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POND + FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK + CHIN GAING IN CHINA + BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. + SPARE OUR TEACHERS + 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. + + * * * * * + +{116} + +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, + +_Secretary of Woman's Work._ + +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. + + * * * * * + +{117} + +THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + + * * * * * + + Vol. XLII. May, 1888. No. 5. + + * * * * * + + American Missionary Association. + + * * * * * + +Six months of our fiscal year have come to a close. It may be of +interest to our readers to know how our treasury compares with the +same period of time last year. During this half-year, there has been +an increase in _collections_ of $6,250.73, a decrease in the amount +paid in from _estates_ and _legacies_ of $2,880.05, making a balance +in the total receipts, of $3,370.68 in advance of those of the +preceding year for the corresponding period. + +This, however, does not mean that we are in advance of our +expenditures. All life predicates growth. When there is no growth, the +body has begun to die. Those who will read the able paper of Dr. +Bradford in this magazine, will doubtless conclude with him, that the +imperative demand is for increased life, and for multiplied efforts to +save those to whom Providence has manifestly called us. The natural +and necessary growth of life has been upon us. While we have cut and +trimmed and pinched with an economy that the most careful might think +an unwise policy, there has yet been growth. Success necessitates +development. Good schools will enlarge. One church creates another. +One foothold secured in a missionary region opens districts to many +who swell the cry of need to the heart of Christian compassion "_come +over and help us_," so that with all our pruning the work has grown +beyond the slight increase of funds from our churches. + +We ought to push our work. Ignorant millions need the truth which we +have. They need the knowledge which we have. They need salvation, and +if we have it and have the spirit of Christ's compassion, we will see +that they are not left in darkness. There is enough and to spare in +the hands of the disciples of Christ for this vast and increasingly +urgent work. "Why," says George W. Cable, "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," He calls it "the most +prolific missionary field that was ever opened to any Christian +people," "right here at your doors." +{118} + +While then we have the right to thank God and his people, and reason +to take courage, we should be false to the churches and to ourselves +should we fail to accentuate the necessities of our work, and the +demand upon those in whose name we stand. Brethren, is not ours the +appeal of Christ to you for his neglected and his needy ones? Bring +your thank offerings to God and make enlargement for this enlarging +work. + + * * * * * + +We are thankful for our receipts from legacies. They are testimonies +that speak, from those whose lips are sealed in death, for the gospel +of Christ and its elevating and saving power when it is applied to the +low-down and the poor and the wronged. In these legacies, those who +are dead yet speak the word of life to those whom they have +remembered. + +Our work, however, should be planned, not upon the uncertainties of +legacies, but upon the ability and faith of those who live and give. +It cheers us to know that our living donors are increasing and are +entering with us the doors of opportunity which God has so manifestly +opened and which no man can shut. + + * * * * * + +We congratulate the American Home Missionary Society that it closes +its year, not having realized its fears even if it has not absolutely +compassed all its hopes. We are grateful, for its success. Our +congratulations also are hearty that our great Foreign Missionary +Society, the A.B.C.F.M., reports itself at the end of its fiscal +half-year $78,000 in advance of what was received for the same period +last year. + + * * * * * + +But do not forget the great work which the churches have put upon us. +See nearly eight millions who went from barbarism into slavery, and +from slavery came out the poorest of the poor, the most ignorant of +the ignorant, the most dependent of the dependent, without true +religion and with no opportunity to know what true religion is unless +we tell them. Africa is in America, China is in America, the barbarous +heathen Indian is in America, and two millions of white people in the +mountain region in four hundred counties, where ignorance is solid, +are in America. These all look to the American Missionary Association. +Will it not be our turn next to receive from the churches their +increasing Godspeed on this work in such measure that we may carry the +truth and the life to those who ought to have it. + + * * * * * + +The Connecticut Normal Industrial School previous to the brief spring +vacation was visited by many northern friends at Thomasville, Ga., +upon the occasion of its closing exercises. The _Thomasville Times_ +calls sympathetic {119} attention to the work and adds "That the boys +and girls are being carefully taught and trained will be apparent to +any one who will go to the Institution and see its workings. The +attendance has averaged over two hundred." Thomasville is not far +removed from Quitman geographically but, in point of intelligent +regard for its own interests and the interests of the Negro, the +distance is incalculable. As Joseph said to his brethren, we can say +to the school incendiaries of Quitman, "Ye meant it for evil but the +Lord meant it for good." + + * * * * * + +An attractive and interesting four-paged weekly journal called the +_Chinese Evangelist_ comes to us. It is the first number of a +curiosity in the way of a newspaper, being printed half in the English +and half in the Chinese language. Its editor is Mr. J.S. Harper, son +of Rev. A.F. Harper, of Canton College, and the manager is Guy Maine, +a Christian Chinaman and member of the Broadway Tabernacle Church. The +address of the editor is No. 117 West 87th St., New York, and of the +manager, No. 15 University Place. It is intended for all workers in +Chinese Sunday-schools, and every teacher of Chinese Sunday-school +scholars would do well to send a dollar and secure this invaluable aid +for a year. Its column of items is named "Tea Leaves." We would +suggest that the motto for this bright little paper be "_Tu doces_." + + * * * * * + + THE VERNACULAR IN INDIAN SCHOOLS. + +BY SECRETARY STRIKEY. + +This question is not settled. One thing that has kept it unsettled has +been the uncertain use of the term "missionary schools" in the Orders +of the Indian Department. What is precisely a missionary school? Let +me try to explain. There are three kinds of schools in the +nomenclature of the Indian Office, based on the sources of their +support. + +1. _Government_ Schools, supported wholly by Government +appropriations--such as those at Carlisle, Genoa, etc. These may be +left out of the account in this discussion, for no one objects to the +Government's directing the studies in them. + +2. _Contract_ Schools, so called because the missionary societies +which sustain them receive under _contract_ with the Government a +certain amount of money in aid of their support. The school at Santee, +Nebraska, and the school at Yankton, Dakota, are specimens of this +class. But these are _mission_ schools, for the societies which +support them would not continue to do so for a day except for their +missionary character; and yet these schools are classed by the +Department not as missionary but as contract schools. + +3. _Missionary_ Schools, which are supported wholly by missionary +funds, the Government contributing nothing. Here, again, in the recent +{120} order, the Department employs the confusing use of terms, +speaking in general terms of "missionary schools," and then of +missionary schools under the charge of "native Indian teachers," and +at remote points; the inference being that the white teacher of a +missionary school, though it may be in a place so remote that neither +the pupils nor the people can understand the English language, cannot +teach in the vernacular. + +With these explanations we present, under date of Feb. 11, 1888, + + THE LATEST ORDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT. + +1. No text-books in the vernacular will be allowed in any school where +children are placed under contract or where the Government +contributes, in any manner whatever, to the support of the school; no +oral instruction in the vernacular will be allowed at such schools. +The entire curriculum must be in the English language. + +2. The vernacular may be used in missionary schools only for oral +instruction in morals and religion, where it is deemed to be an +auxiliary to the English language in conveying such instruction; and +only native Indian teachers will be permitted to otherwise teach in +any Indian vernacular; and these native teachers will only be allowed +so to teach in schools not supported in whole or in part by the +Government and at remote points, where there are no Government or +contract schools where the English language is taught. These native +teachers are only allowed to teach in the vernacular with a view of +reaching those Indians who cannot have the advantage of instruction in +English, and such instruction must give way to the English-teaching +schools as soon as they are established where the Indians can have +access to them. + +3. A limited theological class of Indian young men may be trained in +the vernacular at any purely missionary school, supported exclusively +by missionary societies, the object being to prepare them for the +ministry, whose subsequent work shall be confined to preaching unless +they are employed as teachers in remote settlements, where English +schools are inaccessible. + +4. These rules are not intended to prevent the possession or use by +any Indian of the Bible published in the vernacular, but such +possession or use shall not interfere with the teaching of the English +language to the extent and in the manner hereinbefore directed. + +The gravamen of the objections urged in all this controversy is that +the _Government has no right to interfere with these mission schools_; +in the first place, in excluding all use of the vernacular in contract +schools, even for religious instruction, and in the next place, in +controlling the studies of the mission schools _supported wholly by +missionary money_ and in excluding white teachers from vernacular +schools. The missionary societies have found by long experience that +these mission schools in which the vernacular is taught, especially in +remote places, are the most effective, and in many cases the only +modes by which the people can be reached by the Gospel. The pupils are +taught to read the Bible and it is carried by them to their homes. Now +we ask, is it the function of the Government of the United {121} +States to dictate in matters so purely religious and to override the +Christian churches in the choice of their most approved methods of +disseminating the Gospel? + + PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S LETTER. + +The President, under date of March 29, 1888, in response to some +resolutions adopted by the Philadelphia M.E. Conference, writes a +letter on this subject, which deserves careful and candid +consideration, both for what it concedes and for what it does not +concede. We present the portion of the letter bearing upon the points +at issue. + +"Secular teaching is the object of the ordinary Government schools, +but surely there can be no objection to reading a chapter in the Bible +in English, or in Dakota if English could not be understood, at the +daily opening of those schools, as is done in very many other +well-regulated secular schools. It may be, too, that the use of words +in the vernacular may be sometimes necessary to aid in communicating a +knowledge of the English language, but the use of the vernacular +should not be encouraged or continued beyond the limit of such +necessity, and the "text books," the "oral instruction" in a general +sense, and the curriculum certainly should be in English. In +missionary schools moral and religious instruction may be given in the +vernacular as an auxiliary to English in conveying such instruction. +Here, while the desirability of some instruction in morals and +religion is recognized, the extreme value of learning the English +language is not lost sight of. And the provision which follows, that +only native teachers shall "otherwise" (that is, except for moral or +religious instruction) teach the vernacular, and only in remote places +and until Government or contract schools are established, is in exact +keeping with the purpose of the Government to exclude the Indian +languages from the schools as far as is consistent with a due regard +for the continuance of moral and religious teaching in the missionary +schools, and except in such cases as the exclusion would result in the +entire neglect of secular or other instruction." + +On this letter let me remark: + +1. That it concedes what has not heretofore been granted, the reading +of the Bible in the vernacular in contract schools and its use in +explaining the English. We accept this concession with gratification. + +2. But it makes no concession whatever (beyond that made in the order +of the Commissioner) in regard to the use of the vernacular in schools +supported wholly by missionary funds, or in the employment of white +teachers in vernacular schools in remote districts. Until concessions +are made on these points, the controversy will go forward. + +The aim of the Government is _expedient_, in trying to secure +ultimately the use of the English language among the Indians. The aim +of the missionary societies is to fulfil an imperative _duty_, in +trying to reach the Indians with the Gospel in the most effective +methods. There should be mutual respect for these aims; the Government +should yield to the conscientious conviction of the missionary +societies as to methods for giving religious {122} instruction, and +the missionary societies should co-operate with the Government in +introducing the English language as rapidly as possible consistently +with their higher aim. I venture to suggest an outline of Regulations +that would probably attain both these objects and meet other +objections to the ruling of the Department that are not removed by the +President's letter. + + DETAILS OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS. + +1. No text-books in the vernacular will be allowed in any Government +school, supported wholly by the Government; no oral instruction in the +vernacular will be allowed at such schools. The entire curriculum must +be in the English language. + +2. In contract schools supported in part by missionary societies, the +vernacular may be used only for the reading of the Sacred Scriptures, +and for oral instruction in morals and religion and where it is deemed +to be an auxiliary to the English language in conveying such +instruction. + +3. In all "missionary schools" supported entirely by missionary or +benevolent funds, no restrictions will be put upon the use of the +vernacular, with the understanding, however, that the English language +shall be introduced as rapidly as those conducting these schools shall +deem compatible with the higher aim--religious teaching; and that when +these schools shall be prepared to use the English language wholly, +the Department will give them a place on the list of contract schools +rather than to establish others in their stead. If new mission schools +are established they must be so located as not to interfere with +existing Government or contract schools. + +4. That any religious denomination shall, at its discretion and +entirely at its own cost, be allowed to conduct special classes in the +vernacular for the training of teachers and preachers. As it is +desirable that those teachers and preachers should be taught in +English studies as well as in the vernacular, these classes may be +conducted in connection with contract schools, yet so as not to +interfere in any way with the regular curriculum in the English +language. + + * * * * * + +"Ramona Days," is the title of a neatly printed pamphlet of +forty-three pages, being the January number of a quarterly, published +by the Indian Department of the University of New Mexico. This Indian +school is named in honor of Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, who has rendered +such valuable services to the Indians in setting forth in thrilling +terms their wrongs, and in pleading so pathetically for their rights. +The Ramona school is under the efficient supervision of Pres. H.O. +Ladd, and is aided in part by the American Missionary Association. + +The pamphlet is not a catalogue of the school, but contains a variety +of interesting matter on Indian affairs, the titles of some of the +articles being; "Wiser Methods," "Famous Apache Chiefs," "Treaty +Obligations to the Navajoes," "A Recent Movement Toward Indian +Civilization," "Ramona Memorial," etc., etc. There are also letters +from the teachers, and two cuts, one representing the proposed +Memorial Building, Ramona. Mr. Ladd's {123} work lies largely among +that remarkably promising race of Indians, the Apaches, and those who +wish to know more about them would do well to have the pamphlet. It +can be had by addressing Rev. H.O. Ladd, Santa Fe, New Mexico; +subscription price, 50 cents for the four numbers. + + * * * * * + + THE TIME FACTOR IN THE SOUTHERN PROBLEM. + +BY REV. A.H. BRADFORD, D.D. + +The supreme question in English politics is the unity of the empire. +The problem of the mother country is, How may the scattered colonies +be joined in one body whose heart shall be London? All the other +questions of the island-empire are but parts of this. This in turn is +forced into prominence by the under-current of the world's aspiration +for larger liberty. "The world no longer for the few, but for the +many," is the watchword of an increasing number in all the nations. +How to maintain the manhood of her subjects, and yet not to force the +dismemberment of the empire, is the question uppermost in old England. + +With us, the problem is not one of scattered colonies but of divergent +people. There is in the United States the double problem of how to +consolidate and preserve the interests of a nation with a long area +north and south, and with the most diverse elements of population ever +gathered under one flag. This is complicated by other factors. Our +study is confined to those which touch what is known as the Southern +question. The problems of English and American political and religious +life are identical in that both are inspired by the watchword of the +rising multitudes, "The world for the many." + +The Southern problem is but part of the larger one of area and races. +Consider a few facts. The South is peopled chiefly by two classes, +native whites and native blacks. Both whites and blacks are there to +remain. More whites leave the South than blacks, and the population is +increasing. Emigration avoids the States chiefly inhabited by blacks. +It is not probable that the exodus of whites will be very great. The +population of the future will probably be of the same classes, +although the proportion is rapidly changing. Native whites and native +blacks, unless signs fail, will possess the land. + +The Negro race is appallingly fertile. It shows no sign of decadence. +It is multiplying faster than any other. The number of blacks in the +United States has risen from four millions to nearly eight millions +since the war. That has been entirely by natural reproduction. The +increase of whites during the decade from 1870 to 1880 was twenty-nine +per cent.; of blacks thirty-five per cent. If, now, we allow nine per +cent. for the increase of the whites by immigration, we find that the +increase of blacks over the whites by natural order is about fourteen +per cent. Here, then, is a {124} simple problem in arithmetic. If the +blacks increase on an average fourteen per cent. faster than the +whites, and to the South there is little immigration, how long will it +be before the blacks preponderate? They will go neither to Africa, to +Mexico, nor to the West Indies. They are here to stay. They are +multiplying faster than their white neighbors. They are growing in +consciousness of power faster than in intelligence. What is the sure +result of conscious but blind power? The story of Samson answers. The +problem is the new-birth of a rapidly increasing race. How long it +will take may possibly be imagined from the questions which follow. + +I. How long will it require for race-prejudices to go? I put that +question to an intelligent colored man who had been a slave. His +answer was, "Until the present generation is dead." + +The conflict between classes in the South will last until they +recognize that they have an identity of interests, or that they are +brethren. Prejudice is neither dead nor fast dying. There is a change +in the cities, but it does not reach far inland. In how many Southern +States are the same privileges extended to both races in schools? in +cars? in hotels? in churches? This prejudice is in the blood. Heredity +and training have both fostered it. Race prejudices die slowly. For +centuries the contest between Patrician and Plebeian was carried on in +ancient Rome. The subject-class never affiliated with the +master-class. Two or three hundred years ago a new people was +introduced into the north of Ireland. The north is essentially +Scottish. Its inhabitants are Protestant and phlegmatic. In the south, +the religion is Romanist, and the people are mercurial. They are of +the same color. They have had the same history for centuries. For +nearly five hundred years, the Turk has been a disturbing factor in +Europe. The Turk is Asiatic. He is surrounded by European life. How +rapidly has the antipathy between races disappeared where the Turk has +power? The race-lines are as distinct as if the waters of a white +river and a black ran in the same channel. The Hebrews are found in +all parts of the world. They are industrious, and as decent as the +average man; they mingle with other people, and yet almost everywhere +the prejudice against them is constant and bitter. How long before +Protestant Orangemen and Catholic Irishmen will walk arm and arm in +the same procession? How long before the German and Russian and +Englishman will recognize the Jew as a brother? In the South, the +antipathy is between black and white, between a master-class and a +subject-class, between oppressed and oppressor. How long before this +prejudice will disappear? + +II. How much time will be required for the consciousness of having +been wronged to wear from the breast and the blood of the black man? +This consciousness of having been wronged is not a race-prejudice, and +yet it may become one. It is hard to eradicate. It is aggravated when +the same feelings are in many hearts. This is a complicated factor. +Some of {125} the blacks seem incapable of sentiments of revenge. They +are too lighthearted to cherish grievances. But all are not so. The +pure blacks who carry with them the consciousness of having been +deeply injured, are many. What will you say of the mulattoes? A man +who knows his father, and knows that his father ignores his existence, +may keep it to himself, but he cannot smother his feeling. He who sees +his brothers and sisters pass him on the street in carriages, living +in comfort and honor, while he is poor, and nothing to them, will, in +proportion as he is a man, hate the social order in which they live. +Until this consciousness of having been injured and degraded vanishes, +the Southern question will disturb political and social life. + +III. Closely allied to the consciousness of degradation is the lack of +manly feeling. Appreciation of manhood is a condition of improvement. +He who thinks himself only an animal will live like one. Does this +condition exist at the South? It could not be otherwise. Any one who +has travelled there must have his faith in the evolution of some men +from the lower animals immeasurably strengthened. Rev. Dr. Taylor, of +New York, has said that he knows that the Darwinian theory cannot be +true, because, if it were, "an Englishman's right arm would have +developed into an umbrella long ago." But Dr. Taylor would find faces +in the South which, from their resemblance to lower orders of life, +might weaken his faith in his demonstration. + +The black race is no more degraded than our own would be under similar +circumstances, but its condition is appalling. How long will it take +to develop the consciousness of manhood where all the tastes, and all +the tendencies, and almost all the environment, are low and in the +opposite direction? The colored people have not the help of higher and +refining influences. Their tendencies have been downward, and present +environment increases the tendency. Regeneration or reform is not the +work of a year or a generation. The change will come only by the +creation of new and higher conditions, and with the birth of a more +self-respecting stock. + +IV. How long will be required for the education of the colored people +and the poor whites? + +The author of "An Appeal to Caesar" says, "The Southern man, black or +white, is not likely to be greatly different to-morrow from what he +was yesterday. Generations may modify; years can only restrain. The +question is not whether education, begun to-day and carried on however +vigorously and successfully by the most approved agencies, would +change the characteristics of to-day's masses. Not at all. The +question is whether it would so act upon them _as they are_, would so +enlighten and inform their minds, as to convince them of the mutual +danger, peril, disaster, that must attend continual oppression or +sudden uprising. We cannot expect to make intelligence instantly +effective in the elevation of individual citizenship, or the exercise +of collective power. Little by little that change must come." +{126} + +About ninety per cent, of the whole colored population of the South, +and about forty-five per cent. of those above ten years of age, are +illiterate. In 1880, nineteen per cent., or about one in every five, +of the white people of the South, and seventy-three per cent. of the +colored people, could neither read nor write; and this estimate is far +too large. After fifteen years of the ballot, seventy-three per cent. +of the colored race of the South could neither read nor write. Much is +being done to promote education by schools and charities, but what are +these among so many? To meet the ignorant condition of things, the +Government is doing nothing. The State governments are doing only a +little. In the Southern States previous to the war there was no system +of common schools. After the war there were not even old foundations +to build upon. Everything had to be started _de novo_ by those who had +nothing with which to start. "We must remember," said Dr. Mayo, "that +nine men out of ten of the South never saw what we call a good public +elementary school. It has been said that the public school-buildings +of Denver alone exceed in value all the public school-buildings of the +State of North Carolina." + +The average school year throughout the South, in 1880, was less than +one hundred days; the average attendance less than thirty per cent. of +those within school age. In a belt of States where seventy-three per +cent., and probably ninety per cent., of the population are +illiterate, where they are too poor to do much except keep up the +struggle for existence, where there are no traditions of culture, +where it has been a crime for a black man to read, where the Nation is +doing nothing, and where the State, when it does its best, provides +instruction which reaches only thirty per cent. of those of school age +for one hundred days in a year, and where the population is increasing +so rapidly that in 1900 the blacks will be in a decided majority, +charity and religion are doing--what? The progress under the +circumstances is amazing, but how long will it take to educate the +nineteen per cent. of Southern whites, and seventy-three per cent., of +Southern blacks? There is more illiteracy now than at the close of the +war, because education has not kept pace with the increase of the +race. + +V. How long will be required for the _moralizing_ of the lower classes +of the South? Ability to make moral discriminations grows slowly. +Ability to appreciate moral motives grows still more slowly. These +people were trained in a school in which virtue was ignored. They have +lived under conditions which have put a premium on theft. Slavery +always makes thieves. The heredity of the passion for stealing is just +as clearly marked as the heredity of the Roman nose or the faculty for +music. The transmission of the tendency toward the gratification of +the animal propensities is as definite as, and stronger than, the +tendency for insanity and consumption to reproduce themselves. These +people come into life blind, {127} and find little but darkness around +them. Here you have about eight millions with an ancestry which began +in heathenism and has had two centuries of slavery--a people +inheriting all the evils of slavery; a people who have never been +trained to make moral discriminations, and whose ancestors for unknown +generations have been trained still less than they; a people who have +none, or at least but little, of the inspiration toward a higher moral +life which comes from a healthy environment; a people whose religion +is almost all emotional; who can soar on the wings of imagination and +enthusiasm to heights which would make an archangel dizzy; who from +paroxysms of anguish at the condition of those whose burning bodies +are lighting the fires of hell, will go off and commit adultery or rob +a hen-roost as complacently as if to do so were a part of their +religion. This is not fiction. Religion has not meant chastity, for +slavery made that impossible; it has not meant justice, for injustice +forged their chains; it has not meant generosity, for they had +nothing; it has been simple emotion. The ethical element has been +absent, and it was through no fault of the black man. + +In 1860, President Hopkins said that a greater proportion of the +Sandwich Islanders could read than of the people in New England. They +were educated but not moralized. There were three hundred thousand of +them a century and a half ago; in 1883, there were forty-nine +thousand. Education without morality is no safeguard. + +Prof. Gilliam shows, from census reports, that if the population of +the Southern whites increases for a century, as at present, in 1985, +there will be ninety-six million whites in the Southern States, and in +1980, one hundred and ninety-two million blacks. Statistics may lie; +but there is enough truth in these to give terrible emphasis to the +inquiry, How long before the colored people will be sufficiently +educated to need no help? How long before they will have sufficient +moral discrimination to know what the commandments require? When we +realize how difficult is the task of inducing men with the environment +of Christian influence at the North, and in England, to live even +decent lives, the wonder is that the freedmen do as well as they do. +How long before we can expect a race with such antecedents and +environments to be fitted to be left to themselves? What answer must +be given? I am not exaggerating the picture. I am only hinting at +conditions of heathenism which exist. I am least of all blaming these +poor and needy people; but none the less clear and strong comes the +appeal for their moral and intellectual emancipation. The moralizing +of a race which has such a history, how long will that require? No +people ever rose more rapidly in the world's history. That shows what +is possible. It does not tell us when our work will be finished. So +long as one-half of the American republic is inhabited by those whose +interests are alien to the other half, there can be no permanent +prosperity. It has been said that there are three essentials to the +{128} permanent unity of a nation; viz., unity of language, unity of +interest and unity of religion. There is a common language between the +blacks and whites, but the unity of interest is not recognized, and +agreement in religion is only in name. The religion of the poor whites +in the South is mechanical, and unintelligently doctrinal; the +religion of the blacks is emotional and fantastic; and the religion of +both blacks and whites is lacking in the ethical element. The process +of political reconstruction has been progressing for twenty years and +more, and is still incomplete. That is an easy work compared with what +must be created intellectually, and socially, and morally. Before the +Southern problem will be solved, a new stock must take the place of +those who were reared in slavery; the old traditions must fade, and +education, and an ethical type of Christianity, must do their work. +How long will be required for that, none can tell. In the meantime, +new complications may arise. The principles of socialism and anarchy +are not unlikely to pervade the South, and if the masses of blacks are +ever exploited by a central, unknown and irresponsible committee of +agitators, the results must be a new reign of terror. The labor +agitators are moving southward. It has been said that colored people +have no tendencies toward socialism and anarchy. I am no prophet, but +I will hazard the prediction that it will not be long before the +socialistic agitator will stir up a commotion at the South that will +make employers of labor and people of wealth tremble. + +The sentiment has sometimes been whispered, that the work of this +Association, and those akin to it, was about accomplished. That +sentiment has selfishness or ignorance at the bottom of it. How long +must this work be kept up? Until all that mass of darkness which fills +the Southern horizon be shot through and through with shafts of light. +How long must it be kept up? Until the last trace of prejudice that +separates brother from brother shall have been removed. How long will +this thing be kept up? Until the black man feels that he is a man; +until he can vote intelligently, and live wisely, and until he has the +ability and the will to discriminate carefully in matters of morals. +How long must it be kept up? Until no man can plead ignorance, or want +of opportunity, for rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ. The Eastern +question has been a live question in European politics for more than +four centuries. It is no more puzzling than the Southern question is +with us. There is an experiment in physics that is typical of this +work. An iron bar is suspended in the air and then a tiny cork, hung +from a string, is thrown against it. At first no impression is made, +but the blows are repeated, until, by and by, the bar begins to +tremble, then to vibrate, then to swing to and fro. The repeated +impacts of the little cork at last move the mass. It will not be by +any great rush that the Southern problem will be solved. It will yield +at last to the constancy, and fidelity, of the great multitude of +those who love their brother because they love their Lord; who are +content to work in secret, {129} and many of whom already rest in +unmarked graves. That mass of ignorance, wretchedness and wrong will +swing and disappear at last before the multitudinous strokes of +individual gifts and individual prayers. + +All the problems which are vexing the older nations are essentially +social problems, and the watchword of all the movements that are +undermining thrones and caste, and the wicked social order, is, "The +world no longer for the few, but for the many." In America the _many_ +are already in possession, and the problem with us is, How may our +rulers--the people who can never be dethroned--be rendered competent +to rule? That is the question to which the American Missionary +Association is devoting itself; and its answer is the only true one: +By making the people intelligent, and Christian. And how long before +that will be accomplished? A Scotchman once asked an Irishman, "Why +were half-farthings coined in England?" Pat instantly replied, "To +give Scotchmen an opportunity of contributing to missions." When will +this problem be solved? Never, if the Christians of America are like +Pat's Scotchman, but quicker than any of us dream, if all the +Christians of America are like that woman in the New Testament who put +into the treasury two mites. + + * * * * * + +THE SOUTH. + + SOUTHERN TESTIMONY. + +We insert the following from the _Southern Presbyterian_, as a recent +testimony to the views, principles and work of the American Missionary +Association. It will be all the stronger from the fact that it was not +written for a testimony, but as a setting forth of facts by a +Southerner to Southerners. + + The old masters and the old slaves are now rapidly passing into + eternity. In ten years more no one of our people, white or black, + under _forty years_ of age, will know personally anything of + slavery. It then comes to this, that now and from this time + forward, we white Christians must be impressed with the fact that + we have here at our doors, in our houses, offices, stores and + kitchens, and on our farms, not slaves, but a race of people, + three-fourths of whom are but a little removed from savages in so + far as their knowledge of religion is concerned. They have among + them those whom they call preachers; they hold meetings, they + halloo, they shout, but no _saving truth_ is preached or heard from + that source. The result is great animal excitement, but no moral + elevation. Then many of them are receiving secular education. That + sharpens their intellects but gives no Christian character. It does + just the opposite; it fits them for rascality. They are increasing. + There are probably eight millions of them now, and there will be + many millions more. Those who are dying without Christ are dying + here in a Christian land without hope. + + The statement of a Congregational missionary recently made, is + probably true, viz.: that "one-fourth of the race is improving + rapidly," yet much the larger part of them are almost, if not + altogether, _heathen_. They are not across the ocean; under God's + providence they are here, where you can touch them with your + finger. Why here? {130} It will not do to say that nothing can be + made out of them. Go to Texas, to Tennessee, and come right here to + Atlanta now, and our most intelligent white men will tell you that + on the prohibition question, negroes, educated, smart and very + eloquent, have made, and are making, _ringing_ speeches. There have + been smart speakers on both sides. Some of their speeches would do + credit to any white orator in the South. Dr. Sanderson, our late + Professor at Tuskaloosa, stated on the floor of the Synod of + Alabama last week, that he had taught a good deal, and that a young + negro, twenty years of age, one of our divinity students at + Tuskaloosa, was as smart a pupil as he had ever seen; that if he + were in the State University he would be in its first rank of + students, and that he heard him recently preach a sermon on the + mediatorial work of Christ, such that he (Dr. Sanderson) would not + undertake to make a better one on that majestic theme. * * * + + In Dallas Presbytery, Texas, recently, a black man was examined for + two days on Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and on all that is required by + our Book of Government for ordination, and he did not falter once. + So the brethren there testify. + + Then it comes to this: this race of people is here; the great body + of them are heathen. Can anyone doubt that it is the purpose of the + Almighty to prepare a large number of them, converted, educated and + civilized, to go back to Africa to redeem that continent for + civilization and for Christ? We are commanded to preach the Gospel + to every creature, to teach it to all nations. + + * * * * * + + OUR WORK, AS A GRADUATE OF FISK UNIVERSITY SEES IT. + +BY WILLIAM A. CROSTHWAITE. + +The American Missionary Association is doing more to quicken the hopes +and aspirations of the Southern Negro, more toward arousing the +Southern white man to educate himself, and more toward bringing the +two races to an acknowledgment of each other's rights, than any other +similar institution in the country. + +In the summer of 1884, near Leesburg, Texas, a well-appointed Negro +school was burned by the whites of that community. The colored people, +seeing their hope of years in ashes, advertised their little holdings +for sale, and prepared to leave in a body. But the whites offered to +supplement the insurance on the former building and to re-build the +school, if the colored people would remain in the community. The terms +were accepted, and now _West Chapel_, which is the name of the school, +is excellently furnished and has a $200 bell upon it, and is the best +known school in Northeast Texas. Previous to the burning of West +Chapel, the whites were continually distracted by factional fights. +There was general apathy with regard to improvement in any way +whatever. Their teachers were always of the inferior class. But, when +they found that the colored people would have a school, they decided +to have one also. The colored people bought a bell. So did they. The +colored people had a foreign teacher. So must they have one, and they +paid $750 a year for him. One of the white citizens of the locality +summed the situation up thus:--"West Chapel is to the whites what a +coal of fire is on the back of a terrapin." This school was organized +by a Fisk student and has ever {131} since been taught by students of +Fisk. Thus is the A.M.A. lifting up the Negro directly and the whites +indirectly, and establishing friendly relations between the two. + +But this is no isolated case. The story is the same wherever the +educated Negro comes in contact with the whites. At one time, our +school was so far in advance of the white school, that I was told by +my school director that "no high-learnt teacher was wanted to teach +'Nigger Schools,'" and I was actually driven from my school by threats +of violence. + +The North can better understand the work of the American Missionary +Association, when it is fully understood that the presence of Fisk +University in Nashville brought about the existence of Vanderbilt +University. When Fisk began to send out her graduates as refined and +upright gentlemen, and the newspapers were enthusiastic in their +accounts of its literary and musical exhibitions, the white people +said; "We must have a university in Nashville also." + +In the recent Prohibition campaign in Tennessee, the students of Fisk +were one of the chief factors. In the beginning of the movement, the +cry; "Where does Fisk stand on this question?" went up from the good +people all over the State. Fisk was the first college to declare in +favor of the proposed Amendment, and one hundred young men and women +went from her walls and fought valiantly for the cause. + +It is due the profound Christian spirit that characterizes the work of +the Association to say, that every student and alumnus of Fisk in the +State of Tennessee was an ardent supporter of the cause, save two. +During the campaign the most cordial feelings existed between the +better elements of both races. Heretofore these things were almost +unheard of. + +There was a time when policy or political expediency had no effect +upon the prejudices of the Southern whites, but the educational +process inaugurated by the North is elevating a class of colored +people to a plane where they are respected as never before. No State +or Federal aid can do for us what the A.M.A. is doing. Such aid as the +Blair Bill proposed would meet a certain need, and enable the men that +are educated by the A.M.A. to get at the masses; but the peculiar work +of preparing honest and devout Christian leaders must be otherwise +provided for. The complete regeneration of the South is a thing of the +future. The A.M.A. must remain among us to hasten on "the harvest of +the golden year." + +That the Christianization of the Negro must come from without his own +institutions, will be clearly seen by looking at his present religious +condition. The new life that is developing cannot be crowded into the +narrow limits of his church. The moral element is almost entirely +wanting in his creed and doctrine. Such is the condition of the church +that moral and spiritual growth are impossible. He must be educated +away from the institutions that attended his enslavement; as far from +them as Canaan is from Egypt. Again, the pulpit, with comparatively +few honorable exceptions, {132} is filled with adventurers and impure +ministers. To a great extent this is true. But signs of a spiritual +and moral exodus are everywhere manifest. The judgment of God rests +heavily upon the Negro's temple-worship and the structure tumbles to +the ground. Within the last two years I have seen six of the largest +colored churches in Tennessee split on moral grounds, and the +discontent with what is bad, grows among them. The old associations +are losing their power over the rising generation. Intelligent men are +seeking to supply their spiritual and moral wants. The A.M.A. has but +to persist in the establishment of its school and church work among +the colored people, with good strong men as ministers, and it is sure +to be the leaven of the church of the future for the Negro people. + +Last summer an old father, who had educated four children at Fisk +University and had himself been there on one Commencement occasion, +said to me:--"That Fisk school is the _buildin'-up-est_ place to our +people in the world. I never expect to have such a good time and +treatment again until I get to heaven." Thus are our hopes quickened +and our aspirations for nobler things awakened. + +But to one who understands the situation, the question of our +education is of serious moment. All our institutions of higher +learning are living from hand to mouth, with no endowment, and the +North's purse-strings are growing tighter as the years go by. On the +other hand, prejudice strikes savagely at our State appropriations. +This year, in the advanced State of Tennessee, the white State-student +gets one hundred dollars while the colored gets only twenty-two +dollars and a half. In his poverty what can the Negro student do with +this sum in the way of educating himself? + +I could take you in the homes of those whom you have educated, then +could you appreciate the wisdom of your investments. It is around the +fireside, and in the conduct of the children, that your noble work is +manifesting itself so clearly. The intellectual, moral and spiritual +life found there are the true and only guarantees that old things are +passing away. + +The abject condition of the great body of Negroes appeals to Christian +religion and philanthropy for the help that must come to redeem their +lost minds and souls. The South cannot give them a Christian +education. The cry goes up to the great, warm heart of the North. We +crave the crumbs that fall from your God-given, bountiful table. + + * * * * * + + A PASTOR'S FIRST VIEW. + + A pastor who was educated at the North and who was graduated at the + Hartford Theological Seminary, has for the first time made the + acquaintance of his race in the South. He had never met his own + people as a race until he entered into the service of the American + Missionary Association. His impressions and testimony have, + therefore, an additional interest. + +In reference to the field: it is large and interesting, and requires +more {133} than ordinary attention, both to that part of it under +cultivation and that which is not yet. I have arranged my visits in +such a way as to make it practicable for me to do justice to both; +visiting church members the last week in each month (except in case of +sickness), and using the rest of the time (apart from other necessary +duties) for visits outside. + +I am thus brought into direct contact with our people and learn a +great deal about their condition. In some places it does seem actually +as if liberty and civilization are still mysteries to them. + +When I was in the North and heard or read descriptions of the +condition and mode of living of the colored people of the South, I +often thought that those descriptions were very highly colored, but I +am now perfectly cured of all my doubts. My visits furnish me with the +most plausible attestation of the facts. Squalor, with its long train +of attendants, may be commonly seen in every direction, and perhaps +not confined to the lower-conditioned of our people either. The +desecration of the Lord's day is actually frightful. It is very +literally used as a "day of rest from labor." On every hand the people +are seen resting--resting from labor in the houses, on the stoops and +on the streets, instead of being in the house of God. In very many +instances, however, we succeed in getting some of them to attend +church, but the work is somewhat uphill. I trust that this abnormal +condition to which slavery has reduced them will eventually succumb to +the effective educational weapon that is being brought to bear upon +them, that of the American Missionary Association especially, and may +the time soon come for the South when the Holy Spirit working in and +through the various missionary Boards, and also other agencies, shall +spread righteousness and education and the true art of living, among +these benighted people. I am praying, others are praying, and you, +too, must help us to pray and to wait for the quickening influences +and a fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit. + + * * * * * + + TALLADEGA FRUIT. + +BY MISS E.B. EMERY. + +The missions of the American Missionary Association at the South are +like orange trees, perennial, evergreen, and continually bearing +golden fruit, and of these there is none more abounding in vitality +than Talladega. All the year round the foliage glistens, the +blossoming sheds its fragrance, and every winter there is an ample +harvest. Sometimes one from abroad comes in to shake the tree and +gather the fruit, and sometimes not; but however that may be, the soil +is previously and thoroughly prepared by these consecrated +missionaries, the tree is watered and nourished and tended the year +round, and the harvest _expected_, and it comes. + +Are there no spiritual frosts to blight? They are impossible, if the +{134} spiritual atmosphere be kept clear, and the Holy Ghost be a +daily and hourly companion and friend. + +It is by no means unusual in Talladega for every unbelieving pupil in +the boarding department to be converted. This year there were over +forty hopeful conversions, and Rev. James Wharton, an English +evangelist, by his earnest preaching was of very great assistance. It +is noticeable that if any who have had little _previous_ training are +converted through the preaching of an evangelist, they are not likely +to hold out well. + +On the first Sunday in March, twenty-seven of the converts were +received into the college church, with two from the Baptist Church. +More will come later as the fruits of the revival, while a few will +join other churches. Eighteen of the number were young men, and among +them were the two sons of Pres. DeForest, one fourteen, the other +nine, years of age. + +Prof. G.W. Andrews, D.D., the pastor this year, conducted the +services; there was no sermon proper and no time for any, but there +was much of the beautiful music of these colored people; they sing out +their fervid souls with their rich and powerful voices. Nearly all +were baptized, and much more was made of the right hand of fellowship +than is usual in any Northern church. And it is needful for these +children, for they will call for constant help months and years to +come. With few exceptions, they are not reared in Christian homes, are +not educated from the cradle in the Christian faith. The services were +both solemn and joyful, and very tender and touching. + +Such an avowal is the most significant of all things, anytime, +anywhere, but here we know that every life is to be one of toil and +bitter struggle, a fight in which the odds are, to appearances, all +against them; more than all, that this young man, that young woman, +with the dusky face, the mellow voice and the eager spirit, now in +covenant with us, is to be a missionary to the heathen, and of his own +people. What may he not accomplish? What may she not do for Christ? +And these heathen are in our own country; they are our own people. +These young missionaries are very peculiarly ours, and it is through +the Northern churches that they are trained for their work. Shall not +then those churches adopt them in their hearts, carry them in their +prayers, and let them suffer no lack in their preparation? Their work +in the future for the Master's kingdom will depend very much upon us +Christians of the North. + +Talladega College is exceedingly prosperous. The day-school is very +large; the Sunday-school packs the chapel, and the Sunday congregation +is much too crowded for health or comfort in a room seating but two +hundred and fifty. The college is working all the time, for a church, +earning many small sums. The result, with some gifts, amounts to about +$400. Where is the man or the woman to aid in this godly enterprise? +to share in this work so essential and so abundantly fruitful? +{135} + + * * * * * + + THREE PICTURES FROM LE MOYNE SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENN. + +BY MISS ESTHER H. BARNES. + +I would like to bring before you three pictures which I saw this week. +The first is the interior of a single room. The tattered, soiled bed +and the fireplace took up a large part of the room, and the rest was +nearly filled with the confusion of odds and ends that make up the +belongings of such a home. A feeble fire rested on the uneven bricks +of the fireplace, and the chimney above was covered with newspapers in +the last stages of dilapidation and dirt. There was no window, but a +little sliding shutter, moved aside a few inches, admitted light +enough to make the darkness visible as it fell on the smoke-stained +boards, and the dusky faces of the inmates seated close to the fire on +old chairs and boxes. A home more forlorn than this little pen, which, +with a smaller back shed, is the only residence of at least five human +beings, I can hardly conceive. + +Now for a more cheering picture. It is a cozy sitting-room, papered +with taste and furnished in harmony. Everything looks neat, from the +snowy bed-spread to the pretty clock on the mantel, and the dainty +bunch of pansies on the wall above. Open doors give glimpses of other +rooms as well ordered as this, while intelligence and kindness beam in +the dark faces of gentle mother and cheery bright-eyed daughters. When +people ask us how we can bear to teach "niggers," they generally have +in mind those tattered, lazy persons, who are most wont to show +themselves on the street corners, and so make the deepest impression +on the average white mind. + +But look at my third picture, and you will see both how we can like +our work, and what is one of the things that make a difference between +the second home I have described and the first. The large school-room +is filled. More than one hundred and twenty-five students are arranged +in classes, most of whom are standing in their places ready to pass to +recitation rooms. One of their number is at the piano. Another stands +at the desk to give the word of command. Now he strikes the bell and +the pupils in long file pass out, marching with their heads up. Not a +teacher is in sight. Everything is orderly and is running of itself, +as it does every day. This is nothing wonderful, of course, though I +know some white schools which could not be trusted to this degree to +the control of monitors. But it is only a sign of the influences that +here lead to self-reliance and self-control. Every year a new set of +uncouth and undeveloped young people come shambling in, looking around +with bewildered eyes. But they soon begin to straighten up and fall +into step. Their vague ideas get settled, and their minds, slow at +first, wake up. In a few years they will be made over new, not +perfect, but vastly improved. They will be out teaching, spreading +light from scores of new centres, and sending new pupils to "Old Le +Moyne." +{136} + + * * * * * + + THE EVANGELIST AT WORK. + +The last night of the three weeks' series of meetings at Marion was a +memorable one. Every night the church, which was a large-sized +building, was well filled with an attentive congregation, hungering +and thirsting for the bread and water of life. After singing and +prayer and hearing the testimonies from the young converts present, +who told with unmistakable clearness how they had given their hearts +to God, a few words were spoken, especially to them, showing what God +requires of them now they have become Christians. Afterwards the +gospel was preached to the unconverted and an invitation given for +those who wished to become Christians to signify their desire. A +number responded, including an old man supposed to be at least ninety +years of age. The old man had long thought of being a Christian, but +never could get to the point of decision until now. He looked back +upon his long life of sin; he wept, he prayed, he arose and confessed +that he had then and there taken Christ as his Saviour. Was not he a +brand plucked from the burning? + +It was most encouraging to see a young lady bringing along to the +pastor's house nearly every day some two or three of her school +companions or friends, to be prayed for and spoken with about the way +of salvation. The Christians worked faithfully visiting the houses of +their friends to pray and speak with them and to bring them out to the +meeting at night. + +At Mobile, although the first week it rained six days in succession, +yet the people came out well and were repaid for their faithfulness. +Every night for the past three weeks large numbers of all classes have +been personally interested, and with the exception of one service, we +have had cause to thank God for conversions. Fathers and mothers are +rejoicing over sons and daughters brought to Christ. A large number of +young people from the Sabbath-school as well as from the day-school +have started on the new life. The teachers say that a marked change is +observable and that the young converts seem to be trying their very +best to live up to their profession. Forty-six were received into the +church and will have the instruction that is so much needed by young +converts. + +One of the teachers and myself, while visiting some of the converts, +found five young women in one house rejoicing in the pardoning love of +God. "Truly," said the old grandmother, "salvation has come to this +house." We found that, some years ago, three mothers had died and left +five orphan children, who were taken by the grandmother and who had +now grown into womanhood. Two sisters first became Christians and the +others soon followed. One said, "I used to be so fond of going to the +theatre, but now I have no heart for that sort of thing; I mean to +live a good Christian life and do all I can for my Saviour." They were +all received into church, and joined as well the Young People's +Society of {137} Christian Endeavor, which is a good thing for young +people, as it trains them for future work, and to be active and useful +in the service of Christ. + +JAMES WHARTON. + + * * * * * + +THE CHINESE. + + LETTER FROM REV. W.C. POND. + +Our anniversary was an occasion of much interest. The attendance was +large, and our brethren acquitted themselves well. The _Record-Union_, +the principal daily of Sacramento, published both the addresses in +full. + +We have good news from our evangelists. They are doing great good, if +we can judge at all by what we see: and they are in training, I +believe, for larger and better service in the years to come. I shall +have much to write about this for the _next Missionary_, much more +than I can crowd into the space allowed me. + +The new work at San Buenaventura opens finely. It is already one of +our largest interior schools; and two or three, possibly _four_, of +the Chinese have already been led to believe; so that before Low Quong +returns he expects to organize an Association and get Christian work +into systematic operation. + +I am greatly pleased also with the reports from Tucson. Yong Jin, who +has done excellent evangelistic work at Santa Cruz, goes to Tucson +next week. He is an earnest Christian, and though somewhat deficient +in English is better educated in Chinese and is an excellent preacher. + + * * * * * + + FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK. + +BY LOW QUONG. + +In January last I was asked to do some evangelistic work in the +Northern part of this State. The first place I visited was Oroville. +There we have a branch mission with a fine mission house, or, we might +call it a Chinese church and school combined. The church has a +membership of about fifteen. The evening scholars were usually about +twenty or more. This school has a faithful teacher, and all together +makes a fruitful mission. Although I was there only about a month--yet +I enjoyed the work very much, and my acquaintance with the brethren +there and their kindness to me I can never forget. I will now give you +some little incidents of my work there. The town has about three +hundred Chinese inhabitants, and most of our brethren and scholars +live in the town, but there were also a good many outside of the town. +These are mostly miners. But even these hard-working men, when they +got through their day's work, {138} came to town at night to attend +our evening school; and on Sundays also, to hear the preaching of the +gospel. + +At the end of the month, when Mr. Pond came to Oroville, we had the +Lord's supper in our little Chinese church. It was held in the +evening. One far-away brother was informed by letter, and he came over +a long, rough road to attend the Lord's table. It was about eight +o'clock when he reached the church. We asked him what time he started +to walk; he said at one o'clock in the afternoon. He had walked fully +seven hours just for the Lord's supper, and early in the morning he +had to walk back again to his place, while we took the train for +Marysville. During my stay at Oroville, four members were added to the +Association and one was baptized and received to the church. We would +have had two, but one had gone to work in a place sixty miles from +town. He had waited for Mr. Pond to come up for nearly a whole month, +so he could be baptized, and he had gone only a week when Mr. Pond +came. Lately I have received a letter from him, that he has returned +to Oroville. + +The Chinese inhabitants at Oroville are very kind to the Christian +Chinese. They never trouble them and always send their boys to the +evening school. I heard not long ago from their teacher, that the +whole mission house has been renovated and a new floor put down at the +expense of the brethren and scholars. + + * * * * * + + CHIN GAING IN CHINA. + +[EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS IN ALAMEDA, CAL., BY CHIN GAING.] + +It is over eleven years since I left my home in China. Near the end of +1882 I began to attend the mission school in San Francisco. After +being there about two years I joined the Christian Association, and +six months from then I was baptized and joined Bethany Church. + +Two years ago I returned to China. My friends there knew that I had +changed my religion, and so, when I went back they asked me many +questions. + +My relatives wanted to know about the people in this country, what +religion they had and what gods they worshiped. And whether the +Chinese who went there believed the same as the American people. + +I told them we believed in one God. They said, "Which one?" + +I answered, the one that created the heaven and the earth, and all +things in the world and the sea. The God who has all power and whom we +ought to worship. + +My mother then came up and said: "Do not talk such things; we are +Chinese and must keep our customs." + +I said I could not keep those which were against God. So they said: +"If you have anything good, then keep it." + +While in China I could not help seeing how much the people spent in +{139} foolishness. They have so many idol processions, which cost a +great deal of money. The people gladly give to keep up their worship, +as they are in darkness and know not the name of Jesus, which is the +only name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. + +But how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how +shall they hear without a preacher? + +And so it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach +the gospel of peace." + + * * * * * + +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. +Woodsbury, 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, Brodhead, +Wis. + +MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. H.L. Chase, 2,750 +Second Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn. + +IOWA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Miss Ella B. Marsh, +Grinnell, Iowa. + +KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. Addison +Blanchard, Topeka, Kan. + +SOUTH DAKOTA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.E. Young, +Sioux Falls, Dak. + + * * * * * + +"Twenty-three unanswered letters look down upon me. Eighteen came +to-day." Such is the burdened sigh of one of our earnest, self-denying +missionaries, who is upon the mission field that she may relieve the +suffering, teach the ignorant and save souls, and for whom the days +are all too short for these duties alone. + +Have our readers ever felt the burden of unanswered letters? Pastors, +Sunday-school teachers, housekeepers--busy people that you are--have +you ever felt the twinge of unrest, almost discouragement, because +some friendly letter, which you enjoyed receiving, lay unanswered +waiting a spare hour? And have you ever had to "brace up" to what, in +a life of leisure might be a pastime, but in a life so full of care +and responsibility becomes a task? Then you will surely be ready +unselfishly to + + SPARE OUR TEACHERS. + +How can it be done? Not by withholding your letters from them. If any +missionaries anywhere need words of appreciation and good cheer they +are those who year after year sacrifice social life and religious +privileges to mingle with the ignorant, uncultured--yes, and +impure--that they may lift them up into the healthful ways of +righteousness. Write to them, encourage {140} them, but do not ask for +a special letter for your next missionary meeting. Tell them _not to +write_, that you have heard or can hear from them every month through +their letters sent to the officers at New York and that you learn of +the work through the A.M.A. magazine. Thank them for making this +monthly missionary letter so full and interesting. + +"But that monthly letter is a copied letter," some one answers, "and +we wish our teacher to write to us, _to us alone, and in her own +hand_." Yes, it is a copied letter in order that it may be sent to +others who are interested in, and helping, the same work, and that the +missionaries' time may be given to the work about them instead of +being spent so largely in writing. But it is a fresh letter. It has +the latest monthly news and was written for you, and if not in the +same hand is as truly yours as a typewritten letter, which is the sort +most of us receive and give in the high-work pressure of now-a-days. + +We provide _The American Missionary_, furnish our printed leaflets +freely, and will send the monthly missionary letters to all who desire +to hear thus from their contributions--as we hope all do--thus giving +the very best information that the field affords; but we most +earnestly hope the missionaries may be allowed their time for their +missionary duties pressing upon them. _The Missionary_ is the word +from your missionary. Read it, and if you do not like it, write us, +and we will try again next month. + + * * * * * + +RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1888. + + MAINE, $146.84. + +Augusta. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $21.45 +Bangor. Sab. Sch. of First Parish Ch. 13.85 +Belfast. _For Wilmington, N.C._ 1.79 +Brewer. Mrs. C.S. Hardy, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 30.00 +Brewer. "A Friend." First Ch., _for Indian M._ 10.00 +Brunswick. "Little Folks," _for Indian Sch'p_ 25.00 +Castine. Prof. F.W. Foster 1.00 +Cumberland Center. By Miss J.G. Merrill, Bbl. of C. for Selma, Ala., 2 +_for Freight_ 2.00 +Limington. By Rev. Chas. H. Gates, _for Freight_ 2.00 +Machias. Sarah Hills Sab. Sch. Class _for ed. Indian boy_ 2.50 +Portland. Fourth Cong. Ch. 15.00 +Portland. Mrs. W.W. Brown's S.S. Class, 10; Class in Bethel Sab. Sch. +1.75; _for Rosebud Indian M._ 11.75 +South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 1.50 +South Paris. Cong. Ch. 7.00 +Woodfords. By Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, _for Freight_ 2.00 + + NEW HAMPSHIRE, $190.30. + +Alstead. Miss Eliza Gorham 1.00 +Bedford. Milton B. George, _for Indian M._ 1.00 +Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.35 +Epping. Mrs. Geo. N. Sheppard's S.S. Class, Cong. Ch. 4.00 +Exeter. "Friend" 30.00 +Haverhill. Members Cong. Ch. 18.30 +Hudson. Cong, Ch. and Soc. $3.00 +Lancaster. Mrs. A.M. Amsden 5.00 +Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.65 +Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 +Pembroke. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00 +Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Individuals 15.00 +Stratham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 +Tilton. Cong. Ch., 40; Class of Boys _for Student Aid_, 2 42.00 + + VERMONT, $394.93. + +Barnet. Y.P.S.C.E. 1 _for Chinese M._ and 1 _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2.00 +Bradford. First Cong. Ch. 30.02 +Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.50 +Burlington. Ladies of First Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 40.00 +Burlington. Mission Band, _for Indian M._ 24.00 +Burlington. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ +17.86 +Cambridge. Madison Stafford 10.00 +Cornwall. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 +East Arlington. Cong. Ch. 7.00 +Fairlee. Cong. Ch. 12.25 +Greensboro. Cong. Ch. 12.00 +Lunenburg. Mrs. C.W. King, Easter offering 5.00 +North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 9.83 +North Ferrisburg. C.W. Wicker 10.00 +Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.13 +Norwich. J.G. Stimson, for Church in Hartford, Vt., Extra 100.00 +Orwell. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for McIntosh, Ga._ $17.57 +South Burlington. Eldridge Sab. Sch. 4.00 +Waitsfield. Box of C. for McIntosh, Ga., 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 +West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 11.02 +West Fairlee. Mrs. C.M. Holbrook 2.00 +West Randolph. Miss Susan B. Albin 6.00 +West Randolph. "Mission Builders," First Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, +Ga._ 6.00 +Weybridge. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 5.75 +Windham. Cong. Ch. to const., WAYLAND G. ADAMS L.M. 31.00 + + MASSACHUSETTS, $5,725.85. + +Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch. 10.80 +Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Calvin E. Goodell, 25 125.00 +Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. 26.25 +Auburndale. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 31.07 +Boston. E.K. Alden, D.D., "In fraternal remembrance of James Powell" +100.00 +" "C.A.H." _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 100.00 +" B. Wilkins. Box of Goods, _for Wilmington, N.C._ +" Samuel Ward & Co., Quantity of Stationary _for Wilmington, N.C._ +Charlestown. Sewing Circle of Winthrop Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 +Dorchester. Miss Mary A. Tuttle ad'l _for Marie Adlof Fund_ 1.25 +Jamaica Plain. R.W. Wood 50.00 +" Nellie F. Riley 4.50 +Roxbury. Mrs. A.W. Tuffts, _for Freight_ 2.24 +------- 277.99 +Boxford. Sab, Sch, of Cong, Ch., _for Jellico, Tenn._ 37.51 +Brimfield. First Cong. Ch. 6.20 +Buckland. Cong. Ch. 26.13 +Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 +Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Chicopee. Eleanor Woodworth, _for Indian M._ 5.00 +Chicopee Falls. Ladies Benev. Soc., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00 +Clinton. C.L. Swan, _for Sch'p, Hampton N. & A. Institute_ 70.00 +Clinton. Mrs. J.M. Dakin, _for Clinton Chapel, Talladega_ 10.00 +Dalon. Cong. Ch., to const. PAYSON E. LITTLE and HEMAN MITCHELL L.M.'s +75.86 +Douglas. "Thank offering from a friend." 5.00 +East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 +Easthampton. First Cong. Ch. 65.18 +Enfield. Miss Lucretia Cary's S.S. Class, 6; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., +4.05; _for Rosebud Indian M._ 10.05 +Erving. Cong. Ch. 4.04 +Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. 44.00 +Foxboro. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 73.45 +Foxboro. Cong. Soc. Bbl., of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ +Framingham. "Friend." 40.00 +Granville. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb 5.00 +Hadley. First Ch. 12.00 +Hadley. Sab. Sch. of First Ch. 11.00 +Haverhill. Bethany Ass'n of North Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00 +Holliston. "Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4." 67.00 +Holliston. L.A. Claflin, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 +Holyoke. Miss'y Soc. _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.50 +Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 +Lancaster. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Ch. 16.78 +Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. $16.00 +Littleton. J.C. Houghton 4.00 +Lowell. First Cong, Ch. to const. ALBERT J. DONNELL L.M. 32.00 +Malden. First Ch. (20 of which from Wm. L. Greene) 78.50 +Mansfield. Ortho Cong. Ch. 11.36 +Mansfield. Ladies Miss'y Soc., _for Wilmington N.C._ 4.00 +Maplewood. Ladies' Union, Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington N.C._, 1 _for +Freight_ 1.00 +Medford. "A Friend," bal. to const. MRS. ANNA C. FARNSWORTH L.M. 20.00 +Melrose. Ladles of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of material, _for Sewing Dept. +Talladega C._ +Merrimac. Ladies Miss'y Soc., by Mrs. Nichols, Treas. 16.75 +Millbury. C.E. Hunt, to const. FREDERICK W. HUNT L.M. 30.00 +Mittineague. Southworth Co., Case of Paper, _for Straight U._ +Montague. Cong. Ch. 9.00 +Montville. O.B. Jones, _for Indian M._ 2.00 +New Bedford. Mrs. I.H. Bartlett, Jr. 30.00 +New Boston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Indian M._ 3.72 +Newbury. First Ch. 17.05 +Newburyport. Harriet O. Haskell 2.00 +Newton Center. Ladies Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student +Aid, Atlanta U._ 40.00 +Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for Indian M._ 25.00 +Newton Center. Maria B. Farber Soc. Y.L., Bbl of C., etc., _for +Washington, D.C._ +North Amherst. Mrs. Daniel Dickinson, deceased, by Chas. R. Dickinson, +to const. ISABELLE M. PHELPS L.M. 30.00 +Northampton. Primary Dep't Edwards Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian +M._ 15.00 +North Leominster. Leonard Burrage, _for Theo. Dept. Santee Indian +Sch._ 2000.00 +North Reading. Cong. Ch. 6.42 +Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.93 +Peabody. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 +Pittsfield. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 27.14 +Plymouth. Ch. of Pilgrimage 85.22 +Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. 6.35 +Randolph. Miss Abby W. Turner, 50; Miss Alice M. Turner, 25; Mrs. John +J. Crawford, 25; _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 100.00 +Reading. "Friend in Cong. Ch." 2.00 +Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc., to const. GEO. A. CHANDLER, GEORGE S. +ROPES and JOHN R. SMITH L.M.'s 339.10 +Shelburne Falls. A.N. Russell, 2.5O; Herbert A. Russell, 2.50 5.00 +Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. 15.80 +Somerville. Miss'y Circle of Franklin St. Ch., _for Freight_ 2.10 +Southbridge. Cong. Ch. 49.88 +South Framingham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Robbins, Tenn._ 16.06 +South Framingham. G.M. Amsden 5.00 +South Hadley. First Cong Ch. 29.25 +Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. First Cong. Ch., 50; Sab. Sch. of Memorial +Ch., 25; _for Fisk U._ 15.00 +Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ +4.50 +Stoughton. Cong. Ch., bal. _for Freight_ 0.75 +Tewksbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 15.00 +Upton. Bbl of C., _for Mobile, Ala._ +Waltham. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl. of material _for Sewing Dept., +Talladega C._ +Ware. Sab. Sch. of East Cong. Ch., _for Santee Indian M._ 25.00 +Wellesley. "Friends in Wellesley College," _for Indian M._ 9.00 +Westboro. Miss'y Soc., 3, and Pkg. Furnishings, by Miss Bixby, _for +Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 3.00 +West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.05 +West Medway. C. Albert Adams 10.00 +West Medway. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 3.00 +West Somerville. Mrs. Taplin, Bbl. of Goods, 1.30 _for freight, for +Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 1.30 +Weymouth and Braintree. Cong Ch. 48.76 +Whitman. "A Friend," to Const. MRS. LYDIA A. PRATT and MISS LIZZIE +REED L.M'S. 60.00 +Wollaston. First Cong. Ch. (10 of which _for Indian M._) 15.00 +Worcester. Union Ch., 214.75; Piedmont Ch., 65; "A Friend" 20; Salem +St. Ch., 17.75 317.50 +Worcester. P.E. Moen, 50; "S.E.J." 25, _for Indian M._ 75.00 +Worcester. O.S. Mission C. of Old South Ch., _for Toughaloo U._ 16.00 +Worcester. "Piedmont Ch., A Friend." _for Atlanta U._ 10.00 +Worcester. Benev. Soc. of Plym. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ +5.00 +---- Massachusetts Indian Ass'n, _for Indian M._ 10.00 +---- "A Friend," adl. _for Fisk U._ 31.42 +By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n: +Agawam. _for Indian M._ 5.00 +East Granville 10.00 +Indian Orchard 14.78 +Ludlow 15.00 +Palmer. First 5.06 +Springfield. South 66.62 +Westfield. First, to const. MRS. MARY E. RICHARDSON L.M. 100.87 +West Springfield. First, to const. MRS. C.S. BEARDSLEE L.M. 34 00 +------ 251.33 +-------- +$5,375.85 + + LEGACIES. + +Beverly. Estate of John Lovett, by Chas. T. Lovett, Ex. 250.00 +Sherborn. Estate of Oliver Barber, by J.W. Barber, Ex. 100.00 + -------- + $5,725.35 + + CLOTHING, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. + +Andover, Mass. Mrs. Selah Merrill, 1 Bbl. _for Tougaloo U._ +Gloucester, Mass. Mary Brooks, 1 Bdl. S.S. Papers +Groton, Mass. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. _for Oaks, N.C._ +Malden, Mass. M. Kent, 1 Bbl., _for Kittrell, N.C._ +Quincy, Mass. Harriet S. Proctor, 1 Case +Rockport, Mass. 1 Bdl +Yarmouth, Mass. Sewing Circle of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for Atlanta U._ + + RHODE ISLAND, $90.02. + +Bristol, "Wide Awakes" of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fort Berthold, +Dak._ 8.00 +Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 21.52 +Pawtucket. "Mission Workers" _for Indian Sch'p._ 52.50 +Providence. Hon. A.C. Barstow, 10; "A Friend", 1, _for Tougaloo U._ +11.00 + + CONNECTICUT, $3,249.58. + +Ansonia. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 4.00 +Ashford. Mrs. C.S. Trowbridge 5.00 +Banksville. George Derby 1.00 +Branford. Rev. Henry P. Bake, 10; H.G. Harrison, 10; Cong Ch. 7.69 +27.69 +Bridgeport. Infant Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian +M._ 11.00 +Bristol. Cong. Ch. (56 of which from Ladies, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., +Ga._) 93.66 +Bristol. Mr. E. Peck's S.S. Class, _for Indian M._ 5.00 +Cheshire. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 21.00 +Darien. Cong. Ch. 9.29 +East Hampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 5.00 +East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells 5.00 +Enfield. Sheffield C. Reynolds 1000.00 +Enfield. J.N. Allen, _for Indian M._ 100.00 +Enfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ +25.00 +Essex. First Cong. Ch. 26.00 +Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. (of which 100.72 _for Indian Mission_) 308.12 +Glastonbury. J.B. Williams Co., _for Ind'l Building, Austin, Texas_ +250.00 +Glastonbury. Louise Williams, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 0.50 +Greenville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid. Straight U._ +15.62 +Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch. 31.17 +Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. JOHN W. NORTON L.M. 30.00 +Hampton. First Cong. Ch., 24.08; "Additional to Collection," 5 29.08 +Hartford. Rodney Dennis, 25; Daniel R. Howe, 25, _for Tougaloo U._ +50.00 +Huntington. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch. Ga._ 11.00 +Ivoryton. Mr. Northrup, 10; Mr. Rose, 50c., _for Tougaloo U._ 10.50 +Kensington. Geo. W. Ford, 5; Miss F.A. Robbins, 5; Mrs. A.J. Benedict, +5; Rev. A.J. Benedict, 2; Mrs. A.A. Hart, 1; _for Tougaloo U._ 18.00 +Kensington. Edward Cowles 5.00 +Kent. Cong. Ch. 28.86 +Meriden. Miss Alice Porter, _for Indian M._ 5.00 +Mystic Bridge. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Thomasville, Ga._ 2.35 +New Britain. Rev. J.W. Cooper, D.D., _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00 +New Canaan. W.H.M. Soc. of Cong. Ch. _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 5.00 +New Haven. Church of the Redeemer, 100; Mrs. S.A. Thomas, 5 105.00 +New Haven. L.M. Law, _for Indian Sch'p_ 25.00 +New Haven. Mrs. Henry Farnam, 25; Mrs. J.F. Douglass, 3; Mrs. J.H. +Fog, 10; Mrs. R.W. Bolles, 5; _for Indian M._ 43.00 +New Haven. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 15.00 +New London. Sab. Sch. First Ch. of Christ, 56.97; Mrs. Anna H. +Perkins, 50; Mrs. Lora E. Learned and Miss Learned, 15; J.C. Learned, +10; _for Indian M._ 131.97 +New London. Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Chapbell, _for Rosebud +Indian M._ 1.00 +Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 35; "A Friend," 18; _for Indian +Scholarships_ 53.00 +Norfolk. Miss Gertrude Cowles, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.50 +North Canaan. Pilgrim Ch. 26.70 +Norwich. James Dana Colt, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.00 +Old Saybook. Cong. Ch. 27.76 +Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 21.05 +Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 27.27 +Redding. "A Friend" 2.50 +Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 2.70 +Saybrook. Cong. Conference, by Rev. B. Paine 10.85 +Saybrook. Mrs. Giles F. Ward, Case of Books +Southport. "A Friend" 5.00 +Stony Creek. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Terryville. Cong. Ch. 47.00 +Terryville. Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Gaylord, _for Indian M._ 10.00 +Thomaston. Mrs. H.H. Mitchell, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 20.00 +Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 18.50 +Thompsonville. Sab. Sch. of First Presb. Ch., _for Student Aid, +Straight U._ $22.13 +Tolland. Mrs. J.L. Clough, _for Indian M._ 1.00 +Torringford. "A Friend" 1.00 +Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.87 +Walllngford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for "Bird's Nest" Indian M._ +50.00 +Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. 60.71 +Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 75; Israel Holmes, 5; _for Indian +M._ 80.00 +Waterbury. H.W. Scoville, 10; Mrs. H.M. Peck, 6; Miss K.L. Peck, 5; +_for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 +Wauregan. Cong. Ch. 20.00 +Westchester. "Christian Bees," Bbl. of C., _for Jellico, Tenn._ +West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith 10.00 +West Winsted. T.C. Davis, 5; Mrs. A.O. Davis, 5 10.00 +Wethersfield. Sab. Sch. Class, by Frances S. Shedd, _for Indian M._ +10.00 +Wethersfield. Emma L. Harris' S.S. Class, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 3.50 +Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 +Windsor Locks. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ +25.00 +---- "A Friend in Conn.," _for Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._ 75.00 +---- "Plantsville," _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 +Women's Home Missionary Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, Sec. +_for Conn. Ind. Sch., Ga._: +Sheffield. Y.L.H.M. Circle, 12.13 12.13 + + NEW YORK, $3,371.16. + +Albany. Chas. A. Beach 40.00 +Astoria. Miss Frances W. Blackwell, _for Indian M._ 2.00 +Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch. 60.09 +Brooklyn. Rossiter W. Raymond, 50; Mrs. H.P. Ludlam, 20; Mrs. G.W. +Tallman, 5; _for Atlanta U._ 75.00 +Brooklyn. Miss M.A. Hall's Sab. Sch. Class, 6.60 _for the poor_; 3 +_for Student Aid_; Mrs. Hall, 3; Miss Carrie Strong, 1; Miss Flossie +Bingham, 1; _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 14.60 +Brooklyn. Rev. S.B. Halliday, Pkg. Books, etc. +Buffalo. Mrs. Wm. G. Bancroft, _for Indian M._ 100.00 +Buffalo. Miss Fannie Skinner, Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._ +Canastota. Rev. W.W. Warner 12.25 +Danby. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Goods, _for Jellico, Tenn._ +Deansville. Cong. Ch. 10.00 +Fairport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 18.95 +Fredonia. T.S. Hubbard, _for Lincoln Mem. Parish, Washington, D.C._ +25.00 +Gloversville. Cong. Ch., ad'l. 11.00 +Goshen. "A Friend," 1 _for Atlanta U._, 1 _for Marie Adlof Schp. Fund_ +2.00 +Jamestown. Mrs. Julia Jones Hall, 2000, ack. in March Missionary, +should read _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Austin, Tex._ +Jewett. "Friends." Bbl. of C., _for Greenwood, S.C._ +Keene Valley. Cong. Ch. 1.12 +Livonia. Y.L.M. Soc. of Pres. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 8.00 +Marcellus. Mrs. L.F. Hemenway 5.00 +Massena. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega, C._ 12.00 +Mount Vernon. B.B. Adams, Jr., Pkg of C. +New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1000; Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, 100; D. +Willis James, 100; Hamilton Walls, 60; Hon. John Jay, 25; J. Fred'k +Kernochan, 25; Chas. L. Meade, 25; _for Atlanta U._ 1,325.00 +New York. Wm. E. Dodge Educational Fund, 300; Mrs. Melissa P. Dodge, +100; _for Student Aid, Atlanta. U._ 400.00 +New York. Gen. Wager Swayne, 120; Alanson Trask, 100; _for Talladega +C_ $220.00 +New York. John Dwight, 200; S.T. Gordon, 100; Hon. John Jay, 25 325.00 +Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 17.50 +Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Anne S. Banfield, (12.25 of which for Indian M.) +24.50 +Poughkeepsie. C.C. Moore, _for Talladega C._ 10.00 +Rochester. McGuire Bible Class, Central Ch., S.S., _for Student Aid, +Talladega C._ 5.00 +Sag Harbor. Geo. B. Brown 1.00 +Sherburne. Sab. Sch. of First Cong Ch., _for Talladega C._ 24.11 +Syracuse. Plym. Cong. Ch. 103.54 +Wading River. Cong. Ch. 12.00 +Waverly. Mission Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 +West Camden. Miss Nancy Curtiss, 1.50; Miss Elizabeth W. Curtiss, 1 +2.50 +Westmoreland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 3.00 +Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas., _for +Woman's Work_: +Albany. Aux. 25.00 +Binghamton. H.M. Soc., to const. MRS. C.E. WELCH and MISS LIZZIE +HAMILTON L.M.'s 60.00 +Brooklyn. Willing Aid Soc. of Puritan Ch., to const. MRS. LEROY T. +SMITH and MRS. SARAH B. STANCHFIELD L.M.'s 60.00 +Canastota. Mrs. W.W. Warner 1.00 +New York. H.S.C. 25.00 +Riverhead. Ladies' H.M. Soc. 25.00 +Warsaw. "Earnest Workers" 50.00 +-------- 246.00 +-------- +$3,121.16 + + LEGACY. + +New York. Trustees Estate of Wm. E. Dodge, _for Theo. Student, +Talladega C._ 250.00 +-------- +$3,371.16 + + NEW JERSEY, $193.39. + +Chester. "A Friend" 5.00 +East Orange. F.W. Van Wagenen, _for Marion, Ala._ 25.00 +Manchester. Cong. Ch. 6.00 +Newark. C.S. Halnes 30.00 +Newfield. Cong. Ch. 24.50 +Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 102.89 + + PENNSYLVANIA, $84.00. + +Bradford. Charles E. Webster 4.00 +Cambridge. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Neath. Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Ridgway. Young People's Bible Class, by Minnie J. Kline, _for Oaks, +N.C._ 5.00 +Scrangon. Plym. Cong. Ch. 25.00 +Scranton. Mrs. Jane L. Eynon, _for Indian Sch'p_ 40.00 + + OHIO, $264.36. + +Alliance. Sab. Sch. of Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Bryan. S.E. Blakeslee 5.00 +Canfield. Cong. Ch. 6.13 +Castalia. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 9.32 +Dover. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._ 20.00 +Elyria. Cong. Ch., 3, and Sab. Sch., 6, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 9.00 +Jersey. Mrs. Charlotte F. Slough and C. Fred Slough 5.00 +Madison. Central Cong. Ch. 48.00 +Mansfield. F.E. Tracy, _for Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ +37.05 +North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch. $5.87 +North Ridgeville. Miss M.M. Lickwish, _for Student Aid, Williamsburg, +Ky._ 4.25 +Oberlin. Mrs. Maria Godell Frost 2.00 +Rockport. Mrs. Carrie S. Bassett 4.50 +Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., 19.05; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 17.73 +36.78 +Toledo. W.M.U. Central Cong. Ch,. _for Woman's Work_ 20.00 +Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., +_for Woman's Work_: +Columbus. Eastwood Church L.M.S. 10.00 +Conneaut. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 +Medina. Primary S.S. Class 0.50 +-------- 15.50 +-------- +$233.40 + + LEGACY. + +Oberlin. Estate of Henry Cowles, D.D., Royalty on Commentary 30.96 + -------- + $264.36 + + ILLINOIS, $718.14. + +Aurora. First Cong. Ch. 47.31 +Batavia. Y.P. Miss'y Soc. 10.00 +Chicago. First Cong. Ch. 153.81 +Evanston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U. Schp._ 52.36 +Forest. Cong. Ch. 16.70 +Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ, 46.14 and Sab. Sch., 13.44 59.58 +Harvard. Young People's Miss'y Soc. 7.05 +Joy Prairie. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 13.00 +Lisbon. Gilman Kendall, 1; Mrs. L.M. Kendall, 1 2.00 +Lombard. Ladies, _for Mobile, Ala._ 8.00 +Peoria. Mrs. John L. Griswold, 100; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., +25.50; _for Fisk U._ 125.50 +Peoria. S.S. Class, _for Mobile, Ala._ 5.00 +Princeton. Mrs. P.B. Corss 20.00 +Ridge Prairie. Rev. A. Kern 1.00 +Summer Hill. Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Thomasboro. "R" 3.00 +Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell 10.00 +---- "Hapland" 100.00 +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, Treas., _for +Woman's Work_: +Alton. W.H.M.U. 9.00 +Ashkum 0.94 +Chicago. Leavitt St. Ch. 1.39 +McLean. W.H.M.U. 10.00 +Morris 10.00 +Oak Park. Ladies' Benev. Circle 16.00 +Payson 1.00 +Providence 8.00 +Rockford. Second Ch. 4.00 +Rockford. W.H.M.U. of Second Ch. 2.50 +Sycamore. W.H.M.U. 0.25 +Toulon 0.75 +Waukegan. Miss Knight 3.50 +Wilmette 1.00 +---- 78.83 + + MICHIGAN, $398.54. + +Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch. 47.50 +Augusta. First Cong. Ch. 2.33 +Calumet. Cong. Ch. 169.83 +Detroit. Edward Hall, _for Athens, Ala._ 10.00 +Galesburg. P.H. Whitford 102.24 +New Baltimore. Cong. Church 17.80 +Olivet. Cong. Ch. 32.84 + + WISCONSIN, $470.58. + +Baraboo. Cong. Ch. 2.50 +Clinton. Cong. Ch. 2.33 +Fulton. Cong. Ch. 6.58 +Columbus. Cong. Ch. $1.20 +Elkhorn. Cong. Ch. 10.30 +Fulton. Cong. Ch. 6.58 +Green Bay. Pkg. Basted Work, _for Mobile, Ala._ +Hartford. First Cong Ch. and Soc. 40.00 +Menomonie. John H. Knapp 300.00 +Paris and Bristol. Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 0.70 +Platteville. Cong. Ch., 26.35; Y.P.S.C.E., 2 28.35 +Paririe du Chien. Cong. Ch. 4.00 +Racine. E.B. Kilbourne 15.00 +Rio. Cong. Ch. 2.60 +Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 10.00 +Sun Prairie. Cong Ch. 3.67 +Tomah. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Trempealeau. Cong. Ch. 4.20 +Union Grove. Cong. Ch. 2.78 +Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor 5.00 +Waupun. Cong. Ch., 15.40; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 10 25.40 +West Salem. Cong. Ch. 3.00 +Wyocena. Cong. Ch. 1.97 + + IOWA, $319.31. + +Ames. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Savannah, Ga._ +Atlantic. Cong. Ch. 28.14 +Belle Plaine. JAMES P. HENRY, to const. himself L.M. 30.00 +Cedar Rapids. Rev. C.H. Moore 2.00 +Cherokee. "A Friend," to const. J.A. RISLEY, G.T. FOSTER, JAMES O. +DONNELL, JOHN P. DICKEY and W.T. BURROUGHS L. M's 150.00 +Miles. Cong. Ch. 12.05 +Moravia. Miss O. Hoffman 0.50 +Newton. First Cong. Ch., 17; Mrs. S.S. Derbyshire, 2 19.00 +Ricevllle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 3.00 +Webster City. "Friends," 4, and Bbl. of Goods, _for Pleasant Hill, +Tenn._ 4.00 +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa, _for Woman's Work_: +Anamosa. W.H.M.U. 10.00 +Almora. W.H.M.U. 1.00 +Council Bluffs. W.M.S. 10.00 +Decorah. W.H.M.U. 25.00 +Dubuque. S.S. 7.00 +Mount Pleasant. W.H.M.U. 5.80 +Red Oak. L.M.S. 10.00 +Rockford. W.H.M.U. 1.82 +-------- 70.62 + + MINNESOTA, $570.94. + +Ada. Cong. Ch. 5.79 +Cannon Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ +25.00 +Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 15.85 +Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 66.53; Vine Cong. Ch., 16.95; Lyndale Cong. +Ch., 15.85 99.33 +Paynesville. Cong. Ch. 12.55 +Rochester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.85 +Stillwater. Rev. Wm. Boutwell, _for Indian M._ 5.00 +Zumbrota. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. J.B. LOCKE and A.B. FOLSOM L.M.'s +17.10 +---- "Minnesota Friends," _for Atlanta U._ 200.00 +Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society, by Mrs. C.N. Cross, Treas., +_for Woman's Work_: +Austin. W.M.S. 2.95 +Elk River. W.M.S. 8.25 +Glynton. W.M.S. 10.00 +Marshall. W.M.S. 14.00 +Minneapolis. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch., to const. MRS. S.R. SYKES and MISS +SELMA JOHNSON L.M.'s 74.17 +Minneapolis. Y.L.M.S. of Plym. Ch. 8.60 +Minneapolis. W.M.S. of Como Ave. Ch. $1000 +Minneapolis. Children's M.B. of Pilgrim Ch. 2.50 +Rochester. Whatsoever Club 15.00 +Saint Paul. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch. 25.00 +" Lend a Hand Soc., Plym. Ch. 10.00 +Worthington. W.M.S. 5.00 +-------- 185.47 + + MISSOURI, $10.25. + +Lamar. Cong. Ch. 2.25 +Saint Louis. Hyde Park Cong. Ch. 8.00 + + KANSAS, $23.65. + +Boling. Prof. L.A. Stone 3.00 +Osawatomie. C.S. and M.E. Adair, 3, Rev. S.L. Adair, 2, _for Atlanta, +U._ 5.00 +Sedgwick. Plym. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ 10.65 +Wakefield. Mrs. M.L. Mason 4.00 + + DAKOTA, $20.00. + +Elk Point. Cong. Ch. 10.00 +Sioux Falls. Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Johnson, _for Student Aid, +Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.00 + + NEBRASKA, $46.03. + +Omaha. First Cong, Ch., 38.79; Hillside Cong. Ch., 4.55 43.34 +Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 2.69 + + ARKANSAS, $11.30. + +Little Rock. First Cong. Ch. 6.30 +Little Rock. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ +5.00 + + WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $25.00. + +Skokomish. Cong. Ch. 15.00 +Seattle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Athens, Ala._ 10.00 + + CALIFORNIA, $10.00. + +Los Angeles. "R.P.A. and Wife" 10.00 + + DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $17.00. + +Washington. Miss James, 5; Minnie S. Cook, 2, _for Lincoln Mem. +Parish, Washington_ 7.00 +Washington. Lincoln Mem. Ch. 10.00 + + KENTUCKY, $249.55. + +Lexington. Tuition 213.55 +Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. 36.00 + + TENNESSEE, $1,088.44. + +Grand View. Tuition 60.00 +Helenwood. John Frye 2.00 +Jonesboro. Tuition, 23.10; Rent, 4.50 27.60 +Memphis. Tuition 408.70 +Nashville. Tuition. 577.14; Rent, 6.50 583.64 +Pleasant Hill. From sale Bbl. of Holly 6.50 + + NORTH CAROLINA, $193.20. + +Pekin. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Salem. Cong. Ch. 4.70 +Troy. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Wilmington. Tuition 176.50 +Wilmington. Miss H.L. Fitts, _for Student Aid_ 10.00 + + SOUTH CAROLINA, $227.50. + +Charleston. Tuition $221.50 +Greenwood. Brewer Normal Sch. 5.00 +Millitt. "Little Children in Miss Osceola Pleasant's Sch.," _for Marie +Adlof Sch'p Fund_ 1.00 + + GEORGIA, $1,160.09. + +Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 540.45 +Atlanta. "Seven Birthday Offerings," First Cong. Ch. 1.14 +Macon. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1 2.00 +Marietta. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1 2.00 +McIntosh. Tuition 49.00 +Savannah. Tuition 214.00 +Savannah. Miss A.D. Gerrish 23.50 +Thomasville. Tuition 62.95 +Woodville. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 2.60 + + ALABAMA, $510.90. + +Athens. Tuition 70.45 +Marion. Tuition 107.95 +Mobile. Tuition 212.50 +Selma. Rent 100.00 +Talladega. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Indian M._ 20.00 + + FLORIDA, $24.05. + +Altona. J.S. Blackman 3.00 +Saint Augustine. E. Sabin 5.05 +Winter Park. Cong. Ch. 16.00 + + LOUISIANA, $320.50. + +New Orleans. Tuition 320.50 + + MISSISSIPPI, $149.85. + +Salem. Cong. Ch., Christmas Gift 1.00 +Tougaloo. Tuition, 139.85; Rent, 9.60 148.85 + + TEXAS, $122.00. + +Austin. Tuition 122.00 + + INCOMES, $485.00. + +Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 355.00 +Belden Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 30.00 +C.P. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00 +General Endowment Fund 50.00 + + BULGARIA, $8.00. + +Samokov. Pilgrim 8.00 + + AFRICA, $10.00. + +Kambini, Inhambane. Rev. B.F. Ousley 10.00 + ========== +Donations $15,870.30 +Legacies 630.96 +Incomes 485.00 +Tuition 3,777.39 +Rents 120.60 + -------- +Total for March $20,884.26 +Total from Oct. 1 to March 31 130,976.15 + ======== + + FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, + +Subscriptions for March $84.78 +Previously acknowledged 562.50 + -------- +Total $647.28 + + * * * * * + +H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, + +56 Reade St., N.Y. +{146} + + * * * * * + +TUXEDO TRADEMARK. + +Early attention is called to our Knitted Suit, "The TUXEDO," for +Ladies', Misses' and Children's wear. No other suit ever sold has, in +so short a time, become so universal a favorite. These Knitted Suits +are not only the most comfortable and pleasant to wear, but are the +most becoming and graceful in appearance. + +For sale in New York only by + +JAMES McCREERY & CO. + +BROADWAY and ELEVENTH ST. + + * * * * * + +Liquid Cottage Colors. + +The best MIXED PAINTS manufactured. Guaranteed to give perfect +satisfaction if properly applied. They are _heavy bodied_, and for +work that does not require an extra heavy coat, they can be thinned +(with our Old Fashioned Kettle-boiled Linseed Oil) and still cover +better than most of the mixed paints sold in the market, many of which +have so little stock in them that they will not give a good solid +coat. + +Some manufacturers of mixed paints direct NOT to rub out the paint, +but to FLOW it on; the reason being that if such stuff were rubbed out +there would be but little left to cover, would be transparent. Our +Cottage Colors have great strength or body, and, like any good paint, +should be worked out well under the brush. The covering property of +this paint is so excellent as to allow this to be done. + +Put up for shipment as follows: In 3-gal. and 5-gal. bailed buckets, +also barrels; in cans of 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1-gal and 2-gal. each. + +Sample Cards of Colors, Testimonials and prices sent on application to + +Chicago White Lead & Oil Co., + +Cor. 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Manager + + * * * * * + +MUSIC IN THE SPRING + +There are yet some weeks of cool weather in which to prepare and +practice music for the concluding concerts and festivals of the +season. + +It is quite time to send for our complete and rich lists of EASTER +MUSIC + +Now let girls and boys begin to practice the sweet CANTATAS--VOICES OF +NATURE, or FOREST JUBILEE BAND, or MERRY COMPANY, or NEW FLORA'S +FESTIVAL; each 40 cents, or $3.60 per dozen. + +Pupils of the higher schools will like DRESS REHEARSAL (50c., or $4.50 +per doz.), NEW FLOWER QUEEN (60c., or $5.40 per doz.), or HAYMAKERS +($1.00, or $9.00 per doz.) + +Fine Cantatas of moderate difficulty for adults are: HEROES OF '76 +($1.00), HERBERT AND ELSA (75c.), JOSEPH'S BONDAGE ($1.00), REBECCA +(65c.). RUTH AND BOAZ (65c.), WRECK OF HESPERUS (35c.), FAIR MELUSINA +(75c.), BATTLE OF HUNS (80c.). Send for lists. + +For male Quartets and Choruses: + +SANGERFEST ($1.38), MALE VOICE GLEE BOOK ($1.00), EMERSON'S QUARTETS +AND CHORUSES (60 cts.), EMERSON'S MALE VOICE GEMS ($1.00). + +_Mailed for the Retail Price._ + +_Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston._ + +C.H. 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By Rev. A.H. + Bradford, D.D.</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + <a href="#south1">THE SOUTH.</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#south1">SOUTHERN TESTIMONY</a></li> + <li><a href="#south2">OUR WORK AS A GRADUATE OF FISK UNIVERSITY SEES + IT</a></li> + <li><a href="#south3">A PASTOR'S FIRST VIEW</a></li> + <li><a href="#south4">TALLADEGA FRUIT</a></li> + <li><a href="#south5">THREE PICTURES FROM LE MOYNE SCHOOL</a></li> + <li><a href="#south6">THE EVANGELIST AT WORK</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + <a href="#chinese1">THE CHINESE.</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#chinese1">LETTER FROM REV. W.C. POND</a></li> + <li><a href="#chinese2">FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK</a></li> + <li><a href="#chinese3">CHIN GAING IN CHINA</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + <a href="#bureau1">BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#bureau2">SPARE OUR TEACHERS</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li><a href="#receipts">RECEIPTS</a></li> + </ul> + <hr class="full" /> + <table width="100%" summary="Publisher"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="25%"><b>New York.</b><br /> + Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.</td> + <td align="center" width="50%"><b>Published by the American Missionary + Association.</b><br /> + Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%"><b>Rooms, 56 Reade Street.</b></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page116" id="page116"></a>{116}</span> + <h2>AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.</h2> + <hr class="quarter" /> + <div class="association"> + <p class="title">PRESIDENT,</p> + <p>——— ———</p> + <p class="title"><i>Vice-Presidents.</i></p> + <p>Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y.</p> + <p>Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass.</p> + <p>Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.</p> + <p>Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass.</p> + <p>Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Corresponding Secretaries.</i></p> + <p>Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.</p> + <p>Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Treasurer.</i></p> + <p>H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Auditors.</i></p> + <p>PETER MCCARTEE.</p> + <p>CHAS. P. PEIRCE.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Executive Committee.</i></p> + <p>JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.</p> + <p>ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary.</p> + <p class="title"><i>For Three Years.</i></p> + <p>LYMAN ABBOTT,</p> + <p>A.S. BARNES,<a id="footnotetag1" name="footnotetag1"></a><a + href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a></p> + <p>J.R. DANFORTH,</p> + <p>CLINTON B. FISK,</p> + <p>ADDISON P. FOSTER,</p> + <p class="title"><i>For Two Years.</i></p> + <p>S.B. HALLIDAY,</p> + <p>SAMUEL HOLMES,</p> + <p>SAMUEL S. MARPLES,</p> + <p>CHARLES L. MEAD,</p> + <p>ELBERT B. MONROE,</p> + <p class="title"><i>For One Year.</i></p> + <p>J.E. RANKIN,</p> + <p>WM. H. WARD,</p> + <p>J.W. COOPER,</p> + <p>JOHN H. WASHBURN,</p> + <p>EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.</p> + <p class="title"><i>District Secretaries.</i></p> + <p>Rev. C.J. RYDER, <i>21 Cong'l House, Boston.</i></p> + <p>Rev. J.E. ROY, D.D., 151 <i>Washington Street, Chicago</i>.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Financial Secretary for Indian Missions.</i></p> + <p>Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON,</p> + <p class="title"><i>Secretary of Woman's Work.</i></p> + <p>Miss D.E. EMERSON, 56 <i>Reade Street, N.Y.</i></p> + </div> + <hr class="full" /> + <h3>COMMUNICATIONS</h3> + <p>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.</p> + <h3>DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</h3> + <p>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.</p> + <h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3> + <p>"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.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page117" id="page117"></a>{117}</span> + <h2>THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h2> + <hr /> + <table width="50%" summary="Title" align="center"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="25%"><b>Vol. XLII.</b></td> + <td align="center" width="50%"><b>May, 1888.</b></td> + <td align="right" width="25%"><b>No. 5.</b></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr /> + <a name="editorial1" id="editorial1"></a> + <h4>American Missionary Association.</h4> + <hr class="quarter" /> + <p>Six months of our fiscal year have come to a close. It may be of interest to our + readers to know how our treasury compares with the same period of time last year. + During this half-year, there has been an increase in <i>collections</i> of $6,250.73, + a decrease in the amount paid in from <i>estates</i> and <i>legacies</i> of + $2,880.05, making a balance in the total receipts, of $3,370.68 in advance of those + of the preceding year for the corresponding period.</p> + <p>This, however, does not mean that we are in advance of our expenditures. All life + predicates growth. When there is no growth, the body has begun to die. Those who will + read the able paper of Dr. Bradford in this magazine, will doubtless conclude with + him, that the imperative demand is for increased life, and for multiplied efforts to + save those to whom Providence has manifestly called us. The natural and necessary + growth of life has been upon us. While we have cut and trimmed and pinched with an + economy that the most careful might think an unwise policy, there has yet been + growth. Success necessitates development. Good schools will enlarge. One church + creates another. One foothold secured in a missionary region opens districts to many + who swell the cry of need to the heart of Christian compassion "<i>come over and help + us</i>," so that with all our pruning the work has grown beyond the slight increase + of funds from our churches.</p> + <p>We ought to push our work. Ignorant millions need the truth which we have. They + need the knowledge which we have. They need salvation, and if we have it and have the + spirit of Christ's compassion, we will see that they are not left in darkness. There + is enough and to spare in the hands of the disciples of Christ for this vast and + increasingly urgent work. "Why," says George W. Cable, "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," He calls it "the most prolific missionary field that was + ever opened to any Christian people," "right here at your doors."</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page118" id="page118"></a>{118}</span> + <p>While then we have the right to thank God and his people, and reason to take + courage, we should be false to the churches and to ourselves should we fail to + accentuate the necessities of our work, and the demand upon those in whose name we + stand. Brethren, is not ours the appeal of Christ to you for his neglected and his + needy ones? Bring your thank offerings to God and make enlargement for this enlarging + work.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="editorial2" id="editorial2"></a> + <p>We are thankful for our receipts from legacies. They are testimonies that speak, + from those whose lips are sealed in death, for the gospel of Christ and its elevating + and saving power when it is applied to the low-down and the poor and the wronged. In + these legacies, those who are dead yet speak the word of life to those whom they have + remembered.</p> + <p>Our work, however, should be planned, not upon the uncertainties of legacies, but + upon the ability and faith of those who live and give. It cheers us to know that our + living donors are increasing and are entering with us the doors of opportunity which + God has so manifestly opened and which no man can shut.</p> + <hr /> + <p>We congratulate the American Home Missionary Society that it closes its year, not + having realized its fears even if it has not absolutely compassed all its hopes. We + are grateful, for its success. Our congratulations also are hearty that our great + Foreign Missionary Society, the A.B.C.F.M., reports itself at the end of its fiscal + half-year $78,000 in advance of what was received for the same period last year.</p> + <hr /> + <p>But do not forget the great work which the churches have put upon us. See nearly + eight millions who went from barbarism into slavery, and from slavery came out the + poorest of the poor, the most ignorant of the ignorant, the most dependent of the + dependent, without true religion and with no opportunity to know what true religion + is unless we tell them. Africa is in America, China is in America, the barbarous + heathen Indian is in America, and two millions of white people in the mountain region + in four hundred counties, where ignorance is solid, are in America. These all look to + the American Missionary Association. Will it not be our turn next to receive from the + churches their increasing Godspeed on this work in such measure that we may carry the + truth and the life to those who ought to have it.</p> + <hr /> + <p>The Connecticut Normal Industrial School previous to the brief spring vacation was + visited by many northern friends at Thomasville, Ga., upon the occasion of its + closing exercises. The <i>Thomasville Times</i> calls sympathetic <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page119" id="page119"></a>{119}</span> attention to the work + and adds "That the boys and girls are being carefully taught and trained will be + apparent to any one who will go to the Institution and see its workings. The + attendance has averaged over two hundred." Thomasville is not far removed from + Quitman geographically but, in point of intelligent regard for its own interests and + the interests of the Negro, the distance is incalculable. As Joseph said to his + brethren, we can say to the school incendiaries of Quitman, "Ye meant it for evil but + the Lord meant it for good."</p> + <hr /> + <p>An attractive and interesting four-paged weekly journal called the <i>Chinese + Evangelist</i> comes to us. It is the first number of a curiosity in the way of a + newspaper, being printed half in the English and half in the Chinese language. Its + editor is Mr. J.S. Harper, son of Rev. A.F. Harper, of Canton College, and the + manager is Guy Maine, a Christian Chinaman and member of the Broadway Tabernacle + Church. The address of the editor is No. 117 West 87th St., New York, and of the + manager, No. 15 University Place. It is intended for all workers in Chinese + Sunday-schools, and every teacher of Chinese Sunday-school scholars would do well to + send a dollar and secure this invaluable aid for a year. Its column of items is named + "Tea Leaves." We would suggest that the motto for this bright little paper be "<i>Tu + doces</i>."</p> + <hr /> + <a name="editorial3" id="editorial3"></a> + <h3>THE VERNACULAR IN INDIAN SCHOOLS.</h3> + <p>BY SECRETARY STRIKEY.</p> + <p>This question is not settled. One thing that has kept it unsettled has been the + uncertain use of the term "missionary schools" in the Orders of the Indian + Department. What is precisely a missionary school? Let me try to explain. There are + three kinds of schools in the nomenclature of the Indian Office, based on the sources + of their support.</p> + <p>1. <i>Government</i> Schools, supported wholly by Government + appropriations—such as those at Carlisle, Genoa, etc. These may be left out of + the account in this discussion, for no one objects to the Government's directing the + studies in them.</p> + <p>2. <i>Contract</i> Schools, so called because the missionary societies which + sustain them receive under <i>contract</i> with the Government a certain amount of + money in aid of their support. The school at Santee, Nebraska, and the school at + Yankton, Dakota, are specimens of this class. But these are <i>mission</i> schools, + for the societies which support them would not continue to do so for a day except for + their missionary character; and yet these schools are classed by the Department not + as missionary but as contract schools.</p> + <p>3. <i>Missionary</i> Schools, which are supported wholly by missionary funds, the + Government contributing nothing. Here, again, in the recent <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page120" id="page120"></a>{120}</span> order, the Department employs the + confusing use of terms, speaking in general terms of "missionary schools," and then + of missionary schools under the charge of "native Indian teachers," and at remote + points; the inference being that the white teacher of a missionary school, though it + may be in a place so remote that neither the pupils nor the people can understand the + English language, cannot teach in the vernacular.</p> + <p>With these explanations we present, under date of Feb. 11, 1888,</p> + <h4>THE LATEST ORDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.</h4> + <p>1. No text-books in the vernacular will be allowed in any school where children + are placed under contract or where the Government contributes, in any manner + whatever, to the support of the school; no oral instruction in the vernacular will be + allowed at such schools. The entire curriculum must be in the English language.</p> + <p>2. The vernacular may be used in missionary schools only for oral instruction in + morals and religion, where it is deemed to be an auxiliary to the English language in + conveying such instruction; and only native Indian teachers will be permitted to + otherwise teach in any Indian vernacular; and these native teachers will only be + allowed so to teach in schools not supported in whole or in part by the Government + and at remote points, where there are no Government or contract schools where the + English language is taught. These native teachers are only allowed to teach in the + vernacular with a view of reaching those Indians who cannot have the advantage of + instruction in English, and such instruction must give way to the English-teaching + schools as soon as they are established where the Indians can have access to + them.</p> + <p>3. A limited theological class of Indian young men may be trained in the + vernacular at any purely missionary school, supported exclusively by missionary + societies, the object being to prepare them for the ministry, whose subsequent work + shall be confined to preaching unless they are employed as teachers in remote + settlements, where English schools are inaccessible.</p> + <p>4. These rules are not intended to prevent the possession or use by any Indian of + the Bible published in the vernacular, but such possession or use shall not interfere + with the teaching of the English language to the extent and in the manner + hereinbefore directed.</p> + <p>The gravamen of the objections urged in all this controversy is that the + <i>Government has no right to interfere with these mission schools</i>; in the first + place, in excluding all use of the vernacular in contract schools, even for religious + instruction, and in the next place, in controlling the studies of the mission schools + <i>supported wholly by missionary money</i> and in excluding white teachers from + vernacular schools. The missionary societies have found by long experience that these + mission schools in which the vernacular is taught, especially in remote places, are + the most effective, and in many cases the only modes by which the people can be + reached by the Gospel. The pupils are taught to read the Bible and it is carried by + them to their homes. Now we ask, is it the function of the Government of the United + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page121" id="page121"></a>{121}</span> States to + dictate in matters so purely religious and to override the Christian churches in the + choice of their most approved methods of disseminating the Gospel?</p> + <h4>PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S LETTER.</h4> + <p>The President, under date of March 29, 1888, in response to some resolutions + adopted by the Philadelphia M.E. Conference, writes a letter on this subject, which + deserves careful and candid consideration, both for what it concedes and for what it + does not concede. We present the portion of the letter bearing upon the points at + issue.</p> + <p>"Secular teaching is the object of the ordinary Government schools, but surely + there can be no objection to reading a chapter in the Bible in English, or in Dakota + if English could not be understood, at the daily opening of those schools, as is done + in very many other well-regulated secular schools. It may be, too, that the use of + words in the vernacular may be sometimes necessary to aid in communicating a + knowledge of the English language, but the use of the vernacular should not be + encouraged or continued beyond the limit of such necessity, and the "text books," the + "oral instruction" in a general sense, and the curriculum certainly should be in + English. In missionary schools moral and religious instruction may be given in the + vernacular as an auxiliary to English in conveying such instruction. Here, while the + desirability of some instruction in morals and religion is recognized, the extreme + value of learning the English language is not lost sight of. And the provision which + follows, that only native teachers shall "otherwise" (that is, except for moral or + religious instruction) teach the vernacular, and only in remote places and until + Government or contract schools are established, is in exact keeping with the purpose + of the Government to exclude the Indian languages from the schools as far as is + consistent with a due regard for the continuance of moral and religious teaching in + the missionary schools, and except in such cases as the exclusion would result in the + entire neglect of secular or other instruction."</p> + <p>On this letter let me remark:</p> + <p>1. That it concedes what has not heretofore been granted, the reading of the Bible + in the vernacular in contract schools and its use in explaining the English. We + accept this concession with gratification.</p> + <p>2. But it makes no concession whatever (beyond that made in the order of the + Commissioner) in regard to the use of the vernacular in schools supported wholly by + missionary funds, or in the employment of white teachers in vernacular schools in + remote districts. Until concessions are made on these points, the controversy will go + forward.</p> + <p>The aim of the Government is <i>expedient</i>, in trying to secure ultimately the + use of the English language among the Indians. The aim of the missionary societies is + to fulfil an imperative <i>duty</i>, in trying to reach the Indians with the Gospel + in the most effective methods. There should be mutual respect for these aims; the + Government should yield to the conscientious conviction of the missionary societies + as to methods for giving religious <span class="pagenum"><a name="page122" + id="page122"></a>{122}</span> instruction, and the missionary societies should + co-operate with the Government in introducing the English language as rapidly as + possible consistently with their higher aim. I venture to suggest an outline of + Regulations that would probably attain both these objects and meet other objections + to the ruling of the Department that are not removed by the President's letter.