m. Addresses. Methodist church.
s a. m. Prayer meeting. Baptist church.
d Il. m. Farewell meeting. Congrega-
tional church.
These business meetings of the board will
be occupied by papers, discussions and re-
ports by secretaries, committees, mission
aries and others. Addresses at the various
meetings will be made by missionaries,
clergymen and other speakers