At work in a far distant field

Mrs. DeLaCroix of Oxford was asked to give us some particulars of the work of Miss Ellen Hicks, of Oxford, who is the only woman from the Diocese of North Carolina at work in a far distant field.  Miss Hicks is a trained nurse of experience and has been at work under Bishop Brent in the Philippines.  She is temporarily in the United States.  It was moved, seconded and carried that Miss Hicks’ work in Manila be added to our next pledge list.

[Woman’s Auxiliary of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, 1907 Annual Report, p. 12]

Laboring with their own hands to build up the cause of God

In noticing the various institutions which hold out promise of good to the Church, we cannot omit to mention those female associations of industry, which, in many of our congregations are laboring with their own hands to build up the cause of God. It appears from several Parochial Reports, that much good has already been effected by them and that the example of their industry, their close Christian intercourse, and their devotion to the welfare of the Church, independently of the proceeds of their labour, produces a most salutary effect on each congregation respectively.

(Source: Report of the Committee on the State of the Church, 1828 Journal of Convention, p. 27)