</p> + <h4>DETAILS OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS.</h4> + <p>1. No text-books in the vernacular will be allowed in any Government school, + supported wholly by the Government; no oral instruction in the vernacular will be + allowed at such schools. The entire curriculum must be in the English language.</p> + <p>2. In contract schools supported in part by missionary societies, the vernacular + may be used only for the reading of the Sacred Scriptures, and for oral instruction + in morals and religion and where it is deemed to be an auxiliary to the English + language in conveying such instruction.</p> + <p>3. In all "missionary schools" supported entirely by missionary or benevolent + funds, no restrictions will be put upon the use of the vernacular, with the + understanding, however, that the English language shall be introduced as rapidly as + those conducting these schools shall deem compatible with the higher + aim—religious teaching; and that when these schools shall be prepared to use + the English language wholly, the Department will give them a place on the list of + contract schools rather than to establish others in their stead. If new mission + schools are established they must be so located as not to interfere with existing + Government or contract schools.</p> + <p>4. That any religious denomination shall, at its discretion and entirely at its + own cost, be allowed to conduct special classes in the vernacular for the training of + teachers and preachers. As it is desirable that those teachers and preachers should + be taught in English studies as well as in the vernacular, these classes may be + conducted in connection with contract schools, yet so as not to interfere in any way + with the regular curriculum in the English language.</p> + <hr /> + <p>"Ramona Days," is the title of a neatly printed pamphlet of forty-three pages, + being the January number of a quarterly, published by the Indian Department of the + University of New Mexico. This Indian school is named in honor of Mrs. Helen Hunt + Jackson, who has rendered such valuable services to the Indians in setting forth in + thrilling terms their wrongs, and in pleading so pathetically for their rights. The + Ramona school is under the efficient supervision of Pres. H.O. Ladd, and is aided in + part by the American Missionary Association.</p> + <p>The pamphlet is not a catalogue of the school, but contains a variety of + interesting matter on Indian affairs, the titles of some of the articles being; + "Wiser Methods," "Famous Apache Chiefs," "Treaty Obligations to the Navajoes," "A + Recent Movement Toward Indian Civilization," "Ramona Memorial," etc., etc. There are + also letters from the teachers, and two cuts, one representing the proposed Memorial + Building, Ramona. Mr. Ladd's <span class="pagenum"><a name="page123" + id="page123"></a>{123}</span> work lies largely among that remarkably promising race + of Indians, the Apaches, and those who wish to know more about them would do well to + have the pamphlet. It can be had by addressing Rev. H.O. Ladd, Santa Fe, New Mexico; + subscription price, 50 cents for the four numbers.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="editorial4" id="editorial4"></a> + <h3>THE TIME FACTOR IN THE SOUTHERN PROBLEM.</h3> + <p>BY REV. A.H. BRADFORD, D.D.</p> + <p>The supreme question in English politics is the unity of the empire. The problem + of the mother country is, How may the scattered colonies be joined in one body whose + heart shall be London? All the other questions of the island-empire are but parts of + this. This in turn is forced into prominence by the under-current of the world's + aspiration for larger liberty. "The world no longer for the few, but for the many," + is the watchword of an increasing number in all the nations. How to maintain the + manhood of her subjects, and yet not to force the dismemberment of the empire, is the + question uppermost in old England.</p> + <p>With us, the problem is not one of scattered colonies but of divergent people. + There is in the United States the double problem of how to consolidate and preserve + the interests of a nation with a long area north and south, and with the most diverse + elements of population ever gathered under one flag. This is complicated by other + factors. Our study is confined to those which touch what is known as the Southern + question. The problems of English and American political and religious life are + identical in that both are inspired by the watchword of the rising multitudes, "The + world for the many."</p> + <p>The Southern problem is but part of the larger one of area and races. Consider a + few facts. The South is peopled chiefly by two classes, native whites and native + blacks. Both whites and blacks are there to remain. More whites leave the South than + blacks, and the population is increasing. Emigration avoids the States chiefly + inhabited by blacks. It is not probable that the exodus of whites will be very great. + The population of the future will probably be of the same classes, although the + proportion is rapidly changing. Native whites and native blacks, unless signs fail, + will possess the land.</p> + <p>The Negro race is appallingly fertile. It shows no sign of decadence. It is + multiplying faster than any other. The number of blacks in the United States has + risen from four millions to nearly eight millions since the war. That has been + entirely by natural reproduction. The increase of whites during the decade from 1870 + to 1880 was twenty-nine per cent.; of blacks thirty-five per cent. If, now, we allow + nine per cent. for the increase of the whites by immigration, we find that the + increase of blacks over the whites by natural order is about fourteen per cent. Here, + then, is a <span class="pagenum"><a name="page124" id="page124"></a>{124}</span> + simple problem in arithmetic. If the blacks increase on an average fourteen per cent. + faster than the whites, and to the South there is little immigration, how long will + it be before the blacks preponderate? They will go neither to Africa, to Mexico, nor + to the West Indies. They are here to stay. They are multiplying faster than their + white neighbors. They are growing in consciousness of power faster than in + intelligence. What is the sure result of conscious but blind power? The story of + Samson answers. The problem is the new-birth of a rapidly increasing race. How long + it will take may possibly be imagined from the questions which follow.</p> + <p>I. How long will it require for race-prejudices to go? I put that question to an + intelligent colored man who had been a slave. His answer was, "Until the present + generation is dead."</p> + <p>The conflict between classes in the South will last until they recognize that they + have an identity of interests, or that they are brethren. Prejudice is neither dead + nor fast dying. There is a change in the cities, but it does not reach far inland. In + how many Southern States are the same privileges extended to both races in schools? + in cars? in hotels? in churches? This prejudice is in the blood. Heredity and + training have both fostered it. Race prejudices die slowly. For centuries the contest + between Patrician and Plebeian was carried on in ancient Rome. The subject-class + never affiliated with the master-class. Two or three hundred years ago a new people + was introduced into the north of Ireland. The north is essentially Scottish. Its + inhabitants are Protestant and phlegmatic. In the south, the religion is Romanist, + and the people are mercurial. They are of the same color. They have had the same + history for centuries. For nearly five hundred years, the Turk has been a disturbing + factor in Europe. The Turk is Asiatic. He is surrounded by European life. How rapidly + has the antipathy between races disappeared where the Turk has power? The race-lines + are as distinct as if the waters of a white river and a black ran in the same + channel. The Hebrews are found in all parts of the world. They are industrious, and + as decent as the average man; they mingle with other people, and yet almost + everywhere the prejudice against them is constant and bitter. How long before + Protestant Orangemen and Catholic Irishmen will walk arm and arm in the same + procession? How long before the German and Russian and Englishman will recognize the + Jew as a brother? In the South, the antipathy is between black and white, between a + master-class and a subject-class, between oppressed and oppressor. How long before + this prejudice will disappear?</p> + <p>II. How much time will be required for the consciousness of having been wronged to + wear from the breast and the blood of the black man? This consciousness of having + been wronged is not a race-prejudice, and yet it may become one. It is hard to + eradicate. It is aggravated when the same feelings are in many hearts. This is a + complicated factor. Some of <span class="pagenum"><a name="page125" + id="page125"></a>{125}</span> the blacks seem incapable of sentiments of revenge. + They are too lighthearted to cherish grievances. But all are not so. The pure blacks + who carry with them the consciousness of having been deeply injured, are many. What + will you say of the mulattoes? A man who knows his father, and knows that his father + ignores his existence, may keep it to himself, but he cannot smother his feeling. He + who sees his brothers and sisters pass him on the street in carriages, living in + comfort and honor, while he is poor, and nothing to them, will, in proportion as he + is a man, hate the social order in which they live. Until this consciousness of + having been injured and degraded vanishes, the Southern question will disturb + political and social life.</p> + <p>III. Closely allied to the consciousness of degradation is the lack of manly + feeling. Appreciation of manhood is a condition of improvement. He who thinks himself + only an animal will live like one. Does this condition exist at the South? It could + not be otherwise. Any one who has travelled there must have his faith in the + evolution of some men from the lower animals immeasurably strengthened. Rev. Dr. + Taylor, of New York, has said that he knows that the Darwinian theory cannot be true, + because, if it were, "an Englishman's right arm would have developed into an umbrella + long ago." But Dr. Taylor would find faces in the South which, from their resemblance + to lower orders of life, might weaken his faith in his demonstration.</p> + <p>The black race is no more degraded than our own would be under similar + circumstances, but its condition is appalling. How long will it take to develop the + consciousness of manhood where all the tastes, and all the tendencies, and almost all + the environment, are low and in the opposite direction? The colored people have not + the help of higher and refining influences. Their tendencies have been downward, and + present environment increases the tendency. Regeneration or reform is not the work of + a year or a generation. The change will come only by the creation of new and higher + conditions, and with the birth of a more self-respecting stock.</p> + <p>IV. How long will be required for the education of the colored people and the poor + whites?</p> + <p>The author of "An Appeal to Caesar" says, "The Southern man, black or white, is + not likely to be greatly different to-morrow from what he was yesterday. Generations + may modify; years can only restrain. The question is not whether education, begun + to-day and carried on however vigorously and successfully by the most approved + agencies, would change the characteristics of to-day's masses. Not at all. The + question is whether it would so act upon them <i>as they are</i>, would so enlighten + and inform their minds, as to convince them of the mutual danger, peril, disaster, + that must attend continual oppression or sudden uprising. We cannot expect to make + intelligence instantly effective in the elevation of individual citizenship, or the + exercise of collective power. Little by little that change must come."</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page126" id="page126"></a>{126}</span> + <p>About ninety per cent, of the whole colored population of the South, and about + forty-five per cent. of those above ten years of age, are illiterate. In 1880, + nineteen per cent., or about one in every five, of the white people of the South, and + seventy-three per cent. of the colored people, could neither read nor write; and this + estimate is far too large. After fifteen years of the ballot, seventy-three per cent. + of the colored race of the South could neither read nor write. Much is being done to + promote education by schools and charities, but what are these among so many? To meet + the ignorant condition of things, the Government is doing nothing. The State + governments are doing only a little. In the Southern States previous to the war there + was no system of common schools. After the war there were not even old foundations to + build upon. Everything had to be started <i>de novo</i> by those who had nothing with + which to start. "We must remember," said Dr. Mayo, "that nine men out of ten of the + South never saw what we call a good public elementary school. It has been said that + the public school-buildings of Denver alone exceed in value all the public + school-buildings of the State of North Carolina."</p> + <p>The average school year throughout the South, in 1880, was less than one hundred + days; the average attendance less than thirty per cent. of those within school age. + In a belt of States where seventy-three per cent., and probably ninety per cent., of + the population are illiterate, where they are too poor to do much except keep up the + struggle for existence, where there are no traditions of culture, where it has been a + crime for a black man to read, where the Nation is doing nothing, and where the + State, when it does its best, provides instruction which reaches only thirty per + cent. of those of school age for one hundred days in a year, and where the population + is increasing so rapidly that in 1900 the blacks will be in a decided majority, + charity and religion are doing—what? The progress under the circumstances is + amazing, but how long will it take to educate the nineteen per cent. of Southern + whites, and seventy-three per cent., of Southern blacks? There is more illiteracy now + than at the close of the war, because education has not kept pace with the increase + of the race.</p> + <p>V. How long will be required for the <i>moralizing</i> of the lower classes of the + South? Ability to make moral discriminations grows slowly. Ability to appreciate + moral motives grows still more slowly. These people were trained in a school in which + virtue was ignored. They have lived under conditions which have put a premium on + theft. Slavery always makes thieves. The heredity of the passion for stealing is just + as clearly marked as the heredity of the Roman nose or the faculty for music. The + transmission of the tendency toward the gratification of the animal propensities is + as definite as, and stronger than, the tendency for insanity and consumption to + reproduce themselves. These people come into life blind, <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page127" id="page127"></a>{127}</span> and find little but darkness around + them. Here you have about eight millions with an ancestry which began in heathenism + and has had two centuries of slavery—a people inheriting all the evils of + slavery; a people who have never been trained to make moral discriminations, and + whose ancestors for unknown generations have been trained still less than they; a + people who have none, or at least but little, of the inspiration toward a higher + moral life which comes from a healthy environment; a people whose religion is almost + all emotional; who can soar on the wings of imagination and enthusiasm to heights + which would make an archangel dizzy; who from paroxysms of anguish at the condition + of those whose burning bodies are lighting the fires of hell, will go off and commit + adultery or rob a hen-roost as complacently as if to do so were a part of their + religion. This is not fiction. Religion has not meant chastity, for slavery made that + impossible; it has not meant justice, for injustice forged their chains; it has not + meant generosity, for they had nothing; it has been simple emotion. The ethical + element has been absent, and it was through no fault of the black man.</p> + <p>In 1860, President Hopkins said that a greater proportion of the Sandwich + Islanders could read than of the people in New England. They were educated but not + moralized. There were three hundred thousand of them a century and a half ago; in + 1883, there were forty-nine thousand. Education without morality is no safeguard.</p> + <p>Prof. Gilliam shows, from census reports, that if the population of the Southern + whites increases for a century, as at present, in 1985, there will be ninety-six + million whites in the Southern States, and in 1980, one hundred and ninety-two + million blacks. Statistics may lie; but there is enough truth in these to give + terrible emphasis to the inquiry, How long before the colored people will be + sufficiently educated to need no help? How long before they will have sufficient + moral discrimination to know what the commandments require? When we realize how + difficult is the task of inducing men with the environment of Christian influence at + the North, and in England, to live even decent lives, the wonder is that the freedmen + do as well as they do. How long before we can expect a race with such antecedents and + environments to be fitted to be left to themselves? What answer must be given? I am + not exaggerating the picture. I am only hinting at conditions of heathenism which + exist. I am least of all blaming these poor and needy people; but none the less clear + and strong comes the appeal for their moral and intellectual emancipation. The + moralizing of a race which has such a history, how long will that require? No people + ever rose more rapidly in the world's history. That shows what is possible. It does + not tell us when our work will be finished. So long as one-half of the American + republic is inhabited by those whose interests are alien to the other half, there can + be no permanent prosperity. It has been said that there are three essentials to the + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page128" id="page128"></a>{128}</span> permanent unity + of a nation; viz., unity of language, unity of interest and unity of religion. There + is a common language between the blacks and whites, but the unity of interest is not + recognized, and agreement in religion is only in name. The religion of the poor + whites in the South is mechanical, and unintelligently doctrinal; the religion of the + blacks is emotional and fantastic; and the religion of both blacks and whites is + lacking in the ethical element. The process of political reconstruction has been + progressing for twenty years and more, and is still incomplete. That is an easy work + compared with what must be created intellectually, and socially, and morally. Before + the Southern problem will be solved, a new stock must take the place of those who + were reared in slavery; the old traditions must fade, and education, and an ethical + type of Christianity, must do their work. How long will be required for that, none + can tell. In the meantime, new complications may arise. The principles of socialism + and anarchy are not unlikely to pervade the South, and if the masses of blacks are + ever exploited by a central, unknown and irresponsible committee of agitators, the + results must be a new reign of terror. The labor agitators are moving southward. It + has been said that colored people have no tendencies toward socialism and anarchy. I + am no prophet, but I will hazard the prediction that it will not be long before the + socialistic agitator will stir up a commotion at the South that will make employers + of labor and people of wealth tremble.</p> + <p>The sentiment has sometimes been whispered, that the work of this Association, and + those akin to it, was about accomplished. That sentiment has selfishness or ignorance + at the bottom of it. How long must this work be kept up? Until all that mass of + darkness which fills the Southern horizon be shot through and through with shafts of + light. How long must it be kept up? Until the last trace of prejudice that separates + brother from brother shall have been removed. How long will this thing be kept up? + Until the black man feels that he is a man; until he can vote intelligently, and live + wisely, and until he has the ability and the will to discriminate carefully in + matters of morals. How long must it be kept up? Until no man can plead ignorance, or + want of opportunity, for rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ. The Eastern question has + been a live question in European politics for more than four centuries. It is no more + puzzling than the Southern question is with us. There is an experiment in physics + that is typical of this work. An iron bar is suspended in the air and then a tiny + cork, hung from a string, is thrown against it. At first no impression is made, but + the blows are repeated, until, by and by, the bar begins to tremble, then to vibrate, + then to swing to and fro. The repeated impacts of the little cork at last move the + mass. It will not be by any great rush that the Southern problem will be solved. It + will yield at last to the constancy, and fidelity, of the great multitude of those + who love their brother because they love their Lord; who are content to work in + secret, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page129" id="page129"></a>{129}</span> and + many of whom already rest in unmarked graves. That mass of ignorance, wretchedness + and wrong will swing and disappear at last before the multitudinous strokes of + individual gifts and individual prayers.</p> + <p>All the problems which are vexing the older nations are essentially social + problems, and the watchword of all the movements that are undermining thrones and + caste, and the wicked social order, is, "The world no longer for the few, but for the + many." In America the <i>many</i> are already in possession, and the problem with us + is, How may our rulers—the people who can never be dethroned—be rendered + competent to rule? That is the question to which the American Missionary Association + is devoting itself; and its answer is the only true one: By making the people + intelligent, and Christian. And how long before that will be accomplished? A + Scotchman once asked an Irishman, "Why were half-farthings coined in England?" Pat + instantly replied, "To give Scotchmen an opportunity of contributing to missions." + When will this problem be solved? Never, if the Christians of America are like Pat's + Scotchman, but quicker than any of us dream, if all the Christians of America are + like that woman in the New Testament who put into the treasury two mites.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <a name="south1" id="south1"></a> + <h2>THE SOUTH.</h2> + <h3>SOUTHERN TESTIMONY.</h3> + <p>We insert the following from the <i>Southern Presbyterian</i>, as a recent + testimony to the views, principles and work of the American Missionary Association. + It will be all the stronger from the fact that it was not written for a testimony, + but as a setting forth of facts by a Southerner to Southerners.</p> + <blockquote> + <p>The old masters and the old slaves are now rapidly passing into eternity. In ten + years more no one of our people, white or black, under <i>forty years</i> of age, + will know personally anything of slavery. It then comes to this, that now and from + this time forward, we white Christians must be impressed with the fact that we have + here at our doors, in our houses, offices, stores and kitchens, and on our farms, + not slaves, but a race of people, three-fourths of whom are but a little removed + from savages in so far as their knowledge of religion is concerned. They have among + them those whom they call preachers; they hold meetings, they halloo, they shout, + but no <i>saving truth</i> is preached or heard from that source. The result is + great animal excitement, but no moral elevation. Then many of them are receiving + secular education. That sharpens their intellects but gives no Christian character. + It does just the opposite; it fits them for rascality. They are increasing. There + are probably eight millions of them now, and there will be many millions more. + Those who are dying without Christ are dying here in a Christian land without + hope.</p> + <p>The statement of a Congregational missionary recently made, is probably true, + viz.: that "one-fourth of the race is improving rapidly," yet much the larger part + of them are almost, if not altogether, <i>heathen</i>. They are not across the + ocean; under God's providence they are here, where you can touch them with your + finger. Why here? <span class="pagenum"><a name="page130" + id="page130"></a>{130}</span> It will not do to say that nothing can be made out of + them. Go to Texas, to Tennessee, and come right here to Atlanta now, and our most + intelligent white men will tell you that on the prohibition question, negroes, + educated, smart and very eloquent, have made, and are making, <i>ringing</i> + speeches. There have been smart speakers on both sides. Some of their speeches + would do credit to any white orator in the South. Dr. Sanderson, our late Professor + at Tuskaloosa, stated on the floor of the Synod of Alabama last week, that he had + taught a good deal, and that a young negro, twenty years of age, one of our + divinity students at Tuskaloosa, was as smart a pupil as he had ever seen; that if + he were in the State University he would be in its first rank of students, and that + he heard him recently preach a sermon on the mediatorial work of Christ, such that + he (Dr. Sanderson) would not undertake to make a better one on that majestic theme. + * * *</p> + <p>In Dallas Presbytery, Texas, recently, a black man was examined for two days on + Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and on all that is required by our Book of Government for + ordination, and he did not falter once. So the brethren there testify.</p> + <p>Then it comes to this: this race of people is here; the great body of them are + heathen. Can anyone doubt that it is the purpose of the Almighty to prepare a large + number of them, converted, educated and civilized, to go back to Africa to redeem + that continent for civilization and for Christ? We are commanded to preach the + Gospel to every creature, to teach it to all nations.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr /> + <a name="south2" id="south2"></a> + <h3>OUR WORK, AS A GRADUATE OF FISK UNIVERSITY SEES IT.</h3> + <p>BY WILLIAM A. CROSTHWAITE.</p> + <p>The American Missionary Association is doing more to quicken the hopes and + aspirations of the Southern Negro, more toward arousing the Southern white man to + educate himself, and more toward bringing the two races to an acknowledgment of each + other's rights, than any other similar institution in the country.</p> + <p>In the summer of 1884, near Leesburg, Texas, a well-appointed Negro school was + burned by the whites of that community. The colored people, seeing their hope of + years in ashes, advertised their little holdings for sale, and prepared to leave in a + body. But the whites offered to supplement the insurance on the former building and + to re-build the school, if the colored people would remain in the community. The + terms were accepted, and now <i>West Chapel</i>, which is the name of the school, is + excellently furnished and has a $200 bell upon it, and is the best known school in + Northeast Texas. Previous to the burning of West Chapel, the whites were continually + distracted by factional fights. There was general apathy with regard to improvement + in any way whatever. Their teachers were always of the inferior class. But, when they + found that the colored people would have a school, they decided to have one also. The + colored people bought a bell. So did they. The colored people had a foreign teacher. + So must they have one, and they paid $750 a year for him. One of the white citizens + of the locality summed the situation up thus:—"West Chapel is to the whites + what a coal of fire is on the back of a terrapin." This school was organized by a + Fisk student and has ever <span class="pagenum"><a name="page131" + id="page131"></a>{131}</span> since been taught by students of Fisk. Thus is the + A.M.A. lifting up the Negro directly and the whites indirectly, and establishing + friendly relations between the two.</p> + <p>But this is no isolated case. The story is the same wherever the educated Negro + comes in contact with the whites. At one time, our school was so far in advance of + the white school, that I was told by my school director that "no high-learnt teacher + was wanted to teach 'Nigger Schools,'" and I was actually driven from my school by + threats of violence.</p> + <p>The North can better understand the work of the American Missionary Association, + when it is fully understood that the presence of Fisk University in Nashville brought + about the existence of Vanderbilt University. When Fisk began to send out her + graduates as refined and upright gentlemen, and the newspapers were enthusiastic in + their accounts of its literary and musical exhibitions, the white people said; "We + must have a university in Nashville also."</p> + <p>In the recent Prohibition campaign in Tennessee, the students of Fisk were one of + the chief factors. In the beginning of the movement, the cry; "Where does Fisk stand + on this question?" went up from the good people all over the State. Fisk was the + first college to declare in favor of the proposed Amendment, and one hundred young + men and women went from her walls and fought valiantly for the cause.</p> + <p>It is due the profound Christian spirit that characterizes the work of the + Association to say, that every student and alumnus of Fisk in the State of Tennessee + was an ardent supporter of the cause, save two. During the campaign the most cordial + feelings existed between the better elements of both races. Heretofore these things + were almost unheard of.</p> + <p>There was a time when policy or political expediency had no effect upon the + prejudices of the Southern whites, but the educational process inaugurated by the + North is elevating a class of colored people to a plane where they are respected as + never before. No State or Federal aid can do for us what the A.M.A. is doing. Such + aid as the Blair Bill proposed would meet a certain need, and enable the men that are + educated by the A.M.A. to get at the masses; but the peculiar work of preparing + honest and devout Christian leaders must be otherwise provided for. The complete + regeneration of the South is a thing of the future. The A.M.A. must remain among us + to hasten on "the harvest of the golden year."</p> + <p>That the Christianization of the Negro must come from without his own + institutions, will be clearly seen by looking at his present religious condition. The + new life that is developing cannot be crowded into the narrow limits of his church. + The moral element is almost entirely wanting in his creed and doctrine. Such is the + condition of the church that moral and spiritual growth are impossible. He must be + educated away from the institutions that attended his enslavement; as far from them + as Canaan is from Egypt. Again, the pulpit, with comparatively few honorable + exceptions, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page132" id="page132"></a>{132}</span> is + filled with adventurers and impure ministers. To a great extent this is true. But + signs of a spiritual and moral exodus are everywhere manifest. The judgment of God + rests heavily upon the Negro's temple-worship and the structure tumbles to the + ground. Within the last two years I have seen six of the largest colored churches in + Tennessee split on moral grounds, and the discontent with what is bad, grows among + them. The old associations are losing their power over the rising generation. + Intelligent men are seeking to supply their spiritual and moral wants. The A.M.A. has + but to persist in the establishment of its school and church work among the colored + people, with good strong men as ministers, and it is sure to be the leaven of the + church of the future for the Negro people.</p> + <p>Last summer an old father, who had educated four children at Fisk University and + had himself been there on one Commencement occasion, said to me:—"That Fisk + school is the <i>buildin'-up-est</i> place to our people in the world. I never expect + to have such a good time and treatment again until I get to heaven." Thus are our + hopes quickened and our aspirations for nobler things awakened.</p> + <p>But to one who understands the situation, the question of our education is of + serious moment. All our institutions of higher learning are living from hand to + mouth, with no endowment, and the North's purse-strings are growing tighter as the + years go by. On the other hand, prejudice strikes savagely at our State + appropriations. This year, in the advanced State of Tennessee, the white + State-student gets one hundred dollars while the colored gets only twenty-two dollars + and a half. In his poverty what can the Negro student do with this sum in the way of + educating himself?</p> + <p>I could take you in the homes of those whom you have educated, then could you + appreciate the wisdom of your investments. It is around the fireside, and in the + conduct of the children, that your noble work is manifesting itself so clearly. The + intellectual, moral and spiritual life found there are the true and only guarantees + that old things are passing away.</p> + <p>The abject condition of the great body of Negroes appeals to Christian religion + and philanthropy for the help that must come to redeem their lost minds and souls. + The South cannot give them a Christian education. The cry goes up to the great, warm + heart of the North. We crave the crumbs that fall from your God-given, bountiful + table.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="south3" id="south3"></a> + <h3>A PASTOR'S FIRST VIEW.</h3> + <blockquote> + <p>A pastor who was educated at the North and who was graduated at the Hartford + Theological Seminary, has for the first time made the acquaintance of his race in + the South. He had never met his own people as a race until he entered into the + service of the American Missionary Association. His impressions and testimony have, + therefore, an additional interest.</p> + </blockquote> + <p>In reference to the field: it is large and interesting, and requires more <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page133" id="page133"></a>{133}</span> than ordinary + attention, both to that part of it under cultivation and that which is not yet. I + have arranged my visits in such a way as to make it practicable for me to do justice + to both; visiting church members the last week in each month (except in case of + sickness), and using the rest of the time (apart from other necessary duties) for + visits outside.</p> + <p>I am thus brought into direct contact with our people and learn a great deal about + their condition. In some places it does seem actually as if liberty and civilization + are still mysteries to them.</p> + <p>When I was in the North and heard or read descriptions of the condition and mode + of living of the colored people of the South, I often thought that those descriptions + were very highly colored, but I am now perfectly cured of all my doubts. My visits + furnish me with the most plausible attestation of the facts. Squalor, with its long + train of attendants, may be commonly seen in every direction, and perhaps not + confined to the lower-conditioned of our people either. The desecration of the Lord's + day is actually frightful. It is very literally used as a "day of rest from labor." + On every hand the people are seen resting—resting from labor in the houses, on + the stoops and on the streets, instead of being in the house of God. In very many + instances, however, we succeed in getting some of them to attend church, but the work + is somewhat uphill. I trust that this abnormal condition to which slavery has reduced + them will eventually succumb to the effective educational weapon that is being + brought to bear upon them, that of the American Missionary Association especially, + and may the time soon come for the South when the Holy Spirit working in and through + the various missionary Boards, and also other agencies, shall spread righteousness + and education and the true art of living, among these benighted people. I am praying, + others are praying, and you, too, must help us to pray and to wait for the quickening + influences and a fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="south4" id="south4"></a> + <h3>TALLADEGA FRUIT.</h3> + <p>BY MISS E.B. EMERY.</p> + <p>The missions of the American Missionary Association at the South are like orange + trees, perennial, evergreen, and continually bearing golden fruit, and of these there + is none more abounding in vitality than Talladega. All the year round the foliage + glistens, the blossoming sheds its fragrance, and every winter there is an ample + harvest. Sometimes one from abroad comes in to shake the tree and gather the fruit, + and sometimes not; but however that may be, the soil is previously and thoroughly + prepared by these consecrated missionaries, the tree is watered and nourished and + tended the year round, and the harvest <i>expected</i>, and it comes.</p> + <p>Are there no spiritual frosts to blight? They are impossible, if the <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page134" id="page134"></a>{134}</span> spiritual atmosphere + be kept clear, and the Holy Ghost be a daily and hourly companion and friend.</p> + <p>It is by no means unusual in Talladega for every unbelieving pupil in the boarding + department to be converted. This year there were over forty hopeful conversions, and + Rev. James Wharton, an English evangelist, by his earnest preaching was of very great + assistance. It is noticeable that if any who have had little <i>previous</i> training + are converted through the preaching of an evangelist, they are not likely to hold out + well.</p> + <p>On the first Sunday in March, twenty-seven of the converts were received into the + college church, with two from the Baptist Church. More will come later as the fruits + of the revival, while a few will join other churches. Eighteen of the number were + young men, and among them were the two sons of Pres. DeForest, one fourteen, the + other nine, years of age.</p> + <p>Prof. G.W. Andrews, D.D., the pastor this year, conducted the services; there was + no sermon proper and no time for any, but there was much of the beautiful music of + these colored people; they sing out their fervid souls with their rich and powerful + voices. Nearly all were baptized, and much more was made of the right hand of + fellowship than is usual in any Northern church. And it is needful for these + children, for they will call for constant help months and years to come. With few + exceptions, they are not reared in Christian homes, are not educated from the cradle + in the Christian faith. The services were both solemn and joyful, and very tender and + touching.</p> + <p>Such an avowal is the most significant of all things, anytime, anywhere, but here + we know that every life is to be one of toil and bitter struggle, a fight in which + the odds are, to appearances, all against them; more than all, that this young man, + that young woman, with the dusky face, the mellow voice and the eager spirit, now in + covenant with us, is to be a missionary to the heathen, and of his own people. What + may he not accomplish? What may she not do for Christ? And these heathen are in our + own country; they are our own people. These young missionaries are very peculiarly + ours, and it is through the Northern churches that they are trained for their work. + Shall not then those churches adopt them in their hearts, carry them in their + prayers, and let them suffer no lack in their preparation? Their work in the future + for the Master's kingdom will depend very much upon us Christians of the North.</p> + <p>Talladega College is exceedingly prosperous. The day-school is very large; the + Sunday-school packs the chapel, and the Sunday congregation is much too crowded for + health or comfort in a room seating but two hundred and fifty. The college is working + all the time, for a church, earning many small sums. The result, with some gifts, + amounts to about $400. Where is the man or the woman to aid in this godly enterprise? + to share in this work so essential and so abundantly fruitful?</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page135" id="page135"></a>{135}</span> + <hr /> + <a name="south5" id="south5"></a> + <h3>THREE PICTURES FROM LE MOYNE SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENN.</h3> + <p>BY MISS ESTHER H. BARNES.</p> + <p>I would like to bring before you three pictures which I saw this week. The first + is the interior of a single room. The tattered, soiled bed and the fireplace took up + a large part of the room, and the rest was nearly filled with the confusion of odds + and ends that make up the belongings of such a home. A feeble fire rested on the + uneven bricks of the fireplace, and the chimney above was covered with newspapers in + the last stages of dilapidation and dirt. There was no window, but a little sliding + shutter, moved aside a few inches, admitted light enough to make the darkness visible + as it fell on the smoke-stained boards, and the dusky faces of the inmates seated + close to the fire on old chairs and boxes. A home more forlorn than this little pen, + which, with a smaller back shed, is the only residence of at least five human beings, + I can hardly conceive.</p> + <p>Now for a more cheering picture. It is a cozy sitting-room, papered with taste and + furnished in harmony. Everything looks neat, from the snowy bed-spread to the pretty + clock on the mantel, and the dainty bunch of pansies on the wall above. Open doors + give glimpses of other rooms as well ordered as this, while intelligence and kindness + beam in the dark faces of gentle mother and cheery bright-eyed daughters. When people + ask us how we can bear to teach "niggers," they generally have in mind those + tattered, lazy persons, who are most wont to show themselves on the street corners, + and so make the deepest impression on the average white mind.</p> + <p>But look at my third picture, and you will see both how we can like our work, and + what is one of the things that make a difference between the second home I have + described and the first. The large school-room is filled. More than one hundred and + twenty-five students are arranged in classes, most of whom are standing in their + places ready to pass to recitation rooms. One of their number is at the piano. + Another stands at the desk to give the word of command. Now he strikes the bell and + the pupils in long file pass out, marching with their heads up. Not a teacher is in + sight. Everything is orderly and is running of itself, as it does every day. This is + nothing wonderful, of course, though I know some white schools which could not be + trusted to this degree to the control of monitors. But it is only a sign of the + influences that here lead to self-reliance and self-control. Every year a new set of + uncouth and undeveloped young people come shambling in, looking around with + bewildered eyes. But they soon begin to straighten up and fall into step. Their vague + ideas get settled, and their minds, slow at first, wake up. In a few years they will + be made over new, not perfect, but vastly improved. They will be out teaching, + spreading light from scores of new centres, and sending new pupils to "Old Le + Moyne."</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page136" id="page136"></a>{136}</span> + <hr /> + <a name="south6" id="south6"></a> + <h3>THE EVANGELIST AT WORK.</h3> + <p>The last night of the three weeks' series of meetings at Marion was a memorable + one. Every night the church, which was a large-sized building, was well filled with + an attentive congregation, hungering and thirsting for the bread and water of life. + After singing and prayer and hearing the testimonies from the young converts present, + who told with unmistakable clearness how they had given their hearts to God, a few + words were spoken, especially to them, showing what God requires of them now they + have become Christians. Afterwards the gospel was preached to the unconverted and an + invitation given for those who wished to become Christians to signify their desire. A + number responded, including an old man supposed to be at least ninety years of age. + The old man had long thought of being a Christian, but never could get to the point + of decision until now. He looked back upon his long life of sin; he wept, he prayed, + he arose and confessed that he had then and there taken Christ as his Saviour. Was + not he a brand plucked from the burning?</p> + <p>It was most encouraging to see a young lady bringing along to the pastor's house + nearly every day some two or three of her school companions or friends, to be prayed + for and spoken with about the way of salvation. The Christians worked faithfully + visiting the houses of their friends to pray and speak with them and to bring them + out to the meeting at night.</p> + <p>At Mobile, although the first week it rained six days in succession, yet the + people came out well and were repaid for their faithfulness. Every night for the past + three weeks large numbers of all classes have been personally interested, and with + the exception of one service, we have had cause to thank God for conversions. Fathers + and mothers are rejoicing over sons and daughters brought to Christ. A large number + of young people from the Sabbath-school as well as from the day-school have started + on the new life. The teachers say that a marked change is observable and that the + young converts seem to be trying their very best to live up to their profession. + Forty-six were received into the church and will have the instruction that is so much + needed by young converts.</p> + <p>One of the teachers and myself, while visiting some of the converts, found five + young women in one house rejoicing in the pardoning love of God. "Truly," said the + old grandmother, "salvation has come to this house." We found that, some years ago, + three mothers had died and left five orphan children, who were taken by the + grandmother and who had now grown into womanhood. Two sisters first became Christians + and the others soon followed. One said, "I used to be so fond of going to the + theatre, but now I have no heart for that sort of thing; I mean to live a good + Christian life and do all I can for my Saviour." They were all received into church, + and joined as well the Young People's Society of <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page137" id="page137"></a>{137}</span> Christian Endeavor, which is a good + thing for young people, as it trains them for future work, and to be active and + useful in the service of Christ.</p> + <p>JAMES WHARTON.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <a name="chinese1" id="chinese1"></a> + <h2>THE CHINESE.</h2> + <h3>LETTER FROM REV. W.C. POND.</h3> + <p>Our anniversary was an occasion of much interest. The attendance was large, and + our brethren acquitted themselves well. The <i>Record-Union</i>, the principal daily + of Sacramento, published both the addresses in full.</p> + <p>We have good news from our evangelists. They are doing great good, if we can judge + at all by what we see: and they are in training, I believe, for larger and better + service in the years to come. I shall have much to write about this for the <i>next + Missionary</i>, much more than I can crowd into the space allowed me.</p> + <p>The new work at San Buenaventura opens finely. It is already one of our largest + interior schools; and two or three, possibly <i>four</i>, of the Chinese have already + been led to believe; so that before Low Quong returns he expects to organize an + Association and get Christian work into systematic operation.</p> + <p>I am greatly pleased also with the reports from Tucson. Yong Jin, who has done + excellent evangelistic work at Santa Cruz, goes to Tucson next week. He is an earnest + Christian, and though somewhat deficient in English is better educated in Chinese and + is an excellent preacher.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="chinese2" id="chinese2"></a> + <h3>FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK.</h3> + <p>BY LOW QUONG.</p> + <p>In January last I was asked to do some evangelistic work in the Northern part of + this State. The first place I visited was Oroville. There we have a branch mission + with a fine mission house, or, we might call it a Chinese church and school combined. + The church has a membership of about fifteen. The evening scholars were usually about + twenty or more. This school has a faithful teacher, and all together makes a fruitful + mission. Although I was there only about a month—yet I enjoyed the work very + much, and my acquaintance with the brethren there and their kindness to me I can + never forget. I will now give you some little incidents of my work there. The town + has about three hundred Chinese inhabitants, and most of our brethren and scholars + live in the town, but there were also a good many outside of the town. These are + mostly miners. But even these hard-working men, when they got through their day's + work, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page138" id="page138"></a>{138}</span> came to + town at night to attend our evening school; and on Sundays also, to hear the + preaching of the gospel.</p> + <p>At the end of the month, when Mr. Pond came to Oroville, we had the Lord's supper + in our little Chinese church. It was held in the evening. One far-away brother was + informed by letter, and he came over a long, rough road to attend the Lord's table. + It was about eight o'clock when he reached the church. We asked him what time he + started to walk; he said at one o'clock in the afternoon. He had walked fully seven + hours just for the Lord's supper, and early in the morning he had to walk back again + to his place, while we took the train for Marysville. During my stay at Oroville, + four members were added to the Association and one was baptized and received to the + church. We would have had two, but one had gone to work in a place sixty miles from + town. He had waited for Mr. Pond to come up for nearly a whole month, so he could be + baptized, and he had gone only a week when Mr. Pond came. Lately I have received a + letter from him, that he has returned to Oroville.</p> + <p>The Chinese inhabitants at Oroville are very kind to the Christian Chinese. They + never trouble them and always send their boys to the evening school. I heard not long + ago from their teacher, that the whole mission house has been renovated and a new + floor put down at the expense of the brethren and scholars.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="chinese3" id="chinese3"></a> + <h3>CHIN GAING IN CHINA.</h3> + <p>[EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS IN ALAMEDA, CAL., BY CHIN GAING.]</p> + <p>It is over eleven years since I left my home in China. Near the end of 1882 I + began to attend the mission school in San Francisco. After being there about two + years I joined the Christian Association, and six months from then I was baptized and + joined Bethany Church.</p> + <p>Two years ago I returned to China. My friends there knew that I had changed my + religion, and so, when I went back they asked me many questions.</p> + <p>My relatives wanted to know about the people in this country, what religion they + had and what gods they worshiped. And whether the Chinese who went there believed the + same as the American people.</p> + <p>I told them we believed in one God. They said, "Which one?"</p> + <p>I answered, the one that created the heaven and the earth, and all things in the + world and the sea. The God who has all power and whom we ought to worship.</p> + <p>My mother then came up and said: "Do not talk such things; we are Chinese and must + keep our customs."</p> + <p>I said I could not keep those which were against God. So they said: "If you have + anything good, then keep it."</p> + <p>While in China I could not help seeing how much the people spent in <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page139" id="page139"></a>{139}</span> foolishness. They + have so many idol processions, which cost a great deal of money. The people gladly + give to keep up their worship, as they are in darkness and know not the name of + Jesus, which is the only name under heaven given among men whereby we must be + saved.</p> + <p>But how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they + hear without a preacher?</p> + <p>And so it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel + of peace."</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <a name="bureau1" id="bureau1"></a> + <h2>BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</h2> + <p>MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.</p> + <h3>WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.</h3> + <h4>CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.</h4> + <p>ME.—Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C.A. Woodsbury, + Woodfords, Me.</p> + <p>VT.—Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. + Johnsbury, Vt.</p> + <p>CONN.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol + Ave., Hartford, Conn.</p> + <p>N.Y.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.C. Creegan, Syracuse, + N.Y.</p> + <p>OHIO.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, + Ohio.</p> + <p>ILL.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington + St., Chicago, Ill.</p> + <p>MICH.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, + Mich.</p> + <p>WIS.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis.</p> + <p>MINN.—Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. H.L. Chase, 2,750 Second + Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.</p> + <p>IOWA.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Miss Ella B. Marsh, Grinnell, + Iowa.</p> + <p>KANSAS.—Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. Addison Blanchard, + Topeka, Kan.</p> + <p>SOUTH DAKOTA.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.E. Young, Sioux + Falls, Dak.</p> + <hr /> + <p>"Twenty-three unanswered letters look down upon me. Eighteen came to-day." Such is + the burdened sigh of one of our earnest, self-denying missionaries, who is upon the + mission field that she may relieve the suffering, teach the ignorant and save souls, + and for whom the days are all too short for these duties alone.</p> + <p>Have our readers ever felt the burden of unanswered letters? Pastors, + Sunday-school teachers, housekeepers—busy people that you are—have you + ever felt the twinge of unrest, almost discouragement, because some friendly letter, + which you enjoyed receiving, lay unanswered waiting a spare hour? And have you ever + had to "brace up" to what, in a life of leisure might be a pastime, but in a life so + full of care and responsibility becomes a task? Then you will surely be ready + unselfishly to</p> + <a name="bureau2" id="bureau2"></a> + <h3>SPARE OUR TEACHERS.</h3> + <p>How can it be done? Not by withholding your letters from them. If any missionaries + anywhere need words of appreciation and good cheer they are those who year after year + sacrifice social life and religious privileges to mingle with the ignorant, + uncultured—yes, and impure—that they may lift them up into the healthful + ways of righteousness. Write to them, encourage <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page140" id="page140"></a>{140}</span> them, but do not ask for a special + letter for your next missionary meeting. Tell them <i>not to write</i>, that you have + heard or can hear from them every month through their letters sent to the officers at + New York and that you learn of the work through the A.M.A. magazine. Thank them for + making this monthly missionary letter so full and interesting.</p> + <p>"But that monthly letter is a copied letter," some one answers, "and we wish our + teacher to write to us, <i>to us alone, and in her own hand</i>." Yes, it is a copied + letter in order that it may be sent to others who are interested in, and helping, the + same work, and that the missionaries' time may be given to the work about them + instead of being spent so largely in writing. But it is a fresh letter. It has the + latest monthly news and was written for you, and if not in the same hand is as truly + yours as a typewritten letter, which is the sort most of us receive and give in the + high-work pressure of now-a-days.</p> + <p>We provide <i>The American Missionary</i>, furnish our printed leaflets freely, + and will send the monthly missionary letters to all who desire to hear thus from + their contributions—as we hope all do—thus giving the very best + information that the field affords; but we most earnestly hope the missionaries may + be allowed their time for their missionary duties pressing upon them. <i>The + Missionary</i> is the word from your missionary. Read it, and if you do not like it, + write us, and we will try again next month.</p> + <hr class="receipts_hr" /> + <a name="receipts" id="receipts"></a> + <h2>RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1888.</h2> + <h5>MAINE, $146.84.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Augusta. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$21.45</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bangor. Sab. Sch. of First Parish Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">13.85</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Belfast. <i>For Wilmington, N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.79</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brewer. Mrs. C.S. Hardy, <i>for Pleasant Hill, + Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brewer. "A Friend." First Ch., <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brunswick. "Little Folks," <i>for Indian + Sch'p</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Castine. Prof. F.W. Foster</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cumberland Center. By Miss J.G. Merrill, Bbl. of C. + for Selma, Ala., 2 <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Limington. By Rev. Chas. H. Gates, <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Machias. Sarah Hills Sab. Sch. Class <i>for ed. + Indian boy</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Portland. Fourth Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Portland. Mrs. W.W. Brown's S.S. Class, 10; Class in + Bethel Sab. Sch. 1.75; <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class, <i>for + Wilmington, N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Paris. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woodfords. By Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NEW HAMPSHIRE, $190.30.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Alstead. Miss Eliza Gorham</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bedford. Milton B. George, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">28.35</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Epping. Mrs. Geo. N. Sheppard's S.S. Class, Cong. + Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Exeter. "Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Haverhill. Members Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">18.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hudson. Cong, Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lancaster. Mrs. A.M. Amsden</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.65</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pembroke. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Wilmington, + N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Individuals</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stratham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tilton. Cong. Ch., 40; Class of Boys <i>for Student + Aid</i>, 2</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">42.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>VERMONT, $394.93.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Barnet. Y.P.S.C.E. 1 <i>for Chinese M.</i> and 1 + <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bradford. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.02</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Burlington. Ladies of First Ch., <i>for McIntosh, + Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Burlington. Mission Band, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">24.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Burlington. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., <i>for + Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.86</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cambridge. Madison Stafford</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cornwall. Bbl. of C., <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i> 2 + <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Arlington. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fairlee. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Greensboro. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lunenburg. Mrs. C.W. King, Easter offering</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Bennington. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.83</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Ferrisburg. C.W. Wicker</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.13</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norwich. J.G. Stimson, for Church in Hartford, Vt., + Extra</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Orwell. Ladies of Cong. Ch. <i>for McIntosh, + Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$17.57</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Burlington. Eldridge Sab. Sch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waitsfield. Box of C. for McIntosh, Ga., 2 <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.02</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Fairlee. Mrs. C.M. Holbrook</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Randolph. Miss Susan B. Albin</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Randolph. "Mission Builders," First Cong. Ch., + <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Weybridge. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for McIntosh, + Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Windham. Cong. Ch. to const., WAYLAND G. ADAMS + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">31.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MASSACHUSETTS, $5,725.85.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.80</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Calvin E. + Goodell, 25</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">125.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">26.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Auburndale. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">31.07</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Boston. E.K. Alden, D.D., "In fraternal remembrance + of James Powell"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" "C.A.H." <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" B. Wilkins. Box of Goods, <i>for Wilmington, + N.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" Samuel Ward & Co., Quantity of Stationary + <i>for Wilmington, N.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Charlestown. Sewing Circle of Winthrop Ch., <i>for + Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Dorchester. Miss Mary A. Tuttle ad'l <i>for Marie + Adlof Fund</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jamaica Plain. R.W. Wood</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" Nellie F. Riley</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Roxbury. Mrs. A.W. Tuffts, <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.24</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">———- 277.99</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Boxford. Sab, Sch, of Cong, Ch., <i>for Jellico, + Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">37.51</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brimfield. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.20</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Buckland. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">26.13</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chelsea. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chesterfield. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chicopee. Eleanor Woodworth, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chicopee Falls. Ladies Benev. Soc., <i>for Tougaloo, + Miss.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Clinton. C.L. Swan, <i>for Sch'p, Hampton N. & + A. Institute</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">70.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Clinton. Mrs. J.M. Dakin, <i>for Clinton Chapel, + Talladega</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Dalon. Cong. Ch., to const. PAYSON E. LITTLE and + HEMAN MITCHELL L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">75.86</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Douglas. "Thank offering from a friend."</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken, <i>for Pleasant + Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Easthampton. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">65.18</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Enfield. Miss Lucretia Cary's S.S. Class, 6; Sab. + Sch. of Cong. Ch., 4.05; <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Erving. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.04</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fall River. Central Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">44.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Foxboro. Ortho. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">73.45</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Foxboro. Cong. Soc. Bbl., of C., <i>for Tougaloo, + Miss.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Framingham. "Friend."</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Granville. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hadley. First Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hadley. Sab. Sch. of First Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Haverhill. Bethany Ass'n of North Ch., <i>for + Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Holliston. "Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4."</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">67.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Holliston. L.A. Claflin, <i>for Student Aid, + Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Holyoke. Miss'y Soc. <i>for Rosebud Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lancaster. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$16.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Littleton. J.C. Houghton</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lowell. First Cong, Ch. to const. ALBERT J. DONNELL + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">32.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Malden. First Ch. (20 of which from Wm. L. + Greene)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">78.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mansfield. Ortho Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.36</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mansfield. Ladies Miss'y Soc., <i>for Wilmington + N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Maplewood. Ladies' Union, Bbl. of C., <i>for + Wilmington N.C.</i>, 1 <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Medford. "A Friend," bal. to const. MRS. ANNA C. + FARNSWORTH L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Melrose. Ladles of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of material, + <i>for Sewing Dept. Talladega C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Merrimac. Ladies Miss'y Soc., by Mrs. Nichols, + Treas.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Millbury. C.E. Hunt, to const. FREDERICK W. HUNT + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mittineague. Southworth Co., Case of Paper, <i>for + Straight U.</i> Montague. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Montville. O.B. Jones, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Bedford. Mrs. I.H. Bartlett, Jr.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Boston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.72</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newbury. First Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newburyport. Harriet O. Haskell</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newton Center. Ladies Benev. Soc. of First Cong. + Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. <i>for + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newton Center. Maria B. Farber Soc. Y.L., Bbl of C., + etc., <i>for Washington, D.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Amherst. Mrs. Daniel Dickinson, deceased, by + Chas. R. Dickinson, to const. ISABELLE M. PHELPS L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Northampton. Primary Dep't Edwards Ch. Sab. Sch., + <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Leominster. Leonard Burrage, <i>for Theo. + Dept. Santee Indian Sch.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2000.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Reading. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.42</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">54.93</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Peabody. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, + Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pittsfield. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., <i>for Pleasant + Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.14</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Plymouth. Ch. of Pilgrimage</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">85.22</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.35</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Randolph. Miss Abby W. Turner, 50; Miss Alice M. + Turner, 25; Mrs. John J. Crawford, 25; <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Reading. "Friend in Cong. Ch."</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc., to const. GEO. A. + CHANDLER, GEORGE S. ROPES and JOHN R. SMITH L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">339.10</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Shelburne Falls. A.N. Russell, 2.5O; Herbert A. + Russell, 2.50</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.80</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Somerville. Miss'y Circle of Franklin St. Ch., + <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.10</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Southbridge. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">49.88</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Framingham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for + Robbins, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.06</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Framingham. G.M. Amsden</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Hadley. First Cong Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">29.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. First Cong. Ch., 50; Sab. + Sch. of Memorial Ch., 25; <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for + Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stoughton. Cong. Ch., bal. <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tewksbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Upton. Bbl of C., <i>for Mobile, Ala.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waltham. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl. of material <i>for + Sewing Dept., Talladega C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ware. Sab. Sch. of East Cong. Ch., <i>for Santee + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wellesley. "Friends in Wellesley College," <i>for + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Westboro. Miss'y Soc., 3, and Pkg. Furnishings, by + Miss Bixby, <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Medway. C. Albert Adams</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Medway. "A Friend," <i>for Student Aid, + Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Somerville. Mrs. Taplin, Bbl. of Goods, 1.30 + <i>for freight, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Weymouth and Braintree. Cong Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">48.76</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Whitman. "A Friend," to Const. MRS. LYDIA A. PRATT + and MISS LIZZIE REED L.M'S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wollaston. First Cong. Ch. (10 of which <i>for + Indian M.</i>)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. Union Ch., 214.75; Piedmont Ch., 65; "A + Friend" 20; Salem St. Ch., 17.75</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">317.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. P.E. Moen, 50; "S.E.J." 25, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">75.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. O.S. Mission C. of Old South Ch., <i>for + Toughaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. "Piedmont Ch., A Friend." <i>for Atlanta + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. Benev. Soc. of Plym. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— Massachusetts Indian Ass'n, <i>for + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "A Friend," adl. <i>for Fisk + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">31.42</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Agawam. <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Granville</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Indian Orchard</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">14.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ludlow</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Palmer. First</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.06</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Springfield. South</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">66.62</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Westfield. First, to const. MRS. MARY E. RICHARDSON + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.87</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Springfield. First, to const. MRS. C.S. + BEARDSLEE L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">34 00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">——— 251.33</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$5,375.85</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h6>LEGACIES.</h6> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Beverly. Estate of John Lovett, by Chas. T. Lovett, + Ex.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">250.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sherborn. Estate of Oliver Barber, by J.W. Barber, + Ex.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$5,725.35</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h6>CLOTHING, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.</h6> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Andover, Mass. Mrs. Selah Merrill, 1 Bbl. <i>for + Tougaloo U.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Gloucester, Mass. Mary Brooks, 1 Bdl. S.S. + Papers</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Groton, Mass. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 1 + Bbl. <i>for Oaks, N.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Malden, Mass. M. Kent, 1 Bbl., <i>for Kittrell, + N.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Quincy, Mass. Harriet S. Proctor, 1 Case</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockport, Mass. 1 Bdl</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Yarmouth, Mass. Sewing Circle of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., + <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>RHODE ISLAND, $90.02.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bristol, "Wide Awakes" of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid, Fort Berthold, Dak.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Little Compton. United Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">21.52</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pawtucket. "Mission Workers" <i>for Indian + Sch'p.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">52.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Providence. Hon. A.C. Barstow, 10; "A Friend", 1, + <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>CONNECTICUT, $3,249.58.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ansonia. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Rosebud + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ashford. Mrs. C.S. Trowbridge</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Banksville. George Derby</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Branford. Rev. Henry P. Bake, 10; H.G. Harrison, 10; + Cong Ch. 7.69</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.69</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bridgeport. Infant Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., + <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bristol. Cong. Ch. (56 of which from Ladies, <i>for + Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga.</i>)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">93.66</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bristol. Mr. E. Peck's S.S. Class, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cheshire. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Rosebud + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">21.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Darien. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.29</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Hampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Rosebud + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Enfield. Sheffield C. Reynolds</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1000.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Enfield. J.N. Allen, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Enfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for + Student Aid, Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Essex. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">26.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. (of which 100.72 <i>for + Indian Mission</i>)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">308.12</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Glastonbury. J.B. Williams Co., <i>for Ind'l + Building, Austin, Texas</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">250.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Glastonbury. Louise Williams, <i>for Rosebud Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Greenville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid. Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.62</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">31.17</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. JOHN W. + NORTON L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hampton. First Cong. Ch., 24.08; "Additional to + Collection," 5</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">29.08</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hartford. Rodney Dennis, 25; Daniel R. Howe, 25, + <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Huntington. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Conn. Ind'l + Sch. Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ivoryton. Mr. Northrup, 10; Mr. Rose, 50c., <i>for + Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Kensington. Geo. W. Ford, 5; Miss F.A. Robbins, 5; + Mrs. A.J. Benedict, 5; Rev. A.J. Benedict, 2; Mrs. A.A. Hart, 1; <i>for Tougaloo + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">18.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Kensington. Edward Cowles</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Kent. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">28.86</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Meriden. Miss Alice Porter, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mystic Bridge. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., <i>for + Thomasville, Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.35</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Britain. Rev. J.W. Cooper, D.D., <i>for Tougaloo + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Canaan. W.H.M. Soc. of Cong. Ch. <i>for Conn. + Ind'l Sch., Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Haven. Church of the Redeemer, 100; Mrs. S.A. + Thomas, 5</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">105.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Haven. L.M. Law, <i>for Indian Sch'p</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Haven. Mrs. Henry Farnam, 25; Mrs. J.F. + Douglass, 3; Mrs. J.H. Fog, 10; Mrs. R.W. Bolles, 5; <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">43.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Haven. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., <i>for + Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New London. Sab. Sch. First Ch. of Christ, 56.97; + Mrs. Anna H. Perkins, 50; Mrs. Lora E. Learned and Miss Learned, 15; J.C. + Learned, 10; <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">131.97</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New London. Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. + Chapbell, <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 35; "A Friend," 18; + <i>for Indian Scholarships</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">53.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norfolk. Miss Gertrude Cowles, <i>for Rosebud Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Canaan. Pilgrim Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">26.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norwich. James Dana Colt, <i>for Rosebud Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Old Saybook. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.76</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Atlanta + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">21.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Putnam. Second Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.27</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Redding. "A Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ridgefield. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saybrook. Cong. Conference, by Rev. B. Paine</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.85</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saybrook. Mrs. Giles F. Ward, Case of Books</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Southport. "A Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stony Creek. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Terryville. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">47.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Terryville. Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Gaylord, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thomaston. Mrs. H.H. Mitchell, <i>for Student Aid, + Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thomaston. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">18.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thompsonville. Sab. Sch. of First Presb. Ch., <i>for + Student Aid, Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$22.13</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tolland. Mrs. J.L. Clough, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Torringford. "A Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.87</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Walllngford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for "Bird's + Nest" Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.71</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 75; Israel Holmes, + 5; <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">80.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waterbury. H.W. Scoville, 10; Mrs. H.M. Peck, 6; + Miss K.L. Peck, 5; <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wauregan. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Westchester. "Christian Bees," Bbl. of C., <i>for + Jellico, Tenn.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Winsted. T.C. Davis, 5; Mrs. A.O. Davis, 5</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wethersfield. Sab. Sch. Class, by Frances S. Shedd, + <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wethersfield. Emma L. Harris' S.S. Class, <i>for + Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Windsor. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Windsor Locks. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for + Tillotson C. and N. Inst.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "A Friend in Conn.," <i>for Beach + Inst., Savannah, Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">75.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "Plantsville," <i>for Tougaloo + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Women's Home Missionary Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.M. + Hotchkiss, Sec. <i>for Conn. Ind. Sch., Ga.</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sheffield. Y.L.H.M. Circle, 12.13</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.13</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NEW YORK, $3,371.16.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Albany. Chas. A. Beach</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Astoria. Miss Frances W. Blackwell, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.09</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. Rossiter W. Raymond, 50; Mrs. H.P. Ludlam, + 20; Mrs. G.W. Tallman, 5; <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">75.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. Miss M.A. Hall's Sab. Sch. Class, 6.60 + <i>for the poor</i>; 3 <i>for Student Aid</i>; Mrs. Hall, 3; Miss Carrie Strong, + 1; Miss Flossie Bingham, 1; <i>for Williamsburg, Ky.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">14.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. Rev. S.B. Halliday, Pkg. Books, etc.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Buffalo. Mrs. Wm. G. Bancroft, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Buffalo. Miss Fannie Skinner, Box of C., <i>for + Macon, Ga.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Canastota. Rev. W.W. Warner</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Danby. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Goods, <i>for + Jellico, Tenn.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Deansville. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fairport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Rosebud + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">18.95</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fredonia. T.S. Hubbard, <i>for Lincoln Mem. Parish, + Washington, D.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Gloversville. Cong. Ch., ad'l.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Goshen. "A Friend," 1 <i>for Atlanta U.</i>, 1 + <i>for Marie Adlof Schp. Fund</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jamestown. Mrs. Julia Jones Hall, 2000, ack. in + March Missionary, should read <i>for Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Austin, + Tex.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jewett. "Friends." Bbl. of C., <i>for Greenwood, + S.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Keene Valley. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.12</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Livonia. Y.L.M. Soc. of Pres. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Marcellus. Mrs. L.F. Hemenway</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Massena. Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega, + C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mount Vernon. B.B. Adams, Jr., Pkg of C.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1000; Rev. D. Stuart + Dodge, 100; D. Willis James, 100; Hamilton Walls, 60; Hon. John Jay, 25; J. + Fred'k Kernochan, 25; Chas. L. Meade, 25; <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1,325.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. Wm. E. Dodge Educational Fund, 300; Mrs. + Melissa P. Dodge, 100; <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta. U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">400.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. Gen. Wager Swayne, 120; Alanson Trask, + 100; <i>for Talladega C</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$220.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. John Dwight, 200; S.T. Gordon, 100; Hon. + John Jay, 25</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">325.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pitcher. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Anne S. Banfield, (12.25 of which + for Indian M.)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">24.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Poughkeepsie. C.C. Moore, <i>for Talladega + C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rochester. McGuire Bible Class, Central Ch., S.S., + <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sag Harbor. Geo. B. Brown</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sherburne. Sab. Sch. of First Cong Ch., <i>for + Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">24.11</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Syracuse. Plym. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">103.54</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wading River. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waverly. Mission Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, + Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Camden. Miss Nancy Curtiss, 1.50; Miss + Elizabeth W. Curtiss, 1</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Westmoreland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. + Cobb, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Albany. Aux.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Binghamton. H.M. Soc., to const. MRS. C.E. WELCH and + MISS LIZZIE HAMILTON L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. Willing Aid Soc. of Puritan Ch., to const. + MRS. LEROY T. SMITH and MRS. SARAH B. STANCHFIELD L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Canastota. Mrs. W.W. Warner</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. H.S.C.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Riverhead. Ladies' H.M. Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Warsaw. "Earnest Workers"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">———— 246.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$3,121.16</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h6>LEGACY.</h6> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. Trustees Estate of Wm. E. Dodge, <i>for + Theo. Student, Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">250.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$3,371.16</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NEW JERSEY, $193.39.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chester. "A Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Orange. F.W. Van Wagenen, <i>for Marion, + Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Manchester. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newark. C.S. Halnes</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newfield. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">24.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Orange Valley. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">102.89</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>PENNSYLVANIA, $84.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bradford. Charles E. Webster</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cambridge. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Neath. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ridgway. Young People's Bible Class, by Minnie J. + Kline, <i>for Oaks, N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Scrangon. Plym. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Scranton. Mrs. Jane L. Eynon, <i>for Indian + Sch'p</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>OHIO, $264.36.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Alliance. Sab. Sch. of Welsh Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bryan. S.E. Blakeslee</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Canfield. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.13</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Castalia. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.32</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Dover. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Fisk + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Elyria. Cong. Ch., 3, and Sab. Sch., 6, <i>for + Williamsburg, Ky.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jersey. Mrs. Charlotte F. Slough and C. Fred + Slough</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Madison. Central Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">48.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mansfield. F.E. Tracy, <i>for Student Aid, Tillotson + C. & N. Inst.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">37.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$5.87</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Ridgeville. Miss M.M. Lickwish, <i>for Student + Aid, Williamsburg, Ky.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Oberlin. Mrs. Maria Godell Frost</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockport. Mrs. Carrie S. Bassett</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., 19.05; Sab. Sch. of First + Cong. Ch., 17.73</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">36.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Toledo. W.M.U. Central Cong. Ch,. <i>for Woman's + Work</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. + Crafts, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Columbus. Eastwood Church L.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Conneaut. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, <i>for Student + Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Medina. Primary S.S. Class</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">———— 15.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$233.40</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h6>LEGACY.</h6> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Oberlin. Estate of Henry Cowles, D.D., Royalty on + Commentary</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.96</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$264.36</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>ILLINOIS, $718.14.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Aurora. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">47.31</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Batavia. Y.P. Miss'y Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chicago. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">153.81</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Evanston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for Fisk + U. Schp.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">52.36</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Forest. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ, 46.14 and Sab. Sch., + 13.44</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">59.58</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Harvard. Young People's Miss'y Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Joy Prairie. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">13.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lisbon. Gilman Kendall, 1; Mrs. L.M. Kendall, 1</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lombard. Ladies, <i>for Mobile, Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Peoria. Mrs. John L. Griswold, 100; Sab. Sch. of + First Cong. Ch., 25.50; <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">125.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Peoria. S.S. Class, <i>for Mobile, Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Princeton. Mrs. P.B. Corss</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ridge Prairie. Rev. A. Kern</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Summer Hill. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thomasboro. "R"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "Hapland"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., Mrs. B.F. + Leavitt, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Alton. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ashkum</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.94</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chicago. Leavitt St. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.39</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">McLean. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Morris</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Oak Park. Ladies' Benev. Circle</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Payson</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Providence</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockford. Second Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockford. W.H.M.U. of Second Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sycamore. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Toulon</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waukegan. Miss Knight</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wilmette</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">—— 78.83</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MICHIGAN, $398.54.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">47.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Augusta. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.33</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Calumet. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">169.83</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Detroit. Edward Hall, <i>for Athens, Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Galesburg. P.H. Whitford</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">102.24</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Baltimore. Cong. Church</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.80</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Olivet. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">32.84</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>WISCONSIN, $470.58.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Baraboo. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Clinton. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.33</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fulton. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.58</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Columbus. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$1.20</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Elkhorn. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fulton. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.58</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Green Bay. Pkg. Basted Work, <i>for Mobile, + Ala.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hartford. First Cong Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Menomonie. John H. Knapp</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">300.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Paris and Bristol. Cong. Ch., <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Platteville. Cong. Ch., 26.35; Y.P.S.C.E., 2</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">28.35</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Paririe du Chien. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Racine. E.B. Kilbourne</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rio. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sun Prairie. Cong Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.67</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tomah. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Trempealeau. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.20</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Union Grove. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waupun. Cong. Ch., 15.40; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., + 10</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.40</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Salem. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wyocena. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.97</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>IOWA, $319.31.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ames. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for + Savannah, Ga.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Atlantic. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">28.14</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Belle Plaine. JAMES P. HENRY, to const. himself + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cedar Rapids. Rev. C.H. Moore</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cherokee. "A Friend," to const. J.A. RISLEY, G.T. + FOSTER, JAMES O. DONNELL, JOHN P. DICKEY and W.T. BURROUGHS L. M's</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">150.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Miles. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Moravia. Miss O. Hoffman</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newton. First Cong. Ch., 17; Mrs. S.S. Derbyshire, + 2</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">19.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ricevllle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Webster City. "Friends," 4, and Bbl. of Goods, + <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa, <i>for + Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Anamosa. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Almora. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Council Bluffs. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Decorah. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Dubuque. S.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mount Pleasant. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.80</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Red Oak. L.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockford. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.82</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">———— 70.62</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MINNESOTA, $570.94.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ada. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.79</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cannon Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hamilton. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.85</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 66.53; Vine Cong. Ch., + 16.95; Lyndale Cong. Ch., 15.85</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">99.33</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Paynesville. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.55</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rochester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.85</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stillwater. Rev. Wm. Boutwell, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Zumbrota. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. J.B. LOCKE and + A.B. FOLSOM L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.10</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "Minnesota Friends," <i>for Atlanta + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">200.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society, by Mrs. + C.N. Cross, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Austin. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.95</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Elk River. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Glynton. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Marshall. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">14.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch., to const. MRS. + S.R. SYKES and MISS SELMA JOHNSON L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">74.17</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. Y.L.M.S. of Plym. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. W.M.S. of Como Ave. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$1000</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. Children's M.B. of Pilgrim Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rochester. Whatsoever Club</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saint Paul. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" Lend a Hand Soc., Plym. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worthington. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">———— 185.47</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MISSOURI, $10.25.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lamar. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saint Louis. Hyde Park Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>KANSAS, $23.65.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Boling. Prof. L.A. Stone</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Osawatomie. C.S. and M.E. Adair, 3, Rev. S.L. Adair, + 2, <i>for Atlanta, U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sedgwick. Plym. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.65</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wakefield. Mrs. M.L. Mason</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>DAKOTA, $20.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Elk Point. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sioux Falls. Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Johnson, <i>for + Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NEBRASKA, $46.03.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Omaha. First Cong, Ch., 38.79; Hillside Cong. Ch., + 4.55</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">43.34</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norfolk. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.69</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>ARKANSAS, $11.30.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Little Rock. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Little Rock. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch., + <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $25.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Skokomish. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Seattle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Athens, + Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>CALIFORNIA, $10.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Los Angeles. "R.P.A. and Wife"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $17.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Washington. Miss James, 5; Minnie S. Cook, 2, <i>for + Lincoln Mem. Parish, Washington</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Washington. Lincoln Mem. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>KENTUCKY, $249.55.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lexington. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">213.55</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Williamsburg. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">36.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>TENNESSEE, $1,088.44.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Grand View. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Helenwood. John Frye</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jonesboro. Tuition, 23.10; Rent, 4.50</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Memphis. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">408.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Nashville. Tuition. 577.14; Rent, 6.50</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">583.64</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pleasant Hill. From sale Bbl. of Holly</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.50</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NORTH CAROLINA, $193.20.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pekin. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Salem. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Troy. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wilmington. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">176.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wilmington. Miss H.L. Fitts, <i>for Student + Aid</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>SOUTH CAROLINA, $227.50.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Charleston. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$221.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Greenwood. Brewer Normal Sch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Millitt. "Little Children in Miss Osceola Pleasant's + Sch.," <i>for Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>GEORGIA, $1,160.09.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">540.45</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Atlanta. "Seven Birthday Offerings," First Cong. + Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.14</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Macon. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Marietta. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">McIntosh. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">49.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Savannah. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">214.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Savannah. Miss A.D. Gerrish</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">23.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thomasville. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">62.95</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woodville. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.60</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>ALABAMA, $510.90.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Athens. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">70.45</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Marion. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">107.95</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mobile. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">212.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Selma. Rent</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Talladega. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>FLORIDA, $24.05.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Altona. J.S. Blackman</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saint Augustine. E. Sabin</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Winter Park. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>LOUISIANA, $320.50.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Orleans. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">320.50</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MISSISSIPPI, $149.85.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Salem. Cong. Ch., Christmas Gift</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tougaloo. Tuition, 139.85; Rent, 9.60</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">148.85</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>TEXAS, $122.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Austin. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">122.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>INCOMES, $485.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Avery Fund, <i>for Mendi M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">355.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Belden Scholarship Fund, <i>for Talladega + C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">C.P. Dike Fund, <i>for Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">General Endowment Fund</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>BULGARIA, $8.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Samokov. Pilgrim</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>AFRICA, $10.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Kambini, Inhambane. Rev. B.F. Ousley</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">==========</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Donations</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$15,870.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Legacies</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">630.96</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Incomes</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">485.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3,777.39</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rents</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">120.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Total for March</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$20,884.26</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Total from Oct. 1 to March 31</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">130,976.15</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">========</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY,</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Subscriptions for March</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$84.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Previously acknowledged</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">562.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Total</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$647.28</td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="quarter" /> + <p>H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,</p> + <p>56 Reade St., N.Y.</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page146" id="page146"></a>{146}</span> + <hr class="adverts" /> + <p>TUXEDO TRADEMARK.</p> + <p>Early attention is called to our Knitted Suit, "The TUXEDO," for Ladies', Misses' + and Children's wear. No other suit ever sold has, in so short a time, become so + universal a favorite. These Knitted Suits are not only the most comfortable and + pleasant to wear, but are the most becoming and graceful in appearance.</p> + <p>For sale in New York only by</p> + <p>JAMES McCREERY & CO.</p> + <p>BROADWAY and ELEVENTH ST.</p> + <hr /> + <p>Liquid Cottage Colors.</p> + <p>The best MIXED PAINTS manufactured. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction if + properly applied. They are <i>heavy bodied</i>, and for work that does not require an + extra heavy coat, they can be thinned (with our Old Fashioned Kettle-boiled Linseed + Oil) and still cover better than most of the mixed paints sold in the market, many of + which have so little stock in them that they will not give a good solid coat.</p> + <p>Some manufacturers of mixed paints direct NOT to rub out the paint, but to FLOW it + on; the reason being that if such stuff were rubbed out there would be but little + left to cover, would be transparent. Our Cottage Colors have great strength or body, + and, like any good paint, should be worked out well under the brush. The covering + property of this paint is so excellent as to allow this to be done.</p> + <p>Put up for shipment as follows: In 3-gal. and 5-gal. bailed buckets, also barrels; + in cans of 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1-gal and 2-gal. each.</p> + <p>Sample Cards of Colors, Testimonials and prices sent on application to</p> + <p>Chicago White Lead & Oil Co.,</p> + <p>Cor. Green & Fulton Streets,</p> + <p>CHICAGO, ILL.</p> + <hr /> + <p>6%, 7%.</p> + <p>THE AMERICAN</p> + <p>INVESTMENT CO.</p> + <p>OF EMMETTSBURG, IOWA,</p> + <p>with a PAID-UP CAPITAL of $600,000, SURPLUS $75,000, offers First Mortgage Loans + drawing SEVEN per cent., both Principal and Interest FULLY GUARANTEED. Also 6 per + cent, ten-year Debenture Bonds, secured by 105 per cent. of First Mortgage Loans held + in trust by the MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY, New York. 5 per cent certificates of + deposit for periods under one year</p> + <p>7 2/3% CAN BE REALIZED BY CHANGING 4 Per Ct. Government Bonds into 6 Per Cent. + Debentures.</p> + <p>Write for full information and reference to the Company at</p> + <p>150 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.</p> + <p>A.L. ORMSBY, Vice-President and Gen. Manager</p> + <hr /> + <p>MUSIC IN THE SPRING</p> + <p>There are yet some weeks of cool weather in which to prepare and practice music + for the concluding concerts and festivals of the season.</p> + <p>It is quite time to send for our complete and rich lists of EASTER MUSIC</p> + <p>Now let girls and boys begin to practice the sweet CANTATAS—VOICES OF + NATURE, or FOREST JUBILEE BAND, or MERRY COMPANY, or NEW FLORA'S FESTIVAL; each 40 + cents, or $3.60 per dozen.</p> + <p>Pupils of the higher schools will like DRESS REHEARSAL (50c., or $4.50 per doz.), + NEW FLOWER QUEEN (60c., or $5.40 per doz.), or HAYMAKERS ($1.00, or $9.00 per + doz.)</p> + <p>Fine Cantatas of moderate difficulty for adults are: HEROES OF '76 ($1.00), + HERBERT AND ELSA (75c.), JOSEPH'S BONDAGE ($1.00), REBECCA (65c.). RUTH AND BOAZ + (65c.), WRECK OF HESPERUS (35c.), FAIR MELUSINA (75c.), BATTLE OF HUNS (80c.). Send + for lists.</p> + <p>For male Quartets and Choruses:</p> + <p>SANGERFEST ($1.38), MALE VOICE GLEE BOOK ($1.00), EMERSON'S QUARTETS AND CHORUSES + (60 cts.), EMERSON'S MALE VOICE GEMS ($1.00).</p> + <p><i>Mailed for the Retail Price.</i></p> + <p><i>Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.</i></p> + <p>C.H. 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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: American Missionary, Vol. XLII., May, 1888., No. 5 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: April 23, 2004 [EBook #12118] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** + + + + +Produced by Joshua Hutchinson and PG Distributed Proofreaders. +Produced from page scans provided by Cornell University. + + + + + + +</pre> + + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page115" id="page115"></a>{115}</span> + <h1>The American Missionary</h1> + <hr class="full" /> + <table width="100%" summary="Title"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="25%"><b>Vol. XLII.</b></td> + <td align="center" width="50%"><b>May, 1888.</b></td> + <td align="right" width="25%"><b>No. 5.</b></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>CONTENTS</h2> + <ul> + <li> + <a href="#editorial1">EDITORIAL.</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#editorial1">FINANCIAL</a></li> + <li><a href="#editorial2">PARAGRAPHS</a></li> + <li><a href="#editorial3">THE VERNACULAR IN INDIAN SCHOOLS</a></li> + <li><a href="#editorial4">THE TIME FACTOR IN THE SOUTHERN PROBLEM. By Rev. A.H. + Bradford, D.D.</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + <a href="#south1">THE SOUTH.</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#south1">SOUTHERN TESTIMONY</a></li> + <li><a href="#south2">OUR WORK AS A GRADUATE OF FISK UNIVERSITY SEES + IT</a></li> + <li><a href="#south3">A PASTOR'S FIRST VIEW</a></li> + <li><a href="#south4">TALLADEGA FRUIT</a></li> + <li><a href="#south5">THREE PICTURES FROM LE MOYNE SCHOOL</a></li> + <li><a href="#south6">THE EVANGELIST AT WORK</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + <a href="#chinese1">THE CHINESE.