e taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary
Association, since _undesignated funds will not reach us_.

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The Woman's Home Missionary Association, which has its office in the
Congregational House in Boston, held its semi-annual meeting in
Providence, April 3d, the first since it has come into co-operation with
the American Missionary Association in its administration and with the
other national benevolent societies. Rev. G.A. Hood represented the
Congregational Union, Rev. Joshua Coit, the American Home Missionary
Society, Rev. J.A. Hamilton, D.D., the College and Education Society,
Rev. C.J. Ryder, the American Missionary Association, and the Rev. G.M.
Boynton, D.D., the Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society.
These all expressed their sympathy with the closer alliance of the
Woman's Association with the national societies through which they have
elected to work, and to which they have committed the administration of
their benevolence in their respective fields. We cordially welcome the
Woman's Home Missionary Association as the representative of the States
of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the sisterhood of co-operative
societies.

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At the meeting of the Woman's Missionary Association of Alabama, held in
connection with the Congregational Conference at Mobile, April 1st, the
Constitution was amended, enlarging the sphere of work to cover both
home and foreign missions, and thus we have the "Woman's Missionary
Union of the State of Alabama." The actual working of this woman's
organization had already been varied. It was most interesting at their
meeting to hear the reports of the auxiliaries. All reported aid to
their respective churches and relief to the destitute in their parishes,
and then their contributions took other directions--to the American
Missionary Association for its Indian work; to the American Board for a
girl in Smyrna; for a Hindoo girl; for work in South Africa; to the Home
Missionary Society for work in the West. Thus these churches in the
South are being trained to a world-wide interest in missions.

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THREE NEW ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SOUTH.

A Woman's Missionary Union for the State of Louisiana was organized in
connection with the Congregational Association of the State. The meeting
of ladies was well attended, and the interest was manife