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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. 3, March 1881 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: August 19, 2017 [EBook #55385] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** - - - - -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. 3. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - MARCH, 1881. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 65 - SENATOR BROWN ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION—OVERTURE - TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL 67 - MIXED SCHOOLS 68 - EXCEPTIONS AND THE RULE—CONVERSION VERSUS EDUCATION 69 - INCONSIDERATE GIVING 71 - THE INDIAN PROBLEM: Gen. S. C. Armstrong 72 - GENERAL NOTES—Africa, Indians 74 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 76 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - NORTH CAROLINA, MCLEANSVILLE—Severe Winter, Good - Progress, etc. 78 - GEORGIA, ATLANTA—Sequel to Begging Letter: Mrs. - T. N. Chase 79 - ALABAMA, MOBILE—Emerson Institute 80 - MISSISSIPPI, TOUGALOO—A Changed Home 81 - TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE—Cabin, Frame House and Little - Brick 82 - TEXAS, PARIS—The African Congregational Church 83 - - - THE INDIANS. - - COMMUNION SUNDAY AT HAMPTON: Miss Isabel B. Eustis 85 - - - WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N - - ANNOUNCEMENT 87 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - CHILD’S LETTER—A CRUMB FOR THE BOYS 89 - - - RECEIPTS 89 - - - AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 96 - - * * * * * - - - 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. - Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H. - Rev. EDWARD HAWES, D.D., Ct. - DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio. - Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt. - Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Minn. - Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. - Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Washington Ter. - 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. 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. MARCH, 1881. No. 3. - - * * * * * - - - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -We call attention to our new pamphlet (No. 6,) which contains -the papers read at the woman’s meeting held at Norwich, Conn., -Oct. 13th, in connection with our Annual Meeting. This has been -published, and will be sent to those of our friends who express the -wish to have it. - - * * * * * - -“Communion Sunday at Hampton,” by Miss Eustis, and Mrs. Chase’s -“Sequel to a Begging Letter,” we are confident will each be read -with very tender, almost tearful gratitude, and will thrill the -reader with most sweet hopes of the triumphant success of our -prayers and labors for the despised and wronged, but soon to be -redeemed, races. The grace that is redeeming them is also sweetly -touching the hearts of many with reference to them. - - * * * * * - -In this number of the MISSIONARY, the W. H. M. Association -announces the purpose of bringing and keeping before the Christian -women of our land their relation to the great work in which this -Association is engaged. - -When the claims of the colored women of the South and of the Indian -women of the West have been heard and recognized by their sisters -of New England, we are confident that the work of elevating and -saving them will receive a new and wonderful impulse. We call -attention to the announcement and suggestions made. - - * * * * * - -The acceptance by Rev. Henry M. Ladd, of Walton, N. Y., of the -position of Superintendent of the African missions of the A. M. A., -and his readiness to enter upon the work by the 1st of February, -was announced in the last number of the MISSIONARY. Mr. Ladd sailed -for the Mendi mission on the 12th of February, and was followed -on the 16th by Rev. K. M. Kemp, a native of North Carolina, and -a graduate of Lincoln University, who, with his wife, are to -re-enforce that mission. - -After a visit to our missions on the western coast, Mr. Ladd -expects to enter upon an exploration of the Upper Nile basin for -the purpose of locating the Arthington mission. - -We have at once an interesting fact and practical suggestions in -the action of the Ladies’ Missionary Society of Elgin, Ill. This -society is a branch of the Woman’s Board for the Interior, and is -equipped with two treasurers—one to receive contributions for the -foreign, and the other for home work. - -At the meeting referred to, papers were read on the work at -Hampton, on the work at Fisk, and on the school and church work -of the A. M. A., which gave great interest to the meeting, and -awakened enthusiasm for this branch of home mission work. - - * * * * * - -W. E. Blackstone, of Oak Park, Cook County, Ill., has published a -general directory of missionary societies of this and other lands, -which will be a great convenience to those who wish to communicate -with such, and a source of valuable information to those who would -get a comprehensive view of the work the church of Christ is doing -for the evangelization of the world. This pamphlet is neatly and -compactly gotten up, and is well worth the 25 cents asked for it. - - * * * * * - -One who is spending his first year at the South writes as follows: -“When I listen in the prayer-meetings to remarks and prayers, -especially the latter, I cannot help wishing that the churches of -the North could be present to be ‘edified,’ for they surely would -be. I know those who have given largely to the A. M. A., both as -men count largeness and as the Lord counts it (and His way is not -always man’s way), and they would have more than felt satisfied -with their investment just to have been present for one hour in -some of the meetings at which it has been my privilege to be in the -last two months. I am satisfied that we are building wiser than we -know when we are seeking to introduce a ‘colored element’ into the -Congregationalism of the Republic; but how much wiser, I do not -profess to be able to measure even in imagination.” - - * * * * * - -_The tone of Southern sentiment_ is changing toward the negro, -in all parts of the South. In his recent message, Gov. Jarvis, -of North Carolina, took occasion to speak in warm terms of the -pleasant relations existing between the races, and adds: “I am glad -to say negroes are becoming more industrious and thrifty.” - -He refers, with satisfaction, to their industrial fairs held at -Raleigh, and to the encouragement shown them by the whites, and -urges it as an imperative duty that full and equal justice shall be -done the blacks, and that they shall not be left to work out their -destiny unaided. He favors greater provision for public schools, -and recommends that the school tax shall be 2.5 mills on the dollar. - - * * * * * - -That was quite a love feast held in the Opera House, Lynchburg, -Va., a few weeks since, when local politicians, United States -officials and Northern business men of the city united, regardless -of party prejudices, in tendering a supper to capitalists from -Pittsburgh, and all joined in applauding the name of Blaine, from -whom a telegram was received during the evening, “until the rafters -rang again.” - - * * * * * - -Whatever opinion we may form as to the justice of the charges made -by Senator Dawes or the sufficiency of Secretary Schurz’s reply, -we can and do rejoice that they seem to vie with each other in -demanding justice for the Poncas, and we would commend not alone -to the Massachusetts Senator, but to all the members of Congress, -the appeal of the Secretary of the Interior, and express the -conviction that the American people will not hold them guiltless -of a large share of the guilt incurred in that matter, if they -fail, before adjournment, to carry out the recommendations of the -President. Mr. Schurz concludes his letter to Senator Dawes as -follows: - -“Permit me now to make an appeal for the Poncas to you, Senator. -Let these Indians at last have rest. Recognize their rights by -giving them the indemnity they justly asked for and which I asked -for them years ago. Let them quietly go about their farms and -improve their homes and send their children to school, undisturbed -by further agitation. That is the best service you can render them. -They would probably be in a better condition already had that -agitation never reached them.” - - * * * * * - - -SENATOR BROWN ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION. - -Hon. Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, who has recently been elected -U. S. Senator, has for a long time manifested an interest in our -work. A short time since he gave $50,000 to an institution under -the auspices of the Baptists, for the education of the whites. On -the night before his election, in an address to the Legislature, he -expressed his appreciation of the importance of education in the -following words: - -“I have the educational question very much at heart. Disguise -it as you may, the New England States, with their schools and -universities, have dictated laws to this continent. They have sent -New England ideas all over the West, and they dominate there. -Look at Prussia, that little Empire over which Napoleon rushed -and almost obliterated. Hardly a generation passed before it had -in turn humbled France and taken the power from its Empire. The -bright-eyed boys in your mountains and wire-grass may represent you -nobly before the world if you educate them. We must also educate -the colored race, and they ought to be educated for the benefit -of the Union, and by the friends of the Union. I would devote -the proceeds of the public lands to this purpose on a basis of -illiteracy. The colored people are citizens, and we must do them -justice. Let us give them every legal right. Social rights will -take care of themselves.” - - * * * * * - - -OVERTURE TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL. - -It is felt by many of our missionaries South that their work would -be facilitated by a creed, prepared under direction of the National -Council, suited to the average intelligence of the Freedmen who -apply for admission to our new churches. To this end, therefore, -the Central South Conference, at its recent meeting in Memphis, -drew up an overture setting forth the reasons why such creed should -be provided, and presented it to the Council at St. Louis. After -preliminary statements, the overture adds: - -“Our eight colleges and our two score normal and high schools, -with their more than 8,000 students, and these, with their 150,000 -pupils in primary schools, where they teach, are rapidly preparing -the material out of which churches of our faith and polity will be -developed. - -“These children of nature, with their ready faith but rude -culture, coming into the inheritance of this New Testament way of -the churches, need the ‘sincere milk of the word’—a declaration -of doctrine that shall not be in the nomenclature nor in the -philosophy of a past age, but in the language and after the spirit -of our improved New England theology. They need a form of sound -words such as that when they have once learned it they will not -need to be taught over again what it does not mean in spite of its -phraseology. - -“As a duty of brotherly love and of honest recompense we owe them -the best things we have to give in the way of the freshest and -ripest statement of the ideas and doctrines which have leavened the -East and the West, and are now setting the South in foment.” - -We trust the Committee appointed by the Council to formulate a -statement of doctrine will meet the want. - - * * * * * - - -MIXED SCHOOLS. - -Opposition to mixed schools in the South is not confined to the -white race. Intelligent colored people see that these mean no -opportunity for them as teachers, at least for some years to come. -Those who would be willing to wield the birchen rod over colored -children are as yet largely in excess of those who would consent to -have a colored teacher wield it over them. - -Mixed schools are needed in all the sparsely settled neighborhoods, -which includes, of course, all the country outside of the larger -villages, as none other can be effectively maintained. None -others can be harmonized with the democratic ideas upon which our -institutions are based, and it is safe to say that anything which -is favored by every public and private interest, and is opposed -only by prejudice, will in the end gain the day. Victories are -being won with such rapidity that we can afford to wait patiently -for this one, which when gained will prove the Appomattox of this -war. - -Almost all that can be gained for the negro by legislation has been -accomplished; to overcome prejudices which wrong and hinder him, -will now depend largely upon himself. The gratifying fact, attested -by prominent men all over the South, is that he is playing his -part with commendable manliness, and is gaining what will never be -long withheld from those who deserve it—the respect of his white -neighbors. - -It would be well for those who complain of the slow progress made -for better feelings and sentiments among the Southern whites in -regard to the negroes, and their manifest unwillingness to accord -to them their rights, quietly to digest a recent letter from the -Superintendent of Schools in Cambridge, Mass., who explains that he -has not employed properly qualified colored teachers in that city, -simply because there is so much color prejudice among the people -that he deems it inexpedient to do so. - -We know of a young colored woman, a graduate of the high-school -of the town in which she lives, admitted by all parties to be the -best scholar of her class, and one of the best ever graduated from -the school, who cannot find employment in the profession for which -she has so ably qualified herself, only because she has a trace of -negro blood in her veins. When Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and -we may as well include the whole of New England, have reached and -occupied sufficiently long to feel comfortable upon it, the ground -which they insist the South ought to take at one bound, the South -may be more favorably affected by their preaching of equal rights. - - * * * * * - - -EXCEPTIONS AND THE RULE. - -There may be exceptions which, after all, confirm the rule to which -they do not wholly conform, but to say that it is by exceptions the -rule is to be proven, is to betray a blind adhesion to maxims whose -claim to credence is their antiquity alone. - -A partial and hasty generalization from two or three particulars -suffices for the enunciation of a general law applicable to all -cases. The declaration of a more careful investigator that a number -of particular facts are not harmonious with the law as enunciated -is met, not with a revision of the law, but with the assertion that -exceptions do not invalidate, but prove the rule. - -A naturalist in the tropics describes water as being under all -circumstances a fluid. The solid block of ice which drifts for the -first time into his field of observation he will not accept as -disproving his doctrine, but as being the exception necessary to -confirm it. - -It becomes a matter of interest to know in what way exceptions do -confirm what they seemingly disprove, and how many maybe admitted -before we shall revise our classifications and re-state our general -rule, because false in its old form. Unquestionably an indisputable -exception proves at least that the rule is not universal, and -suggests that there may be a thousand more facts out of harmony -with it. - -Anglo-Saxon prejudice and conceit have laid it down as a general -rule, a law of race, that the negro is only a somewhat superior -grade of monkey, incapable of any high degree of intellectual -development; that the only good Indian is a dead Indian, and the -best use he can be put to is to make a target of him for the -training of our soldiers in musket firing. - -The American Missionary Association has been engaged for the past -score of years in developing exceptions to these dicta, and it is -time to raise the question seriously whether these only prove the -rule or demand its revision! - -We respectfully submit that the experiments made show a large -number of exceptions; in fact, the number has been numerous exactly -in proportion to the largeness of our opportunities and facilities -for developing them. A serious doubt ought by this time to take -possession of the public mind whether $32,000,000 spent in Indian -wars during the past dozen years is not rather expensive target -practice, and whether the results shown by those who, under great -disadvantages, have been attempting to civilize and Christianize -the Indians, are not of such character as to demand most -emphatically that our method of dealing with them shall be changed. - -We also challenge attention to the results of our educational -experiments in the South, as demanding in all fairness that they -shall be made on a national scale, and not simply by the private -enterprise of philanthropists. - -It is time the old answer of ignorance and stupid imbecility that -exceptions only prove the rule should be thrown to the dogs, and -we should as a nation convert the dangerous elements with which we -have so wickedly and foolishly dealt into sources of national power -and safety. - - * * * * * - - -CONVERSION VERSUS EDUCATION. - -It was a wild and weird scene that we looked down upon from the -gallery of one of the prominent colored churches in a Southern -city a few months since. The preacher had, at 10 o’clock, p. m., -finished his part of the service, having preached an excellent -and very simple sermon, in which there was nothing calculated to -produce the violent scenes which followed, and having come down -from the pulpit, the brethren and sisters took the meeting under -their own management. - -Up to this time it had been as quiet and decorous as a deacons’ -meeting in New England. A stentorian “son of thunder” now led the -singing, and a general movement of the whole assembly at once -began. Soon, nearly a hundred “seekers” were kneeling at the -“mourners’ bench,” a row of seats extending across the church, -in all stages of physical and spiritual abasement. Prayer and -song followed each other in rapid and boisterous succession, -while the congregation of believers marched and counter-marched, -each one discharging at once his duty and a volley of counsel or -encouragement to the mourners as he passed along the line. - -Black was the ground and prevailing color. The lights were hardly -sufficient to resolve this nebulous blackness into faces, black -sun-bonnets of the sisters, and black-coated forms of the brethren -moving to and fro through the room, while the singers sang, the -exhorters exhorted, the mourners mourned in dismal howls, and the -shouters shouted and leaped in ecstatic joy. Now and then, one -would come to the surface of all this uproar, to tell what voices -he had heard, what visions he had seen, what dreams he had dreamed, -and receive the assurance from the minister: “I have no more doubt -that he has got religion, than I have of my own existence,” which -would be the signal for a general shout of “glory to God!” that -made the preceding bedlam seem tame, and gave renewed impetus to -the marchings and songs and prayers. - -These meetings had been in nightly session for weeks, and continued -for weeks afterward, prolonged often, as on this night, until 2 -o’clock in the morning. As we left, about midnight, our driver, an -intelligent negro, said: “You are going away too early. Things will -get pretty warm after awhile. ’Ligion strikes a nigger first in the -foot and then works up; it is just beginning to work, it will be -lively after awhile;” of which there could not be much doubt. - -One of our missionaries, some time since, was applied to by a -colored woman for admission to the church. At her examination -before the committee, she had a wonderful dream to tell as proof of -her conversion. The committee, not deeming it sufficient evidence, -refused her application. She went immediately to one of the old -ministers, and the day of her immersion was duly celebrated by a -great gathering, of which she was the heroine. As she clambered up -the bank of the river, shouting aloud, she suddenly encountered one -of the deacons whose church had refused her admission. Giving a -sudden pause to her religious fervor, she thrust her clenched hand -into his face, exclaiming: “There, I am baptized,” and followed up -with imprecations upon himself, pastor, and church, which were, to -say the least, not saintly, and then resumed her shout of glory! - -To one who has seen the negro often under religious excitement, it -is evident that he seeks it as many men do intoxication, for the -mere pleasurable excitement; he neither feels nor hears, nor does -he know of reasons for being a better man morally because of his -religion; if it only makes him happier, it meets his need, and the -only demand he has to make of it. - -This is a just idea of what conversion was under the old-style -minister among the negroes. Of course, there were many among them -who preached a purer Gospel, and sought renewed spiritual lives -among their people, especially before emancipation, but with -freedom came the hope of political or other power, which could be -gained most easily by the preacher, and many sought and secured -such positions who were utterly unscrupulous as well as ignorant. -It is such a ministry as this which, more than anything else, -opposes to-day our work among the Freedmen. - -Dr. Sears stated last spring, in his address at the School -Superintendents’ Convention, that he knew of the presence of one -trained normal teacher in a village to necessitate the dismissal of -seven old-fashioned teachers. Contrast and comparison revealed sad -deficiencies before unknown, and the committee was forced to get -rid of the poor teachers. And so it is chiefly by what we compel -others to do, that we are to estimate the value of our intelligent -and largely undenominational work in the South. The Freedmen -are beginning to see that religion is something different from -dreaming dreams or seeing visions, or shouting, or anything of the -kind; that it means honest, pure, industrious lives, inspired and -controlled by the spirit of Jesus Christ. Education is securing -something better than such conversions, in fact is making them -impossible with the new generation. - - * * * * * - - -INCONSIDERATE GIVING. - -We deem it inaccurate to say “inconsiderate charity,” for such -giving is not charitable giving. “To him that _knoweth_ to do -good and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” The obligation is as -imperative that we shall give intelligently as that we shall give -at all. The intolerable tramp nuisance with which we have been -so grievously afflicted, was nourished and built up by the illy -considered sentiment which found expression in the declaration of -a well-known minister, who said he would refuse to give anything -to the cause of missions before he would refuse a gift to the poor -fellow who asked at his door for help, and in the custom of a good -woman of wealth, who bought a set of crockery for tramps, and -always kept a large coffee-pot full of that delightful beverage -on the stove ready for the use of her frequent guests, a dozen of -whom she has been known to feed in one day. There can be no doubt -that a ready and full _supply_ of this kind will develop an almost -infinite _demand_. - -A lady, prominent and well-known in New York city, whose habit -was never to give to any one asking at the door, but to take the -address of the applicant and investigate the case, said that in -seventeen years’ experience she had never found a single deserving -one among the many who had so applied; in every case a fictitious -address had been given. - -We can do no safe and really charitable work until such work is -intelligently organized, so that deserving cases are supplied -with just the kind of aid needed, and fictitious and unworthy -ones are exposed and punished. We must know, either by ourselves -or accredited and trusted agents, what we are doing if we are to -benefit rather than curse our fellows by our so-called charities. - -The friends of the negro are in danger constantly of being imposed -upon by impostors, who rob the cause they desire to promote of -much-needed funds. It is very easy for one who comes soliciting -aid for a prospective college or church to secure testimonials -that said institution is greatly needed, and that the solicitor is -seeking money for a most important purpose. - -It is not necessary to show, which is by no means the case, that -all who come from the South asking aid for such causes are frauds, -in order to give weight to our words of caution. Many of these -are attempting honestly a most important work, and ought to have -sympathy and material aid, but the individual to whom application -is made has neither time nor facilities for making the proper -investigations to establish this fact. True, the applicant -has testimonials, but they need investigation no less than the -applicant himself. - -We know of several cases where funds have been contributed, and -have been expended in the erection and maintenance of schools, -which are doing honest and most valuable work, concerning which -nothing but praise should be spoken, and yet nothing but the life -of one man stands between this present use of these funds and an -utter perversion of them. The school property is the personal -property of the individual who procured the funds, and at his death -will of necessity pass into the hands of others, who can do what -they choose with it. - -We know of one case where a wealthy man from New York, spending the -winter in the South, became interested in a negro public school -near his hotel. He converted the rude building into a New England -school-house, supplied with first-class apparatus, and took great -satisfaction in what he had done for the poor negroes. Next year -the negro school was transferred to another building, and the -whites made this one, with its books, globes, and philosophical -apparatus, the foundation of a higher school for their own race. We -believe it best for the friends of negro education to work, through -some one of the various organizations which are doing this work, -who are in position to do it more wisely and efficiently than they -could do it; and would call attention to the following suggestions -from a correspondent of the New York _Tribune_, as being wise and -of urgent importance: - - “There are associations connected with nearly every religious - denomination in the country, to meet the great and terrible need - of education among the millions of the emancipated and their - children. These associations are under the administration of the - best and most sagacious business men in our communities, and - it is safe to say that the moneys committed to the custody of - these associations are judiciously, desirably and economically - appropriated. Of one of these associations I have personal and - familiar knowledge. It has extensive colleges or universities in - Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and - Texas, besides numerous schools scattered throughout the Southern - States. Nearly $300,000 was expended by this association the past - year, almost exclusively in the interest of these people, one - excellent woman putting $150,000 in the treasury, to be expended - in making much needed additions to colleges so utterly thronged - by applicants that they were compelled to turn numbers from their - doors.” - - * * * * * - - -THE INDIAN PROBLEM. - -GEN. S. C. ARMSTRONG. - -The Indian problem is upon us as never before. - -The wrongs of the Poncas, both in themselves and as illustrating -our country’s mode of dealing with the red race for generations, -have touched and stirred the people. - -The sum of six generations of slavery has been to the negro, -oppression, offset by steady progress through it all, and only -injury to the white man. The sum of six generations of Indian -treatment has been a succession of wrongs, offset by little real -advantage, and the steady gain of the white man. - -The negro acquired our language and ways, and by becoming the -industrial reliance of the South, became, even more than his -master, capable of taking care of himself. We have destroyed the -reliance of the Indian, his game, and have put nothing in its -place. With all the justice and humanity intended in our annual -outlay for the red race, there is a pauperizing, weakening tendency -that is full of danger. Practically, has the politician been any -better guardian than the slave-holder? - -The country is waking up to a sense of justice. The shameful record -of violated treaties and untold wrongs for the past hundred years -is being brought out. From the outraged negro, for whom the country -can now do nothing but help educate him, and who, indeed, needs -nothing but intelligence to fit him to hold his own, our people are -turning to the Indian and demanding that Government open before him -the only way to manhood and citizenship—_rights_ and _education_. -It must be done. - -In the “Century of Dishonor,” just published by the well-known -author, “H. H.,” she states that “To write in full the history of -one of these Indian communities, of its forced migrations, wars, -and miseries, would fill a volume by itself.” - -As this shall be better realized, a stronger public sentiment will -be formed and felt. Other forces are at work. The three hundred and -fifty Indian youth who have come voluntarily from the West, many -of them children of chiefs, and entered the Carlisle and Hampton -schools, have already proved their capacity for mechanical and -agricultural, as well as for mental and religious improvements. Not -but that this has already been abundantly shown; but the work has -been done at our doors; the evidence is thrust upon us. - -How many know that of the 275,000 Indians in the United States, -150,000 are already self-supporting, 84,000 partly so, while only -31,000 are entirely dependent on the Government; that their numbers -are hardly diminished since the landing of the Pilgrims? - -Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, says: “The North American Indian -is the noblest type of a heathen man on the face of the earth. -He recognizes a Great Spirit; he believes in immortality; he has -a keen intellect; he is a clear thinker; he is brave, fearless, -and until betrayed, he is true to his plighted faith; he has a -passionate love for his children and counts it joy to die for his -people. Our most terrible wars have been with this noblest type of -Indians and with those who have been the white man’s friends.” - -Nearly three years’ experience at Hampton has shown that the chief -danger, the death-rate, while serious, is not discouraging. Our 80 -Indian pupils are now in better health than ever before. They need -in bodily ailments careful, prompt treatment; with that there is -little danger. It is clear that the death-rate is not increased by -transplanting them to the East. - -Is not the story of our last communion service which I sent to the -MISSIONARY last week evidence enough to stimulate Christians to -the greatest effort for this race? I write this paper especially -to urge upon the American Missionary Association and its friends -some effort for Indians in connection with their institutions for -colored people. - -The mingling of races at Hampton has worked admirably. Our colored -students increased in number last year by 37 in spite of the 70 -Indians for whom separate and special pecuniary provision was made -by Government and by friends. - -Bringing Indians to negro schools is like putting raw recruits -among old soldiers. The former are pushed along by a thousand -indirect helpful influences; they are improved by contact with -those always ahead of them in the march of civilization; and the -latter are ennobled by what they do for their needy brethren. It -works well; such mingling will strengthen and not weaken your -schools, if Hampton experience is safe to go by. To make men of the -savages on our frontier and to save their souls by putting them -with the ex-slave of the country is a grand work, if it has been -called “sensational.” - -Why not take these twenty Indian children that the Indian -department are ready to give you? This would be safe; then feel -your way along. Let them study mornings and work afternoons, -and play Saturdays. We do so. The labor is one of some delicacy -and difficulty. But the Indian is like everybody else. That’s -our experience. Treat him firmly, fairly, kindly; give him no -second-rate teacher; he is keen and appreciative. - -Why not go ahead? The Government will place them at your doors free -of expense, and give you $150 a year for twelve months’ schooling -and care—which will barely pay for their food and clothing. That’s -all we can get. The people must pay in part the cost of such -education to get it done. We try to obtain a yearly seventy-dollar -scholarship for each one and have been fairly successful. You can -get these by working for them. You say, “We have no room for them; -where is the money with which to erect buildings?” - -We hope next fall to have thirty more Indian girls, making fifty -boys and fifty girls, and are now trying to raise twenty thousand -dollars to put up next summer a suitable building for the girls, -that shall have every appliance for practical education, including -cooking, sewing, clothes-making, washing and ironing, and housework -generally, furnishing room for seventy. - -We have no idea where the money is to come from. We have faith -that it will come, because such work is in the line of God’s -providential movement. He who wisely works in that line cannot -fail. The way to get it is to ask for it, prepare for it, push for -it, be worthy of it, pray for it, and it will come. The people of -the country will sustain a good work for Indians. - -Some may object that it will trespass upon the negro. Has it been -so here? How would our colored students feel to-day if our Indians -were to be withdrawn? They would vote solidly against it; they -would lose and not gain, and they know it. Is the mutual love and -respect of these races of no account? - -The American Missionary Association aims to destroy caste. This -is our way to do it. Nothing here has ever filled me with more -pleasure than watching our students’ recreations, in which race -lines are utterly forgotten. They exist between them, and many -feared, in consequence, disastrous results of their mingling. Two -of our most important and successful Indian teachers are negroes, -graduates of this school. - -Three seventy-dollar scholarships are contributed by Virginia -churches for this Indian work, from Petersburg, Portsmouth, and -Hampton, respectively. Southern churches are aiding negro schools. - -Have faith and go in for Indians! - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -Africa. - -—A French school of archæology, like those which already exist -at Rome and Athens, will be established at Cairo. M. Maspero, -Professor in the College of France, has charge of the organization. - -—M. L. Vassion, attached to the office of foreign affairs in -France, has gone to Cairo; he will start from there for Khartoum -and the river Blanc, where he will study the nature of the -commercial relations which it will be possible to establish with -Soudan. - -—Dr. Pogge and his companion, M. Wissman, have sailed from Hamburg -for Saint Paul de Loanda. The German Government has officially -asked for them the protection of the Portuguese Government, by -which they may traverse the African possessions on the western side. - -—The mission of Algiers proposes to found two new stations between -the great lakes and the Atlantic. The first will be upon the Congo -itself, at the point where the river bends to the north; the second -will be in the States of Mouata Yamvo. - -—Messrs. Brazza and Ballay will descend the Alima in the -transportable steamer which the latter has obtained from Europe, to -complete the exploration of the Congo. - -—The _L’Afrique_, in an article on the Sanitary Condition of Africa -and the adjacent Isles, says, “Madeira is remarkably healthy, -so that it has been for a long time chosen as a sanitarium for -consumptives. Malaria is wholly unknown there; dysentery is rare -and shows itself only in the epidemic form.” - -—Bishop Crowther returned to Lagos, from a six months’ absence on -the Upper Nile, just in time for his wife’s prayer, that she might -die in his arms, to be answered. She did so, though unconscious of -the fact, on the 19th of October last. - -Adjai, afterwards Bishop Samuel Crowther, and Asano, afterwards -Susanna, his wife, were children of the same tribe, kidnapped, -rescued, and landed almost the same time, though not in the -same party, at Sierra Leone, and were placed in the same church -missionary school. They were married fifty-one years since, in 1829. - -—_A Kaffir Girl’s Worthy Example._ One day a Kaffir girl in South -Africa went to a missionary and dropped four sixpences into his -hand, saying: “This is your money.” - -“You don’t owe me anything,” replied the teacher. - -“I do,” she answered; “and I will tell you how. At the public -examination you promised a sixpence to any one in the class I was -in who would write the best specimen on a slate. I gave in my slate -and got the sixpence; but you did not know then that another person -wrote that specimen for me. Yesterday you were reading in the -church about Zaccheus, who said: ‘If I have taken anything from any -man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.’ I took from you -one sixpence, and I bring you back four.” - - * * * * * - - -The Indians - -SISSETON AGENCY, DAKOTA TERRITORY.—Mr. Charles Crissey, the agent, -in a brief report, says: - -There have been built since I came here in 1879 seven new frame -houses, and three others finished that were not habitable when I -came, besides a number of log houses roofed and floored. A new -engine has been procured and put in place for the flour mill, -and the building enlarged to double its former capacity. A barn -21×70 feet has been built; the school building repaired, after six -years’ use; the old engine converted into a portable saw-mill; and -timber for a new church at Good Will sawed out. The people have -been supplied with 95 yoke of work cattle, with yokes and chains -complete; also with all the plows, wagons, harrows, etc., that they -will need for some time. - -I have also had thrown upon my care the Brown Earth Indians, -formerly living here, 30 families, now 40 miles away, who are -trying to get homesteads like white men. They have been supplied -with 20 yoke of oxen, 20 wagons, all tools necessary, including -portable forge and tools, also carpenters’ tools, and material for -a new school-house. - -The Drifting Goose Indians have been quietly disposed of and -settled at Crow Creek, D. T., after being on my hands ten months. - -Three Indians are now talking of building for themselves frame -houses as good and large as the one I live in, provided the -Government will furnish half the material required. - -Our grain is not all threshed yet. From present indications it will -reach about 28,000 bushels wheat and 10,000 bushels oats; potatoes, -corn, etc., in abundance. I cut down the estimate on flour for this -season 25,000 lbs. The Indians now furnish about 70 per cent. of -what they eat. - -My next step will be to introduce stock raising, by procuring cows -and calves for this people. - -WASHINGTON TERRITORY.—Hon. John McReavy has fitted up a hall at -Union City for church purposes, and the people have procured an -organ and bell for the same object. - -The Clallam Indians at Jamestown, near Dunginess, Washington -Territory, have bought a bell for their church, the first church -bell in their county, although it has been settled more than twenty -years, and has a white population of over five hundred and fifty. - -The members of the church at Seabeck, at the close of the services -on the first Sabbath in December, presented their pastor, Rev. -M. Eells, with a purse containing forty dollars and fifty cents; -and the ladies of the place who are not members of the church, -presented his wife on Christmas with a box containing articles of -clothing worth about thirty dollars. - -Two persons at Jamestown were received into our church in December, -and two more at S’kokomish in January, all on profession of faith. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -WASHINGTON, D. C.—_The Memorial Church_, recently known as the -Lincoln Mission, has, as noted in the last MISSIONARY, just -blossomed into a church, and begins its life as such in a renovated -hall on the corner of Eleventh and R streets. The A. M. A. and -the trustees of the Mission decided last fall that the building -must be repaired, and the work was so far completed that it was -occupied again by the church on the first Sabbath of the new year. -The room will seat about 800 people, and with the expenditure of -$75 for matting in the aisles, would be very attractive indeed. -Mrs. Babcock, city missionary, has opened industrial schools in -connection with this church, both for mothers and the younger -girls, and proves a great help in the spiritual work of the church. - -RALEIGH, N. C.—The winter has been unusually severe, and our people -are so very poor and unprepared for it that the attendance at -church services has been very small. A part of the time it has -been so cold and muddy that it was impossible for the people to get -about. The Sunday-school numbers 128. - -WOODBRIDGE, N. C.—The young folks are wide awake and hard at work. -There are three grades in school, the highest studying Mental -and Written Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, History, Physiology, -Reading, Writing and Spelling. The school is working as never -before. A Band of Truth and Purity has been organized, pledged to -be temperate, truthful and chaste, and to observe the rules of good -society. It meets weekly in a social way and strictly examines its -members. - -MACON, GA.—Some idea both of the sufferings of the poor who -could not possibly meet the increased expense, and also of the -drafts upon our appropriations for our school work in the South, -necessitated by the intensity of the cold, may be gathered from the -statement of Mr. Lathrop, of Macon, Ga., when he says: “For a week -or more the mercury stood below the freezing point, going down to -zero one night, and ranging from 8 to 30 degrees above, most of -the time. In some places wood could with difficulty be purchased -for $15 per cord by those who had the money.” Pastor Lathrop has -opened a library of more than 1,000 volumes, open to all classes at -the cost of five cents per month to each member. The cold winter -here, as at all points in the South, has materially increased the -expense of school and church work, and at the same time hindered -its progress. - -ATLANTA, GA.—Mr. Francis writes: “I have just come from an Inquiry -Meeting, which was attended by forty persons, most of whom give -good evidence that they are earnestly seeking the salvation of -their souls. We have had less faithful activity in religious -matters thus far in our school year than usual, owing to a variety -of circumstances, but during this week the attention of very many -has been aroused, and we are walking under the shadow of the -manifest presence of the Spirit. Quite a number have already given -good evidence that they have submitted to Christ, and several now -are apparently not far from the kingdom of God. We have a large -attendance, there being 102 girls and about 90 boys in the family, -and we hope to gather a large harvest for the Master. We shall hold -some extra meetings, but do not expect to interfere with regular -school work. Thus far the interest is quiet, deep and persuasive -among the girls, and we trust will be equally thorough in the other -household. Pray that we may have wisdom and fidelity to rightly -care for the precious interests at stake.” - -LAWRENCE, KAN.—The last number of the MISSIONARY stated that -a young colored man had been put in charge of the Second -Congregational Church of Lawrence. He (Rev. H. R. Pickney) reports -the outlook of that enterprise as in every way encouraging. Several -have been received into the church by letter, and the church -has been quickened under the manifest presence of the Spirit in -connection with a series of meetings, in which Brother Markham -aided the pastor. - -CHATTANOOGA, TENN.—It has been awfully wet, muddy and cold all the -month; the like has not been experienced here for many years. The -great suffering among the poor for the want of food, fuel, clothing -and shelter to keep them from the terribly cold weather, was -fearful. It rained steadily through the week of prayer, and we were -able to have meeting only one night. - -NASHVILLE, TENN.—During the present term, a deep religious interest -has obtained among the students in Jubilee Hall. It began soon -after the opening of the fall term. New students, especially, -seemed to be deeply interested in their own spiritual welfare, -and when the opportunity presented itself, offered themselves for -prayers. - -The week set apart by the International College Y. M. C. A. for -prayer was observed by the members of the association in the -Institution, in a half-hour prayer-meeting each evening. During -that week several persons were hopefully converted. The meetings -were afterward continued. Up to the time of writing fourteen -students have made a profession of their faith in Christ, and -others are inquiring. - -The day of prayer for colleges was a good one. Several of the -students are doing good work among their people in this vicinity, -preaching where there is opportunity and holding prayer-meetings -in private houses, so far as they can without interference with -their studies, and with good effect both upon the people, and upon -themselves as looking forward to their future work. - -FLATONIA, TEXAS.—A set of outline maps is needed for the school. -Can anyone furnish a second-hand set? - -SELMA, ALA.—Rev. C. B. Curtis writes that he has been very busy -holding meetings every night since the beginning of the week of -prayer. He has been assisted by his brother from Marion and by Rev. -Mr. Hinman, of Oberlin. Thus far there have been six conversions, -a great many inquirers, and a great reviving of the members of the -church. - -MEMPHIS, TENN.—Through the kindness of Judge J. O. Pierce, the -cabinet of Le Moyne Normal School has just been increased by the -addition of a fine collection of minerals and fossils, numbering -some hundreds of unusually fine specimens. A very interesting -feature of the institution, added this season, is an experimental -kitchen in which practical cookery is taught to the girls of the -school. Besides this, classes are trained in needlework, etc., a -room having been fitted up for this especial purpose. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D., - -FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -NORTH CAROLINA. - -License of a Minister—Severe Winter—Good Progress—Poverty. - -REV. ALFRED CONNET, M’LEANSVILLE. - -On the 23d of January the church licensed John M. Brooks to preach -Gospel, the license to extend till the time of the meeting of the -State Conference at this place next May. It is expected that the -Conference will be asked to examine him and renew his license. He -is industrious, economical, has good talent, is a good student, -one of our most advanced pupils, a zealous Christian, a member of -this church, and anxious to gain a thorough education, that he may -preach Christ to his fellow-men. - -He has no resources but his own labor. He earned nearly but not -quite enough during vacation to carry him through this school year. -He asked my advice whether he should stay at school or go and teach -a school that is offered him. I advised him to stay while his money -lasted, believing that when that is gone the Lord will send more. -Ten dollars will meet his wants. - -This has been an unusually severe winter. The colored people have -been poorly prepared for it, both in regard to comfortable houses -and clothing. - -Our January communion was postponed, on account of the severe -weather, till the first Sunday in February. We are expecting some -additions to the church. - -Our pupils have never made better progress. The deep snow which lay -about four weeks kept some, chiefly primary scholars, away. Those -who did come have done good work. We have among our pupils nine -teachers, several others preparing to teach, and two preparing for -the ministry. - -A young lady, three miles distant, is sick with consumption. Mrs. -Connet and I called upon her Saturday. She spent a year at Hampton, -as student, and some years laboring at Waterbury, Ct., the last -sixteen months as chief cook at the St. John’s School. Her health -failed and she came home. She said she did not want to be buried -so far away from her people. She and her sister were working and -saving their wages to buy a farm for their parents, near the church -and school. Her greatest trial now is that she will have to give up -this cherished object of her life. We read and prayed with her, and -commended her to him who healeth all our diseases. - -It is sad to see the sick and dying in such uncomfortable hovels. -This young lady is an invalid in a log house. In many places the -daubing is out. The floor is of rough plank, with cracks between. -The joists are partly covered with loose plank, while large spaces -are not covered at all. There is no window, and the door is left -open most of the time for light. The room is about eighteen by -twenty feet. At one end is a fire-place, which answers the double -purpose of cooking the simple fare and heating the small apartment. -The bed of the sick is at the other end. - -The above, with slight variation, is a description of the houses in -which all the colored people live. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -Thanksgiving Letter—Sequel to Begging Letter. - -MRS. T. N. CHASE, ATLANTA. - - I confess that it is with some regret I must inform you the 26 - rooms are all furnished, for this very morning the post brought - me these words from dear old Massachusetts: “My Willing Workers, - a society of nearly 70 young people, earnestly desire to send - $25 to furnish a room in response to your letter in the October - AMERICAN MISSIONARY, but fear it is too late. * * With kindest - wishes for abundant answers to all your begging letters, I am - yours, sincerely, - - Mrs. W.” - -During the past three months so many such cheering, cordial -messages have come in response to that October call, that I’m sure -they have a mission to other hearts as well as mine. - -Before ever the October MISSIONARY reached my eyes, came this -message from a tried veteran in the field who frequents the New -York office: “I think myself fortunate in seeing the advance sheets -of the MISSIONARY, and in getting the first taste of your appeal; I -think it my privilege to be the first to respond. Save me a light -and cheery room, to be named my daughter.” - -A few days later came the following from one who has made thousands -of hearts glad during the past two years. - -“I have just finished reading your letter in the October -MISSIONARY, and as I closed, proposed to my wife that we each -respond with $25. She, good, dear wife that she is, at once -assented, and enclosed I send you my check for $50.” - -Next came an inquiry from one who had “just read” the appeal. He -had furnished a room ten years before in memory of a brother, and -now begged the privilege of naming another for a sainted sister. -His consideration for others that made him fear the furnishing of -_two_ rooms was too great a privilege to be granted to _one_, made -us question whether the millennium had not really begun. - -Later comes a check, and “The money is the gift of the -Sunday-school, and they desire to have the room named for our old -pastor,——-, who was one of the early abolitionists, and lived to -see the slave made free. We feel it would give him pleasure could -he know that we remembered him in this way.” - -Again from the Ladies’ Department of a Classical School “way down -in Maine.” “We number fifteen girls in our home, and are—some of -us, at least—trying to work for the same Master as you in your -Southern home. We bring our money regularly to our meetings, and -soon expect to send you the money to fit up a room for some girl -who shall in the future do good work.” - -Still later, “Another of my dear Sunday-school scholars, a young -lady of twenty, for whom I’ve labored, prayed and trembled for many -long months, has been ‘born again.’ She is radiant with the new -love in her soul, and when I think how long she was indifferent -to all His entreaties, and know what an unsatisfactory life she -was leading. I cannot thank and praise Him enough who has so -transformed her. And so with the ‘song of thanksgiving’ on my lips -I offer to Him through you this memorial of love and gratitude. -Appropriate it, if you please, to the furnishing of a room in the -new wing. Name it for me, if you choose, but know assuredly it will -henceforth be to me a ‘Peniel.’” - -But I must not weary you with extracts. The unwritten history of -other gifts will doubtless touch our hearts even more deeply when -revealed in the light of the Bright Hereafter. - -Over 80 girls have already filled the new rooms. Next year it is -hoped still another addition will be made. If so, writing another -begging letter will be no burden while the memory of such prompt -and delightful responses remains. - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -Emerson Institute. - -MISS EMMA R. CAUGHEY, MOBILE. - -Emerson Institute, formerly occupying Blue College, which was -burned in 1876, is now in the third year of its progress and -growth, the present school building being dedicated in May, 1878. - -During the years 1876-1878 the work never ceased; the workers -having put their hands to the plow did not look back nor abandon -the labor to which they had consecrated themselves. Under many -difficulties and discouragements the school did not wholly lose -its organization. For a time after the fire a small church opened -its doors for its accommodation. It was afterward removed to a -little corner grocery, which was secured and made as inviting as -possible. The third removal was to rooms in the present “Mission -Home.” Now we rejoice in a comfortable and convenient brick -building, in a very pleasant part of the city, in the midst of a -grove of pine and live-oak trees. This present year our work has -been assuming new proportions, which, although a cause for great -encouragement, involved us in new difficulties. Early in the year, -for lack of room, we were obliged to refuse forty or fifty pupils -admission to the intermediate and primary grades. In the course -of a few weeks the A. M. A. sent us another teacher, and a new -department was at once formed. But where should it find a home? -Our walls would not expand. Again the basement room of a church -near by furnished a haven, and the primary department, numbering -between seventy and eighty, has been receiving instruction there. -In the meantime, arrangements have been made for the removal of -our own Congregational church from its old site to a place by the -side of our school building, where it will be fitted up to answer -the double purpose of chapel and schoolroom; and the primary -department will find more commodious and convenient quarters, and -hope, in the course of a few weeks. Up to this time we have had -enrolled 300 pupils, under the instruction of six teachers, two of -whom are teachers in the Normal room, so that the pupils must all -be seated in four different rooms. - -Many friends from the North have been generous to us this year, and -we wish to acknowledge their kind donations and express our hearty -appreciation of their gifts through the columns of the MISSIONARY. -The cow purchased with money received by Miss Boynton from various -friends at the North, has been a great luxury and comfort to us at -the Home. - -One five-dollar bill given to Miss Boynton, designed especially for -table use, provided us with various essential articles: jelly cups -being exchanged for drinking glasses, a needed coffee-pot, tea-pot, -cups, saucers, etc. A set of silver teaspoons helped to supply -a deficiency. Sheets, pillowslips and towels replaced worn out -articles of prime necessity. Thus, while our personal wants have -been so thoughtfully provided for, other friends have generously -remembered the poor and needy Freedmen among whom we labor, very -many of whom are suffering for the necessities of life. Within a -week two well-filled boxes of good second-hand clothing came to -Rev. O. D. Crawford, forwarded to him by friends in Dubuque and -Waterloo, Iowa, the distribution of which has called forth tears -of gratitude, and invoked blessings on the heads of the donors -from many a poverty-stricken soul. I would that space permitted -me to depict some of the distressing needs of the poor right at -our own door, that the generous heart of the North might be opened -to relieve. I shall hope to avail myself of a future opportunity -to give a more minute account of our work, its growing needs and -opportunities. - - * * * * * - - -MISSISSIPPI. - -A Changed Home. - -Miss Koons, of Tougaloo, Miss., relates the following interesting -narrative: - -Two of our young men, brothers, were converted last fall term. -Their step-father was a hard drinker; their mother not a Christian. -When they returned from their Christmas vacation, one of them, -greatly troubled, told me what an unpleasant vacation they had had, -so much so, that he felt as if he could not stay, but must come -back to us. The step-father was drunk continually, and kept about -him other drunken associates, abused the mother, and by his conduct -so grieved the boys that they felt they could not endure it. - -They went home in June and took charge of the farm. They held a -little prayer-meeting every Wednesday evening and Sunday morning -with the mother and step-father. They also went together to -the house of a near neighbor—a terribly wicked man—and held a -prayer-meeting with the family every Sunday afternoon. The story -of the Prodigal Son was the means of the conversion of one of the -brothers, and some weeks after his conversion he came in to ask -where it might be found in the Bible, saying, “I have been hunting -for it for two weeks, and can’t find it.” He says now, “I often -read the Bible to my mother, and explained to her that story of -the Prodigal Son, to the best of my knowledge.” During the summer -the mother was converted, afterward the step-father, and then the -neighbor for whom and with whom the boys had been praying. His face -was of joy as he told of the conversion of his mother, who “could -not bear the thought of her boys going one way and she another,” -and he exclaimed, “Oh, Miss Koons, our home is a different place -now!” - -Both the boys were at work in the Sabbath-school—one at home and -the other some miles from home, and neither one missed a Sabbath -from June to the time of their return to us in November. - -I hardly need tell you that they are not among the silent members -of our weekly prayer-meetings. - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE. - -Cabin, “Frame House,” and “Little Brick.” - -MISS ALICE E. CARTER, NASHVILLE. - -My method of work probably does not bear the merit of originality, -yet the work itself holds for me all the charm and freshness of -novelty. Day by day draws me closer to the hearts of the people; -day by day draws us together closer to that universal Heart, nearer -to the Christ whom we try to serve. - -To make a beginning of visiting seemed at first a puzzling and -almost perilous matter. To attempt the mazes of the city—alleys -where one cabin differed from another cabin only in its greater or -less dilapidation without, and squalor within; to hazard a walk -across the common and bottoms through the almost impassable mud, -were equally difficult beginnings, and yet it is in these city -alleys and in the bottoms and commons outside the city limits that -the work is waiting—a harvest too great for the few laborers. - -There were many ways, I soon learned, to make entrance to the homes -of the people. The halloo at the gate would immediately bring the -loud “come in,” and a simple excuse, as a wish to warm or rest, or -to inquire where such a cabin might be, would gain for me a ready -welcome. Then, with a few minutes’ chatting and close observation, -it would be an easy matter to detect the special need there. - -At first I chose for my visits only the cabins, or, in the parlance -of the people, the _shanties_, but, as my work has widened, I have -often learned of need and suffering in many a “frame house,” or -“little brick.” Indeed, it seems as if the difference between those -in the cabin and those in the frame house and the little brick lies -here: the former have never _tried_ to get above their wretched -poverty; the latter _have tried_, and, with a measure of success, -still remain poor. Those in the cabins need everything—food and -clothing primarily, no doubt; but of paramount importance are their -other needs, viz., to be elevated from their sloth and indolence -and licentiousness by the forces of education and religion. Those -in the frame house and little brick need encouragement in the path -already chosen. - -I was asked to visit one day in a neat brick cottage which I -should have passed many times with no suspicion of need within. On -entering, the first thing that attracted my attention was that the -walls and ceiling were entirely unfinished; the walls were the bare -bricks, and overhead were the flooring beams, and, where the walls -and ceiling met, were wide open spaces for the wind to sift up from -under the eaves. The inmates were a colored woman, unfitted for -work by age and rheumatism, and her daughter; the daughter was her -widowed mother’s only dependence, yet the poor girl was lying sick -with pneumonia, and had been two weeks without medical treatment. -They had no money, but pride kept them reticent of their affairs. -To provide medicines, and later, little delicacies; to visit the -sick girl every day and sometimes twice a day was my care for three -weeks. She is now well again, and they are independent. - -I have made, up to December 31, one hundred and twenty-five calls, -and have succeeded in relieving some suffering with gifts of fuel -and food, although the little accomplished in that direction is as -one drop in the sea. - -From barrels of clothing received from the North I have sold and -given a great many garments; have oftener sold, because it seems -always wiser, although the prices may be ridiculously small. This -money helps me to purchase medicine for the many sick persons. -Let me add here, that with homeopathic remedies I have had most -flattering success, always preparing the medicines myself, and -carefully renewing them until the patients, without exception so -far, are cured. - -In addition to my visits, I have tried to reach the women by means -of cabin prayer-meetings, and to help the girls and young women -by the medium of sewing-schools. I have two schools in successful -operation in different parts of the city. One numbers twenty -pupils, the other nearly forty. We begin with prayer and short -Scripture reading, and then with great eagerness the girls set -about their sewing, or lesson in cutting, as the case may be. When -a garment is finished, each girl purchases her own work for a dime -or fifteen cents. - -While they sew I read to them, if occasion permits, and sometimes -they sing. They have begged to meet twice a week—a fact which -proves their enthusiasm. My kind friends in Boston and Providence -have done much toward supplying me with print, gingham and cotton -cloth for my sewing-schools. - -In Sunday-school work I have succeeded in drawing some strangers -into my own class at Howard Chapel, and in forming some other -classes for volunteer teachers from Jubilee Hall. - - * * * * * - - -TEXAS. - -“The African Congregational Church” of Paris. - -The origin of this church, back in the dark days of terror, in -1868, was so unique, so spontaneous, so much after the spirit and -form of the New Testament Churches, that we think it worth while to -make some record of the same. At that time the colored people were -indeed “scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd.” Separated -from the old church edifices of the white people, they had not yet -gathered themselves into their own churches. A Mr. Smith, from -Illinois, who had gone through the war as a soldier, and who had -settled in mercantile business in Jefferson, Texas, and whose life -was soon after sacrificed in the turbulence of those times, came up -through Paris lecturing to the colored people. He proposed a church -that would accommodate all the Christians, and the result was the -organization above named, with a regular constitution and covenant. -Its preamble reads thus: - -“We, the ministers and members of different Christian churches, -feeling greatly embarrassed in our former church relations, and -regarding those matters of difference which divided the churches to -which we have belonged as being unimportant, mischievous in their -tendency, and in discordance with the spirit of Christianity, do -now, on this 15th day of March, 1868, unite in a new organization, -the African Congregational Church. Thankful to God, our gracious -and mighty _Redeemer_, for this right and privilege of choosing -and adopting our own church forms, ceremonies, and government, and -of worshiping God as our conscience dictates, we hereby solemnly -pledge ourselves to God and to one another that we will maintain -a Scriptural Christian character, and support such laws and -regulations founded on the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments -as shall be adopted from time to time by two-thirds of the members -of this church.” - -The Constitution provides in the five articles for the election of -“discreet and faithful members” as trustees, deacons, a clerk and -treasurer, who shall pay out money only by vote of the church upon -an order from the clerk; for the use of either one of the three -modes of baptism; and for the choosing of ministers, “who shall -preside over all the deliberations of the church;” a Scriptural -plurality of preaching elders, a “presbytery” _in_, and not over -the church. - -Not being acquainted with the technical term of “covenant,” they -bind themselves by five articles of “Church Fellowship.” The first -requires evidence of a Christian experience; not stopping with the -fact, of which they were not aware, that Congregationalism was, at -first, a protest against receiving unregenerate members into the -church, they go back to Acts xx., 20, 21. The third reads: “That, -trusting in the promised grace of God, we will not indulge in our -hearts, nor practice, any of these manifest works of the flesh” -(see Gal. v., 20, 21); example: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, -etc. The fourth binds them to cultivate the fruits of the Spirit -(Gal. v., 22, 23). In the fifth they bind themselves to obey the -Scriptures (1 Thess. v., 11, 12), “by studying to be quiet in doing -our own business, working with our own hands, walking honestly -toward them that are without;” and also to discharge faithfully -their Christian duties as subjects of civil law and authority in -obedience to God (Rom. xii., 1, 2). - -Here is the way by which, for lack of a council (of which they -knew nothing), and for lack of authority this side of the Lord -Jesus Christ, whom they had taken as the Head of their Church, they -ordained their first presiding pastor: - -“_Resolved_, That we, the members of this church, in conference -assembled, do call, set apart, and ordain our well-beloved -brother, John McAdams, as the pastor of the church, to minister -to us in spiritual things as the minister of the Gospel; that we -hereby authorize our said well-beloved brother to administer the -ordinances of baptism and the holy sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, -and to solemnize the rite of matrimony in accordance with the laws -of this State; and that our well-beloved brother be furnished with -a certified copy of this resolution.” - -Four years later the church called to its aid Rev. Warren Norton, -a Congregational minister then at Brenham, Texas, in ordaining -brothers Albert Gray and Wm. Hamilton as their ministers in the -Lord. And this last fall I was permitted to participate in a -regular council for the ordination of Mr. J. W. Roberts as pastor -in that same church, and of Mr. J. W. Strong as a pastor for the -church in Corpus Christi. We had a sermon and all the other parts, -including the solemn laying on of hands in prayer; but still we -were only helping the church in a function which, in the first -place, it exercised alone with a beautiful simplicity and all -legitimate _authority_. - -How has the church gotten along? Why, it ran up to a large -membership. It paid $115 in gold for a lot, and built a church. It -branched out into the Shiloh, the New Hope, and the Pattonville -African Congregational churches, in neighborhoods about, and these -four became associated in a quarterly conference. But, as the -propagandists came along, they found in the walls of the mother -church stones with old inscriptions. Baptists, African M. E., -Campbellite, Northern M. E., and each pulled out his own and set up -churches of those several sorts, so that now the original church -building is the shabbiest of the lot, and the membership is only -an average. But still, with a high standing for character, with an -educated minister, and an educated teacher, Prof. S. W. White, with -a new and more respectable site, purchased, with the old acre and -a half to be sold, and with some members of property (two of them -large farmers) and of influence in the community, they give promise -of great usefulness, promise of realizing the expectations of the -martyr founder. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - * * * * * - - -COMMUNION SUNDAY AT HAMPTON. - -MISS ISABEL D. EUSTIS. - -Many warm friends of Hampton have come to see her on her gala days; -have crowded into the hall decorated with flags and flowers, while -the band played a welcome, and her graduates waited to give to the -audience the fruit of their three years’ study and experience. -Perhaps some of these would like to go with the quiet company who -are walking to the little church in the Soldiers’ Cemetery, near -the close of a bright day that has fallen in the midst of weeks of -rain and storm, and join in the simple communion service of the -first Sunday in the New Year. - -The afternoon sunlight slants in through the windows upon the -plain walls and benches, and lights up the dusky faces of the -colored and Indian students who fill the seats. The simple service -upon the communion table is the gift of the strong and loving -woman, who gave the best of her heart and brain to Hampton at its -start, and who kept her connection with the church she helped to -organize until she was called to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. -In the seats nearest the table are six colored and eight Indian -students who begin the New Year by confessing Christ as their -Saviour. We ask ourselves, as we notice their quiet and decorous -manner, if these can be some of the strange and uncouth people -who came knocking at our doors two years ago, and as we watch the -sweet, softening expressions stealing over their faces, telling of -reverent and gentle thoughts within, we wonder still more if these -are the very faces from which once it seemed impossible to win an -answering smile. - -The congregation rise and sing together in full, sweet chorus, -as only a colored audience can, “My faith looks up to thee.” -The minister reads the creed and covenant, and then the Indian -scholars, whose parents had, perhaps, hardly heard the name of -Christ, come one by one to receive the rite of baptism. As they -kneel beside the font the minister says to each, separately and -calling him by name, “Do you promise to take Jesus Christ as your -Saviour, to love him and serve him? Do you _promise_?” and the -emphatic Indian assent and little Annie’s timid “Yes, sir,” are -heard through the still church, and those who wait to hear know -that the heart’s promise has gone with the lips. - -Ahuka (White Wolf) comes first for baptism. As he stands there -quiet and reverent, a sudden memory of the first time we saw and -knew him flashes across our minds. We see again the school-room, -the day after the arrival of the new pupils. They are seated -in a semi-circle around a teacher, who stands by a black-board -on which some easy English words have been written: “Stand up; -Walk; Stop; Look up;” which she has been teaching the scholars to -illustrate. On the front seat at one end sits Ahuka, a somewhat -alarming-looking pupil. His thick, shaggy, black hair bangs down to -his waist over the blanket which he holds wrapped tight about him, -while he casts now and then stealthy but keen glances from under -his heavy eyebrows. - -Teacher debates for a few seconds whether to call on him for -a recitation; but concludes not to shirk, and he comes to the -board. Teacher points to the first word on the blackboard, on the -pronunciation of which she has been drilling the class, and looks -at the brave for a response. Brave looks at her, then at the word, -back again, more sharply at her, says nothing. Teacher mustn’t -expect a response in a hurry, keeps her pointer on the word and -her eye on the brave. Brave continues to transfer his glance from -the word to the teacher, till suddenly, whether in despair or rage -she cannot tell, he throws his head back, bends forward and utters -a prolonged howl. Teacher with difficulty restrains herself from -a flight down the corridor, and doesn’t question why he is called -“the Wolf.” It is no difficult task to picture him back in the -wilds of Dakota. - -We think of him now: his quiet and reverent manner; the pleading -look we have learned to know in the once defiant, savage eyes, -and we pray that as he is laying aside all that was the pride -and pleasure of his savage strength he may grow (slowly he must, -but certainly he shall) into the beauty and power and glory of a -Christian manhood. - -Harry Brown, Chief White Horse’s manly little son, stands by the -font now. We came near making a bad mistake about Harry. The day -that the minister had appointed to talk to the scholars who were -to unite with the church was a crisp winter one, and the creek -was covered with glittering ice. Harry went skating; almost the -first chance he’d had since he left Dakota. There was no way to -tell the time; he was having splendid fun. He stayed too long; -when he came back it was too late for the meeting. The next day, -when the minister kindly made an appointment for him by himself, -one of the first questions he asked was, “Harry, do you pray?” -“No.” “Not pray?” “No.” “Did you ever pray?” “Yes.” “And you don’t -pray now?” “No.” “Why not?” And then Harry shut himself behind his -Indian reserve and his inability to talk English, and didn’t say -anything more. It certainly didn’t look as if he was far on the -road to saint-ship. And yet if there was a boy in the school who -was commending himself by his faithful, kind and manly conduct -it was Harry Brown. What did it mean? The minister asked one of -the teachers, with whom the boy might not be so shy, to try and -find out. She dismissed the interpreter, who seemed to embarrass -him, and all her questions were answered with thoughtfulness and -earnestness till the old one came up, “Harry, the minister says you -don’t pray?” Then came the same emphatic “_No_.” “Well, Harry, this -isn’t a little thing you want to do. You are going to give yourself -to God to be His child all your life, and you say you don’t pray to -Him. It seems as if you didn’t care much about it. We think you had -better wait till the next Communion Sunday, and be sure you mean -what you are going to do.” “How long?” said Harry. “Two months.” -“Too long. Can’t wait. Must come now,” said Harry decidedly. “How -long have you been trying to do right, Harry?” “Two years.” Then -I think Harry’s good angel put a thought into the teacher’s mind. -“Harry, have you changed your room lately? Do you stay now with -those seven boys up-stairs?” “Yes.” “Is that the reason you don’t -pray? Are you ashamed?” “Yes.” “Doesn’t any boy in that room pray?” -“Just one.” “Well, if you are going to be Christ’s soldier you -have got to fight for Him sometimes when it’s hard. Will you pray -to-night?” “Yes.” And knowing that older Christians had wavered -before the same temptations, and not been more honest and brave -in acknowledging it, we forebore to shut the boy away from the -patient guidance and long suffering love which leads us all. A few -weeks afterward we asked Harry one day when the interpreter was by, -“Harry, do you pray now?” The little interpreter himself looked -up with a quick, bright smile, “All we boys in that room pray now -every night.” It was a good victory, surely, for the first one. -God grant that each of those who are now confessing Christ be kept -by Him in the temptations which will crowd them in the life to -which they must go. - -The service is almost over. The bread and wine have been passed. To -each