Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13


 terest in our Fathers work; making us forget lesser engagements to finger where we may learn of His will and be- come strong to go forth to do 1t. We need to have the spirit burn it into our hearts that we are not saved for our selves alone, and that if we forget and neglect a brothers soul in his heather darkness his blood will cry out against us; yea, the blood of our elder brother will be witness against us before God.
 The work committed to our hands in 1878 has proved thrice blessed. Many heather mothers heart has been made glad and her household blessed with her. Girls have been taught, and in turn have become helpers in the schools; bur denS of missionaries have been shared and so much lessened; glorious have been the tidings from the happy. faith ful bands we have been able to send out. Our hospital has been a boon to thousands who else would have known no cure for disease or ever have heard of the Divine Healer. The harvest reaped in the home field has been as cheering and gracious.
 The trust reposed in us and the assur- ance that we are helping to carry on the highest work of our church cheers us in our patient efforts to make up in Steadiness what we lack in large re- sources.
 The divine plans cannot fail and never
 
 to men-frail, erring men-there are con ditions and contingencies to which He seems to submit and which limit the full hllment of His purposes. Perhaps, if the church had never lost it's first power, the world would have been discipled long ere this Even now we are told that it might be evangelical in this cen tury if the present generation of Chris tianS were alive to the undertaking. The point is, men can hasten, or can hin- der, the coming of the kingdom, and this in many ways.
 While we rejoice in our privilege as co-workers with God we will remember our responsibility lest we hinder the grace of God in it's outflow to all nations and tongues and peoples
 Then followed the report of the for eign secretary, Mrs. D. H. McGavoek. In her absence Mrs. Bishop A. w. Wilson read the report This report was printed in yesterdays proceedings.
 The treasurers report, read by Mrs, H. N. McTyeire, showed a balance on hand for appropriation of $22,3603 g, whereas last year there had been on hand at the same time as much as $50- 900. The amount received for the fiscal year 1S94-5 was $63, ,95l.9S; the amount paid out $96.9229S. The bequests re- ceived this year were 5000 from Mrs. Caroline D. Sewell of Baltimore Md. and $50 from Mrs. Mary E. Levi of Louis vile, Ky.
 The total receipts since the organiza- tion in 1878 are $963 cos. 46 the receipts for the present year being less than In any of eight just preceding.
 After the reading of these reports the president stated that she had some 1iv- ing epistles to be shown and read and she accordingly introduced Dr. Morrison of the parent board, Miss IIaygood of China, Miss Bruce of Brazil, MT. and Mrs. B. w. Waters of Japan and the ministers present. Each one as intro duced made short talk.
 Mrs. Waters went out from Mississippi to China under the woman's board, but was captured a year or two aftcrward by MT. Waters of the parent boards mission in Japan. This gave occasion for some pleasantly. is
 The meeting closed with announce ments, the doxology and the benedictinu.