{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_26195/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_26195","id":"gutenberg_26195","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26195","summary":null,"tags":["Category: History - American","Category: History - Schools & Universities","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings","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\nJULY, 1894.\n\n  VOL. XLVIII.\n  NO. 7.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCONTENTS\n\n\nEDITORIAL.\n\n  FINANCIAL--SCHOOL ANNIVERSARIES                                  249\n  VACATION                                                         251\n  MR. WHARTON THE EVANGELIST--OLD SILVER DOLLARS                   252\n\n\nTHE SOUTH.\n\n  ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES:--\n    TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, TOUGALOO, MISS.                           253\n    BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA.                              255\n    BEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH, GA.                                 256\n    ALLEN NORMAL SCHOOL, THOMASVILLE, GA.                          258\n    McINTOSH, GA.--BURRELL SCHOOL, SELMA, ALA.                     260\n    NORMAL SCHOOL, ORANGE PARK, FLA.                               262\n    MERIDIAN, MISS.                                                263\n    GRAND VIEW, TENN.                                              264\n  CHURCH WORK:--\n    THE EVANGELIST AT WORK                                         265\n\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n\n  LETTER FROM REV. W. C. POND, D.D.                                268\n\n\nBUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.\n\n  \"WHAT PROGRESS DO YOU MAKE?\"                                     269\n\n\nWOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS                                        270\n\n\nRECEIPTS                                                           272\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nNEW YORK:\n\nPUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n\nBible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPrice, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.\n\nEntered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class\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. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N. Y.\n  Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.\n  Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N. Y.\n\n\n_Corresponding Secretaries._\n\n  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._\n  Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._\n  Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._\n\n\n_Assistant Corresponding Secretary._\n\n  Rev. C. J. RYDER, _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  PETER McCARTEE.\n  RICHARD S. BARNES.\n\n\n_Executive Committee._\n\n  CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman.\n  CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary.\n\n  _For Three Years._\n\n  CHARLES A. HULL,\n  ADDISON P. FOSTER,\n  ALBERT J. LYMAN,\n  NEHEMIAH BOYNTON,\n  A. J. F. BEHRENDS.\n\n  _For Two Years._\n\n  SAMUEL HOLMES,\n  SAMUEL S. MARPLES,\n  CHARLES L. MEAD,\n  WILLIAM H. STRONG,\n  ELIJAH HORR.\n\n  _For One Year._\n\n  WILLIAM HAYES WARD,\n  JAMES W. COOPER,\n  LUCIEN C. WARNER,\n  JOSEPH H. TWICHELL,\n  CHARLES P. PEIRCE.\n\n\n_District Secretaries._\n\n  REV. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._\n  Rev. Jos. E. Roy, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill._\n  Rev. W. E. C. WRIGHT, _Cong'l Rooms, Y. M. C. A. Building,\n    Cleveland, Ohio._\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., 151 Washington Street. Chicago, Ill., or Congregational\nRooms, Y. M. C. A. Building, Cleveland, Ohio. A payment of thirty\ndollars constitutes a Life Member.\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\nVOL. XLVIII.      JULY, 1894.         NO. 7.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nFINANCIAL.\n\nIn some respects our report is favorable. Our receipts for the eight\nmonths ending May 31st are $18,487.18 more than for the same period\nlast year. If the Association had received funds from the Government\nthis year for the eight months, $10,127.95, the receipts would have\nbeen 28,615.13 more than last year. The payments for the eight months\nhave been $11,315.16 less than last year. With this showing the debt\nof the current year to May 31st is $19,419.98 as over against\n$49,222.32 to May 31st of last year, but as this debt of the current\nyear is to be added to the $45,028.11 due at the close of the year\nSeptember 30th, 1893, it makes the total debt May 31, $64,448.09.\nThose who have read the statements made in the MISSIONARY will recall\nthat in the month of March our debt was reduced $10,718.47, and in\nApril $4,847.40, but the fear was then expressed, which has since been\nrealized, that these reductions might not continue. The month of May\nshows an increase of the debt, bringing it now to $64,448.09. We\nappeal most earnestly to the friends of the Association to stay the\nprogress of this debt.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nSCHOOL ANNIVERSARIES.\n\nWe begin in this issue of the MISSIONARY to print the reports of the\nanniversary exercises of our schools. They will occupy largely this\nnumber and the next, and will appear somewhat in the order of time in\nwhich the schools closed. When the whole are published, they will make\nan impression of the vastness, variety and usefulness of the work. It\nwill show institutions of higher grade in nearly all the States of the\nSouth, normal and graded schools in nearly all the large cities, and\nparochial schools connected with many of the churches. The industrial\nfeature of these schools will appear most conspicuously in the details\ngiven.\n\nIn the account of the larger schools, Fisk University, Talladega\nCollege, Tougaloo University, Straight University and Tillotson\nInstitute, Austin, Texas, we give but in part the full extent of the\nplan originally laid down by the Association, for it does not include\nHampton Institute, Atlanta University and Berea College, children of\nthe Association which have set up and are conducting housekeeping on\ntheir own account.\n\nThe origin of Hampton Institute was in that first freedmen's school at\nFortress Monroe, enlarged year by year, and at length falling under\nthe sagacious eye of Gen. Armstrong, it opened to him in almost\nprophetic vision what his great genius and untiring industry brought\nto full consummation. Nor did the American Missionary Association send\nthis child forth empty-handed. It turned over to its use the one\nhundred and twenty-five acres of beautiful land, with its buildings,\npermanent and transient, on which the wonderful plant is now\nestablished.\n\nAtlanta University was founded by the Association, and under the wise\nleadership of President Ware, and the steady support of the\nAssociation for many years, it at length reached a condition of\nindependence and self-support.\n\nBerea College, founded by the intrepid John G. Fee, a missionary of\nthe American Missionary Association, owned by its own Board of\nTrustees from the first, was for many years assisted by the generous\ncontributions of the Association.\n\nThese three institutions, though independent of the Association and\nnot under its care or support, if added to the list already given of\nour higher schools, will show a line of educational lighthouses\nstretching from the Atlantic to the Gulf and thence into the heart of\nTexas. Such was the original plan of the Association, and such has\nbeen the remarkably successful result.\n\nBut the work of the Association is not confined to the Negro race. In\nthe mountains of the South it touches with the wand of Christian\neducation the noble Highlanders of America with their proud\nachievements and yet with their long-neglected education, needing the\ninspiring uplift of the school and cultured church. To these\ninfluences they yield a most hearty response, and no brighter reports\nwill be found than from these mountain regions.\n\nThe Indians have from the outset been the subjects of our watchful\ncare, and with some variation in their activity, the services among\nthem have brought forth some of the brightest results. Revivals during\nthe past year of greater power than any reported from any other part\nof the field were experienced in these Indian churches.\n\nThe Chinese work on the Pacific Coast, under the admirable leadership\nof Dr. Pond, has made steady progress in the conversion of souls here\nand in carrying the gospel to China.\n\nThe mission in Alaska, brought to so sudden and terrible a close by\nthe murder of Mr. Thornton, is expected to be opened again this summer\nby the return of Mr. and Mrs. Lopp to Cape Prince of Wales. With their\nknowledge of the language and of the people, and with the advantages\nof their past experience, we hope the mission will enter upon a new\nand much more successful life than heretofore.\n\nWe invite the friends of the Association to study this work in its\nvariety and extent. We make no comparisons, but surely this work\ntouches the sympathies of the patriot and the Christian, and calls for\na steady and abundant support.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nVACATION.\n\nWe congratulate our teachers who are now returning from the South on\nthe vacation that awaits them in the hills and on the seashores of the\nNorth. They have had the unbroken toil of eight or ten months in the\nSouth, far from their homes and friends, finding little companionship\nexcept with the pupils and their parents, sometimes ostracized and\nscorned by the whites--and yet not always--for we rejoice to say that\nthere are many localities in the South where the work of our teachers\nis appreciated and where they are themselves treated with Christian\ncourtesy by the whites.\n\nWe need not ask their friends at the North to welcome these returned\nworkers with that kindness that is restful, but we do ask that the\nfacts they reveal in regard to the South may be heard and heeded.\nThere is no set of witnesses more competent to tell of the actual\nsituation at the South, its home life, its industries, its struggle\nwith difficulties, than these same teachers. Sometimes the teachers\nhave been there but a short time and their labors may have been\nconfined to one locality, but in that narrow range their observations\namong the colored people have been most minute. They have watched the\noperations of the pupils closely from day to day, and have been\nbrought constantly in contact with the people in their cabins, in\ntheir work, and in their trials.\n\nBut many of the teachers have been there for years and in different\nlocations, and their representation of the state of affairs is as\nreliable as any that can be found from any source whatever. If the\nobservations and experiences of this corps of teachers could be set\nforth, they would furnish, with all its lights and shades, the most\naccurate picture that could be presented of the state of affairs in\nthe South. Pastors and churches would do well to give these returned\nteachers an opportunity to present in the prayer-meeting and elsewhere\nthe exact facts as they have found them in the South.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMR. WHARTON, THE EVANGELIST.\n\nUnder the head of \"_Church Work_\" will be found in these pages a\nsketch of the work of an evangelist in our churches during the past\nyear, written by himself. That evangelist is so unselfish and\nconsecrated to his work, and has been so long and so successfully\nemployed in it that we are sure our readers will be glad to have some\naccount of the man himself.\n\nMr. James Wharton is an Englishman, resident at Barrow-in-Furness,\nnear to Furness Abbey and the English lakes. He is not an ordained\nminister, but a lay preacher, as Mr. Moody is. He accepts no salary\nfor his services, and consents to receive only the amount of his\ntraveling expenses. For over twenty years he has been thus engaged,\nresiding at his home in the summer but busy in gospel work, and in the\nwinters traveling to distant places. His labors have been in England,\nIreland, Scotland, the Shetland Islands, Wales, Canada, Spain and\nAmerica. During these ministrations he has traveled 88,000 miles, and\nhas made eleven trips to America.\n\nIn 1876, he learned of the condition of the emancipated slaves of this\ncountry, and entered into correspondence with this Association with\nreference to work here. He has spent eleven years here, and has\nevinced great wisdom, good judgment and, as will be seen by the report\nof his work this past year, has had great success. He was the first\nman to attempt an open-air service in New Orleans after the war. He\nstood on a cotton bale at the foot of Canal St., and continued the\nservice for several weeks, although the white people threatened to\nshoot him. In his labors among the blacks of the South, he strikes the\nhappy medium between undue excitement and cold formalism. As he\nreturns from year to year, he rejoices to find the converts of earlier\nyears holding on their way with faith and a stable Christian life. Our\nreaders will be interested to read the sketch which Mr. Wharton gives\nof his labors.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nOLD SPANISH DOLLARS.\n\nA friend sends, with the following brief note, two Spanish dollars of\nancient date. We hope that some lovers of ancient coin will be able to\nmake a good offer for them:\n\n\"I send you by express two old Spanish silver dollars of date 1786 and\n1800, for the work of the American Missionary Association. They belong\nto my wife, who has had them a long time and now thinks they had\nbetter be sent out to help in the Lord's work through the American\nMissionary Association. Our hope is, that some lover of the great and\ngood cause, who has also a fancy for old and rare coins, may appear,\nwho would pay a liberal premium for them. If such should be the case,\nwe would be much gratified to be informed as to how much they bring to\nthe work.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE SOUTH.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n_Anniversary Exercises._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, TOUGALOO, MISS.\n\nBY PRES. FRANK G. WOODWORTH, D.D.\n\nWhile, owing to hard times, the enrollment at Tougaloo this year, 362,\nwas less than that of the two previous years, the average attendance\nhas been better than before, larger numbers having continued until the\nclose. The year has been marked by specialty good work on the\nstudents' part, only one having failed of promotion. It has been a\nnotable year also in the religious development of many. One only of\nthe Normal Department is not now a professing Christian, and at the\nfarewell prayer-meeting he expressed the earnest desire soon to become\none. In the new Theological Department nine have been enrolled. The\nprospect for next year is that this feature of the work will be\nlargely developed. The new College Preparatory Department has made a\nmost successful beginning, seven having been enrolled and having done\ngood work. The past year has also been notable in the industrial\ndepartments. Great attention has always been given to these, though in\nthe girls' industries, especially, the facilities have been\nexceedingly inadequate. During the year, Berkshire Cottage, the girls'\nindustrial building, has been completed, and in it are pleasant\naccommodations for the needlework and cooking classes. Seventy girls\nhave had class instruction throughout the year in these branches. In\nBerkshire Cottage is also carried on the work for which the building\nwas specially designed--the model housekeeping. When the rooms are all\nfurnished eight girls at a time, in two sets of four, will keep house\nfor two months at a time, gaining a practical knowledge of household\neconomies. This year sixteen girls have had this most important\ntraining, the last four in the new cottage. Of this four, three were\nin the graduating Normal class. The exhibits of the cooking and sewing\nclasses at Commencement, consisting of cakes, biscuits, confectionery,\netc., and a great variety of well made and useful garments, were\nhighly praised, and a large number sold to visitors. Few schools have\nbetter facilities for the practical and most important work of\ndeveloping homemakers than has Tougaloo. Upon the trained young women\nwho can make good homes depends very largely the future of the Negro\nrace.\n\nAGRICULTURE.\n\nFrom the earliest history of the school there has been attention paid\nto agriculture, and each year sees development in the acreage under\ncultivation and the quantity of produce raised. This year nearly all\nthe fresh meat and the milk, sweet potatoes, molasses, vegetables,\netc., needed by the large boarding department, have been raised on the\nfarm, and some things have been marketed, besides the large amount of\ncorn and hay needed upon so large a plantation. The need of a special\nagricultural building, to cost about $2,000, in which those students\nwho work upon the farm can live, and where they may have special class\ninstruction, is greatly needed.\n\nMANUAL TRAINING.\n\nThe Manual Training Department has also this year received new\nimpetus. It includes work in wood and iron, and industrial drawing.\nThe methods are those of the most modern and most approved schools for\nmanual training. Sixty boys have had the woodworking, and twenty the\nforging. Industrial drawing has been the new feature of the year.\nThere are twenty new and complete sets of drawing tools. For the lower\ngrades there is elementary or \"one view drawing,\" and in the normal\ngrades both boys and girls have advanced work that includes the\nfundamentals of machine and architectural drawing. Orthographic and\nisometric projection are taught. The exhibit of this drawing work was\nremarkably fine, and elicited hearty commendation. Its utility was\nclearly recognized when on the walls were seen drawings of house\nframings, house plans, architectural and building details, etc. It\nshould be said that the work along industrial lines is neither\noptional nor elective, but that it is a part of the regular class-work\nof the school as much as grammar or arithmetic.\n\nAnother feature has been the opening up of the \"Tougaloo University\nAddition to Tougaloo.\" About one hundred and twenty acres of\nuniversity land have been surveyed and plotted off into home lots of\nabout five acres each, to be sold to former students of the school and\nto others who desire to educate their children at Tougaloo. Already\nseveral lots have been taken and homes built, and in a few years there\nwill be quite a little educational community.\n\nCOMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.\n\nThe Commencement exercises, May 20th-23d, passed off pleasantly. On\nSunday, President Woodworth's baccalaureate was from the text, \"He\nendured as seeing him who is invisible.\" The farewell prayer-meeting\nin the evening, conducted by Miss Page, valedictorian of the\ngraduating class, was peculiarly rich and helpful in its\nreminiscences, forecastings and inspirations. All the graduates go out\nas earnest Christians. The boys' gymnastic exhibition on Monday\nevening drew a very interested audience, and the eighth grade\nexercises on Tuesday morning were admirable. The alumni meeting was\nthe largest that has ever been held, one-third of the alumni having\nbeen in attendance. Two notable papers were read, one by Miss Jessie\nRhone, of '84, on, \"It is better beyond,\" and one by Mr. W. H. Lanier,\n'81, on, \"The conduct to be pursued by the educated colored young\npeople in gaining success.\" Both were hopeful and helpful.\n\nMr. Lanier's relation of his experience as teacher in one of the most\ndifficult towns of the State, where former teachers had been run off\nand the school closed by the whites, and of the way in which he had so\nconducted himself that men whose only greeting at first was, \"Howdy,\nboy,\" now recognize him cordially with, \"How do you do, professor,\"\nwas a most admirable illustration of how tact and good sense will help\nto break down barriers. The Commencement concert on Tuesday evening\ndrew a very large crowd. Every seat was occupied and all standing\nroom, and it was clearly shown that the chapel at Tougaloo is all too\nsmall. Over one hundred and fifty of the audience of about six hundred\nwere white. Better chorus work is not often heard. Tougaloo is\nfortunate not only in having had competent music teachers, but in\nhaving in Prof. Hill, Dean of the Normal Department, a most capable\nmusician.\n\nFor the first time in years Commencement day was showery, but a large\naudience assembled to see the normal graduation. Seven graduated, and\ntheir orations and essays were highly creditable. The annual address\nwas given by Rev. B. F. Ousley, now professor in the Alcorn\nAgricultural and Mechanical College at Rodney, Miss., the State\ninstitution for colored young men, and formerly a missionary of the\nAmerican Board in South Africa. It was a clear, thoughtful, and in\nevery way admirable presentation of the qualifications of \"The Man for\nthe Age.\" Brief impromptu addresses were made by Rev. S. P. Smith,\nAmerican Missionary Association pastor in Jackson, Mr. W. H. Lanier,\nof '81, Major Millsaps, one of the leading bankers of the State, Rev.\nS. C. Mounger, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church\nSouth, residing at Jackson, and Col. J. L. Power, of the Jackson\n_Clarion Ledger_. The last three gentlemen emphasized again and again\nthe fact that the best white sentiment of the State is heartily in\nfavor of such work as is done at Tougaloo, and in full sympathy with\nit.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA.\n\nPROF. F. T. WATERS.\n\nThe Ballard Normal School, located at Macon, Ga., has closed with\nflattering success in all departments. The work in all the grades\nreflects much credit on the teachers, but no work is more marked than\nthat of the industrial department. The display was much more imposing\nthan was thought possible, the work having been delayed until late in\nthe year; it seemed at first unwise to try to make any display at all,\nbut all felt paid for the attempt. In the girls' department we found\nwork of all grades of sewing, dresses, waists, aprons and other\narticles of wearing apparel, also darning, matching, buttonholes,\nquilting, etc. Each article was marked with the name of the girl and\ngrade, and many were the exclamations of commendation from those who\nvisited the rooms where the display was made. Works deserving special\nmention are buttonholes made by Martha Howard of the seventh grade;\npatching by Lulu Gaston, and darning by Gertrude Williams. The\ncooking-school, for lack of money, was discontinued after three\nmonths, but during that time substantial progress was made, and there\ncan be no question about the advisability of pushing the industrial\nwork as far as possible the coming year. In the boys' department, too,\nall were surprised to see the articles in display. There were joints\nof every shape, all of them showing skill of high order; there were\nmany useful articles displayed, such as pen-racks, pen-trays,\ntowel-rolls, hat-racks, puzzles, etc. Many of the articles were given\naway by the boys to the friends, and some of the articles will be\nexhibited in the North to show the class of work done in our schools.\nAs it seems to me, no branch of work is more important than the\nindustrial, and great interest is taken in it by the boys. The lack of\nmoney has made it necessary to curtail this very important part of our\neducational work.\n\nThe work done in the last year leads me to believe that there should\nbe no cutting down in any part of the work of Ballard school, which I\nregard as one of the most promising of the many American Missionary\nAssociation schools, and especially should there be no cutting in\neither of the industrial departments. More than any one thing, these\npeople need to be taught the use of time and the saving of money;\nthis, with the intellectual and moral training in our schools, will\nmake full grown men and women. The work-begun is one that should be\npursued with no let up.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH, GA.\n\nMISS JULIA B. FORD.\n\nThe closing week began with the class reunion, Friday evening, May\n18th, when, notwithstanding a wild wind and rain storm, a blithe\ncompany assembled in the cosy rooms at the Teachers' Home.\n\nSunday afternoon, May 20th, an able baccalaureate address was preached\nby the Rev. Alexander Ellis, of Savannah. The large audience, which\nfilled our flower-decked chapel, were said, by a resident, to be \"the\nbest colored people of Savannah.\" Certainly the sight of this large\ncompany of refined and intelligent persons of the Negro race might\nhave served as an inspiration to a worker for that race.\n\nOn Tuesday morning, after the usual opening exercises, the Rev. Mr.\nUpshaw gave an instructive and stirring talk on the evils of the use\nof narcotics. A good letter from the Junior Christian Endeavor band of\nIonia, Iowa, was read to the students, who returned a hearty vote of\nthanks for the draft for five dollars therein contained for a clock\nfor our chapel, also for the promise of a scholarship for a student\nnext year. Then the long line of students repaired to their respective\nclass-rooms, followed by the friends who came to listen to their oral\nexaminations. The latter were in all grades, from the seniors who\nreplied to questions in Latin, mathematics, etc., to the tiny tots in\nroom No. 1.\n\nINDUSTRIAL WORK.\n\nA conspicuous feature in the day's programme was the exhibition of\narticles made in the _sewing department_. Hundreds of specimens were\neffectively displayed against the walls of the large office. There\nwere nicely made garments, bright patchwork quilts, dressed dolls\nillustrating hygienic styles of dress, buttonhole work and neat\npatches. Much of the work done won warm commendation from the visitors\npresent, and that by the boys of the third grade received a full share\nof praise. In many cases it was difficult to believe that the\nspecimens of work done in May were wrought by the same pairs of hands\nas the great, uncouth stitches made on the companion pieces furnished\nin January. Yet each pupil has had but two hours' instruction a week.\nWe hope during the coming year to enlarge and improve the department.\nExtending our sincere thanks to the kind friends who have sent us\nsupplies for the sewing, we would, by the way, very modestly suggest\nthat a good sewing machine is needed here, and if one should be\nforthcoming from the beneficent ones who have an especial interest in\nthis most important branch of education, we should indeed hail its\nadvent with fervent gratitude.\n\nTuesday noon found us with our friends again gathered in the chapel,\nwhere prizes were awarded to those who had made the most improvement\nin sewing. One little girl had said to her sewing teacher: \"Oh, if I\ncan only get a prize for sewing, just a card, or anything, to show my\nmother that I am improving, and that she is getting something in\nreturn for the dollar she pays for my tuition!\" From the nice books,\netc., sent us in boxes by Northern friends, we distributed our prizes.\nTo this little girl we were glad to give something, which rejoiced her\nheart, and the gleaming eyes of several other pupils--notably those of\nthe boys of the third grade--as they came forward for the coveted\nhonor, was a pleasant sight. Before dismissal, the Rev. L. B. Maxwell\ngave us a bright and helpful little talk. Tuesday night, in the\nfreshly decorated and densely crowded chapel, was given an exhibition\nby members of all grades of the school. The songs, recitations,\nreadings, gymnastics and tableaux elicited much delighted applause.\n\nThursday morning the school assembled to listen to the reading of\npromotions. One of the pleasantest memories of Beach Institute which\nthe workers there carried away to their vacation was that of the sight\nof the eager yet self-controlled company of students, which, holding\nits breath to listen, yet, when it heard, spent no breath in murmurs\nof delight or of disappointment. Only the graver, self-reproachful\nexpression or radiant smile betrayed the feelings of the listener.\n\nANNIVERSARY EXERCISES.\n\nThursday evening the Anniversary exercises took place. Palmettoes,\nroses, etc., made our chapel a place of beauty. Over the platform in\nartistic design, the class motto, \"_Row, not Drift_,\" hung above a\ngreat boat decorated with the blossoms of the cape jasmine, suspended\nover its crossed oars, tastefully tied with the class colors--nile\ngreen and cream white. All showed effectively against a soft\nbackground of white overlaid with festoonings of the long gray moss.\nOur eight graduates, seven girls and one stalwart youth, \"a rugged\nyoung oak in the midst of roses,\" rendered their parts in spicy\nessays, humorous reading, graceful and spirited recitations and\nearnest oration in a manner which won due signals of appreciation. The\nchoruses, etc., were sung in good style, the diplomas were given, the\nsuccessful contestant for the scholarship from the new tenth grade was\nannounced, the class song was sung, and then Richard R. Wright, who in\nhis boyhood sent to Northern friends the message, \"_Tell them we are\nrising_,\" and who is now President of the Georgia State Agricultural\nCollege for Colored Youth, followed with an address replete with that\nwhich might instruct and enthuse this class of 1894, which was about\nto embark in boats in which they were to \"_Row, not Drift_.\"\n\nAs one listened to this address, again what an inspiring scene met the\neye--the gifted, cultured speaker, his very life an inspiration, the\nsemicircle of earnest, hopeful young graduates, the chapel and\nadjoining rooms crowded with an audience whose appearance betokened\neducation and refinement, among whom were doctors of divinity, editors\nand other professional men. One could but only exclaim, \"Within these\nthirty years, verily, '_What hath God wrought!_'\"\n\nOh, that American Christians could be brought to such a sense of the\ntremendous needs of this Negro race at the South, that through myriad\nchannels the needed supplies would flow, to continue and enlarge this,\nthe Master's own blessed work.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nALLEN NORMAL SCHOOL, THOMASVILLE, GA.\n\nMISS K. B. DOWD.\n\nFor this event we had made great preparations. For weeks practicing\nhad been going on vigorously, despite regular lessons and extreme warm\nweather. The class to graduate consisted of four members, and we felt\nanxious that as residents of Thomasville they should do themselves\ncredit, and grandly did they rise to meet our expectations.\n\nCommencement exercises began Sunday evening with the baccalaureate\nsermon preached by our pastor, Rev. C. F. Sargent. It was listened to\nby a full house, composed of the best people among the colored race of\nthe city. Tuesday at 8 P.M. the school marched to the school-building\nto find it already crowded to its utmost capacity, there being not\nstanding room then. Half an hour later tiers of eager faces were\npeering through the open windows. Hack-loads came from the town and\nadjoining towns, only to find entrance impossible. Some half a dozen\nof the white citizens stood upon boards at the rear of the building\nthrough the two hours' programme, and declared they \"enjoyed it very\nmuch.\" The concert lasted an hour and was followed by gymnastic drills\ngiven by the boarding pupils. Their wielding of the heavy dumbbells\nelicited hearty applause. With no breaks they went through with\nmarching, stepping movements, wand-drills and the anvil chorus, the\nexercises closing with a full chorus, \"The Song of the Sea,\" by\nVeazie. Our only regret was that so many must be turned away. Between\nthe concert and the gymnastic drills, Miss Dickerman's tiny ones\nentertained the company with motion songs, recitations and solos,\nshowing the careful drill and thorough work of the year.\n\nWednesday was a busy day indeed, for the church had to be trimmed for\nthe great event, namely, the graduating exercises. Long folds of blue\nand yellow, the class colors, hung from the highest point in the\nceiling over the pulpit to the windows on either side. Directly in the\ncenter, in large gold letters, was the class motto \"Forward.\" Huge\nbouquets of the most exquisite roses, sent in by friends and pupils,\nwere everywhere. A bank of ferns in front of the platform completed\nthe decorations. Just before the time to go to the church a heavy\nthunder shower came up and the prospect for the evening was dubious\nindeed, but by eight there was nothing more than clouds and mud to\ntrouble us. Upon reaching the church we found it full, despite the\nrain, and among the audience were the editor of the city paper and one\nof the leading physicians.\n\nPrayer was offered by one of the colored ministers of the city,\nfollowed by the \"Te Deum Laudamus,\" by the school. The essays \"Joan of\nArc,\" \"Evangeline,\" \"England's Growth in Free Government,\" and \"H.\nH.,\" were well read and well received. Comment was made by the doctor\nupon the correct pronunciation of the class, a remark being made to\nthe effect that it was superior to the work done in their own schools.\nThere were no class honors, for _all_ had worked faithfully and well.\nThe speaker of the evening was T. S. Inborden, of the Albany high\nschool, a graduate of Fisk University. His address was an earnest\nappeal for \"growth.\"\n\nThe diplomas were presented by Rev. C. F. Sargent. His words to each\nmember of the class were most appropriate and heartfelt. The\n\"Good-night\" song was followed by the benediction and that by the\nhearty congratulations and good wishes of the friends of the school,\nleaving in our hearts happiness and content that the hard work of the\nyear is appreciated and our school both blessing and blessed.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMcINTOSH, GA.\n\nPROF. FRED. W. FOSTER.\n\nWednesday morning, May 16th, marked the beginning of the end of our\nyear's work. After our usual devotional exercises we commenced the\npublic examination of our school in all the various classes. It was an\nexhaustive review of as much of the work of the year as could be\ncovered in the given time. All passed off to the satisfaction of the\nteachers and the great delight of a good number of visiting patrons\nand friends. It was a thorough test, and was well met by the various\nclasses from primary to normal, and gave evidence of earnest work and\nreal advancement.\n\nAlthough Wednesday's examination was the test of actual work, Thursday\nwas the day which marked the high-water point in the matter of general\ninterest, being the occasion of our regular anniversary. The exercises\nconsisted of declamations by a number of young men, and recitations by\nyoung women, interspersed with music by a choir selected from the\nschool. Although my boys and girls wear dark skins and come from the\nrice field and turpentine swamp, and their native speech is sometimes\nlittle better than a jargon, still I would not have hesitated to put\nthem beside boys and girls coming from much more favorable\nsurroundings. Our music, too, rendered by young people whose previous\npractice, for the most part, extended no farther than Gospel hymns or\nplantation melodies, could not have failed to convince one of careful\ndrill and earnest effort, and was a very pleasurable part of the day's\nprogramme.\n\nThe County Superintendent of schools was with us through the whole of\nThursday, and expressed his keen appreciation of the work done. While\nthese two days gave evidence of solid work accomplished, it is only by\ndaily contact during the entire year that one can realize the gain in\nscholarship, methods of work, ability to think and express thought,\nand the growth in morals and Christian character that has been made.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBURRELL SCHOOL, SELMA, ALA.\n\nPROF. A. T. BURNELL.