{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_43870/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_43870","id":"gutenberg_43870","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43870","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":"The American Missionary,\n\nNOVEMBER, 1885.\n\nVOL. XXXIX\n\nNO. 11.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCONTENTS\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nEDITORIAL.\n\n\n                                                                   PAGE.\n\n    THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL                                           297\n    WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK AND SAY                                   298\n    DEATH OF PRESIDENT WARE                                          300\n    IYAKAPTAPI                                                       301\n    INDIANS IN THE DAKOTA ASSOCIATION                                303\n\nTHIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.\n\n    GENERAL SURVEY--CHURCH WORK SOUTH                                304\n    EDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH                                           306\n    INDUSTRIAL TRAINING                                              309\n    MOUNTAIN WORK                                                    310\n    WORK AMONG THE INDIANS                                           311\n    WORK AMONG THE CHINESE                                           313\n    THE WOMAN'S BUREAU--FINANCES                                     315\n    CONCLUSION                                                       316\n\nRECEIPTS                                                             317\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nNEW YORK:\n\nPUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n\nRooms, 56 Reade Street.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPrice 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.\n\nEntered at the Post-Office at New York. N. Y., as second-class matter.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Mass.\n\n\n_Vice-Presidents._\n\n    Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo.\n    Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y.\n    Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill.\n    Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D. D., Mass.\n    Rev. D. O. MEARS, D. D., Mass.\n\n\n_Corresponding Secretary._\n\n  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._\n\n\n_Assistant Corresponding Secretary._\n\n  Rev. JAMES POWELL, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._\n\n\n_Treasurer._\n\n  H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._\n\n\n_Auditors._\n\n    W. H. ROGERS,\n    PETER McCARTEE.\n\n\n_Executive Committee._\n\n    JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.\n    A. P. FOSTER, Secretary.\n\n    _For Three Years._\n\n    LYMAN ABBOTT.\n    A. S. BARNES.\n    J. R. DANFORTH.\n    CLINTON B. FISK.\n    A. P. FOSTER.\n\n    _For Two Years._\n\n    S. B. HALLIDAY.\n    SAMUEL HOLMES.\n    SAMUEL S. MARPLES.\n    CHARLES L. MEAD.\n    ELBERT B. MONROE.\n\n    _For One Year._\n\n    J. E. RANKIN.\n    WM. H. WARD.\n    J. L. WITHROW.\n    JOHN H. WASHBURN.\n    EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.\n\n\n_District Secretaries._\n\n  Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D. D., _21 Cong'l House, Boston_.\n  Rev. J. E. ROY, D. D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago_.\n  Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions_.\n  Rev. C. J. RYDER, _Field Superintendent_.\n\n\n_Bureau of Woman's Work._\n\n  Secretary, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade St., N. Y._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCOMMUNICATIONS\n\nRelating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the\nCorresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to\nRev. James Powell, D. D., or to the District Secretaries: letters for\nthe \"AMERICAN MISSIONARY,\" to the Editor, at the New York Office.\n\n\nDONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS\n\nMay be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or,\nwhen more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational\nHouse, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A\npayment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.\n\n\nFORM OF A BEQUEST.\n\n\"I bequeath to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in\ntrust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who,\nwhen the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the 'American\nMissionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied, under the\ndirection of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its\ncharitable uses and purposes.\" The Will should be attested by three\nwitnesses.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE  AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\nVOL. XXXIX.     NOVEMBER, 1885.     NO. 11.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n$365,000\n\nNEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nYour Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a day\nare imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized plans of\nthe Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the pressing\nneeds of the early future--\n\n[FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ADOPTED BY ANNUAL MEETING AT SALEM.]