The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-09
Announced al TO-day's Meet
log Of N. {. Branch
OF NJ. E. FOREIGN MISSIONS
Actual business Of the Convention Was
Started This Morning, When 10
Delegates Had Been Enrolled
More Expected Tonight.

The 3sth anniversary convention Of
the New England btauch OF the We
mans Foreign Missionary society Of tho
Methodist Episcopal church. which
meets In the Hedding NJ. T. church in
this city ON three days OF this week,
began the real business OF the conycn.
tion at 10 o'clock this morning. follow
ing tho holy communion administered
AZ $3.50 o'clock by the Rev. L. o. Thayer,
assisted by the Rev. w. r. Taplin. Rev.
J. 7. Chase, Rev. A. J. HonRh and Rev.
g. ~ farnswoFth. The first session Of
the convention was held last evening.
with the young peoples rally conducted
By the secretary Of young peoples work,
Mrs c, II. staclgpole OF Waltham. Mass.
This was followed by scripture reading
and prayer by the Rev. r. o. Thnyer,
and a mpst interesting address was then
given by Miss Clcmcntina Butler on the
subject, In India with a Camera with
stereopticon views. During the session
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Gordon OF this city and Miss
Marion Collins Of st. Albans sang solos.
The meeting at ten o'clock this morn
ing was called to order by the branch
president. Mrs. John Icgg. The convcn.
tion Is very well attended, there being
about 100 delegates already registered,
and more will arrive in the city this
evening. Greetings were extended BY
the Rev. A. J. Houeh OF Montpelier. who
had his very pleasing remarks in the
form Of poem. The report Of the ex-
ccutiyc board was given by Mrs. Charles
4. Mann Of Maiden, Mass. The presi.
dent then made the following appoint
ment Of committees. enrolment, Mrs.
+. NJ Lyon. Mrs. w. n. Rice; introdue-
tion, Miss Clemeutina Butler. Mrs NJ.
II. Donaldson: press. Miss Lillian Ma.
thewson. Mrs. j. w. Jenordsi resolu-
tions, Mrs. S. ]. Stewart, Mrs. ii. I.
Taylor, Mrs. Z. c. Turner.
Miss Clementina Butler, secretary OF
the home department, gave report on
the encouraging work done the past year
and the report on special work was read
BY Miss Mary Il. Holt for Miss Ada l..
Cushman Of Cambridge. Mass, the sccre-
tary. who could not BE- present. The
report Of the treasurer, Mrs p. I. VIII
liston OF Somerville. Mass, showed that
the branch had received during the year
Si6.578.ss; the indebtedness OF tho
branch 81 ,475; the appropriations for
the year were $4,000. $500 in the treas
ury az the present time. Among the
amounts named that had been paid in
from the New England conferences, the
amount received from Vermont was over
$1,000. The total amount received from
bequests was sS.lal02.
A special feature OF this report was
the announcement OF a bequest of s37,-
700 made by an unknown party, tho
bequest 70 DO used wholly for the eree-
tion Of school buildings in the foreign
fields, and Miss Holt of Bos-
ton told of the many different schools
that had been crested and enlarged With
this money.
Miss Holt, the corresponding secre-
tary Of the branch, read a report of the
work being done in the foreign schools.
Mrs. Charles Parkhurst of Boston
spoke briefly on the great missionary
work being done in India, and this was
followed BY the reading Of the roll call
of the mi-sionaries by Miss Holt, who
pictures Of the women who are
in the missionary fela as she read their
names and stations. Miss Bertha +.
kneeland, missionary to South Amer
lea, was present and spoke for the need
If greater attention being paid by the
workers to this country,
where she said there was heafhenism Of
,he deepest and darkest kind
The report of the nominating eom-
nittee was then read and accepted, and
he ballots passed to the delegates to
yote on the nomination of the officers.
rhe result of the ballot win be Announce
u at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
adjournment was taken until 2 o'clock
his afternoon.
The afternoon session was opened with
cripture reading and prayer by Mrs.
]. O. Thayer. Addresses were then giv-
II by Mrs. c. H. Stackpole. Waltham,
ii the young Peoples Work.; by Mrs.
!. Fl. StoweTl on "Children's Work; by
lrs. Lucie II. Farrison, Worcester, on
What / Can Do"