THE young ladies of this land have been invited by the American Home Missionary Society to raise $10,000 this year for work among the Scandinavians. Who will open the "YOUNG LADIES' SWEDISH FUND?" Young gentlemen, will, we doubt not, be permitted to "lênd a hand" at filling this special purse. AT the close of the woman's meeting, a lady came to the secretary of the Woman's Department, and placing within her hand a plain gold ring said, "I want to give you this ring to sell for the blessed cause. I want you to get a good large sum for it. You will not mind my name being engraved upon it-will you?" The heart of the secretary sank within her as the array of finger-rings, ear-rings, breast-pins, pencil-cases, necklaces, eye-glasses, etc., in her office at the New York Bible House came to mind. Could she wound this dear, waiting disciple, whose heart had been stirred to help the cause in this way? Had she the courage to refuse the ring? Looking into the honest, patient face, she resolved to-confess! She admitted the sad fact that after two years of effort, she had thus far failed to sell even one ornament of this golden collection committed to her care by expectant donors. The blank disappointment which met this declaration led to a suggestion. "I will take your gift, if you desire it;—but why not sell it yourself to some one who knows you, and who might pay you liberally if your wish to help the cause were known?" She saw the point at once, took back the ring, and will, we believe, be blessed in her effort to add a gift in MONEY to the Lord's treasury. IT ADDED not a little to our zeal and courage to receive the good news that our ranks are strengthened by two new State organizations: INDIANA and SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. INDIANA.-President, Mrs. C. H. Rogers, Michigan City; Vice Presidents, Mrs. C. S. Warburton, Indianapolis, and Mrs. C. J. Bigelow, Elkhart; Executive Committee, Mrs. Jennie Whitehead, Indianapolis, and Mrs. G. B. Safford, Elkhart; Secretary, Mrs. W. E. Mossman, Fort Wayne; Treasurer, Mrs. L. F. Perdue, Terre Haute. Mrs. A. K. Wray, Kokomo, was appointed delegate to the Saratoga Convention. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.-Rev. Dr. Warren, of San Francisco, says that this Woman's Union starts off well. The society is bound to have money, for Mrs. E. Cash, Los Angeles, is President. It is bent on success, for Mrs. H. K. W. Bent, Pasadena, is Secretary. The money will be well kept, as the Treasurer is Mrs. Banks, Los Angeles. Further particulars concerning this Union will be given in a later number. AN all-day meeting of the officers and delegates of the Woman's State Organizations, arranged and conducted by Mrs. C. H. Taintor, of Chicago, was held on Tuesday. The programme was packed with good things. The papers read, and the discussions which followed, were of great practical benefit to all. The story of this delightful day will be published, that seekers after helpful suggestions may have the inspiring record. Those who wish to secure this pamphlet may apply to the secretaries of the State Organizations, or to Mrs. H. S. Caswell, 34 Bible House, New York City. FROM A SPRINGFIELD, (MASS.), WOMAN: As I could not attend the Annual meeting of the Home Missionary Society at Saratoga, I will put the amount which I should have paid for