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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 35, No. 1, January, 1881 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: July 12, 2017 [EBook #55095] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JANUARY, 1881 *** - - - - -Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - - - - - - - - - - VOL. XXXV. NO. 1. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - JANUARY, 1881. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - SALUTATION—FINANCIAL 1 - PARAGRAPHS 2 - RETIRING FROM BUSINESS—WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT—ARTHINGTON - MISSION 3 - MORE MISSIONARIES—THE GOSPEL WAY 4 - WEEKLY OFFERINGS—OBJECTION CONSIDERED: Rev. Geo. Harris 5 - A FEW WORDS TO THE CHURCHES 6 - DISCUSSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 7 - WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN: Miss Mary E. Sawyer 9 - BENEFACTIONS 12 - GENERAL NOTES—Africa, Indians, Chinese 13 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 15 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - THE “CENTRAL SOUTH”: Pres. G. F. Magoun, D. D. 16 - SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON—“Tannerism” in Church - Work—Charm of Old Songs 18 - GEORGIA—Atlanta University 19 - GEORGIA—Georgia Conference 20 - ALABAMA—Visit to Marion 21 - TENNESSEE—Revival at Memphis 22 - - - THE CHINESE. - - LETTERS FROM PUPILS 23 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - CHRISTMAS GIFT LIKE BELL BENNET’S: Mrs. T. N. Chase 25 - - - RECEIPTS 28 - - - AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 32 - - * * * * * - - - 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, - - 56 READE STREET, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - - PRESIDENT. - - HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. - - - VICE-PRESIDENTS. - - Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio. - Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis. - Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass. - Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me. - Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct. - WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I. - Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D. D., Mass. - Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I. - Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I. - Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. J. - Rev. EDWARD BEECHER, D. D., N. Y. - Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill. - Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C. - Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La. - HORACE HALLOCK, Esq., Mich. - Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H. - Rev. EDWARD HAWES, D. D., Ct. - DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio. - Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt. - SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Minn. - Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. - Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon. - Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa. - Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill. - EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H. - Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct. - Rev. W. L. GAGE, D. D., Ct. - A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio. - Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn. - Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California. - Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon. - Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C. - Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis. - S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass. - Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa. - Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct. - Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct. - Sir PETER COATS, Scotland. - Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng. - WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y. - J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass. - E. A. GRAVES, Esq., N. J. - Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill. - DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct. - A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass. - Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y. - FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt. - JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R. I. - Rev. E. P. GOODWIN, D. D., Ill. - Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo. - J. W. SCOVILLE, Esq., Ill. - E. W. BLATCHFORD, Esq., Ill. - C. D. TALCOTT, Esq., Ct. - Rev. JOHN K. MCLEAN, D. D., Cal. - Rev. RICHARD CORDLEY, D. D., Kansas. - Rev. W. H. WILLCOX, D. D., Mass. - Rev. G. B. WILLCOX, D. D., Ill. - Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D. D., N. Y. - Rev. GEO. M. BOYNTON, Mass. - Rev. E. B. WEBB, D. D., Mass. - Hon. C. I. WALKER, Mich. - Rev. A. H. ROSS, Mich. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. - REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_. - - H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - - ALONZO S. BALL, - A. S. BARNES, - C. T. CHRISTENSEN, - H. L. CLAPP, - CLINTON B. FISK, - ADDISON P. FOSTER, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - A. J. HAMILTON, - SAMUEL HOLMES, - CHARLES A. HULL, - EDGAR KETCHUM, - CHAS. L. MEAD, - SAMUEL S. MARPLES, - WM. T. PRATT, - J. A. SHOUDY, - JOHN H. WASHBURN. - - -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. C. C. PAINTER, 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. - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXV. JANUARY, 1881. NO. 1. - - * * * * * - - - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -SALUTATION. - -We know of no Society that has more occasion for expressing -cheerful congratulations than the American Missionary Association; -and we wish its patrons and workers a thankful and prosperous Happy -New Year. - -By the merciful blessing of God and the prayerful liberality of -His people, we have been sustained in our work. The number of our -pupils has multiplied. The Holy Spirit has been poured out upon -our churches. A great improvement in public sentiment South has -been witnessed. Questions relating to the policy of the government -have been settled. We have escaped the bondage of debt, and, better -still, have received a munificent gift for additional school -facilities, and, like the prophet of Israel, are ready to exclaim, -“The God of Heaven, He will prosper us, therefore we, His servants, -will arise and build.” - -Our missionaries and teachers at home and abroad have been spared -and blessed abundantly. Let us rejoice, but not stop in our work. -Our best joys spring forth from busiest toil. The work before us is -great—greater than ever. - -We are called most encouragingly to stand on our Western shores, -and in the name of Christ to welcome the Chinaman. We bear good -tidings amidst ice and snow in the Northland to the American -Indian. Kansas utters a voice for her Freedmen refugees; while -the sunny South, we believe, has almost passed its winter of -discontent. Seed time, with more favoring skies, is right upon us; -and Africa—land of shadows, land of trouble and wrong—from her vast -domains is stretching out her hand for our Freedmen to come over -and help. There is no quarter of the globe where the principles -we advocate are not wanted. The millennial year rushes on to our -view. It is a question of prayer—a question of sacrifice and -thanksgiving—a question of the patience of hope and the labor of -love. - -God grant us all a preparation for the hour and all its -possibilities. - - * * * * * - - -FINANCIAL. - -The receipts in our treasury for the two months of the present -fiscal year (Oct. and Nov.) are $29,258.57, as against $26,577.05 -for the corresponding months of last year, showing an increase -of $2,681.52, and are gratifying as a response to our appeal for -enlargement, made at our annual meeting at Norwich. Never before -was such an appeal of ours met in a more business-like way than -at that meeting. There was no hasty vote calling for large sums -of money the coming year, but a discriminating examination, and a -strong setting forth in reports and addresses of the great need -of enlargement. We have since ventured to suggest twenty-five per -cent. of an advance over last year. This is indeed inadequate to -the pressing and increasing claims made upon us by the wants of the -field, but it will be a great relief. The advance as shown in these -two months is but nine per cent. We are persuaded that a thoughtful -purpose on the part of pastors, churches and individual friends -will easily secure the larger percentage. - - * * * * * - -The story we publish in our children’s department, by Mrs. T. N. -Chase, is worthy of a word of explanation. The account she gives of -the Georgia colored school-teacher, her efforts for a school-house -and for the education of her sister, is strictly true; but as Mrs. -Chase wrote before Christmas, she was obliged to anticipate a -little. The fact is, the girl never got the $300, which Mrs. Chase -says, in a note to us, is needful for the school-house alone. We -see no way out of the difficulty now, unless some good Christian -mothers will send us the sum named. If they will do this, we will -warrant there will be more than a large school of colored children -who will believe that Mrs. Chase’s narrative is a very good one. -And what would Mrs. Chase think to get $300 for her story? - - * * * * * - -President Fairchild of Berea, Ky., in a private letter, gives -a very interesting account of a convention of the Young Men’s -Christian Association at Bowling Green. Two Berea students, one -white and the other colored, attended the meeting, and gave a -report of the proceedings on their return. It appears that both -were welcomed by the Association, while Mr. Titus, the colored -man, was treated with marked attention, many taking pains to make -his acquaintance. The feature of chief interest at the meeting was -the discussion of questions relating to the religious education of -the Freedmen. Mr. Titus was urged to assist in the organization -of Christian Associations among the colored people in Louisiana. -The tone of the meeting was exceedingly favorable. Pres. Fairchild -concludes as follows: “A glorious time for work in the South is -just before us.” - - * * * * * - -It is said that the tendency now is for the few to give largely, -while the gifts of the churches, as such, are less. Sad, if true. -The recent large gifts of the generous few are as gratifying as -they are surprising. They are one of the hopeful signs of the -substantial growth of Christian liberality and consecration. But -if they are to be purchased by the drying up of the charities -of the many, it is in the end no boon, for woe to the churches -when they do not share in giving, even to the widow’s mite, for -the spread of the Gospel. A piety that delegates its charities -and self-sacrifices to the few will die. Such a state of affairs -is like the Sahara of parching sands with a few green oases, as -compared with the fertile and well cultivated lands where each -spear of grass and blade of corn does its part towards the golden -and abundant harvest. - - * * * * * - - -RETIRING FROM BUSINESS. - -It is a debated question whether a man should retire from business -when he has accumulated a competency. On the one hand, tired -nature pleads for rest, and on the other it is claimed that the -retired man is not only useless, but unhappy. A gentleman gave us -the other day what seems to be the true solution—and the charm -of his plan is that he is carrying it out in his own case. It is -that the wealthy man while still active, should retire from his -secular business and give himself to efficient service in mission -and charitable organizations, and in Christian work for the poor, -and the advancement of Christ’s kingdom. There is wide room for -such workers. We venture to say that among those most efficient on -mission, college and charitable boards in this country are such -men, and there is need of many more. A still larger share of the -reliable members of such boards are men yet in active life, whose -business will not permit them to devote the time needed to the most -efficient service in charitable work. The man who has accumulated -his fortune, or at least his competence, has also accumulated an -amount of experience and practical knowledge that would be of -immense value in Christian work. Is it not, then, wise to retire -from work, and yet work? The change would be rest and usefulness. - - * * * * * - - -WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. - -We have received many cheering words since our Annual Meeting at -Norwich, through the press and by letters from the long-tried -friends of this Association. - -The following, from our honored Vice President, Col. G. C. Hammond, -is a good illustration of the appreciative and hopeful tone -exhibited by the many of those who give bountifully and prayerfully -for our work. - -“Dear Brother: I was anxious to be at your anniversary at Norwich, -and disappointed that my health prevented. You may well suppose -with what relish I have devoured the last ‘Missionary.’ I feel -constrained to write you a word of congratulation, not intended -to tax your valuable time for a reply, but to assure you that, -so far as I can judge, the papers presented to you at that -time, and now printed, by far exceed any heretofore presented -within my recollection. The obstacles that lie in your path, the -encouragement to work, and the plans and principles which govern -the Association in their labors, are laid down so plainly, and so -commend themselves to the appreciation of Christians, that it would -seem that means must flow into the treasury in no stinted measure. -But, alas, how true it is that the love of money shuts out even -from Christian souls the just appreciation of the Saviour’s claims. -My prayer is that God will, by His spirit, make His children -appreciate the great joy of giving. How much they would gain by -liberal giving!” - - * * * * * - - -ARTHINGTON MISSION—A SIGNIFICANT ANSWER TO PRAYER. - -It will be remembered by our readers that a little more than a year -since, the Executive Committee of this Association voted that on -receipt of £3,000 from Mr. Arthington and a like amount from the -British public, raised through the efforts of Dr. O. H. White, -it would undertake the establishment of a new mission in Eastern -Africa. Dr. White has been laboring patiently with fair success, -and from present indications we judge he will be able to secure the -balance needful during the coming season. - -The following extract from a recent letter from him is very -significant. “A gentleman in London, who heard me preach six months -ago in Scotland, came to our office and said, ‘I will give £100 to -your Arthington Mission on condition that some other person will -give another £100.’ So I went in to find the person. After seeing -some, and writing to others, I found a man who also heard me in -Edinburgh, and he gave the £100. I then saw the first man and told -him I had the money, and he said, ‘I will not give in the money -just now, but I will pledge another £100 on the same condition.’ -But I had called on so many in the past year, that really I did not -know which way to turn. So I laid the case before God, and had in -that connection the most _direct answer_ ever given to me. - -“The very next day a lady came to the office and said, ‘I felt all -the afternoon yesterday that I ought to go to London and give you -£100 for the proposed new mission, and here it is.’ It was a £100 -bank-note. I asked her name, that I might write a receipt. She said -‘No.’ I said ‘Give me your initials.’ She said ‘No, put it down to -“a friend,” and you may see me again.’ So when the London gentleman -pays in his £200 we shall have £400.” - - * * * * * - - -MORE MISSIONARIES—THE GOSPEL WAY. - -There never before was a time when the openings for missionary -endeavors were so abundant. Barriers which formerly opposed, have -been broken down almost everywhere. In many places there is some -condition of things that invites the Gospel directly or indirectly. - -This is notable on the Pacific coast, where the Chinese are so -eager to learn English that they are more than ready to use -the Bible as a textbook. Nor are the Chinese peculiar in this. -Knowledge of the English language is equal to a competency in other -lands, and the Bible can be freely used in teaching it. - -Commerce has also removed many barriers; and what is of equal -importance, it has necessitated the building of ships, the -construction of railroads, the laying out of highways in the -desert, and a telegraph for every quarter of the globe. The press -has done its share of work as well. Through it, intelligence has -penetrated almost to the remotest bounds of heathendom. All these -things have made way for more missionaries. To this it must be -added that the increase of missionary organizations and the natural -development of their operations, all multiply the demand for more -men to run to and fro throughout the world, heralding the tidings -of joy unto all people. - -Still another barrier has been virtually removed. Once _money_ was -lacking, but now the church of Christ has the means needful to -send forth all the men that the new condition of things demands. -Not that the wealth is yet consecrated, but it is in possession, -and by the simplest gift of grace from the Lord of the harvest, it -will be forthcoming when required. The men have also been raised -up. They have not enlisted, but they have been trained. The records -of our colleges show now, and have shown, an increased number of -students as the years go by. New colleges have been springing up -over the country, until the list can be reckoned by scores and -hundreds. From these classic halls armies of men march forth, -brave, sacrificing, full of life and hope, fitted for missionary -endeavors, and able—God helping them—to capture the world for -Christ. - -There is neither lack of opportunity, money or men for the domain -of missions. The trouble is that the men and the means have not -as yet been transferred. There is some one thing lacking which no -human power can supply. - -It is a question of _disposition_ on the part of those who hold the -wealth, and of the men fitted for the service. God only is able to -deal with this question of disposition successfully. He can do it, -and we can help. - -This brings us directly to our part in the work. How we are to -do it is no mystery. Our Saviour has pointed to us the way—“Pray -ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth -laborers into His harvest.” Our call is a call to prayer. That -is the one thing lacking. Not that no prayers are offered, but -that, as yet, the prayers of God’s people for this object are not -sufficiently abundant. The church has not qualified itself to pray -as it ought, by right living. More Godly sincerity, more humility, -more faith, more charity, are needful to elevate the tone of piety -in the Church, until its prayers shall lay hold on the promises, -with a power that God himself has already rendered irresistible. -Then He will send forth the laborers into His harvest. Then the -money and the men for the grandest and most complete missionary -enterprises will be lifted from their moorings amidst worldliness, -and transported, freely, graciously, from sea to sea, and up -the rivers to the ends of the earth. In these days, when we -are especially reminded of the advent of Him who came to bring -good tidings of great joy for all people; when we solemnly and -joyfully set apart a week for prayer; in these days when the great -heart-beatings of those who manage our missionary organizations -find vent only in unceasing calls for more missionaries, it is a -great relief—indeed, a rest and assurance—to follow right on in the -Gospel way. - -Already the day has dawned, and as we pray, joining with the angels -and the heavenly host, deep calling unto deep, over against the -prayer we are taught to utter will follow the certain interrogation -from the Captain of our salvation, which answers itself, lovingly, -royally and sufficiently: “Whom shall I send and who will go for -us?” - - * * * * * - - -WEEKLY OFFERINGS—AN OBJECTION CONSIDERED. - -REV. GEO. HARRIS, PROVIDENCE. R. I. - -It is objected to the system of weekly offerings, that it -practically does away with the presentation from the pulpit of the -claims of our missionary societies. The objection is not a serious -one, and serves only to show that the real difficulty lies further -back than the method of giving. It proceeds on the assumption -that in churches where occasional collections are taken, sermons -are preached annually by the pastor or by the secretaries on the -claims of all the principal societies. This is not true. There -are very few churches, with whatever methods of giving, where -sermons are frequently heard on missionary subjects. The objection -assumes that under the system of weekly offerings sermons are not -and cannot profitably be preached on the claims of our missionary -societies. This, also, is not true. In these churches such sermons -are sometimes preached, and may be very effective, taking the years -together. - -The objection assumes that people are to be interested in missions -chiefly by listening to frequent discourses on the subject, while -the truth is, that preaching is only one method among others. The -real difficulty, I have said, lies further back than the particular -method of giving which may be used by a church. The difficult thing -is to produce an intelligent and sustained interest in Christian -work beyond local limits. This difficulty has been felt for years -and cannot be met by simply making public appeals from time to -time. There are various methods which may be employed with some -success under any system of giving, but which will leave much to -be done anywhere. It should be well understood, first of all, that -it is the duty, not of secretaries, but of pastors, to keep the -people alive to the progress of Christ’s kingdom in the world. The -first condition is, that pastors be well informed about missionary -enterprises and deeply in sympathy with them. If it were certain -that the pastors know the progress and plans of missions, and that -they are really solicitous to remove the ignorance and apathy of -the people, the battle would be more than half won. Now, when the -pastor has an intelligent interest in missions at home and abroad, -the following suggestions may be useful: - -A sermon devoted to this subject may be preached occasionally, and -the preacher may enrich sermons on other subjects by illustrations -from the multiform conditions and incidents of missionary work, -and thus accomplish two objects at the same time. But the second -service, which should be devoted to instruction rather than -persuasion, may frequently become a missionary meeting. - -The prayers of the pastor may be made more effective for missions -than his sermons. If he makes mention in his prayers of the -servants of Christ who are toiling among the heathen, or the -Freedmen, or the Western settlers, and prays, not with a tedious -enumeration, but with fervor and definiteness, he will put missions -on the hearts of the people. What has a place frequently in our -prayers has a place in our sympathies. Yet how often the petitions -of public worship are confined to the boundaries of the parish. - -Something may be done by increasing the circulation of missionary -magazines. Let the annual contribution make as many life members as -possible, to whom these publications will be sent. - -Thus there are various means to be used in the interest of -missionary work. What is needed is the flavor of missions in -the life of the churches, the vision of Christ’s kingdom kept -continually before the imagination and faith of the people, the -proportions of the local, not magnified into excessive size, but -brought into true harmony with the greatness of our Redeemer’s -work for the race. Not all people can be aroused into interest for -missionary work by any methods; whatever the zeal of the pastor, -some indifference will remain. But if he has the missionary spirit, -he will not be contented with an occasional preaching. He will -determine the tone of worship and the direction of all endeavors -by his enlarged view of God’s plan for the redemption of men. New -suggestions, allusions, illustrations and prayers will swell the -current of sympathy for missions, and increase contributions under -any method of giving. - -But, at all events, if the pastor thinks it wise to preach on the -subject, or introduce a Secretary when collections are to be taken, -there is no reason why he may not pursue the same course when -pledges of money are made only once a year. - - * * * * * - - -A FEW WORDS TO THE CHURCHES. - -It is customary for our District Secretaries at this season to -send to the churches letters and circulars containing statements -of receipts and appeals for future co-operation. We give below -extracts from circulars issued from our offices at Boston and -Chicago, commending them as pertinent, timely, and fitted to -provoke unto love and good works. - -The following comes from Secretary Woodworth: - - The battle for the Republic and her institutions will be fought - _in the South_; and for the simple reason that the battle will be - fought where the causes of the battle exist, and the principles - which underlie our free institutions encounter most of opposition - and danger. - - And this battle for the foundations of the Republic, and for the - administration of every public right and interest, is now upon - us. The war itself involved no graver questions, and called for - no higher style of patriotic sacrifice and zeal. Every appliance - of Christian education and of moral power must be enlisted to - uplift the people and unify the nation; and for this work the - time favors. For four years, at least, we have an open course; - the political signs are more auspicious; and we may hope to _push - far ahead_ the forces of intellectual and moral regeneration. - - The colored people are intensely loyal to the rule of majorities; - they believe, heart and soul, in those who broke their chains; - they accept their principles, and receive joyfully the lessons - of their teachers and their preachers. With them we can build - up free schools, Christian churches and homes, and plant and - develop the seeds and forces which have their type and prophecy - in Plymouth Rock. Now is our time. - - Arm them with a true manhood; educate them into a true knowledge - of their duties to God and to man, and they will bring peace and - strength to our land, now threatened with storm and wreck, and - prepare the way for the redemption of the Dark Continent itself. - -Secretary Powell’s appeal concludes with special requests, inviting -immediate attention. He says: - - The Executive Committee ask for an increase of twenty-five per - cent. this coming year to the contributions from churches and - individuals. - - 1. If your Church has not yet made a contribution to the American - Missionary Association during the year, will you please ask them - to do so before the year ends? - - 2. When your Church reviews the benevolence of the past year, and - plans for the next, will you please see to it that the A. M. A. - is placed on the list of causes for which contributions are to be - made, and that the time of year when the contribution is to be - taken is chosen with a full view of the great importance of our - work? The time of year selected often makes all the difference - between a large and a small contribution. - - 3. At the monthly concert will you please plan so that the work - of the A. M. A. will have a place in the prayer and thought of - your people, and that some field or branch of our work shall be - reported? The despised races of America, and those who, in great - self-denial, privation, and sometimes opposition, labor for them, - should not be forgotten when God’s people meet to pray for the - conversion of the world. - - 4. Will pastors please arrange so that at some time during the - year they will preach a sermon to their people on the work of the - A. M. A.? The November number of THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY will be - found rich in fact and suggestion for such a discourse. The theme - will prove to be of great interest both to preacher and hearer. - - 5. Will you endeavor to enlarge the circle of the readers of our - monthly magazine, THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY? - - Specimen copies in any number will be sent you free if you so - request. The Magazine gives reliable information respecting our - work, and notices the current events that relate to the welfare - and progress of the races for whom we labor. It will be found a - helpful factor in the development of an intelligent, patriotic - and tender piety to the membership of the churches. - - May we not confidently look for the co-operation of every one - into whose hand this appeal comes to make certain that the - increase asked for by our Executive Committee shall be secured? - Plan for it, pray for it, talk about it, interest others in it, - and don’t forget to _give_ for it. - - * * * * * - - -DISCUSSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. - -We rejoice in the continued agitation of the Indian problem. It -is only under the shelter of popular indifference that wrong -and revenge become the order of the day—with murders, wars and -boundless expense. Under “the sunlight of publicity” the wrongs -are detected and the remedies are projected and applied. Just -now we are favored with three valuable papers on this subject. -In the first place we have the report of the Committee of Indian -Affairs, giving a very encouraging statement of the progress of the -Indians in the arts of civilization. We have next the elaborate -report of Hon. Carl Schurz, Secretary of the Interior, in which, -with a frankness as rare as it is commendable, he acknowledges the -change of views and policy of the Administration in relation to -Indian affairs. He then with great clearness outlines its present -policy, and takes occasion to speak minutely of the case of the -Poncas. The injustice done to them in their original removal from -Dakota is admitted, but it is also clear to him that it “would -be contrary, alike to their own interests and to those of the -country at large, to remove them from their present homes. This -conclusion is arrived at by reason of various considerations, such -as the fact that their present condition in the Indian Territory is -prosperous; that they do not themselves want to return North, and -also because if they are removed back to Dakota, the other Northern -Indians now in the Indian Territory would be made restless with a -desire to follow their example. This would, in all probability, -result in an extensive evacuation of the Indian Territory, and of -that part of it which contains the lands coveted by the intruders, -and which lands are held against them on the ground that they are -reserved for Indian settlement. It is obvious,” says the Secretary, -“that the evacuation by the Indians of the region held for Indian -settlement, and defended on that very ground against intruders, -would be apt greatly to encourage and stimulate the projects of -invasion, which, although repeatedly repelled, are pursued by -evil-disposed persons with persistent activity.” The last of these -papers is the President’s message, in which he endorses and briefly -recapitulates the views of the Secretary of the Interior in regard -to the Indians. We clip from this a few paragraphs presenting the -attitude of the Administration: - -“It gives me great pleasure to say that our Indian affairs appear -to be in a more hopeful condition now than ever before. The -Indians have made gratifying progress in agriculture, herding and -mechanical pursuits. The introduction of the freighting business -among them has been remarkably fruitful of good results, in -giving many of them congenial and remunerative employment, and -in stimulating their ambition to earn their own support. Their -honesty, fidelity and efficiency as carriers are highly praised. -The organization of a police force of Indians has been equally -successful in maintaining law and order upon the reservations, -and in exercising a wholesome moral influence among the Indians -themselves. - -“Much care and attention has been devoted to the enlargement of -educational facilities for the Indians. The means available for -this important object have been very inadequate. A few additional -boarding-schools at Indian agencies have been established, and -the erection of buildings has been begun for several more, but an -increase of the appropriations for this interesting undertaking is -greatly needed to accommodate the large number of Indian children -of school age. The number offered by their parents from all parts -of the country for education in the Government schools is much -larger than can be accommodated with the means at present available -for that purpose. The number of Indian pupils at the Normal School -at Hampton. Va., under the direction of General Armstrong, has been -considerably increased, and their progress is highly encouraging. -The Indian School established by the Interior Department in 1879, -at Carlisle, Pa., under the direction of Captain Pratt, has been -equally successful. It has now nearly 200 pupils of both sexes, -representing a great variety of the tribes east of the Rocky -Mountains. The pupils in both these institutions receive not -only an elementary English education, but are also instructed in -house-work, agriculture and useful mechanical pursuits. - -“The interest shown by Indian parents, even among the so-called -wild tribes, in the education of their children, is very gratifying, -and gives promise that the results accomplished by the efforts now -making will be of lasting benefit. - -“I concur with the Secretary of the Interior in expressing the -earnest hope that Congress will at this session take favorable -action on the bill providing for the allotment of lands on the -different reservations in severalty to the Indians, with patents -conferring fee-simple title inalienable for a certain period, and -the eventual disposition of the residue of the reservations, for -general settlement, with the consent and for the benefit of the -Indians, placing the latter under the equal protection of the laws -of the country. This measure, together with a vigorous prosecution -of our educational efforts, will work the most important and -effective advance toward the solution of the Indian problem, in -preparing for the gradual merging of our Indian population in the -great body of American citizenship.” - -We have never doubted the honest purpose of President Hayes’ -Administration to deal justly and wisely with the Indian problem, -and the plan it now proposes must meet the approbation of all -good citizens. The great question still remains: How far will the -Nation insist on the necessary legislation by Congress to carry -out these plans? It is in this point of view that we hail with -gratification the continued agitation of the subject, even if it -should involve differences of opinion among the warmest friends -of the Indians. And there are such differences. For example, it -is said that the claim of great improvement among the Indians, as -shown in their making demand for lands in severalty, and in their -progress in agricultural industries, is mere rhetoric, for it has -been repeated over and over again for years, in the reports of the -Indian Department. “Fine words butter no parsnips” for the Indian, -any more than for the white man. Give to the Indian his patents and -secure to him his rights. The _doing of it_ is the thing demanded. - -Then, too, Mr. Tibbles and Bright Eyes are still on the war -path, with a following so earnest and respectable as to command -attention. We do not pronounce on the justice of their claim, but -we do welcome the agitation. The great thing to be dreaded is the -relegation of the Indian question to indifference and neglect. It -has many aspects, and its permanent and righteous settlement is the -immediate and imperative duty of the nation. - - * * * * * - - -WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN. - -MISS MARY E. SAWYER. - -A Paper read at the Women’s Meeting, held in connection with the -Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association at Norwich, -Ct. - -Before every Southern teacher to whom comes the opportunity of -presenting this cause, so dear to us, to the Christian women of the -North, two pictures rise. - -Looking upon the one, you would shrink back in dismay, wondering -if it be not hopeless to try and illumine a darkness so gloomy, -to raise a class so utterly buried in ignorance, superstition -and sin. But, could we turn to you the other view, show the work -done, acquaint you with the trials, the sacrifices, the glorious -victories over fiery temptations, the patient continuance in -well-doing in the face of obstacles almost insurmountable, then, -indeed, you might be tempted to take the other extreme and feel -that missionaries are hardly needed among a people whose Christian -record shines brighter than our own. So, coming as pledged -witnesses before you to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing -but the truth, we shrink from the vastness of the undertaking, for -while exactly fulfilling the last requirement and telling nothing -but the truth, we keenly realize the many contradictions, and know -that the whole truth cannot be told in a single hour—can never, -indeed, be fully known till seen in the light of eternity. - -We read of nations with no word for home. Come through the cabins -of the South and you will find not the name but the reality -wanting. You will not find there any incentive or help to personal -modesty, any retirement or any sense of impropriety in the state of -things. From these influences and homes many of our girls come to -us with minds and characters such as might be expected from such -surroundings. We sometimes speak of them as _children_, but the -comparison is hardly just. Never do I realize more keenly their -deprivations than after talking with Northern children—little -children whose precocity, to one fresh from the South, seems -almost alarming, suggestive of brain fevers and early death. From -babyhood their wits have been quickened by contact with other and -mature minds, their many questions wisely answered till they have -_absorbed_ knowledge enough to be intelligent companions before -their so-called education begins. But put them in the place of -the colored children, remove all books, all papers, all pictures, -let them have no knowledge of the outside world, let all their -questions be addressed to people as ignorant as themselves, and you -will find the youth of sixteen far behind the child of six. - -To many of the girls, entering school is like entering a new world. -They sit for the first time in their lives at a well ordered table, -utterly at a loss as to the proper manner of conducting themselves. -The refined manners of the older students bewilder them. - -The door of a teacher’s room is suddenly and unceremoniously thrown -open, and two or three girls march silently before her to the -fire, and standing with vacant faces by its warmth, are perfectly -unconscious of any impropriety in such a mode of entrance, or of -the need of a single word of explanation. It is no uncommon thing -for a girl to throw herself, fully dressed, on the outside of her -freshly-made bed and there pass the night, having no conception of -properly undressing and going to bed. - -Our school work, then, includes much more than one would at first -imagine. Each girl has some part in the household work, and must -be taught the neatest, quickest and best method of doing it. This -does not mean once showing, but careful, patient oversight for -days and weeks. Her room, clean and tidy, when given her, must be -kept in the same condition, and this necessitates very frequent -and very thorough inspection, till she at length comprehends fully -that a hasty use of the broom, leaving the sweepings under the bed -or behind the door, a scrambling up of all loose articles into one -pile on the closet floor, or a set of drawers with finger marks -outside and a motley collection of clean and dirty clothing within, -will not satisfy the requirement. - -The same care is exercised over her person; clean, whole clothing, -well-kept hair and thorough bathing transform her outwardly, while -the loud, boisterous tones, the coarse expressions, the uncouth -manners are toned and softened by constant care. - -Sewing, in which they are woefully deficient, receives due -attention, and girls whose hands can manage a plough or a cotton -bag much more easily than they can hold a needle, become at the -end of the course very nice seamstresses, whose work would rejoice -the hearts of the advocates of hand sewing. In these classes, -besides plain sewing of every description, the girls are taught -patching and darning, and the cutting and putting together of -garments, and in at least one of the colleges, each girl who -graduates must leave behind a garment cut and made entirely by -herself, as a specimen of her skill. - -A few minutes daily are spent in giving the assembled school a -brief summary of the important items of news in the great outside -world, and more or less time is devoted to plain talks on practical -matters, manners, morals and care of the health,—the last a -subject, by the way, with which they seem wholly unacquainted, and -which the girls especially need to become familiar with. Dress -reform in two directions needs to be impressed upon them, as the -uncouth garb of the girls from the woods, and the thin slippers, -cheap finery, powder, paint and corsets laced to the last verge of -human endurance donned by the city girls, bear testimony. - -But this is not all. These girls are sent to us to be trained for -Christ, and knowing the utter folly of attempting to build up -a pure, noble womanhood on any other foundation than Christian -principle, we try by all our system and watchfulness and oversight -to establish them in this, earnestly praying the Master to send -from on high that blessing without which all our labors will be -nothing worth. - -Have you never in some late Spring watched the brown leaf-buds, as -day after day they seemed to remain unchanged, till you were tired -of waiting for the fulfilment of their promise? And do you remember -your joyful surprise when, leaving them thus at night you woke to -find the whole tree aglow with the fresh, tiny bits of color from -the bursting buds? So we feel often as we wake to realize that the -rough, awkward girl who came to us has developed into the quiet, -refined Christian woman, leaving us for her life work. Nor are we -the only ones to see the transformation. - -“I am looking to see what kind of a woman you are,” said a child to -one of the Talladega students as she opened her log cabin school in -the pine wood. “You look to me like a white lady.” The teacher’s -face was of the most pronounced African type, and black as ebony, -but her quiet dignity and refined manner excited the child’s wonder -and elicited the unconscious compliment. - -As teachers, these girls carry the missionary spirit with them, -and feeling their responsibility, open Sunday-schools and engage -in temperance work as surely as they begin their day schools. Into -the cabins they carry, as far as may be, a regard for neatness, -order, and those little adornments which make home what it is. -Happy the young colored minister who wins one of them for his wife, -thus establishing a home which shall supplement his sermons and -act as leaven in the homes of his people. More than one graduate -of the colored theological seminaries is gravely hampered in his -usefulness by an ignorant, careless wife. As one frankly expressed -the matter to a brother minister, “My wife is more trouble to me -than all my work put together.” And in thus training our girls to -be careful, efficient housewives, we know we may be moulding not -them alone, nor their immediate households, but the whole community -of women over whom, as ministers’ wives and the most thoroughly -educated women, they will exert a powerful influence. - -But we have deeply felt the need of more direct and personal -influence over the women. The work of the school needs to be -supplemented by that of the missionary: mother and daughter must -work together for the best result. But the teacher had little time -after the school duties were performed, and the lady missionaries -so sorely longed for, were very few in number. Why not, then, work -through our tried colored helpers? The description of the way this -has been done in other States I leave to those whose experience -is wider than my own. In Alabama, we have a “Woman’s Missionary -Association,” holding annual meetings in connection with the State -conference of churches, and having auxiliary societies in these -several churches. The colored women who compose these societies -have heartily and faithfully assumed the duties devolving upon -them, and helping others have themselves been helped. - -The work done is varied, no rigid plan being laid down. Sewing -classes for the women and girls, prayer-meetings for the mothers, -Bible-readings, visiting from house to house, bearing food and -medicine for the sick, clothing for the destitute, and comfort -and sympathy for all, health talks—than which nothing can be more -needed,—literary societies to develop their untrained minds, -foreign missionary meetings to broaden their sympathies; all these -and other ways of working for the Lord are reported at their last -meeting. In April, for the first time, this annual meeting was -visited by several white Southern ladies. Our surprise at their -coming was only equalled by their amazement at the revelations. - -“You put our ladies to the blush,” said one. “You are far ahead of -us in Christian work.” - -“Only to think,” exclaimed another as she listened to the carefully -prepared papers and systematic reports,—“Only to think that we have -kept such women as these in slavery!” - -There are bright, promising girls all over the South, who, to make -just such women as these, need only your help. You cannot leave -your home duties to go yourself to them, but you can provide the -means by which they may be fitted to act as your substitutes among -their people. “Ten times one is ten,” you know, and the girl to -whom you lend a hand may win many more souls into the kingdom. They -stand to-day on the border: your arm lifting, they will come into -power and usefulness: your heart closed to them, they will sink -back into the old life. There must be many in this room to-day who -have aided this work by gifts dearer to them than their own lives. -Does not the scene come back to you, when through blinding tears -you looked for the last time on brother or husband or son, as for -love of God and country the dear ones marched away to find a grave -beneath the Southern skies? They rest from their labors. It remains -for us, for their dear sake, to see that this work they so nobly -begun shall be as honorably carried on. - -Doubtless the Lord could perfect this work without our aid, but He -has chosen to entrust it to our keeping. And with every instinct -of humanity, every impulse of patriotism, every principle of -Christianity urging us to the work, shall we not receive it as from -our Saviour’s hand, holding fast that which we have, that no man -take our crown? - - * * * * * - - -BENEFACTIONS. - -Mr. Cyrus H. McCormick has given $100,000 to the Presbyterian -Theological Seminary of Chicago, to place it entirely out of debt. - -The late David N. Lord, of New York City, left by will $100,000 for -foreign missions, and $50,000 to the American Bible Society. He -also bequeathed $62,500 to local objects of charity. - -Mr. R. L. Stewart, of New York City, has given $200,000 to be -divided equally between Princeton College and Princeton Theological -Seminary, to be applied for the endowment of Professorships. - -By the will of Mrs. Altana Wescott, of Jersey City, nearly $100,000 -is given to institutions connected with the Episcopal Church. - -The widow of the Cologne banker, Von Oppenheim, has given $150,000 -for a hospital for poor children of all denominations, in memory of -her late husband. - -Mr. Wm. B. Spooner, of Boston, left by will $3,000, the income of -which is to be expended for the education of the colored people -at the South. He also made liberal provision for the State Total -Abstinence Society and the National Temperance Society of New York, -besides other bequests to worthy objects. - -Mr. John T. Crawford, of Cincinnati, has left an estate valued from -$30,000 to $100,000, to be applied for a home for aged colored men. -His directions were that the institution be built on College Hill. -There seems to be some doubt about the ability of the executors to -carry out the conditions of the bequest. - -The American Presbyterian Board of Missions has received from the -estate of the late Mrs. Lapsley, of New Albany, Ind., the sum of -$215,000, with the prospect of receiving $60,000 or $70,000 more -from the same source. - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -Africa. - -—Sir Garnet Wolseley has given to the Berlin Missionary Society -a large tract of land in South Africa to be used for a Mission -Station. - -—The mission at Frere Town, East Central Africa, has proved an -inviting rendezvous for run-away slaves. The missionaries have -no power to keep them, but have opportunity to expostulate with -their owners for any cruelties they may inflict upon them. The -practical result is that the masters become intimidated and angry, -and would make an end of the missionaries if they had the power. -The settlement has already been threatened with destruction. It is -hoped, however, that the impending calamity may be over-ruled, to -the overthrow of slavery on the coast. - -—_The Victoria Nyanza Mission_ of the C. M. S., despite every -difficulty and disappointment, still exists. Letters from Uganda -bring intelligence down to Aug. 14. It appears that Mtesa had -engaged Mr. Pierson to build him a boat, and that Mr. Litchfield, -in company with Mr. Mackay, had made a journey to Uyui, arriving -at that point June 5. As the locality proved favorable to -Mr. Litchfield’s health he intended to remain there with Mr. -Copplestone, while Mr. Mackay had gone back to Uganda. These -brethren are cheered by the belief that the hearts and minds of -many of the heathen with whom they have labored have been prepared -for the Gospel. - -Mr. Litchfield writes: “I have invariably found the poor people -ready and eager to listen to the story of the cross. Numbers of -instances rise up before me as I write, where the hearers have -testified their astonishment and joy at the love of Jesus in dying -for them. Do not give away an inch,” he says, “if the place is -proposed to be given up. On Dec. 23 we had that crushing vote to -reject Christianity and stop our teaching. Now things are changing -and public opinion is coming round in our favor. The hand is on the -plow and we must not look back.” - -—The Jesuits have purchased a large tract of ground near -Alexandria, Egypt, and purpose to build a convent for the reception -of the members of their order who have been expelled from European -countries. - -—A short time since, the Khedive of Egypt commissioned Col. Sala -to take charge of an expedition for the capture and liberation -of slaves who are brought down the Nile from the Soudan into -Egypt. The expedition crossed the Nile at Assouan and searched -several localities where slaves were illegally retained. After -much difficulty and many fruitless endeavors, Col. Sala succeeded -in surprising a village during the night time, and capturing -and liberating twenty-one negroes. This endeavor set on foot by -the young Khedive indicates a more hopeful condition of affairs -relating to the East African slave trade than any other event of -recent occurrence. - -—_News from Mr. Stanley._—A letter from Mr. Carrie, superintendent -of the Mission at Loango, gives interesting details gathered from -Mr. Protche, a French naturalist, concerning Mr. Stanley and his -operations. Mr. Protche visited him for the purpose of connecting -himself with the expedition, but failed in his object. - -He reports that Mr. Stanley was living at Vivi, in a village which -he had built with lumber from Europe. The houses were said to be -quite comfortable. Mr. Stanley had already constructed a road -extending three leagues east of his village, and was performing a -large amount of work in a way that must be quite assuring to those -who are responsible for his expeditions. - - * * * * * - - -The Indians. - -—The number of Indian youth learning trades in work-shops at -the agencies under the care of the United States Government has -increased from one hundred and eighty-five last autumn to three -hundred and fifty-eight this year. Brick-making has been begun, -and houses for the Indians are now almost exclusively built by -the Indians themselves. The aptitude shown by the Indians for -mechanical work, has, in many cases, been surprising. - -—Nearly two thousand freight wagons have been in use by the -Indians this year, with the result of saving considerable money -to the government compared with the amounts formerly paid for the -same transportation (of supplies, &c., to the agencies), besides -furnishing a civilizing and welcome employment to a large number of -otherwise restless Indians. - - * * * * * - - -The Chinese. - -—Two Chinamen were baptized and received into the Church at -Stockton, Cal., Nov. 7. They were the first of that nation to join -any church in that city. - -—_Restriction of Chinese Immigration._—A treaty has been made by -the United States with the Chinese Government which practically -leaves the subject of regulating Chinese immigration to the -authorities at Washington. Owing to the fact that the Chinese -Government has never been anxious to have its citizens emigrate to -any country, little difficulty was found in negotiating the treaty. - -—The _Christian Advocate_ has a very interesting report of the -sermons preached by the native pastors at the Methodist Conference -at Foochow, China, in October last. We select one. Rev. Sia Sek -Ong preached from the single word “Go:” “Leave father, mother, -friends, fields; preachers go thus; world-men don’t like to go in -that fashion. Where must we go? To the sea, for the fish. They are -not on the surface; they are in the depths. We may find shrimps -in shallow water, but we must go to the deep water for the large -fish. Go to the mountains to seek the lost sheep. There are lions -and tigers and snakes in the mountains; but we must go, not to -find sport, but to find the sheep. Go to the vineyard, to work, -to watch, to plant, to water. Go to the field to sow seed. Study -the soil, and sow accordingly. Field-work is not play. Go to -the market-place, and bid guests to the Master’s feast. Go into -the army, to fight, to wrestle with the devil, to put forth your -strength, and to come home singing songs of victory. - -“Ask the Master for Peter’s hook to bring up the right fish; for -David’s crook to guide the sheep aright; for Gideon’s torch to -light up the dark places; for Gospel seed, without any tares in -it; for Moses’ guiding rod; for the brazen serpent, to cure the -bites of the world’s snakes; for David’s sling to prostrate your -giant foe; for the armor inventoried by Paul in the last chapter of -Ephesians; but above all, for the wonderful Holy Spirit, to help at -all times. If we have all these, it is no matter where we go. We -will come with rejoicing to conference next year, with songs and -shouts of victory.” - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -NASHVILLE, TENN.—During the latter part of November a precious work -of grace was going on in Fisk University, more than fifteen of the -students having decided to come over upon the Lord’s side. - -CHATTANOOGA, TENN.—As a result of some special meetings held by -pastor Jos. E. Smith, assisted by Rev. E. J. Penney, of Marietta, -Ga., the Church was greatly confirmed and six or seven were added -to the company of the disciples. - -TOUGALOO, MISS.—In the University Chapel, on the last Sabbath of -November, Superintendent Roy preached a sermon, and delivered a -missionary address before the young people, who were about to -organize a Society of Inquiry in addition to their mission school -association, and was permitted to rejoice on that day with the -teachers over the conversion of a young man, who had been the -occasion of a great deal of solicitude to them. Half a dozen others -have been coming along this fall in a quiet way; whereas, one -year ago, the Spirit appeared almost as a rushing, mighty wind, -leaving nineteen students to the Saviour within twenty-four hours, -all of whom are still holding on their way beautifully. There are -now 107 boarding students, while not a few have been turned away -for lack of room. The new house for the home of the President is -nearly completed. A third story is to be put upon the Ladies’ Hall, -and other enlargements are sufferingly needed. The industrial -department is in vigorous condition. - -PARIS, TEXAS.—On the 23d of Nov., an Ecclesiastical Council, at -this place, after an eminently satisfactory examination, ordained -two young men, graduates of the theological department of Talladega -College, licentiates of Alabama Conference,—Mr. J. W. Roberts as -pastor of the “African Congregational Church” of Paris, and Mr. J. -W. Strong to go to Corpus Christi, to take the church work, while -Rev. S. M. Coles, who has been doing double service there, will -retain the charge of the school. Rev. W. C. McCune, of Dallas, -preached the sermon, Rev. R. H. Read of the other Congregational -Church, of Paris, delivered the charge. Rev. Albert Gray, who has -had charge of the Church for several years, having been an old-time -African preacher, extended the right hand of fellowship, and Supt. -Roy, the moderator, offered the prayer of ordination, having spent -five days in confirming and preaching for the cluster of churches -in the country about, that have branched off from this one. These -are Pattonville, New Hope, Paradise and Shiloh. The mother church, -which, in 1868, paid $112 in gold for an acre and a half lot in the -suburbs, has now bought a more central lot and will work toward a -new “church house.” - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D., - -FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -THE “CENTRAL SOUTH.” - -PRES. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D. - -MY DEAR DR. WARREN:—Across the street from where I write is a -Freedmen’s church, of modest pretensions, in which the Central -South Conference of churches (Congregational) is sitting. It -comprises the churches and pastors of Tennessee, Mississippi and -Alabama. Just within the door a low pillar in the centre supports -an “offertory,” to use an English, but hardly an American word, -with the legend “Help us.” It is from great poverty and hardships, -as well as great wrong, that this scion of ecclesiastical New -England has grown, and the people are still needy. Behind the -pulpit is the motto, “Take my yoke upon you;” they have accepted -that of Christ as they have rejected that of man. Very happily, -the earnest and intelligent young pastor elect, in welcoming -the members of this Conference this morning, reminded them that -they come to a Memphis unlike that of antiquity, from which the -task-master has forever passed away. - -This is a genuine Congregational body save in hue—one cannot long -say just that, for we are to have many of the same hue. Its modes, -motions, votes, reports, papers on appointed subjects, discussions, -care to recognize the precedence of churches over mere officers -of churches, and its devotional spirit, are like those of Maine -Conferences. But in the half a hundred brethren and sisters who -are present forenoon and afternoon, white faces are to be seen -only here and there; those who possess them are admitted, so far -as I can see, to an entire equality with others! The moderator -is a white professor of languages in Fisk University; the scribe -a colored pastor at Nashville. The preacher last evening was a -colored minister from Alabama; a white minister from Iowa assisted -him, whose daughter, teacher of music in the Normal Institute for -Freedmen here, led the choir. In one corner sits Rev. Dr. J. E. -Roy, the A. M. A. Field Superintendent in the South. The (white) -chairman of the business committee is at the head of a church -and one institution supported by the Association in Mississippi. -Fervent and spiritual, yet orderly as a Northern prayer-meeting, -were the devotional exercises of the first hour this morning. - -Narratives from the churches coming first in the proceedings, -indicated the practical working character of the Conference. One -of them was the story of a church holding on its way without a -pastor, growing in steady Christian work in its prayer meetings -and in its Sabbath attendance, and fostering an institution of -learning the while. Another was a written apology from the pastor -for absence, because of conversions and a promising work of grace. -Another was a thrilling narrative of a brotherhood whose main body, -thirty strong, went two years ago to Kansas, and its Sabbath-school -has twice since been swept away; yet it has come up from six to -forty-five in numbers, built a pleasant house of worship, and -made Christian education victorious over the deadly opposition of -secular public education. I learned of another, not represented -to-day, whose real acting pastor is a lady teacher, nineteen years -at her solitary post. The dashing heroism of anti-rebellion days -has been succeeded by the quiet, persistent heroism that is often -the greater of the two; and the self-sacrifice of many of both -races for the cause of Christ is wonderful. - -There is hopefulness among these brethren and sisters as to the -reviving of God’s work in the special direction of practical -righteousness. With all the immense moral evils of a Federal -election, they feel that conscience has been stirred, and profound -gratitude to God for the result has been awakened among the -Freedmen. Thought and energy, it seems to them, are more likely -to turn in the direction of religion now than in any other great -common channel, and they have courage and cheer for coming work. No -salvation movement among them can overpass their need. - -I add, at a later date, that an afternoon given to church extension -and the spread of education was of the deepest interest. Between -the two papers, or addresses, was another on more generous giving -by the churches, entirely in keeping. How vast a work in both -church and school is laid upon them, one needs to be among them, -and to see and hear them, in order to realize. How the treasury of -the A. M. A. could fill to repletion if all who support it could -have an inside view. In conversations at Andover on two different -occasions, Prof. Park uttered the strongest and most anxious -impressions respecting our national future and the condition of the -South. I am sure that he and all deep-sighted and far-sighted men -would find them intensified on actual examination of the facts. -The task before us is vast, and, but for divine help, overwhelming -and impracticable. Nothing in church order and work can save these -people but the freest and most intelligent system; nothing in -education but practical training for the duties and competitions -with a more favored race, guided and inspired by thorough Christian -principle. - -Another afternoon was given to an ecclesiastical council, called -by the 2d Congregational church of Memphis, to advise as to the -ordination of a pastor. The examination of the young man who -had been preaching to them for some months was a thoroughly -delightful one, specially full and rich in the recital of Christian -experience. The young brother is a light colored man, a native of -Pennsylvania, of an earnest, intense nature, studious, modest, -instructive as a preacher, and edifying to a group of Northern -white teachers in Le Moyne Institute, and bore himself as to -clearness and soundness of doctrine, in a manner so admirable, -that many candidates for the ministry from the more favored race -might well look up to him. Very tender and sweet was his testimony -to parental faithfulness, and the divine blessing upon it in -the Presbyterian church in which he was brought up, and to the -providential leading that guided him into the ministry “for the -sake of the work in the South.” The Conference, at an earlier -session, licensed two other young brethren, whose work in gathering -churches and schools is sorely needed in the communities they -represent. One of these preached before it. - -Twice this week I have given before Freedmen’s institutions -lectures prepared for Northern college audiences. One’s respect for -these institutions and for their students could only be raised by -the intelligent attention given. The city press—Democratic—has made -courteous and even generous notice of the religious proceedings -of the week. Dr. Roy and myself were promptly invited to occupy -Presbyterian pulpits in the city, and were most kindly and -respectfully received. We were assured that we should be heard -with pleasure again, and that the Gospel which we preached was -that which they received, knowing “no North, no South.” On Sabbath -evening the place of worship of the 2d Congregational Church—the -first is of white people—was crowded with attentive hearers of both -races while the ordination exercises were held. The young pastor -had been chosen by the Conference delegate to the National Council -at St. Louis, and the people, at the close of the ordination, -raised a sum of money to defray his expenses. I have never seen -more genuine and grateful joy among a Christian flock at the gift -of a pastor and teacher than these people showed as they crowded -up to take his hand after he had pronounced the benediction. They -are ordinarily more social and demonstrative at all religious -gatherings than white Christians. - -Some views of their future, and of the great and grave problems -involved in their elevation by a free Christianity and by Christian -education, were deeply impressed upon me during my week among them, -to which I may give utterance hereafter.—_Christian Mirror._ - - * * * * * - - -SOUTH CAROLINA. - -Tannerism in Church Work—Charm of Old Songs—Temperance Revival. - -REV. TEMPLE CUTLER. - -Two years ago Plymouth church, Charleston, was in the hands of -a man whom it believed to be a good man, and in the enthusiasm -of the moment it undertook to support him without aid from the -Association. They ran the church nine months, and then were glad -to get back under the sheltering wings of their cherishing mother. -They did not return a moment too soon. Life was at a very low ebb, -and the church required very tender nursing to bring it up. The -most I can say of it now is, that it is convalescing. The pulse -is regular, the digestion normal, the eye is brighter and more -hopeful, there is a degree of buoyancy in the step, the skin is -more healthy, and if there shall be no relapse, we may confidently -hope for full recovery. But I would not advise a repetition of such -experiments. It isn’t a good plan to try how near we can bring -ourselves to the gate of death and then get back. _Tannerism_ isn’t -good for church work. - -The greatest burden of the church now, is a debt of $1,200 which -it owes to the A. M. A. We would like to pay this off, and no -doubt the money would be of great use in some other department of -our great work, but the people are very poor. They are willing to -do what they can, but we find it hard to pay the interest on the -mortgage. If any of the readers of the MISSIONARY desire to help a -worthy cause, let them send their donation to Dr. Strieby, to be -set to the credit of Plymouth church in Charleston. - -We have been revising our list of membership. In the spring we had -a solemn renewal of fellowship, and from that renewal we made up -our list. In doing this we were obliged to drop from our record -twenty-five names. We number now, present and absent, 180; but, I -am sorry to say, some of them who are in the city, and who solemnly -covenanted to walk in the fellowship with the church, still absent -themselves from all our services. Still they regard themselves as -exemplary Christians, and resent the imputation that they are not -living consistent lives. It is here, as everywhere, a few faithful -ones are the bone and sinew of the church. - -I wish I could take you into one of our prayer meetings, such a -one as we sometimes have, for they are not all of the same degree -of spiritual fervor, but one of our good meetings is exceedingly -enjoyable. The songs are so weird and the prayers are so fervent -and frequent, and their attitude so devout—well, perhaps your -fastidious taste would be shocked, but somehow I am drawn a little -nearer Heaven here than anywhere else. I can’t help saying “Amen” -down in my heart. And when they sing my body sways with theirs, -just as the sailor rolls his gait with the motion of the deck. We -sing a good many of the old time tunes, and some that have not -yet been translated into written song. Our people sing their good -old household hymns to these tunes. They have a happy faculty of -adapting the words to the music, no matter what the metre may be. -For instance, the tune in the Jubilee Songs, “I will die in the -field,” is made to fit the hymn, “When I can read my title clear.” - -Sometimes the hymn is divided up, and the chorus sandwiched in -between the lines most ingeniously. But, however incongruous it may -be to the rules of music, it has a peculiar charm. - -The church was well supplied during the vacation by Rev. David -Peebles, of Dudley, N. C. Bro. Peebles kept them together and -strengthened their hands. His ministry was most acceptable to the -people. If nothing happens to us we have every reason to expect -the church now to grow. We need the baptism of the Spirit. We are -looking forward to a meeting, soon to be held in the city, under -the direction of Rev. H. E. Brown, who has been laboring in the -interest of the colored people in the South with great success. The -Minister’s Union has taken hold of the matter, and stands ready -to give him a hearty co-operation. Bro. Brown’s method introduces -Bible Readings in public, and from house to house. This is what we -need, and what the people want. We hope for a large blessing to -follow. - -There is a large territory spiritually to be occupied in -Charleston. We have a population of 50,000, a large part of whom -are colored. In this county there are 71,000 colored people and -only 30,000 white. There are 604,000 colored people in the State, -and 391,000 white. The colored vote is 40,000 in majority. There -is great wickedness among these colored people. They copy and -improve upon the vices of the whites, in addition to their natural -depravity. Gambling, profanity, drunkenness, licentiousness and -Sabbath-breaking abound. Some of these vices have been born of -freedom, others have been increased by it. Drunkenness was rare -among the blacks in slavery. Gambling was comparatively unknown. -Now both of these vices prevail to an alarming extent. Outside -the city limits on Sunday groups of men and boys are to be seen -everywhere, throwing dice or engaged in some other form of -gambling. An effort is on foot to reach these outlying masses and -bring them under the influence of the Gospel. I know of but one -missionary who gives her time to the work of visiting the thirty -thousand colored people of this city. We could use advantageously a -dozen. - -Oh, how much there is to be done, and how few to do it; and how -weak all our instrumentalities in the face of these obstacles! May -God help us! Oh, that the churches at the North could see what a -field is open to them here in the South! If we could have at least -one more missionary here in Charleston we would be glad, and the -money it would cost would be well expended. - -The white people are waking up to more effort in missionary work. -They have commenced in the temperance reform, and already a -petition with 5,000 names attached has been presented to the Mayor -and Council, asking that no more licenses be granted for the sale -of intoxicating drinks. It is a beginning. A noble Christian woman, -Mrs. Chapin, has been the prime mover of this endeavor. We hope its -influence will not be lost if the petition is rejected. May God -give us other and stronger petitions until the authorities see that -Christian people mean business. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -Atlanta University. - -REV. C. W. FRANCIS. - -Several facts of interest are connected with the opening of the -school year at Atlanta University. - -1st. We are in possession of several valuable improvements, -which give increased facilities long greatly needed. These are -in consequence of recent gifts, the first fruits of which a -conjunction of favorable circumstances made thus early available. -They consist of an addition to the building for girls, nearly -doubling its capacity for lodgers; to the dining room, furnishing -nearly forty more seats; to one school room, furnishing desks for -sixty pupils, and two convenient recitation rooms. And these are -all in full demand, and the inquiry presses, “What shall we do next -when the January rush comes on?” - -2d. A largely increased attendance, especially of girls, 79 -being now present as boarders, and these new pupils come largely -from remote regions, some traveling more than 300 miles to reach -school. This increase is the result of no special appeals or -inducements—indeed, until much more extensive preparations were -made it would not be safe to invite a larger attendance—but grows -chiefly out of the interest awakened by old pupils in their own -community, and in the schools taught by them during the summer -vacation. - -3d. A very satisfactory report of vacation work by nearly all of -the more than 150 who engaged in it. - -(_a._) Every pupil who was competent and desired a situation in -the public schools, obtained one, and many were taken who had made -but little progress in studies, and after all were gone, more than -a score of applications were made for teachers to be sent from -here, which could not be met from any source, and the schools were -disbanded. - -(_b._) No obstacles were met by any pupil caused by any of the -white citizens of the state, but on the contrary, much assistance -and support was cheerfully given, and that too, in many remote and -rude regions. - -(_c._) Temperance work had especial prominence and effectiveness. -All were provided with a good supply of suitable temperance -reading, which they distributed in connection with schools taught -by them both on Sabbath and week days. This work was followed up -by family visits and lectures and personal work, so that in some -counties the vote was carried for prohibition under the local -option law. - - * * * * * - - -Georgia Conference. - -The Conference of this State held its annual meeting in Atlanta, at -the First Church—Rev. C. W. Hawley’s—from the 2d to the 5th inst., -Rev. Jos. E. Smith Moderator, and Rev. S. E. Lathrop and Prof. -S. B. Morse, Secretaries. Rev. J. R. McLean preached the opening -sermon, upon the encouragement to run the Christian race from the -example of Christ. It was a refreshing and edifying discourse, too -much in earnest for an introduction, but made three points and -stuck to them and stopped at the end. The preacher is a graduate of -Talladega. - -As a good example for other Conferences, one evening was given -to addresses in behalf of the several Congregational Societies, -with alternation of color as to the speakers, but not as to the -speeches. Supt. Roy reported the anniversary of the A. M. A. and -the St. Louis triennial, and gave an address upon the independence -of our churches as related to their fellowship. Rev. P. Snelson -and Prof. C. W. Francis led off on “Church Discipline,” President -Ware opened on “The School and the Church,” showing their natural -relation as evangelizers. A half day was given to a visit at the -Atlanta University, and one evening to a sociable. Two “church -houses” have been built during the year at Marietta and Cypress -Slash. The Conference missed Rev. R. F. Markham’s stirring way, -but rejoiced in the coming in his place at Savannah of Rev. B. D. -Conkling, whose transition from the moderatorship of the fortieth -annual meeting of the Wisconsin Convention to a place in this -humble body did not appal him. His sermon at the University was -greatly appreciated. His combination of pulpit and business talent -will find full scope in this work. _The Atlanta Constitution_ gave -a report of the Conference each day. - -On Monday the members of the Conference, called by letters missive, -repaired to Marietta, twenty-one miles out, to sit in Council for -the installation of Mr. E. J. Penney, a graduate of the Atlanta -University and of Andover Seminary. The young pastor is taking hold -of his work grandly. Let it be observed that the Congregational -Churches of the South are seeking after the old paths. This is the -third installation of a colored pastor within a month. The others -were Rev. B. A. Imes, of Memphis, and Rev. J. W. Roberts, of Paris, -Texas. - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -A Visit to Marion. - -REV. G. W. ANDREWS, TALLADEGA. - -Marion was reached Saturday night, a grand old town of three -thousand inhabitants, and an educational centre for the State. As -the hacks were full, a colored brother, an old friend, and deacon -in our church at this place, took my bag, and I hastened along the -sidewalk a mile or more to what was once the “Teachers’ Home,” but -now the parsonage, a house to which I was introduced ten years ago -when I left my Connecticut pastorate for a winter in the Sunny -South. I cannot tell you how I felt, passing along the streets, -as I recalled the experiences of ten years ago. I shuddered as I -neared the house where my friend, now of Chattanooga, came near -losing his life in the small hours of the night by the hands of -masked and armed men. The rush, the rope, the tree, the cries -for help, the final deliverance, and much more, were very vivid -and real to my awakened mind. I thought, also, of those eight -consecutive nights when none of our family lay down to rest as -usual; of the armed guard of twenty brave men in and about the -house all those nights; of the warning letters received, the -threats made, the Henry rifles in our chairs when we bowed around -our family altar; of the preaching with hands in my pocket on my -revolver; of the fear and trembling that seized us when special -danger threatened; of our isolation from all except the poor we had -come to bless by our labors. I thought, too, of the school-house, -the three hundred eager learners, the little church of a dozen -members, the precious meetings, the great outpouring of the -Spirit, the hundreds of conversions, the “never to be forgotten” -prayers and songs—in all the most precious revival of my life. As -a drowning man recalls the events of a whole life in a moment, so -in an incredibly brief space of time passed before me those early -experiences of missionary life in this strange land, impossible -for me now to relate. All is changed now. To-day the missionary is -welcomed by many Christian people in Marion. The dreadful past is -fading from our minds in the love and friendship of the present. - -Sabbath morning I looked out upon the many cottages and cabin homes -in the woods and fields all about, while near by I saw the church -edifice with its graceful and airy bell-tower in which hangs a -choice bell from the foundry of Veasy & White, of East Hampton, -Connecticut, and the gift of the people there. The house will seat -three or four hundred, is well proportioned, nicely painted and -frescoed,—the most handsome and best kept church edifice of the -colored people in the State. - -I wish it were possible for me to give some suitable account of -the Sabbath greetings and services. A few touches only, and your -imagination must supply the rest. The bell called us to the house -of God at 9 a.m. You first meet the men and women who joined -the church ten years ago, and are now pillars in it and in the -Sabbath-school. And such a welcome!—such hand-shaking, such glad -hearts! You very soon know Paul’s warmth towards his beloved Church -of Philippi, his first love in Europe, as this was my first love in -Alabama. It was nearly five hours before these morning greetings, -the Sabbath-school, the preaching and then more hand-shaking, were -ended, and the people willing to go to their homes. The promise, -“He shall bring all things to your remembrance,” seemed that day -fulfilled. Precious memories of the wonderful work of grace that -drew so many of them into the fold were present to all with power. -“Our hearts burned within us” as we talked of these things there, -and “by the way.” The night service, the Monday calls, the informal -social gathering, the eager questions, the manifest Spirit’s -presence, the next day’s farewells—all made a deep impression on -us, and led us to feel anew that this missionary work is God’s -work, for it was that work that inspired our hearts and was our -theme from first to last. - -This church has already put five young men into the Christian -ministry, and is in morals, intelligence and management a pattern -worthy to be copied. - -Since my arrival home the one question that presses heaviest on my -heart is, how can we provide for the boys and girls of Marion and -other places visited that want to come to the college to school? In -Childersburgh, Shelby Iron Works, Calera, Selma and Marion, places -along the line of my journey, I found many smart boys and girls -anxious to become educated men and women. In one place I found -twenty-five eager to come, not one of whom could pay more than a -small part of necessary school expenses. Low wages, poor crops, the -cotton worm and inherited poverty keep them where they are, and so -far as I can see they must live and die there in their poverty and -hopelessness, unless those whom God has more highly favored are -moved to help them. Our college expenses are so low that seventy -dollars will keep one pupil in school one year, and sometimes, -on account of labor done or aid from home, a much smaller amount -will suffice. We need more than one thousand dollars to be used in -this way this year, above the amounts already pledged. Christian -education transforms these boys and girls. I wish you could see the -eight young men that were graduated last June from the Theological -Department of the college, and hear them preach the word to their -people; you could but say, “Verily, this is God’s way and I -must chime in with it.” Several young men are just now entering -the Theological Department who are every way worthy, but wholly -dependent for means to prosecute their studies to the end. - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE. - -Revival at Memphis. - -PROF. A. J. STEELE. - -I know you will rejoice with us at the outpouring of the Spirit -which just now is so manifest. - -Our evening prayer-meetings, held for the past week each day -immediately after school, are being greatly blessed. One of the -students, a young man, professed Christ three days ago; the -earnestness since then has deepened. The meetings of yesterday -and the day before were especially blessed, and this morning two -promising girls of the school rose directly after devotions, and -before the entire school, gave most earnest and clear testimony -to Christ as their Saviour. In this afternoon’s meeting, to which -nearly the entire school remained, two smaller girls and two -prominent young men professed, with rejoicing. The entire school -seems moved, many are seeking most earnestly, and this evening, at -seven o’clock, we have a special meeting in the sitting-room at the -Home. - -We are all rejoicing, as we doubt not angels are, over the -repentance and return of those estranged from God. Will you not -give thanks with us and pray for a continuation of the presence of -the Spirit with us in our work! - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - - -“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION,” - -Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. - -PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. -Stone, D.D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. -F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D.D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. -Willey, D.D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D.D., Jacob -S. Taber, Esq. - -DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D.D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P. -Baker, James. M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball. - -SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - * * * * * - - -LETTERS FROM PUPILS. - -REV. W. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO. - -I often receive letters from pupils in our schools, and still more -frequently read letters addressed to their teachers, which I have -wished I could show to the Christian friends who are enabling us to -carry on our work. - -It is encouraging to see how much of saving truth they have -contrived to learn, and still more to feel all through the -throbbings of a Christian heart. The English is often in a sad -tangle, but the effort to get hold of idioms so utterly opposite -to their own sometimes gives an appetizing quaintness to their -utterances such as freshens even oldest truth. - -I venture to fill our columns for this month with a few extracts, -realizing the fact that our interest in them may be wholly due to -our personal interest in the writers, and that I incur the risk of -their falling quite flat on the ears of others. - -Here is one from Gin Sing, a member of the Presbyterian Church in -Santa Barbara, now in Mexico: “Dear Sir, Mr. Pond: How are your -health now? I hope you alway strong and able to do things. I have -leave off [left] the city of Santa Barbara last Jan. 21st, but -we living in Sonora of Mexico the county, at place of San Felix -Mine. * * * I like to stay Santa Barbara very much, and so I have -a chance to go church every Sunday; and this country none have -church, and not very good country, but only mine was good, and -country was dry the all time, and hot, too, and cold—sometimes -was cold as can be. Oh, Dear Sir, I hear from Ah Foy [a Chinese -brother, member of the Congregational Church] sometime ago. Tell -me about Lee Wing Tie [a Baptist brother from San Francisco] been -to Santa Barbara; done many good things for mission boys before he -left; but Mission boys like him very much indeed, and very happy -that time, and large school, too. Now Miss Clarke write me very few -boys come. I am sorry. Sorry as can be. * * * Be prayerful, patient -and pleasant, and never lose faith that the love and help of God, -the Father, are with us in every hour. May God bless you always.” - -And here is one recently received from Ny To Ging, a Stockton -brother: “Mr. Pond: Dear Friend * * * Since I left you so long -time, I never written to you any. Alway do I remember your -kindness. I hope God will bless you and give you much strength to -do his work. We are all sinners, and have wandered from God like -lost sheep that have gone astray from the fold, but God is ready -to forgive and take us back again in order to save us; so that we -ought immediately to repent and become the disciples of Christ -and be always prepared to do the will of Jesus. The Bible is the -word of God. Holy men wrote it as the Holy Spirit taught them. The -truths of the Bible never change. Every word is true, and God’s -truth shall last forever. * * * I write to let you know and two -Chinese [are to be] baptized in Stockton Church Congregational -the next Sunday. I do not know how to write a letter well, but -I make the attempt to write a little, hoping you will overlook -all mistakes.” [In some portions of the above I think that as to -the English our brother must have had the aid of his teacher’s -corrections but the thoughts, I am sure, are his own.—W. C. P.] - -This is from Jou Mow Lam, recently baptized in Bethany Church, -addressed to his teacher in Stockton: “My dear teacher, Mrs. L. -Langdon, I write few words to you. I think you good take care your -scholar. I leave you long time. I do pray to God, hope you very -well. I was very sorry, can get no work, know you help me. Pray -to God to change my new heart [change my heart: make it new] no -make me darkness. Soon I have baptized [shall be baptized]. I have -read also in the gospels about Jesus; he rose from the grave on -the third day after he was crucified, and went to heaven. I wish -to be a Christian that I may go to heaven. I do not cease to pray -for the pardon of my sin, and a new heart. I cannot tell you how -I long to meet you my dear Christian friend.” This one is from Ny -King, a beloved brother in Bethany Church, addressed to teachers -who had recently removed from San Francisco to Stockton. It was -written just as he was about to sail for China: “I sorry I can not -write all I want, but I will try to write a few words to you. You -are kind and patient to teach our Chinese, and I am very sorry you -have to go to Stockton and leave us. Still we are glad, for you -shall have a good chance to do much good for our Christian Chinese -up there. I hope you remember me while you pray, that I may go home -to China, to hold up the light of Christ, and tell the kindness -of your Christian people to my own countrymen which they might -receive it. One day, one of my heathen friends call up to me in a -store: ‘Ny King,’ said he, ‘are you go home next steamer? I will -tell you something, that you might not forget it. Now you say you -are a Christian, but in about a month more, you will say you are -something thing else,’ for he thought the Christian only good for -here, and never can be in China. If the power of man, it might be -so, but God who is the highest [is] _Almighty_. Now I must close my -letter. I have no time to write any more. Good bye.” - -Many other letters lie before me, each with its own point of -interest, but I shall trespass on another’s space if I indulge -in any more extracts. I will venture, however, to give without -connection, the following sketch of a sermon from Wong Ack, a -helper recently introduced into service, and from whom our readers -have not heard before. - -The text is Matt. ii., 28: “Come unto me all ye that labor,” etc. - -1. The world is now already led by Satan, that who follows him, it -is heavy labor he has to bear: and every grief in his heart that -never feels any comfort, so that Jesus has shown His kind heart, -and sound His merciful voice that whosoever will leave the devil -and come to Him, they will receive His rest. - -2. Jesus now on this world is like to what?—Like a gong which is -sounding on the place while the thieves surround the people at -night, and might wake them up, so they know the mischief was near, -and try to escape out of the murderers’ hands, and hope they might -save their life. - -3. Our friends, this mischief nobody is able to deliver you from, -but only Jesus who is our Saviour: He will preserve us, if we trust -in Him. Oh! how sorry for them now which are asleep! Their hearts -were full of dreams, and their eyes were closed up by Satan’s -plans. Wake up, our friends, wake up! Come, come to Jesus as -possible as you can [as quickly as you possibly can]. He is ready, -waiting for us. * * * - -4. That labor which I had spoken of is in this world. But you -ought to know beforehand _that labor_ which [is in] the world to -come. Now turn to Luke, xiv chapter and 24th verse: that will tell -you how that is. Therefore Jesus said, “Come unto me.” What you -think of this voice? * * * Now, our friends, should we all come -to Him? Should we rather love to go to heaven, than go to hell? -Yes, we must all come to Him, and turn our hearts toward the way -of heaven, and hope our Lord Jesus Christ lead us in to His glory -forever and ever. - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - - -A CHRISTMAS GIFT LIKE BELL BENNET’S. - -MRS. T. N. CHASE. - -“Annie, will you please come in a minute?” called Mrs. Duncan to -a merry maiden tripping home from school. Annie Bennet looked -up, nodded, and turned toward Mrs. Duncan’s mansion. As soon as -her feet touched the grand stone steps, she felt changed into a -dignified young lady, as quickly as ever Cinderella turned into a -fairy. And as handsome Will, just in from the same school, opened -for her the massive doors, some fresh roses jumped into Annie’s -cheeks and some fresh sparkles into her dancing eyes. As soon as -the three were seated in the cosey bay-window, Mrs. Duncan said, -“Annie, you know, with my lame foot, I cannot go to see your -mother, so I called you in to tell you my Christmas plan for our -little May. You know how the child loves your little sister Bell. -Well, last night while the little darling was saying her prayers, -she added, ‘Please, Lord, tell Santa Claus to bring a Christmas -gift to Bell just like the one he brings to me.’ Now we had planned -getting her a tiny diamond ring, it would be so lovely on her -dainty little hand, and I thought if your mother knew of May’s -sweet little prayer, she’d like to strengthen the child’s faith by -getting one for Bell like it.” Annie thought it was a beautiful -idea and hastened home to tell her mother. - -As soon as Mrs. Bennet heard Annie’s story, a greater pain came -into her heart than had been there for many a day; for they had -lately received a fortune from a rich uncle, and she felt that -her motives for simplicity and economy would not be understood. -Her greatest anxiety, however, was for her children. How she had -prayed that the love of this money might not be to them “the root -of all evil,” and “pierce them through with many sorrows.” She -well knew how her precious Annie would now be petted by the gay -and fashionable, and here had come her first great trial in this -irresistible message from charming Mrs. Duncan. Annie understood -her mother’s hesitation and said, “Mamma, wouldn’t it be a pity to -have little May think her prayer was not heard?” - -“My child, May did not pray for a diamond ring, but for a gift like -Bell’s. Perhaps if you tell Mrs. Duncan I cannot conscientiously -grant her request she will get a simple gift like one we get for -Bell.” - -“Oh, mamma, I never could tell Mrs. Duncan that. Don’t you think -the habit of economy, that of necessity you have practiced all -these years, may be mistaken for conscience?” - -“The habit doubtless makes it easier for me to obey conscience, -but I cannot think I am mistaking one for the other,” replied Mrs. -Bennet. - -“But, ma, do you think it proper for us to live as simply now as we -did when papa had a salary of only $2,000 a year?” - -“Annie, dear, have we not been able to dress respectably, has -not our table always had well-prepared, wholesome and appetizing -food, has not our little cottage contained all that was absolutely -necessary for real home comfort?” - -“Yes, ma, we have a sweet home: you know I love it. I was not -complaining of the past, but why did God give us this fortune if He -did not wish us to enjoy _luxuries_ now as well as comforts?” - -“I think He did, Annie. I’m sure we can all now enjoy the luxury of -doing good as we never have before. Then just think what a luxury -it will be not to weary ourselves with making over worn garments. -We can now give them to the needy and help still others by hiring -them to make our new clothing,—not that we may be idle, but that we -may have ‘a heart at leisure from itself to soothe and sympathize.’ -We can have dear grandpa and grandma with us all the time. We will -have several cosey bed-rooms added to our cottage, and shall not -feel too poor to invite our less favored cousins and many dear -friends to spend long vacations with us.” - -“But, ma, we might do all this and still appear poor, while if we -had a grand home like Mrs. Duncan, and exquisite curtains, and -a fine carriage, and Bell had her diamond ring, and we all wore -expensive and stylish clothing, everybody would know papa was rich.” - -“Yes, Annie, and what good would it do people to know papa was -rich?” - -“Well, I cannot think of any good it would do them.” - -“What good would it do _us_, darling, to have people know it?” - -“Oh ma, it would be so pleasant to have every one polite to us, and -treat us beautifully as they do rich people.” - -“Do not all who _know_ us treat us well, Annie?” - -“Oh yes, ma, _very_ well; but you know even _strangers_ admire -those who dress, dine, and drive as only the rich can.” - -“Now think, Annie, what this consideration of strangers costs. -Friends envy us, the poor hate us, the irreligious question our -sincerity, our own hearts are made vain, if not proud, millions -are spent in useless luxuries that might bless the poor, and—well -Annie, this is enough for once, isn’t it? When you have been in the -city did you ever notice boys slowly pacing the streets and often -ringing a bell, who were all covered over with an advertisement of -some sale or show?” - -“Yes, mamma.” - -“Well, I often see young ladies on the street who always remind -me of these advertising boys, as their dress makes them a walking -advertisement of their father’s wealth. One Sunday night, after -attending service in a very wealthy church, I dreamed that all -the ladies wore pocket-books on their heads instead of bonnets. -Some were too full to be closed, and small coin often dropped out. -Others were tightly clasped and ornamented with all manner of -precious stones. A few were thin and worn, but all were labelled -with the exact amount of contents. And when one lady walked in with -$2,000,000 blazing in diamond figures on her pocket-book how all -the congregation bowed down.” - -“Oh mamma, what a funny dream!” - -“Now Annie, if Christian women would all feel that they were -Christian stewards of their Lord’s money, and could see what -foolish vanity it is to wish the world to know of their wealth, -then we should all have some comparatively definite standard of a -Christian style of living. But as long as Christian women have no -guide but the varying length of a husband’s purse, we shall have no -standard, no conscience in the matter, and the world will continue -to jeer and the poor to suffer.” - -Annie’s dread lest Will Duncan and his mother should think them -old-fashioned or Puritanical, or possibly avaricious, was a sore -temptation to her, and once more she plead—“But ma, would it not -be right to call this ring a thank-offering for the great dowry we -have received?” - -“My dear Annie, I cannot see how a gift that would simply be a -badge of our wealth, and tend to flatter the vanity of our innocent -little Bell, would be a suitable thank-offering to the Lord. I -believe in thank-offerings, however, and have written my dear old -friend Mrs. W——, who is engaged in missionary work South, you -remember, inquiring how I can best help her. Perhaps when her reply -comes you will feel differently.” - -Poor Annie avoided passing Mrs. Duncan’s home for two days, -dreading to speak of her mother’s decision. The second day the -expected letter came from Georgia. It told of a delicate little -colored girl—a graduate of the Higher Normal Department of an A. M. -A. School. This girl’s father had run away $150 in debt, and the -home that sheltered the little family was to be sold at sheriff’s -sale to pay the debt. This girl found a man who would pay it and -wait for her to pay him in small sums as she earned it by teaching. -As soon as this was paid she begged her sister to go to the school -from which she graduated. The sister thought she was too old to -begin to go to school again, and could not be persuaded till at -last she was told—“Now Sis, kind friends at the North have helped -me get my education and _I_ am going to send _some_ poor girl to -that same school, and if you don’t go, some one else will be glad -of my help.” So now she is paying nine dollars a month for that -sister’s board and tuition, and buys her books and clothes, better -ones, too, than she wore herself. A letter was also enclosed from -this girl to her old teacher, begging for help to build a school -house where she is now teaching. So besides educating her sister -she is trying to build a school house. But I have the letter and -will let the girl tell her own story: - - “Dear Friend, Mrs. W——: I know you are very busy, and will not - want to hear the word ‘building,’ but I don’t know whom else to - write to. We have paid $71.70 on an acre of land for our school - lot. We have $68.30 to pay and twelve months to pay it in, with - no interest. We want to ask the A. M. A. if they will help us - build a school house. We can begin now as soon as we are able. - We want the A. M. A. to take full control of the house and the - building of it, and we will help all we can. We want this to be a - school for _everybody_. We have six men as trustees of the land, - and have worked hard and are working still. * * * The whites - are helping us and urging us to go on. Three white men gave $5 - apiece, and others less. They were a little careful about giving - this time, as money has been solicited twice before for the same - purpose, so most of them would put their names down and say, - ‘Come when you are ready for it.’ There was no trouble in getting - it yesterday when we went for it. I was anxious to decide the - matter and make a payment yesterday. I’ll try to get my money to - you by the 10th for sister. - - “Very truly, - ———— ————” - -When Annie got home from school she read both letters with great -interest, but said, “Ma, don’t you suppose such letters are -sometimes gotten up for effect?” “Perhaps they are, but I am sure -this one was not, for you know I wrote asking for some case of -pressing need, and the girl’s letter never could have been written -for my eyes, as it is dated some weeks ago.” - -“But, ma, I have seen some missionaries who are so long-faced and -sanctimonious that some way I can’t enjoy their reports.” - -“I am glad you hate cant, Annie. So do I, but if you should see -this friend of mine who wrote that letter, you’d feel very sure -there was none of it about her. She is one of the merriest, -sunniest, most genial ladies I ever knew. And I never knew a person -hate shams or pretense of any kind more thoroughly than she. How -I wish you had been home when she was here two years ago; but you -must take the letter to Mrs. Duncan, for she is a dear friend of -hers too.” - -“Is she, ma? I’m so glad.” - -Annie stopped next morning at Mrs. Duncan’s and left the letter -with the servant at the door, saying she’d call for it on her way -home. When she called in the afternoon, Mrs. Duncan told her how -delighted she’d been to hear from her old school friend, and that -she must certainly help that brave little colored girl build her -school house. Annie then ventured timidly to say her ma felt she -ought to do that instead of buying so expensive a gift for Bell. - -“Now, Annie, that is just like your sweet mother,” said Mrs. -Duncan. “I wish I was half as good. I did hope, though, little -May’s prayer might be answered.” - -“Ma says it might be if you could get a simple gift like the one we -get Bell,” shyly suggests Annie. - -“Sure enough,” exclaimed Mrs. Duncan; “how stupid I was not to -think of that. I’ll do it, and then I’ll have twice much to give -the little Georgia missionary.” - -So the two mothers purchased for the children inexpensive gifts, -and sent to the Georgia colored girl a generous donation for her -chosen work. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR NOVEMBER, 1880. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $56.16. - - North Anson. Mrs. Eunice S. Brown $10.00 - Skowhegan. Mrs. C. A. Weston, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 - Thomaston. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. - Wilton. Cong. Ch. 6.16 - Winthrop. Henry Woodward 5.00 - Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $93.54. - - Amherst. Cong. Ch., $16.29; Miss L. W. B., 50 - cts. 16.79 - Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Concord. Ladies, Bbl. and box of C. _for - Savannah, Ga._ - Dover. Mrs. Dr. L. 1.00 - Exeter. “A Friend” 1.00 - Hopkinton. Rev. D. S. 0.60 - Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns 30.00 - New Boston. “A Friend” 5.00 - Salem. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.15 - Temple. Mrs. W. K. 1.00 - Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00 - West Campton. T. J. Sanborn 5.00 - - - VERMONT, $222.82. - - Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00 - Johnson. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Lower Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.28 - Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc., and Sab. Sch. 12.01 - Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks 100.00 - Thetford. Mrs. L. N. Rugg, deceased, $2; P. R. $1 3.00 - Wells River. Charles W. Eastman 5.00 - Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - DEA. JUSTIN MONTAGUE and CHAS. DANA, L. M’s 66.53 - Williston. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $2,967.62. - - Andover. “Friends,” by C. R. B., _for Emerson - Inst._ 28.00 - Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.25 - Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 8.50 - Billerica. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.25 - Boston. Mt. Vernon Ch., in part, $30; Mrs. E. - P. Eayrs, $5; “R. W. P.,” $5 40.00 - Boston Highlands. “A Friend,” to const. MISS - ELIZABETH F. BACKUP, L. M. 30.00 - Boxford. F. E. C. 1.00 - Bridgewater. Central Sq. Trin. Cong. Ch. and - Soc., to const. REV. J. C. BODWELL, L. M. 60.75 - Brocton. “A Friend of Missions,” to const. - CHARLES P. HOLLAND, L. M. 30.00 - Byfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.54 - Cambridgeport. “A Friend” 5.00 - Campbello. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 - Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $10.55; “A - Member of Central S. S.,” $2; Miss E. H. T., - 50 cts. 13.05 - Charlemont. First Cong. Ch. 8.25 - Dedham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 188.00 - Dorchester. E. P. 1.00 - Dracut. “Friends,” by C. R. B., _for Emerson - Inst._ 10.00 - Enfield. Edward Smith 150.00 - Everett. Mrs. C. K. Farrington, _for Kansas - Refugees_ 5.00 - Fitchburgh. Rollstone Cong. Ch. 57.61 - Florence. Florence Cong. Ch. 115.00 - Framingham. “A Friend,” $5; E. K. S., $1 6.00 - Framingham. Mrs. Mann, two Bbls., one bag and - bundle of C. - Gloucester. “A Friend,” $1; Miss M. A. H., 10 - cts. 1.10 - Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $63.50; R. M. - Woods, $40 103.50 - Holbrook. “E. E. H.” 25.00 - Holliston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $21; Bible - Christians, Dist. No. 4, $5; “A Friend,” $1; - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 27.00 - Hopkinton. Bbl. of C., by Mrs. S. B. Crooks, - _for Refugees_ - Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.16 - Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.78 - Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. ad’l $84; - “Thanksgiving,” $4 88.00 - Lawrence. Bbl. of C. - Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 92.25 - Littleton. Mrs James C. Houghton, _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 3.00 - Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Howard - U._ 2.00 - Marblehead. J. J. H. Gregory, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - MRS. CATHARINE B. GREEN, L. M. 104.00 - Medfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of - C. _for Savannah, Ga._ - Middleborough. Central Cong. Ch. 35.95 - Mittineague. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Talladega C._ 3.00 - Monson. Mrs. C. O. Chapin and her S. S. Class, - _for Indian boys, Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 9.00 - Montville. Sylvester Jones 2.00 - Mount Washington. Rev. S. W. Powell 1.75 - Newbury. Ladies of First Parish, Bbl. of C., - _for Kansas_ - Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.72 - Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. by Rev. Mr. - Phipps, Eleven Bbls. of Apples, _for - Atlanta, Ga._ - Newton Lower Falls. M. A. M. 0.50 - Newtonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $58.44; Mrs. - A. C. G., $1 59.44 - Northampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $57.32; - William K. Wright, $30; “B.” $10 97.32 - Northampton. Sarah M. Lyman, _for furnishing a - Room, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Northborough. Ladies, box of C., _for - Savannah, Ga._ - Sandwich. Miss H. H. Nye 2.00 - Salem. MRS. E. B. MANSFIELD, $30, to const. - herself L. M.; E. F. P., 50c. 30.50 - Southampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.39 - South Abington. N. N. 1.00 - South Boston. Phillips Cong. Ch. and Soc. 107.61 - Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.07 - South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., - bal. to const. MISS MARY E. LOVELL and MISS - MARY ANNA CADY, L. M.’s 47.00 - Springfield. Mrs. S. E. B. 1.00 - Sudbury. “A Friend.” 10.00 - Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.16 - Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 117.50 - Uxbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 - Ware. East Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Talladega C._ 53.73 - Watertown. Mrs. W. R. 0.60 - Watertown. Corban Soc., two Bbls. of C., _for - Talladega, Alabama_ - Webster. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Westborough. Freedmen’s Aid Soc., _for freight_ 1.00 - Westford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.50 - Westhampton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 14.45 - West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.58 - West Newton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Room, - Straight U._ 25.00 - Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., $25 _for furnishing - Room, Atlanta U._, and $3 _for freight_ 28.00 - Winchendon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $16.36; “A - Friend,” $5 21.36 - Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 85.78 - West Roxbury. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 20.00 - Worcester. Union Ch., $105.72; Mrs. J. F. - Lovering, $5 110.72 - Worcester. David Whitcomb, _for Student Aid, - Hampton, N. and A. Inst._ 100.00 - Worcester. Salem St. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 - ———————— - $2,742.62 - Legacies.—Holbrook. “E. N. H.” 200.00 - Waltham. Lucy H. Burnham, by Rufus G. Brown, - Ex. 25.00 - ———————— - $2,967.62 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $234.41. - - Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 72.26 - Kingston. Cong. Ch. 26.08 - Providence. Young Ladies’ Mission Band of - Beneficent Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00 - Providence. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 - Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.07 - - - CONNECTICUT, $1,454.26. - - Ansonia. First Cong. Ch. 24.14 - Ashford. Wm. D. Carpenter, $2.50; Lois H. - Carpenter, $2.50 5.00 - Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.60 - Berlin. “A Friend,” _for Student preparing for - African M._ 50.00 - East Hampton. Cong. Ch., to const. JARED C. - KELLOGG, C. O. SEARS and SAMUEL KIRBY, L. M.’s 117.51 - Ellington. MRS. HARRIET H. TALCOTT, to const. - herself L. M. 30.00 - Elliott. Dea. Wm. Osgood. 2.00 - Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to - const. SAMUEL HEMINGWAY and LUCIUS S. - LUDINGTON, L. M.’s 60.77 - Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00 - Granby. First Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Greenwich. D. B. 1.00 - Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.85 - High Ridge. C. A. P. 0.50 - Lebanon. “Five Ladies,” _for furnishing a - room, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Litchfield Co. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, - Talladega C., Fisk U., and Indian Dept., - Hampton Inst._, $100 each 300.00 - Marlborough. Cong. Ch. 21.00 - Milton. Cong. Ch. 3.50 - Morris. Cong. Ch. 14.00 - Naugatuck. Isaac Scott 200.00 - New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00 - New Hartford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.12 - New Haven. C. A. S. 1.00 - New Preston. Rev. Henry Upson 5.00 - North Guilford. Mrs. Eben F. Dudley 5.00 - Norwich. W. A. A. 0.50 - Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 8.96 - Putnam. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Hampton Inst._ 15.00 - Tolland. James L. Clough 2.00 - Washington. S. J. Nettleton, $5; Mrs. D. - Nettleton, $5 10.00 - West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.81 - Woodbury. North Cong. Ch. 17.00 - Woodstock. Elias L. Snow 300.00 - ——. “A Friend in Conn.” 25.00 - - - NEW YORK, $881.20. - - Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood 15.00 - Bronxville. Miss M. P. L. 1.00 - Brooklyn. “A Friend” 2.00 - Buffalo. First Cong. Church 200.00 - Buffalo. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 - Chenango Forks. J. B. Rogers 5.50 - Cincinnatus. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Columbus. Miss Sally Williams 10.00 - Crown Point. George Page, M. D., $25; Miss A. - McDonald, $5 30.00 - Deansville. Mrs. P. M. Barton 25.00 - Evans Mills. Rev. C. H. Gaston 5.00 - Harlem. “A Friend,” _for furnishing a Room, - Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Hamilton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 - Madison. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - Malone. First Cong. Ch. 40.37 - Marion. “Life Member” 2.00 - Millville. Mrs. E. G. Lindsley 3.00 - Newburgh. John H. Corwin, package of Reading - Matter - New York. Dr. H. C. Houghton, _for Berea C._ 25.00 - New York. Mrs. Elizabeth F. Giles, $3, through - Madison Av. Cong. Ch., by J. E. Brush; Mrs. - H. P., 50 cts. 3.50 - Norwich. Mrs. R. A. B. 1.00 - Penn Yan. M. Hamlin, $200; Chas. C. Sheppard, - $150 350.90 - Poughkeepsie. Mrs. John. F. Winslow, _for - furnishing Room, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Rochester. Abraham Hubregtse 2.00 - Symrna. Sab. Sch. Miss. Soc. of 1st Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Syracuse. Mrs. S. J. White 10.00 - Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $29.33; Mrs. T. - J. O., 50 cts. 29.83 - - - NEW JERSEY, $36.90. - - Newark. First Cong. Ch. 36.90 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $176.00. - - Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson, $15; Miss Eliza - Dickson, $15 30.00 - Eastbrook. James H. Patton, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 10.00 - Harford. Miss M. A. Tiffany, to const. ADA J. - BUTLER, L. M. 30.00 - Hermitage. W. F. Stewart, $5; Miss E. P., $1 6.00 - West Alexander. Robert Davidson 100.00 - - - OHIO, $331.57. - - Aurora. Cong. Ch. 15.35 - Bellevue. Elvira Boise, $25; S. W. Boise, $20; - Cong. Ch., $20.20, and Sab. Sch., $3.03 68.23 - Brownhelm. Cong. Ch. 13.50 - Bucyrus. F. Adams, $5; Abram Monnett, $5; G. - W. Hull, $5; D. E. Fischer, $3; John Scott, - $3; J. B. Gormly, $2; E. Blair, $2; M. - Roher, $2; M. D., $1; J. N., $1; _for - Tougaloo U._ 29.00 - Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Ch. 18.54 - Claridon. L. T. Wilmot 10.00 - Cleveland. Fanny W. and John Jay Low 15.00 - Crestline. James N. Stewart 5.00 - Fremont. S. J. G. 0.50 - Harmar. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Hubbard. Welsh Cong. Ch. 1.65 - Hudson. Cong. Ch., $6.60; and Sab. Sch., $8.25 14.85 - Leetonia. S. I. A. 0.50 - Madison. Mrs. H. K. Brewster 2.00 - Mahoning Co. “Clerk” 1.00 - Mansfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Medina. Woman’s Miss Soc., by Mrs. Mary J. - Munger, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.25 - Oberlin. Sab. Sch., by C. P. Goss 1.50 - Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 18.00 - Ravenna. Young Peoples’ Assn. of Cong. Ch., - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Ripley. Mrs. Mary Tweed 2.00 - Sulphur Springs. Dr. C., _for Tougaloo U._ 1.00 - Thomastown. Welsh Cong. Ch. 8.50 - Wakeman. Second Cong. Ch. 15.00 - West Andover. Cong. Ch. 22.20 - Weymouth. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 5.00 - - - INDIANA, $16.00. - - Cynthiana. Individuals, _for McLeansville, N. C._ 2.00 - Fort Wayne. Plymouth Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 12.00 - Solsberry. “Friends,” ad’l _for McLeansville, - N. C._ 2.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $331.73. - - Bone Gap. C. R. $1; Others 75 cts., _for - McLeansville, N. C._ 1.75 - Chicago. Union Park Ch., _for Lady Missionary, - Mobile, Ala._ 25.00 - Chicago. Rev. S. J. Humphrey, D. D., _for - President’s House, Talladega, Ala._ 10.00 - Champaign. Individuals, _for McLeansville, N. C._ 1.30 - Claremont. Individuals, _for McLeansville, N. C._ 0.50 - Danvers. Cong. Ch. 10.36 - Dover. Cong. Ch. 37.20 - Elmwood. Cong. Ch. 30.89 - Farmington. D. B. 1.00 - Galesburg. Mrs. Julia T. Wells 15.00 - Granville. Sunbeam Circle, Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Hampton. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Lake Forest. Mrs. M. A. W. Ferry, _for - furnishing a room, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Lee Centre. Cong. Ch. 13.00 - Marseilles. Cong. Ch. 2.58 - Millburn. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 50.00 - Oswego. S. P. 1.00 - Payson. Cong. Ch. 7.63 - Plymouth. N. F. Newman 5.00 - Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 9.15 - Quincy. L. Kingman 10.00 - Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 50.00 - Savoy. Mrs. H. B. 0.50 - Sumner. A. C., _for McLeansville, N. C._ 0.25 - Tonica. N. Richey, (Thanksgiving offering) 6.62 - Walnut. Mrs. E. D. W. 1.00 - Woodburn. Nickel Miss. Soc. 5.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $532.29. - - Calumet. Cong. Ch., ad’l 136.88 - Custer. Rev. L. Curtiss 10.00 - Detroit. Fort St. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Lady - Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 50.00 - Grand Rapids. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Woodville, - Ga._ 30.00 - Greenville. First Cong. Ch. 60.00 - Hamilton. Rev. Saml. F. Porter 5.00 - Jackson. First Cong. Ch. 150.00 - Kalamazoo. Mrs. J. A. Kent 5.00 - Marble. Mrs. Josephine Barnes 5.00 - Memphis. Ladies’ Missionary Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 2.00 - New Haven. Cong. Ch. 4.10 - Northport. Cong. Ch. 8.11 - Romeo. Cong. Ch. 55.20 - Saint Joseph. Mrs. J. S. 1.00 - Union City. Mrs. I. N. Clark and Miss Sarah B. - Clark, $5 each, _for Student Aid, Talladega - C._ 10.00 - - - IOWA, $309.03. - - Alden. Ladies’ Miss Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 2.00 - Anamosa. Mrs. D. McC. 0.50 - Burlington. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Chester. Cong. Ch. 28.50 - Chester Center. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00 - Denmark. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc., Plymouth Ch., - _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 25.00 - De Witt. J. H. Price 10.00 - Dubuque. First Cong. Ch. 24.00 - Dubuque. Miss Anne Millard and Sab. Sch. of - Christian Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 - Farmersburgh. Cong. Ch. 2.50 - Grinnell. John K. James, to const. HATTIE F. - JAMES, L. M. 30.03 - Grinnell. Infant Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Ind. Sch., Memphis, Tenn._ 6.00 - Hampton. Mrs. M. R., _for Emerson Inst._ 0.75 - Iowa City. Cong. Ch. 67.00 - Lansing. “A Friend” 5.00 - Onawa City. Cong. Ch. 7.75 - - - WISCONSIN, $112.10. - - Beloit. Cong. Ch. ($2.50 of which from Mrs. A. - A. Tuttle, Roscoe, Ill.) 21.50 - Delevan. Cong. Ch. 26.00 - Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch. 12.73 - Johnstown. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Mazomanie. “A Friend.” 0.75 - Menasha. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 - Ripon. Mrs. M. H., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 1.00 - Two Rivers. Cong. Ch. 2.12 - Whitewater. C. M. Blackman, _for Le Moyne Ind. - Sch._ 5.00 - - - KANSAS, $2.00. - - Garden City. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - - - MISSOURI, $11.75. - - Sedalia. First Cong. Ch. 11.75 - - - MINNESOTA, $25.23. - - Audubon. Cong. Ch. 1.50 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 21.73 - Princeton. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $44.00. - - Fremont. Cong. Ch., $19, and Sab. Sch., $25 44.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, $421.95. - - Hollister. C. S. D. 0.45 - San Francisco. Receipts of the California - Chinese Mission 421.50 - - - WASHINGTON TER., $20. - - S’kokomish. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 20.00 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $76.25. - - Washington. First Cong. Ch. 75.00 - Washington. Children of Gen. John Eaton, _for - Indian M._ 1.25 - - - MARYLAND, $246.95. - - Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 146.95 - Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, _for a teacher, - Fisk U._ 100.00 - - - WEST VIRGINA, $10.00. - - Valley Grove. P. Whitman. 10.00 - - - KENTUCKY, $1.00. - - North Middletown. Mrs. J. S. B. 1.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $363.45. - - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 233.10 - Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 130.35 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $107.25. - - Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition 107.25 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $320.05. - - Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 320.05 - - - GEORGIA, $786.47. - - Atlanta. Storrs School, Tuition, $509.97; - Rent, $12 521.97 - Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition 81.00 - Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, $65.25; Rent, - $7 72.25 - Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $101.25; Rent, - $10 111.25 - - - ALABAMA, $507.52. - - Childersburg. Rev. Alfred Jones 2.00 - Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $217.25; Cong. - Ch. $1 218.25 - Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00 - Selma. Cong. Ch. 4.05 - Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 108.22 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $2,086.50. - - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $86.50; State - Appropriation, $2,000 2,086.50 - - - LOUISIANA, $83.25. - - New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 83.25 - - - DOMINION OF CANADA, $20.00. - - Kingston. Arthur B. Wilkes 10.00 - Sherbrooke. Thomas S. Morey 10.00 - - - IRELAND, 60 cts. - - Cork. R. D. 0.60 - - - SCOTLAND, $100.00. - - Kilmarnock. Mrs. Janet Stewart, _for a - Teacher, Fisk U._ 100.00 - ————————— - Total for November $12,989.85 - Total from Oct. 1st. to Nov. 30th. 29,258.57 - - * * * * * - - RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION. - - _From July 17th, 1880, to October 13th, 1880._ - - I. From our Auxiliaries, viz.: - Petaluma Chinese Mission: - Ten Annual Memberships $20.00 - Collection, $6.30, Mrs. G., $1 27.30 - Sacramento Chinese Mission: - Chinese monthly offerings 13.60 - Eleven Annual Memberships 22.00— 35.60 - Santa Barbara Chinese Mission: - Chinese monthly offering 5.00 - Rev. S. R. Wildon 5.00 - C. A. Menafee 1.75 - Mrs. P. 0.50— 12.25 - Stockton Chinese Mission: - Twenty-one Annual Memberships 42.00 - Mrs. Lane 1.00— 43.00 - —————— - Total $118.15 - - II. From Churches: - Benicia: Cong. Ch., Rev. S. H. Willey, - D.D., (Ann. Mem.) $2.00 - Oakland: First Cong. Ch., Collection 29.65 - Nine Annual Memberships 18.00 - Lee Haim 5.00 - Chan Fong 0.50 - “A Friend in Heaven” 20.00— 73.15 - Riverside: Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00 - San Francisco: First Cong. Ch. collection 10.90 - One Annual Member 2.00— 12.90 - Bethany Church: Chinese monthly offerings 3.00 - Forty-one Ann. Mem. 82.00 - William Johnston, Esq. 5.00 - Collection 3.00— 93.00 - —————— - Total $182.05 - - III. From Individuals: - Marysville: - Chinese (two Ann. Mem.) 4.80 - San Francisco: - O. W. Merriam, Esq. 25.00 - Hon. F. F. Low 20.00 - Charles Holbrook, Esq. 10.00 - Cash 10.00 - At Annual Meeting, Oakland: - Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D. 10.00 - Rev. George Mooar, D.D. 10.00 - S. S. Smith, Esq. 10.00 - Rev. C. M. Blake 5.00 - Rev. J. T. Ford 5.00 - Rev. C. A. Savage 5.00 - Rev. J. H. Warren, D.D. 2.50 - L. G. C. 2.00 - Rev. J. J. Powell 1.00 - Rev. A. L. Rankin 1.00 - —————— - Total 121.30 - Grand total $421.50 - - E. PALACHE, _Treasurer C. C. M._ - - * * * * * - - FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS. - - Enfield, Mass. Edward Smith $200.00 - Northampton, Mass. Mrs. C. L. Williston 100.00 - Northampton, Mass. Hon. G. W. Hubbard’s Class - in First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 15.00 - Bridgeport, Conn. Horace Eames 20.00 - Clinton, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - East Haven, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - Hamden, Conn. Henry Monson, $10; E. D. Swift, - M. D., $5 15.00 - Milford, Conn. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin 25.00 - New Haven, Conn. Hon. Charles Farnum 100.00 - Norfolk, Conn. Hon. Robbins Battell 25.00 - Plainfield, Conn. Ladies 27.00 - Plymouth, Conn. Cong. Ch. “Friends” 13.00 - Waterbury, Conn. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 40.00 - Watertown, Conn. Dr. John De Forest 100.00 - West Haven, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - Connecticut. Cash 10.00 - New York, N. Y. Mrs. Mary J. Morgan 100.00 - Morristown, N. J. E. A. Graves 500.00 - Greenville, Mich. M. Rutan 500.00 - ———————— - Total 1,865.00 - Previously acknowledged in October Receipts 1,036.00 - ———————— - Total $2,901.00 - - * * * * * - - FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. - - Leeds, England. Robert Arthington, conditional - pledge, £3,000. - Richmond, Ill. Cong. Ch. $1.62 - Genoa Junction, Wis. Cong. Ch. 4.38 - ———————— - Total 6.00 - Previously acknowledged in October Receipts 1,601.90 - ———————— - Total $1,607.90 - - H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._ - 56 Reade St., N. Y. - - - - -The American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -AIM AND WORK. - -To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with -the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its -main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens -and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely -related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE -in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane -and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in -AFRICA. - - -STATISTICS. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_—in Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 13; -Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 6. -_Africa_, 2. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 70. - -INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE -SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; -Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; -and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, -Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Savannah, Macon, -Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, -Tenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 24. Total 44. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 253; -among the Chinese, 21; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total, -296. STUDENTS—In Theology, 86; Law, 28; in College Course, 63; -in other studies, 7,030. Total, 7,207. Scholars taught by former -pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. 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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 35, No. 1, January, 1881 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: July 12, 2017 [EBook #55095] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JANUARY, 1881 *** - - - - -Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - - - - - - -</pre> - -<div> -<hr class="full" /> - -<div> -<p class="float-left smcap">Vol. XXXV.</p> -<p class="float-right smcap">No. 1.</p> -</div> - -<h1><span class="small">THE</span><br />AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h1> -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline">“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”</p></div> -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline xlarge">JANUARY, 1881.</p></div> -</div> - -<div class="wrap"><h2><i>CONTENTS</i>:</h2> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="toc" summary="Table of Contents"> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">EDITORIAL.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Salutation—Financial</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Paragraphs</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Retiring from Business—Words of Encouragement—Arthington Mission</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">More Missionaries—The Gospel Way</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Weekly Offerings—Objection Considered: <span class="chaplinen">Rev. Geo. Harris</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">A Few Words to the Churches</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Discussion of Indian Affairs</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Woman’s Work for Woman: <span class="chaplinen">Miss Mary E. Sawyer</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Benefactions</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">General Notes—<span class="chaplinen">Africa, Indians, Chinese</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Items from the Field</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">The “Central South”: <span class="chaplinen">Pres. G. F. Magoun, D. D.</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">South Carolina, Charleston—<span class="chaplinen">“Tannerism” in Church Work—Charm of Old Songs</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Georgia—<span class="chaplinen">Atlanta University</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Georgia—<span class="chaplinen">Georgia Conference</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Alabama—<span class="chaplinen">Visit to Marion</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Tennessee—<span class="chaplinen">Revival at Memphis</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE CHINESE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Letters from Pupils</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">CHILDREN’S PAGE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Christmas Gift Like Bell Bennet’s: <span class="chaplinen">Mrs. T. N. Chase</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter pp2">RECEIPTS</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter smcap">Aim, Statistics, Wants, Etc.</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td> - </tr> -</table> -</div> -</div> - -<hr class="quarter" /> -<p class="center">NEW YORK:</p> -<p class="center">Published by the American Missionary Association,</p> -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Rooms, 56 Reade Street</span>.</p> - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<p class="center">Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.</p> - -<p class="center medium">Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -<h2>American Missionary Association,</h2> - -<p class="center">56 READE STREET, N. Y.</p> - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<p class="center p1 small">PRESIDENT.</p> -<p class="center medium medium"><span class="smcap">Hon. E. S. TOBEY</span>, Boston.</p> - -<p class="position">VICE-PRESIDENTS.</p> - -<div class="half medium"> -<ul> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">F. D. Parish</span>, Ohio.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">E. D. Holton</span>, Wis.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">William Claflin</span>, Mass.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Stephen Thurston</span>, D. D., Me.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Samuel Harris</span>, D. D., Ct.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Wm. C. Chapin</span>, Esq., R. I.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">W. T. Eustis</span>, D. D., Mass.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">A. C. Barstow</span>, R. I.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Thatcher Thayer</span>, D. D., R. I.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Ray Palmer</span>, D. D., N. J.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Beecher</span>, D. D., N. Y.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">J. M. Sturtevant</span>, D. D., Ill.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">W. W. Patton</span>, D. D., D. 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McLean</span>, D. D., Cal.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Richard Cordley</span>, D. D., Kansas.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">W. H. Willcox</span>, D. D., Mass.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">G. B. Willcox</span>, D. D., Ill.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Taylor</span>, D. D., N. Y.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Geo. M. Boynton</span>, Mass.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">E. B. Webb</span>, D. D., Mass.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">C. I. Walker</span>, Mich.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">A. H. Ross</span>, Mich.</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="position">CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.</p> - -<p class="center medium"><span class="smcap">Rev. M. E. STRIEBY</span>, D. D., <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i></p> - -<p class="position">DISTRICT SECRETARIES.</p> -<table class="medium"> -<tr><td class="nosp"><span class="smcap">Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH</span>, <i>Boston</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="nosp"><span class="smcap">Rev. G. D. PIKE</span>, <i>New York</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Rev. JAS. POWELL</span>, <i>Chicago</i>.</td></tr> -</table> -<table class="medium p1"> -<tr><td class="nosp">H. W. HUBBARD, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Treasurer, N. Y.</i></td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Rev. M. E. Strieby</span>, <i>Recording Secretary</i>.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p class="position">EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</p> - -<div class="quarter medium"> -<ul> - <li><span class="smcap">Alonzo S. Ball</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">C. T. Christensen</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">H. L. Clapp</span>,</li> -</ul> -</div> -<div class="quarter medium"> -<ul> - <li><span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Addison P. Foster</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">A. J. Hamilton</span>,</li> -</ul> -</div> -<div class="quarter medium"> -<ul> - <li><span class="smcap">Samuel Holmes</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Charles A. Hull</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Edgar Ketchum</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Chas. L. Mead</span>,</li> -</ul> -</div> -<div class="quarter medium"> -<ul> - <li><span class="smcap">Samuel S. Marples</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Wm. T. Pratt</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">J. A. Shoudy</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>.</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center p1 small">COMMUNICATIONS</p> - -<p class="center medium">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. <span class="smcap">C. C. Painter</span>, at the New York Office.</p> - - -<p class="center p1 small">DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</p> - -<p class="center medium">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.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></p> - -<div class="article"> -<hr class="full" /> -<p class="center">THE</p> -<p class="center xxlarge">AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</p> -<hr class="full top" /> - -<div> -<div class="third" style="padding-left: 2%"><span class="smcap">Vol. XXXV.</span></div> -<div class="third center">JANUARY, 1881.</div> -<div class="third right">No. 1.</div> -</div> - -<hr class="full bottom" /> -<h2>American Missionary Association.</h2> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>SALUTATION.</h3> - -<p>We know of no Society that has more occasion for expressing -cheerful congratulations than the American Missionary Association; -and we wish its patrons and workers a thankful and prosperous Happy -New Year.</p> - -<p>By the merciful blessing of God and the prayerful liberality of -His people, we have been sustained in our work. The number of our -pupils has multiplied. The Holy Spirit has been poured out upon -our churches. A great improvement in public sentiment South has -been witnessed. Questions relating to the policy of the government -have been settled. We have escaped the bondage of debt, and, better -still, have received a munificent gift for additional school -facilities, and, like the prophet of Israel, are ready to exclaim, -“The God of Heaven, He will prosper us, therefore we, His servants, -will arise and build.”</p> - -<p>Our missionaries and teachers at home and abroad have been spared -and blessed abundantly. Let us rejoice, but not stop in our work. -Our best joys spring forth from busiest toil. The work before us is -great—greater than ever.</p> - -<p>We are called most encouragingly to stand on our Western shores, -and in the name of Christ to welcome the Chinaman. We bear good -tidings amidst ice and snow in the Northland to the American -Indian. Kansas utters a voice for her Freedmen refugees; while -the sunny South, we believe, has almost passed its winter of -discontent. Seed time, with more favoring skies, is right upon -us; and Africa—land of shadows, land of trouble and wrong—from -her vast domains is stretching out her hand for our Freedmen to -come over and help. There is no quarter of the globe where the -principles we advocate are not wanted. The millennial year rushes -on to our view. It is a question of prayer—a question of sacrifice -and thanksgiving—a question of the patience of hope and the labor -of love.</p> - -<p>God grant us all a preparation for the hour and all its -possibilities.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>FINANCIAL.</h3> - -<p>The receipts in our treasury for the two months of the present -fiscal year (Oct. and Nov.) are $29,258.57, as against $26,577.05 -for the corresponding months of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a> last year, showing an increase -of $2,681.52, and are gratifying as a response to our appeal for -enlargement, made at our annual meeting at Norwich. Never before -was such an appeal of ours met in a more business-like way than -at that meeting. There was no hasty vote calling for large sums -of money the coming year, but a discriminating examination, and a -strong setting forth in reports and addresses of the great need -of enlargement. We have since ventured to suggest twenty-five per -cent. of an advance over last year. This is indeed inadequate to -the pressing and increasing claims made upon us by the wants of the -field, but it will be a great relief. The advance as shown in these -two months is but nine per cent. We are persuaded that a thoughtful -purpose on the part of pastors, churches and individual friends -will easily secure the larger percentage.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The story we publish in our children’s department, by Mrs. T. N. -Chase, is worthy of a word of explanation. The account she gives of -the Georgia colored school-teacher, her efforts for a school-house -and for the education of her sister, is strictly true; but as Mrs. -Chase wrote before Christmas, she was obliged to anticipate a -little. The fact is, the girl never got the $300, which Mrs. Chase -says, in a note to us, is needful for the school-house alone. We -see no way out of the difficulty now, unless some good Christian -mothers will send us the sum named. If they will do this, we will -warrant there will be more than a large school of colored children -who will believe that Mrs. Chase’s narrative is a very good one. -And what would Mrs. Chase think to get $300 for her story?</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>President Fairchild of Berea, Ky., in a private letter, gives -a very interesting account of a convention of the Young Men’s -Christian Association at Bowling Green. Two Berea students, one -white and the other colored, attended the meeting, and gave a -report of the proceedings on their return. It appears that both -were welcomed by the Association, while Mr. Titus, the colored -man, was treated with marked attention, many taking pains to make -his acquaintance. The feature of chief interest at the meeting was -the discussion of questions relating to the religious education of -the Freedmen. Mr. Titus was urged to assist in the organization -of Christian Associations among the colored people in Louisiana. -The tone of the meeting was exceedingly favorable. Pres. Fairchild -concludes as follows: “A glorious time for work in the South is -just before us.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It is said that the tendency now is for the few to give largely, -while the gifts of the churches, as such, are less. Sad, if true. -The recent large gifts of the generous few are as gratifying as -they are surprising. They are one of the hopeful signs of the -substantial growth of Christian liberality and consecration. But -if they are to be purchased by the drying up of the charities -of the many, it is in the end no boon, for woe to the churches -when they do not share in giving, even to the widow’s mite, for -the spread of the Gospel. A piety that delegates its charities -and self-sacrifices to the few will die. Such a state of affairs -is like the Sahara of parching sands with a few green oases, as -compared with the fertile and well cultivated lands where each -spear of grass and blade of corn does its part towards the golden -and abundant harvest.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>RETIRING FROM BUSINESS.</h3> - -<p>It is a debated question whether a man should retire from business -when he has accumulated a competency. On the one hand, tired -nature pleads for rest, and on the other it is claimed that the -retired man is not only useless, but unhappy. A gentleman gave us -the other day what seems to be the true solution—and the charm -of his plan is that he is carrying it out in his own case. It is -that the wealthy man while still active, should retire from his -secular business and give himself to efficient service in mission -and charitable organizations, and in Christian work for the poor, -and the advancement of Christ’s kingdom. There is wide room for -such workers. We venture to say that among those most efficient on -mission, college and charitable boards in this country are such -men, and there is need of many more. A still larger share of the -reliable members of such boards are men yet in active life, whose -business will not permit them to devote the time needed to the most -efficient service in charitable work. The man who has accumulated -his fortune, or at least his competence, has also accumulated an -amount of experience and practical knowledge that would be of -immense value in Christian work. Is it not, then, wise to retire -from work, and yet work? The change would be rest and usefulness.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.</h3> - -<p>We have received many cheering words since our Annual Meeting at -Norwich, through the press and by letters from the long-tried -friends of this Association.</p> - -<p>The following, from our honored Vice President, Col. G. C. Hammond, -is a good illustration of the appreciative and hopeful tone -exhibited by the many of those who give bountifully and prayerfully -for our work.</p> - -<p>“Dear Brother: I was anxious to be at your anniversary at Norwich, -and disappointed that my health prevented. You may well suppose -with what relish I have devoured the last ‘Missionary.’ I feel -constrained to write you a word of congratulation, not intended -to tax your valuable time for a reply, but to assure you that, -so far as I can judge, the papers presented to you at that -time, and now printed, by far exceed any heretofore presented -within my recollection. The obstacles that lie in your path, the -encouragement to work, and the plans and principles which govern -the Association in their labors, are laid down so plainly, and so -commend themselves to the appreciation of Christians, that it would -seem that means must flow into the treasury in no stinted measure. -But, alas, how true it is that the love of money shuts out even -from Christian souls the just appreciation of the Saviour’s claims. -My prayer is that God will, by His spirit, make His children -appreciate the great joy of giving. How much they would gain by -liberal giving!”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>ARTHINGTON MISSION—A SIGNIFICANT ANSWER TO PRAYER.</h3> - -<p>It will be remembered by our readers that a little more than a year -since, the Executive Committee of this Association voted that on -receipt of £3,000 from Mr. Arthington and a like amount from the -British public, raised through the efforts of Dr. O. H. White, -it would undertake the establishment of a new mission in Eastern -Africa. Dr. White has been laboring patiently with fair success, -and from present indications we judge he will be able to secure the -balance needful during the coming season.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></p> - -<p>The following extract from a recent letter from him is very -significant. “A gentleman in London, who heard me preach six months -ago in Scotland, came to our office and said, ‘I will give £100 to -your Arthington Mission on condition that some other person will -give another £100.’ So I went in to find the person. After seeing -some, and writing to others, I found a man who also heard me in -Edinburgh, and he gave the £100. I then saw the first man and told -him I had the money, and he said, ‘I will not give in the money -just now, but I will pledge another £100 on the same condition.’ -But I had called on so many in the past year, that really I did not -know which way to turn. So I laid the case before God, and had in -that connection the most <em>direct answer</em> ever given to me.</p> - -<p>“The very next day a lady came to the office and said, ‘I felt all -the afternoon yesterday that I ought to go to London and give you -£100 for the proposed new mission, and here it is.’ It was a £100 -bank-note. I asked her name, that I might write a receipt. She said -‘No.’ I said ‘Give me your initials.’ She said ‘No, put it down to -“a friend,” and you may see me again.’ So when the London gentleman -pays in his £200 we shall have £400.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>MORE MISSIONARIES—THE GOSPEL WAY.</h3> - -<p>There never before was a time when the openings for missionary -endeavors were so abundant. Barriers which formerly opposed, have -been broken down almost everywhere. In many places there is some -condition of things that invites the Gospel directly or indirectly.</p> - -<p>This is notable on the Pacific coast, where the Chinese are so -eager to learn English that they are more than ready to use -the Bible as a textbook. Nor are the Chinese peculiar in this. -Knowledge of the English language is equal to a competency in other -lands, and the Bible can be freely used in teaching it.</p> - -<p>Commerce has also removed many barriers; and what is of equal -importance, it has necessitated the building of ships, the -construction of railroads, the laying out of highways in the -desert, and a telegraph for every quarter of the globe. The press -has done its share of work as well. Through it, intelligence has -penetrated almost to the remotest bounds of heathendom. All these -things have made way for more missionaries. To this it must be -added that the increase of missionary organizations and the natural -development of their operations, all multiply the demand for more -men to run to and fro throughout the world, heralding the tidings -of joy unto all people.</p> - -<p>Still another barrier has been virtually removed. Once <em>money</em> was -lacking, but now the church of Christ has the means needful to -send forth all the men that the new condition of things demands. -Not that the wealth is yet consecrated, but it is in possession, -and by the simplest gift of grace from the Lord of the harvest, it -will be forthcoming when required. The men have also been raised -up. They have not enlisted, but they have been trained. The records -of our colleges show now, and have shown, an increased number of -students as the years go by. New colleges have been springing up -over the country, until the list can be reckoned by scores and -hundreds. From these classic halls armies of men march forth, -brave, sacrificing, full of life and hope, fitted for missionary -endeavors, and able—God helping them—to capture the world for -Christ.</p> - -<p>There is neither lack of opportunity, money or men for the domain -of missions. The trouble is that the men and the means have not -as yet been transferred. There is some one thing lacking which no -human power can supply.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></p> - -<p>It is a question of <em>disposition</em> on the part of those who hold the -wealth, and of the men fitted for the service. God only is able to -deal with this question of disposition successfully. He can do it, -and we can help.</p> - -<p>This brings us directly to our part in the work. How we are to do -it is no mystery. Our Saviour has pointed to us the way—“Pray -ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth -laborers into His harvest.” Our call is a call to prayer. That -is the one thing lacking. Not that no prayers are offered, but -that, as yet, the prayers of God’s people for this object are not -sufficiently abundant. The church has not qualified itself to pray -as it ought, by right living. More Godly sincerity, more humility, -more faith, more charity, are needful to elevate the tone of piety -in the Church, until its prayers shall lay hold on the promises, -with a power that God himself has already rendered irresistible. -Then He will send forth the laborers into His harvest. Then the -money and the men for the grandest and most complete missionary -enterprises will be lifted from their moorings amidst worldliness, -and transported, freely, graciously, from sea to sea, and up -the rivers to the ends of the earth. In these days, when we -are especially reminded of the advent of Him who came to bring -good tidings of great joy for all people; when we solemnly and -joyfully set apart a week for prayer; in these days when the great -heart-beatings of those who manage our missionary organizations -find vent only in unceasing calls for more missionaries, it is a -great relief—indeed, a rest and assurance—to follow right on in -the Gospel way.</p> - -<p>Already the day has dawned, and as we pray, joining with the angels -and the heavenly host, deep calling unto deep, over against the -prayer we are taught to utter will follow the certain interrogation -from the Captain of our salvation, which answers itself, lovingly, -royally and sufficiently: “Whom shall I send and who will go for -us?”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>WEEKLY OFFERINGS—AN OBJECTION CONSIDERED.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. GEO. HARRIS, PROVIDENCE. R. I.</p> - -<p>It is objected to the system of weekly offerings, that it -practically does away with the presentation from the pulpit of the -claims of our missionary societies. The objection is not a serious -one, and serves only to show that the real difficulty lies further -back than the method of giving. It proceeds on the assumption -that in churches where occasional collections are taken, sermons -are preached annually by the pastor or by the secretaries on the -claims of all the principal societies. This is not true. There -are very few churches, with whatever methods of giving, where -sermons are frequently heard on missionary subjects. The objection -assumes that under the system of weekly offerings sermons are not -and cannot profitably be preached on the claims of our missionary -societies. This, also, is not true. In these churches such sermons -are sometimes preached, and may be very effective, taking the years -together.</p> - -<p>The objection assumes that people are to be interested in missions -chiefly by listening to frequent discourses on the subject, while -the truth is, that preaching is only one method among others. The -real difficulty, I have said, lies further back than the particular -method of giving which may be used by a church. The difficult thing -is to produce an intelligent and sustained interest in Christian -work beyond local limits. This difficulty has been felt for years -and cannot be met by simply making public appeals from time to -time. There are various methods which may be employed with some -success under any system of giving, but<a class="pagenum" name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a> which will leave much to -be done anywhere. It should be well understood, first of all, that -it is the duty, not of secretaries, but of pastors, to keep the -people alive to the progress of Christ’s kingdom in the world. The -first condition is, that pastors be well informed about missionary -enterprises and deeply in sympathy with them. If it were certain -that the pastors know the progress and plans of missions, and that -they are really solicitous to remove the ignorance and apathy of -the people, the battle would be more than half won. Now, when the -pastor has an intelligent interest in missions at home and abroad, -the following suggestions may be useful:</p> - -<p>A sermon devoted to this subject may be preached occasionally, and -the preacher may enrich sermons on other subjects by illustrations -from the multiform conditions and incidents of missionary work, -and thus accomplish two objects at the same time. But the second -service, which should be devoted to instruction rather than -persuasion, may frequently become a missionary meeting.</p> - -<p>The prayers of the pastor may be made more effective for missions -than his sermons. If he makes mention in his prayers of the -servants of Christ who are toiling among the heathen, or the -Freedmen, or the Western settlers, and prays, not with a tedious -enumeration, but with fervor and definiteness, he will put missions -on the hearts of the people. What has a place frequently in our -prayers has a place in our sympathies. Yet how often the petitions -of public worship are confined to the boundaries of the parish.</p> - -<p>Something may be done by increasing the circulation of missionary -magazines. Let the annual contribution make as many life members as -possible, to whom these publications will be sent.</p> - -<p>Thus there are various means to be used in the interest of -missionary work. What is needed is the flavor of missions in -the life of the churches, the vision of Christ’s kingdom kept -continually before the imagination and faith of the people, the -proportions of the local, not magnified into excessive size, but -brought into true harmony with the greatness of our Redeemer’s -work for the race. Not all people can be aroused into interest for -missionary work by any methods; whatever the zeal of the pastor, -some indifference will remain. But if he has the missionary spirit, -he will not be contented with an occasional preaching. He will -determine the tone of worship and the direction of all endeavors -by his enlarged view of God’s plan for the redemption of men. New -suggestions, allusions, illustrations and prayers will swell the -current of sympathy for missions, and increase contributions under -any method of giving.</p> - -<p>But, at all events, if the pastor thinks it wise to preach on the -subject, or introduce a Secretary when collections are to be taken, -there is no reason why he may not pursue the same course when -pledges of money are made only once a year.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>A FEW WORDS TO THE CHURCHES.</h3> - -<p>It is customary for our District Secretaries at this season to -send to the churches letters and circulars containing statements -of receipts and appeals for future co-operation. We give below -extracts from circulars issued from our offices at Boston and -Chicago, commending them as pertinent, timely, and fitted to -provoke unto love and good works.</p> - -<p>The following comes from Secretary Woodworth:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>The battle for the Republic and her institutions will be fought -<em>in the South</em>; and for the simple reason that the battle will be -fought where the causes of the battle exist, and the principles -which underlie our free institutions encounter most of opposition -and danger.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> -<p>And this battle for the foundations of the Republic, and for the -administration of every public right and interest, is now upon -us. The war itself involved no graver questions, and called for -no higher style of patriotic sacrifice and zeal. Every appliance -of Christian education and of moral power must be enlisted to -uplift the people and unify the nation; and for this work the -time favors. For four years, at least, we have an open course; -the political signs are more auspicious; and we may hope to <em>push -far ahead</em> the forces of intellectual and moral regeneration.</p> - -<p>The colored people are intensely loyal to the rule of majorities; -they believe, heart and soul, in those who broke their chains; -they accept their principles, and receive joyfully the lessons -of their teachers and their preachers. With them we can build -up free schools, Christian churches and homes, and plant and -develop the seeds and forces which have their type and prophecy -in Plymouth Rock. Now is our time.</p> - -<p>Arm them with a true manhood; educate them into a true knowledge -of their duties to God and to man, and they will bring peace and -strength to our land, now threatened with storm and wreck, and -prepare the way for the redemption of the Dark Continent itself.</p></div> - -<p>Secretary Powell’s appeal concludes with special requests, inviting -immediate attention. He says:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>The Executive Committee ask for an increase of twenty-five per -cent. this coming year to the contributions from churches and -individuals.</p> - -<p>1. If your Church has not yet made a contribution to the American -Missionary Association during the year, will you please ask them -to do so before the year ends?</p> - -<p>2. When your Church reviews the benevolence of the past year, and -plans for the next, will you please see to it that the A. M. A. -is placed on the list of causes for which contributions are to be -made, and that the time of year when the contribution is to be -taken is chosen with a full view of the great importance of our -work? The time of year selected often makes all the difference -between a large and a small contribution.</p> - -<p>3. At the monthly concert will you please plan so that the work -of the A. M. A. will have a place in the prayer and thought of -your people, and that some field or branch of our work shall be -reported? The despised races of America, and those who, in great -self-denial, privation, and sometimes opposition, labor for them, -should not be forgotten when God’s people meet to pray for the -conversion of the world.</p> - -<p>4. Will pastors please arrange so that at some time during the -year they will preach a sermon to their people on the work of the -A. M. A.? The November number of <span class="smcap">The American Missionary</span> -will be found rich in fact and suggestion for such a discourse. -The theme will prove to be of great interest both to preacher and -hearer.</p> - -<p>5. Will you endeavor to enlarge the circle of the readers of our -monthly magazine, <span class="smcap">The American Missionary</span>?</p> - -<p>Specimen copies in any number will be sent you free if you so -request. The Magazine gives reliable information respecting our -work, and notices the current events that relate to the welfare -and progress of the races for whom we labor. It will be found a -helpful factor in the development of an intelligent, patriotic -and tender piety to the membership of the churches.</p> - -<p>May we not confidently look for the co-operation of every one -into whose hand this appeal comes to make certain that the -increase asked for by our Executive Committee shall be secured? -Plan for it, pray for it, talk about it, interest others in it, -and don’t forget to <em>give</em> for it.</p></div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>DISCUSSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.</h3> - -<p>We rejoice in the continued agitation of the Indian problem. It -is only under the shelter of popular indifference that wrong -and revenge become the order of the day—with murders, wars and -boundless expense. Under “the sunlight of publicity” the wrongs -are detected and the remedies are projected and applied.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a> Just -now we are favored with three valuable papers on this subject. -In the first place we have the report of the Committee of Indian -Affairs, giving a very encouraging statement of the progress of the -Indians in the arts of civilization. We have next the elaborate -report of Hon. Carl Schurz, Secretary of the Interior, in which, -with a frankness as rare as it is commendable, he acknowledges the -change of views and policy of the Administration in relation to -Indian affairs. He then with great clearness outlines its present -policy, and takes occasion to speak minutely of the case of the -Poncas. The injustice done to them in their original removal from -Dakota is admitted, but it is also clear to him that it “would be -contrary, alike to their own interests and to those of the country -at large, to remove them from their present homes. This conclusion -is arrived at by reason of various considerations, such as the fact -that their present condition in the Indian Territory is prosperous; -that they do not themselves want to return North, and also because -if they are removed back to Dakota, the other Northern Indians now -in the Indian Territory would be made restless with a desire to -follow their example. This would, in all probability, result in an -extensive evacuation of the Indian Territory, and of that part of -it which contains the lands coveted by the intruders, and which -lands are held against them on the ground that they are reserved -for Indian settlement. It is obvious,” says the Secretary, “that -the evacuation by the Indians of the region held for Indian -settlement, and defended on that very ground against intruders, -would be apt greatly to encourage and stimulate the projects of -invasion, which, although repeatedly repelled, are pursued by -evil-disposed persons with persistent activity.” The last of these -papers is the President’s message, in which he endorses and briefly -recapitulates the views of the Secretary of the Interior in regard -to the Indians. We clip from this a few paragraphs presenting the -attitude of the Administration:</p> - -<p>“It gives me great pleasure to say that our Indian affairs appear -to be in a more hopeful condition now than ever before. The -Indians have made gratifying progress in agriculture, herding and -mechanical pursuits. The introduction of the freighting business -among them has been remarkably fruitful of good results, in -giving many of them congenial and remunerative employment, and -in stimulating their ambition to earn their own support. Their -honesty, fidelity and efficiency as carriers are highly praised. -The organization of a police force of Indians has been equally -successful in maintaining law and order upon the reservations, -and in exercising a wholesome moral influence among the Indians -themselves.</p> - -<p>“Much care and attention has been devoted to the enlargement of -educational facilities for the Indians. The means available for -this important object have been very inadequate. A few additional -boarding-schools at Indian agencies have been established, and -the erection of buildings has been begun for several more, but an -increase of the appropriations for this interesting undertaking is -greatly needed to accommodate the large number of Indian children -of school age. The number offered by their parents from all parts -of the country for education in the Government schools is much -larger than can be accommodated with the means at present available -for that purpose. The number of Indian pupils at the Normal School -at Hampton. Va., under the direction of General Armstrong, has been -considerably increased, and their progress is highly encouraging. -The Indian School established by the Interior Department in 1879, -at Carlisle, Pa., under the direction of Captain Pratt, has been -equally successful. It has now nearly 200 pupils of both sexes, -representing a great variety of the tribes east of the Rocky<a class="pagenum" name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a> -Mountains. The pupils in both these institutions receive not -only an elementary English education, but are also instructed in -house-work, agriculture and useful mechanical pursuits.</p> - -<p>“The interest shown by Indian parents, even among the so-called -wild tribes, in the education of their children, is very -gratifying, and gives promise that the results accomplished by the -efforts now making will be of lasting benefit.</p> - -<p>“I concur with the Secretary of the Interior in expressing the -earnest hope that Congress will at this session take favorable -action on the bill providing for the allotment of lands on the -different reservations in severalty to the Indians, with patents -conferring fee-simple title inalienable for a certain period, and -the eventual disposition of the residue of the reservations, for -general settlement, with the consent and for the benefit of the -Indians, placing the latter under the equal protection of the laws -of the country. This measure, together with a vigorous prosecution -of our educational efforts, will work the most important and -effective advance toward the solution of the Indian problem, in -preparing for the gradual merging of our Indian population in the -great body of American citizenship.”</p> - -<p>We have never doubted the honest purpose of President Hayes’ -Administration to deal justly and wisely with the Indian problem, -and the plan it now proposes must meet the approbation of all -good citizens. The great question still remains: How far will the -Nation insist on the necessary legislation by Congress to carry -out these plans? It is in this point of view that we hail with -gratification the continued agitation of the subject, even if it -should involve differences of opinion among the warmest friends -of the Indians. And there are such differences. For example, it -is said that the claim of great improvement among the Indians, as -shown in their making demand for lands in severalty, and in their -progress in agricultural industries, is mere rhetoric, for it has -been repeated over and over again for years, in the reports of the -Indian Department. “Fine words butter no parsnips” for the Indian, -any more than for the white man. Give to the Indian his patents and -secure to him his rights. The <em>doing of it</em> is the thing demanded.</p> - -<p>Then, too, Mr. Tibbles and Bright Eyes are still on the war -path, with a following so earnest and respectable as to command -attention. We do not pronounce on the justice of their claim, but -we do welcome the agitation. The great thing to be dreaded is the -relegation of the Indian question to indifference and neglect. It -has many aspects, and its permanent and righteous settlement is the -immediate and imperative duty of the nation.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">MISS MARY E. SAWYER.</p> - -<p class="section">A Paper read at the Women’s Meeting, held in connection with the -Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association at Norwich, -Ct.</p> - -<p>Before every Southern teacher to whom comes the opportunity of -presenting this cause, so dear to us, to the Christian women of the -North, two pictures rise.</p> - -<p>Looking upon the one, you would shrink back in dismay, wondering -if it be not hopeless to try and illumine a darkness so gloomy, -to raise a class so utterly buried in ignorance, superstition -and sin. But, could we turn to you the other view, show the work -done, acquaint you with the trials, the sacrifices, the glorious -victories over fiery temptations, the patient continuance in -well-doing in the face of obstacles almost insurmountable, then, -indeed, you might be tempted to<a class="pagenum" name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a> take the other extreme and feel -that missionaries are hardly needed among a people whose Christian -record shines brighter than our own. So, coming as pledged -witnesses before you to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing -but the truth, we shrink from the vastness of the undertaking, for -while exactly fulfilling the last requirement and telling nothing -but the truth, we keenly realize the many contradictions, and know -that the whole truth cannot be told in a single hour—can never, -indeed, be fully known till seen in the light of eternity.</p> - -<p>We read of nations with no word for home. Come through the cabins -of the South and you will find not the name but the reality -wanting. You will not find there any incentive or help to personal -modesty, any retirement or any sense of impropriety in the state of -things. From these influences and homes many of our girls come to -us with minds and characters such as might be expected from such -surroundings. We sometimes speak of them as <em>children</em>, but the -comparison is hardly just. Never do I realize more keenly their -deprivations than after talking with Northern children—little -children whose precocity, to one fresh from the South, seems -almost alarming, suggestive of brain fevers and early death. From -babyhood their wits have been quickened by contact with other and -mature minds, their many questions wisely answered till they have -<em>absorbed</em> knowledge enough to be intelligent companions before -their so-called education begins. But put them in the place of -the colored children, remove all books, all papers, all pictures, -let them have no knowledge of the outside world, let all their -questions be addressed to people as ignorant as themselves, and you -will find the youth of sixteen far behind the child of six.</p> - -<p>To many of the girls, entering school is like entering a new world. -They sit for the first time in their lives at a well ordered table, -utterly at a loss as to the proper manner of conducting themselves. -The refined manners of the older students bewilder them.</p> - -<p>The door of a teacher’s room is suddenly and unceremoniously thrown -open, and two or three girls march silently before her to the -fire, and standing with vacant faces by its warmth, are perfectly -unconscious of any impropriety in such a mode of entrance, or of -the need of a single word of explanation. It is no uncommon thing -for a girl to throw herself, fully dressed, on the outside of her -freshly-made bed and there pass the night, having no conception of -properly undressing and going to bed.</p> - -<p>Our school work, then, includes much more than one would at first -imagine. Each girl has some part in the household work, and must -be taught the neatest, quickest and best method of doing it. This -does not mean once showing, but careful, patient oversight for -days and weeks. Her room, clean and tidy, when given her, must be -kept in the same condition, and this necessitates very frequent -and very thorough inspection, till she at length comprehends fully -that a hasty use of the broom, leaving the sweepings under the bed -or behind the door, a scrambling up of all loose articles into one -pile on the closet floor, or a set of drawers with finger marks -outside and a motley collection of clean and dirty clothing within, -will not satisfy the requirement.</p> - -<p>The same care is exercised over her person; clean, whole clothing, -well-kept hair and thorough bathing transform her outwardly, while -the loud, boisterous tones, the coarse expressions, the uncouth -manners are toned and softened by constant care.</p> - -<p>Sewing, in which they are woefully deficient, receives due -attention, and girls whose hands can manage a plough or a cotton -bag much more easily than they can<a class="pagenum" name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a> hold a needle, become at the -end of the course very nice seamstresses, whose work would rejoice -the hearts of the advocates of hand sewing. In these classes, -besides plain sewing of every description, the girls are taught -patching and darning, and the cutting and putting together of -garments, and in at least one of the colleges, each girl who -graduates must leave behind a garment cut and made entirely by -herself, as a specimen of her skill.</p> - -<p>A few minutes daily are spent in giving the assembled school a -brief summary of the important items of news in the great outside -world, and more or less time is devoted to plain talks on practical -matters, manners, morals and care of the health,—the last a -subject, by the way, with which they seem wholly unacquainted, and -which the girls especially need to become familiar with. Dress -reform in two directions needs to be impressed upon them, as the -uncouth garb of the girls from the woods, and the thin slippers, -cheap finery, powder, paint and corsets laced to the last verge of -human endurance donned by the city girls, bear testimony.</p> - -<p>But this is not all. These girls are sent to us to be trained for -Christ, and knowing the utter folly of attempting to build up -a pure, noble womanhood on any other foundation than Christian -principle, we try by all our system and watchfulness and oversight -to establish them in this, earnestly praying the Master to send -from on high that blessing without which all our labors will be -nothing worth.</p> - -<p>Have you never in some late Spring watched the brown leaf-buds, as -day after day they seemed to remain unchanged, till you were tired -of waiting for the fulfilment of their promise? And do you remember -your joyful surprise when, leaving them thus at night you woke to -find the whole tree aglow with the fresh, tiny bits of color from -the bursting buds? So we feel often as we wake to realize that the -rough, awkward girl who came to us has developed into the quiet, -refined Christian woman, leaving us for her life work. Nor are we -the only ones to see the transformation.</p> - -<p>“I am looking to see what kind of a woman you are,” said a child to -one of the Talladega students as she opened her log cabin school in -the pine wood. “You look to me like a white lady.” The teacher’s -face was of the most pronounced African type, and black as ebony, -but her quiet dignity and refined manner excited the child’s wonder -and elicited the unconscious compliment.</p> - -<p>As teachers, these girls carry the missionary spirit with them, -and feeling their responsibility, open Sunday-schools and engage -in temperance work as surely as they begin their day schools. Into -the cabins they carry, as far as may be, a regard for neatness, -order, and those little adornments which make home what it is. -Happy the young colored minister who wins one of them for his wife, -thus establishing a home which shall supplement his sermons and -act as leaven in the homes of his people. More than one graduate -of the colored theological seminaries is gravely hampered in his -usefulness by an ignorant, careless wife. As one frankly expressed -the matter to a brother minister, “My wife is more trouble to me -than all my work put together.” And in thus training our girls to -be careful, efficient housewives, we know we may be moulding not -them alone, nor their immediate households, but the whole community -of women over whom, as ministers’ wives and the most thoroughly -educated women, they will exert a powerful influence.</p> - -<p>But we have deeply felt the need of more direct and personal -influence over the women. The work of the school needs to be -supplemented by that of the missionary: mother and daughter must -work together for the best result. But<a class="pagenum" name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a> the teacher had little time -after the school duties were performed, and the lady missionaries -so sorely longed for, were very few in number. Why not, then, work -through our tried colored helpers? The description of the way this -has been done in other States I leave to those whose experience -is wider than my own. In Alabama, we have a “Woman’s Missionary -Association,” holding annual meetings in connection with the State -conference of churches, and having auxiliary societies in these -several churches. The colored women who compose these societies -have heartily and faithfully assumed the duties devolving upon -them, and helping others have themselves been helped.</p> - -<p>The work done is varied, no rigid plan being laid down. Sewing -classes for the women and girls, prayer-meetings for the mothers, -Bible-readings, visiting from house to house, bearing food and -medicine for the sick, clothing for the destitute, and comfort and -sympathy for all, health talks—than which nothing can be more -needed,—literary societies to develop their untrained minds, -foreign missionary meetings to broaden their sympathies; all these -and other ways of working for the Lord are reported at their last -meeting. In April, for the first time, this annual meeting was -visited by several white Southern ladies. Our surprise at their -coming was only equalled by their amazement at the revelations.</p> - -<p>“You put our ladies to the blush,” said one. “You are far ahead of -us in Christian work.”</p> - -<p>“Only to think,” exclaimed another as she listened to the carefully -prepared papers and systematic reports,—“Only to think that we -have kept such women as these in slavery!”</p> - -<p>There are bright, promising girls all over the South, who, to make -just such women as these, need only your help. You cannot leave -your home duties to go yourself to them, but you can provide the -means by which they may be fitted to act as your substitutes among -their people. “Ten times one is ten,” you know, and the girl to -whom you lend a hand may win many more souls into the kingdom. They -stand to-day on the border: your arm lifting, they will come into -power and usefulness: your heart closed to them, they will sink -back into the old life. There must be many in this room to-day who -have aided this work by gifts dearer to them than their own lives. -Does not the scene come back to you, when through blinding tears -you looked for the last time on brother or husband or son, as for -love of God and country the dear ones marched away to find a grave -beneath the Southern skies? They rest from their labors. It remains -for us, for their dear sake, to see that this work they so nobly -begun shall be as honorably carried on.</p> - -<p>Doubtless the Lord could perfect this work without our aid, but He -has chosen to entrust it to our keeping. And with every instinct -of humanity, every impulse of patriotism, every principle of -Christianity urging us to the work, shall we not receive it as from -our Saviour’s hand, holding fast that which we have, that no man -take our crown?</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>BENEFACTIONS.</h3> - -<p>Mr. Cyrus H. McCormick has given $100,000 to the Presbyterian -Theological Seminary of Chicago, to place it entirely out of debt.</p> - -<p>The late David N. Lord, of New York City, left by will $100,000 for -foreign missions, and $50,000 to the American Bible Society. He -also bequeathed $62,500 to local objects of charity.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></p> - -<p>Mr. R. L. Stewart, of New York City, has given $200,000 to be -divided equally between Princeton College and Princeton Theological -Seminary, to be applied for the endowment of Professorships.</p> - -<p>By the will of Mrs. Altana Wescott, of Jersey City, nearly $100,000 -is given to institutions connected with the Episcopal Church.</p> - -<p>The widow of the Cologne banker, Von Oppenheim, has given $150,000 -for a hospital for poor children of all denominations, in memory of -her late husband.</p> - -<p>Mr. Wm. B. Spooner, of Boston, left by will $3,000, the income of -which is to be expended for the education of the colored people -at the South. He also made liberal provision for the State Total -Abstinence Society and the National Temperance Society of New York, -besides other bequests to worthy objects.</p> - -<p>Mr. John T. Crawford, of Cincinnati, has left an estate valued from -$30,000 to $100,000, to be applied for a home for aged colored men. -His directions were that the institution be built on College Hill. -There seems to be some doubt about the ability of the executors to -carry out the conditions of the bequest.</p> - -<p>The American Presbyterian Board of Missions has received from the -estate of the late Mrs. Lapsley, of New Albany, Ind., the sum of -$215,000, with the prospect of receiving $60,000 or $70,000 more -from the same source.