in,
Mrs. Bronson for Missouri, Mrs. Taintor for Illinois, Mrs. Douglass for
Iowa, Mrs. Leavitt for Nebraska, and Miss Emerson for Mississippi,
Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina. A telegram was received from
Mrs. Gale of the Florida Union, letters from Mrs. Swift of Vermont and
Mrs. Andrews of Alabama, and a warm message from Louisiana came just too
late for public hearing. Greetings also came from Northern and Southern
California, Oregon and Colorado.

After prayer by Mrs. Douglass, of Iowa, Miss Hand gave a brief, but very
effective address on "What the New West needs from our Women--prayer,
consecrated effort, contributions."

In the afternoon, Mrs. Lane gave a complete summary of "Foreign Missions
at Home. What have we done? What have we left undone? What ought we to
do now?" No brief mention can give any adequate idea of the amount of
information which was crowded into this address, or the earnestness of
its presentation.

Mrs. Regal, of Oberlin, presented the report of the Bohemian Bible
Readers' Home, in Cleveland.

Mrs. E.M. Williams answered effectively the question, "How can we induce
women of wealth to give to Home Missions?" She thought lack of
information was the cause of most of the indifference from which the
work suffers, and recommended individual effort as likeliest to be
successful.

Mrs. Bailey, of Ogden, Utah, gave a stirring address on the "Need of
Pure Homes and True Churches in the West."

Elizabeth Winyan, a Christian Indian woman of the Dakotas, next
addressed the meeting in her native language, Rev. Mr. Riggs acting as
her interpreter. Elizabeth's manner is very calm and dignified, and her
gestures are graceful and forcible. Her language is eloquent even though
trammeled by the necessity of having an interpreter. When she "shakes
hands with us in her heart," we know she means it, and when she has
"said enough," we know she is done.

A Free Parliament for the discussion of practical questions was
conducted by Mrs. Regal, of Ohio. The subjects of Missionary Literature,
Life-Membership, Dangers threatening the Unions, Holding meetings in
connection with or separate from local and State Conferences, and
National Organization, were discussed, a large number of ladies
participating freely.

Mrs. Goodell, of St. Louis, conducted a "Sweet Hour of Prayer," which
closed the day's sessions, and the earnest group dissolved only to swell
the throngs at the best meeting the American Missionar