When I got in sight of the house here, men stood all along the road waiting to shake hands with me.  I should not have undertaken the trip, but the girls were about fifteen years old, and if they were not in school this winter they never would be.  I could not see the good material in them wasted.  Mr. Reed could not go, and he did not want Elias to leave his school to go.  So I hired a team and went.  I am glad I did.  God meant me to get into the homes and hearts of those strangers, and I had no fear but that he planned it all.

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GRAND VIEW, TENN.

A teacher writes:  “Doubtless you have learned how full our school is.  We all feel that we must do something in some way to have more buildings.  Several were obliged to go away last week, being unable to secure boarding-places.  The dormitory is more than full.  There are sixteen boys in four small rooms; three boys occupy one end of the old store house near the railroad.  This warm weather is certainly favorable for them.  Twenty new pupils came one day.  Others are expected to-morrow.  Where shall we put them?  Nine in the main room are now without seats; chairs were placed in the aisle.  In the primary room it is just as full, forty-two being crowded into space intended for thirty-two.”

Another:  “We are blessed with a deep religious awakening, which has reached many of the students.”

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BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK.

MISS D.E.  EMERSON, SECRETARY.

In reading our list of Missionaries and Mission Stations, ladies will recognize many familiar names of those in whom they have become particularly interested through contributions to the work.

Maine ladies will find their four teachers for whose support they have become responsible.

Vermont ladies will look at the McIntosh School with a sense of proprietorship, and rejoice in its enlargement.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island may find their four teachers sustained by the Woman’s Home Missionary Association, and many Massachusetts ladies who have been especially interested in the school at Tougaloo may rejoice to be connected with such an institution.

Connecticut ladies have done much for their school at Thomasville, Ga., although not as largely through their State Union.  This school was begun through the liberality of a Connecticut lady, and for its continuance and development this Association depends upon the Bureau of Woman’s Work.  Contributions from all sources are solicited.

The New York Union abides by its principles to increase its contribution each year, and in addition to the support of three missionaries, pledges six hundred dollars to the general work.

The Ohio Union comes forward also with an appropriation to the general work, additional to the support of four missionaries.

The Illinois Union continues its support to two missionaries, and hopes for a third during the year.