Alaska

THE Rev. John W. Chapman, who sailed from Seattle on July 26th, arrived at Anvik about August 20th.

MISS BERTHA W. SABINE, deaconess, who sailed from Seattle on July 26th, arrived at her station, Circle City, on August 13th.

MISS ELIZABETH M. DEANE, deaconess, sailed from Seattle by the steamer Jefferson on August 7th for Tanana.

MISS LOUISA SMART, who sailed from Seattle by the steamer Jefferson on September 10th, arrived at Ketchikan on the 13th.

MISS MARGARET C. GRAVES, who sailed from Seattle on July 26th, reached Fairbanks on August 17th.

Honolulu

MRS. ANNA E. SANDS, deaconess, and Miss Ida Buchly, retiring from work in the Hawaiian Islands, sailed from Honolulu on July 28th, and arrived at San Francisco on August 3d.

Africa

MRS. ELIZABETH M. MOORT and Miss Ruth Margaret Dodge arrived at Monrovia on August 2d, and on the 5th proceeded to the Girls' Training Institute at Clay-Ashland.

Shanghai

MRS. F. R. GRAVES, with her daughter Josephine, who has come to the United States to complete her education, left Shanghai by the steamer Lutzow on June 12th, and, coming by way of London, reached New York on August 24th.

Hankow

THE Bishop of Virginia, acting for the Bishop of Hankow, ordained to the diaconate Dr. Edmund Lee Woodward, in St. James's Church, Richmond, Va., on September 19th. The candidate was presented by the Rev. William Meade Clark, rector of the parish, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Arthur M. Sherman, of Hankow.

Tokyo

DR. R. B. TEUSLER, with his wife and three children, returning on regular furlough, sailed from Yokohama by the Wakasa Maru on May 26th. Coming via the Suez Canal, he arrived at New York on August 21st and proceeded to Richmond, Va.

Mexico

THE REV. J. H. Swann, whose appointment was announced in the May number, reported his arrival at his station, San Luis Potosi, on July 20th.

Cuba

ON June 27th, Bishop Knight ordained to the diaconate Mr. Guy H. Frazer, who had served for some time as a lay-reader in the District of Cuba. Returning to the field Mr. Frazer left Savannah, Ga., on September 26th.

MISS IDRESS C. WALLACE, who was appointed by the Board on June 8th, left her home at Keytesville, Mo., on September 2d, and sailed from New York by the steamer Seguranca on the 10th, direct to Guantanamo.

MISS GERTRUDE M. JONES, who was appointed at the same meeting, left her home at Delanco, N. J., sailed from New York by the steamer Morro Castle on September 18th and arrived at Havana on the 22d.

Haiti

ON September 13th, Bishop Holly ordained to the diaconate Paul Ledan and David Macombe, who have been acting as lay-readers for the past year. He also advanced to the priesthood the Rev. Vilvaleix Coulanges and the Rev. George Emmanuel Benedict. He was assisted by the Rev. P. E. Jones, the Rev. Charles E. Benedict and the Rev. Alexis Fargeau. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Charles E. Benedict. Many high officials were present.

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the effort continued now for the last nine years:

Women. 1901-1902: $42,216.71 1902-1903: 56,212.37

Juniors, including the Babies' Branch.

In the year preceding this request the Woman's Auxiliary had reported work done to the amount of $397,438.04, of which amount $191,772.48 was the value of its missionary boxes. Of the $205,665.50 given in money, $50,332.91 was for diocesan missions, and $44,521.38 for specials in the domestic and foreign mission fields, which could not be used to help in redeeming the pledges made. by the Board. But $41,107.17 given that year had been so given as to apply upon these appropriations. What, therefore, the Auxiliary was called upon to do was to increase this contribution by $58.892.83 in each successive year, thus bringing a full $100,000 yearly into the treasury.

Following the method of the Board of Missions the plan was adopted of apportioning this $100,000 among the diocesan branches, and for a number of years each branch has been asked to give a certain amount toward the desired total. This suggested apportionment is made to the women, the Juniors and their Little Helpers of the Babies' Branch separately, that so even the youngest members of the Woman's Auxiliary are being trained in this the

Total.

$4,243.82

$46,460.53

5,276.36

61,488.73

1903-1904: 69,846.23

5,728.71

75,574.94

1904-1905: 58.616.76

6,467.64

65,084.40

74,403.77

It has been the regret of the Auxiliary that it has not yet reported the entire $100,000 forwarded to the missionary treasury in any one year, but there are reasons why this has been difficult of accomplishment. The first of these is, of course, that all members of the Auxiliary have not yet learned, what many are happy in knowing, that this duty becomes a pleasure by exercise, and could be easily accomplished if everyone who prays and reads and studies and gives in the Auxiliary would make her conscientious gifts regularly for this object set by the Church before us all.

But, apart from this, we must remember that a faithful member of the Woman's Auxiliary is a member of her parish also, and the parish has its apportionment to meet, and she has her share in that.

Then, many members of the Auxiliary are teachers in Sunday-school, or mothers, sisters, aunts of Sunday-school children, and share in the Sunday-school Easter offering which applies upon the Board's apportionment.

Many members also give a helping hand to Juniors and Little Helpers of the Babies' Branch, that their apportionment may be met. Consequently many

women of the

Auxiliary yearly give for General Missions, not only toward the $100,000 apportioned to the Woman's Auxiliary, but toward the $100,000 apportioned to the Sunday-school and toward the remaining amount which has been apportioned to the dioceses and parishes.

