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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No. 8,
+August, 1889, by Various
+
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+Title: The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No. 8, August, 1889
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: June 30, 2005 [EBook #16153]
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+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ***
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+
+THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+AUGUST, 1889.
+
+VOL. XLIII. NO. 8.
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+  ANNUAL MEETING
+  FIGURES STILL IMPROVING
+  PARAGRAPH
+  EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS
+  CIVIL RIGHTS IN COURT
+  TIMHAKA TA IVANGELI
+
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+  WHAT I FOUND IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS, ILLUSTRATED WITH CUTS
+    OF MOUNTAIN CABINS, A NATIVE MOUNTAIN CHURCH AND THE ACADEMY
+    AT WILLIAMSBURG, KY.
+
+ ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES:
+    FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN.
+    TALLADEGA COLLEGE, TALLADEGA, ALA.
+    STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
+    LE MOYNE NORMAL SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENN.
+    AVERY INSTITUTE, CHARLESTON, S.C.
+    NEW CHURCH AND SCHOOL AT ALCO, ALA.
+    CHILDREN'S DAY AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
+
+
+THE INDIANS.
+
+  LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS
+  THE RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL
+
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+  OROVILLE, MARYSVILLE, PETALUMA
+
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+  WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS
+  THE LOCAL SOCIETY--ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
+
+
+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 Reade 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,
+  CLINTON E. FISK,
+  ADDISON P. FOSTER,
+  ALBERT J. LYMAN.
+
+  _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 Sheet, Chicago._
+  Rev. C.W. HIATT, _64 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio._
+
+
+_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.       AUGUST, 1889.        No. 8.
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+The next Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association will be
+held in Chicago, Ill., at the New England Church, commencing at three
+o'clock Tuesday afternoon, October 29th. Rev. R.R. Meredith, D.D., of
+Brooklyn, N.Y., will preach the sermon. Details regarding the reception
+of delegates and their entertainment, together with rates at hotels, and
+railroad and steamboat reductions, will appear later in the religious
+press and in the next number of the MISSIONARY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE FIGURES STILL IMPROVING.
+
+Our receipts for nine months to June 30th are: From donations,
+$147,213.31; from estates, $50,121.54; from income, $8,117.96; from
+tuition, $30,239.62; from United States Government for Indians,
+$15,219.37; total, $250,911.80. Our expenditures for nine months to June
+30th are, $265,526.59. Debtor balance, $14,614.76.
+
+The improvement is seen in the following figures: Debtor balance at the
+close of April, $28,318.14; at the close of May, $25,795.07; June, as
+above, $14,614.76. This improvement is due, in large part to legacies,
+and yet there has been marked improvement in the donations as compared
+with last year. We trust our friends will be encouraged to still further
+increase their contributions, and enable us to rejoice in a triumphant
+balance sheet.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OUR PRACTICAL, THOUGHTFUL FRIEND.
+
+Nearly a year ago, we had the satisfaction of referring to a friend who
+contributed regularly to all the Congregational Societies, and yet
+reserved one hundred dollars for the society standing in need of special
+help. We are glad to say that was not a transient purpose, for the
+friend has appeared again this year and has doubled his special
+contribution. We trust that he stands not alone in this thoughtful and
+practical watchfulness over the missionary societies.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.
+
+"Enclosed find my draft for ---- for the good work doing among the
+Freedmen. For nothing do I give money more cheerfully than for the
+advancement of that race."
+
+"The earnest plea of Mr. Pond for help in his California Chinese work
+was brought to the notice of our Chinese teachers yesterday. We would
+hereby pledge you fifty dollars. His work must not stop. Would that we
+could do more towards its support. Would, too, that we could have one of
+his earnest Christian Chinese workers in our own city."
+
+"I have just been reading the June number of the MISSIONARY, and do what
+I can at this time toward paying the debt. I am specially impressed by
+the extract from Mr. Pond's letter, and shall be pleased if you see fit
+to assign the enclosed to his work. However, please to use it at your
+discretion in any way."
+
+"I have been able to do so little for your society of late that it has
+been a grief to me, but as I am in receipt of a little money I send you
+---- as a thank offering. May it do a little for the cause my husband
+and myself have had so much at heart. With best wishes and prayers for
+your _abundant_ success."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Rev. C.J. Ryder writes:
+
+After the work of the Association had been presented in a comparatively
+small church near Boston, the pastor arose, and with earnestness and
+deep feeling said, "What are _we_ going to do about it? Shall we let
+this great work be delayed because of our inaction? Let us now take a
+collection of one hundred dollars!" This seemed an impossible thing to
+do to the visiting Secretary. They brought back in the bags one hundred
+and ten dollars, the extra collection of this comparatively small
+church!
+
+It makes a heap of difference whether the pastor follows the Secretary's
+address with such cordial and enthusiastic endorsement or not. I am glad
+to testify that there is a good deal of this cordial co-operation on the
+part of pastors in New England.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CIVIL RIGHTS IN COURT.
+
+During the National Council at Chicago, three years ago, Rev. S.P.
+Smith, a delegate from Knoxville, Tenn., applying for a dinner at a
+restaurant, was refused service. He prosecuted the proprietor. A jury in
+Chicago has just given him a verdict of $125 damages. The defence asked
+for a new trial on the ground that the judge had prejudiced the jury by
+his instructions; the judge denied the motion, stating that if he had
+been on the jury he would have made the fine $500. The defence is
+seeking a compromise, with the threatened alternative of an appeal. Mr.
+Smith, standing for the principle, will abide the final act of the
+court.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TIMHAKA TA IVANGELI.
+
+We are very proud of this book as being the first literary production in
+an African language of one of our graduates at the South, the Rev. B.F.
+Ousley, now of the East Central Africa Mission. The missionaries there
+have already reduced the language to writing, having formed a vocabulary
+of over three thousand words, and from it have printed a few books.
+Among them, is the one whose title appears above. It is a translation of
+"The Story of the Gospel," in a little volume of two hundred and six
+pages. We have read it with great interest so far as we have been able
+to understand its dialect. Within our comprehension we find Jesu, the
+one word in all languages for all people, Simone Petro, Johane, Marta,
+Maria, and Lazaru and many other such proper names. We congratulate our
+young people at the South that so soon they have a representative
+performing such literary work for the people of Africa. Much of such
+work seems drudgery, but it is necessary to opening the light of life to
+the people who sit in darkness. A booklet in the same language gives a
+catechism and some of the songs of the gospel, ten of which are
+translations by Mr. Ousley of some of the dearest of the gospel songs.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+WHAT I FOUND IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS.
+
+BY REV. C.W. SHELTON.
+
+First. There are living in this mountain country two millions of white
+people, until recently isolated from, and untouched by, the civilization
+of which we are so proud. No centennial anniversary commemorates their
+growth in wealth and intellect. As their fathers lived, so until
+recently, have they. One hundred years have witnessed but little
+progress, almost no change, in their condition. The open fire-place, the
+spinning-wheel and the home-spun jeans are familiar sights. Forgotten by
+the rest of the world, they, in turn, forget that beyond these mountain
+peaks, marking the limit of view and generally the limit of interest, a
+nation has pressed forward to take its place among the foremost of the
+earth. And yet no color line has excluded, no reservation boundary
+separated, this people from their fellow countrymen. Their lack of
+energy and the stagnation of their minds, is the explanation of this
+condition of things.
+
+Secondly. I found this mountain people naturally American; in deepest
+sympathy with our free government; loyal to the old flag in the hour of
+its greatest danger; fighting, suffering, dying, that the Union might be
+preserved. To one who has spent any length of time on our western
+prairies settled so largely with an emigrant people, the great
+difference between the American born and educated people of the
+mountains, and the naturalized American of the prairie, constantly
+emphasizes itself. Here no new language has to be acquired, no new form
+of government understood. A common interest, a common sympathy, a mother
+country, binds one at once to this people as it never can to the
+American importation which is found at the West.
+
+Thirdly. I found homes and a home life, or rather the want of it, which
+one would hardly believe possible among a white population in this
+country.
+
+The following illustrations are correct representations of what I
+found to be average mountain cabins. Seldom do they contain more than
+two, often only one, room. A single window, an open fire-place, and a
+few home-made articles of furniture, comprise the whole. The home is
+begun when its founders are yet children. Ignorant and poor, the boy
+has "took up" with the girl, and it may be they are legally married. A
+building-bee is announced, a little cabin erected, a few pigs bought
+or given, a few trees girdled, some corn planted, in so crude and
+shiftless a way that even an Indian, in his first attempts at farming,
+would be ashamed to own it, and home life is begun. Into this home of
+poverty and ignorance come the children. The families are
+large--eight, ten, twelve, and sometimes more. The mother is too
+ignorant herself to instruct, and had she the ability, neither time
+nor strength to accomplish it are at her command. Life to her is a
+struggle. At twenty she looks thirty-five, at thirty-five she is old.
+Always she has a tired, hopeless expression, which simply to look at
+almost starts the tears. The children have something of the same
+expression; the babies even seem to realize that it is a sober, sad
+world they have come into. I do not remember seeing a laughing, cooing
+baby in all the cabins I visited.
+
+[Illustration: MOUNTAIN CABIN.]
+
+[Illustration: MOUNTAIN CABIN.]
+
+Educationally, I found this people far below the emigrant on the
+prairie. Seventy per cent. of the whole two millions cannot read or
+write. The schools are the poorest. The school houses are built of logs;
+a hole is cut for the window; the ground serves for a floor, slabs for
+seats, and the teacher is strictly in keeping with all. Bare-footed,
+hair unkempt, snuff stick in her mouth, scarcely able to read herself,
+she is the example--the ideal toward which her pupils are to strive.
+
+Religiously, I found that these people, almost without exception, were
+"professors," and "had jined" not a Christian church, but some one of
+these native mountain pastors. The accompanying illustration gives a
+good idea of the mountain church; it is built of logs, and is without
+windows; the pulpit is an unpainted board; the seats slabs from the
+nearest saw mill, turned flat side up, with pegs driven in for legs.
+The ministry is in strict keeping with the church, and intellectually
+little in advance of the people. They take pride in the fact that
+"These yer home-spun jeans have never brushed no dust from off no
+college walls," and exultantly declare that "The Lord taught me how to
+preach: and when the Lord teaches a man how to preach, you may just
+reckon he don't make no mistakes."
+
+[Illustration: A NATIVE MOUNTAIN CHURCH.]
+
+On every hand, I found indications that the day of isolation for this
+people is rapidly passing away. Yankee inquisitiveness has discovered
+that these mountains are full of the best coal and iron--Northern
+capital has already begun to strip them of their rich forests of black
+walnut, oak and pine. The rivers are carrying these logs by the
+thousands to the immense mills, which in turn are making the large
+towns, toward which already the railroad is hastening.
+
+Engineering skill is bridging streams, crossing valleys, climbing
+mountains or piercing them through. On every hand we see the change.
+From their long sleep of a century, these valleys, these homes, this
+whole people are awakening. A new life is beginning, a new future,
+opening.
+
+And as a result of all this, I found a field of missionary work, which
+for opportunity and need has perhaps no equal in our country. Amidst all
+this change, a people, startled from their long separation, find
+themselves suddenly called to face, to compete with, to become a part
+of, our life, our intellectual advancement; to move with our energy, and
+work with our skill. Realizing their weakness, suddenly roused by their
+necessity, they are sending across their valleys and over their
+mountains the Macedonian cry, "Come over and help us!" Our duty to this
+people, whether we look at it from the standpoint of the Christian or
+the citizen, is beyond the measure of words.
+
+Here, as everywhere in the South, I found that the American Missionary
+Association, as representative of our Northern Christian sympathy, was
+at work. Its normal schools, fitting teachers to go out and displace the
+bare-footed, ignorant, snuff-stick-chewing school mistresses; its
+churches, fitting mothers and fathers to enter upon their duties
+conscious of their responsibility; and its missionaries, bringing
+in an intelligent Christian life, and driving the curse of the
+country--intemperance--out of the home, community and the county, are
+thus meeting the need, and answering the cry, and fulfilling the
+obligations. Below is a cut of one of the buildings of the Academy
+at Williamsburg, Ky., recently erected among these people.
+
+[Illustration: WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY, KY.]
+
+I found one worker where the field called for a dozen; one school where
+we should have twenty; one church where we should have a hundred; one
+scholar received into an over-crowded school house, when its doors
+should open to scores. I found one missionary with nine organized
+churches on his hands, and he the only pastor; the extremes of his
+parish being seventy-five miles apart.
+
+And lastly, on returning to New York, I found an empty, a worse than
+empty, a debt-burdened treasury, forbidding all advancement in this
+field.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+_Anniversary Exercises._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN.
+
+BY DISTRICT SECRETARY C.J. RYDER.
+
+Fisk University fills a large place in the educational institutions of
+the South, and commencement week occupies an important place in the
+college year at Fisk.
+
+When the inhuman caste prejudice passes away, the Congregationalists of
+the North will discover the encouraging fact that the American
+Missionary Association has planted Congregationalism in the South to
+stay. Fisk University and other such institutions, filled as they will
+be by young men of every class and color, will be strongholds of our New
+Testament faith and polity. Such a Commencement as was observed at Fisk
+this year does much to bring about that blessed day. This Commencement
+week, beginning Thursday, June sixth, and closing the evening of June
+twelfth, was crowded with literary and musical exercises of high order.
+President E.M. Cravath, D.D., delivered the baccalaureate sermon, taking
+for his subject, "Building on the Rock." It was a sermon of great power.
+Rev. Dr. Gray, a Southern Episcopal clergyman, preached the missionary
+sermon. On Thursday evening, came "The Senior Preparatory Exhibition."
+On June seventh, tenth and eleventh, the various class examinations were
+held, and in the evening of Friday the seventh, the anniversary
+exercises of the Literary Societies were given. There are three healthy
+and vigorous societies at Fisk, and it was difficult to tell which of
+the three gave the best evidence of the superior quality of its drill,
+in the exercises presented.
+
+The Normal Department graduated a class of four, each presenting an
+essay. Rev. C.W. Hiatt, of Cleveland, Ohio, delivered the address at the
+close of the exercises of the normal department, taking for his subject
+"Earnest Living," and the address was spoken of with high appreciation
+by those who heard it.
+
+The graduating exercises of the Collegiate Department were of unusual
+interest. There was not a poor oration or essay presented. The breadth
+of training given to the students at Fisk was especially noticeable in
+the wide range of subjects selected.
+
+The anniversary of the Alumni Association gave evidence that the
+graduates of Fisk are true to the instruction of that institution, when
+they take up their work in the world. Sixty-seven have graduated from
+this institution; forty-two are teachers; eight, ministers; three,
+doctors; two, editors; two, foreign missionaries; eight, lawyers; one is
+a student; and one a real estate agent. Pretty good showing for Fisk!
+
+The annual oration was delivered by the writer, subject, "The Student's
+Workshop, Tools and Work."
+
+The rendering of the Hallelujah Chorus by the full choir of trained
+singers was especially fine, and reflected great credit upon the
+director.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TALLADEGA COLLEGE, TALLADEGA, ALA.
+
+BY MRS. H.S. DEFOREST.
+
+Talladega College observed its nineteenth anniversary June 9th to 13th.
+The large gathering of students, alumni and friends, the enthusiasm and
+interest manifested, and the report of what has been accomplished during
+the past decade, showed the hold it has obtained on the hearts of the
+people.
+
+The exhibitions of Cassady School, which is the feeder for the higher
+grades, were held the week previous. Large and delighted audiences
+listened to the creditable performances of the young people, who showed
+in their parts the faithful work of teachers.
+
+On Sabbath morning, the baccalaureate sermon was preached by Secretary
+C.J. Ryder, of Boston. Many valuable and practical lessons for the
+graduating class were drawn from his somewhat unique text, "And falling
+into a place where two seas met," Acts 27:41. Various currents in life
+will bear us hither and thither unless we are founded upon the rock and
+there abide. The closing words telling of the inscription upon an
+ancient cross, _teneo et tenior_, will long abide as an inspiration and
+help with those who heard.
+
+At 4 P.M. the Sabbath-school prayer meeting gathered together students
+and teachers in a tender farewell, and at night the missionary sermon
+was preached by Rev. E.J. Penney, of Selma.
+
+The examinations of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday gave evidence of
+thorough work and of painstaking study.
+
+On Wednesday night, four young men, graduates of the Theological
+Department, were ordained. The sermon was preached by Rev. A.F. Beard,
+D.D., the ordaining prayer offered by the President, a most appropriate
+charge given by Pastor Snell of Birmingham, and the right hand by the
+Moderator, Rev. J.R. Sims, of Shelby Iron Works.
+
+The graduating exercises were held on Thursday morning. Six students
+received diplomas from the Normal Course, and five were graduated from
+the Theological Department. Essays and orations showed thought and
+originality, and were well delivered. If all the noble sentiments
+expressed are carried out in the lives of the speakers, a class has gone
+out from our walls who will make a stand for truth and righteousness,
+manly men and faithful womanly women.
+
+After the conferring of diplomas and the awarding of prizes, President
+DeForest gave a _resumé_ of the growth of the college during the ten
+years of his connection with it. The number of students has increased
+from 203 to 427, instructors from 9 to 18. In this time, theological
+graduates have passed from 7 to 28, and normal from 18 to 64.
+
+The alumni dinner was partaken of with relish by graduates and invited
+guests, and after the physical man had been refreshed an intellectual
+feast was spread. Older graduates testified to their indebtedness to the
+College which by one, quoting the words of another, was said to be "de
+main spring ob de fly wheel ob de whole conjunction." Visiting friends
+spoke of their interest and satisfaction in the work of the school, and
+Drs. Beard and Haygood, with appreciative and hopeful words, fittingly
+closed the festivities.
+
+On Thursday night, Dr. A.G. Haygood, Secretary of the Slater Fund, the
+steadfast friend of the black man, gave an address. His eloquence, wit
+and earnestness held a large audience in close attention for more than
+an hour, and he left with them much matter for thought.
+
+Teachers and pupils have now said good-bye and college halls are vacant,
+but the work of the year will bear fruit as scores of students go out to
+the labors of vacation in the dark and needy districts of the South.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
+
+BY PRESIDENT R.C. HITCHCOCK.
+
+The interest shown by the public in the annual exercises of this school
+increases each year, and for those of more general nature it is quite
+impossible to obtain a room large enough to accommodate the audience
+that assembles.
+
+The baccalaureate sermon was preached on Sunday night by President
+Hitchcock at Central Church. On Monday night, the Sumner and
+Philomathean Literary Societies and the Band of Mercy held their
+anniversary meeting, and listened to a very interesting lecture on "Life
+at a German University," by Rev. G.W. Henderson. Wednesday night, came
+the annual concert and exhibition. This has for two or three years
+gradually taken more and more the character of an exhibit of the
+gymnastic exercises, singing, etc., from each grade, and with so large a
+school, gives a long programme; but since people here have learned that
+at Straight University, when the appointed time comes the exercises
+begin, every spot where a chair could be put in an aisle, or a foot
+stand, besides all the pews both below and in the spacious galleries of
+Central, one of the largest churches in the city, was occupied at the
+moment assigned for opening, and the attention was grand until the very
+last.
+
+On Thursday night, the Alumni Association met at the University Chapel
+for election of officers, adjourning later to the parlors for a social
+meeting. These Alumni meetings grow each year in numbers, interest and
+importance. Papers were read by several members, the usual history,
+prophecy and poem were given, remarks were made by others and some good
+music was rendered. Many who could not come sent interesting letters.
+Friday night was the _great_ occasion. The crowd was no less than on
+Wednesday night, and that such an audience should sit, giving close
+attention, from 7:30 to 11:30, to the orations and essays of the
+graduates, with no sign of weariness, was to me a wonderful thing and
+showed a deep and heart-felt interest, in the community, for Christian
+education, which is grandly encouraging.
+
+Two of the graduates were from Mexico, one from Mississippi, one from
+Plaquemines Parish, one from Baton Rouge and five from this city, the
+proportion from the city being larger than usual.
+
+Members of the Trustee Board and others who have heard these exercises
+for many years, without hesitation pronounce them as a whole far better
+than those of any previous year. It is certain that each year there is
+shown a marked advancement in general intelligence and culture, and in
+the depth and arrangement of thought. The venerable Judge Whittaker, who
+seldom leaves his home at night, was on the platform, and at the close
+of the valedictory, which was given by Leonidas Burbridge, of
+Greenville, Miss., he jumped from his chair, seized the young man by the
+hand and expressed his wonder and gratification at all he had heard and
+seen, saying that in all his fifty years of life in New Orleans he had
+seen nothing that so filled his heart with emotions of astonishment and
+joy.
+
+I neglected to speak of the meeting on Sunday morning, May 26th, of the
+College Y.M.C.A., which has had a very prosperous year. The Association
+was addressed by Mr. Fred S. Hitchcock on Y.M.C.A. work in the great
+cities, and by Mr. Perry on College Y.M.C.A. work. The year has been a
+good one, notwithstanding many adverse circumstances. The establishment
+of a regular graded course of study, from the lowest primary grades to
+the college, and close adherence to such course are being felt more and
+more each year. More than half the graduates of this year began their
+education in the school, and all interested are proud of them. There is
+all along a marked difference between those who have come through our
+own primary schools and others equally capable who have had no
+systematic early training. For the first time since the course of study
+was adopted, every class this year has thoroughly completed the work
+assigned, and in most cases reviewed it.
+
+The State has been in a condition of great excitement during most of the
+year, nearly one-half the parishes being under a complete reign of
+terror, and it has been a frequent thing to see one of our students from
+the country, especially from the southern parishes, in tears in
+consequence of the intelligence of some friend, father or brother
+perhaps, having been the victim of some dastardly outrage from the
+"regulators." Tales of sorrow and suffering could easily be gathered to
+fill volumes. Iberia, Terrebonne and Lafayette parishes have been
+especially noted as under this reign of terror, and from these we have
+many pupils. Three sisters of Sammy Wakefield, who was shot at New
+Iberia, are in our school, and many others closely connected with
+suffering families. It has been very difficult for the colored people to
+get a living, and the sacrifices they make to keep the children in
+school are wonderful.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+LE MOYNE NORMAL INSTITUTE, MEMPHIS, TENN.
+
+BY PROF. A.J. STEELE.
+
+Another year has passed in the history of our work at Le Moyne
+Institute, and its eighteenth anniversary has been celebrated with the
+graduation of a class of eleven, and the tenth reunion of an alumni
+association numbering some seventy five members. Recalling sixteen years
+of experience in connection with this work, I can fix upon scarcely a
+single event or circumstance that has not been made to conduce to the
+advancement of our work and influence in the community, and looking over
+results in all directions, they have surpassed the dreams and
+expectations of the most hopeful.
+
+The year past has been a remarkable one in our history. Our attendance
+has varied little from four hundred pupils in all grades of the twelve
+years' course, while our enrollment for the year has reached five
+hundred and twenty different pupils.
+
+Every interest of the school has been prospered and greatly blessed and
+strengthened. The utmost harmony and earnestness has marked the work of
+the year, both among teachers and pupils. During the past session, as
+many as sixty of our pupils have started out in the Christian life,
+giving evidence of change of heart and an earnest purpose to live for
+Christ and His work in the world. We rejoice over this more than over
+all other results of our year's work.
+
+The whole spirit and tone of our work has been such that even our trials
+and losses, from fire and from breaks in our working force, have seemed
+to be turned to means of blessing and sources of strength. Our trials
+and difficulties have been to us opportunities. We look forward
+hopefully to the future, as we look thankfully back to the past.
+
+Our partially destroyed building, from the fire of March 3d, is rebuilt
+and greatly improved. We hope our corps of instructors, so uniformly
+faithful in the discharge of duty, may remain unbroken, the same for the
+coming year.
+
+At the close of the term, the promotions were made in all grades by the
+principal, and the pupils given the "forms" they are to occupy the
+coming year. In truth, the formal "Commencement" for the year was made
+at the close of this session. Every pupil knows exactly his grade and
+place, and few will be absent at the opening, October first.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+AVERY INSTITUTE, CHARLESTON, S.C.
+
+Anniversary week of this Institute is always an occasion of the deepest
+interest to the colored people of Charleston and vicinity; and those who
+succeed in obtaining tickets of admission to Avery Hall consider
+themselves most fortunate. This year proved no exception, and the demand
+for tickets, and the enthusiasm of those in attendance, have never been
+surpassed in the history of the school.
+
+The exercises throughout the week were of a high order. The Sub-Normal
+Exhibition and the Prize-Speaking Contest by the normal classes were
+unanimously declared to be the best ever given in Avery. At the
+commencement on Wednesday, every foot of space within sight or hearing
+of the platform was filled by intelligent and appreciative listeners.
+Eleven graduates--ten ladies and one gentleman--received the diploma of
+the Institute and joined the hundreds who have preceded them in the
+grand work of elevating their race.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE NEW CHURCH AND SCHOOL AT ALCO, ALA.
+
+BY REV. R.C. BEDFORD.
+
+Brewton is the county seat of Escambia County, Alabama. It is on the
+Louisville & Nashville Railroad, one hundred and six miles north of
+Montgomery, and seventy-four north of Mobile. It has a population of
+about two thousand five hundred, and is quite thrifty. Alco is a mile
+and a half further south, on the same road, and is a nice little village
+of five or six hundred people, that has grown up within the last three
+years, and almost wholly out of the Peters Lumber Company. The property
+of the Company consists of one of the largest and finest mills in the
+South, with nearly 200,000 acres of yellow pine surrounding it. Some
+three hundred colored men, most of them with families, are employed in
+the various operations of the mills. Mr. Peters is engaged most of the
+time in his large lumber and salt interests at Manistee, Mich., but
+comes South two or three times a year to look after the business at
+Alco. From the first, it was the purpose of the Company to do something
+to improve the church and school facilities of the colored people, and
+last spring, while Mrs. Peters was spending a few weeks at Alco, she had
+a building 35x60 erected, and nicely arranged for church and school
+purposes. This she turned over to the American Missionary Association,
+and they at once sent down Rev. W.P. Hamilton, of Talladega, to open a
+school and begin preaching. The second Sunday in June, he was joined by
+Prof. G.W. Andrews, of Talladega, Rev. R.C. Bedford, of Montgomery, and
+Rev. F.G. Ragland and Deacon Godbold of Mobile, to assist him in
+dedicating the building.
+
+Though but little was known of Congregationalism in that part of the
+country, the services were entered into most heartily by all classes of
+the people. Most of the ministers at Brewton, in charge of colored
+churches, closed their places of worship and joined with us, partaking
+in the services, and speaking with great delight of the coming of an
+educated preacher and teacher among them.
+
+Mr. Hamilton starts off with over fifty pupils in Sunday and day school,
+and hopes soon to have members enough so that he can take steps to call
+a council and organize a church. The brethren of Alabama are greatly
+encouraged by this movement. Heretofore we have had no church or school
+between Montgomery and Mobile, one hundred and eighty miles. Now the
+distance is divided, Alco standing about half way between the two
+places.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CHILDREN'S DAY.
+
+BY REV. J.E. SMITH.
+
+The 9th of June last was a grand day for the young people in the First
+Congregational Church at Chattanooga. The church was tastefully
+decorated with appropriate Scripture mottoes, choice evergreens,
+beautiful flowers and sweet singing canaries. There was present a large
+number of adults and a larger number of clean, sweet, hopeful children,
+and many laughing, cooing babes in the arms of their Christian parents,
+who like faithful Hannah and good Mary of old, had brought their babes
+to the house of God to present them to the Lord. After the rendering of
+a beautiful voluntary by the organist, the whole congregation joined in
+singing that grand hymn, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!" The
+pastor then read a few passages of Scripture selected for the occasion,
+giving a short comment on the same, and prayed for God's blessing on the
+young. While the congregation joined heartily in singing, "Heavenly
+Father, send Thy blessing, On Thy children gathered here," Christian
+parents who desired to present their offspring to the Lord, having been
+invited, came forward and stood before the altar with their little ones
+in their arms. Six bright-eyed, innocent babes were, on the faith of
+their believing parents, consecrated to God in the Christian ordinance
+of infant baptism. It was a most beautiful, pleasing and impressive
+service.
+
+After singing, "Take my life and let it be, Consecrated, Lord, to Thee,"
+the pastor invited all children, calling them by name, who were ten
+years of age and had been baptized in the church when infants, to come
+forward. The church, then, through its pastor, at a cost of twenty-three
+dollars, presented to each child, (nineteen in number) a beautiful,
+well-bound copy of the Bible, with the following written on the fly
+leaf: "This Bible was presented to ---- by the First Congregational
+Church at Chattanooga, in commemoration of his infant consecration to
+God at her sacred altar, by his Christian parents. John 5:39."
+
+After taking a collection of ten dollars and twenty-four cents for the
+Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society, we sang "God be
+with you till we meet again," and the benediction was pronounced. Thus,
+a very interesting and we trust profitable service of an hour and twenty
+minutes was ended.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+THE INDIANS.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS.
+
+No facts in this field can be of more interest to the readers of the
+MISSIONARY than those contained in the following thrilling account of
+the conversion of three young Indians in Miss Collins' mission field. We
+give the facts as written by this self-sacrificing missionary.
+
+Last Sabbath, Mr. Riggs came up from Oahe and we had communion, and
+there were five children baptized and seven grown people, and seven more
+were examined and advised to wait till the next communion. It was a most
+interesting season.
+
+Three of the young men were the leaders in the Indian dance. They have
+always been the head ones in all Indian customs. A year ago, one of them
+said in the dance that he should follow the Indian customs a year
+longer--give himself up to them wholly and try to be satisfied, and if
+he had in his heart the same unsatisfied feeling, the same longing, that
+he then had, he should throw it all away.
+
+On last New Year's day, the same young man, "Huntington Wolcott," came
+to me and said--"Last night I arose in the dance and told them that I
+had given the old customs and the old Indians a fair trial, and that
+they did not satisfy, now I should leave them forever and give myself to
+God, and if any others were ready to follow to arise and so make it
+known. The other two leaders arose, stood silently a moment, and walked
+out." From that time they have given themselves up to singing, praying
+and studying the Bible. They had, for two years, been halting between
+two opinions, attending the school, church, etc., and the Indian feasts
+and dances, too. These three having come out so boldly on God's side,
+has made a great change in our work here.
+
+Poor old Running-Antelope feels very sad. It is his desire to keep the
+young men from learning Christianity and civilization as long as he can.
+He wants them to have everything in common, and to feel that for an
+individual to accumulate anything is a disgrace. As long as they feel
+so, of course squalor and suffering will be the natural consequences.
+
+The young men are working hard to build up homes and to accumulate
+something for their families during the winter. One young man has cut
+logs and is building a house. I try to teach them that long prayers and
+loud singing is not all of Christianity--that however regularly a man
+attends to his church duties, if he fails to provide for his family, his
+religion is vain; and if he gives all his goods to his friends and lets
+his wife and children cry for bread, that their cries will reach the
+ears of God, and his prayers and hymns will be lost in this round of
+wailing of the hungry. All this is very different from their old Indian
+doctrine and hard to understand.
+
+Elias, our native teacher, has formed a class of young men who meet
+every Tuesday night and talk and pray and sing together, and he directs
+their thought. I think it will prove very helpful. Then on Thursday
+night I have my Bible class, which now numbers about twenty. It is
+formed of the young men and women who wish to follow Christ's example,
+and band themselves together to learn of him. It has been the _training
+school_ of the young Christians.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+What could be more encouraging than such facts as these? An Indian
+unattended by any white person, dissatisfied with the religion of his
+fathers, walks out of heathenism; out of sympathy and connection with
+his tribe; out of the religion and customs of his fathers and into the
+customs of civilized life, into the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ! In
+the words of that quaint old Negro hymn, let those who so earnestly
+desire the conversion of the Pagans in America exhort one another to
+"Pray on: Pray on."
+
+C.J.R.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL.
+
+BY DISTRICT SECRETARY JOS. E. ROY.
+
+This is a department of the University of New Mexico at Santa Fé,
+occupying separate buildings and a separate locality, and managed by the
+American Missionary Association. A recent visit to the school it may be
+worth while to report. It is for the Apache Indians and the youth who
+are gathered into it are of the Jiccarrilla band. Their reservation is
+about two hundred miles west, and is reached by railroad or by pony
+transportation. The teachers deem it better to have the school some
+distance from the people so as to make its impression the more positive,
+and yet near enough for the parents to visit their children occasionally
+while at school. This keeps up the interest and prevents the children
+from being educated away from their elders. Two good sized buildings are
+used. In one there are the school rooms, the accommodations for the
+teachers, and the lodgings for the boys. In the other, under a matron,
+there are lodgings for the girls, work rooms for the same, and the
+boarding department for all. The Indian girls do the cooking for the
+establishment. I saw them getting dinner and I saw many loaves of
+beautiful white bread made by them. In their work shop they make their
+own clothes. The boys, under the lead of the principal, Prof. Elmore
+Chase, work at cobbling, making ditches and cultivating the soil, and
+also do something with carpenter's tools. The Government pays over a
+hundred dollars a year for each student toward the expense of board,
+clothes, etc. The American Missionary Association appoints the teachers
+and directs the school. The scholars, thirty in all, have made very
+creditable progress in their studies, considering the short time the
+school has been in operation, from three to four years. Prof. Whipple,
+now of Wheaton College, who for a time was principal of the Ramona,
+testifies: "I never saw on an average such aptness, docility and
+faithfulness in school and industrial work." The religious influence
+of the school has not been interfered with by the Government. I heard
+the scholars recite with promptness and evident understanding the
+Twenty third Psalm, the Beatitudes, the Commandments, the Lord's
+Prayer, and portions of a catechism introductory to the Westminster
+Shorter. Daily worship is maintained among them, the Sunday-school
+lesson is thoroughly taught, while the Bible is freely used in the
+school. The Professor thought that several of the youth gave such
+evidence of an experience of grace as would satisfy us concerning
+white children. I was permitted to see half a dozen letters written by
+the scholars to be sent to their parents and brothers and sisters,
+without the supervision of their teachers, in which were many
+expressions of love for the Saviour and the Bible, and of a desire
+that their friends at home should be made acquainted with the same,
+and the purpose, when they should go home, to communicate those good
+things.
