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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 37, No. 3, March, 1883 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 12, 2019 [EBook #60476] - -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) - - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: MARCH, 1883. - -VOL. XXXVII. - -NO. 3. - -The American Missionary] - - - - -CONTENTS - - - PAGE. - - FINANCIAL—COST OF LADY MISSIONARIES 65 - PARAGRAPHS 66 - A PERMANENT NECESSITY 67 - GENERAL NOTES 68 - BENEFACTIONS 70 - CONNECTICUT CONVENTIONS—ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 71 - - - THE SOUTH. - - LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL (with cut) 72 - A WEEK’S WORK BY LADY MISSIONARIES 73 - Selma, Ala.; Savannah, Ga.; Atlanta, - Ga.; Raleigh, N.C.; Montgomery, Ala.; - New Orleans, La., Washington, D.C. - VANTAGE GROUND NEEDED BY STUDENTS 80 - CUT OF LADIES’ HALL, TOUGALOO, MISS. 81 - - - THE INDIANS. - - WORK AT S’KOKOMISH, W.T. 83 - INDIANS WATCHING A TRAIN (cut) 85 - - - THE CHINESE. - - COMITY 86 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - LADY AGNES HAMILTON 88 - - - RECEIPTS 89 - - - * * * * * - - - 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. - - - - - THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - - * * * * * - - - PRESIDENT. - - HON. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ - - - TREASURER. - - H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ - - - AUDITORS. - - M. F. READING. WM. A. NASH. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - -JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman; A. P. FOSTER, Secretary; LYMAN -ABBOTT, ALONZO S. BALL, A. S. BARNES, C. T. CHRISTENSEN, FRANKLIN -FAIRBANKS, CLINTON B. FISK, S. B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, CHARLES -A. HULL, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, WM. H. WARD, A. L. -WILLISTON. - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _New York_. - Rev. JAMES POWELL, _Chicago_. - - - COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the -Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, -to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the -“American Missionary,” to Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., at the New York -Office. - - - DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, -or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 -Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, -Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a -Life Member. - - - FORM OF A BEQUEST. - -“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars, -in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the -person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the -‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, -under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, -to its charitable uses and purposes.” The Will should be attested -by three witnesses. - - * * * * * - - WANTED - $375,000, - Efficiently to prosecute the work in hand. - - - CO-OPERATION - -Of every Congregational minister, and of every office bearer in -our Congregational churches to secure (_a_) an annual presentation -or the work, and claims of the A. M. A. in every Congregational -church; and (_b_) an annual contribution from every Congregational -church in the country for this great work. - - - HELP - -Of every Congregational Sunday-school superintendent to secure from -his school a contribution to our “Student Aid Fund.” - - - AID - -Of every Ladies’ Missionary Society to sustain our work among the -colored women and girls. - - - ENDOWMENTS - -For Professorships and Scholarships in our schools. The time has -come when in our larger institutions the chairs of instruction -should be endowed, that the Association may be left to enlarge its -missionary work in other directions. - - - GIFTS - -For the improvement of schools and churches already built, and the -erection of additional buildings, imperatively needed. - - - A SUBSCRIBER - -In every family for our monthly magazine, - - THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, - Subscription Price, 50c. per annum. - - * * * * * - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXVII. MARCH, 1883. No. 3. - - * * * * * - - - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -Our receipts for the first four months of the present fiscal year, -ending Jan. 31, 1883, amounted to $85,555.11, an increase of -$1,661.72 over the amount received for the corresponding months of -the previous year. The legacies, however, this year, have amounted -to $25,141.83, against $9,191.72 for the year before, showing a -falling off in collections and donations of $14,288.39. We desire, -therefore, to remind our readers that the enlargement so greatly -needed and so deeply felt by the friends who attended our last -annual meeting and reviewed the work of the Association cannot be -accomplished unless the receipts are greatly increased. - - * * * * * - -We devote considerable space in this issue to a report of a week’s -work by our lady missionaries. We believe that what they are doing -is vital to the welfare of the families from which many of our -students come, and wish to commend the work and workers to the -prayers and sympathies of the patrons of this Association. - - * * * * * - - -COST OF LADY MISSIONARIES. - -We sincerely hope that those who read the record of a Week’s Work -by our lady missionaries will carefully consider the value of these -labors, and the importance of the question as to their duty in -aiding to supply the vast want that exists at the South for this -kind of Christian service. It takes four hundred and fifty dollars -to provide for a lady missionary for one year, including traveling -expenses, board and a moderate salary. - -Are there not some societies of ladies who will pledge us the -amount needful, and by so doing have a missionary of their own -in the field? Are there not individuals who will promise as much -for the same purpose? We shall be most happy to answer inquiries -relating to details. - - * * * * * - - -The pastor at Hampton writes: “Every night for the last two weeks -we have been having meetings for prayer, and the whole school has -been deeply moved. Many have already confessed their love for -Christ, and there are many now seeking Him. General Armstrong and -all the teachers are thoroughly in earnest in the matter. The -General made a most earnest appeal to the students last evening, in -which he said that nothing like it had been known in the history of -the school.” - - * * * * * - -We have received intelligence from Rev. D. K. Flickinger, D.D., who -has made in Liverpool, London and Glasgow preliminary inquiries -relating to the John Brown steamer. It was his purpose on reaching -Sierra Leone to learn definitely as to the necessary capacity of -the boat for the use of the mission. He hoped also to be able to -conclude contract with the Governor of Sierra Leone for carrying -mails and for doing other business which would be a source of -income to the mission without interfering with its special work. - - * * * * * - -Rev. J. M. Hall writes from the Good Hope Station of a prosperous -year’s work among the Mendi and Sherbro people. He says: “One year -ago yesterday I took charge of the spiritual work at this station. -We have had 48 eleven o’clock Sabbath services, 48 Sabbath night -services, 40 Wednesday night services, 360 early morning six -o’clock services, not including the class and children’s Friday -afternoon services. I have received eight persons into the church, -five on profession of faith in Christ, have baptized 25 children, -and married one couple. I have traveled two thousand miles in -search of medical treatment and in the interest of the mission, -notwithstanding that I have been confined to my bed and room -twenty-two times with this most dreadful fever. We trust that we -shall by the grace of God be enabled to do more the next year if -permitted to live. Our schools, both Sabbath and day, have been -well attended. The work is certainly a great one and I like it more -and more every day.” - - * * * * * - -The _Baptist Home Mission Monthly_ makes its appearance with -enlarged form and new dress. Its first cover page is tastefully -embellished to indicate the scope of work carried on by the -Baptist Home Mission Society. Its twenty-four pages are packed -with pertinent paragraphs, passages of Scripture, personals, -pictures, poetry, there being over one hundred separate articles, -items, etc., etc. It is edited with the pen, quotation marks being -particularly scarce. Care, literary skill and discernment have been -used in the selection and arrangement of topics, and wide range -has been given in the discussion of matters relating to the world -of missions. The work expended on this publication will stimulate -other societies in providing missionary literature abreast with -the demands of the age. We extend to our Baptist brethren our -gratulations. - - * * * * * - - -A PERMANENT NECESSITY. - -Temporary evils call for temporary agencies and remedies, but -permanent conditions of society require permanent and adequate -provisions to meet these demands. The confident prediction that the -freedman would rapidly fade away before the superior white races, -suggested to the humane that he should be made comfortable in -some sort of field hospital while he lingered, and made ready, if -possible, for a speedy departure to a more congenial world, where -perhaps the conditions of life would not be so unfavorable for his -continued existence. - -The figures given by the unsentimental census-taker showing that -during the past decade there has been an increase of about 34 per -cent. of this race in our population does not indicate that the -black belt stretching along our Southern horizon is likely to -fade away. The negro is here to stay, and in adjusting him to our -natural life we are faced by a permanent, not a temporary problem. - -We must either take counsel of the Egyptians and “deal wisely” -with this people and so prevent their increase, or broadly and -comprehensively deal with the question of fitting them for a -large and permanent place as an integral part and most important -factor of our Republic. If we deal wisely with them we must bear -in mind first of all that they are here and will remain here, and -their character and condition will enter largely into that of our -national life and character. - -It is not beyond the limits of modest truth to say that the victory -which has been gained over Southern prejudices against the free -common school systems was gained, not by the political conventions -which established them by constitutional provisions, but by the -missionary training-schools and the teachers sent out by them; but -the fact that these are established does not supersede a necessity -for the schools which gained this victory. An intelligent gentleman -who was appealed to for aid in the endowment of one of these -said: “Private charity has demonstrated the possibility and value -of negro education, but it is a work for which it is altogether -inadequate. It must be done in the South as in the North by the -States themselves. These rapidly increasing millions must be, and -can be, cared for alone in schools sustained by government. Your -missionary, pioneer, experimental work has been done so wisely -and so well that its success has superseded the necessity of its -continuance.” - -The answer to this is of course not far to seek. Yale and Harvard -did not grow out of the common school systems of Massachusetts and -Connecticut, but made these possible and efficient by supplying the -prime conditions of a good school-trained teachers. These colleges -were founded not by the State, but by private philanthropy, as all -such schools have been, for on no theory which has been accepted -as to the functions of government can such be built by the State. -The primary and preparatory work which has been done by the schools -of the A. M. A. will indeed be remitted, more and more, to the -common schools of the States, but there will always be a demand -and a necessity for fully endowed colleges and universities for -the higher education of the teachers and leaders of this people; -and neither the highest efficiency of the public school, nor the -fullest development of such universities as Vanderbilt and similar -schools for the white race, will lessen the need of such schools as -Fisk and Atlanta Universities. If the day shall ever come, as come -it certainly will, when these schools for whites shall strike out -the word white, and admit all who seek their advantages, it will -come as the result of a work which they are not doing now. - -The prejudice which now excludes the negro will yield only to -established facts, but will not, from the nature of the case, -create these facts. When educated negroes in all the public -callings of life shall have proved “that a man is a man for all -that,” that what entitles him to respect and honor lies deeper -than the color of his skin, and is not to be determined at all by -its peculiar shade, so that separate schools will not be demanded -for him, he will come in such numbers that those now established -for him will be urgently needed for the accommodation of students, -regardless of color. Thus are we led by our just and reasonable -views to the conclusion that the schools for higher training of -the negro, established by the A. M. A. and kindred societies, are -demanded for a permanent work most vitally related to all that -is dear to us as Christians and patriots, and that permanent and -adequate endowments for them must be made if these interests are to -be conserved. - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -AFRICA. - -—On Nov. 12th, Bishop Crowther, while at Sierra Leone, on his way -back to the Niger, admitted three Africans to deacon’s orders. Gov. -Havelock and other Europeans were present, and more than eighteen -hundred native Christians. - -—The C.M.S. Committee has presented a memorial to Lord Granville -on the question of slavery and the slave-trade in Egypt. Pressure -is brought to bear upon the Government not to miss the present -opportunity of using the influence and power of England to abolish -slavery itself, and so put a stop to the slave-trade. - -—The River Gambia Trading Company has been incorporated in London -with a capital of $750,000. - -—A new station has been founded among the Angoni by Dr. Laws and -Mr. Koyi, of the Livingstonia Mission. - -—The gross weight of diamonds passed through the post-office of -Kimberley, South Africa, in 1880, was 1,440 pounds, estimated at -$16,839,485. - -—Captain Burton and Commander Cameron, on their return from the -West African Gold Fields, reported that the wealth of the land was -prodigious. “Gold dust is found by native women from the sands of -the seashore. Gold spangles glitter after showers in the streets -of Azim. Gold is yielded by the lumps of yellow swish that rivet -the wattle walls of hut and hovel. Our washings range from half an -ounce to four ounces per ton.” - -—In 1880, the number of Protestant communicants in Africa, -according to Dr. Behm, was 122,470. The number composing the -communities in the midst of which these were found was 506,966. -Thirty-four religious societies were prosecuting the work -represented in these communities. - -—Dr. Blyden, President of Liberia College, reports increasing -prosperity among the immigrants who have gone from this country. -The commercial interests of Liberia are indicated by the fact that -one vessel, the bark Monrovia, brought 150,000 pounds of coffee to -New York on a recent trip. - -—The last report from the missionaries of Tabora marks great -progress in the transportation of letters. The mails have become -more regular, nothing is lost on the route, and the roads are -safer. The Wanyamouesis mounted guides are very capable, and there -is this advantage in employing them that on the return trip, going -back to their homes, they delay less than the other natives. The -station of Ouyoug has met with great misfortune in the loss of Dr. -Southon, who, while filling the place of missionary, has rendered -great service as a physician to the population. - - -THE INDIANS. - -—Red Cloud has paid a visit to Hampton, where he has several -children at school. - -—Sec. Teller has set apart a portion of the Turtle Mountain -reservation for the Chippewa Indians. - -—It is reported that ex-Congressman Phillips, of Kansas, is paid -$4,000 a year by the Cherokee Indians to look after their interests -in Washington. - -—The Commissioner of Indian Affairs reports that, exclusive of the -five civilized tribes, there are 101 day schools for Indians, five -less than last year. - -—In the report of Dr. Means, at Portland, he asserts that, “In -proportion to the aid and means employed, no missions to the -heathen since the Apostolic age have been more successful than -those to the American Aborigines.” - -—A Quaker and his wife who have labored for seven years among -the Modoc Indians, are reported to have transformed them into -well-mannered and well-dressed people. They own nice farms, and, -for the most part, have connected themselves with the Society of -Friends. - - -THE CHINESE. - -—A Baptist preacher in Portland, Oregon, named Fung Chak, reports -a church of 65 Chinese converts. - -—During the first three months after the anti-Chinese law went -into operation, 3,849 Chinese departed from the Pacific coast, and -only 169 arrived. - -—The Presbyterian Board has purchased a large and valuable -building, in San Francisco, at a cost of $22,500, for a Chinese -Mission. - -—Mr. Yung Wing, so well known for his efforts in establishing a -school for the Chinese in Hartford, Conn., has been appointed chief -magistrate of the city of Shanghai. - -—The British and Foreign Bible Society entered China in 1843, and -has agents at Shanghai, operating chiefly through the missionaries -of the different societies. - -—A Chinese Sunday-school was opened in Farwell Hall, Chicago, -in 1878. The number of regular attendants at the present time is -between fifty and sixty. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings, -secular instruction is given them. The school is under the auspices -of the Y. M. C. A. - - -—Soon after the American Board, in response to the suggestion -of the A. M. A., decided to open a mission at Hong Kong, a -Thanksgiving offering, amounting to $114, was made by Miss Harriet -Carter’s Chinese Sunday-school, Mount Vernon Church, Boston. The -money was paid over to the treasury of the Am. Board. - - * * * * * - - -BENEFACTIONS. - -Dickinson College has received $10,000 from Rev. D. H. Carroll, D.D. - -Mrs. Elizabeth Hazzard, of Newport, R.I., left a legacy of $1,000 -to the Carlisle Indian School. - -The Pope of Rome has subscribed $600 to the College of Propaganda, -at Alexandria, Egypt. - -The class of ’47 has given $500 to the Mount Holyoke Female -Seminary for the adornment of the chapel of that institution. - -A wealthy American of St. Petersburg is reported to have given -$250,000 to found a college for his countrymen at Erzroom, Turkey. - -John Wells Hallenhock, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., has given $50,000 to -Lafayette College to endow the chair of the President. - -The late S. R. Bearce left $2,000 to the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, -the income to be expended in assisting worthy young men in studying -for the ministry. - -James Langlin, of Pittsburgh, Pa., gave by will $15,000 to the -Pennsylvania Female College; $10,000 to the Western Theological -Seminary, and $5,000 to the Western University. - -_The increase of the illiteracy at the South during the last decade -was appalling. Every teacher educated in our institutions, however, -labored to overcome it. If a sufficient number of such were -prepared for the work, the illiteracy would virtually disappear in -a generation. Where else is there greater claims for endowments -than in the collegiate and normal schools established by this -Association for this object?_ - - * * * * * - - -The Connecticut Conventions mentioned in our last issue will be -continued in March at the following places: Tuesday, the 6th, -1st Church, Guilford, morning and afternoon; Wednesday, the -7th, 1st Church, Meriden, afternoon and evening; Thursday, the -8th, Hartford, 4th Church, afternoon and evening; Tuesday, the -27th, East Hartford, morning and afternoon; Wednesday, the 28th, -Willimantic, morning and afternoon; Thursday, the 29th, Plainville, -morning and afternoon. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -AUGUSTA, Ga.—On the 23d of February a council was to be convened -at this city to organize a church. - -TECUMSEH, Ala.—Rev. Milus Harris has taken up the work of teacher -and preacher at this place; the Tecumseh Iron Co., by the manager, -Gen. Willard Warner, having built a home for the mission and for -the minister, is also paying one-half of the salary. - -GOLIAD, Texas.—Rev. J. J. Benson, of Orangeburg, S.C., has been -transferred to the church of this place, Rev. B. C. Church having -retired from the pastorate. - -LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Association having helped the Plymouth -Church—Rev. J. D. Smith, pastor—to purchase the house of worship -of the East Baptist Church (white), it was to be re-opened with -dedicatory services on Sabbath, the 18th of February, Rev. B. A. -Imes and W. A. Sinclair and the Field Superintendent assisting and -remaining over for additional service. - -BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Following two preliminary visits of the Field -Superintendent, a council, on the 2d of February, organized a -church of a dozen members, with more to follow. Prof. G. W. Andrews -was Moderator, and Rev. C. B. Curtis, Scribe. Sermon by Rev. J. -R. Sims, right hand by Rev. H. P. Williams, address by Rev. A. W. -Curtis, prayer by Rev. S. G. Norcross. Rev. A. J. Headen, who had -been chosen pastor by the church and the A. M. A. was present, and -he and Mr. Sims and the Superintendent remained over the Sabbath to -preach. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE SOUTH. - -REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D.D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT. PROF. ALBERT -SALISBURY, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. - - -[Illustration] - -LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. - -BY PROF. GEO. F. JEWETT. - -Nearly every one knows of the far-famed blue grass region of -Kentucky. It is seventy miles south of Cincinnati, and fifty miles -east of Louisville. Lexington is in the very heart of this fertile -country, eighty miles south of Cincinnati, on the Cincinnati -Southern R.R. The country excels in the production of corn, -potatoes and thorough-bred stock, and it is said that the finest -horses in the United States are raised in this region. Lexington is -one of the oldest towns of Kentucky and has a population of 16,500, -of which one half is colored. Although Kentucky did not take a -very active part in the late war, yet at its close the provisions -for the education of the colored people were as meagre as in other -States. - -Last June the Association decided to re-open the school, and -accordingly the building was repaired. The cut given herewith -represents the house in its present shape. On the first floor there -are two large school-rooms capable of seating fifty pupils each, -two large entries and two coat rooms. On the second floor there are -two large school-rooms which may be thrown into one by means of -folding-doors, thus forming our chapel. There are also two small -recitation-rooms. In the front of the building there is a hall and -stairway. The house is also provided with a large bell, which is -a great help in securing punctuality. Our school numbers 133, 38 -males and 95 females. There are 31 above 16 years of age. None are -admitted below the fourth reader. The school is divided into three -grades—high school, first and second grammar grades. Miss H. C. -Minton is teacher of the first grammar grade, and Mr. C. H. Jewett -of the second. Our scholars are not far advanced, because of the -very poor advantages which they have had; yet they are a class of -well-behaved and earnest pupils. - -The discipline of the school is very easy. The scholars respect -their teachers and seem to consider the school a means by which -they are to rise. Our school-house is far superior to any building -in the city for colored schools. This gives us a great advantage. -We are obliged to turn away many from the lower grades. The State -has just passed a law making the salary of white and colored -public-school teachers equal. This makes it important that the -colored teachers should fit themselves better for their work. Our -school is intended to offer them opportunities for doing this work. - - * * * * * - - -A WEEK’S WORK BY LADY MISSIONARIES. - - * * * * * - - -FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, SELMA, ALA. - -_By Miss Mary K. Lunt._ - -_Sunday, Jan. 14._—A bright, crisp morning, and as we prepare -for Sunday-school, we think that many of the little ones will be -necessarily detained from their accustomed places, or at least, -be obliged to see their cards with unclipped figures upon them. -But no, one hundred and nineteen are present, a good average, -and but few are tardy, notwithstanding that many have walked -a long distance, and perhaps without having taken breakfast. -At 9:30 A.M. the opening exercises commence—singing, prayer, -chanting the Lord’s Prayer, and responsive reading—after which -the weekly offerings are collected in envelopes, and the amount -subsequently reported, also the number of pupils present, reported -by the Secretary. The contributions are appropriated as follows: -First Sunday of the month, for needy Sunday-schools; second -and third, our own needs; fourth, our church; fifth, foreign -missions. Several schools have been aided by this method, and the -pupils bring their papers carefully folded, to be sent to other -Sunday-schools. Collections last year amounted to $50, revealing -the fact that scarcity of nickels does not keep them from helping -others less favored. After the re-assembling of the classes, -two of which, the infants, the girls named “Buds of Promise,” -the boys, “Little Soldiers,” are taught in the rooms below, the -main school comprising eight classes and one Bible class; their -attention is directed to illustrations and lesson topics on the -board by the superintendent, supplemented by remarks on the -lesson from the pastor. Some of our teachers and pupils have read -original papers on the subject of the lesson for the morning, this -being an incentive to a more thorough study of the lesson. At 11 -A.M. we are seated for the morning service, and after the usual -opening exercises and responsive reading we listen to an earnest -discourse, founded on the closing passages of that wonderful Sermon -on the Mount, contrasting the builders, showing the foolishness -of building religious characters on false pretenses, and the -importance of building on the solid rock Christ Jesus. - -At 3 P.M. is the children’s meeting known as the “Look Up Legion,” -but called by some the “Look Up ’ligion,” composed of members of -our own and other Sunday-schools of the city, ages ranging from two -and a half to twelve years. Their regular and prompt attendance -attests their interest and zeal. One of the members of the choir -assists in leading the singing, which is a prominent feature of the -hour. Our principal readings and talks are taken from the book, -“Talks to Boys and Girls about Jesus.” Always when available we -give them a short juvenile temperance story, and distribute books -and papers when we have them. Our motto is “Lend a Helping Hand,” -and the aim to teach to become children of the Great King, to help -others to become such by inducing them to come to Sunday-school and -to these meetings, where they can hear about Jesus. One little girl -said to us to-day, “I am glad you have these meetings, for I get -tired reading, and mamma won’t let me play.” One of the larger boys -is anxious to know if we are to continue them during the year. At -7 P.M., with a good and attentive congregation, we listen to one -of a series of illustrated sermons, which has been our privilege -since Christmas, an earnest and solemn appeal to the unconverted -from the passage in Rev. vi., 13-17, plainly proving that the fear -and confusion of those who cried “Fall on us and hide us,” resulted -from the sinner’s own carelessness and indifference, and it is -hoped that the truth found lodgment in the hearts of the hearers, -and will bring forth fruits meet for repentance. Our day closes -full, and if in after years we see the young filling honorably -responsible positions, we shall not regret that we were “sent.” - - -MISSIONARY WORK, SAVANNAH, GA. - -_By Miss Jane S. Hardy._ - -_Monday, Jan, 15._—Early dawn found me wide awake, and planning -the work of the day. Soon the accustomed “ding dong” caused a -general stir in the Home, and the second call brought us all -into the dining-room, where we soon satisfied our bodily wants, -and on bended knee sought “supplies of grace” for our spiritual -needs. Soon another bell announced the approach of school-time, -and nearly two hundred pupils gathered, as was their wont, in the -chapel of Beach Institute. There God’s blessing was again invoked, -both in song and prayer, a few words of counsel were given by the -Superintendent, and the scholars were dismissed to their respective -school-rooms. - -I would fain have lingered there; for it brought to my mind -the many years of happy toil spent among _my_ pupils in the -school-room. Yet I am content—yea, happy, in doing the work that -comes to my hand in visiting from house to house. - -My first call this morning was upon the Deacon’s wife, who greeted -me in her usual lady-like manner. Although often bending over -wash-tub or ironing-board, she leaves all to be taught her reading -and Bible lesson. She is not a Christian, but the truth brought -before her in repeated Scripture readings is evidently making deep -impressions. - -My next call was at the house of a church member, but a -wanderer—bitterness in her heart, “cares of this life and the lust -of other things entering in have choked the word and made her life -unfruitful.” She cannot read; but I have resolved to carry the word -to her. May God lead her back to her Father’s house! - -Mrs. K—— is a cripple. For her diseased feet I carried a pair of -soft shoes, sent by some good friend in the North. - -I found her with a company of children gathered about her whom she -was teaching to read, thereby earning five or six dollars a month. -She is an intelligent Christian woman, and has lately been reading -“Prince of the House of David,” for which she expresses great -admiration. - -Hastening home, I met a class of young men—hotel-waiters—who are -off duty in the middle of the day, and desire to improve their -leisure time in studying the three R.’s and the Bible. - -At two o’clock, I went into the school building to attend a prayer -meeting held daily among the pupils since the opening of the Week -of Prayer. There are indications of the Spirit’s presence among us, -and we are anxiously hoping that some of these dear young people -may be turned to the service of Christ. - -After dinner I went to a distant part of the city to meet a regular -appointment for a ladies’ prayer meeting. This week the meeting -was held at the house of a good sister, who kindly opened her -well-furnished parlor. A good number gathered to hear the word -and to mingle their petitions at the throne of grace. Among those -present was Mrs. S——, who, so lately, came into the kingdom. -Her great desire is to work for the Master. Thus passed an hour, -helpful, I trust, to us all. Returning home, I felt called upon, -ere night should close in, to visit a family much afflicted by -sickness. Both father and mother weak and feeble, no ready cash -in hand, and seven small children to care for. No wonder the -days look dark to them. We are glad to give them a helping hand. -A few articles of clothing, a little money, and words of cheer -are the things they most need just now. In the evening a Sunday -school scholar came for instruction, giving me another opportunity -to sow seeds of truth in a darkened mind. How precious are the -opportunities that come to us day by day! - - -MISSION WORK AT ATLANTA, GA. - -_By Miss Lizzie Stevenson._ - -_Tuesday, Jan. 16._—The heavy rains since my return from the -North, Jan. 3, have kept me much at home. This morning, however, -I started out, and soon found myself at Aunt Judy’s door, but she -had gone to a neighbor’s to get warm. When she saw me, she said, -“Missus I’s so glad you’se come back. I was just talkin’ about -you. We folks don’t have nobody to come roun’ and see and talk to -us since you’se gone.” She has been a cripple for years, but this -winter is unable to work, on account of rheumatism. She has always -been contented and happy, and “proud” that she could pay her rent, -fifty cents a week. But to-day it made my heart ache when she -said that it took all that “Wes,” a grandson ten years old, could -make by picking up rags and papers to get something to eat and a -little coal. The landlady had just been there for rent, but she -did not know where she could get the money. After reading a few of -the Saviour’s words, and commending her to the Father’s care, I -gave her a little toward the rent and left her. I next found two -children about two and four years old hovering around a handful of -coals; talked with them a few minutes, gave them a picture paper -and passed on. I then stopped at Aunt Gracie’s and knocked, but no -answer; so I pushed open the door and went in, and spoke several -times before I could rouse her. Then with great effort she told -me that she had been in bed several days with rheumatism. Her -miserable shanty is but poor protection from the rain. Every thing -in the room was damp, and not a stick of wood or a mouthful of any -thing to eat. I carried her a little food and sent to the wood-yard -for wood. But the streets, which are not paved, were so muddy they -would not deliver nor sell even an _armful_. - -Next I find Mrs. Williams, who has been sick for two months. She -is very old, and has for years supported herself and two orphan -children by picking up rags. As soon as it was light she could be -seen with her sack on her shoulder going to her work. She is quite -sick, but fortunately she belongs to a society, which provides for -her. From here I go to see an Auntie who is over one hundred years -old. She is unable to lie down on account of asthma. As she sees -who it is she exclaims “Bless the Lord, honey, I knowed the good -Lord would send you back, kase we old folks haint got no one to -come round and read to us when you’se gone! ’Pears like the rest -are so busy. I prayed the Lord would send you back, and I felt it -in my bones you’d come;” and she thanked the Lord again and again -for sending me back. And at so many places their first exclamation -was to thank the Lord for sending me back to read to them. Another -poor woman, who has not walked for years, and whose husband has -deserted her, is entirely dependent on the neighbors for her -support; and no doubt she goes hungry many days. She said to me -as I was leaving, “Miss Lizzie, I didn’t get no Christmas ’cause -you’se gone.” After making several other calls and distributing -quite a number of Sunday-school papers, I came home with a sad -heart to think how little I could do to relieve these poor needy -ones. Sometimes I feel that it is mockery to offer to read to them, -when they are so cold and hungry. If I only had the _means_ to make -their bodies comfortable, they could enjoy so much more the food -for the soul. - - -DAY’S WORK FOR JESUS—RALEIGH, N.C. - -_By Miss E. P. Hayes._ - -_Wednesday, Jan. 17._—As this is the day for our woman’s prayer -meeting, I had taken that day to call on the members of our church. -After breakfast, I was preparing to start, when Georgia came in to -inquire if I had heard from the ladies who were coming from the -North. Then Mr. Smith, our pastor, called to decide upon articles -to be read at the concert the next Sabbath evening on the work of -the A. M. A. I wrote a postal to thank the lady who sent a nice -silk hood to an old, sick auntie, and started. - -It was raining a little, but I determined to proceed. I made the -first call at Mr. Young’s, close by. Mr. Y. is blind and paralyzed. -They were eating breakfast. It was then 10 o’clock. Mrs. Y. said -they had nothing to eat till she went out and hunted up something. -One day during the snow, as they had no wood, they were obliged to -remain in bed till three in the afternoon, and the Saturday night -before they had no wood, and nothing to eat. I furnished them -with enough to last over the Sabbath. As Mrs. Young is a reader -I gave her a paper, and went on to Mrs. Hills. Mrs. H. has two -little children, and cannot get out to church, but is very fond -of reading. I found her with a good coal fire, and looking very -comfortable. I left a paper, and stepped into Mrs. Smith’s to see -if her children were as destitute as she had represented and to -request her to send her boy to the wood-yard to order some wood -for me. I met her husband coming out half drunk, and talking in -very loud tones. The boy was stretching a line around the room in -which they lived for his mother to dry the washing she took in. -Some wet wood in the fire-place was making a feeble effort to burn. -I couldn’t see how clothes could dry in such a place as that, and -said so to Mrs. S. She replied that she was compelled to dry them. -When I came out, the rain was pouring down, but I was obliged to go -to the Bank to get a check cashed, as I was out of money, and was -expecting a barrel of clothing with a freight bill to be paid. - -After going to the Bank, drug store and post-office, the rain and -mud conquered and I turned my face homeward, feeling thankful when -I entered my door that I had so good a shelter. I built a fire, -or tried to, with wet wood, as all our wood is soaked with rain -when we buy it, and spent an hour in selecting Bible verses for a -Sunday-school class coming in the evening to study for a concert -the last Sabbath in the month, partly wrote a letter to thank the -ladies of Hopkinton for a barrel of clothing, and to interest them -further in the work. - -After lunch, Dea. Jones called to inquire about his part for -concert. As the rain had slackened, I went to prayer meeting at -three o’clock, at Dea. Dunston’s. We meet with the different -members of the church. Dea. D. is our oldest member, seventy-three, -in feeble health, and enjoys having us meet with them. But five -were there, and three of those members of the family. All took -part in the meeting, and after its close, I assisted the daughter, -in selecting an article to read at the concert. She chose for her -subject the Indians. - -When I came home I looked over the mail, and went to inform Mrs. -Bembry, with whom I had engaged board for the Northern ladies, that -they would arrive Friday morning. On my way I stepped in to see -an old lady who is paralyzed, and called to tell Georgia when the -ladies would arrive. In the evening a Sunday-school class came to -study verses, and get temperance cards. Then I finished my letter, -wrote another and retired, feeling that I had accomplished but -little. - - -ONE DAY’S WEAVING—MONTGOMERY, ALA. - -_By Miss Rebecca G. Jillson._ - -_Thursday, Jan. 18._—The Swayne School for the colored children -of Montgomery, with its four hundred scholars, is just opposite -the “Teachers’ Home.” The day began with a call at the school; a -bundle of Sunday-school papers was soon distributed among the boys. -Near the school-house lives a good woman, from whose home two girls -have just gone to Talladega to school. I stop and talk with her -about their going and read a letter for her. A neighbor needs help, -the mother and seven children are all sick. Although dependent on -friends for care, these are the sick woman’s words: “We’re all -down, but old Marsa knows what He’s doing.” - -On the porch of the next house stands an old grandmother, children -of all ages around her. A girl of eighteen promises to come to the -Home twice a week for lessons. Across the way lives a kind-hearted -woman; her neighbor, a sick woman, has only her little son and -this friend to care for her. She needs much the comfort of God’s -word and his assuring promises of help. Another is waiting for -sympathy; she is alone though not widowed, and tells how, when the -human help on which she leaned failed, she found support in God -alone. A young woman whose husband’s health has failed is trying to -help him by keeping a little store; she is brave though sometimes -discouraged. The next call is on a woman just recovering from -illness. Her friends have been kind to her in her sickness; this -interest in one another is especially noticeable among the colored -people. Stopping to speak to a group of children, “this one, they -say, has no father or mother, so we have taken her in.” Two other -calls in this neighborhood are made; an invitation given to a young -man to attend the Singing School and to a young girl to renew her -interest in music; and now the house of a faithful church member -is reached. The Ladies’ Missionary Society and what work it may do -is discussed, and questions from the article on Missions in LIFE -AND LIGHT are left to be prepared for the next meeting. Two calls -near by are made. One lady is interested in music and is glad to -hear of the cantata we are to learn. The next is a scene of labor. -This good woman washes for a large restaurant and has in this way -earned enough money to build a substantial house. Every day piles -of table-linen must be washed and ironed, and when it rains, every -corner in-doors is made use of to dry the hundreds of napkins and -towels. - -The first call in the afternoon was on an old lady, a faithful -Christian, who finds that her pilgrim journey has had in it many -passages and experiences like that of the pilgrim of old, in -whose story she is much interested. The Celestial City is for her -almost in view, and her entrance there will be triumphant. “I’se -only waiting,” she says, “for the Lord to say: ‘Elsie, come up to -glory.’” - -Several girls come to the Home in the afternoon, two to learn to -make worsted hoods, two others to take lessons in music. There is -also time to fold the Sunday-school papers for distribution next -Sunday. Late in the afternoon I called on a mother whose little -child God had taken home to himself. Our next neighbor is a man of -intemperate habits. I had a talk with him. At nightfall a young -woman came in and sang some of the old plantation melodies. In the -evening a young girl came for lessons, and with her, two boys, who -spent the hour with pencil and drawing cards. With God’s blessing -may the day’s work not be in vain. - - -A DAY IN NEW ORLEANS. - -_By Miss A. D. Gerrish._ - -_Friday, Jan. 19._—Having attended morning devotions at the -University chapel, equipped with my satchel and a few gifts to be -distributed here and there, I wend my way to Mrs. R.’s to hold a -promised meeting. There are six of us altogether. At the close -of the brief hour spent with Jesus I stop to speak with a young -Catholic girl. The mother is evidently surprised. She “didn’t -know as I’d talk to such as she.” I reply, “I came to speak to -all.” My next call is at what I term the half-way house. A few -late flowers still bloom in the pretty garden and the oranges seem -turning a deeper gold, touched by the warm sunshine. Aunt Comfort -is “only just about so so.” We talk of household affairs and the -revival. An offered prayer for us both and I bid the dear old lady -good morning. On the street a sad-hearted mother delays me for a -moment to ask that I will please pray for her son, who is dying and -without hope in Christ. With a few kindly words of sympathy and a -promise to remember the young man, I pass on. The door of Mrs. A.’s -pleasant room stands open and I pause long enough on the threshold -to receive her cheery “Good morning” and the injunction to “be -sure and stop next time.” As I reach the top of a winding flight -of stairs a voice full of childish eagerness asks, “Did you bring -my little Testament?” The Testament, a tiny book, and some picture -papers are taken from my satchel and three little hearts for the -time made happy. The mother is very grateful for the garments given -her for the children. An urgent invitation is left with her to come -to the evening meeting. Another call made and the city bells ring -out the noontide hour. I stop for lunch and rest at Sister W.’s. - -Mrs. M. lives at a distance, so I take the street cars. A rap at -the outside gate, a careful climbing up the rickety stairway and I -am warmly greeted by the little woman. Would that I had space to -describe to you her one bit of a room. She says: “You must excuse -it; ’tisn’t alus possible to keep things lookin jus so.” She has -received no pay for her last three months’ washing, so for want -of car fare her Sabbaths have been spent at home. I must tell her -all about the meetings, the New Year’s tree, how many have joined -the church, and affairs generally. With a prayer and a substantial -proof that the “Lord will provide” her heart is comforted. I find -Aunt Sally “jus tolable, thank’e, but powerful busy.” She tells me -once again, “’Twill be a glorious time, shur nuff, chile, when I -can leave this ere washtub for a manshun in de hebens.” I seek out -a delinquent Sabbath-school scholar and call upon two interesting -little girls, who promise to come to the sewing school. A picture -paper given to each and I hasten homeward. - -After dinner I find a little time for writing. Promptly at 7 -o’clock the church prayer meeting begins. The passage selected -for the evening lesson is Jer. 8:20. The large audience listen -attentively to the pastor’s words. In the hush of this tender -interest nine come forward for prayers. The voice of petition -rises in their behalf. Two tell us that they have found Jesus. We -sing “Praise God from whom all blessings flow.” Benediction is -pronounced and the meeting closes. Another day, with its joys and -sorrows, its failure and success, is ended. Its record is with Him -who sees and understands. In the quiet of my room I kneel to humbly -ask that it may be accepted as “one more day’s work for Jesus,” -knowing that it is “one less of life” for us all. - - -LINCOLN MISSION, WASHINGTON, D.C. - -_By Mrs. C. B. Babcock._ - -_Saturday, Jan. 20._—Be sure and find us when you take your -pleasure trip to Washington, and we will show you better than we -can write, the need of missionary work among its 60,000 colored -people. This is one of our winter’s worst days. It rains fast, and -the streets are full of snow and water. Breakfast over, I hastened -to market for meat to make broth for the sick, and to the grocery -for bread. While picking my way over the slippery pavements, a -grandmother calls after me with a request that must be heeded. On -entering my room in the Mission, a barrel from Brooklyn awaits -unpacking. God bless the dear friends of the North who so nobly -respond to my appeal for help. They never will know how much good -the old clothes do. Before I’m half through, knock number one -brings old Auntie Bennett, afflicted with a disease so offensive -that she cannot attend our gatherings. When leaving with her bundle -of warm garments, in steps Auntie Harris, always so trustful in the -Lord, and yet she says, “I sat all yesterday without any fire”; -her husband and crippled son unable to provide. Thankful for a -little relief, she goes out to carry a big bundle to another poor -creature, who, with her old man, have scarcely a crust, and nothing -but a leaky shanty for shelter. Caller No. 3 is a young woman, -bringing a note from the police station and a certificate from her -doctor, that tells of serious sickness, one two-year-old child, -and nothing wherewith to help herself. I send her to see our Day -Nursery, and tell her to bring her baby on Monday, and I will see -what more can be done. Her dull, wan face brightens as she leaves. -Tom C. comes next—my boy, who draws our Temperance blackboard -illustrations, paints our signs, puts up Christmas decorations, -&c. I’ve just received his fit in a suit; so, with a patch to mend -the sleeves, and more work under his arm, he goes. Pinkie T. has -framed some mottoes, and I ask her to hang them in the school room, -paying her with a pair of nice boots. Annie C., our missionary girl -from Howard U., comes to assist, and, as a member of the Doing-Good -Society of the school, this P.M. brings a report from sick Mr. -Green. After preparations for the afternoon, and a peep into the -nursery, where the floors are being scrubbed and the children -are taking their bath (for, though the Associated Charities have -adopted this, my pet project of last year, and have appointed a -committee of ladies, I have the daily supervision). I leave for -lunch at 12½. The girl’s industrial school opens at 1½; 61 out of -130 scholars are present. We are divided into 15 classes, each with -a teacher, if enough ladies are present. I appoint a girl to attend -to callers. We open with singing, and sew until 3 o’clock. Some -are making bags for their work, some patch-work, some, fancy-work, -while others are mending or making garments and learning to cut -them. We intersperse sewing-songs. They help the pupils to remember -instructions. From three to four we have various exercises, such as -talks on health or manners; Bible lessons, repeating the Child’s -Creed or the Commandments, with responsive chant or a Psalm and the -Lord’s prayer. To-day, we have an object lesson in house-keeping. A -table is placed on the platform and Annie C. is asked to prepare it -for tea. She arranges the cloth, dishes and food, with criticisms -from the scholars. Then, she invites four girls to sit and eat -while she acts as waitress. After eating she removes the dishes for -washing and folds the cloth. A few more callers and the busy week -closes. Thank God for the sunlight it has brought to us during our -revival meetings in the conversion of two of our dear girls. - - * * * * * - - -VANTAGE GROUND NEEDED BY STUDENTS. - -BY MISS JOSEPHINE KELLOGG, TOUGALOO, MISS. - -We long for the time when these people shall obtain a little -vantage-ground by industry and—still more essential—by economy -and a prudent use of earnings, so that the children may begin -the work of getting an education betimes and continue it until a -respectable course of study is thoroughly mastered. We have some -such, and we hope much from the earlier training and the favorable -circumstance of their having parents interested in educating them -and able to do it. - -In the cases of a majority, they come to us already grown-up, -something having given them an ambition for better things than -they had known. They have their own way to make and can be in -school only a part of each year, many of them working nights and -mornings and one day of each week besides, to pay their board in -whole or in part. As the time approaches when exhausted funds and -worn-out clothing must compel them to go out and seek employment, -thoughts will wander and there will be a relaxation in the matter -of preparation and recitation of lessons in spite of themselves -and the exertions of their teachers. No doubt there is a blessing -connected with their struggles against adverse circumstances, and a -manly and womanly self-dependence is fostered in this way, but it -is not to be expected that a great number will complete the course -in the face of such discouragements. - -As year after year passes, and they get education enough to help -them on somewhat in life and a knowledge that fits them to be -useful in church, society and home, and they yet seem almost as -far as ever from the goal of graduation which they once placed -before themselves, they begin to be anxious to settle down to the -real business of life, and they relinquish the hope of a completed -normal course with, perhaps, a subsequent complete collegiate -course. - -While it is the few of those who enter that go on to the end of the -course and the many drop out as I have described, yet we do not -consider our labor in vain, but rather hope to claim the assurance -“Blessed are ye who sow beside all waters.” If the teaching were -only in the ordinary elementary branches we might think it of -little avail unless carried on continuously to a more satisfactory -issue, but much of it is more fundamental than even arithmetic. The -entire mode of life is a lesson and a much needed one to most of -those who come to us. The regularity of meals with the laws of the -dining-room, the regularity of retiring and rising, the neatness -and order of the rooms, the care of clothing, the personal habits, -the sanitary regulations, the study and exercise, and the propriety -of deportment required, not to speak of the regular work belonging -to the industrial training, seem to new scholars to form a complete -hedge, if not a bewildering labyrinth; but a very bright feature of -our work is the spirit of subordination and respect for constituted -authority, which greatly simplifies and lightens the enforcement of -all necessary rules. This is an excellent and much-to-be commended -trait in our students. I have asked some of those who go out to -teach if the children in the public schools are easy to govern. Oh, -yes, the answer has been, _they expect to mind_. - -[Illustration: LADIES’ HALL, TOUGALOO, MISS.] - -It is very edifying to note how those who come without any taste -or neatness in their personal appearance, with sorry attempts at -finery and painfully-laced waists, improve under the tuition of -the lady principal and the influence of those who have been here -longer, the expression of the countenance often changing more -rapidly and noticeably than even the manner of dress. But, O! the -patience and the faculty required for this most important work of -training the girls in womanly virtues and housewifely ways! - -With all the patience and with all the faculty possible, it is a -great and constant strain to have the care of such a household, -and the matrons and lady principals need the uplifting prayers and -sympathy of the warm Christian hearts interested in these schools, -in a special degree. - -And then the instruction in the Bible, as “the only and the -sufficient rule both of faith and practice”—the value of this work -cannot be over-estimated. The case of a young man who came into -school for the first time this fall, comes to mind. Living far -back from the railroad, in the country, he had had no advantages -of any schooling but a few brief sessions of the public school. He -was entered in the Third-reader grade and was to all appearance -a most unpromising specimen, although a professed Christian, and -apparently a sincere one, with a real experience of trust in God, -but wofully untaught as to Christian character and duty. As the -Scripture was from time to time plainly and searchingly expounded, -and the vices which are sometimes permitted under the garb of -religion were exposed, it was plain to see that he was listening -as to a new revelation. In school-room work there was a marked -improvement, especially in the expressiveness of his reading, but -the great benefit that came in his term of school was in the way of -moral enlightenment. A month ago he joined the temperance society. -The last prayer-meeting was taken up largely with speaking of the -temptations that would be met at Christmas-time to violate the -pledge, and one young man said that, in view of these temptations -he would rather spend Christmas at Tougaloo than anywhere else. -This young man then “spoke in meeting” for the first time, I think, -and said he did not feel that way. It seemed to him that the -principal thing he wanted to go home for, was to tell his people he -had become a temperance man. He had been a good deal of a drinker, -a member of church, too, and his people were all in the same way, -and didn’t know any better, but now he would tell them that he had -found a better way, and that they, too, must forsake the old bad -way, or they would surely go down. He said, “If I can’t keep my -pledge, I may as well find it out first as last, but _I do believe -I can_. I does feel as if temperance _is grafted in here_,” laying -his hand upon his breast. He hopes to return and bring a sister -with him, but if he cannot get the means and never comes, is there -not here a little bread cast on the waters? - -The evening before school closed there was a beautiful Christmas -exercise, consisting of recitations, Scripture and music, lighted -by a large star of evergreen filled with burning candles. No doubt -many a new idea concerning the universal holiday was imbibed. This -was followed by an exhibition by the temperance society. - -Thanksgiving day was a blessed occasion with us. Rev. Mr. Stickel -preached on Tests of Character, dwelling upon the test of faith -and the test of gratitude, basing his sermon upon the story of the -ten lepers. An opportunity has usually been given, in connection -with the morning service, for personal testimonies, and so many had -given themselves to the service of the Lord and so many had been -led into a fuller Christian experience since last Thanksgiving that -there was a real eagerness for this service, and a somewhat wistful -look on a good many faces when the meeting was closed without it. -At the end of dinner, however, President Pope rose and said such an -opportunity would be given then and there; that we could not spend -a portion of the afternoon more profitably nor have a pleasanter -sort of after-dinner speeches than in recounting the good dealings -of God with us. Notwithstanding the fact that a Thanksgiving dinner -is about as well calculated to promote a spirit of thankfulness as -anything that can be mentioned, it was a little harder to rise from -the table and speak in the dining-room than in the chapel. Yet, -after the first momentary hesitation, the testimonies came, briefly -but freely, of gratitude for health, for success in work, for the -privilege of being at school, for the pardon of sins, and many -other things. - -One young man said he had felt all the year, as never before, that -all his blessings came right from the hand of God. He had felt -it in his teaching, and had thanked God for all his success. He -thanked God for this school, and for those friends in the North -who had established it, and for all the benefits it is conferring -upon the people of this State. One youth said he was thankful he -had learned the true object of man’s life—what he was made for. He -used to think a man could serve God or let it alone—that his time -and faculties were his own, and he could do as he pleased. But now -he had learned that a man’s true calling is to serve the Lord. He -was glad to know that the great God has something for every one to -do, and has His eye upon the way he does it, and that his reward is -according to his faithfulness, and not according to the greatness -of the work. It seemed to make life worth living. - -Prof. Salisbury was with us three days of the last week, in the -tour of the schools which he is making to get his work in hand. -He gave us a helpful talk in chapel one morning, and again gave -an account of the other schools he had visited, and we trust his -subsequent visits will aid in promoting the symmetry and efficiency -of the work of this school. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - * * * * * - - -CHURCH AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK AT S’KOKOMISH, W.T. - -BY REV. MYRON EELLS. - -June 22d and 23d, 1874, this church was organized with eleven -members, only one of whom was an Indian. But while there was only -one Indian, it was hoped that God would bless the work so that -others would be induced to come in, and we have not been wholly -disappointed. Since that time twenty-eight Indians and half-breeds -have joined it and our new church at Jamestown, near Dunginess, -besides thirteen whites who have joined on profession, and thirteen -more by letter, making seventy-five in all, including the first -members. Forty-five Indian marriages have taken place here in a -Christian way, and twenty-seven funerals. All of those married, -who are alive, are still living together, owing mainly to the -Agent. Christian services at funerals are something about which -the Indians at first cared very little, and often have the dead -been hurried off to burial without even letting me know that any -one was dead; and their burying-ground with its small houses and -clothes, cloth and other things, was a curiosity to visitors. But -after a time, having made some slow improvements, they opened a new -burying-ground, and when the first grave was made the chief said -to me: “To-day we become white people. We do not like the idea of -having cloth and other things around our graves, and we expect that -there will be none of it here.” That was nearly four years ago, and -there are now no such things visible. At a later day I was absent -when one person died, and no white man was present at the funeral; -but when I returned, the Indians asked me to make arrangements so -that if I should necessarily be absent some Christian white man -should go and help them bury their dead in a Christian manner. - -A prayer-meeting was begun here as soon as the present Agent came -(before there was a church or minister), which has been constantly -maintained, and its influence has gone into all the Christian work -here. But it has been too old for some of the children, and too far -away and in a wrong language for many of the Indians; hence it has -been supplemented by children’s, ladies’ and Indian prayer-meetings. - -It has been my custom, as I have been able, to hold such meetings -with the Indians at their logging camps. The following incidents -show a change. About six years ago they said they did not know how -to pray or what to say. So to help them we would say a sentence and -let one whom we supposed to be the most suitable in heart repeat -over the prayer, line after line. One evening something comical -struck one, and he burst out laughing in the midst of his prayer. -At another time a hunter came home during a prayer-meeting, and, -without any regard to it, came in, throwing down his saddle and -things, and talking very much as if there were no prayer-meeting -there. That Indian of late has been one of the leading ones to -pray. Another evening, when I was through and was leaving I said -“Good night,” and the reply came, “Good night,” but as I was -outside the door and shutting it, the words were added in a not -very complimentary way, in a lower tone and yet so that I heard -them, “old man.” That Indian, after going to great lengths in -gambling, has been one during the past few months to try to induce -his relations to enter the right road. - -I have been reminded of these incidents lately by way of contrast, -because of the earnest requests that have come to me, during the -past few months, to go to the same place, and the earnest and -apparently hearty thanks which have come from the same persons and -the same camp for the same work. - -About eight years ago an Indian was wandering around during -Sabbath-school time, and was asked why he was not inside the -church. His reply was, that the services were so much in English -that they were dry to him. Only when the time came for singing the -Chinook song was he interested. There was only one song, then, -but the necessity for them seemed to grow until there were enough -to make our little book, in 1878, “Hymns in the Chinook Jargon -Language.” Indians living away from the Reservation have learned -to sing them who have learned but little else about the Gospel, -because they could not sing them without learning them. They have -carried and sung them down the straits to Cape Flattery and across -the straits to British Columbia, to Indians I probably never shall -see, and some Gospel truths have gone with them. The Indians of -both tribes, however, Twanas and Clallams, felt that another -important step had been taken when last spring they could sing in -their own native language. - -In our Sabbath-school we have always followed the plan of having -the scholars commit five or six verses a week to memory, and most -of those who have done the best in this respect have come into the -church. Eight out of ten of the highest on the list for 1878 are -now members, and the same proportion holds good for some other -years. In all, twenty-seven have come in on profession of faith -from the Sabbath-school. - -[Illustration: INDIANS WATCHING A TRAIN.] - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - - -COMITY. - -REV. W. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO. - -From the first I have conducted the operations of our mission -on principles of denominational comity. There are five distinct -missions at work for the Chinese of California, besides our own. -The Presbyterian has schools in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, -San José, and, perhaps, I may add, at Napa and Santa Rosa, though -I am not aware that the work done in these two places is directly -connected with their Board; the Methodist mission has schools -also in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, and San José, and one -besides, at Chico; the Baptist and Episcopal missions conduct -each one school in this city; the United Presbyterian mission has -schools in Oakland and Los Angeles. The total number of schools -sustained by all these missions—so far as I am informed—is -thus 15. Our mission has six schools in San Francisco, and ten -elsewhere. Sacramento and Oakland are the only points outside -this city occupied by us and by other missions also. At each of -these points our schools were first established, and we have not -felt it due to comity to abandon our work begun and carried on -for years because others came in to divide it with us. But we -have never yet planted a school in any field already occupied, -unless San Francisco be an exception, where the occupation was so -incomplete, that we, ourselves, having one school, have established -five others. I am led to these remarks partly because the facts, -it seems to me, are worth reporting, and partly because, just -now, questions of comity have been and are still before us to be -answered. Thus, in accordance with a purpose expressed at the -close of our last fiscal year, to do something this year for the -large colony of Chinese that has established itself in the town -of Chico, I visited that town last month. I heard of a school as -already established—though its existence had been before unknown -to the pastor with whom I had corresponded. I visited the school; -found four pupils present, and learned that it was sustained by -the Methodist Mission. There was room for so much more to be -done that I made conditional arrangements for planting a school -there. The condition was that the Methodist Mission should give us -cordial welcome and divide the field with us territorially. But our -Methodist brethren say that they would prefer to occupy the whole -territory, and promise to do so in adequate force, and therefore we -have withdrawn. The large town of Vallejo has a Chinese population -somewhat exceeding 200, and no one was caring for their souls. I -determined to put into that field the work which I had intended -to do at Chico. I have made arrangements accordingly—renting a -mission-house, engaging a teacher, and arranging for a helper to -go there as soon as the building can be made ready. But the school -will be in special relation with the Presbyterian Church, there -being no Congregational Church, except at South Vallejo, nearly -two miles distant. I have accordingly said to our Presbyterian -friends that I would establish and carry on the school, subject to -transfer at any time when their Board will assume the care of it, -and will reimburse our treasury for expenses incurred up to the -time of the transfer. At Los Angeles we had sustained a school for -two or three years, and several of our pupils had been brought so -clearly into Christian light and life that almost immediately after -the establishment of a Presbyterian mission there and the transfer -of our work to its care, they were baptized and received into the -Presbyterian church. But the brother to whose care the work was -committed removed, after about two years, to Oakland, and left it -in other hands. This field has now become so large that it need -involve no criticism upon the mission already existing there to say -that there is room for another, and that souls in large numbers -are walking in darkness that might be led into light, if we should -resume the work we unwisely (I now think) laid down. I propose, -therefore, to do this as soon as I can command the time necessary -to visit Los Angeles, unless I should then find that the facts have -been incorrectly represented to me. - -Two principles of denominational comity suggest themselves as the -outcome of my thought on these questions and these fields. The -first is _no crowding_; the mission already at work in a field, to -be left in sole possession, provided it will render the service -needed there; the second is, _no possession without occupation_; no -leaving of souls to perish because somebody’s dog is in the manger, -and a field has been entered but not worked. Am I right? - - -SOUND DOCTRINE. - -The following sermon-sketch was read for criticism by our helper, -Lee Sam, at our regular exercise last Wednesday afternoon. I -ventured to ask him whether he found what he had written in some -commentary, or whether it came from his own study of the text and -of related passages. He told me that it was what he himself had -thought out in Bible study. It may be interesting to see what -views of human depravity a thoughtful man unschooled in theology, -unbiassed by ancient traditions, untrammeled by any standards or -any creeds, has drawn forth for himself from the Word of God. The -text was in Romans, 5:21. - - “That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign - through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our - Lord.” - -1. What is meant by reigning unto death and reigning unto eternal -life? It means the work of Christ and the work of Adam. What was -the work of Adam? What is the work of Christ? The work of Adam -was the work of death. The sin of Adam brought death upon all our -race. In the 17th verse of this chapter “By one man’s offence -death reigned by one,” because Adam transgressed God’s command by -eating the forbidden fruit, so God turned him out of the Garden of -Eden. But we are of the race of Adam. He transgressed God’s will -and brought sin upon us all. But some say our hearts are full of -good when we are born, but, by and by, we learn the evil from the -others. But we don’t believe that; we see sometimes the little -baby when he begins to talk, then he tell lies; when he begins -to walk then he fight with others; when he know his parents then -he disobeys them; when he grow to be a man then he walks his own -way, it may be “committing adultery, fornication, uncleanness, -lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, -wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envying, murders, drunkenness, -revelings.” So we know the evil is not learned from the others, we -have it when we are born. By getting away from God and doing those -wicked things we cause the death of both soul and body. - -2. What is the work of Christ? - -“In Christ shall all be made alive.” It is said, John, 5:21, “For -as the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them, even so the -Son quickeneth whom he will.” In Adam all die, but in Christ shall -all be made alive. - -How can we reign unto eternal life? If we want to obtain eternal -life we must come to Jesus and trust in Him. Jesus says, “All power -is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” In 