Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-01

for tho past elgnt years covering the
entire period Of hard times. we have been
able to carry on our work aggressively
ana frutfully and pay oGr missionaries
promptly IL not adequately We have
been enabled TO do this by the use of two
lcgacics which came into cur treasury at
the beginning OF the period and have car
rlcd us through the times Of financial de-
Iprcssion.
nut these legacios are now exhausted.
The cloud upon our hcsizon is a financial
one This spring, for the frat time lit
lCloNcn years, we have sent out an emer-
gcnCy CALL and We arc now waiting for
the response. The living donors have done
we'll We are not ashamed to compare
figures with any other state. Ptoportion-
atclV, we have tho credit of giving more
than any othaG to the General Howard
Roll of Honor Fund. When Mrs. Caswell
wishes for anything special she comes to
Vermont. We arc suffering through
Idcarth of logdcies. The good do not die
early in our bracirg atmosphere, ana we
would not have them.
Thus facts that are true must be balance
ed by statements that are qualifying, and
h. must II" wise man who can arrive
af just opinion. If popular impression it
lis probably impossible to give which shall
lbc wholly truthful
Any report of Vermont would be incom-
lpcte which did not refer to the character
listic feature of our employment of young
women in contcY cVanEelizaton. Eight
Years ago, ir our effort to reach out into
destitute regions we were providcntially
led to ScciWc young women who were in
training in Mr. Moody's Mortified school
for city visitors. 1T was AL experiment at
first They we're sent out two by two al
tor the apostolic fashion into homes from
which few if any over came to any re-
ligious service. The interest thus awak-
oncd they met with cottage meetings and
services in school house and in church'
Success attended their lahors from the
outset. The bands of workers were IN
creased More than thirty differ mt ones
have been employed. They have como
from foreign lands, from the distant West
and some of the best from our own state.
They have bCcl college graduates, t7ach-
crs in tho public schools, workers in city
slums and in the Salvation Army. TheN
have gone to he pastors wives, for'lSh
missionaries. and workers in other state.
During no one year have We mad more
than Il employed; last year only MIN.
None have been ordained. 1t has been
Law -cr,ico Emphasis chiefly mas poon
placed on pcrsoull work. The frult mas
bc,n hlud-p ,kcd. There has been no re-
action That we arc not doing more now
10 due partly to our finances, partly TO the
fact that we have gone owe" more than
once those pacts Of the state for which
wa are rcspcreibla. and partly to the de-
mand Cor our workers for pastors ASSIST
ants and supplies in fields too weak Tor
settled minister.
There has been progrC SIS in every dcnar.-
n,cnt During the last decade We nave
started nov churches and brought th"m
to Sclf-Suuport Some think our work Is
wholly in l"cldelt commt nttios; inns Is
MT true Indeed. Of our 200 churches only
81 have not been at some tim" on tho ms
sionary list We have "strcngthcned inc
things that remain" in old organizations
b..l,.fu,r tbpt1 mt tho Christian stamp up