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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The American missionary -- volume 42, no. 9, September, 1888 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: August 4, 2022 [eBook #68684] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Joshua Hutchinson 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) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -- -VOLUME 42, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER, 1888 *** - - - - - -[Illustration: SEPTEMBER, 1888. - -The American Missionary - -VOL. XLII. - -NO. 9.] - - - - -[Illustration: CONTENTS] - - - EDITORIAL. - - ANNUAL MEETING—FINANCIAL, 237 - A CREED—PARAGRAPHS, 238 - MR. MOODY—AFRICA—SIOUX BILL, 239 - MOUNTAIN WORK AND THE COLORED PEOPLE, 240 - EMANCIPATION IN BRAZIL, 241 - INTER-BLENDING OF MISSIONARY WORK, 242 - SCHOOL ECHOES—EXTRACT, 244 - DEATH OF MRS. L. A. ORR, 245 - ON TO JESUS; ON TO GOD, 246 - - - THE SOUTH. - - NOTES IN THE SADDLE. By District Secretary Ryder, 246 - THE BUSY WORKERS, 248 - TALLADEGA COLLEGE, 249 - TRINITY SCHOOL, ATHENS, ALA., 251 - - - STUDENT’S LETTER. - - HOW I WON MY SCHOOL, 252 - - - THE INDIANS. - - SPEECH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF, 255 - FORT YATES, DAKOTA, 255 - - - THE CHINESE. - - CHRISTIAN CHINESE EN ROUTE TO CHINA, 256 - - - BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. - - LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO, 259 - - - OUR YOUNG FOLKS. - - LITTLE INDIANS, 260 - - - RECEIPTS, 261 - - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK: - - PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, - - Rooms, 56 Reade Street. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance. - - Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class - matter. - - - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - - PRESIDENT, REV. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., N.Y. - - - _Vice-Presidents._ - - Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. - Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. - Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. - Rev. D. O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. - Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. - - - _Corresponding Secretaries._ - - Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ - Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ - - - _Treasurer._ - - H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ - - - _Auditors._ - - PETER MCCARTEE. - CHAS. P. PEIRCE. - - - _Executive Committee._ - - JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. - ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary. - - _For Three Years._ - - LYMAN ABBOTT, - CHARLES A. HULL, - J. R. DANFORTH, - CLINTON B. FISK, - ADDISON P. FOSTER, - - _For Two Years._ - - S. B. HALLIDAY, - SAMUEL HOLMES, - SAMUEL S. MARPLES, - CHARLES L. MEAD, - ELBERT B. MONROE, - - _For One Year._ - - J. E. RANKIN, - WM. H. WARD, - J. W. COOPER, - JOHN H. WASHBURN, - EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. - - - _District Secretaries._ - - Rev. C. J. RYDER, _21 Cong’l House, Boston_. - Rev. J. E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago_. - - - _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ - - Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON. - - - _Secretary of Woman’s Bureau._ - - Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade St., N.Y._ - - * * * * * - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the -Corresponding Secretaries; letters for “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY,” -to the Editor, at the New York Office. - - -DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, 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 151 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. - - * * * * * - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XLII. SEPTEMBER, 1888. NO. 9. - - * * * * * - - - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -The next Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association will -be held at Providence, R.I., commencing at three o’clock Tuesday -afternoon, October 23d. Rev. Arthur Little, D.D., of Chicago, -will preach the sermon. On the last page of the cover will be -found directions as to membership and other items of interest. -Fuller details regarding the reception of delegates and their -entertainment, together with rates at hotels, and railroad and -steamboat reductions, will be given in the religious press and in -the next number of the MISSIONARY. - -A meeting of great interest is expected, and we trust our friends -will make their preparations in due time to be present. - - * * * * * - -OUR RECEIPTS for the ten months ending July 31st are $235,884.73, -an increase of $6,377.40 as compared with the corresponding months -of last year. The increase from collections is $12,628.92, and -the decrease from legacies is $6,251.52, leaving the net increase -as stated. This increase from collections is gratifying; but our -expenditures during the last ten months have been $27,079.89 -greater than for the same months last year. - -This increase has been due not only to the imperative demands for -the enlargement of the work, but to the added facilities afforded -by the contributions of friends who have realized these needs and -have provided the necessary buildings and improvements. - -The patrons of the Association have been wont to rally in the -month of September to save us from debt. Our average receipts -from _collections_ for that month for the past three years have -been $38,000, which is nearly double the average of our monthly -collections for the past year. We hope our friends have not lost -their zeal in our work, and that their hearts are as warm and their -hands as liberal as ever. - -We ask their attention to the two items that follow: - - -_A Practical, Thoughtful Man._ - -A gentleman once said to a Secretary of this Association: “I -contribute regularly to all our Congregational societies, and in -addition to that I lay aside $100 for the society that stands -in the greatest need. I notice that one or the other of these -societies comes to the close of its fiscal year threatened with -debt, and this year I think the American Missionary Association -must have the $100.” - -Thanks were duly expressed. - - -_A Creed._ - -We believe that there are many such practical, thoughtful men in -our churches who lay by money, some more, some less, for this good -purpose. - -We believe there are many more Christian people, who, while they do -not plan so definitely, yet keep watch of the benevolent societies, -and come to the rescue in time of need. - -We believe that some give out of their abundance, and others, -feeling themselves somewhat straitened yet realizing the -difficulties of a benevolent society in like circumstances, decide, -in the spirit of Christian self-sacrifice, to aid with their mite -the embarrassed society. - -We believe there are pastors, devoted and efficient in their parish -work, who yet are broad-minded and large-hearted enough to keep a -watchful eye on the interests of the great missionary societies, -and, at the appropriate time, to urge upon their churches liberal -contributions for the hour of need. - -We believe that, at this time, the American Missionary Association -is the society needing special help at the close of its financial -year, and we earnestly exhort practical, thoughtful Christians and -churches to make special remembrance of our wants by prompt and -liberal contributions during the month of September. - - * * * * * - -WE begin this month the publication of a series of letters received -from students or graduates of our various institutions in the -South. They will be found very readable. Those of our friends who -begin the one we publish in this number will read it through, we -are very sure, and will be glad to read the others as they come in -successive numbers. - - * * * * * - -HOW BRIEF the passage from life to death. This number of THE -MISSIONARY contains a very interesting sketch of the Commencement -exercises at Talladega College, written by Mrs. L. A. Orr; and -yet, on another page, will be found the record of her death. Happy -are they who are toiling in the Master’s vineyard when the summons -comes. - - * * * * * - -WE had the pleasure of an intimate acquaintance with Rev. G. D. -Pike, D.D., for nearly twenty years. We knew that his studies ran -beyond the range of official work, but we never suspected that he -indulged in writing verses. Since his death, several hymns have -been found, written by him, and, on another page, we present one -of these. It was written during his absence for his health and when -he regarded the end of life as not far off, and indicates his faith -and hope. The many friends of Dr. Pike will be glad to read this. - - * * * * * - - -MR. MOODY. - -Mr. Moody as a lay evangelist has made a marvellous, a unique, -record in modern Christian labors. No layman, and few clergymen, -have surpassed him in this peculiar work. But Mr. Moody’s efforts -in another line are attracting the attention and admiration of -Christians in all parts of the world. We venture the prediction -that one hundred years hence Mr. Moody will be better known by -the schools he has founded than by the evangelistic work he has -done. There is something about a permanent institution, like the -opening of a living spring on the hillside, that is refreshing -and perennial. John Harvard and Elihu Yale opened such fountains. -Other men of to-day are doing the same thing in the South, either -by the consecration of permanent funds or the founding of permanent -institutions. May their number be multiplied. - - * * * * * - - -AFRICA. - -Alas for poor Africa! The day of her redemption lingereth. The -rebellion of the Mahdi hindered the progress of civilization in -the vast regions of the Upper Nile. It occurred precisely at the -time that Rev. Dr. Ladd was making his explorations near the mouth -of the Sobat, with a view to the establishment of the Arthington -Mission. The hope that was entertained that this sudden and -disastrous outbreak would soon be quelled has been disappointed. -The Mahdi is dead, but he has a successor, Khalifa Abdullah, -who, if he does not inherit the Mahdi’s remarkable powers, yet -can suffice to keep the Soudan in turmoil. Emin Bey has not been -rescued and Stanley’s whereabouts and safety are uncertain. Is -it not time that the duty of the American of African descent to -the land of his fathers should be pressed upon him, and that the -Christian church should help to prepare him for that duty? - - * * * * * - - -THE SIOUX BILL. - -The friends of the Indians have sought earnestly and successfully -to secure proper legislation looking to the civilization of the -Indians. The Dawes Bill and the Sioux Bill have been hailed with -joy as important steps in this direction. - -But Senator Dawes himself and other intelligent friends of the -Indians have foreseen the possible difficulties in the way. The -refusal of the Indians to sign the treaty at the recent council -at Standing Rock, and the indication at this writing that the -same refusal will meet the Commissioners at the Cheyenne, Rosebud -and Pine Ridge Agencies, present the picket lines of these -difficulties. But beyond all these lie the stronger hindrances. -The great trouble is that the Indian is still an Indian, in his -ignorance, his want of training for civilized life, his dislike -of work, and his incompetency to make profitable use of the lands -and teams and implements proffered to him. Of what use to any -man, white or Indian, is 160 acres of land if he doesn’t want it, -if he doesn’t know how to use it, and can’t make a living on it? -After all that has been said and done, the thing that the Indian -needs is a _Christian education_. If he has that, he will know how -to work and will be inclined to work, and will become a good and -self-supporting citizen. Christian friends of the Indian! rally to -the great work of Christianing these Indians. The primer and the -New Testament are their great want. - - * * * * * - - -THE MOUNTAIN WORK AND THE COLORED PEOPLE. - -There are three things which give special emphasis to the -importance of pushing forward the “Mountain Work.” - -1. The great material, intellectual and spiritual destitution of -the more than two million people of our Southern mountains—a people -of good natural endowments, who respond readily to the life-giving -impulses of a pure gospel—is the thing which appeals most directly -to our sympathy. - -2. Many well-informed business men are confidently declaring that -this is the richest mineral region of the world. Already they are -either building or planning railroads through every part of the -mountains, which are made profitable not only by the wonderful -mines which open at their approach, but also by the great forests -of black walnut, poplar, and other valuable