The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07
WOman's Board of Missions.

The nineteenth annual meeting of the
Vermont branch of the Woman's Board of
Missions was held in Bethany church,
MONTPELIER, last week Wednesday, be-
ginning at nine o'clock in the morning and
continuing through the day. The first ex-
ercise was a prayer-meeting led by Mrs. G..
NJ Lamson of st. Johnsbury. AT half past
nine the session proper was opened with
singing He Has Come the Christ of God "
followed by Scripture lesson and PRAYER
Then the minutes of the last meeting were
read, and the reports of the secretary and
treasurer were presented. That of the
former-Mrs. G. NJ Stone of st. Johnsbury-
showed that there are at present 1913 auxil-
idries and tifty-one mission circles. The
membership had shown an encouraging in
crease. Mrs L. NJ. Howard of st. Johns.
bury, the treasurer reported that the dona-
lions received i'll the past year amounted to
S6,04l.72, which was an increase of thirty
sew en- per cent over the previous year. A
legacy of S2l ,046.GS had been received from
Miss Hubbard of Bennington. A prayer of
Thanksgiving was offered by Mrs. Henry
Fairbanks Of St. Johnsbury, and :" o Spirit
of the Living God " was sung by the entire
company. Mrs Mary G. Torrey, the cor
responding secretary, next gave her report,
and Mrs. j. II. Goulding made prayer.
The morning session closed with an adj
dress by Miss l.. b. Chamberlin Of Sivas,
Turkey. The address had reference prn-
cipally to school work in Turkey.
The afternoon session was opened at half
past one O'Clock with a prayer.meeting led
by Mrs. Edward Halves of Burlington.
" Hail to the Lords Amounted" was sung
at the opening of the general session. Va
rious matters of business were disposed of,
and several committees reported before the
election of officers took place. The list OF
the new officers is as follows: President.
Mrs. G.. G. Benedict of Burlington. Hon
orary presidents, Mrs Horace Fairbanks of
St. Johnsbury and Mrs. A. w. Wild Vice.
presidents-Addison county, Mrs, Milo
Williamson of Middlebury; Bennington
Mrs. G.. NJ. Sykes of Dorset; Caledonia
MIS-. l.. X, Quimby of Lyndon and Mrs. III.
Mrs. G.. III. Perkins of Burlington; Essex
Mrs. George Hubbard of Lunenburg;
Franklin, Mrs. John Bedard of st. Adams
Grand Isle, Mrs. Miles e. Ransom of AL
burgh; Lamoille Mrs. A. A. Smith OF
Johnson; Orange, Mrs. j. l.. Merrill OF
Newbury; Orleans, Mrs. r. G. Moody OF
North Craftsbury; Rutland, Mrs. j. II
Goulding of Rutland; Washington, Mrs
l.. II. Elliot of Waterbury; Windham, Miss
S. L. Clark of West Brattleboro; Windsor
Mrs I. o. Seaver of Woodstock; Union
conference, Mrs. A b. Dascomb of Bellows
Falls. Recording secretary, Mrs. c. NJ
Stone of st. Johnsbury. Home secretary
Mrs Henry Fairbanks of st. Johns bury
Corresponding secretary, Miss Mary G
Torrey of Burlington. Acting secretary, Mrs
JOnn Il. Itck OF burlington. Junior Secre
tary, Mrs. n. G. Williams of Bellows Falls
Treasurer, Mrs. 7. M. Howard Of st. Johns
bury. Assistant treasurer, Mrs. g. III
Stevens of st. Johnsbury. Auditor, Walter
p. Smith of st. Johnsbury. The election
was followed by prayer by Mrs. G. w. Gal
| lagher, after which Miss L. Il. Crosby Of
Micronesia was introduced. Her address
was on the subject of missionary work il
| Micronesia, and it was listened to with much
| interest. Miss Susan Tyler, formerly
missionary at Natal, South Africa, anC
Miss f. II. Stanwood, one of the secretarie:
of the Woman's Board of Missions, followed
and Miss Chamberlin also spoke again
Come, Kingdom of Our God" was tn,
next selection for singing, and then col
lection to defray incidental expenses wa.
taken up. The closing selection was jesus
Shall Reign Where'er the Sun"
A public meeting was held in the evening
Rev. G. w. Gallagher presiding. Very in
teresting addresses were made by Rev. DIR
NJ. l.. Gordon of Japan, and Miss Crosby
and Miss Tyler. The attendance at tn,
convention was quite large, and the dele
gates pronounced it unusually successful
After the evening meeting Mr.. Brigg
kindly gave a short organ recital, whicl
was much enjoyed by the audience. Solo
by Mrs. Briggs and Mr. Hopkins gave va
riety to the programme and We're warml.
received.