{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_25906/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_25906","id":"gutenberg_25906","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25906","summary":null,"tags":["Category: History - American","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings","Category: Teaching & Education","Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals","Home missions -- Periodicals","The American Missionary"],"text":"Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Karen Dalrymple, and the\nOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net\n(This file was produced from images generously made\navailable by Cornell University Digital Collections.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe American Missionary\n\nSEPTEMBER, 1896\n\nVOL. L\nNo. 9\n\n\n\n\nCONTENTS\n\n\nEDITORIAL.\n\n  THE JUBILEE MEETING--UP TO DATE                273\n  ONLY THIRTY DAYS MORE                          274\n  JUBILEE SHARE FUND--PARAGRAPHS                 275\n\nTHE SOUTH.\n\n  A NEGRO UPON SELF-HELP AND SELF-SUPPORT        276\n  BEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH, GA.,                279\n  BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA.              280\n  BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL, GREENWOOD, S. C.         281\n  TALLADEGA COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT                 282\n  SNAP SHOTS AT TALLADEGA STUDENTS               283\n  ALBANY NORMAL SCHOOL, ALBANY, GA.              285\n  CHANDLER NORMAL SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, KY.         286\n  EXTRACTS FROM LETTER OF A SOUTHERN PASTOR      288\n  LETTER FROM A FORMER STUDENT                   289\n  GRAND VIEW CHURCH                              291\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n\n  VISITS TO THREE MISSIONS                       292\n\nBUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.\n\n  THE ASSOCIATION JUBILEE                        295\n\nSHARES JUBILEE YEAR FUND.                        298\n\nRECEIPTS.                                        299\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nNEW YORK:\n\nPUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,\n\nBible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York.\n\n\nPrice, 50 Cents a Year in advance\n\nEntered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class mail\nmatter.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n\nPRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS.\n\n\n_Vice-Presidents._\n\n  Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.\n  Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass.\n  Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.\n  Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N. Y.\n  Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio.\n\n\n_Honorary Secretary and Editor._\n\n  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._\n\n\n_Corresponding Secretaries._\n  Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Bible House. N. Y._\n  Rev. C. J. RYDER, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._\n\n\n_Recording Secretary._\n\n  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._\n\n\n_Treasurer._\n\n  H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _Bible House, N. Y._\n\n\n_Auditors._\n\n  GEORGE S. HICKOK.\n  JAMES H. OLIPHANT.\n\n\n_Executive Committee._\n\n  CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman.\n  CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary.\n\n  _For Three Years._\n\n  SAMUEL HOLMES,\n  SAMUEL S. MARPLES,\n  CHARLES L. MEAD,\n  WILLIAM H. STRONG,\n  ELIJAH HORR.\n\n  _For Two Years._\n\n  WILLIAM HAYES WARD,\n  JAMES W. COOPER,\n  LUCIEN C. WARNER,\n  JOSEPH H. TWICHELL,\n  CHARLES P. PEIRCE.\n\n  _For One Year._\n\n  CHARLES A. HULL,\n  ADDISON P. FOSTER,\n  ALBERT J. LYMAN,\n  NEHEMIAH BOYNTON,\n  A. J. F. BEHRENDS.\n\n\n_District Secretaries._\n\n  Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._\n  Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., _153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill._\n\n\n_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._\n\n  Miss D. E. EMERSON, _Bible House, N. Y._\n\n\nCOMMUNICATIONS\n\nRelating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the\nCorresponding Secretaries; letters for \"The American Missionary,\" to\nthe Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances,\nto the Treasurer; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary\nof the Woman's Bureau.\n\n\nDONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS\n\nIn drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be\nsent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Bible House, New York; or, when more\nconvenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House,\nBoston, Mass., or 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of\nthirty dollars constitutes a Life Member.\n\n\nNOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.--The date on the \"address label\" indicates the\ntime to which the subscription is paid. Changes are made in date on\nlabel to the 10th of each month. If payment of subscription be made\nafterward the change on the label will appear a month later. Please\nsend early notice of change in post-office address, giving the former\naddress and the new address, in order that our periodicals and\noccasional papers may be correctly mailed.\n\n\nFORM OF A BEQUEST.\n\n\"I give and bequeath the sum of ---- dollars to the 'American\nMissionary Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the\nState of New York.\" The will should be attested by three witnesses.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE AMERICAN MISSIONARY\n\n\nVol. L. SEPTEMBER, 1896. No. 9.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE JUBILEE MEETING.\n\nThe semi-centennial of the American Missionary Association will be\ncelebrated in Boston, October 20-22, opening at three o'clock Tuesday\nafternoon. A great and inspiring convocation is anticipated. Speakers\nof national reputation have been secured. A large and interesting\nindustrial exhibit will be opened. Representatives from our mission\nfields and a new band of Jubilee Singers will be heard throughout the\nmeetings.\n\nDirections as to membership and correspondence will be found on the\nlast page of the cover. Fuller details as to the entertainment of\ndelegates, reduced rates at hotels and in traveling fares, will be\ngiven in due time through the religious press.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nUP TO DATE.\n\nFor the first ten months of our current fiscal year our expenditures\nhave been $53,000 less than for the corresponding ten months three\nyears ago. They are $37,000 less than for the first ten months of the\nnext year. They are $13,000 less than last year. These facts indicate\nthe severity of our retrenchments.\n\nWe have most earnestly hoped for such a large increase of benefactions\nas would greatly reduce our debts. Up to this time our receipts are\nnearly $25,000 greater than at this date last year, but they are\n$11,000 less than at this time year before last. That year closed with\na debt on its operations of $66,000, and last year with an additional\ndebt of $30,000. Thus far this year we have not only saved ourselves\nfrom debt, but have gained $8,000 on the debts of the previous two\nyears.\n\nThis is a favorable difference of $38,000 between our financial\nstanding now and that at this date last year. This advance has been\nmade possible only by the sympathetic and generous responses from many\ngivers and churches which have cheered the presentation of our work.\nVery many others have promised future aid which will lift the burden.\nBut, for the time being, we have had to maintain our standing chiefly\nby making continued reductions of expenditures. This has been a\ndifficult and sorrowful task. In answer to numberless appeals in\nbehalf of the ignorant and suffering, we have had to explain\nconstantly that the refusals of the Association were due, not to lack\nof sympathy, but to lack of means. In general, the Association can\nadminister only the means confided to its charge. Its historic and\npermanent policy has been against incurring a debt. Its careful and\nconservative forecast two years ago encountered, like all similar\nbenevolent work in all the denominations, a sudden and serious\nreduction of receipts. The next year it provided a much diminished\nschedule of expenditures, but this was met with a further additional\nreduction of support.\n\nTherefore, the task now set to the Association is to carry on only\nwhat work it can while recovering what has been already expended in\nthese mission fields. We believe this recovery can be made. We are\nmost grateful to the churches, mission societies, and individual\ngivers who have so generously come to our help in this difficult and\ntrying year. From the promising responses which reach us, we can but\nbelieve that very many more are planning for the relief of these\nmissions in their distress. Just now public attention is concentrated\non national issues of so perplexing and doubtful a character that\nevery enterprise, whether of business or of benevolence, waits upon\ntheir settlement. We hope and pray that the coming months may lift the\nclouds and pour prosperity again throughout all these vast mission\nfields.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nONLY THIRTY DAYS MORE.\n\nAt the time these lines reach the eyes of most of our readers, only\nthirty days will remain of the fiftieth year in the work of the\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\nWe look forward to these few days with anxious hope. Pastors, officers\nof churches and missionary societies, and individual givers have\nintimated to us that they will co-operate in making this fiftieth year\na Year of Jubilee. Again and again our anxious inquiries have received\nthe kind assurance that the year shall not close without the uplift of\nspecial help to the Association.\n\nMany churches and many givers have fulfilled this purpose. If all had\ndone as well, we should now be rejoicing over emancipation from all\nindebtedness.\n\nWe earnestly plead for personal contributions from individual givers.\nAfter all, it is upon the many individual gifts, however small each\none may be, that the success of this work must now mainly depend.\n\nWe ask as earnestly that each church which has not hitherto\ncontributed to the support of this mission work will do so now.\n\nWe respectfully request that the treasurers of churches and mission\nsocieties will now send us contributions already taken in behalf of\nthe American Missionary Association, or balances remaining in their\nhands according to church plans, of proportionate contributions.\n\nShall not these thirty September days in the book of life record the\nspecial consecration in thousands of hearts of sacrificial service in\ngifts to God's poor?\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nJUBILEE SHARE FUND.\n\nIt will be seen in the record of this month that the Jubilee Share\nFund now aggregates pledges of over $14,000. This is a beginning, a\ngood beginning, but a beginning only. We hope these coming September\ndays which close our fiscal year will bring a vast increase of pledges\nto the Jubilee Share Fund. We know that numbers of our friends have\nbeen planning for it and looking forward to taking their part in this\ngreat and useful Christian service. \"Now is the accepted time.\"\n\n\n_From Massachusetts_--\"Please find inclosed check for $50 for the\nJubilee Year Fund, in memory of my dear father. His heart was ever\nwith your good work to the very end of his life.\"\n\n_From a Tennessee A. M. A. Missionary_--\"Wife and I join the Jubilee\ncontributors. Find $50 for one share. We wish we could multiply this\nby a hundred.\"\n\n_From Massachusetts_--\"Please find from two friends in Boston $50\neach, which has been intrusted to my care for the share fund; and I\ngladly send it to help on the share fund.\"\n\n_From Connecticut_--\"It gives me pleasure to send you $2,000, as a\ndonation from our church to the American Missionary Association. Also\ninclosed $785 as our annual contribution for the current expenses of\nthe Association, not for the debt.\"\n\n_From Iowa_--\"Inclosed find $18, my donation to the work of the\nAmerican Missionary Association. It is probably my last donation as\nmy age (past fourscore) and poor health warn me my time is short in\nwhich to serve the Lord in this world.\"\n\n_From Connecticut_--\"I was not home last Sunday when the annual\ncontribution for the American Missionary Association was taken up, and\nas I do not wish to miss having a little share in the good work of\nyour society I will inclose my check for $10 for the work.\"\n\n_From New Jersey_--\"I am glad to be able to send the inclosed amount\nfrom the Presbyterian Sunday-school of this place. For several years\nwe have been giving to the work of the American Missionary\nAssociation, and each year is an advance on the previous year in\namount. May you all be abundantly blessed in your spiritual as well as\nyour financial welfare.\"\n\n_From Massachusetts_--\"Inclosed find $5, which my sister before her\ndeath desired me to send to the cause she labored for so many years,\nand which was dear to her when her heavenly Father called her home.\"\n\n_From Ohio, inclosing $5_--\"It is a pleasure to be able to carry out\nthe wish of my dear husband. Ever since the organization of the\nAmerican Missionary Association we have been small contributors,\nthough Baptists. God bless and support your work.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe South.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA NEGRO UPON SELF-HELP AND SELF-SUPPORT.\n\nBY REV. ORISHATUKEH FADUMA, TROY, N. C.\n\n\nOne reason why the question of self-help as it relates to the Negro is\nso difficult of solution, is his previous condition of slavery.\n\nSlavery was first and last selfish. The training received by the Negro\nunder forced labor had no ethical meaning. The Negro labored, but was\nnot taught the dignity of labor; he did not find any dignity in it. If\nthere was any, his masters would have labored as he did, but the Negro\nserved as the cat's paws to get the nuts from the fire. The fire burnt\nhim severely, but he had not the benefit of the nuts. Thus the moral\nand ethical benefit which he might have received from labor was lost.\nLet our moralists ponder over this. The Negro's masters did not\nbelieve in self-support during slavery; they were supported. Now that\nhis freedom is secured, the Negro also would like to have and hold as\nthe masters did.\n\nThe result of this forced selfish labor may be briefly summed up thus.\nThe Negro by training and example became prejudiced against severe\nstruggle and toil, physical or intellectual. He is now distrustful of\nattempts made to induce him to labor. He is willing to let somebody\nelse do the work while he reaps the benefit, just as his masters did\nduring slavery. Thus slavery became a foe to true Christian manliness,\nself-respect, and faith in one's self and others. It took 200 years to\nforce these traits into the Negro's being. It was destructive of all\nthat is uplifting to his soul. There is now a reaction going on.