Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26
wOMA>,s BOARD OF MISSIONS
Some Account OF ~, Ixcccnt Meeting.

ferhaps IL may interest SUM- vi YOU. '1""
Frs to read some OF tie incidents oil the ia'e
annual meeting of the Womnns Board of
>t,se;o,s ,r,,n opa ,,ho WAC nr,scut during
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u part vi ''e eN'' "''o" 'D''i'
days and an evening. Inc meetihg was very
largely attended, and wns one of remarkable
i,,,,,ns, amt attraction The sessions were
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hciu III the h"unt 'cr''" c""'o"' '"e P''.
form and pulpit OF which were most beautl-
fully decorated with the choicest flowers.
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s''hs wv
OF winter Inc ciurch was crowded u It's
utmost capacity during all the sessions. The
,rus;c ;n,cr,,;p,l.d in the s,ryices WINS of the
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''o'''e' '''' "'p'
organ accompaniment hau pecn'lar c''arni,
since it was only an ACCOMPANIMENT, AMI did
ma, nrovnp, the words of each HYMN sung
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lioin '''rI "s.'nS h'a,u ,us W. ,,',,;n,
onuioh ,, d. s,o;,,,n ,,na' 49," %, sman;ai
Ireceue" VIZ SESSIONS I',o seaouI VI ,In
In'c.' ,,iiai, ny mn;a,, ;s sa ao,;vol, on.
"o'k III T y,n ,na 5OS 80 50 ou ,ho
suseu. "''I :, ,,' ,,on al i,'r,,,, ,i,o
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v, s', ,,s,so,, " ,d a,,,',,e;n.,;n chr;s
,;aa ",,, oo, ~ ,ha 7.rJ onc,,r"d ,he char
a,an o',,aI,a,aj ,lo onn,;n,, Ja.n,;onol ovor
- ria o,n,,a, ron,,t shn,vo ,I,ot Ito
'sea i ,'.a,,,'. , ,,ro,ni,oa ~ II, i,
C.'so.o,,n as ,.s,o;a;;oro ,,Jar lie o'ro nnn,
,i''n', ,,,,,i'ar ~ s,'aii,r oroani, inns
p,,,ss ,,,o,,a, ard oI';idron rnoL In, ,ho
,',',,Ior ,f lie a,x;I;o,;as ha, ,,oon a;a,,1 and
mum InrJred we Thm,o oro oIsr snma ay" ~,
iii h,,n'irnt c,,i,dron;s nir"l1s rhe r,aao.
,iMa ' nmhiish.d IL" ,ha bna,d has 81 circnlaIior
nf a,,pu, IL oOo aud III. rliJren,y M,ntLI,
ohont tx mn In Tho for.i,rn fclJ ,he hoar
hos rrder its cara W missinnarias II Kill,
,,a1 "n m ho,rJirg sheets mi tas
u;lla@a and d,w srh,,is Tho sncc, q,
am aus ,rn,y,b ot ,hn VII show.
