{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_11762/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_11762","id":"gutenberg_11762","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11762","summary":null,"tags":["Category: History - American","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings","Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals","Home missions -- Periodicals","The American Missionary"],"text":"The American Missionary\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nJANUARY, 1888.\n\nVOL. XLII.\n\nNO. 1.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCONTENTS\n\nEDITORIAL.\n  NEW YEAR'S GREETING--FINANCIAL\n  PARAGRAPHS\n  PROHIBITION ITEMS\n  PARAGRAPHS\n\nTHE SOUTH.\n  NOTES IN THE SADDLE\n  RELIGIOUS INTEREST IN LINCOLN CHURCH, WASHINGTON, D.C.\n\nTHE INDIANS.\n  THE FOURTH BROTHER. By Mr. Frank Wood\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n  DOES RESTRICTION RESTRICT?\n\nBUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.\n  FOUNDATION LAYING AND HOME BUILDING IN THE SOUTH.  By Miss Josephine\nKellogg\n  THE SANTEE NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL AND INDIAN MISSIONS. By Mrs. Chas.\nW. Shelton\n  THE DAKOTA MISSIONARY SOCIETY\n\nRECEIPTS\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nNEW YORK:\n\nPUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n\nRooms, 56 Reade Street.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPrice, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.\n\nEntered at the Post-Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAmerican Missionary Association\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPRESIDENT, ---- ----\n\n_Vice-Presidents._\n\nRev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y.\nRev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass.\nRev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.\nRev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass.\nRev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.\n\n_Corresponding Secretaries._\n\nRev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.\nRev. JAMES POWELL, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.\nRev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.\n\n_Treasurer._\n\nH.W. HUBBARD, Esq., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.\n\n_Auditors._\n\nPETER MCCARTEE.\nCHAS. P. PEIRCE.\n\n_Executive Committee._\n\nJOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.\nADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary.\n\n_For Three Years._\n\nLYMAN ABBOTT,\nA.S. BARNES,\nJ.R. DANFORTH,\nCLINTON B. FISK,\nADDISON P. FOSTER,\n\n_For Two Years._\n\nS.B. HALLIDAY,\nSAMUEL HOLMES,\nSAMUEL S. MARPLES,\nCHARLES L. MEAD,\nELBERT B. MONROE,\n\n_For One Year._\n\nJ.E. RANKIN,\nWM. H. WARD,\nJ.W. COOPER,\nJOHN H. WASHBURN,\nEDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.\n\n_District Secretaries._\n\nRev. C.L. WOODWORTH, D.D., 21 _Cong'l House, Boston_.\nRev. J.E. ROY, D.D., 151 _Washington Street, Chicago_.\n\n_Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._\nRev. CHAS. W. SHELTON,\n\n_Field Superintendent._\nRev. C.J. RYDER.\n\n_Bureau of Woman's Work._\n\n_Secretary_, Miss D E. EMERSON, 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCOMMUNICATIONS\n\nRelating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the\nCorresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting fields,\nto Rev. James Powell, D.D., or to the District Secretaries; letters for\n\"THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY,\" to the Editor, at the New York Office.\n\nDONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS\n\nIn drafts, checks, registered letters or post-office orders, may be sent\nto H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more\nconvenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House,\nBoston, Mass., or 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty\ndollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.\n\nFORM OF A BEQUEST.\n\n\"I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in\ntrust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who,\nwhen the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the 'American\nMissionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied, under the\ndirection of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its\ncharitable uses and purposes,\" The Will should be attested by three\nwitnesses.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nVol. XLII.\nJANUARY, 1888.\nNo. 1\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n\nA HAPPY NEW YEAR!\n\n\nA Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! It is an inspiring delight to\nhear and speak the greeting. It is a phrase that comes down to us from\nthe ages. All the more gladly do we repeat it on that account. There are\nsome things, thank God, even in this world, that never grow old. The\ngreetings of Christmas and New Year are among them. This is because they\nare connected with Christ and his kingdom. True happiness for mankind\nfirst came into this world when Christ was born. In proportion as he is\nreceived into human life, happiness is experienced. Therefore, in\nwishing for our readers a happy New Year, we are wishing for them more\nof Christ in their thought and life.\n\nBut Christ never comes into a life to be held there in confinement. He\nseeks our life that it may become a channel through which he may flow to\nbless and make happy other lives. He is not only our peace--he is our\nrighteousness as well. How miserable we would be in our sins and\nshortcomings were this not so! But all the more on that account will we\ndesire to _do_ what we can to make up for our deficiencies. Loving him,\nwe shall want to do his will. He wills that all shall hear of the\nsalvation his gospel brings. We can proclaim the message. He wills that\nall shall see the power of his gospel in the benevolent fruits of his\nfollowers' lives. We can exhibit that power. Where we cannot go to tell\nthe story and exhibit the power in person, we can send. Therefore, in\nwishing for our readers a happy New Year, we are wishing for them a\nrighteousness that will manifest Christ actually saving the world in\nwhat they say and do. Happiness through service and sacrifice--this is\nthe happiness THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY wishes for all its readers,\nbecause it is the only happiness worth having.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWhile January is the first month of the calendar year, it happens to be\nthe fourth month of the A.M.A.'s fiscal year. It is a good time for our\nfriends to make new resolutions in reference to what they will do in\nsupport of our work the coming year. We closed last year out of debt. It\nwas a cause for joy and thanksgiving. The Portland meeting felt and\nexpressed it. Letters of congratulation came to us from all parts of the\ncountry. But there is something about prosperity that almost inevitably\nfosters decline. A woe seems to be attached to institutions as well as\nindividuals of which all men speak well. We need $25,000 a month to pay\nnecessary bills. We ought to have $30,000 a month to properly prosecute\nthe work at this moment on hand. Our total receipts at the end of the\nfirst two months of the new fiscal year were $33,336. The lowest figure,\nin order to enable us to meet our bills for the two months, is $50,000.\nThe result is, we are again obliged to report payments in excess of\nreceipts. We do it unwillingly. We want very much to be delivered from\nthe necessity of making special appeals along toward the end of the\nyear. This necessity can be avoided only through our friends' securing\nincreased receipts to our treasury the early part of the year. Now is\nthe time to resolve that it shall be done. Let every church vote to give\nus a contribution. Let every individual friend resolve that he will, if\npossible, increase his contribution over that of last year, and that in\nany event he will by personal effort enlarge the circle of our\nsupporters by inducing some friend or friends to take an interest in our\nwork.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMemorial services in honor of our late President, Hon. Wm. B. Washburn,\nwere held at Greenfield, Mass., Gov. Washburn's home, November 29th,\nunder the auspices of the Connecticut Valley Congregational Club.\nAddresses were made by U.S. Senator Hoar, Rev. Dr. Buckingham, and\nPresident Seelye.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThirty dollars constitute a Life Membership. Some of our friends utilize\ntheir contributions in this way. One of these writes us: \"This is my\nthirty-first Life Member which it is my good fortune to make to your\nsociety.\" A good example to follow.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nLord Shaftsbury once said: \"I think it would be of the greatest value if\nthe reports of the various Religious and Charitable Societies were at\nonce, by Act of Parliament, elevated into the dignity of Blue Books. If\nevery Member of Parliament, under the most severe penalty--and more\nparticularly the ministers of the day--were compelled to study them\naccurately, and then undergo a competitive examination, I am satisfied\nthat great good would accrue to themselves and benefit to their country;\ntheir enlarged notions, and probably improved hearts, would be felt in\nthe legislation of the country.\"\n\nA pertinent illustration of the force of this statement is the speech of\nSenator Frye, made at the Portland meeting. The Senator confessed that\nhe had not been familiar with the history of the American Missionary\nAssociation, that he had been reading its Annual Reports, and making\nhimself acquainted with its work. Thereupon, out of what he had learned,\nhe constructed a speech that was, in every way, worthy of the Statesman\nthat he is. We shall be much mistaken if Senator Frye does not find\noccasion to use the knowledge obtained in the study of our Association's\nhistory in some of his speeches or debates in the U.S. Senate.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe citizens of Macon, Ga., gave Jefferson Davis a rousing reception on\nthe occasion of his recent visit to that city. As a souvenir of his\nwelcome, they presented him with 126 bottles of wine, thirty-three\nbottles of whiskey, fourteen bottles of brandy, and eleven boxes of\ncigars. If these gifts suggest anything in regard to the habits of\nJefferson Davis, we can readily see that he was not a fit candidate for\nhaving the ladies put upon his lapel a blue ribbon. No wonder he rushed\ninto print to assure the public that he was not in favor of total\nabstinence. A campaign in behalf of prohibition would have a hard time\nin the region of Macon.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nEvan P. Howell and Henry W. Grady are among the owners of the _Atlanta\nConstitution_. During the recent campaign on the liquor question in\nAtlanta these gentlemen were on opposite sides, so that the papers\nreported that while Mr. Grady was making a speech in behalf of\nprohibition in one part of the town, Capt. Howell was making a speech\nagainst it in another place. Two of Mr. Grady's speeches have been\npublished in pamphlet form, and they are worthy of that gentleman's\nreputation as an orator. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY is glad to find Mr.\nGrady on the right side of this question, and regrets that prohibition\nfailed to carry the day in the election.\n\nThe colored people held the balance of power. We praised them last year\nwhen, using that balance, they carried the city for temperance. We\nregret that this year they have used it against temperance. There is no\nuse of concealing the fact. Ignorant people cannot be depended upon to\ntake the right side of any question. It will be a mere happening if they\ndo. The election in Atlanta gives additional emphasis to the necessity\nof our work in the South.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWhite ladies so far overcame their caste prejudices as to join their\ncolored sisters in the campaign for prohibition. Together they prayed\nand worked. Many of the white people were disgusted at this exhibition\nof social equality. These white ladies have taken a step in the right\ndirection, and, when all their white sisters join them, reform will be\nwell advanced. May the day be hastened!