waiting heart down through its darkness to its weakness has -come the touch of the Divine Soul which is light and power. - -Once more the sweet strong chorus rises, “Jesus, Lover of my Soul.” -We go out into the twilight. The young crescent and the star of -love hang in the Western sky whose glowing sunset lights are -reflected in the lovely waters, and through the heavens falls a -voice with the old word, at once reproof and inspiration, “Say not -ye, There are yet four months and then cometh the harvest. Behold, -I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they -are white already to harvest, and he that reapeth receiveth wages -and gathereth fruit unto life eternal.” - - * * * * * - - - - -WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - -Room 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston. - -MISS NATHALIE LORD, _Secretary_. MISS ABBY W. PEARSON, _Treasurer_. - - * * * * * - - -The Executive Committee of the W. H. M. A. are happy to announce -that with this number of the AMERICAN MISSIONARY and of the _Home -Missionary_, they begin a series of monthly reports of their work, -which they know will be welcomed by many. The American Missionary -Association and the American Home Missionary Society have each -generously given us the opportunity of reporting in its monthly -publication the work undertaken by us in its field. Our friends -will therefore find in the AMERICAN MISSIONARY, accounts from our -missionaries among the negroes; and in the _Home Missionary_, -reports from the West. For the courtesy which has given as this -opportunity we desire to express, thus publicly, our thanks. - -Recent statements show that the present condition of our work is -not known. Five ladies are now at work in the South and West, -and two more teachers will soon go to Utah. Those already in the -field are: Miss Mary Snyder, Assistant Principal of the Academy -at Albuquerque, New Mexico; Miss Julia A. Wilson, who is working -among the colored refugees in Kansas; Miss Alice E. Carter, acting -as city missionary in Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. Clara B. Babcock, who -is doing missionary work in connection with the colored church -recently formed in Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Almira S. Steele, who -teaches a day and Sunday-school at Almeda, S. C. Detailed accounts -of the work of each of these will be given from time to time. But, -that more work may be undertaken, we ask for larger contributions -and a wider support, for annual subscriptions and donations as well -as for auxiliary societies. - -Some suggestions as to organization and management of auxiliaries -are here made in the hope that they may be helpful. In many places -the sewing society, devoted to parish work, may take in addition -the Home Mission work, if it is as agreeable to the members as -it has been found to be in many cases already. At each meeting, -some one previously appointed may communicate intelligence of Home -Mission work, while others sew. - -In other places the old cent society to which our grandmothers -belonged is available as the channel for contributions. - -In other places still, a wholly separate organization may be -most advisable, in which the filling of Home Mission boxes, the -collection of money for the W. H. M. A., and the communication of -intelligence as to Home Mission work may be the only objects of the -society. - -The regular Woman’s Prayer Meeting might well set apart one -meeting each month where they are held weekly, or a meeting at -longer intervals when they occur less frequently; this monthly or -quarterly meeting to be devoted to prayer and conversation about -the spread of the Gospel in our own country. At these meetings a -collection may be taken and there may be a treasurer to receive -this, and an officer, either secretary or president, to preside at -the meeting. It is not necessary that these officers should serve -no other organizations, since the same person not infrequently -acts as an officer in one or more societies and keeps the business -of each by itself. It seems wise, however, whenever a sufficient -number of persons can be obtained, to have separate officers for -different organizations. The end to be attained is that there be a -definite, separate time given to praying and working for the cause -of the evangelization of our own country, and a definite, separate -contribution arranged so that each woman of the church may have -just the channel at hand by which to send her own offering for this -cause direct to its destination. - -And further, may we not ask those churches that have adopted the -system of weekly offerings, known as the “Harris plan,” to put this -Association also on their list, to make this one of the channels -of distribution through which individual members of the church -show their desire and accomplish their purpose of co-operating in -Christ’s work of saving men? It is no longer—if it ever ought to -have been—the age in which Christian men and women should wait -to be stirred, to be urged, even to be invited, to give. Does -it not become each of us to find out by calculation, careful, -generous calculation, how much we can afford to the specific work -of spreading the Gospel; and then through what channels we can -best effect our object? And if this is done by all will there not -be some who will wish to send part of their funds through this -society, whose work is, directly, for the women and children of our -country? - -New opportunities for work are presenting themselves almost every -week, in the new West, the South, for Indian girls, for colored -women and children. There is no quarter to which we can look that -we do not see those, dear to us by nature, and by what Christ has -done for us, waiting to be helped and to be taught; nor, as yet, -have we had any lack of those who were well fitted for the work of -teaching and helping, and anxious to go into it. - -We, therefore, ask the Christian women in our churches whether, -in addition to the interest, money and prayer they are giving to -kindred societies, they do not wish to give also to this particular -work which seems at once so urgent and so promising. It requires -but small individual sums, regularly and prayerfully given, to -enable the church to pursue a vigorous and effective work in this -direction for the kingdom of Christ. - - Receipts from Oct. 15, 1880, to Jan. 1, 1881: - - From auxiliaries $761.00 - From donations 155.08 - From life members 100.00 - From annual members 81.00 - ———————— - Total $1,097.08 - -The committee also acknowledge with thanks, the following -donations: From the Congregational Publishing Society, $19 worth -of papers and maps, and from Mr. J. L. Hommett, three large wall -maps, and from S. M. H. a movable black-board, all for the use of -Mrs. Steele at Almeda, S. C. A barrel has been sent to Miss Carter -containing new material for use in her Industrial school, and -clothing for distribution. - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - - - 6 WASHINGTON PLACE,} - TROY, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1880.} - -Dear Mr. Hubbard: I remember your showing us the place where you -put our contributions, in the great safe on Reade St., and your -deciding where you met Aunty Lizzie before. - -I will send a share of the money which we earned, for the American -Missionary Association. - -This Summer I devoted one of my broods to your society. The hen’s -name was Nano: she had eight chickens. Two of them died, four -were given to Papa for the hen’s feed, and the rest were sold for -fifty-three cents. - -This was this hen’s second brood. - -Margaret had also a hen named Goldy, and her second brood was -devoted to your society. She stole her nest in the bushes and -hatched thirteen little, beautiful chickens;—five died, two are -kept, and the three remaining ones were sold for eighty-eight -cents. We earned money in other ways, so we each add the necessary -sum to make it two dollars. - -I send much love to you, and Miss Dodge. Your Loving Little Friend, - - MARY F. CUSHMAN. - - -A CRUMB FOR THE BOYS. - -A clergyman on his way to a missionary meeting overtook a boy, and -asked him about the road, and where he was going. - -“Oh!” he said, “I’m going to the meeting to hear about the -missionaries.” - -“Missionaries!” said the minister. “What do you know about -missionaries?” - -“Why,” said the boy, “I’m part of the concern. I’ve got a -missionary-box, and I always go to the missionary meeting. I -belong.” - -Now that is what we want. Every child should feel that he is “part -of the concern,” and that his work is just as important as that of -any one else. Linch-pins are little things; but, if they drop out, -the wagon is very likely to come to a stand-still. Every pin and -screw should be in working order, and every child should be able to -say, “I always go to the missionary meeting. Why, I’m part of the -concern!”—_Exchange._ - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR JANUARY, 1881. - - - MAINE, $696.91. - - Alfred. Mrs. Charlotte Dane, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ $20.00 - Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.54 - Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $150; - First Cong. Sab. Sch., $14.67 164.67 - Bethel. T. and M. E. B. 1.00 - Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.65 - Blanchard. “A Friend” 5.00 - Brunswick. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $11.38; - Marshall Cram, $10 21.38 - Brunswick. Box of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._ - Calais. John Barker, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Castine. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Cumberland Centre. J. W. 1.00 - Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. JAMES - GRAHAM, L. M. 45.00 - Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.00 - Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Gilead. I. B. 0.51 - Hallowell. Correction.—Fannie A. Davis, $25, - ack. in Dec. number, should read “Friends” - by F. A. D. - Machias. Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.36; Prayer - Meeting Coll., $5.14; E. G. L., 50c.; U. M. - Penniman, $5 16.00 - Norway. Mrs. Mary K. Frost 5.00 - North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Orland. S. E. Buck to const. MISS HANNAH T. - BUCK, L. M. 30.00 - Portland. High St. Cong. Ch., $100; State St. - Ch., $84.66; Mrs. L. D., $1 185.66 - Richmond. Ladies of Cong. Parish, _for - Freight_, $1; Cong. Ch., half Bbl. of C. 1.00 - Scarborough. “A Thank Offering” 38.00 - Skowhegan. Mrs. F. A. M., $1; M. D. P., $1 2.00 - South Berwick. Ladies, Bbl. of C. _for - Wilmington, N. C._ - Thomaston. Infant Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., - $6; Mrs. J. H., 50c. 6.50 - Weld. Rev. D. D. Tappan 2.00 - Wells. B. Maxwell 20.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $440.42. - - Amherst. Cong. Ch., $20.50; Miss C. M. - Boylston, $20 40.50 - Amherst. Ladies U. M. Soc., $29; L. K. - Melendy, $25, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 54.00 - Amherst. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Box of C. and - $2, _for Freight, for Wilmington, N. C._ 2.00 - Brookline. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - DEA. CHAS. KIMBALL, L. M. 51.50 - Colebrook. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 13.69 - Dover. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.94 - Exeter. “Friends” _for Chapel, Wilmington, N. - C._ 0.50 - Francestown. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - REV. H. M. KELLOGG, L. M. 34.20 - Fisherville. J. C. Martin 10.00 - Greenfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.05 - Greenville. E. G. Heald 6.00 - Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.77 - Hancock. Ladies’ Sewing Circle and The - Cheerful Workers, Bbl of C., and $1.50 _for - Freight, for McIntosh, Ga._ 1.50 - Hebron. J. B. C. 1.00 - Hillsborough Bridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.75 - Keene. Geo. Cook 5.00 - Keene. Correction:—Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of - First Ch., Bbl. of C. acknowledged in Feb. - number, should read, of Second Ch. - Kensington. “Friends,” _for Chapel, - Wilmington, N. C._ 2.50 - Londonderry. C. S. P. 1.00 - Manchester. W. O. A., 50c.; I. G. M., 50c. 1.00 - Marlborough. Ladies’ Freedman’s Aid Soc., _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 - Milford. Cong. Ch., $11.90; Mr. and Mrs. - Harris, $10 21.90 - Nashua. Pilgrim Ch. 27.11 - Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, $5; C. C. S., - 51c. 5.51 - Pittsfield. John L. Thorndike 10.00 - Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.50 - Rochester. Phebe J. Moody, _for furnishing - room, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Sanbornton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Short Falls. J. W. C. 0.50 - Stratham. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - West Lebanon. Mrs. E. L. K. 0.50 - West Peterborough. Mrs. Lucy B. Richardson 10.00 - Wilton. Willing Workers, _for Student Aid, - Wilmington Normal Sch._ 15.00 - Wilton. A. B. C. 0.50 - Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark 5.00 - - - VERMONT, $638.95. - - Barnet. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. 86.66 - Berlin. Cong. Ch. 13.06 - Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. H. - A. TITUS, L. M. 36.25 - Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.29 - Burlington. N. G. H. 1.00 - Cabot. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from Milton - Fisher) 14.02 - Chester. Penny Contributions of Cong. Sab. - Sch., $50; “A Friend,” $15; Cong. Ch. and - Soc., $16.03; G. H. C., 60c. 81.63 - Clarenden. Mrs. J. P. 1.00 - Cornwall. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.33 - East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.86 - Fairlee. “Friends” 5.00 - Felchville. M. C. F. 0.51 - Ludlow. N. M. P. 1.10 - Middlebury. Cong. Sab. Sch. 23.53 - North Thetford. Cong. Ch., $8.56; Mrs. E. G. - B., 50c. 9.06 - Pittsford. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 44.00 - Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch., “New Year’s Gift.” 13.40 - Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., $136.45; - South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35 171.45 - Sharon. Mrs. A. F., $1; S. P. F., $1 2.00 - Thetford. Rev. L. H. Elliot 10.00 - Townshend. Mrs. Mary Burnap, $5; Mrs. Anne - Rice, $5; Mrs. Harvey Holbrook, $2; Mrs. W. - C., $1; Mrs. E. H., $1; S. D. W., $1; G. P., - $1 16.00 - Vergennes. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing - room, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Weathersfield. Mrs. Edson Chamberlin 10.00 - West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.80 - West Randolph. Mary and Susan E. Albin, $6; S. - J. W., $1 7.00 - West Rutland. W. Newton 5.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $7,929.61. - - Amesbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., - _for Washington, D. C._ - Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $45, to - const. MRS. ELLA M. HALL, L. M.; MRS. OLIVE - C. STERNS, $30, to const. herself L. M.; Wm. - M. Graves, $20; “A Friend,” $5; “A Friend,” - $10 110.00 - Amherst. “Friends,” 18 Bbls. apples and 3 - Bbls. vegetables, _for Atlanta_. - Andover. West Parish Cong. Ch. 29.18 - Andover. G. W. W. Dove, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 10.00 - Ashland. Ladies Assn., Bbl. of C., _for - Talladega C._ - Auburn. Cong. Ch. 29.42 - Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 173.71 - Ayers Village. Mrs. E. M. C. 0.50 - Berlin. Mrs. Mary G. Houghton 5.00 - Barre. E. C. Sab. Sch. 19.58 - Boston. “Wilberforce,” _for Chapels_ 1,000.00 - Boston. “A Friend,” New Year’s Gift _for a - Chapel_ 300.00 - Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Association, - by Mrs. H. M. Moore, Chairman of Finance - Com., ($30 of which to const. MRS. HANNAH F. - TYLER, L. M.) 247.91 - Boston. Cong. Pub Soc., Box of books and - papers _for Talladega C._ - Boston. Charles Nichols. $30, to const. EDDIE - WORTHEN, L. M.; Miss S. B. Jones, $15; Mount - Vernon Ch., ad’l. $3; “H. B. H.,” $5; Miss - A. P. B., 50c. 53.50 - Brimfield. Cong. Ch., $39.56, to const. NEWTON - S. HUBBARD, L. M.; Second Cong. Ch. Sab. - Sch., $15 54.56 - Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 104.20 - Cambridge. A. E. Hildreth, $100; Mrs. A. G., - $1; Miss R. L. McP., $1; F. C. S., $1 103.00 - Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc., - $109.09; “Cash,” $25; G. B. C., $1; V. D., - 50c.; A. A. P., 50c. 136.09 - Charlton. Rev. W. C. Fiske 2.00 - Chelmsford. “A Friend.” 5.00 - Chester. Rev. A. E. T. 0.50 - Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.78 - Coleraine. Mrs. Wm. B. McG. 1.00 - Dalton. Hon. Z. M. Crane 100.00 - Dalton. Mrs. J. B. Crane, _for Indian M., - Hampton Inst._ 100.00 - Danvers. J. F. Fuller, 5 Bbls. apples, _for - Atlanta_. - Dorchester. Mrs. Susan Collins, $5; Second - Cong. Sab. Sch., $2 7.00 - East Berkshire. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 61.29 - East Longmeadow. Mrs. G. W. C., $1; E. M., $1 2.00 - East Medway. First Ch. of Christ 14.00 - Essex Co. “Howard,” _for Repairs, Talladega C._ 100.00 - Everett. A Friend 10.00 - Fall River. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $14; M. - E., $1; C. E. F., 50c. 15.50 - Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Fitchburgh. Mrs. Wm. Hubbard, $10; “A Friend,” - $5 15.00 - Florence. Mrs. I. G. Jewett 1.50 - Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc. 157.88 - Framingham. Young People’s Soc., by Alice - Hastings, $25, and Box of C., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 - Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 61.93 - Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to - const. ALEXANDER PETTIGREW, JOHN K. DUSTIN, - JR., and JERGEN C. OVERBECK, L. M’s. 110.00 - Grafton. Evan. Sab. Sch., Box of Books - Grafton. Ladies Sew. Circle, Bbl. of C., _for - Atlanta_. - Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., - $100 to const. C. W. BALDWIN, A. W. SELKIRK, - and I. R. PRINDLE, L. M’s.; Mrs. L. M. - Chapin, $5 105.00 - Greenwich Village. Daniel Parker 2.00 - Groton. Rev. Darwin Adams 10.00 - Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., $8.16; and Sab. - Sch., $7.67 15.83 - Hampden. W. B. S. 1.00 - Hardwick. C. A. W. 1.00 - Haverhill. West Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17.81; - and Sab. Sch. (Eben Webster’s Class), $3.24; - Mrs. L. P. F., 50c.; E. W., 50c.; Mrs. S. - C., 50c.; C. C., 51c. 23.06 - Haverhill. Mrs. Mary Ann Chase ($5 of which - _for Indian M._) 10.00 - Hingham. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.86 - Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch. ($200 of which - from Bequest of E. N. H., and $50 from E. E. - H.), $322.01; Mrs. C. Thayer, $5 327.01 - Holden. “Friends,” Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta, - Ga._ - Holliston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., - $20; Band of Helpers, $5.25; Other Sources, - $1.75; _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 36.00 - Holliston. “Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4.” 25.00 - Hopkinton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $90.04; - Cong. Ch. and Soc., Mon. Con. Coll., $11.85 102.09 - Housatonic. W. G. 0.50 - Ipswich. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.63 - Ipswich. Limebrook Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Lawrence. Lawrence Cong. Ch. 95.00 - Lee. M. A. H. 1.00 - Leicester. Mrs. M. A. S. and Miss A. G. L., - 50c. each; Cong. Sab. Sch., Pkg. of papers 1.00 - Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.17 - Lexington. G. S. 0.50 - Lincoln. “Friends,” 24 Bbls. apples, _for - Atlanta_. - Lowell. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $90.10; M. - C., $1 91.10 - Lowell. “A Friend,” _for Emerson Inst._ 2.00 - Lowell. Miss Puffer, Box of C., _for - Talladega_. - Lynn. B. V. French, $25; Central Cong. Ch. and - Soc., $20 45.00 - Mansfield. P. M. E. 1.00 - Malden. Mrs. Valeria G. Stone, by Trustees 1,292.05 - Medway. E. M. 5.00 - Merrimac. John K. Sargent, $2; Chas. N. - Sargent, $2 4.00 - Middleborough. Mrs. G. H. D., $1; E. B. E., - 50c. 1.50 - Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $61.46; - Mary E. Bond, $7.25 68.71 - Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Millbury. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - furnishing room, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox 10.00 - Monson. Cong. Ch., $19; Mrs. Dewey’s Sab. Sch. - Class, $6, _for furnishing room, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Monson. Two Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 9.00 - Monterey. Young Ladies’ Sew. Soc., by Amelia - A. Bidwell, _for Ed. of Indians, Hampton, - Va._ 10.00 - Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond 10.00 - Newburyport. Leavitt Lincoln, $10; Miss S. N. - B., 50c. 10.50 - Newburyport. “Friend,” _for Student Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 10.00 - New Bedford. Mrs. H. W. 1.00 - Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 243.64 - Newton. “Friends,” 11 Bbls. Apples, _for - Atlanta_. - Newton. “Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc.,” by - Ellen D. Jackson, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 50.00 - Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., - $13.73; Mrs. W. T. W., 50c. 14.03 - Newton Highlands. Sunday Sch., by E. W. B., - _for freight_ 7.85 - North Amherst. Miss Harrington, _for Student - Aid, Tougaloo U._ 12.00 - Northampton. “A Friend,” $100; “Member of - first Cong. Ch.,” $5 105.00 - Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00 - North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Norfolk. Friends, 18 Bbls. Apples, _for - Atlanta_. - Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6.25, and - Sab. Sch., $20 26.25 - Oxford. First Cong. Ch., $31.50; First Cong. - Sab. Sch., $18; L. Shumway, $10 59.50 - Paxton. Ella Rowell, _for Freight_ 1.60 - Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35.35; - H. A. B., 50c.; Mrs. H. M. Hurd, a - Comfortable 35.85 - Plymouth. Pilgrimage Ch. and Soc., $50.18; - Mrs. C. W. P., 50c. 50.68 - Reading. Old South Ch. and Soc., $12.50; A. T. - H., 50c. 13.00 - Reading. Bethesda Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 100.00 - Reading. Rev. W. H. Willcox, D. D. and Wife, - _for furnishing rooms, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Rockland. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta - U._ 25.00 - Royalston. “A Friend” 1.00 - Salem. A. and M. B., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 1.00 - Salem. Individuals, _for Mag._ 2.70 - Sherborn. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 1.00 - Somerville. Prospect Hill Ch. and Soc., $5.56; - Miss M. C. Sawyer, $2; “A Friend,” $1.25; - Mrs. H. T. S., 50c. 9.31 - Southampton. Miss E. L. S. 0.60 - South Boston. Miss J. A. 0.50 - South Deerfield. Mrs. M. B. R. 0.50 - South Egremont. “A Friend” to const. REV. - ALLEN F. DECAMP, L. M. 30.00 - South Hadley. H. M. 1.00 - South Weymouth. Union Ch. and Soc., to const. - JOHN A. FOGG, L. M. 30.00 - South Weymouth. Miss Grover’s Class in Second - Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta - U._ 7.00 - Springfield. Mrs. R. K., $1; Mrs. R. C. H., $1 2.00 - Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.25 - Sutton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $21.50; Mrs. - M. H. L., $1 22.50 - Topsfield. Richard Price, _for furnishing - rooms, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Tewksbury. North Ch., $5 and 2 Bbls. of C., - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 - Uxbridge. W. J. 1.00 - Walpole. Lowell Mann, 4 Bbls. apples and 1 - Bbl. cranberries, _for Atlanta_. - Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $88.39; L. - A. S., 50c. 88.89 - Ware. C. C. Hitchcock, _for Student Aid, Fisk - U._ 25.00 - Watertown. Phillip’s Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., - _for Talladega_. - Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.03 - Wellesley. May Chase, _for furnishing room, - Atlanta U._ 12.50 - Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., (Mon. Coll.) 22.69 - Westborough. Ladies’ Freedman’s Aid Soc., Bbl. - of bedding _for Atlanta U._ - Westborough. Freedmen’s Miss. Assn., Bbl. of - C., _for Savannah_. - West Boylston. Willing Workers, $25; _for - Student Aid, Storr’s Sch., and_ $25 _for - furnishing a room, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., (of which - $10 _for Indian M._) 42.00 - Westminster. “E. A. W.” 5.00 - West Newbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17; - J. C. Carr, $2.50 19.50 - Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., $27.39; A. F. - W., 50c.; Mrs. S. A. D., 50c. 28.39 - Whitinsville. Mrs. J. C. Whitin, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00 - Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.80 - Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for Atlanta U._ 3.00 - Winchendon. Mrs. M. D. B. 1.00 - Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., $120; Cong. Ch. and - Soc., $27.81; William Temple, $5; G. A. B., - $1; “S. B. Soc.,” by E. A. E., $2, _for - freight_ 155.81 - Worcester. Ladies of Plymouth Ch., $11.50; and - 2 Bbls. of C., _for Student Aid, Talladega - C._ 11.50 - Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. 100.00 - Yarmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.00 - —— B. Sanford, Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo_. - —— Unknown Source, Bbl. of C. - ———————— - $7,399.61 - LEGACIES. - - Boston. Estate of Rebecca I. Gilman, by Hannah - E. Gilman, Ex. 185.00 - West Medway. Estate of Lucy M. Clark 340.00 - Lancaster. Interest, Legacy of Sophia Stearns, - by Wm. M. Wyman, Ex. 5.00 - ———————— - $7,929.61 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $91.51. - - Barrington. Cong. Ch., $36.88, and Sab. Sch., - $23.20 60.00 - Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Pawtucket. Mrs. R. B., 51c.; Mrs. R. R., 50c. 1.01 - Providence. S. L. H. 0.50 - Westerly. Mrs. Emeline Smith 5.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $2,862.64. - - Bridgeport. J. B. 1.00 - Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00 - Brookfield. Cong. Ch. 15.61 - Burnside. Miss E. S. 0.50 - Cobalt. Mrs. Lewis Taylor 2.00 - Colchester. Mrs M. J. G. 0.50 - Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.20 - Cornwall. First Cong. Ch. 17.00 - Cromwell. “Friends,” _for furnishing room, - Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Cromwell. Cong. Ch. 23.00 - Deep River. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $32.73, to - const. DEA. JABEZ SOUTHWORTH, L. M.; “J.,” - Thank Offering, $4 36.73 - Durham. G. Newton 5.00 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. Quar. Coll.; ($75 of - which from Henry D. Hawley, _for General - Purposes_, and $50 _for Tillotson Inst._) 169.23 - Glastonbury. Wm. S. Williams 100.00 - Grassy Hill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 - Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch., Bbl. Dried Apples, - _for Talladega C._ - Greenwich. Miss Sarah Mead 50.00 - Groton. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Guilford. First Cong. Ch., $21.05; Eli - Parmelee, $10 31.05 - Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, $50; Jos. W. - Hungerford, $50; Cong. Ch., $4.80 104.80 - Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., $385.23; Mrs. - Mary C. Bemis, $20; Windsor Av. Cong. Ch., - $11.73; Mrs. Joseph Terry, $5 421.96 - Hartford. O. D. Case & Co., Box of Wall Maps - _for Talladega C._ - Jewett City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 - Kensington. Cong. Ch. (50c. of which _for - Refugees in Kansas_) 10.50 - Lebanon. Exeter Cong. Ch. 10.58 - Manchester. E.A. B. 0.50 - Mansfield Centre. Miss L. S., $1; Mrs. E. M. - S. T., $1, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00 - Middlebury. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 6.93 - Milford. First Cong. Ch. 15.36 - Montville. First Cong. Ch. 5.50 - Moodus. Master Amasa Day Chaffee, proceeds of - Garden for the year 1880 3.00 - Morris. F. L. 0.50 - New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. - Adams, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 - New Haven. “A Friend,” $50; Third Cong. Ch., - $20.75; W. A. L., 60c.; G. Johnson, $2; M. - N., $1; Mrs. U., $1; Individuals, _for - Mag._, $1; E. A. P., $1 77.35 - New London. Second Cong. Ch. 618.41 - New London. “A Friend,” _for Talladega C._, - and to const. REV. EDWARD W. BACON, L. M. 30.00 - Newtown. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Northford. C. F. 0.50 - North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett 19.50 - North Stamford. “A Friend” 5.00 - Norwalk. First Cong. Ch., $60.97, to const. - GEO. B. ST. JOHN and H. B. WIGHAM, L. M’s; - Mrs. Wm. B. St. John, $3 63.97 - Norwich. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 2.00 - Norwich Town. “Member of First Cong. Ch.,” - $38; S. H. P., 50c. 38.50 - Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch. 19.90 - Orange. Cong. Ch. 6.56 - Plainfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Plantsville. Hattie Higgins, $25; Ladies’ - Soc., $25, _for furnishing rooms, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 15.50 - Pomfret. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Putnam. Sab. Sch. Class, by W. P. White, Sec., - $15.50; Miss H., 50c. 16.00 - Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 57.03 - South Norwalk. Mrs. G. P. A. 0.60 - Stafford Springs. F. J. Chandler 5.00 - Terryville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 70.00 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from “A - Friend”) 36.20 - Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.38 - Unionville. Ladies’ Soc., by Miss Belle B. - Dunham, $18.04, and Bbl. of C., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 18.04 - Vernon Depot. Sab. Sch., by C. D. Tucker, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 9.00 - Washington. F. A. F. 1.00 - Watertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. RUTH M. - ATWOOD and FRANK LOVELAND, L. M’s. 63.25 - West Suffield. “A Friend.” 2.00 - Winsted. Mrs. Mary A. Mitchell, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 - Wolcottville. L. Wetmore 100.00 - Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss 10.00 - —— “A Friend.” 25.00 - —— “A Friend of the Needy” 17.50 - ———————— - $2,612.64 - LEGACY. - - New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven, - _for Talladega C._ 250.00 - ———————— - $2,862.64 - - - NEW YORK, $1,226.03. - - Bangor. Cong. Ch. 21.00 - Bangor. Mrs. L. K., 50c.; Mrs. H. T., 50c. 1.00 - Brooklyn. “A Friend,” _for a Teacher_ 30.00 - Brooklyn. Church of the Pilgrims, (ad’l), $20; - “A Friend,” $5; Mrs. Rev. Geo. Hollis, $2; - J. A. S., $1 28.00 - Binghamton. Sheldon Warner 10.00 - Brier Hill. O. J. 0.50 - Canastota. E. B. Northrop, $5; Mr. and Mrs. R. - H. Childs, $5 10.00 - Centreville. Mrs. Jerusha Higgins 2.00 - Chataugay. Joseph Shaw 5.00 - Coxsackie. Rev. Matthias Lusk 5.00 - Fillmore. L. L. Nourse 5.00 - Fulton. J. C. Galispie, $10; Almon Bristol, - $5; T. W. Chesebro, $5; Dea. F. S., 50c. 20.50 - Greigsville. Mrs. Sarah J. Palmer, $2; Mrs. H. - A. G., $1; Miss L. A. G., $1 4.00 - Hamilton. Correction—Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., - ack. in Jan. number, should read, Sab. Sch. - of Second Cong. Ch. - Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones 15.00 - Hume. Mrs. L. H. P. 1.00 - Ithaca. Miss Jennie Stebbins, _for Talladega - C._ 10.00 - Jamesport. Friends, by Rev. T. N. Benedict 15.00 - Kingsborough. J. W. 1.00 - Livonia. Geo. Jackman, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 8.50 - Livonia. Mrs. Rachel Calvert, $5; Miss Matilda - Jackman, $5; _for Storrs School, Atlanta, - Ga._ 10.00 - Locust Valley. Mrs. Sarah Palmer ($1 of which - _for Woman’s Work for Woman_) 6.00 - Ludlowville. S. S. Todd 5.00 - Marcellus. Mrs. L. H. 1.00 - Marion. “A Friend,” _for Woman’s Work for - Woman_ 1.00 - Middletown. Geo. Wickham, Bbl. of Apples; - Lewis Wisner, Bbl. of Apples. - Middlesex. Lester and Emma J. Adams 10.00 - Nassau. Isaac O. Rankin 5.00 - Newburgh. J. H. Corwin, pkg. reading matter - New York. S. T. Gordon, $250; Z. Stiles Ely, - $250; Broadway Tabernacle Sab. Sch. Miss. - Soc., $50; E. R. Dillingham, $25; “X. Y. - Z.,” $10 and package of Maps; J. A. V. A., - 60c. 585.60 - New York. Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., _for - furnishing room, Atlanta, U._ 25.00 - Orient. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - Otisco Valley. Mrs. O. S. Frisbie, deceased, - by I. T. Frisbie 50.00 - Penn Yan. E. W. Mills 10.00 - Perry Centre. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., $12.25, and - Bbl. of C., by Miss Belle Sheldon, Treas. 12.25 - Plattsburgh. G. W. Dodds 5.00 - Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. M. 0.51 - Rochester. Gen. A. W. Riley 25.00 - Rome. John B. Jervis 25.00 - Sherburne. Chas. A. Fuller, _for Talladega C._ 25.00 - Syracuse. W. E. Abbott, $50; Miss C. W., $1 51.00 - Troy. E. C. S. 1.00 - Troy. Mary F. and Margaret Cushman, earnings - in raising chickens and from other sources 2.00 - Union Falls. Francis E. Duncan, $10; Mrs. - Fanny D. Duncan, $10 20.00 - Walton. First Cong. Ch. 67.17 - Walton. C. S. Fitch, _for Mendi M._ 5.00 - Watkins. Mrs. E. S. M., $1; Miss E. D., $1 2.00 - West Camden. E. M. H. 1.00 - West Chazy. Daniel Bassett 5.00 - Windsor. Mrs. Julia Woodruff, $2; Rev. J. S. - P., $1 3.00 - —— “A Friend” 50.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $39.70. - - Camden. Mrs. J. T. Crane 2.00 - Fairview. D. D. Anderson 5.00 - Newark. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, $20; Mrs. L., - 60c.; Mrs. M., 60c. 21.20 - Newfield. Rev. Chas. Wiley 10.00 - Paterson. Mrs. E. F. 1.00 - Roseville. J.C. 0.50 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $27.96. - - Allentown. Rev. C. M. 0.50 - Canton. H. Sheldon 5.00 - Cherry Ridge. Miss M. D. 1.00 - Erie. Carrie Sprague, _for Ind. Dept., Le - Moyne Sch._ 2.00 - Kenneth Square. H. M. D. 1.00 - Minersville. First Cong. Ch. 7.61 - Philadelphia. C. E. B. 0.50 - Philadelphia. Sab. Sch. Union, Pkg. Papers, - _for Talladega C._ - West Alexander. Ladies, $10.35, and 2 Bbls. of - C., _for Atlanta, Ga._ 10.35 - - - OHIO, $1,346.40. - - Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thomson 2.28 - Bellefontaine. Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay, _for - Refugees in Kansas_ 10.00 - Berea. James S. Smedley 5.00 - Braceville. S. P. I. 1.00 - Bristolville. Mrs. Fansler, Bbl. of C., _for - Tougaloo_ - Bryan. S. E. Blakeslee 5.50 - Chippewa. M. S. F. 1.00 - Cleveland. Franklin Ave. Cong. Ch., $13.25; - Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles, $2; C. B. Ruggles, - $2; Mrs. C. W. R., $1 18.25 - Columbus. Mrs. P. L. Alcott 5.00 - Conneaut. Cong. Sab. Sch. 9.16 - Cuyahoga Falls. G. S., $1; J. B. H., $1; J. A. - V., $1 3.00 - Elyria. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 40.00 - Findlay. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.60 - Galion. Mrs. E. C. Linsley 3.00 - Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury, $10; Wm. C. Sexton, - $2 12.00 - Geneva. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo_. - Heart’s Grove. T. R. 0.50 - Hilliard. E. McC. 0.50 - Kent. Sab. Sch. Children, Cong. Ch. 4.50 - Kinsman. Rev. H. D. K. 0.50 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. 25.33 - Madison. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $20, - _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._, and $20 _for - Ch. and Sch. building for Refugees in Kansas_ 40.00 - Marysville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 5.00 - Medina. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 7.00 - Mount Vernon. First Cong. Ch., to const. C. G. - COOPER, F. L. FAIRCHILD, REV. R. T. HALL, - MRS. T. W. LINSTEAD, CHARLES COOPER, L. M’s 161.25 - North Benton. Mrs. Margaret J. Hartzel 5.00 - North Fairfield. H. E. S. 0.50 - Oberlin. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 75.00 - Oberlin. “Friends,” Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta, - Ga._ - Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., $27; Harris Lewis, - $5; B. F. W., 50c. 32.50 - Painesville. First Cong. Ch., $24.22; Mrs. L. - S., $1; E. L., 50c.; Mrs. E. M., $1 26.72 - Painesville. R. Hitchcock (First Cong. Ch.), - _for Lady Missionary, Athens, Ala._ 700.00 - Parisville. Rev. D. D. 0.50 - Radnor. Troedshewdalar Ch. 6.00 - Ravenna. Cong. Ch., _for Ladies’ Hall, - Tougaloo U._ 29.70 - Rootstown. Cong. Ch. (ad’l), to const. FRANCIS - P. BICKFORD, L. M. 23.50 - Rootstown. Friends, Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo_. - Ruggles. H. T. 0.50 - Salem. Asa W. Allen, to const. Mrs. THEDA E. - ALLEN, L. M. 30.00 - Savannah. J. A. Patterson 5.00 - Seville. Julia Hulburt 5.00 - Sharonville. J. H. 1.00 - Sicily. S. W. Huggins, $7; J. F. Cumberland, $3 10.00 - Strongsville. Elijah Lyman 10.00 - Sulphur Springs. “Friends,” Bbl. of C., _for - Tougaloo_. - Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $2; Friends, - _for Freight_, $2.60 4.60 - Unionville. Mrs. H. B. Fraser, _for Woman’s - Work for Woman_ 10.00 - Wellington. A. H. A. 0.51 - Welshfield. Mrs. S. P. 1.00 - Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. G. 1.00 - - - INDIANA, $18.05. - - Elkhart. Cong. Ch. 7.55 - Madison. G. W. Southwick 5.00 - Versailles. John B. Rebuck, $3; J. D. Nichols, - $2.50 5.50 - - - ILLINOIS, $1,073.75. - - Aurora. Mrs. J. H. 1.00 - Chicago. New England Cong. Ch., $10 (ad’l), - Mon. Con., $15.83; First Cong. Ch., Mon. - Con., $22.71; E. Rathburn, $10.50; Mrs. J. - H. McArthur, $5; J. H. P., $1; Mrs. J. M. - S., $1 66.04 - Chicago. Ladies of Union Park Cong. Ch., _for - Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 25.00 - Chicago. Warner Smeenk, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 10.00 - Cobden. E. W. Towne 2.00 - Crescent. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Dixon. “A Friend of Missions,” $150; C. A. - Davis, $5 155.00 - Elgin. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 10.92 - Evanston. Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C.; Pres. Ch., 2 - Bbls. of C., _for Talladega_. - Galesburg. First Church of Christ, $35.75; - Mrs. H. S. H., $1 36.75 - Geneseo. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l), $123.63; - Mrs. Lucy B. Perry, $5; Cong. Sab. Sch., - $28.20 156.83 - Geneseo. “Band of Sisters,” Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00 - Hamlet. L. C. 1.00 - Henry. Cong. Ch. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 15.00 - Ivanhoe. G. B. 0.50 - Kewanee. Cong. Ch. to const. REV. J. F. LOBA - and MRS. L. M. B. LOBA, L. M’s 78.86 - Kewanee. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, Liberty Co., Ga._, by Mrs. C. C. - Cully 20.00 - Lisbon. Dr. G. K. 0.50 - Morrison. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Naperville. Cong. Ch. 10.50 - Oak Park. Cong. Ch. 62.80 - Park Ridge. Rev. L. P. Sabin 2.00 - Paxton. “A Friend.” 10.00 - Plymouth. L. A. Cook 10.00 - Port Byron. Ladies’ Mission Circle, $5.25; - Emma Hollister, $2 7.25 - Providence. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, - Liberty Co., Ga._, for Mrs. C. C. Cully 10.00 - Rosemond. Mrs. B. A. P. 0.50 - Seward. Cong. Ch., Rev. E. F. Wright 5.00 - Sycamore. A. S. 0.50 - Sparta. Bryce Crawford, $5; P. B. Gault, $2; - J. R. A., $1; J. H., $1; R. H. R., $1; D. P. - B., $1; J. G., $1 12.00 - Tonica. J. C. Heywood 5.50 - Wauponsee Grove. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Weathersfield. Cong. Ch., $2; Mr. and Mrs. A. - B. Kellogg, $5 7.00 - Wilmette. Cong. Ch., $7.30, Miss C. B., 50c. 7.80 - Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 9.50 - ———————— - $823.75 - LEGACY. - - Galesburg. Mrs. W. C. Willard, by Prof. T. R. - Willard, Ex. 250.00 - ———————— - $1,073.75 - - - MICHIGAN, $348.98. - - Armada. Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Assyria. Mrs. M. B., $1; Mrs. D. H., 25c., - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 1.25 - Battle Creek. “Friends,” $1.10; C. A., $1; - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.10 - Blissfield. Pres. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 2.52 - Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. S., $1; J. McC., 50c. 1.50 - Calumet. Miss. Soc., by E. T. Curtiss, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00 - Charlotte. Ladies, 2 Bbls. of C., _for - Talladega_. - Clio. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Covert. Cong. Ch., $13.91; F. C., $1 14.91 - Detroit. Pres. Sab. Sch., Thanksgiving - offering, _for Repairs, Talladega C._ 25.00 - Detroit. Individuals, by N. A. E. Nutting, $2; - J. C. H., 50c. 2.50 - Dexter. Dennis Warner 10.00 - Frankfort. First. Cong. Ch. 2.29 - Galesburgh. W. Whitford, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett 1.50 - Ludington. Cong. Ch. 4.14 - Ludington. Ellen C. Shaw 4.00 - Olivet. Wm. B. Palmer, $100, _for - Encyclopedias_; Young Ladies of Ladies’ - Hall, Box of C. and $1.25, _for Freight, for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 101.25 - Otsego. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Owasso. Cong. Ch. 51.52 - Pontiac. Jackson Voorhies 2.00 - Romeo. Miss S. S. Clarke 10.00 - Stanton. First Cong. Ch. 14.50 - Union City. Cong. Sab. Sch. 17.00 - Union City. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for Talladega - C._ - - - WISCONSIN, $333.06. - - Appleton. MRS. MINA PFENNING, to const. - herself L. M. 50.00 - Beloit. First Cong. Ch., $32; Second Cong. Ch. - Sab. Sch., $10.75 _for Talladega C._ 42.75 - Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., $8.41; W. P., 51c. 8.92 - Brandon. Busy Bees, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo - U._ 12.00 - Evansville. N. W. 1.00 - Fond du Lac. H. S. M. 0.50 - Geneva. D. L. H., 50c.; Mrs. D. A. B., 50c. 1.00 - Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch., $20.24; W. H. H., 50c. 20.74 - Liberty. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Mazo Manie. R. L. 1.00 - Milwaukee. Rev. H. D. Kitchell 10.00 - New Richmond. Cong. Ch. 8.60 - Ripon. Cong. Ch. 54.52 - Salem. William Munson $50; F. W. Munson, $4.42 54.42 - Salem. Cong. Ch. 3.10 - Whitewater. Cong. Ch. 60.31 - Wilmot. Cong. Ch. 2.20 - - - IOWA, $422.89. - - Bellevue. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_ 5.00 - Burlington. Cong. Ch. 106.32 - Clay. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New - Orleans_ 1.50 - Clinton. Cong. Ch., to const. WM. RUSSELL, L. - M. 30.00 - Crawfordsville. J. A. A. 1.00 - Des Moines. Mrs. A. W. Rollins, _for Talladega - C._ 10.00 - Grand Junction. J. T. 1.00 - Grinnell. “F. P. B.,” $6; Mrs. A. S. Smith, - 4.50 10.50 - Grinnell. Prof. H. W. Parker, _for Talladega - C._ 5.00 - Grinnell. S. H. Herrick’s Sab. Sch. Class, - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 - Grinnell. Mrs. C. Hobart, Sewing Machine, _for - Le Moyne Sch._ - Hampton. “Four Sisters of Cong. Ch.” 3.00 - Keokuk. Cong. Ch., $50.29; Mrs. R. A. W., 50c. 50.79 - Marion. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady - Missionary in New Orleans_ 10.40 - McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc., bal. to const. - MRS. D. D. FRASER, L. M. 19.71 - McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc., Box of C., val. - $23.68, _for New Orleans, La._ - Muscatine. Cong. Sab. Sch., $20; Mrs. Cora L. - Weed, $5, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 - Oskaloosa. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Orchard. Cong. Ch. 5.10 - Osage. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 4.52 - Sherrills Mount. Rev. Jacob Reuth 2.00 - Tabor. “Friend,” _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 20.00 - Waterloo. Leavitt & Johnson, _for Talladega C._ 25.00 - Waterloo. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 26.00 - Waterloo. Mrs. W. W. F. 0.50 - Iowa. Postville, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $3; - Decorah, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $10; Ceresco, - Ladies of Cong. Ch., $5.15; McGregor, - Woman’s Miss. Soc., $12.40; Lansing, Woman’s - Miss. Soc., $2; Waucoma, Woman’s Miss. Soc., - $2; Lawler, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $1; - Garnaville, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $1; - Fayette, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $1; Elkader, - Mrs. Mary H. Carter, $3; Marshalltown, Young - People’s Miss. Soc., $5; _by Mrs. Henry L. - Chase, Green Mountain, for Lady Missionary, - New Orleans, La._ 45.55 - - - MISSOURI, $77.46. - - Kirksville. J. S. Blackman 10.00 - Kansas City. First Cong. Ch. 67.46 - - - KANSAS, $44.01. - - Leavenworth. Mrs. A. E. H. 0.51 - Manhattan. Cong. Sab. Sch., $17.50; M. P., 50c. 18.00 - Meriden. J. Rutty 10.00 - Olathe. Rev. W. W. McM. 1.00 - Topeka. H. N. F. 1.00 - Wyandotte. First Cong. Ch. 13.50 - - - MINNESOTA, $555.06. - - Austin. Cong. Union Ch. 26.50 - Excelsior. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Fairibault. Cong. Ch. 23.40 - Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Hutchinson. Cong. Ch., $1.62; “Two Friends,” $2 3.62 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $28.71; Second - Cong. Ch., $2.40; J. G. N., 50c. 31.61 - Minneapolis. Rev. E. M. Williams, _for - furnishing rooms, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Northfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 40.00 - Northfield. J. W. S., $1; A. L., 51c. 1.51 - Owatonna. Cong. Ch. 13.81 - St. Paul. Plymouth Ch. 48.60 - Wabasha. Cong. Ch. 9.50 - Wadena. J. K. 0.51 - Waseca. “C. and K.” 12.00 - Waseca. “Friends” ($150 _of which for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._) 250.00 - Winona. First Cong. Ch., to const. H. M. - KINNEY, L. M. 30.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, $418.25. - - Santa Cruz. Pliny Fay 10.00 - San Francisco. Receipts of the California - Chinese Mission 408.25 - - - OREGON, $10.00. - - Canyon City. E. S. Penfield 10.00 - - - DAKOTA, $2.00. - - Dakota. Mrs. M. S. Wells 2.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $34.80. - - Nebraska City. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 3.00 - Ponca. G. H. S. 1.00 - Weeping Water. Cong. Ch. 15.80 - York. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 15.00 - - - COLORADO, $3.00. - - Colorado Springs. Edward Hildreth 3.00 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $2.00. - - Washington. “Little Rills of Llensmary,” by - Rev. M. P. Snell 2.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $460.75. - - Chattanooga. Rent 150.00 - Memphis. Le Moyne School, Tuition 186.25 - Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition 114.50 - Nashville. Prof. F. A. Chase 10.00 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $106.25. - - Wilmington. Normal School, Tuition 106.25 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $325.25. - - Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 325.25 - - - GEORGIA, $674.61. - - Athens. Wm. A. Pledger, _for furnishing room, - Atlanta U._ 17.00 - Atlanta. Atlanta University, Tuition 230.50 - Atlanta. Storrs School, Tuition 219.01 - Atlanta. Prof. T. N. Chase, _for furnishing - room, A. U._ 12.50 - Atlanta. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid_ 5.50 - Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition 60.85 - Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $107.75; Rent, - $10 117.75 - Savannah. Rev. B. D. Conkling 10.00 - Savannah. Rev. J. H. H. S., _for Talladega C._ 1.00 - Spoonville. M. B. C. 0.50 - - - ALABAMA, $505.55. - - Marion. R. A. M. 0.50 - Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $226.05; Cong. - Ch., 60c. 226.65 - Mobile. Mothers’ Missionary Assn., _for Mendi - M._, by Mrs. O. D. Crawford 3.50 - Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00 - Selma. Rev. C. B. Curtiss, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 2.45 - Talladega. Talladega College, Tuition 97.45 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $48.20. - - Bolton’s Depot. E. E. S. 0.50 - Jackson. S. Lemly & Son, _for Ladies’ Hall, - Tougaloo U._ 20.00 - Jackson. A. W. 0.50 - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U. 27.20 - - - LOUISIANA, $104.25. - - New Orleans. Straight University, Tuition 104.25 - - - TEXAS, $3.75. - - Centennial. N. C. W. 0.25 - Goliad. J. R. S. H. 0.50 - Helena. Children of Busy Bee Mission Circle, - $2; G. H., 50c.; D. D., 50c. 3.00 - - - INCOME FUND, $77. - - —— Town of Greenwich, N. Y., _for Straight U._ 35.00 - —— Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 42.00 - - - DOMINION OF CANADA, $33. - - Caledonia. A. C. Buck 2.00 - Guelph. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Orangeville. Rev. J. H. 1.00 - Sherbrooke. Saml. F. Morey 20.00 - - - JAMAICA, WEST INDIES, $5. - - Pear Tree Grove. Rev. H. B. Wolcott 5.00 - ———————— - Total for January $20,984.05 - Total from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st 70,424.49 - - * * * * * - - RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION. - - _From Oct. 7th, 1880, to Jan. 17th, 1881._ - E. PALACHE, _Treasurer_. - - I. From our Auxiliaries, viz.: - Marysville Chinese Mission: - Collection at Anniversary 24.85 - Six Annual Members 11.50 - Chinese Pupils 8.90 45.25 - Sacramento Chinese Mission: - Chinese monthly offerings 25.00 - Santa Barbara Chinese Mission: - Collection at Anniversary 2.55 - Rev. E. P. Baker, $1; Mrs. Guy White, - $1; Mrs. Josiah Bates, $4 6.00 - Nine Annual Memberships 18.50 - Chinese monthly offerings 24.00 51.05 - Stockton Chinese Mission: - Chinese monthly offerings 9.00 - ———————— - 130.30 - - II. From Churches: - Grass Valley Cong. Ch., Rev. F. B. Perkins, by - Edward Coleman, Esq., $15; Mrs. H. Scott, $2 17.00 - Oakland First Cong. Ch. Coll. 15.00 - Redwood Cong. Ch., Mrs. K. M. Fox 2.00 - San Francisco: - First Cong. Ch. Coll. 46.60 - Bethany Ch., Mrs. Mary Mailer, $2; H. C. - George, $2; Chinese, $5 9.00 - San Jose Cong. Ch., Mrs. M. S. Post, $2; Miss - M. W. Bye, $1 3.00 - Santa Cruz Cong. Ch., Two coll’s. 20.00 - ———————— - 112.60 - - III. From Individuals: - Oakland: - At Annual Meeting, cash, $1.50; Annual - Members, $20.50 22.00 - Point Pedro: - Chas. W. Otis, Esq. 3.50 - San Francisco: - Four Chinese Brethren 14.00 - ———————— - 39.50 - IV. Eastern Friends: - “Almost Home” 25.85 - Bangor, Me., E. R. Burpee 100.00 - ———————— - 125.00 - ———————— - Grand total $408.25 - - * * * * * - - FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. - - Exeter, N. H. Mrs. Woodbridge Odlin 100.00 - Saint Johnsbury, Vt. Mrs. T. M. Howard 10.00 - Ayer, Mass. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding 25.00 - Holliston, Mass. “N. G.” 5.00 - Norton, Mass. Mrs. E. B. Wheaton 25.00 - South Abington. Mass. Ladies’ Sewing Circle of - Cong. Ch. 25.00 - South Abington, Mass. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Clifton Springs, N. Y. A. Peirce 25.00 - Ansonia, Conn. J. H. Bartholomew 100.00 - New Haven, Conn. Atwater Treat 400.00 - New London, Conn. Mrs. McEwen and Mrs. Perkins 50.00 - Painesville, Ohio. Reuben Hitchcock 50.00 - Salem, Ohio. D. A. Allen 25.00 - Lewistown, Ill. Mrs. Myron Phelps 25.00 - ———————— - Total $890.00 - Previously acknowledged in December Receipts 3,186.50 - ———————— - Total $4,076.50 - - * * * * * - - FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. - - Leeds, England. Robert Arthington, conditional - Pledge, £3,000. - Received from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st 1,608.96 - ========== - - H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._, - 56 Reade St. - - - - -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., 6; S. C., 2; Ga., 13; -Ky., 6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, -2. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 76. - -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_, 31. Total 51. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 284; -among the Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 11; in Africa, 13. Total, -330. STUDENTS—In Theology, 102; Law, 23; in College Course, 75; -in other studies, 7,852. Total, 8,052. Scholars taught by former -pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. INDIANS under the care -of the Association, 13,000. - - -WANTS. - -1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the -growing work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and -_larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the -strong. - -2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to -accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES for -the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and -pious, for these churches. - -3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and -missionaries to Africa—a pressing want. - -Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. -office, as below: - - NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street. - BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21 Congregational House. - CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street. - - -MAGAZINE. - -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. - -Those who wish to remember the AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION in -their last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the -following - - -FORM OF A BEQUEST. - -“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in -trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person -who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the -‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, -under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, -to its charitable uses and purposes.” - -The will should be attested by three witnesses [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. 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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. 3, March 1881 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: August 19, 2017 [EBook #55385] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** - - - - -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> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div> -<p class="float-left smcap">Vol. XXXV.</p> -<p class="float-right smcap">No. 3.</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">MARCH, 1881.</p></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">Paragraphs</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Senator Brown on the Educational Question—Overture to the National Council</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Mixed Schools</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Exceptions and the Rule—Conversion versus Education</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_69">69</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Inconsiderate Giving</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_71">71</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">The Indian Problem: <span class="chaplinen">Gen. S. C. Armstrong</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">General Notes—<span class="chaplinen">Africa, Indians</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_74">74</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Items from the Field</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_76">76</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">North Carolina, McLeansville—<span class="chaplinen">Severe Winter, Good Progress, etc.</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_78">78</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Georgia, Atlanta—<span class="chaplinen">Sequel to Begging Letter: Mrs. T. N. Chase</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_79">79</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Alabama, Mobile—<span class="chaplinen">Emerson Institute</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_80">80</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Mississippi, Tougaloo—<span class="chaplinen">A Changed Home</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_81">81</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Tennessee, Nashville—<span class="chaplinen">Cabin, Frame House and Little Brick</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_82">82</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Texas, Paris—<span class="chaplinen">The African Congregational Church</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_83">83</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE INDIANS.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Communion Sunday at Hampton: <span class="chaplinen">Miss Isabel B. Eustis</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_85">85</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Announcement</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_87">87</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">CHILDREN’S PAGE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Child’s Letter—A Crumb for the Boys</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_89">89</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter smcap pp2">Receipts</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_89">89</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter smcap">Aim, Statistics, Wants, Etc.</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_96">96</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 smcap">Rooms, 56 Reade Street.</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. C.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">Seymour Straight</span>, La.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Cyrus W. Wallace</span>, D. D., N. H.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Hawes</span>, D.D., Ct.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Douglas Putnam</span>, Esq., Ohio.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">Thaddeus Fairbanks</span>, Vt.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">M. M. G. Dana</span>, D. D., Minn.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">H. W. Beecher</span>, N. Y.</li> - <li>Gen. <span class="smcap">O. O. Howard</span>, Washington Ter.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">G. F. Magoun</span>, D. D., Iowa.</li> - <li>Col. <span class="smcap">C. G. Hammond</span>, Ill.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Edward Spaulding</span>, M. D., N. H.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Barbour</span>, D. D., Ct.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">W. L. Gage</span>, D. D., Ct.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">A. S. Hatch</span>, Esq., N. Y.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">J. H. Fairchild</span>, D. D., Ohio.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">H. A. Stimson</span>, Minn.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Stone</span>, D. D., California.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">G. H. Atkinson</span>, D. D., Oregon.</li> -</ul> -</div> -<div class="half medium"> -<ul> <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin</span>, D. D., D. C.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Chapin</span>, D. D., Wis.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">S. D. Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.</li> - <li>Dea. <span class="smcap">John C. Whitin</span>, Mass.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">J. B. Grinnell</span>, Iowa.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Horace Winslow</span>, Ct.</li> - <li>Sir <span class="smcap">Peter Coats</span>, Scotland.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry Allon</span>, D. D., London, Eng.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Wm. E. Whiting</span>, Esq., N. Y.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">J. M. Pinkerton</span>, Esq., Mass.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">E. A. Graves</span>, Esq., N. J.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D. D., Ill.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Daniel Hand</span>, Esq., Ct.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">A. L. Williston</span>, Esq., Mass.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">A. F. Beard</span>, D. D., N. Y.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Frederick Billings</span>, Esq., Vt.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Joseph Carpenter</span>, Esq., R. I.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">E. P. Goodwin</span>, D.D., Ill.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">C. L. Goodell</span>, D.D., Mo.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">J. W. Scoville</span>, Esq., Ill.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">E. W. Blatchford</span>, Esq., Ill.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">C. D. Talcott</span>, Esq., Ct.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">John K. 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> -<div class="center medium"> - <span class="smcap">Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH</span>, <i>Boston</i>.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Rev. G. D. PIKE</span>, <i>New York</i>.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Rev. JAS. POWELL</span>, <i>Chicago</i>.<br /> -<br /> - H. W. HUBBARD, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br /> - <span class="smcap">Rev. M. E. STRIEBY</span>, <i>Recording Secretary</i>.<br /> -</div> - -<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="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> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></p> - -<div class="article"> -<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">MARCH, 1881.</div> -<div class="third right">No. 3.</div> -</div> - -<hr class="full bottom" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h2 title="PARAGRAPHS">American Missionary Association.</h2> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>We call attention to our new pamphlet (No. 6,) which contains -the papers read at the woman’s meeting held at Norwich, Conn., -Oct. 13th, in connection with our Annual Meeting. This has been -published, and will be sent to those of our friends who express the -wish to have it.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>“Communion Sunday at Hampton,” by Miss Eustis, and Mrs. Chase’s -“Sequel to a Begging Letter,” we are confident will each be read -with very tender, almost tearful gratitude, and will thrill the -reader with most sweet hopes of the triumphant success of our -prayers and labors for the despised and wronged, but soon to be -redeemed, races. The grace that is redeeming them is also sweetly -touching the hearts of many with reference to them.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>In this number of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span>, the W. H. M. Association -announces the purpose of bringing and keeping before the Christian -women of our land their relation to the great work in which this -Association is engaged.</p> - -<p>When the claims of the colored women of the South and of the Indian -women of the West have been heard and recognized by their sisters -of New England, we are confident that the work of elevating and -saving them will receive a new and wonderful impulse. We call -attention to the announcement and suggestions made.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The acceptance by Rev. Henry M. Ladd, of Walton, N. Y., of the -position of Superintendent of the African missions of the A. M. A., -and his readiness to enter upon the work by the 1st of February, -was announced in the last number of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span>. Mr. -Ladd sailed for the Mendi mission on the 12th of February, and -was followed on the 16th by Rev. K. M. Kemp, a native of North -Carolina, and a graduate of Lincoln University, who, with his wife, -are to re-enforce that mission.</p> - -<p>After a visit to our missions on the western coast, Mr. Ladd -expects to enter upon an exploration of the Upper Nile basin for -the purpose of locating the Arthington mission.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></p> - -<p>We have at once an interesting fact and practical suggestions in -the action of the Ladies’ Missionary Society of Elgin, Ill. This -society is a branch of the Woman’s Board for the Interior, and is -equipped with two treasurers—one to receive contributions for the -foreign, and the other for home work.</p> - -<p>At the meeting referred to, papers were read on the work at -Hampton, on the work at Fisk, and on the school and church work -of the A. M. A., which gave great interest to the meeting, and -awakened enthusiasm for this branch of home mission work.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>W. E. Blackstone, of Oak Park, Cook County, Ill., has published a -general directory of missionary societies of this and other lands, -which will be a great convenience to those who wish to communicate -with such, and a source of valuable information to those who would -get a comprehensive view of the work the church of Christ is doing -for the evangelization of the world. This pamphlet is neatly and -compactly gotten up, and is well worth the 25 cents asked for it.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>One who is spending his first year at the South writes as follows: -“When I listen in the prayer-meetings to remarks and prayers, -especially the latter, I cannot help wishing that the churches of -the North could be present to be ‘edified,’ for they surely would -be. I know those who have given largely to the A. M. A., both as -men count largeness and as the Lord counts it (and His way is not -always man’s way), and they would have more than felt satisfied -with their investment just to have been present for one hour in -some of the meetings at which it has been my privilege to be in the -last two months. I am satisfied that we are building wiser than we -know when we are seeking to introduce a ‘colored element’ into the -Congregationalism of the Republic; but how much wiser, I do not -profess to be able to measure even in imagination.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><em>The tone of Southern sentiment</em> is changing toward the negro, -in all parts of the South. In his recent message, Gov. Jarvis, -of North Carolina, took occasion to speak in warm terms of the -pleasant relations existing between the races, and adds: “I am glad -to say negroes are becoming more industrious and thrifty.”</p> - -<p>He refers, with satisfaction, to their industrial fairs held at -Raleigh, and to the encouragement shown them by the whites, and -urges it as an imperative duty that full and equal justice shall be -done the blacks, and that they shall not be left to work out their -destiny unaided. He favors greater provision for public schools, -and recommends that the school tax shall be 2.5 mills on the dollar.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>That was quite a love feast held in the Opera House, Lynchburg, -Va., a few weeks since, when local politicians, United States -officials and Northern business men of the city united, regardless -of party prejudices, in tendering a supper to capitalists from -Pittsburgh, and all joined in applauding the name of Blaine, from -whom a telegram was received during the evening, “until the rafters -rang again.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Whatever opinion we may form as to the justice of the charges made -by Senator Dawes or the sufficiency of Secretary Schurz’s reply, -we can and do rejoice that they seem to vie with each other in -demanding justice for the Poncas, and we would<a class="pagenum" name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a> commend not alone -to the Massachusetts Senator, but to all the members of Congress, -the appeal of the Secretary of the Interior, and express the -conviction that the American people will not hold them guiltless -of a large share of the guilt incurred in that matter, if they -fail, before adjournment, to carry out the recommendations of the -President. Mr. Schurz concludes his letter to Senator Dawes as -follows:</p> - -<p>“Permit me now to make an appeal for the Poncas to you, Senator. -Let these Indians at last have rest. Recognize their rights by -giving them the indemnity they justly asked for and which I asked -for them years ago. Let them quietly go about their farms and -improve their homes and send their children to school, undisturbed -by further agitation. That is the best service you can render them. -They would probably be in a better condition already had that -agitation never reached them.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>SENATOR BROWN ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION.</h3> - -<p>Hon. Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, who has recently been elected -U. S. Senator, has for a long time manifested an interest in our -work. A short time since he gave $50,000 to an institution under -the auspices of the Baptists, for the education of the whites. On -the night before his election, in an address to the Legislature, he -expressed his appreciation of the importance of education in the -following words:</p> - -<p>“I have the educational question very much at heart. Disguise -it as you may, the New England States, with their schools and -universities, have dictated laws to this continent. They have sent -New England ideas all over the West, and they dominate there. -Look at Prussia, that little Empire over which Napoleon rushed -and almost obliterated. Hardly a generation passed before it had -in turn humbled France and taken the power from its Empire. The -bright-eyed boys in your mountains and wire-grass may represent you -nobly before the world if you educate them. We must also educate -the colored race, and they ought to be educated for the benefit -of the Union, and by the friends of the Union. I would devote -the proceeds of the public lands to this purpose on a basis of -illiteracy. The colored people are citizens, and we must do them -justice. Let us give them every legal right. Social rights will -take care of themselves.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> -<div class="article"> - -<h3>OVERTURE TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL.</h3> - -<p>It is felt by many of our missionaries South that their work would -be facilitated by a creed, prepared under direction of the National -Council, suited to the average intelligence of the Freedmen who -apply for admission to our new churches. To this end, therefore, -the Central South Conference, at its recent meeting in Memphis, -drew up an overture setting forth the reasons why such creed should -be provided, and presented it to the Council at St. Louis. After -preliminary statements, the overture adds:</p> - -<p>“Our eight colleges and our two score normal and high schools, -with their more than 8,000 students, and these, with their 150,000 -pupils in primary schools, where they teach, are rapidly preparing -the material out of which churches of our faith and polity will be -developed.</p> - -<p>“These children of nature, with their ready faith but rude -culture, coming into the inheritance of this New Testament way of -the churches, need the ‘sincere milk of the word’—a declaration -of doctrine that shall not be in the nomenclature nor<a class="pagenum" name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a> in the -philosophy of a past age, but in the language and after the spirit -of our improved New England theology. They need a form of sound -words such as that when they have once learned it they will not -need to be taught over again what it does not mean in spite of its -phraseology.</p> - -<p>“As a duty of brotherly love and of honest recompense we owe them -the best things we have to give in the way of the freshest and -ripest statement of the ideas and doctrines which have leavened the -East and the West, and are now setting the South in foment.”</p> - -<p>We trust the Committee appointed by the Council to formulate a -statement of doctrine will meet the want.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>MIXED SCHOOLS.</h3> - -<p>Opposition to mixed schools in the South is not confined to the -white race. Intelligent colored people see that these mean no -opportunity for them as teachers, at least for some years to come. -Those who would be willing to wield the birchen rod over colored -children are as yet largely in excess of those who would consent to -have a colored teacher wield it over them.</p> - -<p>Mixed schools are needed in all the sparsely settled neighborhoods, -which includes, of course, all the country outside of the larger -villages, as none other can be effectively maintained. None -others can be harmonized with the democratic ideas upon which our -institutions are based, and it is safe to say that anything which -is favored by every public and private interest, and is opposed -only by prejudice, will in the end gain the day. Victories are -being won with such rapidity that we can afford to wait patiently -for this one, which when gained will prove the Appomattox of this -war.</p> - -<p>Almost all that can be gained for the negro by legislation has been -accomplished; to overcome prejudices which wrong and hinder him, -will now depend largely upon himself. The gratifying fact, attested -by prominent men all over the South, is that he is playing his -part with commendable manliness, and is gaining what will never be -long withheld from those who deserve it—the respect of his white -neighbors.</p> - -<p>It would be well for those who complain of the slow progress made -for better feelings and sentiments among the Southern whites in -regard to the negroes, and their manifest unwillingness to accord -to them their rights, quietly to digest a recent letter from the -Superintendent of Schools in Cambridge, Mass., who explains that he -has not employed properly qualified colored teachers in that city, -simply because there is so much color prejudice among the people -that he deems it inexpedient to do so.</p> - -<p>We know of a young colored woman, a graduate of the high-school -of the town in which she lives, admitted by all parties to be the -best scholar of her class, and one of the best ever graduated from -the school, who cannot find employment in the profession for which -she has so ably qualified herself, only because she has a trace of -negro blood in her veins. When Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and -we may as well include the whole of New England, have reached and -occupied sufficiently long to feel comfortable upon it, the ground -which they insist the South ought to take at one bound, the South -may be more favorably affected by their preaching of equal rights.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>EXCEPTIONS AND THE RULE.</h3> - -<p>There may be exceptions which, after all, confirm the rule to which -they do not wholly conform, but to say that it is by exceptions the -rule is to be proven, is to betray a blind adhesion to maxims whose -claim to credence is their antiquity alone.</p> - -<p>A partial and hasty generalization from two or three particulars -suffices for the enunciation of a general law applicable to all -cases. The declaration of a more careful investigator that a number -of particular facts are not harmonious with the law as enunciated -is met, not with a revision of the law, but with the assertion that -exceptions do not invalidate, but prove the rule.</p> - -<p>A naturalist in the tropics describes water as being under all -circumstances a fluid. The solid block of ice which drifts for the -first time into his field of observation he will not accept as -disproving his doctrine, but as being the exception necessary to -confirm it.</p> - -<p>It becomes a matter of interest to know in what way exceptions do -confirm what they seemingly disprove, and how many maybe admitted -before we shall revise our classifications and re-state our general -rule, because false in its old form. Unquestionably an indisputable -exception proves at least that the rule is not universal, and -suggests that there may be a thousand more facts out of harmony -with it.</p> - -<p>Anglo-Saxon prejudice and conceit have laid it down as a general -rule, a law of race, that the negro is only a somewhat superior -grade of monkey, incapable of any high degree of intellectual -development; that the only good Indian is a dead Indian, and the -best use he can be put to is to make a target of him for the -training of our soldiers in musket firing.</p> - -<p>The American Missionary Association has been engaged for the past -score of years in developing exceptions to these dicta, and it is -time to raise the question seriously whether these only prove the -rule or demand its revision!</p> - -<p>We respectfully submit that the experiments made show a large -number of exceptions; in fact, the number has been numerous exactly -in proportion to the largeness of our opportunities and facilities -for developing them. A serious doubt ought by this time to take -possession of the public mind whether $32,000,000 spent in Indian -wars during the past dozen years is not rather expensive target -practice, and whether the results shown by those who, under great -disadvantages, have been attempting to civilize and Christianize -the Indians, are not of such character as to demand most -emphatically that our method of dealing with them shall be changed.</p> - -<p>We also challenge attention to the results of our educational -experiments in the South, as demanding in all fairness that they -shall be made on a national scale, and not simply by the private -enterprise of philanthropists.