\nUnless the forces of the Christian schools and churches are applied\nwith energy, the work of construction will not soon overcome that of\n200 years of destruction.\n\nForemost in the education of the Negro along the line of self-support\nis the American Missionary Association. That the policy of the\nAssociation regarding self-help is not theoretical, but practical, may\nbe seen in the statement of Rev. Dr. Beard concerning the work in the\nSouth, before the National Council for 1895. He says: \"We are\nrealizing also that the independent methods of Congregational polity\ndevelop self-help. These churches each year are bearing a larger part\nof their own support. When it is remembered that formerly their\npreachers were seldom paid anything, it can be understood that this\nnew way of church life is full of meaning.\"\n\nThe Association states in emphatic and unequivocal language its\nbelief, founded on long experience, in an indigenous ministry. As Dr.\nBeard says: \"Our general policy has been to prepare the race to save\nthe race. This is based upon the conviction that in the long run, and\nin the large view, the most effective way to lift up the masses is to\ndo what we can to help the relatively few to climb into higher\nintellectual and moral power.\"\n\nOne means toward the solution of this problem of self-help is the\nindustrial solution. Many overlook it because they think the Negro has\nalready had _much_ of it in his past history. But the Negro has never\nhad the _best_ of it. His industrial training before the war was\nimmoral as well as unscientific. The industrial education of the Negro\nthen was carried on without mental and moral culture; now the head,\nthe hands, and the heart are the triplets which must control his\ndevelopment. Before the war he was simply a machine in industry; now\nhe is to be trained as a living soul. Before the war he had some\nrestraint through industrial work, but it was physical, not moral. The\neducation which the coming twentieth century requires of the Negro\nthrough industry will be imperfect unless it shall be permeated with\nthe best and purest of ideals. It is also a recognition of the fact\nthat man is more than a physical creature; he is a combination of the\nphysical and the spiritual. It must be two natures working in harmony\nwith each other's development.\n\nThe modern industrialism is a combination of preaching and practice.\nIt has in it a larger conception of God's Kingdom as seen in the world\nof matter. If it is not the highest conception, it is not the lowest,\nand should not be despised in the education of a race just emerging\nfrom ignorance. One has only to see the Negro in the plantations of\nthe South, and observe his methods of work, to be convinced of the\nnecessity of industrial training as a means toward self-help. Look\nthroughout these farming districts and you will see houses fit for\npigs to dwell in rather than men; you will eat food the mode of\npreparation of which is unworthy of a human being; you will see women\nin laundry work who have never seen a washing-machine all their life;\nand gradually the idea will flash into your mind that industrial\ntraining is needed.\n\nThe question may be asked, What is the American Missionary Association\ndoing along these lines of self-help and independence? Much has been\ndone, and is being done. The Association has not said much, but it is\ndoing much. This is better than saying much and doing little. At the\npresent time, when much is said about the industrial development of\nthe South, there is danger of following the crowd whose ideals are not\nthe highest. The popular cry is for a rejuvenated South, a South with\nprosperous mills and factories, and the Negro with it. The Association\nhas wisely kept out of this, and yet has done more than any other\norganization toward the industrial independence of the people. It was\nthe first to start industrial schools for the Negroes. Its first\nindustrial school was founded at Talladega, Ala., in 1867, where it\nnow works about 300 acres of land. Modern farming in its most\nimportant branches is taught here. In connection with the school are\npopular lectures, which are listened to, and scattered by the students\nthroughout the country. White and black farmers are being improved by\nthem. The instructor in farming, a graduate of the Amherst\nAgricultural College, is both scientific and practical. In the same\nschool, at Talladega, young men and women are taught various other\nbranches of industry.\n\nTougaloo Institution, in Mississippi, has a farm of 500 acres, which\nsupplies cities in the Northwest with her produce. There are no less\nthan fifty industrial schools under the American Missionary\nAssociation, not to mention independent schools, which are largely\nfostered by Congregational influence. The reflex influence of these\nindustrial schools upon the whites is marvelous.\n\nWhile we labor to plant seeds of true manhood in the hearts of the\npeople, we recognize the fact that there must be a going-out and a\ntaking-in. The involution of the race must precede its evolution. It\ntherefore requires time to see fruits. Time will tell; it is already\ntelling. With boards devising, and schools, churches, and pastors\nformulating, methods to bring about the solution of the problem, we\nshall reap an abundant harvest. When it is known that the larger\nportion of the colored race in the South is still living on the\nplantations, practically untouched by the Christian influences of this\ncentury, living without God and not touched by our mission work, it\naccentuates the imperative duty of the churches and pastors of\nchurches to hasten the work of self-support. In concluding, I\nemphasize the following points:\n\n1. That the work of educating a race to manly independence requires\ntime as well as energy.\n\n2. That it behooves all teachers of the race to do their utmost to rid\nthe minds of the people of those ideas of slavery which strike a blow\nat their independence.\n\n3. That the position taken by the American Missionary Association is\nthe true one in preparing the people for self-support, and thus toward\nthe self-support of our churches.\n\n4. That while recognizing the difficulties in the way of self-help and\nself-support, many, if not all, can be removed if all the churches put\ntheir shoulders to the wheel, and both teach and practice this, and do\nall they can for their own support, rather than seek to have\neverything done for them.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH, GA.\n\nMISS JULIA B. FORD.\n\n\nAfter another all too swiftly fleeting school year, the commencement\nseason is ushered in by the very able baccalaureate sermon delivered\nto a large and appreciative audience by the Rev. J. J. Durham, one of\nthe colored pastors of Savannah.\n\nOn Tuesday there are oral examinations in the classrooms. On\nWednesday, palms, magnolias, cape jasmine, and wild bamboo-vine have\nlent their charm to render the chapel a fragrant abode of beauty. \"Old\nGlory\" hangs here and there upon its walls. The large flag which each\nmorning through the year has received, after the singing of a\npatriotic song, the salutations of the assembled students, has given\nplace for this occasion to the inspiring words of the Latin motto,\n\"_Ad astra per aspera_,\" which in bold relief gleam out from a\nstar-bespangled field of blue above the platform.\n\nThrough the dense crowd which overflows the chapel and throngs the\nadjoining rooms, to the notes of a march on the piano, the Ninth Grade\nenters and stands to receive the graduating class, who file to their\nplaces on the platform. With what swelling of heart are they silently\ngreeted, and how dear and noble a band do they seem to fond,\nself-sacrificing parents, and to the teachers who have labored to\nbring them to this the proudest day of their young lives. The class is\none of the largest which the Beach has ever graduated--four youths and\nthirteen girls. The salutatory and essay, \"What Can a Woman Do?\"\nearnest, suggestive, and pleasingly delivered, was followed in due\norder by recitations, all rendered with spirit and grace, and winning\nenthusiastic applause. The declamation by one youth, of President\nLincoln's address at Gettysburg, and the orations, by two others, on\nrace questions, receive due meed of appreciation.\n\nIn the cantata, \"The Ivy Queen,\" all the girl graduates take part, and\nthe ivy crown is placed on the brow of the valedictorian, who is a\nkeen-minded young girl of the pure Negro type. Her essay and\nvaledictory, \"Character-building,\" is a worthy production. It was an\ninspiring thing to look into the dark but perfectly radiant faces of\nher father and mother, when, after the exercises, they came, all too\nfull for verbal expression, to grasp the hands of teachers.\n\nAfter the class song is sung, diplomas bestowed, the in-coming senior\nclass welcomed, and the announcement made as to the one whose rank in\nher studies entitles her to a free scholarship for the ensuing year, a\nbrief but most excellent address is given by a young colored physician\nof Savannah, whose ability, culture, high moral worth, and nobly\nunselfish ambitions fit him to stand as a model to our students. The\nnewly made alumni meet teachers and friends in the Teachers' Home for\nrefreshments and a good, happy time generally; and in the midst of it\nall one of the workers of Beach is surprised by a token of\nappreciation in the form of a beautiful gift from the graduating\nclass. Our orator of the day, after some consultation, proposes to the\nclass of '96 the forming of an alumni association at the opening of\nthe next year, and then soon all disperse and a successful school year\nis reckoned with the past.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA.\n\nBY MISS LINCOLNIA C. HAYNES.\n\n\nThe Commencement Exercises of Ballard Normal School began with the\nJunior Exhibition. At the time appointed every seat was taken and\nthere was scarcely standing room. The greatest interest was manifested\nby all present, and at the close of the evening, when anxious parents\nand interested friends crowded around with beaming faces to express\ntheir satisfaction and appreciation, each teacher felt amply rewarded\nfor the arduous labor and effort put forth.\n\nThe \"Jubilee Songs,\" and especially the \"Jubilee Medley,\" attracted\ngreat attention. To hear \"Steal Away,\" \"Get on Board,\" \"Swing Low,\"\nand all the other old-time songs, wound into one, and yet fitting into\neach other so perfectly and harmoniously, seemed almost a wonder.\n\nThe annual sermon was preached the following Sunday by Rev. J. R.\nMcLean, pastor of the Congregational Church. In addressing the\ngraduates he urged a practical use of the knowledge gained; he\nemphasized the fact that philanthropy is giving one's self, and he\nimpressed upon them the necessity of co-operating with Christ in all\nthings if success is desired in anything.\n\nWednesday was Visitors' Day at the school, and a larger number was out\nthis year to witness the examinations and inspect work than for\nseveral previous years. Wednesday night the alumni held their regular\nmeeting in the chapel.\n\nThursday, Commencement Day, dawned gloriously, and long before the\ntime for the exercises to begin, people were wending their way toward\nthe building in order to obtain a comfortable seat. There were three\ngraduates, all girls, and they made a pretty sight as they marched\nslowly up the aisle and took their places upon the platform.\n\nThe Annual Address was delivered by Rev. S. A. Peeler, of the M. E.\nChurch. He did not go back thirty years and tell the condition of the\nNegro at that time, and extol him for the rapid stride he has made,\netc. He did not enumerate the things the Negro can do, but he simply\nand plainly stated, so that all who heard might clearly understand\nhim, what the Negro, and every one else who desires success, _must_\ndo.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBREWER NORMAL SCHOOL, GREENWOOD, S. C.\n\nBY PRINCIPAL J. M. ROBINSON.\n\n\nOn the afternoon which witnessed the closing exercises of the Brewer\nNormal School, notwithstanding a promised storm, the chapel was well\nfilled. The platform was tastefully decorated with flowers, ferns, and\nthe national colors. We feel keenly the need of a large flag, and\nshould some friend who sees this be moved to donate us one it would be\nvery gratefully received.\n\nThe class of '96, composed of two young ladies and two young men,\nacquitted themselves well. The essay, \"We Girls,\" by Miss Annie Laurie\nFuller, was full of good thoughts, and pointed out very forcibly to\nthe girls of the colored race their present advantages, and what as a\nresult their responsibilities are.\n\nRev. H. H. Proctor, pastor of the First Congregational Church, of\nAtlanta, Ga., gave an able address on \"Racial Contributions to\nAmerican Civilization,\" which, while stating plain truths very\nplainly, gave no offense to the white friends present. For the first\ntime in our knowledge of the school there were a number of white\nladies in the audience, which we felt was quite a point gained. All\nexpressed themselves as very much pleased with the address, the parts\nof the graduates, the music, and in fact with all the exercises.\n\nMr. Proctor's presence with us was an inspiration to all, both\nteachers and pupils. On the whole, the year was closed with\nhopefulness for the future and a greater desire to do work that should\ntell for the uplifting of the needy people with whom we are\nassociated.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTALLADEGA COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.\n\n\nTalladega College, Ala., observed its twenty-ninth anniversary at the\nusual time.\n\nThe first public exercise was by the preparatory students who had\ncompleted the course which entitled them to enter upon the collegiate\nstudies in the fall. Four young men received diplomas at this\nexhibition.\n\nThe display by the industrial departments was unusually interesting.\nThe sewing-room had on hand plain and fancy needle-work, finished\ngarments for both sexes, among which were children's clothes made over\nfrom those previously worn by adults. This latter feature will commend\nitself to many homes where the custom of \"making over\" old clothes is\none of the necessities. Girls taught in the sewing-room are able to\nmake a livelihood by taking orders for work in this line. There is\nalso a nurse-training department which is not only patronized by\npupils in the required course, but volunteer classes have been formed\nconsisting of the older male students and of mothers living near the\ncollege. A hospital bed was exhibited, and also the various sorts of\nbandages required in special cases. The boys' mechanical department\nfurnished a large display in carpentry--mostly of a technical\ncharacter. Then there were geometric and scale drawing, building plans\nof a varied character, and other work. The farm was represented in an\nappropriate way. Convenient appliances for care of stock, for housing\nfarm products, etc., were shown, and live stock of various sorts was\nthere--some varieties of which are giving to the college a wide\nnotoriety for their excellence.