maintain in vigor a work like this?

SANTA CRUZ MISSION.

Of this mission Dr. Pond writes: I give you an opportunity to share my
joy by inclosing the letter from Mrs. Hall, our teacher at Santa Cruz.
She has been for three months teaching a class of Japanese after her
teaching in the Chinese school is ended; that is after nine o'clock in
the evening--often not beginning till nearly ten. The two schools are
now happily united at our Chinese Mission House:

LETTER FROM MRS. KATE V. HALL.

"My heart is filled with gladness this New Year, and I am sure that
the tidings I send you will make you happy also. Four Japanese and
two Chinese have given their hearts to the Lord in the past month;
two Japanese and two Chinese will receive baptism Sunday, and the
other two Japanese will wait till the following Communion, as they
wish to study the Bible more. I am satisfied to have them wait, if
they wish, as I want them to have all doubts cleared away.

"I will not send a report for the Japanese, as they came into the
Chinese Mission three nights ago. I am so glad they were willing to
attend the Chinese school, as my work at the Chinese Mission is
growing each night, and often when I reached the Japanese school I
was so hoarse I could hardly speak, so now, by remaining a half hour
later, I will be able to do the same amount of work without hurrying
so. I feel that the Lord has fully repaid me for my labor at the
Japanese school."

WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS

MAINE.

WOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A.

_State Committee_--Mrs. Ida Vose Woodbury, Woodfords;
Mrs. A. T. Burbank, Yarmouth;
Mrs. Helen Quimby, Bangor.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

FEMALE CENT INSTITUTION AND HOME MISS. UNION.

President--Mrs. Cyrus Sargeant, Plymouth.
Secretary--Mrs. N. W. Nims, 16 Rumford St., Concord.
Treasurer--Miss Annie A. McFarland, Concord.

VERMONT.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. J. H. Babbitt, W. Brattleboro.
Secretary--Mrs. M. K. Paine, Windsor.
Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.

MASS AND R. I.

[A]WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

President--Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 9 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, Mass.
Secretary--Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congregational House, Boston.
Treasurer--Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congregational House, Boston.

CONNECTICUT.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Miss Elle