timber. This, of -course, means that the present primitive condition of things -cannot long remain. It must give way to something else. Whether it -shall be to godlessness and wickedness of every form, or whether -the natural religiousness of the people shall be met with pure -and uplifting gospel influences—with the Church and the Christian -school—depends in a large measure on what our churches and -individual Christians say through the treasury of this Association. -What will take years of work and thousands of dollars in the future -can now be done in months and with hundreds. - -3. But this work has a connection with our other Southern work -which has been little noted. These mountains extend down into the -very heart of the South, in a territory 200 miles broad and 500 -miles long. In the late war, the people were loyal to the Union -almost to a man, and thousands of them fought for its preservation. -Slaves were few among them, and colored people are now scarcely -more numerous than they are in the North, though the proportion -is increasing. The result is a natural affiliation with what -are known as “Northern Ideas.” The feeling against a Christian -treatment of the colored people is neither so bitter nor so -deep-rooted as elsewhere in the South. It has been demonstrated -that no-caste churches and schools can be established and -maintained, and the general sentiment of the whole region can, by -vigorous missionary work, be moulded to the Christian view. - -The people of this region—vivified and developed, intellectually -and spiritually, on the broad basis of Congregational Christianity; -believing in, and practicing, the doctrine that all men were -created free and equal and should have equal rights in all -public matters; and, in their new and fast-increasing commercial -importance, in constant contact with other portions of the -South—would furnish an unanswerable argument against the fears of -the Southern white people with reference to the amalgamation of -the races, and other direful results, which would follow a just -treatment of the colored man. “And seeing the man which was healed -standing with them, they could say nothing against it.” - - * * * * * - - -EMANCIPATION IN BRAZIL—WHAT IS TO FOLLOW? - -It is a curious fact that, in precisely the last fifty years, -slavery has been abolished by the four great nations holding the -greatest number of slaves and representing the three great forms -of the Christian religion—the Protestant, the Greek and the Roman -Catholic. - -Thus England, a Protestant power, emancipated her slaves in the -West Indies in 1838; Russia, of the Greek Church, freed her serfs -in 1861; the United States, a Protestant nation, emancipated her -slaves in 1863; and now, Brazil, a Roman Catholic empire, completes -the circle by emancipating her slaves in 1888. - -While these facts are remarkable, and present cause for profound -gratitude to God, there is yet a lesson of vital importance to be -learned which Brazil needs to understand, and which, indeed, the -other nations are not fully practicing. - -In the British West Indies, very few white people remained after -emancipation, and the blacks lacked their guidance and example; and -besides this, it was years afterwards before the British Government -made any adequate provision for the education of the ex-slaves. -From these two causes have come nearly all the evils that have -grown out of the emancipation. - -Russia presents a still more striking lesson. In 1861, as the -result of a great national movement towards constitutional liberty, -her fifty millions of serfs were emancipated. The next year, she -celebrated the thousandth anniversary of her national existence, -and the enthusiasm for a free government was intensified. But all -these hopes were dashed—no new constitution was given, the Czar -ruled autocratically as before, the serfs were not educated or -enfranchised, and largely sunk into ignorance and intemperance. -The result of all has been nihilism, and the Czar lives in hourly -fear of death, and rules his people by terror, the prison and -Siberia. - -The United States has done far better. It enfranchised the slave -and made him a citizen; the National Government, through the -Freedmen’s Bureau, expended several millions of dollars for his -education; the States organized public school systems, and the -benevolent people of the North rendered still more effective -service, being the first to introduce the work, acting always, when -permitted, in co-operation with the Bureau and with the States, -and continuing its work, blending the educational largely with the -religious. But in spite of all this, a dark cloud gathers on our -horizon—the blacks are not allowed the free enjoyment of their -guaranteed rights, and the facilities for educational and religious -enlightenment are entirely inadequate. Three millions of the -blacks of ten years of age and upward, in 1880, could not write. -America needs not only to ponder these facts, but to act upon them -promptly, if it would avert the impending danger. - -In these facts Brazil should read her warning. If her ex-slaves -are left in ignorance and vice, she has her work only begun, and -the last end may be worse than the beginning. The laws of Brazil -have favored gradual emancipation. It was the work of a woman that -completed it. In the absence of the Emperor, who was sick in Italy, -his daughter, as Regent, issued the final decree. - -May we not hope that the womanly wisdom and philanthropy which -dictated the initial act may prompt to the persevering use of -the means of the last great duty? And may we not hope that, as -thousands of the educated women of the North devoted themselves -to the uplifting of the blacks in the Southern States, so their -sisters in Brazil may give the crowning glory to emancipation in -Brazil? - - * * * * * - - -INTER-BLENDING OF MISSIONARY WORK. - -The great London Missionary Conference, recently held, awakened -much enthusiasm on the spot in behalf of foreign missions, and we -believe that the published records and addresses will intensify -and perpetuate that salutary influence. The Christian world needs -arousing to the great work of the church in heathen lands. - -There is, however, an inter-blending in all parts of missionary -work that should never be overlooked. The home field is the source -of the means, and men, and prayers, that must energize the work -in the foreign field. Dead churches at home cannot give life to -mission work abroad. - -There is another form in which the home and foreign fields are -blended. The American Missionary Association is ranked, and -properly, as a home missionary organization, but it has its -relations to the foreign field. - -1. It is called to train the Freedmen of America for mission work -in Africa. White men meet a speedy death in malarial Africa, and -they come to the natives as strangers. The Freedmen can better -endure the climate of their fatherland and will be welcomed by the -people as brothers. We believe that the great problem of African -evangelization is destined, in the providence of God, to be largely -solved by the ex-slaves of America. - -2. The Indians of the United States have been ranked heretofore as -coming under the work of foreign missions. At one time the American -Board had the largest share of its work among these people. Other -Christian denominations so classed their Indian missions, in part, -at least—and all this properly, for the mass of the Indians are -still heathen. The day will come when the Indian will be lost in -the man, and then gospel work for him will be home or parish work. -But at present the American Missionary Association is doing foreign -mission work in the home field, among these Indians. - -3. The Chinaman in America, like the Negro in America, is cultured -and Christianized here very largely for the sake of China. He comes -here not to stay, but to go back to the home of his fathers. Now, -if we don’t stone him, or mob him, but imbue him with the gospel, -he goes back home as a missionary. A specimen of the spirit in -which he returns can be seen in the touching letter from a Chinese -convert in another column of this magazine. The Hong Kong Mission, -established under the auspices of the American Board, and to which -our converted Chinamen on the Pacific Slope contributed both men -and money, is an illustration of the way in which the American -Missionary Association touches the foreign field in China. - -4. Last, but not least. The battle against caste must be fought, -and the victory won, in America. As the last battle against -slavery was fought and won here for the world, so we must fight -the battle of caste here for India as well as for America. Fifty -years ago very wise and good brethren said: “You Abolitionists are -right _theoretically_, slavery is wrong and ought to be abolished -immediately; but _practically_ you are a set of visionaries. -Slavery is a local institution, and if you wish to push your -denominational interests in the South, you must establish your -churches there and let the question of slavery alone.” We have -lived long enough to hear these brethren confess their mistake. -There are wise and good brethren now that say: “_Theoretically_, -caste is all wrong, but it exists and can’t be overthrown, and if -you wish to press your denominational work in the South, you must -ignore that question and plant your churches on the color line.” -Somebody will live to hear those who take this position confessing -their mistake. The American Missionary Association stands now on -the caste question just where it once stood in regard to slavery. -It will neither dodge nor compromise, and will plant schools and -churches in the South, if at all, openly and avowedly disregarding -class distinctions. It makes no effort to bring the races together, -yet any man, woman or child, otherwise qualified, will be welcomed -to its schools and churches, even if God has made him black. In -waging this warfare in America, it is doing a Christian missionary -work against caste in heathen nations of the old world. - - -SCHOOL ECHOES. - -Question.—“When and how long did Solomon reign?” - -Answer.—“10,000 years before Christ. He rained forty days and forty -nights.” - -Question.—“Susy, can you tell me what I read to you about -yesterday?” - -Answer.—“Christ and the twelve opossums.” - -In Mississippi, one of our teachers taught her class faithfully the -golden text, “Put off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place -whereon thou standest is holy ground.” The next Sunday, only one -girl could remember it, and she recited it thus: “Moses, Moses, -take off them shoes.” - -The colored preachers of the old time, in selecting their -illustrations from Bible characters, are wont to give them a -strongly imaginative turn; as for instance when one, in a long -story of Abraham’s trial in offering up Isaac, represented him as -“going along, holding on and not making any fuss during the journey -by day, but at night when Isaac was not by, as praying and crying -all night.” - - -ENGLISH AS SHE IS WRITTEN BY INDIAN STUDENTS. - -THE RACES.