The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-08-05
Erlhfed, Mass.
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Flrii tor Zach a pn.'
anh on the s''il,l
sallrs down io bread
Is lhr everlasting hills,
"a wonderfully beauii'
r,a iAs ftopfieiof, An,
90 hl, Niie canirihnled
lmr and ErrNioe, The
I'D ia|,unies, supplement,
tlt ground, afforded
.rf imdl.l people, some ~
sfHn std ~ aai1s ,i"lh
NHlWI1un fl1lsirla' Nc"
I.T sa.ri playing, there
ny shHihlafH a strange,
"a hnndr,d women,
AL rs fHo. Niih bowed heads
Iei despair, what
,sr'. costumes lhrfs ss"ie
~ ftr - laund t-ri, clad ~
p , and hlun.rs, black.
L -. asiaas aud little wives
lt IH.t, iuain burma and
t,.tY, amtn, Turkish, helcan
ll.sil.ns avaiily on VI, 4 no
provisional Of all ma
.sf.. ihe million who i've
p a. h@4if,sn-.s 81 heather
"a ~ Ia the audience WAS IN
.' ,',..t tribute Of silence grew
!" w., intense. and Tears titled
Tig weight ot the worlds
y ~ 80. moot heavily upon
I'll childhood IN nonChris-
-. .,.mel messing down ON that
standing sadly there ~ ,hei,
..ams.. facing their privileges
lr' H. nsiiem on the hotel p,lak,,
~, scene was iittingly called
~ ,bE Night. just a the sup
n .r'ti5n Wls becoming toe. great,
-. .mnd 81 bugle broke the
Suddenly he music OF fabe,
Z. U,rf hlrk. my soul. angelic
.ulhus. filed the air and a
s. At angel. passed before the
T6, contrast between the pre-
4. rs1p ana these maldens robed ~
a wy their white wings soiuy
y, Ia nv irryze. their faces radiant
f,i.i,@l three in advance blowing
4, ,wmret. and the rest bearing
I. M llie. was the height OF dra'
!. att -, ,.,
~ ol.,,,r with bated breath.
4, fhmay Wa. reached when the. Phi
!. al I'M Night timjdly drew near,
"a tbe,r heads 10 listen to the music,
, followed these Messengers OF Peace
Il ,i.hi.
I, novelty. beauty and impressiveness
NJ scene carried the audience by
n For lew minutes there was a
,ei hny Of questions and exclama.
= Who ever conceived this idea!
itr in the world did they get such
trne." why. some OF those girls
\ neal live foreigners. not Just Ameri-
. dressed NJ" said one penitent critic.
AL I'll never sneer at foreign missions
ID another calculated. 1T was bet
than hundred sermons.
he second scene took the observer.
to 1879 and the elegant parlor oil
|, William Ropes of Brookline. She IS
citing friends to tea-real Chippen'
I a. 10 ancestry-and when they
ear CARRIED in the fashion OF the
I'd again the surprise and delight OF
spectators found expression. 1t is a
ORC TACT that the beginning OF mis-
& in Japan can be traced to that par,
meeting. when Mrs. Ropes showed
guests pretty bamboo basket which
husband. a sea captain. had brought
lie from that then unknown land. The
= is told in detail in Western Women
Eastern Lands, the new book written
Helen Barrett Montgomery whose,
liant lectures at the summer school
{ It's most popular feature. On that
loIial afternoon. - years before FER
feet sailed into the harbor at 1eddo,
e women actually laid aside, money
Ne tile nucleus of fund to Christian,
the japanese as soon as access couia
nined to them. They waited in iaitth
iear, and then over $4,000 was ready
he imtage of Mrs. Ropes tea party
Ibis scene closed by the ladies drawing
silver coins, with mittened fingers
! embroidered work bags, and deposit
the money in the precious basket;
which they sang an old-fashloheo
enc three shifted to a village store
ndia and the work of native Bible
ian was vizlaized. She is accom-
ed by a group of Christian school
and a missionary and they begin to
Heather women in scanty draper,
Of every conceivable color, bearing
n jars on their shoulders, steal "
y, full Of fear, yet burning win
,sity to see the strange newcomer
gospel story is told with many inter,
ions Of ignorant questions; then al
on to the next village. The gracelu
Of those darksliinned Hindus, ano
CLINT of Oriental colors against the
n grass and trees were picturesque
he last degree.
.xt came glimpse of medical ms
) in China. Miss II. l.. Osborne, O
how, assisted by a trained nurse, mao
ospital tent and open-air dispensary
which hocked such wrecks OF human
Is only the East can produce. Women
gangrened feet who came to haVe
unbound by the Jesus doctor;
beggars tied together with a rope te
ader who can see; those who can
mggiug cripples; old crones wap
in every Joint from the use o.
mon and on they come, winding
the slope with the stolid patlenc:t
acteristc Of the race. The pathos i
we'd by the tenderness shown IN the
stry Of the native Bible woman te
awaiting their turn in the dlspen
Humor. too, played its part IN tht
ologue which Miss Osborne carried
,conyulsine with laughter those wn'
hear her, yet nothing was carl LEA.
The patient who swallowed tht
e contents of bottle of medicine
ope Of speedy cure, the one whe
ed headache in her abdomen, tnt
who walked 20 miles suffering iron
nible disease and then had to pt
ed away for lack of room in tn'
ltaI, each has its counterpart II
city Of heathendom. This absolute
ty to truth was what gripped th'
snce with irresistible power. AS IN.
waned the conviction deepened INA
r,a, s,,,,s4 l.; -, .,,,,o +bap n Sppctaclt