among our constituents, and all of these not read by those who take them! No wonder there is ignorance among the churches about our work, and there being ignorance no wonder that there is a lack of interest and meagreness of contributions! But I hear some one say: “Our church members will not take the _American Missionary_. They would not read it were you to give it to them.” Well then, they are not interested in our work, that is all. They don’t care whether the gospel is preached to the poor or not; they don’t care whether illiteracy is allowed to run rampant all over the country and destroy our free institutions or not; they don’t care whether justice shall be done to those who have been most cruelly defrauded or not; they don’t care whether the honor of the nation by meeting the involved obligations of slavery’s abolition shall be preserved or not; they don’t care whether the issues of the war for the maintenance of the Union, secured by sufferings and sacrifices transcending the power of the human mind to portray, shall be made secure or not. They don’t care? Then somebody is to blame. They do care? Then why are they not willing—even eager to read about the work that has all these sacred objects in view, and is helping to solve the stupendous problems they contain? They do care. Yes, I believe it. Their lack of interest in the American Missionary Association and their unwillingness to read its monthly magazine is because of their ignorance of its work, and therefore it is that there is here a wide field, hopeful and promising, for cultivation by all those who wish to aid in the advancement of the cause. The reasons assigned for raising the question to which the above answers have been given are most grave and weighty. They are significant indications of peril that threatens the cause committed to our care. Shall we heed the lessons which the signals flash? * * * * * Do not forget that this month of December is an excellent time to increase the number of those who subscribe for THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. A word fitly spoken by our friends will secure the desired result. * * * * * BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. WOMAN’S STATE ORGANIZATIONS. CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. ME.—Woman’s Aid to A. M. A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C. A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me. VT.—Woman’s Aid to A. M. A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt. CONN.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S. M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn. N.Y.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. C. Creegan, Syracuse, N.Y. OHIO.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, Ohio. ILL.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago, Ill. MICH.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich.