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women from all the different churches. The first meeting was held in the 

 Presbyterian chapel on Worcester Avenue ; and I am informed that during 

 the entire nine years of its career, this "Union Prayer Meeting" has not 

 once failed to hold its hour of devotion on the appointed day. There are no 

 officers, but a lyCader is appointed for each meeting in advance. ^ The attend- 

 ance is usually about twenty, but often many more ; and the meetings have 

 been held alternately by seasons in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches. 

 The ' ' United Samaritan ' ' organization was an outgrowth from this Prayer 

 Meeting, in 1889, and the "Woman's Indian Association" in 1891. It also 

 has an auxiliary band called "Lovers of Zion, " whose special bond of fellow- 

 ship is a pledge to give one cent a day and make daily prayer for conversion 

 of the Jews. Mrs. C. H. Durant is secretary of this praying band. 



PASADENA BRANCH OF NATIONAL WOMAN'S INDIAN ASSOCIATION. 



July 16, 1891, the Pasadena W. C. T. U. held its usual bi-monthly 

 meeting in the Baptist church. Mrs. Amelia S. Quinton of Philadelphia, 

 president of the National Woman's Indian Association, was present and was 

 granted a hearing on her specialty of missionary effort. Then at the close 

 of the W. C. T. U. meeting an Indian Association was organized, with Mrs. 

 Elizabeth R. Townsend, president ; Dr. Rachel F. Reid, vice-president ; 

 Mrs. Hannah E. Taylor, secretary ; Mrs. Mary C. Glass, treasurer. Its 

 object is to promote school education among the Indian peoples of our 

 country ; but also therewith to instruct them in civilized cooking, sewing, 

 housekeeping, and home making, besides agriculture, horticulture, and 

 useful trades, to prepare them for self-sustaining citizenship. In 1895 this 

 local society had about fifteen members ; Mrs. S. V. Maxfield, president ; 



Mrs. Dr. G. Roscoe Thomas, secretary; Mrs. Stetson, treasurer. In 



October, 1892, the California State branch of this Indian Association was 

 organized at a meeting in the Baptist church of Pasadena, Mrs. Hewitt of 

 Riverside being elected State president, and Mrs. A. B. Giddings of Pasa- 

 dena State corresponding secretary. The State society meets at different 

 places by appointment. 



PASADENA WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. 



Organized November 10, 1894, at the M. E. church. The first officers 

 were : Mrs. S. V. Maxfield, president ; Mrs. Sarah J. Allen, secretary ; Mrs. 

 Addie Camper, treasurer ; and the following vice-presidents for the different 

 churches represented in the organization : Mrs. R. E. Burnham, First Con- 

 gregational ; Mrs. H. K. W. Bent, North Congregational ; Mrs. C. M. 

 Parker, First Methodist Episcopal; Mrs. A. B. Giddings, North M. E.; 



Mrs. Ingalls, Free Methodist; Mrs. McClellan, Baptist; Mrs. 



Rev. N. H. G. Fife, First Presbyterian ; Miss Annie Wilson, Friends church; 

 Mrs. G. W. Pearl, Christian church. Thus nine churches of the city were 

 united to co-operate in both home and foreign missionary work. At an all- 



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