—They are five races, which are the white and yellow, and -black and red and brown. The yellow race likes to eat rat, and the -black race likes to eat man, and the white race likes to eat frog, -and the red race likes to eat buffalo. - -The Caucasian is the strongest in the world. The semi-civilized -have their own civilization, but not like the white race. -The savage race kept their own ways, and they have had three -occupations: they were hunted, fished and foughted to the other -people. They beat, too. The white race have three occupations: -agriculture, manufacturing and commerce. - -The white people they are civilized; they have everything, and go -to school, too. They learn how to read and write so they can read -newspaper. The yellow people they half civilized, some of them know -how to read and write, and some know how to take care of themself. -The red people they big savages; they don’t know anything. - - * * * * * - - -EXTRACT. - - We do not print the extract given below because it has our - approval, but because it is taken from a newspaper published by - colored men, and is significant. - -We have yet to learn that unless we organize for self-protection -and make use of our organization, we shall continue to be used as -foot-balls, and a target for infuriated white mobs. Unless we take -active and aggressive measures for our safety, we shall continue to -receive treatment which should not be administered to the beasts -of the field. We do not believe there should exist one law for -the white man and one law for the black man, as there exists in -the South to-day. We are all sovereign citizens, and should be -protected by the laws alike. The present dispensation of the law -in the South is an infamous outrage, and is unworthy of a great -country like ours. - -What is the remedy for this state of affairs? History shows that -sooner or later oppressed people arise from their lethargy, and -take by force that which is denied them by the laws of their -country. What we need to do, is to organize such societies as the -one so earnestly advocated by the editor of the late _Freeman_, and -use such societies for the enforcement of the law and the obtaining -of our rights when they are denied us. - -The colored people of this country need not expect that their white -fellow-citizens are going to aid them in this struggle, so we might -as well put our shoulder to the wheel, buckle on our armor and -go forth to the conflict with stern faces and undaunted courage. -Blessings never come to those who recline upon the indolent couch -of ease and wait for them; the honors of this life do not come -unsought; a tree planted does not grow to maturity and produce -abundant fruit unless nurtured and cared for until it is able to -withstand the changes of the seasons. So with our condition in this -country. As long as we remain silent while our rights are being -filched from us, we may expect a continuance of this kind of thing. - -Let us organize ourselves into a powerful and extensive -organization and then we shall be in a position to make a -systematic and aggressive, as well as harmonious, struggle for our -rights. If we do this, we shall command the respect of all men, -even if we fail in obtaining what we struggled for. But we shall -not fail. Truth and justice sooner or later triumph, if those who -champion them are only true to themselves. - - * * * * * - - -DEATH OF MRS. L. A. ORR. - -In the rest and quiet of vacation, death has come to the little -band left at Talladega. - -On July 15th, Mrs. Orr passed suddenly away from earth. The day -before, while riding with a friend, the horse stumbled, and falling -forward pulled her out of the buggy to the ground. It was not -supposed she was seriously hurt, but later it was found that the -fall had produced concussion of the brain. In about two hours she -became unconscious, and lay in that condition through all the hours -of the night. At 9:30 on Sabbath morning, without a word or look -of recognition, she passed away. Thus has ended a most useful and -consecrated life. She was president of our W. C. T. U., and none -will be more missed. Tired teachers ever found a warm welcome, rest -and quiet in her pleasant rooms, and guests of the college will -remember with gratitude Mrs. Orr’s careful thoughtfulness for their -comfort. - -Leaving a pleasant home at the North and remunerative occupation, -Mr. and Mrs. Orr came into this missionary work with but a single -aim, that of doing good, and nobly has it been accomplished. -By their efforts, mission schools in two out-stations have been -established and funds obtained for a school and church in one, -to be called Clinton Chapel in honor of the donors, most of whom -lived in Clinton, Mass. Mrs. Orr visited these schools. Her -personal presence cheered and encouraged them, and she gave from -her own means with no unsparing hand to further the work. The -death of their friend brings great sorrow to the people of these -neighborhoods, and they are greatly cast down. “Shall we have to -give up our new chapel?” and “What can we do without Mrs. Orr?” are -questions asked on all sides. - -Dear friend! God help us to more faithfully and prayerfully carry -on the work you have laid down. - - A. R. D. - - * * * * * - - -ON TO JESUS; ON TO GOD. - -BY REV. G. D. PIKE, D.D. - - Holy Spirit, comfort me: - I am sadly stained by sin; - Help thou mine infirmity, - Lead me where the Lamb hath been. - Thou canst guide me o’er the road, - On to Jesus; on to God. - - I have grieved thee oft and sore, - Quenched thy gentle, kindly voice; - Take, O take me evermore, - Let my soul again rejoice. - Set my feet upon the road; - On to Jesus; on to God. - - Finish thou the work in me, - Now so graciously begun; - Thanks and praise my song shall be - To the blessed three in one, - As I hie me o’er the road, - On to Jesus; on to God. - - When my mortal days are done; - When I meet the Lamb that died; - Grant, O grant thy erring son - Rest among the glorified, - Ransomed, saved, along the road. - On to Jesus; on to God. - -MATLOCK BANK, ENG., July 1, 1882. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE SOUTH. - - * * * * * - - -NOTES IN THE SADDLE. - -BY REV. C. J. RYDER, DISTRICT SECRETARY. - -The Sunday-school work of the A. M. A. has always been an important -element of that work. The rapid development of this department -within the past few years has been somewhat remarkable. Our -friends expressed grateful surprise at the Portland meeting that -the statistics were so exceedingly encouraging along this line. -“The total Sunday-school enrollment, as it appears in the Annual -Report of 1882, was 7,835, but we are able to report this year an -enrollment of 15,109, an increase in five years of 7,274, or nearly -100 per cent.,” was the very satisfactory showing as given in the -last Annual Report. - -Two interesting bits of history have recently come to me, which -indicate that the Sunday-school work of the Association is -developing with still greater rapidity and success. Reports were -gathered from twenty-two of the students of Straight University, -New Orleans, who taught school during the summer vacation. These -students were not so busy with their work in the day-school -as to neglect their duty as Christians in the organization of -Sunday-schools. They were scattered throughout Louisiana and -Mississippi, and reached many needy fields. They reported the -following facts: - - Number of pupils in the day-schools which were taught by them 1,398 - Number of Sunday-schools organized 13 - These students were superintendents or teachers in 22 - Number of scholars in these Sunday-schools 1,574 - Number of hopeful conversions to Christ 168 - Five Bands of Mercy were organized with a membership of 181 - Four Temperance Societies were formed with a membership of 241 - -These facts furnish us excellent evidence of the judicious and -enthusiastic efforts of these colored students to save and elevate -their own people. _Fifteen hundred and seventy-four_ children -gathered into Sunday-schools, most of whom were absolutely -unreached before, by these twenty-two under-graduates of a single -A. M. A. school! - -It is not strange that the President of Straight University, in -giving these facts, adds, with evident satisfaction: - -“If a complete record could be made of all the work done in one -year even, by past and present members of our school, or any of the -A. M. A. schools, it would make an aggregate most wonderful.” - - * * * * * - -Turning now to the progress of Sunday-school work in our great -Mountain field, we find the same remarkable development. Calvary -Congregational Church was organized at Pine Mountain, Tenn., Nov. -26, 1887, with thirteen members. The following striking facts are -just reported as the results secured in the past few months by the -energetic Christian workers in this church. Sunday-schools have -been established in the following places, with the enrollment given -below: - - Calvary Church Sunday-school enrolled 142 - Shiloh “ “ 127 - New Prospect “ “ 68 - Lick Creek “ “ 78 - -making a grand total of 415 children and young people gathered -into these Sunday-schools on the mountain, and only _ten pupils_ -of this whole enrollment _had ever been in Sunday-School before_!! -Another school is soon to be formed in this neighborhood. This -“Pine Mountain” field is about 20 × 60 miles, and the little church -which the A. M. A. built during the past few months is the only -framed “church house” in the whole region. Think of it, O Christian -friends, you who hold the Lord’s money in trust, 1,200 square -miles, with cabin homes scattered along every “cove” and fertile -valley, left, to this year of our Lord 1888, with only one suitable -place of worship! - -In building this new church, the people themselves have strained -every nerve and made large personal sacrifices. They have had the -occasional services of the General Missionary of the A. M. A. for -that locality, and I visited them once when Field Superintendent. -They have also been assisted from the A. M. A. treasury, but they -have labored in season and out of season themselves in order -to establish this splendid work. The rapid development of the -Sunday-schools is not the only feature of this work that merits our -attention. One member of this church has distributed during the -year 424 new Bibles and 145 second-hand Bibles. He has visited 500 -families personally. He found that 60 per cent. of these people -were without the Word of God in complete form. A few had mutilated -copies of the Bible. - - * * * * * - -There are hundreds of fields in the Mountain Work of the A. M. A. -just as needy and just as hopeful as Pine Mountain. All the facts -indicate that God has now opened this field to us. An intelligent -mountaineer said to me, some months ago: “Our great and only hope -lies in the A. M. A. and the Congregational churches of the North.” -Surely these churches will not disappoint this hope, nor refuse to -heed the voice of God speaking to them in all the stirring events -of this Mountain Work. - - * * * * * - - -THE BUSY WORKERS. - - The hive of the American Missionary Association in the South - has no use for drones. The bees are at work summer and winter, - and they improve not only the “shining hour,” but have to be - busy in rainy days as well. One of our workers who has long - been in the field, and who deserves to be kept there still - longer, writes as follows in accepting re-appointment: - -I most cheerfully accept the work for another year, and to show you -that it means work for me I will just give you my programme for the -past two weeks: A rough ride two weeks ago this P.M. to the top of -the mountain, and then on foot down the mountain to Spring City, to -take the night train for Lexington. Got into Lexington Wednesday -morning in a rain. Looked at this and that piece of property during -Wednesday and Thursday, it raining most of the time. Came back -Friday to Helenwood. Made some calls on Saturday and preached at -night. Preached at 11 A.M. next day, and walked eight miles to -Robbins and preached at night. Got up at 3 o’clock and walked four -miles to catch a train that would stop at Glen Mary. Reached Spring -City for breakfast at 6:30. Came up home and answered what letters -I needed to, and went back to Spring City to stay all night. Took -train at six o’clock Tuesday morning for Sunbright. Rode out to -Deer Lodge. Made four pastoral calls, walking four miles to do it, -and was ready for an eight-mile ride in lumber wagon, Wednesday -morning, in the rain to Mt. Vernon to deliver the oration of the -day. Went back to Sunbright next morning and found your letters -of the 3rd. Went to Emory Gap that evening. Walked out two miles -in mud to see Bro. Clark. Came back to Sunbright Friday, so as -to reach Deer Lodge for a church meeting that night. Made some -calls Saturday morning, and then walked three miles to call on a -Congregational family that ought to unite with our church here, -and came back to preach at night. Taught a lesson in Sunday-school -next morning, and preached. Walked to Sunbright, seven miles, -and preached at night. Got up at 2 o’clock to walk seven miles -to Glen Mary to take the early train to reach home and attend to -correspondence so I can get off to Crossville to-morrow. - -I do not always have it put on quite so thickly as this, but it is -a pretty fair average. - - * * * * * - - -TALLADEGA COLLEGE. - -MRS. L. A. ORR. - -Talladega College has just passed its eighteenth annual -Commencement which, in many respects, was the most successful ever -held. - -The exercises began on Thursday night, June 7th, with an exhibition -in the chapel by the second and third grades of Cassedy School, -followed on Friday by exercises in the Primary Department, and -at night by an exhibition by the fourth and fifth grades of -Cassedy School, all of which reflected credit upon the teachers -in charge. To many of our Northern friends, these may seem a very -insignificant part of Commencement exercises, but to these parents, -who consider all school work a failure which does not close with an -exhibition, and who will travel miles to hear their children “say -their pieces,” they are a very important part. At these exercises -the chapel was crowded almost to suffocation, the hall and windows -were full, and many went away, as they could not find even standing -room. - -On Sunday, in the absence of Pres. DeForest, the baccalaureate -sermon was preached by Rev. J. M. Sturtevant, D.D., of Cleveland, -Ohio, and was full of rich thought and practical suggestions. -At night, Rev. G. M. Elliott, of Selma, preached an excellent -missionary sermon, very helpful to the students who go out into the -dark places to labor among their