\n\nPublic examinations were held in studies of grammar and advanced\ngrades. The class in trigonometry gave evidence of the practical\ncharacter of its labors by exhibiting a plat of the college\nproperty--some 270 acres in all--drawn to a scale and neatly\nlettered.\n\nThe literary and musical exercises of the commencement were very\ngenerously patronized by the white citizens. It is to be regretted\nthat the college chapel is not sufficiently large to accommodate the\naudiences, and that scores were unable to get a sitting at the concert\nof Monday night. There is a hope that a more commodious chapel will\nsoon be built.\n\nThere were present two distinguished gentlemen from abroad--members of\nthe college trustee board, Dr. Beard, of New York, and Dr. Cooper, of\nConnecticut. The former spoke most felicitously on several occasions,\nand the latter delivered a very able baccalaureate sermon and the\nliterary address. Rev. J. R. McLean, of Macon, Ga., preached Sunday\nnight.\n\nThe graduates and the subjects of their themes were as follows:\n\nNORMAL DEPARTMENT.\n\n  The Uses of the Imagination                  Louise M. Johnson, Talladega\n  Folk-lore                                     Marietta G. Kidd, Talladega\n  True Womanhood                            Annie B. Williams, Jacksonville\n  The Times that Try Men's Souls                Robert A. Clarke, New Berne\n  There is More Beyond                               Wade A. Jones, Vincent\n\nTHEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.\n\nThe Condition and the Value of Definite Preaching,\n                                             Manuel L. Baldwin, Troy, N. C.\n\nThe Conquest of Alexander the Great in its Relation\n  to the Spread of Christianity,             John I. Donaldson, Paris, Tex.\n\nThe Relation of Infant Baptism to the Kingdom of God,\n                                           Robert W. Jackson, Durant, Miss.\n\nDr. Andrews presided at the exercises and delivered the diplomas.\n\nTwo representatives of the alumni also presented original exercises:\n\nLeaders Demanded by this Epoch,\n             Rev. H. E. Levi, B.D., Talladega (Normal '87, Theological '95)\n\nAlumni History,                     Miss Eliza A. Jones, Selma (Normal '91)\n\nThe Alumni dinner and business meeting followed, and the address on\n\"Manhood,\" by Dr. Cooper, at night, closed the series.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nSNAP SHOTS AT SOME TALLADEGA STUDENTS.\n\nBY PROF. E. C. SILSBY.\n\n\nOne day last year there came unannounced a boy who had walked fifty\nmiles to get here. He was an orphan, had been working until he had\nsecured a good outfit of clothing, and, having been told of this\nschool by one of our pupil-teachers laboring in his neighborhood,\nconcluded to come, \"work his way,\" and get an education. There seemed\nto be nothing to do but to reward his faith by receiving him into\nboarding-hall and school-room. He was an apt scholar, worked\ndiligently, and is still doing well.\n\nNot long ago a young man, twenty years old, appeared with a diminutive\nsatchel and applied to enter school. Upon inquiry a college official\ndiscovered that he lived some thirty miles distant, that he had only\n$3.50, no expectation of getting any more money, and that his\nscholarship was very poor. He stated that he had been converted about\nfour years before and sometime afterward had a \"call to preach.\"\nLater, he explained the nature of this \"call\" thus: \"One morning just\nbefore day, as I lay in my bed, I heard a voice. It said, 'Does you\nremember what the Lord Jesus Christ said to his disciples just before\nHe descended into heaven? Go ye into all the world and preach the\ngospel to every creature.' I studied about this, and finally asked the\nLord did He mean for me to preach. He gave me a feeling that He did. I\ntried to get the idea out of my mind, but it kept coming back, and\nhere I am.\" He was advised to stay out until he could earn money\nenough with which to make a beginning. But he wanted to enter school\neven if he could stay in but two weeks. He was therefore examined,\nplaced in the second reader room, given a book and a Testament, and\nthe promise of work to pay his tuition. He found a boarding place, and\nfor a brief period of time enjoyed the privileges of the school room\naccording to his request.\n\nA young woman, daughter of an early friend of the College, is here.\nHer father (now in heaven) had experienced the conditions both of\nslavery and of freedom, and his children have inherited that father's\ninterest in education to a large degree. This, his youngest daughter,\nis cared for by her brothers, and the solicitude they exhibit in her\nwelfare is very touching. May she finish her course with honor, and\nperform a noble work \"for Christ and humanity.\"\n\nA few years ago a man and his wife left the service of their employer\nin a neighboring city, rented a little cottage in Talladega, and\nentered the same class in one of our lower grades. By prudence and\neconomy they had saved some money and were able to live comfortably\nwhile prosecuting their studies. They have passed regularly up the\ngrades and are happy in the progress they are making. During the long\nsummer vacation they find employment, and are on hand promptly at the\nfall opening of the school. They are both active church members, and\nthe man expects to study for the ministry after sufficient preparatory\ntraining.\n\nHere is a case several times repeated. It is that of a girl who is\nmaking her way unaided by parental effort. She spends the long summer\nvacation teaching a country school. The pay is small, board must be\npaid out of her wages, and her scanty wardrobe must be replenished.\nShe has made a deposit with the treasurer, and has arranged for work\nat the boarding hall to help out in the matter of college bills. She\nhas no time for play, no money for luxuries, but she is plucky and is\nbound to have an education, and it looks as if she would succeed.\n\nA young man is here. He came with plain clothes, although they were\nclean and new. Out of wages--less than ten dollars a month and\nboard--he had saved an amount which, with work out of study hours\nwould insure him a year in school. Once he came without money, but we\ncould not receive him. He therefore determined to come next time\n_with_ money, and his success we note above. Promotion for good\nscholarship came soon. Religious influences were strong, and he became\na Christian. He is now among the most trusted and valued pupils.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nALBANY NORMAL SCHOOL, ALBANY, GA.\n\nBY MRS. ALICE L. DAVIS.\n\n\nOne finds that every year the enrollment grows larger. The people are\nincreasingly appreciating the work done by the school. Every one who\ncan afford it usually sends his children to our school, but there are\nothers who are extremely poor but who are equally anxious to send\ntheir children also, and in order to do this they make great\nsacrifices. Many mothers work at the washtub from Monday morning till\nSaturday night, and do all kinds of manual labor, to obtain the money\nwith which to keep their children in school. Some of our neediest\npupils prove to be the best in their classes. One boy, whose widowed\nmother is unable to keep him in school, may be seen every day before\nand after school going in search of odd jobs to obtain money with\nwhich to pay his tuition.\n\nThis boy is one of the brightest pupils we have. There are others who\nare equally anxious to obtain an education. Many will walk distances\nranging from three to seven miles to school every morning. The\ninterest in the school increases yearly to such an extent that the\nbuilding, which at first was thought to be large enough to accommodate\nall who would come, is now entirely too small to accommodate the\npupils that we have. It will be almost impossible to get along next\nyear without more room. We are greatly in need of a chapel where we\ncan hold our devotions and have our public exercises. Without more\nroom the work will be greatly hampered.\n\nThe third anniversary of our school was held last week. These\nexercises are always looked forward to with the greatest interest and\npleasure by both parents and pupils. On June 4 was our exhibition of\nthe primary and intermediate grades. The audience was made up of the\nfathers, mothers, and friends of the students. They seemed anxious to\nhave each pupil acquit himself well, and the pupils seemed equally as\neager to do their best to please the audience. The programme, which\nwas well rendered, was made up of essays, declamations, solos, duets,\nand choruses. \"Bernardo del Carpio\" and the quarrel between Brutus and\nCassius were rendered in a manner worthy of more experienced pupils.\n\nOn June 5 were the exercises of the grammar grades. The programme was\nmade up of essays by two young ladies, who had completed the grammar\ngrades; instrumental solos by the music-pupils, trios, and choruses;\nalso an address by Rev. Mr. Sims, of Thomasville, Ga., who spoke on\nthe subject \"Wanted.\" He pointed out the need of education, of\nreligion, of wealth, and especially of sterling morality in character.\nThis address was highly appreciated by the large and enthusiastic\naudience.\n\nCould my reader have been present he would have realized that the\npeople are hungering and thirsting after knowledge, and are beginning\nto regard our school as a well-spring to supply them.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCHANDLER NORMAL SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, KY.\n\nMISS F. J. WEBSTER, PRINCIPAL.\n\n\nIn reviewing the history of Chandler Normal School for the past year,\nwe find more reasons than usual for courage and gratitude. In all\ndepartments of our work we see evidences of the mental and moral\nadvancement of our pupils. The year has been one of progress and\nprosperity. Nothing has occurred to hinder the work. The conscientious\nperformance of duty has been the rule of the school, and the students\nwho entered with any other purpose in view soon discovered their\nmistake and saw that they did not have the approval of their\ncompanions.\n\nThe forerunner of the closing exercises was the presentation of the\ncantata \"Little Red Riding-hood,\" by the pupils of the intermediate\ngrades. This entertainment drew as large an audience as the chapel, a\nroom that has a seating capacity of 600, could accommodate. The music,\nboth vocal and instrumental, was excellent, and illustrated most fully\nthe remarkable progress that has been made in this department within\nthe past three years.\n\nTwo days were devoted to the annual written examinations, momentous\noccasions, that were crowned with success so far as the majority of\nthe pupils were concerned. The ordeal of examinations closed with the\npublic oral ones on Friday morning. On the afternoon of the same day\noccurred the exhibition of the eighth grade, the class finishing the\ngrammar course. The essays presented on this occasion were all upon\nsubjects suggested by the pupils' study of United States history.\n\nThe exercises of Monday morning were wholly musical. The first part of\nthe programme consisted of the cantata \"The Musical Enthusiast,\" and\nthe second part of a piano recital. All the music presented was of a\nhigh order, most of it being classical.\n\nOn Tuesday a declamatory contest was given by the young women of the\nnormal department. The prize offered by a friend of one of the\nteachers was a year's tuition in Chandler School. The selections were\nfrom standard authors, and were chosen with the purpose of testing to\nthe utmost the ability of the young contestants. During the past year\nmuch interest has been manifested by the pupils in work of this sort,\nand most noticeable progress has been made by many of them.\n\nAt the close of the contest a very interesting and eloquent address on\nthe subject of temperance was given by Rev. J. S. Jackson, pastor of\nthe Congregational Church in Lexington. The thoughts presented were\nfull of inspiration for all who heard them.\n\nOn Wednesday morning an intelligent and appreciative audience\nassembled in the chapel to listen to the commencement exercises. Three\nyoung men presented orations, and three young women essays, on this\noccasion. There was but one graduate from the higher normal course. An\noration on the subject \"Frederick Douglass,\" presented by a young man\nwho had completed the tenth grade, was considered an unusually\ncreditable student production and elicited much applause.\n\nThe commencement address was given by the Rev. W. T. Bolling, D.D.,\npastor of the Southern Methodist Church of Lexington. The speaker\nprefaced his remarks by saying that much surprise had been expressed\nby many of his friends that he, a former slaveholder and an\nex-Confederate soldier, would consent to deliver the commencement\naddress for a school devoted to such a purpose as was Chandler. He\nassured these individuals that our school had no warmer friend than\nhe, nor one more in sympathy with its work. No address could have been\nmore helpful and stimulating than was his. All who had the privilege\nof listening to it were cheered and edified.\n\nAt the close of each day's literary exercises the majority of the\naudience accepted the invitation to examine the work of the\nsewing-classes on exhibition in one of the recitation-rooms. A large\nnumber of articles, all carefully made by hand, gave abundant evidence\nof the industry and skill of the girls of both schools.\n\nThe closing entertainment of commencement week took place in the\nchapel on Wednesday at 8 P.M. The programme for that occasion\nconsisted of a cantata entitled \"The Cadets' Picnic,\" presented by\nthe little pupils of the Hand School. The night was stormy, but for\nall that the large chapel of Chandler School was comfortably full.\nFifty small children, carefully trained and displaying perfect\nself-possession, took part in this entertainment. The teachers of the\nHand School had every reason to feel gratified with the results of\ntheir work.\n\nThe teachers of both the Chandler and Hand schools have labored\ndiligently for the moral and spiritual upbuilding of their pupils\nduring the past year. The meetings of the Christian Endeavor Society,\nheld each Friday morning at 9, have been productive of the best\nresults.\n\nThe Sunday-school work has been very encouraging. Chandler and Hand\nMission Sabbath-schools together numbered more than two hundred pupils\nat the close of the year. Nearly all of these children were from\ncommunities destitute of every other Christian influence.