</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#chinese1">LETTER FROM REV. W.C. POND</a></li> + <li><a href="#chinese2">FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK</a></li> + <li><a href="#chinese3">CHIN GAING IN CHINA</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + <a href="#bureau1">BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#bureau2">SPARE OUR TEACHERS</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li><a href="#receipts">RECEIPTS</a></li> + </ul> + <hr class="full" /> + <table width="100%" summary="Publisher"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="25%"><b>New York.</b><br /> + Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.</td> + <td align="center" width="50%"><b>Published by the American Missionary + Association.</b><br /> + Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%"><b>Rooms, 56 Reade Street.</b></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page116" id="page116"></a>{116}</span> + <h2>AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.</h2> + <hr class="quarter" /> + <div class="association"> + <p class="title">PRESIDENT,</p> + <p>——— ———</p> + <p class="title"><i>Vice-Presidents.</i></p> + <p>Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y.</p> + <p>Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass.</p> + <p>Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.</p> + <p>Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass.</p> + <p>Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Corresponding Secretaries.</i></p> + <p>Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.</p> + <p>Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Treasurer.</i></p> + <p>H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Auditors.</i></p> + <p>PETER MCCARTEE.</p> + <p>CHAS. P. PEIRCE.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Executive Committee.</i></p> + <p>JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.</p> + <p>ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary.</p> + <p class="title"><i>For Three Years.</i></p> + <p>LYMAN ABBOTT,</p> + <p>A.S. BARNES,<a id="footnotetag1" name="footnotetag1"></a><a + href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a></p> + <p>J.R. DANFORTH,</p> + <p>CLINTON B. FISK,</p> + <p>ADDISON P. FOSTER,</p> + <p class="title"><i>For Two Years.</i></p> + <p>S.B. HALLIDAY,</p> + <p>SAMUEL HOLMES,</p> + <p>SAMUEL S. MARPLES,</p> + <p>CHARLES L. MEAD,</p> + <p>ELBERT B. MONROE,</p> + <p class="title"><i>For One Year.</i></p> + <p>J.E. RANKIN,</p> + <p>WM. H. WARD,</p> + <p>J.W. COOPER,</p> + <p>JOHN H. WASHBURN,</p> + <p>EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.</p> + <p class="title"><i>District Secretaries.</i></p> + <p>Rev. C.J. RYDER, <i>21 Cong'l House, Boston.</i></p> + <p>Rev. J.E. ROY, D.D., 151 <i>Washington Street, Chicago</i>.</p> + <p class="title"><i>Financial Secretary for Indian Missions.</i></p> + <p>Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON,</p> + <p class="title"><i>Secretary of Woman's Work.</i></p> + <p>Miss D.E. EMERSON, 56 <i>Reade Street, N.Y.</i></p> + </div> + <hr class="full" /> + <h3>COMMUNICATIONS</h3> + <p>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.</p> + <h3>DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</h3> + <p>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.</p> + <h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3> + <p>"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.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page117" id="page117"></a>{117}</span> + <h2>THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h2> + <hr /> + <table width="50%" summary="Title" align="center"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="25%"><b>Vol. XLII.</b></td> + <td align="center" width="50%"><b>May, 1888.</b></td> + <td align="right" width="25%"><b>No. 5.</b></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr /> + <a name="editorial1" id="editorial1"></a> + <h4>American Missionary Association.</h4> + <hr class="quarter" /> + <p>Six months of our fiscal year have come to a close. It may be of interest to our + readers to know how our treasury compares with the same period of time last year. + During this half-year, there has been an increase in <i>collections</i> of $6,250.73, + a decrease in the amount paid in from <i>estates</i> and <i>legacies</i> of + $2,880.05, making a balance in the total receipts, of $3,370.68 in advance of those + of the preceding year for the corresponding period.</p> + <p>This, however, does not mean that we are in advance of our expenditures. All life + predicates growth. When there is no growth, the body has begun to die. Those who will + read the able paper of Dr. Bradford in this magazine, will doubtless conclude with + him, that the imperative demand is for increased life, and for multiplied efforts to + save those to whom Providence has manifestly called us. The natural and necessary + growth of life has been upon us. While we have cut and trimmed and pinched with an + economy that the most careful might think an unwise policy, there has yet been + growth. Success necessitates development. Good schools will enlarge. One church + creates another. One foothold secured in a missionary region opens districts to many + who swell the cry of need to the heart of Christian compassion "<i>come over and help + us</i>," so that with all our pruning the work has grown beyond the slight increase + of funds from our churches.</p> + <p>We ought to push our work. Ignorant millions need the truth which we have. They + need the knowledge which we have. They need salvation, and if we have it and have the + spirit of Christ's compassion, we will see that they are not left in darkness. There + is enough and to spare in the hands of the disciples of Christ for this vast and + increasingly urgent work. "Why," says George W. Cable, "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," He calls it "the most prolific missionary field that was + ever opened to any Christian people," "right here at your doors."</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page118" id="page118"></a>{118}</span> + <p>While then we have the right to thank God and his people, and reason to take + courage, we should be false to the churches and to ourselves should we fail to + accentuate the necessities of our work, and the demand upon those in whose name we + stand. Brethren, is not ours the appeal of Christ to you for his neglected and his + needy ones? Bring your thank offerings to God and make enlargement for this enlarging + work.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="editorial2" id="editorial2"></a> + <p>We are thankful for our receipts from legacies. They are testimonies that speak, + from those whose lips are sealed in death, for the gospel of Christ and its elevating + and saving power when it is applied to the low-down and the poor and the wronged. In + these legacies, those who are dead yet speak the word of life to those whom they have + remembered.</p> + <p>Our work, however, should be planned, not upon the uncertainties of legacies, but + upon the ability and faith of those who live and give. It cheers us to know that our + living donors are increasing and are entering with us the doors of opportunity which + God has so manifestly opened and which no man can shut.</p> + <hr /> + <p>We congratulate the American Home Missionary Society that it closes its year, not + having realized its fears even if it has not absolutely compassed all its hopes. We + are grateful, for its success. Our congratulations also are hearty that our great + Foreign Missionary Society, the A.B.C.F.M., reports itself at the end of its fiscal + half-year $78,000 in advance of what was received for the same period last year.</p> + <hr /> + <p>But do not forget the great work which the churches have put upon us. See nearly + eight millions who went from barbarism into slavery, and from slavery came out the + poorest of the poor, the most ignorant of the ignorant, the most dependent of the + dependent, without true religion and with no opportunity to know what true religion + is unless we tell them. Africa is in America, China is in America, the barbarous + heathen Indian is in America, and two millions of white people in the mountain region + in four hundred counties, where ignorance is solid, are in America. These all look to + the American Missionary Association. Will it not be our turn next to receive from the + churches their increasing Godspeed on this work in such measure that we may carry the + truth and the life to those who ought to have it.</p> + <hr /> + <p>The Connecticut Normal Industrial School previous to the brief spring vacation was + visited by many northern friends at Thomasville, Ga., upon the occasion of its + closing exercises. The <i>Thomasville Times</i> calls sympathetic <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page119" id="page119"></a>{119}</span> attention to the work + and adds "That the boys and girls are being carefully taught and trained will be + apparent to any one who will go to the Institution and see its workings. The + attendance has averaged over two hundred." Thomasville is not far removed from + Quitman geographically but, in point of intelligent regard for its own interests and + the interests of the Negro, the distance is incalculable. As Joseph said to his + brethren, we can say to the school incendiaries of Quitman, "Ye meant it for evil but + the Lord meant it for good."</p> + <hr /> + <p>An attractive and interesting four-paged weekly journal called the <i>Chinese + Evangelist</i> comes to us. It is the first number of a curiosity in the way of a + newspaper, being printed half in the English and half in the Chinese language. Its + editor is Mr. J.S. Harper, son of Rev. A.F. Harper, of Canton College, and the + manager is Guy Maine, a Christian Chinaman and member of the Broadway Tabernacle + Church. The address of the editor is No. 117 West 87th St., New York, and of the + manager, No. 15 University Place. It is intended for all workers in Chinese + Sunday-schools, and every teacher of Chinese Sunday-school scholars would do well to + send a dollar and secure this invaluable aid for a year. Its column of items is named + "Tea Leaves." We would suggest that the motto for this bright little paper be "<i>Tu + doces</i>."</p> + <hr /> + <a name="editorial3" id="editorial3"></a> + <h3>THE VERNACULAR IN INDIAN SCHOOLS.</h3> + <p>BY SECRETARY STRIKEY.</p> + <p>This question is not settled. One thing that has kept it unsettled has been the + uncertain use of the term "missionary schools" in the Orders of the Indian + Department. What is precisely a missionary school? Let me try to explain. There are + three kinds of schools in the nomenclature of the Indian Office, based on the sources + of their support.</p> + <p>1. <i>Government</i> Schools, supported wholly by Government + appropriations—such as those at Carlisle, Genoa, etc. These may be left out of + the account in this discussion, for no one objects to the Government's directing the + studies in them.</p> + <p>2. <i>Contract</i> Schools, so called because the missionary societies which + sustain them receive under <i>contract</i> with the Government a certain amount of + money in aid of their support. The school at Santee, Nebraska, and the school at + Yankton, Dakota, are specimens of this class. But these are <i>mission</i> schools, + for the societies which support them would not continue to do so for a day except for + their missionary character; and yet these schools are classed by the Department not + as missionary but as contract schools.</p> + <p>3. <i>Missionary</i> Schools, which are supported wholly by missionary funds, the + Government contributing nothing. Here, again, in the recent <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page120" id="page120"></a>{120}</span> order, the Department employs the + confusing use of terms, speaking in general terms of "missionary schools," and then + of missionary schools under the charge of "native Indian teachers," and at remote + points; the inference being that the white teacher of a missionary school, though it + may be in a place so remote that neither the pupils nor the people can understand the + English language, cannot teach in the vernacular.</p> + <p>With these explanations we present, under date of Feb. 11, 1888,</p> + <h4>THE LATEST ORDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.</h4> + <p>1. No text-books in the vernacular will be allowed in any school where children + are placed under contract or where the Government contributes, in any manner + whatever, to the support of the school; no oral instruction in the vernacular will be + allowed at such schools. The entire curriculum must be in the English language.</p> + <p>2. The vernacular may be used in missionary schools only for oral instruction in + morals and religion, where it is deemed to be an auxiliary to the English language in + conveying such instruction; and only native Indian teachers will be permitted to + otherwise teach in any Indian vernacular; and these native teachers will only be + allowed so to teach in schools not supported in whole or in part by the Government + and at remote points, where there are no Government or contract schools where the + English language is taught. These native teachers are only allowed to teach in the + vernacular with a view of reaching those Indians who cannot have the advantage of + instruction in English, and such instruction must give way to the English-teaching + schools as soon as they are established where the Indians can have access to + them.</p> + <p>3. A limited theological class of Indian young men may be trained in the + vernacular at any purely missionary school, supported exclusively by missionary + societies, the object being to prepare them for the ministry, whose subsequent work + shall be confined to preaching unless they are employed as teachers in remote + settlements, where English schools are inaccessible.</p> + <p>4. These rules are not intended to prevent the possession or use by any Indian of + the Bible published in the vernacular, but such possession or use shall not interfere + with the teaching of the English language to the extent and in the manner + hereinbefore directed.</p> + <p>The gravamen of the objections urged in all this controversy is that the + <i>Government has no right to interfere with these mission schools</i>; in the first + place, in excluding all use of the vernacular in contract schools, even for religious + instruction, and in the next place, in controlling the studies of the mission schools + <i>supported wholly by missionary money</i> and in excluding white teachers from + vernacular schools. The missionary societies have found by long experience that these + mission schools in which the vernacular is taught, especially in remote places, are + the most effective, and in many cases the only modes by which the people can be + reached by the Gospel. The pupils are taught to read the Bible and it is carried by + them to their homes. Now we ask, is it the function of the Government of the United + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page121" id="page121"></a>{121}</span> States to + dictate in matters so purely religious and to override the Christian churches in the + choice of their most approved methods of disseminating the Gospel?</p> + <h4>PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S LETTER.</h4> + <p>The President, under date of March 29, 1888, in response to some resolutions + adopted by the Philadelphia M.E. Conference, writes a letter on this subject, which + deserves careful and candid consideration, both for what it concedes and for what it + does not concede. We present the portion of the letter bearing upon the points at + issue.</p> + <p>"Secular teaching is the object of the ordinary Government schools, but surely + there can be no objection to reading a chapter in the Bible in English, or in Dakota + if English could not be understood, at the daily opening of those schools, as is done + in very many other well-regulated secular schools. It may be, too, that the use of + words in the vernacular may be sometimes necessary to aid in communicating a + knowledge of the English language, but the use of the vernacular should not be + encouraged or continued beyond the limit of such necessity, and the "text books," the + "oral instruction" in a general sense, and the curriculum certainly should be in + English. In missionary schools moral and religious instruction may be given in the + vernacular as an auxiliary to English in conveying such instruction. Here, while the + desirability of some instruction in morals and religion is recognized, the extreme + value of learning the English language is not lost sight of. And the provision which + follows, that only native teachers shall "otherwise" (that is, except for moral or + religious instruction) teach the vernacular, and only in remote places and until + Government or contract schools are established, is in exact keeping with the purpose + of the Government to exclude the Indian languages from the schools as far as is + consistent with a due regard for the continuance of moral and religious teaching in + the missionary schools, and except in such cases as the exclusion would result in the + entire neglect of secular or other instruction."</p> + <p>On this letter let me remark:</p> + <p>1. That it concedes what has not heretofore been granted, the reading of the Bible + in the vernacular in contract schools and its use in explaining the English. We + accept this concession with gratification.</p> + <p>2. But it makes no concession whatever (beyond that made in the order of the + Commissioner) in regard to the use of the vernacular in schools supported wholly by + missionary funds, or in the employment of white teachers in vernacular schools in + remote districts. Until concessions are made on these points, the controversy will go + forward.</p> + <p>The aim of the Government is <i>expedient</i>, in trying to secure ultimately the + use of the English language among the Indians. The aim of the missionary societies is + to fulfil an imperative <i>duty</i>, in trying to reach the Indians with the Gospel + in the most effective methods. There should be mutual respect for these aims; the + Government should yield to the conscientious conviction of the missionary societies + as to methods for giving religious <span class="pagenum"><a name="page122" + id="page122"></a>{122}</span> instruction, and the missionary societies should + co-operate with the Government in introducing the English language as rapidly as + possible consistently with their higher aim. I venture to suggest an outline of + Regulations that would probably attain both these objects and meet other objections + to the ruling of the Department that are not removed by the President's letter.</p> + <h4>DETAILS OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS.</h4> + <p>1. No text-books in the vernacular will be allowed in any Government school, + supported wholly by the Government; no oral instruction in the vernacular will be + allowed at such schools. The entire curriculum must be in the English language.</p> + <p>2. In contract schools supported in part by missionary societies, the vernacular + may be used only for the reading of the Sacred Scriptures, and for oral instruction + in morals and religion and where it is deemed to be an auxiliary to the English + language in conveying such instruction.</p> + <p>3. In all "missionary schools" supported entirely by missionary or benevolent + funds, no restrictions will be put upon the use of the vernacular, with the + understanding, however, that the English language shall be introduced as rapidly as + those conducting these schools shall deem compatible with the higher + aim—religious teaching; and that when these schools shall be prepared to use + the English language wholly, the Department will give them a place on the list of + contract schools rather than to establish others in their stead. If new mission + schools are established they must be so located as not to interfere with existing + Government or contract schools.</p> + <p>4. That any religious denomination shall, at its discretion and entirely at its + own cost, be allowed to conduct special classes in the vernacular for the training of + teachers and preachers. As it is desirable that those teachers and preachers should + be taught in English studies as well as in the vernacular, these classes may be + conducted in connection with contract schools, yet so as not to interfere in any way + with the regular curriculum in the English language.</p> + <hr /> + <p>"Ramona Days," is the title of a neatly printed pamphlet of forty-three pages, + being the January number of a quarterly, published by the Indian Department of the + University of New Mexico. This Indian school is named in honor of Mrs. Helen Hunt + Jackson, who has rendered such valuable services to the Indians in setting forth in + thrilling terms their wrongs, and in pleading so pathetically for their rights. The + Ramona school is under the efficient supervision of Pres. H.O. Ladd, and is aided in + part by the American Missionary Association.</p> + <p>The pamphlet is not a catalogue of the school, but contains a variety of + interesting matter on Indian affairs, the titles of some of the articles being; + "Wiser Methods," "Famous Apache Chiefs," "Treaty Obligations to the Navajoes," "A + Recent Movement Toward Indian Civilization," "Ramona Memorial," etc., etc. There are + also letters from the teachers, and two cuts, one representing the proposed Memorial + Building, Ramona. Mr. Ladd's <span class="pagenum"><a name="page123" + id="page123"></a>{123}</span> work lies largely among that remarkably promising race + of Indians, the Apaches, and those who wish to know more about them would do well to + have the pamphlet. It can be had by addressing Rev. H.O. Ladd, Santa Fe, New Mexico; + subscription price, 50 cents for the four numbers.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="editorial4" id="editorial4"></a> + <h3>THE TIME FACTOR IN THE SOUTHERN PROBLEM.</h3> + <p>BY REV. A.H. BRADFORD, D.D.</p> + <p>The supreme question in English politics is the unity of the empire. The problem + of the mother country is, How may the scattered colonies be joined in one body whose + heart shall be London? All the other questions of the island-empire are but parts of + this. This in turn is forced into prominence by the under-current of the world's + aspiration for larger liberty. "The world no longer for the few, but for the many," + is the watchword of an increasing number in all the nations. How to maintain the + manhood of her subjects, and yet not to force the dismemberment of the empire, is the + question uppermost in old England.</p> + <p>With us, the problem is not one of scattered colonies but of divergent people. + There is in the United States the double problem of how to consolidate and preserve + the interests of a nation with a long area north and south, and with the most diverse + elements of population ever gathered under one flag. This is complicated by other + factors. Our study is confined to those which touch what is known as the Southern + question. The problems of English and American political and religious life are + identical in that both are inspired by the watchword of the rising multitudes, "The + world for the many."</p> + <p>The Southern problem is but part of the larger one of area and races. Consider a + few facts. The South is peopled chiefly by two classes, native whites and native + blacks. Both whites and blacks are there to remain. More whites leave the South than + blacks, and the population is increasing. Emigration avoids the States chiefly + inhabited by blacks. It is not probable that the exodus of whites will be very great. + The population of the future will probably be of the same classes, although the + proportion is rapidly changing. Native whites and native blacks, unless signs fail, + will possess the land.</p> + <p>The Negro race is appallingly fertile. It shows no sign of decadence. It is + multiplying faster than any other. The number of blacks in the United States has + risen from four millions to nearly eight millions since the war. That has been + entirely by natural reproduction. The increase of whites during the decade from 1870 + to 1880 was twenty-nine per cent.; of blacks thirty-five per cent. If, now, we allow + nine per cent. for the increase of the whites by immigration, we find that the + increase of blacks over the whites by natural order is about fourteen per cent. Here, + then, is a <span class="pagenum"><a name="page124" id="page124"></a>{124}</span> + simple problem in arithmetic. If the blacks increase on an average fourteen per cent. + faster than the whites, and to the South there is little immigration, how long will + it be before the blacks preponderate? They will go neither to Africa, to Mexico, nor + to the West Indies. They are here to stay. They are multiplying faster than their + white neighbors. They are growing in consciousness of power faster than in + intelligence. What is the sure result of conscious but blind power? The story of + Samson answers. The problem is the new-birth of a rapidly increasing race. How long + it will take may possibly be imagined from the questions which follow.</p> + <p>I. How long will it require for race-prejudices to go? I put that question to an + intelligent colored man who had been a slave. His answer was, "Until the present + generation is dead."</p> + <p>The conflict between classes in the South will last until they recognize that they + have an identity of interests, or that they are brethren. Prejudice is neither dead + nor fast dying. There is a change in the cities, but it does not reach far inland. In + how many Southern States are the same privileges extended to both races in schools? + in cars? in hotels? in churches? This prejudice is in the blood. Heredity and + training have both fostered it. Race prejudices die slowly. For centuries the contest + between Patrician and Plebeian was carried on in ancient Rome. The subject-class + never affiliated with the master-class. Two or three hundred years ago a new people + was introduced into the north of Ireland. The north is essentially Scottish. Its + inhabitants are Protestant and phlegmatic. In the south, the religion is Romanist, + and the people are mercurial. They are of the same color. They have had the same + history for centuries. For nearly five hundred years, the Turk has been a disturbing + factor in Europe. The Turk is Asiatic. He is surrounded by European life. How rapidly + has the antipathy between races disappeared where the Turk has power? The race-lines + are as distinct as if the waters of a white river and a black ran in the same + channel. The Hebrews are found in all parts of the world. They are industrious, and + as decent as the average man; they mingle with other people, and yet almost + everywhere the prejudice against them is constant and bitter. How long before + Protestant Orangemen and Catholic Irishmen will walk arm and arm in the same + procession? How long before the German and Russian and Englishman will recognize the + Jew as a brother? In the South, the antipathy is between black and white, between a + master-class and a subject-class, between oppressed and oppressor. How long before + this prejudice will disappear?</p> + <p>II. How much time will be required for the consciousness of having been wronged to + wear from the breast and the blood of the black man? This consciousness of having + been wronged is not a race-prejudice, and yet it may become one. It is hard to + eradicate. It is aggravated when the same feelings are in many hearts. This is a + complicated factor. Some of <span class="pagenum"><a name="page125" + id="page125"></a>{125}</span> the blacks seem incapable of sentiments of revenge. + They are too lighthearted to cherish grievances. But all are not so. The pure blacks + who carry with them the consciousness of having been deeply injured, are many. What + will you say of the mulattoes? A man who knows his father, and knows that his father + ignores his existence, may keep it to himself, but he cannot smother his feeling. He + who sees his brothers and sisters pass him on the street in carriages, living in + comfort and honor, while he is poor, and nothing to them, will, in proportion as he + is a man, hate the social order in which they live. Until this consciousness of + having been injured and degraded vanishes, the Southern question will disturb + political and social life.</p> + <p>III. Closely allied to the consciousness of degradation is the lack of manly + feeling. Appreciation of manhood is a condition of improvement. He who thinks himself + only an animal will live like one. Does this condition exist at the South? It could + not be otherwise. Any one who has travelled there must have his faith in the + evolution of some men from the lower animals immeasurably strengthened. Rev. Dr. + Taylor, of New York, has said that he knows that the Darwinian theory cannot be true, + because, if it were, "an Englishman's right arm would have developed into an umbrella + long ago." But Dr. Taylor would find faces in the South which, from their resemblance + to lower orders of life, might weaken his faith in his demonstration.</p> + <p>The black race is no more degraded than our own would be under similar + circumstances, but its condition is appalling. How long will it take to develop the + consciousness of manhood where all the tastes, and all the tendencies, and almost all + the environment, are low and in the opposite direction? The colored people have not + the help of higher and refining influences. Their tendencies have been downward, and + present environment increases the tendency. Regeneration or reform is not the work of + a year or a generation. The change will come only by the creation of new and higher + conditions, and with the birth of a more self-respecting stock.</p> + <p>IV. How long will be required for the education of the colored people and the poor + whites?</p> + <p>The author of "An Appeal to Caesar" says, "The Southern man, black or white, is + not likely to be greatly different to-morrow from what he was yesterday. Generations + may modify; years can only restrain. The question is not whether education, begun + to-day and carried on however vigorously and successfully by the most approved + agencies, would change the characteristics of to-day's masses. Not at all. The + question is whether it would so act upon them <i>as they are</i>, would so enlighten + and inform their minds, as to convince them of the mutual danger, peril, disaster, + that must attend continual oppression or sudden uprising. We cannot expect to make + intelligence instantly effective in the elevation of individual citizenship, or the + exercise of collective power. Little by little that change must come."</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page126" id="page126"></a>{126}</span> + <p>About ninety per cent, of the whole colored population of the South, and about + forty-five per cent. of those above ten years of age, are illiterate. In 1880, + nineteen per cent., or about one in every five, of the white people of the South, and + seventy-three per cent. of the colored people, could neither read nor write; and this + estimate is far too large. After fifteen years of the ballot, seventy-three per cent. + of the colored race of the South could neither read nor write. Much is being done to + promote education by schools and charities, but what are these among so many? To meet + the ignorant condition of things, the Government is doing nothing. The State + governments are doing only a little. In the Southern States previous to the war there + was no system of common schools. After the war there were not even old foundations to + build upon. Everything had to be started <i>de novo</i> by those who had nothing with + which to start. "We must remember," said Dr. Mayo, "that nine men out of ten of the + South never saw what we call a good public elementary school. It has been said that + the public school-buildings of Denver alone exceed in value all the public + school-buildings of the State of North Carolina."</p> + <p>The average school year throughout the South, in 1880, was less than one hundred + days; the average attendance less than thirty per cent. of those within school age. + In a belt of States where seventy-three per cent., and probably ninety per cent., of + the population are illiterate, where they are too poor to do much except keep up the + struggle for existence, where there are no traditions of culture, where it has been a + crime for a black man to read, where the Nation is doing nothing, and where the + State, when it does its best, provides instruction which reaches only thirty per + cent. of those of school age for one hundred days in a year, and where the population + is increasing so rapidly that in 1900 the blacks will be in a decided majority, + charity and religion are doing—what? The progress under the circumstances is + amazing, but how long will it take to educate the nineteen per cent. of Southern + whites, and seventy-three per cent., of Southern blacks? There is more illiteracy now + than at the close of the war, because education has not kept pace with the increase + of the race.</p> + <p>V. How long will be required for the <i>moralizing</i> of the lower classes of the + South? Ability to make moral discriminations grows slowly. Ability to appreciate + moral motives grows still more slowly. These people were trained in a school in which + virtue was ignored. They have lived under conditions which have put a premium on + theft. Slavery always makes thieves. The heredity of the passion for stealing is just + as clearly marked as the heredity of the Roman nose or the faculty for music. The + transmission of the tendency toward the gratification of the animal propensities is + as definite as, and stronger than, the tendency for insanity and consumption to + reproduce themselves. These people come into life blind, <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page127" id="page127"></a>{127}</span> and find little but darkness around + them. Here you have about eight millions with an ancestry which began in heathenism + and has had two centuries of slavery—a people inheriting all the evils of + slavery; a people who have never been trained to make moral discriminations, and + whose ancestors for unknown generations have been trained still less than they; a + people who have none, or at least but little, of the inspiration toward a higher + moral life which comes from a healthy environment; a people whose religion is almost + all emotional; who can soar on the wings of imagination and enthusiasm to heights + which would make an archangel dizzy; who from paroxysms of anguish at the condition + of those whose burning bodies are lighting the fires of hell, will go off and commit + adultery or rob a hen-roost as complacently as if to do so were a part of their + religion. This is not fiction. Religion has not meant chastity, for slavery made that + impossible; it has not meant justice, for injustice forged their chains; it has not + meant generosity, for they had nothing; it has been simple emotion. The ethical + element has been absent, and it was through no fault of the black man.</p> + <p>In 1860, President Hopkins said that a greater proportion of the Sandwich + Islanders could read than of the people in New England. They were educated but not + moralized. There were three hundred thousand of them a century and a half ago; in + 1883, there were forty-nine thousand. Education without morality is no safeguard.</p> + <p>Prof. Gilliam shows, from census reports, that if the population of the Southern + whites increases for a century, as at present, in 1985, there will be ninety-six + million whites in the Southern States, and in 1980, one hundred and ninety-two + million blacks. Statistics may lie; but there is enough truth in these to give + terrible emphasis to the inquiry, How long before the colored people will be + sufficiently educated to need no help? How long before they will have sufficient + moral discrimination to know what the commandments require? When we realize how + difficult is the task of inducing men with the environment of Christian influence at + the North, and in England, to live even decent lives, the wonder is that the freedmen + do as well as they do. How long before we can expect a race with such antecedents and + environments to be fitted to be left to themselves? What answer must be given? I am + not exaggerating the picture. I am only hinting at conditions of heathenism which + exist. I am least of all blaming these poor and needy people; but none the less clear + and strong comes the appeal for their moral and intellectual emancipation. The + moralizing of a race which has such a history, how long will that require? No people + ever rose more rapidly in the world's history. That shows what is possible. It does + not tell us when our work will be finished. So long as one-half of the American + republic is inhabited by those whose interests are alien to the other half, there can + be no permanent prosperity. It has been said that there are three essentials to the + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page128" id="page128"></a>{128}</span> permanent unity + of a nation; viz., unity of language, unity of interest and unity of religion. There + is a common language between the blacks and whites, but the unity of interest is not + recognized, and agreement in religion is only in name. The religion of the poor + whites in the South is mechanical, and unintelligently doctrinal; the religion of the + blacks is emotional and fantastic; and the religion of both blacks and whites is + lacking in the ethical element. The process of political reconstruction has been + progressing for twenty years and more, and is still incomplete. That is an easy work + compared with what must be created intellectually, and socially, and morally. Before + the Southern problem will be solved, a new stock must take the place of those who + were reared in slavery; the old traditions must fade, and education, and an ethical + type of Christianity, must do their work. How long will be required for that, none + can tell. In the meantime, new complications may arise. The principles of socialism + and anarchy are not unlikely to pervade the South, and if the masses of blacks are + ever exploited by a central, unknown and irresponsible committee of agitators, the + results must be a new reign of terror. The labor agitators are moving southward. It + has been said that colored people have no tendencies toward socialism and anarchy. I + am no prophet, but I will hazard the prediction that it will not be long before the + socialistic agitator will stir up a commotion at the South that will make employers + of labor and people of wealth tremble.</p> + <p>The sentiment has sometimes been whispered, that the work of this Association, and + those akin to it, was about accomplished. That sentiment has selfishness or ignorance + at the bottom of it. How long must this work be kept up? Until all that mass of + darkness which fills the Southern horizon be shot through and through with shafts of + light. How long must it be kept up? Until the last trace of prejudice that separates + brother from brother shall have been removed. How long will this thing be kept up? + Until the black man feels that he is a man; until he can vote intelligently, and live + wisely, and until he has the ability and the will to discriminate carefully in + matters of morals. How long must it be kept up? Until no man can plead ignorance, or + want of opportunity, for rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ. The Eastern question has + been a live question in European politics for more than four centuries. It is no more + puzzling than the Southern question is with us. There is an experiment in physics + that is typical of this work. An iron bar is suspended in the air and then a tiny + cork, hung from a string, is thrown against it. At first no impression is made, but + the blows are repeated, until, by and by, the bar begins to tremble, then to vibrate, + then to swing to and fro. The repeated impacts of the little cork at last move the + mass. It will not be by any great rush that the Southern problem will be solved. It + will yield at last to the constancy, and fidelity, of the great multitude of those + who love their brother because they love their Lord; who are content to work in + secret, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page129" id="page129"></a>{129}</span> and + many of whom already rest in unmarked graves. That mass of ignorance, wretchedness + and wrong will swing and disappear at last before the multitudinous strokes of + individual gifts and individual prayers.</p> + <p>All the problems which are vexing the older nations are essentially social + problems, and the watchword of all the movements that are undermining thrones and + caste, and the wicked social order, is, "The world no longer for the few, but for the + many." In America the <i>many</i> are already in possession, and the problem with us + is, How may our rulers—the people who can never be dethroned—be rendered + competent to rule? That is the question to which the American Missionary Association + is devoting itself; and its answer is the only true one: By making the people + intelligent, and Christian. And how long before that will be accomplished? A + Scotchman once asked an Irishman, "Why were half-farthings coined in England?" Pat + instantly replied, "To give Scotchmen an opportunity of contributing to missions." + When will this problem be solved? Never, if the Christians of America are like Pat's + Scotchman, but quicker than any of us dream, if all the Christians of America are + like that woman in the New Testament who put into the treasury two mites.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <a name="south1" id="south1"></a> + <h2>THE SOUTH.</h2> + <h3>SOUTHERN TESTIMONY.</h3> + <p>We insert the following from the <i>Southern Presbyterian</i>, as a recent + testimony to the views, principles and work of the American Missionary Association. + It will be all the stronger from the fact that it was not written for a testimony, + but as a setting forth of facts by a Southerner to Southerners.</p> + <blockquote> + <p>The old masters and the old slaves are now rapidly passing into eternity. In ten + years more no one of our people, white or black, under <i>forty years</i> of age, + will know personally anything of slavery. It then comes to this, that now and from + this time forward, we white Christians must be impressed with the fact that we have + here at our doors, in our houses, offices, stores and kitchens, and on our farms, + not slaves, but a race of people, three-fourths of whom are but a little removed + from savages in so far as their knowledge of religion is concerned. They have among + them those whom they call preachers; they hold meetings, they halloo, they shout, + but no <i>saving truth</i> is preached or heard from that source. The result is + great animal excitement, but no moral elevation. Then many of them are receiving + secular education. That sharpens their intellects but gives no Christian character. + It does just the opposite; it fits them for rascality. They are increasing. There + are probably eight millions of them now, and there will be many millions more. + Those who are dying without Christ are dying here in a Christian land without + hope.</p> + <p>The statement of a Congregational missionary recently made, is probably true, + viz.: that "one-fourth of the race is improving rapidly," yet much the larger part + of them are almost, if not altogether, <i>heathen</i>. They are not across the + ocean; under God's providence they are here, where you can touch them with your + finger. Why here? <span class="pagenum"><a name="page130" + id="page130"></a>{130}</span> It will not do to say that nothing can be made out of + them. Go to Texas, to Tennessee, and come right here to Atlanta now, and our most + intelligent white men will tell you that on the prohibition question, negroes, + educated, smart and very eloquent, have made, and are making, <i>ringing</i> + speeches. There have been smart speakers on both sides. Some of their speeches + would do credit to any white orator in the South. Dr. Sanderson, our late Professor + at Tuskaloosa, stated on the floor of the Synod of Alabama last week, that he had + taught a good deal, and that a young negro, twenty years of age, one of our + divinity students at Tuskaloosa, was as smart a pupil as he had ever seen; that if + he were in the State University he would be in its first rank of students, and that + he heard him recently preach a sermon on the mediatorial work of Christ, such that + he (Dr. Sanderson) would not undertake to make a better one on that majestic theme. + * * *</p> + <p>In Dallas Presbytery, Texas, recently, a black man was examined for two days on + Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and on all that is required by our Book of Government for + ordination, and he did not falter once. So the brethren there testify.</p> + <p>Then it comes to this: this race of people is here; the great body of them are + heathen. Can anyone doubt that it is the purpose of the Almighty to prepare a large + number of them, converted, educated and civilized, to go back to Africa to redeem + that continent for civilization and for Christ? We are commanded to preach the + Gospel to every creature, to teach it to all nations.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr /> + <a name="south2" id="south2"></a> + <h3>OUR WORK, AS A GRADUATE OF FISK UNIVERSITY SEES IT.</h3> + <p>BY WILLIAM A. CROSTHWAITE.</p> + <p>The American Missionary Association is doing more to quicken the hopes and + aspirations of the Southern Negro, more toward arousing the Southern white man to + educate himself, and more toward bringing the two races to an acknowledgment of each + other's rights, than any other similar institution in the country.</p> + <p>In the summer of 1884, near Leesburg, Texas, a well-appointed Negro school was + burned by the whites of that community. The colored people, seeing their hope of + years in ashes, advertised their little holdings for sale, and prepared to leave in a + body. But the whites offered to supplement the insurance on the former building and + to re-build the school, if the colored people would remain in the community. The + terms were accepted, and now <i>West Chapel</i>, which is the name of the school, is + excellently furnished and has a $200 bell upon it, and is the best known school in + Northeast Texas. Previous to the burning of West Chapel, the whites were continually + distracted by factional fights. There was general apathy with regard to improvement + in any way whatever. Their teachers were always of the inferior class. But, when they + found that the colored people would have a school, they decided to have one also. The + colored people bought a bell. So did they. The colored people had a foreign teacher. + So must they have one, and they paid $750 a year for him. One of the white citizens + of the locality summed the situation up thus:—"West Chapel is to the whites + what a coal of fire is on the back of a terrapin." This school was organized by a + Fisk student and has ever <span class="pagenum"><a name="page131" + id="page131"></a>{131}</span> since been taught by students of Fisk. Thus is the + A.M.A. lifting up the Negro directly and the whites indirectly, and establishing + friendly relations between the two.</p> + <p>But this is no isolated case. The story is the same wherever the educated Negro + comes in contact with the whites. At one time, our school was so far in advance of + the white school, that I was told by my school director that "no high-learnt teacher + was wanted to teach 'Nigger Schools,'" and I was actually driven from my school by + threats of violence.</p> + <p>The North can better understand the work of the American Missionary Association, + when it is fully understood that the presence of Fisk University in Nashville brought + about the existence of Vanderbilt University. When Fisk began to send out her + graduates as refined and upright gentlemen, and the newspapers were enthusiastic in + their accounts of its literary and musical exhibitions, the white people said; "We + must have a university in Nashville also."</p> + <p>In the recent Prohibition campaign in Tennessee, the students of Fisk were one of + the chief factors. In the beginning of the movement, the cry; "Where does Fisk stand + on this question?" went up from the good people all over the State. Fisk was the + first college to declare in favor of the proposed Amendment, and one hundred young + men and women went from her walls and fought valiantly for the cause.</p> + <p>It is due the profound Christian spirit that characterizes the work of the + Association to say, that every student and alumnus of Fisk in the State of Tennessee + was an ardent supporter of the cause, save two. During the campaign the most cordial + feelings existed between the better elements of both races. Heretofore these things + were almost unheard of.</p> + <p>There was a time when policy or political expediency had no effect upon the + prejudices of the Southern whites, but the educational process inaugurated by the + North is elevating a class of colored people to a plane where they are respected as + never before. No State or Federal aid can do for us what the A.M.A. is doing. Such + aid as the Blair Bill proposed would meet a certain need, and enable the men that are + educated by the A.M.A. to get at the masses; but the peculiar work of preparing + honest and devout Christian leaders must be otherwise provided for. The complete + regeneration of the South is a thing of the future. The A.M.A. must remain among us + to hasten on "the harvest of the golden year."</p> + <p>That the Christianization of the Negro must come from without his own + institutions, will be clearly seen by looking at his present religious condition. The + new life that is developing cannot be crowded into the narrow limits of his church. + The moral element is almost entirely wanting in his creed and doctrine. Such is the + condition of the church that moral and spiritual growth are impossible. He must be + educated away from the institutions that attended his enslavement; as far from them + as Canaan is from Egypt. Again, the pulpit, with comparatively few honorable + exceptions, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page132" id="page132"></a>{132}</span> is + filled with adventurers and impure ministers. To a great extent this is true. But + signs of a spiritual and moral exodus are everywhere manifest. The judgment of God + rests heavily upon the Negro's temple-worship and the structure tumbles to the + ground. Within the last two years I have seen six of the largest colored churches in + Tennessee split on moral grounds, and the discontent with what is bad, grows among + them. The old associations are losing their power over the rising generation. + Intelligent men are seeking to supply their spiritual and moral wants. The A.M.A. has + but to persist in the establishment of its school and church work among the colored + people, with good strong men as ministers, and it is sure to be the leaven of the + church of the future for the Negro people.</p> + <p>Last summer an old father, who had educated four children at Fisk University and + had himself been there on one Commencement occasion, said to me:—"That Fisk + school is the <i>buildin'-up-est</i> place to our people in the world. I never expect + to have such a good time and treatment again until I get to heaven." Thus are our + hopes quickened and our aspirations for nobler things awakened.</p> + <p>But to one who understands the situation, the question of our education is of + serious moment. All our institutions of higher learning are living from hand to + mouth, with no endowment, and the North's purse-strings are growing tighter as the + years go by. On the other hand, prejudice strikes savagely at our State + appropriations. This year, in the advanced State of Tennessee, the white + State-student gets one hundred dollars while the colored gets only twenty-two dollars + and a half. In his poverty what can the Negro student do with this sum in the way of + educating himself?</p> + <p>I could take you in the homes of those whom you have educated, then could you + appreciate the wisdom of your investments. It is around the fireside, and in the + conduct of the children, that your noble work is manifesting itself so clearly. The + intellectual, moral and spiritual life found there are the true and only guarantees + that old things are passing away.</p> + <p>The abject condition of the great body of Negroes appeals to Christian religion + and philanthropy for the help that must come to redeem their lost minds and souls. + The South cannot give them a Christian education. The cry goes up to the great, warm + heart of the North. We crave the crumbs that fall from your God-given, bountiful + table.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="south3" id="south3"></a> + <h3>A PASTOR'S FIRST VIEW.</h3> + <blockquote> + <p>A pastor who was educated at the North and who was graduated at the Hartford + Theological Seminary, has for the first time made the acquaintance of his race in + the South. He had never met his own people as a race until he entered into the + service of the American Missionary Association. His impressions and testimony have, + therefore, an additional interest.</p> + </blockquote> + <p>In reference to the field: it is large and interesting, and requires more <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page133" id="page133"></a>{133}</span> than ordinary + attention, both to that part of it under cultivation and that which is not yet. I + have arranged my visits in such a way as to make it practicable for me to do justice + to both; visiting church members the last week in each month (except in case of + sickness), and using the rest of the time (apart from other necessary duties) for + visits outside.</p> + <p>I am thus brought into direct contact with our people and learn a great deal about + their condition. In some places it does seem actually as if liberty and civilization + are still mysteries to them.</p> + <p>When I was in the North and heard or read descriptions of the condition and mode + of living of the colored people of the South, I often thought that those descriptions + were very highly colored, but I am now perfectly cured of all my doubts. My visits + furnish me with the most plausible attestation of the facts. Squalor, with its long + train of attendants, may be commonly seen in every direction, and perhaps not + confined to the lower-conditioned of our people either. The desecration of the Lord's + day is actually frightful. It is very literally used as a "day of rest from labor." + On every hand the people are seen resting—resting from labor in the houses, on + the stoops and on the streets, instead of being in the house of God. In very many + instances, however, we succeed in getting some of them to attend church, but the work + is somewhat uphill. I trust that this abnormal condition to which slavery has reduced + them will eventually succumb to the effective educational weapon that is being + brought to bear upon them, that of the American Missionary Association especially, + and may the time soon come for the South when the Holy Spirit working in and through + the various missionary Boards, and also other agencies, shall spread righteousness + and education and the true art of living, among these benighted people. I am praying, + others are praying, and you, too, must help us to pray and to wait for the quickening + influences and a fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="south4" id="south4"></a> + <h3>TALLADEGA FRUIT.</h3> + <p>BY MISS E.B. EMERY.</p> + <p>The missions of the American Missionary Association at the South are like orange + trees, perennial, evergreen, and continually bearing golden fruit, and of these there + is none more abounding in vitality than Talladega. All the year round the foliage + glistens, the blossoming sheds its fragrance, and every winter there is an ample + harvest. Sometimes one from abroad comes in to shake the tree and gather the fruit, + and sometimes not; but however that may be, the soil is previously and thoroughly + prepared by these consecrated missionaries, the tree is watered and nourished and + tended the year round, and the harvest <i>expected</i>, and it comes.</p> + <p>Are there no spiritual frosts to blight? They are impossible, if the <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page134" id="page134"></a>{134}</span> spiritual atmosphere + be kept clear, and the Holy Ghost be a daily and hourly companion and friend.</p> + <p>It is by no means unusual in Talladega for every unbelieving pupil in the boarding + department to be converted. This year there were over forty hopeful conversions, and + Rev. James Wharton, an English evangelist, by his earnest preaching was of very great + assistance. It is noticeable that if any who have had little <i>previous</i> training + are converted through the preaching of an evangelist, they are not likely to hold out + well.</p> + <p>On the first Sunday in March, twenty-seven of the converts were received into the + college church, with two from the Baptist Church. More will come later as the fruits + of the revival, while a few will join other churches. Eighteen of the number were + young men, and among them were the two sons of Pres. DeForest, one fourteen, the + other nine, years of age.</p> + <p>Prof. G.W. Andrews, D.D., the pastor this year, conducted the services; there was + no sermon proper and no time for any, but there was much of the beautiful music of + these colored people; they sing out their fervid souls with their rich and powerful + voices. Nearly all were baptized, and much more was made of the right hand of + fellowship than is usual in any Northern church. And it is needful for these + children, for they will call for constant help months and years to come. With few + exceptions, they are not reared in Christian homes, are not educated from the cradle + in the Christian faith. The services were both solemn and joyful, and very tender and + touching.</p> + <p>Such an avowal is the most significant of all things, anytime, anywhere, but here + we know that every life is to be one of toil and bitter struggle, a fight in which + the odds are, to appearances, all against them; more than all, that this young man, + that young woman, with the dusky face, the mellow voice and the eager spirit, now in + covenant with us, is to be a missionary to the heathen, and of his own people. What + may he not accomplish? What may she not do for Christ? And these heathen are in our + own country; they are our own people. These young missionaries are very peculiarly + ours, and it is through the Northern churches that they are trained for their work. + Shall not then those churches adopt them in their hearts, carry them in their + prayers, and let them suffer no lack in their preparation? Their work in the future + for the Master's kingdom will depend very much upon us Christians of the North.</p> + <p>Talladega College is exceedingly prosperous. The day-school is very large; the + Sunday-school packs the chapel, and the Sunday congregation is much too crowded for + health or comfort in a room seating but two hundred and fifty. The college is working + all the time, for a church, earning many small sums. The result, with some gifts, + amounts to about $400. Where is the man or the woman to aid in this godly enterprise? + to share in this work so essential and so abundantly fruitful?</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page135" id="page135"></a>{135}</span> + <hr /> + <a name="south5" id="south5"></a> + <h3>THREE PICTURES FROM LE MOYNE SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENN.</h3> + <p>BY MISS ESTHER H. BARNES.</p> + <p>I would like to bring before you three pictures which I saw this week. The first + is the interior of a single room. The tattered, soiled bed and the fireplace took up + a large part of the room, and the rest was nearly filled with the confusion of odds + and ends that make up the belongings of such a home. A feeble fire rested on the + uneven bricks of the fireplace, and the chimney above was covered with newspapers in + the last stages of dilapidation and dirt. There was no window, but a little sliding + shutter, moved aside a few inches, admitted light enough to make the darkness visible + as it fell on the smoke-stained boards, and the dusky faces of the inmates seated + close to the fire on old chairs and boxes. A home more forlorn than this little pen, + which, with a smaller back shed, is the only residence of at least five human beings, + I can hardly conceive.