A very limited experience teaches that in every kind of benevolent work _information_ is the root from which interest and action grow. Probably in no other way can the facts which will quicken the interest of the ladies of our churches in work among the Freedpeople be so thoroughly and influentially presented as by means of this Bureau. Specific objects of effort, concerning which details may be furnished, will often win the practical attention of those who are comparatively indifferent to the idea of general needs. And the sanction of the A. M. A. being implied in any appeals made thorough the Bureau for definite objects, will give assurance that our gifts and our labors are to be applied in the wisest way and where the need is most urgent. But perhaps nothing accomplished by this organization will be more gratefully appreciated or more productive of the desired results than the visits of missionaries to the churches which support them, and their statements by word of mouth in regard to the appalling needs and encouraging successes in their various fields. This new branch of work has my warmest good wishes and my earnest prayers for its fullest success. BRIEF RESPONSES. Miss A. W. Johnson of North Brookfield, Mass., writes: I am very glad that a “Bureau of Woman’s Work” has been organized, and believe it will open up new avenues for work among our ladies. I respond at once, hoping I can do something to interest them in this direction. Rev. S. E. Lathrop of Macon, Ga., writes: I rejoice in the new “Bureau of Woman’s Work.” It is a necessary and hopeful acquisition. BUREAU REPRESENTED IN OHIO. AT the Ohio State Association which convened at Akron, May 8, Dist. Sec. Pike in his address set forth the plans of our Bureau of Woman’s Work, referring especially to the methods proposed for bringing the condition of the colored people more fully before the Christian women of the North. He was accompanied by Miss Rose M. Kinney, who had just returned from her field of labor at McIntosh, Liberty County, Ga., and who, in behalf of our Bureau of Woman’s Work, gave an interesting account of her mission services, which had included that of organizing a Woman’s Missionary Society among the colored women. Miss Kinney also addressed the Woman’s meeting held during the sessions of the Association. Arrangements have been made, as far as practicable, with other States for a like presentation of the varied work carried on by this Association. * * * * * In the next and future numbers of the MISSIONARY, the details of the “Bureau of Woman’s Work” will appear in a separate department under the above heading. * * * * *