The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-31

the work the sisters are trying to do for
the cause.
A good, strong Executive Board was
elected, but great deal of regret was
felt and expressed over the declination
OF Mrs. Florence Lee to serve as Secre-
try, but since changes must come, all
felt the appointment of Rev. Alice X.
Wright was one likely to prove for the
benefit of the society. The new officers
are:
President, Rev. Myra r. Libby. Wa tertown.
Vice President, Mrs. G. M. Jones, Brooklyn
Secretary, Rev. Alice K Wright, Brooklyn.
Treasurer, Mrs. Louise A. Sanford. Alb 4 ny.
Executive Committee: Mrs. Julia A. Martin.
North Bloomfield, Mrs. Lucy G. Bucklin, Little
Falls, and Mrs. j. Coleman Adams, Brooklyn.
Delegates to the National Convention were
Mrs. Pierce, New York, and Mrs. G. M. Jones,
Brooklyn.
A goodly number OF the executive
plums seem to have fallen to our sisters
in Brooklyn. but it is sign that there
are good workers in that cosmopolitan
community. And it is as it should be, a
mingling of the elements of the city par
ishes with the workers from the inter-
ior of the State.
Mrs. Florence Lee the retiring Secre-
tary, was a most efficient officer, and
while not on the State Board no doubt
her services will be felt in the Mission
Circle at Auburn. her home.
PACIFIC COAST MISSION.
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
Sermons pre- iched OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ....H
Addresses. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Calis.. ......................... 1l5
Miles Travelled. ............. 260
Expenses. .S23 40
Worked in Spokane. Washington aud Lewiston,
Idaho.
ASA M. BRADLEY.
The ladies connected with the Spokane
parish are working hard to raise money
for the purchase of building lot or site
that seems in every way desirable. These
ladies do their work in the name OF the
Mission Circle, and the scheme hit up
on is to hold "Dolls' Convention" in the
near future. the dolls to represent some
local historic character. and as they have
sent to the Secretary for a contribution,
while complying she passes the invita-
ton along that some of the young ladies
who have deft fingers and time may also
send them a pretty doll in the name of
the Mission Circle or as personal con-
tribution. A little help now will do the
Spokane movement great deal of good
and back up their personal courage.
A LONG LOOK AHEAD.
At the annual meeting of the Illinois
Woman's Association. September %,
among other things discussed and con-
sidered were the best means of enlisting
all the women of the State in missionary
work. and a motion was made that each
local society be requested to become aux
Hilary to the twenty sixth ~ Woman's
Association and send delegate to the
May and annual meetings. That is the
idea. Send delegates" from all the To-
cal missionary societies, whatever you
may choose to call them, to your State
organization, and from the State to the
National is the next step in progress.
The able report furnished by Miss Belle
Gibson, the Secretary. closes in words
that we hope m ~ prove to be a proph-
e,y: 1.-THE Board of Directors, while
they recognize the field is large and
the workers few, nevertheless feel that
this has been year of progress, and
while our efforts have been almost en-.
tirely in one direction, that of the mis-.
sionary work Of the State, j ct this con-
centration of labor must lead to better
and larger results in the near future"
OUR TRACTS.
There has been a steady call for these |
little messengers of light and as we give |
them away where persons do not feel |
able to pay for them, we do think almost |
anyone sending for them might enclose
a few postage stamps to pay for trans
portation through the mails. We have |
to ask this much during these tight |
times so as not to infringe on funds for
postage that is already devoted to other
purposes. We have "a Calm Inquiry"
"God the Saviour of ALI Men," Goods |
Promises" 1.-The Love OF God" and that
gem from the late Rev. Abel @. Thomas
pan, particularly appropriate just now,
Thanksgiving Day., and about fifty
others whose titles have not yet been
published in our list.
DO NOT FORGET,
We are depending on our real friends
without pledges to help us carry on the
Pacific Coast Mission this year, and we