The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-07
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Any abstract that could here be given
would fail to do justice to the bril-.
liant speaker who held the closest at
tention of his hearers for over two
hours with remarkable word pictures,
sointillating wit, and glowing meta
phor, sometimes wrought to the high
est enthusiasm and again moved to
hearty laughter.
Friday Afternoon.
The address of Miss Josephine Fiske,
superintendent of the Deaconness
Home in Boston, was given on
Friday afternoon. Miss Fiske said !:
1.-THE church is slowly learning ny
costly experience that no great Scrip
tural truth can be safely neglected.
Men have talked of saving souls as if
they were speaking of ghosts. All
the souls that you and know any
thing about are clothed in human
bodies, many of which have very sore
and pressing needs. The church is
learning more in these days Of the
meaning of the gospel message, and
the birth of the deaconness movement
is born of this new conception. The
church is facing giant problems. 1t
is clear that new forces and agents
must be called into the field. The
growth of this movement in the
United States has been phenomenal.
There are now in this country 1000
deaconesses and between five and six
million dollars worth OF property in
deaconess institutions. The Methodist
Episcopal church in the United States
now has about 300 deaconesses and
more than 100 institutions. At
the Deaconess Hospital, opened in
Boston eight years ago, with only
been cared for A new hospital is
greatly needed and has been begun.
Young women are needed to prepare
for this work, also money.
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report of the board of deaconess work !:
During the past year our conference
deaconesses have worked at Waterbury
Center, West Enosburg, South Royal
ton, Barton Landing, St. Adams Bay,
Moretowu, Island Pond and North
Danville, while few outside deacon
esses have been employed in some
other places. For valid reasons these
ladies have not been able to give their
entire attention to the work, and even
it they could have done SO they would
not have been able to meet all the
demands. We are sorry to announce
the permanent retirement of Miss
Nellie Mae Martin, as the first dea
coness to be consecrated by our Con.
ference. She will take with her the
consciousness of duty faithfully per-
formed and the regrets of the board
that we can no longer have her SER
vices. Three young women from
Barre are now pursuing courses of
study in training schools preparatory
to entering this vocation. One of
, these is Elizabeth Hanson, who is to
work under the direction of this
board, after graduation in June from
the Lucy Webb Hayes Training School
in Washington. Another has been
secured from this school in Boston to
begin work about the first of Septem-
, Der. We are of the opinion that
q through this movement very largely
is to come the solution of the pressing
problem of rural CHARACTERIZATION.
b. In order that the work of this board
may be placed on better basis we
urge the following recommendations
+ That the Conference supply only snoh
deaconesses as are offered by the dea-
coness board. and that all deaconesf
, work of every kind within our Con-
, ference shall be under thedirect super
vision of this board. At the oonclusi,
of the bishops address, the Conference
. appointed Revs. W. G. Douglass, G.
o W. Hunt and r W. Lewis as telleri
to receive and count the votes for dele.
gates to the General Conference to bt
4 held at Los Angeles, CAL, in May next
j.. Only one canvass was necessary, Revs
. #. W. Lewis and DR.. O. S. Nuttel
. were elected on the first ballot. Thu
. alternates are Rev j. A. Dixon ant
G G. W. Hunt.
: Friday Evening.
l. The session of Friday evening wa
g devoted to the interests of the Freed
n mems Aid Society, Rev. s. G. Lewis
j. Of Barton Landing, presided. TIL
j. Scriptures were read by Rev ]. T
z Baxepdale, Of Milton, and prayer wa
}. offered by Rev. q. w. Hunt, of Enos
Y burg. Rev. Mr.. Ford sang the "Battl
Hymn of the Republic" as solo
The Freedmen's Aid Society was rep
resented'by Rev. M. O. b. Mason
g. n n NJ Orucinuuti aaoratarv Of tha