{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_28712/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_28712","id":"gutenberg_28712","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28712","summary":null,"tags":["Category: History - American","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings","Category: Teaching & Education","Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals","Home missions -- Periodicals","The American Missionary"],"text":"Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD, and the Online\nDistributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This\nfile was produced from images generously made available\nby Cornell University Digital Collections)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe American Missionary\n\n(QUARTERLY)\n\n  OCT.}\n  NOV.} 1900\n  DEC.}\n\n  VOL. LIV.\n  No. 4.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n[Illustration: AIBONITO, PORTO RICO.]\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nNEW YORK:\n\nPUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,\n\nTHE CONGREGATIONAL ROOMS,\n\nFOURTH AVENUE AND TWENTY-SECOND STREET, 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 mail matter.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCONTENTS.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                                                                 PAGE\n\n  FINANCIAL                                                       145\n\n  ANNUAL MEETING                                                  145\n\n  EDITORIAL NOTES                                                 147\n\n  LE MOYNE NORMAL INSTITUTE                                       149\n\n  REINFORCEMENTS FROM AVERY INSTITUTE                             155\n\n  WHAT OUR GRADUATES DO                                           156\n\n  SCHOOL LIFE IN PORTO RICO                                       157\n\n  AMONG THE INDIANS                                               164\n\n  THE PRESENT CRISIS IN CHINA, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A\n    CHRISTIAN CHINESE                                             169\n\n  CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS IN THE A. M. A. CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS      175\n\n  OBITUARY--PRES. E. M. CRAVATH, D.D.                             177\n\n  MEMORIAL SERVICE AT FISK UNIVERSITY                             178\n\n  RECEIPTS                                                        179\n\n  WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS                                     190\n\n  SECRETARIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND CHILDREN'S WORK               192\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE 54th ANNUAL MEETING\n\nOF THE\n\nAmerican Missionary Association\n\nWILL BE HELD IN\n\nSPRINGFIELD, MASS.\n\nOctober 23-25, 1900.\n\nRev. Newell Dwight Hillis, D.D., preaches Annual Sermon.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe AMERICAN MISSIONARY presents new form, fresh material and\ngenerous illustrations for 1900. This magazine is published by the\nAmerican Missionary Association quarterly. Subscription rate fifty\ncents per year.\n\nMany wonderful missionary developments in our own country during this\nstirring period of national enlargement are recorded in the columns\nof this magazine.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\nVOL. LIV.     OCTOBER, 1900.      NO. 4.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n[Sidenote: Financial.]\n\nThe Association closed the year without debt and has a balance in the\ntreasury of $1,601.90 for current work, not including the balance in\nReserve Legacy Account for the periods when the receipts from\nlegacies fall below the average on which the Committee makes its\nestimate of available receipts from this source for current work of\nthe year.\n\nWe go to our Annual Meeting in Springfield, October 23d, with faith\nin the ability and devotion of those who sustain the work and with\nfull courage and hopefulness for still greater results in the new\nyear.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nANNUAL MEETING.\n\n\n[Sidenote: Place.]\n\nSpringfield, Mass., is not only one of the most beautiful cities in\nNew England, but is especially adapted for a great convention like\nthe Fifty-fourth Annual gathering of the American Missionary\nAssociation. With cordial hospitality the members of the churches and\ncitizens of Springfield have opened their homes and hearts to welcome\nthe delegates, life members, officers and missionaries who gather for\nthis meeting October 23-25th. State associations, local conferences\nand contributing churches are all entitled to delegate representation\nat this meeting. Each church should early select its delegates and\nsend their names to the Chairman of the Entertainment Committee. The\ncommittee cannot promise to furnish entertainment for those whose\napplications are received after October 20th.\n\nIt seemed probable to the friends in Springfield that no church was\nlarge enough to hold the audiences which would gather for this\nmeeting. The Court Square Theatre, which has the largest auditorium\nof any public building in the city, was therefore secured.\nSpringfield is the centre of a large population gathered in other\ntowns and villages as well as within its own municipal borders and\neasy connection is made through trolley lines or railroads.\n\n[Sidenote: Committees.]\n\nRev. Philip S. Moxom, D.D., is Chairman of the General Committee. Mr.\nCharles D. Reid, 255 Main Street, is Chairman of the Committee on\nTransportation. Mr. Clarence E. Blake, 11 Dartmouth Street, is\nChairman of the Entertainment Committee. Rev. Newton M. Hall is\nChairman of the Press and Printing Committee. Mr. Charles A. Royce is\nChairman of the Committee of Arrangements.\n\nThose desiring information will receive it by writing to a chairman\nof the proper committee given above.\n\n[Sidenote: Transportation.]\n\nReduced fares amounting to one and one-third of the full fare have\nbeen arranged on the certificate plan. When purchasing a ticket a\ncertificate must be received from the selling ticket agent and when\npresented at the Annual Meeting will secure the reduced rate in the\nreturn fare.\n\n[Sidenote: Program.]\n\nRev. Newell Dwight Hillis, D.D., of New York, will preach the Annual\nSermon Tuesday evening, October 23d. The program has been prepared to\ncover not only the reports of the work of the American Missionary\nAssociation but also to provide for the discussion of large and\nfundamental problems. Prominent clergymen and laymen of our own\ndenomination will be present. There will also be represented on the\nplatform societies and institutions working along the same line in\ncordial and hearty Christian sympathy. This will add greatly to the\ninterest of the meeting and to the scope of discussions. Thus the\nFifty-fourth Annual Meeting will present a platform and not an organ.\n\n[Sidenote: Jubilee Singers.]\n\nA band of Jubilee Singers from Fisk University, Tenn., will be\npresent and add greatly to the sessions by their quaint and pathetic\nmusic. This is always an interesting feature of the American\nMissionary Association convention appreciated by all.\n\n[Sidenote: Industrial Exhibit.]\n\nAn industrial exhibit containing samples of the work in\nrepresentative Association schools will present an object lesson of\nthis work. This exhibit will be in the chapel of the First\nCongregational Church near by the place of meetings.\n\n[Sidenote: Missionaries.]\n\nThe most interesting feature of the meeting, however, will doubtless\nbe the messages that come from the missionaries, a large number of\nwhom will be present. These men and women are on the advanced line in\nthis great movement for many races, including millions of peoples who\nespecially need the influence and power of an intelligent Gospel.\nAmong these missionaries will be representatives of different races.\nPorto Rico, the new field entered a year ago, will be represented by\na missionary whose work has been especially valuable.\n\n[Sidenote: Special.]\n\nA special number of the _Springfield Union_ will be issued containing\na full verbatim report of the various sessions. This will be sent to\nministers so as to reach them, if possible, Saturday morning, October\n27th. Pastors desiring to present the work of this Association to\ntheir people will find this extra of great value.\n\nIn the scope of the discussions, the ability and variety of speakers,\nthe interesting and accessible places of note in and around the city\nof meeting, and the great interest now taken in the problems which\nthe American Missionary Association is seeking to solve, the\nFifty-fourth Annual Meeting promises to be a large and even\nepoch-marking convention.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n[Sidenote: President Cravath.]\n\nThe death of President Erastus M. Cravath removes from the counsel\nand service of the American Missionary Association one of its most\nprominent and successful missionaries. Few men have so largely\naffected the life of the nation through educational lines as has\nPresident Cravath. After some years of service in the office of the\nAssociation he became President of Fisk University, and has brought\nthat institution to the foremost rank in the intellectual and moral\ndevelopment of the Negroes of this country. An extended obituary\nnotice is given on other pages of this magazine. Here, the writer,\nhaving had close personal association with President Cravath for many\nyears, desires to bear his testimony with earnest and loving emphasis\nto the large and strong character of the man, and his single and\nunwavering purpose to accomplish the largest and best service\npossible for those to whom he gave his ministry in unstinted measure.\nNo one can fill his place, for it was not only large but unique. He\nwas a leader who came to the front in the most trying period in the\nhistory of the Negroes, and he led them with soundest judgment as\nwell as heroic fortitude. These people have lost not only a friend,\nbut a steady and strong guide.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n[Sidenote: Chinese Gifts.]\n\nThe work of the American Missionary Association among the Chinese in\nAmerica is illustrated in the financial statement of the American\nBoard. Rev. Jee Gam, who has charge of the work among his fellow\nChinamen in San Francisco, has just sent a check of one hundred\ndollars to the American Board for the North China Christian Relief\nFund. This money was all contributed by members of the Chinese\nchurches on the Pacific Slope. Other contributions are promised. No\none can doubt that a large element in the evangelization of China\nmust be the Chinese of America.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n[Sidenote: Congregational Associations Among the Highlands.]\n\nThe Cumberland Valley Association of Congregational Churches met in\nJellico, Tenn., September 14th. The churches of the association were\ngenerally represented. Churches of other denominations at Jellico\nwelcomed the meeting of the association and cordially entertained the\ndelegates. The increase in the population of Jellico and the\nsurrounding districts has greatly emphasized the importance of our\nwork in that region.\n\nThe Cumberland Plateau Association of Congregational Churches and\nSunday schools met with the church at Grand View, Tenn., September\n26-27th. The meeting was one of unusual interest. The work on the\nPlateau, as represented in the reports from the churches, was on the\nwhole encouraging.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n[Sidenote: Interesting Convention.]\n\nAn interesting convention of colored men was held in Boston, August\n23d-24th. This convention, known as the Negro Business Men's\nConference, was a meeting of great importance and interest. Principal\nBooker T. Washington and other prominent colored men were present,\nand large attention was given to the consideration of the Negroes in\nthe business world, their place and opportunities. The topics covered\na large field bearing upon the self-support and business\nopportunities and responsibilities of the Negroes. The gathering was\nlargely representative from different parts of the country, and the\ndiscussions were able and comprehensive. A permanent organization was\nformed to be known as a business league, the purpose of which is to\npromote and develop business methods and to create larger confidence\non the part of the Negroes themselves in their own ability. As a\nwhole the convention was very encouraging and hopeful.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n[Sidenote: Texas.]\n\nSeveral friends have sent contributions to this office to help those\nwho have suffered from the terrible storm in Galveston and the\ninterior of Texas. These gifts have been forwarded to a missionary\npastor near Galveston and will be wisely administered.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nLE MOYNE NORMAL INSTITUTE.\n\nPROF. A. J. STEELE, MEMPHIS, TENN.\n\n\nThe school bears the honored name of one who, in the long years of\nthe anti-slavery agitation, was known as an uncompromising friend of\nhuman freedom. It stands, with its nearly thirty years of successful\nwork, a most fitting memorial of his life and labors for humanity. A\npersonal friend and an associate of Dr. Strieby of sacred memory, in\nthe anti-slavery crusade, Dr. F. Julius Le Moyne, of Washington, Pa.,\nseeing the great need of education and practical training for the\nfreed people of the South and anticipating a bequest made in his\nwill, advanced to the American Missionary Association some twenty\nthousand dollars for the establishment of the school at Memphis.\n\n[Illustration: PRINCIPAL A. J. STEELE.]\n\nThe school building and a \"Home\" for the workers, made necessary by\nthe needs of the work and the adverse feeling toward teachers of\ncolored schools, were erected and the school was opened in October,\n1871. From that time till now the American Missionary Association has\nhad charge of this school.\n\nIt was the wish of Dr. Le Moyne that the work of the school should be\nprosecuted along the most practical lines, to meet the more pressing\ndemands of an untrained race, and to this end he stipulated that the\nso-called \"dead languages\" should form no part of its course of\nstudy, and that it should be adapted to the relief of the most\npressing wrongs and needs of the colored people in the struggle for\nlife to which emancipation had brought them. His wishes have been\nrespected and the school has remained distinctively an English\nschool, with as great attention to industrial training as time and\nmeans would allow.\n\nThe growth of the school, in all that counts to strengthen and\nconfirm its influence and usefulness, has been steady and\nuninterrupted from the beginning, with its attendance of 250 pupils\nof low grades, to the present year, with an enrollment of over 700,\ndistributed through its twelve years of study and training, over 200\nof whom are in the Normal Department fitting for the work of\nteaching.\n\n[Illustration: LE MOYNE INSTITUTE AND MISSION HOME.]\n\nThe first class of two was graduated in 1876; since that over two\nhundred young people have received the diploma of the school, most of\nwhom are living useful, self-respecting lives in the many communities\nwhere they have found homes.\n\nTo meet the needs of this constant growth the buildings have been\nenlarged repeatedly and a separate building for manual training,\nwoodworking, printing, etc., has been erected.\n\nProbably the most apparent work accomplished by the school has been\nthe training of teachers for the public schools, hundreds of whom\nhave gone out from our training and are now doing good work in\nTennessee and the adjoining States of Arkansas and Mississippi.\n\nUnder the direction of the same principal for all but the first two\nyears of its existence, the school has become the centre of many\nlines of influence extending in many directions and affecting many\ninterests among the people. A library of some three thousand volumes\nhas been gathered and has proved of great value to the students and\nto the community. Nothing else so directly and surely acts to train\nto thoughtful and self-respecting lives as an acquaintance with the\nliterature of the English language and with the personalities of the\ngreat minds who have produced it.\n\nOne of the cherished purposes of the school is to fit up a number of\n\"traveling libraries,\" each of a score or so of volumes, carefully\nselected to place at the disposal, in routine order, of graduates of\nthe school teaching in country communities.\n\nThe public school teachers (colored) of the county have for years\nheld monthly meetings at Le Moyne Institute, and for the past year\nhave received regular instruction in the teaching of vocal music from\nthe director of music of the school.\n\n[Illustration: GRADUATE TEACHERS, LE MOYNE INSTITUTE.]\n\nThe Alumni Association is an active and influential organization\nwhich acts with the institution in many ways, carrying on a course of\nlectures each term by prominent men of the community and assisting\nmaterially by the contribution of money for its Industrial work. At\nthe present time this association has in hand a fund of over $200, to\nbe used in this way, while, at the same time, it is purchasing a new\npiano for use in the Music Department. Few of our schools have more\nloyal supporters among their graduates than Le Moyne. Coherence and\nco-operation in racial interests are quite lacking and much needed\namong the colored people, such co-operation as is best illustrated by\nthe Texas movement, described by the Hon. R. L. Smith, of Oakland,\nTexas, in a recent issue of _The Independent_. Such work as has been\ndone at Oakland is, in many places, quietly being set on foot, with\nvarying degrees of success, by students and associations of students,\nwho had their training in schools of the American Missionary\nAssociation. The immediate aim and end of all our work is the social\nbetterment of the people, and in the end its efficiency will be\nmeasured according as it succeeds or fails in this respect.\n\nThe history of education in America, written largely during the past\nthirty years, has few features of wider interest or deeper meaning\nthan the establishment and remarkable development of the \"mission\nschools\" among the colored people of the South since their\nemancipation. The spelling-book followed hard by the teachings of the\nBible, constituted the course of instruction at the beginning; this\nsimple beginning has developed into a great system of training and\ninstruction that exemplifies the latest and best methods of education\nand of school administration known anywhere, from the kindergarten\nthrough the common school branches, with manual or industrial\ntraining, to the normal school and college. These ideas and methods\nhave very generally been extended and adopted into the common public\nschools and the higher state institutions, mostly taught and managed\nby graduates of the mission schools.\n\n[Illustration: CHILDREN'S CHILDREN, LE MOYNE INSTITUTE.]\n\nAll this growth of educational institutions and facilities would have\nbeen impossible except that along with it and acting as the\nunderlying cause of and reason for it, there has gone a corresponding\ndevelopment of individuals of the race and of the race collectively,\nfor whose uplifting it has most providentially been brought into\nexistence.\n\nThe illustration entitled \"Children's Children,\" accompanying this\narticle, shows a class of children whose _grandparents_, direct from\nslavery, began with awkward, faltering steps to tread the \"hidden\npaths of knowledge,\" and whose parents in their turn were graduated\nfrom the Normal department of Le Moyne School.