St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
VERMONT BRANCH w. b. Nj.
Rev. Paul ID. Moody Addressed An
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About IS delegates attended the
41st annual meeting of the Vermont
Branch of the Woman's Board of
Missions at Brattleboro last week
Tuesday and Wednesday. Among
the visitors were Mrs. M. H. Buck
ham of Burlington, president of the
Vermont Branch, and Mrs. w. j. Van
Patten of the same city, president OF
the w. H. M. U. The afternoon ses-
sion Tuesday began with the singing
of a hymn and the roll call to which
responses were made. This was fol-
lowed by practical suggestions for
missionary work, while the principal
feature of the afternoon was the
|chiIdren's hour from four to five. The
children marched in singing, and
then repeated the 23rd Psalm. Mrs.
John Rowland, a missionary from
Mexico, spoke to them of the chill
dren in her field of work. The
Finding Out Club of Burlington was
awarded the handsome Chinese ban
ner for the largest contributions to
missionary work per capita.
The first speaker of the evening
was Rev. Paul Dwight Moody OF
St. Johnsbury who used for his text,
For Whom Christ Died. He said in
part:
We repeat in unison the Lords
prayer, using the words "our Father"
and forgive u.s. in a general sense,
but the great need of the Christian
life is to lift ourselves up from the
general and have a keener sense of
our individual responsibility. We
do not feel the weight of Christ's
sacrifice in giving his life for US.
The tragedy and pathos of life
is that we who know of the sacrl-
fee do not bring it to the knowledge
of others. That is the missionary ap-
peal. We need to pray for realiza-
ton of the fact that the death OF
Christ was for us individually.
Mr.. Moody very forcefully illus
trated his theme by citing two in
stances of Brattleboro persons for
whom another laid down his life. One
knew nothing of it because others
never told him. The other knew of
it, but it had little effect on his life.
The expectant audience listened for
some word which would reveal the
persons identity. The one who gave
his life for these two, the speaker
said, was Christ. The fact ought to
be as deeply impressive as though
one whom we all knew.
The other speaker OF the evening
was Mrs. S. G. Bartlett of Japan. Her
address was made up of a series of
incidents taken from her work, and
showing the peace which comes
through the acceptance of Christian
'ity AS a closing feature, some young
women gave a missionary exercise,
RpdnmnfiOn Nf the Nations
The Wednesday morning session
was devoted primarily to business.
Mrs. Henry Fairbanks conducted a
memorial service for two workers
who have died After the business
meeting Mrs. Rowland spoke briefly
of the Mexican affairs and did much
to rectify the misconceptions that
have arisen in regard to that coun-
try.
The election of officers of the Yer
mont Branch resulted as follows:
President, Mrs. M. H. Buckham OF
Burlington; honorary president, Mrs.
G. G. Benedict of Burlington, and
Mrs. Henry Fairbanks of st. Johns
bury; first vice presidents, Mrs.
George S. Mills of Bennington; vice
presidents, Mrs. j. S. Wilcox of
Orwell Mrs S. X. Perkins of Man
chester, Mrs. E. S. Truax of st.
Johnsbury, Mrs. A. R. Bicknell OF
Jericho Center, Mrs. @. j. Peterson
of East Berkshire, Mrs. James
Holmes of Johnson, Mrs. James b.
Hale of Newbury, Mrs. S. III. Pearson
of Orleans. Mrs. John w. Ross or
Rutland, Miss Carrie Deav1tt OF
Montpelier, Mrs. Henry E. Bond OF
BrattlebOro, Mrs. Benjamin +. SWIFT
of Woodstock. Miss Mary A. Dart or
Springfield, Union Conference; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Edward Kirk
land of Bellows Falls; home seere-
+orv Hr1rs Matilda Coulding of Will