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diff --git a/26996.txt b/26996.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..168f957 --- /dev/null +++ b/26996.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3312 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 50, No. +05, May, 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: The American Missionary -- Volume 50, No. 05, May, 1896 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: October 23, 2008 [EBook #26996] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** + + + + +Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Karen Dalrymple, and the +Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net +(This file was produced from images generously made +available by Cornell University Digital Collections.) + + + + + + +[Illustration: The American Missionary] + +MAY, 1896 + +VOL. L + +No. 5 + + * * * * * + +CONTENTS + + +EDITORIAL. + + THE JUBILEE YEAR FUND, 145 + ARREST OF OUR TEACHERS IN ORANGE PARK, FLA., 146 + PARAGRAPHS--JUBILEE FIELD DAYS IN THE INTERIOR, 147 + + +THE SOUTH. + + THE OPENING CHURCH MISSIONS (Illustrated), 150 + GRACIOUS REVIVAL IN SELMA, ALA., 155 + COTTON VALLEY, ALA., 156 + IMPARTIAL TESTIMONY, 157 + WHAT OUR GRADUATES ARE DOING, 158 + ALL HEALING, N. C.--PLEASANT HILL, TENN., 160 + + +THE INDIANS. + + PONCA, NEB.--FLYING BY'S VILLAGE, 160 + HUT AND HEAVEN, 161 + + +THE CHINESE. + + LOS ANGELES MISSION, 162 + + +WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS, 164 + +SHARES OF THE JUBILEE YEAR FUND, 166 + +RECEIPTS, 167 + + * * * * * + +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._ + + EAMUEL 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. MAY, 1896. No. 5. + + * * * * * + +THE JUBILEE YEAR FUND. + + +In the last number of THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY we published the plea of +the Executive Committee of this Association for an offering to relieve +the Association in its financial necessities. We present below the +working point of that document in these words: + + It is proposed to raise during the next six months a special + Jubilee Year Fund of $100,000, in shares of $50 each, with the + hope and expectation that these shares will be taken by the + friends of missions without lessening those regular + contributions which must be depended upon to sustain the + current work. + +As the means of securing these gifts we subjoin the blank form of a +pledge, which, when signed by individuals or officers of churches, may +be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Bible House, New York. When the +amount pledged is paid our treasurer will send as a receipt a neatly +printed certificate. On another page will be found a list of pledges +already made. + +We solicit especial attention to the closing paragraph of the sentence +quoted above, asking that these special gifts _shall not lessen the +regular contributions_, upon which the Association must depend to +sustain the current work. + +We send forth this appeal under a deep sense of responsibility. We +know that business is still depressed and that many of the friends to +whom we make this plea have responded generously to the calls of +sister missionary societies. But we feel that it is a duty we owe to +God and to the needy peoples for whom we labor to attempt the relief +of this Association in its embarrassing and hindering liabilities. We +confidently believe that many of the churches and generous +individuals to whom we make this plea, feel as we do, a sense of duty +and responsibility in this important matter. Some to whom this may +come may be able to respond at once with a pledge of _one_ or _more_ +shares. But to those who cannot, we urge that they lay by in store as +God may prosper them the means for as prompt a response as possible to +our call. + + + Share, $50. $100,000 + + THE JUBILEE YEAR FUND + OF THE + AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + + I hereby take ...... shares (Fifty Dollars each) in the Jubilee Year + Fund of the American Missionary Association, to be paid before the + close of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, 1896. + + _Name_ ..................................... + _P. O. Address_ ............................ + + * * * * * + +ARREST OF OUR TEACHERS IN ORANGE PARK, FLORIDA. + + +Rev. T. S. Perry, of Limerick, Me.; Mr. O. S. Dickinson, of West +Granville, Mass.; Principal B. D. Rowlee, of East Woodstock, Conn.; +Mrs. B. D. Rowlee; Miss Edith M. Robinson, of Battle Creek, Mich.; +Miss H. S. Loveland, of Newark Valley, N. Y.; and Miss Margaret Ball, +of Orange Park, Fla., with two patrons of the school (white) residing +in Orange Park, were all arrested by the Sheriff at Orange Park, Fla., +on Friday the 10th of April, charged with the crime of teaching young +people of two races under the same roof. They were not taken to jail, +but were given until Monday--the intervening days of Saturday and +Sunday--to procure bail. This esteemed pastor of the Congregational +Church in Orange Park, the most worthy teachers and the patrons are +awaiting trial for this crime! and are only saved from jail by the +bail which has been procured for them. This is as far as the State of +Florida has descended in its shame at present. + +This enactment, which we have been careful not to call a law, was +pronounced by the National Council to be "not only repugnant to +Christian principles, but also opposed to the civil rights guaranteed +by our Constitution," and the Association was called to persistently +resist it with all legal measures. + +Senator Hoar of Massachusetts writes of it: "I am amazed that even in +Florida such things can be done. I think that this cannot stand a +moment before the Courts of the United States." + +Arrests of Christian teachers because they instruct a few white +children under the same roof with colored children will not only call +the attention of the Nation to the gross darkness which dwells in the +minds of those who could make such an enactment, but it will bring +about a public opinion which will hasten the progress of the State +from its present low condition faster than almost any other agency. + +Meanwhile Florida remains in shame. + + * * * * * + +The Hamilton Club has added the name of a colored man to the list of +its members. It is the first of the leading men's social organizations +in Chicago to abolish the color line. This special honor was conferred +upon Adelbert H. Roberts. The name passed the test of posting and the +directors were unanimous in his favor.--_Chicago Times-Herald._ + + * * * * * + +HORSE NEEDED.--A faithful minister in our mountain field has great +need of a horse. He reaches half a dozen preaching-stations among +these Highlanders, often going on foot. Fifty dollars would purchase +him a good horse, and if any friend will respond to this appeal it +will increase the efficiency of an earnest missionary very greatly. If +a larger amount than this is received it will be expended in the work +among these mountain people. + + * * * * * + +REV. H. E. PARTRIDGE, of Pomona, Tenn., will be glad to write full +particulars concerning an opening for a Christian merchant in a store +on the Cumberland Plateau. + + * * * * * + +JUBILEE FIELD DAYS IN THE INTERIOR. + +SECRETARY CHARLES J. RYDER. + + +A reduction in the secretarial force of the American Missionary +Association, in order to cut down current expenses and decrease the +debt, has resulted in a serious loss in the effectiveness of the +collecting field. The office at Cleveland, together with a most +efficient and acceptable district secretary, was discontinued for +economy's sake. The expenses, however, had to be cut down in some way, +and so the burden was placed upon one of the secretaries in the New +York office. With multiform duties already upon the hands of each one +in the administration of the mission field, and almost constant Sunday +service among the contributing churches, it seemed almost impossible +to take up this new burden of work, which in some societies involves +the constant labor of a large number of secretaries. To accomplish an +undertaking which seemed almost impossible the pastors were conferred +with, and cordially and generously promised all the assistance within +their power for the American Missionary Association in its depleted +condition. Right royally did these good brethren redeem their pledge. + +A series of Jubilee Field Days was planned and carried out with great +success and interest, largely through the co-operation of these +faithful brethren in the ministry of the churches in the interior. + +Just a word concerning the plan adopted. A campaign of five weeks was +planned. Jubilee Field Day Rallies were to be held twice every weekday +except Saturday, and as many times on the Sabbath as possible. Ohio, +Michigan, and Indiana were the States to be reached. + +The purpose of the campaign was to instruct and stimulate the churches +and congregations reached. It was also hoped that the collections +would pay all the expenses of this effort to scatter missionary +information and enthusiasm, and that the regular collections of the +churches would be largely increased. + +The speakers consisted of the pastors of the several churches and +missionaries from the fields, and the writer of this article. Just a +word in reference to these friends who presented the work to the +churches. The value of the address of the pastor in each case was very +great. Standing on the vantage ground that an honored and beloved +pastor occupies in any church and community, his indorsement and +earnest and discriminating commendation carried greatest weight. I +desire thus publicly to recognize the service of those generous +brethren in the ministry to the American Missionary Association. That +service was large. + +The colored work was represented by Rev. George V. Clark, pastor of +the Congregational Church at Memphis, Tenn. Born a slave, rescued by +an American Missionary Association missionary from the degrading +influences of a saloon into which he drifted as a lad when freedom +came and no other opening was before him, his testimony and earnest +appeal stirred the deepest convictions of his hearers. The quaint old +slave melodies, which Mr. Clark sometimes heard as a boy in slave +times, and often since by those who are freemen now, he rendered with +peculiar effect. The weird and quaint pathos of these songs coming +originally from the crushed and bleeding hearts of slaves, held the +large audiences in hushed and sympathetic attention. Is there anything +in the world like these slave songs sung by those who have known the +bitterness of slavery? + +From far-away Dakota Miss Dora K. Dodge brought the message to these +several gatherings, of the discouragement and want, the hopefulness +and progress, of the Christian work among the Indians. Her mission, +seventy-five miles out on the prairie, with only Christian +Indians--John Bluecloud and his wife--for associates, is of unique +interest and importance. No one could have told the story of this +wonderful movement among the red people of the prairie with more +simple and earnest eloquence than did Miss Dodge. + +Rev. W. G. Olinger, a native mountaineer, presented the work "Among +the American Highlanders." Born in the humble cabin of the +mountaineer, stirred from his earliest boyhood with the great desire +for education and improvement, he struggled up through great +discouragements, until to-day he can stand on any platform with +interest to those who hear and with honor to himself. His manly +presence is the illustration of the wonderful possibilities of these +mountaineers; and his story is their agonizing cry for the light and +opportunities which only an intelligent gospel and educational +privileges such as the American Missionary Association is bringing, +can satisfy. + +The secretary, who had charge of the campaign, presented "The Claims +of the American Missionary Association on this Jubilee Year." + +The immediate results of this series of Jubilee Field Days were most +encouraging. Nearly twenty thousand people gathered in the various +audiences. Lincoln Memorial Day, celebrated at Oberlin, was most +delightfully spent. Every service during the day, including +Sunday-school, Mission Circle, Endeavor Society, as well as church +services, was an American Missionary Association rally. + +On the Sabbath large churches and towns were reached. During the week +important centers were selected, and many surrounding churches sent +pastors and delegates to the Jubilee Field Day services. + +From a financial standpoint the result was also encouraging. More than +three times as much was gathered as the campaign cost, and pastors and +church members everywhere testified that the meetings were resultful +in spiritual uplift and blessing, as well as in stimulating interest +and greatly increased gifts. + +The general feeling seemed to be that this was American Missionary +Association year, and that during this Jubilee season the specials +should float into this treasury and the regular contributions should +be greatly increased. While _en route_ the joyful message came to us +that the Board and the Home Missionary Society were both out of debt. +When announced from various pulpits by American Missionary Association +speakers, this glorious fact met with cordial applause. All the more +did it seem incumbent upon the churches to take hold of the American +Missionary Association, still burdened with its debt, and lift it out +of the slough of financial despond. This, however, is only the +reflection of the feeling among the churches throughout the land. The +determination to lift the debt of the American Missionary Association, +and to make it possible to continue at least its depleted work, is +universal. Special collections, regular contributions, and hundreds of +individuals taking the fifty-dollar shares in the Jubilee fund, will +accomplish this most desirable result. + + * * * * * + +The South. + +THE OPENING CHURCH MISSIONS. + +BY SECRETARY F. P. WOODBURY. + + +The Eureka Church-Arbor, shown below, sheltered the opening service of +the new plantation missions in Southern Georgia. The people came under +the shadows of the piney woods from every quarter. The first mission +church was organized under this rude booth. There the meetings +continued until the cold and rainy months of winter. Now, by the help +of a grant from the Church Building Society, a small church building +will speedily become the home of a beneficent church and school work. + +[Illustration: THE EUREKA CHURCH-ARBOR.] + +This church of the forest took its start from the earnest convictions +of its pastor, Rev. J. B. Fletcher. After long study of the New +Testament, with the help of few other books than his tattered Greek +lexicon, he resigned his ecclesiastical connection because he had +found, as he thought, the free church polity on Bible principles. His +discovery was substantially the Congregational system. He called his +first church "Eureka." It now has nine other churches associated in +the same work. A mission preacher, a devoted man residing near, a man +who is highly respected by all the people, has immediate charge of +the Eureka work and holds the Sunday-school and other services. + +[Illustration: A PASTOR'S HOME.] + +The abodes of many of the plantation preachers are as simple and +humble as those of their people. We give an illustration of one of +these homes. Usually there is a division into two or perhaps three +rooms. Sometimes a small lean-to is built at the side or end, for use +as kitchen. The chimney, erected on the outside, is often constructed +of clay bound with sticks. It starts in a broad fireplace of stone, +which warms the whole building. Some of these cabins have small glass +windows; others of them have only openings for windows, with wooden +shutters. In such dwellings there reside vast numbers of the +plantation preachers, and some of our own mission preachers, at the +early stages of mission work in the back country. + +[Illustration: MARIETTA CHURCH AND PARSONAGE.] + +The picture given herewith of the church, parsonage, and school, in +Marietta, Georgia, illustrates very many of the American Missionary +Association church missions in the South. A neat church, a plain but +comfortable house, with its adjoining school-room, are the type of the +improving influences in both religious and educational service, which +we seek to carry among these shadowed and suffering millions. + +In both the Carolinas, as well as in Georgia, there is an awakening in +the hearts of the colored people, both in the towns and in the +country, for a better church life. This is inciting movements from the +centralized forms of church government, with their arbitrary methods +and hard taxation, into independency. Often the poverty of the people +prevents their attaining anything beyond present and scanty shelter +for their new free churches. The accompanying photograph is an +illustration of such a chapel among the plantations of South Carolina. + +[Illustration: A SOUTH CAROLINA CHURCH.] + +In very many parts of the plantation South, the very idea of a church +free from outside control and allied to education and morality, is +utterly unknown. Neither education nor morality form any constituent +element of the common church life. Their introduction is looked upon +with suspicion by the masses, and is met by hostility in every +possible form of persecution by many of the old-time preachers and +their personal adherents. + +[Illustration: SCHOOL IN ANDERSONVILLE, GA]. + +Nothing more contributes to the introduction of better forms of +church life than do those mission schools which awaken the desire for +something better in religion than the senseless and corrupt "old-time" +ways. Such a school as that in Andersonville, Ga., is the initiative +of a church mission. School education is of little advantage unless it +is linked with moral training; and there is no moral training +comparable with that of a pure and true Christian church. Our mission +school teachers call for and need the re-enforcement of gospel +preaching on the Lord's day, and the faithful work of a pastor during +the week. A great deal of hard work in the school would be frittered +away and lost without the distinctive church work which must +supplement, and confirm it. To send the pupils back into the Egyptian +darkness of most plantation and country churches is, for vast numbers, +to throw away all that has been done for them. That they feel this is +shown by the frequent and earnest appeals which come from them to have +virtuous and educated ministers sent for the starting of better +churches among their homes. + +[Illustration: SCHOOL AT KING'S MOUNTAIN] + +While this is the narrow and local influence of our smaller schools, +it is also the broader and deeper influence of our larger schools, +like that at All Healing, N. C. (King's Mountain P. O.) Here the +religious life is intensified. A number of devoted teachers supplement +each other's work. A unique Congregational church has been formed, its +pastor being the principal of the school, who adds this work to all +his other services. The influence of the constant religious work done +in this church-school and school-church is felt a hundred miles +around. Young men and young women go out with higher ideals, and they +awaken a demand in their home neighborhoods for both religion and +education of a higher character. It is not too much to say that such +work as that of Miss Cathcart and her fellow teachers at King's +Mountain tends toward a general advance of the communities from which +her pupils come. + +[Illustration: HAGAN COUNC'L.] + +In Georgia, after the Eureka church movement was noised about, Mr. +Fletcher received and now receives calls from every side, chiefly from +the plantation people. At Piney Grove, a preaching station was begun +in an old dwelling house, and a little church of twelve members is the +result. At Shady Grove, ten miles away, a small church building is +going up for the brotherhood there. The ground was given and the work +of building is carried on by a respectable colored farmer of the +neighborhood, who with many of his neighbors welcomes a church +fellowship which stands for education and pure religion. At Alford, in +the adjoining county, there is now a membership of thirty-two, for +whose use a comfortable church building is furnished by the white +people. This, with Nellwood as an out-station, will probably soon +receive an excellent pastor, trained in our Congregational ways and +principles. A beginning has been made at Portal, twelve miles beyond. +In the next county westward, the church work began at Swainsboro with +twenty-nine members, at Kemp with seventeen members, near Garfield +with thirteen members, and at Pilgrim with twenty-three members. + +Word comes to us that Mr. Fletcher, who is covering three counties in +his work, has lost his faithful horse. This quite disables him from +service. His fields lie at distances which make walking impossible, +being from ten to fifty miles apart. The same day with this loss a +member of the family, a young man, was brought home suffering from a +broken leg. Are there not means which can reach us in the form of a +special gift for the emergency of this faithful pioneer worker? +Anything received beyond the immediate stress of need, will be placed +to the support of his work. + +The Hagan Council, called for the orderly recognition of these poor +struggling pioneer churches, met in an old half-ruined school-house, +as shown in the picture given herewith. It was a humble place, and +they were humble bodies of poor people who thus asked recognition from +the Congregational churches of the land. But it is not for us to +despise the poor. Has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in +faith, and heirs of the kingdom? That little group in front of that +poor old school-house may become historic as the precursor of a great +movement of blessing to millions among the poorest of the poor in our +nation. + + * * * * * + +GRACIOUS REVIVAL IN SELMA, ALA. + +BY REV. A. T. BURNELL. + + +You will be interested to hear of the gracious revival we have had the +past three weeks under the lead of the English Evangelist, Rev. James +Wharton. Over 400 have professed Christ, and of these 140 were +enrolled in Burrell School. To the very end of the meetings, +"mourners" came forward, once in the church as many as fifty; but this +was exceeded in immediate results at two schools where as many as +fifty accepted Christ, after the briefest address. Following the +Oberlin plan, I offered prayer with each class one day; the next, I +suspended my recitations for a continuous prayer-meeting, permitting +pupils to elect this instead of a class or study-period (certain +grades, certain hours). At another time, instead of chapel the +grade-teachers retained the Christians while the rest were addressed +in the chapel,--the majority falling to their knees for prayer to rise +in peace. Of course we have had regular prayer-meetings, with +volunteer room gatherings at noon and like groups in the yards at +intermission. When, on account of the late meetings each night, it +seemed best to close at noon, most of the school gathered for a +meeting in the chapel; and, with several after meetings, large numbers +spent that half-holiday in the building, praying for and laboring with +classmates. A member of Grade Eleven, for whom special effort had +been made, came out at this time. + +Some of the converts have made detailed confession of sins (stealing, +_e.g._); some who have been neglectful of school privileges have +returned to get the religious impetus; and at least two that had been +dismissed for meanness have experienced a change of heart. We shall +look for permanent results, and work to that end with hope; yet this +people are so emotional and so stolid! so ready to move along a +certain line in a body, but indifferent to duty when it leads along an +uninteresting path of individual effort. Indeed, the home life of many +is unfavorable to genuine Christianity; some being persecuted, even, +because they have not seen a vision, till they are made to believe +they "have got nothing." + +Mr. Wharton preaches the pure and simple gospel plainly and vividly; +is attractive in person and of commanding presence. At his departure +there were many expressions of regard and grateful remembrance, and he +will always have a warm place in the affections of Selma people, who +have been impressed in so short a time by the life and words of this +man of God. + + * * * * * + +COTTON VALLEY, ALA. + +BY A TEACHER. + + +I have been asked to tell something of the work and school in Cotton +Valley. Hence I send a little description of it as it appears to a new +teacher, just having entered the missionary field. + +There are many features about the work here that make it a most +interesting one. First, it is situated in a dense black belt, where +the people are anxious to improve, and are appreciative of all that is +done for them. Next, Cotton Valley is quiet and retired, being forty +miles from Montgomery, nine from Union Springs, and thirteen from +Tuskegee; so that, while we are enabled to teach without interruptions +that break into school life in cities, we are yet not so far removed +as to be incommoded when business necessitates our going to a city. + +Doubtless Miss Lilla V. Davis, the pioneer, founder, and principal of +our school is well known to most of the friends and helpers of the +American Missionary Association, but, for the sake of those who are +not so well informed, and because hers is a story worthy of being told +anew, I will say a word of her whom all Cotton Valley delights to +honor. She, ten years ago, left her home in Boston, Mass., and coming +down here under the most adverse circumstances, and in the midst of +the lowest humanity, established this school. Her teaching in those +days was not so much from books, but she went into the homes of the +people and made them feel that she was one of them. She talked and +read to them, taught them the rules of decency and virtue, and that +cleanliness is next to godliness. Thus, step by step has she been +leading them on until now, instead of a valley of ignorance, it is "as +a city set on a hill, whose light cannot be hid," for instead of a +one-room-log-cabin we have a nice, comfortable school building, +planned and furnished in modern style. I mean by this, that what we +have is up-to-date and not that we have all we need, for our largest +room, the one we call and use as our chapel, needs settees, +blackboards, maps, and lights; and last but not least, we need a +piano, as at present our only musical instrument is a baby organ, +which is now so nearly worn out that many of the reeds instead of +responding to the touch of the solicitous performer sit in silence, +considering themselves too aged to jump up and down, and take part in +such active service. + +Our school this year is larger than ever, and our students, I think, +would compare well with those of more favored schools in cities. The +present enrollment is nearly two hundred, and when the weather is +good, and all are in, we find the work rather heavy, as there are only +three teachers, and we all believe in thorough work. + +We have a large and interesting Sunday School to which the parents as +well as the children come; also a Christian Endeavor Society, and a +Circle of King's Daughters. + +Perhaps it would be interesting to say, that the relation of the white +people of the settlement to the school is most friendly. They respect +Miss Davis to the highest degree, and are willing and glad to show any +favors to her or her teachers. + +Thus far, I have shown you only the favorable side of the picture, but +I would beg my readers to remember that it has also a painful side. +Those we are teaching are the children of ancestors who have lived for +centuries in darkness and ignorance, with only eleven years of light; +and there is still a great work to be done here. We find it necessary +to instruct them, not only in books, but along the lines of all the +virtues which go to make a man a man, and a woman a woman. + + * * * * * + +IMPARTIAL TESTIMONY. + +BY REV. VINCENT MOSES, NEWBURY, MASS. + + +My wife and I recently spent about four weeks in New Orleans, La. +While we were there, Straight University was constantly under our +observation; and, without suggestion from any one, it comes to mind +that testimony to the efficiency of American Missionary Association +work in Straight would be welcome to you. + +We not only attended more than once the general morning devotional +exercises in the "Daniel Hand Preparatory School" and the "Central +Building," but were also present during a recitation to nearly every +teacher in the Preparatory, Grammar, Normal, College Preparatory, +College and Theological Departments. The departments of music, +woodworking, sewing and printing, and also the Boarding Department +came under our observation. + +The impression made upon us throughout was most favorable. The claims +of the catalogue are fully sustained in every particular. We have been +familiar with work in all these grades in the schools of several +Northern States; but we have never seen more thorough work, never a +school on the whole more satisfactory in deportment and scholarship. +We cannot compare this with other American Missionary Association +institutions. This is the only one we have visited. So we are glad to +let this represent them all, and confess to a surprise in finding that +we had never known better schools. + + * * * * * + +WHAT OUR GRADUATES ARE DOING. + +FROM GRADUATES OF STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS. + + +I. + + "I am principal of the public schools of Vicksburg, Miss. I + have been teaching fourteen years, having had charge of my + present work nine years. I have under my present charge eight + hundred pupils, all the school can accommodate. Several hundred + have been turned away." + +II. + + "Am editor of the _Southwestern Christian Advocate_, and + practicing physician and minister. Have taught school in + Alabama and Louisiana." + +III. + + "My present occupation is clerk in the War Department, + Washington, D. C. I have taught three years in New Orleans. I + graduated as doctor of medicine, April 13, from the medical + department of Howard University." + +IV. + + "I am principal of the Harper Industrial Institute, Baton + Rouge, La. Have taught almost continuously since graduating in + 1879. For the American Missionary Association I entertain a + feeling of the greatest possible gratitude. What little I am I + owe to the training of dear old Straight." + +V. + + "I have been until last spring principal of the colored schools + of Manhattan, Kansas, since 1885." + +VI. + + "The very name of the dear old institution is sweet to me, and + while those who guarded the old mother in the memorable past + have somewhat vanished, the purposes for which she was + instituted are being vigorously pushed and great good + accomplished. Many of her sons and daughters can be found + throughout this Southland engaged in the various pursuits of + life, doing a grand work for Christ and humanity. All honor to + the American Missionary Association for this excellent school, + and incessant praises to Him who guides and directs her + efforts." + +VII. + + "I am instructor of ancient languages in Wiley University, + Tex.; have been since 1887. I am a member of the Louisiana + Conference." + +VIII. + +The following extract is of special importance as showing the breadth +and completeness of the system of instruction of Straight University +and the economy upon which it is based: + + "I am always glad to do whatever lies in my power that will in + any way be beneficial to Straight University, my _alma mater_. + I am, as you know, a normal graduate of 1891. Though I had + never before taken the first thought of learning anything about + wood-working, I thought I would go into the shop the first day + anyway; and I shall always be heartily thankful that I did so. + From that day to the end of my course, without interruption to + my studies, I worked in the carpenter shop, and acquired such a + knowledge of carpentry that I am now able to support myself by + following that trade. Still more, from the knowledge I gained + of making pieces of furniture, such as center-tables, + washstands, etc., I think I could be useful in the cabinet + trade." + +IX. + +The following gives some idea of what the department in theology is +doing: + + "Having a desire to do something for Christ and humanity, I + began the study of theology and other studies at Straight, that + I might be thoroughly equipped, 'a workman that needeth not to + be ashamed.' I was compelled to give up for two years, and it + seemed to me that there was no use of my trying further, when + just then through the dark cloud the sun shone again, and I + hope now, if life lasts, to keep on till I finish the course. + All that I am, or ever expect to be, is due to Straight + University. May God bless her and the many friends who have + made it possible for us to attend." + + * * * * * + +ALL HEALING, NORTH CAROLINA. + + +During the summer about forty of our pupils taught in the public +schools; some had eighty or ninety scholars. In this way our school +really influences many whom we cannot reach. It is so good to see the +interest our young teachers take in their work and how, when they find +a bright boy or girl, they always try the first thing to induce that +one to come to school. Then, too, we see a growing desire among the +scholars to come into school early in the fall, and we rejoice in a +family of fifty-seven six weeks earlier than we had the same last +year. + +The richest blessing of the year has begun to fall upon us, the +presence of the Holy Spirit leading souls to Christ. During this month +five have felt that God had forgiven their sins. Is not that enough to +compensate us for anything we may give up to engage in the work? + + * * * * * + +PLEASANT HILL, TENNESSEE. + + +A boy we could not receive, although we would have been glad to have +done so, said he had worked all summer for his share of a crop which +was about 100 bushels of corn. He would have about twenty bushels of +the corn left after he had bought himself a few clothes, which he must +have if he came to school, and he thought he ought to help his mother +a little. It was his only chance to get what he so much desired. He +realized that twenty bushels of corn, worth only about $5.00, was very +little for him to do for himself. He would try to prove himself worthy +of any help we could give him. + +Still another boy writes: "It is not much I can do for myself, for I +have not been able to find anything to do to get any money, although I +have tried hard. But a friend has just given me a chance to assist him +in his school for a couple of months. I don't know how much he will +pay me, but you shall have _every cent_ I _do_ get. I do want to come +into school, I need the education so much; I want to make a true man." + + * * * * * + +The Indians. + + +There has been an interesting revival at Ponca Church, Nebraska, under +the direction of Rev. James Garvie, our Indian pastor. + +The friends who attended the annual meeting of the Association at +Lowell will remember Mr. Garvie very pleasantly, as he was one of the +speakers on that occasion. He is as successful in the great work which +comes to him, as the pastor of one of our churches on the prairie, as +he was in telling the story of the work among his people to Eastern +congregations. + +Even the building of a barn at the prairie mission may be turned to +the spiritual advantage of the Indian people, as is proved by the +experience of Miss Mary P. Lord at Flying By's Village, N. D. The +following extract, from a recent letter of hers, tells the story most +interestingly. Frank and Daisy are her horses, who are really +four-footed missionaries. Miss Lord writes: "On Sunday the ponies took +me twelve miles to conduct service at Oak Creek Sub-Agency, where my +people were gathered for the Monday morning issue of rations. Service +over at noon, a drink of water and a feed of grain, and then two hours +and a half later we were twenty miles away to attend afternoon service +at Little-Eagle's village, where I played the organ for the English +singing of the boarding-school children there. Yesterday they brought +me to Fort Yates, thirty miles." + + * * * * * + +HUT AND HEAVEN. + +BY REV. C. L. HALL, FT. BERTHOLD, N. D. + + +Three years ago in our visit to the Indian homes, we found +Netkuschiripas (Little Eagle) on his bed unable to get out of the +house. Mary, his wife, washed for white people, hoed corn, and +tenderly cared for him. He told me he believed in Jesus and would join +us as soon as he could come out. It did not seem that he ever would +get better then, but his faith put new life into his body, and two +years and a half ago he was baptized in church, and got about to do a +little work now and then. This fall his working days came to an end. +He could only lie on his bed or sit in the sun at the door. Mary had +to haul the firewood and nurse him, as well as work out. For a while +they stayed at a neighbor's house, but an old Indian woman insisted +that he should wear his beads and other heathen adornments. He refused +to do so, saying that now he was a different person. As this annoyance +was kept up he and Mary left and stayed by themselves in a dug-out on +the south side of a bank on the edge of a willow bottom. His bed was a +few boards with a straw mattress and a few quilts. The room was +lighted by a single sash--the rude shelter of two of God's children. +When he felt himself sinking, he said: I do not know what God's will +for me is, but whatever it is I am ready. I have no fears. The day +before he died he said: I have one heart. I trust only in Jesus; I +have said this to you often. We laid him away just after the morning +meeting last Sunday. This is not extraordinary; we are glad so many +are like John and Mary. Twice the gates have opened this winter for +us, and now part of our church gather above and part here. Five more +are to confess their faith at the next communion. Pray for these +little ones. + + * * * * * + +The Chinese. + +THE LOS ANGELES MISSION. + +BY. REV. WM. C. POND, D.D. + + +An interesting letter from Mrs. Rice, wife of Rev. O. V. Rice, who has +charge of our mission at this prosperous and ambitious metropolis of +Southern California, prompts me to give my space this month to a +review of our work there. It had already begun when, twenty-two years +ago, I became superintendent. I tried to visit it in the spring of +1874, but a severe storm on our usually placid Pacific delayed our +steamer so long that I could spend only a few hours there. This was +sufficient, however, to show me that we had a good teacher and some +very promising pupils, but an indifference to contend with on the part +of American Christians which was both surprising and painful. + +A few months after this I heard that Rev. Ira M. Condit, a missionary +recently returned from China, able to talk the Chinese language +fluently, and a very estimable brother, had gone to Los Angeles to +establish a Presbyterian mission. I did not hear of it by letter from +him nor from any one connected with the Presbyterian work in this +State. Denominational comity just then had not reached in the minds of +our Presbyterian brethren sufficient dignity to call even for a bow in +recognition. But I waived this matter, and believing that, with his +manifest advantages, he could do better work than we, and that there +was not room enough in the field, as it then was, for two missions, I +turned over to him our whole school--pupils, teacher, and whatever +conveniences or good-will we had gathered--and retired from the +locality. It was about two months only when I heard of six or eight +conversions in the Presbyterian Chinese mission of Los Angeles, but +they were the very ones of whom our teacher had spoken hopefully to me +on my visit to the city. + +An interval of several years occurred. The great boom came, and Los +Angeles sprang to the front among the inland cities of the State and +boasted that before long San Francisco would be one of its suburbs. +The Chinese population increased to about 6,000. Among these were many +of our own brethren and several who were members of my own church. +They pleaded for a Congregational mission, and showed that because the +two Presbyterian missions were at one end of the Chinese quarter, and +there was nothing of the sort at the other end, nearly a mile distant, +there was a large field for us where we would come into no +competition, and where all that we might do would be a distinct +addition to the work done for Christ among their countrymen. We +yielded to their persuasions and found their prediction amply +verified. Our school became at once the largest and our work the most +active and fruitful in the city. In the four months ending with +August 31, 1888, 133 pupils were enrolled, and the average membership +month by month was 69. Street-preaching, hand-to-hand evangelistic +work, and the skillful, faithful labor of our teacher, Mrs. Sheldon, +and our enthusiastic helper, Loo Quong, were used of God for the +conversion of many souls. + +But as in other specially delightful places for homes, persons +multiplied who desired to enter into this missionary work. Instead of +three, there came to be six or eight missions there. Competition +ensued. Our school, though comparing well with any, was reduced in +size and influence, and as we began to be straitened for funds and +there were many points where no one was caring for Chinese souls, our +aid was withdrawn and I supposed the work would cease. Not so. Our +Chinese brethren clung to each other and to their own mission work. +They rented quarters neither spacious nor comfortable, but cheap, and +contrived, with the aid of one true-hearted Christian woman, to keep +up their school, maintain their Association, add four members to it as +converts to the Christian life, and present seven of their number to +the First Congregational Church for baptism. We felt that a mission +with such "grit and grace" deserved to live. _Long may it live!_ + +Three persons converted at this mission have been brought into our +work as missionary helpers. Many have testified for Christ in their +own land. + +At present it is in excellent working order and our Christian Chinese +are enthusiastic, generous, and at peace among themselves. Let me copy +a few sentences from a letter from one of them who was temporarily at +work at Pasadena. "I am very sorry for I left our school. Pray God for +me that I may be back to it again. You will be kind and teach our +people; that is such good work for you. God will want thus such person +[_i.e._, God wants persons who do as you do.--W. C. P.] You very much +interest our people. May God reward it to you! Before I went to the +mission school I never thought to be a Christian; now I did do it. I +am very thankful God has direct me out from the superstition to find +pathway about the truth, God and Heavenly Father. Now I am feel such +good comfort in my mind, but I do not satisfy [I am not satisfied] to +know the salvation alone, but needed you pray for my countrymen that +they all find life in Jesus Christ." + +And now for an extract, briefer than I desired to make, from Mrs. +Rice's letter: "Last night we gave a farewell reception to our +brother, Yon Mon, who is about to leave for China. The brethren seized +this opportunity to present to a lady from Norristown, Pa., who has +kindly helped our work, a very nice letter of thanks with their names +signed to it. A gentleman who came to the city with her, and who is +about to open a fine store here, attended her to the mission house, +out of courtesy but very reluctantly, for he was bitterly opposed to +Chinese and to any and all efforts made for them. The brethren took +him for a friend and when introduced shook hands. He said it 'was as +much as his life was worth' to extend his hand in response to theirs. +But the same sense of courtesy constrained him to come with his friend +a second evening, and at its close he asked if he might be permitted +to say a word 'just to the boys.' Whereupon he expressed his pleasure +at all he had seen since coming into the school, and advised the boys +to keep right on doing right. They would meet bitter enemies among the +Americans, but not to mind them but go right forward. Then he +announced that if by February 5 we would have thirty regular pupils, +he would make the school 'a handsome present.' I wish some of the +other opponents of our work could in like manner be _compelled_ to see +our schools. Seeing would be believing, would it not?" + +The latest contribution of our Los Angeles Mission to our general work +is Jue See, who has come to take Yip Bow's place (Yip Bow also having +come from the same mission) as helper in Oakland and at the West +School in this city, while Yip Bow goes to Sacramento. I am greatly +pleased with him. He will, when trained for the work (and we train for +work mainly _by working_), make one of the best of our Chinese +helpers. + +I add just one word of good news. Our teachers are _all_ paid in full +for last year's work. Their faith has not been put to shame. Two of +our Chinese helpers still lack something, and two other creditors will +probably have to make large donations in order to square their +accounts, but I _know_ that _one_ of them will not complain, and the +other will be doing only what she promised, and while I fear it may be +a hardship, it is no greater hardship than almost every landlord or +landlady, in these days of pressure, has been forced to undergo. So I +feel like singing the Doxology! + + * * * * * + +WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS + + +MAINE. + +WOMANS'S AID TO A. M. A. + + State Committee--Mrs. Ida Vose Woodbury, Woodfords; + Mrs. A. T. Burbank, Yarmouth; + Mrs. Helen Quimby, Bangor. + + +NEW HAMPSHIRE. + +FEMALE CENT INSTITUTION AND HOME MISS. UNION. + + President--Mrs. Cyrus Sargeant, Plymouth. + Secretary--Mrs. N. W. Nims, 16 Rumford St., Concord. + Treasurer--Miss Annie A. McFarland, Concord. + + +VERMONT. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION + + President--Mrs. J. H. Babbitt, W. Brattleboro. + Secretary--Mrs. M. K. Paine, Windsor. + Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. + + +MASS AND R. I. + +[A]WOMANS'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION + + President--Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 9 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, Mass. + Secretary--Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congregational House, Boston. + Treasurer--Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congregational House, Boston. + + +CONNECTICUT. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Miss Ellen R. Camp, 9 Camp St., New Britain. + Secretary--Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St., Hartford. + Treasurer--Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford. + + +NEW YORK. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Green Ave., Brooklyn. + Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St., Syracuse. + Treasurer--Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St., Brooklyn. + + +NEW JERSEY. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE N. J. ASSOCIATION. + + President--Mrs. A. H. Bradford, Montclair. + Secretary--Mrs. R. J. Hegeman, 32 Forest Street, Montclair. + Treasurer--Mrs. J. H. Dennison, 150 Belleville Ave., Newark. + + +PENNSYLVANIA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Lansford. + Secretary--Mrs. C. F. Yennie, Ridgway. + Treasurer--Mrs. T. W. Jones, 511 Woodland Terrace, Philadelphia. + + +OHIO. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Sydney Strong, Lane Seminary Grounds, Cincinnati. + Secretary--Mrs. J. W. Moore, 836 Hough Ave., Cleveland. + Treasurer--Mrs. G. B. Brown, 2116 Warren St., Toledo. + + +INDIANA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, Indianapolis. + Treasurer--Mrs. A. H. Ball, Dewhurst. + + +ILLINOIS. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Isaac Claflin, Lombard. + Secretary--Mrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago. + Treasurer--Mrs. L. A. Field, Wilmette. + + +MISSOURI. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Henry Hopkins, 916 Holmes Street, Kansas City. + Secretary--Mrs. E. C. Ellis, 2456 Tracy Ave., Kansas City. + Treasurer--Mrs. K. L. Mills, 1526 Wabash Ave., Kansas City. + + +IOWA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. T. O. Douglass, Grinnell. + Secretary--Mrs. H. H Robbins, Grinnell. + Treasurer--Miss Belle L. Bentley, 300 Court Ave., Des Moines. + + +MICHIGAN. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave., Grand Rapids. + Secretary--Mrs. C. C. Denison, 132 N. College Ave., Grand Rapids. + Treasurer--Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville. + + +WISCONSIN. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. E. G. Updike, Madison. + Secretary--Mrs. A. O. Wright, Madison. + Treasurer--Mrs. C. M. Blackman, Whitewater. + + +MINNESOTA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Miss Katherine W. Nichols, 230 East Ninth Street, St. Paul. + Secretary--Mrs. A. P. Lyon, 17 Florence Court, S. E., Minneapolis. + Treasurer--Mrs. M. W. Skinner, Northfield. + + +NORTH DAKOTA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. W. P. Cleveland, Caledonia. + Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood. + Treasurer--Mrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo. + + +SOUTH DAKOTA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. A. H. Robbins, Bowdle. + Secretary--Mrs. W. H. Thrall, Huron. + Treasurer--Mrs. F. H. Wilcox, Huron. + + +BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J. B. Gossage, Rapid City. + Secretary--Mrs. H. H. Gilchrist, Hot Springs. + Treasurer--Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs. + + +NEBRASKA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. D. B. Perry, Crete. + Secretary--Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 Second Street, Lincoln. + Treasurer--Mrs. James W. Dawes, Crete. + + +KANSAS. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. F. E. Storrs, Topeka. + Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka. + Treasurer--Mrs. E. C. Read, Parsons. + + +COLORADO. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. E. R. Drake, 2739 Lafayette Street, Denver. + Secretary--Mrs. Chas. Westley, Box 508, Denver. + Treasurer--Mrs. B. C. Valantine, Highlands. + + +WYOMING. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. P. F. Powelson, Cheyenne. + Secretary--Mrs. J. A. Riner, Cheyenne. + Treasurer--Mrs. H. N. Smith, Rock Springs. + + +MONTANA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. O. C. Clark, Missoula. + Secretary--Mrs. W. S. Bell, 410 Dearborn Ave., Helena. + Treasurer--Mrs. Herbert E. Jones, Livingston. + + +IDAHO. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise. + Secretary--Mrs. E. A. Paddock, Weiser. + Treasurer--Mrs. D. L. Travis, Pocatello. + + +WASHINGTON. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. A. J. Bailey, 1614 Second Ave., Seattle. + Secretary--Mrs. W. C. Wheeler, 424 South K Street, Tacoma. + Treasurer--Mrs. J. W. George, 620 Fourth Street, Seattle. + + +OREGON. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. F. Eggert, The Hill, Portland. + Secretary--Mrs. George Brownell, Oregon City. + Treasurer--Mrs. W. D. Palmer, 546 Third Street, Portland. + + +CALIFORNIA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. + + President--Mrs. E. S. Williams, 572 12th Street, Oakland. + + Secretary--Mrs. L. M. Howard, 911 Grove Street, Oakland. + Treasurer--Mrs. J. M. Haven, 1329 Harrison Street, Oakland. + + +SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Warren F. Day, 253 S. Hope St., Los Angeles. + Secretary--Mrs. W. J. Washburn, 1900 Pasadena Ave., Los Angeles. + Treasurer--Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library, Riverside. + + +NEVADA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. L. J. Flint, Reno. + Secretary--Miss Margaret N. Magill, Reno. + Treasurer--Miss Mary Clow, Reno. + + +UTAH (Including Southern Idaho). + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. Clarence T. Brown, Salt Lake City, Utah. + Secretary--Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth Street, E., Salt Lake City, Utah. + Treasurer--Mrs. Dana W. Bartlett, Salt Lake City, Utah. + Secretary for Idaho--Mrs. Oscar Sonnenkalb, Pocatello, Idaho. + + +NEW MEXICO. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. C. E. Winslow, Albuquerque + Secretary--Mrs. E. W. Lewis, 301 So. Edith Street, Albuquerque. + Treasurer--Mrs. H. W. Bullock, Albuquerque. + + +OKLAHOMA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J. H. Parker, Kingfisher. + Secretary--Mrs. L. E. Kimball, Guthrie. + Treasurer--Mrs. L. S. Childs, Choctaw City. + + +INDIAN TERRITORY. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. John McCarthy, Vinita. + Secretary--Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita. + Treasurer--Mrs. R. M. Swain, Vinita. + + +NORTH CAROLINA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. S. S. Sevier, McLeansville. + Secretary and Treasurer--Miss A. E. Farrington, Oaks. + + +GEORGIA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. H. B. Wey, 253 Forest Avenue, Atlanta. + Secretary--Mrs. H. A. Kellam, Atlanta. + Treasurer--Miss Virginia Holmes, Barnesville. + + +FLORIDA. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. S. F. Gale, Jacksonville. + Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. + Treasurer--Mrs. W. D. Brown, Interlachen. + + +ALABAMA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. M. A. Dillard, Selma. + Secretary--Mrs. J. S. Jackson, Montgomery. + Treasurer--Mrs. E. C. Silsby, Talladega. + + +TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY AND ARKANSAS + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION. + + President--Mrs. G. W. Moore, Box 8, Fisk Univ., Nashville. + Secretary--Mrs. E. J. Lewis, 15 Echols Street, Memphis. + Treasurer--Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 216 N. McNary Street, Nashville. + + +MISSISSIPPI. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. C. L. Harris, 1421 31st Avenue, Meridian. + Secretary--Mrs. Edith M. Hall, Tougaloo Univ., Tougaloo. + Treasurer--Mrs. L. H. Turner, 3012 12th Street, Meridian. + + +LOUISIANA. + +WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond. + Secretary--Mrs. Matilda Cabrere, New Orleans. + Treasurer--Mrs. L. St. J. Hitchcock, Straight Univ., New Orleans. + + +TEXAS. + +WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. + + President--Mrs. J. M. Wendelkin, Dallas. + Secretary--Mrs. H. Burt, Lock Box 563, Dallas. + Treasurer--Mrs. C. I. Scofield, Dallas. + + +[Footnote A: While the W. H. M. A. appears in this list as a State +body for Mass. And R. I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.] + + * * * * * + +Shares of the Jubilee Year Fund. + + + CHARLES L. MEAD, Esq., New York. + H. W. HUBBARD, New York, two shares. + JAMES H. FOY, New Haven, Conn. + THEODORE BLISS, Philadelphia, Pa., two shares. + H. SHELDON, Canton, Pa. + Mrs. L. H. SPELMAN, New York. + W. P. HUBBARD, Bangor, Me. + Rev. J. B. SEWALL, South Braintree, Mass. + Mrs. E. W. SOUTHWORTH, Springfield, Mass. + Mr. S. R. HEYWOOD and wife, Worcester, Mass., two shares. + Rev. G. S. F. SAVAGE, D.D., Chicago, Ill., two shares. + Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., New York, two shares. + Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Rev. C. J. RYDER, D.D., Stamford, Conn. + Rev. JAMES F. CROSS and wife, Rosebud Agency, S. D. + HENRY GAYLORD, Cheshire, Conn. + Rev. W. E. WHEELER and wife, Pleasant Hill, Tenn. + Rev. J. W. COOPER, D.D., New Britain, Conn. + Dea. SAM'L HOLMES and wife, Montclair, N. J., two shares. + Rev. A. J. LYMAN, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Rev. WM. H. WARD, D.D., Newark, N. J. + Rev. NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, D.D., Boston, Mass. + Hon. D. L. FREEMAN, Central Falls, R. I., two shares. + Misses D. E. and S. L. EMERSON, New York. + LUCIEN C. WARNER, M.D., New York. + CHARLES A. HULL, Esq., New York. + + * * * * * + +RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1896. + + * * * * * + +_THE DANIEL HAND FUND_ + +_For the Education of Colored People._ + + Income for February $ 4,197.35 + Previously acknowledged 27,110.00 + ---------- + $31,307.35 + ========== + + +CURRENT RECEIPTS. + + +MAINE, $623.96. + + Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 8; Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. + C. E., 2 $10.00 + Auburn. Saml. J. M. Perkins 10.00 + Bath. Mrs. M. A. Fiske, _for Indian M., Independence, + N. D._ 2.00 + Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. 30.20 + Boothbay Harbor. Second Parish Cong. Ch. 20.00 + Brewer. Manly Hardy (50 of which _for Pleasant Hill, + Tenn._) 90.77 + Calais. First Cong. Soc. 20.00 + Elms. Mrs. M. C. Bean 10.00 + Farmington. First Cong. Ch. 35.64 + Farmington. Y. P. S. C. E., Box Papers _for Nat, + Ala._ + Freedom. Y. P. S. C. E. and Sab. Sch., _for Cal. + Chinese M._ 1.00 + Green's Landing. Cong. Ch. 4.75 + Hallowell. Mrs. Stimson, _for Moorhead, Miss._ 5.00 + Hampden. First Cong. Ch. 4.54 + Island Falls. Mrs. T. S. Alexander, _for Student Aid, + Fort Berthold, N. D._ 1.00 + Lewiston. "Busy Workers" of Pine St. Cong. Ch., 8; + Junior Soc., 8; Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, 8, _for + Wilmington, N. C._ 24.00 + Ligonia. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 1.15 + Mount Desert. William Kittredge 200.00 + North Waterford. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. + Day Offering 1.00 + Phippsburg. Cong. Ch. 7.00 + Portland. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 40.00 + Portland. West Cong. Ch. 14.00 + Portland. Mrs. M. T. W. Merrill, _for Indian M., + Independence, N. D._ 5.00 + Portland, Prim. S. S. Class, by Lizzie C. Fuller, + Bundle _for Wilmington, N. C._ + Rockland. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Talladega C._ 10.00 + Searsport. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 5; Y. P. S. C. E., + 2; Givers and Gleaners, 5, _for Student Aid, + McIntosh, Ga._ 12.00 + Skowhegan. Bloomfield Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss Lizzie + M. Allen, Sec. 1.50 + Skowhegan. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Box Hats _for S. + Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._ + South Berwick. "H." 10.00 + South Berwick. Sab. Sch. Class, _for Indian M., + Independence, N. D._ 2.25 + South Freeport. Miss Fannie E. Soule, Box C. _for + Moorhead, Miss._ + South Gardiner. Jr. C. E. Soc., B. of C. _for Marion, + Ala._ + Westbrook. Mrs. Ellie Adams, _for freight to + McIntosh, Ga._ 1.50 + West Woolwich. Bbl. C. _for S. Inst., Blowing Rock, + N. C._ + Winterport. Mrs. M. B. Manter 10.00 + York. First Cong. Ch. 4.51 + + Maine Woman's Aid to A. M. A., by Mrs. Ida V. + Woodbury, Treas.: + Portland. Second Parish Aids 20.00 + Waterville. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 5.15 + Waterville. Cong. Ch., Willing Workers 10.00 + ------- 35.15 + + +NEW HAMPSHIRE, $615.85. + + Acworth. Cong. Soc. 3.75 + Alstead Center. Dish Towels _for Blowing Rock, N. C._ + Andover. Bbl. Of Bedding _for King's Mountain, N. C._ + Berlin Mills. Mrs. J. B. Carruthers, _for Student Aid, + Fort Berthold, N. D._ 10.00 + Chester. Y. P. S. C. E. and Others, _for enlargement of + building, Memphis, Tenn._ 10.00 + East Andover. Bbl. Of Bedding, etc., _for King's + Mountain, N. C._ + Exeter. First Cong. Ch., adl. 1.50 + Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.54 + Hebron. Pkg. Aprons, etc., _for S. Inst., Blowing Rock, + N. C._ + Hill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 + Hillsboro Center. Cong. Ch. 9.07 + Hudson Center. Cong. Ch., 20.90; Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., 2 22.90 + Keene. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., to const. AUSTIN + ELLIS, Mrs. MYRTIE TYLER, EUGENE ALDRICH, FLAVEL BEAL, + Mrs. HERBERT WOODWARD, and CLINTON SMITH L.M's 180.00 + Keene. Cong. Ch., Mrs. H. I. Buckminster, Bbl. C. _for + Wilmington, N. C._ + Lempster. Helen Bingham and Marianna Smith 1.00 + Littleton. First Cong. Ch. 25.56 + Manchester. Y. P. S. C. E., First Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Manchester. Bbl. C. _for S. Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._ + Mason. Cong. Ch., Miss L. E. Goodwin, Bbl. C., _for + Wilmington, N. C._ + Milton. Cong. Ch., 25c. adl.; Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. + Ch., 2.50 2.75 + Newfields. Miss H. L. Fitts, _for Wilmington, N. C._ 44.75 + Northampton, Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Rochester. Cong. Ch. 38.86 + Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch. 15.15 + Westmoreland. "A Friend" 5.00 + ----. "L. F. B." 170.00 + + New Hampshire Female Cent. Inst. and Home Miss'y Union, + Miss A. A. McFarland, Treas.: + Wilton. Aux. Mite Boxes 6.33 + ------- + $573.16 + +ESTATE. + + Milford. Estate of Caroline B. Harris, by J. E. + Foster, Ex. 42.69 + -------- + $615.85 + + +VERMONT, $319.00. + + Barre. "A Friend" 1.00 + Benson. Cong. Ch., 5; C. E. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 1 6.00 + Burlington. College St. Ch., _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 6.00 + Chelsea. Cong. Ch. 9.57 + Dorset. Y. P. S. C. E., by Marcia K. Gray, _for + Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ 9.00 + East Hardwick. Mrs. Geo. P. Byington, 3; Ladies' + Soc., Bbl. C., _for Marshallville, Ga._ 3.00 + Essex. Cong. Ch. 3.33 + Georgia. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Johnson. First Cong. Ch. 33.00 + Morrisville. First Cong. Ch. 13.05 + North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 57.05 + Northfield. Cong. Ch. 25.95 + North Pomfret. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., Lincoln + Mem. Day Offering 4.50 + Peacham. Cong. Ch. 14.36 + Randolph. "A Friend" 10.00 + Rupert. Cong. Ch. 24.25 + Rutland. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + Townsend. "A Friend" 5.00 + Victory. Geo. A. Appleton 15.00 + Wallingford. "Friend" 1.00 + West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 15.00 + Westfield. C. E. Soc., by Mrs. Chas. Chaffee, Treas. 10.00 + Westminster. C. E. Day Off. Y. P. S. C. E., _for + Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 5.00 + Westminster West. Mission Band, by Stella A. + Goodell, Sec., _for Cal. Chinese M._ 1.00 + + FOR McINTOSH, GA., by Prof. Fred. W. Foster, + Brownington Cong. Ch., Bbl. C. + Chelsea. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for + Student Aid_ 11.94 + Peacham. H. M. U., Bbl. C., Freight Pd. + Worcester. Mrs. Sophia Hobart, _for + Student Aid_ 5.00 + ------- 16.94 + + +MASSACHUSETTS, $5,610.41. + + Amesbury. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Bbl. C. _for Talladega, + Ala._ + Amherst. "A Friend" 10.00 + Amherst. Colored Sab. Sch., Mrs. E. Tuckerman, Bbl. C. + _for Wilmington, N. C._ + Ashfield. Cong. Ch. 33.10 + Auburndale. Miss A. C. Strong, "Teacher's Helps" _for + Straight U._ + Auburndale. Annie Strong, Bbl. C. _for Pleasant Hill, + Tenn._ + Belchertown. First Cong. Ch. 30.76 + Boston. Old South Ch., in part 237.74 + Old South Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 75.00 + Park St. Ch., adl. 25.00 + Y. W. C. A., by Miss Edson, 2; Mrs. + Kendall, 1; "Friends," Bbl.C.; Misses + Lamson, Fiske, Thompson, and others, 2 + Bbls. C. _for Marshallville, Ga._ 3.00 + Brighton. Y. P. S. C. E., by F. W. + Dickerman, _for Sch., Grand View, + Tenn._ 10.00 + Brighton. Jr. End. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 1.50 + Dorchester. Elisha B. Worrell, _for + Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 + Second Cong. Ch. 25.00 + "A Friend," Second Cong. Ch. 20.00 + Jamaica Plain. Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney, + _for enlargement of building, + Memphis, Tenn._ 20.00 + Roxbury. "A Friend," _for Indian M., + Independence, N. D._ 10.00 + Mrs. Susan E. Parker, _for Student Aid, + Marshallville, Ga._ 5.00 + Mrs. Parker and Miss Parker, 2 Bbls. C., + etc., _for Marshallville, Ga._ + ------ 482.24 + + Boxboro. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + Boxboro. Y. P. S. C. E., by L. C. Hager, Cor. Sec., + _for Cal. Chinese M._ 1.00 + Boxford. Ladies' Ben Soc., Bbl. Bedding _for Talladega, + Ala._ + Cambridgeport, R. L. Snow 25.00 + Cohasset. Cong. Ch. 1.74 + Dalton. First Cong. Ch., to const. E. L. BROWN, PERRY + HELMS, ELLA BELLOWS, EFFIE M. CHURCH, MINNIE D. + BRAGAW and Mrs. J. W. FLANSBURG L.M's 191.03 + Danvers. First Ch. C. E. Soc., _for Joppa, Ala._ 5.66 + Dedham. Islington Cong. Ch. 2.20 + East Charlemont. Cong. Ch. 10.75 + Easthampton. First Cong. Ch. 53.90 + Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student + Aid, Tougaloo U._ 23.00 + East Longmeadow. First Cong. Ch. 6.26 + Easton. Evan. Cong. Ch. 23.50 + Everett. W. C. Levett, _for Gloucester Sch._ 1.60 + Fairhaven. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day + Offering 7.52 + Foxboro. Bethany Cong. Ch. 22.18 + Framingham. "A Friend," _for Indian Schp._ 17.50 + Georgetown. First Cong. Ch., 11.18; First Cong. Ch. Sab. + Sch., 10 21.18 + Gill. Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss Jessie S. Moore, Sec., + _for Central Ch., New Orleans_, and a bal. to const. + MRS. WM. C. MARVEL L.M. 13.70 + Gill. Mrs. E. L. S. Moore and Lyman Hale, _for Indian + M._ 2.00 + Globe Village. Free Ch. 6.10 + Grandville Center. Rev. Geo. A. Beckwith, _for Cal. + Chinese M. Building Fund_ 2.00 + Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 46.42 + Groton. "A Friend" 100.00 + Hanson. Cong. Ch. 7.09 + Hatfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 8.75 + Haverhill. Calvary Bap. Ch., _for Gloucester Sch._ 25.00 + Haverhill. ---- 20.00 + Haverhill. "M. L. C.," Jubilee Offering 5.00 + Holyoke. First Cong. Ch. 42.74 + Huntington. First Cong. Ch. 4.00 + Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. 35.70 + Lancaster. Evan. Cong. Ch. 6.95 + Lawrence. "Scatterers of Sunshine," Cong. Sab. Sch., + _for Student Aid, Fort Berthold, N. D._ 5.00 + Lawrence. Box of bedding, etc., _for Marshallville, + Ga._ + Longmeadow. First Ch. of Christ 71.30 + Lowell. Ellen W. Mace (5 of which _for Indian M., Fort + Yates, N. D._) 10.00 + Lowell. Mrs. Mary C. Stetson 5.25 + Malden. "Two Friends," 3; Mrs. T. D. Goodhue, 1 4.00 + Mansfield. Cong. Ch., Ladies' M. Soc. 10.00 + Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 + Marlboro. Union Cong. Ch., 140, and Sab. Sch., 10; + Y. P. S. C. E. of Union Ch., 10; T. B. Patch, 1 161.00 + Millbury. Miss C. C. Waters, _for Wilmington, N. C._ 5.00 + Mill River. Y. P. S. C, E., by W. H. Rhodes, Treas. 2.00 + Milton. H. O. Apthorp, _for Gloucester Sch._ 5.00 + Mittineague. Southworth Co., Case paper _for Tillotson + C._ + Milford. Y. P. S. C. E., by Maria P. Westcott, Treas., + _for Student Aid, Grand View Acad. Tenn._, and to + const. HUBBARD L. HUNT L.M. 30.00 + Natick. Mrs. R. Eugene Bowers, _for S. Inst., Blowing + Rock, N. C._ 5.00 + Neponset. Mrs. Arthur A. Windsor 10.00 + Newton. Sab. Sch. Eliot Cong. Ch. 18.00 + Newton Centre. A Friend, _for King's Mountain, N. C._ 1.00 + Newbury. First Cong. Ch. 16.50 + Newburyport. Belleville. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Sch. + building, Grand View, Tenn._ 25.00 + Newburyport. The Misses Ridgway, _for Straight U._ 5.00 + Newburyport. Jr. C. E. Soc. of Prospect St. Ch. 1.00 + Northampton. A. L. Williston 300.00 + Northampton. Sab. Sch. First Ch. of Christ 50.00 + Norwich. Ladies of Park Ch., Bbl. C.; Mrs. E. A. Coit, + Freight 2, _for S. Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._ 2.00 + Pittsfield. Mrs. Mary E. Sears, 10; "A Friend," 2.50 12.50 + Reading. Cong. Ch. 18.00 + Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 5.17 + Rosendale. Children's Mission Band, _for Thomasville, + Ga._ 4.00 + Salem. South Ch., Y. P. S. C. E. 20.00 + Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch., 25.66; Franklin St. + Ch., 3.59 29.25 + Somerville. Miss M. S. Higgins, Box of Books; Miss + Lydia Hayes, Box of Books _for Straight U._ + Southampton. Cong. Ch. 20.28 + Southampton. "Sunshine Band," _for King's Mountain, + N. C._ 3.00 + South Braintree. Rev. J. B. Sewall, _for Share Jubilee + Fund_ 50.00 + South Braintree. Cong. Ch. 15.43 + Southbridge. Brookside Mission Circle, _for Wilmington, + N. C._ 16.00 + South Hadley. Mount Holyoke, Col. by Miss Sarah Worden, + _for Student Aid, Lexington, Ky._ 5.00 + South Hadley. "A Friend" 1.00 + South Hadley Falls. "In His Name" 15.00 + South Hadley Falls. Y. P. S. C., _for Straight U._ 10.00 + South Natick. Y. P. S. C. E., John Eliot Ch. 5.00 + South Sudbury. Memorial Cong. Ch. 60.55 + South Weymouth. H. B. Reed, _for Straight U._ 10.00 + South Weymouth. Cong. Ch., Mrs. C. Fogg, Bbl. C., _for + Wilmington, N. C._ + Spencer. Mrs. E. W. Norwood's Sab. Sch. Class, _for + Wilmington, N. C._ 3.25 + Springfield. Mrs. E. W. Southworth, _for Share Jubilee + Fund_ 50.00 + Springfield. Miss E. W. Southworth, _for Gloucester + Sch._ 15.00 + Springfield. Olivet Cong. Ch. 6.00 + Stoneham. Miss Mary A. Peffers, _for Straight U._ 2.00 + Sutton. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 2.00 + Townsend. Cong. Ch. 7.26 + Turner's Falls. Cong. Ch. (1 of which _for Central Ch., + New Orleans, La._) 20.00 + Turner's Falls. First Cong. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Central + Ch., New Orleans, La._ 8.00 + Wakefield. Primary Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 15.00 + Wareham. C. E. Society, Bbl. C. _for Tougaloo, Miss._ + West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + West Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. 4.77 + Westfield. Second Cong. Ch. Primary S. S. Class, _for + Wilmington, N. C._ 2.00 + Westhampton. Cong. Ch. 27.13 + West Newbury. First Cong Ch., 15; Y. P. S. C. E., 3; Jr. + Y. P. S. C. E., 1; Mr. Goodrich, 1, _for Straight U._ 20.00 + West Richfield. Emma, David and Esther Alger, _for + Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00 + Weymouth and Braintree. Union Ch. 46.50 + Winchester, Cong. S. S. (Estate of S. A. Holt) 5.00 + Wollaston. Cong. Ch. 80.00 + Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 46.86 + Worcester. Immanuel Ch., Bbl. Bedding, etc., val. at 20, + _for Beach Institute_ + Worcester. Cent. Cong. Ch., Mrs. S. K. Price, Box C. + _for Wilmington, N. C._ + Yarmouth. E. D. Payne, _for Freight to Raleigh. N. C._ 1.00 + ----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 5.00 + ----. C. Mfg. Co., Case of Paper _for Greenwood, S. C._ + + FOR McINTOSH, GA., BY PROF. FRED W. FOSTER: + Arlington. Mrs. E. T. Hillard, _for + Freight_ 2.00 + Dalton. Mrs. Zenas Crane, Bbl. C. + Dorchester. Harvard Ch., Bbl. C. + Dorchester. Mrs. Mary Houston, _for + Student Aid_ 2.00 + North Adams. Braytonville Y. P. S. C. E., + _for Student Aid_ 18.00 + Northhampton. Edwards Ch., Prof. Wood's + Bible Class, _for Student Aid_ 6.43 + Warren. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Student Aid_ 8.00 + West Roxbury. Mrs. Myra French, _for + Student Aid_ 4.00 + ------ 40.43 + + Woman's Home Missionary Association of Mass. and R. I., + Miss Annie C. Bridgman, Treas.: + _For Salaries of Teachers_ 340.00 + Roxbury. Walnut Ave. Ch. Aux. 7.00 + ------ 347.00 + --------- + $3,252.26 + + ESTATES. + + Lowell. Estate Leonard Worchester, by Samuel A. + Chase, Executor 100.00 + Reading. Estate of Ruth L. Pratt, by Joseph H. + Gleason, Executor 300.00 + Sharon. Estate of Margaret J. Tolman, by William + R. Mann, Adm'r 8.00 + Somerville. Estate of Ephraim Stone, balance by + Lorenzo K. Lovell, Adm'r, 2,525.15, less expenses, + 575 1,950.15 + --------- + $5,610.41 + + CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. + + Gray, Me. Rev. H. O. Thayer, Bbl. of C., etc., _for + Saluda, N. C._ + Yarmouth. Mass. E. D. Payne, Bbl. of C. _for Raleigh, + N. C._ + + +RHODE ISLAND, $161.62. + + Barrington. Cong. Ch. 69.25 + Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. 59.22 + Providence. Central Ch. and Sab. Sch., 16, and 3 + Boxes C. _for Raleigh, N. C._ 16.00 + Providence. Social Circle, Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Bbl. + and Box C. _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ + Woonsocket. Globe Cong. Ch. 17.15 + + +CONNECTICUT, $5,242.50. + + Bantam. Mrs. Ella M. Grannis 6.00 + Berlin. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 35.00 + Bethel. Friends by Claire F. Luther 3.00 + Branford. Cong. Ch., 29; H. G. Harrison, 10 39.00 + Bridgeport. "Warren" 25.00 + Bristol. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 20.00 + Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Thomasville, Ga._ 3.00 + Canaan. Pilgrim Ch. 18.08 + Cheshire. "A Friend" 1.00 + Collinsville. Cong. Ch. 15.00 + Coventry. Hattie E. Gilbert .50 + Cromwell. Primary S. S. Class, Cong. Ch., _for + Thomasville, Ga._ 2.00 + Darien. Mrs. N. C. Gleason .50 + East Hartland. Cong. Ch. 6.00 + Ellington. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 7.14 + Essex. First Cong. Ch. 27.30 + Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 54.49 + Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch. 176.85 + Groton. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.00 + Haddam. Y. P. S. C. E., Miss Winifred M. Lewis, Cor. + Sec., _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 7.55 + Hartford. Park Cong. Ch. 143.59 + Hartford. Sab. Sch. Pearl St. Cong. Ch., _for + Industrial Work, Fisk U._ 40.00 + Hartford. Mrs. E. R. Rexford, _for Indian M., Standing + Rock, N. Dak._ 20.00 + Hebron. Ladies' Soc., _for A. N. and I. Sch., + Thomasville, Ga._, 12.25; Y. P. S. C. E., _for Sch., + Grand View, Tenn._, by Mrs. G. A. Little, 5 17.25 + Lakeville. Mrs. S. P. Robbins 2.50 + Manchester. "E." 2.00 + Mansfield. First Cong. Ch. 14.15 + Mansfield Centre. Chas. H. Learned 5.00 + Meriden. First Cong. Ch., "A Friend" 10.00 + Middlefield. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., Lincoln Mem. Day + Offering 1.15 + Middletown. First Ch. 29.87 + Milford. First Cong. Ch. 10.66 + Naugatuck. Cong. Ch. 150.00 + New Britain. Mrs. J. B. Smith, 2, _for Freight_; South + Cong. Ch. Bbl. C. _for Tougaloo, Miss._ 2.00 + New Hartford. North Cong. Ch. 19.12 + New Haven. Davenport Cong. Ch., 89.62; "A Friend," 5; + Chas. Sanford, 5 99.62 + New Haven. James H. Foy, _for share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00 + New Haven. N. S. Bronson, 10; Pres. T. Dwight, D.D., 5; + Prof. Geo. B. Stevens, 5; Prof. A. Fairbanks, 5; Prof. + Arthur Hadley, 5; Judge L. W. Cleveland, 5; Dea. S. A. + Clark, 5; Hon. James Graham, 5; Mrs. F. S. Porter, 1 46.00 + New Haven. Humphrey St. Y. P. S. C. E., 40.25; Howard + Ave. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., 15; Miss Edith + Woolsey, 10, _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 65.25 + New Haven. Miss Myrta A. Lyman, _for Student Aid, + Tougaloo. U._ 5.00 + New Milford. First Cong. Ch. 15.22 + New Preston. Village Cong. Ch. and Soc. 129.21 + Newtown. Cong. Ch. 11.20 + Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 128.85 + Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, + Tougaloo U._ 27.01 + North Woodstock. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. C. _for + Moorhead, Miss._ + Norwich. "A Friend in First Ch." 100.00 + Norwich. Miss Ida E. Sutherland, 4 Boxes Books _for + Hillsboro, N. C._ + Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. Quarterly 27.18 + Orange. Cong. Ch. 8.87 + Plainfield. First Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C. E. 6.03 + Prospect. B. B. Brown 20.00 + Ridgebury. Cong. Ch. 3.00 + Rockville. Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. A. W. Annis, _for + Mountain Work_ 10.00 + Saybrook. Mrs. Geo. Dibble 5.00 + Sharon. First Cong. Ch., Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Reed 10.00 + Seymour. Mrs. Emma Francis, _for Marshallville, Ga._ 4.00 + Simsbury. _For freight to Fort Berthold, N. D._ .75 + Somersville. Cong. Ch. 8.15 + Sound Beach. C. E. Soc. of Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Bbl. + Papers _for Talladega C._ + Southington. First Cong. Ch. 18.32 + South Manchester. L. B. Soc. First Cong. Ch., _for + Thomasville Ga._ 22.00 + Suffield "Helping Ten" Circle, King's Daughters, _for + Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00 + Stamford. Cong. Ch. 20.22 + Stamford. Cong. Ch. Jr. C. E. Soc., Lincoln Mem. Day 5.00 + Offering + Thomaston. First Cong. Ch. 9.38 + Warren Cong. Ch. 8.00 + West Haven. First Cong. Ch., 6.88; James Tolles, 5 11.88 + West Haven. William H. Moulthrop, _for King's Mountain + and Blowing Rock, N. C._ 5.00 + West Suffield. Cong. Ch., to const. Miss ELLEN E. + THRALL L.M. 34.79 + Wethersfield. Sab. Sch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 15.50 + Whigville. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Student Aid, Talladega + C._ 5.10 + Winchester. Ladies' Sewing Soc., _for Indian M., + Independence, N. D._ 3.00 + Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.04 + Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C. E. 10.00 + Winsted. Children's Mission Circle of First Cong. Ch., + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 8.00 + Woodbury. First Cong. Ch. 18.86 + Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.85 + + Woman's Cong. Home Missionary Union of Conn., Mrs. + W. W. Jacobs, Treas.: + Hartford. First Ch. "A Friend" 25.00 + Hartford. First Ch. Jr. Aux. 60.00 + Kent. Furnace 50.00 + Naugatuck. Ladies' Aid Soc. 40.00 + New Britain. South Ch., Ladies' Benev. + Soc. 46.50 + Watertown. Aux. 10.00 + Winchester. L. B. S., _Jubilee Fund_ 5.00 + ----- 236.50 + --------- + $2,206.50 + + ESTATES. + + Berlin. Estate of H. N. Wilcox 30.00 + Cornwall. Estate of Silas C. Beers 1,443.00 + Groton. Estate of Mrs. B. N. Hurlbutt 63.00 + New London. Estate Charles D. Boss, by Mrs. Elizabeth + M. Boss, Executrix 1,500.00 + --------- + $5,242.50 + + +NEW YORK, $10,129.67. + + Albany. First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., and groceries, + _for King's Mountain, N. C._ + Aquebogue. Cong. Ch. 8.80 + Berkshire. "Friend," _for Wilmington, N. C._ 5.00 + Bridgewater. C. E. Soc. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Brooklyn. Church of the Pilgrims, 737.21; Tompkins Av. + Cong. Ch., 73.85; Puritan Ch., 22.00; Sab. Sch. Ch. + of the Pilgrims, 14.30; East Cong. Ch., 9.13 856.41 + Brooklyn. Miss C. A. Johnson, _for Gloucester Sch._ 2.00 + Brooklyn. "Penny Aid Soc.," 8 Towels _for Pleasant + Hill, Tenn._ + Buffalo. Fitch Mem. Cong. Ch. 2.20 + Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. 38.85 + Clifton Springs. "Two Friends" 12.00 + Corona. Union Evan. Ch. Sab. Sch., 2.89 and Box of + Literature _for Beach Inst._ 2.89 + Deansville. Cong. Ch. 7.50 + Eagle Harbor. M. P. Lyman 1.00 + East Albany. Mrs. J. Buckman, _for freight to Pleasant + Hill, Tenn._ 2.95 + East Rockaway. Sab. Sch. Bethany Cong. Ch. 3.58 + Fairport. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 10.00 + Fairport. A. M. Loomis 5.00 + Flushing. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 12.72 + Franklin. Cong. Ch. 17.48 + Himrod. Mrs. Hester B. Ayers 5.00 + Honeoye. Cong. Ch. 21.50 + Ithaca. Jun. Y. P. S. C. E., 4 and Sewing material, + _for King's Mountain, N. C._ 4.00 + Kiantone. H. & F. M. Soc. by Alice L. Spencer, Sec. 2.75 + Lisle. Mrs. F. P. Edminster, Bbl. C. _for McIntosh, + Ga._ + Massena. Cong. Ch. 5.60 + Mt. Morris Pres. S. S., 5; Pres. Ch., Bbl., _for + Moorhead, Miss._ 5.00 + Munnsville. Mission Circle, Box C. _for Skyland Inst, + Blowing Rock, N. C._ + New York. Mrs. L. H. Spelman, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00 + New York. C. Irving Fisher 10.00 + New York. Dr. B. Lord, _for Gloucester Sch._ 5.00 + New York. M. E. Ch. Jr. C. E. Soc., by Miss G. L. Wood, + _for Indian M._ 3.50 + New York. Miss Lottie Hiskok, Box of Books _for Marion, + Ala._ + New York. Miss Grace H. Dodge, Pkg. Pictures, Books, + etc., _for Beach Inst._ + Northfield. Lucy and Alice Wood, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 5.00 + Oxford. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 31.00 + Pulaski. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Randolph. Cong. Ch., adl. 1.00 + Rochester. Sab. Sch. of Plymouth Ch., _for Indian + Schp._, bal. to const REV. WILLIAM F. KETTLE, DANIEL + R. CLARK and SAMUEL B. GRISWOLD L.M's 25.00 + Rome. Cong. Ch. 3.10 + Sayville. Cong. Ch. 19.26 + Schenectady. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong Ch. 15.00 + Sherburne. "Little Lights," _for Student Aid, Talladega 18.00 + C._ + Syracuse. W. E. Abbott, 5; Danforth Ch., 3.50 8.50 + Syracuse. C. A. Hamlin, Box C. _for Hillsboro, N. C._ + Tarrytown. "A Friend" (25 of which _for Gloucester + Sch., Cappahosic, Va.)_ 125.00 + Troy. "A Friend," 10; Miss S. A. Willard, 3, _for + Gloucester Sch._ 13.00 + Warsaw. "Earnest Workers" of Cong. Ch. Bbl. C. _for + Macon, Ga._ + Wellsville. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 + West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. 34.25 + West Bloomfield. Y. P. S. C. E., 5; Rev. and Mrs. N. W. + Bates, 2; Miss S. L. Brown, 1, _for Macon, Ga._ 8.00 + Westmoreland. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 + + Woman's Home Missionary Union of N. Y. by Mrs. J. J. + Pearsall, Treas.: + Albany, Home Circle 5.00 + Aquebogue, L. S. 10.00 + Brooklyn. Central Ch. L. B. S., to + const. Mrs. W. C. PECKHAM L.M. 50.00 + Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. East Ch. 20.00 + Gloversville. L. B. A. 30.00 + Gloversville. Jun. C. E. 5.00 + New York. Broadway Tabernacle, S. W. W. 54.00 + Poughkeepsie, L. H. M. S. 20.00 + Schenectady. L. M. S. 35.00 + ------ 229.00 + --------- + $1,685.92 + + ESTATE. + + Gloversville. Estate of Sarah B. Place. Specific, + 1,000; Residue, 7,500, less Expenses, 56.25, + 7,443.75, by Daniel B. Judson and Wm. H. Place, + Executors 8,443.75 + ---------- + $10,129.67 + + +NEW JERSEY, $217.10. + + Dunellen. Mrs. Lane. Lamp _for S. Inst., Blowing + Rock, N. C._ + East Orange. First Cong. Ch. 2.00 + Passaic. First Cong. Ch. 25.10 + Princeton. Prof. Wm. A. Packard, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 10.00 + + Woman's Home Missionary Union of the N. J. Ass'n. Mrs. + J. H. Denison, Treas.: + Montclair. First Cong. Ch. W. H. M. S. 180.00 + + +PENNSYLVANIA, $235.67. + + Arnot. Cong. Ch. 3.40 + Braddock. Cong. Ch., 4.25; Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., 5.02 9.27 + Canton. H. Sheldon, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ 50.00 + Germantown. Mrs. L. Smith, 1; Miss Dolphus, 1, _for + Gloucester Sch._ 2.00 + Philadelphia. Theodore Bliss, _for 2 Shares Jubilee 100.00 + Fund_ + Philadelphia. Burnham, Williams & Co., 25; R. C. Ogden, + 25; Miss M. Blanchard, 10; A. F. Stevens, 5; Miss E. + W. Stevens, 5, _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 70.00 + Pittsburg. I. F. Crawford, 50c.; W. E. Van Bownhorst, + 50c., _for Gloucester Sch._ 1.00 + + +OHIO, $421.89. + + Akron. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. _for Moorhead, + Miss._ + Akron. Missionary Society of First Cong. Ch., Box + Bedding _for Tougaloo, Miss._ + Amherst. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day + Offering 3.60 + Ashland. J. O. Jennings 10.00 + Bellevue. First Cong. Ch. 12.23 + Bellevue. First Cong. Ch., _Jubilee Offering_ 6.73 + Berea, Strongsville, and Rockport. Cong. Churches, + Union, _Jubilee Offering_ 17.00 + Castalia. W. Story 1.00 + Chardon. First Cong. Ch., 7.65; Y. P. S. C. E. of + F. C. Ch., 3 10.65 + Cleveland. Union Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Cleveland. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Mrs. H. C. Beffenger, + Bbl. C., _for Wilmington, N. C._ + Coitsville. Geog. Hall Mission, _for Student Aid, 3.75 + Talladega C._ + Collinwood. C. E. Society, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo 3.00 + U._ + Columbus. Sab. Sch. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 21; + Washington Av. Welsh Ch., 12; Mrs. F. W. Wallis, 1 34.00 + Dover. Mrs. Arthur Weston, Bibles and Testaments, + _for Tougaloo U._ + Jefferson. Cong. Ch. (1 of which from "A Friend") 13.05 + Kingsville. Mrs. S. C. Kellogg, _for Mountain Work_, + 10; Miss Eliza Stewart Comings, 10 20.00 + Mansfield. Mrs. J. Calhoun, _for Indian M., + Independence, N. D._ 5.00 + Mantua. Miss Caroline M. Davis 1.00 + Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch., _Jubilee Offering_ 56.00 + Newark. Plym. Cong. Ch., 15.30, _Jubilee Fund_; L. M. + Soc. of Plym. Ch., 20.20 35.50 + New London. Cong. Ch. 3.43 + Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 27.14 + Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. Miss'y Soc., Blouse Waists + _for S. Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._ + Oberlin. Wm. M. Mead, _for Mountain Work_ 10.00 + Oberlin. Mrs. W. P. Kennedy, Bbl. _for Moorhead, + Miss._ + Painesville. First Cong. Ch. 25.05 + Painesville. Miss M. Evans, _for Macon, Ga._ 5.00 + Painesville. "Friends," Box C. _for Storrs Sch., + Atlanta, Ga._ + Rootstown. Mrs. C. N. Seymour 10.00 + Springfield. Lagonda Av. Cong. Ch., 2.50; Lagonda Av. + Cong. Ch. L. M. Soc., 1; "Jubilee Offering," 1 4.50 + Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morris 2.00 + Vermillion. Jr. C. E. Soc. 1.15 + Wellston Cong. Ch., by H. Bevan, Sec., Lincoln Mem. + Day Offering 1.30 + Willoughby. F. A. Page 2.00 + Windham. Ladies' Helping Hand Soc., of Cong. Ch., + Bbl. C. and freight 75 cts., _for Pleasant Hill, .75 + Tenn._ + Youngstown. Elm St. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + ----. "Friend in Ohio" _for Indian M._, Jubilee + Offering 1.70 + + Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. G. B. Brown, + Treas. + Akron. W. M. S. 20.00 + Austinburg. W. M. S. 5.00 + Brecksville. W. M. S. 3.00 + Cleveland. Euclid, Y. L. M. S. 5.00 + Madison. W. H. M. S. 15.00 + Marietta. Harmar, W. H. M. S., _for + Indian Schp._ 15.00 + Oberlin. Second Ch. Sab. Sch. 7.50 + Oberlin. First, L. A. S. 5.00 + Toledo. Central Ch., W. M. U., 5; Busy + Bees, 1 6.00 + Toledo. Boys' Home 3.86 + ------ 85.36 + + +INDIANA, $6.80. + + Andrews. Cong. Ch. Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 2.00 + Ridgeville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 3.80 + Versailles. Mrs. B. N. Rebuck, for Mrs. J. D. Nichols, + deceased 1.00 + + +ILLINOIS, $694.89. + + Albion. Mrs. James Green, 3; Mrs. P. W. Wallace, 1 4.00 + Aurora. New Eng. Cong. Ch., 17.60; New Eng. Ch., W. M. + S., 29.78 47.38 + Aurora. First Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., _for King's + Mountain, N. C._ 18.00 + Champaign. First Cong. Ch. 43.36 + Chandlersville. Cong. Ch. 52.96 + Chicago. First Cong. Ch., 57.11; South Ch., W. H. M. + U., 49.40 (30 of which to const. MRS. J. L. McKEEVER + L.M.); D. S. Munger, 10; Ch. of the Redeemer C. E. + Soc., 5 121.51 + Chicago. Mrs. F. E. Cutler, 4; Miss Susan R. Cutler, + 4, _for Theo. Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.00 + Chicago. Prof. F. R. Nichols, _for enlargement of + building, Memphis, Tenn._ 5.00 + Chicago. Bundle Blankets _for Moorhead, Miss._ + Earlville. "J. A. D." 25.00 + Englewood. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., _for + Student Aid, Williamsburg Acad., Ky_ 10.00 + Englewood. North Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., etc., _for + Beaufort, N. C._ + Forest. Cong. Ch. 9.66 + Geneseo. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 9.31 + Hyde Park. Mrs. H. C. Gould .50 + Jacksonville. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Macon, Ga._ 14.00 + Jacksonville. Mrs. George L. Roberts 5.00 + Lawn Ridge. By Geo. M. Sims, Treas., Cong. Ch. .75 + La Salle. Mrs. F. X. Kilduff. Box C. _for Tougaloo, + Miss._ + Maywood. C. E. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, 10.00 + Tillotson C._ + Metropolis. Trinity Cong. Ch. 2.65 + Oglesby. E. T. Bent, 10; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bent, $15, + _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 25.00 + Ottawa. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch. 5.90 + Paxton. Mrs. J. B. Shaw, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 + Richmond. Cong. Ch. 3.97 + Rock Falls. Cong. Ch. 7.28 + Saint Charles. Cong. Ch. 11.00 + Summer Hill. Cong. Ch. 4.00 + Sycamore. Hon. Henry Wood, _for Austrian Crown_, given + by little Marie Kuchera, of Bohemia 10.00 + Waukegan. German Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Woodburn. A. L. Sturgess 10.00 + Yorkville. Cong. Ch., 6.76; Cong. Sab. Sch., 1.68 8.44 + Yorkville. Miss Elizabeth J. Lane, Jubilee Offering 5.00 + + Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. L. A. Field, + Treas.: + Atkinson. W. M. S. 20.00 + Champaign. Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., _for + Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 10.00 + Chicago. New England W. M. S. 20.00 + Chicago. Lincoln Park W. M. S. 5.25 + Chicago. Bethlehem W. M. S. 2.00 + Evanston. W. M. S. (10 of which Bequest + of Mrs. Chloe B. Wells) 28.00 + Glencoe. C. E. Soc. 17.15 + Jacksonville. Jr. C. E. Soc., _for + Hospital, Fort Yates, N. D._ 2.50 + La Salle. C. E. Soc. 5.00 + Marshall. W. M. S. 2.00 + Oak Park. W. M. S. 9.20 + Odell. W. M. S. 10.00 + Rockford. Second Ch. W. M. S. 33.10 + Rockford. First Ch. W. M. S. 21.46 + Waukegan. W. M. S. 10.00 + Waukegan. C. E. Soc. 1.36 + ----. Clara and Edward Doocy .20 + ----- $197.28 + + +MICHIGAN, $554.69. + + Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch. 43.35 + Calumet. First Cong. Ch. 61.33 + Chassell. Cong. Ch. 11.00 + Clinton. Y. P. S. C. E., by E. A. Carney, Treas. 12.50 + Detroit. First Cong. Ch., Ladies' Soc., Bbl. C. _for + Greenwood, S. C._ + Grand Haven. Miss Margaret Lewis, _for furnishing new + hall, Tillotson C._ 4.25 + Greenville. Mrs. R. C. Ellsworth, 10; "A Friend," 1 11.00 + Marshall. Mrs. J. S. Stout 5.00 + Olivet. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., 15; Benev. Soc. of Cong. + Ch., 5, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00 + Olivet. Y. W. C. A., _for Student Aid, Lexington, Ky._ 4.00 + Port Huron. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day + Offering 10.00 + Ransom. Cong. Ch. 4.48 + Scio Centre. Sab. Sch., by Robt. G. Lyon, Sec. 2.76 + Stanton. Jubilee Offering, by Rev. W. C. Burns 4.44 + West Bay City. John Bourn, _for Alaska M._, and to + const. REV. J. G. GRABIEL and THOMAS R. SHAVER L.M's 100.00 + + Woman's Home Missionary Union of Michigan, by Mrs. E. F. + Grabill, Treas. + Allegan. W. M. S. 2.50 + Armada. L. A. S. .50 + Benton Harbor, Y. P. S. C. E., _for + Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch._ 4.00 + Cheboygan. W. H. M. S. 3.50 + Kalamazoo. Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., _for + Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch._ 2.50 + Lansing. Plymouth, Y. M. Guild, _for + Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch._ 4.18 + Manistee. Young Woman's Guild, _for + Indian Schp._ 25.00 + Maybee. L. A. S. and W. H. M. U. .15 + ------ 42.33 + ------- + $336.44 + + ESTATE. + + Niles. Estate of Dr. James Lewis 218.25 + ------- + $554.69 + + +IOWA, $392.01. + + Algona. King's Daughters, 10; Mrs. H. E. Stacy, 6, + _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 16.00 + Atlantic. Mrs. W. Sanford _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + Belle Plain. Mrs. Winterstein, Bbl. of C. _for + Marion, Ala._ + Burlington. Cong. Ch., 111.50; Miss Mercy Lewis, 50c. 112.00 + Cedar Rapids. Mrs. J. C. Brocksmit 5.00 + Cedar Rapids. "Willing Workers," _for Student Aid, + Beach Inst._ 2.00 + Corning. Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Beeman, _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + Davenport. Mrs. E. J. Rowell, _for Indian M., + Independence, N. D._ 5.00 + Decorah. First Cong. Ch. 22.48 + DeWitt, First Cong. Ch. 5.25 + Eldora. Rev. and Mrs. Evarts Kent, _for Student + Aid, Tougaloo U._ 5.00 + Eldora. C. M. Duren, Pkg. Sewing Material _for + Beach Inst._ + Fort Dodge. Cong. Ch. 26.00 + Garner. Cong. Ch. 8.55 + Grinnell. W. H. M. U., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 + Grinnell. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch. 1.00 + Independence. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + Independence. S. S. Class of First Cong. Ch., 4, by + Miss Grace Potwin; Mrs. E. M. Potwin, Pkg. Sch. + Cards, _for Student Aid, Beach Institute_ 4.00 + Le Grand. Miss L. M. Craig 9.07 + McIntire. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., _for freight + to Savannah, Ga._ 1.50 + Postville. Jr. C. E. Soc., _for Student Aid, Beach + Inst._ 2.00 + Postville. Bbl. C. _for Meridian, Miss._ + + Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, Miss Belle L. + Bentley, Treas.: + Cedar Rapids. First, W. M. S. 5.25 + Central City. W. M. S. 5.00 + Charles City. Y. P. S. C. E. 20.00 + Creston. L. H. M. Circle 10.00 + Des Moines. Plymouth, W. M. S. 4.15 + Earlville. W. M. S. 10.00 + Eldon. Y. P. S. C. E. 1.17 + Grinnell. W. H. M. U. 21.59 + Magnolia. W. H. M. U. 3.50 + Ottumwa. Jr. C. E. 3.00 + Tabor. L. H. M. S. 3.50 + Victor. W. H. M. U. 10.00 + ------ 97.16 + + +WISCONSIN, $324.33. + + Appleton. First Cong. Ch. 7.00 + Delavan. Cong. Ch. 29.42 + Genesee. Cong. Ch. 7.50 + Hartland. Mrs. Mary LeRoy, Box C. and Papers _for + Tougaloo, Miss._ + Ironton. O. C. Blanchard 5.00 + Kenosha. Thomas Gillespie, M.D. 10.00 + Liberty. Cong. Ch. 2.50 + Menasha. Rev. S. T. Kidder 5.00 + Milwaukee. Sab. Sch. North Side Ch. 2.00 + Milwaukee. Robert P. H. Millard, _for Moorhead, Miss._ 1.00 + New Richmond. First Cong. Ch. 40.45 + Norrie. Cong. Ch. 1.71 + Peshtigo. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Pine River. Miss Mary B. Spencer, _Jubilee Offering_ 5.00 + Raymond. Cong. Ch., _for Cal. Chinese M. Building_ 1.90 + Ripon. Mrs. C. H., _for Moorhead, Miss._ .50 + Spring Green. L. H. M. S., by Mrs. C. B. Pearson 6.25 + Washburn. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + Wausau. Jr. C. E. S., _for Moorhead, Miss._ 1.65 + Whitewater. "Friends," 117; State Normal Sch., 35; + "Friend," 15. _for enlargement of building, Memphis, + Tenn._ 167.00 + Windsor. Cong. Ch. 15.45 + + +MINNESOTA, $64.78. + + Ada. Cong. Ch. 7.14 + Chowen. Rev. E. E. Rogers, _for enlargement of building, + Memphis, Tenn._ 2.00 + Graceville. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 5.50 + Minneapolis Lyndale Cong. Ch., 15; W. H. Norris, 15; + "Rodelmer," 2.50 32.50 + Minneapolis. Jr. E. Soc. of Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 5; A. B. + Brickett, 2.10, _for Indian M., Independence, N. D._ 7.10 + Minneapolis. Como Ave. Ch., _for freight to Fort + Berthold, N. D._ 2.00 + Minneapolis. Willing Workers, Park Av. Sab. Sch., _for + Marion, Ala._ 1.00 + Northfield. Carleton College, Box Pictures _for S. Inst., + Blowing Rock, N. C._ + St. Charles. Cong. Ch. 2.69 + Sauk Center. E. A. Smith, _for Student Aid, Fort + Berthold, N. D._ 2.00 + Stillwater. Grace Cong. Ch. 2.85 + + +MISSOURI, $532.71. + + Cameron. Rev. D. E. Todd, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 5.00 + Kansas City. Clyde Cong. Ch. 24.82 + St Louis. Hope Cong Ch. 8.80 + Sedalia. First Cong. Ch. 27.93 + + Woman's Home Missionary Union of Mo., by Mrs. K. L. Mills, + Treas.: + Bevier. Cong. Ch. Jr. C. E. S. 1.00 + Bonne Terre. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S. 10.00 + Brookfield. Park Ch. L. H. M. S. 15.00 + Brookfield. Park Ch. Y. P. S. C. E. 5.00 + Carthage. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S. 31.75 + Hamilton. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S. 6.75 + Joplin. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S. 10.00 + Kansas City. First Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., + _for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._, + 7.20; First Ch. Y. L. M. S., 25; First + Ch. Ladies' Union, 7 39.20 + Kansas City. Clyde Ch. Ladies' Union, + 52.35; Clyde Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., + 11.35; Clyde Ch. Sab. Sch. (two + classes), 2.50 66.20 + Kansas City. S. W. Tabernacle Y. P. S. + C. E., 10; Southwest Tabernacle L. H. + M. S., 14; S. W. Tabernacle Jr. C. E. + S., 5 29.00 + Kansas City. Olivet Ch. L. H. M. S., 5; + Y. P. S. C. E., 2.50 7.50 + Neosha. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S. 6.00 + New Cambria. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S. 6.25 + New Cambria. Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C. E. 5.00 + Nichols. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S. 5.00 + St. Joseph. Tabernacle Ch. L. H. M. S. 12.50 + St. Louis. Central Ch. L. H. M. S. 26.00 + St. Louis. Plymouth L. H. M. S. 16.50 + St. Louis. Pilgrim Ch. L. H. M. S. + (30 of which to const. MRS. JOHN + McCULLOGH L. M.), 62.85; Pilgrim Jr. + Y. P. S. C. E., 15 77.85 + St. Louis. First Ch. L. H. M. S., 21; + First Ch. Y. L. M. S., 45.32 66.32 + St. Louis. Olive Branch L. H. M. S., 2, + and Y. P. S. C. E., 1.50 3.50 + St. Louis. People's Tab. Y. P. S. C. E. 2.50 + Sedalia. First Ch. Ladies' Union 20.86 + Springfield. First Ch. Y. P. S. C. E. 10.00 + Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S. 11.00 + ------- + $490.68 + Less expenses 24.52 + ------- 466.16 + + +KANSAS, $164.72. + + Clay Centre. Clarence Eastman Cong. Mem. Ch. 5.35 + Kensington. Cong. Ch., _Jubilee Offering_ 7.00 + Paola. Cong. Ch. 11.00 + Paola. Cong. Ch., Box C. _for Saluda, N. C._ + Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ 3.50 + + Woman's Home Missionary Union of Kansas, by Mrs. E. C. + Read, Treas.: + Antrim. Lena Gibbs and Sister 2.00 + Atchison 5.00 + Centralia 5.00 + Chapman 5.00 + Douglass 2.00 + Dover 5.00 + Emporia 10.00 + Kansas City. Pilgrim Ch. 3.00 + McPherson 3.50 + Olathe 2.00 + Ottawa. Y. P. S. C. E. 2.50 + Ottawa 5.00 + Paola 12.50 + Parsons 5.00 + Russell 5.00 + Sabetha 5.00 + St. Mary's 6.00 + Sedgwick 5.00 + Seneca 15.00 + Smith Center 4.00 + Topeka. Central Ch. (16.50 of which + Thank offering) 26.68 + Topeka. First Ch. 1.00 + Wellsville 5.50 + ------- + $140.68 + Less expenses 2.81 + ------- 137.87 + + +NEBRASKA, $25.10. + + Ashland. Cong. Ch. 15.40 + Kilpatrick. Cong. Ch. 1.65 + Maple Creek. Cong. Ch. 4.05 + Santee Agency. Miss Edith Leonard, _for Laboratory, + Santee_ 3.00 + Santee Agency. Jr. Endeavor Soc., by Grace Lawson, + Treas. 1.00 + Tecumseh. Mrs. L. S. Chittenden, Pkg. Sewing Material + _for Lexington, Ky._ + + +NORTH DAKOTA, $74.92. + + Caledonia. Jr. End. Soc., by Jane Clark, Treas., _for + Cal. Chinese M._ 1.50 + Cando. Cong. Ch., 3.60; Cong. Sab. Sch., 2.04 5.64 + Fargo. Miss Curtis's Sab. Sch. Class, 3; Mission Band, + First Cong. Ch., 3, _for Indian M., Independence, N. D._ 6.00 + Fort Berthold. A. R. Creighton, _for Indian M., + Independence, N. D._ 5.00 + Fort Berthold. Mrs. Susan W. Hall, _for Dakota Home_ 5.00 + Fort Yates. Grand River Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 4.00 + Harwood. Mission Band, _for Indian M., Independence, + N. D._ 4.45 + Independence. Miss E. Kehoe, _for Indian M., + Independence, N. D._ 15.00 + Standing Rock. Cong. Ch., 11.70; Cannon Ball, Branch + Cong. Ch., 6; Grand River Ch., 10.63, by Rev. G. W. + Reed, Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 28.33 + + +SOUTH DAKOTA, $73.87. + + Oahe. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 23.62 + Sioux Falls. First Cong. Ch. 14.74 + Webster. Cong. Ch. 8.00 + + Woman's Home Missionary Union of South Dakota, Mrs. + F. H. Wilcox, Treas., _for Indian Schp., Santee N. T. + Sch., Neb._: + Armour. W. M. S. 2.00 + Ashton. W. M. S. 1.76 + Badger Lake. W. M. S. 8.00 + Burnside Academy. W. M. S. 1.25 + Chamberlain. W. M. S. 1.25 + Columbia. W. M. S. 1.50 + Deadwood. W. M. S. 2.25 + Henry. W. M. S. 1.50 + Huron. W. M. S. 2.00 + Iroquois. Infant Class, Birthday Box .25 + Pierre. W. M. S. 2.50 + Santee, Neb. W. M. S. 3.25 + ------ 27.51 + + +COLORADO, $25.83. + + Grand Junction. First Cong. Ch. 12.00 + Highland Lake. Ch. of Christ 1.28 + Otis and Hyde. Cong. Chs. 3.00 + Pueblo. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 9.55 + + +UTAH, $37.00. + + Park City. First Cong. Ch. 37.00 + + +CALIFORNIA, $122.00. + + Belmont. Mrs. Elizabeth L. Reed, 10; By Mrs. E. L. + Reed, 2 12.00 + Monrovia. Mrs. H. T. Clapperton 5.00 + Pasadena. "G. L." 10.00 + Pomona. "Mrs. L. H. P." 10.00 + California Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Mary + M. Smith, Treas.: + Highland. W. M. S. 5.00 + Los Angeles. First Ch. Y. L. M. Soc. + (75 of which from Mrs. A. A. Mayhew) 80.00 + ------ 85.00 + + +WASHINGTON, $7.30. + + Colfax. Y. P. S. C. E., Plym. Ch. 3.25 + Roy. Cong. Ch. .65 + Yelm. Cong. Ch. 1.00 + + Woman's Home Missionary Union of Washington, by Mrs. + J. W. George, Treas.: + Fairhaven. W. M. S. 2.40 + + +DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $46.00. + + Washington. People's Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Washington. Plymouth Ch., 8.29; W. M. Circle, 3, and C. + E. Soc. of Plym. Ch., 4.71; Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 16.00 + Washington. "A Jubilee Offering," _for Student Aid, Nat, + Ala._ 25.00 + + +MARYLAND, $30.00. + + Baltimore. MRS. M. R. HAWLEY, to const. herself L.M. 30.00 + + +VIRGINIA, $5.50. + + Gloucester. Miss F. Lancaster, 1; H. W. Smith, 1; C. + Holmes, 50c.; The Grove Bap. Sab. Sch., 3, _for + Gloucester Sch._ 5.50 + + +KENTUCKY, $19.28. + + Lexington. Chandler Sch., 5.33; Hand Sch., 2.67; Chandler + Mission S. S., 1; Hand Mission S. S., 1 10.00 + Lexington. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_ 2.83 + Pioneer. Cong. Ch. 2.00 + Pleasant View. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 2.45 + Red Ash. Cong. Ch. 2.00 + + +TENNESSEE, $244.08. + + Deer Lodge. Cong. Ch. (result of a Birthday Party), 10; + Cong. Ch. 1 11.00 + Grand View. Rev. Henry W. Webb, _Jubilee Offering_ 1.00 + Jonesboro. Lincoln Mem. Day Offering, by Rev. S. A. + Paris 1.44 + Knoxville. Miss Ida F. Hubbard 4.13 + Memphis. Students of Le Moyne Institute, _for + enlargement of building, Memphis, Tenn._ 103.00 + Memphis. John B. Clough, 25; J. S. Menken, 25; Dr. D. + T. Porter, 25, _for enlargement of building, Memphis, + Tenn._ 75.00 + Mill Creek. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 1.76 + Nashville. Howard Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 25.00 + Nashville. Union Ch., Fisk U., 10; Cong. Sab. Sch., + Fisk U., 4.20; Miss'y Soc., Fisk U., 7.55 21.75 + + +NORTH CAROLINA, $14.50. + + Blowing Rock. "A Friend," _for Blowing Rock_ 1.00 + Chapel Hill. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch. 1.00 + Enfield. M. M. Jackson, 1; Ella M. Thomason, 1 2.00 + High Point. Miss S. E. Edwards, _for Gloucester Sch._ .50 + Strieby. Cong. Ch. (of which Edmon Potter, 25c.; Leala + Tyson, 15c.), Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 2.00 + Troy. Cong. Ch. 4.00 + Wadesboro. Little Mills Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day + Offering 4.00 + + +SOUTH CAROLINA, $12.45. + + Columbia. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 1.45 + Greenwood. Greenwood Sch. and Ch. 11.00 + + +GEORGIA, $22.04. + + Andersonville. Cong. Ch. 2.35 + Macon. Miss Mary Simons, 4; Mrs. Alfred Marsh, 1, _for + Macon, Ga._ 5.00 + Macon. Miss E. B. Scobie, Pkg. Patchwork _for Helena, + Ark._ + McIntosh. Prof. Fred W. Foster, _for Student Aid_ 5.00 + Rutland. Rutland Ch., 3.66; Sab. Sch., 62c., and Y. P. S. + C. E., 22c.; Byron Ch., 2; Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 6.50 + Woodville. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. (1.75 of which Lincoln Mem. + Day Offering), 2.14; Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, 1.05 3.19 + + +ALABAMA, $41.06. + + Athens. Sab. Sch. and C. E. S., Lincoln Mem. Day + Offering 1.77 + Birmingham. Cong. Ch., 2.80; Sab. Sch., 60c.; Ladies' + Missionary Soc., 7.14; Abraham Lincoln Cent. Soc., + 1.45; Y. P. S. C. E., 70c.; Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 12.69 + Fort Payne. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 1.00 + Ironaton. Rev. P. O. Wailes 3.00 + Nat. From Unknown Source, Box Books and Pictures + New Decatur. People's Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering 20.80 + Shelby. Cong. Ch. 1.00 + Talladega. Rocky Mount Mission Sab. Sch. .80 + + +LOUISIANA $64.00. + + New Orleans. University Cong. Ch. (35 of which from + "Students and their friends") to const. ALFRED LAWLESS + and ARMAND V. BOUTLE L.M's, _Jubilee Offering_ 60.00 + New Orleans and Chacahoula. Morris Brown Ch. and Zion + Ch. 2.00 + Thibodeaux. First Cong. Ch. 2.00 + + +FLORIDA, $36.20. + + Daytona. First Cong. Ch. 20.80 + Martin. Teachers and Pupils of Union Sch., by Miss + Mattie J. Brydie, _Jubilee Offering_ 15.40 + + +MISSISSIPPI, $55.00. + + Meridian. "A Friend," _for Student Aid_ 10.00 + Tougaloo. Miss C. E. Parkhurst, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 15.00 + Tougaloo. Miss M. P. Roberts, _for Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00 + Tougaloo. Frank H. Ball, 10; Mrs. L. M. Sisson, 5, _for + Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 15.00 + + +TEXAS, $10.95. + + Austin. Tillotson Ch. of Christ, 4.55; C. E. Soc. of + Tillotson C., 1.40, _for Jubilee Offering_ 5.95 + Helena. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + + +CANADA, $5.00. + + Montreal. Chas. Alexander 5.00 + ---------- + +Donations $13,185.84 + +Estates 14,098.84 + + ---------- + $27,284.68 + + +INCOME, $2,223.46. + + Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 195.02 + De Forest Fund, _for President's Chair, + Talladega C._ 3.87 + Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 5.45 + Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._ 13.67 + Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._ 5.45 + Income, _for Talladega C._ 2,000.00 + --------- 2,223.46 + + +TUITION, $4,682.32. + + Cappahosic, Va. Tuition 10.00 + Evarts, Ky. Tuition 22.85 + Lexington, Ky. Tuition 99.67 + Williamsburg, Ky. Tuition 122.15 + Jonesboro, Tenn. Public Fund 175.00 + Jonesboro, Tenn. Tuition 12.50 + Knoxville, Tenn. Tuition 52.90 + Memphis, Tenn. Tuition 494.00 + Nashville, Tenn. Tuition 506.90 + Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition 55.67 + Beaufort, N. C. Tuition 17.50 + Blowing Rock, N. C. Tuition 26.75 + Chapel Hill, N. C. Tuition 16.05 + Hillsboro, N. C. Tuition 25.09 + King's Mountain, N. C. Tuition 30.00 + Saluda, N. C. Tuition 105.74 + Troy, N. C. Tuition 2.00 + Whittier, N. C. Tuition 20.98 + Wilmington, N. C. Tuition 168.00 + Charleston, S. C. Tuition 274.15 + Greenwood, S. C. Tuition 121.70 + Albany, Ga. Tuition 120.00 + Atlanta, Ga. Storrs Sch. Tuition 160.00 + Macon, Ga. Tuition 211.41 + Marietta, Ga. Tuition 7.50 + Marshallville, Ga. Tuition 3.50 + McIntosh, Ga. Tuition 60.35 + Savannah, Ga. Tuition 163.51 + Thomasville, Ga. Tuition 50.80 + Woodville, Ga. Tuition 2.85 + Joppa, Ala. Tuition 3.91 + Marion, Ala. Tuition 57.45 + Mobile, Ala. Tuition 78.20 + Nat, Ala. Tuition 56.25 + Selma, Ala. Tuition 108.45 + Talladega, Ala. Tuition 219.59 + Meridian, Miss. Tuition 65.75 + Tougaloo, Miss. Tuition 123.75 + New Orleans, La. Tuition 480.05 + Martin, Fla. Public Fund 19.00 + Orange Park, Fla. Tuition 59.25 + Helena, Ark. Tuition 156.40 + Austin, Texas. Tuition 85.25 + ------- 4,682.32 + ---------- + +Total for March $34,190.46 + ========== + + +SUMMARY. + + Donations $87,099.78 + Estates 66,936.42 + ----------- + $154,036.20 + Income 6,352.76 + Tuition 23,491.00 + ----------- + + Total from Oct. 1 to March 31 $183,879.96 + ============ + + +FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + + Subscriptions for March $43.10 + Previously acknowledged 315.68 + -------- + Total $358.78 + + +ENDOWMENT FUND. + + New York, N. Y. Estate of Olivia P. Atterbury, balance + in full of $5,000, by Anson P. Atterbury, Executor, + _for the education and preparation of colored persons + as Missionaries to Africa_ $250.00 + + + H. W. HUBBARD, Treas., + Bible House, N. 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