\n\nThese grandchildren, one of whom in May, 1900, received from the\nhands of the principal the same diploma that, more than twenty years\nbefore, had been handed her mother, stand a proof positive, that may\nbe read by those who run, of individual and racial development, not\nto be gainsaid or doubted. They possess a mental horizon far wider\nand more luminous than that of their grandparents, direct from\nbondage, and they are responsive to influences and emotions to which\nboth parents and grandparents were strangers.\n\nThese \"children's children,\" and there are thousands of them\nthroughout the South, stand now as the hope and promise of the race.\nThey represent practically a new race, with new and higher ideals and\naims than their parents or grandparents could know. These ideals are\nnot only those of a wider intellectual life, they reach out to the\nhome, to industrial occupations and up to a purer, more practical\nform of worship as expressive of the religious life.\n\nIf you would come at the fountain and source of this purer, broader,\nsafer life, in all these walks of life, come with me and look through\nthe various departments of Le Moyne Institute, or any one of a large\nnumber of similar schools of the American Missionary Association,\nfounded and supported chiefly by the benevolent people of the North.\nIn the line of intellectual awakening a glimpse into classes in\nhistory, in literature, science and mathematics, backed up by the\ninfluence coming from personal association with trained, Christian\ninstructors, and you will not fail to recognize the means, entirely\nadequate to produce the result in question before you.\n\nWould you lay your hand on the springs that have transformed the\nhome, step with me to the sewing-room where, month after month and\nyear after year, the children are trained in needlework, in the\ncutting, fitting and making of the wearing apparel that the home must\nprovide; into the experimental kitchen where every girl at the proper\nstage of her training is taught the value of various foods and has\npractice in preparing them, where in fact all that pertains to the\nadministration of the household is carefully studied and practiced\nunder the direction of a skillful instructor.\n\nThe well-equipped woodworking shop, with its orderly benches and its\nsystem of drafting, of joining and of general construction, is giving\nthe boy the best use of his hands and placing within his reach the\npower to build his own house and keep it in repair, or to go on to\nthe mastery of a useful trade and through it to the securing of a\nmeans of livelihood. The printing office, too, gives yet another line\nof hand training and at the same time of intellectual accuracy in\nother directions and studies.\n\nFor the special Normal training of teachers the practice of teaching\nin the lower grades and classes under the supervision of a regular\ncritic teacher, is carried through the greater part of the senior\nyear, after the study of psychology has been mastered and the\nprinciples of school management have been taught.\n\nAnd, finally, throughout the course the Bible, with its hopes and\npromises, its warnings and denunciations of evil conduct, is\nconstantly taught and its sanctions utilized in the formation and\nstrengthening of character, and in most cases it is found powerful in\nleading to the choice of the Christian life.\n\nThus is the work of Le Moyne Institute summarized, and such would it\nbe found any day in the year. Its teachers, in their life as a\nfamily, in the teachers' home, comprise a \"social settlement\" that\nwas in successful operation years before the name came to have any\nsignificance among the forces working for the social uplifting of the\npoor and the outcast of society.\n\n[Illustration: CLASS OF 1900, LE MOYNE INSTITUTE.]\n\nOne other feature is worthy of mention with the work at Memphis, that\nis, the cordial and mutually helpful relations existing between the\nchurch and the school. They supplement, each, the work of the other,\nand pastor and teachers plan and work together for the same end, the\ngeneral betterment of all the people.\n\nFinally, Le Moyne school has from the first been fortunate in gaining\nand holding the respect and esteem of the best, most thoughtful white\npeople of Memphis, and of many other communities from which our\nstudents have come and back into which they have again returned, to\nact as regulating, renewing agencies among the people. Surely the\nworkers in the field should not be slow nor timid in asking for the\nmeans to carry forward and to make more effective such a work as\nthis. It is not a losing battle we wage. Every heart and life that\nhas come into near and vital contact with the work has been itself\nquickened and inspired by a service so effective and life-giving. It\nis the old story ever repeated--\"He that goeth forth and weepeth,\nbearing precious seed, shall doubtless return again, bearing his\nsheaves with him.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nREINFORCEMENTS FROM AVERY INSTITUTE.\n\n\nFrom Avery Normal Institute, Charleston, S. C., twenty-three young\nmen and women have entered upon the active responsibilities of life,\nhaving been graduated from that institution. This constitutes a\nvaluable body of reinforcements to the work which the American\nMissionary Association is doing in that State for the educational and\nmoral uplifting of the people. The heroism involved in securing their\neducation, both on the part of the pupils and their parents, is\nemphasized in the record of the facts.\n\nNearly all of this interesting class are residents in the city, but\nfrom one of the islands we had one young lady, and two came from the\ncountry. In this band of twenty-three is represented every phase of\ncity life, also the life on the islands and on the plantations.\n\nA few came from homes of comparative comfort and represent the better\nphase of social life in the city; their parents know nothing\npersonally of the old system of ante bellum days. Others are children\nof freedmen, who knew in younger years all the bitterness of bondage.\nRepresentatives of such families are diminishing in numbers year by\nyear as the events of the war are being removed farther into history.\nOne of these graduates is the daughter of a government official, the\nlighthouse keeper on Morris Island, where he has proved his fidelity\nby long years of continuous service.\n\nTo nearly every one commencement day has been the goal of their\nambition for many years, while to the parents the keeping of the\ndaughter or the son to the end of the course has been a severe\nstruggle, demanding many sacrifices, which have been endured in the\nhope or resolve to see their children have a better chance in the\nstart in life than was ever offered the parent.\n\nTwenty of the class are faithful members of some evangelical church,\nand have proved the sincerity of their profession by consistent,\nChristian lives while in school.\n\nTwo of the men and as many of the young women planned to continue\ntheir studies. These have taken the preparatory course along with the\nnormal in the hope that some way might be offered for a continuance\nof study in one of the American Missionary Association colleges, but\nstern necessity compels nearly all to enter at once the ranks of\nwage-earners, and they must-seek positions as teachers or in some\nother line of employment.\n\nSeveral have won high standing as scholars and would distinguish\nthemselves if they had the opportunity for continued study. One has\nalready begun his course in pharmacy, and others are at some chosen\nline of more or less skilled labor.\n\nThe commencement exercises here, as everywhere, were full of interest\nand attracted an immense crowd. All who appeared before the public\nacquitted themselves well, and the commencement of 1900 passed into\nhistory as one of the most successful the Institute has known. Thus\nwe sow beside all waters; what shall the harvest be?\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWHAT OUR GRADUATES DO--AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE.\n\nPRES. OSCAR ATWOOD, NEW ORLEANS.\n\n\nThe case of Rev. James A. Herod, of Abbeville, La., is very\ninteresting. He came from Arkansas to New Orleans to enter Straight\nUniversity. He had been told that he could obtain an education there\nat very moderate cost by working for the institution. When he arrived\nhe inquired for \"the boss,\" being ignorant of the proper appellation\nof the head of the school. He was admitted as a student and remained\nlong enough to complete the normal course and also the English course\nin theology.\n\nAs a student Mr. Herod was not brilliant, but he was faithful. He had\nexcellent common sense and great moral power. His influence over his\nfellow-students was strong and helpful. He won the admiration and\nrespect of all. We all predicted success for him as he went out from\nthe University to take up his life-work.\n\nMr. Herod became pastor of the Congregational Church at Abbeville. It\nwas then at a very low ebb. He was also made Principal of the public\nschool of the city. He has labored untiringly and with rare devotion\nand his success has been very marked.\n\nThe writer had the privilege of visiting Mr. Herod in his field. He\nfound him pastor of a flourishing church with a comfortable church\nedifice and occupying a very nice parsonage. He met the Mayor of the\ncity, the Superintendent of Schools and several of the representative\nwhite citizens, with whom he had conversations relating to Mr.\nHerod's work. These men bore willing testimony to its importance and\nvalue. They affirmed that he had built up his church and had done\nvery much to elevate the colored people, that he had won the love and\nesteem of his race and also the confidence and respect of the best\nwhite people. Mr. Herod practises thrift; has a bank account and\nteaches the people economy and business honor.\n\nThe white people treat him with courtesy and show their appreciation\nof his work in many ways. There is now a very kindly feeling between\nthe two races, largely owing to the efforts of this devoted man.\nThere is very much to encourage in this case. There are other\ngraduates who are doing a similar work.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nSCHOOL LIFE IN PORTO RICO.\n\nPROF. CHARLES B. SCOTT, PORTO RICO.\n\n\nI was sitting in my room at the hotel at Lares, tired out after two\ndays on pony-back, my first trip into the mountains of the interior,\nand my first experience on horseback. My long ride and consequent\nfatigue, my position, far from home, family and friends, in a new\nregion where language, food, customs, all were strange, made me feel\nmost lonesome. Only a good night's sleep could ward off a threatened\nattack of home-sickness, a longing to see the land and hear the\nlanguage \"that God made,\" as the boys in blue express it.\n\nSuddenly a new sound aroused me, drew me to the porch, and brought a\nrelief which only travelers who have been far from the homeland can\nrealize. Four young girls on the next porch, scarcely visible in the\ngathering darkness, were singing:\n\n  \"Mee condree, teez os tee,\n  Shweet land of lee-bertee,\n  Os tee we zeeng.\n  Land where mee fathers died.\n  Land os tee peel-greem's pride,\n  From ef ree mountain side\n  Let freedom reeng.\"\n\n[Illustration: SCHOOL BOY IN PORTO RICO.]\n\nNo one saw the tears that came or knew about the restful feeling\nwhich followed me into dreamland. I had not left my country. Its\nspirit, its love of liberty, the happy \"songs in the night\" which it\nhad put into the mouths of its sons and daughters, had preceded me.\n\nEvery night during my stay in Lares, the four girls, one of them a\ndaughter of the alcalde, or mayor, who made me understand that they\nhad learned this song from their teacher, sang America for \"el\nAmericano,\" whose coming and talk about a possible school had made\nsuch a stir in their beautiful village.\n\nWhen we opened an American Missionary Association school in Santurce\nand later in Lares, was it strange that America was the first song\ntaught to the children? How quickly they learned it and how they sang\nit, with a spirit and enjoyment which I have rarely seen equaled.\nThen followed: \"Rally Round the Flag,\" \"The Star Spangled Banner,\"\nand \"Marching through Georgia.\" They were the best means of\ninstilling the spirit of patriotism and most effective agencies in\ntraining the pupils to keep together and follow a leader.\n\nOne day I heard several Porto Ricans singing with such spirit and\nearnestness a strange, rather weird melody; they told me it was\n\"Borinquen,\" their national song extolling the beauties of their\nisland home--called Borinquen by the original inhabitants. When I\nproposed in school one day, after singing America, that we would try\nBorinquen, if one of the older young ladies would lead us, the quiet\nthat came over the school, the brightening of faces and air of\nexpectancy, removed all possible doubt about their love of their\nisland. After that America and Borinquen usually came together. Every\nPorto Rican and Spaniard learned to sing America.\n\n[Illustration: PRIMARY CHILDREN, LARES, PORTO RICO.]\n\nBut the songs we sang impressed on these music-loving boys and girls\nthoughts other than those of love of country. Within a month after\nopening most children could sing \"Jesus Loves Me,\" and the little\nprimary children rarely failed to ask for this when given a choice.\nLater came \"Jesus Loves the Little Children\" and other religious\nsongs. When they afterward heard from the Bible, read in Spanish and\nin English, the story of Jesus taking the children into his arms, the\nsong had prepared for the story and the story made the song mean\nmore. Nearly all learned to say, in Spanish or English or both:\n\"Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for\nof such is the kingdom of heaven.\"\n\nSo the songs opened the way for Bible stories and Bible verses. The\nlittle first grade children studied about Abraham, and the others\nlearned about David as a boy, a shepherd, a servant in the king's\npalace, a fugitive from Saul and as being King of Israel. Nearly all\nlearned the Twenty-third Psalm and several of the Beatitudes.\n\nWe were afraid the parents might object to the religious songs and\nBible stories and withdraw the pupils from the school. But they did\nnot, not one, so far as we knew. Several told me that they wanted\ntheir children not merely to learn to read and to become intelligent\nAmericans, but that they wanted them to grow up as good men and women\nand were glad to have them taught these things. During the last two\nmonths some time was given nearly every day, in each room, to Bible\nstories or Bible study.\n\n[Illustration: CARNIVAL, SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO.]\n\nWe soon found that our Porto Rican boys and girls know very little\nabout study or attention or self-control and obedience. In most homes\nthey do much as they please. In school they had been accustomed to\nstudying out loud, to learning by heart without understanding, to\nreciting in concert, and to talking as much as they pleased. They are\nquick-tempered and apt to fly into a passion. They lack greatly in\nperseverance or \"stick-to-it-iveness.\"\n\nThe schoolroom was a noisy, distracting place for a time; the\nplayground was the scene of frequent uproars and even fights. They\nseemed to have no idea of playing together or following a leader or\nof organizing and keeping up games.\n\nBut they were kindly and friendly in spirit and most courteous and\npolite, much more so than most American children in similar schools.\nThey certainly appreciated warmly what we were doing for them and\nwere most anxious to do as the children do in American schools. They\nlacked the life and tendency to mischief of American children. After\na few weeks there was little trouble about discipline or order, and\nthey learned to control themselves better and to pay better\nattention. It took months to break the habit of studying aloud, and\nwill take years to instil habits of perseverance and self-reliance.\n\nThe most helpful means of training in attention, instant obedience\nand self-control were the daily calisthenic exercises, which they all\nenjoyed and entered into with spirit.\n\nSpace permits only hasty reference to other lessons taught without\nbooks in our school, lessons in self-respect. Every child was\nexpected to pay a small tuition, in money or labor, only a peseta,\nequivalent to twelve American cents, a week, but enough to inculcate\nthe feeling that they were paying for what they got. At first it was\nhard to get the money. They had to be reminded again and again, but\nweek by week they became more regular and seemed to take more pride\nin handing the teacher each Tuesday morning their silver coin. Much\nto our surprise there was, toward the last, very little delay or\ndifficulty in getting the tuition.\n\nIn the Santurce school a sewing-class was organized to give fifteen\nvery poor girls, all colored, an opportunity to \"earn their\ntuition,\"--as we told them--by sewing for us an hour or two every\nSaturday. Most of them had rarely handled a needle. They did not make\nmany garments, but they learned considerable about sewing, were as\nregular as clockwork every Saturday morning, and appreciated better\nthe education which they thus earned. Wasn't this better than some\nbook lessons?\n\nAnother lesson in self-respect came from the idea--which the children\ngained without a word from us--that those who attended the American\nschool must be clean and must have clothes and shoes and stockings.\nAt least half of the children at the Santurce school came from the\npoorer classes, most of them from the shack district. A walk through\nthis section would show most of the children under seven absolutely\nnaked, and nine-tenths of the parents and older children barefooted,\nthe girls and women bareheaded, with only indispensable clothing,\noften ragged and dirty. A glance into our schoolrooms or at the\ncompany trooping out at noon or at four o'clock showed only children\nwith shoes and stockings, as neatly dressed, as clean as those coming\nfrom any school in the States. The dirty or ragged or barefooted\nwould not come. Before or after school, or on Saturdays or Sundays,\nsome of them could scarcely be recognized in their home-clothes. The\ngood clothes and the shoes were often worn only at school and at the\nfiestas or on holidays.\n\nHow many times, looking up absent children, we found that they were\naway because of dirty clothes, or because the one good suit was being\nwashed, or because shoes were worn out. Frequently we furnished them\nwith shoes or clothes, trying to devise some way by which they could\nwork for them, earn them. This education in neatness and self-respect\nwas not book education, but it was more valuable than much learned\nfrom books.\n\n[Illustration: NATIVE HOUSE. SANTURCE, PORTO RICO.]\n\nDuring the school-year our two hundred and fifty school children\nneeded and used at least twice as much clothing as in any similar\nprevious period of their lives. Does not that show how education and\nChristianity increase needs and develop business and commerce?\n\nBut we have been talking about schools and pupils with scarcely a\nword about books or classes. We had them, much as in American\nschools. At first, with children who spoke and understood only\nSpanish and teachers who knew little Spanish, there were great\ndifficulties and progress was slow. The book and class-work were not\nas interesting or encouraging as some of the other lessons I have\ntold about.