</p> - -<p>It is time the old answer of ignorance and stupid imbecility that -exceptions only prove the rule should be thrown to the dogs, and -we should as a nation convert the dangerous elements with which we -have so wickedly and foolishly dealt into sources of national power -and safety.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - - -<div class="article"> -<h3>CONVERSION VERSUS EDUCATION.</h3> - -<p>It was a wild and weird scene that we looked down upon from the -gallery of one of the prominent colored churches in a Southern -city a few months since. The preacher had, at 10 o’clock, p. m., -finished his part of the service, having<a class="pagenum" name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a> preached an excellent -and very simple sermon, in which there was nothing calculated to -produce the violent scenes which followed, and having come down -from the pulpit, the brethren and sisters took the meeting under -their own management.</p> - -<p>Up to this time it had been as quiet and decorous as a deacons’ -meeting in New England. A stentorian “son of thunder” now led the -singing, and a general movement of the whole assembly at once -began. Soon, nearly a hundred “seekers” were kneeling at the -“mourners’ bench,” a row of seats extending across the church, -in all stages of physical and spiritual abasement. Prayer and -song followed each other in rapid and boisterous succession, -while the congregation of believers marched and counter-marched, -each one discharging at once his duty and a volley of counsel or -encouragement to the mourners as he passed along the line.</p> - -<p>Black was the ground and prevailing color. The lights were hardly -sufficient to resolve this nebulous blackness into faces, black -sun-bonnets of the sisters, and black-coated forms of the brethren -moving to and fro through the room, while the singers sang, the -exhorters exhorted, the mourners mourned in dismal howls, and the -shouters shouted and leaped in ecstatic joy. Now and then, one -would come to the surface of all this uproar, to tell what voices -he had heard, what visions he had seen, what dreams he had dreamed, -and receive the assurance from the minister: “I have no more doubt -that he has got religion, than I have of my own existence,” which -would be the signal for a general shout of “glory to God!” that -made the preceding bedlam seem tame, and gave renewed impetus to -the marchings and songs and prayers.</p> - -<p>These meetings had been in nightly session for weeks, and continued -for weeks afterward, prolonged often, as on this night, until 2 -o’clock in the morning. As we left, about midnight, our driver, an -intelligent negro, said: “You are going away too early. Things will -get pretty warm after awhile. ’Ligion strikes a nigger first in the -foot and then works up; it is just beginning to work, it will be -lively after awhile;” of which there could not be much doubt.</p> - -<p>One of our missionaries, some time since, was applied to by a -colored woman for admission to the church. At her examination -before the committee, she had a wonderful dream to tell as proof of -her conversion. The committee, not deeming it sufficient evidence, -refused her application. She went immediately to one of the old -ministers, and the day of her immersion was duly celebrated by a -great gathering, of which she was the heroine. As she clambered up -the bank of the river, shouting aloud, she suddenly encountered one -of the deacons whose church had refused her admission. Giving a -sudden pause to her religious fervor, she thrust her clenched hand -into his face, exclaiming: “There, I am baptized,” and followed up -with imprecations upon himself, pastor, and church, which were, to -say the least, not saintly, and then resumed her shout of glory!</p> - -<p>To one who has seen the negro often under religious excitement, it -is evident that he seeks it as many men do intoxication, for the -mere pleasurable excitement; he neither feels nor hears, nor does -he know of reasons for being a better man morally because of his -religion; if it only makes him happier, it meets his need, and the -only demand he has to make of it.</p> - -<p>This is a just idea of what conversion was under the old-style -minister among the negroes. Of course, there were many among them -who preached a purer Gospel, and sought renewed spiritual lives -among their people, especially before emancipation, but with -freedom came the hope of political or other power, which could be -gained most easily by the preacher, and many sought and secured -such<a class="pagenum" name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a> positions who were utterly unscrupulous as well as ignorant. -It is such a ministry as this which, more than anything else, -opposes to-day our work among the Freedmen.</p> - -<p>Dr. Sears stated last spring, in his address at the School -Superintendents’ Convention, that he knew of the presence of one -trained normal teacher in a village to necessitate the dismissal of -seven old-fashioned teachers. Contrast and comparison revealed sad -deficiencies before unknown, and the committee was forced to get -rid of the poor teachers. And so it is chiefly by what we compel -others to do, that we are to estimate the value of our intelligent -and largely undenominational work in the South. The Freedmen -are beginning to see that religion is something different from -dreaming dreams or seeing visions, or shouting, or anything of the -kind; that it means honest, pure, industrious lives, inspired and -controlled by the spirit of Jesus Christ. Education is securing -something better than such conversions, in fact is making them -impossible with the new generation.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>INCONSIDERATE GIVING.</h3> - -<p>We deem it inaccurate to say “inconsiderate charity,” for such -giving is not charitable giving. “To him that <em>knoweth</em> to do -good and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” The obligation is as -imperative that we shall give intelligently as that we shall give -at all. The intolerable tramp nuisance with which we have been -so grievously afflicted, was nourished and built up by the illy -considered sentiment which found expression in the declaration of -a well-known minister, who said he would refuse to give anything -to the cause of missions before he would refuse a gift to the poor -fellow who asked at his door for help, and in the custom of a good -woman of wealth, who bought a set of crockery for tramps, and -always kept a large coffee-pot full of that delightful beverage -on the stove ready for the use of her frequent guests, a dozen of -whom she has been known to feed in one day. There can be no doubt -that a ready and full <em>supply</em> of this kind will develop an almost -infinite <em>demand</em>.</p> - -<p>A lady, prominent and well-known in New York city, whose habit -was never to give to any one asking at the door, but to take the -address of the applicant and investigate the case, said that in -seventeen years’ experience she had never found a single deserving -one among the many who had so applied; in every case a fictitious -address had been given.</p> - -<p>We can do no safe and really charitable work until such work is -intelligently organized, so that deserving cases are supplied -with just the kind of aid needed, and fictitious and unworthy -ones are exposed and punished. We must know, either by ourselves -or accredited and trusted agents, what we are doing if we are to -benefit rather than curse our fellows by our so-called charities.</p> - -<p>The friends of the negro are in danger constantly of being imposed -upon by impostors, who rob the cause they desire to promote of -much-needed funds. It is very easy for one who comes soliciting -aid for a prospective college or church to secure testimonials -that said institution is greatly needed, and that the solicitor is -seeking money for a most important purpose.</p> - -<p>It is not necessary to show, which is by no means the case, that -all who come from the South asking aid for such causes are frauds, -in order to give weight to our words of caution. Many of these -are attempting honestly a most important work, and ought to have -sympathy and material aid, but the individual to whom application -is made has neither time nor facilities for making the proper -investigations<a class="pagenum" name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a> to establish this fact. True, the applicant -has testimonials, but they need investigation no less than the -applicant himself.</p> - -<p>We know of several cases where funds have been contributed, and -have been expended in the erection and maintenance of schools, -which are doing honest and most valuable work, concerning which -nothing but praise should be spoken, and yet nothing but the life -of one man stands between this present use of these funds and an -utter perversion of them. The school property is the personal -property of the individual who procured the funds, and at his death -will of necessity pass into the hands of others, who can do what -they choose with it.</p> - -<p>We know of one case where a wealthy man from New York, spending the -winter in the South, became interested in a negro public school -near his hotel. He converted the rude building into a New England -school-house, supplied with first-class apparatus, and took great -satisfaction in what he had done for the poor negroes. Next year -the negro school was transferred to another building, and the -whites made this one, with its books, globes, and philosophical -apparatus, the foundation of a higher school for their own race. We -believe it best for the friends of negro education to work, through -some one of the various organizations which are doing this work, -who are in position to do it more wisely and efficiently than they -could do it; and would call attention to the following suggestions -from a correspondent of the New York <cite>Tribune</cite>, as being wise and -of urgent importance:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>“There are associations connected with nearly every religious -denomination in the country, to meet the great and terrible need -of education among the millions of the emancipated and their -children. These associations are under the administration of the -best and most sagacious business men in our communities, and -it is safe to say that the moneys committed to the custody of -these associations are judiciously, desirably and economically -appropriated. Of one of these associations I have personal and -familiar knowledge. It has extensive colleges or universities in -Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and -Texas, besides numerous schools scattered throughout the Southern -States. Nearly $300,000 was expended by this association the past -year, almost exclusively in the interest of these people, one -excellent woman putting $150,000 in the treasury, to be expended -in making much needed additions to colleges so utterly thronged -by applicants that they were compelled to turn numbers from their -doors.”</p></div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - - -<div class="article"> -<h3>THE INDIAN PROBLEM.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">GEN. S. C. ARMSTRONG.</p> - -<p>The Indian problem is upon us as never before.</p> - -<p>The wrongs of the Poncas, both in themselves and as illustrating -our country’s mode of dealing with the red race for generations, -have touched and stirred the people.</p> - -<p>The sum of six generations of slavery has been to the negro, -oppression, offset by steady progress through it all, and only -injury to the white man. The sum of six generations of Indian -treatment has been a succession of wrongs, offset by little real -advantage, and the steady gain of the white man.</p> - -<p>The negro acquired our language and ways, and by becoming the -industrial reliance of the South, became, even more than his -master, capable of taking care of himself. We have destroyed the -reliance of the Indian, his game, and have<a class="pagenum" name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a> put nothing in its -place. With all the justice and humanity intended in our annual -outlay for the red race, there is a pauperizing, weakening tendency -that is full of danger. Practically, has the politician been any -better guardian than the slave-holder?</p> - -<p>The country is waking up to a sense of justice. The shameful record -of violated treaties and untold wrongs for the past hundred years -is being brought out. From the outraged negro, for whom the country -can now do nothing but help educate him, and who, indeed, needs -nothing but intelligence to fit him to hold his own, our people are -turning to the Indian and demanding that Government open before him -the only way to manhood and citizenship—<em>rights</em> and <em>education</em>. -It must be done.</p> - -<p>In the “Century of Dishonor,” just published by the well-known -author, “H. H.,” she states that “To write in full the history of -one of these Indian communities, of its forced migrations, wars, -and miseries, would fill a volume by itself.”</p> - -<p>As this shall be better realized, a stronger public sentiment will -be formed and felt. Other forces are at work. The three hundred and -fifty Indian youth who have come voluntarily from the West, many -of them children of chiefs, and entered the Carlisle and Hampton -schools, have already proved their capacity for mechanical and -agricultural, as well as for mental and religious improvements. Not -but that this has already been abundantly shown; but the work has -been done at our doors; the evidence is thrust upon us.</p> - -<p>How many know that of the 275,000 Indians in the United States, -150,000 are already self-supporting, 84,000 partly so, while only -31,000 are entirely dependent on the Government; that their numbers -are hardly diminished since the landing of the Pilgrims?</p> - -<p>Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, says: “The North American Indian -is the noblest type of a heathen man on the face of the earth. -He recognizes a Great Spirit; he believes in immortality; he has -a keen intellect; he is a clear thinker; he is brave, fearless, -and until betrayed, he is true to his plighted faith; he has a -passionate love for his children and counts it joy to die for his -people. Our most terrible wars have been with this noblest type of -Indians and with those who have been the white man’s friends.”</p> - -<p>Nearly three years’ experience at Hampton has shown that the chief -danger, the death-rate, while serious, is not discouraging. Our 80 -Indian pupils are now in better health than ever before. They need -in bodily ailments careful, prompt treatment; with that there is -little danger. It is clear that the death-rate is not increased by -transplanting them to the East.</p> - -<p>Is not the story of our last communion service which I sent to -the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> last week evidence enough to stimulate -Christians to the greatest effort for this race? I write this -paper especially to urge upon the American Missionary Association -and its friends some effort for Indians in connection with their -institutions for colored people.</p> - -<p>The mingling of races at Hampton has worked admirably. Our colored -students increased in number last year by 37 in spite of the 70 -Indians for whom separate and special pecuniary provision was made -by Government and by friends.</p> - -<p>Bringing Indians to negro schools is like putting raw recruits -among old soldiers. The former are pushed along by a thousand -indirect helpful influences; they are improved by contact with -those always ahead of them in the march of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a> civilization; and the -latter are ennobled by what they do for their needy brethren. It -works well; such mingling will strengthen and not weaken your -schools, if Hampton experience is safe to go by. To make men of the -savages on our frontier and to save their souls by putting them -with the ex-slave of the country is a grand work, if it has been -called “sensational.”</p> - -<p>Why not take these twenty Indian children that the Indian -department are ready to give you? This would be safe; then feel -your way along. Let them study mornings and work afternoons, -and play Saturdays. We do so. The labor is one of some delicacy -and difficulty. But the Indian is like everybody else. That’s -our experience. Treat him firmly, fairly, kindly; give him no -second-rate teacher; he is keen and appreciative.</p> - -<p>Why not go ahead? The Government will place them at your doors free -of expense, and give you $150 a year for twelve months’ schooling -and care—which will barely pay for their food and clothing. That’s -all we can get. The people must pay in part the cost of such -education to get it done. We try to obtain a yearly seventy-dollar -scholarship for each one and have been fairly successful. You can -get these by working for them. You say, “We have no room for them; -where is the money with which to erect buildings?”</p> - -<p>We hope next fall to have thirty more Indian girls, making fifty -boys and fifty girls, and are now trying to raise twenty thousand -dollars to put up next summer a suitable building for the girls, -that shall have every appliance for practical education, including -cooking, sewing, clothes-making, washing and ironing, and housework -generally, furnishing room for seventy.</p> - -<p>We have no idea where the money is to come from. We have faith -that it will come, because such work is in the line of God’s -providential movement. He who wisely works in that line cannot -fail. The way to get it is to ask for it, prepare for it, push for -it, be worthy of it, pray for it, and it will come. The people of -the country will sustain a good work for Indians.</p> - -<p>Some may object that it will trespass upon the negro. Has it been -so here? How would our colored students feel to-day if our Indians -were to be withdrawn? They would vote solidly against it; they -would lose and not gain, and they know it. Is the mutual love and -respect of these races of no account?</p> - -<p>The American Missionary Association aims to destroy caste. This -is our way to do it. Nothing here has ever filled me with more -pleasure than watching our students’ recreations, in which race -lines are utterly forgotten. They exist between them, and many -feared, in consequence, disastrous results of their mingling. Two -of our most important and successful Indian teachers are negroes, -graduates of this school.</p> - -<p>Three seventy-dollar scholarships are contributed by Virginia -churches for this Indian work, from Petersburg, Portsmouth, and -Hampton, respectively. Southern churches are aiding negro schools.</p> - -<p>Have faith and go in for Indians!</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>GENERAL NOTES.</h3> - - -<h4>Africa.</h4> - -<p>—A French school of archæology, like those which already exist -at Rome and Athens, will be established at Cairo. M. Maspero, -Professor in the College of France, has charge of the organization.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></p> - -<p>—M. L. Vassion, attached to the office of foreign affairs in -France, has gone to Cairo; he will start from there for Khartoum -and the river Blanc, where he will study the nature of the -commercial relations which it will be possible to establish with -Soudan.</p> - -<p>—Dr. Pogge and his companion, M. Wissman, have sailed from Hamburg -for Saint Paul de Loanda. The German Government has officially -asked for them the protection of the Portuguese Government, by -which they may traverse the African possessions on the western side.</p> - -<p>—The mission of Algiers proposes to found two new stations between -the great lakes and the Atlantic. The first will be upon the Congo -itself, at the point where the river bends to the north; the second -will be in the States of Mouata Yamvo.</p> - -<p>—Messrs. Brazza and Ballay will descend the Alima in the -transportable steamer which the latter has obtained from Europe, to -complete the exploration of the Congo.</p> - -<p>—The <cite>L’Afrique</cite>, in an article on the Sanitary Condition of -Africa and the adjacent Isles, says, “Madeira is remarkably -healthy, so that it has been for a long time chosen as a sanitarium -for consumptives. Malaria is wholly unknown there; dysentery is -rare and shows itself only in the epidemic form.”</p> - -<p>—Bishop Crowther returned to Lagos, from a six months’ absence on -the Upper Nile, just in time for his wife’s prayer, that she might -die in his arms, to be answered. She did so, though unconscious of -the fact, on the 19th of October last.</p> - -<p>Adjai, afterwards Bishop Samuel Crowther, and Asano, afterwards -Susanna, his wife, were children of the same tribe, kidnapped, -rescued, and landed almost the same time, though not in the -same party, at Sierra Leone, and were placed in the same church -missionary school. They were married fifty-one years since, in 1829.</p> - -<p>—<i>A Kaffir Girl’s Worthy Example.</i> One day a Kaffir girl in South -Africa went to a missionary and dropped four sixpences into his -hand, saying: “This is your money.”</p> - -<p>“You don’t owe me anything,” replied the teacher.</p> - -<p>“I do,” she answered; “and I will tell you how. At the public -examination you promised a sixpence to any one in the class I was -in who would write the best specimen on a slate. I gave in my slate -and got the sixpence; but you did not know then that another person -wrote that specimen for me. Yesterday you were reading in the -church about Zaccheus, who said: ‘If I have taken anything from any -man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.’ I took from you -one sixpence, and I bring you back four.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>The Indians</h4> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sisseton Agency, Dakota Territory.</span>—Mr. Charles Crissey, -the agent, in a brief report, says:</p> - -<p>There have been built since I came here in 1879 seven new frame -houses, and three others finished that were not habitable when I -came, besides a number of log houses roofed and floored. A new -engine has been procured and put in place for the flour mill, -and the building enlarged to double its former capacity. A<a class="pagenum" name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a> barn -21×70 feet has been built; the school building repaired, after six -years’ use; the old engine converted into a portable saw-mill; and -timber for a new church at Good Will sawed out. The people have -been supplied with 95 yoke of work cattle, with yokes and chains -complete; also with all the plows, wagons, harrows, etc., that they -will need for some time.</p> - -<p>I have also had thrown upon my care the Brown Earth Indians, -formerly living here, 30 families, now 40 miles away, who are -trying to get homesteads like white men. They have been supplied -with 20 yoke of oxen, 20 wagons, all tools necessary, including -portable forge and tools, also carpenters’ tools, and material for -a new school-house.</p> - -<p>The Drifting Goose Indians have been quietly disposed of and -settled at Crow Creek, D. T., after being on my hands ten months.</p> - -<p>Three Indians are now talking of building for themselves frame -houses as good and large as the one I live in, provided the -Government will furnish half the material required.</p> - -<p>Our grain is not all threshed yet. From present indications it will -reach about 28,000 bushels wheat and 10,000 bushels oats; potatoes, -corn, etc., in abundance. I cut down the estimate on flour for this -season 25,000 lbs. The Indians now furnish about 70 per cent. of -what they eat.</p> - -<p>My next step will be to introduce stock raising, by procuring cows -and calves for this people.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Washington Territory.</span>—Hon. John McReavy has fitted up -a hall at Union City for church purposes, and the people have -procured an organ and bell for the same object.</p> - -<p>The Clallam Indians at Jamestown, near Dunginess, Washington -Territory, have bought a bell for their church, the first church -bell in their county, although it has been settled more than twenty -years, and has a white population of over five hundred and fifty.</p> - -<p>The members of the church at Seabeck, at the close of the services -on the first Sabbath in December, presented their pastor, Rev. -M. Eells, with a purse containing forty dollars and fifty cents; -and the ladies of the place who are not members of the church, -presented his wife on Christmas with a box containing articles of -clothing worth about thirty dollars.</p> - -<p>Two persons at Jamestown were received into our church in December, -and two more at S’kokomish in January, all on profession of faith.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ITEMS FROM THE FIELD.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Washington, D. C.</span>—<em>The Memorial Church</em>, recently -known as the Lincoln Mission, has, as noted in the last -<span class="smcap">Missionary</span>, just blossomed into a church, and begins its -life as such in a renovated hall on the corner of Eleventh and R -streets. The A. M. A. and the trustees of the Mission decided last -fall that the building must be repaired, and the work was so far -completed that it was occupied again by the church on the first -Sabbath of the new year. The room will seat about 800 people, and -with the expenditure of $75 for matting in the aisles, would be -very attractive indeed. Mrs. Babcock, city missionary, has opened -industrial schools in connection with this church, both for mothers -and the younger girls, and proves a great help in the spiritual -work of the church.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Raleigh, N. C.</span>—The winter has been unusually severe, -and our people are so very poor and unprepared for it that the -attendance at church services has been<a class="pagenum" name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a> very small. A part of the -time it has been so cold and muddy that it was impossible for the -people to get about. The Sunday-school numbers 128.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Woodbridge, N. C.</span>—The young folks are wide awake and hard -at work. There are three grades in school, the highest studying -Mental and Written Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, History, -Physiology, Reading, Writing and Spelling. The school is working -as never before. A Band of Truth and Purity has been organized, -pledged to be temperate, truthful and chaste, and to observe the -rules of good society. It meets weekly in a social way and strictly -examines its members.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Macon, Ga.</span>—Some idea both of the sufferings of the poor -who could not possibly meet the increased expense, and also of the -drafts upon our appropriations for our school work in the South, -necessitated by the intensity of the cold, may be gathered from the -statement of Mr. Lathrop, of Macon, Ga., when he says: “For a week -or more the mercury stood below the freezing point, going down to -zero one night, and ranging from 8 to 30 degrees above, most of -the time. In some places wood could with difficulty be purchased -for $15 per cord by those who had the money.” Pastor Lathrop has -opened a library of more than 1,000 volumes, open to all classes at -the cost of five cents per month to each member. The cold winter -here, as at all points in the South, has materially increased the -expense of school and church work, and at the same time hindered -its progress.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Atlanta, Ga.</span>—Mr. Francis writes: “I have just come from -an Inquiry Meeting, which was attended by forty persons, most -of whom give good evidence that they are earnestly seeking the -salvation of their souls. We have had less faithful activity in -religious matters thus far in our school year than usual, owing to -a variety of circumstances, but during this week the attention of -very many has been aroused, and we are walking under the shadow of -the manifest presence of the Spirit. Quite a number have already -given good evidence that they have submitted to Christ, and several -now are apparently not far from the kingdom of God. We have a large -attendance, there being 102 girls and about 90 boys in the family, -and we hope to gather a large harvest for the Master. We shall hold -some extra meetings, but do not expect to interfere with regular -school work. Thus far the interest is quiet, deep and persuasive -among the girls, and we trust will be equally thorough in the other -household. Pray that we may have wisdom and fidelity to rightly -care for the precious interests at stake.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Lawrence, Kan.</span>—The last number of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> -stated that a young colored man had been put in charge of the -Second Congregational Church of Lawrence. He (Rev. H. R. Pickney) -reports the outlook of that enterprise as in every way encouraging. -Several have been received into the church by letter, and the -church has been quickened under the manifest presence of the Spirit -in connection with a series of meetings, in which Brother Markham -aided the pastor.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chattanooga, Tenn.</span>—It has been awfully wet, muddy and -cold all the month; the like has not been experienced here for -many years. The great suffering among the poor for the want of -food, fuel, clothing and shelter to keep them from the terribly -cold weather, was fearful. It rained steadily through the week of -prayer, and we were able to have meeting only one night.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Nashville, Tenn.</span>—During the present term, a deep -religious interest has obtained among the students in Jubilee Hall. -It began soon after the opening of the fall term. New students, -especially, seemed to be deeply interested in their<a class="pagenum" name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a> own spiritual -welfare, and when the opportunity presented itself, offered -themselves for prayers.</p> - -<p>The week set apart by the International College Y. M. C. A. for -prayer was observed by the members of the association in the -Institution, in a half-hour prayer-meeting each evening. During -that week several persons were hopefully converted. The meetings -were afterward continued. Up to the time of writing fourteen -students have made a profession of their faith in Christ, and -others are inquiring.</p> - -<p>The day of prayer for colleges was a good one. Several of the -students are doing good work among their people in this vicinity, -preaching where there is opportunity and holding prayer-meetings -in private houses, so far as they can without interference with -their studies, and with good effect both upon the people, and upon -themselves as looking forward to their future work.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Flatonia, Texas.</span>—A set of outline maps is needed for the -school. Can anyone furnish a second-hand set?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Selma, Ala.</span>—Rev. C. B. Curtis writes that he has been -very busy holding meetings every night since the beginning of the -week of prayer. He has been assisted by his brother from Marion -and by Rev. Mr. Hinman, of Oberlin. Thus far there have been six -conversions, a great many inquirers, and a great reviving of the -members of the church.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Memphis, Tenn.</span>—Through the kindness of Judge J. O. -Pierce, the cabinet of Le Moyne Normal School has just been -increased by the addition of a fine collection of minerals and -fossils, numbering some hundreds of unusually fine specimens. A -very interesting feature of the institution, added this season, -is an experimental kitchen in which practical cookery is taught -to the girls of the school. Besides this, classes are trained in -needlework, etc., a room having been fitted up for this especial -purpose.</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>NORTH CAROLINA.</h3> - -<h4>License of a Minister—Severe Winter—Good Progress—Poverty.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. ALFRED CONNET, M’LEANSVILLE.</p> - -<p>On the 23d of January the church licensed John M. Brooks to preach -Gospel, the license to extend till the time of the meeting of the -State Conference at this place next May. It is expected that the -Conference will be asked to examine him and renew his license. He -is industrious, economical, has good talent, is a good student, -one of our most advanced pupils, a zealous Christian, a member of -this church, and anxious to gain a thorough education, that he may -preach Christ to his fellow-men.</p> - -<p>He has no resources but his own labor. He earned nearly but not -quite enough during vacation to carry him through this school year. -He asked my advice whether he should stay at school or go and teach -a school that is offered him. I advised him to stay while his money -lasted, believing that when that is gone the Lord will send more. -Ten dollars will meet his wants.</p> - -<p>This has been an unusually severe winter. The colored people have -been poorly prepared for it, both in regard to comfortable houses -and clothing.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></p> - -<p>Our January communion was postponed, on account of the severe -weather, till the first Sunday in February. We are expecting some -additions to the church.</p> - -<p>Our pupils have never made better progress. The deep snow which lay -about four weeks kept some, chiefly primary scholars, away. Those -who did come have done good work. We have among our pupils nine -teachers, several others preparing to teach, and two preparing for -the ministry.</p> - -<p>A young lady, three miles distant, is sick with consumption. Mrs. -Connet and I called upon her Saturday. She spent a year at Hampton, -as student, and some years laboring at Waterbury, Ct., the last -sixteen months as chief cook at the St. John’s School. Her health -failed and she came home. She said she did not want to be buried -so far away from her people. She and her sister were working and -saving their wages to buy a farm for their parents, near the church -and school. Her greatest trial now is that she will have to give up -this cherished object of her life. We read and prayed with her, and -commended her to him who healeth all our diseases.</p> - -<p>It is sad to see the sick and dying in such uncomfortable hovels. -This young lady is an invalid in a log house. In many places the -daubing is out. The floor is of rough plank, with cracks between. -The joists are partly covered with loose plank, while large spaces -are not covered at all. There is no window, and the door is left -open most of the time for light. The room is about eighteen by -twenty feet. At one end is a fire-place, which answers the double -purpose of cooking the simple fare and heating the small apartment. -The bed of the sick is at the other end.</p> - -<p>The above, with slight variation, is a description of the houses in -which all the colored people live.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>GEORGIA.</h3> - -<h4>Thanksgiving Letter—Sequel to Begging Letter.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">MRS. T. N. CHASE, ATLANTA.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>I confess that it is with some regret I must inform you the 26 -rooms are all furnished, for this very morning the post brought -me these words from dear old Massachusetts: “My Willing Workers, -a society of nearly 70 young people, earnestly desire to send -$25 to furnish a room in response to your letter in the October -<span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>, but fear it is too late. * * With -kindest wishes for abundant answers to all your begging letters, -I am yours, sincerely,</p> - -<p class="right">Mrs. W.”</p> -</div> - -<p>During the past three months so many such cheering, cordial -messages have come in response to that October call, that I’m sure -they have a mission to other hearts as well as mine.</p> - -<p>Before ever the October <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> reached my eyes, came -this message from a tried veteran in the field who frequents the -New York office: “I think myself fortunate in seeing the advance -sheets of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span>, and in getting the first taste -of your appeal; I think it my privilege to be the first to respond. -Save me a light and cheery room, to be named my daughter.”</p> - -<p>A few days later came the following from one who has made thousands -of hearts glad during the past two years.</p> - -<p>“I have just finished reading your letter in the October -<span class="smcap">Missionary</span>, and as I closed, proposed to my wife that we -each respond with $25. She, good, dear wife that she is, at once -assented, and enclosed I send you my check for $50.”</p> - -<p>Next came an inquiry from one who had “just read” the appeal. He -had furnished a room ten years before in memory of a brother, and -now begged the privilege of naming another for a sainted sister. -His consideration for others that made him fear the furnishing of -<em>two</em> rooms was too great a privilege to be granted to <em>one</em>, made -us question<a class="pagenum" name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a> whether the millennium had not really begun.</p> - -<p>Later comes a check, and “The money is the gift of the -Sunday-school, and they desire to have the room named for our old -pastor,——-, who was one of the early abolitionists, and lived to -see the slave made free. We feel it would give him pleasure could -he know that we remembered him in this way.”</p> - -<p>Again from the Ladies’ Department of a Classical School “way down -in Maine.” “We number fifteen girls in our home, and are—some of -us, at least—trying to work for the same Master as you in your -Southern home. We bring our money regularly to our meetings, and -soon expect to send you the money to fit up a room for some girl -who shall in the future do good work.”</p> - -<p>Still later, “Another of my dear Sunday-school scholars, a young -lady of twenty, for whom I’ve labored, prayed and trembled for many -long months, has been ‘born again.’ She is radiant with the new -love in her soul, and when I think how long she was indifferent -to all His entreaties, and know what an unsatisfactory life she -was leading. I cannot thank and praise Him enough who has so -transformed her. And so with the ‘song of thanksgiving’ on my lips -I offer to Him through you this memorial of love and gratitude. -Appropriate it, if you please, to the furnishing of a room in the -new wing. Name it for me, if you choose, but know assuredly it will -henceforth be to me a ‘Peniel.’”</p> - -<p>But I must not weary you with extracts. The unwritten history of -other gifts will doubtless touch our hearts even more deeply when -revealed in the light of the Bright Hereafter.</p> - -<p>Over 80 girls have already filled the new rooms. Next year it is -hoped still another addition will be made. If so, writing another -begging letter will be no burden while the memory of such prompt -and delightful responses remains.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ALABAMA.</h3> - -<h4>Emerson Institute.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">MISS EMMA R. CAUGHEY, MOBILE.</p> - -<p>Emerson Institute, formerly occupying Blue College, which was -burned in 1876, is now in the third year of its progress and -growth, the present school building being dedicated in May, 1878.</p> - -<p>During the years 1876-1878 the work never ceased; the workers -having put their hands to the plow did not look back nor abandon -the labor to which they had consecrated themselves. Under many -difficulties and discouragements the school did not wholly lose -its organization. For a time after the fire a small church opened -its doors for its accommodation. It was afterward removed to a -little corner grocery, which was secured and made as inviting as -possible. The third removal was to rooms in the present “Mission -Home.” Now we rejoice in a comfortable and convenient brick -building, in a very pleasant part of the city, in the midst of a -grove of pine and live-oak trees. This present year our work has -been assuming new proportions, which, although a cause for great -encouragement, involved us in new difficulties. Early in the year, -for lack of room, we were obliged to refuse forty or fifty pupils -admission to the intermediate and primary grades. In the course -of a few weeks the A. M. A. sent us another teacher, and a new -department was at once formed. But where should it find a home? -Our walls would not expand. Again the basement room of a church -near by furnished a haven, and the primary department, numbering -between seventy and eighty, has been receiving instruction there. -In the meantime, arrangements have been made for the removal of -our own Congregational church from its old site to a place by the -side of our school building, where it will be fitted up to answer -the double<a class="pagenum" name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a> purpose of chapel and schoolroom; and the primary -department will find more commodious and convenient quarters, and -hope, in the course of a few weeks. Up to this time we have had -enrolled 300 pupils, under the instruction of six teachers, two of -whom are teachers in the Normal room, so that the pupils must all -be seated in four different rooms.</p> - -<p>Many friends from the North have been generous to us this year, -and we wish to acknowledge their kind donations and express our -hearty appreciation of their <a id="Err1" name="Err1"></a>gifts through the columns of the -<span class="smcap">Missionary</span>. The cow purchased with money received by Miss -Boynton from various friends at the North, has been a great luxury -and comfort to us at the Home.</p> - -<p>One five-dollar bill given to Miss Boynton, designed especially for -table use, provided us with various essential articles: jelly cups -being exchanged for drinking glasses, a needed coffee-pot, tea-pot, -cups, saucers, etc. A set of silver teaspoons helped to supply -a deficiency. Sheets, pillowslips and towels replaced worn out -articles of prime necessity. Thus, while our personal wants have -been so thoughtfully provided for, other friends have generously -remembered the poor and needy Freedmen among whom we labor, very -many of whom are suffering for the necessities of life. Within a -week two well-filled boxes of good second-hand clothing came to -Rev. O. D. Crawford, forwarded to him by friends in Dubuque and -Waterloo, Iowa, the distribution of which has called forth tears -of gratitude, and invoked blessings on the heads of the donors -from many a poverty-stricken soul. I would that space permitted -me to depict some of the distressing needs of the poor right at -our own door, that the generous heart of the North might be opened -to relieve. I shall hope to avail myself of a future opportunity -to give a more minute account of our work, its growing needs and -opportunities.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>MISSISSIPPI.</h3> - -<h4>A Changed Home.</h4> - -<p>Miss Koons, of Tougaloo, Miss., relates the following interesting -narrative:</p> - -<p>Two of our young men, brothers, were converted last fall term. -Their step-father was a hard drinker; their mother not a Christian. -When they returned from their Christmas vacation, one of them, -greatly troubled, told me what an unpleasant vacation they had had, -so much so, that he felt as if he could not stay, but must come -back to us. The step-father was drunk continually, and kept about -him other drunken associates, abused the mother, and by his conduct -so grieved the boys that they felt they could not endure it.</p> - -<p>They went home in June and took charge of the farm. They held a -little prayer-meeting every Wednesday evening and Sunday morning -with the mother and step-father. They also went together to the -house of a near neighbor—a terribly wicked man—and held a -prayer-meeting with the family every Sunday afternoon. The story -of the Prodigal Son was the means of the conversion of one of the -brothers, and some weeks after his conversion he came in to ask -where it might be found in the Bible, saying, “I have been hunting -for it for two weeks, and can’t find it.” He says now, “I often -read the Bible to my mother, and explained to her that story of -the Prodigal Son, to the best of my knowledge.” During the summer -the mother was converted, afterward the step-father, and then the -neighbor for whom and with whom the boys had been praying. His face -was of joy as he told of the conversion of his mother, who “could -not bear the thought of her boys going one way and she another,” -and he exclaimed, “Oh, Miss Koons, our home is a different place -now!”</p> - -<p>Both the boys were at work in the Sabbath-school—one at home and -the other some miles from home, and neither<a class="pagenum" name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a> one missed a Sabbath -from June to the time of their return to us in November.</p> - -<p>I hardly need tell you that they are not among the silent members -of our weekly prayer-meetings.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>TENNESSEE.</h3> - -<h4>Cabin, “Frame House,” and “Little Brick.”</h4> - -<p class="secauth">MISS ALICE E. CARTER, NASHVILLE.</p> - -<p>My method of work probably does not bear the merit of originality, -yet the work itself holds for me all the charm and freshness of -novelty. Day by day draws me closer to the hearts of the people; -day by day draws us together closer to that universal Heart, nearer -to the Christ whom we try to serve.</p> - -<p>To make a beginning of visiting seemed at first a puzzling and -almost perilous matter. To attempt the mazes of the city—alleys -where one cabin differed from another cabin only in its greater or -less dilapidation without, and squalor within; to hazard a walk -across the common and bottoms through the almost impassable mud, -were equally difficult beginnings, and yet it is in these city -alleys and in the bottoms and commons outside the city limits that -the work is waiting—a harvest too great for the few laborers.</p> - -<p>There were many ways, I soon learned, to make entrance to the homes -of the people. The halloo at the gate would immediately bring the -loud “come in,” and a simple excuse, as a wish to warm or rest, or -to inquire where such a cabin might be, would gain for me a ready -welcome. Then, with a few minutes’ chatting and close observation, -it would be an easy matter to detect the special need there.</p> - -<p>At first I chose for my visits only the cabins, or, in the parlance -of the people, the <em>shanties</em>, but, as my work has widened, I have -often learned of need and suffering in many a “frame house,” or -“little brick.” Indeed, it seems as if the difference between those -in the cabin and those in the frame house and the little brick lies -here: the former have never <em>tried</em> to get above their wretched -poverty; the latter <em>have tried</em>, and, with a measure of success, -still remain poor. Those in the cabins need everything—food and -clothing primarily, no doubt; but of paramount importance are their -other needs, viz., to be elevated from their sloth and indolence -and licentiousness by the forces of education and religion. Those -in the frame house and little brick need encouragement in the path -already chosen.</p> - -<p>I was asked to visit one day in a neat brick cottage which I -should have passed many times with no suspicion of need within. On -entering, the first thing that attracted my attention was that the -walls and ceiling were entirely unfinished; the walls were the bare -bricks, and overhead were the flooring beams, and, where the walls -and ceiling met, were wide open spaces for the wind to sift up from -under the eaves. The inmates were a colored woman, unfitted for -work by age and rheumatism, and her daughter; the daughter was her -widowed mother’s only dependence, yet the poor girl was lying sick -with pneumonia, and had been two weeks without medical treatment. -They had no money, but pride kept them reticent of their affairs. -To provide medicines, and later, little delicacies; to visit the -sick girl every day and sometimes twice a day was my care for three -weeks. She is now well again, and they are independent.</p> - -<p>I have made, up to December 31, one hundred and twenty-five calls, -and have succeeded in relieving some suffering with gifts of fuel -and food, although the little accomplished in that direction is as -one drop in the sea.</p> - -<p>From barrels of clothing received from the North I have sold and -given a great many garments; have oftener sold, because it seems -always wiser, although the prices may be ridiculously small. This -money helps me to purchase<a class="pagenum" name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a> medicine for the many sick persons. -Let me add here, that with homeopathic remedies I have had most -flattering success, always preparing the medicines myself, and -carefully renewing them until the patients, without exception so -far, are cured.</p> - -<p>In addition to my visits, I have tried to reach the women by means -of cabin prayer-meetings, and to help the girls and young women -by the medium of sewing-schools. I have two schools in successful -operation in different parts of the city. One numbers twenty -pupils, the other nearly forty. We begin with prayer and short -Scripture reading, and then with great eagerness the girls set -about their sewing, or lesson in cutting, as the case may be. When -a garment is finished, each girl purchases her own work for a dime -or fifteen cents.</p> - -<p>While they sew I read to them, if occasion permits, and sometimes -they sing. They have begged to meet twice a week—a fact which -proves their enthusiasm. My kind friends in Boston and Providence -have done much toward supplying me with print, gingham and cotton -cloth for my sewing-schools.</p> - -<p>In Sunday-school work I have succeeded in drawing some strangers -into my own class at Howard Chapel, and in forming some other -classes for volunteer teachers from Jubilee Hall.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>TEXAS.</h3> - -<h4>“The African Congregational Church” of Paris.</h4> - -<p>The origin of this church, back in the dark days of terror, in -1868, was so unique, so spontaneous, so much after the spirit and -form of the New Testament Churches, that we think it worth while to -make some record of the same. At that time the colored people were -indeed “scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd.” Separated -from the old church edifices of the white people, they had not yet -gathered themselves into their own churches. A Mr. Smith, from -Illinois, who had gone through the war as a soldier, and who had -settled in mercantile business in Jefferson, Texas, and whose life -was soon after sacrificed in the turbulence of those times, came up -through Paris lecturing to the colored people. He proposed a church -that would accommodate all the Christians, and the result was the -organization above named, with a regular constitution and covenant. -Its preamble reads thus:</p> - -<p>“We, the ministers and members of different Christian churches, -feeling greatly embarrassed in our former church relations, and -regarding those matters of difference which divided the churches to -which we have belonged as being unimportant, mischievous in their -tendency, and in discordance with the spirit of Christianity, do -now, on this 15th day of March, 1868, unite in a new organization, -the African Congregational Church. Thankful to God, our gracious -and mighty <em>Redeemer</em>, for this right and privilege of choosing -and adopting our own church forms, ceremonies, and government, and -of worshiping God as our conscience dictates, we hereby solemnly -pledge ourselves to God and to one another that we will maintain -a Scriptural Christian character, and support such laws and -regulations founded on the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments -as shall be adopted from time to time by two-thirds of the members -of this church.”</p> - -<p>The Constitution provides in the five articles for the election of -“discreet and faithful members” as trustees, deacons, a clerk and -treasurer, who shall pay out money only by vote of the church upon -an order from the clerk; for the use of either one of the three -modes of baptism; and for the choosing of ministers, “who shall -preside over all the deliberations of the church;” a Scriptural -plurality of preaching elders, a “presbytery” <em>in</em>, and not over -the church.</p> - -<p>Not being acquainted with the technical<a class="pagenum" name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a> term of “covenant,” they -bind themselves by five articles of “Church Fellowship.” The first -requires evidence of a Christian experience; not stopping with the -fact, of which they were not aware, that Congregationalism was, at -first, a protest against receiving unregenerate members into the -church, they go back to Acts xx., 20, 21. The third reads: “That, -trusting in the promised grace of God, we will not indulge in our -hearts, nor practice, any of these manifest works of the flesh” (see -Gal. v., 20, 21); example: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, -etc. The fourth binds them to cultivate the fruits of the Spirit -(Gal. v., 22, 23). In the fifth they bind themselves to obey the -Scriptures (1 Thess. v., 11, 12), “by studying to be quiet in doing -our own business, working with our own hands, walking honestly -toward them that are without;” and also to discharge faithfully -their Christian duties as subjects of civil law and authority in -obedience to God (Rom. xii., 1, 2).</p> - -<p>Here is the way by which, for lack of a council (of which they -knew nothing), and for lack of authority this side of the Lord -Jesus Christ, whom they had taken as the Head of their Church, they -ordained their first presiding pastor:</p> - -<p>“<em>Resolved</em>, That we, the members of this church, in conference -assembled, do call, set apart, and ordain our well-beloved -brother, John McAdams, as the pastor of the church, to minister -to us in spiritual things as the minister of the Gospel; that we -hereby authorize our said well-beloved brother to administer the -ordinances of baptism and the holy sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, -and to solemnize the rite of matrimony in accordance with the laws -of this State; and that our well-beloved brother be furnished with -a certified copy of this resolution.”</p> - -<p>Four years later the church called to its aid Rev. Warren Norton, -a Congregational minister then at Brenham, Texas, in ordaining -brothers Albert Gray and Wm. Hamilton as their ministers in the -Lord. And this last fall I was permitted to participate in a -regular council for the ordination of Mr. J. W. Roberts as pastor -in that same church, and of Mr. J. W. Strong as a pastor for the -church in Corpus Christi. We had a sermon and all the other parts, -including the solemn laying on of hands in prayer; but still we -were only helping the church in a function which, in the first -place, it exercised alone with a beautiful simplicity and all -legitimate <em>authority</em>.</p> - -<p>How has the church gotten along? Why, it ran up to a large -membership. It paid $115 in gold for a lot, and built a church. It -branched out into the Shiloh, the New Hope, and the Pattonville -African Congregational churches, in neighborhoods about, and these -four became associated in a quarterly conference. But, as the -propagandists came along, they found in the walls of the mother -church stones with old inscriptions. Baptists, African M. E., -Campbellite, Northern M. E., and each pulled out his own and set up -churches of those several sorts, so that now the original church -building is the shabbiest of the lot, and the membership is only -an average. But still, with a high standing for character, with an -educated minister, and an educated teacher, Prof. S. W. White, with -a new and more respectable site, purchased, with the old acre and -a half to be sold, and with some members of property (two of them -large farmers) and of influence in the community, they give promise -of great usefulness, promise of realizing the expectations of the -martyr founder.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></p> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE INDIANS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>COMMUNION SUNDAY AT HAMPTON.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">MISS ISABEL D. EUSTIS.</p> - -<p>Many warm friends of Hampton have come to see her on her gala days; -have crowded into the hall decorated with flags and flowers, while -the band played a welcome, and her graduates waited to give to the -audience the fruit of their three years’ study and experience. -Perhaps some of these would like to go with the quiet company who -are walking to the little church in the Soldiers’ Cemetery, near -the close of a bright day that has fallen in the midst of weeks of -rain and storm, and join in the simple communion service of the -first Sunday in the New Year.</p> - -<p>The afternoon sunlight slants in through the windows upon the -plain walls and benches, and lights up the dusky faces of the -colored and Indian students who fill the seats. The simple service -upon the communion table is the gift of the strong and loving -woman, who gave the best of her heart and brain to Hampton at its -start, and who kept her connection with the church she helped to -organize until she was called to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. -In the seats nearest the table are six colored and eight Indian -students who begin the New Year by confessing Christ as their -Saviour. We ask ourselves, as we notice their quiet and decorous -manner, if these can be some of the strange and uncouth people -who came knocking at our doors two years ago, and as we watch the -sweet, softening expressions stealing over their faces, telling of -reverent and gentle thoughts within, we wonder still more if these -are the very faces from which once it seemed impossible to win an -answering smile.</p> - -<p>The congregation rise and sing together in full, sweet chorus, -as only a colored audience can, “My faith looks up to thee.” -The minister reads the creed and covenant, and then the Indian -scholars, whose parents had, perhaps, hardly heard the name of -Christ, come one by one to receive the rite of baptism. As they -kneel beside the font the minister says to each, separately and -calling him by name, “Do you promise to take Jesus Christ as your -Saviour, to love him and serve him? Do you <em>promise</em>?” and the -emphatic Indian assent and little Annie’s timid “Yes, sir,” are -heard through the still church, and those who wait to hear know -that the heart’s promise has gone with the lips.</p> - -<p>Ahuka (White Wolf) comes first for baptism. As he stands there -quiet and reverent, a sudden memory of the first time we saw and -knew him flashes across our minds. We see again the school-room, -the day after the arrival of the new pupils. They are seated -in a semi-circle around a teacher, who stands by a black-board -on which some easy English words have been written: “Stand up; -Walk; Stop; Look up;” which she has been teaching the scholars to -illustrate. On the front seat at one end sits Ahuka, a somewhat -alarming-looking pupil. His thick, shaggy, black hair bangs down to -his waist over the blanket which he holds wrapped tight about him, -while he casts now and then stealthy but keen glances from under -his heavy eyebrows.</p> - -<p>Teacher debates for a few seconds whether to call on him for -a recitation; but concludes not to shirk, and he comes to the -board. Teacher points to the first word on the blackboard, on the -pronunciation of which she has been drilling the class, and looks -at the brave for a response. Brave looks at<a class="pagenum" name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a> her, then at the word, -back again, more sharply at her, says nothing. Teacher mustn’t -expect a response in a hurry, keeps her pointer on the word and -her eye on the brave. Brave continues to transfer his glance from -the word to the teacher, till suddenly, whether in despair or rage -she cannot tell, he throws his head back, bends forward and utters -a prolonged howl. Teacher with difficulty restrains herself from -a flight down the corridor, and doesn’t question why he is called -“the Wolf.” It is no difficult task to picture him back in the -wilds of Dakota.</p> - -<p>We think of him now: his quiet and reverent manner; the pleading -look we have learned to know in the once defiant, savage eyes, -and we pray that as he is laying aside all that was the pride -and pleasure of his savage strength he may grow (slowly he must, -but certainly he shall) into the beauty and power and glory of a -Christian manhood.</p> - -<p>Harry Brown, Chief White Horse’s manly little son, stands by the -font now. We came near making a bad mistake about Harry. The day -that the minister had appointed to talk to the scholars who were -to unite with the church was a crisp winter one, and the creek -was covered with glittering ice. Harry went skating; almost the -first chance he’d had since he left Dakota. There was no way to -tell the time; he was having splendid fun. He stayed too long; -when he came back it was too late for the meeting. The next day, -when the minister kindly made an appointment for him by himself, -one of the first questions he asked was, “Harry, do you pray?” -“No.” “Not pray?” “No.” “Did you ever pray?” “Yes.” “And you don’t -pray now?” “No.” “Why not?” And then Harry shut himself behind his -Indian reserve and his inability to talk English, and didn’t say -anything more. It certainly didn’t look as if he was far on the -road to saint-ship. And yet if there was a boy in the school who -was commending himself by his faithful, kind and manly conduct -it was Harry Brown. What did it mean? The minister asked one of -the teachers, with whom the boy might not be so shy, to try and -find out. She dismissed the interpreter, who seemed to embarrass -him, and all her questions were answered with thoughtfulness and -earnestness till the old one came up, “Harry, the minister says you -don’t pray?” Then came the same emphatic “<em>No</em>.” “Well, Harry, this -isn’t a little thing you want to do. You are going to give yourself -to God to be His child all your life, and you say you don’t pray to -Him. It seems as if you didn’t care much about it. We think you had -better wait till the next Communion Sunday, and be sure you mean -what you are going to do.” “How long?” said Harry. “Two months.” -“Too long. Can’t wait. Must come now,” said Harry decidedly. “How -long have you been trying to do right, Harry?” “Two years.” Then -I think Harry’s good angel put a thought into the teacher’s mind. -“Harry, have you changed your room lately? Do you stay now with -those seven boys up-stairs?” “Yes.” “Is that the reason you don’t -pray? Are you ashamed?” “Yes.” “Doesn’t any boy in that room pray?” -“Just one.” “Well, if you are going to be Christ’s soldier you -have got to fight for Him sometimes when it’s hard. Will you pray -to-night?” “Yes.” And knowing that older Christians had wavered -before the same temptations, and not been more honest and brave -in acknowledging it, we forebore to shut the boy away from the -patient guidance and long suffering love which leads us all. A few -weeks afterward we asked Harry one day when the interpreter was by, -“Harry, do you pray now?” The little interpreter himself looked -up with a quick, bright smile, “All we boys in that room pray now -every night.” It was a good victory, surely, for the first<a class="pagenum" name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a> one. -God grant that each of those who are now confessing Christ be kept -by Him in the temptations which will crowd them in the life to -which they must go.</p> - -<p>The service is almost over. The bread and wine have been passed. To -each waiting heart down through its darkness to its weakness has -come the touch of the Divine Soul which is light and power.</p> - -<p>Once more the sweet strong chorus rises, “Jesus, Lover of my Soul.” -We go out into the twilight. The young crescent and the star of -love hang in the Western sky whose glowing sunset lights are -reflected in the lovely waters, and through the heavens falls a -voice with the old word, at once reproof and inspiration, “Say not -ye, There are yet four months and then cometh the harvest. Behold, -I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they -are white already to harvest, and he that reapeth receiveth wages -and gathereth fruit unto life eternal.”</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.</h2> - -<p class="section">Room 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston.</p> - -<p class="secauth"><span class="smcap">Miss Nathalie Lord</span>, <i>Secretary</i>.</p> -<p class="secauth"><span class="smcap">Miss Abby W. Pearson</span>, <i>Treasurer</i>.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>The Executive Committee of the W. H. M. A. are happy to announce -that with this number of the <span class="smcap">American Missionary</span> and of -the <cite>Home Missionary</cite>, they begin a series of monthly reports of -their work, which they know will be welcomed by many. The American -Missionary Association and the American Home Missionary Society -have each generously given us the opportunity of reporting in its -monthly publication the work undertaken by us in its field. Our -friends will therefore find in the <span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>, -accounts from our missionaries among the negroes; and in the <cite>Home -Missionary</cite>, reports from the West. For the courtesy which has -given as this opportunity we desire to express, thus publicly, our -thanks.</p> - -<p>Recent statements show that the present condition of our work is -not known. Five ladies are now at work in the South and West, -and two more teachers will soon go to Utah. Those already in the -field are: Miss Mary Snyder, Assistant Principal of the Academy -at Albuquerque, New Mexico; Miss Julia A. Wilson, who is working -among the colored refugees in Kansas; Miss Alice E. Carter, acting -as city missionary in Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. Clara B. Babcock, who -is doing missionary work in connection with the colored church -recently formed in Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Almira S. Steele, who -teaches a day and Sunday-school at Almeda, S. C. Detailed accounts -of the work of each of these will be given from time to time. But, -that more work may be undertaken, we ask for larger contributions -and a wider support, for annual subscriptions and donations as well -as for auxiliary societies.</p> - -<p>Some suggestions as to organization and management of auxiliaries -are here made in the hope that they may be helpful. In many places -the sewing society, devoted to parish work, may take in addition -the Home Mission work, if it is as agreeable to the members as -it has been found to be in many cases already. At each meeting, -some one previously appointed may communicate intelligence of Home -Mission work, while others sew.</p> - -<p>In other places the old cent society to which our grandmothers -belonged is available as the channel for contributions.</p> - -<p>In other places still, a wholly separate organization may be -most advisable, in which the filling of Home Mission boxes, the -collection of money for the W. H. M. A., and the communication of -intelligence as to Home Mission work may be the only objects of the -society.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></p> - -<p>The regular Woman’s Prayer Meeting might well set apart one -meeting each month where they are held weekly, or a meeting at -longer intervals when they occur less frequently; this monthly or -quarterly meeting to be devoted to prayer and conversation about -the spread of the Gospel in our own country. At these meetings a -collection may be taken and there may be a treasurer to receive -this, and an officer, either secretary or president, to preside at -the meeting. It is not necessary that these officers should serve -no other organizations, since the same person not infrequently -acts as an officer in one or more societies and keeps the business -of each by itself. It seems wise, however, whenever a sufficient -number of persons can be obtained, to have separate officers for -different organizations. The end to be attained is that there be a -definite, separate time given to praying and working for the cause -of the evangelization of our own country, and a definite, separate -contribution arranged so that each woman of the church may have -just the channel at hand by which to send her own offering for this -cause direct to its destination.</p> - -<p>And further, may we not ask those churches that have adopted the -system of weekly offerings, known as the “Harris plan,” to put this -Association also on their list, to make this one of the channels -of distribution through which individual members of the church -show their desire and accomplish their purpose of co-operating in -Christ’s work of saving men? It is no longer—if it ever ought to -have been—the age in which Christian men and women should wait -to be stirred, to be urged, even to be invited, to give. Does -it not become each of us to find out by calculation, careful, -generous calculation, how much we can afford to the specific work -of spreading the Gospel; and then through what channels we can -best effect our object? And if this is done by all will there not -be some who will wish to send part of their funds through this -society, whose work is, directly, for the women and children of our -country?</p> - -<p>New opportunities for work are presenting themselves almost every -week, in the new West, the South, for Indian girls, for colored -women and children. There is no quarter to which we can look that -we do not see those, dear to us by nature, and by what Christ has -done for us, waiting to be helped and to be taught; nor, as yet, -have we had any lack of those who were well fitted for the work of -teaching and helping, and anxious to go into it.</p> - -<p>We, therefore, ask the Christian women in our churches whether, -in addition to the interest, money and prayer they are giving to -kindred societies, they do not wish to give also to this particular -work which seems at once so urgent and so promising. It requires -but small individual sums, regularly and prayerfully given, to -enable the church to pursue a vigorous and effective work in this -direction for the kingdom of Christ.</p> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">Receipts from Oct. 15, 1880, to Jan. 1, -1881:</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">From auxiliaries</td> -<td class="ramt">$761.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">From donations</td> -<td class="ramt">155.08</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">From life members</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">From annual members</td> -<td class="ramt">81.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">—————— </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$1,097.08</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>The committee also acknowledge with thanks, the following -donations: From the Congregational Publishing Society, $19 worth -of papers and maps, and from Mr. J. L. Hommett, three large wall -maps, and from S. M. H. a movable black-board, all for the use of -Mrs. Steele at Almeda, S. C. A barrel has been sent to Miss Carter -containing new material for use in her Industrial school, and -clothing for distribution.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></p> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>CHILDREN’S PAGE.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p class="right"><span class="smcap">6 Washington Place</span>,}<br /> -<span class="smcap">Troy, N. Y.</span>, Dec. 31, 1880.}</p> - -<p>Dear Mr. Hubbard: I remember your showing us the place where you -put our contributions, in the great safe on Reade St., and your -deciding where you met Aunty Lizzie before.</p> - -<p>I will send a share of the money which we earned, for the American -Missionary Association.</p> - -<p>This Summer I devoted one of my broods to your society. The hen’s -name was Nano: she had eight chickens. Two of them died, four -were given to Papa for the hen’s feed, and the rest were sold for -fifty-three cents.</p> - -<p>This was this hen’s second brood.</p> - -<p>Margaret had also a hen named Goldy, and her second brood was -devoted to your society. She stole her nest in the bushes and -hatched thirteen little, beautiful chickens;—five died, two are -kept, and the three remaining ones were sold for eighty-eight -cents. We earned money in other ways, so we each add the necessary -sum to make it two dollars.</p> - -<p>I send much love to you, and Miss Dodge. Your Loving Little Friend,</p> - -<p class="right smcap">Mary F. Cushman.</p> -<hr class="chap" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>A CRUMB FOR THE BOYS.</h4> - -<p>A clergyman on his way to a missionary meeting overtook a boy, and -asked him about the road, and where he was going.</p> - -<p>“Oh!” he said, “I’m going to the meeting to hear about the -missionaries.”</p> - -<p>“Missionaries!” said the minister. “What do you know about -missionaries?”</p> - -<p>“Why,” said the boy, “I’m part of the concern. I’ve got a -missionary-box, and I always go to the missionary meeting. I -belong.”</p> - -<p>Now that is what we want. Every child should feel that he is “part -of the concern,” and that his work is just as important as that of -any one else. Linch-pins are little things; but, if they drop out, -the wagon is very likely to come to a stand-still. Every pin and -screw should be in working order, and every child should be able to -say, “I always go to the missionary meeting. Why, I’m part of the -concern!”—<cite>Exchange.</cite></p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - - -<div class="article"> -<h2>RECEIPTS</h2> - -<p class="section">FOR JANUARY, 1881.</p> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MAINE, $696.91.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Alfred. Mrs. Charlotte Dane, <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">$20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.54</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $150; -First Cong. Sab. Sch., $14.67</td> -<td class="ramt">164.67</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bethel. T. and M. E. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Blanchard. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brunswick. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $11.38; -Marshall Cram, $10</td> -<td class="ramt">21.38</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brunswick. Box of C., <i>for Wilmington, -N. C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Calais. John Barker, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Castine. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cumberland Centre. J. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. -<span class="smcap">James Graham</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">45.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">48.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gilead. I. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hallowell. Correction.—Fannie A. Davis, -$25, ack. in Dec. number, should read -“Friends” by F. A. D.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Machias. Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.36; Prayer -Meeting Coll., $5.14; E. G. L., 50c.; U. M. -Penniman, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">16.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norway. Mrs. Mary K. Frost</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orland. S. E. Buck to const. <span class="smcap">Miss Hannah -T. Buck</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Portland. High St. Cong. Ch., $100; State -St. Ch., $84.66; Mrs. L. D., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">185.66</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Richmond. Ladies of Cong. Parish, <i>for -Freight</i>, $1; Cong. Ch., half Bbl. of C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Scarborough. “A Thank Offering”</td> -<td class="ramt">38.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Skowhegan. Mrs. F. A. M., $1; M. D. P., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Berwick. Ladies, Bbl. of C. <i>for -Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Infant Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., -$6; Mrs. J. H., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Weld. Rev. D. D. Tappan</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wells. B. Maxwell</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $440.42.