This, it was felt, would relieve the Board from the burden of indebtedness, and would enable the Church to originate new work.

No more earnest advocates of this plan could be found in the meetings of the two Houses of Convention as the Board of Missions, than in Bishop Brewer of Montana and Mr.George C.Thomas, the Treasurer.

Their words were forcible and their manner magnetic.

Bishop Doane's eloquent advocacy of the measure also led to happy results.
In this chapter on the Triennial Council of the Church held in San Francisco, we must not omit to make mention of the United Offering of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions.

The women of the Church specially devoted to its missionary work had been gradually increasing their forces and activities and offerings.