sted in their
hearty response in favor of joining the sisterhood of State Unions. The
officers of the Union were selected from both the white and colored
churches, the church at Hammond being thus represented.

At the annual meeting of the General Association of Congregational
churches of Mississippi, which met at Tougaloo, March 28th, a Woman's
Missionary Union was organized. Mrs. A.V. Whiting was chosen President,
Miss Julia Sauntry, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Miss S.J.
Humphrey, Secretary. Although it is but a small beginning, we hope the
day is not far distant when Mississippi will take her place with other
States in missionary work.

The Woman's Missionary Union of the Central South Conference was
organized April 13th, at Knoxville, Tenn.; Secretary, Miss Anna M.
Cahill, of Nashville.

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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

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HOW THE PENNIES GREW.

Not the pennies that lay hidden away in the bank, nor the pennies that
were spent for candy. O no; but the honest, hard-working pennies that
had a work to do and the heart to do it.

These work-a-day pennies fell into the hands of a mission band called
"Willing Workers." It was in the summer-time when they began to stir
about and see what they could do for missions, and when winter came
along there was a pleasant little festival, and the pennies came
together, and brought just as many with them as they possibly could.

For these were "talent" pennies, and they had been invested for the
Lord. One of the very pleasant features of the festival was the reading
of little papers, telling how the pennies grew. And we are going to let
the children see some of these very papers. For all this is exactly
true, and took place in a pleasant village in the State of New York.

About ten dollars grew out of a little more than twenty pennies. We have
not room to publish all the little papers, telling how the pennies grew
into dollars, though all are of great interest. In some cases the
original penny was invested, and then turned over and over. This is an
instance:

"With the original cent I bought some darning-cotton and darned
stockings, some for a cent a stocking, but most of them for a cent a
hole. I then bought thread and crocheted some lace which I sold for 25
cents. I hemmed two aprons for 5 cents apiece, and some towels for one
cent apiece. Afterward, I bought another card of darning-co