year
shall be is for us, under God, to determine. Let us labor and pray
that the word of promise--the divine imbuement--may make rich and
fruitful, and place the great religious interests of our land on the
foundation of God which standeth sure.

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We devote considerable space in this number of the _Missionary_ to
the papers and reports presented at the Woman's Meeting held in
connection with our Annual Meeting in Brooklyn. The topics considered
related to the wide range of work conducted by this Association. They
were treated by persons having much experience in our mission fields,
and will be welcomed not only as interesting reading, but as
furnishing authoritative data for the encouragement of the friends of
our work. The constitution proposed at the meeting, for Women's
co-operative societies is given, and is commended to the attention of
those ladies who desire to aid mission work in our own country.

The valuable Paper on "Woman's Work in Modern Charity and Missions,"
read by Rev. A. H. Bradford at our Annual Meeting, not published
elsewhere, has been put in pamphlet form, with a view to general
distribution. We will be pleased to furnish copies gratuitously, in
such numbers as may be desired, to those wishing it for the promotion
of woman's work.

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We are happy to report that the practice of paying for subscriptions
for the _American Missionary_ is becoming more general year by year.
This is as it should be. We try to make the _Missionary_ worth the
price, which is fifty cents annually. We believe the information it
contains is of value to all, and that most of it cannot be found
elsewhere. Will not our friends kindly aid us in its circulation,
remitting to our treasurer at once what may be gathered for that
purpose?

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JOINT COMMITTEE.

The Joint Committee appointed by the American Home Missionary Society
and the American Missionary Association for the consideration of the
relation between the two societies, met by adjournment at
Springfield, Mass., Dec. 11. The committee on the part of the A. H.
M. S. consisted of Rev. J. E. Twitchell, D.D., Rev. Lyman Abbott,
D.D., Rev. Geo. L. Walker, D.D., Rev. C. L. Goodell, D.D., and A. S.
Barnes, Esq. The Committee on the part of the A. M. A. consisted of
Rev. J. L. Withrow, D.D., Rev. Washington Gladden, D.D., Rev. D. O.
Mears, D.D., Pres