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diff --git a/old/61866-0.txt b/old/61866-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7533de9..0000000 --- a/old/61866-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3571 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 37, No. -11, November, 1883, by Various - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. 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. 11, November, 1883 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: April 18, 2020 [EBook #61866] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, NOVEMBER 1883 *** - - - - -Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: NOVEMBER, 1883. - -VOL. XXXVII. - -NO. 11. - -The American Missionary] - - - - -CONTENTS - - - PAGE. - - - EDITORIAL. - - ANNUAL MEETING—TWELVE MONTHS—THE HOUR 321 - PARAGRAPHS 323 - BENEFACTIONS 324 - CHURCH AND PARSONAGE, ANNISTON, ALA. (cut) 325 - GENERAL NOTES—AFRICA, CHINESE, INDIAN 326 - CHINESE DRESSED FOR RAINY WEATHER (cut) 327 - - - THE SOUTH. - - VACATIONING 329 - A WANT—READING ROOMS 331 - GENEROUS WORD FROM THE SOUTH 333 - APOSTOLIC SALUTATION—NOTICES ON THE OPENING OF - SCHOOLS 334 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 335 - - - THE INDIANS. - - VISIT TO FORT SULLY INDIAN MISSION 336 - MISSION HOME, FORT SULLY (cut) 337 - - - THE CHINESE. - - REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT 339 - - - BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. - - HELP AT PUBLIC MEETINGS—THE LORD’S GARDEN 340 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - THE STORY THAT SUBDUED HIM 341 - BRING IN THE TITHES 342 - - - RECEIPTS 343 - - - CONSTITUTION 347 - - - PROPOSED CONSTITUTION 348 - - * * * * * - - - 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, D.D., _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; letters for the Bureau of Woman’s Work, to Miss D. E. -Emerson 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. - - * * * * * - - - [Illustration: COUNT RUMFORD.] - - HORSFORD’S - - ACID PHOSPHATE. - - (LIQUID.) - - FOR DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL - EXHAUSTION, NERVOUSNESS, DIMINISHED - VITALITY, URINARY - DIFFICULTIES, ETC. - - PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTION OF - - Prof. E. N. Horsford, of Cambridge, Mass. - -There seems to be no difference of opinion in high medical -authority of the value of phosphoric acid, and no preparation has -ever been offered to the public which seems to so happily meet the -general want as this. - -It is not nauseous, but agreeable to the taste. - -No danger can attend its use. - -Its action will harmonize with such stimulants as are necessary to -take. - -It makes a delicious drink with water and sugar only. - -Prices reasonable. Pamphlet giving further particulars mailed free -on application. - - MANUFACTURED BY THE - - RUMFORD CHEMICAL WORKS, - - Providence, R.I., - - AND FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. - - - * * * * * - - - MANHATTAN - - LIFE INS. CO. OF NEW YORK, - - _156 and 158 Broadway_. - - - THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. - - - DESCRIPTION—One of the oldest, strongest, best. - - POLICIES—Incontestable, non-forfeitable, definite cash - surrender values. - - RATES—Safe, low, and participating or not, as desired. - - RISKS carefully selected. - - PROMPT, liberal dealing. - -GENERAL AGENTS AND CANVASSERS WANTED in desirable territory, to -whom permanent employment and liberal compensation will be given. - -Address - - H. STOKES, President. - - H. Y. WEMPLE, Sec’y. - J. L. HALSEY, 1st V.-P. - S. N. STEBBINS, Act’y. - H. B. STOKES, 2d V.-P. - - * * * * * - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXVII. NOVEMBER, 1883. NO. 11. - - * * * * * - - - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -ANNUAL MEETING. - -We are happy to inform our friends that very satisfactory -arrangements have been perfected for our Annual Meeting. Railroad -facilities and steamboat accommodations have been granted at -reduced rates and an able corps of speakers will be present and -participate in the meeting. As this number of the MISSIONARY will -reach our readers at an earlier date than usual, we give full -particulars on the 4th page cover. - - * * * * * - -_Twelve Months._—Receipts from collections and donations, -$186,200.56, from legacies, $126,366.73, making a total of -$312,567.29, an increase of $14,982.84 over the total for last -year. This encouraging showing is to be credited to legacies which -have been unusually large. Our payments for the year, less balance -in hand at the beginning of the year, have been $312,018.97, -leaving a balance in hand for the new year of $548.32. For this -result we rejoice and give thanks to God. We have not been able -to accomplish all that has been pressing upon us from our several -mission fields, but our faith is strong and we ask for still larger -gifts and more extended efforts in the fields now white for the -harvest. - - * * * * * - - -THE HOUR. - -The hour is at hand for the annual review of the work and wants -of this Association. The rapid progress of events amid which its -influence is a constant factor, necessitates vigilant study, wise -deliberation, and prompt action. There are divine favors to seek, -interests to hold, opportunities to embrace, and hindrances to -overcome. - -Possibly nothing is more to be feared among the latter than apathy. -The belief that a work is well in hand, successful, hopeful, -helpful, often gives a sense of rest that fosters unconcern, -or little concern, for its entrenchment and enlargement. This -condition weakens the intensity of prayer and relaxes effort. More -than this, apathy among the friends of a work like ours is liable -to give way for misconception or lack of comprehension of its place -in the religious destinies of mankind. - -We have a mission for the promotion of righteousness. Our success -is not to be measured by the rule, or the balance, but by what it -accomplishes in the establishment of right principles. It must be -judged of by the tone it gives, and not by the zone it occupies. -The business of this Association is not for one clime, but for -all climes. It aims to suppress ignorance, oppression, misrule, -poverty, sin and shame, and to plant and nourish those ennobling -truths which yield peace, plenty and life everlasting. Our very -fundamental principles debar us from doing anything less broad and -catholic than that directed alike against caste, oppression and all -injustice. We must be left free to apply our benefits where the -evils we seek to destroy have their strongholds. We are bound to -recognize moral conditions, but not color. Color is not guilt or -essential misfortune. - -Another hindrance to fear is the attention likely to be drawn to -the political aspects of our work. These have their place and -rightful claims. Good government is helpful to good learning -and the interests of religion, but the object of a missionary -society is primarily to promote pure Christianity. While it enters -amid all shades of political opinions, it must contend with the -unrighteousness of all alike. It must not be allured or guided by -the possibilities of national events. Its kingdom is not of this -world. - -Akin to political aspects are denominational interests. These have -their allurements also, which, if indulged excessively, only tend -to part the garment of Christ. Forms and ceremonies well may serve -the interest of missions, but woe be the day when missions are -wrested to serve the interest of a form or polity. - -Still another danger lies in the allurements of expedients. The -constant fluctuations in human affairs serve to unsettle the -faith and to relax the hold on the steady, enduring methods which -alone can give success. It is never to be forgotten that while -the surface may have the appearance of a refluent stream when -contending with the elements, yet God’s cause is imbedded in the -deep under-current and moves right on despite appearances. Great -essentials, great faith, wisdom from above, and persistent action -alone can overcome these hindrances, and advance our work as it -should be advanced. - -What is demanded most by the hour is a revival of missionary zeal. -Let there be a fuller sense of our responsibility to Christ, and a -greater realization of our duty to those without. Let there be more -constant exercise of the power of prayer. Let the spirit come upon -us that counts all things secondary to the grand triumph of the -Redeemer’s kingdom. Let us be willing to lose all, to spend all, -and to suffer all to hasten that, and God will not withhold His -blessing, neither shall His coming be delayed. - -Our readers will find in this number of the MISSIONARY a copy of -our present Constitution, and also one of that proposed by the -Committee appointed for that purpose at our last Annual Meeting. - - * * * * * - -SUPT. SALISBURY has in press a pamphlet containing the new -uniform course of study of the A. M. A. schools, with explanatory -comment and general suggestions to teachers. It will be ready for -distribution to the teachers some time in October, and will, it is -believed, be of great utility to them in the partial reorganization -of work proposed. - - * * * * * - -THE WARNER INSTITUTE, located at Jonesboro, East Tennessee, was -formed by the Friends, under the lead of Yardley Warner, for whom -it was named. The building, of brick, upon a fine crest in that -hill country, was formerly a ladies’ college for white people. -Friend Warner having conducted the institute for several years, -proposed to transfer it to this Association. This has been done, -and the school is yet to carry along the good work begun by the -founder. His many friends in this country and in England, who have -aided him in the enterprise, may rest assured that the institute -will be kept true to its original mission. Mrs. J. B. Nelson, who -had formerly been employed by Mr. Warner, has been made principal, -with the needed assistants. - - * * * * * - -THE programme for a series of twenty-eight missionary meetings, -which our agent for New Hampshire and Vermont had planned to be -held in those States in August and September, under the auspices -of this Association was carried out, in due time, with great -completeness and success, the last of the course being held Sept. -28, afternoon and evening, in Manchester, N.H. The number of -sessions, counting those held in different places on the Sabbath, -was fifty-one. In almost every case the attendance, especially -at the second or evening session, was large and enthusiastic. -The addresses were varied, able and interesting. The brief but -touching story of Philip Page, who often told in broken English, in -a pleasing way, how and why he came to this country, what he had -found here, what he is doing, and how he hopes to go back some day -and tell his parents and others in Africa what Christ the Lord can -do for them, and the address of Rev. Joseph E. Smith, graduate of -Atlanta University, now pastor of the First Congregational Church -in Chattanooga, were always listened to with much interest. The -latter told of his bitter slave life, of his trials and struggles -and triumphs, in coming over from bondage into freedom, from the -slave pen and the auction block to the school, the college, the -pulpit and pastorate; addresses were also made by Prof. Thos. N. -Chase of Atlanta, Dr. Woodworth, of Boston, and by Rev. Mr. Grout, -who conducted the meetings. - -The ready and hospitable welcome with which the speakers and -attendants from abroad were uniformly received by the churches -visited, the hearty and efficient co-operation of the several -pastors and other church officers, and the kindly notices of the -meetings given the public, from time to time, by the press of the -States and of the localities in which the conventions were held, -are reported as very cheering and indicative of a deep interest in -our great work. - - * * * * * - -WE give in this number a cut of the church and parsonage at -Anniston, Ala., Rev. H. W. Conley, pastor. This is the town of the -Woodstock Iron Company, located ten years ago upon the bare red -fields. Now it has two iron furnaces, a cotton factory, an immense -machine shop, two railroads, a newspaper and a wonderful thrift. At -the beginning the company gave the church lot, aided on the church -and built the parsonage, helping also in the support of the pastor -and teacher. The church and school have been a blessing to the -families of the colored operatives of the place. This mission is a -beautiful illustration of the work this Association is doing for -the colored people South. - - * * * * * - - -BENEFACTIONS. - -John Guy Vassar, of Poughkeepsie, has made a gift of $25,000 more -to Vassar College. - -The Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College has recently -received a bequest of $20,000. - -The will of the late David Gallup, of Hartford, Conn., gives -$20,000 to aid the Woodward High School in Cincinnati. - -Edward Clark, of New York, has given $50,000 to Williams College. - -The widow of Senator Chandler, of Michigan, has given $1,000 to the -Chicago Woman’s Medical College. - -The sum of $2,000,000 has been subscribed for the new Catholic -University in