\n\nThe children were quick and \"picked up\" English rapidly. When words\nwould not serve they could talk with hands and head and shoulders and\nwhole body, much better than can American children. They were patient\nand had good memories, but found it hard to think. I judge that they\nhad rarely been expected or taught to think for themselves.\nArithmetic was hard for them. Reading in Spanish--where each letter,\nvowel or consonant has, in general, but one sound and there are no\nsilent letters--was very easy. But reading and spelling in\nEnglish--where they could not know what sound to give to a letter,\nand what letters had no sound--was most trying. However, they did,\neven in reading English, as well as we had any right to expect.\n\n[Illustration: SAN JUAN HARBOR, PORTO RICO.]\n\nWere there no discouragements? Hosts of them. But the encouragements\nwere so much greater. It was hard to get them to study. Sometimes it\nseemed that they would never learn to think. The noises of the\nstreet, the curious crowds about the doors, the dogs which would\ninsist on making themselves at home in the schoolroom, were trying.\nIt was warm all winter--how odd that word sounded to us!--between 85\nand 90 degrees on Christmas day. But most trying and discouraging of\nall was the irregular attendance, day after day, one-fifth,\none-quarter, even one-third absent. There was much sickness. During\nFebruary and March grip and \"catarros\" or colds kept many away. But\nmuch of the absence was due to carelessness, the almost weekly\n\"fiestas\" or church feasts or holidays, the errands to San Juan, the\nlack of clothing, the fear of rain, anything, everything and nothing.\nAnd yet they were deeply interested in the school, and parents had\nsacrificed much to send their boys and girls to school and were\nanxious for them to get an education. But the lower classes have not\nlearned to do anything regularly or in order. They attend school as\nthey eat, work and sleep--as they live. This condition calls for\nanother lesson, outside of the books, a hard, slow lesson which the\nschools must teach.\n\nDid the American Missionary Association schools pay? Did we feel\nrewarded for some sacrifices and privations? At Santurce a colored\nmother came in just before we left the house for the boat to the\nStates to thank us for what we had done for her three girls. Her face\nand eyes told more than her Spanish tongue could convey to us. At\nLares the whole afternoon and evening before our teachers left there\nwas a constant stream of children and mothers and sisters and\nfathers, Spanish, many or most of them, coming to say good-bye, to\nthank the teachers, the Misses Blowers, Blinka and French, for what\nthey had done; to beg them, many with tears running down their\ncheeks, to come back to them in the fall.\n\nAnd yet we have only begun to plow the ground and to sow the seed.\nWhat will the harvest be? Only He can tell for whom the sowing is\ndone and who alone giveth the increase.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAs this magazine goes to press our missionaries are leaving for the\nwork of the new year in Porto Rico. During the summer they have been\nbusy among churches, Sunday-schools and Endeavor Societies seeking to\nstimulate a larger interest for the wonderful work opening in this\nisland territory. An extensive campaign has been carried on\nthroughout Ohio and Michigan by Prof. Scott and Rev. Mr. Edwards. In\nthe East, Miss Blowers has told the story of the needs and\npossibilities of the Porto Rican children. We appreciate the cordial\ninterest manifested in this work. These missions need reinforcement\nby the increase of the number in teachers and evangelists. There\nshould be buildings erected for the schools and chapels at different\npoints. New fields should be occupied in the near future. The work\ndemands a large place in the interest and contributions of our\nSunday-schools and Endeavor Societies as well as our churches.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAMONG THE INDIANS.\n\nMissionary Work in Out-Stations.\n\nREV. G. W. REED, NORTH DAKOTA.\n\n\nIn some of our Indian mission fields the name out-station is a\nmisnomer. It is especially so on the Standing Rock Reservation where\nthere has never been a mission boarding-school to make prominent a\ncentral station. Ten years ago all of the 3,700 Indians came to the\nagency every two weeks for their rations of meat, flour, etc. For\nfour or five days, including Sunday, they all camped in a radius of\nfive miles. Here was a fine opportunity for religious work. Here\nnaturally was built the first chapel which was the home of the first\nchurch organization though the original members lived in South\nDakota, 32 miles from their chapel, which was in North Dakota.\n\n[Illustration: GREAT EXPECTATIONS.]\n\nBut to-day the out-station is emphatically the in-station, in the\nheart of the various Indian communities; for four sub issue stations\nhave been established, and with few exceptions the people are\ncompelled to travel not over twenty-five miles to get their bi-weekly\nrations. There is no good reason why they should be away from home\nmore than two days for this purpose. This arrangement has given great\nprominence to the so-called out-station--which is in charge of a\nnative preacher and his wife, both of like importance in the work, in\nthe heart of an Indian community, letting its light shine every day\nin the year. The people are becoming more and more scattered, making\nthe day-school well nigh an impossibility and greatly diminishing the\nattendance at all but Sunday religious meetings.\n\n[Illustration: OUR FIRST CHAPEL, STANDING ROCK, N. D.]\n\nIt is no uncommon thing to find a family with no neighbor within a\nmile. They have found it easier to haul a few loads of wood in\nwinter than many loads of hay 10 to 15 miles in summer. They are\nliving out where they can find a good range and plenty of hay for\ntheir cattle.\n\nIn the day of villages the native preacher having his people closely\nabout him could have a well-attended school, where parents and\nchildren learned to read the Word of God in their own language,\nthrough the long evenings of the winter months.\n\n[Illustration: SUMMER CAMP OF INDIANS.]\n\nThe compulsory attendance of all the children from 6 to 18 years of\nage in school, mostly in boarding-schools, has closed the mission\n_day_-school, and the native worker has become preacher and pastor\nand no longer a school teacher. Ten years ago the work of our native\nworkers could be closely planned by the white missionary, but to-day\nhe must plan his own work largely to fit ever changing conditions,\nand learn to make each day count most for Christ. These men must be\nmen of fidelity, men who have been trained in our Oahe or Santee\nschools, men who have a much larger knowledge of the Bible than their\nfellows. There have never been half enough of such for the work.\n\nDavid Many Bulls, one of the best men we ever had, never went to\nschool a year in his life, but he was an exception in his successful\nwork. He was stationed 70 miles from a white missionary. Well do I\nremember the starting of this out-station.\n\nIt was an out-station, away out from anywhere, but the few people\nthere were urgent for a teacher, and promised to help all they could\nand furnish logs for a meeting-house. I travelled over 600 miles back\nand forth before we had a house for the preacher and his family. At\nfirst he lived in a tent, and in November it was cold. In the change\nfrom one community to another he was cheated out of his beef issues\nfor a month. He suffered this with other wrongs rather than make\ncomplaint which might make enemies for his new work. Few attended his\nschool and religious services even on Sunday, but he never lost\nheart. When his little babe was sick, and all his people were away\nfor weeks, though sorely tempted to go back down the river 70 miles\nto his relatives, he stuck to his post, and when the little one died\ntook this long journey for its burial and in a week was back at his\nwork.\n\nThough not strong physically, he seldom failed to travel the 100\nmiles round trips with his people when they went for rations in the\ncold of winter, and these, with his rides in house-to-house\nvisitations, hastened his death after one year of most faithful and\narduous work. Five men in succession have followed him, tried to do\nthe work and given it up as too hard. And it is hard, for the people\nhave done little in six years to help themselves.\n\nAn out-station work of 15 years' growth has been more hopeful, and\nlast year resulted in a church organization, and this year the people\nhave voted to pay in part the salary of their pastor whom they have\nchosen for a year. There have been few changes in native workers at\nthis place and this fact has been a hopeful factor in the good\nresults.\n\nIn proportion to its membership their women's society has led all\nothers in its contributions. When they wanted a nice bell the people\nraised two-thirds of its cost. When they built their chapel, they\nraised two-fifths of its cost. When they wanted pews for it they paid\ntwo-thirds of their cost. They were the first to build a good\ncemetery fence, the first to enclose their chapel with a substantial\nfence. One of their number placed in the edifice a fine memorial\nwindow. From their number have been chosen most of the native workers\nfor other out-stations.\n\n[Illustration: MESSIAH CHAPEL AND CONGREGATION, N. D.]\n\nThe Little Oak Creek people have set the pace in helping themselves.\nI enclose a picture of their Messiah Chapel and congregation.\n\nThe out-station work among the Cannon Ball people began in 1891,\nafter the ghost dance trouble, and has had to contend with the\nbaleful influence of the Indian dance.\n\n[Illustration: CANNON BALL CHAPEL, N. D.]\n\n[Illustration: CANNON BALL OUT-STATION, N. D.]\n\nFor two years the native worker lived in a hired house, where all the\nmeetings were held and the house was generally crowded. Not 200 feet\naway was a big dance-house, crowded every Saturday till late in the\nnight. This was the time given by the native worker and a few trusty\nfollowers for most attractive praise services. The tired dancers, a\nfew at a time, would drop into the meeting for a half hour. Again the\ndance would attract nearly all from the meeting. The result fully\njustified the bold experiment, for in a year the dance-house was torn\ndown and has never been replaced. This people have been a long time\nin beginning to help themselves, but in the last few years have given\nwell to missions and this year are enlarging their small chapel at a\ncost of over $400, more than half of which they have given. A picture\nof this with congregation is enclosed. With this people the mid-week\nprayer-meeting has been the prominent feature, many coming over six\nmiles to attend. Here most have learned to read the Dakota Bible, by\nstudying in their own homes with the aid of the native preacher or\nothers who could read, and good work has been done in Bible study. A\npicture of the meeting-house and congregation at our youngest\nout-station shows the long dirt-roofed log-house which the people\nhope to replace with a chapel, having in hand nearly $100. In such a\nhouse, not always so good, have we begun every out-station.\n\nOnly as a worker could be spared from another out-station has work\nbeen done here. In this community the dancers are the ruling element,\nthough in a quarter of a mile of a large day-school and sub-issue\nstation. This month we begin with a man in charge of the work. In the\nlast two years sixteen of these dancers have come into church\nmembership. Nowhere else does our work come into such close conflict\nwith heathen practices. But sickness and death of many children have\nmade tender the hearts of heathen parents and opened the way for the\nbearer of words of true comfort.\n\n[Illustration: MANY BEARS' FARM.]\n\nOne good thing about the out-station is that it is portable. It is\nnot expensive. When the Indians move away, it can easily follow them.\nBut we all are grateful that we have not yet been compelled to test\nthis qualification. We are striving towards growth and enlargement\nand permanency. The success of out station work depends so largely\nupon the native worker, his tact, his Bible knowledge, his\nspirituality, that in pushing out-station work we must never be\nunmindful of the mission boarding-school where he must be trained.\nThere should be one on every reservation where we are doing work.\n\nThis is our crying need to-day--men to man these out-stations, men\nwho will know more than the children when they return home from the\ngovernment boarding-schools; men who have been prepared by years of\nreligious training in mission schools to stand firmly against heathen\npractices and to teach their people wisdom and righteousness in the\nhumble out-station.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE PRESENT CRISIS IN CHINA FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A CHRISTIAN\nCHINESE.\n\nREV. JEE GAM, CAL.\n\n\nEver since the Boxer outbreak, I have been repeatedly asked by\nfriends far and near to express my opinion of the matter. I have kept\nsilent for a long time, but still the requests come, and I feel\nconstrained to endeavor to set forth some of the facts which caused\nthe uprising and which resulted in the massacre of so many\nmissionaries and other foreigners, and thousands of Chinese\nChristians. Those who have survived the massacre are destitute and\nhomeless. Our hearts ache with sorrow for the occurrence of these\noutrages. We know of no words that are adequate to express our horror\nat them. Every instigator of these cruel wrongs should be severely\npunished in proportion to the enormity of his crimes and by this\nmeans make them a lasting warning to the people.\n\nAs to most of the poor, ignorant people who perpetrated the crimes,\nthey are more sinned against than sinning. They are ignorant. They\nhave been deceived by the lies of men who knew they were lying, and\nwho thus sent them into the work of the mob and into battle with the\nWesterners, to be--thousands of them--slaughtered and tortured, while\nthe real criminals stayed in the rear. To the relatives and friends\nof those missionaries and other foreigners, together with the many\nChristians who were massacred, we extend our heartfelt sympathy, and\nwe cannot but rejoice to say that all these martyrs are happy with\ntheir Lord in Heaven to-day. We also rejoice to know that the blood\nof the martyrs will become the seed of the Church.\n\nThe Christian Chinese in San Francisco, and many in other cities of\nthe United States, have held meetings every Tuesday evening, from\n9:30 to 10:30 o'clock, to pray for China. Moreover, they have given\nmany liberal contributions to relieve the suffering Christians in\nNorth China.\n\nThe cause of the trouble: The Chinese claimed that they had many good\nreasons for this uprising. It has often been charged by many\nnon-Christian people in California that the missionaries were to\nblame for the present outbreak. I think this is unjust. I believe\nthey are truly good men and have the good of China at heart. They\nhave wrought a wonderful work. In fact, whatever China has\naccomplished is due to the preaching and teaching of these faithful\nmissionaries. It is true that Romish missions have sometimes become\npolitical machines. Men have joined the Romish Church, and even whole\nvillages have turned their ancestral halls into Romish chapels in\norder to further their causes in the courts through the influence of\nFrench consuls.\n\nI can give you many incidents of this character, but one is\nsufficient. Several of the Congregational and Presbyterian Christians\nin the village of Lung How Lee, of the Hoy Ping District, not far\nfrom Canton, had a piece of land there and were building a free\nschoolhouse, which was almost completed, when the enemies of the\nMission rose and destroyed the building; worse than this, several of\nthe rioters met and outraged a girl relative of one of the\nChristians. This girl, because of her disgrace, committed suicide by\nhanging. The Christians had the perpetrators before the District\nMagistrate, who was about to punish them; when suddenly all their\nrelatives, together with the accomplices, about seventy in number,\nwent to Canton and joined the Catholic Church. They then got their\npriests and the French Consul to plead for their imprisoned relatives\nbefore the Chinese Governor. The result was that every one of the\nculprits was released and the cases dismissed. These infamous\ncriminals, as soon as they were set at liberty, committed further\noutrages; they attacked the Christians, drove them from their homes\nand village, and plundered all they had. All these crimes were\ncommitted before the eyes of the Catholic priests. How could they\ntolerate such detestable acts. It makes our blood boil to see such\noutrages. We are at a loss to understand why the Catholic priests\nadmitted such people to their churches, and why the French Consul so\nblindly used his influence to liberate such criminals. These things\nhave not only occurred repeatedly in the Kwong Tung Province of South\nChina, but also throughout the whole Empire. The Catholic people have\nnot only wronged the Christians, but also the non-Christians, and\nthus a strong sentiment is created against them.\n\nWhenever there is a chance to pay back, these people will inflict a\nheavy blow. In fact, these Catholics have already suffered the\nconsequences of their wrong-doing; this is why there were so many\nmore Catholics massacred than Protestants in the recent uprising.\n\nBut why should the people have killed the Christians at all? Well, in\na time of anti-foreign uprising the people are easily misled. The\nrioter, and those anxious to plunder would surely say: \"The\nChristians are just the same as the Catholics,\" so they killed them\nto effect robbery.\n\nIt is also true that the missionaries, especially those of Catholic\nfaith, have often been, by ignorant people, charged with decoying\nchildren into their missionary compound and then killing them in\norder to gouge their eyes out and secure their hearts from which to\nmake medicines. And again, we have heard silly rumors like these: The\nforeigners send their missionaries to China to first win the hearts\nof the people, and then come with armies to take China for their own.\nAll these different rumors have had their origin in Buddhist and\nTaoist priests, who have shown most bitter jealousy toward\nChristianity and missionaries.\n\nWhile these absurd rumors have done a great deal of mischief by\ninciting the people in the recent outbreak, they are very\ninsignificant when compared with the bitter feeling aroused by the\ngreedy grabbing of Chinese territory by the different Powers. All\npraise to the United States, for she is the only nation that does not\ncovet Chinese territory. The other Powers are all eager and are doing\ntheir utmost to have China partitioned, so that they may each seize\nupon the territory they covet. In fact Russia had already taken Port\nArthur, Newchang and other important places, and had practically\ntaken in possession the whole of Shen King Province and Manchuria,\nand still they want the Pechili Province.\n\nGermany had taken Kiachau and a large strip of valuable land from the\nShan Tung Province, and now she wants more; she wants that whole\nProvince, and God alone knows what else she is after.\n\nGreat Britain took Hong Kong and then Wei-hai-wei, and lately grabbed\nKowloon and for some time past her covetous eye has been firmly fixed\non the Yangtse valley.