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diff --git a/16036-8.txt b/16036-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bcfc13d --- /dev/null +++ b/16036-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3538 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of American Missionary, Volume 44, No. 6, +June, 1890, 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: American Missionary, Volume 44, No. 6, June, 1890 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: June 11, 2005 [EBook #16036] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** + + + + +Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Erika +Q. Stokes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + +The American Missionary + +June, 1890. +VOL. XLIV. NO. 6. + + + + +CONTENTS + + +EDITORIAL. + + Removal + + Dr. Storrs on the Negro Problem + + Missionaries to Alaska + + In a Nutshell + + Higher Education of the Colored People + + Spring Conferences + + Mississippi Immigrants + + Notes from New England + + Music's Mission + + Items + + +THE SOUTH. + + Our School Work + + Our Church Work + + Revival at Wilmington, N.C. + + Ballard School, Macon, Ga. + + Dreary Picture of Place and People + + Report from Mountain Schools + + The King's Daughters Society + + +THE INDIANS. + + Our S'kokomish Mission + + +THE CHINESE. + + Jottings + + +BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. + + Paragraphs--State Missionary Unions + + +OUR YOUNG FOLKS. + + Letter from a Teacher + + 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, Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D., LL.D., N.Y. + +_Vice-Presidents._ + Rev. A.J.F. Behrends, D.D., N.Y. + Rev. Alex. McKenzie, D.D., Mass. + Rev. F.A. Noble, D.D., Ill. + Rev. D.O. Mears, D.D., Mass. + Rev. Henry Hopkins, D.D., Mo. + +_Corresponding Secretaries._ + Rev. M.E. Strieby, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ + Rev. A.F. Beard, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ + Rev. F.P. Woodbury, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ + +_Recording Secretary._ + Rev. M.E. Strieby, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ + +_Treasurer._ + H.W. Hubbard, Esq., _Bible House, N.Y._ + +_Auditors._ + Peter McCartee. + Chas. P. Peirce. + +_Executive Committee._ + John H. Washburn, Chairman. + Addison P. Foster, Secretary. + + _For Three Years._ + S.B. Halliday, + Samuel Holmes, + Samuel S. Marples, + Charles L. Mead, + Elbert B. Monroe. + + _For Two Years._ + J.E. Rankin, + Wm. H. Ward, + J.W. Cooper, + John H. Washburn, + Edmund L. Champlin. + + _For One Year._ + Lyman Abbott, + Chas. A. Hull, + Clinton B. Fisk, + Addison P. Foster, + Albert J. Lyman. + +_District Secretaries._ + Rev. C.J. Ryder, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._ + Rev. J.E. Roy, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill._ + Rev. C.W. Hiatt, _64 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio._ + +_Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ + Rev. Chas. W. Shelton. + +_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. + + +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 64 Euclid Ave., +Cleveland, Ohio. A payment of thirty dollars at one time 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 bequeath to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in +trust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who, +when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the 'American +Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied, under the +direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its +charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by three +witnesses. + + + + +THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + + Vol. XLIV. + June, 1890. + No. 6. + +American Missionary Association. + + * * * * * + +REMOVAL. + + +The Rooms of the American Missionary Association are now in the Bible +House, New York City. Correspondents will please address us accordingly. + +Visitors will find our Rooms on the sixth floor of the Bible House, +corner Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue; entrance by elevator on Ninth +Street. + + * * * * * + +DR. STORRS, ON THE NEGRO PROBLEM. + + +Not long since Rev. R.S. Storrs, D.D., preached a sermon in his own +pulpit, presenting the claims of the American Missionary Association for +the annual collection in its behalf from the Church of the Pilgrims, +Brooklyn, N.Y. This sermon appeared in print in one of the daily papers, +and attracted the attention of a benevolent gentleman deeply interested in +the Christian education of the colored people, who was so impressed with +the great value of the address, that he has furnished the Association with +the means to print a large edition for general circulation. This we have +done, and we presume that already, many of our readers have had the +opportunity of reading this eminently wise and timely utterance on one of +America's greatest problems. Should any one desire an extra copy, we will +gladly furnish it on application. + +Although the discourse has had large circulation, we cannot resist the +temptation to extract a few of its forcible utterances on some very +important points. + + Permanent popular liberties have their only sure foundation in + sound moral conditions practically universal. We must secure + these among those to whom we have given the ballot, and who are + to be henceforth citizens with ourselves. Otherwise, we are + building our splendid political house on the edges of the + pestilential swamp from which fatal miasmatic odors are rising + all the time. Yes, we are building our house on piles driven into + the thick ooze and mud of the pestilential swamp itself. We are + building our cities, which we think are so splendid, and which + are so in fact, as men built Herculaneum and Pompeii, on a shore + which ever and anon trembled with earthquake, over which was hung + the black flag of Vesuvius, and down upon which rolled, in time, + the lava floods that burned and buried them. + + We have got to meet this immense problem, which is not far off, + but right at hand; which is not a problem of theory, or of + distant history, but of practice and fact; and which concerns + not the well-being alone, but the very life of the nation. Noble + men and women at the South are engaged in it already, with all + their hearts; and we must help, mightily! It would be the + craziest folly of the age for us to be indifferent to it. + + Some men may say, perhaps, "But this is a work that cannot be + done. It is too radical and vast to be hopefully attempted." + Nonsense! There is no work for the kingdom of God and the glory + of His name, which cannot be done! With the Gospel in our hand, + we can do everything. + + There has been a good beginning made already. This Society, to + which we are to contribute to-day, the American Missionary + Association, has four established colleges, three of which are + entirely supported by itself, have been founded by it and are + carried on by it; and the fourth very largely so. It has + multitudes of high schools, normal schools and primary schools. + + First of all, we want men trained, and women too, in the + knowledge of the truth as it is in Christ, and then to have them + teaching others. And that is precisely the line along which the + Society to which we are to contribute to-day, as we have done + gladly and largely heretofore, is carrying its incessant + operation. + + Now I affirm absolutely that if ever there was a work of God on + earth, this is his work! If there was ever anything to which the + American Christian people are called, they are called to this. If + there was ever a great opportunity before the Christian church, + here it is. + + Ah, my friends, don't say "It is too great a work." It is going + to be done! You and I may do or may not do our part in it. It is + going to be done! + + + * * * * * + +MISSIONARIES TO ALASKA. + + +As announced in the last number of the MISSIONARY, we have appointed +two men as missionary teachers for the new station to be opened at +Point Prince of Wales, Alaska. The names of these brethren are H.R. +Thornton, of Hampden Sydney, Virginia, and W.T. Lopp, of Valley City, +Indiana. The credentials furnished by these young men are very +satisfactory, and they enter upon the field with the full realization +of its difficulties and even dangers, and yet, cheerfully trusting +themselves to the hand of God, are ready to go forward with undaunted +faith. We bespeak for them the prayers of God's people. It is expected +that they will leave home about the middle of May and sail from San +Francisco June 1st. Dr. Sheldon Jackson and Dr. Pond will aid them in +providing materials for the building and the necessary outfit. They +will, therefore, be well provided for, though long months must elapse +before they can again have communication with the civilized world. + + * * * * * + +IN A NUTSHELL. + +_WHICH IS THE WISER WAY?_ + + +There are some people who seem to see only the ignorance and vice of +the Negro, and the inveterate race-prejudice against him; or at least +they appear to be so occupied in dilating upon these hindrances that +they have no time to devote to their removal, and, so far as their +influence goes, they discourage others from doing anything. + +On the other hand there are those who, while they see all these +difficulties, only find in them the strongest incentives to the most +earnest efforts to relieve the Negro from them. Which of these two +classes is the wiser? + +Some persons propose as the solution of the race problem, +disfranchisement; and they point to the bad legislation of the blacks +in South Carolina and Louisiana a quarter of a century ago, when +scarcely any of them could read, and almost none owned property. On the +other hand, there are those that are industriously trying to educate +the blacks and inspiring them to the acquisition of property, and not +in vain. More than two millions of the blacks can now read, and more +than two hundred million dollars' worth of property is now owned by +them. They are thus being prepared to vote wisely. + +Which of these two classes of persons is solving this problem to the +best purpose? + +There are other persons, in Congress and out, urging the deportation of +the blacks to Africa, a thing impossible to be done, and, if possible, +it would be harmful to those that were sent, as well as useless to +benighted Africa. On the other hand, there are those who are training +the colored people of this country in education, industrial habits and +stable Christian character, thus preparing them as missionaries to +Africa. + +Which of these two classes has the wiser theory? + + * * * * * + +HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE. + + +The eagerness of our colored population for education is strikingly +shown in the reports given on another page from our institutions in the +South--reports of over-crowded rooms, and students dismissed by scores, +and even hundreds, for want of accommodations. + +We call special attention to the report from Fisk University, in +reference to the higher grades of education. It will be seen that, even +in that place, a relatively small number are in the higher classes, and +yet there is a sufficient number of these to indicate that some of the +pupils are seeking what is absolutely essential to the race, to wit, +that some should have the best education attainable. + +While it is true of this race as of all others, that the masses can +receive only primary training in letters and in industry, there must be +some of their number who can be leaders in thought and influence. No +race can make progress without such leaders, who can command the line +of march. There must be the inspiration that comes from the success of +the leaders. Hooker's men did not ascend Lookout Mountain in a steady +line. There were some far ahead of others, cheering and encouraging +those following at greater or less distances, till at length the whole +array stood on the brow, and thus won their position. + +The warfare is different, but human nature is the same. The Negroes are +no more of equal capacity than white men, and there is just the same +call for differences in their attainments in scholarship and in general +influence. And if those advanced in scholarship shall have Christian +character as well as education, it will render their leadership all the +more safe for their people and the nation. + + * * * * * + +SPRING CONFERENCES AND CHURCH WORK. + + +Five of our Conferences in the South have held their spring meetings. +The reports we have had from them indicate that they were of unusual +interest. Almost without exception they are pronounced to have been +the best ever held. The high character of the sermons, addresses and +discussions shows that these ministers are fit leaders of the people. +Their reports of the progress of the work among the churches is +encouraging. On another page of the MISSIONARY will be found some brief +sketches of revival scenes and of individual experience and effort. +This branch of the work of the Association deserves and will receive +increased attention and assistance. + + * * * * * + +MISSISSIPPI IMMIGRANTS. + + +We alluded in a recent number of the MISSIONARY to the attractive +advertisements of railroad and immigrant companies in the South, and we +expressed the fear that many colored people might find the change to be +disappointing. But the process goes on, and the rich bottom-lands in +the State of Mississippi are attracting many hundreds and thousands of +new settlers. Perhaps there is no better place to which they can go, +for there are no better lands in the South. The great point is whether +these people shall be herded together in rude homes, tilling the soil +without