Milwaukee. - -Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N.H., receives $17,000 from the -estate of the late James Boyd, of Antrim. - -Mr. William Blackwell has endowed eleven scholarships of $1000 in -the Baptist Louisburg University of Pennsylvania. - -The University of Vermont is to have a new building for its medical -department to cost $40,000, the gift of John P. Howard. This will -make over $400,000 that Mr. Howard has given to the University and -the city within ten years. - -Mr. De Pauw, of Indiana, has made a conditional pledge of a million -dollars for the endowment of Asbury University. - -_It is hoped that the time is not far distant when endowment funds -will flow into the treasuries of our educational institutions South -as freely as they do into colleges in other parts of the country._ - -[Illustration: CHURCH AND PARSONAGE, ANNISTON, ALA.] - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -AFRICA. - -—The Niger Mission reports 4,000 souls as under regular Christian -instruction. - -—Three of Arabi Pasha’s children are in the United Presbyterian -Mission school at Cairo, Egypt. - -—Mr. Stanley has discovered a lake on one of the tributaries of the -Congo which he has named Lake Leopold Second. - -—The London Missionary Society has two mission ships that sail -between its stations in New Guinea, two in Africa, and one in the -South Seas. - -—An English Methodist missionary laboring in Africa reports that -on going to the coast recently he was saluted by a trader with the -remark: “There must have been a lot of heathen joining your church -lately.” “Yes, it is so,” he was answered; “but how did you come to -know it?” “Oh, because there have been a lot of heathen people here -buying dresses, shawls, etc.” - -—A new expedition, under German auspices, is being fitted out for -the exploration of the Upper Niger and the regions adjacent. It -starts out under competent leadership and promises good results in -knowledge of a portion of Africa as yet little known, but supposed -to be of large commercial importance. - -—At the request of the Egyptian Mission, the last General Assembly -directed the Board of Publication to contribute $2,000 to aid in -the work of publishing a new edition of the Bible in Arabic in -large type. In compliance with this the Board of Publication on -the 5th of this month paid over the $2,000 to the American Bible -Society, who have the work now under way. - -—According to a proposed treaty between Portugal and the Sultan -of Zanzibar, the two governments will engage that none of their -subjects buy or sell slaves in their respective territories. Any -one convicted of having violated the treaty will be delivered up -to the government, punished in consequence and his slaves set at -liberty. - - -THE CHINESE. - -—The Hawaiian law prohibiting Chinamen from coming to the Islands -has been repealed, and 3,000 Chinese laborers have recently -contracted for their passage there. - -—There is a Chinaman at work in Tahiti, in the South Sea Islands, -who is said to be a whole Bible Society in himself, expending -twenty dollars a month, out of a salary of twenty-five dollars, for -Bibles to distribute among his countrymen there. - -[Illustration: CHINESE DRESSED FOR RAINY WEATHER.] - -—M. Thiersant estimates the Mohammedan population of China to be -between twenty and twenty-one millions, and says he has arrived -at his figures from facts given by Mandarins, Romish priests, and -other prominent individuals. Mr. Blunt, in “The Future of Islam,” -allots fifteen million Moslems to China. - -—According to Missionary Butler, of China, as Buddhism has no -heaven for women, the Chinese damsels labor with might and main to -lay up merits that they may prevail with the judges of the lower -world to let them be born again as men, so that they may have a -chance to get there. - -—A Chinese Christian tailor thus described the relative merits of -Confucianism, Buddhism, and Christianity:— - -“A man had fallen into a deep, dark pit, and lay in its miry -bottom, groaning and utterly unable to move. Confucius walked by, -approached the edge of the pit, and said, ‘Poor fellow, I am sorry -for you; why were you such a fool as to get in there? Let me give -you a piece of advice: If you ever get out, don’t get in again.’ ‘I -can’t get out,’ groaned the man. _That is Confucianism._ - -“A Buddhist priest next came by, and said, ‘Poor fellow, I am very -much pained to see you there. I think if you could scramble up -two-thirds of the way, or even half, I could reach you and lift -you up the rest.’ But the man in the pit was entirely helpless and -unable to rise. _That is Buddhism._ - -“Next the Saviour came by, and, hearing his cries, went to the -very brink of the pit, stretched down and laid hold of the poor -man, brought him up, and said, ‘Go, sin no more.’ _That is -Christianity._”—_Rev. Canon Stowell._ - - -THE INDIANS. - -—There are 296 church buildings among the Indians, including the -“five nations.” - -—The religious bodies expended in 1881 the sum of $139,440 for -education and missions among the Indians. - -—Out of the 260,000 Indians, there are 100,000 who have discarded -blankets and are wearing citizens’ dress, wholly or in part. - -—The Ute Indians, who have steadily refused to send any of their -children to school, now have twenty-five in the training-school at -Albuquerque, New Mexico. - -—The Indian reservations include 155,632,312 acres, of which -18,000,000 are tillable. Already the American Indians are -cultivating more than half a million acres of this land. - -—The Indian Mission School at Fort Wrangle, Alaska, in which Mrs. -McFarland is teaching, has increased in numbers and interest the -past year, and many of the pupils have become Christians. One -of the oldest girls has been married to a Christian Indian, and -gone as a missionary to Upper Chilcat, where they both are doing -faithful service. Several more of the girls are prepared to engage -in mission work in their tribes as soon as the way opens. - -—The Albuquerque _Morning Journal_ says: “The best thinkers all now -agree that education is the true solution of the Indian problem. -We have tried fighting them and feeding them, and both these plans -have signally failed, but education, in the few experiments we -have tried with it, has been thoroughly successful, and if we can -establish and maintain schools enough to educate the children that -are now growing up, our Indian difficulties will be at an end, and -the coming generation of Indians, instead of being savages, to be -hunted down by troops, or ‘corraled’ like wild beasts and fed at -the public expense, will be peaceful and useful citizens.” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE SOUTH. - -REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D.D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT. - -PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. - - * * * * * - - -VACATIONING. - -PROF. A. K. SPENCE, FISK UNIVERSITY. - -“What did your students do during vacation?” Various things. But -with few exceptions they did not rest. Quite a number are young -and went to their homes in town and country—the girls to help -their mothers, the boys their fathers. Some hired out for house -and farm labor. One farms on his own account. One was head waiter -in a summer hotel in Tennessee. Two worked on a farm in Minnesota -and two, sons of a professor, on one in Ohio. Some ran on sleeping -cars in the North, and made up the beds you lay on. One worked in -the railroad exposition in Chicago. One kept store and studied law -in West Tennessee. One preached in Florence, Ala., with the usual -blessing of God on his labors. One was employed by the State of -Texas in holding institutes. Former students of ours were also -employed in the same way. But, as usual, the most of those advanced -enough to do so taught school. Not to mention those of low grade, -out of seventy-eight enrolled in the collegiate department last -year, fifty-seven taught school. The colored man seems by taste -and circumstances to be a school teacher. Occasionally a student -teaches who ought to rest. It is the thing to do. It is rather a -shame not to. The long-instructed desires to instruct. The young -fledgling wants to try its wings, the Demosthenes his oratory, -the Hercules his club. Long before vacation begins we teach -thinning classes, and lament many an empty seat the first Monday -in September. This is hard on scholarship, but necessary for the -purse, and good for their own manhood and the people whom they -teach. - -Schools must be taught when they are held, and held when the -children can be spared from the farms. This varies with latitude -and the products raised. In the cotton region it is when the crop -is “laid by,” that is after the last hoeing and before the first -picking, and begins in April or May. In the wheat and grass regions -schools commence in June, July or even August. Those whom we lose -by early schools in the spring we get promptly in the fall, and the -reverse. - -The most of the teachers who have returned report nothing -remarkable, no doubt the best kind of a report to have to make. -Honest, legitimate labor has never much to say for itself. Among -the things mentioned in addition to the paid labor of the work are -these: securing libraries, papers, Testaments for Sunday-school, -teaching infant class, teaching Bible class, leading singing, -superintending; and one did all this, organizing his entire school -into one class. He also rented an organ which he played. One or -more held prayer meetings. All had religious exercises in school. -A few gave temperance lectures. One had a temperance glee club. -Several gave musical entertainments, especially at close of school, -white and colored in attendance. One county in this State is -almost exclusively occupied by students from Fisk. They organized -themselves into an institute, meeting once a month for the -discussion of methods and the interests of education in general. -By invitation Prof. Bennett attended the last meeting, delivering -addresses and preaching on the following Sunday. He found the -colored people gathered _en masse_ and the interest up to fever -heat. - -About the usual number of misfortunes has befallen our students -this year. One is shortsighted and wears spectacles; he is also -quite light colored. Both these damaged him. He was taken for a -Jew trying to pass himself off as a colored man. White and colored -alike looked upon him with suspicion. He succeeded in persuading -the colored people that he was one of them, but the whites had no -use for the “white nigger in spectacles.” By continued insult and -threats his nervous system was so worn upon that he fell sick and -left after teaching a month. Two young men teaching in a river -county in Mississippi had, briefly told, the following experience: -The boat could not land at the place sought, but they were put -ashore at midnight, three miles away. There were two houses at the -landing, one being unoccupied. In this they got permission to spend -the night. They lay on bags of cotton-seed. There being no means of -fastening doors, one of them put his money, two dollars and fifty -cents, in his shoe, under his foot, for safe-keeping. The next day -they walked through mud and rain to the town, and from there set -out in search of schools. - -To secure a school is frequently a thing of no small difficulty. -The young men or women must make a journey of miles through -blind ways on foot or with such conveyance as can be found. The -neighborhood being reached, the leading colored people must -be approached as the first step. The community is Baptist or -Methodist, and the school will be held in the church. “What are -you?” “I am a Congregationalist.” “What is that?” If denominational -difficulties are overcome, the next thing to do is to meet the -white trustees. They may be in favor of _home talent_. These -foreign students carry money out of the country. They look -independent and may teach things not in the book. But here is -Sam. He can read. He owes ’Squire So-and-so. If he gets the -school he will pay him. We favor Sam. If, however, Sam cannot by -every contrivance pass the examination, the Fisk student appears -before the County Superintendent. But here a new difficulty. The -Superintendent holds an institute to prepare persons to pass his -own examination, charging them five dollars apiece. Those who -attend are quite sure to pass. It is wise for the Fisk student to -be at that institute, pay his fee and pass, for when that institute -is over the time for getting a school in that county is up. This -state of things does not exist in all places, let us hope not in -many, but it does in some. It is quite a common rule never to -give a first-class certificate, no matter what the scholarship, -to a colored student, as in most States it increases his pay, and -perhaps it would not seem fit for a colored boy or girl to get a -better certificate than some white young man or woman. There are -exceptions to this rule. In one examination in which there were -forty candidates, two got first-class certificates. These two were -from Fisk. - - * * * * * - - -A WANT—READING ROOMS. - -PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY. - -It is hard to realize, even when we make the conscious effort, -how much of the