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diff --git a/old/12087.txt b/old/12087.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..743e57d --- /dev/null +++ b/old/12087.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3201 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary, Vol. XLII. April, +1888. No. 4., by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The American Missionary, Vol. XLII. April, 1888. No. 4. + +Author: Various + +Release Date: April 20, 2004 [EBook #12087] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** + + + + +Produced by Joshua Hutchinson and PG Distributed Proofreaders. +Produced from page scans provided by Cornell University. + + + + + +{85} + +The American Missionary + + * * * * * + +Vol. XLII. April, 1888. No. 4. + + * * * * * + +CONTENTS + + EDITORIAL. + FINANCIAL--PARAGRAPH + MOUNTAIN WORK--ATLANTA UNIVERSITY + INDIAN ORDER--FROM GEO. W. CABLE + DEATH OF HON. A.S. BARNES + PARAGRAPHS + SPECIMENS OF SCHOOL ENDEAVOR + A SERIOUS ALARM IN GEORGIA + EDUCATIONAL WORK IN THE SOUTH + THE SOUTH. + LETTER FROM AN EVANGELIST + THE CHINESE. + RESULTS THAT ELUDE THE STATISTICIAN + BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. + THE BLACK WOMAN OF THE SOUTH + YOUNG FOLKS. + WHAT SUSIE FOUND AT TOUGALOO + LETTER FROM AN INDIAN PUPIL + RECEIPTS + + * * * * * + +New York. +Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance. Published by the American +Missionary Association. +Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter. +Rooms, 56 Reade Street. + + * * * * * + +{86} + +American Missionary Association. + + * * * * * + +PRESIDENT, + +------ ------ + +Vice-Presidents. + +Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. + +Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. + +Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. + +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.S. BARNES,[1] + +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, + +Bureau of Woman's Work. + +Secretary, Miss D.E. EMERSON, 56 Reade Street, N.Y. + + * * * * * + + COMMUNICATIONS + +Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the +Corresponding 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. + + * * * * * + +{87} + +THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + + * * * * * + +Vol. XLII. April, 1888. No. 4. + + * * * * * + + American Missionary Association. + + * * * * * + +We acknowledge with gratitude to God and to his people the fact that +our receipts during the month of February are such as greatly to +encourage us. + +We are cheered, not only by the benevolences which are reporting +themselves from the churches, but also by the kind words of sympathy +and helpfulness which show us anew that this great and exigent work +upon us was never nearer than now to the hearts of our pastors and +churches. + +We may add that the month just past and those immediately before us +are those upon which we must largely depend for our fiscal year. We +are coming to the summer season, when contributions are less likely to +be taken. We trust that those who believe that God has called the +American Missionary Association to this immense work in the name of +Christ, will not cease to pray that the hearts of men may be moved to +heed the appeals of those who, through us, ask for the very bread of +life, and who will not have it unless we carry it to them. + +We are now compelled to deny more appeals for help which ought to be +heard than we are granting. Several schools which were begun by +private enterprise with good intent, are now asking us to take them +from their hands upon our own, where they can be perpetuated and +saved. We would like to save these schools to the needy people whose +hope is in them, and to protect the churches from indiscriminate +appeals for works which they have not authorized, and which we could +do with greater economy and better care; but for this we need a +generous increase of gifts. Our faith was in Him who said, "Knock, and +it shall be opened unto you," and the doors were opened. God withdrew +the bolts of hindrance and said, "Beloved, I have set before you an +open door." Our faith is in Him who also said "Ask, and ye shall +receive." + + * * * * * + +A friend has just sent us eighteen subscriptions to the _American +Missionary_. This might be repeated easily by a thousand friends. There +is {88} scarcely a self-sustaining church in the United States where +it could not be done by one who would try to do it as an act of +missionary love. Some who read this, perhaps, will try and will +succeed. + + * * * * * + +The name of Rev. Frank Cross, who was appointed to the charge of the +Rosebud Indian Mission, was by mistake not printed in the roll of +workers. He is there, however, and his work has gone on bravely and +hopefully. + + * * * * * + +We wish that the extent, and necessity, and hopefulness of our +mountain work, were more fully understood by our readers. Now is our +opportunity and the accepted time to answer the most urgent appeals +from this neglected region in the heart of our country. Our +Congregational churches are just what are needed to uplift these +people. One of our earnest missionaries writes us:-- + + "The A.M.A. has done a work here to be profoundly grateful for as a + beginning, but thus far it is only playing around the edge of its + mountain work. This mountain region is of great extent. Sober + calculation from facts already gleaned, makes a thousand + Congregational churches in these mountains the possibility of the + future, if only the strategic points can now be occupied. One + church and one school to a county, should be our immediate aim; + then we can throw upon these the work of developing native teachers + and preachers for the rest. There are forty counties waiting for + us, and all our mountain work so far is in three or four. I see + this place where I am, changing like magic under the influence of + school and church, but the necessity for our going forward + oppresses me. I am ready for any additional labor, and will carry + any burden my strength will permit, if only the American Missionary + Association will take for its motto, 'One church and one school in + every mountain county, as fast as they can be established.' I feel, + when I see the need, as if I could plead the money right out of the + most self-indulgent members of our favored churches at home. It + would not be expensive as compared with other missionary work. + Cannot some way be devised for making a large advance on the + present movement?" + + * * * * * + +Those who thought to cripple Atlanta University because it could not +yield its principles for the sake of a State appropriation of $8,000 +made a mistake. They have helped that which they meant to hinder. The +university will get the money. Joseph's brethren took counsel together +and said, "We will see what will become of his dream," and they +thought they had a sure thing when they put him in a pit, but they +discovered {89} some years after that this was but a way-station on +the direct road to the Viceroyship of Egypt, and they saw what became +of his dream. + +When Napoleon the First wished to hinder the Huguenot Church, he gave +it a small stipend in order to retain hold of it. He appropriated just +enough to keep it a cripple. When the State of Georgia thought the +education of the Negro was becoming too marked, it reversed the policy +of the far-seeing Bonaparte and took its hands off. We have never +thought that Napoleon was a truly good man, but we do believe that he +had a larger idea of the philosophy of control than the author of the +Glenn Bill. If the State had held on, it might have hindered, but it +has lost its hold. + + * * * * * + +Would it not sound well to the American people to have it said that in +the United States of America, in the year 1888, our missionaries were +imprisoned for reading the Bible to a heathen tribe of Indians who +lived remote from civilization, the crime of it being that it was read +in the only language which they could understand? + +Yet "the orders are," writes a missionary, "that we shall hold only +two services on a Sunday and two during the week, and that we shall +cease to read the Bible in the Indian homes." This is the Government +authority of the great and free United States, but is there any +authority greater than God? + + * * * * * + +In an eloquent address at the Old South Church in Boston, on Sunday, +March 4th, George W. Cable accentuated in strong words the work in +which we are engaged. "Here is the mightiest, the widest, the most +fruitful, the most abundant, the most prolific, missionary field that +was ever opened to any Christian people." + +We quote from his address: + + The benevolence of Northern men and women, yea, and even of + Northern children, helped to establish in the South these + missionary colleges, these educational missions, wherein not the + black man alone, not the black woman alone, but every one who was + qualified with orderly behavior and a rational intellect might + come, and get, not only an education, but a Christian education, + and not only a Christian education, but a Christian American + education. These institutions, standing out in the darkness when + nothing else stood by them, when the land was racked and torn and + bled afresh under the agonies of reconstruction, these institutions + began and carried on the blessed work of raising up leaders, + intellectual leaders, among the black people, for the guidance and + stimulation of the colored race toward the aspirations of American + citizenship and Christian intelligence. + + These institutions, these missionary colleges in the South, have + carried the torch of liberty, these have upheld it, these have + taught American citizenship, these have given to the Southern + States 16,000 colored teachers, when nobody else would teach the + poor black boy--nay, or the poor white boy either. Seven millions + of people concerned in the matter, and the National Bureau of + Public Education reporting year after year that {90} the reason why + there are 600,000 colored youth out of the public schools, is not + because they don't want to go, but because there are not + school-houses and school teachers. + + Here is the mightiest, the widest, the most fruitful, the most + abundant, the most prolific, missionary field that was ever opened + to any Christian people. It is right here at your doors. It is not + across the Pacific Ocean and it is not down yonder around the Cape + of Good Hope. Right here at our doors is the greediest people for + education and the gospel there is on the face of this earth, not + counted among our white race. I suppose that ninety-nine + one-hundredths of those who generously give to this cause believe + to-day that it is being given to in generous proportion. Ah! you + never figured on it. Why, if you knew the national value of this + work, to say nothing of its gospel value, you would quadruplicate + it before the year is out. You would not submit to it for a moment, + as citizens, not merely as members of Christ's Church. + + * * * * * + +The American Missionary Association is called again to mourn the +decease of one of its officers. Hon. Alfred S. Barnes, a member of its +Executive Committee, after an illness extending over five months, at +his residence in Brooklyn, finished his earthly life on Friday, +February 17th, at the age of seventy-one years. Mr. Barnes was elected +on the Executive Board of the A.M.A. nineteen years ago, and had +served in that capacity continuously up to the day of his death. He +was a wise counsellor, large-minded in his views and honorable in his +spirit, known throughout the land as one of the foremost publishers in +the country, largely interested in educational work, and yet he found +time for an earnest devotion to various enterprises in the Christian +church. His fidelity and helpfulness in the service of the A.M.A. are +fully known only to those who were associated with him. Many +organizations of missionary and Christian work will miss his presence +and the help of his generous stewardship, but none will feel his +departure more truly than the American Missionary Association, which +has lost its President, one of its Secretaries, and this long-honored +member of its Executive Board within the last half-year. The greatness +of his work in our service will be