\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe rum advocates resorted to all manner of devices to influence the\ncolored people. They had a circular printed with a portrait of Abraham\nLincoln. The picture represented him standing, with a slave in chains\nkneeling before him. Under the picture, in quotation marks, were the\nwords, as if spoken by Mr. Lincoln: \"Prohibition is slavery; I will cut\nthe manacles from your hands.\" This was a mean trick. To put such lying\nwords into the mouth of a man whose name the colored people revere nest\nto that of the Saviour, is a piece of wickedness that only rum-sellers\ncould be guilty of. It accomplished their vile purpose, however, in\nleading a great many colored people to vote against prohibition.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA colored preacher who made anti-prohibition speeches, referring to a\nstatement that their meetings were not opened with prayer, said that he\nwould make as good a prayer as anybody. Thereupon he slowly prayed: \"Oh!\nLord, I pray thee to help Atlanta in her extremity. Oh, do lift her up\nand restore her to the proud place she once occupied before these\nprohibition fanatics got her by the throat. Oh, Lord Jesus, do thou make\nthese deluded preachers see the error of their ways. Do help the sweet\ninhabitants of this city. [Cries of 'Amen!'] Do restore to them pure\nliquor, and not compel them to drink the vile stuff sold as 'nerve\ntonic,' 'rice beer' and 'bitters.' [Applause and laughter.] Give us\npower to win the fight. [Cries of 'Amen.'] Put to rout the miserable\nhypocrites who parade as thy servants under the guise of\nProhibitionists. Oh, do save us and let us win this fight, for Jesus'\nsake, amen. [Cheers, and cries of 'Amen.']\" What can be expected of a\nchurch with such a man for its pastor, and what can be expected of a\npeople if left to such leadership?\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRev. Geo. C. Rowe, of Charleston, S.C., in company with brethren\nSnelson, Maxwell, Jordan and Herron, going to attend the Association at\nMacon, Ga., by reason of a delayed train were in danger of missing\nconnection at Jessup, a junction. The authorities telegraphed for the\ntrain to wait. When the little party reached Jessup, they found the\ntrain in waiting, and boarding it entered a first-class coach. We let\nMr. Bowe tell the rest of the story:\n\n     \"A burly white train-hand came in, and said, in a threatening way:\n     'The forward car is your car.' We gave him no answer, but kept our\n     seats. The conductor came through and looked at us, but said\n     nothing. At the door he asked, roughly, of a colored train hand,\n     'Why did you let those men go into that car?' They hardly knew how\n     to act, as we were the only passengers who came on the S.F. & W.\n     train, and they had been ordered to wait for passengers on that\n     train; so, doubtless considering discretion the better part of\n     valor, they left us severely alone, and we rode from Savannah to\n     Macon, an eight-hour journey in _Georgia_, first class, without\n     molestation. Of course, the white people who entered at various\n     stations stared at us, but we were good at that and returned the\n     compliment. First class, indeed! Men with turpentine clothes, or\n     rags, on; women chewing snuff, etc., etc. If I looked, acted and\n     talked like some of the people that I saw on that train, I should\n     certainly feel myself an appropriate subject for an ox-cart in the\n     backwoods, rather than for a first class coach on a railroad; yet\n     these are the people who object to respectable, well-dressed,\n     intelligent and Christian men and women riding in a decent coach,\n     on account of their color.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE SOUTH.\n\nNOTES IN THE SADDLE\n\nBY FIELD-SUPERINTENDENT C.J. RYDER.\n\n\nPleasant Hill, Tenn., has now a school building worthy the growing\nimportance of that interesting field on the Cumberland plateau. The\nteaching force has been enlarged and the influence of the school is\nconstantly widening. Another building to be used for boarding pupils is\nin process of erection, and is greatly needed. Maine has joined hands\nwith Tennessee in this most important work, several of the churches\nhaving given to this field.\n\nA new church has just been organized at Crossville, Tenn. Many northern\nfamilies have come into this region within the past few months, and they\nwill greatly assist us in gathering the native mountain people.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nGrand View Academy, occupying a most commanding site on the top of a\nmountain overlooking the magnificent valley of the Cumberland River, has\nalso increased its school accommodations. There will be here, in the not\nvery distant future, a large college, reaching in its influence the\nmountain people back on the plateau and in the coves, and those who are\nrapidly filling the fertile valley along the foot of Cumberland Mountain\nand Walden's Ridge. If we, as Congregational Churches, hold this grand\nwork, we must generously support it _now_.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA specimen, a hybrid of civilization and paganism, I saw on the streets\nof Fort Smith, Arkansas. He seemed to illustrate the result of our\ngovernmental efforts to citizenize the Indian without Christianizing\nhim. A tall Indian, of fine, commanding figure, walked down the street\ndressed in the following fashion: His feet were cased in moccasins, his\nlegs in buckskin breeches. Both of these garments were highly ornamented\nwith quills and beads. He was purely Indian so far. His tall lithe body\nwas closely buttoned in a faded black Prince Albert coat. On his head he\nwore a Derby hat. So much for civilization. The hat had a hole in the\ncrown, and in this hole the Brave had stuck a large tuft of eagle\nfeathers that stood several inches above his head and nodded and danced\nabove him as he walked with the royal dignity of a Mogg Megone. Here was\ncivilization and savagery in dress at least. This is about what our\nGovernment is doing for this people; urging them to put on the faded\ncoat of imperfect citizenship, and at the same time forbidding that they\nbe instructed in the truths of religion in their own language. We can\nnever civilize the body while we leave the heart savage. A visit to Fort\nSmith would convince anyone of the absolute failure of this method. In\nthe miserable prison pen, one hundred and forty-four were crowded like\ncattle. Among this multitude of criminals were young boys, just entering\nupon a life of crime, imprisoned for some paltry offence, and herded\nwith them were grey-headed murderers. All these prisoners were from the\nIndian Territory, or the \"Nation\" as they call it. One man had just been\nconvicted of murder. Two beautiful daughters of an Indian mother stood\nweeping beside him. A gallows stands constantly on the edge of the\n\"Nation,\" and is used with appalling frequency. A lawyer who courteously\nintroduced me into the esoteric mysteries of the law as executed in this\nUnited States Court, pointed out the peculiar construction of the\ngallows which increased its capacity. \"Eight men can stand on that plank\nand the drop will swing them all off at once,\" he said with evident\npride, then added apologetically, \"I never saw but six hung at one time,\nbut they do hang eight.\"\n\n\"Hanging day,\" I was informed, was one of the great festival occasions.\nThousands of Indians, of more or less purity of blood, gathered from the\n\"Nation\" to enjoy this treat. There is an excuse for a fence around this\nperpetual gallows, but there are wide openings in it and the awful scene\nenacted within its enclosure can be witnessed from surrounding\nelevations.\n\nNo doubt an attempt at justice is made in the United States Court. I\nattended the trial of a case and it seemed to me the accused had a fair\nhearing, but what a comment on our Christian civilization: A court\noverrun with cases; a prison pen with young boys and grey-headed\ncriminals herded together in it; a gallows standing ready the year\nround; saloons and brothels permitted at every turn; bad men and worse\nwomen appealing to the lowest passions of ignorant and degraded men--all\nthese the legalized representatives of a Christian civilization. Is it\nstrange that these Indians do not accept more readily our Christian\ntheories, when they come into constant contact with our most unchristian\npractice? The Indian language is used in saloons and gambling hells and\nbrothels to lead these poor, heathen people to physical and moral\nperdition, but is forbidden by Government to be used in mission schools\nto lead them to the Lord Jesus Christ! We ought to plant a mission for\nthe Indians and the colored people at Fort Smith this year. The work is\npainfully urgent.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRELIGIOUS INTEREST AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH, WASHINGTON, D.C.\n\n\nRev. James Wharton, the English Evangelist, recently spent a little more\nthan two weeks with the Lincoln Memorial Church, Washington. The people\nwere deeply stirred, and the church was greatly quickened. About forty\npersons professed conversion, and a large number are still inquiring the\nway.\n\nThe conversions were mostly among the young people. There were eight or\nten adults who decided to live Christian lives, two of them being aged\nmen, one 61 years and the other 75 years of age. They are both very\nhappy in their new-found hope in Christ.\n\nMany of the young people would gladly unite with us, but their parents\nwill not consent for them to do so, as they will not be convinced that\nthe children can be Christians unless they can give a _remarkable\nexperience_, and some will not be satisfied of their conversion unless\nthe child has seen a vision or heard a voice.\n\nI called to-day to see the mother of a little girl who confessed Christ\nas her Saviour in our meetings. She said that her little girls, one\neight years and the other twelve years of age, say that they are\nChristians. When the mother told Josie, the youngest child, that she did\nnot have \"_religion_,\" the little girl replied: \"I love the Saviour, and\nJesus loves me. He died for my sins, and I have accepted him as my\nSaviour and am happy in His love. Mamma, Mr. Moore says that that is\nreligion. If that ain't religion, then, mamma, what is religion? I want\nto be an earnest Christian; will you show me how?\" The mother says that\nJosie sticks to it that she is a Christian, and that she does not know\nwhat to do about it.\n\nThe most of these young people, some of whom are twelve and fourteen\nyears of age, will not be allowed to join any church, but will be\nlaughed at and persecuted and led to expect some remarkable experience\nlike \"Saul of Tarsus,\" or to see a vision and hear a voice. We shall do\nwhat we can to encourage them to cling to Christ.\n\nWe have succeeded in closing two saloons near our church, and are\nhopeful of closing another notorious den about a square away.\n\nThere is no place where earnest Christian work is more needed than here\nat the nation's Capital, where we have a colored population of nearly\n80,000, the majority of whom are out of Christ, and thousands are still\nshrouded in the darkness of ignorance and superstition.\n\nGEO. W. MOORE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE INDIANS.\n\n\nTHE FOURTH BROTHER.\n\nBY FRANK WOOD, ESQ.\n\nI believe that if the Master were visibly present with us to-day, and we\nshould ask, \"Where shall we go first with the Gospel?\" he would say, \"Go\nto that fourth brother, the North American Indian;\" and for the\nstrongest reasons.\n\nFirst, because he is in the greatest need. There are no people in want\nwhose cry does not at once reach the heart of the American people. When\nChicago was burned, when there was an earthquake in Charleston, when\nthere was a famine in Ireland, public sympathy was immediately awakened,\nand all that was needed was sent. The only people who seem to be in need\nand do not receive help are the aborigines of our soil--the people whom\nwe have dispossessed; whom we have crowded from their homes; whom we\nhave shut into reservations until they are nothing but prisoners of war;\nwhom we have placed under the control of a despot called an Indian\nagent, who is not controlled by law, who on that agency governs by his\nown will, with no courts to protect those who are wronged. These Indians\nare shut in on these reservations, kept from all civilizing and\nChristianizing influences, kept from trade and commerce. A trader is\nappointed over them, from whom they must buy everything they need,\npaying whatever he may ask, to whom they must sell everything that they\nwould sell, taking what he may choose to give.\n\nWe have, it is true, a cumbrous system of machinery which is supposed to\neducate and civilize the Indian, called the Indian Bureau. Some men have\nstudied it for years, and they fail yet to comprehend it. I believe it\nis incomprehensible. I believe it was never intended to be understood.\nSome men ask what it does. It does little, and largely shows how _not_\nto do; and any effort to Christianize and elevate the Indians, so long\nas the present system remains, will be a failure. Now, when our\nphilanthropists are endeavoring to lift them up, when our legislators\nare taking favorable action, this Indian Bureau, through its Assistant\nCommissioner, issues an order which says that the English language must\nbe the only language taught or _spoken_ in the mission-schools. The only\nlanguage the Indian knows is forbidden. Suppose we were to try to learn\na foreign language in that way? Suppose a Frenchman should come to teach\nus French, and neither of us spoke a word of English--how rapid would\nour progress be?\n\nThirty barrels of whiskey and one thousand scalping knives were issued\nnot many years ago as civilizing agencies by this department. An\ninstance given us last night by our friend from across the water, shows\nthat the English circumlocution office is a greyhound compared with our\nIndian office. I remember a similar story that Bright Eyes told in\nBoston some years ago.\n\nShe was then a teacher in an Indian school. She had little children in\nher school that came some seven, eight, or ten miles barefooted, and\nwinter was coming on, and her heart sympathized with these poor children\nwho came so far to be taught. They happened to have a good agent, and he\nsaid, \"Send an order for shoes for these children;\" and she sent an\norder, with a request that they send the shoes, as they were really\nneeded, on account of the frost and snow. The order went to Washington,\nwent through the regular routine, and the next spring, after winter had\npassed, a case of shoes came for these little Indian children. When it\nwas opened, she found it full of brogans, that had been made for the\nSouthern negro in the rice-fields; and every shoe in that case was so\nlarge that there was not an adult Indian on the reservation that could\nwear it. That is how the Indian Bureau provides for the little Indian\nchildren when there is a case of special necessity. (Laughter.)\n\nI could mention numerous illustrations showing that it is impossible to\ndo any work that is required immediately, through this Indian Bureau. If\npeople are starving, you cannot get food for them until they die.\n\nNow, what is the remedy? I believe that Christianity is the only\nremedy--the only solution of the Indian question. Where they have had\ngood Christian agents--and they have had some--where they have\nmissionaries, the Indian has made wonderful progress. I think we can\npoint to a few civilized and Christianized communities among the Indians\nthat can find no parallel among the whites of the country. There is less\ncrime, less immorality, more faithfulness to the requirements of the\nChristian religion and better observance of the Sabbath, more sincerity\nand earnestness in the performance of every Christian duty, than we can\nfind in the same number of whites anywhere. At Metlakatla, as told by\nMr. Duncan, the Indians now form a community of twelve hundred people,\nwho have their churches, their stores, their town-halls. They live in\nhouses, like other people; they appear like civilized people; they carry\non all the vocations of civilized life; and all this has been done by\nthe work of one man. There is no liquor-drinking or liquor-selling\nthere. A majority of this twelve hundred people are earnest, faithful,\nconsistent Christians. They get no help from the Government. They have\nbuilt up and support their churches. Where can you see anything among\nthe whites that equals it?\n\nThen there is another reason why we should go to them with the gospel of\nChrist. It is a good thing to engage in works of charity and\nbenevolence, but before we do this we should pay our debts. We owe so\nmuch to the Indians of this country, that I think before we go anywhere\nelse we should do something to atone for the years of wrong, for the\ncenturies of injury, that they have suffered at our hands. We have taken\ntheir homes from them. We have driven them from reservation to\nreservation. We have taken their crops when almost ready to reap. We\nhave removed them into climates where they have died by hundreds. We\nhave not listened to their cries. We have on various trumped-up charges\nfrequently slaughtered these people, and treated them in the most cruel\nmanner. There is no question that I know of that so holds a man, once\ninterested, and so grows upon him, as this Indian question.\n\nI was first interested in this subject about ten years ago in the city\nof Boston, where Bright Eyes, Mr. Tibbles, and old Standing Bear came to\ntell of the wrongs of the Poncas. They were to hold a public meeting.\nWendell Phillips was to speak. I went to that meeting more with a desire\nto hear Phillips than from any interest in the Indian. At that time all\nI knew about him was what I had learned from the current literature and\nromance, and my idea was very far from correct. At that meeting a state\nof affairs was shown to exist that seemed astounding and impossible. A\ncommittee was appointed to investigate these statements. They found that\nthe half had not been told. That committee started measures that\nrectified these wrongs done to the Poncas. It commenced suit under the\nFourteenth Amendment to see whether the Indians were citizens. The\nJudges of the Supreme Court decided that the Indian was not a person\nunder the law. Then it tried other channels; to get legislation that\nwould help the Indian. Senator Dawes soon became interested in this\nquestion, and from that time to the present he has been interested; and\nhow much the Indian owes to the legislation which has been started and\ncarried forward by Senator Dawes, but very few people know; but it must\nbe followed by other legislation before the Indian is safe.\n\nIn Boston, Mrs. H.H. Jackson listened to the statement of Bright Eyes\nin regard to the wrongs suffered by her people. She came to her and\nsaid, \"It is not possible that these things can be true.\" Bright Eyes\nshowed her the official documents; she convinced her that it was true.\nFrom that hour that woman's whole soul was in the work. She afterwards\nwrote \"A Century of Dishonor,\" and \"Ramona,\" which has preached for the\nIndians, and will continue to do so. She gave her life finally for the\nIndians, the sickness that caused her death being brought on while\nengaged in work for them. This work gets hold of a man, if he has any\nblood in his veins and sympathy in his heart, and makes him feel, if he\nwould stand without condemnation before God in the last day, that he\nmust do something to redeem his country from dishonor, and deliver this\npeople from worse than slavery.\n\nSuppose we do not do it. Suppose we allow the Government to care for\nthem. The Dawes Bill gives them citizenship, but what does the Indian\nget? One hundred and sixty acres of land--and he as naked as a babe on\nthat land. He has had no training in education and systematic work of\nany kind; he has no tools--and if he had he would not know how to use\nthem. He is in the midst of white enemies, who want his land. He has\nturned his back upon all the traditions of his ancestors. He has turned\nhis face toward the whites, and his friends of the past are now his\nenemies. He is in the midst of his reservation. His homestead is his\nown, yet no American citizen has a right there. If you and I go to teach\nhim, we can be ordered off by the agent; and if we do not go he can put\nus in prison.\n\nIf we do not give protection and Christianity to them, there is no hope\nfor these Indians. Their fate will be the same as Indians on the\nreservation in the State of New York, who have been for one hundred\nyears in the midst of our best civilization, but are still lazy and\nshiftless, their reservation being permeated through and through with\nunmentionable vices. They have no interest in the civilization of the\npresent. They are living in the past, dreaming over the glory of their\nancestors. They cannot be reached through civilization without religion.\nTo an Indian there is nothing secular. Everything pertains to his\nreligion. When he goes on a hunt, if he has no success, it is because\nthe gods are opposed to him; and if he is successful, the gods were in\nit. When we go to an Indian and seek to change him, we must first change\nhis gods. We must Christianize him if we would civilize him. There is\nwhere many of our experiments have been wrong.\n\nIs it not laid upon us, who know something of this work, to do this? I\nbelieve if we will not do it, that in the last great day, as we stand\nwith the Indian before the judgment bar of God, our position will be\nworse than that of the Indian. It seems to me that I can hear what the\nJudge would say to him at that time. The Indian comes before God, a\npagan from a Christian land; he comes having improved none of the powers\nthat God gave him. The Lord might say to him: \"Did I not give you as\ngood opportunities and as good capacities as the white man in whose\nmidst you were? This Christian nation is the foremost for missions. It\nhas sent to all the lands of the earth, and yet here you come a pagan,\nnot knowing God, uncivilized, a barbarian.\" Might not this Indian say:\n\"I was in prison. I was surrounded by a reservation around whose outside\nlines were the soldiers of the United States, and I would be shot if I\nwent off this reservation. I had no business with which to support\nmyself; I had no chance for trade or commerce; I had to buy of and sell\nto one man. What opportunity had I? When an occasional missionary came\nto me with the gospel of Christ, I looked upon this man as one of my\nenemies--a man from the nation that had robbed me of my opportunities;\nand, my Father, why should I listen to him, especially when he spoke in\na strange language? Am I to blame that I come here empty? Am I to blame\nthat I must go away?\" I believe the Lord would turn to us and say,\n\"Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of the least of these my\nbrethren, ye have not done it unto Me.\" And, speaking for myself alone,\nI would rather at that last day be in the place of that darkened\nIndian---savage, barbarian, pagan, as he is--than in the place of the\nChristian that knew of his need and would not help him.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n\nDOES RESTRICTION RESTRICT?\n\nAs a son of Maine, I am one of those who believe that prohibition _can_\nprohibit, and will do so effectively, if you will give it a fair chance,\nbut I doubt whether restriction restricts, and have expressed that doubt\nin these columns more than once already. But we have been favored with\nfresh lessons on this subject, in its application to Chinese\nimmigration. Chinese women are held in our San Francisco market, at\nprices ranging from nothing up to about $2,000. The soul, being that of\na woman, has no value at any time, but the body, till worn out, is held\nat a fair percentage of its weight in gold.\n\nSuch being the demand, a supply became assured. No artificial barriers\ncould exclude them. There would soon come to be some \"Open Sesame\" which\nno bolts could resist. As a matter of fact these women have been landed\nin numbers so great, and with an effrontery so flagrant, that even the\nChinese Consulate now takes the matter up and puts to shame the\nappointed executors of American law. As to persons of the male sex, they\ncome by various routes: some with certificates sent out to Hong Kong by\nour own officials to be sold there and vise\u251c\u0119d by themselves on this side\nthe sea; some come with strange stories of previous residence--stories\nconfirmed by their vivid recollection of deep _snow_ on Clay Street, and\nof _Chinese_ conductors on our street-cars: some come smuggled from\nBritish Columbia, across Puget Sound, and others cross the invisible\nline between Canadian soil and that of our own _free_ land with none to\nsay them nay. Meanwhile some of our recent officials who have grown rich\nwith strange rapidity, or have spent money with lavish generosity, are\nunder arrest, and sensational developments are the daily promise of\n\"live newspapers\" in San Francisco.\n\nWhat shall be done? Some of these papers (however incredulous they may\nbe about prohibition prohibiting) are disposed to try it upon Chinese\nimmigration. Nothing else, they tell us, can deliver us from a perpetual\ninvasion by these Asiatic hordes. But, so far as I have seen, no ringing\nor enthusiastic response has greeted this suggestion. So long as it\nlives only in newspaper paragraphs, and no serious danger appears of its\nbeing put into effect, few men will have courage, or zeal and\nforwardness enough to contend with it, but let it be taken up in\nearnest, and pressed to actual enactment, and it would soon go the fit\nand ignoble way that the _boycott_ has travelled. There are multitudes\nwho do not object to cursing the Chinaman, but who don't mean to lose\nthe double eagles which Chinese labor, and that alone, enables them to\nput to credit on their bank account.\n\nIt seems to me, however, well worth questioning whether a law that after\nsix years of trial has been found to be fruitful in little except\nperjuries and briberies,--a law which cannot be shown to have benefited\na single American laborer, but has had some effect to compel\nhouse-holders to pay larger wages to Chinese domestics, and to enable\nChinese fruit-pickers to make better terms with our fruit-growers:--it\nseems to me a question whether a statute of that sort might not be\nsuffered to expire through its own limitations, without any damage to\nthe Commonwealth.\n\nWhatever the fate of this law may be, it is sufficiently evident that\nour gospel work need not be stayed for lack of souls to work upon, till\nChina herself and all her broad domain, becomes the Lord's.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nYONG JIN AT SACRAMENTO.\n\nI reserve a little space in order to give our readers a little sample of\nthis gospel work as it appears in a letter from our helper, Yong Jin. He\nhas recently returned from China where he did good service under Rev.\nMr. Hazen, and he has resumed service with us. \"I will tell you what I\nhad to do with the brethren. Monday night after the school is out [i.e.\n9:30] we have the Bible lesson of Chinese, and Tuesday night too.\nWednesday night we have a prayer-meeting after school is out. Thursday\nnight we have ten or fifteen minutes to speak the gospel before the\nschool is out. Friday night we have a Bible lesson in Chinese too.\nSaturday night we have a prayer meeting again. Sunday night all the\nsame. But last Sunday noon I preach on the street where the Chinese\nlive. Perhaps I will preach in the street nest Sunday. By and by, if I\ndo not preach on the street, I shall preach in the mission-house on\nSunday noon. I shall do as best I can, and I hope God will help us to\ndo.\"\n\nI will add that we are hoping to commence special evangelistic work\nearly in December. Loo Quong will go to our missions in Southern\nCalifornia, and Chin Toy to those north of us, beginning in Stockton,\nwhere the door seems to be opening wide, and an earnest spirit among the\nbrethren gives promise of good results. I wish these brethren might be\nremembered by our Eastern brethren with special prayer.\n\nWM. C. POND\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.\n\nMISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.\n\nWOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.\n\nCO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n\nME.---Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C.A. Woodbury,\nWoodfords, Me.\n\nVT.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks,\nSt. Johnsbury, Vt.\n\nCONN.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171\nCapitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.\n\nMICH.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren,\nLansing, Mich.\n\nWIS.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead,\nWis.\n\nMINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. H.L. Chase, 2,760\nSecond Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.\n\nN.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.C. Creegan,\nSyracuse, N.Y.\n\nOHIO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal,\nOberlin, Ohio.\n\nILL.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151\nWashington St., Chicago, Ill.\n\nIOWA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Miss Ella B. Marsa,\nGrinnell, Iowa.\n\nKANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. Addison Blanchard,\nTopeka, Kan.\n\nSOUTH DAKOTA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. W.E. Thrall,\nAmour, Dak.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nFOUNDATION LAYING AND HOME BUILDING IN THE SOUTH.\n\nBY MISS JOSEPHINE KELLOGG.\n\nThe estimation in which \"woman's work for woman\" is held by our more\nthoughtful colored students, will be shown by some extracts from an\naddress by a graduate of Tougaloo University in Mississippi.\n\nThe effect of very unhappy experiences in early youth upon an\nexceedingly sensitive temperament, was to make this son of a white\nfather and black mother cherish a feeling of intense hatred toward all\nwhite people as he was growing up; but being led, in the good providence\nof God, to a Christian training-school where he heard of One who\nsuffered every indignity, and when dying in torture and ignominy prayed,\n\"Father forgive them, for they know not what they do,\" new thoughts and\nfeelings came to him.\n\nHe thought there might be cruel men in the world now who know not what\nthey do. He was led to bow in penitence and submission at the feet of\nJesus. It is now his chief joy that since he entered upon the path of\nlearning, he has, as a teacher, given several thousand children a start\nin the same path.\n\nThe little old chapel at Tougaloo having burned down in January, 1882,\nhe graduated in the spring of that year, from our elementary normal\ncourse, in the new barn, Ayrshire Hall. He has since passed through our\nhigher normal and college preparatory course, and is pursuing further\nstudies in another institution, in the intervals teaching, and going\nfrom place to place with the great desire in his heart of bringing about\na better condition of feeling and living, among the people of the State.\n\nI quote from his printed speech: \"We read of a time when 'a nation shall\nbe born in a day.' We have seen it come to pass, and this people is a\nbabe yet. 'Is not the babe a blessing in the house? Its very\nhelplessness is a blessing, in that it educates the finest sensibilities\nof humanity.' The problem to be solved now is how to nurse this babe\naright. The thoughtful observer will be easily convinced that the\ncareful and proper education of girls is the first step in the solution\nof this problem.\n\n\"The education of girls is of the most vital importance for the\nuplifting of the colored people of the South. Yes, I venture to say that\n_the whole South_ will depend upon their condition for its prosperity.\nTrue progress depends upon the sacredness and sanctity of the home. That\na people or a nation may be happy or prosperous it must have enlightened\nand intelligent homes, and for this purpose the girls must be educated\nin virtue, industry and self-reliance.\n\n\"The colored woman in all conditions and under almost all circumstances\nis abused by all races and classes. There are individuals who love and\nrespect her, but no one fears to _insult_ her as they fear to insult\nother women. Let her turn wheresoever she may, she is met by all sorts\nof evil influences of a character too indecorous to think about, and I\nfear that I should never be forgiven if I should name them, yet we are\ncompelled to look upon them everywhere we go. Now a reform must begin in\nthe treatment of women, and it must be commenced by paying more\nattention to the education of girls. Only wise mothers can train\nchampions for great causes like this. Therefore let our voices and our\ninfluence be given to the work of elevating the women who have the care\nof making and preserving society.\"\n\nThus it has come about that a larger and larger proportion of girls come\nto our schools, and it has seemed much better that they should be\neducated _with_ their brothers than _apart_ from them, for a great and\ngrievous lack among the colored people, is a pure, safe and wholesome\nsocial life for the young people, and with all the other labors laid\nupon these \"universe--ities\" is that of fostering such a social life\nand, as far as may be, setting forth the pattern for it. Permit me to\nintroduce you to one of these schools which is in many of its features\ndoubtless like all the rest.\n\nTougaloo University is one of the six chartered institutions maintained\nby the American Missionary Association with some aid from the State in\nwhich it is located. It is but a few miles from the capital of the great\nbut undeveloped agricultural State of Mississippi, a State in which the\nlargest town had, at the last census, less than twelve thousand\ninhabitants. This is very far south, in \"the great black belt,\" where\nthe plantations are large, and upon the country roads you will\nconstantly see ten or more colored faces to one white one. It contained\nat the last census, above two hundred thousand more colored people than\nat Emancipation, and above one hundred and seventy thousand more colored\nthan white. Do you not see how rapidly Christian education and training\nmust go forward to keep pace with such facts as these?\n\nStepping off the afternoon train down the Chicago and New Orleans\nrailway at the little station of Tougaloo, we look up through a pleasant\nvista about three-quarters of a mile and see the Mansion, Ballard Hall,\nLadies' Hall, and Strieby Hall, the latter a brick house three stories\nhigh above the basement, dedicated Thanksgiving Day of 1881 in the\npresence of the venerable secretary for whom it was named. The work on\nthis building was done by colored mechanics, students of the school\nmaking the brick and the stone, a sort of concrete for the trimmings.\n\nStrieby Hall has accommodations for nearly a hundred young men, besides\na teacher's family or two. It is kept in scrupulous neatness by the\nyoung men under their matron's eye. She teaches them to nurse one\nanother in sickness; she also instructs them in the care of their\nclothing and requires them to mend when the weekly wash comes in. One\nyoung man became so proud of his skill in this line that he wanted to\nput his darned old socks--old darned socks would sound better,\nperhaps--into our industrial exhibit for the New Orleans Exposition,\namong the chains and wheels from the blacksmith and wagon shops, the\nbrackets, step-ladders, etc., from the carpenter shop, the cups and\ncoffee-pots from the tinshop, and the girls' plain sewing and\nfancy-work.\n\nThere are regular apprentices to all the trades named, and all the boys\nof certain grades have lessons, one hour daily, in the several shops, to\nget the use of tools and simple work; there is also a course of\nindustrial drawing running through the school grades for boys and girls\nalike.\n\nThe school is upon a plantation of five hundred acres, worked by the\nyoung men under the direction of the farm superintendent, a graduate of\nthe Massachusetts Agricultural College, who gives them \"talks,\" as he\nterms his lectures, upon practical themes pertaining to general farming,\nfruit-growing, and the care of stock.