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amherst. Cong. Ch., $20.50; Miss C. M. -Boylston, $20</td> -<td class="ramt">40.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amherst. Ladies U. M. Soc., $29; L. K. -Melendy, $25, <i>for Student Aid, Straight U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">54.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amherst. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Box of C. and -$2, <i>for Freight, for Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookline. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., to -const. <span class="smcap">Dea. Chas. Kimball</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">51.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Colebrook. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.69</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dover. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">1.94</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Exeter. “Friends” <i>for Chapel, Wilmington, -N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Francestown. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. -<span class="smcap">Rev. H. M. Kellogg</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">34.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fisherville. J. C. Martin</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenville. E. G. Heald</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.77</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hancock. Ladies’ Sewing Circle and The -Cheerful Workers, Bbl of C., and $1.50 -<i>for Freight, for McIntosh, Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.50<a class="pagenum" name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hebron. J. B. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hillsborough Bridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Keene. Geo. Cook</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Keene. Correction:—Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of -First Ch., Bbl. of C. acknowledged in Feb. -number, should read, of Second Ch.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kensington. “Friends,” <i>for Chapel, Wilmington, -N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Londonderry. C. S. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Manchester. W. O. A., 50c.; I. G. M., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marlborough. Ladies’ Freedman’s Aid Soc., -<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milford. Cong. Ch., $11.90; Mr. and Mrs. -Harris, $10</td> -<td class="ramt">21.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nashua. Pilgrim Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.11</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, $5; -C. C. S., 51c.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pittsfield. John L. Thorndike</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochester. Phebe J. Moody, <i>for furnishing -room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sanbornton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Short Falls. J. W. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stratham. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Lebanon. Mrs. E. L. K.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Peterborough. Mrs. Lucy B. Richardson</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilton. Willing Workers, <i>for Student Aid, -Wilmington Normal Sch.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilton. A. B. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $638.95.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Barnet. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bennington. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">86.66</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berlin. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.06</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. -<span class="smcap">H. A. Titus</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">36.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.29</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burlington. N. G. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cabot. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from Milton -Fisher)</td> -<td class="ramt">14.02</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chester. Penny Contributions of Cong. Sab. -Sch., $50; “A Friend,” $15; Cong. Ch. -and Soc., $16.03; G. H. C., 60c.</td> -<td class="ramt">81.63</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clarenden. Mrs. J. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cornwall. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.33</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.86</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fairlee. “Friends”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Felchville. M. C. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ludlow. N. M. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middlebury. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.53</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Thetford. Cong. Ch., $8.56; Mrs. E. -G. B., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.06</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pittsford. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">44.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch., “New Year’s -Gift.”</td> -<td class="ramt">13.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., $136.45; -South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35</td> -<td class="ramt">171.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sharon. Mrs. A. F., $1; S. P. F., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thetford. Rev. L. H. Elliot</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Townshend. Mrs. Mary Burnap, $5; Mrs. -Anne Rice, $5; Mrs. Harvey Holbrook, -$2; Mrs. W. C., $1; Mrs. E. H., $1; S. D. -W., $1; G. P., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">16.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Vergennes. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for furnishing -room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Weathersfield. Mrs. Edson Chamberlin</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Randolph. Mary and Susan E. Albin, -$6; S. J. W., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Rutland. W. Newton</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $7,929.61.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amesbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of -C., <i>for Washington, D. C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $45, to -const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Ella M. Hall</span>, L. M.; <span class="smcap">Mrs. -Olive C. Sterns</span>, $30, to const. herself -L. M.; Wm. M. Graves, $20; “A Friend,” -$5; “A Friend,” $10</td> -<td class="ramt">110.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amherst. “Friends,” 18 Bbls. apples and -3 Bbls. vegetables, <i>for Atlanta</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. West Parish Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">29.18</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. G. W. W. Dove, <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</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">Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., <i>for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashland. Ladies Assn., Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega -C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Auburn. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">29.42</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">173.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ayers Village. Mrs. E. M. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berlin. Mrs. Mary G. Houghton</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Barre. E. C. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.58</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. “Wilberforce,” <i>for Chapels</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1,000.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. “A Friend,” New Year’s Gift <i>for -a Chapel</i></td> -<td class="ramt">300.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Association, -by Mrs. H. M. Moore, Chairman of -Finance Com., ($30 of which to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. -Hannah F. Tyler</span>, L. M.)</td> -<td class="ramt">247.91</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. Cong. Pub Soc., Box of books and -papers <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. Charles Nichols. $30, to const. -<span class="smcap">Eddie Worthen</span>, L. M.; Miss S. B. Jones, -$15; Mount Vernon Ch., ad’l. $3; “H. B. -H.,” $5; Miss A. P. B., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">53.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brimfield. Cong. Ch., $39.56, to const. <span class="smcap">Newton -S. Hubbard</span>, L. M.; Second Cong. Ch. Sab. -Sch., $15</td> -<td class="ramt">54.56</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">104.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cambridge. A. E. Hildreth, $100; Mrs. A. -G., $1; Miss R. L. McP., $1; F. C. S., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">103.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc., -$109.09; “Cash,” $25; G. B. C., $1; V. D., -50c.; A. A. P., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">136.09</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlton. Rev. W. C. Fiske</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelmsford. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chester. Rev. A. E. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.78</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Coleraine. Mrs. Wm. B. McG.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dalton. Hon. Z. M. Crane</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dalton. Mrs. J. B. Crane, <i>for Indian M., -Hampton Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Danvers. J. F. Fuller, 5 Bbls. apples, <i>for -Atlanta</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dorchester. Mrs. Susan Collins, $5; Second -Cong. Sab. Sch., $2</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Berkshire. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">61.29</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Longmeadow. Mrs. G. W. C., $1; E. -M., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Medway. First Ch. of Christ</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Essex Co. “Howard,” <i>for Repairs, Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Everett. A Friend</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fall River. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $14; -M. E., $1; C. E. F., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fitchburgh. Mrs. Wm. Hubbard, $10; “A -Friend,” $5</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Florence. Mrs. I. G. Jewett</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">157.88</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Framingham. Young People’s Soc., by Alice -Hastings, $25, and Box of C., <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">61.93</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to -const. <span class="smcap">Alexander Pettigrew</span>, <span class="smcap">John K. -Dustin, Jr.</span>, and <span class="smcap">Jergen C. Overbeck</span>, -L. M’s.</td> -<td class="ramt">110.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grafton. Evan. Sab. Sch., Box of Books</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grafton. Ladies Sew. Circle, Bbl. of C., <i>for -Atlanta</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., -$100 to const. <span class="smcap">C. W. Baldwin</span>, <span class="smcap">A. W. Selkirk</span>, -and <span class="smcap">I. R. Prindle</span>, L. M’s.; Mrs. L. -M. Chapin, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">105.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenwich Village. Daniel Parker</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Groton. Rev. Darwin Adams</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., $8.16; and Sab. -Sch., $7.67</td> -<td class="ramt">15.83</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampden. W. B. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hardwick. C. A. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Haverhill. West Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17.81; -and Sab. Sch. (Eben Webster’s Class), -$3.24; Mrs. L. P. F., 50c.; E. W., 50c.; -Mrs. S. C., 50c.; C. C., 51c.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.06</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Haverhill. Mrs. Mary Ann Chase ($5 of -which <i>for Indian M.</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hingham. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.86<a class="pagenum" name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch. ($200 of -which from Bequest of E. N. H., and $50 -from E. E. H.), $322.01; Mrs. C. Thayer, -$5</td> -<td class="ramt">327.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holden. “Friends,” Bbl. of C., <i>for Atlanta, Ga.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holliston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong. -Ch., $20; Band of Helpers, $5.25; Other -Sources, $1.75; <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">36.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holliston. “Bible Christians of Dist. No. -4.”</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hopkinton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $90.04; -Cong. Ch. and Soc., Mon. Con. Coll., $11.85</td> -<td class="ramt">102.09</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Housatonic. W. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ipswich. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">38.63</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ipswich. Limebrook Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lawrence. Lawrence Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">95.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lee. M. A. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leicester. Mrs. M. A. S. and Miss A. G. L., -50c. each; Cong. Sab. Sch., Pkg. of papers</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.17</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lexington. G. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lincoln. “Friends,” 24 Bbls. apples, <i>for -Atlanta</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lowell. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $90.10; -M. C., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">91.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lowell. “A Friend,” <i>for Emerson Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lowell. Miss Puffer, Box of C., <i>for Talladega</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lynn. B. V. French, $25; Central Cong. -Ch. and Soc., $20</td> -<td class="ramt">45.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mansfield. P. M. E.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Malden. Mrs. Valeria G. Stone, by Trustees</td> -<td class="ramt">1,292.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Medway. E. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Merrimac. John K. Sargent, $2; Chas. N. -Sargent, $2</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middleborough. Mrs. G. H. D., $1; E. B. E., -50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $61.46; -Mary E. Bond, $7.25</td> -<td class="ramt">68.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Millbury. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for furnishing -room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Monson. Cong. Ch., $19; Mrs. Dewey’s Sab. -Sch. Class, $6, <i>for furnishing room, Atlanta -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Monson. Two Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for -Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Monterey. Young Ladies’ Sew. Soc., by -Amelia A. Bidwell, <i>for Ed. of Indians, -Hampton, Va.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newburyport. Leavitt Lincoln, $10; Miss -S. N. B., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newburyport. “Friend,” <i>for Student Aid, -Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Bedford. Mrs. H. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">243.64</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton. “Friends,” 11 Bbls. Apples, <i>for -Atlanta</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton. “Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc.,” -by Ellen D. Jackson, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., -$13.73; Mrs. W. T. W., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.03</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton Highlands. Sunday Sch., by E. W. -B., <i>for freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Amherst. Miss Harrington, <i>for Student -Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton. “A Friend,” $100; “Member -of first Cong. Ch.,” $5</td> -<td class="ramt">105.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norfolk. Friends, 18 Bbls. Apples, <i>for Atlanta</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6.25, and -Sab. Sch., $20</td> -<td class="ramt">26.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oxford. First Cong. Ch., $31.50; First Cong. -Sab. Sch., $18; L. Shumway, $10</td> -<td class="ramt">59.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Paxton. Ella Rowell, <i>for Freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35.35; -H. A. B., 50c.; Mrs. H. M. Hurd, a Comfortable</td> -<td class="ramt">35.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. Pilgrimage Ch. and Soc., $50.18; -Mrs. C. W. P., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.68</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Reading. Old South Ch. and Soc., $12.50; A. -T. H., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Reading. Bethesda Cong. Ch., <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Reading. Rev. W. H. Willcox, D. D. and -Wife, <i>for furnishing rooms, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockland. “Friends,” <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Royalston. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. A. and M. B., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. Individuals, <i>for Mag.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sherborn. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Somerville. Prospect Hill Ch. and Soc., -$5.56; Miss M. C. Sawyer, $2; “A Friend,” -$1.25; Mrs. H. T. S., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.31</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Southampton. Miss E. L. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Boston. Miss J. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Deerfield. Mrs. M. B. R.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Egremont. “A Friend” to const. -<span class="smcap">Rev. Allen F. DeCamp</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Hadley. H. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Weymouth. Union Ch. and Soc., to -const. <span class="smcap">John A. Fogg</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Weymouth. Miss Grover’s Class in -Second Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. Mrs. R. K., $1; Mrs. R. C. H., -$1</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sutton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $21.50; -Mrs. M. H. L., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">22.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Topsfield. Richard Price, <i>for furnishing -rooms, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tewksbury. North Ch., $5 and 2 Bbls. of -C., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Uxbridge. W. J.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Walpole. Lowell Mann, 4 Bbls. apples and 1 -Bbl. cranberries, <i>for Atlanta</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $88.39; -L. A. S., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">88.89</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ware. C. C. Hitchcock, <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Watertown. Phillip’s Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of -C., <i>for Talladega</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.03</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wellesley. May Chase, <i>for furnishing room, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">12.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., (Mon. Coll.)</td> -<td class="ramt">22.69</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westborough. Ladies’ Freedman’s Aid Soc., -Bbl. of bedding <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westborough. Freedmen’s Miss. Assn., Bbl. -of C., <i>for Savannah</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Boylston. Willing Workers, $25; <i>for -Student Aid, Storr’s Sch., and</i> $25 <i>for furnishing -a room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., (of -which $10 <i>for Indian M.</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">42.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westminster. “E. A. W.”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Newbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., -$17; J. C. Carr, $2.50</td> -<td class="ramt">19.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., $27.39; A. F. -W., 50c.; Mrs. S. A. D., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">28.39</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Whitinsville. Mrs. J. C. Whitin, <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">48.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchendon. Mrs. M. D. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., $120; Cong. Ch. -and Soc., $27.81; William Temple, $5; G. -A. B., $1; “S. B. Soc.,” by E. A. E., $2, <i>for -freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">155.81</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. Ladies of Plymouth Ch., $11.50; -and 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">11.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. Central Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Yarmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— B. Sanford, Bbl. of C., <i>for Tougaloo</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— Unknown Source, Bbl. of C.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$7,399.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="2">LEGACIES.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. Estate of Rebecca I. Gilman, by -Hannah E. Gilman, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">185.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Medway. Estate of Lucy M. Clark</td> -<td class="ramt">340.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lancaster. Interest, Legacy of Sophia -Stearns, by Wm. M. Wyman, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$7,929.61</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, $91.51.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Barrington. Cong. Ch., $36.88, and Sab. -Sch., $23.20</td> -<td class="ramt">60.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pawtucket. Mrs. R. B., 51c.; Mrs. R. R., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Providence. S. L. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westerly. Mrs. Emeline Smith</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $2,862.64.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bridgeport. J. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookfield. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burnside. Miss E. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cobalt. Mrs. Lewis Taylor</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Colchester. Mrs M. J. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cornwall. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cromwell. “Friends,” <i>for furnishing -room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cromwell. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Deep River. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $32.73, to -const. <span class="smcap">Dea. Jabez Southworth</span>, L. M.; -“J.,” Thank Offering, $4</td> -<td class="ramt">36.73</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Durham. G. Newton</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch. Quar. Coll.; ($75 -of which from Henry D. Hawley, <i>for General -Purposes</i>, and $50 <i>for Tillotson Inst.</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">169.23</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Glastonbury. Wm. S. Williams</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grassy Hill. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch., Bbl. Dried Apples, -<i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenwich. Miss Sarah Mead</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Groton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Guilford. First Cong. Ch., $21.05; Eli Parmelee, -$10</td> -<td class="ramt">31.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, $50; Jos. W. -Hungerford, $50; Cong. Ch., $4.80</td> -<td class="ramt">104.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., $385.23; -Mrs. Mary C. Bemis, $20; Windsor Av. -Cong. Ch., $11.73; Mrs. Joseph Terry, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">421.96</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. O. D. Case & Co., Box of Wall -Maps <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jewett City. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kensington. Cong. Ch. (50c. of which <i>for -Refugees in Kansas</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lebanon. Exeter Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.58</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Manchester. E.A. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mansfield Centre. Miss L. S., $1; Mrs. E. -M. S. T., $1, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middlebury. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">6.93</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milford. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.36</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montville. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Moodus. Master Amasa Day Chaffee, proceeds -of Garden for the year 1880</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morris. F. L.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. -Adams, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven. “A Friend,” $50; Third Cong. -Ch., $20.75; W. A. L., 60c.; G. Johnson, -$2; M. N., $1; Mrs. U., $1; Individuals, -<i>for Mag.</i>, $1; E. A. P., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">77.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New London. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">618.41</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New London. “A Friend,” <i>for Talladega C.</i>, -and to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. Edward W. Bacon</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newtown. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northford. C. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett</td> -<td class="ramt">19.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Stamford. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwalk. First Cong. Ch., $60.97, to const. -<span class="smcap">Geo. B. St. John</span> and <span class="smcap">H. B. Wigham</span>, -L. M’s; Mrs. Wm. B. St. John, $3</td> -<td class="ramt">63.97</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich. “A Friend,” <i>for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich Town. “Member of First Cong. -Ch.,” $38; S. H. P., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">38.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orange. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.56</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plainfield. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plantsville. Hattie Higgins, $25; Ladies’ -Soc., $25, <i>for furnishing rooms, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Putnam. Sab. Sch. Class, by W. P. White, -Sec., $15.50; Miss H., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salisbury. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">57.03</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Norwalk. Mrs. G. P. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stafford Springs. F. J. Chandler</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Terryville. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">70.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from -“A Friend”)</td> -<td class="ramt">36.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.38</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Unionville. Ladies’ Soc., by Miss Belle B. -Dunham, $18.04, and Bbl. of C., <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">18.04</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Vernon Depot. Sab. Sch., by C. D. Tucker, -<i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Washington. F. A. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Watertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. <span class="smcap">Ruth -M. Atwood</span> and <span class="smcap">Frank Loveland</span>, L. M’s.</td> -<td class="ramt">63.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Suffield. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winsted. Mrs. Mary A. Mitchell, <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wolcottville. L. Wetmore</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— “A Friend of the Needy”</td> -<td class="ramt">17.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$2,612.64</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="2">LEGACY.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. -Haven, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">250.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$2,862.64</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $1,226.03.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bangor. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bangor. Mrs. L. K., 50c.; Mrs. H. T., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. “A Friend,” <i>for a Teacher</i></td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. Church of the Pilgrims, (ad’l), -$20; “A Friend,” $5; Mrs. Rev. Geo. Hollis, -$2; J. A. S., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">28.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Binghamton. Sheldon Warner</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brier Hill. O. J.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Canastota. E. B. Northrop, $5; Mr. and -Mrs. R. H. Childs, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Centreville. Mrs. Jerusha Higgins</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chataugay. Joseph Shaw</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Coxsackie. Rev. Matthias Lusk</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fillmore. L. L. Nourse</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fulton. J. C. Galispie, $10; Almon Bristol, -$5; T. W. Chesebro, $5; Dea. F. S., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greigsville. Mrs. Sarah J. Palmer, $2; Mrs. -H. A. G., $1; Miss L. A. G., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hamilton. Correction—Sab. Sch. of Cong. -Ch., ack. in Jan. number, should read, -Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hume. Mrs. L. H. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ithaca. Miss Jennie Stebbins, <i>for Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jamesport. Friends, by Rev. T. N. Benedict</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kingsborough. J. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Livonia. Geo. Jackman, <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">8.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Livonia. Mrs. Rachel Calvert, $5; Miss -Matilda Jackman, $5; <i>for Storrs School, -Atlanta, Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Locust Valley. Mrs. Sarah Palmer ($1 of -which <i>for Woman’s Work for Woman</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ludlowville. S. S. Todd</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marcellus. Mrs. L. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marion. “A Friend,” <i>for Woman’s Work -for Woman</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middletown. Geo. Wickham, Bbl. of Apples; -Lewis Wisner, Bbl. of Apples.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middlesex. Lester and Emma J. Adams</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nassau. Isaac O. Rankin</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newburgh. J. H. Corwin, pkg. reading matter</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. S. T. Gordon, $250; Z. Stiles -Ely, $250; Broadway Tabernacle Sab. -Sch. Miss. Soc., $50; E. R. Dillingham, -$25; “X. Y. Z.,” $10 and package of -Maps; J. A. V. A., 60c.</td> -<td class="ramt">585.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., <i>for furnishing -room, Atlanta, U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orient. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Otisco Valley. Mrs. O. S. Frisbie, deceased, -by I. T. Frisbie</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Penn Yan. E. W. Mills</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Perry Centre. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., $12.25, -and Bbl. of C., by Miss Belle Sheldon, -Treas.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plattsburgh. G. W. Dodds</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochester. Gen. A. W. Riley</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rome. John B. Jervis</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sherburne. Chas. A. Fuller, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Syracuse. W. E. Abbott, $50; Miss C. W., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">51.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Troy. E. C. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Troy. Mary F. and Margaret Cushman, -earnings in raising chickens and from -other sources</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union Falls. Francis E. Duncan, $10; Mrs. -Fanny D. Duncan, $10</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Walton. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">67.17</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Walton. C. S. Fitch, <i>for Mendi M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Watkins. Mrs. E. S. M., $1; Miss E. D., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Camden. E. M. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Chazy. Daniel Bassett</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Windsor. Mrs. Julia Woodruff, $2; Rev. J. -S. P., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $39.70.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Camden. Mrs. J. T. Crane</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fairview. D. D. Anderson</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, $20; Mrs. L., -60c.; Mrs. M., 60c.</td> -<td class="ramt">21.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newfield. Rev. Chas. Wiley</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Paterson. Mrs. E. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Roseville. J.C.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $27.96.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Allentown. Rev. C. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Canton. H. Sheldon</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cherry Ridge. Miss M. D.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Erie. Carrie Sprague, <i>for Ind. Dept., Le -Moyne Sch.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kenneth Square. H. M. D.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Minersville. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Philadelphia. C. E. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Philadelphia. Sab. Sch. Union, Pkg. Papers, -<i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Alexander. Ladies, $10.35, and 2 Bbls. -of C., <i>for Atlanta, Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.35</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $1,346.40.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thomson</td> -<td class="ramt">2.28</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bellefontaine. Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay, -<i>for Refugees in Kansas</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berea. James S. Smedley</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Braceville. S. P. I.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bristolville. Mrs. Fansler, Bbl. of C., <i>for Tougaloo</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bryan. S. E. Blakeslee</td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chippewa. M. S. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cleveland. Franklin Ave. Cong. Ch., $13.25; -Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles, $2; C. B. Ruggles, -$2; Mrs. C. W. R., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">18.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Columbus. Mrs. P. L. Alcott</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Conneaut. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.16</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cuyahoga Falls. G. S., $1; J. B. H., $1; J. -A. V., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Elyria. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Findlay. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galion. Mrs. E. C. Linsley</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury, $10; Wm. C. -Sexton, $2</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneva. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Tougaloo</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Heart’s Grove. T. R.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hilliard. E. McC.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kent. Sab. Sch. Children, Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kinsman. Rev. H. D. K.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lyme. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.33</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $20, -<i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i>, and $20 <i>for Ch. -and Sch. building for Refugees in Kansas</i></td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marysville. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Medina. Woman’s Miss. Soc., <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mount Vernon. First Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">C. -G. Cooper</span>, <span class="smcap">F. L. Fairchild</span>, <span class="smcap">Rev. R. T. -Hall</span>, <span class="smcap">Mrs. T. W. Linstead</span>, <span class="smcap">Charles -Cooper</span>, L. M’s</td> -<td class="ramt">161.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Benton. Mrs. Margaret J. Hartzel</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Fairfield. H. E. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., <i>for Lady -Missionary, Atlanta, Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. “Friends,” Bbl. of C., <i>for Atlanta, -Ga.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., $27; Harris -Lewis, $5; B. F. W., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">32.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Painesville. First Cong. Ch., $24.22; Mrs. -L. S., $1; E. L., 50c.; Mrs. E. M., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">26.72</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Painesville. R. Hitchcock (First Cong. Ch.), -<i>for Lady Missionary, Athens, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">700.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Parisville. Rev. D. D.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Radnor. Troedshewdalar Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ravenna. Cong. Ch., <i>for Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">29.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rootstown. Cong. Ch. (ad’l), to const. -<span class="smcap">Francis P. Bickford</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rootstown. Friends, Bbl. of C., <i>for Tougaloo</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ruggles. H. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. Asa W. Allen, to const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">Theda -E. Allen</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savannah. J. A. Patterson</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Seville. Julia Hulburt</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sharonville. J. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sicily. S. W. Huggins, $7; J. F. Cumberland, -$3</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Strongsville. Elijah Lyman</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sulphur Springs. “Friends,” Bbl. of C., <i>for -Tougaloo</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $2; Friends, -<i>for Freight</i>, $2.60</td> -<td class="ramt">4.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Unionville. Mrs. H. B. Fraser, <i>for Woman’s -Work for Woman</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wellington. A. H. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Welshfield. Mrs. S. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $18.05.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Elkhart. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.55</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. G. W. Southwick</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Versailles. John B. Rebuck, $3; J. D. Nichols, -$2.50</td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $1,073.75.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Aurora. Mrs. J. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. New England Cong. Ch., $10 (ad’l), -Mon. Con., $15.83; First Cong. Ch., Mon. -Con., $22.71; E. Rathburn, $10.50; Mrs. J. -H. McArthur, $5; J. H. P., $1; Mrs. J. M. -S., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">66.04</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. Ladies of Union Park Cong. Ch., -<i>for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. Warner Smeenk, <i>for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cobden. E. W. Towne</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Crescent. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dixon. “A Friend of Missions,” $150; C. -A. Davis, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">155.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Elgin. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">10.92</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Evanston. Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C.; Pres. Ch., -2 Bbls. of C., <i>for Talladega</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. First Church of Christ, $35.75; -Mrs. H. S. H., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">36.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneseo. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l), $123.63; -Mrs. Lucy B. Perry, $5; Cong. Sab. Sch., -$28.20</td> -<td class="ramt">156.83</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneseo. “Band of Sisters,” Cong. Ch., <i>for -Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hamlet. L. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Henry. Cong. Ch. Woman’s Miss. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ivanhoe. G. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kewanee. Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. J. F. -Loba</span> and <span class="smcap">Mrs. L. M. B. Loba</span>, L. M’s</td> -<td class="ramt">78.86</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kewanee. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Lady Missionary, -Liberty Co., Ga.</i>, by Mrs. C. C. Cully</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lisbon. Dr. G. K.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morrison. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Naperville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oak Park. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">62.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Park Ridge. Rev. L. P. Sabin</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Paxton. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. L. A. Cook</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Port Byron. Ladies’ Mission Circle, $5.25; -Emma Hollister, $2</td> -<td class="ramt">7.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Providence. Ladies, <i>for Lady Missionary, -Liberty Co., Ga.</i>, for Mrs. C. C. Cully</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rosemond. Mrs. B. A. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Seward. Cong. Ch., Rev. E. F. Wright</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sycamore. A. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sparta. Bryce Crawford, $5; P. B. Gault, -$2; J. R. A., $1; J. H., $1; R. H. R., $1; -D. P. B., $1; J. G., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tonica. J. C. Heywood</td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wauponsee Grove. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Weathersfield. Cong. Ch., $2; Mr. and Mrs. -A. B. Kellogg, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmette. Cong. Ch., $7.30, Miss C. B., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodstock. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$823.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="2">LEGACY.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. Mrs. W. C. Willard, by Prof. T. -R. Willard, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">250.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$1,073.75</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $348.98.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Armada. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Assyria. Mrs. M. B., $1; Mrs. D. H., 25c., -<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Battle Creek. “Friends,” $1.10; C. A., $1; -<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Blissfield. Pres. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.52</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. S., $1; J. McC., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Calumet. Miss. Soc., by E. T. Curtiss, <i>for -Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlotte. Ladies, 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for Talladega</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clio. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Covert. Cong. Ch., $13.91; F. C., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">14.91</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit. Pres. Sab. Sch., Thanksgiving offering, -<i>for Repairs, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit. Individuals, by N. A. E. Nutting, -$2; J. C. H., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dexter. Dennis Warner</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Frankfort. First. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.29</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburgh. W. Whitford, <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ludington. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.14</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ludington. Ellen C. Shaw</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Olivet. Wm. B. Palmer, $100, <i>for Encyclopedias</i>; -Young Ladies of Ladies’ Hall, Box -of C. and $1.25, <i>for Freight, for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">101.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Otsego. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Owasso. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">51.52</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pontiac. Jackson Voorhies</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Romeo. Miss S. S. Clarke</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stanton. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union City. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union City. Ladies, Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega -C.</i></td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $333.06.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Appleton. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Mina Pfenning</span>, to const. -herself L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Beloit. First Cong. Ch., $32; Second Cong. -Ch. Sab. Sch., $10.75 <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">42.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., $8.41; W. P., 51c.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.92</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brandon. Busy Bees, <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Evansville. N. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fond du Lac. H. S. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneva. D. L. H., 50c.; Mrs. D. A. B., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch., $20.24; W. H. H., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.74</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Liberty. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mazo Manie. R. L.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milwaukee. Rev. H. D. Kitchell</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Richmond. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ripon. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">54.52</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. William Munson $50; F. W. Munson, -$4.42</td> -<td class="ramt">54.42</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Whitewater. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">60.31</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmot. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.20</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $422.89.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bellevue. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Lady -Missionary, New Orleans</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burlington. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">106.32</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clay. Ladies, <i>for Lady Missionary, New Orleans</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clinton. Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Wm. Russell</span>, -L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Crawfordsville. J. A. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Des Moines. Mrs. A. W. Rollins, <i>for Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grand Junction. J. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. “F. P. B.,” $6; Mrs. A. S. Smith, -4.50</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. Prof. H. W. Parker, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. S. H. Herrick’s Sab. Sch. Class, <i>for -Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. Mrs. C. Hobart, Sewing Machine, -<i>for Le Moyne Sch.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampton. “Four Sisters of Cong. Ch.”</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Keokuk. Cong. Ch., $50.29; Mrs. R. A. W., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.79</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marion. Woman’s Miss. Soc., <i>for Lady Missionary -in New Orleans</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc., bal. to -const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. D. D. Fraser</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc., Box of C., -val. $23.68, <i>for New Orleans, La.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Muscatine. Cong. Sab. Sch., $20; Mrs. Cora -L. Weed, $5, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oskaloosa. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orchard. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Osage. Woman’s Miss. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.52</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sherrills Mount. Rev. Jacob Reuth</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tabor. “Friend,” <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterloo. Leavitt & Johnson, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterloo. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">26.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterloo. Mrs. W. W. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Iowa. Postville, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $3; -Decorah, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $10; Ceresco, -Ladies of Cong. Ch., $5.15; McGregor, -Woman’s Miss. Soc., $12.40; Lansing, -Woman’s Miss. Soc., $2; Waucoma, -Woman’s Miss. Soc., $2; Lawler, Ladies -of Cong. Ch., $1; Garnaville, Ladies of -Cong. Ch., $1; Fayette, Ladies of Cong. -Ch., $1; Elkader, Mrs. Mary H. Carter, $3; -Marshalltown, Young People’s Miss. Soc., -$5; <i>by Mrs. Henry L. Chase, Green Mountain, -for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">45.55</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSOURI, $77.46.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kirksville. J. S. Blackman</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kansas City. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">67.46</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KANSAS, $44.01.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leavenworth. Mrs. A. E. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Manhattan. Cong. Sab. Sch., $17.50; M. P., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Meriden. J. Rutty</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Olathe. Rev. W. W. McM.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Topeka. H. N. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wyandotte. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $555.06.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Austin. Cong. Union Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Excelsior. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fairibault. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hamilton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hutchinson. Cong. Ch., $1.62; “Two -Friends,” $2</td> -<td class="ramt">3.62</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $28.71; Second -Cong. Ch., $2.40; J. G. N., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">31.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Rev. E. M. Williams, <i>for furnishing -rooms, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northfield. J. W. S., $1; A. L., 51c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Owatonna. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.81</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">St. Paul. Plymouth Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">48.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wabasha. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wadena. J. K.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waseca. “C. and K.”</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waseca. “Friends” ($150 <i>of which for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">250.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winona. First Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">H. M. -Kinney</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, $418.25.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Santa Cruz. Pliny Fay</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">San Francisco. Receipts of the California -Chinese Mission</td> -<td class="ramt">408.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OREGON, $10.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Canyon City. E. S. Penfield</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">DAKOTA, $2.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dakota. Mrs. M. S. Wells</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table><a class="pagenum" name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $34.80.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nebraska City. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ponca. G. H. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Weeping Water. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">York. Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">COLORADO, $3.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Colorado Springs. Edward Hildreth</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $2.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Washington. “Little Rills of Llensmary,” -by Rev. M. P. Snell</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TENNESSEE, $460.75.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chattanooga. Rent</td> -<td class="ramt">150.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Memphis. Le Moyne School, Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">186.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">114.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nashville. Prof. F. A. Chase</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $106.25.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Normal School, Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">106.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $325.25.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">325.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">GEORGIA, $674.61.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Athens. Wm. A. Pledger, <i>for furnishing -room, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Atlanta University, Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">230.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Storrs School, Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">219.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Prof. T. N. Chase, <i>for furnishing -room, A. U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">12.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. “A Friend,” <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">60.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $107.75; -Rent, $10</td> -<td class="ramt">117.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savannah. Rev. B. D. Conkling</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savannah. Rev. J. H. H. S., <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Spoonville. M. B. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ALABAMA, $505.55.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marion. R. A. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $226.05; -Cong. Ch., 60c.</td> -<td class="ramt">226.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mobile. Mothers’ Missionary Assn., <i>for -Mendi M.</i>, by Mrs. O. D. Crawford</td> -<td class="ramt">3.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montgomery. Public Fund</td> -<td class="ramt">175.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Selma. Rev. C. B. Curtiss, <i>for Student Aid, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Talladega. Talladega College, Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">97.45</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSISSIPPI, $48.20.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bolton’s Depot. E. E. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jackson. S. Lemly & Son, <i>for Ladies’ Hall, -Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jackson. A. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo. Tougaloo U.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.20</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">LOUISIANA, $104.25.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Orleans. Straight University, Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">104.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TEXAS, $3.75.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Centennial. N. C. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Goliad. J. R. S. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Helena. Children of Busy Bee Mission Circle, -$2; G. H., 50c.; D. D., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INCOME FUND, $77.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— Town of Greenwich, N. Y., <i>for -Straight U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— Avery Fund, <i>for Mendi M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">42.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">DOMINION OF CANADA, $33.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Caledonia. A. C. Buck</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Guelph. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orangeville. Rev. J. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sherbrooke. Saml. F. Morey</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">JAMAICA, WEST INDIES, $5.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pear Tree Grove. Rev. H. B. Wolcott</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">———————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total for January</td> -<td class="ramt">$20,984.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Total from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st</td> -<td class="ramt">70,424.49</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<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 Oct. 7th, 1880, to Jan. 17th, 1881.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="3"><span class="smcap">E. Palache</span>, <i>Treasurer</i>.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">I. From our Auxiliaries, viz.:</td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2"> Marysville Chinese Mission:</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Collection at Anniversary</td> -<td class="ramt">24.85</td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Six Annual Members</td> -<td class="ramt">11.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chinese Pupils</td> -<td class="ramt">8.90</td> -<td class="ramt">45.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Sacramento Chinese Mission:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chinese monthly offerings</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Santa Barbara Chinese Mission:</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Collection at Anniversary</td> -<td class="ramt">2.55</td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Rev. E. P. Baker, $1; Mrs. Guy -White, $1; Mrs. Josiah Bates, -$4</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Nine Annual Memberships</td> -<td class="ramt">18.50</td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chinese monthly offerings</td> -<td class="ramt">24.00</td> -<td class="ramt">51.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Stockton Chinese Mission:</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chinese monthly offerings</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">130.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">II. From Churches:</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Grass Valley Cong. Ch., Rev. F. -B. Perkins, by Edward Coleman, -Esq., $15; Mrs. H. Scott, -$2</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Oakland First Cong. Ch. Coll.</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Redwood Cong. Ch., Mrs. K. M. -Fox</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">San Francisco:</td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">First Cong. Ch. Coll.</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">46.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Bethany Ch., Mrs. Mary Mailer, -$2; H. C. George, $2; Chinese, -$5</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">San Jose Cong. Ch., Mrs. M. S. -Post, $2; Miss M. W. Bye, $1</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Santa Cruz Cong. Ch., Two coll’s.</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">112.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">III. From Individuals:</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Oakland:</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">At Annual Meeting, cash, $1.50; -Annual Members, $20.50</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">22.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Point Pedro:</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chas. W. Otis, Esq.</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">3.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">San Francisco:</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Four Chinese Brethren</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">39.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">IV. Eastern Friends:</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">“Almost Home”</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">25.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Bangor, Me., E. R. Burpee</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">125.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Grand total</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$408.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tenth" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL -INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Exeter, N. H. Mrs. Woodbridge Odlin</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury, Vt. Mrs. T. M. Howard</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ayer, Mass. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holliston, Mass. “N. G.”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norton, Mass. Mrs. E. B. Wheaton</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Abington. Mass. Ladies’ Sewing Circle -of Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Abington, Mass. Ladies of Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clifton Springs, N. Y. A. Peirce</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ansonia, Conn. J. H. Bartholomew</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven, Conn. Atwater Treat</td> -<td class="ramt">400.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New London, Conn. Mrs. McEwen and Mrs. -Perkins</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Painesville, Ohio. Reuben Hitchcock</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem, Ohio. D. A. Allen</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lewistown, Ill. Mrs. Myron Phelps</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$890.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in December -Receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">3,186.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$4,076.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tenth" /> - -<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">Received from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st</td> -<td class="ramt">1,608.96</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">==========</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 10%;">H. W. HUBBARD, <i>Treas.</i>,</p> -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 5%;">56 Reade St.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></p> - -<div class="article"> -<h2 title="AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC.">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., 6; S. C., 2; -Ga., 13; Ky., 6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6. -<i>Africa</i>, 2. <i>Among the Indians</i>, 1. Total 76.</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>, 31. Total 51.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.</span>—Among the -Freedmen, 284; among the Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 11; in -Africa, 13. Total, 330. <span class="smcap">Students</span>—In Theology, 102; Law, -23; in College Course, 75; in other studies, 7,852. Total, 8,052. -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 class="medium"> -<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> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<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">NEW AND IMPROVED STYLES THIS SEASON.</p> - <div class="third center xlarge">MASON<br /> - <span class="small">AND<br /></span>HAMLIN<br />ORGANS<br /> - </div> - <div class="tthirds" style="border-left: solid black 1px;"> - <div class="medium" style="padding-left: 4px;"> -BEST IN THE WORLD: winners of highest distinction at <span class="smcap">EVERY -GREAT WORLD’S FAIR FOR THIRTEEN YEARS</span>. Prices, $51, $57, $66, -$84, $108, to $508 and upward. For easy payments, $6.30 a quarter -and upward. Catalogues free. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 154 Tremont -Street, Boston; 46 East 14th Street, NEW YORK; 149 Wabash Ave., -CHICAGO. - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> - <div class="inline" style="width: 100%;"> - <div class="third"> - <img src="images/fleurdelis.jpg" width="104" height="160" alt="fleur de lis" /> - </div> - <div class="half"> - <div class="bborder"> - <div class="tthirds"><span class="xlarge">J.</span> <span class="large">& R. LAMB,</span></div> - <div class="third small center">59 Carmine St.<br />NEW YORK,</div> - </div> - <div class="bborder center larger">ARTISTIC STAIN’D GLASS</div> - <div class="medium">MEMORIAL WINDOWS,</div> - <div class="bborder medium right">MEMORIAL TABLETS</div> - <div class="medium center"><b>Sterling Silver Communion Services</b></div> - <div class="medium center">Send for Hand Book by Mail.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> - <div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> - <img src="images/bible.jpg" width="400" height="250" alt="Bible" /> - </div> - <p class="center xxxlarge">Oxford Teachers’ Bibles</p> - <p class="center large">THOS. NELSON & SONS,</p> - <p class="center">No. 42 Bleecker Street, New York.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> - <div> - <div class="half float-left u">1850.</div> - <div class="half right u">1881.</div> - </div> - <p class="center medium">THIRTY-FIRST YEAR.</p> - <hr class="tiny" /> - <p class="center xxxlarge">MANHATTAN</p> - <p class="center large">LIFE INSURANCE CO.,</p> - <p class="center">OF NEW YORK.</p> - <table> - <tr> - <td><span class="medium">Assets, January 1, 1880,</span></td> - <td><b>$ 9,706,101.68</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="medium">Assets, January 1, 1881,</span></td> - <td><b>10,151,289.28</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="medium">Income, year 1880,</span></td> - <td><b>1,998,383.03</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="medium">Claims paid, Returned Premiums, &c.,</span></td> - <td><b>1,300,966.29</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="medium">All other payments, Taxes, &c.,</span></td> - <td><b>252,229.14</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="medium">Liabilities, New York Standard,</span></td> - <td><b>8,144,454.38</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="medium">Surplus,</span></td> - <td><b>2,006,834.90</b></td> - </tr> - </table> - <p class="medium">Solid, conservative, economical.</p> - <p class="medium">See new form of Policy—plain, liberal, incontestable, non-forfeitable.</p> - <p class="medium">Non-participating, very low rate, fixed premium policies issued, as -well as the ordinary participating, ordinary rate policies.</p> - <p class="medium">Its liberal published tables of surrender values fixes that important point.</p> - <div style="margin-left: 25%; margin-right: 25%; margin-bottom: 0%;"> - <p class="right medium">HENRY STOKES, <i>President</i>.</p> - <p class="medium nomargin">C. Y. WEMPLE, <i>Vice-President</i>.</p> - <p class="right medium nomargin">J. L. HALSEY, <i>Secretary</i>.</p> - <p class="right medium nomargin">S. N. STEBBINS, <i>Actuary</i>.</p> - <p class="small nomargin">H. Y. WEMPLE,}<br /> - H. B. STOKES,} <i>Assistant Secretaries</i>.</p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> - <p class="center xxlarge">W. & B. DOUGLAS,</p> - <p class="center large">Middletown, Conn.,</p> - <p class="center medium">MANUFACTURERS OF</p> - <p class="center xxxlarge">PUMPS,</p> - <p class="right">HYDRAULIC RAMS, GARDEN ENGINES, PUMP<br /> -CHAIN AND FIXTURES, IRON CURBS, YARD<br /> -HYDRANTS, STREET<br />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">Founded in 1832.</p> - <hr class="tiny" /> - <p class="medium center">Branch Warehouses:</p> - <p class="center">85 & 87 John St.</p> - <p class="center medium">NEW YORK,</p> - <p class="center small">AND</p> - <p class="center">197 Lake Street,</p> - <p class="center medium">CHICAGO.</p> - </div> - </div> -<p class="large center"><em>For Sale by all Regular Dealers.</em></p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> -<p class="center xxlarge">THE THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME</p> - -<p class="center medium">OF THE</p> - -<p class="center xxxlarge">American Missionary.</p> - -<p class="center xxlarge">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. 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 96. Donations and subscriptions should be -sent to</p> - -<p class="right">H. W. HUBBARD, <i>Treasurer</i>, 56 Reade Street, New York</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> -<p class="center xxxlarge smcap">A Fool’s Errand.</p> - -<p class="center large">By One of the Fools.</p> - -<hr class="tenth" /> - -<p class="center medium">“<i>The Greatest Romance of American History since Uncle Tom’s -Cabin.</i>”</p> - -<p class="center">12mo. CLOTH, $1.00.</p> - -<hr class="tenth" /> - -<p class="medium">“Holds the critic spell-bound.... English literature contains no -similar picture.”—<cite>International Review.</cite></p> - -<p class="medium">“The story is brilliant and fascinating, evidently a leaf from -experience.”—<cite>Chicago Evening Journal.</cite></p> - -<p class="medium">“An awakening book, a thrilling book, indeed.”—<cite>Cincinnati -Commercial.</cite></p> - -<p class="medium">“The sated novel-reader will find it fresh and thrilling.”—<cite>Boston -Daily Advertiser.</cite></p> - -<p class="medium">“Abounds in sketches not matched in the whole range of modern -fiction.”—<cite>Boston Traveler.</cite></p> - -<p class="medium">“The book will rank among the famous novels that, once written, -must be read by everybody.”—<cite>Portland Advertiser.</cite></p> - -<p class="medium">“The night-ride of young Lily Servosse ... is one of the finest -and most thrilling incidents that has ever been told in history or -romance.”—<cite>San Francisco Chronicle.</cite></p> - -<p class="medium">“A <em>live</em> novel. Read ‘A Fool’s Errand,’ for the reading will carry -its own reward.”—<cite>Providence Press.</cite></p> - -<p class="center">AGENTS WANTED.</p> - -<p class="center medium">Sold everywhere, or mailed post-paid by</p> - -<p class="center large">FORDS, HOWARD & HULBERT,</p> -<p class="right"><i>27 Park Place, New York</i>.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/clamp.jpg" width="300" height="135" alt="clamp" /> -</div> - -<p class="center xxlarge">BARBER BIT BRACE.</p> - -<p class="medium">Hereafter every Bit Brace found in any market with Jaws as shown -in the above cut, and bearing our name, will be made of Rolled -Steel and heavily Nickel Plated. The Head is of Lignumvitæ, and -the revolving Hand piece of Rosewood. The Jaws are of forged and -tempered Steel, and will adapt themselves to any shape tool tang, -round, square or flat, and hold it perfectly without any fitting. -When made with a Ratchet Attachment it will bore in places where -there is not room to revolve the Sweep; a slight back and forth -motion driving the bit in or out. We formerly used Iron Jaws, which -wore out. All such we will now replace with Steel, sending them by -mail prepaid on receipt of 25 cents. They are all one size and will -fit any Brace which we ever made. Our Braces are for sale by nearly -all Hardware Dealers. Those who do not have them in stock will -furnish them if requested. Price from $1.75 to $3.25 each. Many -Braces are sold for less money; but this is the only Steel Brace in -market; and one of them is worth six of any other kind. Save this -notice as it may not appear again.</p> - -<p class="center large">MILLERS FALLS CO.,</p> -<p class="right">74 Chambers St., New York.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p class="center small">DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK.</p> - - - -<hr class="full" /> -<h2>Transcriber’s Notes</h2> - -<p>Obvious printer’s punctuation errors have been corrected. -Arithmetic errors detected in the Receipts section have been left -as printed. Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained due to -multiple authors. Ditto marks have been replaced with the text -they represent in order to facilitate eBook alignment. </p> - -<p>Duplicate “the” removed from page 81. 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