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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 9,
+September, 1896, by Various
+
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+Title: American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 9, September, 1896
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+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/title.jpg" width="500" height="366" alt="The American Missionary" title="The American Missionary" />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+<br /><br />
+<table class="volume" width="100%" summary="Title">
+ <tr>
+ <td width="25%" align="left"><b>Vol. L</b></td>
+ <td width="50%" align="center"><b>SEPTEMBER, 1896.</b></td>
+ <td width="25%" align="right"><b>No. 9.</b></td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<hr class="full" />
+
+<h2>CONTENTS</h2>
+
+
+<div class="center">EDITORIAL.<br /></div>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">The Jubilee Meeting&mdash;Up To Date</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_273'>273</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Only Thirty Days More</span> <span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_274'>274</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Jubilee Share Fund&mdash;Paragraphs</span> <span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_275'>275</a></span>
+<br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">THE SOUTH.<br /></div>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">A Negro Upon Self-Help And Self-Support</span> <span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_276'>276</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Beach Institute, Savannah, Ga.,</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_279'>279</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Ballard Normal School, Macon, Ga.</span> <span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_280'>280</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Brewer Normal School, Greenwood, S. C.</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_281'>281</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Talladega College Commencement</span> <span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_282'>282</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Snap Shots At Talladega Students</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_283'>283</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Albany Normal School, Albany, Ga.</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_285'>285</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Chandler Normal School, Lexington, Ky.</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_286'>286</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Extracts From Letter Of a Southern Pastor</span> <span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_288'>288</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Letter From a Former Student</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_289'>289</a></span>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Grand View Church</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_291'>291</a></span>
+<br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">THE CHINESE.<br /></div>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">Visits To Three Missions</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_292'>292</a></span>
+<br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.<br /></div>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">The Association Jubilee</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_295'>295</a></span>
+<br />
+<hr class="tenth" />
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;">SHARES JUBILEE YEAR FUND.</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_298'>298</a></span>
+<br /><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;">RECEIPTS.</span> <span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_299'>299</a></span>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center">
+NEW YORK:<br />
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,<br />
+Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York.<br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+Price, 50 Cents a Year in advance<br />
+Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class mail
+matter.
+</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[Pg ii]</a></span></p>
+<h2>American Missionary Association.</h2>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center"><span class="smcap">President, Merrill E. Gates, LL.D., Mass</span>.</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Vice-Presidents.</i><br /></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D.D., Ill.</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 9.25em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry Hopkins</span>, D.D., Mo.<br /></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Alex. McKenzie</span>, D.D., Mass.</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry A. Stimson</span>, D.D., N. Y.<br /></span>
+<div class="center">Rev. <span class="smcap">Washington Gladden</span>, D.D., Ohio.</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Honorary Secretary and Editor.</i><br />
+<span class="smcap">Rev. M. E. Strieby</span>, D.D., <i>Bible House, N. Y.</i>
+<br />
+<br />
+<i>Corresponding Secretaries.</i><br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">A. F. Beard</span>, D.D., Rev. <span class="smcap">F. P. Woodbury</span>, D.D., <i>Bible House. N. Y.</i><br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">C. J. Ryder</span>, D.D., <i>Bible House, N. Y.</i>
+<br />
+<br />
+<i>Recording Secretary.</i><br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">M. E. Strieby</span>, D.D., <i>Bible House, N. Y.</i>
+<br />
+<br />
+<i>Treasurer.</i><br />
+<span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, Esq., <i>Bible House, N. Y.</i></div>
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Auditors.</i><br /></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;"><span class="smcap">George S. Hickok.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;"><span class="smcap">James H. Oliphant.</span></span>
+<br />
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Executive Committee.</i><br /></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><span class="smcap">Charles L. Mead</span>, Chairman.</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;"><span class="smcap">Charles A. Hull</span>, Secretary.<br /></span>
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><i>For Three Years.</i></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><i>For Two Years.</i></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><i>For One Year.</i><br /></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4em;"><span class="smcap">Samuel Holmes,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><span class="smcap">William Hayes Ward,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 3em;"><span class="smcap">Charles A. Hull,<br /></span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4em;"><span class="smcap">Samuel S. Marples,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4.5em;"><span class="smcap">James W. Cooper,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">Addison P. Foster,<br /></span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4em;"><span class="smcap">Charles L. Mead,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5.5em;"><span class="smcap">Lucien C. Warner,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4.5em;"><span class="smcap">Albert J. Lyman,<br /></span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4em;"><span class="smcap">William H. Strong,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4.5em;"><span class="smcap">Joseph H. Twichell,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4.5em;"><span class="smcap">Nehemiah Boynton,<br /></span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4em;"><span class="smcap">Elijah Horr.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 7.5em;"><span class="smcap">Charles P. Peirce.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">A. J. F. Behrends.</span></span>
+<br />
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>District Secretaries.</i><br /></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Geo. H. Gutterson</span>, 21 <i>Cong'l House, Boston, Mass.</i><br /></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 12em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Jos. E. Roy</span>, D.D., 153 <i>La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill.</i></span>
+<br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Secretary of Woman's Bureau.</i><br />
+Miss <span class="smcap">D. E. Emerson</span>, <i>Bible House, N. Y.</i><br />
+</div>
+
+
+<h4>COMMUNICATIONS</h4>
+
+<p>Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "<span class="smcap">The American Missionary</span>," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances,
+to the Treasurer; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary
+of the Woman's Bureau.</p>
+
+
+<h4>DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</h4>
+
+<p>In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be
+sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Bible House, New York; or, when more
+convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House,
+Boston, Mass., or 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of
+thirty dollars constitutes a Life Member.</p>
+
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Notice To Subscribers</span>.&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>"<span class="smcap">I give and bequeath</span> the sum of &mdash;&mdash; dollars to the 'American
+Missionary Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the
+State of New York." The will should be attested by three witnesses.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_273" id="Page_273">[Pg 273]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+<h1>
+ <span class="small">THE</span><br /><span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>
+</h1>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+<table width="60%" summary="Title" align="center">
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" width="25%"><b><span class="smcap">Vol.</span> L.</b></td>
+ <td align="center" width="50%"><b>SEPTEMBER, 1896.</b></td>
+ <td align="right" width="25%"><b><span class="smcap">No.</span> 9.</b></td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THE JUBILEE MEETING.</h3>
+
+<p>The semi-centennial of the American Missionary Association will be
+celebrated in Boston, October 20-22, opening at three o'clock Tuesday
+afternoon. A great and inspiring convocation is anticipated. Speakers
+of national reputation have been secured. A large and interesting
+industrial exhibit will be opened. Representatives from our mission
+fields and a new band of Jubilee Singers will be heard throughout the
+meetings.</p>
+
+<p>Directions as to membership and correspondence will be found on the
+last page of the cover. Fuller details as to the entertainment of
+delegates, reduced rates at hotels and in traveling fares, will be
+given in due time through the religious press.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>UP TO DATE.</h3>
+
+<p>For the first ten months of our current fiscal year our expenditures
+have been $53,000 less than for the corresponding ten months three
+years ago. They are $37,000 less than for the first ten months of the
+next year. They are $13,000 less than last year. These facts indicate
+the severity of our retrenchments.</p>
+
+<p>We have most earnestly hoped for such a large increase of benefactions
+as would greatly reduce our debts. Up to this time our receipts are
+nearly $25,000 greater than at this date last year, but they are
+$11,000 less than at this time year before last. That year closed with
+a debt on its operations of $66,000, and last year with an additional
+debt of $30,000. Thus far this year we have not only saved ourselves
+from debt, but have gained $8,000 on the debts of the previous two
+years.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_274" id="Page_274">[Pg 274]</a></span></p><p>This is a favorable difference of $38,000 between our financial
+standing now and that at this date last year. This advance has been
+made possible only by the sympathetic and generous responses from many
+givers and churches which have cheered the presentation of our work.
+Very many others have promised future aid which will lift the burden.
+But, for the time being, we have had to maintain our standing chiefly
+by making continued reductions of expenditures. This has been a
+difficult and sorrowful task. In answer to numberless appeals in
+behalf of the ignorant and suffering, we have had to explain
+constantly that the refusals of the Association were due, not to lack
+of sympathy, but to lack of means. In general, the Association can
+administer only the means confided to its charge. Its historic and
+permanent policy has been against incurring a debt. Its careful and
+conservative forecast two years ago encountered, like all similar
+benevolent work in all the denominations, a sudden and serious
+reduction of receipts. The next year it provided a much diminished
+schedule of expenditures, but this was met with a further additional
+reduction of support.</p>
+
+<p>Therefore, the task now set to the Association is to carry on only
+what work it can while recovering what has been already expended in
+these mission fields. We believe this recovery can be made. We are
+most grateful to the churches, mission societies, and individual
+givers who have so generously come to our help in this difficult and
+trying year. From the promising responses which reach us, we can but
+believe that very many more are planning for the relief of these
+missions in their distress. Just now public attention is concentrated
+on national issues of so perplexing and doubtful a character that
+every enterprise, whether of business or of benevolence, waits upon
+their settlement. We hope and pray that the coming months may lift the
+clouds and pour prosperity again throughout all these vast mission
+fields.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>ONLY THIRTY DAYS MORE.</h3>
+
+<p>At the time these lines reach the eyes of most of our readers, only
+thirty days will remain of the fiftieth year in the work of the
+American Missionary Association.</p>
+
+<p>We look forward to these few days with anxious hope. Pastors, officers
+of churches and missionary societies, and individual givers have
+intimated to us that they will co-operate in making this fiftieth year
+a Year of Jubilee. Again and again our anxious inquiries have received
+the kind assurance that the year shall not close without the uplift of
+special help to the Association.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_275" id="Page_275">[Pg 275]</a></span></p><p>Many churches and many givers have fulfilled this purpose. If all had
+done as well, we should now be rejoicing over emancipation from all
+indebtedness.</p>
+
+<p>We earnestly plead for personal contributions from individual givers.
+After all, it is upon the many individual gifts, however small each
+one may be, that the success of this work must now mainly depend.</p>
+
+<p>We ask as earnestly that each church which has not hitherto
+contributed to the support of this mission work will do so now.</p>
+
+<p>We respectfully request that the treasurers of churches and mission
+societies will now send us contributions already taken in behalf of
+the American Missionary Association, or balances remaining in their
+hands according to church plans, of proportionate contributions.</p>
+
+<p>Shall not these thirty September days in the book of life record the
+special consecration in thousands of hearts of sacrificial service in
+gifts to God's poor?</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>JUBILEE SHARE FUND.</h3>
+
+<p>It will be seen in the record of this month that the Jubilee Share
+Fund now aggregates pledges of over $14,000. This is a beginning, a
+good beginning, but a beginning only. We hope these coming September
+days which close our fiscal year will bring a vast increase of pledges
+to the Jubilee Share Fund. We know that numbers of our friends have
+been planning for it and looking forward to taking their part in this
+great and useful Christian service. "Now is the accepted time."</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p><i>From Massachusetts</i>&mdash;"Please find inclosed check for $50 for the
+Jubilee Year Fund, in memory of my dear father. His heart was ever
+with your good work to the very end of his life."</p>
+
+<p><i>From a Tennessee A. M. A. Missionary</i>&mdash;"Wife and I join the Jubilee
+contributors. Find $50 for one share. We wish we could multiply this
+by a hundred."</p>
+
+<p><i>From Massachusetts</i>&mdash;"Please find from two friends in Boston $50
+each, which has been intrusted to my care for the share fund; and I
+gladly send it to help on the share fund."</p>
+
+<p><i>From Connecticut</i>&mdash;"It gives me pleasure to send you $2,000, as a
+donation from our church to the American Missionary Association. Also
+inclosed $785 as our annual contribution for the current expenses of
+the Association, not for the debt."</p>
+
+<p><i>From Iowa</i>&mdash;"Inclosed find $18, my donation to the work of the
+American Missionary Association. It is probably my last donation as<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_276" id="Page_276">[Pg 276]</a></span>
+my age (past fourscore) and poor health warn me my time is short in
+which to serve the Lord in this world."</p>
+
+<p><i>From Connecticut</i>&mdash;"I was not home last Sunday when the annual
+contribution for the American Missionary Association was taken up, and
+as I do not wish to miss having a little share in the good work of
+your society I will inclose my check for $10 for the work."</p>
+
+<p><i>From New Jersey</i>&mdash;"I am glad to be able to send the inclosed amount
+from the Presbyterian Sunday-school of this place. For several years
+we have been giving to the work of the American Missionary
+Association, and each year is an advance on the previous year in
+amount. May you all be abundantly blessed in your spiritual as well as
+your financial welfare."</p>
+
+<p><i>From Massachusetts</i>&mdash;"Inclosed find $5, which my sister before her
+death desired me to send to the cause she labored for so many years,
+and which was dear to her when her heavenly Father called her home."</p>
+
+<p><i>From Ohio, inclosing $5</i>&mdash;"It is a pleasure to be able to carry out
+the wish of my dear husband. Ever since the organization of the
+American Missionary Association we have been small contributors,
+though Baptists. God bless and support your work."</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h2>The South.</h2>
+
+<h3>A NEGRO UPON SELF-HELP AND SELF-SUPPORT.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">BY REV. ORISHATUKEH FADUMA, TROY, N. C.</div>
+
+
+<p>One reason why the question of self-help as it relates to the Negro is
+so difficult of solution, is his previous condition of slavery.</p>
+
+<p>Slavery was first and last selfish. The training received by the Negro
+under forced labor had no ethical meaning. The Negro labored, but was
+not taught the dignity of labor; he did not find any dignity in it. If
+there was any, his masters would have labored as he did, but the Negro
+served as the cat's paws to get the nuts from the fire. The fire burnt
+him severely, but he had not the benefit of the nuts. Thus the moral
+and ethical benefit which he might have received from labor was lost.
+Let our moralists ponder over this. The Negro's masters did not
+believe in self-support during slavery; they were supported. Now that
+his freedom is secured, the Negro also would like to have and hold as
+the masters did.</p>
+
+<p>The result of this forced selfish labor may be briefly summed up thus.
+The Negro by training and example became prejudiced against severe<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_277" id="Page_277">[Pg 277]</a></span>
+struggle and toil, physical or intellectual. He is now distrustful of
+attempts made to induce him to labor. He is willing to let somebody
+else do the work while he reaps the benefit, just as his masters did
+during slavery. Thus slavery became a foe to true Christian manliness,
+self-respect, and faith in one's self and others. It took 200 years to
+force these traits into the Negro's being. It was destructive of all
+that is uplifting to his soul. There is now a reaction going on.
+Unless the forces of the Christian schools and churches are applied
+with energy, the work of construction will not soon overcome that of
+200 years of destruction.</p>
+
+<p>Foremost in the education of the Negro along the line of self-support
+is the American Missionary Association. That the policy of the
+Association regarding self-help is not theoretical, but practical, may
+be seen in the statement of Rev. Dr. Beard concerning the work in the
+South, before the National Council for 1895. He says: "We are
+realizing also that the independent methods of Congregational polity
+develop self-help. These churches each year are bearing a larger part
+of their own support. When it is remembered that formerly their
+preachers were seldom paid anything, it can be understood that this
+new way of church life is full of meaning."</p>
+
+<p>The Association states in emphatic and unequivocal language its
+belief, founded on long experience, in an indigenous ministry. As Dr.
+Beard says: "Our general policy has been to prepare the race to save
+the race. This is based upon the conviction that in the long run, and
+in the large view, the most effective way to lift up the masses is to
+do what we can to help the relatively few to climb into higher
+intellectual and moral power."</p>
+
+<p>One means toward the solution of this problem of self-help is the
+industrial solution. Many overlook it because they think the Negro has
+already had <i>much</i> of it in his past history. But the Negro has never
+had the <i>best</i> of it. His industrial training before the war was
+immoral as well as unscientific. The industrial education of the Negro
+then was carried on without mental and moral culture; now the head,
+the hands, and the heart are the triplets which must control his
+development. Before the war he was simply a machine in industry; now
+he is to be trained as a living soul. Before the war he had some
+restraint through industrial work, but it was physical, not moral. The
+education which the coming twentieth century requires of the Negro
+through industry will be imperfect unless it shall be permeated with
+the best and purest of ideals. It is also a recognition of the fact
+that man is more than a physical creature; he is a combination of the
+physical and the spiritual. It must be two natures working in harmony
+with each other's development.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_278" id="Page_278">[Pg 278]</a></span></p><p>The modern industrialism is a combination of preaching and practice.
+It has in it a larger conception of God's Kingdom as seen in the world
+of matter. If it is not the highest conception, it is not the lowest,
+and should not be despised in the education of a race just emerging
+from ignorance. One has only to see the Negro in the plantations of
+the South, and observe his methods of work, to be convinced of the
+necessity of industrial training as a means toward self-help. Look
+throughout these farming districts and you will see houses fit for
+pigs to dwell in rather than men; you will eat food the mode of
+preparation of which is unworthy of a human being; you will see women
+in laundry work who have never seen a washing-machine all their life;
+and gradually the idea will flash into your mind that industrial
+training is needed.</p>
+
+<p>The question may be asked, What is the American Missionary Association
+doing along these lines of self-help and independence? Much has been
+done, and is being done. The Association has not said much, but it is
+doing much. This is better than saying much and doing little. At the
+present time, when much is said about the industrial development of
+the South, there is danger of following the crowd whose ideals are not
+the highest. The popular cry is for a rejuvenated South, a South with
+prosperous mills and factories, and the Negro with it. The Association
+has wisely kept out of this, and yet has done more than any other
+organization toward the industrial independence of the people. It was
+the first to start industrial schools for the Negroes. Its first
+industrial school was founded at Talladega, Ala., in 1867, where it
+now works about 300 acres of land. Modern farming in its most
+important branches is taught here. In connection with the school are
+popular lectures, which are listened to, and scattered by the students
+throughout the country. White and black farmers are being improved by
+them. The instructor in farming, a graduate of the Amherst
+Agricultural College, is both scientific and practical. In the same
+school, at Talladega, young men and women are taught various other
+branches of industry.</p>
+
+<p>Tougaloo Institution, in Mississippi, has a farm of 500 acres, which
+supplies cities in the Northwest with her produce. There are no less
+than fifty industrial schools under the American Missionary
+Association, not to mention independent schools, which are largely
+fostered by Congregational influence. The reflex influence of these
+industrial schools upon the whites is marvelous.</p>
+
+<p>While we labor to plant seeds of true manhood in the hearts of the
+people, we recognize the fact that there must be a going-out and a
+taking-in. The involution of the race must precede its evolution. It
+therefore requires time to see fruits. Time will tell; it is already
+telling.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_279" id="Page_279">[Pg 279]</a></span> With boards devising, and schools, churches, and pastors
+formulating, methods to bring about the solution of the problem, we
+shall reap an abundant harvest. When it is known that the larger
+portion of the colored race in the South is still living on the
+plantations, practically untouched by the Christian influences of this
+century, living without God and not touched by our mission work, it
+accentuates the imperative duty of the churches and pastors of
+churches to hasten the work of self-support. In concluding, I
+emphasize the following points:</p>
+
+<p>1. That the work of educating a race to manly independence requires
+time as well as energy.</p>
+
+<p>2. That it behooves all teachers of the race to do their utmost to rid
+the minds of the people of those ideas of slavery which strike a blow
+at their independence.</p>
+
+<p>3. That the position taken by the American Missionary Association is
+the true one in preparing the people for self-support, and thus toward
+the self-support of our churches.</p>
+
+<p>4. That while recognizing the difficulties in the way of self-help and
+self-support, many, if not all, can be removed if all the churches put
+their shoulders to the wheel, and both teach and practice this, and do
+all they can for their own support, rather than seek to have
+everything done for them.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>BEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH, GA.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">MISS JULIA B. FORD.</div>
+
+
+<p>After another all too swiftly fleeting school year, the commencement
+season is ushered in by the very able baccalaureate sermon delivered
+to a large and appreciative audience by the Rev. J. J. Durham, one of
+the colored pastors of Savannah.</p>
+
+<p>On Tuesday there are oral examinations in the classrooms. On
+Wednesday, palms, magnolias, cape jasmine, and wild bamboo-vine have
+lent their charm to render the chapel a fragrant abode of beauty. "Old
+Glory" hangs here and there upon its walls. The large flag which each
+morning through the year has received, after the singing of a
+patriotic song, the salutations of the assembled students, has given
+place for this occasion to the inspiring words of the Latin motto,
+"<i>Ad astra per aspera</i>," which in bold relief gleam out from a
+star-bespangled field of blue above the platform.</p>
+
+<p>Through the dense crowd which overflows the chapel and throngs the
+adjoining rooms, to the notes of a march on the piano, the Ninth Grade
+enters and stands to receive the graduating class, who file to their
+places on the platform. With what swelling of heart are they silently
+greeted, and how dear and noble a band do they seem to fond,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_280" id="Page_280">[Pg 280]</a></span>
+self-sacrificing parents, and to the teachers who have labored to
+bring them to this the proudest day of their young lives. The class is
+one of the largest which the Beach has ever graduated&mdash;four youths and
+thirteen girls. The salutatory and essay, "What Can a Woman Do?"
+earnest, suggestive, and pleasingly delivered, was followed in due
+order by recitations, all rendered with spirit and grace, and winning
+enthusiastic applause. The declamation by one youth, of President
+Lincoln's address at Gettysburg, and the orations, by two others, on
+race questions, receive due meed of appreciation.</p>
+
+<p>In the cantata, "The Ivy Queen," all the girl graduates take part, and
+the ivy crown is placed on the brow of the valedictorian, who is a
+keen-minded young girl of the pure Negro type. Her essay and
+valedictory, "Character-building," is a worthy production. It was an
+inspiring thing to look into the dark but perfectly radiant faces of
+her father and mother, when, after the exercises, they came, all too
+full for verbal expression, to grasp the hands of teachers.</p>
+
+<p>After the class song is sung, diplomas bestowed, the in-coming senior
+class welcomed, and the announcement made as to the one whose rank in
+her studies entitles her to a free scholarship for the ensuing year, a
+brief but most excellent address is given by a young colored physician
+of Savannah, whose ability, culture, high moral worth, and nobly
+unselfish ambitions fit him to stand as a model to our students. The
+newly made alumni meet teachers and friends in the Teachers' Home for
+refreshments and a good, happy time generally; and in the midst of it
+all one of the workers of Beach is surprised by a token of
+appreciation in the form of a beautiful gift from the graduating
+class. Our orator of the day, after some consultation, proposes to the
+class of '96 the forming of an alumni association at the opening of
+the next year, and then soon all disperse and a successful school year
+is reckoned with the past.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">BY MISS LINCOLNIA C. HAYNES.</div>
+
+
+<p>The Commencement Exercises of Ballard Normal School began with the
+Junior Exhibition. At the time appointed every seat was taken and
+there was scarcely standing room. The greatest interest was manifested
+by all present, and at the close of the evening, when anxious parents
+and interested friends crowded around with beaming faces to express
+their satisfaction and appreciation, each teacher felt amply rewarded
+for the arduous labor and effort put forth.</p>
+
+<p>The "Jubilee Songs," and especially the "Jubilee Medley," attracted
+great attention. To hear "Steal Away," "Get on Board,"<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_281" id="Page_281">[Pg 281]</a></span> "Swing Low,"
+and all the other old-time songs, wound into one, and yet fitting into
+each other so perfectly and harmoniously, seemed almost a wonder.</p>
+
+<p>The annual sermon was preached the following Sunday by Rev. J. R.
+McLean, pastor of the Congregational Church. In addressing the
+graduates he urged a practical use of the knowledge gained; he
+emphasized the fact that philanthropy is giving one's self, and he
+impressed upon them the necessity of co-operating with Christ in all
+things if success is desired in anything.</p>
+
+<p>Wednesday was Visitors' Day at the school, and a larger number was out
+this year to witness the examinations and inspect work than for
+several previous years. Wednesday night the alumni held their regular
+meeting in the chapel.</p>
+
+<p>Thursday, Commencement Day, dawned gloriously, and long before the
+time for the exercises to begin, people were wending their way toward
+the building in order to obtain a comfortable seat. There were three
+graduates, all girls, and they made a pretty sight as they marched
+slowly up the aisle and took their places upon the platform.</p>
+
+<p>The Annual Address was delivered by Rev. S. A. Peeler, of the M. E.
+Church. He did not go back thirty years and tell the condition of the
+Negro at that time, and extol him for the rapid stride he has made,
+etc. He did not enumerate the things the Negro can do, but he simply
+and plainly stated, so that all who heard might clearly understand
+him, what the Negro, and every one else who desires success, <i>must</i>
+do.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL, GREENWOOD, S. C.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">BY PRINCIPAL J. M. ROBINSON.</div>
+
+
+<p>On the afternoon which witnessed the closing exercises of the Brewer
+Normal School, notwithstanding a promised storm, the chapel was well
+filled. The platform was tastefully decorated with flowers, ferns, and
+the national colors. We feel keenly the need of a large flag, and
+should some friend who sees this be moved to donate us one it would be
+very gratefully received.</p>
+
+<p>The class of '96, composed of two young ladies and two young men,
+acquitted themselves well. The essay, "We Girls," by Miss Annie Laurie
+Fuller, was full of good thoughts, and pointed out very forcibly to
+the girls of the colored race their present advantages, and what as a
+result their responsibilities are.</p>
+
+<p>Rev. H. H. Proctor, pastor of the First Congregational Church, of
+Atlanta, Ga., gave an able address on "Racial Contributions to<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_282" id="Page_282">[Pg 282]</a></span>
+American Civilization," which, while stating plain truths very
+plainly, gave no offense to the white friends present. For the first
+time in our knowledge of the school there were a number of white
+ladies in the audience, which we felt was quite a point gained. All
+expressed themselves as very much pleased with the address, the parts
+of the graduates, the music, and in fact with all the exercises.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Proctor's presence with us was an inspiration to all, both
+teachers and pupils. On the whole, the year was closed with
+hopefulness for the future and a greater desire to do work that should
+tell for the uplifting of the needy people with whom we are
+associated.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>TALLADEGA COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.</h3>
+
+
+<p>Talladega College, Ala., observed its twenty-ninth anniversary at the
+usual time.</p>
+
+<p>The first public exercise was by the preparatory students who had
+completed the course which entitled them to enter upon the collegiate
+studies in the fall. Four young men received diplomas at this
+exhibition.</p>
+
+<p>The display by the industrial departments was unusually interesting.
+The sewing-room had on hand plain and fancy needle-work, finished
+garments for both sexes, among which were children's clothes made over
+from those previously worn by adults. This latter feature will commend
+itself to many homes where the custom of "making over" old clothes is
+one of the necessities. Girls taught in the sewing-room are able to
+make a livelihood by taking orders for work in this line. There is
+also a nurse-training department which is not only patronized by
+pupils in the required course, but volunteer classes have been formed
+consisting of the older male students and of mothers living near the
+college. A hospital bed was exhibited, and also the various sorts of
+bandages required in special cases. The boys' mechanical department
+furnished a large display in carpentry&mdash;mostly of a technical
+character. Then there were geometric and scale drawing, building plans
+of a varied character, and other work. The farm was represented in an
+appropriate way. Convenient appliances for care of stock, for housing
+farm products, etc., were shown, and live stock of various sorts was
+there&mdash;some varieties of which are giving to the college a wide
+notoriety for their excellence.</p>
+
+<p>Public examinations were held in studies of grammar and advanced
+grades. The class in trigonometry gave evidence of the practical
+character of its labors by exhibiting a plat of the college
+property&mdash;some 270 acres in all&mdash;drawn to a scale and neatly
+lettered.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_283" id="Page_283">[Pg 283]</a></span></p><p>The literary and musical exercises of the commencement were very
+generously patronized by the white citizens. It is to be regretted
+that the college chapel is not sufficiently large to accommodate the
+audiences, and that scores were unable to get a sitting at the concert
+of Monday night. There is a hope that a more commodious chapel will
+soon be built.</p>
+
+<p>There were present two distinguished gentlemen from abroad&mdash;members of
+the college trustee board, Dr. Beard, of New York, and Dr. Cooper, of
+Connecticut. The former spoke most felicitously on several occasions,
+and the latter delivered a very able baccalaureate sermon and the
+literary address. Rev. J. R. McLean, of Macon, Ga., preached Sunday
+night.</p>
+
+<p>The graduates and the subjects of their themes were as follows:</p>
+
+
+<div class="center">NORMAL DEPARTMENT.<br /></div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Normal Department Speeches">
+<colgroup><col width="55%" /><col width="35%" /></colgroup>
+<tr><td align='left'>The Uses of the Imagination</td><td align='right'>Louise M. Johnson, Talladega</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Folk-lore</td><td align='right'>Marietta G. Kidd, Talladega</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>True Womanhood</td><td align='right'>Annie B. Williams, Jacksonville</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>The Times that Try Men's Souls</td><td align='right'>Robert A. Clarke, New Berne</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>There is More Beyond</td><td align='right'>Wade A. Jones, Vincent</td></tr>
+</table></div><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.<br /></div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Theological Department Speeches">
+<colgroup><col width="65%" /><col width="35%" /></colgroup>
+<tr>
+ <td align='left'>The Condition and the Value of Definite Preaching,</td>
+ <td align='right'>Manuel L. Baldwin, Troy, N. C.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td colspan="2" align='left'>The Conquest of Alexander the Great in its Relation to the Spread of Christianity,</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td colspan="2" align="right">John I. Donaldson, Paris, Tex.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td align='left'>The Relation of Infant Baptism to the Kingdom of God,</td>
+ <td align='right'>Robert W. Jackson, Durant, Miss.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p>Dr. Andrews presided at the exercises and delivered the diplomas.</p>
+
+<p>Two representatives of the alumni also presented original exercises:</p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Alumni Speeches">
+<colgroup><col width="35%" /><col width="65%" /></colgroup>
+<tr>
+ <td align='left'>Leaders Demanded by this Epoch,</td>
+ <td align='right'>Rev. H. E. Levi, B.D., Talladega (Normal '87, Theological '95)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Alumni History,</td><td align='right'>Miss Eliza A. Jones, Selma (Normal '91)</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p>The Alumni dinner and business meeting followed, and the address on
+"Manhood," by Dr. Cooper, at night, closed the series.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>SNAP SHOTS AT SOME TALLADEGA STUDENTS.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">BY PROF. E. C. SILSBY.</div>
+
+
+<p>One day last year there came unannounced a boy who had walked fifty
+miles to get here. He was an orphan, had been working until he had
+secured a good outfit of clothing, and, having been told of this
+school by one of our pupil-teachers laboring in his neighborhood,
+concluded to come, "work his way," and get an education. There seemed
+to be nothing to do but to reward his faith by receiving him into
+boarding-hall and school-room. He was an apt scholar, worked
+diligently, and is still doing well.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_284" id="Page_284">[Pg 284]</a></span></p><p>Not long ago a young man, twenty years old, appeared with a diminutive
+satchel and applied to enter school. Upon inquiry a college official
+discovered that he lived some thirty miles distant, that he had only
+$3.50, no expectation of getting any more money, and that his
+scholarship was very poor. He stated that he had been converted about
+four years before and sometime afterward had a "call to preach."
+Later, he explained the nature of this "call" thus: "One morning just
+before day, as I lay in my bed, I heard a voice. It said, 'Does you
+remember what the Lord Jesus Christ said to his disciples just before
+He descended into heaven? Go ye into all the world and preach the
+gospel to every creature.' I studied about this, and finally asked the
+Lord did He mean for me to preach. He gave me a feeling that He did. I
+tried to get the idea out of my mind, but it kept coming back, and
+here I am." He was advised to stay out until he could earn money
+enough with which to make a beginning. But he wanted to enter school
+even if he could stay in but two weeks. He was therefore examined,
+placed in the second reader room, given a book and a Testament, and
+the promise of work to pay his tuition. He found a boarding place, and
+for a brief period of time enjoyed the privileges of the school room
+according to his request.</p>
+
+<p>A young woman, daughter of an early friend of the College, is here.
+Her father (now in heaven) had experienced the conditions both of
+slavery and of freedom, and his children have inherited that father's
+interest in education to a large degree. This, his youngest daughter,
+is cared for by her brothers, and the solicitude they exhibit in her
+welfare is very touching. May she finish her course with honor, and
+perform a noble work "for Christ and humanity."</p>
+
+<p>A few years ago a man and his wife left the service of their employer
+in a neighboring city, rented a little cottage in Talladega, and
+entered the same class in one of our lower grades. By prudence and
+economy they had saved some money and were able to live comfortably
+while prosecuting their studies. They have passed regularly up the
+grades and are happy in the progress they are making. During the long
+summer vacation they find employment, and are on hand promptly at the
+fall opening of the school. They are both active church members, and
+the man expects to study for the ministry after sufficient preparatory
+training.</p>
+
+<p>Here is a case several times repeated. It is that of a girl who is
+making her way unaided by parental effort. She spends the long summer
+vacation teaching a country school. The pay is small, board must be
+paid out of her wages, and her scanty wardrobe must be replenished.
+She has made a deposit with the treasurer, and has<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_285" id="Page_285">[Pg 285]</a></span> arranged for work
+at the boarding hall to help out in the matter of college bills. She
+has no time for play, no money for luxuries, but she is plucky and is
+bound to have an education, and it looks as if she would succeed.</p>
+
+<p>A young man is here. He came with plain clothes, although they were
+clean and new. Out of wages&mdash;less than ten dollars a month and
+board&mdash;he had saved an amount which, with work out of study hours
+would insure him a year in school. Once he came without money, but we
+could not receive him. He therefore determined to come next time
+<i>with</i> money, and his success we note above. Promotion for good
+scholarship came soon. Religious influences were strong, and he became
+a Christian. He is now among the most trusted and valued pupils.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>ALBANY NORMAL SCHOOL, ALBANY, GA.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">BY MRS. ALICE L. DAVIS.</div>
+
+
+<p>One finds that every year the enrollment grows larger. The people are
+increasingly appreciating the work done by the school. Every one who
+can afford it usually sends his children to our school, but there are
+others who are extremely poor but who are equally anxious to send
+their children also, and in order to do this they make great
+sacrifices. Many mothers work at the washtub from Monday morning till
+Saturday night, and do all kinds of manual labor, to obtain the money
+with which to keep their children in school. Some of our neediest
+pupils prove to be the best in their classes. One boy, whose widowed
+mother is unable to keep him in school, may be seen every day before
+and after school going in search of odd jobs to obtain money with
+which to pay his tuition.</p>
+
+<p>This boy is one of the brightest pupils we have. There are others who
+are equally anxious to obtain an education. Many will walk distances
+ranging from three to seven miles to school every morning. The
+interest in the school increases yearly to such an extent that the
+building, which at first was thought to be large enough to accommodate
+all who would come, is now entirely too small to accommodate the
+pupils that we have. It will be almost impossible to get along next
+year without more room. We are greatly in need of a chapel where we
+can hold our devotions and have our public exercises. Without more
+room the work will be greatly hampered.</p>
+
+<p>The third anniversary of our school was held last week. These
+exercises are always looked forward to with the greatest interest and
+pleasure by both parents and pupils. On June 4 was our exhibition of
+the primary and intermediate grades. The audience was made<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_286" id="Page_286">[Pg 286]</a></span> up of the
+fathers, mothers, and friends of the students. They seemed anxious to
+have each pupil acquit himself well, and the pupils seemed equally as
+eager to do their best to please the audience. The programme, which
+was well rendered, was made up of essays, declamations, solos, duets,
+and choruses. "Bernardo del Carpio" and the quarrel between Brutus and
+Cassius were rendered in a manner worthy of more experienced pupils.</p>
+
+<p>On June 5 were the exercises of the grammar grades. The programme was
+made up of essays by two young ladies, who had completed the grammar
+grades; instrumental solos by the music-pupils, trios, and choruses;
+also an address by Rev. Mr. Sims, of Thomasville, Ga., who spoke on
+the subject "Wanted." He pointed out the need of education, of
+religion, of wealth, and especially of sterling morality in character.
+This address was highly appreciated by the large and enthusiastic
+audience.</p>
+
+<p>Could my reader have been present he would have realized that the
+people are hungering and thirsting after knowledge, and are beginning
+to regard our school as a well-spring to supply them.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>CHANDLER NORMAL SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, KY.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">MISS F. J. WEBSTER, PRINCIPAL.</div>
+
+
+<p>In reviewing the history of Chandler Normal School for the past year,
+we find more reasons than usual for courage and gratitude. In all
+departments of our work we see evidences of the mental and moral
+advancement of our pupils. The year has been one of progress and
+prosperity. Nothing has occurred to hinder the work. The conscientious
+performance of duty has been the rule of the school, and the students
+who entered with any other purpose in view soon discovered their
+mistake and saw that they did not have the approval of their
+companions.</p>
+
+<p>The forerunner of the closing exercises was the presentation of the
+cantata "Little Red Riding-hood," by the pupils of the intermediate
+grades. This entertainment drew as large an audience as the chapel, a
+room that has a seating capacity of 600, could accommodate. The music,
+both vocal and instrumental, was excellent, and illustrated most fully
+the remarkable progress that has been made in this department within
+the past three years.</p>
+
+<p>Two days were devoted to the annual written examinations, momentous
+occasions, that were crowned with success so far as the majority of
+the pupils were concerned. The ordeal of examinations closed with the
+public oral ones on Friday morning. On the afternoon of the same day
+occurred the exhibition of the eighth grade, the class<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_287" id="Page_287">[Pg 287]</a></span> finishing the
+grammar course. The essays presented on this occasion were all upon
+subjects suggested by the pupils' study of United States history.</p>
+
+<p>The exercises of Monday morning were wholly musical. The first part of
+the programme consisted of the cantata "The Musical Enthusiast," and
+the second part of a piano recital. All the music presented was of a
+high order, most of it being classical.</p>
+
+<p>On Tuesday a declamatory contest was given by the young women of the
+normal department. The prize offered by a friend of one of the
+teachers was a year's tuition in Chandler School. The selections were
+from standard authors, and were chosen with the purpose of testing to
+the utmost the ability of the young contestants. During the past year
+much interest has been manifested by the pupils in work of this sort,
+and most noticeable progress has been made by many of them.</p>
+
+<p>At the close of the contest a very interesting and eloquent address on
+the subject of temperance was given by Rev. J. S. Jackson, pastor of
+the Congregational Church in Lexington. The thoughts presented were
+full of inspiration for all who heard them.</p>
+
+<p>On Wednesday morning an intelligent and appreciative audience
+assembled in the chapel to listen to the commencement exercises. Three
+young men presented orations, and three young women essays, on this
+occasion. There was but one graduate from the higher normal course. An
+oration on the subject "Frederick Douglass," presented by a young man
+who had completed the tenth grade, was considered an unusually
+creditable student production and elicited much applause.</p>
+
+<p>The commencement address was given by the Rev. W. T. Bolling, D.D.,
+pastor of the Southern Methodist Church of Lexington. The speaker
+prefaced his remarks by saying that much surprise had been expressed
+by many of his friends that he, a former slaveholder and an
+ex-Confederate soldier, would consent to deliver the commencement
+address for a school devoted to such a purpose as was Chandler. He
+assured these individuals that our school had no warmer friend than
+he, nor one more in sympathy with its work. No address could have been
+more helpful and stimulating than was his. All who had the privilege
+of listening to it were cheered and edified.</p>
+
+<p>At the close of each day's literary exercises the majority of the
+audience accepted the invitation to examine the work of the
+sewing-classes on exhibition in one of the recitation-rooms. A large
+number of articles, all carefully made by hand, gave abundant evidence
+of the industry and skill of the girls of both schools.</p>
+
+<p>The closing entertainment of commencement week took place in the
+chapel on Wednesday at 8 <span class="smcap">P.M.</span> The programme for that occasion
+consisted of a cantata entitled "The Cadets' Picnic," presented by
+the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_288" id="Page_288">[Pg 288]</a></span> little pupils of the Hand School. The night was stormy, but for
+all that the large chapel of Chandler School was comfortably full.
+Fifty small children, carefully trained and displaying perfect
+self-possession, took part in this entertainment. The teachers of the
+Hand School had every reason to feel gratified with the results of
+their work.</p>
+
+<p>The teachers of both the Chandler and Hand schools have labored
+diligently for the moral and spiritual upbuilding of their pupils
+during the past year. The meetings of the Christian Endeavor Society,
+held each Friday morning at 9, have been productive of the best
+results.</p>
+
+<p>The Sunday-school work has been very encouraging. Chandler and Hand
+Mission Sabbath-schools together numbered more than two hundred pupils
+at the close of the year. Nearly all of these children were from
+communities destitute of every other Christian influence.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF A SOUTHERN PASTOR.</h3>
+
+
+<p>I desire to explain to you some features of what I conceive to be the
+most interesting scheme I have witnessed in the South for a long time.
+You have, I suppose, received one or two copies of our little paper.
+Let me give you a bit of history concerning it.</p>
+
+<p>It was a short while after the "local option" election, in which the
+friends and advocates of temperance and good government went down in
+inglorious defeat before the red-faced saloon-keepers and other
+votaries of vice, when the executive committee of the "Prohibs"
+saddled the cause of defeat on the Negroes' shoulders. The cause of
+defeat agreed upon, a few generous-hearted men thought it would be
+much better to make some kind of effort to elevate the Negro than to
+grieve about what was already done. So the idea of a manual
+training-school was advanced by two gentlemen, one of whom is a stanch
+Southerner, who for a long time had the unenviable reputation of
+believing and openly advocating the strange and illogical theory that
+the Negro has no soul; the other is a minister of Southern birth, but
+of Northern education. Infatuated with the prospects of ultimate
+success, and having, it seems providentially, come upon a man who was
+a printer and owned an outfit, they talked with him, and he, needing
+work, was evidently smitten with the idea. Thoroughly understanding
+themselves, they sought a conference with a few representative colored
+men. I was among the first to be interviewed. The minister put the
+matter before me, and I saw nothing unworthy in it, and it drew out my
+sympathy immediately. After talking the whole matter over we agreed to
+call a meeting. The meeting was called in the well-furnished office of
+a colored man. There were six present&mdash;three white men and three
+colored men. We talked over the matter again, each one<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_289" id="Page_289">[Pg 289]</a></span> stating his
+limitations in the affair. I asked the white gentlemen present if they
+thought they could stand the sentiment that would doubtless be brought
+to bear upon them. They said, "While we anticipate opposition, we are
+sure we can withstand all assaults." "Then," said I, "we have nothing
+to lose." The whites were to have a part of the paper and the colored
+a part&mdash;a quarter or a half, as they might desire. I was asked to take
+charge of the colored department, and with reluctance I agreed. The
+paper went through eight issues. The whites interested in it found the
+pressure too great for them, and the owner of the outfit found the
+support entirely too meager. The white editor while in attendance at a
+church convention was in some cases refused the courtesy of a
+Christian introduction. One young woman who was a friend of the editor
+refused to introduce him to her friend because he was in the newspaper
+business with a "nigger." A banker was asked to subscribe, but
+refused, saying there was too much &mdash;&mdash; "nigger" about that paper for
+him. The merchants generally refused to advertise in it. After an
+existence of about eight weeks the paper ceased temporarily or
+permanently, I know not whether the former or the latter. When I
+talked with the originator of the idea he candidly confessed: "I was
+born in the South, held slaves in the South, have lived in the South
+all my life, but the prejudice among the white people against the
+Negroes is greater than I thought. While I am entirely independent of
+public opinion, the reflection on my friends Mr. &mdash;&mdash; and Dr. &mdash;&mdash; has
+been very great."</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>LETTER FROM A FORMER STUDENT AT MOBILE.</h3>
+
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Dear Friend</span>: I entered Emerson Institute the first Monday in October
+of 1892, but long before that time I had contemplated going there to
+school, though not having any immediate support I could not attend
+until the above-named time. Just two days before I entered the school
+I had accepted a position as clerk, but seeing the great need of an
+education I quit immediately and entered school. When I entered
+Emerson I had not been in school for about seven years, but had to
+some extent been engaged in study. I had no sure means of support, but
+was determined to educate myself.</p>
+
+<p>Our principal, seeing my earnestness, gave me the privilege of living
+at the "Home," which enabled me to work out my board and tuition. I
+gladly accepted. And it is here the lasting influence began its effect
+upon me. Indeed, I cannot state the first impression made, but I do
+know the best; that is, it was here I became a Christian and was made
+to accept Christ as my Saviour. I think I professed religion in March
+of 1893, during Mr. Moore's work there. From this<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_290" id="Page_290">[Pg 290]</a></span> step I began to
+build a principle that would be able to stand the many temptations
+that would come upon me. The next best thing, it was here (at Emerson)
+I was made to realize the evil effect of alcoholic liquors, and when,
+as before that time, I had some toleration for wine, etc., I pledged
+myself against it and became a strong defender of "Prohibition." I was
+fortunate in being awarded a prize for the best-made speech on
+Prohibition in a contest given by Emerson Institute on May 22, 1894;
+and I almost decided to become a temperance lecturer.</p>
+
+<p>It is impossible for me to enumerate the myriad of good influences
+that have surrounded me by being a student in Mobile. But permit me to
+say that if there is any one thing in earth that I owe for my
+stableness in that which is right, it is my having been immediately
+under the good influences of Emerson Institute and its earnest
+teachers. I have been made to see the power of a good education. My
+mind, heart, and soul have been broadened; and now I am able to look
+upon humanity from a broader point of view. It has certainly given me
+a more congenial spirit, and wherein I may have been conceited, I am
+not now. One very important influence is that I have decided to never
+stop short of the very best possible education. I have been made to
+believe that morality is the only standard for ideal Christianity.</p>
+
+<p>A few words of what I am doing and shall do. I shall soon be teaching
+my motto, "A high moral standard," pure and upright, to benefit the
+largest possible number in shortest possible time. I shall endeavor by
+God's assistance to instill in my pupils these true principles of
+right doing and the possibilities brought through education. And as I
+have been influenced by Emerson Institute and its teachers, I shall
+try and do likewise to those whom I shall assume authority over.</p>
+
+<p>I think that you will be able to get an idea of how I have been
+influenced by Emerson Institute by the narrative which I have given,
+although scattering.</p>
+
+<p>I trust that you will pray for my success, and that I may be able to
+stand the <i>test</i>. I have endeavored to give veracity in this matter,
+with no exaggeration. Neither have I spoken in hyperbolical terms, to
+make the wrong impression. Trusting that this is the question that you
+asked me, properly answered, I am hopeful that your stay with us this
+year has been crowned with success, and that you may return next year
+with even greater determination, and that the results may be a
+hundred-fold. Kind wishes to all the teachers. I am,</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 35em;">Yours sincerely,</span>
+</p>
+<div class="right"><span class="smcap">W. L. Jones</span>.</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_291" id="Page_291">[Pg 291]</a></span></p>
+<h3>GRAND VIEW CHURCH.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">REV. W. W. DORNAN.</div>
+
+
+<p>The Grand View Congregational Church is situated on Waldon's Ridge,
+overlooking the pleasant valley of Tennessee. The outlook on the
+southern side reaches to the Unaka chain of mountains in North
+Carolina, a distance of about seventy miles. Westward and northward
+rise in the background of the forest the mountains of the Cumberland
+plateau. On the east, the trees shut out everything but the sky.</p>
+
+<p>We are about 800 feet above the sea-level, giving a most delightful
+and salubrious atmosphere. The moral atmosphere is equally good. The
+nearest place for liquors and their accompanying vices is in the
+valley beneath.</p>
+
+<p>The Congregational Church was organized at this place on October 15,
+1885, under the superintendency of the American Missionary
+Association. The congregation was composed wholly of people from the
+Northern States, who had come to the mountains seeking health. These,
+to the number of about twenty-five families, form the neighborhood of
+Grand View. Outside of this place are to be found the people of the
+mountains, scattered across the mountain-top, in a little clearing
+here and another there. In the midst of the woods, during the summer,
+it is a "discovery" to find the log house, the home of the
+mountaineer. The occupation of all is farming. There is no other means
+for a livelihood.</p>
+
+<p>Many of the church members own their own homes; usually two-story
+frame buildings.</p>
+
+<p>During the present pastorate twenty-one have united with the church;
+fourteen by letter, seven by confession. Out of this number we have
+nine who are mountaineers, the first acquisition of the native element
+to the church. We have a small but neat building, seating 150, in
+which services are held every Sunday morning and evening. A Christian
+Endeavor Society embraces a large number of the young people for whom
+we labor.</p>
+
+<p>This church is in connection with a large and flourishing school. The
+students come to us from three States, and thus the influence of the
+American Missionary Association is scattered far and wide. We are the
+center of a large but poor class of people who have no means to help
+themselves. If they are ever to help themselves, they must receive a
+start from outside. When they do get a chance they usually go ahead.</p>
+
+<p>We have among our students many teachers of the public schools lifting
+the tone of the whole mountain. Last year about sixteen of<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_292" id="Page_292">[Pg 292]</a></span> the
+students taught school during the vacation, covering a territory from
+Red Belt, Georgia, to Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. Several lawyers,
+former students, are now practicing at the bar in Tennessee and other
+States. To our honor one of our graduates is a missionary in China;
+many have gone forth to usefulness. Many, if not all, of these would
+have been unable to do anything for themselves but for the benevolence
+of the churches and the planting of the school and church in this
+place. The ideas with which the Association set out to work are no
+longer theories, but established facts.</p>
+
+<p>The success of the Association, I believe, lies, next to God's
+blessing, in the fact that they realized that not only the school is
+needed to make better men and women, but also the church to fit these
+men and women for the struggles of life. Both together are needed to
+do the work.</p>
+
+<p>In this place, where "the work which this society is doing touches
+every fiber of our national life," that which produced the sterling
+manhood of New England in the past days, and made our national life a
+possibility and then a fact, can, in a like manner in the future,
+produce such men and women on the mountains and in the valleys of the
+South.</p>
+
+<p>Such a work should give hope and courage to every friend of this
+Association, and I believe that in the last day it will be a great
+surprise to many to know how many homes they have helped to brighten,
+and how many lives they have helped to bless, and how many souls they
+have helped to save.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h2>The Chinese.</h2>
+
+<h3>VISITS TO THREE MISSIONS.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">BY REV. JEE GAM.</div>
+
+
+<p>The missions visited were those at Marysville, Oroville, and
+Watsonville. At each place an anniversary was held, at which Dr. Pond
+wished me to make an address. But I felt that I had other duties to do
+besides this:</p>
+
+<p>1. To see that those brethren who had not been baptized should come to
+baptism.</p>
+
+<p>2. To urge those scholars who ought to join the Congregational
+Association of Christian Chinese to do so at once.</p>
+
+<p>3. To strengthen and stimulate the brethren, not only to stand firm in
+their faith, but to press forward to save men through Christ.</p>
+
+<p>4. To urge them to give generously to our work.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_293" id="Page_293">[Pg 293]</a></span></p><p>5. To preach on the street, that I might lead some one or more to
+Jesus.</p>
+
+<p>At Marysville I lost no time in getting the names of those who had not
+been baptized, and who seemed ready for baptism; then the names of
+pupils who ought to join the association. Then I enlisted the
+co-operation of the baptized Christians. We just <i>surrounded</i> four of
+our brethren and urged them to give themselves publicly and wholly to
+Christ. They objected that they would like just to know more, but they
+had been under instruction between one and two years, and had
+confessed themselves believers six or more months ago by joining the
+association. We thought them well qualified to receive baptism.
+Finally they consented, and then we all shook hands and rejoiced. They
+were baptized by Dr. Pond the following Sunday evening, when after the
+anniversary we received the Lord's Supper and listened to Dr. Pond's
+sermon on our motto for the year, "Ye shall be baptized with the Holy
+Ghost."</p>
+
+<p>The method of winning the three pupils for the Association was the
+same only with the added efforts of all present.</p>
+
+<p>The contribution was generous. At my first mention of this matter they
+all held up their pledge-cards, duly signed, and with the amounts they
+were able to give written upon them.</p>
+
+<p>On Sunday afternoon we held a street meeting, which all the brethren
+who could attended, and all helped.</p>
+
+<p>The next day (Monday) two Marysville brethren went with us to Oroville
+at their own expense. The weather was intensely hot, but this did not
+prevent a cordial welcome to us, both at the depot and at the Mission.
+And here we settled down to work just as we did at Marysville. The
+result was that three brethren were baptized and one scholar joined
+the association. The new brother is an educated young man, but was a
+great devotee of gambling, at which he has generally lost money. On my
+first visit to Oroville, two years ago, I admonished him to quit this
+bad habit and become a Christian. He frankly acknowledged the sin, but
+was reluctant to cease from it till he could win back what he had
+lost. So I could not persuade him. And when I reached Oroville this
+time I was made sad at hearing that he was still a gambler, though
+still a pupil in the school. He came to the Mission house that evening
+at about 10 o'clock, and, after hand-shaking, sat down in a corner of
+the room. Seeing in this a fine opportunity, I said to the brethren
+present, "Let us gather about Jee Loy and win him to Christ to-night."
+There were six of us, myself included. We asked him what objection he
+had to becoming a Christian. He mentioned many, but we disposed of
+them all, not, however, without talking for nearly two hours. During
+the brethren's<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_294" id="Page_294">[Pg 294]</a></span> turns to speak I prayed in my heart many times,
+invoking God's help on our words, and begging that his heart might be
+opened to the truth and to Christ.</p>
+
+<p>But he still refused. I then said to him, "Will you go home and think
+the matter over very carefully and let us know to-morrow evening?" He
+said that he would. A prayer was offered and he went home. We were
+overjoyed when he came the next evening to tell us that he had decided
+for Christ and would join the association, which he did at once. We
+were all filled with thanksgiving.</p>
+
+<p>Three other things made us glad: (1) The addition of three brethren to
+our Bethany Church in Oroville; (2) the steadfastness and boldness of
+our brethren as shown at the street preaching service; and (3) their
+generosity. For when I spoke to them about Senator George C. Perkins
+and his allowing them to occupy this building for twenty years without
+charging a cent of rent, or even our paying the taxes upon it, and
+suggested that they make him a life member of our California Chinese
+Mission, as quick as lightning "Yes," "Yes!" was heard all over the
+room. In a very short time the whole amount of $25 was subscribed; and
+they intend, with God's help, to make Mrs. Perkins a life member next
+year.</p>
+
+<p>The anniversaries at Marysville and Oroville were the best we ever had
+in either place. The Lord's Supper, in each case, was observed at the
+mission after the anniversary service closed, and this was followed by
+Dr. Pond's discourse, so that the services did not end till about
+11.30 o'clock.</p>
+
+<p>At Oroville, even after this, a pleasant social was held, and we tried
+to bring another to Christ, but did not succeed; and finally, the
+night being so nearly gone, and the morning train for San Francisco
+starting at 4 o'clock, we did not go to bed at all, but strolled
+through Chinatown and enjoyed the cool night air after a hot,
+laborious day.</p>
+
+<p>At Watsonville we had similar exercises, and the joy of extending our
+fellowship to Dr. Quon Hun, a highly educated Chinese physician, who
+had attended our school for several months, and who, after studying
+the Lord's Prayer all alone, was led into the light of Christ, and
+composed a beautiful Chinese poem upon it. He had charge of the
+tablets of one of the Tongs, and had also his own private shrine in
+his office. But he returned the tablets and destroyed his own idols.
+He is a man greatly respected, and will be able to do a great work for
+Christ, though doubtless he will encounter much odium and
+persecution.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_295" id="Page_295">[Pg 295]</a></span></p>
+<h2>Bureau of Woman's Work.</h2>
+
+<h3>THE ASSOCIATION JUBILEE.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">BY SEC. D. E. EMERSON.</div>
+
+
+<p>Not long after emancipation a freed-woman, about 50 years old, who was
+learning to read, came to the word "unbound" in her lesson, and
+exclaimed, rapturously, "How good, to feel unbound!"</p>
+
+<p>If the American Missionary Association, its work, principles, and all
+that it represents, could be expressed in one word, that word would be
+<i>emancipation</i>&mdash;deliverance from bondage, deliverance from caste
+prejudice, from ignorance, superstition, and darkness. Its mission is
+to preach the gospel to the poor, to loose the chains of the bound, to
+proclaim "The truth shall make you free."</p>
+
+<p>It was a little company of earnest men and women that gathered in
+Albany, N. Y., in September, 1846, to form this organization. Its
+early history was not only of works, but of "witness," fearless and
+undaunted. It had a God-given mission, and this conviction sustained
+its brave adherents during those years of severe trial and testing.
+Yet all was not discouragement. Every year brought added strength in
+numbers and in funds. Every year showed more plainly that the hand of
+the Lord was in this movement.</p>
+
+<p>So it worked for fifteen years, gaining varied experience in
+industrial, educational, evangelistic, and church work, in methods of
+administration, in wise use of funds. At the close of this period it
+was conducting prosperous missions at thirty-seven stations in its
+foreign field, and in the home field it had under its care 120
+churches. Then came the rebellion and war, and the unmistakable call
+of Providence to the rapid development of missions southward.
+Immediately the Association, now encouraged and supported by all the
+churches, moved in the wake of the Union army, beginning in 1861 to
+work for the contrabands at Fortress Monroe, where 1,800 colored
+people had sought the protection of the American flag. All its
+varieties of experience and resources were called into action. It
+became a philanthropic society to feed and clothe the suffering, a
+Bible society to distribute the word of God. It became an industrial
+society to help people to homes and teach practical farming, trades,
+and housewifery. It established social settlements, with groups of
+missionary teachers living in one household among the degraded and
+despised people, to whom they ministered; an educational society with
+its system of schools; a church society, seeking always the salvation
+of souls and gathering of converts into churches.</p>
+
+<p>Now it was that the wisdom, the heroism, the unfaltering faith of this
+Association, strengthened by fifteen years of valorous adherence<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_296" id="Page_296">[Pg 296]</a></span> to
+the gospel principles of emancipation, prepared it to launch out upon
+its great mission. The demands were almost overwhelming in extent and
+variety.</p>
+
+<p>First, Fortress Monroe, then Norfolk and all eastern Virginia, Newport
+News, and Port Royal; then the Carolinas, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
+So closely did the missions follow the victorious armies that by the
+time the war-storm had fully cleared away, the American Missionary
+Association had 320 missionaries preaching and teaching the gospel to
+the freedmen, with 16,000 pupils in its schools. No wonder that it was
+said, "Behold how God has fitted this Association for this vast and
+mighty work."</p>
+
+<p>The development of this marvelous work has many thrilling chapters
+among the forty-nine that have been already written. They tell the
+story briefly of the devoted men and women who have been carrying on
+the blessed work of emancipation. They show how not less than 3,000
+women have given of their best talent and strength to this Christ-like
+service. They speak of the perils by shotgun and by fire; of
+imprisonment, ostracism, and scorn; of persecution, that it was
+believed the progress of the age had made impossible in these later
+days, but which the State of Florida has been able to revive. But
+these chapters tell also how the truth has been setting many free,
+blacks and whites alike, bringing them into a truer conception of
+God's fatherhood, man's brotherhood through sonship by Jesus Christ.</p>
+
+<p>The American Missionary Association finds its highest testimonial in
+the work itself, in its system of Christian schools, including graded
+primaries, academies, normal and industrial schools, in its colleges
+in each of five states, and in its advancing church work. Nay, its
+best testimonial is in the product from these schools and churches,
+the teachers and preachers, lawyers and doctors, the good farmers and
+mechanics, the upright mothers and fathers, the sweet though humble
+homes, the conscientious Christian citizens, in whose influence and
+leadership lies the hope of the African race. It finds its testimonial
+in the loyalty and devotion of its missionaries, their self-denial for
+the cause they love. It has seen a gifted woman from a home of comfort
+going year by year for twenty years to this work of emancipation for
+the "bound" in Georgia and Tennessee, among a despised people, and,
+when called from earth and earth's opportunities, leaving a liberal
+sum to continue the work of Christian education. It has seen many
+another consecrated missionary take from the savings of a lifetime, to
+enable the Association to light one more lamp for the dark places of
+the South, and not a few turn back three-fourths of their small
+salaries to help in sustaining the work. The liberality<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_297" id="Page_297">[Pg 297]</a></span> of the
+missionaries testifies not only to the genuineness of the work, but to
+the importance of the field and its irresistible appeal.</p>
+
+<p>With such a history the American Missionary Association stands before
+the churches in this, its fiftieth, year. God has graciously widened
+the fields before it. The 4,000,000 of freed slaves are a race of
+8,000,000 in our midst. "Never since the apostolic age has there been
+open to the church a field so vast, so urgent, so hopeful."</p>
+
+<p>God has graciously widened the mission fields of the Association; the
+mountain regions of the South have been opened, and the gospel,
+carried with such personal risk fifty years ago, reaching only here
+and there a few, may be carried freely to the 2,000,000 of our
+mountain countrymen mentally and spiritually bound. God has graciously
+widened the fields. The Indian missions present their claim, for
+wherever a pagan Indian tribe remains there may the gospel be carried
+quickly and without personal harm. The providential call has been
+heard also, and answered by this Association, for the Chinese within
+our borders and the Eskimo on the Alaskan coast. The work of this
+Association may well be the glory of the churches. God has done His
+part. He has opened the fields, He has richly blessed every effort
+toward enlightenment and Christian civilization. The missionaries have
+done their part in prayer, in labor, in gifts, in voicing the earnest
+appeal of these poor, whose greatest need is Christian education and a
+pure gospel.</p>
+
+<p>Now, the Association has come to its fiftieth year, the fiftieth
+chapter in its serial history. Standing always for emancipation, it is
+itself enthralled in the toils of a terrible debt. It trusted the
+churches; it believed that the action of the churches in separating
+their Indian work from the government, relinquishing $22,000, would be
+followed by $22,000 additional gifts from the people of God, that the
+Indian missions should not suffer loss. It believed that the growing
+claim of the Southern mountain work and the claim of this great
+African race in our midst would not be disregarded. It still believes
+in the churches. There has been only a temporary withholding. In the
+sisterhood of missionary societies, two have been freed from debt. Now
+by one grand concentration of gifts to the Jubilee Fund of the
+American Missionary Association, shall it not be enabled to celebrate
+a remarkable record, a marvelous work, a divine call to present
+widening fields of usefulness and a jubilee of financial freedom that
+by the grace of God shall last? May we not then confidently look for
+the opening of the windows of heaven, and the outpouring of such a
+blessing on home churches and mission fields as shall summon the
+attention of an indifferent and unbelieving world to the certain and
+rapid progress of the kingdom of God?</p>
+<hr class="quarter" />
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_298" id="Page_298">[Pg 298]</a></span></p>
+<h2>Jubilee Year Fund, Additional Shares.</h2>
+
+<p>
+<span class="smcap">Emeline J. Kellogg</span>, Manchester, Vt.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Andrus March</span>, Charlton City, Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Caroline Crowell</span>, Haverhill, Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Christian Union Congregational Church</span>, Upper Montclair, N. J.<br />
+Mrs. <span class="smcap">S. M. Cowles</span>, Kensington, Conn.<br />
+Mrs. <span class="smcap">M. A. Bachelor</span>, Whitinsville, Mass.<br />
+Mrs. <span class="smcap">C. A. Ransom</span>, Wellesley, Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Central Union South Church</span>, Concord, N. H.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Two Friends</span>, Wellesley, Mass., two shares.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Woman's Missionary Society</span>, River Falls, Wis.<br />
+<span class="smcap">First Congregational Church</span>, Great Barrington, Mass.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">James W. Bixler</span>, Trustee, New London, Conn.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Frank L. Andrews</span>, Fall River, Mass.<br />
+Mrs. <span class="smcap">R. S. Curtis</span>, Hampden, Me.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Second Congregational Church</span>, Manchester, Conn.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Plymouth Congregational Sunday-school</span>, Worcester, Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Tabitha L. Cushman</span>, East Los Angeles, Cal.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Congregational Sunday-school</span>, Greenville, N. H.<br />
+"<span class="smcap">Debtor to the A. M. A.</span>," Auburndale, Mass.<br />
+Mrs. <span class="smcap">Ellen M. Wellman</span>, Malden, Mass.<br />
+W. H. M. A., <span class="smcap">Auxiliary of Church of the Pilgrimage</span>, Plymouth, Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Congregational Church</span>, Yankton, S. D.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Walnut Hills Woman's Home Missionary Society</span>, Cincinnati, O.<br />
+<span class="smcap">John M. Williams</span>, Evanston, Ill.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Plymouth Congregational Church</span>, Lawrence, Kan.<br />
+Mr. and Mrs. <span class="smcap">Gaylord Thomson</span>, Medina, O.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Congregational Church</span>, Granby, Mass.<br />
+Mrs. <span class="smcap">Lota B. White</span> Wales, in memory of Rev. <span class="smcap">O. H. White</span>, D.D., Dorchester, Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">A Friend</span>, New Britain, Conn.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Friends</span>, Milford, N. H., two shares.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Ladies in Second Congregational Church</span>, West Winsted, Conn.<br />
+Miss <span class="smcap">Anna E. Farrington</span>, through <span class="smcap">Woman's Home Missionary Union of North Carolina</span>, Oaks, N. C.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Woman's Missionary Society</span>, Hancock, Mich.<br />
+<span class="smcap">A Friend</span>, Concord, N. H., two shares.<br />
+Mrs. <span class="smcap">S. A. Pratt</span>, Worcester, Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Evangelical Congregational Church</span>, Westboro, Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Congregational Church</span>, Oakham, Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Two Friends, Park Street Congregational Church</span>, Boston, Mass.<br />
+
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_299" id="Page_299">[Pg 299]</a></span>
+
+<span class="smcap">Individuals in Congregational Church</span>, Cumberland Centre, Me.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Belle Olinger</span>, Williamsburg, Ky.<br />
+Mrs. <span class="smcap">W. H. Catlin</span>, Meriden, Conn.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Woman's Association, First Church</span>, Detroit, Mich.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Residents</span>, Cumberland Gap, Tenn.<br />
+</p>
+<br />
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Jubilee Shares">
+<colgroup><col width="55%" /><col width="35%" /></colgroup>
+<tr><td align='left'>Previously reported,</td><td align='right'>238</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Subscriptions reported above,</td><td align='right'>46</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2" align='right'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Total number of shares reported,</td><td align='right'>284</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+
+<h2>RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1896.</h2>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h4><i>THE DANIEL HAND FUND</i><br /><br />
+<i>For the Education of Colored People.</i></h4>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Daniel Hand Fund">
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Income for July</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$7,920.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Previously acknowledged</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">47,663.09</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$55,583.09</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">=========</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<h3>CURRENT RECEIPTS</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Maine">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>MAINE</b>, $371.59</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Albany. J. E. Bird</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$4.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Auburn. Mission Band High St. Ch., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Calais. First Cong. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Centre Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.60</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Madison. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gardiner. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">28.14</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hampden. Mrs. R. S. Curtis, <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Bridgton. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.,
+<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.25</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rockland. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">42.57</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">South Freeport. Miss Fannie E. Soule,
+<i>for Moorhead, Miss.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wells. B. Maxwell, <i>for Share Jubilee
+Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Maine Woman's Aid to A. M. A., by
+Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury, Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Biddeford. Second Ch. Ladies' Miss'y Aux.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">45.25</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">6.28</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Harpswell Center.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">10.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Minot Center. Bal. to const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">Olive D. Shaw</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">23.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Pownal.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Skowhegan.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">21.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Somerset. Conference Coll.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">3.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Troy.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">7.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Turner.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">17.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Winthrop.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Woodfords. S. S. Primary Dept.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">1.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div> 143.53</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;New Hampshire">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>NEW HAMPSHIRE</b>, $857.10.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Alsted. Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.70</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Boscawen. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Allen (1 of which <i>for debt</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Candia. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.79</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Concord. South Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">63.18</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Derry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">27.63</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dover. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hanover. Mary A. Fletcher, <i>for Hospital, Fort Yates, N. D.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Haverhill. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Box C.
+and Bedding, Val. 22.45, <i>for Savannah,
+Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Laconia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lyndeboro. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Class of Young Girls, Sab.
+Sch. of Franklin St. Cong. Ch., <i>for
+Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plainfield. Mrs. S. R. Baker</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rindge. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Swanzey. Y. P. S. C. E., 8 <i>for Fort
+Berthold, N. D.</i>; 5 <i>for Fort Independence,
+N. D.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Walpole. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">28.63</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend," for a Life Membership</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Hampshire Female Cent. Inst. and
+Home Missionary Union, by Miss
+Annie A. McFarland, Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Boscawen. Cent. Union, <i>for Salary, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">8.67</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Concord. Cent. Union, First Ch., <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">50.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Concord. "A Friend," First Ch., <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">50.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Concord. Cent. Union, South Ch., <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">50.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Derry. Cent. Union, First Cong. Ch., <i>for Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">25.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Epsom. Cent. Society</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">4.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Hebron and Groton. Homeland Circle (3.78 of which <i>for debt</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">7.57</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Keene. Sab. Sch. Prim. Dept., Second Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Manchester. L. H. M. Soc. of Franklin St. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">68.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Tamworth. Mrs. Mary K. Gannet, <i>for Two Shares Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">100.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>368.24</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_300" id="Page_300">[Pg 300]</a></span></td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$821.17</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td align="center" colspan="2">ESTATE.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Ipswich. Estate of Dea. Leavit
+Lincoln, by Trustees</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.93</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$857.10</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Vermont">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>VERMONT</b>, $626.39.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Barnet. Y. P. S. C. E., by R. L. Laughlin,
+Cor. Sec.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$2.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bradford. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.10</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Burlington. College St. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">84.33</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Burlington. Sab. Sch., College St. Ch.,
+<i>for Central Ch., New Orleans, La.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Granby. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Miss Emeline J. Kellogg,
+<i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newbury. Bbl. for Christmas, Freight
+2.46, <i>for King's Mountain, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.46</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Bennington. Cong. Ch., adl.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Queechee. Cong. Ch., adl.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.80</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Randolph. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.15</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rochester. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.92</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Albans. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. "In Memoriam, Z.W."
+<i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i>, 50; "B.," 25;
+"H.," 25</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Townshend. Miss E. Ballard</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wallingford. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">32.97</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westford. Y. P. S. C. E., by Luna M.
+Osgood, Cor. Sec.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Hartford. Mrs. E. M. Copeland,
+<i>Jubilee Offering</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Randolph. Mrs. Sidney Howard</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Windsor. Old South Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.75</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woodstock. Cong. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.53</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$437.51</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td align="center" colspan="2">ESTATE.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Charlotte. Estate of Lydia Ann Hicks</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Swanton. Estate of C. C. Long, by D.
+G. Furman, Executor</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">88.88</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$626.39</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Massachusetts">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>MASSACHUSETTS</b>, $4,016.10</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Abington. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$7.60</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. Abbot Academy, <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i> and to const. <span class="smcap">Miss Laura
+S. Watson</span>, Principal, L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. Sab. Sch., South Cong. Ch., <i>for
+Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ashby. Ortho. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.61</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Auburndale. "One who is a Debtor to<br />
+the A. M. A.," <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Beverly. Dane St. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">87.92</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Beverly. Mrs. Ann V. Bailey, <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Blandford. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">88.96</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Boston&mdash;Dorchester. Second
+Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">108.41</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Dorchester. Pilgrim Ch., adl.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">1.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Roxbury. H. M. Soc. Walnut
+Av. Ch., Mrs. Esther G.
+Thomas, <i>Jubilee Offering</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>114.41</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cambridge. North Av. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">161.73</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">28.16</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Campello. South Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Charlton City. Andrus March, <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Concord. Cong. Ch., adl.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cummington. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Curtisville. Cong. Ch., 17; Mite Boxes
+Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., 18.88, <i>for McIntosh,
+Ga.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.88</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dalton. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Douglas. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Easthampton. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">27.41</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Enfield. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fall River. Frank L. Andrews, <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fall River. Central Cong. Ch., Ladies'
+Benef. Soc. and Y. L. Aux., <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Foxboro. "M. N. P.," 30 of which to
+const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Esther N. Cadwell</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gardner. W. B. M. Aux., by Mrs. E. A.
+Rolfe</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gloucester. Trinity Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch., 30,
+to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. Leon D. Bliss</span> L. M;
+First Cong. Ch., Sunday Sch. Class and
+Other Friends, 30, to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs.
+Emily A. Van Lennep</span> L. M. (50 of
+which <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">60.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 41.24;
+Mrs. Dwight R. Tyler, 12.00</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">53.24</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenfield. First Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C.
+E., <i>for Alaska M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.06</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Haverhill. Mrs. Caroline Crowell, <i>for
+Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00 </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Holliston. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">49.05</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Holliston. S. S. Class of Boys, <i>for Student
+Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Huntington. Rev. Edward C. Haynes</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.56</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hyde Park. "Friends," <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lenox. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes</span>, 50;
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. Geo. Westinghouse</span>, 50; <span class="smcap">George
+Higginson</span>, 50, <i>for Life Membership</i>
+and <i>for 3 Shares Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">150.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Littleton. Ladies' Sewing Circle</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lowell. Eliot Ch., W. H. M. A., Box Sch.
+Supplies <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lynn. Chestnut St. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.15</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lyonsville. "A Friend of Missions"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Malden. Mrs. Ellen M. Wellman (50 of
+which <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Middleboro. Thomas P. Carleton, <i>for
+Gospels, for Colored Children</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Theo.
+Student Aid, Howard U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Millers Falls. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mittineague. Southworth Co., Box of
+Paper <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newburyport. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.31</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton. Eliot Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton Center. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">85.66</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northampton. "Friends," 15; Miss M. F.
+Andrews, 10, <i>for Theo. Student Aid,
+Howard U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Amherst. North Cong. Ch., Martha
+E. Harrington, 20; Frank W. Harrington,
+5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Andover. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Andover. Mrs. Wm. A. Russell,
+<i>for Theo. Student Aid, Harvard U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and
+Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.52</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Wilbraham. Grace Union Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.10</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oxford. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. <span class="smcap">Miss
+Mabel E. Tyler</span> and <span class="smcap">Miss Lucy J.
+King</span> L. M.'s</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Theo.
+Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">67.68</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Princeton. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">70.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Richmond. King's Daughters, <i>for Student
+Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sheffield. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Springfield. Edward O. Sutton, 40; Faith
+Ch., by W. I. Morse, Treas., 12</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">52.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sunderland. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Taunton. West Cong. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.11</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wakefield. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.78</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wareham. "Two Friends"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wellesley. "Two Friends," <i>for Two
+Shares Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wellesley. Mrs. C. A. Ransom, <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">38.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_301" id="Page_301">[Pg 301]</a></span></td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Whitinsville. Mrs. M. A Bachelor, <i>for
+Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williamsburg. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winchester. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Yarmouth. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Central Ch., 125; Union Ch.,<br />
+67.70; Piedmont Ch. (quarterly), 30</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">222.70</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Sab. Sch., Plymouth Cong.
+Ch. <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">87.83</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Park Cong. Ch., <i>for Theo.
+Student Aid, Howard U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. "A Friend." by N. Scammon</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. "A Friend in Mass."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woman's Home Missionary Association
+of Mass. and R. I., Miss Annie C.
+Bridgman, Treas:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Auburndale Aux.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">25.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Plymouth Aux., <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">50.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>75.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$3,253.23</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td align="center" colspan="2">ESTATES.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Boston. Estate of Lucinda J. Hartshorn</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">747.87</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Boston. Estate of Elizabeth C. Parkhurst</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$4,016.10</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Rhode Island">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>RHODE ISLAND</b>, $120.49.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newport. United Con. Ch. (quarterly)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$13.53</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pawtucket. Pawtucket Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">90.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Providence. N. W. Williams, 15; Y. P. S.
+C. E. of North Cong. Ch., 1.96</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.96</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Connecticut">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>CONNECTICUT</b>, $2,297.56.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S.
+C. E.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bristol. Mrs. S. P. Newell and Mrs.
+Harry W. Barnes, <i>for Share Jubilee
+Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. L. L. Hull</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch.
+and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Danielson. Mrs. H. N. Clemons</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Canaan. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.61</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Farmington. "A Friend," <i>for Indian
+M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Glastonbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
+25, <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i>, and
+25 <i>for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill,
+Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Guilford. Miss Clara I. Sage, <i>for Two
+Shares Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Wethersfield Av. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kensington. Mrs. S. M. Cowles, <i>for
+Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kensington. Cong. Ch., Coll. at Rally
+Meeting</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.30</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Killingworth. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lisbon. The Sunbeam Mission Circle,
+<i>for Student Aid, A. G. Sch., Moorhead,
+Miss.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for
+Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">57.05</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Miss M. H. Hilliard, <i>for
+Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Middletown. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. Useful
+Articles; Cash, 2; <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Milford. Plymouth Ch., 20.28; First
+Cong. Ch., 14.02</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">34.30</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Morris. Cong. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.20</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Britain. First Ch. of Christ</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">125.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Britain. Union Service, by Rev. J.
+W. Cooper, D.D., <i>for Share Jubilee
+Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.68</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Mrs. James H. Foy, 25; F.
+R. Bliss, 5, <i>for Theo. Dept., Talladega
+C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New London. Rev. James W. Bixler,
+<i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New London. First Ch. of Christ</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.44</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Milford. Grace H. Turrill</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northfield. Cong. Ch., 18.26; C. E. Soc.<br />
+of Cong. Ch., 1.08</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">19.34</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Greenwich. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Old Lyme. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.22</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plainfield. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.67</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plainville. "Church Member," <i>for
+Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plymouth. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Prospect. B. B. Brown, <i>for Share Jubilee
+Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Putnam. Edgar Clark</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.24</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rockville. G. L. Grant</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salisbury. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">60.40</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Shelton. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">24.18</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Southington. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.41</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stony Creek. Ch. of Christ, <i>Jubilee
+Offering</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Torrington. Third Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">80.78</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wapping. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.49</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Waterbury. Mrs. Ruth W. Carter, deceased,
+Trust Fund, by Samuel Holmes,
+<i>for Douglass Hall, Cappahosic, Va.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woodbury. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woodstock. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.41</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and
+Soc., 98.41; Rev. H. A. Russell, 5.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">103.41 </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Weston. Norfield Y. P. S. C. E., by Anna
+E. Fitch, Cor. Sec.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Woman's Congregational Home Missionary
+Union of Connecticut, Mrs. W. W.
+Jacobs, Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Bridgeport. No. Ch. Aux.
+<i>for Grand View, Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">1.43</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Cromwell, Ladies of Cong.
+Ch., <i>for Thomasville Sch.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">13.50</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Hartford, Friend in Asylum
+Hill Ch., <i>for Fort Berthold,
+N. D.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">2.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Kensington, Aux., <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i> and to const.
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. S. A. Hart</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">50.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Richville. Union Ch., Jr. C.
+E. Soc., <i>for Grand View,
+Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">10.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>76.93</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$2,197.56</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td align="center" colspan="2">ESTATE.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. Estate of Harvey Stevens, by
+R. R. Stannard, Trustee</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$2,297.56</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;New York">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>NEW YORK</b>, $3,082.77.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Angola. Cong. Ch., 10; Y. P. S. C. E., 2</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$12.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Angola. Miss A. H. Ames</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Binghamton. First Cong. Ch., Bible
+Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brooklyn. Mrs. Julia E. Brick, <i>for
+The Joseph K. Brick Normal and Agricultural
+School, Enfield, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,000.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brooklyn. Lewis Av. Cong. Ch., Sab.
+Sch. Miss'y Soc., <i>for Salary of Teacher,
+Indian M.</i>, 75; Sab. Sch., Central
+Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian M., Santee, Neb.</i>,
+37.50; Rev. J. M. Whiton, Ph.D., <i>for
+Whiton Prizes, Talladega C.</i>, 15;
+Bushwick Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for
+Williamsburg, Ky.</i>, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">132.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cold Brook. Mrs. A. J. Burt, <i>for Gloucester
+Sch. Cappahosic, Va.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Crown Point. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Danby. Cong Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00 </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elbridge. First Presb. Ch</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.80 </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New York. W. E. Dodge, Educational
+Fund, <i>for Theo. Dept., Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_302" id="Page_302">[Pg 302]</a></span></td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New York. Miss D. E. Emerson, <i>for
+repairs, Moorehead, Miss.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New York. (Tremont) Trinity Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northfield. Y. P. S. C. E., by W. S.
+Webb</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.96</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pattersonville. Mrs. Freeman Milmine,
+<i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Perry Centre. "In Memoriam Martha
+B. Sheldon," by Milton A. Barber, <i>for
+Debt</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">75.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ph&oelig;nix. L. J. Carrier, <i>for Student
+Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rushville. Rev. F. T. Hoover, Bbl. Potatoes,
+<i>for Greenwood, S. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saratoga Springs. Mrs. E. B. Ripley,
+<i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sherburne. Miss Fannie Rexford, <i>for
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sherburne. Mrs. J. C. Harrington</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Syracuse. Geddes Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.26</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Utica. Plymouth Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C.
+E., <i>for Central Ch., New Orleans, La.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westmoreland. Miss S. A. Dann</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Winfield. "G. W."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woman's Home Missionary Union of
+New York, by Mrs. J. J. Pearsall,
+Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Brooklyn. Tompkins Av.
+Ch., S. S. Class C, <i>for Student
+Aid, Lincoln Acad.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">3.50</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Carthage. W. M. S.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Clifton Springs. "Mrs. A.
+G. W.," <i>for Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">8.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Morrisville. C. E., <i>for Central
+Ch., New Orleans, La.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Rutland. Aux.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">8.75</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Syracuse. Danforth Ch., L.
+U., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk
+U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">10.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>40.25</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$2,582.77</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td align="center" colspan="2">ESTATE.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Amsterdam. Estate of David Cady: T.
+H. Benton Crane, Executor</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$3,082.77</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;New Jersey">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>NEW JERSEY</b>, $343.92.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chester. J. H. Cramer</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$30.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Orange, First Cong. Ch., Y. P S.
+C. E., <i>for Grand View, Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hoboken. John E. Merrill, <i>Jubilee Offering</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lyons Farms. Sab. Sch. Presb. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">22.92</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Orange. The Armstrong Club, <i>for
+Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newark. First Cong. Ch., Jun. Y. P. S.
+C. E., <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.75</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plainfield. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton to
+const. <span class="smcap">Miriam F. Choate</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woodbridge. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">19.31</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Upper Montclair. Christian Union Cong.
+Ch. (50.00 of which <i>for Share Jubilee
+Fund</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">150.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Vineland. Jun. C. E. Soc., First Bapt.
+Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woman's Home Missionary Union of the
+N. J. Association, by Mrs. J. H. Denison,
+Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Plainfield. Cong. Ch., W. H.
+M. S., <i>for Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">25.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>25.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Pennsylvania">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>PENNSYLVANIA</b>, $75.00</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Germantown. Sab. Sch. of First Cong.
+Ch., <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Philadelphia. W. Graham Tyler</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Ohio">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>OHIO</b>, $550.80.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Akron. First Cong. Ch., adl.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">60.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ashtabula. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morris,
+<i>Jubilee Offering</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Atwater. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bellevue. S. W. Boise, 10; First Cong.
+Ch., 4</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cleveland. Bethlehem Cong. Ch., 38.60;
+Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch., 25.00; C. E. Soc.,
+East Madison Ave. Cong. Ch., 5.00</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">68.60</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cleveland. Hough Ave. Cong. Ch., "A
+Friend," <i>for Mountain Work</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Columbus. Rev. B. Talbot, <i>for Debt</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cuyahoga Falls. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.65</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dover. Mrs. R. Hall</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hudson. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lodi. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.17</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Bloomfield. Dea. and Mrs. J. M.
+Knapp, <i>for Theo. Dept., Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., 39.93; Mrs.
+Hannah S. Lewis, 5.00</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">44.93</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. Mrs. M. A. Keep, <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i> in part</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Painesville. Class of Girls, Sab. Sch.
+Cong. Ch., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.20</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rootstown. W. J. Dickinson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Senecaville. Rev. Evans Thompson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tallmadge. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">24.08</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Thorndyke. Adelaide E. Whetmore</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Windham. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.30</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union,
+by Mrs. Geo. B. Brown, Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Austinburg. W. M. S., <i>for
+Salaries</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">15.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Chardon. Y. P. S. C. E., <i>for
+Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">3.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Cincinnati. Walnut Hills, W.
+H. M. S., <i>for Share Jubilee
+Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">50.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Cleveland. First, W. H. M.
+S., <i>Jubilee Offering</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Cleveland. Pilgrim J. C. E.,
+6 <i>for Salaries</i>; 3.20, <i>for
+Student Aid, Dorchester
+Acad.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">9.20</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Dayton. Y. P. S. C. E., <i>for
+Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">3.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">North Fairfield. W. M. S.,
+2.50; S. S., 1, <i>for Salaries</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">3.50</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Oberlin. First, L. A. S., <i>for
+Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">10.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Ravenna. F. &amp; H. M. S.,
+<i>for Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">10.17</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Springfield. First, Y. P. S. C.
+E., <i>for Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Wauseon. C. W. A., <i>Jubilee
+Offering</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">15.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Zanesville. W. M. S., <i>for
+Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>133.87</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Indiana">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>INDIANA</b>, $20.50.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fort Wayne. Plymouth Cong. Ch., <i>for
+Freedmen and Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$20.50</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Illinois">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>ILLINOIS</b>, $616.01.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Aurora. New England Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$4.01</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Canton. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">27.63</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clifton. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.90</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elburn. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elgin. Mrs. M. C. Town, <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Evanston. Cong. Ch., <i>for Share Jubilee
+Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Galesburg. Central Cong. Ch., Mrs.
+Martha A. Hitchcock, in part <i>for Share
+Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_303" id="Page_303">[Pg 303]</a></span></td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Glencoe. Cong. Ch. of Christ, 67.91; Sab.
+Sch. Cong. Ch. of Christ, 25.71</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">93.62</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Glen Ellyn. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.20</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.95</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">LaGrange. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.82</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mazon. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.71</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Moline. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Normal. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oak Park. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.84</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oneida. Cong. C. E. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Paxton. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., <i>for
+Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Princeton. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.98</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rio. Sab. Sch., Second Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.15</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rockford. Sab. Sch., Second Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sannemin. Mrs. M. E. Knowlton</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stark. Missionary Soc., by Mrs. Wm.
+Kleffer, Treas.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sterling. Mrs. Catharine McKinney</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Toulon. Miss Addie M. Smith, <i>for
+Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. Cash</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Illinois Woman's Home Missionary
+Union, Mrs. L. A. Field, Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Chicago. New England, W.
+M. S.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">31.70</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Chicago. Lincoln Park, W.
+M. S.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Lockport. W. M. S.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">4.25</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Peoria. Plymouth, Jr., C. E.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">.30</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Rockford. First, W. M. S.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">4.95</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Saint Charles. W. M. S.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>51.20</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$516.01</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td align="center" colspan="2">ESTATE.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Freeport. Estate of L. A. Warner, by
+A. C. Warner, Executor </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$616.01</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Michigan">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>MICHIGAN</b>, $78.44.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Benzonia. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hancock. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">39.98</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C.
+E., <i>for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill,
+Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.85</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Olivet. Olivet Benev. Soc., <i>for Student
+Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Joseph. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.61</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Vicksburg. Rev. J. and Mrs. L. A. Van
+Antwerp</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woman's Home Missionary Union of
+Michigan, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Detroit. First Ch., Primary
+Dept., <i>for Chapel Building,
+Chinese M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">2.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Litchfield. L. M. S., <i>for
+Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">10.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>12.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Iowa">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>IOWA</b>, $249.34.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Alden. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.95</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Algona. First Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E.,
+25; Mrs. H. E. Stacey, 10; <i>for Student
+Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Anita. Ladies' M. Soc., <i>for Student Aid,
+Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chester Center. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.70</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cedar Falls. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Council Bluffs. N. P Dodge, <i>for DeF.
+Mem. Chapel, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Danville. Lee W. Mix.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hartwick. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.44</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lewis. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Otho. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ottumwa. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.36</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Waverly. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wayne. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union,
+Miss Belle L. Bentley, Treas:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Decorah. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.
+<i>for Indian M., Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">1.52</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Grinnell. W. H. M. U.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">2.18</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Iowa City. W. H. M. U.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">11.25</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Lake View. L. M. S.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">2.50</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Mason City. Y. P. S. C. E.,
+<i>for Indian M., Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">4.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Muscatine. Jr. C. E., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Old Man's Creek. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.39</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Old Man's Creek. Sab. Sch.
+<i>for Indian M., Salary</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">2.75</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Osage. W. M. S.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">28.80</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>63.39</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Wisconsin">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>WISCONSIN</b>, $246.60.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Beloit. First Cong. Ch., <i>for Share Jubilee
+Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">62.75</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Delavan. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Durand. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 3.50; Pilgrim
+Cong. Ch., L. M. Soc., 5.00</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Eau Claire. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">37.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fulton. Rev. A. S. Reid</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Janesville. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch.,
+<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lake Geneva. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oconomowoc. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.16</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sparta. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">27.10</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sun Prairie. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., <i>for
+Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Salem. Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Clyde
+M. Shane</span> L. M., 32.77; Cong. Ch. C. E.
+Soc., 9.06</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">41.83</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wisconsin Woman's Home Missionary
+Union, Mrs. C. M. Blackman, Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Appleton. W. H. M. U.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">17.09</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Arena. W. H. M. U.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">1.45</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Eau Claire. W. H. M. U.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">4.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Stoughton. S. S. Birthday Box </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">3.50</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Sun Prairie. W. H. M. U.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">1.72</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Wauwatosa. W. H. M. U.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">6.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Wauwatosa. W. H. M. U., <i>for Debt</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">5.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>38.76</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Minnesota">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>MINNESOTA</b>, $117.12.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Alexandria. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.95</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Austin. Sab. Sch., First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.04</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Minneapolis. Como Av. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.17</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Richland. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.58</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Robbinsdale. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.82</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winona. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">32.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worthington. Union Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.56</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$67.12</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td align="center" colspan="2">ESTATE.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hawley. Estate of Adna Colburn, Sen.,
+by Walter Tanner, Executor</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$117.12</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Missouri">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>MISSOURI</b>, $3.00.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Louis. Bethlehem Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Nebraska">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>NEBRASKA</b>, $38.30.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Linwood. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fairmont. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.30</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Santee Agency. Young Woman's Missionary
+Society of Santee Normal Training
+Sch., by Mary T. Morris, <i>for Debt</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;North Dakota">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>NORTH DAKOTA</b>, $3.00.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woman's Home Missionary Union of
+North Dakota, by Mrs. J. M. Fisher,
+Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Cummings. Mission Band </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;South Dakota">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>SOUTH DAKOTA</b>, $57.00.</td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_304" id="Page_304">[Pg 304]</a></span></td></tr>
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">
+Beresford. Cong. Ch., 2.65; W. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2.35</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Yankton. Cong. Ch., <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pioneer. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Colorado">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>COLORADO</b>, $6.00.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fort Logan, Charlotte E. Parish</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Arizona">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>ARIZONA</b>, $2.00.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nogales. Soc. of C. E., by Mrs. O. E. Mix</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;California">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>CALIFORNIA</b>, $59.25. </td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Avalon. Rev. Ewing Ogden Tade</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lodi. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.50</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Los Angeles. Mrs. Tabitha I. Cushman, <i>for Share Jubilee Fund</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern Cal., by Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">San Jacinto. L. A. Soc. of Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.25</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Oregon">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>OREGON</b>, $5.00.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ashland. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Washington">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>WASHINGTON</b>, $10.06.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Snohomish. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.06</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;District of Columbia">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA</b>, $258.22.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Washington. Rev. J. E. Rankin, Prof. J.
+L. Ewell and Prof. Isaac Clark, 100;
+First Cong. Ch., 75; Prof. J. L. Ewell,
+32.61; Prof. Isaac Clark, 18.61; Rev. J. E.
+Rankin, 12; Mount Pleasant Cong. Ch.,
+10; Rev. H. P. Johnson, D.D., 10,
+<i>for Theo. Student Aid, Howard U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">258.22</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Maryland">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>MARYLAND</b>, $100.00.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Baltimore. D. D. Mallory, <i>for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Virginia">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>VIRGINIA</b>, $3.50.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cappahosic. John Boyd, <i>for Gloucester Sch.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Stephen's Ch. Rev. W. H. Taylor, <i>for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Kentucky">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>KENTUCKY</b>, $10.47.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Campton. Rev. J. W. Doane, <i>Jubilee Offering</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Evarts. Cong. Ch., 2.05; Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., 42c.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.47</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Red Ash. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;North Carolina">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>NORTH CAROLINA</b>, $3.25.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina, by Miss A. E. Farrington, Treas.:</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Oaks. Free-Will Workers</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">2.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub2">Oaks. Jr. C. E. S., <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">1.25</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>3.25</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;South Carolina">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>SOUTH CAROLINA</b>, $5.00.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Charleston. Miss I. C. Chapin, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Georgia">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>GEORGIA</b>, $5.50.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">McIntosh. Rev. J. A. Jones, <i>for Theo. Dept., Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Alabama">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>ALABAMA</b>, $18.84.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ironaton. Rev. P. O. Wailes, <i>for De F. Mem. Chapel</i>, 4; <i>for Theo. Dept., Talladega C.</i>, 2.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Talladega. Abraham Lincoln Cent. Soc., by Mrs. E. G. Snell, Treas.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.84</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Mississippi">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>MISSISSIPPI</b>, $20.50.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Moorhead. Miss E. L. Parsons, <i>for Moorhead</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tougaloo. F. H. Ball, <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Other">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>&mdash;&mdash;</b>, $17.25.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. Anonymous, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. D. H. Holmes</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.25</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Hawaii">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>HAWAII</b>, 200.00.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kohala. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Donations</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$12,758.19</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">1,737.68</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$14,495.87</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Income">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>INCOME</b>, $335.00.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Avery Fund, <i>for Mendi M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">202.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dike Fund, <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">50.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">General Endowment Fund</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">50.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">General Endowment Fund, <i>for Freedmen</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">7.50</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">LeMoyne Fund, <i>for Memphis, Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">11.25</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Scholarship Fund, <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">3.75</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tuthill King Fund, <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">7.50</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Yale Library Fund, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">3.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>335.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Tuition">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>TUITION</b>, $1,294.14.</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Evarts, Ky. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">25.28</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lexington, Ky. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">17.05</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williamsburg, Ky. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">151.75</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nashville, Tenn. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">281.45</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Beaufort, N. C. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">10.50</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Charleston, S. C. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">350.15</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenwood, S. C. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">71.57</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marietta, Ga. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">.45</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Talladega, Ala. Tuition. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">282.54</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Orleans, La. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">13.00</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Austin, Tex. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">90.40</div></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom"><div class="amt2">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</div>1,294.14</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"> Total for July</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$16,125.01</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">=========</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;Summary">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>SUMMARY</b></td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Donations</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$150,640.92</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Estates</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">80,788.22</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">$231,429.14</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Income</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,386.51</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">38,514.36</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"> Total from Oct. 1, to July 31</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$281,330.01</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">===========</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;American Missionary">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><b>FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</b></td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Subscriptions for July</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$19.25></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Previously acknowledged</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">442.10</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"> Total</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$461.35</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div><br />
+
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 20em;">H.W. HUBBARD, Treas.,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">Bible House, N.Y.</span>
+</p>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of American Missionary - Volume 50, No.
+9, September, 1896, by Various
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 9,
+September, 1896, by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 9, September, 1896
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: June 26, 2008 [EBook #25906]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, SEPT. 1896 ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Karen Dalrymple, and the
+Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
+(This file was produced from images generously made
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+
+
+The American Missionary
+
+SEPTEMBER, 1896
+
+VOL. L
+No. 9
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+ THE JUBILEE MEETING--UP TO DATE 273
+ ONLY THIRTY DAYS MORE 274
+ JUBILEE SHARE FUND--PARAGRAPHS 275
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+ A NEGRO UPON SELF-HELP AND SELF-SUPPORT 276
+ BEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH, GA., 279
+ BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA. 280
+ BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL, GREENWOOD, S. C. 281
+ TALLADEGA COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT 282
+ SNAP SHOTS AT TALLADEGA STUDENTS 283
+ ALBANY NORMAL SCHOOL, ALBANY, GA. 285
+ CHANDLER NORMAL SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, KY. 286
+ EXTRACTS FROM LETTER OF A SOUTHERN PASTOR 288
+ LETTER FROM A FORMER STUDENT 289
+ GRAND VIEW CHURCH 291
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+ VISITS TO THREE MISSIONS 292
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+ THE ASSOCIATION JUBILEE 295
+
+SHARES JUBILEE YEAR FUND. 298
+
+RECEIPTS. 299
+
+ * * * * *
+
+NEW YORK:
+
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,
+
+Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York.
+
+
+Price, 50 Cents a Year in advance
+
+Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class mail
+matter.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+
+PRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS.
+
+
+_Vice-Presidents._
+
+ Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.
+ Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass.
+ Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.
+ Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N. Y.
+ Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio.
+
+
+_Honorary Secretary and Editor._
+
+ Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._
+
+
+_Corresponding Secretaries._
+ Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Bible House. N. Y._
+ Rev. C. J. RYDER, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._
+
+
+_Recording Secretary._
+
+ Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._
+
+
+_Treasurer._
+
+ H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _Bible House, N. Y._
+
+
+_Auditors._
+
+ GEORGE S. HICKOK.
+ JAMES H. OLIPHANT.
+
+
+_Executive Committee._
+
+ CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman.
+ CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary.
+
+ _For Three Years._
+
+ SAMUEL HOLMES,
+ SAMUEL S. MARPLES,
+ CHARLES L. MEAD,
+ WILLIAM H. STRONG,
+ ELIJAH HORR.
+
+ _For Two Years._
+
+ WILLIAM HAYES WARD,
+ JAMES W. COOPER,
+ LUCIEN C. WARNER,
+ JOSEPH H. TWICHELL,
+ CHARLES P. PEIRCE.
+
+ _For One Year._
+
+ CHARLES A. HULL,
+ ADDISON P. FOSTER,
+ ALBERT J. LYMAN,
+ NEHEMIAH BOYNTON,
+ A. J. F. BEHRENDS.
+
+
+_District Secretaries._
+
+ Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._
+ Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., _153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill._
+
+
+_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._
+
+ Miss D. E. EMERSON, _Bible House, N. Y._
+
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
+Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "The American Missionary," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances,
+to the Treasurer; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary
+of the Woman's Bureau.
+
+
+DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
+
+In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be
+sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Bible House, New York; or, when more
+convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House,
+Boston, Mass., or 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of
+thirty dollars constitutes a Life Member.
+
+
+NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.--The date on the "address label" indicates the
+time to which the subscription is paid. Changes are made in date on
+label to the 10th of each month. If payment of subscription be made
+afterward the change on the label will appear a month later. Please
+send early notice of change in post-office address, giving the former
+address and the new address, in order that our periodicals and
+occasional papers may be correctly mailed.
+
+
+FORM OF A BEQUEST.
+
+"I give and bequeath the sum of ---- dollars to the 'American
+Missionary Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the
+State of New York." The will should be attested by three witnesses.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
+
+
+Vol. L. SEPTEMBER, 1896. No. 9.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+THE JUBILEE MEETING.
+
+The semi-centennial of the American Missionary Association will be
+celebrated in Boston, October 20-22, opening at three o'clock Tuesday
+afternoon. A great and inspiring convocation is anticipated. Speakers
+of national reputation have been secured. A large and interesting
+industrial exhibit will be opened. Representatives from our mission
+fields and a new band of Jubilee Singers will be heard throughout the
+meetings.
+
+Directions as to membership and correspondence will be found on the
+last page of the cover. Fuller details as to the entertainment of
+delegates, reduced rates at hotels and in traveling fares, will be
+given in due time through the religious press.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+UP TO DATE.
+
+For the first ten months of our current fiscal year our expenditures
+have been $53,000 less than for the corresponding ten months three
+years ago. They are $37,000 less than for the first ten months of the
+next year. They are $13,000 less than last year. These facts indicate
+the severity of our retrenchments.
+
+We have most earnestly hoped for such a large increase of benefactions
+as would greatly reduce our debts. Up to this time our receipts are
+nearly $25,000 greater than at this date last year, but they are
+$11,000 less than at this time year before last. That year closed with
+a debt on its operations of $66,000, and last year with an additional
+debt of $30,000. Thus far this year we have not only saved ourselves
+from debt, but have gained $8,000 on the debts of the previous two
+years.
+
+This is a favorable difference of $38,000 between our financial
+standing now and that at this date last year. This advance has been
+made possible only by the sympathetic and generous responses from many
+givers and churches which have cheered the presentation of our work.
+Very many others have promised future aid which will lift the burden.
+But, for the time being, we have had to maintain our standing chiefly
+by making continued reductions of expenditures. This has been a
+difficult and sorrowful task. In answer to numberless appeals in
+behalf of the ignorant and suffering, we have had to explain
+constantly that the refusals of the Association were due, not to lack
+of sympathy, but to lack of means. In general, the Association can
+administer only the means confided to its charge. Its historic and
+permanent policy has been against incurring a debt. Its careful and
+conservative forecast two years ago encountered, like all similar
+benevolent work in all the denominations, a sudden and serious
+reduction of receipts. The next year it provided a much diminished
+schedule of expenditures, but this was met with a further additional
+reduction of support.
+
+Therefore, the task now set to the Association is to carry on only
+what work it can while recovering what has been already expended in
+these mission fields. We believe this recovery can be made. We are
+most grateful to the churches, mission societies, and individual
+givers who have so generously come to our help in this difficult and
+trying year. From the promising responses which reach us, we can but
+believe that very many more are planning for the relief of these
+missions in their distress. Just now public attention is concentrated
+on national issues of so perplexing and doubtful a character that
+every enterprise, whether of business or of benevolence, waits upon
+their settlement. We hope and pray that the coming months may lift the
+clouds and pour prosperity again throughout all these vast mission
+fields.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+ONLY THIRTY DAYS MORE.
+
+At the time these lines reach the eyes of most of our readers, only
+thirty days will remain of the fiftieth year in the work of the
+American Missionary Association.
+
+We look forward to these few days with anxious hope. Pastors, officers
+of churches and missionary societies, and individual givers have
+intimated to us that they will co-operate in making this fiftieth year
+a Year of Jubilee. Again and again our anxious inquiries have received
+the kind assurance that the year shall not close without the uplift of
+special help to the Association.
+
+Many churches and many givers have fulfilled this purpose. If all had
+done as well, we should now be rejoicing over emancipation from all
+indebtedness.
+
+We earnestly plead for personal contributions from individual givers.
+After all, it is upon the many individual gifts, however small each
+one may be, that the success of this work must now mainly depend.
+
+We ask as earnestly that each church which has not hitherto
+contributed to the support of this mission work will do so now.
+
+We respectfully request that the treasurers of churches and mission
+societies will now send us contributions already taken in behalf of
+the American Missionary Association, or balances remaining in their
+hands according to church plans, of proportionate contributions.
+
+Shall not these thirty September days in the book of life record the
+special consecration in thousands of hearts of sacrificial service in
+gifts to God's poor?
+
+ * * * * *
+
+JUBILEE SHARE FUND.
+
+It will be seen in the record of this month that the Jubilee Share
+Fund now aggregates pledges of over $14,000. This is a beginning, a
+good beginning, but a beginning only. We hope these coming September
+days which close our fiscal year will bring a vast increase of pledges
+to the Jubilee Share Fund. We know that numbers of our friends have
+been planning for it and looking forward to taking their part in this
+great and useful Christian service. "Now is the accepted time."
+
+
+_From Massachusetts_--"Please find inclosed check for $50 for the
+Jubilee Year Fund, in memory of my dear father. His heart was ever
+with your good work to the very end of his life."
+
+_From a Tennessee A. M. A. Missionary_--"Wife and I join the Jubilee
+contributors. Find $50 for one share. We wish we could multiply this
+by a hundred."
+
+_From Massachusetts_--"Please find from two friends in Boston $50
+each, which has been intrusted to my care for the share fund; and I
+gladly send it to help on the share fund."
+
+_From Connecticut_--"It gives me pleasure to send you $2,000, as a
+donation from our church to the American Missionary Association. Also
+inclosed $785 as our annual contribution for the current expenses of
+the Association, not for the debt."
+
+_From Iowa_--"Inclosed find $18, my donation to the work of the
+American Missionary Association. It is probably my last donation as
+my age (past fourscore) and poor health warn me my time is short in
+which to serve the Lord in this world."
+
+_From Connecticut_--"I was not home last Sunday when the annual
+contribution for the American Missionary Association was taken up, and
+as I do not wish to miss having a little share in the good work of
+your society I will inclose my check for $10 for the work."
+
+_From New Jersey_--"I am glad to be able to send the inclosed amount
+from the Presbyterian Sunday-school of this place. For several years
+we have been giving to the work of the American Missionary
+Association, and each year is an advance on the previous year in
+amount. May you all be abundantly blessed in your spiritual as well as
+your financial welfare."
+
+_From Massachusetts_--"Inclosed find $5, which my sister before her
+death desired me to send to the cause she labored for so many years,
+and which was dear to her when her heavenly Father called her home."
+
+_From Ohio, inclosing $5_--"It is a pleasure to be able to carry out
+the wish of my dear husband. Ever since the organization of the
+American Missionary Association we have been small contributors,
+though Baptists. God bless and support your work."
+
+ * * * * *
+
+The South.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+A NEGRO UPON SELF-HELP AND SELF-SUPPORT.
+
+BY REV. ORISHATUKEH FADUMA, TROY, N. C.
+
+
+One reason why the question of self-help as it relates to the Negro is
+so difficult of solution, is his previous condition of slavery.
+
+Slavery was first and last selfish. The training received by the Negro
+under forced labor had no ethical meaning. The Negro labored, but was
+not taught the dignity of labor; he did not find any dignity in it. If
+there was any, his masters would have labored as he did, but the Negro
+served as the cat's paws to get the nuts from the fire. The fire burnt
+him severely, but he had not the benefit of the nuts. Thus the moral
+and ethical benefit which he might have received from labor was lost.
+Let our moralists ponder over this. The Negro's masters did not
+believe in self-support during slavery; they were supported. Now that
+his freedom is secured, the Negro also would like to have and hold as
+the masters did.
+
+The result of this forced selfish labor may be briefly summed up thus.
+The Negro by training and example became prejudiced against severe
+struggle and toil, physical or intellectual. He is now distrustful of
+attempts made to induce him to labor. He is willing to let somebody
+else do the work while he reaps the benefit, just as his masters did
+during slavery. Thus slavery became a foe to true Christian manliness,
+self-respect, and faith in one's self and others. It took 200 years to
+force these traits into the Negro's being. It was destructive of all
+that is uplifting to his soul. There is now a reaction going on.
+Unless the forces of the Christian schools and churches are applied
+with energy, the work of construction will not soon overcome that of
+200 years of destruction.
+
+Foremost in the education of the Negro along the line of self-support
+is the American Missionary Association. That the policy of the
+Association regarding self-help is not theoretical, but practical, may
+be seen in the statement of Rev. Dr. Beard concerning the work in the
+South, before the National Council for 1895. He says: "We are
+realizing also that the independent methods of Congregational polity
+develop self-help. These churches each year are bearing a larger part
+of their own support. When it is remembered that formerly their
+preachers were seldom paid anything, it can be understood that this
+new way of church life is full of meaning."
+
+The Association states in emphatic and unequivocal language its
+belief, founded on long experience, in an indigenous ministry. As Dr.
+Beard says: "Our general policy has been to prepare the race to save
+the race. This is based upon the conviction that in the long run, and
+in the large view, the most effective way to lift up the masses is to
+do what we can to help the relatively few to climb into higher
+intellectual and moral power."
+
+One means toward the solution of this problem of self-help is the
+industrial solution. Many overlook it because they think the Negro has
+already had _much_ of it in his past history. But the Negro has never
+had the _best_ of it. His industrial training before the war was
+immoral as well as unscientific. The industrial education of the Negro
+then was carried on without mental and moral culture; now the head,
+the hands, and the heart are the triplets which must control his
+development. Before the war he was simply a machine in industry; now
+he is to be trained as a living soul. Before the war he had some
+restraint through industrial work, but it was physical, not moral. The
+education which the coming twentieth century requires of the Negro
+through industry will be imperfect unless it shall be permeated with
+the best and purest of ideals. It is also a recognition of the fact
+that man is more than a physical creature; he is a combination of the
+physical and the spiritual. It must be two natures working in harmony
+with each other's development.
+
+The modern industrialism is a combination of preaching and practice.
+It has in it a larger conception of God's Kingdom as seen in the world
+of matter. If it is not the highest conception, it is not the lowest,
+and should not be despised in the education of a race just emerging
+from ignorance. One has only to see the Negro in the plantations of
+the South, and observe his methods of work, to be convinced of the
+necessity of industrial training as a means toward self-help. Look
+throughout these farming districts and you will see houses fit for
+pigs to dwell in rather than men; you will eat food the mode of
+preparation of which is unworthy of a human being; you will see women
+in laundry work who have never seen a washing-machine all their life;
+and gradually the idea will flash into your mind that industrial
+training is needed.
+
+The question may be asked, What is the American Missionary Association
+doing along these lines of self-help and independence? Much has been
+done, and is being done. The Association has not said much, but it is
+doing much. This is better than saying much and doing little. At the
+present time, when much is said about the industrial development of
+the South, there is danger of following the crowd whose ideals are not
+the highest. The popular cry is for a rejuvenated South, a South with
+prosperous mills and factories, and the Negro with it. The Association
+has wisely kept out of this, and yet has done more than any other
+organization toward the industrial independence of the people. It was
+the first to start industrial schools for the Negroes. Its first
+industrial school was founded at Talladega, Ala., in 1867, where it
+now works about 300 acres of land. Modern farming in its most
+important branches is taught here. In connection with the school are
+popular lectures, which are listened to, and scattered by the students
+throughout the country. White and black farmers are being improved by
+them. The instructor in farming, a graduate of the Amherst
+Agricultural College, is both scientific and practical. In the same
+school, at Talladega, young men and women are taught various other
+branches of industry.
+
+Tougaloo Institution, in Mississippi, has a farm of 500 acres, which
+supplies cities in the Northwest with her produce. There are no less
+than fifty industrial schools under the American Missionary
+Association, not to mention independent schools, which are largely
+fostered by Congregational influence. The reflex influence of these
+industrial schools upon the whites is marvelous.
+
+While we labor to plant seeds of true manhood in the hearts of the
+people, we recognize the fact that there must be a going-out and a
+taking-in. The involution of the race must precede its evolution. It
+therefore requires time to see fruits. Time will tell; it is already
+telling. With boards devising, and schools, churches, and pastors
+formulating, methods to bring about the solution of the problem, we
+shall reap an abundant harvest. When it is known that the larger
+portion of the colored race in the South is still living on the
+plantations, practically untouched by the Christian influences of this
+century, living without God and not touched by our mission work, it
+accentuates the imperative duty of the churches and pastors of
+churches to hasten the work of self-support. In concluding, I
+emphasize the following points:
+
+1. That the work of educating a race to manly independence requires
+time as well as energy.
+
+2. That it behooves all teachers of the race to do their utmost to rid
+the minds of the people of those ideas of slavery which strike a blow
+at their independence.
+
+3. That the position taken by the American Missionary Association is
+the true one in preparing the people for self-support, and thus toward
+the self-support of our churches.
+
+4. That while recognizing the difficulties in the way of self-help and
+self-support, many, if not all, can be removed if all the churches put
+their shoulders to the wheel, and both teach and practice this, and do
+all they can for their own support, rather than seek to have
+everything done for them.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+BEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH, GA.
+
+MISS JULIA B. FORD.
+
+
+After another all too swiftly fleeting school year, the commencement
+season is ushered in by the very able baccalaureate sermon delivered
+to a large and appreciative audience by the Rev. J. J. Durham, one of
+the colored pastors of Savannah.
+
+On Tuesday there are oral examinations in the classrooms. On
+Wednesday, palms, magnolias, cape jasmine, and wild bamboo-vine have
+lent their charm to render the chapel a fragrant abode of beauty. "Old
+Glory" hangs here and there upon its walls. The large flag which each
+morning through the year has received, after the singing of a
+patriotic song, the salutations of the assembled students, has given
+place for this occasion to the inspiring words of the Latin motto,
+"_Ad astra per aspera_," which in bold relief gleam out from a
+star-bespangled field of blue above the platform.
+
+Through the dense crowd which overflows the chapel and throngs the
+adjoining rooms, to the notes of a march on the piano, the Ninth Grade
+enters and stands to receive the graduating class, who file to their
+places on the platform. With what swelling of heart are they silently
+greeted, and how dear and noble a band do they seem to fond,
+self-sacrificing parents, and to the teachers who have labored to
+bring them to this the proudest day of their young lives. The class is
+one of the largest which the Beach has ever graduated--four youths and
+thirteen girls. The salutatory and essay, "What Can a Woman Do?"
+earnest, suggestive, and pleasingly delivered, was followed in due
+order by recitations, all rendered with spirit and grace, and winning
+enthusiastic applause. The declamation by one youth, of President
+Lincoln's address at Gettysburg, and the orations, by two others, on
+race questions, receive due meed of appreciation.
+
+In the cantata, "The Ivy Queen," all the girl graduates take part, and
+the ivy crown is placed on the brow of the valedictorian, who is a
+keen-minded young girl of the pure Negro type. Her essay and
+valedictory, "Character-building," is a worthy production. It was an
+inspiring thing to look into the dark but perfectly radiant faces of
+her father and mother, when, after the exercises, they came, all too
+full for verbal expression, to grasp the hands of teachers.
+
+After the class song is sung, diplomas bestowed, the in-coming senior
+class welcomed, and the announcement made as to the one whose rank in
+her studies entitles her to a free scholarship for the ensuing year, a
+brief but most excellent address is given by a young colored physician
+of Savannah, whose ability, culture, high moral worth, and nobly
+unselfish ambitions fit him to stand as a model to our students. The
+newly made alumni meet teachers and friends in the Teachers' Home for
+refreshments and a good, happy time generally; and in the midst of it
+all one of the workers of Beach is surprised by a token of
+appreciation in the form of a beautiful gift from the graduating
+class. Our orator of the day, after some consultation, proposes to the
+class of '96 the forming of an alumni association at the opening of
+the next year, and then soon all disperse and a successful school year
+is reckoned with the past.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA.
+
+BY MISS LINCOLNIA C. HAYNES.
+
+
+The Commencement Exercises of Ballard Normal School began with the
+Junior Exhibition. At the time appointed every seat was taken and
+there was scarcely standing room. The greatest interest was manifested
+by all present, and at the close of the evening, when anxious parents
+and interested friends crowded around with beaming faces to express
+their satisfaction and appreciation, each teacher felt amply rewarded
+for the arduous labor and effort put forth.
+
+The "Jubilee Songs," and especially the "Jubilee Medley," attracted
+great attention. To hear "Steal Away," "Get on Board," "Swing Low,"
+and all the other old-time songs, wound into one, and yet fitting into
+each other so perfectly and harmoniously, seemed almost a wonder.
+
+The annual sermon was preached the following Sunday by Rev. J. R.
+McLean, pastor of the Congregational Church. In addressing the
+graduates he urged a practical use of the knowledge gained; he
+emphasized the fact that philanthropy is giving one's self, and he
+impressed upon them the necessity of co-operating with Christ in all
+things if success is desired in anything.
+
+Wednesday was Visitors' Day at the school, and a larger number was out
+this year to witness the examinations and inspect work than for
+several previous years. Wednesday night the alumni held their regular
+meeting in the chapel.
+
+Thursday, Commencement Day, dawned gloriously, and long before the
+time for the exercises to begin, people were wending their way toward
+the building in order to obtain a comfortable seat. There were three
+graduates, all girls, and they made a pretty sight as they marched
+slowly up the aisle and took their places upon the platform.
+
+The Annual Address was delivered by Rev. S. A. Peeler, of the M. E.
+Church. He did not go back thirty years and tell the condition of the
+Negro at that time, and extol him for the rapid stride he has made,
+etc. He did not enumerate the things the Negro can do, but he simply
+and plainly stated, so that all who heard might clearly understand
+him, what the Negro, and every one else who desires success, _must_
+do.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL, GREENWOOD, S. C.
+
+BY PRINCIPAL J. M. ROBINSON.
+
+
+On the afternoon which witnessed the closing exercises of the Brewer
+Normal School, notwithstanding a promised storm, the chapel was well
+filled. The platform was tastefully decorated with flowers, ferns, and
+the national colors. We feel keenly the need of a large flag, and
+should some friend who sees this be moved to donate us one it would be
+very gratefully received.
+
+The class of '96, composed of two young ladies and two young men,
+acquitted themselves well. The essay, "We Girls," by Miss Annie Laurie
+Fuller, was full of good thoughts, and pointed out very forcibly to
+the girls of the colored race their present advantages, and what as a
+result their responsibilities are.
+
+Rev. H. H. Proctor, pastor of the First Congregational Church, of
+Atlanta, Ga., gave an able address on "Racial Contributions to
+American Civilization," which, while stating plain truths very
+plainly, gave no offense to the white friends present. For the first
+time in our knowledge of the school there were a number of white
+ladies in the audience, which we felt was quite a point gained. All
+expressed themselves as very much pleased with the address, the parts
+of the graduates, the music, and in fact with all the exercises.
+
+Mr. Proctor's presence with us was an inspiration to all, both
+teachers and pupils. On the whole, the year was closed with
+hopefulness for the future and a greater desire to do work that should
+tell for the uplifting of the needy people with whom we are
+associated.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+TALLADEGA COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
+
+
+Talladega College, Ala., observed its twenty-ninth anniversary at the
+usual time.
+
+The first public exercise was by the preparatory students who had
+completed the course which entitled them to enter upon the collegiate
+studies in the fall. Four young men received diplomas at this
+exhibition.
+
+The display by the industrial departments was unusually interesting.
+The sewing-room had on hand plain and fancy needle-work, finished
+garments for both sexes, among which were children's clothes made over
+from those previously worn by adults. This latter feature will commend
+itself to many homes where the custom of "making over" old clothes is
+one of the necessities. Girls taught in the sewing-room are able to
+make a livelihood by taking orders for work in this line. There is
+also a nurse-training department which is not only patronized by
+pupils in the required course, but volunteer classes have been formed
+consisting of the older male students and of mothers living near the
+college. A hospital bed was exhibited, and also the various sorts of
+bandages required in special cases. The boys' mechanical department
+furnished a large display in carpentry--mostly of a technical
+character. Then there were geometric and scale drawing, building plans
+of a varied character, and other work. The farm was represented in an
+appropriate way. Convenient appliances for care of stock, for housing
+farm products, etc., were shown, and live stock of various sorts was
+there--some varieties of which are giving to the college a wide
+notoriety for their excellence.
+
+Public examinations were held in studies of grammar and advanced
+grades. The class in trigonometry gave evidence of the practical
+character of its labors by exhibiting a plat of the college
+property--some 270 acres in all--drawn to a scale and neatly
+lettered.
+
+The literary and musical exercises of the commencement were very
+generously patronized by the white citizens. It is to be regretted
+that the college chapel is not sufficiently large to accommodate the
+audiences, and that scores were unable to get a sitting at the concert
+of Monday night. There is a hope that a more commodious chapel will
+soon be built.
+
+There were present two distinguished gentlemen from abroad--members of
+the college trustee board, Dr. Beard, of New York, and Dr. Cooper, of
+Connecticut. The former spoke most felicitously on several occasions,
+and the latter delivered a very able baccalaureate sermon and the
+literary address. Rev. J. R. McLean, of Macon, Ga., preached Sunday
+night.
+
+The graduates and the subjects of their themes were as follows:
+
+NORMAL DEPARTMENT.
+
+ The Uses of the Imagination Louise M. Johnson, Talladega
+ Folk-lore Marietta G. Kidd, Talladega
+ True Womanhood Annie B. Williams, Jacksonville
+ The Times that Try Men's Souls Robert A. Clarke, New Berne
+ There is More Beyond Wade A. Jones, Vincent
+
+THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
+
+The Condition and the Value of Definite Preaching,
+ Manuel L. Baldwin, Troy, N. C.
+
+The Conquest of Alexander the Great in its Relation
+ to the Spread of Christianity, John I. Donaldson, Paris, Tex.
+
+The Relation of Infant Baptism to the Kingdom of God,
+ Robert W. Jackson, Durant, Miss.
+
+Dr. Andrews presided at the exercises and delivered the diplomas.
+
+Two representatives of the alumni also presented original exercises:
+
+Leaders Demanded by this Epoch,
+ Rev. H. E. Levi, B.D., Talladega (Normal '87, Theological '95)
+
+Alumni History, Miss Eliza A. Jones, Selma (Normal '91)
+
+The Alumni dinner and business meeting followed, and the address on
+"Manhood," by Dr. Cooper, at night, closed the series.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+SNAP SHOTS AT SOME TALLADEGA STUDENTS.
+
+BY PROF. E. C. SILSBY.
+
+
+One day last year there came unannounced a boy who had walked fifty
+miles to get here. He was an orphan, had been working until he had
+secured a good outfit of clothing, and, having been told of this
+school by one of our pupil-teachers laboring in his neighborhood,
+concluded to come, "work his way," and get an education. There seemed
+to be nothing to do but to reward his faith by receiving him into
+boarding-hall and school-room. He was an apt scholar, worked
+diligently, and is still doing well.
+
+Not long ago a young man, twenty years old, appeared with a diminutive
+satchel and applied to enter school. Upon inquiry a college official
+discovered that he lived some thirty miles distant, that he had only
+$3.50, no expectation of getting any more money, and that his
+scholarship was very poor. He stated that he had been converted about
+four years before and sometime afterward had a "call to preach."
+Later, he explained the nature of this "call" thus: "One morning just
+before day, as I lay in my bed, I heard a voice. It said, 'Does you
+remember what the Lord Jesus Christ said to his disciples just before
+He descended into heaven? Go ye into all the world and preach the
+gospel to every creature.' I studied about this, and finally asked the
+Lord did He mean for me to preach. He gave me a feeling that He did. I
+tried to get the idea out of my mind, but it kept coming back, and
+here I am." He was advised to stay out until he could earn money
+enough with which to make a beginning. But he wanted to enter school
+even if he could stay in but two weeks. He was therefore examined,
+placed in the second reader room, given a book and a Testament, and
+the promise of work to pay his tuition. He found a boarding place, and
+for a brief period of time enjoyed the privileges of the school room
+according to his request.
+
+A young woman, daughter of an early friend of the College, is here.
+Her father (now in heaven) had experienced the conditions both of
+slavery and of freedom, and his children have inherited that father's
+interest in education to a large degree. This, his youngest daughter,
+is cared for by her brothers, and the solicitude they exhibit in her
+welfare is very touching. May she finish her course with honor, and
+perform a noble work "for Christ and humanity."
+
+A few years ago a man and his wife left the service of their employer
+in a neighboring city, rented a little cottage in Talladega, and
+entered the same class in one of our lower grades. By prudence and
+economy they had saved some money and were able to live comfortably
+while prosecuting their studies. They have passed regularly up the
+grades and are happy in the progress they are making. During the long
+summer vacation they find employment, and are on hand promptly at the
+fall opening of the school. They are both active church members, and
+the man expects to study for the ministry after sufficient preparatory
+training.
+
+Here is a case several times repeated. It is that of a girl who is
+making her way unaided by parental effort. She spends the long summer
+vacation teaching a country school. The pay is small, board must be
+paid out of her wages, and her scanty wardrobe must be replenished.
+She has made a deposit with the treasurer, and has arranged for work
+at the boarding hall to help out in the matter of college bills. She
+has no time for play, no money for luxuries, but she is plucky and is
+bound to have an education, and it looks as if she would succeed.
+
+A young man is here. He came with plain clothes, although they were
+clean and new. Out of wages--less than ten dollars a month and
+board--he had saved an amount which, with work out of study hours
+would insure him a year in school. Once he came without money, but we
+could not receive him. He therefore determined to come next time
+_with_ money, and his success we note above. Promotion for good
+scholarship came soon. Religious influences were strong, and he became
+a Christian. He is now among the most trusted and valued pupils.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+ALBANY NORMAL SCHOOL, ALBANY, GA.
+
+BY MRS. ALICE L. DAVIS.
+
+
+One finds that every year the enrollment grows larger. The people are
+increasingly appreciating the work done by the school. Every one who
+can afford it usually sends his children to our school, but there are
+others who are extremely poor but who are equally anxious to send
+their children also, and in order to do this they make great
+sacrifices. Many mothers work at the washtub from Monday morning till
+Saturday night, and do all kinds of manual labor, to obtain the money
+with which to keep their children in school. Some of our neediest
+pupils prove to be the best in their classes. One boy, whose widowed
+mother is unable to keep him in school, may be seen every day before
+and after school going in search of odd jobs to obtain money with
+which to pay his tuition.
+
+This boy is one of the brightest pupils we have. There are others who
+are equally anxious to obtain an education. Many will walk distances
+ranging from three to seven miles to school every morning. The
+interest in the school increases yearly to such an extent that the
+building, which at first was thought to be large enough to accommodate
+all who would come, is now entirely too small to accommodate the
+pupils that we have. It will be almost impossible to get along next
+year without more room. We are greatly in need of a chapel where we
+can hold our devotions and have our public exercises. Without more
+room the work will be greatly hampered.
+
+The third anniversary of our school was held last week. These
+exercises are always looked forward to with the greatest interest and
+pleasure by both parents and pupils. On June 4 was our exhibition of
+the primary and intermediate grades. The audience was made up of the
+fathers, mothers, and friends of the students. They seemed anxious to
+have each pupil acquit himself well, and the pupils seemed equally as
+eager to do their best to please the audience. The programme, which
+was well rendered, was made up of essays, declamations, solos, duets,
+and choruses. "Bernardo del Carpio" and the quarrel between Brutus and
+Cassius were rendered in a manner worthy of more experienced pupils.
+
+On June 5 were the exercises of the grammar grades. The programme was
+made up of essays by two young ladies, who had completed the grammar
+grades; instrumental solos by the music-pupils, trios, and choruses;
+also an address by Rev. Mr. Sims, of Thomasville, Ga., who spoke on
+the subject "Wanted." He pointed out the need of education, of
+religion, of wealth, and especially of sterling morality in character.
+This address was highly appreciated by the large and enthusiastic
+audience.
+
+Could my reader have been present he would have realized that the
+people are hungering and thirsting after knowledge, and are beginning
+to regard our school as a well-spring to supply them.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+CHANDLER NORMAL SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, KY.
+
+MISS F. J. WEBSTER, PRINCIPAL.
+
+
+In reviewing the history of Chandler Normal School for the past year,
+we find more reasons than usual for courage and gratitude. In all
+departments of our work we see evidences of the mental and moral
+advancement of our pupils. The year has been one of progress and
+prosperity. Nothing has occurred to hinder the work. The conscientious
+performance of duty has been the rule of the school, and the students
+who entered with any other purpose in view soon discovered their
+mistake and saw that they did not have the approval of their
+companions.
+
+The forerunner of the closing exercises was the presentation of the
+cantata "Little Red Riding-hood," by the pupils of the intermediate
+grades. This entertainment drew as large an audience as the chapel, a
+room that has a seating capacity of 600, could accommodate. The music,
+both vocal and instrumental, was excellent, and illustrated most fully
+the remarkable progress that has been made in this department within
+the past three years.
+
+Two days were devoted to the annual written examinations, momentous
+occasions, that were crowned with success so far as the majority of
+the pupils were concerned. The ordeal of examinations closed with the
+public oral ones on Friday morning. On the afternoon of the same day
+occurred the exhibition of the eighth grade, the class finishing the
+grammar course. The essays presented on this occasion were all upon
+subjects suggested by the pupils' study of United States history.
+
+The exercises of Monday morning were wholly musical. The first part of
+the programme consisted of the cantata "The Musical Enthusiast," and
+the second part of a piano recital. All the music presented was of a
+high order, most of it being classical.
+
+On Tuesday a declamatory contest was given by the young women of the
+normal department. The prize offered by a friend of one of the
+teachers was a year's tuition in Chandler School. The selections were
+from standard authors, and were chosen with the purpose of testing to
+the utmost the ability of the young contestants. During the past year
+much interest has been manifested by the pupils in work of this sort,
+and most noticeable progress has been made by many of them.
+
+At the close of the contest a very interesting and eloquent address on
+the subject of temperance was given by Rev. J. S. Jackson, pastor of
+the Congregational Church in Lexington. The thoughts presented were
+full of inspiration for all who heard them.
+
+On Wednesday morning an intelligent and appreciative audience
+assembled in the chapel to listen to the commencement exercises. Three
+young men presented orations, and three young women essays, on this
+occasion. There was but one graduate from the higher normal course. An
+oration on the subject "Frederick Douglass," presented by a young man
+who had completed the tenth grade, was considered an unusually
+creditable student production and elicited much applause.
+
+The commencement address was given by the Rev. W. T. Bolling, D.D.,
+pastor of the Southern Methodist Church of Lexington. The speaker
+prefaced his remarks by saying that much surprise had been expressed
+by many of his friends that he, a former slaveholder and an
+ex-Confederate soldier, would consent to deliver the commencement
+address for a school devoted to such a purpose as was Chandler. He
+assured these individuals that our school had no warmer friend than
+he, nor one more in sympathy with its work. No address could have been
+more helpful and stimulating than was his. All who had the privilege
+of listening to it were cheered and edified.
+
+At the close of each day's literary exercises the majority of the
+audience accepted the invitation to examine the work of the
+sewing-classes on exhibition in one of the recitation-rooms. A large
+number of articles, all carefully made by hand, gave abundant evidence
+of the industry and skill of the girls of both schools.
+
+The closing entertainment of commencement week took place in the
+chapel on Wednesday at 8 P.M. The programme for that occasion
+consisted of a cantata entitled "The Cadets' Picnic," presented by
+the little pupils of the Hand School. The night was stormy, but for
+all that the large chapel of Chandler School was comfortably full.
+Fifty small children, carefully trained and displaying perfect
+self-possession, took part in this entertainment. The teachers of the
+Hand School had every reason to feel gratified with the results of
+their work.
+
+The teachers of both the Chandler and Hand schools have labored
+diligently for the moral and spiritual upbuilding of their pupils
+during the past year. The meetings of the Christian Endeavor Society,
+held each Friday morning at 9, have been productive of the best
+results.
+
+The Sunday-school work has been very encouraging. Chandler and Hand
+Mission Sabbath-schools together numbered more than two hundred pupils
+at the close of the year. Nearly all of these children were from
+communities destitute of every other Christian influence.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF A SOUTHERN PASTOR.
+
+
+I desire to explain to you some features of what I conceive to be the
+most interesting scheme I have witnessed in the South for a long time.
+You have, I suppose, received one or two copies of our little paper.
+Let me give you a bit of history concerning it.
+
+It was a short while after the "local option" election, in which the
+friends and advocates of temperance and good government went down in
+inglorious defeat before the red-faced saloon-keepers and other
+votaries of vice, when the executive committee of the "Prohibs"
+saddled the cause of defeat on the Negroes' shoulders. The cause of
+defeat agreed upon, a few generous-hearted men thought it would be
+much better to make some kind of effort to elevate the Negro than to
+grieve about what was already done. So the idea of a manual
+training-school was advanced by two gentlemen, one of whom is a stanch
+Southerner, who for a long time had the unenviable reputation of
+believing and openly advocating the strange and illogical theory that
+the Negro has no soul; the other is a minister of Southern birth, but
+of Northern education. Infatuated with the prospects of ultimate
+success, and having, it seems providentially, come upon a man who was
+a printer and owned an outfit, they talked with him, and he, needing
+work, was evidently smitten with the idea. Thoroughly understanding
+themselves, they sought a conference with a few representative colored
+men. I was among the first to be interviewed. The minister put the
+matter before me, and I saw nothing unworthy in it, and it drew out my
+sympathy immediately. After talking the whole matter over we agreed to
+call a meeting. The meeting was called in the well-furnished office of
+a colored man. There were six present--three white men and three
+colored men. We talked over the matter again, each one stating his
+limitations in the affair. I asked the white gentlemen present if they
+thought they could stand the sentiment that would doubtless be brought
+to bear upon them. They said, "While we anticipate opposition, we are
+sure we can withstand all assaults." "Then," said I, "we have nothing
+to lose." The whites were to have a part of the paper and the colored
+a part--a quarter or a half, as they might desire. I was asked to take
+charge of the colored department, and with reluctance I agreed. The
+paper went through eight issues. The whites interested in it found the
+pressure too great for them, and the owner of the outfit found the
+support entirely too meager. The white editor while in attendance at a
+church convention was in some cases refused the courtesy of a
+Christian introduction. One young woman who was a friend of the editor
+refused to introduce him to her friend because he was in the newspaper
+business with a "nigger." A banker was asked to subscribe, but
+refused, saying there was too much ---- "nigger" about that paper for
+him. The merchants generally refused to advertise in it. After an
+existence of about eight weeks the paper ceased temporarily or
+permanently, I know not whether the former or the latter. When I
+talked with the originator of the idea he candidly confessed: "I was
+born in the South, held slaves in the South, have lived in the South
+all my life, but the prejudice among the white people against the
+Negroes is greater than I thought. While I am entirely independent of
+public opinion, the reflection on my friends Mr. ---- and Dr. ---- has
+been very great."
+
+ * * * * *
+
+LETTER FROM A FORMER STUDENT AT MOBILE.
+
+
+Dear Friend: I entered Emerson Institute the first Monday in October
+of 1892, but long before that time I had contemplated going there to
+school, though not having any immediate support I could not attend
+until the above-named time. Just two days before I entered the school
+I had accepted a position as clerk, but seeing the great need of an
+education I quit immediately and entered school. When I entered
+Emerson I had not been in school for about seven years, but had to
+some extent been engaged in study. I had no sure means of support, but
+was determined to educate myself.
+
+Our principal, seeing my earnestness, gave me the privilege of living
+at the "Home," which enabled me to work out my board and tuition. I
+gladly accepted. And it is here the lasting influence began its effect
+upon me. Indeed, I cannot state the first impression made, but I do
+know the best; that is, it was here I became a Christian and was made
+to accept Christ as my Saviour. I think I professed religion in March
+of 1893, during Mr. Moore's work there. From this step I began to
+build a principle that would be able to stand the many temptations
+that would come upon me. The next best thing, it was here (at Emerson)
+I was made to realize the evil effect of alcoholic liquors, and when,
+as before that time, I had some toleration for wine, etc., I pledged
+myself against it and became a strong defender of "Prohibition." I was
+fortunate in being awarded a prize for the best-made speech on
+Prohibition in a contest given by Emerson Institute on May 22, 1894;
+and I almost decided to become a temperance lecturer.
+
+It is impossible for me to enumerate the myriad of good influences
+that have surrounded me by being a student in Mobile. But permit me to
+say that if there is any one thing in earth that I owe for my
+stableness in that which is right, it is my having been immediately
+under the good influences of Emerson Institute and its earnest
+teachers. I have been made to see the power of a good education. My
+mind, heart, and soul have been broadened; and now I am able to look
+upon humanity from a broader point of view. It has certainly given me
+a more congenial spirit, and wherein I may have been conceited, I am
+not now. One very important influence is that I have decided to never
+stop short of the very best possible education. I have been made to
+believe that morality is the only standard for ideal Christianity.
+
+A few words of what I am doing and shall do. I shall soon be teaching
+my motto, "A high moral standard," pure and upright, to benefit the
+largest possible number in shortest possible time. I shall endeavor by
+God's assistance to instill in my pupils these true principles of
+right doing and the possibilities brought through education. And as I
+have been influenced by Emerson Institute and its teachers, I shall
+try and do likewise to those whom I shall assume authority over.
+
+I think that you will be able to get an idea of how I have been
+influenced by Emerson Institute by the narrative which I have given,
+although scattering.
+
+I trust that you will pray for my success, and that I may be able to
+stand the _test_. I have endeavored to give veracity in this matter,
+with no exaggeration. Neither have I spoken in hyperbolical terms, to
+make the wrong impression. Trusting that this is the question that you
+asked me, properly answered, I am hopeful that your stay with us this
+year has been crowned with success, and that you may return next year
+with even greater determination, and that the results may be a
+hundred-fold. Kind wishes to all the teachers. I am,
+
+Yours sincerely,
+
+W. L. Jones.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+GRAND VIEW CHURCH.
+
+REV. W. W. DORNAN.
+
+
+The Grand View Congregational Church is situated on Waldon's Ridge,
+overlooking the pleasant valley of Tennessee. The outlook on the
+southern side reaches to the Unaka chain of mountains in North
+Carolina, a distance of about seventy miles. Westward and northward
+rise in the background of the forest the mountains of the Cumberland
+plateau. On the east, the trees shut out everything but the sky.
+
+We are about 800 feet above the sea-level, giving a most delightful
+and salubrious atmosphere. The moral atmosphere is equally good. The
+nearest place for liquors and their accompanying vices is in the
+valley beneath.
+
+The Congregational Church was organized at this place on October 15,
+1885, under the superintendency of the American Missionary
+Association. The congregation was composed wholly of people from the
+Northern States, who had come to the mountains seeking health. These,
+to the number of about twenty-five families, form the neighborhood of
+Grand View. Outside of this place are to be found the people of the
+mountains, scattered across the mountain-top, in a little clearing
+here and another there. In the midst of the woods, during the summer,
+it is a "discovery" to find the log house, the home of the
+mountaineer. The occupation of all is farming. There is no other means
+for a livelihood.
+
+Many of the church members own their own homes; usually two-story
+frame buildings.
+
+During the present pastorate twenty-one have united with the church;
+fourteen by letter, seven by confession. Out of this number we have
+nine who are mountaineers, the first acquisition of the native element
+to the church. We have a small but neat building, seating 150, in
+which services are held every Sunday morning and evening. A Christian
+Endeavor Society embraces a large number of the young people for whom
+we labor.
+
+This church is in connection with a large and flourishing school. The
+students come to us from three States, and thus the influence of the
+American Missionary Association is scattered far and wide. We are the
+center of a large but poor class of people who have no means to help
+themselves. If they are ever to help themselves, they must receive a
+start from outside. When they do get a chance they usually go ahead.
+
+We have among our students many teachers of the public schools lifting
+the tone of the whole mountain. Last year about sixteen of the
+students taught school during the vacation, covering a territory from
+Red Belt, Georgia, to Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. Several lawyers,
+former students, are now practicing at the bar in Tennessee and other
+States. To our honor one of our graduates is a missionary in China;
+many have gone forth to usefulness. Many, if not all, of these would
+have been unable to do anything for themselves but for the benevolence
+of the churches and the planting of the school and church in this
+place. The ideas with which the Association set out to work are no
+longer theories, but established facts.
+
+The success of the Association, I believe, lies, next to God's
+blessing, in the fact that they realized that not only the school is
+needed to make better men and women, but also the church to fit these
+men and women for the struggles of life. Both together are needed to
+do the work.
+
+In this place, where "the work which this society is doing touches
+every fiber of our national life," that which produced the sterling
+manhood of New England in the past days, and made our national life a
+possibility and then a fact, can, in a like manner in the future,
+produce such men and women on the mountains and in the valleys of the
+South.
+
+Such a work should give hope and courage to every friend of this
+Association, and I believe that in the last day it will be a great
+surprise to many to know how many homes they have helped to brighten,
+and how many lives they have helped to bless, and how many souls they
+have helped to save.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+The Chinese.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+VISITS TO THREE MISSIONS.
+
+BY REV. JEE GAM.
+
+
+The missions visited were those at Marysville, Oroville, and
+Watsonville. At each place an anniversary was held, at which Dr. Pond
+wished me to make an address. But I felt that I had other duties to do
+besides this:
+
+1. To see that those brethren who had not been baptized should come to
+baptism.
+
+2. To urge those scholars who ought to join the Congregational
+Association of Christian Chinese to do so at once.
+
+3. To strengthen and stimulate the brethren, not only to stand firm in
+their faith, but to press forward to save men through Christ.
+
+4. To urge them to give generously to our work.
+
+5. To preach on the street, that I might lead some one or more to
+Jesus.
+
+At Marysville I lost no time in getting the names of those who had not
+been baptized, and who seemed ready for baptism; then the names of
+pupils who ought to join the association. Then I enlisted the
+co-operation of the baptized Christians. We just _surrounded_ four of
+our brethren and urged them to give themselves publicly and wholly to
+Christ. They objected that they would like just to know more, but they
+had been under instruction between one and two years, and had
+confessed themselves believers six or more months ago by joining the
+association. We thought them well qualified to receive baptism.
+Finally they consented, and then we all shook hands and rejoiced. They
+were baptized by Dr. Pond the following Sunday evening, when after the
+anniversary we received the Lord's Supper and listened to Dr. Pond's
+sermon on our motto for the year, "Ye shall be baptized with the Holy
+Ghost."
+
+The method of winning the three pupils for the Association was the
+same only with the added efforts of all present.
+
+The contribution was generous. At my first mention of this matter they
+all held up their pledge-cards, duly signed, and with the amounts they
+were able to give written upon them.
+
+On Sunday afternoon we held a street meeting, which all the brethren
+who could attended, and all helped.
+
+The next day (Monday) two Marysville brethren went with us to Oroville
+at their own expense. The weather was intensely hot, but this did not
+prevent a cordial welcome to us, both at the depot and at the Mission.
+And here we settled down to work just as we did at Marysville. The
+result was that three brethren were baptized and one scholar joined
+the association. The new brother is an educated young man, but was a
+great devotee of gambling, at which he has generally lost money. On my
+first visit to Oroville, two years ago, I admonished him to quit this
+bad habit and become a Christian. He frankly acknowledged the sin, but
+was reluctant to cease from it till he could win back what he had
+lost. So I could not persuade him. And when I reached Oroville this
+time I was made sad at hearing that he was still a gambler, though
+still a pupil in the school. He came to the Mission house that evening
+at about 10 o'clock, and, after hand-shaking, sat down in a corner of
+the room. Seeing in this a fine opportunity, I said to the brethren
+present, "Let us gather about Jee Loy and win him to Christ to-night."
+There were six of us, myself included. We asked him what objection he
+had to becoming a Christian. He mentioned many, but we disposed of
+them all, not, however, without talking for nearly two hours. During
+the brethren's turns to speak I prayed in my heart many times,
+invoking God's help on our words, and begging that his heart might be
+opened to the truth and to Christ.
+
+But he still refused. I then said to him, "Will you go home and think
+the matter over very carefully and let us know to-morrow evening?" He
+said that he would. A prayer was offered and he went home. We were
+overjoyed when he came the next evening to tell us that he had decided
+for Christ and would join the association, which he did at once. We
+were all filled with thanksgiving.
+
+Three other things made us glad: (1) The addition of three brethren to
+our Bethany Church in Oroville; (2) the steadfastness and boldness of
+our brethren as shown at the street preaching service; and (3) their
+generosity. For when I spoke to them about Senator George C. Perkins
+and his allowing them to occupy this building for twenty years without
+charging a cent of rent, or even our paying the taxes upon it, and
+suggested that they make him a life member of our California Chinese
+Mission, as quick as lightning "Yes," "Yes!" was heard all over the
+room. In a very short time the whole amount of $25 was subscribed; and
+they intend, with God's help, to make Mrs. Perkins a life member next
+year.
+
+The anniversaries at Marysville and Oroville were the best we ever had
+in either place. The Lord's Supper, in each case, was observed at the
+mission after the anniversary service closed, and this was followed by
+Dr. Pond's discourse, so that the services did not end till about
+11.30 o'clock.
+
+At Oroville, even after this, a pleasant social was held, and we tried
+to bring another to Christ, but did not succeed; and finally, the
+night being so nearly gone, and the morning train for San Francisco
+starting at 4 o'clock, we did not go to bed at all, but strolled
+through Chinatown and enjoyed the cool night air after a hot,
+laborious day.
+
+At Watsonville we had similar exercises, and the joy of extending our
+fellowship to Dr. Quon Hun, a highly educated Chinese physician, who
+had attended our school for several months, and who, after studying
+the Lord's Prayer all alone, was led into the light of Christ, and
+composed a beautiful Chinese poem upon it. He had charge of the
+tablets of one of the Tongs, and had also his own private shrine in
+his office. But he returned the tablets and destroyed his own idols.
+He is a man greatly respected, and will be able to do a great work for
+Christ, though doubtless he will encounter much odium and
+persecution.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+Bureau of Woman's Work.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+THE ASSOCIATION JUBILEE.
+
+BY SEC. D. E. EMERSON.
+
+
+Not long after emancipation a freed-woman, about 50 years old, who was
+learning to read, came to the word "unbound" in her lesson, and
+exclaimed, rapturously, "How good, to feel unbound!"
+
+If the American Missionary Association, its work, principles, and all
+that it represents, could be expressed in one word, that word would be
+_emancipation_--deliverance from bondage, deliverance from caste
+prejudice, from ignorance, superstition, and darkness. Its mission is
+to preach the gospel to the poor, to loose the chains of the bound, to
+proclaim "The truth shall make you free."
+
+It was a little company of earnest men and women that gathered in
+Albany, N. Y., in September, 1846, to form this organization. Its
+early history was not only of works, but of "witness," fearless and
+undaunted. It had a God-given mission, and this conviction sustained
+its brave adherents during those years of severe trial and testing.
+Yet all was not discouragement. Every year brought added strength in
+numbers and in funds. Every year showed more plainly that the hand of
+the Lord was in this movement.
+
+So it worked for fifteen years, gaining varied experience in
+industrial, educational, evangelistic, and church work, in methods of
+administration, in wise use of funds. At the close of this period it
+was conducting prosperous missions at thirty-seven stations in its
+foreign field, and in the home field it had under its care 120
+churches. Then came the rebellion and war, and the unmistakable call
+of Providence to the rapid development of missions southward.
+Immediately the Association, now encouraged and supported by all the
+churches, moved in the wake of the Union army, beginning in 1861 to
+work for the contrabands at Fortress Monroe, where 1,800 colored
+people had sought the protection of the American flag. All its
+varieties of experience and resources were called into action. It
+became a philanthropic society to feed and clothe the suffering, a
+Bible society to distribute the word of God. It became an industrial
+society to help people to homes and teach practical farming, trades,
+and housewifery. It established social settlements, with groups of
+missionary teachers living in one household among the degraded and
+despised people, to whom they ministered; an educational society with
+its system of schools; a church society, seeking always the salvation
+of souls and gathering of converts into churches.
+
+Now it was that the wisdom, the heroism, the unfaltering faith of this
+Association, strengthened by fifteen years of valorous adherence to
+the gospel principles of emancipation, prepared it to launch out upon
+its great mission. The demands were almost overwhelming in extent and
+variety.
+
+First, Fortress Monroe, then Norfolk and all eastern Virginia, Newport
+News, and Port Royal; then the Carolinas, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
+So closely did the missions follow the victorious armies that by the
+time the war-storm had fully cleared away, the American Missionary
+Association had 320 missionaries preaching and teaching the gospel to
+the freedmen, with 16,000 pupils in its schools. No wonder that it was
+said, "Behold how God has fitted this Association for this vast and
+mighty work."
+
+The development of this marvelous work has many thrilling chapters
+among the forty-nine that have been already written. They tell the
+story briefly of the devoted men and women who have been carrying on
+the blessed work of emancipation. They show how not less than 3,000
+women have given of their best talent and strength to this Christ-like
+service. They speak of the perils by shotgun and by fire; of
+imprisonment, ostracism, and scorn; of persecution, that it was
+believed the progress of the age had made impossible in these later
+days, but which the State of Florida has been able to revive. But
+these chapters tell also how the truth has been setting many free,
+blacks and whites alike, bringing them into a truer conception of
+God's fatherhood, man's brotherhood through sonship by Jesus Christ.
+
+The American Missionary Association finds its highest testimonial in
+the work itself, in its system of Christian schools, including graded
+primaries, academies, normal and industrial schools, in its colleges
+in each of five states, and in its advancing church work. Nay, its
+best testimonial is in the product from these schools and churches,
+the teachers and preachers, lawyers and doctors, the good farmers and
+mechanics, the upright mothers and fathers, the sweet though humble
+homes, the conscientious Christian citizens, in whose influence and
+leadership lies the hope of the African race. It finds its testimonial
+in the loyalty and devotion of its missionaries, their self-denial for
+the cause they love. It has seen a gifted woman from a home of comfort
+going year by year for twenty years to this work of emancipation for
+the "bound" in Georgia and Tennessee, among a despised people, and,
+when called from earth and earth's opportunities, leaving a liberal
+sum to continue the work of Christian education. It has seen many
+another consecrated missionary take from the savings of a lifetime, to
+enable the Association to light one more lamp for the dark places of
+the South, and not a few turn back three-fourths of their small
+salaries to help in sustaining the work. The liberality of the
+missionaries testifies not only to the genuineness of the work, but to
+the importance of the field and its irresistible appeal.
+
+With such a history the American Missionary Association stands before
+the churches in this, its fiftieth, year. God has graciously widened
+the fields before it. The 4,000,000 of freed slaves are a race of
+8,000,000 in our midst. "Never since the apostolic age has there been
+open to the church a field so vast, so urgent, so hopeful."
+
+God has graciously widened the mission fields of the Association; the
+mountain regions of the South have been opened, and the gospel,
+carried with such personal risk fifty years ago, reaching only here
+and there a few, may be carried freely to the 2,000,000 of our
+mountain countrymen mentally and spiritually bound. God has graciously
+widened the fields. The Indian missions present their claim, for
+wherever a pagan Indian tribe remains there may the gospel be carried
+quickly and without personal harm. The providential call has been
+heard also, and answered by this Association, for the Chinese within
+our borders and the Eskimo on the Alaskan coast. The work of this
+Association may well be the glory of the churches. God has done His
+part. He has opened the fields, He has richly blessed every effort
+toward enlightenment and Christian civilization. The missionaries have
+done their part in prayer, in labor, in gifts, in voicing the earnest
+appeal of these poor, whose greatest need is Christian education and a
+pure gospel.
+
+Now, the Association has come to its fiftieth year, the fiftieth
+chapter in its serial history. Standing always for emancipation, it is
+itself enthralled in the toils of a terrible debt. It trusted the
+churches; it believed that the action of the churches in separating
+their Indian work from the government, relinquishing $22,000, would be
+followed by $22,000 additional gifts from the people of God, that the
+Indian missions should not suffer loss. It believed that the growing
+claim of the Southern mountain work and the claim of this great
+African race in our midst would not be disregarded. It still believes
+in the churches. There has been only a temporary withholding. In the
+sisterhood of missionary societies, two have been freed from debt. Now
+by one grand concentration of gifts to the Jubilee Fund of the
+American Missionary Association, shall it not be enabled to celebrate
+a remarkable record, a marvelous work, a divine call to present
+widening fields of usefulness and a jubilee of financial freedom that
+by the grace of God shall last? May we not then confidently look for
+the opening of the windows of heaven, and the outpouring of such a
+blessing on home churches and mission fields as shall summon the
+attention of an indifferent and unbelieving world to the certain and
+rapid progress of the kingdom of God?
+
+Jubilee Year Fund, Additional Shares.
+
+ EMELINE J. KELLOGG, Manchester, Vt.
+ ANDRUS MARCH, Charlton City, Mass.
+ CAROLINE CROWELL, Haverhill, Mass.
+ CHRISTIAN UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Upper Montclair, N. J.
+ Mrs. S. M. COWLES, Kensington, Conn.
+ Mrs. M. A. BACHELOR, Whitinsville, Mass.
+ Mrs. C. A. RANSOM, Wellesley, Mass.
+ CENTRAL UNION SOUTH CHURCH, Concord, N. H.
+ TWO FRIENDS, Wellesley, Mass., two shares.
+ WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY, River Falls, Wis.
+ FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Great Barrington, Mass.
+ Rev. JAMES W. BIXLER, Trustee, New London, Conn.
+ FRANK L. ANDREWS, Fall River, Mass.
+ Mrs. R. S. CURTIS, Hampden, Me.
+ SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Manchester, Conn.
+ PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL, Worcester, Mass.
+ TABITHA L. CUSHMAN, East Los Angeles, Cal.
+ CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL, Greenville, N. H.
+ "DEBTOR TO THE A. M. A.," Auburndale, Mass.
+ Mrs. ELLEN M. WELLMAN, Malden, Mass.
+ W. H. M. A., AUXILIARY OF CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMAGE, Plymouth, Mass.
+ CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Yankton, S. D.
+ WALNUT HILLS WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Cincinnati, O.
+ JOHN M. WILLIAMS, Evanston, Ill.
+ PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Lawrence, Kan.
+ Mr. and Mrs. GAYLORD THOMSON, Medina, O.
+ CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Granby, Mass.
+ Mrs. LOTA B. WHITE WALES, in memory of Rev. O. H. WHITE, D.D.,
+ Dorchester, Mass.
+ A FRIEND, New Britain, Conn.
+ FRIENDS, Milford, N. H., two shares.
+ LADIES IN SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, West Winsted, Conn.
+ Miss ANNA E. FARRINGTON, through WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
+ OF NORTH CAROLINA, Oaks, N. C.
+ WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Hancock, Mich.
+ A FRIEND, Concord, N. H., two shares.
+ Mrs. S. A. PRATT, Worcester, Mass.
+ EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Westboro, Mass.
+ CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Oakham, Mass.
+ TWO FRIENDS, Park Street Congregational Church, Boston, Mass.
+ INDIVIDUALS IN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Cumberland Centre, Me.
+ BELLE OLINGER, Williamsburg, Ky.
+ Mrs. W. H. CATLIN, Meriden, Conn.
+ WOMAN'S ASSOCIATION, First Church, Detroit, Mich.
+ RESIDENTS, Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
+
+ Previously reported, 238
+ Subscriptions reported above, 46
+ ------
+ Total number of shares reported, 284
+
+ * * * * *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1896.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+_THE DANIEL HAND FUND_
+
+_For the Education of Colored People._
+
+ Income for July $7,920.00
+ Previously acknowledged 47,663.09
+ -----------
+ $55,583.09
+ ===========
+
+
+CURRENT RECEIPTS
+
+
+MAINE, $371.59
+
+ Albany. J. E. Bird $4.00
+ Auburn. Mission Band High St. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 2.50
+ Calais. First Cong. Soc. 20.00
+ Centre Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.60
+ East Madison. "A Friend" 4.00
+ Gardiner. First Cong. Ch. 28.14
+ Hampden. Mrs. R. S. Curtis, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ North Bridgton. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+ Talladega C._ 4.25
+ Rockland. Cong. Ch. 42.57
+ South Freeport. Miss Fannie E. Soule, _for Moorhead, Miss._ 10.00
+ Wells. B. Maxwell, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+
+ Maine Woman's Aid to A. M. A., by Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury, Treas.:
+ Biddeford. Second Ch. Ladies' Miss'y Aux. 45.25
+ Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E. 6.28
+ Harpswell Center. 10.00
+ Minot Center. Bal. to const. MRS. OLIVE D.
+ SHAW L. M. 23.00
+ Pownal. 5.00
+ Skowhegan. 21.00
+ Somerset. Conference Coll. 3.00
+ Troy. 7.00
+ Turner. 17.00
+ Winthrop. 5.00
+ Woodfords. S. S. Primary Dept. 1.00
+ ------ 143.53
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $857.10.
+
+ Alsted. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.70
+ Boscawen. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Allen (1 of which _for debt_) 3.00
+ Candia. Cong. Ch. 15.79
+ Concord. South Cong. Ch. 63.18
+ Derry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.63
+ Dover. First Cong. Ch. 100.00
+ Greenville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Hanover. Mary A. Fletcher, _for Hospital, Fort Yates, N. D._ 10.00
+ Haverhill. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Box C. and Bedding, Val.
+ 22.45, _for Savannah, Ga._
+ Laconia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
+ Lyndeboro. Cong. Ch. 11.00
+ Manchester. Class of Young Girls, Sab. Sch. of Franklin
+ St. Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Plainfield. Mrs. S. R. Baker 10.00
+ Rindge. Cong. Ch. 15.00
+ Swanzey. Y. P. S. C. E., 8 _for Fort Berthold, N. D._;
+ 5 _for Fort Independence, N. D._ 13.00
+ Walpole. Cong. Ch. 28.63
+ ----. "A Friend," for a Life Membership 30.00
+
+ New Hampshire Female Cent. Inst. and Home Missionary Union,
+ by Miss Annie A. McFarland, Treas.:
+ Boscawen. Cent. Union, _for Salary,
+ Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 8.67
+ Concord. Cent. Union, First Ch.,
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Concord. "A Friend," First Ch.,
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Concord. Cent. Union, South Ch.,
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Derry. Cent. Union, First Cong. Ch.,
+ _for Salary_ 25.00
+ Epsom. Cent. Society 4.00
+ Hebron and Groton. Homeland Circle
+ (3.78 of which _for debt_) 7.57
+ Keene. Sab. Sch. Prim. Dept., Second Ch. 5.00
+ Manchester. L. H. M. Soc. of Franklin
+ St. Ch. 68.00
+ Tamworth. Mrs. Mary K. Gannet,
+ _for Two Shares Jubilee Fund_ 100.00
+ ------- 368.24
+ -------
+ $821.17
+
+ ESTATE.
+
+ New Ipswich. Estate of Dea. Leavit Lincoln, by Trustees 35.93
+ -------
+ $857.10
+
+
+VERMONT, $626.39.
+
+ Barnet. Y. P. S. C. E., by R. L. Laughlin, Cor. Sec. $2.50
+ Bradford. Cong. Ch. 13.10
+ Burlington. College St. Cong. Ch. 84.33
+ Burlington. Sab. Sch., College St. Ch.,
+ _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 20.00
+ Granby. "A Friend" 15.00
+ Manchester. Miss Emeline J. Kellogg,
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Newbury. Bbl. for Christmas, Freight 2.46,
+ _for King's Mountain, N. C._ 2.46
+ North Bennington. Cong. Ch., adl. 1.50
+ Queechee. Cong. Ch., adl. 11.80
+ Randolph. First Cong. Ch. 9.15
+ Rochester. Cong. Ch. 13.92
+ Saint Albans. Cong. Ch. 35.00
+ Saint Johnsbury. "In Memoriam, Z.W." _for Share
+ Jubilee Fund_, 50; "B.," 25; "H.," 25 100.00
+ Townshend. Miss E. Ballard 5.00
+ Wallingford. "A Friend" 1.00
+ West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 32.97
+ Westford. Y. P. S. C. E., by Luna M. Osgood, Cor. Sec. 2.50
+ West Hartford. Mrs. E. M. Copeland, _Jubilee Offering_ 1.00
+ West Randolph. Mrs. Sidney Howard 6.00
+ Windsor. Old South Cong. Ch. 4.75
+ Woodstock. Cong. Soc. 25.53
+ -------
+ $437.51
+
+ ESTATE.
+
+ Charlotte. Estate of Lydia Ann Hicks 100.00
+ Swanton. Estate of C. C. Long, by D. G. Furman, Executor 88.88
+ -------
+ $626.39
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $4,016.10
+
+ Abington. First Cong. Ch. $7.60
+ Andover. Abbot Academy, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ and
+ to const. MISS LAURA S. WATSON, Principal, L. M. 50.00
+ Andover. Sab. Sch., South Cong. Ch., _for Student
+ Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
+ Ashby. Ortho. Ch. 10.61
+ Auburndale. "One who is a Debtor to the A. M. A.,"
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Beverly. Dane St. Cong. Ch. 87.92
+ Beverly. Mrs. Ann V. Bailey, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Blandford. First Cong. Ch. 18.00
+ Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. 88.96
+ Boston--Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch. 108.41
+ Dorchester. Pilgrim Ch., adl. 1.00
+ Roxbury. H. M. Soc. Walnut Av. Ch., Mrs. Esther G.
+ Thomas, _Jubilee Offering_ 5.00
+ ------ 114.41
+ Cambridge. North Av. Cong. Ch. 161.73
+ Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 28.16
+ Campello. South Cong. Ch. 50.00
+ Charlton City. Andrus March, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Concord. Cong. Ch., adl. .50
+ Cummington. Cong. Ch. 20.00
+ Curtisville. Cong. Ch., 17; Mite Boxes Sab. Sch.,
+ Cong. Ch., 18.88, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 35.88
+ Dalton. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E. 25.00
+ Douglas. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
+ Easthampton. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 27.41
+ Enfield. Cong. Ch. 25.00
+ Fall River. Frank L. Andrews, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Fall River. Central Cong. Ch., Ladies' Benef.
+ Soc. and Y. L. Aux., _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Foxboro. "M. N. P.," 30 of which to const. MRS.
+ ESTHER N. CADWELL L. M. 50.00
+ Gardner. W. B. M. Aux., by Mrs. E. A. Rolfe 50.00
+ Gloucester. Trinity Cong. Ch. 40.00
+ Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch., 30, to const.
+ REV. LEON D. BLISS L. M; First Cong. Ch., Sunday
+ Sch. Class and Other Friends, 30, to const. MRS.
+ EMILY A. VAN LENNEP L. M. (50 of which _for Share
+ Jubilee Fund_) 60.00
+ Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 41.24; Mrs. Dwight
+ R. Tyler, 12.00 53.24
+ Greenfield. First Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., _for
+ Alaska M._ 5.06
+ Haverhill. Mrs. Caroline Crowell, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Holliston. First Cong. Ch. 49.05
+ Holliston. S. S. Class of Boys, _for Student Aid,
+ Talladega C._ 2.00
+ Huntington. Rev. Edward C. Haynes 1.56
+ Hyde Park. "Friends," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
+ Lenox. Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, 50; Mrs. Geo.
+ Westinghouse, 50; George Higginson, 50, _for
+ Life Membership_ and _for 3 Shares Jubilee Fund_ 150.00
+ Littleton. Ladies' Sewing Circle 14.00
+ Lowell. Eliot Ch., W. H. M. A., Box Sch. Supplies
+ _for Tougaloo U._
+ Lynn. Chestnut St. Cong. Ch. 2.15
+ Lyonsville. "A Friend of Missions" 5.00
+ Malden. Mrs. Ellen M. Wellman (50 of which _for
+ Share Jubilee Fund_) 100.00
+ Middleboro. Thomas P. Carleton, _for Gospels,
+ for Colored Children_ 1.50
+ Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Theo. Student Aid,
+ Howard U._ 25.00
+ Millers Falls. First Cong. Ch. 2.50
+ Mittineague. Southworth Co., Box of Paper _for
+ Talladega C._
+ Newburyport. First Cong. Ch. 17.31
+ Newton. Eliot Ch. 100.00
+ Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. 85.66
+ Northampton. "Friends," 15; Miss M. F. Andrews, 10,
+ _for Theo. Student Aid, Howard U._ 25.00
+ North Amherst. North Cong. Ch., Martha E. Harrington,
+ 20; Frank W. Harrington, 5 25.00
+ North Andover. Cong. Ch. 50.00
+ North Andover. Mrs. Wm. A. Russell, _for Theo.
+ Student Aid, Harvard U._ 25.00
+ North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.52
+ North Wilbraham. Grace Union Ch. 18.10
+ Oxford. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. MISS MABEL E.
+ TYLER and MISS LUCY J. KING L. M.'s 40.00
+ Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., _for Theo. Student Aid,
+ Talladega C._ 67.68
+ Princeton. First Cong. Ch. 70.00
+ Richmond. King's Daughters, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00
+ Sheffield. Cong. Ch. 12.00
+ Springfield. Edward O. Sutton, 40; Faith Ch., by
+ W. I. Morse, Treas., 12 52.00
+ Sunderland. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 25.00
+ Taunton. West Cong. Soc. 4.11
+ Wakefield. Cong. Ch. 21.78
+ Wareham. "Two Friends" 15.00
+ Wellesley. "Two Friends," _for Two Shares Jubilee Fund_ 100.00
+ Wellesley. Mrs. C. A. Ransom, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch. 38.00
+ Whitinsville. Mrs. M. A Bachelor, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. 10.00
+ Winchester. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
+ West Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. 7.00
+ Worcester. Central Ch., 125; Union Ch., 67.70;
+ Piedmont Ch. (quarterly), 30 222.70
+ Worcester. Sab. Sch., Plymouth Cong. Ch.
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 87.83
+ Worcester. Park Cong. Ch., _for Theo. Student Aid,
+ Howard U._ 5.00
+ Worcester. "A Friend." by N. Scammon 10.00
+ Worcester. "A Friend in Mass." 35.00
+ Woman's Home Missionary Association of Mass. and R. I.,
+ Miss Annie C. Bridgman, Treas:
+ Auburndale Aux. 25.00
+ Plymouth Aux., _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ ------ 75.00
+ ---------
+ $3,253.23
+
+ ESTATES.
+ Boston. Estate of Lucinda J. Hartshorn 747.87
+ Boston. Estate of Elizabeth C. Parkhurst 15.00
+ ---------
+ $4,016.10
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $120.49.
+
+ Newport. United Con. Ch. (quarterly) $13.53
+ Pawtucket. Pawtucket Cong. Ch. 90.00
+ Providence. N. W. Williams, 15; Y. P. S. C. E.
+ of North Cong. Ch., 1.96 16.96
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $2,297.56.
+
+ Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E. $10.00
+ Bristol. Mrs. S. P. Newell and Mrs. Harry W. Barnes,
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Clinton. L. L. Hull 10.00
+ Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
+ Danielson. Mrs. H. N. Clemons 1.00
+ East Canaan. Cong. Ch. 5.61
+ Farmington. Cong. Ch. 200.00
+ Farmington. "A Friend," _for Indian M._ 50.00
+ Glastonbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 25, _for
+ Student Aid, Tougaloo U._, and 25 _for Student
+ Aid, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 50.00
+ Guilford. Miss Clara I. Sage, _for Two Shares Jubilee Fund_ 100.00
+ Hartford. Wethersfield Av. Cong. Ch. 10.00
+ Kensington. Mrs. S. M. Cowles, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Kensington. Cong. Ch., Coll. at Rally Meeting 6.30
+ Killingworth. Cong. Ch. 6.00
+ Lisbon. The Sunbeam Mission Circle, _for Student Aid,
+ A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._ 6.00
+ Manchester. Second Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 57.05
+ Manchester. Miss M. H. Hilliard, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Middletown. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. Useful Articles;
+ Cash, 2; _for Talladega C._ 2.00
+ Milford. Plymouth Ch., 20.28; First Cong. Ch., 14.02 34.30
+ Morris. Cong. Soc. 9.20
+ New Britain. First Ch. of Christ 125.00
+ New Britain. Union Service, by Rev. J. W. Cooper, D.D.,
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.68
+ New Haven. Mrs. James H. Foy, 25; F. R. Bliss, 5,
+ _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 30.00
+ New London. Rev. James W. Bixler, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ New London. First Ch. of Christ 45.44
+ New Milford. Grace H. Turrill 5.00
+ Northfield. Cong. Ch., 18.26; C. E. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 1.08 19.34
+ North Greenwich. Cong. Ch. 5.00
+ Old Lyme. Cong. Ch. 6.22
+ Plainfield. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch. 9.67
+ Plainville. "Church Member," _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 10.00
+ Prospect. B. B. Brown, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Putnam. Edgar Clark .50
+ Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch. 17.24
+ Rockville. G. L. Grant 2.00
+ Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 60.40
+ Shelton. Cong. Ch. 24.18
+ Southington. Cong. Ch. 17.41
+ Stony Creek. Ch. of Christ, _Jubilee Offering_ 12.00
+ Torrington. Third Cong. Ch. 80.78
+ Wapping. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch. 11.49
+ Waterbury. Mrs. Ruth W. Carter, deceased, Trust Fund,
+ by Samuel Holmes, _for Douglass Hall, Cappahosic, Va._ 500.00
+ Woodbury. First Cong. Ch. 6.00
+ Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. 16.41
+ West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 98.41;
+ Rev. H. A. Russell, 5. 103.41
+ Weston. Norfield Y. P. S. C. E., by Anna E. Fitch,
+ Cor. Sec. 5.00
+
+ Woman's Congregational Home Missionary Union of
+ Connecticut, Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, Treas.:
+ Bridgeport. No. Ch. Aux.
+ _for Grand View, Tenn._ 1.43
+ Cromwell, Ladies of Cong. Ch.,
+ _for Thomasville Sch._ 13.50
+ Hartford, Friend in Asylum Hill Ch.,
+ _for Fort Berthold, N. D._ 2.00
+ Kensington, Aux., _for Share Jubilee
+ Fund_ and to const. MRS. S. A.
+ HART L. M. 50.00
+ Richville. Union Ch., Jr. C. E. Soc.,
+ _for Grand View, Tenn._ 10.00
+ ------- 76.93
+ ----------
+ $2,197.56
+
+ ESTATE.
+
+ Clinton. Estate of Harvey Stevens, by R. R.
+ Stannard, Trustee 100.00
+ ----------
+ $2,297.56
+
+
+NEW YORK, $3,082.77.
+
+ Angola. Cong. Ch., 10; Y. P. S. C. E., 2 $12.00
+ Angola. Miss A. H. Ames 5.00
+ Binghamton. First Cong. Ch., Bible Sch.,
+ _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
+ Brooklyn. Mrs. Julia E. Brick, _for The
+ Joseph K. Brick Normal and Agricultural School,
+ Enfield, N. C._ 2,000.00
+ Brooklyn. Lewis Av. Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. Miss'y
+ Soc., _for Salary of Teacher, Indian M._, 75;
+ Sab. Sch., Central Cong. Ch., _for Indian M.,
+ Santee, Neb._, 37.50; Rev. J. M. Whiton, Ph.D.,
+ _for Whiton Prizes, Talladega C._, 15; Bushwick
+ Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 5 132.50
+ Cold Brook. Mrs. A. J. Burt, _for Gloucester Sch.
+ Cappahosic, Va._ 2.00
+ Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. 12.00
+ Danby. Cong Ch. 5.00
+ East Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc 25.00
+ Elbridge. First Presb. Ch 5.80
+ New York. W. E. Dodge, Educational Fund, _for
+ Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 100.00
+ New York. Miss D. E. Emerson, _for repairs,
+ Moorehead, Miss._ 20.00
+ New York. (Tremont) Trinity Cong. Ch. 10.00
+ Northfield. Y. P. S. C. E., by W. S. Webb 9.96
+ Pattersonville. Mrs. Freeman Milmine, _for Talladega C._ 5.00
+ Perry Centre. "In Memoriam Martha B. Sheldon,"
+ by Milton A. Barber, _for Debt_ 75.00
+ Phoenix. L. J. Carrier, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 3.00
+ Rushville. Rev. F. T. Hoover, Bbl. Potatoes, _for
+ Greenwood, S. C._
+ Saratoga Springs. Mrs. E. B. Ripley, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Sherburne. Miss Fannie Rexford, _for Talladega C._ 10.00
+ Sherburne. Mrs. J. C. Harrington 5.00
+ Syracuse. Geddes Cong. Ch. 13.26
+ Utica. Plymouth Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Central
+ Ch., New Orleans, La._ 5.00
+ Westmoreland. Miss S. A. Dann 2.00
+ West Winfield. "G. W." 10.00
+
+ Woman's Home Missionary Union of New York, by
+ Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, Treas.:
+ Brooklyn. Tompkins Av. Ch., S. S. Class
+ C, _for Student Aid, Lincoln Acad._ 3.50
+ Carthage. W. M. S. 5.00
+ Clifton Springs. "Mrs. A. G. W.,"
+ _for Jubilee Fund_ 8.00
+ Morrisville. C. E., _for Central
+ Ch., New Orleans, La._ 5.00
+ Rutland. Aux. 8.75
+ Syracuse. Danforth Ch., L. U.,
+ _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
+ ------- 40.25
+ ----------
+ $2,582.77
+
+ ESTATE.
+
+ Amsterdam. Estate of David Cady: T. H. Benton
+ Crane, Executor 500.00
+ ----------
+ $3,082.77
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $343.92.
+
+ Chester. J. H. Cramer $30.00
+ East Orange, First Cong. Ch., Y. P S. C. E.,
+ _for Grand View, Tenn._ 25.00
+ Hoboken. John E. Merrill, _Jubilee Offering_ 10.00
+ Lyons Farms. Sab. Sch. Presb. Ch. 22.92
+ Orange. The Armstrong Club, _for Gloucester
+ Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 5.00
+ Newark. First Cong. Ch., Jun. Y. P. S. C. E.,
+ _for Indian M._ 5.75
+ Plainfield. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton to const.
+ MIRIAM F. CHOATE L. M. 30.00
+ Woodbridge. First Cong. Ch. 19.31
+ Upper Montclair. Christian Union Cong. Ch.
+ (50.00 of which _for Share Jubilee Fund_) 150.00
+ Vineland. Jun. C. E. Soc., First Bapt. Ch.,
+ _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 4.00
+
+ Woman's Home Missionary Union of the N. J.
+ Association, by Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas.:
+
+ Plainfield. Cong. Ch., W. H. M. S.,
+ _for Salary_ 25.00
+ -------- 25.00
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $75.00
+
+ Germantown. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Philadelphia. W. Graham Tyler 25.00
+
+
+OHIO, $550.80.
+
+ Akron. First Cong. Ch., adl. 60.00
+ Ashtabula. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morris, _Jubilee Offering_ 2.00
+ Atwater. "A Friend" 100.00
+ Bellevue. S. W. Boise, 10; First Cong. Ch., 4 14.00
+ Cleveland. Bethlehem Cong. Ch., 38.60; Euclid Ave.
+ Cong. Ch., 25.00; C. E. Soc., East Madison Ave.
+ Cong. Ch., 5.00 68.60
+ Cleveland. Hough Ave. Cong. Ch., "A Friend,"
+ _for Mountain Work_ 1.00
+ Columbus. Rev. B. Talbot, _for Debt_ 1.00
+ Cuyahoga Falls. First Cong. Ch. 18.65
+ Dover. Mrs. R. Hall 5.00
+ Hudson. Cong. Ch. 10.00
+ Lodi. Cong. Ch. 7.17
+ North Bloomfield. Dea. and Mrs. J. M. Knapp,
+ _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 5.00
+ Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., 39.93; Mrs. Hannah
+ S. Lewis, 5.00 44.93
+ Oberlin. Mrs. M. A. Keep, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ in part 25.00
+ Painesville. Class of Girls, Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.,
+ _for Macon, Ga._ 3.20
+ Rootstown. W. J. Dickinson 20.00
+ Senecaville. Rev. Evans Thompson 1.00
+ Tallmadge. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 24.08
+ Thorndyke. Adelaide E. Whetmore 2.00
+ Windham. First Cong. Ch. 4.30
+
+ Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Geo.
+ B. Brown, Treas.:
+
+ Austinburg. W. M. S., _for Salaries_ 15.00
+ Chardon. Y. P. S. C. E., _for
+ Salary_ 3.00
+ Cincinnati. Walnut Hills, W. H. M. S.,
+ _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Cleveland. First, W. H. M. S.,
+ _Jubilee Offering_ 5.00
+ Cleveland. Pilgrim J. C. E., 6
+ _for Salaries_; 3.20, _for Student
+ Aid, Dorchester Acad._ 9.20
+ Dayton. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Salary_ 3.00
+ North Fairfield. W. M. S., 2.50;
+ S. S., 1, _for Salaries_ 3.50
+ Oberlin. First, L. A. S., _for
+ Salary_ 10.00
+ Ravenna. F. & H. M. S.,
+ _for Salary_ 10.17
+ Springfield. First, Y. P. S. C. E.,
+ _for Salary_ 5.00
+ Wauseon. C. W. A., _Jubilee Offering_ 15.00
+ Zanesville. W. M. S., _for Salary_ 5.00
+ ------- 133.87
+
+
+INDIANA, $20.50.
+
+ Fort Wayne. Plymouth Cong. Ch., _for Freedmen and Indian M._ $20.50
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $616.01.
+
+ Aurora. New England Cong. Ch. $4.01
+ Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote 5.00
+ Canton. Cong. Ch. 27.63
+ Clifton. Cong. Ch. 1.90
+ Elburn. Cong. Ch. 20.00
+ Elgin. Mrs. M. C. Town, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Evanston. Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Galesburg. Central Cong. Ch., Mrs. Martha A.
+ Hitchcock, in part _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 25.00
+ Glencoe. Cong. Ch. of Christ, 67.91; Sab. Sch. Cong.
+ Ch. of Christ, 25.71 93.62
+ Glen Ellyn. First Cong. Ch. 6.20
+ Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. 12.95
+ LaGrange. Cong. Ch. 14.82
+ Mazon. Cong. Ch. 6.71
+ Moline. Cong. Ch. 45.00
+ Normal. First Cong. Ch. 6.50
+ Oak Park. Second Cong. Ch. 30.84
+ Oneida. Cong. C. E. Soc. 2.50
+ Paxton. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., _for Student Aid,
+ Fisk U._ 5.00
+ Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens 2.50
+ Princeton. Cong. Ch. 17.98
+ Rio. Sab. Sch., Second Cong. Ch. 2.15
+ Rockford. Sab. Sch., Second Cong. Ch. 15.00
+ Sannemin. Mrs. M. E. Knowlton 1.00
+ Stark. Missionary Soc., by Mrs. Wm. Kleffer, Treas. 4.00
+ Sterling. Mrs. Catharine McKinney 10.00
+ Toulon. Miss Addie M. Smith, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 4.00
+ ----. Cash .50
+
+ Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. L. A.
+ Field, Treas.:
+ Chicago. New England, W. M. S. 31.70
+ Chicago. Lincoln Park, W. M. S. 5.00
+ Lockport. W. M. S. 4.25
+ Peoria. Plymouth, Jr., C. E. .30
+ Rockford. First, W. M. S. 4.95
+ Saint Charles. W. M. S. 5.00
+ ------- 51.20
+ --------
+ $516.01
+
+ ESTATE.
+
+ Freeport. Estate of L. A. Warner, by A. C. Warner, Executor 100.00
+ --------
+ $616.01
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $78.44.
+
+ Benzonia. First Cong. Ch. 9.00
+ Hancock. First Cong. Ch. 39.98
+ Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., _for
+ Student Aid, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 6.85
+ Olivet. Olivet Benev. Soc., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 3.00
+ Saint Joseph. First Cong. Ch. 5.61
+ Vicksburg. Rev. J. and Mrs. L. A. Van Antwerp 2.00
+
+ Woman's Home Missionary Union of Michigan, by Mrs. E. F.
+ Grabill, Treas.:
+ Detroit. First Ch., Primary Dept.,
+ _for Chapel Building, Chinese M._ 2.00
+ Litchfield. L. M. S., _for Salary_ 10.00
+ ------- 12.00
+
+
+IOWA, $249.34.
+
+ Alden. Cong. Ch. 2.95
+ Algona. First Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., 25; Mrs. H. E.
+ Stacey, 10; _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00
+ Anita. Ladies' M. Soc., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00
+ Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 3.70
+ Cedar Falls. Cong. Ch. 50.00
+ Council Bluffs. N. P Dodge, _for DeF. Mem. Chapel,
+ Talladega C._ 25.00
+ Danville. Lee W. Mix. 5.00
+ Hartwick. Cong. Ch. 3.44
+ Lewis. Cong. Ch. 12.00
+ Otho. Cong. Ch. 10.00
+ Ottumwa. First Cong. Ch. 15.36
+ Waverly. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 3.00
+ Wayne. Cong. Ch. 5.50
+
+ Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, Miss Belle L.
+ Bentley, Treas:
+ Decorah. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.
+ _for Indian M., Salary_ 1.52
+ Grinnell. W. H. M. U. 2.18
+ Iowa City. W. H. M. U. 11.25
+ Lake View. L. M. S. 2.50
+ Mason City. Y. P. S. C. E.,
+ _for Indian M., Salary_ 4.00
+ Muscatine. Jr. C. E., _for
+ Talladega C._ 5.00
+ Old Man's Creek. Cong. Ch. 5.39
+ Old Man's Creek. Sab. Sch.
+ _for Indian M., Salary_ 2.75
+ Osage. W. M. S. 28.80
+ ------ 63.39
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $246.60.
+
+ Beloit. First Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 62.75
+ Delavan. Cong. Ch. 5.00
+ Durand. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 3.50; Pilgrim Cong. Ch.,
+ L. M. Soc., 5.00 8.50
+ Eau Claire. First Cong. Ch. 37.50
+ Fulton. Rev. A. S. Reid 2.00
+ Janesville. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
+ Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00
+ Lake Geneva. First Cong. Ch. 16.00
+ Oconomowoc. Cong. Ch. 2.16
+ Sparta. Cong. Ch. 27.10
+ Sun Prairie. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+ Talladega C._ 3.00
+ West Salem. Cong. Ch. to const. CLYDE M. SHANE L. M.,
+ 32.77; Cong. Ch. C. E. Soc., 9.06 41.83
+
+ Wisconsin Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. C. M. Blackman,
+ Treas.:
+ Appleton. W. H. M. U. 17.09
+ Arena. W. H. M. U. 1.45
+ Eau Claire. W. H. M. U. 4.00
+ Stoughton. S. S. Birthday Box 3.50
+ Sun Prairie. W. H. M. U. 1.72
+ Wauwatosa. W. H. M. U. 6.00
+ Wauwatosa. W. H. M. U., _for Debt_ 5.00
+ ------ 38.76
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $117.12.
+
+ Alexandria. First Cong. Ch. 11.95
+ Austin. Sab. Sch., First Cong. Ch. 5.04
+ Minneapolis. Como Av. Cong. Ch. 5.17
+ New Richland. Cong. Ch. 1.58
+ Robbinsdale. Cong. Ch. 8.82
+ Winona. Cong. Ch. 32.00
+ Worthington. Union Cong. Ch. 2.56
+ --------
+ $67.12
+
+ ESTATE.
+
+ Hawley. Estate of Adna Colburn, Sen., by Walter
+ Tanner, Executor 50.00
+ --------
+ $117.12
+
+
+MISSOURI, $3.00.
+
+ Saint Louis. Bethlehem Cong. Ch. 3.00
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $38.30.
+
+ Linwood. Cong. Ch. 14.00
+ Fairmont. Cong. Ch. 4.30
+ Santee Agency. Young Woman's Missionary Society of
+ Santee Normal Training Sch., by Mary T. Morris, _for Debt_ 20.00
+
+
+NORTH DAKOTA, $3.00.
+
+ Woman's Home Missionary Union of North Dakota, by Mrs.
+ J. M. Fisher, Treas.:
+ Cummings. Mission Band 3.00
+
+
+SOUTH DAKOTA, $57.00.
+
+ Beresford. Cong. Ch., 2.65; W. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2.35 5.00
+ Yankton. Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Pioneer. Cong. Ch. 2.00
+
+
+COLORADO, $6.00.
+
+ Fort Logan, Charlotte E. Parish 6.00
+
+
+ARIZONA, $2.00.
+
+ Nogales. Soc. of C. E., by Mrs. O. E. Mix 2.00
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $59.25.
+
+ Avalon. Rev. Ewing Ogden Tade 2.50
+ Lodi. Cong. Ch. 4.50
+ East Los Angeles. Mrs. Tabitha I. Cushman, _for Share
+ Jubilee Fund_ 50.00
+ Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern Cal., by Mrs.
+ Mary M. Smith, Treas.:
+ San Jacinto. L. A. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 2.25
+
+
+OREGON, $5.00.
+
+ Ashland. Cong. Ch. 5.00
+
+
+WASHINGTON, $10.06.
+
+ Snohomish. Cong. Ch. 10.06
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $258.22.
+
+ Washington. Rev. J. E. Rankin, Prof. J. L. Ewell and
+ Prof. Isaac Clark, 100; First Cong. Ch., 75; Prof.
+ J. L. Ewell, 32.61; Prof. Isaac Clark, 18.61; Rev.
+ J. E. Rankin, 12; Mount Pleasant Cong. Ch., 10; Rev.
+ H. P. Johnson, D.D., 10, _for Theo. Student Aid,
+ Howard U._ 258.22
+
+
+MARYLAND, $100.00.
+
+ Baltimore. D. D. Mallory, _for Gloucester Sch.,
+ Cappahosic, Va._ 100.00
+
+
+VIRGINIA, $3.50.
+
+ Cappahosic. John Boyd, _for Gloucester Sch._ 1.00
+ Saint Stephen's Ch. Rev. W. H. Taylor, _for Gloucester Sch.,
+ Cappahosic, Va._ 2.50
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $10.47.
+
+ Campton. Rev. J. W. Doane, _Jubilee Offering_ 5.00
+ Evarts. Cong. Ch., 2.05; Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., 42c. 2.47
+ Red Ash. Cong. Ch. 3.00
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $3.25.
+
+ Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina, by Miss
+ A. E. Farrington, Treas.:
+ Oaks. Free-Will Workers 2.00
+ Oaks. Jr. C. E. S., _for Indian M._ 1.25
+ ------- 3.25
+
+
+SOUTH CAROLINA, $5.00.
+
+ Charleston. Miss I. C. Chapin, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
+
+
+GEORGIA, $5.50.
+
+ McIntosh. Rev. J. A. Jones, _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 5.00
+ Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke .50
+
+
+ALABAMA, $18.84.
+
+ Ironaton. Rev. P. O. Wailes, _for De F. Mem. Chapel_, 4;
+ _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._, 2. 6.00
+ Talladega. Abraham Lincoln Cent. Soc., by Mrs. E. G.
+ Snell, Treas. 12.84
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, $20.50.
+
+ Moorhead. Miss E. L. Parsons, _for Moorhead_ 20.00
+ Tougaloo. F. H. Ball, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ .50
+
+
+----, $17.25.
+
+ ----. Anonymous, _for Talladega C._ 10.00
+ ----. D. H. Holmes 5.00
+ ----. "A Friend" 2.25
+
+
+HAWAII, 200.00.
+
+ Kohala. "A Friend" 200.00
+
+
+ -----------
+ Donations $12,758.19
+ Estates 1,737.68
+ -----------
+ $14,495.87
+
+
+INCOME, $335.00.
+
+ Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 202.00
+ Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00
+ General Endowment Fund 50.00
+ General Endowment Fund, _for Freedmen_ 7.50
+ LeMoyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._ 11.25
+ Scholarship Fund, _for Straight U._ 3.75
+ Tuthill King Fund, _for Atlanta U._ 7.50
+ Yale Library Fund, _for Talladega C._ 3.00
+ -------- 335.00
+
+
+TUITION, $1,294.14.
+
+ Evarts, Ky. Tuition 25.28
+ Lexington, Ky. Tuition 17.05
+ Williamsburg, Ky. Tuition 151.75
+ Nashville, Tenn. Tuition 281.45
+ Beaufort, N. C. Tuition 10.50
+ Charleston, S. C. Tuition 350.15
+ Greenwood, S. C. Tuition 71.57
+ Marietta, Ga. Tuition .45
+ Talladega, Ala. Tuition 282.54
+ New Orleans, La. Tuition 13.00
+ Austin, Tex. Tuition 90.40
+ -------- 1,294.14
+ ----------
+
+Total for July $16,125.01
+ ==========
+
+
+SUMMARY
+
+ Donations $150,640.92
+ Estates 80,788.22
+ ------------
+ $231,429.14
+
+ Income 11,386.51
+
+ Tuition 38,514.36
+ ------------
+ Total from Oct. 1, to July 31 $281,330.01
+ ============
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+ Subscriptions for July $19.25
+ Previously acknowledged 442.10
+ --------
+ Total $461.35
+
+
+
+ H.W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
+ Bible House, N.Y.
+
+
+
+
+
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