The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-09
Jubilee Meeting
Is Huge Success
Continued from page one)

lie churcn was well hlleG III tue
evening when Miss Alice Wagden,
organist of the church gave an or
gan recital and Miss Edwina M.
Blodgett sang a solo. The address II
the evening was given by Mrs. Lois
). Parker of India, and all who heard
her must have felt the inspira.' 4
which comes from such a life of ser
vice. The meeting closed with the
benediction.
Wednesday morning the conven-
ton opened with communion SER
vice in charge of District Supt. E.
w. Sharp and the pastors. This was
followed by the roll call of the con-
ference. 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 organiza-
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. Dorchester,
of West Newton, Mass; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Florence l.. Mich
OILS of Lynn, Mass; Home base sec
rotary, Miss Clementina Butler, West
Darlington, r. |.
Miss Clementina Butler gave a
most Interesting and instructive out
line of the work of the past so Years.
She said March 10, 1870 was the date
of the birthday of the New England
Branch of Foreign Missions in the
-1ethodist Episcopal society. That
after this there would be more need
of Foreign Missionary work than
ever before. During these year,, 3s3
missionaries had gone@out Of these
New England had 70. There arc now
in active service % and of these New
England has per cent. Waterbury,
VT, was the best auxiliary in the
New England Branch. In the first
year a little over $4,000 was raised
In 1919 the amount wa sabout SSN,-
600.
A bequest of $4,000 to the N. r.
Branch of the +. M. Society of the
M. E. church, which should be in
| hand at this time, had been held up
to straighten out slight legal crrcr
in the will of the donor and it was
expected the society would receive
the bequest later.
A white flag with % blue stars was
unfurled which represented the act
i've workers in the field. Following
this report three of the new mission
aries who are soon to go into the
missionary field were presented and
each gave brief history of the'l
preparation for their work and what
led to their decision to take up the
work. Miss Ruth C. Manchester of
Wiasted, Conn.,, and Miss Margaret
|. W. Hermistone of Cambria :,
Mass, who will go to India; and Miss
Ernestine B. Gilmore of Attleboro,
Mass, who will go to Mexico.
After adjournment dinner was
served by Mrs. H. A. Lougee and
Mrs. F. c. Foam, committee, and an
able corps of assistants from the
ladies of the church.
Miss Nichols in giving an address
on ga Half Century in India" spoke
of the "soul' of India being in great
need. She likened the country's soul
to deformed child. She told in a
very interesting way of the work
that had been accomplished in the
last half century. She referred to
Miss Isabelle Thornburn as the first
woman missionary to India who was
sent 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
equipment of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society in the SC ool>,
dormitories, hospitals and churches.
was fine. The work was first started
by the Methodists in the north a1d
northwest parts of the country and
later they worked to the south
through the Central provinces. II
was around the center that Miss
Harvey's wonderful work was accom-
plished. There are no Methodist mis-
sionaries in the south of India ex-
cept students and Bible workers who
have been trained in the North.
Miss Emma l.. Knowles of tho
| Queens Hill school of India gave
"reminiscences of the missionary work
and the Christian school growth in
India. She was located at a mission
in the Himilya mountains. In her
school of Is pupils there were these
nationalities: Jewish, nglo-Indisns
Scotch, English, native Indians and
Americans.
Mrs. A. G. Barber reported on
the work of the Jubilee. In the last
five years over 10000 members had
been added to the lists and i was ex-
pected that many more would be
added before October 31st when the
campaign closes. She described tn s.
as a motto of service: "Do not let
good things deprive you of the best
thin~s." She gave a fine tribute to