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diff --git a/15887.txt b/15887.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d13c3d --- /dev/null +++ b/15887.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4586 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary, Volume 49, No. 3, +March, 1895, by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The American Missionary, Volume 49, No. 3, March, 1895 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: May 24, 2005 [EBook #15887] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** + + + + +Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Valere +Swinnen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. + + + + + + + + + +The American Missionary + + +March, 1895 + +Volume XLIX, No. 3. + + + +CONTENTS + + THIS NUMBER--FIELD NOTES + ARE THEY GRATEFUL? + PIONEER MISSIONARY IN AFRICA (Illustrated) + PIONEER MISSIONARY AMONG INDIANS (Illustrated) + A SOUTHERN JOURNEY, BY SEC. BEARD + VALUE OF PURE AND INTELLIGENT CHURCHES + TILLOTSON, AUSTIN, TEXAS (Illustrated) + DEATH OF DR. TAYLOR + DEATH OF REV. C.C. PAINTER--ONE MISSIONARY DAY + SOUTHERN FIELD NOTES + A SCHOOLBOY'S COMPOSITION + WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS + RECEIPTS + + + + +NEW YORK + +PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + +Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York. + + + +Price, 50 Cents a Year in advance. + +Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second class matter. + + + + +American Missionary Association. + + + + +PRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS. + +_Vice-Presidents._ + + Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. + Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. + Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. + Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N.Y. + Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio. + +_Corresponding Secretaries._ + + Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ + Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ + Rev. F.P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ + +_Assistant Corresponding Secretary._ + + Rev. C.J. RYDER, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ + +_Recording Secretary._ + + Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ + +_Treasurer._ + + HENRY W. HUBBARD, Esq., _Bible House, N.Y._ + +_Auditors._ + + PETER McCARTEE. + JAMES MITCHELL. + +_Executive Committee._ + + CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman. + CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary. + + _For Three Years._ + + WILLIAM HAYES WARD, + JAMES W. COOPER, + LUCIEN C. WARNER, + JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, + CHARLES P. PEIRCE. + + _For Two Years._ + + CHARLES A. HULL, + ADDISON P. FOSTER, + ALBERT J. LYMAN, + NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, + A.J.F. BEHRENDS. + + _For One Year._ + + SAMUEL HOLMES, + SAMUEL S. MARPLES, + CHARLES L. MEAD, + WILLIAM H. STRONG, + ELIJAH HORR. + +_District Secretaries._ + + Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, 21 _Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._ + Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., 151 _Washington Street, Chicago, Ill._ + Rev. W.E.C. WRIGHT, D.D., _Cong'l Rooms, Y.M.C.A. Building, Cleveland, + Ohio._ + +_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._ + + Miss D.E. EMERSON, _Bible House, 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; letters relating to the finances, to the +Treasurer; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary of the +Woman's Bureau. + + +DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS + +In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be +sent to H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Bible House, New York, or, when more +convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, +Boston, Mass., 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill., or Congregational +Rooms, Y.M.C.A. Building, Cleveland, Ohio. A payment of thirty dollars +constitutes a Life Member. + +NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.--The date on the "address label" indicates the +time to which the subscription is paid. Changes are made in date on +label to the 10th of each month. If payment of subscription be made +afterward the change on the label will appear a month later. Please send +early notice of change in post-office address, giving the former address +and the new address, in order that our periodicals and occasional papers +may be correctly mailed. + + +FORM OF A BEQUEST. + +"I GIVE AND BEQUEATH the sum of ---- dollars to the 'American Missionary +Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the State of New +York." The will should be attested by three witnesses. + + + + +THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY + +VOL. XLIX. +March, 1895. +No. 3. + + +In this number of THE MISSIONARY we present our readers with an +interesting variety of information, embracing sketches of personal +observation by secretaries of the Association, letters from field +workers, pictures of pioneers in two important fields, and pictures of +one of our higher institutions. It is with sorrow that we are compelled +to notice the death of our late honored and beloved President, Dr. +William M. Taylor, and that of Professor Painter, so successful and so +faithful in his work among the Indians. + + * * * * * + +FIELD NOTES. + +BY SECRETARY RYDER. + + +MOUNTAIN WORK.--A very interesting spiritual awakening seems to prevail +in many points of our mountain field. From a pastor of one of these +churches among our American Highlanders we have received the following: +"I have held meetings a couple of weeks, first at the church, and then +at the academy. A large number have been reached. The open meetings +disclosed the new life to all. We held daily meetings of prayer in the +evening, and a large percentage of the students attended. All took part. +The Y.P.S.C.E. has increased fourfold, and all the time is occupied in +their meetings, and often two or three arise to speak at once. Six names +were presented for active membership, and two for associate. The work is +not confined to this single church and academy. + +"I went recently to another village and half a dozen committed +themselves for Christ. The Association needs an evangelist to visit +these fields. Audiences fill the churches, most of them people who are +out of Christ. All that prevents meeting this crying want of these +mountain people in supplying to them more intelligent and consecrated +ministers of the Gospel is the lack of money consecrated and given to +this great service. This mountain field is now ripe to the harvest. +Will not the churches multiply their gifts so that we can send into this +harvest field more devoted men who are ready to go if they can do their +work and simply be supported?" + + * * * * * + +The hard times and the difficulty of the mountain people to get clothing +is illustrated in the following, which comes to us in a recent +missionary letter from this mountain field: + +"There would have been much more suffering had it not been for the +clothing which has gone out from this school. When seven chickens bring +only thirty-five cents the poor mountain people do not have much +chance." + + * * * * * + +A pastor of the Association among our American Highlanders writes as +follows: "This has been a most blessed and glorious season of +refreshing. In the bounds of my work this fall and winter I have held +and assisted in meetings which have in all resulted in something more +than 100 hopeful conversions. My work now is especially to care for and +look after the welfare of these precious souls lately brought to Christ +and to give as much time as possible to my studies." + + * * * * * + +INDIAN WORK.--Our friends will remember the appeal made by Rev. James F. +Cross, of Rosebud Agency, S.D., at our annual meeting at Elgin, Ill., +for a chapel to be built at Cedar Butte, S.D. President Gates, moved by +the appeal, took it up so enthusiastically that nearly $400 came from +him and other generous givers. The Indians drew the logs and have just +erected the chapel under the direction of Superintendent Cross. A note +just received from the field contains the following, which abundantly +proves the wisdom of opening this new station at Cedar Butte and helping +the Indians in the erection of their church: "Last week I was up to +Cedar Butte church. It was the first time since it was built that I have +been there for service. I received two young men into the church. It was +a warm day and the thermometer has not been ten degrees away from zero, +except to go thirteen below, since." This chapel at Cedar Butte is the +center of a new work, and this message brings the hopefulness of the +field. + + * * * * * + +"We received five grown persons to our church fellowship on Sunday, and +two children were baptized. Three Christian Indian families were +constituted by Christian marriage at the same time. Praise God!" So +writes Supt. C.L. Hall, of Fort Berthold Indian Mission, N.D. + + * * * * * + +ARE THEY GRATEFUL? + +REV. CHAS. F. SARGENT, THOMASVILLE, GA. + + +Very often we are asked if the people among whom we labor are grateful +for the work that is done for and among them--whether there is +self-denial on their part in helping themselves in church and school +work. + +It is very important that we should have some expression on their part +in regard to this. There are many incidents in which grateful +acknowledgment is made. A few incidents will best answer the above +question. + +A little more than a mile from here there lives in an almost +uninhabitable cabin an old lady who is called "Aunt Eliza." I saw her +first one cold day last winter, when I called and found her in bed sick +with pneumonia. We ministered unto her as we best could, providing +medicine, food and clothing. + +From a missionary barrel garments were obtained which helped to make her +body comfortable. She depended on the kindness of a neighbor to gather +sticks for her and draw water. At times there was only enough fire in +the fire-place to give a faint glimmer, not enough to make the room +cheerful. Aunt Eliza is old and crippled, and it was only with much care +and patient waiting that in the goodness of God she was restored to +health. Some time passed after her recovery before I saw her. She came +to our house on a hot summer day to bring an offering of gratitude for +God's mercy in giving her back health and strength. She brought to us in +a corner of her handkerchief fifty-five cents which she had saved from +little gifts from children and grandchildren nearly as poor as herself. +She had at this time only meal enough in her house to make one "pone" of +bread. Gratefully she urged upon us her self-denying gift of +thanksgiving. Of course we accepted it, only to return it to her in the +name of the Master, who is the Great Gift Giver. Later in the season our +sister remembered us again. She had saved for us two chickens, but a +"_conjuror_" came along and said he would tell her fortune for them. He +succeeded in "_beating_" her out of her offering for the Lord, and in +return she received nothing. She came and told us all about it. This +good woman did not rest until she brought us one at a time the chickens +that she had promised. When the Association met with us a few days ago +she brought, as her part to help, a few eggs. There are other incidents +in her life which are interesting, but we cannot tell them all now. She +certainly is grateful and gives the "widow's mite" in giving all that +she has. She has been to our church and been blessed in meeting God in +the sanctuary. The first Sunday that she came she bowed and courtesied +to the people as she came in, much to their amusement. + + * * * * * + +A PIONEER MISSIONARY IN AFRICA. + + +[Illustration: REV. GEORGE THOMPSON.] + +Rev. George Thompson was early enlisted as a missionary in the Mendi +Mission on the west coast of Africa. He had been a most ardent friend of +the slave, active in aiding their escape from the house of bondage, and +as a consequence had spent five years in the Missouri State Prison. He +went to Africa in 1848 under the commission of the American Missionary +Association, and proved himself to be remarkably useful. One of his most +far-reaching efforts was in the work as a peacemaker. A fierce and +unrelenting war had been raging among the tribes around the mission, and +this was brought to a close through the wise and persistent efforts of +Mr. Thompson. He was chosen umpire for the contending chiefs, and after +repeated and wearying excursions, and ten interviews or councils with +both parties, he at length succeeded. Then came the joy which peace +brings. Warriors met and fell on each other's necks; chiefs, who were +for years enemies, now shook hands and embraced each other with the +affection of long-separated friends; sisters, wives and daughters, long +captives, fell into each other's arms, weeping for joy. A chief's +daughter was seen running to embrace her father's feet, a wife hastened +to welcome her husband and children, and entire towns were filled with +cries of gladness. The beatitude, "Blessed are the peacemakers," belongs +to Mr. Thompson. + +Ill health at length compelled Mr. Thompson to relinquish the work in +Africa, and in 1856 he returned to Oberlin, Ohio, where he spent five +years in publishing his book on Africa, entitled, "Palm Land," and in +educating two boys whom he brought with him from Africa. In 1861 he +removed with his family to northwestern Michigan, where he labored as a +home missionary for eighteen years, being the pastor for fifteen years +of a church which he established. He then returned to Oberlin, where he +remained until his death in 1893. In all these years Mr. Thompson was a +laborious and useful man, actively engaged in awakening the churches to +an interest in Africa, in writing his books and educating his children. +In his later years, while living in Oberlin, he was abundant in labors +in connection with Sunday-schools and feeble churches in Ohio and other +States. + + * * * * * + +A PIONEER MISSIONARY AMONG THE INDIANS. + + +In 1843 a number of young men from Oberlin entered upon a mission among +the Ojibway Indians in the northern part of what is now Minnesota, under +the auspices of the Western Evangelical Missionary Society, which was +soon afterward transferred to the American Missionary Association. Of +the inaccessibility of this field, a competent authority has said: +"There is probably no missionary field to-day on the face of the earth +more difficult to reach than this was at that time." + +[Illustration: REV. S.G. WRIGHT.] + +Among this group of missionaries was Rev. S.G. Wright. As a part of his +experience it is said that after a short visit at home, Mr. Wright +returned to the mission taking his young wife with him--their wedding +tour. It was a journey of over a month made in a canoe. They were both +compelled to walk at intervals twenty-two miles in the swamps along the +side of the stream until they reached Mr. Barnard's station. These walks +were varied by sickness; Mr. Wright sometimes had chills every day, but +at Mr. Barnard's station he recovered. There remained yet twenty miles +of their journey, and this was undertaken on foot, but soon a storm +brought five inches of snow. Mr. Wright says: "My wife was very lame, +and what woman would not be after walking twenty long miles through mire +and water, over high hills and through gullies, in snow from four to +five inches deep?" + +The change wrought by these missionaries can be indicated in a sentence: +When they went there the Indians cultivated almost no land and their +only domestic animals were dogs. They maintained a precarious existence +by hunting and fishing, and the gathering of wild rice, with starvation +as no uncommon experience. In a few years these Indians raised their own +supplies of corn and potatoes, with some to sell to procure other +necessaries; they began to build houses for themselves; had the benefit +of a saw mill and a grist mill, with the blessings of a church and +boarding school. + +The Association withdrew from the mission in 1859, but Mr. Wright +returned under other auspices, and spent several years in effective and +useful work. He still lives and is active in Christian labors as a +member of the church in Oberlin. + + * * * * * + +A SOUTHERN JOURNEY. + +BY SECRETARY A.F. BEARD. + + +It included every Southern State in extent from Virginia to Texas, and +from Texas to Florida. It was a study of schools, their methods and +attainments; it was the acquaintance of new teachers and their work, the +greeting of those who have become old friends, the look into the eyes of +more colored youth in schools than usually falls to one person. It was a +comparative study of classes of all grades in schools of the same grade, +and of schools in different States and environments. It was an +examination of industries in agriculture, industries in mechanics, of +schools, normal and collegiate. It was an inspection of properties; an +inquiry as to the prices of paints and brick and lime and wall papers. + +It was a visit to churches, a handshake with pastors and deacons, a +gathering of congregations to "make their wants and wishes known" to +"the Association." One soon learns that the correct use of the definite +article to designate the A.M.A. is not confined to those who have +studied grammar. There is only one Association for these people. They +never call it "American" nor even "Missionary." "The" is all sufficient, +and it does one good to hear his society thus alphabetically +abbreviated, as it does to meet these warm-hearted brethren of the +colored churches which have been nourished with life by "The" +Association. If anyone is suffering from iciness in the cardiac region, +there is no better place for him to get the cockles of his heart well +warmed up than in some of the colored congregations' churches which I +visited. I said some. Alas! there is a difference in churches--in the +South. + +I find the schools full of interest, and that in the higher institutions +the girls and young women are side by side in nearly equal numbers with +lads and young men in climbing up the steep hills of education. It is, +indeed, climbing. It takes more time, more patience and more resolution +than most white students with happier conditions can realize. + +The characteristics of the student are changing somewhat from the +former days. Pupils are pushing into the more advanced grades earlier +in years. They have not the memories of slavery as had the generations +before them--only the traditions of it, and certain of its +influences--for influences do not die when institutions pass away. There +is not, for example, much old-fashioned Puritanism stalking about in New +York in these days, but considerable of Puritan influence is alive and +is just now contributing to the hopefulness of the times and the +interests of municipal reform and even of the State government. +Influences continue, and it will take time for those of slavery or the +effect on both races to pass away. + +One may not particularize among so many schools and churches as were in +the path of my visitation, and one must generalize if he will keep +within limits. For ten years now it has been my privilege to study the +South as a personal observer, not only in schools and churches and not +only on the regular routes of travel, but in the bypaths of rural life +and in talks with all classes and conditions of men of every shade of +color. I may, therefore, be permitted to generalize. + +First, it is often said that those who live among evils best understand +them and know how to meet them. This is a fallacy. The missionaries in +China knew better what was for the good of China than did the Emperor +himself. There are people in the United States, also, who could give +some good points to the new Emperor of Russia, and if he would take them +and use them it would be for the advantage of that country. It is true +that impressions are not facts, and one cannot run over a fashionable +route of travel holding converse with some hospitable Southern host and +return with much more than impressions. Such are likely to speak with +more confidence than knowledge, but, on the other hand, one who confines +himself to a single locality in the South and to the local facts is more +likely to have his views lean to inclination than to truth. One's +opinion ought to be estimated by his information. I have known an +otherwise intelligent citizen of New Orleans to be ignorant of the +existence of Straight University with its 500 students and its noble +accomplishment. A citizen of New York in this case could give the +citizen of New Orleans some information about the South. + +Secondly, the negroes are gaining. Never were the schools better in +their entire range in different States, the studies more exacting, the +purpose on the part of students for mastery in their work more resolute. +Never was there manifested a more self-reliant spirit. The people are +having a hard time just now; many are poorer than ever before, but the +negroes are gaining, inch by inch. There are millions in schools and +unreached millions yet who could not read a word in the New Testament if +they had one; but the gain is seen in many ways; in schools, in +churches, in homes, and in the improved quality and character of the +newspapers edited by colored men, as also in their increased numbers. +The schools under the direction and superintendence of colored teachers +are gaining in standing and worthiness. + +Thirdly, the white South is gaining. Not very rapidly, but gaining. The +lawless part of the South--and there is a lawless part--is as lawless as +ever. The lower and more violent elements, however, are but a small part +of the Southern people. Still they know that the general public opinion +is not positive enough to condemn them in any question between the +negroes and the whites; hence they are not afraid to do what they will +with the negro. The great body of the Southern people are law-abiding, +with the single exception that they do not propose to respect the +Fifteenth Amendment. They are committed against this. They deprecate +lawlessness. They are personally kind to the negroes. They are busy in +the ordinary duties of life, but the lawless know that these good people +will never disturb them in their injustices to the negro. Then, there is +a relatively small element of the people who are prophets of a better +day. They themselves often feel the slavery of a public opinion which +puts odium upon them when they are too friendly in behalf of the +oppressed colored man. They cannot oppose many things which they feel to +be wrong without losing their influence. These seers of the future are +in hearty sympathy with our work and give it such personal encouragement +as they may under the tyrannical conditions of a public opinion not +friendly to equal rights on the part of the negro. + +There is a great gain, also, in Southern public opinion as to the +capacity of the colored man and his possible future. This gain is seen +in the better provisions for the colored public schools, in towns and +cities. The schools of the A.M.A. are both object lessons and incentives +for the education of the white as well as the colored in the public +schools. The South is exceedingly sensitive as to the opinion of the +North. A trifle of published criticism, for example, goes through the +Southern papers with rebuttals enough to break down a national +constitution. An imperfect and incorrect report of an interview, which +lived just long enough to be printed, has been lately passionately +confuted in certain Southern newspapers with a profusion of epithets +which were out of all proportion to the harmless nonsense committed to +the press by an untrained reporter--a new illustration of the extreme +sensitiveness of the South to Northern opinion. Northern sentiment is +often ridiculed, and frequently sends not a few Southern newspapers into +spasms, but it is heeded. Let it be kindly and true, and pressed +fraternally and constantly "In His Name" who came + + "To take away transgressions + And set the captive free." + + * * * * * + +THE VALUE OF PURE AND INTELLIGENT CHURCHES. + + +The extract given below has the true ring. It is from one of the pastors +of the American Missionary Association educated at Tougaloo and Howard +Theological Seminary. If sometimes our church work seems small and +discouraging there are many things to be remembered. Many times we are +told by the pastors of our churches "we could have larger churches and +more of them if we would accept the standards of those about us." +Moreover, some little church with fifty members may be doing more for +the cause of Christ than some big church of ten times the number. But, +read the extract: + +"In the battle of Milliken's Bend, a color bearer was seen far in +advance of his company. The captain shouted to him, 'Bring those colors +back to the army!' The reply was sent back, 'Bring the army up to the +colors.' + +"Just so, in the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, +and the South generally, our church is lifting up the standard, and +although men are constantly trying to get the standard bearer to fall +back to the army of biased, narrow humanity, the church ever shouts back +the reply of the immortal color bearer, 'Bring the army up to the +colors.' + +"Every man and woman going out from our schools is imbued with the +thought that he or she is to hold up the standard of God--not man--for +the people. Every church, school or mission fostered by the A.M.A. is +holding up the highest ideals of all life. And while our work does not +grow in numbers as rapidly as we could wish, we are broadcasting the +good seeds of the Kingdom over all the land, and here and there they are +springing into life, bringing forth fruit--some thirty, some sixty, and +some an hundred fold; so we go on grinding out the grist ever and anon +holding one for toll. I am not ignorant of what other churches are +doing, and some are doing nobly, but ours is the great work. It has been +my observation, that wherever an enterprising work is being carried on +in church or school, the leading force is generally the product of +Congregational effort, directly or indirectly. So take away our work, +then it would be like blotting out the sun, moon and most of the stars +from the sky." + + * * * * * + +A COLORED MAN WINS.--Charles W. Wood, of Chicago, a colored contestant +for oratorical honors, has won the first prize in Beloit College, Wis. A +few years ago he was a newsboy upon the street, but he made up his mind +to have an education. With the aid of a generous patron he has nearly +completed his college course and justified the high hopes of his many +friends. + + * * * * * + +TILLOTSON, AUSTIN, TEXAS. + +BY SECRETARY A.F. BEARD. + + +In the year 1875 the Rev. George J. Tillotson, of Connecticut, visited +various points of the South with a view to the establishment of a +school. He was accompanied by a secretary of the Association. After a +careful survey they selected Austin, Texas, as the most promising point. +About twenty-five acres of partially wooded land just beyond the eastern +boundary of the city of Austin were purchased for $5,000, the gift of +Mr. Tillotson. In the following year a charter was obtained and the work +of raising money for the building was entered upon. The funds were +finally secured, and in 1879 the foundations were laid, and the +building, 104 feet in length and 42 in depth, constructed of white +pressed brick with dress stone trimmings, rose to its five stories in +height. On the 17th of January, 1881, the school opened. Two of the five +floors were then open spaces. Eleven pupils only were enrolled at the +beginning, but the term closed in June with 107. During this year the +building was completed and named "Allen Hall," in honor of one of the +largest givers. At the opening of the fall term the beginning of the +next year, the accommodations were taxed to the utmost. In August, 1882, +the report reads, "Allen Hall is full to repletion, 100 in the boarding +department. Work cannot unfold for need of more room. Young men and +young women in the same building make an urgent appeal for a new +building." + +At no time since the beginning of the second year have there been +adequate accommodations for all desiring to attend. + +For ten years the institution under the name of "Tillotson Collegiate +and Normal Institute" has furnished to students from all parts of the +great State of Texas with its half million of colored people, and from +other States, and from Mexico, not only an opportunity to acquire a +thoroughly practical common-school education, but also a more extended +course to prepare students for entrance to the highest educational +institutions in the land; and a normal training course for teachers for +all positions in the public schools. Within this period of time a church +has been formed for the students of the institution and others, which +has been regularly ministered to by the president of the institution. + +In the year 1888 a building for carpentry and manual instruction was +erected and a teacher was appointed for industrial training. + +The picture following is that of Allen Hall as it looks down upon the +valley of the river Colorado. In every direction the views are of great +extent, and include many picturesque scenes. The State capitol--a mile +distant--and the various public buildings