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diff --git a/11764-0.txt b/11764-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1140ee --- /dev/null +++ b/11764-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3296 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11764 *** + +The American Missionary + +March, 1888. +Vol. XLII. +No. 3 + + * * * * * + +CONTENTS + +EDITORIAL. + FINANCIAL--PARAGRAPHS + PARAGRAPHS--DEATH OF MR. WM. L. CLARK + PARAGRAPHS + SHALL CHRIST OR MOHAMMED WIN AFRICA? + THE VERNACULAR IN INDIAN SCHOOLS + +THE SOUTH. + LEWIS NORMAL INSTITUTE--TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY + GATHERING OF NEGROES AT MACON + ENGLISH IN OUR SCHOOLS + THE EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE A.M.A. By Rev. F.F. Emerson + TO THE MEMORY OF DR. POWELL + +THE INDIANS. + LETTER FROM GRAND RIVER, DAK + +THE CHINESE. + A CHINESE CHRISTIAN IN CHINA + +BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. + HOW I BECAME A GOLDEN MISSIONARY + +CHILDREN'S PAGE. + THE STORY OF THE BULLETS + +RECEIPTS + + * * * * * + +NEW YORK: + +PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + +Rooms, 56 Reade Street. + + * * * * * + +Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance. + +Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter. + + * * * * * + +American Missionary Association. + + * * * * * + +PRESIDENT, ---- + +_Vice-Presidents_. +Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. +Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D. Ill. +Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. +Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., MASS. +Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. + +_Corresponding Secretaries_. +Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._ +Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._ + +_Treasurer_. +H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._ + +_Auditors_. +PETER MCCARTEE. +CHAS. P. PEIRCE. + +_Executive Committee_. +JOHN H WASHBURN, Chairman. +ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary. + +_For Three Years_ +LYMAN ABBOTT, +A. . BARNES, +J.R. DANFORTH, +CLINTON B. FISK, +ADDISON P. FOSTER, + +_For Two Years_. +S. B. HALLIDAY, +SAMUEL HOLMES, +SAMUEL S. MARPLES, +CHARLES L. MEAD, +ELBERT B. MONROE, + +_For One Year_. +J.E. RANKIN, +WM. H. WARD, +J.W. COOPER, +JOHN H. WASHBURN, +EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. + +_District Secretaries_. +Rev. C.J. RYDER. 21 _Cong'l House, Boston_. +Rev. J.E. ROY, D.D., 151 _Washington Street, Chicago_. + +_Financial Secretary for Indian Missions_. +Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON. + +_Secretary of Woman's Bureau_. +Miss D.E. EMERSON, 56 _Reade St., N.Y._ + + * * * * * + +COMMUNICATIONS + +Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the +Corresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting fields, to +the Corresponding Secretaries, or to the District Secretaries; letters +for "THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY," to the Editor, at the New York Office. + +DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS + +In drafts, checks, registered letters or post-office orders, may be sent +to H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more +convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, +Boston, Mass., or 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of +thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member, + +FORM OF A BEQUEST. + +"I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ------ dollars, in +trust, to pay the same in ------ days after my decease to the person +who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the 'American +Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied, under the +direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its +charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by three +witnesses. + +THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + + * * * * * + +VOL. XLII. MARCH, 1888. No. 3 + + * * * * * + +American Missionary Association + + * * * * * + +We believe that if we do the work to which God has called us, he will +move the hearts of his children to provide the money. By as much as our +work is successful, it is expansive. They are following closely in the +steps of the Master who are teaching and ministering unto the needy and +the poor. We are confident that they can safely trust in his word, "Seek +ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things +shall be added unto you." If God sends our workers out he will send +supplies. There is no limit to the measure in which God can work on +Christian hearts, to move his children to give for those who have gone +forth to "seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness." + +While God is abundantly blessing our work in our great and wide fields +among four races, we may safely ask our Christian friends to appeal to +him that we shall have not only the needful funds to carry on the work +without debt, but also enough to enable us to enter the doors which he +opens. We are needing _eight thousand dollars_ to keep our accounts +balanced, and we ask those, in whose names we stand, to pray that all +these things be added unto us. Has any pastor forgotten to take the +collection? + + * * * * * + +Rev. C.J. Ryder, recently assigned to the District Secretaryship of our +Eastern District, with rooms at Boston, will be found at the office in +the Congregational House, March 1st. He will be ready to respond to +invitations from the churches to present our cause, and can speak from a +large experience in our widely-extended and varied work. We commend Mr. +Ryder to the churches. + + * * * * * + +President Woodworth, of Tougaloo University, is in the North for a few +weeks, and will represent the growing and very hopeful interests of +Tougaloo, wherever he may be desired. Letters directed to our office in +New York will be forwarded to him. + +Prof. Horace Bumstead, of Atlanta University, is now in the North to +present the needs of that institution, and we trust that he will have +large success. He will be happy to send the _Atlanta Bulletin_ to those +who may write for it, addressing him at 148 Tremont Street, Boston. In +the light of the large convention of Negroes lately held at Macon, Ga., +the _Bulletin_ will be found exceedingly suggestive. + + * * * * * + +The Indian Presbytery of Dakota, composed of converted Sioux Indians, +during the last ecclesiastical year gave $571 more to Foreign Missions +than _any other presbytery in the synod_, and during the last synodical +year gave to the nine Boards of that church $234 more than any of the +white presbyteries of the synod. + + * * * * * + +Nannie Jones, a normal graduate at Fisk University, of the class of +1886, is to go, under the auspices of the American Board, to the +south-eastern part of Africa, about 600 miles from Natal. She is the +first single colored woman sent out by the American Board. She has been +adopted by the Ladies' Board of the Interior, whose head-quarters are at +Chicago. + + * * * * * + +We thank our friends anew for the many kind words of sympathy, in view +of our loss, and for their appreciative testimonies in memory of our +departed associate, Rev. Dr. Powell. + + * * * * * + +The hearty commendations of the "AMERICAN MISSIONARY," with enclosures +for renewed subscriptions, are also gratefully acknowledged. + + * * * * * + +The death of Mr. Wm. L. Clark, who passed away in November last, has +removed from the list of the early and efficient workers of the A.M.A. +in the South, one who deserved the warmest regards for his fidelity, his +excellent services and his self-sacrificing spirit. Mr. Clark began his +work for the Association in 1868, as a teacher, in Bainbridge, Ga., and +was subsequently at Thomasville and Atlanta. He was for a time +afterwards editor and publisher of a paper devoted to the interests of +the colored people and the South. His last years were spent in +Washington, D.C. + + * * * * * + +An intelligent negro, a graduate of one of our institutions, writes to +us these words: "The A.M.A. is doing more to quicken the hopes and +aspirations of the Southern Negro, and more toward arousing the Southern +white man to just ideas of education, and more toward bringing the two +races to an acknowledgment of each other's rights and duties, than all +other institutions or influences in the country." + +When the war closed there were 4,000,000 slaves set free in this +country, absolutely poor, absolutely ignorant. The black race doubles +itself in twenty years; and it is supposed that there are now about +8,000,000 Negro people. Of these, 3,000,000 may have learned to read and +write; there must be 5,000,000 still in illiterate and superstitious +darkness. That they are still trying hard to learn, will be accentuated +by the perusal of a specimen of letters to us from locations less +favored than others: + + "Sir Deare Bretterin I will Rite you A few lines to let you no our + condison, we has had greatiel sickness her for the last few month. + But we hant had no Deth in the time of it, and we wont to no + somthing A Bout our School her at ------ for ef we can geet the + teacher we can have a good School now, for the is good many pepel + wating on us, now. we wode Be hapa to her from you all and then we + Can tell the Pepel what to Penon, and ef you Plese Rite to us A + Bout the Deed that we sent to you for we hant never hern from it + yeat unly By Rev. ------ and i woude Be glad to her from you A Bout + it + + so Rite soon yours truly in Crist" + + * * * * * + +The American Missionary Association, which is the authorized and +recognized servant of the Congregational Churches, reporting to them +from the fields to which it is sent in their name, not unfrequently +meets the fact that schools and churches in the South are appealing for +support to those who hold us responsible for mission work in the South. +Thus many in the North from time to time, are contributing to schools or +perhaps to churches there, under the impression that they are thus +taking the shortest path to the work which appeals to them. + +There are many schools, of one kind and another, which have been started +at the South by private parties on a purely independent basis. Many of +these are carried on for a little time and then are permitted to die out +for one reason and another; and many of them are working not only with a +great lack of efficiency in comparison with the A.M.A. schools, but +without supervision and without scrutiny. Some are located where it has +pleased those who located them to reside, without much reference to +relative necessities; and some are located so unwisely that the +Association has been compelled to decline to take them, when through +fatigue or failure they have been given up. Some of them owe their +existence to the fact that certain workers were found to be not adapted +to the work, or were uncomfortable under supervision and +superintendence. Some of them are conducted by those who have signally +failed in our schools. Their projectors are often skillful in +letter-writing and in solicitation of funds for their specific +enterprises, which being purely personal, have no large and ultimate +achievement. Those who give cannot know whether the donations are most +wisely used, nor is there any satisfactory method by which contributions +can be traced. + +The Association, with its Superintendent continually in the field, +reporting every fact to the Secretaries at the office, who in turn +report to the churches, is certainly much better prepared to direct the +gifts of the benevolent in ways that shall not be unwise or +irresponsible. As these circulars and letters of appeal are often +referred by those who receive them to the Secretaries, it is but their +duty to say that all funds diverted from our treasury to schools or +churches in the South, under no watch and care, would without doubt go +further and help the great work more to which the A.M.A. is consecrated, +if they should be sent through the channel which the churches have +ordained, and which has not only this justification for its existence +and work, but also the justification of long experience and success. + +If the friends of the American Missionary Association, upon receiving +appeals from colored pastors or people in the South, or from independent +schools, would remember _that their own ordained agency_ can open and +supervise as many schools and churches as they will make possible with +their contributions, no doubt less money would be diverted and far +greater efficiency secured. Schools in the North without supervision or +superintendence, are usually inferior. Much more are these +irresponsible, unadvised and independent schools in the South. + + * * * * * + +SHALL CHRIST OR MOHAMMED WIN AFRICA? + +Ultimately Christ will, as we know by the sure word of prophecy; +immediately, Mohammed gains most rapidly, as present facts seem to +indicate. The rapid strides of Mohammedanism in Africa have been noticed +by nearly all recent explorers and travelers, but the full statement of +the fact has been brought forth more vividly in a remarkable book +written by a remarkable man. The book is entitled, "_Christianity, Islam +and the Negro Race_." The author is Edward W. Blyden, LL.D., of whom it +is said by a competent witness--and our own personal acquaintance with +him confirms the testimony, so far as we are competent to judge--that he +is a great traveler and an accomplished linguist, equally familiar with +Hebrew and Arabic, with Greek and Latin, with five European and with +several African languages, and, had he been born a European, might fill +and adorn almost any public post. Dr. Blyden was born a full-blooded +Negro in the Danish Island of St. Thomas, emigrated in his seventeenth +year to Liberia, entered an American missionary school and rose to the +head of it, became in 1862 Professor in the College of Liberia, and, two +years later, Secretary of State in the African Republic. In 1877, he +represented Liberia at the Court of St. James, as Minister +Plenipotentiary, and has been abundantly decorated with honorary +degrees. + +Dr. Blyden's opportunities for knowing the facts