skill, and rearing their children in ignorance and vice. It is +the part of Christian wisdom and the duty of the Christian churches of +this land to see that the people in this densely-packed and fertile +region shall be promptly met with the means of Christian education. Our +school at Tougaloo should be enabled to meet in some degree the +opportunity it has to prepare and furnish preachers and teachers for +this growing population; and schools and churches should be multiplied +to meet the emergency. + + * * * * * + +NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND. + +BY DISTRICT SECRETARY C.J. RYDER. + + +Nothing stimulates to good deeds more effectively than good deeds +themselves. I copy the following notice, which was circulated on a +neatly printed sheet among the members of a certain church in Boston: + + The "Felice" circle of "King's Daughters" will hold a sale for + the benefit of the Williamsburg Academy, established for the + education of the "Mountain Whites" in Kentucky, on Friday, + March 21, from 8 to 10 P.M., and on Saturday, March 22, from 3 + to 10 P.M., at Miss Maxwell's, 37 Allen Street, Boston. + Admission 10 cents. + +The enthusiastic leader of this circle of "King's Daughters" thought +that possibly she might raise $30 and so constitute one of their number +a Life Member of the American Missionary Association. Imagine our +surprise and delight when, as the result of this effort, $125 were +brought in, as their splendid offering to this work! + +Take another fact of unusual interest in the religious life in New +England. Five leading pastors here in Boston chose a particular +Sabbath, upon which they would each preach upon the Negro Problem. +Several sermons were reported at length in our daily journals, and +aroused much interest and comment. One found its way down into the +South, and was commented upon by a Southern editor in true Southern +style. Hard words were used with the recklessness that characterizes +Southern editors, and often Northern as well. The funny thing about it +was, that two gentlemen of the same name, who are both ministers and +reside in Boston, were confused in this comment. The one, who had +recently been South, but who did not preach the sermon, was read a +severe lecture, because after partaking of the hospitality of the +Southern people, he had spoken in so severe terms of them. It was an +amusing blunder, but illustrates the fact that more and more even the +Southern editor is coming to feel the importance of Northern criticism. +It is a very hopeful sign. It is sometimes said that time will settle +these monstrous inequalities that prevail in the South, but time never +settles anything. Mischievous forces only increase in power, the longer +they are permitted to operate. There must be set in operation +beneficent forces, in order to make the element of time useful. +Agitation is needed, patriotic, prayerful agitation, and such united +effort as was made in these Boston pulpits, helps in this agitation. + +The new book which comes from the pen of G.W. Cable, under the title +of "The Negro Question," puts old truth in a new dress, and renders it +more attractive and presentable. If any man has the right to write +upon this "Negro Question," it is Mr. Cable. If I had to prepare a +liturgy for the Congregational churches, I would put in it the +following petition: "From the superficial views and misleading +statements of tourists through the South, or those who reside in a +single locality, good Lord, deliver us!" Mr. Cable is not of either of +these classes. He speaks from an intimate acquaintance with, and a +long residence in, the South; better than this, he is familiar with +the whole territory, and not with a single locality simply. This +little book ought to be in the hands of every conscientious student of +this Southern problem. Take a single quotation: + +"To be governed merely by instincts is pure savagery. All civilization +is the result of subordinating instinct to reason, and to the +necessities of peace, amity and righteousness. To surrender to +instinct, would destroy all civilization in three days. If, then, the +color-line is the result of natural instincts, the commonest daily +needs of the merest civilization require that we should ask ourselves, +is it better or worse to repress or cherish this instinct, and this +color-line?" There are forces at work, regenerative and ennobling, that +will lead the Southern white people to be ashamed of their attitude +toward the Negroes, and not the least of these are the life and works +of Mr. Cable. + +A letter came into my hand, when I was in the South, which is not only +a commentary, but also throws a ray of sunlight where there is much +darkness. It was a letter from an old mistress to her former slave. He +is now a successful business man in Chattanooga. This earnest, +Christian woman, rising above her prejudices, wrote her former slave a +cordial invitation to visit her in her home. Her husband, his old +master, had died in the Confederate service. She had seen her servants +taken away from her through the success of the Union armies. Her +property had been depleted, and her fertile plantation overrun by the +loyal troops. It must have been with great sadness and a bitter heart, +that she looked out upon this ruin, wrought as she believed, throughout +the invading of the sacred soil of Virginia. But in these years that +have passed, this bitterness has largely gone, and this sweet, +Christian letter comes to her former slave. The ex-slave told me with +tears in his eyes that he paid her this visit, and that she welcomed +him, not to the Negro quarters, nor to the kitchen-chamber, but to her +best guest-chamber, and said: "I want you to feel that you are welcome +to the best hospitality of my home." "And she treated me almost as +tenderly as she would one of her own sons," said the colored man. And +so light is coming, little by little. + +Dr. Haygood expresses a regret that the white women of the South are so +slow to appreciate the importance of the moral elevation of the +Negroes, and so slow to join hands with their Northern sisters in his +education. But such facts as this kind, Christian letter furnishes, +lead us to hope and to believe that better times are coming, and that +the Southern Christians, interested as they are in the Negro in Africa, +will, little by little, appreciate and minister more and more to the +terrible need of the Negro in South Carolina and Alabama. + + + * * * * * + +MUSIC'S MISSION. + +BY REV. E.N. ANDREWS, HARTFORD, WIS. + + +Suggested by the following words by Rev. B.A. Imes in the May +MISSIONARY: + + "The Mozart Society at Fisk treated us to an excellent + rendering of Haydn's great oratorio, 'The Creation.' Many came + over from the city (Nashville),--whites from the "best + families," all crowding in, listening, wondering, enjoying! + How the music of those well-tuned instruments and voices + caught us up and carried us away! Color-line melted and faded + out. How we wished the politicians all might have been brought + under that magic spell of solos and choruses!" + + + O Music, with thy wand celestial, touch + The hearts of men, and by thy alchemy + Divine, resolve, remelt, aye, e'en recast + The thought and very being! Selfish man, + So filled with prejudice and hate hath need, + O heavenly messenger, of all thy aid. + + And as thy votaries in anthems sing + With the immortal Haydn, and do praise + Creative Wisdom, Who, of one blood made + All Nations for to dwell on earth in love, + Then let celestial fires descend and burn + Complete, the offering of the lips, and purge + The dross of caste and hate from every soul! + + This do, for Satan hath his spectrum set + Before the door of human hearts and cast + Upon the screen the separated lines + Of black and red and yellow--white forsooth, + While these should mingle in that glorious Sun + That shines alike on all, impartially. + + Then come, O Music, re-resolve the lines, + These color-lines, and let the sun's pure ray + Beam forth in unobstructed light and love, + Transmuting, by his touch, these human hearts, + Till they shall mirror forth the Golden Rule. + + * * * * * + +ITEMS. + + +Everywhere the colored contestants in Civil Service examinations +succeed admirably in their work. In March just past, there was a +competitive examination held in the Custom House at Newark, N.J., for +clerkships. Out of forty-three contestants, Mr. J.N. Vandewall, a well +known young colored man, stood No. 1, 96 per cent. There was only one +other colored contestant, Mr. G.W. Harris. He stood fifth, with an +average of 86 per cent. + +Mr. A.C. Garner, our colored representative in the Chicago Theological +Seminary, passed an excellent examination last week, and received +praise not only from his Professors but from his student friends as +well. Out of a class of forty, he was one of seven chosen by the +Professor of Elocution to represent the class in oratory at the closing +exercises held last week. + +During the recent illness of one of our teachers in the South, the +pastor of the Church called every Sunday for volunteers as watchers +during the week. There was always a ready response from the church +members. The teacher relates that before leaving him in the morning, +these watchers would almost invariably kneel down by his bedside and +offer up earnest, fervent prayers for his recovery. He was impressed +with the simple faith and trust in God of these colored Christians, +their belief in prayer and the contrast between them and an equal +number of white brethren under the same circumstances. + + * * * * * + +THE SOUTH. + + +OUR SCHOOL WORK. + +PROGRESS--OVER-CROWDING. + + +From Wilmington, N.C.--Instead of sixty pupils as a year or two ago, +we now have over ninety, and next year the number will be fully one +hundred or more, if we have room. The classes are very large. + +From Grand View, Tenn.--The classes are full and the accommodations +inadequate. The school numbers one hundred and eleven. It is necessary +to crowd four boys into each room of the Boys' Hall. Four boys are +boarding themselves in a shackly log building at the foot of the hill. +Their grit is admirable. + +From Tougaloo, Miss.--Both the dormitories are crowded. The Ladies' +Hall is supposed to accommodate seventy-five girls. One hundred and six +are crowded into it to-day. We have turned away nearly one hundred more +because we had not room for them. Every indication is that the crowd of +applicants will be greater next year than ever. Already applications +are coming in. The American Missionary Association has the lead in +Mississippi to-day. + +From Marion, Ala.--We need another grade established. Our primary has +numbered nearly or quite one hundred pupils. The average attendance has +been large and the school-room over-crowded. Three grades are now +virtually working in the primary department. We may look for a large +increase of attendance in all grades next year. + +From Florence, Ala.--We need a building if the school is to be +continued. We are now inconveniently crowded, one hundred and sixty +children in a 20 x 40 room, with all the teaching to be done in the same. +To fail in giving us a building will certainly narrow our usefulness in +this field. Our school is constantly increasing in popularity. We can +safely count on an enrollment of over two hundred next year, with +someplace to accommodate them. + +From Meridian, Miss.--The work of the school is hindered by lack of +room. We have enrolled this year two hundred and thirty two pupils, and +many have been turned off because we could not seat them. We opened in +December of 1888 with twenty-eight pupils. A school for more advanced +pupils is needed in this part of Mississippi. We have thirty young +people in school who come from the five adjoining counties. They are +boarding in good families and I have every reason to believe that they +have used their time and opportunities well; most of them are this +summer to teach. + +From Straight University, N.O.--It has been a golden year for Straight +University. Financially it has been our best year. A larger proportion +of students able to pay came to us. We want to grow, and have every +opportunity to do so save that our quarters are too small. We have +turned away during the year probably two hundred applicants, many of +them for the boarding department. We have had to put cots in nearly all +the rooms, packing them too full for comfort, as it was very hard to +say No! to young people who came hundreds of miles and begged tearfully +for admission. The school has grown during the last eight years from +two hundred to six hundred, and only is not one thousand because we had +no room for them. Our graduates are filling important positions all +over the South. Several are Superintendents in Texas, Kansas, +Mississippi and Louisiana. One holds an important office in Honduras; +others are doing good work in Cuba and Mexico. Eight are filling +important positions in this city. We have no trouble in getting +positions for our young people. Indeed, we cannot supply as fast as +demanded. Often as many as twenty are called for when we have none to +send. + +From Fisk University, Nashville.