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nEXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF A SOUTHERN PASTOR.\n\n\nI desire to explain to you some features of what I conceive to be the\nmost interesting scheme I have witnessed in the South for a long time.\nYou have, I suppose, received one or two copies of our little paper.\nLet me give you a bit of history concerning it.\n\nIt was a short while after the \"local option\" election, in which the\nfriends and advocates of temperance and good government went down in\ninglorious defeat before the red-faced saloon-keepers and other\nvotaries of vice, when the executive committee of the \"Prohibs\"\nsaddled the cause of defeat on the Negroes' shoulders. The cause of\ndefeat agreed upon, a few generous-hearted men thought it would be\nmuch better to make some kind of effort to elevate the Negro than to\ngrieve about what was already done. So the idea of a manual\ntraining-school was advanced by two gentlemen, one of whom is a stanch\nSoutherner, who for a long time had the unenviable reputation of\nbelieving and openly advocating the strange and illogical theory that\nthe Negro has no soul; the other is a minister of Southern birth, but\nof Northern education. Infatuated with the prospects of ultimate\nsuccess, and having, it seems providentially, come upon a man who was\na printer and owned an outfit, they talked with him, and he, needing\nwork, was evidently smitten with the idea. Thoroughly understanding\nthemselves, they sought a conference with a few representative colored\nmen. I was among the first to be interviewed. The minister put the\nmatter before me, and I saw nothing unworthy in it, and it drew out my\nsympathy immediately. After talking the whole matter over we agreed to\ncall a meeting. The meeting was called in the well-furnished office of\na colored man. There were six present--three white men and three\ncolored men. We talked over the matter again, each one stating his\nlimitations in the affair. I asked the white gentlemen present if they\nthought they could stand the sentiment that would doubtless be brought\nto bear upon them. They said, \"While we anticipate opposition, we are\nsure we can withstand all assaults.\" \"Then,\" said I, \"we have nothing\nto lose.\" The whites were to have a part of the paper and the colored\na part--a quarter or a half, as they might desire. I was asked to take\ncharge of the colored department, and with reluctance I agreed. The\npaper went through eight issues. The whites interested in it found the\npressure too great for them, and the owner of the outfit found the\nsupport entirely too meager. The white editor while in attendance at a\nchurch convention was in some cases refused the courtesy of a\nChristian introduction. One young woman who was a friend of the editor\nrefused to introduce him to her friend because he was in the newspaper\nbusiness with a \"nigger.\" A banker was asked to subscribe, but\nrefused, saying there was too much ---- \"nigger\" about that paper for\nhim. The merchants generally refused to advertise in it. After an\nexistence of about eight weeks the paper ceased temporarily or\npermanently, I know not whether the former or the latter. When I\ntalked with the originator of the idea he candidly confessed: \"I was\nborn in the South, held slaves in the South, have lived in the South\nall my life, but the prejudice among the white people against the\nNegroes is greater than I thought. While I am entirely independent of\npublic opinion, the reflection on my friends Mr. ---- and Dr. ---- has\nbeen very great.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nLETTER FROM A FORMER STUDENT AT MOBILE.\n\n\nDear Friend: I entered Emerson Institute the first Monday in October\nof 1892, but long before that time I had contemplated going there to\nschool, though not having any immediate support I could not attend\nuntil the above-named time. Just two days before I entered the school\nI had accepted a position as clerk, but seeing the great need of an\neducation I quit immediately and entered school. When I entered\nEmerson I had not been in school for about seven years, but had to\nsome extent been engaged in study. I had no sure means of support, but\nwas determined to educate myself.\n\nOur principal, seeing my earnestness, gave me the privilege of living\nat the \"Home,\" which enabled me to work out my board and tuition. I\ngladly accepted. And it is here the lasting influence began its effect\nupon me. Indeed, I cannot state the first impression made, but I do\nknow the best; that is, it was here I became a Christian and was made\nto accept Christ as my Saviour. I think I professed religion in March\nof 1893, during Mr. Moore's work there. From this step I began to\nbuild a principle that would be able to stand the many temptations\nthat would come upon me. The next best thing, it was here (at Emerson)\nI was made to realize the evil effect of alcoholic liquors, and when,\nas before that time, I had some toleration for wine, etc., I pledged\nmyself against it and became a strong defender of \"Prohibition.\" I was\nfortunate in being awarded a prize for the best-made speech on\nProhibition in a contest given by Emerson Institute on May 22, 1894;\nand I almost decided to become a temperance lecturer.\n\nIt is impossible for me to enumerate the myriad of good influences\nthat have surrounded me by being a student in Mobile. But permit me to\nsay that if there is any one thing in earth that I owe for my\nstableness in that which is right, it is my having been immediately\nunder the good influences of Emerson Institute and its earnest\nteachers. I have been made to see the power of a good education. My\nmind, heart, and soul have been broadened; and now I am able to look\nupon humanity from a broader point of view. It has certainly given me\na more congenial spirit, and wherein I may have been conceited, I am\nnot now. One very important influence is that I have decided to never\nstop short of the very best possible education. I have been made to\nbelieve that morality is the only standard for ideal Christianity.\n\nA few words of what I am doing and shall do. I shall soon be teaching\nmy motto, \"A high moral standard,\" pure and upright, to benefit the\nlargest possible number in shortest possible time. I shall endeavor by\nGod's assistance to instill in my pupils these true principles of\nright doing and the possibilities brought through education. And as I\nhave been influenced by Emerson Institute and its teachers, I shall\ntry and do likewise to those whom I shall assume authority over.\n\nI think that you will be able to get an idea of how I have been\ninfluenced by Emerson Institute by the narrative which I have given,\nalthough scattering.\n\nI trust that you will pray for my success, and that I may be able to\nstand the _test_. I have endeavored to give veracity in this matter,\nwith no exaggeration. Neither have I spoken in hyperbolical terms, to\nmake the wrong impression. Trusting that this is the question that you\nasked me, properly answered, I am hopeful that your stay with us this\nyear has been crowned with success, and that you may return next year\nwith even greater determination, and that the results may be a\nhundred-fold. Kind wishes to all the teachers. I am,\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nW. L. Jones.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nGRAND VIEW CHURCH.\n\nREV. W. W. DORNAN.\n\n\nThe Grand View Congregational Church is situated on Waldon's Ridge,\noverlooking the pleasant valley of Tennessee. The outlook on the\nsouthern side reaches to the Unaka chain of mountains in North\nCarolina, a distance of about seventy miles. Westward and northward\nrise in the background of the forest the mountains of the Cumberland\nplateau. On the east, the trees shut out everything but the sky.\n\nWe are about 800 feet above the sea-level, giving a most delightful\nand salubrious atmosphere. The moral atmosphere is equally good. The\nnearest place for liquors and their accompanying vices is in the\nvalley beneath.\n\nThe Congregational Church was organized at this place on October 15,\n1885, under the superintendency of the American Missionary\nAssociation. The congregation was composed wholly of people from the\nNorthern States, who had come to the mountains seeking health. These,\nto the number of about twenty-five families, form the neighborhood of\nGrand View. Outside of this place are to be found the people of the\nmountains, scattered across the mountain-top, in a little clearing\nhere and another there. In the midst of the woods, during the summer,\nit is a \"discovery\" to find the log house, the home of the\nmountaineer. The occupation of all is farming. There is no other means\nfor a livelihood.\n\nMany of the church members own their own homes; usually two-story\nframe buildings.\n\nDuring the present pastorate twenty-one have united with the church;\nfourteen by letter, seven by confession. Out of this number we have\nnine who are mountaineers, the first acquisition of the native element\nto the church. We have a small but neat building, seating 150, in\nwhich services are held every Sunday morning and evening. A Christian\nEndeavor Society embraces a large number of the young people for whom\nwe labor.\n\nThis church is in connection with a large and flourishing school. The\nstudents come to us from three States, and thus the influence of the\nAmerican Missionary Association is scattered far and wide. We are the\ncenter of a large but poor class of people who have no means to help\nthemselves. If they are ever to help themselves, they must receive a\nstart from outside. When they do get a chance they usually go ahead.\n\nWe have among our students many teachers of the public schools lifting\nthe tone of the whole mountain. Last year about sixteen of the\nstudents taught school during the vacation, covering a territory from\nRed Belt, Georgia, to Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. Several lawyers,\nformer students, are now practicing at the bar in Tennessee and other\nStates. To our honor one of our graduates is a missionary in China;\nmany have gone forth to usefulness. Many, if not all, of these would\nhave been unable to do anything for themselves but for the benevolence\nof the churches and the planting of the school and church in this\nplace. The ideas with which the Association set out to work are no\nlonger theories, but established facts.\n\nThe success of the Association, I believe, lies, next to God's\nblessing, in the fact that they realized that not only the school is\nneeded to make better men and women, but also the church to fit these\nmen and women for the struggles of life. Both together are needed to\ndo the work.\n\nIn this place, where \"the work which this society is doing touches\nevery fiber of our national life,\" that which produced the sterling\nmanhood of New England in the past days, and made our national life a\npossibility and then a fact, can, in a like manner in the future,\nproduce such men and women on the mountains and in the valleys of the\nSouth.\n\nSuch a work should give hope and courage to every friend of this\nAssociation, and I believe that in the last day it will be a great\nsurprise to many to know how many homes they have helped to brighten,\nand how many lives they have helped to bless, and how many souls they\nhave helped to save.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe Chinese.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nVISITS TO THREE MISSIONS.\n\nBY REV. JEE GAM.\n\n\nThe missions visited were those at Marysville, Oroville, and\nWatsonville. At each place an anniversary was held, at which Dr. Pond\nwished me to make an address. But I felt that I had other duties to do\nbesides this:\n\n1. To see that those brethren who had not been baptized should come to\nbaptism.\n\n2. To urge those scholars who ought to join the Congregational\nAssociation of Christian Chinese to do so at once.\n\n3. To strengthen and stimulate the brethren, not only to stand firm in\ntheir faith, but to press forward to save men through Christ.\n\n4. To urge them to give generously to our work.\n\n5. To preach on the street, that I might lead some one or more to\nJesus.\n\nAt Marysville I lost no time in getting the names of those who had not\nbeen baptized, and who seemed ready for baptism; then the names of\npupils who ought to join the association. Then I enlisted the\nco-operation of the baptized Christians. We just _surrounded_ four of\nour brethren and urged them to give themselves publicly and wholly to\nChrist. They objected that they would like just to know more, but they\nhad been under instruction between one and two years, and had\nconfessed themselves believers six or more months ago by joining the\nassociation. We thought them well qualified to receive baptism.\nFinally they consented, and then we all shook hands and rejoiced. They\nwere baptized by Dr. Pond the following Sunday evening, when after the\nanniversary we received the Lord's Supper and listened to Dr. Pond's\nsermon on our motto for the year, \"Ye shall be baptized with the Holy\nGhost.\"\n\nThe method of winning the three pupils for the Association was the\nsame only with the added efforts of all present.\n\nThe contribution was generous. At my first mention of this matter they\nall held up their pledge-cards, duly signed, and with the amounts they\nwere able to give written upon them.\n\nOn Sunday afternoon we held a street meeting, which all the brethren\nwho could attended, and all helped.\n\nThe next day (Monday) two Marysville brethren went with us to Oroville\nat their own expense. The weather was intensely hot, but this did not\nprevent a cordial welcome to us, both at the depot and at the Mission.\nAnd here we settled down to work just as we did at Marysville. The\nresult was that three brethren were baptized and one scholar joined\nthe association. The new brother is an educated young man, but was a\ngreat devotee of gambling, at which he has generally lost money. On my\nfirst visit to Oroville, two years ago, I admonished him to quit this\nbad habit and become a Christian. He frankly acknowledged the sin, but\nwas reluctant to cease from it till he could win back what he had\nlost. So I could not persuade him. And when I reached Oroville this\ntime I was made sad at hearing that he was still a gambler, though\nstill a pupil in the school. He came to the Mission house that evening\nat about 10 o'clock, and, after hand-shaking, sat down in a corner of\nthe room. Seeing in this a fine opportunity, I said to the brethren\npresent, \"Let us gather about Jee Loy and win him to Christ to-night.\"\nThere were six of us, myself included. We asked him what objection he\nhad to becoming a Christian. He mentioned many, but we disposed of\nthem all, not, however, without talking for nearly two hours. During\nthe brethren's turns to speak I prayed in my heart many times,\ninvoking God's help on our words, and begging that his heart might be\nopened to the truth and to Christ.