The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-20

Lamoille county, the largest gain in
membership for the year; Windham
county, the largest gain III Bible study;
North Windsor county leads the state
III home department membership; South
Windsor county has the best per cent
of Bible study; Washington county has
made gains on six important points,
based on the Standard Of Efficiency,
and wins the state banner for the com
ing year.
At the close OF her report Mrs.
Wright presented in a graphic way the
classes of persons to whom the home de
ipartment ministers-the nurse, phvsi-
elan, mother in the home, maid in the
home, farm hand, grandfather, and va
rious others who cannot attend services.
| 1t was a surprise feature and was much
enjoyed.
Mrs. Wright, with this convention,
completes 10 years OF service. In recog-
milton of that fact and Of her work
Rev. f. NJ. Fuller of Richford, who was
state secretary when her services were
engaged, presented her a bouquet of 10
beautiful red roses.
General Secretary Boyd made his
! report and presented the county hon
ors. He said:
= would that it were possible for
me to present to You iii some sort of
! gloritied motion picture the vision of
the progress of religious education, as
shown i'll the onward march of the Sun
day school hosts Of Nermont-to give
you i'll reality a statewide vision, to
help You see, especially you who come
from the smaller schools, where the few
ness of the faithful few is sometimes
so discouraging that there really is a
Sunday school host in the Green
| Mountain state.
Figures and facts must suffice, and
your imaginations must fill the details
OF this outline picture of state wide
progress.
lone year ago, at Riehford, had
the joy Of reporting that the challenge
which had been presented to Sunday
school forces of the state the previous
year at the Barre convention had been
taken up enthusiastically and that the
suggested goal Of 10 per cent increase
! i'll membership IN the Sunday schools Of
the state had been nearly reached, the
enrolment having increased from 4S,-
rs to d, 7l3, a gain of more than ; 800
Not only was this splendid gain in
membership reported last year at Rich
ford. but large gains in other respects
of the Sunday school work, especially
III the enrolment Of students in teacher
training courses, from l22 students in
1914 to 80 in 1915.
Mr.. Boyd reported the number of
schools in the state to be 597, with
additions to the church from the Sun
day school of ga, or IS per cent gain
The number Of Sunday schools having
graded instruction IS 245.
These figures are ON indication of a
real vision Of the possibilities of the
Sunday school, a really vigorous attempt
to accomplish a great work for the
Master through the school and a real
victory for Christ and His church.
The report of our energetic field
secretary and home department super
intendent has shown that she is so
thoroughly interested in the progress of
the Sunday school work of our state
as to give herself without stint to the
advancement of the work in every pos
slble way. And your general secretary
wishes to place on record in this way
his sincere appreciation of the privilege
of association with so untiring work
or, SO thoroughly interested and con
scicntious a fellow laborer The his
tory of her 10 years of faithful service
III the state will probably never be writ
ten III its entirety, except in the Book
of Remembrance above, but it is a
record which should be highly appre-
ciated by all Vermont Sunday school
folks.
Possibly a glimpse on the activi-
ties of your general secretary may not
be amiss III this report. Since our last
convention your secretary has Travelled
1851 miles, 14,201 in the state and
2,3I0 in other states in connection with
Sunday school service in Maine, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connec-
tlcut. In the course of the wear | have
visited III towns and cities: spent 81
Sundays in the churches of the state.
and five outside the state; visited 81
Sunday schools in their sessions; at
tended and spoken at each of Is coun-
ty conventions; assisted in district in
stitute tours in eight of the - counties:
taught community training classes once
a month or oftener in Burlington, Ben
nington, Montpelier, Morrisville, New
bury, Bradford, White River Junction,
Woodstock, Chester and st. Johnsburv.
The total number of addresses, sermons.
lectures and conferences is 400. In
addition to the above work in the field,
your secretary has written 1,051 letters
and cards.
With reference to the state office.
the work of our efficient office secretary
should receive recognition. Mrs. Boyd
has written 739 letters, sent out 347
packages and nearly 5000 circulars.
'EOne of the most significant and far
reaching advances of this past year is
the erection of definite goal for the