\n\nFrance made seizure of Anam and Tong King several years ago and since\nthen she is scheming to extend her northern boundary line far into\nthe Quang Se and Yun Nan Provinces; she is planning soon to grab the\nbeautiful island of Hainan.\n\nJapan has also become insatiable. She has already grabbed the Island\nof Formosa and now she is waiting impatiently to take forcible\npossession of the Foo Kien Province. And even Italy has become\navaricious. She tried to grab San Mon Bay several years ago, but\nbeing single-handed, she failed in her attempt. And perhaps she is\nnow using the power of the Allies to accomplish her greedy design.\nWhen the news of this grabbing reached from one end of the Empire to\nthe other, does any one wonder that the Chinese felt harsh toward the\nforeigners? If anyone has any doubt in this regard, let him just put\nhimself in a Chinaman's place and he will know it at once. So, I say,\nthe greedy grabbing for territory by the different Powers is the\nprincipal cause for the recent uprising.\n\nThen, again, there is the spirit of commercialism which has caused\ngreat enmity between China and the Western nations. For instance, in\nthe year 1840, Great Britain, for greedy gain declared war against\nChina. The cause of the war was the destruction of over 20,000 chests\nof opium by the mandarins in their efforts to prevent its\nintroduction into the Empire. This opium had previously been brought\ninto China by British merchants. The mandarins repeatedly objected to\nits introduction and made frequent complaints to the British. The\nGovernor at Canton issued a proclamation prohibiting the people using\nopium and saying that all violators would be beheaded. He afterwards\nfound one of his sons a victim to its use, so taking him out to a\npublic place, he caused him to be beheaded before thousands of\nspectators. The mandarins continued to use every means in their power\nto keep opium out of China, but all to no avail. At length, in 1840,\nwhen they destroyed the 20,000 chests of opium, England claimed a\njust cause for war, and from this time on, at the cannon's mouth,\nopium has been forced upon China. Just think! opium, one of the worst\npoisons known to mankind. Opium has been and is the source of great\nrevenue to England, but it is the greatest curse to China. It has\nruined her to the very core, and is one of the great causes of the\ndecay of the Empire. Many thousands of handsome, vigorous, and\nhopeful young men are brought every day by its use to untimely\ndeaths. Oh! how the good people of China hate opium. How the poor\nfathers and mothers weep for their opium cursed sons. How many wives\nshed bitter tears day and night! How many little children go hungry\nbecause their fathers have become opium fiends! Yea, how many of\nthese little ones were even sold by their opium-crazed fathers! What\nsorrow opium has brought to the homes.\n\nAnd England has thrived at the expense of the Chinese. While England\nhas been accumulating her ill-gotten gains, opium has devastated the\npopulation of China. It seems to me that no one but a Chinese can\nunderstand the misery. No wonder a Chinese official of high rank made\nthe following ever-memorable request to a retiring British Minister:\n\"I am sorry you are going away, but as you have to, I do wish so much\nthat you would take your opium with you back to England!\" And, I\ndaresay, that was the greatest slap Great Britain has ever received.\nChristian England! I beseech you to visit the homes which your opium\nhas ruined and desolated. Christian England! I beseech you to rise\nand call a halt in your infamous traffic. Christian England! Be quick\nand make amends, for unless you do so, God will never forgive you.\n\nThere are many ways in which England can redeem the wrong she has\ndone to China. First of all, she should stop the traffic in opium.\nThen she can also redeem herself to-day by joining the United States\nand Japan to bring about a speedy and peaceful settlement of the\ntrouble in China. If these three powers should declare that they\nwould never permit her dismemberment, China would certainly be\npreserved. If this good work is accomplished, the United States,\nEngland and Japan will be China's greatest friends. They will be\nrewarded with commerce and other special privileges. In other words\nthey will receive a thousand-fold in return.\n\nBut to grab China by the throat and say to her, \"Give us the best you\nhave,\" is barbarous and non-Christian; for it is contrary to the\nteaching of Christ. To take advantage of China's weakness is inhuman.\nChina, to-day, is like a man who married in the late years of his\nlife, and was blessed with a large family of children who were too\nyoung to be of any service to him. For the last few years he was\nsickly and weak. The house in which he himself and family lived was a\nfine one, and was the only inheritance from his father; but his many\nneighbors, who were rich and powerful, and able to assist and\nestablish him if they wished, were, unfortunately, a little selfish,\nand looked toward his inheritance with longing eyes. Five of the\nneighbors, with an insatiable desire for gain, and with the forced\nconsent of the owner, took those rooms which each deemed best for his\nown interest and gain. These neighbors are now devising schemes and\npretences by which they may grab the best remaining portions. To some\nminds it seems best that this heritage should be thus partitioned,\nand they claim that it is the only way to develop and improve this\npossession, thus utterly ignoring the claims and interests of the\nlawful possessors.\n\nAnd now, friends, China is the inheritance, and the covetous and\ngreedy neighbors are those whom I have mentioned above. How much\nbetter it would be for all the great civilized and Christian nations\nto make a unanimous effort to help preserve, build up and\nChristianize China, rather than to tear her to pieces.\n\nOf course, I must admit that the Chinese Government, viz., the\nEmpress Dowager, is also responsible for the present state of affairs\nin China. She was deceived by Prince Tuan, the great anti-foreign\nleader, who represented to her that the Boxers possessed a most\nremarkable power, by the exercise of which they were able to close\nthe mouths of the foreign cannon and also to render themselves\nbulletproof. They also told her that they were the best fighters, the\nbest protectors of her dynasty, and the best men to drive out the\nforeigners. But lately we learn that she greatly regrets the step she\nhas taken, and has issued two edicts urging the Boxers to disperse to\ntheir homes and be law-abiding subjects, that they were to be\ndestroyed if they should oppose the government troops in any way\nwhatever. If this is true there is great hope for China. We sincerely\nhope that she will at once abdicate and allow the Emperor, Kwang Hsu,\nto resume control, for he is just the man that China needs to-day.\nOh! I do wish that the Powers would demand his return to the throne!\nI am certain that the Powers can render no better service to China\nthan to make this demand and see to it that it is complied with. If\nthe Emperor were again in power there would be an easy settlement of\nthe present trouble. The outcome of this general shakeup will\nundoubtedly be the upbuilding of the Empire. I am sure that God will\noverrule this outbreak for the good of China.\n\nI sincerely believe that God has a great future for China. He has\npreserved her for nearly 5,000 years, and He will still preserve her\nto His glory. The Land of Sinim is to be won for Christ. The Chinese\nEmpire will then have the same footing as other nations, for her\nsubjects have the making of a great people. The Chinese who became\nChristians in America will also be a great factor in building up\nChina. God's plan is beyond the comprehension of man. He saw that\nAmerica did not send forth missionaries fast enough, so He brought\nout the secluded Chinese to this country to be Christianized by the\ndisciples of Christ, so that they may go back as volunteer\nmissionaries and thus hasten the conversion of China.\n\nWe are sincerely thankful to America for taking the initiative in\nnegotiations toward preserving the integrity of China. Now, as a\nfriend and neighbor, let her continue her good work, and may the\nEuropean Powers speedily agree to a peaceful settlement of the entire\ntrouble. Then let America and other Christian nations flood China\nwith ten thousand Protestant missionaries, for I am sure that this is\none of the best solutions of the Chinese Question, and the only way\nto conquer China for Christ.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nSurely every patriotic and Christian American will weigh with\nthoughtful attention this earnest plea of our honored friend, Rev.\nJee Gam.--EDITOR.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nDepartment of Christian Endeavor\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS IN THE A. M. A. CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.\n\nBY REV. GEORGE W. MOORE.\n\n\nThe first Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor of the\nDistrict of Columbia was organized fifteen years ago, in the Lincoln\nMemorial Congregational Church, Washington, D. C.\n\nWhen this Society was organized the place of its location, \"Hell's\nBottom,\" was the most notorious section of the national capital.\nThere were seventeen saloons within two squares of our mission and\nseveral gambling places were in full blast. There were more cutting\nand shooting affrays, more police on duty and more subjects for the\nhospital and station-house than in any other section of the District\nof Columbia. We have known of three murders in the community in a\nsingle night.\n\n[Illustration: REV. GEORGE W. MOORE, TENN.\n\nGENERAL MISSIONARY.]\n\nThe Christian Endeavorers of this society aided the pastor in a\ncrusade against these dens of iniquity which resulted in wiping out\nall of the saloons and gambling places, and the community became one\nof the best sections of the city. This society has been missionary in\nits spirit and methods; besides organizing a Junior Endeavor Society\nand seeking its own development and growth, it has been active in\nAlley Mission Sunday-schools, Gospel services in hospitals, and\ntemperance work.\n\nA large number of students, while receiving their training in the\nschools and colleges of Washington, became members of the Lincoln\nMemorial Endeavor Society. They have since gone out as ministers,\nteachers, physicians, lawyers, business men and home makers, carrying\nwith them the Endeavor spirit throughout the South.\n\nThe Christian Endeavor movement in many of our churches in the South\nhas felt the impulse of this mother society in Washington. There are\nnow Christian Endeavor Societies in the four Congregational churches\nunder the American Missionary Association in the District of\nColumbia: Lincoln Memorial, Plymouth, The People's, and University\nPark Temple. Their pastors, Rev. Messrs, A. P. Miller, A. C. Garner,\nT. M. Nixon and S. N. Brown are all wide-awake Christian Endeavorers.\n\nThe Christian Endeavor spirit is felt in all our American Missionary\nchurches in North Carolina from King's Mountain on the West to\nBeaufort-by-the sea. In the summer of 1898 an active campaign of\nChristian Endeavor was carried on at Fort Macon, on the Atlantic\nCoast, among the colored soldiers of the Third North Carolina\nvolunteer regiment.\n\nThe Field Missionary of the American Missionary Association was aided\nin this service by Pastor Newkirk, of Beaufort, and other Christian\nworkers. Over two hundred of the colored boys in blue enlisted, under\nthe banner of the Cross, in the army of the Lord.\n\nSergeant Eaves, a member of the Christian Endeavor Society of our\nLincoln Academy at King's Mountain, was active in Christian work\namong his comrades. Secretary Baer, of the United Society of\nEndeavor, sent large supplies of the _Christian Endeavor World_ and\nliterature to us for distribution among the colored soldiers. Mr.\nMoody also sent supplies of books for the soldiers which greatly\naided us in our Gospel work for their behalf.\n\nThe society at Lincoln Academy, under Miss Lillian Cathcart's\ndirection, has been a power for good not only in the needy region of\nKing's Mountain, but throughout the old North State. The society at\nthe Joseph K. Brick School at Enfield, N. C., under the lead of Prof.\nT. S. Inborden, is reaching a large number of youth at this country\nplace, who in turn carry its spirit and work into their country\ncommunities and homes.\n\nAggressive Christian Endeavor work is carried on not only in large\ncenters of population like Raleigh, Charlotte and Wilmington, but\nalso in country places like Troy, McLeansville and King's Mountain.\n\nThe societies in our churches and schools of South Carolina are doing\na good work in Christian Endeavor. The Endeavor spirit is alive at\nAvery Institute and Plymouth Church, Charleston.\n\nChristian Endeavor Hall, at Dorchester Academy, McIntosh, Ga., was\nbuilt by the gifts of Northern Endeavorers. This school, with its\nchurch and Endeavor societies, is located in Liberty County, in the\nblack belt of southeast Georgia. This is one of the most needy\nsections of darkest America. The American Missionary Association has\ndone a noble work of uplifting in their behalf.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nObituary.\n\nAt the last meeting of the Executive Committee--their first meeting\nafter the death of Dr. Cravath--the following minute was unanimously\nadopted to be inscribed in the records of the Association, to be sent\nto the bereaved family and to be published in $1:\n\n\nMINUTE.\n\nIn recording the death of Rev. E. M. Cravath, D.D., President of Fisk\nUniversity, the Executive Committee desire to express their deep\nsense of loss to the institution and to the American Missionary\nAssociation.\n\nIn the work of the American Missionary Association Dr. Cravath has\nfor thirty-five years given his life, having served for ten years as\nField Superintendent and Field Secretary, and for twenty-five\nconsecutive years as President of the University.\n\nMustered out of the army as a Chaplain at the close of the war, Dr.\nCravath immediately selected the location which has become the\npermanent home of Fisk University and recommended it to the American\nMissionary Association. No one person did more toward locating and\nfounding the institution. No one person has done more toward its\nperpetuation and development. The work to which he gave his life, for\nreasons well understood, was a difficult one and involved much of\nsacrifice; but among the difficulties which he encountered he ever\nbore himself with a calm dignity and a wise prudence which, with his\nintellectual power and attainments, gave him great prominence and\ninfluence throughout the educational field of the South.\n\nTo manage, govern and direct an institution like Fisk University in\nits environment, and in the face of many prejudices, called for an\nexceptional man. Dr. Cravath comprehended not only its necessities\nbut its possibilities. He united a marked administrative ability with\nhis spirit of consecration so that the University constantly\nincreased in power and influence under his charge. With a large\nsympathy for the young he commanded their entire confidence, and by\nhis fairness and friendliness and power of personal sunny kindliness\nsecured their cordial co-operation.\n\nTo those who worked with him he leaves a precious memory, and to\nthose for whom he worked an incalculable inheritance. In this\nbereavement the Executive Committee desire to extend to Mrs. Cravath\nand the afflicted family their sincere Christian sympathy and to\ncommend them to the unfailing love and care of Him in whose name we\nhave our common service.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMEMORIAL SERVICE AT FISK UNIVERSITY.\n\nPROF. J. G. MERRILL.\n\n\nA memorial service in honor of President Cravath was held in the Fisk\nMemorial Chapel on Sunday afternoon, September 30th. Mrs. Moore and\nMrs. Taylor, members of the original Jubilee Company, had charge of\nthe Jubilee Music. Three of President Cravath's favorite hymns were\nsung under the leadership of Prof. Wright. Rev. James Bond, pastor of\nHoward Chapel, read appropriate selections of Scripture, including\nthe story of Moses' vision from Mount Nebo, as the principal passage.\nPrayer was offered by Pres. P. B. Guernsey, of Roger Williams\nUniversity. President Burrus, for many years connected with Alcorn\nCollege, Miss., and one of the four graduates in the first class at\nFisk, read a paper in which he called to mind the well-nigh\nsuperhuman labors of President Cravath in founding and maintaining\nFisk. His remarks followed the reading of Alumni Resolutions by Rev.\nGeorge W. Moore, of the class of '81. Dean G. W. Hubbard, acting\npresident of Central Tennessee University, spoke upon the \"Early\nDays.\" Prof. Denny, of Vanderbilt University, spoke upon \"Life the\nManifestation of Manhood.\" Hon. J. C. Napier addressed the assembly\non \"President Cravath as a Citizen.\" Among the evidences of President\nCravath's citizenship he adduced the fact that he was able to secure\nlarge public improvements in the part of the town where Fisk is\nsituated, and also the fact that the president's funeral was attended\nby a large number of the leading citizens of Nashville. Dr. F. A.\nStewart told of \"President Cravath as a Teacher,\" laying particular\nemphasis upon his rare judgment and the love which he inspired toward\nhimself on the part of his pupils.\n\nProf. Chase summarized the major facts in President Cravath's life,\ntracing to his early days the deep convictions which controlled his\nwhole career, and to his ancestors and life on the farm his fine\nphysical endowment. Prof. Morgan, gave some delightful personal\nreminiscences, especially concerning his last days when the\nconviction was settling down upon him that his end was not far away.\n\nMiss Ballantine read very brief extracts from the large number of\ntelegrams and letters which the family had received since his death.\nThese came from the old and the young, the rich and the poor, men of\nhigh position and in the lowly walks of life. The audience was\ndismissed by a short prayer and the benediction by Rev. George W.\nMoore--an audience rarely surpassed in point of intelligence in the\nannals of the University. It was composed very largely of young men\nand women, the choicest of the colored people in the city of\nNashville. A goodly number of white citizens were also present.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1900.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND\n\nFor Colored People.\n\n\n  Income for July                                       $9,175.00\n  Previously acknowledged                               48,626.87\n                                                      -----------\n                                                       $57,801.87\n                                                      ===========\n\n\nNOTE.--Where no name follows that of the town, the contribution is\nfrom the church and society of that place. Where a name follows, it\nis that of the contributing church or individual. S. means\nSunday-school; C. means Church; C. E., the Young People's Society of\nChristian Endeavor; S. A. means Student Aid.\n\n\nCURRENT RECEIPTS.\n\n\nMAINE, $358.73.\n\nAuburn, Mission Band of C., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 9. Bath,\nWinter St. C., 21.13. Brewer, First, 15. Cumberland Mills, C. E. of\nWarren Ch., 5. Gorham, John A. Waterman, 5. Harpswell Center, Miss E.