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>GENERAL NOTES.</h3> - - -<h4>Africa.</h4> - -<p>—Sir Garnet Wolseley has given to the Berlin Missionary Society -a large tract of land in South Africa to be used for a Mission -Station.</p> - -<p>—The mission at Frere Town, East Central Africa, has proved an -inviting rendezvous for run-away slaves. The missionaries have -no power to keep them, but have opportunity to expostulate with -their owners for any cruelties they may inflict upon them. The -practical result is that the masters become intimidated and angry, -and would make an end of the missionaries if they had the power. -The settlement has already been threatened with destruction. It is -hoped, however, that the impending calamity may be over-ruled, to -the overthrow of slavery on the coast.</p> - -<p>—<i>The Victoria Nyanza Mission</i> of the C. M. S., despite every -difficulty and disappointment, still exists. Letters from Uganda -bring intelligence down to Aug. 14. It appears that Mtesa had -engaged Mr. Pierson to build him a boat, and that Mr. Litchfield, -in company with Mr. Mackay, had made a journey to Uyui, arriving -at that point June 5. As the locality proved favorable to -Mr. Litchfield’s health he intended to remain there with Mr. -Copplestone, while Mr. Mackay had gone back to Uganda. These -brethren are cheered by the belief that the hearts and minds of -many of the heathen with whom they have labored have been prepared -for the Gospel.</p> - -<p>Mr. Litchfield writes: “I have invariably found the poor people -ready and eager to listen to the story of the cross. Numbers of -instances rise up before me as I write, where the hearers have -testified their astonishment and joy at the love of Jesus in dying -for them. Do not give away an inch,” he says, “if the place is -proposed to be given up. On Dec. 23 we had that crushing vote to -reject Christianity and stop our teaching. Now things are changing -and public opinion is coming round in our favor. The hand is on the -plow and we must not look back.”</p> - -<p>—The Jesuits have purchased a large tract of ground near -Alexandria, Egypt, and purpose to build a convent for the reception -of the members of their order who have been expelled from European -countries.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></p> - -<p>—A short time since, the Khedive of Egypt commissioned Col. Sala -to take charge of an expedition for the capture and liberation -of slaves who are brought down the Nile from the Soudan into -Egypt. The expedition crossed the Nile at Assouan and searched -several localities where slaves were illegally retained. After -much difficulty and many fruitless endeavors, Col. Sala succeeded -in surprising a village during the night time, and capturing -and liberating twenty-one negroes. This endeavor set on foot by -the young Khedive indicates a more hopeful condition of affairs -relating to the East African slave trade than any other event of -recent occurrence.</p> - -<p>—<i>News from Mr. Stanley.</i>—A letter from Mr. Carrie, -superintendent of the Mission at Loango, gives interesting details -gathered from Mr. Protche, a French naturalist, concerning Mr. -Stanley and his operations. Mr. Protche visited him for the purpose -of connecting himself with the expedition, but failed in his object.</p> - -<p>He reports that Mr. Stanley was living at Vivi, in a village which -he had built with lumber from Europe. The houses were said to be -quite comfortable. Mr. Stanley had already constructed a road -extending three leagues east of his village, and was performing a -large amount of work in a way that must be quite assuring to those -who are responsible for his expeditions.</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>The Indians.</h4> - -<p>—The number of Indian youth learning trades in work-shops at -the agencies under the care of the United States Government has -increased from one hundred and eighty-five last autumn to three -hundred and fifty-eight this year. Brick-making has been begun, -and houses for the Indians are now almost exclusively built by -the Indians themselves. The aptitude shown by the Indians for -mechanical work, has, in many cases, been surprising.</p> - -<p>—Nearly two thousand freight wagons have been in use by the -Indians this year, with the result of saving considerable money -to the government compared with the amounts formerly paid for the -same transportation (of supplies, &c., to the agencies), besides -furnishing a civilizing and welcome employment to a large number of -otherwise restless Indians.</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>The Chinese.</h4> - -<p>—Two Chinamen were baptized and received into the Church at -Stockton, Cal., Nov. 7. They were the first of that nation to join -any church in that city.</p> - -<p>—<i>Restriction of Chinese Immigration.</i>—A treaty has been made by -the United States with the Chinese Government which practically -leaves the subject of regulating Chinese immigration to the -authorities at Washington. Owing to the fact that the Chinese -Government has never been anxious to have its citizens emigrate to -any country, little difficulty was found in negotiating the treaty.</p> - -<p>—The <cite>Christian Advocate</cite> has a very interesting report of the -sermons preached by the native pastors at the Methodist Conference -at Foochow, China, in October last. We select one. Rev. Sia Sek -Ong preached from the single word “Go:” “Leave father, mother, -friends, fields; preachers go thus; world-men don’t like to go in -that fashion. Where must we go? To the sea, for the fish. They are -not on the surface; they are in the depths. We may find shrimps -in shallow water, but we must go to the deep water for the large -fish. Go to the mountains to seek the lost sheep. There are lions -and tigers and snakes in the mountains; but we must go, not to -find sport, but to find the sheep. Go to the vineyard, to work, -to watch, to plant, to water. Go to the field to sow seed. Study -the soil, and sow<a class="pagenum" name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a> accordingly. Field-work is not play. Go to -the market-place, and bid guests to the Master’s feast. Go into -the army, to fight, to wrestle with the devil, to put forth your -strength, and to come home singing songs of victory.</p> - -<p>“Ask the Master for Peter’s hook to bring up the right fish; for -David’s crook to guide the sheep aright; for Gideon’s torch to -light up the dark places; for Gospel seed, without any tares in -it; for Moses’ guiding rod; for the brazen serpent, to cure the -bites of the world’s snakes; for David’s sling to prostrate your -giant foe; for the armor inventoried by Paul in the last chapter of -Ephesians; but above all, for the wonderful Holy Spirit, to help at -all times. If we have all these, it is no matter where we go. We -will come with rejoicing to conference next year, with songs and -shouts of victory.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ITEMS FROM THE FIELD.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Nashville, Tenn.</span>—During the latter part of November a -precious work of grace was going on in Fisk University, more than -fifteen of the students having decided to come over upon the Lord’s -side.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chattanooga, Tenn.</span>—As a result of some special meetings -held by pastor Jos. E. Smith, assisted by Rev. E. J. Penney, of -Marietta, Ga., the Church was greatly confirmed and six or seven -were added to the company of the disciples.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Tougaloo, Miss.</span>—In the University Chapel, on the last -Sabbath of November, Superintendent Roy preached a sermon, and -delivered a missionary address before the young people, who were -about to organize a Society of Inquiry in addition to their mission -school association, and was permitted to rejoice on that day with -the teachers over the conversion of a young man, who had been -the occasion of a great deal of solicitude to them. Half a dozen -others have been coming along this fall in a quiet way; whereas, -one year ago, the Spirit appeared almost as a rushing, mighty wind, -leaving nineteen students to the Saviour within twenty-four hours, -all of whom are still holding on their way beautifully. There are -now 107 boarding students, while not a few have been turned away -for lack of room. The new house for the home of the President is -nearly completed. A third story is to be put upon the Ladies’ Hall, -and other enlargements are sufferingly needed. The industrial -department is in vigorous condition.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Paris, Texas.</span>—On the 23d of Nov., an Ecclesiastical -Council, at this place, after an eminently satisfactory -examination, ordained two young men, graduates of the theological -department of Talladega College, licentiates of Alabama -Conference,—Mr. J. W. Roberts as pastor of the “African -Congregational Church” of Paris, and Mr. J. W. Strong to go to -Corpus Christi, to take the church work, while Rev. S. M. Coles, -who has been doing double service there, will retain the charge of -the school. Rev. W. C. McCune, of Dallas, preached the sermon, Rev. -R. H. Read of the other Congregational Church, of Paris, delivered -the charge. Rev. Albert Gray, who has had charge of the Church for -several years, having been an old-time African preacher, extended -the right hand of fellowship, and Supt. Roy, the moderator, offered -the prayer of ordination, having spent five days in confirming and -preaching for the cluster of churches in the country about, that -have branched off from this one. These are Pattonville, New Hope, -Paradise and Shiloh. The mother church, which, in 1868, paid $112 -in gold for an acre and a half lot in the suburbs, has now bought a -more central lot and will work toward a new “church house.”</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE FREEDMEN.</h2> - -<p class="secauth">REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.,</p> - -<p class="secauth">FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>THE “CENTRAL SOUTH.”</h3> - -<p class="secauth">PRES. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">My Dear Dr. Warren</span>:—Across the street from where I -write is a Freedmen’s church, of modest pretensions, in which the -Central South Conference of churches (Congregational) is sitting. -It comprises the churches and pastors of Tennessee, Mississippi and -Alabama. Just within the door a low pillar in the centre supports -an “offertory,” to use an English, but hardly an American word, -with the legend “Help us.” It is from great poverty and hardships, -as well as great wrong, that this scion of ecclesiastical New -England has grown, and the people are still needy. Behind the -pulpit is the motto, “Take my yoke upon you;” they have accepted -that of Christ as they have rejected that of man. Very happily, -the earnest and intelligent young pastor elect, in welcoming -the members of this Conference this morning, reminded them that -they come to a Memphis unlike that of antiquity, from which the -task-master has forever passed away.</p> - -<p>This is a genuine Congregational body save in hue—one cannot long -say just that, for we are to have many of the same hue. Its modes, -motions, votes, reports, papers on appointed subjects, discussions, -care to recognize the precedence of churches over mere officers -of churches, and its devotional spirit, are like those of Maine -Conferences. But in the half a hundred brethren and sisters who -are present forenoon and afternoon, white faces are to be seen -only here and there; those who possess them are admitted, so far -as I can see, to an entire equality with others! The moderator -is a white professor of languages in Fisk University; the scribe -a colored pastor at Nashville. The preacher last evening was a -colored minister from Alabama; a white minister from Iowa assisted -him, whose daughter, teacher of music in the Normal Institute for -Freedmen here, led the choir. In one corner sits Rev. Dr. J. E. -Roy, the A. M. A. Field Superintendent in the South. The (white) -chairman of the business committee is at the head of a church -and one institution supported by the Association in Mississippi. -Fervent and spiritual, yet orderly as a Northern prayer-meeting, -were the devotional exercises of the first hour this morning.</p> - -<p>Narratives from the churches coming first in the proceedings, -indicated the practical working character of the Conference. One -of them was the story of a church holding on its way without a -pastor, growing in steady Christian work in its prayer meetings -and in its Sabbath attendance, and fostering an institution of -learning the while. Another was a written apology from the pastor -for absence, because of conversions and a promising work of grace. -Another was a thrilling narrative of a brotherhood whose main body, -thirty strong, went two years ago to Kansas, and its Sabbath-school -has twice since been swept away; yet it has come up from six to -forty-five in numbers, built a pleasant house of worship, and -made Christian education victorious over the deadly opposition of -secular public education. I learned of another, not represented -to-day, whose real acting pastor is a lady teacher, nineteen years -at her solitary post. The dashing heroism of anti-rebellion days -has been succeeded by the quiet, persistent heroism that is often -the greater of the two; and the self-sacrifice of many of both -races for the cause of Christ is wonderful.</p> - -<p>There is hopefulness among these<a class="pagenum" name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a> brethren and sisters as to the -reviving of God’s work in the special direction of practical -righteousness. With all the immense moral evils of a Federal -election, they feel that conscience has been stirred, and profound -gratitude to God for the result has been awakened among the -Freedmen. Thought and energy, it seems to them, are more likely -to turn in the direction of religion now than in any other great -common channel, and they have courage and cheer for coming work. No -salvation movement among them can overpass their need.</p> - -<p>I add, at a later date, that an afternoon given to church extension -and the spread of education was of the deepest interest. Between -the two papers, or addresses, was another on more generous giving -by the churches, entirely in keeping. How vast a work in both -church and school is laid upon them, one needs to be among them, -and to see and hear them, in order to realize. How the treasury of -the A. M. A. could fill to repletion if all who support it could -have an inside view. In conversations at Andover on two different -occasions, Prof. Park uttered the strongest and most anxious -impressions respecting our national future and the condition of the -South. I am sure that he and all deep-sighted and far-sighted men -would find them intensified on actual examination of the facts. -The task before us is vast, and, but for divine help, overwhelming -and impracticable. Nothing in church order and work can save these -people but the freest and most intelligent system; nothing in -education but practical training for the duties and competitions -with a more favored race, guided and inspired by thorough Christian -principle.</p> - -<p>Another afternoon was given to an ecclesiastical council, called -by the 2d Congregational church of Memphis, to advise as to the -ordination of a pastor. The examination of the young man who -had been preaching to them for some months was a thoroughly -delightful one, specially full and rich in the recital of Christian -experience. The young brother is a light colored man, a native of -Pennsylvania, of an earnest, intense nature, studious, modest, -instructive as a preacher, and edifying to a group of Northern -white teachers in Le Moyne Institute, and bore himself as to -clearness and soundness of doctrine, in a manner so admirable, -that many candidates for the ministry from the more favored race -might well look up to him. Very tender and sweet was his testimony -to parental faithfulness, and the divine blessing upon it in -the Presbyterian church in which he was brought up, and to the -providential leading that guided him into the ministry “for the -sake of the work in the South.” The Conference, at an earlier -session, licensed two other young brethren, whose work in gathering -churches and schools is sorely needed in the communities they -represent. One of these preached before it.</p> - -<p>Twice this week I have given before Freedmen’s institutions -lectures prepared for Northern college audiences. One’s respect for -these institutions and for their students could only be raised by -the intelligent attention given. The city press—Democratic—has -made courteous and even generous notice of the religious -proceedings of the week. Dr. Roy and myself were promptly invited -to occupy Presbyterian pulpits in the city, and were most kindly -and respectfully received. We were assured that we should be -heard with pleasure again, and that the Gospel which we preached -was that which they received, knowing “no North, no South.” On -Sabbath evening the place of worship of the 2d Congregational -Church—the first is of white people—was crowded with attentive -hearers of both races while the ordination exercises were held. -The young pastor had been chosen by the Conference delegate to -the National Council at St. Louis, and the people, at the close<a class="pagenum" name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a> -of the ordination, raised a sum of money to defray his expenses. -I have never seen more genuine and grateful joy among a Christian -flock at the gift of a pastor and teacher than these people showed -as they crowded up to take his hand after he had pronounced the -benediction. They are ordinarily more social and demonstrative at -all religious gatherings than white Christians.</p> - -<p>Some views of their future, and of the great and grave problems -involved in their elevation by a free Christianity and by Christian -education, were deeply impressed upon me during my week among them, -to which I may give utterance hereafter.—<cite>Christian Mirror.</cite></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>SOUTH CAROLINA.</h3> - -<p class="section">Tannerism in Church Work—Charm of Old Songs—Temperance Revival.</p> - -<p class="secauth">REV. TEMPLE CUTLER.</p> - -<p>Two years ago Plymouth church, Charleston, was in the hands of -a man whom it believed to be a good man, and in the enthusiasm -of the moment it undertook to support him without aid from the -Association. They ran the church nine months, and then were glad -to get back under the sheltering wings of their cherishing mother. -They did not return a moment too soon. Life was at a very low ebb, -and the church required very tender nursing to bring it up. The -most I can say of it now is, that it is convalescing. The pulse -is regular, the digestion normal, the eye is brighter and more -hopeful, there is a degree of buoyancy in the step, the skin is -more healthy, and if there shall be no relapse, we may confidently -hope for full recovery. But I would not advise a repetition of such -experiments. It isn’t a good plan to try how near we can bring -ourselves to the gate of death and then get back. <em>Tannerism</em> isn’t -good for church work.</p> - -<p>The greatest burden of the church now, is a debt of $1,200 which -it owes to the A. M. A. We would like to pay this off, and no -doubt the money would be of great use in some other department of -our great work, but the people are very poor. They are willing -to do what they can, but we find it hard to pay the interest on -the mortgage. If any of the readers of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> -desire to help a worthy cause, let them send their donation to Dr. -Strieby, to be set to the credit of Plymouth church in Charleston.</p> - -<p>We have been revising our list of membership. In the spring we had -a solemn renewal of fellowship, and from that renewal we made up -our list. In doing this we were obliged to drop from our record -twenty-five names. We number now, present and absent, 180; but, I -am sorry to say, some of them who are in the city, and who solemnly -covenanted to walk in the fellowship with the church, still absent -themselves from all our services. Still they regard themselves as -exemplary Christians, and resent the imputation that they are not -living consistent lives. It is here, as everywhere, a few faithful -ones are the bone and sinew of the church.</p> - -<p>I wish I could take you into one of our prayer meetings, such a -one as we sometimes have, for they are not all of the same degree -of spiritual fervor, but one of our good meetings is exceedingly -enjoyable. The songs are so weird and the prayers are so fervent -and frequent, and their attitude so devout—well, perhaps your -fastidious taste would be shocked, but somehow I am drawn a little -nearer Heaven here than anywhere else. I can’t help saying “Amen” -down in my heart. And when they sing my body sways with theirs, -just as the sailor rolls his gait with the motion of the deck. We -sing a good many of the old time tunes, and some that have not -yet been translated into written song. Our people sing their good -old household hymns to these tunes. They have a happy faculty of -adapting the words to the music, no matter what the metre<a class="pagenum" name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a> may be. -For instance, the tune in the Jubilee Songs, “I will die in the -field,” is made to fit the hymn, “When I can read my title clear.”</p> - -<p>Sometimes the hymn is divided up, and the chorus sandwiched in -between the lines most ingeniously. But, however incongruous it may -be to the rules of music, it has a peculiar charm.</p> - -<p>The church was well supplied during the vacation by Rev. David -Peebles, of Dudley, N. C. Bro. Peebles kept them together and -strengthened their hands. His ministry was most acceptable to the -people. If nothing happens to us we have every reason to expect -the church now to grow. We need the baptism of the Spirit. We are -looking forward to a meeting, soon to be held in the city, under -the direction of Rev. H. E. Brown, who has been laboring in the -interest of the colored people in the South with great success. The -Minister’s Union has taken hold of the matter, and stands ready -to give him a hearty co-operation. Bro. Brown’s method introduces -Bible Readings in public, and from house to house. This is what we -need, and what the people want. We hope for a large blessing to -follow.</p> - -<p>There is a large territory spiritually to be occupied in -Charleston. We have a population of 50,000, a large part of whom -are colored. In this county there are 71,000 colored people and -only 30,000 white. There are 604,000 colored people in the State, -and 391,000 white. The colored vote is 40,000 in majority. There -is great wickedness among these colored people. They copy and -improve upon the vices of the whites, in addition to their natural -depravity. Gambling, profanity, drunkenness, licentiousness and -Sabbath-breaking abound. Some of these vices have been born of -freedom, others have been increased by it. Drunkenness was rare -among the blacks in slavery. Gambling was comparatively unknown. -Now both of these vices prevail to an alarming extent. Outside -the city limits on Sunday groups of men and boys are to be seen -everywhere, throwing dice or engaged in some other form of -gambling. An effort is on foot to reach these outlying masses and -bring them under the influence of the Gospel. I know of but one -missionary who gives her time to the work of visiting the thirty -thousand colored people of this city. We could use advantageously a -dozen.</p> - -<p>Oh, how much there is to be done, and how few to do it; and how -weak all our instrumentalities in the face of these obstacles! May -God help us! Oh, that the churches at the North could see what a -field is open to them here in the South! If we could have at least -one more missionary here in Charleston we would be glad, and the -money it would cost would be well expended.</p> - -<p>The white people are waking up to more effort in missionary work. -They have commenced in the temperance reform, and already a -petition with 5,000 names attached has been presented to the Mayor -and Council, asking that no more licenses be granted for the sale -of intoxicating drinks. It is a beginning. A noble Christian woman, -Mrs. Chapin, has been the prime mover of this endeavor. We hope its -influence will not be lost if the petition is rejected. May God -give us other and stronger petitions until the authorities see that -Christian people mean business.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>GEORGIA.</h3> - -<h4>Atlanta University.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. C. W. FRANCIS.</p> - -<p>Several facts of interest are connected with the opening of the -school year at Atlanta University.</p> - -<p>1st. We are in possession of several valuable improvements, -which give increased facilities long greatly needed. These are -in consequence of recent gifts, the first fruits of which a -conjunction of favorable circumstances made thus<a class="pagenum" name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a> early available. -They consist of an addition to the building for girls, nearly -doubling its capacity for lodgers; to the dining room, furnishing -nearly forty more seats; to one school room, furnishing desks for -sixty pupils, and two convenient recitation rooms. And these are -all in full demand, and the inquiry presses, “What shall we do next -when the January rush comes on?”</p> - -<p>2d. A largely increased attendance, especially of girls, 79 -being now present as boarders, and these new pupils come largely -from remote regions, some traveling more than 300 miles to reach -school. This increase is the result of no special appeals or -inducements—indeed, until much more extensive preparations were -made it would not be safe to invite a larger attendance—but grows -chiefly out of the interest awakened by old pupils in their own -community, and in the schools taught by them during the summer -vacation.</p> - -<p>3d. A very satisfactory report of vacation work by nearly all of -the more than 150 who engaged in it.</p> - -<p>(<i>a.</i>) Every pupil who was competent and desired a situation in -the public schools, obtained one, and many were taken who had made -but little progress in studies, and after all were gone, more than -a score of applications were made for teachers to be sent from -here, which could not be met from any source, and the schools were -disbanded.</p> - -<p>(<i>b.</i>) No obstacles were met by any pupil caused by any of the -white citizens of the state, but on the contrary, much assistance -and support was cheerfully given, and that too, in many remote and -rude regions.</p> - -<p>(<i>c.</i>) Temperance work had especial prominence and effectiveness. -All were provided with a good supply of suitable temperance -reading, which they distributed in connection with schools taught -by them both on Sabbath and week days. This work was followed up -by family visits and lectures and personal work, so that in some -counties the vote was carried for prohibition under the local -option law.</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>Georgia Conference.</h4> - -<p>The Conference of this State held its annual meeting in Atlanta, -at the First Church—Rev. C. W. Hawley’s—from the 2d to the 5th -inst., Rev. Jos. E. Smith Moderator, and Rev. S. E. Lathrop and -Prof. S. B. Morse, Secretaries. Rev. J. R. McLean preached the -opening sermon, upon the encouragement to run the Christian race -from the example of Christ. It was a refreshing and edifying -discourse, too much in earnest for an introduction, but made three -points and stuck to them and stopped at the end. The preacher is a -graduate of Talladega.</p> - -<p>As a good example for other Conferences, one evening was given -to addresses in behalf of the several Congregational Societies, -with alternation of color as to the speakers, but not as to the -speeches. Supt. Roy reported the anniversary of the A. M. A. and -the St. Louis triennial, and gave an address upon the independence -of our churches as related to their fellowship. Rev. P. Snelson -and Prof. C. W. Francis led off on “Church Discipline,” President -Ware opened on “The School and the Church,” showing their natural -relation as evangelizers. A half day was given to a visit at the -Atlanta University, and one evening to a sociable. Two “church -houses” have been built during the year at Marietta and Cypress -Slash. The Conference missed Rev. R. F. Markham’s stirring way, -but rejoiced in the coming in his place at Savannah of Rev. B. D. -Conkling, whose transition from the moderatorship of the fortieth -annual meeting of the Wisconsin Convention to a place in this -humble body did not appal him. His sermon at the University was -greatly appreciated. His combination of pulpit and business talent -will find full scope in this work. <cite>The Atlanta Constitution</cite> gave -a report of the Conference each day.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></p> - -<p>On Monday the members of the Conference, called by letters missive, -repaired to Marietta, twenty-one miles out, to sit in Council for -the installation of Mr. E. J. Penney, a graduate of the Atlanta -University and of Andover Seminary. The young pastor is taking hold -of his work grandly. Let it be observed that the Congregational -Churches of the South are seeking after the old paths. This is the -third installation of a colored pastor within a month. The others -were Rev. B. A. Imes, of Memphis, and Rev. J. W. Roberts, of Paris, -Texas.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ALABAMA.</h3> - -<p class="section">A Visit to Marion.</p> - -<p class="secauth">REV. G. W. ANDREWS, TALLADEGA.</p> - -<p>Marion was reached Saturday night, a grand old town of three -thousand inhabitants, and an educational centre for the State. As -the hacks were full, a colored brother, an old friend, and deacon -in our church at this place, took my bag, and I hastened along the -sidewalk a mile or more to what was once the “Teachers’ Home,” but -now the parsonage, a house to which I was introduced ten years ago -when I left my Connecticut pastorate for a winter in the Sunny -South. I cannot tell you how I felt, passing along the streets, -as I recalled the experiences of ten years ago. I shuddered as I -neared the house where my friend, now of Chattanooga, came near -losing his life in the small hours of the night by the hands of -masked and armed men. The rush, the rope, the tree, the cries -for help, the final deliverance, and much more, were very vivid -and real to my awakened mind. I thought, also, of those eight -consecutive nights when none of our family lay down to rest as -usual; of the armed guard of twenty brave men in and about the -house all those nights; of the warning letters received, the -threats made, the Henry rifles in our chairs when we bowed around -our family altar; of the preaching with hands in my pocket on my -revolver; of the fear and trembling that seized us when special -danger threatened; of our isolation from all except the poor we had -come to bless by our labors. I thought, too, of the school-house, -the three hundred eager learners, the little church of a dozen -members, the precious meetings, the great outpouring of the Spirit, -the hundreds of conversions, the “never to be forgotten” prayers -and songs—in all the most precious revival of my life. As a -drowning man recalls the events of a whole life in a moment, so -in an incredibly brief space of time passed before me those early -experiences of missionary life in this strange land, impossible -for me now to relate. All is changed now. To-day the missionary is -welcomed by many Christian people in Marion. The dreadful past is -fading from our minds in the love and friendship of the present.</p> - -<p>Sabbath morning I looked out upon the many cottages and cabin homes -in the woods and fields all about, while near by I saw the church -edifice with its graceful and airy bell-tower in which hangs a -choice bell from the foundry of Veasy & White, of East Hampton, -Connecticut, and the gift of the people there. The house will seat -three or four hundred, is well proportioned, nicely painted and -frescoed,—the most handsome and best kept church edifice of the -colored people in the State.</p> - -<p>I wish it were possible for me to give some suitable account of -the Sabbath greetings and services. A few touches only, and your -imagination must supply the rest. The bell called us to the house -of God at 9 a.m. You first meet the men and women who joined -the church ten years ago, and are now pillars in it and in the -Sabbath-school. And such a welcome!—such hand-shaking, such glad -hearts! You very soon know Paul’s warmth towards his beloved Church -of Philippi, his first love in Europe, as this was my first love in -Alabama. It was nearly five hours before<a class="pagenum" name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a> these morning greetings, -the Sabbath-school, the preaching and then more hand-shaking, were -ended, and the people willing to go to their homes. The promise, -“He shall bring all things to your remembrance,” seemed that day -fulfilled. Precious memories of the wonderful work of grace that -drew so many of them into the fold were present to all with power. -“Our hearts burned within us” as we talked of these things there, -and “by the way.” The night service, the Monday calls, the informal -social gathering, the eager questions, the manifest Spirit’s -presence, the next day’s farewells—all made a deep impression on -us, and led us to feel anew that this missionary work is God’s -work, for it was that work that inspired our hearts and was our -theme from first to last.</p> - -<p>This church has already put five young men into the Christian -ministry, and is in morals, intelligence and management a pattern -worthy to be copied.</p> - -<p>Since my arrival home the one question that presses heaviest on my -heart is, how can we provide for the boys and girls of Marion and -other places visited that want to come to the college to school? In -Childersburgh, Shelby Iron Works, Calera, Selma and Marion, places -along the line of my journey, I found many smart boys and girls -anxious to become educated men and women. In one place I found -twenty-five eager to come, not one of whom could pay more than a -small part of necessary school expenses. Low wages, poor crops, the -cotton worm and inherited poverty keep them where they are, and so -far as I can see they must live and die there in their poverty and -hopelessness, unless those whom God has more highly favored are -moved to help them. Our college expenses are so low that seventy -dollars will keep one pupil in school one year, and sometimes, -on account of labor done or aid from home, a much smaller amount -will suffice. We need more than one thousand dollars to be used in -this way this year, above the amounts already pledged. Christian -education transforms these boys and girls. I wish you could see the -eight young men that were graduated last June from the Theological -Department of the college, and hear them preach the word to their -people; you could but say, “Verily, this is God’s way and I -must chime in with it.” Several young men are just now entering -the Theological Department who are every way worthy, but wholly -dependent for means to prosecute their studies to the end.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>TENNESSEE.</h3> - -<p class="section">Revival at Memphis.</p> - -<p class="secauth">PROF. A. J. STEELE.</p> - -<p>I know you will rejoice with us at the outpouring of the Spirit -which just now is so manifest.</p> - -<p>Our evening prayer-meetings, held for the past week each day -immediately after school, are being greatly blessed. One of the -students, a young man, professed Christ three days ago; the -earnestness since then has deepened. The meetings of yesterday -and the day before were especially blessed, and this morning two -promising girls of the school rose directly after devotions, and -before the entire school, gave most earnest and clear testimony -to Christ as their Saviour. In this afternoon’s meeting, to which -nearly the entire school remained, two smaller girls and two -prominent young men professed, with rejoicing. The entire school -seems moved, many are seeking most earnestly, and this evening, at -seven o’clock, we have a special meeting in the sitting-room at the -Home.