remembered and cherished. + + * * * * * + +We acknowledge among our exchanges, the _Fisk Herald_, published at +Nashville; the _Atlanta Bulletin_; the _Olio_, of Straight University; the +_Tougaloo Quarterly_; the _Head and Hand_, of Le Moyne Normal Institute at +Memphis; the _Helping Hand_, of Sherwood, Tenn.; _Our Work_, of Talladega +College; the _Howard University Reporter_, of Washington; the _Word +Carrier_, of Santee Agency, and _Iapi Oahe_, of Santee Agency; also the +_Christian Aid_, published by our church in Dallas; the _Beach Record_, +(occasional) by our school in Savannah. + +Several of these papers are models of their kind, publishing original +articles written by the students and professors, and printed by the +students with superior typographical skill. As indicators of progress, +they are full {91} of interest, apart from the items of local school +and church intelligence with which they are freighted. + + * * * * * + +We commend to our readers, "The Missionary Review of the World," +edited jointly by Rev. J.M. Sherwood, D.D., of New York, and Rev. A.T. +Pierson, D.D., of Philadelphia. + +One rises from its pages as if he had been breathing Christian ozone. +The editorials are upon living topics and issues, and are vigorously +presented. The "Review" sweeps its vision over the entire world and it +not only sees, but knows how to tell what it sees. If the high +standard of literary excellence so far sustained can be continuously +held, we shall have a magazine of missions which will be the peer of +our best literary monthlies in quality and interest. + + * * * * * + +We congratulate the Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing +Society on the acceptance of its appointment of Rev. Geo. M. Boynton +as its Secretary. We have known him as a member of the Executive +Committee of the American Missionary Association, as editor of THE +AMERICAN MISSIONARY, as a pastor, as a secretary of Associations and +Conferences, as a wise counsellor and genial brother. We regard him as +eminently fitted for the place to which he has been called. To Brother +Boynton we extend most cordially a welcome to the honorable, the +fraternity of the Secretaries. + + * * * * * + +The fifth annual report of the Executive Committee of the Indian +Rights Association, written by Mr. James B. Harrison, is a strong and +valuable contribution to the literature of Indian rights and wrongs, +which should be considered by every friend of the Red Man. Respecting +the orders of the Indian office at Washington which abridge the +liberty of religious teaching, this report characterizes them as +"unintelligent, arbitrary, despotic and unstatesmanlike, merely a blow +at missionary work. There is no reason to suppose that a single Indian +anywhere will ever learn ten words more of English by reason of these +orders. There is, indeed, no provision made by the Government for any +increase of facilities in the study of English. The damage to the +missionary work produced by these orders is their sole result. The +orders should be distinctly and wholly revoked and withdrawn. It is +not necessary that the missionaries and churches should submit. If +they will publish the facts fully these orders will be revoked. The +facts must come to light. Then the people of the country will have +something to say." + +The above quotation will give our readers the flavor of the pages. +"Plain words are best," and it is time that the country should have +them. {92} No one can read the statements in this able Report without +having his heart stirred with honest indignation at the condition of +Indian affairs, through the unfortunate unfitness of the Government +Bureau. + + * * * * * + + SPECIMENS OF SCHOOL ENDEAVOR. + + THREE COMPOSITIONS. + + LETHER. + +Lether is mad from the hide of animals. They first kill the animal +then the hide is sent to a tan yard and there it is tan are made +lether from, then to a shoemaker's shop where it is made into boots +shoes saddles. The finest of gloves is the kid skin glove, that is all +I will say about kid skin gloves. Most of the bad boots and shoes we +have is horse lether or mule lether, that is all I will say about mule +lether and horse lether. All the good boots and shoes we have is young +calf lether, that is all I will say about young calf lether. + +All the boots shoes and every thing else we have made of lether is +second thing because some poor animal was rob-ed of his coat that we +might have boots and many other things. + +----, aged 16. + + NETELY. + +Netely are clean always and handsome to everybody. It are good in the +cite of God and man for it are a good thing to be netely always for it +make a man look netely. If we all are netely it are a good thing to be +clean for it are a good thing in the time of life so to be. Netely is +deserving of everybody and grate with all mankind. It are a good thing +to be netely for it is beautiful and pretty. It are correct always and +never rong to nobody an it make a man feel better when he are netely +an a nice looking person when he are netely are clean before every +body. + +----, aged 25. + + DRIVE WAGGON. + +That the kind of work I likes to do. When I drive waggon I rides a +plenty. Riding are a good thing because when folks is sick it are good +for the helt. I likes to drive it because I have been loadin it. This +summer I hall fody. When I would load the barn yard wagon full of fody +it would be high from the groun, that is nice but sometimes it would +turn over, that would be truble. Truble are a bad thing. + +----, aged 17. + + * * * * * + + ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS AT AN EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS IN GEORGIA. + +_What is writing?_ + +"Writing is the Representation of the human voice on the 11th part of +a noun." +{93} + +_How long since writing was invented?_ + +"From the creation of the world, or from the birth of Christ." + +_What are the chief products of the State of Georgia?_ + +"The chief products are Agriculture, Turpentine, rail-roads, lumber +and grate deel of merchandice bussyness." + + * * * * * + + A SERIOUS ALARM IN GEORGIA. + +The American Missionary is not published for the entertainment of its +readers. It has a more serious purpose. It speaks for races who have +suffered grievous wrongs, and for peoples whose condition is +exceedingly sad. It has to do with tragic facts, and much of what it +has to say must excite compassion, and must appeal both to the +consciences of our readers and to their sense of duty. To call upon +those whom God has blessed, to insert themselves into the woes and +spiritual wants of others who need their help, is grave and serious. + +This is one feature. There are others. The joy of the work and the joy +of the worker, which we are called to record, are a relief to the +stories of necessity, and are like beautiful pictures painted upon the +dark background. When "Our eyes have seen the glory of the coming of +the Lord," we can for the time forget the darkness upon which the +light shines, and sing our hallelujahs. If it is saddening to tell of +the night, it is cheering to mark the fact that the providences of God +are working out his promises, and are surely bringing in God's day. + +Over and above the evils to which we must call earnest heed, the +dangers which are not far away, and the exigencies of the cause of +Christ, we are sure that no one can read the MISSIONARY without being +cheered and quickened in gratitude to God for what he is graciously +doing for his needy ones through his people. + + * * * * * + +With the serious duty on the part of those who are working together +with God for the salvation of men, there drift along in the current of +his providences certain incidents that are exceedingly droll. + +As we have seen some very ludicrous manifestations of character and +conduct in the terrible struggles of a battlefield, and have brushed +aside our tears at times for an irrepressible _bon mot_ in a hospital, +so in the weighty and solemn considerations which continually appeal +to us, and while we are anxiously asking how we can make the most +bricks for the Lord's building with the least straw, incidents arise +which not only throw light upon our serious work, but which are +irresistibly amusing. + + * * * * * + +We think we should share with our readers a recent one which, when +{94} we read it in the detail, impossible to be repeated here, made us +smile. Every time we re-perused it we thought it, as _Alice in +Wonderland_ said, "curiouser and curiouser." + +Our readers are not strangers to the name and fame of the leading +editor of the chief paper in Georgia. They have heard of him as an +eloquent orator with a brilliant imagination which saw a New South in +almost millennial array, and told of it with an enthusiasm so +contagious that to the sons of the Pilgrims after the fulness of a +great dinner it seemed that the "Promised day of Israel" had at last +arrived. It is true that when this dinner had been thoroughly +digested, certain ones, removed from the afflatus of the occasion +began to ask, "Are these things so?" And when the Glenn Bill sought +the endorsement of public opinion, and substantially received it with +no word of reprobation from the eloquent orator and editor, some +recalled the speech of Sheridan in reply to Mr. Dundas, "The right +honorable gentleman is indebted to his imagination for his facts." + + * * * * * + +In all this time no one suspected the _Atlanta Constitution_ of +possessing the humorous character which it has lately revealed. In +late issues of February it has, in the garb of gravity, about two +columns that are ridiculously funny. + +It appears that Prof. Sumner Salter, a graduate of Amherst College, a +son of an honored pastor of Iowa, a musical director of exceptional +gifts and a teacher of eminent ability, was solicited by parties in +Atlanta to take his residence there in the interest of the musical +cultivation of such as could secure his services. He soon attracted +the patronage of society, and all went smoothly until the tempter +came. Alas, there was a serpent in Eden, so there was a skeleton in +the closet of the _Atlanta Constitution_. It was a dreadful skeleton. +The _Constitution_ seriously publishes the fact that "it was whispered +about for some time," until patience ceased to be a virtue, when it +sent a guardian of public safety in the form of a reporter to +investigate. "Was it really true that a white man who was giving music +lessons to white people was also teaching a colored class at another +time and place? If so, what about the New South? The black man had no +business to be black, but he _was_ all the same, and being so what right +had Prof. Salter to teach _colored_ people to sing? Let the matter be +thoroughly searched out. The reporter departed on his mission, with a +countenance more in sorrow than in anger, and returned _vice versa_. + + "'Tis true, 'tis pity, + And pity 'tis 'tis true." + +The professor was actually doing this very absurd thing. He had taken +charge of a colored class in the church of which Rev. Evarts Kent is +minister and was teaching them how rightly to use the talents with +which God had so richly endowed them. +{95} + +Accordingly, in the year of grace 1888, the _Atlanta Constitution_ +publishes the astounding fact, and calls the world to heed it, in +conspicuous head lines:-- + + "WHITE OR BLACK--A PROMINENT MUSICIAN WHO TEACHES BOTH COLORS--HIS + BUSINESS SAID TO BE INJURED." + +Then followed the whole sad story. The musician had been interviewed +and investigated. He did not deny the serious charge to this +superintendent of public proprieties. With a heart as hard as old +Pharaoh's he proposed to go on and do more likewise. In short, the +representative of the _Constitution_ could do nothing with this +intractable professor. Hence "he did not stand upon the order of his +going, but went at once," and reported that "_according to Mr. Suiter's +own statement, he is teaching a colored class_, and he has lost a white +pupil, which shows that his course is hurting his business." "Diligent +inquiry has failed to bring to light any proof that he has notified +his _white_ pupils that he is teaching _colored_ people." + +Leaving out the meanness of this, has anyone read anything published +lately more ridiculous? It is not necessary to quote the professor's +public reply. It