Nor have we considered the money contributed toward the $100,000 assigned it the only, or perhaps the chief help given by the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board in carrying out its apportionment plan. We feel that its loyal cooperation in the plan has had a share in the advance that has been made, and that the growing interest of the members of the Auxiliary has encouraged rectors to introduce and continue the plan in their parishes, and has influenced wardens and vestrymen, Sunday school superintendents and many of the laymen and laywomen and children of the Church to adopt the system.

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At the same time, though far too often the Woman's Auxiliary numbers but a small proportion of the women of a parish among its active members, we look confidently to see before long the full $100,000 given year by year. And when this shall have been accomplished, why should the Woman's Auxiliary stop at that!

It would not, we are sure, were all its members like-minded with one among the oldest of them, taken from us last year by death. In the back of her Prayer Book were found copied the following verses, and as they incite, she

gave.

"Give as you would if an angel

Awaited your gift at the door: Give as you would if to-morrow Found you where waiting was o'er. "Give as you would to the Master, If you met His searching look: Give as you would of your substance If His hand your offering took."

T is true that the Woman's Auxiliary is expected to give $100,000 every year toward the appropriations

of the Board of Missions, and also that this apportionment of the Woman's Auxiliary is quite distinct from the apportionment made to dioceses and parishes; but the Woman's Auxiliary is auxiliary to the Board of Missions and its helper in many ways, and it sometimes lends a hand in the matter of these parish apportionments as well. We give an example of this:

A branch of the Woman's Auxiliary was formed last year in one of our old historic parishes. This branch met first on the sixth of May and up to the first of August held six informal meetings. At these meetings "The Why and How of Foreign Missions" was read and enthusiastically discussed. "In consequence of which," the secretary writes, "when our rector asked us to fulfil our parish apportionment we volunteered to

try. Only $70 of the $240 apportionment had been sent to the Board, but in five mid-summer weeks, with only a score of us to respond, the amount raised was $180. There was no 'begging' or sale, so we feel greatly encouraged. This is the first time our parish has met its apportionment."

How was this done?

"There was no specific method other than enthusiasm and a proper knowledge of the subject from the reading aloud and discussing of our missionary book. Having read and discussed it we said we would try to interest whom we could in the great subject without coming down to barter and exchange and to beg for pittances, but rather to endeavor personally to arouse the spirit of responsibility in others. Faith opened many doors. You know how it is, 'Where there's a will, there's a way.' Any branch can do it. I hope this year will be one of great blessedness for us all."

meet the apportionment. I can say, however, that we have not failed so far in doing this.

From Alabama:

OUR

guild met the day the letter from

the Missions House came. When I read it our rector said our assignment for the year had been already met. We then discussed plans for meeting it promptly in the future, and I hope when we meet next week we can settle on one which will enable us to meet all our missionary apportionment promptly. Our church is so large and our congregation so small and poor as to seem incongruous. It is also difficult to raise a feeling of obligation to the Church's Missions, as it is such an effort to meet the necessary expenses of the parish. We have managed to meet them somehow, but not adequately.

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INCE the Junior Auxiliary aims to train the children and young people, it is well to look at all that is done from the educational point of view, and this should be done in the matter of gifts. There are two results which follow gifts: one, the result brought about by the accomplishment of the object for which the money was given, and the other the effect upon the giver. Without belittling the importance of the first, the second is the part which must be of special value in Junior work.

What educational value has the money given by the Juniors? Much as the actual money may help in the Church's missionary work, it is more important to see that it teaches the Juniors the necessary lessons of giving. Following, not preceding, if it is to be educational, the first two aims of the Junior Department, prayer and study, gifts of time and money come as a result of the first two. So as we begin the work of 19091910 we should plan carefully what may be done on educational lines of giving. We shall want to have the Juniors give their share, but we shall be more anxious as to how they give than about the amount given.

Junior branches have, of course, always given to the Church's missionary work, but since the General Convention of 1904 there has been a growing feeling as to the wisdom of united interest.

At

a little meeting in Boston some of the Junior officers heard Dr. Woodward tell about the new hospital in Anking, and it was proposed that the Junior Auxiliary should make a united gift of $500 to furnish the children's ward in that hospital. That was done, and the next year it was proposed that they should again undertake a united gift, this time of $2,000, to furnish two class-rooms in

St. Paul's College, Tokyo, and when it proved rather difficult to give all the money necessary, it was suggested that the next year the amount needed should be completed, and a third class-room added. These were the united gifts during the years between the Convention in Boston in 1904 and that in Richmond in 1907. At an informal meeting of Junior officers with the Secretary of the Auxiliary, in Richmond, the question of a united gift for 1907 and 1908 was discussed, and the suggestion was made that instead of a special object like a hospital or college being taken, the Junior Department should try that year to give its part of the $100,000 apportioned to the Woman's Auxiliary for something that would count on the Board's appropriation. It was decided that, as many Juniors would be studying China, an effort should be made to give $15,000 for work in that country. At the end of the year not much more than half the amount had been given, but the plan of giving to the general work instead of to specials was growing in favor.

Last year it was decided that $12,000 should be the Juniors' share of the $100,000. A letter went to each Junior branch telling of the map of the world which hung in the Church Missions House, and proposing that instead of one. country like China being chosen, each diocesan branch should decide where it would send its gift, and then as the replies came in to the Missions House, the name of the diocese was placed on that part of the world for which the Juniors of that diocese were to work during the year. So instead of all the Juniors giving to China, they gave to the world-wide work, for some Junior branches gave to Japan, some to Africa, some to Alaska, and so on, till there was no part of the field which did not receive from some