St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-14

lington. Her theme was the great
love of God whereby we are called
the children of God.
A letter was next read from Rev.
DIR. L. H. Cobb of the Church Build
ing Society regretting his inability
to be present because OF recent i'll
ness. His topic, "Churches and
Homes was taken by Rev. w. B.
D. Grey, who has been stationed at
Yankton, So. OAK, as one of the
superintendents of the Sunday
School and Publishing Society. He
spoke of the great sacrifices made in
the far West to build chapels. One
Sunday school started on hay
stack, then n succession tent,
kitchen, stove and school house.
Finally church was proposed. One
deacon brought SIS that he had
saved three years to buy a suit. A
mother brought $12 that she had
expected to use to help buy cloak.
Finally a building costing $1,000
was built, of which only $500 was
contributed by the Church Building
need of comforts OF life and must
have health.
Miss M. D. Moffat, state evange-
list, spoke of her work in Vermont.
After leaving her rescue work i'll New
York city she wondered what there
was to do in Vermont But she
found many who were Christless.
The work whether in the country or
in the city was hand to hand work
and heart to heart to work. One
person she found was so lonesome
that she said she did not want
money, but folks. There was plenty
Of work to do all over Vermont and
all have part in it. The workers
need money and they also need the
prayers OF Christians.
The report of the nominating COM
mittee was presented by Mrs. c. NJ.
GERS were elected: Honorary presi-
dent, Mrs. J. E. Swift, Orwell; presi
dent, Mrs. J. H. Babbitt, West Brat
tleboro; vice president, Mrs. W. ].
Van Patten. Burlington; secretary,
Mrs. NJ. K. Paine, Windsor; as
sistant secretary, Mrs. Clarence L.
Smith, Burlington; trea surer, Mrs.
Rebecca P. Fairbanks, St. Johns
bury; assistant treasurer, Mrs.
Henry G. Ely, St. Johnsbury; audi
tor, Rev. Henry Fairbanks, St.
Johnsbury; secretary of young peo-
pies work, Mr.. Edward Kirkland,
Bellows Falls; executive committee,
Addison, Mrs. John c. Houghton,
Middlebury; Bennington, Miss Anna
{. Park, Bennington; Caledonia,
Mrs. Walter P. Smith, St. Johns
bury; Chittenden, Mrs. Thomas D.
Bacon, Essex Junction; Essex, Mrs.
Robert Chase, Gnildhall; Franklin
and Grand Isle, Mrs. NJ. A. Strana-
han, St. Adams; Lamoille, Mrs. S.
F. Drew, Stowe; Orange, Mrs. T.
c. Keyes, Newbury; Orleans, Mrs.
E. E. West, Newport; Rutland, Mrs.
w. H. Noyes, Castleton; Union,
Mrs. Adna Brown Springfield; Wash
ington, Mrs. A. J. Covell. Waterbury;
Windham, Mrs. 6. F. Chaplin, Sax
tons River; Windsor, Mrs. Henry E.
Gibson, Quechee.
Mrs. ]. E. Swift Of Orwell then
gave an interesting paper on the
plan of work for another year. In
giving her paper she alluded TO the
encouragement given the society by
the banner Forward" which had
lately been presented the Vermont
branch of the Woman's Board.
Mrs. F. w. Foster spoke of the
school at McIntosh, Ca, to which
the Union has given so literally.
There are 400 members in the school
and the course consists of two years
of normal and two years advanced
work. The first class will be grad
uated in 1896
Rev. w. B. D. Gray then spoke up
on Home Missions and Christian
Education" He began by saying
that home missions meant all mis-
s;ons and then paid fine tribute
to Mr.. and Mrs. Drake, in whose
work the Union are so interested.
He spoke Of the work that is being
done at the Indian agency and
closed With an interesting account
of his work at Yankton College.
This concluded the addresses of
the day. The report of the commit
tee on resolutions followed and the
free parliament and question box
closed the sixth annual gathering.
Meeting of the Vermont Branch.
TheVermont Branch of the Woman's