\n\nBurrell School has just closed a very pleasant and successful year,\nhaving, despite the hard times, a larger enrollment than any of the\nthree years preceding; the attendance being also slightly better at\nthe very last. Selma is an educational center, and, for the colored\npeople, has five institutions receiving generous patronage--the A. M.\nE. (\"Payne\") Institute, the Reformed Presbyterian (\"Knox\") Academy,\nthe Baptist University, Burrell School, and the public school\nsupported by the city, the latter just taking possession of a\ncommodious brick building; so we may truly say that the youth of the\ndespised race now have an upward look. And yet _not one-half_ of the\ncolored children of Selma are even enrolled, much less regular\nattendants at school.\n\nThese people are fond of public exercises, and give large audiences\nand interested attention that seem to know no diminution, even when\nsome twenty closing exercises of the different grades occur, as within\nthe past ten days. Burrell came in for her share, beginning with the\nannual sermon by the principal on the 20th of May, and offering two\nevening programmes on the 24th and 25th in the Congregational Church,\neach well patronized, the last named securing an especially full\nhouse. \"Maud Muller\" and the \"Songs of Seven\" were given with\ntableaux, while Carleton's \"First Settler's Story\" and the \"Tramp\nStory\" showed that careful training had been given in elocutionary\nlines. The primary and intermediate grades presented the customary\nvariation of recitations, dialogues and songs. One and all did well;\nthe church was tastefully decorated, our twenty-eight foot flag having\na prominent place; the patrons and friends of Burrell were loud in her\npraise, and the teachers on the evening of their departure were given\na banquet by a surprise party at the \"Home.\"\n\nINDUSTRIES.\n\nOne feature of the programmes at the church, calling attention to some\nwork of Burrell not done at these other schools, illustrating shop,\nsewing and drawing, were interesting for their own sake; first a\npresentation of models executed at our shop, then a tableau of the\nboys having on their aprons and caps and tools in hand; then the girls\nof the fourth and fifth grades grouped with different articles of\nsewing about the sewing teacher, who stood directing one of the number\nat work upon the new sewing-machine. The drawings exhibited were two\nlarge, finely executed crayons that won the admiration of all. These\nindustries, for which over $50 had been solicited the past year, were\nfully shown at Burrell School building during the week on public days\nwhen some fifty patrons favored us with their presence and praise,\nformer pupils lamenting the lack of these features during their school\ndays.\n\nBIBLE STUDY.\n\nBetter than all special attractions, than the general interest in\ntexts and teachers, has been the marked interest in Bible study and\nevident conversion of a number of our pupils whose lives show a\nchanged purpose. The Endeavor Society has had a part in this, and each\nof the last meetings seemed to be better than the others, so that it\nis hoped that the organization may be maintained through the summer.\nIt was the prayer of a \"father in Israel\" here, \"Turn loose thy Spirit\nupon us, for sinners are running wild to hell; uphold our heads above\nthe swelling tides of sin in which others are floundering; and, after\nthe confusion of this life is wound up, permit us to march around thy\nthrone above, eternally.\"\n\nThere is in the above the true idea, however strangely it is phrased;\nbut the words of our pupils sometimes need translating, and they\ncontinually interest even a teacher of long-standing among them. Only\nrecently the writer has come upon these expressions: \"He called me\nout of my name,\" meaning that the objector had been called \"a fool,\"\nperhaps; and \"I've done spoiled it out,\" the excuse of one who had\nerased his examples before the teacher could correct the same.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nNORMAL SCHOOL, ORANGE PARK, FLA.\n\nBY REV. T. S. PERRY.\n\nAt Orange Park Normal School the year just closed has been a\nprosperous one. Owing to straitened means and hard times, the\nenrollment has been a little less than last year; but in the grade of\nscholarship there has been a distinct advance.\n\nMany pleasant incidents have occurred, notably the Christmas festival.\nA United States flag, nine feet by fifteen, presented to the school at\nChristmas, was hoisted over the building February 22d, with great\nenthusiasm. Appropriate exercises, including such patriotic songs as\n\"The Star Spangled Banner,\" \"The Red, White and Blue,\" \"The Battle\nHymn of the Republic,\" gave added spirit to the occasion.\n\nOf a hundred pupils not one has died or been seriously sick during the\nyear--a fact that speaks much for the sanitary condition of the\nschool.\n\nThe concluding exercises, beginning with our annual picnic, May 19th,\nhave all been interesting. The literary societies have done themselves\nmuch credit. The closing day, May 30th, brought together from near and\nfar an assembly of all sorts and conditions, of every hue from fairest\nblonde to ebony, which completely filled the spacious chapel. The oral\nreviews or examinations, the music, both vocal and instrumental, were\nhighly appreciated; while the calisthenics showed admirable drill. In\nthe evening came more music, essays, recitations and the like, to the\ngreat enjoyment of a crowded audience.\n\nThe exhibit made by the industrial department was extremely\ngratifying. Many specimens of plain sewing, neatly and strongly done,\nshowed that the girls have been making progress in the practical arts\nof the house-keeper and home-maker; while abundant samples of fancy\nneedlework displayed not only rare deftness of hand, but an artistic\ntaste as well. Pretty quilts, elegant bed-spreads, handkerchiefs of\ndrawn work, tasty tray-cloths, embroidered table-covers, doilies,\naprons, neckties, etc., were displayed in profusion.\n\nThe boys' exhibit of wood-work was no less gratifying. Their numerous\npicture-frames and book-shelves, of tasteful designs and handsome\nworkmanship, would in many cases have done no discredit to expert\ncraftsmen; while many articles by the smaller boys gave proof that\nhand, eye and judgment were being trained in an admirable way. The\nworkshop is also an excellent school of applied arithmetic, as well as\nof practical handicraft. Free-hand, and some surprisingly good\nmechanical drawings were exhibited; also plain, colored and relief\nmaps, illustrating the geography of our own and other lands.\n\nThe botanical work exhibited was worthy of all praise. Fifty varieties\nof flowers, comprising nearly all the most important orders, have been\nexamined and classified, and half as many handsomely mounted.\n\nThis young school is doing a work of inestimable value. On the very\nspot, where less than a generation ago gangs of slaves toiled under\nthe overseer's lash, and within rifle-shot of the plantation\nwhipping-post, their children are now developing into worthy\ncitizenship; and youth, both white and colored, are growing up into\nenlightened Christian manhood and womanhood.\n\nMany of our students are poor--very poor--and are working out their\nsalvation by efforts none the less pathetic because so bravely and\ncheerfully made. The truest heroism is unconscious. Touching stories\ncould be easily told. Those who struggle so courageously and\nperseveringly for an education do not need to be pitied, but they need\nto be aided and encouraged. May the Lord inspire those who can to hold\nout a helping hand and so fulfill their own prayer, \"Thy Kingdom\ncome.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMERIDIAN, MISS.\n\nMRS. H. I. MILLER.\n\nOur school closed on the 29th of May, and it has been a full one\ndespite the trials we have had because of hard times. On the 27th, our\npastor, Rev. C. L. Harris, preached his annual sermon to the school.\nThe church was crowded as never before, not even at its dedication.\nThe topic, \"The satisfied soul,\" was handled with marked ability, and\nthe audience was deeply moved. On Monday our school-rooms were visited\nby many friends, and our ex-graduates from Tougaloo were welcomed\nhome. The \"students'\" sociable at night was a pleasant affair, and\ngave us a chance to plan with our scholars about their work this\nsummer. All are eager for work that they may enter school in the fall;\nall seem ready to do whatever they can find to do.\n\nThe most spiritual feature of our closing exercises was on Tuesday\nmorning, when at the opening hour the house was filled with friends to\nunite in a \"Congregational love-feast,\" as they called it. We had\nseveral clergymen and teachers, and one lawyer and a host of friends\nto cheer us with their words, or to aid us in our service of song and\nprayer. One friend told of a wealthy colored man who had pledged to\ngive three thousand dollars to the American Missionary Association to\ncarry on these Christian schools, although he himself is not a\nChristian. May his example incite others to come to our help.\n\nAfter two hours of pleasant interchange of good fellowship we all went\nto the church, where the industrial work was on exhibition. It was\narranged with great artistic effect. Each room had its display by\nitself in miniature booths constructed out of the finished sewing. The\nprimary rooms had festoons of \"blockwork,\" and under an awning made\nfrom a bright patchwork quilt, made by them, hung their dainty\npockets, tidies, scarfs, etc., quaintly outlined in bright needlework.\nThere were scores of buttonholes arranged in a wheel pattern, and they\nwere beautifully done, and were admired by all. There were three\nentire quilts, twenty-nine garments of various kinds, and twenty-five\nneatly hemstitched handkerchiefs, besides a large quantity of articles\nfor home decoration. Perhaps the exhibit which attracted most\nattention was the young men's department. There were fourteen\nhandkerchiefs and eight Windsor ties hemstitched by the young men, and\nhardly any of them had ever used a needle, yet their dainty work was\npronounced _equal_, if not superior, to that of the young ladies.\nThere were in all four hundred and sixty-three articles made, some\nfrom old material, some from scraps and some from new cloth. Before\nthe winter term the young girls had cut and prepared their own sewing.\n\nGRADUATING EXERCISES.\n\nAt eight o'clock in the evening the house was filled to overflowing\nwith people who wished to witness the graduation of twelve young\npersons, or to hear the various exercises from the younger children,\nand to listen to our well rendered music. The exercises were all\nexcellent, although they were greatly marred by the vast audience on\nso warm a night. There were no failures, but fine delivery and\nappearance. The mayor of the city was pleased to pronounce it \"grand.\"\n\nAnd so closed our school year, but \"the half has not been told\" if we\nomit to tell of the spiritual growth. Twenty-four in our school have\nunited with our church, almost as many more with other denominations,\nand some have now gone to their own homes, and will there confess what\nChrist has done for them this year. It has been a beautiful year. We\ncan but feel that God has been with us. The flowers and blackboard\ndecorations were very attractive, and our dear old flag draping the\nentire wall behind the platform added not a little to the\nattractiveness of our rooms. On Sunday the sadness of parting was\naccentuated, and it was from a full heart each one gave the Y. P. S.\nC. E. benediction of \"The Lord watch between thee and me while we are\nabsent one from the other.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nGRAND VIEW, TENN.\n\nFROM \"DAYTON LEADER,\" DAYTON, TENN.\n\nGRAND VIEW, TENN., MAY 19.--Commencement exercises at Grand View\nNormal Institute were held last night. This excellent school is\nsituated on the eastern brow of Walden's Ridge, fifty-five miles north\nfrom Chattanooga. It overlooks a view of fertile valley below, and\nbeyond a vast expanse of numberless wooded hills with glimpses of the\nTennessee river winding between, while on the horizon looms the dim,\nmajestic form of the Smoky Range.\n\nIt is an institution of the American Missionary Association\n(Congregational), and is equal to many of our lesser colleges.\nMathematics is carried through trigonometry and surveying. Latin and\nmusic are taught, also, as well as the ordinary studies of the common\nand high schools. Above one hundred and fifty pupils, from a dozen\ndifferent States, were on the roll of the past term. The teachers are\nof the highest order and their efficiency was emphatically\ndemonstrated by the splendid work of last night's exercises.\n\nWhile there was, of course, a marked difference in the oratorical\npowers of the young speakers, yet the uniformly high moral and\nintellectual tone of the admirably composed essays was a feature\ngratifying indeed to the numerous fathers and mothers present. There\nwere present men of learning, teachers and preachers from surrounding\ncities, whose words of frank encomium upon the exercises emphasized\ntheir excellence. The visitors crowded the spacious hall to its utmost\ncapacity and a large \"overflow meeting\" looked in through the windows.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n_Church Work._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE EVANGELIST AT WORK.\n\nMR. JAMES WHARTON.\n\nIt has again been my privilege to spend the winter in the South in the\ninterests of the colored population under the auspices of the American\nMissionary Association, and in each section of the country visited I\nam glad to record a marked change for the better both morally and\nspiritually in advance of twenty years ago, and this I consider is due\nin a great measure to the influence and instrumentality of the\nCongregational churches and schools in connection with them.\n\nThe untold good that is being done by the various institutions under\nthe American Missionary Association will never be known this side of\neternity, and wherever I have gone I have found the people speaking in\nthe highest terms of praise of the efforts which are being put forth\nto help raise the standard already attained.\n\nDuring the last winter I have visited and held revival services at\nDudley and Raleigh, N. C.; Hampton, Va.; Howard University,\nWashington, D. C.; Oaks and Hillsboro, N. C.; Athens and Thomasville,\nGa.; High Point, N. C.; and at each place the ministers and teachers\nof the schools have worked admirably, with the result that the\nchurches have been quickened and scores of the most promising young\npeople of both sexes from different parts of the States have been led\nto trust in Jesus as their Saviour and to commence a new life for Him.\nIt has been a great joy to me on returning to places formerly visited\nto find after years of absence the converts going on still in the\n\"good way,\" witnessing for Christ and working for the welfare of\nothers, and, in many cases, settled for life in comfortable\nframe-built houses where once it was the one-roomed log cabin with its\nevil influences. In spite of the distress so keenly felt by everyone,\nthe past year has been one of unusual interest and revival. The old\nidea, of visions, dreams and voices being necessary to a person's\nassurance of his acceptance of God, seems to be yielding to a more\nperfect and Scriptural way: \"Thus saith the Lord.\"\n\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\n\nIn Plymouth church, Rev. S. Brown, pastor, protracted meetings were\nheld, resulting in the lifting heavenward of the members. Among the\nconverts was a Mrs. T., who had been a seeker for thirty-three years.\nWhile listening to an address on Ex. xii Chap. 13 v., \"He sprinkled\nblood,\" the light she had been so long looking for began to dawn upon\nher soul, and before the address closed she was rejoicing in God's\nwondrous love. She could scarcely keep her seat for joy; she arose to\ntestify that God had saved her that night. Her testimony caused\nconsiderable rejoicing, as she was well known to all as a \"long-time\nmourner.\"\n\nHOWARD UNIVERSITY.\n\nAt the invitation of Dr. Rankin, the Evangelist and Pastor Brown held\na ten days' mission, resulting in some good cases of conversion, two\nbrothers being among the number, the sons of a Methodist minister, one\nstudying to become a doctor and the other a pharmacist.\n\nHAMPTON, VA.\n\nDuring the week of prayer we felt a deep wave of spiritual blessing\nsweep over the institution such as had not been realized for years\npast. Quite a number of the students were brought over on the Lord's\nside, including several young Indian students.\n\nOAKS, N. C.\n\nMeetings were held here for ten days, and although snow covered the\nground several inches thick, the people attended well, and every night\na large proportion of the congregation was composed of white folks who\ndid not hesitate to worship under the same roof with their colored\nbrethren.\n\nHILLSBORO, N. C.\n\nHere the revival commenced in the school. When the Christian pupils\nwere asked to show hands only about three testified, but ere the\nmeeting closed a marked change was seen, for a large number became\nChristians during the meeting. As there is no Congregational church\nthe Baptists kindly offered their church building for our use, which\nfrom the first was packed to its utmost, the people standing around\nthe doors and windows unable to get inside, so eager were they to\nhear the word preached. Several \"long-time mourners\" were converted,\nincluding three old grandfathers and two or three grandmothers. People\nof all classes came in from the country for miles around, willing to\nleave their fields and work to attend the services. Many of the older\ninhabitants of the town said that such a revival had not been known\nsince before the war, for in a few days the converts reached the\nnumber of one hundred and sixteen. As a result, a goodly number were\nadded to the Sunday-school. A society of Christian Endeavor was\norganized and a weekly prayer-meeting started, the young converts\nreadily taking part.