Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-10-15

aries from different fields. each in III,
costume Of the particular countr.
whore her work had been. OF three
missionaries recently returned. Mi.
Emily Chalmers was from India
! Mis- Glover from China where sh,
had been for y years; Miss Gilma'
from % years work in China. Mis-.
Gilmore Who is soon going TO Mexi
co, Miss Manchester and Miss Herm
istone who arc to go to India wcr;
introduced 10 the children.
The last pat of the 'Rally' con.
sisted OF representations of Sun,i::!
school scenes among the children il
the different missions, children from
the ST. Johnsbury church b"inr c,,ilec
to take the part of those in the for.
eign countries.
After the Workers conference in
charge Of Miss Butler the meeting
adjoU ned until evening.
The ladies of the Methodist c,,ioci,
served supper to the guests at six
o'clock.
The church was we'll Gllcd il the
evening when Miss Alice War,len
organist Of the church gave an or
gan recital and Miss Edwina NJ.
Blodgctt sang Il solo. The address ii
the evening was given by Mrs. Lois
S. Parker Of India, and all who head
her must have felt the inspira i
which comes from such Il life OF sl.'-
vice. The meeting closed will! the
ocnediction.
Wednesday morning the conven-
ton opened with communion SER
vice III charge of District Supt. f..
W. Sharp and the pastors. This was
followed by the roll call Of the con-
fero ice. Eight conferences were rep
resented by over 100 delegates. Mrs
Lois Parker and Miss Emily Harvey,
who are present, were two of the
charter members when the organi2a-
ton was started so years ago in Bos-
ton.
The following officers were elect
ed after the report of the nominating
committee: President, Mrs Sarah c.
Legg of Worcester; vice president,
Mrs. Charles Parkhurst; secretary,
Miss S. A. Rich of Newton, Mass;
treasurer, Mrs. Edith G. Dotchest n,
of West Newton, Mass; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Florence L. Mich
OILS Of Lynn, Mass; Home base sec
rotary, Miss Clementina Butler, West
Darlington, II. |.
Miss Clementina Butler gave a
most Interesting and instructive out
line Of the work of the past 50 >'ep,s.
She said March 10, 1870 was the date
Of the birthday of the New ENGLAND
Branch Of Foreign Missions il the
.actholiit Episcopal society. That
after this there would be moro need
of Foreign Missionary worl; than
ever before. During these ye;ll'. 1913
had gone out. o. these
New England had 70. There arc now
in active service % and of these New
England has 5 per cent. Waterbury,
VT, was the best auxiliary in tie
New England Branch. l.: The first
year little over $1,000 was raised !
In 1919 the amount wa sabout $780,
00O
A bequcst of $4,000 to the N. f. |
Branch of the f. NJ. Society Of the
N. E. church, which should be in |
hand at this time, had been held Up |
to stI'aighten out a slight legal Greer
in the will of the donor and it was |
expected the society would lccclrc
the bcpuest later.
A white flag with % blue stars was
lAfurled which represented the oct /
We workers in the field Following
this report three of the new mission
aries who are soon to go into the
field were presented and
each gave Il brief history of thcii
for their work and what
led to their decision to take I'D the
work. Miss Ruth C. Manchester Of
Winsted, Conn, and Miss Margaret
|. w. Hermistone of Cambria :,
Mass, who will go to India; and Miss
Ernestinc B. Gilmore of Attleboro,
Mass, who will go to Mexico.
After adjournment dinner was
served by Mrs. H. A. Lougee and
Mrs. +. c. Foam, committee, and an
lblc corps of assistants from the
aides Of the church.
Miss Nichols in giving an address
IN "a Half Century in India spoke
If the "soul'' of India being in great
iced. She likcned the country's soul
o a deformed child. She told in a
rery interesting way of the work
hat had been accomplished in the ,
asst half century. She referred to
Miss Isabelle Thornburn as the first
missionary to India who was
ent there specially to get in touch
With the women of that country. :
Owing to their native customs the
men missionaries were unable to talk
With the women. She said the present q
Equipment of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society in the SC ools, =,
hospitals and churches. =,
vas fine. The work was first started >
" the Methodists in the north ard !
orthwest parts of the country and 1
ater they worked to the south
trough the Central provinces. It Q
'a5 around the center that Miss g
larvey's wonderful work was accom-
lished. There are no Methodist mis-
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