are unquestioned, and +his book presents in very striking array the advantages which in some +respects Islam enjoys over Christianity in the propagation of its faith +in Africa. The discussion has been continued by Canon Taylor of York, +England, and, more recently, in a very clear article in the _Nineteenth +Century_, by Dean R. Bosworth Smith. Our space does not permit us either +to summarize the facts as to this progress, nor can we present all the +reasons for it. But one of these reasons touches so nearly a point that +is of such vital interest to American Christians, that we feel called +upon to state it and emphasize it. We abridge the full statement thus: +Christianity has labored under the great disadvantage of coming to the +Negro in "a foreign garb." Its teachers came from a land that first +reached the Negro by capturing him as a slave; they came to him with the +conscious or unconscious air of superiority born of race-prejudice. +Christianity came to him as the creed, not of his friends, his +well-wishers, his kindred, but of his masters and oppressors. They +differed from him in education, in manners, in color, in civilization. +Mohammedanism, on the other hand, reached the Negro in his own country, +in the midst of his own surroundings. When it had acclimatized itself +and taken root in the soil of Africa, it was handed on to others, and +then no longer exclusively by Arab missionaries, but by men of the +Negro's own race, his own proclivities, his own color. The advantages of +this method of approach cannot be over-estimated. We care not to enter +at all into the question of the value of the two religions nor of the +good they may respectively do for poor Africa. We wish simply to deal +with the methods and means, and with the peoples who may best employ +them. We again summarize the language of Dean Smith: The very fact that +there are millions of Negroes in America and the West India Islands, +many of whom are men of cultivation and lead more or less Christian +lives, is proof positive that Christianity is welcomed by them. Is there +not room to hope that many of these men, returning to their own country, +may be able to present Christianity to their fellow-countrymen in a +shape in which it has never yet been presented,--in which it would be +very difficult for Europeans or Americans ever to succeed in presenting +it--to them, and may so develop a type of Christianity and civilization +combined which shall be neither American nor European, but African, +redolent alike of the people and of the soil? + +This is a point which the American Missionary Association has frequently +urged, and which it had begun to exemplify by sending colored +missionaries to Western Africa. The experiment was in many respects +satisfactory, but we realized that a longer training and a more thorough +maturing of character were needed in those who had just emerged from the +darkness and limitations of slavery. But what greater hope can there be +for Africa than in the training of these millions, so apt in learning, +so earnestly religious, and so well qualified to meet as brothers and +friends their kindred in the Dark Continent! Here is a work for American +Christians, full of promise of a glorious harvest. + + * * * * * + +THE VERNACULAR IN INDIAN SCHOOLS. + +After some considerable delay, Commissioner Atkins has issued revised +Regulations in regard to the teaching of Indian languages in schools. +That our readers may have them in distinct form we append them: + + "1. No text books in the vernacular will be allowed in any school + where children are placed under contract, or where the Government + contributes, in any manner whatever, to the support of the school; + no oral instruction in the vernacular will be allowed at such + schools. The entire curriculum must be in the English language. + + "2. The vernacular may be used in missionary schools only for oral + instruction in morals and religion, where it is deemed to be an + auxiliary to the English language in conveying such instruction. + + "3. No person other than a native Indian teacher will be permitted + to teach in any Indian vernacular, and these native teachers will + only be allowed in schools not supported in whole or in part by the + Government, at remote points, where there are no Government or + contract schools where the English language is taught. These + schools under native teachers only, are allowed to teach in the + vernacular with a view of reaching those Indians who cannot have + the advantages of instruction in English, and they must give way to + the English-teaching schools as soon as they are established where + the Indians can have access to them." + +In response to a special application for authority to instruct a class +of theological students in the vernacular, at the Santee School, the +Commissioner says: + + "There is no objection to your educating a limited number of + Indians in the vernacular, as missionaries, in some separate + building, entirely apart from the Santee School. This instruction + in the vernacular must be conducted entirely separate from the + English course, and must not interfere with English studies or be + considered part of the ordinary course for any other pupils of the + school than the limited number agreed upon, not to exceed thirty, + and all instruction in the vernacular must be conducted at no + expense to the Government." + +Since writing the above, we have received from Commissioner Atkins a +copy of rules designed to explain the orders quoted above. We are +constrained to say that these explanations will probably not remove the +objections that have been widely entertained against the rulings of the +Department. It must be admitted, however, that there are difficulties in +the way of formulating regulations that in their details shall meet the +views of all parties concerned. On the one hand, there is the aim of +Commissioner Atkins, in which we all coincide, to introduce the English +language among the Indians as speedily as possible. On the other hand, +there is the aim of the churches, in which we are glad to believe the +Commissioner coincides, to spread the gospel as rapidly as possible +among the Indians. The churches feel that it is a duty they owe to God +and to those Indians who cannot understand English to teach them in +the language in which they were born, and they believe, too, as the +result of long experience, that Christian schools in the vernacular are +among the most important means to that end, especially as pioneer +movements. American Christians believe, too, that they have the +right as American citizens to use their own methods--tested by +experience--without the interference of the Government; and we believe +they will feel constrained to protest in every legitimate and honorable +way against such interference. We hope that the Department of the +Interior will yet make the needful concessions. + + * * * * * + +THE SOUTH. + +Rev. Dr. A.G. Haygood, the author of _Our Brother in Black_, and the +general administrator of the John F. Slater fund, was in Macon a few days +ago, visiting officially Lewis Normal Institute, which he pronounced an +admirable school. The doctor made a thorough inspection of the school, +and expressed himself as greatly pleased with its present management +under Mrs. L.A. Shaw. He remarked that the improvement within the +last two years is very noticeable in all departments, that the teaching is +very thoroughly done and the industrial training systematically and +efficiently carried on. Dr. Haygood preached, Sunday morning, at the +Congregational Church to the edification of all who heard him. + + * * * * * + +The governor of Mississippi in his recent message commends our Institution +at Tougaloo in the following generous terms: + +"The information derived from the President and Board of Visitors of +_Tougaloo University_ is of the most satisfactory character. During the +year, additional school and industrial buildings have been erected, thus +making all the appointments of the Institution excellent and commodious. +The University is indebted to a generous-hearted gentleman of New York, +Stephen Ballard, Esq., for the funds necessary for these buildings. The +labor of erecting them was performed by the students under the direction +of the Superintendent of Industries, thus economizing cost of labor, and +at the same time demonstrating the valuable training of the students. The +timely and generous donation of Mr. Ballard serves to carry on under the +same roof, blacksmithing, wagon-making, painting, tinning and carpentry. + +"This University not only endeavors to encourage and conduct intelligently +farm work of every description, but to teach and thoroughly instruct +the boys in the several industries mentioned, as well as in the use of the +steam-engine, saw, etc. The girls, in addition to the studies prescribed, +are taught practical household duties in all their details. During the year +Rev. G.S. Pope, who has been President of the University for a decade, +and who labored faithfully to advance its interests, was transferred to +another field of labor. His place is filled by Frank G. Woodworth, who +assumes the Presidency of the Institution and who will earnestly strive to +advance its interests and sustain its already excellent reputation. This +University, by its successful management, commends itself to your favorable +consideration." + + * * * * * + +The most important gathering of negroes that probably has ever +occurred, was in Macon, Ga., a few weeks since. Five hundred leading +Negro representatives convened to discuss and adopt "a thorough plan of +State organization." A permanent organization was effected and named +the "_United Brotherhood of Georgia_," the purpose of which is "to resist +oppression, wrong and injustice." We note the following resolutions, +which were passed by the convention: + + _Resolved_, That we, in convention assembled, respectfully but + earnestly demand of the powers that be, that the Negro be given + what, and only what, he is entitled to. + + _Resolved further_, That never, until we are in the fullest + enjoyment of our rights at the ballot-box, will we cease to agitate + and work for what justly belongs to us in the shape of suffrage. + + _Further resolved_, That it shall be the policy of the colored race + to vote so as to bring the greatest division to the white voters of + this country, for in this we believe lies the boon of our desire. + +The last resolution is not entirely plain to us, and we refrain from +comment upon it, but the convention itself, the fact of leadership +taking shape among the Negroes, and the forth-putting of their purposes, +are very significant. + +When the Glenn Bill was born, and when the Georgia House of +Representatives stood sponsor for its baptism, we believed that the +enemy of righteousness had made a mistake, and that this particular +piece of artillery would kick. They who think to thwart the providences +of God usually help them forward. Christianity has had many a help from +its opposers. + +Upon the incidental question of temperance, the sentiments of the +convention were voiced by one of the speakers in these words: "The best +thing for the Negro is industry, temperance, virtue, economy, union and +courage. Get land, get money, get education; be sober and be virtuous. +We have drunk enough whiskey since the war to build a railroad from +Atlanta to Savannah. The Negro race cannot be great except as +individuals rise towards greatness." They are rising. A little more +yeast, good friends. + + * * * * * + +The following illustrations of some features of our work are not sent +forth for the sake of a smile, but for the thought which will be under +the smile. The text of the thought, which may be expanded at pleasure, +will be found in an ordinance of the United States, dated 1787, viz.: +"Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and +the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be +forever encouraged." + + +ENGLISH AS SHE IS "NOT" TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS. + +CONTINUED FROM THE NOTE BOOK OF A MISSIONARY TEACHER. + + +Go to the great physicianer. + +I use consecrated lye. + +She is a crippler. + +I seldomly hear that. + +O Lord, give us good thinking facticals. + +The meeting will be in the basin of the church. + +O Lord, throw overboard all the load we'se totin, and the sins which +upset us. + +Jog them in remembrance of their vows. + +I want her to resist me with the ironing. + +I want all you people to adhere to the bell. + +There will be no respectable people in heaven. (God is no respecter of +persons.) + +I was much disencouraged. + +It was said at the startment of this meeting. + +I take care of three head of children. + +We have passed through many dark scenes and unseens. + +May we have the eye of an eagle to see sin afar off and shun it. + +I have made inquiration at several places. + +A letter written jointly to represent the opinions of several persons, +thus expresses itself to us: "We are happy to write this letter to you in a +conglomerate manner." + + * * * * * + +THE EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE A.M.A. + +BY REV. FORREST F. EMERSON. + + +The report of the Executive Committee on educational work in the South, +confirms the conviction which must have impressed itself on many minds, +that the Association is a divinely-appointed agency for carrying forward +a work delegated to us as a _nation_. God calls nations as he calls men, +and consecrates them to a special work. Rome had a call, and fulfilled +it, under the Divine Providence, and that call was to work out the idea, +and demonstrate the necessity, of government, and to cultivate in the +minds of men everywhere regard for the authority of law; Greece had her +mission, and it was to teach the value of individual culture, both +physical and intellectual; the people of Israel had their call to teach +the doctrine of God, of his moral government, and of the eternal nature +of moral law; and this Christian nation has its divine call, and that +call arises from the peculiar relation which it sustains to the other +races and nations of the earth. + +For a long time it seemed as if this land was to