of Austin, are before the eye. +Since electricity has been introduced, Austin by night presents a +brilliant outlook from the grounds of the institution, but the light +which shines from these buildings on the hill sends its beams farther +than those of the electric plant, and pierces a denser darkness than +that of night. + +[Illustration: ALLEN HALL.] + +The industrial buildings--viz., the shop for carpentry, another for +blacksmithing, for repairing of vehicles, and for painting--are at a +suitable distance in the rear on the "boys' side" of the grounds. Below +them are located the barn, wagon house, hennery, etc. + +On the crest of a second eminence, several hundred feet from "Allen +Hall," is the attractive new building (see picture, page 100) used as a +dormitory for teachers and young women pupils. In this building are the +culinary department also, and the dining room for each hall. There are +forty dormitory rooms in this hall which will accommodate sixty pupils +and their teachers. In addition to its dining-hall for all the pupils +within the institution there are reading and sewing rooms, etc., which +add to its completeness. There are not many school buildings anywhere +with more diversified landscape and beautiful natural surroundings than +those of Tillotson. Encompassed by oak trees large enough for shade and +shelter, but not over-towering the prospect, free from the distracting +noises and dust of the streets, and yet possessing all the advantages of +a thrifty and beautiful city, the student at Tillotson will have at +least one period in life that may not be commiserated. + +This new building has not yet been duly named, and if anyone of those +who may read this sketch will give $1,000 to be used as an endowment +fund, the interest to be applied year by year as long as the school +stands, we shall be glad to name this new hall after the giver, unless +the name should happen to be too un-euphonious. Would not this beautiful +hall be a fine monument to bear the name of some considerate and +generous giver? + +[Illustration: NEW HALL: DORMITORY FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS.] + +Tillotson was chartered under the corporate name of "Institute." This +charter has now expired, and since the institution has blossomed out +with the possibilities of a college it is hoped that under the new +charter it may bear the name of "College." + +It has the following departments: Common English, Normal, College +Preparatory, College, Vocal and Instrumental Music, and Industrial, and +a department for trained nurses. The faculty of the institution has +consisted of the president, the normal principal, the industrial +teacher, and ten other teachers. The boarding department is conducted +upon the model of a Christian household. The intention is by no means +simply to furnish rooms and meals for those who are in attendance, but +also to inculcate ideas of right living and thinking, which are +indispensable to true manhood and womanhood. + +In the Common English department the purpose is to prepare the pupils +thoroughly for the practical duties of life. + +The College Preparatory gives a careful preparation in the way of +language studies which will fit them to enter into the more generous +course of study in which they may be fitted to be intelligent preachers +and leaders of their race. The demand for college-educated men among the +negroes is an intelligent one. This race cannot be elevated unless there +can be raised a sufficient number of strong, earnest men, thoroughly +trained intellectually, as well as morally; men who shall have a larger +than a local vision, and who shall stand forth as representative leaders +and teachers of those less fortunate than themselves. + +The Normal department adds the study of subjects and methods, for those +who are preparing to become teachers among their own people. + +The Industrial includes not only manual instruction, but carpentry, +blacksmithing and mechanical drawing for boys and young men, and also +sewing and dressmaking for girls and young women. + +[Illustration: MANUAL INSTRUCTION SHOP.] + +For a young institution the record of Tillotson is excellent. There are +few places in the great empire of Texas where it has not already become +known through its pupils, or through teachers who have received their +education within its walls. + +Being under the care of a distinctively Christian organization it +carries out the intention of its founders in providing religious +instruction for all who attend. Its Sunday School, its Christian +Endeavor Societies, its social worship, its church service, its mission +work, all intensify the religious influence and religious life. + +Tillotson is far away and needs friends who will give it help. It needs +scholarships and professorships. It needs a library, chemical and +philosophical apparatus, and a printing press. It needs gifts of +bedding, tableware for the halls, and clothing for needy students. +Friends, it needs your Christian sympathy and Christian prayers, that +the great and blessed Teacher may dwell within its walls and in the +hearts of the inmates. + + * * * * * + +DEATH OF DR. TAYLOR. + + +Nine years ago we were called upon to record the death of Governor +Washburn, President of this Association. While he was seemingly in the +fullness of life and while on the platform at the meeting of the +American Board he suddenly and unexpectedly fell asleep in death. In a +far different way did his successor, Rev. William M. Taylor, D.D., meet +in quietude and with patient resignation the summons that called him +home. The premonition of death came three years ago, and the march has +been steady to the close. During these months his patience and sweet +assurance have been as marked illustrations of the power of the Gospel +as other graces were in his more active career. + +Dr. Taylor, long before he became President of this Association, took a +deep interest in its work and brought to it his own personal influence +and that of his large and wealthy congregation. As a presiding officer +he was constant in his attendance, and by the dignity of his manner and +his great force of character gave guidance and strength to the +gatherings of our annual meeting. But Dr. Taylor was broad, and his +sympathies went forth to every form of endeavor for the spread of the +Gospel and the benefit of mankind. With a strong character derived from +his Scottish ancestry, he had made his mark as a pastor in the growth of +a church under his care in the old country. Nearly a quarter of a +century ago he came to this city, and by his commanding eloquence, his +pastoral gifts and the books which flowed from his pen, he has exerted a +wide and salutary influence. On great occasions, at college +anniversaries and at missionary and ecclesiastical gatherings, Dr. +Taylor was one of the most acceptable and efficient speakers. One marked +characteristic of Dr. Taylor came from his great heart, and mellowed and +sweetened all his other powers. He has finished a glorious course, and +has gone to his reward. + + * * * * * + +REV. CHAS. C. PAINTER. + + +The recent death of Prof. Painter has removed a most useful and +efficient worker in behalf of the Indians. He died at his home in +Washington, of heart disease, after an illness of only twelve hours. He +was sixty-two years old, born in Virginia, but resident for most of his +life in New England, where he was an acceptable pastor. He was called +from that position into the service of the American Missionary +Association, acting for a time as Professor in Fisk University. He, +however, soon gave his life to promoting the education and civilization +of the Indians, and for ten years was connected with the Indian Rights +Association. It was a tribute to his knowledge and service in the Indian +work that about a year ago he was appointed a member of the Board of +Indian Commissioners. + + * * * * * + +ONE MISSIONARY DAY. + +MISS S.E. OBER, EVARTS, KY. + + +At work again. Back from the rest and change of the summer vacation. +Leaving behind friends and home, comforts and pleasures, and nearly all +the advantages of civilization. But coming to a greater joy, a higher +privilege than any of these can afford--the "high calling" of our +Master, to minister to poor, needy souls in His name. + +So with great happiness we gather up the loose threads and the dropped +stitches of last year's work, and start anew. Come with us through one +day, and taste a few of a missionary's joys. After our household tasks +are over, and we have gained new power from our daily devotions, we +start out on our work. Over one hundred boys and girls give us bright +greetings as we ride past. We must go on horseback, as there are no +_good_ roads in our vicinity. + +We are entirely compassed about with mountains; on every side they lift +their grand heads in everlasting testimony of the wonderful handiwork of +the Almighty. But we have little time to gaze upon their beauty, for +more precious creations of the same great Hand are needing our +attention. + +See this little hovel, built of rough logs, scarcely serving to keep out +the wind or the rain. Let us enter. A most pitiful sight awaits us. The +fever has been before us. For months it has raged, and two human souls +have been taken from the family which dwells here. On a rude filthy bed +lies the wasted frame of a once stalwart man. He is as feeble as the +infant; a wan child is sitting near by. The mother, in tattered +garments, totters about her work, so enfeebled by the disease that her +strength is inadequate for her tasks. Three of the children are nothing +but skeletons, and sit listlessly on the floor, taking but little +notice of anything going on about them. + +The thin faces light up at sight of us, and a cordial welcome is +extended. The only whole chair is brought forward for our use. You might +expect a torrent of complaints from these poor creatures. But no, +instead come words of praise to God that He had spared so many of their +lives, that He had been _with_ them in their sufferings. + +A year ago, when we visited this hut, we found them stolid and +indifferent, caring nothing for spiritual things. The woman sat smoking +over the fire, scarcely vouchsafing us a word, and muttered to a crony, +"Wot's thet thar woman nosing 'bout yere for? She'd er heap sight better +let we uns erlone." + +It was very hard to ask permission to hold prayers with them in such a +hostile atmosphere, but it is our duty to "sow beside _all_ waters," so +we proffered our request. + +"Yer kin ef yer mines ter. I haint er carin'," was the ungracious reply. + +But what a change _now_. The woman's face glows with a light that only +comes from the "light of the world." "God's been mighty good ter we +uns," she says. "Ef hit hedn't ben fer Him we'd er died. An' we uns air +bound ter do ez near right ez we kin, an' serve ther Lord, ther hull lot +on us." + +Does it not make our own hearts glow to hear such words, and see the +wonders God hath wrought? And with thanksgiving we read and pray with +them, and strengthen their faith with God's Word. After noting their +needs, and promising to supply them from the articles sent us by +generous Northern friends, we go on to the next house. + +We find the same sad state of affairs; fever-worn men and women, wasted +children, and starvation and want staring them in the face. But we find +also the same great change. God's Spirit has been working among them, +and hearts are softened and lives changed by His power. So we go from +hut to hut, until the way becomes too steep to ride, and we leave our +horses and climb, on foot, the lofty, rocky ridges. + +We find men who were reckless and bad ready to listen to God's Word, and +in broken voices asking for prayers. We find women who have lived lives +of open shame penitent and contrite, showing by their abandonment of +their evil ways that they are sincere when they say, oh so earnestly, +"We uns air tryin' ter do right." + +But all is not so encouraging. We must visit homes where vice reigns +supreme; where women are lost to shame, and glory in their sin; where +even the children have the "trail of the serpent" upon their young +faces; where the men are brutal and beastly, and even sickness does not +_touch_ them. + +Let us call at this old log house as we pass; nestled under a high +cliff, with the creek flowing past, it looks like some ugly blot on the +"face of nature." But it is a _school-house_. There is no window, no +chimney, only a hole in the side of the house, opening into a sort of +pen of rocks, in which the fire is built; an admirable arrangement to +send all the heat out of doors, and the smoke into the house. Several +rough benches (that do not invite to ease or comfort) and an ancient +chair complete the furniture of the room. Several boards painted black +form the "blackboards." Here we find two tattered urchins and three tiny +girls, whose faces have evidently not made the acquaintance of soap and +water for some days. + +The teacher is one of the advanced pupils of our academy--a bright young +man, who will attend our school when his is completed. We ask where the +rest of the scholars are. + +"Pulling fodder or stripping cane," is the reply. And the children have +to work so much in the fields that they seldom have the chance of +attending school. Out of fifty or sixty scholars only a very few ever +attend these public schools. But it is growing late, and we have a long, +rough way before us, so we spur on toward home, reaching it just as the +glow of the sunset dies away from the last distant peak and the dusky +twilight settles down over the whole land. + +A hurried supper and then to the church prayer meeting. Here are +gathered quite a number, and we have a very good meeting, feeling the +presence of our Saviour in our midst. So closes one of our days, and +wearied in body, but refreshed and strengthened in spirit, we go to +rest. + + * * * * * + +SOUTHERN FIELD NOTES. + +REV. GEORGE W. MOORE. + + +The mission station recently opened at La Pine, in the black belt of +Alabama, is a door of hope to that needy people. The people came for +miles around to greet the missionary and to hear the Gospel. At another +point in Alabama we found a promising field which one of our theological +graduates from Talladega had opened. He began the work in a rented hall +at his own cost, and after he had gathered a congregation and found it a +needy and at the same time a hopeful field he raised the "Macedonian +cry" to the American Missionary Association for help. The Pauline +heroism of this brother in preaching the Gospel in his own hired house +is shared by our brethren in various parts of our Southern field. The +work is so large and the needs of the people are so great that this +spirit of Christ must be more fully expressed, both