people. - -The mornings of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were occupied with -public examinations in the different departments, and they all gave -evidence of faithful work having been done by teachers and pupils. -The examinations in theology and moral philosophy were especially -fine, and would do credit to any Northern white students. - -Monday night was given to the exercises of the three literary -societies connected with the college and these were conducted -wholly by the students. - -On Tuesday afternoon was the inspection of the industrial classes, -printing office, barns, &c. In the large airy sewing-room were -samples of work done by the girls, including quilts, garments of -all kinds, and some very neat darning. In the printing office -several young men were engaged in type-setting, presswork, etc., -and the neatness of the printed programmes testified to the good -work done by the “college press.” Visitors to the Slater shop -found the blacksmith at his forge, the painter, the glazier and -the cabinet-maker busy at work, and the wonder was that one small -shop could accommodate so many trades. The brick masons were laying -the foundation for an addition to the building, which will give -better facilities for work. The fine stock on the farm, the new and -improved farming tools, the steam engine in operation, and neat -barns, attracted many visitors. - -A lecture at night by Dr. Sturtevant, on the subject “Manners,” -closed a very busy day. - -Thursday was Commencement and the fullest day of the week. First -came the graduating exercises; the class numbered seven, three -young women and four young men from the Normal Department. Next -came the alumni address and essay, after which the treasurer gave -a brief statement of the resources of the college. The increase in -attendance as compared with last year was more than eighty. - -At the alumni dinner, in Foster Hall parlor, were present the -alumni, the Faculty, and friends from the North, South, East and -West, to the number of seventy in all. After supplying our physical -wants, next in order came the toasts and responses. Dr. Andrews was -master of ceremonies and in response to the toast “Our Theological -Work,” Rev. Spencer Snell, of Birmingham, spoke of the great need -of an educated ministry among the colored people, and told an -amusing story of the “call to preach” of a colored man. He was at -work in the field, but soon got tired, and leaning on his hoe, he -said to himself, “Dis hoe am _so_ heaby, an’ dis row am _so_ long, -an’ dis sun am _so_ hot, I tink dis nigger am called to preach de -gospel.” - -Next Paul Bledsoe of Laredo, Texas, spoke for “Our Normal Work,” -James Brown for “Our Students,” and Mr. Stephen Childs, of Marion, -for the “Parents of our Students.” Rev. J. Silsby, of Tenn., who -was personally acquainted with the early history of the college, -responded to the toast “The Founding of Talladega College.” “Our -Churches” was responded to by Rev. C. B. Curtis, of Selma, and J. -R. Sims, of Shelby Iron Works. Dr. Andrews closed with a few words -for the college. - -At night, W. P. Hamilton and J. A. Jones, who were graduated from -the theological department in 1887, were ordained to the work of -the gospel ministry. This closed the exercises of the week. During -the week, many kind words were spoken for the college by friends -from different parts of the State, showing that the best colored -people in the State appreciate the thorough work done here. - -During the week President DeForest was very much missed, but we -all hoped that what was our loss would be his gain in health and -strength from his trip across the ocean. - - * * * * * - - -TRINITY SCHOOL, ATHENS, ALA. - -Another year of pleasant work has just closed. Teachers and -students, though looking rather worn and weary, are in the happiest -mood, for all feel it has been a _good year_. The latter part of -this school year has been specially characterized by very earnest -study, and an ambition to reach one hundred per cent. in every -thing. _One_ student has done this with a single exception, and -says that he “shall surely make that up during vacation.” All have -attained a higher standing than usual, and our final examinations -were excellent. - -Our sending a class to Fisk University this year, with favorable -reports of them coming from month to month, has proved a constant -inspiration to our classes here, and we hope as the years go by, to -send many more in the same direction. - -But the great struggle with us is to hold our students long enough -to take them through even an elementary normal course. Parents in -their ignorance and extreme poverty, are in such _a hurry_ to have -their children teach and earn money to help support the younger -ones, that, as soon as they can get a third grade certificate to -teach in the public schools of the State, they are supposed to be -_educated_. - -And, too often, the people in the rural districts, impressed with -the wonderful attainments of the young teacher, add to the folly -of the parents in making these young people themselves, (only the -weaker ones), think “they know enough, without going to school any -more,” and so they drift into the ranks of those who “think they -are something, when they are nothing.” - -This is one of our discouragements, but we have very much for our -encouragement in the beautiful _homes_ that are springing up all -over this fair South-land, and in the noble band of intelligent, -consecrated, Christian workers who, in pulpits and school-houses, -and in the conscientious and successful management of business, are -leading their people to a higher plane of living and to a truer -citizenship. - -Our closing exercises were held on Monday night, May 28, our -twenty-third anniversary. Our large and beautiful hall was -packed as never before. The audience was appreciative and very -enthusiastic. There were visitors from Birmingham and Decatur, and -all the towns along the lines of railroad. They expressed great -interest in what they saw and heard, promising to send us many new -students in October; but the difficulty is to find suitable places -for them to board, as the parents all prefer to have their children -in the Institution under the constant supervision of teachers. - -Our exercises were quite novel, and had some unique features that -greatly pleased the patrons. In all that was attempted, the pupils -acquitted themselves well, and the _little_ children especially -pleased the patrons of the school in their beautiful and perfect -Scripture recitations. All the Sunday-school Golden Texts from -October to June, were recited without a mistake, also several -Psalms and an entire chapter from Isaiah. Bible truth planted in -the hearts of these young children, will, we trust, bear precious -fruit in their future lives. - - M. S. WELLS - - * * * * * - - - - -STUDENT’S LETTER. - - * * * * * - - -HOW I WON MY SCHOOL. - -MR. W. B. ROSS. - -In the spring of 1881, I left Fisk University in search of a summer -school. Knowing nowhere else to go, I went to the southwestern -part of Arkansas. I had been informed by a Fisk student that there -were vacancies in Hempstead county, and thither I bent my way in -company with two other young men, also seeking summer employment, -both of whom opened subscription schools in the State. I had taken -two lessons a day in Latin during the school year just ended, and -expected to “double my Greek” the next year. This would necessitate -my being in at the beginning of the school year. I had always been -politically inclined, and so had studied almost every artifice to -win among strangers. - -We three rode from Hope, Arkansas, to Washington, a distance of ten -miles, in an old-fashioned ambulance. - -On arriving at Washington, we were taken to the house of the -colored teacher of that place. I looked at him; he extended his -hand; I explained our business, and immediately he volunteered to -assist us. - -I had a particular school in view on leaving Nashville. On arriving -at Washington, I learned from Mr. Shepperson, the teacher referred -to, that one of the trustees of that school was in town. - -I immediately started out in search of him. In a short time I was -presented to a stoutly-built, heavy-set man, who was introduced as -the gentleman I desired to see. I forthwith explained to Mr. Holt, -for such was his name, that I had been informed that there was a -colored school to be taught that summer in his district, and that I -had come hoping I could get it. - -“Yes,” said he, “there is a school there, but it will be a month -before it can open.” - -“Is that so?” said I. “I don’t see what I’ll do. Have you any -objections to its being opened now?” - -“Oh, no; if the colored people are willing, I am,” said he. - -But I could see in the tone of his voice something that showed an -unwillingness to have the school begin before Mr. Holt’s cotton -was worked out. However, I took him at his word, and set out in -the hot sun and sand, with my satchel on my back, to the desired -plantation. On the way, I saw two million lizzards, one billion -spiders, and a trillion scorpions, to say nothing of tarantulas -and centipedes that appeared in countless numbers along my path. -I arrived at Mr. H.’s house about six o’clock in the evening, and -proceeded immediately to the cabin where the colored people lived. -Finding no one at the cabin, I went to the field. - -“Good evening,” said I to an old colored lady. - -“Good evenin’,” said she. - -“I am from Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. I have come out here -to teach this school for you.” - -“Whar’s ’Fesser Thomson?” said she. - -“I don’t know where the Professor is, but I’ll teach for you. My -name is Ross.” - -“Yas, sah.” - -“And your name?” - -“Daffney.” - -“Mrs. Daffney, will you show me how to find the rest of the colored -people in this settlement?” - -“Yas, sah. Go down here and cross yonder, and you’ll come to a big -field and some trees, sah.” - -Before leaving Nashville, I put on my best. I knew, in case of any -difficulty, my clothes would be an important factor in obtaining -success. I went to an old colored man, plowing in that field, -opened my duster, showed him my nice coat and shirt-stud, at the -same time telling him, as fast as I could, whence I came, my -object in coming, and reading the Fisk catalogue to let him learn -something about the school. - -He seemed satisfied with me. His countenance had changed from its -troubled appearance to a pleasant one. But for ten minutes we -argued the possibility of a cotton crop being made there if school -opened then. I made point after point, but could not convince -him, so put out after his wife. She was readily convinced of the -desirability of having school open immediately; she promised to -send three children, and to turn the old man. - -I next encountered Jack Davis. “If you open school now, we’ll -starve next winter,” said he. - -I tried to show him differently, but was unsuccessful. I asked him -for a drink. On reaching the house for it I explained my mission -to his wife, and obtained her consent to open the school, with her -promise to send two. - -I next met a man who had no children to send. When I showed him -the picture of Fisk University (Jubilee Hall), he immediately -volunteered to work for me. He and I went and saw nearly every man -in the community before 9 o’clock that night. - -The majority were against me, but I had resolved to open school -there and then. Time would not permit me to delay longer. The -next day (Sunday) I was given a Bible class to teach in the -Sunday-school. To my surprise, on going out doors I found that a -preliminary school meeting had been held under the trees and that -the Sunday-school teacher, though against me on coming there, had -changed and was marshalling his forces for the great meeting on the -morrow. - -At 11 o’clock that same morning I heard a rousing blast by a -huntsman’s horn. On inquiring, I found that my childless friend was -telling the people to come together the next day. In the meantime, -Jack Davis came over and discussed the matter with me. He closed by -saying that I talked too fast for him, but that one thing was sure: -he would send no children. - -I did a great deal of talking that Sunday; not willingly, but on -being introduced to the people as they came around to see me, -nothing was left but to discuss in full the question of opening. -It was an ox in the mire. Well, Monday came. The horn once more -resounded through the woods. The people gathered from far and -near. The chairman was elected, and, on stating the object of the -meeting, took occasion to show them the impracticability of opening -before the first of July. “There,” thought I, “whipped again. The -chair is against me.” I arose and spoke ten minutes. On taking my -seat, one opposed to me spoke. Among other things, he said: “Too -many rascals are out from school, anyhow.” Here one would