\nP. Morse, bbl. Goods, _for Talladega C._ Litchfield Corners, C. E.,\n2.50. Portland, State St., Sewing C., _for Meridian, Miss._, 5. South\nFreeport, Ladies' M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Talladega C._ Woodfords,\n\"A Friend,\" _for Alaska M._, and to const. KATHERINE PRINCE JOHNSON\nL.M., 40.\n\nMAINE WOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A., by Mrs. Helen W. Davis, Treas.,\n256.14 (less exchange, 4 cts.), 256.10.\n\nBangor, Central, 16; First, 12.60; Hammond St., 9.75. Biddeford,\nMrs. E. L. P. Garland, _for Porto Rico_, 25. Broad Cove, 2. Brewer,\n23.19. Carratunk, 1. Dennysville, 5. East Orrington, 1. Hampden, 60.\nHolden, 2.50. Kenduskeag, 5. New Castle, 21. Rockland, 18. Skowhegan,\n25.50. Union, 5. Waldoboro, 12.65. Warren, 5. Woolwich, 4.75.\nSomerset County Conf., 1.20.\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE, $562.71.\n\nAmherst, 30.84. Concord, Miss Alma J. Herbert, to const. MRS. MARY\nLOUISE HERBERT CARLETON L.M., 30. Dalton, \"A Friend,\" _for Porto\nRico_, 5. Derry, Central, to const. CHAS. A. SEFTON L.M., 32.\nHopkinton, First, 7. Keene, First, 5. Lebanon, S., 2.33. Manchester,\nSunbeam Soc., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 4. North Hampton, 17.70.\nNorth Hampton, Ladies' Dorcas Circle, box Goods, _for Talladega C._\nPiermont, S., 4.50. Portsmouth, North, 107.85. Rochester, Henry M.\nPlumer, 20. Walpole, First, 34.91.\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE FEMALE CENT. INST. AND HOME MISSIONARY UNION, by Miss\nAnnie A. McFarland, Treas., $261.58.\n\nBoscawen, 4.41. Claremont, 5. Concord, South, 20.82. Franklin, 10.\nFranklin, Mrs. G. W. Wilson, 10. Hebron, 2.75 Lebanon, 21.60.\nLittleton, _for Talladega_, 20; _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 30.\n\nUndesignated Funds, 137.\n\n\nVERMONT, $820.24--of which from Estate, $604.50.\n\nBurlington, College St., 45.55 Chelsea, C. (of which 5.40 _for Porto\nRico_), 10.80. Charlotte, 13.11. Rochester, First, 5; First, C. E.,\n4.16. St. Albans, First, 36.18. Vergennes, 10. Waterbury, S., Prim.\nDept., _for Indian Sch'p_, 2. Wells River, 17.11. Westford, C. E. of\nC., _for S. A., Grand View, Tenn._, 9. West Rochester, \"Chapel,\"\n1.62. West Brattleboro, 25. Woodstock, 27.56. Woodstock, First C., W.\nH. M. Soc., box Goods and 3 _for freight, for Talladega C._\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF VERMONT, _for S. A., Grand View,\nTenn._, 5.65.\n\nESTATE.--East Hardwick, Estate of Martha S. Stone, 637.17 (less\nexpense, 32.67), 604.50.\n\n\nMASSACHUSETTS, $4,476.16--of which from Estates, $1,265.00.\n\nAbington, First, 5.87. Amesbury, Union, 5.25. Amherst, First, C. E.,\n_for McIntosh, Ga._, 1. Amherst, South, 9.67. Andover, \"A Friend,\"\n_for Mobile, Ala._, 25. Barre, S., 5.04. Beverly, Dane St. C., 188.\nBeverly, Dane St., S., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 20.\n\nBoston, Mount Vernon, S., _for S. A., Williamsburg Acad., Ky._, 50.\nEast Boston, Maverick, 40.37. South Boston, Phillips, 60.65. Allston,\n106.97. Dorchester, Second, 63.90; Second, \"A Friend,\" _for Santurce,\nPuerto Rico_, 6.25; Second, \"Extra Cent-a-Day Band,\" 5; Pilgrim,\n23.10; Central, 15. Roxbury, Walnut Ave., S., 30.43. West Roxbury,\nSouth Evan., Little Helpers, _for S. A., A. N. and I. Sch.,\nThomasville, Ga._, 4.\n\nBrimfield, Mrs. P. C. Browning, 10; Mrs. J. S. Webber, 2. Brockton,\nPorter Evan., 45. Brookline, Harvard, 80.28. Campello, South, 80.\nChesterfield, 3.80. Curtisville, 12.25. Dalton, M. E. Crane, _for\nLibrary, Talladega C._, 50. Danvers Center, \"A Friend,\" 10.\nDunstable, \"A Friend,\" \"in fulfillment of a Sister's wish,\" to const.\nLETTIE A. STROUT, MARION R. PATTERSON, ALICE S. HARRIS, LETTIE W.\nGOODHUE, JOSIE E. HILBERT, BERTHA NYE and MARY C. GEROULD L.M's, 210.\nDunstable, Evan C., C. E., _for Talladega C._, 8. Enfield, 40.\nFalmouth, First, 19. Fitchburg, C. C. Ch., 15. Foxboro, Mrs. Mary N.\nPhelps, 50. Framingham, Plymouth, 25.25. Georgetown, C., ad'l, 2.\nGloucester, Trinity, 30. Granby, Ch. of Christ, 7.50. Granby, W. M.\nS. of C., _for S. A., Grand View, Tenn._, 25. Great Barrington,\nFirst, 28.18. Hadley, First, 15.28. Haverhill, Edwards, S., 14.\nHaydenville, 9.38. Hopkinton, 38.73. Ipswich, South, S., _for S. A.,\nFisk U._, 50. Lincoln, ad'l, 45.75. Lowell, High St., S., _for S. A.,\nFisk U._, 50. Lowell, High St., C., Miss Rea's S. Class, _for\nTalladega C._, 25. Lowell, Eliot, 25. Malden, Mrs. Ellen M. Wellman,\n100. Massachusetts, \"X. Z.,\" 50. Medfield, C., 5; C. E., 2. Methuen,\nFirst Parish, S., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 25. Middleton, 10. Millbury,\nFirst, 22.10. Mittineague, Southworth Co., box Paper, _for Talladega\nC._ Newburyport, Belleville C., 78.14. Newton, Eliot, 230. Newton\nCenter, First, \"Extra Cent-a-Day Band,\" 9. Newton Highlands, 49.78.\nNorth Orange, Wm. Holt, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 6. Orange,\nCentral, 41.63. Palmer, Second, 35; Second, S., _for Talladega C._,\n45; Second, S., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 30. Revere, First, C. E.,\n_for Andersonville, Ga._, 10. Shelburne, \"Friends,\" _for S. A.,\nTalladega C._, 10. South Deerfield, 33.40. South Framingham, Grace\nC., 59.30. Southwick, 7. Springfield, South, 40. Springfield, Faith\nC., S., _for Porto Rico,_ 3.34. Springfield, Jennie E. Jenkins, _for\nTalladega C._, 3. Sturbridge, 21.50. Ware, First, 17.25. Warren,\n58.30. West Barnstable, 5. West Stockbridge, Village C., 17.\nWinchendon, North, 60. Winchester, First, 74. Worcester, Union (200\nof which from E. A. Goodnow), 255; Piedmont, quarterly, 40; Piedmont,\n1; Plymouth, 29.52; Park, C. E., 1. Worcester, Plymouth, S., _for\nLincoln Acad., Kings Mountain, N. C._, 10.\n\n----, Hon. H. C. Lodge, four vols., _for Library, Talladega C._\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND R. I., Miss\nLizzie D. White, Treas., $15.00:\n\nGroveland, Aux., _for Sch'p, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 10. Chelsea,\nCentral, Aux., _for Sch'p, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 5.\n\nESTATES.--Boston, Est. of Mrs. E. C. Parkhurst, 15. Lenox, Est. of\nMiss Orilla B. Stanley, _for Indian M._, by Geo. H. Tucker, Trustee,\nReserve Legacy, 3,553.77. Newton, Est. of Lucinda K. Cutting, 1,000\n(less Legacy Tax, 50), 950, by Ella G. Cutting and S. Welles Holmes,\nExecutors. Townsend, Est. of Miss Ruth Spaulding, by Walter J. Ball,\nAdministrator, 300.\n\n\nRHODE ISLAND, $9.00.\n\nProvidence, Miss Idelette Carpenter, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 9.\n\n\nCONNECTICUT, $6,130.21--of which from Estates, $4,974.66.\n\nAshford, First, 4. Barkhamsted, Rev. Augustus Alvord, 5. Bridgeport,\nLadies' Soc., _for freight to Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 1.70. Bristol,\nFirst, 63.39. Canaan, Pilgrim C., L. M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for\nTalladega C._ Colchester, 2.41. Danielson, Westfield C., 36.04.\nDerby, Second, 8.75. East Hampton, Mrs. Dea. Samuel Skinner, _for\nTheo. Dept., Talladega C._, 5. Elmwood, Geo. T. Goodwin, _for Alaska\nM._, 5. Georgetown, First, 21.31. Glastonbury, J. B. Williams, 200;\nS. H. Williams, 20, _for Tougaloo U._ Greenfield Hill, Ladies' Union,\nbbl. Goods, _for Talladega C._ Groton, S., 11.92. Hadlyme, R. E.\nHungerford, 25. Hanover, 7.94. Hartford, Alanson Trask, _for\nTalladega C._, 20. Hartford, First, Y. P. S., _for Porto Rico_, 13.\nHartford, Wethersfield Ave., 6.09. Hartford, Asylum Hill C., _for\nTalladega C._, 5. Manchester, Miss A. C. Hilliard, 10; Miss M. H.\nHilliard, 10, _for Talladega C._ Middletown, First, 22.18.\nMiddletown, Mrs. A. R. Crittenden, 2 and bbl. Goods, _for Gloucester\nSch., Cappahosic, Va._ Milford, First, 37.35. New Britain, South, S.,\n_for Tougaloo U._, 5.31. New London, First Ch. of Christ, 39.76; S.,\n2.25. Northford, 11. Rockville, G. L. Grant, 15. Salisbury, C., _for\nFreedmen and Indian M._, 6.05. Sharon, REV. EDWARD O. DYER, to const.\nhimself L.M., 30. Shelton, 40.32. Simsbury, First, 48.38. South\nGlastonbury, C. and S., 15.30. Southington, 53.66. Stafford Springs,\n28.76. Unionville, First Ch. of Christ, 25. Westbrook, 15.\nWestchester, Home M. Soc., _for Talladega C._, 1.24. Westchester,\nHome M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Talladega C._ West Hartford, First Ch.\nof Christ, 35. West Haven, Aux., W. B. M., bbl. Goods, _for Talladega\nC._ Westville, 3.35. Willimantic, First, 17.75. Winsted, Second, _for\nfreight, for Talladega, Ala._, 1.84. Woodstock, First, 14.\n\n----, \"A Friend in Conn.,\" 200.\n\nWOMAN'S CONG. HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF CONNECTICUT, by Mrs. Geo.\nFollett, Secretary, $3.50.\n\nStratford, Children of the Helping Hand Soc., 3.50.\n\nESTATES.--Groton, Estate of Mrs. B. N. Hurlbutt, 220. Hartford,\nEstate of Alfred Smith, by S. D. Smith, Trustee, 1,374.60. New\nBritain, Estate of Sophia Stanley, 782.36. Norwalk, Estate of W. J.\nCraw, 2,100. Putnam, Estate of Sarah Maria Buck, by John A.\nCarpenter, Exec'r (less tax, 2.30), 497.70.\n\n\nNEW YORK, $2,885.97.\n\nBerkshire, L. A. Soc. of C., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 6.25.\nBrooklyn, Mrs. Julia E. Brick, _for Jos. K. Brick, A. I. and N. Sch.,\nEnfield, N. C._, 2,000. Brooklyn, South, 110.28; Bushwick Av., 14.57.\nBrooklyn, Lewis Av. C., Bible Sch., 75, _for Indian M., Oahe, S. D._;\n25 _for Lindslay Mills C., Tenn._ Brooklyn, Park, C. E., _for Porto\nRico_, 5. Danby, 3. East Bloomfield, First, 34.10; Mrs. Eliza S.\nGoodwin, 4. Ellington, 2.05. Friendship, First, 3.50. Ithaca, H. M.\nSoc. of C., box and bbl. Goods, 3 _for freight, for Talladega C._\nLysander, Ladies' H. and F. M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Talladega C._\nNiagara Falls, First, 12.10. New York, Estate of W. E. Dodge, _for\nTheo. S. A. Talladega C._, 250; Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, _for Library,\nTalladega C._, 25; N. C. Rogers, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 25; Rev.\nJ. M. Whiton, Ph.D., _for Whiton Prize, Talladega C._, 15; \"Friends,\"\n_for Fisk U._, 114; Paul D. Cravath, _for Music Dept., Fisk U._, 50;\nTrinity, 10; Mount Hope, Christ C., 3.65; Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,\ntwo Vols., _for Library, Talladega C._; Rev. A. C. McGiffert, D.D.,\none Vol., _for Library, Talladega C._ Northfield, C. E., 10.\nSchenectady, Miss P. C. Day, _for Talladega C._, 2. Sherburne, Dr. H.\nG. Newton, _for Talladega C._, 50; S., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 25;\nMrs. J. C. Harrington, 5.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF N. Y., by Mrs. J. J. Pearsall,\nTreas., $3.47.\n\nFlushing, S., 3.47.\n\n\nNEW JERSEY, $391.91.\n\nBelvidere, D. C. Blair, _for Talladega C._, 25; John C. Prall, _for\nS. A., Talladega C._, 15. Montclair, Mrs. E. H. Beckwith, 17 Vols.\n\"Appleton's Encyclopedia,\" from Library of the late Samuel Holmes.\nPlainfield, 188.57. Upper Montclair, Christian Union C., 150.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE N. J. ASS'N., by Mrs. G. A. L.\nMerrifield, Treas., $13.34.\n\nPhiladelphia, Central, 13.34.\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA, $115.00.\n\nPhiladelphia, \"P. B.,\" 100. Scranton, First Welsh, 15.\n\n\nOHIO, $418.00.\n\nAkron, First, 15. Atwater, 6.90. Bellevue, S. W. Boise, 10. Chatham,\nMrs. Levi L. Clapp, 2. Cleveland, Pilgrim, quarterly, 72; Hough Av.,\n14.29; Euclid Av., 15.65. Columbus, First, 39.36. Conneaut, S., 10.\nElyria, First, C., 7.21; S., 4.20; Miss M. M. Lickorish, 7.\nGreenwich, C., 17. Lexington, 6. Lodi, First, 20. Oberlin, First C.,\nby Mrs. M. A. Keep, 25. Painesville, First, 30.10. Plain, 4.50.\nRipley, \"Mission Band,\" 1.50. Steubenville, First, 7.80. Wauseon, C.\nE., 5.56. Wellington, First, _for Indian M., Fort Yates, N. D._, 5.\nWest Mill Grove, 3.40. Williamsfield, Ladies' Soc., _for freight to\nPleasant Hill, Tenn._, 1.50.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF OHIO, by Mrs. Geo. B. Brown,\nTreas., $87.03.\n\nAndover, 5. Cincinnati, Walnut Hills, 4.25. Cleveland, Hough Ave.,\nC. E., 2.50; Trinity, Jr. C. E., 4.69. Columbus, Eastwood, 5. Elyria,\nFirst, 14.50. Fredericksburg, 5. Hudson, 4; Jr. C. E., 1.25. Ironton,\n2. Litchfield, 1.64. Rootstown, C. E., 8.40. Sandusky, 10.\nSpringfield, Jr. C. E., 1.50. Toledo, Central, S., 2; Washington St.,\n11.30; Washington St., S. Band, 1. Unionville, Jr. C. E., 3.\n\nILLINOIS, $1,011.54--of which from Estate, $500.00.\n\nChampaign, C. E., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 25. Champaign, C., 4.25; C.\nE., 1.92; W. M. S., 2. Chicago, First, 50.28; Warren Av., ad'l,\n16.01, bal. to const. A. D. CLINTON L.M.\n\nEarlville, \"J. A. D.,\" 25. Elburn, 7.39. Hinsdale, S., _for S. A.,\nTalladega C._, 40. Joy Prairie, S., 5.98. Lyonsville, 9.71. Normal,\nFirst, 4.75. Rockford, Second, 200. Shabbona, Primary S., _for S. A.,\nA. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._, 6. Waverly, S., 2.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ILLINOIS, Mrs. Mary S. Booth,\nTreas., $111.35.\n\nChebanse, 5. Chicago, University C., 5; New England, 3.75; Douglass\nPark, 1. Chicago, Evanston, 2. Chicago, Leavitt Street, \"Friend,\" 1.\nMoline, First (of which 15.10 _for S. A., Fisk U._), 30.10. Milburn,\n50. Payson, 2.50. Rockford, Second, 10. Sterling, \"Friend,\" 1.\n\nESTATE.--Moline, Estate of Alfred Williams, 500.\n\n\nMICHIGAN, $218.36.\n\nAlamo, Julius Hackley, 39.90. Calumet, S., _for S. A., Talladega\nC._, 37.50. Clinton C., 10; C. E., 5. Galesburg, 7.50. Grand Rapids,\nS., Class of Girls, _for Santee Ind. Sch., Neb._, 3. Lansing,\nPilgrim, 2.40. Michillinda, 11. Morenci, E. R. Lathrop, 20 cts.\nStanton, Rev. J. W. Savage, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 5. Stanton, C.\nE., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 5. West Adrian, C. (10 of which from\nA. J. Hood), 18.27. Whitehall, \"A Friend,\" 2.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MICHIGAN, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,\nTreas., $71.59.\n\nDetroit, First, 20; First, Jr. C. E., 7.50 _for Indian Sch'p_, and\n7.50 _for Sch'p, Moorhead, Miss._; First, S. (of which 9.59 _for\nIndian Sch'p_), 19.59. Grand Blanc, 12. Manistee, Int. C. E., _for S.\nA., Gregory Inst._, 5.\n\n\nIOWA, $280.54.\n\nAlgona, 4. Cedar Falls, 33.25. Clarion, Harvey C., 1. Farragut,\n16.11. Grinnell, Plymouth, C. E., 7.70. Grinnell, 15.01. Iowa Falls,\nS., 6.19. Long Creek, Welsh C., 3.97. Mount Pleasant, 1.85. Osage,\n75. Strawberry Point, First, 5.08. Waterloo, Hon. J. G. Leavitt, _for\nS. A., Talladega C._, 50.\n\n----, \"Friends in Iowa,\" _for Fisk U._, 53.75.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF IOWA, Miss Belle L. Bentley,\nTreas., $16.73.\n\nAnamosa, S., 2.56. Dubuque, First, 2.50. Fort Dodge, 3.75. Grinnell,\n75 cts. Mitchelville, 2.21. Sloan, 2.50. Webster, 2.46.\n\n\nWISCONSIN, $742.35--of which from Estate, $500.00.\n\nBeloit, First, 100. Edgerton, 4. Madison, Mrs. Deming and Sister, 2;\n\"A Friend,\" 3, _for S. A., Talladega C._ Menasha, 39.76. Raymond, 5.\nSpring Green, 20 cts. Token Creek, C. E. of C., _for S. A., Talladega\nC._, 4. West Salem, 27.72; Jr. C. E., 75 cts. Whitewater, 25.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WISCONSIN by Mrs. L. E. Smith,\nTreas., $30.92.\n\nArena, First, 92 cts. Eau Claire, 5. Elkhorn, _for S. A., Fisk U._,\n25.\n\nESTATE.--Beloit, Estate of Mrs. Ellen B. French, by A. P. Waterman,\nExec'r, 500.\n\n\nMINNESOTA, $127.11.\n\nCorrell, 2.20. Northfield, S., _for Talladega C._, 40.08.\nMinneapolis, Plymouth, S., 25; D. C. Bell's S. Class, 11.03, _for S.\nA., Fisk U._ Minneapolis, Plymouth, 27.55; Como Av., 21.25.\n\n\nMISSOURI, $80.96.\n\nKansas City, W. H. Whitten, Jr., 10. Old Orchard, C., 1.95; C. E.,\n50 cts. Pleasant Hill, George M. Kellogg, _for Porto Rico_, 50. Saint\nLouis, Hope, 3.51. Kansas City, \"A Friend,\" from Estate of Sarah\nMilliken, by Emily J. P. Whitten, _for Student Aid_, 15.\n\n\nKANSAS, $22.03.\n\nPauline, 2. Seabrook, C., 3; S., 1. Smith Center, 8. Strong City, 1.\nTonganoxie, S., 2.03.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF KANSAS, by Mrs. W. A. Sloo, Treas.,\n$5.00.\n\nClay Center, 5.\n\n\nINDIAN TERRITORY, 85 cts.\n\n----, Vinita C., 85 cts.\n\n\nNEBRASKA, $3.31.\n\nNorfolk, Second, 3.31.\n\n\nCALIFORNIA, $492.09.\n\nBlack Diamond, 2.10. Cloverdale, C., _for Chinese M._, 4.15.\nMartinez, C. (5 of which _for Cal. Chinese M._), 12. Oakland,\nPlymouth Av. C., _for Chinese M._, 5.63. San Francisco, Receipts of\nthe California Chinese Mission (see items below), 435.71, Stockton,\nFirst, 32.50.\n\n\nOREGON, $5.00.\n\nForest Grove, C., _for Tougaloo U._, 5.\n\n\nWASHINGTON, $2.93.\n\nSeattle, University C., 2.93.\n\n\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $20.25.\n\nWashington, P. H. Allen, _for Talladega C._, 12.50; University, Park\nTemple, 5; Dr. A. C. Garrott, _for Library, Talladega C._, 2.75.\n\n\nVIRGINIA, $1.00.\n\nStormont, Noah Morris, _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 1.\n\n\nKENTUCKY, $1.00.\n\nWoodbine, S. Children, 1.\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA, $15.00.\n\nNorth Carolina, \"Sales by A. E. F.,\" 10. Raleigh, Rev. R. D.\nJennings, _for Talladega C._, 5.\n\n\nTENNESSEE, $65.25.\n\nBon Air, Rev. E. N. Goff, 2. Grand View, Miss Lydia Daniels, _for\nBell-tower_, 3.75. Knoxville, Miss M. E. Johnson, _for S. A.,\nTalladega C._, 5. Nashville, Union C., _for Fisk U._, 50. Nashville,\nMiss M. R. Spence, _for S. A., Lexington, Ky._, 4. Wilson's Grove, 50\ncts.\n\n\nGEORGIA, $16.50.\n\nMarshallville, Mrs. M. E. White, _for Talladega C._, 5. Rutland and\nByron Churches, 8. Savannah, Rev. J. W. Roberts, _for Talladega C._,\n1; Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, _for Chinese M._, 50 cts.; _for Indian\nM._, 50 cts. Woodville, C., Lincoln Mem., 1.50.\n\n\nALABAMA, $98.38.\n\nAnniston, Rev. James Brown, _for Talladega C._, 25. Birmingham,\nCitizens, _for Talladega C._, 21.38. Brewton, Rev. R. W. Jackson,\n_for Talladega C._, 10. Mobile, First, 10. Mobile, Mrs. Peggy\nMarshall, _for Talladega C._, 5. Talladega, \"A Friend,\" 15; S. L.\nDickerson, 10; Harrison Hobbs, 2, _for Talladega C._\n\n\nMISSISSIPPI, $6.16.\n\nTougaloo, Mrs. Sisson, _for S. A., Tougaloo U._, 6.16.\n\n\nINCOME, $1,237.50.\n\nAtterbury End. Fund, 106.87. Avery Fund, _for African M._, 675. De\nForest Fund, _for President's Chair, Talladega C._, 202.50. Gen. C.\nB. Fisk Fund, _for Fisk U._, 11.25. Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta\nU._, 112.50. Haley Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._, 22.50. Hammond End.\nFund, _for Straight U._, 22.50. Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._,\n56.25. Le Moyne End. Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._, 22.50. Rice Memorial\nSch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._, 5.63.\n\n\nTUITION, $2,410.22.\n\nLexington, Ky., 23.20. Williamsburg, Ky., 20.08. Charleston, S. C.,\n390.60. Nashville, Tenn., 391.50. Pleasant Hill, Tenn., 152.06.\nAlbany, Ga., 52.50. Savannah, Ga., 178.68. Athens, Ala., 27.80.\nCotton Valley, Ala., 20.25. Talladega, Ala., 1,118.30. New Orleans,\nLa., 1.75. Meridian, Miss., 33.50.\n\n\nSUMMARY FOR JULY, 1900.\n\n  Donations                                            $11,534.38\n  Estates                                                7,844.16\n                                                       ----------\n                                                       $19,378.54\n  Income                                                 1,237.50\n  Tuition                                                2,410.22\n                                                       ----------\n  Total for July                                       $23,026.26\n\n\nFOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n  Subscriptions for July                                    $8.25\n  Previously acknowledged                                  273.59\n                                                          -------\n                                                          $281.84\n\n\nRECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, from June 15 to July 13,\n1900, Wm. Johnstone, Treas., $435.71.\n\nFROM LOCAL MISSIONS, $357.71:\n\nBerkeley Chinese M. O., 3.05; Pledges, 3.50. North Berkeley, C., 10.\nFresno, Chinese M. O., 2; Ann'y Pledges, 9. Fruitland, Vernondale C.,\n1; S., 3.96. Los Angeles, Chinese M. O., 5.75; Ann'y Pledges, 42.\nMarysville, Chinese M. O., 7.50; Ann'y Pledges, 25. Oakland, Chinese\nM. O., 3. Oroville, Chinese M. O., 2.70; Ann'y Pledges, 22.25.\nPasadena, Chinese M. O., 2.35; Ann'y Pledges, 11. Petaluma, Chinese\nM. O., 1.50., Ann'y Pledges, 14.90. Riverside, Chinese M. O., 3.45;\nAnn'y Pledges, 8.50. Sacramento, Chinese M. O., 4; Ann'y Off's,\n38.70. San Bernardino, Chinese M. O., 2.70; Ann'y Pledges, 15. San\nDiego, Chinese M. O., 1.60; Ann'y Pledges, 10. San Francisco, Central\nMission, Chinese M. O., 8.40. San Francisco, West Mission, Chinese M.\nO., 3; Annual Mem's, 6. San Francisco, Bethany C., Ann'y Pledges, 13.\nSan Francisco, S. F. Branch Ass'n, 10. Santa Barbara, Chinese M. O.,\n3.75; Ann'y Pledges, 9.50. Santa Cruz, Chinese M. O., 6.65; Ann'y\nPledges, 38.50. Ventura, Ann'y Pledges, 4.50.\n\nINDIVIDUAL GIFTS, $5.00:\n\nRev. J. C. Holbrook, D.D., 5.\n\nEASTERN FRIENDS, $35.00:\n\nPortland, Me., Miss M. E. Barrett, 10. Bridgeport, Conn., Miss Mary\nL. Blatchley, 25.\n\nRECEIVED FOR CHINESE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, $38.00:\n\nStratford, Conn., Miss Cordelia Sterling, 13. Binghamton, N. Y.,\nCong. Ch., W. M. Soc., through New York W. H. M. U., 5. Oakland,\nCali, Mrs. L. E. Agard, 20.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRECEIPTS FOR AUGUST, 1900.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND\n\nFor Colored People.\n\n  Income for August                                     $4,197.35\n  Previously acknowledged                               57,801.87\n                                                       ----------\n                                                       $61,999.22\n                                                       ==========\n\n\nCURRENT RECEIPTS.\n\n\nMAINE, $331.70.\n\nBrewer, First, 7. Edgecomb, 1.30. Hampden, 4.25. Wiscasset, 6.96.\n\nMAINE WOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A., by Mrs. Helen W. Davis, Treas.,\n$312.19.\n\nAlfred, 7.50. Belfast, 15. Biddeford, Second, 11.50. Bridgton, 9.\nChatham, 1. Cumberland, North Conference, 2.60. Farmington, 27.\nJackson, 1.85. Kennebunk, 15.55. Limerick, 6. Litchfield Corner, 12.\nMinot Center, 22.05. North Belfast, 2. Pownal, Miss Roxana Chapin,\n10; Mrs. P. A. Case and S. Class, 3. Pownal, 5. Saco, 23. Sandy\nPoint, C. E., 3. Sandy Point, C., 2. Sanford, 13. Searsport, First,\n20. Searsport, Second, 12.20. Sebago, 1.20. South Berwick, 46.22.\nSweden, 1. Thomaston, 4. Waterford, 2. Woodford, 13.52. York, 20.\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE, $401.51--of which from Estate, $100.00.\n\nEast Brentwood, Rev. H. H. Colburn, 16. Francestown, 21.27.\nGoffstown, 11.04. Henniker, 35. Manchester, Miss Kate Fradd, _for\nTalladega C._, 4. Milford, Dea. and Mrs. A. C. Crosby, 100. Pembroke,\nFirst, 14.20.\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE FEMALE CENT. INST. and HOME MISSIONARY UNION, by Miss\nAnnie A. McFarland, Treas., $100.00.\n\nN. H. F. C. I. and H. M. U., 100.\n\nESTATE.--Warner, Estate of Mrs. Abiah G. H. Eaton, by B. F. Heath,\nExecutor, 100.\n\n\nVERMONT, $176.56--of which from Estate, $100.33.\n\nHartland, 2. Lyndon, First, 15. Milton, \"A Friend,\" 20. Milton, 12.\nNorth Hyde Park, 2.42. Norwich, 10. Rutland, \"John Howard,\" 4. Stowe,\nS., _for Porto Rico_, 6.11. Williamstown, 4.70.\n\nESTATE.--Royalton, Estate of Rev. Cyrus B. Drake, D.D., 111.47 (less\nexpenses, 11.14), 100.33.\n\n\nMASSACHUSETTS, $3,633.10--of which from Estates, $2,193.21.\n\nAdams, First, 21.49. Auburndale, \"A Friend,\" 25. Barre, S., 1.61.\n\nBoston, Miss Sophie Moen, 100; M. J. Weston, _for Mountain White\nWork_, 100; Mrs. A. E. Childs, 75; \"X,\" 10. Dorchester, Second, 25; A\nFriend, _for Indian M., Miss Collins_, 20.\n\nBrimfield, First, 27.30. Chicopee Falls, Second, 34. Charlestown,\nFirst, 50.08. Clinton, First, 22.82. Cambridge, Prospect St. C., S.,\n15.88. Chelsea, First, 31.15. Conway, Ladies' M. Soc., _for freight\nto Fort Berthold, N. D._, 4. Douglass, First, 5. East Bridgewater,\nUnion, 2. Easthampton, First, 19.25. Foxboro, Bethany S., 33.64.\nGardner, L. M. Soc., _for Indian M._, 50. Greenfield, Second, 40.55.\nHamilton, C., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 23. Hamilton, C. E., _for\nPleasant Hill, Tenn._, 9.40. Haverhill, West C., C. E., 3.12.\nHubbardston, Evan. C., 7. Ipswich, South, 30. Lakeville, Precinct C.,\n12.37 and S., 5.80. Ludlow, First, 10. Marlboro, Union C., Jr. C. E.,\n_for Indian M._, 22. Marshfield, First, 18.89. Milton, First, 30.18.\nMonson, Mrs. C. O. Chapin, 5. Monson, 18.39. Newtonville, A. E.\nWyman, 15. Northampton, \"W.,\" 300. Pittsfield, First Ch. of Christ,\n70.01. Raynham, First, 13.04. South Ashburnham, People's C., 11.42;\nC. E., 7; Jr. C. E., 2; King's Daughters, 2.50. Southfield, 5.\nSpringfield, \"A Memorial Gift,\" 5. Sturbridge, First, ad'l, 10.\nTaunton, Young People of Winslow C., three bbls. Goods, _for\nTalladega C._ Walpole, Second, 20.75. West Boylston, First, 11.50.\nWest Brookfield, C. T. Huntington, 48.75. West Medway, Mrs. Olive W.\nAdams, for Alaska M., 2. Weymouth, H. W. Wellington's S. Class, _for\nS. A., Fort Berthold, N. D._, 1. Weymouth, Rossiter Snyder's S.\nClass, _for Fort Berthold, N. D._, 1. Winchendon North, C. E., _for\nS. A., Blowing Rock, N. C._, 5.\n\nESTATES.--Wareham, Estate of Mrs. Abby Bourne, 1,211.81 (less\nexpenses 50), 1,161.81. Wareham, Estate of Mrs. Hannah B. Cannon,\n1,081.40 (less expenses 50), 1,031.40.\n\n\nCONNECTICUT, $1,733.88--of which from Estate, $2,000.00.\n\nCheshire, C. E., by Miss M. E. Baldwin, _for Porto Rico_, 25.\nColebrook, 20. East Woodstock, 23. Ellsworth, Mrs. Gales Skiff, 2.50.\nGranby, South, 21. Lakeville, Mrs. Sarah J. Pennock, 2. Northfield,\n11.23. North Woodstock, 23.11. Plymouth, 9.50. Portland, First,\n13.03. Redding, 16.13. Ridgefield, First, _for Alaska M._, 19.59.\nSouthport, 70.75. Thomaston, First, 9.36. Voluntown, C., 5.\nWashington, First, 53.60. Waterbury, Second, 202.41. Waterbury,\nFirst, 61.36. Waterbury, Mrs. C. C. Holmes, 10; \"M. C. H.,\" 3.\nWatertown, Mrs. J. B. Woolson's S. Class, _for S. A., Fort Berthold,\nN. D._, 8. Westford, 5. West Hartford, Mrs. E. W. Morris, _for\nMountain White Work_, 10. West Winsted, Second, 89.86.\n\nWOMAN'S CONG. HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF CONN., by Mrs. George\nFollett, Sec., $19.45.\n\nCromwell, Ladies of C., 19.45.\n\nESTATES.--South Manchester, Estate of Mrs. Emily W. Dimock, a member\nof Cong. Ch. of South Manchester, by C. E. House, Executor 2,000.\nNorwalk, Estate of William J. Craw, (Reserve Legacy Account)\n2,719.38. Norwich Town, Estate of Miss Grace McClellan (Reserve\nLegacy Account), 4,024.53.\n\n\nNEW YORK, $68.20.\n\nAngola, 9. Angola, A. H. Ames, 5. Bridgewater, \"A Friend,\" 5.\nGreene, First, 7. Groton, Storrs A. Barrows, 25. Lebanon, 3. McGraw,\nH. D. Corey, 1. Portland, First, 3.20. Rochester, Mrs. Caroline L.\nSmith, 10.\n\n\nNEW JERSEY, $35.00.\n\nJersey City Heights, Mrs. Caroline L. Ames, 10. Newark, John F.\nDryden, _for Laundry, Tillotson C._, 25.\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA, $160.00.\n\nKane, First, 7. Philadelphia, Central, 150. Philadelphia,\nKensington. 3.\n\n\nOHIO, $244.46.\n\nAdams Mills, Mrs. M. A. Smith, 10. Aurora, S., 2. Claridon, \"A\nFriend,\" _for Indian M., Fort Yates, N. D._, 50. Cleveland, Euclid\nAv. C., 29.76. Grafton, 5.50. Mount Vernon, First, 24.70. Oberlin,\nMrs. L. G. B. Hills, 20. ----, Cash, 1.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF OHIO, by Mrs. G. B. Brown, Treas.,\n$101.50.\n\nBerea, 5.25. Cleveland, East Mad. Av., Int. C. E., 2. Cleveland,\nHough Av., 13.50. Elyria, First, C. E., 23. Lima, 4.20. Oberlin,\nFirst, (5 of which _for Indian M., Miss Collins_), 28. Sheffield,\n2.50. Toledo, Central, 8.55. Unionville, 4. Wayne, 2.50. Wellington,\n8.\n\n\nILLINOIS, $550.76--of which from Estate, $250.00.\n\nAtkinson, S., _for Mountain White Work_, 2.46. Chesterfield, 12.68.\n\nChicago, \"D. L. R.\" _for Porto Rico_, 90. Chicago, Harriet Schrader,\n_for Fort Berthold, N. D._, 3. Chicago, Miss E. D. Williams, _for\nKeyes Cottage, Fort Berthold, N. D._, 3.\n\nGlen Ellyn, 6.08. Hampton, 2.50. Harvey, 21. Joy Prairie, 16.\nOntario, 5.83. Ottawa, First, 12.70. Princeton, 51.40. Roberts, C.,\n3.25; S., 1.50; C. E., 1.25.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ILLINOIS, Mrs. Mary S. Booth,\nTreas., $68.11.\n\nAlton, Ch. of Redeemer, 5. Chicago, Pilgrim, 21; Lincoln P., 2.75.\nElmhurst, 15.83. Emington, 3. McLean, 5. Oak Park, First, 6.92.\nRockford, Second, 3.75. Rogers Park, 2. Sycamore, 2.86.\n\nESTATE.--Elgin, Estate of Ellen A. Hinsdell, 250.\n\n\nMICHIGAN, $375.52.\n\nChelsea, 2.19. Detroit, First, 30. Hancock, 58.03. Jackson, First\n(17.65 of which _for Porto Rico_), 62.15. Saugatuck, 6.15. West Bay\nCity, John Bourne, _for Alaska M._, 200.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MICHIGAN, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,\nTreas., $17.00.\n\nAllegan, 1. Ann Arbor, 15. Jackson, First, Jr. C. E., _for S. A., A.\nG. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._, 1.\n\n\nIOWA, $151.58.\n\nAllison, 8. Bridgewater, Mrs. Harriet N. Clark, 10. Iowa Falls,\n23.30. Shell Rock, 4.26. Strawberry Point, C., 10.50. Waverly, 3.85.\nWebster City, 10.15.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF IOWA, Miss Belle L. Bentley,\nTreas., $79.52.\n\nAnita, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 10. Blairsburg, 1. Cedar Rapids, First,\nS., 86 cts. Davenport, First, Mrs. Mary Reed Smith, 5. Des Moines,\nPlymouth, 6.91. Des Moines, Plymouth, Jr. C. E., 5. Grinnell (5 of\nwhich _for Porto Rico_), 7.50. Keokuk, First, 12. McGregor, Cath\nGilchrist, _for Alaska M._, 2. Osage, 24.25. Waterloo, Jr. C. E., 5.\n\n\nWISCONSIN, $100.04.\n\nClinton, C., 15; S., 4.39. Janesville, First, 50. Nekoosa, 3.17.\nSparta, 23.48. Spring Valley, 4.\n\n\nMINNESOTA, $51.96.\n\nGlyndon, Frances Kittredge, _for freight to Fort Berthold, N. D._,\n25 cents. Minneapolis, Plymouth, 21.60. Minneapolis, Oak Park C., 10.\nMinneapolis, W. H. Norris, quarterly, 10. New Ulm, C., _for S. A.,\nPleasant Hill, Tenn._, 7.51. Rochester, Ladies' Soc., by Mrs. F. A.\nPoole, _for freight to Fort Berthold, N. D._, 1.60. Stewartsville,\nJr. C. E., by Mrs. C. A. Duncanson, _for Fort Berthold, N. D._, 1.\n\n\nMISSOURI, $62.50.\n\nClinton, Anise C. Hancock, 1; Mrs. Jane G. Wills, 50 cts. Pleasant\nHill, Geo. M. Rellogg, _for Porto Rico_, 50. Sedalia, First, 11.\n\n\nKANSAS, $27.23.\n\nKirwin, Mrs. J. Scott, Sen., _for Mountain White Work_, 25. Leota,\nBeulah C. E., _for Porto Rico_, 2.23.\n\n\nNEBRASKA, $2.95.\n\nArborville, 2.95.\n\n\nNORTH DAKOTA, $3.00.\n\nFargo, M. M. Fisher's S. S. Class, _for S. A., Fort Berthold, N.\nD._, 3.\n\n\nSOUTH DAKOTA, $28.13.\n\nAlcester, 5.31. Elk Point, 6. Gothland, 5. Springfield, 11.82.\n\n\nMONTANA, $2.00.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF MONTANA, by Mrs. W. S. Bell, Treas.,\n$2.00.\n\nCastle, Mrs. A. S. N. Barnes, 2.\n\n\nOKLAHOMA, $1.50.\n\nOklahoma, 1.50.\n\n\nUTAH, $5.25.\n\nSalt Lake, Phillips, 4.05.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF UTAH, by Miss Anna Baker, Treas., $1.20.\n\nW. H. M. U., 1.20.\n\n\nCOLORADO, $10.00.\n\nDenver, Mrs. E. M. Chadwick, _for Alaska M._, 10.\n\n\nCALIFORNIA, $597.77.\n\nByron, 1.60. National City, Mrs. M. A. Burgess, 1. Pasadena, Lake\nAv. C., 2.66. Pomona, Pilgrim, 41.50. Santa Ana, First, 8.50. Santa\nBarbara, 26.95. San Diego, Henry Sheldon, 25.\n\nSan Francisco, Receipts of the California Chinese Mission (see items\nbelow), 490.56.\n\n\nWASHINGTON, $27.87.\n\nEntiat, Josiah Lyman Claghorn, 2. Seattle, Plymouth, 25.87.\n\n\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $13.45.\n\nWashington, Lincoln Memorial C., 13.45.\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA, $21.50.\n\nBeaufort, Rev. W. D. Newkirk, _for Talladega C._, 5. Bethel, 1.50.\nLittle Mills, Children's Day Off'g, 2. Troy, S., _for Talladega C._,\n8. Wilmington, Rev. F. G. Ragland, _for Talladega C._, 5.\n\n\nTENNESSEE, $3.50.\n\nBon Air, Rev. E. N. Goff, 3. Lantana, 50 cts.\n\n\nGEORGIA, $2.35.\n\nAndersonville, 1.85. Woodville, Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, _for\nTalladega C._, 50 cts.\n\n\nALABAMA, $16.00.\n\nMarion, Lincoln Sch., 5; Miss M. D. Hyde, 1, _for Talladega C._\nMontgomery, F. E. Abercrombie, _for Talladega C._, 5. Shelby, W. M.\nRakestraw, _for Talladega C._, 5.\n\n\nLOUISIANA, $15.25.\n\nSchriever, Rev. P. O. Wailes, _for Talladega C._, 5.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF LA., by Miss Mary L. Rogers,\nTreas., $10.25.\n\nHammond, Sem. Sch., 5.66. Hammond, L. M. S., 4.59.\n\n\nINCOME, $270.00.\n\nAtterbury End. Fund, 5. Avery Fund, _for African M._, 57. W. Belden\nSch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._, 30. Rev. B. Foltz End. Fund, 15.\nGeneral End. Fund, 20. Howard Carter Theo. End. Fund, 5. Howard Theo.\nFund, _for Howard U._, 60. Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._, 40.\nStraight U. Sch'p Fund, 10. Tuthill King End. Fund, _for Atlanta U._,\n20. Yale Library End. Fund, _for Talladega C._, 8.\n\n\nTUITION, $352.03.\n\nEnfield, N. C., 1.80. Talladega, Ala., 350.23.\n\n\nSUMMARY FOR AUGUST, 1900.\n\n  Donations                                             $5,210.98\n  Estates                                                4,643.54\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $9,854.52\n  Income                                                   270.00\n  Tuition                                                  352.03\n                                                        ---------\n  Total for August                                     $10,476.55\n\n\nFOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n  Subscriptions for August                                  $9.75\n  Previously acknowledged                                  281.84\n                                                          -------\n  Total                                                   $291.59\n\n\nRECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, from July 14 to August\n14, 1900, William Johnstone, Treas., $490.56.\n\nFROM LOCAL MISSIONS, $394.56.\n\nBerkeley, Chinese M. O., 3.10; Ann'y Gifts, 1. Fresno, Chinese M.\nO., 55 cents; Ann'y Pledges, 16.50. Los Angeles, Chinese M. O.,\n21.45; Ann'y Pledges, 22; Branch Assoc., 10. Marysville, Chinese M.\nO., 7.50; Ann'y Pledges, 19. Oakland, Chinese M. O., 3; First Cong.\nC., 100. Oroville, Chinese M. O., 2.30; Ann'y Pledges, 12.50.\nPasadena, Chinese M. O., 2.85; Ann'y Pledges, 15.90. Petaluma,\nChinese M. O., 50 cts.; Ann'y Pledges, 11.50. Riverside, Chinese M.\nO., 5.66; Ann'y Pledges, 6. Sacramento, Chinese M. O., 4; Ann'y\nPledges, 30. San Bernardino, Chinese M. O., 1.75; Ann'y Pledges,\n7.50. San Diego, Chinese M. O., 1.80; Rev. S. A. Norton, D.D., 5. San\nFrancisco, Central, Chinese M. O., 6.80; Annual Members, 12. San\nFrancisco, West, Chinese M. O., 3.50; Annual Members, 12. San\nFrancisco, Branch Assoc., 10. San Francisco, Bethany C., Ann'y\nPledges, 8.50. Santa Barbara, Chinese M. O., 3.45; Ann'y Pledges,\n17.50. Santa Cruz, Chinese M. O., 6.45; Ann'y Pledges, 3.\n\nINDIVIDUAL OFFERINGS, $55.00.\n\nGeo. T. Hawley, 20; L. S. Sherman, 25; Mrs. Caleb Sadler, 10.\n\nFROM EASTERN FRIENDS, $11.00.\n\nBangor, Me., Mrs. Mary W. Chamberlain, 10. Brooklyn, N. Y., Miss M.\nS. Gilbert, 1.\n\nFOR CHINESE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, $30.00.\n\nAlbany, N. Y., through Miss Janet McNaughton, 20. Oakland, Cal.,\nMrs. M. R. Smith, by Mrs. Agard, 10.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1900.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND\n\nFor Colored People.\n\n  Income for September                                    $500.00\n  Previously acknowledged                               61,999.22\n                                                       ----------\n                                                       $62,499.22\n                                                       ==========\n\n\nCURRENT RECEIPTS.\n\n\nMAINE, $669.86.\n\nBelfast, First, 30. Bridgeton, First, 7. Brooksville, Emma J.\nWalker, 1. Cherryfield, 16.70. Cumberland Center, 20.66. Dennysville,\n11. Portland, State St. C., 150. Rockland, 29.27. Skowhegan, Island\nAv. C., 26.37.\n\nMAINE WOMAN'S AID to A. M. A., by Mrs. Helen W. Davis, Treas.,\n$377.86.\n\nAuburn, High St., 15.25. Brownville, 14.75. Camden, 19. Dexter,\n1.55. Dover and Foxcroft, 10.25. Falmouth, Second, 11. Fort\nFairfield, 4. Gorham, 15. Greenville, 10.50. Houlton, 1. Island\nFalls, 10. Madison, 3. Portland, High St., 91; State St., 50; Bethel\nC., 30; Second Parish, 10. State Conference Collection, 11.57.\nWoodfords, Ida V. Woodbury, 5. Yarmouth, First C., 31. \"A Friend,\" 1.\nConference Collection (Piscataquis), 1.99. Conference (Piscataquis),\n5. East Orrington, Maria George, 1. Hampden, Sarah C. Curtis, 20.\nNorth Gorham, Miss C. C. Varney, 5.\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE, $7,110.22--of which from Estate, $7,000.00.\n\nHancock, 5. Hinsdale, S., 5. Lisbon, First, 4.72. Lisbon, Mary R.\nCommings and family, 75. Littleton, First, C. E., 8. Warner, C. E.,\n5.\n\nFEMALE CENT. INST. AND HOME MISSION'RY UNION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Miss\nAnnie A. McFarland, Treas. $7.50.\n\nHarrison, W. S. of Cong. C., by Mrs. Myra M. Patrick, 2. Lancaster,\nLadies' Aux., by Mrs. P. F. Marston, _for Brewer N. Sch., Greenwood,\nS. C._, 5.50.\n\nESTATE.--Exeter, Estate of Mrs. Mary E. Shute, 7,000.00.\n\n\nVERMONT, $476.16--of which from Estates, $306.54.\n\nBrattleboro, 55. Brookfield, Second, 9.21. Danby, 2.50. Enosburg, 9.\nMilton, C., ad'l, 25 cts. Pawlett, \"A Friend,\" 5. Salisbury, 10.15.\nWestminster, 33.01.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF VERMONT, by Mrs. Robert Mackinnon,\nTreas., 45.50.\n\nBarton Landing, Jr. C. E., _for Indian Schp._, 5. Cambridgeport, 1.\nRichmond, S. Class, _for Mountain White Schp._, 2. Salisbury, _for\nIndian Schp._, 50 cts. Saxtons River, 5. Saint Johnsbury, North C.,\nPrimary Class, _for Indian Schp._, 1. Berlin, W. M. S. by Mrs. Geo K.\nPerrin, Sec., 5. Burlington, W. H. M. S. of First, by Mrs. S. Story,\nTreas., 10. Sheldon, M. S., by Sarah F. Jennison, 6. Woodstock, W. M.\nS., by Miss C. A. Munger, 10.\n\nESTATES.--North Bennington, Estate of Mrs. Caroline E. Hall, by\nHenry D. Hall, Executor, 25. Springfield, Estate of Frederick Parks,\n281.54.\n\n\nMASSACHUSETTS, $21,115.89--of which from ESTATES, $18,812.14.\n\nAmherst, First, C. E., _for McIntosh, Ga._, 2.25. Andover, Y. L.\nSoc. of Christian Workers, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 20. Attleboro,\nSecond, S., 8.88. Barre, 62.75. Billerica, 10.75. Blandford, First,\n10.07. Charlemont, First, 9.20. Conway, 17.51. Dalton, Mrs. Louise F.\nCrane, 125; Miss Clara L. Crane, 75, _for Tougaloo U._ Danvers, Prim.\nDept. Maple St. S., _for Alaska M._, 10. Dedham, First, 88.94. East\nCharlemont, 13.25. Fall River, Broadway C., 4; King's Daughters, 1;\nC. E., 1. Foxboro, Bethany C., 15.07. Harwich, First, 19.35.\nHaverhill, Riverside, 4; Fourth, 3. Holden, 6. Medway, 9.66.\nMillbury, M. D. Garfield, 25. Millbury, Second, 19.24. Newbury,\nFirst, 17.10. Newton, Eliot, S., 18.61. North Adams, 35. North\nChelmsford, 3.50. Norton, Trinity C., 3.95. Palmer, 1. Pittsfield,\nMrs. H. L. Dawes, _for Alaska M._, 10. Plainfield, 7. Princeton, Mrs.\nL. M. Grout, 2. Reading, 30. Reading, \"A Friend,\" 1. Rockport, First,\n8.34. Salem, South, 96.82. Sharon, C., 9.50; S., 10. Somerville, \"S.\nH. T.,\" 2. Southampton, 24.48. Taunton, Trin. C., to const. MISS MARY\nA. WHITMARSH, MRS. ELIZABETH R. WARREN and FRANK P. SMERDON L.M's,\n141.97. Ward Hill, 2.70. Westhampton, 16.39. Westhampton, \"Friend,\"\n1. Westfield, Mrs. Sarah H. Hooker, deceased, 500. West Hawley, 4.\nWilbraham, First, 10. Winchendon Center, First, S., 21.47.\n\n----, \"Four Friends,\" _for Fisk U._, 180.\n\n----, \"A Friend,\" 50.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MASS. AND R. I., Miss Lizzie\nD. White, Treas., $535.00.\n\nW. H. M. A. of Mass. and R. I., 530. Norwood, King's Daughters, _for\nStraight U._ 5.\n\nESTATES.--Boston, Estate of Josephine E. Boylston, 950. Lenox,\nEstate of Orilla B. Stanley, _for Indian M._, 5,553.77. Worcester,\nEstate of Albert Curtis, by James Logan, Executor (Reserve Legacy\nAccount, 235), 12,308.37.\n\n\nRHODE ISLAND, $1,902.02--of which from Estate, $1,810.00.\n\nCentral Falls, 39.27, Providence, North C., C. E., 2.75.\n\n----, In memory of J. G. and M. B. Moffitt, _for Tougaloo U._, 50.\n\nESTATE.--Pawtucket, Estate of Mrs. Catherine E. Plimpton, by Rev. J.\nH. Lyon, Administrator, 1,810.\n\n\nCONNECTICUT, $10,688.61--of which from Estates, $8,726.27.\n\nAndover, 10. Bridgeport, 59.10. Brooklyn, First, C., 17; S., 5; C.\nE., 3. Derby, C. E. of First C., _for Porto Rico_, 9. Durham, 22.\nEast Hartford, First, 15.76. East Hartford, South, 10. Falls Village,\n2.75. Farmington, S., _for Girls' Ind'l Dept., Talladega C._, 17.72.\nGreen's Farms, 26.35. Guilford, First, 60. Hadlyme, R. E. Hungerford,\n25; J. W. Hungerford, 25. Hampton, 9.51. Hanover, ad'l, 8.70.\nHartford, Hartford Theo. Sem. Students' Association, 23.04. Hebron,\nLadies of First, _for A. N. and I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._, 12.\nLitchfield, First, 40.26. Meriden, First, to const. MISS MARION R.\nSMITH, J. W. SOULE and FRANK W. PLUMB L.M's, 156. Montville, 7.23.\nNew Britain, South, 253.36. New Hartford, Ladies' Aid Soc., 3. New\nMilford, First, 68.80. Noank, Myron H. Giddings, 5. North Haven,\n16.95. Norwich, Broadway C., 382.50. Norwich, Park C., 254.80.\nNorwich, Mrs. Louisa G. Lane, 100. Old Saybrook, quarterly, 4.33.\nPlainfield, First, 13. Prospect, 12. Salisbury, 5.20. Somers, 8.23.\nSouth Canaan, 4. South Coventry, First, 23.13. Southport, First, 15.\nWatertown, 29. Westchester, 7.75. Wethersfield, C., (of which _for A.\nN. and I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._, 1.25), 27. Windham, 51.44.\nWinsted, First, 34. Winsted, Fred B. Pickett, 5. Woodstock, First,\n19.50; C. E., 9.93.\n\nWOMAN'S CONG. HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF CONN., by Mrs. Geo. Follett\nSec., $45.00.\n\nPutnam, W. M. S., by Emma J. Kinney, 10. Terryville, B. S., 5.\nWallingford, L. B. S., 25. Winchester, L. S., 5.\n\nESTATES.--Brooklyn, Estate of M. E. Ensworth, 8. Cornwall, Estate of\nS. C. Beers, 382.09. Fairfield, Estate of Miss E. B. Lyon, by W. H.\nLyon, 200. Groton, Estate of Mrs. B. N. Hurlbutt, 180. Norwalk,\nEstate of William J. Craw, 2,719.38. New London, Estate of\nChristopher Tyler, 1,506.74. Torrington, Estate of Lauren Wetmore,\n3,730.06.\n\n\nNEW YORK, $2,241.07.\n\nBerkshire, First, 35. Brookfield, Puritan, 4.61. Brooklyn, Mrs.\nJulia E. Brick, _for Jos. K. Brick A., I. and N. Sch., Enfield, N.\nC._, 1,000. Brooklyn, Miss Lydia Benedict, 25. Brooklyn, \"A Friend,\"\n1. Clifton Springs, \"A Friend,\" at C. S. Sanitarium, _for Fisk U._,\n10. Cortland, First, 32. Groton City, C., 2: C. E., 3. Livonia, Mrs.\nWilliam Calvert, 12. Massena Center, Mrs. E. C. R. Sutton, 10.\nMorristown, First, 6.60. Mount Sinai, M. C. Coll, 9.50. Mount Sinai,\n9. New Lebanon, 10. New York, Bedford Park C., 2.44. Northville,\n12.31. Rochester, Geo. W. Thayer, 828.06. Sidney, C. E., _for Student\nAid, Fisk U._, 25. Smyrna, \"A Friend,\" 5. Spencerport, Miss Mary E.\nDyer, 5.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF N. Y., by Mrs. J. J. Pearsall,\nTreas., $193.55.\n\nBuffalo, Niagara Sq. C., 9; First, Jr. C. E., 4. Brooklyn, Tompkins\nAv., Primary Dept., 10. Clifton Springs, Mrs. A. G. W., 7. Fairport,\n15. Poughkeepsie, 5. Rensselaer, 3. Rutland, 11. Sayville, 10. W. H.\nM. U., of N. Y., 111.55. Brooklyn, W. H. M. U., of Nazarene C., 1.\nMiddletown, North St. C., L. B. U., by Mrs. Geo. Bartle, Treas., 3.\nSalamanca, M. S., by Mrs. Mary L. Doty, Pres., 4.\n\n\nNEW JERSEY, $6.30.\n\nCloster, 6. Morristown, E. M. Hyde, 30 cts.\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA, $56.70.\n\nCentreville, 3.70. Neath, C. E., _for Chinese M._, 3. Susquehanna\nCo., C. E. U., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._, 50.\n\n\nOHIO, $631.94.\n\nAshland, J. O. Jennings, 10. Chatfield, German Pietist Congregation,\n_for Indian M._, 46.50. Collinwood, 15. Columbus, Mayflower C., 6.50.\nHuntsburg, Cong., K. E. S., 9.60. Madison, Central, 8.19. Norwalk, 5.\nOberlin, First, 22.93. Rootstown, 22.68.\n\n----, Cash, 1.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF OHIO, by Mrs. G. B. Brown, Treas.,\n$484.54.\n\nAkron, West, 14; First, 5. Alliance, Mrs. J. M. Thomas, 3. Ashland,\n3.60. Ashtabula, C. E., 1. Austinburg, C. E., 2.50. Berlin Heights,\n3. Belpre, 1.25. Berea, 1.75. Brecksville, 5. Burton, 8. Chardon,\n3.50. Chardon, C. E., 2.10. Cincinnati, Vine, 10; Walnut Hills, C.\nE., 1.50. Clarksfield, 3.50. Claridon, 5. Cleveland, Euclid Ave.,\n65. Cleveland, Archwood, 5; Plymouth, 16. Cleveland, Bethlehem, 5;\nMount Zion, 10; Park, 2. Columbus, Plymouth, 9.60; Eastwood, 4.40;\nPlymouth, C. E., 12; Mayflower, 5. Claridon, C. E., 1.50. Ceredo,\nWest Va., 2. Elyria, 21.50. Freedom, 1. Garretsville, 5.15. Geneva,\n9. Greenwich, 2.40. Hudson, 3.50. Huntsburg, K. E. S., 4.60.\nKirtland, K. E. S., 3.35. Lafayette, S., 2.19. Lindenville, C. E., 2.\nLodi, 2.50. Mallet, Creek, _for Indian M., Miss Collins_, 6.\nMarietta, First, W. M. S., 5; Y. L. M. S., 9.25. Medina, 8.60.\nMesopotamia, S., 50 cts. Mount Vernon, 5.75. Newark, Plymouth, 3.96.\nNorth Bloomfield, 1. North Ridgeville, C. E., 3. Oberlin, First, 12;\nSecond, 35. Oberlin, First, _for Alaska Supplies_, 8. Paddy's Run, 4.\nPainesville, 16.50. Plain, 3. Rootstown, 5. Sheffield, 1.25.\nSpringfield, First, 10. Strongsville, 2.50. Toledo, Central, 16.25;\nWashington St., 19.09; Washington St., C. E., 2.25; Second, 1.50.\nTwinsburg, 8.75. Vermillion, C. E., 2.50. Wellington, 4. West\nAndover, 2. West Williamsfield, 10. Williamsfield, 2.50. Windham, 3.\nYoungstown, Elm St., 1.25.\n\nUndesignated Fund, 2.75.\n\n\nINDIANA, $14.00.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF INDIANA, by Mrs. Anna D. Davis,\nTreas., $14.00.\n\nAlexandria, 4. Kokomo, M. Soc., by Mrs. H. C. Davis, Vice Pres., 10.\n\n\nILLINOIS, $227.70.\n\nChicago, South C., W. M. S., 5.\n\nDe Kalb, 9.81. Forrest, 7.83. Godfrey, 5. Granville, 24.77.\nGranville, Rev. J. E. Bissell, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 10.\nJacksonville, James M. Longley, 1. Loda, 7.65. Mazon, 3. Oak Park,\nSecond, S., 9.14. Port Byron, 3.40. Rockefeller, 7. Strawn, 65 cts.\nThawville, 4.16. Toulon, C., 9.53; S., 7.79; C. E., 5. Wheaton,\nFirst, 16.66. Winnebago, C., 13.54; S., 1.46. Winnebago, W. H.\nNevens, 10. Winnetka, 24.56.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ILLINOIS, Mrs. Mary S. Booth,\nTreas, $40.75.\n\nDover, 10. Dover, Jr. C. E., 1.50. Geneseo, 5. Jacksonville, Y. L.\nM. S., 5. Ottawa, First, 16.25. Rockford, Second, 3.\n\n\nMICHIGAN, $215.87--of which from Estate, $100.00.\n\nAlmont, C., 5.03; C. E., 2.25. Charlotte, First, 10. Detroit, Fort\nSt. C., 7.88. Grand Rapids, Park C. Miss'y Soc., 30.75. Howell, Mrs.\nS. E. A. Batcheler, 2. Hudson, First, 15. Noble, Mrs. Henry Bogardus,\n2. Stanton, First, 25.26. Union City, 10.70.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MICH., Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas.,\n$5.00.\n\nFrankfort, W. H. M. U., by Ellen U. Frost, 5.\n\nESTATE.--Niles, Est. of Dr. Jas. Lewis, 100.\n\n\nIOWA, $421.78.\n\nCass, 9.80. Chester Center, 4.60. Danville, Lee W. Mix, 5. Des\nMoines, Plymouth, C. E., 25; North Park C., 4.91. Lewis, 9.22.\nMuscatine, First, S., 1.43. Nashua, 10. Red Oak, W. M. S., 23. Rowen,\n5.25. Shenandoah, C., 28.10; S., 5. Sherrill, German C., 3.55.\nSibley, 18.58. Wittemburg, 12.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF IOWA, Miss Belle L. Bentley,\nTreas., $256.34.\n\nAlden, 4.42. Almoral, 5. Fayette, 5. Gilbert 6.65. Madison Co.,\nFirst, 1. Manchester, 10. Maquoketa, _for Alaska M._, 11.\nMarshalltown, 10. McGregor, 6.25. Lewis, 8.87. Ottumwa, 6. Traer,\n43.15. Victor, Jr. C. E., 1. Waterloo, 8. Waterloo, Bequest of Louisa\nM. Capwell, 100. Webster City, to const. MRS. MARY S. DONALDSON L.M.,\n30.\n\n\nMINNESOTA, $280.70.\n\nAda, 8.11. Brainerd, First, 2.10. Freeborn, S., 1. Marshall, 15.36.\nMinneapolis, Park Ave. C., _for Porto Rico_, 50 cts. Morris, 7.07.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MINNESOTA, by Mrs. M. W. Skinner,\nTreas., $246.56, (less expenses, $2), $244.56.\n\nAustin, 6.90. Ada, S., 3.08. Crookston, 5. Duluth, Pilgrim, 8.40.\nDawson, 1.25. Excelsior, 3. Excelsior, Jr. C. E., 90 cts. Freeborn,\n5. Faribault, 5. Hawley, 4. Kerns, 3. Little Falls, 2. Mapleton, 3.\nMapleton, Jr. C. E., 2. Marshall, 8.75. Morris, Jr. C. E., 2.50.\nMantorville, 2. Minneapolis, Park Ave., 24.10; Park Ave., _for\nMountain White Work_, 3; Plymouth, 22.90; Pilgrim, 10.53; Como Ave.,\n10; Lowry Hill, 5.50; Lora Hollister, 5; Open Door, C. E., 2.50. New\nUlm, 2.50. Owatonna, 15. Ortonville, 2.50. Princeton, 3. Plainview,\n2.50. Springfield, 3.50. Spring Valley, Jr. C. E., _for S. A., Fisk\nU._, 5. Stewartville, C. E., 1. Sauk Center, 1.75. Saint Paul, Park,\n15; Olivet, 5; Pacific, 4; University Ave., 1; Bethany, C. E., 2.50;\nPlymouth, C. E., 5. Winona, S., 3. Worthington, 4. Waseca, 8. Waseca,\nC. E., 2. Wadena, S., 2.\n\nGlyndon, W. M. S., by Mrs. A. D. Gracey, 11.\n\n\nWISCONSIN, $1,046.27--of which from Estate, $866.66.\n\nAppleton, 1.10. Brandon, 5. Clinton, 16. Clintonville, L. M. S., 7.\nMilwaukee, Hanover St., C., 4.56. Racine, Mrs. Canfield Smith, 20;\nMary Johnson, 10. River Falls C., 21.60; S., 3.40. Springvale, 3.50.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WISCONSIN, by Mrs. L. E. Smith,\nTreas., $87.45.\n\nArena, First, 2.96. Beloit, First, 10. Beloit, First, Y. L. M. S.,\n2. Delevan, 3.60. Eau Claire, 5. Fort Atkinson, 3. Green Bay, Union,\nC. E., 20. Hayward, 9.14. Janesville, Covenant Club of K. D., 2.\nPlatteville, 2.50. Sun Prairie, 10. Stoughton, S., Birthday box,\n7.75. Wauwatosa, 9.50.\n\nESTATE.--Beloit, Estate of Mrs. Ellen B. French, 866.66.\n\n\nMISSOURI, $78.00.\n\nCole Camp, 10. Hamilton, 10.50. Pleasant Hill, Geo. M. Kellogg, _for\nPorto Rico_, 50. St. Louis, Olive Branch C., 7.50.\n\n\nKANSAS, $48.53.\n\nCentralia, First, 10.34. Fredonia, 4.10. Hill City, Mrs. T. Garnett\n(1 of which _for Sch., Meridian, Miss._), 2. Kansas City, First,\n10.23. Manhattan, Wm. E. Castle, 12. Osawatomie, First, 2.46.\nTonganoxie, 5.40. Westmoreland, 2.\n\n\nNORTH DAKOTA, $9.40.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF NORTH DAKOTA, by Mrs. J. M. Fisher,\nTreas., $9.40.\n\nWahpeton, 5. Lidgerwood, W. H. M. S., by Mrs. L. M. Mix, Pres.,\n4.40.\n\n\nSOUTH DAKOTA, $95.05.\n\nBeresford, C., 8.50; W. M. S., 1; C. E., 50 cts. Buffalo Gap, 3.\nCheyenne River, C., _for Oahe Sch._, 2.95. Columbia, 7.10. Faulkton,\nS., _for Oahe Sch._, 3. Ipswich, S., 1.50; Rosette Park, S.; 75 cts,\nLittle Moreau, C., 66 cts., _for Oahe Sch._ Moreau River, C., 80\ncts., _for Oahe Sch._ Oahe, S., Lincoln Mem., 3.55. Oahe, C., _for\nOahe Sch._, 1.77. Pioneer, 2. Rapid City, 10.60. Tyndall, Jr. C. E.\nof First C., _for Santee Indian Sch., Neb._, 3. Virgin Creek, W. M.\nS., 5; C., 81 cts., _for Oahe Sch._. Webster, 15.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF SOUTH DAKOTA, by Mrs. Adda M. Wilcox,\nTreas., $24.50.\n\nMeckling, W. M. S., by Mrs. L. K. Robbins, 2.50. South Dakota W. H.\nM. U., 7; Brantford, L. M. C., 15, _for Oahe Sch._\n\n\nNEBRASKA, $119.05.\n\nAinsworth, 10.18. Franklin, 14. Friend, C., 9.21; S., _for Porto\nRico_, 2.08. Nehawka, B. Wolph, 5. Santee, F. B. Riggs, _toward\nArtesian Well_, 56. Verdon, 4. York, C., 16.21; S., 2.37.\n\n\nIDAHO, $9.25.\n\nChallis, First, 4.25.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF IDAHO by Mrs. C. E. Mason, 5.\n\nWoman's Aux., 5.\n\n\nOKLAHOMA, $5.00.\n\nDarlington, 5.\n\n\nCOLORADO, $2.02.\n\nFruita, 2.02.\n\n\nCALIFORNIA, $4,298.49.\n\nBenicia, C., 4.60. Lockeford, 4.86. Lodi, 11.14. Los Angeles, Rev.\nG. A. Rawson, 5. Stockton, Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D.D., deceased,\n1,000. San Francisco, Receipts of the California Chinese Mission (see\nitems below), 647.89. San Francisco, Receipts of the Chinese Mission\nBuilding Fund (see items below), 2,625.\n\n\nOREGON, $3.00.\n\nPortland, German C. E., 3.\n\n\nWASHINGTON, $27.00.\n\nAhtonum, 2.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WASHINGTON, by Mrs. Edward B.\nBurwell, Treas., $25.00.\n\n\"Light Bearers,\" _for S. A., Almeda Gardner, Sch., Moorhead, Miss._,\n25.\n\n\nMARYLAND, ESTATE, $4,900.14.\n\nESTATE.--Baltimore, Estate of Mrs. Mary R. Hawley, 4,900.14.\n\n\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $50.00.\n\nWashington, First, C. E., 25 _for Porto Rico_, and 25 _for Alaska\nM._\n\n\nVIRGINIA, $10.95.\n\nFalls Church, First, 8.25. Herndon, 2.70.\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA, $3.75.\n\nCandor, First, 3.25. Fly Mission, C., 50 cts.\n\n\nTENNESSEE, $50.00.\n\nBon Air, Rev. E. N. Goff, 2. Crossville, 5. Oakdale, 2. Pomona, 5.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF TENNESSEE, by Mrs. J. C. Napier,\nTreasurer, $36.00.\n\nW. M. U. of Tenn., 36.\n\n\nGEORGIA, 50 cts.\n\nWoodville, Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, _for Mountain Work_, 50 cents.\n\n\n\nALABAMA, $5.00.\n\nAnniston, Cong. C., C. E., 2.46; W. M. Soc., 2.54.\n\n\nFLORIDA, $5.35.\n\nTavares, 5.35.\n\n\nINCOME, $2,809.10.\n\nAvery Fund, _for African M._, 418.82. M. R. Bishop End. Fund, 1.33.\nMrs. S. N. Brewer End. Fund, 23.70. E. A. Brown Sch'p. Fund, _for\nTalladega C._, 25 cts. De Forest Fund, _for President's Chair,\nTalladega C._, 64.41. E. B. Eldridge End. Fund, 225. Erwin Fund, _for\nTalladega C._, 2,000. Fisk University Theo. Fund, 4.75. Haley Schp.\nFund, 10.91. E. A. Hand, End. Fund, 11.25. Howard Theo. Fund, _for\nHoward U._, 5. Luke Mem. Schp. Fund, _for Talladega C._, 1. Seymour\nStraight Endowment Fund, _for Straight U._, 2.68. Straight U. Sch'p\nFund, 1.15. S. M. Strong End. Fund, _for Saluda N. C._, 27. Wood\nSchp. Fund, _for Talladega C._, 10.80. Yale Library Schp. Fund, _for\nTalladega C._, 1.05.\n\n\nTUITION, $502.90.\n\nTroy, N. C., 2.74. Whittier, N. C. Public Fund, 27. Whittier, N. C.,\n11. Memphis, Tenn., Public Fund, 93.75. Memphis, Tenn., 27.95.\nNashville, Tenn., 4.81. Albany, Ga., 91.50. Florence, Ala., 10.\nTougaloo, Miss., 15. Porto Rico, 219.15.\n\n\nSLATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS, $4,998.00.\n\nTougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss., 3,000. Straight University,\nNew Orleans, La., 1,998.\n\n\nSUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER, 1900.\n\n  Donations                                            $14,303.82\n  Estates                                               42,521.75\n                                                      -----------\n                                                       $56,825.57\n  Income                                                 2,809.10\n  Tuition                                                  502.90\n  Slater Fund                                            4,998.00\n                                                      -----------\n  Total for September                                  $65,135.57\n\n\nSUMMARY.\n\n  Donations                                           $168,096.22\n  Estates                                              104,641.72\n                                                     ------------\n                                                      $272,737.94\n  Income                                                14,858.39\n  Tuition                                               43,185.30\n  Slater Fund                                            4,998.00\n                                                     ------------\n  Total from Oct. 1, '99 to Sept. 30, 1900            $335,779.63\n\n\nFOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n  Subscriptions for June                                   $12.55\n  Previously acknowledged                                  291.59\n                                                         --------\n  Total                                                   $304.14\n\n\nRECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, from Aug. 15 to Sept.\n19, 1900, William Johnstone, Treas., $647.89.\n\nFROM LOCAL MISSIONS, $299.95:\n\nBerkeley, Chinese M. O., 5.20; Ann. Mems., 19.50. Fresno, Ann.\nMems., 4. Fruitland, Chinese M. O., 1; Ann'y Pledges, 11.50. Los\nAngeles, Chinese M. O., 3; Ann. Mems., 4. Marysville, Chinese M. O.,\n7.50; Anniversary Pledges, 15. Oakland, Chinese M. O., 3; Ann. Mems.,\n16.10. Oroville, Chinese M. O., 2.70; Ann'y Pledges, 6.50. Pasadena,\nChinese M. O., 2.10; Ann'y Pledges, 11. Petaluma, Chinese M. O.,\n1.50; Ann'y Pledges, 5. Riverside, Chinese M. O., 3; Ann'y Pledges,\n3; Y. P. S. C. E., 10. Sacramento, Chinese M. O., 4; Ann. Mems., 12.\nSan Bernardino, Chinese M. O., 3; Ann'y Pledges, 4; First C., 6.95.\nSan Diego, Chinese M. O., 5.05; Ann'y Pledges, 22. San Francisco,\nCentral, Chinese M. O., 6.75; Ann. Mems., 34. San Francisco, West,\nChinese M. O., 4.25; Ann. Mems., 2. San Francisco, Bethany, Ann'y\nPledges, 19.75. San Francisco, Branch Ass'n of Christian Chinese, 10.\nSanta Barbara, Chinese M. O., 5.35; Ann. Mems., 6. Santa Cruz,\nChinese M. O., 6.75; Ann'y Pledges, 13.50.\n\nFROM INDIVIDUALS, $100.00:\n\nAlexander Guthrie, 100.\n\nFROM EASTERN FRIENDS, $170.00:\n\nBangor, Maine, Hon. E. R. Burpee, 100; Mrs. M. W. Chamberlain, 10.\nBoston, Mass., Rev. J. B. Sewall, 25. Greenfield, Mass., Mrs. Ellen\nW. Russell, 10; Miss Helen L. Mann, 5. Ill. W. H. M. U., Mrs. H. B.\nHaskell, 5. Mrs. S. B. Newell, 5. Talladega, Ala., Miss A. E.\nFarrington, 10.\n\nRECEIVED FOR CHINESE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, $77.94:\n\nW. H. M. A. of California, 25.19. Vernon, Cal., W. H. M. A., 2.75.\nNew Haven, Conn., Mrs. Henry Farnham, 50.\n\nRECEIPTS FOR CHINESE MISSION BUILDING, San Francisco, Cal.,\n$2,625.00:\n\nMAINE, $14.00.\n\nBucksport, Friends, 12. Orland, Miss H. Buck, 2.\n\nVERMONT, $1.00.\n\nBrattleboro, Mrs. H. L. Miles, 1.\n\nMASSACHUSETTS, $1,013.12.\n\nAndover, Chin Wing, 5. Auburndale, Mrs. H. A. Hazen, 5; Rev. M. S.\nGordon, 1. Boston, Miss Carter's S., 53.50; Second C., Chinese S. and\nGo Forth M. Band, 25; Berkley Temple, 9.01; Friends, 18.50; Chinese\nFriends, 126.50. Cambridge, Mrs. Geo. F. Kendall, 25. Charlestown,\nFirst C., 63. Chelsea, Friends, 10. Dedham, First C., 16.31. East\nWalpole, C., 8. Greenfield, Mrs. E. B. Loomis, 5. Islington, C., 8.\nLowell, Wong Quong, 6. Lynn, Mrs. L. G. Brockway, 10. Stockbridge,\nMiss Byington, 600. Roxbury, Highland C., 11.30; C. Ong Ying, 5.\n\nRHODE ISLAND, $10.60.\n\nNewport, Union C., 2.60. Providence, Friends, 8.\n\nCONNECTICUT, $53.20.\n\nHardentown, Mt. Carmel C., 18.60. Hartford, A. T. Perry, 10. New\nHaven, Friends, 22. Northford, C., 2.60.\n\nNEW YORK, $837.33.