+
+The following are four of those letters:
+
+
+     RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL, SANTA FÉ, NEW MEXICO.
+     June 16, 1889.
+
+     _My Dear Father:_
+
+     I am very well and happy all the time. I am very sorry that my
+     step Mother was dead. I want you to come after me in July. And
+     come early. I had such a lovely time on our picnic. I want you
+     to learn about Jesus and His love. So when you die you will go
+     to Him. Where you shall be happy evermore.
+
+     From your loving daughter, MARY ARMSTRONG.
+
+
+     RAMONA SCHOOL, SANTA FÉ, NEW MEXICO.
+     June 10, 1889.
+
+     _My Dear Father:_
+
+     I was very glad to get your letter, and I am going to answer it
+     right away. I am so anxious to go home this Summer. I love you
+     all very much, and I love my Father in Heaven too. I love my
+     Saviour very much. He is your Saviour too. Jesus is a Saviour
+     of all the people in this world. I am glad that you are all
+     working. I am working too but I am in school now. I am reading
+     in the Third Reader. Give my love to all of my folks and Miss
+     Moore and Miss Clegg[1].
+
+     From your loving daughter, MARY GRIMES.
+
+
+     SANTA FÉ, NEW MEXICO.
+     June 15, 1889.
+
+     _My Dear Brother A.G.:_
+
+     I would like to see you very much. We have a nice time here.
+     The children are all well and happy. How is my little cousin?
+     Is he well and happy? We are all writing a letter this morning.
+     We are all going home in July, so you know I am very happy
+     every day. How are all my brothers. I would like to see them
+     too. How is my father. Is he well and happy? I have not seen my
+     father for a long time. Why don't he come to see me? I wish you
+     knew about our dear Saviour. I wish some one will come and tell
+     all the people about Jesus. God is our Father in Heaven who
+     loves us very much. He loves all the people in the world. He
+     wants them to love Him. I will tell you about him when I go
+     home. I wish you would read the Bible so you would know about
+     Him. Our corn is beginning to grow. Some children are going to
+     speak in the church to-morrow. Please give my love to all my
+     people. I am going to say good-bye.
+
+     From your loving sister, IRENE BANCROFT.
+
+
+     RAMONA SCHOOL, SANTA FÉ, NEW MEXICO.
+     April 12, 1889.
+
+     _Dear Father Monarcha:_
+
+     I am very glad that you are working; that is just what I want
+     you to do. You must build a house for your children, and you
+     will have a place to stay when the weather gets cold. And every
+     body must build houses for themselves; that is just what the
+     Government wants all of you to do, because that is right and
+     everybody thinks that it is right, and they were very much
+     pleased when you do so. I am very glad that all my folks are
+     well and happy if all of you are happy then I am happy too.
+     Your letter pleases me very much. And you must do just what Mr.
+     Bishop asks you to do. You must not do like other men do that
+     don't build houses; they just run off from the Reservation and
+     go hunting and sell all the things that the Government gives
+     them. You must not do that because that is wrong, not right.
+     Miss Moore will tell you what I say to you. Write another
+     letter if you have time, if you don't have time, why just go on
+     and finish all your spring work then you come after me when
+     school is out; if you don't want to come then you send somebody
+     after me.
+
+     Your loving son, JESSE GREENLEAF.
+
+The writer of this letter has attended school two and a half years,
+spending one-half day in school each day and working half a day. He is
+now fourteen years old.
+
+     [Footnote 1: These were former teachers at the Ramona, who are
+     now doing mission work among the Indians. They read these
+     letters to the parents and in turn write back for them.]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OROVILLE, MARYSVILLE, PETALUMA.
+
+BY REV. W.C. POND, D.D.
+
+Early on Monday morning, June 17th, I left home for a visit to our
+missions at Oroville and Marysville. I reached Oroville at about 7:30
+P.M. As soon as possible I was at the Mission House, where warmest
+greetings from teacher and pupils awaited me. The lessons of the evening
+received our first attention, for it is a principle with us that each
+scholar shall have the English lesson promised him, whoever may be
+present and whatever else we may desire to do. This is the demand of
+good faith, and not less of good policy. It is the English lesson that
+holds them where the gospel can reach them, so that this we must never
+forego.
+
+When all this was accomplished, those who could read with comparative
+ease were gathered about a table for a sort of Bible reading, which I
+proposed to give them, in the fifteenth chapter of Luke. This was the
+manner of it: One of them read the first verse, being helped over the
+hard words, then I explained it in as simple English as I could command;
+then the reader translated both it and my explanation into Chinese, each
+other pupil keeping watch to see whether what was said expressed the
+ideas which he had received from me. At this time, we were much aided by
+the co-operation of Yong Jin, our missionary helper, whose translations
+I could depend upon quite confidently, but I often give these readings
+without such help, feeling quite sure that if six or eight have received
+the _same_ idea, they have received the one I meant to give. When we had
+finished the first verse, a second pupil read the second verse with the
+same method, and so on. Some felt unequal to the task of translating,
+but most were willing to try, and most who tried succeeded strangely
+well. I had intended to follow this with a few words of exhortation, but
+just as we read the last verse, Yong Ack arrived. This is a brother who
+was converted about a year ago. His daily work is that of a cook in a
+way-side inn, about six (some said eight) miles from Oroville. He has
+been accustomed to walk this distance, over a rough and dusty road, to
+attend, not often the school, but the religious services of our mission.
+He can seldom reach the Mission House before nine, but the meetings
+begin when he arrives and continue till he is ready to start away. As
+this brother was to be baptized on the following evening, the Bible
+reading was suspended with a promise from me that I would speak from
+these words the next evening, and we all addressed ourselves to a study
+of the Confession and Covenant of our little Chinese Church at Oroville.
+It was taken up clause by clause, read in English, explained, translated
+into Chinese, and still further explained, till Yong Ack in particular,
+and in a general way all the rest of them, professed to understand and
+believe it all. When this was finished, we were well on towards 11 P.M.,
+and we closed the meeting with song and prayer.
+
+The day following was variously occupied, but in the evening we were all
+at the Mission House again. The lessons were given, and then the table
+was spread for the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Then came the
+preaching, with Yong Jin interpreting, sentence by sentence. The
+topic--the Shepherd seeking his lost sheep, followed by the story of the
+prodigal son. One could not have asked a more attentive audience. The
+presence and work of the Spirit were unmistakable. At length, a little
+after nine, Yong Ack appeared. He had been over that road three times
+that day, and expected, before morning to go over it again. But he
+confessed no weariness either by word or by manner. He was bright,
+wakeful, joyous. He confessed Christ, was baptized, and was welcomed
+with gladness to the church, after which we gathered round the table of
+the Lord.
+
+Wednesday and Thursday were spent in and about Marysville. Both Oroville
+and Marysville are "hard fields." In both of them good work has been
+done in days past, but the fruits from the seed sown have been widely
+scattered, so that in each place but few Christians remain. Our Chinese
+Church in Marysville, some years ago was reported--truthfully, I am
+sure--as in proportion to its numbers and its means, the Banner Church
+of the country for its contribution to Foreign Missions. But now only
+one member, a deacon, resides in the place. He is a cook at one of the
+hotels, and is unable to leave his work till about 8:30 P.M., but he
+"holds the fort" sturdily, bravely. He is an athletic man, full of
+energy and courage, with, doubtless, some of the defects which usually
+attend these qualities, but honest, earnest, consistent, determined.
+
+The first evening was a reproduction of that at Oroville, there being
+also one believer to be baptized. On the second evening, in view of the
+Lord's Supper and the baptism, our good deacon, as soon as his work was
+done, was "all abroad" in Chinatown. Squad after squad he brought, and
+seeing them seated, went out after more. When about 9:15 P.M., I
+commenced my discourse, the room was packed. Oh, what joy it was, what
+inspiration, to look into those eyes fixed closely upon me, and tell
+them of the love of God in Christ! Yong Jin's quick, animated
+interpretations of my sentences were not interruptions, but seemed to
+urge me on. I am sure that the Spirit spoke through me to some hearts,
+and that I shall see the fruits of that seed-sowing in the better world.
+After the most careful and repeated statements as to what a partaking of
+the bread and wine would mean, and as to the guilt of those who should
+partake _without_ meaning what they did, a goodly number, eight or nine,
+I think, who had never before consented to be recognized as Christians,
+did thus profess that they received Christ as Saviour and Lord. They did
+it in the sight and in the midst of others who did not do it--did it
+with a painstaking and an apparent determination which encourages my
+hope that they will hold fast and be led on to clearer light and the
+full day.
+
+Reaching home on Friday noon, I started for Petaluma on Saturday
+morning. That evening was spent partly at the Mission House preaching
+the word, and partly at the church preparing our pupils for the parts
+they were to take in the anniversary exercises on the following evening.
+Our brothers, Jee Gam and Lem Chung, were with me. I see that I have
+already exhausted my space and venture only to add, that this
+anniversary service was one of deep interest. The Congregational Church
+at which it was held was crowded, auditors standing in the doors. All
+the exercises by the pupils were well rendered. The address by Jee Gam
+and the songs by Lem Chung seemed to win all hearts. The report of the
+year's work at the school was more cheering than any we have been able
+to make for years; the collection amounted to about sixty-five dollars,
+and last and best of all, the gospel work done by our Chinese brethren
+at the Mission House was the means of leading at least two, heretofore
+undecided, to take their stand clearly and decisively as followers of
+Christ.
+
+In a later letter, Dr. Pond adds:
+
+It seems that _three_ instead of _two_, as I have it in my article, were
+led to confess Christ at Petaluma last Sunday. One other was almost
+persuaded, but said he must first send home to China the bones of his
+father. (Matt. 8:21). Jee Gam explained to him that he could do that as
+a _Christian_, without _worshiping_ his father. But he could not be
+persuaded. He is a very bright and promising young man, and I hope and
+pray that this wrong decision may not cost him his salvation.
+
+Jee Gam and Lum Chung were so wrought upon by what they saw and by what
+God wrought by them at Petaluma, that they came back fired with a desire
+to do something like it at our Central Mission House. This is what I
+have long wished for, but could never seem to inspire the brethren with
+courage to undertake. On Tuesday evening the first of a series of
+meetings was held there. The room was crowded. Some scoffed, some tried
+to seem indifferent, but _all heard_ the word, and one took a stand
+for Christ. The brethren take hold well, each one contriving to make
+himself the center of a group of heathen, so as to go right to work in
+the after-meeting. Pray for them.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+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.
+
+MASS. and R.I.--Woman's Home Miss. Association,
+  Secretary, Miss Natalie Lord, Boston, Mass.[2]
+
+N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
+  Secretary, Mrs. William Spalding, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y.
+
+ALA.--Woman's Missionary Union,
+  Secretary, Miss S.S. Evans, Birmingham, Ala.
+
+MISS.--Woman's Miss. Union,
+  Secretary, Miss Sarah J. Humphrey. Tougaloo, Miss.
+
+TENN. and ARK.--Woman's Missionary Union of Central South Conference,
+  Secretary, Miss Anna M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.
+
+LA.--Woman's Miss. Union,
+  Secretary, Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans, La.
+
+FLA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
+  Secretary, Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park, Fla.
+
+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 E. 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.B. Dawes, Redfield;
+  Treasurer, Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.
+
+     [Footnote 2: For the purpose of exact information, we note that
+     while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass.
+     and R.I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.]
+
+We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State
+Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association
+be sent to 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_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Ladies upon whom the duty devolves to plan and lead missionary meetings,
+will welcome the suggestions in the following paper by Mrs. Regal,
+Secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ohio, which paper was
+read at the recent Annual Meeting of the Officers of Woman's State
+Organizations.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE LOCAL SOCIETY--ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.
+
+BY MRS. FLORA K. REGAL, OBERLIN, OHIO.
+
+The local society will always have its active and its passive
+membership. How to increase the latter from without, and how to transfer
+recruits from the passive to the active list, are problems that have
+taxed the ingenuity of not a few and have not infrequently been
+abandoned as insoluble. It has so long been said, "This missionary work
+always has to be carried on by a few," that the expression has come to
+have something of the force of axiomatic truth which, of course, no one
+dares assail. And so the missionary society lives on, decade after
+decade, with less than a quarter of the women of the church on its list,
+and of that quarter not more than one-fourth active members. How to
+change these conditions, is the problem which confronts us.
+
+I.--It has not always been clear who should be included in the
+membership, but with the broad scope given to our Home Missionary
+Unions, its auxiliaries should include:
+
+_First._--Every woman who thinks that if she were living on some lonely
+frontier and had for years heard no sermon, no public prayer, no songs
+of praise, had no communion service, no Christian fellowship, she would
+welcome the home missionary and all the sweet influences of the Gospel.
+
+_Second._--Every woman who thinks we owe it to the Freedwoman to put
+into her life and home something of the sweetness and purity of our own;
+to the Indian woman a sympathetic effort for her uplifting, in atonement
+for a "Century of Dishonor."
+
+_Third._--Every woman who thinks that if she, or her sister or daughter,
+were heroic enough to share the labors and sacrifices of a home
+missionary, she ought to have some better place to live in than an old
+grocery, a room over a saloon or the basement of a church.
+
+_Fourth._--Every woman who thinks that if she were an inmate of a Mormon
+home she might not have grace to welcome the companionship of the
+second, third or tenth woman who might be sealed by celestial marriage
+to her husband.
+
+_Fifth._--Every woman who thinks there are worthy young men trying to
+prepare themselves for ministerial or missionary work whose struggle
+with poverty ought to be relieved.
+
+_Sixth._--Every woman who would welcome for her own children, if she
+were living in some Godless community, the Sunday-school missionary and
+the books, papers, lesson helps, prayers and Christian songs which make
+the Sunday-school a place of blessed influences.
+
+If there be in any Christian church a woman who will respond to none of
+these calls for service to the extent of a moderate annual membership
+fee, say twenty-five cents, she has missed the true import of the Gospel
+and has never entered into its most blessed privileges. Let us assume
+that there is no such, but that rightly approached, every woman worthy a
+place in the church will be willing to enroll herself into at least the
+passive membership of the local society.
+
+II.--The management of this new membership, presumably uninformed,
+indifferent, possibly prejudiced, will require familiar acquaintance
+with our six benevolences, sympathy with them all, much practical
+wisdom, good courage, and the spirit of I Corinthians, 13th chapter.
+
+The _President_ must do more than preside at the meetings. She must plan
+every detail; must know beforehand what hymns, what Scripture lesson,
+who shall lead in singing and in prayer, what reports, what letters,
+what original papers, what selections, what business. Everything must be
+carefully planned and written down, yet there must be withal a certain
+amount of elasticity of management, so that the timid question may be
+answered, the objection removed, the enthusiasm expressed. The President
+will welcome strangers and greet the diffident and neglected. She will
+not be _surprised_ at seeing anybody at the meeting. It was reasonably
+to be expected.
+
+The _Secretary_ will do more than keep the minutes of the meetings. She
+will not forget the proper public announcement of the meetings and will
+add special invitations to such as may not feel themselves included in
+the general. She will send for such printed helps as are needed for use.
+She will fill out distinctly and promptly such blanks as are needed for
+Conference, State or other Reports, and her quarterly and annual
+reports will be helpful from their information and their inspiration.
+
+The _Treasurer_ will do more than passively receive what is brought to
+her hands. She will see that no one is overlooked when a canvass is made
+for any object; that pledges are redeemed; that the way is made easy for
+the poor to give without embarrassment and the rich without ostentation.
+She will see that all moneys are forwarded as designated and that _they
+go through the State Treasury_.
+
+But the highest qualification any local officer can possess, is the
+ability to transfer members from the passive to the active list. Some
+practical hints toward this result maybe gathered from the following
+suggestions:
+
+Aim at unity of effect for each meeting. Make some one of the six
+benevolences the subject, and center everything--Scripture, hymn,
+prayer, letter, paper, leaflet, about the single topic. Suppose it be
+"Missions on our Western frontier." Ask some lady to prepare a fifteen
+minutes' paper. Give out in addition six back numbers of the _Home
+Missionary_ to as many ladies, asking each to select a paragraph or
+short article bearing directly on the subject and which she thinks
+will, or ought to, interest the meeting. Let several of these ladies
+be chosen from the passive list--the diffident or even the
+indifferent. In making their selections, they will perhaps have made
+their first acquaintance with missionary magazines and will have
+learned something about the heroism of our home missionaries.
+Moreover, they will have participated in the exercises. This, repeated
+with variations, will give them courage to speak, and intelligent
+thoughts to express. _They are on the way to active participation._
+Crown the exercises with a collection. The leader must know how to
+kindle enthusiasm and put it to the tangible proof.
+
+The subject for the next meeting may be some branch of the work of the
+American Missionary Association, as "Indian Missions in Dakota." Assign
+to some one a paper, an historical sketch. She will need books from the
+missionary library. "Ten years among the Dakotas," and "Mary and I; or,
+Life among the Sioux," (to which she would never think of going for help
+unless informed that the Dakotas and Sioux are one.) She may also send
+to Miss Emerson for further helps. Then, in addition, give out back
+numbers of the _American Missionary_ to two or three passive ladies,
+asking them to make short selections concerning Indian missions--or let
+one read Prof. G.F. Wright's leaflet--"Indian Missions as seen upon the
+ground"--and another some missionary's letter. Call out expressions of
+interest in the work--proofs of its success--etc., and ask if we ought
+not to do something for its support. Give to everyone present a small
+envelope with the request that it be brought to the next meeting with a
+free will offering for Indian missions.
+
+The next meeting may be devoted to "Christian work among the Mormons,"
+using the "New West Reports," "The Gleaner," newspaper extracts,
+missionary letters and, if possible, have the experience of some one who
+has visited the schools and the homes of sin-cursed Utah. Having
+awakened deep interest, the proposition to procure a lecture or a
+musical entertainment and devote the proceeds to the New West Commission
+will probably find favor and be carried on to success.
+
+For the next meeting, choose another object, as "Parsonage Building."
+Distribute copies of the _Church Building Quarterly_ and again the
+indispensable back numbers of _The Home Missionary_, and have extracts
+read which show the discomfort, and even distress, which come to the
+family of the home missionary. Propose aid in the form of a birthday
+offering, in which every member brings in an envelope as many cents as
+she is years old. The result may be surprising.
+
+For other objects other plans, but in every case the way should be
+prepared for _intelligent giving_.
+
+It has sometimes resulted favorably to secure, at the beginning of the
+year, pledges for some definite, well understood object, as a teacher's
+or missionary's salary, or a share in one, which should apparently but
+not really exhaust the resources of the society, and have the payments
+made as early in the year as practicable. Then pursue intelligent study
+of the other fields until the time is ripe for proposing generous aid to
+the one which appeals most strongly to the combined judgment and
+sympathy. And so on through the year, in which time the six benevolences
+can all be reached. This somewhat irregular method of procedure has
+perhaps no better defence than that it has been known to produce good
+results. A society the intelligence and consecration of whose members
+could be relied upon would doubtless find the plan of monthly pledges,
+to be divided according to some accepted schedule, much easier. No
+special labor would have to be expended to make the need apparent, or to
+awaken sympathy for the object, or to choose the best means of attaining
+it. Gifts would be systematic and uniform throughout the year and could
+be counted upon.
+
+The machinery, well oiled at the start, would run smoothly and quietly,
+and woman's work would not be made unpleasantly prominent. But it seems
+doubtful whether as many gifts would flow into the treasury and whether
+the gifts would be accompanied by as much interest, sympathy and prayer.
+
+The hints concerning management thus far presuppose a Home Missionary
+Society organized on the modern basis of a programme of devotional
+exercises and various mission studies, and do not apply to those cases
+in which such exercises have been engrafted upon a sewing society with a
+long line of Dorcases as Presidents, and antecedents too respectable to
+be ruthlessly set aside. How shall a sewing society be so modified as to
+best subserve the present home missionary needs? Do not create friction
+by attempting a sudden and complete revolution. Propose that the brief
+devotional exercises with which such gatherings sometimes close be
+placed a little earlier than usual, that there may be time for some
+interesting missionary letter or some inspiring leaflet, or other
+selection, or better still, an original paper on some live topic. When
+about the usual season for beginning the missionary box arrives, prepare
+a symposium on the subject of boxes. Select and distribute brief
+paragraphs from the magazines concerning missionary debts, from
+missionary letters concerning unpaid salaries, and lead gradually up to
+the question whether if we were missionaries we would rather receive a
+box or a check for an unpaid salary. Which would best enable a minister
+to look his creditors, who are also his parishioners, in the face--the
+new pulpit suit or cash to pay off accumulated bills? In trying to
+decide between box and salary, the society may decide for _both_, and a
+point is gained. When box preparations begin, assign them a proper place
+in the meeting. Do not permit papers and addresses to be sandwiched
+between rolling quilt frames and turning down refractory hems, or
+punctuated by requests or signals for scissors, thread, and bits of
+gingham; and do not spoil garments by working with divided attention.
+Give each its hour or its day. Best of all, when a box is in
+preparation, sew early, late, and often, till it is despatched. Then
+resume the studies, being especially careful to have their first
+resumption provided with an attractive programme. In all cases when
+studies have been grafted upon sewing, _encourage the graft_. It ought
+to yield better fruit than the original stock.
+
+It should be the constant aim of those in charge of local societies to
+inspire in the membership intelligent interest in the six branches of
+our work--to cultivate a spirit of liberality toward them all--to create
+in every member a desire to aid them all. Only with such an aim can the
+local society achieve its highest usefulness.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1889.
+
+
+MAINE, $123.20.
+
+Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const. MISS
+  NETTIE R. SPALDING L.M.                      $30.00
+
+Bangor. Central Ch. Sewing Circle, _for
+  Freight to Pleasant Hill, Tenn._               1.53
+
+Bethel. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch.            5.00
+
+Castine. "Rainbow Band,"
+  _for Tougaloo U._                              5.80
+
+Castine. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch.                   5.00
+
+Gorham. J.H. Hinckley, Papers and
+  Cards, _for Meridian, Miss._
+
+Hiram. Mrs. Moore. S.S. Papers,
+  _for Meridian, Miss._
+
+Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     8.00
+
+Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch.                    7.87
+
+Portland. Second Parish Chinese Class,
+  by H. Mabel Leach, Sec.,
+  _for Chinese M. in Cal._                      50.00
+
+Rockland. "The King's Daughters," by
+  Mrs. D.P. Hatch, _for Woman's Work_           10.00
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,169.97.
+
+Brookline. Cong. Ch.                             6.05
+
+Concord. "Friend"                                5.00
+
+Derry. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.             16.00
+
+Dover. First Ch.                               140.65
+
+Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. 10. _for Chinese
+  M. in Cal._, 10. _for Miss Collin's Work_     20.00
+
+Great Falls. First Cong. Ch.                    15.00
+
+Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.50,
+  L.W. Preston, 3                               33.50
+
+Jaffrey. "Lillies of the Field,"
+  _for Storrs Sch._                              9.00
+
+Keene. "S." 20; Primary Dep't Second
+  Cong. Sab. Sch., 5                            25.00
+
+Keene. Mrs. M.E. DeBevoise's S.S. Class,
+  _for Oaks, N.C._                              20.00
+
+Keene. P'k'g Papers. _for Savannah, Ga._
+
+Littleton. "Mrs. B.W.K."                         5.00
+
+Nashua. Ladies' Circle of Pilgrim Ch.,
+  Bbl. and Box C., _for Storrs Sch._
+
+Penacook. Cong. Ch.                             23.00
+
+Plaiston and North Haverhill, Mass.
+  Cong. Ch. 130.88; Mrs. Eliza W.
+  Merrill, 50.                                 180.88
+
+Plymouth. Cong. Ch.                              6.10
+
+Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.           134.79
+
+Rye. Cong. Ch.                                  30.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                              $669.97
+
+ESTATE.
+
+Allenstown. Estate of Jabez Green, by
+  Mrs. Elsie G. Green, _for Green
+  Memorial Ch., Bending Oaks, Ala._            500.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                            $1,169.97
+
+
+VERMONT, $498.33.
+
+Burlington. "Tithes"                             1.00
+
+Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc.,
+  by Kate B. Joslyn, Treas., _for
+  Indian Sch'p._                                10.00
+
+Chester. Cong. Ch.                               2.75
+
+Coventry. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
+  _for McIntosh, Ga._                           12.70
+
+Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Storrs Sch._                              6.00
+
+Manchester. Miss E.J. Kellogg                   10.00
+
+Middlebury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    19.53
+
+Montpelier. Bethany Cong. Ch.                   37.65
+
+New Haven. Cong. Ch. ad'l to const. REV.
+  W.B. HAGUE L.M.                               25.50
+
+Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      5.00
+
+Putney. "A few members Cong. Ch." by
+  Mrs. A.C. Shattuck, _for McIntosh, Ga._        9.00
+
+----. "A Friend"                                20.00
+
+Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vermont,
+  by Mrs. W.P. Fairbanks, Treas.,
+  _for McIntosh, Ga._:
+
+    Bridport. Ladies                 10.00
+
+    Brookfield. Ladles' H.M. Soc.
+      of Second Ch.                   6.20
+
+    Burlington. Ladies' H.M.S.
+      of College St. Ch.             20.00
+
+    Charlotte. Ladies.               13.75
+
+    East Burke. W.H.M.U. Aux.         5.00
+
+    Enosburg. Ladies of Cong. Ch.     9.00
+
+    Fairlee. Ladies.                  5.25
+
+    Franklin. Ladies.                 2.30
+
+    Greensboro. Ladies of
+    Cong. Ch.                        13.28
+
+    McIndoes Falls. Mrs. W.R.
+    Monteith                          1.00
+
+    Middlebury. Ladies.              20.25
+
+    Montpelier. W.H.M.S.              5.00
+
+    Saint Johnsbury. Ladies.        100.00
+
+    Waitefield. Ladies of Cong. Ch.   8.22
+
+    Woodstock. Ladies.               20.00
+
+                                   -------     239.25
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                              $398.38
+
+ESTATE.
+
+Post Mill. Estate of Eliza R. (Heaton)
+  Dodge, by Edward N. Heaton, Ex.              100.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                              $498.38
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $11,766.85.
+
+Andover. "A Friend," by Stephen Ballard,
+  _for Girls' Dormitory, Macon, Ga._         1,581.75
+
+Andover. "A Friend," by Stephen Ballard,
+  _for School Building, Lexington, Ky._        425.00
+
+Ashfield. Cong. Ch.                             27.90
+
+Auburndale. Rev. Horace Dutton,
+  _for Athens, Ga._                              5.00
+
+Ayer. First Cong. Ch.                            7.16
+
+Boston. Old South Ch. bal.                     250.00
+
+    Sab. Sch., of Old South Ch.,
+      _for Student Aid,
+      Fisk U._                       25.00
+
+    Mrs. Susan C. Warren,
+      56; Henry Woods, 50,
+      _for Missionary horse,
+      Pleasant Hill, Tenn._         106.00
+
+    A.W. Stetson, _for Girls' Hall,
+      Pleasant Hill, Tenn._          10.00
+
+    "A Lady Friend"                  10.00
+
+Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch.,
+    B.C. Hardwick                   100.00
+
+    Village Ch.                      45.37
+
+    Harvard Cong. Ch.                 5.45
+
+    Mrs. Torray,
+      _for Marion, Ala._              5.00
+
+Jamaica Plain. Cen. Cong. Ch., ad'l   4.00
+
+                                    ------    $560.82
+
+Boxford. First Cong. Ch.                        41.83
+
+Cambridge. Miss M.F. Aiken, _for Girl's
+  Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                  100.00
+
+Cambridge. Albert Bushnell Hart                  5.00
+
+Chelsea. Central Ch.                           114.27
+
+Chelsea. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._       25.00
+
+Clinton. C.L. Swan                             100.00
+
+Colerain. Mrs. P.B. Smith                        5.00
+
+Cummington. Village Ch. 24.75; "Friends"
+  4.25; Mrs. S.R. Wilbur, 1., to const REV.
+  WILBUR RAND L.M.                              30.00
+
+Dalton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.
+  _for Indian Sch'p_                            17.50
+
+Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of Payson Ch.,
+  _for Indian M._, and to const CHARLES H.
+  JOHNSON and MISS ELEANOR J. MAYHER
+  L.M's                                         80.31
+
+Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of Payson Ch.,
+  _for Grand View, Tenn._                       19.02
+
+Enfield. Cong. Ch.                              50.00
+
+Franklin. Mrs. Stephen Kenrich                  25.00
+
+Groton. Box Books, _for Theo. Dept.,
+  Talladega C._
+
+Harrison. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Mobile, Ala._                             5.60
+
+Harwich (Cape Cod). Miss Tamesin
+  Brooks, 100; Miss S.G. Brooks, 50,
+  _for Girl's Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._      150.00
+
+Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No.
+  4, 50; "A Friend" 50.                        100.00
+
+Hyannis. Cong. Ch.                               2.00
+
+Hyde Park. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.         26.71
+
+Hyde Park. Ladies' Home M. Soc., Bbl. C.,
+  _for Tougaloo U._
+
+Lawrence. Sab. Sch. Class Lawrence St. Ch.      10.00
+
+Lawrence. Fred Eaton, _for Student Aid,
+  Talladega C._                                  5.00
+
+Leominster. Ortho Cong. Ch.                    180.00
+
+Lee. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.                     75.00
+
+Linden. Mrs. Sarah A. Dowse, _for Chinese
+  M. in Cal._, and to const MRS. SARAH F.
+  MAXWELL L.M.                                  30.00
+
+Malden. First Cong. Ch.                         60.00
+
+Maplewood. Mrs. Crombie's Class,
+  _for Wilmington, N.C._                         4.00
+
+Mapleton. Ladies' M. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
+  Box Books, 1 _for Freight, Jonesboro, Tenn._   1.00
+
+Marblehead. Hon. J.J.H. Gregory, 25;
+  Ladies of Cong. Ch. 23,
+  _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                    48.00
+
+Marlboro. Union Ch. and Soc., to const.
+  WILLIAM STETSON and MISS HATTIE L.
+  OUTHANK L.M's                                 70.50
+
+Melrose. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. material,
+  _for Sew. Dept., Talladega, C._
+
+Millbury. First Cong. Ch.                       47.25
+
+Newburyport. Belleville Cong. Ch.               77.45
+
+Newton Center. Mrs. Sarah C. Davis,
+  _for Indian M._                              200.00
+
+Northampton. A.L. Williston,
+  _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                    23.00
+
+North Adams. Ladies' H.M.S. of Cong. Ch.,
+  Miss Harriet N. Adams, _for Chinese
+  M. in Cal._                                   80.00
+
+North Weymouth. Edith M. Bates                   2.00
+
+Oakham. Cong. Ch.                               18.00
+
+Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.            12.87
+
+Rockland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    25.00
+
+Royalston. First Cong. Ch. Easter
+  Offering.                                      9.00
+
+Salem. L.M. Soc. of South Church.,
+  Pkg. of C., _for Tougaloo U._
+
+South Hadley. First Cong. Ch.                   20.25
+
+South Hadley Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.      20.30
+
+Somerville. Franklin St. Cong. Ch.              73.05
+
+Somerville. Y.P.S.C.E. of Day St. Ch.,
+  _for Missionary horse, Pleasant
+  Hill, Tenn._                                  15.00
+
+Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                  19.04
+
+Taunton. United Cong. Ch.                       16.81
+
+Templeton. Trinitarian Soc.                     22.10
+
+Upton. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Student Aid,
+Fisk U._                                        25.00
+
+Warren. Mrs. Mary B. Carpenter, 5 _for Indian
+M._, and 5 _for Mountain Work_                  10.00
+
+Wellesley. College Christian Ass'n,
+_for Mountain Work_                             30.00
+
+Wellesley. Cong. Ch., _for Indian Work_         10.00
+
+West Boylston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
+_for Freight to McLeansville, N.C._              5.17
+
+West Medford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+_for Boys' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._          30.00
+
+West Medway. Mrs. L.S. Thayer,
+_for Student Aid, Talladega C._                  2.00
+
+West Yarmouth. Cong. Ch.                         3.00
+
+Winchendon. Cong. Ch. and Parish               113.61
+
+Winchendon. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Freight
+  to Talladega, Ala._                            1.03
+
+Woburn. Cong. Ch., Bbl. material,
+  _for Sewing Dep't., Talladega C._
+
+Worcester. "Friend."                             5.00
+
+Worcester. ----, _for Chinese M. in Cal._        5.00
+
+----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid,
+  Talladega C._                                 50.00
+
+----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid_,
+  _Fisk U._                                     25.00
+
+Hampden Benevolent Association, by
+  Charles Marsh, Treas.:
+
+    East Longmeadow                  23.15
+
+    Longmeadow. Ladies' Benev.
+    Soc.                             20.85
+
+    Longmeadow. Gent's Benev. Soc.   19.25
+
+    Monson.                          32.93
+
+    Westfield. Second.               24.47
+
+    West Springfield. Park St.       11.60
+
+                                    -------    132.25
+
+                                           ----------
+
+                                            $5,066.55
+
+ESTATES.
+
+North Chelmsford. Estate of Mrs. Julia
+  A. Clark, by John H. Clark, Executor       6,000.00
+
+Reading. Estate of Mrs. Sarah G. Temple,
+  by Arthur W. Temple, Ex.                     200.00
+
+Worcester. Estate of Dwight Reed, by
+  E.J. Whittemore, Adm'r                       500.00
+
+                                           ----------
+
+                                           $11,766.55
+
+
+CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE
+
+Belchertown, Mass. "Friends," by Mrs.
+  D.B. Bruce, Box and Bbl., _for Sherwood,
+  Tenn._
+
+Malden, Mass. M. Kent, Bbl.,
+  _for Kittrell, N.C._
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $281.59.
+
+Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                        52.12
+
+Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                            79.47
+
+Providence. James Coats, _for Student
+  Missionary, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._            100.00
+
+Providence. Aux. North Cong. Ch., by
+  Miss Mary E. Eastwood,
+  _for Dakota Indian M._                        50.00
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $2,872.97.
+
+Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      4.00
+
+Bethel. Ladies' M. Circle, Bbl. bedding,
+  etc., _for Talladega C._
+
+Berlin. Mrs. Harriet N. Wilcox                  10.00
+
+Berlin. C. Dunham, 5; W.H. Upson, 4;
+  "A Friend," 1, _for Tougaloo U._              10.00
+
+Clinton. Cong. Ch.                               2.00
+
+Colchester. First Ch. of Christ                 71.00
+
+Cornwall Hollow. "Thanksgiving Workers,"
+  1.50, also package Patchwork, _for
+  Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._                         1.50
+
+East Hartford. First Ch.                        34.00
+
+East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc.              20.00
+
+Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch., (30 of which
+to const MRS. EMMA L. McINTOSH L.M.)            68.58
+
+Hartford. Fourth Cong. Ch., (of which
+  18.31, _for Indian M._,) to const
+  H.G.O. MILLER L.M. .                          36.25
+
+Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch.                  6.06
+
+Hebron. First Cong. Ch., 21.25; Benj. A.
+  Bissell 10; Miss C. Eliza White,
+  _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._, 5                36.25
+
+Kent. First Cong. Ch.                           13.19
+
+Litchfield. First Cong. Ch.                     42.68
+
+Lyme. Ladies' Soc. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C.,
+  _for Thomasville, Ga._
+
+Meriden. Center Ch.                             22.00
+
+Mystic Bridge. Mrs. Wm. Clift,
+_for Chinese Work in Ca._                        2.00
+
+New Britain. Missionary Soc., Bbl. C.
+  and Table Furniture, _for Williamsburg, Ky._
+
+New Haven. Howard Av. Ch., 11.75; College
+  St. Ch., 10; Dixwell Av. Ch., 5; Ch.
+  of Redeemer, 5; Davenport Ch., 4.85;
+  Ferry St. Ch., 3; United Ch., 8.75; "H."
+  15; "A Friend," 5                             68.35
+
+New Haven. Dwight Place Sab. Sch., 50;
+  Sab. Sch. of College St. Cong. Ch., 15,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    65.00
+
+New Haven. M.E. Baldwin,
+  _for Chinese M. in Cal._                      10.00
+
+New London. Trust Estate of Henry P.
+  Haven, 150, _for Talladega C., and 100
+  for Tougaloo U._                             250.00
+
+New London. Henry R. Bond, _for Tillotson
+  C. and N. Inst._                             200.00
+
+North Coventry. Cong. Ch.                       27.46
+
+North Haven. Elihu Dickerman                     3.00
+
+Norwich. S.B. Bishop                           200.00
+
+Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                       25.00
+
+Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44;
+  Mrs. Geo. Dibble, 10                          54.00
+
+Plainfield. First Cong. Ch.                     27.10
+
+Plainville. "King's Daughters,"
+  _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                4.00
+
+Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Indian M._                               20.05
+
+South Norwalk. Cong. Ch.                        12.00
+
+Stamford. Dea. Philip H. Brown                   5.00
+
+Terryville. "Soldiers of Christ."               10.00
+
+Wallingford. Cong. Ch.                           7.47
+
+Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 50;
+  Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 43.24,
+  _for Tougaloo U._                             93.24
+
+Waterbury. "A Friend,"
+  _for Chinese M. in Cal._                       5.00
+
+Waterbury. "Sunshine Circle" of Second
+  Cong. Ch., _for Woman's Work_                  5.00
+
+Westminster. Mrs. S.B. Carter, _for
+  Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._                         5.00
+
+Westville. Cong. Ch.                            18.23
+
+Willington. Cong. Ch.                            1.50
+
+Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.                       23.06
+
+----. "A Friend."                              200.00
+
+----. "A Friend."                              104.00
+
+----. "A Friend."                               30.00
+
+Woman's Home Missionary Union of
+  Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss. Sec.,
+  _for Woman's Work_:
+
+    Ellington. Ladies' Soc., _for
+      Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._         20.00
+
+                                    ------      20.00
+                                            ---------
+
+                                            $1,872.97
+
+ESTATE.
+
+North Stonington. Estate of Dudley R.
+  Wheeler, by Jennie Wheeler, Executrix      1,000.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                            $2,872.97
+
+
+NEW YORK, $15,858.76.
+
+Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, _for Chandler
+  Sch. Building, Lexington, Ky._               375.00
+
+Brooklyn. Puritan Cong. Ch.                     45.89
+
+Brooklyn, E.D. New England Cong. Ch.            20.00
+
+Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch.                    11.30
+
+Crown Point. "A Friend," to const
+  ELMER J BARKER L.M.                           30.00
+
+Fairport. Cong. Ch., to const A. WORTH
+  PALMER L.M.                                   47.40
+
+Jamaica. "S.G.A." _for Chinese Work in Cal_      5.00
+
+Marion. "A Life Member."                         1.00
+
+New Lebanon. Cong. Ch.                          22.50
+
+New York. Gen'l Clinton B. Fisk, to
+  const. Miss ALMIRA MARSHALL L.M.              30.00
+
+New York. John Gibb, _for Talladega C._         25.00
+
+Owasco. Anice Stewart                            2.00
+
+Sherburne. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.                  20.83
+
+Troy. "Cash," _for Indian Work_                  0.10
+
+Warsaw. Cong. Ch.                               24.29
+
+Warwick. "A Friend," _for Chinese
+  M. in Cal._                                    2.00
+
+Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton, _for
+  Chinese M. in Cal._                            5.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                              $667.31
+
+ESTATES.
+
+Homer. Estate of Elias Root, by
+  Vernon F. Stone, Ex.                         841.45
+
+New York. Trust Estate of W.E. Dodge,
+  _for Theo. Dep't, Talladega C._              100.00
+
+Shushan. Estate of William Law,
+  by John F. Day, Ex.                       14,250.00
+
+                                           ----------
+
+                                           $15,858.78
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $243.25.
+
+Arlington. Herbert Overacre, on True
+  Blue Card                                      5.00
+
+Arlington. Mission Band, _for Savannah, Ga._     0.75
+
+Bound Brook. M.H. Roundey and G.A.
+  Roundey, _for Chinese M. in Cal._             10.00
+
+East Orange. B. Van Wagenen, _for Student Aid,
+  Marion, Ala._                                  8.00
+
+Plainfield. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, bal. to
+  const. MARY KNOWLTON WHITON L.M.               5.00
+
+Upper Montclair. Cong. Ch.                     214.50
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $20.00.
+
+Marshalfield Valley. Geo. A. Marsh's S.S.
+  Class for Boys, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._    15.00
+
+Scranton. "F.T.," _for Chinese M. in Cal._       5.00
+
+
+OHIO, $645.84.
+
+Andover. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, _for
+  Student Aid, Jellico, Tenn._                  22.00
+
+Akron. West Hill Cong. Ch.                      47.88
+
+Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l to
+  const. ELGIN H. HINMAN L.M.                   20.43
+
+Claridon. Pkg. Papers, _for Savannah, Ga._
+
+Cleveland. Bethlehem Bohemian Cong. Ch.         32.06
+
+Cleveland. M.L. Berger, D.D.,
+  _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                6.00
+
+Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Sab. Sch.            25.00
+
+Cincinnati. Walnut Hills Cong. S.S. 10;
+  Ladies' M. Soc. of W.H. Cong. Ch., 2.50;
+  and Bbl. C., _for Student Aid,
+  Talladega C._                                 12.50
+
+Elyria. First Cong. Ch., (40 of which from
+  Sab. Sch.) to const JOHN A. TOPLIFF and
+  ARTHUR L. GARFORD L.M.                       172.42
+
+Fremont. C.T. Rogers                             5.00
+
+Geneva. First Cong. Ch.                         18.15
+
+Grafton. Mrs. Sally Tuttle                       4.00
+
+Hudson. Cong. Ch.                               14.50
+
+Tallmadge. Cong. Ch.                            62.25
+
+Warren. Mite Soc., _for Sch'p End't Fund,
+  Fisk U._                                       7.05
+
+Wellington. Cong. Sab. Sch., and Y.P.S.C.E.,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    15.00
+
+Youngstown. J.D. Whitney                         1.00
+
+Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union,
+  by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas.,
+  _for Woman's Work_:
+
+    Bellevue. Cong Ch. L.M.S.,
+     _for Miss Collins' Work_         5.60
+
+    Cincinnati. Center Ch., W.H.M.S.,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        4.00
+
+    Columbus. Eastwood Ch.,
+      Y.L.M.S, _for Miss Collins'
+      Work_                           5.00
+
+    Cuyahoga Falls. L.M.S.,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        8.00
+
+    Kelly's Island. Aux.,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        3.00
+
+    Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., L.A.S.,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        9.00
+
+    Willoughby. Miss M.P. Hastings,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        1.00
+
+    Willoughby. Miss M.P. Hastings   25.00
+
+                                   -------      60.60
+
+                                              -------
+
+                                              $545.84
+
+ESTATE.
+
+Oberlin. Estate of Maria L. Root               100.00
+
+                                              -------
+
+                                              $645.84
+
+
+INDIANA, $30.00.
+
+Bloomington. Mrs. A.B. Woodford,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    30.00
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $1,012.83.
+
+Camp Point. Mrs. S.B. McKinney                  15.00
+
+Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., 272.63;
+  New England Cong. Ch., 49.62;
+  Plymouth Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN R.
+  LAING L.M., 30.36; Leavitt St. Cong.
+  Ch., 3.36                                    355.97
+
+Earlville. "J.A.D."                             25.00
+
+Elgin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Athens, Ala._                            15.21
+
+Glencoe. Cong. Ch., to const OTIS McGAW
+  HOWARD, U.B. KLETZING, BENJ. F. NEWHALL,
+  JAMES K. CALHOUN and MISS LAURA STAR
+  L.M.'s                                       150.00
+
+Hyde Park. South Park Cong. Ch.                 10.00
+
+Hyde Park. "Olin Family," 2; A.W. Cole,
+1--Bbl. C., _for Student Aid, Marion, Ala._      3.00
+
+Ivanhoe. Fremont Cong. Ch.                      23.00
+
+Lewistown. Mrs. Myron Phelps                    50.00
+
+Mendon. Cong. Ch.                               18.00
+
+Oak Park. Cong. Ch.                            178.38
+
+Peoria. Miss Ruthford's S.S. Class,
+  Cong. Ch., _for Mobile, Ala._                  5.00
+
+Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Corss                  10.00
+
+Quincy. Joshua Perry                            10.00
+
+Rockford. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch.            30.00
+
+Rockland. Y.L.M. Soc. Second Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U._               17.68
+
+Sycamore. First Cong. Ch.                       68.59
+
+Wilmette. Cong. Ch.                             27.00
+
+----. "A Friend."                                1.00
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $283.81.
+
+Calumet Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Student Aid, Talladega C._               50.00
+
+Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 131.89;
+  Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 75.27               207.16
+
+East Gilead. Rev. L. Curtiss                     2.65
+
+Kalamazoo. Mrs. J.A. Kent                       10.00
+
+Richmond. First Cong. Ch.                       14.00
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $90.82.
+
+Delevan. Cong. Ch.                              23.20
+
+Grand Rapids. Cong. Ch.                         27.22
+
+Milwaukee. Grand Ave. Cong. Ch.                 30.40
+
+Sheboygan. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for
+  Tillotson C. and N. Inst._                    10.00
+
+
+IOWA, $282.60.
+
+Bear Grove. Cong. Ch.                           10.00
+
+Clear Lake. Christian Endeavor Soc., by
+  Miss Mary Thompson, _for Woman's Work_         4.00
+
+Council Bluffs. _For Tillotson
+  C. and N. Inst._                               3.00
+
+Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch., to const.
+  REV JULIUS A. REED and REV. CARL
+  HESS L.M's                                    70.00
+
+East Des Moines. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.               7.65
+
+Eldora. First Cong. Ch.                          2.60
+
+Garwin. Talman Dewey                             3.25
+
+Genoa Bluffs. Rev. James Rowe,
+  _for Ch. Building, Nat, Ala._                  1.00
+
+Grinnell. Cong. Ch.                             18.39
+
+Iowa City. Cong. Ch.                            40.00
+
+Kelley. Rev. and Mrs. S.A. Arnold                4.00
+
+McGregor. J.H. Ellsworth                        10.00
+
+Olds. Jason H. Martin                            5.00
+
+Sawyer. Francis Sawyer                          20.00
+
+Tipton. Woman's M. Soc., Bbl. C.,
+  _for Savannah, Ga._
+
+Victor. Mrs. C.L. McDermid, 3; Friends, 1.,
+  _for Church Building, "Nat," Ala._             4.00
+
+Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union,
+  _for Woman's Work_:
+
+    Ames. L.A. Soc.                   5.00
+
+    Charles City. L.M.S.             25.00
+
+    Chester Center. W.H.M.U.          4.75
+
+    Durant. Mrs. S.M. Dutton.         3.00
+
+    Grinnell W.H.M.U.                 9.96
+
+    Marion. "Busy Gleaners,"
+      _for Santee Sch._              20.00
+
+    Osage. Y.P.S.C.E.                 4.25
+
+    Sheldon. W.H.M.U.                 4.00
+
+    Sioux City. L.M.S.                1.00
+
+    Webster City. Y.P.S.C.E.          2.75
+
+                                    ------      79.71
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $185.91.
+
+Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch.                  23.20
+
+Saint Charles. First Cong. Ch.                   1.50
+
+Waseca. I.L. Claghorn, Box Papers,
+  _for Thomasville, Ga._
+
+Winona. Second Cong. Ch., 3.81,
+  and Sab. Sch., .71                             4.52
+
+Zumbrota. Cong. Ch.                             17.67
+
+Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society,
+  by Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Treas.,
+  _for Woman's Work_:
+
+    Alexandria. L.M.S.               20.00
+
+    Austin. W.M.S.                    6.27
+
+    Duluth. Friends in Council       13.74
+
+    Elk River. W.M.S.                 7.00
+
+    Marshall. W.M.S.                  5.00
+
+    Minneapolis. Plymouth L.M.S.     28.19
+
+    Minneapolis. Park Ave. L.M.S.    15.00
+
+    Minneapolis. Lyndale W.M.S.      13.30
+
+    Minneapolis. Open Door Mission
+    Band                              3.00
+
+    Northfield. Special               2.00
+
+    Rochester. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Santee Agency_                    3.51
+
+    Saint Paul. Plymouth L.M.S.      20.00
+
+    Saint Paul. Plymouth Y.L.M.S.     5.00
+
+    Springfield. "Cheerful Givers."   3.00
+
+                                  --------
+
+                                   $145.01
+
+Less for Expenses                     5.99
+
+                                  --------     139.02
+
+
+MISSOURI, $56.00.
+
+Kansas City. M. Marty                           10.00
+
+Webster Groves. Cong. Ch.                       46.00
+
+
+KANSAS, $42.01.
+
+Alma. Cong. Ch.                                  3.30
+
+Kirwin. First Cong. Ch.                         10.00
+
+Manhattan. Cong. Ch.                            28.71
+
+
+DAKOTA, $14.00.
+
+Castlewood. Mrs. Geo. Allen                      5.00
+
+Vermillion. First Cong. Ch.                      9.00
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $20.25.
+
+Beatrice. Mrs. B.F. Hotchkiss                   10.00
+
+Franklin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.                10.25
+
+
+COLORADO, $2.50.
+
+Denver. Miss Clark's S.S. Class, First
+  Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._     2.50
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $25.00.
+
+Los Gatos. Mrs. H.G. Noyes and
+  L.E. Agard                                    20.00
+
+Saratoga. Sarah Brown, _for Student Aid,
+  Fisk U._                                       5.00
+
+
+OREGON, $13.00.
+
+East Portland. Mrs. Anna M. Bancroft             3.00
+
+Forest Grove. Cong. Ch.                         10.00
+
+
+WASHINGTON, $2.50.
+
+Skokomish. "Little Workers,"
+  by Rev. M. Eells                               2.50
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $1.66.
+
+Woodbine. Rev. E.H. Bullock                      1.66
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $54.25.
+
+Chapel Hill. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.        5.00
+
+McLeansville. Rev. A. Connet,
+  _for Student Aid, Talladega C._               12.50
+
+Nalls. "Friends," 2.50; Cong. Ch., 50c.          3.00
+
+Oaks. Miss E.W. Douglas                         30.00
+
+Pekin. Cong. Ch.                                 1.00
+
+Troy. "Friends," 2; Y.P.S.C.E., 50c.;
+  Ch., 25c.                                      2.75
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $10.99.
+
+Glenmary. Cong. Ch.                              0.64
+
+Sunbright. Cong. Ch.                             0.35
+
+Nashville. W.R. Morris of Fist University,
+  _for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U._               10.00
+
+
+ALABAMA, $3.00
+
+Mobile. First Cong. Ch., _for Mobile, Ala._      3.00
+
+
+TEXAS, $3.00.
+
+Austin. W.M.S. of Tillotson Inst.,
+  _for Fort Berthold Indian M._                  3.00
+
+                                           ----------
+
+Donations                                  $12,023.19
+
+Estates                                     23,591.45
+
+                                           ----------
+
+                                           $35,614.64
+
+
+INCOME, $1,835.50.
+
+Avery Fund. _for Mendi M._          196.75
+
+DeForest Fund, _for President's
+  Chair, Talladega C._              481.25
+
+Graves Sch'p Fund, _for
+  Talladega C._                     125.00
+
+Haley Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._      50.00
+
+Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._      62.50
+
+Hastings Sch'p Fund, _for
+  Atlanta U._                        12.50
+
+Howard Theo. Fund, _for
+  Howard U._                        650.00
+
+Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis,
+  Tenn._                             75.00
+
+Luke Memorial Sch'p Fund,
+  _for Talladega C._                 10.00
+
+Stone Fund, _for Talladega C._       25.00
+
+Straight University Sch'p Fund,
+  _for Straight U._                  47.50
+
+Tuthill King Fund, _for
+  Berea C._                          50.00
+
+Plumb Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._      50.00
+
+                                  --------   1,885.50
+
+
+TUITION, $4,155.41.
+
+Lexington, Ky., Tuition             257.13
+
+Williamsburg, Ky., Tuition           70.65
+
+Woodbine, Ky., Tuition                7.00
+
+Beaufort, N.C., Public Fund         154.60
+
+Wilmington, N.C., Tuition           166.60
+
+Charleston, S.C., Tuition           216.00
+
+Deer Lodge, Tenn., Tuition           37.75
+
+Grand View, Tenn., Tuition           35.25
+
+Jellico, Tenn., Tuition              41.40
+
+Jonesboro, Tenn., Tuition            12.70
+
+Nashville, Tenn., Tuition           510.54
+
+Pleasant Hill, Tenn., Tuition        24.20
+
+Sherwood, Tenn., Tuition            400.00
+
+Atlanta, Ga., Storrs Sch.,
+  Tuition                           222.69
+
+Macon, Ga., Tuition                 233.45
+
+Savannah, Ga., Tuition              170.50
+
+Thomasville, Ga., Tuition            65.00
+
+Athens, Ala., Tuition                79.55
+
+Marion, Ala., Tuition                76.78
+
+Mobile, Ala., Tuition               210.20
+
+Talladega, Ala., Tuition            283.86
+
+New Orleans, La., Tuition           652.75
+
+Meridian, Miss., Tuition             79.20
+
+Tougaloo, Miss., Tuition             24.05
+
+Austin, Texas, Tuition              183.56
+
+                                  --------   4,155.41
+
+United States Government Appropriation
+  for Indians                                5,678.50
+
+                                            ---------
+
+Total for June                             $47,284.05
+
+
+SUMMARY.
+
+Donations                                 $147,213.31
+
+Estates                                     50,121.54
+
+                                          -----------
+
+                                          $197,334.85
+
+Income                                       8,117.96
+
+Tuition                                     30,289.62
+
+United States Government appropriation
+  for Indians                               15,219.37
+
+                                          -----------
+
+Total from Oct. 1 to June 30              $250,911.80
+
+                                          ===========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+Subscriptions for June                          25.05
+
+Previously acknowledged                        687.57
+
+                                              -------
+
+Total                                         $712.62
+
+
+ENDOWMENT FUND.
+
+Rockford, Ill. Estate of Rev. Benjamin
+  Foltz, by Charles G. Foltz, Ex.             $500.00
+
+
+DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLE.
+
+Income for June, 1889, from investments     $2,325.00
+
+Previously acknowledged                     28,144.86
+
+                                           ----------
+
+Total                                      $30,469.86
+
+                                           ==========
+
+
+  H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,
+  56 Reade St, N.Y.
+
+
+
+
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No. 8,
+August, 1889, by Various
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+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i"></a>[i]</span></p>
+
+<h1>THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY</h1>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+<table class="volume" width="100%" summary="Title">
+  <tr>
+    <td width="25%" align="left"><b>Vol. XLIII.</b></td>
+    <td width="50%" align="center"><b>August, 1889.</b></td>
+    <td width="25%" align="right"><b>No. 8.</b></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr class="full" />
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 492px;">
+<img src="images/title.jpg" width="492" height="397" alt="Title graphic" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<h2>CONTENTS</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#EDITORIAL"><b>EDITORIAL.</b></a>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="#Annual_Meeting"><span class="smcap">Annual Meeting</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#THE_FIGURES_STILL_IMPROVING"><span class="smcap">Figures Still Improving</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#OUR_PRACTICAL_THOUGHTFUL_FRIEND"><span class="smcap">Paragraph</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#EXTRACTS_FROM_LETTERS"><span class="smcap">Extracts from Letters</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#CIVIL_RIGHTS_IN_COURT"><span class="smcap">Civil Rights in Court</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#TIMHAKA_TA_IVANGELI"><span class="smcap">Timhaka Ta Ivangeli</span></a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#THE_SOUTH"><b>THE SOUTH.</b></a>
+  <ul>
+    <li><span class="smcap"><a href="#WHAT_I_FOUND_IN_THE_CUMBERLAND_MOUNTAINS">What I Found in the Cumberland Mountains,</a><br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Illustrated with cuts of Mountain Cabins,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a Native Mountain Church and<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Academy at Williamsburg, Ky.</span></li>
+    <li><a href="#Anniversary_Exercises"><span class="smcap">Anniversary Exercises:</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#FISK_UNIVERSITY_NASHVILLE_TENN"><span class="smcap">Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#TALLADEGA_COLLEGE_TALLADEGA_ALA"><span class="smcap">Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#STRAIGHT_UNIVERSITY_NEW_ORLEANS_LA"><span class="smcap">Straight University, New Orleans, La.</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#LE_MOYNE_NORMAL_INSTITUTE_MEMPHIS_TENN"><span class="smcap">Le Moyne Normal School, Memphis, Tenn.</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#AVERY_INSTITUTE_CHARLESTON_SC"><span class="smcap">Avery Institute, Charleston, S.C.</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#THE_NEW_CHURCH_AND_SCHOOL_AT_ALCO_ALA"><span class="smcap">New Church And School At Alco, Ala.</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#CHILDRENS_DAY"><span class="smcap">Children's Day At Chattanooga, Tenn.</span></a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#THE_INDIANS"><b>THE INDIANS.</b></a>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="#LETTER_FROM_MISS_COLLINS"><span class="smcap">Letter from Miss Collins</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#THE_RAMONA_INDIAN_SCHOOL"><span class="smcap">The Ramona Indian School</span></a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#THE_CHINESE"><b>THE CHINESE.</b></a>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="#OROVILLE_MARYSVILLE_PETALUMA"><span class="smcap">Oroville, Marysville, Petaluma</span></a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#BUREAU_OF_WOMANS_WORK"><b>BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</b></a>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="#WOMANS_STATE_ORGANIZATIONS"><span class="smcap">Woman's State Organizations</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#THE_LOCAL_SOCIETY_ITS_MEMBERSHIP_AND_MANAGEMENT"><span class="smcap">The Local Society&mdash;Its Membership and Management</span></a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#RECEIPTS_FOR_JUNE_1889"><b>RECEIPTS</b></a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center"><b>NEW YORK:<br />
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.<br />
+Rooms, 56 Reade Street.</b></div>
+<br />
+
+<div class="center">Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.<br />
+Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.</div>
+<br />
+<hr style='width: 65%;' />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii"></a>[ii]</span></p>
+<h2>American Missionary Association.</h2>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>PRESIDENT, Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Taylor</span>, D.D., LL.D., N.Y.</li>
+  <li><i>Vice-Presidents.</i>
+  <ul>
+    <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">A.J.F. Behrends</span>, D.D., N.Y.</li>
+    <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Alex. McKenzie</span>, D.D., Mass.</li>
+    <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">F.A. Noble</span>, D.D., Ill.</li>
+    <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">D.O. Mears</span>, D.D., Mass.</li>
+    <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry Hopkins</span>, D.D., Mo.</li>
+  </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><i>Corresponding Secretaries.</i>
+  <ul>
+    <li>Rev. M.E. <span class="smcap">Strieby</span>, D.D., <i>56 Reads Street, N.Y.</i></li>
+    <li>Rev. A.F. <span class="smcap">Beard</span>, D.D., <i>56 Reade Street, N.Y.</i></li>
+  </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><i>Recording Secretary.</i>
+  <ul>
+    <li>Rev. M.E. <span class="smcap">Strieby</span>, D.D., <i>56 Reade Street, N.Y.</i></li>
+  </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><i>Treasurer.</i>
+  <ul>
+    <li><span class="smcap">H.W. Hubbard</span>, Esq., <i>56 Reade Street, N.Y.</i></li>
+  </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><i>Auditors.</i>
+  <ul>
+    <li><span class="smcap">Peter McCartee</span>.</li>
+    <li><span class="smcap">Chas. P. Peirce</span>.</li>
+  </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><i>Executive Committee.</i>
+    <ul>
+      <li><span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>, Chairman.</li>
+      <li><span class="smcap">Addison P. Foster</span>, Secretary.</li>
+    </ul>
+    </li>
+    <li>
+    <ul>
+      <li><i>For Three Years.</i>
+        <ul>
+          <li><span class="smcap">J.E. Rankin</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Wm. H. Ward</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">J.W. Cooper</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Edmund L. Champlin</span>.</li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+      <li><i>For Two Years.</i>
+        <ul>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Lyman Abbott</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Chas. A. Hull</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Addison P. Foster</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Albert J. Lyman</span>.</li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+      <li><i>For One Year.</i>
+        <ul>
+          <li><span class="smcap">S.B. Halliday</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Samuel Holmes</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Samuel S. Marples</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Charles L. Mead</span>,</li>
+          <li><span class="smcap">Elbert B. Monroe</span>.</li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><i>District Secretaries.</i>
+  <ul>
+    <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">C.J. Ryder</span>, <i>21 Cong'l House, Boston.</i></li>
+    <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">J.E. Roy</span>, D.D., <i>151 Washington Street, Chicago.</i></li>
+    <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Rev. C.W. Hiatt</span>, <i>Cleveland, Ohio</i>.</li>
+  </ul>
+  </li>
+<li><i>Financial Secretary for Indian Missions.</i>
+    <ul>
+      <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Chas. W. Shelton</span>.</li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><i>Field Superintendents.</i>
+    <ul>
+      <li>Rev.<span class="smcap"> Frank E. Jenkins</span>,</li>
+      <li>Prof. <span class="smcap">Edward S. Hall</span>.</li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><i>Secretary Of Woman's Bureau.</i>
+    <ul>
+      <li>Miss <span class="smcap">D.E. Emerson</span>, <i>56 Reade St. N.Y.</i></li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
+<h4>COMMUNICATIONS</h4>
+
+<p>Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY," to the
+Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances, to the
+Treasurer.</p>
+
+
+<h4>DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</h4>
+
+<p>In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be
+sent to H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when
+more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational
+House, Boston, Mass., or 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment
+of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.</p>
+
+<p>NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.&mdash;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.</p>
+
+
+<h4>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h4>
+
+<p>"I bequeath to my executor (or executors) the sum of &mdash;&mdash; dollars, in
+trust, to pay the same in &mdash;&mdash; days after my decease to the person who,
+when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the 'American
+Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied, under the
+direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its
+charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by three
+witnesses.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211"></a>[211]</span><a name="EDITORIAL" id="EDITORIAL"></a></p>
+<h2>THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h2>
+
+<table width="60%" summary="Title" align="center">
+  <tr>
+    <td align="left" width="25%"><b><span class="smcap">Vol.</span> XLIII.</b></td>
+    <td align="center" width="50%"><b>AUGUST, 1889.</b></td>
+     <td align="right" width="25%"><b><span class="smcap">No.</span> 8.</b></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr style='width: 65%;' />
+
+<h3>American Missionary Association.</h3>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+
+
+<p><a name="Annual_Meeting" id="Annual_Meeting"></a>The next Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association will be
+held in Chicago, Ill., at the New England Church, commencing at three
+o'clock Tuesday afternoon, October 29th. Rev. R.R. Meredith, D.D., of
+Brooklyn, N.Y., will preach the sermon. Details regarding the reception
+of delegates and their entertainment, together with rates at hotels, and
+railroad and steamboat reductions, will appear later in the religious
+press and in the next number of the MISSIONARY.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="THE_FIGURES_STILL_IMPROVING" id="THE_FIGURES_STILL_IMPROVING"></a>THE FIGURES STILL IMPROVING.</h2>
+
+<p>Our receipts for nine months to June 30th are: From donations,
+$147,213.31; from estates, $50,121.54; from income, $8,117.96; from
+tuition, $30,239.62; from United States Government for Indians,
+$15,219.37; total, $250,911.80. Our expenditures for nine months to June
+30th are, $265,526.59. Debtor balance, $14,614.76.</p>
+
+<p>The improvement is seen in the following figures: Debtor balance at the
+close of April, $28,318.14; at the close of May, $25,795.07; June, as
+above, $14,614.76. This improvement is due, in large part to legacies,
+and yet there has been marked improvement in the donations as compared
+with last year. We trust our friends will be encouraged to still further
+increase their contributions, and enable us to rejoice in a triumphant
+balance sheet.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="OUR_PRACTICAL_THOUGHTFUL_FRIEND" id="OUR_PRACTICAL_THOUGHTFUL_FRIEND"></a>OUR PRACTICAL, THOUGHTFUL FRIEND.</h2>
+
+<p>Nearly a year ago, we had the satisfaction of referring to a friend who
+contributed regularly to all the Congregational Societies, and yet
+reserved one hundred dollars for the society standing in need of special
+help. We are glad to say that was not a transient purpose, for the
+friend has appeared again this year and has doubled his special
+contribution. We trust that he stands not alone in this thoughtful and
+practical watchfulness over the missionary societies.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" /><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_212" id="Page_212"></a>[212]</span>
+<h2><a name="EXTRACTS_FROM_LETTERS" id="EXTRACTS_FROM_LETTERS"></a>EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.</h2>
+
+<p>"Enclosed find my draft for &mdash;&mdash; for the good work doing among the
+Freedmen. For nothing do I give money more cheerfully than for the
+advancement of that race."</p>
+
+<p>"The earnest plea of Mr. Pond for help in his California Chinese work
+was brought to the notice of our Chinese teachers yesterday. We would
+hereby pledge you fifty dollars. His work must not stop. Would that we
+could do more towards its support. Would, too, that we could have one of
+his earnest Christian Chinese workers in our own city."</p>
+
+<p>"I have just been reading the June number of the MISSIONARY, and do what
+I can at this time toward paying the debt. I am specially impressed by
+the extract from Mr. Pond's letter, and shall be pleased if you see fit
+to assign the enclosed to his work. However, please to use it at your
+discretion in any way."</p>
+
+<p>"I have been able to do so little for your society of late that it has
+been a grief to me, but as I am in receipt of a little money I send you
+---- as a thank offering. May it do a little for the cause my husband
+and myself have had so much at heart. With best wishes and prayers for
+your <i>abundant</i> success."</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>Rev. C.J. Ryder writes:</p>
+
+<p>After the work of the Association had been presented in a comparatively
+small church near Boston, the pastor arose, and with earnestness and
+deep feeling said, "What are <i>we</i> going to do about it? Shall we let
+this great work be delayed because of our inaction? Let us now take a
+collection of one hundred dollars!" This seemed an impossible thing to
+do to the visiting Secretary. They brought back in the bags one hundred
+and ten dollars, the extra collection of this comparatively small
+church!</p>
+
+<p>It makes a heap of difference whether the pastor follows the Secretary's
+address with such cordial and enthusiastic endorsement or not. I am glad
+to testify that there is a good deal of this cordial co-operation on the
+part of pastors in New England.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="CIVIL_RIGHTS_IN_COURT" id="CIVIL_RIGHTS_IN_COURT"></a>CIVIL RIGHTS IN COURT.</h2>
+
+<p>During the National Council at Chicago, three years ago, Rev. S.P.
+Smith, a delegate from Knoxville, Tenn., applying for a dinner at a
+restaurant, was refused service. He prosecuted the proprietor. A jury in
+Chicago has just given him a verdict of $125 damages. The defence asked
+for a new trial on the ground that the judge had prejudiced the jury by
+his instructions; the judge denied the motion, stating that if he had
+been on the jury he would have made the fine $500. The defence is
+seeking a compromise, with the threatened alternative of an appeal. Mr.
+Smith, standing for the principle, will abide the final act of the
+court.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" /><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213"></a>[213]</span>
+<h2><a name="TIMHAKA_TA_IVANGELI" id="TIMHAKA_TA_IVANGELI"></a>TIMHAKA TA IVANGELI.</h2>
+
+<p>We are very proud of this book as being the first literary production in
+an African language of one of our graduates at the South, the Rev. B.F.
+Ousley, now of the East Central Africa Mission. The missionaries there
+have already reduced the language to writing, having formed a vocabulary
+of over three thousand words, and from it have printed a few books.
+Among them, is the one whose title appears above. It is a translation of
+"The Story of the Gospel," in a little volume of two hundred and six
+pages. We have read it with great interest so far as we have been able
+to understand its dialect. Within our comprehension we find Jesu, the
+one word in all languages for all people, Simone Petro, Johane, Marta,
+Maria, and Lazaru and many other such proper names. We congratulate our
+young people at the South that so soon they have a representative
+performing such literary work for the people of Africa. Much of such
+work seems drudgery, but it is necessary to opening the light of life to
+the people who sit in darkness. A booklet in the same language gives a
+catechism and some of the songs of the gospel, ten of which are
+translations by Mr. Ousley of some of the dearest of the gospel songs.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="THE_SOUTH" id="THE_SOUTH"></a>THE SOUTH.</h2>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="WHAT_I_FOUND_IN_THE_CUMBERLAND_MOUNTAINS" id="WHAT_I_FOUND_IN_THE_CUMBERLAND_MOUNTAINS"></a>WHAT I FOUND IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY REV. C.W. SHELTON.</h4>
+
+<p>First. There are living in this mountain country two millions of white
+people, until recently isolated from, and untouched by, the civilization
+of which we are so proud. No centennial anniversary commemorates their
+growth in wealth and intellect. As their fathers lived, so until
+recently, have they. One hundred years have witnessed but little
+progress, almost no change, in their condition. The open fire-place, the
+spinning-wheel and the home-spun jeans are familiar sights. Forgotten by
+the rest of the world, they, in turn, forget that beyond these mountain
+peaks, marking the limit of view and generally the limit of interest, a
+nation has pressed forward to take its place among the foremost of the
+earth. And yet no color line has excluded, no reservation boundary
+separated, this people from their fellow countrymen. Their lack of
+energy and the stagnation of their minds, is the explanation of this
+condition of things.</p>
+
+<p>Secondly. I found this mountain people naturally American; in deepest
+sympathy with our free government; loyal to the old flag in the hour of
+its greatest danger; fighting, suffering, dying, that the Union might be
+preserved. To one who has spent any length of time on our western
+prairies settled so largely with an emigrant people, the great
+difference between the American <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_214" id="Page_214"></a>[214]</span>born and educated people of the
+mountains, and the naturalized American of the prairie, constantly
+emphasizes itself. Here no new language has to be acquired, no new form
+of government understood. A common interest, a common sympathy, a mother
+country, binds one at once to this people as it never can to the
+American importation which is found at the West.</p>
+
+<p>Thirdly. I found homes and a home life, or rather the want of it, which
+one would hardly believe possible among a white population in this
+country.</p>
+
+<p>The following illustrations are correct representations of what I
+found to be average mountain cabins. Seldom do they contain more than
+two, often only one, room. A single window, an open fire-place, and a
+few home-made articles of furniture, comprise the whole. The home is
+begun when its founders are yet children. Ignorant and poor, the boy
+has "took up" with the girl, and it may be they are legally married. A
+building-bee is announced, a little cabin erected, a few pigs bought
+or given, a few trees girdled, some corn planted, in so crude and
+shiftless a way that even an Indian, in his first attempts at farming,
+would be ashamed to own it, and home life is begun. Into this home of
+poverty and ignorance come the children. The families are
+large&mdash;eight, ten, twelve, and sometimes more. The mother is too
+ignorant herself to instruct, and had she the ability, neither time
+nor strength <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_215" id="Page_215"></a>[215]</span>to accomplish it are at her command. Life to her is a
+struggle. At twenty she looks thirty-five, at thirty-five she is old.
+Always she has a tired, hopeless expression, which simply to look at
+almost starts the tears. The children have something of the same
+expression; the babies even seem to realize that it is a sober, sad
+world they have come into. I do not remember seeing a laughing, cooing
+baby in all the cabins I visited.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/img1.jpg" width="500" height="419" alt="MOUNTAIN CABIN." title="" />
+<span class="caption">MOUNTAIN CABIN.<br /></span>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 492px;">
+<img src="images/img2.jpg" width="492" height="376" alt="MOUNTAIN CABIN." title="" />
+<span class="caption">MOUNTAIN CABIN.<br /></span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Educationally, I found this people far below the emigrant on the
+prairie. Seventy per cent. of the whole two millions cannot read or
+write. The schools are the poorest. The school houses are built of logs;
+a hole is cut for the window; the ground serves for a floor, slabs for
+seats, and the teacher is strictly in keeping with all. Bare-footed,
+hair unkempt, snuff stick in her mouth, scarcely able to read herself,
+she is the example&mdash;the ideal toward which her pupils are to strive.</p>
+
+<p>Religiously, I found that these people, almost without exception, were
+"professors," and "had jined" not a Christian church, but some one of
+these native mountain pastors. The accompanying illustration gives a
+good idea of the mountain church; it is built of logs, and is without
+windows; the pulpit is an unpainted board; the seats slabs from the
+nearest saw mill, turned flat side up, with pegs driven in for legs.
+The ministry is in strict keeping with <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_216" id="Page_216"></a>[216]</span>the church, and intellectually
+little in advance of the people. They take pride in the fact that
+"These yer home-spun jeans have never brushed no dust from off no
+college walls," and exultantly declare that "The Lord taught me how to
+preach: and when the Lord teaches a man how to preach, you may just
+reckon he don't make no mistakes."</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 484px;">
+<img src="images/img3.jpg" width="484" height="317" alt="A NATIVE MOUNTAIN CHURCH." title="" />
+<span class="caption">A NATIVE MOUNTAIN CHURCH.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>On every hand, I found indications that the day of isolation for this
+people is rapidly passing away. Yankee inquisitiveness has discovered
+that these mountains are full of the best coal and iron&mdash;Northern
+capital has already begun to strip them of their rich forests of black
+walnut, oak and pine. The rivers are carrying these logs by the
+thousands to the immense mills, which in turn are making the large
+towns, toward which already the railroad is hastening.</p>
+
+<p>Engineering skill is bridging streams, crossing valleys, climbing
+mountains or piercing them through. On every hand we see the change.
+From their long sleep of a century, these valleys, these homes, this
+whole people are awakening. A new life is beginning, a new future,
+opening.</p>
+
+<p>And as a result of all this, I found a field of missionary work, which
+for opportunity and need has perhaps no equal in our country. Amidst all
+this change, a people, startled from their long separation, find
+themselves suddenly called to face, to compete with, to become a part
+of, our life, our intellectual advancement; to move with our energy, and
+work with our skill. Realizing their weakness, suddenly roused by their
+necessity, they are sending <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_217" id="Page_217"></a>[217]</span>across their valleys and over their
+mountains the Macedonian cry, "Come over and help us!" Our duty to this
+people, whether we look at it from the standpoint of the Christian or
+the citizen, is beyond the measure of words.</p>
+
+<p>Here, as everywhere in the South, I found that the American Missionary
+Association, as representative of our Northern Christian sympathy, was
+at work. Its normal schools, fitting teachers to go out and displace the
+bare-footed, ignorant, snuff-stick-chewing school mistresses; its
+churches, fitting mothers and fathers to enter upon their duties
+conscious of their responsibility; and its missionaries, bringing in an
+intelligent Christian life, and driving the curse of the country&mdash;
+intemperance&mdash;out of the home, community and the county, are thus
+meeting the need, and answering the cry, and fulfilling the obligations.
+Below is a cut of one of the buildings of the Academy at Williamsburg,
+Ky., recently erected among these people.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 490px;">
+<img src="images/img4.jpg" width="490" height="376" alt="WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY, KY." title="" />
+<span class="caption">WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY, KY.<br /></span>
+</div>
+
+<p>I found one worker where the field called for a dozen; one school where
+we should have twenty; one church where we should have a hundred; one
+scholar received into an over-crowded school house, when its doors
+should open to scores. I found one missionary with nine organized
+churches on his <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_218" id="Page_218"></a>[218]</span>hands, and he the only pastor; the extremes of his
+parish being seventy-five miles apart.</p>
+
+<p>And lastly, on returning to New York, I found an empty, a worse than
+empty, a debt-burdened treasury, forbidding all advancement in this
+field.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="Anniversary_Exercises" id="Anniversary_Exercises"></a><i>Anniversary Exercises.</i></h2>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="FISK_UNIVERSITY_NASHVILLE_TENN" id="FISK_UNIVERSITY_NASHVILLE_TENN"></a>FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY DISTRICT SECRETARY C.J. RYDER.</h4>
+
+<p>Fisk University fills a large place in the educational institutions of
+the South, and commencement week occupies an important place in the
+college year at Fisk.</p>
+
+<p>When the inhuman caste prejudice passes away, the Congregationalists of
+the North will discover the encouraging fact that the American
+Missionary Association has planted Congregationalism in the South to
+stay. Fisk University and other such institutions, filled as they will
+be by young men of every class and color, will be strongholds of our New
+Testament faith and polity. Such a Commencement as was observed at Fisk
+this year does much to bring about that blessed day. This Commencement
+week, beginning Thursday, June sixth, and closing the evening of June
+twelfth, was crowded with literary and musical exercises of high order.
+President E.M. Cravath, D.D., delivered the baccalaureate sermon, taking
+for his subject, "Building on the Rock." It was a sermon of great power.
+Rev. Dr. Gray, a Southern Episcopal clergyman, preached the missionary
+sermon. On Thursday evening, came "The Senior Preparatory Exhibition."
+On June seventh, tenth and eleventh, the various class examinations were
+held, and in the evening of Friday the seventh, the anniversary
+exercises of the Literary Societies were given. There are three healthy
+and vigorous societies at Fisk, and it was difficult to tell which of
+the three gave the best evidence of the superior quality of its drill,
+in the exercises presented.</p>
+
+<p>The Normal Department graduated a class of four, each presenting an
+essay. Rev. C.W. Hiatt, of Cleveland, Ohio, delivered the address at the
+close of the exercises of the normal department, taking for his subject
+"Earnest Living," and the address was spoken of with high appreciation
+by those who heard it.</p>
+
+<p>The graduating exercises of the Collegiate Department were of unusual
+interest. There was not a poor oration or essay presented. The breadth
+of training given to the students at Fisk was especially noticeable in
+the wide range of subjects selected.</p>
+
+<p>The anniversary of the Alumni Association gave evidence that the
+graduates of Fisk are true to the instruction of that institution, when
+they take up their work in the world. Sixty-seven have graduated from
+this institution; <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_219" id="Page_219"></a>[219]</span>forty-two are teachers; eight, ministers; three,
+doctors; two, editors; two, foreign missionaries; eight, lawyers; one is
+a student; and one a real estate agent. Pretty good showing for Fisk!</p>
+
+<p>The annual oration was delivered by the writer, subject, "The Student's
+Workshop, Tools and Work."</p>
+
+<p>The rendering of the Hallelujah Chorus by the full choir of trained
+singers was especially fine, and reflected great credit upon the
+director.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="TALLADEGA_COLLEGE_TALLADEGA_ALA" id="TALLADEGA_COLLEGE_TALLADEGA_ALA"></a>TALLADEGA COLLEGE, TALLADEGA, ALA.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY MRS. H.S. DEFOREST.</h4>
+
+<p>Talladega College observed its nineteenth anniversary June 9th to 13th.
+The large gathering of students, alumni and friends, the enthusiasm and
+interest manifested, and the report of what has been accomplished during
+the past decade, showed the hold it has obtained on the hearts of the
+people.</p>
+
+<p>The exhibitions of Cassady School, which is the feeder for the higher
+grades, were held the week previous. Large and delighted audiences
+listened to the creditable performances of the young people, who showed
+in their parts the faithful work of teachers.</p>
+
+<p>On Sabbath morning, the baccalaureate sermon was preached by Secretary
+C.J. Ryder, of Boston. Many valuable and practical lessons for the
+graduating class were drawn from his somewhat unique text, "And falling
+into a place where two seas met," Acts 27:41. Various currents in life
+will bear us hither and thither unless we are founded upon the rock and
+there abide. The closing words telling of the inscription upon an
+ancient cross, <i>teneo et tenior</i>, will long abide as an inspiration and
+help with those who heard.</p>
+
+<p>At 4 P.M. the Sabbath-school prayer meeting gathered together students
+and teachers in a tender farewell, and at night the missionary sermon
+was preached by Rev. E.J. Penney, of Selma.</p>
+
+<p>The examinations of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday gave evidence of
+thorough work and of painstaking study.</p>
+
+<p>On Wednesday night, four young men, graduates of the Theological
+Department, were ordained. The sermon was preached by Rev. A.F. Beard,
+D.D., the ordaining prayer offered by the President, a most appropriate
+charge given by Pastor Snell of Birmingham, and the right hand by the
+Moderator, Rev. J.R. Sims, of Shelby Iron Works.</p>
+
+<p>The graduating exercises were held on Thursday morning. Six students
+received diplomas from the Normal Course, and five were graduated from
+the Theological Department. Essays and orations showed thought and
+originality, and were well delivered. If all the noble sentiments
+expressed are carried out in the lives of the speakers, a class has gone
+out from our walls who will make a stand for truth and righteousness,
+manly men and faithful womanly women.</p>
+
+<p>After the conferring of diplomas and the awarding of prizes, President
+DeForest gave a <i>resum&eacute;</i> of the growth of the college during the ten
+years <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_220" id="Page_220"></a>[220]</span>of his connection with it. The number of students has increased
+from 203 to 427, instructors from 9 to 18. In this time, theological
+graduates have passed from 7 to 28, and normal from 18 to 64.</p>
+
+<p>The alumni dinner was partaken of with relish by graduates and invited
+guests, and after the physical man had been refreshed an intellectual
+feast was spread. Older graduates testified to their indebtedness to the
+College which by one, quoting the words of another, was said to be "de
+main spring ob de fly wheel ob de whole conjunction." Visiting friends
+spoke of their interest and satisfaction in the work of the school, and
+Drs. Beard and Haygood, with appreciative and hopeful words, fittingly
+closed the festivities.</p>
+
+<p>On Thursday night, Dr. A.G. Haygood, Secretary of the Slater Fund, the
+steadfast friend of the black man, gave an address. His eloquence, wit
+and earnestness held a large audience in close attention for more than
+an hour, and he left with them much matter for thought.</p>
+
+<p>Teachers and pupils have now said good-bye and college halls are vacant,
+but the work of the year will bear fruit as scores of students go out to
+the labors of vacation in the dark and needy districts of the South.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="STRAIGHT_UNIVERSITY_NEW_ORLEANS_LA" id="STRAIGHT_UNIVERSITY_NEW_ORLEANS_LA"></a>STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY PRESIDENT R.C. HITCHCOCK.</h4>
+
+<p>The interest shown by the public in the annual exercises of this school
+increases each year, and for those of more general nature it is quite
+impossible to obtain a room large enough to accommodate the audience
+that assembles.</p>
+
+<p>The baccalaureate sermon was preached on Sunday night by President
+Hitchcock at Central Church. On Monday night, the Sumner and
+Philomathean Literary Societies and the Band of Mercy held their
+anniversary meeting, and listened to a very interesting lecture on "Life
+at a German University," by Rev. G.W. Henderson. Wednesday night, came
+the annual concert and exhibition. This has for two or three years
+gradually taken more and more the character of an exhibit of the
+gymnastic exercises, singing, etc., from each grade, and with so large a
+school, gives a long programme; but since people here have learned that
+at Straight University, when the appointed time comes the exercises
+begin, every spot where a chair could be put in an aisle, or a foot
+stand, besides all the pews both below and in the spacious galleries of
+Central, one of the largest churches in the city, was occupied at the
+moment assigned for opening, and the attention was grand until the very
+last.</p>
+
+<p>On Thursday night, the Alumni Association met at the University Chapel
+for election of officers, adjourning later to the parlors for a social
+meeting. These Alumni meetings grow each year in numbers, interest and
+importance. Papers were read by several members, the usual history,
+prophecy and poem were given, remarks were made by others and some good
+music was rendered. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_221" id="Page_221"></a>[221]</span>Many who could not come sent interesting letters.
+Friday night was the <i>great</i> occasion. The crowd was no less than on
+Wednesday night, and that such an audience should sit, giving close
+attention, from 7:30 to 11:30, to the orations and essays of the
+graduates, with no sign of weariness, was to me a wonderful thing and
+showed a deep and heart-felt interest, in the community, for Christian
+education, which is grandly encouraging.</p>
+
+<p>Two of the graduates were from Mexico, one from Mississippi, one from
+Plaquemines Parish, one from Baton Rouge and five from this city, the
+proportion from the city being larger than usual.</p>
+
+<p>Members of the Trustee Board and others who have heard these exercises
+for many years, without hesitation pronounce them as a whole far better
+than those of any previous year. It is certain that each year there is
+shown a marked advancement in general intelligence and culture, and in
+the depth and arrangement of thought. The venerable Judge Whittaker, who
+seldom leaves his home at night, was on the platform, and at the close
+of the valedictory, which was given by Leonidas Burbridge, of
+Greenville, Miss., he jumped from his chair, seized the young man by the
+hand and expressed his wonder and gratification at all he had heard and
+seen, saying that in all his fifty years of life in New Orleans he had
+seen nothing that so filled his heart with emotions of astonishment and
+joy.</p>
+
+<p>I neglected to speak of the meeting on Sunday morning, May 26th, of the
+College Y.M.C.A., which has had a very prosperous year. The Association
+was addressed by Mr. Fred S. Hitchcock on Y.M.C.A. work in the great
+cities, and by Mr. Perry on College Y.M.C.A. work. The year has been a
+good one, notwithstanding many adverse circumstances. The establishment
+of a regular graded course of study, from the lowest primary grades to
+the college, and close adherence to such course are being felt more and
+more each year. More than half the graduates of this year began their
+education in the school, and all interested are proud of them. There is
+all along a marked difference between those who have come through our
+own primary schools and others equally capable who have had no
+systematic early training. For the first time since the course of study
+was adopted, every class this year has thoroughly completed the work
+assigned, and in most cases reviewed it.</p>
+
+<p>The State has been in a condition of great excitement during most of the
+year, nearly one-half the parishes being under a complete reign of
+terror, and it has been a frequent thing to see one of our students from
+the country, especially from the southern parishes, in tears in
+consequence of the intelligence of some friend, father or brother
+perhaps, having been the victim of some dastardly outrage from the
+"regulators." Tales of sorrow and suffering could easily be gathered to
+fill volumes. Iberia, Terrebonne and Lafayette parishes have been
+especially noted as under this reign of terror, and from these we have
+many pupils. Three sisters of Sammy Wakefield, who was shot at New
+Iberia, are in our school, and many others closely connected <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_222" id="Page_222"></a>[222]</span>with
+suffering families. It has been very difficult for the colored people to
+get a living, and the sacrifices they make to keep the children in
+school are wonderful.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="LE_MOYNE_NORMAL_INSTITUTE_MEMPHIS_TENN" id="LE_MOYNE_NORMAL_INSTITUTE_MEMPHIS_TENN"></a>LE MOYNE NORMAL INSTITUTE, MEMPHIS, TENN.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY PROF. A.J. STEELE.</h4>
+
+<p>Another year has passed in the history of our work at Le Moyne
+Institute, and its eighteenth anniversary has been celebrated with the
+graduation of a class of eleven, and the tenth reunion of an alumni
+association numbering some seventy five members. Recalling sixteen years
+of experience in connection with this work, I can fix upon scarcely a
+single event or circumstance that has not been made to conduce to the
+advancement of our work and influence in the community, and looking over
+results in all directions, they have surpassed the dreams and
+expectations of the most hopeful.</p>
+
+<p>The year past has been a remarkable one in our history. Our attendance
+has varied little from four hundred pupils in all grades of the twelve
+years' course, while our enrollment for the year has reached five
+hundred and twenty different pupils.</p>
+
+<p>Every interest of the school has been prospered and greatly blessed and
+strengthened. The utmost harmony and earnestness has marked the work of
+the year, both among teachers and pupils. During the past session, as
+many as sixty of our pupils have started out in the Christian life,
+giving evidence of change of heart and an earnest purpose to live for
+Christ and His work in the world. We rejoice over this more than over
+all other results of our year's work.</p>
+
+<p>The whole spirit and tone of our work has been such that even our trials
+and losses, from fire and from breaks in our working force, have seemed
+to be turned to means of blessing and sources of strength. Our trials
+and difficulties have been to us opportunities. We look forward
+hopefully to the future, as we look thankfully back to the past.</p>
+
+<p>Our partially destroyed building, from the fire of March 3d, is rebuilt
+and greatly improved. We hope our corps of instructors, so uniformly
+faithful in the discharge of duty, may remain unbroken, the same for the
+coming year.</p>
+
+<p>At the close of the term, the promotions were made in all grades by the
+principal, and the pupils given the "forms" they are to occupy the
+coming year. In truth, the formal "Commencement" for the year was made
+at the close of this session. Every pupil knows exactly his grade and
+place, and few will be absent at the opening, October first.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="AVERY_INSTITUTE_CHARLESTON_SC" id="AVERY_INSTITUTE_CHARLESTON_SC"></a>AVERY INSTITUTE, CHARLESTON, S.C.</h2>
+
+<p>Anniversary week of this Institute is always an occasion of the deepest
+interest to the colored people of Charleston and vicinity; and those who
+succeed in obtaining tickets of admission to Avery Hall consider
+themselves <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_223" id="Page_223"></a>[223]</span>most fortunate. This year proved no exception, and the demand
+for tickets, and the enthusiasm of those in attendance, have never been
+surpassed in the history of the school.</p>
+
+<p>The exercises throughout the week were of a high order. The Sub-Normal
+Exhibition and the Prize-Speaking Contest by the normal classes were
+unanimously declared to be the best ever given in Avery. At the
+commencement on Wednesday, every foot of space within sight or hearing
+of the platform was filled by intelligent and appreciative listeners.
+Eleven graduates&mdash;ten ladies and one gentleman&mdash;received the diploma of
+the Institute and joined the hundreds who have preceded them in the
+grand work of elevating their race.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="THE_NEW_CHURCH_AND_SCHOOL_AT_ALCO_ALA" id="THE_NEW_CHURCH_AND_SCHOOL_AT_ALCO_ALA"></a>THE NEW CHURCH AND SCHOOL AT ALCO, ALA.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY REV. R.C. BEDFORD.</h4>
+
+<p>Brewton is the county seat of Escambia County, Alabama. It is on the
+Louisville &amp; Nashville Railroad, one hundred and six miles north of
+Montgomery, and seventy-four north of Mobile. It has a population of
+about two thousand five hundred, and is quite thrifty. Alco is a mile
+and a half further south, on the same road, and is a nice little village
+of five or six hundred people, that has grown up within the last three
+years, and almost wholly out of the Peters Lumber Company. The property
+of the Company consists of one of the largest and finest mills in the
+South, with nearly 200,000 acres of yellow pine surrounding it. Some
+three hundred colored men, most of them with families, are employed in
+the various operations of the mills. Mr. Peters is engaged most of the
+time in his large lumber and salt interests at Manistee, Mich., but
+comes South two or three times a year to look after the business at
+Alco. From the first, it was the purpose of the Company to do something
+to improve the church and school facilities of the colored people, and
+last spring, while Mrs. Peters was spending a few weeks at Alco, she had
+a building 35x60 erected, and nicely arranged for church and school
+purposes. This she turned over to the American Missionary Association,
+and they at once sent down Rev. W.P. Hamilton, of Talladega, to open a
+school and begin preaching. The second Sunday in June, he was joined by
+Prof. G.W. Andrews, of Talladega, Rev. R.C. Bedford, of Montgomery, and
+Rev. F.G. Ragland and Deacon Godbold of Mobile, to assist him in
+dedicating the building.</p>
+
+<p>Though but little was known of Congregationalism in that part of the
+country, the services were entered into most heartily by all classes of
+the people. Most of the ministers at Brewton, in charge of colored
+churches, closed their places of worship and joined with us, partaking
+in the services, and speaking with great delight of the coming of an
+educated preacher and teacher among them.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224"></a>[224]</span>Mr. Hamilton starts off with over fifty pupils in Sunday and day school,
+and hopes soon to have members enough so that he can take steps to call
+a council and organize a church. The brethren of Alabama are greatly
+encouraged by this movement. Heretofore we have had no church or school
+between Montgomery and Mobile, one hundred and eighty miles. Now the
+distance is divided, Alco standing about half way between the two
+places.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="CHILDRENS_DAY" id="CHILDRENS_DAY"></a>CHILDREN'S DAY.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY REV. J.E. SMITH.</h4>
+
+<p>The 9th of June last was a grand day for the young people in the First
+Congregational Church at Chattanooga. The church was tastefully
+decorated with appropriate Scripture mottoes, choice evergreens,
+beautiful flowers and sweet singing canaries. There was present a large
+number of adults and a larger number of clean, sweet, hopeful children,
+and many laughing, cooing babes in the arms of their Christian parents,
+who like faithful Hannah and good Mary of old, had brought their babes
+to the house of God to present them to the Lord. After the rendering of
+a beautiful voluntary by the organist, the whole congregation joined in
+singing that grand hymn, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!" The
+pastor then read a few passages of Scripture selected for the occasion,
+giving a short comment on the same, and prayed for God's blessing on the
+young. While the congregation joined heartily in singing, "Heavenly
+Father, send Thy blessing, On Thy children gathered here," Christian
+parents who desired to present their offspring to the Lord, having been
+invited, came forward and stood before the altar with their little ones
+in their arms. Six bright-eyed, innocent babes were, on the faith of
+their believing parents, consecrated to God in the Christian ordinance
+of infant baptism. It was a most beautiful, pleasing and impressive
+service.</p>
+
+<p>After singing, "Take my life and let it be, Consecrated, Lord, to Thee,"
+the pastor invited all children, calling them by name, who were ten
+years of age and had been baptized in the church when infants, to come
+forward. The church, then, through its pastor, at a cost of twenty-three
+dollars, presented to each child, (nineteen in number) a beautiful,
+well-bound copy of the Bible, with the following written on the fly
+leaf: "This Bible was presented to &mdash;&mdash; by the First Congregational
+Church at Chattanooga, in commemoration of his infant consecration to
+God at her sacred altar, by his Christian parents. John 5:39."</p>
+
+<p>After taking a collection of ten dollars and twenty-four cents for the
+Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society, we sang "God be
+with you till we meet again," and the benediction was pronounced. Thus,
+a very interesting and we trust profitable service of an hour and twenty
+minutes was ended.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" /><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_225" id="Page_225"></a>[225]</span>
+<h2><a name="THE_INDIANS" id="THE_INDIANS"></a>THE INDIANS.</h2>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="LETTER_FROM_MISS_COLLINS" id="LETTER_FROM_MISS_COLLINS"></a>LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS.</h2>
+
+<p>No facts in this field can be of more interest to the readers of the
+MISSIONARY than those contained in the following thrilling account of
+the conversion of three young Indians in Miss Collins' mission field. We
+give the facts as written by this self-sacrificing missionary.</p>
+
+<p>Last Sabbath, Mr. Riggs came up from Oahe and we had communion, and
+there were five children baptized and seven grown people, and seven more
+were examined and advised to wait till the next communion. It was a most
+interesting season.</p>
+
+<p>Three of the young men were the leaders in the Indian dance. They have
+always been the head ones in all Indian customs. A year ago, one of them
+said in the dance that he should follow the Indian customs a year
+longer&mdash;give himself up to them wholly and try to be satisfied, and if
+he had in his heart the same unsatisfied feeling, the same longing, that
+he then had, he should throw it all away.</p>
+
+<p>On last New Year's day, the same young man, "Huntington Wolcott," came
+to me and said&mdash;"Last night I arose in the dance and told them that I
+had given the old customs and the old Indians a fair trial, and that
+they did not satisfy, now I should leave them forever and give myself to
+God, and if any others were ready to follow to arise and so make it
+known. The other two leaders arose, stood silently a moment, and walked
+out." From that time they have given themselves up to singing, praying
+and studying the Bible. They had, for two years, been halting between
+two opinions, attending the school, church, etc., and the Indian feasts
+and dances, too. These three having come out so boldly on God's side,
+has made a great change in our work here.</p>
+
+<p>Poor old Running-Antelope feels very sad. It is his desire to keep the
+young men from learning Christianity and civilization as long as he can.
+He wants them to have everything in common, and to feel that for an
+individual to accumulate anything is a disgrace. As long as they feel
+so, of course squalor and suffering will be the natural consequences.</p>
+
+<p>The young men are working hard to build up homes and to accumulate
+something for their families during the winter. One young man has cut
+logs and is building a house. I try to teach them that long prayers and
+loud singing is not all of Christianity&mdash;that however regularly a man
+attends to his church duties, if he fails to provide for his family, his
+religion is vain; and if he gives all his goods to his friends and lets
+his wife and children cry for bread, that their cries will reach the
+ears of God, and his prayers and hymns will be lost in this round of
+wailing of the hungry. All this is very different from their old Indian
+doctrine and hard to understand.</p>
+
+<p>Elias, our native teacher, has formed a class of young men who meet
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_226" id="Page_226"></a>[226]</span>every Tuesday night and talk and pray and sing together, and he directs
+their thought. I think it will prove very helpful. Then on Thursday
+night I have my Bible class, which now numbers about twenty. It is
+formed of the young men and women who wish to follow Christ's example,
+and band themselves together to learn of him. It has been the <i>training
+school</i> of the young Christians.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>What could be more encouraging than such facts as these? An Indian
+unattended by any white person, dissatisfied with the religion of his
+fathers, walks out of heathenism; out of sympathy and connection with
+his tribe; out of the religion and customs of his fathers and into the
+customs of civilized life, into the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ! In
+the words of that quaint old Negro hymn, let those who so earnestly
+desire the conversion of the Pagans in America exhort one another to
+"Pray on: Pray on."</p>
+
+<div class="right">C.J.R.</div>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="THE_RAMONA_INDIAN_SCHOOL" id="THE_RAMONA_INDIAN_SCHOOL"></a>THE RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY DISTRICT SECRETARY JOS. E. ROY.</h4>
+
+<p>This is a department of the University of New Mexico at Santa F&eacute;,
+occupying separate buildings and a separate locality, and managed by the
+American Missionary Association. A recent visit to the school it may be
+worth while to report. It is for the Apache Indians and the youth who
+are gathered into it are of the Jiccarrilla band. Their reservation is
+about two hundred miles west, and is reached by railroad or by pony
+transportation. The teachers deem it better to have the school some
+distance from the people so as to make its impression the more positive,
+and yet near enough for the parents to visit their children occasionally
+while at school. This keeps up the interest and prevents the children
+from being educated away from their elders. Two good sized buildings are
+used. In one there are the school rooms, the accommodations for the
+teachers, and the lodgings for the boys. In the other, under a matron,
+there are lodgings for the girls, work rooms for the same, and the
+boarding department for all. The Indian girls do the cooking for the
+establishment. I saw them getting dinner and I saw many loaves of
+beautiful white bread made by them. In their work shop they make their
+own clothes. The boys, under the lead of the principal, Prof. Elmore
+Chase, work at cobbling, making ditches and cultivating the soil, and
+also do something with carpenter's tools. The Government pays over a
+hundred dollars a year for each student toward the expense of board,
+clothes, etc. The American Missionary Association appoints the teachers
+and directs the school. The scholars, thirty in all, have made very
+creditable progress in their studies, considering the short time the
+school has been in operation, from three to four years. Prof. Whipple,
+now of Wheaton College, who for a time was principal of the Ramona,
+testifies: "I never saw on an average such aptness, docility and
+faithfulness in school and industrial <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_227" id="Page_227"></a>[227]</span>work." The religious influence
+of the school has not been interfered with by the Government. I heard
+the scholars recite with promptness and evident understanding the
+Twenty third Psalm, the Beatitudes, the Commandments, the Lord's
+Prayer, and portions of a catechism introductory to the Westminster
+Shorter. Daily worship is maintained among them, the Sunday-school
+lesson is thoroughly taught, while the Bible is freely used in the
+school. The Professor thought that several of the youth gave such
+evidence of an experience of grace as would satisfy us concerning
+white children. I was permitted to see half a dozen letters written by
+the scholars to be sent to their parents and brothers and sisters,
+without the supervision of their teachers, in which were many
+expressions of love for the Saviour and the Bible, and of a desire
+that their friends at home should be made acquainted with the same,
+and the purpose, when they should go home, to communicate those good
+things.</p>
+
+<p>The following are four of those letters:</p>
+
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<div class="right">RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL, SANTA F&Eacute;, NEW MEXICO.<br />
+June 16, 1889.</div>
+
+<p><i>My Dear Father:</i></p>
+
+<p>I am very well and happy all the time. I am very sorry that my
+step Mother was dead. I want you to come after me in July. And
+come early. I had such a lovely time on our picnic. I want you
+to learn about Jesus and His love. So when you die you will go
+to Him. Where you shall be happy evermore.</p>
+
+<div class="center">From your loving daughter, MARY ARMSTRONG.</div>
+
+<div class="right"><br />RAMONA SCHOOL, SANTA F&Eacute;, NEW MEXICO.<br />
+June 10, 1889.</div>
+
+<p><i>My Dear Father:</i></p>
+
+<p>I was very glad to get your letter, and I am going to answer it
+right away. I am so anxious to go home this Summer. I love you
+all very much, and I love my Father in Heaven too. I love my
+Saviour very much. He is your Saviour too. Jesus is a Saviour
+of all the people in this world. I am glad that you are all
+working. I am working too but I am in school now. I am reading
+in the Third Reader. Give my love to all of my folks and Miss
+Moore and Miss Clegg<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a>.</p>
+
+<div class="center">From your loving daughter, MARY GRIMES.</div>
+
+
+<div class="right"><br />SANTA F&Eacute;, NEW MEXICO.<br />
+June 15, 1889.</div><br />
+
+<p><i>My Dear Brother A.G.:</i></p>
+
+<p>I would like to see you very much. We have a nice time here.
+The children are all well and happy. How is my little cousin?
+Is he well and happy? We are all writing a letter this morning.
+We are all going home in July, so you know I am very happy
+every day. How are all my brothers. I would like to see them
+too. How is my father. Is he well and happy? I have not seen my
+father for a long time. Why don't he come to see me? I wish you
+knew about our dear Saviour. I wish some one will come and tell
+all the people about Jesus. God is our Father in Heaven who
+loves us very much. He loves all the people in the world. He
+wants them to love Him. I will tell you about him when I go
+home. I wish you would read the Bible so you would know about
+Him. Our corn is beginning to grow. Some children are going to
+speak <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_228" id="Page_228"></a>[228]</span>in the church to-morrow. Please give my love to all my
+people. I am going to say good-bye.</p>
+
+<div class="center">From your loving sister, IRENE BANCROFT.</div>
+
+
+<div class="right"><br />RAMONA SCHOOL, SANTA F&Eacute;, NEW MEXICO.<br />
+April 12, 1889.</div><br />
+
+<p><i>Dear Father Monarcha:</i></p>
+
+<p>I am very glad that you are working; that is just what I want
+you to do. You must build a house for your children, and you
+will have a place to stay when the weather gets cold. And every
+body must build houses for themselves; that is just what the
+Government wants all of you to do, because that is right and
+everybody thinks that it is right, and they were very much
+pleased when you do so. I am very glad that all my folks are
+well and happy if all of you are happy then I am happy too.
+Your letter pleases me very much. And you must do just what Mr.
+Bishop asks you to do. You must not do like other men do that
+don't build houses; they just run off from the Reservation and
+go hunting and sell all the things that the Government gives
+them. You must not do that because that is wrong, not right.
+Miss Moore will tell you what I say to you. Write another
+letter if you have time, if you don't have time, why just go on
+and finish all your spring work then you come after me when
+school is out; if you don't want to come then you send somebody
+after me.</p>
+
+<div class="center">Your loving son, JESSE GREENLEAF.</div></div>
+
+<p>The writer of this letter has attended school two and a half years,
+spending one-half day in school each day and working half a day. He is
+now fourteen years old.</p>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1">[1]</a> These were former teachers at the Ramona, who are
+now doing mission work among the Indians. They read these
+letters to the parents and in turn write back for them.</p></div>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="THE_CHINESE" id="THE_CHINESE"></a>THE CHINESE.</h2>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="OROVILLE_MARYSVILLE_PETALUMA" id="OROVILLE_MARYSVILLE_PETALUMA"></a>OROVILLE, MARYSVILLE, PETALUMA.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY REV. W.C. POND, D.D.</h4>
+
+<p>Early on Monday morning, June 17th, I left home for a visit to our
+missions at Oroville and Marysville. I reached Oroville at about 7:30
+P.M. As soon as possible I was at the Mission House, where warmest
+greetings from teacher and pupils awaited me. The lessons of the evening
+received our first attention, for it is a principle with us that each
+scholar shall have the English lesson promised him, whoever may be
+present and whatever else we may desire to do. This is the demand of
+good faith, and not less of good policy. It is the English lesson that
+holds them where the gospel can reach them, so that this we must never
+forego.</p>
+
+<p>When all this was accomplished, those who could read with comparative
+ease were gathered about a table for a sort of Bible reading, which I
+proposed to give them, in the fifteenth chapter of Luke. This was the
+manner of it: One of them read the first verse, being helped over the
+hard words, then I explained it in as simple English as I could command;
+then the reader translated both it and my explanation into Chinese, each
+other pupil keeping watch to see whether what was said expressed the
+ideas which he had received from me. At this time, we were much aided by
+the co-operation <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_229" id="Page_229"></a>[229]</span>of Yong Jin, our missionary helper, whose translations
+I could depend upon quite confidently, but I often give these readings
+without such help, feeling quite sure that if six or eight have received
+the <i>same</i> idea, they have received the one I meant to give. When we had
+finished the first verse, a second pupil read the second verse with the
+same method, and so on. Some felt unequal to the task of translating,
+but most were willing to try, and most who tried succeeded strangely
+well. I had intended to follow this with a few words of exhortation, but
+just as we read the last verse, Yong Ack arrived. This is a brother who
+was converted about a year ago. His daily work is that of a cook in a
+way-side inn, about six (some said eight) miles from Oroville. He has
+been accustomed to walk this distance, over a rough and dusty road, to
+attend, not often the school, but the religious services of our mission.
+He can seldom reach the Mission House before nine, but the meetings
+begin when he arrives and continue till he is ready to start away. As
+this brother was to be baptized on the following evening, the Bible
+reading was suspended with a promise from me that I would speak from
+these words the next evening, and we all addressed ourselves to a study
+of the Confession and Covenant of our little Chinese Church at Oroville.
+It was taken up clause by clause, read in English, explained, translated
+into Chinese, and still further explained, till Yong Ack in particular,
+and in a general way all the rest of them, professed to understand and
+believe it all. When this was finished, we were well on towards 11 P.M.,
+and we closed the meeting with song and prayer.</p>
+
+<p>The day following was variously occupied, but in the evening we were all
+at the Mission House again. The lessons were given, and then the table
+was spread for the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Then came the
+preaching, with Yong Jin interpreting, sentence by sentence. The topic&mdash;
+the Shepherd seeking his lost sheep, followed by the story of the
+prodigal son. One could not have asked a more attentive audience. The
+presence and work of the Spirit were unmistakable. At length, a little
+after nine, Yong Ack appeared. He had been over that road three times
+that day, and expected, before morning to go over it again. But he
+confessed no weariness either by word or by manner. He was bright,
+wakeful, joyous. He confessed Christ, was baptized, and was welcomed
+with gladness to the church, after which we gathered round the table of
+the Lord.</p>
+
+<p>Wednesday and Thursday were spent in and about Marysville. Both Oroville
+and Marysville are "hard fields." In both of them good work has been
+done in days past, but the fruits from the seed sown have been widely
+scattered, so that in each place but few Christians remain. Our Chinese
+Church in Marysville, some years ago was reported&mdash;truthfully, I am
+sure&mdash;as in proportion to its numbers and its means, the Banner Church
+of the country for its contribution to Foreign Missions. But now only
+one member, a deacon, resides in the place. He is a cook at one of the
+hotels, and is unable to leave his work till about 8:30 P.M., but he
+"holds the fort" sturdily, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_230" id="Page_230"></a>[230]</span>bravely. He is an athletic man, full of
+energy and courage, with, doubtless, some of the defects which usually
+attend these qualities, but honest, earnest, consistent, determined.</p>
+
+<p>The first evening was a reproduction of that at Oroville, there being
+also one believer to be baptized. On the second evening, in view of the
+Lord's Supper and the baptism, our good deacon, as soon as his work was
+done, was "all abroad" in Chinatown. Squad after squad he brought, and
+seeing them seated, went out after more. When about 9:15 P.M., I
+commenced my discourse, the room was packed. Oh, what joy it was, what
+inspiration, to look into those eyes fixed closely upon me, and tell
+them of the love of God in Christ! Yong Jin's quick, animated
+interpretations of my sentences were not interruptions, but seemed to
+urge me on. I am sure that the Spirit spoke through me to some hearts,
+and that I shall see the fruits of that seed-sowing in the better world.
+After the most careful and repeated statements as to what a partaking of
+the bread and wine would mean, and as to the guilt of those who should
+partake <i>without</i> meaning what they did, a goodly number, eight or nine,
+I think, who had never before consented to be recognized as Christians,
+did thus profess that they received Christ as Saviour and Lord. They did
+it in the sight and in the midst of others who did not do it&mdash;did it
+with a painstaking and an apparent determination which encourages my
+hope that they will hold fast and be led on to clearer light and the
+full day.</p>
+
+<p>Reaching home on Friday noon, I started for Petaluma on Saturday
+morning. That evening was spent partly at the Mission House preaching
+the word, and partly at the church preparing our pupils for the parts
+they were to take in the anniversary exercises on the following evening.
+Our brothers, Jee Gam and Lem Chung, were with me. I see that I have
+already exhausted my space and venture only to add, that this
+anniversary service was one of deep interest. The Congregational Church
+at which it was held was crowded, auditors standing in the doors. All
+the exercises by the pupils were well rendered. The address by Jee Gam
+and the songs by Lem Chung seemed to win all hearts. The report of the
+year's work at the school was more cheering than any we have been able
+to make for years; the collection amounted to about sixty-five dollars,
+and last and best of all, the gospel work done by our Chinese brethren
+at the Mission House was the means of leading at least two, heretofore
+undecided, to take their stand clearly and decisively as followers of
+Christ.</p>
+
+<p>In a later letter, Dr. Pond adds:</p>
+
+<p>It seems that <i>three</i> instead of <i>two</i>, as I have it in my article, were
+led to confess Christ at Petaluma last Sunday. One other was almost
+persuaded, but said he must first send home to China the bones of his
+father. (Matt. 8:21). Jee Gam explained to him that he could do that as
+a <i>Christian</i>, without <i>worshiping</i> his father. But he could not be
+persuaded. He is a very bright <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_231" id="Page_231"></a>[231]</span>and promising young man, and I hope and
+pray that this wrong decision may not cost him his salvation.</p>
+
+<p>Jee Gam and Lum Chung were so wrought upon by what they saw and by what
+God wrought by them at Petaluma, that they came back fired with a desire
+to do something like it at our Central Mission House. This is what I
+have long wished for, but could never seem to inspire the brethren with
+courage to undertake. On Tuesday evening the first of a series of
+meetings was held there. The room was crowded. Some scoffed, some tried
+to seem indifferent, but <i>all heard</i> the word, and one took a stand
+for Christ. The brethren take hold well, each one contriving to make
+himself the center of a group of heathen, so as to go right to work in
+the after-meeting. Pray for them.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="BUREAU_OF_WOMANS_WORK" id="BUREAU_OF_WOMANS_WORK"></a>BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</h2>
+
+<h4>MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.</h4>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="WOMANS_STATE_ORGANIZATIONS" id="WOMANS_STATE_ORGANIZATIONS"></a>WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.</h2>
+
+<h4>CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.</h4>
+
+<p>
+ME.&mdash;Woman's Aid to A.M.A.,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+VT.&mdash;Woman's Aid to A.M.A.,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+VT.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. Ellen Osgood, Montpelier, Vt.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+CONN.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+MASS. and R.I.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Association,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Miss Natalie Lord, Boston, Mass.<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></span><br />
+</p><p>
+N.Y.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. William Spalding, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+ALA.&mdash;Woman's Missionary Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Miss S.S. Evans, Birmingham, Ala.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+MISS.&mdash;Woman's Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Miss Sarah J. Humphrey. Tougaloo, Miss.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+TENN. and ARK.&mdash;Woman's Missionary Union of Central South Conference,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Miss Anna M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+LA.&mdash;Woman's Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans, La.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+FLA.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park, Fla.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+OHIO.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, Ohio.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+IND.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne, Ind.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+ILL.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St, Chicago, Ill.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+MINN.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Society,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Miss Katharine Plant, 2651 Portland Avenue,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Minneapolis, Minn.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+IOWA.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Miss Ella E. Marsh, Grinnell, Iowa.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+KANSAS.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Society,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. G.L. Epps, Topeka, Kan.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+MICH.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss, Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+WIS.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+NEB.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 N Broad St., Fremont, Neb.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+COLORADO.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Packard, Pueblo, Colo.</span><br />
+</p><p>
+DAKOTA.&mdash;Woman's Home Miss. Union,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">President, Mrs. T.M. Hills, Sioux Falls;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Secretary, Mrs. W.B. Dawes, Redfield;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Treasurer, Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2">[2]</a> For the purpose of exact information, we note that
+while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass.
+and R.I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.</p></div>
+
+<p>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 <i>undesignated funds will not reach us</i>.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_232" id="Page_232"></a>[232]</span>Ladies upon whom the duty devolves to plan and lead missionary meetings,
+will welcome the suggestions in the following paper by Mrs. Regal,
+Secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ohio, which paper was
+read at the recent Annual Meeting of the Officers of Woman's State
+Organizations.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="THE_LOCAL_SOCIETY_ITS_MEMBERSHIP_AND_MANAGEMENT" id="THE_LOCAL_SOCIETY_ITS_MEMBERSHIP_AND_MANAGEMENT"></a>THE LOCAL SOCIETY&mdash;ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.</h2>
+
+<h4>BY MRS. FLORA K. REGAL, OBERLIN, OHIO.</h4>
+
+<p>The local society will always have its active and its passive
+membership. How to increase the latter from without, and how to transfer
+recruits from the passive to the active list, are problems that have
+taxed the ingenuity of not a few and have not infrequently been
+abandoned as insoluble. It has so long been said, "This missionary work
+always has to be carried on by a few," that the expression has come to
+have something of the force of axiomatic truth which, of course, no one
+dares assail. And so the missionary society lives on, decade after
+decade, with less than a quarter of the women of the church on its list,
+and of that quarter not more than one-fourth active members. How to
+change these conditions, is the problem which confronts us.</p>
+
+<p>I.&mdash;It has not always been clear who should be included in the
+membership, but with the broad scope given to our Home Missionary
+Unions, its auxiliaries should include:</p>
+
+<p><i>First.</i>&mdash;Every woman who thinks that if she were living on some lonely
+frontier and had for years heard no sermon, no public prayer, no songs
+of praise, had no communion service, no Christian fellowship, she would
+welcome the home missionary and all the sweet influences of the Gospel.</p>
+
+<p><i>Second.</i>&mdash;Every woman who thinks we owe it to the Freedwoman to put
+into her life and home something of the sweetness and purity of our own;
+to the Indian woman a sympathetic effort for her uplifting, in atonement
+for a "Century of Dishonor."</p>
+
+<p><i>Third.</i>&mdash;Every woman who thinks that if she, or her sister or daughter,
+were heroic enough to share the labors and sacrifices of a home
+missionary, she ought to have some better place to live in than an old
+grocery, a room over a saloon or the basement of a church.</p>
+
+<p><i>Fourth.</i>&mdash;Every woman who thinks that if she were an inmate of a Mormon
+home she might not have grace to welcome the companionship of the
+second, third or tenth woman who might be sealed by celestial marriage
+to her husband.</p>
+
+<p><i>Fifth.</i>&mdash;Every woman who thinks there are worthy young men trying to
+prepare themselves for ministerial or missionary work whose struggle
+with poverty ought to be relieved.</p>
+
+<p><i>Sixth.</i>&mdash;Every woman who would welcome for her own children, if she
+were living in some Godless community, the Sunday-school missionary and
+the books, papers, lesson helps, prayers and Christian songs which make
+the Sunday-school a place of blessed influences.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_233" id="Page_233"></a>[233]</span>If there be in any Christian church a woman who will respond to none of
+these calls for service to the extent of a moderate annual membership
+fee, say twenty-five cents, she has missed the true import of the Gospel
+and has never entered into its most blessed privileges. Let us assume
+that there is no such, but that rightly approached, every woman worthy a
+place in the church will be willing to enroll herself into at least the
+passive membership of the local society.</p>
+
+<p>II.&mdash;The management of this new membership, presumably uninformed,
+indifferent, possibly prejudiced, will require familiar acquaintance
+with our six benevolences, sympathy with them all, much practical
+wisdom, good courage, and the spirit of I Corinthians, 13th chapter.</p>
+
+<p>The <i>President</i> must do more than preside at the meetings. She must plan
+every detail; must know beforehand what hymns, what Scripture lesson,
+who shall lead in singing and in prayer, what reports, what letters,
+what original papers, what selections, what business. Everything must be
+carefully planned and written down, yet there must be withal a certain
+amount of elasticity of management, so that the timid question may be
+answered, the objection removed, the enthusiasm expressed. The President
+will welcome strangers and greet the diffident and neglected. She will
+not be <i>surprised</i> at seeing anybody at the meeting. It was reasonably
+to be expected.</p>
+
+<p>The <i>Secretary</i> will do more than keep the minutes of the meetings. She
+will not forget the proper public announcement of the meetings and will
+add special invitations to such as may not feel themselves included in
+the general. She will send for such printed helps as are needed for use.
+She will fill out distinctly and promptly such blanks as are needed for
+Conference, State or other Reports, and her quarterly and annual
+reports will be helpful from their information and their inspiration.</p>
+
+<p>The <i>Treasurer</i> will do more than passively receive what is brought to
+her hands. She will see that no one is overlooked when a canvass is made
+for any object; that pledges are redeemed; that the way is made easy for
+the poor to give without embarrassment and the rich without ostentation.
+She will see that all moneys are forwarded as designated and that <i>they
+go through the State Treasury</i>.</p>
+
+<p>But the highest qualification any local officer can possess, is the
+ability to transfer members from the passive to the active list. Some
+practical hints toward this result maybe gathered from the following
+suggestions:</p>
+
+<p>Aim at unity of effect for each meeting. Make some one of the six
+benevolences the subject, and center everything&mdash;Scripture, hymn,
+prayer, letter, paper, leaflet, about the single topic. Suppose it be
+"Missions on our Western frontier." Ask some lady to prepare a fifteen
+minutes' paper. Give out in addition six back numbers of the <i>Home
+Missionary</i> to as many ladies, asking each to select a paragraph or
+short article bearing directly on the subject and which she thinks will,
+or ought to, interest the meeting. Let several of these ladies be chosen
+from the passive list&mdash;the diffident or even the indifferent.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_234" id="Page_234"></a>[234]</span>In
+making their selections, they will perhaps have made their first
+acquaintance with missionary magazines and will have learned something
+about the heroism of our home missionaries. Moreover, they will have
+participated in the exercises. This, repeated with variations, will give
+them courage to speak, and intelligent thoughts to express. <i>They are on
+the way to active participation.</i> Crown the exercises with a collection.
+The leader must know how to kindle enthusiasm and put it to the tangible
+proof.</p>
+
+<p>The subject for the next meeting may be some branch of the work of the
+American Missionary Association, as "Indian Missions in Dakota." Assign
+to some one a paper, an historical sketch. She will need books from the
+missionary library. "Ten years among the Dakotas," and "Mary and I; or,
+Life among the Sioux," (to which she would never think of going for help
+unless informed that the Dakotas and Sioux are one.) She may also send
+to Miss Emerson for further helps. Then, in addition, give out back
+numbers of the <i>American Missionary</i> to two or three passive ladies,
+asking them to make short selections concerning Indian missions&mdash;or let
+one read Prof. G.F. Wright's leaflet&mdash;"Indian Missions as seen upon the
+ground"&mdash;and another some missionary's letter. Call out expressions of
+interest in the work&mdash;proofs of its success&mdash;etc., and ask if we ought
+not to do something for its support. Give to everyone present a small
+envelope with the request that it be brought to the next meeting with a
+free will offering for Indian missions.</p>
+
+<p>The next meeting may be devoted to "Christian work among the Mormons,"
+using the "New West Reports," "The Gleaner," newspaper extracts,
+missionary letters and, if possible, have the experience of some one who
+has visited the schools and the homes of sin-cursed Utah. Having
+awakened deep interest, the proposition to procure a lecture or a
+musical entertainment and devote the proceeds to the New West Commission
+will probably find favor and be carried on to success.</p>
+
+<p>For the next meeting, choose another object, as "Parsonage Building."
+Distribute copies of the <i>Church Building Quarterly</i> and again the
+indispensable back numbers of <i>The Home Missionary</i>, and have extracts
+read which show the discomfort, and even distress, which come to the
+family of the home missionary. Propose aid in the form of a birthday
+offering, in which every member brings in an envelope as many cents as
+she is years old. The result may be surprising.</p>
+
+<p>For other objects other plans, but in every case the way should be
+prepared for <i>intelligent giving</i>.</p>
+
+<p>It has sometimes resulted favorably to secure, at the beginning of the
+year, pledges for some definite, well understood object, as a teacher's
+or missionary's salary, or a share in one, which should apparently but
+not really exhaust the resources of the society, and have the payments
+made as early in the year as practicable. Then pursue intelligent study
+of the other fields until the time is ripe for proposing generous aid to
+the one which appeals most strongly <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235"></a>[235]</span>to the combined judgment and
+sympathy. And so on through the year, in which time the six benevolences
+can all be reached. This somewhat irregular method of procedure has
+perhaps no better defence than that it has been known to produce good
+results. A society the intelligence and consecration of whose members
+could be relied upon would doubtless find the plan of monthly pledges,
+to be divided according to some accepted schedule, much easier. No
+special labor would have to be expended to make the need apparent, or to
+awaken sympathy for the object, or to choose the best means of attaining
+it. Gifts would be systematic and uniform throughout the year and could
+be counted upon.</p>
+
+<p>The machinery, well oiled at the start, would run smoothly and quietly,
+and woman's work would not be made unpleasantly prominent. But it seems
+doubtful whether as many gifts would flow into the treasury and whether
+the gifts would be accompanied by as much interest, sympathy and prayer.</p>
+
+<p>The hints concerning management thus far presuppose a Home Missionary
+Society organized on the modern basis of a programme of devotional
+exercises and various mission studies, and do not apply to those cases
+in which such exercises have been engrafted upon a sewing society with a
+long line of Dorcases as Presidents, and antecedents too respectable to
+be ruthlessly set aside. How shall a sewing society be so modified as to
+best subserve the present home missionary needs? Do not create friction
+by attempting a sudden and complete revolution. Propose that the brief
+devotional exercises with which such gatherings sometimes close be
+placed a little earlier than usual, that there may be time for some
+interesting missionary letter or some inspiring leaflet, or other
+selection, or better still, an original paper on some live topic. When
+about the usual season for beginning the missionary box arrives, prepare
+a symposium on the subject of boxes. Select and distribute brief
+paragraphs from the magazines concerning missionary debts, from
+missionary letters concerning unpaid salaries, and lead gradually up to
+the question whether if we were missionaries we would rather receive a
+box or a check for an unpaid salary. Which would best enable a minister
+to look his creditors, who are also his parishioners, in the face&mdash;the
+new pulpit suit or cash to pay off accumulated bills? In trying to
+decide between box and salary, the society may decide for <i>both</i>, and a
+point is gained. When box preparations begin, assign them a proper place
+in the meeting. Do not permit papers and addresses to be sandwiched
+between rolling quilt frames and turning down refractory hems, or
+punctuated by requests or signals for scissors, thread, and bits of
+gingham; and do not spoil garments by working with divided attention.
+Give each its hour or its day. Best of all, when a box is in
+preparation, sew early, late, and often, till it is despatched. Then
+resume the studies, being especially careful to have their first
+resumption provided with an attractive programme. In all cases when
+studies have been grafted upon sewing, <i>encourage the graft</i>. It ought
+to yield better fruit than the original stock.</p>
+
+<p>It should be the constant aim of those in charge of local societies to
+inspire <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_236" id="Page_236"></a>[236]</span>in the membership intelligent interest in the six branches of
+our work&mdash;to cultivate a spirit of liberality toward them all&mdash;to create
+in every member a desire to aid them all. Only with such an aim can the
+local society achieve its highest usefulness.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="RECEIPTS_FOR_JUNE_1889" id="RECEIPTS_FOR_JUNE_1889"></a>RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1889.</h2>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>MAINE, $123.20.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const. MISS NETTIE R. SPALDING L.M. </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>$30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Bangor. Central Ch. Sewing Circle, <i>for Freight to Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.53</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Bethel. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Castine. "Rainbow Band," <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.80</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Castine. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Gorham. J.H. Hinckley, Papers and Cards, <i>for Meridian, Miss.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hiram. Mrs. Moore. S.S. Papers, <i>for Meridian, Miss.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>8.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>7.87</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Portland. Second Parish Chinese Class, by H. Mabel Leach, Sec., <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Rockland. "The King's Daughters," by Mrs. D.P. Hatch, <i>for Woman's Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,169.97.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Brookline. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>6.05</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Concord. "Friend"</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Derry. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>16.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Dover. First Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>140.65</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. 10. <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i>, 10. <i>for Miss Collin's Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Great Falls. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>15.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.50, L.W. Preston, 3</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>33.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Jaffrey. "Lillies of the Field," <i>for Storrs Sch.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>9.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Keene. "S." 20; Primary Dep't Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 5</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Keene. Mrs. M.E. DeBevoise's S.S. Class, <i>for Oaks, N.C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Keene. P'k'g Papers. <i>for Savannah, Ga.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Littleton. "Mrs. B.W.K."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Nashua. Ladies' Circle of Pilgrim Ch., Bbl. and Box C., <i>for Storrs Sch.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Penacook. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>23.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Plaiston and North Haverhill, Mass. Cong. Ch. 130.88; Mrs. Eliza W. Merrill, 50.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>180.88</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Plymouth. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>6.10</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>134.79</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Rye. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$669.97</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br />ESTATE.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Allenstown. Estate of Jabez Green, by Mrs. Elsie G. Green, <i>for Green Memorial Ch., Bending Oaks, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>500.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$1,169.97</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>VERMONT, $498.33.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Burlington. "Tithes"</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc., by Kate B. Joslyn, Treas., <i>for Indian Sch'p.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Chester. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.75</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Coventry. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc., <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>12.70</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Storrs Sch.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>6.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Manchester. Miss E.J. Kellogg</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Middlebury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>19.53</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Montpelier. Bethany Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>37.65</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New Haven. Cong. Ch. ad'l to const. REV. W.B. HAGUE L.M.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Putney. "A few members Cong. Ch." by Mrs. A.C. Shattuck, <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>9.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend"</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vermont, by Mrs. W.P. Fairbanks, Treas., <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i>:</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bridport. Ladies </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Brookfield. Ladles' H.M. Soc. of Second Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>6.20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Burlington. Ladies' H.M.S. of College St. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charlotte. Ladies.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>13.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;East Burke. W.H.M.U. Aux.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enosburg. Ladies of Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>9.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fairlee. Ladies.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Franklin. Ladies.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Greensboro. Ladies of Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>13.28&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;McIndoes Falls. Mrs. W.R. Monteith</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Middlebury. Ladies.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Montpelier. W.H.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Saint Johnsbury. Ladies.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>100.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Waitefield. Ladies of Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>8.22&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Woodstock. Ladies.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;239.25</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$398.38</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br />ESTATE.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Post Mill. Estate of Eliza R. (Heaton) Dodge, by Edward N. Heaton, Ex.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>100.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$498.38</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>MASSACHUSETTS, $11,766.85.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Andover. "A Friend," by Stephen Ballard, <i>for Girls' Dormitory, Macon, Ga.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1581.75</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Andover. "A Friend," by Stephen Ballard, <i>for School Building, Lexington, Ky.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>425.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Ashfield. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>27.90</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Auburndale. Rev. Horace Dutton, <i>for Athens, Ga.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Ayer. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>7.16</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Boston. Old South Ch. bal.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>250.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sab. Sch., of Old South Ch., <i>for Student Aid</i>,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mrs. Susan C. Warren, 56; Henry Woods, 50,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>for Missionary horse, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>106.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.W. Stetson, <i>for Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"A Lady Friend"</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch., B.C. Hardwick</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>100.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Village Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>45.37&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_237" id="Page_237"></a>[237]</span>Harvard Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.45&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mrs. Torray, <i>for Marion, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jamaica Plain. Cen. Cong. Ch., ad'l</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;$560.82</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Boxford. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>41.83</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Cambridge. Miss M.F. Aiken, <i>for Girl's Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>100.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Cambridge. Albert Bushnell Hart</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Chelsea. Central Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>114.27</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Chelsea. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Clinton. C.L. Swan</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>100.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Colerain. Mrs. P.B. Smith</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Cummington. Village Ch. 24.75; "Friends" 4.25; Mrs. S.R. Wilbur, 1., to const REV. WILBUR RAND L.M.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Dalton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. <i>for Indian Sch'p</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>17.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of Payson Ch., <i>for Indian M.</i>, and to const CHARLES H. JOHNSON and MISS ELEANOR J. MAYHER L.M's</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>80.31</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of Payson Ch., <i>for Grand View, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>19.02</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Enfield. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Franklin. Mrs. Stephen Kenrich</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Groton. Box Books, <i>for Theo. Dept., Talladega C.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Harrison. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Mobile, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.60</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Harwich (Cape Cod). Miss Tamesin Brooks, 100; Miss S.G. Brooks, 50, <i>for Girl's Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>150.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4, 50; "A Friend" 50.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>100.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hyannis. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hyde Park. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>26.71</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hyde Park. Ladies' Home M. Soc., Bbl. C., <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Lawrence. Sab. Sch. Class Lawrence St. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Lawrence. Fred Eaton, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Leominster. Ortho Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>180.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Lee. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>75.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Linden. Mrs. Sarah A. Dowse, <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i>, and to const MRS. SARAH F. MAXWELL L.M.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Malden. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>60.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Maplewood. Mrs. Crombie's Class, <i>for Wilmington, N.C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Mapleton. Ladies' M. Soc. of Cong. Ch., Box Books, 1 <i>for Freight, Jonesboro, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Marblehead. Hon. J.J.H. Gregory, 25; Ladies of Cong. Ch. 23, <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>48.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Marlboro. Union Ch. and Soc., to const. WILLIAM STETSON and MISS HATTIE L. OUTHANK L.M's</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>70.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Melrose. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. material, <i>for Sew. Dept., Talladega, C.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Millbury. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>47.25</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Newburyport. Belleville Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>77.45</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Newton Center. Mrs. Sarah C. Davis, <i>for Indian M.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>200.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Northampton. A.L. Williston, <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>23.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>North Adams. Ladies' H.M.S. of Cong. Ch., Miss Harriet N. Adams, <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>80.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>North Weymouth. Edith M. Bates</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Oakham. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>18.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>12.87</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Rockland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Royalston. First Cong. Ch. Easter Offering.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>9.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Salem. L.M. Soc. of South Church., Pkg. of C., <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>South Hadley. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.25</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>South Hadley Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.30</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Somerville. Franklin St. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>73.05</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Somerville. Y.P.S.C.E. of Day St. Ch., <i>for Missionary horse, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>15.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>19.04</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Taunton. United Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>16.81</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Templeton. Trinitarian Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>22.10</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Upton. Y.P.S.C.E., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Warren. Mrs. Mary B. Carpenter, 5 <i>for Indian M.</i>, and 5 <i>for Mountain Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Wellesley. College Christian Ass'n, <i>for Mountain Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Wellesley. Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>West Boylston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for Freight to McLeansville, N.C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.17</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>West Medford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Boys' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>West Medway. Mrs. L.S. Thayer, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>West Yarmouth. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Winchendon. Cong. Ch. and Parish</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>113.61</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Winchendon. Y.P.S.C.E., <i>for Freight to Talladega, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.03</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Woburn. Cong. Ch., Bbl. material, <i>for Sewing Dep't., Talladega C.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Worcester. "Friend."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Worcester. &mdash;&mdash;, <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend," <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend," <i>for Student Aid</i>, <i>Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hampden Benevolent Association, by Charles Marsh, Treas.:</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;East Longmeadow</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>23.15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Longmeadow. Ladies' Benev. Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.85&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Longmeadow. Gent's Benev. Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>19.25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Monson.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>32.93&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Westfield. Second.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>24.47&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;West Springfield. Park St.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>11.60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;132.25</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$5,066.55</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br />ESTATES.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>North Chelmsford. Estate of Mrs. Julia A. Clark, by John H. Clark, Executor </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>6,000.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Reading. Estate of Mrs. Sarah G. Temple, by Arthur W. Temple, Ex.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>200.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Worcester. Estate of Dwight Reed, by E.J. Whittemore, Adm'r</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>500.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$11,766.55</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br />CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Belchertown, Mass. "Friends," by Mrs. D.B. Bruce, Box and Bbl., <i>for Sherwood, Tenn.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Malden, Mass. M. Kent, Bbl., <i>for Kittrell, N.C.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>RHODE ISLAND, $281.59.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Central Falls. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>52.12</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>79.47</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Providence. James Coats, <i>for Student Missionary, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>100.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Providence. Aux. North Cong. Ch., by Miss Mary E. Eastwood, <i>for Dakota Indian M.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>CONNECTICUT, $2,872.97.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Bethel. Ladies' M. Circle, Bbl. bedding, etc., <i>for Talladega C.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Berlin. Mrs. Harriet N. Wilco</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>x10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Berlin. C. Dunham, 5; W.H. Upson, 4; "A Friend," 1, <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Clinton. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Colchester. First Ch. of Christ</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>71.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Cornwall Hollow. "Thanksgiving Workers," 1.50, also package Patchwork, <i>for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>East Hartford. First Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>34.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_238" id="Page_238"></a>[238]</span>Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch., (30 of which to const MRS. EMMA L. McINTOSH L.M.)</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>68.58</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hartford. Fourth Cong. Ch., (of which 18.31, <i>for Indian M.</i>,) to const H.G.O. MILLER L.M. .</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>36.25</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>6.06</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hebron. First Cong. Ch., 21.25; Benj. A. Bissell 10; Miss C. Eliza White, <i>for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga.</i>, 5</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>36.25</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Kent. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>13.19</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Litchfield. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>42.68</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Lyme. Ladies' Soc. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., <i>for Thomasville, Ga.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Meriden. Center Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>22.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Mystic Bridge. Mrs. Wm. Clift, <i>for Chinese Work in Ca.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New Britain. Missionary Soc., Bbl. C. and Table Furniture, <i>for Williamsburg, Ky.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New Haven. Howard Av. Ch., 11.75; College St. Ch., 10; Dixwell Av. Ch., 5; Ch. of Redeemer, 5; Davenport Ch., 4.85;