--The evidence of progress in the +educational department of the University is found in the very marked +increase of numbers in the first year of our normal course and of our +college preparatory department. Last year there were fifteen in the +first year of the latter department; this year there are thirty-one. +Last year there were thirteen in the first year of the normal +department; this year there are thirty-one. Last year there were in the +normal, college, preparatory and college departments, one hundred and +forty-five students; this year there are one hundred and seventy-six. +At the coming Commencement, we expect to graduate twelve young men, and +from the normal ten young women and one young man; making a total of +twenty-three. This is a little more than one-sixth of the entire number +of present graduates from these departments. + +From a Teacher in the Tennessee Mountains:--Let me tell you of the +general interest manifest in several of the counties west and north of +us in attending this school. One of our students visited many cabins +over the mountains during his vacation, and found that school +advantages were very scarce and poor. He found poverty and ignorance of +the world and of books. Some of the people are still using the old-time +method of kindling their fires by flint and steel instead of matches. +He met many young people who were thirsting for books and schools, also +numbers who had struggled up through the darkness to become teachers in +the neighborhoods. These almost invariably wish to come to our school, +and say they shall be here as soon as their schools close. Many are too +poor to come. This is true of a large number of young girls, who would +come if they could work for their board or in any possible way pay for +it. Whoever will provide funds to meet the expenses of these neglected +girls, and place them at our school, and prepare them for the future +duties of life, will be doing an angelic work, and in the end will do +the greatest good that can be done to this people. Very much of the +money spent for this mountain people will be the same as thrown away, +if this effort is not made to educate the girls. + + * * * * * + +OUR CHURCH WORK. + + +A letter from Rev. F.R. Sims of the Medway Congregational Church, +McIntosh, Ga., reports that seventy persons have been added to that +church on confession of faith, within the last four months. + +From Knoxville, Tenn.:--Our attendance at preaching services has been +large and attentive. On the second Sabbath of March the members and +friends made special efforts for collection and raised $30. There has +been a happy increase in the Sunday-school and the prayer meetings. + +From Dudley, North Carolina;--It gives me much pleasure to write you +that the Lord has abundantly blessed us in our work at this point. + +For three weeks a revival, with much success, has been going on in my +church, the Lord has been with us disturbing the slumber of the +sleeping Christians and bringing sinners unto repentance. We have ten +converts and ten more seeking the Lord. We are all very much encouraged +and are now looking forward for a brighter and more encouraging future. + +From Macon, Ga.--At our last communion we baptized and received four +into our fellowship on confession of faith. They were all young people +who are in school and full of promise. Others are expected to unite +with us next month. There have been seventeen additions to the church +in the last eleven months. There has been some real progress made by +the church in all directions. I find in our church meetings a much more +gentle spirit between the members than when I first came here, and I +feel that this outward improvement is due to inward spiritual growth. I +can see this growth in the prayers and testimonies of the weekly prayer +meetings. + + * * * * * + +REVIVAL AT WILMINGTON, N.C. + +PROFESSOR GEORGE A. WOODARD. + + +The revival which took place in this church the latter part of the +winter was, in some respects, a model one. + +At the close of one of the Wednesday evening prayer meetings, our +pastor spoke to us with the view of ascertaining if the church were +ready for special work; then he appointed another prayer meeting for +Friday night. With faith, and resting upon the promises of God, the +work was begun the next week. At first the attendance was small; but, +as the meetings continued, the interest increased, and it became +necessary to move into the large hall of the school. + +It was evident throughout that God was in the work and that the Holy +Spirit was striving mightily with sinners. A deep, quiet emotion +pervaded the meetings, in strong contrast with the revivals held in +many of the colored churches of the city, where the excitement becomes +intense, and the confusion great. Their meetings are often continued +until long after midnight, in a crowded, unventilated room, whereas +ours never closed later than ten o'clock. + +As a result of our revival, although other revivals were going on +amongst the colored people at the same time, upwards of forty were born +into the Kingdom, for some of whom, many, many prayers had been offered +up; and all was done in answer to prayer. Among these were several +cases of interest, two of which I will mention. One is that of an +intelligent young man employed by the leading dentist of the city, for +whom he does the mechanical work, which previously had to be sent +North. Although of excellent character, he was a skeptic, reading the +writings of Ingersoll, Paine, and others. For years, our teachers had +taken a special interest in him laboring with him and praying for him, +that he might come into the light He was induced to attend these +meetings, and was finally led to believe that these things are so and +to accept of the Saviour. He has gone earnestly to work to bring in +other young men, teaches in the Sunday-school and is ready for any +Christian work. + +The other is that of a brawny brick mason, a great sinner, who, while +earning excellent wages, often failed to bring home sufficient to feed +and clothe his children; and when remonstrated with by his wife, would +answer; "They are your children, you take care of them." All is changed +now. He gets up early Sunday mornings, assists in getting the children +ready for church, where the family, all neatly dressed, can be seen +regularly every Sunday; and in the prayer meeting his voice is usually +heard. + +As a further result of this revival, the church has been greatly +quickened, the members have been brought closer together in brotherly +love, and God has given a fresh outpouring of his spirit. + +On Easter morning, when a special communion service was held, +twenty-nine of the new converts were received into our church, amidst +the most touching and impressive services. But the revival has not +stopped with the special meetings. After every Sunday evening service, +an after-meeting has been held, in which several have been led to give +their hearts to God. All of these meetings have been marked by the +earnestness with which the church has labored for the salvation of +those who were yet without, and more fervent prayers never ascended to +the throne of grace. + + * * * * * + +FACTS ABOUT BALLARD SCHOOL, MACON, GA. + + +The opening of the New Year saw manifestations of the Holy Spirit in +our midst, and during the week of prayer there appeared to be a deep +interest among the pupils. Our prayers seemed to take a new meaning, +and we felt that they were about to be answered. + +Nothing but God's Spirit could have laid the burden of souls upon so +many hearts at once, or have bidden us speak to different ones, while +our movements were almost unknown to one another. + +In the meetings that were held in the different rooms, and those +conducted in the High School, which were attended by some of the pupils +from other grades, a large number expressed a desire to become +Christians; and there were about sixty who gave their hearts to Christ. +We rejoice greatly over the work of the Spirit, and have the assurance +that "there is joy in the presence of the angels of God." + +The study of the Bible is an important feature in the school work. One +hour each week is set apart for it. A visitor, passing from the lower +grades up, on Friday afternoon, would find Bible work going on in every +room. The work of the little ones is largely memorizing. The older ones +have a systematic course. The outlines of Bible history are first +carefully studied, then the more important events and characters in +detail. Work in map-drawing is done in connection with all the lessons. + +A short time ago, a middle-aged woman applied for admission to our +school. She had been teaching for several years, but wanted to prepare +herself for the teachers' examination by taking a short course of +study. She was permitted to try the sixth grade examination and failed; +then the fifth with like results; finally she was placed in the fourth +grade, where it was discovered that she did not know the multiplication +tables, and evidently had never heard of division. Her knowledge of +spelling would not exceed that of an average third grade pupil, and she +is called one of the best colored teachers in the county from which she +came. + +In the Industrial Department nearly two hundred and fifty girls sew +from a half hour to an hour every day. Excellent work is being done and +they are very much interested, some of them begging for the privilege +of sewing at other times than those designated for that purpose. The +industrial teacher finds difficulty in keeping the supply of work equal +to the demand. + +Friends have kindly sent us donations of work, and much more will be +acceptable. Sheets, pillow cases, underclothing or patchwork, basted +ready for sewing, will be very thankfully received. The work in the +sewing classes includes patchwork, the making of dresses, all kinds of +other garments, and quilting.--_From the Ballard Record._ + + * * * * * + +A DREARY PICTURE OF PLACE AND PEOPLE. + +BY AN A.M.A. WORKER. + + +The country is low and flat, with here and there a small elevation on +which is a house or log cabin. For miles and miles the country is +dreary and monotonous. The swamps have a funereal aspect as one looks +upon the live-oak and cypress, hung with long Spanish moss swaying to +and fro in the gentle breeze. + +Back in these pine woods are hundreds who have never seen the railroad, +a boat, carriage, or even a mail-bag. Sometimes a few will go to the +little obscure station on Saturdays and stand gazing at the train as it +goes thundering by, and many comical remarks are made, as: "Dat am de +train 'pon which no darkies nor crackers kin ride; dat am all de heben +dat dem buckra want and am gwine ter git." + +Most of the people own their homes, which are poorly constructed of +pine poles with clapboards to cover the cracks, through which the +dampness and cold winds make it uncomfortable for the occupants, who +are seated before a clay chimney and a great lightwood fire. Very few +of the houses have any windows. A lightwood torch furnishes the light +by day and by night. Some of them are improving each year, but the most +of them are satisfied with a roof, and a few acres under cultivation. + +The country people seem to be naturally religious, as they are all +church members, are so from childhood, and are great believers in the +"sperit," which must be the evil one. They are not denominational in +the sense in which enlightened people are. The church which allows the +greatest number of privileges, and the minister who will just be +preacher and make the most noise and have the greatest number of "big +meetings," are the most popular. They have a burial service, and +several months or a year after, they have a funeral service, which is +always a big time. + +Cæsar is considered the best preacher that has ever been in ----. He +comes once a month, and cannot read a chapter; "nor need you expect me +to get the one-thousandth part of the ingrejience out of this text," is +his introduction to every sermon, but he can get up steam enough to be +heard half a mile. One of the preachers wanting to be known as a +licentiate, said in meeting: "I want you to know that I am a licentious +preacher,"--which is the truth. + +Our work has done an amount of good, even among those outside, and our +schools and the two churches have done more good in the country than +all other work combined. The recent fanaticism in the county did not +get one believer from our church. + + * * * * * + +REPORT FROM MOUNTAIN SCHOOLS. + + +Our year's work is rapidly drawing to an end. The older scholars are +doing well and are remaining with us through the year. They certainly +are gaining in this direction. They become very restless as soon as it +is "put in crap time." They sigh for the fields and "shovel plow," and +often look from the school-room windows with a longing for the log +cabin and the ground surrounding it. In many cases we have to be +_very_ persuasive to have them remain, yet they seem thankful for +the advice and remain. The older scholars seem to manifest an earnest +ambition to obtain situations through the summer, so that they may +procure clothing and help pay their tuition. We try as far as possible +to obtain situations for our girls. The better class of the people will +come to us for help, feeling that our girls have been educated in the +home and kitchen. + +In our temperance meeting last Friday, I asked the question, "What +would you do if you were forced to take whiskey?" A little girl rose +and said, "My father asked me to take some and said 'you must.' I said, +'I can't. God would not be pleased.' He said, 'Well, I 'lows how you're +'bout right." What a happy girl she was. She knows if she will keep on +refusing, he will give up strong drink. Our greatest hope is in the +children. + +A poor woman had some articles of clothing to take home with her. I +offered to wrap her parcel in newspaper. She said, "If you don't care, +I would like to have that ar paper." She never has a piece except what +is given her by some kind person. She utterly refused to have the +parcel wrapped. The people use the papers to keep the cold out. I have +seen pieces of paper four inches square and parts of letters pasted on +the boards. We save all the papers we receive, and have assisted in +making many poor homes comfortable. + +There is