house in Oakland which we hold by the same tenure as that at
San Buenaventura. It could not be better located, is a very neat
structure, substantial also, and planned expressly for our work. It,
too, is rented to us at cost. A hint of what goes on there, and of
what goes _out_ from there, aside from the labors of the school,
may be found in these few sentences from a letter of Yong Jin: "One
scholar promised to be Christian was two weeks (i.e. two weeks ago),
and he will join our Association to-night. I hope his soul will be
saved. I had preaching on the street last Sunday and before last
Sunday. I shall go next Sunday too. I hope you pray for me and this
school. May [may be] I can conquer the evil and bring more number to
the school and to the Association. I believe God has a great power."




BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.

MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.


We are glad to see the State Organizations increasing. Now let every
one become a working Union, bringing funds into the treasury of the
American Missionary Association, toward meeting the imperative needs
of its Woman's Work, and we shall rejoice indeed.

OUR INDUSTRIAL TEACHERS are heavily taxed just now in
providing sewing material for classes. We need basted patchwork, and
basted under garments for the sewing departments throughout the
field, but especially for Anniston and Mobile, Alabama; Memphis and