The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-10
mother oi Missions" Spoke.

another OF Missions" Spoke.
An audience which aIled the church
was present when the session last oven
ing was opened with a special selection
by the choir, followed BY scripture read
ing aud a prayer By Rev. i. A. Bishop
D, d., Of Montpelier.
The audience was then favored with a
vocal solo by Mrs Richard Bradley, after
which Mrs Lucle Harrison. general secre'
tary Of the chldrcns department, gave
short talk on the getting oi children
as lie mombers Of the society, and was
successful during che meeting IN getting
over 20, to which others were added TO-
day.
Mrs, John Legg, the president, At thia
time introduced the speaker Of the even
ing, Mrs. Mary Butler OF Newton, Mass.
Mrs. Butler, who Is . venerable lady
over 80 years Of age, Is the widow oi
DR.. william Butler, who was the ilrst
missionary to 80 10 India under the aus.
piccs Of the Methodist Church, over 90
years ago. whero he accompanied by
Mrs. Butler.
Mrs. Butler, who Il called "the mother
Of the MISSIONS" spoke Of the India mis-.
sion jubilee In particular, and covered
various phases oi life In India from the
period when she FIRST went there 5l
years ago up 20 the present time. She
congratulated Vermont on being The
state from which the first woman mis-.
sionnry. Mrs. Parker, went, over 80
years ago, and prayed that more Of the
sisters of the society might do the noble
work which she has done.
Mrs. Butler spoke Of the time when
she first landed in India and OF the pro
cession OF idol worshippers which she
saw marching through tho streets Of the
city IN which hhe settled, and said that
she thanked God that she had lived 10
see q greater procession Of Christians
march through the same streets 81 years
later.
When DR.. Butler arrived in India and
told the governor Of his mission, that
official advised him 20 go home on the
same ship on which he had come, saying
that L was OF no use 70 try 70 do any.
thing there. Dr. Butler replied that he
did not understand his commission IN
that way, and the result OF his sticking
20 his post IN 1851 has resulted in more
than 10000 Christians IN India IN lV0I.
There are $4,000 children in the Sunday
schools. and various colleges and hospi-
tails have been founded. The mission
aries are improving India, but they are
not doing an that Is possible, as there
are still millions who have not heard
the name OF Christ, and God wants the
missionaries 20 60, not only 10 India,
but to all the other countries, TO teach
in His name.
Mrs. Butler spoke Of their wonderful
escapes from harm during times Of fam
inc and plague, when none Of the Chris
tians were IN, not even a child.
In regard to the jubilee, which was
held December %, 1906, Mrs. Butler said
that she had the pleasure Of looking
from the platform down upon over 5000
faces shining with the light Of Chris
tianity, and that, in the city in which
50 years ago there were no native Chris
tians
At the close Of the address Mrs. John
Legg, the president, was presented a
gavcl, the presentation being made by
Miss Cleincntina Butler. This gavel il
made from shittem wood taken from q
tree in India near which the first Chris
tians were massaered during the mutiny
so years ago.
The evening session closed with an
enjoyable solo by Mrs. NJ. d. Lamb.