</p> - -<p>We are all rejoicing, as we doubt not angels are, over the -repentance and return of those estranged from God. Will you not -give thanks with us and pray for a continuation of the presence of -the Spirit with us in our work!</p> - - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE CHINESE.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION,”</h3> - -<p class="section">Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">President</span>: Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D. -<span class="smcap">Vice-Presidents</span>: Rev. A. L. Stone, D.D., Thomas C. -Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. -Dwinell, D.D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D.D., Edward -P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D.D., Jacob S. Taber, Esq.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Directors</span>: Rev. George Mooar, D.D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, -Rev. E. P. Baker, James. M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. -John Kimball.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Secretary</span>: Rev. W. C. Pond. <span class="smcap">Treasurer</span>: E. -Palache, Esq.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>LETTERS FROM PUPILS.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. W. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.</p> - -<p>I often receive letters from pupils in our schools, and still more -frequently read letters addressed to their teachers, which I have -wished I could show to the Christian friends who are enabling us to -carry on our work.</p> - -<p>It is encouraging to see how much of saving truth they have -contrived to learn, and still more to feel all through the -throbbings of a Christian heart. The English is often in a sad -tangle, but the effort to get hold of idioms so utterly opposite -to their own sometimes gives an appetizing quaintness to their -utterances such as freshens even oldest truth.</p> - -<p>I venture to fill our columns for this month with a few extracts, -realizing the fact that our interest in them may be wholly due to -our personal interest in the writers, and that I incur the risk of -their falling quite flat on the ears of others.</p> - -<p>Here is one from Gin Sing, a member of the Presbyterian Church in -Santa Barbara, now in Mexico: “Dear Sir, Mr. Pond: How are your -health now? I hope you alway strong and able to do things. I have -leave off [left] the city of Santa Barbara last Jan. 21st, but -we living in Sonora of Mexico the county, at place of San Felix -Mine. * * * I like to stay Santa Barbara very much, and so I have -a chance to go church every Sunday; and this country none have -church, and not very good country, but only mine was good, and -country was dry the all time, and hot, too, and cold—sometimes -was cold as can be. Oh, Dear Sir, I hear from Ah Foy [a Chinese -brother, member of the Congregational Church] sometime ago. Tell -me about Lee Wing Tie [a Baptist brother from San Francisco] been -to Santa Barbara; done many good things for mission boys before he -left; but Mission boys like him very much indeed, and very happy -that time, and large school, too. Now Miss Clarke write me very few -boys come. I am sorry. Sorry as can be. * * * Be prayerful, patient -and pleasant, and never lose faith that the love and help of God, -the Father, are with us in every hour. May God bless you always.”</p> - -<p>And here is one recently received from Ny To Ging, a Stockton -brother: “Mr. Pond: Dear Friend * * * Since I left you so long -time, I never written to you any. Alway do I remember your -kindness. I hope God will bless you and give you much strength to -do his work. We are all sinners, and have wandered from God like -lost sheep that have gone astray from the fold, but God is ready -to forgive and take us back again in order to save us; so that we -ought immediately to repent and become the disciples of Christ -and be always prepared to do the will of Jesus. The Bible is the -word of God. Holy men wrote it as the Holy Spirit taught them. The -truths of the Bible never change. Every word is true, and God’s -truth shall last forever. * * * I write to let you know and two -Chinese [are to be] baptized in Stockton Church<a class="pagenum" name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a> Congregational -the next Sunday. I do not know how to write a letter well, but -I make the attempt to write a little, hoping you will overlook -all mistakes.” [In some portions of the above I think that as to -the English our brother must have had the aid of his teacher’s -corrections but the thoughts, I am sure, are his own.—W. C. P.]</p> - -<p>This is from Jou Mow Lam, recently baptized in Bethany Church, -addressed to his teacher in Stockton: “My dear teacher, Mrs. L. -Langdon, I write few words to you. I think you good take care your -scholar. I leave you long time. I do pray to God, hope you very -well. I was very sorry, can get no work, know you help me. Pray -to God to change my new heart [change my heart: make it new] no -make me darkness. Soon I have baptized [shall be baptized]. I have -read also in the gospels about Jesus; he rose from the grave on -the third day after he was crucified, and went to heaven. I wish -to be a Christian that I may go to heaven. I do not cease to pray -for the pardon of my sin, and a new heart. I cannot tell you how -I long to meet you my dear Christian friend.” This one is from Ny -King, a beloved brother in Bethany Church, addressed to teachers -who had recently removed from San Francisco to Stockton. It was -written just as he was about to sail for China: “I sorry I can not -write all I want, but I will try to write a few words to you. You -are kind and patient to teach our Chinese, and I am very sorry you -have to go to Stockton and leave us. Still we are glad, for you -shall have a good chance to do much good for our Christian Chinese -up there. I hope you remember me while you pray, that I may go home -to China, to hold up the light of Christ, and tell the kindness -of your Christian people to my own countrymen which they might -receive it. One day, one of my heathen friends call up to me in a -store: ‘Ny King,’ said he, ‘are you go home next steamer? I will -tell you something, that you might not forget it. Now you say you -are a Christian, but in about a month more, you will say you are -something thing else,’ for he thought the Christian only good for -here, and never can be in China. If the power of man, it might be -so, but God who is the highest [is] <em>Almighty</em>. Now I must close my -letter. I have no time to write any more. Good bye.”</p> - -<p>Many other letters lie before me, each with its own point of -interest, but I shall trespass on another’s space if I indulge -in any more extracts. I will venture, however, to give without -connection, the following sketch of a sermon from Wong Ack, a -helper recently introduced into service, and from whom our readers -have not heard before.</p> - -<p>The text is Matt. ii., 28: “Come unto me all ye that labor,” etc.</p> - -<p>1. The world is now already led by Satan, that who follows him, it -is heavy labor he has to bear: and every grief in his heart that -never feels any comfort, so that Jesus has shown His kind heart, -and sound His merciful voice that whosoever will leave the devil -and come to Him, they will receive His rest.</p> - -<p>2. Jesus now on this world is like to what?—Like a gong which is -sounding on the place while the thieves surround the people at -night, and might wake them up, so they know the mischief was near, -and try to escape out of the murderers’ hands, and hope they might -save their life.</p> - -<p>3. Our friends, this mischief nobody is able to deliver you from, -but only Jesus who is our Saviour: He will preserve us, if we trust -in Him. Oh! how sorry for them now which are asleep! Their hearts -were full of dreams, and their eyes were closed up by Satan’s -plans. Wake up, our friends, wake up! Come, come to Jesus as -possible as you can [as quickly as you possibly can]. He is ready, -waiting for us. * * *</p> - -<p>4. That labor which I had spoken of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a> is in this world. But you -ought to know beforehand <em>that labor</em> which [is in] the world to -come. Now turn to Luke, xiv chapter and 24th verse: that will tell -you how that is. Therefore Jesus said, “Come unto me.” What you -think of this voice? * * * Now, our friends, should we all come -to Him? Should we rather love to go to heaven, than go to hell? -Yes, we must all come to Him, and turn our hearts toward the way -of heaven, and hope our Lord Jesus Christ lead us in to His glory -forever and ever.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>CHILDREN’S PAGE.</h2> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>A CHRISTMAS GIFT LIKE BELL BENNET’S.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">MRS. T. N. CHASE.</p> - -<p>“Annie, will you please come in a minute?” called Mrs. Duncan to -a merry maiden tripping home from school. Annie Bennet looked -up, nodded, and turned toward Mrs. Duncan’s mansion. As soon as -her feet touched the grand stone steps, she felt changed into a -dignified young lady, as quickly as ever Cinderella turned into a -fairy. And as handsome Will, just in from the same school, opened -for her the massive doors, some fresh roses jumped into Annie’s -cheeks and some fresh sparkles into her dancing eyes. As soon as -the three were seated in the cosey bay-window, Mrs. Duncan said, -“Annie, you know, with my lame foot, I cannot go to see your -mother, so I called you in to tell you my Christmas plan for our -little May. You know how the child loves your little sister Bell. -Well, last night while the little darling was saying her prayers, -she added, ‘Please, Lord, tell Santa Claus to bring a Christmas -gift to Bell just like the one he brings to me.’ Now we had planned -getting her a tiny diamond ring, it would be so lovely on her -dainty little hand, and I thought if your mother knew of May’s -sweet little prayer, she’d like to strengthen the child’s faith by -getting one for Bell like it.” Annie thought it was a beautiful -idea and hastened home to tell her mother.</p> - -<p>As soon as Mrs. Bennet heard Annie’s story, a greater pain came -into her heart than had been there for many a day; for they had -lately received a fortune from a rich uncle, and she felt that -her motives for simplicity and economy would not be understood. -Her greatest anxiety, however, was for her children. How she had -prayed that the love of this money might not be to them “the root -of all evil,” and “pierce them through with many sorrows.” She -well knew how her precious Annie would now be petted by the gay -and fashionable, and here had come her first great trial in this -irresistible message from charming Mrs. Duncan. Annie understood -her mother’s hesitation and said, “Mamma, wouldn’t it be a pity to -have little May think her prayer was not heard?”</p> - -<p>“My child, May did not pray for a diamond ring, but for a gift like -Bell’s. Perhaps if you tell Mrs. Duncan I cannot conscientiously -grant her request she will get a simple gift like one we get for -Bell.”</p> - -<p>“Oh, mamma, I never could tell Mrs. Duncan that. Don’t you think -the habit of economy, that of necessity you have practiced all -these years, may be mistaken for conscience?”</p> - -<p>“The habit doubtless makes it easier for me to obey conscience, -but I cannot think I am mistaking one for the other,” replied Mrs. -Bennet.</p> - -<p>“But, ma, do you think it proper for us to live as simply now as we -did when<a class="pagenum" name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a> papa had a salary of only $2,000 a year?”</p> - -<p>“Annie, dear, have we not been able to dress respectably, has -not our table always had well-prepared, wholesome and appetizing -food, has not our little cottage contained all that was absolutely -necessary for real home comfort?”</p> - -<p>“Yes, ma, we have a sweet home: you know I love it. I was not -complaining of the past, but why did God give us this fortune if He -did not wish us to enjoy <em>luxuries</em> now as well as comforts?”</p> - -<p>“I think He did, Annie. I’m sure we can all now enjoy the luxury -of doing good as we never have before. Then just think what a -luxury it will be not to weary ourselves with making over worn -garments. We can now give them to the needy and help still others -by hiring them to make our new clothing,—not that we may be idle, -but that we may have ‘a heart at leisure from itself to soothe and -sympathize.’ We can have dear grandpa and grandma with us all the -time. We will have several cosey bed-rooms added to our cottage, -and shall not feel too poor to invite our less favored cousins and -many dear friends to spend long vacations with us.”</p> - -<p>“But, ma, we might do all this and still appear poor, while if we -had a grand home like Mrs. Duncan, and exquisite curtains, and -a fine carriage, and Bell had her diamond ring, and we all wore -expensive and stylish clothing, everybody would know papa was rich.”</p> - -<p>“Yes, Annie, and what good would it do people to know papa was -rich?”</p> - -<p>“Well, I cannot think of any good it would do them.”</p> - -<p>“What good would it do <em>us</em>, darling, to have people know it?”</p> - -<p>“Oh ma, it would be so pleasant to have every one polite to us, and -treat us beautifully as they do rich people.”</p> - -<p>“Do not all who <em>know</em> us treat us well, Annie?”</p> - -<p>“Oh yes, ma, <em>very</em> well; but you know even <em>strangers</em> admire -those who dress, dine, and drive as only the rich can.”</p> - -<p>“Now think, Annie, what this consideration of strangers costs. -Friends envy us, the poor hate us, the irreligious question our -sincerity, our own hearts are made vain, if not proud, millions -are spent in useless luxuries that might bless the poor, and—well -Annie, this is enough for once, isn’t it? When you have been in the -city did you ever notice boys slowly pacing the streets and often -ringing a bell, who were all covered over with an advertisement of -some sale or show?”</p> - -<p>“Yes, mamma.”</p> - -<p>“Well, I often see young ladies on the street who always remind -me of these advertising boys, as their dress makes them a walking -advertisement of their father’s wealth. One Sunday night, after -attending service in a very wealthy church, I dreamed that all -the ladies wore pocket-books on their heads instead of bonnets. -Some were too full to be closed, and small coin often dropped out. -Others were tightly clasped and ornamented with all manner of -precious stones. A few were thin and worn, but all were labelled -with the exact amount of contents. And when one lady walked in with -$2,000,000 blazing in diamond figures on her pocket-book how all -the congregation bowed down.”</p> - -<p>“Oh mamma, what a funny dream!”</p> - -<p>“Now Annie, if Christian women would all feel that they were -Christian stewards of their Lord’s money, and could see what -foolish vanity it is to wish the world to know of their wealth, -then we should all have some comparatively definite standard of a -Christian style of living. But as long as Christian women have no -guide but the varying length of a husband’s purse, we shall have no -standard, no conscience in the matter, and the world will continue -to jeer and the poor to suffer.”</p> - -<p>Annie’s dread lest Will Duncan and his mother should think them -old-fashioned<a class="pagenum" name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a> or Puritanical, or possibly avaricious, was a sore -temptation to her, and once more she plead—“But ma, would it not -be right to call this ring a thank-offering for the great dowry we -have received?”</p> - -<p>“My dear Annie, I cannot see how a gift that would simply be a -badge of our wealth, and tend to flatter the vanity of our innocent -little Bell, would be a suitable thank-offering to the Lord. I -believe in thank-offerings, however, and have written my dear old -friend Mrs. W——, who is engaged in missionary work South, you -remember, inquiring how I can best help her. Perhaps when her reply -comes you will feel differently.”</p> - -<p>Poor Annie avoided passing Mrs. Duncan’s home for two days, -dreading to speak of her mother’s decision. The second day the -expected letter came from Georgia. It told of a delicate little -colored girl—a graduate of the Higher Normal Department of an A. -M. A. School. This girl’s father had run away $150 in debt, and the -home that sheltered the little family was to be sold at sheriff’s -sale to pay the debt. This girl found a man who would pay it and -wait for her to pay him in small sums as she earned it by teaching. -As soon as this was paid she begged her sister to go to the school -from which she graduated. The sister thought she was too old to -begin to go to school again, and could not be persuaded till at -last she was told—“Now Sis, kind friends at the North have helped -me get my education and <em>I</em> am going to send <em>some</em> poor girl to -that same school, and if you don’t go, some one else will be glad -of my help.” So now she is paying nine dollars a month for that -sister’s board and tuition, and buys her books and clothes, better -ones, too, than she wore herself. A letter was also enclosed from -this girl to her old teacher, begging for help to build a school -house where she is now teaching. So besides educating her sister -she is trying to build a school house. But I have the letter and -will let the girl tell her own story:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>“Dear Friend, Mrs. W——: I know you are very busy, and will not -want to hear the word ‘building,’ but I don’t know whom else to -write to. We have paid $71.70 on an acre of land for our school -lot. We have $68.30 to pay and twelve months to pay it in, with -no interest. We want to ask the A. M. A. if they will help us -build a school house. We can begin now as soon as we are able. -We want the A. M. A. to take full control of the house and the -building of it, and we will help all we can. We want this to be a -school for <em>everybody</em>. We have six men as trustees of the land, -and have worked hard and are working still. * * * The whites -are helping us and urging us to go on. Three white men gave $5 -apiece, and others less. They were a little careful about giving -this time, as money has been solicited twice before for the same -purpose, so most of them would put their names down and say, -‘Come when you are ready for it.’ There was no trouble in getting -it yesterday when we went for it. I was anxious to decide the -matter and make a payment yesterday. I’ll try to get my money to -you by the 10th for sister.</p> - -<p class="center">“Very truly,</p> -<p class="right">——— ———”</p> -</div> - -<p>When Annie got home from school she read both letters with great -interest, but said, “Ma, don’t you suppose such letters are -sometimes gotten up for effect?” “Perhaps they are, but I am sure -this one was not, for you know I wrote asking for some case of -pressing need, and the girl’s letter never could have been written -for my eyes, as it is dated some weeks ago.”</p> - -<p>“But, ma, I have seen some missionaries who are so long-faced and -sanctimonious that some way I can’t enjoy their reports.”</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></p> - -<p>“I am glad you hate cant, Annie. So do I, but if you should see -this friend of mine who wrote that letter, you’d feel very sure -there was none of it about her. She is one of the merriest, -sunniest, most genial ladies I ever knew. And I never knew a person -hate shams or pretense of any kind more thoroughly than she. How -I wish you had been home when she was here two years ago; but you -must take the letter to Mrs. Duncan, for she is a dear friend of -hers too.”</p> - -<p>“Is she, ma? I’m so glad.”</p> - -<p>Annie stopped next morning at Mrs. Duncan’s and left the letter -with the servant at the door, saying she’d call for it on her way -home. When she called in the afternoon, Mrs. Duncan told her how -delighted she’d been to hear from her old school friend, and that -she must certainly help that brave little colored girl build her -school house. Annie then ventured timidly to say her ma felt she -ought to do that instead of buying so expensive a gift for Bell.</p> - -<p>“Now, Annie, that is just like your sweet mother,” said Mrs. -Duncan. “I wish I was half as good. I did hope, though, little -May’s prayer might be answered.”</p> - -<p>“Ma says it might be if you could get a simple gift like the one we -get Bell,” shyly suggests Annie.</p> - -<p>“Sure enough,” exclaimed Mrs. Duncan; “how stupid I was not to -think of that. I’ll do it, and then I’ll have twice much to give -the little Georgia missionary.”</p> - -<p>So the two mothers purchased for the children inexpensive gifts, -and sent to the Georgia colored girl a generous donation for her -chosen work.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>RECEIPTS</h2> - -<p class="section">FOR NOVEMBER, 1880.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead">MAINE, $56.16.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Anson. Mrs. Eunice S. Brown</td> -<td class="ramt">$10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Skowhegan. Mrs. C. A. Weston, <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.16</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winthrop. Henry Woodward</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $93.54.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amherst. Cong. Ch., $16.29; Miss L. W. -B., 50 cts.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.79</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Concord. Ladies, Bbl. and box of C. <i>for -Savannah, Ga.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dover. Mrs. Dr. L.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Exeter. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hopkinton. Rev. D. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Boston. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Temple. Mrs. W. K.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Campton. T. J. Sanborn</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $222.82.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Johnson. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lower Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.28</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc., and Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thetford. Mrs. L. N. Rugg, deceased, -$2; P. R. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wells River. Charles W. Eastman</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to -const. <span class="smcap">Dea. Justin Montague</span> and <span class="smcap">Chas. -Dana</span>, L. M’s</td> -<td class="ramt">66.53</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Williston. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $2,967.62.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. “Friends,” by C. R. B., <i>for Emerson -Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">28.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">8.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Billerica. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. Mt. Vernon Ch., in part, $30; -Mrs. E. P. Eayrs, $5; “R. W. P.,” $5</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston Highlands. “A Friend,” to const. -<span class="smcap">Miss Elizabeth F. Backup</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boxford. F. E. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bridgewater. Central Sq. Trin. Cong. Ch. -and Soc., to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. J. C. Bodwell</span>, -L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">60.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brocton. “A Friend of Missions,” to -const. <span class="smcap">Charles P. Holland</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Byfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.54</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cambridgeport. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Campbello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $10.55; -“A Member of Central S. S.,” $2; Miss -E. H. T., 50 cts.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlemont. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dedham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">188.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dorchester. E. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dracut. “Friends,” by C. R. B., <i>for Emerson -Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Enfield. Edward Smith</td> -<td class="ramt">150.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Everett. Mrs. C. K. Farrington, <i>for Kansas -Refugees</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fitchburgh. Rollstone Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">57.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Florence. Florence Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">115.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Framingham. “A Friend,” $5; E. K. S., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Framingham. Mrs. Mann, two Bbls., one -bag and bundle of C.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gloucester. “A Friend,” $1; Miss M. A. -H., 10 cts.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $63.50; R. -M. Woods, $40</td> -<td class="ramt">103.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holbrook. “E. E. H.”</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holliston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $21; -Bible Christians, Dist. No. 4, $5; “A -Friend,” $1; <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">27.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hopkinton. Bbl. of C., by Mrs. S. B. -Crooks, <i>for Refugees</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">75.16</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.78</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. ad’l -$84; “Thanksgiving,” $4</td> -<td class="ramt">88.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lawrence. Bbl. of C.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">92.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Littleton. Mrs James C. Houghton, <i>for -Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., <i>for -Howard U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marblehead. J. J. H. Gregory, <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to -const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Catharine B. Green</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">104.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Medfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., -Bbl. of C. <i>for Savannah, Ga.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middleborough. Central Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.95</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mittineague. Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Monson. Mrs. C. O. Chapin and her S. S. -Class, <i>for Indian boys, Hampton N. and A. -Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montville. Sylvester Jones</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mount Washington. Rev. S. W. Powell</td> -<td class="ramt">1.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newbury. Ladies of First Parish, Bbl. of -C., <i>for Kansas</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">39.72</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. by Rev. Mr. -Phipps, Eleven Bbls. of Apples, <i>for Atlanta, -Ga.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton Lower Falls. M. A. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newtonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $58.44; -Mrs. A. C. G., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">59.44</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., -$57.32; William K. Wright, $30; “B.” $10</td> -<td class="ramt">97.32</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton. Sarah M. Lyman, <i>for furnishing -a Room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northborough. Ladies, box of C., <i>for -Savannah, Ga.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sandwich. Miss H. H. Nye</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. <span class="smcap">Mrs. E. B. Mansfield</span>, $30, to -const. herself L. M.; E. F. P., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Southampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.39</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Abington. N. N.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Boston. Phillips Cong. Ch. and -Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">107.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.07</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and -Soc., bal. to const. <span class="smcap">Miss Mary E. Lovell</span> -and <span class="smcap">Miss Mary Anna Cady</span>, L. M.’s</td> -<td class="ramt">47.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. Mrs. S. E. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sudbury. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.16</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">117.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Uxbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ware. East Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">53.73</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Watertown. Mrs. W. R.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Watertown. Corban Soc., two Bbls. of C., -<i>for Talladega, Alabama</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Webster. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westborough. Freedmen’s Aid Soc., <i>for -freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westhampton. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">52.58</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Newton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., <i>for -Room, Straight U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., $25 <i>for furnishing -Room, Atlanta U.</i>, and $3 <i>for -freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">28.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchendon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., -$16.36; “A Friend,” $5</td> -<td class="ramt">21.36</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">85.78</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Roxbury. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., -<i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. Union Ch., $105.72; Mrs. J. F. -Lovering, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">110.72</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. David Whitcomb, <i>for Student -Aid, Hampton, N. and A. Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. Salem St. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">$2,742.62</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Legacies.—Holbrook. “E. N. H.”</td> -<td class="ramt">200.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waltham. Lucy H. Burnham, by Rufus G. -Brown, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">$2,967.62</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, $234.41.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Central Falls. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">72.26</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kingston. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.08</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Providence. Young Ladies’ Mission Band -of Beneficent Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Providence. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.07</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $1,454.26.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ansonia. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">24.14</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashford. Wm. D. Carpenter, $2.50; Lois -H. Carpenter, $2.50</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">41.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berlin. “A Friend,” <i>for Student preparing -for African M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Hampton. Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Jared -C. Kellogg</span>, <span class="smcap">C. O. Sears</span> and <span class="smcap">Samuel -Kirby</span>, L. M.’s</td> -<td class="ramt">117.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ellington. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Harriet H. Talcott</span>, to -const. herself L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Elliott. Dea. Wm. Osgood.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to -const. <span class="smcap">Samuel Hemingway</span> and <span class="smcap">Lucius S. -Ludington</span>, L. M.’s</td> -<td class="ramt">60.77</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. -Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Granby. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenwich. D. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">47.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">High Ridge. C. A. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lebanon. “Five Ladies,” <i>for furnishing a -room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Litchfield Co. “A Friend,” <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C., Fisk U., and Indian -Dept., Hampton Inst.</i>, $100 each</td> -<td class="ramt">300.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marlborough. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morris. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Naugatuck. Isaac Scott</td> -<td class="ramt">200.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Hartford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.12</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven. C. A. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Preston. Rev. Henry Upson</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Guilford. Mrs. Eben F. Dudley</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich. W. A. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.96</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Putnam. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student -Aid, Hampton Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tolland. James L. Clough</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Washington. S. J. Nettleton, $5; Mrs. D. -Nettleton, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.81</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodstock. Elias L. Snow</td> -<td class="ramt">300.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">——. “A Friend in Conn.”</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $881.20.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bronxville. Miss M. P. L.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Buffalo. First Cong. Church</td> -<td class="ramt">200.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Buffalo. “A Friend,” <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chenango Forks. J. B. Rogers</td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cincinnatus. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Columbus. Miss Sally Williams</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Crown Point. George Page, M. D., $25; -Miss A. McDonald, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Deansville. Mrs. P. M. Barton</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Evans Mills. Rev. C. H. Gaston</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Harlem. “A Friend,” <i>for furnishing a -Room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hamilton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Malone. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">40.37</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marion. “Life Member”</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Millville. Mrs. E. G. Lindsley</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newburgh. John H. Corwin, package of -Reading Matter</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. Dr. H. C. Houghton, <i>for Berea C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. Mrs. Elizabeth F. Giles, $3, -through Madison Av. Cong. Ch., by J. E. -Brush; Mrs. H. P., 50 cts.