Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-02-08

help and inspiration of the founder
of the Mortified movement. these re-.
ports are of unusual interest. 1t is
pleasure to be able to say that they
are in every respect encouraging and
reassuring.
The Work at the Seminary.
The report Of Miss Evelyn 5. Hall.
principal OF the Mortified Seminar.
opens with this paragraph: The
question which has so often been ask
ed, What will you do without Mr.
Moody? has found, at least in part.
its answer; and we come to the begin
ming of the new year with hearts full
of gratitude 20 the God who has
taught us, that. though He takes
away the worker, He carries on the
work 1t is manifest that this work
is more than the work of man, and
hat in to continue. Mortified
Seminary has never HAD a better year
than the last one. Spiritually, intel
lectually, physically, and financially
the Lord has prospered us. With
very small endowment fund and with
very large yearly deficit on account
of the low rate for board and tuition
the Seminary closed its fiscal year in
August with the current expenses
met"
Miss Hall then goes on to say that
397 students were registered at thu
Seminary in September, a larger mum
Der than ever before in the history Of
the school, and that the work of both
teachers and students has been car
ried on with COnSeCTated zeal and
diligence. Some space is devoted TO
showing for what class of girls the
Seminary is intended. Briefly, it is
for girls of small means who are ear
nest, ambitious, and of good ability,
but who can neither secure school
privileges whore they live nor afford
to attend ordinary boarding schools
Some are orphans who can have no
help from their families or other
friends. Many are farmers daugh-
tiers. Some are daughters of mechan-
les, some of missionaries, some of
country ministers on small salaries
some are from homes to which Sc
rious financial reverses have come.
A main requisite for admission S
that the applicant shall have an ear
nest purpose in life and be willing to
devote all her energies to it's realiza-
ton. The tuition charge is 500 a year
which covers only one-half the actual
expense for each student. The price
is fixed at this amount because, to in
crease it to a sum which would cover
the cost, would bar out the very
class OF young women whom Nj.
Moody most wished to help. Miss
Hall says:
Most OF the girls who go out from
Mortified have some share in the
worlds work. They are teaching in
all grades. from High school to the
Kinder arten. They are teachers
of music, OF household science of
drawing, and gymnastics. They are
teaching in the South among the ne
grOes and poor whites, ana on the
plains among the Indians. They
are trained nurses and physicians,
they are Librarians, secretaries of
Young Womens Christian associa-
tiOns, and matrons. They are doing
city mission work and rescue work,
and "a have gone to the foreign field.
One of our number was maTtyTed in
China last summer, and two others
We're shut in Pekin during the siege.
Whether at home or abroad, the
Mortified girls are trying to live use
full, helpful lives and trying to pass
on to others some of the good which
they have received"
Letters received during the past
year from graduates show that the
death of Mr. Moody produced deep
impression, and that those who have
enjoyed the benefits of the school
are anxious to do everything in their
power to help onward the work which
Mr.. Moody began.
Miss Hall states the needs of the
Seminary to be money for current eX-
penses, money for the Moody memo
rial endowment fund, for new build
ings, for equipment of scientific ap-
paratus for pianos, house furnishings,
and a library fund.
The Work at Mt. Hermon.
The report of Principal Cutler of
Mount HeTmOn is no less encouraging
than that of Miss Hall. The year
has been "a testing time" mo
words counld state too strongly how
much Mr. Moody has been missed, but
it has been evident to all that this
is Gods work and not dependent upon