simply claimed the right of manhood and common sense, +and doubtless left the _Constitution_ wondering how a man capable of +making it appear so foolish could yet descend to such depths of +ignominy as to teach people whose ancestors came from Africa, the +unpardonable sin of singing praises to the Author of their being. To +what deeps some will descend! Why should colored people add to the +criminality of being born black, the fearful temptation of pay in +advance to one who could teach them while he had pupils who had the +merit of having been born white? + +This was really transpiring in the city of Atlanta several days in the +month of February in the year 1888, and was in successive issues of +the _Constitution_, which shows among other things that there is +latitude, if not longitude, at a Brooklyn New England dinner. +Meanwhile we think we hear Uncle Rastus quoting the prophecy, "The +morning cometh and also the night," but he can't help laughing because +it is "awful funny." + + * * * * * + + THE EDUCATIONAL WORK IN THE SOUTH. + +BY REV. W.F. SLOCUM. + +We may remember at the outset that in this matter of the education of +the Negro we are treating a question which must be considered, to a +certain extent, ethnically. We are dealing with a people with race +peculiarities: but it seems to me that it is very useless to ask +whether we are training an inferior stock. There was a time when the +Anglo-Saxon stock was far inferior {96} to its present condition. We +ourselves are not enough removed from heathenism and barbarism to +become very pharisaical. + +Here is a race with its idiosyncrasies, and its peculiar latent +possibilities, which we cannot know until Christian education has +unfolded them through many years. We ought not to wonder that in many +respects this people is yet in its moral and intellectual infancy; but +who dares say that it has not a future before it, with its statesmen, +its poets, its painters, its men of letters; that it is not to have +its own peculiar literature, its art, and even its own characteristic +religious expression, just as marked and important as those produced +by any other race? Certainly we have as much reason for believing it +as that the Teutonic race of the second century should produce its +Goethe and its Schiller, its Kant and its Hegel, its Luther and its +Melanchthon; or that the Frank of the fifth century should develop its +Victor Hugo, its Lamartine, its Madam de Stael; or that out of the +barbarism, the cannibalism, the paganism of Norseman, Briton and +Saxon, there should come Shakespeare, Spencer, Macaulay, Browning and +Gladstone. And we may not have to wait as long; for in spite of +slavery's binding chain thrice drawn round his soul, the American +Negro has been absorbing during the past from a civilization which has +been fitting him somewhat for the large Christian movement of the +present. We are working for a people which in all probability will +form at least one-eighth of our whole population; and we have the +problem of lifting them as a race up into Christian enlightenment. The +dark skin is growing darker. There will be less and less of +intermixture of blood between the two races. Hence all study of this +educational question must have in view the large moral and +intellectual enterprise of dealing with a race as a race. I believe +that there is nothing in all history to compare with this opportunity +which has come to our very doors. Here is a nation in our land and +with it every perplexity, every difficulty, every embarrassment, and +also every encouragement, every hope, and every inspiration for work, +that can appeal to any foreign missionary. Here is this God-given task +laid at our very thresholds and with all the sentiments of patriotism +and Christian devotion urging us to our large privilege. + +What the race needs now is right leadership, and for many years to +come we are to equip men and women religiously and intellectually, +who, in home, in church, in social and business life, will be moral +and social leaders. And by this power of leadership I mean something +far other than those foolish conceits which have taken possession of a +few who have touched only the surface of the new life that is coming +to this people. + +I have rather in mind leaders who shall have that moral and +intellectual fitness which produces reverence, earnestness and +humility, leaders who can draw their people away from their +foolishness, weakness and self-consciousness into the larger life that +is possible for them. Without a {97} doubt, what is needed is true +leaders, and I wish to show where these leaders are now demanded. + +Before the war, the South knew nothing of the benefits of public +schools, and the private school was in harmony with its social and +political conceptions; but of late, and especially during the last +decade, a remarkable change has taken place which is doing as much to +affect the whole Southern problem as anything that has occurred there +during half a century. It is a movement in the South, which, however +imperfectly it has been developed as yet, has come to remain, and will +ultimately affect every institution, social, political and religious, +in our section of the country. + +_It is now being recognized in every Southern State that free +government is based upon a public common-school system_. It has taken +two decades to incorporate this public school policy upon Southern +institutions, but it has now the evidence of permanency and it is +offering to Christian philanthropy an unparalleled opportunity, such +as God seldom gives to any people, and one which should rally the +churches as never before in support of the great enterprises of the +American Missionary Association. + +There has been forced upon the New South the conclusion that the best +way to increase its wealth is to increase the number of educated, +intelligent producers, and with this conclusion it realizes that it +cannot afford to let two million colored children grow up in hopeless +illiteracy. It perceives that its very institutions will be imperiled +by such a condition. I have through personal interviews with leading +educators in a recent trip through the South, by correspondence and by +a careful examination of documents and reports from nearly all the +Southern States, undertaken to find just what is being done at the +present time in the public colored schools of the South. + +The significance of this public school movement will be understood +when it is remembered that the acceptance of the idea that the +constitution of a free State rests on universal education, marks a +great change in theory; that this has come against the opinions of the +old Bourbon party, which never forgets, and, it is to be feared, never +learns; whose political economy is represented by the expression, +"keep the negro down"; which regards his enfranchisment as a political +outrage and his education as a mistake and a failure; that it has +risen in the face of the poverty of the South and in the midst of its +most intense prejudices. For when the new educational movement began, +the property and a large part of the intelligence belonged to the +opponents of the new educational policy, but now, in the words of a +prominent Southern gentleman: "The conviction has become very deep +that in the altered condition of our people the only hope left us is +to do all that can be done towards elevating the masses irrespective +of race." This certainly represents a tremendous transformation. +Without stopping to trace the causes that produced it, or even the +large place the American Missionary Association work has in it, let me +simply quote from {98} a Southern Christian man, whose sympathies are +full of prejudice against the North, but who has wakened with the +awakening of the New South. + +Writing of the educational movement, in a recent book, he says: "Not a +few of the best men and women of the North have come to teach in these +institutions for colored youth: their motives and their work have not +always been understood, but the Great Day will make manifest how they +have been constrained by the love of Christ, to spend years in work +which has had many discouragements." ('The New South' by J.C.C. +Newton.) A few statistics may give some general idea of the extent of +this movement. + +The State of Alabama has 104,150 colored pupils enrolled in the public +schools. It pays an average of $25.97 per month to nearly 2,000 +colored teachers, and expends altogether $198,221 upon these colored +schools. Georgia has 49 per cent. of its negro school population +enrolled; that is, 119,248. In 1871, this State had 6,664 only in all +public and private colored schools. Its teachers of this race now +number 2,272. 40,909 colored children are enrolled in Louisiana, with +672 negro teachers, who receive an average of $23.73 per month. + +Mississippi had last year 154,430 colored scholars. It employed 3,124 +colored teachers who receive an average of $28.73 per month. North +Carolina enrolled, in 1886, 117,562 colored pupils, employed 2,016 +teachers of the same race, paying them about the same as its white +teachers, $23.38 per month. The colored school population of Tennessee +numbers 158,450, of whom 84,624 are enrolled in her 1,563 common +schools, which are taught by 1,621 teachers of the same nationality. A +county superintendent voluntarily adds: "I should do our colored +teachers an injustice not to speak of them. Most of them are earnest, +zealous workers, doing all in their power for their race." + +Turning now to Texas we find that this State has nearly doubled its +enrollment of colored pupils in three years, which now number 62,040, +with 1,696 licensed colored teachers who receive on an average, $41.73 +per month. Virginia has 111,114 out of a school population of 265,249 +with 1,734 colored teachers who receive $28.65 per month. + +That is, in eight representative States there are eight hundred +thousand colored pupils who are now being trained by over fifteen +thousand teachers of the same race. Now the simple but grave question +that every Christian patriot ought to ask himself is, "What kind of +teachers are these, and where are they to come from in the future?" I +asked that question of a gentleman who of all others ought to be able +to answer it correctly and he replied, "Nine-tenths of these teachers +come from the missionary schools, and of these nine-tenths, more than +one-half come from the institutions of the American Missionary +Association." Now we can understand the truthfulness of the testimony +of the Rev. J.L.M. Curry, D.D., the distinguished agent of the Peabody +Fund, who says: "The most that {99} has been done at the South for the +education of the negroes has been done by the Congregationalists. The +American Missionary Association and those allied to it have been the +chief agency, so far as benevolent effort is concerned, in diffusing +right notions of religion, and in carrying education to the darkened +mind of the negro." + +Here is the large door that God has opened for us, and through which +we are reaching this people, and in a still larger degree may carry +the truths of the Kingdom of God to them. What they need most of all +is light. Give them that and the question of rights will take care of +itself. When I was in New Orleans last May, President Hitchcock, of +Straight University, pointed out to me in his office a pile of +letters, which, he said, were applications for teachers for these +public schools, and those which he showed me represented the number of +applications which he was not able to fill. And yet he is compelled +every term to turn away scores of young men and young women seeking to +fit themselves for just this work, because there is not room for them +and because there are not funds to care for them. + +As to this new movement in the South, I do not conclude that more than +the first step has been taken, exceedingly important as that step is. +Many of the schools as yet are in a wretched condition. The buildings +in the rural districts are small and rudely built, and many of them +are positively unfit to be used as school houses. There are neither +maps, nor charts or other appliances for the teacher's use in his +work, and in fact everything about these school houses is of the most +primitive type. The school year often does not exceed four months, and +many of these teachers are altogether unfit for their tasks. + +Are we to think the time has come to withhold our support and our +prayers from this great work? Was there ever such an opportunity +offered to any land as this which is presented to the Christian +philanthropy of our own? + +I might tell of the needs of the cabin home life as I have seen them +in these States, how the scholars from Christian schools are the +leaven that is slowly transforming this, the greatest of all human +institutions; how while from one-quarter to one-half of the colored +population is progressing, gaining in education, property and +character, there is another large part of the race that is either +stationary or sinking into more miserable conditions. Are we seeking +for paganism to battle with? Here it is in our own proud land. Do we +want the opportunity of Christianizing a nation? Here it is; and with +possibilities just as marked as those of any people that ever ascended +the scale of intelligence and Christian morality. + +The problem of the New South is not merely one of successful +railroads, of busy factories or of paying plantations, but much more +is it one of upright, wise, Christian manhood and womanhood. This is +the work to which we are most truly called of the Eternal Father. +{100} + +Nobly has the American Missionary Association entered into these +labors; but believe me, there is a larger work before it than it has +yet accomplished. + + * * * * * + + THE SOUTH. + + LETTER FROM AN EVANGELIST. + +After my return from England for another winter's service in Gospel +work among the people of the South, I began at + + WASHINGTON, D.C. + +I had promised Rev. G.W. Moore last winter, before sailing for my home +in England, to assist him in special religious effort. From the very +commencement of the meetings a good spirit was manifest, which +deepened day by day until forty or more persons professed faith in +Christ, young and old being reached by the power of the gospel. One +man sixty-one years of age surrendered to the overtures of God's love +and received Christ as his Saviour. Another of seventy-five years was +pointed out to me as a hardened sinner. When approached he was full of +self and reason, "I don't believe in mourner's benches and such like; +do you think my going there will make me a Christian or do me any +good?" "No, but it will show the people you are intending to make a +start for Heaven, and it will enlist their sympathy and prayers," I +replied. + +Finally he knelt with me in the aisle with his head bowed on the end +of the seat while I prayed. Soon the big tears were dropping from his +eyes and he went home that night under conviction. The following night +he returned. He was again prayed for, but went away undecided. The +next night as soon as inquirers were given an opportunity to present +themselves for prayers he was the first to respond, and the sinful man +of seventy-five years had yielded his heart to Christ, and could sing +from his heart "Happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away." His wife, +who was present, rushed forward, and tears of joy ran down their +cheeks. Scarcely a dry eye was to be seen, while above all there was +joy in Heaven over another sinner saved. Deacon R. came to me +afterwards and said, "Why, did you ever see what a change in the man +in three days, and at last how he 'caved in.'" + +Ten persons made profession of their faith, in January. Two of these +were teachers in the public schools. There were four conversions in +one family. Since these meetings, many extra services have been held, +with fruitful results. There are family altars where none before +existed. The work in Washington under Mr. Moore is very hopeful. My +next point was + + SELMA, ALA. + +which I entered full of hopes as to successful meetings, and was not +disappointed. {101} During my stay there, lasting three weeks, sixty +professed to be converted. Most of these, through the efforts of Rev. +C.B. Curtis and his wife, were formed into a "Children's Band," while +others joined the churches. This is a most important feature in +pastoral work, where the majority of the converts are children. They +need to have something that will help them in their spiritual and new +life and which may be instrumental in preserving them from +temptations, snares and pitfalls, laid to entrap them by the enemy of +their souls. + +I never before realized how easily people are led away by false +teachers, nor saw so manifestly brought out the fulfillment of the +Scriptures, [2 Pet. ii, 1] "But there were false prophets among the +people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily +shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought +them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall +follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall +be evil spoken of." + +A man calling himself a "prophet" and a "faith doctor" had been for +some time experimenting upon people, both white and black, and +professed to cure them of all their ailments. He had been holding +meetings in a cottage weekly, and had gathered many followers, who +were, alas, for the most part professing Christians. He announced that +on the following Sunday he would hold the passover feast, burn the +Bible, and, in plain words, would do wonders, the like of which had +not been heard of for years. Accordingly, on Sunday morning, with a +few of his followers, he came to the house of a Negro, and during the +ceremony commanded a white woman to place her head on the table and +offer herself as a sacrifice. She refused, upon which a Negro woman +laid her head upon the table. He immediately raised an old cavalry +sword and, with one blow, nearly severed her head from her body, and +then commanded that they should "drag her out at once and put her with +her feet towards the East and she will rise after three days." + +Soon there was a cry of murder raised; the false prophet was arrested +after a struggle, and he, with a number of his followers, was safely +lodged in the penitentiary, where it is to be hoped he will at least +be kept from cutting off any more women's heads. Oh, how great the +need of faithful men to lift up their voices like a trumpet, and spare +them not, and show to these needy people, so religiously inclined, the +way of truth! + + TALLADEGA COLLEGE + +was the next place visited. Beginning the New Year, which is usually +the "week of prayer," for two weeks the "old, old story" was told on +every night among the resident students and scholars. At other times, +services would be held in the Cassidy school in the morning, or in the +afternoon, as school duties would permit. The Theological class, as +well as the teachers and faculty, interested themselves greatly in +seeking to win the unsaved to Jesus. Following out the teaching of the +New Testament, the students {102} went out two and two in the +surrounding neighborhood, calling at the homes of the people, +conversing and praying in the family. They often returned with great +joy to tell of the success and kindness they had met wherever they +went. I am thankful to our blessed Lord to be able to report that not +only forty or more of the young people were converted but also that +professing Christians were strengthened in faith, all promising to do +what God had required of them and to go to their respective homes, +some of them hundreds of miles away, to make known a Saviour's love +and to carry light as far as possible in the surrounding darkness. +While here the Macedonian cry was heard from + + JENIFER. + +I went there for a brief service. The first night the church was full, +although the weather was stormy. The spirit of God brooded over the +meeting and five came forward for prayer. The next night still was +unpleasant, yet some of the congregation came several miles, and at +the close eleven inquirers asked for prayers. A brother in the +congregation rose, and, in pleading terms, his voice faltering, +begged, "Oh, brodder, please do stop wid us; see de mourners; see de +work de Lord is doing; please you brodder don't go away and leab us." +After such heartfelt words I could but stay all the week, when sixteen +professed to have accepted Christ, or, as they put it, to have "found +religion." + +Miss Smith, at her home for motherless girls, is doing a noble work +here. Rev. J.B. Grant is highly respected by all in the village and +has a good name, which is worth more than great riches. + + IRONATON + +was the next place visited. It was exceedingly muddy and dark, yet the +people came out well. At the close of the first meeting the +congregation arose _en masse_ and asked that I would remain a day +longer, which I did. + + MARION, ALA. + +I went to Marion with some doubts upon my mind as to the results. The +first evening after my arrival I was very sick and threatened with a +severe attack of chills and fever, but I was helped to strength enough +to preach with difficulty. Twenty-five inquirers asked for prayers. +Some that night became "new creatures in Christ Jesus," and every +night as the meetings progressed the interest deepened and spread, +until other churches were reached by the influence and their services +given up that their members might come to our church and share in the +work and blessing. Every night large numbers of seekers came to +Christ. On one night twelve expressed their faith in a new life. Among +the many inquirers was one who for twelve years had been an anxiety to +her friends on account of her state of mind, and her conversion caused +great joy in the church. + +Short morning meetings were held in the various schools in the town, +and in a town-school seventeen seekers found the Lord Jesus precious +to {103} their souls. Up to this time, during two weeks, more than one +hundred profess to have been converted. + +I am happy to report that now, with the exception of two or three of +the students, all in the new A.M.A. school have been reached by the +gospel and are rejoicing that God's love has been shed abroad in their +hearts. This blessing can be traced in a great measure to the faithful +Scriptural teaching which Rev. A.W. Curtis and his devoted wife had +been giving previous to my coming among them, prayer meetings having +been held in the church for some time beforehand, and women's meetings +at the pastor's home, led by Mrs. Curtis, thus preparing the way for +the nightly preaching of the gospel. I go next to Mobile. + +JAMES WHARTON, Evangelist. + + * * * * * + + THE CHINESE. + + RESULTS THAT ELUDE THE STATISTICIAN. + +BY REV. C.T. WEITZEL. + +There are some effects which cannot be put into statistics. A boy's +progress in a study is but imperfectly declared by the monthly report +or the examination "stand." Much of the work accomplished in a Chinese +mission school, is impossible to tabulate. Like the marvelous +clearness of the atmosphere in Santa Barbara on a bright morning after +a night of rain, it quite eludes the statistician. + +But effects may be felt, though we cannot represent them by figures. +Go with me some evening through the Chinese quarter of our city; note +the faces of the loungers in every door-way and at every corner. Watch +the expression, or the want of expression, in these stolid, brutal, +repulsive faces of opium-smokers and gamblers. Then step over with me +to the Chinese mission-house two squares away. Before you enter, look +in through the half-open door and take a survey of the scene within. +The room is well-lighted, and contains, among other things, two long +tables, a dozen benches, a cabinet organ, and a few chairs. The walls +are bright with Scripture texts and illustrations from sacred history. +About fifteen young Chinamen are seated at the tables, all reading and +studying aloud in true Chinese fashion. Just as you enter the teacher, +touches the bell. Books are closed and all take seats on the benches +in front of the organ. A Chinese evangelist is present, and while he +makes an impassioned address, accompanied by most expressive gestures, +you are free to study the faces upturned to listen. What a contrast to +the faces you have just left in Chinatown, idly staring at the +passer-by, or, vacant of all interest, staring at nothing! At a glance +you perceive effects which must be seen to be appreciated. You feel +that not only is the whole atmosphere of this place essentially +different {104} from that of the Chinese quarter, but there is also an +essential difference between those who frequent the one and the other. + +Socially, intellectually, spiritually, the Chinese mission-school does +its beneficent work. It must be borne in mind that the Chinaman in +California is away from home. He is exposed to all the temptations of +a stranger in a strange land, removed from the restraining influences +of a community where one is known. Subject an equal number of men of +any other nation to this severe test, and I doubt much if they would +bear it as well. The mission school serves the purpose of a strong +social support. So far as possible it takes the place of a home. It +practically separates its attendants into a community by itself. It +does much to keep them from contact with their vicious countrymen in +Chinatown. It does much to bring them into contact with those whose +influence upon them will be good. It does much to furnish a healthy +social atmosphere in which to pass the hours of the afternoon and +evening, which every Chinese servant is at liberty to spend as he +will. + +Intellectually the work in the Chinese missions is already far beyond +the elementary stage, and is growing more virile every year. + +But everything is made but the means to the spiritual end. Not for an +hour is this lost sight of. The whole drift of the teaching, the +songs, the pictures, the Scripture text, is to make known Christ. +Every evening's lesson ends with worship. For a month or more the +Chinese preacher to whom I have referred, has held evangelistic +services in the Santa Barbara mission. To-day he leaves for points +farther south to do the same work elsewhere. + +In no year, may I add, have there been so many conversions among the +Chinese on this coast as in the one just past. + + * * * * * + + 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, Ill. + +MICH.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, +Lansing, Mich. + +WIS.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodlhead, +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, Miss Ella K. 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. +{105} + + * * * * * + + THE BLACK WOMAN OF THE SOUTH. + +The Rev. Alexander Crummell, D.D., formerly a missionary in Africa and +now Rector of St. Luke's Church in Washington, D.C., is a native of +Africa, a graduate of one of the leading Universities of England, who +adds to the strength and graces of a sound scholarship, the devotion +of a noble Christian character. + +From an address made by him upon the "Needs and Neglects of the Black +Woman of the South," we quote his plea for "Woman's Work for Woman." +Referring to the Negro woman in slavery days, he says: + + "She was a 'hewer of wood and a drawer of water.' She had to keep + her place in the gang from morn till eve, under the burden of a + heavy task, or under the stimulus or the fear of a cruel lash. She + was a picker of cotton. She labored at the sugar mill and in the + tobacco factory. When, through weariness or sickness, she had + fallen behind her allotted task, then came, as punishment, the + fearful stripes upon her shrinking, lacerated flesh. + + "Her home life was of the most degrading nature. She lived in the + rudest huts, and partook of the coarsest food, and dressed in the + scantiest garb, and slept, in multitudinous cabins, upon the + hardest boards! + + "There was no sanctity of family, no binding tie of marriage, none + of the fine felicities and the endearing affections of home. Few of + these things were the lot of the Southern black woman. Instead, + thereof, a gross barbarism, which tended to blunt the tender + sensibilities, to obliterate feminine delicacy and womanly shame, + came down as her heritage from generation to generation; and it + seems a miracle of providence and grace that, notwithstanding these + terrible circumstances, so much struggling virtue lingered amid the + rude cabins, that so much womanly worth and sweetness remained, as + slaveholders themselves have borne witness to. + + "Freed, legally, she has been; but the act of emancipation had no + talismanic influence to reach to and alter and transform her + degrading social life. The truth is, 'Emancipation Day' found her a + prostrate and degraded being; and, although it has brought numerous + advantages to her sons, it has produced but the simplest changes in + _her_ social and domestic condition. She is still the crude, rude, + ignorant mother. Remote from cities, the dweller still in the old + plantation hut, neighboring to the sulky, disaffected master-class, + who still think her freedom was a personal robbery of themselves, + none of the 'fair humanities' have visited her humble home. The + light of knowledge has not fallen upon her eyes. The fine + domesticities which give the charm to family life, and which, by + the refinement and delicacy of womanhood, preserve the civilization + of nations, have not come to _her_. She has still the rude, coarse + labor of men. With her rude husband, she still shares the hard + service of a field-hand. Her house, which shelters, perhaps, some + six or eight children, embraces but two rooms. Her furniture is of + the rudest kind. The clothing of the household is scant and of the + coarsest material; has oft-times the garniture of rags, and for + herself and offspring is marked, not seldom, by the absense {106} + of both hats and shoes. She has rarely been taught to sew, and the + field-labor of slavery times has kept her ignorant of the habitudes + of neatness and the requirements of order. Indeed, coarse food, + coarse clothes, coarse living, coarse manners, coarse companions, + coarse surroundings, coarse neighbors, both white and black, yea, + everything coarse, down to the coarse, ignorant, senseless + religion, which excites her sensibilities and starts her passions, + go to make up the life of the masses of black women in the hamlets + and villages of the South. This is the state of black womanhood. + + "And now look at the _vastness_ of this degradation. If I had been + speaking of the population of a city, or town, or even a village, + the tale would be a sad and melancholy one. But I have brought + before you the condition of _millions of women_. And when you think + that the masses of these women live in the rural districts; that + they grow up in rudeness and ignorance; that their former masters + are using few means to break up their hereditary degradation, you + can easily take in the pitiful condition of this population and + forecast the inevitable future to multitudes of females, unless a + mighty special effort is made for the improvement of the black + womanhood of the South. + + "I am anxious for a permanent and uplifting civilization to be + engrafted on the Negro race in this land. And this can only be + secured through the womanhood of a race. If you want the + civilization of a people to reach the very best elements of their + being, and then, having reached them, there to abide as an + indigenous principle, you must imbue the _womanhood_ of that people + with all its elements and qualities. Any movement which passes by + the female sex is an ephemeral thing. Without them, no true + nationality, patriotism, religion, cultivation, family life, or + true social status, is a possibility. In this matter it takes two + to make one--mankind is a duality. The male may bring, as an + exotic, a foreign graft, say, of civilization, to a new people. But + what then! Can a graft live or thrive of itself? By no manner of + means. It must get vitality from the stock into which it is put; + and it is the women who give the sap to every human organization + which thrives and flourishes on earth. + + "I plead, therefore, for the establishment of at least one large + '_Industrial school_' in every Southern State for the black girls of + the South. I ask for the establishment of schools which may serve + specially the home life of the rising womanhood of my race. + + "I want _boarding schools_ for the _industrial training_ of one hundred + and fifty or two hundred of the poorest girls, of the ages of + twelve to eighteen years. + + "I wish the intellectual training to be limited to reading, + writing, arithmetic and geography. + + "I would have these girls taught to do accurately all domestic + work, such as sweeping floors, dusting rooms, scrubbing, + bed-making, washing and ironing, sewing, mending and knitting. + {107} + + "I would have the trades of dress-making, millinery, straw-plating, + tailoring for men, and such like, taught them. + + "The art of cooking should be made a specialty, and every girl + should be instructed in it. + + "In connection with these schools, garden plats should be + cultivated, and every girl should be required daily, to spend at + least an hour in learning the cultivation of small fruits, + vegetables and flowers. + + "It is hardly possible to exaggerate either the personal, family or + society influence which would flow from these schools. Every class, + yea, every girl in an out-going class, would be a missionary of + thrift, industry, common-sense, and practicality. They would go + forth, year by year, a leavening power into the houses, towns and + villages of the Southern black population; girls fit to be the + wives of the honest peasantry of the South, the worthy matrons of + their numerous households. + + "I am looking after the domestic training of the _masses_; for the + raising up of women meet to be the helpers of poor men, the _rank + and file_ of black society, all through the rural districts of the + South. + + "A true civilization can only be attained when the life of woman is + reached, her whole being permeated by noble ideas, her fine taste + enriched by culture, her tendencies to the beautiful gratified and + developed, her singular and delicate nature lifted up to its full + capacity, and then, when all these qualities are fully matured, + cultivated and sanctified, all their sacred influences shall circle + around ten thousand firesides, and the cabins of the humblest + freedmen shall become the homes of Christian refinement through the + influence of the uplifted and cultivated black woman of the South." + +The above appeal is in the line of our American Missionary Association +work. While we have higher schools and institutions for more thorough +education, which these Negro women need as much as any women in the +world, we are increasingly developing this idea which Dr. Crummell +eloquently pleads. + +We remind our friends and those Christian women who are interested in +the uplifting of Negro womanhood, that the American Missionary +Association, the _ordained agency_ of the Congregational Churches for +this work, could do much more of it if the means were forthcoming. The +marked success of the domestic training in our schools at Tougaloo, +Miss., Talladega, Ala., Thomasville, Ga., Memphis, Tenn., and other +points, shows the advantage gained in the twenty-five years' +experience which the A.M.A. has had in its work for the Negroes. + +We need the co-operation of all Christian women in carrying on these +Industrial Schools already established, and to enable us to establish +and carry forward _many more_. + + * * * * * + +{108} + + YOUNG FOLKS. + + WHAT SUSIE FOUND AT TOUGALOO. + +(SEE FEBRUARY AMERICAN MISSIONARY.) + +A roomful of girls of various sizes and complexions, all very much +intent upon their work, and no one thinking just at that moment of a +traveled fairy daughter, to adopt and love as her own, sent by a +beneficent and tender-hearted northern "Fay." I doubt if Susie ever +before saw so many "little women" laboring with needles and trying to +set the troublesome stitches straight and even, to keep the thread +from tangling and the seam clean. The results are far from perfection, +but they are encouraging. + +Some of the children _wear_ thimbles, and some set them upon their desks +and _wiggle_ the needle through without their aid. Here is a child so +tiny that no thimble in the box will serve her. She has a delicate +face, with big brown eyes, and her fingers are the slenderest of +appendages to her atoms of hands. Her sister, a year or so older, has +a round, chubby face, with plump, dimpled, brown hands, but these fat +fingers also must grow to the smallest thimble. Here is a quiet, +modest little girl whose five baptismal names, Cynthia