\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE FIGURES.\n\n                                   Donations.      Legacies.\n\n  Oct. 1, 1884, to Sept. 30, 1885 $249,392.10     $41,501.66   $290,894.06\n  Oct. 1, 1883, to Sept. 30, 1884  223,034.77      64,559.42    287,594.19\n                                   ----------     ----------    ----------\n                               Inc.$26,357.63 Dec.$23,057.76 Inc.$3,299.87\n\nThe figures given above mark the close of our fiscal year. While they\nshow a gratifying increase of receipts from living donors over those of\nthe preceding year, the falling off in legacies has been so heavy that\nour books balance on the wrong side, and we are obliged to report a debt\nof $15,451.87, which, with the debt of the preceding year, makes a total\nindebtedness of $29,237.73.\n\nFor an analysis of the figures, we refer our readers to the report of\nthe Executive Committee on the finances of the year, published in\nanother part of this number. It was a grand rally our friends made to\nsave us. We fear that some of them sacrificed more than they ought in\ncontributing so generously as they did. We pray that God may abundantly\nreward them. We thank them, one and all, with a heartiness greater than\nwe can express. We would not sit in judgment upon the churches and\nprofessed friends who have contributed nothing to our treasury during\nthe year. We know that some of them were not financially able. But we\ncannot believe that this was true of a majority of them.\n\nThe Congregational Year Book of 1885 reports 4,092 Congregational\nchurches in the United States. We received during the year contributions\nfrom 1,677. What can be done to bring the non-contributing churches into\nline is a question we beg the pastors of contributing churches and the\nfriends of the Association to help us answer. The pastors and members of\nthese non-contributing churches as a general thing do not read our\nmagazine. They are ignorant of our needs, and we do not know how to\nreach them so as to wake them up. Had we an army of agents to visit and\ntalk to them, we might move them to take our work upon their thought and\nsympathy. Our appeals by circular, by newspaper, resolutions of State\nconferences and of the National Council, all fail to move them. They\nstill continue not to hear and not to do. There is only one way that we\ncan think of by which they can be reached, and that is for the local\nconferences to take the matter in hand, and select a committee of \"a\npersistent ONE,\" who by letter, and, if need be, by personal visitation,\nwill bring the delinquents up to meet the obligations of fellowship and\ndenominational honor.\n\nBut as seen over against this long list of _do-nothings_ what a grand\narmy the 1,677 contributing churches appear! Theirs has been the work\nand theirs is the glory of \"_a well done_\" both from God and man. They\nform a base of supplies from which the army at the front can be\nrecruited and sustained, and which can be counted on for support till\nthe victory is won. We enter upon the new year with fresh confidence and\nrenewed strength. No such word as \"_fail_\" finds place in our vocabulary\nso long as we have such friends behind us and God above and around us.\nThe work will not be permitted to suffer. We shall throw off the debt.\nThe faithful 1,677 will be reinforced. Our friends will be multiplied,\nand the work carried triumphantly forward.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK AND SAY.\n\nEXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE TREASURER DURING THE PAST FEW\nWEEKS.\n\n\n\"If any part of the country is to be put first, the South should be, and\nhelped most. Hence the inclosed, half of it from myself and the other\nhalf from the Congregational church here. Your work and that of your\ncompeers is above criticism. All there is of you is put in with a skill\nand completeness which are not surpassed; and your plans are as large as\nthe field and as complete as its needs. No one could get more out of the\nmoney or put it where it would do more good. You and yours are as\nunmingled beneficence as rum shops are unmitigated maleficence. Were it\nin my power, I would build a new school-house in the South every year.\nMy heart never thinks of you and your work without blessing you in it;\nand I have written the above as a sort of relief.\" (We hardly feel\nourselves worthy of such generous praise, but we do very heartily thank\nour brother for his warm indorsement.--ED.)\n\n\"Inclosed find a small sum to help elevate and Christianize the colored\nfreedmen. Grains of sand make the mountains, and drops of water the\nocean, and the invisible workmen rear the coral islands; so may God's\npeople one and all _do what they can_, and your debt will be wiped out.\"\n\n\"At our meeting last evening, I read your appeal and took up a\ncollection of $6, which I send you. It is a little Home Missionary\nchurch of only 10 members, but they are good ones, and in earnest. Hope\nall other churches will do as well and your society be saved from debt.\"\n\n\"Got your final appeal before last Sunday, but were so happy to think we\nhad not waited for it, having taken our collection and subscription two\nweeks before. But owing to the general poverty among my people, we had\nto give time, and the sum is only now made up. I may say that this\nlittle amount at this time represents more real _giving_ than any\ncollection I ever secured. May a blessing go with it.\"\n\n\"I feel myself, like Paul, a debtor to all men, especially the classes\nyou represent. Accept, then, my single mite, in the spirit in which I\ndesire to send it, and may the Lord free you from the threatening debt\nby leading your constituency to feel their indebtedness to these classes\nand to Himself.\"\n\n\"I inclose $10, and wish I might increase it a hundred-fold. I had\nalready given all that I intended, but could not resist the urgent\nappeal for the needy.\"\n\n\"The notices of your financial need came and touched a responsive chord\nin my heart. A week ago I gave a preparatory notice that a collection\nwould be taken yesterday in your behalf. The people responded quite\nliberally. Inclosed find draft for the amount. You have my earnest\nprayer for the success of your effort to raise what you lack. May God\nbless you in your work and labor of love.\" (It was indeed a generous\ncontribution, yet nearly one-third of it came out of the pastor.--ED.)\n\n\"I had thought I had done all I could afford in these times, but\ncoincident with your appeal came the inclosed, for which I had another\nplace; but here, take it. The Lord will provide.\"\n\n\"In response to your society's importunity, I inclose $2. I took the\ncollection up after a sermon I preached on Foreign Missions. We\nsurprised our people by the amount, as we don't usually get by a\ncollection one dollar. I hope you will realize soon that there is no\ndebt.\" (We have always believed that one of the best ways to rouse\npeople up to Home Missions is to stir them up on Foreign Missions.--ED.)\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nDEATH OF PRESIDENT WARE.\n\n\nEdmund A. Ware was born in North Wrentham, now Norfolk, Mass., Dec. 22,\n1837, and died suddenly of heart disease in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25,\n1885. He passed the early years of his life under conditions which made\nhim acquainted with hardships, and fitted him to have warm sympathy for\nthose who struggled against obstacles and trials.\n\nHe was graduated from Yale College in 1863. During his college course\nhis attention was often turned to the field for Christian work, then\nbeing opened in the South by the steady advance of our armies, and his\nsympathies were strongly enlisted for a race just coming out of the\nprison house of bondage, and he was ambitious to have a part in laying\nthe foundations of a new and better society in the regions desolated by\nwar.\n\nHe was appointed an officer of the Freedman's Bureau in 1867, with\ncharge of the schools opened under its auspices in the State of Georgia,\nwhich position he held for three years, until the closing of that branch\nof the work of the government.\n\nHis great work, however, was in connection with Atlanta University, an\ninstitution for higher education, whose foundation he was active in\nsecuring, and over whose interests he presided until the day of his\ndeath. He labored for its welfare and that of the people in whose\ninterests it was established with rare devotion, and rejoiced in its\nsteady growth and prosperity with special personal gratification.\n\nOwing to some peculiar circumstances the institution early secured the\nfavorable attention of the State authorities, and an annual\nappropriation from the State treasury. In the endeavors to secure and\nconfirm this grant he was conspicuously and honorably active, and during\nthe many years of its continuance his relations to the officers of the\nState with whom he has thus been brought into contact have been\nexceptionally pleasant, and in some cases cordial.\n\nDuring the last year of his life he took great interest in the\nsuccessful opening of an industrial department in the institution, and\nfor the last few weeks his great anxiety had been to secure the\nfurnishing of a large new building whose erection he had personally\noverlooked. He had returned to Atlanta in advance of his family to make\npreparations for the school year soon to open, had completed most of his\nplans, and seemed in unusual good health and spirits. Soon after dinner\non Friday, Sept. 25, feeling dizzy while in his own house, where he was\nalone, he sought the open air and walked toward the house of Professor\nBumstead, but becoming alarmed by increasing faintness he made loud\ncalls, which were promptly responded to by Mr. and Mrs. Bumstead; but in\nspite of all remedies and efforts he speedily passed away to enter upon\nhis well-earned rest and his glorious reward. The crushing effects of\nthis sudden blow upon his household, upon his associates and the people\nwho loved and revered him, cannot be described. At his funeral services\nall classes of the community were largely represented, and sympathy for\nthe bereaved was profound. The grief of former pupils was touching, and\nwas like that of children bereft of a father.