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lield once a month. There have been over a liundrod inemljcrs 

 ■connected with this Society. 



The Standard Bearers' Mission Cir(;le was organized in 

 November, 1882, under the charge of Miss Ehzabeth R. East- 

 man. It is composed of boys from fourteen years of age up- 

 wards, who meet Sunday afternoons in the parish chapel. 

 They receive intelligence from Foreign Missions, and the mem- 

 bers sometimes hold correspondence with missionaries and sons 

 of missionaries, and receive letters which are read at the meet- 

 ings. The contributions of this Society are made to the Ameri- 

 can Board. 



Younct Ladies' Missionary Society. — When the Little 

 Helpers' Mission Circle had been continued nearly seven years, 

 some of the older members had become young ladies in age and 

 capacity, beyond the class for which that Circle was designed, 

 and their leader, Mrs. Charles Peck, in 1883, organized them 

 into a separate society, called the Young Ladies' Mission Band. 

 This Society raised for missions over one hundred and fifteen 

 dollars the first year of its work. Under the name of the 

 Young Ladies' Mission Band, Young Ladies' Mission Circle, 

 and Young Ladies' Missionary Society, its work has been con- 

 tinued and re.ported to the Church. Its special object has been 

 to promote an interest in Foreign Missions, and with the excep- 

 tion of one year, since 1884, it has had Mrs. James W. Cooper 

 for its president. 



The Young Peoples' Society of Christian Endeavor was 

 organized under that name in April, 1887. Many of the young 

 people had before this been organized into a society with 

 pledges, and, under the direction and advice of the pastor, had 

 entered upon work for others and upon systematic training in 

 Christian character. Their constitution and methods were so 

 similar to those of the Christian Endeavor societies that they 

 adopted the name, and have cordially engaged in the work of 

 that organization. The number of members at the time of or- 

 ganization was ninety-one; in a year the membership increased 

 to one hundred and fifty-one. This Society at first held its 

 meetings on Tuesday evenings, taking the place of the Young 



