OUR WORK.

Published monthly under the auspices of the Wink ley Guild, in the interests of the work at Bulfinch Place Church.

Copies will be distributed freely, or will be mailed regularly to any address upon the receipt of ten cents to cover postage.

As the publication date will be the first of every month, all notices or contributions for insertion must be sent in by the twentieth of the preceding month This matter is to be sent to Mr. Philip C. McMurdie, 25 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

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The Comfort Carriers Club.

The first meeting of the club for this season was well attended, and there were two new members present. Mr. Eliot was with us, and spoke to us about the year's work, and also spoke of the advantages of the gymnasium. We also enjoyed a few words from Mrs. Eliot.

At the October 17th meeting an informal supper was much enjoyed by the members. Two new members were admitted to the club. Mr. Eliot was present at this meeting also.

Preparations are now being made to do some work for the Alliance Fair. The first social of the season will be given November 28th for the purpose of increasing the treasury and will be called a "Measuring Party," Admission according to height. Everybody cordially invited.

The second meeting was held on November 3d. It was a delightful occasion, all the more interesting because of the fact that both the speaker and the pianist were members of the Circle itself. Mrs. Crocker's address was most helpful and was received with hearty applause. Mrs. Lincoln gave several piano selections which were enjoyed by all. The meeting was a large one and very sociable. Plans for helping at the Alliance Fair were perfected and committees appointed.

The increasing membership of the Eliot Circle is constantly widening its influence, and its members trust that this year, as in preceding years, they will find many opportunities for the loving service to which they are pledged.

The Social Union of the North and West End Workers.

This is an organization recently formed to bring into closer touch and more friendly co-operation the various social and philanthropic societies of the North and West Ends.

About 15 such societies are now represented, including among others, the North End Union, Epworth League House, Elizabeth Peabody House, Frances E. Willard Settlement, Home Libraries, St. Andrew's Church, and our own.

The Constitution sets forth the purpose of the Union as follows-"to secure the fullest co-operation among the organizations for social improvement in the North and West Ends,"

"bow of promise" but it has been every member of the Winkley Guild for these 14 years, discovering through him the Father of love and by heeding his wishes becoming like him. And thus you are brought together in a relation which is peculiarly emphatic and heavenly. More than this, by doing his work you have become one with each other and so with him and the Father.

Go on, friends. May this be the most profitable year in your history. Every hymn you sing, every prayer you breathe, every word you utter, every social gathering you hold, in point of fact, anything you do to realize that aim of his upon the earth, will give you a closer walk with God and so will you have that blessed experience where you will be one with him and the Father, as he and the Father are one.

For the Winkley Guild, with the love of? SAMUEL H. WINKLEY.

Illustrated Lectures.

Nearly 240 tickets for the first course of stereopticon lectures have been sold at 25 cents each. Admission to single lectures will be 10 cents. The subjects and speakers are as follows:

November 1st-Marvels and Wonders of Peru, by Senorita Huidobro. November 8th-A Visit to Viking Land, by Rev. Charles W. Wendte.

November 15th-Robert Burns, His Country, Life and Poems, by Rev. William H. Pierson.

November 22d-Hawaii, Its Scenery and Peoples, by Prof. George H. Barton.

November 29th-An Evening in Birdland, by Mr. Edward Avis.

December 6th-The Storm Heroes of our Coast, by Hon. Arthur K. Peck.

All the lectures will be illustrated with stereopticon pictures, except that upon Robert Burns. At this lecture Miss R. Key, soprano at Dr. Hale's church, will sing Scotch ballads and songs.

Red, White and Blue Club.

On Monday evening, October 23d, a "good citizenship" meeting was held under the auspices of the club. The speakers were Mr. George A. O. Ernst and Rev. Christopher R. Eliot. Mr. Ernst spoke upon "The Meaning of a Vote." He made all present realize the seriousness and responsibility which comes with voting and likened the voter to a trustee.

Mr, Eliot spoke a few words upon the subject of the evening and read "The Eve of Election," by Whittier. Mr. Clifford Saville sang.

