Excerpt from Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: For the Year 1889-90 It is only in an accommodated sense we can say of the Society it originated in the volition of the few - such and such a one suggested it. Really, it sprang out Of a necessity, as those things usually do, a necessity somewhat obscure and shadowy at first, but which interpreted itself in due time. It came into being and fell into line in its work with the other Church agencies, without any special flourish of trumpets, but almost as quietly and unheralded as a movement of the conscience. We were reluctant to undertake the work of establishing a new Society, even when our skepticism as to its need was overcome by the urg ent presentation Of the few earnest souls familiar with the wants of the home mission field. It is a grave thing ever to do this, unless the demand is great. We knew that to start an enterprise of this kind and make it worth while, meant that somebody's shoulders should have to bend under heavy burdens. We should meet Opposition perhaps, possibly not succeed at the last, besides our lives were already crowded with duties. We now, as we look back, Often wonder that we attempted it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.