</p> + <p>Now for a more cheering picture. It is a cozy sitting-room, papered with taste and + furnished in harmony. Everything looks neat, from the snowy bed-spread to the pretty + clock on the mantel, and the dainty bunch of pansies on the wall above. Open doors + give glimpses of other rooms as well ordered as this, while intelligence and kindness + beam in the dark faces of gentle mother and cheery bright-eyed daughters. When people + ask us how we can bear to teach "niggers," they generally have in mind those + tattered, lazy persons, who are most wont to show themselves on the street corners, + and so make the deepest impression on the average white mind.</p> + <p>But look at my third picture, and you will see both how we can like our work, and + what is one of the things that make a difference between the second home I have + described and the first. The large school-room is filled. More than one hundred and + twenty-five students are arranged in classes, most of whom are standing in their + places ready to pass to recitation rooms. One of their number is at the piano. + Another stands at the desk to give the word of command. Now he strikes the bell and + the pupils in long file pass out, marching with their heads up. Not a teacher is in + sight. Everything is orderly and is running of itself, as it does every day. This is + nothing wonderful, of course, though I know some white schools which could not be + trusted to this degree to the control of monitors. But it is only a sign of the + influences that here lead to self-reliance and self-control. Every year a new set of + uncouth and undeveloped young people come shambling in, looking around with + bewildered eyes. But they soon begin to straighten up and fall into step. Their vague + ideas get settled, and their minds, slow at first, wake up. In a few years they will + be made over new, not perfect, but vastly improved. They will be out teaching, + spreading light from scores of new centres, and sending new pupils to "Old Le + Moyne."</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page136" id="page136"></a>{136}</span> + <hr /> + <a name="south6" id="south6"></a> + <h3>THE EVANGELIST AT WORK.</h3> + <p>The last night of the three weeks' series of meetings at Marion was a memorable + one. Every night the church, which was a large-sized building, was well filled with + an attentive congregation, hungering and thirsting for the bread and water of life. + After singing and prayer and hearing the testimonies from the young converts present, + who told with unmistakable clearness how they had given their hearts to God, a few + words were spoken, especially to them, showing what God requires of them now they + have become Christians. Afterwards the gospel was preached to the unconverted and an + invitation given for those who wished to become Christians to signify their desire. A + number responded, including an old man supposed to be at least ninety years of age. + The old man had long thought of being a Christian, but never could get to the point + of decision until now. He looked back upon his long life of sin; he wept, he prayed, + he arose and confessed that he had then and there taken Christ as his Saviour. Was + not he a brand plucked from the burning?</p> + <p>It was most encouraging to see a young lady bringing along to the pastor's house + nearly every day some two or three of her school companions or friends, to be prayed + for and spoken with about the way of salvation. The Christians worked faithfully + visiting the houses of their friends to pray and speak with them and to bring them + out to the meeting at night.</p> + <p>At Mobile, although the first week it rained six days in succession, yet the + people came out well and were repaid for their faithfulness. Every night for the past + three weeks large numbers of all classes have been personally interested, and with + the exception of one service, we have had cause to thank God for conversions. Fathers + and mothers are rejoicing over sons and daughters brought to Christ. A large number + of young people from the Sabbath-school as well as from the day-school have started + on the new life. The teachers say that a marked change is observable and that the + young converts seem to be trying their very best to live up to their profession. + Forty-six were received into the church and will have the instruction that is so much + needed by young converts.</p> + <p>One of the teachers and myself, while visiting some of the converts, found five + young women in one house rejoicing in the pardoning love of God. "Truly," said the + old grandmother, "salvation has come to this house." We found that, some years ago, + three mothers had died and left five orphan children, who were taken by the + grandmother and who had now grown into womanhood. Two sisters first became Christians + and the others soon followed. One said, "I used to be so fond of going to the + theatre, but now I have no heart for that sort of thing; I mean to live a good + Christian life and do all I can for my Saviour." They were all received into church, + and joined as well the Young People's Society of <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page137" id="page137"></a>{137}</span> Christian Endeavor, which is a good + thing for young people, as it trains them for future work, and to be active and + useful in the service of Christ.</p> + <p>JAMES WHARTON.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <a name="chinese1" id="chinese1"></a> + <h2>THE CHINESE.</h2> + <h3>LETTER FROM REV. W.C. POND.</h3> + <p>Our anniversary was an occasion of much interest. The attendance was large, and + our brethren acquitted themselves well. The <i>Record-Union</i>, the principal daily + of Sacramento, published both the addresses in full.</p> + <p>We have good news from our evangelists. They are doing great good, if we can judge + at all by what we see: and they are in training, I believe, for larger and better + service in the years to come. I shall have much to write about this for the <i>next + Missionary</i>, much more than I can crowd into the space allowed me.</p> + <p>The new work at San Buenaventura opens finely. It is already one of our largest + interior schools; and two or three, possibly <i>four</i>, of the Chinese have already + been led to believe; so that before Low Quong returns he expects to organize an + Association and get Christian work into systematic operation.</p> + <p>I am greatly pleased also with the reports from Tucson. Yong Jin, who has done + excellent evangelistic work at Santa Cruz, goes to Tucson next week. He is an earnest + Christian, and though somewhat deficient in English is better educated in Chinese and + is an excellent preacher.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="chinese2" id="chinese2"></a> + <h3>FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK.</h3> + <p>BY LOW QUONG.</p> + <p>In January last I was asked to do some evangelistic work in the Northern part of + this State. The first place I visited was Oroville. There we have a branch mission + with a fine mission house, or, we might call it a Chinese church and school combined. + The church has a membership of about fifteen. The evening scholars were usually about + twenty or more. This school has a faithful teacher, and all together makes a fruitful + mission. Although I was there only about a month—yet I enjoyed the work very + much, and my acquaintance with the brethren there and their kindness to me I can + never forget. I will now give you some little incidents of my work there. The town + has about three hundred Chinese inhabitants, and most of our brethren and scholars + live in the town, but there were also a good many outside of the town. These are + mostly miners. But even these hard-working men, when they got through their day's + work, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page138" id="page138"></a>{138}</span> came to + town at night to attend our evening school; and on Sundays also, to hear the + preaching of the gospel.</p> + <p>At the end of the month, when Mr. Pond came to Oroville, we had the Lord's supper + in our little Chinese church. It was held in the evening. One far-away brother was + informed by letter, and he came over a long, rough road to attend the Lord's table. + It was about eight o'clock when he reached the church. We asked him what time he + started to walk; he said at one o'clock in the afternoon. He had walked fully seven + hours just for the Lord's supper, and early in the morning he had to walk back again + to his place, while we took the train for Marysville. During my stay at Oroville, + four members were added to the Association and one was baptized and received to the + church. We would have had two, but one had gone to work in a place sixty miles from + town. He had waited for Mr. Pond to come up for nearly a whole month, so he could be + baptized, and he had gone only a week when Mr. Pond came. Lately I have received a + letter from him, that he has returned to Oroville.</p> + <p>The Chinese inhabitants at Oroville are very kind to the Christian Chinese. They + never trouble them and always send their boys to the evening school. I heard not long + ago from their teacher, that the whole mission house has been renovated and a new + floor put down at the expense of the brethren and scholars.</p> + <hr /> + <a name="chinese3" id="chinese3"></a> + <h3>CHIN GAING IN CHINA.</h3> + <p>[EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS IN ALAMEDA, CAL., BY CHIN GAING.]</p> + <p>It is over eleven years since I left my home in China. Near the end of 1882 I + began to attend the mission school in San Francisco. After being there about two + years I joined the Christian Association, and six months from then I was baptized and + joined Bethany Church.</p> + <p>Two years ago I returned to China. My friends there knew that I had changed my + religion, and so, when I went back they asked me many questions.</p> + <p>My relatives wanted to know about the people in this country, what religion they + had and what gods they worshiped. And whether the Chinese who went there believed the + same as the American people.</p> + <p>I told them we believed in one God. They said, "Which one?"</p> + <p>I answered, the one that created the heaven and the earth, and all things in the + world and the sea. The God who has all power and whom we ought to worship.</p> + <p>My mother then came up and said: "Do not talk such things; we are Chinese and must + keep our customs."</p> + <p>I said I could not keep those which were against God. So they said: "If you have + anything good, then keep it."</p> + <p>While in China I could not help seeing how much the people spent in <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page139" id="page139"></a>{139}</span> foolishness. They + have so many idol processions, which cost a great deal of money. The people gladly + give to keep up their worship, as they are in darkness and know not the name of + Jesus, which is the only name under heaven given among men whereby we must be + saved.</p> + <p>But how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they + hear without a preacher?</p> + <p>And so it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel + of peace."</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <a name="bureau1" id="bureau1"></a> + <h2>BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</h2> + <p>MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.</p> + <h3>WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.</h3> + <h4>CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.</h4> + <p>ME.—Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C.A. Woodsbury, + Woodfords, Me.</p> + <p>VT.—Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. + Johnsbury, Vt.</p> + <p>CONN.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol + Ave., Hartford, Conn.</p> + <p>N.Y.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.C. Creegan, Syracuse, + N.Y.</p> + <p>OHIO.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, + Ohio.</p> + <p>ILL.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington + St., Chicago, Ill.</p> + <p>MICH.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, + Mich.</p> + <p>WIS.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis.</p> + <p>MINN.—Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. H.L. Chase, 2,750 Second + Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.</p> + <p>IOWA.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Miss Ella B. Marsh, Grinnell, + Iowa.</p> + <p>KANSAS.—Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. Addison Blanchard, + Topeka, Kan.</p> + <p>SOUTH DAKOTA.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.E. Young, Sioux + Falls, Dak.</p> + <hr /> + <p>"Twenty-three unanswered letters look down upon me. Eighteen came to-day." Such is + the burdened sigh of one of our earnest, self-denying missionaries, who is upon the + mission field that she may relieve the suffering, teach the ignorant and save souls, + and for whom the days are all too short for these duties alone.</p> + <p>Have our readers ever felt the burden of unanswered letters? Pastors, + Sunday-school teachers, housekeepers—busy people that you are—have you + ever felt the twinge of unrest, almost discouragement, because some friendly letter, + which you enjoyed receiving, lay unanswered waiting a spare hour? And have you ever + had to "brace up" to what, in a life of leisure might be a pastime, but in a life so + full of care and responsibility becomes a task? Then you will surely be ready + unselfishly to</p> + <a name="bureau2" id="bureau2"></a> + <h3>SPARE OUR TEACHERS.</h3> + <p>How can it be done? Not by withholding your letters from them. If any missionaries + anywhere need words of appreciation and good cheer they are those who year after year + sacrifice social life and religious privileges to mingle with the ignorant, + uncultured—yes, and impure—that they may lift them up into the healthful + ways of righteousness. Write to them, encourage <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page140" id="page140"></a>{140}</span> them, but do not ask for a special + letter for your next missionary meeting. Tell them <i>not to write</i>, that you have + heard or can hear from them every month through their letters sent to the officers at + New York and that you learn of the work through the A.M.A. magazine. Thank them for + making this monthly missionary letter so full and interesting.</p> + <p>"But that monthly letter is a copied letter," some one answers, "and we wish our + teacher to write to us, <i>to us alone, and in her own hand</i>." Yes, it is a copied + letter in order that it may be sent to others who are interested in, and helping, the + same work, and that the missionaries' time may be given to the work about them + instead of being spent so largely in writing. But it is a fresh letter. It has the + latest monthly news and was written for you, and if not in the same hand is as truly + yours as a typewritten letter, which is the sort most of us receive and give in the + high-work pressure of now-a-days.</p> + <p>We provide <i>The American Missionary</i>, furnish our printed leaflets freely, + and will send the monthly missionary letters to all who desire to hear thus from + their contributions—as we hope all do—thus giving the very best + information that the field affords; but we most earnestly hope the missionaries may + be allowed their time for their missionary duties pressing upon them. <i>The + Missionary</i> is the word from your missionary. Read it, and if you do not like it, + write us, and we will try again next month.</p> + <hr class="receipts_hr" /> + <a name="receipts" id="receipts"></a> + <h2>RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1888.</h2> + <h5>MAINE, $146.84.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Augusta. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$21.45</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bangor. Sab. Sch. of First Parish Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">13.85</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Belfast. <i>For Wilmington, N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.79</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brewer. Mrs. C.S. Hardy, <i>for Pleasant Hill, + Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brewer. "A Friend." First Ch., <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brunswick. "Little Folks," <i>for Indian + Sch'p</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Castine. Prof. F.W. Foster</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cumberland Center. By Miss J.G. Merrill, Bbl. of C. + for Selma, Ala., 2 <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Limington. By Rev. Chas. H. Gates, <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Machias. Sarah Hills Sab. Sch. Class <i>for ed. + Indian boy</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Portland. Fourth Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Portland. Mrs. W.W. Brown's S.S. Class, 10; Class in + Bethel Sab. Sch. 1.75; <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class, <i>for + Wilmington, N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Paris. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woodfords. By Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NEW HAMPSHIRE, $190.30.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Alstead. Miss Eliza Gorham</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bedford. Milton B. George, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">28.35</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Epping. Mrs. Geo. N. Sheppard's S.S. Class, Cong. + Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Exeter. "Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Haverhill. Members Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">18.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hudson. Cong, Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lancaster. Mrs. A.M. Amsden</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.65</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pembroke. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Wilmington, + N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Individuals</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stratham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tilton. Cong. Ch., 40; Class of Boys <i>for Student + Aid</i>, 2</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">42.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>VERMONT, $394.93.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Barnet. Y.P.S.C.E. 1 <i>for Chinese M.</i> and 1 + <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bradford. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.02</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Burlington. Ladies of First Ch., <i>for McIntosh, + Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Burlington. Mission Band, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">24.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Burlington. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., <i>for + Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.86</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cambridge. Madison Stafford</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cornwall. Bbl. of C., <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i> 2 + <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Arlington. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fairlee. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Greensboro. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lunenburg. Mrs. C.W. King, Easter offering</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Bennington. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.83</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Ferrisburg. C.W. Wicker</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.13</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norwich. J.G. Stimson, for Church in Hartford, Vt., + Extra</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Orwell. Ladies of Cong. Ch. <i>for McIntosh, + Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$17.57</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Burlington. Eldridge Sab. Sch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waitsfield. Box of C. for McIntosh, Ga., 2 <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.02</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Fairlee. Mrs. C.M. Holbrook</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Randolph. Miss Susan B. Albin</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Randolph. "Mission Builders," First Cong. Ch., + <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Weybridge. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for McIntosh, + Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Windham. Cong. Ch. to const., WAYLAND G. ADAMS + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">31.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MASSACHUSETTS, $5,725.85.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.80</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Calvin E. + Goodell, 25</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">125.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">26.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Auburndale. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">31.07</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Boston. E.K. Alden, D.D., "In fraternal remembrance + of James Powell"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" "C.A.H." <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" B. Wilkins. Box of Goods, <i>for Wilmington, + N.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" Samuel Ward & Co., Quantity of Stationary + <i>for Wilmington, N.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Charlestown. Sewing Circle of Winthrop Ch., <i>for + Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Dorchester. Miss Mary A. Tuttle ad'l <i>for Marie + Adlof Fund</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jamaica Plain. R.W. Wood</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" Nellie F. Riley</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Roxbury. Mrs. A.W. Tuffts, <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.24</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">———- 277.99</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Boxford. Sab, Sch, of Cong, Ch., <i>for Jellico, + Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">37.51</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brimfield. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.20</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Buckland. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">26.13</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chelsea. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chesterfield. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chicopee. Eleanor Woodworth, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chicopee Falls. Ladies Benev. Soc., <i>for Tougaloo, + Miss.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Clinton. C.L. Swan, <i>for Sch'p, Hampton N. & + A. Institute</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">70.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Clinton. Mrs. J.M. Dakin, <i>for Clinton Chapel, + Talladega</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Dalon. Cong. Ch., to const. PAYSON E. LITTLE and + HEMAN MITCHELL L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">75.86</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Douglas. "Thank offering from a friend."</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken, <i>for Pleasant + Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Easthampton. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">65.18</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Enfield. Miss Lucretia Cary's S.S. Class, 6; Sab. + Sch. of Cong. Ch., 4.05; <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Erving. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.04</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fall River. Central Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">44.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Foxboro. Ortho. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">73.45</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Foxboro. Cong. Soc. Bbl., of C., <i>for Tougaloo, + Miss.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Framingham. "Friend."</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Granville. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hadley. First Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hadley. Sab. Sch. of First Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Haverhill. Bethany Ass'n of North Ch., <i>for + Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Holliston. "Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4."</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">67.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Holliston. L.A. Claflin, <i>for Student Aid, + Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Holyoke. Miss'y Soc. <i>for Rosebud Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lancaster. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$16.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Littleton. J.C. Houghton</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lowell. First Cong, Ch. to const. ALBERT J. DONNELL + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">32.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Malden. First Ch. (20 of which from Wm. L. + Greene)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">78.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mansfield. Ortho Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.36</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mansfield. Ladies Miss'y Soc., <i>for Wilmington + N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Maplewood. Ladies' Union, Bbl. of C., <i>for + Wilmington N.C.</i>, 1 <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Medford. "A Friend," bal. to const. MRS. ANNA C. + FARNSWORTH L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Melrose. Ladles of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of material, + <i>for Sewing Dept. Talladega C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Merrimac. Ladies Miss'y Soc., by Mrs. Nichols, + Treas.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Millbury. C.E. Hunt, to const. FREDERICK W. HUNT + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mittineague. Southworth Co., Case of Paper, <i>for + Straight U.</i> Montague. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Montville. O.B. Jones, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Bedford. Mrs. I.H. Bartlett, Jr.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Boston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.72</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newbury. First Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newburyport. Harriet O. Haskell</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newton Center. Ladies Benev. Soc. of First Cong. + Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. <i>for + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newton Center. Maria B. Farber Soc. Y.L., Bbl of C., + etc., <i>for Washington, D.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Amherst. Mrs. Daniel Dickinson, deceased, by + Chas. R. Dickinson, to const. ISABELLE M. PHELPS L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Northampton. Primary Dep't Edwards Ch. Sab. Sch., + <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Leominster. Leonard Burrage, <i>for Theo. + Dept. Santee Indian Sch.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2000.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Reading. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.42</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">54.93</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Peabody. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, + Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pittsfield. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., <i>for Pleasant + Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.14</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Plymouth. Ch. of Pilgrimage</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">85.22</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.35</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Randolph. Miss Abby W. Turner, 50; Miss Alice M. + Turner, 25; Mrs. John J. Crawford, 25; <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Reading. "Friend in Cong. Ch."</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc., to const. GEO. A. + CHANDLER, GEORGE S. ROPES and JOHN R. SMITH L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">339.10</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Shelburne Falls. A.N. Russell, 2.5O; Herbert A. + Russell, 2.50</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.80</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Somerville. Miss'y Circle of Franklin St. Ch., + <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.10</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Southbridge. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">49.88</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Framingham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for + Robbins, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.06</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Framingham. G.M. Amsden</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">South Hadley. First Cong Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">29.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. First Cong. Ch., 50; Sab. + Sch. of Memorial Ch., 25; <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for + Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stoughton. Cong. Ch., bal. <i>for Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tewksbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Upton. Bbl of C., <i>for Mobile, Ala.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waltham. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl. of material <i>for + Sewing Dept., Talladega C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ware. Sab. Sch. of East Cong. Ch., <i>for Santee + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wellesley. "Friends in Wellesley College," <i>for + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Westboro. Miss'y Soc., 3, and Pkg. Furnishings, by + Miss Bixby, <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Medway. C. Albert Adams</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Medway. "A Friend," <i>for Student Aid, + Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Somerville. Mrs. Taplin, Bbl. of Goods, 1.30 + <i>for freight, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Weymouth and Braintree. Cong Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">48.76</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Whitman. "A Friend," to Const. MRS. LYDIA A. PRATT + and MISS LIZZIE REED L.M'S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wollaston. First Cong. Ch. (10 of which <i>for + Indian M.</i>)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. Union Ch., 214.75; Piedmont Ch., 65; "A + Friend" 20; Salem St. Ch., 17.75</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">317.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. P.E. Moen, 50; "S.E.J." 25, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">75.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. O.S. Mission C. of Old South Ch., <i>for + Toughaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. "Piedmont Ch., A Friend." <i>for Atlanta + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worcester. Benev. Soc. of Plym. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— Massachusetts Indian Ass'n, <i>for + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "A Friend," adl. <i>for Fisk + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">31.42</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Agawam. <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Granville</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Indian Orchard</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">14.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ludlow</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Palmer. First</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.06</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Springfield. South</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">66.62</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Westfield. First, to const. MRS. MARY E. RICHARDSON + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.87</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Springfield. First, to const. MRS. C.S. + BEARDSLEE L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">34 00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">——— 251.33</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$5,375.85</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h6>LEGACIES.</h6> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Beverly. Estate of John Lovett, by Chas. T. Lovett, + Ex.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">250.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sherborn. Estate of Oliver Barber, by J.W. Barber, + Ex.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$5,725.35</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h6>CLOTHING, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.</h6> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Andover, Mass. Mrs. Selah Merrill, 1 Bbl. <i>for + Tougaloo U.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Gloucester, Mass. Mary Brooks, 1 Bdl. S.S. + Papers</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Groton, Mass. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 1 + Bbl. <i>for Oaks, N.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Malden, Mass. M. Kent, 1 Bbl., <i>for Kittrell, + N.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Quincy, Mass. Harriet S. Proctor, 1 Case</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockport, Mass. 1 Bdl</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Yarmouth, Mass. Sewing Circle of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., + <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>RHODE ISLAND, $90.02.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bristol, "Wide Awakes" of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid, Fort Berthold, Dak.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Little Compton. United Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">21.52</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pawtucket. "Mission Workers" <i>for Indian + Sch'p.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">52.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Providence. Hon. A.C. Barstow, 10; "A Friend", 1, + <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>CONNECTICUT, $3,249.58.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ansonia. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Rosebud + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ashford. Mrs. C.S. Trowbridge</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Banksville. George Derby</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Branford. Rev. Henry P. Bake, 10; H.G. Harrison, 10; + Cong Ch. 7.69</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.69</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bridgeport. Infant Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., + <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bristol. Cong. Ch. (56 of which from Ladies, <i>for + Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga.</i>)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">93.66</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bristol. Mr. E. Peck's S.S. Class, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cheshire. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Rosebud + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">21.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Darien. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.29</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Hampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Rosebud + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Enfield. Sheffield C. Reynolds</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1000.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Enfield. J.N. Allen, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Enfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for + Student Aid, Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Essex. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">26.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. (of which 100.72 <i>for + Indian Mission</i>)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">308.12</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Glastonbury. J.B. Williams Co., <i>for Ind'l + Building, Austin, Texas</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">250.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Glastonbury. Louise Williams, <i>for Rosebud Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Greenville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid. Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.62</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">31.17</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. JOHN W. + NORTON L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hampton. First Cong. Ch., 24.08; "Additional to + Collection," 5</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">29.08</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hartford. Rodney Dennis, 25; Daniel R. Howe, 25, + <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Huntington. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Conn. Ind'l + Sch. Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ivoryton. Mr. Northrup, 10; Mr. Rose, 50c., <i>for + Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Kensington. Geo. W. Ford, 5; Miss F.A. Robbins, 5; + Mrs. A.J. Benedict, 5; Rev. A.J. Benedict, 2; Mrs. A.A. Hart, 1; <i>for Tougaloo + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">18.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Kensington. Edward Cowles</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Kent. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">28.86</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Meriden. Miss Alice Porter, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mystic Bridge. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., <i>for + Thomasville, Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.35</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Britain. Rev. J.W. Cooper, D.D., <i>for Tougaloo + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Canaan. W.H.M. Soc. of Cong. Ch. <i>for Conn. + Ind'l Sch., Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Haven. Church of the Redeemer, 100; Mrs. S.A. + Thomas, 5</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">105.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Haven. L.M. Law, <i>for Indian Sch'p</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Haven. Mrs. Henry Farnam, 25; Mrs. J.F. + Douglass, 3; Mrs. J.H. Fog, 10; Mrs. R.W. Bolles, 5; <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">43.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Haven. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., <i>for + Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New London. Sab. Sch. First Ch. of Christ, 56.97; + Mrs. Anna H. Perkins, 50; Mrs. Lora E. Learned and Miss Learned, 15; J.C. + Learned, 10; <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">131.97</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New London. Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. + Chapbell, <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 35; "A Friend," 18; + <i>for Indian Scholarships</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">53.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norfolk. Miss Gertrude Cowles, <i>for Rosebud Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Canaan. Pilgrim Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">26.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norwich. James Dana Colt, <i>for Rosebud Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Old Saybook. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.76</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Atlanta + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">21.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Putnam. Second Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.27</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Redding. "A Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ridgefield. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saybrook. Cong. Conference, by Rev. B. Paine</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.85</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saybrook. Mrs. Giles F. Ward, Case of Books</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Southport. "A Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stony Creek. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Terryville. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">47.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Terryville. Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Gaylord, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thomaston. Mrs. H.H. Mitchell, <i>for Student Aid, + Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thomaston. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">18.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thompsonville. Sab. Sch. of First Presb. Ch., <i>for + Student Aid, Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$22.13</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tolland. Mrs. J.L. Clough, <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Torringford. "A Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.87</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Walllngford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for "Bird's + Nest" Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.71</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 75; Israel Holmes, + 5; <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">80.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waterbury. H.W. Scoville, 10; Mrs. H.M. Peck, 6; + Miss K.L. Peck, 5; <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wauregan. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Westchester. "Christian Bees," Bbl. of C., <i>for + Jellico, Tenn.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Winsted. T.C. Davis, 5; Mrs. A.O. Davis, 5</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wethersfield. Sab. Sch. Class, by Frances S. Shedd, + <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wethersfield. Emma L. Harris' S.S. Class, <i>for + Rosebud Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Windsor. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Windsor Locks. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for + Tillotson C. and N. Inst.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "A Friend in Conn.," <i>for Beach + Inst., Savannah, Ga.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">75.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "Plantsville," <i>for Tougaloo + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Women's Home Missionary Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.M. + Hotchkiss, Sec. <i>for Conn. Ind. Sch., Ga.</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sheffield. Y.L.H.M. Circle, 12.13</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.13</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NEW YORK, $3,371.16.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Albany. Chas. A. Beach</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Astoria. Miss Frances W. Blackwell, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.09</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. Rossiter W. Raymond, 50; Mrs. H.P. Ludlam, + 20; Mrs. G.W. Tallman, 5; <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">75.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. Miss M.A. Hall's Sab. Sch. Class, 6.60 + <i>for the poor</i>; 3 <i>for Student Aid</i>; Mrs. Hall, 3; Miss Carrie Strong, + 1; Miss Flossie Bingham, 1; <i>for Williamsburg, Ky.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">14.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. Rev. S.B. Halliday, Pkg. Books, etc.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Buffalo. Mrs. Wm. G. Bancroft, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Buffalo. Miss Fannie Skinner, Box of C., <i>for + Macon, Ga.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Canastota. Rev. W.W. Warner</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Danby. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Goods, <i>for + Jellico, Tenn.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Deansville. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fairport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Rosebud + Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">18.95</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fredonia. T.S. Hubbard, <i>for Lincoln Mem. Parish, + Washington, D.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Gloversville. Cong. Ch., ad'l.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">11.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Goshen. "A Friend," 1 <i>for Atlanta U.</i>, 1 + <i>for Marie Adlof Schp. Fund</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jamestown. Mrs. Julia Jones Hall, 2000, ack. in + March Missionary, should read <i>for Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Austin, + Tex.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jewett. "Friends." Bbl. of C., <i>for Greenwood, + S.C.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Keene Valley. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.12</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Livonia. Y.L.M. Soc. of Pres. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Marcellus. Mrs. L.F. Hemenway</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Massena. Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega, + C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mount Vernon. B.B. Adams, Jr., Pkg of C.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1000; Rev. D. Stuart + Dodge, 100; D. Willis James, 100; Hamilton Walls, 60; Hon. John Jay, 25; J. + Fred'k Kernochan, 25; Chas. L. Meade, 25; <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1,325.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. Wm. E. Dodge Educational Fund, 300; Mrs. + Melissa P. Dodge, 100; <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta. U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">400.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. Gen. Wager Swayne, 120; Alanson Trask, + 100; <i>for Talladega C</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$220.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. John Dwight, 200; S.T. Gordon, 100; Hon. + John Jay, 25</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">325.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pitcher. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Anne S. Banfield, (12.25 of which + for Indian M.)</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">24.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Poughkeepsie. C.C. Moore, <i>for Talladega + C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rochester. McGuire Bible Class, Central Ch., S.S., + <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sag Harbor. Geo. B. Brown</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sherburne. Sab. Sch. of First Cong Ch., <i>for + Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">24.11</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Syracuse. Plym. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">103.54</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wading River. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waverly. Mission Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, + Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Camden. Miss Nancy Curtiss, 1.50; Miss + Elizabeth W. Curtiss, 1</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Westmoreland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. + Cobb, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Albany. Aux.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Binghamton. H.M. Soc., to const. MRS. C.E. WELCH and + MISS LIZZIE HAMILTON L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Brooklyn. Willing Aid Soc. of Puritan Ch., to const. + MRS. LEROY T. SMITH and MRS. SARAH B. STANCHFIELD L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Canastota. Mrs. W.W. Warner</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. H.S.C.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Riverhead. Ladies' H.M. Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Warsaw. "Earnest Workers"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">———— 246.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$3,121.16</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h6>LEGACY.</h6> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New York. Trustees Estate of Wm. E. Dodge, <i>for + Theo. Student, Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">250.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$3,371.16</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NEW JERSEY, $193.39.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chester. "A Friend"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">East Orange. F.W. Van Wagenen, <i>for Marion, + Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Manchester. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newark. C.S. Halnes</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newfield. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">24.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Orange Valley. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">102.89</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>PENNSYLVANIA, $84.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bradford. Charles E. Webster</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cambridge. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Neath. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ridgway. Young People's Bible Class, by Minnie J. + Kline, <i>for Oaks, N.C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Scrangon. Plym. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Scranton. Mrs. Jane L. Eynon, <i>for Indian + Sch'p</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>OHIO, $264.36.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Alliance. Sab. Sch. of Welsh Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Bryan. S.E. Blakeslee</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Canfield. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.13</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Castalia. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.32</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Dover. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Fisk + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Elyria. Cong. Ch., 3, and Sab. Sch., 6, <i>for + Williamsburg, Ky.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jersey. Mrs. Charlotte F. Slough and C. Fred + Slough</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Madison. Central Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">48.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mansfield. F.E. Tracy, <i>for Student Aid, Tillotson + C. & N. Inst.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">37.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$5.87</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">North Ridgeville. Miss M.M. Lickwish, <i>for Student + Aid, Williamsburg, Ky.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Oberlin. Mrs. Maria Godell Frost</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockport. Mrs. Carrie S. Bassett</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., 19.05; Sab. Sch. of First + Cong. Ch., 17.73</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">36.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Toledo. W.M.U. Central Cong. Ch,. <i>for Woman's + Work</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. + Crafts, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Columbus. Eastwood Church L.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Conneaut. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, <i>for Student + Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Medina. Primary S.S. Class</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">———— 15.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$233.40</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h6>LEGACY.</h6> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Oberlin. Estate of Henry Cowles, D.D., Royalty on + Commentary</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.96</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$264.36</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>ILLINOIS, $718.14.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Aurora. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">47.31</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Batavia. Y.P. Miss'y Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chicago. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">153.81</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Evanston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for Fisk + U. Schp.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">52.36</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Forest. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ, 46.14 and Sab. Sch., + 13.44</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">59.58</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Harvard. Young People's Miss'y Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Joy Prairie. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">13.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lisbon. Gilman Kendall, 1; Mrs. L.M. Kendall, 1</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lombard. Ladies, <i>for Mobile, Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Peoria. Mrs. John L. Griswold, 100; Sab. Sch. of + First Cong. Ch., 25.50; <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">125.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Peoria. S.S. Class, <i>for Mobile, Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Princeton. Mrs. P.B. Corss</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ridge Prairie. Rev. A. Kern</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Summer Hill. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thomasboro. "R"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "Hapland"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., Mrs. B.F. + Leavitt, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Alton. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">9.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ashkum</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.94</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Chicago. Leavitt St. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.39</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">McLean. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Morris</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Oak Park. Ladies' Benev. Circle</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Payson</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Providence</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockford. Second Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockford. W.H.M.U. of Second Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sycamore. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Toulon</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.75</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waukegan. Miss Knight</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wilmette</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">—— 78.83</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MICHIGAN, $398.54.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">47.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Augusta. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.33</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Calumet. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">169.83</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Detroit. Edward Hall, <i>for Athens, Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Galesburg. P.H. Whitford</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">102.24</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Baltimore. Cong. Church</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.80</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Olivet. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">32.84</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>WISCONSIN, $470.58.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Baraboo. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Clinton. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.33</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fulton. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.58</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Columbus. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$1.20</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Elkhorn. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Fulton. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.58</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Green Bay. Pkg. Basted Work, <i>for Mobile, + Ala.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hartford. First Cong Ch. and Soc.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">40.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Menomonie. John H. Knapp</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">300.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Paris and Bristol. Cong. Ch., <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Platteville. Cong. Ch., 26.35; Y.P.S.C.E., 2</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">28.35</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Paririe du Chien. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Racine. E.B. Kilbourne</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rio. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sun Prairie. Cong Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.67</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tomah. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Trempealeau. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.20</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Union Grove. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Waupun. Cong. Ch., 15.40; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., + 10</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.40</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">West Salem. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wyocena. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.97</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>IOWA, $319.31.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ames. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for + Savannah, Ga.</i></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Atlantic. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">28.14</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Belle Plaine. JAMES P. HENRY, to const. himself + L.M.