general culture, intelligence, and power of the -American people is due to the habit of reading. That there is -not a more marked and easily discernible difference between the -intelligence and practical efficiency of the college-bred man and -of the man of less training is largely due to the fact that the -one reads as widely and continually as the other. Even superficial -and omnivorous reading is an efficient source of intelligence and -power. So universal is this habit of reading among the native-born -people of the Northern States, that it is hard for them to conceive -of its absence. It costs us an effort to imagine the mental status -of a person who cannot or does not read. Yet there are millions -of people in the South who cannot read and millions more who do -not. It is one thing to teach a child how to read; it is quite -another thing to make him _love_ to read, to give him the _habit_ -of reading. And the first has comparatively little value without -the other. It is of little moment that a million children have been -taught the art of reading if they do not practice it freely. - -Now the fact is that of the hundreds of thousands who have been -in the freedmen’s schools but a very small part have ever formed -the reading habit. And, as one consequence, even college graduates -of the colored race have far less general intelligence and -intellectual efficiency than white people of much more limited -education. - -There is nothing singular or unaccountable about this. It is the -natural consequence of the circumstances existing. The parents of -these young people were slaves, to whom reading was a forbidden -art. In their houses, highly as the ability to read may be prized, -and earnestly as it may be sought for their children, there are as -yet no books, no magazines, no newspapers even. If, indeed, there -be any printed thing there, it is almost without exception of the -most trashy, crude, and worthless, if not vile and corrupting, -sort, from both the literary and the moral point of view. The dime -novel, the “Fireside Companion,” the sloshy, ungrammatical local -newspaper are, at the best, all that one may hope to find. In -cultured homes, children acquire the habit of reading by contagion. -It is fairly _bred_ into them. But in the homes of the freedmen -there is no contagious example, and there can be none. There is for -the colored youth no inheritance of culture in any way. Children -in Northern homes take in more of culture through the skin, by -unconscious absorption, in the first ten years of life than the -freedmen’s children can ever acquire except by long years of -schooling. - -From the consideration of these facts, two conclusions -follow—first, that for the intellectual uplifting of the colored -race it is absolutely essential that the reading habit be -established in some way; and, second, that it should be the active -endeavor of all the missionary schools to devise and employ the -best agencies for stimulating and establishing this habit. - -Now comes the practical question, What are the instrumentalities -by which we can implant and cultivate the love of profitable and -elevating reading? - -Of course, something may be done in the regular course of -instruction. Reading in school may be so taught as to give real -culture of taste and appreciation. The sips of good literature -found in the reading-books may be so used as to create a desire to -drink freely at the fountain-head; though it is to be confessed -that many teachers fail lamentably in this direction. The student -of history or geography may and should be pushed out of his -text-book into the wide field from which text-books are gleaned. -Yet all this has much of the flavor of the daily task about it. -Can anything be done to make the act of reading more spontaneous, -to make it seem more like an indulgence and a recreation than an -exaction and a duty? - -The answer need not be a negative. It is to be found in -reading-rooms, wisely placed and planned. And much stress is to be -laid on these qualifications. - -The first requisite for a reading-room is accessibility. It must be -placed where it can be got at easily and continually. A locked-up -library, open only once or twice a week at a stated hour, with the -issue of books held under formal regulations is utterly futile as -a means of creating the reading habit; it is useful only for those -who have the habit already formed. A reading-room must not only be -conveniently placed where the pupils can not escape it, as it were, -but it must also be open at all times; so that in all the moments -of leisure, whether in the hours set apart for labor or those for -recreation, there may be the freest access, that even “he that -runs” may read a little. It, therefore, becomes almost a necessity -in a boarding-school that there be two reading-rooms, one for each -sex. - -The second requirement for success is that the reading matter -be well chosen, selected with regard to the ends in view. It is -absurd to suppose that reading matter so stale, dull or obstruse -as to have no longer any value among a reading people should -be worth sending to a people who have not yet learned to read. -Musty libraries of defunct ministers are even more useless in a -freedmen’s school than at the North. Discarded Sunday-school books -are little better; for in any library the readable books are worn -to pieces before the rest are given away. Old files of religious -or other newspapers have their uses; but to make a reading-room -tempting is not one of them. - -The matter in a reading-room should be fresh, interesting, and -adapted to the mental condition of those for whom it is provided; -otherwise it cannot be either profitable or inspiring. The -newspapers must contain _current_ news. The magazines must be -adapted to the pupil’s stage of development, which is, so far -as reading is concerned, usually the juvenile stage. Freedmen’s -children are not yet ready, to any considerable extent, for -philosophy or high art. - -The books—for there should be books as well as papers in our -reading-rooms—should be fresh, well printed, and, above all, -illustrated. Good pictures, such as are found in the recent -publications of the Harpers and Scribner, illuminate the words -of the book for these young people as nothing else can. And a -book closely printed, on poor paper, without illustration, is a -tax on any reader but the confirmed book-worm. The books should -relate, largely, to the world in its external aspects and to human -achievement—books of travel and adventure, of history in its -romantic phases, the great deeds of great men, whether knights of -war or labor. - -To be specific, such books as Knox’s Boy Traveler series, Coffin’s -Histories, Butterworth’s Zizzag Journeys, Swiss Family Robinson, -and even the productions of Jules Verne, placed within the easy and -constant reach of our pupils, would be the most effective means -imaginable for securing the valuable result desired. - -Were they well printed and illustrated, I would add to the above -list the old-time “Rollo Books.” Indeed, the list given is but a -fragment of that which might now be made up. Among the periodicals, -_Wide Awake_, _St. Nicholas_, and _Harper’s Young People_ should -have a prominent place alongside the _Century_ and _Harper’s -Weekly_ and _Monthly_. - -I have not time to dwell upon the moral results, even more -important than the intellectual ones, sure to come from the -employment of the means herein imperfectly indicated; but I am -sure that reading-rooms such as I have in mind can be made a most -valuable auxiliary of our work in its best and highest purposes. - -If any persons chancing to read this, desire fuller information -with a view to co-operation in a good work, I shall be happy to -receive communications from them at any time. - - * * * * * - - -A GENEROUS WORD FROM THE SOUTH. - -FROM THE MEMPHIS APPEAL. - -The Memphis _Appeal_, in an editorial column upon the Education -of the Negro, taking as a text the recent Episcopal Congress of -colored men in this city and the Louisville Convention, says to -certain representative men: - -“We recommend them to get the annual reports of the American -Missionary Society, of the Southern and Northern Methodist -Churches, and of the African Methodist and Baptist Churches. -From these they will find that more than $20,000,000 have been -expended by these religious organizations since 1864 in building -and maintaining handsome school-houses in which the Negro has been -trained and educated and fitted for the noble task and important -duty of training and educating others. They will find, too, from -these reports that in all these years white men and women of -learning and culture have labored, often in the face of prejudice -and within earshot of contumely and hate. What these missionaries -have done, the world at large has made little note of, but the days -are not far distant when everywhere, through the South at least, -it will be acknowledged as the greatest of all the great works -accomplished in the United States since 1865. From the Potomac -almost to the Rio Grande the academies and colleges of the American -Missionary Society are to be found at nearly all the large centers -of population, and they are flourishing because their work is a -practical work and their purpose the plain one of widening and -deepening the stream of learning at which the once slaves of the -South may drink freely and at will. These institutions are the -results of a generous benevolence, and have been maintained by -a self-denying zeal worthy of the glorious Luther, whose birth -a grateful world is everywhere celebrating with gladness. We -recommend them to read the reports of the Rev. Atticus G. Haygood, -of Oxford, Ga., who, since he wrote the _Brother in Black_, has -launched into the work of furthering the education of the Negro -with the zeal of a missionary, and the spirit of a soldier in -a noble cause. Dr. Haygood, not long ago, made a tour of the -South in the interest of the fund for which he is the dispensing -agent, and the result is a more fervent devotion to the good work -and more fervid and appealing speeches in its behalf. A gallant -ex-Confederate, a Southerner by birth and breeding, and the son -of a slaveholder, brought up, too, in a wealthy planting section -of Georgia, he entered upon his, at first, self-appointed task as -a mere private, a volunteer in the ranks where he found so many -noble workers. But his knowledge of the Negro, of his capacity, and -his needs, and the best methods of reaching practical educational -results soon marked him for the high position he now occupies -as the trusted and confidential agent of a fund bequeathed by a -benevolent Northern man, whose desire for the advancement and -betterment of the Negro Dr. Haygood is furthering by helping -all the schools at the South that have these for their objects. -Already, in the first year of the existence of the fund, this good, -strong man finds encouraging results following upon what he has -expended of it, and he pleads on every possible occasion with voice -and pen for the extension of the practical system of education -so long pursued by the American Missionary Association, and in -which he sees the best possibilities of the dark race. Dr. Haygood -speaks plainly, as well as eloquently. He calls a spade a spade. -He does not spare any who set themselves in his way or in the way -of the work he has so much at heart. He knows that education makes -every man better, stronger and happier than he could be without -it and he contends for its dissemination by compulsion if other -means fail of making it general, of bringing it into every man’s -house as essential to the maintenance of the peace that passes all -understanding. It is in the nature of things that such a man should -encounter opposition; that he should even be reviled, abused and -misrepresented, but he has only to take counsel of those who have -occupied the field he is now in during the past twenty years to -find a sweet solace and a consolation for it all. He can read in -their lives the opening chapters of his own career in the field -of Negro education, but he can also read of a generous if tardy -recognition of their labors by the best educated men and women of -the South, who willingly acknowledge their indebtedness to them for -the patient, earnest, laborious work by which in so short a time -nearly forty per cent. of the Negro population has been taught to -read and write, and so many thousands have been trained and fitted -after the most approved technical methods to teach in Negro public -schools and thus perpetuate the blessings they rejoice in the -possession of.” - - * * * * * - -AN APOSTOLIC SALUTATION.—At Birmingham, Ala., a city of only -a decade, in its iron and coal interest worthy of its English -namesake, Field Superintendent Roy found Congregational -representatives of half a dozen of our other schools and -churches, who had been drawn to that busy metropolis, as so many -acquaintances of the Apostle Paul in Asia Minor had been drawn -to Rome to be addressed by name in the salutatory chapter of his -Epistle to the Romans before he had himself ever been to that city. -Canon Farrar argues that that chapter must belong to some other -Epistle, on account of the difficulty of the Apostle’s knowing so -many people at Rome. If the Canon of Westminster had only been a -Superintendent of Missions he would have had no such trouble. Dr. -Roy could have given the apostolic salutation to the Saints of this -new church. - - * * * * * - - -NOTICES ON THE OPENING OF SCHOOLS. - -SELECTED FROM CORRESPONDENCE. - -Storrs School, Atlanta.