Ann Finetta +Bloomfield Celeste, furnish her nothing prettier for every day use +than "Lusty." She could not thread a needle or tie a knot when she +joined the Hope Band, and the second year she wore one of the smallest +thimbles with a bit of cloth inside for "chinking" to keep it on. Here +Susie's sympathies are drawn out towards a thin, nervous-looking +little Frances, who has a hand and foot crippled. She walks painfully +along to her place and holds her work at a disadvantage in the poor +little cramped left hand, but she likes to be there with the others. + +Most of the heads are covered with little tight braids, on some heads +standing at every angle, on some laid smoothly down, one braid tied to +another. A few have their curly hair cropped close, and here is a +little girl with a bushy mass overshadowing her lively face. She takes +but a stitch or two until she goes up to the front and holds her work +out for her teacher's inspection. Some time elapses before that lady +can notice it and say, "That is pretty good, Lena; now go right on +carefully." Lena returns slowly to her place, takes a stitch or two +more and repeats the performance. When will the work be completed? O +no, that is the way she used to do, but _now_-- + +A middle-sized "Topsy" comes pushing rudely forward, tossing her head +and whispering disagreeable things to those she has to pass, and Susy +hopes she will not be brought into any closer relations with _her_, when +she happens to see her tenderly fondling a broken-armed, broken-legged +dollie, while her work is being adjusted, and thinks somewhat better +of her. There are several Lilies and Roses in this growing garden. The +lilies are not white and the roses are not red, but more attractive +and interesting to their teacher's eyes than the black pansies the +flower gardeners {109} labored so long to produce. Their teacher is +fond of flowers and has her windows full, even in winter, but she does +not smile upon them with such a heartful of affection as upon these, +nor can those bask in the light of her merry face more freely. As her +short, round figure moves down the aisle and back, and Susie gets a +good look at her, she says to herself, "Why surely this is Mrs. Santa +Claus! How glad I am!" and it is not a strange conclusion, for her +figure and expression _are_ like the poet's description of dear Saint +Nick. + +Here is a girl in one of the side seats a good deal taller than her +teacher. Through the long, bright, warm summer she works in the cotton +and the corn, alongside of father, brothers, uncles, men and women, +boys and girls. Her hands are enlarged and roughened with toil, but +she is taking pains to learn how to do this useful indoor work +skillfully too. + +There is a goodly company of these larger girls, but Susie does not +feel any more afraid of them, nor of "the middle-sized bears and the +wee tiny, small bears" than did little Silverhair in the nursery tale. +She doubts, however, if these largest ones have not laid aside +dollies, and thinks she must look among the "leaster" ones for the +little _step-mother_ who will respect her own little Fay-mother's +request to "take good care of her." But when the sewing-lesson is +ended and she notices one and another bring to light a little +dollie-daughter to hug in her arms as she walks homeward, and sees the +sociable interest of all the rest, she feels no further doubt about +the mother-love in all these little Southern bosoms and resigns all +care as to which one shall be hers, leaving the whole question to Mrs. +Santa Claus. + +Perhaps some day we may call upon her when she is fully domesticated +in her new home. There will not be many comforts and conveniences in +that home. Possibly when we ask for Susie, her mamma will draw a +little old box from under the head of her bed, as once when I called +upon one of these little girls and asked her if she had a doll. It had +lost some of its limbs and it was dressed in odds and ends, tacked +together by the untaught little mother, but when I set the dollie on +my knee and pretended to drink tea out of one of the tiny toy cups set +forth from the same treasure-box, you could not find a more hilarious +little mamma anywhere, though you should pick out one with all nursery +stores at her command. + + * * * * * + + A LETTER FROM ONE OF OUR INDIAN PUPILS IN NEBRASKA. + +SANTEE AGENCY, NEB. + +_Dear Eastern Friends_:--We have had five good prayer meetings during +two weeks, and I am very glad to tell you dear friends that some of +our school-mates said they will try and do as God wants them to do. +And some pray who never did before. No words can tell how I felt one +evening {110} after we came home from meeting. Just before I went up +stairs I asked the Matron if I could talk Dakota to tell my room-mate +about the meeting. The subject was, "What must I do to be saved?" I +told it to her the best I could. After I was through talking I asked +her if she understood all what I meant and she said "Yes." We both +were silent for one minute. I was praying to God in my heart to help +me to help this dear school-mate of mine. Then in a little while she +said, "I believe in Jesus and now I will always try and be a +Christian." When she said that, I couldn't do anything more, I was so +glad that my tears came. And before we went to sleep I ask her to pray +after I did, and she did; this was the first time she prayed in her +own words. It was so dark and I couldn't see anything but I knew she +was crying by the way she spoke. After long time I thought she went to +sleep; but all at once she call my name and said, "I wish tomorrow +morning they would sing in Dakota, '_Ring the bells in heaven, there is +great joy to-day_.'" Dear friends we kindly ask you to remember us when +you offer prayer to our dear God. + +Your friend, + +---- + + * * * * * + + RECEIPTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1888. + + MAINE, $1,119.63. + +Auburn. High St. Cong. Ch. 117.28 of which for Indian M. and 39.74 +for Chinese M. 302.85 + +Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const. HON. WM. P. FRYE L.M. 30.00 + +Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. 75; Hammond St. Cong. Ch., 2, for Pleasant +Hill, Tenn. 77.00 + +Bridgeton. By Mrs. Hale, Pkg. Basted Work, for Selma, Ala. + +Castine. Wm. G. Sargent, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 5.00 + +Center Lebanon. Sab. Sch. Class., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 4.10 + +Denmark. Box of C., for Mobile, Ala. + +East Orrington, Sab. Sch. 2; Miss M.F. George, 1, for Pleasant Hill, +Tenn. 3.00 + +Edgecomb. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00 + +Farmington Falls. By Miss Susan G. Crowell, for Freight 0.65 + +Hampden. Cong. Ch. 4.80 + +Harpswell. Mrs. John Dinsmore. for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 7.00 + +Island Falls. Miss D. Merriman, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 2.50 + +Limington. Cong. Ch. 12.50 + +Monson. Rev. R.W. Emerson, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 5.00 + +Newcastle. Mrs. Wm. Heath, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 1.00 + +New Gloucester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. and Box of C., 1.75 for +Freight, for Selma, Ala. 1.75 + +New Sharon, Cong. Ch. 3.00 + +North Bridgeton. Cong. Ch. 2.25 + +Norway. Mrs. Amos. I. Holt, Bbl. of C., for Wilmington, N.C.; ---- 2, +for Freight 2.00 + +Orkland. H.T. and S.E. Buck, 20; Mrs. Trott, 3; "A Friend," 1 24.00 + +Portland. "A Friend" (10 of which for Rosebud Indian M.) 15.00 + +Saco. First Parish Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. ELLA C. INGALLS L.M. +30.00 + +Scarboro. Cong. Ch. 5.16 + +Skowhegan. Ladies of Miss'y Soc., Bbl. of C., for Selma, Ala. + +South Paris. by Mrs. Austin, Pkg. Work, for Selma, Ala. + +Union. 2 Classes, little girls in Sab. Sch., by Mrs. F.V. Norcross for +Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 5.00 + +Wells. B. Maxwell. 25.00 + +Westbrook. Second Cong. Ch. 25.57 + +Wilton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Selma, Ala. + +Yarmouthville. Rev. Amasa Loring, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 2.00 + +----. "Friend in Maine," bal. to const. MRS. JULIA A. MERRILL L.M. +10.50 + +By Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Treas. W.A. to A.M.A., for Woman's Work: + +Ladies of Maine 500.00 + + NEW HAMPSHIRE, $291.01. + +Amherst. Rev. A.J. McGown 10.00 + +Auburn. Benjamin Chase, for Indian M. 2.00 + +Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.50 + +Colebrook. "A Friend," Pkg. of Coats, Val. 16.16. + +East Derry, First Ch. 18.03 + +East Jaffrey. "A Friend" 15.00 + +Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 + +Epping. Cong. Ch. 37.00 + +Goffstown. Bbl. of C., Val. 30, for Greenwood, S.C., 1.40 for Freight +1.40 + +Great Falls. Mrs. J.A. Stickney, Bbl. and Box of C. and Christmas +gifts, for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga. + +Greenfield. Cong. Ch. 15.50 + +Greenfield. "Friends" for Storrs Sch. 8.50 + +Greenland. Cong. Ch. 15.56 + +Hancock. By Miss B.D. Robertson 5.63 +{111} + +Henniker. By Miss B.D. Robertson 5.80 + +Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.81 + +Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. ALLEN L. FRENCH L.M. +53.18 + +Mason. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga. + +Nashua. Miss Sarah Kendall, for Greenwood, S.C. 3.00 + +Nashua. 2 Bbls. of C., for Greenwood, S.C., 2 for Freight 2.00 + +Newport. Cong. Ch. 40.10 + +Pittsfield. Box and Bbl. of C., etc., for Marion, Ala. + +South Newmarket. For Freight 2.50 + +West Lebanon. Tilden Sem., Box of C. and Christmas Gifts, for Storrs +Sch., Atlanta, Ga. + +By George Swain: + +Amherst. Cong. Ch. 1.50 + +Greenville. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Mason. Mrs. P.S. Wilson 2.00 + +.---- + +.13.50 + + VERMONT. $174.06. + +Bethel. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for McIntosh, Ga. 3.43 + +East Hardwick. O. Paine 0.50 + +Fairhaven. For McIntosh, Ga. 5.35 + +Irasburg. Mrs. J.E. Chamberlin 5.00 + +Jamaica. Ladies, for McIntosh, Ga. by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild 2.00 + +Lyndon. Dr. L.W. Hubbard 2.00 + +Middlebury. Bbl. of C., and 2 for McIntosh, Ga. 2.00 + +Montpeller. Bbl. of C., for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga. + +North Thetford. Cong. Ch. 7.00 + +Norwich. Cong. Ch., 15; "A Friend," 5 20.00 + +Peru. Dea. Edmund Batchelder, 3; Rev. A.B. Peffers, 2. 5.00 + +Pittsford. Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey 10.00 + +Post Mills. Cong. Ch. (3 of which for McIntosh, Ga.) 8.00 + +Quechee. Bbl. of C. and 1.75 for McIntosh, Ga. 1.75 + +Saint Johnsbury East. Cong. Ch. 6.50 + +Shoreham. R.H. Holmes 5.00 + +Stratford. Cong, Ch. 25.00 + +Townshend. Cong. Ch. (5 of which from Mrs. Anna Rice) 25.53 + +Wells River. Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +West Brattleboro. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 15; A.L. Grout, 5, for +McIntosh, Ga. 20.00 + + MASSACHUSETTS, $5,925.07 + +Amesbury. Union Evang. Ch. 4.03 + +Amherst. "A Friend," to const. JOHN RICHARDS L.M. 30.00 + +Andover. Rev. F.W. Greene, 20; A Friend, 10 30.00 + +Andover. Juv. Miss'y Soc. of West Parish, for Indian Student Aid 15.00 + +Andover. Ladies of Free Ch., Bbl. of C., for Marion, Ala. + +Ashfield. "A Friend" 1.16 + +Auburn. Infant Class. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Conn. Ind'l Sch., +Ga. 7.00 + +Belchertown. Mrs. D.B. Bruce, to const. REV. CHARLES R. BRUCE L.M. +30.00 + +Beverly. Dane St. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.00 + +Boston. J.H. Nichols, A.A. Lawrence and S.W. Marston, Val. Sch. Books +and Sch. Apparatus + +Dorchester. Miss Mary A. Tutle, for Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund 0.40 + +Jamaica Plain. Miss Nellie Riley, Pkg cards, etc., for Straight U. +---- + +.0.40 + +Boxboro. Cong. Ch. 15.00 + +Boxford. A Friend, for Ch., Corbin, Ky. 5.00 + +Brimfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 10.60 + +Buckland. First Cong. Ch., for Sherwood, Tenn. 4.00 + +Cambridgeport. Miss Hannah E. Moore 8.00 + +Chelsea. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 7.50 + +Chelsea. Miss E. Davenport 5.00 + +Chelsea. Mrs. Emma B. Evans, for Indian M. 5.00 + +Clinton. Young People's Mite Soc., for Indian Sch'p 43.00 + +Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.33 + +Cummington. Mrs. H.M. Porter 3.00 + +Dalton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky. +45.00 + +Dracut. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Dunstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.74 + +East Douglas. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 49.97 + +East Weymouth. Ch. and Sab. Sch., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 50.00 + +Georgetown. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.50 + +Globe Village. Young Helpers of Evan. Free Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk +U. 25.00 + +Greenwich. Daniel Parker, deceased, by Mrs. M.P. Estey 5.00 + +Groton. Ladies' Benev. Soc., by Mrs. Caroline Blood, for Freight 2.00 + +Hampshire Co. "A Friend" 5.00 + +Haverhill. Sab. Sch. of West Cong. Ch., for Freight 3.00 + +Hyde Park. Woman's H.M.U. and Children's M. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., +for Tougaloo U., and to const. MISS ALICE GRAY L.M. 30.00 + +Ipswich. South Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +Lakeville. Mrs. C.L. Ward 25.00 + +Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc. 150.00 + +Long Meadow. "A Friend," for Indian M. 1.00 + +Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch., 41.92; "A Friend in Elliot Ch." 5; Geo. C. +Osgood, M.D., 1.50 48.42 + +Lowell. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for +Wilmington, N.C. + +Malden. Infant Sab. Sch., for Straight U. 10.00 + +Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.75 + +Mansfield. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., for Wilmington, N.C. 8.17 + +Middlefield. Cong. Ch. 28.00 + +Monson. Mrs. Abbie G. Smith 5.00 + +Neponset. Stone Mission Circle of Trin. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, +Wilmington, N.C. 10.00 + +Newburyport. "Friends," for Mountain Work 3.00 + +Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 2.14 + +North Abington. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +North Adams. "A Friend" 10.00 + +Northhampton. "C" 100.00 + +Northbridge. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +North Brookfield. Freight on Box to Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 4.60 + +North Leominister. Mrs. S.F. Houghton, to const. REV. F.A. BALCOM L.M. +30.00 + +Peabody. Sab. Sch. of South Cong. Ch., for Indian M. 50.00 + +Peabody. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., Box Books and Christmas Gifts, +for Sherwood, Tenn. + +Pepperell. Ladies of Cong. Soc., Bbl. of C., for Greenwood, S.C., 2 +for Freight 2.00 + +Randolph. Collected by Mrs. J.C. Labaree, 30; Y.L. Miss'y Soc,. Bbl. +of C., for Tougaloo, U. 30.00 + +Randolph. Annie T. and Marion Belcher 10.00 + +Reading. Cong. Ch. 18.00 + +Royalston. "A Friend," 10; ----, Bbl. of C., for Greenwood, S.C. 10.00 + +Royalston. First Cong. Ch. 2.50 + +Somerset. Cong. Ch. 2.00 + +Somerville. Sab. Sch. of Franklin St. Cong. Ch., for Indian Student +Aid, add'l 40.00 +{112} + +Somerville. Winter Hill Cong. Ch., 17.50; Day St. Ch., 10.50 28.00 + +Somerville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., for Freight 3.35 + +South Amherst. South Cong. Ch. 6.12 + +South Braintree. Cong. Ch. 11.00 + +Southington. Ladies' Benev. Soc., 2 Bbls. of C., for Tougaloo, Miss + +South Weymouth. Children's Soc., Bbl. of Christmas Gifts + +Spencer. Mrs. G.H. Marsh's S.S. Class, for Wilmington, N.C. 7.00 + +Springfield. "H.M." 1000.00 + +Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. 27.50 + +Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. 15.80 + +Waltham. Sab. Sen. Class, for Storrs Sch. Atlanta, Ga. 3.00 + +Warren. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. +Inst. 42.00 + +Watertown. Mrs. M. Pryor 0.50 + +Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc 123.14 + +Wellesley. Wellesley College, to const. GEORGE W. CABLE L.M. 45.00 + +Wellesley. "Friends" in Wellesley Col., for Marion, Ala 26.00 + +West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00 + +Westhampton. ladies' Benev. Soc., for Tougaloo U 10.00 + +Westminster. "Cheerful Givers," for Student Aid, Fisk U 5.00 + +West Newton. Earnest Workers, for Student Aid, Storrs Sch 5.00 + +West Springfield. Mrs. Lucy m. Bagg, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn 50.00 + +Weymouth. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn 55.00 + +Whitman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 77.00 + +Winchendon. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn 20.00 + +Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.59 + +Worchester. Old So. Ch., to const. GEO. R. BLISS and MRS. GEO. M. +PIERSE L.M.'s 61.26 + +Yarmouth. Rev. John W. Dodge, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn 25.00 +-------------- $2,925 07 + +LEGACY. + +Whitinsville. Estate of Chas. P. Whitin, by Edward Whitin, Ex. 3000.00 +-------------- $5,925 07 + +CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. + +Farmington Falls, Me. By Miss Susan G. Crosswell, Box, for +Williamsburg, Ky + +Litchfield, Me. Ladies' Aid Soc., Bbl., for Williamsburg, Ky + +Brookfield, Mass. Mrs. R.B. Montague. Bbl., for Sherwood, Tenn + +Cambridgeport, Mass. Miss Lacena Palmer, Basted Patchwork + +Cambridgeport, Mass. By Mrs. R.L. Snow, Box and Bbl., for Tougaloo U + +Haverhill, Mass. West Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl., for Talladega C. + +Hyde Park, Mass. W.H.M.U., of First Cong. Ch., Bbl., Val. 40 for +Tougaloo U. + +Roxbury, Mass. Mrs. Arthur W. Tuffts, Box, for Sherwood, Tenn + +Somerville, Mass. Mission Circle of Franklin St. Ch., Bbl., for Santee +Indian M. + + RHODE ISLAND, $448.63. + +East Providence. Samuel Belden, for Atlanta U 100.00 + +Newport. United Cong. Ch. 34.68 + +Pawtucket. "Friends," Cong. Ch., for Indian M. 105.00 + +Providence. Sam. Sch. of Union Cong. Ch., 50 for Indian M. and 25 for +Williamsburg Ky 75.00 + +Providence. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 131.87 + +Riverside. Riverside Cong. Ch 2.08 + + CONNECTICUT, $2,001.63. + +Berlin. "A Friend," 70; The Misses Churchill, 2, for Student Aid, +Tougaloo U. 72.00 + +Branford. E. Davis 1.00 + +Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch 129.76 + +Bristol. Sab. Sch. Class, for Indian Sch'p 14.00 + +Columbia. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 3, and Bbl. of C., for Louisville, Ky +3.00 + +Danbury. "A Friend," for Lexington, Ky. 50.00 + +East Canaan. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +East Hartford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 29.77 and Box of Christmas +Gifts, for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky 29.77 + +East Wallingford. Mrs. Benj. Hall 3.50 + +Enfield. Sab Sch. of First Cong. Ch., for Indian Sch'p Fund 25.00 + +Fairfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Tougaloo U 25.00 + +Gaylordsville. Miss Grace Hendricks, for Tillotson C. & N. Inst. 10.00 + +Glastonbury. "Friends," for Indian M. 217.00 + +Hartford. Teachers and Scholars, Sab. Sch. of Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., +12.50 for Santee Indian Sch.; 10 for Atlanta U.; 5 for Chinese Sch. +Cal. 27.50 + +Hartford. Sab. Sch. of Windsor Av. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U +20.00 + +Lakeville. Mrs. S.C. Robbins 4.50 + +Ledyard. Cong. Ch. and Soc 22.77 + +Mansfield Center. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Half Bbl, of C., etc., +for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga + +Middletown. Sab. Sch of First Cong. Ch., for Indian M. 25.00 + +Milton. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Naugatuck. "Young Friends," for Indian Sch'p 70.00 + +New Britian. Miss Mary L. Stanley, 9 for Student Aid; Miss Mary L. +Stanley and Miss Daniels, Box of C, for Williamsburg, Ky 9.00 + +New haven. "A Friend" 10.00 + +New Haven. Davenport Ch., for Indian M 5.50 + +New Haven. First Ch., Miss Barnes' S.S. Class and Others. Box for Jones' +Kindergarten, Storrs Sch + +New London. "Member of Second Ch." 1.00 + +Norfolk "A Friend" 4.50 + +North Branford. Sab. Sch., for Oaks, N.C. 20.00 + +North Coventry. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Williamsburg, +Ky 24.00 + +Norwalk. Miss C.L. Marsh, for Tillotson C. & N. Inst 10.00 + +Norwich. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., for Santee Indian M. 50.87 + +Norwich. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch 2.08 + +Poquonock. Willing Workers of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Williamsburg, +Ky. 9.00 + +Salisbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Indian M 12.50 + +Sharon. John H. Cleaveland 5.00 + +Simsbury. Miss'y Soc. for Freight 3.00 + +South Coventry. Dea. and Mrs. Kingsbury, 10; Miss Louisa Lord, 5 for +Williamsburg, Ky 15.00 + +South Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 10.58 + +Southington. First Cong. Ch., for Thomasville, Ga 1.50 + +Southport. "A Friend" 30.00 + +Southport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Indian M 8.92 + +Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 35.15 + +Thompsonville. Mrs. J.C. Simpson, 5; Miss Maggie Drigg, 5, for Student +Aid, Straight U 10.00 + +Unionville. First Ch. of Christ 37.92 + +Unionville. "A Friend," Communion Service, 8 pieces, for Ch., Austin, +Tex + +Warren. Cong. Ch. 21.00 + +Waterbury. First Cong. Ch. 200.86 + +Waterbury. Ladies' Benev. Soc., First Cong. Ch., for Conn. Ind'l Sch., +Ga 25.00 +{113} + +Waterbury. "A Friend," for Santee Indian M. 50.00 + +Waterbury. Sunshine Circle, for Indian M. 5.00 West Hartford. "S.H.," +for Indian M. 10.00 + +West Hartland. Cong. Ch., for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga. 6.00 + +Weston. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Windham. Ladies' Soc. Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., for Thomasville., +Ga. + +Woodbridge. Cong. Ch. 14.83 + +Woodbury. Ladies' Miss. Soc. of South Cong. Ch., for Conn. Ind'l Sch., +Ga. 25.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.M. +Hotchkiss, Sec.: + +Kent. Sab. Sch. of Cong, Ch., for Mountain White Work 20.00 + +New Haven. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of College St. Ch., for Conn. Ind'l +Sch. 35.00 + +------- 55.00 + +--------- $1,497.96 + +LEGACIES. + +Durham. Estate of Dea. Gaylord Newton, by H.G. Newton, to const. HENRY +G. NEWTON, MISS LOIS CAMP and THOMAS R. NOBLE L.M.'s 100.00 + +New Haven. Estate of Mary Dutton, by Samuel D. Gilbert, Ex. 100.00 + +Woodbury. Estate of Sarah J. Deming, by Anson A. Root, Adm. 303.67 + +--------- $2,001 63 + + NEW YORK, $1,676.98. + +Adams Basin. Mrs. H. Clark 5.00 + +Aquebogue. Cong. Ch. 11.00 + +Binghamton. Cong. Bible Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 25.00 + +Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. of Tompkins Av. Cong. Ch., for Atlanta U., to +const. REV. ROBERT R. MEREDITH, D.D., REV. GEO. F. PENTECOST, D.D., +HENRY T. HOLT and MRS. ELMA M. STEBBINS L.M.'s 123.00 + +Brooklyn, Ladies' Circle, Lee Av. Cong. Ch., 22; South Bushwick Sab. +Sch., 12; Daughters of the King, Lee Av., Cong. Ch., 7; Penny Offering +Park Av. Sab. Sch., 5; Mrs. Anna Pollock, 3, for Student Aid. Mrs. +Sarah Wilde, 10; Miss Sarah Hulst, 5; Daughters or the King, Lee Av. +Cong. Sab. Sch., Pkg. of C.; Flossie Bringham, 1; Carrie Strong, 1, +for Student Aid. Ladies' Circle, Lee Av. Cong. Ch., 2 Boxes of C.; +South Bushwick Reformed Sab. Sch., 2 Bbls. of C. and Box of Books, for +Williamsburg, Ky. 66.00 + +Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch., for Santee Indian M. 37.50 + +Brooklyn. Park Cong. Ch., 16.43; A.G. Brinkckerhoff, 5 21.43 + +Fairport. J.E. Howard 50.00 + +Flushing. First Cong. Ch. 56.00 + +Gloversville. Cong. Ch. 235.34 + +Honeoye. Cong. Ch. 26.00 + +Kiantone. Cong. Ch. 4.50 + +Lawrenceville. Lucius Hulburd 5.00 + +Lima. Mrs. Orson Warner 2.00 + +Lisbon. First Cong. Ch., 8.51; Mrs. Wm. Sheldon, 1 9.51 + +Miller's Place. Mount Sinai Cong. Ch. 12.00 + +New York. Miss D.E. Emerson, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. 25.00 + +New York. "A Friend," Christmas Gift, for Williamsburg, Ky. 5.00 + +Paris. Cong. Ch. 24.00 + +Perry Centre. Cong. Soc., for Freight 1.25 + +Riverhead. Cong. Ch. 10.30 + +Rochester. Mrs. E.R. Andrews 4.50 + +Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 5.00 + +Walton. First Cong. Ch. 69.82 + +Walton. Cong. Sab. Sch., Christmas Gifts, 33.93, and 2 Bbls. of C., +etc.; H.E. St. John, 9; Miss Jennie Hull, 2, for Student Aid, +Williamsburg, Ky. 44.93 + +West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. 