Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-29

rived in town on the morning trains
Wednesday and proceeded as directly as
could be to the church, where the fore
noon meeting was already under way.
The meeting began with session of
prayer from . o'clock to 9 80 and then,
after singing, the Scripture reading and
prayer. the regular work of the meetings
was begun. The programme of the fore
noon was as follows:
MORNING.
singing.
scripture. Prayer.
Minutes of last Annual Meeting.
Annual report of sccrctary-Mrs. {. VI.
stone of It. bloomsbury.
Report of trcasurcr-Mrs. T. NJ. Howard of
81. John SburN.
General business,
Greetings.
singing.
Missionary Addrc,s-Miss VI. j. Gleason of
Constantinoplc.
Paper, "siall Interest i'm Foreign Missionu
ny Work Dccline:" Miss sophie II. Aiken of
Rutland.
Reports of vicepresidents.
singing.
The reports of the secretary and treas
urer showed that the Vermont branch
was in Il good condition and these re-
ports. together with the reports of the
vce-presidents from the different c0un-
encouraging character, were received
with great interest and the closest atten-
ton. 1t appeared from the treasurer's
report that the receipts during the past
year were 81, 42i. This amount was con-
tributed by the different auXiliarics. The
address of Miss NJ. j. Gleason of Con-
stantinople gave an encouraging account
of the mission work in Turkey and
showed some of the many difficulties in
the way of its successful prosecution,
Miss Aikens paper was directed TO Civ
missionary work and the necessity of
continuing it with renewed vigor and
unflagging zeal.
After the morning session lunch was
served in the lecture room of the church
to the visiting ladies. 1t was nicely
gotten up and nicely-served affair, and
was provided by the ladies of Middlebury
who live outside of the village as a
special compliment to their visiting
friends.
In the afternoon the reports of the
vice-presidents, begun in the morning,
were completed, being interspersed with
the other exercises on the programme,
The afternoon meeting was also opened
with prayer, a half-hour being devoted
to short prayers from various ladies.
The attendance was somewhat larger
than in the morning and the number of
auditors not connected with the board
was also larger. The afternoon pro-
grammc was as follows.
AFTERNooN, , :O0.
Singing.
Reports OF vice-prcsidents, continued.
Report OF corresponding secretary-Mis
Mary {. Torrey of Burlington.
Reports of committees.
Prayer.
Missionary Address-Mrs. Emily Il. Mont
gomery, of Marash, Turkey.
Address-Miss Abbie b. Child OF Boston.
SlnglnR-SOlO.
Missionary Address-Mrs, Loren b. Gates OF
India.
Offering Tor incidental expenses,
Closing exercises.
Singing
Hymn. Tune Missionary hmm.
The whole wide word for Jesus,
Its hearts, and homes and thrones;
Ring out again the watChwOrd
In loud and joyous tones.
The whole wide world Tor Jesusl
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And speed the prayer with labor,
Till earth shall crown him King.
The whole wide world for Jesus!
Once more, before we part,
Ring out the joyful watchword
! From every grateful heart.
The whole wide world for Jesusl
BE this our battle-cry,
The Crucified shall conquer
And victory is nigh
Mrs. Montgomery's address was fea
ture of great interest, but perhaps tn
address of Mrs. Gates, who gave an &C
count of mission work in Western India
was as interesting as any address on tn
days programme. Mrs. Gates describe,
graphically the progress of mission wor
in India and enumerated some of tn
many difficulties encountered by the mis-
sionaries. After this address the oflerin
to pay incidental expenses was taken u
and resulted in handsome contribution
At the conclusion of Mrs. Gates addres: