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diff --git a/16104.txt b/16104.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d39402f --- /dev/null +++ b/16104.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3645 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 4, +April, 1889, 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 43, No. 4, April, 1889 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: June 22, 2005 [EBook #16104] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** + + + + +Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Donald +Perry and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + +THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + +APRIL, 1889. + +VOL. XLIII. NO. 4. + + + +CONTENTS + + +EDITORIAL. + + + THE REMEDY--BUT WHO IS TO FURNISH IT? + + SOME CURIOUS AND SUGGESTIVE FACTS + + PARAGRAPHS + + NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND + + PROTESTANT AND PAPIST--AN OBJECT-LESSON--SCHOOL ECHOES + + A DOCTRINAL SERMON--BOOK NOTICES + + + +THE SOUTH. + + + DEDICATION OF BALLARD BUILDING + + TEN YEARS AT THE FRONT + + PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH + + NEW ORGAN AT THOMASVILLE, GA. + + + +THE INDIANS. + + VISIT TO PARK STREET CHURCH STATION + + + +THE CHINESE. + + SAN DIEGO CHINESE MISSION + + +BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. + + NOTICE OF A CONFERENCE OF OFFICERS + + TEMPERANCE WORK IN TENNESSEE + + +FOR THE CHILDREN. + + CHRISTMAS AT S'KOKOMISH RESERVATION + + +RECEIPTS + + * * * * * + +NEW YORK: + +PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + +Rooms, 56 Reade Street. + + * * * * * + +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., _56 Reads Street, N.Y._ + Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ + + +_Recording Secretary._ + + Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ + + +_Treasurer._ + + H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ + + +_Auditors._ + + PETER McCARTEE. + CHAS. P. PEIRCE. + + +_Executive Committee._ + + JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. + ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary. + + + _For Three Years._ + + J.E. RANKIN, + WM. H. WARD, + J.W. COOPER, + JOHN H. WASHBURN, + EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. + + + _For Two Years._ + + LYMAN ABBOTT, + CHAS. A. HULL, + J.R. DANFORTH, + CLINTON B. FISK, + ADDISON P. FOSTER. + + + _For One Year._ + + S.B. HALLIDAY, + SAMUEL HOLMES, + SAMUEL S. MARPLES, + CHARLES L. MEAD, + ELBERT B. MONROE. + + +_District Secretaries._ + + Rev. C.J. RYDER, _21 Cong'l House, Boston._ + Rev. J.E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago._ + + +_Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ + + Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON. + + +_Field Superintendents._ + + Rev. FRANK E. JENKINS. + Prof. EDWARD S. HALL. + + +_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._ + + Miss D.E. EMERSON, _56 Reade St., 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, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when +more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational +House, Boston, Mass., or 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment +of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. + +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. XLIII. APRIL, 1889. No. 4. + + * * * * * + +AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + + * * * * * + + +THE REMEDY--BUT WHO IS TO FURNISH IT? + + +President Harrison's Inaugural gives in a brief sentence the remedy for +the great Southern difficulty, viz. EDUCATION. + +"If, in any of the States, the public security is thought to be +threatened by ignorance among the electors, the obvious remedy is +education." + +The Southern situation has been vigorously discussed in the last few +months on the platform, and in the magazines and newspapers, and the +conclusion to which the minds of thoughtful men is rapidly coming is +that announced in the President's Message. + +But the remedy will not apply itself, and the means for an adequate +supply of educational facilities must be furnished promptly or the time +will soon come when the case will be hopeless. + + +WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF THIS SUPPLY? + +1. The public school funds of the States themselves. This must be the +main source. We recognize the fact that the Southern States are +comparatively poor, and the further fact, so greatly to their credit, +that some of them are paying as large a per cent. on the assessed value +of their property as do some of the Northern States. But all the same, +the supply of school houses and teachers is utterly inadequate. + +2. From the National Government. The Government has done something in +this direction; in giving lands to the States for educational purposes +and in establishing the Freedmen's Bureau. It is urged to do more by the +passage of an Educational Bill. It has been said that there are +objections to every possible way of planting a hill of corn. But a good +deal of corn has been planted, and it grows. There are objections to any +possible Educational Bill that can be framed. Some of the funds will be +wasted, some will be expended in favoritism and some will be neglected +and not expended at all. But yet a large share of the money will be +spent and well spent, and the great good will over-balance the minor +evils. But even the appropriation, under any Educational Bill that has +been proposed, will be but a drop in the bucket. + +3. Another source is from Northern charitable funds. The North owes an +immeasurable debt to both races in the South. It emancipated the slave, +and in so doing, assumed its share of the responsibility for the +consequences. It cannot shrink from the duty under the plea that it is a +Southern question, or even because some of the people at the South +protest against its interference. + +The duty of the North is two-fold--educational and religious. It is +bound to aid in primary, industrial, normal and higher education. It has +the teachers and it has the money. It has a special obligation to impart +_religious_ instruction. The public school funds of the South and the +money of the National Government cannot be applied to distinctively +religious education. But there is no such restriction on the Northern +schools in the South; they can give religious instruction in all +departments, and they can train up religious teachers and preachers. The +North, too, has an urgent call to found pure and intelligent churches +among the masses in the South. + +The North has not been idle in these respects. The public in both +sections of the country have, we believe, a faint conception of the +amount of money already expended in the South by Northern charitable +individuals and societies. For example, the American Missionary +Association, including some institutions which it founded and for a time +sustained, has expended $7,124,151.26; and including, also, books and +clothing and the amount collected and spent in connection with its +boarding departments, the total sum, as near as can be computed, would +be not far from _ten millions of dollars_ since 1862; and this money has +been economically and wisely expended. It is due to the Association and +to those who have supplied it with the funds, that the grandeur of its +work should be recognized. But, if now, to all this is added the amount +expended in the South by other religious bodies and by the Peabody and +Slater and Hand funds, it will be seen that a mighty force is at work, +unobtrusive as it is helpful, arousing no antagonism in the South, and +blessing in its rebound the benevolent contributors at the North. + + +THE INADEQUACY OF THE SUPPLY. + +But, as the disciples said in regard to the five barley loaves and the +two fishes, "_What are these among so many?_" The means in both cases +are utterly inadequate, and the need of multiplying is as imperative +here as it was on the shore of Galilee. We have a Negro population of +eight millions, which has doubled in the last twenty years, and +increases at the rate of six hundred per day--requiring, if adequately +supplied, the founding of a new Fisk University or Talladega College +every twenty-four hours. There are 1,500,000 illiterate voters in the +South, and how can the North, while admitting with President Harrison, +that if the public security is threatened by this ignorance the remedy +is education, withhold its share of the necessary means? + +How can the churches of the North, who know that the future destiny of +these ignorant masses depends upon their _religious_ far more than upon +their secular education, refuse the needed gifts for that purpose? Here +is where the miracle wrought on the shore of Galilee needs to be +repeated. Our Lord and Master is not here now in bodily presence, and he +entrusts to his church the duty of multiplying the bread of life for +these vast perishing masses. The churches of the North must awake to +this great duty. If done at all, it must be done promptly. Present means +are wholly inadequate. Every individual Christian at the North should +feel his personal responsibility and should respond by a great increase +of his contributions for this purpose. It is not too much to say that +the religious influences sent from the North in school, in industrial +training, in the preparation of Christian ministers and teachers, and in +the planting of Christian churches, will well-nigh constitute the +pivotal point of the whole movement. A loss now can never be regained, +but the achievements of the present should be a stimulus for the future. +The North withheld neither treasure nor blood to save the Union and to +free the slave. Treasure and toil will now save the South and the +Nation. + + * * * * * + + +SOME CURIOUS AND SUGGESTIVE FACTS. + +What proportion of the funds contributed by living donors to missionary +societies comes directly from church collections? We presume the answer +from a large majority of the contributors would be, three-fourths or +four-fifths. But the curious fact is, that, for the three years, 1886, +1887 and 1888, the average contributions to the American Missionary +Association from church collections are forty-seven per cent., from +Sunday-schools seven per cent., from Woman's Missionary Societies five +per cent., from individual donors forty-one per cent. It thus appears +that less than one-half the total sum comes from collections in the +churches. Another curious fact is, that these receipts directly from the +churches are uniform, not differing to the extent of three per cent. in +the past three years. So that, with all the importunity and pressure, +the plate collections in the churches have not increased. + +Another curious fact is, that one-third of the amount donated by +individuals is for special objects, mainly for the increase of plant, +and thus adds to the cost of running expenses, and is so far forth a +burden and not a relief on regular appropriations for current expenses. + +What, therefore, is the stable reliance of missionary societies on which +to make annual appropriations? It cannot be on legacies. It cannot be on +the special contributions of individuals. It ought to be based on church +collections. These should carry current expenses, and the additional +plant should come from outside sources. If this be so, and the societies +are to increase their work at all from year to year; if, indeed, they +are to meet the additional cost of the new plant given by individuals, +then the church collections should be increased proportionately. + +Are we not, therefore, making a legitimate appeal, when we urge upon +every church member the duty of increasing his individual gift put into +the plate when the collection is taken? A vote of the National Council +or of the Annual Meeting of a missionary body, or of a State Conference, +that a society should receive an increase of funds amounts to little, +unless the individual donor in the church will increase his gifts. + +A little increase here aggregates much. If every member will add five +per cent. or ten per cent., it will be little to each, but will be great +in the total. May we ask our readers to lay this to heart with the query +of each to himself, "Is it not _my_ duty to increase my individual +contribution?" + + * * * * * + + +PARAGRAPHS. + +We have many appeals by letter and in person from colored people in the +South, for help from the Hand Fund, to aid in sustaining enterprises +which these people are endeavoring to carry forward. Some of these +schools are heavily in debt. Others are greatly lacking in necessary +facilities, buildings, furniture and teachers. Others are crippled for +want of means to meet current expenses. Many of these institutions are +unwisely located, others have no adequate financial basis to warrant +their existence, and some seem to lack the necessary provision for +supervision and responsibility. Taken all together, they furnish +additional warnings to the people of the North against contributing to +individual or local enterprises in the South without most careful +scrutiny into the facts in each individual instance. + + * * * * * + +A colored missionary teacher in one of the most desolate parts of North +Carolina writes us as follows: + +"In making out my bill, you will perhaps not understand what I mean by +the amount to be 'deducted.' I desire to give one-tenth of all my +earnings to God. Of course it is His by right. Our missionary has +brought the matter plainly before me, so I desire that you will deduct +$2.00 every month, which will be one-tenth of my entire salary, and put +it where it will be used for the service of Christ." + + * * * * * + +Rev. Frank G. Woodworth writes from Tougaloo University. + +The school is progressing well. If we have the necessary accommodations, +I see no reason why the school should not enrol 500 pupils within the +next two years. We have had nearly 340 thus far, and probably will reach +375 by the end of the year, and we have refused between 30 and 40 girls +because we had no room for them. + + * * * * * + +In the last MISSIONARY we gave quite an account of special religious +services held in connection with the Le Moyne Institute, Memphis, Tenn. +In the brief extract below, from a letter of Prof. Steele's, we see some +pleasant results: + +"Our special meetings in connection with Mr. Wharton's stay of two weeks +are closed. There have been some eighty or more conversions in church +and school; over sixty are students in school. The work seems very +genuine." + + * * * * * + +The announcement of the winners of the Tunis Quick prize for grammar and +spelling has been made by the faculty of Rutgers College. The prize was +equally divided between James E. Carr of New York City, and Milton +Demarest of Oredell, N.J. Carr is colored. Last year he took the highest +honor at the grammar school commencement, delivering the valedictory and +winning a prize scholarship. He has only one eye. + + * * * * * + +We would continue to remind pastors and churches of our Leaflets, which +we will be happy to furnish, on application, to those taking collections +for our Association. + + * * * * * + + +NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND. + +I recently spoke in a manufacturing town in New England. In the forenoon +service, a man, evidently an operative in one of the mills, sat in a +front pew with a whole row of little children beside him, his wife at +the end of the line with a baby in her lap. In the evening, the same man +and family, minus the mother and baby, occupied the same pew. After the +service, this man came to me, and with deep emotion said: "I am only a +working man; you saw my large family of little children; every penny I +can earn counts, but I feel that I must divide the living of my children +with these poor people you have told us of to-day. We can get on with +poorer food to give them the gospel." + +This was said in the accent that told that this Christian nobleman came +from old covenant-making and covenant-keeping Scotland! Not a very +"dangerous foreigner!" Money given from such extreme sacrifice is +sacred. Would this spirit were universal! + + * * * * * + +The close relation existing between the work of the American Missionary +Association for the colored people in America, and that of the American +Board for the colored people in Africa, is most interestingly +illustrated by a contribution which has recently reached this New +England office. Rev. B.F. Ousley of Kambini, East Africa, sends a +contribution of ten dollars for the Theological Department in Fisk +University, Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Ousley and wife are graduates of Fisk +University and went out as missionaries to Africa under the American +Board, four years ago. After these years of experience they realize that +Africa must be evangelized by colored people trained by A.M.A. schools, +and they make this generous contribution to this grand work. + + * * * * * + +A suggestion made in the Boston "Ministers' Meeting," on the question, +"How to conduct a prayer meeting," might be very appropriately applied +to missionary concerts and addresses. This was the suggestion: "Keep the +temperature warm, the atmosphere clear, and don't pommel the +Christians!" Applied to missionary concerts and addresses, this sound +advice would read: Keep the missionary temperature warm by telling +incidents of missionary experience; keep the missionary atmosphere clear +by presenting the grand hopefulness of the glorious work, and don't +pommel those who attend these meetings and give to these causes! + + * * * * * + +Patriotism is all aglow among the boys and girls of New England just +now! More than twelve hundred have enlisted recently in the army of the +"True Blues." Pastors, Sunday-school superintendents and teachers, +officers of Young People's Societies of Christian Endeavor, and other +missionary societies have been the enthusiastic recruiting sergeants, +and still there is demand for more recruits. Who will enlist next? + + * * * * * + +In the last "Notes from New England," we recorded the gift of an aged +friend. Now comes this touching letter: + +"Dear Sir:--Please find enclosed $5.00 for the A.M. Association, the +Christmas present of a son to a father. The father is eighty-one years +old to-day. He has been with the A.M.A. from its organization, and +wishes its continued prosperity until its great work is accomplished. + +Yours truly, + +AN OLD-TIME FRIEND." + + * * * * * + +Is there any work, North or South, at home or abroad, that requires more +versatile gifts or breadth of training than the work of this +Association? Here are a few lines from the letter of a missionary in +Alabama, which illustrate the many-sidedness of this work: + +"I have organized a Woman's Missionary Society. I have an industrial +class for girls, and give them instruction in sewing, in housework on +the principle of the kitchen-garden system, without the practice, as I +have not the articles to use for that purpose. Then a lesson from the +Bible, also, comes in, and some amusement in the way of puzzles. The +girls are pleased to belong to a society of King's Daughters. I have a +class for instructing the women in darning, patching, button-hole making +and so on. We have a Society of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union +in which I have the Department of Social Purity. + +"You will be able to believe that my time is pretty fully occupied. I +rejoice that I am able to be here, for I am never so happy as when I am +engaged in this beloved work." + +Is not here a splendid field for missionary work for the King's +Daughters throughout the land? Why cannot the loyal daughters of the +King, at the North, support such missionaries as this in their +self-sacrificing work for the down-trodden daughters of this same Divine +King in the South? + + * * * * * + + +PROTESTANT AND PAPIST: AN OBJECT-LESSON. + + In the communication below, an esteemed friend finds in our + Annual Meeting at Providence an object-lesson in the Christian + recognition of the colored man, which he very properly sets over + against a like example in the convention of colored Roman + Catholics recently held in Washington, D.C. Our friend is right. + The American Missionary Association stands square on that + subject. We only wish that everybody else, even at the North, + stood with us on that plank of our platform. + +"In THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY for February, 1889, I read extracts and +notices from Catholic sources with regard to the universality of that +church organization that 'knows neither North, South, East or West, that +knows neither Jew nor Gentile, Greek, Barbarian nor Scythian,' and +emphasizing the fact that a colored priest had celebrated mass in +company with two white clergymen. + +"I am thus reminded of the Annual Meeting of one of the most prominent +national organizations of a religious nature in our land. A few months +ago in the city of Providence, in one of the finest churches of that or +of any city in our land, before as refined and cultivated an audience as +could have been convened in our country, addresses were made by colored +men who sat in the pulpit with some of the most distinguished white +clergymen in the country. If one is an object-lesson, is not the other +quite as much so?" + + * * * * * + + +SCHOOL ECHOES. + +I shall let the students, small and large, speak for themselves a little +while, that you may see them as we do. And first-- + +Ques.--"What are the divisions of North America?" + +Ans.--"Maine, New Hampshire, Illinois, North Pole and South Pole and +Augusta." + +Ques.--"What is a unit?" + +Ans.--"A unit is a number used instead of a name." + +Ques.--"What makes the water rise in an artesian well?" + +Ans.--"The upward pressure of the rocks under the water." + +Ques.--"Where do the collar bones meet?" + +Ans.--"Round the north part of the body where the collar fastens." + +Ques.--(In woodworking class.) "What is the object of this exercise?" +(An exercise in lining wood.) + +Ans.--1. "This exercise strengthens my mine and my character." 2. "The +object of this exercise is wood." + +Ques.--"Define the kinds of sentences." + +Part of answer.--"A purgatorial sentence is one that answers a +question." + +DEBATE.--_Resolved, that Arithmetic is better than Grammar._ + +Affirmative: "Arithmetic is better, because without it we could not buy +or sell anything, build houses, bridges or railroads, measure lands or +even count. Can a man make money by knowing the grammar? Ain't no sense +in grammar noway. It's always been my experience that + + 'A naught's a naught, and a figure's a figure, + All for the white man and none for the nigger.'" + +Negative: "To prove that grammar is better, take the Tower of Babble. +They built it, I suppose, many miles high, and the Lord looked down and +mixed up their grammar. So if a man was on top of the tower he would +call down, 'John, bring up the hammer,' and John would come up with a +saw. Then he would send him down for the hammer again, and John would +bring up the nails. How much could we learn of religion, of history and +the world around us, if it were not for grammar? Would 1-2-3 tell us all +that?" + +But I have not left much room to tell about the good side. Many of the +papers, for neatness, accuracy and clear expression, would do credit to +any children in the world. Especially is this true of the younger +pupils, who have received the training of the lower grades of the +school. One essay on Slavery, by a member of the Ninth Year Class, +written in two days, contained twenty pages, with scarcely an +unnecessary word, and very few mistakes. I wish you could hear some of +the sensible talks in prayer-meetings, and fervent prayers for +classmates, teachers, and the kind people at the North who are trying to +help them. + + * * * * * + +A teacher from North Carolina sends the following: + +There is not a girl in my school who uses tobacco, and that is saying a +good deal. I cannot be so sure about the boys, but none use it in school +or on the play ground. + +One day our grammar lesson was changing possessive modifiers to +equivalent phrases, and the sentence "Washington's farewell address" +came up. One boy wrote, "Washington's farewell address was made of +broadcloth." + +A colored minister, after reading his text on Sunday, said, "I shall put +the greatest distress of my remarks on the latter clause of the verse." + +Another minister said, "At one of my stations there were men who called +themselves conjurers. One of these with his followers went to church to +challenge me. He asked me if I could cast out devils. I told him I +could, and as _he_ was the only man in the house who had a devil, if he +would come up to the stand, I would cast the devil out of him. The +conjurer abused me terribly, became so excited I started down towards +him, and dared him to meet me, and he turned from me and ran out of the +house, so you see if I could not cast the devil out of him, I cast both +him and the devil out of the house." + +At another place, he said, the people became very much stirred up +concerning the temperance cause, so much so that many closed their +bar-rooms and took their Jimmy Johns and poured the contents out on the +ground. Said he, "the liquor said _good, good, good_, as it ran out of +the Jimmy Johns, and the people shouted for joy." + + * * * * * + + +A DOCTRINAL SERMON. + +By the kindness of a Baptist missionary, we are furnished with the +following doctrinal sermon: + + _Text._--"Ye are the salt of the earth." + + Scene in a Baptist church. Nineteen candidates awaiting immersion. + +My text am, "Ye are de salt of de yarth." + +You all knows what salt am good for--it is good to sweeten things--good +to season things--good to keep things from spilin'. We all likes salt in +our victuals, some people likes lots of salt and dey has it too; some +likes jes a little, and dey gets it too, but when you eats a whole lot +of salt, you gits mighty thirsty, and you wants _water_, tea nor coffee +won't satisfy you neither. You cries _water_, and you cries till you +gits plenty of it. Bredren--de text says, "Ye am de salt of de yarth." +What does it mean? Christians am like salt--we'se put here to keep this +old yarth from spilin'--to sweeten and to season it. Some Christians +have a heap more salt about 'em then others, and when dey is full of de +salt of God's grace, their soul cries--_water_--_water_--and a few drops +on der head won't satisfy 'em neither. You must take 'em down to de +river and put 'em in. And that's what we'se goin' to do--come chillen. + + * * * * * + + +BOOK NOTICES. + +_Report of the Centenary Conference of Protestant Missions, London, +1888._ By REV. JAMES JOHNSTON, F.S.S., Revell, Bible House, New York. + +These two neat and well-printed volumes give a full sketch of the +proceedings of one of the most remarkable Missionary Conferences ever +held in the world. The addresses, papers and discussions emanated not +from theorists, but from men actually engaged in the management of the +great missionary organizations of Christendom, or who were actively +employed as missionaries in foreign fields. In addition to these, there +are papers and addresses by honored pastors on both sides of the +Atlantic, by travelers, and by students of the progress of the church in +modern times. The possessor of these volumes will have a treasury of +missionary literature of inestimable value. + + +_The Path to Wealth._ By A BLACKSMITH, B.F. Johnson & Co., Richmond, Va. + +This is a unique book. It purports to give the addresses of a practical +blacksmith, some of them delivered in his shop to a few neighbors, but +the audience becoming larger, the rest were given in an adjacent church +building. To most persons, the title affords a slight clue to the drift +of the book, which is to show the duty and the benefits of giving the +tithe of a man's income to the Lord. The author's bottom thought is +based on this statement in the preface: "God pledges himself for the +success of that individual who renders obedience to the divine +money-claim." In other words, the path to wealth is the path of +benevolence. The obligation to give the tithe is earnestly enforced by +the ordinary Scripture quotations, and by arguments drawn from other +sources. Whatever the reader may think of the theory of the book, he +will find in it a good deal of valuable and practical truth. + + +_Yale Lectures on the Sunday-school._ By H. CLAY TRUMBULL. Philadelphia: +John D. Wattles. + +This book contains Dr. Trumbull's addresses before the Yale Divinity +School in the course of the Lyman Beecher Lectures for 1888. They were +not only heard with interest, but the Faculty of Yale College expressed +their thanks to the author, and their wishes that the discourses might +soon be given to the public. Such an author in such a presence and with +such a theme, may well be supposed to have presented whatever is +interesting and valuable on a subject of such vast importance to +Christian families and the Christian church. We commend the book most +cordially. + + +_Cooking and Sewing Songs and Recitations for Industrial and Mission +Schools._ Edited by MRS. J.R. ROMER. J.W. Schermerhorn & Co., New York. + +Of a very different style and size from the book above noticed is this +little neatly-printed pamphlet with flexible covers, occupying sixty-six +pages, of songs, to be used by pupils in connection with their +industrial labors. They are vivacious, pithy, adapted to the purpose in +hand, and doubtless would cheer and brighten many an hour that might +otherwise pass in the humdrum of an unrelieved toil, and at the same +time impress upon the memory and heart a good deal of salutary truth. + +_The Songs of Praise_ with tunes. Published by A.S. Barnes & Co., New +York and Chicago. + +Contains 500 choice Hymns with music well adapted to meet the +requirements of social worship. Such churches as do not desire a larger +collection will find this an excellent book of social song. + + * * * * * + + +THE SOUTH. + + * * * * * + + +DEDICATION OF BALLARD BUILDING, MACON, GA. + +MRS. LIVA A. SHAW. + +The dedication of Ballard Building took place Thursday, February 14th. +The services were attended by a large number of the patrons and friends +of the school, among the latter some of the leading white citizens of +Macon. After the opening exercises, short addresses were made by Prof. +Zettler, Superintendent of Bibb Co. schools, Dr. Greene, a leading +colored physician, and the following city pastors; Dr. Warren, First +Baptist; Dr. Jennings, First Presbyterian, and Mr. Miller, Washington +Avenue Presbyterian, (Colored). These were followed by Corresponding +Secretary Dr. Beard, of New York. + +The music was appropriate and beautiful, and made a deep impression upon +some of our white friends, who were both pleased and surprised. Prof. +Zettler gave expression to his interest in all educational matters in +this county, and renewed his assurances of good will and gratitude if he +can do even a little to help on a good cause. + +Dr. Warren said that he had known this school and church through all its +past history, having been present at the dedication of the old church +twenty years ago. He has watched the growth, and considered the +character of the influence here exerted, and so far as he can judge, it +has been, and is, elevating. He spoke of the value of a practical +education, and he said he could trust these Yankees with their skill and +energy to make the training they are giving in this school eminently +practical. He expressed gratitude for the privilege he has had of +knowing and loving a number of teachers and pastors engaged in labor +here, and he invoked the divine blessing upon all these consecrated +women who have left their homes and friends to do this work among the +poor and needy. + +Dr. Jennings spoke to the young people of the need of a high aim and +firm purpose in accomplishing any important work in life. His words were +full of inspiration to the young men and women who heard him. He stood +upon the broad platform of Christian brotherhood, and while he +congratulated the American Missionary Association upon the grand work +being done, he especially congratulated the citizens of Macon, all of +whom are reaping the benefits of this work. + +Dr. Greene's message was one of counsel and instruction for his own +people. He dwelt upon the generosity of the donor of this beautiful +building with its furnishings, the improved facilities afforded for +teaching, and the great need of a higher appreciation of the benefits +thus brought within the reach of a larger number than ever before. He +deprecated the common attempt to solve the Negro problem by stirring up +discontent among the people, and making them dissatisfied with present +conditions, unless a remedy is recommended and placed within their +reach. He looked upon every Christian school in the South, every man or +woman who walks uprightly and deals honestly, as helping to the only +true solution of the Negro problem. He rejoiced in the raising of the +standard of fitness to teach, on the part of the County Superintendent. +His words had the ring of successful, manly effort in them, and +commanded the respectful attention of all his hearers. + +After returning thanks to Mr. Ballard for his noble gift, which brought +the assembly together, to Messrs. Pettit and DeHaven for the fidelity +with which they have wrought, to Prof. Zettler for his counsel, and to +the Christian friends who have helped and encouraged the work by their +sympathy, Dr. Beard gave an address full of information, concerning the +work of the American Missionary Association, its aims, encouragements, +and results. He emphasized the importance of making a right use of +blessings, and spoke of the danger that attends all effort to help +others, that it may become a hindrance instead of a help, according to +the way in which it is received. He left a well-defined impression that +it is the aim of the organization which he represents so to supplement +the efforts of those who are trying to help themselves, that true +independent manhood and womanhood shall be developed. He then introduced +the subject of a change of name for Lewis Normal Institute. He stated +that it was with the hearty concurrence of Gen. Lewis that he now +announced that this school should be henceforth known as BALLARD NORMAL +SCHOOL. + +When Dr. Beard closed, Mr. Furcron, President of the Macon Sunday School +Union, (Colored,) rose and made a motion in behalf of the colored people +of Macon, that a rising vote of thanks be tendered to Mr. Ballard for +this beautiful building and its convenient and tasteful furnishings. Dr. +Warren made a special request that the franchise be extended so as to +include the white friends present, that all might vote. It was responded +to by the whole assembly's rising. After the benediction, the various +rooms were visited and admired. The beauty and convenience of the rooms, +the fine pictures on the walls, the beautiful desks and chairs for the +teachers, the elegant Steinway piano, the bell, and the handsome stoves, +were all noted and heartily commended. + +The day passed off pleasantly with but one regret, viz; that Mr. Ballard +was not with us to share in our joy and to let us all see his happiness +in doing good to others. + + * * * * * + + +TEN YEARS AT THE FRONT. + +BY REV. STANLEY B. LATHROP. + +The month of November, 1888, completed the cycle of ten years of my +active service in the work of the American Missionary Association. They +have been years of intense interest and great enjoyment. Ten years of +study, four in the army, and eight years of pastoral labor in Wisconsin +preceded; but of all these marked periods, none have been more truly +enjoyable and fruitful than these last ten years of preaching the gospel +to the poor. It has been my good fortune to visit at various times most +of the prominent points in the work of the Association in the South, +both in the colored and in the mountain white departments. + +And so, from this decennial standpoint of experience and observation, I +want to put on record a few thoughts which have been simmering in my +mind. + +1.--The vast importance and far-reaching influence of the work that has +been done. From all these schools and churches, scattered through this +Southland, there have come forth, year by year, hundreds of young +colored men and women, whose minds have been disciplined and characters +deeply impressed for a good life. Thousands have gone out to teach and +labor among their own people, with hearts aflame with true missionary +zeal. They have labored among innumerable trials and discouragements, in +leaky, rickety log-cabins, without desks, without blackboards, maps, +charts, or other educational necessities. They have been eager and +zealous workers for Sunday-schools, for temperance and righteous living, +even when oftentimes opposed by the old-time preachers and +church-officers of their own race, and sometimes opposed by the whites. +So the leaven has spread far and wide. A great work has been accomplished +by these schools and churches. These ten years have seen a most decided +uplifting of character and power among the colored race. They are +steadily acquiring property, building homes and improving their +surroundings. There are now over eighty newspapers published by colored +men in the former slave States of the South. Some of these are very +creditable specimens in typography and in ability, and they have great +and increasing influence. The great majority of these editors and +teachers have been educated in the A.M.A. schools. There are also +several colored lawyers, dentists and physicians, who have almost +without exception been educated in our schools. The direct results in +our Congregational church work are not as plainly apparent, because most +of the students when coming under our influence are already connected +with other churches, or else their parents are, which amounts almost to +the same thing. So the Baptists and Methodists have reaped rich harvests +through the training of their sons and daughters in our schools. But +these same denominations have been through this means greatly uplifted +and purified, so that great good has come to all these strong and +numerous churches, besides the steady growth of Congregationalism as +well. Rev. Dr. Curry, one of the leaders of Southern thought, said in a +recent address before the Georgia Legislature, "The Congregationalists +have done more than all other denominations for the education of the +Negro--they have done grandly, patriotically." To my eyes, which have +been wide open during these ten years, there are most marked and +gratifying signs of progress apparent in every way. Far and near the +leaven has spread, the older denominations are improving, the principles +of industrial and Christian education are accomplishing untold good. + +2.--There is also manifest in these ten years a marked improvement in +the feeling between the races. When a man has lived for ten years in the +South, he will begin to see how deeply rooted and immovably imbedded in +the Southern mind is the sentiment of inborn contempt for the Negro. +This was greatly intensified and brought to the surface by the passions +and prejudices of the war, with the volcanic upheavals and chaotic +events of the "carpet-bag period" which followed. Considering all these +things, there has been in my opinion a remarkable loosening of the grasp +of prejudice, a gradual melting of the caste principle, especially in +the minds of the better class among the whites. I say this deliberately, +with personal knowledge of the agitation of the infamous "Glenn Bill" in +Georgia, and notwithstanding the prejudice in Alabama which broke up the +colored normal school formerly existing in Marion, and afterward +successfully opposed its re-establishment in Montgomery, or rather +refused the previous State aid. Having been for many years on the Board +of Trustees of Atlanta University, and being personally acquainted with +a number of the members of the Georgia Legislature, yet I am prepared to +state this astonishing paradox--that even the legislators who voted for +the Glenn Bill have a much higher regard for the colored race and for +the A.M.A. schools than they formerly had. I cannot take time to explain +this singular phenomenon, but it is true. One of the prominent members +of the Georgia Legislature said to me on the streets of Macon, when he +heard the news of President Ware's sudden death at Atlanta University: +"Mr. Ware was a hero of the nineteenth century, and deserves a monument +to his memory from the State of Georgia." So, notwithstanding Col. Glenn +and his followers, the same Legislature of Georgia has recently added +two million dollars to the school fund of the State. The efforts of such +brave and fearless leaders as Rev. Dr. Haygood, Rev. Dr. Curry, Hon. +Walter B. Hill and others have not been in vain, and the good results of +the A.M.A. work have commanded respect and even wonder from its +bitterest opponents, whose number and zeal decreases. Wisdom and +discretion in future will rapidly increase its friends. + +3.