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diff --git a/29074.txt b/29074.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..522a69b --- /dev/null +++ b/29074.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3911 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary--Volume 39, No. 02, +February, 1885, 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 39, No. 02, February, 1885 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: June 8, 2009 [EBook #29074] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, FEB. 1885 *** + + + + +Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This +file was produced from images generously made available +by Cornell University Digital Collections.) + + + + + + +The American Missionary + +FEBRUARY, 1885. + + VOL. XXXIX. + NO. 2. + + * * * * * + +CONTENTS + + + PAGE. +EDITORIAL. + + THE FIGURES 35 + HARD TIMES--OUR ROLL OF HONOR 36 + THE FREEDMAN'S CASE IN EQUITY 37 + PARAGRAPHS--A SANITARY VIEW OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION 38 + BENEFACTIONS 39 + THE A. M. A. AT THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION 40 + + +THE SOUTH. + + LIST OF MISSIONARIES AND TEACHERS 41 + THANKSGIVING ADDRESS AT ATLANTA UNIVERSITY 49 + INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION: WHAT THE A. M. A. IS DOING 51 + + +THE CHINESE. + + THE OUTLOOK 53 + CLASS OF CHINESE GIRLS (cut) 55 + + +CHILDREN'S PAGE. + + LETTER FROM AN INDIAN BOY 56 + + +RECEIPTS 57 + + * * * * * + +NEW YORK: + +PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. + +Rooms, 56 Reade Street. + + * * * * * + +Price 50 Cents a Year, in Advance. + +Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class +matter. + + * * * * * + +American Missionary Association. + + +PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass. + + +_Corresponding Secretary._ + + Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ + + +_Assistant Corresponding Secretary._ + + Rev. JAMES POWELL, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ + + +_Treasurer._ + + H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ + + +_Auditors._ + + W. H. ROGERS, + PETER McCARTEE. + + +_Executive Committee._ + + JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. + A. P. FOSTER, Secretary. + LYMAN ABBOTT. + A. S. BARNES. + J. R. DANFORTH. + CLINTON B. FISK. + S. B. HALLIDAY. + SAMUEL HOLMES. + SAMUEL S. MARPLES. + CHARLES L. MEAD. + E. B. MONROE. + J. E. RANKIN. + Wm. H. WARD. + J. L. WITHROW. + + +_District Secretaries._ + + Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D.D., _21 Cong'l House, Boston_. + Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _Memorial Hall, Hartford_. + Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _112 West Washington Street, Chicago_. + + +_Field Officers._ + + Rev. J. E. ROY, D.D., _Field Superintendent._ + Prof. ALBERT SALISBURY, _Superintendent of Education_. + + +_Bureau of Woman's Work._ + + _Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ + + +COMMUNICATIONS + +Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the +Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to +the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the "American +Missionary," to Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., at the New York Office. + + +DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS + +May be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, +or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 +Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, +Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a +Life Member. + + +FORM OF A BEQUEST. + +"I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in +trust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person +who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the +'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied, +under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to +its charitable uses and purposes." 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NO. 2. + + * * * * * + +American Missionary Association. + + * * * * * + +$365,000 + +NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. + + * * * * * + +Your Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a +day are imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized +plans of the Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the +pressing needs of the early future.-- + +[FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ADOPTED BY ANNUAL MEETING AT SALEM.] + + * * * * * + +THE FIGURES. + + _Receipts._ Col. and Don. Estates. Total. + + Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 1884 $43,627.90 $7,714.00 $51,341.90 + " 1 " 31, 1883 48,299.79 4,536.51 52,836.30 + ---------- ---------- ---------- + Decrease $4,671.89 Inc. $3,177.49 Dec. $1,494.40 + + * * * * * + +The receipts published in this number bring us to the end of the +first three months of our fiscal year. The summary given above shows +how we stand as compared with last year. Total compared with total, +we are behind. May we not, however, hope that the turning-point will +soon be reached, and that all through the rest of the year it shall +be our privilege to chronicle a steady increase? We are out in the +current of our work. We cannot turn back. The thirteen thousand +dollar deficit from the last year adds to our solicitude. We ask our +friends to keep their eyes upon the figures as we publish them from +month to month. They will prove to be very suggestive teachers. + + * * * * * + +The papers are having a good deal to say these days about "hard +times." Capital is sensitive and seeks cover at the slightest alarm. +People hesitate about investing when they feel uncertain as to +security. Benevolent societies are the first to feel the depression +of business reverse. This fact is a storm signal whose significance +we should sacredly heed. It proclaims danger, yet a danger that, with +thought and prudence, can be averted. There are many whose gifts have +come to us from an overflowing abundance. Suppose, now, that they +should join the grand army of self-sacrificing givers that, at such a +stress as hard times produce, is in sore need of recruits; suppose, +farther, that by personal effort new contributors are secured, and +then suppose some of the capital that may be withdrawn from +investment for fear of loss, instead of being hidden away or placed +under lock and key, should be sent out into the active service of the +Lord, and be converted into redeemed souls and regenerated manhood. +Just let these suppositions be realized, and the danger threatened +will never be encountered. If the readers of the MISSIONARY will +think, pray, talk and preach along such lines as the above +suppositions mark out, we are confident that we shall be brought +safely and triumphantly through. What if the record should show +larger gifts in the treasury of the Lord than were ever known in +times of acknowledged business prosperity! From the Christian +stand-point, why not? + + * * * * * + +OUR ROLL OF HONOR. + + +We publish this month the names of our missionaries and the stations +at which they are located. These names constitute our Roll of Honor. +We are proud of them. Some of them are the names of old and +long-tried veterans, the story of whose experience is full of romance +and thrilling interest. All of them are the names of men and women +who have made themselves of no reputation because of the work in +which they are engaged. And what is that work? The salvation of the +lost. The enlightenment of the ignorant. The elevation of the +degraded. + +It is surely very strange that opposition should be encountered in +such work. It would seem as if it ought to have the benedictions of +the good and the well wishes even of the bad. And yet the fact is, +the good names of these missionaries are evilly spoken of; many times +their personal safety has been imperilled, and they have been, and +still are, made social outlaws because of their work. + +This is not as it ought to be. It is not as it will be. Truth is +steadily pushing for the light. Right is constantly asserting its +claim for recognition. Old prejudices and false customs die hard; +but their doom is written, and die they must. Problems will demand +solution, in whose clearing up will vanish many a cherished folly. +Here is such a problem for our Southern friends to solve. That most +excellent Christian scholar and divine, Rev. Atticus G. Haygood, +D.D., of Georgia, states it thus: "If, on other grounds, the teacher +is entitled to personal and social recognition, the fact of his +teaching a negro school should be no bar. Think, for example, of +people admiring David Livingstone, and then turning up their noses at +a teacher, not because he is bad, or ignorant, or ill-bred, nor yet +even because he is a negro, but, forsooth, because he teaches a negro +school! There is a very large intimation of 'sham' in this +distinction without a difference. It is utterly absurd. May it not +also be sinful?" We commend this problem to the good Christian people +among whom our missionaries dwell, for solution. They will be sure to +come out where Dr. Haygood leads them. And when they see the +absurdity of their attitude in regard to our missionaries, we believe +they will soon see the farther conclusion, namely, that it is sinful. + +Meanwhile, our missionaries will keep on faithfully doing what they +believe to be right, accomplishing thus two things at once: +Witnessing for the truth and helping the needy. All honor to this +noble band of self-denying, principle-maintaining men and women. They +are standard-bearers of our advancing Christianity. They are where, +as standard-bearers, they ought to be, at the front, the post of +sacrifice and danger, but they are leading in a cause that is sure to +win. + + * * * * * + +THE FREEDMAN'S CASE IN EQUITY. + + +This is the title of a most thorough and refreshingly candid paper +from the pen of Geo. W. Cable, published in the January _Century_. +His opening sentence, "The greatest social problem before the +American people to-day is, as it has been for a hundred years, the +presence among us of the negro," indicates his estimate of the +importance of the subject. From beginning to end the paper bears the +marks of carefulest thought, profound conviction, and loyalty to +truth. Mr. Cable is a native of Louisiana, an ex-Confederate soldier, +the son and grandson of slave-holders. He has a right to be heard. He +knows the subject. He knows the American people. He evidently +believes that nothing is ever settled that is not settled right. He +does not believe that the freedman's case has as yet been thus +settled. Moral questions will not be suppressed. If ignored in the +domain of private morals, they "spring up and expand once more into +questions of public equity; neglected as matters of public equity, +they blossom into questions of national interest; and despised in +that guise, presently yield the red fruits of revolution." On the +basis of such a principle, he argues that there will be no quiet to +the agitation until the freedman is a free man in all respects. And +he is right. We commend our readers to secure this article if +possible and read it. They will be amply repaid. + + * * * * * + +We hope none of our readers will fail to read Prof. Crogman's +address, published in this number of the MISSIONARY. Prof. Crogman is +a graduate of our Atlanta University, and is now a Professor in the +Clark University, a school for colored youth in Atlanta sustained by +Methodists. The splendid tribute he pays the teachers who went South +to teach the colored people is very handsomely done--and it is just. + + * * * * * + +And still the votes are coming in. Subscriptions for THE AMERICAN +MISSIONARY last month number nearly one-half the total subscriptions +of the preceding year. Most heartily do we thank our friends. There +are thousands yet to be heard from. We know fifty cents is not a very +convenient sum to send, but we beg our readers to remember that a +dollar answers for two years. _Vote early and often._ In politics, +this is not a commendable motto. In the peculiar election we are just +now trying to carry through, we put special emphasis on the _vote +early_, and yet do not object to the vote often--that is, if the +voters feel like it. + + * * * * * + +A SANITARY VIEW OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. + + +From the time when it was made manifest that man by the sweat of his +brow must provide his bread, there has been occasion for industrial +education. Its ameliorating consequences is a good reason for it. +Indirectly, at least, it has the example of the Carpenter's Son for +its authority; His mighty works were for the most part in relief of +physical wants. An industrial education serving such ends has an +unquestionable warrant. + +In the August number of THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY we gave statistics of +mortality of colored people in several Southern cities. For the last +week in May the number of deaths per 1,000 among the blacks in +Atlanta was 49, in Charleston 39, and in Richmond 50; while the death +rate among the whites in those cities was 19, 18 and 19, +respectively--less than one-half. This showing was not on account of +the negro's inaptitude for the climate; that is especially favorable +for him. It was in consequence of his ignorance of hygienic laws on +the one hand, and his inability or indisposition to observe them on +the other. + +On several occasions, a few years since, colored missionaries for +Africa were submitted to a thorough medical examination, when it was +found that among the females but few were sound in body. Different +physicians informed us repeatedly that most negro women in this +country were in like unhealthy condition, for which ignorance, +poverty, neglect and wrong were chargeable. To avert such evils from +the coming generation is a part of the work of this Association. The +negro will never be at his best either for this country or Africa +until his physical condition is improved. + +Looking at an industrial education simply from this point, much will +be found to emphasize its urgency. The colored people have been +limited to a very meagre variety of food. Pork with corn-bread +improperly prepared has been the chief staple of a majority of them. +In our different boarding institutions and in our schools for cookery +we teach that suitable food should be used and how it should be +prepared. The blacks are apt students in this department; they have +ability as cooks. The Southern country is capable of producing a +large variety of crops, and we seek to encourage such agricultural +industries as will be most helpful. At Berea a fruit-canning +establishment has been put in operation. At Tougaloo, truck is raised +for the Northern market. At Atlanta, experiments with a variety of +crops have been abundant and successful, so that by these simple +household and agricultural industries a good variety for invalids, +young children and others is being furnished. We are rendering great +service also by teaching our students to have care for the protection +of their persons. They need good houses; we teach them carpentry. +Their clothing has been limited and unsuitable. They are often +ignorant of what is required for health, and when and how to wear +their garments. We instruct them in their proper use, and how +clothing should be made. Exposure to wet and cold, over-exertion and +improper indulgences--these account largely for the diseases among +the females to which we have referred. We aim to remedy these evils. +Lady missionaries, lady physicians, ladies in charge of industrial +schools, one and all are mindful for the health of those to whom they +minister, and not a little of their work consists in urging the +observance of sanitary laws; and we believe that however weighty +other considerations for an industrial education are, none appeal +more powerfully to the Christian heart than those mentioned, and that +the death-rate to which we have alluded indicates that human pity, as +well as Christianity, renders such work not only timely but +imperative. + + * * * * * + +BENEFACTIONS. + + +Hon. S. A. Smith has given $50,000 to McGill University, Montreal, +for separate higher instruction for women. + +Dr. Taylor, late President, has presented to Wooster, O., University +an additional gift of property, valued at $5,000. + +E. A. Goodnow, of Worcester, has pledged the sum of $10,000 to the +Huguenot Seminary of South Africa, on the same terms as his recent +gift to Iowa College. + +The $6,000 given by Mrs. Knowles for an industrial building at +Atlanta University, has provided a neat and suitable building for the +institution. + +A Northern gentleman interested in the Slater work, has given $25,000 +to Emory College, and other friends have pledged $30,000, for a +School of Technology in the college. + +The children of the late Caleb Van Husan, of Detroit, give $6,000 to +Kalamazoo College, $2,000 to the Chicago Baptist Theological +Seminary, and $500 to the Clinton Avenue Baptist Church, It having +been their father's intention to make such gifts himself. + +_The $365,000 required by the A. M. A. ought to be expended in +aggressive missionary work, and its institutions should be speedily +endowed in order that the Society may have the funds to do so._ + + * * * * * + +THE A. M. A. AT THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. + + +As a matter of interest to many of our readers, we here quote, +slightly abbreviated, a report of our exhibit in New Orleans, given +in the _Daily Picayune_ of that city: + + The American Missionary Association display closes the + educational exhibits in the east gallery. It occupies large + space and is gayly decorated with pale-blue and white draperies. + In this display will be found a complete report for eye and mind + of the progress made by the colored school children and by the + Indians during the past years. Upon long tables are ranged for + examination books in use, neatly bound, copy-books and + innumerable specimens of drawing, fancy work, knitting and plain + sewing, also agricultural and blacksmithing specimens from + various training schools. + + Straight University, which has nearly 600 pupils, sends + examination pamphlets, a number of pictures and silk embroidery. + + It is curious to note what most interests visitors in certain + departments. Straight University sends large numbers of + imaginary letters written by pupils from various parts of the + world. The visiting public read these letters with as much + avidity as if the innocent epistles were real letters, and the + neat manuscripts are already well thumbed. One of the best + letters, all things considered, is from a pupil from Honduras, + who has only been studying English two years. His letter, signed + Emilio Mazien, is first rate. + + The display from the Indian School at Santee, Neb., consists of + school books printed in the Sioux Indian language, and these are + a first, second and third reader, a moderately advanced + geography, a hymn-book, and "Dakota Wowapi Wakan," or Bible in + the Sioux tongue. A little oblong crocheted tidy is made of + parti-colored stripes, each one the work of a young Pocahontas, + who has added her name, age and tribe to which she belongs. In + fact all the Indian work is thus marked--the young red men and + maidens seeming particularly careful to give their tribe. This + school also exhibits shoes, harness, tin cans, step ladders and + models of household furniture. The girls have sent long linen + bands full of buttonholes, aprons and undergarments finely + hemmed. + + The Atlanta University sends silk-worms, cocoons, a neatly drawn + map of the city, and fine examples of free-hand drawings applied + with colors. + + The kindergarten exhibits from Storrs Atlanta school are very + cunning, and the photograph of the ebony kindergarteners, taken + while at their tasks, is like a picture. The work of the + children, braided wraps, embroidered animals and paper + contrivances, will compare favorably with any kindergarten in + the country. + + The exhibit from the Hampton Institute, Virginia, is placed upon + a pedestal. This school is properly a State Agricultural + University for the negro race in Virginia and for such Indians + as may be sent to it by the National Government. It has 600 + members, and these have sent some very fine harness, woolen work + and carpentry work. + + A curious display from the Gregory Institute, Wilmington, N. C., + teaches quite a lesson in domestic economy. The girls have sent + specimens of "stocking darning" and of that still more + economical and homely employment known as "re-footing old + stockings." A patchwork quilt made by the boys, forms a part of + this display. Looking over the exhibits made under the American + Missionary Association, the writer is pleasantly impressed with + the excellent care with which the colored and Indian pupils all + over the country are being instructed in trades. As cooks, + carpenters, blacksmiths, farmers, brick-makers they are being + practically instructed, as well as being given good collegiate + educations. + + The display of drawings from the Le Moyne Institute, of Memphis, + is exceedingly beautiful and attracts universal admiration, as + being most artistic and complete. + + * * * * * + +THE FIELD. + +1884-1885. + + +The following list presents the names and post-office addresses of +those who are employed in the Churches, Institutions and Schools +aided by the American Missionary Association. + + REV. J. E. ROY, D.D., Field Superintendent. + PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, Supt. of Education. + + +THE SOUTH. + + +DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. + +WASHINGTON. + + THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, HOWARD UNIVERSITY. + + Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., Washington, D. C. + " J. G. Craighead, D.D., " " + " E. Whittlesey, " " + " John G. Butler, D.D., " " + + LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH. + + _Pastor._ + Rev. G. W. Moore, Nashville, Tenn. + + _Missionary._ + Mrs. G. W. Moore, Nashville, Tenn. + + +VIRGINIA. + +HAMPTON. + + _Minister._ + Rev. H. B. Frissell, Hampton, Va. + + +NORTH CAROLINA. + +WILMINGTON. + + _Minister._ + Rev. D. D. Dodge, Nashua, N. H. + + GREGORY INSTITUTE. + + _Principal._ + Mr. Geo. A. Woodard, Weymouth, Mass. + + _Assistants._ + Miss Nellie A. Vinton, Southbridge, Mass. + " H. L. Fitts, Candia, N. H. + " E. A. Warner, Lowell, Mass. + " Elizabeth F. Thayer, Lexington, Mass. + " Mary E. Lapham, Dorchester, Mass. + " Mary D. Hyde, Zumbrota, Minn. + " R. G. Jillson, Providence, R. I. + Mrs. Janet Dodge, Nashua, N. H. + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss A. E. Farrington, Portland, Me. + +RALEIGH. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Geo. S. Smith, Raleigh, N. C. + +DUDLEY. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. J. E. B. Jewett, Pepperell, Mass. + Mrs. J. E. B. Jewett, " " + +KITTRELL. + + _Teacher._ + Miss P. M. Lee, Oxford, Mass. + +McLEANSVILLE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Alfred Connel, Solsberry, Ind. + + _Teacher._ + Mr. Julius W. Brown, Leicester, Mass. + +OAKS. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. J. N. Ray, Oaks, N. C. + Miss E. W. Douglas, Decorah, Iowa. + +HILLSBORO. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Jas. Walker, Charleston, S. C. + + _Teacher._ + Miss M. B. Curtiss, Atlanta, Ga. + +CEDAR CLIFF. + + _Teacher._ + Mr. Sandy Paris, Cedar Cliff, N. C. + +BEAUFORT. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. Michael Jerkins, Beaufort, N. C. + Miss Lydia Hatch, " " + +STRIEBY. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Z. Simmons, Dudley, N. C. + + _Teacher._ + Mrs. Islay Walden, Strieby, N. C. + +TROY. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. Wm. H. Ellis, Southfield, Mass. + +PEKIN. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. James E. Smith, Pekin, N. C. + + +SOUTH CAROLINA. + +CHARLESTON. + + _Minister._ + Rev. E. T. Hooker, Castleton, Vt. + + AVERY INSTITUTE. + + _Principal._ + Prof. Wm. M. Bristoll, Minneapolis, Minn. + + _Assistants._ + Mrs. A. A. F. Sprague, Georgiaville, R. I. + Miss E. F. Marsh, Worcester, Mass. + " Anna F. Condict, Adrian, Mich. + " Anna M. Nicholas, Toledo, Ohio. + " Katherine T. Plant, Minneapolis, Minn. + " Anna Hammond, Charleston, S. C. + Mr. K. A. Lawrence, Charleston, S. C. + Miss C. A. Wallace, Charleston, S. C. + Mr. E. A. Ransome, Charleston, S. C. + Miss Emma Rand, Whitewater, Wis. + +ORANGEBURG. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. L. Grice, Orangeburg, S. C. + +GREENWOOD. + + BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL. + + Mr. J. D. Backenstose, Geneva, N. Y. + " W. C. McLester, Greenwood, S. C. + +LADIES' ISLAND. + + Miss M. H. Clary, Conway, Mass. + + +GEORGIA. + +ATLANTA. + + _Ministers._ + Rev. Evarts Kent, Chicago, Ill. + " C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga. + + ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. + + _Instructors and Managers._ + Pres. Edmund A. Ware, Atlanta, Ga. + Prof. Thomas N. Chase, " " + Rev. Cyrus W. Francis, " " + " Horace Bumstead, D.D., " " + Mr. Horace M. Sessions, Wilbraham, Mass. + " Charles P Sinnott, Marshfield, Mass. + " C. C. Tucker, Fitchburg, Mass. + Miss Emma G. Ware, Norfolk, Mass. + " Ella W. Moore, Chicago, Ill. + " Rebecca Massey, Oberlin, O. + " Margaret Neel, Livonia, N. Y. + " Sarah E. Marsh, Lake Forest, Ill. + Mrs. Lucy E. Case, Millbury, Mass. + " M. N. Chapman, Boston, Mass. + " H. W. Chase, West Randolph, Vt. + " L. H. Kendall, Wellesley, Mass. + Miss Olive A. Thompson, Durham, N. H. + " Fannie M. Andrews, Milltown, N. B. + " E. H. Merrill, Boston, Mass. + + STORRS SCHOOL (104 Houston St.). + + _Principal._ + Miss Amy Williams, Livonia Sta., N. Y. + + _Assistants._ + Miss Anna L. Colman, Whitewater, Wis. + " Julia A. Goodwin, Mason, N. H. + " Amelia L. Ferris, Oneida, Ill. + Mrs. C. G. Ball, Palermo, N. Y. + Miss Emma F. Woods, Grand River, Ia. + " Anna M. Bartlett, Chicago, Ill. + " A. H. Levering, Philadelphia, Pa. + " Carrie J. Parrey, Chicago, Ill. + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss Lizzie Stevenson, Bellefontaine, O. + +MACON. + + _Minister._ + Rev. S. E. Lathrop, New London, Wis. + + LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL. + + _Principal._ + Mr. W. A. Hodge, W. Rosendale, Wis. + + _Assistants._ + Mr. Aug. J. Burger, New London, Wis. + Miss Susie A. Jeffris, Janesville, Wis. + " Gertrude F. Yard, Dakota City, Ia. + " Naomi Pinch, West Rosendale, Wis. + " Alice White, Newburyport, Mass. + " Clara E. Tonnesen, Oshkosh, Wis. + Mrs. S. E. Lathrop, New London, Wis. + " W. A. Hodge, W. Rosendale, Wis. + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss H. M. Beard, Chicago, Ill. + +MARIETTA. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. E. J. Penney, Marietta, Ga. + +AUGUSTA. + + _Teacher._ + Miss S. A. Hosmer, Ashley, Mass. + +THOMASVILLE. + + _Teacher._ + ---- ---- + +ALBANY. + + _Teacher._ + Mr. W. C. Greene, Albany, Ga. + +CUTHBERT. + + _Teacher._ + Mr. F. H. Henderson, Cuthbert, Ga. + +ATHENS. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Geo. V. Clark, Atlanta, Ga. + + _Teachers._ + Mr. O. A. Combs, Athens, Ga. + Miss Lizzie McComb, " " + Miss Laura L. Holbrook, " " + +BYRON. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. N. B. James, New Orleans, La. + +SAVANNAH. + + _Minister and Superintendent of Missions._ + Rev. Dana Sherrill, Forrest, Ill. + + BEACH INSTITUTE. + + _Principal._ + Miss E. D. Santley, Wellington, O. + + _Assistants._ + Miss Mary F. Lord, Fredonia, N. Y. + " Annie E. Gillette, Atlanta, Ga. + " M. M. Foote, Norwich, N. Y. + " Josephine Marcy, East Springfield, Pa. + " Georgiana Hunter, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Mrs. Dana Sherrill, Forrest, Ill. + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss J. S. Hardy, Shelburne, Mass. + +WOODVILLE. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, Savannah, Ga. + +MILLER'S STATION. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. Wilson Callen, Selma, Ala. + +LOUISVILLE AND BELMONT. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Wilson Callen, Selma, Ala. + +M'INTOSH, LIBERTY CO. + + THE GROVE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Floyd Snelson, McIntosh, Ga. + + _Teachers._ + Miss Elizabeth Plimpton, Walpole, Mass. + " Helen L. Grimes, Mansfield, Ohio. + " Bertha Robertson, Richibucto, N. B. + +CYPRESS SLASH. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. Geo. C. Rowe, Cypress Slash, Ga. + + +FLORIDA. + +ST. AUGUSTINE. + + _Teachers._ + Miss Emma R. Caughey, Kingsville, O. + " Helen D. Barton, Terre Haute, Ind. + +ORANGE PARK. + + _Minister._ + Rev. W. A. Benedict, Orange Park, Fla. + + +ALABAMA. + +TALLADEGA. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Mason Noble, Roxbury, Mass. + + TALLADEGA COLLEGE. + + _Instructors and Managers._ + Pres. H. S. DeForest, D.D., Muscatine, Iowa. + Rev. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Ct. + Rev. Mason Noble, Roxbury, Mass. + Prof. Geo. H. Howe, Orwell, Pa. + Mr. C. B. Rice, W. Brattleboro, Vt. + " John Orr, Clinton, Mass. + " E. A. Bishop, Arnold's Mills, R. I. + Miss Mary H. Jefferds, Windham, Vt. + " L. F. Partridge, Holliston, Mass. + " Maud S. Wheeler, Salem, Mass. + " May L. Phillips, Canonsburg, Pa. + Mrs. Clara O. Rindge, Homer, N. Y. + " Mary P. Bloss, Oshkosh, Wis. + Miss O. E. Goodridge, Saratoga, N. Y. + Mrs. John Orr, Clinton, Mass. + Miss Carrie L. Gasser, Oberlin, O. + " Nellie E. Blood, Pepperell, Mass. + " Frances Yeomans, Danville, Ill. + " Julia C. Andrews, Milltown, N. B. + " Kate DeJarnette, Talladega, Ala. + Mrs. H. S. De Forest, Muscatine, Iowa. + " G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Ct. + " Mason Noble, Roxbury, Mass. + " C. B. Rice, W. Brattleboro, Vt. + +KYMULGA. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Spencer Snell, Talladega, Ala. + +SHELBY IRON WORKS. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. R. Sims, Talladega, Ala. + +CHILDERSBURG. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. R. Sims, Talladega, Ala. + +BIRMINGHAM. + + _Minister._ + Rev. A. J. Headen, Talladega, Ala. + +MOBILE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. F. G. Ragland, Mobile, Ala. + + EMERSON INSTITUTE. + + _Principal._ + Rev. M. E. Churchill, Galesburg, Ill. + + _Assistants._ + Miss Marietta Lay, Kewanee, Ill. + " Isadore M. Caughey, Kingsville, Ohio. + " Carrie E. Ferris, Passaic, N. J. + " Nellie S. Donnell, Bath, Me. + " H. M. Hegeman, Island City, N. Y. + " Gertrude Wyckoff, Galesburg, Ill. + Mrs. M. E. Churchill, " " + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss Lizzie A. Pingree, Denmark, Me. + +MONTGOMERY (P. O. BOX 62). + + _Minister._ + Rev. R. C. Bedford, Watertown, Wis. + +SELMA. + + _Minister._ + Rev. C. B. Curtis, Burlington, Wis. + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss Mary K. Lunt, New Gloucester, Me. + +MARION. + + _Minister._ + Rev. A. W. Curtis, Crete, Neb. + +ANNISTON. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. H. W. Conley, Talladega, Ala. + +LAWSONVILLE AND COVE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. L. B. Cunningham, Talladega, Ala. + +JENIFER AND IRONIA. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. B. Grant, Talladega, Ala. + +TECUMSEH. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. Milus Harris, Talladega, Ala. + +ATHENS. + + _Minister._ + Rev. H. S. Williams, Wetumpka, Ala. + + TRINITY SCHOOL. + + _Teachers._ + Miss M. F. Wells, Ann Arbor, Mich. + " Mary E. Cull, Salem, Wis. + " Louise Denton, Hempstead, L. I. + " Belle J. Ferris, Sound Beach, Ct. + +FLORENCE. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. J. M. Shippen, Washington, D. C. + Miss L. A. Wilson, Florence, Ala. + + +TENNESSEE. + +NASHVILLE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Henry S. Bennett, Nashville, Tenn. + + FISK UNIVERSITY. + + _Instructors and Managers._ + Pres. E. M. Cravath, Nashville, Tenn. + Rev. A. K. Spence, " " + " H. S. Bennett, " " + " F. A. Chase, " " + Prof. H. H. Wright, Oberlin, O. + Rev. E. C. Stickel, " " + Miss Helen C. Morgan, Cleveland, O. + " Anna M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. + " Laura A. Parmelee, Toledo, O. + " Gert. L. Bridgeman, So. Amherst, Mass. + " Mary E. Edwards, Westhampton, Mass. + " Henrietta Matson, N. Bloomfield, O. + " Martha A. Perry, Holden, Mass. + " Alice Younglove, Rochester, Minn. + " Nora Thayer, Garrettsville, O. + " Anna Whelan, Minneapolis, Minn. + " Harriet E. Cushman, Mattoon, Ill. + Mrs. E. C. Stickel, Oberlin, O. + " Sara La Moure, " " + Miss Helen B. Spelman, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Mrs. Lucy R. Greene, N. Amherst, Mass. + " H. S. Woodruff, Berea, Ky. + Mr. William R. Morris, Nashville, Tenn. + Mrs. A. K. Spence, " " + " E. M. Cravath, " " + + HOWARD CHURCH. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Alfred Jones, Childersburg, Ala. + + THIRD CHURCH. + + _Minister._ + Rev. A. J. De Hart, Nashville, Tenn. + +JONESBORO. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. M. Hall, Jonesboro, Tenn. + + _Teachers._ + Mrs. Julia B. Nelson, Red Wing, Minn. + Miss Julia L. Phelps, Racine, Wis. + " Hattie Fay, Bowling Green, O. + +KNOXVILLE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. S. P. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. + +CHATTANOOGA. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Jos. E. Smith, Atlanta, Ga. + + _Special Missionary._ + Mrs. A. S. Steele, Revere, Mass. + +MEMPHIS. + + _Minister._ + Rev. B. A. Imes, Oberlin, O. + + LE MOYNE SCHOOL. + + _Principal._ + Prof. A. J. Steele, Whitewater, Wis. + + _Assistants._ + Rev. B. A. Imes, Oberlin, O. + Miss Esther A. Barnes, Tallmadge, O. + " Mary Logan, Grinnell, Iowa. + " Ruth E. Stinson, Woolwich, Me. + " M. A. C. Stewart, Wilmot, N. S. + Miss C. S. Goldsmith, Chester, N. H. + " Rebecca M. Green, Hamlet, N. Y. + " M. A. Kinney, Whitewater, Wis. + " Florence A. Beard, Eldora, Iowa. + " Fannie A. McCullough, Memphis, Tenn. + Mrs. B. A. Imes, Oberlin, O. + +WHITESIDE. + + _Teacher._ + Mr. G. W. Jackson, Tougaloo, Miss. + +GRAND VIEW. + + _Teacher._ + Mr. E. A. Palmer, Grand View, Tenn. + +PLEASANT HILL. + + _Pastor and Teacher._ + Rev. Benj. Dodge, Centre Lebanon, Me. + Mrs. Hannah A. Lord, " " " + +POMONA. + + _Teacher._ + Miss Almeda Marston, Oberlin, O. + +JELLICO. + + _Teacher._ + Mr. Geo. Lawrence, Williamsburg, Ky. + +ROBBINS. + + _Pastor._ + Rev. Rufus M. Taft, Worcester, Mass. + + +KENTUCKY. + +LEXINGTON. + + NORMAL SCHOOL. + + _Instructors._ + Rev. Azel Hatch, Oberlin, O. + Miss Cora J. Seward, Guilford, Conn. + " Luella Miner, Glencoe, Wis. + Mrs. Azel Hatch, Oberlin, O. + +LOUISVILLE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. D. Smith, Louisville, Ky. + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss S. S. Evans, Fryeburg, Me. + +WILLIAMSBURG. + + _Ministers._ + Rev. A. A. Myers, Williamsburg, Ky. + " Jas. T. Ford, Lake Bluff, Ill. + + _Teachers._ + Mr. W. E. Wheeler, Marshfield, Wis. + Mrs. W. E. Wheeler, " " + Miss Mary Glassburn, ----, Ohio. + " Alice E. Lathrop, Richmond, Mich. + + _Special Missionary._ + Mrs. A. A. Myers, Williamsburg, Ky. + +CLOVER BOTTOM. + + _Teachers._ + Miss Mary H. Lamson, Amboy, Ill. + " Flora M. Cone, Worthington, Minn. + +WOODBINE. + + _Teacher._ + Miss Clara Stedman, Millburn, Ill. + +DOWLAIS. + + _Teacher._ + Mrs. Geo. Lawrence, Williamsburg, Ky. + +SAXTON. + + _Minister._ + Rev. E. H. Bullock, Saxton, Ky. + + +KANSAS. + + TOPEKA. + _Minister._ + Rev. R. F. Markham, Twelve Mile, Kan. + + _Missionary._ + Mrs. Mary Halbert, Twelve Mile, Kan. + + LAWRENCE. + _Minister._ + Rev. Welborn Wright, Lawrence, Kan. + + EUREKA. + _Minister._ + Rev. W. W. Weir, Eureka, Kan. + + +ARKANSAS. + + LITTLE ROCK. + _Minister._ + Rev. Y. B. Sims, Talladega, Ala. + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss Elizabeth M. Keyes, Unionville, Ct. + + FAYETTEVILLE. + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. W. R. Polk, New Iberia, La. + Mrs. W. R. Polk, " " + + +MISSISSIPPI. + +TOUGALOO. + + _Minister._ + Rev. G. S. Pope, Tougaloo, Miss. + + TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY. + + _Instructors and Managers._ + Pres. G. S. Pope, Tougaloo, Miss. + Prof. W. H. Thrall, Derby, Ct. + Mr. Henry P. Kennedy, Jackson, Mich. + " Wm. D. Hitchcock, " " + " W. H. Bishop, Amherst, Mass. + " J. C. Klein, Stockbridge, Mich. + M. L. Mitchell, M.D., Baltimore, Md. + Miss Josephine Kellogg, Clyde, O. + Miss Jessie M. Leonard, Oberlin, O. + Mrs. W. H. Thrall, Derby, Ct. + Miss Frances Dodge, Wilkinsonville, Mass. + " Nellie L. Ruddock, Hancock, Minn. + Mrs. G. S. Pope, Tougaloo, Miss. + " H. P. Kennedy, Jackson, Mich. + Miss S. L. Emerson, Hallowell, Me. + " Anna Coffin, Haverhill, Mass. + Mrs. Florence E. Green, Rochester, N. Y. + +CALEDONIA AND NEW RUHAMAH. + + _Minister._ + Rev. M. J. Witherspoon, Caledonia, Miss. + +MERIDIAN. + + _Minister._ + ---- ---- + + _Teacher and Missionary._ + Miss M. E. Green, Constant, Kan. + +JACKSON. + + _Minister._ + Rev. C. L. Harris, Jackson, Miss. + + +LOUISIANA. + +NEW ORLEANS. + + _Ministers._ + Rev. G. W. Bothwell, Portland, Mich. + " Isaac H. Hall, New Orleans, La. + " Henry Ruffin, " " + + STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY. + + _Instructors and Managers._ + Pres. R. C. Hitchcock, Thompsonville, Ct. + Prof. W. J. McMurtry, Wayne, Mich. + Rev. G. W. Bothwell, Portland, Mich. + Mr. Henry H. Swain, Beloit, Wis. + Miss Florence L. Sperry, Topeka, Kan. + " E. E. Stevenson, Andes, N. Y. + " Mira L. Olmstead, Norwalk, Ohio. + " Eliz. S. Dudman, Westfield, Mass. + " M. E. Atkins, " " + " Carrie F. Platte, Angola, N. Y. + " A. A. Pease, Springfield, Mass. + Mrs. Annie B. Riggs, Beloit, Wis. + Miss M. F. Felt, Temple, N. H. + Mrs. R. C. Hitchcock, Thompsonville, Ct. + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss A. D. Gerrish, Leetonia, O. + +NEW IBERIA. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Byron Gunner, Talladega, Ala. + +FAUSSE POINT AND BELLE PLACE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. William Butler, New Iberia, La. + +ALGIERS. + + _Minister._ + Rev. James Craig, Algiers, La. + +LAKE PEIGNEUR. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Homer Jones, Lake Peigneur, La. + +TERREBONNE AND TERREBONNE STATION. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Daniel Clay, Terrebonne, La. + +LITTLE PECAN. + + _Minister._ + Rev. William Frazer, Little Pecan, La. + +NAPOLEONVILLE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. K. Jones, Napoleonville, La. + +GRAND BAYOU. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Squire Williams, Grand Bayou, La. + +GRETNA, HARANGVILLE AND LOCKPORT. + + _Minister._ + Rev. W. P. Ward, Gretna, La. + +BAYOU DU LARGE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. H. Williams, Bayou Du Large. + +CHACAHOULA. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Isaac H. Hall, New Orleans, La. + + +TEXAS. + +AUSTIN. + + TILLOTSON INSTITUTE. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. H. Parr, Willmette, Ill. + + _Instructors and Managers._ + Pres. W. E. Brooks, W. Haven, Ct. + Prof. W. L. Gordon, Austin, Tex. + " Samuel H. Dean, High Bridge, N. J. + Rev. J. H. Parr, Wilmette, Ill. + Miss Rose M. Kinney, Oberlin, O. + " Fanny J. Webster, Weymouth, O. + Mrs. J. H. Parr, Wilmette, Ill. + Miss A. D. Newman, Middleton, Mass. + " Rena M. Phelps, Highgate Spa, Vt. + Mrs. W. L. Gordon, Austin, Tex. + Miss Jennie Fyfe, Lansing, Mich. + + _Special Missionary._ + Miss M. J. Adams, Fox Lake, Wis. + +GOLIAD. + + _Minister._ + Rev. T. T. Benson, Goliad, Tex. + + _Teacher._ + Mr. J. R. S. Hallowell, New Orleans, La. + +HELENA. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Mitchell Thompson, Helena, Tex. + +CORPUS CHRISTI. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. W. Strong, Talladega, Ala. + +FLATONIA AND LULING. + + _Minister._ + Rev. Thos. E. Hillson, New Orleans, La. + +PARIS. + + _Minister and Teacher._ + Rev. J. R. McLean, Talladega, Ala. + +DODD. + + _Minister._ + Mr. Jordan Carter, Paris, Tex. + + _Teacher._ + Mr. Isaiah A. Boyd, Dodd, Tex. + +DALLAS. + + _Minister._ + Rev. J. W. Roberts, Savannah, Ga. + + +Berea College, Kentucky, and Hampton Institute, Virginia, are under +the care of their own Boards of Trustees, but being either founded or +fostered by this Association, and representing the general work in +which it is engaged, their teachers are added to this list. + +BEREA COLLEGE. + + _Officers and Teachers._ + Miss Elizabeth M. Keyes, Unionville, Ct. + Pres. E. H. Fairchild, Berea, Ky. + Rev. John G. Fee, A.M., " " + Prof. L. V. Dodge, A.M., " " + Rev. W. E. C. Wright, A.M. " " + Rev. B. S. Hunting, A.M., " " + Prof. P. D. Dodge, A.B., " " + Prof. J. F. Browne, " " + Miss Lucia A. Darling, Akron, O. + Miss Maria A. Muzzy, Romeo, Mich. + Miss Kate Gilbert, N. Brookfield, Mass. + Miss Emma F. More, Wattsburg, Pa. + Miss Ida M. Clark, Adair, Mich. + Miss Etta T. Bushnell, Johnston, O. + Miss Caroline W. Haynes, Oberlin. O. + Miss Ella R. McCollom, Grovestend, N. J. + +HAMPTON NORMAL AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. + + _Officers and Teachers._ + Gen. S. C. Armstrong, Hampton, Va. + Mr. F. N. Gilman, Boston, Mass. + " Geo. L. Curtis, Canandaigua, N. Y. + " Albert Howe, Hampton, Va. + " J. B. H. Goff, " " + " F. C. Briggs, Boston, Mass. + " J. H. McDowell, Hampton, Va. + " E. F. Coolidge, Marlboro, Mass. + " C. W. Betts, Wilmington, Del. + " Geo. J. Davis, Hampton, Va. + " R. H. Hamilton, Hampton, Va. + " Dudley Talbot, Boston, Mass. + Miss Mary F. Mackie, Newburgh, N. Y. + Martha M. Waldron, M.D., South Otselie, N. Y. + Miss H. W. Ludlow, Hampton, Va. + " M. J. Sherman, Brookfield, Mass. + " Margaret Kenwill, Mechanicsville, N. Y. + " Anna E. Kemble, Camden, N. J. + " Mary E. Coats, Homer, N. Y. + " Elizabeth Hyde, Brooklyn, N. Y. + " Alice M. Bacon, New Haven, Conn. + " Sarah E. Wentworth, Danvers, Mass. + " Jane S. Worcester, Thetford, Vt. + " Dora Freeman, Wakefield, Mass. + " Mary A. Ford, Lisbon, N. H. + " Clarabella Gilman, Boston, Mass. + Mrs. Maria J. Baldwin, Volney, N. Y. + " Francis E. Chickering, Washington, D. C. + " Jessie E. Hinds, Hempstead, N. Y. + " Helen S. Baldwin, Germantown, Pa. + Mrs. Ella R. Gore, Sheffield, Mass. + " Caroline W. Reed, Boston, Mass. + Miss Charlotte L. Mackie, Newburgh, N. Y. + + INDIAN DEPARTMENT. + Miss Josephine E. Richards, Litchfield, Ct. + Mrs. Lucy A. Seymour, Hampton, Va. + Miss Cora M. Folsom, Boston, Mass. + " Lovey A. Mayo, Raleigh, N. C. + " Georgia Washington, Norfolk, Va. + Mrs. I. F. Stansbury, Washington D. C. + Miss Caroline K. Knowles, Westfield, Mass. + " Elaine Goodale, S. Egremont, Mass. + " Harriet A. Holbrook, Bridgewater, Mass. + " Annie F. Cornell, White Plains, N. Y. + + NIGHT SCHOOL. + Miss Anna G. Baldwin, Germantown, Pa. + Mrs. M. A. McLeod, Keene, N. H. + Miss Mary Arquit, Brooklyn, N. Y. + " Mary K. Jobs, Elizabeth, N. J. + " M. C. Benjamin, Sheffield, Mass. + " Florence Bascom, Madison, Wis. + " Kate M. Baker, Champlain, Ill. + Mr. Benjamin F. Jones, Hampton, Va. + Miss Martha Page, " " + + INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT. + Miss M. F. Galpin, Stockbridge, Mass. + " Mary A. Wheeler, Boston, Mass. + " Bessie Morgan, Hamburg, Conn. + Mrs. E. F. Coolidge, Marlboro, Mass. + Mr. F. G. Rathbun, Stockbridge, Mass. + + _Clerks._ + Miss Jessie P. Morgan, Hamburg, Conn. + " Ruth G. Tileston, Boston, Mass. + Mr. Frank D. Banks, Hampton, Va. + " W. H. Daggs, " " + " Wm. M. Reid, " " + " Geo. G. French, Reading, Mass. + + +INDIAN MISSIONS. + +SANTEE AGENCY, NEBRASKA. + + NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL. + _Superintendent and Missionary._ + A. L. Riggs, A.M., B.D., Santee Agency, Neb. + + _Treasurer._ + Joseph H. Steer, Santee Agency, Neb. + + _Teachers._ + Mr. Clarence F. Dick, Dakota, Minn. + Miss Harriet B. Ilsley, Newark, N. J. + Mrs. Mary E. Wood, Spirit Lake, Iowa. + Miss Helen A. Dunlap, Keokuk, Iowa. + + _Assistant Teachers._ + James Garvie, Sisseton Agency, D. T. + Eli Abraham, Santee Agency, Neb. + Daniel Cetaumani, " " " + Dennis Mazaodidi, " " " + James Redwing Oyemaza, " " " + James Brown Dowanmani, " " " + + _Matrons._ + Miss Susan Webb, (Dakota Home), Weymouth, Mass. + Miss Harriet A. Brown (Bird's Nest), Brooklyn, N. Y. + Miss Jennie E. Kennedy (Young Men's Hall), Montrose, Iowa. + Miss S. Lizzie Voorhees, (Boys' Cottage), Rocky Hill, N. J. + Miss Sarah A. Paddock, (Teachers' Club), Crystal Lake, Ill. + + _Assistant Matrons._ + Miss Ellen Kitto, Santee Agency, Neb. + Miss Fanny Ellis, Yankton, Dak. + + _Missionaries._ + Mrs. A. L. Riggs, Santee Agency, Neb. + Mrs. J. H. Steer, " " " + Miss Nettie Calhoun, Kenton, O. + + _Industrial Department._ + Joseph H. Steer, Santee Agency, Neb. + J. Reid McKercher, Moscow, N. Y. + Reuben Cash, Niobrara, Neb. + + _Native Pastor._ + Rev. Artemas Ehnamani, Santee Agency, Neb. + +OAHE, DAK. + + _Superintendent._ + Rev. T. L. Riggs, Oahe, Dak. + + _Teachers._ + Miss Mary C. Collins, Oahe, Dak. + Elias Jacobson, Cheyenne River. + + _Native Teachers._ + Isaac Renville, Cheyenne River, No. 1. + Mrs. Nancy Renville, " " " + Eli Spotted Bear, Cheyenne River, No. 2. + Mrs. Ellen Spotted Bear, " " " + Samuel Smiley, Cheyenne River, No. 3. + Mrs. Elizabeth Winyan, " " " + Edwin Phelps, Grand River Station. + Mrs. Ellen Phelps, " " " + Stephen Yellow Hawk, Oahe, Dak. + William Lee, Bad River, Dak. + +FORT BERTHOLD AGENCY, DAKOTA. + + _Missionary._ + Rev. C. L. Hall, New York, N. Y. + + _Teachers._ + Miss Ellen M. Wilkes, Buffalo, N. Y. + Miss Lizzie Bechan, Fergus, Ont. + + _Matron._ + Miss L. H. Douglass, New Haven, Conn. + + FORT STEVENSON SCHOOL. + Supported by Government.) + _Superintendent._ + Mr. F. B. Wells, Rhinebeck, N. Y. + + _Teacher._ + Miss E. L. Ward, Appleton, Wis. + + _Matron._ + Mrs. F. B. Wells, Rhinebeck, N. Y. + +S'KOKOMISH AGENCY, W. T. + + _Missionary._ + Rev. Myron Eells, S'kokomish, W. T. + + +NEW MEXICO. + + SANTA FE. + _Superintendent._ + ---- ---- + + _Matron._ + ---- ---- + + _Teacher._ + Miss Alma Hempel, Whitewater, Wis. + + +CHINESE MISSIONS. + + Alameda-- Mrs. Geo. Morris. + Marysville-- Miss M. A. Flint. + Joe Jet. + Oakland-- Miss Gertrude H. Carleton. + Miss Alice Monroe. + Oroville-- Miss Maggie A. Daniel. + Wong Ock. + Petaluma-- Mrs. M. H. Colby. + Gin Foo King. + Sacramento-- Miss Maria Carrington. + Chin Foy. + San Francisco, Central--Jee Gam. + San Francisco, Central--Miss Jessie S. Worley. + Miss Anna L. Snook. + San Francisco, Barnes-- Mrs. H. W. Lamant. + Chung Moi. + San Francisco, Bethany--Mrs. J. C. Snook. + San Francisco, West-- Miss F. M. Worley. + Miss M. G. Worley. + San Francisco, North-- J. J. Mason. + Sing Lan. + Santa Barbara-- Mrs. B. B. Williams. + Hong Sing. + Santa Cruz-- Mrs. A. L. Willett. + + * * * * * + +THANKSGIVING ADDRESS AT ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. + +BY. PROF. W. A. CROGMAN. + + +If I were asked to-day what one thing since the close of the war has +contributed most to the permanent prosperity of the South, I should +unhesitatingly answer, Christian charity--that charity which has +exhibited itself not only in the giving of gifts, not only in the +lavish expenditure of immense sums for the elevation of the degraded +masses; but by its prayers, by its sentiments promptly and fearlessly +expressed against wrong, by its patient endurance, and by its +individual sacrifices made in a field which could promise but little +more to the laborer than the reward of conscience for having served +at a critical period his country and his kind. It is just nineteen +years since the surrender at Appomattox, nineteen short years. But +what events have crowded into that brief period! What stupendous +changes have been wrought within that time in American society, +especially in Southern society!--changes as radical in their nature +as they will be far-reaching in their consequences. It is true that +these changes have not always been accompanied by peace and quiet and +good feeling. This was hardly to be expected. There have been +bloodshed and murders. There have been individual sufferings. +Thousands have perished by violence and privation. But what, after +all, are the sufferings of the thousands compared with the freedom of +the millions, and all the possibilities which that freedom grants? +And whatever may have been the sufferings, it is safe, I think, to +say that they would have been multiplied many times, had it not been +for the tireless energies of the Christian churches. + +The victories of peace are more glorious than those of war, it is +said. I believe it; for they are generally more difficult to achieve. +It is easier by far to kill a man than to change his opinions. It is +easier by far to overrun a country than to root out of the hearts of +its inhabitants their long cherished hatreds and prejudices. This +requires time. This requires patience. This requires sacrifice. This +requires forbearance and love. Hence it has ever been the lot of +Christianity to follow in the track of armies, and reconquer that +which was said to be conquered. Caesar with invincible legions may +carry Roman eagles into the very heart of Britain; but the proper +subjugation of that island dates from the time when Pope Gregory the +First sent St. Augustine and forty monks to preach the gospel to +those fierce, wild, uncouth barbarians. And so, when the victorious +army of the North was passing in review before President Johnson in +the streets of Washington, another army vastly inferior in numbers, +imbued with a different spirit, and armed with no other weapons than +the Bible and the spelling book, was marching under the eye of God +down into this very field from which Grant and Sherman had but +recently withdrawn. Silently came they into the field. There was no +heralding of their approach, no display. Hopefully came they into the +field, notwithstanding they knew that to the majority of the people +their presence would be obnoxious. They came with faith in God and +love for man. They came impelled by Christian duty and patriotism to +wage a new war against the more deadly enemies of the +republic--ignorance and vice. + +It is not necessary; nor is it desirable to dwell here on the state +of the South at that time. It could but present a picture dark and +confused at the best. It is not necessary to remind you here of the +bitter opposition which existed then to negro education, an +opposition which only too often manifested itself in acts of violence +and brutality. Nor need I remind you here of the hatred and contempt +that was heaped upon the so called "nigger teacher." This is history, +known and read of all men. Pleasanter by far will it be, and +certainly appropriate on this good Thanksgiving Day, to revert for a +few moments to the splendid achievements, under God, of these +faithful, Christian workers. + +Their work, as we have said, was begun in confusion; but out of chaos +they have brought order, out of darkness light. Previous to the +emancipation not more than 30,000 colored persons in all these United +States could read and write. To-day, according to the statement of +Commissioner Orr, of this State, a statement verified by statistics, +fully 1,000,000 colored children are in the schools. I say, previous +to the emancipation, not more than 30,000 colored persons could read +and write. To-day, according to the last report of the society under +whose auspices I have been laboring for many years, that society +alone has given instruction to 80,000 persons, and these in turn to +tens of thousands more. This number could, of course, be greatly +swelled by the figures which could be shown by the +Congregationalists, Baptists and Presbyterians, who for these many +years have been laboring with equal patience, zeal and love, for the +advancement of mankind. + +There are some, however, who think that there has not been enough +accomplished in these years, for the time, the money and the energy +spent. Well, perhaps there has not. But suppose these various +societies had accomplished, up to this time, nothing more than the +teaching of these thousands simply how to read and write, who could +estimate the value of the achievement? Who could measure the scope of +its influence and tell where that influence will end! When you have +once taught a man to read you have placed in his hands the key with +which he may--if he be industrious--unlock all the stores of +knowledge in his own language. When you have once taught a man to +read you have opened up to him unlimited possibilities, and laid the +foundations for a broad and liberal culture. When you have once +taught a man to read you have introduced him into the best society of +all the ages; you have made him the companion of Shakespeare, Milton +and Bunyan; of Bacon and of Burke; of Tennyson, Longfellow, Bryant +and Emerson; and you have quite unfitted him for slavery. When years +ago a kind mistress, in the State of Maryland, undertook to teach a +little slave boy to read, little did she think that she was awakening +aspirations never again to be quenched; little did she dream that she +was unchaining extraordinary powers, and kindling the first fires of +eloquence in the soul of a Douglass. The alphabet was made for +freemen. It is the weapon most dreaded by tyrants. When Martin Luther +would break most effectually and for all time the papal yoke from the +neck of Germany, he translated the Bible and set the people to +reading. I am thankful to-day for the pen of Lincoln and for the +sword of Grant; but more thankful by far for the patient "school +ma'am" who taught the negro his letters, and set a million of us to +reading. + + * * * * * + +INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. III.--WHAT THE A. M. A. IS DOING. + +BY SUPT. ALBERT SALISBURY. + + +In two previous articles (Oct. and Nov., 1884) I have set forth the +general aspects of Industrial Education and its relations to a +missionary work like that of the American Missionary Association. I +wish now to set forth, briefly, the practical possibilities and the +present undertakings of the Association in this line. + +Among all the industrial schools of this continent, Hampton Institute +stands easily first in the amount of invested capital, or plant, and +in the variety and extent of its operations. It is, moreover, unique; +there is nothing else like it, and perhaps never will be, either in +its scope or in the genius which marks its administration. To give +any adequate account of the work in actual operation there would +occupy all the space at my command. + +The A. M. A. can not attempt to duplicate Hampton Institute; it has +neither the means nor the man for such an undertaking. + +I therefore pass to the consideration of what it is possible for us +to do on our wider field in the present and near future. The +industrial training which can be given by the A. M. A. schools is +necessarily limited, both by financial and other considerations, not +only in extent but also in variety. The ways in which we can wisely +make effort seem to be as follows: 1. _Agriculture_, which is to be, +after all, the occupation of the great majority of the people for +whom we are laboring. In this, we may well give somewhat of +theoretical instruction through lectures and even text-books; but +more important than this, and not incompatible with it, is that +effective teaching which comes by working out the practical object +lesson of a thoroughly well tilled farm, as is done at Hampton, and +to a less degree, as yet, at Tougaloo and Talladega. In this a +two-fold purpose is served. Employment is given to needy students, +and practical education is at the same time given, with but partial +interruption of the progress of intellectual training. + +But the idea of running school farms simply for the first-named end, +the giving of employment to students, was long ago abandoned. Student +labor is too costly, simply as service. It must be made thoroughly +educational in order to be justified. Fortunately, the style of +farming which is most truly educational is also most nearly +remunerative. Good tools, good live stock, and good tillage are the +indispensable factors in this sort of object lesson. + +2. _Wood-working_, of which the principal branch is +carpentry--turning and carving occupying a minor place. This has an +advantage over agriculture, and also over the other trades, in the +greater ease with which it may be made a matter of class instruction. +Much can be accomplished in teaching the use and care of tools +without entering at all upon processes of manufacture. Thus, classes +numbering as high as twenty or twenty-five were taught during the +past year at Atlanta University. Classes are also under instruction +at Talladega College, Tougaloo University, and Lewis Institute +(Macon). Repairs and additions to the various buildings of the +several institutions furnish opportunity for practical application of +the instruction given at the benches of the class-room; and in the +course of time some lines of manufacture may also be found +practicable, varying in kind with the locality. Along with +wood-working, instruction in glazing would seem to be feasible, and +even in that most useful art, soldering. + +3. _Blacksmithing._--There are many good blacksmiths among the older +colored men; and there is no reason, except lack of opportunity for +learning, why there should not be more among the rising generation. +In school shops it is possible to teach this trade successfully to +classes. One teacher can instruct from six to ten pupils at as many +forges, but the expense is greater than in teaching the use of +wood-working tools. There is an inevitable consumption of coal and of +metal--a serious loss unless some market can be found for simple +articles of handiwork. Instruction in this branch is quite limited, +though something is being done at Tougaloo, and more at the Santee +Indian school. + +Wheelwrighting is fast becoming an obsolete art in the North. The +great factories have pushed the hand-made wagon out of the market. In +the South, however, there is still much need of capable wheelwrights +for the extensive repairs necessitated by the horrible roads--or +rather lack of roads. + +4. _Tinning._--This is also limited in its possibilities. A market is +necessary for the disposal of products. Even a few pupils under a +competent instructor can turn off an inconvenient amount of tin-ware, +if storage proves to be its fate rather than sale; and schools are +always at a disadvantage in the market. A fair beginning has been +made in this branch at Tougaloo University. + +5. _Printing._--If I were to name yet another branch of handiwork +which it is possible to carry on as an educational accessory, it +would be "the art preservative." The experience of A. M. A. +institutions in sundry attempts hitherto is not at all of an +encouraging sort; but this is very likely because they were not +managed as educational agencies, under careful and skillful +supervision. A start under the new method is being made at Fisk +University, with many points in favor of its success. + +The reader is perhaps surprised that I have not named _shoe-making_ +as one of the practicable branches, since it has so often been +incorporated into the industrial organization of various reformatory +institutions; but it no longer seems a feasible undertaking for an +industrial school of the modern type. The shoe-maker's occupation is +gone, except as he becomes a part of the mechanism of a great +factory, not making _shoes_, but confining himself to the simplest +elements of a shoe, cutting uppers or scraping soles. Moreover, there +is such competition and such depression in the shoe business as make +this trade too unprofitable for prosecution in connection with school +work. + +6. _Drawing._--So far, I have been considering only manual training +for boys. But there is one branch of a true industrial training which +knows no sex. It is suitable and, when rightly considered, essential +for boys and girls alike. While visiting the St. Louis Manual +Training School two years ago, I said to Prof. Woodward, "What can we +of the missionary schools, with our financial limitations, do best in +this line of manual training?" He answered, "There is one thing that +you can do in any school: it costs little, needs no special +appliances or plant, and is the fundamental part of any industrial +training, _drawing_." And he was right so far as the utility of the +study is concerned. Drawing, not as a matter of picture-making, but +as a means of systematic training for eye and hand, a training to +accuracy and method, and as a vital help toward foremanship in any +trade, ought everywhere to be held as a necessary element of +industrial education. Some beginning in industrial drawing has been +made in all our institutions. But, in a work like ours, the lack of +special preparation on the part of most teachers, their insufficient +appreciation of and faith in the study, and the lack of close direct +supervision, are serious hindrances to complete success. + +The range of industrial work for girls is less wide than that for +boys, and lies chiefly in the zone of home making and keeping. + +1. _Sewing_ is the first subject of instruction. The generation of +women who came out of slavery knew nothing, and still know nothing, +of needle-work. And so in all our schools, even the day schools, +classes in plain sewing have long found a place; though of late the +work has been taken up more systematically, all the girls of certain +grades being held to the sewing classes as strictly as to reading or +writing. After plain sewing comes the cutting and making of garments, +the various forms of seductive "fancy work" being almost wholly +ignored. + +In our exhibit at the Madison meeting of the National Educational +Association last summer were numbers of aprons, dresses, shirts, +etc., made by pupils, often of the primary grades; and one of the +most noticed specimens was a neatly darned stocking. Even darning +must be taught to these girls in school; there is no instructor at +home. + +2. _Cooking_ is much more widely understood by the colored mothers. +Indeed, there is a sort of illusory tradition abroad that the negroes +are a race of cooks; though, according to my observation, nothing +could be farther from the truth. And cooking is only one part of +_domestic economy_. Of this art as a whole, the colored women are +densely ignorant. They know nothing of orderly housekeeping, of +marketing, or of economy in any true sense of the word. + +In several of our schools--notably Le Moyne Institute at +Memphis--instruction in domestic economy, including cooking, is now +well systematized as a part of the course of study for girls. At +Atlanta University, a class of young women each year is inducted into +a full and careful knowledge of good housekeeping by what is called +the cottage plan, the girls doing their own housekeeping through the +year under the training of a cultivated house-mother. + +Nor should it be forgotten that in every boarding school of the A. M. +A. the regular ongoing of the domestic work of the institution, +nearly all of which except the cooking and washing is done by the +students, furnishes no insignificant or ineffectual training in the +art of housekeeping. + +8. _Nursing_ and the general care of the sick is also a branch in +which instruction and training are sadly needed by the colored women. +Few things are more pitiful than the condition of the sick among any +half-civilized people, with their caprices, their superstitions and +their irregularities. In this direction, Fisk University takes a +prominent place among our institutions, employing a professionally +trained woman who gives her whole time to the hygiene of the school +and the training of the students in health-preserving and +health-restoring. + +It would have been easy to double the length of this article by going +more into details with respect to the industrial features in process +of incorporation into the work of all our leading institutions, and +their industrial influence, the "unconscious tuition" of industry +which they have come more and more to exert. Suffice it to add, +without hyperbole, that it is easy to _track_ these missionary +schools, to trace their influence by their results upon the home life +and domestic ambitions of the young people who have gone out from +them to the work of the world. And this influence is yet in its +beginnings. + + * * * * * + +THE CHINESE. + + * * * * * + +THE OUTLOOK. + +REV. W. C. POND. + + +With the beginning of a new fiscal year there came to me a deep sense +of dissatisfaction with the present status of our work--a sadness +which almost touched the borders of discouragement at the decrease in +attendance on our schools, and the lack of eager outreaching and +aggressive endeavor on the part of us all--Superintendent, Teachers +and Chinese helpers,--all alike. The methods, which had been so +strikingly efficient in years past, seemed to be failing us now. We +were settled down into them, as ruts; and, no matter how slow or hard +or fruitless our movements along the old line, it seemed impossible +to see what else to do, or how we could strike out into new paths, or +plan any material change in the ordering of our campaign. + +Sometimes the question would arise; Is our work done? Has the +Restriction Act, which for the present diminishes so greatly the +incoming of fresh recruits for our schools, rung the knell of our +missionary success? But to this question only one answer was +possible. Even if, looking out from a stand-point of consummate +Calvinism, we should venture to decide that the Lord's elect among +the Chinese in California had all been gathered in, there were, +nevertheless, these little flocks of Christ's own sheep and lambs +already gathered that must not be left without a shepherd's care. +Surely there is a duty that we owe to these, and to leave them +untended in this wilderness would be to count ourselves in among the +goats on the left hand of the Judge. + +But no Calvinism of any sort--and certainly not of our sort--gives us +any basis for such an unchristian decision. We cannot shelter behind +it, and think to retire with honor when we have as yet only +skirmished on the edges of the field. For the Chinese heathenism of +California remains to-day, so far as we can see, substantially a +solid mass, without any fissure, though not without a scar. Many +chips have been struck off from it, and for these we bless God; but +the rock-like hardness of the Chinese heart remains substantially +unbroken. Say that all our missions have reached, in the aggregate, +5,000 of these souls--there remain 65,000 virtually untouched. +Suppose that we could count 1,000 born of God in all the missions +(and this would be a large estimate) there remain 69,000 that are +still aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the +covenants of promise, without God and without hope in the world. To +penetrate, somehow, this Chinese wall of prejudice, conceit and +superstition, and pierce, with the sword of the spirit, the hearts +intrenched behind it--to reach, somehow, the myriads not reached, and +to bring them forth from the darkness that they love into the saving +light that now they hate--this was the problem. You can look at it. I +_have_ looked at it--till the sense of helplessness and uselessness +threw me down upon my knees with my heart next door to despair. But +there the still small voice was heard again, the voice of an +_infinite_ Saviour saying, "Be not afraid, only believe." "If ye have +faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say even to _this_ +mountain, Remove hence, and it _shall remove_." + +But with fresh courage, born of faith, came a conviction that some +change of method,--not as abandoning by any means our schools, but as +introducing new methods, breaking in upon an old and worn routine, +was indispensable. What it should be I could not tell. One could +conceive of several plans of operation, which would be beyond our +reach for lack of means, but to find the work and then the workers, +and still keep inside the line of safe expenditure--this called for a +wisdom which could come to _me_, at any rate, only from above. We +have been seeking this guidance. I say, "we," for I believe that +teachers and helpers have prayed with me for it. We expect it to +come. We venture to hope that we see it coming. + +One token is the opening of new fields, especially at San Diego and +Tulare--experiments yet, but hopeful ones. Another token is that in +one, at least, of our helpers evangelistic power seems to appear. Not +without anxiety did I see him brought within the fascination of the +"Holiness Band" and the "Salvation Army," and my fears were not +groundless, as some minor symptoms in his spiritual life clearly +disclosed. But I believe that his Master and ours knew what was going +on and will bring him forth out of it all, unscathed and better +fitted for high service than he has ever been hitherto. At present +he is in Oroville. After being there less than a week he wrote, "God +has given me three souls--one of them at the meeting last night." And +later, Rev. Joseph Adams, pastor of our church there, wrote as +follows: "There is a very blessed work going on among the Chinese +here. After conference with Wong Ock I invited him to bring to my +house all the boys he thought were Christians. I fixed an evening +about ten days ago, and invited my church clerk and Dr. Read to be +present. Wong Ock came with eight boys. We were occupied with them +until nearly midnight. It was one of the most blessed meetings I have +had in this county. I examined them, through Wong Ock, as +interpreter, in relation to their conversion, how it was brought +about, and what was their present experience. Two professed to find +peace with God during the meeting. Their child-like faith and ready +acceptance of the statements and promises of the gospel were simply +delightful. Considering their former training, and the small +advantages of Christian knowledge, it was truly wonderful. My +brethren agreed with me, that beyond all dispute they exhibited a +glorious work of the spirit of God." + +[Illustration: Class of Chinese girls] + +A third token of approaching answers to our prayer I see in the +coming among us of Rev. D. D. Jones, who has been connected with our +South China Mission, under Rev. C. R. Hager of Hong Kong. The French +war has so disturbed the people among whom he was laboring, and, for +the present, so closed the doors to missionary service, that he has +seized the opportunity for a visit to us. He is well fitted for +street preaching, and seems to have the evangelistic spirit. By way +of experiment I have asked him to labor with us in this city for a +month or two--hoping, if the Lord accepts our endeavor, to have him +visit Sacramento, Marysville and other points. The beginnings of his +work are encouraging, and we venture to hope that fruit already +appears. We ask the readers of the _Missionary_ to add their requests +to ours, that these tokens may be what the cloud was, big as a man's +hand--precursor of glad out-pourings such as those in which Elijah +left the mount of conflict and of prayer. + + * * * * * + +CHILDREN'S PAGE. + + * * * * * + +LETTER FROM AN INDIAN BOY. + + +The letter given below was written by a Sioux Indian boy, whose +entire education has been gained in the three years he has now been +at Hampton Institute. It was written in acknowledgment of a Christmas +gift of ten dollars for the purchase of books for himself, sent by a +Sabbath-school class of boys in New York city. + + + HAMPTON, Va. Dec. 18th, 1884. + + DEAR FRIENDS: It is impossible for me to write a few lines. I am + glad that I will try to say a few words Of my people. We were + just like a little baby. When Columbus discovered America, Until + now To-day, we are different from what we were at that time. It + is hard for us to leave our own old Indian ways at once. You + know how hard it is for a crazy man get better from his crazy. + It is just so with the Indians, it is hard for us. When I was at + home, I was the youngest, But I try to do my best. So my parents + wanted me to be kept there, As long as I could. But some of my + friends think it will better for me to get a little education, + and them some more to help them. It seem to me come to schools, + And now I am school in this institution, and it is hard for me + to do right. But I try to do my best as well as possible. And I + learn little bits of English language or composition and also + some history, Ever since I been here about over three years ago. + So I am anxious to tell you something about my people, but as I + say I have been here three years, I did not know how they + getting along--But I think they are become like as civilized + now, As some of them try very hard to do as the white people's. + But there are some white men in our agencies, are good but only + few of them, And there are most of all bad ones. Those bad ones + who are try hard to pull us down. So hoping you will help and + pray for us. We may stand against these bad temptation. And + finally we shall be risen very slowly, from the lowest to the + highest civilization. Some of the white man those who opposed + the Indian they said--"The Indians can never be civilized are + dead Indian not lives Indians but dead, them are unsuccessful + and good for anything." It may be very true. But if some always + good people will help us to do right, We shall be civilized as + well as any other nation. my friends I wish I could do more, but + the language which I am using is rather and difficult for me and + keeps me back. Therefore I cannot express of my desire but as I + say again We shall not be civilized at once, but we shall in the + future. I thank you for money very much. + + I am most sincerely an Indian friend. + + + BENJ. OHITIKA. + + +The attempt of the writer of the letter to quote the inhuman +sentiment so often uttered by bad white men: "There is no good Indian +but a dead Indian," illustrates the extreme difficulty an Indian has +in acquiring our language. The penmanship of this boy would bear +favorable comparison with that of young men of his age as they +graduate from our public schools. It is an interesting fact that the +Indian under education uniformly excels in penmanship. + + * * * * * + +RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1884. + + +MAINE, $1,461.02. + + Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15.25, and Sab. Sch., 10 $25.25 + Andover. Mrs. N. J. P. Dame, _for Woman's Work_ 4.00 + Augusta. Mrs. Skeeles' S. S. Class, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 1.00 + Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., adl. (6.60 of which + _for Indian M._) 54.60 + Bangor. Central Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._ 40.00 + Bluehill. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.60 + Brewer. M. Hardy, 50, to const. MRS. MARY A. + CHAMBERLAIN L.M.; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10 60.00 + Bridgton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.20 + Brunswick. Hon. A. H. Merrill, to const. REV. JOHN H. + HIGGINS, REV. F. W. TOWLE and DEA. S. A. SMITH L.M's 100.00 + Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 3.50; "A Friend," + 5 8.50 + Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 + Foxcroft. Mrs. D. Blanchard 5.00 + Gilead. Cong. Ch. 4.01 + Hallowell. "Friends," _Freight_ 3.00 + Hermon. "F. B. S. S.," by J. M. Taylor 2.00 + Limington. "A. B" 2.50 + North Anson. "A Friend" 10.00 + North Norway. Mrs. M. K. Frost .50 + Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 + Portland. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l 16.50 + Searsport. First Cong. Ch., ad'l 15.00 + South Berwick. Dea. I. P. Yeaton, to const, himself + and REV. GEO. LEWIS L. M's 100.00 + Windham. Rev. L. Wiswall 14.00 + Woolwich. Cong. Ch. 14.50 + Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.01 + York. First Cong Ch. and Soc. 33.00 + Ladies of Maine, _for Selma, Ala._ Hiram, Ladies, 50; + Auburn, Ladies of High St. Ch., 24.25; Lewiston, + Ladies of Pine St. Ch., 23.50; Auburn, Ladies of + Sixth St. Ch., 1.10; ----, "Friends," 2 100.85 + ---------- + $701.02 + + LEGACY. + + Castine. Estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, by Rev. + Geo. M. Adams, Ex. 760.00 + ---------- + $1,461.02 + + +NEW HAMPSHIRE, $681.15. + + Bennington. Katherine P. Heald $5.00 + Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.32 + Colebrook. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 10.00 + Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. + ARTHUR G. STEVENS, MRS. ENOCH GERRISH and MRS. JOHN + C. THORNE, L.M's 100.00 + Concord. Miss Alma J. Herbert 30, to const. herself + L.M.; "A Friend" 1 31.00 + Dover. Mrs. S. H. Foye and Mrs. A. Fairbanks, _for + Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00 + Exeter. "A Friend," 32; Second Cong. Ch., 24; By + Miss Mary Gordon (one share), 20; Ladies' Sew. + Circle of Second Cong. Ch., _freight_, 3 79.00 + Gilmanton. Centre Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 + Harrisville. Cong. Ch. 8.76 + Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.35 + Keene. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 21.33 + Lyme. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 + Manchester. First Cong. Ch., 10; Mrs. M. Gilbert, + 5.50; "Friends," 55c., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 16.05 + Marlboro. Ladies' Freedmen Soc. 10.00 + Merrimac. First Cong. Ch. 13.70 + Milford. First Cong. Ch. to const. MRS. J. J. SAVAGE, + MINNIE L. CONVERSE and CHARLES J. WILSON L.M's 106.14 + Mount Vernon. J. A. Starrett 5.00 + Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 120.00 + Nelson. Cong. Ch. 11.24 + Pelham. Cong. Ch. 41.54 + Salem. Cong. Ch. 1.50 + Stratham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.22 + Tilton. A. H. Colby 6.00 + Walpole. First Cong. Ch. 11.00 + Webster. "A Friend" 3.00 + + +VERMONT, $509.55. + + Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.96 + Burlington. Winooski Av. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 95.16 + Cabot. Cong. Ch. 20.00 + Chelsea. Cong. Ch. 17.50 + East Hardwick. Miss Carrie M. Bell 1.50 + East Townsend. Mrs. Harvey P. Holbrook 2.50 + Essex. "H. D. B." 1.50 + Hartford. Second Cong. Ch. 46.55 + Jamaica. Cong. Ch. 8.60 + Lyndon. Cong. Ch. 26.00 + Pittsford. Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey 10.00 + Peacham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.08 + St. Albans. "A Widow's Mite" 2.00 + Saint Johnsbury. "New Year's Offering, In Memoriam, + from O. W. H." _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 50.00 + Stowe. Cong. Ch. 42.50 + West Brattleborough. Ladies, by Mrs. Anna L. Grout, + Two Bbls. C.; 4 _for freight, for McIntosh, Ga._ 4.00 + Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 + By Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for McIntosh, Ga._; + Burlington, Ladies of Winooski Av. Cong. Ch., 31.65; + Chester, Ladies, 22.05; Derby Centre, Ladies, by Mrs. + David Hopkinson, 5; Newport, Ladies, 36; Dr. T. D. + Hoskins, 2; Mrs. C. F. Ranny, 1 97.70 + -------- + $488.55 + + LEGACY. + + Jericho. Estate of Hosea Spaulding, C. M. Spaulding, + 10; A. C. Spaulding, 5; Nellie M. Percival, 3; + E. J. Spaulding, 3 21.00 + -------- + $509.55 + + +MASSACHUSETTS, $6,138.85. + + Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.25 + Amherst. First Ch., 55; South Cong. and Soc., 5.29 60.29 + Andover. Rev. C. M. Mead, D.D. 6.00 + Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00 + Athol Centre. Mrs. Emily Eaton 2.00 + Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 253.73 + Boston. Un. Ch. and Soc., 312.14; "A Friend," 100; + "A Friend," 50; Ginn, Heath & Co., Pkg. Books; _for + Macon, Ga._; Boston Highlands, Mrs. Livermore, 2; + Brookline, "A Friend," 50; Brookline, "Donation," + 50c.; Cambridgeport, Pilgrim Ch., 8.53; Chelsea, + Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., 18.55; Chelsea, Ladies' + Union Home M. Band, _for Missionary, Chattanooga, + Tenn._, 199.87; Dorchester, Second Cong. Ch. and + Soc., 108.18; Dorchester, Member of Second Ch., + _for Hampton N. and A. Inst._, 1; Dorchester, Rev. + Chas. Nichols, to const. MRS. L. D. DYER, L.M., 30; + Jamaica Plain, Central Ch. and Soc. 112; Cong Pub. + Soc. 8 Cases, Libraries 992.77 + Braintree. "A Friend" 10.00 + Brockton. Porter Evan. Ch. and Soc. to const. MRS. + KATE M. JONES, L.M. 41.54 + Clinton. "A Friend" 100.00 + Cohasset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.36 + Easthampton. Payson Ch. 297.09 + East Longmeadow. "A Friend" .50 + Dalton. Mrs. Zenas M. Crane 100.00 + Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. JOHN D. + PHILBRICK, LUCIUS A. MUDGE, HANNA HUTCHINSON and + HORACE G. PUTNAM, L.M's 123.58 + Dracut. Center Ch. 16.00 + Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.08 + Globe Village. Evan. Free Ch. to const. LUCIEN W. + CURTIS, M.D., L.M. 40.00 + Gloucester. Evan. Cong. S. S., _for S. S. Work, + Woman's Bureau_ 15.00 + Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 88.28 + Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 37.19; First Cong. Ch. + and Soc., 13 50.19 + Great Barrington. "Member Cong. Ch." 1.00 + Groton. "Mother and Daughter" (of which 10 _for Mountain + white work_, 10 _for Chinese_ and 10 _for Indian M._), + to const. MILES SPAULDING, M.D., L.M. 35.00 + Harwich. First Cong. Ch. 14.75 + Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 + Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 125.30; "Bible Christians + of District No. 4." 25 150.30 + Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., adl. 29.89 + Lakeville. "A Friend" 2.50 + Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 18.89 + Lincoln. Cong. Sab. Sch., 20; "A Friend," 2: _for + Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 22.00 + Lowell. Geo. F. Willey, 10; Eliot Ch., 12.50; Rodolphus + Stevens, 20 42.50 + Lynn. First Ch. of Christ 4.11 + Ludlow. Children's Soc., by Miss M. E. Jones, Bbl. of C. + and Cash, 4; _for Macon, Ga._ 4.00 + Malden. First Cong. Church and Soc. 47.12 + Massachusetts. "A Friend" 20.00 + Medfield. Mrs. S. D. Shaw 1.50 + Medfield. Mary B. Lovell, _freight_ 2.00 + Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 5.77 + Methuen. Cong. Ch. 7.00 + Middleboro. Cen. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.36 + Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l. 3.00 + Newton. Mrs. Winthrop Sargent, _for Indian M., Dakota_ 10.00 + Newton. Miss Annie L. Boyden, Bbl. Books, etc., _for + Macon, Ga._ + Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 + North Adams. Cong. Ch. 55.65 + Northampton. Miss M. A. Williams 1.00 + North Brookfield. Miss Abbie W. Johnson, 5, _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._, and 2 _for Woman's Work_ 7.00 + North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc. 9.06 + North Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.43 + Oakham. Miss Louise Ayres 5.00 + Orange. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 13.29 + Paxton. First. Cong. Ch. 8.00 + Peabody. "A Member So. Ch." 10.00 + Pittsfield. South Ch. and Parish 30.71 + Randolph. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l. 21.00 + Reading. "A Friend" 3.00 + Sandwich. Mrs. Wm. Farrington 1.00 + Somerville. Lower Lights Soc. of Prospect Hill Ch., _for + Missionary, Wilmington, N. C._ 18.00 + South Braintree. Rev. J. B. Sewall 4.00 + South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 + South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. + DWIGHT B. ROGERS and SAMUEL BATES L.M's 51.00 + Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.61 + Sturbridge. By Mrs. Melvin Haynes, _for freight_ 2.00 + Sudbury. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const. REV. + D. W. GOODALE L.M. 3.00 + Sutton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 + Templeton. Rev. T. O. Rice. 10.00 + Templeton. Elizabeth C. D. Shattuck, _for freight_ 1.00 + Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.70 + Upton. Ladies' Sewing Circle of First Cong. Ch., _for + freight_ 2.00 + Ware. C. C. Hitchcock, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + Warren. Cong. Ch. 25.00 + Warren. Home M. Soc., 2 Bbls. of C., _for Straight U._ + Watertown. Phillips Mission Band, _for Student Aid, + Straight U._ 50.00 + Webster. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.36 + Wendell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.57 + West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 74.75 + Westfield. Harry Northan, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 2.00 + Westminster. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing room, + Williamsburg, Ky._ 15.00 + Westport. Pacific Union Ch., to const. REV. S. W. + CLARKE, L.M. 30.00 + West Roxbury. So. Evan. Ch. and Soc. 29.95 + West Roxbury. South Evan. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, + Fisk U._ 25.00 + Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 951.79 + Wilbraham. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Atlanta U._ 10.00 + Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 19.05 + Winchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 106.45 + Wollaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 + Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. (20 of which _for Orange + Park Ch._) 200.82 + Worcester. Infant Class Piedmont Sab. Sch., _for Student + Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 + Worcester. Salem St. Sab. Sch., _for Missionary, + Savannah, Ga._ 22.24 + Yarmouth. Ladies' Circle of Cong. Ch., _freight_ 1.00 + By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Assn.: + Springfield, North, 53.39; East Longmeadow, 41; + West Springfield, Park st., (8 of which _for Tougaloo + U._), 31; Feeding Hills, 11; Monson, 6; Chicopee, + Third, 2.10 144.49 + By C. B. Rice, Treas. Talladega C.: _For Student + Aid_--Fall River, Pastoral Aid Soc. Cong. Ch., 70; + Haverhill, A. Nichols, 100; Leicester, "A Friend," + 1.25; Milford, Mrs. John Daniels, 5; _For other + purposes_--Clinton, Ladies' Missy. Soc., Bbl. of C; + Clinton, Cong. C., 4, incorrectly ack. in Jan. number + from Andover; North Cambridge, Isabel Blake, 2 Bbls. + of C. 176.25 + By E. C. Stickel, Treas. Fisk U.: _For Student + Aid_--Buckland, Cong. Ch., 11.33; Newburyport, North + Ch., Miss M. S. Blake's S. S. Class 1: North + Brookfield, First Cong. S. S., 35; Peabody, Mrs. + M. F. Fenderson, 1; Taunton, Broadway Ch. Sab. Sch., + 50; _For other purposes_--Greenfield, Mrs. Geo. + Washburn, Bbl of C.; Newton Highlands, Young Ladies' + Sew. Soc., Bbl. of C.; North Brookfield, Young + Ladies' Sew. Soc., Bbl. of C. 98.33 + ---------- + $5,135.85 + + LEGACIES. + + Freetown. Estate of Louisa W. Winslow, by Thomas + G. Winslow, Ex. 1,000.00 + Medway. Estate of Samuel D. Force, bal. Legacy, + by M. M. Fisher, Ex. 3.00 + ---------- + $6,138.85 + + CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE; MAINE, + Hallowell, "Friends." 3 Bbls.: NEW HAMPSHIRE, + Derry, First Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for McIntosh, + Ga._; Goffstown, Rev. S. L. Gerould, 2 Bbls., + _for Marion, Ala._; Exeter, Ladies' Sewing Circle, + of Second Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. Christmas Goods, val. + 150, _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._; VERMONT, + Newbury, Ladies' Benev. Soc., Bbl. and Box, _for + Atlanta, U._; MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, Francis T. + Kimball, 500 Leaflets; Brookline, Mrs. Moses + Withington, 2 Bbls., _for Huguenot, Va._; + Haverhill, Industrial Soc. of North Ch., 1 Bbl., + _for Tougaloo, Miss._; Medfield, 1 Bbl., by Mary + B. Lovell; Newbury, First Parish, 2 Bbls., val. + 40, _for Tougaloo, Miss._; Newburyport, Harriet O. + Haskell, 1 Bbl S. S. papers, etc., _for Newman, + Ga._; North Brookfield, Miss A. W. Johnson, 1 Bbl. + _for Savannah, Ga._; Oxford, "Friends," 2 Bbls., + _for Kitrell, N. C._; Randolph, Ladies' Benev. + Soc. of First. Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 42; + Somerville, Mrs. E. W. Haynes, 1 Bbl., _for + Kittrell, N. C._; "Lower Lights" Soc. of Prospect + Hill Ch., 1 Bbl., _for Wilmington, N. C._; + Saxonville, Mrs. G. W. Webster, 1 Bbl., _for + Kitrell, N. C._; West Somerville, Young People's + Mission Band of Day St. Ch., 2 Bbls. and 1 Box of + Christmas Goods, val. 86, _for Marietta, Ga._; + Sturbridge, by Mrs. Melvin Haynes, Bbl. and Box, + _for Kittrell, N. C._; Upton, Ladies' Sewing + Circle of First Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for Emerson + Inst._; Watertown, Phillips Mission Band, 2 Bbls. + Christmas Goods, _for Ladies' Island, S. C._; + Westborough, Ladies of F. M. Soc., 1 Bbl., val. + 32, _for Savannah, Ga._; West Roxbury, Mrs. Mary + F. Allen, 1 Bbl.; Yarmouth, Ladies' Soc. of Cong. + Ch., 1 Bbl., _for Savannah Ga._; RHODE ISLAND, + Little Compton, Ladies' Sociable of Cong. Ch., 1 + Bbl. + + +RHODE ISLAND, $196.75. + + East Providence. Samuel Belden, to const. MRS. + CATHARINE M. CONE and MRS. EVA S. BABCOCK L.M's 60.00 + Little Compton. Ladies' Sociable of Cong. Ch., _freight_ .25 + Newport. United Cong. Ch. 85.00 + Providence. Central Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 50.00 + Westerly. Mrs. Mary T. Babcock 1.50 + + +CONNECTICUT, $2,294.17. + + Bantam. Cornelia Bradley 3.00 + Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 12.37 + Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. 12.84 + Bridgeport. Park Sab. Sch., _for Scholarship, + Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 30.00 + Bridgeport. Park St. Ch. and Soc. 11.34 + Canaan. First Cong. Ch. 7.45 + Canton Center. Mrs. Sarah B. Hallock, _for Woman's + Work_ 4.00 + Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. SIDNEY P. + SMITH L.M. 37.60 + Columbia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.27 + Cornwall Bridge. Geo. H. Swift 10.00 + Coventry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.52 + Danbury. First Cong. Ch. (30 of which to const. + ALEXANDER PINE L.M.) 130.00 + Deep River. Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN T. STRICKLAND + L.M. 31.00 + East Haddam. Millington Ch. 5.25 + East Hampton. First Cong. Ch and Soc., bal. to const. + DEA. JOHN WATROUS, L.M. 16.00 + East Hartford. First Ch. 20.00 + Falls Village. Cong. Ch. 3.68 + Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.38 + Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. WALTER W. WILCOX + L.M. 30.00 + Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, 50; Cong. Ch., 4.50 54.50 + Hartford. Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., 30, to const. DR. + G. W. AVERY L.M.; Mrs. M. C. Bemis, 20; Wethersfield + Av. Cong. Ch., 9.66 59.66 + Kensington. "A Friend" 4.50 + Kent. Cong. Ch. 9.00 + Lakeville. Mrs. S. P. Robbins 5.00 + Long Ridge. Cong. Ch. 3.00 + Madison. Cong. Ch. 7.35 + Meriden. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Atlanta U._ 20.00 + Meriden. R. P. Rand 3.00 + Nepaug. Cong. Ch. 4.50 + New Britain. First Ch. of Christ 51.02 + New Haven. Humphrey St. Cong. Sab. Sch. to const. + WILLIAM ATWATER, MRS. O. S. WRIGHT and MISS ALICE + HUBBARD L.M's, _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 175.00 + Newington. Cong. Ch. 37.61 + New London. Ch. of Christ 57.00 + New Milford. First Cong. Ch. 101.11 + New Preston. Mrs. Betsey Averill, _for Indian M._ 10.00 + North Greenwich. Cong. Ch. to const. WILLIAM W. + BROWN L.M. 53.97 + North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett 21.00 + North Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 17.00 + Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 + Norwich. Park Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l, 51.04; Broadway + Cong. Ch., 10 61.04 + Norwich. Broadway Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Memorial Window, + Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 50.00 + Poquonock. "A Friend," _for Building Fund, Tillotson C. + and N. Inst._ 100.00 + Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. _for Tillotson C. and N. + Inst._ 89.54 + Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 11.52 + Saybrook. Rev. A. S. Chesebrough 4.00 + Sharon. Mrs. B. Sears, 1; Emilie C. Sears, 1 2.00 + Somers. Cong. Ch. 14.10 + South Norwalk. Mrs. Rebecca Pennell, _for Woman's Work_ 5.00 + Talcottville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 122.45 + Thomaston. Cong Ch. 52.48 + Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.12 + Thompsonville. T. I. Pease, _for Student Aid, Straight + U._ 25.00 + Vernon. "The King's Daughters," by Hattie L. Skinner, + Sec., _for Woman's Work_ 10.00 + Washington. F. A. Frisbie 1.00 + Watertown. Dr. John De Forest 100.00 + Westbrook. Cong. Ch. 30.00 + Westchester. Cong. Ch. 22.00 + Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Ch. 33.65 + Wethersfield. Cong Ch. 86.53; Griswoldville Sab. Sch. + 51.47, _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 138.00 + Wolcott. Cong. Ch. 8.40 + Woodbury. First Cong. Ch., 19.50; North Cong. Ch., 17; + Mrs. C. P. Churchill, 50c. 37.00 + Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. & Soc. 22.50 + + By C. B. Rice. Treas. Talladega C. Kensington, Cong. + Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid_, 25; Rockville, Mrs. E. E. + Wilson's Sab. Sch. Class 5, _for Girl's R. Room_; + South Britain, South Ch. Sab. Sch., Box Tools 30.00 + By Rev. W. C. Brooks, _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._; + Norfolk Cong. Ch. 33.45; Southington Cong. Ch., 15; + West Winsted, W. L. Camp, 5; Derby, Miss Sarah A. + Hotchkiss, 5; L. De Forest, 1; Bridgeport, Edward + Sterling, 5; Hebron, J. & Mary C. Porter, 2, _For + New Hall_; West Winsted, Miss Jennie L. Griswold, 10; + Plainville, Dea. A. N. Clark, 10 86.45 + ---------- + $2,194.17 + + New London. Estate of Lucretia Latimer, by John G. + Crump, Admr. 100.00 + ---------- + $2,294.17 + + +NEW YORK, $635.59. + + Alfred Centre. Mrs. I. F. Kenyon 5.00 + Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock 5.00 + Black Creek. Cong. Ch. 3.00 + Brentwood. E. F. Richardson, _for Berea C._ 15.00 + Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch., 162.04; "A Friend" 5; "A + Friend," 1 168.04 + Camden. "A Friend" 1.00 + Chauteaugay. Joseph Shaw 4.50 + Chittenango. Miss E. D. Starr .50 + Eden. Mrs. H. McNett 2.00 + Fillmore. L. L. Nourse 9.00 + Flushing. Cong. Ch., Case of C., _for Atlanta, Ga., + Storrs Sch._ + Galway. Delia C. Davis 5.00 + Gilbertsville. Rev. A. Wood 5.00 + Homer. Cong. Ch., 95.57; Mrs. Augusta Arnold, 5; F. F. + Pratt, 2 102.57 + Livonia. Mrs. Wm. Calvert 5.00 + Lockport. First Cong. Ch. 8.00 + Madrid. Cong. Ch. 3.43 + Mexico. Geo. G. French 10.00 + New Lebanon. By Mrs. C. W. Bacon, Bbl. and Box of C. + New York. J. S. Holt 20.00 + New York. Pilgrim Ch., bal. to const. DR. S. AUGDEN + HILLS, JOSEPH SILLIMAN and MRS. EMMA E. NESTELL L.M's, + _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 44.25 + New York. Mrs. H. B. Spelman, _for Student Aid, Atlanta + U._ 25.00 + New York, N. Y. Women's Home Miss'y Union, by Mrs. L. H. + Cobb, Treas., _for Missionary, Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00 + New York. Funk & Wagnalls, Pkg. Books, _for Macon, Ga._; + C. L. Mead, Trunk of C., _for Talladega Ala._ + North Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 2.54 + Oriskany. Mrs. Lovina Halsey 10.00 + Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 25.00 + Riverhead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.82 + Rochester. Plymouth Ch., 38.38; A. Hubregtse, 1.50 39.88 + Sag Harbor. Chas. N. Brown, to const. HARRIET A. BROWN, + L.M., _for Santee Agency_ 30.00 + Saratoga Springs. Mrs. Elizabeth T. Marvin 2.50 + Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 5.00 + Upper Aquebogue. Cong. Ch. 9.06 + Westmoreland. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.00 + West Winfield. Cong. Ch. 25.00 + By C. B. Rice, Treas. Talladega C. Homer, Miss Jennie + Stebbins, _for Student Aid_, 2.50; "Cong. Friends," + People's Cyclopedia, val. 14; "Cong. Friends," _for + Student Aid_, 10; Lockport, "A Friend," Box of C.; + Paris, Rev. Wm. E. Mather, _for Student Aid_, 1. 13.50 + + +NEW JERSEY, $514.69. + + Asbury Park. Ralph Tyler 2.50 + Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts 40.00 + Colt's Neck. Reformed Ch. 8.55 + Jersey City. First Cong. Ch. 97.45 + Montclair. Mrs. Pratt's S. S. Class, _for Student Aid, + Talladega C._ 6.00 + Newark. Belleville Ave. Cong. Ch., 59.89; J. H. + Denison, 30 89.89 + Salem. W. Graham Tyler 50.00 + Upper Montclair. Christian Union Cong. Ch. 201.25 + Woodbridge. First Cong. Ch. 19.05 + + +PENNSYLVANIA, $59.00. + + Centre Road. J. A. Scovel 5.00 + Mercer. Miss Sarah Pew 2.00 + North East. Miss C. A. Talcott 1.00 + Philadelphia. John Wanamaker, _for Lexington, Ky._ 1.00 + Philadelphia. American Sab. Sch. Union, Box Books, _for + Talladega C._ + Troy. Chas. C. Paine 50.00 + + +OHIO, $4,839.29. + + Alliance. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 6.00 + Andover. Cong. Ch. 8.29 + Belden. Cong. Ch. 3.43 + Bellefontaine. Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay 10.00 + Berea. J. S. Smedley 5.00 + Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch. 18.00 + Cincinnati. Mrs. B. E. Aydelott 5.00 + Cleveland. Euclid Av. Cong. Ch., 167.93, to const. MRS. + F. C. HOFFMAN, A. J. SMITH and WALTER KING L.M's; + Euclid Av. Cong. Ch., 69.50; J. J. Low, 5 242.43 + Eagleville. J. W. Sperry 1.50 + Gambier. J. S. Sawer. 5.00 + Geneva. Mrs. Samuel Kingsbury, 10; Mrs. Susan Webster, + 5 15.00 + Grafton. Cong. Ch. 3.30 + Harmar. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega_ 20.00 + Mansfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 278.73; Young + People's Miss'y Circle, 30.92; Woman's Benev. Soc., + 20.02; Children's Hour, 5; to const. MRS. HATTIE G. + BARKER, MRS. ELIZABETH L. MARSHALL, MRS. MARIE E. + RIDGEWAY, MRS. EMILY JENNER, MRS. MARY HURST, MRS. + ALICE F. GADSBY, MRS. M. M. FINK, MRS. LOUISA R. + CONSTANCE, MRS. MARY E. MCFARLAND and MRS. MARTHA H. + SMITH, L.M's 334.67 + Mineral Ridge. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 50.00 + Oberlin. Mrs. Dr. Siddall, _for Lexington, Ky._ 5.00 + Oberlin. Cong. Ch., Bbl of C., _for Atlanta, Ga., + Storrs Sch._ + Perrysburg. Rev. I. K. Deering .50 + South New Lyme. Mrs. J. Tuckerman, 2; "A Friend," 5 7.00 + Strongsville. E. Lyman 10.00 + Tallmadge. Hannah W. Carter 1.50 + Troy. Cong. Ch. 2.68 + Warrensville. Mrs. Mary Walkden 10.00 + Wellington. First Cong. Ch. 45.84 + West Andover. Cong. Ch. 13.15 + Willoughby. Florence A. Page, _for Tillotson C. and + N. Inst._ 10.00 + Zanesville. Mrs. M. A. Dunlap 1.00 + ---------- + $839.29 + +LEGACIES. + + Austinburg. Estate of L. B. Austin 1,000.00 + Cleveland. Estate of Sophronia Otis Lyman 3,000.00 + ---------- + $4,839.29 + + +ILLINOIS, $1,289.29. + + Albion. Mrs. Martha Skevington, 5; Dea. James + Greene, 5 10.00 + Alton. Chas. Phinney 20.00 + Aurora. New Eng. Cong. Ch. 30.80 + Barry. Lyndon Freeman 1.50 + Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. McKinney 10.00 + Carthage. Mrs. Elizabeth Bernethy 10.00 + Champaign. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for + Talladega C._ + Chicago. First Cong. Ch. 144.52 + Chicago. Ladies Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for + Missionary, Macon, Ga._ 89.00 + Chicago. Mrs. J. M. Baker and Others, N. E Ch., Bbl. + of C., _for Macon, Ga._ + Crystal Lake. Rev. Henry Willard 50.00 + Dover. Cong. Ch. 34.00 + Farmington. Phineas Chapman 50.00 + Galva. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 7.22 + Geneseo. "Busy Workers," _for Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 15.00 + Geneseo. Cong. Ch. 13.26 + Geneseo. 3 Bbls. of C. and 2 freight, _for Talladega C._ 2.00 + Hampton. Cong. Ch. 3.00 + Hinsdale. Rev. F. Bascom 10.00 + Jefferson. Cong. Ch. 12.00 + Lake Forest. Saml. Dent 1.00 + La Salle. "Christmas Gift from a Friend," _for + Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 100.00 + Mattoon. "Morning Glories," Cong. Ch., _for Student + Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 + Mendon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 14.60 + Morrison. Cong. Ch. ad'l. 5.00 + Oak Park. First Cong. Ch. 188.44 + Oak Park. Ladies' Aid Soc. Bbl. & Box C. Freight, + $4.20, _for Macon, Ga._ 4.20 + Oak Park. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Missionary, Austin, + Texas_ 1.00 + Odell. Cong. Ch. 53.00 + Payson. Cong. Ch. 12.20 + Peoria. Cong. Ch. 104.35 + Springfield. First Cong. Ch. to const. MRS. JENNIE POST + L.M. 34.20 + Waukegan. Cong. Ch. 7.00 + Western Springs. Sab. Sch., Box Books, etc., Freight 2, + _for Macon, Ga._ 2.00 + ---------- + $1,089.29 + + LEGACY. + + Paxton. Estate of Edwin Rice 200.00 + ---------- + $1,289.29 + + +MICHIGAN, $175.47. + + Battle Creek. Mrs. Eliza Williams 2.50 + Benzonia. Cong. Ch. 4.96 + Calumet. "A Friend" 25.00 + Detroit. Mrs. Jeremiah Porter, _for Straight U._ 4.00 + Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Ch. 10.51 + Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rev. J. H. H. + Sengstacke_ 40.00 + Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rev. J. J. H. + Sengstacke_ 10.00 + Greenville. Cong. Ch. 35.00 + Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett. 1.50 + Milford. Mrs. Wm. A. Arms 5.00 + Portland. C. D. Woodbury, _for Student Aid, Straight + U._ 25.00 + South Haven. C. T. Bryant 1.00 + Tecumseh. James Vincent 10.00 + Vermontville. O. P. Fay .50 + Whitehall. B. Hammond .50 + + +IOWA, $234.08. + + Davenport. W. N. McCandlish 10.00 + Des Moines. A. Y. Rawson 10.00 + Dubuque. Woman's Miss'y Soc. 25.00 + Gilman. Cong. Ch. 3.35 + Grinnell. By Ella E. Marsh, _for Missionary, New + Orleans, La._ 46.00 + Hawarden. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Kingsley. A. J. Brower 5.00 + Maquoketa. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl. C. and Box of + Bonnets, _for Straight U._ + Miles and Preston. Cong. Chs. 7.25 + Mitchell. Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Butler 20.00 + Montour. Cong. Ch. to const. DEA. GEORGE BLAKE L.M. 38.58 + Newburg. Cong. Ch. 6.25 + Onawa. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. 3.00 + Oskaloosa. S. R. Pettitt 2.00 + Rock Rapids. Rev. C. H. Morse 1.00 + Shenandoah. Cong. Ch. 9.15 + Tipton. Mrs. M. D. Clapp, 4; Mrs. J. M. L. Daniels, + 50c. 4.50 + Toledo. Two Bbls. of C., _for Straight U._ + By Mrs. G. W. Reynolds Asst. Sec. _For Missionary, New + Orleans, La._--Des Moines, Woman's Miss'y Soc. of + Plym. Ch., 30; Iowa City, "Little Gleaners" of Cong. + Ch., 5; Riceville, Ladies, 2; Chester Centre, Mrs. + Edward Fisher, 1 38.00 + + +WISCONSIN, $299.53. + + Appleton. Cong. Ch. Box S. S. Papers, _for Talladega C._ + Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., 43.17; First Cong. Ch., 12.74; + Y. M. C. A. of Beloit College, 1.20 57.11 + Berlin. Union Ch. 2.45 + Brandon. First Cong. Ch., 3 Boxes Books, etc., _for + Macon, Ga._ + Delavan. Rev. S. R. Wells 5.00 + Evansville. Cong. Ch. 30.22 + Green Bay. "Friends," by F. N. Dexter, Box Papers, etc., + _for Macon, Ga._ + La Crosse. Cong. Ch. 31.75 + Madison. First Cong. Ch. 100.00 + Madison. W. J. Park, 1 Sewing Machine and 4 Pkgs. Books, + etc., _for Macon, Ga._ + Monroe. Miss Frances A. Locke 5.00 + Ripon. First Cong. Ch., 57; Mrs. O. J. Wolcolt, 3 60.00 + Superior. Mrs. I. W. Gates 8.00 + + +MINNESOTA, $250.67. + + Alexandria. "A Friend" 3.00 + Audubon. Cong. Ch. 5.00 + Austin. Cong. Union Ch. 23.79 + Cottage Grove. Cong. Ch. 8.20 + Dassel. Cong. Ch. .46 + Faribault. Cong. Ch. 26.40 + Hawley. Union Ch. 4.28 + Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 2.45 + Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 46.60; Woman's Miss'y Soc. + of Vine Cong. Ch., 5 51.60 + Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 93.34 + Plainview. Cong. Ch. 7.15 + St. Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 + + +KANSAS, $22.50. + + Meriden. "A Friend" 12.50 + Topeka. Cong. Ch., 5; Tuition, 5 10.00 + + +MISSOURI, $25.00. + + Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. 25.00 + + +COLORADO, $10.80. + + Denver. First Cong. Ch. 5.80 + Fort Lewis. Mrs. J. B. Irvine 5.00 + + +NEBRASKA, $29.00. + + Tremont. Cong. Ch. 2.00 + Nebraska City. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch. 7.50 + "Otoe Co" ---- 19.50 + + +DAKOTA, $6.75. + + Huron. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Woman's Work_ 4.50 + Pierre. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Woman's Work_ 2.25 + + +CALIFORNIA, $5.00 + + Santa Barbara. Mary B. Van Winkle 5.00 + + +OREGON, $14.05. + + The Dalles. First Cong. Ch. 14.05 + + +DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $1,887.51. + + Washington. United States Government, _for Santee + Agency_ 1,887.51 + + +MARYLAND, $151.70. + + Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 150.70 + Federalsburg. John Manning 1.00 + + +KENTUCKY, $139.45. + + Berea. "Church at Berea" 8.00 + Lexington. Tuition 79.70 + Williamsburg. Tuition 51.75 + + +TENNESSEE, $761.87. + + Jellico. Tuition 7.75 + Jonesborough. Tuition 7.00 + Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch. 12.00 + Memphis. Tuition 282.05 + Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 445.57 + Nashville. Jackson St. Ch. 5.00 + Pleasant Hill. Mr. Wightman 2.50 + + +NORTH CAROLINA, $238.97. + + McLeansville. Cong. Ch. 9.32 + Wilmington. Tuition 219.65 + Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 10.00 + + +SOUTH CAROLINA, $317.00. + + Charleston. Tuition 317.00 + + + +GEORGIA, $724.17. + + Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 269.10 + Macon. Tuition, 175.85; Rent, 5.80 181.65 + Macon. Cong. Ch. 11.00 + McIntosh. Tuition 25.92 + Savannah. Tuition 186.50 + Savannah. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta + U._ 50.00 + + +ALABAMA, $236.65. + + Mobile. Tuition 200.25 + Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 15.00 + Selma. Cong. Ch. 16.40 + Talladega. "A Friend" _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 + + +FLORIDA, $5.00 + + Hawthorne. Mrs. J. E. Chadwick 5.00 + + +MISSISSIPPI, $103.50 + + Tougaloo. Tuition 103.50 + + +LOUISIANA, $294.00. + + New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 294.00 + + +TEXAS, $188.75. + + Austin. Tuition 188.75 + + +INCOMES, $1,807.50. + + Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 277.50 + De Forest Fund, _for President's Chair, Talladega C._ 375.00 + Dike and Hammond Fund 50.00 + Gen'l Clinton B. Fisk, Fund, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00 + General Fund 50.00 + Graves Scholarship Fund 125.00 + Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 125.00 + Income Fund, _for Straight U._ 20.00 + Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._ 50.00 + Luke Memorial Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 10.20 + N. M. & A. Stone Fund, _for Talladega C._ 25.00 + Theological Fund, _for Howard U._ 515.00 + Tuthill King Fund. 125 _for Atlanta U._; and 25 _for + Berea C. 150.00 + Yale Library Fund, _for Talladega C._ 4.80 + + +CANADA, $8.00. + + Montreal. Emmanuel Ch. 8.00 + + +SOUTH AFRICA, $5.00. + + Natal. Umtwalumi. Mrs. A. F. Wilder 5.00 + + +TURKEY AND BULGARIA, $50.00. + + Turkey and Bulgaria. Childrens Miss'y Soc., _for a + girl, Dakota Home, Santee Agency, Neb._ 50.00 + ----------- + + Total for November $26,611.27 + + Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 51,341.90 + =========== + + +FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. + + Subscriptions for December 299.79 + Previously acknowledged 102.68 + -------- + $402.47 + ======== + + H. W. HUBBARD, Treas., + 56 Reade Street, N. Y. + + * * * * * + +WANTS. + + +1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing +work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_ +contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong. + +2. 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