Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-18

<-1arsdAy mornings session of the 4sth I
annual meeting Of the WumAn's Board of
Missions. held ut the First Church in this
city. found the number of those in at
tendance considerably ncrea ed, there be-
ING about 175 accredited delegates pI csent.
~ft, a total attendance of nearly 4CJ. The
thNne OF the opening session Of the day
was our Golden Milestone" and the ex-
ercises were opened with a devotional
s,rvce, led by Miss Grace Perry of Will
Jamestown, Mast, who spoke on Where
the Highway Ends" Because of the
small number of balots cast in the cleo
ton OF officers the anr ounccment of the
i~J,"t. was postponed until the afternoon
n-~ing and the polls WEI . kept omen dur
ing the noon recess so hat all of the dele
ga;e1 might have an opportunity to vote
HRS Charles II. Daniels of wellesley,
Mass president Of the board, who pre-
s,dcd during tae meeting introduced az
the first speaker Mrs w. L. Adam Of the
Berkshire branch Of the board
MI Adam had as her subject The Gold
en Anniversary Gift" which will be given
In 1917 to celebrate the 5oth anniversary of
the founding of the Woman's Board or
Missions. The plan of the gift is to raise
$250.o00 for land, buildings. and the fur
nishing and equipment of the buildings,
for use in the various foreign mission
fields. The work of raising this sum has
been going on since 1912 and about $4,000
Is now collected for this purpose and every
effort is being made to secure the remain
ing amount before the autumn of 1917.
Vermonts share in the gift is to raise
5000 towards the building of $4,000 dor
mitory for the girls school at lnanda.
xal Cot Iz,,t 1,f,Ie
Of this amount has already been secured.
Mrs. Adam also mentioned some of the
objects for which this golden anniversary
gift will be used. One of these is helping
the girls school at Inanda South Africa,
which was established in 1869 by Mrs. Mary
Edwards, who went to South Africa the
previous year as the first missionary sent
out by the Woman's Board. Mrs. Adam
told Of the great work accomplished by the
school among the Zulus, and urged that
every effort be made to raise the money
needed by the school during the lifetime
Of Mrs Edwards, who Is now So years Of
age
The work which Is being done by DR..
Parker and DR.. Scott in the Magari hospi.
tai in the southern part Of India was also
emphasized by the speaker, who said that
nine-tenths of the women of India are be-
yond the reach Of medical aid The ply
sicians and missionaries in Magar have
to strive against almost insurmountable
difficulties and part Of the gift will be
used to give them the aid which they so
greatly need and SO richly deserve. Mrs.
Adam concluded by telling of the Arme-
mans, who in the face of murder and ex-
lie never lost their faith in Christ and
asking how much Christianity meant to
her listeners. 1t should mean the knowl-
edge of the love of God and hope. and
mean them strongly enough so that all
will wish to send them to other peoples.
Mrs. John F. Thompson of Portland,
Me- next spoke on THE Jubilee Increase
Campaign"-19l5-l9 The speaker char
acterized this as a seeking after the spir-
itual and not the material things, for the
objects of the campaign are to secure dur
ing the next two years 50 new mission
aries, 500 new organizations go new con
tributlng societies and $500 new members
Mrs. Thompson spoke first Of the need fol
missionaries which Is being expressed by
the missions of the board, who are askint
for helpers to fill the vacant places ant
vninforce the overtaxe6 workers Teach
ers. doctors nurses evangelistic and indus
trial workers are all being called 70
and there should be no unorganize'
churches ir any branch. The need 70
the $50 new contributing societies wa
also dwell upon and Mrs. Thompson toll
of many good methods winch could b
used to secure them. on the subject n
. the 25.O00 new members. Mrs. Thompso
fcl. very strongly that such number wo
entirely Inadequate ia there We're 2Go0t
~, not enrn1lc
In the 200 churches IT. the 10 States ess
OF Ohio and she thought that this nun
her Of new members could easily be So
cured in one day If everyone would worl
When Mrs. Thompson, at the close OF he
inspiring address, asked for volunteers
help he. in the starting OF the jubilee ir
crease campaign. everyone in the churc
pledged her their support and the er
deavor ha6 a mos! AuopicioTs launching
An interesting infurms discussion
the mornings topics followed the la
address. and remarks were made by
delegate from every branch present 1uC
enthusiasm. was manifested and mas
helpful suggertions ruAde rs to the h
MOODS OF attaining the objects wh,'
wss- the subierts Of ia asssohes ri
juOtse incresee hyan. "0Aviour, WI
Thy LILO Ds.ix, Give wss then sun
aGeer whiAi the Rsv. Joseph ro,rsy
Darlington p,on1urn~d thu s,naihg pr'y
aud Dsnediction. ard ths nsetinv to-
the usual moan hour adjsurnuasnt.
AFTHHHOOn sES1r,M
The af.Srnoon se>4tva WAS opensd ",
the smgiNe of the hymn If Throa,
UoruffIed Seas" followed b, prayer.
alieynry, snt::IAd Pilgrims On the EI!A
way." crow: a moot intareArng numt
on 0e psuzyam. Mrs. W!brsm Has'
a ME siousry FROM Nonbay t0sA tho D
o; tus sps-tt On the Kings high ~
Every UnmissiosAry Woman Was epacl
hs tDss smiley u wlnahnSser Ms1
vrns Hve,v Missionary Woman was
a1t.d ~ Miss Welchsr OF Hartford. CO.
AMONG ~ travellers on tns NnS>s hi
cay sh> osope from China Japch. Ina
Anita and Turtev ware represented q
tns4r ,aike with the spirit on tho bi'
WIT fnally won pvery Urmissi',n
Woman to their walks to assist In
building ans lengthening of tAe HI
way.
The toIIers r6>artsd OF the actern'
sasSson ana tho sfYca,s a. nAuod in y
ter1ars Fees Press vsss de ,la,~5 nvn'
IN interesting announcement made
that In ths coiecd~o of Wedn~A bay an
noyr. whAl SI9 was Rshed frr 10 s
n,rt a nurse at one of the fsVejgr n