Perhaps no richer blessings have been given than those which have fallen on the efforts which the women are putting forth. Well can we remember when there was but one missionary society in Birmingham that was trying to obey our Savior’s last loving words: “Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth.” They stood alone, but were inspired to go forward by their pastor, Rev. W. R. Pettiford. Though few in number, the blessings of God rested upon them. After a time they had a public missionary meeting. The subject was “The Indians.” It was held on Sunday night. Hearts were enlarged; the work was better understood by the membership of the church, and as a result new members were added to the society. The sisters in one church after another organized and joined the ranks. The society of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church no longer stood alone. The object of the work is given as follows in Article II of the Constitution: “Its object shall be to promote the purity, intelligence and happiness of our homes, and to educate the women of our Baptist churches in a knowledge of missions, to cultivate in them a missionary spirit, and thus lead them to help in mission work at home, in the State, in our country, and in foreign lands.” The following blanks are used by the sisters in reporting their work from month to month: Report of................................................. For the month of....................................189... Have you read the Bible each day?......................... Have you taken the Mother’s Pledge and kept it?........... Number of religious visits................................ Number of families helped................................. Number added to the Missionary Society.................... Number of meetings conducted.............................. Number of new members brought into the Sunday School...... * * * * * On July 26, 1893, a day memorable in the history of the work, the local societies were united in a “Women’s Missionary Association.” Mrs. Cordelia Taylor was chosen as its president. The local societies number about twenty-five. We meet twice a year, for a one day’s meeting. These meetings are largely attended, well conducted and of real profit to the work. The study of the uniform subjects which have been prepared for the use of the local societies have greatly helped the mothers in their great work in the home, in the Church work, and given a more intelligent knowledge of missions in ours and other lands. The public missionary meetings are being held on Sunday afternoons or nights in the different churches and are proving the same blessing as the first one. Miss Moore’s paper, _Hope_, is being taken and read by scores of the sisters, and is an untold blessing to all. The “Mother’s Pledge” has been signed by quite a company and is rich in results to both mother and child.