rise -on my side; there one on the other side. Every man, including -myself, seemed to do his best to talk loud enough. The chairman -showed weakness in presiding, and was lacking in a knowledge of -parliamentary usage. Thought I, “here is my chance.” Every time -he blundered I arose and pointed out his error; showed him how to -appoint his committees, and instructed him as to what motions took -precedence. He saw my object, and informed me openly that he had -participated in conventions in Helena. “It makes no difference,” -said I; “you are wrong in your ruling.” - -He began to look pitiful in the eyes of all. Men began to leave -the room. Soon one-half of them were on the outside. The tide was -turned. I went out to inquire more fully into matters. Nearly every -man was now for me. “Then, come in,” said I; “you can’t help me -out here.” I remained behind to see that all came. The previous -question, namely, to open the school on the first of June, was -called. All stood up in the affirmative except the man who had -seen the “rascals.” I had won through the chairman’s ignorance. I -have often thought of it since, and see more fully every day that -most battles are lost or won through incompetency on one side and -superiority on the other, and that knowledge is truly a power. - -I will add that Jack Davis was my best friend after opening that -school, and Dick Brown, whom I met plowing on going from Aunt -Daffney’s house, carried my trunk a quarter of a mile for nothing, -and loaned me his watch while I taught there. On going away, the -man who was so afraid of the “rascals” came four miles to my house -and carried my trunk thirteen miles to Hope—all for nothing. The -crop turned out well. I gained twenty pounds, and, in a word, we -were all happy. - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - * * * * * - - -SPEECH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF. - - At a Fourth of July celebration held at Lidgerwood, Dakota, a - novel feature of the exercises was a speech by Magayohi (Chief - Star), in the Sioux dialect, which being translated reads as - follows, and which shows that if all the Sioux Indians were as - intelligent and as well disposed as this chief, the Government - Commission would have little trouble. - -“This land which lies about us was once the property of my people; -you have now possession of it and have made yourselves homes and -are rearing your families on the land which formerly belonged to -my forefathers. I have no complaint to make of this fact, for it -is perhaps better as it is. Our desire is to become like the white -man; to learn to cultivate the land and to make a living from it; -to learn to read and to write and to transact business; to learn -the principles of government and become citizens; to acquire title -to 160 acres for each member of our tribe. We have faith in the -Great Spirit and in the Great Father at Washington, and believe -that in time your people will teach my people to be like you; the -negro’s skin is darker than ours, and you have made a man of him; -we ask the Government to do us the same justice.” - - * * * * * - - -FORT YATES, DAKOTA. - -FROM MISS M. C. COLLINS. - -What are we going to do? This is a question coming to us -continually. The A. M. A. doubtless is in a happy mood and smiling -condition, now that it has strengthened our forces by two new -men—one, Rev. Mr. Cross, 300 miles below here, and one, Rev. Mr. -Reed, 32 miles from here at the Agency. It is a good thing—a great -deal better than not to have sent anyone. But now, think of it: An -Agency containing 6,000 souls, scattered in villages of from twenty -to fifty families in a village, and the settlements from five to -ten miles apart. - -I could put a hundred Bibles in as many homes now among Catholics -and wholly heathen families where one, at least could read it who -has learned in some school of ours or the Presbyterians. I could -give out a thousand Dakota Primers, or First Readers, into as many -homes where they are anxious to read in their own tongue. There -is no law against a Dakota’s owning a Dakota Bible, nor reading a -Dakota primer in his own home. We could establish ten schools where -Sabbath services could be held, at once. We could so reach a great -many homes and hasten the civilization and Christianization of -these Indians by many years. - -I go long distances into Catholic houses as well as others, to -administer to the sick. Last night I had a Government teacher (a -Catholic) and his sick wife, whom I have been treating, and their -two children, here all night. I have been riding sixteen miles to -treat her, and then riding home, the man always coming for me and -bringing me back. - -I have now given twelve years to this work. I have seen wonderful -changes. I have seen men with painted faces and feathers following -the leader on to darkness and death. I have seen the same men, -clothed and in their right minds, stand before a heathen audience -of their own people and heard one say, only last week, “Men and -brethren, you know me as a man fierce in war—a man whose hands are -stained with blood—a man bearing many wounds. My body still bears -the marks, but Christ has made me whole. I am another man. My body -is the same, but my heart is new. My soul is clean; my will has -changed; I think differently. The Gospel has renewed me.” It was -one of the grandest pleas for the Gospel I ever heard. O! will you -not empty your gold and your silver into the treasury? Will you not -advance, and take every post as fast as ready to surrender? Let -us guard these people with a great army of the Lord. Send on the -advance guard and bring up your reinforcements. _I_ do not want to -fall till I see Dakota taken for the Lord! - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - - -CHRISTIAN CHINESE EN ROUTE TO CHINA. - -It is some of the experiences of our Chinese brethren on their way -to their native land that I have in mind in this title—not the bare -fact that they do so return, or that their presence in their old -homes cannot but become a leavening and a gradually revolutionizing -influence there. - -The subjoined letter is of special interest only because it is a -little more full in its statement than others relating to other -voyages. The writer, Ng Hing, was brought to faith in Christ at our -Barnes Mission, and the letter is addressed to his teacher, Mrs. -H. W. Lamont. Ng Hing is a modern Nathaniel. I scarcely ever spoke -with him during the first months of his discipleship to Christ, -but I felt like repeating that greeting which Jesus gave to the -first Nathaniel: “Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no -guile.” And I have found this impression abundantly confirmed by -the testimony of his brethren and my own closer acquaintanceship. - -The letter is a little old, being dated Nov. 17th. When it was -first placed in my hands I asked the privilege of laying it before -the readers of the MISSIONARY, but it has been crowded out till -now. I give it with no attempt to set it right in its English. -It will be understood as it is, and will be read, I trust, with -all the more interest, revealing, as it does, the attempt of an -intelligent Chinese to wrestle with what must seem to him the -awkward idioms of our outlandish tongue: - - “_Dear Teacher_: - - “I am arrived here safely, Nov. 15th, Tuesday, at noon. I thank - you and Miss Lilian [daughter of Mrs. Lamont, and, like her - mother, one of our teachers] very much indeed for your lovely - present and the letter which you given me. I used to read it - very often because it is very improve to me, and that I know - the Lord Jesus has opened my soul-eye and raised me from the - death of sin to a life of righteousness. I will to tell all my - countrymen what great thing Jesus has done for me, just as much - as I can speak to. - - “Now I want to tell you about our journey. We have met fifteen - missionary ladies and gentlemen. Some go to Japan and some to - China. And several Chinese Christian brethren were there, and - we have joined with the missionary to have service on every - Sunday morning. I am very glad we have so pleasant opportunity - on the ship—sing to praise God and spoke the gospel of Jesus. - - “But on the Oct. 26th we meet a great tempest; the waves run - over the deck, and the wind against the ship, dreadful. That - made the Chinese heathen complain and say many wicked words - against us Christians; and they said to themselves, too: ‘We - must not allow these Chinese Christians have the meeting on - the ship because they tell us believe in Jesus and not worship - the idol and image; therefore the evil spirits made the wind - and the waves against the ship.’ Oh, I am very sorry for them, - so foolish, when I heard that. For we trust in God and know - he will take care of us, and even the tempest so great. God - made it peaceful, and carry us all to get through safely—never - drown. We should all thank God for his mercies and praise him - so great and so powerful. But the heathen not mind God and do - not care for their souls. - - “The missionary was very kindly to them and pity them so - ignorant. - - “On the 6th of Nov. Mr. Chalfant read Acts 17:24-30, and I read - it in Chinese and we try to explain it to them, but they were - very proud, and not want to hear the Gospel of Jesus. They only - crowd round us and make terrible noise, with revilings and - indignity to us. That was to be fulfilled the words which Jesus - had said to us Christians: ‘Ye shall be hated of all men for - my name’s sake.’ Well, no matter what _they_ said; the Bible - says: ‘Love your enemies and do kindly to them that hated you,’ - and we know God will be with us and help us in trouble, and - even the heathen so persecuted us, but we do kindly to them - and pray for them. Now please pray for me, for the temptation - is great here; and pray for the missionary in China. * * * I - do not forget all your kindness to me. Let God bless you and - your family and all the scholars, and increase the number that - believe in Jesus our Saviour. From Your scholar, - - NG HING.” - -I have room for a sentence or two from Chin Toy at Sacramento, in -a letter just received: “The tracts and small books were duly -received. I was very glad for them. I think will do much good to -our people. Street meetings here every Sunday. I give out some of -the tracts at the end of the preaching. All hearers seemed very -glad to come and get them. Each one say, ‘Give me a piece.’ I trust -the Lord will bless the seed still growing, which were sown on -these ground. This school is better lately. Had five or six new -scholars come last week. The Christian brethren are all well and -attend the meeting regularly.” - -And here is a little of the “shady side” in another field: “I found -these three brethren here not quite love each other. They too much -complained each other’s faults. I felt very sorry for them. I think -every one of them is try to do right, but they are all impatient; -that is the trouble. I visited some stores in Chinatown; invited -men to come to school. Some men told me many scholars stayed away -because the Christian boys quarrel. So I thought better write you -that you will pray for them on that matter. I told them we must -love and forgive each other, hold fast together in the bond of -peace, and serve the Lord with the pure heart, then we will bring -forth fruit.” - -Sound doctrine, to which many a company of American believers would -do well to take heed, though it comes from the pen of one who once -sat in darkness and worshipped idol-gods! - - WM. C. POND. - - * * * * * - - - - -BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. - -MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. - - * * * * * - - -WOMAN’S STATE ORGANIZATIONS. - -CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - - ME.—Woman’s Aid to A. M. A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C. A. - Woodbury, Woodfords, Me. - - VT.—Woman’s Aid to A. M. A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry - Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt. - - VT.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Ellen Osgood, - Montpelier, Vt. - - CONN.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S. M. - Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn. - - N.Y.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. William - Spalding, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y. - - ALA.—Woman’s Missionary Association, Secretary, Mrs. G. W. - Andrews, Talladega, Ala. - - OHIO.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal, - Oberlin, Ohio. - - IND.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. H. Rogers, - Michigan City, Ind. - - ILL.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. H. Taintor, - 151 Washington St., Chicago, Ill. - - MICH.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, - Lansing, Mich. - - WIS.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, - Brodhead, Wis. - - MINN.