\n\nATHENS, GA.\n\nThe members took an active part here in helping on the good work. At\nKnox Institute meetings were held for the pupils and a large number\nprofessed conversion. At the church three public school teachers were\nconverted, also the mother of two of them.\n\nMACON, GA.\n\nI was rejoiced to find in this city quite a number of young converts\nwho decided for Christ seven years ago still going on steadily, many\nof them now grown up into fine young men and women, and still seeking\nto glorify God in a consistent life and walk. Here one editor of a\nweekly newspaper came over on business and made his way to the\nservices, and the first night gave himself to the Lord, going home to\nthe town from whence he came to tell his friends what great things the\nLord had done for him.\n\nTHOMASVILLE, GA.\n\nAfter the first meeting it was evident the Lord had something good in\nstore for us. At the close of every succeeding service anxious souls\nwere to be found kneeling at the front seat seeking Christ, and great\nwas the joy of all when they saw those whom they were interested in\ndeciding for Him. Every night the young ladies of the boarding\ndepartment with a part of the congregation formed a large circle\noutside the church door to sing some of the \"old-time\" hymns, which,\nin the stillness of the night under the starry heavens, and with\nnearly all the singers dressed in white, made the scene more a\nheavenly one than can well be imagined. Their sweet voices pealed\nforth the strains of Zion, which on the gentle breeze were wafted to\nmany an ear of those who lived in the neighborhood, and hearts were\ntouched, and many drew nigh to listen who never ventured inside the\nchurch door. Many of the young ladies ere this have gone back to their\nhomes in the country, others to their summer schools, and from these\nservices will carry with them the happy influence of the gospel which\nwill in turn reach the ears of those entrusted to their care, the\nresult of which will be many a sad heart made glad, and many a dark\nhome brightened, and, above all, God will be glorified. Brethren, pray\nfor the three hundred and forty converts of this last winter's\ncampaign.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nLETTER FROM REV. W. C. POND, D.D.\n\nI have been telling our pupils and the Christian people in the several\nlocalities that their schools must close unless they are sustained by\ncontributions on the field, during June, July and August. And the\nresponses have been encouraging. I do not think that a single one of\nthe missions which I have visited will fail to take care of itself\nduring those months, unless it be San Bernardino. The times are\nwretchedly hard, but the missions seem to have gotten a good hold on\nthe consciences and hearts of our best people.\n\nThe great fire at Santa Cruz swept away the entire Chinese quarter,\nincluding our mission house. I enclose two letters from Mrs. Hall, the\nteacher there, which will interest you I am sure, and will, perhaps,\nafford a paragraph or an item for the magazine:\n\n_Dear Dr. Pond:_--I have been very busy this week hunting a mission\nhouse. Mr. Cruzan has been very kind, and has not only advised me, but\nhas taken me in his carriage all over town, looking for a\nmission-room. We have finally settled on a cottage about a block from\nwhere the mission formerly stood. Mr. Birkensees has a number of\ncottages there, which he has concluded to rent to the Chinamen. We\nhave secured a cottage with six small rooms, and he is building on a\nschoolroom in front (18 by 26 feet), with every convenience we want.\nHe is putting an attic above the schoolroom, which can be used as\nsleeping-rooms. Mr. Hall is overseeing the work, and Mr. Birkensees is\nhaving it built to suit me. We hope to go on with the mission work by\nMonday night. The rent, I am sorry to say, is more than we had\nexpected to pay, but we could do no better. It will be $12.50 per\nmonth, but the brethren will pay $5 each month, instead of $2.75 which\nthey formerly paid, besides the monthly collection.\n\nThe brethren saved from the flames the organ, pictures, books, carpet,\nin fact almost everything in the schoolroom. The tables and some of\nthe chairs were burned, and will have to be replaced; but when I heard\nthat they had saved these things I was very much surprised, as they\nwere surrounded by fire in no time, as the fire broke out opposite the\nmission house and there was no water to stay it. I have heard people\nsay that our brethren worked like heroes. They carried everything,\norgan and all, by hand, for blocks, and finally stored them in Mrs.\nTagan's shed. They had many heavy trunks to move, besides the school\nfurniture. They worked systematically, displaying no selfishness, but\nwent right on with the moving without losing their wits. Many of their\nbelongings were lost, their dishes, stoves, chairs, tables, etc.,\nwhich they cannot do without.\n\nThe Christian people here have been very kind, and have shown a great\ndeal of sympathy for our Chinese brethren since the fire, and I think\nmany will give little things, such as dishes, etc., which will be a\ngreat help to them.\n\nOf course I feel very sorry for our mission brethren, but I am glad\nChinatown is in ashes. We were all getting sick from the impure air.\nSome of the boys had been sick for months on account, I think, of the\nfilth surrounding our mission rooms, and I believe it was the Lord's\nwill that it should burn, and besides I am certain that we can do a\nbetter work where we are. The Chinamen are driven from their nests,\nand I believe many will come to school now. They are disgusted with\ntheir idols, because they did not save them from the fire. About six\nChinese women were driven out, so I will commence work with them soon,\nif possible. Then I find a good many little children, too, and I will\ntry to get some Christian lady to teach them. I hope I may save the\nwomen. I could never locate them in Chinatown, and the Chinamen told\nme there were only two in town, but I find they told me an untruth,\nand I will now endeavor to reach them.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.\n\nMISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\"WHAT PROGRESS DO YOU MAKE?\"\n\nPROF. CHAS. L. PARKER.\n\nIn our letters from different parts of the country, the above is the\noft-repeated question. My answer, which is the purpose of this letter,\nwill not deal with statistics either of church or of school, for the\nbest work done among the mountaineers is not recorded in the church\nbooks or school curriculums; it is the work accomplished in the lives\nof individuals and through them. Often these individuals are never\nknown outside their own community.\n\nA little over a year ago, in company with a friend, I went to visit a\nSunday-school in a mountain community way back in the \"Ridges.\" The\nSuperintendent, a man whom we had met before at a Sunday-school\nconvention, invited us to speak. After the services we went home with\nhim to dinner. His family consisted of a wife and five children. He\ndeplored the fact that they had not better opportunities for education\nand better church privileges, so we suggested that, when the crops\nwere harvested, he should move with his family to C---- to send them\nto school.\n\nThe idea pleased Mr. W----, and in course of time he came. Mrs.\nW---- entered the school with her children as a regular student, being\nin some of the same classes with her little girls. All worked\ndiligently through the winter, enjoying an intellectual feast, of\nwhich they had hitherto known nothing. It is unnecessary to say that\nthe winter passed too quickly with them, and the time came for\n\"making a new crop\" all too soon. They left the school reluctantly and\nreturned to the mountain home, taking with them a spirit of progress,\nwhich will make even a rugged fastness into a blooming garden.\n\nLast Sunday we visited the Sunday-school again, no longer a small one,\nfor it enrolls over one hundred and fifty pupils. Mr. W---- has also\norganized a \"Saturday class,\" at which the youth and grown people of\nthe neighborhood meet after the week's work on the farm, and learn to\nread and write and spell. On Sunday they \"meet out\" at 9 o'clock in\nthe morning for Bible study and worship, and again in the afternoon\nfor sacred song service and church. Thus they spend the entire day.\nThe county Superintendent has visited Mr. W's \"Saturday class,\" and is\nabout to recommend such movements throughout the county, as a means of\nkeeping up an interest in education during the long period between the\nsessions of the free school, which rarely last longer than three\nmonths in a year. Who knows but that from this small beginning great\ngood may grow?\n\nMr. W. is not a Congregationalist, nor is he a minister of the gospel,\nbut he and his estimable wife are doing good work for Christ in their\nown community. This is by no means an isolated instance; all over our\nmountain country are schools established by the American Missionary\nAssociation, which are doing valuable work in and through their\nstudents.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.\n\n\nMAINE.\n\n  WOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A.\n  _State Committee_--Mrs. C. A. Woodbury, Woodfords;\n    Mrs. A. T. Burbank, Yarmouth;\n    Mrs. Helen Quimby, Bangor.\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE.\n\n  FEMALE CENT INSTITUTION AND HOME MISS. UNION.\n  President--Mrs. Joseph B. Walker, Concord.\n  Secretary--Mrs. John T. Perry, Exeter.\n  Treasurer--Miss Annie A. McFarland, Concord.\n\n\nVERMONT.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. J. H. Babbitt, W. Brattleboro.\n  Secretary--Mrs. M. K. Paine, Windsor.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.\n\n\nMASS. AND R. I.\n\n  [A]WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n  President--Mrs. C. L. Goodell, Boston Highlands, Mass.\n  Secretary--Miss Anna A. Pickens, 32 Congregational House, Boston.\n  Treasurer--Miss Sarah K. Burgess, 32 Congregational House, Boston.\n\n\nCONNECTICUT.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Miss Ellen R. Camp, 9 Camp St., New Britain.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St., Hartford.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford.\n\n\nNEW YORK.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Green Ave., Brooklyn.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St., Syracuse.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St., Brooklyn.\n\n\nNEW JERSEY.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE N. J. ASSOCIATION.\n  President--Mrs. A. H. Bradford, Montclair.\n  Secret'y--Mrs. Wm. O. Weeden, Upper Montclair.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. H. Dennison, 150 Belleville Ave., Newark.\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. A. H. Claflin, 191 Franklin St., Allegheny.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. F. Yennee, Ridgway.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. T. W. Jones, 211 Woodland Terrace, Philadelphia.\n\n\nOHIO.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. J. G. W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. G. B. Brown, 2116 Warren St., Toledo.\n\nINDIANA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. W. A. Bell, 221 Christian Ave, Indianapolis.\n  Secretary--Mrs. W. E. Mossman, Fort Wayne.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. F. E. Dewhurst, 28 Christian Ave., Indianapolis.\n\n\nILLINOIS.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. Isaac Claflin, Lombard.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. L. A. Field, Wilmette.\n\n\nIOWA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. T. O. Douglass, Grinnell.\n  Secretary--Mrs. V. H. Mullett, Clinton.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. M. J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque.\n\n\nMICHIGAN.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. George M. Lane, 179 West Alexandrine Ave., Detroit.\n  Secretary--Mrs. J. H. Hatfield, 301 Elm Street, Kalamazoo.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.\n\n\nWISCONSIN.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. H. A. Miner, 540 State Street, Madison.\n  Secretary--Mrs. A. O. Wright, Madison.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. C. M. Blackman, White Water.\n\n\nMINNESOTA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Miss Katherine W. Nichols, 230 East Ninth Street, St. Paul.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. F. Fullerton, 3016 Harriet Ave., Minneapolis.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. H. W. Skinner, Northfield.\n\n\nNORTH DAKOTA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. W. P. Cleveland, Caledonia.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo.\n\n\nSOUTH DAKOTA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. A. H. Robbins, Bowdle.\n  Secretary--Mrs. W. H. Thrall, Huron.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. F. H. Wilcox, Huron.\n\n\nNEBRASKA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. J. T. Duryea, 2402 Cass Street, Omaha.\n  Secretary--Mrs. S. C. Dean, 636 31st Street, Omaha.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. G. J. Powell, 30th & Ohio Sts., Omaha.\n\n\nMONTANA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. O. C. Clark, Missoula.\n  Secretary--Mrs. W. S. Bell, 410 Dearborn Ave., Helena.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Herbert E. Jones, Livingston.\n\n\nMISSOURI.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. Henry Hopkins, 916 Holmes St., Kansas City.\n  Secretary--Mrs. E. C. Ellis, 2456 Tracy Ave., Kansas City.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. K. L. Mills, 1526 Wabash Ave., Kansas City.\n\n\nKANSAS.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. F. E. Storrs, Topeka.\n  Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.\n\n\nOREGON.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. John Summerville, 108 Second Street, Portland.\n  Secretary--Mrs. George Brownell, Oregon City.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. W. D. Palmer, 283 Fourth St., Portland.\n\n\nWASHINGTON.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n  President--Mrs. A. J. Bailey, 323 Blanchard St., Seattle.\n  Secretary--Mrs. W. C. Wheeler, 434 South K St., Tacoma.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. W. George, 620 Fourth St., Seattle.\n\n\nCALIFORNIA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.\n  President--Mrs. M. L. Merritt, 478 Edwards St., Oakland.\n  Secretary--Mrs. L. M. Howard, 911 Grove St., Oakland.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. M. Havens, 1329 Harrison St., Oakland.\n\n\nNEVADA.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. L. J. Flint, Reno.\n  Secretary--Miss Margaret N. Magill, Reno.\n  Treasurer--Miss Mary Clow, Reno.\n\n\nINDIAN TERRITORY.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. John McCarthy, Vinita.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. R. M. Swain, Vinita.\n\n\nNEW MEXICO.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. C. E. Winslow, Albuquerque.\n  Secretary--Mrs. E. W. Lewis, 301 So. Edith St., Albuquerque.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. F. A. Burlingame, Albuquerque.\n\n\nLOUISIANA.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquet and Liberty Sts., New Orleans.\n  Secretary--Miss Matilda Cabrere, New Orleans.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. C. S. Shattuck, Welsh.\n\n\nMISSISSIPPI.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. C. L. Harris, 1421 31st Avenue, Meridian.\n  Secretary--Miss Edith M. Hall, Tougaloo Univ., Tougaloo.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. L. H. Turner, 3012 12th Street, Meridian.\n\n\nALABAMA.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. H. W. Andrews, Talladega.\n  Secretary--Mrs. T. N. Chase, Selma.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. H. S. DeForest, Talladega.\n\n\nFLORIDA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. S. F. Gale, Jacksonville.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. W. D. Brown, Interlachen.\n\n\nTENNESSEE, KENTUCKY AND ARKANSAS.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION.\n  President--Mrs. G. W. Moore. Box 8, Fisk Univ., Nashville.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Jos. E. Smith, 304 Gilmer Street, Chattanooga.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 1214 Grundy St., Nashville.\n\n\nCOLORADO.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. J. W. Pickett, White Water.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Chas. Westley, Denver.\n  Treasurer--Mrs S. A. Sawyer, Boulder.\n\n\nWYOMING.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. G. S. Ricker, Cheyenne.\n  Secretary--Mrs. W. C. Whipple, Cheyenne.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. H. N. Smith, Rock Springs.\n\n\nOKLAHOMA.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Miss M. McConnell, Guthrie.\n  Secretary--Mrs. L. E. Kimball, Guthrie.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. L. S. Guilds, Choctaw City.\n\n\nUTAH, (Including Southern Idaho).\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. J. B. Thrall, Salt Lake City, U.\n  Secretary--Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth St., E., Salt Lake City, Utah.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Dana W. Bartlett, Salt Lake City, Utah.\n  Secretary for Idaho--Mrs. Oscar Sonnenkalb, Pocatello, Idaho.\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. J. W. Freeman, Dudley.\n  Secretary and Treasurer--Miss A. E. Farrington, High Point.\n\n\nTEXAS.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. J. M. Wendelkin, Dallas.\n  Secretary--Mrs. H. Burt, Lock Box 563, Dallas.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. C. I. Scofield, Dallas.\n\n\nGEORGIA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. A. F. Sherrill, 19 Highland Ave., Atlanta.\n  Secretary--Mrs. H. A. Kellam, Atlanta.\n  Treasurer--Miss Virginia Holmes, Barnesville.\n\n\nSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.