organize local societies auxiliary to
itself; but that a society should exist in every church, able to
co-operate directly with this Association in its great work for the
Chinese, the Indians, the negroes and the needy whites of the South,
seems apparent.

To this end we urge upon the ladies, organization, as helpful to
systematic giving, and to facilitate such movement we present a form
of constitution for a co-operative society, that may be open to the
call from all parts of our country. This we greatly prefer as
avoiding complication and preserving fellowship and unity in the home
work. Such is the pressure of claims upon us, however, through the
needs of our field, that except as such opportunity is afforded for
aid to the Am. Miss. Assoc., we feel that we may be constrained to
ask for organization auxiliary to the A. M. A. exclusively--for the
women and children of 6,000,000 of colored people of the South alone
presents a field for missionary work in the elevation of women, which
we must not ignore, from the responsibility of which we cannot
escape.

We are just now entering upon a new year of work. Of the 175 ladies
appointed to the various departments of missionary labor, twelve are
engaged for special home visitation among the people. You can see at
a glance that this number is insufficient for that line of duty.
Although our teachers are missionaries, and accomplish much through
the schools and various agencies set at work for the elevation of the
people, yet we ought to have at least one experienced and efficient
woman at every mission station, whose entire time should be given to
special work in the homes of the people. Not only do we desire this,
but the most urgent appeals are sent us from the field for help of
this kind, not instead of that which we are doing in school and
church, but supplementary to it, as necessary in securing the results
we seek. Already fifteen applications are before us for lady
missionaries to work in the homes, and we wait only for the women of
the North to furnish us the necessary funds. As fast as we receive
pledges of support the missionaries will be sent out.

May the heart of every Christian woman be quickened to new impulse
for the development of womanhood in those in our own land, so
degraded and helpless!

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FORM OF CONSTITUTION OF WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.

ART. 1. This Society shall be called the Woman's Co-operative