be given exclusively to +the English race. The Dutch who settled here were assimilated and +absorbed; the Spaniards and Portuguese found a congenial clime in South +America; the French, by the progress of events, were prevented from +gaining a foothold in New England, and with the sale of so-called +"Louisiana"--an immense area extending from the Gulf to British +America,--France relinquished her last claim to ownership of any part of +our domain. The period of history, from the landing at Jamestown and +Plymouth to the war of 1812, and later, was the unfolding of events +which pointed to the supremacy of the English in North America. Our +religion was Protestant and English; our literature took root in English +forms of thought; our free institutions were the outcome of principles +which had been, and now are, influential in English politics; our common +law was English, our traditions of liberty were English, and that union +of liberty and law which makes us strong, we inherited from our English +fathers. So that in 1820, two hundred years after the arrival of the +Mayflower, we were essentially an English nation; old England broken +away from old forms and precedents, the natural expansion of England +under new forms of government and society. + +Now it would have been pleasant, to human ways of thinking, if we could +have remained always thus homogeneous. But God had a work for us to do. +We were not left to sit down amidst the vast resources which the land +affords for material prosperity, and just watch and foster our own +growing and expanding life, but God gave us four problems to solve. +These four problems came to us from the four quarters of the globe, the +Indian of America on the North, the Chinaman of Asia on the West, the +descendant of Africa on the South, and the emigrant of Europe on the +East, who poured, in great masses, through our Eastern gates, the German +unbeliever, the Irish Catholic, the Mormon convert, and representatives +of every race of Europe. + +The English race, which still represents the heart and brain of the +nation, confronts these four problems. The problem on the North and +South we brought on ourselves, as results on the one hand of our neglect +and injustice, and on the other of our cupidity and cruelty. The +troubles that come to us through our Eastern and Western ports, are +drawn to us by the attractive influence of our free institutions and our +material prosperity. + +What are we to do with these alien elements? Do as Rome did. When Rome +heard of a hostile nation on her borders, she conquered it, attached it +to the Empire, and made it a new pillar of imperial power. So are we to +conquer every element of darkness and attach it to the kingdom of light, +making it an element of strength in our American civilization and our +American Christianity. The difference in the method is the difference +between paganism and Christianity, for while Rome conquered with a sword +of steel, we conquer with the sword of the Spirit. We conquer by giving +gifts unto men, the four gifts of law, land, letters and religion. We +have given law to the African and the European with citizenship and the +ballot; we have given land to the African and the European, and, thanks +to Christian statesmanship, we will soon give it to the Indian in +severalty; and to all will we give letters and religion. + +It is the peculiar glory of this Association that it deals more directly +than any other agency with the gravest and most urgent of these +problems, the education of the colored race, so that while the +Government gives the Negro citizenship, and permits him to own land, +this society undertakes the work of fitting him for the ownership of +land and for the responsibility of citizenship. And it is doing this in +the genuine way, through the gospel of Christ, and education as the +handmaid and helper of the gospel--that helper without which +Christianity would be falsely conceived, and erroneously applied, and +without which a failure would result in the ethical training of the +colored race. The Association, by its educational work, is thus +fulfilling the divine purpose in the call made to us as a Christian +nation. + +The report of the committee also suggests the heroic element in our +work. It brings to mind the obstacles and difficulties which we are +called upon to overcome. The illiteracy of the colored people is a fact +immense in extent and dark in its prophetic significance. Your hearts +were rejoiced, I know, by the statements of the changes going on in the +education of the colored children in several States through free +schools. The need of this movement will be appreciated when we remember +the figures which bring before us the present illiterate condition of +the people. I present the outline of a report made in January, 1885, +based on reports of Albion Tourgee, and on articles in the _North +American Review_. According to that report, seventy-three per cent. of +the colored population of the South cannot read and write. In the eight +Gulf and Atlantic States, seventy-eight per cent. are in the same +condition. Over two millions of colored people in these eight States +cannot read and write. But this is not all. We must take into account +the rapid increase of the negroes. In three States of the South they +already outnumber the whites. In eight States, they are about one-half +the population. In all the Southern States they increase faster than the +white population. From 1870 to 1880, in the eight States mentioned +above, they increased thirty-four per cent., the whites only +twenty-seven per cent. The immigration of foreign-born whites will not +change the proportionate difference of increase, as the foreign-born +white population has decreased 30,000 since the war, and the immigration +of northern-born whites amounts to only a fraction of one per cent. +According to the present rate of increase, the colored race in one +hundred years from now will have a population many millions in excess of +the whites, since, while it will take thirty-five years for the white +race to double its numbers, the blacks will do so every twenty years. In +less than twenty-five years from this date, the colored race in the +South will outnumber the whites in nearly all the States, and then the +world will witness a conflict of races, the aspiration of the negro +against the caste-prejudice of the white, the end and result of which no +man can foresee. + +These facts all point to the greatness of the work undertaken by this +Association. Christian education is the only education for a race having +before it such a future. The illiteracy which we deplore must be +overcome, but something more than that; that change must be provided +for, when the Negro in large numbers will pass from the quiet and +peaceful pursuits of agriculture to be massed together in mine and +factory and the work of the mechanic arts, but something more than that; +intelligence for the burden of citizenship must be given, but something +more than that; incentives to the accumulation of property and the +building of homes for themselves and their families must be encouraged, +but something more than that must be done. If we were simply patriots, +we would educate these people; if we were only philanthropists, or wise +statesmen, or political economists, we would still feel bound to educate +them. But we are more than these, we are Christians, and so there is one +other thing we must do besides these I have mentioned, something which +includes all these and so is greater than they all--and that thing is to +make them Christian. Education is a part of the means to be used, and +not the total end and aim. + +For what is education? Not the mere accumulation of knowledge, nor the +mere training of the powers of the mind, but the building of manhood. +You have tempered your Damascus blade, but who is going to hold it--the +patriot, or the rebel? You have your educated man with his printing +press, but what is he going to print--the Police Gazette or the Gospel +of St. John? You have built your college and found your young man, and +trained him up to the very highest point of mental excellence and power, +but what is he going to do with his mind? The mind is only an instrument +under the direction of the man. The great thing is the ethical man who +is going to use this mind. If there is any thing the American people +need to learn, it is that there is one thing greater than talent, and +that is character--the love and regard for righteousness. + +It is here that this Association does its work in the genuine way, +regarding education as necessary for the colored race and for all races, +not as an end in itself, but as an instrument in the hands of a man +ethically and Christianly trained. The gospel must go with the school, +so that we may train not only the hand and the brain, but also the +conscience and the heart. When I think of the future of the Negro race +in America, of the possibilities of that race already being revealed, of +the immense political significance of its position to-day, of the +certain increase of its numbers, of the inevitable collision of races by +and by, unless there be a change in the spirit of the whites, I feel +that no education is to be trusted but Christian education, an education +based on the gospel of Christ. + +And to what purpose can any of us, with better hope of success, devote +our time, our money, our labor? Let us have more money for this work. I +would say no word to depreciate foreign missions, but is not this after +all the work of foreign missions? How will you influence the future of +China, or of Japan, or of Africa, or of Europe, in more direct, +sympathetic, permanent ways, than by giving the gospel, and the +education that goes with the gospel, to those at our very doors from all +these lands, who shall carry back, and send back, to their own native +countries the same gospel they have learned in this? + + * * * * * + +TO THE MEMORY OF DR. POWELL. + +BY A PASTOR IN THE SOUTH. + + One night, entranced, I sat spell-bound, + And listened in my place, + And made a solemn vow to be + A hero for my race. + + He plead as but a few can plead. + With eloquence and might, + He plead for a humanity, + The Freedmen and the right. + + His soul and true nobility + Went out in every word, + And strongly moved for better things + Was everyone that heard. + + Too soon has death made good his claim + On him who moved us so; + Too great and white the harvest yet, + To spare him here below. + + O! "why this waste?"--forgive me, Lord, + I would not Judas be; + Yet who will plead as he has plead, + For Freedmen and for me? + + Perhaps, ah, yes! I know he will-- + This sleeping Prince of Thine, + In many a multitude be heard, + Yet plead for right and mine. + + + * * * * * + +THE INDIANS. + +LETTER FROM GRAND RIVER, DAK. + + +_Dear Friends_: + +I have never seen a worse day in the Territory than to-day. The snow +was about two feet deep and light. Last night the wind began to blow, +and to-day it is blowing a gale and the snow flies like powdered glass. +Neither man nor beast can endure it. I cannot see my stable, which is +within a stone's-throw of the house. I have wood and water enough in the +house to last two or three days; so I shall not suffer personally, and I +will spend the time of imprisonment in writing, if I can, between making +fires. The snow sifts through my door and window until I have a regular +snowbank all along the inside of the house. Though I am warm right by the +stove, yet I cannot get the room warm enough to melt the snow. Last +winter and this are the hardest I have ever seen in the Territory. + +So dear Dr. Powell has gone home! No one should feel sorry for him. +How grand and glorious thus to be called home to God! I do not think +the work here will suffer because he has gone from our sight. He is only +promoted. God will no doubt let him work on in heaven; only gone from +the ills that the flesh is heir to. Dead? Oh no! he is not dead. He is +living evermore. May we all be as ready as was he for the final call! + +On the same day that he died, we trust that there passed through the +gates with him one of our Indian boys, whose cause Dr. Powell had so +eloquently pleaded. Harry Little-Eagle died like a hero. No one ever +suffered more for four months than he, and not once did his faith fail. He +prayed and sang, and talked for Jesus as long as his strength held out. +The night before he died his voice returned, and he said: "God gave it back +to me and told me to talk to the people." He did. He said: "I am +going home, God will give me a greater work there to do. Do not cry. +You must keep a stout heart and give my message to all the people." +Then he prayed, "O Father, keep a big work for me. I have not lived +here long. I have only known thee a short time, and I have been a great +sufferer. I have done nothing for thee. Keep some work up there for +me. I want to help you." Then he said: "Tell Winona to be brave; +tell her to have a strong will; tell her to seek out the lost; some will +believe and be saved. Tell her to continue to work for the people." I +asked, "Are you afraid now, when you are so near the water?" "No," he +replied, "I am in a hurry to go home." To his father he said: "God will +send you a comforter. I will help prepare a home for you, and my mother +and sister and brother. I shall wait for you." + +His father, Little-Eagle, seems inspired. New Year's Day he stood up +before some Teton Indians and said: "I am one of you. You all know me. +You all see me. You see the same body that has been on the war-path +with you many times; the same body that has been rigged out in paint +and feathers and rattlers, and has danced with you in the dance. The +body is the same, but that is all. The part of me that your eyes cannot +see is not the same. I am not the same. I think differently; I feel +differently; I plan differently. I like different things; I am a new man. +My heart is made clean in Christ. When I first tried to follow Christ, I +was satisfied. I tried to do right and I thought God would own me. When +my boy died he said: 'Tell the people that God has said, "Thou shalt +have no God but me. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou +shalt not commit adultery. Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy."' +Then my heart was heavy. All day and night I sat mute. I said: 'I have +done all these things and my boy never did any of them. He will be +saved and I shall be lost.' I went to Winona and told her. She told me: +'My friend, if we never had sinned, Christ would not have died. Because +you sinned and broke God's laws, Christ died for you. His death makes +you his.' Then light came. Yes, I am a sinner, just like the rest of you. +We have all done the same things. Now I stand here acquitted. Come +to Christ. Come to God. You seek after food for the body; that is all +your thought. I sought God, and when I sowed my seed in the spring, I +prayed to God and attended to my soul, and God has taken care of my +body. I wished, and he made my field flourish when all yours dried up +in the sun. If you will seek God he will take care of your bodies. Trust +in the Lord. Put away heathen dances and plays. Be not like children; +be men and women and God will feed you." + +These were his words. He spoke the truth, for he is the only Indian +who had an abundant crop. + +Little Eagle cannot speak an English word. His son Harry who died +could read English a little. He learned at Santee. But his knowledge of +the Bible, and his Bible-reading to the people and his work for Christ, were +in his own tongue. It was the truth in his own tongue that saved Little +Eagle. _Shall we not, then, teach the children Christian truths in their +own language?_ + + * * * * * + +THE CHINESE. + +A CHINESE CHRISTIAN IN CHINA. + + +Chin Toy was a shoemaker until he accepted my invitation to become a +Missionary Helper. His education, in English and as a Christian, has +been wholly in our humble mission work. He is now engaged in +evangelistic service. Having recently returned from a visit to his +native land, I asked him to give me an account of his experience there. +I give it below to the readers of the _Missionary_. W.C. POND. + + DEAR PASTOR:--You asked me kindly to give you my experience during + my visit in China. I stayed home about ten months. I had a very + hard time there at first, because I have no Christian friends who + live near enough to help me. The temptations around me very great. + My father and my uncle wanted me to help in their store: they had + sacrifice-paper and candles for the offering of idols for sale. + This hurted my feeling very much. I told them I was a Christian. I + could not help in that business, for I know it was against the law + of the true God. They laughed at me and said I was very foolish to + believe such a doctrine. I found it very difficult to enlighten + their minds. + + Two weeks after I got home was a birthday of my grandfather, who + died many years ago. My father set some sacrifices on the parlor + table, before the ancestral tablet; he wanted me to bow down and + worship with him, but I refused. I told him while I honored my + grandfather a great deal, yet I could not worship him. The + Christians only worship the one true God. This made him very angry + at me, he so angry that he did not take his breakfast that + morning. From this time on, my father was cross to me very often, + he called me a man without conscience. I did not mind about that, + for I knew he loved me in his heart. He had not learned what + Christianity was. I tried to please him all I could. When he + scolded me I answered him softly. I prayed for him and for all my + relatives every day. I asked the Lord to send the Holy Spirit to + them, that they might prove what was good. Two or three months + afterward, I found my father and relatives changed a great deal. + They seemed to like Christianity more than they did. + + Sometimes I showed them some things which they never saw before, + such as photograph album, Holy Bible, book of mission stories with + many pictures in it. I explained the pictures to them and they were + all pleased. I also told them that these good books were presented + by my kind teachers. I gave the names of these faithful workers of + the Lord and said they were the best friends of the Chinese, the + reason was that they love Jesus. I then went on and told them about + the true God, and his blessed Son Jesus, who love the whole world. + They all kept quiet and listen attentively. Besides these, I show + them my coal-oil stove, alarm clock, thermometer, etc. These things + greatly pleased them. I told them the wonderful arts, the + machineries, railways and the telegraphs. These news led them spoke + out in a loud voice, "The people in Christian land have more wisdom + than our Chinese." I said, "God gave this wisdom, our Chinese must + love the true God and forsake the idols, then God will send the + Holy Spirit to make us wise and happy, and love to do good. The + Bible says, Trust the Lord and do good." After this, I found + opportunity to preach the gospel every day. Though I could not make + them become Christians yet, I was glad they shew so much interest + in receiving the good seeds. Nearly every day, some people came in + our little store and asked me to tell them about this new doctrine. + During March, Rev. C.R. Hager paid us a visit. Our store was + crowded with people. They all came to see him. He preached to them. + Several of the students had a long talk with him. + + On the day of my marriage, my father did not compel me to worship + the idols and ancestors. I felt very thankful for the Lord's help + in this matter. My mother used to believe in all kinds of + superstitions. If any one in the family was sick, she would go to a + sorcerer and ask for some charms to heal the sick one. I told her + that this kind of belief and doing were all wrong. I shew her how + to pray the true God, and taught her to say the Lord's prayer. One + day my sister was sick in bed, and my mother called me home to pray + for her. I asked my mother whether she had been to the sorcerer or + not. She said she had not. I then opened the Bible and read the + first eleven verses from the fourth chapter of Matthew. I knelt and + prayed, while my mother and all the rest of the family kept silent. + When I said the Lord's prayer at the close, I asked them to follow + me, but they were too bashful to comply. I am glad to say that my + sister's health was restored, and this greatly pleased my mother. + + During the month of March, the Chinese worship their ancestors at + their respective graves. This kind of worship has two meanings, one + is to repair and decorate the graves, the other, to worship with + sacrifice, consisting of already cooked chicken and pork, and paper + which represents money and clothing. My father and relatives, of + course, follow the same custom. I accompanied them to the graves, + but I only helped them in repairing the graves. Some of these + relatives were school teachers. They spoke scornfully at me for not + worshiping. They said, "You cannot show honor to your ancestors + without kneeling before them." I then said to them, "Can you tell + me the origin of sacrifice? Who established it, and for what + purpose?" This seemed to strike them like lightning, for they all + stood and had nothing to say. I then said, let me give you the + origin. I told them that after God created heaven and earth and all + things, he finally made a man and a woman, and placed them in Eden, + the paradise, and how they sinned against God's command by eating + the forbidden fruit. This brought death into the world. They were + driven out of Paradise and had to work hard for a livelihood, but + God was so merciful that he promised that the seed of the woman + shall bruise the head of the serpent; that is, he would provide a + Saviour, by which death could be conquered. God told them that when + they sinned again, they must offer sacrifice and confess their + sins, then God would forgive them. From that time on, the people + offer sacrifice. This sacrifice is a type of Jesus, who gave his + life and died on the cross for all who are willing to believe in + him. So Jesus paid it all, and after his crucifixion there is no + more offering required. That is the reason why the Christians do + not offer sacrifice, and why I do not worship in this manner. For + no one deserves our worship but God alone. I only honor the + ancestors with my heart. I love them just as much as you do + yourselves. + + When they heard this explanation, they were greatly surprised. Then + they spoke among themselves by saying, "His doctrine is good; this + is all news to us; our Confucius books never tell us about the + origin of sacrifice." This seemed to break down their pride a great + deal, and after this they shew great willingness to listen to the + Word of Life. Oh! how I long to have them learn of Jesus and become + His followers. I not only pray for them, but every one in our + village. May the Lord bless the seed sown in their hearts. + Moreover, may He enlighten every soul in China. Yours in Christ, + CHIN TOY. + + * * * * * + +We are in need of clothing to be sent to our mission stations in the +South. Second-hand clothing will be of use if it is yet durable. All such +helps should be sent to our office in New York, 56 Reade St., and we will +forward promptly where most needed. + +BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. + +MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. + +WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS. + +CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + +ME.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, +Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me. + +VT.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, +Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt. + +CONN.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, +Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, +Conn. + +N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, +Mrs. C.C. Creegan, Syracuse, N.Y. + +OHIO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, +Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, Ohio. + +Ill.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. +C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago, I11. + +MICH.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, +Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich. + +Wis.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, +Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis. + +MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, +Mrs. H.L. Chase, 2,750 Second Ave., South, +Minneapolis, Minn. + +IOWA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, +Mrs. Ella B. Marsh, Grinnell, Iowa. + +KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, +Mrs. Addison Blanchard, Topeka, Kan. + +SOUTH DAKOTA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, +Secretary, Mrs. W.H. Thrall, Amour, Dak. + + * * * * * + +Not many weeks since, the Congregational Sunday-school of Ithaca, N.Y., +sent us forty-five dollars towards the education of an Indian girl at +Santee Agency, saying "we expect to make it seventy dollars." The story +"How I Became A Golden Missionary," tells how they did it. It is a clear +case of evolution. If any of our young people do not know what evolution +is, they can learn how to start one by reading + +HOW I BECAME A GOLDEN MISSIONARY. + +My birthplace was in a very Superior region, as for millions of years I +had dwelt near Lake Superior. My superior quality almost defied the arts +of man. I first became conscious of existence when being liberated from +my copper prison. I was, as I heard men say, ninety per cent. pure +copper. Up to this time I had never been disturbed, but now sounded +sharply the click of the hammer upon the cold chisel that rudely +separated me from all that had been most closely associated with me. I +heard men say that I was to be made over; and I was transported far away +to a place where I was exposed to fierce fires, and without suffering I +was made to assume a liquid form. I was then poured into a mold from +which I came out, verily, a new creature. I was very bright and +beautiful, shining and glowing, as if still retaining in myself the +fires that had transformed me. I now discovered that I had a new name, +for they called me "One Cent," and gave me this motto, "In God we +trust." + +I heard it said that I was a tool to assist in civilization, and I soon +found myself aiding men in commercial transactions. I had manifold +experiences and, like most useful people, found that while age increased +my usefulness it subdued my glitter. At last, after many, many years, I +fell into the hands of a Sabbath-school Superintendent with a missionary +spirit, and by him was distributed with many of my companions to the +children of his Sabbath-school, with the injunction to multiply. I fell +into the hands of a boy who undertook to help me in a business way +which should tend to my rapid increase. At the end of a fixed period I +and my companions were to be returned to the Superintendent with our +respective gains; and then, after relating our experiences, we were to +be sent forth as missionaries to the Indians. Before this, my aims had +been simply to aid in commerce, with no definite plan before me, and +like all who have no fixed purpose, I drifted here and there and took no +special interest in the world. But now I was to become a missionary; I +was not only to aid in civilization but in advancing Christianity. + +My new aim in life made me anxious concerning the boy who was to be my +helper. I took the deepest interest in all his plans in regard to me and +listened attentively when he bargained with his father for a fourth of a +cent's worth of yarn and the use of a needle with which to darn his +father's socks. I thought that a boy of sixteen who was willing to +increase me by undertaking to darn his father's stockings, deserved all +the aid that I could give him. I looked on with interest and admiration, +while he, with earnest toil, completed his task. When the task was +ended, I found myself increased from one to three cents. This small +beginning was in reality the most important of all our transactions and +demonstrated that we could work harmoniously together. + +While he went to the