My dear friends, I hope you will not forget to pray for China, that all may be brought to believe in the true God. Let us remember the promise, “Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost part of the earth for thy possession.” THE MAY REPORTS. I add the following item, clipped from _The Pacific_ of June 8th: The monthly reports for May from the various mission schools of the California Chinese mission are very encouraging. The work is larger and, as we gladly believe, _better_ than ever before—more schools, more teachers, more pupils, and, we trust, many souls seeking Christ. The statistics are as follows: Schools, 14; teachers and helpers, 27; pupils enrolled, 566; of whom 190 were received during May, against 68 who left the schools. The aggregate average attendance was 314. Since the beginning of the present fiscal year (Sept. 1, 1880), 1,245 pupils have been enrolled. Of the pupils now in the schools, 136 are reported as giving evidence of conversion. * * * * * WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. Room 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston. MISS NATHALIE LORD, _Secretary_. MISS ABBY W. PEARSON, _Treasurer_. * * * * * TWENTY MINUTES A-DAY WORKING SOCIETY, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. For the benefit of ladies interested in home missionary work, but prevented from forming or joining auxiliaries, we have this month a new plan to propose, a plan which offers some of the advantages of both individual and co-operative work. The Twenty Minutes a-Day Working Society originated, we believe, in England, where it appears to be accomplishing great good. Its characteristic features are found in other associations among English ladies, who seem to have a special liking for being bound together by aim and rules without organization or meetings. But the idea has been adopted in some of the churches of our country also, and, it is said, with admirable success. The following are the rules by which the members of this society bind themselves: 1. To work twenty minutes a day, or two hours a week, according to convenience. 2. Each lady to furnish her own materials, and make such articles as are suitable either for home missionaries and their families at the West, or for distribution among the colored people. 3. To contribute at least one book a year, not necessarily new. 4. To contribute fifty cents a year for the purpose of defraying expenses of transportation, &c. 5. To pray each day for those to whom these gifts are sent, and also for the prosperity of our organization. 6. Articles made are to be sent twice a year to the rooms of the Woman’s Home Missionary Association, at such times as shall be designated by the committee. For further information apply to the Secretary of the Woman’s Home Missionary Association, 20 Congregational House, Boston.