The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-09
w. y. E. NJ. ANNUAL
Eighty-Fifth Meeting of the Society
of the Baptist Church.

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The eighty-ffth annual meeting Of
the Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary society was held on the sec
ond Wednesday evening in October in
the Sunday school room of the First
Baptist church.
The society was organized at the
time of the church organization in
March, 1927, and this was the first
church in the village Mrs. Edward
Norton was for many years president
of this circle and Mrs. Daniel Nc
Eowen, treasurer. Around this meet
ing, centered much of interest, Tor
the president, for eleven years. Mrs.
Anna Sherwood Hawks, formally re-
signed and her resignation took eff
feet at this time.
Mrs. Hawks has given to this work
her devoted service for all these
years and she leaves it as an active
officer, but not because of lost inter-
est, that remains undated She is
noted for her poetry and especially
her hymns Il Need Thee Every
Hour has been sung the world over
and has been translated into ten
different languages. This is but a
small tribute TO the real worth of
one of whom 1t could truthfully be
said, MANY women have done excel
lently, but thou excelleth them all"
We Withhold our words of appreciation
from very worthy people until it is 100
late and our fragrant flowers could
better be given while they are living.
The following officers were elected
for the missionary year: Mrs. A. s.
Davis, president; Mrs. j. 7. Carpen-
ter, vice-presdent; Mrs Harry Moses
second vice-president; Miss T. NJ.
Hutchinson and Mrs Robert knight
were reelected as secretary and
treasurer
The secretary gave a brief resume of
the work. During the entire time the
meetings have been held ten in mum.
Der, representing the home and ior-
eign work The meetings are always
opened with devotional exercises.
The business from time to time is
conducted by an advisory committee
consisting OF the officers and some of
the members and faithfulness has
been an attribute of this committee.
There is also a social and financial
committee.
We have travelled much in the Or.
lent in our studies, Japan, India,
China and Africa. The islands of
the Pacific and the best way of
teaching these heather people. We
have taken ten studies in :he foreign
work. The home department has al
so an important place. Heroes of
the Cross in America" by Howard
Groose, Challenge of the City" by
Josiah Strong. ALIENS or Ameri-
cans, The North American Indian"
ana several others have been
studied. We have had representa-.
tives TO speak at our annual meet.
ings, who have been missionaries in
all OF these foreign countries. We
would especially mention Miss New
comb, who has spoken here twice and
whose station was in crowded India.
When she first went there. her fel.
low worker and herself lived for
months In a dry goods box that they
hau Drought from America, beside a
ten, the box being safer at night
hi''SN w ny lneSe COnSecrated WO
men, IT was the only place they could
call home at first.
We recall the sarcasms some have
made in regard to the extravagance
OF their living, their homes of LUXURY
large salaries paid, six hundred do,
! lars to women Think of n w,
have had Miss Stafford from IN,
rooms in Boston, Mrs. REYNOLDS. rep
resenting the Home work from IN,
same place, now in charge of IN,
teachers training school for mission
aries in Chicago. Miss Clara A. Con
verse, whose salary is paid by IN,
women of the SALISBURY Association
Miss Ada Brigham. who was repre-
sentative OF the woman's society a
the Worlds Congress assembled n
Edinborough. What Helen Barrett
Montgomery is to New York an,
Lucy Waterbury Peabody is TO Massa
chusetts, Miss Brigham is to Yer
mont giving her consecrated, deyot
ed service to this state without com
pensation, excepting the reward o
the well done" OF the Master.
Mrs. Gurley and her daughter hav,