in gifts and +service, to reach the pressing calls for help. + +I met three interesting characters in the black belt of Georgia. The +first was named Moses. On meeting him he addressed me with "You don't +knows me, does you? My name is Moses." His friend "Uncle Plenty" lived +in a little cabin by the roadside. He had heard of the Association, and +was glad to greet me as one of its missionaries. He told me that he felt +so thankful for what the Northern friends had done for his people that +he wished his little cabin and half acre lot to be bequeathed to the +American Missionary Association. I dined with "Uncle Plenty" and met +Father Joshua, a poor old blind man ninety years of age, in his cabin. +They told me the story of their lives in slavery and how they had prayed +to see this day of freedom and light. + +Moses and Joshua and "Uncle Plenty" are types of the old people and +times that are giving place to a new generation and a brighter day. + +Among the new enterprises reported at the meeting of the Georgia +Association at Thomasville, Ga., were two churches and several missions +from the vicinity of Columbia, S.C. + +I spent Thanksgiving Day at Lowell, N.C. Our mission at this point is +the only church in that vicinity. It was the first Thanksgiving service +they had ever enjoyed or even heard of. It was held in a log cabin. + +Lowell is the center of a large negro settlement; the people have had a +hard lot, and but little opportunity to improve their condition. They +are very grateful to hear the Gospel. + +Forefather's day was observed by the Nashville churches in the +theological hall of Fisk University. We "spiritual children" of the +Pilgrims honor the fathers whose descendants have enriched us through +the A.M.A. by the schools and churches that have been planted among us. +The church at Lexington, Ky., had a season of "refreshing" in December, +when several heads of families united with it. Howard church, Nashville, +also had an awakening with good results. This church has increased its +membership fifty per cent. in fifteen months. Jackson Street Church, +Nashville, held a recognition service for its new pastor in January. + +We were glad to greet the churches and brethren of Louisiana after an +absence from them of two years. The Spain Street Church at New Orleans +held a series of Gospel meetings in which a number avowed their faith in +the Saviour, and the church was strengthened. + +Straight University is crowded with an earnest class of students. + +This school is doing a great work for the people of Louisiana and +surrounding States. In spite of the hard times, which are very severe in +the South (laborers in Louisiana and some other States receive only +fifty cents a day and board themselves), the people are making great +sacrifices for the education of their children, and our pastors and +teachers are making heroic struggles that the work in school and church +may go forward. + +The need of the continuance of the work was never greater and the +results of the service of our workers were never better. To retrench +further at this time would not only cripple the work among the needy +peoples of our field, but shut the door of opportunity in many places, +and injure the people in their efforts to rise, and discourage our +self-sacrificing missionaries. The people are grateful for these schools +and churches and need more of them. We appeal to our Northern friends to +come to the rescue of the American Missionary Association at this time. + + * * * * * + +A SCHOOLBOY'S COMPOSITION. + + +A little lad six years of age in the primary grade of Knox Institute, +Athens, Ga., attended rhetoricals in which several pupils read +compositions on the subject of America. He was greatly impressed, went +home, and wrote without supervision the composition below. Although he +has put the raccoon, lion and tiger among the birds, it is certainly a +pretty good composition for the first one written by a child six years +of age. Could any of the children six years old to whom THE AMERICAN +MISSIONARY may come do better than this little black boy? + +AMERICA. + +America is a large country, and it has many large rivers, and it has +many animals, and has wild creatures. + +America is a most important country. And many a people like to go there. +And it has many wild birds--mocking birds, nightingale, raccoon, and +also the opossum and lion, tiger, elephant, and the rhinoceros. + +And in America there are lakes, seas, and the bushes are so thick that +you can hardly tell when a human is beside them. + +The States in America are so large that ten hundred can get in these. +But if one of the animals was to seize you once you would never want to +go there any more, for if one of them get hold of you you would hollow +like anything. It would settle your hash. It would frighten you so much +you never would want to see one of them. + +HALL JOHNSON, +Age 6, December 16, 1894. + + * * * * * + +WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS. + + +MAINE. + +WOMAN'S AID TO A.M.A. + +_State Committee_--Mrs. Ida Vose Woodbury, + Woodfords; Mrs. A.T. Burbank, Yarmouth; + Mrs. Helen Quimby, Bangor. + + +NEW HAMPSHIRE. + +FEMALE CENT. INSTITUTION AND HOME MISS. UNION. + + President--Mrs. Cyrus Sargeant, Plymouth. + Secretary--Mrs. John T. Perry, Exeter. + Treasurer--Miss Annie A. McFarland, Concord. + + +VERMONT. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J.H. Babbitt, W. Brattleboro. + Secretary--Mrs. M.K. Paine, Windsor. + Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. + + +MASS AND R.I. + +[A]WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + + President--Mrs. C.L. Goodell, Boston Highlands, Mass. + Secretary--Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congregational House, Boston. + Treasurer--Miss Annie C. Bridgeman, 32 Congregational House, Boston. + + +CONNECTICUT. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Miss Ellen R. Camp, 9 Camp St., New Britain. + Secretary--Mrs. C.T. Millard, 36 Lewis St., Hartford. + Treasurer--Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford. + + +NEW YORK. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Green Ave., Brooklyn. + Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St., Syracuse. + Treasurer--Mrs. J.J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St., Brooklyn. + + +NEW JERSEY. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE N.J. ASSOCIATION. + + President--Mrs. A.H. Bradford, Montclair. + Secretary--Mrs. R.J. Hegeman, 32 Forest Street, Montclair. + Treasurer--Mrs. J.H. Dennison, 150 Belleville Ave., Newark. + + +PENNSYLVANIA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. A.H. Claflin, 274 Manhattan St., Allegheny. + Secretary--Mrs. C.F. Jennee, Ridgeway. + Treasurer--Mrs. T.W. Jones, 511 Woodland Terrace, Philadelphia. + + +OHIO. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President:--Mrs. Sidney Strong, Lane Seminary Grounds, Cincinnati. + Secretary--Mrs. J.W. Moore, 836 Hough Ave., Cleveland. + Treasurer--Mrs. G.B. Brown, 2116 Warren St., Toledo. + + +INDIANA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. W.A. Bell, 221 Christian Ave., Indianapolis. + Secretary--Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne. + Treasurer--Mrs. F.E. Dewhurst, 28 Christian Ave., Indianapolis. + + +ILLINOIS. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Isaac Claflin, Lombard. + Secretary--Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago. + Treasurer--Mrs. L.A. Field, Wilmette. + + +IOWA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. T.O. Douglass, Grinnell. + Secretary--Mrs. H.H. Robbins, Grinnell. + Treasurer--Miss Belle L. Bentley, 300 Court Ave., Des Moines. + + +MICHIGAN. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. George M. Lane, 179 West Alexandrine Ave., Detroit. + Secretary--Mrs. J.H. Hatfield, 301 Elm Street, Kalamazoo. + Treasurer--Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Greenville. + + +WISCONSIN. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. E.G. Updike, Madison. + Secretary--Mrs. A.O. Wright, Madison. + Treasurer--Mrs. C.M. Blackman, Whitewater. + + +MINNESOTA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Miss Katherine W. Nichols, 230 East Ninth Street, St. Paul. + Secretary--Mrs. A.P. Lyon, 17 Florence Court, S.E., Minneapolis. + Treasurer--Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Northfield. + + +NORTH DAKOTA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. W.P. Cleveland, Caledonia. + Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood. + Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Fisher, Fargo. + + +SOUTH DAKOTA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. A.H. Robbins, Bowdle. + Secretary--Mrs. W.H. Thrall, Huron. + Treasurer--Mrs. F.H. Wilcox, Huron. + + +BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J.B. Gossage, Rapid City. + Secretary--Mrs. H.H. Gilchrist, Hot Springs. + Treasurer--Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs. + + +NEBRASKA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J.T. Duryea, 2402 Cass Street, Omaha. + Secretary--Mrs. S.C. Dean, 636 31st Street, Omaha. + Treasurer--Mrs. G.J. Powell, 30th and Ohio Streets, Omaha. + + +MONTANA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. O.C. Clark, Missoula. + Secretary--Mrs. W.S. Bell, 410 Dearborn Ave., Helena. + Treasurer--Mrs. Herbert E. Jones, Livingston. + + +MISSOURI. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Henry Hopkins, 916 Holmes Street, Kansas City. + Secretary--Mrs. E.C. Ellis, 2456 Tracy Ave., Kansas City. + Treasurer--Mrs. K.L. Mills, 1526 Wabash Ave., Kansas City. + + +KANSAS. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. F.E. Storrs, Topeka. + Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka. + Treasurer--Mrs. D.D. DeLong, Arkansas City. + + +OREGON. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. John Summerville, 108 Second Street, Portland. + Secretary--Mrs. George Brownell, Oregon City. + Treasurer--Mrs. W.D. Palmer, 546 Third Street, Portland. + + +WASHINGTON. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + + President--Mrs. A.J. Bailey, 323 Blanchard Street, Seattle. + Secretary--Mrs. W.C. Wheeler, 424 South K Street, Tacoma. + Treasurer--Mrs. J.W. George, 620 Fourth Street, Seattle. + + +CALIFORNIA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. + + President--Mrs. E.S. Williams, 572 12th Street, Oakland. + Secretary--Mrs. L.M. Howard, 91 Grove Street, Oakland. + Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Havens, 1329 Harrison Street, Oakland. + + +SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. W.J. Washburn, 510 Downey Ave., Los Angeles. + Secretary--Mrs. P.J. Colcord, Claremont. + Treasurer--Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library, Riverside. + + +NEVADA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. L.J. Flint, Reno. + Secretary--Miss Margaret N. Magill, Reno. + Treasurer--Miss Mary Clow, Reno. + + +INDIAN TERRITORY. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. John McCarthy, Vinita. + Secretary--Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita. + Treasurer--Mrs. R.M. Swain, Vinita. + + +NEW MEXICO. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. C.E. Winslow, Albuquerque. + Secretary--Mrs. E.W. Lewis, 301 So. Edith Street, Albuquerque. + Treasurer--Mrs. A.W. Jones, Albuquerque. + + +MISSISSIPPI. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. C.L. Harris, 1421 31st Avenue, Meridian. + Secretary--Mrs. Edith M. Hall, Tougaloo Univ., Tougaloo. + Treasurer--Mrs. L.H. Turner, 3012 12th Street, Meridian. + + +LOUISIANA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Miss Bella W. Hume, corner Gasquet and Liberty Streets, + New Orleans. + Secretary--Mrs. Matilda Cabrere, New Orleans. + Treasurer--Mrs. C.H. Crawford, Hammond. + + +ALABAMA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. G.W. Andrews, Talladega. + Secretary--Mrs. J.S. Jackson, Montgomery. + Treasurer--Mrs. E.C. Silsby, Talladega. + + +FLORIDA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. S.F. Gale, Jacksonville. + Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. + Treasurer--Mrs. W.D. Brown, Interlachen. + + +TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY AND ARKANSAS. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE TENNESSEE +ASSOCIATION. + + President--Mrs. G.W. Moore, Box 8, Fisk Univ., Nashville. + Secretary--Mrs. Jos. E. Smith, 304 Gilmer Street, Chattanooga. + Treasurer--Mrs. J.E. Moreland, 216 N. McNairy Street, Nashville. + + +COLORADO. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. B.C. Valentine, Highlands. + Secretary--Mrs. Chas. Westley, Box 508, Denver. + Treasurer--Mrs. Horace Sanderson, 1710 16th Ave., Denver. + + +WYOMING. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. G.S. Ricker, Cheyenne. + Secretary--Mrs. W.C. Whipple, Cheyenne. + Treasurer--Mrs. H.N. Smith, Rock Springs. + + +OKLAHOMA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J.H. Parker, Kingfisher. + Secretary--Mrs. L.E. Kimball. Guthrie. + Treasurer--Mrs. L.S. Childs, Choctaw City. + + +UTAH (Including Southern Idaho). + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Clarence T. Brown, Salt Lake City, Utah. + Secretary--Mrs. W.S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth Street, E., Salt Lake City, + Utah. + Treasurer--Mrs. Dana W. Bartlett, Salt Lake City, Utah. + Secretary for Idaho--Mrs. Oscar Sonnenkalb, Pocatello, Idaho. + + +NORTH CAROLINA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J.W. Freeman, Dudley. + Secretary and Treasurer--Miss A.E. Farrington, High Point. + + +TEXAS. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J.M. Wendelkin, Dallas. + Secretary--Mrs. H. Burt, Lock Box 563, Dallas. + Treasurer--Mrs. C.I. Scofield, Dallas. + + +GEORGIA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. H.B. Wey, 253 Forest Avenue, Atlanta. + Secretary--Mrs. H.A. Kellam, Atlanta. + Treasurer--Miss Virginia Holmes, Barnesville. + +[FOOTNOTE A: For the purpose of exact information we note that, while +the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass. and R.I., it +has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.] + + * * * * * + +RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1895. + +_THE DANIEL HAND FUND +For the Education of Colored People._ + +Income for January. $1,112.50 +Previously acknowledged. 17,210.00 + ---------- + $18,322.50 + ========== + + +CURRENT RECEIPTS. + + +MAINE, $1,207.42. + +Andover. Mrs. Haskell Bailey, _for + Blowing Rock, N.C._ 1.00 + +Auburn. High St. Cong. Ch. (35 of + which from Ladies of the Woman's + Branch). 50.00 + +Bath. "A Friend". 10.00 + +Bath. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, + Talladega, Ala._ 10.50 + +Bath. Mrs. Mary A. Fiske, Pkg., _for + Nat, Ala._, and Pkg. Goods, _for High + Point, N.C._ + +Bangor. Indian Rights Assn., by Mrs. + Denio, _for Hospital, Standing Rock, + N.D._ 50.00 + +Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. 