"Our usual lines of work have gone on with about the same results, except among the women. Our Woman's Prayer Meeting shows unusual fervor, and we are expecting to make this meeting _felt_ in the community and church. Satan seems on the war-path, and we women feel that we must be wide-awake and closer to the Lord, if the power of evil is to be checked. In our last meeting the one feeling each expressed was: 'What can _I_ do? I feel that I am called to work for the Master, but _what_ can I do for Christ?' In the struggle for bread, the time of many of the women is used all the day; then the house must be cared for, and when this is done, strength fails. I tried to impress the thought that much is gained when a soul is anxious to work for the Lord, and that such a soul will not be left unguided, which seemed to comfort many a tired mother. "_My_ difficulty is different. I am perplexed to know which of the many phases of Christian work to adopt for these women, and how to keep up interest and attendance without multiplying meetings. I am confident that our regular four weekly meetings and the regular monthly meetings are all they can attend, yet they _need_ others. I am often reminded of my dear mother's prayer which she used to cry out when greatly tried in the days of slavery: 'Oh! for Job's patience and Joshua's resolution, that we might all pull together like Pharaoh's horses.' And I would add: 'Oh! for Solomon's wisdom and Samson's strength, that we might understand and do the Lord's work.'" * * * * * {171} RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1888. MAINE, $224.38. Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5.00 Camden. Elm St. Cong. Ch. 22.70 Castine. Class 9, Trinitarian Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 1.26 Center Lebanon. "A Friend" 5.00 Bingham. Cong. Ch. 3.15 Blue Hill. "Pansy Band," _for Woman's Work_ 2.00 Brewer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.50 Gorham. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Selma, Ala._ 10.00 Greenville. Cong. Ch. 23.00 Kennebunk. Rev. G.A. Lockwood, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 Lincoln. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Phillips. By Miss C.T. Crosby, _for Freight_ 0.68 Portland. Y.P.S.C.E. of Williston Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 8.00 Portland. Ladies of Maine State Reform Sch., _for Woman's Work_ 6.00 Portland. Miss Marie Holt's S.S. Class, Box of Basted Work, etc., _for Selma, Ala._ Portland. Mrs. Mary C. Ingalls 2.00 Scarboro. Rev. A. Smith 5.00 Searsport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 6.09 Sidney. Mrs. A. Sawtelle, _for Woman's Work_ 1.00 Woodfords. By Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._ -------- 124.38 LEGACY. Bethel. Estate of Sarah J. Chapman, by A.W. Valentine, Ex. 100.00 ------ $224.38 NEW HAMPSHIRE, $189.75.