—We have enrolled three hundred and seventy -pupils and have been obliged to refuse admittance to fifty on -account of room. We are all wishing for more room and an increase -in our teaching force so that we may receive all that apply. I have -thought for several years that the necessity of the continuance of -Storrs School would cease as the public schools for colored people -increased in number, but I am becoming satisfied that it is a -permanence. The increase in population of this fast growing city, -and the desire of the people for a thorough education keep all the -schools of any value full. - -Talladega College.—So far as I can now judge we are to have all the -students we can find room for, and I think more will pay at least a -part of their expenses than heretofore. - -Charleston, Avery Institute.—Our opening was admirable in order, -large in numbers, and blessed by the presence of parents and -patrons who gave me a most cordial welcome. There was every -evidence of sincerity about it, and I am delighted with my -induction and with the two days. The institution is one of the -grandest in design, scope, and progress, and is sufficient to -excite my highest pride. - -Tougaloo University.—An unusually large number of independent -applications have been sent in, so that we are likely to have an -overflow of students. These will need to be provided for. You may, -therefore, hear from us again, asking for provisions of shelter to -meet the demand. We never had so many apply before the opening of -school. - -Nashville, Tenn.—Fisk University.—We are now able to speak of our -opening as a very favorable one. The number of new students is -larger than usual and of a more advanced class, and the spirit was -never better. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -—Rev. Evarts Kent, of Atlanta, Ga., took his vacation in Vermont -visiting his father, Rev. Cephas H. Kent, of New Haven, and -preaching a historical sermon at Benson. He met a warm welcome upon -his return to his field. - -—The brothers, Rev. A. W. and Rev. C. B. Curtis, of Marion and -Selma, Ala., having had their vacation in the Northwest, are back -again upon their chosen spheres of labor. - -—The health of President E. A. Ware’s wife having been greatly -threatened, upon medical advice he spent the summer with her in the -Adirondacks and is much encouraged by the improvement attained. He -is now back at his post, as are also Professors T. N. Chase and C. -W. Francis. - -—Rev. Dr. Horace Bumstead and wife, of the Atlanta University, have -been afflicted in the death of their youngest child, a son, which -occurred on Lookout Mountain, whither they had fled for relief in -the pure air of that locality. - -—Prof. R. D. Hitchcock, of the Straight University, having been -called to the presidency of the Southern University, New Orleans, -has declined the same and remains at his post. - -—Prof. Albert Salisbury, Superintendent of Education, having -taken as a wife Miss Hosford, a teacher in the Whitewater Normal, -Wisconsin, has installed his family in their Atlanta home, and he -is now going his Southern rounds. - -—The “Cassedy Hall” has been built this summer at Talladega for the -use of the primary department and named for Mr. J. H. Cassedy, of -this State, who gave the $5,000 needed for its erection. - -—The “Whitin Hall,” at New Orleans, has been built this summer as -a boy’s dormitory and named for the late Deacon J. C. Whitin, of -Whitinsville, Mass., whose estate paid in $10,000, which, for the -erection, was put with $5,000 given by Deacon Seymour Straight, for -whom the university was named. - -—Prof. J. A. Nichols, lately Superintendent of Schools at Yonkers, -N.Y., has been made Principal of the Avery Institute at Charleston, -S.C., in the place of Prof. A. W. Farnham, who resigned. - -—Rev. Milton E. Churchill, a graduate of Knox College and of the -New Haven Divinity School, a son of Prof. Geo. Churchill, of -Galesburg, Ill., has been made Principal of the Emerson Institute, -at Mobile, Ala. - -—The Le Moyne Institute, at Memphis, Tenn., has been enlarged at -a cost of $2,000, one-half of which, upon the solicitation of the -Principal, A. J. Steele, was furnished by white citizens of that -place. - -—At Macon, Ga., to accommodate the library, which Rev. S. E. -Lathrop has been gathering, a Library Building has been erected, -with a basement for an industrial department. For this project, -citizens of Macon, both white and colored, contributed liberally. - -—Rev. B. A. Imes, pastor at Memphis, Tenn., having received an -appointment in the Alcorn University, Mississippi, with a tempting -salary, has decided to remain with his chosen people. He is popular -in that city, and the teachers of the Le Moyne Institute seem to be -as fond of their preacher as the parishioners who make up the body -of his church. - -—At Little Rock, Arkansas, a school has been opened this fall in -the Congregational Church of Rev. Y. B. Sims, under Miss Rose M. -Kinney as Principal, a lady of large experience in our work. This -school is the precursor of the Edward Smith College, which is to -go along in that city. Miss M. E. Keyes is associated with her as -missionary. - -—The new church at Mobile, Ala., was dedicated on the last Sabbath -of September, Pastor Crawford and Revs. J. C. Fields and F. G. -Ragland participating. - -—Rev. O. D. Crawford, who has this summer had the supervision of -the erection of the new church at Mobile and of the Whitin Hall -at New Orleans, has resigned his pastorate at Mobile because of -the incompatibility of that climate with the health of his family. -He will be greatly missed upon the field. He will return to some -pastoral charge at the North. - -—Theological students, who have been supplying churches during the -vacation, have now returned to their studies—Rev. S. N. Brown, from -Florence, Ala., where he participated in a revival, to the Fisk -University; Rev. F. G. Ragland, from Mobile, to Talladega; Rev. J. -R. McLean, from Savannah, to Talladega. - -—The A. M. A. has appointed Rev. J. C. Fields to labor for one -year as an evangelist among the churches at the South. For the -last year and a half he has labored in this capacity, much to the -satisfaction of the churches. He will supply the church at Mobile -for a time. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - * * * * * - - -A VISIT TO FORT SULLY INDIAN MISSION. - -BY REV. C. O. BROWN. - -We had anticipated it with keenest interest, and Providence favored -us. A delightful morning of the first week in August smiled on -our programme, when our party of four persons was ready for the -carriage ride from Pierre to the mission,—Rev. S. Norton, pastor -of the Congregational Church of Pierre; Mr. J. Kimball, of Huron, -Dakota, missionary of the American Sunday-school Union; Timothy -Hudson, Esq.; and the writer, of Kalamazoo, Mich. - -The scenery for the first six miles, from the heights which border -the Missouri River, was most charming. At our left, and beneath us, -was the river and its narrow strip of foliage and bottom lands, -having here and there a picturesque dotting of Indian tents; beyond -that, westward turned the grass-covered hills; to our right were -the boundless prairies, beautifully variegated with cultivated -squares of green and golden grain and settlers’ homes. - -[Illustration: MISSION HOME, FORT SULLY.] - -An abrupt descent from such an outlook brought us to the valley -beneath, through which the remaining eight miles of our ride -lay. We had only fairly entered the valley when we began to see -evidences of the faithful mission work which has here been done. -For several miles along the river we were constantly passing the -farms of mission Indians, where we saw established homes, quite as -good as those of their white neighbors. We saw full-blooded Indians -in civilized dress, riding their mowing-machines, raking their hay, -and stacking their grain. - -Rev. Thomas Riggs was away from home at the bedside of his -venerable father in Beloit, but we were most kindly received by the -lady missionaries in charge, Misses Collins and Irvine. The mission -home into which we were ushered, is a long, tastefully-built -log-house, standing sidewise to the road, having in front two -bay windows, with porch between, and in the rear a large lean-to -attachment for kitchen and laundry. The yard is beautiful with -flowers and plants, and hallowed by a little inner enclosure which -holds the sacred dust of Mrs. Riggs. (Shown in the picture just to -the left of the home.) The large mission garden would be famous in -any neighborhood. It is a sermon in vegetables and small fruits, -well cultivated and highly productive. Just east of the home is -the little chapel, a building capable of seating from 150 to 200 -persons, having ceiled walls, and seated with chairs; having a neat -pulpit and a good cabinet organ. - -The interior of the home is most inviting. The spacious -sitting-room has little of luxury; everything, however, is most -cheery. The walls are ceiled and adorned with pictures. The bay -window is beautiful with plants and vines and birds. A Steinway -piano is at one end of the room, statuettes here and there, and -books everywhere. During the twenty-four hours of our stay, our -party wandered at liberty over the grounds, visited the chapel, -were received by the Indians in their homes, and in the large room -just described were several times entertained by their singing -while their teachers led on the piano. No honest enemy of Indian -missions could see and hear what we saw and heard, without a change -of heart. Time and again we were melted to tears. - -Our visit was entirely unexpected, so nothing could be “gotten up” -for our benefit. We were the better pleased that it should be so. -Everything was impromptu and natural. - -The climax came unexpectedly just as we were about to go the next -morning. While two of the brethren were hitching the horses a -party of Indian women and two little boys, who with their baskets -were about to pass the door, were called in by Miss Collins. -They hesitated, and through their teacher apologized for their -appearance, explaining that they had just started on a berrying -trip. One of the men, who had come on some errand, was also invited -in. Then Miss Irvine led on the piano and they all sang from open -hymn books, one after another of the sweet gospel hymns which we -could recognize only by the tunes. As they sang - - “Jesus loves me, this I know, - For the Bible tells me so,” - -and - - “Oh, happy day that fixed my choice - On Thee, my Saviour and my God; - Well may this glowing heart rejoice - And tell its raptures all abroad,” - -we could not refrain from tears. Our brethren, who had been -attending the horses, heard the music and came in. One glance -unsealed the fountain, and they too wept for joy. Then we all -knelt in prayer. There were prayers in English and prayers in -Dakota language, freely intermingled, and a pervading sense that -the good Father understood it all. When we arose to our feet the -Indians sang the _Gloria_, and Spotted Bear, by invitation, closed -the meeting with a prayer which touched every heart, although we -could not understand a word of it. The language of the heart is -everywhere the same. And so with hearty hand-shakings and moist -eyes this long-to-be-remembered meeting broke up. We came away -feeling that for many a day we had not enjoyed such a refreshing, -and saying one to another, “Surely God hath made of one blood all -nations of men.” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - - -REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT. - -REV. W. C. POND. - -COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEAR.—The work of the previous year -(1881 to 1882) was by far the largest we had ever done. The same -superlative applies to the year just closed. Our statistical table -for that year contained the names of fifteen schools, with a total -enrollment for the year of 2,567 pupils. This table shows nineteen -schools with an aggregate enrollment of 2,823. The total number of -months during which schools were sustained was in that year 153; in -this year, 187. Our teachers during that year numbered 31; eleven -being Chinese; this year, 41; fourteen being Chinese. The aggregate -number of months of service by our teachers was then 356; the past -year, 423. The aggregate average attendance was in that year 401; -in this, 438. We reported last year 156 as professing to have -ceased from idol worship, and 106 as giving evidence of conversion; -this year we report 175 and 121. But these numbers represent only -those who were in attendance during August, or during the last -month of each school—not by any means the total number of whom we -cherish the hope that they are believers. I am obliged to send -this statement before all the returns upon which it should be -based have come to hand, but I shall be disappointed if we do not -find that more than forty have professed conversion during the -past year, making the total number who have seemed to us to turn -to Christ from the commencement of our work exceed 400. These are -scattered now very widely over the United States and in China. We -hear of many of them as doing good work for the Master and for -the salvation of their countrymen; and those of whom we can hear -nothing, we commit in faith to the Great Shepherd’s tender care. - -THE FINANCES.