The Woman's Missionary Association of Alabama held its annual meeting in connection with the State Association, April 2d, at Selma. The meeting was well attended, and encouraging reports were had from many of the auxiliaries. The advantage of the local missionary societies to the church and Sunday-school work was emphasized, and a desire for more thorough local work was very apparent in the meeting. Many subjects of interest were discussed. Among them the following: Industrial Training in our Schools; Industrial Training in our Homes; Should there be a Woman's Missionary Society in every church? If so, the reason why every sister in the church should be a member; What shall we do to make our Local Societies more active? Greetings of the Second Woman's Temperance Union of Alabama, were presented at this meeting. This Union is composed of colored women of various views, together with Northern missionaries and teachers. There is no doubt that their work for purity and sobriety is most efficient, yet this Union can have no dealings with the other Union, though color hinders neither of the vices which the Unions oppose. * * * * * The Woman's Home Missionary Union of Michigan leads with "Lesson Leaves" for its auxiliaries on the work of the different National Societies. We give the programme for the A.M.A. for the benefit of any who may wish to follow this example. _Hymn._--"Work, for the night is coming." _Bible Reading._--I Chronicles 29: 1-18. {170} _Special Subject for Prayer_.--That obstacles in the way of the speedy coming of Christ be removed. _First Topic_.--When, Where and How did this Society originate? (See "History of American Missionary Association," also "A Catechism.") _Second Topic_.--What are some of the results and a general summary of the work done in forty-six years? (See same papers, and also "Pamphlet No. 10--Forty Years of Missionary Work, Past and Present.") _Third Topic_.--What are the four grand divisions of its work, and where are its various fields of operations? (See same papers.) _Fourth Topic_.--When was the Bureau of Woman's Work organized, and what is its special department? (See "Forty Years of Missionary Labor," page 17; also, Leaflet "Bureau of Woman's Work," "Freed Women of the South," and "Sewing Needed.") For pamphlets and leaflets mentioned above, apply to Miss D.E. Emerson, 56 Reade St., New York. * * * * * The ladies in the North who are engaged in every good work for the Lord will be glad to find that there are those in the South who share their burdens, and their faith, also. The letter below was written by one of our most intelligent and earnest Christian workers--a colored lady educated in one of our schools.