\n\nBut he still refused. I then said to him, \"Will you go home and think\nthe matter over very carefully and let us know to-morrow evening?\" He\nsaid that he would. A prayer was offered and he went home. We were\noverjoyed when he came the next evening to tell us that he had decided\nfor Christ and would join the association, which he did at once. We\nwere all filled with thanksgiving.\n\nThree other things made us glad: (1) The addition of three brethren to\nour Bethany Church in Oroville; (2) the steadfastness and boldness of\nour brethren as shown at the street preaching service; and (3) their\ngenerosity. For when I spoke to them about Senator George C. Perkins\nand his allowing them to occupy this building for twenty years without\ncharging a cent of rent, or even our paying the taxes upon it, and\nsuggested that they make him a life member of our California Chinese\nMission, as quick as lightning \"Yes,\" \"Yes!\" was heard all over the\nroom. In a very short time the whole amount of $25 was subscribed; and\nthey intend, with God's help, to make Mrs. Perkins a life member next\nyear.\n\nThe anniversaries at Marysville and Oroville were the best we ever had\nin either place. The Lord's Supper, in each case, was observed at the\nmission after the anniversary service closed, and this was followed by\nDr. Pond's discourse, so that the services did not end till about\n11.30 o'clock.\n\nAt Oroville, even after this, a pleasant social was held, and we tried\nto bring another to Christ, but did not succeed; and finally, the\nnight being so nearly gone, and the morning train for San Francisco\nstarting at 4 o'clock, we did not go to bed at all, but strolled\nthrough Chinatown and enjoyed the cool night air after a hot,\nlaborious day.\n\nAt Watsonville we had similar exercises, and the joy of extending our\nfellowship to Dr. Quon Hun, a highly educated Chinese physician, who\nhad attended our school for several months, and who, after studying\nthe Lord's Prayer all alone, was led into the light of Christ, and\ncomposed a beautiful Chinese poem upon it. He had charge of the\ntablets of one of the Tongs, and had also his own private shrine in\nhis office. But he returned the tablets and destroyed his own idols.\nHe is a man greatly respected, and will be able to do a great work for\nChrist, though doubtless he will encounter much odium and\npersecution.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBureau of Woman's Work.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE ASSOCIATION JUBILEE.\n\nBY SEC. D. E. EMERSON.\n\n\nNot long after emancipation a freed-woman, about 50 years old, who was\nlearning to read, came to the word \"unbound\" in her lesson, and\nexclaimed, rapturously, \"How good, to feel unbound!\"\n\nIf the American Missionary Association, its work, principles, and all\nthat it represents, could be expressed in one word, that word would be\n_emancipation_--deliverance from bondage, deliverance from caste\nprejudice, from ignorance, superstition, and darkness. Its mission is\nto preach the gospel to the poor, to loose the chains of the bound, to\nproclaim \"The truth shall make you free.\"\n\nIt was a little company of earnest men and women that gathered in\nAlbany, N. Y., in September, 1846, to form this organization. Its\nearly history was not only of works, but of \"witness,\" fearless and\nundaunted. It had a God-given mission, and this conviction sustained\nits brave adherents during those years of severe trial and testing.\nYet all was not discouragement. Every year brought added strength in\nnumbers and in funds. Every year showed more plainly that the hand of\nthe Lord was in this movement.\n\nSo it worked for fifteen years, gaining varied experience in\nindustrial, educational, evangelistic, and church work, in methods of\nadministration, in wise use of funds. At the close of this period it\nwas conducting prosperous missions at thirty-seven stations in its\nforeign field, and in the home field it had under its care 120\nchurches. Then came the rebellion and war, and the unmistakable call\nof Providence to the rapid development of missions southward.\nImmediately the Association, now encouraged and supported by all the\nchurches, moved in the wake of the Union army, beginning in 1861 to\nwork for the contrabands at Fortress Monroe, where 1,800 colored\npeople had sought the protection of the American flag. All its\nvarieties of experience and resources were called into action. It\nbecame a philanthropic society to feed and clothe the suffering, a\nBible society to distribute the word of God. It became an industrial\nsociety to help people to homes and teach practical farming, trades,\nand housewifery. It established social settlements, with groups of\nmissionary teachers living in one household among the degraded and\ndespised people, to whom they ministered; an educational society with\nits system of schools; a church society, seeking always the salvation\nof souls and gathering of converts into churches.\n\nNow it was that the wisdom, the heroism, the unfaltering faith of this\nAssociation, strengthened by fifteen years of valorous adherence to\nthe gospel principles of emancipation, prepared it to launch out upon\nits great mission. The demands were almost overwhelming in extent and\nvariety.\n\nFirst, Fortress Monroe, then Norfolk and all eastern Virginia, Newport\nNews, and Port Royal; then the Carolinas, Mississippi, and Tennessee.\nSo closely did the missions follow the victorious armies that by the\ntime the war-storm had fully cleared away, the American Missionary\nAssociation had 320 missionaries preaching and teaching the gospel to\nthe freedmen, with 16,000 pupils in its schools. No wonder that it was\nsaid, \"Behold how God has fitted this Association for this vast and\nmighty work.\"\n\nThe development of this marvelous work has many thrilling chapters\namong the forty-nine that have been already written. They tell the\nstory briefly of the devoted men and women who have been carrying on\nthe blessed work of emancipation. They show how not less than 3,000\nwomen have given of their best talent and strength to this Christ-like\nservice. They speak of the perils by shotgun and by fire; of\nimprisonment, ostracism, and scorn; of persecution, that it was\nbelieved the progress of the age had made impossible in these later\ndays, but which the State of Florida has been able to revive. But\nthese chapters tell also how the truth has been setting many free,\nblacks and whites alike, bringing them into a truer conception of\nGod's fatherhood, man's brotherhood through sonship by Jesus Christ.\n\nThe American Missionary Association finds its highest testimonial in\nthe work itself, in its system of Christian schools, including graded\nprimaries, academies, normal and industrial schools, in its colleges\nin each of five states, and in its advancing church work. Nay, its\nbest testimonial is in the product from these schools and churches,\nthe teachers and preachers, lawyers and doctors, the good farmers and\nmechanics, the upright mothers and fathers, the sweet though humble\nhomes, the conscientious Christian citizens, in whose influence and\nleadership lies the hope of the African race. It finds its testimonial\nin the loyalty and devotion of its missionaries, their self-denial for\nthe cause they love. It has seen a gifted woman from a home of comfort\ngoing year by year for twenty years to this work of emancipation for\nthe \"bound\" in Georgia and Tennessee, among a despised people, and,\nwhen called from earth and earth's opportunities, leaving a liberal\nsum to continue the work of Christian education. It has seen many\nanother consecrated missionary take from the savings of a lifetime, to\nenable the Association to light one more lamp for the dark places of\nthe South, and not a few turn back three-fourths of their small\nsalaries to help in sustaining the work. The liberality of the\nmissionaries testifies not only to the genuineness of the work, but to\nthe importance of the field and its irresistible appeal.\n\nWith such a history the American Missionary Association stands before\nthe churches in this, its fiftieth, year. God has graciously widened\nthe fields before it. The 4,000,000 of freed slaves are a race of\n8,000,000 in our midst. \"Never since the apostolic age has there been\nopen to the church a field so vast, so urgent, so hopeful.\"\n\nGod has graciously widened the mission fields of the Association; the\nmountain regions of the South have been opened, and the gospel,\ncarried with such personal risk fifty years ago, reaching only here\nand there a few, may be carried freely to the 2,000,000 of our\nmountain countrymen mentally and spiritually bound. God has graciously\nwidened the fields. The Indian missions present their claim, for\nwherever a pagan Indian tribe remains there may the gospel be carried\nquickly and without personal harm. The providential call has been\nheard also, and answered by this Association, for the Chinese within\nour borders and the Eskimo on the Alaskan coast. The work of this\nAssociation may well be the glory of the churches. God has done His\npart. He has opened the fields, He has richly blessed every effort\ntoward enlightenment and Christian civilization. The missionaries have\ndone their part in prayer, in labor, in gifts, in voicing the earnest\nappeal of these poor, whose greatest need is Christian education and a\npure gospel.\n\nNow, the Association has come to its fiftieth year, the fiftieth\nchapter in its serial history. Standing always for emancipation, it is\nitself enthralled in the toils of a terrible debt. It trusted the\nchurches; it believed that the action of the churches in separating\ntheir Indian work from the government, relinquishing $22,000, would be\nfollowed by $22,000 additional gifts from the people of God, that the\nIndian missions should not suffer loss. It believed that the growing\nclaim of the Southern mountain work and the claim of this great\nAfrican race in our midst would not be disregarded. It still believes\nin the churches. There has been only a temporary withholding. In the\nsisterhood of missionary societies, two have been freed from debt. Now\nby one grand concentration of gifts to the Jubilee Fund of the\nAmerican Missionary Association, shall it not be enabled to celebrate\na remarkable record, a marvelous work, a divine call to present\nwidening fields of usefulness and a jubilee of financial freedom that\nby the grace of God shall last? May we not then confidently look for\nthe opening of the windows of heaven, and the outpouring of such a\nblessing on home churches and mission fields as shall summon the\nattention of an indifferent and unbelieving world to the certain and\nrapid progress of the kingdom of God?\n\nJubilee Year Fund, Additional Shares.\n\n  EMELINE J. KELLOGG, Manchester, Vt.\n  ANDRUS MARCH, Charlton City, Mass.\n  CAROLINE CROWELL, Haverhill, Mass.\n  CHRISTIAN UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Upper Montclair, N. J.\n  Mrs. S. M. COWLES, Kensington, Conn.\n  Mrs. M. A. BACHELOR, Whitinsville, Mass.\n  Mrs. C. A. RANSOM, Wellesley, Mass.\n  CENTRAL UNION SOUTH CHURCH, Concord, N. H.\n  TWO FRIENDS, Wellesley, Mass., two shares.\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY, River Falls, Wis.\n  FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Great Barrington, Mass.\n  Rev. JAMES W. BIXLER, Trustee, New London, Conn.\n  FRANK L. ANDREWS, Fall River, Mass.\n  Mrs. R. S. CURTIS, Hampden, Me.\n  SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Manchester, Conn.\n  PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL, Worcester, Mass.\n  TABITHA L. CUSHMAN, East Los Angeles, Cal.\n  CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL, Greenville, N. H.\n  \"DEBTOR TO THE A. M. A.,\" Auburndale, Mass.\n  Mrs. ELLEN M. WELLMAN, Malden, Mass.\n  W. H. M. A., AUXILIARY OF CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMAGE, Plymouth, Mass.\n  CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Yankton, S. D.\n  WALNUT HILLS WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Cincinnati, O.\n  JOHN M. WILLIAMS, Evanston, Ill.\n  PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Lawrence, Kan.\n  Mr. and Mrs. GAYLORD THOMSON, Medina, O.\n  CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Granby, Mass.\n  Mrs. LOTA B. WHITE WALES, in memory of Rev. O. H. WHITE, D.D.,\n    Dorchester, Mass.\n  A FRIEND, New Britain, Conn.\n  FRIENDS, Milford, N. H., two shares.\n  LADIES IN SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, West Winsted, Conn.\n  Miss ANNA E. FARRINGTON, through WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION\n    OF NORTH CAROLINA, Oaks, N. C.\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Hancock, Mich.\n  A FRIEND, Concord, N. H., two shares.\n  Mrs. S. A. PRATT, Worcester, Mass.\n  EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Westboro, Mass.\n  CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Oakham, Mass.\n  TWO FRIENDS, Park Street Congregational Church, Boston, Mass.\n  INDIVIDUALS IN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Cumberland Centre, Me.\n  BELLE OLINGER, Williamsburg, Ky.\n  Mrs. W. H. CATLIN, Meriden, Conn.\n  WOMAN'S ASSOCIATION, First Church, Detroit, Mich.\n  RESIDENTS, Cumberland Gap, Tenn.\n\n                         Previously reported,                 238\n                         Subscriptions reported above,         46\n                                                           ------\n                         Total number of shares reported,     284\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1896.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n_THE DANIEL HAND FUND_\n\n_For the Education of Colored People._\n\n  Income for July                   $7,920.00\n  Previously acknowledged           47,663.09\n                                  -----------\n                                   $55,583.09\n                                  ===========\n\n\nCURRENT RECEIPTS\n\n\nMAINE, $371.59\n\n  Albany. J. E. Bird                                               $4.00\n  Auburn. Mission Band High St. Ch., _for Talladega C._             2.50\n  Calais. First Cong. Soc.                                         20.00\n  Centre Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               12.60\n  East Madison. \"A Friend\"                                          4.00\n  Gardiner. First Cong. Ch.                                        28.14\n  Hampden. Mrs. R. S. Curtis, _for Share Jubilee Fund_             50.00\n  North Bridgton. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                                   4.25\n  Rockland. Cong. Ch.                                              42.57\n  South Freeport. Miss Fannie E. Soule, _for Moorhead, Miss._      10.00\n  Wells. B. Maxwell, _for Share Jubilee Fund_                      50.00\n\n  Maine Woman's Aid to A. M. A., by Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury, Treas.:\n      Biddeford. Second Ch. Ladies' Miss'y Aux.       45.25\n      Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E.      6.28\n      Harpswell Center.                               