—Woman’s Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. H. L. Chase, - 2,750 Second Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn. - - IOWA.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Miss Ella E. Marsh, - Grinnell, Iowa. - - KANSAS.—Woman’s Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. Addison - Blanchard, Topeka, Kan. - - NEB.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, President, Mrs. F. H. Leavitt, - 1216 H St., Lincoln, Neb. - - SOUTH DAKOTA.—Woman’s Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S. E. - Young, Sioux Falls, Dak. - - -LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO. - -_My Dear Miss Emerson_: - -Having just returned from my class of Chinese children, my mother -thought, for the sake of variety, I might give an account of this -interesting though curious gathering. This class was formed about -three years ago. There was no Sabbath-school for Chinese children -at the time, and seeing the great need of one, and being unable to -attend to it on Sunday, I decided to have it on Friday afternoon, -at three o’clock. - -About three-quarters of an hour before the time for commencing, -I start for the children, going from home to home, inviting and -coaxing them to come. I sometimes carry with me pieces of cake and -candy or a bright text-card to attract those who seem more timid -than the rest. - -If I meet a stray child on the street, I say “Na lie dook she?” -(You come to school?) Sometimes my labors are rewarded by seeing -a bundle of clothes slip past me, and a minute afterward all is -lost in oblivion in a small alley; but sometimes they slip their -dirty hands into mine and trudge along with me, amid the jeers and -contemptuous smiles of those passing by. Finally we arrive at our -school room, between twenty and thirty children being present, -ranging all the way from five to twelve years. We commence by -singing three or four hymns; then all rise and repeat a prayer -after me in concert, sentence by sentence. I then explain the -Sabbath-school lesson through an interpreter, and either show the -picture of the International Lessons, or a black-board drawing, and -sometimes an object. I find, as with all children, their interest -can be awakened and held by means of an object or picture. After -letting each repeat the text given the week before, we close with -the Lord’s Prayer in Chinese; and after good-bye is said all -around, I dismiss them, taking some of them home, as their parents -are afraid to trust them across the car tracks alone. - -These children are exceedingly bright and attentive, and as to -their good behavior, I can sometimes hold up their example as -worthy of the imitation of my class of American boys. Only to-day, -in speaking of the lesson on “Worshiping the Golden Calf,” I asked -which they worshiped, God or idols, and one little girl said, “Me -worship God; idols no good. They have eyes, no see; hands and -feet, and no walk.” And when I asked all to raise their hands who -would worship Jesus, she raised both hands. When shown the picture -of Abraham offering Isaac, one of them said, “Why did not he run -away?” One day, when taking home a little girl of five years of -age, she looked at the cable car which was passing, and said, “What -for does that car go faster than that one (pointing to a horse -car)? That has no horse.” They ask innumerable questions, and want -to know the why and wherefore of everything. - -Oh! my dear Christian friends, pray for me, that I may be aided -in teaching and guiding these precious souls, on whom so much of -China’s progress depends. - - Yours in Christ, - - LILIAN LAMONT. - - - - -OUR YOUNG FOLKS. - - * * * * * - - -LITTLE INDIANS. - -Perhaps there are little children in some of the beautiful homes -in the cities who cannot understand that the Indians are not all -born grown up, with feathers on their heads and tomahawks in their -hands. One little blue-eyed girl once said to me with a very long -O-o-o-o and her hand over her mouth, “Oh, o-h! I did not know there -were little Indian boys and girls!” but let me tell you, little -Golden Hair, there are Indian boys and girls. - -They have some very funny names, too. But there is one thing -pleasant about it; their names are given to them because they mean -something. As I write this article, I look out from my window and -see an Indian boy with a roughly-made sled drawing his little -sister up the hill so that she can slide down again behind him. -Little Indians are not wholly unlike little white boys and girls. -They eat and sleep, laugh and cry, but they do not fight. That -comes with civilization. - -I can from my window watch the boys and girls playing on the -hillside every day as long as the snow lasts, and I never have -heard a child cry nor have I seen one child hurt another. I can -hear them laugh and shout and cheer when one tumbles off the sled, -but no angry or bad words are ever used. They are very merry and -happy when we remember that there is no Indian child that does not -know what it is to be hungry and have the mother say there is no -food. - -When a little baby comes into an Indian home, he is wrapped up in -a blanket and it is tied all about him so that he cannot use his -arms or legs, and he looks very much like a rag doll, but he cries -and laughs just like a real flesh and blood and bones baby. But, -little Golden Hair, let me whisper to you one secret of the Indian -baby’s happy life: he never gets _spanked_! They leave that to the -uncivilized white mother. So, after all, the white boy does not -have all the good in life; does he? Only think of sliding down hill -a whole morning without even a board between the smooth snow and -the trousers, going home with wet and worn clothes and not getting -whipped; not even sent to bed! - -Indian children are never punished; but, after all, they are not -bad. The boys like to hunt the snowbirds with bows and arrows. They -kill a great many too. The little girls play with corn-cob dolls -and little tents and travois, or _toshoes_, as they call them, -sometimes drawn by dogs. - -The Indian children have hard lives after all. They cannot live to -grow up unless they are pretty strong. A great many little ones -die for want of good, wholesome food, and many for want of fresh -air and warm clothes. We want all the little boys and girls in -Christian homes to remember the little Dakotas. There is much good -in them; and if they had the advantages you have, perhaps they -would be fully as well behaved, and as true and faithful to God, as -are you. Will you help us to save the little Indians? - - MARY C. COLLINS. - - * * * * * - - -LITTLE INDIAN CHILDREN IN THE BIRDS’ NEST AT SANTEE AGENCY, NEB. - -They are such happy little girls, and so easily entertained. Just -now I saw two of them getting such a merry time out of dragging the -bowl of a large pewter spoon over the ground for a wagon, putting -a little stick in the way to represent water they had to cross—for -our recent rains have flooded the bottom-lands in several places. -There was a nail lying in the spoon, and I asked what that meant. -“Oh,” Maggie said, “that is me, and I am going to the store to buy -some beads.” A shorter nail was there to represent her younger -playmate. No little girls to-day, pushing their red-cheeked wax -dollies in their miniature baby carriages, are any happier than -our little Indian girls, drawing their broken pewter spoon and -representing themselves by old rusty nails. - -At our Missionary Society, which meets every Saturday for an hour, -I generally read them a little story; sometimes from “The Pansy,” -which was sent us last year, or from “Our Little Men and Women,” -also a gift from an unknown friend. They enjoy it always and like -to see the pictures; but the book that holds the charm, and of -which they never tire, is “The Story of the Bible.” - -They have pieced two small quilts and one large one this season, -and will finish two others of medium size. Our mite box contains -$2.50 at this date. These are the pennies that their parents send -them to be used in this way, and occasionally they earn one by some -little service for us. - - HARRIET B. ILSLEY. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1888. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $1,281.94. - - Bangor. Hammond St. Ch. $75.75 - Bangor. J.H. Crosby, _for Atlanta U._ 5.00 - Bethel. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch. 12.50 - Blanchard. Mrs. Rose B. Packard, deceased, by - J. C. B. Packard 5.00 - Brunswick. Mrs. S. F. C. Hammond, _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Castine. Trin. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Castine. Class No. 9, Trin. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 1.25 - Eastport. Sab. Ch. of Central Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.50 - Gorham. Miss E. B. Emery, _for Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Hallowell. Mrs. H. K. Baker 5.00 - Hampden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.79 - North Yarmouth. Rev. J. B. Carruthers, 5; - Cong. Ch. and Soc., 4 9.00 - Portland. State St. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 150; - Williston Ch., 84; Rev. F. T. Bayley, 25 259.00 - Saco. First Parish Ch. 21.68 - Skowhegan. Island Av. Cong. Ch. 12.65 - South Waterford. Miss M. E. Shurtleff 10.00 - Wells. B. Maxwell, 20; First Cong. Ch. and - Soc., 10.25 30.25 - ——. “Friend in Maine,” _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.00 - Woman’s Aid to A. M. A., by Mrs. C. A. - Woodbury, Treas., _for Woman’s Work_. - Albany. Mrs. H. G. Lovejoy 3.00 - Albany. Mrs. A. K. Cummings 3.00 - Auburn. High St. 25.00 - Auburn. Sixth St. 5.00 - Bethel. First Ch. 14.00 - Bethel. Second Ch. 12.00 - Bethel. Sec. Ch., Little Helpers 3.00 - Brunswick. 72.00 - Berlin. (N.H.) 10.00 - Calais. 10.00 - Cape Elizabeth. Star Mission Circle 3.60 - Cumberland Center. 20.00 - Dennysville. 6.50 - Dennysville. Dea. E. P. Vose 5.00 - Dover and Foxcroft. Ch. 17.00 - East Baldwin. 10.00 - East Machias. 4.00 - Freeport. 22.00 - Freeport, South. 42.35 - Gilead. 1.00 - Gray. 6.50 - Harpswell Center. 10.00 - Harrison. 6.00 - Jonesboro. 1.00 - Jonesport. 2.00 - Lewiston. Pine St. 27.00 - Machias. 20.00 - Machiasport. 8.75 - Marshfield. 2.00 - Mechanic Falls. 13.50 - Minot Center. 18.00 - New Gloucester. 26.50 - North Yarmouth. 4.00 - Oxford. 2.50 - Phippsburg. 5.23 - Portland. High St. Ch. 75.00 - Portland. State St. Ch. 50.00 - Portland. Second Parish Ch. 40.00 - Pownal. 3.10 - Red Beach. 1.00 - Shelburne. (N.H.) 2.00 - South Bridgton. 5.25 - Steuben. 5.00 - Sweden. 2.00 - Turner. 15.00 - Upton. 2.25 - West Auburn. 3.05 - West Minot and Hebron. 6.50 - Whiting. 1.75 - Yarmouth. First Parish. 48.60 - —————— 701.93 - Received by Mrs. J.P. Hubbard, _for - Williamsburg, Ky._ - Hiram. Mrs. Z.W. Banks, _for Student - Aid_ 1.00 - North Yarmouth. Mrs. J.B. Carruthers, - _for Student Aid_ 11.14 - Portland. Mrs. Nathan Dane, _for - Student Aid_ 5.00 - Woodfords. S. S. Class, by Miss W. - Perry, _for Student Aid_ 4.00 - Bethel. Mrs. D. W. Hardy, _for - Freight_ 3.00 - Biddeford. Mrs. J. W. Haley, _for - Freight_ 1.00 - Farmington Falls. Miss S. G. - Croswell, _for Freight_ 2.00 - Litchfield Corner. Mrs. J. T. Hawes, - _for Freight_ 1.00 - South Freeport. Miss H. H. Ilsley, - _for Freight_ 4.50 - West Falmouth. Rev. W. H. Haskell, - _for Freight_ 1.00 - —————— 33.64 - Clothing, etc., received by Mrs. J. P. - Hubbard, _for Williamsburg, Ky._: - Auburn. Bbl., by Mrs. F.S. Root - Bethel. Bbl., by Mrs. D. W. Hardy - Biddeford. Bbl., by Mrs. J. W. Haley - Falmouth. Bbl., by Mrs. Geo. O. Knight - Farmington Falls. Miss Susan G. Croswell, Box - of Hats - Litchfield Corner. Bbl., by Mrs. J. T. Hawes - North Yarmouth. Bbl., by Mrs. J. B. Carruthers - Phillips. Bbl., by Miss Cornelia T. Crosby - Portland. Bbl., by Mrs. Chas. Frost - South Freeport. Bbl., by Miss H. H. Ilsley - West Falmouth. One and one-half Bbls., by Rev. - W. H. Haskell - Woodfords. Half-Bbl., by Miss W. Perry - Unknown Source. Bbl. - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $574.18. - - Exeter. Mary E. Shute 50.00 - Gilsum. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.50 - Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 - Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 - Lyme. G. W. Randlett, _for Mountain White Work_ 2.00 - Manchester. Hanover St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.13 - Nashua. Ladies Miss’y Soc., by Dora N. - Spaulding, _for Woman’s Work_ 20.00 - Nashua. Betsy A. Wilson, _for Negroes, Indians - and Chinese_ and to const. ANNA M. WILSON, - CARRIE FAY, MRS. JEFFERSON DEAN, NETTIE A. - WILSON, IRA B. WILSON, ADDIE L. WILSON, ETTA - A. WILSON and MRS. NELLIA A. MORRIS L. M’s. 300.00 - Penacook. Rev. A. Wm. Fiske, _for Chinese M._ 5.00 - Piermont. “A Friend” 5.00 - Walpole. First Cong. Ch. 23.25 - —————— - $524.88 - - ESTATES. - - Portsmouth. Estate of Mrs. E. A. Brooks, by H. - A. Yeaton, Ex. 25.00 - Cornish. Estate of Sarah W. Westgate, by - Albert E. Wellman, for Trustees Cong. Ch. of - Cornish 24.30 - —————— - $574.18 - - - VERMONT, $593.70. - - Barre. Cong. Ch. 17.08 - Castleton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian - M._ 25.00 - Chelsea. Ladies, by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild, _for - McIntosh, Ga._ 10.00 - Danville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Franklin. Ladies, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, - _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2.65 - Greensboro. Rev. S. Knowlton 20.00 - Manchester. Miss Ellen Hawley, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 70.00 - New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00 - North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.60 - Norwich. Mrs. H. Burton 2.00 - Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch., Box of Books, _for - Talladega C._ - Peacham. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. C. A. - Bunker, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 26.00 - Royalton. A. W. Kenney. 30, to const. SEYMOUR - CULVER L.M., Cong. Ch. and Soc., 20.02 50.02 - Saint Johnsbury. Ladies, by Mrs. Henry - Fairbanks, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 91.00 - Saint Johnsbury. Ladies, ad’l _for McIntosh, - Ga._ 55.00 - South Royalton. Mrs. Susan H. Jones 10.00 - Thetford. First Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Vergennes. Miss Minnie Wood 2.00 - West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 9.24 - Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 136.11 - Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Vt., _for - McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, - Treas.: - Manchester. L. H. M. S. 5.00 - ———— 5.00 - —————— - $578.70 - - ESTATE. - - Wilmington. Estate of Mary Ray, by E. M. - Haynes, Ex. 15.00 - —————— - $593.70 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $7,726.29. - - Abington. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 - Adams. “Memorial Band” Box of C., Val. 10, - _for Tougaloo U._ - Amherst. First Cong. Ch., 40; South Cong. Ch., - 6.67 46.67 - Andover. Mrs. Phebe A. Chandler, _for - Lexington, Ky._ 2000.00 - Andover. Primary Dep’t Sab. Sch. of So. Ch., - Birthday Boxes 1.62 - Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 25.00 - Auburndale. Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 17.11 - Auburndale. Rev. Horace Dutton and “Other - Friends,” Prouty Job Printing Press, _for - Atlanta U._ - Ayer. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 12.52 - Boston. Union Ch. 225.58 - Boston. Miss Julia S. Bartlett, 100; - Old So. Ch. Sab. Sch., 35; - Berkeley Temple Sab. Sch., - 31.83; _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ Miss Mary L. - Thompson, 5; Chas. F. Atkinson, - Box of Books; Horace P. - Chandler, Box of Books; _for - Atlanta U._ 171.83 - Boston. “Union Workers of Union Ch.” - _for Indian M._ 5.00 - Boston. Mrs. Jacob Fullarton, _for - Prof. Lawrence, Jellico, Tenn._ 1.00 - Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. - (10 of which _for Indian M._) 148.29 - Dorchester. Harvard Ch. 1.00 - Roxbury. Immanuel Cong. Ch. 105.93 - Roxbury. “King’s Daughters,” Highland Cong. - Ch., Box of C., _for Tougaloo U._ - West Roxbury. South Evan. Ch. and Soc. 22.14 - ————— 680.77 - Barre. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 8.51 - Beverly. Dane St. Ch. and Soc. 187.80 - Beverly. Sab. Sch. of Dane St. Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 16.00 - Boxboro. Primary Class Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Rosebud Indian M._ 2.00 - Brimfield. Mrs. P. C. Browning, 10; Mrs. J. S. - Webber, 1; First Cong. Ch., 6.80 17.80 - Brookline. Harvard Ch. 74.13 - Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Coleraine. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Concord. “A” 10.00 - Clinton. W. M. Soc., _for Talladega C._ 30.00 - Cambridge. North Av. Ch. and Soc. 150.31 - Cambridgeport. Ladies of Pilgrim Ch., Box of - C., _for Tougaloo U._ - Chelsea. First Cong Ch. 30.00 - Chester. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch., _for - Jellico, Tenn._ 15.00 - Danvers. Maple St. Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.39; - Bible Class Maple St. Cong. Sab. Sch., 6.50; - _for Atlanta U._ 34.89 - East Billerica. Mrs. A. R. Richardson, from - her little children’s Mite Box, _for - Mountain White Work_ 5.00 - East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aikin, _for - Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 - East Taunton. Cong Ch. 2.00 - Everett. Cong. Ch. 17.19 - Fall River. Third Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 10.57 - Falmouth. First Ch., M. C. Coll. 14.25 - Georgetown. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., _for - Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 - Haverhill. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 200; - Centre Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100 300.00 - Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.15 - Holden. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Holliston. Cong. Sab. Sch. Primary Class, 6; - Class of Young Men, 5.50; Class of Boys, - 2.30; _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 13.80 - Hubbardston. “Ladies,” _for Tougaloo U._, 20; - Cong. Ch., 10 30.00 - Hyde Park. Woman’s H. M. Union, _for Freight_ 9.00 - Ipswich. First Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Lenox. Cong. Ch. 21.75 - Lexington. Hancock Ch. 35.00 - Littleton. Cong. Ch. 19.00 - Lowell. “The Cent. Soc. of Eliot Ch.” 30.00 - Malden. First Ch. 48.15 - Malden. Mrs. Dr. Wadsworth, Bbl., Children’s - Books, Toys, etc., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ - Maynard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 81.00 - Medway. Village Ch. 60.00 - Melrose. Miss S. J. Elder 3.06 - Monterey. Cong. Ch. 18.00 - New Bedford. Mrs. M. L. F. Bartlett 30.00 - Newton. Eliot Ch. 100.00 - Newton Centre. Maria B. Furber Miss’y Soc., - _for Atlanta U._ 105.50 - Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. 64.09 - Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. (25 of which _for - Tougaloo U._) 104.22 - Newtonville. Central Cong. Ch. 98.59 - Northampton. A. L. Williston 300.00 - Northboro. Mrs. M. D. Wells 5.00 - North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch., to const. - REV. CHARLES S. MILLS, ROSELLA H. WHITING - and EDWARD L. HAVENS L. M’s 100.00 - North Brookfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., First - Ch., _for Freight_ 2.00 - North Middleboro. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.43 - Orange. Central Evan. Cong. Ch. 9.11 - Otis. “A Friend” 6.00 - Oxford. First Cong. Ch. 51.00 - Paxton. Mrs. Rev. A. Morton, Bbl. of C., _for - Tougaloo U._ - Pepperell. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta - U._ 20.00 - Pittsfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. 72.00 - Reading. Cong. Ch., “Special” 2.00 - Richmond. Cong. Ch. 6.84 - Sheffield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - Shelburne Falls. A. M. Aids, add’l 0.10 - South Deerfield. “L. S. C.” 3.00 - South Framingham. South Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - South Framingham. R. L. Day, 25; “Friend,” - 50c., _for Mountain Work_ 25.50 - Spencer. Cong. Ch., one 1,570 lbs. McShane - Bell. val. 504.43; cash for expenses, 97.63, - _for Atlanta U._ 97.63 - Springfield. Y. P. S. C. E., Hope Cong. Ch., - _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 12.50 - Springfield. Home Miss’y Circle, Box of C., - Val. 34.95, _for Tougaloo U._ - Taunton. Union Ch. 15.89 - Templeton. Trin. Ch. and Soc. 18.35 - Ware. H. B. Anderson’s Sab. Sch. Class, _for - Indian M._ 35.00 - Wakefield. Cong. Ch. 48.97 - Waltham. Trin. Cong. Soc. 23.03 - Waverly. Mrs. Daniel Butler, _for Mountain - Work_ 10.00 - West Hampton. “A Friend” 5.00 - West Medway. Sab. Sch., of Second Cong. Ch. 13.32 - Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l 10.00 - West Somerville. Young Men of Day St. Ch., - _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 25.00 - West Springfield. Ladies’ Mission Circle of - Park St. Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 100.00 - West Springfield. Sab. Sch. of Park St. Ch. - _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 43.42 - West Springfield. Mrs. Aaron Bagg’s S. S. - Class, _for Indian M._ 5.00 - West Springfield. Ladies’ Mission Circle of - Park St. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 - West Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. 5.38 - Whately. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. to const. - MRS. SARAH J. WELLS L. M. 31.00 - Williamsburg. MRS. SOPHIA K. NASH, to const. - herself L. M. 30.00 - Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 21.57 - Winchendon. North Cong. Ch., a’dl 2.50 - Winthrop. “Friends” 0.80 - Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 210.84; Piedmont - Ch., qr. 143.75; Family of Hiram Smith, - deceased, by Mary A. and Joanna F. Smith, - 50; Park Cong. Ch., 5; Mrs. S. A. Howard, 5 414.59 - Worcester. Piedmont Sab. Sch., _for Ch., - Petty, Tex._ 100.00 - Worcester. Mrs. Whittemore, _for Mountain Work_ 2.00 - Worcester. Logan, Swift and Brigham, Case - Envelopes; Whitcomb Envelope Co., Case - Envelopes, _for Atlanta U._ - Worcester. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. Central Ch., - Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo U._ - ——. “Cash” 100.00 - ——. “A Friend” _for Rev. G. W. Lawrence_ 5.00 - Hampden Benevolent Association, by Charles - Marsh. Treas.: - Chicopee. Second 38.05 - Feeding Hills. 21.13 - Holyoke. First 23.27 - Huntington. Second 21.10 - Long Meadow. Ladies’ Ben. Ass’n. 15.35 - Long Meadow. Gentlemen’s Benev. Ass’n. 26.23 - Monson. Sab. Sch. 50.00 - Palmer. Second 100.00 - South Hadley Falls 14.00 - Springfield. First 20.00 - Springfield. North 44.32 - Springfield. South 67.37 - Springfield. Memorial 31.47 - Westfield. Second 14.46 - West Springfield. First Ch. 35.00 - West Springfield. Sab. Sch. First Ch. 20.00 - West Springfield. Park St., _for - Indian M._ 52.91 - West Springfield. Park St. 5.00 - Wilbraham. 12.25 - ————— 611.91 - ——————— - $7,226.29 - - ESTATE. - - Cambridge. Estate of A. E. Hildreth, by - Trustees, _for Freedmen_ 500.00 - ——————— - $7,726.29 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $297.10. - - Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 31.10 - Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Peace Dale. Rowland G. Hazard, _for Atlanta U._ 250.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $2,395.14. - - Bethel. “Willing Workers,” _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Bolton. By Rev. L. H. Barber 12.50 - Bristol. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo - U._ 50.00 - Bristol. Mrs. Lewis, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 2.00 - Bridgeport. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., to - const. CHESTER W. BENNETT L. M. 50.00 - Canaan. —— 2.00 - Center Brook. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. - Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 25.00 - Central Village. “A Friend,” _for Conn. Ind’l - Sch., Ga._ 1.00 - Cornwall. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 22.32 - Cromwell. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Miss M. G. - Savage, _for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 19.00 - Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.37 - East Avon. Cong. Ch. 16.00 - East Hartford. First Ch. 40.00 - Fairfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian - Sch’p._ 50.00 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. (200 of which from Henry - D. Hawley, to const. ROBERT K. HOWE and JOHN - LEON WEBSTER L. M’s) 317.63 - Glastonbury. Miss A. M. Goodrich 60.00 - Goshen. Cong. Ch. 28.86 - Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch. 12.19 - Guilford. —— 100.00 - Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, 100; Jos. W. - Hungerford, 100 200.00 - Kensington. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. MRS. - MARY P. QUILL L. M. 4.25 - Lebanon. First Ch. 32.38 - Mansfield Center. Cong. Ch. 16.60 - Marlboro. Cong. Ch. 16.37 - New Haven. Howard Av. Ch. 26.96 - New London. First Cong. Ch. 54.93 - Norwich. Park Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 200.00 - Norwichtown. “*, First Cong. Ch.” 24.00 - Plantsville. “Tougaloo Mission Quintet,” _for - Tougaloo U._ 11.66 - Plymouth. Geo. Langdon 50.00 - Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 35.38 - Redding. “A Friend,” _for Mountain Work_ 10.00 - Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. 