50.00 + +Belfast. North Ch., C.E. Soc., _for + Mountain Work_. 5.00 + +Belfast. First Cong. Ch., Junior End. + Soc., _for Reindeer, Alaska M._ 1.00 + +Belfast. Miss Cutter, material for Sewing + Class, _Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._ + +Bluehill. H.A. Fisher. 1.50 + +Brewer. Manly Hardy. 10.00 + +Gardiner. Miss Eleanor Cannard. 500.00 + +Hallowell. Mrs. S.B. Gilman, _for + Thunderhawk M._ 1.00 + +Holden. Jun. C.E. Soc, Bbl. C., _for + High Point, N.C._ + +Kennebunkport. South Ch., 7; First + Ch., 3. 10.00 + +Limington. Cong. Ch. 12.00 + +Litchfield Center. Mrs. D.T. Smith, _for + Blowing Rock. N.C._ 2.00 + +Machias. Box C., _for Marion, Ala._ + +Madison. Freight to Marion, Ala. 2.50 + +Orland. H.T. and S.E. Buck. 20.00 + +Portland. State St. Cong. Ch., 190; High + St. Cong. Ch., 77.51; St. Lawrence St. + Ch., 5. 272.51 + +Portland. Williston Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., + _for Mission S.S., Lexington, Ky._, 2.50; + Williston Ch. C.E.S., Box Christmas + Goods, _for Lexington, Ky._ 2.50 + +Portland. Y.P.S.C.E., Williston Ch., + Bbl. C. and Papers, _for High Point, N.C._ + +Portland. "Friends," Box Christmas + Goods, _for Marion, Ala._ + +Saco. Cong. Ch., 7.20; J.W. Littlefield, + 2.50. 9.70 + +Skowhegan. Mrs. L.W. Weston and her + Sab. Sch. Class (Chinese). 2.50 + +Skowhegan. Mrs. L.W. Weston, Bbl. C. + and Pkg. Christmas Gifts, _for High + Point, N.C._ + +South Berwick. Mrs. K.B. Lewis and + Mrs. Hayman's S.S. Classes, _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 11.00 + +South Gardiner. Jun. C.E. Soc., Box C., + _for Marion, Ala._ + +Temple. Cong. Ch. 6.51 + +Westbrook. Cumberland Mills Cong. + Ch. 118.70 + +Wilton. Cong. Ch. 5.75 + +Winslow. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Yarmouth. Bbl. C., _for High Point, N.C._ + +_Received for Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, Ga._: + + Bangor. Hammond St. Sab. + Sch. 10.00 + + Bangor. Miss Hattie Mosher, + Bbl. C. + + Brewer. Y.P.S.C.E., + Bbl. C. + + Castine. Elsie Storer, Pkg. + Christmas Cards. + + Eastport. Mrs. R.H. + Reynolds, Pkg. Christmas + Cards. + + Sandy Point. Mrs. Robert + French, Pkg. Handk'fs. + + Wintersport. Mrs. Emma + A. Smith, Bbl. C. + ------ 10.00 + + +Maine Woman's Aid to A.M.A., by Mrs. + Ida S. Woodbury, Treas., _for Woman's + Work_: + + Deer Isle. L.M. Soc. 8.75 + + Woodford's. L.M.S. 13.00 + ----- 21.75 + + +NEW HAMPSHIRE, $901.96. + +Acworth. W. Thayer. 5.00 + +Boscawen. Mrs. P.M. Webster, 2 Bbls. + C., 2 _for Freight, for Pleasant Hill + Acad., Tenn._ 2.00 + +Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.67 + +Charlestown. Mrs. Wm. M. Holden. 1.50 + +Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 16.22; "A + Friend," 2.50. 18.72 + +Chester. Miss Isabella Fitz, Pkg. of + Christmas Cards, _for Thomasville, Ga._ + +Concord. "A Friend," 5; "A Friend," + 50c. 5.50 + +Concord. Granite Mission Band, _for + Student Aid, Gregory N. Inst., Wilmington, + N.C._ 5.00 + +Concord. Box Bedding and Table Linen, + _for King's Mountain, N.C._ + +Deerfield. First Cong. Ch. 16.25 + +Dunbarton. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., _for + Gregory Inst._ 5.25 + +East Alstead. Cong. Ch., by W.H. Spalter, + Co. Treas. 3.59 + +East Derry. Ladies' Soc. Cong. Ch., _for + Freight to Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00 + +Exeter. Rev. Jacob Chapman. 100.00 + +Francestown. Cong. Ch., 7; Dea. M.B. + Fisher, 5. 12.00 + +Hanover. Dartmouth Sab. Sch., 20, _for + Indian M._, and 15 _for Mountain Work_. 35.00 + +Keene. First Cong. Ch., by W.H. Spalter, + Co. Treas., 50; Sab. Sch. Second + Cong. Ch., 20. 70.00 + +Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.00 + +Lyndeborough. Ladies' Sewing Soc. 10.00 + +Manchester. Franklin St. Ch. 80.23 + +Milford. Ladies' Charitable Soc., Cong. + Ch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 12.00 + +Newport. Miss Eugenie E. Waite, _for + McIntosh, Ga._ 2.50 + +Penacook. Cong. Ch. 4.60 + +Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. 20.16 + +Plainfield. "S.R.B." 2.00 + +Portsmouth. Mission Circle of Little + Folks, by Miss K. Sweetser, Christmas + Box, _for Cappahosic, Va._ + +Rindge. Cong. Ch., by W.H. Spalter, + Co. Treas. 25.25 + +Rochester. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +Rye. Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +Sanbornton. Cong. Ch. 21.80 + +Somersworth. Cong. Ch. 18.89 + +South Barnstead. J.O. Tasker, 10; Mrs. + J.O. Tasker, 5. 15.00 + +Temple. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 7.55 + +Tilton. Cong. Ch. 32.00 + +Warner. Cong. Ch. 4.00 + +Webster. Christmas Bbl., _for Kings + Mountain, N.C._; 1.50 _for Freight_. 1.50 + +West Manchester. South Main St. Cong. + Ch. 11.00 + +New Hampshire Female Cent Inst. and + Home Missionary Union, by Miss + Annie McFarland, Treas., _for Woman's + Work_: + + Concord. Y.P.S.C.E. of + South Ch., _for a Pupil, + Nat, Ala._ 10.00 + + Tamworth. Mrs. Amanda + M. Davis, _for Negro + Sch'p_. 50.00 + ------ 60.00 + ------- + $701.96 + +ESTATE. + +Rindge. Estate Mersylvia Hubbard, by + R.A. Hubbard, Executor. 200.00 + ------- + $901.96 + + +VERMONT, $873.37. + +Barnet. Cong. Ch. 33.56 + +Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. 42.50 + +Brattleboro. Mary L. Hadley. 25.00 + +Burlington. College St. Cong. Ch. 55.33 + +Damon's Crossing. Geo. A. Appleton. 10.00 + +East Poultney. Mrs. Jane G. Wilcox. 10.00 + +Granby. Infant Class, Mite Boxes, by + Mrs. J.L. Wells, Teacher. _for Rosebud + Indian M._ 1.50 + +Hardwick. Mrs. E.F. Strickland, _for + Indian M., Grand River N.D._ 10.00 + +Lyndon. Mr. Cobb, 1; Rev. P.B. Fisk, + 2, _for Student Aid, Tillotson Inst._ 3.00 + +Middlebury. Mrs. C.S. Burdett, 4; "A + Friend," 1. 5.00 + +Milton. Y.P.S.C.E. Cong. Ch., _for + Alaska M._ 3.10 + +North Bennington. Y.P.S.C.E., Cong. + Ch., _for Mountain Work_. 5.00 + +North Bennington. Mrs. and Rev. H.D. + Hall, Bbl. C., _for Grand View, + Tenn._ + +North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Northfield. "A Friend," to const. + CHARLES M. DAVIS, GEORGE DENNY + and CHARLES P. LEONARD L.M.'s. 100.00 + +North Springfield. Mrs. C.S. Davis. 1.00 + +North Thetford. Cong. Ch. 12.00 + +Norwich. Mrs. H. Burton. 2.00 + +Post Mills. Cong. Ch. 6.25 + +Rutland. John Howard. 4.00 + +Saint Albans. Cong. Ch. 78.47 + +Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. 120.50 + +South Fairlee. "Christian," _for Thunderhawk + M._ 1.00 + +South Newbury. "Friends," Bbl. C., + _for Meridian, Miss._ + +West Brattleboro. Mrs. Elvira Stedman, + 30, to const. MARIA L. STEDMAN L.M.; + Cong. Ch., 23.19. 53.19 + +West Rutland. Cong. Ch. 15.00 + +Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 12.60 + +_Received for Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, Ga_: + + Barre. L.M. Soc. Cong. + Ch., Bbl. C., 1.68 _for + Freight_. 1.68 + + Barton Landing and Brownington. 2.00 + + Berlin. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., + Freight paid. + + Brookfield. Cong. Ch. 1.33 + + Burlington. Y.P.S.C.E., + Box reading matter. + _Freight paid_. + + Ludlow. L.H.M. Soc. 2.00 + + Manchester. H.M. Soc. 1.58 + + Milton. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., + 2 _for Freight_. 2.00 + + Saint Johnsbury. South + Ch., _for Freight_. 2.00 + + Waitsfield. "Home Circle," + Bbl. C., 2 _for + Freight_. 2.00 + + West Glover. _For freight_. 2.00 + + Westminster. Mrs. Arabella + G. Thompson, 1 and + Pkg. Pictures, etc. 1.00 + ------ 17.59 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of + Vermont, by Mrs. William P. Fairbanks, + Treas., _for Woman's Work_: + + Bellow's Falls. Jun. C.E., + _for Indian Sch'p_. 10.00 + + Brattleboro West. Jun. C.E., + _for Indian Sch'p_. 5.00 + + Burlington. First Ch., + W.H.M.S. 20.00 + + Clarendon. Sab. Sch., _for + Indian Sch'p_. 1.00 + + Montpelier. Jun. C.E., _for + Indian Sch'p_. 10.00 + + Morrisville. United Workers. 5.00 + + New Haven. Munger + Band, _for Indian Sch'p_. 6.25 + + North Pownal. Sab. Sch., + _for Indian Sch'p_. 1.00 + + Norwich. Sab. Sch., _for + Indian Sch'p_. 6.00 + + Olcott. Sab. Sch., _for + Indian Sch'p_. 5.00 + + Rutland. W.H.M.S. 30.00 + + Saint Albans. W.H.M.S. 25.00 + + Saint Johnsbury. North + Ch. 93.22 + + Saint Johnsbury. North + Ch. S.S. Class, _for Indian + Sch'p_. 2.31 + + Westminster. W.H.M.S. 3.00 + ------ 222.78 + ------- + $855.37 + +ESTATE. + +Jericho. Estate of Hosea Spaulding, C.M. + Spaulding, 10; A.C. Spaulding, 5; + E.J. Spaulding, 3. 18.00 + ------- + $873.37 + + +MASSACHUSETTS, $9,182.93. + +Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch. 5.50 + +Amesbury. Main St. Cong. Ch., by Rev. + Geo. L. Richmond, _for Indian Sch'p, + Santee Sch., Neb._ 60.00 + +Amherst. South Ch. 12.00 + +Andover, South Cong. Ch., 137.54; + West Cong. Ch., 42.95; West Cong. Sab. + Sch., 52.40; Free Christian Ch., 10.50. 243.39 + +Andover. "A New England Aunt," _for + Thunderhawk M._ 5.00 + +Andover. Young Ladies' Soc. Christian + Workers, So. Ch., _for Straight U._ 5.00 + +Arlington. Cong. Ch. 50.60 + +Athol. Cong. Ch. 100.07 + +Auburndale. King's Daughters 2 and + Bbl. C., _for Blowing Rock, N.C._ 2.00 + +Bedford. Cong. Ch. 0.84 + +Beverly. North Cong. Ch., _for Evarts, + Ky._ 38.56 + +Beverly. "A Friend," 5; A. Haskell, + 50c. 5.50 + +Blandford. "Willing Hands Circle," _for + A.G. Sch., Moorhead Miss._ 10.00 + +Boston. Union Ch. 154.94 + + W.G. Means. 125.00 + + "A Steward of the Master," + 30, _for Bible Sch., Grand + View, Tenn._; and 30, _for + La Moyne Inst., Memphis, + Tenn._, to const. + RALPH A. FIELD and Miss + S. ELLEN HOBART L.M.'s. 60.00 + + Benj. F. Dewing. 50.00 + + Sab. Sch. Union Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Pleasant + Hill Acad., Tenn._ 50.00 + + Mrs. Frederick Jones, 25.25; + and Bbl. Goods, _for Gloucester + Sch., Cappahosic, + Va._ 25.25 + + "A Young Friend," _for + Indian Girl, Santee, Neb._ 1.50 + + The Whatsoever Band, _for + Student Aid, Gregory N. + Inst., Wilmington, N.C._ 1.00 + + Woman's Soc. Central Ch., + Bbls. C., _for Nat, Ala._ + + Allston. Mrs. R.H. Bird, + _for Indian M._ 5.00 + + Brighton. Chas. A. Barnard. 200.00 + + Dorchester. Second Cong. + Ch. 117.68 + + Dorchester. Ladies of Pilgrim + Ch. 0.50 + + Dorchester. Second Ch., + B.C. Hardwick. 75.00 + + Neponset, Y.P.S.C.E. + Trinity Ch. 6.00 + + Roxbury. Walnut Av. Cong. + Ch. 131.25 + + Roxbury. Sab. Sch., Intermediate + Dept., Highland, + Cong. Ch., _Birthday gift + for Rev. A.A. Myers_. 7.89 + + South Boston. Y.L.M.S. + of Phillips Ch. 5.00 + + West Roxbury. "Helping + Hands," _for Student Aid, + Santee Indian Sch._ 10.00 + -------- 1,026.01 + +Boxboro. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Boxford. Mary A. Peabody, Library + books, _for Moorhead, Miss._ + +Bridgewater. Central Sq. Cong. Ch. 22.87 + +Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch. 8.57 + +Brockton. Mrs. Thomas C. Perkins. 1.50 + +Brookfield. Cong. Ch. 6.91 + +Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. 151.74 + +Campridgeport. Sab. Sch. Prospect St. + Cong. Ch., 50, _for Santee Indian M._; + 50 _for Fort Berthold Indian M._; 100 + _for Christian Endeavor Hall, McIntosh, + Ga._ 200.00 + +Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch., 33.94: "R.L.S.," + 25. 58.94 + +Cambridgeport. C.E., 2 Bbls. C., _for + Marion, Ala._ + +Campello. Mrs. A. Leach. 0.50 + +Chelsea. Soc. of Women Workers, + Central Cong. Ch., to const. Mrs. DORA + D. WYLLIE L.M., 37.50; First Ch., 5. 42.50 + +Chicopee. Y.P.S.C.E. of Third Cong. + Ch., _for Central Ch., New Orleans, + La._ 15.00 + +Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane, to const. + MRS. SAMUEL E. GATES, MRS. R.D. + GAHAN and GEORGE N. PERKINS L.M.'s. 100.00 + +Dalton. Mrs. Zenas Crane, to const. + MRS. FRED. PRICE, MRS. LIZZIE L. + SMITH and MISS JENNIE E. PIERCE + L.M.'s. 100.00 + +Dalton. Sab. Sch., _for School Building, + Cumberland Gap, Tenn._ 25.00 + +Deerfield. "A Friend" in Orthodox Cong. + Ch., 10; Cong. Ch., ad'l, 2. 12.00 + +East Douglas. Second Cong. Ch. and + Soc. 24.83 + +East Somerville. Mrs. Henry Howard. 10.00 + +East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. 27.00 + +Enfield. Cong. Ch. 18.03 + +Fall River. First Cong. Ch. (15 of which + _for Indian M._) 102.72 + +Fitchburg. Rollstone Cong. Ch., to + const MRS. ANNIE Z. HITCHCOCK, L.M. 42.00 + +Foxboro. Mrs. M.N. Phelps. 50.00 + +Foxboro. S.S. Children Prim. Dept., _for + A.G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._ 7.00 + +Foxboro. Benevolent Circle, Bbl. C., + _for Moorhead, Miss._ + +Framingham. Plymouth Ch., 26.25; "A + Friend in So. Cong. Ch," 5. 31.25 + +Framingham. "A Friend" _for Indian + M._ 5.00 + +Franklin. First Cong. Soc. 8.10 + +Franklin. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. C., _for + Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ + +Gardner. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 + +Georgetown. Mem. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. + Books, _for Albany, Ga._ + +Gilbertville. Sab. Sch., _for School Building, + Cumberland Gap, Tenn._ 20.00 + +Gilbertville. W.H. Caldwell, _for Student + Aid, Harrow Sch., Cumberland + Gap, Tenn._ 11.00 + +Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. 2.60 + +Gloucester. Trinity Cong. Ch. 93.97 + +Hadley. First Cong. Ch., 15.82; Sab. + Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 16.56. 32.38 + +Haverhill. North Cong. Ch., 200.00; + West Parish Cong. Ch., 13. 213.00 + +Haverhill. Sab. Sch. West Parish Cong. + Ch. (5 of which from "Class One," _for + Fisk U._) 14.55 + +Haverhill. Y.P.S.C.E, West Ch. + (Extra cent-a-day) 6.95 + +Haverhill. S.S. Class, West Cong. Ch., + Lesson Picture Roll, _for Thomasville, + Ga._ + +Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.18 + +Ipswich. South Cong. Ch. 40.00 + +Lancaster. Evan. Sab. Sch. 8.36 + +Lawrence. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Leicester. First Cong. Ch. 50.29 + +Leicester. C.E., _for Sch. Building, + Cumberland Gap, Tenn._ 2.00 + +Leominster. Geo. H. Wheelock. 5.01 + +Lexington. Hancock Cong. Ch. 11.01 + +Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch., 83.45; First + Cong. Ch., 59.; Mrs. Mary Stetson, + 5.15. 147.60 + +Lowell. Mrs. Frederick Bailey's S.S. + Class, _for Student Aid, Ballard Normal + Inst._ 27.00 + +Lowell. A.D. Carter, _for Sufferers in + Nebraska_. 25.00 + +Ludlow. Junior Soc. C.E. Union Ch., 5, + _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., + Tenn., 5 for Allen Normal Sch., + Thomasville, Ga._ 10.00 + +Malden. Mrs. E.P. Forster. 10.00 + +Malden. Jun. Soc. C.E. First Cong. Ch., + _for Indian M., Standing Rock, N.D._ 5.00 + +Malden. Mrs. J.C.K. Ivy and Friends, + Bbl. C.; Mrs. R.P. Kemp, and Friends, + Bbl. C., etc., _for Cappahosic, Va._ + +Maplewood. Two Bbls. C. and Box + Books, _for High Point, N.C._ + +Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. 