—The expense of this work for the past year has been -as follows: For salaries, $8,697.20; for rent of mission houses, -$2,409; for incidental expenses, including fuel, lights, traveling -expenses of Superintendent and helpers, fitting up and furnishing -new mission houses, printing Annual Reports, etc., etc., $791.85. -Total, $11,898.05. The resources have been: Appropriation by parent -society, $7,000; Receipts to treasury and auxiliary, viz.: From its -own auxiliary local missions, $735.05; from churches, $1,003.60; -from donations by individuals and firms, $2,613, and from Eastern -friends, $512. Total, $4,863. Total resources, $11,863. It should -be added that this statement is necessarily made before the account -of the auxiliary (the California Chinese Mission) is closed, and -that we have hope of some further contributions, sufficient to set -the balance on the right side. The amount raised by the auxiliary -last year was $3,582.30. The increase has been nearly 37 per cent. -The most gratifying elements in this increase are in the offerings -of the churches and of our Chinese brethren. The latter cannot -now be stated exactly, but it is very considerable. The former is -from $532.85 in ’81-’82 to $1,003.60 in ’82-’83; and the number of -churches contributing has doubled rising from 15 to 30. - - * * * * * - - - - -BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. - -MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. - - * * * * * - - -As was indicated in the August MISSIONARY, ladies from the -different benevolent societies for home work are holding a series -of meetings in Michigan. The Bureau of Woman’s Work is represented -by Miss Anna M. Cahill, who has been connected for several years -with Fisk University. - - * * * * * - - -HELP AT PUBLIC MEETINGS. - -The Bureau of Woman’s Work is prepared to present the claims -of this Association in its line before missionary meetings, -conferences, Sabbath-schools, monthly concerts and other religious -gatherings, either through its Secretary or some one who has had -large experience on the Southern field. Application should be made -to Miss D. E. Emerson, 56 Reade street, New York. - - * * * * * - - -CONTRIBUTION FROM A LADY MISSIONARY. - -We do enjoy our work, and it was never more encouraging than now, -and yet sometimes it grows almost unbearable, to be so utterly -alone. The dear Lord sent a bit of a thought to cheer me to-day, -and I sat down and wrote it out, thinking it might comfort other -lonely workers in these dark corners. - - -THE LORD’S GARDEN. - -(LOVINGLY INSCRIBED TO THE A. M. A. WORKERS IN THE SOUTH.) - - A few days’ work In His garden, - The dear Lord gave me to do; - And I went to my task so gladly, - I thought ’twould be something new— - - Some dainty task ’mong the flowers, - That would show my skill and taste. - Alas! I sat down in sorrow, - To weep at the woeful waste. - - For He sent me to a corner. - Where never a flower could bloom; - A tangled thicket of tall, rank weeds, - As damp and dark as a tomb. - - But I said, “The dear Lord sent me.” - So in tears the task begun, - Clearing the weeds and rubbish away, - From morning till set of sun. - - Far away I heard the voices - Of fellow-servants so gay. - As they worked in bands together, - While I wrought alone all day, - - Tearing my hands with the thistles, - With heart so heavy and sad, - And never a flower to cheer me, - Or a song to make me glad. - - But slowly the task grew lighter, - As I cleared the rubbish away, - And the soft brown earth lay open - To the light and warmth of day. - - The Master came down at nightfall, - And gave me a smile so sweet, - I knew He was pleased with the service, - Though so rough and incomplete. - - For He said, “Dear heart, be patient! - I bring you some seeds to sow - In the soft soil, and you may watch - To see that they thrive and grow.” - - So my heart grew light and gladsome, - For the corner dark and wild. - Where I’d wrought in tears and sadness, - In growing loveliness smiled. - - I watched and tended my corner, - I gave it most faithful care, - Pruning, training the tender plants - Till they bloomed with fragrance rare. - - The Master came to His garden - Again, at set of the sun, - And I ran with joy to meet Him, - For He said, “Dear child, well done! - - “For this dark, benighted corner - Was a grievous sight to see. - What you have wrought in toil and pain - Was a blessed work for me.” - - Forgotten was all the sorrow, - Forgotten the lonely hours, - As I stood beside the Master - Who smiled upon the flowers. - -Sept. 25th, 1883. - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - - -THE STORY THAT SUBDUED HIM. - -BY MRS. HARRIET A. CHEEVER. - -A man of towering form, straight as an arrow, with copper-colored -skin, stood before a bit of looking-glass in a small wooden -dwelling. The clearing about the little habitation indicated -perseverance and thrift on the part of the owner. It had taken more -than that—hard labor and an almost endless amount of patience had -been required to bring this little portion of a “reservation” into -its present condition. - -The tawny man regarding himself in the bit of mirror was -unmistakably a savage, and savage enough his regular features -were as he addressed himself at that moment. He was decently -and comfortably clothed, in garments coarse, but clean and not -ill-fitting. But with an angry, scowling face, and quick, fierce -movements, the young giant was throwing off his garments, growling -in thick, guttural tones, “I kill, I shoot, I burn! Pale face -shan’t push Indian any more; I take th’ warpath again, let pale -face beware—him serpent!” - -Ten minutes later, and he would never have passed for the same man -first seen. His face was daubed with streaks of paint, making it -hideous indeed. The broad wampum belt contained both bowie knife -and pistol, while a coarse jacket and leggings of wolf-skin made -the tall figure appear animal-like in its ungainly trappings. - -But what wonder the slumbering savage nature was asserting itself! -For two long years, Trapper Dan—he liked the name the white men -had given him, successful hunter that he was—yes, for two years, -Trapper Dan had worked and slaved, encouraged by really kind -leaders, and with simple faith in the white man’s promises, he -believed the plot of land he was cultivating so untiringly, and the -rude but enduring little building would be his to keep forever. He -was a bright man naturally, and grasped eagerly the offers made by -the superior class of beings known to him as the pale faces. - -But now, when things were working never so easily and prosperously, -the reservation was to be broken up, or at least so meanly -encroached upon, that Trapper Dan’s little mite of an estate was -included in the reservation to be reserved no longer. - -What wonder, we repeat, that the barbarous instincts of the man -awoke in vengeful fury toward the unscrupulous destroyers of his -peace and his home? For, after all, the holy instincts clustering -about the idea of a home are easily understood and fostered even by -the savage when once he can grasp its blessed meaning. - -In hateful guise and with deadly weapons, the hunted trapper -stole, forth under cover of the darkness, his poor heart thirsting -for revenge. He realized vaguely that the Great Spirit would be -displeased at his anger, but he stifled all that as he vaulted -along toward the building where a great meeting was to be held. - -A slight young man just entering on a missionary career had -resolved that on this, his first night of addressing the Indians, -he would tell them in the very plainest language possible the -simple story of Jesus and His cross. Doubtless they had heard it -many times before, but no matter, it should be told to-night mainly -in words of one syllable, so that even the most untaught could -understand its import. - -Cowering close by one of the openings answering for windows was the -unseen figure of Trapper Dan, his dark face and darker designs -alike in hiding until the time for action should come. Once the -people were engrossed in the speaker, he would shoot into the -building and bring down more than one pale face on the platform, -then he would hide again, only to pillage and burn later on in the -night. - -He did not wish to listen or hear anything that might be said by -a despicable pale face, but when the young missionary, with heart -on fire for very love of his theme, told of the innocent little -baby, born in the far-off East, Dan became unconsciously interested -in _that baby_. Then, in words, every one of which his hearers -understood, the speaker told of the eager, intelligent boy, who -lingered in the temple to ask questions of the wise old doctors. - -Then the child became a man and did wondrous things, and for the -needy, the poor, the blind, the sick, the sinning! In most touching -accents he went on and told of the cruel return this dear child, -this bright boy, this loving, helpful man received at the hands -of those he had only helped and blessed. He came at last to the -piteous scenes at the cross, and when he cried out: “And it was all -for you, poor Indian, for you and me—for us all,” Trapper Dan was -surprised to find the tears raining over his painted cheeks, and -the anger and hatred was all gone from his poor heart. He lingered -to hear the young preacher tell of the forgiveness of the Saviour -towards his cruel enemies, then he turned away; and it was not a -savage any longer, but a softened, forgiving man, who went back to -the crude little home on the borders of the great solemn forest. -He wanted now so much to forgive those who were wronging him, that -early the next morning the land agent was surprised to see Trapper -Dan walk into his office, and holding out a friendly hand, say -bluntly: “I forgive all for the dear Jesus’ sake—he die for poor -Indian. I give up home, give up land—um sorry, but I no harm pale -face.” - -Later the same day the missionary found Trapper Dan, and was amazed -at the man’s gentle, forgiving spirit. A ferocious look had stolen -for a moment into his face when telling of his labor and his -wrongs, but it died out at the name of Jesus. - -It transpired that the little home was not disturbed after all, and -the missionary not long after remarked feelingly to the agent: - -“Only give him a fair chance, only treat him like a man and a -brother, treat him fairly and squarely, teach him Christ so he will -know him for a Saviour, and I will answer for the Indian. He may -appear the savage until taught better things, but he has the heart -of a human being after all.” - - * * * * * - - -BRING IN THE TITHES. MAL. 3: 10. - -BY NOEL HALL. - - Bring in the tithes, bring in the tithes, - The hovering blessing, haste to claim; - Or gold, or incense, corn, or wine, - Bring to the honor of His name— - The Giving One, whose law demands - Thank-loans, returned into his hands. - - Bring in the tithes, while faith is warm, - And love rehearses all his grace; - While zeal inspired, would fain go forth, - And bear his fame from place to place: - Your work, his treasury to fill— - The Lord’s, to bless you as he will. - - Let love essay its best to bring - Unto the altar of the Lord - Itself, its gems, its precious things, - And, bringing, find a sweet reward. - Behold, your offerings freely given, - Before you know, ’tis almost heaven! - - The word stands fast. “Bring in the tithes, - Fill up my house, with sacred store, - And prove me now: see my full hand, - From heaven’s open windows pour - A blessing that is past compare— - Reward of giving blent with prayer.” - - A glad and willing sacrifice - This day, this hour, make haste to bring; - Lo, even while you come—surprise! - Because you’ve brought unto the King - Your gifts elect, he all restores, - Himself, his riches, all are yours. - - —AMERICAN MESSENGER. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1883. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $575.21. - - Castine. Rev. A. E. Ives $5.00 - East Madison. Mrs. Eliza Bicknell 4.00 - Freeport. Daniel Lane 5.00 - Machias. Center St. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 6.16; - “Lady Member Center St. Ch.,” 5 11.16 - Milltown. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Furniture _for - Guest Room, Talladega C._ - Oldtown. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - South Berwick. Mrs. Ephraim Hodgson’s S. S. - Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 12.00 - South Bridgton. F. W. Sanborn 15.00 - South Paris. Cong. Ch. 6.30 - West Farmington. Box of Books by Mrs. Hannah - F. Packard, _for Chattanooga, Tenn._ - Wilton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.75 - Woodford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - --------- - $75.21 - - LEGACY. - - Augusta. Estate of John Dorr, by J. W. Chase, Ex. 500.00 - --------- - $575.21 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $205.90. - - Brentwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Chester. Mrs. Mary E. Hidden 10.00 - Exeter. Second Cong. Ch., “A Friend.” 