The Hon. Secretary received the following letter from Q. M. N. G.
Faith issued by authority in " form this week suitable for the instruction of St. James's Palace, Dec. 9. simple and busy folk. Of course, Dear Lady de Sausmarez. nothing can be @ substitute for the Gospel story itself, but there could The three cases by the str. Note have well be a brief statement of its arrived safely, and the Queen desires me to send to all the kind workers Her main significance—that God actual-Majesty's most gratefal thanks for the Jy came upon the earth and bore most useful things sent. We the burden of its misery and sin, touched by what you say in yo that in Hie Death He shared, and about the wonderful way in which funds in His Resurrection He conquered, are being raised to help Her Majesty' the worst that can befall mankind; Guild. and can only assure you that that in His Ascension He carried everything is wt once despatched to our our manhood to the throne of God; ™en at the Front and to the hospitals Bpirit,' we shore that triumph and! With repens geste test. that by faith in Him, through His
exaltation.
Even men who know Soa tial Aes the story do not know what it means to Christians.
Our own This is in acknowledgement of a catechism, with all its merits, does consignment despatched on Octo-not give what is wanted, for it' ber 1, when 1,414 garments and Assumes just what most' people hospital requirements and 1,036 need to be told.
We bandages were sent. hope that one result of our experi.
Last week we packed 13 cases ence in the war will be the forma- and there are besides two more tion of small committee entrust- from Hankow ready packed to go. ed by the Bishops' with the task Two of the cases we packed are of drawing up such a manual, from the volunteer department and are going to the dep6t the China Are the clergy doing their part?
Association have formed in London Bishop Bury, asked recently for a for the purpose of forwarding them clergyman to volunteer to go to to the volunteers from North Servis. He intimated clearly that China; the remaining thirteen are typhus was then raging, that for Q.'M..N.G. We hope that the cholera was expected, and that the contribution from Chefoo will arrive candidate would have to pay his/ in time for one or other of the con-own expenses. He received eighty signments, as we are not sending answer to that appeal.
Nothing all by one steamer.
The Agents was held out to the volunteer but! would most generously give us the plain mark of the Cross. There freight for all fifteen on the 23rd in no lack of volunteer Chaplains, but their opinion, which is shared willing and anxious to minister to by Mr. Clark, is that it is safer to and to instruct our soldiers," but divide the risk, so half the cases it is clear that the exigencies of will wait for another opportunity. active service leave little time for|We are intending to send those systematic instruction. from Hankow, which have already been here some time, in the first The story is told of an Arch-/ lot. Particulars as to the number bishop who, when on one occasion of things will be given next week.
made in his presence about the were set out for the inspection of disparaging remark was! Before packing, the garments ete. clergy. he replied, Yes, that is any who cared to come and sec quite true. But, you see, we only them; it seems a pity that more of have the laity to draw from." And our members do not take this opportunity of realizing how much they accomplish. The garments underwent the usual rigorous scrutiny and all seemed in order. Of the things displayed we especially noticed two bedspreads made of coloured blanket samples, so cleverly blended and joined that they formed a pretty and harmonious whole. Scarves too were worthy of remark; some made by the girls of the Thomas Hanbury School for the Volunteer department were particularly well done, as were some that jeame from Ningpo. These last were knitted plain and purl throughout and this method seems to render them softer and more pliable. It may be as well to warn members that it is safer not to make socks of green wool unless the colour is certified to be fast. One of the ladies who attends at the depot, seeing that a pur of socks needed ig, took them home for the purpose. They were bright green and she reports that they were washed four times before the
socks unwashed would be dangerous colour ceased coming out. Such in the case of sore feet. It in better to wash all socks of whatever colour before returning them. Mrs, Wheelock causes all those that are made by the indigent women in the workroom conducted by herself and Mrs. Merriman to be washed and treated with boracic before they are sent to the volunteer department. This is a very wise precaution.
Work Room for Indigent Women.
The workroom for indigent women is, as stated conducted by Mam Wheelock and Mrs, Merriman, and hae nothing to do with the Charity Organization Bureau. It is by the knitting done through ite agency that the volumeer department of our Association has bern so well supplied with socks. The wool for them is issued from the depot, the money paid for the wool being the present of the auction organized by Mrs. Wheelock and Mrs. McMichael lin October. The amount realized was paid to the B.W.W. Assn on the understanding that this workroom would be supplied with wool and that the socks when made would be given to the volunteer department. The Association has nothing to do with payment for the work done. It is in support of the funds of the workroom that the entertainment at the Country Club takes place next Saturday. We recall the portrait exhibition of last February when more than $5,000 were raised and the auction in October when more than $3,000 were raised, both largely by Mrs. Wheelock's energy and bath for the jhenefit of our funds. With these fresh in our minds all of us who are members of B.W.W. wil! be eager to show our appreciation of what has been done for us by supporting a cause Mrs, Wheelock has so much at heart ginal fron
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