17.00 + +Medford. W.M. Soc. of Union Cong. + Ch., 5; Union Cong. Ch., 3.25. 8.25 + +Medway. Village Cong. Ch. 25.00 + +Methuen. Wide Awake Mission Band of + First Cong. Ch., _for repairs on Church + Steeple, Abbeville, La._ 11.00 + +Methuen. Mrs. S.J. Searle. 1.00 + +Middleboro. Mrs. A.B. Carleton, _for + Thunderhawk U._ 1.00 + +Middleton. Willing Workers, _for Student + Aid, Harrow Sch., Cumberland + Gap, Tenn._ 3.00 + +Milford. Cong. Ch., Y.P.S.C.E., + Christmas Box, _for Grand View, Tenn._ + +Milford. Mrs. Hulda E. Woodbury, + Articles _for Woodbury and Denison + Rooms, Grand View Nor. Inst., Tenn._ + +Milton. ---- _for Student Aid, Lincoln + Acad., King's Mt., N.C._ 2.75 + +Millbury. M.D. Garfield. 15.00 + +Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford, 5; Mrs. + C.O. Chapin, 5. 10.00 + +Monterey. Extra Cent-a-day Band, by + Miss Jessie A. Townsend. 7.00 + +Natick. First Cong. Ch. 100.00 + +New Bedford. Mrs. I.E. Jenney, _for + Mountain Work_. 5.00 + +New Bedford. Miss E.F. Leonard, Toys + for Christmas, _Thomasville, Ga._ + +New Boston. "Ten Endeavorers". 6.00 + +Newburyport. Miss M.W. Tilton. 5.00 + +Newburyport. Mrs. M.J. Green, 2 Bbls. + C., _for Albany, Ga._ + +Newton. Eliot Ch. 51.99 + +Newton. J.W. Davis, _for Indian M., + Grand River, N.D._ 50.00 + +Newton Center. First Cong. Ch., 81.20; + Miss M.E. Eaton, 10. 91.20 + +Newton Highlands. "Two Friends," + _bal. Sch'p, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 42.00 + +Northampton. Mrs. Lucy S. Sanderson, + _for Thunderhawk M._ 50.00 + +Northampton. Miss F.A. Clark. 25.00 + +Northampton. Miss Fanny Clark, Box + C., _for Lexington, Ky._ + +North Beverly. Mrs. M.A. Baker, Bbl. + C., _for Students, Grand View, Tenn._ + +North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. 35.51 + +North Falmouth. Mrs. H.A. Nye. 0.25 + +North Weymouth. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 15.00 + +Norton. Mrs. E.B. Wheaton. 100.00 + +Norwood. First Cong. Ch. 113.05 + +Oxford. Cong. Ch., to const. MISS LAURA + D. STOCKWELL L.M. 57.45 + +Pepperell. Cong. Ch., 31.06; Mrs. J.H. + Hall _for Orange Park, Fla._, 4.50. 35.56 + +Pittsfield. Miss Martin, 20; Miss Mary + L. Adam, 2 _for Central Ch., New Orleans, + La._ 22.00 + +Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch., 70, and Sab. + Sch., 11 (of which 1 from Mr. Wason's + Class), 81; Woman's Miss. Soc., 2. 83.00 + +Reading. Cong. Ch. 22.10 + +Richmond. King's Daughters, _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00 + +Rockland. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. J.S. + GRAY L.M. 40.00 + +Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Salem. South Cong. Ch., Primary Class + and Teacher, _for Student Aid, Gregory + N. Inst., Wilmington, N.C._ 3.00 + +Sharon. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. ROBERT + HAMILTON L.M. 21.50 + +Shelburne. Cong. Ch. 41.00 + +Southampton. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., to + const. ELLA M. TIFFANY L.M. 33.11 + +Southampton. Bbl. and Box Bedding, + etc., _for King's Mountain, N.C._ + +South Ashburnham. Bbl. C., _for King's + Mountain, N.C._ + +Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 33.54; Mrs. + Franklin Carter. 50c. 34.04 + +South Deerfield. Lucelia E. Williams. 1.00 + +South Hadley. Mount Holyoke College, + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00 + +South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. Jun. C.E.S., + Bbl. C., etc., _for Wilmington, N.C._ + +Spencer, "Extra Cent-a-day Band," + First Cong. Ch. 30.00 + +Springfield. Park Cong. Ch., 29.15; + ----, 1. 30.15 + +Springfield. Mrs. C.F. Hobart, _for + Mountain Work_. 50.00 + +Springfield. Sab. Sch. Hope Ch., _for + Sch. Building, Cumberland Gap, Tenn._ 5.00 + +Springfield. Miss Helen M. Towne, Bbl. + C., _for Moorhead, Miss._ + +Stockbridge. Miss Alice Byington, 250 + _for Chapel, Rock Creek, N.D._, and 250 + _for Thunderhawk M._ 500.00 + +Stockbridge. Miss Brewer, _for Thunderhawk + M._ 10.00 + +Swampscott. Cong. Ch., to const. JAMES + M. POPE L.M. 30.00 + +Tapleyville. Miss Sarah Richmond, _for + Campton, Ky._ 3.00 + +Tapleyville. May P. Grover. 1.00 + +Taunton. Mrs. David Pollard, _for Indian + M._ 10.00 + +Turners Falls. Christmas Offering, Cong. + Y.P.S.C.E., _for Central Ch., New + Orleans, La._ 6.00 + +Wakefield. "Opportunity Circle," _for + Thunderhawk M._ 5.00 + +Walpole. Rev. Geo. Langdon. 1.00 + +Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. 9.55 + +Ware. Sab. Sch. East Cong. Ch., _for + Mountain Work_. 40.00 + +Ware. Primary Dept. Sab. Sch., Cong. + Ch., _for Children, Rosebud Indian M._ 7.53 + +Ware. Sab. Sch., _for Christmas Tree, + Meridian, Miss._ 4.00 + +Ware. Miss Gage's S.S. Class, Cong. + Ch., Bbl. C., _for Macon, Ga._ + +Warren. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. NELLIE + F. ADAMS, H. MELVERN UNDERWOOD, + MISS MINNIE J. WASHBURN, MRS. + REBECCA SHAW, FRANK E. GLEASON, + MRS. EMMA F. CURTIS and MISS ELLEN + F. CUTLER L.M.'s. 200.00 + +Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.06 + +Wendell. Cong. Ch. 3.45 + +Westboro. Ladies' Freedmen's Assn. + and "Friends," 20 _for Pleasant Hill, + Tenn._; 20 _for Tougaloo U._, and to const. + MISS AMELIA HARRINGTON L.M. 40.00 + +Westboro. "Life Member". 1.00 + +Westboro. Freedmen's Aid Soc., Cong. + Ch., Pkg. Christmas Cards, _for Thomasville, + Ga._, and Bbl. C., _for Saluda, + N.C._ + +West Boxford. Cong. Ch. Ladies' Aid + Soc., _for Student Aid, Chandler Sch., + Lexington, Ky._ 9.00 + +West Brookfield. Cong. Ch., bal. to + const. MRS. JENNIE K. LIVERMORE + L.M. 26.52 + +West Medford. Mrs. Stebbins. 1.00 + +West Medway. Dorcas H.M. Soc., + Third Cong. Ch., _for Nat, Ala._ 2.00 + +Westport. Pacific Union Cong. Ch. 12.50 + +West Springfield. Mrs. E.D. Bliss, 2 of + which _for Tougaloo U._ and 2 _for Santee + Indian M._ 8.00 + +Weymouth Heights. Y.P.S.C.E. and + "Other Friends," _for Nat, Ala._ 11.00 + +Whitinsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 101.26 + +Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 25.07 + +Winchester. First Cong. Ch. (1 of which + _for Indian M._) 138.09 + +Winchester. "Friends," 3 Bbls. C., etc., + _for Meridian, Miss._ + +Woburn. First Cong. Ch. 157.75 + +Wollaston. Money Order. 0.50 + +Worcester. Union Ch., 104.34; Piedmont + Ch., 50; Mrs. Wm. H. Sanford, 2. 156.34 + +Worcester. Plymouth Ch., _for Campton, + Ky._ 22.00 + +---- "A Friend". 100.00 + +Hampden Benevolent Association, by + George R. Bond, Treas.: + + South Hadley Falls. 5.24 + + West Springfield. Ladies' + First Cong. Ch., _for + Central Ch., New Orleans, + La._ 10.00 + ------ 15.24 + +_Received for Dorchester Academy, McIntosh, + Ga._: + + Athol. W.C.T.U., Bbl. C. + + Curtisville. Bbl. C., 75c. _for + Freight_. 0.75 + + Dorchester. Rev. Hiram + Houston, 2 Bbls. C. + + Great Barrington. Y.P.S.C.E., + _for Student Aid_. 14.00 + + Maplewood. Mrs. Frank + Parker, Bbl. C. + + North Brookfield. Miss + Laura Miller, Bbl. C. + ------ 14.75 + +Woman's Home Missionary Association + of Mass. and R.I., Annie C. Bridgman, + Treas., _for Woman's Work_: + + W.H.M.A., _for Salaries + of Teachers_. 338.47 + + Melrose Highlands. Aux. 6.50 + + Roxbury. Walnut Av. Ch. + Aux. 58.50 + + Roxbury. Walnut Av. Ch. 20.56 + ------- 424.03 + --------- + $6,941.38 + + ESTATES. + +Enfield. Estate of Mrs. Sarah H. Blodgett, + by Daniel B. Gillett, Executor. 1,000.00 + +Enfield. Estate of J.B. Woods, by + Robert M. Woods, Trustee. 80.00 + +Greenfield. Estate R.W. Cook. 62.50 + +Greenfield. Estate of Hon. William B. + Washburn, Wm. N. Washburn and + Franklin G. Fessenden, Executors. 22.93 + +Holliston. Estate of George Batchelder, + by J.M. Batchelder, Agent. 26.12 + +North Brookfield. Estate of Mrs. Eliza + W. Johnson, by Abbie W. Whiting, + Executrix. 50.00 + +Topsfield. Estate of Charles Herrick, by + Robert Lake, Executor. 1,000.00 + --------- + $9,132.93 + +CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON + OFFICE: + +Lyndeboro, N.H. Cong. Ch., Communion + Service, _for Big Creek Gap, Ky._ + +Lynn, Mass. Geo. H. Martin, Box Sch. + Books, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ + +Northboro. Miss A.M. Small, Picture + Rolls, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ + +Weymouth. Rev. John M. Lord, 2 Boxes + Books, _for Straight U._ + + +RHODE ISLAND, $178.99. + +Chepachet. Cong. Ch. 30.00 + +East Providence. Children's Band of + Newman Cong. Ch. 2.50 + +Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 24.64 + +Newport. United Cong. Ch. 14.54 + +Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. 52.36 + +Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 34.20; + Woman's F.H.M. Union, 8; Free + Evan. Cong. Ch., 10; Y.P.S.C.E., + North Cong. Ch., 1.75; Union Cong. + Ch., ad'l, 1. 54.95 + + +CONNECTICUT, $5,579.84. + +Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 27.00 + +Bethel. First Cong. Ch., 50.87; "A + Friend," 5. 55.87 + +Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. 5.84 + +Bridgeport. Olivet Ch., Mizpah Circle, + K.D., Bbl. Christmas Goods, _for Marion, + Ala._ + +Bristol. Cong. Ch. 50.00 + +Brooklyn. Young Mission Workers, by + Philip Trumbull White, Treas., _for + Alaska M._ 2.00 + +Chester. G.M. Turner, _for Christmas, + King's Mountain, N.C._ 5.00 + +Cornwall. First Cong. Ch. 56.56 + +Cornwall. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for + Allen Normal Sch., Thomasville, Ga._ 47.06 + +Danbury. First Cong. Ch. 27.24 + +Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. and + Soc. 33.45 + +Deep River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.28 + +East Hartford. First Cong. Ch. 114.05 + +East Hartford. Benev. Soc., by Mrs. M.A. + Street, Sec., Bbl. C., _for Grand + View, Tenn._ + +East Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 12.39 + +Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 27.80 + +Farmington. First Cong. Ch., Henry D. + Hawley, to const. PAUL WALENBURG and + JAMES PATTERSON L.M.'s. 100.00 + +Goshen. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., _for Grand + View, Tenn._ + +Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. + SAMUEL D. BLATCHLEY L.M. 30.00 + +Haddam. Cong. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Central + Ch., New Orleans, La._ 2.25 + +Hamden. Mrs. E.D. Swift. 2.00 + +Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., + 313.94; First Cong. Ch., 109.08; Fourth + Cong. Ch., 21.23. 444.25 + +Hartford. Sab. Sch., Pearl St. Cong. Ch., + _for Industrial Work, Fisk U._ 40.00 + +Hartford. Mrs. E.R. Rexford, _for Student + Aid, Saluda Sem. N.C._ 25.00 + +Hartford. Sab. Sch., Central Ch., _for + Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 18.00 + +Hebron. Ladies' Benev. Soc. First Cong. + Ch., Bbl. C., _for Thomasville, Ga._ + +Kensington. Cong. Ch., 26.08; William + Upson, 10; Miss Mary H. Upson, 5. 41.08 + +Kent. Mrs. Randolph Frisbie, Box C., + _for Thomasville, Ga._ + +Lakeville. Mrs. S.P. Robbins, _for + Mountain Work_. 4.50 + +Ledyard. Cong. Ch., 25; Sab. Sch. Cong. + Ch., 2.10. 27.10 + +Lyme. First Cong. Ch., 50; "A Friend," + 5. 55.00 + +Meriden. First Cong. Ch., _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 + +Meriden. Member First Cong. Ch., _for + Indian M._ 5.00 + +Meriden. "A Friend". 10.00 + +Middletown. Sab. Sch. First Ch. 35.00 + +Montville Center. Cong. Sch. 7.50 + +Morris. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Mount Carmel. Cong. Ch. 24.22 + +Mount Carmel. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 6.60 + +Mystic. Cong. Ch. 20.45 + +Nepaug. Cong. Ch. 7.00 + +New Britain. South Cong. Ch., 173.79; + First Ch. of Christ, to const. MISS ELLEN + N. TRACY and JOHN NORTHEND L.M.'s, + 67.67. 241.46 + +New Britain. Sab. Sch., South Ch., _for + Mountain Work_. 25.00 + +New Britain. First Ch. "Mission + Helpers," Box C., _for Saluda, N.C._ + +New Canaan. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., _for + a Teacher, Santee Indian Sch._ 100.00 + +New Canaan. F.H. Gleason. 10.00 + +New Haven. Mrs. H. Farnum, _for + Thunderhawk M._ 50.00 + +New Haven. Second Cong. Ch., 41.95; + Sab. Sch., College St. Cong. Ch., 15. 56.95 + +New Haven. Friends in Y.P.S.C.E., + United Ch., _for Central Ch., New Orleans, + La._ 3.00 + +New Haven. Y.P.S.C.E., Ch. of the + Redeemer, ad'l _for Central Ch., New + Orleans, La._ 1.00 + +New Haven. Children of Orphan Asylum, + 2 Pkgs. Cards, _for McIntosh, Ga._ + +New London. First Church of Christ. 45.76 + +New London. "A Friend in First Ch. of + Christ". 25.00 + +New London. Chinese and Teachers, + First Ch. of Christ, by Mary G. Brainard, + _for Cal. Chinese M._ 10.00 + +New Preston. Mrs. E.C. Williams. 2.00 + +Newtown. Cong. Ch. 7.00 + +Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 123.85 + +North Granby. First Cong. Ch. 4.51 + +Norwalk. First Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. + GEORGE R. HENDRICKSON, L.M. 52.35 + +Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 71.50; + First Cong. Ch., 55.27; Greenville + Cong. Ch., 20. 146.77 + +Norwich. Sab. Sch., Broadway Cong. + Ch., _for Mountain Work in Tenn._ 25.00 + +Norwich. Sab. Sch., Greenville Cong. + Ch., _for Mountain Work_. 9.00 + +Norwich. Park Ch. Y.P.S.C.E., Bbl. + C., _for Grand View, Tenn._ + +Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., Christmas + Box, _for Athens, Ala._ + +Norwich. L.H.M.S., Greenville Ch.,2 + Bbls. C., _for McIntosh, Ga._ + +Old Lyme. Cong. Ch. 64.20 + +Orange. Mrs. E.C. Russell's S.S. Class, + _for Indian M._ 3.25 + +Orange. Ladies' Soc., 1.50 and Dining + Room Carpet, _for Knoxville, Tenn._ 1.50 + +Plainfield. Miss S.E. Francis, Bbl. C., + _for Students, Grand View, Normal + Inst., Tenn._ + +Pomfret. Cong. Ch. 41.67 + +Preston City. Cong. Ch. 14.60 + +Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 + +Roxbury. Cong. Ch. 5.20 + +Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 57.95 + +Scitico. "A Friend," _for Indian M._ 3.00 + +Somers. "A Friend". 10.00 + +Sound Beach. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Jun. Y.P.S.C.E., + _for King's Mountain, N.C._ 2.00 + +South Hartford. Cong. Ch. Ladies' Sew. + Soc., Bbl. C., _for Wilmington, N.C._ + +Southington. ----, _for ed. of "Little + Mary," Gregory Inst._ 5.00 + +Southington. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., + _for Grand View, Tenn._ + +Southport. "A Friend," _for Mountain + Work_. 50.00 + +South Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 39.35 + +Suffield. Mission Band, First Ch., Bbl. + C., _for Grand View, Tenn._ + +Talcottville. Mrs. Rose J. Talcott, + Christmas Cards, _for Grand View, + Tenn._ + +Thomaston. First Cong. Ch. 11.28 + +Thomaston. Primary Dept. Sab. Sch. + First Cong. Ch., _for the Children of + Rosebud Indian M._ 11.00 + +Torrington. Junior End. Soc. Third + Cong. Ch., _for Central Ch., New Orleans, + La._ 2.00 + +Unionville. First Church of Christ, 30; + Mrs. James A. Smith, 25. 