,m;s s;n,a,;cs 7u, tho reces i,v NJ ~. enf,rc;na
,hosn who are ALREADY in the field The re-
,,a,, Of In, ,roas,,rer Mics Enno Corru,h
showed the REGENTS for thc veor To have beer
SioI s43 70 of which S10 Gs5 ~ was Of
Iogac;es Including sncrial rirt of Si5 OOC
c;yen for The IInme Roarninp School nj Con,
s,an,;nonln 'rIn wear has bccn onr of in
crease .nd succnss Afr Tho errnlImcnt nj
Jolcw,tes Mrs e r. Ailc, fnr more thar
tvontv- Ave- years n missionary ot UJarnoo,
Tufliev gaye 81 vivid account of The c1nd
tion nj ihn neonle in ,heir home. md of m,
wonderful non of the rosncl in transform
inr Them into active intellicent men anr
Women Air. ;, ,,,,,i stru,5gln pro,estap,
Chris,i,ui,v hos e.t,blish,d "a firm foo, .hol,
IN ,Iot c,i,u,rv schools have hcrn cs,oh
| lishcd in IIorn0ot and in Tho surrounding vii
larcs Tho sunday congregations nnmha,
| G0oO neoplr. and there are 50OO in the SIM
day schools There are "A day Schools an,
| 10 bipb schools, in which there are nov
| IGdO hoys 1920 Girls and 33o adults
AT the nnrninT of ihc afternoon scssio,
| tbn following officers for Tho rrsuin, vco
were unonimouslv elected. President
Mrs .lh,rt Howkcr If Ro,ton. Vice
| Presidents Mrs Rufus Anderson an,
ten others Secretaries Miss Ellen Co,ruth
Mrs. ]. A. Haskell. Mrs j. II. Pratt Mis-
A. II. Child. treasurer Miss Emma Chr
ruth. Followinp Ills was rcnor,s from hroncl
suclelics ma conference ussociatiors Tn,
pbilsdclnha branch rcnortcd flint n stron,
impctus had h,en pivon 10 the cause Nv I'm
fac, liza, Two of their number bad yon
abroad rs missionaries The New Have,
branch sunpor,s three missionaries fiflce,
Bible armies. iw1 native teachers cirhi,
scbolarshins and nine schools The mos
telling work has been done by the MISC,
circles. Tie Vermont branch was rcnrcsent
ed bv Mrs. Perkins. Mrs. II. r. Fuller. Mis-
| H. G. Bn,lcr Nr,, tnirhonks and others
has two rev uuyiliorie, uni five mission cir
clcs making a total of ooh ORGANIZATIONS
Six missionaries have gone ont from lii
branch undcr the care Of Tho hoard The RI
| 80 ''
So5 5i6 h, sides so 600 con,rihnied dircc
TO the board in 5ston. The rennris from a
the branches were hirhlv rncnrr,ning snow
ing generally an Increased interest in missio
work. cspccially among tho children, ms we
as the Adults, and a general increase of con
tribui0ns TO the cause. The general rynreq
sion was ,hn, of nm earnest. dGsiro for NOR
entire conservation 10 tho gr,at ,nd or,n;n
work in which the hoard ;s rng,goi m
presentation Of these reports waso most ir
ieres,inr {, allure of the meeting. and ocrr
MED nearly the entire of,crnoon session
They evidenced the strong hold which mi
snecial phase of missionary work has u~n
the women of New England. In no othe
way could the carnestness The enthusiasm
and the nerseyeinnoe If The women in III
GOOD work. b, better expr,ssed The even
irr of Wednesday was devoted TO addessc
Inv Rev Messrs TWitclen NJ II Hitch
cock. missionary for Cops,antinuplr. md i
q. Means of The A. b. CT. NJ
After devoti,naJ exerriscn Thurs lay morn
inc Mrs Eastman nrescn,ed inn ",en,;n :,
ofthn NIrthodi.t Woman,s Ro,rd of Miss;nns
ria work If her society," was one with tbs
both were under the care Of thc orrat Gam n
Tain and arc lonkinc to tho fulfiiImcnt Of tb
same nron,i.e Mr. Wingatn nrrscn,eL H.,
~roa,;rgs If tho Womnn,s RnarJ Of IL,
1rtor;or Th.v c,osned hands viii ,ho h,,r
Of the HAS, in their Iahors which nv,onIe,
ar r , ,ho ,yor,J Mrs. inhn Mcmanma
nrouni,, w" n;,,, hnr Tho n,co,;nns 81 10 ~"
odo Womon,s hoarJ saro,,tua - f., ~" ,I Oh an
a aon oo,,nrt and S,;"rls ,,o,, hn .ne n
sro,n sho ,,I;"s If The h,arJ and ~,
dam''h,nr of C,r,do ns m,;so;o """ s NJ, .