+Ferry St. Ch., 3; United Ch., 8.75; "H." 15; "A Friend," 5</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>68.35</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New Haven. Dwight Place Sab. Sch., 50; Sab. Sch. of College St. Cong. Ch., 15, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>65.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New Haven. M.E. Baldwin, <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven, 150, <i>for Talladega C., and 100 for Tougaloo U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>250.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New London. Henry R. Bond, <i>for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>200.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>North Coventry. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>27.46</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>North Haven. Elihu Dickerman</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Norwich. S.B. Bishop</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>200.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44; Mrs. Geo. Dibble, 10</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>54.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Plainfield. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>27.10</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Plainville. "King's Daughters," <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian M.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.05</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>South Norwalk. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>12.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Stamford. Dea. Philip H. Brown</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Terryville. "Soldiers of Christ."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Wallingford. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>7.47</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 50; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 43.24, <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>93.24</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Waterbury. "A Friend," <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Waterbury. "Sunshine Circle" of Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Woman's Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Westminster. Mrs. S.B. Carter, <i>for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Westville. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>18.23</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Willington. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>23.06</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>200.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>104.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Woman's Home Missionary Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss. Sec., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ellington. Ladies' Soc., <i>for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$1,872.97</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br />ESTATE.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>North Stonington. Estate of Dudley R. Wheeler, by Jennie Wheeler, Executrix </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1,000.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$2,872.97</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>NEW YORK, $15,858.76.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, <i>for Chandler Sch. Building, Lexington, Ky.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>375.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Brooklyn. Puritan Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>45.89</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Brooklyn, E.D. New England Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>11.30</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Crown Point. "A Friend," to const ELMER J BARKER L.M.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Fairport. Cong. Ch., to const A. WORTH PALMER L.M.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>47.40</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Jamaica. "S.G.A." <i>for Chinese Work in Cal</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Marion. "A Life Member."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New Lebanon. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>22.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New York. Gen'l Clinton B. Fisk, to const. Miss ALMIRA MARSHALL L.M.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New York. John Gibb, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Owasco. Anice Stewart</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Sherburne. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.83</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Troy. "Cash," <i>for Indian Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>0.10</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Warsaw. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>24.29</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Warwick. "A Friend," <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton, <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$667.31</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br />ESTATES.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Homer. Estate of Elias Root, by Vernon F. Stone, Ex.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>841.45</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New York. Trust Estate of W.E. Dodge, <i>for Theo. Dep't, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>100.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Shushan. Estate of William Law, by John F. Day, Ex. </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>14,250.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$15,858.78</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>NEW JERSEY, $243.25.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Arlington. Herbert Overacre, on True Blue Card</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Arlington. Mission Band, <i>for Savannah, Ga.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>0.75</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Bound Brook. M.H. Roundey and G.A. Roundey, <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>East Orange. B. Van Wagenen, <i>for Student Aid, Marion, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>8.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Plainfield. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, bal. to const. MARY KNOWLTON WHITON L.M.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Upper Montclair. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>214.50</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>PENNSYLVANIA, $20.00.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Marshalfield Valley. Geo. A. Marsh's S.S. Class for Boys, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>15.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Scranton. "F.T.," <i>for Chinese M. in Cal.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>OHIO, $645.84.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Andover. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, <i>for Student Aid, Jellico, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>22.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Akron. West Hill Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>47.88</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l to const. ELGIN H. HINMAN L.M.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.43</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Claridon. Pkg. Papers, <i>for Savannah, Ga.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Cleveland. Bethlehem Bohemian Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>32.06</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Cleveland. M.L. Berger, D.D., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>6.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Sab. Sch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Cincinnati. Walnut Hills Cong. S.S. 10; Ladies' M. Soc. of W.H. Cong. Ch., 2.50; and Bbl. C.,
+<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>12.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Elyria. First Cong. Ch., (40 of which from Sab. Sch.) to const JOHN A. TOPLIFF and ARTHUR L. GARFORD L.M.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>172.42</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Fremont. C.T. Rogers</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Geneva. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>18.15</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Grafton. Mrs. Sally Tuttle</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hudson. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>14.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Tallmadge. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>62.25</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Warren. Mite Soc., <i>for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>7.05</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Wellington. Cong. Sab. Sch., and Y.P.S.C.E., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>15.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Youngstown. J.D. Whitney</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bellevue. Cong Ch. L.M.S., <i>for Miss Collins' Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cincinnati. Center Ch., W.H.M.S., <i>for Miss Collins' Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_239" id="Page_239"></a>[239]</span>Columbus. Eastwood Ch., Y.L.M.S, <i>for Miss Collins' Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cuyahoga Falls. L.M.S., <i>for Miss Collins' Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>8.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kelly's Island. Aux., <i>for Miss Collins' Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., L.A.S., <i>for Miss Collins' Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>9.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Willoughby. Miss M.P. Hastings, <i>for Miss Collins' Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Willoughby. Miss M.P. Hastings</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60.60</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$545.84</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br />ESTATE.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Oberlin. Estate of Maria L. Root</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>100.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$645.84</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>INDIANA, $30.00.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Bloomington. Mrs. A.B. Woodford, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>ILLINOIS, $1,012.83.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Camp Point. Mrs. S.B. McKinney</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>15.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., 272.63; New England Cong. Ch., 49.62; Plymouth Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN R. LAING L.M., 30.36; Leavitt St. Cong. Ch., 3.36</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>355.97</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Earlville. "J.A.D."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Elgin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for Athens, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>15.21</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Glencoe. Cong. Ch., to const OTIS McGAW HOWARD, U.B. KLETZING, BENJ. F. NEWHALL, JAMES K. CALHOUN and MISS LAURA STAR L.M.'s</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>150.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hyde Park. South Park Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hyde Park. "Olin Family," 2; A.W. Cole, 1&mdash;Bbl. C., <i>for Student Aid, Marion, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Ivanhoe. Fremont Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>23.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Lewistown. Mrs. Myron Phelps</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Mendon. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>18.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Oak Park. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>178.38</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Peoria. Miss Ruthford's S.S. Class, Cong. Ch., <i>for Mobile, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Corss</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Quincy. Joshua Perry</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Rockford. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Rockland. Y.L.M. Soc. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>17.68</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Sycamore. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>68.59</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Wilmette. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>27.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>MICHIGAN, $283.81.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Calumet Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 131.89; Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 75.27</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>207.16</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>East Gilead. Rev. L. Curtiss</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.65</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Kalamazoo. Mrs. J.A. Kent</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Richmond. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>14.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>WISCONSIN, $90.82.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Delevan. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>23.20</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Grand Rapids. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>27.22</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Milwaukee. Grand Ave. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.40</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Sheboygan. Woman's Miss'y Soc., <i>for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>IOWA, $282.60.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Bear Grove. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Clear Lake. Christian Endeavor Soc., by Miss Mary Thompson, <i>for Woman's Work</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Council Bluffs. <i>For Tillotson C. and N. Inst.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch., to const. REV JULIUS A. REED and REV. CARL HESS L.M's</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>70.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>East Des Moines. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>7.65</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Eldora. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.60</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Garwin. Talman Dewey</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.25</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Genoa Bluffs. Rev. James Rowe, <i>for Ch. Building, Nat, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Grinnell. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>18.39</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Iowa City. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>40.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Kelley. Rev. and Mrs. S.A. Arnold</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>McGregor. J.H. Ellsworth</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Olds. Jason H. Martin</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Sawyer. Francis Sawyer</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Tipton. Woman's M. Soc., Bbl. C., <i>for Savannah, Ga.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Victor. Mrs. C.L. McDermid, 3; Friends, 1., <i>for Church Building, "Nat," Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ames. L.A. Soc.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charles City. L.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chester Center. W.H.M.U.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Durant. Mrs. S.M. Dutton.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grinnell W.H.M.U.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>9.96&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Marion. "Busy Gleaners," <i>for Santee Sch.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Osage. Y.P.S.C.E.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sheldon. W.H.M.U.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sioux City. L.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Webster City. Y.P.S.C.E.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;79.71</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>MINNESOTA, $185.91.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>23.20</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Saint Charles. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Waseca. I.L. Claghorn, Box Papers, <i>for Thomasville, Ga.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Winona. Second Cong. Ch., 3.81, and Sab. Sch., .71</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>4.52</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Zumbrota. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>17.67</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society, by Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Treas., <i>for Woman's Work</i>:</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexandria. L.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Austin. W.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>6.27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Duluth. Friends in Council</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>13.74&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Elk River. W.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>7.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Marshall. W.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Minneapolis. Plymouth L.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>28.19&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Minneapolis. Park Ave. L.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>15.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Minneapolis. Lyndale W.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>13.30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Minneapolis. Open Door Mission Band</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Northfield. Special</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rochester. Sab. Sch., <i>for Santee Agency</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.51&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Saint Paul. Plymouth L.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Saint Paul. Plymouth Y.L.M.S.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Springfield. "Cheerful Givers."</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$145.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Less for Expenses</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.99&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;139.02</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>MISSOURI, $56.00.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Kansas City. M. Marty</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Webster Groves. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>46.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>KANSAS, $42.01.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Alma. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.30</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Kirwin. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Manhattan. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>28.71</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>DAKOTA, $14.00.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Castlewood. Mrs. Geo. Allen</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Vermillion. First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>9.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_240" id="Page_240"></a>[240]</span><br /><b>NEBRASKA, $20.25.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Beatrice. Mrs. B.F. Hotchkiss</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Franklin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.25</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>COLORADO, $2.50.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Denver. Miss Clark's S.S. Class, First Cong. Ch., <i>for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.50</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>CALIFORNIA, $25.00.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Los Gatos. Mrs. H.G. Noyes and L.E. Agard</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>20.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Saratoga. Sarah Brown, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>OREGON, $13.00.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>East Portland. Mrs. Anna M. Bancroft</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Forest Grove. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>WASHINGTON, $2.50.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Skokomish. "Little Workers," by Rev. M. Eells</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.50</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>KENTUCKY, $1.66.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Woodbine. Rev. E.H. Bullock</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.66</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>NORTH CAROLINA, $54.25.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Chapel Hill. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>McLeansville. Rev. A. Connet, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>12.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Nalls. "Friends," 2.50; Cong. Ch., 50c.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Oaks. Miss E.W. Douglas</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Pekin. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>1.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Troy. "Friends," 2; Y.P.S.C.E., 50c.; Ch., 25c.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>2.75</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>TENNESSEE, $10.99.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Glenmary. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>0.64</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Sunbright. Cong. Ch.</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>0.35</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Nashville. W.R. Morris of Fist University, <i>for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>ALABAMA, $3.00</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Mobile. First Cong. Ch., <i>for Mobile, Ala.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>TEXAS, $3.00.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Austin. W.M.S. of Tillotson Inst., <i>for Fort Berthold Indian M.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>3.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'><br /><br />&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Donations </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>$12,023.19</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Estates </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>23,591.45</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$35,614.64</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>INCOME, $1,835.50.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Avery Fund. <i>for Mendi M.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>196.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>DeForest Fund, <i>for President's Chair, Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>481.25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Graves Sch'p Fund, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>125.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Haley Sch'p Fund, <i>for Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hammond Fund, <i>for Straight U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>62.50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Hastings Sch'p Fund, <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>12.50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Howard Theo. Fund, <i>for Howard U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>650.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Le Moyne Fund, <i>for Memphis, Tenn.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>75.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Luke Memorial Sch'p Fund, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>10.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Stone Fund, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Straight University Sch'p Fund, <i>for Straight U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>47.50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Tuthill King Fund, <i>for Berea C.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Plumb Sch'p Fund, <i>for Fisk U.</i></td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1,885.50</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>TUITION, $4,155.41.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Lexington, Ky., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>257.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Williamsburg, Ky., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>70.65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Woodbine, Ky., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>7.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Beaufort, N.C., Public Fund</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>154.60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Wilmington, N.C., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>166.60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Charleston, S.C., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>216.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Deer Lodge, Tenn., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>37.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Grand View, Tenn., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>35.25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Jellico, Tenn., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>41.40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Jonesboro, Tenn., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>12.70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Nashville, Tenn., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>510.54&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Pleasant Hill, Tenn., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>24.20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Sherwood, Tenn., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>400.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Atlanta, Ga., Storrs Sch., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>222.69&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Macon, Ga., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>233.45&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Savannah, Ga., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>170.50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Thomasville, Ga., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>65.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Athens, Ala., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>79.55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Marion, Ala., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>76.78&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Mobile, Ala., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>210.20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Talladega, Ala., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>283.86&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>New Orleans, La., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>652.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Meridian, Miss., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>79.20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Tougaloo, Miss., Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>24.05&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Austin, Texas, Tuition</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>183.56&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4,155.41</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>United States Government Appropriation for Indians </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>5,678.50</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Total for June </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>$47,284.05</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>SUMMARY.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Donations </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>$147,213.31</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Estates </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>50,121.54</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>$197,334.85</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Income </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>8,117.96</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Tuition </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>30,289.62</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>United States Government appropriation for Indians </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>15,219.37</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Total from Oct. 1 to June 30 </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>$250,911.80</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>===========</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Subscriptions for June</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>25.05</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Previously acknowledged</td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>687.57</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Total </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>$712.62</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>ENDOWMENT FUND.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Rockford, Ill. Estate of Rev. Benjamin Foltz, by Charles G. Foltz, Ex. </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>$500.00</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='center'><br /><b>DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLE.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td width="80%" align='left'>Income for June, 1889, from investments </td><td width="20%" align='right' valign='bottom'>$2,325.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Previously acknowledged </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>28,144.86</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Total </td><td align='right' valign='bottom'>$30,469.86</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>=========</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class="right"><br /><br />H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,<br />
+56 Reade St, N.Y.</div>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No.
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No. 8,
+August, 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: The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No. 8, August, 1889
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: June 30, 2005 [EBook #16153]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Donald
+Perry and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
+https://www.pgdp.net
+
+
+
+
+
+THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+AUGUST, 1889.
+
+VOL. XLIII. NO. 8.
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+  ANNUAL MEETING
+  FIGURES STILL IMPROVING
+  PARAGRAPH
+  EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS
+  CIVIL RIGHTS IN COURT
+  TIMHAKA TA IVANGELI
+
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+  WHAT I FOUND IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS, ILLUSTRATED WITH CUTS
+    OF MOUNTAIN CABINS, A NATIVE MOUNTAIN CHURCH AND THE ACADEMY
+    AT WILLIAMSBURG, KY.
+
+ ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES:
+    FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN.
+    TALLADEGA COLLEGE, TALLADEGA, ALA.
+    STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
+    LE MOYNE NORMAL SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENN.
+    AVERY INSTITUTE, CHARLESTON, S.C.
+    NEW CHURCH AND SCHOOL AT ALCO, ALA.
+    CHILDREN'S DAY AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
+
+
+THE INDIANS.
+
+  LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS
+  THE RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL
+
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+  OROVILLE, MARYSVILLE, PETALUMA
+
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+  WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS
+  THE LOCAL SOCIETY--ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
+
+
+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 Reade 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,
+  CLINTON E. FISK,
+  ADDISON P. FOSTER,
+  ALBERT J. LYMAN.
+
+  _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 Sheet, Chicago._
+  Rev. C.W. HIATT, _64 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio._
+
+
+_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.       AUGUST, 1889.        No. 8.
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+The next Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association will be
+held in Chicago, Ill., at the New England Church, commencing at three
+o'clock Tuesday afternoon, October 29th. Rev. R.R. Meredith, D.D., of
+Brooklyn, N.Y., will preach the sermon. Details regarding the reception
+of delegates and their entertainment, together with rates at hotels, and
+railroad and steamboat reductions, will appear later in the religious
+press and in the next number of the MISSIONARY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE FIGURES STILL IMPROVING.
+
+Our receipts for nine months to June 30th are: From donations,
+$147,213.31; from estates, $50,121.54; from income, $8,117.96; from
+tuition, $30,239.62; from United States Government for Indians,
+$15,219.37; total, $250,911.80. Our expenditures for nine months to June
+30th are, $265,526.59. Debtor balance, $14,614.76.
+
+The improvement is seen in the following figures: Debtor balance at the
+close of April, $28,318.14; at the close of May, $25,795.07; June, as
+above, $14,614.76. This improvement is due, in large part to legacies,
+and yet there has been marked improvement in the donations as compared
+with last year. We trust our friends will be encouraged to still further
+increase their contributions, and enable us to rejoice in a triumphant
+balance sheet.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OUR PRACTICAL, THOUGHTFUL FRIEND.
+
+Nearly a year ago, we had the satisfaction of referring to a friend who
+contributed regularly to all the Congregational Societies, and yet
+reserved one hundred dollars for the society standing in need of special
+help. We are glad to say that was not a transient purpose, for the
+friend has appeared again this year and has doubled his special
+contribution. We trust that he stands not alone in this thoughtful and
+practical watchfulness over the missionary societies.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.
+
+"Enclosed find my draft for ---- for the good work doing among the
+Freedmen. For nothing do I give money more cheerfully than for the
+advancement of that race."
+
+"The earnest plea of Mr. Pond for help in his California Chinese work
+was brought to the notice of our Chinese teachers yesterday. We would
+hereby pledge you fifty dollars. His work must not stop. Would that we
+could do more towards its support. Would, too, that we could have one of
+his earnest Christian Chinese workers in our own city."
+
+"I have just been reading the June number of the MISSIONARY, and do what
+I can at this time toward paying the debt. I am specially impressed by
+the extract from Mr. Pond's letter, and shall be pleased if you see fit
+to assign the enclosed to his work. However, please to use it at your
+discretion in any way."
+
+"I have been able to do so little for your society of late that it has
+been a grief to me, but as I am in receipt of a little money I send you
+---- as a thank offering. May it do a little for the cause my husband
+and myself have had so much at heart. With best wishes and prayers for
+your _abundant_ success."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Rev. C.J. Ryder writes:
+
+After the work of the Association had been presented in a comparatively
+small church near Boston, the pastor arose, and with earnestness and
+deep feeling said, "What are _we_ going to do about it? Shall we let
+this great work be delayed because of our inaction? Let us now take a
+collection of one hundred dollars!" This seemed an impossible thing to
+do to the visiting Secretary. They brought back in the bags one hundred
+and ten dollars, the extra collection of this comparatively small
+church!
+
+It makes a heap of difference whether the pastor follows the Secretary's
+address with such cordial and enthusiastic endorsement or not. I am glad
+to testify that there is a good deal of this cordial co-operation on the
+part of pastors in New England.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CIVIL RIGHTS IN COURT.
+
+During the National Council at Chicago, three years ago, Rev. S.P.
+Smith, a delegate from Knoxville, Tenn., applying for a dinner at a
+restaurant, was refused service. He prosecuted the proprietor. A jury in
+Chicago has just given him a verdict of $125 damages. The defence asked
+for a new trial on the ground that the judge had prejudiced the jury by
+his instructions; the judge denied the motion, stating that if he had
+been on the jury he would have made the fine $500. The defence is
+seeking a compromise, with the threatened alternative of an appeal. Mr.
+Smith, standing for the principle, will abide the final act of the
+court.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TIMHAKA TA IVANGELI.
+
+We are very proud of this book as being the first literary production in
+an African language of one of our graduates at the South, the Rev. B.F.
+Ousley, now of the East Central Africa Mission. The missionaries there
+have already reduced the language to writing, having formed a vocabulary
+of over three thousand words, and from it have printed a few books.
+Among them, is the one whose title appears above. It is a translation of
+"The Story of the Gospel," in a little volume of two hundred and six
+pages. We have read it with great interest so far as we have been able
+to understand its dialect. Within our comprehension we find Jesu, the
+one word in all languages for all people, Simone Petro, Johane, Marta,
+Maria, and Lazaru and many other such proper names. We congratulate our
+young people at the South that so soon they have a representative
+performing such literary work for the people of Africa. Much of such
+work seems drudgery, but it is necessary to opening the light of life to
+the people who sit in darkness. A booklet in the same language gives a
+catechism and some of the songs of the gospel, ten of which are
+translations by Mr. Ousley of some of the dearest of the gospel songs.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+WHAT I FOUND IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS.
+
+BY REV. C.W. SHELTON.
+
+First. There are living in this mountain country two millions of white
+people, until recently isolated from, and untouched by, the civilization
+of which we are so proud. No centennial anniversary commemorates their
+growth in wealth and intellect. As their fathers lived, so until
+recently, have they. One hundred years have witnessed but little
+progress, almost no change, in their condition. The open fire-place, the
+spinning-wheel and the home-spun jeans are familiar sights. Forgotten by
+the rest of the world, they, in turn, forget that beyond these mountain
+peaks, marking the limit of view and generally the limit of interest, a
+nation has pressed forward to take its place among the foremost of the
+earth. And yet no color line has excluded, no reservation boundary
+separated, this people from their fellow countrymen. Their lack of
+energy and the stagnation of their minds, is the explanation of this
+condition of things.
+
+Secondly. I found this mountain people naturally American; in deepest
+sympathy with our free government; loyal to the old flag in the hour of
+its greatest danger; fighting, suffering, dying, that the Union might be
+preserved. To one who has spent any length of time on our western
+prairies settled so largely with an emigrant people, the great
+difference between the American born and educated people of the
+mountains, and the naturalized American of the prairie, constantly
+emphasizes itself. Here no new language has to be acquired, no new form
+of government understood. A common interest, a common sympathy, a mother
+country, binds one at once to this people as it never can to the
+American importation which is found at the West.
+
+Thirdly. I found homes and a home life, or rather the want of it, which
+one would hardly believe possible among a white population in this
+country.
+
+The following illustrations are correct representations of what I
+found to be average mountain cabins. Seldom do they contain more than
+two, often only one, room. A single window, an open fire-place, and a
+few home-made articles of furniture, comprise the whole. The home is
+begun when its founders are yet children. Ignorant and poor, the boy
+has "took up" with the girl, and it may be they are legally married. A
+building-bee is announced, a little cabin erected, a few pigs bought
+or given, a few trees girdled, some corn planted, in so crude and
+shiftless a way that even an Indian, in his first attempts at farming,
+would be ashamed to own it, and home life is begun. Into this home of
+poverty and ignorance come the children. The families are
+large--eight, ten, twelve, and sometimes more. The mother is too
+ignorant herself to instruct, and had she the ability, neither time
+nor strength to accomplish it are at her command. Life to her is a
+struggle. At twenty she looks thirty-five, at thirty-five she is old.
+Always she has a tired, hopeless expression, which simply to look at
+almost starts the tears. The children have something of the same
+expression; the babies even seem to realize that it is a sober, sad
+world they have come into. I do not remember seeing a laughing, cooing
+baby in all the cabins I visited.
+
+[Illustration: MOUNTAIN CABIN.]
+
+[Illustration: MOUNTAIN CABIN.]
+
+Educationally, I found this people far below the emigrant on the
+prairie. Seventy per cent. of the whole two millions cannot read or
+write. The schools are the poorest. The school houses are built of logs;
+a hole is cut for the window; the ground serves for a floor, slabs for
+seats, and the teacher is strictly in keeping with all. Bare-footed,
+hair unkempt, snuff stick in her mouth, scarcely able to read herself,
+she is the example--the ideal toward which her pupils are to strive.
+
+Religiously, I found that these people, almost without exception, were
+"professors," and "had jined" not a Christian church, but some one of
+these native mountain pastors. The accompanying illustration gives a
+good idea of the mountain church; it is built of logs, and is without
+windows; the pulpit is an unpainted board; the seats slabs from the
+nearest saw mill, turned flat side up, with pegs driven in for legs.
+The ministry is in strict keeping with the church, and intellectually
+little in advance of the people. They take pride in the fact that
+"These yer home-spun jeans have never brushed no dust from off no
+college walls," and exultantly declare that "The Lord taught me how to
+preach: and when the Lord teaches a man how to preach, you may just
+reckon he don't make no mistakes."
+
+[Illustration: A NATIVE MOUNTAIN CHURCH.]
+
+On every hand, I found indications that the day of isolation for this
+people is rapidly passing away. Yankee inquisitiveness has discovered
+that these mountains are full of the best coal and iron--Northern
+capital has already begun to strip them of their rich forests of black
+walnut, oak and pine. The rivers are carrying these logs by the
+thousands to the immense mills, which in turn are making the large
+towns, toward which already the railroad is hastening.
+
+Engineering skill is bridging streams, crossing valleys, climbing
+mountains or piercing them through. On every hand we see the change.
+From their long sleep of a century, these valleys, these homes, this
+whole people are awakening. A new life is beginning, a new future,
+opening.
+
+And as a result of all this, I found a field of missionary work, which
+for opportunity and need has perhaps no equal in our country. Amidst all
+this change, a people, startled from their long separation, find
+themselves suddenly called to face, to compete with, to become a part
+of, our life, our intellectual advancement; to move with our energy, and
+work with our skill. Realizing their weakness, suddenly roused by their
+necessity, they are sending across their valleys and over their
+mountains the Macedonian cry, "Come over and help us!" Our duty to this
+people, whether we look at it from the standpoint of the Christian or
+the citizen, is beyond the measure of words.
+
+Here, as everywhere in the South, I found that the American Missionary
+Association, as representative of our Northern Christian sympathy, was
+at work. Its normal schools, fitting teachers to go out and displace the
+bare-footed, ignorant, snuff-stick-chewing school mistresses; its
+churches, fitting mothers and fathers to enter upon their duties
+conscious of their responsibility; and its missionaries, bringing
+in an intelligent Christian life, and driving the curse of the
+country--intemperance--out of the home, community and the county, are
+thus meeting the need, and answering the cry, and fulfilling the
+obligations. Below is a cut of one of the buildings of the Academy
+at Williamsburg, Ky., recently erected among these people.
+
+[Illustration: WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY, KY.]
+
+I found one worker where the field called for a dozen; one school where
+we should have twenty; one church where we should have a hundred; one
+scholar received into an over-crowded school house, when its doors
+should open to scores. I found one missionary with nine organized
+churches on his hands, and he the only pastor; the extremes of his
+parish being seventy-five miles apart.
+
+And lastly, on returning to New York, I found an empty, a worse than
+empty, a debt-burdened treasury, forbidding all advancement in this
+field.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+_Anniversary Exercises._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN.
+
+BY DISTRICT SECRETARY C.J. RYDER.
+
+Fisk University fills a large place in the educational institutions of
+the South, and commencement week occupies an important place in the
+college year at Fisk.
+
+When the inhuman caste prejudice passes away, the Congregationalists of
+the North will discover the encouraging fact that the American
+Missionary Association has planted Congregationalism in the South to
+stay. Fisk University and other such institutions, filled as they will
+be by young men of every class and color, will be strongholds of our New
+Testament faith and polity. Such a Commencement as was observed at Fisk
+this year does much to bring about that blessed day. This Commencement
+week, beginning Thursday, June sixth, and closing the evening of June
+twelfth, was crowded with literary and musical exercises of high order.
+President E.M. Cravath, D.D., delivered the baccalaureate sermon, taking
+for his subject, "Building on the Rock." It was a sermon of great power.
+Rev. Dr. Gray, a Southern Episcopal clergyman, preached the missionary
+sermon. On Thursday evening, came "The Senior Preparatory Exhibition."
+On June seventh, tenth and eleventh, the various class examinations were
+held, and in the evening of Friday the seventh, the anniversary
+exercises of the Literary Societies were given. There are three healthy
+and vigorous societies at Fisk, and it was difficult to tell which of
+the three gave the best evidence of the superior quality of its drill,
+in the exercises presented.
+
+The Normal Department graduated a class of four, each presenting an
+essay. Rev. C.W. Hiatt, of Cleveland, Ohio, delivered the address at the
+close of the exercises of the normal department, taking for his subject
+"Earnest Living," and the address was spoken of with high appreciation
+by those who heard it.
+
+The graduating exercises of the Collegiate Department were of unusual
+interest. There was not a poor oration or essay presented. The breadth
+of training given to the students at Fisk was especially noticeable in
+the wide range of subjects selected.
+
+The anniversary of the Alumni Association gave evidence that the
+graduates of Fisk are true to the instruction of that institution, when
+they take up their work in the world. Sixty-seven have graduated from
+this institution; forty-two are teachers; eight, ministers; three,
+doctors; two, editors; two, foreign missionaries; eight, lawyers; one is
+a student; and one a real estate agent. Pretty good showing for Fisk!
+
+The annual oration was delivered by the writer, subject, "The Student's
+Workshop, Tools and Work."
+
+The rendering of the Hallelujah Chorus by the full choir of trained
+singers was especially fine, and reflected great credit upon the
+director.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TALLADEGA COLLEGE, TALLADEGA, ALA.
+
+BY MRS. H.S. DEFOREST.
+
+Talladega College observed its nineteenth anniversary June 9th to 13th.
+The large gathering of students, alumni and friends, the enthusiasm and
+interest manifested, and the report of what has been accomplished during
+the past decade, showed the hold it has obtained on the hearts of the
+people.
+
+The exhibitions of Cassady School, which is the feeder for the higher
+grades, were held the week previous. Large and delighted audiences
+listened to the creditable performances of the young people, who showed
+in their parts the faithful work of teachers.
+
+On Sabbath morning, the baccalaureate sermon was preached by Secretary
+C.J. Ryder, of Boston. Many valuable and practical lessons for the
+graduating class were drawn from his somewhat unique text, "And falling
+into a place where two seas met," Acts 27:41. Various currents in life
+will bear us hither and thither unless we are founded upon the rock and
+there abide. The closing words telling of the inscription upon an
+ancient cross, _teneo et tenior_, will long abide as an inspiration and
+help with those who heard.
+
+At 4 P.M. the Sabbath-school prayer meeting gathered together students
+and teachers in a tender farewell, and at night the missionary sermon
+was preached by Rev. E.J. Penney, of Selma.
+
+The examinations of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday gave evidence of
+thorough work and of painstaking study.
+
+On Wednesday night, four young men, graduates of the Theological
+Department, were ordained. The sermon was preached by Rev. A.F. Beard,
+D.D., the ordaining prayer offered by the President, a most appropriate
+charge given by Pastor Snell of Birmingham, and the right hand by the
+Moderator, Rev. J.R. Sims, of Shelby Iron Works.
+
+The graduating exercises were held on Thursday morning. Six students
+received diplomas from the Normal Course, and five were graduated from
+the Theological Department. Essays and orations showed thought and
+originality, and were well delivered. If all the noble sentiments
+expressed are carried out in the lives of the speakers, a class has gone
+out from our walls who will make a stand for truth and righteousness,
+manly men and faithful womanly women.
+
+After the conferring of diplomas and the awarding of prizes, President
+DeForest gave a _resume_ of the growth of the college during the ten
+years of his connection with it. The number of students has increased
+from 203 to 427, instructors from 9 to 18. In this time, theological
+graduates have passed from 7 to 28, and normal from 18 to 64.
+
+The alumni dinner was partaken of with relish by graduates and invited
+guests, and after the physical man had been refreshed an intellectual
+feast was spread. Older graduates testified to their indebtedness to the
+College which by one, quoting the words of another, was said to be "de
+main spring ob de fly wheel ob de whole conjunction." Visiting friends
+spoke of their interest and satisfaction in the work of the school, and
+Drs. Beard and Haygood, with appreciative and hopeful words, fittingly
+closed the festivities.
+
+On Thursday night, Dr. A.G. Haygood, Secretary of the Slater Fund, the
+steadfast friend of the black man, gave an address. His eloquence, wit
+and earnestness held a large audience in close attention for more than
+an hour, and he left with them much matter for thought.
+
+Teachers and pupils have now said good-bye and college halls are vacant,
+but the work of the year will bear fruit as scores of students go out to
+the labors of vacation in the dark and needy districts of the South.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
+
+BY PRESIDENT R.C. HITCHCOCK.
+
+The interest shown by the public in the annual exercises of this school
+increases each year, and for those of more general nature it is quite
+impossible to obtain a room large enough to accommodate the audience
+that assembles.
+
+The baccalaureate sermon was preached on Sunday night by President
+Hitchcock at Central Church. On Monday night, the Sumner and
+Philomathean Literary Societies and the Band of Mercy held their
+anniversary meeting, and listened to a very interesting lecture on "Life
+at a German University," by Rev. G.W. Henderson. Wednesday night, came
+the annual concert and exhibition. This has for two or three years
+gradually taken more and more the character of an exhibit of the
+gymnastic exercises, singing, etc., from each grade, and with so large a
+school, gives a long programme; but since people here have learned that
+at Straight University, when the appointed time comes the exercises
+begin, every spot where a chair could be put in an aisle, or a foot
+stand, besides all the pews both below and in the spacious galleries of
+Central, one of the largest churches in the city, was occupied at the
+moment assigned for opening, and the attention was grand until the very
+last.
+
+On Thursday night, the Alumni Association met at the University Chapel
+for election of officers, adjourning later to the parlors for a social
+meeting. These Alumni meetings grow each year in numbers, interest and
+importance. Papers were read by several members, the usual history,
+prophecy and poem were given, remarks were made by others and some good
+music was rendered. Many who could not come sent interesting letters.
+Friday night was the _great_ occasion. The crowd was no less than on
+Wednesday night, and that such an audience should sit, giving close
+attention, from 7:30 to 11:30, to the orations and essays of the
+graduates, with no sign of weariness, was to me a wonderful thing and
+showed a deep and heart-felt interest, in the community, for Christian
+education, which is grandly encouraging.
+
+Two of the graduates were from Mexico, one from Mississippi, one from
+Plaquemines Parish, one from Baton Rouge and five from this city, the
+proportion from the city being larger than usual.
+
+Members of the Trustee Board and others who have heard these exercises
+for many years, without hesitation pronounce them as a whole far better
+than those of any previous year. It is certain that each year there is
+shown a marked advancement in general intelligence and culture, and in
+the depth and arrangement of thought. The venerable Judge Whittaker, who
+seldom leaves his home at night, was on the platform, and at the close
+of the valedictory, which was given by Leonidas Burbridge, of
+Greenville, Miss., he jumped from his chair, seized the young man by the
+hand and expressed his wonder and gratification at all he had heard and
+seen, saying that in all his fifty years of life in New Orleans he had
+seen nothing that so filled his heart with emotions of astonishment and
+joy.
+
+I neglected to speak of the meeting on Sunday morning, May 26th, of the
+College Y.M.C.A., which has had a very prosperous year. The Association
+was addressed by Mr. Fred S. Hitchcock on Y.M.C.A. work in the great
+cities, and by Mr. Perry on College Y.M.C.A. work. The year has been a
+good one, notwithstanding many adverse circumstances. The establishment
+of a regular graded course of study, from the lowest primary grades to
+the college, and close adherence to such course are being felt more and
+more each year. More than half the graduates of this year began their
+education in the school, and all interested are proud of them. There is
+all along a marked difference between those who have come through our
+own primary schools and others equally capable who have had no
+systematic early training. For the first time since the course of study
+was adopted, every class this year has thoroughly completed the work
+assigned, and in most cases reviewed it.
+
+The State has been in a condition of great excitement during most of the
+year, nearly one-half the parishes being under a complete reign of
+terror, and it has been a frequent thing to see one of our students from
+the country, especially from the southern parishes, in tears in
+consequence of the intelligence of some friend, father or brother
+perhaps, having been the victim of some dastardly outrage from the
+"regulators." Tales of sorrow and suffering could easily be gathered to
+fill volumes. Iberia, Terrebonne and Lafayette parishes have been
+especially noted as under this reign of terror, and from these we have
+many pupils. Three sisters of Sammy Wakefield, who was shot at New
+Iberia, are in our school, and many others closely connected with
+suffering families. It has been very difficult for the colored people to
+get a living, and the sacrifices they make to keep the children in
+school are wonderful.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+LE MOYNE NORMAL INSTITUTE, MEMPHIS, TENN.
+
+BY PROF. A.J. STEELE.
+
+Another year has passed in the history of our work at Le Moyne
+Institute, and its eighteenth anniversary has been celebrated with the
+graduation of a class of eleven, and the tenth reunion of an alumni
+association numbering some seventy five members. Recalling sixteen years
+of experience in connection with this work, I can fix upon scarcely a
+single event or circumstance that has not been made to conduce to the
+advancement of our work and influence in the community, and looking over
+results in all directions, they have surpassed the dreams and
+expectations of the most hopeful.
+
+The year past has been a remarkable one in our history. Our attendance
+has varied little from four hundred pupils in all grades of the twelve
+years' course, while our enrollment for the year has reached five
+hundred and twenty different pupils.
+
+Every interest of the school has been prospered and greatly blessed and
+strengthened. The utmost harmony and earnestness has marked the work of
+the year, both among teachers and pupils. During the past session, as
+many as sixty of our pupils have started out in the Christian life,
+giving evidence of change of heart and an earnest purpose to live for
+Christ and His work in the world. We rejoice over this more than over
+all other results of our year's work.
+
+The whole spirit and tone of our work has been such that even our trials
+and losses, from fire and from breaks in our working force, have seemed
+to be turned to means of blessing and sources of strength. Our trials
+and difficulties have been to us opportunities. We look forward
+hopefully to the future, as we look thankfully back to the past.
+
+Our partially destroyed building, from the fire of March 3d, is rebuilt
+and greatly improved. We hope our corps of instructors, so uniformly
+faithful in the discharge of duty, may remain unbroken, the same for the
+coming year.
+
+At the close of the term, the promotions were made in all grades by the
+principal, and the pupils given the "forms" they are to occupy the
+coming year. In truth, the formal "Commencement" for the year was made
+at the close of this session. Every pupil knows exactly his grade and
+place, and few will be absent at the opening, October first.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+AVERY INSTITUTE, CHARLESTON, S.C.
+
+Anniversary week of this Institute is always an occasion of the deepest
+interest to the colored people of Charleston and vicinity; and those who
+succeed in obtaining tickets of admission to Avery Hall consider
+themselves most fortunate. This year proved no exception, and the demand
+for tickets, and the enthusiasm of those in attendance, have never been
+surpassed in the history of the school.
+
+The exercises throughout the week were of a high order. The Sub-Normal
+Exhibition and the Prize-Speaking Contest by the normal classes were
+unanimously declared to be the best ever given in Avery. At the
+commencement on Wednesday, every foot of space within sight or hearing
+of the platform was filled by intelligent and appreciative listeners.
+Eleven graduates--ten ladies and one gentleman--received the diploma of
+the Institute and joined the hundreds who have preceded them in the
+grand work of elevating their race.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE NEW CHURCH AND SCHOOL AT ALCO, ALA.
+
+BY REV. R.C. BEDFORD.
+
+Brewton is the county seat of Escambia County, Alabama. It is on the
+Louisville & Nashville Railroad, one hundred and six miles north of
+Montgomery, and seventy-four north of Mobile. It has a population of
+about two thousand five hundred, and is quite thrifty. Alco is a mile
+and a half further south, on the same road, and is a nice little village
+of five or six hundred people, that has grown up within the last three
+years, and almost wholly out of the Peters Lumber Company. The property
+of the Company consists of one of the largest and finest mills in the
+South, with nearly 200,000 acres of yellow pine surrounding it. Some
+three hundred colored men, most of them with families, are employed in
+the various operations of the mills. Mr. Peters is engaged most of the
+time in his large lumber and salt interests at Manistee, Mich., but
+comes South two or three times a year to look after the business at
+Alco. From the first, it was the purpose of the Company to do something
+to improve the church and school facilities of the colored people, and
+last spring, while Mrs. Peters was spending a few weeks at Alco, she had
+a building 35x60 erected, and nicely arranged for church and school
+purposes. This she turned over to the American Missionary Association,
+and they at once sent down Rev. W.P. Hamilton, of Talladega, to open a
+school and begin preaching. The second Sunday in June, he was joined by
+Prof. G.W. Andrews, of Talladega, Rev. R.C. Bedford, of Montgomery, and
+Rev. F.G. Ragland and Deacon Godbold of Mobile, to assist him in
+dedicating the building.
+
+Though but little was known of Congregationalism in that part of the
+country, the services were entered into most heartily by all classes of
+the people. Most of the ministers at Brewton, in charge of colored
+churches, closed their places of worship and joined with us, partaking
+in the services, and speaking with great delight of the coming of an
+educated preacher and teacher among them.
+
+Mr. Hamilton starts off with over fifty pupils in Sunday and day school,
+and hopes soon to have members enough so that he can take steps to call
+a council and organize a church. The brethren of Alabama are greatly
+encouraged by this movement. Heretofore we have had no church or school
+between Montgomery and Mobile, one hundred and eighty miles. Now the
+distance is divided, Alco standing about half way between the two
+places.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CHILDREN'S DAY.
+
+BY REV. J.E. SMITH.
+
+The 9th of June last was a grand day for the young people in the First
+Congregational Church at Chattanooga. The church was tastefully
+decorated with appropriate Scripture mottoes, choice evergreens,
+beautiful flowers and sweet singing canaries. There was present a large
+number of adults and a larger number of clean, sweet, hopeful children,
+and many laughing, cooing babes in the arms of their Christian parents,
+who like faithful Hannah and good Mary of old, had brought their babes
+to the house of God to present them to the Lord. After the rendering of
+a beautiful voluntary by the organist, the whole congregation joined in
+singing that grand hymn, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!" The
+pastor then read a few passages of Scripture selected for the occasion,
+giving a short comment on the same, and prayed for God's blessing on the
+young. While the congregation joined heartily in singing, "Heavenly
+Father, send Thy blessing, On Thy children gathered here," Christian
+parents who desired to present their offspring to the Lord, having been
+invited, came forward and stood before the altar with their little ones
+in their arms. Six bright-eyed, innocent babes were, on the faith of
+their believing parents, consecrated to God in the Christian ordinance
+of infant baptism. It was a most beautiful, pleasing and impressive
+service.
+
+After singing, "Take my life and let it be, Consecrated, Lord, to Thee,"
+the pastor invited all children, calling them by name, who were ten
+years of age and had been baptized in the church when infants, to come
+forward. The church, then, through its pastor, at a cost of twenty-three
+dollars, presented to each child, (nineteen in number) a beautiful,
+well-bound copy of the Bible, with the following written on the fly
+leaf: "This Bible was presented to ---- by the First Congregational
+Church at Chattanooga, in commemoration of his infant consecration to
+God at her sacred altar, by his Christian parents. John 5:39."
+
+After taking a collection of ten dollars and twenty-four cents for the
+Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society, we sang "God be
+with you till we meet again," and the benediction was pronounced. Thus,
+a very interesting and we trust profitable service of an hour and twenty
+minutes was ended.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+THE INDIANS.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS.
+
+No facts in this field can be of more interest to the readers of the
+MISSIONARY than those contained in the following thrilling account of
+the conversion of three young Indians in Miss Collins' mission field. We
+give the facts as written by this self-sacrificing missionary.
+
+Last Sabbath, Mr. Riggs came up from Oahe and we had communion, and
+there were five children baptized and seven grown people, and seven more
+were examined and advised to wait till the next communion. It was a most
+interesting season.
+
+Three of the young men were the leaders in the Indian dance. They have
+always been the head ones in all Indian customs. A year ago, one of them
+said in the dance that he should follow the Indian customs a year
+longer--give himself up to them wholly and try to be satisfied, and if
+he had in his heart the same unsatisfied feeling, the same longing, that
+he then had, he should throw it all away.
+
+On last New Year's day, the same young man, "Huntington Wolcott," came
+to me and said--"Last night I arose in the dance and told them that I
+had given the old customs and the old Indians a fair trial, and that
+they did not satisfy, now I should leave them forever and give myself to
+God, and if any others were ready to follow to arise and so make it
+known. The other two leaders arose, stood silently a moment, and walked
+out." From that time they have given themselves up to singing, praying
+and studying the Bible. They had, for two years, been halting between
+two opinions, attending the school, church, etc., and the Indian feasts
+and dances, too. These three having come out so boldly on God's side,
+has made a great change in our work here.
+
+Poor old Running-Antelope feels very sad. It is his desire to keep the
+young men from learning Christianity and civilization as long as he can.
+He wants them to have everything in common, and to feel that for an
+individual to accumulate anything is a disgrace. As long as they feel
+so, of course squalor and suffering will be the natural consequences.
+
+The young men are working hard to build up homes and to accumulate
+something for their families during the winter. One young man has cut
+logs and is building a house. I try to teach them that long prayers and
+loud singing is not all of Christianity--that however regularly a man
+attends to his church duties, if he fails to provide for his family, his
+religion is vain; and if he gives all his goods to his friends and lets
+his wife and children cry for bread, that their cries will reach the
+ears of God, and his prayers and hymns will be lost in this round of
+wailing of the hungry. All this is very different from their old Indian
+doctrine and hard to understand.
+
+Elias, our native teacher, has formed a class of young men who meet
+every Tuesday night and talk and pray and sing together, and he directs
+their thought. I think it will prove very helpful. Then on Thursday
+night I have my Bible class, which now numbers about twenty. It is
+formed of the young men and women who wish to follow Christ's example,
+and band themselves together to learn of him. It has been the _training
+school_ of the young Christians.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+What could be more encouraging than such facts as these? An Indian
+unattended by any white person, dissatisfied with the religion of his
+fathers, walks out of heathenism; out of sympathy and connection with
+his tribe; out of the religion and customs of his fathers and into the
+customs of civilized life, into the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ! In
+the words of that quaint old Negro hymn, let those who so earnestly
+desire the conversion of the Pagans in America exhort one another to
+"Pray on: Pray on."
+
+C.J.R.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL.
+
+BY DISTRICT SECRETARY JOS. E. ROY.
+
+This is a department of the University of New Mexico at Santa Fe,
+occupying separate buildings and a separate locality, and managed by the
+American Missionary Association. A recent visit to the school it may be
+worth while to report. It is for the Apache Indians and the youth who
+are gathered into it are of the Jiccarrilla band. Their reservation is
+about two hundred miles west, and is reached by railroad or by pony
+transportation. The teachers deem it better to have the school some
+distance from the people so as to make its impression the more positive,
+and yet near enough for the parents to visit their children occasionally
+while at school. This keeps up the interest and prevents the children
+from being educated away from their elders. Two good sized buildings are
+used. In one there are the school rooms, the accommodations for the
+teachers, and the lodgings for the boys. In the other, under a matron,
+there are lodgings for the girls, work rooms for the same, and the
+boarding department for all. The Indian girls do the cooking for the
+establishment. I saw them getting dinner and I saw many loaves of
+beautiful white bread made by them. In their work shop they make their
+own clothes. The boys, under the lead of the principal, Prof. Elmore
+Chase, work at cobbling, making ditches and cultivating the soil, and
+also do something with carpenter's tools. The Government pays over a
+hundred dollars a year for each student toward the expense of board,
+clothes, etc. The American Missionary Association appoints the teachers
+and directs the school. The scholars, thirty in all, have made very
+creditable progress in their studies, considering the short time the
+school has been in operation, from three to four years. Prof. Whipple,
+now of Wheaton College, who for a time was principal of the Ramona,
+testifies: "I never saw on an average such aptness, docility and
+faithfulness in school and industrial work." The religious influence
+of the school has not been interfered with by the Government. I heard
+the scholars recite with promptness and evident understanding the
+Twenty third Psalm, the Beatitudes, the Commandments, the Lord's
+Prayer, and portions of a catechism introductory to the Westminster
+Shorter. Daily worship is maintained among them, the Sunday-school
+lesson is thoroughly taught, while the Bible is freely used in the
+school. The Professor thought that several of the youth gave such
+evidence of an experience of grace as would satisfy us concerning
+white children. I was permitted to see half a dozen letters written by
+the scholars to be sent to their parents and brothers and sisters,
+without the supervision of their teachers, in which were many
+expressions of love for the Saviour and the Bible, and of a desire
+that their friends at home should be made acquainted with the same,
+and the purpose, when they should go home, to communicate those good
+things.
+
+The following are four of those letters:
+
+
+     RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.
+     June 16, 1889.
+
+     _My Dear Father:_
+
+     I am very well and happy all the time. I am very sorry that my
+     step Mother was dead. I want you to come after me in July. And
+     come early. I had such a lovely time on our picnic. I want you
+     to learn about Jesus and His love. So when you die you will go
+     to Him. Where you shall be happy evermore.
+
+     From your loving daughter, MARY ARMSTRONG.
+
+
+     RAMONA SCHOOL, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.
+     June 10, 1889.
+
+     _My Dear Father:_
+
+     I was very glad to get your letter, and I am going to answer it
+     right away. I am so anxious to go home this Summer. I love you
+     all very much, and I love my Father in Heaven too. I love my
+     Saviour very much. He is your Saviour too. Jesus is a Saviour
+     of all the people in this world. I am glad that you are all
+     working. I am working too but I am in school now. I am reading
+     in the Third Reader. Give my love to all of my folks and Miss
+     Moore and Miss Clegg[1].
+
+     From your loving daughter, MARY GRIMES.
+
+
+     SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.
+     June 15, 1889.
+
+     _My Dear Brother A.G.:_
+
+     I would like to see you very much. We have a nice time here.
+     The children are all well and happy. How is my little cousin?
+     Is he well and happy? We are all writing a letter this morning.
+     We are all going home in July, so you know I am very happy
+     every day. How are all my brothers. I would like to see them
+     too. How is my father. Is he well and happy? I have not seen my
+     father for a long time. Why don't he come to see me? I wish you
+     knew about our dear Saviour. I wish some one will come and tell
+     all the people about Jesus. God is our Father in Heaven who
+     loves us very much. He loves all the people in the world. He
+     wants them to love Him. I will tell you about him when I go
+     home. I wish you would read the Bible so you would know about
+     Him. Our corn is beginning to grow. Some children are going to
+     speak in the church to-morrow. Please give my love to all my
+     people. I am going to say good-bye.
+
+     From your loving sister, IRENE BANCROFT.
+
+
+     RAMONA SCHOOL, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.
+     April 12, 1889.
+
+     _Dear Father Monarcha:_
+
+     I am very glad that you are working; that is just what I want
+     you to do. You must build a house for your children, and you
+     will have a place to stay when the weather gets cold. And every
+     body must build houses for themselves; that is just what the
+     Government wants all of you to do, because that is right and
+     everybody thinks that it is right, and they were very much
+     pleased when you do so. I am very glad that all my folks are
+     well and happy if all of you are happy then I am happy too.
+     Your letter pleases me very much. And you must do just what Mr.
+     Bishop asks you to do. You must not do like other men do that
+     don't build houses; they just run off from the Reservation and
+     go hunting and sell all the things that the Government gives
+     them. You must not do that because that is wrong, not right.
+     Miss Moore will tell you what I say to you. Write another
+     letter if you have time, if you don't have time, why just go on
+     and finish all your spring work then you come after me when
+     school is out; if you don't want to come then you send somebody
+     after me.
+
+     Your loving son, JESSE GREENLEAF.
+
+The writer of this letter has attended school two and a half years,
+spending one-half day in school each day and working half a day. He is
+now fourteen years old.
+
+     [Footnote 1: These were former teachers at the Ramona, who are
+     now doing mission work among the Indians. They read these
+     letters to the parents and in turn write back for them.]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OROVILLE, MARYSVILLE, PETALUMA.
+
+BY REV. W.C. POND, D.D.
+
+Early on Monday morning, June 17th, I left home for a visit to our
+missions at Oroville and Marysville. I reached Oroville at about 7:30
+P.M. As soon as possible I was at the Mission House, where warmest
+greetings from teacher and pupils awaited me. The lessons of the evening
+received our first attention, for it is a principle with us that each
+scholar shall have the English lesson promised him, whoever may be
+present and whatever else we may desire to do. This is the demand of
+good faith, and not less of good policy. It is the English lesson that
+holds them where the gospel can reach them, so that this we must never
+forego.
+
+When all this was accomplished, those who could read with comparative
+ease were gathered about a table for a sort of Bible reading, which I
+proposed to give them, in the fifteenth chapter of Luke. This was the
+manner of it: One of them read the first verse, being helped over the
+hard words, then I explained it in as simple English as I could command;
+then the reader translated both it and my explanation into Chinese, each
+other pupil keeping watch to see whether what was said expressed the
+ideas which he had received from me. At this time, we were much aided by
+the co-operation of Yong Jin, our missionary helper, whose translations
+I could depend upon quite confidently, but I often give these readings
+without such help, feeling quite sure that if six or eight have received
+the _same_ idea, they have received the one I meant to give. When we had
+finished the first verse, a second pupil read the second verse with the
+same method, and so on. Some felt unequal to the task of translating,
+but most were willing to try, and most who tried succeeded strangely
+well. I had intended to follow this with a few words of exhortation, but
+just as we read the last verse, Yong Ack arrived. This is a brother who
+was converted about a year ago. His daily work is that of a cook in a
+way-side inn, about six (some said eight) miles from Oroville. He has
+been accustomed to walk this distance, over a rough and dusty road, to
+attend, not often the school, but the religious services of our mission.
+He can seldom reach the Mission House before nine, but the meetings
+begin when he arrives and continue till he is ready to start away. As
+this brother was to be baptized on the following evening, the Bible
+reading was suspended with a promise from me that I would speak from
+these words the next evening, and we all addressed ourselves to a study
+of the Confession and Covenant of our little Chinese Church at Oroville.
+It was taken up clause by clause, read in English, explained, translated
+into Chinese, and still further explained, till Yong Ack in particular,
+and in a general way all the rest of them, professed to understand and
+believe it all. When this was finished, we were well on towards 11 P.M.,
+and we closed the meeting with song and prayer.
+
+The day following was variously occupied, but in the evening we were all
+at the Mission House again. The lessons were given, and then the table
+was spread for the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Then came the
+preaching, with Yong Jin interpreting, sentence by sentence. The
+topic--the Shepherd seeking his lost sheep, followed by the story of the
+prodigal son. One could not have asked a more attentive audience. The
+presence and work of the Spirit were unmistakable. At length, a little
+after nine, Yong Ack appeared. He had been over that road three times
+that day, and expected, before morning to go over it again. But he
+confessed no weariness either by word or by manner. He was bright,
+wakeful, joyous. He confessed Christ, was baptized, and was welcomed
+with gladness to the church, after which we gathered round the table of
+the Lord.
+
+Wednesday and Thursday were spent in and about Marysville. Both Oroville
+and Marysville are "hard fields." In both of them good work has been
+done in days past, but the fruits from the seed sown have been widely
+scattered, so that in each place but few Christians remain. Our Chinese
+Church in Marysville, some years ago was reported--truthfully, I am
+sure--as in proportion to its numbers and its means, the Banner Church
+of the country for its contribution to Foreign Missions. But now only
+one member, a deacon, resides in the place. He is a cook at one of the
+hotels, and is unable to leave his work till about 8:30 P.M., but he
+"holds the fort" sturdily, bravely. He is an athletic man, full of
+energy and courage, with, doubtless, some of the defects which usually
+attend these qualities, but honest, earnest, consistent, determined.
+
+The first evening was a reproduction of that at Oroville, there being
+also one believer to be baptized. On the second evening, in view of the
+Lord's Supper and the baptism, our good deacon, as soon as his work was
+done, was "all abroad" in Chinatown. Squad after squad he brought, and
+seeing them seated, went out after more. When about 9:15 P.M., I
+commenced my discourse, the room was packed. Oh, what joy it was, what
+inspiration, to look into those eyes fixed closely upon me, and tell
+them of the love of God in Christ! Yong Jin's quick, animated
+interpretations of my sentences were not interruptions, but seemed to
+urge me on. I am sure that the Spirit spoke through me to some hearts,
+and that I shall see the fruits of that seed-sowing in the better world.
+After the most careful and repeated statements as to what a partaking of
+the bread and wine would mean, and as to the guilt of those who should
+partake _without_ meaning what they did, a goodly number, eight or nine,
+I think, who had never before consented to be recognized as Christians,
+did thus profess that they received Christ as Saviour and Lord. They did
+it in the sight and in the midst of others who did not do it--did it
+with a painstaking and an apparent determination which encourages my
+hope that they will hold fast and be led on to clearer light and the
+full day.
+
+Reaching home on Friday noon, I started for Petaluma on Saturday
+morning. That evening was spent partly at the Mission House preaching
+the word, and partly at the church preparing our pupils for the parts
+they were to take in the anniversary exercises on the following evening.
+Our brothers, Jee Gam and Lem Chung, were with me. I see that I have
+already exhausted my space and venture only to add, that this
+anniversary service was one of deep interest. The Congregational Church
+at which it was held was crowded, auditors standing in the doors. All
+the exercises by the pupils were well rendered. The address by Jee Gam
+and the songs by Lem Chung seemed to win all hearts. The report of the
+year's work at the school was more cheering than any we have been able
+to make for years; the collection amounted to about sixty-five dollars,
+and last and best of all, the gospel work done by our Chinese brethren
+at the Mission House was the means of leading at least two, heretofore
+undecided, to take their stand clearly and decisively as followers of
+Christ.
+
+In a later letter, Dr. Pond adds:
+
+It seems that _three_ instead of _two_, as I have it in my article, were
+led to confess Christ at Petaluma last Sunday. One other was almost
+persuaded, but said he must first send home to China the bones of his
+father. (Matt. 8:21). Jee Gam explained to him that he could do that as
+a _Christian_, without _worshiping_ his father. But he could not be
+persuaded. He is a very bright and promising young man, and I hope and
+pray that this wrong decision may not cost him his salvation.
+
+Jee Gam and Lum Chung were so wrought upon by what they saw and by what
+God wrought by them at Petaluma, that they came back fired with a desire
+to do something like it at our Central Mission House. This is what I
+have long wished for, but could never seem to inspire the brethren with
+courage to undertake. On Tuesday evening the first of a series of
+meetings was held there. The room was crowded. Some scoffed, some tried
+to seem indifferent, but _all heard_ the word, and one took a stand
+for Christ. The brethren take hold well, each one contriving to make
+himself the center of a group of heathen, so as to go right to work in
+the after-meeting. Pray for them.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+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.
+
+MASS. and R.I.--Woman's Home Miss. Association,
+  Secretary, Miss Natalie Lord, Boston, Mass.[2]
+
+N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
+  Secretary, Mrs. William Spalding, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y.
+
+ALA.--Woman's Missionary Union,
+  Secretary, Miss S.S. Evans, Birmingham, Ala.
+
+MISS.--Woman's Miss. Union,
+  Secretary, Miss Sarah J. Humphrey. Tougaloo, Miss.
+
+TENN. and ARK.--Woman's Missionary Union of Central South Conference,
+  Secretary, Miss Anna M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.
+
+LA.--Woman's Miss. Union,
+  Secretary, Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans, La.
+
+FLA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
+  Secretary, Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park, Fla.
+
+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 E. 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.B. Dawes, Redfield;
+  Treasurer, Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.
+
+     [Footnote 2: For the purpose of exact information, we note that
+     while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass.
+     and R.I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.]
+
+We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State
+Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association
+be sent to 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_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Ladies upon whom the duty devolves to plan and lead missionary meetings,
+will welcome the suggestions in the following paper by Mrs. Regal,
+Secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ohio, which paper was
+read at the recent Annual Meeting of the Officers of Woman's State
+Organizations.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE LOCAL SOCIETY--ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.
+
+BY MRS. FLORA K. REGAL, OBERLIN, OHIO.
+
+The local society will always have its active and its passive
+membership. How to increase the latter from without, and how to transfer
+recruits from the passive to the active list, are problems that have
+taxed the ingenuity of not a few and have not infrequently been
+abandoned as insoluble. It has so long been said, "This missionary work
+always has to be carried on by a few," that the expression has come to
+have something of the force of axiomatic truth which, of course, no one
+dares assail. And so the missionary society lives on, decade after
+decade, with less than a quarter of the women of the church on its list,
+and of that quarter not more than one-fourth active members. How to
+change these conditions, is the problem which confronts us.
+
+I.--It has not always been clear who should be included in the
+membership, but with the broad scope given to our Home Missionary
+Unions, its auxiliaries should include:
+
+_First._--Every woman who thinks that if she were living on some lonely
+frontier and had for years heard no sermon, no public prayer, no songs
+of praise, had no communion service, no Christian fellowship, she would
+welcome the home missionary and all the sweet influences of the Gospel.
+
+_Second._--Every woman who thinks we owe it to the Freedwoman to put
+into her life and home something of the sweetness and purity of our own;
+to the Indian woman a sympathetic effort for her uplifting, in atonement
+for a "Century of Dishonor."
+
+_Third._--Every woman who thinks that if she, or her sister or daughter,
+were heroic enough to share the labors and sacrifices of a home
+missionary, she ought to have some better place to live in than an old
+grocery, a room over a saloon or the basement of a church.
+
+_Fourth._--Every woman who thinks that if she were an inmate of a Mormon
+home she might not have grace to welcome the companionship of the
+second, third or tenth woman who might be sealed by celestial marriage
+to her husband.
+
+_Fifth._--Every woman who thinks there are worthy young men trying to
+prepare themselves for ministerial or missionary work whose struggle
+with poverty ought to be relieved.
+
+_Sixth._--Every woman who would welcome for her own children, if she
+were living in some Godless community, the Sunday-school missionary and
+the books, papers, lesson helps, prayers and Christian songs which make
+the Sunday-school a place of blessed influences.
+
+If there be in any Christian church a woman who will respond to none of
+these calls for service to the extent of a moderate annual membership
+fee, say twenty-five cents, she has missed the true import of the Gospel
+and has never entered into its most blessed privileges. Let us assume
+that there is no such, but that rightly approached, every woman worthy a
+place in the church will be willing to enroll herself into at least the
+passive membership of the local society.
+
+II.--The management of this new membership, presumably uninformed,
+indifferent, possibly prejudiced, will require familiar acquaintance
+with our six benevolences, sympathy with them all, much practical
+wisdom, good courage, and the spirit of I Corinthians, 13th chapter.
+
+The _President_ must do more than preside at the meetings. She must plan
+every detail; must know beforehand what hymns, what Scripture lesson,
+who shall lead in singing and in prayer, what reports, what letters,
+what original papers, what selections, what business. Everything must be
+carefully planned and written down, yet there must be withal a certain
+amount of elasticity of management, so that the timid question may be
+answered, the objection removed, the enthusiasm expressed. The President
+will welcome strangers and greet the diffident and neglected. She will
+not be _surprised_ at seeing anybody at the meeting. It was reasonably
+to be expected.
+
+The _Secretary_ will do more than keep the minutes of the meetings. She
+will not forget the proper public announcement of the meetings and will
+add special invitations to such as may not feel themselves included in
+the general. She will send for such printed helps as are needed for use.
+She will fill out distinctly and promptly such blanks as are needed for
+Conference, State or other Reports, and her quarterly and annual
+reports will be helpful from their information and their inspiration.
+
+The _Treasurer_ will do more than passively receive what is brought to
+her hands. She will see that no one is overlooked when a canvass is made
+for any object; that pledges are redeemed; that the way is made easy for
+the poor to give without embarrassment and the rich without ostentation.
+She will see that all moneys are forwarded as designated and that _they
+go through the State Treasury_.
+
+But the highest qualification any local officer can possess, is the
+ability to transfer members from the passive to the active list. Some
+practical hints toward this result maybe gathered from the following
+suggestions:
+
+Aim at unity of effect for each meeting. Make some one of the six
+benevolences the subject, and center everything--Scripture, hymn,
+prayer, letter, paper, leaflet, about the single topic. Suppose it be
+"Missions on our Western frontier." Ask some lady to prepare a fifteen
+minutes' paper. Give out in addition six back numbers of the _Home
+Missionary_ to as many ladies, asking each to select a paragraph or
+short article bearing directly on the subject and which she thinks
+will, or ought to, interest the meeting. Let several of these ladies
+be chosen from the passive list--the diffident or even the
+indifferent. In making their selections, they will perhaps have made
+their first acquaintance with missionary magazines and will have
+learned something about the heroism of our home missionaries.
+Moreover, they will have participated in the exercises. This, repeated
+with variations, will give them courage to speak, and intelligent
+thoughts to express. _They are on the way to active participation._
+Crown the exercises with a collection. The leader must know how to
+kindle enthusiasm and put it to the tangible proof.
+
+The subject for the next meeting may be some branch of the work of the
+American Missionary Association, as "Indian Missions in Dakota." Assign
+to some one a paper, an historical sketch. She will need books from the
+missionary library. "Ten years among the Dakotas," and "Mary and I; or,
+Life among the Sioux," (to which she would never think of going for help
+unless informed that the Dakotas and Sioux are one.) She may also send
+to Miss Emerson for further helps. Then, in addition, give out back
+numbers of the _American Missionary_ to two or three passive ladies,
+asking them to make short selections concerning Indian missions--or let
+one read Prof. G.F. Wright's leaflet--"Indian Missions as seen upon the
+ground"--and another some missionary's letter. Call out expressions of
+interest in the work--proofs of its success--etc., and ask if we ought
+not to do something for its support. Give to everyone present a small
+envelope with the request that it be brought to the next meeting with a
+free will offering for Indian missions.
+
+The next meeting may be devoted to "Christian work among the Mormons,"
+using the "New West Reports," "The Gleaner," newspaper extracts,
+missionary letters and, if possible, have the experience of some one who
+has visited the schools and the homes of sin-cursed Utah. Having
+awakened deep interest, the proposition to procure a lecture or a
+musical entertainment and devote the proceeds to the New West Commission
+will probably find favor and be carried on to success.
+
+For the next meeting, choose another object, as "Parsonage Building."
+Distribute copies of the _Church Building Quarterly_ and again the
+indispensable back numbers of _The Home Missionary_, and have extracts
+read which show the discomfort, and even distress, which come to the
+family of the home missionary. Propose aid in the form of a birthday
+offering, in which every member brings in an envelope as many cents as
+she is years old. The result may be surprising.
+
+For other objects other plans, but in every case the way should be
+prepared for _intelligent giving_.
+
+It has sometimes resulted favorably to secure, at the beginning of the
+year, pledges for some definite, well understood object, as a teacher's
+or missionary's salary, or a share in one, which should apparently but
+not really exhaust the resources of the society, and have the payments
+made as early in the year as practicable. Then pursue intelligent study
+of the other fields until the time is ripe for proposing generous aid to
+the one which appeals most strongly to the combined judgment and
+sympathy. And so on through the year, in which time the six benevolences
+can all be reached. This somewhat irregular method of procedure has
+perhaps no better defence than that it has been known to produce good
+results. A society the intelligence and consecration of whose members
+could be relied upon would doubtless find the plan of monthly pledges,
+to be divided according to some accepted schedule, much easier. No
+special labor would have to be expended to make the need apparent, or to
+awaken sympathy for the object, or to choose the best means of attaining
+it. Gifts would be systematic and uniform throughout the year and could
+be counted upon.
+
+The machinery, well oiled at the start, would run smoothly and quietly,
+and woman's work would not be made unpleasantly prominent. But it seems
+doubtful whether as many gifts would flow into the treasury and whether
+the gifts would be accompanied by as much interest, sympathy and prayer.
+
+The hints concerning management thus far presuppose a Home Missionary
+Society organized on the modern basis of a programme of devotional
+exercises and various mission studies, and do not apply to those cases
+in which such exercises have been engrafted upon a sewing society with a
+long line of Dorcases as Presidents, and antecedents too respectable to
+be ruthlessly set aside. How shall a sewing society be so modified as to
+best subserve the present home missionary needs? Do not create friction
+by attempting a sudden and complete revolution. Propose that the brief
+devotional exercises with which such gatherings sometimes close be
+placed a little earlier than usual, that there may be time for some
+interesting missionary letter or some inspiring leaflet, or other
+selection, or better still, an original paper on some live topic. When
+about the usual season for beginning the missionary box arrives, prepare
+a symposium on the subject of boxes. Select and distribute brief
+paragraphs from the magazines concerning missionary debts, from
+missionary letters concerning unpaid salaries, and lead gradually up to
+the question whether if we were missionaries we would rather receive a
+box or a check for an unpaid salary. Which would best enable a minister
+to look his creditors, who are also his parishioners, in the face--the
+new pulpit suit or cash to pay off accumulated bills? In trying to
+decide between box and salary, the society may decide for _both_, and a
+point is gained. When box preparations begin, assign them a proper place
+in the meeting. Do not permit papers and addresses to be sandwiched
+between rolling quilt frames and turning down refractory hems, or
+punctuated by requests or signals for scissors, thread, and bits of
+gingham; and do not spoil garments by working with divided attention.