\n\n  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. Emma Cash, 1710 Temple St., Los Angeles.\n  Secretary--Mrs. H. K. W. Bent, Box 443, Pasadena.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library, Riverside.\n\n\nFOOTNOTE:\n\n[A] For the purpose of exact information, we note that while\nthe W. H. M. A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass. and R.\nI., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1894.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE DANIEL HAND FUND.\n\n_For the Education of Colored People._\n\n     Income for May                                           $36,660.00\n     Previously acknowledged                                    8,449.85\n                                                              ----------\n                                                              $45,109.85\n                                                              ==========\n\n\nCURRENT RECEIPTS.\n\n\nMAINE, $136.99.\n\n  Bangor. Hammond St. Sab. Sch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._        10.53\n  Denmark. Mrs. L. A. Berry, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._        1.00\n  Gray. Cong. Ch.                                                   6.00\n  Hallowell. \"In His Name,\" _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._     1.00\n  Kennebunk. Union Ch. and Soc.                                    39.36\n  Kennebunk. Ladies, Bbl. C., _for High Point, N. C._,\n    Freight Prepaid\n  Lewiston. Y. P. S. C. E. of Pine St. Cong. Ch., _for\n    McIntosh, Ga._                                                 15.00\n  Lewiston. Ladies of Pine St. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n    Straight U._                                                   10.00\n  Limerick. \"A Friend,\" _for Thunderhawk Mission, Fort Yates,\n    N. D._                                                          1.00\n  Norridgewock. \"Friends.\"        5.00\n  North Waterford. Rev. D. McCormick, Bbl. C.,\n    2, _for Freight, for Blowing Rock, N. C._                       2.00\n  Orland. Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss Jennie N. Buck, Treas.,\n    _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                                      5.00\n  Patton. Cong. Ch., _for Alaska M._                                7.00\n  Portland. L. M. Circle State St. Ch., Bale Goods, 2, _for\n    Freight, for High Point, N. C._                                 2.00\n  Showhegan. Island Av. Ch.                                        27.10\n  South Bridgton. C. E. Choate, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._     5.00\n  Willard. Mrs. Chas. Loverell, Box C., _for Blowing Rock, N. C._\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE, $274.31.\n\n  Amherst. Capt. G. W. Bosworth                                    82.00\n  Auburn. Pike Chase                                                5.00\n  Boscawen. Aux. to N. H. Cent Union, by Mrs. A. J. Carter,\n    _for a Share, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                             7.00\n  Colebrook. \"Mrs. W.,\" Two Old Spanish Silver Dollars\n    of Date 1786 and 1800\n  Concord. \"A Friend.\"                                              5.00\n  Conway. West Side Sab. Sch., _for Central Ch., New\n    Orleans, La._                                                   6.00\n  Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. (10 of which _for Indian M._)          110.53\n  Gilsum. Cong. Ch.                                                 3.50\n  Hampton. Cong. Ch.                                                6.90\n  Henniker. \"A Friend,\" _for Thunderhawk Mission, Ft. Yates,\n    N. D._                                                          4.00\n  Hillsboro Bridge. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch.                     4.44\n  Keene. Mrs Harriet I. Buckminster, 1; Miss Mason, 1               2.00\n  Manchester. Miss H. J. Parkhurst, _for Student Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                                  20.00\n  Manchester. South Main St. Cong. Ch.                             13.13\n  Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch.                                          12.00\n  Nashua. \"M. E. E.\"                                                1.00\n  Penacook. Mrs. M. A. N. Fiske                                     5.00\n  Plaistow, N. H., and North Haverhill, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc.   12.00\n  Warner. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._\n  West Concord. Granite Mission Band, _for Wilmington, N. C._       2.00\n  From W. H. Spalter, County Treas.:\n    Marlboro. Cong. Ch.                                 8.51\n    Rindge. Cong. Ch.                                  26.30\n    Swanzey. Cong. Ch.                                  8.00\n                                                      ------       42.81\n\n\nVERMONT, $936.65.\n\n  Albany. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                3.00\n  Benson. Cong. Ch.                                                 5.10\n  Cornwall. Cong. Ch., 29.46; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 15           44.46\n  Danville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 17.73, and Sab. Sch., 10.85        28.58\n  Hyde Park. Second Cong. Ch., 17; Sab. Sch, 10.50;\n    Y. P. S. C. E., 2.50, to const. M. B. EATON L. M.              30.00\n  Jericho. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                       4.60\n  Manchester. Samuel G. Cone, 50; Cong. Ch., 19.74                 69.74\n  Norwich. Rev. N. R. Nichols                                      19.00\n  Pittsford. Cong. Ch.                                             34.00\n  Pittsford. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._        3.58\n  Post Mills. \"Cheerful Workers,\" _for Student Aid,\n    Williamsburg Acad., Ky._                                        3.50\n  Salisbury. Cong. Ch.                                              2.50\n  Saxton's River. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               23.00\n  Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                       14.25\n  Underhill. Cong. Ch.                                              5.50\n  Vergennes. Cong. Ch.                                             15.00\n  Westminster, West. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., _for Student\n    Aid, Fisk U._                                                   5.00\n  West Randolph. \"A Friend,\" 2.50 _for Freedmen, and_ 2.50\n    _for Indian M._                                                 5.00\n  Wilmington. Cong. Soc.                                            6.08\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vt., by Mrs. Wm. P.\n    Fairbanks, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Barnet. Junior C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_          1.25\n      Barton. Mission Circle, 8.66; Junior C. E.,\n        5, _for Indian Sch'p_                          13.66\n      Bellows Falls. Junior C. E., _for Indian\n        Sch'p_                                         10.00\n      Bennington. Second Ch. Junior C. E., _for\n        Indian Sch'p_                                   5.00\n      Bethel. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_            1.00\n      Bradford. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_          2.00\n      Brattleboro, West. Jun. C. E., _for Indian\n        Sch'p_                                          2.00\n      Brookfield. Second Ch., W. H. M. S.              10.00\n      Cambridge. W. H. M. S.                           10.00\n      Chelsea. Sarah P. Bacon Miss Soc.                10.00\n      Coventry. W. H. M. S.                            18.00\n      Derby. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_              .52\n      Fairlee. Ladies of.                               2.50\n      Fairfield, East. Jun. C. E., _for Indian\n        Sch'p_                                          2.50\n      Fairfax. Mrs. M. S. F.                            2.00\n      Franklin. Ladies.                                 7.50\n      Grafton. Sab. Sch., 73 cts.; C. E., 32 cts.,\n        _for Indian Sch'p_                              1.55\n      Greensboro. W. H. M. S.                           8.00\n      Hardwick. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_          2.56\n      Hardwick, East. W. H. M. S.                      12.00\n      Jericho Center. Jun. C. E., _for Indian\n        Sch'p_                                          3.50\n      Montpelier. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_       10.00\n      Morrisville. Junior C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_     3.00\n      Orwell. L. M. S.                                 40.00\n      Pittsford. W. H. M. S.                           25.00\n      Pittsford. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_         4.25\n      Queechee. W. H. M. S.                            10.00\n      Randolph, West. W. H. M. S.                       9.00\n      Richmond. Homeland Circle, 9.14; Sab. Sch.,\n        3.50                                           12.64\n      Richmond. Primary Sab. Sch., _for Indian\n        Sch'p_                                          3.50\n      Rutland. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_          10.00\n      Rutland. Lester District Junior C. E., _for\n        Indian Sch'p_                                   7.00\n      Salisbury. Home Miss'y Army, _for Indian\n        Sch'p_                                          1.36\n      Saint Johnsbury. So. Ch. W. H. M. S.             48.70\n      Saint Johnsbury. So. Ch. Junior C. E., _for\n        Indian Sch'p_                                  10.00\n      Springfield. W. H. M. S.                         10.00\n      Springfield. Junior C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_     3.00\n      Swanton. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_           5.00\n      Waitsfield. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_        2.50\n      Wallingford. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_       5.00\n      Wells River. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_      10.00\n      Williamstown. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p_      2.25\n      \"Thank Offering.\"                               262.52\n                                                      ------      623.76\n\n\nMASSACHUSETTS, $8,652.90.\n\n  Amherst. South Cong. Ch.                                         13.00\n  Amherst. \"The Sunbeams,\" North Cong.\n    Ch., _for Student Aid, Lincoln Acad._                          12.06\n  Andover. West Ch., Junior Miss'y Soc.,\n    _for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._                               20.00\n  Andover. Sab. Sch. South Ch. 25; Y. P. S. C. E.,\n    South Ch. 50, _for Indian Sch'p, Santee, Neb._                 75.00\n  Belmont. Mrs. W. H. Goodridge, 2 Bbls,\n    C., and 2 _for Freight, for Beaufort, N. C._                    2.00\n  Beverly. W. H. M. S. of Dane St. Ch., _for\n    Evarts, Ky._                                                   50.00\n  Boston. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              783.86\n      Mrs. Charlotte M. Fisher, by Miss Kate\n        G. Lamson, _for Marshallville, Ga._           200.00\n      E. F. Billings, _for Indian M., Santee, Neb._    25.00\n      J. H. Sawyer, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._     10.00\n      Edward Sawyer, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._     5.00\n    Charlestown. Winthrop Cong. Ch. and Soc.           45.27\n    Dorchester. \"An Old Subscriber.\"                    5.00\n    South Boston, Phillips Ch., W. H. M. Soc.,\n        _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                     37.00\n      \"Friends in Phillips Ch.\"                         9.00\n                                                      ------    1,120.13\n  Chelsea. Mrs. E. V. R. Evans.                                     1.00\n  Clarendon Hills. ----, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                 1.50\n  Clinton. C. E. Soc. of Cong. Ch.                                 10.00\n  Conway. Cong. Ch.                                                40.73\n  Danvere (Tapleyville). Mrs. Sarah Richmond                        2.00\n  Dedham. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch.                                15.81\n  Douglass. Junior Soc. of C. E., by Myra A. Proctor, Supt.        10.00\n  East Bridgewater. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.,\n    _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                                      2.04\n  Easthampton. \"Memorial Gift\" from Estate of Herbert S.\n    Parsons, to const. MRS. L. E. PARSONS L. M.                    30.00\n  East Weymouth. Cong. Ch.                                         40.00\n  Edgartown. First Cong. Ch.                                        9.91\n  Essex. Cong. Ch., Stereopticon Coll.                              5.23\n  Everett. Mrs. Mary P. Allen, 10; \"A Friend,\" 1                   11.00\n  Fall River. J. P. Newell, _for Burrell Sch._                     10.00\n  Franklin. Cong. Ch.                                               9.05\n  Gill. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._         2.25\n  Granby. S. M. Cook, to const. MRS. ARTHUR W. FISKE L. M.         30.00\n  Hatfield. Cong. Ch., adl                                          5.52\n  Haverhill. Center Cong. Ch.                                      69.00\n  Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, in \"Memory of Prof. Carroll\n    Cutler, late of Talladega C.,\" _for the Debt_                 500.00\n  Haverhill. Harriet F. Welch, _for Thunderhawk M., Fort\n    Yates, N. D._, to const. M. C. D. WELCH, MRS. RUTH M.\n    WELCH and M. LOUISE WELCH L. Ms                                90.00\n  Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                     52.85\n  Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch.                                     20.34\n  Holyoke. Prayer Circle, Second Cong Ch., _for Central Ch.,\n    New Orleans, La._                                               5.00\n  Hyde Park. Woman's Home Miss'y Union (30 of which _for Indian\n    M._) and to const. MRS. SARAH HENRIETTA HATHAWAY and\n    MRS. HARRIET W. BROWN L. Ms                                    60.00\n  Hyde Park. Class No. 45 Cong. S. S.,\n    _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                                10.00\n  Hyde Park. Cong. Ch.                                             20.00\n  Ipswich. \"Lend-a-Hand Soc.\" First Cong. Ch.                       3.00\n  Leominster. Mrs. W. M. Howland, 50;\n    F. J. Lathrop, 51, _for Building, Cumberland Gap, Tenn._      101.00\n  Linden. \"Mrs. S. A. D.\"                                           1.00\n  Lowell. High St. Cong. Ch., 160.33; John St. Cong. Ch.,\n    41.66; First Cong. Ch., 41.53; \"A. B. S.,\" 5                  248.52\n  Lowell. Young People's Miss'y Soc. of Pawtucket Cong Ch.,\n    _for Nat, Ala._                                                 9.00\n  Marshfield Hills. Y. P. S. C. E. of Second Cong. Ch.              1.31\n  Medfield. Y. P. S. C. E. of Second Cong. Ch.                      5.00\n  Medford. Charles Cummings, to const. EDWARD A. GROUT,\n    MARY E. GROUT and HELEN T. WILD L. Ms                         100.00\n  Medford. M. T. Haskins                                           20.00\n  Melrose. Intermediate Dept. Cong. Sab. Sch.,\n    _for Y. P. S. C. E. Hall, McIntosh, Ga._                       10.00\n  Milford. Woman's Home Miss'y Soc.,\n    by Mrs. W. W. Woodbury, _for Saluda, N. C._                     7.64\n  Milford. Rev. Webster Woodbury, Box Library Books,\n    1, _for Freight for Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn._               1.00\n  Millbury. \"S. J. W.\"                                              1.00\n  Milton. \"A Friend\" in Cong. Ch., _for Indian M., Santee, Neb._   25.00\n  Mittineague. Southworth Co., Case Paper, _for Talladega C._\n  Monson. Cong. Ch.                                                20.73\n  Nantucket. First Cong. Ch.                                        1.40\n  Newburyport. North Cong. Ch.                                     40.00\n  Newton. Eliot Ch. (of which 300 _for Indian M._,\n    100 _for Thunderhawk Mission, Fort Yates, N. D._\n    and 25 _for Cumberland Gap, Tenn._)                         1,107.69\n  Newton Highlands. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.,\n    _for Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn._                             20.64\n  Newton Highlands. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch.,\n    Stereopticon Coll., _for Mountain Work_                         8.00\n  Newton Highlands. Oak Hill S. S.                                  7.00\n  Norfolk. Union Cong. Ch.                                          2.00\n  Northampton. First Ch.                                          101.03\n  Northampton. Dorcas Soc. First Ch.,\n    _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._                                 36.50\n  Northampton. \"A Friend,\" (15 of which _for Indian M., N. D._),\n    to const. MISS C. M. CLARK, L. M.                              30.00\n  Northampton. Miss Anna C. Edwards, _for Warner Inst._             1.00\n  Northboro. Evan. Cong. Soc.                                      21.00\n  North Wilbraham. Extra-cent-a-day Band,\n    _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                                     30.00\n  Norwood. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch.                               10.00\n  Pepperell. \"A Friend,\" Box Books, _for Evarts, Ky._\n  Peru. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.                                         