Church in Chicago, October 29th, rejoiced in their new and forward
movement for home and native land. Mrs. Lane of Michigan gave Mrs.
Williams genial help in presiding. Mrs. Palmer of Massachusetts led in
prayer. Mrs. Burke Leavitt, President of the Illinois Union, gave to the
ladies a felicitous welcome to the city and to the sympathy of the
workers of the great state of Illinois. Mrs. E.W. Blatchford greeted the
women in behalf of the New England Church and of their co-workers in the
W.B.M.I. If only all good women saw and felt, as this wise sister did,
that all Christ's work is one, and that all work for him outside of our
own home and church is mission service, their appeals to their sisters
would have more irresistible force, and the Saviour's prayer be nearer
answered, "That they all may be one." Miss Emerson, of the American
Missionary Association, spoke with her usual straightforward
effectiveness of the joy of the Association in their share of the work
of the Unions.

These greetings were followed by the roll-call of State Unions, with
brief responses. Mrs. Williams represented Minnesota; Mrs. Palmer,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She also read a letter from Miss
Nathalie Lord of Boston. Mrs. Grabill responded for Michigan, Mrs.
Cowles for Ohio, Mrs. Morgan for New York, Mrs. Miner for Wisconsin,
Mrs. Bronson for Missouri, Mrs. Taintor for Illinois, Mrs. Douglass for
Iowa, Mrs. Leavitt for Nebraska, and Miss Emerson for Mississippi,
Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina. A telegram was received from
Mrs. Gale of the Florida Union, letters from Mrs. Swift of Vermont and
Mrs. Andrews of Alabama, and a warm message from Louisiana came just too
late for public hearing. Greetings also came from Northern and Southern
California, Oregon and Colorado.

After prayer by Mrs. Douglass, of Iowa, Miss Hand gave a brief, but very