St. Lawrence for his vacation, he did not give me a +vacation nor wrap me in a napkin, but left me where I grew to four +cents. Then we invested my whole increase in hickory nuts, which +transaction increased me to fifteen cents. I here discovered that I had +not only multiplied but had become of a more precious metal. I was now +silver. We now invested in peanuts and hickory nuts and I was increased +from fifteen to thirty cents. The community in which we lived manifested +such a fondness for peanuts that we again invested and I found myself +increased to seventy-five cents. + +Coming in contact with one who mourned over sleepless nights, we +undertook to add to her comfort by making a hop pillow. Having invested +in materials, and the boy making the pillow himself upon the machine, we +realized an increase of twenty-five cents. Now to my great surprise and +still greater delight, I found that I had again been transformed into a +more precious metal. I was now gold. As I could attain no higher degree +in precious metals, it was decreed that in this form I should go forth +on my career as a missionary. + +Good-bye to you, Lottie, and Rose, and Marion, and John, and Carl, and +Waldo. Our association has been very pleasant together, and I hope that +in taking leave of you I am not to pass altogether from your knowledge. +I should desire that this history of my growth and increase may +accompany me, that in time to come I may be able to report to you of the +good that through me you have been able to accomplish. Once more +good-bye. + +YOUR HAPPY MISSIONARY GOLD DOLLAR. + + + +CHILDREN'S PAGE. + +THE STORY OF THE BULLETS. + +Among some unpublished papers of the late Rev. Dr. Pike, we find the +following story, which we know will be of interest to our readers, both +from the sketch itself and the association with its author: + +A few years after Gen. Hooker fought his famous battle of the clouds, I +visited Lookout Mountain, and, while searching for some memento on the +battle-field, picked up a slightly bruised rifle bullet. This to me was +a real prize. It was not too large, it would keep. + +A slight illness, aggravated by the fatigue of the day, induced me to +accept the urgent request of a former acquaintance to spend the night +with him upon the mountain. During the evening, I chanced to show him +the bullet, saying I thought myself quite fortunate in finding it. + +"Oh," said he, "that's nothing. A colored woman after the battle +gathered and sold so many that she was able to purchase a cow with the +money, and now that cow supports her family." + +I left Chattanooga the nest morning, and thought no more of the incident +for a dozen years. A short time since, however, I was spending the night +in a small village in one of the mountain towns of Tennessee. At +nightfall, looking out from my hotel, I observed a company of colored +people ambling along towards a low wooden meeting-house, and time +hanging heavily on my hands, I decided to join the dusky worshipers. I +slipped in, therefore, when the meeting was a little under way, and +allowed myself to be ushered up to the front seat, directly under the +eye of an intelligent looking young man who proved to be the preacher +for the occasion. After a few opening services, which embraced the usual +variety in ordinary churches, the minister took for his text the +passage, "Ask, and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and +it shall be opened unto you." + +"Now," said he, when he had gotten on well with his introduction, "you +must not believe you will surely receive precisely the thing you ask for +in just the way you might like it. Let me give you an illustration from +my personal experience. When a little boy, I lived with my mother on the +southern slope of Lookout Mountain, and remember well the day that Gen. +Hooker fought his great battle up there and how he and his soldiers +marched bravely away. For a long time the children and the grown people +searched the battle-fields over, day after day, hoping to find things of +value. My mother made it her business to hunt for bullets, and at length +the number she gathered herself and took from us boys was so great that +she was able to purchase a cow with the money they brought. + +"A benevolent gentleman living in New York at this time soon after +secured the Government buildings on the top of the mountain that had +been used for the sick soldiers, and fitted them up nicely for Northern +teachers, who opened a boarding-school for white students. I took milk +to the institution from our cow, every morning, and how I wished that I +might gain admittance to the school and procure an education! One day I +heard the scholars reciting in concert, 'Ask and ye shall receive, seek +and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.' It came over +me most powerfully and I repeated it again and again. I said it to my +mother, and inquired of her what it meant, and why it impressed me so, +and who it was that said it. + +"She replied, 'I dunno. I reckon I'se heard dem words afore. 'Pears like +dey was spoke by the bressed Lord.' + +"The more I thought of it, the more undecided I was what I could do, or +what my mother could do for me, I knew, however, that the Lord could do +everything. + +"Well, the nest time I met the good-natured teacher who managed the +school, I made bold to ask him to allow me to tell him all about it, and +this was his reply. 'Our Lord made that promise long before the +discovery of America and the establishment of the peculiar institutions +of this country. If he had lived at this day, I reckon,' he continued +with a look of drollery, 'he would have said "Ask and ye shall +receive--if you aint a nigger." I can't take you into my school because +you are black, but I'll send you down to the American Missionary school +at Chattanooga. You can ask and receive there whether you are black or +white.' + +"So, shortly after he told my experience to the teacher in the town, who +arranged that my mother should take me and the cow to a little farm just +out of the city, giving me an opportunity to attend his school regularly +until I was fitted to enter an institution of a higher grade. I then +went away and pursued a course of study for six years, teaching during +the summer and receiving aid from my mother, who kept the cow all the +while for her own support and my assistance. I asked, I received, but +not just in the way I hoped." + +When he had finished speaking, I took him heartily by the hand, told him +of my early visit to the mountain and the bullet still in my possession. +I talked with him about his teachers, his struggles for self-help, his +aim to work for the progress of the church and his consecration to the +duties of the Christian ministry. I conversed with him in reference to +others of his acquaintance and believe that his experience serves to +illustrate the ingenuity of the colored people in seeking their own +advancement. + + "They climb like corals, grave on grave, + But pave a path that's sunward, + They're beaten back in many a fray, + Yet newer strength they borrow; + And where the vanguard rests to-day, + The rear shall camp to-morrow." + + * * * * * + +RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1888. + +MAINE, $977.34. + +Auburn. SAMUEL J.M. PERKINS, to const. +himself L.M. ...$30.00 + +Bangor. Hammond St. Ch. ...15.50 +Bangor. Center Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...5.00 + +Bath. Winter St. Ch., 100; Central Cong. +Ch. and Soc., 34 ...134.00 + +Belfast. Miss E.M. Pond, Bbl. of C.; Miss +G. Longfellow, Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, +N.C._ + +Brewer. Mrs. C.S. Hardy, 10; M. Hardy, +10, _for Indian M._ ...20.00 + +Brunswick. Mrs. S.C.L. Clement, _for +Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...25.00 + +Brunswick. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Indian M._ ...8.10 + +Castine. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...5.00 + +Castine. Class 9, Trin. Sab. Sch., _for Student +Aid, Tougaloo U._ ...2.32 + +Cumberland Center. Silas M. Rideout, _for +Mountain Work_ ...1.00 + +East Otisfield. Mrs. Susan Lovel, 5; Rev. +J. Loring, 2; Mrs. Sarah P. Morton, 1 ...8.00 + +Ellsworth. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. C.F.W. +HUBBARD L.M. ...41.33 +Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. ...2.02 + +Gorham. "Helping Hand Soc.," _for +Freight_ ...2.00 + +Hallowell. Mrs. F.C. Page, 15 _for Mountain +Work_ and 10 _for Indian M._ ...25.00 + +Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...10.87 +Madison. Cong. Ch. ...1.00 + +New Castle. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Bedding, +_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ + +Norridgewock. Mrs. Caroline F. Dole, _for +Freight_ ...1.45 + +North Yarmouth. Dea. Asa A. Lufkin ...5.00 + +Portland. State St. Cong. Ch. and Soc., +197; High St. Ch., 195.72; Williston Ch., +69.39; Rev. I.P. Warren, 60, to const. +STANLEY P. WARREN, M.D., and MRS. +SUSAN H. CANADA L.M.'s; Friends in +West Cong. Ch., 5; Seamen's Bethel Ch., +5 ...532.11 + +Portland. Sab. Sch of Seamen's Bethel, +_for Indian M._ ...2.00 + +Portland. Infant S.S. Class, St. Lawrence +St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...3.00 + +Portland. Mrs. J.M. Gould, 2.50; Mr. and +Mrs. Geo. H. Plummer, 1 _for Indian M._ ...3.50 + +South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class, +_for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...2.00 + +Union. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Bedding, +_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ + +Waldoboro. First Cong. Ch. ...12.00 + +Woolwich. E.M. Gardner, _for Tougaloo +U._ ...0.50 + +----. Mrs. M.W. Stone, _for Pupils, Fort +Berthold, Indian M._ ...70.00 + + +NEW HAMPSHIKE, $518.38. + +Amherst. Miss L.F. Boylston (20 of which +_for Woman's Work_) ...70.00 + +Bedford. Presb. Ch. ...12.67 +Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...20.00 + +Concord. Dea. F. Coffin's Class, 10, and +Jos. T. Sleeper's Class, 10, South Cong. +Ch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...20.00 + +Derry. Ladies' Aux., First Cong. Ch., _for +Woman's Work_ ...20.00 + +Farmington. First Cong. Ch. ...23.77 + +Great Falls. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for +Woman's Work_ ...25.00 + +Harrisville. Mrs. L.B. Richardson, 10; +Darius Farwell, 2 ...12.00 + +Keene. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 90, +to const. GEORGE E. HITcHCOCK, MRS. +HARRIET L. BUCKMINSTER and LUCY M. +CARLTON L.M.'s Sab. Sch of Second +Cong. Ch., 48.49 ...$138.49 + +Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...45.00 + +Lempster. Helen Bingham and Marianna +Smith ...5.00 + +Londonderry. Charles S. Pillsbury ...1.00 + +Manchester. Sab. Sch., by E. Ferren, +Treas., _for Pupils, Fort Berthold, Indian +M._ ...75.00 + +Merrimac. First Cong. Ch. ...2.85 + +Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, 5; +A Friend, 2 ...7.00 + +Pembroke. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...2.00 + +Rindge. Ladies' Sewing Cir., _for Freight_ ...5.00 + +South Newmarket. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Wilmington, +N.C._ + +Union. "Do Good Soc.," by Mrs. G.S. +Butler, _for Indian M._ ...1.00 + +West Lebanon. Mission Band of Cong. +Ch. ...20.00 + +Winchester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...12.60 + + +VERMONT, $737.77. + +Barnet. Cong. Ch., 70, to const. ALEXANDER +HOLMES and EMELINE H. WALLACE +L.M.'s Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 17.85 ...87.85 + +Bennington. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. +Ch., 10, Mrs. G.W. Hannan, 2; A.B. +Valentine, 1, _for McIntosh, Ga._ ...13.00 + +Bethel. Mrs. Laura F. Sparhawk ...5.00 + +Brattleboro. "A Friend," 50; E. Crosby, +25, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...75.00 + +Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. ...25.51 +Brownington. S.S. Tinkham ...5.00 + +Castleton. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by +Mrs. Henry Fairbanks ...3.00 + +Chester. Cong. Ch. ...33.50 + +Dorset. Ten Cent Collection, _for McIntosh, +Ga._, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks ...7.20 + +East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., +48.86; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 3.50 ...52.36 + +Essex Junction. Cong. Ch. ...10.70 + +Granby. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by +Mrs. Henry Fairbanks ...1.40 + +Granby. Infant Class Cong. Sab. Sch., +_for Rosebud Indian M._ ...1.15 + +Hardwick. H.R. Mack, _for Indian M._ ...5.00 + +Hartland. Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for +McIntosh, Ga._ ...7.00 + +Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of +C., etc., _for Atlanta, U._ + +Montpelier. "C.L.S.C.," _for Storrs Sch._ ...9.00 +Montpelier. Sab. Sch. of Bethany Ch. ...8.00 + +Montpelier. Ladies of Bethany Ch., Box +of C., val. 75, _for McIntosh, Ga._ + +Newbury. Hon. P.W. Ladd ...5.00 + +Plainfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, +Ga._ ...3.00 + +Rutland. Cong. Ch., 81.47; Sab. Sch. of +Cong. Ch., 10 ...91.47 + +Saint Johnsbury. Sab. Sch. of South +Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...40.00 + +Saint Johnsbury. "Little Helpers" Miss'y +Circle of South Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._, by +Mrs. Henry Fairbanks ...10.00 + +Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., _for +Rosebud M._ ...3.41 + +Salisbury. Monthly Concert, 15; J.E. +Weeks, _for McIntosh, Ga._ ...20.00 + +Springfield. F.V.A. Townsend, to const, +ERVIN A. TOWNSEND L.M. ...30.00 + +Swanton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, +Ga._ ...2.00 + +Westbrook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Rosebud Indian M._ ...5.00 + +Windham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...15.00 +Windsor. "A Friend," 25; Cong. Ch., 8 ...33.00 +Woodstock. Cong. Ch. ...7.22 + +Ladies of Vermont, _for McIntosh, Ga._: + +Barnet. Bbl. of C. +Barton. " ". + +Brownington. Bbl. of C. ...