4.28\n  Pittsfield. Mrs. H. P. A. Campbell, _for Student Aid,\n    Tougaloo U._                                                   25.00\n  Pittsfield. Sarah Martin, _for Burrell Sch._                     10.00\n  Princeton. Cong. Ch.                                             80.00\n  Reading. Cong. Ch.                                               18.00\n  Rockville. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                 12.00\n  Royalston. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Sch. Building,\n    Evarts, Ky._                                                   10.00\n  Salem. Miss C. Philbrick                                         10.00\n  South Braintree. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Special, _for\n    Evarts, Ky._                                                   10.00\n  South Framingham. R. L. Day, _for Indian M._                    100.00\n  South Framingham. Sab. Sch. Grace Cong. Ch., _for Mountain\n    Work_                                                          18.47\n  Springfield. Mrs. W. H. Haile, 50; Y. P. S. C. E. South Ch.,\n    25; Miss Helen Spring, 5, _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._  80.00\n  Springfield. Faith Ch.                                            5.25\n  Sutton. Cong. Ch.                                                15.17\n  Three Rivers. Union Evan. Ch., Stereopticon Lecture              10.00\n  Topsfield. Cong. Ch.                                              2.00\n  Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch.                                          7.30\n  Waltham. Anna M. Simonds, _for Martin, Fla._                      5.00\n  Ward Hill. Cong. Ch. Stereopticon Coll.                          12.00\n  Ware. East Cong. Ch. to const. WALDO F. WINSLOW, MARTHA\n    ELIZABETH SMITH, GRACE I. BACON and JENNIE GILMORE L. Ms      153.99\n  Waverly. Cong. Ch.                                               20.31\n  Wenham. Cong. Ch.                                                10.50\n  Westhampton. Cong. Ch.                                           26.10\n  Whitman. First Cong. Ch.                                         47.35\n  Winchester. Mrs. Edwin Clapp                                      5.00\n  Woburn. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for Colored and Indian M._\n    and to const. MRS. CLARA M. PRIOR, MRS. ELIZABETH P BUXTON,\n    MRS. LAVINA A. HARTWELL, and MRS. HARRIET T. BROWN L. Ms      126.18\n  Woburn. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._    15.55\n  Woburn. Mrs. Wheeler's Class, North Cong. S. S., _for Indian M._  1.00\n  Woods Holl. Cong. Soc.                                            3.11\n  Worcester. \"A Life Member, and Friend of the Colored People.\"    10.00\n  ----. \"A Thank Offering,\" _for Straight U. and Beach Inst._,\n    by a former worker                                            100.00\n  Hampden Benevolent Association, by George R. Bond, Treas.:\n      Agawam. Y. P. S. C. E. (25 of which _for\n        Pleasant Hill, Tenn._), to const. OSCAR L.\n        KING L. M.                                     30.00\n      Longmeadow. Gents' Benev Ass'n                    1.00\n      Mittineague                                      31.29\n      South Hadley Falls                               12.11\n      Springfield. First, 45; Hope, 42.63;\n        South, 35; Indian Orchard, 32.40              155.03\n      Westfield. First                                 77.39\n                                                      ------      306.82\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Association of Mass, and\n    R. I., Miss Sarah K. Burgess, Treas., _for\n    Woman's Work_:\n      W. H. M. A., _for Teachers Salaries_            330.00\n      Brighton. Ladies' Aux.,\n        _for Student Aid, Straight U._                 20.00\n      South Hadley Falls. Ladies of Cong. Ch.,\n        _for Student Aid, Straight U._                 10.00\n                                                      ------      360.00\n                                                                --------\n                                                                5,946.25\n\n  ESTATES.\n\n  Greenfield. Estate of William B. Washburn,\n    by Franklin G. Fessenden, Executor                            497.33\n  South Framingham. Estate of Moses S. Little,\n    by B. T. Thompson, Executor                                 2,209.31\n                                                               ---------\n                                                               $8,652.90\n\n\nRHODE ISLAND, $54.00.\n\n  Chepachet. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._        2.00\n  Newport. United Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls Supplies and C,\n    _for Teachers' Home, Evarts, Ky._\n  Providence Central Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._         50.00\n  Providence. Y. P. S. C. E. North Cong. Ch.                        2.00\n\n\nCONNECTICUT, $5,233.22.\n\n  Ansonia. V. Munger                                               10.00\n  Bozrah. Charles Baldwin, 10; Simeon Abell, 2nd, 3                13.00\n  Bridgeport. Jun. Endeavor Band of North Church                    3.25\n  Bridgeport. Junior Endeavorers of North Ch., by Miss Edith\n    B. Palmer, 35 Testaments, _for Hillsboro, N. C._\n  Bridgeport. Park Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., Box Sewing Material;\n    Friends, Sewing Machine, _for Williamsburg Acad., Ky._\n  Bridgeport. South Cong. Ch., Ladies' S. C., Bbl. C.,\n    _for Saluda, N. C._\n  Central Village. Cong. Ch. ad'l                                   1.00\n  Cornwall Hollow. C. E. Soc. by Mrs. K. M. Sedgewick,\n    _for Mountain Work_                                             2.00\n  Coventry. First Cong. Ch. to const. LOUIS A. KINGSBURY L. M.     39.14\n  East Windsor. First Cong. Ch.                                    20.00\n  Enfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 25; Y. P. S. C. E.\n    of Cong. Ch. 25, _for Student Aid, Straight U._                50.00\n  Farmington. Mrs. Sarah E. Barney, _for a Teacher for\n    Mountain Highlanders_                                         180.00\n  Farmington. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                       38.33\n  Gilead. Cong. Ch.                                                40.38\n  Guilford. A Friend, in First Cong. Ch.                            4.00\n  Hartford. A Friend, _for Thunderhawk M., Fort Yates, N. D._      50.00\n  Hebron. Ladies Soc. by Mrs. G. A. Little, _for Allen\n    N. and I. Sch. Ga._                                            12.00\n  Litchfield Corners. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            4.00\n  Manchester. Second Cong. Ch.                                     90.37\n  Manchester. Sab. Sch. North Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                       12.47\n  Milford. Sab. Sch. Plymouth Ch.                                  24.10\n  Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.                                            100.00\n  Naugatuck. C. E. Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n    Williamsburg Acad., Ky._                                       25.00\n  New Britain. Mrs. L. H. Pease, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._    10.00\n  New Haven. Taylor Cong. Ch.                                      11.00\n  New Haven. Mrs. E. Salisbury, _for Warner Inst._                 10.00\n  Newington. Mrs. Augusta E. Deming, _for Salary Share,\n    Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                                          25.00\n  New London. Second Cong. Ch.                                    380.64\n  North Branford. Cong. Ch.                                        32.84\n  North Haven. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n    Allen N. and I. Inst. Ga._                                      5.00\n  Norwalk. Circle of King's Daughters Mrs. Mead's Sch.,\n    _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._                            10.00\n  Norwich. Ladies of Park Ch. 162; Ladies of Broadway Ch.,\n    100, by Mrs. M. F. C. Barstow, _for Teacher, Blowing\n    Rock, N. C._                                                  262.00\n  Old Lyme. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. Arthur Shirley,\n    _for Thomasville, Ga._                                         21.00\n  Plainville. Henrietta R. Mitchell                                 3.00\n  Rocky Hill. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.                                2.18\n  Salisbury. Cong. Ch.                                             35.16\n  South Glastonbury. Wm. S. Williams                              200.00\n  Southington. Cong. Ch.                                           25.94\n  South Manchester. Cong. Ch.                                      86.54\n  South Norwalk. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._          50.00\n  Suffield. \"Helping Ten.,\" _for Student Aid, Skyland Inst._       15.00\n  Suffield. Mrs. A. R. Pierce, 2 Bbls C., _for Meridian, Miss._\n  Thomaston. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       25.00\n  Thomaston. First Cong. Ch.                                        6.49\n  Thompson. Cong. Ch.                                              25.09\n  Wallingford. H. L. Judd, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._         100.00\n  Waterbury. Y. P. S. C. E., by C. R. Lawrence, Chairman\n    Miss. Com., _for Indian Sch'p_                                 70.00\n  Wauregan. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., _for Alaska M._            5.00\n  Wauregan. By Rev. S. H. Fellows, ad'l _for Alaska M._             1.50\n  Westchester. Cong. Ch.                                            6.53\n  West Hartford. Christian Workers Assn. of First Ch.\n    of Christ, _for Saluda, N. C._                                 15.00\n  Westport. Sab. Sch. Saugatuck Cong. Ch.                           3.43\n  West Winsted. Ladies' Sew. Soc. Second Cong. Ch.,\n    Bbl. C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._\n  Wethersfield. Mrs. Elvira Wells, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._   5.00\n  Winchester. Cong. Ch.                                             4.65\n  Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00\n  Winsted. Box C., 1.80 for Freight, _for Marion, Ala._             1.80\n  Woodstock. Ladies Soc., Bbl. C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._\n  ----. \"P. B. E.\" to const. MISS FRANCES M. HAZEN, L. M.          30.00\n  ----. Miss Stanley, _for Student Aid, Williamsburg Acad., Ky._    4.00\n  ----. \"A Friend,\" by Miss L. Stevenson, _for Organ,\n    Andersonville, Ga._                                             1.00\n\n  Woman's Cong. Home Missionary Union of Conn.,\n    Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Cromwell. Ladies of Cong. Ch.                    21.00\n      Farmington. L. B. Soc. of Third Ch.              25.00\n      Griswold. Ladies' H. M. Soc.                     10.00\n      Naugatuck. Ladies Aid Soc.                       50.00\n      New Britain. So. Ch. Ladies' Benev. Soc.,\n        _for Tougaloo U._                              70.00\n      New Haven. Aux. College St. Ch., 35;\n        L. B. Soc., Davenport Ch., 25                  60.00\n      Norwich. Mission Students in Broadway Ch.         2.30\n      South Manchester. Aux., A Friend                  5.00\n      West Haven. Ladies' H. M. Soc.                   25.00\n      West Winsted. Y. P. S. C. E. Second Ch.           3.49\n      W. C. H. M. U. of Conn.                          50.00\n                                                      ------      321.79\n                                                                --------\n                                                                2,551.62\n\n  ESTATES.\n\n  Brooklyn. Estate of Mary E. Ensworth, by P. B. Sibley,\n    Executor                                                      600.00\n  Groton. Estate of Mrs. B. N. Hurlbutt                           581.60\n  Norwich. Estate of Mrs. Mary B. Coit, by George\n    D. Colt, Executor                                             500.00\n  Waterbury. Estate of Benjamin A. Linsley,\n    by Samuel Holmes and Rev. E. E. Lewis, Trustees             1,000.00\n                                                               ---------\n                                                               $5,233.22\n\n\nNEW YORK, $6,438.74.\n\n  Albany. Mrs. T. C. Cooper, _for Cappahosic, Va._                 1.00\n  Brooklyn. Joseph Keasbey Brick, deceased, by his widow,\n    Mrs. Julia E. Brick, _for the Joseph E. Brick\n    Agricultural and Industrial School, Edgecomb Co.,\n    N. C._                                                     5,000.00\n  Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch.                                         234.15\n  Brooklyn. Bethany Ch., C. E. Soc., _for Student Aid,\n    Williamsburg Acad, Ky._                                        9.00\n  Cambria. Ladies' M. Soc. of Molyneux Corners,\n    by Mrs. A. W. Sherman, Treas.                                  5.00\n  Clifton Springs. \"A Friend.\"                                     5.00\n  Cortland. Mrs. J. S. Dean                                        5.00\n  Coventryville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50 cts. ad'l to\n    Contribution of 19 received in Feb. which was\n    acknowledged incorrectly from Coventry in the April Number      .50\n  Dansville. \"Friends,\" by Mrs. M. L. Jenkins,\n    _for Reindeer, Alaska M._                                      2.00\n  East Bloomfield. Mrs. Eliza S. Goodwin                           5.00\n  East Rockaway. Bethany Cong. Ch.                                15.00\n  Homer. Cong. Ch.                                                 7.50\n  Jamesport. Y. P. S. C. E., by E. W. Tuthill, Cor. Sec.           5.00\n  Livonia Center. Mrs. Wm. Calvert and Miss M. A. Jackman         12.00\n  Lockport. First Ch., Ladies' Soc.,\n    Bbl. C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._\n  Marion. \"Life Member.\"                                           2.00\n  Middle Island. \"Friends,\" 25; Mrs. Hannah M. Overton, 15;\n    Joseph N. Hurtin, 5; Amelia Smith, 3; Cash, 2, _for\n    Thunderhawk M., Fort Yates, N. D._                            50.00\n  New York. Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D., 3 Boxes Books,\n    and 11.50 _for Freight, for Library, Tougaloo U._             11.50\n  New York. Mrs. L. H. Spellman, 30; Wm. C. Conant, 2,\n    _for Thunderhawk M., Fort Yates, N. D._                       32.00\n  New York. Miss Grace Dodge, _for Savannah, Ga._                 25.00\n  New York. Miss D. E. Emerson, _for Moorhead City, Miss._        20.00\n  New York. E. L. Champlin, 5; \"M. C. H.,\" 2; \"V. S. B.,\" 2        9.00\n  North Walton. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.                                8.76\n  Ogdensburg. First Cong. Ch.                                      9.57\n  Palisades. Home Circle, Bbl. C., _for Moorhead City, Miss._\n  Perry Center. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Bbl. C., _for\n    Tougaloo, Miss._\n  Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Ch.                                   96.00\n  Riverhead. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       4.00\n  Rome. Rev. Owen Enoch, 1; \"Three Friends.\" 60 cts.               1.60\n  Sherburne. \"A Friend.\"                                           5.00\n  Sing Sing. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, 30; Mrs. C. E. Judd, 30,\n    _for Thunderhawk Mission, Fort Yates, N. D._,\n    and to const. REV. J. JONES VAUGHAN L. M.                     60.00\n  Stanley. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._         3.40\n  Syracuse. D. H. Gowing, _for Cappahosic, Va._                   25.00\n  Tremont. Trinity Cong. Ch.                                       8.27\n  Troy. By Mrs. Archer Balden, _for Cappahosic, Va._              10.00\n  Utica. Miss Caroline E. Backus, _for Indian M._                  5.00\n  Warsaw. Cong. Ch.                                                8.04\n  Winthrop. Junior Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., by Rev.\n    F. Hassold                                                     3.00\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of N. Y., by Mrs. J. J.\n    Pearsall, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Albany. First Ch. W. H. M. S.                    75.00\n      Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Y. L. G.                   65.00\n      Brooklyn. Central Ch., Zenana Band               25.00\n      Brooklyn. Lewis Av. Evan. Circle                 13.50\n      Buffalo. First Ch., W. H. M. S.                  25.00\n      Buffalo. First Ch., W. H. M. S., _for Debt_       6.00\n      Groton. C. E.                                     2.00\n      Honeoye. Aux.                                    15.00\n      Lysander. ----                                   20.00\n      New Haven. Willing Workers                       15.00\n      Syracuse. Plymouth Ch., W. C. A.                 65.50\n      Syracuse. Plymouth Ch. Prim. Dept. S. S.         20.00\n      Syracuse. Geddes Ch., W. M. S.                   14.00\n      Warsaw. Earnest Workers                          15.00\n      West Groton. Y. P. M. C.                         20.00\n      Annual Meeting of Hudson River Ass'n              6.12\n                                                      ------      402.12\n                                                               ---------\n                                                               $6,105.41\n\n  ESTATE.\n\n  Holly. Estate of Miss Columbia N. Harrison,\n    by F. J. Harwood, Adm'r                                       333.33\n                                                               ---------\n                                                               $6,438.74\n\n\nNEW JERSEY, $128.59.\n\n  Elizabeth. First Cong. Ch.                                        8.00\n  Glen Ridge. Cong. Ch.                                            25.00\n  Newark. \"A Friend,\" _for Industrial Ed._                         20.00\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of N. J. Ass'n,\n    by Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Washington, D. C. First Cong. Ch., W. H. M. S.