10.00\n      Minot Center. Bal. to const. MRS. OLIVE D.\n        SHAW L. M.                                    23.00\n      Pownal.                                          5.00\n      Skowhegan.                                      21.00\n      Somerset. Conference Coll.                       3.00\n      Troy.                                            7.00\n      Turner.                                         17.00\n      Winthrop.                                        5.00\n      Woodfords. S. S. Primary Dept.                   1.00\n                                                     ------       143.53\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE, $857.10.\n\n  Alsted. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                5.70\n  Boscawen. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Allen (1 of which _for debt_)        3.00\n  Candia. Cong. Ch.                                                15.79\n  Concord. South Cong. Ch.                                         63.18\n  Derry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                  27.63\n  Dover. First Cong. Ch.                                          100.00\n  Greenville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_        50.00\n  Hanover. Mary A. Fletcher, _for Hospital, Fort Yates, N. D._     10.00\n  Haverhill. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Box C. and Bedding, Val.\n    22.45, _for Savannah, Ga._\n  Laconia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                      20.00\n  Lyndeboro. Cong. Ch.                                             11.00\n  Manchester. Class of Young Girls, Sab. Sch. of Franklin\n    St. Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_                        50.00\n  Plainfield. Mrs. S. R. Baker                                     10.00\n  Rindge. Cong. Ch.                                                15.00\n  Swanzey. Y. P. S. C. E., 8 _for Fort Berthold, N. D._;\n    5 _for Fort Independence, N. D._                               13.00\n  Walpole. Cong. Ch.                                               28.63\n  ----. \"A Friend,\" for a Life Membership                          30.00\n\n  New Hampshire Female Cent. Inst. and Home Missionary Union,\n    by Miss Annie A. McFarland, Treas.:\n      Boscawen. Cent. Union, _for Salary,\n        Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                        8.67\n      Concord. Cent. Union, First Ch.,\n        _for Share Jubilee Fund_                    50.00\n      Concord. \"A Friend,\" First Ch.,\n        _for Share Jubilee Fund_                    50.00\n      Concord. Cent. Union, South Ch.,\n        _for Share Jubilee Fund_                    50.00\n      Derry. Cent. Union, First Cong. Ch.,\n        _for Salary_                                25.00\n      Epsom. Cent. Society                           4.00\n      Hebron and Groton. Homeland Circle\n        (3.78 of which _for debt_)                   7.57\n      Keene. Sab. Sch. Prim. Dept., Second Ch.       5.00\n      Manchester. L. H. M. Soc. of Franklin\n        St. Ch.                                     68.00\n      Tamworth. Mrs. Mary K. Gannet,\n        _for Two Shares Jubilee Fund_              100.00\n                                                  -------         368.24\n                                                                 -------\n                                                                 $821.17\n\n  ESTATE.\n\n  New Ipswich. Estate of Dea. Leavit Lincoln, by Trustees          35.93\n                                                                 -------\n                                                                 $857.10\n\n\nVERMONT, $626.39.\n\n  Barnet. Y. P. S. C. E., by R. L. Laughlin, Cor. Sec.             $2.50\n  Bradford. Cong. Ch.                                              13.10\n  Burlington. College St. Cong. Ch.                                84.33\n  Burlington. Sab. Sch., College St. Ch.,\n    _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._                            20.00\n  Granby. \"A Friend\"                                               15.00\n  Manchester. Miss Emeline J. Kellogg,\n    _for Share Jubilee Fund_                                       50.00\n  Newbury. Bbl. for Christmas, Freight 2.46,\n    _for King's Mountain, N. C._                                    2.46\n  North Bennington. Cong. Ch., adl.                                 1.50\n  Queechee. Cong. Ch., adl.                                        11.80\n  Randolph. First Cong. Ch.                                         9.15\n  Rochester. Cong. Ch.                                             13.92\n  Saint Albans. Cong. Ch.                                          35.00\n  Saint Johnsbury. \"In Memoriam, Z.W.\" _for Share\n    Jubilee Fund_, 50; \"B.,\" 25; \"H.,\" 25                         100.00\n  Townshend. Miss E. Ballard                                        5.00\n  Wallingford. \"A Friend\"                                           1.00\n  West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.                                      32.97\n  Westford. Y. P. S. C. E., by Luna M. Osgood, Cor. Sec.            2.50\n  West Hartford. Mrs. E. M. Copeland, _Jubilee Offering_            1.00\n  West Randolph. Mrs. Sidney Howard                                 6.00\n  Windsor. Old South Cong. Ch.                                      4.75\n  Woodstock. Cong. Soc.                                            25.53\n                                                                 -------\n                                                                 $437.51\n\n  ESTATE.\n\n  Charlotte. Estate of Lydia Ann Hicks                            100.00\n  Swanton. Estate of C. C. Long, by D. G. Furman, Executor         88.88\n                                                                 -------\n                                                                 $626.39\n\n\nMASSACHUSETTS, $4,016.10\n\n  Abington. First Cong. Ch.                                        $7.60\n  Andover. Abbot Academy, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ and\n    to const. MISS LAURA S. WATSON, Principal, L. M.               50.00\n  Andover. Sab. Sch., South Cong. Ch., _for Student\n    Aid, Fisk U._                                                  50.00\n  Ashby. Ortho. Ch.                                                10.61\n  Auburndale. \"One who is a Debtor to the A. M. A.,\"\n    _for Share Jubilee Fund_                                       50.00\n  Beverly. Dane St. Cong. Ch.                                      87.92\n  Beverly. Mrs. Ann V. Bailey, _for Share Jubilee Fund_            50.00\n  Blandford. First Cong. Ch.                                       18.00\n  Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch.                                     88.96\n  Boston--Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch.                  108.41\n    Dorchester. Pilgrim Ch., adl.                         1.00\n    Roxbury. H. M. Soc. Walnut Av. Ch., Mrs. Esther G.\n      Thomas, _Jubilee Offering_                          5.00\n                                                        ------    114.41\n  Cambridge. North Av. Cong. Ch.                                  161.73\n  Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.                                 28.16\n  Campello. South Cong. Ch.                                        50.00\n  Charlton City. Andrus March, _for Share Jubilee Fund_            50.00\n  Concord. Cong. Ch., adl.                                           .50\n  Cummington. Cong. Ch.                                            20.00\n  Curtisville. Cong. Ch., 17; Mite Boxes Sab. Sch.,\n    Cong. Ch., 18.88, _for McIntosh, Ga._                          35.88\n  Dalton. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E.                                25.00\n  Douglas. First Cong. Ch.                                         10.00\n  Easthampton. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.                                   27.41\n  Enfield. Cong. Ch.                                               25.00\n  Fall River. Frank L. Andrews, _for Share Jubilee Fund_           50.00\n  Fall River. Central Cong. Ch., Ladies' Benef.\n    Soc. and Y. L. Aux., _for Share Jubilee Fund_                  50.00\n  Foxboro. \"M. N. P.,\" 30 of which to const. MRS.\n    ESTHER N. CADWELL L. M.                                        50.00\n  Gardner. W. B. M. Aux., by Mrs. E. A. Rolfe                      50.00\n  Gloucester. Trinity Cong. Ch.                                    40.00\n  Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch., 30, to const.\n    REV. LEON D. BLISS L. M; First Cong. Ch., Sunday\n    Sch. Class and Other Friends, 30, to const. MRS.\n    EMILY A. VAN LENNEP L. M. (50 of which _for Share\n    Jubilee Fund_)                                                 60.00\n  Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 41.24; Mrs. Dwight\n    R. Tyler, 12.00                                                53.24\n  Greenfield. First Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., _for\n    Alaska M._                                                      5.06\n  Haverhill. Mrs. Caroline Crowell, _for Share Jubilee Fund_       50.00\n  Holliston. First Cong. Ch.                                       49.05\n  Holliston. S. S. Class of Boys, _for Student Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                                   2.00\n  Huntington. Rev. Edward C. Haynes                                 1.56\n  Hyde Park. \"Friends,\" _for Student Aid, Talladega C._            10.00\n  Lenox. Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, 50; Mrs. Geo.\n    Westinghouse, 50; George Higginson, 50, _for\n    Life Membership_ and _for 3 Shares Jubilee Fund_              150.00\n  Littleton. Ladies' Sewing Circle                                 14.00\n  Lowell. Eliot Ch., W. H. M. A., Box Sch. Supplies\n    _for Tougaloo U._\n  Lynn. Chestnut St. Cong. Ch.                                      2.15\n  Lyonsville. \"A Friend of Missions\"                                5.00\n  Malden. Mrs. Ellen M. Wellman (50 of which _for\n    Share Jubilee Fund_)                                          100.00\n  Middleboro. Thomas P. Carleton, _for Gospels,\n    for Colored Children_                                           1.50\n  Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Theo. Student Aid,\n    Howard U._                                                     25.00\n  Millers Falls. First Cong. Ch.                                    2.50\n  Mittineague. Southworth Co., Box of Paper _for\n    Talladega C._\n  Newburyport. First Cong. Ch.                                     17.31\n  Newton. Eliot Ch.                                               100.00\n  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch.                                   85.66\n  Northampton. \"Friends,\" 15; Miss M. F. Andrews, 10,\n    _for Theo. Student Aid, Howard U._                             25.00\n  North Amherst. North Cong. Ch., Martha E. Harrington,\n    20; Frank W. Harrington, 5                                     25.00\n  North Andover. Cong. Ch.                                         50.00\n  North Andover. Mrs. Wm. A. Russell, _for Theo.\n    Student Aid, Harvard U._                                       25.00\n  North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       25.52\n  North Wilbraham. Grace Union Ch.                                 18.10\n  Oxford. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. MISS MABEL E.\n    TYLER and MISS LUCY J. KING L. M.'s                            40.00\n  Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., _for Theo. Student Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                                  67.68\n  Princeton. First Cong. Ch.                                       70.00\n  Richmond. King's Daughters, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           15.00\n  Sheffield. Cong. Ch.                                             12.00\n  Springfield. Edward O. Sutton, 40; Faith Ch., by\n     W. I. Morse, Treas., 12                                       52.00\n  Sunderland. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.                                  25.00\n  Taunton. West Cong. Soc.                                          4.11\n  Wakefield. Cong. Ch.                                             21.78\n  Wareham. \"Two Friends\"                                           15.00\n  Wellesley. \"Two Friends,\" _for Two Shares Jubilee Fund_         100.00\n  Wellesley. Mrs. C. A. Ransom, _for Share Jubilee Fund_           50.00\n  Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.                                       38.00\n  Whitinsville. Mrs. M. A Bachelor, _for Share Jubilee Fund_       50.00\n  Williamsburg. Cong. Ch.                                          10.00\n  Winchester. First Cong. Ch.                                      10.00\n  West Yarmouth. Cong. Ch.                                          7.00\n  Worcester. Central Ch., 125; Union Ch., 67.70;\n    Piedmont Ch. (quarterly), 30                                  222.70\n  Worcester. Sab. Sch., Plymouth Cong. Ch.\n    _for Share Jubilee Fund_                                       87.83\n  Worcester. Park Cong. Ch., _for Theo. Student Aid,\n    Howard U._                                                      5.00\n  Worcester. \"A Friend.\" by N. Scammon                             10.00\n  Worcester. \"A Friend in Mass.\"                                   35.00\n  Woman's Home Missionary Association of Mass. and R. I.,\n    Miss Annie C. Bridgman, Treas:\n      Auburndale Aux.                          25.00\n      Plymouth Aux., _for Share Jubilee Fund_  50.00\n                                              ------               75.00\n                                                               ---------\n                                                               $3,253.23\n\n  ESTATES.\n    Boston. Estate of Lucinda J. Hartshorn                        747.87\n    Boston. Estate of Elizabeth C. Parkhurst                       15.00\n                                                               ---------\n                                                               $4,016.10\n\n\nRHODE ISLAND, $120.49.\n\n  Newport. United Con. Ch. (quarterly)                            $13.53\n  Pawtucket. Pawtucket Cong. Ch.                                   90.00\n  Providence. N. W. Williams, 15; Y. P. S. C. E.\n    of North Cong. Ch., 1.96                                       16.96\n\n\nCONNECTICUT, $2,297.56.\n\n  Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E.                  $10.00\n  Bristol. Mrs. S. P. Newell and Mrs. Harry W. Barnes,\n    _for Share Jubilee Fund_                                       50.00\n  Clinton. L. L. Hull                                              10.00\n  Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    100.00\n  Danielson. Mrs. H. N. Clemons                                     1.00\n  East Canaan. Cong. Ch.                                            5.61\n  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                           200.00\n  Farmington. \"A Friend,\" _for Indian M._                          50.00\n  Glastonbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 25, _for\n    Student Aid, Tougaloo U._, and 25 _for Student\n    Aid, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                                     50.00\n  Guilford. Miss Clara I. Sage, _for Two Shares Jubilee Fund_     100.00\n  Hartford. Wethersfield Av. Cong. Ch.                             10.00\n  Kensington. Mrs. S. M. Cowles, _for Share Jubilee Fund_          50.00\n  Kensington. Cong. Ch., Coll. at Rally Meeting                     6.30\n  Killingworth. Cong. Ch.                                           6.00\n  Lisbon. The Sunbeam Mission Circle, _for Student Aid,\n    A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._                                    6.00\n  Manchester. Second Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_           57.05\n  Manchester. Miss M. H. Hilliard, _for Share Jubilee Fund_        50.00\n  Middletown. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. Useful Articles;\n    Cash, 2; _for Talladega C._                                     2.00\n  Milford. Plymouth Ch., 20.28; First Cong. Ch., 14.02             34.30\n  Morris. Cong. Soc.                                                9.20\n  New Britain. First Ch. of Christ                                125.00\n  New Britain. Union Service, by Rev. J. W. Cooper, D.D.,\n    _for Share Jubilee Fund_                                       50.68\n  New Haven. Mrs. James H. Foy, 25; F. R. Bliss, 5,\n    _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._                                30.00\n  New London. Rev. James W. Bixler, _for Share Jubilee Fund_       50.00\n  New London. First Ch. of Christ                                  45.44\n  New Milford. Grace H. Turrill                                     5.00\n  Northfield. Cong. Ch., 18.26; C. E. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 1.08      19.34\n  North Greenwich. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00\n  Old Lyme. Cong. Ch.                                               6.22\n  Plainfield. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch.                                  9.67\n  Plainville. \"Church Member,\" _for Share Jubilee Fund_            50.00\n  Plymouth. Cong. Ch.                                              10.00\n  Prospect. B. B. Brown, _for Share Jubilee Fund_                  50.00\n  Putnam. Edgar Clark                                                .50\n  Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch.                                      17.24\n  Rockville. G. L. Grant                                            2.00\n  Salisbury. Cong. Ch.                                             60.40\n  Shelton. Cong. Ch.                                               24.18\n  Southington. Cong. Ch.                                           17.41\n  Stony Creek. Ch. of Christ, _Jubilee Offering_                   12.00\n  Torrington. Third Cong. Ch.                                      80.78\n  Wapping. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch.                                    11.49\n  Waterbury. Mrs. Ruth W. Carter, deceased, Trust Fund,\n    by Samuel Holmes, _for Douglass Hall, Cappahosic, Va._        500.00\n  Woodbury. First Cong. Ch.                                         6.00\n  Woodstock. First Cong. Ch.                                       16.41\n  West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 98.41;\n    Rev. H. A. Russell, 5.                                        103.41\n  Weston. Norfield Y. P. S. C. E., by Anna E. Fitch,\n    Cor. Sec.                                                       5.00\n\n  Woman's Congregational Home Missionary Union of\n    Connecticut, Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, Treas.:\n      Bridgeport. No. Ch. Aux.\n        _for Grand View, Tenn._                 1.43\n      Cromwell, Ladies of Cong. Ch.,\n        _for Thomasville Sch._                 13.50\n      Hartford, Friend in Asylum Hill Ch.,\n        _for Fort Berthold, N. D._              2.00\n      Kensington, Aux., _for Share Jubilee\n        Fund_ and to const. MRS. S. A.\n        HART L. M.                             50.00\n      Richville. Union Ch., Jr. C. E. Soc.,\n        _for Grand View, Tenn._                10.00\n                                             -------               76.93\n                                                              ----------\n                                                               $2,197.56\n\n  ESTATE.\n\n  Clinton. Estate of Harvey Stevens, by R. R.\n    Stannard, Trustee                                             100.00\n                                                              ----------\n                                                               $2,297.56\n\n\nNEW YORK, $3,082.77.\n\n  Angola. Cong. Ch., 10; Y. P. S. C. E., 2                        $12.00\n  Angola. Miss A. H. Ames                                           5.00\n  Binghamton. First Cong. Ch., Bible Sch.,\n    _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                                     25.00\n  Brooklyn. Mrs. Julia E. Brick, _for The\n    Joseph K. Brick Normal and Agricultural School,\n    Enfield, N. C._                                             2,000.00\n  Brooklyn. Lewis Av. Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. Miss'y\n    Soc., _for Salary of Teacher, Indian M._, 75;\n    Sab. Sch., Central Cong. Ch., _for Indian M.,\n    Santee, Neb._, 37.50; Rev. J. M. Whiton, Ph.D.,\n    _for Whiton Prizes, Talladega C._, 15; Bushwick\n    Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 5               132.50\n  Cold Brook. Mrs. A. J. Burt, _for Gloucester Sch.\n    Cappahosic, Va._                                                2.00\n  Crown Point. First Cong. Ch.                                     12.00\n  Danby. Cong Ch.                                                   5.00\n  East Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc                               25.00\n  Elbridge. First Presb. Ch                                         5.80\n  New York. W. E. Dodge, Educational Fund, _for\n   Theo. Dept., Talladega C._                                     100.00\n  New York. Miss D. E. Emerson, _for repairs,\n    Moorehead, Miss._                                              20.00\n  New York. (Tremont) Trinity Cong. Ch.                            10.00\n  Northfield. Y. P. S. C. E., by W. S. Webb                         9.96\n  Pattersonville. Mrs. Freeman Milmine, _for Talladega C._          5.00\n  Perry Centre. \"In Memoriam Martha B. Sheldon,\"\n    by Milton A. Barber, _for Debt_                                75.00\n  Phoenix. L. J. Carrier, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._            3.00\n  Rushville. Rev. F. T. Hoover, Bbl. Potatoes, _for\n    Greenwood, S. C._\n  Saratoga Springs. Mrs. E. B. Ripley, _for Share Jubilee Fund_    50.00\n  Sherburne. Miss Fannie Rexford, _for Talladega C._               10.00\n  Sherburne. Mrs. J. C. Harrington                                  5.00\n  Syracuse. Geddes Cong. Ch.                                       13.26\n  Utica. Plymouth Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Central\n    Ch., New Orleans, La._                                          5.00\n  Westmoreland. Miss S. A. Dann                                     2.00\n  West Winfield. \"G. W.\"                                           10.00\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of New York, by\n    Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, Treas.:\n      Brooklyn. Tompkins Av. Ch., S. S. Class\n        C, _for Student Aid, Lincoln Acad._     3.50\n      Carthage. W. M. S.                        5.00\n      Clifton Springs. \"Mrs. A. G. W.,\"\n        _for Jubilee Fund_                      8.00\n      Morrisville. C. E., _for Central\n        Ch., New Orleans, La._                  5.00\n      Rutland. Aux.                             8.75\n      Syracuse. Danforth Ch., L. U.,\n        _for Student Aid, Fisk U._             10.00\n                                             -------               40.25\n                                                              ----------\n                                                               $2,582.77\n\n  ESTATE.\n\n  Amsterdam. Estate of David Cady: T. H. Benton\n    Crane, Executor                                               500.00\n                                                              ----------\n                                                               $3,082.77\n\n\nNEW JERSEY, $343.92.\n\n  Chester. J. H. Cramer                                           $30.00\n  East Orange, First Cong. Ch., Y. P S. C. E.,\n    _for Grand View, Tenn._                                        25.00\n  Hoboken. John E. Merrill, _Jubilee Offering_                     10.00\n  Lyons Farms. Sab. Sch. Presb. Ch.                                22.92\n  Orange. The Armstrong Club, _for Gloucester\n    Sch., Cappahosic, Va._                                          5.00\n  Newark. First Cong. Ch., Jun. Y. P. S. C. E.,\n    _for Indian M._                                                 5.75\n  Plainfield. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton to const.\n    MIRIAM F. CHOATE L. M.                                         30.00\n  Woodbridge. First Cong. Ch.                                      19.31\n  Upper Montclair. Christian Union Cong. Ch.\n    (50.00 of which _for Share Jubilee Fund_)                     150.00\n  Vineland. Jun. C. E. Soc., First Bapt. Ch.,\n    _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                                 4.00\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of the N. J.\n    Association, by Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas.:\n\n      Plainfield. Cong. Ch., W. H. M. S.,\n        _for Salary_                           25.00\n                                            --------               25.00\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA, $75.00\n\n  Germantown. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,\n    _for Share Jubilee Fund_                                       50.00\n  Philadelphia. W. Graham Tyler                                    25.00\n\n\nOHIO, $550.80.\n\n  Akron. First Cong. Ch., adl.                                     60.00\n  Ashtabula. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morris, _Jubilee Offering_          2.00\n  Atwater. \"A Friend\"                                             100.00\n  Bellevue. S. W. Boise, 10; First Cong. Ch., 4                    14.00\n  Cleveland. Bethlehem Cong. Ch., 38.60; Euclid Ave.\n    Cong. Ch., 25.00; C. E. Soc., East Madison Ave.\n    Cong. Ch., 5.00                                                68.60\n  Cleveland. Hough Ave. Cong. Ch., \"A Friend,\"\n    _for Mountain Work_                                             1.00\n  Columbus. Rev. B. Talbot, _for Debt_                              1.00\n  Cuyahoga Falls. First Cong. Ch.                                  18.65\n  Dover. Mrs. R. Hall                                               5.00\n  Hudson. Cong. Ch.                                                10.00\n  Lodi. Cong. Ch.                                                   7.17\n  North Bloomfield. Dea. and Mrs. J. M. Knapp,\n    _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._                                 5.00\n  Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., 39.93; Mrs. Hannah\n    S. Lewis, 5.00                                                 44.93\n  Oberlin. Mrs. M. A. Keep, _for Share Jubilee Fund_ in part       25.00\n  Painesville. Class of Girls, Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.,\n    _for Macon, Ga._                                                3.20\n  Rootstown. W. J. Dickinson                                       20.00\n  Senecaville. Rev. Evans Thompson                                  1.00\n  Tallmadge. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.                                   24.08\n  Thorndyke. Adelaide E. Whetmore                                   2.00\n  Windham. First Cong. Ch.                                          4.30\n\n  Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Geo.\n    B. Brown, Treas.:\n\n      Austinburg. W. M. S., _for Salaries_     15.00\n      Chardon. Y. P. S. C. E., _for\n        Salary_                                 3.00\n      Cincinnati. Walnut Hills, W. H. M. S.,\n        _for Share Jubilee Fund_               50.00\n      Cleveland. First, W. H. M. S.,\n        _Jubilee Offering_                      5.00\n      Cleveland. Pilgrim J. C. E., 6\n        _for Salaries_; 3.20, _for Student\n        Aid, Dorchester Acad._                  9.20\n      Dayton. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Salary_      3.00\n      North Fairfield. W. M. S., 2.50;\n        S. S., 1, _for Salaries_                3.50\n      Oberlin. First, L. A. S., _for\n        Salary_                                10.00\n      Ravenna. F. & H. M. S.,\n        _for Salary_                           10.17\n      Springfield. First, Y. P. S. C. E.,\n        _for Salary_                            5.00\n      Wauseon. C. W. A., _Jubilee Offering_    15.00\n      Zanesville. W. M. S., _for Salary_        5.00\n                                             -------              133.87\n\n\nINDIANA, $20.50.\n\n  Fort Wayne. Plymouth Cong. Ch., _for Freedmen and Indian M._    $20.50\n\n\nILLINOIS, $616.01.\n\n  Aurora. New England Cong. Ch.                                    $4.01\n  Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote                                       5.00\n  Canton. Cong. Ch.                                                27.63\n  Clifton. Cong. Ch.                                                1.90\n  Elburn. Cong. Ch.                                                20.00\n  Elgin. Mrs. M. C. Town, _for Share Jubilee Fund_                 50.00\n  Evanston. Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_                    50.00\n  Galesburg. Central Cong. Ch., Mrs. Martha A.\n    Hitchcock, in part _for Share Jubilee Fund_                    25.00\n  Glencoe. Cong. Ch. of Christ, 67.91; Sab. Sch. Cong.\n    Ch. of Christ, 25.71                                           93.62\n  Glen Ellyn. First Cong. Ch.                                       6.20\n  Hinsdale. Cong. Ch.                                              12.95\n  LaGrange. Cong. Ch.                                              14.82\n  Mazon. Cong. Ch.                                                  6.71\n  Moline. Cong. Ch.                                                45.00\n  Normal. First Cong. Ch.                                           6.50\n  Oak Park. Second Cong. Ch.                                       30.84\n  Oneida. Cong. C. E. Soc.                                          2.50\n  Paxton. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                        5.00\n  Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens                                        2.50\n  Princeton. Cong. Ch.                                             17.98\n  Rio. Sab. Sch., Second Cong. Ch.                                  2.15\n  Rockford. Sab. Sch., Second Cong. Ch.                            15.00\n  Sannemin. Mrs. M. E. Knowlton                                     1.00\n  Stark. Missionary Soc., by Mrs. Wm. Kleffer, Treas.               4.00\n  Sterling. Mrs. Catharine McKinney                                10.00\n  Toulon. Miss Addie M. Smith, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._      4.00\n  ----. Cash                                                         .50\n\n  Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. L. A.\n    Field, Treas.:\n      Chicago. New England, W. M. S.           31.70\n      Chicago. Lincoln Park, W. M. S.           5.00\n      Lockport. W. M. S.                        4.25\n      Peoria. Plymouth, Jr., C. E.               .30\n      Rockford. First, W. M. S.                 4.95\n      Saint Charles. W. M. S.                   5.00\n                                             -------               51.20\n                                                                --------\n                                                                 $516.01\n\n  ESTATE.\n\n  Freeport. Estate of L. A. Warner, by A. C. Warner, Executor     100.00\n                                                                --------\n                                                                 $616.01\n\n\nMICHIGAN, $78.44.\n\n  Benzonia. First Cong. Ch.                                         9.00\n  Hancock. First Cong. Ch.                                         39.98\n  Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., _for\n    Student Aid, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                              6.85\n  Olivet. Olivet Benev. Soc., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._       3.00\n  Saint Joseph. First Cong. Ch.                                     5.61\n  Vicksburg. Rev. J. and Mrs. L. A. Van Antwerp                     2.00\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of Michigan, by Mrs. E. F.\n    Grabill, Treas.:\n      Detroit. First Ch., Primary Dept.,\n        _for Chapel Building, Chinese M._       2.00\n      Litchfield. L. M. S., _for Salary_       10.00\n                                             -------               12.00\n\n\nIOWA, $249.34.\n\n  Alden. Cong. Ch.                                                  2.95\n  Algona. First Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., 25; Mrs. H. E.\n    Stacey, 10; _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                         35.00\n  Anita. Ladies' M. Soc., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._               15.00\n  Chester Center. Cong. Ch.                                         3.70\n  Cedar Falls. Cong. Ch.                                           50.00\n  Council Bluffs. N. P Dodge, _for DeF. Mem. Chapel,\n    Talladega C._                                                  25.00\n  Danville. Lee W. Mix.                                             5.00\n  Hartwick. Cong. Ch.                                               3.44\n  Lewis. Cong. Ch.                                                 12.00\n  Otho. Cong. Ch.                                                  10.00\n  Ottumwa. First Cong. Ch.                                         15.36\n  Waverly. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.                                   3.00\n  Wayne. Cong. Ch.                                                  5.50\n\n  Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, Miss Belle L.\n    Bentley, Treas:\n      Decorah. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.\n        _for Indian M., Salary_                 1.52\n      Grinnell. W. H. M. U.                     2.18\n      Iowa City. W. H. M. U.                   11.25\n      Lake View. L. M. S.                       2.50\n      Mason City. Y. P. S. C. E.,\n        _for Indian M., Salary_                 4.00\n      Muscatine. Jr. C. E., _for\n        Talladega C._                           5.00\n      Old Man's Creek. Cong. Ch.                5.39\n      Old Man's Creek. Sab. Sch.\n        _for Indian M., Salary_                 2.75\n      Osage. W. M. S.                          28.80\n                                              ------               63.39\n\n\nWISCONSIN, $246.60.\n\n  Beloit. First Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_                62.75\n  Delavan. Cong. Ch.                                                5.00\n  Durand. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 3.50; Pilgrim Cong. Ch.,\n    L. M. Soc., 5.00                                                8.50\n  Eau Claire. First Cong. Ch.                                      37.50\n  Fulton. Rev. A. S. Reid                                           2.00\n  Janesville. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., _for Student\n    Aid, Talladega C._                                              2.00\n  Lake Geneva. First Cong. Ch.                                     16.00\n  Oconomowoc. Cong. Ch.                                             2.16\n  Sparta. Cong. Ch.                                                27.10\n  Sun Prairie. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                                   3.00\n  West Salem. Cong. Ch. to const. CLYDE M. SHANE L. M.,\n    32.77; Cong. Ch. C. E. Soc., 9.06                              41.83\n\n  Wisconsin Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. C. M. Blackman,\n    Treas.:\n      Appleton. W. H. M. U.                    17.09\n      Arena. W. H. M. U.                        1.45\n      Eau Claire. W. H. M. U.                   4.00\n      Stoughton. S. S. Birthday Box             3.50\n      Sun Prairie. W. H. M. U.                  1.72\n      Wauwatosa. W. H. M. U.                    6.00\n      Wauwatosa. W. H. M. U., _for Debt_        5.00\n                                              ------               38.76\n\n\nMINNESOTA, $117.12.\n\n  Alexandria. First Cong. Ch.                                      11.95\n  Austin. Sab. Sch., First Cong. Ch.                                5.04\n  Minneapolis. Como Av. Cong. Ch.                                   5.17\n  New Richland. Cong. Ch.                                           1.58\n  Robbinsdale. Cong. Ch.                                            8.82\n  Winona. Cong. Ch.                                                32.00\n  Worthington. Union Cong. Ch.                                      2.56\n                                                                --------\n                                                                  $67.12\n\n  ESTATE.\n\n  Hawley. Estate of Adna Colburn, Sen., by Walter\n    Tanner, Executor                                               50.00\n                                                                --------\n                                                                 $117.12\n\n\nMISSOURI, $3.00.\n\n  Saint Louis. Bethlehem Cong. Ch.                                  3.00\n\n\nNEBRASKA, $38.30.\n\n  Linwood. Cong. Ch.                                               14.00\n  Fairmont. Cong. Ch.                                               4.30\n  Santee Agency. Young Woman's Missionary Society of\n    Santee Normal Training Sch., by Mary T. Morris, _for Debt_     20.00\n\n\nNORTH DAKOTA, $3.00.\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of North Dakota, by Mrs.\n    J. M. Fisher, Treas.:\n      Cummings. Mission Band                                        3.00\n\n\nSOUTH DAKOTA, $57.00.\n\n  Beresford. Cong. Ch., 2.65; W. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2.35         5.00\n  Yankton. Cong. Ch., _for Share Jubilee Fund_                     50.00\n  Pioneer. Cong. Ch.                                                2.00\n\n\nCOLORADO, $6.00.\n\n  Fort Logan, Charlotte E. Parish                                   6.00\n\n\nARIZONA, $2.00.\n\n  Nogales. Soc. of C. E., by Mrs. O. E. Mix                         2.00\n\n\nCALIFORNIA, $59.25.\n\n  Avalon. Rev. Ewing Ogden Tade                                     2.50\n  Lodi. Cong. Ch.                                                   4.50\n  East Los Angeles. Mrs. Tabitha I. Cushman, _for Share\n    Jubilee Fund_                                                  50.00\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern Cal., by Mrs.\n    Mary M. Smith, Treas.:\n      San Jacinto. L. A. Soc. of Cong. Ch.                          2.25\n\n\nOREGON, $5.00.\n\n  Ashland. Cong. Ch.                                                5.00\n\n\nWASHINGTON, $10.06.\n\n  Snohomish. Cong. Ch.                                             10.06\n\n\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $258.22.\n\n  Washington. Rev. J. E. Rankin, Prof. J. L. Ewell and\n    Prof. Isaac Clark, 100; First Cong. Ch., 75; Prof.\n    J. L. Ewell, 32.61; Prof. Isaac Clark, 18.61; Rev.\n    J. E. Rankin, 12; Mount Pleasant Cong. Ch., 10; Rev.\n    H. P. Johnson, D.D., 10, _for Theo. Student Aid,\n    Howard U._                                                    258.22\n\n\nMARYLAND, $100.00.\n\n  Baltimore. D. D. Mallory, _for Gloucester Sch.,\n    Cappahosic, Va._                                              100.00\n\n\nVIRGINIA, $3.50.\n\n  Cappahosic. John Boyd, _for Gloucester Sch._                      1.00\n  Saint Stephen's Ch. Rev. W. H. Taylor, _for Gloucester Sch.,\n    Cappahosic, Va._                                                2.50\n\n\nKENTUCKY, $10.47.\n\n  Campton. Rev. J. W. Doane, _Jubilee Offering_                     5.00\n  Evarts. Cong. Ch., 2.05; Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., 42c.               2.47\n  Red Ash. Cong. Ch.                                                3.00\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA, $3.25.\n\n  Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina, by Miss\n    A. E. Farrington, Treas.:\n      Oaks. Free-Will Workers                   2.00\n      Oaks. Jr. C. E. S., _for Indian M._       1.25\n                                             -------                3.25\n\n\nSOUTH CAROLINA, $5.00.\n\n  Charleston. Miss I. C. Chapin, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._    5.00\n\n\nGEORGIA, $5.50.\n\n  McIntosh. Rev. J. A. Jones, _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._       5.00\n  Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke                                .50\n\n\nALABAMA, $18.84.\n\n  Ironaton. Rev. P. O. Wailes, _for De F. Mem. Chapel_, 4;\n    _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._, 2.                             6.00\n  Talladega. Abraham Lincoln Cent. Soc., by Mrs. E. G.\n    Snell, Treas.                                                  12.84\n\n\nMISSISSIPPI, $20.50.\n\n  Moorhead. Miss E. L. Parsons, _for Moorhead_                     20.00\n  Tougaloo. F. H. Ball, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._               .50\n\n\n----, $17.25.\n\n  ----. Anonymous, _for Talladega C._                              10.00\n  ----. D. H. Holmes                                                5.00\n  ----. \"A Friend\"                                                  2.25\n\n\nHAWAII, 200.00.\n\n  Kohala. \"A Friend\"                                              200.00\n\n\n                                                             -----------\n  Donations                                                   $12,758.19\n  Estates                                                       1,737.68\n                                                             -----------\n                                                              $14,495.87\n\n\nINCOME, $335.00.\n\n  Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._                            202.00\n  Dike Fund, _for Straight U._                           50.00\n  General Endowment Fund                                 50.00\n  General Endowment Fund, _for Freedmen_                  7.50\n  LeMoyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._                     11.25\n  Scholarship Fund, _for Straight U._                     3.75\n  Tuthill King Fund, _for Atlanta U._                     7.50\n  Yale Library Fund, _for Talladega C._                   3.00\n                                                      --------    335.00\n\n\nTUITION, $1,294.14.\n\n  Evarts, Ky. Tuition                                    25.28\n  Lexington, Ky. Tuition                                 17.05\n  Williamsburg, Ky. Tuition                             151.75\n  Nashville, Tenn. Tuition                              281.45\n  Beaufort, N. C. Tuition                                10.50\n  Charleston, S. C. Tuition                             350.15\n  Greenwood, S. C. Tuition                               71.57\n  Marietta, Ga. Tuition                                    .45\n  Talladega, Ala. Tuition                               282.54\n  New Orleans, La. Tuition                               13.00\n  Austin, Tex. Tuition                                   90.40\n                                                      --------  1,294.14\n                                                              ----------\n\nTotal for July                                                $16,125.01\n                                                              ==========\n\n\nSUMMARY\n\n  Donations                                                  $150,640.92\n  Estates                                                      80,788.22\n                                                            ------------\n                                                             $231,429.14\n\n  Income                                                       11,386.51\n\n  Tuition                                                      38,514.36\n                                                            ------------\n   Total from Oct. 1, to July 31                             $281,330.01\n                                                            ============\n\n\nFOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n  Subscriptions for July                                          $19.25\n  Previously acknowledged                                         442.10\n                                                                --------\n  Total                                                          $461.35\n\n\n\n  H.W. HUBBARD, Treas.,\n  Bible House, N.Y.","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 50, No. 09, September, 1896","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":15847}