these few and feeble and widely scattered bands of women...

It is the old story of the “little drops of water, little grains of sand.” The amount that each one can do alone seems hopelessly and discouragingly little and useless, and still the union of these weak and insignificant labors – of these few and feeble and widely scattered bands of women – gave to our Church Missions last year, in money and boxes, the sum of $251,7702.90.

(Source: Jane Renwick Wilkes (Mrs. John), Secretary’s Address, 1888 Woman’s Auxiliary Annual Report, 3)