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Home Missionary Meeting.

hVnO hloolVudly mSeJluB.
The meetings at the Congregational
chapel Wednesday afternoon and evening
In behalf of the American home mission
airy society were we'll attended, the audi
ence in the evening being large. The first
speaker in the afternoon was Rev. G. s.
Smith of Montpelier, who spoke of the ex-
tent of territory which the labors of the So
ciety covered and the Importance of the
work being done, illustrating his remarks
by reference to large map of the United
States hanging behind the speakers desk.
In conclusion he spoke of the work of the
Vermont branch of the society in our own
state, saying that there are seventy feeble
churches which received aid from the 80
ciety and forty which the society wholly
support, $500 being the most help furnish
ed any one church.
He was followed by Rev. L. H. Cobb OF
Minnesota, who gave many interesting de-
tails of the work of the society in that
state. He said that while Vermont had
been long time in founding 1876 churches,
since the work begun in Minnesota the SO.
ciety had formed ITO Congreg ational and
40 Presbyterian churches, (while the socie.
ty was controlled by the two denomina.
tons jointly, be ,idts the large work Of
other denominations in the state. The mer
who were conducting the work were mer
of ability, and occupied responsible posi-
tions in the state, and not the scum of the
church, who couldn't fad any work II
New England. One man, brother Of
Prof. Smell of Amherst college, man Of
ability and culture, with a cultivated wife
went to a small town, built him "dug
OUT in the side of bank, lived in it al
winter, then built him small cottage anC
had lived the iowa tw enty years. He had
family Of eight children and the most pay
he had received vas 500 year. That il
the spirit that actuates the workers. Mr.
Cobb gave many interesting facts as to th,
obstacles to be encountered, and the mel
needed for the work.
DR.. Warren of California was next in
troduced as almost a native of Rutland
his father having lived here till shor
time before his birth. DR.. Warren gave al
extended and very interesting account o
the work in California and on the Pacifi
slope, the mole interesting that it is to
tally unlike the condition Of society any
where else. The pressure on our column
torbids an extended. report of the remarks
In the evening the speakers were tn
same, and all gave many interesting detail
OF their work TO coed audience. DR.
Warren gave history of the first Congre
gational church of San Francisco, of which
DR.. A. l.. Stone, well knowni this vcin
ity, is pastor. 1t was founded 90 year
ago with a membership of 80, anon;
whom were Mrs. Elizabeth Waller, late 0
Rutland, and Frederick Billings of Wood
stock. They had a church very plail
and small, but which they had raised SO,
900 to build, and which thew would no
have swappeo With King Solomon for hi
temple without $4,000 to boot. To-da,
they have a membership of 500, hand
some church, to pay debt on which the,
recently raised $4,000 on two Sundays
Mrs. Waller and MIR. Billings are remem
bered as two of he most earnest worker
in the church. The former leaves as he
monument in California the state orphan
asylum which she was instrumental Ii
founding and TO which she was mothe
in its weaker days.