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich. Mrs. R. A. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Penn Yan. M. Hamlin, $200; Chas. C. -Sheppard, $150</td> -<td class="ramt">350.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Poughkeepsie. Mrs. John. F. Winslow, <i>for -furnishing Room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochester. Abraham Hubregtse</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Symrna. Sab. Sch. Miss. Soc. of 1st Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Syracuse. Mrs. S. J. White</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $29.33; -Mrs. T. J. O., 50 cts.</td> -<td class="ramt">29.83</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $36.90.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">36.90</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $176.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson, $15; Miss -Eliza Dickson, $15</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Eastbrook. James H. Patton, <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Harford. Miss M. A. Tiffany, to const. -<span class="smcap">Ada J. Butler</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hermitage. W. F. Stewart, $5; Miss E. -P., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Alexander. Robert Davidson</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $331.57.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Aurora. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bellevue. Elvira Boise, $25; S. W. Boise, -$20; Cong. Ch., $20.20, and Sab. Sch., -$3.03</td> -<td class="ramt">68.23</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bucyrus. F. Adams, $5; Abram Monnett, -$5; G. W. Hull, $5; D. E. Fischer, $3; John -Scott, $3; J. B. Gormly, $2; E. Blair, $2; -M. Roher, $2; M. D., $1; J. N., $1; <i>for -Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">29.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.54</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Claridon. L. T. Wilmot</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cleveland. Fanny W. and John Jay Low</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Crestline. James N. Stewart</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fremont. S. J. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Harmar. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hubbard. Welsh Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hudson. Cong. Ch., $6.60; and Sab. Sch., -$8.25</td> -<td class="ramt">14.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leetonia. S. I. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. Mrs. H. K. Brewster</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mahoning Co. “Clerk”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mansfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for -Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Medina. Woman’s Miss Soc., by Mrs. Mary -J. Munger, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">8.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. Sab. Sch., by C. P. Goss</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pittsfield. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ravenna. Young Peoples’ Assn. of Cong. -Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ripley. Mrs. Mary Tweed</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sulphur Springs. Dr. C., <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thomastown. Welsh Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wakeman. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Andover. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Weymouth. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student -Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $16.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cynthiana. Individuals, <i>for McLeansville, -N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fort Wayne. Plymouth Cong. Ch. and Sab. -Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Solsberry. “Friends,” ad’l <i>for McLeansville, -N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $331.73.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bone Gap. C. R. $1; Others 75 cts., <i>for -McLeansville, N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. Union Park Ch., <i>for Lady Missionary, -Mobile, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. Rev. S. J. Humphrey, D. D., <i>for -President’s House, Talladega, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Champaign. Individuals, <i>for McLeansville, -N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Claremont. Individuals, <i>for McLeansville, -N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Danvers. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.36</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dover. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">37.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Elmwood. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.89</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Farmington. D. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. Mrs. Julia T. Wells</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Granville. Sunbeam Circle, Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lake Forest. Mrs. M. A. W. Ferry, <i>for -furnishing a room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lee Centre. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marseilles. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.58</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Millburn. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., <i>for Lady -Missionary, Mobile, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oswego. S. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Payson. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.63</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. N. F. Newman</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">9.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Quincy. L. Kingman</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savoy. Mrs. H. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sumner. A. C., <i>for McLeansville, N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tonica. N. Richey, (Thanksgiving offering)</td> -<td class="ramt">6.62</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Walnut. Mrs. E. D. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodburn. Nickel Miss. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $532.29.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Calumet. Cong. Ch., ad’l</td> -<td class="ramt">136.88</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Custer. Rev. L. Curtiss</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit. Fort St. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for -Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grand Rapids. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Woodville, -Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenville. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">60.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hamilton. Rev. Saml. F. Porter</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jackson. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">150.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kalamazoo. Mrs. J. A. Kent</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marble. Mrs. Josephine Barnes</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Memphis. Ladies’ Missionary Soc., <i>for -Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northport. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.11</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Romeo. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">55.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Joseph. Mrs. J. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union City. Mrs. I. N. Clark and Miss -Sarah B. Clark, $5 each, <i>for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $309.03.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Alden. Ladies’ Miss Soc., <i>for Lady Missionary, -New Orleans, La.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Anamosa. Mrs. D. McC.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burlington. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., -<i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chester. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">28.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chester Center. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., -<i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Denmark. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc., Plymouth -Ch., <i>for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, -La.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">De Witt. J. H. Price</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dubuque. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">24.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dubuque. Miss Anne Millard and Sab. -Sch. of Christian Ch., <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Farmersburgh. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. John K. James, to const. <span class="smcap">Hattie -F. James</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.03</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. Infant Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for -Ind. Sch., Memphis, Tenn.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampton. Mrs. M. R., <i>for Emerson Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">0.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Iowa City. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">67.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lansing. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Onawa City. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.75</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $112.10.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Beloit. Cong. Ch. ($2.50 of which from Mrs. -A. A. Tuttle, Roscoe, Ill.)</td> -<td class="ramt">21.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Delevan. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.73</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Johnstown. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mazomanie. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">0.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Menasha. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ripon. Mrs. M. H., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Two Rivers. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.12</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Whitewater. C. M. Blackman, <i>for Le -Moyne Ind. Sch.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KANSAS, $2.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Garden City. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSOURI, $11.75.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sedalia. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.75</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $25.23.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Audubon. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">21.73</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Princeton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $44.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fremont. Cong. Ch., $19, and Sab. Sch., -$25</td> -<td class="ramt">44.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, $421.95.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hollister. C. S. D.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">San Francisco. Receipts of the California -Chinese Mission</td> -<td class="ramt">421.50<a class="pagenum" name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WASHINGTON TER., $20.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">S’kokomish. Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $76.25.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Washington. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Washington. Children of Gen. John Eaton, -<i>for Indian M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MARYLAND, $246.95.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Baltimore. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">146.95</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, <i>for a teacher, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WEST VIRGINA, $10.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Valley Grove. P. Whitman.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KENTUCKY, $1.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Middletown. Mrs. J. S. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TENNESSEE, $363.45.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Memphis. Le Moyne Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">233.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">130.35</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $107.25.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">107.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $320.05.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">320.05</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">GEORGIA, $786.47.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Storrs School, Tuition, $509.97; -Rent, $12</td> -<td class="ramt">521.97</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">81.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, $65.25; -Rent, $7</td> -<td class="ramt">72.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $101.25; -Rent, $10</td> -<td class="ramt">111.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ALABAMA, $507.52.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Childersburg. Rev. Alfred Jones</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $217.25; -Cong. Ch. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">218.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montgomery. Public Fund</td> -<td class="ramt">175.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Selma. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">108.22</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSISSIPPI, $2,086.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $86.50; -State Appropriation, $2,000</td> -<td class="ramt">2,086.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">LOUISIANA, $83.25.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">83.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">DOMINION OF CANADA, $20.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kingston. Arthur B. Wilkes</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sherbrooke. Thomas S. Morey</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IRELAND, 60 cts.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cork. R. D.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.60</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SCOTLAND, $100.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kilmarnock. Mrs. Janet Stewart, <i>for a -Teacher, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total for November</td> -<td class="ramt">$12,989.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total from Oct. 1st. to Nov. 30th.</td> -<td class="ramt">29,258.57</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="3">RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE -MISSION.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="3"><i>From July 17th, 1880, to October 13th, 1880.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">I. From our Auxiliaries, viz.:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Petaluma Chinese Mission:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Ten Annual Memberships</td> -<td class="ramt">$20.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub4">Collection, $6.30, Mrs. G., $1</td> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">27.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Sacramento Chinese Mission:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chinese monthly offerings</td> -<td class="ramt">13.60</td> -<td></td> - -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Eleven Annual Memberships</td> -<td class="ramt">22.00</td> -<td class="ramt">— 35.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Santa Barbara Chinese Mission:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chinese monthly offering</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. S. R. Wildon</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">C. A. Menafee</td> -<td class="ramt">1.75</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Mrs. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -<td class="ramt">— 12.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Stockton Chinese Mission:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Twenty-one Annual Memberships</td> -<td class="ramt">42.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Mrs. Lane</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -<td class="ramt">— 43.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">$118.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">II. From Churches:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Benicia: Cong. Ch., Rev. S. H. -Willey, D.D., (Ann. Mem.)</td> -<td class="ramt">$2.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Oakland: First Cong. Ch., -Collection</td> -<td class="ramt">29.65</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Nine Annual Memberships</td> -<td class="ramt">18.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Lee Haim</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Chan Fong</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">“A Friend in Heaven”</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -<td class="ramt">— 73.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Riverside: Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">San Francisco: First Cong. -Ch. collection</td> -<td class="ramt">10.90</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">One Annual Member</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -<td class="ramt">— 12.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Bethany Church: Chinese -monthly offerings</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Forty-one Ann. Mem.</td> -<td class="ramt">82.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">William Johnston, Esq.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -<td></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Collection</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -<td class="ramt">— 93.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">$182.05</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr> -<td class="sub1">III. From Individuals:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Marysville:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chinese (two Ann. Mem.)</td> -<td class="ramt">4.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">San Francisco:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">O. W. Merriam, Esq.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Hon. F. F. Low</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Charles Holbrook, Esq.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Cash</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">At Annual Meeting, Oakland:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. George Mooar, D.D.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">S. S. Smith, Esq.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. C. M. Blake</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. J. T. Ford</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. C. A. Savage</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. J. H. Warren, D.D.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">L. G. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. J. J. Powell</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. A. L. Rankin</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">121.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Grand total</td> -<td class="ramt">$421.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 10%;">E. PALACHE, <i>Treasurer C. C. M.</i></p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL -INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Enfield, Mass. Edward Smith</td> -<td class="ramt">$200.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton, Mass. Mrs. C. L. Williston</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton, Mass. Hon. G. W. Hubbard’s -Class in First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bridgeport, Conn. Horace Eames</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clinton, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Haven, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hamden, Conn. Henry Monson, $10; E. D. -Swift, M. D., $5</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milford, Conn. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven, Conn. Hon. Charles Farnum</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norfolk, Conn. Hon. Robbins Battell</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plainfield, Conn. Ladies</td> -<td class="ramt">27.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth, Conn. Cong. Ch. “Friends”</td> -<td class="ramt">13.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterbury, Conn. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Watertown, Conn. Dr. John De Forest</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Haven, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Connecticut. Cash</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York, N. Y. Mrs. Mary J. Morgan</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morristown, N. J. E. A. Graves</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenville, Mich. M. Rutan</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">1,865.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in October Receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">1,036.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$2,901.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leeds, England. Robert Arthington, conditional -pledge, £3,000.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Richmond, Ill. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">$1.62</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Genoa Junction, Wis. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.38</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in October Receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">1,601.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$1,607.90</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 20%;">H. W. HUBBARD, <i>Treas.</i></p> -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 10%;">56 Reade St., N. Y.</p> - - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>The American Missionary Association.</h2> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>AIM AND WORK.</h3> - -<p>To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with -the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted -its main efforts to preparing the <span class="smcap">Freedmen</span> for their -duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries -in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the -caste-persecuted <span class="smcap">Chinese</span> in America, and to co-operate -with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the -<span class="smcap">Indians</span>. It has also a mission in <span class="smcap">Africa</span>.</p> - - -<h3>STATISTICS.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Churches</span>: <i>In the South</i>—in Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; -Ga., 13; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; -Texas, 6. <i>Africa</i>, 2. <i>Among the Indians</i>, 1. Total 70.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Institutions Founded, Fostered or Sustained in the -South.</span>—<i>Chartered</i>: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, -Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New -Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8. <i>Graded or Normal Schools</i>: at -Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Savannah, -Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; -Memphis, Tenn., 12. <i>Other Schools</i>, 24. Total 44.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.</span>—Among the -Freedmen, 253; among the Chinese, 21; among the Indians, 9; in -Africa, 13. Total, 296. <span class="smcap">Students</span>—In Theology, 86; Law, -28; in College Course, 63; in other studies, 7,030. Total, 7,207. -Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at -150,000. <span class="smcap">Indians</span> under the care of the Association, 13,000.</p> - - -<h3>WANTS.</h3> - -<p>1. A steady <span class="medium">INCREASE</span> of regular income to keep pace with -the growing work. This increase can only be reached by <em>regular</em> -and <em>larger</em> contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as -the strong.</p> - -<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational -institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students; -<span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span> for the new churches we are organizing; -<span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious, for these churches.</p> - -<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers here -and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.</p> - -<p>Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. -office, as below:</p> - -<table> - <tr><td class="smcap">New York</td><td>H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.</td></tr> - <tr><td class="smcap">Boston</td><td>Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21 Congregational House.</td></tr> - <tr><td class="smcap">Chicago</td><td>Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.</td></tr> -</table> - - -<h3>MAGAZINE.</h3> - -<p>This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the -Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen -who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of -Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; -to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does -not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year -not less than five dollars.</p> - -<p>Those who wish to remember the <span class="smcap">American Missionary -Association</span> in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly -requested to use the following</p> - - -<h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">I bequeath</span> 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.”</p> - -<p>The will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States -three are required—in other States only two], who should write -against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, -their street and number]. The following form of attestation will -answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published -and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament, -in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in -his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto -subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required -that the Will should be made at least two months before the death -of the testator.</p> -</div> - - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> -<p class="center xxxlarge">Brown Brothers & Co.</p> -<p class="center xlarge">59 WALL STREET,</p> -<p class="center large">NEW YORK.</p> - -<p class="medium"><b>Buy and Sell Bills of Exchange</b> on Great Britain and Ireland, -France, Germany, Belgium and Holland, <b>Issue Commercial and -Travelers’ Credits, in Sterling</b>, available in any part of the -world, and in <b>Francs</b> for use in Martinique and Guadaloupe.</p> - -<p class="center xlarge">Make Telegraphic Transfers of Money</p> - -<p class="center small">Between this and other countries, through London and Paris.</p> - -<p class="medium"><b>Make Collection of Drafts drawn abroad</b> on all parts of the -United States and Canada, and of <b>Drafts drawn in the United -States</b> on Foreign Countries.</p> - -<p class="medium"><b>Travelers’ Credits</b> issued either against cash deposited or -satisfactory guarantee of repayment: In Dollars for use in the -United States and adjacent countries; or in Pounds Sterling for use -in any part of the world. Applications for credits may be addressed -as above direct, or through any first-class Bank or Banker.</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center"><b>BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,</b></p> -<p class="center medium">26 Chapel St., Liverpool.</p> - -<p class="center"><b>BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,</b></p> -<p class="center medium">Founder’s Court, Lothbury, London.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> - <p class="center xxxlarge">MANHATTAN</p> - <p class="center">LIFE</p> - <p class="center xlarge">Insurance Company,</p> - <p class="center medium">OF</p> - <p class="center large">NEW YORK.</p> - <hr class="tenth" /> - <p class="center medium">ORGANIZED A.D. 1850.</p> - <hr class="tenth" /> - <p class="center large">RULES OF BUSINESS.</p> - <p><b>PREMIUMS</b> the lowest safe rates.</p> - <p><b>POLICY</b> as little restricted in terms as possible.</p> - <p><b>NON-FORFEITURE</b> secured in the policy under the recent law of New York.</p> - <p><b>DIVIDENDS</b> made annually.</p> - <p><b>MANAGEMENT</b> steady, reliable, business-like.</p> - <p><b>INVESTMENTS.</b> Best security sought, rather than the largest interest.</p> - <p><b>PRINCIPAL OBJECT.</b> To meet <span class="smcap">Claims</span> promptly.</p> - <p><b>RESULT.</b> Nearly 3,000 families benefited when most needed.</p> - <div style="margin-left: 20%;"> - <b>HENRY STOKES, President.</b><br /> - <b>C. Y. WEMPLE, Vice-President.</b><br /> - <b>J. L. HALSEY, Secretary.</b><br /> - <b>S. N. STEBBINS, Actuary.</b><br /> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> -<p class="center xxlarge">PAYSON’S</p> -<p class="center xxxlarge">Indelible Ink,</p> -<p class="center"><b>FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH A<br /> -COMMON PEN, WITHOUT A<br /> -PREPARATION.</b></p> -<hr class="tiny" /> -<p class="center">It still stands unrivaled after 50 years’ test.</p> -<hr class="tiny" /> -<p class="center"><b><em>THE SIMPLEST & BEST.</em></b></p> -<p>Sales now greater than ever before.</p> -<p>This Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all rivals.</p> -<p>Report of Judges: “For simplicity of application and indelibility.”</p> -<hr class="tiny" /> -<p class="center medium">INQUIRE FOR</p> -<p class="center large">PAYSON’S COMBINATION!!!</p> -<p>Sold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many -Fancy Goods and Furnishing Houses.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> - <p class="center xxlarge">W. & B. DOUGLAS,</p> - <p class="center large">Middletown, Conn.,</p> - <p class="center small">MANUFACTURERS OF</p> - <p class="center xxxlarge">PUMPS,</p> - <p>HYDRAULIC RAMS, GARDEN ENGINES, PUMP CHAIN AND FIXTURES, IRON -CURBS, YARD HYDRANTS, STREET WASHERS, ETC.</p> - <div> - <div class="float-left"> - <div class="figcenter" style="width: 153px;"> - <img src="images/pump.jpg" width="153" height="300" alt="pump" /> - </div> - </div> - <div class="float-left"> - <p>Highest Medal awarded them by the Universal Exposition at Paris, -France, in 1867; Vienna, Austria, in 1873; and Philadelphia, 1876.</p> - <hr class="tiny" /> - <p class="center larger">Founded in 1832.</p> - <hr class="tiny" /> - <p class="center medium">Branch Warehouses:</p> - <p class="center"><b>85 & 87 John St.</b></p> - <p class="center medium">NEW YORK,</p> - <p class="center small">AND</p> - <p class="center"><b>197 Lake Street,</b></p> - <p class="center medium">CHICAGO.</p> - </div> - <p class="center larger"><em>For Sale by all Regular Dealers.</em></p> - </div> -</div> - -<div class="box" style="padding: 2%;"> -<h2>THE THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME</h2> - -<p class="center small">OF THE</p> - -<p class="center xxxlarge">American Missionary.</p> - -<p class="center xlarge">1881.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<p><b>Shall we not have a largely increased Subscription List for -1881?</b></p> - -<p class="medium">We regard the <cite>Missionary</cite> as the best means of communication with -our friends, and to them the best source of information regarding -our work.</p> - -<p class="medium">A little effort on the part of our friends, when making their own -remittances, to induce their neighbors to unite in forming Clubs, -will easily double our list, and thus widen the influence of our -Magazine, and aid in the enlargement of our work.</p> - -<p class="medium">Under editorial supervision at this office, aided by the steady -contributions of our intelligent missionaries and teachers in -all parts of the field, and with occasional communications from -careful observers and thinkers elsewhere, the <cite>American Missionary</cite> -furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward -among the Indians, the Chinamen on the Pacific Coast, and the -Freedmen as citizens in the South and as missionaries in Africa.</p> - -<p class="medium">It will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting -the races among which it labors, and will give a monthly summary of -current events relating to their welfare and progress.</p> - -<p class="medium">Patriots and Christians interested in the education and -Christianizing of these despised races are asked to read it, and -assist in its circulation. Begin with the January number and the -new year. The price is only Fifty Cents per annum.</p> - -<p class="medium">The Magazine will be sent gratuitously, if preferred, to the -persons indicated on page 32.</p> - -<p class="medium">Donations and subscriptions should be sent to</p> - -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 10%;">H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,</p> -<p class="right">56 Reade Street, New York.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<p class="center xlarge">TO ADVERTISERS.</p> - -<p class="medium">Special attention is invited to the advertising department of -the <span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>. Among its regular readers are -thousands of Ministers of the Gospel, Presidents, Professors and -Teachers in Colleges, Theological Seminaries and Schools; it is, -therefore, a specially valuable medium for advertising Books, -Periodicals, Newspapers, Maps, Charts, Institutions of Learning, -Church Furniture, Bells, Household Goods, &c.</p> - -<p class="medium">Advertisers are requested to note the moderate price charged for -space in its columns, considering the extent and character of its -circulation.</p> - -<p class="medium">Advertisements must be received by the <span class="medium">TENTH</span> of the -month, in order to secure insertion in the following number. All -communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to</p> - -<p class="center large">THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT,</p> -<p class="right">56 Reade Street, New York.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p class="medium"><img src="images/pointer.jpg" width="27" height="17" alt="hand pointing" /><b>Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department -of the “American Missionary” can aid us in this respect by -mentioning, when ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in -our Magazine.</b></p> - -</div> - -<p class="center small">DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<h2>Transcriber’s Notes:</h2> - - -<p>Obvious punctuation printing errors were corrected.</p> -<hr class="full" /> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 35, -No. 1, January, 1881, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JANUARY, 1881 *** - -***** This file should be named 55095-h.htm or 55095-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/5/0/9/55095/ - -Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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