2.00 - Exeter. Mrs. W. Odlin, _for Land and Building, - Austin, Texas_ 1.00 - Fitzwilliam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.00 - Harrisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Hebron. Rev. J. B. Cook and Wife 5.00 - Henniker. Mrs. M. L. C. Whiting 5.00 - Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for S. S. Work_ 25.00 - Keene. Second Cong. Ch., Mrs. J. A. Grimes 5.00 - Keene. “Children’s Miss’y Garden,” Second - Cong. Ch., _for a Little Girl in Bird’s - Nest, Fort Berthold, Dak._ 10.00 - Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.75 - Marlborough. “A Friend” 0.50 - Merrimack. First Cong. Ch. 16.80 - Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Nelson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.60 - Peterborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 5.00 - Salem. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 5; Mrs. Gilman D. - Kelley, 1 6.00 - Swanzey. Mrs. R. Williams 2.00 - Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Wilton. Second Cong Ch. and Soc. 31.25 - Wilton. “Busy Bees,” _for Woman’s Work_ 5.00 - - - VERMONT, $738.00. - - Burlington. Third Cong. Ch. 53.40 - Burlington. Winooski Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Talladega C._ 76.00 - Cambridge. Mr. and Mrs. Madison Safford 38.52 - Cambridge. B. R. Holmes, 5; Rev. E. Wheelock, - 5; O. W. Reynolds, 5; S. M. Safford, 5; “A - Friend” (Morrisville), 5; H. Wires, 3; Mrs. - M. Blaisdell, 3; —— Morris, 4; Others, 8 43.00 - Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 - Cornwall. Mrs. Mary W. Mead 3.00 - Derby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - Dorset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 8.00 - Dummerston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.50 - Ferrisburg. Cong. Ch., “Individual.” 4.00 - Manchester. Rev. Albert C. Reed, Box of Books, - Val. $50, _for Chattanooga, Tenn._ - Manchester. Cong. Ch. “A Friend.” 5.00 - Middlebury. Miss M. A. Mead 2.00 - Ripton. Rev. Moses Patten and family 10.00 - Royalton. A. W. Kenney 20.00 - Saint Johnsbury. FRANKLIN FAIRBANKS to const. - himself. FRANCES A. FAIRBANKS, MARY F. - FAIRBANKS and ELLEN H. FAIRBANKS L. Ms. 250.00 - Shoreham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00 - Springfield. Cong. Ch, and Soc. (15 of which - _for Avery Inst._) 75.82 - Vergennes. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - West Brattleborough. Dr. C. S. Clark, 25; Mrs. - F. C Gaines, 5; _for Student Aid, Talladega - C._ 30.00 - Westfield. Cong. Ch. 7.14 - Windham. Cong Sabbath School, ad’l to const. - ADELBERT J. STEARNS, L. M. 12.62 - Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lewis 8.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $11,366.57. - - Amherst. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 40; - College Ch., Prof Jos. K. Chickering, 30, to - const. FRANCIS C. BRIGGS L. M.; North Cong. - Ch. and Soc., 30, to const. MRS. NANCY E. - HARRINGTON L. M. 100.00 - Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Mrs. - David Gray, 10 110.00 - Barre. E. C. Ch., to const. B. F. PHELPS and - A. A. HUNT L. Ms. 61.10 - Bernardston. Orthodox Cong. Soc. 3.50 - Belchertown. Mrs. R. W. Walker 5.00 - Boston. Mrs. R. W. Prout 5, and bundle - “Congregationalists” 5.00 - Brimfield. Mrs. P. C. Browning, 10; Mrs. J. S. - Upham, 3 13.00 - Brookfield. Evan. Cong. Ch. 100.00 - Buckland. Mrs. Sally Gillett, FOR LIFE - MEMBERSHIPS 1,600.00 - Cambridge. North Av. Cong. Ch. 505.36 - Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch., 20; Mon. Con. - Coll., 10.83 30.83 - Chelsea. Ladies’ Union Home Mission Band, _for - Lady Miss’y, Chattanooga, Tenn._ 100.00 - Chicopee. Third Cong. Ch. 21.91 - Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., in - part, 343.09; Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 22.21 365.30 - Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.00 - Foxborough. Or. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.13 - Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.00 - Greenfield. Hon. W. B. Washburn, _for - Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Building_ 100.00 - Groton. Miss Elizabeth Farnsworth 20.00 - Hanson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Hatfield. Rev. R. M. Woods 50.00 - Haverhill. North Cong. Ch and Soc. 200.00 - Holland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.34 - Holliston. “Bible Christians of District No. 4” 25.00 - Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch., 21.16; First Cong. - Ch., 14.10 35.26 - Lakeville. Precinct Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.70 - Lancaster. Evan Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.99 - Lynn. Rev. James L. Hill, _for President’s - House. Talladega C._ 2.30 - Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 - Manchester. First Cong. Ch. to const. HOLMES - R. PETTEE L. M. 64.94 - Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 77.20 - Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 10.00 - Monson. Cong. Ch. 120.00 - North Abington. Rev. Jesse H. Jones 5.00 - North Adams. First Cong. Ch. 38.04 - Northampton. Rev. S. R. Butler 10.00 - Northborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.00 - North Chelmsford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Norton. Trinity Cong. Ch. and Soc. 58.32 - Newburyport. Belleville Ch and Soc. (ad’l) 5.00 - Oakham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.02 - Pittsfield. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Prescott. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.10 - Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Reading. Old South Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. - ELLEN D. BURRILL L. M. 50.00 - Salem. Crombie St. Ch. and Soc., to const. - REV. HUGH ELDER L. M. 38.37 - South Egremont. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Springfield. Memorial Ch., 24; A. C. Hunt, 10 34.00 - South Sudbury. Ladies’ Home Mission Soc. Bbl. - of C., _for Atlanta U._, Val. 34.17, and - 2.50 _for Freight_ 2.50 - Sterling. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Stoughton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const. - DEA. RUFUS SMITH, MISS BELLE CHILDS and MISS - KATE P. ARMS L. Ms. 14.70 - Sudbury. Un. Evan. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 10.50 - Taunton. Trin. Cong. Ch., 180.59; Winslow Ch. - and Soc., 28.26 208.85 - Tewksbury. Ladies Benev. Soc of Cong. Ch., Bbl - of C., _for Talladega, Ala._ - Townshend. “A Friend in Cong. Ch.” 5.00 - Turners Falls. “A Friend.” 20.00 - Upton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.00 - Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 64.93 - Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 - Waquoit. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Watertown. Young Ladies’ Mission Band, - Phillips Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 50.00 - West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const - REV. THOMAS BABB L. M. 30.00 - West Somerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - West Springfield. Second Cong. Ch. 12.20 - Winchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 125.29 - Worcester. Piedmont Ch., 31.35; Dea. David - Whitcomb, 10; Sam’l A. Pratt, 2, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 43.35 - Worcester. Salem St. Sab. Sch., _for Santee - Agency, Neb._ 25.00 - Worcester. Salem St. Ch. 3.70 - --------- - $5,119.73 - - LEGACIES. - - Rockland. Estate of Samuel Reed 800.00 - Woburn. Estate of Dea. Thomas Richardson 5,346.84 - Worcester. Estate of Adeline Flagg, by Isaac - Barber, Ex. 100.00 - --------- - $11,366.57 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $21.00. - - Peace Dale. Cong. Ch. 21.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $2,202.00. - - Bridgeport. Dea. E. W. Marsh, 20; Edward - Sterling, 5, _for Land and Building, Austin, - Texas_ 25.00 - Bristol. Mrs. P. L. Alcott 5.00 - Brooklyn. First Trin. Ch. 40.50 - Chaplin. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Cheshire. “A Friend,” 20; Cong. Ch. 19.86 39.86 - Danielsonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. - MRS. ELIZA STONE, MISS ISABELLA S. KERR and - EVERETT S. DANIELSON L. Ms. 90.00 - Derby. Sarah A. Hotchkiss, 5, L. De Forest, 1. - _for Land and Building, Austin, Texas_ 6.00 - East Canaan. Cong. Ch. 15.13 - East Hartford. First Ch. 20.00 - Essex. C. H. Hubbard, _for Land and Building, - Austin, Texas_ 10.00 - Goshen. Mrs. Moses Lyman 5.00 - Greens Farms. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.01 - Guilford. A Friend in Third Ch., _for Student - Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 2.00 - Haddam. Cong. Ch. 18.00 - Hanover. Cong. Ch. 12.00 - Hartford. Talcott St. Cong. Ch. 7.54 - Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.75 - Marlborough. Cong. Ch. 11.06 - Milford. Plymouth Ch. 40.00 - New Haven. Edward Stevens, 100; D. D. Mallory. - 25; First Methodist Ch., 20, _for Land and - Building, Austin, Texas_ 145.00 - New Haven. Davenport Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 50.00 - New Haven. Mrs. Eunice M. Crane 10.00 - New London. “Church of Christ” 45.32 - New Milford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 70.00 - New Preston. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00 - Norwich. First Cong. Ch. 70.00 - Norwich. Broadway Cong. Sab. Sch., 50; “Cash,” - 1, _for Land and Building, Austin, Texas_ 51.00 - Pequabuck. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.50 - Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 12.71 - South Norwalk. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., to - const. EDWARD BEARD, MISS GERTRUDE H. - BENEDICT, and MISS ELIZA G. PLATT L. Ms. 100.00 - Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 - Torrington. L. Wetmore 100.00 - Voluntown & Sterling. Cong. Ch., bal. to - const. MISS ELIZABETH W. CASSON L. M. 16.00 - Wallingford. Cong. Ch. 46.00 - Washington. “Friends, P. & N.” 9.00 - Watertown. Rev. B. D. Conkling and Wife 15.00 - Westbrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15.38; Dea. - Horace Bushnell, 2.50 17.88 - Westford. Cong Ch. 3.00 - West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith. 20; Lewis C. - Hubbard, 5; Mrs. E. C. Kimball 5; J. Hubbard - 50c., _for Land and Building, Austin, Texas_ 30.50 - Wethersfield. Rev. G. J. Tillotson, _for - Tillotson C. & N. Inst. Land_ 50.00 - Windham. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - --------- - $1,369.76 - - LEGACY. - - Torrington. Estate of Frederick P. Hills by - Fredk. S. Loomis, Ex. 832.24 - --------- - $2,202.00 - - - NEW YORK, $28,407.48. - - Brentwood. Elisha F. Richardson 300.00 - Brooklyn. Mrs. Lewis Edwards 25.00 - Camillus. Isaiah Wilcox 30.00 - Champion. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - City Island. M. E. Ch., 10.60, and Bbl. of - Goods, _for Orphans, Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.60 - Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears 128.36 - Homer. Miss Nancy Knight 3.00 - Honeoye. E. M. Pitts 11.00 - Jamesport. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Lebanon. M. Day, 20; Other Friends, 11.81, to - const. ALFRED COLEMAN PICKETT L. M. 31.81 - Le Roy. Mrs. L. A. Parsons 2.50 - Mount Vernon. “A Friend” 300.00 - New York. Z. Stiles Ely, 200; “A Friend,” .50; - Mrs. Lucy Thurber, 5 255.00 - New York. S. T. Gordon, _for Chinese M._ 25.00 - New York. Royalty on Dr. Cowles’ Commentary 47.36 - Pekin. Mrs. Abigail Peck 15.00 - Portland. J. S. Coon 20.00 - Rochester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 8.10 - Rodman. John S. Sill 10.00 - Tarrytown. Dr. A. Smith 5.00 - Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge, _for Work for - Women_ 10.00 - Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 10.00 - Willsborough. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - ---------- - 1,263.73 - - LEGACIES. - - Victor. Estate of Mrs. Emeline Lewis, by D. - Henry Osborne, Ex. 25,643.75 - Waverly. Estate of P. Hepburn, by Howard - Elmer, Ex. 1,500.00 - ------------ - $28,407.48 - - - NEW JERSEY, $517.00. - - East Orange. “L. F. H.” 10.00 - Morristown. E. A. Graves, _for Tillotson C. & - N. Inst._ 500.00 - Montclair. Mrs. J. H. Pratt’s S. S. Class, - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 7.00 - - - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $27.55. - Canton. H. Sheldon 10.00 - Farmers Valley. Mrs. J. E. Olds 0.50 - Hyde Park. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 12.05 - Newcastle. John Burgess 5.00 - - - OHIO, $309.32. - - Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury 20.00 - Geneva. “H. A. W.” 2.00 - Greensburg. Mrs. H. B. Harrington, _for Lady - Miss’y, Macon, Ga._ 20.00 - Lindenville. Mrs. Anson Jones, 1; Mrs. David - Parker, 1, _for Talladega C._ 2.00 - Mantua. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Medina. First Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Newark. Welch Cong. Ch., 9; Plymouth Cong. - Ch., 6 15.00 - North Bloomfield. Miss Elizabeth Brown, _for - Talladega C._ 15.00 - Oberlin. Ladies Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Lady Miss’y, Atlanta, Ga._ 75.00 - Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 19.77 - Painesville. Mrs. L. A. M. Little, _20 for - Indian M. and 10 for Chinese M._ 30.00 - Rockport. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Savannah. J. A. Patterson 5.00 - Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 40.00 - Tallmadge. Rev. Luther Shaw 10.00 - Warren. Wm. C. Savage & Co. 5.00 - Windham. First Cong. Ch. 30.55 - - - ILLINOIS, $1,900.50. - - Avon. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 3.72 - Bartlett. Cong. Ch. 28.06 - Bristol. Cong. Ch. 5.75 - Buda. Cong. Ch. 29.07 - Cairo. J. C. Walton, M.D., _for Church - building, Jackson, Miss._ 5.00 - Chicago. South Cong. Ch., 80.15, to const. W. - E. HALE L. M.; Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., 26.45 106.60 - Chicago. John S. Kendall, 20; Lyman Baird, 10; - “A Friend in So. Cong. Ch.,” 5, _for - Talladega C._ 35.00 - Chicago. Young Ladies’ Soc. of N. E. Cong. - Ch., _for Lady Miss’y, Fort Sully, Dak._ 10.00 - Collinsville. J. F. Wadsworth 10.00 - Danville. Mrs. Anna Swan 5.00 - Elgin. W. G. Hubbard 25.00 - Evanston. Cong. Ch. 26.49 - Forrest. First Cong. Ch. 25.68 - Freeport. L. A. Warner 25.00 - Gridley. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Harvard. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Joy Prairie. Cong. Ch. 17.50 - Kewanee. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for - Tougaloo U._ 20.00 - La Salle. Sarah Lathrop 9.00 - Oak Park. Onward Mission Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Payson. J. K. Scarborough, to const. MISS MARY - C. BARKER and MISS CARRIE KAY L. Ms. 60.00 - Shabbona. First Cong. Ch. 42.05 - Sheffield. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Sycamore. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 20.00 - Wataga. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 0.58 - Wythe. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - --------- - $610.50 - - LEGACIES. - - Pittsfield. Estate of Rev. William Carter, by - Wm. C. Carter, Ex. 500.00 - Galesburg. Estate of Warren C. Willard, by - Prof. T. R. Willard, Ex. 290.00 - Dover. Bequest of Geo. Wells and Wife, in part 500.00 - ---------- - $1,900.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $399.57. - - Bradley. First Cong. Ch. 1.57 - Galesburg. P. H. Whitford 100.00 - Homer. “A Friend” 5.00 - Hopkins. First Cong. Ch. 3.98 - Jackson. First Cong. Ch. 250.00 - Kalamazoo. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 9.30 - Litchfield. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., _for Woman’s - Work_ 11.00 - Middleville. Cong. Ch. 6.15 - Olivet. Cong. Ch. 2.57 - South Haven. C. Pierce 10.00 - - - IOWA, $312.61. - - Atlantic. “Friends in Cong. Ch.,” 10; Mrs. H. - J. Barnett (5 of which _for Student Aid_), - 10, _for Talladega C._ 20.00 - Atlantic. Mrs. Milo Whiting, 5; Cong. Sab. - Sch., 2.39 7.39 - Big Rock. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Cedar Falls. Wm. C. Bryant, _for President’s - House, Talladega C._ 10.00 - Cedar Falls. Cong. S. S., _for Needmore - Chapel, Talladega, Ala._ 5.00 - Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch. 24.63 - Cherokee. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 10.52 - Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 43.00 - Chester Center. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Miss’y, New Orleans, La._ 1.50 - Council Bluffs. Cong. Ch. (in part), _for - Talladega C._ 21.50 - Davenport. Harry Sales, 10; “A Friend,” 2, - _for Talladega C._ 12.00 - Davenport. Three Children of Geo. Russell, - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 0.75 - Des Moines. Mrs. D. S. Cleghorn, _for - Talladega C._ 2.00 - Elkader. Mrs. M. H. Carter 5.00 - Fairfax. First Cong. Ch. 4.25 - Farmersburg. Cong. Ch. 2.50 - Fayette. Cong. Ch. 11.50 - Fort Dodge. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Monticello. Cong. Ch. 13.00 - New Hampton. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 2.80 - Old Man’s Creek. Welsh Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Sabula. Mrs. H. H. Wood 5.00 - Seneca. Rev. O. Littlefield and Wife 12.00 - Waterloo. Ladies, _for Freight, for Talladega - C._ 2.00 - Waterloo. John H. Leavitt, 50; “Hawkeye,” - 2.27, _for President’s House, Talladega C._ 52.27 - Wintersett. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore, 8; Mrs. C. W. - Parlin, 5 13.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $222.13. - - Arena. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady Miss’y - Montgomery, Ala._ 6.00 - Brodhead. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Miss’y, Montgomery, Ala._ 5.00 - Brandon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Miss’y, Montgomery, Ala._ 10.00 - Clinton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Miss’y, Montgomery, Ala._ 1.00 - Delavan. Cong. Ch. 49.00 - Eau Claire. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Miss’y, Montgomery, Ala._ 15.70 - Evansville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Miss’y, Montgomery, Ala._ 1.00 - Fulton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady Miss’y, - Montgomery, Ala._ 5.00 - Hartland. Cong. Ch. 12.00 - Ironton. Cong. Ch. 7.90 - Lancaster. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Miss’y, Montgomery, Ala._ 5.00 - Oconomowoc. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Pewaukee. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Pierce City. Cong. Ch. 8.70 - Racine. Presb. Ch. 28.80 - Rio. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - River Falls. Cong. Ch. 19.35 - Sun Prairie. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Wauwatosa. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Miss’y, Montgomery, Ala._ 1.00 - Whitewater. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 10.55; - Primary Class in Sab. Sch., 2.13, _for Lady - Miss’y, Montgomery, Ala._ 12.68 - Wyocena. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $164.63. - - Anoka. Cong. Ch., 9.60; George A. Clark, 10 19.60 - Brownsville. Mrs. S. M. McHose 2.00 - Clearwater. Cong. Ch. 4.72 - Cottage Grove. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 26.50 - Fairmont. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Hastings. D. B. Truax 5.00 - Marshall. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 8.75 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 19.33; Pilgrim - Cong. Ch., 9.08; Vine St. Cong. Ch., 4.75 33.16 - Owatonna. Cong. Ch. 8.90 - Sauk Rapids. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - ——. “Friends,” _for Talladega C._ 50.00 - - - KANSAS, $41.71. - - Highland. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Cawker City. Cong. Ch. 3.10 - Osawatomie. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Ottawa. Cong. Ch. 12.00 - Sterling. Cong. Ch. 10.61 - - - MISSOURI, $15.00. - - Joplin. Rev. W. P. Clancy 5.00 - Saint Louis. Pilgrim Sab. Sch. 10.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $99.81. - - Camp Creek. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch. 3.65 - Clay Center. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Humboldt. J. B. White 20.00 - Fairmont. Cong. Ch. 45.00 - Reserve. Cong. Ch. 2.70 - Steele City. Cong. Ch. 10.01 - West Point. Cong. Ch. 3.20 - Wisner. Cong. Ch. 5.35 - York. Cong. Ch. 4.90 - - - WASHINGTON TER., $1.25. - - Houghton. First Ch. of Christ 1.25 - - - CALIFORNIA, $10.00. - - National City. T. Parsons 10.00 - - - VIRGINIA, $7.00. - - Herndon. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $12.00. - - Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch. 12.00 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $5.00. - - Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $10.00. - - Charleston. Plymouth Ch. 10.00 - - - GEORGIA, $20.00. - - Atlanta. First Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Macon. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - - - ALABAMA, $13.10. - - Marion. Cong. Ch. 3.10 - Talladega. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $131.77. - - Jackson. Citizens, _for Cong. Ch., Jackson, - Miss._ 100.00 - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition 31.77 - - - TEXAS, $3.00. - - Austin. W. L. Gordon, 4 vols., _for Tillotson - C. & N. Inst._ - Corpus Christi. Rev. S. M. Coles, 1 vol., _for - Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ - Paris. Madeville African Cong. Ch., _for Mendi - M._ 2.00 - Paris. First Cong. Ch., Mon. Con. Coll. 1.00 - - - INCOMES, $2,043.23. - - Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 1,828.96 - De Forest Fund, _for President’s Chair, - Talladega C._ 0.72 - C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00 - General Endowment Fund 50.00 - Income, _for Atlanta U._ 9.84 - Luke Memorial Fund 5.00 - Theological Endowment Fund, _for Howard U._ 57.26 - Theo. Endowment Fund, _for Fisk U._ 3.20 - Tuthill King Fund, _for Berea C._ 38.25 - - - SANDWICH ISLANDS, $200.00. - - Sandwich Islands. “A Friend” 200.00 - - - CHINA, $5.00. - - Shanghai. Rev. Luther H. 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OF ALA., -502 B’way, or AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST CO., 113 B’way, N.Y. - - * * * * * - - - - -CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - - -ART. I. This Society shall be called the American Missionary -Association. - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct -Christian missionary and educational operations and diffuse a -knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries -which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent -fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes -faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in -the practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the -funds, may become a member of the Society; and, by the payment of -$30, a life member; provided that children and others who have not -professed their faith may be constituted life members without the -privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, -and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, -and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one -representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, Corresponding Secretaries (who shall also keep the -records of the Association), Treasurer, Auditors and an Executive -Committee of not less than twelve members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counseling, sustaining and -dismissing missionaries and agents; the selection of missionary -fields; and, in general, the transaction of all such business -as usually appertains to the executive committees of missionary -and other benevolent societies; the Committee to exercise no -ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries; and its doings -to be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting, which -shall, by a reference mutually chosen, always entertain the -complaints of any aggrieved agent or missionary, and the decision -of such reference shall be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, -in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and -general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the -diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous -promotion of the missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the -transaction of business. - -ART. VIII. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to -the principles of this society, and wishing to appoint and sustain -missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the -agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. IX. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution without -the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular -annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been -submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in -season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if -so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a -belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a -Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice -of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world: the necessity -of regeneration by the Holy Spirit; repentance, faith and holy -obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and -the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the -wicked and salvation of the righteous. - - * * * * * - - - - -PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - - -ART. I. This society to be called the American Missionary -Association. - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct -Christian missionary and educational operations and diffuse a -knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries -which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent -fields of effort. - -ART. III. Members may be constituted for life by the payment of -thirty dollars into the treasury of the Association, with the -written declaration at the time or times of payment that the sum is -to be applied to constitute a designated person a life member; and -such membership shall begin sixty days after the payment shall have -been completed. - -Every church which has within a year contributed to the funds of -the Association and every State Conference or Association of such -churches may appoint two delegates to the Annual Meeting of the -Association; such delegates, duly attested by credentials, shall be -members of the Association for the year for which they were thus -appointed. - -ART. IV. The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held in -the month of October or November, at such time and place as may be -designated by the Executive Committee, by notice printed in the -official publication of the Association for the preceding month. - -ART. V. The officers of the Association shall be a President, -five Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary or Secretaries, -a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, Auditors, and an Executive -Committee of fifteen members, all of whom shall be elected by -ballot. - -At the first Annual Meeting after the adoption of this -Constitution, five members of the Executive Committee shall be -elected for the term of one year, five for two years and five for -three years, and at each subsequent Annual Meeting, five members -shall be elected for the full term of three years, and such others -as shall be required to fill vacancies. - -ART. VI. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds, the appointing, counseling, sustaining -and dismissing of missionaries and agents, and the selection of -missionary fields. They shall have authority to fill all vacancies -in office occurring between the Annual Meetings; to apply to any -Legislature for acts of incorporation, or conferring corporate -powers; to make provision when necessary for disabled missionaries -and for the widows and children of deceased missionaries, and in -general to transact all such business as usually appertains to the -Executive Committees of missionary and other benevolent societies. -The acts of the Committee shall be subject to the revision of the -Annual Meeting. - -Five members of the Committee constitute a quorum for transacting -business. - -ART. VII. No person shall be made an officer of this Association -who is not a member of some evangelical church. - -ART. VIII. Missionary bodies and churches or individuals may -appoint and sustain missionaries of their own, through the agency -of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. IX. 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Heretofore -the Chart has never been sold for less than =$1.00=, but now, that -WE have secured the sale of the genuine, we have resolved to send -the Chart for =Twenty-Five Cents= and also, the send =34 Pieces -of Beautiful Music=, vocal and instrumental,—full music sheet -size, =Free= to every purchaser. All the new opera gems of Mascot, -Billee Taylor, Olivette, Waltzes, Songs, Mazourkas, Quadrilles, -etc., words and music. Music lovers have =never had such bargains -offered=. - -=STOP AND THINK! 34 Complete Pieces of Music=, in addition to -=Buckners Musical Chart=, all for =ONLY 25 CENTS=. This is no -catchpenny announcement. Our house is among the staunchest in New -York City—having a well earned reputation to sustain. Our neighbors -in the best part of the city, =know us=, for we have been among -them for years. 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Will send -Three Charts of Three Sets of Music for =Sixty Cents=. =1= ct. and -=2= ct. postage stamps taken. =48= page illustrated catalogue of -Organettes, Violins, Accordeons, Magic Lanterns, &c. sent free. -Address all orders to =World Manuf’g Co. 122 Nassau Street, New -York=. - - - * * * * * - - - MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS. - - A cable dispatch announces that at the - - International Industrial Exhibition - - (1883) now in progress (1883) at - - AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, - - These Organs have been Awarded the - - GRAND DIPLOMA OF HONOR, - -Being the VERY HIGHEST AWARD, ranking above the GOLD MEDAL, and -given only for EXCEPTIONAL SUPER-EXCELLENCE. - - THUS IS CONTINUED THE UNBROKEN SERIES OF TRIUMPHS OF THESE ORGANS - - AT EVERY GREAT WORLD’S INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION - - FOR SIXTEEN YEARS, - -No other American Organs having been found equal to them in any. - - -THE RECORD OF TRIUMPHS of MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS in such severe and -prolonged comparisons by the BEST JUDGES OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS IN THE -WORLD now stands: at - - PARIS, FRANCE. 1867 - VIENNA, AUSTRIA. 1873 - SANTIAGO, CHILI. 1875 - PHILA., U.S. AMER. 1876 - PARIS, FRANCE. 1878 - MILAN, ITALY. 1878 - AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS. 1883 - -The Testimony of Musicians is Equally Emphatic. - -[Illustration: THE NEW WORLD SAYS - - “MUCH - THE BEST - MUSICIANS GENERALLY - SO REGARD THEM” - - THEO-THOMAS - AND - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.] - -[Illustration: THE OLD WORLD SAYS - - “MATCHLESS” - “UNRIVALED” - - FRANZ LISZT - AND - HUNDREDS OF OTHERS.] - - A NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FOR 1883-4 - -(dated October, 1883) is now ready and will be sent free; including -MANY NEW STYLES—the best assortment and most attractive organs -we have ever offered. ONE HUNDRED STYLES are fully described and -illustrated, adapted to all uses, in plain and elegant cases in -natural woods, and superbly decorated in gold, silver and colors. -Prices, $22 for the smallest size, but having as much power as any -single reed organ and the characteristic Mason & Hamlin excellence, -up to $900 for the largest size. 50 styles between $100 and $200. -_Sold also for easy payments._ Catalogues free. - - - THE MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO., - -154 Tremont St., Boston; 46 East 14th Street (Union Square), New -York; 149 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. - - - * * * * * - - - 7 PER CENT. to 8 PER CENT. - - Interest Net to Investors - - In First Mortgage Bonds ON - - IMPROVED FARMS in - - Iowa, Minnesota - - and Dakota, - - SECURED BY - - ORMSBY BROS. & CO., - - BANKERS, LOAN AND LAND BROKERS, - - EMMETSBURG, IOWA. - - - _11 Years’ Experience. Loans Absolutely Safe._ - - References and Circulars forwarded on Application. - - - _BRANCH BANKS AT MITCHELL AND HURON, D.T._ - - - * * * * * - - - PAYSON’S - - INDELIBLE INK, - - - FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH A - COMMON PEN, WITHOUT A - PREPARATION. - - - It still stands unrivaled after 50 years’ test. - - - THE SIMPLEST AND BEST. - -Sales now greater than ever before. - -This Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all -rivals. - -Report of Judges: “For simplicity of application and indelibility.” - - - INQUIRE FOR - - PAYSON’S COMBINATION!!! - -Sold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many -Fancy Goods and Furnishing Houses. - - - * * * * * - - - ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS. - -[Illustration: - - SMITH - AMERICAN - ORGANS] - - ARE THE BEST. - - - _Catalogues Free on Application._ - -Address the Company either at - - BOSTON, MASS., 531 Tremont Street; - LONDON, ENG., 57 Holborn Viaduct; - KANSAS CITY, Mo., 817 Main Street; - ATLANTA, GA., 27 Whitehall Street; - Or, DEFIANCE, O. - - - OVER 95,000 SOLD. - - - * * * * * - - -[Illustration: - - THE - RISING SUN - STOVE POLISH] - - For beauty of gloss, for saving of toil, - For freeness from dust and slowness to soil, - And also for cheapness ’tis yet unsurpassed, - And thousands of merchants are selling it fast. - - Of all imitations ’tis well to beware; - The half risen sun every package should bear; - For this is the “trade mark” the MORSE BROS. use, - And none are permitted the mark to abuse. - - - * * * * * - - - ANNUAL MEETING OF THE A. M. A. - - -The Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the American Missionary -Association will be held in the Central Congregational Church, -Brooklyn, N.Y. (Dr. Behrends’), beginning Tuesday, October 30, at 3 -P.M., and closing on the evening of Thursday, November 1. - -The sermon will be preached by Rev. John L. Withrow, D.D., of -Boston, Mass., Tuesday evening, at 7:30, to be followed by the -communion service. - -The following persons have promised to take part in the meetings: -Rev. E. B. Webb, D.D.; Pres. S. C. Bartlett, D.D.; Rev. Washington -Gladden, D.D.; Rev. Wm. Allen Bartlett, D.D.; Rev. Wm. H. Willcox, -D.D.; Hon. Alpheus Hardy; Prof. Llewellyn Pratt, D.D.; Prof. Wm. M. -Barbour, D.D.; Rev. D. O. Mears, D.D.; Rev. W. H. Ward, D.D.; Rev. -Samuel Scoville; Rev. E. W. Bacon; Rev. Wm. S. Palmer, D.D.; Rev. -D. K. Flickinger, D.D.; Rev. Geo. M. Boynton; Rev. A. H. Bradford; -Rev. T. P. Prudden; Prof. C. G. Fairchild; Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, -D.D.; Mr. Yew Fun Tan, from Yale College, 1883; Mr. Wm. Harrison -McKinney, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, from Roanoke College, -1883; Rev. J. C. Price, Salisbury, N.C., Lincoln University, 1879; -Rev. A. A. Myers, from the mountain regions of Kentucky. - -A meeting of the Bureau of Woman’s Work in connection with this -Association will be held Wednesday, at 2 P.M., at which Mrs. W. C. -Pond, San Francisco, Mrs. A. L. Riggs, from the Santee Agency, Miss -Ida M. Beach, Savannah, Mrs. A. A. Myers, of Kentucky, and others, -will be present and take part in the exercises. - - - RAILWAY AND STEAMBOAT FARES. - -New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.—Round-trip tickets to New -York from Springfield, $4.40, Hartford, $3.55; Middletown, $3.55; -New Britain, $3.50; Meriden, $2.95; New Haven, $2.35; New London, -$4.35; Saybrook, $3.60; Willimantic, $4.65; Bridgeport, $1.75; -South Norwalk, $1.35; Stamford, $1.05. Return coupons will not -be received for passage unless stamped by Richard M. Montgomery, -Secretary, at the meeting. - -New Haven & Northampton R. R.—Round-trip tickets to New Haven from -North Adams, $4; Westfield, $2.00; Collinsville, $1.30; Farmington, -$1; Plainville, 95c.; Southington, 75c.; to which must be added -round-trip ticket from New Haven to New York, $2.35. These tickets -must also be stamped at the meeting. - -Naugatuck R. R.—Round-trip tickets to Bridgeport from Winsted, -$2.40; Thomaston, $1.75; Waterbury, $1.34; to which must be added -round-trip ticket from Bridgeport to New York, $1.75. These tickets -must also be stamped at the meeting. - -Housatonic R. R.—Round-trip tickets to Bridgeport from Pittsfield, -$4.55; from Great Barrington, $4.35; New Milford, $3.10, -Hawleysville, $2.40; to which must be added round-trip ticket from -Bridgeport to New York, $1.75. These tickets must also be stamped -at the meeting. - -Connecticut River, Ashuelot, Vermont Valley and Sullivan County -railroads will give free return checks to those who pay full fare -one way. These checks must be obtained of the conductors while -passengers are en route to New York. See price of round-trip -tickets on connecting lines. - -Central Vermont R. R. and New London & Northern R. R. will give -free return checks to those paying full fare in going over their -roads to attend the meeting, to be furnished by Richard M. -Montgomery during the sessions in Brooklyn. - -Norwich and New York Transportation Co. will furnish round-trip -tickets from New London to New York for $3. - -New York & New England R. R. will furnish round-trip tickets to -New York from Worcester via the Norwich line of boats for $4, and -from Norwich for $3. The tickets at Norwich to be purchased at the -Norwich & Worcester R. R. depot. - -Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. will return passengers who -have paid full fare from Buffalo to New York at one-third of the -regular rates on surrender of certificate to be furnished them by -Richard M. Montgomery at the meeting. For excursion rates, inquire -at nearest railway station. - -New York, West Shore & Buffalo R. R., also the New York, Ontario -& Western, will return passengers who have paid full fare to New -York, at the rate of one cent per mile, on surrender of certificate -to be furnished by Richard M. Montgomery at the meeting. - -All tickets good from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. - - - ENTERTAINMENT. - -The citizens of Brooklyn will cordially welcome to their homes all -persons in attendance at the meetings. Those wishing hospitality -should forward their applications as early as possible to Richard -M. Montgomery, 169 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y. - - * * * * * - - - ATKIN & PROUT, Printers, 12 Barclay St., New York. - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes - - -Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions silently -corrected. Period spelling retained. - -Changed “BEQEATH” to “BEQUEATH” on the inside cover (I BEQUEATH to -my executor). - -Changed “tho” to “the” on page 333 (the greatest of all). - -Changed “Talladaga” to “Talladega” in the Montclair and Lindenville -entries on page 345. - -Changed “Fragance” to “Fragrance” on page 349 (Beauty and Fragrance) - -Changed “SPENDID” to “SPLENDID” on page 351 (THIS SPLENDID COIN -SILVER HUNTING CASE) - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 37, -No. 11, November, 1883, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, NOVEMBER 1883 *** - -***** This file should be named 61866-0.txt or 61866-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/1/8/6/61866/ - -Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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