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cedar Rapids. Rev. C.H. Moore</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cherokee. "A Friend," to const. J.A. RISLEY, G.T. + FOSTER, JAMES O. DONNELL, JOHN P. DICKEY and W.T. BURROUGHS L. M's</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">150.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Miles. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Moravia. Miss O. Hoffman</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">0.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Newton. First Cong. Ch., 17; Mrs. S.S. Derbyshire, + 2</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">19.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ricevllle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for + Freight</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Webster City. "Friends," 4, and Bbl. of Goods, + <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa, <i>for + Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Anamosa. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Almora. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Council Bluffs. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Decorah. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Dubuque. S.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mount Pleasant. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.80</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Red Oak. L.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rockford. W.H.M.U.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.82</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">———— 70.62</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MINNESOTA, $570.94.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Ada. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.79</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Cannon Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student + Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Hamilton. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.85</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 66.53; Vine Cong. Ch., + 16.95; Lyndale Cong. Ch., 15.85</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">99.33</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Paynesville. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">12.55</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rochester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.85</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Stillwater. Rev. Wm. Boutwell, <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Zumbrota. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. J.B. LOCKE and + A.B. FOLSOM L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">17.10</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">—— "Minnesota Friends," <i>for Atlanta + U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">200.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society, by Mrs. + C.N. Cross, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Austin. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.95</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Elk River. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Glynton. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Marshall. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">14.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch., to const. MRS. + S.R. SYKES and MISS SELMA JOHNSON L.M.'s</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">74.17</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. Y.L.M.S. of Plym. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. W.M.S. of Como Ave. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$1000</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Minneapolis. Children's M.B. of Pilgrim Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rochester. Whatsoever Club</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saint Paul. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">25.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">" Lend a Hand Soc., Plym. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Worthington. W.M.S.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">———— 185.47</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MISSOURI, $10.25.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lamar. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.25</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saint Louis. Hyde Park Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>KANSAS, $23.65.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Boling. Prof. L.A. Stone</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Osawatomie. C.S. and M.E. Adair, 3, Rev. S.L. Adair, + 2, <i>for Atlanta, U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sedgwick. Plym. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.65</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wakefield. Mrs. M.L. Mason</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>DAKOTA, $20.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Elk Point. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Sioux Falls. Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Johnson, <i>for + Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NEBRASKA, $46.03.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Omaha. First Cong, Ch., 38.79; Hillside Cong. Ch., + 4.55</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">43.34</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Norfolk. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.69</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>ARKANSAS, $11.30.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Little Rock. First Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Little Rock. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch., + <i>for Indian M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $25.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Skokomish. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">15.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Seattle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Athens, + Ala.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>CALIFORNIA, $10.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Los Angeles. "R.P.A. and Wife"</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $17.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Washington. Miss James, 5; Minnie S. Cook, 2, <i>for + Lincoln Mem. Parish, Washington</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">7.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Washington. Lincoln Mem. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>KENTUCKY, $249.55.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Lexington. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">213.55</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Williamsburg. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">36.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>TENNESSEE, $1,088.44.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Grand View. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">60.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Helenwood. John Frye</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Jonesboro. Tuition, 23.10; Rent, 4.50</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">27.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Memphis. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">408.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Nashville. Tuition. 577.14; Rent, 6.50</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">583.64</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pleasant Hill. From sale Bbl. of Holly</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">6.50</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>NORTH CAROLINA, $193.20.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Pekin. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Salem. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">4.70</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Troy. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wilmington. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">176.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Wilmington. Miss H.L. Fitts, <i>for Student + Aid</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>SOUTH CAROLINA, $227.50.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Charleston. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$221.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Greenwood. Brewer Normal Sch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Millitt. "Little Children in Miss Osceola Pleasant's + Sch.," <i>for Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>GEORGIA, $1,160.09.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">540.45</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Atlanta. "Seven Birthday Offerings," First Cong. + Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.14</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Macon. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Marietta. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">McIntosh. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">49.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Savannah. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">214.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Savannah. Miss A.D. Gerrish</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">23.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Thomasville. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">62.95</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Woodville. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">2.60</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>ALABAMA, $510.90.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Athens. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">70.45</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Marion. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">107.95</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Mobile. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">212.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Selma. Rent</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">100.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Talladega. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., <i>for Indian + M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">20.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>FLORIDA, $24.05.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Altona. J.S. Blackman</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Saint Augustine. E. Sabin</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">5.05</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Winter Park. Cong. Ch.</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">16.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>LOUISIANA, $320.50.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">New Orleans. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">320.50</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>MISSISSIPPI, $149.85.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Salem. Cong. Ch., Christmas Gift</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">1.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tougaloo. Tuition, 139.85; Rent, 9.60</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">148.85</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>TEXAS, $122.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Austin. Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">122.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>INCOMES, $485.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Avery Fund, <i>for Mendi M.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">355.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Belden Scholarship Fund, <i>for Talladega + C.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">30.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">C.P. Dike Fund, <i>for Straight U.</i></td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">General Endowment Fund</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">50.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>BULGARIA, $8.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Samokov. Pilgrim</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">8.00</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>AFRICA, $10.00.</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Kambini, Inhambane. Rev. B.F. Ousley</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">10.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">==========</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Donations</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$15,870.30</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Legacies</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">630.96</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Incomes</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">485.00</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Tuition</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">3,777.39</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Rents</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">120.60</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Total for March</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$20,884.26</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Total from Oct. 1 to March 31</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">130,976.15</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">========</td> + </tr> + </table> + <h5>FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY,</h5> + <table width="100%" summary="receipts"> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Subscriptions for March</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$84.78</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Previously acknowledged</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">562.50</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%"> + </td> + <td align="right" width="25%">————</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="75%">Total</td> + <td align="right" width="25%">$647.28</td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="quarter" /> + <p>H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,</p> + <p>56 Reade St., N.Y.</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page146" id="page146"></a>{146}</span> + <hr class="adverts" /> + <p>TUXEDO TRADEMARK.</p> + <p>Early attention is called to our Knitted Suit, "The TUXEDO," for Ladies', Misses' + and Children's wear. No other suit ever sold has, in so short a time, become so + universal a favorite. These Knitted Suits are not only the most comfortable and + pleasant to wear, but are the most becoming and graceful in appearance.</p> + <p>For sale in New York only by</p> + <p>JAMES McCREERY & CO.</p> + <p>BROADWAY and ELEVENTH ST.</p> + <hr /> + <p>Liquid Cottage Colors.</p> + <p>The best MIXED PAINTS manufactured. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction if + properly applied. They are <i>heavy bodied</i>, and for work that does not require an + extra heavy coat, they can be thinned (with our Old Fashioned Kettle-boiled Linseed + Oil) and still cover better than most of the mixed paints sold in the market, many of + which have so little stock in them that they will not give a good solid coat.</p> + <p>Some manufacturers of mixed paints direct NOT to rub out the paint, but to FLOW it + on; the reason being that if such stuff were rubbed out there would be but little + left to cover, would be transparent. Our Cottage Colors have great strength or body, + and, like any good paint, should be worked out well under the brush. The covering + property of this paint is so excellent as to allow this to be done.</p> + <p>Put up for shipment as follows: In 3-gal. and 5-gal. bailed buckets, also barrels; + in cans of 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1-gal and 2-gal. each.</p> + <p>Sample Cards of Colors, Testimonials and prices sent on application to</p> + <p>Chicago White Lead & Oil Co.,</p> + <p>Cor. Green & Fulton Streets,</p> + <p>CHICAGO, ILL.</p> + <hr /> + <p>6%, 7%.</p> + <p>THE AMERICAN</p> + <p>INVESTMENT CO.</p> + <p>OF EMMETTSBURG, IOWA,</p> + <p>with a PAID-UP CAPITAL of $600,000, SURPLUS $75,000, offers First Mortgage Loans + drawing SEVEN per cent., both Principal and Interest FULLY GUARANTEED. Also 6 per + cent, ten-year Debenture Bonds, secured by 105 per cent. of First Mortgage Loans held + in trust by the MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY, New York. 5 per cent certificates of + deposit for periods under one year</p> + <p>7 2/3% CAN BE REALIZED BY CHANGING 4 Per Ct. Government Bonds into 6 Per Cent. + Debentures.</p> + <p>Write for full information and reference to the Company at</p> + <p>150 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.</p> + <p>A.L. ORMSBY, Vice-President and Gen. Manager</p> + <hr /> + <p>MUSIC IN THE SPRING</p> + <p>There are yet some weeks of cool weather in which to prepare and practice music + for the concluding concerts and festivals of the season.</p> + <p>It is quite time to send for our complete and rich lists of EASTER MUSIC</p> + <p>Now let girls and boys begin to practice the sweet CANTATAS—VOICES OF + NATURE, or FOREST JUBILEE BAND, or MERRY COMPANY, or NEW FLORA'S FESTIVAL; each 40 + cents, or $3.60 per dozen.</p> + <p>Pupils of the higher schools will like DRESS REHEARSAL (50c., or $4.50 per doz.), + NEW FLOWER QUEEN (60c., or $5.40 per doz.), or HAYMAKERS ($1.00, or $9.00 per + doz.)</p> + <p>Fine Cantatas of moderate difficulty for adults are: HEROES OF '76 ($1.00), + HERBERT AND ELSA (75c.), JOSEPH'S BONDAGE ($1.00), REBECCA (65c.). RUTH AND BOAZ + (65c.), WRECK OF HESPERUS (35c.), FAIR MELUSINA (75c.), BATTLE OF HUNS (80c.). Send + for lists.</p> + <p>For male Quartets and Choruses:</p> + <p>SANGERFEST ($1.38), MALE VOICE GLEE BOOK ($1.00), EMERSON'S QUARTETS AND CHORUSES + (60 cts.), EMERSON'S MALE VOICE GEMS ($1.00).</p> + <p><i>Mailed for the Retail Price.</i></p> + <p><i>Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.</i></p> + <p>C.H. DITSON & CO., 867 Broadway, New York.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1:</b><a + href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + <p>Deceased.</p> + </blockquote> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of American Missionary, Vol. XLII., May, +1888., No. 5, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** + +***** This file should be named 12118-h.htm or 12118-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/2/1/1/12118/ + +Produced by Joshua Hutchinson and PG Distributed Proofreaders. +Produced from page scans provided by Cornell University. + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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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: American Missionary, Vol. XLII., May, 1888., No. 5 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: April 23, 2004 [EBook #12118] + +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. + + + + + + +{115} + +The American Missionary + + * * * * * + +Vol. XLII. May, 1888. No. 5. + + * * * * * + +CONTENTS + + EDITORIAL. + FINANCIAL + PARAGRAPHS + THE VERNACULAR IN INDIAN SCHOOLS + THE TIME FACTOR IN THE SOUTHERN PROBLEM. By Rev. A.H. + Bradford, D.D. + THE SOUTH. + SOUTHERN TESTIMONY + OUR WORK AS A GRADUATE OF FISK UNIVERSITY SEES IT + A PASTOR'S FIRST VIEW + TALLADEGA FRUIT + THREE PICTURES FROM LE MOYNE SCHOOL + THE EVANGELIST AT WORK + THE CHINESE. + LETTER FROM REV. W.C. POND + FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK + CHIN GAING IN CHINA + BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. + SPARE OUR TEACHERS + 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. + + * * * * * + +{116} + +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, + +_Secretary of Woman's Work._ + +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. + + * * * * * + +{117} + +THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + + * * * * * + + Vol. XLII. May, 1888. No. 5. + + * * * * * + + American Missionary Association. + + * * * * * + +Six months of our fiscal year have come to a close. It may be of +interest to our readers to know how our treasury compares with the +same period of time last year. During this half-year, there has been +an increase in _collections_ of $6,250.73, a decrease in the amount +paid in from _estates_ and _legacies_ of $2,880.05, making a balance +in the total receipts, of $3,370.68 in advance of those of the +preceding year for the corresponding period. + +This, however, does not mean that we are in advance of our +expenditures. All life predicates growth. When there is no growth, the +body has begun to die. Those who will read the able paper of Dr. +Bradford in this magazine, will doubtless conclude with him, that the +imperative demand is for increased life, and for multiplied efforts to +save those to whom Providence has manifestly called us. The natural +and necessary growth of life has been upon us. While we have cut and +trimmed and pinched with an economy that the most careful might think +an unwise policy, there has yet been growth. Success necessitates +development. Good schools will enlarge. One church creates another. +One foothold secured in a missionary region opens districts to many +who swell the cry of need to the heart of Christian compassion "_come +over and help us_," so that with all our pruning the work has grown +beyond the slight increase of funds from our churches. + +We ought to push our work. Ignorant millions need the truth which we +have. They need the knowledge which we have. They need salvation, and +if we have it and have the spirit of Christ's compassion, we will see +that they are not left in darkness. There is enough and to spare in +the hands of the disciples of Christ for this vast and increasingly +urgent work. "Why," says George W. Cable, "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," He calls it "the most +prolific missionary field that was ever opened to any Christian +people," "right here at your doors." +{118} + +While then we have the right to thank God and his people, and reason +to take courage, we should be false to the churches and to ourselves +should we fail to accentuate the necessities of our work, and the +demand upon those in whose name we stand. Brethren, is not ours the +appeal of Christ to you for his neglected and his needy ones? Bring +your thank offerings to God and make enlargement for this enlarging +work. + + * * * * * + +We are thankful for our receipts from legacies. They are testimonies +that speak, from those whose lips are sealed in death, for the gospel +of Christ and its elevating and saving power when it is applied to the +low-down and the poor and the wronged. In these legacies, those who +are dead yet speak the word of life to those whom they have +remembered. + +Our work, however, should be planned, not upon the uncertainties of +legacies, but upon the ability and faith of those who live and give. +It cheers us to know that our living donors are increasing and are +entering with us the doors of opportunity which God has so manifestly +opened and which no man can shut. + + * * * * * + +We congratulate the American Home Missionary Society that it closes +its year, not having realized its fears even if it has not absolutely +compassed all its hopes. We are grateful, for its success. Our +congratulations also are hearty that our great Foreign Missionary +Society, the A.B.C.F.M., reports itself at the end of its fiscal +half-year $78,000 in advance of what was received for the same period +last year. + + * * * * * + +But do not forget the great work which the churches have put upon us. +See nearly eight millions who went from barbarism into slavery, and +from slavery came out the poorest of the poor, the most ignorant of +the ignorant, the most dependent of the dependent, without true +religion and with no opportunity to know what true religion is unless +we tell them. Africa is in America, China is in America, the barbarous +heathen Indian is in America, and two millions of white people in the +mountain region in four hundred counties, where ignorance is solid, +are in America. These all look to the American Missionary Association. +Will it not be our turn next to receive from the churches their +increasing Godspeed on this work in such measure that we may carry the +truth and the life to those who ought to have it. + + * * * * * + +The Connecticut Normal Industrial School previous to the brief spring +vacation was visited by many northern friends at Thomasville, Ga., +upon the occasion of its closing exercises. The _Thomasville Times_ +calls sympathetic {119} attention to the work and adds "That the boys +and girls are being carefully taught and trained will be apparent to +any one who will go to the Institution and see its workings. The +attendance has averaged over two hundred." Thomasville is not far +removed from Quitman geographically but, in point of intelligent +regard for its own interests and the interests of the Negro, the +distance is incalculable. As Joseph said to his brethren, we can say +to the school incendiaries of Quitman, "Ye meant it for evil but the +Lord meant it for good." + + * * * * * + +An attractive and interesting four-paged weekly journal called the +_Chinese Evangelist_ comes to us. It is the first number of a +curiosity in the way of a newspaper, being printed half in the English +and half in the Chinese language. Its editor is Mr. J.S. Harper, son +of Rev. A.F. Harper, of Canton College, and the manager is Guy Maine, +a Christian Chinaman and member of the Broadway Tabernacle Church. The +address of the editor is No. 117 West 87th St., New York, and of the +manager, No. 15 University Place. It is intended for all workers in +Chinese Sunday-schools, and every teacher of Chinese Sunday-school +scholars would do well to send a dollar and secure this invaluable aid +for a year. Its column of items is named "Tea Leaves." We would +suggest that the motto for this bright little paper be "_Tu doces_." + + * * * * * + + THE VERNACULAR IN INDIAN SCHOOLS. + +BY SECRETARY STRIKEY. + +This question is not settled. One thing that has kept it unsettled has +been the uncertain use of the term "missionary schools" in the Orders +of the Indian Department. What is precisely a missionary school? Let +me try to explain. There are three kinds of schools in the +nomenclature of the Indian Office, based on the sources of their +support. + +1. _Government_ Schools, supported wholly by Government +appropriations--such as those at Carlisle, Genoa, etc. These may be +left out of the account in this discussion, for no one objects to the +Government's directing the studies in them. + +2. _Contract_ Schools, so called because the missionary societies +which sustain them receive under _contract_ with the Government a +certain amount of money in aid of their support. The school at Santee, +Nebraska, and the school at Yankton, Dakota, are specimens of this +class. But these are _mission_ schools, for the societies which +support them would not continue to do so for a day except for their +missionary character; and yet these schools are classed by the +Department not as missionary but as contract schools. + +3. _Missionary_ Schools, which are supported wholly by missionary +funds, the Government contributing nothing. Here, again, in the recent +{120} order, the Department employs the confusing use of terms, +speaking in general terms of "missionary schools," and then of +missionary schools under the charge of "native Indian teachers," and +at remote points; the inference being that the white teacher of a +missionary school, though it may be in a place so remote that neither +the pupils nor the people can understand the English language, cannot +teach in the vernacular. + +With these explanations we present, under date of Feb. 11, 1888, + + THE LATEST ORDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT. + +1. No text-books in the vernacular will be allowed in any school where +children are placed under contract or where the Government +contributes, in any manner whatever, to the support of the school; no +oral instruction in the vernacular will be allowed at such schools. +The entire curriculum must be in the English language. + +2. The vernacular may be used in missionary schools only for oral +instruction in morals and religion, where it is deemed to be an +auxiliary to the English language in conveying such instruction; and +only native Indian teachers will be permitted to otherwise teach in +any Indian vernacular; and these native teachers will only be allowed +so to teach in schools not supported in whole or in part by the +Government and at remote points, where there are no Government or +contract schools where the English language is taught. These native +teachers are only allowed to teach in the vernacular with a view of +reaching those Indians who cannot have the advantage of instruction in +English, and such instruction must give way to the English-teaching +schools as soon as they are established where the Indians can have +access to them. + +3. A limited theological class of Indian young men may be trained in +the vernacular at any purely missionary school, supported exclusively +by missionary societies, the object being to prepare them for the +ministry, whose subsequent work shall be confined to preaching unless +they are employed as teachers in remote settlements, where English +schools are inaccessible. + +4. These rules are not intended to prevent the possession or use by +any Indian of the Bible published in the vernacular, but such +possession or use shall not interfere with the teaching of the English +language to the extent and in the manner hereinbefore directed. + +The gravamen of the objections urged in all this controversy is that +the _Government has no right to interfere with these mission schools_; +in the first place, in excluding all use of the vernacular in contract +schools, even for religious instruction, and in the next place, in +controlling the studies of the mission schools _supported wholly by +missionary money_ and in excluding white teachers from vernacular +schools. The missionary societies have found by long experience that +these mission schools in which the vernacular is taught, especially in +remote places, are the most effective, and in many cases the only +modes by which the people can be reached by the Gospel. The pupils are +taught to read the Bible and it is carried by them to their homes. Now +we ask, is it the function of the Government of the United {121} +States to dictate in matters so purely religious and to override the +Christian churches in the choice of their most approved methods of +disseminating the Gospel? + + PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S LETTER. + +The President, under date of March 29, 1888, in response to some +resolutions adopted by the Philadelphia M.E. Conference, writes a +letter on this subject, which deserves careful and candid +consideration, both for what it concedes and for what it does not +concede. We present the portion of the letter bearing upon the points +at issue. + +"Secular teaching is the object of the ordinary Government schools, +but surely there can be no objection to reading a chapter in the Bible +in English, or in Dakota if English could not be understood, at the +daily opening of those schools, as is done in very many other +well-regulated secular schools. It may be, too, that the use of words +in the vernacular may be sometimes necessary to aid in communicating a +knowledge of the English language, but the use of the vernacular +should not be encouraged or continued beyond the limit of such +necessity, and the "text books," the "oral instruction" in a general +sense, and the curriculum certainly should be in English. In +missionary schools moral and religious instruction may be given in the +vernacular as an auxiliary to English in conveying such instruction. +Here, while the desirability of some instruction in morals and +religion is recognized, the extreme value of learning the English +language is not lost sight of. And the provision which follows, that +only native teachers shall "otherwise" (that is, except for moral or +religious instruction) teach the vernacular, and only in remote places +and until Government or contract schools are established, is in exact +keeping with the purpose of the Government to exclude the Indian +languages from the schools as far as is consistent with a due regard +for the continuance of moral and religious teaching in the missionary +schools, and except in such cases as the exclusion would result in the +entire neglect of secular or other instruction." + +On this letter let me remark: + +1. That it concedes what has not heretofore been granted, the reading +of the Bible in the vernacular in contract schools and its use in +explaining the English. We accept this concession with gratification. + +2. But it makes no concession whatever (beyond that made in the order +of the Commissioner) in regard to the use of the vernacular in schools +supported wholly by missionary funds, or in the employment of white +teachers in vernacular schools in remote districts. Until concessions +are made on these points, the controversy will go forward. + +The aim of the Government is _expedient_, in trying to secure +ultimately the use of the English language among the Indians. The aim +of the missionary societies is to fulfil an imperative _duty_, in +trying to reach the Indians with the Gospel in the most effective +methods. There should be mutual respect for these aims; the Government +should yield to the conscientious conviction of the missionary +societies as to methods for giving religious {122} instruction, and +the missionary societies should co-operate with the Government in +introducing the English language as rapidly as possible consistently +with their higher aim. I venture to suggest an outline of Regulations +that would probably attain both these objects and meet other +objections to the ruling of the Department that are not removed by the +President's letter. + + DETAILS OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS. + +1. No text-books in the vernacular will be allowed in any Government +school, supported wholly by the Government; no oral instruction in the +vernacular will be allowed at such schools. The entire curriculum must +be in the English language. + +2. In contract schools supported in part by missionary societies, the +vernacular may be used only for the reading of the Sacred Scriptures, +and for oral instruction in morals and religion and where it is deemed +to be an auxiliary to the English language in conveying such +instruction. + +3. In all "missionary schools" supported entirely by missionary or +benevolent funds, no restrictions will be put upon the use of the +vernacular, with the understanding, however, that the English language +shall be introduced as rapidly as those conducting these schools shall +deem compatible with the higher aim--religious teaching; and that when +these schools shall be prepared to use the English language wholly, +the Department will give them a place on the list of contract schools +rather than to establish others in their stead. If new mission schools +are established they must be so located as not to interfere with +existing Government or contract schools. + +4. That any religious denomination shall, at its discretion and +entirely at its own cost, be allowed to conduct special classes in the +vernacular for the training of teachers and preachers. As it is +desirable that those teachers and preachers should be taught in +English studies as well as in the vernacular, these classes may be +conducted in connection with contract schools, yet so as not to +interfere in any way with the regular curriculum in the English +language. + + * * * * * + +"Ramona Days," is the title of a neatly printed pamphlet of +forty-three pages, being the January number of a quarterly, published +by the Indian Department of the University of New Mexico. This Indian +school is named in honor of Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, who has rendered +such valuable services to the Indians in setting forth in thrilling +terms their wrongs, and in pleading so pathetically for their rights. +The Ramona school is under the efficient supervision of Pres. H.O. +Ladd, and is aided in part by the American Missionary Association. + +The pamphlet is not a catalogue of the school, but contains a variety +of interesting matter on Indian affairs, the titles of some of the +articles being; "Wiser Methods," "Famous Apache Chiefs," "Treaty +Obligations to the Navajoes," "A Recent Movement Toward Indian +Civilization," "Ramona Memorial," etc., etc. There are also letters +from the teachers, and two cuts, one representing the proposed +Memorial Building, Ramona. Mr. Ladd's {123} work lies largely among +that remarkably promising race of Indians, the Apaches, and those who +wish to know more about them would do well to have the pamphlet. It +can be had by addressing Rev. H.O. Ladd, Santa Fe, New Mexico; +subscription price, 50 cents for the four numbers. + + * * * * * + + THE TIME FACTOR IN THE SOUTHERN PROBLEM. + +BY REV. A.H. BRADFORD, D.D. + +The supreme question in English politics is the unity of the empire. +The problem of the mother country is, How may the scattered colonies +be joined in one body whose heart shall be London? All the other +questions of the island-empire are but parts of this. This in turn is +forced into prominence by the under-current of the world's aspiration +for larger liberty. "The world no longer for the few, but for the +many," is the watchword of an increasing number in all the nations. +How to maintain the manhood of her subjects, and yet not to force the +dismemberment of the empire, is the question uppermost in old England. + +With us, the problem is not one of scattered colonies but of divergent +people. There is in the United States the double problem of how to +consolidate and preserve the interests of a nation with a long area +north and south, and with the most diverse elements of population ever +gathered under one flag. This is complicated by other factors. Our +study is confined to those which touch what is known as the Southern +question. The problems of English and American political and religious +life are identical in that both are inspired by the watchword of the +rising multitudes, "The world for the many." + +The Southern problem is but part of the larger one of area and races. +Consider a few facts. The South is peopled chiefly by two classes, +native whites and native blacks. Both whites and blacks are there to +remain. More whites leave the South than blacks, and the population is +increasing. Emigration avoids the States chiefly inhabited by blacks. +It is not probable that the exodus of whites will be very great. The +population of the future will probably be of the same classes, +although the proportion is rapidly changing. Native whites and native +blacks, unless signs fail, will possess the land. + +The Negro race is appallingly fertile. It shows no sign of decadence. +It is multiplying faster than any other. The number of blacks in the +United States has risen from four millions to nearly eight millions +since the war. That has been entirely by natural reproduction. The +increase of whites during the decade from 1870 to 1880 was twenty-nine +per cent.; of blacks thirty-five per cent. If, now, we allow nine per +cent. for the increase of the whites by immigration, we find that the +increase of blacks over the whites by natural order is about fourteen +per cent. Here, then, is a {124} simple problem in arithmetic. If the +blacks increase on an average fourteen per cent. faster than the +whites, and to the South there is little immigration, how long will it +be before the blacks preponderate? They will go neither to Africa, to +Mexico, nor to the West Indies. They are here to stay. They are +multiplying faster than their white neighbors. They are growing in +consciousness of power faster than in intelligence. What is the sure +result of conscious but blind power? The story of Samson answers. The +problem is the new-birth of a rapidly increasing race. How long it +will take may possibly be imagined from the questions which follow. + +I. How long will it require for race-prejudices to go? I put that +question to an intelligent colored man who had been a slave. His +answer was, "Until the present generation is dead." + +The conflict between classes in the South will last until they +recognize that they have an identity of interests, or that they are +brethren. Prejudice is neither dead nor fast dying. There is a change +in the cities, but it does not reach far inland. In how many Southern +States are the same privileges extended to both races in schools? in +cars? in hotels? in churches? This prejudice is in the blood. Heredity +and training have both fostered it. Race prejudices die slowly. For +centuries the contest between Patrician and Plebeian was carried on in +ancient Rome. The subject-class never affiliated with the +master-class. Two or three hundred years ago a new people was +introduced into the north of Ireland. The north is essentially +Scottish. Its inhabitants are Protestant and phlegmatic. In the south, +the religion is Romanist, and the people are mercurial. They are of +the same color. They have had the same history for centuries. For +nearly five hundred years, the Turk has been a disturbing factor in +Europe. The Turk is Asiatic. He is surrounded by European life. How +rapidly has the antipathy between races disappeared where the Turk has +power? The race-lines are as distinct as if the waters of a white +river and a black ran in the same channel. The Hebrews are found in +all parts of the world. They are industrious, and as decent as the +average man; they mingle with other people, and yet almost everywhere +the prejudice against them is constant and bitter. How long before +Protestant Orangemen and Catholic Irishmen will walk arm and arm in +the same procession? How long before the German and Russian and +Englishman will recognize the Jew as a brother? In the South, the +antipathy is between black and white, between a master-class and a +subject-class, between oppressed and oppressor. How long before this +prejudice will disappear? + +II. How much time will be required for the consciousness of having +been wronged to wear from the breast and the blood of the black man? +This consciousness of having been wronged is not a race-prejudice, and +yet it may become one. It is hard to eradicate. It is aggravated when +the same feelings are in many hearts. This is a complicated factor. +Some of {125} the blacks seem incapable of sentiments of revenge. They +are too lighthearted to cherish grievances. But all are not so. The +pure blacks who carry with them the consciousness of having been +deeply injured, are many. What will you say of the mulattoes? A man +who knows his father, and knows that his father ignores his existence, +may keep it to himself, but he cannot smother his feeling. He who sees +his brothers and sisters pass him on the street in carriages, living +in comfort and honor, while he is poor, and nothing to them, will, in +proportion as he is a man, hate the social order in which they live. +Until this consciousness of having been injured and degraded vanishes, +the Southern question will disturb political and social life. + +III. Closely allied to the consciousness of degradation is the lack of +manly feeling. Appreciation of manhood is a condition of improvement. +He who thinks himself only an animal will live like one. Does this +condition exist at the South? It could not be otherwise. Any one who +has travelled there must have his faith in the evolution of some men +from the lower animals immeasurably strengthened. Rev. Dr. Taylor, of +New York, has said that he knows that the Darwinian theory cannot be +true, because, if it were, "an Englishman's right arm would have +developed into an umbrella long ago." But Dr. Taylor would find faces +in the South which, from their resemblance to lower orders of life, +might weaken his faith in his demonstration. + +The black race is no more degraded than our own would be under similar +circumstances, but its condition is appalling. How long will it take +to develop the consciousness of manhood where all the tastes, and all +the tendencies, and almost all the environment, are low and in the +opposite direction? The colored people have not the help of higher and +refining influences. Their tendencies have been downward, and present +environment increases the tendency. Regeneration or reform is not the +work of a year or a generation. The change will come only by the +creation of new and higher conditions, and with the birth of a more +self-respecting stock. + +IV. How long will be required for the education of the colored people +and the poor whites? + +The author of "An Appeal to Caesar" says, "The Southern man, black or +white, is not likely to be greatly different to-morrow from what he +was yesterday. Generations may modify; years can only restrain. The +question is not whether education, begun to-day and carried on however +vigorously and successfully by the most approved agencies, would +change the characteristics of to-day's masses. Not at all. The +question is whether it would so act upon them _as they are_, would so +enlighten and inform their minds, as to convince them of the mutual +danger, peril, disaster, that must attend continual oppression or +sudden uprising. We cannot expect to make intelligence instantly +effective in the elevation of individual citizenship, or the exercise +of collective power. Little by little that change must come." +{126} + +About ninety per cent, of the whole colored population of the South, +and about forty-five per cent. of those above ten years of age, are +illiterate. In 1880, nineteen per cent., or about one in every five, +of the white people of the South, and seventy-three per cent. of the +colored people, could neither read nor write; and this estimate is far +too large. After fifteen years of the ballot, seventy-three per cent. +of the colored race of the South could neither read nor write. Much is +being done to promote education by schools and charities, but what are +these among so many? To meet the ignorant condition of things, the +Government is doing nothing. The State governments are doing only a +little. In the Southern States previous to the war there was no system +of common schools. After the war there were not even old foundations +to build upon. Everything had to be started _de novo_ by those who had +nothing with which to start. "We must remember," said Dr. Mayo, "that +nine men out of ten of the South never saw what we call a good public +elementary school. It has been said that the public school-buildings +of Denver alone exceed in value all the public school-buildings of the +State of North Carolina." + +The average school year throughout the South, in 1880, was less than +one hundred days; the average attendance less than thirty per cent. of +those within school age. In a belt of States where seventy-three per +cent., and probably ninety per cent., of the population are +illiterate, where they are too poor to do much except keep up the +struggle for existence, where there are no traditions of culture, +where it has been a crime for a black man to read, where the Nation is +doing nothing, and where the State, when it does its best, provides +instruction which reaches only thirty per cent. of those of school age +for one hundred days in a year, and where the population is increasing +so rapidly that in 1900 the blacks will be in a decided majority, +charity and religion are doing--what? The progress under the +circumstances is amazing, but how long will it take to educate the +nineteen per cent. of Southern whites, and seventy-three per cent., of +Southern blacks? There is more illiteracy now than at the close of the +war, because education has not kept pace with the increase of the +race. + +V. How long will be required for the _moralizing_ of the lower classes +of the South? Ability to make moral discriminations grows slowly. +Ability to appreciate moral motives grows still more slowly. These +people were trained in a school in which virtue was ignored. They have +lived under conditions which have put a premium on theft. Slavery +always makes thieves. The heredity of the passion for stealing is just +as clearly marked as the heredity of the Roman nose or the faculty for +music. The transmission of the tendency toward the gratification of +the animal propensities is as definite as, and stronger than, the +tendency for insanity and consumption to reproduce themselves. These +people come into life blind, {127} and find little but darkness around +them. Here you have about eight millions with an ancestry which began +in heathenism and has had two centuries of slavery--a people +inheriting all the evils of slavery; a people who have never been +trained to make moral discriminations, and whose ancestors for unknown +generations have been trained still less than they; a people who have +none, or at least but little, of the inspiration toward a higher moral +life which comes from a healthy environment; a people whose religion +is almost all emotional; who can soar on the wings of imagination and +enthusiasm to heights which would make an archangel dizzy; who from +paroxysms of anguish at the condition of those whose burning bodies +are lighting the fires of hell, will go off and commit adultery or rob +a hen-roost as complacently as if to do so were a part of their +religion. This is not fiction. Religion has not meant chastity, for +slavery made that impossible; it has not meant justice, for injustice +forged their chains; it has not meant generosity, for they had +nothing; it has been simple emotion. The ethical element has been +absent, and it was through no fault of the black man. + +In 1860, President Hopkins said that a greater proportion of the +Sandwich Islanders could read than of the people in New England. They +were educated but not moralized. There were three hundred thousand of +them a century and a half ago; in 1883, there were forty-nine +thousand. Education without morality is no safeguard. + +Prof. Gilliam shows, from census reports, that if the population of +the Southern whites increases for a century, as at present, in 1985, +there will be ninety-six million whites in the Southern States, and in +1980, one hundred and ninety-two million blacks. Statistics may lie; +but there is enough truth in these to give terrible emphasis to the +inquiry, How long before the colored people will be sufficiently +educated to need no help? How long before they will have sufficient +moral discrimination to know what the commandments require? When we +realize how difficult is the task of inducing men with the environment +of Christian influence at the North, and in England, to live even +decent lives, the wonder is that the freedmen do as well as they do. +How long before we can expect a race with such antecedents and +environments to be fitted to be left to themselves? What answer must +be given? I am not exaggerating the picture. I am only hinting at +conditions of heathenism which exist. I am least of all blaming these +poor and needy people; but none the less clear and strong comes the +appeal for their moral and intellectual emancipation. The moralizing +of a race which has such a history, how long will that require? No +people ever rose more rapidly in the world's history. That shows what +is possible. It does not tell us when our work will be finished. So +long as one-half of the American republic is inhabited by those whose +interests are alien to the other half, there can be no permanent +prosperity. It has been said that there are three essentials to the +{128} permanent unity of a nation; viz., unity of language, unity of +interest and unity of religion. There is a common language between the +blacks and whites, but the unity of interest is not recognized, and +agreement in religion is only in name. The religion of the poor whites +in the South is mechanical, and unintelligently doctrinal; the +religion of the blacks is emotional and fantastic; and the religion of +both blacks and whites is lacking in the ethical element. The process +of political reconstruction has been progressing for twenty years and +more, and is still incomplete. That is an easy work compared with what +must be created intellectually, and socially, and morally. Before the +Southern problem will be solved, a new stock must take the place of +those who were reared in slavery; the old traditions must fade, and +education, and an ethical type of Christianity, must do their work. +How long will be required for that, none can tell. In the meantime, +new complications may arise. The principles of socialism and anarchy +are not unlikely to pervade the South, and if the masses of blacks are +ever exploited by a central, unknown and irresponsible committee of +agitators, the results must be a new reign of terror. The labor +agitators are moving southward. It has been said that colored people +have no tendencies toward socialism and anarchy. I am no prophet, but +I will hazard the prediction that it will not be long before the +socialistic agitator will stir up a commotion at the South that will +make employers of labor and people of wealth tremble. + +The sentiment has sometimes been whispered, that the work of this +Association, and those akin to it, was about accomplished. That +sentiment has selfishness or ignorance at the bottom of it. How long +must this work be kept up? Until all that mass of darkness which fills +the Southern horizon be shot through and through with shafts of light. +How long must it be kept up? Until the last trace of prejudice that +separates brother from brother shall have been removed. How long will +this thing be kept up? Until the black man feels that he is a man; +until he can vote intelligently, and live wisely, and until he has the +ability and the will to discriminate carefully in matters of morals. +How long must it be kept up? Until no man can plead ignorance, or want +of opportunity, for rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ. The Eastern +question has been a live question in European politics for more than +four centuries. It is no more puzzling than the Southern question is +with us. There is an experiment in physics that is typical of this +work. An iron bar is suspended in the air and then a tiny cork, hung +from a string, is thrown against it. At first no impression is made, +but the blows are repeated, until, by and by, the bar begins to +tremble, then to vibrate, then to swing to and fro. The repeated +impacts of the little cork at last move the mass. It will not be by +any great rush that the Southern problem will be solved. It will yield +at last to the constancy, and fidelity, of the great multitude of +those who love their brother because they love their Lord; who are +content to work in secret, {129} and many of whom already rest in +unmarked graves. That mass of ignorance, wretchedness and wrong will +swing and disappear at last before the multitudinous strokes of +individual gifts and individual prayers. + +All the problems which are vexing the older nations are essentially +social problems, and the watchword of all the movements that are +undermining thrones and caste, and the wicked social order, is, "The +world no longer for the few, but for the many." In America the _many_ +are already in possession, and the problem with us is, How may our +rulers--the people who can never be dethroned--be rendered competent +to rule? That is the question to which the American Missionary +Association is devoting itself; and its answer is the only true one: +By making the people intelligent, and Christian. And how long before +that will be accomplished? A Scotchman once asked an Irishman, "Why +were half-farthings coined in England?" Pat instantly replied, "To +give Scotchmen an opportunity of contributing to missions." When will +this problem be solved? Never, if the Christians of America are like +Pat's Scotchman, but quicker than any of us dream, if all the +Christians of America are like that woman in the New Testament who put +into the treasury two mites. + + * * * * * + +THE SOUTH. + + SOUTHERN TESTIMONY. + +We insert the following from the _Southern Presbyterian_, as a recent +testimony to the views, principles and work of the American Missionary +Association. It will be all the stronger from the fact that it was not +written for a testimony, but as a setting forth of facts by a +Southerner to Southerners. + + The old masters and the old slaves are now rapidly passing into + eternity. In ten years more no one of our people, white or black, + under _forty years_ of age, will know personally anything of + slavery. It then comes to this, that now and from this time + forward, we white Christians must be impressed with the fact that + we have here at our doors, in our houses, offices, stores and + kitchens, and on our farms, not slaves, but a race of people, + three-fourths of whom are but a little removed from savages in so + far as their knowledge of religion is concerned. They have among + them those whom they call preachers; they hold meetings, they + halloo, they shout, but no _saving truth_ is preached or heard from + that source. The result is great animal excitement, but no moral + elevation. Then many of them are receiving secular education. That + sharpens their intellects but gives no Christian character. It does + just the opposite; it fits them for rascality. They are increasing. + There are probably eight millions of them now, and there will be + many millions more. Those who are dying without Christ are dying + here in a Christian land without hope. + + The statement of a Congregational missionary recently made, is + probably true, viz.: that "one-fourth of the race is improving + rapidly," yet much the larger part of them are almost, if not + altogether, _heathen_. They are not across the ocean; under God's + providence they are here, where you can touch them with your + finger. Why here? {130} It will not do to say that nothing can be + made out of them. Go to Texas, to Tennessee, and come right here to + Atlanta now, and our most intelligent white men will tell you that + on the prohibition question, negroes, educated, smart and very + eloquent, have made, and are making, _ringing_ speeches. There have + been smart speakers on both sides. Some of their speeches would do + credit to any white orator in the South. Dr. Sanderson, our late + Professor at Tuskaloosa, stated on the floor of the Synod of + Alabama last week, that he had taught a good deal, and that a young + negro, twenty years of age, one of our divinity students at + Tuskaloosa, was as smart a pupil as he had ever seen; that if he + were in the State University he would be in its first rank of + students, and that he heard him recently preach a sermon on the + mediatorial work of Christ, such that he (Dr. Sanderson) would not + undertake to make a better one on that majestic theme. * * * + + In Dallas Presbytery, Texas, recently, a black man was examined for + two days on Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and on all that is required by + our Book of Government for ordination, and he did not falter once. + So the brethren there testify. + + Then it comes to this: this race of people is here; the great body + of them are heathen. Can anyone doubt that it is the purpose of the + Almighty to prepare a large number of them, converted, educated and + civilized, to go back to Africa to redeem that continent for + civilization and for Christ? We are commanded to preach the Gospel + to every creature, to teach it to all nations. + + * * * * * + + OUR WORK, AS A GRADUATE OF FISK UNIVERSITY SEES IT. + +BY WILLIAM A. CROSTHWAITE. + +The American Missionary Association is doing more to quicken the hopes +and aspirations of the Southern Negro, more toward arousing the +Southern white man to educate himself, and more toward bringing the +two races to an acknowledgment of each other's rights, than any other +similar institution in the country. + +In the summer of 1884, near Leesburg, Texas, a well-appointed