$5.00 +Cambridge. Bbl. of C. ...2.00 +Charlotte. Half-Bbl. of C. ...2.00 +Derby. Bbl. of C. ...3.00 + +Farihaven. Bbl. of C. + +Greensboro. " " ...3.00 + +Island Pond. " " +Lowell. Half-Bbl. of C. +Montpelier. Box of C. + +North Craftsbury. Bbl. of C ...3.00 +Wallingford. ...0.50 + +Weybridge. Bbl of C. ...2.00 +------ $20.50 +------- +$633.77 + + +LEGACY. + +Bradford. Estate of Mrs. C.D. Redington, +_for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry +Fairbanks ...100.00 + +------- +$737.77 + + +MASSACHUSETTS, $16,495.66. + +Amherst. Mrs. Elijah Ayers, Bbl. of C., +etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Andover. "A Friend," to const. Miss +LUCY J. KIMBALL L.M. ...75.00 + +Andover. L.G. Merrill, _for Student Aid, +Mobile, Ala._ ...10.00 + +Andover. Mrs. Wm. Abbot, Pkg. Books, +etc., and 1.42 _for Student Aid, Sherwood, +Tenn._ ...1.42 + +Ashburnham. M. Wetherbee ...2.00 + +Attleboro. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., +60; First Cong. Ch., 16.53 ...74.53 + +Beverly. Washington St., Cong. Ch. ...79.45 + +Beverly. Member of Dane St. Ch., _for +Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...2.00 + +Boston. Park St. Homeland Circle, +101, _for Tougaloo U._; +54 _for Student Aid, +Striaght U._; 3 _for Indian +M._, and to const MRS. +DAVID GREGG, MRS. ADDIS +E. BOWLER, MRS. +CHARLES E. SPENCER, +MRS. ALBERT F. FISHER +and MISS ALICE L TENNEY +L.M.'s ...158.00 + +" Park St. Ch., add'l ...115.00 + +" "Partial payment of the +debt due from the North +to the Colored Race in +the South" ...50.00 + +" Mrs. C.A. Spaulding, to +const MRS. MARY W. +WOOD L.M., _for Student +Aid, Straight U._ ...30.00 + +" Ezar Farnsworth, _for +Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...30.00 + +" "A Friend," to const. +DEA. THOMAS Y. CROWELL +L.M. ...30.00 + +" "W.E.M." ...25.00 + +Charlestown. Mrs. C.W. Flint, +Pkg. of C., _for Tougaloo +U._ + +Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch. ...115.32 + +" "Friends," _for Student +Aid, Atlanta U._ ...10.00 + +" Miss Mary A. Tuttle, +_for Marie Adlof Sch'p +Fund_ ...1.00 + +" Miss M.E. Lapham, +Half-Bbl. of C., _for +Wilmington, N.C._ + +Jamaica Plain. "Gleaners," _for +Freight, Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...1.70 + +Roxbury. Immanuel Cong. Ch. ...58.40 +" "Friend" ...10.00 + +" Sab. Sch. of Highland +Ch., 9.94, and Bdl. of S.S. +Papers, _for Jackson, M._ ...$9.94 + +------ $654.36 + +Brimfield. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for +Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...5.00 + +Brookline. Harvard Ch. ...75.95 + +Cambridge. Bible Class, S.M. Ch., _for +Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...25.00 + +Cambridge. First Cong. Ch., _for Storrs +Sch._ ...9.00 + +Cambridge. Mrs. M.L.C. Whitney ...1.50 + +Campello. South Cong. Ch., 25.00; Mrs. +Allen Leach, 50 cts. ...25.50 + +Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...27.35 + +Chesterfield. "Hill Top Gleaners," _for +Indian M._ ...11.00 + +Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. ...4.00 +Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...21.71 + +Clinton. Mrs. H.N. Bigelow, by W.H.M. +Soc., _for Talladega C._ ...15.00 + +Conway. Cong. Ch. ...13.00 +Curtisville. Mrs. Frances M. Clarke ...5.00 + +Dalton. Zenas Crane, Jr. _for Mountain +White Work_ ...100.00 + +Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane ...100.00 + +East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for +Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...25.00 + +East Cambridge. Ladies' Union Scoiable, +Bbl. of C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +East Dennis. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...15.00 + +Enfield. E.P. Smith, 50; Miss L.E. Fairbanks' +Sab. Sch. Class, 25; Mrs. J.E. +Wood's Sab. Sch. Class, 10; Mrs. Geo. +C. Ewing, 10; Mrs. J.E. Clark, 5; Mrs. +C. Savage, 5; Mrs. Bartlett's Sab. Sch. +Class, 7; H. Graves, 1, _for Indian M._ ...113.00 + +Enfield. Mrs. J.S. Wood, _for Indian Student +Aid_ ...40.00 + +Enfield. Mrs. M. McClary, 5; Miss +Smith's Sab. Sch. Class, 5; Mrs. Richards' +Sab. Sch. Class, 3.70; Miss Crowthers' +Sab. Sch. Class, 2.30; _for Rosebud +Indian M._ ...16.00 + +Enfield. Woman's Missionary Society ...28.25 + +Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 111.62; Third +Cong. Ch., 8.89 ...120.51 + +Falmouth. First Ch. ...16.00 + +Framingham. Mary L. Bridgeman and +Friends, Box Books, etc., _for Sherwood, +Tenn._ + +Georgetown. Sab. Sch. of Memorial Ch. ...7.20 +Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. ...37.30 +Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...108.40 +Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...49.91 + +Haverhill. Center Cong. Ch. and Soc. +86; West Cong. Ch. 16, bal. to const. +MRS. ABBIE C. HAZELTINE L.M. ...102.00 + +Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Student +Aid, Talladega C._ ...100.00 + +Haverhill. Sab. Sch. Classes of West +Cong. Ch.; Eben Websters's 14.42; Amos +Hazeline's 8.34; Nos. 9 and 10; 8.12; +_for Rosebud Indian M._ ...30.98 + +Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...20.00 + +Holliston. "Friends," 5; Class of Young +Men, Cong. Sab. Sch., 3; _for Student Aid, +Talladega C._ ...8.00 + +Holliston. "Friends," Spoons., Val. 11.61, +_for Talladega C._ + +Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student +Aid, Santee Indian M._ ...17.50 + +Holyoke. Mrs. Corrain's Class of Girls, +18 Aprons, Reading Matter, etc., _for Macon, +Ga._ + +Lawrence. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of Bedding, +etc., 3 _for Freight, for Talladega C._ ...3.00 + +Leicester. First Cong. Ch. ...98.46 + +Leicester. Member of First Cong. Ch. +_for Talladega C._ ...2.60 + +Leominster. Miss Carrie Woods' Sab. +Sch. Class, Box of Articles, _for Talladega +C._ + +Lowell. Kirk St. Ch. ...$175.00 + +Malden. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of +C. etc., _for Straight U._ + +Marlboro. T.B. Patch ...1.00 + +Marshfield. Rev. E. Alden, _for Student +Aid, Atlanta, U._ ...20.00 + +Medfield. Second Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ ...3.00 + +Merrimac. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. to +const. EDWARD C. HOPPER L.M. ...50.00 + +Merrimac. Cong. Ch. ...39.35 +Middleton. "Friends," _for Mobile, Ala._ ...2.00 + +Milford. "Friends," _for Student Aid, +Talladega C._ ...5.00 + +Millbury. First Cong. Ch. ...49.68 +Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford ...4.00 +Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc. ...38.41 +Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...92.98 + +North Amherst. "Friends," 17; Mrs. G.E. +Fisher, 15, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...32.00 + +North Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...25.00 + +North Brookfield. Union Ch., Box of Bedding, +_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ + +Northfield. Trin. Cong. Ch. ...10.00 + +North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch. Sab. Sch., +_for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00 + +North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch. ...7.96 +North Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...16.39 + +Norton. Mrs. C.P. Harrison, _for Macon, +Ga._ ...10.00 + +Norton. Young Ladies of Wheaton Sem. +_for Woman's Work_ ...10.00 + +Norwood. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Student +Aid, Atlanta U._ ...40.00 + +Oakham. Cong. Ch. ...19.00 +Otis. Rev. S.W. Powell ...3.00 +Oxford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...26.33 +Pepperell. Evan. Cong. Ch. ...22.00 + +Pittsfield. Mrs. Harriet A. Campbell, 100, +incorrectly ack. in Feb. from Dalton, +Mass. + +Pittsfield. Mrs. H.M. Hurd, Bbl. of C., +_for Jonesboro, Tenn._ + +Quincy. Rev. Edward Norton, _for Student +Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00 + +Salem. South Ch. and Soc. ...81.92 +Salem. Young Ladies, _for Freight_ ...3.00 + +Somerville. E. Stone, _for Student Aid, +Fisk U._ ...50.00 + +Southampton. Cong. Soc., _for Freight_ ...3.00 + +South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch., 2; +"A Friend," 5, _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...7.00 + +South Weymouth. Mrs. H.W. Bolster, +Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._ + +Spencer. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...148.91 + +Spencer. Benev. Soc. and Cong. Ch., Bbl. +of C., etc., _for Atlanta U._ + +Springfield. Pkg. of C. and Bed-quilt, +from Miss Minnie A. Dickinson's Class of +Girls, _for Miss Douglass, Oaks, N.C._ + +Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. ...62.43 +Stoughton. Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ ...1.00 + +Sturbridge. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, +Fisk U._ ...6.42 + +Sunderland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Indian M._ ...7.03 + +Swampscott. Cong. Ch., to const. MISS +MARY E. STORY L.M. ...30.00 + +Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...23.73 + +Townsend. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., +Box of Books, etc., Cash 3, _for Sherwood, +Tenn._ ...3.00 + +Waltham. "The Missionary Nine," _for +Talladega C._ ...4.00 + +Ware. Primary Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., +_for Rosebud Indian M._ ...2.00 + +Watertown. Phillips Mission Band, _for +Student Aid, Straight U._ ...50.00 + +Webster. R.B. Eddy, _for Student Aid, +Fisk U._ ...1.00 + +Wellesley. "Two Friends," _for Student +Aid, Fisk U._ ...6.00 + +Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch., (50 of which +_for Indian M._) ...100.00 + +Westfield. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for +Straight U._ + +Westhampton. "A&A," ...10.00 + +West Medford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., +_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...$1.00 + +West Newton. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. +Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...35.00 + +West Somerville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., +Bbl. and Box of Bedding, _for Pleasant +Hill, Tenn._ + +Weymouth. Mrs. Vaughan, Bbl. of C., +_for Wilmington, N.C._ + +Wakefield. Cong. Ch. ...43.25 +Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l ...25.00 +Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 66.20 + +Williamstown. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. +Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...20.00 + +Winchedon. Atlanta Soc., Bbl. of C., +etc., _for Atlanta U._ + +Woburn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 195; +Mrs. Susan S. Greenough, 5 ...200.00 + +Worcester. Piedmont Ch., 84; Thomas +W. Thompson, 20 ...104.00 + +Worcester. Mission Harvesters, Salem +St. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...75.00 + +Worcester. _For Kindergarten, Atlanta, +Ga._ ...20.00 + +Worcester. "Lady Member Main St. +Bapt. Ch.," _for Indian M._ ...10.00 + +----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, +Fisk U._ ...18.58 + +By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Co. +Benev. Ass'n. + +East Longmeadow. ...17.50 +Monson. ...31.85 +South Hadley Falls. ...15.00 +Springfield. South. ...99.52 +" First. ...68.56 +West Springfield. Park St. ...15.00 + +Westfield. First, _for Hampton +N.&A. Inst._ ...70.00 +--------- 317.43 + +--------- +$4,545.00 + + +LEGACIES. + +Chicopee. Estate of Maria Smith, by E.B. +Clark, Ex. ...1000.00 + +Danvers. Estate of Mrs. Caroline Gould, +by Chas. H. Gould, Ex. ...500.00 + +Deerfield. Estate of Tamesin S. Clark, +by S.D. Drury, Ex. ...2000.00 + +Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, +by Wm. M. Wyman, Ex. ...4.04 + +Newtonville. Estate of Mrs. Mary P. +Hayes, by Wm. Laing, Ex. ...4268.78 + +Roxbury. Estate of H.B. Hooker, D.D., +by Arthur W. Tuffts, Ex. ...50.00 + +Sherborn. Estate of Mrs. Anna Barber, +by Lowell Cooidge, Ex. ...356.88 + +Springfield. Estate of Charles Merriam, +by Charles Marsh, Ex. ...3000.00 + +West Brookfield. Estate of Mrs. Lucy +Ellis (proceeds sales of 5 shares of +stocks), Geo. Davis, Adm'r, by Langdon +S. Ward ...733.75 + +Worcester. Estate of Charlotte E. Metcalf, +by Mrs. Mary M. Chester ...36.33 + +---------- +$16,495.66 + + +CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. + +Mason, N.H. By L. June Goodwin, Bbl., +_for Storrs Sch._ + +Rindge, N.H. Ladies' B. Soc., 2 Bbls., +Val, 81.57, _for Storrs Sch._ + +Goffstown, N.H. By Miss E. Kendall, +Bbl., _for Oaks, N.C._ + +East Cambridge, Mass. Miss M.F. Aiken, +Box, _for Kittrell, N.C._ + +Framingham, Mass. "Friends," Bbl., _for +Kittrell, N.C._ + +Lawrence, Mass. Ladies' Benev. Soc., of +Lawrence St. Ch., Bbl., Val., 78.36, +_for Talladega C._ + +Marlboro, Mass. Bbl. + +Medfield, Mass. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl., +_for Oaks, N.C._ + +Natick, Mass. Primary Dept. of First + +Cong. Ch., Box Gifts, _for Sab. Sch., Chattanooga, Tenn._ + +Norwood, Mass. Agnes P. Robbing, Box, +_for Savannah, Ga._ + +Stoughton, Mass. Cong. Ch., Half Bbl., +_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ + +Watertown, Mass. Collected by Mrs. +Woodworth, 2 Bbls., _for Oaks, N.C._ + +Weatboro, Mass. Ladies Freedmen's +Ass'n, Bbl., Val., 51, _for Atlanta, U._ + + +RHODE ISLAND, $1,020.21. + +Central Falls. Cong. Ch., _for student Aid, +Indian M._ ...$107.25 + +East Providence. Samuel Belden (60 of +which to const. HENRY A. BREWSTER +and EVA BELDEN CHURHCILL L. M's) ...150.00 + +Newport. Mrs. Eliza D.W. Thayer, _for +Santee Indian M._ ...12.00 + +Newport Misa Sophia L. Little (1 _for +Woman's Work_) ...5.00 + +Providence. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...500.00 + +Providence. Union Cong. Ch. _for Indian +M._ ...54.80 + +Providence. Union Cong. Ch. _for Ramona +Ind. Sch._ ...8.50 + +Providence. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. +Ch., _for Studend Aid, Fisk U._ ...50.00 + +Providence. Center Cong. Ch., _for Student +Aid, Talladega C._ ...45.00 + +Providence, Beneficent and Cong. Ch's, +43.16; Dr. Vose, 1; Caroline Danielson, +1, _for Indian M._ ...45.16 + +Providence. Lady of Pilgrim Cong. Ch., +4 new Cloaks + +Tiverton Four Corners. Sab. Sch. of Cong. +Ch., 14, "A Friend," 1 ...15.00 + +Westerly. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...25.00 + +Westerly. Mrs. Mary T. Babcock, _for +Mountain Work_ ...1.50 + + +CONNECTICUT, $4,486.56. + +Bantam. S.H. Dudley ...1.00 + +Berlin. Golden Ridge Missionary Circle, +by Elizabeth P. Wilcox ...25.00 + +Bethel. Cong. Ch. (5 of which from "A +Friend," thank offering) ...54.24 + +Collinsvllle. Howard Collins, _for Talladega +C._ ...10.00 + +Birmingham. Mrs. Chas. A. Sterling, _for +Indian M._ ...5.00 + +Bridgeport. "Four o'clocks" First Cong. +Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...10.00 + +Canaan. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim Ch., _for +Oaks, N.C._ ...21.05 + +Canaan. Ladies' Missionary Sac, _for Conn. +Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...14.00 + +Colchester. W.C.T.U., Bbl. Ot C., _for +Talladega C._ + +Cromwell. Cong. Ch. ...121.01 +Danbury. First Cong. Ch. ...108.77 +East Hartland. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., ...16.15 +East River. Mrs. Caroline M. Washburne, ...100.00 + +East Woodstock. Ladies of Cong. Ch., +25.25; Mrs. Paine's S.S. Class of boys, +1.25, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...26.50 + +East Woodstock. Silas Newton, 2.50; +Mrs. Emma L. Finck, 2.50 ...5.00 + +Enfield. Ladies' Soc. First Cong. Ch., +Bbl. of C., etc., _for Thomasville, Ga._ + +Fairfield. Mrs. A.B. Nichols, _for Mountain +Work_ ...6.00 + +Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch. ...40.02 + +Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. +Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...25.00 + +Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of second Cong. +Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...11.13 + +Farmington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., add'l ...10.00 +Groton. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...25.30 +Guilford. Mrs. Sarah A. Todd ...5.00 + +Hadlyme. R.E. Hungerford, 100; Jos. W. +Hungerford, 100 ...200.00 + +Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., 279.02; +Mrs. M. C. Bemis, 20; "A Friend," Asylum +Hill Cong. Ch., 5 ...304.02 + +Hartford. Newton Case, 100 _for Talladega C._; +R. Mather, 5O _for Talladega C._; Mrs. +F.H. Wood, 10 _for Talladega C._ ...160.00 + +Hartford. "A Friend," Christmas Gifts +and 5 _for Postage_ ...5.00 + +Hartford. Sarah Porter Cooley, Box +Christmas Gifts, _for Thomasvtlle, Ga._ + +Higganum. Sab. Sch, of Cong. Ch., _for +Rosebud Indian M._ ...4.10 + +Jewett City. Second Cong. Ch. ...15.00 +Kensington. Cong. Ch. ...25.75 + +Lakeville. Mrs. G.B. Burrall's Sab. Sch. +Class, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...25.00 + +Lebanon. Goshen Soc. ...5.91 +Lyme. First Cong. Ch. ...45.00 + +Meriden. E.K. Breckenridge ...4.50 + +Middlebury. Cong. Ch. ...10.54 + +Mllford. Plymouth Ch. ...50.00 + +Montvllle. First Cong. Ch. ...7.50 + +Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch. ...17.00 + +NaugatucK. Cong. Ch. (75 of which _for +Indian M._) ...200.00 + +New Britain. Sab. Sch, of First Cong. Ch., +_for Indian M._ ...50.00 + +New Canaan. True Blue Card, Coll. by +Helen and Rose Rogers ...1.50 + +New Haven. Davenport Ch., 82.68; College +St. Cong. Ch., 72.30 ...154.98 + +New Haven. Mrs. Henry Farnam, _for +Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...20.00 + +New Haven. Ithamar W. Butler ...1.00 +New London. Second Cong. Ch. ...625.62 + +New London. Mary L. Miner, 50; Judge +John G. Crump, 5, _for Indian M._ ...55.00 + +New London. "Friends, First Cong. Ch.," +_for Rosebud Indian M._ ...31.00 + +Newtown. Cnog. Ch. and Soc. ...15.00 + +Norfolk. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talldega +C._ ...1.00 + +North Guilford. A.E. Bartlett ...2.30 +North Woodstock. Cong. Ch. ...2.50 + +Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 228.07; First +Cong. Ch., 22.57 ...250.64 + +Norwichtown. "*, First Cong. Ch." ...58.00 +Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch. ...4.16 + +Old Saybrook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Indian M., Hampton Inst._ ...24.86 + +Old Saybrook. Young girls of Seaside +Mission Band for Home Work, _for Santee +Indian M._ ...11.00 + +Grange. Cong. Ch. ...8.14 +Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...6.00 + +Plainville. Solomon Curtis, to const. MRS. +JENNET H. KINGSBURY, MRS. LILIAN +BENTLEY, MISS MARY TOMLINSON, BEAYTON +LEWIS, CHAS. RYDER, MISS HELEN +WOODRUFF, MISS CELIS BASSET, MRS. +OLIVE HEMINWAY, W.S. PEASE, ETTA +FENN and FRANK SPRAGUE L.M.'S ...800.00 + +Pomfret. First Cong. Ch. ...33.67 + +Preston City. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Oaks, +N.C._ ...17.30 + +Putnam. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, +Fisk U._ ...17.50 + +Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. ...72.94 +Salisbury. Cong. Ch. ...30.47 + +Salisbury. Sab. Sch. Class of Mra. Sarah +A. Clark, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...7.25 + +Somers. Cong. Ch. ...7.50 +Southington. Cong. Ch. ...68.00 +South Windsor. First Cong. Ch. ...6.37 +Tolland. Cong. Ch. ...11.00 + +Torrington. "valley Gleaners," _for Pupils +Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...25.00 + +Torrington. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. Bedding, +etc., _for Talladega C._ + +Vernon Center. Cong. Ch. ...20.00 + +Wallingford; Albert P. Hough, _for Rosebud +Indian M._ ...5.00 + +Waterbury. Ladiea' Soc., Second Cong. +Ch., Box of C., etc., _for Thomasville, Ga._ + +Watertown. Mrs. F. Scott's Class, _for +Pupils, Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...10.00 + +Westchester. Cong. Ch. ...$15.09 + +West Hartford. Anson Chappell, 10; Mrs. +C.R. Swift, 5; "A Friend," 3 ...18.00 + +Wethersfield. Miss J.C. Francis' S.S. +Class, _for Rosebud Indian M._, and to +const. CHARLES S. ADAMS L.M. ...30.00 + +Wilton. Cong. Ch. ...60.00 + +Winthrop. Mrs. M.A. Jones, 1.50; Mrs. +C. Rice, 1 ...2.50 + +Wolcott. Cong. Ch. ...6.00 +Woodbury. Coral Workers, _for Freight_ ...2.50 +----. _For Hope Station, Indian M._ ...75.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of +Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, Sec., _for +Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ + +Bridgeport. L.H.M.S. of +First Cong. Ch. ...25.00 + +Naugatuck. Ladies. ...25.00 +Suffield. Y.L.H.M. Circle ...12.87 +Torrington. Aux. ...7.00 + +Hartford. First Ch. Aux., +_for Student Aid, Williamsburg, +Ky._ ...20.00 +------- 89.87 + + +NEW YORK, $4,248.76. + +Binghamton. "A Friend" ...6.00 + +Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch. (100 of +which from Geo. H. Nichols, _for Student +Aid, Talladega C._), 861; Clinton Av. Cong. +Ch. (J.D.) 500 ...1361.00 + +Brooklyn. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Lewis +Av. Cong. Ch., _for Woman's Work_ ...13.05 + +Chateaguay. Joseph Shaw ...5.00 +Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry ...2.00 + +Copaque Iron Works. Union Sab. Sch., +_for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...10.00 + +Frankfort. Dewey Hopkins ...1.50 +Galway. Delia C. Davis, _for Atlanta U._ ...5.00 + +Goshen. Fannie E. Crane, _for Marie Adlof +Sch'p Fund_ ...1.50 + +Greigsville. Mrs. F.A. Gray ...1.00 + +Ithaca. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for +Indian Student Aid_, to const. GEORGE +F. BEARDSLEY L.M. ...45.00 + +Jamestown. Mrs. Julia Jones Hall ...2000.00 +Lisle. R.C. Osborn ...5.00 + +Lockport. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. Bedding, +etc., _for Talladega C._ + +Malone. Mrs. Mary K. Wead ...100.00 + +Millville. Mrs. James M. Linsley, _for Student +Aid, Fisk U._ ...1.00 + +Morristown. First Cong. Ch. ...8.00 +Morrisville. Cong. Ch. ...4.09 + +New Lebanon Center. Rev. F.W. Everest, +5; Mrs. F.W. Everest, Pkg. of C. ...5.00 + +New York. Pilgrim Ch., 140.05 to const. +WILLIAM H. HOWE, C.J. HASBROUCK, +M.D., ARTHUR S. LANE and REUREN +SMALL L.M.'S; "A Friend," 100; "Mrs. +R." 50 ...290.05 + +New York. Broadway Tab. Sab. Sch., _for +Pupils, Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...50.00 + +New York. "A Friend," 5 _for Moblie, +Ala._; 5 _for Fisk U._ ...10.00 + +New York. S.T. Gorton, Music, Val. 50, +_for Talladaga C._ + +North Walton. Cong. Ch. ...18.00 + +Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 36.37; H.T. +Dunham, 10 ...46.37 + +Peeksville. Mrs. and Mrs. John R. Ayer ...5.00 + +Perry Center. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Bbl. +of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ + +Port Chester. Milo Mead ...4.00 + +Poughkeepsie. Jno. F. Winslow, _for Student +Aid, Atlanta U._ ...10.00 + +Poughkeepsie. Young Ladies' Soc., _for +Fisk U._ ...10.00 + +Rome. Wm. B. Hammond ...10.00 + +Saratoga. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega +C._ ...20.00 + +Sherburne. "Friends," Fancy Articles, _for +Fair, Talladega C._ + +Sherburne. Miss Hattie Lathrop, Pkg. Pen +Wipers, _for Athens, Ala._ + +Spencerport. Primary Dept., by Miss +Celia M. Day ...$8.00 + +Spring Valley. Miss Mary C. Waterbury, +_for Special Evang'l Work, Chinese M._ ...30.00 + +Vernon Center. G.C. Judson ...2.00 + +Walton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for +Williamsburg, Ky._ ...35.44 + +Warsaw. Indian Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for +Santee Indian M._ ...27.25 + +Waterville. Mrs. Wm. Winchell ...5.00 + +West Winfield. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. +A.E. KINMOUTH L.M. ...30.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. +L.H. Cobb, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: + +Albany. Ladies Aux., to +const. MRS. ELLEN L. TENNEY +L.M. ...30.00 + +Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. of Puritan +Cong. Ch. ...28.51 + +Homer. Ladies' Aux. ...5.00 +-------- 63.51 + + +NEW JERSEY, $107.44. + +Arlington. Mrs. G. Overacre ...0.50 + +East Orange. "A Friend," 50; "Friends" +in Grove St. Ch., 6; "A Friend," 1 ...57.00 + +Salem. W. Graham Tyler, to const. MRS. +SALLIE R. TYLER L.M. ...30.00 + +Upper Montclair. Sab. Sch. of Christian +Union Ch. ...19.94 + + +PENNSYLVANIA, $28.50. + +Carbondale. Rev. D.L. Davis ...2.50 +Claysville. Mrs. Jennie D. Sheller ...5.00 + +Franklin. Sab. Sch. of M.E. Ch., _for Student +Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00 + +New Milford. Horace A. Summers ...5.00 +Providence. Welsh Cong. Ch. ...3.00 +West Alexander. Thomas McCleery ...5.00 + + +OHIO, $439.94. + +Andover Center. Cong. Ch. ...2.85 +Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thomson ...2.28 + +Berea. James S. Smedley, 5; First Cong. +Ch., 3.70 ...8.70 + +Chester Cross Roads. Cong. Ch. ...5.00 + +Claridon. L.T. Wilmot, 10 bal. to const. +S.E. WILMOT L.M.; Sab. Sch. of Cong. +Ch., 10 ...20.00 + +Delaware. William Bevan ...5.00 + +Dover. 2 Boxes Christmas Gifts, 1 Box +S.S. Papers; Mrs. Whitney, Christmas +dinner _for Teachers_; 3 little Aldrich Children, +.80, _for Athens, Ala._ ...0.80 + +Geneva. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Grand +View, Tenn._ ...10.00 + +Geneva. "W" ...1.00 +Greensburg. Mrs. H.B. Harrington ...5.00 + +Harmar. Mrs. Lydia N. Hart, _for Oahe +Ind'l Sch._ ...75.00 + +Lenox. Cong. Ch. ...5.00 +Lyme. Cong. Ch. ...16.27 + +Medina. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of +C., _for Macon, Ga._ val. 30 + +New Lyme. A.J. Holman ...10.00 +North Benton. Simon Hartzell ...5.00 +Overlin. First Ch. ...48.02 +Perrysburg. Rev. J.K. Deering ...0.75 +Radnor. Edward D. Jones ...5.00 +Springfield. First Cong. Ch. ...15.00 + +Springfield. Bbl. of C., Miss Jessie M. +Garfield (for Freight, 1) _for Wilmington, +N.C._ ...1.00 + +Tallmadge. MISS SARAH M. HALL, 30, to +const. herself L.M.; "A Friend," 9.50 ...39.50 + +Toledo. Ladies' Soc., Cen. Cong. Ch., _for +Woman's Work_ ...6.00 + +Toledo. Central Cong. Ch. ...5.50 + +Toledo. Miss A.M. Nichols, Bbl. of C., +Pupils of La Grange Sch., 2 Bbls. of C., +_for Wilmington, N.C._ + +Twinsburg. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 30, to +const. E.B. Lane L.M.; "A Friend." 2 ...$82.00 + +Unionville. Mrs. E.F. Burnelle, 5; Mrs. +Elvira Stratton, 2 ...7.00 + +Willington. ----, _for Oahe Ind'I Sch._ ...25.00 + +Windham. Wm. A. Perkins ...5.00 + +Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, +by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., +_for Woman's Work:_ + +Cleveland. Plymouth Ch. +L.B.S. Aux. ...1.00 + +Cleveland. First Cong. Ch. +L.H.M.S. ...2.27 + +Hudson. L.H.M.S. ...5.00 + +Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. L.M.S. ...44.00 + +Salem. Mrs. D.A. Allen ...6.00 + +Springfield. First Cong. Ch. +L.M.S. ...20.00 + +------ 78.27 + + +INDIANA, $2.00. + +Sparta. John Hawkswell ...2.00 + + +ILLINOIS, $734.16. + +Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norrs, +_for Talladega C._ ...10.00 + +Batavia. Cong. Ch. ...36.00 + +Belvidere. Mrs. M.C. Foote, 4.50 _for Beach +Inst., Savannah, Ga._, and 3 _for Woman's +Work_ ...7.50 + +Camp Point. Mrs. S.B. McKinney ...10.00 + +Chicago. New England Ch., 54.47; Leavitt +St. Cong. Ch., 18.83; Y.L.M.S. Of New +Eng. Ch., 17.03 ...90.33 + +Chicago. Mrs. Jermiah Porter, _for Student +Aid, Atlanta U._ ...25.00 + +Chicago. By Ella W. Moore, _for Student +Aid, Atlanta U._ ...11.20 + +Chicago. Jennie A. Dickinson, Bdl. S.S. +Papers, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Concord. Joy Prairie Soc. Bbl. of C., _for +Mobile, Ala._ + +Crete. Phineas Chapman, to const. MRS. +E.C. REED L.M. ...50.00 + +Downer Groves. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...4.00 + +Elgin. "A Friend," to const. Rev. G.R. +MILTON L.M. ...75.00 + +Elgin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for +Fisk U._ ...25.00 + +Emington. Cong. Ch. ...5.00 + +Galesburg. First Cong. Ch. ...35.14 + +Galesburg. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., +Box of Books, etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Hinsdale, Cong. Ch. ...20.00 + +Mattoon. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Indian M._ ...7.20 + +Morrison. William Wallace and Robert +Wallace ...55.00 + +Naperville. A.A. Smith ...4.00 + +New Grandchain. Rev. P.W. Wallace ...2.50 + +Paxton. Mrs. J.B. Shaw, _for Student Aid, +Atlanta U._ ...15.00 + +Princeton. Mrs. R.D. Harrison, _for Student +Aid, Fisk U._ ...5.00 + +Rockford. First Cong. Ch. ...46.80 + +Roscoe. Ladies' Soc., Cong. Ch., Box of +C., etc., _for Thomasville, Ga._ + +Roseville. Mrs. L.C. Axtell, Bbl. of Hats, +_for Talledega C._; Mrs. S.J. Axtell, Bbl. +of Hats, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Sycamore. Henry Wood ...10.00 + +Wayne. Cong. Ch. ...7.50 + +---- "Cash" ...0.50 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., +by Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, Treas., _for Woman's +Work_: + +Amboy. Mission Band ...24.00 + +Canton. W.H.M.U. First Ch. ...4.15 + +Chicago. L.M. Soc. New England Ch. ...22.32 + +Chicago. W.M. Soc. Lincoln Park Ch. ...