1st John, 2:1, “If -any man sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the -righteous.” Though we are sinners, and far from God He can bring us -back. But our God hates sin, he loves us, and would save us from -our sin, and bring us near to Him. “For God so loved the world -that he gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him -might not perish but have everlasting life.” Jesus came into the -world to save us. His whole life was spent in doing good, and at -last he died on the cross to give his life a ransom for many, for -all who will come to him and be saved. He is able to save us. We -are commanded to love the Lord with all our hearts and with all our -minds and with all our souls. Adam loved God with all his heart, -but lost God’s love. The Lord Jesus, by his holy spirit, restores -this love in our hearts, so that we do love him with all our hearts -and souls, and through Christ we can do all things. Without Jesus -we can do nothing. Christ gives us victory over death. In 1st Cor., -15:55, 56, 57, “O death where is thy sting! O grave where is thy -victory! The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the -law. But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our -Lord Jesus Christ.” - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - - -LADY AGNES HAMILTON. - -BY MISS HENRIETTA MATSON, NASHVILLE. - -The teacher was passing from one to another of her pupils, taking -their names. “Missie, Capitola, Viola, Colly, Prudy, Vic,” were -some of the names already recorded, but here was a little mite of a -girl, who gravely gave her name as Lady Agnes Hamilton. The teacher -smiled, but kindly said, “Agnes, is it not?” “No, Lady Agnes,” -persisted the child, in a decided manner, that accorded well with -the name. - -The little lady is, perhaps, seven years of age, but not larger -than an ordinary child of four. Her face is of a rich olive tint, -and now the scarlet mingles with the brown, as she becomes confused -and excited under the teacher’s questioning. Her eyes and hair are -brown, the latter with a golden tinge, falling in short, crisp -curls around her neck and face. The small, sensitive mouth, with -its childish bloom and sweetness, tempts the teacher to stoop down -and kiss her to atone for disturbing her with doubts in regard to -her title and rank. - -Afterward, the teacher, becoming acquainted with the little Lady’s -mother, asked if that was her real name. “Her sure nuff name, -Miss,” was the reply. “Young Miss, she done names de chile. I was -stayin’ dar on de ole place, after de war, da _pays_ me an’ my ole -man, kase we’se free, an’ we stays wid ’em a long spell. My little -gal was born dar, an’ young Miss Sue, she say she so little an -frail her name should allus be Lady. We calls her Lady most times, -but her sure nuff name is Lady Agnes Hamilton. Miss Sue done writ -it down. Lady feel mighty bad kase de teacher reckon her name -somefin else. Nary odder name Miss, an’ dats de truff.” Her right -and title thus established, the teacher no longer questioned the -sweet-faced little Lady, and indeed, soon came to believe that the -child belonged to nature’s true nobility. She was always, in school -and out, a veritable little lady. Mingling with the dusky children, -who were her playmates, some of them dirty and ragged, while her -own garments were always daintily neat she never manifested any -conscious superiority, but was always sweet and gentle and happy, -whether the rain fell or the sun shone. The secret of her wonderful -sweetness and gentleness was not in that her name was Lady, nor -because she was a lady, but because very soon after the school -began, this little girl, only seven years old, gave her heart to -Jesus, and became as truly one of his children, as though she had -waited until she was twenty. - -Jesus, her Saviour, was a real presence to her—a wonderful Friend, -ever near to help her, and she was careful in what she said and -did, because she was anxious to please Him in everything. - -Often the little brown head dropped on the desk before her, and for -a few moments she was very still—then, when she lifted her face, -the soft eyes always sought her teacher’s face, and a loving look -was exchanged. The teacher knew that little Lady had been given a -victory over some temptation that had beset her childish heart. At -such moments she was very beautiful, perhaps it was the beauty of -Heaven shining in her small, dark face. - -But she did not die because she was so good, as is sometimes said -of good children. It is a blessed truth that many good children -_live_ long lives of usefulness, in which they are able to do -greater things for the Master, because they began to love and serve -Him when they were little children. Lady Agnes Hamilton was for -many years a student in one of the institutions of the South, and -is now the wife of a minister of the gospel, leading a happy and -useful life. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS FOR. JANUARY, 1883. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $562.66. - - Andover. Mrs. E. Poor $5.00 - Bangor. Cen. Cong. Ch., _for Dakota M._ 5.50 - Brewer. M. Hardy to const DANIEL S. TIBBETS, - L. M. 50.00 - Castine. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Cornish. Cong. Ch. 12.41 - Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. WILLIAM - L. LONGLEY and ERVIN B. NEWCOMB L. Ms 76.50 - Dennysville. Cong. Ch. 10.90 - Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. 7.70 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. 4.75 - Gardiner. Bbl. C., _for Selma, Ala._ - Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. 40.00 - North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. 6.95 - North Yarmouth. “Cash,” _for Selma, Ala._ 3.00 - Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and daughters, 35; - Mrs. O. B. Trott, 7 42.00 - Portland. State St. Cong. Ch., 150; High St. - Ch., 112.45 262.45 - Portland. Brown Thurston’s Sab. Sch. Class, - High St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Hampton N. & - A. Inst._ 25.00 - Skowhegan. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. 3.00 - South Bridgton. Mrs. J. O. K., _for John Brown - Steamer_ 1.00 - Union. Cong. Ch., for freight, _for Selma, - Ala._ 1.50 - Woolwich. Cong. Ch., 4 Bbls. C., _for Memphis, - Tenn._ - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE $562.69. - - Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch. 11.67 - Amherst. Cong. Ch. 13.48 - Amherst. Ladies’ Soc., Box of C., _for - Raleigh, N.C._ - Antrim. “Friends” 26.00 - Concord. South Cong. Ch. 56.00 - Concord. W. H. Pitman, _for Mendi M._ 2.00 - Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Dover. John Mack, _for Dakota M._ 2.00 - East Alstead. Cong. Ch. 13.86 - Epping. S. T. Billson, _for maps for Athens, - Ala._ 10.00 - Exeter. First Cong. Ch. 34.00 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Fitzwilliam. L. Hill 10.00 - Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson 10.00 - Hillsborough Center. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Hollis. Cong. Ch. 9.56 - Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 47.04 - Lebanon. First Cong. Ch. 40.00 - Manchester. Franklin St. Ch. 30.00 - Marlborough. Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc., _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 - Mason. Ladies, _for Memorial Inst., - Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00 - Milford. Cong. Ch. 14.30 - Nashua. Cong. Ch. 74.92 - New Boston. Presb. Ch. 22.00 - New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. 9.16 - Northwood. Cong. Soc. 12.00 - Orford. Mrs. Myra B. Pratt, 10; John Pratt, 5 15.00 - Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson 12.00 - Peterborough. Ladies’ Circle, _for Freight, - for Tougaloo U._ 3.20 - Portsmouth. Rev. W. W. Dow 3.00 - South Weare. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Stratham. Cong. Ch., 21.50, and Sab. Sch., 5 26.50 - - - VERMONT $2,027.86 - - Bennington Center. Cong. Ch. 19.00 - Brattleborough. Dr. C. S. Clark, _for - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Cabot. Mrs. S. S. H. 1.00 - Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch., Penny Contributions - for 1882, 52; “A Friend,” 8 60.00 - Craftsbury. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., Bbl. of C. - and Bedding, _for Atlanta U._ - Danville. Cong. Ch. 26.00 - East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch., 32.58 to - const. ANCIL BABBIT BUNT L. M.; A. H. - Jordan, 5; O. P., 50c.; C. M. B., 1 39.08 - Enosburgh. “The Widow of Enosburgh” 2.00 - Essex Center. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Essex Junction. Cong. Ch. 21.00 - Hartland. Cong. Ch. 5.25 - Holland. Cong. Ch., 4; Rev. J. Fraser, 4 8.00 - Jericho. Second Cong. Ch. 6.22 - Jeffersonville. “A Friend” 25.00 - Milton. Cong. Ch. 2.36 - Newbury. Hon. P. W. Ladd 5.00 - North Thetford. Cong. Ch. 8.50 - Pittsford. “D.” 1.00 - Saint Albans. A. O. Brainerd to const. MRS. - FIDELIA G. B. HATCH, L. M. 30.00 - Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., $211.62; - South Cong. Ch., $52.94 264.56 - Sharon. Cong. Ch., $16.60; Miss S. P. F. and - Mrs. A. F., $1 each 18.60 - Springfield. “A Friend of Missions,” to const. - AUGUSTA G. HAYWOOD L. M. 33.81 - Stowe. Cong. Ch., to const. Rev. W. S. - ANDERSON L. M. 48.48 - West Westminster. “Mission Band” 18.00 - -------- - $677.86 - - LEGACY. - - Grafton. Estate of Caroline B. Akin, by - William Hastings, Ex. 1,350.00 - ----------- - $2,027.86 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $11,656,72. - - Acton. Cong. Ch. to const. C. A. HARRINGTON L. M. 30.00 - Amherst. Miss I. G Jewett 1.50 - Andover. Calvin E. Goodell, 26; “A Friend,” - 10; “A Friend,” 4 40.00 - Andover. Mrs. Sophia K Tuffts, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 - Ashby. Cong. Ch. 11.15 - Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. to const. AUGUSTUS - A. CHAMBERLAIN L. M. 33.17 - Ashfield. Ladles of Cong. Ch. Bbl. C. and 2, - _for Freight, for Chattanooga, Tenn._ 2.00 - Auburn. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 2.00 - Barre. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. 17.90 - Beverly. Washington St. Sab. Sch., _for John - Brown Steamer_ 10.00 - Beverley. Dane St. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Bolton. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta - U._ 10.00 - Boston. Mount Vernon Cong. Ch., 287.85; - Charles Nichols 30, to const. MRS. SARAH J. - BIGGS L. M.; Union Ch. 20 337.85 - Boston. Cong. Pub. Soc., Pkg. Books, _for - Macon, Ga._ - Boston. Hon. T. W. Bicknell, Books and - Pictures; Hon. Hiram Orcutt, Books; _for - Library, Straight U._ - Braintree. First Cong. Ch. bal. to const. REV. - THOMAS A. EMERSON L. M. 8.54 - Brimfield. Benev. Soc., First Cong. Ch. 34.04 - Brookline. Harvard Ch. 118.65 - Brockton. Mrs. B. Sanford, Bbl. C., _for - Tougaloo, Miss._ - Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch. 80.38 - Canton. Elijah A. Morse 200.00 - Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Chicopee. Third Cong. Ch. 23.37 - Conway. Mrs. Wm. Tilton 2.00 - Cummington. “Friends,” by Mrs. C. E. Porter 6.25 - Curtisville. Rev. A. G. Beebe, _for Tillotson, - C. & N. Inst._ 5.00 - Dalton. Hon. Z. M. Crane, 100; Mrs. James B. - Crane, 100 200.00 - Easthampton. Payson Sab. Sch. 50.00 - East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch. 24.00 - East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. 51.00 - Enfield. Cong. Ch. 44.29 - Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Fall River. First Cong Ch. 85.35 - Fitchburg. Ladies of Rollstone Ch., _for - Furnishing Room, Straight U._ 28.00 - Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc. 110.40 - Freetown. Cong. Ch. and “A Friend.” 20.00 - Gardner. J. B. Drury to const. Mrs. L. M. - DRURY L. M. 30.00 - Georgetown. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 14.07 - Gloucester. Evan Cong. Ch. to const. Mrs. - ELIZA G. KING, D. O. MARSHALL and WILLIAM T. - FISHER L. Ms. 110.00 - Grafton. Sewing Circle of Cong. Ch., Bbl. - Bedding, _for Atlanta U._ - Granby. Cong Sab. Sch. 25.83 - Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. (24 of which - _for Hampton N. & A. Inst._) 124.00 - Great Barrington. Mrs. L. M. Chapin 5.00 - Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 47.33 - Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 25 and Sab. - Sch., 25, _for Memorial Window_; Miss E. F. - Osgood’s Class, 25, _for a Door, Tillotson - C. & N. Inst. (Building)_ 75.00 - Greenfield. Miss Jeanette Thompson, in memory - of Jennie Thompson, deceased, _for John - Brown Steamer_ 100.00 - Groton. Miss Elizabeth Farnsworth 20.00 - Groton. “Mother and Daughter,” (10 of which - _for Chinese, and 10 for Indian M._) 30.00 - Hardwick. First Cal. Ch. 11.00 - Harwich. Cong. Ch. 16.66 - Harwichport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Haverhill. North Ch. and Soc., 50; Fourth - Cong. Ch., 5 55.00 - Hopkinton. First Cong. Ch., 50.46, and Sab - Sch., 69.96 120.42 - Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. 5.27 - Ipswich. South Cong. Ch. 35.00 - Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch., 147.16; “E. F. E.,” 2 149.16 - Leeds. “E. L. C.” 5.00 - Leominster. Bible Class, by Rev. G. H. De - Bevoise, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Lexington. Hancock Ch. 25.11 - Lowell. First Cong. Ch., to const. EDWARD W. - FLETCHER, JACOB MURPHY and LEONARD H. - HARTLEY L. Ms. 97.86 - Ludlow. Mrs. M. E. Jones, Box C. and 4, _for - Macon, Ga._ 4.00 - Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.25 - Millbury. First Cong. Ch. 60.01 - Millbury. Ladies’ Soc., Case C. and Bedding - _for Atlanta U._ - Monson. Cong. Ch., 20; Mrs. Dewey’s S. S. - Class, 8 28.00 - Monson. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown - Steamer_ 10.00 - Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - New Braintree. “H. D. R.” 1.00 - Newton. Eliot Ch. 210.73 - Newton. W. H. Wardwell, _for Student Aid, - Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 36.00 - Newton. Ellen D. Jackson, Bbl. C. and Books, - _for Macon, Ga._ - Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. 61.10 - Newburyport. “A Friend,” _for Dakota M._ 25.00 - Newburyport. Miss T., 1; Freedmen’s Aid, Bbl. - of C., _for Washington, D.C._ 1.00 - Northbridge Center. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Northfield. Trin. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 11.50 - Norfolk. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 12.00 - Northampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 48.39 - Northampton. Wm. K. Wright 30.00 - North Adams. Cong. Ch. 65.52 - North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. 9.50 - North Brookfield. By S. F. Fairbanks, Bbl. C. - North Falmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - North Rellionse. Mrs. E. R. Gould, _for Macon, Ga._ 3.00 - Oxford. First Cong. Ch., 21.50, and Sab Sch., 16.66 38.16 - Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. 13.15 - Paxton. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 22.28 - Prescott. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.25 - Pittsfield. James H. Dunham 100.00 - Pittsfield. “Friends,” by Mrs. Mary B. Davis. - Box C. and Bedding, Val. 70, _for Atlanta U._ - Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. 75.00 - Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 50.00 - Revere. “A Friend.” 1.00 - Rockland. Elijah Shaw, to const. WARREN LANE L. M. 50.00 - Salem. Henry D. Sullivan. _for Ind. Dept. - Atlanta U._ 20.00 - Salem. ——, Box C. and Toys, _for Washington, D.C._ - Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 110.00 - Sherborn. “A Friend.” 3.00 - Somerville. E. Stone, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls. C., _for - Talladega C._ - Spencer. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 195.33 - Spencer. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Library, - McIntosh, Ga._ 10.05 - Spencer. Primary Dept. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 7.00 - Springfield. First Cong. Ch., 139.73; South - Cong. Ch., 76.40 216.13 - Springfield. Morgan Envelope Co., 5000 - Envelopes, Val. 4.50, _for Atlanta U._ - Stoughton. Mrs. B. E. C. 1.00 - Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which 13.58 - _for Memphis, Tenn._) 37.13 - Sutton. “Friends” in Cong. Ch., Bbl. C. and - Bedding, 1 _for Freight, for Atlanta U._ 1.00 - Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - BARNETT W. REDFERN L. M. 30.00 - South Amherst. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 33.45 - South Braintree. Rev. J. B. Sewall 9.50 - South Framingham. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 - South Sudbury. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., Bbl. C., - _for Atlanta U._ - South Weymouth. Miss Grover’s S. S. Class, - Second Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 6.00 - Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. 12.92 - Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.16 - Watertown. Collected by Mrs. C. L. Woodworth, - 4 Bbls. C., _for Savannah, Ga._ - Watertown. Phillips Mission Band, _for - McIntosh, Ga._ 1.00 - Wellesley. Cong. Ch. 78.00 - Wellesley Hills. Grantville Ch. and Soc. 36.00 - West Boylston. Cong. Ch. 51.00 - West Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. 7.62 - West Cummington. J. B. B. 0.50 - West Dennis. Mrs. S. S. C. 1.00 - West Newbury. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 6, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._; First Cong. Ch., - Bbl. C., val. 25, and 1 _for Freight, for - Atlanta, Ga._ 7.00 - West Springfield. Second Cong. Ch. 11.88 - Westport. Pacific Un. Ch. and Soc., 7, and - Sab. Sch., 2 9.00 - Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 92.00 - Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 19.02 - Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.10 - Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 144.20; H. - Whitford, 5; Wm. Temple, 5 154.20 - Worcester. Union Ch., 301.24, to const. - FRANCIS E. KIMBALL, MISS HARRIET T. - BOARDMAN, JOHN W. FOLLETT, FRANCIS A. - GARDNER, ORANGE S. GORDON, EDWARD B. J. - NORMAN, EDWARD W. VAILL, CHARLES A. VAUGHAN, - WARREN WILLIAMS and MRS. HENRIETTA A. - WAKEFIELD, L. Ms.; Central Ch., 70.16; Old - South Ch., 40; Salem St. Ch., 6; “A Friend,” - 2.50 419.90 - Worcester. Central Ch. (80c. of which from 4 - little children for two bricks each) _for - Tillotson C. & N. Inst. (Building)_ 2.80 - -------- - $5,540.08 - - LEGACIES. - - Acton. Estate of Mrs. Harriet Davis, by Moses - Taylor, Ex. 112.60 - Holbrook. Estate of Mrs. Prudence D. Holbrook - ($800 of which _for support of two teachers_) 1,000.00 - Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by - Wm. W. Wyman, Ex. 4.04 - Salem. Estate of John Bertram, by James B. - Curwen 5,000.00 - --------- - $11,656.72 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $598.30. - - Providence. Union Cong. Ch. 574.30 - Little Compton. Union Ch. 24.00 - Westerly. Women’s Benev. Soc., Box of C. _for - Raleigh, N.C._ - - - CONNECTICUT, $4,556.37. - - Ansonia. William Terry 10.00 - Ashford. “A Friend” 5.00 - Bethel. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 9.98 - Black Rock. Cong. Ch. 17.75 - Branford. First Cong. Ch. to const. DEA. A. M. - BABCOCK L. M. 30.00 - Bridgeport. Second Cong. Soc. 50.54 - Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown - Steamer_ 20.00 - Bristol. “A Friend” 15.00 - Broad Brook. Cong. Ch. 18.65 - Brookfield Center. Cong. Ch. 14.84 - Canton Center. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Talladega C._ 25.00 - Cornwall. First Cong. Ch. 9.40 - Cromwell. Cong. Ch. 55.10 - Danielsonville. _For Washington, D.C._ 5.61 - East Wallingford. Mrs. Benj. Hall, _for - Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 5.00 - Essex. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 33.00 - Essex. First Cong. Ch. 13.00 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. (175 of which from Henry - D. Hawley) 236.95 - Georgetown. E. Gilbert, _for Library Building, - Macon, Ga._ 25.00 - Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Furnishing a - Room, Straight U._ 32.73 - Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 24.00 - Hadlyme. Richard E. Hungerford 150.00 - Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., 410.54; - Windsor Av. Cong. Ch., 60; to const. TIMOTHY - E. STEEL and EDGAR A. BELDEN L. Ms.; Mrs. - Mary C. Bemis 25 495.54 - Hebron. Geo. H. Lord 8.50 - Higganum. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Lady - Missionary, McIntosh, Ga._ 35.17 - Jewett City. Cong. Ch. 26.00 - Kensington. Cong. Ch. 9.37 - Lyme. First Cong. Ch. 21.00 - Meriden. E. K. Breckenridge, 5; R. P. Rand, 2 7.00 - Milford. First Cong. Ch. 2.74 - Montville. First Cong. Ch. 4.40 - Moodus. Amasa Day Chaffee 3.00 - New Britain. Mrs. E. W. Welles, 25; Mrs. J. A. K., 1; - _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst. (Building)_ 26.00 - New Britain. South Cong. Ch. ($5 of which _for - John Brown Steamer_) 130.07 - New Haven. “S. S. T., Centre Ch.,” $5; E. A. P., $1 6.00 - Newington. Cong. Ch., 2 bbls. C. and $2 _for - Freight, for Talladega C._ 2.00 - New London. Second Cong. Ch. 596.00 - New London. O. Woodworth, _for furnishing - room, Straight U._ 40.11 - North Branford. J. A. Palmer 2.00 - Northford. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - North Greenwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - SYLVESTER D. HUSTED L. M 55.15 - Norwich. Mrs. Chas. Lee, $30; Buckingham Sab. - Sch., $20; Miss S. S. Coit, pkg. Pamphlets 50.00 - Norwich Town. “*, First Ch.” 35.00 - Orange. Cong. Ch. 1.00 - Oxford. Mrs. J. C., _for Tillotson C. and N. - Inst._ 1.00 - Plymouth. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 30.00 - Prospect. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Redding. Mrs. C. D. S. 2.00 - Rockville. White, Corbin & Co., 13,250 - Envelopes, value $16.04, _for Atlanta U._ - Somers. Cong. Ch. 21.50 - Stafford. Mrs. Thomas H. Thresher 5.00 - Staffordville. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Stamford. Thomas Davenport 2.00 - Stonington. “Rising Sons and Daughters of - Abraham,” by A. Morrison 5.00 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 56.27 - Thompsonville. D. P. 0.50 - Washington. Mrs. O.S. Brinsmade 1.50 - Washington Depot. O. B. Gibson 5.00 - Wapping. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.08 - Watertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. HELEN - GERTRUDE DAYTON and LUCIEN R. HITCHCOCK L. - Ms. 66.00 - Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, 100; Sab. Sch. - Classes, 8.15; Rev. B. D. Conkling and wife, - 6.85, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 115.00 - West Chester. Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. and - N. Inst._ 15.48 - West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.14 - Wilton. Cong. Ch. 70.00 - Windsor Locks. “A Friends.” 10.00 - Winsted. Mrs. M.A. Mitchell, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 20.00 - Winsted. Elias E. Gilman, 10; Mrs. Emily W. - Case, 10 20.00 - Wolcott. Cong. Ch. 10.80 - Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss, 10; Mrs. C. P. - Churchill, 1.50 11.50 - --------- - $2,905.37 - - LEGACIES. - - Avon. Estate of Harry Chidsey, by L. H. Chidsey 400.00 - Ellington. Estate of Maria Pitkin, by Edwin - Talcott, Ex. 251.00 - Farmington. Estate of Asahel Thomson, by - Julius Gay, Admr. 1,000.00 - --------- - $4,556.37 - - - NEW YORK, $2,318.74. - - Adams Basin. Mrs. Ezekiel Clark 5.00 - Albany. First Cong. Ch. 100.00 - Ashville. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch., $871.95, (100 - of which from A. S. Barnes, _for Tillotson - C. and N. Inst._); Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, 20; - Mrs. Geo. Hollis, 3 894.95 - Brooklyn. “Friends,” Bbl. C., Mrs. F., 2, _for - Washington, D.C._ 2.00 - Brooklyn. Freedman’s Helpers, Bbl., C., _for - Macon. Ga._ - Canastota. Enoch B. Northrup, 5; Mr. and Mrs. - R. H. Child, 5 10.00 - Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry 5.00 - Felt’s Mills. Joel A. Hubbard 30.00 - Fredonia. Miss Jeannie Kinsman, _for Student - Aid, Athens. Ala._ 8.50 - Granby Center. J. C. Harrington 10.00 - Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones 15.00 - Ilion. Mrs. Sophia Miller 7.00 - Kingsborough. J. W. 0.50 - Lockport. By Mrs. G. M. Day, _for Industrial - Work, Memphis, Tenn._ 8.00 - Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway 2.00 - Middlesex. L. Adams and wife 10.00 - Millville. Henry L. Hommedieu 2.25 - New York. Dr. A. S. Ball 5.00 - New York. Century Co., Papers and magazines; - Harper & Bros., pkg. books; E. B. Treat, - pkg. books, _for Library, Macon, Ga._ - New York. A. S. Barnes, 12 vols.; Clark & - Maynard, 12 vols.; _for Library, Straight U._ - New York. Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D. Empress Range, - val. 30, _for Housekeeping School, Atlanta U._ - Napoli. First Cong. Ch. 18.10 - North Walton. Cong. Ch., 14.47 and Sab. Sch. - 13.16 27.63 - Oswego. Cong. Ch. 43.91 - Phelps. Mrs. G. C. Prichard, _for Mobile, Ala._ 10.00 - Plattsburgh. G. W. Dodds 5.00 - Perry Center. Ladies Benev. Soc., _for - Raleigh, N.C._ 13.40 - Rochester. A. Hubregtse 1.50 - Rome. Rev. Wm. B. Hammond 5.00 - Sag Harbor. Geo. B. Brown 5.00 - Smyrna. MARTHA H. NORTHUP, to const. herself - L. M. 30.00 - Troy. Mrs. E. C. Stewart 5.00 - Waterville. Mrs. William F. Winchell, 5; Mrs. - J. Candee. 5, _for Student Aid_ 10.00 - Wellsville. First Cong. Sab. Sch., Box Books - and Papers, _for Macon, Ga._ - West Chazy. Rev. L. Prindle 2.00 - Whitesborough. James Symonds 5.00 - “A Lady in Broome Co.” 1,000.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $50. - - Salem. W. G. Tyler 50.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $17.25. - - Canton. H. Sheldon, Map Palestine, _for Macon, Ga._ - Centre Road. J. A. Scoville 5.00 - Guy’s Mills. S. O. F. 0.50 - Hyde Park. Plymouth Cong. Ch. (1 of which _for - John Brown Steamer_) 1.25 - Le Raysville. “H. G.” 7.00 - Neath. Cong. Ch. 3.50 - Philadelphia. Rev. E. W. Rice, 20 Copies - Books, _for Macon. Ga._ - - - OHIO, $1,219.25. - - Andover. Cong. Ch. 3.86 - Berea. James S. Smedley (5 of which _for John - Brown Steamer_) 10.00 - Chardon. Cong. Ch. (5 of which from Rev. A. T. - Reed) 13.82 - Cincinnati. Mrs. Betsey E. Aydelott 5.00 - Claridon. D. B. Ladd 2.00 - Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., 50 to const. MRS. R. O. - BESWICK L. M.; Franklin Ave. Cong. Ch., 9.41 59.41 - Cleveland. S. C. Ruggles, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 25.00 - Delaware. Wm. Bevan 5.00 - Elyria. First Cong. Sab. Sch. to const. LESTER - F. MCLEAN L. M. 40.00 - Gambier. James S. Sower 5.00 - Harmar. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for Talladega C._ 21.94 - Huntsburgh. Capt. A. E. Millard, M. E. Millard 15.00 - Huntsburgh. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 15.00 - Kingsville. Myron Whiting 20.00 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. 22.77 - Madison. One and a half Bbl. C., 4 _for - Freight, for Selma, Ala._ 4.00 - Martinsburgh. “A Friend.” 0.50 - Medina. Woman’s Missionary Soc., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 - Monroeville. Hoyt Children, _for new Building, - Mobile, Ala._ 0.10 - Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. 107.71 - North Bloomfield. E. A. Brown, _for Talladega C._ 50.00 - Oberlin. Ladies Aid Soc., First Cong. Ch., - _for Lady Missionary Atlanta, Ga._ 75.00 - Painesville. First Ch. to const. ALBERT C. - PEPOON, HARRY C. BEARDSLEE, HERBERT G. - HOUSE, GEO. W. VIESEY, JAMES RIVERS, WM. - CLAYTON, LUCIUS E. JUDSON, W. H. LUDLUM, J. - S. WERNER, HENRY P. BATEHAM, LOUIS G. SEARS, - C. O. HIGGINS, H. C. CAMP, CLARENCE A. - HINE, FRED. W. LITTLEJOHN, HEBER LITTLE, W. - C. TISDEL and T. S. BALDWIN L. Ms. 588.35 - Peru. “Friends.” _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 16.00 - Springfield. First Cong. Ch., 25.80; Miss - Lizzie Wright’s S. S. Class, 4.45; Mattie - Berry’s Class, 4.73; Infants’ Class, 3 37.98 - South Toledo. Mrs. J. H. N. 1.00 - Strongsville. Elijah Lyman 10.00 - Tallmadge. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.35 - Wakeman. Second Cong. Ch. 21.69 - Windham. Wm. A. Perkins 5.00 - Weymouth. Miss F. J. Webster, 2.60, Ladies’ - Miss’y Soc., _for Reading Room 2.02, for - Tougaloo U._ 4.62 - Weymouth. Rev. G. J. Webster, _for Freight, - for Macon, Ga._ 1.60 - West Andover. Cong Ch. 1.55 - - - INDIANA, $35.00. - - Fort Wayne. Plym. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - South Bend. R. Burroughs 10.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $692.04. - - Albion. Mrs. M. Skeavington, 4.50; Dea. James - Green, 1.50 6.00 - Batavia. Cong. Ch. 34.50 - Belvidere. Miss Elizabeth Smith 3.00 - Beecher. Cong. Ch. 12.90 - Cambridge. First Cong. Ch. 13.55 - Chebansee. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid, - Straight U._ 10.00 - Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 93.55, and Sab. - Sch., 74.61; Mrs. J. H. McArthur, 5; Mrs. C. R., 1 174.16 - Chicago. Ladies Miss’y Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 30.90 - Chicago. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Chattanooga, Tenn._ 25.00 - Chicago. A. H. Andrews & Co., 8 in. Globe, - _for Macon, Ga._ - Cobden. E. W. Towne 6.50 - Danville. Miss Anna Swan, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 5.00 - Elgin. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 25.00 - Evanston. Mrs. J. M. Williams, Bdl. Sheets, _for - Fisk U._ - Genesee. Cong. Ch. 30.86 - Hamlet. L. C. 0.50 - Hinsdale. J. W. Bushnell 5.00 - Kewanee. Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Lyndon. Mrs. O. Hubbard, 1.50; Mrs. M. A. W., - 50c.; J. W. H., 50c 2.50 - Millburn. —— 10.00 - Millburn. Ladies Miss’y Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 15.00 - Oak Park. First Cong. Ch. 93.52 - Payson. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss 15.00 - Rochelle. Mrs. Holcombe, Box Bedding, _for - Fisk U._ - Rockport. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Roscoe. Cong. Ch. 15.11 - Shirland. Mrs. J. G. L. 0.50 - Sycamore. Mrs. Henry Wood, 2.50; David West, - 2; “Anon,” 50c 5.00 - Wethersfield. A. B. Kellogg 5.00 - Winetka. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 - Winnebago. Ladies’ Soc., Box Bedding, _for - Fisk U._ - ------- - $654.50 - - LEGACY. - - Galesburgh. Estate of W. C. Willard, by Prof. - T. R. Willard 37.54 - ------- - $692.04 - - - MICHIGAN, $310.81. - - Calumet. “Calumet” 25.00 - Calumet. Mrs. F. M. Wright’s S. S. Class, 5; - Ruth, Louisa and Winifred Cole, 1.50, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.50 - Chelsea. John C. Winans 200.00 - Columbus. Cong. Ch. 8.60 - Deep River. N. H. Culver 10.00 - Dexter. Dennis Warner 10.00 - Excelsior. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 22.02 - Lansing. Rebecca S. Brown 2.00 - Richmond. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.50 - Summit. Ladies Miss’y Soc. 3.59 - White Lake. Robert Garner 10.00 - Walton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.60 - - - IOWA $190.23. - - Burlington. Cong. Ch. 51.35 - Clay. Cong. Ch., 8, and Sab. Sch., 4 12.00 - Corning. Cong. Ch. 7.25 - Council Bluffs. Ladies’ H. M. Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 15.00 - Decorah. Cong. Ch., 19.90; G. C. Winship, 10 29.90 - Garner. C. Wells 5.00 - Genoa Bluffs. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Grinnell. Cong. Ch, 39.04; Prof. F. P. B., 1 40.04 - McGregor. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 9.24 - Nashua and Bradford. Ladies, _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_ 2.25 - New Hampton. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 2.20 - Sherrill’s Mound. Rev. Jacob Reuth 2.00 - Stacyville. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_ 3.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $510.62. - - Appleton. First Cong. Ch., ad’l 5.09 - Arena. Ladies’ Missy Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 3.39 - Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 3.96 - Fond du Lac. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 10.00 - La Crosse. First Cong. Ch. 50.75 - La Crosse. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Lake Geneva. Presb. Ch. 30.22 - Madison. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 50.00 - Madison. Wm. J. Park & Co., Books, val. 10 - Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch., 60; Ladies’ - Miss’y Soc. Grand Av. Ch., 25 85.00 - Ripon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 13.00 - Rosendale. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Library, - Macon, Ga._ 5.00 - Salem. Wm. Munson 50.00 - Sheboygan. D. B. 1.00 - Union Grove. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Whitewater. First Cong. Ch. 100.84 - Whitewater. “Friends,” by Mrs. Coburn, _for - Memphis, Tenn._ 7.37 - —— “Friend,” _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 50.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $214.92. - - Alexandria. Sophronia H. Childs, deceased, by - Marian Childs 3.50 - Armada. First. Cong. Ch. 26.03 - Austin. Cong. Ch. 22.22 - Faribault. Cong. Ch. 26.42 - Glyndon. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. and 3 _for - Freight, for Talladega C._ 3.00 - Hamilton. S. H. Gaylord 5.00 - Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 4.26 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 60.22; Pilgrim Ch., 4.76 64.98 - Minneapolis. Second Cong. Ch., _for Furnishing - Treasurer’s Office, Stone Hall, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Minneapolis. E. T. First Cong. Ch. 5.51 - Plainview. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - - - MISSOURI, $20.00. - - St. Louis. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 - - - KANSAS, $517.65. - - Atchison. Cong. Ch. 17.65 - - LEGACY. - - Lawrence. Estate of Sarah C. Adams, by E. - Corning Cowles, Ex. 500.00 - ------- - $517.65 - - - NEBRASKA, $41.00. - - Indianola. Cong. Ch. 9.00 - Lincoln. “R. and C” 6.00 - Nebraska City. “A Friend” 15.00 - Silver. Melinda Bowen 10.00 - Wayne. Rev. G. S. 1.00 - - - DAKOTA, $3.00. - - Mitchell. J. J. Gray, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 3.00 - Vermillion. Rev. G. S. Bascom, Pkg. Books, - _for Macon, Ga._ - - - ARIZONA, $1.50. - - Fort Whipple. Mrs. D. R. Clendenin 1.50 - - - WASHINGTON TER., $10.00. - - Skokomish. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, $437.45. - - Colton. Chas. A. Birchard 10.00 - San Francisco. Receipts of “The California - Chinese Mission” 427.45 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $4.10. - - Washington. “Friends,” _for Washington, D.C._ 2.10 - Washington. Lincoln Memorial Ch. 2.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $766.35. - - Chattanooga. Rent 175.00 - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 230.10 - Memphis. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John - Brown Steamer_ 7.50 - Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 353.75 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $213.00. - - Raleigh. Cong. Ch. 1.40 - Wilmington. Normal School, Tuition, $206.60; - Cong. Ch., $5 211.60 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $327.65. - - Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 327.65 - - - GEORGIA, $752.09. - - Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, $210.35; Rent, $3 213.35 - Atlanta. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 - Atlanta. Chamberlain & Boynton, M. Rich & - Bro., John Keeley, Wm. Bolman & Bro., - _Articles for Furnishing Housekeeping - School, Atlanta U._ - Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, $280.28; - Rent, $16; Cong. Ch., $5 301.28 - McIntosh. Tuition, $41.68: Cong. Ch., $10.37 52.05 - Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $145.41; Rent, $10 155.41 - - - ALABAMA, $859.02. - - Athens. Tuition 43.00 - Marion. Cong. Ch., 60.37; Tuition, 6.25 66.62 - Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, 568.85; Cong. - Ch. 60c 569.45 - Mobile. “Friends,” _for School Mottoes_, 13; - Geo. R. Dunham, 13.30; Wm Otis, 10.; Neander - Crane, 5.; Others 60c. _for new Building - Mobile, Ala._ 41.90 - Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 37.00 - Selma. Cong. Ch. 18.00 - Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 83.05 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $61.40. - - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition 61.40 - - - LOUISIANA, $188.50. - - New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 188.50 - - - TEXAS, $189.60. - - Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Tuition 189.60 - - - INCOMES, $618.92. - - Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 608.50 - Tuthill King Endowment Fund, _for Atlanta U._ 10.42 - - - CANADA, $5.00. - - Sherbrooke. Rev. Archibald Duff 5.00 - ---------- - Total $30,539.69 - Total from Oct. 1, to Jan. 31 $85,555.11 - ========== - - * * * * * - - - RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, E. - Palache, Treasurer, from Sept. 20, 1882, to - Jan. 20, 1883: - FROM AUXILIARY MISSIONS: Marysville, - Anniversary Col., 15.40; Annual Members, 10; - Chinese Monthly Offerings, 32.20.—Petaluma, - Chinese Monthly Offerings, 6.95—Sacramento, - First Cong. Ch., 12.50; Chinese Monthly - Offerings, 35.—Santa Barbara, Chinese - Monthly Offerings, 21.—Santa Cruz, First - Cong. Ch., 10; Chinese Monthly Offerings, - 8.50.—Stockton, Annual Members, 6: Chinese - Monthly Offerings, 12.85 170.40 - FROM CHURCHES: Calahan’s, Cong. Ch., - 4.75—Etna, Cong. Ch., 1.50.—Fort Jones, - Cong. Ch., 2.35.—Grass Valley, Cong. Ch., - Mrs. H. Scott, 2.—Oakland, First Cong. Ch., - 11.40; Chin Fung, 50c.—Oakland, Plym. Av. - Ch., Annual Members, 4.—Oro Fino, Cong. - Ch., 2.25—Rio Vista, Cong. Ch., Annual - Members, 6.—Saratoga, Cong. Ch., Rev. W. H. - Cross, 2.—San Francisco, First Cong. Ch., - 18.75; Annual Members, 2; Third Cong. Ch., - Collected at Annual Meeting of the Mission, - $14.20.—Bethany Ch., Annual Members, 2; - Hong Sing, 50c.—Chinese Monthly Offerings, - Central No. 7, 19: Central No. 2, 15.90; - Barnes, 14.85; Bethany, 7.85; West, 22.25 154.05 - FROM INDIVIDUAL DONORS: Oakland, Mrs. N. Gray, - 1; Rev. F. J. Culver, 2.—San Francisco, W. - F. & Co., 5 8.00 - FROM EASTERN FRIENDS: Bangor, Me., Hon. J. B. - Foster, 50; “Almost Home,” 25; “Friends,” - 10.—Wilmington, Mass., Rev. D. P. Noyes, - 5.—Mitchellville, Ia., M. B. 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Its purpose is to provide -the healthiest, yet most sparkling literature, for young and old. -DR. TALMAGE is the real editor, and intends to put his best work -into it. Writers of the greatest acknowledged excellence contribute -to its pages, and THE ILLUSTRATIONS are of a higher grade than any -that have hitherto appeared in the Magazine. - -Among other unique attractions are the following twelve questions -answered by the leaders of each denomination: - - WHAT IS METHODISM? - WHAT IS MORAVIANISM? - WHAT IS LUTHERANISM? - WHAT IS EPISCOPALIANISM? - WHAT IS PRESBYTERIANISM? - WHAT IS SWEDENBORGIANISM? - WHAT IS CONGREGATIONALISM? - WHAT IS ROMAN CATHOLICISM? - WHAT IS THE BAPTIST CHURCH? - WHAT IS THE CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES? - WHAT IS THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH? - WHAT IS THE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH? - -Rev. Moses D. Hoge, D.D., Richmond, Va.; Rev. Charles H. Hall, -D.D., Brooklyn, N.Y.; Rev. Chauncey Giles, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.; -Rev. Isaac Errett, D.D., Cincinnati, O.; Rev. Daniel Curry, D.D., -N.Y.; Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D., N.Y.; Rev. F. C. Ewer, D.D., -N.Y.; Bishop Charles E. Cheney, Chicago, Ill., and others will -answer the above questions. - - SUNDAY MAGAZINE is $3 per Year, Postage Free; 4 Copies, $9; 6 - Copies, $12. - -Liberal terms to agents. Specimen Copy to any address for 10 cents. -Remit by Money Order or Registered Letter to - - FRANK LESLIE’S SUNDAY MAGAZINE, - 53, 55, 57 Park Place, N.Y. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - - * * * * * - -THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - -No Christian family can afford to be without missionary -intelligence, and no missionary society can afford to be without -readers of its publications; it had better give them to the readers -without pay than to have no readers. Missionary zeal will die in -the churches without missionary intelligence. - -But it would be far better for both the societies and the readers -if missionary news were paid for. This would give the magazine -attentive perusal and the society relief from the reproach of a -large expense for publication. Missionary publications should be -put on a _paying basis_. Aside from a free list to life members, -ministers, etc., the cost of publication should be made up by -paying subscribers and advertisements. - -We are anxious to put the AMERICAN MISSIONARY on this basis. We -intend to make it worth its price, and we ask our patrons to aid us: - -1. More of our readers can take pains to send us either the -moderate subscription price (50 cents), or $1.00, naming a friend -to whom we may send a second copy. - -2. A special friend in each church can secure subscribers at -club-rates (12 copies for $5 or 25 copies for $10). - -3. Business men can benefit themselves by advertising in a -periodical that has a circulation of over 20,000 copies monthly and -that goes to many of the best men and families in the land. Will -not our friends aid us to make this plan a success? - -Subscriptions should be sent to H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, 56 Reade -st., New York, N.Y. - - * * * * * - - -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 toward the INDIANS. - - -STATISTICS FOR 1882. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_—In District of Columbia, 1; Virginia, -1; North Carolina, 9; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 14; Kentucky, -7; Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; Kansas, 2; Arkansas, 1; Louisiana, -17; Mississippi, 5; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 3. _Among the Indians_, 2. -Total, 88. - -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, Tex.—8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: Wilmington, -N.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; -Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.—11. _Other -Schools_, 38. Total, 57. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 336: -among the Chinese, 31; among the Indians, 6; in Africa, 16. Total, -389. STUDENTS.—In theology, 72; law, 28; in college course, 104; -in other studies, 9,404. Total, 9,608. 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 number 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. - - -ATKIN & PROUT, Printers, 12 Barclay St., New York. - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes - - -Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions silently -corrected. Inconsistent hyphenation retained due to the -multiplicity of authors. Arithmetic errors in the receipts have -been retained as printed. - -Images have been moved outside of paragraphs, resulting in page -numbers that are slightly off. - -Changed “carrried” to “carried” on page 86. 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