On Monday evening, November 13th, Mr. Geo. A. Hibbard, postmaster, will address the meeting; subject, "The Post Office." All friends are cordially invited.

Elliot Circle.

The opening meeting for the season was held on Friday afternoon, October 6th. The entertainment consisted of an account of a recent trip to Mexico by Miss Richardson and recitals by her sister.

livered are our own passions, appetites and follies; and against these there is always need that we should

war.

Therefore, I now set apart Thursday, the 30th of this November, as a day of thanksgiving for the past and of prayer for the future, and on that day I ask that throughout the land the people gather in their homes and places of worship, and in rendering thanks unto the Most High for the manifold blessings of the past year, consecrate themselves to a life of cleanliness, honor and wisdom, so that this nation may do its allotted work on the earth in a manner worthy of those who founded it and of those who preserved it.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this second day of November, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Five, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thirtieth.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By order of the President:

ELIHU ROOT,
Secretary of State.

It has given great pleasure to our congregation, and especially to her personal friends, to have Mrs. George E. Howes with us again for three Sundays and to listen to her beautiful singing.

The experiment of holding the meetings of the Winkley Guild at 7 o'clock and the evening services at 7.45 is working well, although the attendance has not been as large as hoped. Everyone, therefore, is asked to interest himself in its success and to help by inviting friends. The programme for the evening services for November is as follows: Rev. Dudley H. Ferrell of Natick, Rev. Christopher R. Eliot, Rev. John H. Holmes and Rev. George D. Latimer of Salem. Let everyone come, both to the Guild and evening service.

A hearty greeting is sent by all the members of the church and Sunday school to our Pastor Emeritus, Mr. Winkley, and his wife, who have recently returned from their summer rest. We have no more loyal and helpful friends than they and we send them our heartfelt love.

Notes.

The gymnasium classes have begun, but new members may join at any time. It may not be understood that persons not of our church may belong if properly introduced. Kindly advertise this fact. The fee for 20 lessons is only $1, five cents an evening. Mondays and Thursdays are for women, Tuesday and Saturdays for young men. A class for boys (free) will meet on Tuesday afternoons at 4 o'clock.

On Sunday evening, October 15th, Miss Edith L. Jones spoke before the Nathaniel Hall Society of Dorchester, giving an account of the work of Bulfinch Place Church. This society is the young people's organization in the church at Meeting House Hill, of which Mr. Eliot was minister for 11 years. Miss Jones received an enthusiastic welcome.

VOL. 2.

Christmas.

It is a beautiful custom, that of sending out Christmas cards, bearing the message of Peace and Goodwill to those whom we love. The giving of Christmas presents is much overdone, and because of the rush and hurry of the season, one is often in danger of missing its spirit. But Christmas cards, selected with care, are not only pleasant reminders of personal friendship and affection, but of that higher life and love for which Christmas stands.

Following this custom, not a few persons, ministers and others, have printed cards for their own use, with original or selected thoughts.

From those which I received last Christmas, I should like to give three to "Our Work," feeling sure that the friends who sent them to me would gladly pass them on to others.

Rev. Bradley Gilman sent the following original lines upon "Christmas Brotherhood":

"At Christmas-tide the dim words flame,

At Christmas-tide the pale truth glows

That Brotherhood fulfills its name, Nor "Rich" nor "Poor" the round world knows.

We all are poor; we all have need
Of sympathy, by which men live;
Rich in our power to love, we feed
Our friends; ourselves-earth's truest
gift-we give."

Rev. William R. Lord sent this message:

"I am thinking of you today because it is Christmas, and I wish you happiness. And tomorrow, because it will be the day after Christmas, I shall still wish you happiness; and so on clear through the year. I may not be able to tell you about it every day, but that makes no difference; the thought and the wish will be here, just the same. Whatever joy or success comes to you will make me glad."

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Mr. Samuel F. Hubbard, whom many of us know, greeted his friends with the verse which follows and which may well be ours to one another:

"Friends I cherish, far and near, Take my greeting!

By affection's magic power

We are meeting.

Christmas full and New Year fair Set you free from tangling care, Gladness give you everywhere,

Smiles repeating.

