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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. 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. DITSON & CO., 867 Broadway, New York. + + * * * * * + + Footnote 1: Deceased. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of American Missionary, Vol. XLII., May, +1888., No. 5, by Various + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 12118 *** |