my expenses into the collection for your Society next Sunday. If it is the wish of any lady who contributed to Mrs. Pickett's work, at the Saratoga Meeting, that the contribution be placed to the credit of the Woman's Home Missionary Organization of her State, let her so notify Mrs. H. S. Caswell, Bible House, New York City. IT is a good suggestion, that hereafter the second Sabbath of June be observed by all Congregational Churches as a NATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY DAY. As we go to press the good news comes that VERMONT has joined the ranks of Organized States for Home Missionary Work. Next month "The Vermont Woman's Home Missionary Union" will appear on our list. Mrs. A. B. Swift, Burlington, President; Mrs. Osgood, Montpelier, Secretary; and Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Treasurer. Intense interest was manifested by the enthusiasm shared alike by those who have spoken and those who have listened, by those who have worked in the field and those who have labored at home, by those who have come fresh and eager from the far West, bringing the inspiration of their service and their sacrifice with them, and by those who have come to light the torches of their zeal at these fires of faith.-The Christian Union. Appointments in May, 1888. Not in commission last year. Bidwell, John B., Arlington, Neb. De Puy, Wellington, Hopkins, Hopkins Station, Falk, P. J., Hastings, Neb. Hughes, Isaac C., Ironton, Ohio. Jones, D. Sebastian, Lucas and Washington, Kerr, Robert, Wakefield, Kan. Harris, Benj., Frostburg, Ocean Mines and Alle- Lewis, Thomas G., Neel, Neh. gany, Md. Henry, Alex. J., Brooklyn, N. Y. Hunt, O. N., Athens, Sherwood and Leonidas, Hurlbut, John E., Salt Lake City, Utah. Re-commissioned. Ashman, Edward H., Denver, Colo. Barber, Leman N., Turlock, Dallis and Hills Bente, Christopher H., East Rockaway, N. Y. Brown, Henry C., Springfield, Mo. Macdonald, John, Hydesville and Rohnerville, McConaughy, Frank, North Yakima, Atahnam McCraken, William, Sharpsburg, Penn. Morse, Milton J., Carbondale and Ridgeway, Nichols, Danforth B., La Grange Township, East Norris, Thos. F., North Lawrence, Barker's Union Osborn, Russell S., Ash Rock, New Harmony and Pearson, Thos. J, Strong City, Kan. Peck, B. D., Madison, N. Y. Philbrook, Chas. E., Sierra Valley, Sierraville, Reuth, Jacob, La Grange, Mo. Rose, William F., Port Gamble and Port Ludlow, Campbell, James, Fall City and out-stations, Cal. Schnacke, Leon C., Clay Center, Kan. Carruthers, William, Richmond Hill, N. Y. Claflin, George P., Dunlap, Kan. Clarke, Almon T., Tavares, Fla. Coffman, Arthur W., Denver, Colo. Crawford, Albert R., Lewis and Wadhams Mills, N. Y. Crawford, Andrew K., West Point and out-stations, Cal. Cressman, Abraham K., Wahoo, Neb. Scoville, Edgar E., Cleveland, Ohio. Shannon, William H., Maple Rapids and East Fulton, Mich. Shaw, George W., Ashton and Athol, So. Dak. Stafford, Burnett T., Jacksonville, Fla. Curham, James A., Mecosta and Mill Brook, Stickney, Edwin H., Harwood, Bethel and CaleMich. Curtis, Ethan, Syracuse, N. Y. Daley, Charles M., Willow Lake and out-stations, Davison, Joseph B., Ashtabula, Ohio. Dinsmore, Edward F., Little Shasta, Central Sis- Edwards, Jonathan, Spokane Falls and Half Fisher, William B., Louisville and Mt. Union, Fisk, Perrin B., Altamonte, Lake Brantley and Foster, Festus, Wichita, Kan. Garver, Leonard J., Olympia, Wash. Ter. donia, No. Dak. 2.00 3.80 Received by Mrs. S. M. 1. 