\n\nAs we walk up from the station through, first a wood of water-oak,\nsweet-gum and hickory, then an open glade with scattering persimmon\ntrees upon it, and lastly, a fine park of postoaks draped with Spanish\nmoss, we approach the old southern \"Mansion,\" which was the only\nbuilding of any account upon the ground when the Association purchased\nit in 1869, and which is still the handsomest one. It has a little\nromance of its own, having been made spacious and beautiful for a bride\nwho never came into it; but, notwithstanding this disappointment of its\nbuilder, it has in God's providence been greatly connected with\nhome-building.\n\nHere live the President's family and some of the other teachers. Here\nare business offices, a pleasant reading-room with an open fire upon its\nhearth, and a small library adjoining. In this house is a guest-chamber\nwhere all friends of the school are made welcome, and here are the\nmusic-rooms, one containing a piano and one a cabinet organ.\n\nMore and more highly is the department of musical training esteemed by\nthose who understand the work. All receive training in vocal music as a\npart of their daily school work, and would there were more with means to\ntake instrumental lessons!\n\nThe best of music is taught, from the primary grades upward; and it is\nan inspiring thing to hear almost everybody who is at work or play, not\nat books, singing and chanting the most beautiful compositions; the\ngirls from attic chamber to basement laundry, may be chanting,\n\"Thou who leddest Joseph like a flock,\" while the carpenter's\napprentices--perchance upon a barn-roof--may be rolling forth the\ntemperance Marseillaise, and our ears may distinguish from the\nneighboring \"quarters\" the little children of the day and Sabbath-school\nsinging cheerily,\n\n  \"Angry words, O let them never\n    From the tongue unbridled slip;\n  May the heart's best impulse ever\n    Check them ere they pass the lip.\"\n\nNothing, perhaps, more commends the school to the notice of our white\nneighbors than its music, and greater numbers of them will come to a\nconcert than to any other exercise.\n\nIn the Mansion are our rooms for the Normal Department, a study room and\na laboratory. The primary, intermediate and grammar grades are taught in\nthe new school-house, between the Mansion and Strieby Hall, the upper\npart of which is a neat and commodious chapel. The primary school is\nfree of tuition as a practice-school for the Normal students, and brings\nin many little ones from the region round about.\n\nWe send forth many teachers for the public schools, and despite the\nshortness of the terms and the want of appliances, we see encouraging\nevidences of better work done there from year to year. Besides test-book\nteaching, these young home-missionaries labor in many lines for the\nmoral, social and material improvement of their people, and deserve much\nhelp and cheer.\n\nA Biblical department is preparing young men to preach the gospel, and\nas they have the industrial training too, they will be fitted for a very\npractical sort of evangelism.\n\nA night-school supplies instruction for farm-laborers, laundry girls,\netc.\n\nAll school-room work, except that of the Biblical class and a part of\nthe Normal work, is women's work.\n\nLet us step into the Ladies' Hall on the other side of the Mansion from\nBallard Hall. This is a very hive of female industry. Here is the girls'\ndormitory, with a capacity of about seventy-five, and the boarding\ndepartment. All the work of the household, with trifling exceptions, is\ndone by the young women and girls of the school. Each one does an hour's\nwork a day, having it changed every month, and many do more to help\nthemselves along. The girls have the care of their rooms and generally\ntake great pride in having perfect \"reports\" for tidiness. Everything is\nsimple and cheap and common, but that does not prevent its being\nhomelike.\n\nPersonal cleanliness is required of course. Some few have been\naccustomed to it at home. One large girl said, when told that she must\nbathe, that she had not washed all over since she could remember, and\nshe still refrained until put \"under discipline.\" Finally she yielded,\nbut in the evening was heard crying aloud from a seat on the top stair.\nThe matron asked, \"What _is_ the matter?\" and she replied, \"Oh! oh! I've\nwet my skin and it's made me sick.\" This is a very extreme case of\nattachment to dirt, but it is interesting and marvellous to witness the\nchanges in appearance, expression and manners, during a prolonged stay\nin school.\n\nBesides general housework, the girls are given special instruction in\ncooking, nursing and care of health, under their experienced matron.\nThey sew for an hour a day in classes, under the supervision of another\nlady who also instructs a class in cutting by model and dress-making,\nand sees that all the girls attend properly to their mending.\n\nA Girls' Industrial Cottage has been started on a small scale, in which\nthe girls will have the entire charge of household expenses and\nmanagement. The little girls from round about are formed into\nsewing-bands and make commendable progress. Their mothers meet with one\nof the teachers on Saturday afternoons.\n\nUnderneath all these departments of training, it is sought to lay the\ngreat foundation principles of character. The Bible is a constantly used\ntext-book in literally _every_ department. We seek to give a \"Thus saith\nthe Lord,\" for everything that we inculcate, from order, punctuality and\ncleanliness, up to honesty, personal and social virtue, temperance,\nindustry and benevolence.\n\nThere was a time when some distrust was manifest among the colored\npeople for what they called \"book religion.\" They wished to hold fast to\n\"ole time 'ligion,\" and that sentiment is not entirely gone. We had a\nvery zealous little neighbor, more aged than she looked, so bright and\nspry was she, whose husband was said to be over a hundred. She was a\nseer of visions and dreamer of dreams. What we thought a bad feature of\nher trances was, that she would sometimes speak in meeting of having\nseen Tougaloo University marching in a procession down to torment with\nour devoted matron and president at the head, their open Bibles in their\nhands. That was years ago. Now, when she sees our matron in her visions,\nit is up among the angels; and I believe the conviction is spreading\nthat book religion, taken into the head, sinking down into the heart,\nand working out through the hands in deeds of active piety, is an\nexcellent thing.\n\nBesides our regular religious services, including our large and\ndelightful Sabbath-school, we have various reformative and benevolent\nsocieties. Our temperance society carries the triple pledge at the front\nand saves many from the debasement of profanity, tobacco and ardent\nspirits in all their forms.\n\nOur societies for social purity are designed to help in the cure of a\nterrible and terribly prevalent vice. The young men are taught, that\nwhile it would often be simply throwing life, with all its\nopportunities, away, for them to interpose by word or weapon in defense\nof weak and tempted womanhood, after all, man best defends woman by\nhimself wearing the \"White Cross\" of manly virtue.\n\nThe girls are taught that woman's best defense is the \"White Shield\" of\nher own determined virtue and genuine modesty. The Y.M.C.A. and the\nY.W.C.A. have interesting meetings conducted by themselves, with many\ncommittees for Christian work. A committee of girls goes out on Saturday\nto visit sick and aged ones, both giving and receiving good. Another\nlooks after new scholars who are often confused by their strange\nsurroundings, and homesick for a time.\n\nOur Missionary Society studies both home and foreign fields, and gives\nfreely of its little fund. Recently a flame of missionary zeal was\nkindled by letters from missionaries in Africa with whom a number of our\nstudents were personally somewhat acquainted, and a large portion of our\nSunday-school collections was voted directly to them.\n\nAll our students sympathize with the Indians, and there are two\nsocieties of the younger scholars who help them. The outside\nsewing-bands too, devoted their very first quilt to the Rosebud Indian\nMission. \"The field is the world\" and \"the work is one, _one_!\"\n\nNow, I ask you, friends, should not such work as this be amply\nsustained? So much more could be accomplished if the funds and sympathy\nwere not so stinted! \"The destruction of the poor is their poverty.\" We\ndo not believe in giving money outright to pauperize these young people,\nbut the money _must be there_ or they can not be taken into the\nhousehold, and trained and fitted to do valiant service for Christ, and\nthe nation and the world. There are manifold ways of helping, but I\nshall not mention one, for if any are moved to help--as many are and\nhave been--it will be so easy to find out a way.\n\nMrs. Dinah Mulock Craik was prompted to write her last book--in behalf\nof North of Ireland sufferers--by hearing a rough carter in a London\nstreet, who had got down from his cart to help a timid child over a\ncrowded crossing, and had been rallied upon his soft-heartedness, say,\n\"O, aye! but a 'andful o' 'elp is wuth a cartload o' pity.\"\n\nAs I have visited institutions rich in buildings, books, scholarships,\nprofessorships and every appliance, I have been very far from wishing\ntheir abundance less, but I have said in my heart, ought not this and\nsimilar missionary schools to be endowed also for their work of broad\nbeneficence, reaching not only the far South of our own land, but to the\nheart of the great dark continent with its two hundred millions of\nperishing souls?\n\n        *        *        *        *        *\n\nTHE SANTEE NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL AND INDIAN MISSIONS.\n\nBY MRS. CHAS. W. SHELTON.\n\n\nRunning Antelope, an Indian chief, describing the condition of the\nIndians, said: \"There was once a beautiful, clear lake of water, full of\nfish. The fish were happy and content, had plenty to eat, and nothing to\ntrouble them. One day a man came and threw in a lump of mud, which\nfrightened the fishes much and disturbed the water. Another day a man\ncame again, and threw in some more mud, and even again and again, until\n{20} the water became so thick that the fish could not see at all; they\nwere so blinded and so frightened that they ran against one another, and\nthey ran their noses out of the water into the mud, where many of them\ndied. In fact, they are in a bad condition, indeed. Now, the pond is the\nIndian country, the fishes are the Indians, the false treaties and\npromises of the white men are the lumps of mud,\" and, turning to the\nmissionaries, he said: \"I hope you have come to clear up the water.\" A\nglance at the work of the A.M.A. among the Indians will show that the\nmissionaries are clearing up the water.\n\nWe all have heard of the Santee Normal Training School for Indians, in\nNebraska. There is much in the name itself, and yet it is impossible to\nhave a clear idea of the work done there unless one has seen for\nhimself.\n\nThe Santee School is the largest of all the Indian mission schools under\nthe A.M.A., and faithfully has she performed the part of a leader. The\nnumber of Indians gathered and instructed each year is in the\nneighborhood of 175. Many tribes are represented, and the students come\nfrom all directions. They are thoroughly trained from the very\nfoundation, not only in the ordinary branches of school work, but also\nin housekeeping--sewing, cooking, washing, etc.,--on the part of the\ngirls (in which, too, the boys join largely), and in farming, carpentry,\nblacksmithing and shoemaking, on the part of the boys.\n\nNot only is this solid practical knowledge given them, but care and time\nis devoted toward grace and politeness, and all the foundation rules of\netiquette. And this is not a thankless work. Anyone forming an idea of\nIndians from those at Santee would tell you they are naturally a most\npolite people--a people upon whom grace sits easily. There is many a\nlittle story of Santee I would like to tell, that would show the spirit\nwhich pervades the school. Something you may have read of their\nimpromptu prayer-meetings, and the desire of many to work and study, not\nmerely for themselves, but for their people.