N.Y.—­Woman’s Home Miss.  Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.C.  Creegan,
Syracuse, N.Y.

ALA.—­Woman’s Missionary Association, Secretary, Mrs. G.W.  Andrews,
Talladega, Ala.

OHIO.—­Woman’s Home Miss.  Union, Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal,
Oberlin, Ohio.

ILL.—­Woman’s Home Miss.  Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.H.  Taintor, 151
Washington St., Chicago, Ill.

MICH.—­Woman’s Home Miss.  Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren,
Lansing, Mich.

WIS.—­Woman’s Home Miss.  Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead,
Wis.

MINN.—­Woman’s Home Miss.  Society, Secretary, Mrs. H.L.  Chase, 2,750
Second Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.

IOWA.—­Woman’s Home Miss.  Union, Secretary, Miss Ella E. Marsh, Grinnell, Iowa.

KANSAS.—­Woman’s Home Miss.  Society, Secretary, Mrs. Addison Blanchard, Topeka, Kan.

SOUTH DAKOTA.—­Woman’s Home Miss.  Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.E.  Young, Sioux Falls, Dak.

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The Woman’s Missionary Association of Alabama held its annual meeting in connection with the State Association, April 2d, at Selma.  The meeting was well attended, and encouraging reports were had from many of the auxiliaries.  The advantage of the local missionary societies to the church and Sunday-school work was emphasized, and a desire for more thorough local work was very apparent in the meeting.  Many subjects of interest were discussed.  Among them the following:  Industrial Training in our Schools; Industrial Training in our Homes; Should there be a Woman’s Missionary Society in every church?  If so, the reason why every sister in the church should be a member; What shall we do to make our Local Societies more active?

Greetings of the Second Woman’s Temperance Union of Alabama, were presented at this meeting.  This Union is composed of colored women of various views, together with Northern missionaries and teachers.  There is no doubt that their work for purity and sobriety is most efficient, yet this Union can have no dealings with the other Union, though color hinders neither of the vices which the Unions oppose.

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The Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Michigan leads with “Lesson Leaves” for its auxiliaries on the work of the different National Societies.  We give the programme for the A.M.A. for the benefit of any who may wish to follow this example.

Hymn.—­“Work, for the night is coming.”

Bible Reading.—­I Chronicles 29:  1-18. {170}

Special Subject for Prayer.—­That obstacles in the way of the speedy coming of Christ be removed.

First Topic.—­When, Where and How did this Society originate? (See “History of American Missionary Association,” also “A Catechism.”)

Second Topic.—­What are some of the results and a general summary of the work done in forty-six years? (See same papers, and also “Pamphlet No. 10—­Forty Years of Missionary Work, Past and Present.”)