29.65 - Simsbury. Cong. Ch. 33.17 - South Britain. Cong. Ch. 9.89 - Southington. First Cong. Ch. 36.64 - Taftville. First Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Terryville. Cong. Ch., 45: Elizur Fenn, 5; - Mrs. Elizur Fenn, 5 55.00 - Tolland. Cong. Ch. 10.25 - Wallingford. H. L. Judd, _for Sch’p, Tougaloo - U._ 70.00 - Wallingford. Cong. Ch. 66.84 - West Hartford. Anson Chappell 10.00 - Westminster. Mrs. S. B. Carter, _for - Thomasville, Ga._ 5.00 - Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Soc. 24.76 - West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 134.32 - Wilton. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.22 - Woodstock. Sab. Sch. and Ladies of Cong. Ch., - _for Thomasville, Ga._ 16.50 - ——. “A Friend in Conn.” 100.00 - ——. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 17.50 - Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Conn., by - Mrs. S. M. Hotchkiss, Sec.: - Bridgeport. Ladies’ Social Circle of - South Ch., _for Conn. Ind’l - Sch., Ga._ 35.00 - Chaplin. Ladies’ Soc., _for Conn. - Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 15.00 - Enfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., _for - Woman’s Work_ 35.00 - Pomfret. Ladies’ Soc., _for Conn. - Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 20.00 - Hartford. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., - _for Ind’l Work, Williamsburg, - Ky._ 50.00 - Wallingford. W. H. M. U., _for Ind’l - Work, Williamsburg, Ky._ 25.00 - ————— 180.00 - - - NEW YORK, $2,270.42. - - Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch. 1164.15 - Brooklyn. “A Life Member,” to const. MISS - ISABEL SHIRLEY L. M. 30.00 - Brooklyn. S. Ballard, _for Tougaloo, Miss._ 250.00 - Brooklyn. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. of Lewis Ave. - Cong. Ch., _for Woman’s Work_ 13.40 - East Beekmantown. John S. Kirby 10.00 - East Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.67 - Fillmore. L. L. Nourse 5.00 - Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Jamestown. Rev. W. D. Henry 10.00 - Jefferson. Mrs. Susannah Ruliffson 2.50 - Little Valley. First Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Lowville. Mrs. Lydia C. Hough 20.00 - Middletown. Samuel Ayers 5.00 - New York. S. T. Gordon, 100; F. P. Shumway, - 1.50 101.50 - New York. Morris K. Jesup, _for Atlanta U._ 200.00 - Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.60 - Oswego. Cong. Ch. 140.04 - Perry Center. Mrs. M. G. Richardson, “in - Memory of Rev. J. C. Richardson” 2.00 - Poughkeepsie. Cong. Ch., 26.54; First Reformed - Ch., 21.92 48.46 - Rensselaer Falls. Cong. Ch. 5.10 - Spencerport. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., to - const. Miss LOTTA M. SPENCER, L. M. 33.00 - Tremont. “A Friend” 10.00 - ——. “A Country Friend” 100.00 - ——. “A Friend in Essex Co.” 25.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $46.00. - - Arlington. Mrs. G. Overacre 1.00 - Westfield. “Mission Band,” by Miss M. C. - Alpers, _for Santee Indian M._ 45.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $30.00. - - Cowdersport. Mrs. M. W. Mann 5.00 - Pittsburg. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Ridgway. Young People’s Bible Class, by Minnie - Kline, _for Oaks, N.C._ 5.00 - Washington. Mrs. Mary H. McFarland 10.00 - - - OHIO, $325.22. - - Ashland. Mrs. E. Thomson 2.28 - Bellevue. S. W. Boise 100.00 - Brownhelm. C. H. Perry 10.00 - Cincinnati. Central Cong. Ch. 81.15 - Cleveland. “Harry, Bert and Others,” Jennings - Av. Cong. Ch., _for Ponies_ 2.15 - Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch. 5.03 - Edinburg. B. E. Bingham and “Friends,” _for - Indian M._ 10.00 - Garrettsville. Cong. Ch., 8, and 1.21 from - “the Children” 9.21 - Huntsburg. A. E. Millard and Mrs. M. E. Millard 15.00 - Lodi. Cong. Ch., 7.85; Ladies’ A. M. A., 2.25 10.10 - Medina. Sab. Sch. Class, by Miss May Woodward 1.00 - Oberlin. First Ch. 54.30 - Salem. David A. Allen (5 of which bal. to - const. REV. DE COSTA POMERENE L. M.) 25.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $1,567.36. - - Aurora. First Cong. Ch. 8.78 - Bartlett. Cong. Ch. 20.75 - Bunker Hill. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Chicago. “Friends in New England Ch.,” _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 60.00 - Delavan. R. Hoghton 10.00 - Downers Grove. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Sch’p - Fund, Fisk U._ 9.00 - Dundee. Mrs. A. M. Rover, _for Dakota Indian - M._ 6.00 - Evanston. Cong. Ch., to const. HARLOW B. HILL - and A. D. SANDERS L. M’s 86.87 - Glencoe. Ch. of Christ 28.67 - Granville. “A Friend” 25.00 - Hennepin. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Hinsdale. Y. L. Miss’y Soc., _for Sch’p Fund, - Fisk U._ 20.00 - Jacksonville. First Cong. Ch. 47.60 - Lockport. First Cong. Ch. 4.65 - Lyndon. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Millburn. Cong. Ch. 8.74 - Millington. Mrs. D. W. Jackson, _for Indian M._ 5.00 - Moline. Juv. Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 7.86 - Oak Park. Y. L. Miss’y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Ottawa. Cong. Ch. 22.78 - Paxton. Mrs. J. B. Shaw, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 12.24 - Providence. Cong. Ch. 8.45 - Ridge Prairie. Rev. Andrew Kern 3.00 - Sheffield. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Streator. Cong. Ch. 5.67 - Udina. Cong. Ch. 5.30 - Woodburn. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Illinois Woman’s Home Missionary Union, _for - Woman’s Work_, by - Mrs. C. E. Maltby, Treas.: Ill. W. H. M. U. 10.00 - ————— 10.00 - —————— - $567.36 - - ESTATE. - - Chicago. Estate of Philo Carpenter, by - Executors 1,000.00 - ———————— - $1,567.36 - - - MICHIGAN, $178.42. - - Cheboygan. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian - M._ 1.30 - Cedar Springs. Rev. E. C. Herrington 5.00 - Detroit. Fort Wayne Cong. Ch. 5.06 - Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. 13.25 - Hancock. W. M. Soc., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Hudson. Cong. Ch. 12.65 - Imlay City. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 1.75 - Michigan Centre. Cong. Ch. 3.20 - Middleville. Cong. Ch. 2.26 - Pleasanton. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Saint Joseph. Cong. Ch. 27.45 - White Lake. Robert Garner 10.00 - Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Mich., _for - Woman’s Work_, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas.: - Covert. L. M. S. 10.00 - Detroit. Ladies’ Union of First Cong. - Ch. 50.00 - Grand Blanc. “Willing Workers” 9.50 - ————— 69.50 - - - WISCONSIN, $417.53. - - Beloit. “L. M.,” Second Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Bloomer. First Cong. Ch. 3.54 - Delavan. Chas. T. Smith 100.00 - Evansville. Cong. Ch. 20.25 - Janesville. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 - La Crosse. First Cong. Ch. 43.43 - Lake Geneva. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Madison. First Cong. Ch. 10.42 - Menominee. Cong. Ch. 14.56 - Muckwanago. Cong. Ch. 2.13 - Watertown. Cong. Ch. 6.20 - Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Wis., _for - Woman’s Work_: - Appleton. W. H. M. S. 8.25 - Baraboo. Mrs. Dea. Clark 1.50 - Beloit. First Ch., W. M. S., to const. - MRS. LYDIA S. H. HAMLIN L. M. 30.60 - Berlin. W. H. M. S. 5.00 - Black Earth. Dr. Stoddart 2.00 - Boscobel. W. H. M. S. 5.00 - Brodhead. Misses E. and J. Sherman 5.00 - Clinton. W. H. M. S. 4.25 - Eau Claire. W. H. M. S. 13.30 - Fond du Lac. W. H. M. S. 10.00 - Lake Geneva. Ladies’ Aid Soc. 12.85 - Mauston. Mrs. C. W. Barney 5.00 - Milton Junction. Misses Chapman 1.25 - Milwaukee. Pilgrim Ch., W. H. M. S. 15.00 - Rosendale. L. H. M. S. 5.00 - Sun Prairie. Mrs. Buel 1.00 - Waukesha. Y. P. S. C. E. 10.00 - Wauwatosa. W. H. M. S. 7.00 - Windsor. W. H. M. S. 10.00 - ————— 152.00 - - - IOWA, $161.81. - - Algona. A. Zahlten 12.00 - Anamosa. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 21.48; Sab. Sch., - 4.52 26.00 - Cedar Rapids. “Busy Bees,” Sab. Sch. First - Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Creston. Cong. Ch. 1.70 - Des Moines. Mrs. J. F. Rollins, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 3.00 - Larchwood. Cong. Ch. 1.00 - Manchester. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - McGregor. Y. P. Mission Band of Cong. Ch., - _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 12.50 - Osage. Cong. Ch., ad’l to const. MISS ANNETTE - H. WHITNEY and MISS STELLA LULA FAY L. M.’s 57.84 - Reinbeck. Cong. Ch. 24.77 - Waterloo. Mrs. M. B. Forry, _for Talladega C._ 1.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $541.33. - - Clearwater. Cong. Sab. Sch. of Fish Creek 6.25 - Elk River. Union Ch. 6.83 - Faribault. Cong. Ch. 32.40 - Granite Falls. Cong. Ch. 1.58 - Northfield. “Willing Workers,” by Gertrude - Scriver 22.50 - Rushford. Cong. Ch. 3.91 - Saint Cloud. First Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Tivoli. Lyman Humiston 2.00 - ——. “Thank Offering” (50 of which _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._) 200.00 - Minn. Woman’s Home Missionary Society, _for - Woman’s Work_, by Mrs. Clara N. Cross, - Treas.: - Alexandria. W. M. S. 20.00 - Austin. W. M. S. 9.80 - Elk River. S. S. 3.05 - Excelsior. W. M. S. 3.56 - Glyndon. Children’s M. Band 2.30 - Granite Falls. W. M. S. 1.88 - Detroit. W. M. S. 1.00 - Marshall. W. M. S. 5.00 - Mapleton. W. M. S. 2.50 - Minneapolis. W. H. M. S., Plymouth - Ch., to const. MRS. C. T. - INGERSOLL, MRS. CHAS. L. - LEONARD and MISS ADA WHITE L. M’s 81.50 - Minneapolis. Y. L. M. S. Plymouth Ch. 20.75 - Minneapolis. W. M. S. Second Ch. 6.00 - Minneapolis. Children’s Miss. Band. - Open Door Ch. 2.00 - Morris. W. M. S. 5.47 - Northfield. W. H. M. S. 40.00 - Saint Paul. W. H. M. S., Park Ch., to - cons’t. MRS. HUGH M. MILLER L. - M. 35.00 - Saint Paul. W. H. M. S., Plymouth Ch. 10.00 - Stephen. W. M. S. 1.65 - Waseca. W. M. S. 3.40 - ————— 254.86 - - - MISSOURI, $75.00. - - Saint Louis. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 75.00 - - - KANSAS, $93.40. - - Boston Mills. J. Hubbard 5.00 - Burlington. First Cong. Ch. 7.50 - Douglass. Cong. Ch. 1.25 - Lawrence. Plymouth Ch., 49.06; Second Cong. Ch., 6 55.06 - Solomon City. “Thank Offering from a Friend” 5.00 - Sterling. Cong. Ch. 19.59 - - - MONTANA, $12.76. - - Helena. First Cong. Ch. 12.76 - - - DAKOTA, $42.63. - - Carrington. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 4.75 - Clark. Cong. Ch. 6.20 - Lake Preston. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Valley Springs. Cong. Ch. 4.09 - Vermillion. Cong. Ch. 13.39 - Dakota Woman’s Home Missionary Union, _for - Woman’s Work_, by Mrs. Sue Fifield, Treas.: - De Smet. W. M. S. 3.20 - ———— 3.20 - - - NEBRASKA, $28.63. - - Tremont. Cong. Ch. 20.63 - Hemingford. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Oxford. F. A. Wood 5.00 - - - OREGON, $7.49. - - East Portland. First Cong. Ch. 7.49 - - - WASHINGTON TER., $5.00. - - Christopher. White River Cong. Ch. 5.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, $17.40. - - Riverside. Sab. Sch. Class, by Chas. W. Herron 3.75 - San Diego. Second Con. Ch., 2.65; Sab. Sch., - Second Cong. Ch., 1 3.65 - Stockton. Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D.D. 10.00 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $8.31. - - Washington. Lincoln Memorial Ch. 8.31 - - - KENTUCKY, $78.20. - - Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. 48.20 - Williamsburg. Tuition 30.00 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $86.37. - - Nalls. Dea. A. B. Bruton 0.50 - Troy. Tuition, 1.55; “Friends,” 1, by S. D. Leak 2.55 - Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 83.32 - - - TENNESSEE, $119.25. - - Grand View. Tuition 29.80 - Helenwood. Judge J. C. Parker 2.50 - Memphis. Tuition 15.00 - Nashville. Rent 6.50 - Robbins. Cong. Ch. 0.90 - Sherwood. Tuition 64.55 - - - GEORGIA, $59.80. - - Andersonville. Coll. “Children’s Day” 0.45 - Atlanta. Nettie Smith, _for Atlanta U._ 0.50 - Marietta. Cong. Ch., 50c., and Sab. Sch. 50c. 1.00 - Rutland. Coll. “Children’s Day” 0.65 - Woodville. Pilgrim Ch. 2.10 - - - ALABAMA, $245.65. - - Marion. Tuition 55.00 - Selma. Rent 100.00 - Talladega. Tuition 90.65 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $1004.00. - - Tougaloo. State Appropriation, _for Tougaloo U._ 1000.00 - Tougaloo. Rent 4.00 - - - INCOMES, $750.00. - - Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 570.00 - Belden Sch’p Fund, _for Talladega C._ 30.00 - Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta U._ 150.00 - - - CANADA, $5.00. - - Montreal. Chas. Alexander 5.00 - - - SANDWICH ISLANDS, $400.00. - - “Sandwich Islands. A Friend” 400.00 - - - CHINA, $5.00. - - Fenchow Fu, Shansi. Rev. J. B. Thompson 5.00 - ========== - Donations $17,683.88 - Estates 1,564.30 - Incomes 750.00 - Tuitions 1,341.65 - Rents 110.50 - —————————— - Total for July $21,450.33 - Total from Oct. 1 to July 31 235,884.73 - ========== - - - FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - Subscriptions for July $47.89 - Previously acknowledged 826.12 - ——————— - Total $874.01 - ======== - - H. W. 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