\n        (30 of which _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._)               75.59\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA, $475.97.\n\n  LeRaysville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._      4.25\n  New Milford. Horace A. Sumers                                    10.00\n  Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch.                                 348.72\n  Philadelphia. C. C. Harrison, 100; Mrs. C. Anderson\n    and Miss R. Scott, 5; Mrs. S. Fisher Corlies, 1,\n    _for Cappahosic, Va._                                         106.00\n  Philadelphia. Prof. Geo. L. Weed, Lot Books and Catechisms,\n    _for Talladega C._; and Books, _for Meridian, Miss._\n  Wrightstown. Miss N. A. Wiggins, _for Cappahosic, Va._            2.00\n\n  Woman's Missionary Union of Penn., by Mrs. T. W. Jones,\n    Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Ridgway. W. M. S.                                             5.00\n\n\nOHIO, $906.28.\n\n  Akron. First Cong. Ch.                                          95.28\n  Brecksville. First Cong. Ch.                                     9.30\n  Brooklyn Village. Cong. Ch.                                     12.45\n  Chillicothe. Plym. Ch., 1.07; Sab. Sch., 1.55; Junior\n    Soc., 13 cts.                                                  2.75\n  Cincinnati. Central Cong. Ch., 60, and Sab. Sch., 10.21         70.21\n  Cincinnati. W. H. Lodburg, _for Cumberland Gap, Tenn._           5.00\n  Cleveland. Y. P. S. C. E. of Euclid Av. Cong. Ch., 10;\n    Mrs. C. A. Garlick, 2                                         12.00\n  Cleveland. C. E. Soc.,  Box Papers & Sch. Supplies,\n    _for Evarts, Ky._\n  Dover. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch.                               1.75\n  Elyria. First Cong. Ch. (of which \"A Friend,\" 300; Heman\n    Ely. 25; \"A. E. G.,\" 15), by E. W. Metcalf, Treas.           379.87\n  Hudson. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n    Ballard Normal Sch._                                           8.00\n  Kingsville. \"A Friend,\" _for Thunderhawk M., Fort Yates,\n    N. D._                                                        15.75\n  Kingsville. Rev. E. J. Comings                                  10.00\n  Lenox. Cong. Ch., W. M. S., 15; Y. P. S. C. E., 6.32            21.32\n  Mansfield. First Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. and L. M. Soc.,\n    _for Ballard Normal Sch._                                     10.00\n  Medina. First Cong. Ch.                                         15.00\n  Nelson. Cong. Ch.                                                8.35\n  Norwalk. Mrs. C. Lawrence                                         .50\n  Oberlin. Sab. Sch. First Ch., _for Indian M._                   20.00\n  Ravenna. J. F. Loudin, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._               25.00\n  Shandon. Cong. Ch.                                              19.00\n  Sheffield. Cong. Ch.                                            18.00\n  Sheffield. Mrs. R. C. Burrell, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._    5.00\n  Sullivan. Cong. Ch.                                              5.00\n  Upper Sandusky. Mrs. Emma M. McKean, _for Indian M._             1.00\n  Wauseon. Cong. Ch.                                               4.75\n  Wayne. Sab. Sch of Cong. Ch.                                    21.00\n  Williamsfield. Cong. Ch. (5 of which _for Thunderhawk M.,\n    Fort Yates, N. D._)                                           10.00\n\n  Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union,\n    by Mrs. G. B. Brown, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Cleveland. Euclid Av., W. M. S.                  15.00\n      Conneaut. Y. P. S. C. E.                          6.00\n      Kelley's Island. W. M. S.                         5.00\n      Mansfield. First, \"Five Friend.\"                 24.00\n      Mansfield. First, W. M. S., _for Ballard Sch._    5.00\n      Marietta. First Y. L. M. S.                      15.00\n      Marietta. Harmar, W. M. S.                        5.00\n      Oberlin. First, L. A. S.                          5.00\n      Tallmadge. \"Cheerful Workers.\"                    5.00\n      Toledo. Central S. S., Birthday Fund,\n        _for Tougaloo U._                              10.00\n      Williamsfield. W. M. S.                           5.00\n                                                      ------      100.00\n\n\nINDIANA, $14.70.\n\n  Elkhart. Cong. Ch.                                               12.70\n  Sparta. John Hawkswell                                            2.00\n\n\nILLINOIS, $946.90.\n\n  Alton. Church of the Redeemer, Ladies' H. M. S., 8.29; Sab.\n    Sch. Ch. of the Redeemer, 6.21 _for Washburn Sem., N. C._      14.50\n  Aurora. Y. P. S. C. E. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student\n    Aid, Lincoln Acad._                                            15.00\n  Bunker Hill. Cong. Ch.                                           30.15\n  Champaign. Cong. Ch.                                             35.00\n  Champaign. First Cong. Ch., 16; Y. P. S. C. E., 11, _for\n    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                          27.00\n  Chandlerville. Cong. Ch.                                         22.30\n  Chicago. Plymouth Ch.                                            74.25\n  Chicago. Fred. U. Upham, _for Pleasant Hill Academy_             43.00\n  Chicago. Mr. Williams, _for Building, Cumberland Gap, Tenn._     10.00\n  Chicago, Tabernacle Y. P. S. C. E., _for Thunderhawk M.,\n    Fort Yates, N. D._                                              7.39\n  Chicago. Miss F. P. Rice, _for Moorhead City, Miss._              4.00\n  Chicago. Douglass Park, 4; Washington Park, 4                     8.00\n  Earlville. \"J. A. D.\"                                            25.00\n  Edelstein. Cong. Ch.                                              2.08\n  Elgin. Miss Linda Jenne                                           5.00\n  Glencoe. S. S.                                                   12.80\n  Griggsville. Cong Ch.                                            25.61\n  Hamilton. Charles Dorman, 5; Y. P. S. C. E., 1                    6.00\n  Jacksonville. Mrs. Geo. L. Roberts                                5.50\n  Kewanee. Cong. Ch.                                               46.14\n  Lombard. First Ch.                                                3.75\n  McLean. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           2.00\n  Moline. First Cong. Ch.                                          10.00\n  Moline. Bessie K. Young, \"Ben Hur,\" _for a Senior,\n    Emerson Inst._\n  Oak Park. Rev. Jos. E. Roy, D.D., to const. ROY B. GUILD L. M.   30.00\n  Oak Park. Jessie N. Ballard, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._       3.50\n  Oglesby. E. T. and H. A. Bent                                    10.00\n  Oneida. Marion D. Wetmore, 3 years numbers \"Youth's\n    Companion,\" _for Emerson Inst._\n  Ottawa. First Cong. Ch.                                          41.89\n  Paxton. W. M. Soc., 25; Senior and Junior C. E., 25, _for\n    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                          50.00\n  Rio. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch.                                  8.00\n  Rockford. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch.                             25.00\n  Sandwich. Cong. Ch.                                              28.55\n  Somonauk. Cong. Ch.                                               9.50\n  Summerdale. Y. P. S. C. E.                                       10.00\n  Thawville. Cong. Ch.                                              4.00\n  Tonica. Cong. Ch.                                                 8.00\n  Tonica. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           3.53\n  Turner. King's Daughters,_for Margaret Smith's Book Acc't,\n    Emerson Inst._                                                  2.00\n  Wilmette. First Cong. Ch., to const. HENRY E. MOORE L. M.        41.05\n\n  Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union, _for Woman's Work_:\n      Atkinson. W. M. S.                               20.00\n      Batavia. W. M. S.                                 5.00\n      Chicago. Englewood Pil. W. M. S.                 40.20\n      Chicago. Leavitt St., W. M. U.                    1.92\n      Chicago. Leavitt St., W. M. S.                    1.71\n      Chicago. Covenant W. M. S.                        1.50\n      Dundee. W. M. S.                                 10.00\n      Lake Forest. Mrs. C. E. Latimer                   4.55\n      Lombard. W. M. S.                                46.00\n      Lombard. \"Young People.\"                         30.00\n      Mendon. \"A Friend.\"                               5.00\n      Moline. First W. M. S.                           15.50\n      Oak Park. W. M. S.                               10.00\n      Odell. W. M. S.                                  10.00\n      Payson. W. M. S.                                 10.50\n      Rantoul. W. M. S.                                 7.00\n      Rockford. First, W. M. S.                        18.00\n      Rockwood. Second, W. M. S.                        3.50\n      Stark. W. M. S.                                   2.00\n                                                      ------      237.41\n\n\nIOWA, $448.86.\n\n  Anamosa. Cong. Ch., 3, and Sab. Sch., 4.06                        7.06\n  Cedar Rapids. Bethany Cong. Ch.                                  10.00\n  Cedar Rapids. L. R. Munger, _for Freight to Savannah, Ga._        1.50\n  Des Moines. North Park Cong. Ch., 11.45; Y. P. S. C. E., 5,\n    and Sab. Sch., 1.92                                            18.37\n  Des Moines. North Park Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., Bbl. C., _for\n    Tougaloo, Miss._\n  Doon. Cong. Ch.                                                   8.00\n  East Des Moines. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.                                5.00\n  Glenwood. Emma C. Williams, _for Le Moyne Inst._                  5.00\n  Grinnell. Girls' Junior C. E. Soc., _for a Pupil,\n    Cassedy Sch., Talladega, Ala._, by Susie B. Tallman Sup't       2.75\n  Ionia. Cong. Ch.                                                  7.37\n  Lansing. Rev. Andrew Kern                                         3.00\n  Mount Pleasant. Cong. Ch.                                         5.00\n  Ottumwa. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.                             7.50\n  Perry. Cong. Ch.                                                  3.60\n  Reinbeck. Cong. Ch.                                              11.70\n\n  Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, _for Woman's Work_:\n      Algona. H. M. S.                                  3.00\n      Berwick. Mission Band                             5.00\n      Central City. L. M. S.                            3.00\n      Chester Center. H. M. S.                           .25\n      Council Bluffs. L. M. S.                         10.00\n      Dubuque. L. M. S.                                13.00\n      Dubuque. Union Y. P. S. C. E.                     4.00\n      Davenport. Ladies                                10.15\n      Des Moines. Plymouth W. M. S.                    13.55\n      Des Moines. Pilgrim W. M. S.                      2.00\n      Farragut. W. M. S.                               10.00\n      Grinnell. Easter Offering, 24; Boys' and\n        Girls' Army, 1; W. H. M. U., 9.95; Sunday\n        Eve Coll., 6                                   40.95\n      Iowa City. W. M. U.                               3.00\n      Lyons. L. M. S.                                   6.50\n      Miles. W. M. S.                                  15.00\n      Mount Pleasant. L. B. and L. M. S., 12.75;\n        S. S., 1.29                                    14.04\n      Magnolia. W. M. S.                                1.50\n      McGregor. W. M. S.                                8.85\n      Mason City. Y. P. S. C. E., 10; W. M. S., 6.73   16.73\n      New York. W. M. S.                                5.00\n      Nora Springs. Miss. Circle, 3; Mrs. H. B. Shaw,\n        75 cts.                                         3.75\n      Ottumwa. L. M. U.                                11.00\n      Old Man's Creek. H. and F. M. S.                   .50\n      Onawa. W. M. S.                                  10.00\n      Prairie City. C. P. Emery and Wife, by I. H.\n        Merrill, Trustee                                8.56\n      Rockford. L. M. S.                                1.20\n      Rowen. Y. P. S. C. E., 1.80; Jr. Y. P. S. C. E.,\n        1.10; Sab. Sch., 65 cts.                        3.55\n      Shenandoah. W. M. S.                              4.14\n      Sibley. W. M. S.                                  1.00\n      Toledo. W. M. S.                                  1.39\n      Waverly. Y. P. S. C. E.                           6.25\n      Wayne. L. M. S.                                   6.00\n      Waterloo. L. M. S.                                8.25\n      Iowa. W. H. M. U., Undesignated Funds           101.90\n                                                      ------      353.01\n\n\nMICHIGAN, $693.31.\n\n  Allegan. Henry Randolph                                           1.00\n  Detroit. Woodward Av. Cong. Ch., 65.65; Woodward Av.\n    Woman's Union, 25, _for Tougaloo U._                           90.65\n  Detroit. Sab. Sch. Woodward Av. Cong. Ch., 13.29;\n    Mrs. J. L. Hudson, Discount on Sewing Machine, 11,\n    _for Greenwood, S. C._                                         24.29\n  Dexter. \"Colored Man,\" _for Organ, Andersonville, Ga._             .50\n  Grand Rapids. Y. L. M. S. of Park Cong. Ch., _for\n    Indian M., Santee, Neb._                                       10.00\n  Hancock. First Cong. Ch.                                         47.42\n  Imlay City. First Cong. Ch.                                       4.60\n  Jackson. Mrs. S. A. Cooley, _for Tougaloo U._                    20.00\n  Kalamazoo. T. Hudson (50 of which _for Indian M.,\n    Fort Yates, N. D._)                                           100.00\n  Lansing. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch., 8; Bement and Sons,\n    Discount on Stove, 8, _for Greenwood, S. C._                   16.00\n  Muskegon. First Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo U._                     26.69\n  Saint Joseph. First Cong. Ch.                                    51.36\n  Vermontville. Woman's Miss'y Soc.                                 2.40\n  Webster. Cong. Ch.                                               15.30\n  West Bay City. John Bourn, _for Alaska M._                       50.00\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of Mich.,\n    by Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Allendale. L. M. S.                               5.00\n      Benton Harbor. Y. P. S. C. E.                     6.00\n      Detroit. First Ch. W. H. M. A. (of which\n        Mrs. Strong, 10; Miss Martha Miller, 25)       60.00\n      Imlay City. Jun. C. E. S., _for Indian Boy,\n        Santee, Neb._                                   2.10\n      Saint Joseph. Aux.                                3.00\n      South Haven. Aux.                                 2.00\n      Stanton. W. H. M. U.                              5.00\n                                                      ------       83.10\n                                                                 -------\n                                                                 $543.31\n\n  ESTATE.\n\n  Niles. Estate of James Lewis, M. D.                             150.00\n                                                                 -------\n                                                                 $693.31\n\n\nMINNESOTA, $133.34.\n\n  Glencoe. First Cong. Ch.                                          1.11\n  Graceville. Cong. Ch.                                             7.20\n  Northfield. Students Carleton College, _for Savannah, Ga._       30.00\n  Robbinsdale. Cong. Ch.                                            5.25\n\n  Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. M. W.\n    Skinner, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Austin                                           12.87\n      Excelsior                                         1.40\n      Fairmont. S. S.                                   1.85\n      Hutchinson. C. E. Soc.                            2.00\n      Minneapolis. Lyndale                             10.00\n      Minneapolis. First Ch.                            1.00\n      Rochester                                        22.66\n      Saint Paul. Park                                 17.00\n      Saint Paul. Park, _for Student Aid, Grand View,\n        Tenn._                                         10.00\n      Saint Paul. So. Park                              1.00\n      Waseca                                            3.00\n      Winona. First S. S.                               7.00\n                                                      ------       89.78\n\n\nMISSOURI, $12.00.\n\n  Lebanon. \"A Friend,\" _for Thunderhawk Mission,\n    Fort Yates, N. D._                                              2.00\n  Meadville. Cong. Ch.                                              5.00\n  Saint Joseph. C. E. Soc. of Tabernacle Ch.                        5.00\n  Willow Springs. Cong. Ch., Pkg. Papers, _for Meridian, Miss._\n\n\nWISCONSIN, $145.45.\n\n  Brandon. Cong. Ch.                                               16.62\n  Kenosha. First Cong. Ch.                                         49.83\n  Menasha. Cong. Ch.                                               20.00\n  Oak Center. Mrs. S. B. Howard                                     3.00\n  Prairie du Chien. W. A. Hodge, _for Tougaloo U._                 25.00\n  Rosendale. Cong. Ch.                                             14.00\n  Sparta. First Cong. Ch.                                           2.00\n  Sun Prairie. Cong. Ch.                                           15.00\n\n\nKANSAS, $110.18.