“The next to go hence was little Isaiah, or Iser, as the children called him.  He began school last year, and was so quick and bright that he was always first in his class.  He never forgot anything that he was once told.  Bible stories were his especial delight.  Often he would beg to be allowed to have a Bible in his hands that he might read it for himself.  He often asked to be permitted to read the last chapter of Revelation.  One of the pictures on an old chart represented a lamb with feet bound lying on the ground, beside the altar of the temple, Jesus standing near with upraised hand, talking to the people.  How radiant was little Iser’s black face as he would tell the story in his own words, ending thus:  ’He told them they need not kill the lambs any more, for He was come to die for the sins of the people.’

“His grandmother sits alone in her lowly cabin.  She had hoped for a prop and stay in her advancing years.  The little boy was always active, kind and helpful.  Her tears fall as she speaks of her loss, yet with an upward glance she says:  ‘He’s gone to a better worl’.  There’s nary night, nor sin, nor sickness.  Pie use to read to me all about it, an’ I’se gwine to see him fo’ long, an’ my three children thet’s thar!  Bress the Lawd!’”

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WOMAN’S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

MAINE.

WOMAN’S AID TO A.M.A. 
Chairman of Committee—­Mrs. C.A.  Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.

VERMONT.

WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. 
President—­Mrs. A.B.  Swift, 167 King St., Burlington. 
Secretary—­Mrs. E.C.  Osgood, 14 First Ave., Montpelier. 
Treasurer—­Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.

MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.

[1]WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.  President—­Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cambridge, Mass.  Secretary—­Miss Nathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston.  Treasurer—­Miss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congregational House, Boston.

[Footnote 1:  For the purpose of exact Information, we note that while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass. and R.I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.]

CONNECTICUT.

WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. 
President—­Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. 
Secretary—­Mrs. S.M.  Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. 
Treasurer—­Mrs. W.W.  Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford.

NEW YORK.

WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. 
President—­Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. 
Secretary—­Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse. 
Treasurer—­Mrs. L.H.  Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City.