$8.80 + +Port Byron, L.M. Soc. ...14.30 + +Rockford. Y.L.M. Soc. First +Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...40.00 + +Rockford. Y.L.M. & F.M. +Soc. of Second Ch. ...2.50 + +Sheffield ...4.50 + +Toulon. "Lamplighters" ...1.00 + +----- 121.67 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., +_for Woman's Work_: + +Chebanse. Aux. to Ill. U. ...5.50 + +Morris. W.M.S. ...10.00 + +Oak Park, L.B. Soc. ...16.50 + +Toulon. H.M.U. ...0.95 + +Sterling. W.M.S. ...10.00 + +Wilmette, Aux. to Ill. U. ...5.87 + +------- 48.82 + + +MICHIGAN, $458.78. + +Allegan. N.B. West, to const. C.F. +GRIMER L.M. ...29.90 + +Allegan. First Cong. Ch., _for Sch'p, Fisk U._ ...2.00 + +Alpena. "A Sister," _for Student Aid, Atlanta +U._ ...25.00 + +Ann Arbor. Young People's Miss'y Soc. +of First Cong. Ch. ...60.00 + +Armada. Cong. Ch., 15.70 and Sab. Sch., +3.30 ...19.00 + +Benton Harbor. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of +Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., etc., _for Athens, +Ala._ + +Charlotte. First Cong. Ch. ...15.00 + +Detroit. Rev. John D. McLanlin, 25 _for +Student Aid, Fisk U._; 25 _for Indian M._ +and to const JOHN MACKIE L.M. ...50.00 + +Grand Haven. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...7.30 + +Grand Ledge. E. Beckwith ...10.00 + +Grand Rapids. Y.L. Park Miss'y Soc., +_for Santee Indian M._ ...20.00 + +Hopkins Station. Second Cong. Ch. ...19.00 + +Jackson, Mrs. Z.H. Field and Ladies of +Cong. Ch., Box of 100 dressed dolls, _for +Tougaloo, Miss._ + +Manistee, Y.L. Mission Circle, _for Oahe +Ind'l Sch._ ...25.00 + +Memphis. "Cheerful Workers," by L.G. +Russell, _for Athens, Ala._ ...1.00 + +South Haven. Clark Pierce ...10.00 + +Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. ...43.00 + +Three Oaks. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...7.00 + +Union City. "A Friend" ...100.00 + +White Lake. Robert Garner ...10.00 + +----. Mrs. H.W. Floyd, _for Pupils, Fort +Berthold, Indian M._ ...5.58 + + +WISCONSIN, $425.19. + +Appleton. First Cong. Ch. ...45.58 + +Berlin. W.H.M.U. of Cong. Ch. ...5.00 + +Delavan. Cong. Ch. ...91.60 + +Eau Claire. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., 15; +"Soc. of Cheerful Givers," 3.84; Second +Cong. Ch., 3 ...21.84 + +Fond du Lac. ----, _for Kindergarten, Atlanta, +Ga._ ...25.00 + +Hartford. "In memory of Mary L. Freeman" ...15.00 + +Lake Geneva. Cong. Ch. ...9.28 + +Milwaukee. Hanover St. Cong. Ch., 25; +William Dawes, 20 ...45.00 + +New Richmond. First Cong. Ch. ...35.65 + +Racine. Sab. Sch. of First Presb. Ch., _for +Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund_ ...25.00 + +Racine. Mrs. C.E. Marsh, 20; Mrs. D.D. +Nichols, 50 cts. ...20.50 + +Ripon. Y.M.C.A., of Ripon College ...1.50 + +River Falls. Miss H.E. Levings, _for Pupils, +Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...35.00 + +Salem. Mrs. R. Hartnell, Year's Sub. +"Rural New Yorker," _for Athens, Ala._ + +Sun Prairie. Sab. Sch. of First Cong Ch. ...6.80 + +Whitewater. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...10.86 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Wis., +_for Woman's Work_: + +Arena. L.H.M.S. 87 + +Baraboo. L.H.M.S. 3 00 + +Bloomington. Mrs. M.D. Beardsley. 2 00 + +Eau Claire. L.H.M.S. 3 25 + +Eau Claire. L.H.M.S. _for Oahe Indian M_. 5 00 + +Evansville. L.H.M.S. 1 00 + +Madison. L.H.M.S. 5 40 + +Ripon. L.H.M.S. 10 00 + +Wyoming. L.H.M.S. 1 06 + + ----- $31 58 + + +IOWA, $218.82. + +Burlington. Cong. Ch. 20 12 + +Cedar Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Talladega C._ 5 18 + +Cedar Rapids. Cong. Mission Sab. Sch., +Birthday Box. 3 65 + +Clay. Infant Class Cong. Sab. Sch., _for +Santee Indian M_. 1 48 + +Clear Lake. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Woman's +Work_. 2 00 + +Genoa Bluffs. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for +Student Aid, Straight U_. 5 00 + +Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 9 54 + +Monticello. Cong. Ch., 13; Ladies' Miss'y +Soc., _for Woman's Work_ 12. 25 00 + +New Providence. "A Friend". 5 00 + +Oskaloosa. Cong. Ch., add'l. 3 62 + +Shenandoah. Busy Bees Miss'y Soc. of +Cong. Ch., _for Beach Inst. Savannah, Ga_. 25 00 + +Strawberry Point. Sab. Sch. First Cong. +Ch. (_5 for Santee Indian M_.) 8 85 + +Tabor. Cong. Ch. 12 30 + +Tyrone. Mrs. Mary A. Payne. 2 00 + +Waterloo. J.H. Leavitt, _for Talladega C_. 5 00 +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa, +_for Woman's Work_: + +Cedar Rapids. W.H.M.U. 10 80 + +Dubuque. L.M.S. 25 00 + +Des Moines. W.M.S., Plymouth Ch. 11 65 + +Grinnell. W.H.M.U. 9 23 + +Magnolia. W.H.M.U. 2 10 + +Marion. Y.P. Soc. 15 00 + +McGregor. 6 30 + +Stacyville. 5 00 + + ----- $85 08 + + +MINNESOTA, $230.69. + +Austin. W.H.M.S., Box of Mags. etc,. _for + Jonesboro', Tenn_. + +Freeborn. Cong. Ch. 2 00 +Glencoe. Cong. Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 5 54 +Hutchinson. Cong. Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 3 91 +Litchfield. "M.E.W." 5 00 +Litchfield. M.E. Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 2 06 +Mazeppa. Half-Bbl. of Papers, _for Wilmington, N.C._ +Medford. Cong. Ch. 5 00 + +Minneapolis. Union Ch., 13.75; Horace +Leighton, 10; J.F. Elwell, 5; Como Av. +Ch., 3.39; Primary Class, Plym. Ch. Sab. +Sch., 3, G. Leighton, 1; Mrs. Bevin, 1; +Bart and Helen Libby, 50 cts., _for Oahe + +Ind'l Sch_. 37 64 +Minneapolis. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., +_for Student Aid, Atlanta U_. 34 40 +Minneapolis. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 11 60 +Northfield. "A Friend," _for Mountain Work_. 5 00 + +Rushford. Rev. A.F. Burwell, Box of + Books, _for Jonesboro' Tenn_. +Saint Paul. Plymouth Ch., 26.41; Pacific +Cong. Ch., 5.05 31 46 + +Saint Paul. House of Hope, _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 21 00 +Saint Paul. Sab. Sch. Class of Boys, _for +Student Aid. Talledega C_. 1 50 +Saint Paul. Miss Susie, Chittenden and +"Friends," Bbl. of C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn_. +Wabashaw. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10 12 +Wilmar. Presb. Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 4 46 +Winona. First Cong. Ch. 50 00 +Zambrota. Half-Bbl. of Papers, for _Wilmington, N.C._ + + +MISSOURI, $268.36. + +Kansas City. First Cong. Ch. 151 96 +Meadville. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Woman's Work_. 5 50 +Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch., 66.28; Pilgrim +Cong. Ch. add'l, 44.62. 110 90 + + +KANSAS, $13.90. + +Sabetha. Cong. Ch. 10 00 +Wano. Cong. Ch. 3 90 + + +DAKOTA, $140.47. + +Fort Berthold. Miss Briggs, _for Debt_. 10 00 +Oahe. ---_for Endowment, Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 40 00 +Oahe. "One of the teachers," _for Oahe +Ind'l Sch_. 14 00 +Redfield. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch. 9 80 + ------ + $73 80 +Legacy. + +Dakota, Legacy (in part) of Mrs. L.H. +Porter, by Rev. S.F. Porter, Ex. 66 67 + ------ + $140.47 + + +NEBRASKA, $14.92 + +Franklin. Cong. Ch. 5 12 +Fremont. Cong. Ch. 7 55 +Steele City. Cong. Ch. 2 25 + + +OREGON, $1.88. + +East Portland. First Cong. Ch. 1 88 + + +WASHINGTON TER. $25.00. + +Seattle. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 25 00 + + +COLORADO, $29.97. + +Denver. John R. Hanna. 25 00 +Denver. Miss A.R. Bell, 1; Ladies First +Cong. Ch., _for Freight_, 47 cts. _for Oahe +Ind'l Sch. 1 47 +Highland Lake. Cong. Ch. 3 50 + + +CALIFORNIA, $171.40 + +Arcata. Miss S.P. Locke. 4 00 +Martinez. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 5 00 +Oakland. Edison D. Hale, _for Atlanta U_. 2 00 +Pomona. Mary F. Wheeler. 1 00 +Riverside. Chas. W. Herron's Class in Sab. Sch. 5 65 +San Francisco. Receipts of the California +Chinese Mission 153 75 + + +DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $10.00. + +Washington. "A Friend," _for Indian M_. 10 00 + + +MARYLAND, $25.00. + +Baltimore. Martin Hawley, _for Talladega C_. 25 00 + + +VIRGINIA, $70.00. + +Hampton. "A Thank Offering," _for Oahe Indl'l Sch_. 70 00 + + +KENTUCKY, $5.10. + +Berea. "Church at Berea". 5 10 + +TENNESSEE, $1,116.00. + +Crossville. Cong. Ch. ...................... $2 73 +Deer Lodge. Cong, Ch., Christmas Offering... 2 95 +Grand View. Cong. Ch., 6, and Sab. Sch. +10, New Year's Offering................... 16 00 +Helenwood. Cong. Ch. ....................... 3 00 +Jonesboro. Pub. Sch. Fund, 75; Tuition, +15.60 90 60 +Jonesboro. "Unknown Friends," S. S. +Papers ................................... +Memphis. Tuition ........................... 398 85 +Nashville. Tuition, 534.70; Rent, 6.50; +Rev. F. A. Chase, Christmas Offering, 10; +"A Friend," 10; Howard Ch., Christmas +Offering, 4.47 565 67 +Robbins. Mrs. A. C. Ellis .................. 5 00 +Sherwood. Union Ch., Christmas Coll., +6.25; Union Ch. Sab. Sch., Birthday Box, +5.54 ..................................... 11 79 + +NORTH CAROLINA, $224.10. + +Lassiter's Mills. Cong. Ch. ................ 1 00 +McLeansville. First Cong. Ch., 1.40; Second +Cong. Ch., 35 cts. 1 75 +Melville, Ch. and Sab. Sch. ................ 1 55 +Wilmington. Tuition, 178.10; Cong. Ch., +30 ....................................... 208 10 +Wilmington. By Miss H. L. Fitts, _for Student +Aid_................................... 7 50 +Wilmington. Primary Classes in Sab. +Sch., Miss Hyde's Class, 2.30; Miss Denton's +Class, 40 cts.; Mr. Littleton's Class, +1.50, _for Rosebud Indian M. ........... 4 20 + +SOUTH CAROLINA, $213.00 + +Charleston. Tuition ........................ 213 00 + +GEORGIA, $762.96. + +Andersonville. Cong. Ch., Christmas Coll. 1 30 +Atlanta. Storrs. Sch., Tuition ............. 240 00 +Atlanta. Teachers and Students, Atlanta +U., _for Indian M._ ................. 15 00 +Atlanta. Nettie Stith ...................... 1 00 +Cypress Slash. Cong. Ch. 2, and Sab. Sch. +50 cts. .................................. 2 50 +Macon. Tuition ............................. 137 85 +Marietta. Ch. and Sab. Ch................... 4 00 +McIntosh. Tuition .......................... 57 00 +Rutland. Cong. Ch., Christmas Coll.......... 1 00 +Savannah. Tuition, 211.45; First Cong. Ch., +Taylor St., 8.45 ......................... 219 90 +Thomasville. Tuition, 67.50: Conn. Ind'I +Sch., Christmas Thank Offering, 5......... 72 50 + +ALABAMA, $630.29. + +Athens. Tuition............................. 37 90 +Birmingham. Cong. Ch.. _for Talladega C._ 4 00 +Marion. Tuition. ........................... 120 00 +Mobile. Tuition, 257.40; Emerson Inst., +Christmas gift, 7.33; Cong. Ch. 3.60 and +Sab. Sch., 1.01 .......................... 269 34 +Montgomery. Cong. Ch, 10; Dr. Dorsette. +60 cts., _for Student Aid, Talladega C_ 10 60 +Rowland. Rev. E. Reynolds, Box of Books, +_for Sherwood, Tenn_................. +Selma. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, +Talledega C_. ......................... 15 00 +Shelby Iron Works. Cong. Ch., 5 _for Talledega +C.,_ Cong. Ch., Christmas Offerings, 5 10 00 +Talladega. Tuition, 162.20; Cove Ch., 2.. 164 30 +Talladega. Sab. Suh., New Year's Offering, +_for Indian M._ ..................... 9 35 + +FLORIDA, $30.00. + +Jacksonville. Sarah M. Burt, _for Student +Aid, Atlanta U_........................ 25 00 +Orange Park. Cong. Ch. ..................... 5 00 + +LOUISIANA, $391.00 + +New Orleans. Tuition ....................... 290 00 +New Orleans. S. B. Steers, _for Theo. Student +Aid, Talledega C. ........................ 100 00 +-----. Mr. Exidor, _for Student Aid, Fisk U 1 00 + +MISSISSIPPI, $129.85 + +Jackson. Cong. Ch., Christmas and +Thanksgiving Coll's....................... 2 00 +Piney Grove. Christmas Offering, by Rev. +E. Tapley ................................ 30 +Tougaloo. Tuition, 105.55; Rent, 2; Sab. +Sch., 20 ................................. 127 55 + +TEXAS, $121.40 + +Austin. Tuition ............................ 111 40 +Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. .................. 10 00 + +INCOMES, $510.88 + +Avery Fund, _for Mendí M_ ............. 110 00 +Plumb Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U_........ 240 88 + +NEWFOUNDLAND, $1.00 + +St. Johns. Mrs. A.F. Steer ................. 1 00 + ======= +Donations .................................. $20,166 93 +Incomes .................................... 810 53 +Legacies ................................... 12,116 45 +Rents ...................................... 8 50 +Tuition .................................... 3,225 90 + --------- +Total for January ................. $36,325 61 +Total from Oct. 1 to Jan'y 31 ..... 91,415 51 + +ENDOWMENT FUND. + +Baldwinsville, N. Y. Howard Carter, _for +Ed. of Theo. Students_ ................ 500 00 + +FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + +Subscriptions for January .................. $152 13 +Previously acknowledged .................... 275 96 + ------- +Total ................................ $456 09 + +Receipts of the California Chinese Mission, +received since Sept. 30th, on account of expenses +of year ending August 31, 1887. E. Palache, +Treas.: + +From Auxiliary Missions. - Alameda, +Chinese Am. Mem's, 18; Cong. Ch., +6.25. Oakland, Chinese Ann. Mem's, +80; Mrs. E. C. Keutz, 2. - Oroville, Chinese +Ann. Mem's, 4. - Sacremento, Chinese +Ann. Mems, 30. - Other Ann. Mem's 6. 96 95 + +From Churches. - Antioch, Cong. Ch. +Sab. Sch., 5 - Bryon, Cong. Ch., Rev. +W. H. Tubb, 1. - Clayton, Cong. Ch., +Rev. J. H. Strong, 2. - Oakland, First +Cong. Ch., Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D. D., +2 - San Francisco, Bethany Ch. Chinese +Ann. Mem's, 10.50 - Other Ann. +Mem's, 2 ............................... 22 50 + +From Individual - Geo. C. Boardman ....... 10 00 + +From Eastman Friends - South Braintree, +Mass., Rev. Jathan B. Sewall ........... 25 00 + ------ +Total .............................. $153 75 + +H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, +55 Reade St., N. 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