\n\nBinghamton, First, W. H. M. Soc., 20; Friends, 7. Brooklyn, C. of\nthe Pilgrims, 90; Tompkins Av. C., 73.50; Central C. Chinese S., 30;\nSouth C., 25; Plymouth C., 6.53; Friends, 101.40; Chinese Friends,\n89. Columbus, Cong. C. E., by Mrs. Agard, 1.50. Eldred, Rev. J. F.\nWhitney, 5. Ithaca, Rev. W. G. Griffis, 5; C. E., 5. Mount Vernon,\nFirst, W. M. Soc., 8.25. Oxford, Rev. W. T. Sutherland, 5. Rockville,\nMeth. S., 25.40. Richford, Miss M. E. Allen, 5. Syracuse, Rev. Dr.\nCurtis, 5. New York, Bromfield M. E. C., 16; Friends, 228; Chinese\nFriends, 52.50. New York, Saint Bartholomew Chinese Guild, 33.25.\n\nOHIO, $1.00.\n\nOttawa, C. H. Rice, 1.\n\nILLINOIS, $154.87.\n\nAustin, Friends, 3. Chicago, First, S., 10; First, C. E., 3.75;\nWarren Ave. C., 15; Mizpah C., 3.12; Friends, 64; Chinese Friends,\n50. Chicago, Austin St. C., Y. P. S. C. E., 5. Winnetka, Quincy S.\nDowd, 1.\n\nMINNESOTA, $154.11.\n\nMinneapolis, Plymouth C., 64.26; University of Minn., 20; Friends,\n7; Chinese Friends, 28.50. Saint Paul, Park Av. C., 19.35; N. H.\nDunwoody, 10; Chinese Friends, 5.\n\nUTAH, $150.92.\n\nOgden, Chinese Friends, 16.50. Salt Lake City. First C., 17.42;\nPhillips C., 4; Friends, 5; Chinese Friends, 108.\n\nCALIFORNIA, $176.85.\n\nCalifornia W. H. M. U., Mrs. L. E. Agard, 50. Fresno, Chinese\nFriends, 41. Oakland, Ong Yon, 5. Pomona, Rev. W. L. Jones, 5. San\nFrancisco, Friends, 68.85; Chinese Friends, 35. San Francisco,\nFriends, ad'l, 25.\n\nTENNESSEE, $5.00.\n\nNashville, Rev. G. W. Moore, 5.\n\n\n  H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,\n  Congregational Rooms,\n  Fourth Ave. and Twenty-Second St.,\n  New York, N. Y.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.\n\n\nMAINE.\n\nWOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A.\n\n  President--Mrs. Geo. F. Peaslee, 42 Goff St., Auburn.\n  Secretary--Mrs. S. W. Chapin, Deer Isle.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Helen W. Davis, Woodfords.\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE.\n\nFEMALE CENT. INST'N AND HOME MISS. UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. W. D. Knapp, Somersworth.\n  Secretary--Mrs. N. W. Nims, 3 Liberty St., Concord.\n  Treasurer--Miss Annie A. McFarland, Concord.\n\n\nVERMONT.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. R. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. L. Smith, Burlington.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Robert Mackinnon, St. Johnsbury.\n\n\nMASS. AND R. I.\n\n[A]WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n\n  President--Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 9 Shailer St., Brookline, Mass.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 607 Congregational House, Boston.\n  Treasurer--Miss Lizzie D. White, 607 Congregational House, Boston.\n\n\nCONNECTICUT.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. Washington Choate, Greenwich.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St., Hartford.\n  Treasurer--Miss Anne W. Moore, 15 Columbia Street, Hartford.\n\n\nNEW YORK.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Green Av., Brooklyn.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 513 Orange St., Syracuse.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 153 Decatur St., Brooklyn.\n\n\nNEW JERSEY.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE N. J. ASSOCIATION.\n\n  President--Mrs. Isaac Clark, Fourth and College Sts., N. W.,\n    Washington, D. C.\n  Secretary--Miss Julia M. Pond, 607 T St., N. E., Washington, D. C.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. G. A. L. Merryfield, Falls Church, Va.\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. C. F. Yennie, Wilcox.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. W. Waid, Ridgway.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. David Howells, Kane.\n\n\nOHIO.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. C. W. Carroll, 48 Brookfield St., Cleveland.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Arra H. Williams, 46 Knox St., Cleveland.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. G. B. Brown, 2116 Warren St., Toledo.\n\n\nINDIANA.\n\n  President--Mrs. M. L. Paine, Elkhart.\n  Secretary--Mrs. W. A. Waterman, Terre Haute.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Anna D. Davis, 1608 Bellefontaine St., Indianapolis.\n\n\nILLINOIS.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. Sidney Strong, Oak Park.\n  Secretary--Mrs. A. O. Whitcomb, 463 Irving Ave., Chicago.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Mary S. Booth, 34 S. Wood St., Chicago. Ill.\n\n\nMISSOURI.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. C. H. Patton, 3707 Westminster Place, St. Louis.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. W. S. Cobb, 4415 W. Morgan St., St. Louis.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. A. J. Steele, 2825 Washington Ave., St. Louis.\n\n\nIOWA.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--\n  Secretary--Mrs. H. H. Robbins, Grinnell.\n  Treasurer--Miss Belle L. Bentley, West Grand Ave., Des Moines.\n\n\nMICHIGAN.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. Isaac Platt Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave., Grand Rapids.\n  Secretary--Mrs. E. N. Thorne, 212 S. Union St., Grand Rapids.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.\n\n\nWISCONSIN.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. E. G. Updike, Madison.\n  Secretary--Mrs. A. O. Wright, Madison.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. L. E. Smith, 140 Gorham St., Madison.\n\n\nMINNESOTA.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Miss Katherine W. Nichols, 230 E. 9th St., St. Paul.\n  Secretary--Mrs. E. R. Shepard, 2931 Portland Ave., Minneapolis.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. M. W. Skinner, Northfield.\n\n\nNORTH DAKOTA.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. E. H. Stickney, Fargo.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo.\n\n\nSOUTH DAKOTA.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. C. E. Corry, Columbia.\n  Secretary--Mrs. K. M. Jenney, Huron.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. A. M. Wilcox, Huron.\n\n\nBLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. J. B. Gossage, Rapid City.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. W. Brown, Rapid City.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. S. Cushman, Deadwood.\n\n\nNEBRASKA.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. D. B. Perry, Crete.\n  Secretary--Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 Q St., Lincoln.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Charlotte C. Hall, 1318 C St., Lincoln.\n\nKANSAS.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. R. B. Guild, 1336 Dillon St., Topeka.\n  Secretary--Mrs. M. H. Jaquith, Cripple Creek, Col.\n  Treasurer--Miss Mary Wilkinson, Ottawa.\n\n\nCOLORADO.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Dr. E. F. A. Drake, 518 Mack Block, Denver.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Addison Blanchard, 3023 Downing Ave, Denver.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. F. N. Thomas, Eaton.\n\n\nWYOMING.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  Acting President--Mrs. J. A. Riner, Cheyenne.\n  Secretary--Mrs. W. L. Whipple, Cheyenne.\n  Treasurer--Miss Edith McCrum, 423 E. 17th St., Cheyenne.\n\n\n  MONTANA.\n\n  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n  President--Mrs. Victor F. Clark, Livingston.\n  Secretary and Treasurer--Mrs. W. S. Bell, Helena.\n\n\nIDAHO.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise.\n  Secretary--Mrs. C. E. Mason, Mountain Home.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. L. H. Johnston, Challis.\n\n\nWASHINGTON.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. W. C. Wheeler, 424 So. K St., Tacoma.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Herbert S. Gregory, Spanaway.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. E. B. Burwell, 323 Seventh Ave., Seattle.\n\n\nOREGON.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. F. Eggert, The Hobart-Curtis, Portland.\n  Secretary--Mrs. D. D. Clarke, 447 N. E. Twelfth St., Portland.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. C. F. Clapp, Forest Grove.\n\n\nCALIFORNIA.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. E. S. Williams, Saratoga.\n  Secretary--Mrs. L. M. Howard, 1383 Franklin St., Oakland.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. M. Haven, 1329 Harrison St. Oakland.\n\n\nSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. Warren F. Day, 949 S. Hill St., Los Angeles.\n  Secretary--Mrs. K. G. Robertson, Mentone.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library, Riverside.\n\n\nNEVADA.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. L. J. Flint, Reno.\n  Secretary--Miss Margaret N. Magill, Reno.\n  Treasurer--Miss Mary Clow, Reno.\n\n\nUTAH (including Southern Idaho).\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. C. T. Hemphill, Salt Lake City, Utah.\n  Secretary--Mrs. L. E. Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah.\n  Treasurer--Miss Anna Baker, Salt Lake City, Utah.\n  Secretary for Idaho--Mrs. Oscar Sonnenkalb, Pocatello, Idaho.\n\n\nNEW MEXICO.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. E. H. Ashmun, Albuquerque.\n  Secretary--Mrs. F. A. Burlingame, Albuquerque.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. M. McCluskey, Albuquerque.\n\n\nOKLAHOMA.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. J. H. Parker, Kingfisher.\n  Secretary--Mrs. L. E. Kimball, Guthrie.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. L. S. Childs, Choctaw City.\n\n\nINDIAN TERRITORY.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. John McCarthy, Vinita.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. R. M. Swain, Vinita.\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. O. Faduma, Troy.\n  Secretary and Treasurer--Miss May E. Newton, King's Mountain.\n\n\nGEORGIA.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. P. P. Proctor, Atlanta.\n  Secretary--Miss Jennie Curtis, McIntosh.\n  Treasurer--Miss Mattie Turner, Athens.\n\n\nFLORIDA.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. S. F. Gale, Jacksonville.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. W. D. Brown, Interlachen.\n\n\nALABAMA.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. M. A. Dillard, Selma.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Spencer Snell, Talladega.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. E. C. Silsby, Talladega.\n\n\nTENN., KENTUCKY AND ARKANSAS.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION.\n\n  President--Mrs. G. W. Moore, Box 8, Fisk Univ., Nashville.\n  Secretary--Mrs. J. E. Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. J. C. Napier, 514 Capitol Square, Nashville.\n\n\nMISSISSIPPI.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  Treasurer--Mrs. L. H. Turner, 3012 12th St., Meridian.\n\n\nLOUISIANA.\n\nWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. L. St. J. Hitchcock, 2436 Canal St., New Orleans.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Matilda W. Cabrere, New Orleans.\n  Treasurer--Miss Mary L. Rogers, Straight Univ., New Orleans.\n\n\nTEXAS.\n\nWOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.\n\n  President--Mrs. Eunice Heflin, Sherman.\n  Secretary--Mrs. Donald Hinckley, Sanger Ave., Dallas.\n  Treasurer--Mrs. Arthur Geen, Dallas.\n\n\n[Footnote A: While the W. H. M. A. appears in this list as a State\nbody for Mass. and R. I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.]\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nSECRETARIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK.\n\n  VERMONT               Mrs. W. B. Ranney, Newport.\n\n  MASS. & R. I.         Miss Bertha M. Shepard, 607 Cong'l House, Boston.\n\n  NEW YORK              Mrs. H. A. Flint, 604 Willis Ave., Syracuse.\n\n  OHIO                  Miss M. C. Smith, 853 Doan St., Cleveland.\n\n  ILLINOIS              Mrs. J. T. Blanchard, 218 Walnut St., Aurora.\n\n  MISSOURI              Miss Katherine Jones, 4337 Washington Ave.,\n                          St. Louis.\n\n  IOWA                  Mrs. Charles McAllister, Spencer.\n\n  MICHIGAN              Mrs. W. J. Gregory, 459 Third St., Manistee.\n\n  MINNESOTA, Young Ladies' Work, Mrs. B. W. Smith, 600 West\n                          Thirty-second St., Minneapolis.\n\n  MINNESOTA, Christian Endeavor Work, Miss Bertha Hanneman, 1816\n                          Portland Ave., Minneapolis.\n\n  NORTH DAKOTA          Mrs. E. S. Shaw, Cooperstown.\n\n  SOUTH DAKOTA          Mrs. Grace Burleigh, Mitchell.\n\n  NEBRASKA              Mrs. J. N. Hyder, 1520 U St., Lincoln.\n\n  KANSAS                Mrs. C. E. Read, Parsons.\n\n  COLORADO              Mrs. Olive R. Barker, Greeley.\n\n  MONTANA               Mrs. H. C. Arnold, 621 Spruce St., Helena.\n\n  WASHINGTON            Mrs. W. C. Davie, 423 North N St., Tacoma.\n\n  OREGON                Mrs. W. D. Palmer, 443 West Park St., Portland.\n\n  CALIFORNIA            Miss Caroline A. Potter, 600 17th St., Oakland.\n\n  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   Miss Phebe Mayhew, 355 Alvarado St., Los Angeles.\n\n\nSECRETARIES OF CHILDREN'S WORK.\n\n  OHIO                  Mrs. Effie Morgan, 3880 Euclid Ave., East\n                          Cleveland.\n\n  ILLINOIS              Miss Hattie Kline, 713 E. 63d St., Chicago.\n\n  IOWA                  Mrs. M. Rew, Grinnell.\n\n  MICHIGAN              Mrs. C. R. Wilson, 65 Frederick Ave., Detroit.\n\n  MINNESOTA             Mrs. H. S. Baker, 2268 Blake Ave., St. Anthony\n                          Park.\n\n  NORTH DAKOTA          Mrs. O. J. Wakefield, Wahpeton.\n\n  SOUTH DAKOTA          Mrs. I. Crane, Waubay.\n\n  NEBRASKA              Mrs. H. D. Neely, 4371 Hamilton St., Omaha.\n\n  KANSAS                Miss Hattie Booth, Newton.\n\n  MONTANA               Mrs. H. B. Segur, Billings.\n\n  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   Miss Emily M. Peck, 920 W. 8th St., Los Angeles.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPRESIDENT, REV. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., ILL.\n\n\n_Vice-Presidents._\n\n  Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass.\n  Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N. Y.\n  Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio.\n  Rev. GEORGE C. ADAMS, California.\n  WILLIAM H. STRONG, ESQ., Michigan.\n  _Recording Secretary_, Rev. H. A. HAZEN, D.D., Massachusetts.\n\n\n_Corresponding Secretaries._\n\n  Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., _Fourth Ave. and 22d Street, N. Y._\n  Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Fourth Ave. and 22d Street, N. Y._\n  Rev. C. J. RYDER, D.D., _Fourth Ave. and 22d Street, N. Y._\n\n\n_Treasurer._\n\n  H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _Fourth Ave. and 22d Street, N. Y._\n\n\n_Auditors._\n\n  EDWIN H. BAKER, Conn.\n  JOHN E. LEECH, N. Y.\n\n\n_Executive Committee._\n\n  CHARLES A. HULL, _Chairman_.\n  FRANK M. BROOKS, _Secretary_.\n\n  _For Three Years._\n\n  CHARLES A. HULL,\n  ALBERT J. LYMAN,\n  NEHEMIAH BOYNTON,\n  EDWARD S. TEAD,\n  TRUMAN J. BACKUS.\n\n  _For Two Years._\n\n  ELIJAH HORR,\n  FRANK M. BROOKS,\n  CLARENCE KENYON,\n  WILLIS D. THOMPSON,\n  HENRY R. WILSON.\n\n  _For One Year._\n\n  WILLIAM HAYES WARD,\n  JAMES W. COOPER,\n  LUCIEN C. WARNER,\n  LEWELLYN PRATT,\n  CHARLES P. PEIRCE.\n\n\n_District Secretaries._\n\n  Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, _615 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._\n  Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., _153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill._\n\n\n_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._\n\n  Miss D. E. EMERSON, _Fourth Ave. and 22d Street, 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, Congregational Rooms, Fourth Avenue\nand 22d Street, New York; or, when more convenient, to either of the\nBranch Offices, 615 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 153 La\nSalle Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars constitutes a\nLife Member.\n\n\nNOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.--The date on the \"address label\" indicates the\ntime to which the subscription is paid. Changes are made in date on\nlabel to the 10th of each month. If payment of subscription be made\nafterward, the change on the label will appear on the next number.\nPlease send early notice of change in post-office address, giving the\nformer address 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\nthe State of New York.\" The will should be attested by three\nwitnesses.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nFIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING.\n\nSpringfield, Mass., October 23-25, 1900.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTRANSPORTATION.\n\n[Sidenote: Reduced Fares.]\n\nThe following Passenger Associations have agreed to grant reduced\nfares on the certificate plan from points in their territory. The New\nEngland, the Central, the Trunk Line, the Western and the\nSoutheastern. This plan provides that if there are one hundred or\nmore persons present who have paid full first-class fares to\nSpringfield from points where the rate is more than seventy-five\ncents and have obtained from the ticket agent at the time of purchase\na certificate in proper form to that effect, they will be entitled\nfrom ticket agent in Springfield to a return ticket over same route\nas they came for one-third the regular first-class fare. Certificates\nmust be delivered on arrival to Transportation Committee, who will\ngive receipts for the same, and which must not be called for later\nthan the evening of the 25th. These certificates will be good for\nreduced rates to Monday night, October 29th. Parties starting from\npoints outside the lines of any of the above passenger associations,\nor from stations not provided with through tickets and certificates,\nshould purchase tickets to nearest junction point within the lines of\nthe above associations, and there obtain through ticket and\ncertificate. _Positively no tickets can be sold for return trip at\nreduced fares unless above instructions are fully complied with._\n\n[Sidenote: General Information.]\n\nThe Transportation Committee room will be supplied with full\nassortment of Railroad Guides, Maps, Time-tables, etc., not only of\nrailroads but of local cars and other modes of conveyance.\n\nMembers of the Committee will be on hand from 9 A. M. to the end of\nthe evening sessions on all days to assist visitors and to give\ninformation in regard to trolley trips, steamboat rides, carriage\ndrives, etc. Mount Tom, a dozen miles north of Springfield, and the\nhighest peak in the region, is reached by a remarkable trolley line\nwhich takes passengers to the summit where a very fine view is\nobtained of the country for fifty miles in every direction.\n\nThe Committee is planning a trip to the mountains for Friday morning,\nthe 26th. Particulars can be obtained on arrival at Springfield. As\nthe number of persons who can be accommodated in the special cars is\nlimited, it will be well to make application for ticket promptly.\n\nThere is a fine new steamer on the river carrying four hundred\npersons, and arrangements have been made to charter this for a\nbeautiful sail of two hours at noon, on the 24th or 25th, at very\nreasonable rates, if a sufficient number of applications for tickets\nare received by Tuesday night the 23d.\n\n  For the Transportation Committee,\n  CHARLES D. REID, _Chairman_.","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 54, No. 04, October, 1900","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":23555}