\n\n  Partridge. Cong. Ch.                                             10.00\n  Topeka. Central Ch.                                              14.93\n  Topeka. Mrs. Ralph Gaw, _for Meridian, Miss._                     1.00\n\n  Kansas Woman's Home Missionary Union\n    by Mrs. E. K. DeLong, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Blue Rapids                                       7.00\n      Emporia. First Ch.                                5.00\n      Eureka                                            5.00\n      Ford                                              2.00\n      Kirwin                                            3.75\n      Leavenworth                                      20.00\n      Neosha Falls                                      1.00\n      Pluma                                             4.50\n      Sabetha                                          10.50\n      Topeka. First Ch.                                10.00\n      Wabaunsee. C. E.                                  7.00\n      Wellsville                                        3.00\n      Wichita. Plymouth                                 5.50\n                                                      ------       84.25\n\n\nNEBRASKA, $74.76.\n\n  Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wood, _for Thunderhawk\n    Mission, Fort Yates, N. D._                                    20.00\n  Harvard. First Cong. Ch.                                          6.65\n  Linwood. Cong. Ch.                                               17.00\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of Nebraska,\n    by Mrs. G. J. Powell, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Beatrice. Y. P. S. C. E.                          5.00\n      Blair. Mission Band                                .50\n      Irvington. Y. P. S. C. E., 2.38; Sab. Sch., 1.63  4.01\n      Omaha. St. Mary's Av., Y. P. S. C. E.            20.00\n      Omaha. Plymouth, Ladies' Soc.                     1.60\n                                                      ------       31.11\n\n\nSOUTH DAKOTA, $25.60.\n\n  Ashton. Cong. Ch.                                                 5.00\n\n  South Dakota Woman's Home Missionary Union,\n    by Mrs. A. M. Wilcox, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Athol. W. M. S.                                   2.00\n      Elk Point. W. M. S.                               1.60\n      Fort Yates. Indian W. M. S.                       1.00\n      Oahe. Indian W. M. S.                             1.00\n      Redfield. W. M. S.                               12.00\n      Spring Lake. W. M. S.                             1.00\n      Ruk Micronesia. Miss Rose Kinney                  2.00\n                                                      ------       20.60\n\n\nCOLORADO, $5.00.\n\n  Boulder. Mrs. L. P. Housel                                        5.00\n\n\nCALIFORNIA, $861.90.\n\n  Grass Valley. Cong. Ch.                                          12.65\n  Messina. Highland Ch. of Christ                                   8.55\n  Needles. Rev. J. Overton                                          2.00\n  Oakland. Miss M. L. Newcomb                                      60.00\n  San Francisco. Receipts of the California Chinese Mission\n    (see items below)                                             771.90\n  Soquel. Cong. Ch.                                                 3.80\n  Stockton. Cong. Ch.                                               3.00\n\n\nOREGON, $19,15.\n\n  Albany. First Cong. Ch.                                           4.00\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of Oregon,\n    by Mrs. W. D. Palmer, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:\n      Champoeg. W. M. S.                                5.15\n      Wilsonville. W. M. S.                            10.00\n                                                      ------       15.15\n\n\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $45.00.\n\n  Washington. First Cong. Ch.                                      34.00\n  Washington. \"Friends,\" _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._       11.00\n\n\nVIRGINIA, $15.00.\n\n  Falls Church. First Cong. Ch.                                    10.50\n\n  FOR CAPPAHOSIC, VA.:\n    Bayport. Mrs. M. S. Reed Bar                        2.00\n    Cobbs Creek. Addison Monrowe                         .75\n    Cobbs Creek. Robert Monrowe                          .50\n    Gloucester. By Mrs. R. Yeats                         .75\n    Yorktown. Godfrey Harrod                             .50\n                                                      ------        4.50\n\n\nWEST VIRGINIA, $3.70.\n\n  Ceredo. Cong. Ch., _for Bethel, Ky._                              3.70\n\n\nKENTUCKY, $33.00.\n\n  Campton. \"Friends,\" _for Morgan Co. Sch., Ky._                   18.00\n  Campton. Rev. J. W. Doane, _for Indian M._                        5.00\n  Newport. Y. P. S. C. E. of York St. Cong. Ch.,\n    _for Ky. Mountain Work_                                        10.00\n  Williamsburg. Box Books from Unknown Source\n\n\nTENNESSEE, $77.91.\n\n  Bon Air. Cong Ch.                                                 1.25\n  Cumberland Gap. From School Entertainment, _for Building_        14.70\n  Deer Lodge. Cong. Ch.                                             2.00\n  Memphis. Miss'y Union Second Ch.                                  7.00\n  Nashville. Miss'y Soc. Fisk U., 10; Cong Sab. Sch. Fisk U.,\n    8.76, _for Indian M._                                          18.76\n  Nashville. \"Helpful Circle of King's Daughters\" of Fisk U.        1.20\n\n  Tennessee Woman's Missionary Union, by Mrs. J. E. Moorland,\n    Treas.:\n      _For Santee Agency_, 18; _for Thunderhawk M., Ft. Yates,\n        N. D._, 15                                                 38.00\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA, $29.90.\n\n  Blowing Rock. Bbl. and Box C., _from Unknown Sources_\n  Bryson. Bapt. Ch.                                                 1.50\n  High Point. Cong. Ch.                                             1.00\n  Salem. Cong. Ch.                                                   .60\n  Saluda. Rev. E. W. Hollies, 10; Miss M. A. Parsons, 63 cts.      10.63\n  Strieby. Cong. Ch.                                                1.40\n  Southern Pines. Union Sab. Sch., by Rev. A. A. Newhall,\n    _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, N. D._                          14.77\n\n\nSOUTH CAROLINA, $16.00.\n\n  Charleston. Graduating Class of Avery Inst., 1894, 1 each        16.00\n\n\nGEORGIA, $2.59.\n\n  Cypress Slash. Cong Ch.                                            .35\n  Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., 1.26; Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke,\n    74 cts.; Rev. J. Loyd, 24 cts.                                  2.24\n\n\nALABAMA, $123.87.\n\n  Athens. Miss Mary E. McLane                                      25.00\n  Athens. Result of Collecting, by Miss K. S. Dalton,\n    _for Athens_                                                   30.70\n  Lawson. Cong. Ch.                                                 5.55\n  Selma. Rev. A. T. Burnell, bal. to const. ESTHER ADALINE\n    BURNELL L. M.                                                  12.65\n  Selma. Miss G. D. Pike, _for Burrell Sch._                        1.00\n  Talladega. Pres. H. S. DeForest, _for Talladega C._              14.54\n\n  Alabama Woman's Missionary Union, by Mrs. G. W.\n    Andrews, President.\n      Kymulga. W. M. S.                                             3.34\n\n  Alabama Woman's Missionary Union, by Mrs. N. B.\n    Silsby, Treas., _for Indian M._\n      Blockton                                          1.00\n      Birmingham                                        1.00\n      Jenifer                                           5.00\n      Miss Showers                                       .50\n      Shelby                                            1.15\n      Talladega                                        22.44\n                                                      ------       31.09\n\n\nFLORIDA, $40.00.\n\n  Orange Park. Rev. T. S. Perry                                    30.00\n  Orange Park. Y. P. S. C. E., by Carrie Parrott,\n    Pres., ad'l _for Alaska M._                                    10.00\n\n\nMISSISSIPPI, $42.00.\n\n  Tougaloo. A. S. Hill, 30; Miss C. E. Parkhurst, 12,\n    _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                                42.00\n\n\nENGLAND, $242.75\n\n  ----. Mrs. Mary Carpenter, by Hon. Frederick Douglas,\n    _for Cappahosic, Va._                                         242.75\n\n                                                              ----------\n  Donations                                                   $21,528.95\n  Estates                                                       5,871.57\n                                                              ----------\n                                                              $27,400.52\n\n\nINCOME, $1,082.50.\n\n  Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._                          343.75\n  De Forest Fund, _for President's Chair,\n    Talladega C._                                     125.00\n  Graves Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._               125.00\n  Hastings Sch'p Fund, _for Atlanta U._                18.75\n  Howard Theo. Sch'p Fund, _for Howard U._            202.50\n  Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._                  75.00\n  Luke Mem. Fund, _for Talladega C._                   10.00\n  Plumb Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._                      50.00\n  Stone Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._                 25.00\n  Straight U. Sch'p Fund, _for Straight U._            20.00\n  Tuthill King Fund, _for Berea C._                    87.50\n                                                      ------    1,082.50\n\n\nTUITION, $4,684.25.\n\n  Cappahosic, Va. Tuition                               6.00\n  Williamsburg, Ky. Tuition                           127.95\n  Beaufort, N. C. Tuition                              25.75\n  Blowing Rock, N. C. Tuition                           8.73\n  Hillsboro, N. C. Tuition                             25.05\n  King's Mountain, N. C. Tuition                       27.00\n  Malee, N. C. Tuition                                  6.34\n  McLeansville, N. C. Tuition                           6.56\n  Saluda, N. C. Tuition                                20.50\n  Troy, N. C. Tuition                                   1.50\n  Whittier, N. C. Tuition                              18.20\n  Wilmington, N. C. Tuition                           146.00\n  Charleston, S. C. Tuition                           352.05\n  Greenwood, S. C. Tuition                            106.17\n  Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Public Fund                   218.75\n  Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Tuition                        32.50\n  Jonesboro, Tenn. Tuition                              7.25\n  Knoxville, Tenn. Tuition                             38.65\n  Memphis, Tenn. Tuition                              321.80\n  Nashville, Tenn. Tuition                            672.63\n  Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition                         42.45\n  Albany, Ga. Tuition                                  80.85\n  Andersonville, Ga. Tuition                           16.10\n  Atlanta, Ga. Storrs Sch. Tuition                    154.80\n  Macon, Ga. Tuition                                  220.75\n  Savannah, Ga. Tuition                               176.79\n  Thomasville, Ga. Tuition                             48.50\n  Woodville, Ga. Tuition                                4.00\n  Martin, Fla. Tuition                                 11.18\n  Orange Park, Fla. Tuiti                              63.73\n  Anniston, Ala. Tuition                               27.25\n  Athens, Ala. Tuition                                 77.37\n  Florence, Ala. Tuition                               12.75\n  Marion, Ala. Tuition                                 84.77\n  Mobile, Ala. Tuition                                136.55\n  Nat, Ala. Tuition                                   213.99\n  Selma, Ala. Tuition                                  61.10\n  Talladega, Ala. Tuition                             141.26\n  Meridian, Miss. Tuition                             161.95\n  Moorhead, Miss. Tuition                              17.00\n  Tougaloo, Miss. Tuition                             114.23\n  New Orleans, La. Tuition                            476.75\n  Austin, Tex. Tuition                                 84.75\n  Helena, Ark. Tuition                                 86.00\n                                                     -------    4,684.25\n                                                              ----------\n\n  Total for May                                               $33,167.27\n                                                              ==========\n\n\nSUMMARY.\n\n  Donations                                                  $142,616.00\n  Estates                                                      51,505.63\n                                                             -----------\n                                                             $194,121.63\n  Income                                                        6,608.56\n  Tuition                                                      34,491.90\n                                                             -----------\n  Total from Oct. 1 to May 31                                $235,222.09\n                                                             ===========\n\n\nFOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n  Subscriptions for May                                           $35.46\n  Previously acknowledged                                         495.31\n                                                                 -------\n                                                                 $530.77\n                                                                 =======\n\n\nENDOWMENT FUNDS.\n\n  Shoreham, Vt. Estate of Miss Eliza A. Hand, by Richard\n    L. Hand, Executor                                             500.00\n  Framingham, Mass. Estate of Sally N. Brewer, by John H.\n    Temple                                                        339.76\n                                                                 -------\n                                                                 $839.76\n                                                                 =======\n\n\nRECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION from March 25th to\n  May 17th, 1894, William Johnstone, Treas.:\n\nFROM LOCAL MISSIONS:\n\n    Fresno. Chinese Mon. Offs., 12.50; Anniversary\n      Cash Col., 15.75                                 28.25\n    Hanford. Chinese Mon. Offs., 4.55; Anniversary\n      Cash Col., 3.15                                   7.70\n    Los Angeles. Chinese Mon. Offs., 7.05;\n      Anniversary Cash Coll., 20.05                    27.10\n    Marysville. Chinese Mon. Offs.                     19.25\n    Oakland. Chinese Mon. Offs., 20; Chinese\n      New Year Gifts to Christ, 14.25; First\n      Cong. Ch. (20 of which from S. S. Primary\n      Class), 86; East Oakland Pilgrim Ch.\n      Y. P. S. C. E., 5.50                            125.75\n    Oroville. Chinese Mon. Offs.                        3.00\n    Petaluma. Chinese Mon. Offs.                        3.00\n    Riverside. Chinese Mon. Offs., 3.55; Yong Kay, 5    8.55\n    San Bernardino. Chinese Mon. Offs.                 16.00\n    San Bernardino. Chinese Mon. Offs.                  6.00\n    San Diego. Chinese Mon. Offs. 4.70; Annual\n      Memberships and Anniversary Cols., 33.70; A\n      Friend, 1                                         9.40\n    San Francisco. Bethany Ch. Anniversary Offs., 39;\n      Chinese New Year Gifts to Christ, 11.35;\n      Central Mission Chinese Mon. Offs., 17.75;\n      Barnes Mission Chinese Mon Offs., 2; West\n      Mission Chinese Mon. Offs., 2.50                 72.60\n    Santa Barbara. Chinese Mon. Offs, 17; E.\n      Kimberly, 3; Anniversary Cash Col., 7.75;\n      Pledges Paid, 15                                 42.75\n    Santa Cruz. Chinese Mon. Offs.                      7.00\n    Saratoga. Chinese Mon. Offs.                       15.50\n    Stockton. Chinese Mon. Offs.                        7.65\n    Ventura. Chinese Mon. Offs. 5.35; Anniversary\n      Offs., 2.50                                       7.85\n    Vernondale. Anniversary Offs., 2.10; Pledges\n      Paid, 16.75; Chinese Mon. Offs., 1.70            20.55\n                                                      ------      457.90\n\n  Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern Cal.\n      North Cong. Ch. of Pasadena                       5.00\n      \"A Steadfast Friend.\"                           100.00\n                                                      ------      105.00\n\n  EASTERN FRIENDS:\n\n    Bangor, Me. Hon. E. R. Burpee                     100.00\n    Belfast, Me. Miss E. M. Pond                        5.00\n    Stockbridge, Mass. Miss Alice Byington, 100;\n      Miss Adele Brewer, 3                            108.00\n    Wheaton, Ill. Cong. Ch., \"Light Bearers\"            1.00\n                                                      ------      209.00\n                                                                --------\n  Total                                                          $771.90\n                                                                ========\n\n\n  H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,\n  Bible House, N. Y.","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 48, No. 07, July, 1894","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":18339}