The Ladies Aid Society organized last year is a great success. The ladies, earnest and untiring in work, by their example, have greatly increased the interest of all in the Church, cheered and upheld the Rector and drawn the thoughtful attention of others to our Communion… . the ladies Lent work – a new carpet for the Church.
(Source: The Rev. Gilbert Higgs, Parochial Report, Church of the Saviour, Jackson, 1884 Journal of Convention, 81-82)