a good Sunday-school in a neighboring town. The people listen +very attentively, and seem to be thankful for the Sunday-school and +church services. The average attendance for the last five Sundays has +been forty-two. The thought of leaving this school during the summer is +a _cross_. There are fathers and mothers who are present every +Sabbath. The children show the need of a good school. + + * * * * * + +FROM MISS M.A. BYE. + + +Our Christian Endeavor Society interests me very much, as I have given +more time and thought to that than to anything else outside of school +work. It has increased in numbers, and the members have for the most +part gained a great deal in interest and courage, and this term quite +a number of associate members have become Christians. We are working +now to send a delegate to the St. Louis Convention, and I anticipate +great pleasure in watching the effect upon our delegate of the +enthusiasm of the Convention and the sight of the city, and think it +will be worth the year's work to be with him, for we hope to send one +of the boarding boys. + + * * * * * + +THE KING'S DAUGHTERS SOCIETY. + + +About a year ago, ten or fifteen girls might have been seen sitting in +their teacher's room, at Tougaloo University, while she spoke to them +of forming a society. The members of this society, she said, were to do +all the good they could in every way they could. + +Now, of course, we want a name for our society. If we are going to do +all the good we can, we are worthy to be called followers of Christ, +and as he is a King, we call ourselves "King's Daughters." When our +society began, we had but eight or ten members, but at almost every +meeting there was some one who wanted to join. The meetings were +carried on every Sunday evening, and some one of the members was +appointed to lead the next meeting. During the week we try in every way +to do something definite to please our King; to go to no place in which +we would be ashamed to have our King see us, and to keep no company +with which we would be ashamed to have him see us. Our society +continued to grow and prosper, and finally the young men concluded to +organize a King's Sons Society. During the summer the two societies +held joint meetings. New members were continually joining. As the +meetings were new to us when we first began, they were not as +interesting as they grew to be at a later date; but generally the time +was all occupied. Some one would read a portion of Scripture and offer +prayer, after which a story would be read or told by one of the +members, who had prepared it during the week. Then we would tell how we +had kept our pledge, or in what way we had been helped by being King's +Daughters. Sometimes, when we had broken our pledge, we would leave off +our badge for a week. + +The first Sunday in every month we have what we call our consecration +meeting. The President calls the roll and each one answers by giving a +verse of Scripture, or her experience as a King's Daughter. The third +Sunday in every month we elect the officers who are to serve during the +next month. These consist of President, Vice-President, Secretary, a +sick committee, whose business it is to visit and help any who are +sick, and a committee on invitation, whose business it is to find out +who would like to join our society. They report the names at the next +meeting. Sometimes we have a question-box into which we put questions +regarding the society. These are written on small slips of paper and +read by one of the members. If they are directed to a particular one, +that person answers them; but if not, any one in the Society answers +them. + +During the school year of 1888, we made a box of clothing to send to +the Indian mission school in Dakota. We would meet every Saturday +evening and sew until we had made enough to fill our box. Whenever one +of us finished a piece we would write our name and pin it on. One of +our girls wanted to sew a little on every article, so as to have her +name on all of them. Well, when we had finished our box of presents, we +each wrote a letter and put into it. We intended to make this a +Christmas present, but severe snow-storms prevented it from reaching +its destination in time. They received it about a month after +Christmas, and the things were divided among the Indian girls. Some of +them wrote to us, thanking us for the presents which they had received. +After our society grew to about twenty or thirty, we were divided into +tens. Each ten had a name given it, such as the Truthful Ten, the Judge +Not Ten, the Do Without Ten and the Polite Ten. Most of us find it +hardest to be Judge Not Tens and Truthful Tens.--_From the Tougaloo +Quarterly._ + + * * * * * + +THE INDIANS + + +OUR S'KOKOMISH MISSION. + +BY DISTRICT SECRETARY J.E. ROY. + + +The S'kokomish Reservation is at the extreme southwestern corner of the +Puget Sound, where the S'kokomish River empties in, and is three miles +square, with five thousand acres, embracing rich bottom land and +mountain timber land, the river and the sound furnishing the best means +of transportation to the market. On the place I measured the stumps of +red cedar that were eight, ten and twelve feet in diameter. The waters +at hand are of the best for fishing. As we--Mrs. Roy was with me--were +going up from the river where we had been set across after a ten-mile +mountain drive from Shelton, we saw a Mr. Lo lugging a three-foot +salmon into the missionary home; and at Olympia, the capital, and +another point on the sound, the fishmonger told us they did not sell +such fish by the pound, but by the piece, twenty-five cents each. When, +in 1855, this reservation was set apart by the treaty, it was for the +three bands of this tribe and for the Clallams up at the entrance of +the Sound, who, because of variance with one of the other bands, never +left their ancestral habitation to go to the selected spot. The people +belonging to the Reservation now number about six hundred and twenty. + +The handling of the Indians here was one of the first fruits of +President Grant's Peace Policy, by which the agencies were assigned to +the several missionary societies, which were to nominate their +respective agents. This was one of those which were assigned to the +American Missionary Association. In 1871 the Association nominated to +this Agency Edwin Eells, Esq., the eldest son of Rev. Gushing Eells, +D.D., who was one of the mission band that crossed the Rocky Mountains +in 1838, under commission of the American Board, to be associated with +Dr. Marcus Whitman's series of Indian Missions. Here is an illustration +of the wisdom of that policy, which has secured a highly successful +management in all the secular, educational and religious affairs of the +Agency, and one that has been continued on through the changes of +governmental administration, and also one that has resulted in repeated +promotions, until now Agent Eells has charge of five of the seven +distinct Reservations in the State of Washington. His present +headquarters are at the Puyallup Agency, near Tacoma, where he has just +completed an eight thousand dollar building to displace an old one, for +the Government Boarding School. In all these five reservations, lands +have been secured in severalty to the Indians, and largely through his +persistent devotion to their welfare. For two or three years his father +had care of the S'kokomish Mission under the American Missionary +Association, and in 1874, his brother, Rev. Myron Eells, was appointed +to the same work, in which he still abides. Besides the preaching, the +care of the Sunday-school and the prayer meetings and the pastoral +work, in which he gets around among his people as often as once in a +month, he has also the charge of the Indian Church among the Clallams, +near New Dunginess, the brethren of that station, in the pastor's +absence, maintaining stated worship. The people at S'kokomish have +gotten beyond Government payments; they live on their own allotted +lands, in cabins or frame houses, wearing citizens' dress, and doing +business as white men do it. One of Pastor Eells's first Sundays at the +mission was noted for the celebration of Christian marriage on the part +of seven or eight couples who had been living together under their +heathen way of taking up. So they have been shuffling off their +polygamy. While we were there, a man of middle life came to the +pastor's house with his first wife, to be married to her after the +Christian form, having made a satisfactory pecuniary arrangement with +the second, who was a sister of the first. In this case there were no +children to complicate settlement. After I had addressed the church +upon their duty of doing more for the support of their pastor, even as +I had betimes had to do before in white home missionary churches, the +several responses were as decorous and assuring as could be desired. + +As another advantage of this Grant plan, the Government School and the +Mission are found to be in entire harmony, the principal, Mr. Foster, +and his assistants and the industrial teacher all being Christians and +caring for the moral advancement of their pupils. Nor does the +missionary administration come in any way to overlie the governmental. +From the herd of cows kept for the service of the boarding school, +neither is one set aside for the pastor's family, nor is he allowed to +buy their milk. He gets his supply from outside. Nor does the preacher +use from Uncle Sam's wood pile. He buys from the Indians. + +Some may wonder how a man in such a field can keep from drying up. Come +with me into this missionary study. The first thing that strikes you is +a growth of English ivy, from its root in the earth outside creeping +through a crack in the siding and climbing up one corner and then +around the upper corners of the four sides of the room. That evergreen +wreath is a symbol of the fresh intellectual life in that study, which +has all the air and fix of a workshop. On the shelves, besides the +ordinary outfit, there is an extensive geological collection, which +in its classification and nomenclature shows scientific investigation. +Then there is a fine cabinet of Indian relics and curios, appropriate +to the calling of the incumbent: and there is a supply of Indian +literature, historic and scientific, out of which this student is +transmuting the essential elements of the Indian problem of the Pacific +Northwest. And so it is a small library of his own that has thus been +elaborated. The first is a "History of Indian Missions on the Pacific +Coast," published by the American Sunday-school Union; and the second +is "Ten Years at S'kokomish,"--1874-1884--published by our own +Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society. These books would +make an enrichment of any Sunday-school library, giving the very +essence of romance and of heroism along with Christian instruction. The +others are monographs, among them the following: + +"Marcus Whitman, M.D.: Proofs of his Work in Saving Oregon to the +United States, and in promoting the immigration of 1843;" "Justice to +the Indian;" "Indian Traditions as to Religion;" "Hand of God in the +History of the Pacific Coast;" "Papers on the Anthropology of the +Indians of Washington," as published in the Smithsonian Report of +1886-7. Another such monograph he now has ready for the press--"God's +Hand in the Missions to the Indians beyond the Rocky Mountains," a +paper read at the recent fiftieth anniversary of the organizing of Dr. +Whitman's church. And beyond all this literary work is the occasional +supply of destitute white congregations round about, and service as a +Trustee of the Pacific University in Oregon, and of the Whitman +College, at Walla Walla, Washington. Surely in literary work, to the +names of Jonathan Edwards among his Stockbridge Indians, and John Eliot +among his Naticks, and S.R. Riggs among the Dakotas, and not a few +others, maybe added this of Myron Eells among the S'kokomish. + + * * * * * + +THE CHINESE. + + +JOTTINGS. + +BY REV. W.C. POND, D.D. + + +If I were to attempt to place before the readers of the MISSIONARY, in +such setting as would be needed for a comprehension of them, all the +interesting minor facts and scenes that pass under my observation in +our work, there would be no room on its pages for anything else. Let me +give a few examples of these. + +A young Chinaman is being examined with reference to baptism, and is +asked why he decided to turn from the worship of idols. "God is +_true_" is the reply, a very simple reason,--a trite one possibly; +but there was something in the tone and emphasis of it which thrilled +me. I saw the emptyness of heathen worship at a point from which I had +never looked at it before. A God that is _true_, that can be +absolutely trusted! Where will you find one in any heathen Pantheon? +Conceive now a thoughtful, honest man passing from the timorous worship +of such gods to the rest and comfort and courage which come from +knowing and trusting Him who is true, and you will begin to realize +what that simple answer meant. + +"What are your people making such a noise for?" was asked of a Chinese +brother at Ventura, during the Chinese New Year's Festival. "To scare +away the evil spirits," was the reply. "And why don't _you_ scare +them away?" was the next question, for all was quiet at our little +mission house, "Evil spirits stay away when Holy Spirit comes," was the +reply. I am not confident that I recall the exact words, but I have +certainly given the idea, and it meant emancipation for the man that +uttered it, an entrance into the liberty wherewith Christ makes us +free. + +"When I get discouraged, as I often do," writes a teacher, "I think of +the five who are studying the Testament, and of a remark one of