00 Hotchkiss, Treas. Woman's H. M. Union : 100 00 15.00 13 00 2.00 $130 00 100 00 10.00 10 00 15.00 722 02 1 40 10.00 Long Meadow, A Friend. 8. 00 Cong. S. S., by G. H. Bunce.. Blandford, Legacy of Reuben Boise, by Rebecca L. Boise, Ex'x, to const. Elizabeth G. and Rebecca D. Boise, L. Ms. Boston, Woman's H. M. Assoc., by Mrs. Sarah K. Burgess, Treas., for Salary Fund. Mrs. Stevens "Missouri Peet Fund,' Granby, The Widow's Mite. 50 00 Hampton, A Friend. Hartford, Asylum Hill Ch., of which $25 from Eliza T. Smith, for Debt, by C. E. Thompson. Huntington, The Widow's Mite, by Rev. A. J. Park. Madison, First Ch., by B. T. Dudley.. Add'l, by B. T. Dudley. Manchester, North Ch., A Friend, by Rev. C. H. Barber.. Middletown, Bethany Chapel S. S., for Children's Bohemian Fund, by O. H. Wells. Millbrook, by J. M. Grant. 80 00 2 00 10 00 1 00 10.00 Hartford, First Ch., Ladies' M. Soc., by Miss Emma 100 00 $287 68 Ansonia, Mrs. A B. Downs. 2.00 2 25 300 55 1.00 5.00 1 40 Connecticut, A Friend. 50 00 80 00 Canterbury, Rev. E. C. Haynes.. 110 10 5 00 5 00 500 50 00 6.25 12 00 Albany, First, by W. Gould, Jr. Brooklyn, Swedish Evan. Cong. Pil- Ebensburgh, Ladies' H. M. Soc., by Rev. G. HIll. Harford, by Rev. C. C. Creegan. Nanticoke, by Rev. J. G. Evans.. Riceville, Young Ladies' Soc., by Mrs. Westcott Spring Creek and West Spring Creek, by Rev. F. W. Westphal.. MARYLAND-$6.00. Frostburg, by H. B. Richards....... DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—$40.34. Washington, Ladies' H. M. Soc. of the First Ch., by Miss Lizzie Patterson, for Salary Fund, $25; for freight, $2 First Ch., by S. H. Galpin..... WEST VIRGINIA-$485.05, Legacy. Pennsboro, From the estate of Mrs. Lucy H. Kimball, by M. P. Kimball. LOUISIANA-$10.60. 8 00 2.70 5 00 3 00 2 38 6 00 27 00 13 34 485 05 ard. 300 00 65 50 6 50 INDIAN TERRITORY-$18.30. Parishville, by Rev. O. C. Barnes. Patchogue, by F. Hammond. 2.00 22 57 ARIZONA-$35.05. Philadelphia, by Rev. A. S. Wood. Siloam and Fairview, by Rev. E. Rob erts South Hartford, by Rev. W. M. Gay.. 20 00 5.00 600 TENNESSEE—$35.25. Syracuse, Plymouth Ch., by H. C. Hemingway.. 51 63 J. D. Creegan. Walton, First, add'l, by G. W. Fitch. Warsaw, by W. A. Walker.. 1 10 1 00 17 29 Correction: Jamesport, Ch., by Rev. W. Hedges, $6. Received by Rev. J. G. Frazer, Erroneously ac Ohio, in April: knowledged in June. Hudson, by Miss E. E. Met calf. $16.00 NEW JERSEY-$634.60. Closter, Cong. S. S., by Rev. G. W. Plack. East Orange, Trinity Ch., add'l, by R. D. Weeks, in full, to const. Mrs. Sarah R. Halsey, H. R. Halsey, Miss Anna P. Halsey, Miss Carrie S. Mellick, E. Greene, O. H. Bowers, Miss Laura H. Bowers and Miss Sarah R. Adams L. Ms Lenox, by G. Hyde. 3 50 Madison, Central Ch., by L. Montclair, Woman's H. M. Soc. of Plymouth Ch., by S. P. Churchill 54 64 First Ch., by Mrs. J. J. Cooper, South Welsh, by Rev. E. Treas., for Salary Fund. Newfield, by Rev. C. Willey. 10 00 A Friend. 200 00 Orange Valley, by J. Bell. 149 45 Roselle, A Friend, for Woman's Dept. 50 00 Lexington, by G. Miller.. 12.00 Summit, A member of the Central Medina, A Friend... 5 00 Presb. Ch.. 50 00 West Andover, by H. Hol comb PENNSYLVANIA-$31.08. 2 63 Zanesville, by E. H. Farquhar, Jr. 15 18 347 06 |