Everyone who read the December Journal will have been impressed by Mrs. Fisher’s Presidential letter calling us to overhaul our life as M.U. members. Since, however, less than half of our own members take the Journal we are printing as much of her letter as the Editor can find room for.

She writes: So I believe we have to begin the revival of an evangelistic spirit in the Mothers’ Union, not with grand plans and programmes of a world-wide character; but with a personal resolution by each one of us that we will try to give more time to our prayers, to concentrate our minds more upon our Lord in quietness, and to come more regularly, Sunday by Sunday, to the Holy Communion - which is the Sacrament our Lord Himself ordained for our spiritual food.

Sunday worship should be family worship; all the family of the faithful Church people should be together in Church on that day. Now we may go because it is our duty to do so, but when we really love our Lord we shall go because it is our greatest joy to be with Him and to worship Him.

We shall, of course, use our Branch meetings also as occasions for united prayer and as places to which we may bring in other mothers. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit we have to think constantly how best to help those others all this we shall do gladly if we care as Jesus cares.”

Miss Gough will be visiting us on March 4th to receive the Zenana boxes and if we can black out the hall sufficiently will show us some pictures.

The Annual General Meeting will be on March 11th in the clubroom at 3.0 p.m. Nomination papers for the new Committee will be put out at the Branch meeting on March 4th.

Subscriptions are due in March and can be paid to the Treasurer Mrs. Prentice, 10 Oxford Road, or to your representative: 1/6 and 2/-annual subscription to Journal.

Source: The Spire Magazine - 1953 February