55.00 + +Wallingford. "S.H.B." 20.00 + +Warrenville. "A Friend". 5.00 + +Westbrook. "A Lady". 5.00 + +Westchester. Christian Bees (H.W.S.), + Bbl. C., _for Moorhead, Miss._ + +West Hartford. Anson Chappell. 12.00 + +West Hartford. Mrs. M.L. Whitman, + _for Saluda, N.C._ 1.72 + +West Hartford. Christian Workers Assn., + H.M. Dept., Box C., _for Saluda, N.C._ + +West Haven. Cong. Ch., and Soc. 18.75 + +Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Ch. 25.58 + +Winsted. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., _for + Industrial Work, Fisk U._ 26.66 + +West Winsted. Mrs. C.J. Camp, _for + furnishing New Hall, Tillotson Inst._ 2.00 + +Windsor. First Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. + WM. O. HAYDEN and MRS. WALTER + LOOMIS L.M.'s. 70.00 + +Woodbridge. Cong. Ch. 11.24 + +Woodbury. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Woman's Cong. Home Missionary Union + of Conn., Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, Treas., + _for Woman's Work_: + + Hartford. "A Friend, First + Ch.," Jun. Aux. 30.00 + + Kent. Sab. Sch. Cong. + Ch. 10.00 + + Manchester. First Ch. L.B. + Soc. 22.00 + + New Haven. United Ch. + Ladies' Aid Soc., _for Central + Church, New Orleans_. 27.50 + + Norwalk. S.S. Circles + Aux. to L.B. Assn. of + First Ch., _for Student + Aid, Grand View, Normal + Sch._ 35.00 + + Suffield. Y.L.M. Circle. 12.50 + + Thompson. Aux. 18.00 + ------ 155.00 + --------- + $3,154.09 + +ESTATES. + +Cornwall. Estate of S.C. Beers. 106.55 + +Groton. Estate of Mrs. B.N. Hurlbutt. 319.20 + +Simsbury. Estate of Cordelia E. Wilcox, + by C.H. Eno, Executor. 500.00 + +West Hartford. Estate of Nancy S. Gaylord, + Francis H. Parker, Executor. 1,500.00 + --------- + $5,579.84 + + +NEW YORK, $6,136.78. + +Albany. Miss A. Van Vrankin, _for + Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 2.75 + +Batavia. Miss F.P. Rice, _for A.G. Sch., + Moorhead, Miss._ 5.00 + +Bayshore, L.I. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 6.73 + +Berkshire. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch. 4.98 + +Binghamton. Mrs. J.E. Bean, _for + Indian M._ 10.00 + +Brockport. Normal Sch., _for Lincoln + Normal Sch., Marion, Ala._ 2.00 + +Brooklyn. Clinton Ave. Cong. Ch. 300.00 + +Brooklyn. Clinton Ave, Cong. Sab. Sch., + _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., + Tenn._ 50.00 + +Brooklyn. Miss Ellen Thurston, _for + Santee Indian Sch._ 50.00 + +Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. Central Cong. Ch., + _for Teacher, Santee Indian Sch._ 37.50 + +Brooklyn. Evangel. Circle of Lewis Av. + Cong. Ch. 1.00 + +Brooklyn. Young Ladies' Guild Clinton + Ave. Cong. Ch., Box, _for the Home, Lexington, + Ky._; New Eng. Ch., Christmas + Box, _for Athens, Ala._; New Eng. Ch. + Ladies' Soc., Bbl. C. and Christmas + Goods, _for Marion, Ala._; Lee Av. + Cong. Ch., 2 Boxes C., _for Kings Mountain, + N.C._ + +Buffalo. People's Ch. 8.09 + +Cambridge. H. Cornelia Gilbert. 6.00 + +Camden. Cong. Ch., Large Box C., + _for Hillsboro, N.C._ + +Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch., of which + 50.45 _for Santee Indian M._ 64.09 + +Chittenango. Mrs. Amelia L. Brown. 5.00 + +Clifton Springs. "A Friend". 8.00 + +Cohoes. Special Meeting, First Baptist + Ch., _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, + Va._ 40.83 + +Coventry. Mrs. S.A. Beardslee. 10.00 + +Elizabethtown. Cong. Ch. 17.35 + +Fairport. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Fillmore. L.L. Nourse. 4.00 + +Franklin. Cong. Ch. 18.85 + +Gloversville. Mrs. Catherine Van Voast, + by Rev. W.E. Park. 2.00 + +Granby Center. Mrs. J.C. Harrington. 5.00 + +Haverstraw. Rev. A.S. Freeman, _for + Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 + +Jamestown. ----, _for Student Aid, + Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._ 2.00 + +Lebanon. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Le Roy. Miss D.A. Phillips. 10.00 + +Little Falls. Mrs. F.D. Emerson, _for + Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 2.00 + +Lockport. First Cong. Ch., W.H.M.S. + and Sab. Sch., Box Christmas Goods, + _for Marion, Ala._ + +Millers Place. S.B. Jones. 2.00 + +Moravia. _For Freight_. 2.00 + +Morrisania. Fourth Ave. Cong. Ch. C.E. + Soc. 25.00 + +Mount Morris. Cypress Band, Bbl. C., + _for Moorhead, Miss._ + +Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch., 11.12; Sab. + Sch. Cong. Ch., 11.88. 23.00 + +New York. Sab. Sch. Missionary. Assn., + Broome St. Tab., 25 _for One Share_; + His Willing Circle of King's Daughters, + Broome St. Tab., 9.12, by Miss C.A. + Freeman. 34.12 + +New York. Mrs. L.H. Spelman, _for + Central Ch., New Orleans, La._, and to + const. MRS. JESSIE TAYLOR L.M. 30.00 + +New York. Miss D.E. Emerson, _for A.G. + Sch., Moorhead, Miss._, and to const. + MRS. MARY CORA BENNER L.M. 30.00 + +New York. Mrs. M.D. Wicker. 25.00 + +New York. M.M. Snowden, _for Gloucester + Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 1.00 + +New York. Mrs. Fred. Billings, 2 doz. + pieces Practice Cloth, _for Macon, Ga._ + +New York. B. Van Wagenen, Box Candy, + _for Marion, Ala._ + +North Walton. Union Miss. Soc. 15.90 + +Ogdensburg. ---- Soc., Box Bedding, + Freight paid, _for Knoxville, Tenn._ + +Orient. Cong. Ch. 7.60 + +Oswego Falls. First Cong. Ch. 4.50 + +Port Chester. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Ch. 23.28 + +Rushville. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., _for Greenwood, + S.C._ + +Sayville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 12.97 + +Sidney. Cong. Ch. 19.75 + +Sherburn. Mrs. Tucker, Christmas Gifts, + _for Jonesboro, Tenn._ + +Spencerport. Miss Mary E. Dyer. 5.00 + +Syracuse. Plym. Cong. Ch. 23.84 + +Troy. Mrs. S. Tappins, 2; Mrs. D. + Baldwin and Friends, Bbl., _for Cappahosic, + Va._ 2.00 + +Vernon Center. Rev. G.C. Judson. 5.00 + +Verona. E. Day. 10.00 + +Warsaw. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Intermediate + Dept., _for Student Aid, Big + Creek Gap, Tenn._ 9.00 + +West Bloomfield. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 5.15 + +West Winfield. Cong. Ch. 17.75 + +Woodhaven. Junior C.E. Soc., Bbl. C., + _for Moorhead, Miss._ + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., + by Mrs. J.J. Pearsall, Treas., _for + Woman's Work_: + + Albany. First Cong. Ch., + C.E. 10.00 + + Aquebogue. H.M.U. 18.00 + + Barryville. W.M.S. 2.00 + + Brooklyn. Park Ch., L.M.S. 6.00 + + Churchville. Sab. Sch. + Mission Circle. 5.00 + + Flushing. S.S. of First + Cong. Ch. 36.00 + + Ithaca. W.H.M.S. 10.00 + + New York. Broadway Tab. + Ch. Soc. 93.25 + + Syracuse. Geddes Ch., W.M.S. 14.00 + + Warsaw. C.E. 10.50 + ------ 204.75 + --------- + $1,236.78 + +ESTATE. + +Lockport. Estate of Edward Simmons. 4,900.00 + --------- + $6,136.78 + + +NEW JERSEY, $239.50. + +Chatham. Sab. Sch. Stanley Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Colts Neck. Reformed Ch. 3.43 + +Hammonton. Miss Carrie E. Alden, _for + Student Aid, Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, + Ga._ 4.00 + +Monroe. "Temperance Legion," Pkg. + Papers and Cards, _for Beach Inst., + Savannah, Ga._ + +Roselle. "A Friend" (50 of which _for + Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn., Girls + Dept._) 150.00 + +Trenton. Mrs. O.S. Fuller. 5.00 + +Upper Montclair. Sab. Sch. Christian + Union Cong. Ch. 34.87 + +Westfield. Ministering Children's + League, Box Gifts, _for McIntosh, Ga._ + ----. "M.N.E." 10.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of the + N.J. Assn., by Mrs. J.H. Denison, + Treas., _for Woman's Work_: + + Bound Brook. Sunbeam + Mission Circle. 6.04 + + Philadelphia, Pa. Central + Cong. Ch., W.H.M.S. 11.16 + + Washington, D.C. Missionary + Circle and Juniors, + Plymouth Cong. Ch. 5.00 + ------ 22.20 + + +PENNSYLVANIA, $43.34. + +Coudersport. John S. and Mary W. + Mann. 5.00 + +Edwardsdale. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Germantown. Mrs. B.R. Smith, _for + Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 2.34 + +Germantown. Mrs. B.R. Smith and + Friends, Bbl., _for Cappahosic, Va._ + +Guy's Mills. Mrs. F.M. Guy. 5.00 + +Philadelphia. Mrs. Rebecca White, _for + Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 10.00 + +Scranton. Providence Welsh Cong. Ch. 2.00 + +Scranton. F.K. Tracy, _for Blacksmith + Shop, Selma, Ala._ 5.00 + +South Bethlehem. Charles E. Webster. 4.00 + +Tarentum. Ref. Presb. Ch., L.M.S., + Bbl. C., _for Marion, Ala._ + +Wilkesbarre. Puritan Cong. Ch. 5.00 + + +OHIO, $1,120.46. + +Akron. First Cong. Ch. 6.00 + +Akron. Sab. Sch. West Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Bellevue. Jun. C.E.S., by Mrs. Rev. C.K. + Swartz, Box Dolls, etc., _for Grand + View, Tenn._ + +Cincinnati. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch., 31; + Columbia Cong. Ch., 10.51. 41.51 + +Cincinnati. Storrs Cong. Ch., _for Campton, + Ky._ 4.45 + +Claridon. Mrs. Bruce, _for Thunderhawk + M._ 25.00 + +Cleveland. Lewis Ford, 200; Pilgrim + Ch., 100.85; Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., + 20.30; Lorain St. Mission, 5; Olivet + Cong. Ch., 2.01; Mrs. Fanny W. Low, 5. 333.16 + +Cleveland. L.H.M. Soc. Euclid Av. + Ch., Bbl. C., _for Hillsboro, N.C._ + +Cleveland. Mrs. A.J. Smith, Box C.; + Mothers' Meeting. Pkg. C. _for Cumberland + Gap, Tenn._ + +Conneaut. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + +Dover. Junior Soc., Christmas Gifts; + Other Friends, Clothing, _for Jonesboro, + Tenn._ + +Elyria. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +Gustavus. First Cong. Ch., ad'l. 1.00 + +Huntsburg. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 5; C.E., + 1. 6.00 + +Kingsville. "A Friend," 30; Miss Eliza + S. Comings, 10. 40.00 + +Lyme. Cong. Ch. 16.82 + +Mansfield. First Cong. Ch. (1 of which + _for Indian M., Santee, Neb._) and to + const. MRS. LEWIS BOWERS, MRS. V.M. + DICKSON, PROF. A.J. SCHANCK and DR. + J. LILLIAN MCBRIDE L.M.'s. 140.27 + +Marysville. Bbl. C., 1 _for Freight, for + Marion, Ala._ 1.00 + +Mesopotamia. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C. and + Bedding, _for Cumberland Gap, Tenn._ + +North Fairfield. G.M. Keeler. 1.00 + +North Fairfield. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. C., + _for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ + +Oak Hill. King's Daughters, Patchwork, + _for Macon, Ga._ + +Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., 71.43; Dr. + Dudley Allen, 30, to const. REV. R. + HICKS L.M. 101.43 + +Oberlin. Miss L.C. Wattles, _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 + +Oberlin. Wm. M. Mead, 10; Mrs. Maria + Goodale Frost, 5. 15.00 + +Oberlin. Mrs. H.P. Kennedy, Bbl. C., + _for Moorhead, Miss._ + +Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., _for + Wilmington, N.C._ + +Oberlin. First Ch. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. C., + _for Tougaloo U._ + +Painesville. First Cong. Ch., 34.73; Enterprise + Mission Circle by Mabel Curtiss, + 5. 39.73 + +Plain. Cong. Ch., 3.19; Sab. Sch. Cong. + Ch., 5.30. 8.49 + +Saybrook. "Mission Band," by Louise + Hilkert, Treas. 4.90 + +Shawnee. First Cong. Ch. 3.50 + +Toledo. First Cong. Ch. 112.50 + +Wauseon. Cong. Ch., Y.P.S.C.E., _for + Student Aid, Williamsburg Acad., + Ky._ 8.90 + +Wellington. First Cong. Ch., to const. + MISS CLARA SMITH, L.M. 48.80 + +Wooster. Mrs. James Mullins, _for Thunderhawk + M._ 10.00 + +Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, + by Mrs. G.B. Brown, Treas., _for Woman's + Work_: + + Andover. W.M.S. 5.00 + + Akron. Y.P.S.C.E. 7.00 + + Chatham Center. W.M.S. 5.00 + + Cleveland. Euclid. Y.P.S.C.E. 10.00 + + Columbus. P.S.A. 20.00 + + Hudson. W.M.S. 9.00 + + Jefferson. W.M.S. 6.00 + + Oberlin. First L.A.S. 14.00 + + Wayne (Lindenville). W.M.S. 5.00 + ------ 81.00 + + +INDIANA, $17.00. + +Michigan City. Bbl. C., _for Kings Mountain, + N.C._ + +Terre Haute. First Cong. Ch. 15.00 + +Valparaiso. "A Friend," _for Christmas, + McIntosh, Ga._ 2.00 + + +ILLINOIS, $504.34. + +Albion. Y.P.S.C.E. 2.50 + +Chicago. Y.P.S.C.E., Union Park Ch., + 34; Clarence S. Pellet, 10. 44.00 + +Cobden. Cong. Ch., 9.12; Cong. C.E. + Soc, 88c. 10.00 + +Delevan. R. Hoghton. 20.00 + +Elgin. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 + +Evanston. Mrs. E.C. Reed. 50.00 + +Galesburg. First Cong. Ch., 18.78; Old + First Ch., 8.41. 27.19 + +Geneseo. Cong. Ch. 41.25 + +Geneseo. W.M.U. of Cong. Ch., Mrs. + P. Huntington, by Mrs. P.H. Taylor, + Treas. 9.50 + +Hyde Park. Mrs. M.A. Gould. 0.50 + +Joy Prairie. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 16.06 + +La Grange. First Cong. Ch. 35.69 + +La Salle. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., _for Tougaloo + U._ + +Lowell. "A Friend". 1.00 + +Malden. Cong. Ch. 4.80 + +Moline. First Cong. Ch. 29.50 + +Morrison. William Wallace. 10.00 + +Ontario. Cong. Ch. 9.47 + +Peoria. Women's Miss. Soc. First Cong. + Ch, _for Beach Inst._ 19.20 + +Poplar Grove. Cong. Ch. 10.53 + +Seward. Cong. Ch. 8.00 + +Shabbona. Cong. Ch. 35.50 + +Shabbona. "B.M.L.," _for Tuition, + Moorhead, Miss._ 3.00 + +----. Mrs. Stacy, Paper and Worsted, + _for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._ + +Illinois Woman's Home Missionary + Union, Mrs. L.A. Field, Treas., _for + Woman's Work_: + + Chicago. New Eng. W.M.S. 7.50 + + Chicago. Lincoln Park, Y.P.M.S. 2.50 + + Jacksonville. Young L. + Soc. 10.00 + + Oak Park. W.M.S. 21.00 + + La Salle. Y.P.S.C.E. 5.00 + + Port Byron. W.M.S. 11.15 + + Princeton. Y.P.S.C.E. 5.00 + + Rockford. Second Ch. W.M.S. 3.00 + + Waverly. W.M.S. 1.50 + ------ 66.65 + + +MICHIGAN, $235.46. + +Allendale. Box Papers and Toys, _for + Athens, Ala._ + +Bendon. Mrs. S.A.B. Carrier. 1.00 + +Clinton. Y.P.S.C.E., of Cong. Ch., 6; + Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., 4. 10.00 + +Detroit. Sab. Sch., First Cong. Ch., 26.56; + Fort St. Cong. Ch., 3. 29.56 + +Detroit. Bbl. C., _for Athens, Ala._ + +Grand Rapids. Y.L.M. Soc. of Park + Cong. Ch., _for Girls, Santee Indian + Sch._ 25.00 + +Jackson. Mrs. Rachel M. Bennett. 2.00 + +Jonesville. R.D. Nichols. 0.50 + +Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch. 11.00 + +Kalamazoo. First Pres. Ch., 50 copies + "Songs for Social Worship," _for + Thomasville, Ga._ + +Lansing. Plymouth Ch. 5.00 + +Milford. Mrs. Wm. A. Arms, 5; Mrs. T.O. + Bennett, 2; Collected at Family Reunion, + 3. 10.00 + +Muskegon. Christmas Box, _for Athens, + Ala._ + +Olds. E.P. Gates. 1.00 + +Olivet. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Box Christmas + Gifts, _for Lexington, Ky._ + +Port Huron. First Cong. Ch., to const. + REV. THOMAS CHALMERS L.M. 36.00 + +Tecumseh. James Vincent. 