20 of which for Student Aid, Fisk U. 41.00 + +Woodbridge. First Cong. Ch. 8.37 + +-------- + +$938.45 + +LEGACY. + +Waverly. Estate of Mrs. Phebe Bepburne, Howard Elmer, Ex. 738.53 + +--------- + +$1,676.98 + + NEW JERSEY, $36.91. + +Colt's Neck. Reformed Ch. 5.16 + +East Orange. "True Blue Card," Collected by Mary Brenner 1.00 + +Lakewood. Rev. Geo. and E.O. Langdon 3.00 + +Newark. "X.Y." 1.75 + +Newark. "A Sister in Christ," Box Papers, etc., for Sherwood, Tenn. + +Upper Montclair. Ladies' Aid Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. Of C., for Storrs +Sch., Atlanta, Ga. + +Westfield. "A Friend" 1.00 + +----. "Heart's Content" 25.00 + + PENNSYLVANIA, $7.00. + +Braddock. Thomas Addenbrook, Box Books, etc., for Sherwood, Tenn. + +Guy's Mills. Mrs. F. Maria Guy 2.00 + +Linesville. M.T. Donaldson 5.00 + + OHIO, $407.82. + +Austinburg. Cong. Ch. 11.00 + +Berea. First Cong. Ch. 6.50 + +Cleveland. Jennings Av. Cong. Ch., 75; Plymouth Cong. Ch., 72.16; John +Jay Low, 20 167.16 + +Cleveland. Mount Zion Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 8.64 + +Cleveland. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., Box of C., for Tillotson C. & N. +Inst. + +Medina. W.H. Sipher 2.00 + +Mount Vernon. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 19.37 + +North Ridgeville. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Box Canned Fruit; Cong. Sab. +Sch., Bbl. of Goods, for Williamsburg, Ky. + +Oberlin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 10; "A Friend," 12.50; Mrs. +L.G.B. Hills, 5 27.50 + +Oberlin. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., for Lexington, Ky. 15.00 + +Oberlin. Mrs. Vance, for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky. 5.00 + +Oberlin. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, +Ga. + +Painesville. First Cong. Ch. 27.90 + +Painesville. Y.L.M. Soc., of First Cong. Ch., for Fort Berthold Indian +M. 4.75 + +South Salem. Daniel S. Pricer 5.00 + +Toledo. Miss A.M. Nicholas, for Wilmington, N.C.. 5.00 + +West Andover. "Friends," by L.L. Coleman 10.00 + +Willoughby. Lyndon Freeman 1.50 + +Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., +for Woman's Work: + +Burton. Mrs. A.S. Hotchkiss 3.00 + +Cleveland. L.H.M.S., of Euclid Av. Ch. 20.00 Cleveland. Euclid Av. +Ch., L.M. Soc. 20.00 + +Columbus. Eastwood Ch., Y.L.M. Soc. 10.00 + +Columbus. Eastwood Ch., "Family Mite Box." 12.00 + +Willoughby. Mrs. Mary P. Hastings 26.00 + +----- 91.00 +{114} + + INDIANA, $25.00. + +Bloomington, Mrs. A.B. Woodford, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 5.00 + +New Corydon. Geo. Storz 20.00 + + ILLINOIS, $468.20. + +Albion. James Green 10.00 + +Bunker Hill. D.E. Pettengill 1.00 + +Canton. Cong. Ch. 42.20 + +Chicago. Sedgwick St. Sab. Sch. 25.00 + +Chicago. Major E.D. Redington, for Lexington, Ky. 17.00 + +Earlville. Mrs. Rindell, 1; Mabel Rindell, 20 cts.; Bertie Rindell, 15 +cts. 1.35 + +Galesburg. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Fisk U. 10.00 + +Geneseo. First Cong. Ch. 145.18 + +Greenville. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, Box of C., Val. 25 + +Joliet. "A Thank Offering" 5.00 + +La Grange. W.M.S., for Chinese M. 5.00 + +Lake View. Church of the Redeemer 22.55 + +Lyonsville. Cong. Ch. 5.60 + +Naperville. Prof. Geo. W. Sindlinger, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 10.00 + +Odell. Mrs. H.E. Dana 10.00 + +Ottawa. First Cong. Ch. 32.66 + +Princeton. Mrs. R.D. Harrison, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 1.00 + +Prospect Park. Cong. Ch., in part 7.00 + +Shabbona. Woman's Miss'y Soc., 2 Boxes Papers, etc., for Sherwood, +Tenn. + +Turner. Mrs. R. Currier 1.00 + +Wheaton. College Ch. of Christ, in part 28.81 + +Winnebago. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., for Woman's Work 9.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., Mrs. B.L. Leavitt, Treas., for +Woman's Work: + +Chicago. L.M. Soc. of New Eng. Ch. 30.00 + +Oak Park. Ladies' Benev. Circle 23.00 + +Rockford. Peter Holman Fund, First Ch. 20.65 + +Sheffield. Aux. 5.20 + +------ 78.85 + + MICHIGAN, $90.01 + +Allendale. Cong. Ch. 2.75 + +Ann Arbor. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Athens, +Ala. + +Banks. Cong. Ch. 8.70 + +Cheboygan. First Cong. Ch., add'l 0.97 + +Grand Rapids. First Cong. Ch. 25.50 + +Hopkins. First Ch. 6.50 + +Laingsburg. Cong. Ch. 4.50 + +Lansing. Cong. Ch. 7.00 + +Northville. D. Pomeroy 5.00 + +Salem. Miss'y Soc. of Second Cong. Ch., for Athens, Ala. 5.59 + +South Haven. First Cong. Ch. 14.50 + +----. "Muskegon" 2.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Mich., by Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Treas., +for Woman's Work: + +Bay City. W.H.M.S. 2.00 + +Cheboygan. W.H.M.S. 5.00 + +------ 7.00 + + WISCONSIN, $222.03. + +Baraboo. Miss'y Soc., Bbl. of C., for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga. + +Boscobel. Cong. Ch. 2.25 + +Bristol and Paris. Christian Endeavor Soc., 2.55; Ladies' Soc. of +Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Thomasville, Ga. 2.55 + +Brodhead. Cong. Ch. 4.27 + +Darlington. Cong. Ch. ..7.33 + +Fond du Lac. First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, +Ga. + +Green Bay. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Bbl. of C., for Austin, Tex. + +Janesville. "Friends," Box of C., for Marion, Ala. + +La Crosse. "A Friend," 25; Cong. Ch., 10 35.00 + +Lake Geneva. Mrs. Geo. Allen 5.00 + +Leeds. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Mazo Manie. Cong. Ch. 7.07 + +Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch. 40.58 + +Peshtigo. Cong. Ch. 3.22 + +Sparta. Cong. Ch. 40.41 + +Stoughton. Miss Sewell's S.S. Class, Christmas Gifts, for Austin, +Texas + +Waukesha. "Friends," for Student Aid, Marion Ala. 15.00 + +Wauwatosa. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Box of C., for Austin, Texas + +Windsor. Cong. Ch. 18.75 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Wis., for Woman's Work: + +Green Bay. W.M.S. 9.00 + +Milwaukee. W.H.M.U., Grand Av. Ch. 25.00 + +Stoughton. Sab. Sch. Birthday Box 1.60 + +------- 35.60 + + IOWA, $204.31 + +Burlington. Mercy Lewis, for Chinese M. 0.50 + +Cedar Rapids. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., Birthday Offerings 1.97 + +Cherokee. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Straight U. 10.00 + +Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 9.85 + +Danville. L. Mix 5.00 + +Denmark. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 14.50 Farragut. Mrs. L.S. Chapin, for +Woman's Work 2.00 + +Garnaville. Rev. G.M. Porter 3.00 + +Hull. Mrs. E.C. Davidson, for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky. 6.00 + +Iowa City. Sab. Sch., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 15.00 + +Iowa City. Mrs. R.A. McClain 5.00 + +McGregor. J.H. Ellsworth 10.00 + +McGregor. S.S. Class, by Mrs. S.J. Peterson, for Student Aid, Straight +U. 5.00 + +McGregor. Mrs. C.E. Daniels, for Freight 2.30 + +New Hampton. First Cong. Ch. 12.30 + +Newton. Wittenberg Sab. Sch. 14.78 + +Sioux City. First Cong. Ch. 44.00 + +Stuart. Bbl. of C., for Savannah, Ga. + +Tabor. Cong. Ch., for Tillotson C. & N. Inst. 10.00 + +Tipton. Mrs. M.D. Clapp 3.50 + +Tyrone. Wm. Griffiths 0.25 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa, for Woman's Work: + +Grinnell. W.H.M.U. 3.68 + +Le Mars. " " 5.73 + +McGregor. L.M.S. 6.95 + +Osage. W.M.S. 3.00 + +Tipton. L.M.S. 10.00 + +------- 29.36 + + MINNESOTA, $220.25. + +Brainerd. First Cong. Ch. 12.00 + +Hancock. Sab. Sch. Miss'y Soc., for Savannah, Ga. 5.00 + +Leech Lake. C.P. Allen, M.D. 30.00 + +Plainview. Cong. Ch. 14.11 + +Plainview. Box of S.S. Supplies, for Corbin, Ky. + +Rochester. W.J. Eaton, 50; Cong. Ch., 40.87 90.87 + +Sauk Center. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 8.00 + +Sauk Center. "Little Lights," Box Papers, etc., for Jonesboro, Tenn. + +Stillwater. Grace Cong. Ch. 2.92 + +Wabasha. Cong. Sab. Sch. and Y.P.S.C.E. 27.25 +{115} + +Worthington. Union Cong. Ch. 21.55 + +Zumbrota. Cong. Ch. 8.55 + + MISSOURI, $236.60. + +Bevier. Luella J. Hudelson 2.00 + +Kansas City. Olivet Cong. Ch., in part 9.05 + +St. Louis. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 200; Third Cong. Ch., 10.55 210.55 + +St. Louis. Mrs. R.H. Webb, for Straight U. 10.00 + +Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + + KANSAS, $85.65. + +Atchison. Cong. Ch., for Tillotson C. & N. Inst. 5.00 + +Dover. Cong. Ch. 2.80 + +Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch., "Thank Offering" 1.00 + +Topeka. Woman's H.M. Soc., for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga. 75.00 + +Topeka. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. 2 Bbls. of C. for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, +Ga. + +Wakarusa. Cong. Ch. 1.85 + + DAKOTA, $5.00. + +Sioux Falls. W.M.S., by Mrs. Sue Fifield, Terr. Treas. 5.00 + + NEBRASKA, $47.00. + +Cowles. Cong. Ch. 2.00 + +Omaha. First Cong. Ch. (in part) 10.00 + +Oxford. F.A. Wood 5.00 + +Wahoo. Cong. Ch., to const. Rev. A.A. CRESSMAN L.M. 30.00 + + CALIFORNIA, $62.50. + +Riverside. C.W. Herron's S.S. Class, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. 8.00 + +San Luis Obispo. Rev. E.N. Bartlett 4.50 + +Santa Barbara. Rev. Edward Hildreth, to const. PHILO C. HILDRETH L.M. +50.00 + + DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $70.00. + +Washington. "Two Members First Cong. Ch.," for Indian M., and to +const. MRS. SARAH B.A. ROBINSON and MISS SARAH M. ROBINSON L.M.'s +60.00 + +Washington. Lincoln Memorial Ch. 10.00 + + MARYLAND, $393.16. + +Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 105 of which for Indian M. 393.16 + + KENTUCKY, $450.86. + +Lexington. Tuition 314.21 + +Williamsburg. Tuition 136.65 + + TENNESSEE, $1,126.03. + +Grand View. Tuition 45.00 + +Jonesboro. Tuition, 22.25; County Fund, 40 62.25 + +Memphis. Tuition 467.20 + +Nashville. Tuition, 509.08; Rent, 6.50 515.58 + +Pleasant Hill. Miss J.A. Calkins, 31; Mrs. Shroyer, 1; "A Friend," 1; +"A Friend," by Mrs. Shroyer, 1, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 34.00 + +Sherwood. Mrs. O.N. Alden 2.00 + + NORTH CAROLINA, $177.35. + +Raleigh. First Cong. Ch., Christmas Offering 4.85 + +Troy. By S.D. Leak 1.00 + +Wilmington. Tuition 163.00 + +Wilmington. By Miss H.L. Fitts 8.50 + + SOUTH CAROLINA, $228.62. + +Charleston. Tuition 228.62 + + GEORGIA, $882.94. + +Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 295.85 + +Atlanta. First Cong. Ch., Birthday Offerings 1.04 + +Macon. Tuition 246.35 + +Marietta. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 1.00 + +McIntosh. Tuition 58.75 + +Savannah. Tuition 207.70 + +Thomasville. Tuition 72.25 + + ALABAMA, $706.35. + +Athens. Tuition 57.75 + +Birmingham. Christmas Gift, Cong. Ch. 5.60 + +Ironaton. Cong. Ch. 1.50 + +Jenifer. Cong. Ch. 3.60 + +Marion. Tuition, 130.50; "Southern Friend" (C.W.L.). for Marion, +Ala., 5; Cong. Ch., 3 138.50 + +Mobile. Tuition 288.90 + +Selma. "Two Southern Friends," for Marion, Ala. 30.00 + +Selma. W.M. Ass'n, Cong. Ch., for Indian M. 5.00 + +Talladega. Tuition 176.10 + + FLORIDA, $80.00. + +Orlando. M. Marty 10.00 + +Saint Augustine. Pub. Sch. Fund 70.00 + + LOUISIANA, $419.75 + +New Orleans. Tuition 389.75 + +New Orleans. M.L. Berger, D.D., to const himself L.M. 30.00 + + MISSISSIPPI, $209.65. + +Port Gibson. Mrs. M.S. Bradford, for Freight 1.85 + +Tougaloo. Tuition 206.30 + +Tougaloo. Rent 2.00 + + TEXAS, $127.84. + +Austin. Tuition, 123.84; "Friends." 4; Mr. Blatchford, Ag't, 1 +Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1 Webster's Academic Dictionary, for +Tillotson C. & N. Inst. 127.84 + + INCOMES, $29.05. + +Avery Fund, for Mendi M. 29.05 + + CANADA, $10.00. + +Montreal. Chas. Alexander 5.00 + +Toronto. Mrs. Jane Ebbs 5.00 + + TURKEY, $10.00. + +Van. Rev. Geo. C. Raynolds 10.00 + +========== + +Donations 10,146.59 + +Legacies 4,242.20 + +Incomes 29.05 + +Tuition 4,250.05 + +Rents 8.50 + +---------- + +Total for February 18,676.39 + +Total from Oct. 1 to Feb'y 29 110,091.90 + +========== + + * * * * * + + FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + +Subscriptions for February 104.41 + +Previously acknowledged 458.09 + +------ + +Total 562.50 + +====== + +H.W. 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