nstitutions, rob us of our public-school
system, profane our Sabbath and snatch the scepter from our fathers'
God.

And how is this to be done? How is this problem to be solved? By just
such work as this of the American Missionary Association, which has
abundant facilities, plenty of energy, wisdom and experience, and even
the consecration necessary for the great work before it--everything
but the money. And where is the money coming from? The money is coming
from the churches. How do we know? Because the American Missionary
Association was born in the churches, is the child of the churches,
was sent forth from the churches with the benediction and prayers and
blessings of the churches to carry out the policy adopted by the
churches. The Church will not forsake its own.

And this is our work. It is not the abolition of races, but the
recognition of brotherhood. This is the work which Christ has given us
to do; and if we would solve this negro problem, and all the thousand
and one problems which are ever vexing the life of our free Republic,
we must solve them by the principles of the Golden Rule and the
democracy of the Lord's Prayer. It is not sufficient for us to stand
with Thomas and say in rapt admiration, "My Lord and my God." Side by
side with our black brother and with our white brother, with our
yellow brother and with our red brother, we are to kneel and say, not
"My Lord and my God," but "Our Father," and the spirit of common
prayer to a common Father whom we have not seen will bind our hearts
in closer brotherhood to those whom we have seen, and we will rise
from our knees to carry out the principles of the Golden Rule.

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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. John T. Perry, Exeter.
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 Cong