10.00 + +Traverse City. Christmas Box, _for + Athens, Ala._ + +Union City. Mrs. L.L. Lee, _for Indian + M._ and to const. MRS. HATTIE S. MCCLELLAN + L.M. 30.00 + +Watevliet. W.E. Syms, _for Student, + Fisk U._ 25.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of + Michigan, by Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Treas., + _for Woman's Work_: + + Ann Arbor. W.H.M.S. 15.00 + + Ann Arbor. Mrs. Clara + Peck (Memorial). 5.00 + + Churches Corners. W.H.M.S. 3.50 + + Covert. L.M.S. 5.00 + + Greenville. Y.P.C.E.S., + _for Indian Boy, Santee + Sch._ 10.00 + + Irving. W.H.M.S. 0.25 + + Otsego. W.H.M.S. 0.50 + + Ovid. W.M.S. 0.15 + ------ 39.40 + + +IOWA, $220.52. + +Ames. Cong. Ch. Jun. C.E. Soc., Box + Cards, Toys, etc., _for Beach Inst., + Savannah, Ga._ + +Anita. Cong. Ch., 7.40; Henry T. + Chapin, 4. 11.40 + +Cedar Rapids. Busy Bees, _for Student + Aid, Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._ 1.50 + +Coldwater. Rudolph Landes. 5.00 + +Creston. Cong. Ch. 18.32 + +Des Moines. North Park Cong. Ch., "A + Friend". 9.50 + +Goldfield. C. Philbrook. 5.00 + +Grinnell. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., to const. + MISS MARY C. LOMBARD L.M. 30.00 + +Grinnell. Mrs. Julia D. Brainard. Bbl. + C., _for Kings Mountain, N.C._ + +Iowa Falls. Mrs. Robert Wright, Pkg. + Pictures, _for Beach Inst., Savannah, + Ga._ + +Manson. Cong. Ch. 7.25 + +Mitchell. Cong. Ch. 5.25 + +Monticello. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. C., _for + Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ + +Nashua. First Cong. Ch., C.E. Soc., 29 + Second-hand Singing Books, _for Beach + Inst., Savannah, Ga._ + +Newell. Sab. Sch. 2.43 + +New Hampton. Jun. C.E. Soc., by + Arthur Butler, _for Student Aid, Beach + Inst., Savannah, Ga._ 4.50 + +Rockford. Cong. Ch. 9.18 + +Salem. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 3.00 + +Spencer. C.E. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., + _for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ 25.00 + +Waterloo. Jun. Endeavors, _for Student + Aid, Harrow Sch., Cumberland Gap, + Tenn._ 3.00 + +Waterloo. J. Leavitt, Single Carriage + and Twenty-five Chairs, _for Cumberland + Gap, Tenn._ + +Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, + Miss Belle L. Bentley, Treas., _for + Woman's Work_: + + Alpha. W.M.S. 5.00 + + Blairsburg. W.M.S. 2.00 + + Cherokee. W.M.S. 10.00 + + Decorah. W.M.S., 13; + Y.P.S.C.E., 9.83; Jun. + Y.P.S.C.E., 3. 25.83 + + Grinnell. W.H.M.U. 8.70 + + Independence. W.H.M.U. 2.00 + + Independence. Summer + Township. W.M.S. 2.00 + + Lewis. L.M.S. 5.00 + + Mason City. L.M.S. 4.65 + + Postville. "Willing Workers". 2.00 + + Storm Lake. L.M.S. 7.00 + + Toledo. L.M.S. 0.24 + + Undesignated Funds. 5.77 + ------ 80.19 + + +WISCONSIN, $238.13. + +Baraboo. Jun. C.E. Soc., Box Christmas + Goods, _for Lexington, Ky._ + +Beloit. Second Cong. Ch. 19.35 + +Boscobel. Mrs. K.M. Jenney, from her + Father's Estate. 20.00 + +Columbus. "The Juniors," by Mrs. H.J. + Ferris, _for Indian Student Aid_. 10.32 + +Janesville. "Friends," by Miss Susie A. + Jeffries, Bbl. Books, etc., 1 for Freight, + _for Helena, Ark._ 1.00 + +Lake Geneva. First Cong. Ch. 17.77 + +Madison. "Friends," Bbl. C., and Christmas + Goods, _for Marion, Ala._ + +Menomonie. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch. 20.96 + +Roberts. Cong. Ch., 5; L.B. Osgood, + 5. 10.00 + +Waukesha. First Cong. Ch. 29.87 + +Wauwatosa. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Watertown. Cong. Ch. 3.32 + +Whitewater. Cong. Ch. 49.54 + +Wisconsin Woman's Home Missionary + Union, Mrs. C.M. Blackman, Treas., + _for Woman's Work_: + + Beloit. First Ch., W.M.S. 5.50 + + Fort Atkinson. W.M.S. 1.50 + + Milwaukee. Pilgrim Ch., + W.M.S. 18.00 + + Waukesha. W.M.S. 1.00 + + Whitewater. W.M.S. 10.00 + ------ 36.00 + + +MINNESOTA, $192.08. + +Alexander. Cong. Ch. 12.06 + +Austin. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Glyndon. "The Church at Glyndon". 4.20 + +Minneapolis. S.S. of First Cong. Ch., + 14.48; Lyndale Cong. Sab. Sch., 2.31. 16.79 + +Osawatomie. Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +Red Wing. D.C. Hill. 10.00 + +Rochester. Cong. Ch., 29.05; Sab. Sch. + Cong. Ch., 3.82; A. Gooding, 10. 42.87 + +Saint Anthony Park. C.E., 7; "Friend," + 2.50, _for Lincoln Normal Sch., Marion, + Ala._ 9.50 + +St. Paul. Pacific Cong. Ch. 5.68 + +Wadena. Young Ladies' Miss. Band, _for + Student Aid, Allen Normal Sch., + Thomasville, Ga._ 9.00 + +Winona. First Cong. Ch. 52.91 + +Worthington. Union Cong. Ch., 3.49, + and Sab. Sch., 58c. 4.07 + +Zumbrota. Sab. Sch., Box Christmas + Goods, _for Marion, Ala._ + + +KANSAS, $146.16. + +Alma. Cong. Ch. 3.00 + +Alton. Cong. Ch. 2.60 + +Leavenworth. First Cong. Ch. 57.00 + +Manhattan. Wm. E. Castle, 15; S.D. + Moses, 10. 25.00 + +Stockton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.26 + +Topeka. Mrs. Ralph Gaw, Pkg. C., _for + Meridian, Miss._ + +Topeka. Central Ch., Ladies, Bbl. C., _for + Saluda, N.C._ + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of + Kansas, by Mrs. E.K. De Long, Treas., + _for Woman's Work_: + + Carson. 1.10 + + Emporia. 10.00 + + Highland. 5.00 + + Kansas City. "Pilgrim". 2.00 + + Kirwin. 5.00 + + Leavenworth. 5.00 + + Louisville. 1.25 + + Oneida. 6.50 + + St. Mary's. 3.00 + + Sterling. 5.00 + + Twelve Mile. 1.45 + + Wellington. 5.00 + + Western Park. 2.00 + ------ 52.30 + + +MISSOURI, $140.80. + +Ironton. Jesse Markham. 1.50 + +Lebanon. Cong. Ch., Junior C.E.S., + Box Toys, _for Nat, Ala._ + +St. Joseph. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. + Ch. 5.00 + +Saint Louis. Pilgrim Ch., 48.65; First + Cong. Ch. 85.65. 134.30 + + +NEBRASKA, $31.63. + +Franklin. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 0.63 + +Nehawka. 5.00 + +Verdon. Cong. Ch. 6.00 + +----. "A Friend in Nebraska". 20.00 + + +NORTH DAKOTA, $8.00. + +Dwight. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian + M._ 3.00 + +Wogansport. Miss M. Cooper, 3; Miss + M.O. Osgood, 2. 5.00 + + +SOUTH DAKOTA, $18.61. + +Alcester. Cong. Ch. 2.75 + +Hot Springs. Cong. Ch. 8.50 + +Ree Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. + Helms. 1.00 + +Spearfish. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Birthday + Box Off. 6.36 + + +COLORADO, $58.09. + +Colorado Springs. First Cong. Ch. 56.09 + +Pueblo. First Cong. Ch. 2.00 + + +IDAHO, $6.45. + +Boise City. Cong. Ch. 6.45 + + +CALIFORNIA, $677.58. + +Campbell. Cong. Ch., 5; Y.P.S.C.E., + 3.30. 8.30 + +Elsmore. "The Geo. M. Day Memorial". 5.00 + +Nordhoff. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Ontario. Cong. Ch., to const. MARGUERETA + CRAWFORD L.M. 62.40 + +Pacific Grove. Mayflower Ch., by Miss + M.L. Holman, Treas. 2.38 + +Pomona. "A Friend". 12.50 + +San Francisco. Receipts of the California + Chinese Mission. (See items below) 558.00 + +San Francisco. "A Friend". 20.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Society of + California, by Mrs. J.M. Haven, Treas., + _for Woman's Work_: + + Oakland. Mrs. Wirt. 4.00 + + +OREGON, $8.69. + +Eugene. "A Friend," _for Mountain + Work_. 0.50 + +Portland. First Cong. Ch. 8.19 + + +DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $8.15. + +Takoma Park. Mrs. Rosa D. Sprague, + _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 8.15 + + +MARYLAND, $108.00. + +Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 107.00 + +Baltimore. Mrs. F. Byrd, _for Gloucester + Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 1.00 + + +VIRGINIA, $14.56. + +_Receipts for Gloucester School, Cappahosic, + Va._ + + Cappahosic. Ella Ashby. 1.25 + + Churchland. Miss S.E. + Edwards. 1.00 + + Ino. Mrs. Thomas Wright. 1.00 + + Mathews. Miss Sada Harris, + 2.10; Ed. Thompson, 2; + Miss C. Smith, 1. 5.10 + + Norfolk. Miss A.V. Bagwell. 1.00 + + Richmond. Mrs. Sarah + Bailey. 1.00 + + Tappahannock. Mrs. J. + Hall. 1.50 + + Walkerton. Miss Rebecca + Page. 0.50 + + Wareneck. Public School. 2.21 + ------ 14.56 + + +DELAWARE, $1.00. + +Wilmington. Miss N.P. Goins, _for + Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 1.00 + + +KENTUCKY, $175.92. + +Berea. "Ch. at Berea". 16.02 + +Campton. "Friends," _for Campton_. 143.00 + +Lexington. "Friends," _for Mission S.S._ 4.50 + +New Salem. Cong. Ch., _for Campton, + Ky._ 7.90 + +North New Salem. Cong. Ch., _for + Campton, Ky._ 4.50 + + +TENNESSEE, $14.00. + +Harriman. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Pleasant Hill. Y.P.S.C.E., _for + Blowing Rock, N.C._ 4.00 + + +NORTH CAROLINA, $25.45. + +High Point. Cong. Ch. 2.00 + +Oaks. Cong. Ch. 2.50 + +Raleigh. Cong. Ch. 5.45 + +Saluda. Rev. E.W. Hollies. 10.00 + +Strieby. Cong. Ch. 0.50 + +Tryon. Rev. A. Winter, _for Saluda, + N.C._ 5.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.C., + Miss A.E. Farrington, Treas.: + + W.H.M.U., Six Comfortables, + _for Kings + Mountain, N.C._ + + +GEORGIA, $20.46. + +Atlanta. Mary L. Gaines, _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 + +Columbus. Rev. J.W. Roberts. 0.25 + +McIntosh. Prof. Fred W. Foster, _for + Student Aid_, 1; _for School Books_, 12.67; + Unknown Source, Bbl. C. 13.67 + +Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., 1.05; Rev. J. + Loyd, 25c.; Rev. J.H.H. Sengstacke, + 24c. 1.54 + + +FLORIDA, $18.00. + +Avon Park. Union Evan. Ch. 5.00 + +Macclenny. Rev. A.A. Stevens. 3.00 + +Orange Park. Rev. T.S. Perry. 10.00 + + +ALABAMA, $18.42. + +Athens. Cong. Ch., by Rev. M.S. Jones. 1.42 + +Kymulga. Cong. Ch., ad'l. 2.00 + +Alabama Woman's Missionary Union, + by Mrs. E.C. Silsby, Treas., _for Indian + M._: + + Marion. 3.50 + + Talladega. 6.50 + + Talladega. "Little Helpers". 5.00 + ------ 15.00 + + +MISSISSIPPI, $51.00. + +Tougaloo. A.H. Stone. 50.00 + +Westside. Rev. B.F. Ousley. 1.00 + + +LOUISIANA, $32.01. + +New Orleans. University Cong. Ch. 21.01 + +Louisiana Woman's Missionary Union, + by Mrs. C.S. Shattuck, Treas., _for + Woman's Work_: + + Lake Charles. Aux. 1.00 + + New Orleans. University + Ch., Aux. 10.00 + ------ 11.00 + + +TEXAS, $16.20. + +Austin. "Tradesmen of Austin," _for + Blacksmith Shop, Tillotson Inst._ 11.20 + +Waco. F.B. Hoisengton. 5.00 + + +----, $50.00. + +----. G.F. Harvey, _for Thunderhawk + M._ 50.00 + +Oneida. Presb. Ch., Jun. C.E. Soc, Box + Christmas Goods, _for Lexington, Ky._ + + +CANADA. + +Toronto. Western Cong. Ch., Bbl. and + Box of Books, _for Hillsboro, N.C._ + + +BULGARIA, $8.00. + +Samokov. Mrs. Isabella G.D. Clarke. 8.00 + + +BOHEMIA, $5.00. + +Prague. Rev. John S. Porter. 5.00 + + +SOUTH AFRICA, $10.00 + +Groutville, Natal. Miss Agnes M. Bigelow. 10.00 + ---------- +Donations. $18,759.00 +Estates. 9,785.30 + ---------- + $28,544.30 + + +INCOME, $1,302.50. + +Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 865.00 + +De Forest Fund, _for President's + Chair, Talladega C._ 185.62 + +C.F. Dike Fund, _for Straight + U._ 50.00 + +Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta + U._ 112.50 + +General Endowment Fund. 50.00 + +Gen. C.B. Fisk Sch'p Fund, _for + Fisk U._ 11.25 + +Haley Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._ 22.50 + +Rice Memorial Fund, _for Talladega + C._ 5.63 + ------- 1,302.50 + + +TUITION, $3,370.17. + +Cappahosic, Va. Tuition. 3.72 + +Lexington, Ky. Tuition. 57.45 + +Grand View, Tenn. Tuition. 49.00 + +Jonesboro, Tenn. Tuition. 4.15 + +Nashville, Tenn. Tuition. 479.70 + +Knoxville, Tenn. Tuition. 29.13 + +Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition. 23.50 + +Beaufort, N.C. Tuition. 14.50 + +Blowing Rock, N.C. Tuition. 13.20 + +Hillsboro, N.C. Tuition. 19.35 + +Kings Mountain, N.C. Tuition. 27.50 + +Saluda, N.C. Tuition. 15.62 + +Troy, N.C. Tuition. 3.91 + +Whittier, N.C. Tuition. 7.55 + +Wilmington, N.C. Tuition. 171.00 + +Charleston, S.C. Tuition. 330.10 + +Greenwood, S.C. Tuition. 62.16 + +Albany, Ga. Tuition. 103.30 + +Atlanta, Ga. Storrs Sch., Tuition. 153.48 + +Macon, Ga. Tuition. 512.42 + +McIntosh, Ga. Tuition. 136.57 + +Savannah, Ga. Tuition. 164.04 + +Thomasville, Ga. Tuition. 57.12 + +Woodville, Ga. Tuition. 3.70 + +Athens, Ala. Tuition. 37.90 + +Marion, Ala. Tuition. 43.82 + +Nat, Ala. Tuition. 57.90 + +Selma, Ala. Tuition. 101.20 + +Orange Park, Fla. Tuition. 58.25 + +Jackson, Miss. Tuition. 100.00 + +Meridian, Miss. Tuition. 81.00 + +Moorhead, Miss. Tuition. 14.00 + +Tougaloo, Miss. Tuition. 52.75 + +New Orleans, La. Tuition. 238.83 + +Helena, Ark. Tuition. 90.45 + +Austin, Tex. Tuition. 51.90 + -------- 3,370.17 + ---------- +Total for January. $33,216.97 + ========== + + +SUMMARY. + +Donations. $62,375.31 +Estates. 22,900.96 + ----------- + $85,276.27 + +Income. 4,370.00 +Tuition. 11,655.01 + ----------- +Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31. $101,301.28 + =========== + + +FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + +Subscriptions for January. $165.92 +Previously acknowledged. 109.08 + ------- +Total. $275.00 + ======= + + +RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, + William Johnstone, Treas., from November 16 + to December 20, 1894: + + Fresno. Mon. Offs., 4.25; Rent + of Rooms, 1. 5.25 + + Los Angeles. Mon. Offs. 2.70 + + Marysville. Mon. Offs., 3; Rent + of Rooms, 5. 8.00 + + Oroville. Mon. Offs., 2.05; + Rent of Rooms, 24.65. 26.70 + + Petaluma. Mon. Offs., 1.25; + Rent of Rooms, 75c. 2.00 + + Riverside. Mon. Offs. 0.20 + + Sarcramento. Mon. Offs., 2.50; + Rent of Rooms, 7.50. 10.00 + + San Bernardino. Mon. Offs. 3.00 + + San Diego. Mon. Offs., 3.40; + Rent of Rooms, 1. 4.40 + + San Francisco. Central Missions + Mon. Offs. 7.85 + + San Francisco. West Mission + Mon. Offs. 2.00 + + Santa Barbara. Mon. Offs., + 4.05; Rent of Rooms, 1.50. 5.55 + + Santa Cruz. Mon. Offs., 2; + Rent of Rooms, 5. 7.00 + + Stockton. Mon. Offs., 2.15; + Rent of Rooms, 2. 4.15 + + Ventura. Mon. Offs., 2.50; + Rent of Rooms, 1.50. 4.00 + + Vernondale. Mon. Offs. 0.50 + + Watsonville. Mon. Offs. 8.80 + ------ 102.10 + +Albany, N.Y. "Friends of Chinese," + _for Mothers and Children_. 17.00 + + +RECEIPTS FOR THE EXPENSES OF FISCAL YEAR + ENDED AUGUST 31, 1894: + + Fresno. Anniversary Pledges, + 9; Teacher and Helper, 52.50. 61.50 + + Hanford. Anniversary Pledges. 2.00 + + Los Angeles. Teacher. 15.70 + + Marysville. Annual Member, 2; + Teacher, 9.75. 11.75 + + Oakland. Tip Bow. 25.00 + + Sacramento. Teacher and + Helper. 75.20 + + San Bernandino. "Helper". 26.40 + + San Francisco. Supt., Teachers + and Helpers. 138.30 + + San Francisco. Central. Annual + Members, 7.50; Top Sing, 1; + West Pin Dun, 2. 10.50 + + Santa Barbara. Teacher, 19.25; + Anniversary Pledge, 1.50. 20.75 + + Ventura. Teacher. 8.85 + + Watsonville. Annual Member, + 2.50; Helper, 3.95. 6.45 + + San Diego. Anniversary + Pledges. 2.50 + + Oroville. Wang Hing. 2.50 + + Woodland. Yep Lee Pen. 3.00 + ------- 410.40 + + +FROM EASTERN FRIENDS: + + Portland, Me. Second Cong. + Ch., Chinese S.S. 3.50 + + New Boston, N.H. Levi + Hooper. 25.00 + ------- 28.50 + ------- +Total. $558.00 + ======= + +H.W. 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