them +made to me, 'I love Jesus more all the time when I read about him.'" +This brother took his religion with him to China, and brought it back +unharmed. + +One of the brethren worked in a hotel where to specially toilsome +service was added a treatment far from kind. He said to his teacher +that he remembered how much Jesus had to bear and so he "had patient." +The wages received he spoke of as the "hardest money" he had earned +since coming to California, and _so_ he took part of it to buy a +nice Bible. An American said scoffingly to him: "Are you one of the +Christian Chinamen?" "Yes," he replied. "I love Jesus; I am not ashamed +that I love Jesus." + +One of our Santa Barbara brethren rents quite a tract of land, much of +which he devotes to the culture of small fruits. On a visit to his +place a year or two ago, friends saw strawberry plants heavily laden +with luscious looking fruit so arranged in front of our brother's door +as to spell out this sentence, "God loves the earth." + +"It seems," said Jee Gam once, "as though I could recall his very +words, and hear the tones of his voice as he prayed for the conversion +of his countrymen." It was the closing prayer of a gospel service among +the Chinese in Oakland. The brother who offered it was a Chinese +merchant of that city. Two days afterwards he was shot in his own store +by a Chinaman because he refused to submit to blackmail. A policeman +hastened to the spot and saw him die, and testified in court that his +last words were those of prayer to our true God; this testimony, though +given probably by an ungodly man, being such as to draw tears from many +who listened. Yet some say there are no real Christian Chinamen; that +you can't convert a Chinaman; that they are throughout a race of +hypocrites. + +It may not be safe to say _every_ month without exception, though +that is the impression made upon me, but it is certainly safe to say +_almost_ every month brings some report to me of pupils beginning +to believe in Jesus and professing their faith in him. This extract +from a letter will serve as an example: "I have some very good news for +you concerning my scholars. Two of them have promised to join the +Association [i.e. of Christian Chinese] next week. One of them I have +been praying for especially, for nearly a year.... There are three +more who, I trust, are born of God, but are not yet brave enough to +take a stand for him. One says his brother will kill him if he joins in +Christ's name." And here is a word from another teacher: "Five of the +brethren unite with the church at the coming communion. I do not feel +that this is through my effort, as I have not known how to work +individually. It is the Lord that 'giveth the increase.' Two of them +have been ready to come into the church for a long time. The others +show their conversion by face and manner as well as by testimony and +prayer." + +I fear that I have exhausted my space, though I am far from the end of +possible "jottings." I will close with a few sentences from a letter +received from a Chinese Christian living at a roadside tavern beyond +Oroville. "Since I am determined to be a Christian, has very much +surprised my elder brother. When he heard about I join the Association +he make a great deal of trouble to me. Then I ask our brothers to pray +for that matter, till one day I go and entreat him; also, tell him all +about the gospel of Christ how good for us and redeem us from our sins. +Then he said, 'Do not talk such things to me; we are Chinese; must keep +our customs.' I say, 'I cannot keep anything wrong; idol worship is +against God. Four thousand years ago our Chinese population have no +idol to worship. Don't you search a thing before you keep it?' Then he +answer: 'If good then you keep it,' and then I received baptism; then +do no more persecution to me afterwards." This extract merely hints at +facts which, if related, would show that for our Chinese Christians at +least, the days that _try_ men's souls are not yet past. + + * * * * * + +BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. + +MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. + + +The thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of +Alabama met with the Congregational Church in Marion, March 31. This +Union has contributed during the year to the A.M.A. for Indian work, to +the A.H.M.S. for Bohemian work, besides aiding a missionary in China, +and one in South Africa. All the auxiliaries have also done good work +in aiding the churches and the poor in their respective localities. The +meeting was pleasant and profitable, and the Union starts upon another +year with the prospect of adding greatly to its strength and +efficiency. + +The first Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Missionary Union, held at New +Orleans, April 3, was also full of encouragement. The new interest +awakened, simply by the gathering together to report the progress of +the year, indicates how much can be accomplished. Not only will the +missionary cause receive direct benefit, but there will be a reflex, +healthful influence upon the churches thus represented. + +The first Annual Meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Central +South Association, held in Nashville, Tennessee, April 5, was in all +respects encouraging. One of the peculiar features of these Southern +Unions is that the State Association is always likely to meet at a +school centre, as in this case at Nashville, Tennessee, and the older +students thus are enthused and stimulated to missionary purpose and +activity, whether in the ordinary experiences of church life at home, +or as special missionaries. + +There was a good representation of auxiliaries, and encouraging word of +new ones soon to be received. The interest in the meeting was intense, +and the reports from the different societies showed a deep and +heartfelt sympathy with the cause of missions. It was very interesting +to note how anxiously some of those who represent a people burdened +with poverty, planned for the work of the coming year, taking for their +field--the world. Considering that this Union is only a year old, its +growth seems remarkable. + +The question is sometimes asked, whether the Mountain girls appreciate +the opportunity of education that is now afforded them. We reply by +giving extracts from the letter of a pupil obliged to leave school. The +letter was written to a school-mate, and is but one of many instances +of the kind. + +"MY DEAREST FRIEND:--I would have written sooner, but I thought I might +get a chance to go to school, and that is why I have delayed so long. +It is impossible for me to go now, the boys are preparing 'for to make +a crap,' and I can see how much they are needed at home. We have but +one horse, and I cannot go alone. Oh! how glad I would be to see my +teacher. I know I shall never be able to reward her for her kindness to +me, but the Lord will reward her. I never have met the people who were +so kind to me as those people. I still have a desire to get an +education; sometimes I think I will not get to go to school any more, +but where there is a will, there is a way, and I know I have a good +will. My sisters all married before they were twenty. I am twenty-two +now. I want an education more than I want to marry. My folks tell me I +have enough education, but I think I know better than they. To be sure, +I can read and write a little, but that don't satisfy me, I have a hope +yet that I may still get higher, that is if the Lord is willing. We +cannot do anything unless the Lord is willing and will help us. Give my +love to all the girls. Please write and tell me about the school. +Remember me in your prayers. + +Your true friend, ---- ----." + + * * * * * + +OUR YOUNG FOLKS. + + +_Dear Children_:--The first morning I entered my school-room +South, such a mass of little dark faces as greeted me! At first it +seemed so strange to me, they all looked alike, but in a short time I +was able to pick out Simon, and Tommy, and Mollie, and Janie. Most of +them want to learn, and are quite tidy in their appearance. One of the +exercises they enjoy most is the singing. It would be hard to find a +colored boy or girl who does not sing, and many of them have very sweet +voices. They are able to sing the alto with very little practice. It +often surprises me to find how well they keep their parts. One day we +had a very severe shower, and it was so dark we could not see the +black-boards or see to work, so I let them sing for nearly an hour. All +over the building, if you could have visited the different rooms, you +would have enjoyed listening to them. One of their own pieces which +they like to sing, is "Roll, Jordan, roll." They pronounce it "Jurdon." + +Many of the parents are working very hard to give their children an +education, and I am glad to say that the children themselves are glad +to learn. One little girl said, "I've got on a _terrible_ bad +looking shoe, and the big girls out doors were laughing at me +yesterday, but I thought I'd rather come to school with the bad shoe, +than stay away a day and not come at all. I pray every day that God +will help me to do right and be a good girl in school. Last night papa +was out of a job, and I prayed that he might get another one, and now +he's got another one." Then looking at her shoes, she said: "I'd rather +wear these ragged shoes than not to pay for my schooling at all." + +And now, children, will you come with me for a little drive? We are +going in a phaeton with our good horse, Maud. We drive about a mile out +of the city, cross a little bridge, and finally drive through a +gateway. The ground is sandy, in some places so white that it almost +reminds one of snow. The trees are still green. Our attention is +attracted by a procession moving slowly forward. There is one carriage +and the friends, men and women, are walking. The words they are +chanting show it to be a funeral procession. Every one wears a green +badge, for most all the colored people belong to some order. Finally +they come to a stop and gather about the grave. The mourners break out +into a wail, and they begin to chant the words: "And must my trembling +spirit glide into a world unknown?" The chant I can never describe, for +there is no music in it, and we cannot distinguish any tune. Then the +minister preaches, and they begin another chant. Let us look around a +little. I am sure you are already interested and surprised at what you +see. Here is a group of three little graves; on one, we find three +dolls' heads, a quantity of shells, marbles, dishes and other toys with +which the children used to play. On another, is a tin kitchen, a bell, +a doll in a chair, a marble under a sugar-bowl cover, and part of a +tea-set. On another, that of a grown person, is a long pipe with a +paper of tobacco, medicine boxes with powders. A little further away we +find one on which is a tooth-brush, ten medicine bottles, two lamps, a +basket filled with sand, vases, tumblers, a toy boat made out of bark, +and pieces of glassware. Among other decorations we find a ball and +bat, pitchers, bits of colored glass, pill boxes, teapots, etc. But it +is already growing dark, and Maud is anxious to start; I think you have +seen enough to make you wonder at the curious customs, and I am sure +that you want to help them to know a better way. + +One day a little girl said to her teacher: "I got religion last night." +Shall I tell you just here, something of what they mean by "getting +religion?" It means bad air, late hours, shouting, screaming, and +general excitement. Sometimes they sit for hours, and go night after +night saying over and over the same words. When they finally do "get +religion," they jump up and shout, and run about the church, falling +into the arms of those standing nearest. I think the children are +looking for some strange experience. They expect, from what they are +taught, to see some vision, or hear some voice. I try to show them the +simple way of salvation by just taking Jesus at his word. + +And now let us turn to a brighter scene. One Sunday about a month ago, +our pastor preached a sermon, which led us to feel that the Lord was +especially near us, and that we had only to do our part to receive an +outpouring of God's Spirit. Some of us agreed to pray for this. Then we +began to pray for our scholars, and to invite them to our meetings. At +first only a few came, but more kept coming every night, and we kept +bringing in seats, until the mission room was so full we had to change +to the large hall up stairs. Every night some would rise for prayers, +and we would stay and talk with them quietly, and try to show them the +way to Jesus. I think there are about forty now, who have expressed a +desire to live a Christian life. Many of them are children and young +people. Four are boys in my Sabbath-school class. We have held prayer +meetings for this after school, and many are glad to come. About twenty +joined our Christian Endeavor Society as active members, at our last +consecration meeting. + +And now, dear children, do you know that this is all given us in answer +to prayer? We have simply asked and received. I knew that the home +friends were praying for us. Their prayers are a constant help. Will +you not pray this month that these little ones may be kept from +falling, and that they may grow to be bright and shining lights in the +world, to lead their own people out of the darkness of sin and +ignorance? + +Sincerely your friend, + +MINNIE T. STROUT. + + * * * * * + +WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS. + +CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + + +MAINE. + +WOMAN'S AID TO A.M.A. + + Chairman of Committee--Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me. + + +VERMONT. