Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
hvxE AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Annual Meeting Of Vermont
Branch Of Woman's Board.
Speaker Declares That Conditions Must
lie Made More Attractive to Keep
Young Men and Women
At Home.

The 10th annual meeting Of the Vermont !
branch of the Woman's Board Of Missions
opened Tuesday in tn College Street |
Church with large attendance Of dele |
gates and townspeople. The president.
Mrs. M. II. Buckham occupied the chair
Devotional exercises opened the dele
gates meeting at 2:3O o'clock in the after
noon. THE Resources OF the Vermont
Branch was the general theme. Its
Inheritance" was discussed by Mrs Henry
Fairbanks. whose long association with
the society lends authority to her re-
MARKS Its opportunities on the field
was treated by Miss Katherine Worcester
or this city, and the opportunities at home
were presented in their various phases
by Miss Matilda Goulding of Wilmington,
who discussed Literature" Mrs Edward
Kirkland of Bellows Falls. upon
auxiliary Meetings. and Mrs Leila
Downing Of Bellows Falls. who spoke
upon STUDY Classes"
The young peoples hour at $3.50 was
conducted by Miss Florence NJ. Hemen-
way of Brattleboro. Junior work. its
place and aims, and the fruits of past
experience were taken up. The children's
| hour opened at 4:30 with n professional
The banner awarded annually for the
children's organization showing the mos.
notable efforts In missionary work was
presented to the Busy Bees" in the
Congregational Church OF Wilmington,
and Miss Alice S. Browne d missionary
fresh from work among the Chinese, told
the little tots OF the people and customs
in China. illustrating her talk with gar
ments and other objects from that coun-
II try
There was still larger attendance at
the evening session, the Womans Home
Missionary Union having charge Jointly
with the Vermont branch. An organ
recital by Harry Corey preceded the
Exercises Prayer was offered by the
Rev. I. c. Smart, pastor of the church.
and musical feature of the evening was
the anthem by the church choir. 1.-The
Worlds Great Need. and How 1t Is Being
Met. was the topic of Miss Kate G..
Lamson foreign secretary of the Wom-
ans Board of Missions of Boston, who
reviewed in n general way the progress
of foreign missionary work, and whose
address was fitting complement to the
discussion of AN Efficient Program for
Home Missions" by the Rev John A.
Scheurle of Manchester.
NO one" said he. "can have high
ideals of moral vision in dingy and sordid
surroundings. Conditions in our State,
a community largely rural with no large
cities. must be made more inspiring and
Ielevating We must offer inducements to
our young men and young women II they
are to be prevented from going to the
cities and the resulting risk of evil. Home
surroundings must be made moro inviting
for them.
1T Is important that every community
should have a program for health The
home worker should aim to inspire every
youth with ideals of beauty, for beauty
In homes and their surroundings has
an important influence for upift And
we need religion that will tell the
housewife that her work Of mending,
scrubbing and rearing children is
sacred.
I'm Vermont there is growing ten
dency toward lawlessness. Crime has In
| creased 100 per cent. in few years.
Where formerly there was but one d.
vorce for ~ marriages. now there is one
divorce in every eight.
Corrupt men are organized carefully
and skifuly. They bring pressure to
bear the officers of the law But
decent men are not so organized and
they seldom bring strong pressure to
bear. With more complete organiza-
| in large part remedied."