\n\nBut great as is the credit due the Indians for their advancement here,\nlittle could be seen of gain were it not that the corps of teachers sent\nout by the A.M.A. have been chosen, not from the lame, the halt and the\nblind of this country, not from those who for support must resort to\nsomething, but from those young women who are willing to leave homes of\ncomfort and refinement, in order that their lives may be worth something\nin the world--young women who are consecrated beyond what we can even\nimagine until we have seen the difficulties and annoyances which form so\nlarge a part of their lives. Not for _support_ would these women have\ngone into A.M.A. work, but cheerfully and gladly do they live on the\nvery smallest possible salaries, that more may be done for the Indian.\n\nIn describing Santee I have described all the schools, for the same plan\nis carried out everywhere--the plan of Christianization; for that must\nneeds come before civilization can be hoped for.\n\nThe Indian is not civilized who, forsaking his heathen gods, has learned\nthe ways of the white man without knowing his God; for invariably he\nlearns the vices and the crimes; and is in reality more of a heathen\nthan before.\n\nMany are the villages of Indians in which the white man's _dance_ has\nbeen introduced and is enjoyed much more than the native dance; it is\nworking much evil which is hard to uproot, for they say, \"Is it not the\nwhite man's way?--it must needs be all right.\"\n\nThe work among the older people is of course more limited than that done\nin the schools. The age of study is with them past. The most\nintellectual work of which they are capable is learning to read the\nBible; even this they cannot do in any other than the Dakota language.\nIt is impossible to teach an old man English that will ever mean much to\nhim. Our word \"holy\" could never mean what his own word \"wakan\" means;\nour word \"God\" could never take the place of his \"Wakantanka.\" His brain\nwould be so disturbed in his effort to learn and to comprehend our\ndifficult language, that when he had mastered the words, were it\npossible, the sweet truth and the comfort would be all gone from him.\nAny but a scholar must read the _Bible_ in his own language.\n\nThousands of Indians are learning Bible truths and are getting a little\nlight in the few years left them. They are learning a little of the way\nof life, and receive the message with gladness. Spotted Bear, a\nChristian Indian, said at the recent convention at Santee: \"All we know\nwe have learned out of the Dakota Bible. Teach our children English, but\ndon't take from them and us the means of reading our own Bible.\"\n\nJames Garvey, another Indian, said: \"Many can soon learn to read the\nDakota Bible; then they have a standard of morals and of interpretation;\nfor to get the real meaning of the English Bible, we go to the Dakota.\nTo make the best citizens you must Christianize the people, and to make\nthem Christians you must give them the Bible in their own tongue. All of\nus have become white people through the gospel.\"\n\nThe little native churches of Dakota are most interesting illustrations\nof the work going on among the Indians. It would be impossible to find\nmore attentive audiences. There is always an air of devotion, or of\nserious attention to all that pertains to the service, which we are not\napt to find in our own churches. Men, women and children go; even the\nbabies are always taken. There is a quiet freedom there which allows the\nIndian mothers to take the babies out and in again at any time, and the\npreacher is never disturbed. They sing as if they enjoyed singing--men\nand women together; and in fact the services are usually such as to give\none a new zeal in holy things, even though we can understand few words.\n\nEach Indian church has its missionary society, and its woman's society,\nwhich is also missionary. These have been working and giving for mission\nwork further out among the Indians, and this year have pledged\nthemselves to give to foreign missions. During the last year they have\nraised $1,084, of which the women raised $500. The prayer-meeting is as\nmuch an institution with them as with us--in fact, they live as we live\nand work as we work.\n\nEhnamani, pastor of the Santee church--a fine old man, whose history in\nconnection with the Minnesota massacre of '62, and whose conversion and\npresent work are well known--was once asked, \"Do you ever have the least\nregret that the old life is gone--do you ever have any longing for the\nwar and for the dance?\" His face grew stern and hard as he answered,\n\"Regret it! No, indeed! I cannot think of one good thing that I ever did\nin that life, and I cannot bear to remember it.\" Few are there yet like\nEhnamani, though many are fast overtaking him, and a grand number of\nChristian workers would you see could they be gathered before you!\n\nMany are the Indian hearts given back to God their Creator. Many are the\nIndian homes consecrated to the Wakantanka. Many are the Indian lives\ndevoted to His service. And yet there are facts--there are overwhelming\nfacts, sad enough to break the great, throbbing Christian heart of this\ncountry--facts that should make us cover our heads with shame.\n\nOut of 40,000 Sioux Indians, there are 35,000 still in heathenism. There\nare sixty-six tribes on the Western prairies for whom nothing is yet\ndone. There are 40,000 Indians of school age; but when every school is\npacked to its utmost only 12,000 can be accommodated. This includes\nGovernment schools, Roman Catholic schools, and all; so that those under\nmission teachers would be far less a number than 12,000.\n\nAnd this is where the Indian work stands to-day. How can the A.M.A. do\nits share in this great work, or how can the work already begun be\ncarried on, unless money is turned liberally into its treasury?\n\nShall the cry for help, coming 1,500 miles across the country, strike\nagainst a hard wall of indifference and be thrown back to mock the red\nman and to bid him wait yet longer?\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE DAKOTA MISSIONARY SOCIETY.\n\nIts annual meeting was held in connection with the Dakota Conference, at\nthe Santee Agency and in the dining-room of the Normal and Training\nSchool. There were two hundred Indian sisters present, besides the white\nlady teachers. They represented six mission stations and twice as many\nchurches, each church having a wide awake woman's missionary society.\nAfter a hymn, the President, Mrs. Tasinasawin, led in prayer and read\nthe first three verses of the 21st chapter of Luke, following it with a\nfew words about that widow's mite, saying that it was not the amount\ngiven, but the _spirit_ in which it was given. That was the important\nthing. The Indian women are able to give but little, but if they give\nwillingly, as to the Lord, He will bless it. The minutes were then read,\nand a new president and secretary elected. Two candidates were put in\nnomination for each office. As the roll was called each woman arose and\nvoted _viva voce_. Mrs. Brascaw was elected president, and Miss Mary C.\nCollins, secretary. I was delighted to see the cheery way in which these\nsisters-in-red did their voting. There were several sallies of laughter.\n\nThen the delegates made each a report of the work done in their\nsocieties and how much money had been raised. One woman from the Brown\nEarth Colony said: \"We are poor, but we are interested in the work and\nhave done what we could. Mr. Williamson taught me to read, and when I\nwas young he taught many others to read. Now I am nearly blind but still\nI have done what I could.\"\n\nAnother said: When the pastor's wife was well she had helped them very\nmuch and had taught them many things, but now she was sick and could not\nattend many of their meetings, but they worked on and did the best they\ncould.\n\nAnother said: \"The gospel was sent to us when we were in darkness, and\nnow though we are few and scattered far apart, yet we are anxious to\nsend the same gospel to those who have not yet heard of it, and to help\nthose around us to love our Saviour and to love each other, and we give\ngladly of the little that we have. It is not in our own strength that we\ndo this, but it is in God who helps us.\"\n\nIt was found that the women had raised this year over five hundred\ndollars. This goes into the treasury of the Dakota Society to help to\nsustain four native preachers, who are also teachers, out among the wild\nIndians. One of the services of the Sabbath, the great day of the feast,\nwas to hear from those their own missionaries to the heathen. At that\nmeeting I counted five hundred and thirty Christian Indians, who also\npartook of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. To help their treasury\nthe women had a Fair for the sale of articles of handiwork. The most\nnoted one was a _quilt_ which had been made and sent in by Caroline\nTo-tee-doo-ta-win (Scarlet House), of Brown Earth, now in her 97th year.\nShe was one of the first three converts who were organized into a church\nin 1834, at Lac-qui-parle, Minn. Her husband had two wives, and she was\nthe second. Finding upon conversion that polygamy was contrary to the\nordinance of God she at once proposed to be put away. She had been a\nmember of the Order of the Sacred Dance, but this she renounced,\nthrowing away her \"medicine sack,\" which by the medicine men was\nregarded as a high crime. This subjected her to divers persecutions,\nwhich she bore patiently. There were times when all were forbidden to\nattend worship at the mission. Then she took joyfully to the spoiling of\nher goods, the cutting up of her blanket, she received the Sabbath as\nGod's day, and more than once remained behind her company when they\ntravelled on that day, making it up on Monday. She learned from\nmissionaries to spin and knit, and weave garments for herself and\nhusband. At forty-five years of age she learned to read her Dakota\nBible, and of her children she sent one to Ohio to learn the ways of\nChristian white people. She has adhered to the faith for these\nfifty-four years. With her quilt she sent the message that it was the\nlast one she could make. It was bought by Miss N. Hunter, a teacher at\nthe Yankton Agency, for four dollars, to be presented to Rev. Dr. Arthur\nMitchell of the Presbyterian Board. It was this Miss Hunter who\ninterpreted for me the addresses of the woman's meeting. Surely the\nApostle Paul would say of these, \"Help those women who labored with me\nin the Gospel.\" He who was so fond of naming the Christians who were\n\"the first fruits of Achaia,\" would be very loving to this aged\ndisciple, the first fruits of Dakota.\n\nJOSEPH E. ROY.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA missionary from the South writes: \"In speaking on prohibition I call\nattention to the fact that wherever there is a missionary school a\nmajority of the colored people are Prohibitionists, and in alluding to\nplaces where local option has failed to banish the saloons because, as\nis alleged, 'the negroes voted the wet ticket,' I add, 'To the white\ncitizens who make this complaint I would say, Oh, that ye had been wise!\nOh, that during all the years that have elapsed since the war, instead\nof _keeping out_ you had _provided_ Christian teachers for these armed\nbut untrained citizens, these dwellers within the gates, with whose fate\nyour own is bound! Now would you have had able allies in this conflict\nwith the powers of darkness, this struggle between the home and the\nsaloon.'\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1887.\n\nMAINE, $302.27.\n\nAugusta. \"Friends,\" by Miss B.D.\nRobertson ...$6.59\n\nBethel. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...23.18\n\nBiddleford. J.R. LIBBY (30 of which to\n const. himself L.M.) ...100.00\n\nBrewer. Sab Sch. of First Cong. Soc. ...15.00\n\nFoxcroft.  Mrs. D. Blanchard ...2.00\n\nHarrison. Cong. Ch., _for Mobile, Ala._ ...9.00\n\nNew Castle, Rev. and Mrs. C.D. Crane,\n_for Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch._ ...25.00\n\nNorth Auson. \"A Friend.\" ...10.00\n\nPortland. First Parish Ch., 30; St. Lawrence\nSt. Ch., 13.50 ...43.50\n\nPortland. \"Thank offering,\" _for Tillotson\nC. & N. Inst._ ...2.00\n\nSaco. \"A few Friends\" in First Parish\nCh. and Soc., to const. Rev. E.C. Ingalls\nL.M. ...30.00\n\nSouth Paris. Cong. Ch. ...5.00\n\nThomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...$11.00\n\nWinthrop. Woman's State Aid, _for Woman's\nWork_ ...20.00\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE, $209.04.\n\nAtkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...4.17\n\nBerry. Sab. Sch. of First. Cong. Ch. ...16.72\n\nGoffstown. Mrs. M.A. Stinson, _for Student\nAid, Dudley, N.C._ ...2.00\n\nGreat Falls. Mr. Bartlett, 5; Mr. Freeman,\n1 ...6.00\n\nJaffrey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...11.00\n\nKeene. \"Friends,\" by Miss B.D. Robertson ...1.90\n\nMilford. First Cong Ch., to cont. ELMER\nE. ARMSTRONG and MARTIN H. BROWN\nL.M.'s ...75.00\n\nNashua. Miss Sarah Kendall, _For Brewer\nSch., S.C._ ...10.00\n\nNashua. Mrs. A.F. Stevens ...5.00\n{25}\nPelham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...$1.75\n\nPembroke. Mrs. Mary Thompson, 10;\n  Sab. Sch. Of Cong. Ch.,2, _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...12.00\n\nRindge. Geo. G. Williams ...5.00\n\nRochester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for\n  Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund_ ...32.00\n\nWest Concord. \"Granite Mission Band,\"\n  _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...10.00\n\nWest Lebanon. Cong. Ch. ...16.00\n\nWinchester. Mrs. S.S. Saben, by Rev. E. Harmon ...0.50\n\n\nVERMONT, $767.08.\n\nBrandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...15.30\n\nBrattleboro. Center Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...51.49\n\nBrattleboro. Sab. Sch. of Center Cong.\n  Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...15.00\n\nBurlington. Third Cong. Ch., 37.50; First\n  Cong. Ch., 35, _for Indian M._ ...72.50\n\nCambridge. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...12.00\n\nDorset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...27.58\n\nHolland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...5.00\n\nManchester. \"A Friend.\" ...5.00\n\nMcIndoes Falls. Wm. R. Monteith ...5.00\n\nNewport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...11.00\n\nOrwell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...28.87\n\nPutney. Cong. Ch. ...11.00\n\nSaint Albans. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Student\n  Aid, Fisk U._ ...50.00\n\nSharon. \"Eight Ladies,\" _for McIntosh, Ga._ ...6.00\n\nSpringfield. Cong. Ch. (10 of which _for\n  Avery Inst. and 6 for Indian M._) ...423.00\n\nWestminster. Mission Band, _for McIntosh,\n  Ga._, by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild ...5.00\n\nWestminster West. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to\n  const. Rev. H.A. GOODHUE L.M. ...18.34\n\nWest Townshend. N.W. Goddard ...5.00\n\n\nMASSACHUSETTS, $9,522.25.\n\nAbington. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,\n  _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...15.00\n\nAllston. Cong. Ch. to const. REV. ALONZO\n  H. QUINT, D.D., L.M. ...30.00\n\nBoston. Park St. Ch. and Soc.,\n    Ad'l ...124.00\n\n  \" \"A Friend.\" ...95.00\n\n  \" Sab. Sch. of Old South\n      Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ ...20.00\n\n  \" Mrs. J.B. Potter, _for Wilmington,\n      N.C._ ...8.00\n\n  \" Mrs. E.P. Eayres ...5.00\n\n  \" Miss Tuttle ...2.50\n\n  \" Dea. Merrill of Union Ch.,\n      _for Tougaloo U._ ...2.00\n\n  \" Mrs. N.J. Ingraham ...1.00\n\nDorchester. S.S. Class, by Thos.\n  Knapp, _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00\n\nJamaica Plain. Sab. Sch. of\n  Central Cong. Ch., _for Student\n  Aid, Fisk U._ ...50.00\n\nJamaica Plain. \"Jamaica Plain.\" ...1.00\n\nRoxbury. Immanuel Ch. ...50.00\n\nWest Roxbury. Emily J. Hazelton ...5.00\n\n--------   371.50\n\nBaldwinsvilie. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for\n  Rosebud Indian M._ ...6.90\n\nBarre. Cong. Sab. Sch. ...8.94\n\nBernardston. Miss M.L. Newcomb ...50.00\n\nBernardston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...4.17\n\nBrockton. Miss John W. Hunt ...5.00\n\nCambridgeport. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim Ch.,\n  _for Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund_ ...4.20\n\nClinton. Miss G. Allen ...0.50\n\nDanvers. Maple St. Ch. ...163.19\n\nDedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...160.58\n\nDover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...9.06\n\nEasthampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...55.42\n\nEasthampton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong.\n  Ch., 38.25; Home Mission Band, 10.00;\n  L.E. Parsons, 40c.; W.R. Hamlin, 25c.,\n  _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...48.90\n\nEast Marshfield. Cong. Ch. ...$5.72\n\nEnfield. Daniel H. Abbe, _for Sherwood,\n  Tenn._ ...5.00\n\nFitchburg. Cal. Cong. Ch. ...78.91\n\nFitchburg. Box of Tools and Box of\n  Books, _for Talladega C._\n\nFramingham. Schneider Band, Plym.\n  Ch., _for Indian M._ ...21.00\n\nGlobe Village. Evan. Free Ch. ...22.25\n\nGroton. \"A Friend,\" (10 of which _for\n  Chinese M._ and 10 _for Mountain White\n  Work_), to const. MRS. HELEN CRITTENDEN\n  L.M. ...30.00\n\nGroton. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong.\n  for Freight ...2.00\n\nGroveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...22.00\n\nHardwick. Cal. Ch. ...4.50\n\nHatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...50.50\n\nHaverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Fisk\n  University_ ...33.35\n\nHolliston.  Miss Mary P. Lord, Box of\n  Books and Roll of Carpeting, _for Talladega C._\n\nHolyoke. Seymour Cutlery Co., 4 pairs\n  Shears, _for Macon, Ga._\n\nHyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for\n  Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...17.18\n\nLeicester. Miss H.E. Henshaw ...3.00\n\nLeominster. Young Ladies of Cong. Ch.,\n  _for Santee Indian M._ ...20.00\n\nLeominstcr. Orth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (4\n  of which _for Indian M._) ...42.45\n\nLeominster.  F.A. Whitney, _for Boys'\n  new Hall, Santee Indian M._ ...2,500.00\n\nLudlow. Soc. of \"Precious Pearls,\" by\n  Miss M.E. Jones, _for Mountain White\n  Work_ ...5.00\n\nLudlow Center. First Cong. Ch., _for\n  Tougaloo U._ ...10.00\n\nMedway. Ladies. _for Freight_ ...1.25\n\nMelrose. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...114.27\n\nMethuen. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...24.84\n\nNahant. Mrs. Walter Johnson ...1.00\n\nNalick. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for\n  Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...50.00\n\nNewburyport. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n  35; Whitefield Cong. Ch. and Soc., 13.92 ...51.92\n\nNorth Amherst. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,\n  _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...13.00\n\nNorthampton. Edwards Ch. Benev. Soc. ...83.86\n\nNorth Brookfield. Miss Abby W. Johnson ...5.00\n\nNorth Cambridge. Young Ladies' M.C. of\n  No. Av. Cong. Ch., _for Oahe Indian M._ ...25.00\n\nNorth Weymonth. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim\n  Ch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00\n\nNorton. Trinitarian Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...18.49\n\nOtis. Cong. Ch. ...5.20\n\nOxford. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.,\n  _for Freight_ ...2.00\n\nPalmer. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian\n  M._ ...50.00\n\nPalmer. \"Friend,\" _for Indian M._ ...1.00\n\nPepperell. \"Friends,\" _for Student Aid,\n  Dudley, N.C._ ...11.00\n\nRoyalston. \"Friends,\" _for Student Aid,\n  Dudley, N.C._ ...15.00\n\nSalem. Crombie St. Ch. and Soc. ...58.00\n\nScotland. Mrs. Leonard, Box of C., _for\n  Chattanooga, Tenn._\n\nSomerville. Y.L. Mission Circle of Day\n  St. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.,_ and to\n  const. MRS. HENRY BEVANS L.M. ...30.00\n\nSouth Amherst. Cong. Ch. ...5.32\n\nSouthbridge. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n  Fisk U._ ...25.00\n\nSouth Framingham. Sab. Sch. of So.\n  Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...23.20\n\nWaltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. ...18.23\n\nWarren. \"Friends\" in Cong. Ch., _for\n  Straight U._ ...56.66\n\nWarren. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian\n  M._ ...50.00\n\nWest Newbury. First Cong. Ch. ...5.00\n\nWestboro. Ladies of F.M. Ass'n, 30 _for\n  Woman's Work_, 10 _for Mountain Work_ ...40.00\n\nWestboro. H.L. Bullard ...1.00\n{26}\nWhitinsville. Cong Ch. and Soc. ...$949.49\n\nWhitinsville. \"Friends,\" _for Indian M._ ...600.00\n\nWilmington. Rev. Elijah Harmon ...0.50\n\nWinchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...51.38\n\nWorcester. Central Ch., 131.51; Plymouth\n  Ch. 79.63 ...211.20\n\n---------\n$6,442.78\n\n\nLEGACIES.\n\nGroton. Estate of George Farnsworth, by\nEzra Farnsworth, Ex. ...994 47\n\nWestboro. Estate of Mrs. Mary M. Morse,\nby Jonas A. Stone, Ex. ...2,000.00\n\nWesthampton. Estate of Aaron Fisher,\nby Jairus J. Fisher ...85.00\n\n---------\n$9,522.25\n\n\nCLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE\n\nLimington, Me. Ladles of Cong. Ch., 1\nBbl., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._\n\nPortland, Me.  By Mrs. Chas. Frost, 1\nBbl., _for Williamsburg, Ky._\n\nConcord, N.H. Ladies of North Cong.\nCh., 1 Bbl.\n\nHollis, N.H. Ladies' Charitable Soc., 2\nBbls., _for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._\n\nAshfield, Mass. Ladies of Cong, Ch., 1\nBbl., val. 39.75.\n\nGroton, Mass. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of\nCong. Ch., Bbl., _for Wilmington. N.C._\n\nIpswich, Mass. First Ch., by Miss Lucy\nR. Farley, 2 Bbls., val. 25 ea.\n\nMedway, Mass. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch.,\n1 Bbl., val. 31.50, _for Wilmington, N.C._\n\nMillbury, Mass. Mrs. Emily S. Ewell, 1\nBox, _for Atlanta U._\n\nPhillipston, Mass. Ladles of Cong. Ch.,\n1 Box.\n\nSomerville, Mass. Young Ladles' Miss'y\nCircle of Day St. Ch., Bbl. and Case, _for\nPleasant Hill, Tenn._\n\nSpencer, Mass. By Mrs. J.W. Temple, 1\nBbl., _for Atlanta U._\n\nWestboro. Ladies' Freedmen's Ass'n, 1\nBbl., val. 47.68, _for Atlanta U._\n\n----. 1 Bbl., _for Atlanta U._\n\n\nRHODE ISLAND, $238.08.\n\nBarrington. Cong. Ch., 59.65, and Sab.\nSch. 40.35, to const. EDWARD T. FLEMMING\nL.M. ...100.00\n\nKingston. Cong. Ch. ...20.60\nPeace Dale. Cong. Ch. ...12.48\n\nProvidence. Beneficent Cong. Ch., 75;\nMRS. B.B. KNIGHT, 30 to const, herself L.M. ...105.00\n\n\nCONNECTICUT, $1,418.85.\n\nBlack Rock. Cong. Ch. ...28.00\nBozrah. Cong. Ch., Communion Set\n\nBridgeport. Second Cong, Ch., 18.50;\nPark St. Cong. Ch., 3.26, _for student\nAid, Fisk U._\n\nBridgeport. Soc. of \"Four O'Clocks\" ...10.00\n\nBristol. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud\nIndian M._ ...32.00\n\nDerby. Sarah A. Hotchkiss ...5.00\nEast Berlin. Titus Penfield ...5.00\n\nEast Haadam. By Mrs. E.T. Reed, _for\nFreight_ ...2.00\n\nEast Hampton. \"Friends,\" _for Theo.\nDept., Talladega C._ ...20.70\n\nEast Hampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,\n_for Indian M._ ...6.00\n\nFranklin. Miss A.L. Hart, _for Student\nAid, Talladega C._ ...1.00\n\nGlastonbury. Geo. G. Williams, 100; J.B.\nWilliams, 50, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...150.00\n\nGlastonbury. First Cong. Ch. ...6.20\n\nGriswoldville. True Blue Card, by Miss\nBertha Griswold ...$2.00\n\nGuilford. Sab. Sch. of First Cong Ch., _for\nSch'p Santee Indian M._ ...40.00\n\nGuilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. MRS.\nANNIE L. MOODY L.M. ...30.00\n\nHadlyme. Cong. Ch., 7; Mrs. Nancy Hungerford, 3;\nR.E. Hungerford, 5; Jos. W. Hungerford, 5 ...20.00\n\nHartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. ...79.52\n\nHartford. Mrs. M.I. Allen, 6 doz. Thimbles,\n_for Macon, Ga._\n\nHarwinton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for\nRosebud Indian M._ ...10.35\n\nMeriden. Center Ch. ...15.00\n\nMiddlefield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for\nRosbud Indian M._ ...20.02\n\nMilton. Cong. Ch. ...5.30\n\nNew Britain. Sab. Soh, of South Ch., _for\nIndian Work, Hampton Inst._ ...37.73\n\nNorfolk. \"Friends,\" _for Rosebud Indian\nM._ ...8.00\n\nOld Lyme. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn.\nInd'l Sch., Ga._ ...20.00\n\nRocky Hill. Cong. Ch. ...16.15\n\nRockville. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch.,\n_for Rosebud Indian M._ ...42.00\n\nSomers. Miss Battle R. Pease. 5; Halsey\nHuff, 2; Amos Pease, 2; Elijah Cutter,\n1; C.P. Langdon. 1; E.P. Russell, 1;\nHenry Brewster, 1: L.W. Russell, 50c.,\n_for Lewis High Sch., Macon, Ga._ ...13.50\n\nSomers. \"Ladies of Seiners,\" 32 yards\nMatting and one large Rug, _for Macon,\nGa._\n\nSomersville. Noah E. Pease, 30, to const.\nMRS. NOAH E. PEASE L.M.; Mrs. Orpha\nP. Smith, 5, _for Lewis High Sch., Macon,\nGa._ ...35.00\n\nSouth Britain. Sab. Sch., by Miss Laura\nF. Keeler, _for Mobile, Ala._ ...6.37\n\nSouth Canaan. Sab. Scii. of Cong. Ch., _for\nRosebud Indian M._ ...7.10\n\nSouthport. Sah. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for\nStudent Aid, Fisk U._ ...34.40\n\nSouthport. \"Cash\" ...25.00\n\nStamford. Mrs. A.M. Hurlbutt's S.S.\nClass, _for Student Aid, Indian M._ ...70.00\n\nThomaston. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for\nConn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...30.00\n\nThomaston. Cong. Ch. ...19.25\n\nThompson. Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l\nSch., Ga._ ...30.00\n\nThompson. Cong. Ch. ...19.85\nWashington. Frederick A. Frisbie ...1.00\n\nWatertown. S.S. Class, by Mrs. Scott, _for\nFor Berthold Indian M._ ...10.00\n\nWestford. Cong. Ch. ...3.53\nWestminster. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...4.00\nWestville. M.P. Dickerman ...2.00\n\nWethersfield. Thanksgiving offering, by\nGeo. W. Harris, for Indian M. (2 of\nwhich from C. Karl Harris and Geo. M.\nHarris), _for Rosebud M._ ...10.00\n\nWinchester. Cong. Ch. ...12.55\nWindsor. First Cong. Ch. 25.00\n\nWoodbury.  \"Coral Workers,\" Bbl. Of\nBedding, etc., _for Thomasville, Ga._\n\n----. \"Friends in Connecticut,\" _for\nChapel, Cheyenne Agency_ ...300.00\n\n----. \"A Friend,\" _for Theo. Dept.\nTalladega C._ ...25.00\n\nWoman's Home Missionary Union of\nConn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss,\nSec:\n\nEllington. Ladies' Soc. ...20.00\nPomfret. Ladies' Soc. ...4.00\n---------\n$1,368.85\n\n\nLEGACY.\n\nMillelbury. Estate of Charles Boughton,\nby Geo. A. Boughton, Ex. ...50.00\n---------\n$1,418.85\n\n\n{27}\nNEW YORK $924.05.\n\nBangor. \" Friends,\" by Rev. G.A. Jameson,\n _for Talladega C._ ...$26.62\n\nBrooklyn. Tompkins Av. Cong. Ch. ...408.00\n\nBrooklyn, Stephen Ballard, _for Tougaloo U._ ...112.00\n\nBuffalo. Wm. W. Hammond, _for Indian M._ ...10.00\n\nChurchville. Sab. Soft. Miss'y Soc. of\n Cong. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...35.00\n\nChurchville. \"Mission Band,\" Cong. Ch.,\n 2 Quilts, _for Macon Ga._\n\nColumbus. Cong. Ch. ...3.00\n\nCortland. Cong. Ch. ...5.00\n\nDerby \"Children\" by Miss E.L. Camp.\n _for Marie Adlof Fund_ ...0.50\n\nElbridge. Cong. Ch. ...12.00\n\nGaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 34.26, and\n Sab. Sch., 8.27 ...42.53\n\nIthaca. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student\n Aid, Talladega C._ ...25.00\n\nNew York. Mrs. Dodge, _for Talladega C._ ...100.00\n\nNew York. Geo. E. Hamlin ...25.00\n\nNew York. Bethany Sewing Sch., 6; Infant\n Class, Sab. Sch. Broadway Tabernacle,\n 5, _for Fort Berthold Indian M._ ...11.00\n\nNew York. Proceeds sale of Gift ...1.25\n\nNorwich. \"G.,\" 20; \"Lady in Cong.\n Ch.,\" 1 ...21.00\n\nRochester. Plymouth Ch. ...19.37\n\nSag Harbor. Chas. N. Brown, to const.\n REV. CHAS H. WILSON L.M. ...30.00\n\nSyracuse. Chas. A. Hamlin ...21.78\n\nWalton. Ladies' Miss. Soc., 2 Bbls. Goods,\n _for Santee Indian M._\n\nWoman's Home Missionary Union of\n N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas.,\n _for Woman's Work_:\n\n  Warsaw. Ladies' Soc. ...5.00\n\n  West Groton. Young People's Soc. ...10.00\n\n----- 15.00\n\n\nNEW JERSEY, $115.90.\n\nArlington, Sab. Sch. Miss'y Soc. of Presb.\n Ch. _for Beach Inst._ ...5.00\n\nEast Orange. Grove St. Cong. Ch. ...44.68\n\nNewark. Belleville Av. Cong. Ch. ...36.22\n\nBound Brook. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for\n Indian M._ ...30.00\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA, $316.25.\n\nCanton. H. Sheldon ...10.00\n\nMercer. Proceeds sale of late Free Presb.\n Ch., _for benefit of Freedmen_, by G.K.\n Smith for the trustees ...300.00\n\nOrwell. Rev. M.R. Kerr ...0.25\n\nShenandoah. Ladies Miss'y Soc., Bbl. of\n C., Freight 1., _for Savannah, Ga._ ...1.00\n\nWest Alexander. Mrs. Ruth Sunderland ...5.00\n\n\nOHIO, $105.77.\n\nAtwater. For Freight ...1.25\n\nClaridon First Cong. Ch. ...54.00\n\nConneant H.E. Pond and \"Friends,\" _for\n Straight U._ ...8.60\n\nMantua. Cong. Ch. ...4.33\n\nOberlin. Mrs. D.H. Patchlin ...1.00\n\nRuggles. Cong. Ch. ...15.50\n\nOhio Woman's Home Miss'y Union, by\n Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., _for\n Woman's Work_:\n\n  Burton. Mrs. L.R. Boughton ...5.00\n\n  Burton. Mrs. A.S. Hotchkiss ...3.00\n\n  Cleveland, Y.P.S.C.E., First\n   Cong. Ch. ...1.09\n\n  Lindenville. Miss Ellen\n   Jones ...5.00\n\n  Marysville. Ladies Miss'y\n   Aux. ...4.00\n\n  Medina. Boys' Mission\n   Band ...3.00\n\n----- 21.09\n\n\nINDIANA, $20.00.\n\nBloomington. Mrs. A.B. Woodford, _for\n Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...$20.00\n\n\nILLINOIS, $344.69.\n\nAmboy. Ladies, by S. Bell, 1 Pkg. Patchwork\n and 5 Bibles\n\nAvon. Cong. Ch. ...12.24\n\nChicago. Warren Av. Cong. Ch., 13.62;\n Soc. of Inquiry, Theo. Sem. 10 ...23.62\n\nChicago. W.H.M.U. of South Cong. Ch.,\n _for Woman's Work_ ...5.00\n\nEnglewood. Cong. Ch. ...48.70\n\nForrest. Cong. Ch. ...7.00\n\nKewanee. Cong. Ch. ...72.13\n\nLawn Ridge. Cong. Ch. ...18.38\n\nPort Byron. Cong. Ch. ...3.20\n\nRochelle. Mrs. A.C. Francis ...1.00\n\nSeward. Cong. Ch., 38.15, to const. REV.\n W.F. COOLEY L.M., Ladies Soc. of Cong. Ch., 13 ...51.15\n\nStillman Valley. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,\n _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...6.92\n\nWaverly. Cong, Ch., 34.42; Sab. Sch. Of\n Cong. Ch., 12.43, to const. REV. W.A.\n HOBBS L.M. ...46.85\n\nWoman's Home Missionary Union of Ill.,\n by Mrs. B.T. Leavitt, Treas., _for Woman's\n Work_:\n\n  Canton. Ladies Miss'y Soc.,\n   First Ch. ...10.00\n\n  La Harpe. H.M. Union ...5.00\n\n  Oak Park. Ladies' Benev.\n   Circle ...1.00\n\n  Rockford H.M.U. of First\n   Ch. ...20.65\n\n  Rockford. W.H.M.U. of\n   Second Ch. ...2.60\n\n  Thawville. Miss'y Soc. ...1.25\n\n  Thawville. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. ...3.00\n\n  Wyoming. Woman's Miss'y\n   Soc. ...10.00\n\n----- 53.50\n\n\nMICHIGAN, $222.48.\n\nAlpena. \"A Member of my Ch,\" by Rev.\n H.H. Van Auken ...25.00\n\nColumbus. Cong. Ch. ...15.60\n\nGalesburg. Cong. Ch., 20.15, and Sab.\n Sch., 11.85, to const. DEA N.T. RANDALL\n L.M. ...32.00\n\nGrand Blanc. Woman's Miss'y Soc., by\n Mrs. G.R. Parker, _for Woman's Work_ ...4.00\n\nGreenville. Cong Ch. ...50.00\n\nHancock. Cong. Ch. ...10.00\n\nLitchfield. Cong. Ch. ...10.88\n\nMarshall. Mr. E.A. Crocker ...2.00\n\nPort Huron. First Cong. Ch. ...73.00\n\n\nWISCONSIN, $68.30.\n\nClinton. Cong. Ch. ...17.95\n\nEmerald Grove. Cong. Ch. ...10.15\n\nJohnston. Cong. Ch. ...2.20\n\nMilwaukee. George J. Rogers ...20.00\n\nRipon. Cong. Ch. (9 of which _for Indian\n M._) ...18.00\n\n\nIOWA, $92.80.\n\nChester. Cong. Ch. ...7.64\n\nClear Lake. Christian End. Soc., Bbl. of\n C., Freight 1, _Savannah, Ga. ...1.00\n\nDanville. Cong. Ch. ...12.50\n\nGenoa Bluffs. Cong. Ch. ...7.00\n\nOakland. Mrs. M.M. Bush ...10.00\n\nStacyville. Cong. Ch. ...10.00\n\nTaber. Mission Band, _for Talladega C._ ...9.00\n\nWoman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa,\n _for Woman's Work_:\n\n  Grinnell. W.H.M.U. of Cong. Ch. ...11.28\n\n  Marion. L.M.S. of Cong. Ch. ...10.20\n{28}\n\n  Magnolia. L.M.S. of Cong. Ch. ...$1.65\n\n  Osage. L.M.S. of Cong Ch. ...1.20\n\n  Osage. \"Prairie Chickens,\" of Cong. Ch. ...0.40\n\n  Polk City. L.M.S. of Cong Ch. ...1.00\n\n  Prairie Hill.  L.M.S. of Cong. Ch. ...0.50\n\n  Rockford. L.M.S. of Cong. Ch. ...1.01\n\n  Sheldon. L.M.S. of Cong. Ch. ...1.72\n\n  Webster City. L.M.S. of Cong. Ch. ...4.00\n\nNorwich, Vt.  Mrs. H.M. Stuart ...2.00\n\n------\n\n35.66\n\n\nMINNESOTA, $130.55\n\nDuluth. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. ...45.00\n\nExcelsior. \"J.C.H.\" ...3.00\n\nLake City. Cong. Ch. ...7.00\n\nMinneapolis. Plymouth Ch. ...19.00\n\nNorthfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...51.53\n\nNorthfield. Robert Watson ...5.00\n\n\nMISSOURI, $204.25.\n\nKansas City. First Cong. Ch. ...158.00\n\nKansas City. Cong. Ch. ...46.25\n\n\nDAKOTA, $13.00.\n\nDe Smet. Mrs. Phebe M. Weeks ...13.00\n\n\nNEBRASKA, $56.82.\n\nOmaha. H.M. James, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...50.00\n\nWaverly. Cong. Ch. ...6.82\n\n\nARKANSAS, $5.00.\n\nLittle Rock. Ladies' Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...5.00\n\n\nCOLORADO, $41.35.\n\nDenver. First Cong. Ch. ...36.35\n\nRosita. Miss Jospehine Kellogg, _for Tougaloo U._ ...5.00\n\n\nCALIFORNIA, $10.35.\n\nEtna Mills. Cong. Ch. ...10.35\n\n\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $61.00.\n\nWashington. Mt. Pleasant Cong. Ch., 51; Lincoln Mem. Ch., 10 ...61.00\n\n\nMARYLAND, $5.00.\n\nFederalsburg. Miss Sarah A. Beals ...5.00\n\n\nKENTUCKY, $270.35\n\nLexington. Tuition, $368.35; \"Friend,\" 2 ...370.35\n\n\nTENNESSEE, $1,027.59.\n\nGrand View. Tuition ...15.00\n\nJellico. Tuition ...13.50\n\nJonesboro. Tuition, 6; County Funds, 17.28; Rent, 2.50 ...25.78\n\nMemphis. Tuition ...403.75\n\nNashville. Tuition, 554.81; Rent, 6.50 ...561.31\n\nPleasant Hill. Cong. Ch. ...2.00\n\nRobbins. Cong. Ch. ...6.25\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA, $205.75.\n\nTroy. Cong. Ch. ...0.50\n\nWilmington. Tuition ...195.50\n\nWilmington. By Miss H.L. Fetts, 6.75; By Miss H.D. Hyde, 3 ...9.75\n\n\nSOUTH CAROLINA, $216.25.\n\nCharleston. Tuition ...216.25\n\n\nGEORGIA, $789.90.\n\nAtlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition ...341.80\n\nMacon. Tuition ...153.55\n\nMacon.  Miss E.B. Scoble, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...5.00\n\nMarietta. Cong. Ch., 3, and Sab. Sch., 1 ...4.00\n\nSavannah. Tuition ...210.50\n\nThomasville. Tuition ...74.95\n\n\nALABAMA, $410.66.\n\nMobile. Tuition ...243.45\n\nMontgomery. Cong. Ch. ...19.00\n\nTalladega. Tuition ...138.21\n\nTalladega. Sab. Sch., Talladega C., _for Mobile, Ala._ ...10.00\n\n\nLOUISIANA, $261.50.\n\nNew Orleans. Tuition ...261.50\n\n\nMISSISSIPPI, $202.25.\n\nNew Ruhamah. Cong. Ch. ...0.75\n\nTougaloo. Tuition, 199.50; Rent, 2 ...201.50\n\n\nTEXAS, $110.15.\n\nAustin. Tuition ...109.15\n\nDodd City. Cong. Ch. ...1.00\n\n\nINCOMES, 1982.00.\n\nAvery fund, _for Mendi M._ ...112.50\n\nC.B. Rice Memorial Fund, _for Talladega C._ ...9.45\n\nEndowment Fund, _for President's Chair, Talladega C._ ...500.00\n\nGeneral Endowment Fund ...31.50\n\nHammond Fund, _for Straight U._ ...125.00\n\nHastings Sch'p Fund, _for Atlanta U._ ...12.50\n\nHoward Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._ ...600.00\n\nH.W. Lincoln Fund, _for Talladega C._ ...31.50\n\nLe Moyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._ ...200.00\n\nLuke Mem. Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._ ...10.00\n\nRev. J. and Lydia Hawes Wood Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._ ...25.00\n\nMrs. Nancy N. and Miss Abbie Stone Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._ ...25.00\n\nScholarship Fund, _for Straight U._ ...72.50\n\nTheo. Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._ ...22.05\n\nTuthill King Fund, 125 _for Atlanta U._; 75 _for Berea C._ ...200.00\n\nYale Library Fund, _for Talladega C._ ...5.00\n\n\nEUROPE, $1.50.\n\nBlugaria. Samokov. Miss E.T. Maltbie ...1.50\n\n========\n\n\nDonations ...$12,127.39\n\nLegacies ...3,129.47\n\nIncomes ...1,982.00\n\nTuition ...3,523.15\n\nRents ...11.00\n\n----------\n\nTotal for November ...$20,773.01\n\nTotal from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 ...33,336,23\n\n==========\n\n\nFOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\nSubscriptions for November ...$46.33\n\nPreviously acknowledged ...37.17\n\n-------\n\n$83.50\n\n=======\n\nH.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,\n56 Reade St, N.Y.","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 42, No. 01, January, 1888","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":15529}