+Give each its hour or its day. Best of all, when a box is in
+preparation, sew early, late, and often, till it is despatched. Then
+resume the studies, being especially careful to have their first
+resumption provided with an attractive programme. In all cases when
+studies have been grafted upon sewing, _encourage the graft_. It ought
+to yield better fruit than the original stock.
+
+It should be the constant aim of those in charge of local societies to
+inspire in the membership intelligent interest in the six branches of
+our work--to cultivate a spirit of liberality toward them all--to create
+in every member a desire to aid them all. Only with such an aim can the
+local society achieve its highest usefulness.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1889.
+
+
+MAINE, $123.20.
+
+Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const. MISS
+  NETTIE R. SPALDING L.M.                      $30.00
+
+Bangor. Central Ch. Sewing Circle, _for
+  Freight to Pleasant Hill, Tenn._               1.53
+
+Bethel. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch.            5.00
+
+Castine. "Rainbow Band,"
+  _for Tougaloo U._                              5.80
+
+Castine. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch.                   5.00
+
+Gorham. J.H. Hinckley, Papers and
+  Cards, _for Meridian, Miss._
+
+Hiram. Mrs. Moore. S.S. Papers,
+  _for Meridian, Miss._
+
+Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     8.00
+
+Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch.                    7.87
+
+Portland. Second Parish Chinese Class,
+  by H. Mabel Leach, Sec.,
+  _for Chinese M. in Cal._                      50.00
+
+Rockland. "The King's Daughters," by
+  Mrs. D.P. Hatch, _for Woman's Work_           10.00
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,169.97.
+
+Brookline. Cong. Ch.                             6.05
+
+Concord. "Friend"                                5.00
+
+Derry. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.             16.00
+
+Dover. First Ch.                               140.65
+
+Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. 10. _for Chinese
+  M. in Cal._, 10. _for Miss Collin's Work_     20.00
+
+Great Falls. First Cong. Ch.                    15.00
+
+Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.50,
+  L.W. Preston, 3                               33.50
+
+Jaffrey. "Lillies of the Field,"
+  _for Storrs Sch._                              9.00
+
+Keene. "S." 20; Primary Dep't Second
+  Cong. Sab. Sch., 5                            25.00
+
+Keene. Mrs. M.E. DeBevoise's S.S. Class,
+  _for Oaks, N.C._                              20.00
+
+Keene. P'k'g Papers. _for Savannah, Ga._
+
+Littleton. "Mrs. B.W.K."                         5.00
+
+Nashua. Ladies' Circle of Pilgrim Ch.,
+  Bbl. and Box C., _for Storrs Sch._
+
+Penacook. Cong. Ch.                             23.00
+
+Plaiston and North Haverhill, Mass.
+  Cong. Ch. 130.88; Mrs. Eliza W.
+  Merrill, 50.                                 180.88
+
+Plymouth. Cong. Ch.                              6.10
+
+Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.           134.79
+
+Rye. Cong. Ch.                                  30.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                              $669.97
+
+ESTATE.
+
+Allenstown. Estate of Jabez Green, by
+  Mrs. Elsie G. Green, _for Green
+  Memorial Ch., Bending Oaks, Ala._            500.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                            $1,169.97
+
+
+VERMONT, $498.33.
+
+Burlington. "Tithes"                             1.00
+
+Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc.,
+  by Kate B. Joslyn, Treas., _for
+  Indian Sch'p._                                10.00
+
+Chester. Cong. Ch.                               2.75
+
+Coventry. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
+  _for McIntosh, Ga._                           12.70
+
+Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Storrs Sch._                              6.00
+
+Manchester. Miss E.J. Kellogg                   10.00
+
+Middlebury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    19.53
+
+Montpelier. Bethany Cong. Ch.                   37.65
+
+New Haven. Cong. Ch. ad'l to const. REV.
+  W.B. HAGUE L.M.                               25.50
+
+Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      5.00
+
+Putney. "A few members Cong. Ch." by
+  Mrs. A.C. Shattuck, _for McIntosh, Ga._        9.00
+
+----. "A Friend"                                20.00
+
+Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vermont,
+  by Mrs. W.P. Fairbanks, Treas.,
+  _for McIntosh, Ga._:
+
+    Bridport. Ladies                 10.00
+
+    Brookfield. Ladles' H.M. Soc.
+      of Second Ch.                   6.20
+
+    Burlington. Ladies' H.M.S.
+      of College St. Ch.             20.00
+
+    Charlotte. Ladies.               13.75
+
+    East Burke. W.H.M.U. Aux.         5.00
+
+    Enosburg. Ladies of Cong. Ch.     9.00
+
+    Fairlee. Ladies.                  5.25
+
+    Franklin. Ladies.                 2.30
+
+    Greensboro. Ladies of
+    Cong. Ch.                        13.28
+
+    McIndoes Falls. Mrs. W.R.
+    Monteith                          1.00
+
+    Middlebury. Ladies.              20.25
+
+    Montpelier. W.H.M.S.              5.00
+
+    Saint Johnsbury. Ladies.        100.00
+
+    Waitefield. Ladies of Cong. Ch.   8.22
+
+    Woodstock. Ladies.               20.00
+
+                                   -------     239.25
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                              $398.38
+
+ESTATE.
+
+Post Mill. Estate of Eliza R. (Heaton)
+  Dodge, by Edward N. Heaton, Ex.              100.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                              $498.38
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $11,766.85.
+
+Andover. "A Friend," by Stephen Ballard,
+  _for Girls' Dormitory, Macon, Ga._         1,581.75
+
+Andover. "A Friend," by Stephen Ballard,
+  _for School Building, Lexington, Ky._        425.00
+
+Ashfield. Cong. Ch.                             27.90
+
+Auburndale. Rev. Horace Dutton,
+  _for Athens, Ga._                              5.00
+
+Ayer. First Cong. Ch.                            7.16
+
+Boston. Old South Ch. bal.                     250.00
+
+    Sab. Sch., of Old South Ch.,
+      _for Student Aid,
+      Fisk U._                       25.00
+
+    Mrs. Susan C. Warren,
+      56; Henry Woods, 50,
+      _for Missionary horse,
+      Pleasant Hill, Tenn._         106.00
+
+    A.W. Stetson, _for Girls' Hall,
+      Pleasant Hill, Tenn._          10.00
+
+    "A Lady Friend"                  10.00
+
+Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch.,
+    B.C. Hardwick                   100.00
+
+    Village Ch.                      45.37
+
+    Harvard Cong. Ch.                 5.45
+
+    Mrs. Torray,
+      _for Marion, Ala._              5.00
+
+Jamaica Plain. Cen. Cong. Ch., ad'l   4.00
+
+                                    ------    $560.82
+
+Boxford. First Cong. Ch.                        41.83
+
+Cambridge. Miss M.F. Aiken, _for Girl's
+  Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                  100.00
+
+Cambridge. Albert Bushnell Hart                  5.00
+
+Chelsea. Central Ch.                           114.27
+
+Chelsea. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._       25.00
+
+Clinton. C.L. Swan                             100.00
+
+Colerain. Mrs. P.B. Smith                        5.00
+
+Cummington. Village Ch. 24.75; "Friends"
+  4.25; Mrs. S.R. Wilbur, 1., to const REV.
+  WILBUR RAND L.M.                              30.00
+
+Dalton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.
+  _for Indian Sch'p_                            17.50
+
+Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of Payson Ch.,
+  _for Indian M._, and to const CHARLES H.
+  JOHNSON and MISS ELEANOR J. MAYHER
+  L.M's                                         80.31
+
+Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of Payson Ch.,
+  _for Grand View, Tenn._                       19.02
+
+Enfield. Cong. Ch.                              50.00
+
+Franklin. Mrs. Stephen Kenrich                  25.00
+
+Groton. Box Books, _for Theo. Dept.,
+  Talladega C._
+
+Harrison. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Mobile, Ala._                             5.60
+
+Harwich (Cape Cod). Miss Tamesin
+  Brooks, 100; Miss S.G. Brooks, 50,
+  _for Girl's Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._      150.00
+
+Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No.
+  4, 50; "A Friend" 50.                        100.00
+
+Hyannis. Cong. Ch.                               2.00
+
+Hyde Park. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.         26.71
+
+Hyde Park. Ladies' Home M. Soc., Bbl. C.,
+  _for Tougaloo U._
+
+Lawrence. Sab. Sch. Class Lawrence St. Ch.      10.00
+
+Lawrence. Fred Eaton, _for Student Aid,
+  Talladega C._                                  5.00
+
+Leominster. Ortho Cong. Ch.                    180.00
+
+Lee. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.                     75.00
+
+Linden. Mrs. Sarah A. Dowse, _for Chinese
+  M. in Cal._, and to const MRS. SARAH F.
+  MAXWELL L.M.                                  30.00
+
+Malden. First Cong. Ch.                         60.00
+
+Maplewood. Mrs. Crombie's Class,
+  _for Wilmington, N.C._                         4.00
+
+Mapleton. Ladies' M. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
+  Box Books, 1 _for Freight, Jonesboro, Tenn._   1.00
+
+Marblehead. Hon. J.J.H. Gregory, 25;
+  Ladies of Cong. Ch. 23,
+  _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                    48.00
+
+Marlboro. Union Ch. and Soc., to const.
+  WILLIAM STETSON and MISS HATTIE L.
+  OUTHANK L.M's                                 70.50
+
+Melrose. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. material,
+  _for Sew. Dept., Talladega, C._
+
+Millbury. First Cong. Ch.                       47.25
+
+Newburyport. Belleville Cong. Ch.               77.45
+
+Newton Center. Mrs. Sarah C. Davis,
+  _for Indian M._                              200.00
+
+Northampton. A.L. Williston,
+  _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                    23.00
+
+North Adams. Ladies' H.M.S. of Cong. Ch.,
+  Miss Harriet N. Adams, _for Chinese
+  M. in Cal._                                   80.00
+
+North Weymouth. Edith M. Bates                   2.00
+
+Oakham. Cong. Ch.                               18.00
+
+Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.            12.87
+
+Rockland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    25.00
+
+Royalston. First Cong. Ch. Easter
+  Offering.                                      9.00
+
+Salem. L.M. Soc. of South Church.,
+  Pkg. of C., _for Tougaloo U._
+
+South Hadley. First Cong. Ch.                   20.25
+
+South Hadley Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.      20.30
+
+Somerville. Franklin St. Cong. Ch.              73.05
+
+Somerville. Y.P.S.C.E. of Day St. Ch.,
+  _for Missionary horse, Pleasant
+  Hill, Tenn._                                  15.00
+
+Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                  19.04
+
+Taunton. United Cong. Ch.                       16.81
+
+Templeton. Trinitarian Soc.                     22.10
+
+Upton. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Student Aid,
+Fisk U._                                        25.00
+
+Warren. Mrs. Mary B. Carpenter, 5 _for Indian
+M._, and 5 _for Mountain Work_                  10.00
+
+Wellesley. College Christian Ass'n,
+_for Mountain Work_                             30.00
+
+Wellesley. Cong. Ch., _for Indian Work_         10.00
+
+West Boylston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
+_for Freight to McLeansville, N.C._              5.17
+
+West Medford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+_for Boys' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._          30.00
+
+West Medway. Mrs. L.S. Thayer,
+_for Student Aid, Talladega C._                  2.00
+
+West Yarmouth. Cong. Ch.                         3.00
+
+Winchendon. Cong. Ch. and Parish               113.61
+
+Winchendon. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Freight
+  to Talladega, Ala._                            1.03
+
+Woburn. Cong. Ch., Bbl. material,
+  _for Sewing Dep't., Talladega C._
+
+Worcester. "Friend."                             5.00
+
+Worcester. ----, _for Chinese M. in Cal._        5.00
+
+----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid,
+  Talladega C._                                 50.00
+
+----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid_,
+  _Fisk U._                                     25.00
+
+Hampden Benevolent Association, by
+  Charles Marsh, Treas.:
+
+    East Longmeadow                  23.15
+
+    Longmeadow. Ladies' Benev.
+    Soc.                             20.85
+
+    Longmeadow. Gent's Benev. Soc.   19.25
+
+    Monson.                          32.93
+
+    Westfield. Second.               24.47
+
+    West Springfield. Park St.       11.60
+
+                                    -------    132.25
+
+                                           ----------
+
+                                            $5,066.55
+
+ESTATES.
+
+North Chelmsford. Estate of Mrs. Julia
+  A. Clark, by John H. Clark, Executor       6,000.00
+
+Reading. Estate of Mrs. Sarah G. Temple,
+  by Arthur W. Temple, Ex.                     200.00
+
+Worcester. Estate of Dwight Reed, by
+  E.J. Whittemore, Adm'r                       500.00
+
+                                           ----------
+
+                                           $11,766.55
+
+
+CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE
+
+Belchertown, Mass. "Friends," by Mrs.
+  D.B. Bruce, Box and Bbl., _for Sherwood,
+  Tenn._
+
+Malden, Mass. M. Kent, Bbl.,
+  _for Kittrell, N.C._
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $281.59.
+
+Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                        52.12
+
+Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                            79.47
+
+Providence. James Coats, _for Student
+  Missionary, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._            100.00
+
+Providence. Aux. North Cong. Ch., by
+  Miss Mary E. Eastwood,
+  _for Dakota Indian M._                        50.00
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $2,872.97.
+
+Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      4.00
+
+Bethel. Ladies' M. Circle, Bbl. bedding,
+  etc., _for Talladega C._
+
+Berlin. Mrs. Harriet N. Wilcox                  10.00
+
+Berlin. C. Dunham, 5; W.H. Upson, 4;
+  "A Friend," 1, _for Tougaloo U._              10.00
+
+Clinton. Cong. Ch.                               2.00
+
+Colchester. First Ch. of Christ                 71.00
+
+Cornwall Hollow. "Thanksgiving Workers,"
+  1.50, also package Patchwork, _for
+  Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._                         1.50
+
+East Hartford. First Ch.                        34.00
+
+East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc.              20.00
+
+Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch., (30 of which
+to const MRS. EMMA L. McINTOSH L.M.)            68.58
+
+Hartford. Fourth Cong. Ch., (of which
+  18.31, _for Indian M._,) to const
+  H.G.O. MILLER L.M. .                          36.25
+
+Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch.                  6.06
+
+Hebron. First Cong. Ch., 21.25; Benj. A.
+  Bissell 10; Miss C. Eliza White,
+  _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._, 5                36.25
+
+Kent. First Cong. Ch.                           13.19
+
+Litchfield. First Cong. Ch.                     42.68
+
+Lyme. Ladies' Soc. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C.,
+  _for Thomasville, Ga._
+
+Meriden. Center Ch.                             22.00
+
+Mystic Bridge. Mrs. Wm. Clift,
+_for Chinese Work in Ca._                        2.00
+
+New Britain. Missionary Soc., Bbl. C.
+  and Table Furniture, _for Williamsburg, Ky._
+
+New Haven. Howard Av. Ch., 11.75; College
+  St. Ch., 10; Dixwell Av. Ch., 5; Ch.
+  of Redeemer, 5; Davenport Ch., 4.85;
+  Ferry St. Ch., 3; United Ch., 8.75; "H."
+  15; "A Friend," 5                             68.35
+
+New Haven. Dwight Place Sab. Sch., 50;
+  Sab. Sch. of College St. Cong. Ch., 15,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    65.00
+
+New Haven. M.E. Baldwin,
+  _for Chinese M. in Cal._                      10.00
+
+New London. Trust Estate of Henry P.
+  Haven, 150, _for Talladega C., and 100
+  for Tougaloo U._                             250.00
+
+New London. Henry R. Bond, _for Tillotson
+  C. and N. Inst._                             200.00
+
+North Coventry. Cong. Ch.                       27.46
+
+North Haven. Elihu Dickerman                     3.00
+
+Norwich. S.B. Bishop                           200.00
+
+Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                       25.00
+
+Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44;
+  Mrs. Geo. Dibble, 10                          54.00
+
+Plainfield. First Cong. Ch.                     27.10
+
+Plainville. "King's Daughters,"
+  _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                4.00
+
+Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Indian M._                               20.05
+
+South Norwalk. Cong. Ch.                        12.00
+
+Stamford. Dea. Philip H. Brown                   5.00
+
+Terryville. "Soldiers of Christ."               10.00
+
+Wallingford. Cong. Ch.                           7.47
+
+Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 50;
+  Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 43.24,
+  _for Tougaloo U._                             93.24
+
+Waterbury. "A Friend,"
+  _for Chinese M. in Cal._                       5.00
+
+Waterbury. "Sunshine Circle" of Second
+  Cong. Ch., _for Woman's Work_                  5.00
+
+Westminster. Mrs. S.B. Carter, _for
+  Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._                         5.00
+
+Westville. Cong. Ch.                            18.23
+
+Willington. Cong. Ch.                            1.50
+
+Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.                       23.06
+
+----. "A Friend."                              200.00
+
+----. "A Friend."                              104.00
+
+----. "A Friend."                               30.00
+
+Woman's Home Missionary Union of
+  Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss. Sec.,
+  _for Woman's Work_:
+
+    Ellington. Ladies' Soc., _for
+      Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._         20.00
+
+                                    ------      20.00
+                                            ---------
+
+                                            $1,872.97
+
+ESTATE.
+
+North Stonington. Estate of Dudley R.
+  Wheeler, by Jennie Wheeler, Executrix      1,000.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                            $2,872.97
+
+
+NEW YORK, $15,858.76.
+
+Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, _for Chandler
+  Sch. Building, Lexington, Ky._               375.00
+
+Brooklyn. Puritan Cong. Ch.                     45.89
+
+Brooklyn, E.D. New England Cong. Ch.            20.00
+
+Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch.                    11.30
+
+Crown Point. "A Friend," to const
+  ELMER J BARKER L.M.                           30.00
+
+Fairport. Cong. Ch., to const A. WORTH
+  PALMER L.M.                                   47.40
+
+Jamaica. "S.G.A." _for Chinese Work in Cal_      5.00
+
+Marion. "A Life Member."                         1.00
+
+New Lebanon. Cong. Ch.                          22.50
+
+New York. Gen'l Clinton B. Fisk, to
+  const. Miss ALMIRA MARSHALL L.M.              30.00
+
+New York. John Gibb, _for Talladega C._         25.00
+
+Owasco. Anice Stewart                            2.00
+
+Sherburne. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.                  20.83
+
+Troy. "Cash," _for Indian Work_                  0.10
+
+Warsaw. Cong. Ch.                               24.29
+
+Warwick. "A Friend," _for Chinese
+  M. in Cal._                                    2.00
+
+Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton, _for
+  Chinese M. in Cal._                            5.00
+
+                                            ---------
+
+                                              $667.31
+
+ESTATES.
+
+Homer. Estate of Elias Root, by
+  Vernon F. Stone, Ex.                         841.45
+
+New York. Trust Estate of W.E. Dodge,
+  _for Theo. Dep't, Talladega C._              100.00
+
+Shushan. Estate of William Law,
+  by John F. Day, Ex.                       14,250.00
+
+                                           ----------
+
+                                           $15,858.78
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $243.25.
+
+Arlington. Herbert Overacre, on True
+  Blue Card                                      5.00
+
+Arlington. Mission Band, _for Savannah, Ga._     0.75
+
+Bound Brook. M.H. Roundey and G.A.
+  Roundey, _for Chinese M. in Cal._             10.00
+
+East Orange. B. Van Wagenen, _for Student Aid,
+  Marion, Ala._                                  8.00
+
+Plainfield. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, bal. to
+  const. MARY KNOWLTON WHITON L.M.               5.00
+
+Upper Montclair. Cong. Ch.                     214.50
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $20.00.
+
+Marshalfield Valley. Geo. A. Marsh's S.S.
+  Class for Boys, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._    15.00
+
+Scranton. "F.T.," _for Chinese M. in Cal._       5.00
+
+
+OHIO, $645.84.
+
+Andover. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, _for
+  Student Aid, Jellico, Tenn._                  22.00
+
+Akron. West Hill Cong. Ch.                      47.88
+
+Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l to
+  const. ELGIN H. HINMAN L.M.                   20.43
+
+Claridon. Pkg. Papers, _for Savannah, Ga._
+
+Cleveland. Bethlehem Bohemian Cong. Ch.         32.06
+
+Cleveland. M.L. Berger, D.D.,
+  _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                6.00
+
+Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Sab. Sch.            25.00
+
+Cincinnati. Walnut Hills Cong. S.S. 10;
+  Ladies' M. Soc. of W.H. Cong. Ch., 2.50;
+  and Bbl. C., _for Student Aid,
+  Talladega C._                                 12.50
+
+Elyria. First Cong. Ch., (40 of which from
+  Sab. Sch.) to const JOHN A. TOPLIFF and
+  ARTHUR L. GARFORD L.M.                       172.42
+
+Fremont. C.T. Rogers                             5.00
+
+Geneva. First Cong. Ch.                         18.15
+
+Grafton. Mrs. Sally Tuttle                       4.00
+
+Hudson. Cong. Ch.                               14.50
+
+Tallmadge. Cong. Ch.                            62.25
+
+Warren. Mite Soc., _for Sch'p End't Fund,
+  Fisk U._                                       7.05
+
+Wellington. Cong. Sab. Sch., and Y.P.S.C.E.,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    15.00
+
+Youngstown. J.D. Whitney                         1.00
+
+Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union,
+  by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas.,
+  _for Woman's Work_:
+
+    Bellevue. Cong Ch. L.M.S.,
+     _for Miss Collins' Work_         5.60
+
+    Cincinnati. Center Ch., W.H.M.S.,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        4.00
+
+    Columbus. Eastwood Ch.,
+      Y.L.M.S, _for Miss Collins'
+      Work_                           5.00
+
+    Cuyahoga Falls. L.M.S.,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        8.00
+
+    Kelly's Island. Aux.,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        3.00
+
+    Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., L.A.S.,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        9.00
+
+    Willoughby. Miss M.P. Hastings,
+      _for Miss Collins' Work_        1.00
+
+    Willoughby. Miss M.P. Hastings   25.00
+
+                                   -------      60.60
+
+                                              -------
+
+                                              $545.84
+
+ESTATE.
+
+Oberlin. Estate of Maria L. Root               100.00
+
+                                              -------
+
+                                              $645.84
+
+
+INDIANA, $30.00.
+
+Bloomington. Mrs. A.B. Woodford,
+  _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                    30.00
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $1,012.83.
+
+Camp Point. Mrs. S.B. McKinney                  15.00
+
+Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., 272.63;
+  New England Cong. Ch., 49.62;
+  Plymouth Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN R.
+  LAING L.M., 30.36; Leavitt St. Cong.
+  Ch., 3.36                                    355.97
+
+Earlville. "J.A.D."                             25.00
+
+Elgin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Athens, Ala._                            15.21
+
+Glencoe. Cong. Ch., to const OTIS McGAW
+  HOWARD, U.B. KLETZING, BENJ. F. NEWHALL,
+  JAMES K. CALHOUN and MISS LAURA STAR
+  L.M.'s                                       150.00
+
+Hyde Park. South Park Cong. Ch.                 10.00
+
+Hyde Park. "Olin Family," 2; A.W. Cole,
+1--Bbl. C., _for Student Aid, Marion, Ala._      3.00
+
+Ivanhoe. Fremont Cong. Ch.                      23.00
+
+Lewistown. Mrs. Myron Phelps                    50.00
+
+Mendon. Cong. Ch.                               18.00
+
+Oak Park. Cong. Ch.                            178.38
+
+Peoria. Miss Ruthford's S.S. Class,
+  Cong. Ch., _for Mobile, Ala._                  5.00
+
+Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Corss                  10.00
+
+Quincy. Joshua Perry                            10.00
+
+Rockford. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch.            30.00
+
+Rockland. Y.L.M. Soc. Second Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U._               17.68
+
+Sycamore. First Cong. Ch.                       68.59
+
+Wilmette. Cong. Ch.                             27.00
+
+----. "A Friend."                                1.00
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $283.81.
+
+Calumet Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+  _for Student Aid, Talladega C._               50.00
+
+Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 131.89;
+  Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 75.27               207.16
+
+East Gilead. Rev. L. Curtiss                     2.65
+
+Kalamazoo. Mrs. J.A. Kent                       10.00
+
+Richmond. First Cong. Ch.                       14.00
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $90.82.
+
+Delevan. Cong. Ch.                              23.20
+
+Grand Rapids. Cong. Ch.                         27.22
+
+Milwaukee. Grand Ave. Cong. Ch.                 30.40
+
+Sheboygan. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for
+  Tillotson C. and N. Inst._                    10.00
+
+
+IOWA, $282.60.
+
+Bear Grove. Cong. Ch.                           10.00
+
+Clear Lake. Christian Endeavor Soc., by
+  Miss Mary Thompson, _for Woman's Work_         4.00
+
+Council Bluffs. _For Tillotson
+  C. and N. Inst._                               3.00
+
+Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch., to const.
+  REV JULIUS A. REED and REV. CARL
+  HESS L.M's                                    70.00
+
+East Des Moines. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.               7.65
+
+Eldora. First Cong. Ch.                          2.60
+
+Garwin. Talman Dewey                             3.25
+
+Genoa Bluffs. Rev. James Rowe,
+  _for Ch. Building, Nat, Ala._                  1.00
+
+Grinnell. Cong. Ch.                             18.39
+
+Iowa City. Cong. Ch.                            40.00
+
+Kelley. Rev. and Mrs. S.A. Arnold                4.00
+
+McGregor. J.H. Ellsworth                        10.00
+
+Olds. Jason H. Martin                            5.00
+
+Sawyer. Francis Sawyer                          20.00
+
+Tipton. Woman's M. Soc., Bbl. C.,
+  _for Savannah, Ga._
+
+Victor. Mrs. C.L. McDermid, 3; Friends, 1.,
+  _for Church Building, "Nat," Ala._             4.00
+
+Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union,
+  _for Woman's Work_:
+
+    Ames. L.A. Soc.                   5.00
+
+    Charles City. L.M.S.             25.00
+
+    Chester Center. W.H.M.U.          4.75
+
+    Durant. Mrs. S.M. Dutton.         3.00
+
+    Grinnell W.H.M.U.                 9.96
+
+    Marion. "Busy Gleaners,"
+      _for Santee Sch._              20.00
+
+    Osage. Y.P.S.C.E.                 4.25
+
+    Sheldon. W.H.M.U.                 4.00
+
+    Sioux City. L.M.S.                1.00
+
+    Webster City. Y.P.S.C.E.          2.75
+
+                                    ------      79.71
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $185.91.
+
+Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch.                  23.20
+
+Saint Charles. First Cong. Ch.                   1.50
+
+Waseca. I.L. Claghorn, Box Papers,
+  _for Thomasville, Ga._
+
+Winona. Second Cong. Ch., 3.81,
+  and Sab. Sch., .71                             4.52
+
+Zumbrota. Cong. Ch.                             17.67
+
+Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society,
+  by Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Treas.,
+  _for Woman's Work_:
+
+    Alexandria. L.M.S.               20.00
+
+    Austin. W.M.S.                    6.27
+
+    Duluth. Friends in Council       13.74
+
+    Elk River. W.M.S.                 7.00
+
+    Marshall. W.M.S.                  5.00
+
+    Minneapolis. Plymouth L.M.S.     28.19
+
+    Minneapolis. Park Ave. L.M.S.    15.00
+
+    Minneapolis. Lyndale W.M.S.      13.30
+
+    Minneapolis. Open Door Mission
+    Band                              3.00
+
+    Northfield. Special               2.00
+
+    Rochester. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Santee Agency_                    3.51
+
+    Saint Paul. Plymouth L.M.S.      20.00
+
+    Saint Paul. Plymouth Y.L.M.S.     5.00
+
+    Springfield. "Cheerful Givers."   3.00
+
+                                  --------
+
+                                   $145.01
+
+Less for Expenses                     5.99
+
+                                  --------     139.02
+
+
+MISSOURI, $56.00.
+
+Kansas City. M. Marty                           10.00
+
+Webster Groves. Cong. Ch.                       46.00
+
+
+KANSAS, $42.01.
+
+Alma. Cong. Ch.                                  3.30
+
+Kirwin. First Cong. Ch.                         10.00
+
+Manhattan. Cong. Ch.                            28.71
+
+
+DAKOTA, $14.00.
+
+Castlewood. Mrs. Geo. Allen                      5.00
+
+Vermillion. First Cong. Ch.                      9.00
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $20.25.
+
+Beatrice. Mrs. B.F. Hotchkiss                   10.00
+
+Franklin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.                10.25
+
+
+COLORADO, $2.50.
+
+Denver. Miss Clark's S.S. Class, First
+  Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._     2.50
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $25.00.
+
+Los Gatos. Mrs. H.G. Noyes and
+  L.E. Agard                                    20.00
+
+Saratoga. Sarah Brown, _for Student Aid,
+  Fisk U._                                       5.00
+
+
+OREGON, $13.00.
+
+East Portland. Mrs. Anna M. Bancroft             3.00
+
+Forest Grove. Cong. Ch.                         10.00
+
+
+WASHINGTON, $2.50.
+
+Skokomish. "Little Workers,"
+  by Rev. M. Eells                               2.50
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $1.66.
+
+Woodbine. Rev. E.H. Bullock                      1.66
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $54.25.
+
+Chapel Hill. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.        5.00
+
+McLeansville. Rev. A. Connet,
+  _for Student Aid, Talladega C._               12.50
+
+Nalls. "Friends," 2.50; Cong. Ch., 50c.          3.00
+
+Oaks. Miss E.W. Douglas                         30.00
+
+Pekin. Cong. Ch.                                 1.00
+
+Troy. "Friends," 2; Y.P.S.C.E., 50c.;
+  Ch., 25c.                                      2.75
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $10.99.
+
+Glenmary. Cong. Ch.                              0.64
+
+Sunbright. Cong. Ch.                             0.35
+
+Nashville. W.R. Morris of Fist University,
+  _for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U._               10.00
+
+
+ALABAMA, $3.00
+
+Mobile. First Cong. Ch., _for Mobile, Ala._      3.00
+
+
+TEXAS, $3.00.
+
+Austin. W.M.S. of Tillotson Inst.,
+  _for Fort Berthold Indian M._                  3.00
+
+                                           ----------
+
+Donations                                  $12,023.19
+
+Estates                                     23,591.45
+
+                                           ----------
+
+                                           $35,614.64
+
+
+INCOME, $1,835.50.
+
+Avery Fund. _for Mendi M._          196.75
+
+DeForest Fund, _for President's
+  Chair, Talladega C._              481.25
+
+Graves Sch'p Fund, _for
+  Talladega C._                     125.00
+
+Haley Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._      50.00
+
+Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._      62.50
+
+Hastings Sch'p Fund, _for
+  Atlanta U._                        12.50
+
+Howard Theo. Fund, _for
+  Howard U._                        650.00
+
+Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis,
+  Tenn._                             75.00
+
+Luke Memorial Sch'p Fund,
+  _for Talladega C._                 10.00
+
+Stone Fund, _for Talladega C._       25.00
+
+Straight University Sch'p Fund,
+  _for Straight U._                  47.50
+
+Tuthill King Fund, _for
+  Berea C._                          50.00
+
+Plumb Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._      50.00
+
+                                  --------   1,885.50
+
+
+TUITION, $4,155.41.
+
+Lexington, Ky., Tuition             257.13
+
+Williamsburg, Ky., Tuition           70.65
+
+Woodbine, Ky., Tuition                7.00
+
+Beaufort, N.C., Public Fund         154.60
+
+Wilmington, N.C., Tuition           166.60
+
+Charleston, S.C., Tuition           216.00
+
+Deer Lodge, Tenn., Tuition           37.75
+
+Grand View, Tenn., Tuition           35.25
+
+Jellico, Tenn., Tuition              41.40
+
+Jonesboro, Tenn., Tuition            12.70
+
+Nashville, Tenn., Tuition           510.54
+
+Pleasant Hill, Tenn., Tuition        24.20
+
+Sherwood, Tenn., Tuition            400.00
+
+Atlanta, Ga., Storrs Sch.,
+  Tuition                           222.69
+
+Macon, Ga., Tuition                 233.45
+
+Savannah, Ga., Tuition              170.50
+
+Thomasville, Ga., Tuition            65.00
+
+Athens, Ala., Tuition                79.55
+
+Marion, Ala., Tuition                76.78
+
+Mobile, Ala., Tuition               210.20
+
+Talladega, Ala., Tuition            283.86
+
+New Orleans, La., Tuition           652.75
+
+Meridian, Miss., Tuition             79.20
+
+Tougaloo, Miss., Tuition             24.05
+
+Austin, Texas, Tuition              183.56
+
+                                  --------   4,155.41
+
+United States Government Appropriation
+  for Indians                                5,678.50
+
+                                            ---------
+
+Total for June                             $47,284.05
+
+
+SUMMARY.
+
+Donations                                 $147,213.31
+
+Estates                                     50,121.54
+
+                                          -----------
+
+                                          $197,334.85
+
+Income                                       8,117.96
+
+Tuition                                     30,289.62
+
+United States Government appropriation
+  for Indians                               15,219.37
+
+                                          -----------
+
+Total from Oct. 1 to June 30              $250,911.80
+
+                                          ===========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+Subscriptions for June                          25.05
+
+Previously acknowledged                        687.57
+
+                                              -------
+
+Total                                         $712.62
+
+
+ENDOWMENT FUND.
+
+Rockford, Ill. Estate of Rev. Benjamin
+  Foltz, by Charles G. Foltz, Ex.             $500.00
+
+
+DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLE.
+
+Income for June, 1889, from investments     $2,325.00
+
+Previously acknowledged                     28,144.86
+
+                                           ----------
+
+Total                                      $30,469.86
+
+                                           ==========
+
+
+  H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,
+  56 Reade St, N.Y.
+
+
+
+
+
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