ANNUAL MEETING.

The public meeting of the Woman's Bureau was held Thursday afternoon, simultaneously with the business meeting of the A.M.A. in Providence, and was conducted by Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, of Portland, Me. The report of the Secretary, Miss D.E. Emerson, of New York, was presented, and then missionary addresses were delivered by Mrs. A.A. Myers on "Mountain Work;" by Mrs. Geo. W. Moore on the "Colored People;" and by Miss Collins on "Indians," all of which were listened to with deep interest.

Mrs. Woodbury, on taking the chair, said:

The object of this meeting is well understood. It is to decide what the women of the Congregational Churches shall do in connection with woman's work—that part of the Association's work which is designed to be among women. It is woman's work among women. It is designed at this time to hear from those fields in which the speakers are especially interested. We shall hear from the Mountain Work, from the Negroes in the South, and from the work among the Indians in the West. Like a very close man who, to the surprise of those who approached him, gave money enough to purchase a town clock, who explained by saying he liked to hear his money tick, so it is meant here this afternoon that the women shall hear the tick of their work from all these fields to which I have referred, and may the sound of it reverberate all down through the ages.

A special meeting for ladies was held on Thursday morning, at which there was a full attendance. Brief remarks, interspersed with song and prayer, made the occasion an enjoyable one. Miss Plimpton, of McIntosh, Ga., gave bits of her experience among the colored people, and Miss Haynes described her work for the Indians at Santee Agency, Neb.

The annual report made by the Secretary was given in full in our November Magazine, and is also published in leaflet form for free distribution to those desiring it.

We give below extracts from the addresses of the missionaries.