Keep a stout heart, sing a song, 'Mid things fleeting.

Not for now, but for all days
Is our greeting."

C. R. E.

Sunday Evening Services.

Services will be held on Sunday evenings during December at 7.45 o'clock, with the following speakers in charge: Dec. 3, Rev. Alfred D. K. Shurtleff of Chelmsford. Dec. 10, Rev. William I. Lawrance of Winchester. Dec. 17, Rev. John Haynes Holmes of Dorchester. Dec. 24, Christmas Music with brief addresses by Rev. Roger Forbes of Dedham, and others.

Old-Fashioned "Deestrict

Skewl."

A delightful entertainment is in preparation, to be given for the benefit of the music fund, under the auspices of the choir, on the evenings of Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, at 8 o'clock. Miss Helen F. Brigham of Cambridge is well known for her success in training pupils for an "Old-fashioned Deestrict Skewl," and it is to her skilful guidance that Mrs. Breed, Miss Leon, Miss Rogers, Mr. Gifford, Mr. Hobart Wink

ley, and fifteen other "bright and promising children" have committed themselves. Special lessons are being given in the three Rs, "jogfry" and fun. The pupils are in a high state of excitement

over their exhibition

dresses but they positively refuse to give their pictures to "Our Work," for publication, or to divulge the secrets of the programme. Consequently the only way "to get even" is to accept their invitation to buy and sell tickets at twenty-five cents each, and join in the rush for seats which will soon begin. The rule will be "first come, first served." The "Skewl" will meet at "Ye Chapelle" in Bulfinch Place on "ye 13th and 14th days of December, at 8 by ye clock." Come and see how your grandparents looked and acted when they went to school.

The Winkley Guild.

The meetings during November, while not as well attended as had been hoped for, have been very interesting, and the December meetings promise to be quite as good. The programme for the month is as follows:

Dec. 3, "The Survival of the Unfit," Mr. Clifford Clapp of the Nathaniel Hall Society in Dorchester.

Dec. 10, "Content in Work," by Miss Annie Rogers.

Dec. 17, "The Women's Alliance," Mrs. A. E. Lawrence.

Dec. 24, "The Holy Grail in Verse and Picture," by Miss Elinor W. Crocker.

Dec. 31, "Freedom of Speech and its Abuse," by Mr. Charles W. McConnell.

During the past month, the Guild has received from Mrs. Ayer a beautifully framed photograph of our pastor emeritus, Rev. S. H. Winkley. It adds much to the interest of the Winkley Guild Room, and both the gift and the kindness of the giver are highly appreciated.

Women's Alliance.

The Alliance wishes to report that the "Fair" was a great success in every respect, and to thank the many friends who helped to make it so. A good round $400.00 will be cleared, thanks to hard work and generous friends. The Alliance wishes to give especial thanks to the members of the "Eliot Circle" and "The Red, White & Blue Club" for their kindly aid. The first "Study Class" for the year will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 3 o'clock; subject, "William Ellery Channing."

On Wednesday Evening, Dec. 20th, at 7.45 o'clock, Rev. Ellery C. Butler of Quincy will address the Alliance. All men as well as women are cordially invited to this meeting, and it is hoped that many will avail themselves of this opportunity to hear one of our most interesting ministers.

The Red, White and Blue Club.

The membership of the Club is now twenty-five, with an average attendance of eighteen. Much interest is being shown, and the winter's work is progressing with vigor.

Two of the youngest members were in charge of a booth at the Alliance Fair. The attractive decorations, good lemonade, and faithful service, were due to their efforts.

On Dec. 11, a Good Citizenship meeting will be held, to which the Public The are cordially invited. speakers will be announced later.

The tenth annual meeting and election of officers was held on Nov. 27th, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Miss Edith L. Jones; Vice-president, Mr. Ernest C. Soulis; Secretary, Mr. O. Arthur McMurdie; Corresponding Secretary, Mr. Albert Strong; Treasurer, Mr. J. Rockwood Mann, and ColorSergeant, Mr. William R. L. Fritz. These officers will be installed on Dec. 4, by Rev. Christopher R. Eliot.