THE WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
The arrangement for co-operation between the A. M. A. and the W. H. M. A. has ceased. A few words of explanation are proper. From an early period of our work among the Freedmen, we have employed lady missionaries, and found them exceedingly useful. When the W. H. M. A. was formed, we entered into co-operation with it in the hope that a larger number of such missionaries might be sent into the field. It was found, however, that with the office of one society in New York and the other in Boston, it was impossible to have such constant consultations as to appointments, places and work as would avoid all misunderstandings and complications. We have, therefore, felt it our duty, though with reluctance and with all respect for the zeal and earnest Christian purposes of the W. H. M. A., to sever our connection with it.
As we now return to our old plan of selecting the lady missionaries, and of supporting them from our treasury, we most earnestly solicit the aid of the noble women of our constituency who sympathize with our endeavor to lift up the lowly of their sex, and to bring into their homes the refining and elevating influences of the Gospel. Whether this aid shall be rendered by individual gifts or by united efforts on the part of ladies of given churches or localities, we most cheerfully leave to their good judgment to decide. The work we know is promising, the opportunities are abundant, and the blessings two-fold to those who give.