--I could say much more concerning the colored work, in which (at +Macon, Georgia) I spent eight and a half of the happiest years of my +life. That branch of work needs to be sustained and extended for years +to come. Having now been for eighteen months in the mountain white +department of work, and having visited nearly all its most important +posts, I am prepared to say that this, also, is a most needy part of the +great missionary work which this Society has undertaken. Here are nearly +two millions of people, scattered here and there over this great +Cumberland Plateau, who because of their inaccessibility, their poverty +and indifference, have been largely passed by until recently. The great +tides of missionary effort have swirled and risen to the east, the south +and the west, but have reached only a little way up into the caves and +valleys of this great island plateau, which towers a thousand feet above +the surrounding country. The inevitable effects of isolation, of +intermarriage, of stagnation and neglect in mental and spiritual +matters, has brought about a condition of things which calls for the aid +and sympathy of all good Samaritans. They have not suffered in the same +way as the colored race, from the former oppression and contagious vices +of a superior race; but left alone in their mountain fastnesses, left +behind in the march of human progress, they have been a nation of +Robinson Crusoes, deteriorating and retrograding from the inevitable +nature of mankind when left to itself. Having no momentum from outside, +feeling nothing of the swing and swell of progress, hearing little and +knowing little of the outer world, they need now our help to uplift and +enthuse and save them. Schools, churches, industrial instruction, mental +and spiritual training, help for the poor and the ignorant and the +degraded is sorely needed. This is comparatively a new field of work, +and is still largely unexplored and obscure. There is much to be done, +and it should be done now. The results of a very few years of work are +encouraging. Pray, friends, pray! Give, friends, give! Help, friends, +help! + + * * * * * + + +PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH. + +PROF. H.H. WRIGHT. + +I call your attention to the fact that the Board of Education of the +city of Nashville have extended the course of study in the public +schools for the colored population, so that there is in existence now a +fully-fledged High School for the colored youth, having precisely the +same course of study as that of the white youth; and the members of the +school are subjected to the same written and oral tests as those of the +white school. So far as I know, this is the first instance of the kind +in the South. Most boards _graduate_ the colored children from the +eighth, or at most, the ninth year of school. + +The colored High School of Nashville had public exercises in the Grand +Opera House in June, when a class of seven graduated. The Superintendent +of Public Schools, the Board of Education, and prominent citizens, white +and colored, occupied the platform and gave their approval of the +innovation by their presence. + +The first class of the white High School was graduated twenty-eight +years ago and numbered seven. This class of colored graduates also +numbered seven. + +A member of that first white class is now the President of the Board of +Education, and presented the diplomas to the members of this colored +class. Altogether, the occasion was auspicious for better things in the +public school system in Tennessee. + + * * * * * + + +THOMASVILLE, GA. + +One incident that has brightened our year is the arrival of a pretty +school organ, the generous gift of Mr. S.D. Smith, President of the +Smith Organ and Piano Company, Boston, Mass. It chanced that at the same +time, Mr. Hall, our Superintendent, came to visit us, and one morning +early we found him at work with his own hands removing it from its box. +On its being taken into the school-room where all the pupils were +assembled for the morning exercises, Mr. Hall in a felicitous manner +presented it to the school in Mr. Smith's name, taking from the children +in return a hearty "Thank you" for the donor, and a promise to make use +of the organ "in the cause of temperance and for the Lord Jesus Christ." +Then the first notes pealed forth from the sweet-toned organ, notes of +praise, accompanying the children's voices in the Gloria Patri. Then +holy hymns and temperance songs filled the air with melody. + +The jubilee ended with grand old "America," and as we came to the +closing lines, how truly our hearts echoed the prayer: + + "Long may our land be bright + With freedom's holy light, + Protect us by thy might, + Great God, our King." + + + * * * * * + + +THE INDIANS. + + * * * * * + + +VISIT TO PARK STREET CHURCH STATION. + +BY MRS. T.L. RIGGS. + + +For a long time I have wished to see something of the people and of the +work at White River. The station there, Park Street Church Station, +so-called because the church of that name in Boston contributed the money +for its establishment, was almost the only one under Mr. Riggs's care +that I had not visited. Although the supervision of it, and of the whole +Rosebud Agency field, has recently been assumed by Mr. Cross, Mr. Riggs +continues to confer with him in regard to the management of it, and for +this purpose made a journey thither a few weeks ago. A happy combination +of circumstances at home made it possible for me to accompany him. + +After three days of travel in pony-cart, we came in sight of the White +River, and before descending into the valley and crossing the river +caught a glimpse of the station building and the villages on the hills +near it. Climbing the hill at the rear of the station, we drove into the +yard, completely surprising Mr. Cross, who, nevertheless gave us a most +hearty welcome. + +As soon as the news of our arrival had spread, we began to have +visitors, but, knowing that I should not see many of the people, +especially the older women, unless I went to their homes, I arranged +with Mr. Cross to take me to the different villages. We spent two days +in going about. + +I should think there are between forty and fifty houses in the three +villages near there. In each of two houses, we found _three wives_ and +ten children, and the others were well populated. All were in ignorance, +and filth, and degradation, pitiable to see. Some babies nearly a year +old had never been thoroughly washed since their birth. Some of the +older people had never been to the school-house. A few rather pride +themselves upon keeping aloof from the native teacher and the various +exercises he conducts. We were pleasantly received at all the places. +Some of the people had heard of "The Sacred Herald's" wife, though they +had never seen me. + +Wishing to have all the women come to the school-house, that I might see +more of them and have them meet Virginia De Coteau, the teacher's wife, +we invited them to a feast. This is something the Dakotas are very fond +of, though usually it is connected with some of their dances or other +heathen customs. Some of the old women wished to know if I was going to +_preach_ to them, evidently wanting to fight shy of anything of this +sort, but I told them no, it was to be a real feast, not a prayer +meeting. + +Mr. Cross entered heartily into the preparations for the festivity. We +made about five gallons of coffee and the same quantity of stew, +consisting of meat, onions, turnips, beans, rice and crackers, with the +gravy well thickened--a very savory mess it was, too. We had crackers to +pass around. Not a very elaborate _menu_, but one which appealed +strongly to the Dakota taste. + +By noon the women began to gather, and soon the school-room was well +filled, a good many sitting on the floor. There were about fifty +present, not counting little babies. There were only two painted faces, +though in our visiting there was scarcely a house in which there were +not two or more of the women painted; the most of them had washed their +faces and put on clean dresses. + +I had told them all to bring their own dishes, and the variety was +amusing. There was everything in size from an ordinary cup to a milk-pan +and one much battered long-handled dipper. Coffee and crackers were +passed first, then the stew. "Oh, it smells of onions!" was the +exclamation as I dished it out. All seemed very happy, and laughed and +joked as they ate. I told them I had been ten years among the Dakotas +and had never before made a feast; that I had planned for a long time to +visit them and had not been able, and perhaps it would be a long time +before I should see them again, so I thought I would make them happy in +this way. The old women replied, "We have often heard of you, and now we +see you; we will always remember you and speak of you as 'the woman who +made the feast.'" After they had finished, I talked to them a little of +the "meat which perisheth not," and of the "Bread and the Water of +Life," closing with prayer. It was a very enjoyable experience. I also +met the women one afternoon at a special prayer meeting. It was not very +well attended on account of the storm, which was almost a blizzard on +that day. There are only two Christian women in that community besides +Louis' wife. We spent two Sundays with the intervening days at this +station, gaining a new insight into the needs of the out-station work, +and new inspiration for carrying it on. + + * * * * * + +One thing that interested me very much was seeing a little girl who was +a member of our Oahe School two years ago. She is the daughter of a +prominent man in the village near Park Street Church Station. She was in +native dress when she came to us; when I saw her over there, although +her mother was away at the Agency and she was staying with relatives, +she looked very neat and clean. She wore a pretty dress made after the +style worn in our school and in every respect looked as well as though +she had just come out of school. I think she would have returned with us +had her parents been at home. + + * * * * * + +There were two young women also, whom I should be glad to have in the +school here. They have just united with the church and been baptized. +They seem quite superior in many ways to their surroundings. They can +both read in Dakota and so have the Bible to learn from. Of course they +have in a manner isolated themselves from their youthful companions in +having given up their heathen customs; it seems as though souls so young +and untried in the Christian life must meet with many temptations and +many trying experiences. I should be glad to have them here in a +Christian community, where they could learn more of our Christian work. +I am sure they would gain help and strength from the prayer meetings and +missionary work, as well as from the sympathy of all who engage in such +work. Then, doubtless, they would be benefited by the industrial +training and the academic work, though I doubt if they would do much +with the English language, as they are both over twenty years old and +would probably not remain in school more than a year. + + * * * * * + +My journey has been a help to me. Living away from the people and losing +sight of the ignorance and filth and heathenism, we forget what our +chief aim should be, not simply school-work for the children, but +Christianization and civilization for the _masses_. This, in its +greatest effectiveness, can be done at the out-stations and in the +vernacular only. It is necessary to have the gospel preached constantly +in order to have it penetrate these darkened hearts, preached in a +tongue which can be understood, and necessary to have a Christian life +lived in its simplicity in their very midst. The native missionary's +family is an object-lesson of value not half appreciated by our Eastern +constituency. If, in addition to this, there is a white teacher to +uphold, support and push with Anglo-Saxon energy the efforts of the +native, the value of the out-station work is greatly increased. Would +that all could understand this fully! + +It is helpful, too, to come home and see our Indian neighbors, who less +than fifteen years ago were in the same ignorant condition as those we +have just seen, now living as white people, earnest Christians, doing +much to help us in our work for their heathen relatives. + +While you work for the schools, pray, also, for the work of the +out-stations; pray that the light may shine into the darkened hearts so +near us, pray that those who are living among them to teach them of the +Saviour of men may be granted wisdom and strength to teach and live +aright, that many souls may be won for Him whose servants we all are. + + * * * * * + + +THE CHINESE. + + * * * * * + + +SAN DIEGO CHINESE MISSION. + +BY REV. J.B. SILCOX. + +The anniversary of the Congregational Chinese School at San Diego, +organized about six years ago, was held in the Congregational Church on +Sunday evening, February 10th. The church, capable of seating about five +hundred and fifty, was filled to its utmost capacity. There were about +thirty Chinese scholars present. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. +Pond, who had come down from San Francisco for the purpose of visiting +the missions in Southern California. The pastor of the church, Rev. J.B. +Silcox, assisted in the opening services. The Chinese boys were +catechized by Dr. Pond, and showed by their answers that they were being +grounded in the fundamental truths of the Bible. Lum Goon Kee recited +the Twenty-third Psalm, and Chung Chong the Ten Commandments, and +another "The Apostles' Creed." The first and second commandments +received a new meaning to us as we heard them recited by one who until +recently bowed himself down to graven images of God and the devil in the +Joss house. They sang Christian hymns in Chinese and English. Charley +Nun gave an address in which he testified to the benefits in being "a +Jesus boy." Hom Gee had written and read the story of his conversion to +Jesus. It was interesting to listen as they told how they were led out +of darkness into light, and asked for the prayers of all good +Christians. The audience felt that human hearts are the same the world +over, and that the Holy Ghost had been given unto them, "even as unto +us." The address of Low Quong would convince the most skeptical of the +power of the gospel to purify the heart, illumine the mind and elevate +the life and character of the Chinamen as well as others. He spoke in +good English, and by his clear putting of the gospel truth, touched the +hearts of all. The service made many converts. It convinced the hearers +that the Chinaman was made in the image of God and is included in the +"every creature," to whom the gospel is to be preached. + +There are about one thousand Christian Chinamen connected with the +Congregational Churches of California and Oregon. They contribute about +$2,500 for home mission work and have organized a foreign missionary +society, and with $1,400 as a starter, have sent two missionaries, one a +Chinaman, back to China to do work there. + +There is considerable opposition to Chinamen in this State. It does not +wholly arise from "sand lot" orators either. These "little brown men" +are industrious, patient, cheerful, obliging. They make the best of +servants. But the average working man of America cannot compete with him +in the labor market, and I would be sorry if he could. I hope the day +will never come when the working man of America will be reduced to such +cramped conditions of home life as "The heathen Chinee" luxuriates in. +Paganism can live where Christianity cannot. A hut will do for a pagan +Zulu. When he becomes a Christian, he wants a shirt and a house. +"Chinatown" in any California city, and especially in San Francisco, +where sixty or seventy thousand are housed and herded in a few blocks, +will open the eyes of Eastern men as to the wisdom of restricting +Chinese immigration. But there is no question as to our duty to those +that are here. We cannot afford to let them live and die in their +heathen vices. The best solution of the Chinese problem is to +Christianize those that are here. The best way to reach China with the +gospel is _via California_. Make Christians of these and they will +become missionaries to their brethren across the Pacific. + + * * * * * + + +BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. + +MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. + + * * * * * + + +WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS. + +CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + +ME.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, + Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me. + +VT.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, + Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt. + +VT.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Mrs. Ellen Osgood, Montpelier, Vt. + +CONN.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn. + +N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Mrs. William Spalding, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y. + +ALA.--Woman's Missionary Association, Secretary, + Mrs. G.W. Andrews, Talladega, Ala. + +OHIO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, Ohio. + +IND.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne, Ind. + +ILL.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. + C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago, Ill. + +MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, + Miss Katharine Plant, 2651 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. + +IOWA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Miss Ella B. Marsh, Grinnell, Iowa. + +KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, + Mrs. G.L. Epps. Topeka, Kan. + +MICH.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich. + +WIS.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis. + +NEB.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 N Broad St., Fremont, Neb. + +COLORADO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, + Mrs. S.M. Packard, Pueblo, Colo. + +DAKOTA,--Woman's Home Miss. Union, President, + Mrs. T.M. Hills, Sioux Falls; Secretary, Mrs. + W.R. Dawes, Redfield; Treasurer, Mrs. S.E. + Fifield, Lake Preston. + +We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State +Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be +sent to us 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_. + + * * * * * + + +NOTICE OF A CONFERENCE OF OFFICERS OF THE WOMAN'S +STATE HOME MISSIONARY ORGANIZATIONS. + +The Woman's State Home Missionary Organizations will hold an all-day +meeting in the Congregational Church, Saratoga, Tuesday June 4, 1889, +the day before the Annual Meeting of the American Home Missionary +Society. + +All _State_ Organizations working through _one_ or _more_ of our six +National Societies for Home-land Evangelization are cordially invited to +participate in this meeting. It is hoped that there will be a large and +able representation from each organization. + +There will be two sessions. The morning session will begin promptly at +10:30, the afternoon at 2 o'clock. The morning session is to be a +_private business conference_ of State officers only. Questions of the +greatest importance are to be freely and thoroughly discussed. _State_ +officers of every rank will be admitted to it. + +To the afternoon session, _all_ ladies interested in home-land work are +most cordially invited. A rich, spirited and helpful programme is to be +presented. Further information can be obtained by addressing + +MRS. J.A. BIDDLE, + +South Norwalk, Conn. + + + * * * * * + + +TEMPERANCE WORK IN TENNESSEE. + +I have been working in this State for three years, giving mothers new +ideas, making them think in their log cabins, and causing many to say, +"You have done me good." I am now on the Cumberland Plateau with my +husband, who is in the employ of the American Missionary Association. A +few weeks ago, I went with him to a mining town to assist him and +Brother Pope in a series of meetings. There were early indications of +popular interest, the crowd was easily gathered and the good work began +much sooner than the most sanguine anticipated. The first week passed. +Sinners had risen for prayers, strong men bowed their heads, confessing +their sins, and conversions were daily reported. Then came a momentary +lull, such as is often observed in revival seasons. Mr. Pope's +experienced eye was quick to divine the cause. He knew that crowd of +eager listeners--that there were many among them, old and young, who +stood on the verge of the Kingdom with the fatal cup in their hands. +Said he to me, "The time has come for a temperance talk--that is what +they need!" and designated that very evening for me to present the +subject. + +At this I confess I was not a little embarrassed, for although +accustomed to short, informal temperance talks in public, I had no idea, +woman that I was, of taking his place at such a critical moment. What +added to my embarrassment was the disheartening fact to all of us that +Mr. Pope was just then unexpectedly called away to another part of his +extensive field and was gone two days. So there was no help for it. I +looked over my old notes--nothing would do. Then I inquired of the Lord, +and He said "Fear not." Here let me remark, that I have hitherto +encountered in this needy part of the country an obstinate prejudice +against this "Woman's Temperance Work" by the women themselves, the most +interested party in it. But here, thanks be to God, I met a most +favorable reception. How the people looked, how earnestly they listened +also, yes, and wept, as I told them of the world-wide Woman's Christian +Temperance Union, and warned them of that fatal sin which was keeping +many women out of the Kingdom of Heaven, and they knew it. I talked in +my simple way of human love in its various phases, and then turned to +the incomparable love of Christ, who would save them if they would only +let him. In conclusion I asked--"Is there any one here, man, woman or +child, in this congregation, who is willing to forswear the intoxicating +cup henceforth and forever? If there is, let him come forward and take +me by the hand." With scarcely a pause, the main body of the audience +_in the rear_ (you know what that means) rose from their seats and +literally precipitated themselves upon the speaker's stand. For the next +half hour I had nothing to do but to shake hands and pin the white +ribbon. I never witnessed a more exciting scene. The tearful joy of +suffering wives over their sobered husbands, and anxious parents over +their wandering boys will not be forgotten. + +The happy result of this first meeting of the kind created a demand for +its repetition on two other occasions, as the revival went on with equal +enthusiasm and success. In the course of our visitation from house to +house, a Northern lady who had come down here to winter with her brother +on account of her health, informed me of the disgusting revels of a +certain man and his wife with their half-dozen drunken boarders, which +she was compelled to witness in the other end of the house weekly, or as +often as pay-day came around. "I can't bear it," said she. "Are you then +praying," said I; "Where is your faith?" A few day's later, at the +mother's meeting, another woman said, with much feeling, "Won't you +present the temperance cause again tonight? My husband and several +others wish to join your organization." I did. And who were the first to +present themselves as candidates for the white ribbon but that same +woman and her husband? Twenty-three others in the congregation followed +suit, and all again stood forth hand in hand--token of unbroken +friendship--a spectacle to angels and mortal man. By this time, to our +great joy, Brother Pope had returned, and he assigned me to my proper +place after one of his own rousing appeals. + +To give you a general idea of the power of this work, which continued +with unflagging interest to the last, allow me to cite two or three +instances of conversion. One, a man who had shot and killed three +notorious burglars, was tried for legal informality and acquitted on the +ground of the public weal. This was two years ago, and the people who +knew and understood him well, said that he had enjoyed no peace of mind +since. Notwithstanding all, he was, and is, a man of power and +commanding influence, and has entered heartily into the work and +interests of the A.M.A., as Brother Pope can assure you. Another, a +younger man, likewise implicated in a murder last Fourth of July, and +committed to jail for a time, the particulars of whose case I am +unacquainted with, cried out in open congregation, "Pray for me, I am +the vilest sinner that ever lived," and dropped upon his knees in sore +agony of body and soul to join in prayer with the Christians present. As +the latter arose and began singing, "Come, humble sinner," he stepped +right forward exclaiming, "By the grace of God I will, I will," and at +that moment the great change might be read in the heavenly expression of +his changed countenance. Yet another young man, a boon companion in sin, +cried out in the same way and came forward kneeling for some time, and +then rising said, "I have found God; he is good; come, my friends, and +find him, O come," repeating these words as he passed through the +wondering congregation till he came to me, when grasping my hand, he +exclaimed, "Praise the Lord that ever he sent you to this place." He was +asked to pray. "Yes, yes," was his instant reply, "that is just what I +want to do;" and such a prayer as he offered up is seldom heard. A +well-known skeptic arose and openly renounced his infidelity. + +As my husband and Brother Pope had both their special appointments +elsewhere to fill, it fell to my lot, much against my predilections, to +close the whole series of meetings by my third and last temperance +lecture. This appeal on the temperance question was also responded to, +at first mostly by young boys and girls, followed by a venerable +gentleman and his two sons, and then the full complement of men and +women. So all discouragements of the past are forgotten in these +glorious results. + + * * * * * + + +FOR THE CHILDREN. + + * * * * * + + +CHRISTMAS AT THE S'KOKOMISH RESERVATION. + +BY REV. MYRON EELLS. + +Our Christmas passed off very pleasantly, with a tree and appropriate +exercises in the evening. The church was full, with the school children, +about forty-five in number, the older Indians, government employees, and +a number of surrounding whites. Two songs were sung by the whole school, +one being an original piece beginning with the words, "We're from +Squakson and S'kokomish," (the two reservations from which the children +have come,) and containing the names of all the children in school. The +other, "Hurrah for the Christmas Tree" was sung just before the gifts +were distributed. There were other songs by the older pupils, the +youngest children closing with the clapping of their hands. Two Indian +girls played the organ. Nine little girls recited a hymn, each one +beginning with the successive letters of the word Christmas, and as they +did so, those letters were hung up between them and the audience. Ten +little boys recited a poem on temperance, in connection with which the +Indian policeman, recently appointed, made some earnest remarks on the +same subject. It was his first effort in church, and he surprised his +friends by his success. An Indian chief spoke about Christmas, and your +missionary added remarks on the meaning of the word Christmas--the feast +of Christ. + +A report of the Sabbath-school showed that there had been an average +attendance of forty-five. Prizes having been offered to all those who +should be on the roll of honor four-fifths of the time, by learning the +Sabbath School lesson--three verses in advance and three in review-- +perfectly, it was found that five had gained a prize, a good book each, +two of them being Indian children, and the others white children. + +The gifts from the tree were then distributed. None of the children were +omitted; some went home so loaded that they could hardly carry all, and +even many of the oldest, decrepit Indians who could not be present, were +not forgotten. + +A violin and organ solo by the school teacher and his wife called the +audience again to order, and an exhibition followed with a small magic +lantern and about eighty pictures, Bible, temperance and comic. This I +have used in my tours with the Indians, and it is always acceptable. The +remark was made more than once, "How well the children performed their +parts." + + * * * * * + + +RECEIPTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1889. + + + +MAINE, $106.49. + +Augusta, Cong. Ch. and Soc., 23; "A + Friend," 10 $33.00 + +Blue Hill. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._ + +Cape Elizabeth. First Cong. Ch. 5.26 + +Casco. Mrs. Richard Mayberry, + _for Mountain Work_ 2.00 + +Castine. Trin. Ch. 10.00 + +Castine. Mary F. and Margaret J. Cushman 4.00 + +Center Lebanon. "A Friend." 5.00 + +Edgecomb. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.04 + +Gardiner. _For Freight_ 1.50 + +Gorham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 5.25 and + 60 copies "Well Spring," + _for Meridian, Miss._ 5.25 + +Hallowell. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 4.00 + +Hampden. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Machias. Sarah P. Hill's S.S. Class, + _for Santee Indian Sch._ 1.25 + +New Gloucester. Bbl. of C., 2.65 _for Freight, + for Selma, Ala._ 2.65 + +North Yarmouth. By Rev. J.B. Caruthers, + _for Freight to Meridian, Miss._ 1.14 + +Portland. Y.P.S.C.E. Williston Ch., + _for Student Aid, Gregory Institute_ 8.00 + +Portland. Mrs. Z.W. Barker, _for Student + Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ 1.00 + +Rockland. Ladles of Cong. Ch., Bbl. and + Pkg. of C., by Mrs. M.A.C. Norton, + _for Williamsburg, Ky._ + +Sidney. Mrs. A. Sawtelle 0.50 + +Skowhegan. Pkg. Temperance Literature, + 2.90 _for Freight, for Selma, Ala._ 2.90 + +West Falmouth. Ladies and S.S. Class of + First Ch., Bbl. and 2 _for Freight_, by Mrs. + M.E. Hall, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 2.00 + +Woodfords. S.S. Class No. 10, by Miss W. + Perry, _for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ 1.00 + + + +NEW HAMPSHIRE, $299.13. + +Bedford. S.S. Class Cong. Sab. Sch, _for + Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00 + +Center Harbor. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Concord. "Light Bearers," Box of C., + _for Storrs Sch._ + +Exeter. Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hall, + _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 20.00 + +Fitzwilliam. Mrs. L. Hill, 10; + Mrs. Hancock, 5 15.00 + +Goffstown. Ladies' Soc., by Mrs. M.A. + Stinson, 2 Bbls. of C., _for Greenwood, S.C._ + +Greenland. Cong. Ch. 25.00 + +Hampstead. Miss Ann M. Howard 5.00 + +Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.75 + +Hampton Falls and Seabrook. Cong. Ch., + _for Indian M._ 3.00 + +Hanover. Rev. S.P. Leeds, D.D. 3.00 + +Jaffreys. "The Lilies," Box of C., + _for Storrs Sch._ + +Keene. "A Friend." 5.00 + +Lye. Cong. Ch. 15.38 + +Mason. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Freight + to Thomasville, Ga._ 1.60 + +Manchester. First Cong. Ch, and Soc., to + const. R.E. DODGE and J.W. STETSON + L.M.'s 69.33 + +Manchester. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 33.24 + +Nashua. Miss Sarah Kendall, Bbl. of C., + _for Greenwood, S.C._ + +Newport. Cong. Ch. 60.83 + +North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00 + +Penacook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +West Lebanon. Mission Circle, Bbl. of C., + _for Storrs Sch._ + + + +VERMONT, $1,707.12. + +Barre. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., + Bbl. of C., Val. 25, _for McIntosh, Ga._; + 3.15 _for Freight_ 3.15 + +Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. 48.82 + +Brattleboro. Sab. Sch. of Center Ch., 18.71; + "A Friend," 1.29, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 20.00 + +Cambridge. Mrs. C. Stafford. Bbl. of C., + etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +East Hardwick. Orrin Paine 1.00 + +Hartland. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._ + +Hyde Park. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., + _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Lower Waterford. Bbl. of C., _for + McIntosh, Ga._ + +Montpelier. C.L.S.C., through Mrs. Denning, + _for Student Aid, Storrs Sch._ 9.00 + +Montpelier. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., + _for Meridian, Miss._ + +Morgan. Miss Lucy Little 0.50 + +Newfane. Cong. Ch., (1 of which + _for McIntosh, Ga._) 3.20 + +Norwich. "J.G. Stimson, for Ch. + in Hartford, Extra" 100.00 + +Norwich. Mrs. H. Burton 2.00 + +Quechee. Mrs. H. Thomas, _for Student + Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00 + +Rutland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 + +Strafford. Cong. Ch. and Christian + Endeavor Soc. 25.00 + +Townshend. Cong. Ch. 20.50 + +Waitsfield. Cong. Ch. 15.22 + +Waterbury. Cong. Ch. 25.00 + +West Brattleboro. Bbl. of C., + _for McIntosh, Ga._ + +West Glover. Bbl. of C., 2 for Freight, for +McIntosh, Ga. 2.00 + +West Randolph. Miss S.E. Albin 7.00 + +West Rutland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 3.85 + +Williamstown. Bbl. of C., + _for McIntosh, Ga._ + +----. "A Friend In Vermont," 1,287.50 + +Vermont Woman's Home Missionary Union, + by Mrs. William P. Fairbanks, + Treas: + + Barnet. Voluntary Offering + Soc., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 10.00 + + Burlington. Sab. Sch. of + First Ch., _for Santee + Indian M._ 20.00 + + Chelsea. Ladies' Benev. Soc., + _for McIntosh, Ga._ 10.00 + + Dorset. Ladies' + _for McIntosh, Ga._ 7.00 + + Essex Junction. Ladies, + _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2.00 + + Guilford. S. Maria Tyler, + _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2.00 + + North Thetford. Susan E. + Dearborn, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 1.00 + + Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Laura + A. Blodgett, _for McIntosh, + Ga._ 2.00 + + West Brattleboro. Ladies + of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, + Ga._ 22.50 + + Westminster West. Ladies + of Cong. Ch. 4.88 + + -------- $81.38 + + + +MASSACHUSETTS, $3,368.13. + +Amherst. Miss Jennie Kendrick's S.S. + Class, _for Student Aid, + Fisk U._ 1.00 + +Amherst. South Cong. Ch. 7.75 + +Andover. Mrs. Phoebe A. Chandler by + Stephen Ballard, _for School Building + Lexington, Ky._ 600.00 + +Andover. "In memoriam." 10.00 + +Ashburnham. Marshall Wetherbee 2.00 + +Boston. Miss Cornelia Warren, + _for Girl's New Dormitory, + Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 100.00 + + Shawmut Cong. Ch. ad'l. 25.00 + + Misses Anna L. and + Abbie L. Manning, _for + Thomasville, Ga._ 10.00 + + Woman's H.M. Ass'n, by + Ellen A. Leland, Treas., + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 + + H. Porter Smith 6.00 + + W.H.M. Ass'n, _for + Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 1.00 + + Charlestown. Sewing Circle of + Winthrop Ch., _for + Tougaloo U._ 20.00 + + Roxbury. Mrs. H.B. Hooker 25.00 + + Roxbury. Miss H.M. Atwood 0.50 + + ------- 222.50 + +Cambridgeport. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim Ch., + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + +Campello. South Cong. Ch. ad'l 40.00 + +Charleston. Mrs. E.H. Flint, Pkg, of C., + _for Tougaloo U._ + +Clinton. W.H.M.A., by Miss M.E. McPhail, + Treas., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 60.00 + +Clinton. "Mite Society," by Jennie F. + Scott, _for Indian Sch'p_ 35.00 + +Cummington. Mrs. H.M. Porter, Box + Books, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Dalton. Cong. Ch. 67.64 + +East Bridgewater. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 12.50 + +East Douglas. Second Cong. Ch. 43.63 + +East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. 25.00 + +Fitchburg. Mrs. E.M. Dickinson 10.00 + +Gardner. First Cong. Ch., to const. + GEORGE W. MARSHALL L.M. 30.00 + +Gardner. Members Sab. Sch. First Cong. + Ch., Box Papers, Books, etc., + _for Thomasville, Ga._ + +Georgetown. Lucy H. Dole 10.00 + +Greenfield. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.36 + +Greenfield. Joseph Griswold, + _for Sherwood, Tenn._ 3.00 + +Greenwich. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 19.36 + +Hanover. Mrs. Dr. Sweeney of Second + Cong. S.S., on True Blue Card 5.00 + +Harwick. Cong. Ch. 8.50 + +Haverhill. Miss Anna Coffin, Half Bbl. + of C., _for Tougaloo U._ + +Holbrook. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls of C., + _for Tillotson Inst._ + +Holland. Mrs. M.L. Bixby 5.00 + +Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4. 50.00 + +Holliston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 5; Class + of Boys Cong. Sab. Sch., 2; Lewis A. + Claflin, 1, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 8.00 + +Hopkinton. First Cong. Ch. 20.16 + +Hopkinton. Cong. Sab. Sch.,_for Student Aid, + Emerson Inst._ 5.00 + +Hopkinton. Mrs. Walter Phipps, + _for Mountain Work_ 2.00 + +Hyde Park. Woman's Home Miss'y + Union, _for Tougaloo U._ 30.00 + +Hyde Park. Olin Family, 2; A.W. Coledo, + 1; Miss Herrick's Class, 75c, + _for Marion, Ala._ 3.75 + +Lawrence. Ladies' of Lawrence St. Cong. + Ch., 15, and Bbl of Sundries, _for Student + Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00 + +Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Leominister. Carrie L. Woods, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 15.00 + +Leceister. First Cong. Soc. 5.00 + +Leicester. Member of First Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.12 + +Leverett. Y.P.S.C.E., of Cong. Ch., + _for Grand View, Tenn._ 13.00 + +Lowell. M.E. Bartlett's S.S. Class, 10; + Mrs. Shaw's S.S. Class, 10, First Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 20.00 + +Lynn. Central Cong. Ch. 15.00 + +Indian Orchard. Mission Circle and + Ladies, Bbl. and 3 _for Freight_ by Rev. + H.E. Morrow, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 3.00 + +Merrimac. Woman's M. Soc., by Mrs. + Frederick Nichols, Treas., _for + Tougaloo U._ 45.91 + +Milford. Mrs. John Daniels, 5; "Friends," + 1,_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00 + +Millbury. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., + _for Mountain Work_ 25.00 + +Mill River. Miss M.R. Wilcox 10.00 + +Monson. R.M. Reynolds, _for Student Aid + and Sch'p, Tillotson Inst._ 70.00 + +Monson. Mrs. C.O. Chapin 5.00 + +Monson. "Friends" Bbl. of C.; Cong. + Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._ + +Montville. O.B. Jones 2.00 + +Nahant. "A Friend." 1.00 + +North Adams. Cong. Ch. 51.33 + +North Adams. Bbl. of C. etc., _for Athens, + Ala._ + +Neponset. Sab. Sch. of Trinity Ch., (5 of + which by Chester G. Barnes, on True + Blue Card.) 22.00 + +Newton Center. Dea. C.S. Davis, _for + School Furnishing, Tougaloo U._ 25.00 + +Newtonville. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. + Ch., 17, _for Rosebud Indian M._, and 10 + _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 27.00 + +North Leominster. Mrs. S.F. Houghton, + to const. CHARLES H. FARNSWORTH L.M. 30.00 + +North Leominster. "Friends," _for Freight + to Talladega C._ 1.00 + +Orange. Central Evan. Cong. Ch. 7.37 + +Pepperell. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, + Brewer N. Sch._ 9.56 + +Plymouth. Church of the Pilgrimage 54.89 + +Randolph. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. + J.C. Labaree, _for Woman's Work_ 30.00 + +Royalston. Sab. Sch., 10; Ladies' Soc., 5, + _for Brewer Normal Sch._ 15.00 + +Royalston. Ladies' Soc., by Mrs. Geo. + Woodbury, Bbl. of C., _for Greenwood, S.C._ + +Somerset. Cong. Ch. 3.00 + +Somerville. Winter Hill Cong. Ch., to + const. REV. CHARLES L. NOYES L.M. 30.00 + +South Hadley. L.W. Gaylord, _for Student + Aid, Tougaloo U._ 20.00 + +South Weymouth. Hon. Josiah Read, _for + Student Aid, Straight U._ 50.00 + +South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and + Soc. 23.00 + +Spencer. First Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson N. + and C. Inst._ 100.00 + +Spencer. Mrs. G.H. Marsh's S.S. Class, + _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 6.00 + +Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. of Memorial Ch. 5.00 + +Taunton. "For Christ's Work," _Pleasant + Hill, Tenn._ 3.00 + +Topsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.72 + +Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l 1.00 + +Upton. _For Student Aid_, 1.75; + _for freight_, 1.25 3.00 + +Wakefield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 26.51; + Ladies' Soc., by Mrs. Thomas Emerson, + 5, _for Mountain Work_ 31.51 + +Warren. W.P. Robins. _for Student Aid, + Straight U._ 4.50 + +Waverly. Rev. Daniel Butler 20.00 + +Wellesley College. Miss Nettie Hale, 10; + Miss'y Soc., 2.30 12.30 + +Westfield. "A Friend," _for Sherwood, Tenn._ 3.00 + +Wellington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 + +Westboro. Ladies' Freedmen's Ass'n, + by Miss E.E. Bixby, _for Woman's Work_ 40.00 + +Westboro. Ladies' Freedmen's Ass'n, _for + Freight to Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 2.00 + +West Boxford. Cong. Ch. 9.75 + +West Boxford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. + of C., _for Tillotson Inst._ + +West Hampton. Miss Mary E. Edwards, + _for Sch'p Endowment Fund, Fisk U._ 10.00 + +West Hampton. Ladies' Benev. Soc., by + Mrs. E.P. Torrey, Sec., + _for Woman's Work_ 10.00 + +West Medway. "Friends," _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 1.00 + +West Newbury. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch. 31.00 + +West Newton Ladies' Sew. Circle, 2 Bbls. + Bedding, etc., _for Talladega, Ala._ + +Weymouth. Miss Edith Bates 1.00 + +Whitman. Cong. Ch and Soc. 82.00 + +Wollaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. + GEORGE W. MARSHALL L.M. 31.00 + +Wollaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 3.15; + "Little Sunbeams," 10.50 _for Mountain Work_, + bal. to const. MRS. ELMIRA N. PRATT L.M. 13.65 + +Worcester. Old South Ch. 36.00 + +Worcester. Salem St. Mission Harvesters, + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + +Worcester. Ladies' Benev. Soc. Union + Ch., Bbl. of C.; Mrs. G.L. Newton's S.S. + Class, Union Ch., Box Christmas + Gifts, _for Emerson Inst._ + +----. To const. MRS. EMMA M. BARTLETT L.M. 30.00 + +----. "Friends," through Miss Park, + _for Student Aid, Tillotson Inst._ 14.05 + +Hampden Benevolent Association, by + Charles Marsh, Treas: + + East Longmeadow 2.00 + + Indian Orchard 22.08 + + Monson 30.39 + + West Springfield, Park St 15.00 + + West Springfield, Mittineague 6.60 + + ------ 76.07 + + --------- + + $2,665.88 + +ESTATES. + +Cambridge. Estate of Charles Thayer + Reed, by William Minot, Jr., Ex. 681.83 + +Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, + by William W. Wyman, Ex. 4.04 + +Worcester. Estate of Charlotte E. Metcalf, + by Mrs. Mary M. Chester 16.88 + + --------- + + $3,368.18 + + +CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. + +Ashfield, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 1 + Bbl., val. 48.80 + +Boston, Mass. Miss F.G. Darrow, + Bundle "S.S. Times." + +Boston. Mass. "A Friend," File of "Christian Union." + +Lawrence, Mass. Ladies of Lawrence St. + Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 90.43 + +Magnolia, Mass. Sab. Sch., 2 Boxes + +Middleboro, Mass. By C.T. Wood, 1 Bbl. + +Millbury, Mass. Mrs. J.L. Ewell, 1 Box, + _for Atlanta U._ + +North Yarmouth, Me. Cong. Ch., Half + Bbl., _for Meridian, Miss._ + +Wakefield, Mass. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 + Bbls., _for Williamsburg, Ky._; 1 Bbl. + _for Jellico, Tenn._ + +Westboro, Mass. Ladies' Freedmen's + Ass'n, 1 Bbl., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ + +Wilmington, Mass. "Snow Birds," 1 Bbl., + _for Birmingham, Ala._ + + + +RHODE ISLAND, $107.52. + +Providence. James Coats 100.00 + +River Point. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., + _for Santee Indian M._ 5.00 + +Riverside. Cong. Ch. 2.52 + + + +CONNECTICUT, $1,144.65. + +Bethel. "Willing Workers," _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 25.00 + +Berlin. Ladies Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl., + _for Thomasville, Ga._ + +Bristol. J.J. Jennings' S.S. Class, + _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 + +Colchester. "A Friend," _for Indian M._ 5.00 + +Haddam. First Cong. Ch. 10.58 + +Hanover. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for + Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 10.00 + +Hartford. Mrs. H.A. Perkins, _for School + Furnishing, Tougaloo U._ 200.00 + +Hartford. Windsor Ave. Cong. Ch. 20.00 + +Lakeville. Mrs. M.H. Williams, _for + Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 + +Lebanon. "A Friend," "Birthday Thank + Offering" 10.00 + +Litchfield. J.O. Coit 4.00 + +Lyme. "A Friend," _for Mountain Work_ 5.00 + +Mansfield Center. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., + Box of C., _for Storrs Sch._ + +Middletown. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., + _for Indian M._ 25.00 + +Montville. First Cong. Ch. 9.65 + +Naugatuck. Cong. Ch. 131.50 + +New Haven. Mrs. M.H. Townsend 25.00 + +New Haven. Henry C. Rowe, _for Student + Aid, Macon, Ga._ 10.00 + +New Hartford. Miss Mary E. DeVoe, Box + of Books, etc., _for Straight U._ + +New London. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 100.00 + +New London. Members Second Cong. Ch., + _for Indian M._ 58.50 + +New Preston. E.C. Williams, _for Conn. + Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 1.00 + +Norwich. First Cong. Ch., _for Jewett Memorial + Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 15.00 + +Norwich. Sab. Sch. Miss'y Ass'n of Second + Cong. Ch. 8.05 + +Norwich. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Box of + C., 3 _for Freight, for Thomasville, + Ga._ 3.00 + +Plainville. "King's Daughters," _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 8.00 + +Plymouth. John W. Wardwell, 20; Mrs. + M.F. Wardwell, 20, _for Tougaloo U._ 40.00 + +Pomfret Center. S.S. Papers, _for + Thomasville, Ga._ + +Portland. The "Lend a Hand" Soc., Box + Christmas Gifts, etc., 1.50 _for Freight, + for Thomasville, Ga._ 1.50 + +Redding. Sab. Sch., _for Conn. Ind'l + Sch., Ga._ 20.00 + +Salisbury. Cong Ch. 12.25 + +Simsbury. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ 15.00 + +Sound Beach. Miss Belle W. Ferris, + Child's Bible, _for Athens, Ala._ + +Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 10.80 + +Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.68 + +Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. 235.14 + +Westbrook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 15.00 + +West Hartland. Miss Emma Gaylord's S.S. + Class, _for Thomasville, Ga._ 1.00 + +Wethersfield. Mrs. Leila Willard's S.S. Class, + Pkg. Books, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +----. "A Friend in Conn.," _for Beach Inst.,_ + ad'l to const. MRS. MATTIE R.P. + BRIDGE, MISS MARY S. HAZEN and MRS. + ELIJAH CUTLER L.M.'s 75.00 + + + +NEW YORK, $2,942.56. + +Albany. Lorenzo Hale, M.D., 10; Mrs. Sophia + D. Hale, 10 20.00 + +Binghamton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for + Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + +Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, _for Ballard + School, Macon, Ga._ 1,880.00 + +Brooklyn. Lewis Ave. Cong. Ch. 15.00 + +Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch., + _for Indian M._ 37.50 + +Brooklyn. Miss M.A. Hall's Y.M. Bible + Class, _for Student Aid_, 5.25; _and + for Poor_, 5.40, _Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.65 + +Brooklyn. Miss Carrie Strong, _for Student + Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ 7.00 + +Buffalo. L.H. Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. + Ch., Box of C., _for Tillotson Inst._ + +Camden. Cong. Ch. 17.55 + +Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. 14.00 + +Churchville. "Mission Band," Cong. Ch., + Three Rugs, _for Macon, Ga._ + +Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry 2.00 + +Ellington. Mrs. H.B. Rice, 6; Mrs. E. + Rice, deceased, 4 10.00 + +Elmira. Mrs. Olivia L. Langdon, + _for Grand View, Tenn._ 50.00 + +Fairport. Mrs. M. Olney 20.00 + +Flushing. Cong. Ch. 69.71 + +Fredonia. Miss Martha L. Stevens, Bbl. + of C., etc., _for Athens, Ala._ + +Fulton. "Mission Band," _for Freight to + Jonesboro, Tenn._ 0.68 + +Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +Honeoye. Cong. Ch. 28.15 + +Lawrenceville. Lucius Hulburd 5.00 + +Lockport. First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., + _for Talladega C._ + +Malone. Mrs. Mary K. Wead 100.00 + +Morristown. First Cong. Ch. 11.00 + +Mount Vernon. "J.V.S." 10.00 + +New York. S.T. Gordon, 100; + "Friends," 90 190.00 + +New York. H.P. Van Liew, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._, bal. to const. WILLIAM H. + VAN LIEW L.M. 20.00 + +New York. Infant Class, Sab. Sch. of + Broadway Tab., by Mrs. Mary F. Pillsbury, + _for Jellico, Tenn._ 10.00 + +New York. American Bible Soc., ad'l + Grant of Scriptures, Val. 213.90 + +Norwich. "A Lady of Cong. Ch." to const. + MRS. H.W. GIBSON L.M. 30.00 + +Oswego. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., + Box of C. + +Peekskill. "Friends" 5.00 + +Perry Center. Box of C., _for Jellico, Tenn._ + +Phoenix. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for + Talladega C._ + +Poughkeepsie. Mrs. A.S. Banfield, + _for Student Aid_ 25.00 + +Rochester. Margaret A. Fletcher 10.00 + +Riverhead. Cong. Ch. 17.64 + +Syracuse. Cong. Ch., Bbl. and Box of C., + _for Talladega C._ + +Union Falls. Frances E. Duncan 10.00 + +Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 5.00 + +Walton. First Cong. Ch. 100.00 + +Walton. H.E. St John, + _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00 + +Warsaw. Indian Soc. of Cong. Ch., + _for Santee Indian Sch._ 20.00 + +Waterville. Mrs. Wm. Winchell 5.00 + +West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. 31.00 + +----. "A Friend." 25.00 + + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., + by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas., + _for Woman's Work_: + + Clifton Springs. + Mrs. W.W. Norton 1.00 + + Oswego. W.H.M.S. 20.00 + + Poughkeepsie. Ladies 20.00 + + Schenectady. Ladies' Aux., + bal. to const MRS. S.M. + JOHNSON L.M. 20.00 + + ------ $61.00 + + --------- + + $2,922.88 + +ESTATE. + +Waverly. Estate of Phebe Hepburn, by + Howard Elmer, Ex. 19.68 + + --------- + + $2,942.56 + + + +NEW JERSEY, $146.91. + +Arlington. Mrs. George Overacre, + _for Mountain Work_ 1.00 + +Colt's Neck. Reformed Ch. 4.71 + +Montclair. S.S. Class of Cong. S.S., + _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.00 + +Morristown. Sarah S. Carter, Pkg. Books, + _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Newark. Belleville Ave. Cong. Ch., + Missionary Prayer Meeting in charge of + Y.P.S.C.E. 3.20 + +Newark. C.J. Haines 30.00 + +Plainfield. Mrs. C.W. Tarbell, Box + Books, etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Roselle. "A Friend," (50 of which + _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._) 100.00 + + + +PENNSYLVANIA, $23.72. + +Braddock. Thomas Addenbrook, Box of + C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Ebensburg. First Cong. Ch. 3.72 + +Meadville. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Park + Ave. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, + Tenn._ 20.00 + + + +OHIO, $273.00. + +Austinburg. Cong. Ch. 21.10 + +Burton. Mrs. H.H. Ford 2.00 + +Claridon. Mrs. C.W. Eames, + _for Indian M._ 10.00 + +Cleveland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 17.76 + +Cleveland. Mt. Zion Cong. Sab. Sch., + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 12.00 + +Cleveland. Rev. M.L. Berger, D.D., + _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00 + +Greensburg. Mrs. H.B. Harrington, + _for Indian M._ 5.00 + +Jersey. Mrs. C.F. Slough 2.00 + +Lyme. Cong. Ch. 21.97 + +Mansfield. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. + Ch., Bbl. of C. and Household Supplies, + val. 127.91, by Susan M. Sturges, Sec., + _for Tillotson Inst._ + +Mantua. Cong. Ch. 7.05 + +Medina. J.W. Dannley's S.S. Class, 5; + Sunday Sch. Class of Mrs. Norman + Plass, on True Blue Card, 5 10.00 + +Mesopotamia. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Bbl. + of C., _for Tougaloo U._ + +Mount Vernon. J.W.F. Singer 1.00 + +New Lyme. Aaron J. Holman 10.00 + +North Benton. Simon Hartzell 5.00 + +North Fairfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 1.00 + +Oberlin. Miss A.T. Ballantine, _for Sch'p + Endowment Fund, Fisk U._ 25.00 + +Oberlin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 15.97 + +Ridgeville. Sab. Sch., _for Student + Aid_, 6; _for Freight_, 1.05; + Miss Paddock's Class, 3.25, _for Student + Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.30 + +Sherman. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 2.45 + +South Salem. Daniel S. Pricer 5.00 + +Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 + +West Andover. Cong. Ch. 17.00 + +Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, + by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas.: + + Medina. Cong. Sab. Sch. + Primary Class, _for Miss + Collins' Indian Work_ 3.40 + + Salem. Mrs. D.A. Allen, (1 + of which _for Miss Collins' + Indian Work_) 6.00 + + Springfield. First Cong. Ch., + W.H.M.S., _for Woman's + Work_ 20.00 + + Columbus. "E.T.B." _for + Miss Collins' Indian Work_ 2.00 + + Columbus. Eastwood Ch., L.M.S., + _for Miss Collins' Indian + Work_ 15.00 + + Wauseon. Mite Soc., _for + Miss Collins' Indian Work_ 4.00 + + Hudson. A Member of L.H.M.S., + _for Miss Collins' Indian + Work_ 5.00 + + ------ $55.40 + + + +INDIANA, $20.00. + +Bloomington. Mrs. A.B. Woodford, + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 + + + +ILLINOIS, $1,651.25. + +Abingdon. Cong. Ch. 4.90 + +Albion. Rev. P.W. Wallace, 5; Dea. + James Green, 5 10.00 + +Atkinson. Mrs. Thomas Nowers, + _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 + +Avon. Cong. Ch. 3.35 + +Beecher. Ladies Soc., Box of C.; + _for Freight for Emerson Inst._ 1.60 + +Champaign. "Friends," _for Talladega C._ 5.00 + +Champaign. Mrs. A.O. Howell 4.99 + +Champaign. "A Lady," _for Church Bell, + Jellico, Tenn._ 0.50 + +Chenoa. Mrs. E.M. Pike, _for Student Aid, + Emerson Inst._ 3.60 + +Chenoa. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.; + 1.40 _for Freight, Emerson Inst._ 1.40 + +Chicago. C.B. Bouton, 50; Sedgwick St. + Sab. Sch., 15 65.00 + +Chicago. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for + Sch'p Endowment Fund, Fisk U._ 25.00 + +Chicago. Carpenter Estate, 25 Vol's, + _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Chillicothe. R.W. Gilliam. 1 Set Cutters' + Anatomical Charts, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Crystal Lake. Cong. Ch. in part 12.21 + +Crete. P. Chapman 25.00 + +Danville. H.M. Kimball, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 30.00 + +Earlville. "J.A.D." 25.00 + +Freeport. L.A. Warner, to const. REV. + CHARLES C. WARNER L.M. 30.00 + +Galesburg. "First Church of Christ." 54.08 + +Highland. Ladies, by Greda S. Rietman, + _for Woman's Work_ 5.00 + +Hyde Park. Rev. S.M. Freeland, 3 Bbl's. + Books, etc., _for Tougaloo U._ + +Lyndon. Rev. R. Apthrop 5.00 + +Mendon. Bbl. of C., 4 _for Freight for + Emerson Inst._ 4.00 + +Normal. Mrs. P.E. Leach 5.00 + +Paxton. Cong. Ch. 28.00 + +Peoria. Mrs. John L. Griswold, _for Sch'p + Endowment Fund, Fisk U._ 100.00 + +Rantoul. Jesse L. Fonda, _for Sch'p + Endowment Fund, Fisk U._ 5.00 + +Rockford. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for + Miss Collins' Grand River Indian Work_ 26.00 + +Seward. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 3.37 + +Sycamore. Cheerful Workers, _for Miss + Collin's Grand River Indian Work_ 4.00 + +Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell 5.00 + +Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union, + by Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Treas.: + + Chicago. New England Ch. 35.59 + + " Lincoln Park Ch. 9.37 + + " Leavitt St. Cong. Ch. 4.44 + + Mendon 5.60 + + Moline 4.25 + + Morris 10.00 + + Port Byron 15.00 + + Providence 5.00 + + Rockford. First Cong. Ch. 15.00 + + Rockford. First Cong. Ch., + _for Fisk U._ 10.00 + + Sterling 10.00 + + Stillman Valley 20.00 + + Wyoming 5.00 + + ------- $149.25 + + --------- + + 651.25 + +ESTATE. + +Chicago. Estate of Nathaniel Norton + "In Memoriam" 1,000.00 + + -------- + + $1,651.25 + + + +MICHIGAN, $376.25. + +Armada. Cong. Ch. 3.80 + +Beacon. Miss M. Peck's Day Sch., Box of + C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Cheboygan. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. (76 c. + of which _for Indian M._) 2.18 + +Hillsdale. Several Pkgs. Basted work _for + Selma, Ala._ + +Jackson. First Cong. Ch. 38.05 + +Marshall. Mrs. J.B. Stout 5.00 + +Oscoda. Mrs. A. McDougall, 10; Mrs. H.M. + Loud, 5; Mrs. Crippin, 5; Mrs. Scofield, + 2; Mrs. Johnson, 2; Mrs. Hawkins, + 3, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 27.00 + +Owosso. Ladies' M. Soc., Box of C., _for + Wilmington, N.C._ + +Romeo. Miss Annie McKay, 5; Mrs. M.A. + Dickinson, 5, _for Student Aid, + Straight U._ 10.00 + +Romeo. Mrs. Greenshield, 5; Mrs. M. + Grover, 3; "A Friend," 3; "The Sunbeam + Soc.," 5, _for Straight U._ 16.00 + +Stanton. First Cong. Ch. 15.21 + +South Haven. Clark Pierce 10.00 + +Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. 29.01 + +Union City. "A Friend" 200.00 + +Woman's Home Missionary Union of Mich. + by Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Treas.: + + Allendale. W.H. and F.M.S., + _for Trinity Sch._ 5.00 + + West Adrian. L.M.S., + _for Trinity Sch._ 15.00 + + ------- $20.00 + + + +IOWA. $149.98. + +Bryant. Dea. H.B. Atwood 0.50 + +Cedar Rapids. Cong. Mission Sab. Sch. + Birthday offerings 2.10 + +Council Bluffs. N.P. Dodge, _for Student + Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 + +Danville. Cong. Ch. 8.30 + +Des Moines. Nellie Whitman 1.50 + +Denmark. Cong. Ch. 12.00 + +DeWitt. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Durant. Mrs. Thomas Dutton, 1.50; John + Burmeister, 50c, _for Miss Collins' Indian + Work._ 2.00 + +Farragut. Cong. Ch. 2.60 + +Fontanelle. Cong. Ch. 1.75 + +Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 9.69 + +Keosauqua. Cong. Ch. 4.30 + +Madison Co. First Cong. Ch. 3.00 + +Mount Pleasant. Cong. Ch. 4.00 + +Muscatine. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + +Oakdale. Elsie Gilman, _for Beach Inst._ 0.40 + +Orient. Cong. Ch. 4.00 + +Sabula. Cong. Ch. 3.26 + +Shenandoah. Pkg. Sew. Material, + _for Savannah, Ga._ + +Stuart. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., + _for Savannah, Ga._ + +Riceville. Cong. Ch. 8.92 + +----. "Friends," Bbls. of C., + _for Tougaloo U._ + +Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, + _for Woman's Work_: + + Algoma 3.70 + + Charles City. L.M.S. 1.75 + + Eldora 10.45 + + Gilbert Station. L.M.S. 1.35 + + Gilman. W.M.S. 5.00 + + Mason City. L.M.S. 1.35 + + McGregor. W.M.S. 8.89 + + Oskaloosa 5.75 + + Stacyville. W.M.S. 5.00 + + Sheldon. W.M.S. 1.00 + + Webster City. Girls' M.S. 2.42 + + ------ $46.66 + + + +WISCONSIN, $141.82. + +Evansville. Y.L.M.S., Bbl. of C., + _for Tillotson Inst._ + +Fond du Lac. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. + Ch., _for Jones Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._ 9.75 + +Fort Atkinson. Cong. Ch. 24.00 + +Fox Lake. Sab. Sch., Christmas Box, + _for Tillotson Inst._ + +Beloit. "L.M. of Second Cong. Ch." 5.00 + +Boscobel. Cong. Ch. 16.84 + +Boscobel. "Coral Workers," Box, + _for Tillotson Inst._ + +Brodhead. "Willing Workers," Pkg., + _for Tillotson Inst._ + +Green Bay. First Pres. Ch., + _for Emerson Inst._ 10.00 + +Green Bay. Y.L.M.S., Box, + _for Tillotson Inst._ + +Hartford. Cong. Ch., to const. ROBERT + FREEMAN L.M. 37.00 + +Kenosha. Y.P.S.C.E., by Bessie E. + Wells, _for Indian M._ 3.07 + +Madison. "King's Daughters," Pkg. + _for Tillotson Inst._ + +Menomonee. "Friends," Bbl. of C., etc., + _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Milwaukee. Y.P.S.C.E. of Pilgrim Cong. + Ch., _for Mountain Work_ 6.00 + +Ripon. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 8.16; + Mrs. C.T. Tracy, 5 13.16 + +Sheboygan. J.H. Mead, + _for Sherwood, Tenn._ 5.00 + +Waukesha. "Friends," in Cong. Ch. and + Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 12.00 + +Whitewater. Mrs. J. Cutler, Pkg. Sewing + Material, etc., _for Meridian, Miss._ + + + +MINNESOTA, $209.16. + +Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 91.56 + +Minneapolis. Bethel Mission Sab. Sch., + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 + +Mirriam Park. Miss F.L. Austin, + _for Brewer Normal Sch._ 5.00 + +Mirriam Park. Miss F.L. Austin, Bbl. of + C., _for Greenwood, S.C._ + +Northfield. Ladies' H.M. Soc., _for Freight + to Jonesboro, Tenn._ 5.45 + +Plainview. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. + of C. and Box of Papers, + _for Jonesboro, Tenn._ + +Rochester. W.J. Eaton 50.00 + +Rushford. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., + Box Books, etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ + +Saint Paul. S.S. Class, _for Student Aid, + Talledega C._ 1.50 + +Saint Paul. Atlantic Cong. Ch., Ladles' + M. Soc., B. of C., _for Jonesboro, Tenn._ + +Waseca. Cong. Soc. 5.95 + + + +MISSOURI, $12.30. + +Saint Louis. Third Cong. Ch. 12.30 + + + +KANSAS, $16.78. + +Highland. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, + Fisk U._ 10.00 + +Leavenworth. First Cong. Ch. 6.78 + +Topeka. First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. Goods; + 3 doz. S.S. Singing Books, + _for Meridian, Miss._ + + + +NEBRASKA, $29.58. + +Crete. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 3.13 + +Okay. Cong. Ch. 1.45 + +Virginia. "A Friend." 25.00 + + + +COLORADO, $2.50. + +Rosita. Miss Josephine Kellogg, + _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 2.50 + + + +CALIFORNIA, $50.00. + +Los Angeles. Rev. Edward Hildreth 50.00 + + + +OREGON, $150.00. + +ESTATE. + +Mount Zion. Estate of Dea. H.M. Humphrey, + by Rev. G.H. Atkinson, Ex. 150.00 + + + +WASHINGTON, $7.05. + +Anacortes. Rev. Horace J. Taylor and + family 7.05 + + + +MARYLAND, $165.72. + +Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 165.72 + + + +KENTUCKY, $1.66. + +Woodbine. E.H. Bullock 1.66 + + + +TENNESSEE, $21.90. + +Nashville. Cong. Ch. in Fisk U. 16.80 + +Sherwood. Union Cong. Sab. Sch., + Birthday Box Offerings 5.10 + + + +NORTH CAROLINA, $10.75. + +Hillsboro. C.E. Jones 2.00 + +Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 4.10 + +Pekin. Cong. Ch. 0.65 + +Troy. "Friends," by S.D. Leake 4.00 + + + +GEORGIA, $3.75. + +Atlanta. First Cong. Ch., 8 Birthday + Offerings 1.50 + +Savannah. M.R. Montgomery, + _for Student Aid_ 0.75 + +Woodville. Cong. Ch. 1.50 + + + +ALABAMA, $64.37. + +Birmingham. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 5.55 + +Marion. Cong. Ch. 4.77 + +Mobile. Cong. Ch. 2.00 + +Montgomery. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 12.40 + +Selma. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 5.25 + +Selma. Cong. Ch. 2.00 + +Shelby. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 10.00 + +Talladega. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., + _for Indian Work_ 13.40 + +Talladega. "Little Helpers," 3; Mission + Band, 5, _for Singing Books_ 8.00 + +Talladega. Cove Cong. Ch., 50c; Lawson + Cong. Ch., 50c, _for Talladega C._ 1.00 + + + +FLORIDA, $25.15 + +Crescent City. D.W. Burton 5.00 + +Jacksonville. Mrs. Anna W. Chadwick, + (5 of which _for Mountain Work_) 10.00 + +Montclair. Mrs. E.C. Denning, Material + for Sewing Class, _Meridian, Miss._ + +Winter Park. Cong. Ch. 10.15 + + + +MISSISSIPPI, $5.00. + +Biloxi. J.W. Bushnell 5.00 + + + +TEXAS, $2.20. + +Greenock. Dea. S.B. Hoisington 2.20 + + + +TURKEY, $14.60. + +Constantinople. Rev. Joseph K. Greene, D.D. 10.00 + +Samokov. Miss E.T. Maltbie 4.60 + + ---------- + +Donations $11,379.37 + +Estates 1,871.93 + + ---------- + + $13,251.30 + + + +INCOME, $30.00. + +Belden Scholarship Fund, _for + Talladega C._ 30.00 + + + +TUITION, $4,331.33. + +Lexington, Ky., Tuition 224.90 + +Williamsburg, Ky., Tuition 57.00 + +Genesis, Tenn., Tuition 0.87 + +Grand View, Tenn., Tuition 47.75 + +Jonesboro, Tenn., Tuition 90.80 + +Memphis, Tenn., Tuition 502.60 + +Nashville, Tenn., Tuition 656.29 + +Pleasant Hill, Tenn., Tuition 27.75 + +Robbins, Tenn., Tuition 3.50 + +Wilmington, N.C., Tuition 135.75 + +Charleston, S.C., Tuition 226.25 + +Atlanta, Ga., Storrs Sch., + Tuition 275.80 + +McIntosh, Ga., Tuition 59.60 + +Macon, Ga., Tuition 346.70 + +Savannah, Ga., Tuition 218.40 + +Thomasville, Ga., Tuition 88.15 + +Athens, Ala., Tuition 99.00 + +Mobile, Ala., Tuition 208.70 + +Talladega, Ala., Tuition 108.25 + +Meridian, Miss., Tuition 62.50 + +Tougaloo, Miss., Tuition 330.25 + +New Orleans, La., Tuition 285.70 + +Austin, Texas, Tuition 125.88 + + -------- 4,331.33 + +United States Government for the + education of Indians 61.10 + + ------------ + +Total for February $17,673.73 + + =========== + + + +SUMMARY. + +Donations $80,894.64 + +Estates 11,471.88 + + ---------- + + $92,366.52 + +Income 4,374,21 + +Tuition 13,971.40 + +United States Government appropriation + for Indians 4,286.85 + + ---------- + +Total for Oct. 1 to Feb. 28 $114,998.98 + + ========== + + + +FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + +Subscriptions for February 116.41 + +Previously acknowledged 416.58 + + ------- + +Total $533.99 + + ======= + + +DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED +PEOPLE. + +Income for February, 1889, from +investments 4,197.36 + +Previously acknowledged 3,157.50 + + ---------- + +Total $7,354.86 + + ========== + + +H.W. 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