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. A.B. Swift, 167 King St., Burlington. + Secretary--Mrs. E.C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Montpelier. + Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. + + +[A]MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + + President--Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cambridge, Mass. + Secretary--Miss Nathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston. + Treasurer--Miss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congregational House, Boston. + + +CONNECTICUT. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. + Secretary--Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. + Treasurer--Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford. + + +NEW YORK. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. + Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse. + Treasurer--Mrs. L.H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City. + + +OHIO. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President Mrs. J.G.W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland. + Secretary--Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin. + Treasurer--Mrs. F.L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. + + +INDIANA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. C.B. Safford, Elkhart. + Secretary--Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne. + Treasurer--Mrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis. + + +ILLINOIS. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, 409 Orchard St., Chicago. + Secretary--Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago. + Treasurer--Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Champaign. + + +IOWA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + Presidents--Mrs. T.O. Douglass, Grinnell. + Secretary--Miss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell. + Treasurer--Mrs. M.J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque. + + +MICHIGAN. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave., Detroit. + Secretary--Mrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing. + Treasurer--Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Greenville. + + +WISCONSIN. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. H.A. Miner, Madison. + Secretary--Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead. + Treasurer--Mrs. C.C. Keeler, Beloit. + + +MINNESOTA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. + + President--Mrs. E.S. Williams, Box 464, Minneapolis. + Secretary--Miss Gertude A. Keith, 1350 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. + Treasurer--Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Northfield. + + +NORTH DAKOTA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. + + President--Mrs. A.J. Pike, Dwight. + 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. T.M. Jeffris, Huron. + Treasurer--Miss A.A. Noble, Lake Preston. + + +NEBRASKA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. T.H. Leavitt, 1216 H. St., Lincoln + Secretary--Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 No. Broad St., Fremont. + Treasurer--Mrs. D.E. Perry, Crete. + + +MISSOURI. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. A.W. Benedict, 3841 Delmar Ave., St. Louis. + Secretary--Mrs. E.H. Bradbury, 3865 Washington Ave., St Louis. + Treasurer--Mrs. A.E. Cook, 4145 Bell Ave., St. Louis. + + +KANSAS. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. + + President--Mrs. F.J. Storrs, Topeka. + Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka. + Treasurer--Mrs. J.G. Dougherty, Ottawa. + + +COLORADO AND WYOMING. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J.W. Pickett, White Water, Colorado. + Secretary--Miss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, + Colorado. + Treasurer--Mrs. S.A. Sawyer, Boulder, Colorado. + Treasurer--Mrs. W.L. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wyoming. + + +WASHINGTON. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + + President--Mrs. W.E. Dawson, Seattle. + Secretary--Mrs. N.F. Cobleigh, Walla Walla. + Treasurer--Mrs. W.R. Abrams, Ellensburg. + + +SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Elijah Cash, 927 Temple St., Los Angeles. + Secretary--Mrs. H.K.W. Bent, Box 426, Pasadena. + Treasurer--Mrs. H.W. Mills, So. Olive St., Los Angeles. + + +CALIFORNIA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. + + President--Mrs. H.L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oakland. + Secretary--Miss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st. St., Oakland. + Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Havens, 13239 Harrison St., Oakland. + + +LOUISIANA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. R.C. Hitchcock, New Orleans. + Secretary--Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans. + Treasurer--Mrs. C.S. Shattuck, Hammond. + + +MISSISSIPPI. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. A.F. Whiting, Tougaloo. + Secretary--Miss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougaloo. + Treasurer--Miss S.L. Emerson, Tougaloo. + + +ALABAMA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. H.W. Andrews, Talladega. + Secretary--Miss S.S. Evans, 2519 Third Ave., Birmingham. + Treasurer--Miss M.K. Lunt, Selma. + + +FLORIDA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. S.F. Gale, Jacksonville. + Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. + Treasurer--Mrs. L.C. Partridge, Longwood. + + +TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION. + + President--Mrs. E.M. Cravath, Nashville, Tenn. + Secretary--Miss A.M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. + Treasurer--Mrs. G.S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn. + + +NORTH CAROLINA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill. + Secretary--Miss A.E. Farrington, Raleigh. + Treasurer--Miss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh. + + +TEXAS. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. S.C. Acheson, 149 W. Woodard St., Denison. + Secretary--Mrs. Mary A. McCoy, 122 No. Harwood St., Dallas. + Treasurer--Mrs. C.I. Scofield, Dallas. + +[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. + +We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State +Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association +be sent to use through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, +should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary +Association, since _undesignated funds will not reach us_.] + + * * * * * + +RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1890. + + +THE DANIEL HAND FUND, + +_For the Education of Colored People._ + +FROM + +Mr. Daniel Hand, Guilford, Conn. + + +Income for April, 1890 $960.00 +Income previously acknowledged 7,489.85 + --------- +Total $8,449.85 + ========= + + +CURRENT RECEIPTS + + +MAINE, $175.41. + +Bangor. Central Ch., 10; Hammond St. Ch., 3.25, + for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 13.25 + +Belfast. First Cong. Ch. 23.54 + +Brewer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.40 + +Castine. Y.P.S.C.E., 3.73, and Garments; Helen J. + Webster, 2; "Rainbow Band," 1.25, and Sewing Bags, + _for Student Aid, Chandler Normal Sch._ 6.98 + +Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch., _for freight to N.C._ 2.00 + +Gorham. Childrens Miss'y Soc. in Cong. Ch., _for + Sherwood, Tenn._ 12.25 + +Hiram. "Friends," by Mrs. J.P. Hubbard, 10; Mrs J.P. + Hubbard, 5, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 15.00 + +South Berwick. Two Sab. Sch. Classes, by Mrs. K.B. +Lewis, _for Indian M._ 2.34 + +Wells. "A Friend." 1.00 + +Woman's Aid to A.M.A., by Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, + _for Woman's Work_: Alfred. Cong. Ch., + to const. Mrs. Laura A. Littlefield L.M. 30.00 + + Portland. Ladies' Circle of Second Parish + Ch., _for Acres Memorial Room, Selma, + Ala._ 46.65 + + ----- 76.65 + + +NEW HAMPSHIRE, $657.68. + +Amherst Cong. Ch. 17.30 + +Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const Ambrose + D. Aldrich L.M. 22.47 + +Canaan. Miss Mary A. George 5.00 + +Durham. Cong. Ch., in part 7.00 + +Epping. Cong. Ch., 30.42; Mrs. G.N. Shepard's S.S. + Class, 3.25. 33.67 + +Epping. Pansy Circle, Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid, + Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ 15.00 + +Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. 234.00 + +Gorham. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Hopkinton. Mrs. M.G. Barnard to const. Mary E. + Barnard L.M. 30.00 + +Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 + +Keene. Dea. Metcalf's Sab. Sch. Class, First Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Keene. Mrs. K.C. Thayer, _for Pleasant Hill. Tenn._ 15.00 + +Laconia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.27 + +Littleton. Cong. Ch., 8.34; John Farr, 5 13.34 + +Meriden. Cong. Ch. 14.00 + +Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. 15.00 + +Nashua. First Cong. Ch. 25.40 + +Pembroke. First Cong. Soc. 20.75 + +Penacook. Jeremiah C. Martin. 5.00 + +Tilton. Cong. Ch. 25.00 + +West Concord. Cong. Ch., to const. Rev. C.F. Roper L.M. 34.00 + +West Concord. Y.L.M. Soc., by Mrs. Bertha R. Roper, + _for Storrs Sch._ and to const. Miss Hattie + B. Holmes L.M. 30.00 + +West Lebanon. Cong. Ch. 24.48 + + +VERMONT, $197.26. + +Bethel First Cong. Ch., 3.37; Y.P.S.C.E., by Lucy M. + Graham, Treas., 1.75 5.12 + +Brandon. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Brattleboro. Central Cong. Ch. 112.61 + +Brattleboro. Mrs. F.C. Rice, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 10.00 + +Cornwall. _For freight to McIntosh, Ga._ 1.50 + +Derby Center. Mrs. R.C. Drisko, Bbl. of C., Freight, 2., + _for McIntosh Ga._ 2.00 + +Dorset. Cong. Ch. 16.00 + +Essex Junction. Cong. Ch., _for Freight to + McIntosh, Ga._ 1.80 + +East Dummerston. Mrs. A.A. Dutton, Box of C. _for + Mclntosh Ga._ + +Johnson. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 25 Hymn Books _for + Williamsburg, Ky._ + +Montpelier. "F.E.B." 1.00 + +Newport. First Cong. Ch. 15.08 + +Putney. Ladies' Aid Soc., Bbl of C., _for McIntosh Ga._ + +Saint Johnsbury. Sab. Sch. Class, North Cong. Ch., _for + Indian Sch'p_ 5.00 + +Swanton. C.C. Long 10.00 + +West Westminster. Mrs. H.A. Goodhue, _for Freight to + McIntosh, Ga._ 1.15 + +Williamstown. "A Friend." 6.00 + +Worcester. James F. Smith, Box of S.S. Papers, _for + McIntosh, Ga._ + + +MASSACHUSETTS, $7,310.40. + +Amherst. Ladies, by Mrs. H.L. Hubbell, _for Student Aid, + Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 20.00 + +Amherst. First Cong. Ch., _for Mountain Work_ 9.00 + +Amherst. Mrs. J.C. Bryant, _for Atlanta U._ 5.00 + +Andover. Phillips Academy, _for Pleasant Hill. Tenn._ 25.00 + +Arlington. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 46.19 + +Bedford. H.B. Doland, _for Home, Wilmington N.C._ 14.00 + +Berlin. Cong. Ch., 8.50; Y.P.S.C.E., 7.50; Sab. Sch., 4., + _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ 20.00 + +Boston. Central Cong. Ch. 948.20 + Old South Cong. Ch., in Part 310.59 + + "Felice Circle of King's Daughters" Mount + Vernon Ch., _for Williamsburg Academy, + Ky._ and to const. Miss Alma Holmes, + Miss Anna Norris, Miss Lucy Brown and + Miss L.H. Maxwell L.M.'s 125.00 + + Chas. H. Rutan, _for Student Aid, + Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn._ 67.50 + + W.H.M.S., Park St. Ch. _for Student + Aid Straight U._ 54.00 + + Mrs. Susan C. Warren, _for Jewett + Memorial Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 25.00 + + C.A. Hopkins, _for Pleasant Hill, + Tenn._ 36.75 + + Mrs. Woodbridge Odlin, _for Freight to + Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.10 + + Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch. 122.92 + + Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. F. Ch. 24.68 + + Miss Almira C. Wilkins, 5; Mrs. M. + Houston, 3, _for Girl's Hall, + Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 8.00 + + Jamaica Plain. "A Friend," _for Indian + M., Grand River, S.D._ 4.50 + + Roxbury. Immanuel Ch., 22; Walnut Av. + Cong. Ch., 13.50; _for Stoves, + Girl's Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 35.50 + + Highland. Cong. Ch., _for + Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ 15.30 + + West Roxbury. Sab. Sch. of South Evan. + Ch. _for Tougaloo U._ and to + const. Abner J. Nutter L.M. 30.00 + + South Evan. Ch. and Soc. 17.94 + + ----- 1,830.98 + +Brookfield. Cong. Ch. 12.49 + +Brookline. Howard Cong. Ch. 104.34 + +Brockton. Porter Cong. Ch. 15.00 + +Brockton. Joseph Hewitt 5.00 + +Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 87.79 + +Cambridgeport. "Scatter Good Circle," of Pilgrim Ch. + _for Freight to Beaufort, N.C._ 2.00 + +Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +Clinton. Cong. Ch. _for Academy, Williamsburg, Ky._ 80.85 + +Colerain. Mrs. P.B. Smith. 5.00 + +Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. 26.47 + +Cotuit. Union Ch. 10.00 + +Danvers. Webster F. Putnam. 68.54 + +Dedham. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid, + Straight U._ 25.00 + +Dighton. Miss M.F. Aiken, _for Girl's Hall, Pleasant + Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 + +East Dennis. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, + Fisk U._ 5.00 + +East Somerville. First Orthdox Cong. Ch. 82.93 + +East Weymouth. Ladies, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 25.00 + +Fall River. Central Cong. Ch., 33; Third Cong. Ch., 16.65. 49.65 + +Fall River. Y.W.C.T.U., Package Papers, _for + Williamsburg, Ky._ + +Florence. Florence Cong. Ch. 22.38 + +Framingham. George Nourse. 10.00 + +Georgetown. "S," _for Sherwood, Tenn._ 10.00 + +Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch., "A Friend," by Rev. R.P. + Hibbard 25.00 + +Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 53.68 + +Granby. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 37.58 + +Greenwich Village. Mrs. M.A. Sibley 1.00 + +Hanson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.99 + +Holliston. "Bible Christians." 100.00 + +Holliston. Mrs. S.E. Walker, _for Student Aid, + Fisk U._ 2.00 + +Hopkinton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, + Tenn._ 34.50 + +Hopkinton. Mrs. J.P. Crooks. B. of C. _for Williamsburg, + Ky._ + +Indian Orchard. Willing Helpers, _for + Williamsburg, Ky._ 12.00 + +Ipswich. First Cong. Ch., _for Mountain Work_ 23.32 + +Lawrence. Mrs. A.J. Doland, Table Spread, Val. 3, _for + Home, Wilmington, N.C._ + +Leicester. First Cong. Ch. 17.70 + +Leominster. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Ortho. Cong. + Ch., 25; F.J. Lathrop, 5, _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ 30.00 + +Lowell. Sab. Sch. High St. Ch., _for Mountain Work, + support of a boy and girl_, and to const. Mrs. Frank + N. Chase and Mrs. Ephraim Brown. L.M.'s. 60.00 + +Lowell. Eliot Ch. to const. Miss Helen A. Ward L.M. 44.19 + +Lynn. Central Ch., 31; Miss A.E. Knowles, 15c. 31.15 + +Milford. "Friends," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 4.00 + +Millbury. First Cong. Ch. 45.12 + +Monterey. Cong. Ch. 24.00 + +Natick. Primary Dep't, Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., 10; + Cong. Ch., 8.05 18.05 + +Newton. Eliot Ch., 150. First Cong. Ch., 83.30; Miss Mary + Calkins' S.S. Class, North Village Ch., 5. 238.30 + +Newton. J.W. Davis, _for Stereopticon Slides_ 5.00 + +Norfolk. Union Cong. Ch. 3.00 + +Norton. Mrs. E.B. Wheaton, to const. Arthur M. Round and + William E. Robbins, L.M.'s. 60.00 + +Northamptom. A.L. Williston, 300; First Cong. Ch., 226.92 526.92 + +North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 77.28 + +North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch., 7; Y.P.S.C.E., 5, + _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ 12.00 + +Northfield. Miss'y Soc. of Northfield Sem., _for + Indian M._ 25.00 + +Peabody. "Friends." 3 Boxes Books, _for Lathrop Library, + Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Peru. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 9.50 + +Pittsfield. South Ch. and Soc. 49.20 + +Pittsfield. Ladies, _for Girl's Hall, Pleasant + Hill, Tenn._ 10.00 + +Pittsfield. "A Member of South Ch." 5.00 + +Pittsfield. M.A. Bissell, 2; S.S. Bissell, 2; _for + Mountain Work_ 4.00 + +Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc. 217.01 + +Shelburne Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.25 + +Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. 26.57 + +Somerville. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of Franklin St. + Ch., _for Indian M., Santee Agency, Neb._ 20.00 + +Southampton. Mrs. Edwards, deceased, by her son, + Rev. H.L. Edwards. 5.00 + +South Easton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 16.80 + +South Easton. Cong. Ch., 38.68; Young Men's Class, 30, + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 68.68 + +South Framingham. Grace Cong. Ch., (50 of which _for + Williamsburg Academy, Ky._) 217.50 + +South Framingham. Fred. Folger, 5; Ethel Cutler, Albert J. + Dutton, Jr., Mabel Sykes, 5; on "True Blue" card 10.00 + +South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. 25.50 + +Springfield. South Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg + Academy, Ky._ 20.00 + +Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. 8.48 + +Upton. Cong. Ch., B. of C., _for Mobile, Ala._ + +Waltham. Trinity Cong. Ch. 10.17 + +Ware. "Little Sunbeams," _for Indian M. Birds Nest, + Santee Agency, Neb._ 25.00 + +Watertown. Phillips Cong. Ch., to const. Rev. Edward C. + Porter and Alfred E. Turner L.M.'s. 107.08 + +West Boxford. Cong. Ch. 6.85 + +Westford. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.50 + +West Medford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Pleasant + Hill, Tenn._ 30.00 + +West Medway. Second Cong. Ch., 9.25, and Sab. Sch., 7.70 + (2 of which _for Student Aid, Fisk U._) 16.95 + +West Medway. "Friends," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 8.00 + +West Newton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 + +Westport. Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 17.17 + +Winchendon. George L. Beals and Nancy Norcross Beals, + deceased, by C.L. Beals and C.L.B. Whitney, _for + the establishment of Beals Library, Williamsburg, + Academy, Ky._ 500.00 + +Winchester. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 51.00 + +Worcester. Central Cong. Ch., 136; Old South Ch., Dea. + Alfred Holden, 5. 141.00 + +Worcester. G. Henry Whitcomb. _for Tougaloo U._ 35.00 + +Worcester. Ladies of Union Cong. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ 13.00 + +Worcester. Benev. Soc. Plymouth Ch., Box of C.; Sab. Sch. + Piedmont Ch., Books, Canned fruit, etc., _for + Jellico, Tenn._ + +Worcester. Rev. T.W. Thompson, Box of Books, _for + Lathrop Library, Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Yarmouth. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 22.67; Rev. J.W. Dodge + and Wife, 12.33; Sewing Circle, 20; _for Pleasant + Hill, Tenn._ 55.00 + +----. "A Friend" 25.00 + +Hampden Benevolent Association, by Charles Marsh, + Treasurer: + South Hadley Falls 11.46 + Springfield. South 60.31 + West Springfield. First, to + const. B.W. Colton L.M. 40.00 + + ----- 111.77 + +Woman's Home Missionary Association, by Miss Ella A. + Leland, Treasurer, _for Woman's Work_: + _For Salary of Teachers_ (10 of + which bal. to const. Mrs. + Elizabeth K. Chapman L.M.) 440.00 + Boston. Union Ch. Aux., _for + Sch'p, Tougaloo U._ 100.00 + Newton. Mr. Cobb's S.S. + Class Eliot Ch. 6.25 + + ----- 546.25 + --------- + + $6,711.55 + + +ESTATE. + +Weymouth. Estate of Dea. Jacob Loud, by John J. Loud, Ex. 598.85 + --------- + + $7,310.40 + + +CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT THE BOSTON OFFICE. + +Cambridgeport, Mass. "Scatter Good Circle," Pilgrim Ch., + 2 Boxes, _for Beaufort, N.C._ + +Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. G.H. Guetin, 2 Boxes + +Newton, Mass. Eliot Ch., Mrs. M.T. Vincent, 2 Boxes; + Goodell Young Ladies Ass'n, 1 Bbl; Freedmen's Aid + Sewing Circle, Case and Package; _for Sherwood, + Tenn._ J.W. Davis, Books and Papers, _for Jellico, + Tenn._ + +Wilmington, Mass. "Snow Birds," 1 Bbl., _for Gregory + Inst., Wilmington, N.C._ + + +RHODE ISLAND, $108.30. + +Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 50.80 + +Providence. W.H.M.A. of North Ch., _for Indian M. + Santee Agency, Neb._ 50.00 + +Providence. Y.P.S.C.E. of North Cong. Ch., _for + Grand View, Tenn._ 7.50 + + +CONNECTICUT, $3,349.23. + +Bantam. Miss Cornelia Bradley, _for Mountain Work_ 10.00 + +Black Rock. Young Ladies' Guild, Box of C., _for + Thomasville, Ga._ + +Bridgeport. Sab. Sch. of South Cong. Ch., 25; + Y.P.S.C.E. of Park St Ch., 8.02. 33.02 + +Bridgeport. Sab. Sch. of South Cong. Ch., _for Indian + Sch'p_ 17.50 + +Bridgeport. Ladies of South Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. + Val., 55.41, _for Santee Agency, Neb._ + +Bridgewater. Cong. Ch. 13.40 + +Bristol. Cong. Ch. 25.00 + +Canaan. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 21.22 + +Chester. Cong. Ch. 16.65 + +Collinsville. Mrs. M.A. Warren, _for + Charleston, S.C._ 2.00 + +Columbia. "Friends," _for McIntosh, Ga._ + +Danielsonville. Thomas Backus (5 of which _for + Indian M._) 10.00 + +Darien. Cong. Ch. 32.00 + +Durham. Cong. Ch. 10.85 + +East Hartford. First Ch. 20.00 + +East Haven. Cong. Ch. 12.00 + +Hartford. "Friends" In Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., _for + Indian M._ 5.00 + +Harwington. Cong. Ch. 23.80 + +Huntington. Ladies' Soc., by Miss Eleanor L. Wooster, + _for Conn. Ind'l. Sch. Ga._ 7.50 + +Mansfield Center. Elliot H. Marsh, M.D. 10.00 + +Middletown. Y.P.S.C.E. of Bethany Chapel, by + Edward P. Wilcox, Sec. 1.25 + +Naugatuck. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, + Fisk U._ 25.00 + +Naugatuck. Miss Maggie Platt, _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00 + +New Haven. Ch. of the Redeemer, 178.35; Rev. S.W. + Barnum, 5 Copies "Romanism As It Is"; Sab. Sch. Ch. + of the Redeemer, _for Indian Sch'p_, 20. 198.35 + +New Haven. Prof. E.E. Salisbury 50.00 + +New Haven. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of United Ch., + _for Sch'p, Indian Sch., Santee Agency, Neb._ 50.00 + +New London. First Cong. Ch. 55.86 + +New Preston. Cong. Ch. 42.50 + +North Woodstock. Ladies and Sab. Sch., _for Conn. + Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 17.50 + +Norwich. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch. 21.72 + +Plainville. Cong. Ch., to const. Miss Emily Dresser, Miss + Hattie Hough and Miss Daisy Crissey L.M.'s. 95.00 + +Plantsville. Cong. Ch. 79.41 + +Poquonock. Cong. Ch. 35.21 + +Putnam. Sab. Sen. of Second Cong. Ch., _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + +Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 11.38 + +Somerville. Cong. Ch. 22.00 + +South Coventry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.94 + +Southington. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 50.00 + +Southport. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M., Cape Prince of + Wales, Alaska_ 2010.00 + +Suffield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.18 + +Terryville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ 17.50 + +Tolland. Lucy L. Clough. 10.00 + +Wapping. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 10.69 + +Washington. Cong. Ch. _for Mountain Work_ 18.00 + +Wethersfield. Mrs. M.S. Tillotson, Bbl. of Books, _for + Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ + +Whitneyvllle. Cong. Ch., to const. Rev. C.A. + Dinsmore L.M. 45.52 + +Willington. Cong. Ch. 2.00 + +Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 + +Woodstock. Miss F. Butler, Pkg. of C., _for + Williamsburg, Ky._ + +Woman's Home Mission'y Union of Conn., + by Mrs. D. Wilder Smith, Sec., + _for Woman's Work_: + Chaplin. Ladies' Soc. 15.00 + Columbia. Mission Circle + _for Conn. Ind'l. Sch., Ga._ 10.00 + Griswold. Aux. 10.00 + Higganum. By Mrs. J.G. + Hubbard, _for Conn. Ind'l. + Sch., Ga._ 10.00 + Kensington. Eunonean Soc. 2.50 + Suffield. Young Ladies M.C. 12.50 + ----- 60.00 + +ESTATE. + +Darien. Correction.--Estate of Rev. Ezra D. Kinney, 100; +ack. in May number, should read "for the benefit of those +who were lately slaves." + + +NEW YORK. $2,913.16. + +Amsterdam. D. Cady 10.00 + +Aquebogue. Box of C., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ + +Brasher Falls. Mrs. Eliza A. Bell, in memory of her + father, Elijah Wood, deceased 243.53 + +Brooklyn. The Church of the Pilgrims (of which W.F. + Merrill, 50; S.B. Chiltenden, 30; J.S. Stanton, 30. + to const. themselves L.M.'s., and Charles A. Hull, + 30. to const. Miss Amelia H. Benjamin L.M.) 780.51 + +Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch., 63.97; Atlantic Av. Sab. Sch. + Miss'y. Ass'n. by A.C. Pohl, Treas., 25; Miss H.M. + Wiggins, 50 cents 89.47 + +Brooklyn. Miss M.A. Hall's Bible Class, 10; Lee Av. + Cong. Sab. Sch., 7, and Infant Class, 10; Park Av. M.E. + Ch., 9; Miss Morrison, 4; Wm. Graham, 1; John + Writenoner, 1, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 42.00 + +Brooklyn. "A Friend," _for Industrial work, + Lexington, Ky._ 5.00 + +Buffalo. "R.W.B.," _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 50.00 + +Chittenango. Mrs. Amelia L. Brown 7.00 + +East Rockaway. Bethany Cong. Ch. 12.00 + +Fillmore. L.L. Nourse 9.00 + +Flushing. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for the Freedmen_ 40.00 + +Fredonia. "Friend," _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 5.00 + +Fredonia. Presb. Ch. 4.30 + +Jefferson. Mrs. S. Ruliffson 3.50 + +Lawrenceville. Lucius Hulburd 5.00 + +Lowville. Mrs. L.C. Hough, to const. Mrs. Salmon + Crandall L.M. 30.00 + +Maine. First Cong. Ch. 13.71 + +Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway, to const. Josephine + Hemenway L.M. 31.00 + +Marion. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Newark Valley. Y.L. Miss'y. Soc., Box C., _for + Williamsburg, Ky._ + +New York. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 115.18; Mrs. Susie Dez + Arnauld, 30; Broadway Tabernacle, F.K. Trowbridge, 25; + Madison Sq. Presb. Ch. Mrs. Caroline L. Smith, 10; George + S. Hickok, 10 190.18 + +New York. Mrs. H.B. Spelman, _for Student Aid, + Atlanta U._ 25.00 + +New York. Sab. Sch. Class Broadway Tabernacle, by Miss + E. Agnew, _for Student Aid, Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ 9.14 + +New York. Joseph Wild, Books, _for Thomasville, Ga._ + +Oswego Falls. "Willing Workers" Cong. Ch., _for Gregory + Inst., Wilmington, N.C._ 3.50 + +Pekin. Abigail Peck 15.00 + +Sherburne. First Cong. Ch., to const Mrs. Frances A. + Morgan and Mrs. Maggie Buchanan L.M.'s 60.00 + +Suspension Bridge. First Cong. Ch. 17.90 + +Syracuse. Plym. Cong. Ch., 15; Mrs. Clara C. Clarke, 8. 23.00 + +Verona. E. Day 10.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. + Cobb, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: + + Albany. Ladies' Aux. Clinton Av. + Cong. Ch. 5.00 + + Brooklyn. Ladies' Willing Aid Soc. 100.00 + + Buffalo. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 + + Brooklyn. Class 35, Sab. Sch. of + Puritan Ch. 12.00 + + Brooklyn. Boys' and Girls' Mission Band + Central Ch. 10.00 + + Clifton Springs. Mrs. W.W. Warner 1.00 + + Homer. Mrs. C. Hitchcock, 5; + Mrs. B.W. Payne, 5 10.00 + + Honeoye. Ladies' Aux. 20.00 + + Ithaca. Ladies' Aux. and Ch. Coll. 94.00 + + Jamestown. Woman's H.M. Aux, _for + Student Aid, Tillotson Inst_, and + bal. to const. Mrs. A.M. Towle L.M. 15.00 + + Newark Valley. Ladies' Aux. 20.00 + + Oswego. Ladies' Aux. 20.00 + + Poughkeepsie. Ladies' Aux. 20.00 + + Syracuse. Woman's Christian Assn., + Plym. Ch., to const. Mrs. M.E. Kendall + L.M. 50.00 + + Syracuse. Primary Dept. Plym. Ch. + Sab. Sch. 20.00 + + West Groton. Y.P. Mission Circle. _for + Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 20.00 + + Westmoreland. Ladies' Aux 14.53; + Y.P.S.C.E., 6 20.53 + + Woman's Home Missionary Union 122.29 + ------ 584.82 + --------- + $2,323.56 + + +ESTATE. + +Waverly. Estate of Phebe Hepburne 589.60 + --------- + $2,913.16 + + +NEW JERSEY, $163.90. + +Bound Brook. "Pilgrim workers," _for Indian M. Santee + Agency, Neb._ 20.00 + +Lyons Parms. Fred W.C. Crane. bal. to const. himself L.M. 10.00 + +Newark. Loyal Circle of King's Daughters, by Kate L. + Hamilton,_for Williamsburg, Ky._ 3.00 + +Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 80.90 + +Roselle. "A Friend." 50.00 + +Westfield. Young People's Union, Box of Books + + +PENNSYLVANIA, $505.00. + +Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch., to const. Amos J. + Boyden, J. Rockhill Claire, Mrs. Ellen E. Dexter, + Gilbert Elliott, Miss Lizzie Gorton, Miss Marian B. + Heritage, Miss Della C. Keyes, Mrs. Hannah E. McKnight, + Miss Mary F. Maxfield, George M. Randle, Paul S. + Richards, Mrs. E.B. Ripley, and Miss Annie B. + Stephens L.M.'s. 400.00 + +Philadelphia. M.H. Harrington 100.00 + +Ridgway. Bible Class, by Minnie J. Kline, _for + Oaks, N.C._ 5.00 + + +OHIO. $675.13. + +Akron. West Hill Cong. Ch. 37.75 + +Brecksville. First Cong. Ch. 2.40 + +Byrn. S.E. Blakeslee 5.50 + +East Cleveland. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Mobile, Ala._ + +Kelloggsville. Mrs. P.F. Kellogg, 5; Eliza S. Comings, 1; + "Little Frankie Kellogg," 50 cts., _for + Indian M., Grand River, S.D._ 6.50 + +Kent. First Cong. Ch. 7.15 + +Mount Vernon. First Cong. Ch. 93.16 + +North Benton. Simeon Hartzell 5.00 + +North Ridgeville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 6; "Friends," + Shoemaking Tools, Ladies Benev. Soc,. Bbl. of fruit, etc; + Miss Maria Lickorish, 4.25, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.25 + +Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., (6.25 of which _for Jewett + Memorial Hall_) 45.42 + +Oberlin. Mrs. M.A. Spear, Box and Bbl. of C., 3 _for + freight, for New Orleans, La._ 3.00 + +Saybrook. Franklin K .Hilbert 5.00 + +Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. F.I. + Fairchild, Treasurer, _for Womans Work_: + + Columbus. High St. Ch. Y.P.M.S. 10.00 + + Cuyahoga Falls. L.M.S. 7.00 + + Fredericksburg. H.M.S. 5.00 + + Harmar. Oak Grove Mission Band 4.00 + + Hudson. L.H.M.S. 5.00 + + Lindenville. W.H.M.S. 5.00 + + Lock. Y.L.M.U. 2.00 + + Madison. Central Cong. Ch. 8.00 + + Oberlin. First Cong. Ch. Aid Soc. 75.00 + + Williamsfield. H.M.S. 3.00 + + Wellington. Benev. and H.M.S. 15.00 + + York. Cong. Ch. L.M.S. 15.00 + + ----- 154.00 + + +ESTATE. $375.13 + +Jersey. Estate of Lucinda Sinnett, by J.B. + Metcalf, Executor 300.00 + ------- + + $675.13 + + +INDIANA, $1.00. + +Liber. Thomas Towle 1.00 + + +ILLINOIS, $355.45. + +Altona. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 14.56 + +Aurora. Mrs. N. Lanes 5.00 + +Avon. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Chicago. South Cong. Ch., 45.45; Leavitt St. + Cong. Ch., 71 cts 46.16 + +Earlville. "J.A.D." 25.00 + +Evanston. First Cong. Ch., to const. George T. Stone, + W.J. Young, Joseph Hubbart and Lorado Taft L.M.'s 139.27 + +Farmington. Cong. Ch. 49.30 + +Lawn Ridgs. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 10.00 + +Lowell. "V.G." 2.00 + +Naperville. Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +Oak Park. "Friends," _for Freight to Sherwood, Tenn._ 5.00 + +Odell. Mrs. H.E. Dana. 10.00 + +Providence. Cong. Ch. 13.16 + +Seward. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., by Lizzie Short, _for + Woman's Work_ 7.00 + +Thomasboro. H.M. Seymour 3.00 + +Tolona. Mrs. L. Haskell 10.00 + + +MICHIGAN, $150.94. + +Armada. Cong. Ch., 10.55. and Sab. Sch, 3.20 13.75 + +Canandaigua. Cong. Ch. 4.00 + +Grand Rapids. E.M. Ball 30.00 + +Irving. Cong. Ch. 1.84 + +Morenei. Cong. Ch. 6.00 + +South Haven. Clark Pierce 10.00 + +Three Oaks. Mrs. H.E. Crosby, deceased, to const. + Josiah Birney Crosby and John Abbott + Crosby, M.D., L.M.'s 60.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Mich., by Mrs. E.F. + Grabill, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: + + Cadillac. W.H.M.S. 2.00 + + Chelsea. W.H.M.S. 2.35 + + Detroit. W.H.M.S., Trumbull Av. + Cong. Ch. 5.00 + + Detroit. Ladies' Union First Cong. Ch. 3.00 + + Eaton Rapids. Y.P.S.C.E. 5.00 + + Tipton. W.M.S. 3.00 + + ---- 25.35 + + +WISCONSIN, $187.67. + +Beloit. "Whatsoever Ten," of King's Daughters, _for + Sherwood, Tenn._ 20.00 + +Berlin. "Young Conquerors" Mission Band, _for + Librarian of Fisk U._ 2.46 + +Bristol and Paris. Woman's Miss'y Soc., Bbl. of C., + etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Footville. Cong. Ch. 7.18 + +Genesee. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 + +Madison. First Cong. Ch. 6.96 + +Madison. Mrs. A.E.H. Deyon, Bbl. and Box of C., _for + Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Milwaukee. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 52.29 + +Rosendale. Daniel Clark 5.00 + +Whitewater. Cong. Ch. 22.50 + +Wisconsin Woman's Home Missionary Union, _for + Woman's Work_: + + Arena. W.H.M.S. 1.69 + + Brodhead. Mrs. C. Matter 5.00 + + Eau Claire. W.H.M.S. 3.50 + + Milwaukee. W.H.M.S. Grand Av. 25.00 + + Milwaukee. W.H.M.S. Grand Av. 6.00 + + Plattsville. W.H.M.S. .75 + + Waukesha. " " " " 1.50 + + Whitewater. " " " " 12.75 + + Whitewater. S.S. 9.69 + ----- 65.28 + + +IOWA, $84.97. + +Cresco. Cong. Ch. 13.25 + +Des Moines. Sab. Sch. Class, by Mrs. A.Y. Rawson, + _for Sch'p, Indian Sch., Santee Agency, Neb._ 25.00 + +Des Moines, Y.P.S.C.E. of North Park Cong. Ch. 3.13 + +Dubuque. Sab. Sch. of German Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Muscatine. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 15.00 + +Muscatine. German Cong. Ch. 4.00 + +Round Grove. Z. Banks 5.00 + +Waverly. Cong. Ch. 9.59 + + +MINNESOTA, $59.01. + +Fairmont. "Whatsoever Band" Cong. Ch.; B. of C., _for + Jonesboro, Tenn._ + +Freeborn. Cong. Ch. 3.20 + +Mankato. Cong. Ch. 6.05 + +Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 43.62 + +Rochester. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Crockery, _for + Jonesboro, Tenn._ + +Saint Paul. Y.P.S.C.E. St. Anthony Park Cong. + Ch., 2.75, and Bbl. of C., _for Jonesboro, Tenn._ 2.75 + +Sleepy Eye. Union Cong. Ch. 3.39 + + +MISSOURI, $24.00. + +Garden City. W.B. Wills, 10; P.J. Wills, 1; F.P. + Morelan, 1; A.C. Wills, 1 13.00 + +Ironton. Mrs. C.E. Markham 1.00 + +Kansas City. M. Marty 10.00 + + +KANSAS, $99.55. + +Atchison. Cong. Ch. 8.12 + +Highland. Miss Annie Kloss, _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 8.00 + +Topeka. First Cong. Ch. 76.42 + +Wabaunsee. First Church of Christ 7.00 + + +NEBRASKA, $48.15. + +Blyville. Cong. Ch. 2.90 + +Clarks. John Parker 4.00 + +Greenwood. Mrs. C.A. Mathis, 10; Cong. Ch., 2.90 12.90 + +Hastings. Cong. Ch. 14.00 + +Sutton. First Cong. Ch. 14.35 + + +NORTH DAKOTA, $25.00. + +Fort Abercrombie. "Thank Offering" 25.00 + + +SOUTH DAKOTA, $36.13. + +Faulkton. Rev. Pliny B. Fisk and Wife 3.00 + +Huron. First Cong. Ch. 25.87 + +Lake Preston. Cong. Ch. 7.26 + + +WASHINGTON, $10.00. + +Walla Walla. Pres. A.J. Anderson 10.00 + + +OREGON, $3.50. + +Myrtle Point. C.C. Stoddard 2.50 + +Salem. Joseph Fry 1.00 + + +CALIFORNIA, $100.00. + +----. "A Friend in California," to const. Charles H. + Abernethy and Miss Helen Abernathy L.M.'s 100.00 + +Saratoga. Women's Missy Soc. First Cong. Ch., Pkg. + Patchwork, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + + +DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $288.28 + +Washington. First Cong. Ch. 188.28 + +Washington. "A friend," _for Theo. Dept. Howard U._ 100.00 + + +KENTUCKY, $12.00. + +Lexington. Prof. Fred W. Foster, 5; "A Friend", 5; + Miss Lena V. Lowell, 2 12.00 + + +TENNESSEE, $95.09. + +Harriman. "Friends," by Rev. G.S. Pope 24.48 + +Nashville. Manager Jubilee Singers, _for Fisk U._ 32.00 + +Pleasant Hill. "Two Friends," by Rev. B. Dodge, _for + Girl's Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 33.00 + +Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch. 5.61 + + +NORTH CAROLINA, $86.11. + +High Point Cong. Ch. 1.00 + +Nalls. Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 1.38 + +Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 68.73 + +Wilmington. Miss M. Lewis, _for Home, Wilmington, N.C._ 15.00 + + +GEORGIA, $19.84. + +Thomasville. Sab. Sch. of Normal and Industrial Sch., + _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, N.D._ 18.50 + +Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., 64c.; Mrs. Sengstacke's + Miss's Band, 70 cents 1.24 + + +ALABAMA, $12.46. + +Talladega. Cong. Ch. 12.46 + + +FLORIDA, $2.00. + +Georgiana. Mr. & Mrs. F.W. Munson 2.00 + + +LOUISIANA, $21.85. + +New Orleans. Straight University Ch., 11.85; + Watson Jones, 4 15.85 + +Woman's Missionary Union of La., by Mrs. C.S. + Shattuck, Treasurer, _for Women's Work_: + + New Iberia. Belle Place Aux. 1.00 + + New Orleans. University Ch. Aux. 5.00 + ---- 6.00 + + +TEXAS, $2.50. + +Dallas. Cong. Ch. 2.50 + + +HOLLAND, $10.00. + +Rotterdam. G.P. Ittman, Jr., _for Gymnasium, Fisk U._ 10.00 + + +EAST AFRICA, $4.00. + +Kamdini. Miss Nancy Jones, _for Fisk U._ 4.00 + ---------- + +Donations $16,305.52 + +Estates 1,488.45 + ---------- + $17,794.97 + + +TUITION, $4,740.42. + +Lexington, Ky. Tuition 228.75 + +Williamsburg, Ky. Tuition 223.45 + +Athens, Tenn. Tuition 3.50 + +Crossville, Tenn. Tuition 42.50 + +Deer Lodge, Tenn. Tuition 23.72 + +Jellico, Tenn. Tuition 39.90 + +Jonesboro, Tenn. Tuition 11.82 + +Memphis, Tenn. Tuition 513.75 + +Nashville, Tenn. Tuition 647.08 + +Pine Mountain, Tenn. Tuition 61.65 + +Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition 33.15 + +Chapel Hill, N.C. Tuition 5.50 + +Troy, N.C. Tuition 18.00 + +Wilmington, N.C. Tuition 159.50 + +Charleston, S.C. Tuition 262.00 + +Greenwood, S.C. Tuition 96.30 + +Atlanta, Ga. Storrs Sch., Tuition 153.75 + +Macon, Ga. Tuition 412.35 + +McIntosh, Ga. Tuition 46.66 + +Savannah, Ga. Tuition 166.00 + +Thomasville, Ga. Tuition 68.45 + +Anniston, Ala. Tuition 60.00 + +Athens, Ala. Tuition 75.10 + +Mobile, Ala. Tuition 220.92 + +Selma, Ala. Tuition 82.85 + +Talladega, Ala. Tuition 170.70 + +Meridian, Ala. Tuition 90.50 + +Tougaloo, Miss. Tuition 146.50 + +New Orleans, La. Tuition 489.50 + +Austin, Tx. Tuition 186.57 + + ------- 4,740.42 + + +United States Government for the Education of Indians 4,275.38 + +Total for April $26,810.77 + ========== + + +SUMMARY + +Donations 117,815.96 + +Estates 102,668.08 + ----------- + + $220,484.04 + +Income 4,262.91 + +Tuition 27,469.74 + +United States Government for the Education of Indians 13,221.45 + ----------- + +Total from Oct. 1 to April 30 $265,438.14 + =========== + + +FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + +Subscriptions for April $45.34 + +Previously acknowledged 537.38 + ------- + +Total $582.72 + ======= + + +H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, +Bible House, N.Y. + + * * * * * + +_Advertisements._ + + * * * * * + +"A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER." + +[Illustration: THE RISING SUN STOVE POLISH + +For beauty of polish, saving of labor, freeness from dust, +durability and cheapness, truly unrivalled in any country. + +CAUTION.--Beware of worthless imitations under other names, +put up in similar shape and color intended to deceive. Each +package of the genuine bears our Trade Mark. Take no other.] + +SOLD BY MERCHANTS IN _CIVILIZED_ COUNTRIES. + + * * * * * + +[Illustration: DR. WARNER'S CAMELS HAIR HEALTH UNDERWEAR + +FOR MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN.] + +A new Fabric for Underwear superior to Silk or Wool. A +protection against Colds. + +Sold by leading Merchants. + +Catalogues sent on application. + +WARNER BROS. 359 Broadway, N.Y. + + * * * * * + +$60 SALARY. $40 EXPENSES IN ADVANCE allowed each month. +Steady employment at home or traveling. No soliciting. Duties +delivering and making collections. No Postal Cards. Address +with stamp, HAFER & CO., Piqua, O. + + * * * * * + +THE BURTON HOUSE, +PRIVATE BOARDING. + +Summit St., CRESCENT CITY, FLA. + +Open all the Year. Charges Moderate. + +D.W. Burton, _Prop._ + + * * * * * + +INDELIBLE + +Mark your Clothing! +Clear Record of half a Century. + +"Most Reliable and Simplest for plain or decorative marking." +Use a common pen. + +[Illustration] + +Sold by all Druggists, Stationers, News and Fancy Goods dealers. + +"Don't on any account omit to mark plainly all your sheets, +pillow cases, napkins and towels. Mark all of your own personal +wardrobe which has to be washed. If this were invariably done, a +great deal of property would be saved to owners, and a great deal +of trouble would be spared those who 'sort out' clean pieces." + +KATE UPSON CLARK. + + * * * * * + +[Illustration] + +MENEELY & COMPANY, +WEST TROY, N.Y., BELLS. + +For Churches, Schools, etc., also Chimes +and Peals. For more than half a century +noted for superiority over all others. + + * * * * * + +JOSEPH GILLOTT'S +STEEL PENS + +_GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION 1878._ + +Nos. 303-404-170-604. + +THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS. + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of American Missionary, Volume 44, No. 6, +June, 1890, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** + +***** This file should be named 16036-8.txt or 16036-8.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16036/ + +Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Erika +Q. 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