Negro +school was burned by the whites of that community. The colored people, +seeing their hope of years in ashes, advertised their little holdings +for sale, and prepared to leave in a body. But the whites offered to +supplement the insurance on the former building and to re-build the +school, if the colored people would remain in the community. The terms +were accepted, and now _West Chapel_, which is the name of the school, +is excellently furnished and has a $200 bell upon it, and is the best +known school in Northeast Texas. Previous to the burning of West +Chapel, the whites were continually distracted by factional fights. +There was general apathy with regard to improvement in any way +whatever. Their teachers were always of the inferior class. But, when +they found that the colored people would have a school, they decided +to have one also. The colored people bought a bell. So did they. The +colored people had a foreign teacher. So must they have one, and they +paid $750 a year for him. One of the white citizens of the locality +summed the situation up thus:--"West Chapel is to the whites what a +coal of fire is on the back of a terrapin." This school was organized +by a Fisk student and has ever {131} since been taught by students of +Fisk. Thus is the A.M.A. lifting up the Negro directly and the whites +indirectly, and establishing friendly relations between the two. + +But this is no isolated case. The story is the same wherever the +educated Negro comes in contact with the whites. At one time, our +school was so far in advance of the white school, that I was told by +my school director that "no high-learnt teacher was wanted to teach +'Nigger Schools,'" and I was actually driven from my school by threats +of violence. + +The North can better understand the work of the American Missionary +Association, when it is fully understood that the presence of Fisk +University in Nashville brought about the existence of Vanderbilt +University. When Fisk began to send out her graduates as refined and +upright gentlemen, and the newspapers were enthusiastic in their +accounts of its literary and musical exhibitions, the white people +said; "We must have a university in Nashville also." + +In the recent Prohibition campaign in Tennessee, the students of Fisk +were one of the chief factors. In the beginning of the movement, the +cry; "Where does Fisk stand on this question?" went up from the good +people all over the State. Fisk was the first college to declare in +favor of the proposed Amendment, and one hundred young men and women +went from her walls and fought valiantly for the cause. + +It is due the profound Christian spirit that characterizes the work of +the Association to say, that every student and alumnus of Fisk in the +State of Tennessee was an ardent supporter of the cause, save two. +During the campaign the most cordial feelings existed between the +better elements of both races. Heretofore these things were almost +unheard of. + +There was a time when policy or political expediency had no effect +upon the prejudices of the Southern whites, but the educational +process inaugurated by the North is elevating a class of colored +people to a plane where they are respected as never before. No State +or Federal aid can do for us what the A.M.A. is doing. Such aid as the +Blair Bill proposed would meet a certain need, and enable the men that +are educated by the A.M.A. to get at the masses; but the peculiar work +of preparing honest and devout Christian leaders must be otherwise +provided for. The complete regeneration of the South is a thing of the +future. The A.M.A. must remain among us to hasten on "the harvest of +the golden year." + +That the Christianization of the Negro must come from without his own +institutions, will be clearly seen by looking at his present religious +condition. The new life that is developing cannot be crowded into the +narrow limits of his church. The moral element is almost entirely +wanting in his creed and doctrine. Such is the condition of the church +that moral and spiritual growth are impossible. He must be educated +away from the institutions that attended his enslavement; as far from +them as Canaan is from Egypt. Again, the pulpit, with comparatively +few honorable exceptions, {132} is filled with adventurers and impure +ministers. To a great extent this is true. But signs of a spiritual +and moral exodus are everywhere manifest. The judgment of God rests +heavily upon the Negro's temple-worship and the structure tumbles to +the ground. Within the last two years I have seen six of the largest +colored churches in Tennessee split on moral grounds, and the +discontent with what is bad, grows among them. The old associations +are losing their power over the rising generation. Intelligent men are +seeking to supply their spiritual and moral wants. The A.M.A. has but +to persist in the establishment of its school and church work among +the colored people, with good strong men as ministers, and it is sure +to be the leaven of the church of the future for the Negro people. + +Last summer an old father, who had educated four children at Fisk +University and had himself been there on one Commencement occasion, +said to me:--"That Fisk school is the _buildin'-up-est_ place to our +people in the world. I never expect to have such a good time and +treatment again until I get to heaven." Thus are our hopes quickened +and our aspirations for nobler things awakened. + +But to one who understands the situation, the question of our +education is of serious moment. All our institutions of higher +learning are living from hand to mouth, with no endowment, and the +North's purse-strings are growing tighter as the years go by. On the +other hand, prejudice strikes savagely at our State appropriations. +This year, in the advanced State of Tennessee, the white State-student +gets one hundred dollars while the colored gets only twenty-two +dollars and a half. In his poverty what can the Negro student do with +this sum in the way of educating himself? + +I could take you in the homes of those whom you have educated, then +could you appreciate the wisdom of your investments. It is around the +fireside, and in the conduct of the children, that your noble work is +manifesting itself so clearly. The intellectual, moral and spiritual +life found there are the true and only guarantees that old things are +passing away. + +The abject condition of the great body of Negroes appeals to Christian +religion and philanthropy for the help that must come to redeem their +lost minds and souls. The South cannot give them a Christian +education. The cry goes up to the great, warm heart of the North. We +crave the crumbs that fall from your God-given, bountiful table. + + * * * * * + + A PASTOR'S FIRST VIEW. + + A pastor who was educated at the North and who was graduated at the + Hartford Theological Seminary, has for the first time made the + acquaintance of his race in the South. He had never met his own + people as a race until he entered into the service of the American + Missionary Association. His impressions and testimony have, + therefore, an additional interest. + +In reference to the field: it is large and interesting, and requires +more {133} than ordinary attention, both to that part of it under +cultivation and that which is not yet. I have arranged my visits in +such a way as to make it practicable for me to do justice to both; +visiting church members the last week in each month (except in case of +sickness), and using the rest of the time (apart from other necessary +duties) for visits outside. + +I am thus brought into direct contact with our people and learn a +great deal about their condition. In some places it does seem actually +as if liberty and civilization are still mysteries to them. + +When I was in the North and heard or read descriptions of the +condition and mode of living of the colored people of the South, I +often thought that those descriptions were very highly colored, but I +am now perfectly cured of all my doubts. My visits furnish me with the +most plausible attestation of the facts. Squalor, with its long train +of attendants, may be commonly seen in every direction, and perhaps +not confined to the lower-conditioned of our people either. The +desecration of the Lord's day is actually frightful. It is very +literally used as a "day of rest from labor." On every hand the people +are seen resting--resting from labor in the houses, on the stoops and +on the streets, instead of being in the house of God. In very many +instances, however, we succeed in getting some of them to attend +church, but the work is somewhat uphill. I trust that this abnormal +condition to which slavery has reduced them will eventually succumb to +the effective educational weapon that is being brought to bear upon +them, that of the American Missionary Association especially, and may +the time soon come for the South when the Holy Spirit working in and +through the various missionary Boards, and also other agencies, shall +spread righteousness and education and the true art of living, among +these benighted people. I am praying, others are praying, and you, +too, must help us to pray and to wait for the quickening influences +and a fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit. + + * * * * * + + TALLADEGA FRUIT. + +BY MISS E.B. EMERY. + +The missions of the American Missionary Association at the South are +like orange trees, perennial, evergreen, and continually bearing +golden fruit, and of these there is none more abounding in vitality +than Talladega. All the year round the foliage glistens, the +blossoming sheds its fragrance, and every winter there is an ample +harvest. Sometimes one from abroad comes in to shake the tree and +gather the fruit, and sometimes not; but however that may be, the soil +is previously and thoroughly prepared by these consecrated +missionaries, the tree is watered and nourished and tended the year +round, and the harvest _expected_, and it comes. + +Are there no spiritual frosts to blight? They are impossible, if the +{134} spiritual atmosphere be kept clear, and the Holy Ghost be a +daily and hourly companion and friend. + +It is by no means unusual in Talladega for every unbelieving pupil in +the boarding department to be converted. This year there were over +forty hopeful conversions, and Rev. James Wharton, an English +evangelist, by his earnest preaching was of very great assistance. It +is noticeable that if any who have had little _previous_ training are +converted through the preaching of an evangelist, they are not likely +to hold out well. + +On the first Sunday in March, twenty-seven of the converts were +received into the college church, with two from the Baptist Church. +More will come later as the fruits of the revival, while a few will +join other churches. Eighteen of the number were young men, and among +them were the two sons of Pres. DeForest, one fourteen, the other +nine, years of age. + +Prof. G.W. Andrews, D.D., the pastor this year, conducted the +services; there was no sermon proper and no time for any, but there +was much of the beautiful music of these colored people; they sing out +their fervid souls with their rich and powerful voices. Nearly all +were baptized, and much more was made of the right hand of fellowship +than is usual in any Northern church. And it is needful for these +children, for they will call for constant help months and years to +come. With few exceptions, they are not reared in Christian homes, are +not educated from the cradle in the Christian faith. The services were +both solemn and joyful, and very tender and touching. + +Such an avowal is the most significant of all things, anytime, +anywhere, but here we know that every life is to be one of toil and +bitter struggle, a fight in which the odds are, to appearances, all +against them; more than all, that this young man, that young woman, +with the dusky face, the mellow voice and the eager spirit, now in +covenant with us, is to be a missionary to the heathen, and of his own +people. What may he not accomplish? What may she not do for Christ? +And these heathen are in our own country; they are our own people. +These young missionaries are very peculiarly ours, and it is through +the Northern churches that they are trained for their work. Shall not +then those churches adopt them in their hearts, carry them in their +prayers, and let them suffer no lack in their preparation? Their work +in the future for the Master's kingdom will depend very much upon us +Christians of the North. + +Talladega College is exceedingly prosperous. The day-school is very +large; the Sunday-school packs the chapel, and the Sunday congregation +is much too crowded for health or comfort in a room seating but two +hundred and fifty. The college is working all the time, for a church, +earning many small sums. The result, with some gifts, amounts to about +$400. Where is the man or the woman to aid in this godly enterprise? +to share in this work so essential and so abundantly fruitful? +{135} + + * * * * * + + THREE PICTURES FROM LE MOYNE SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENN. + +BY MISS ESTHER H. BARNES. + +I would like to bring before you three pictures which I saw this week. +The first is the interior of a single room. The tattered, soiled bed +and the fireplace took up a large part of the room, and the rest was +nearly filled with the confusion of odds and ends that make up the +belongings of such a home. A feeble fire rested on the uneven bricks +of the fireplace, and the chimney above was covered with newspapers in +the last stages of dilapidation and dirt. There was no window, but a +little sliding shutter, moved aside a few inches, admitted light +enough to make the darkness visible as it fell on the smoke-stained +boards, and the dusky faces of the inmates seated close to the fire on +old chairs and boxes. A home more forlorn than this little pen, which, +with a smaller back shed, is the only residence of at least five human +beings, I can hardly conceive. + +Now for a more cheering picture. It is a cozy sitting-room, papered +with taste and furnished in harmony. Everything looks neat, from the +snowy bed-spread to the pretty clock on the mantel, and the dainty +bunch of pansies on the wall above. Open doors give glimpses of other +rooms as well ordered as this, while intelligence and kindness beam in +the dark faces of gentle mother and cheery bright-eyed daughters. When +people ask us how we can bear to teach "niggers," they generally have +in mind those tattered, lazy persons, who are most wont to show +themselves on the street corners, and so make the deepest impression +on the average white mind. + +But look at my third picture, and you will see both how we can like +our work, and what is one of the things that make a difference between +the second home I have described and the first. The large school-room +is filled. More than one hundred and twenty-five students are arranged +in classes, most of whom are standing in their places ready to pass to +recitation rooms. One of their number is at the piano. Another stands +at the desk to give the word of command. Now he strikes the bell and +the pupils in long file pass out, marching with their heads up. Not a +teacher is in sight. Everything is orderly and is running of itself, +as it does every day. This is nothing wonderful, of course, though I +know some white schools which could not be trusted to this degree to +the control of monitors. But it is only a sign of the influences that +here lead to self-reliance and self-control. Every year a new set of +uncouth and undeveloped young people come shambling in, looking around +with bewildered eyes. But they soon begin to straighten up and fall +into step. Their vague ideas get settled, and their minds, slow at +first, wake up. In a few years they will be made over new, not +perfect, but vastly improved. They will be out teaching, spreading +light from scores of new centres, and sending new pupils to "Old Le +Moyne." +{136} + + * * * * * + + THE EVANGELIST AT WORK. + +The last night of the three weeks' series of meetings at Marion was a +memorable one. Every night the church, which was a large-sized +building, was well filled with an attentive congregation, hungering +and thirsting for the bread and water of life. After singing and +prayer and hearing the testimonies from the young converts present, +who told with unmistakable clearness how they had given their hearts +to God, a few words were spoken, especially to them, showing what God +requires of them now they have become Christians. Afterwards the +gospel was preached to the unconverted and an invitation given for +those who wished to become Christians to signify their desire. A +number responded, including an old man supposed to be at least ninety +years of age. The old man had long thought of being a Christian, but +never could get to the point of decision until now. He looked back +upon his long life of sin; he wept, he prayed, he arose and confessed +that he had then and there taken Christ as his Saviour. Was not he a +brand plucked from the burning? + +It was most encouraging to see a young lady bringing along to the +pastor's house nearly every day some two or three of her school +companions or friends, to be prayed for and spoken with about the way +of salvation. The Christians worked faithfully visiting the houses of +their friends to pray and speak with them and to bring them out to the +meeting at night. + +At Mobile, although the first week it rained six days in succession, +yet the people came out well and were repaid for their faithfulness. +Every night for the past three weeks large numbers of all classes have +been personally interested, and with the exception of one service, we +have had cause to thank God for conversions. Fathers and mothers are +rejoicing over sons and daughters brought to Christ. A large number of +young people from the Sabbath-school as well as from the day-school +have started on the new life. The teachers say that a marked change is +observable and that the young converts seem to be trying their very +best to live up to their profession. Forty-six were received into the +church and will have the instruction that is so much needed by young +converts. + +One of the teachers and myself, while visiting some of the converts, +found five young women in one house rejoicing in the pardoning love of +God. "Truly," said the old grandmother, "salvation has come to this +house." We found that, some years ago, three mothers had died and left +five orphan children, who were taken by the grandmother and who had +now grown into womanhood. Two sisters first became Christians and the +others soon followed. One said, "I used to be so fond of going to the +theatre, but now I have no heart for that sort of thing; I mean to +live a good Christian life and do all I can for my Saviour." They were +all received into church, and joined as well the Young People's +Society of {137} Christian Endeavor, which is a good thing for young +people, as it trains them for future work, and to be active and useful +in the service of Christ. + +JAMES WHARTON. + + * * * * * + +THE CHINESE. + + LETTER FROM REV. W.C. POND. + +Our anniversary was an occasion of much interest. The attendance was +large, and our brethren acquitted themselves well. The _Record-Union_, +the principal daily of Sacramento, published both the addresses in +full. + +We have good news from our evangelists. They are doing great good, if +we can judge at all by what we see: and they are in training, I +believe, for larger and better service in the years to come. I shall +have much to write about this for the _next Missionary_, much more +than I can crowd into the space allowed me. + +The new work at San Buenaventura opens finely. It is already one of +our largest interior schools; and two or three, possibly _four_, of +the Chinese have already been led to believe; so that before Low Quong +returns he expects to organize an Association and get Christian work +into systematic operation. + +I am greatly pleased also with the reports from Tucson. Yong Jin, who +has done excellent evangelistic work at Santa Cruz, goes to Tucson +next week. He is an earnest Christian, and though somewhat deficient +in English is better educated in Chinese and is an excellent preacher. + + * * * * * + + FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK. + +BY LOW QUONG. + +In January last I was asked to do some evangelistic work in the +Northern part of this State. The first place I visited was Oroville. +There we have a branch mission with a fine mission house, or, we might +call it a Chinese church and school combined. The church has a +membership of about fifteen. The evening scholars were usually about +twenty or more. This school has a faithful teacher, and all together +makes a fruitful mission. Although I was there only about a month--yet +I enjoyed the work very much, and my acquaintance with the brethren +there and their kindness to me I can never forget. I will now give you +some little incidents of my work there. The town has about three +hundred Chinese inhabitants, and most of our brethren and scholars +live in the town, but there were also a good many outside of the town. +These are mostly miners. But even these hard-working men, when they +got through their day's work, {138} came to town at night to attend +our evening school; and on Sundays also, to hear the preaching of the +gospel. + +At the end of the month, when Mr. Pond came to Oroville, we had the +Lord's supper in our little Chinese church. It was held in the +evening. One far-away brother was informed by letter, and he came over +a long, rough road to attend the Lord's table. It was about eight +o'clock when he reached the church. We asked him what time he started +to walk; he said at one o'clock in the afternoon. He had walked fully +seven hours just for the Lord's supper, and early in the morning he +had to walk back again to his place, while we took the train for +Marysville. During my stay at Oroville, four members were added to the +Association and one was baptized and received to the church. We would +have had two, but one had gone to work in a place sixty miles from +town. He had waited for Mr. Pond to come up for nearly a whole month, +so he could be baptized, and he had gone only a week when Mr. Pond +came. Lately I have received a letter from him, that he has returned +to Oroville. + +The Chinese inhabitants at Oroville are very kind to the Christian +Chinese. They never trouble them and always send their boys to the +evening school. I heard not long ago from their teacher, that the +whole mission house has been renovated and a new floor put down at the +expense of the brethren and scholars. + + * * * * * + + CHIN GAING IN CHINA. + +[EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS IN ALAMEDA, CAL., BY CHIN GAING.] + +It is over eleven years since I left my home in China. Near the end of +1882 I began to attend the mission school in San Francisco. After +being there about two years I joined the Christian Association, and +six months from then I was baptized and joined Bethany Church. + +Two years ago I returned to China. My friends there knew that I had +changed my religion, and so, when I went back they asked me many +questions. + +My relatives wanted to know about the people in this country, what +religion they had and what gods they worshiped. And whether the +Chinese who went there believed the same as the American people. + +I told them we believed in one God. They said, "Which one?" + +I answered, the one that created the heaven and the earth, and all +things in the world and the sea. The God who has all power and whom we +ought to worship. + +My mother then came up and said: "Do not talk such things; we are +Chinese and must keep our customs." + +I said I could not keep those which were against God. So they said: +"If you have anything good, then keep it." + +While in China I could not help seeing how much the people spent in +{139} foolishness. They have so many idol processions, which cost a +great deal of money. The people gladly give to keep up their worship, +as they are in darkness and know not the name of Jesus, which is the +only name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. + +But how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how +shall they hear without a preacher? + +And so it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach +the gospel of peace." + + * * * * * + +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. +Woodsbury, 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, Brodhead, +Wis. + +MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. H.L. Chase, 2,750 +Second Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn. + +IOWA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Miss Ella B. Marsh, +Grinnell, Iowa. + +KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. Addison +Blanchard, Topeka, Kan. + +SOUTH DAKOTA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.E. Young, +Sioux Falls, Dak. + + * * * * * + +"Twenty-three unanswered letters look down upon me. Eighteen came +to-day." Such is the burdened sigh of one of our earnest, self-denying +missionaries, who is upon the mission field that she may relieve the +suffering, teach the ignorant and save souls, and for whom the days +are all too short for these duties alone. + +Have our readers ever felt the burden of unanswered letters? Pastors, +Sunday-school teachers, housekeepers--busy people that you are--have +you ever felt the twinge of unrest, almost discouragement, because +some friendly letter, which you enjoyed receiving, lay unanswered +waiting a spare hour? And have you ever had to "brace up" to what, in +a life of leisure might be a pastime, but in a life so full of care +and responsibility becomes a task? Then you will surely be ready +unselfishly to + + SPARE OUR TEACHERS. + +How can it be done? Not by withholding your letters from them. If any +missionaries anywhere need words of appreciation and good cheer they +are those who year after year sacrifice social life and religious +privileges to mingle with the ignorant, uncultured--yes, and +impure--that they may lift them up into the healthful ways of +righteousness. Write to them, encourage {140} them, but do not ask for +a special letter for your next missionary meeting. Tell them _not to +write_, that you have heard or can hear from them every month through +their letters sent to the officers at New York and that you learn of +the work through the A.M.A. magazine. Thank them for making this +monthly missionary letter so full and interesting. + +"But that monthly letter is a copied letter," some one answers, "and +we wish our teacher to write to us, _to us alone, and in her own +hand_." Yes, it is a copied letter in order that it may be sent to +others who are interested in, and helping, the same work, and that the +missionaries' time may be given to the work about them instead of +being spent so largely in writing. But it is a fresh letter. It has +the latest monthly news and was written for you, and if not in the +same hand is as truly yours as a typewritten letter, which is the sort +most of us receive and give in the high-work pressure of now-a-days. + +We provide _The American Missionary_, furnish our printed leaflets +freely, and will send the monthly missionary letters to all who desire +to hear thus from their contributions--as we hope all do--thus giving +the very best information that the field affords; but we most +earnestly hope the missionaries may be allowed their time for their +missionary duties pressing upon them. _The Missionary_ is the word +from your missionary. Read it, and if you do not like it, write us, +and we will try again next month. + + * * * * * + +RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1888. + + MAINE, $146.84. + +Augusta. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $21.45 +Bangor. Sab. Sch. of First Parish Ch. 13.85 +Belfast. _For Wilmington, N.C._ 1.79 +Brewer. Mrs. C.S. Hardy, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 30.00 +Brewer. "A Friend." First Ch., _for Indian M._ 10.00 +Brunswick. "Little Folks," _for Indian Sch'p_ 25.00 +Castine. Prof. F.W. Foster 1.00 +Cumberland Center. By Miss J.G. Merrill, Bbl. of C. for Selma, Ala., 2 +_for Freight_ 2.00 +Limington. By Rev. Chas. H. Gates, _for Freight_ 2.00 +Machias. Sarah Hills Sab. Sch. Class _for ed. Indian boy_ 2.50 +Portland. Fourth Cong. Ch. 15.00 +Portland. Mrs. W.W. Brown's S.S. Class, 10; Class in Bethel Sab. Sch. +1.75; _for Rosebud Indian M._ 11.75 +South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 1.50 +South Paris. Cong. Ch. 7.00 +Woodfords. By Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, _for Freight_ 2.00 + + NEW HAMPSHIRE, $190.30. + +Alstead. Miss Eliza Gorham 1.00 +Bedford. Milton B. George, _for Indian M._ 1.00 +Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.35 +Epping. Mrs. Geo. N. Sheppard's S.S. Class, Cong. Ch. 4.00 +Exeter. "Friend" 30.00 +Haverhill. Members Cong. Ch. 18.30 +Hudson. Cong, Ch. and Soc. $3.00 +Lancaster. Mrs. A.M. Amsden 5.00 +Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.65 +Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 +Pembroke. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00 +Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Individuals 15.00 +Stratham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 +Tilton. Cong. Ch., 40; Class of Boys _for Student Aid_, 2 42.00 + + VERMONT, $394.93. + +Barnet. Y.P.S.C.E. 1 _for Chinese M._ and 1 _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2.00 +Bradford. First Cong. Ch. 30.02 +Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.50 +Burlington. Ladies of First Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 40.00 +Burlington. Mission Band, _for Indian M._ 24.00 +Burlington. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ +17.86 +Cambridge. Madison Stafford 10.00 +Cornwall. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 +East Arlington. Cong. Ch. 7.00 +Fairlee. Cong. Ch. 12.25 +Greensboro. Cong. Ch. 12.00 +Lunenburg. Mrs. C.W. King, Easter offering 5.00 +North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 9.83 +North Ferrisburg. C.W. Wicker 10.00 +Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.13 +Norwich. J.G. Stimson, for Church in Hartford, Vt., Extra 100.00 +Orwell. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for McIntosh, Ga._ $17.57 +South Burlington. Eldridge Sab. Sch. 4.00 +Waitsfield. Box of C. for McIntosh, Ga., 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 +West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 11.02 +West Fairlee. Mrs. C.M. Holbrook 2.00 +West Randolph. Miss Susan B. Albin 6.00 +West Randolph. "Mission Builders," First Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, +Ga._ 6.00 +Weybridge. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 5.75 +Windham. Cong. Ch. to const., WAYLAND G. ADAMS L.M. 31.00 + + MASSACHUSETTS, $5,725.85. + +Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch. 10.80 +Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Calvin E. Goodell, 25 125.00 +Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. 26.25 +Auburndale. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 31.07 +Boston. E.K. Alden, D.D., "In fraternal remembrance of James Powell" +100.00 +" "C.A.H." _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 100.00 +" B. Wilkins. Box of Goods, _for Wilmington, N.C._ +" Samuel Ward & Co., Quantity of Stationary _for Wilmington, N.C._ +Charlestown. Sewing Circle of Winthrop Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 +Dorchester. Miss Mary A. Tuttle ad'l _for Marie Adlof Fund_ 1.25 +Jamaica Plain. R.W. Wood 50.00 +" Nellie F. Riley 4.50 +Roxbury. Mrs. A.W. Tuffts, _for Freight_ 2.24 +------- 277.99 +Boxford. Sab, Sch, of Cong, Ch., _for Jellico, Tenn._ 37.51 +Brimfield. First Cong. Ch. 6.20 +Buckland. Cong. Ch. 26.13 +Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 +Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Chicopee. Eleanor Woodworth, _for Indian M._ 5.00 +Chicopee Falls. Ladies Benev. Soc., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00 +Clinton. C.L. Swan, _for Sch'p, Hampton N. & A. Institute_ 70.00 +Clinton. Mrs. J.M. Dakin, _for Clinton Chapel, Talladega_ 10.00 +Dalon. Cong. Ch., to const. PAYSON E. LITTLE and HEMAN MITCHELL L.M.'s +75.86 +Douglas. "Thank offering from a friend." 5.00 +East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 +Easthampton. First Cong. Ch. 65.18 +Enfield. Miss Lucretia Cary's S.S. Class, 6; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., +4.05; _for Rosebud Indian M._ 10.05 +Erving. Cong. Ch. 4.04 +Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. 44.00 +Foxboro. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 73.45 +Foxboro. Cong. Soc. Bbl., of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ +Framingham. "Friend." 40.00 +Granville. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb 5.00 +Hadley. First Ch. 12.00 +Hadley. Sab. Sch. of First Ch. 11.00 +Haverhill. Bethany Ass'n of North Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00 +Holliston. "Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4." 67.00 +Holliston. L.A. Claflin, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 +Holyoke. Miss'y Soc. _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.50 +Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 +Lancaster. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Ch. 16.78 +Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. $16.00 +Littleton. J.C. Houghton 4.00 +Lowell. First Cong, Ch. to const. ALBERT J. DONNELL L.M. 32.00 +Malden. First Ch. (20 of which from Wm. L. Greene) 78.50 +Mansfield. Ortho Cong. Ch. 11.36 +Mansfield. Ladies Miss'y Soc., _for Wilmington N.C._ 4.00 +Maplewood. Ladies' Union, Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington N.C._, 1 _for +Freight_ 1.00 +Medford. "A Friend," bal. to const. MRS. ANNA C. FARNSWORTH L.M. 20.00 +Melrose. Ladles of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of material, _for Sewing Dept. +Talladega C._ +Merrimac. Ladies Miss'y Soc., by Mrs. Nichols, Treas. 16.75 +Millbury. C.E. Hunt, to const. FREDERICK W. HUNT L.M. 30.00 +Mittineague. Southworth Co., Case of Paper, _for Straight U._ +Montague. Cong. Ch. 9.00 +Montville. O.B. Jones, _for Indian M._ 2.00 +New Bedford. Mrs. I.H. Bartlett, Jr. 30.00 +New Boston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Indian M._ 3.72 +Newbury. First Ch. 17.05 +Newburyport. Harriet O. Haskell 2.00 +Newton Center. Ladies Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student +Aid, Atlanta U._ 40.00 +Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for Indian M._ 25.00 +Newton Center. Maria B. Farber Soc. Y.L., Bbl of C., etc., _for +Washington, D.C._ +North Amherst. Mrs. Daniel Dickinson, deceased, by Chas. R. Dickinson, +to const. ISABELLE M. PHELPS L.M. 30.00 +Northampton. Primary Dep't Edwards Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian +M._ 15.00 +North Leominster. Leonard Burrage, _for Theo. Dept. Santee Indian +Sch._ 2000.00 +North Reading. Cong. Ch. 6.42 +Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.93 +Peabody. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 +Pittsfield. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 27.14 +Plymouth. Ch. of Pilgrimage 85.22 +Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. 6.35 +Randolph. Miss Abby W. Turner, 50; Miss Alice M. Turner, 25; Mrs. John +J. Crawford, 25; _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 100.00 +Reading. "Friend in Cong. Ch." 2.00 +Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc., to const. GEO. A. CHANDLER, GEORGE S. +ROPES and JOHN R. SMITH L.M.'s 339.10 +Shelburne Falls. A.N. Russell, 2.5O; Herbert A. Russell, 2.50 5.00 +Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. 15.80 +Somerville. Miss'y Circle of Franklin St. Ch., _for Freight_ 2.10 +Southbridge. Cong. Ch. 49.88 +South Framingham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Robbins, Tenn._ 16.06 +South Framingham. G.M. Amsden 5.00 +South Hadley. First Cong Ch. 29.25 +Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. First Cong. Ch., 50; Sab. Sch. of Memorial +Ch., 25; _for Fisk U._ 15.00 +Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ +4.50 +Stoughton. Cong. Ch., bal. _for Freight_ 0.75 +Tewksbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 15.00 +Upton. Bbl of C., _for Mobile, Ala._ +Waltham. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl. of material _for Sewing Dept., +Talladega C._ +Ware. Sab. Sch. of East Cong. Ch., _for Santee Indian M._ 25.00 +Wellesley. "Friends in Wellesley College," _for Indian M._ 9.00 +Westboro. Miss'y Soc., 3, and Pkg. Furnishings, by Miss Bixby, _for +Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 3.00 +West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.05 +West Medway. C. Albert Adams 10.00 +West Medway. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 3.00 +West Somerville. Mrs. Taplin, Bbl. of Goods, 1.30 _for freight, for +Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 1.30 +Weymouth and Braintree. Cong Ch. 48.76 +Whitman. "A Friend," to Const. MRS. LYDIA A. PRATT and MISS LIZZIE +REED L.M'S. 60.00 +Wollaston. First Cong. Ch. (10 of which _for Indian M._) 15.00 +Worcester. Union Ch., 214.75; Piedmont Ch., 65; "A Friend" 20; Salem +St. Ch., 17.75 317.50 +Worcester. P.E. Moen, 50; "S.E.J." 25, _for Indian M._ 75.00 +Worcester. O.S. Mission C. of Old South Ch., _for Toughaloo U._ 16.00 +Worcester. "Piedmont Ch., A Friend." _for Atlanta U._ 10.00 +Worcester. Benev. Soc. of Plym. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ +5.00 +---- Massachusetts Indian Ass'n, _for Indian M._ 10.00 +---- "A Friend," adl. _for Fisk U._ 31.42 +By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n: +Agawam. _for Indian M._ 5.00 +East Granville 10.00 +Indian Orchard 14.78 +Ludlow 15.00 +Palmer. First 5.06 +Springfield. South 66.62 +Westfield. First, to const. MRS. MARY E. RICHARDSON L.M. 100.87 +West Springfield. First, to const. MRS. C.S. BEARDSLEE L.M. 34 00 +------ 251.33 +-------- +$5,375.85 + + LEGACIES. + +Beverly. Estate of John Lovett, by Chas. T. Lovett, Ex. 250.00 +Sherborn. Estate of Oliver Barber, by J.W. Barber, Ex. 100.00 + -------- + $5,725.35 + + CLOTHING, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. + +Andover, Mass. Mrs. Selah Merrill, 1 Bbl. _for Tougaloo U._ +Gloucester, Mass. Mary Brooks, 1 Bdl. S.S. Papers +Groton, Mass. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. _for Oaks, N.C._ +Malden, Mass. M. Kent, 1 Bbl., _for Kittrell, N.C._ +Quincy, Mass. Harriet S. Proctor, 1 Case +Rockport, Mass. 1 Bdl +Yarmouth, Mass. Sewing Circle of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for Atlanta U._ + + RHODE ISLAND, $90.02. + +Bristol, "Wide Awakes" of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fort Berthold, +Dak._ 8.00 +Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 21.52 +Pawtucket. "Mission Workers" _for Indian Sch'p._ 52.50 +Providence. Hon. A.C. Barstow, 10; "A Friend", 1, _for Tougaloo U._ +11.00 + + CONNECTICUT, $3,249.58. + +Ansonia. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 4.00 +Ashford. Mrs. C.S. Trowbridge 5.00 +Banksville. George Derby 1.00 +Branford. Rev. Henry P. Bake, 10; H.G. Harrison, 10; Cong Ch. 7.69 +27.69 +Bridgeport. Infant Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian +M._ 11.00 +Bristol. Cong. Ch. (56 of which from Ladies, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., +Ga._) 93.66 +Bristol. Mr. E. Peck's S.S. Class, _for Indian M._ 5.00 +Cheshire. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 21.00 +Darien. Cong. Ch. 9.29 +East Hampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 5.00 +East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells 5.00 +Enfield. Sheffield C. Reynolds 1000.00 +Enfield. J.N. Allen, _for Indian M._ 100.00 +Enfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ +25.00 +Essex. First Cong. Ch. 26.00 +Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. (of which 100.72 _for Indian Mission_) 308.12 +Glastonbury. J.B. Williams Co., _for Ind'l Building, Austin, Texas_ +250.00 +Glastonbury. Louise Williams, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 0.50 +Greenville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid. Straight U._ +15.62 +Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch. 31.17 +Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. JOHN W. NORTON L.M. 30.00 +Hampton. First Cong. Ch., 24.08; "Additional to Collection," 5 29.08 +Hartford. Rodney Dennis, 25; Daniel R. Howe, 25, _for Tougaloo U._ +50.00 +Huntington. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch. Ga._ 11.00 +Ivoryton. Mr. Northrup, 10; Mr. Rose, 50c., _for Tougaloo U._ 10.50 +Kensington. Geo. W. Ford, 5; Miss F.A. Robbins, 5; Mrs. A.J. Benedict, +5; Rev. A.J. Benedict, 2; Mrs. A.A. Hart, 1; _for Tougaloo U._ 18.00 +Kensington. Edward Cowles 5.00 +Kent. Cong. Ch. 28.86 +Meriden. Miss Alice Porter, _for Indian M._ 5.00 +Mystic Bridge. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Thomasville, Ga._ 2.35 +New Britain. Rev. J.W. Cooper, D.D., _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00 +New Canaan. W.H.M. Soc. of Cong. Ch. _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 5.00 +New Haven. Church of the Redeemer, 100; Mrs. S.A. Thomas, 5 105.00 +New Haven. L.M. Law, _for Indian Sch'p_ 25.00 +New Haven. Mrs. Henry Farnam, 25; Mrs. J.F. Douglass, 3; Mrs. J.H. +Fog, 10; Mrs. R.W. Bolles, 5; _for Indian M._ 43.00 +New Haven. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 15.00 +New London. Sab. Sch. First Ch. of Christ, 56.97; Mrs. Anna H. +Perkins, 50; Mrs. Lora E. Learned and Miss Learned, 15; J.C. Learned, +10; _for Indian M._ 131.97 +New London. Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Chapbell, _for Rosebud +Indian M._ 1.00 +Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 35; "A Friend," 18; _for Indian +Scholarships_ 53.00 +Norfolk. Miss Gertrude Cowles, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.50 +North Canaan. Pilgrim Ch. 26.70 +Norwich. James Dana Colt, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.00 +Old Saybook. Cong. Ch. 27.76 +Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 21.05 +Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 27.27 +Redding. "A Friend" 2.50 +Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 2.70 +Saybrook. Cong. Conference, by Rev. B. Paine 10.85 +Saybrook. Mrs. Giles F. Ward, Case of Books +Southport. "A Friend" 5.00 +Stony Creek. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Terryville. Cong. Ch. 47.00 +Terryville. Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Gaylord, _for Indian M._ 10.00 +Thomaston. Mrs. H.H. Mitchell, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 20.00 +Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 18.50 +Thompsonville. Sab. Sch. of First Presb. Ch., _for Student Aid, +Straight U._ $22.13 +Tolland. Mrs. J.L. Clough, _for Indian M._ 1.00 +Torringford. "A Friend" 1.00 +Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.87 +Walllngford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for "Bird's Nest" Indian M._ +50.00 +Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. 60.71 +Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 75; Israel Holmes, 5; _for Indian +M._ 80.00 +Waterbury. H.W. Scoville, 10; Mrs. H.M. Peck, 6; Miss K.L. Peck, 5; +_for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 +Wauregan. Cong. Ch. 20.00 +Westchester. "Christian Bees," Bbl. of C., _for Jellico, Tenn._ +West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith 10.00 +West Winsted. T.C. Davis, 5; Mrs. A.O. Davis, 5 10.00 +Wethersfield. Sab. Sch. Class, by Frances S. Shedd, _for Indian M._ +10.00 +Wethersfield. Emma L. Harris' S.S. Class, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 3.50 +Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 +Windsor Locks. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ +25.00 +---- "A Friend in Conn.," _for Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._ 75.00 +---- "Plantsville," _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 +Women's Home Missionary Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, Sec. +_for Conn. Ind. Sch., Ga._: +Sheffield. Y.L.H.M. Circle, 12.13 12.13 + + NEW YORK, $3,371.16. + +Albany. Chas. A. Beach 40.00 +Astoria. Miss Frances W. Blackwell, _for Indian M._ 2.00 +Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch. 60.09 +Brooklyn. Rossiter W. Raymond, 50; Mrs. H.P. Ludlam, 20; Mrs. G.W. +Tallman, 5; _for Atlanta U._ 75.00 +Brooklyn. Miss M.A. Hall's Sab. Sch. Class, 6.60 _for the poor_; 3 +_for Student Aid_; Mrs. Hall, 3; Miss Carrie Strong, 1; Miss Flossie +Bingham, 1; _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 14.60 +Brooklyn. Rev. S.B. Halliday, Pkg. Books, etc. +Buffalo. Mrs. Wm. G. Bancroft, _for Indian M._ 100.00 +Buffalo. Miss Fannie Skinner, Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._ +Canastota. Rev. W.W. Warner 12.25 +Danby. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Goods, _for Jellico, Tenn._ +Deansville. Cong. Ch. 10.00 +Fairport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 18.95 +Fredonia. T.S. Hubbard, _for Lincoln Mem. Parish, Washington, D.C._ +25.00 +Gloversville. Cong. Ch., ad'l. 11.00 +Goshen. "A Friend," 1 _for Atlanta U._, 1 _for Marie Adlof Schp. Fund_ +2.00 +Jamestown. Mrs. Julia Jones Hall, 2000, ack. in March Missionary, +should read _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Austin, Tex._ +Jewett. "Friends." Bbl. of C., _for Greenwood, S.C._ +Keene Valley. Cong. Ch. 1.12 +Livonia. Y.L.M. Soc. of Pres. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 8.00 +Marcellus. Mrs. L.F. Hemenway 5.00 +Massena. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega, C._ 12.00 +Mount Vernon. B.B. Adams, Jr., Pkg of C. +New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1000; Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, 100; D. +Willis James, 100; Hamilton Walls, 60; Hon. John Jay, 25; J. Fred'k +Kernochan, 25; Chas. L. Meade, 25; _for Atlanta U._ 1,325.00 +New York. Wm. E. Dodge Educational Fund, 300; Mrs. Melissa P. Dodge, +100; _for Student Aid, Atlanta. U._ 400.00 +New York. Gen. Wager Swayne, 120; Alanson Trask, 100; _for Talladega +C_ $220.00 +New York. John Dwight, 200; S.T. Gordon, 100; Hon. John Jay, 25 325.00 +Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 17.50 +Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Anne S. Banfield, (12.25 of which for Indian M.) +24.50 +Poughkeepsie. C.C. Moore, _for Talladega C._ 10.00 +Rochester. McGuire Bible Class, Central Ch., S.S., _for Student Aid, +Talladega C._ 5.00 +Sag Harbor. Geo. B. Brown 1.00 +Sherburne. Sab. Sch. of First Cong Ch., _for Talladega C._ 24.11 +Syracuse. Plym. Cong. Ch. 103.54 +Wading River. Cong. Ch. 12.00 +Waverly. Mission Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 +West Camden. Miss Nancy Curtiss, 1.50; Miss Elizabeth W. Curtiss, 1 +2.50 +Westmoreland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 3.00 +Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas., _for +Woman's Work_: +Albany. Aux. 25.00 +Binghamton. H.M. Soc., to const. MRS. C.E. WELCH and MISS LIZZIE +HAMILTON L.M.'s 60.00 +Brooklyn. Willing Aid Soc. of Puritan Ch., to const. MRS. LEROY T. +SMITH and MRS. SARAH B. STANCHFIELD L.M.'s 60.00 +Canastota. Mrs. W.W. Warner 1.00 +New York. H.S.C. 25.00 +Riverhead. Ladies' H.M. Soc. 25.00 +Warsaw. "Earnest Workers" 50.00 +-------- 246.00 +-------- +$3,121.16 + + LEGACY. + +New York. Trustees Estate of Wm. E. Dodge, _for Theo. Student, +Talladega C._ 250.00 +-------- +$3,371.16 + + NEW JERSEY, $193.39. + +Chester. "A Friend" 5.00 +East Orange. F.W. Van Wagenen, _for Marion, Ala._ 25.00 +Manchester. Cong. Ch. 6.00 +Newark. C.S. Halnes 30.00 +Newfield. Cong. Ch. 24.50 +Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 102.89 + + PENNSYLVANIA, $84.00. + +Bradford. Charles E. Webster 4.00 +Cambridge. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Neath. Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Ridgway. Young People's Bible Class, by Minnie J. Kline, _for Oaks, +N.C._ 5.00 +Scrangon. Plym. Cong. Ch. 25.00 +Scranton. Mrs. Jane L. Eynon, _for Indian Sch'p_ 40.00 + + OHIO, $264.36. + +Alliance. Sab. Sch. of Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Bryan. S.E. Blakeslee 5.00 +Canfield. Cong. Ch. 6.13 +Castalia. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 9.32 +Dover. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._ 20.00 +Elyria. Cong. Ch., 3, and Sab. Sch., 6, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 9.00 +Jersey. Mrs. Charlotte F. Slough and C. Fred Slough 5.00 +Madison. Central Cong. Ch. 48.00 +Mansfield. F.E. Tracy, _for Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ +37.05 +North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch. $5.87 +North Ridgeville. Miss M.M. Lickwish, _for Student Aid, Williamsburg, +Ky._ 4.25 +Oberlin. Mrs. Maria Godell Frost 2.00 +Rockport. Mrs. Carrie S. Bassett 4.50 +Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., 19.05; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 17.73 +36.78 +Toledo. W.M.U. Central Cong. Ch,. _for Woman's Work_ 20.00 +Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., +_for Woman's Work_: +Columbus. Eastwood Church L.M.S. 10.00 +Conneaut. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 +Medina. Primary S.S. Class 0.50 +-------- 15.50 +-------- +$233.40 + + LEGACY. + +Oberlin. Estate of Henry Cowles, D.D., Royalty on Commentary 30.96 + -------- + $264.36 + + ILLINOIS, $718.14. + +Aurora. First Cong. Ch. 47.31 +Batavia. Y.P. Miss'y Soc. 10.00 +Chicago. First Cong. Ch. 153.81 +Evanston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U. Schp._ 52.36 +Forest. Cong. Ch. 16.70 +Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ, 46.14 and Sab. Sch., 13.44 59.58 +Harvard. Young People's Miss'y Soc. 7.05 +Joy Prairie. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 13.00 +Lisbon. Gilman Kendall, 1; Mrs. L.M. Kendall, 1 2.00 +Lombard. Ladies, _for Mobile, Ala._ 8.00 +Peoria. Mrs. John L. Griswold, 100; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., +25.50; _for Fisk U._ 125.50 +Peoria. S.S. Class, _for Mobile, Ala._ 5.00 +Princeton. Mrs. P.B. Corss 20.00 +Ridge Prairie. Rev. A. Kern 1.00 +Summer Hill. Cong. Ch. 5.00 +Thomasboro. "R" 3.00 +Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell 10.00 +---- "Hapland" 100.00 +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, Treas., _for +Woman's Work_: +Alton. W.H.M.U. 9.00 +Ashkum 0.94 +Chicago. Leavitt St. Ch. 1.39 +McLean. W.H.M.U. 10.00 +Morris 10.00 +Oak Park. Ladies' Benev. Circle 16.00 +Payson 1.00 +Providence 8.00 +Rockford. Second Ch. 4.00 +Rockford. W.H.M.U. of Second Ch. 2.50 +Sycamore. W.H.M.U. 0.25 +Toulon 0.75 +Waukegan. Miss Knight 3.50 +Wilmette 1.00 +---- 78.83 + + MICHIGAN, $398.54. + +Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch. 47.50 +Augusta. First Cong. Ch. 2.33 +Calumet. Cong. Ch. 169.83 +Detroit. Edward Hall, _for Athens, Ala._ 10.00 +Galesburg. P.H. Whitford 102.24 +New Baltimore. Cong. Church 17.80 +Olivet. Cong. Ch. 32.84 + + WISCONSIN, $470.58. + +Baraboo. Cong. Ch. 2.50 +Clinton. Cong. Ch. 2.33 +Fulton. Cong. Ch. 6.58 +Columbus. Cong. Ch. $1.20 +Elkhorn. Cong. Ch. 10.30 +Fulton. Cong. Ch. 6.58 +Green Bay. Pkg. Basted Work, _for Mobile, Ala._ +Hartford. First Cong Ch. and Soc. 40.00 +Menomonie. John H. Knapp 300.00 +Paris and Bristol. Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 0.70 +Platteville. Cong. Ch., 26.35; Y.P.S.C.E., 2 28.35 +Paririe du Chien. Cong. Ch. 4.00 +Racine. E.B. Kilbourne 15.00 +Rio. Cong. Ch. 2.60 +Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 10.00 +Sun Prairie. Cong Ch. 3.67 +Tomah. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Trempealeau. Cong. Ch. 4.20 +Union Grove. Cong. Ch. 2.78 +Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor 5.00 +Waupun. Cong. Ch., 15.40; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 10 25.40 +West Salem. Cong. Ch. 3.00 +Wyocena. Cong. Ch. 1.97 + + IOWA, $319.31. + +Ames. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Savannah, Ga._ +Atlantic. Cong. Ch. 28.14 +Belle Plaine. JAMES P. HENRY, to const. himself L.M. 30.00 +Cedar Rapids. Rev. C.H. Moore 2.00 +Cherokee. "A Friend," to const. J.A. RISLEY, G.T. FOSTER, JAMES O. +DONNELL, JOHN P. DICKEY and W.T. BURROUGHS L. M's 150.00 +Miles. Cong. Ch. 12.05 +Moravia. Miss O. Hoffman 0.50 +Newton. First Cong. Ch., 17; Mrs. S.S. Derbyshire, 2 19.00 +Ricevllle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 3.00 +Webster City. "Friends," 4, and Bbl. of Goods, _for Pleasant Hill, +Tenn._ 4.00 +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa, _for Woman's Work_: +Anamosa. W.H.M.U. 10.00 +Almora. W.H.M.U. 1.00 +Council Bluffs. W.M.S. 10.00 +Decorah. W.H.M.U. 25.00 +Dubuque. S.S. 7.00 +Mount Pleasant. W.H.M.U. 5.80 +Red Oak. L.M.S. 10.00 +Rockford. W.H.M.U. 1.82 +-------- 70.62 + + MINNESOTA, $570.94. + +Ada. Cong. Ch. 5.79 +Cannon Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ +25.00 +Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 15.85 +Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 66.53; Vine Cong. Ch., 16.95; Lyndale Cong. +Ch., 15.85 99.33 +Paynesville. Cong. Ch. 12.55 +Rochester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.85 +Stillwater. Rev. Wm. Boutwell, _for Indian M._ 5.00 +Zumbrota. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. J.B. LOCKE and A.B. FOLSOM L.M.'s +17.10 +---- "Minnesota Friends," _for Atlanta U._ 200.00 +Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society, by Mrs. C.N. Cross, Treas., +_for Woman's Work_: +Austin. W.M.S. 2.95 +Elk River. W.M.S. 8.25 +Glynton. W.M.S. 10.00 +Marshall. W.M.S. 14.00 +Minneapolis. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch., to const. MRS. S.R. SYKES and MISS +SELMA JOHNSON L.M.'s 74.17 +Minneapolis. Y.L.M.S. of Plym. Ch. 8.60 +Minneapolis. W.M.S. of Como Ave. Ch. $1000 +Minneapolis. Children's M.B. of Pilgrim Ch. 2.50 +Rochester. Whatsoever Club 15.00 +Saint Paul. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch. 25.00 +" Lend a Hand Soc., Plym. Ch. 10.00 +Worthington. W.M.S. 5.00 +-------- 185.47 + + MISSOURI, $10.25. + +Lamar. Cong. Ch. 2.25 +Saint Louis. Hyde Park Cong. Ch. 8.00 + + KANSAS, $23.65. + +Boling. Prof. L.A. Stone 3.00 +Osawatomie. C.S. and M.E. Adair, 3, Rev. S.L. Adair, 2, _for Atlanta, +U._ 5.00 +Sedgwick. Plym. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ 10.65 +Wakefield. Mrs. M.L. Mason 4.00 + + DAKOTA, $20.00. + +Elk Point. Cong. Ch. 10.00 +Sioux Falls. Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Johnson, _for Student Aid, +Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.00 + + NEBRASKA, $46.03. + +Omaha. First Cong, Ch., 38.79; Hillside Cong. Ch., 4.55 43.34 +Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 2.69 + + ARKANSAS, $11.30. + +Little Rock. First Cong. Ch. 6.30 +Little Rock. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ +5.00 + + WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $25.00. + +Skokomish. Cong. Ch. 15.00 +Seattle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Athens, Ala._ 10.00 + + CALIFORNIA, $10.00. + +Los Angeles. "R.P.A. and Wife" 10.00 + + DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $17.00. + +Washington. Miss James, 5; Minnie S. Cook, 2, _for Lincoln Mem. +Parish, Washington_ 7.00 +Washington. Lincoln Mem. Ch. 10.00 + + KENTUCKY, $249.55. + +Lexington. Tuition 213.55 +Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. 36.00 + + TENNESSEE, $1,088.44. + +Grand View. Tuition 60.00 +Helenwood. John Frye 2.00 +Jonesboro. Tuition, 23.10; Rent, 4.50 27.60 +Memphis. Tuition 408.70 +Nashville. Tuition. 577.14; Rent, 6.50 583.64 +Pleasant Hill. From sale Bbl. of Holly 6.50 + + NORTH CAROLINA, $193.20. + +Pekin. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Salem. Cong. Ch. 4.70 +Troy. Cong. Ch. 1.00 +Wilmington. Tuition 176.50 +Wilmington. Miss H.L. Fitts, _for Student Aid_ 10.00 + + SOUTH CAROLINA, $227.50. + +Charleston. Tuition $221.50 +Greenwood. Brewer Normal Sch. 5.00 +Millitt. "Little Children in Miss Osceola Pleasant's Sch.," _for Marie +Adlof Sch'p Fund_ 1.00 + + GEORGIA, $1,160.09. + +Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 540.45 +Atlanta. "Seven Birthday Offerings," First Cong. Ch. 1.14 +Macon. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1 2.00 +Marietta. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1 2.00 +McIntosh. Tuition 49.00 +Savannah. Tuition 214.00 +Savannah. Miss A.D. Gerrish 23.50 +Thomasville. Tuition 62.95 +Woodville. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 2.60 + + ALABAMA, $510.90. + +Athens. Tuition 70.45 +Marion. Tuition 107.95 +Mobile. Tuition 212.50 +Selma. Rent 100.00 +Talladega. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Indian M._ 20.00 + + FLORIDA, $24.05. + +Altona. J.S. Blackman 3.00 +Saint Augustine. E. Sabin 5.05 +Winter Park. Cong. Ch. 16.00 + + LOUISIANA, $320.50. + +New Orleans. Tuition 320.50 + + MISSISSIPPI, $149.85. + +Salem. Cong. Ch., Christmas Gift 1.00 +Tougaloo. Tuition, 139.85; Rent, 9.60 148.85 + + TEXAS, $122.00. + +Austin. Tuition 122.00 + + INCOMES, $485.00. + +Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 355.00 +Belden Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 30.00 +C.P. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00 +General Endowment Fund 50.00 + + BULGARIA, $8.00. + +Samokov. Pilgrim 8.00 + + AFRICA, $10.00. + +Kambini, Inhambane. Rev. B.F. Ousley 10.00 + ========== +Donations $15,870.30 +Legacies 630.96 +Incomes 485.00 +Tuition 3,777.39 +Rents 120.60 + -------- +Total for March $20,884.26 +Total from Oct. 1 to March 31 130,976.15 + ======== + + FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, + +Subscriptions for March $84.78 +Previously acknowledged 562.50 + -------- +Total $647.28 + + * * * * * + +H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, + +56 Reade St., N.Y. +{146} + + * * * * * + +TUXEDO TRADEMARK. + +Early attention is called to our Knitted Suit, "The TUXEDO," for +Ladies', Misses' and Children's wear. No other suit ever sold has, in +so short a time, become so universal a favorite. These Knitted Suits +are not only the most comfortable and pleasant to wear, but are the +most becoming and graceful in appearance. + +For sale in New York only by + +JAMES McCREERY & CO. + +BROADWAY and ELEVENTH ST. + + * * * * * + +Liquid Cottage Colors. + +The best MIXED PAINTS manufactured. Guaranteed to give perfect +satisfaction if properly applied. 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Green & Fulton Streets, + +CHICAGO, ILL. + + * * * * * + +6%, 7%. + +THE AMERICAN + +INVESTMENT CO. + +OF EMMETTSBURG, IOWA, + +with a PAID-UP CAPITAL of $600,000, SURPLUS $75,000, offers First +Mortgage Loans drawing SEVEN per cent., both Principal and Interest +FULLY GUARANTEED. Also 6 per cent, ten-year Debenture Bonds, secured +by 105 per cent. of First Mortgage Loans held in trust by the +MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY, New York. 5 per cent certificates of deposit +for periods under one year + +7 2/3% CAN BE REALIZED BY CHANGING 4 Per Ct. Government Bonds into 6 +Per Cent. Debentures. + +Write for full information and reference to the Company at + +150 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. + +A.L. ORMSBY, Vice-President and Gen. Manager + + * * * * * + +MUSIC IN THE SPRING + +There are yet some weeks of cool weather in which to prepare and +practice music for the concluding concerts and festivals of the +season. + +It is quite time to send for our complete and rich lists of EASTER +MUSIC + +Now let girls and boys begin to practice the sweet CANTATAS--VOICES OF +NATURE, or FOREST JUBILEE BAND, or MERRY COMPANY, or NEW FLORA'S +FESTIVAL; each 40 cents, or $3.60 per dozen. + +Pupils of the higher schools will like DRESS REHEARSAL (50c., or $4.50 +per doz.), NEW FLOWER QUEEN (60c., or $5.40 per doz.), or HAYMAKERS +($1.00, or $9.00 per doz.) + +Fine Cantatas of moderate difficulty for adults are: HEROES OF '76 +($1.00), HERBERT AND ELSA (75c.), JOSEPH'S BONDAGE ($1.00), REBECCA +(65c.). RUTH AND BOAZ (65c.), WRECK OF HESPERUS (35c.), FAIR MELUSINA +(75c.), BATTLE OF HUNS (80c.). Send for lists. + +For male Quartets and Choruses: + +SANGERFEST ($1.38), MALE VOICE GLEE BOOK ($1.00), EMERSON'S QUARTETS +AND CHORUSES (60 cts.), EMERSON'S MALE VOICE GEMS ($1.00). + +_Mailed for the Retail Price._ + +_Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston._ + +C.H. 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