\n\nSo passed away in the maturity of his powers and the midst of his\nusefulness, one of the earliest and most efficient of that great company\nwho have toiled since the war in this broad and needy field. His\ndeparture seems like a translation; being taken suddenly without the\npains and anxieties of wasting sickness, in the full tide of his\ngreatest success, before any impairment of vigor or any calamity had\novertaken the work he loved so well. He was a man of great power over\nother men, especially over young people, who were caught up by his\nenthusiasm, and borne along sometimes to the attainment of surprising\nresults. He was well fitted to be a leader in the sphere he chose for\nhimself, and made his mark upon his generation, and had a large and\nhonorable share in securing the results already achieved, which are to\nbless the State and nation with increasing power.\n\nA good man has fallen, and a great gap is made in the ranks of laborers\nat the front; but the Lord who loves his own cause better than we do\nwill see that it suffers no loss. As the Lord has taken care that his\nservant rests from his labors, it is ours to see that they follow Him.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nIYAKAPTAPI.\n\n\nThat is, the _ascent_ from the plains of the head-waters of the\nMinnesota River to the Coteau du Prairie, or high table-land to the\nwest. The old trail up-hill here gave the name _Ascension_ to the place.\nThere the tribes--Dakota tribes--met together for their annual autumn\nfeast--the missionary conference on the 24th of September. On the\nSabbath the little church was too small, and 400 Indians, with a\nsprinkling of white people, sat outside in the sun, some on benches, and\nmost on the grass, around the Communion table. The tents of those who\nhad come in from long distances were pitched on either side in the\nravines, among the fall foliage, and the wide brown plain, with a long\ngleam of shining lake far off, lay below. As we took the bread and hid\nour faces in our hands, we thought of that distribution by Galilee, when\nthey sat in companies on the grassy slope by the lake. It was not \"the\ntouch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still,\" but\nthe real presence of Him who said \"I am the bread of life,\" to these\n400 Christian Indians whom He had brought up from the low, dead level of\nbarbarism to the present heights of Christian life.\n\nOne little dark baby in a white dress was baptized, and four young\npeople publicly confessed their faith in a newly-found Saviour.\n\nSolomon, \"His Own Grandfather,\" who has gathered a church of the Dakota\nrefugees from the Minnesota troubles of 1862, over in Manitoba, spoke to\nus of the spiritual nature of God's kingdom; and Ehnamani, who years ago\nlaid down his warrior weapons, administered the bread, telling us of the\ntribulation and fire through which Christ went to become bread for our\nlife. Then the \"beloved John,\" our brother missionary who threw his\nyoung strength into the Dakota work at its darkest hour twenty-five\nyears ago, could hardly control the emotion with which he spoke of the\ntrials out of which the Dakotas had been brought to this present joy and\nstrength through \"His stripes.\"\n\nIt has been a long _ascent_ for fifty years, but now fourteen churches,\nwith a thousand members; eleven young men's Christian associations; a\nnative missionary society, receiving contributions amounting this year\nto $1,165, much of it the fruit of hard labor by Dakota women, with the\nneedle and at the wash-tub; a Christian community with its own native\njustices of the peace, rigidly enforcing temperance and marital law,\nand, according to the testimony of the United States agent on the\nground, more careful of religious observances than white communities,\nand no less exemplary in morals; thousands of acres of cultivated land;\nthese are some of the outward signs of the inner life of God in the\nheart.\n\nAdd to this the 1,000 or more converts gathered in later years and\nclaimed by Episcopalians and Roman Catholics; add the long roll of those\nwho have ascended to their Lord; add the white people who have been\nsaved and inspired by the example of their Dakota brethren, and compute\nif you can the spiritual fruit of the Dakota Indian Mission.\n\nThen think of this result wrought out, in the midst of what is fast\nbecoming one of the most influential communities of our land. Christian\nchurches by hundreds, Christian colleges and Christian homes, all built\non this early Indian work as a foundation. Then, as we rejoice in the\npresent interest in work for Indians, remember the obloquy and\nopposition of the past through which the early workers struggled.\n\nTo appreciate this ascent, one should come up from Western Indian\nbarbarism, and not down from Eastern culture.\n\nLeave the nightly drumming and dancing and revelry, the daily offering\nto heathen gods, the daily wailing and cutting of the flesh at the\nscaffold of sepulture, and one will acknowledge that God alone has\nwrought this change.\n\nBefore the regular sessions of the conference a \"theological institute\"\noccupied two days. This was attended by some thirty pastors and leading\nmembers of the churches. There were lectures on Bible history, on\nfamily relations, on preaching and pastoral work. Then the general\nmeeting opened with a hymn written for the occasion by the organist, a\nyoung Indian, and the singing was led by native young men. The topics at\nthe conference were such as the education of children, the missionary\ncause; and the one that seemed to call out most discussion was, \"How to\nsecure the spiritual growth of the Church.\" The young men showed great\ninterest in their Christian associations, and voted to affiliate with\ntheir kindred in the white communities, of whom they heard through the\nRev. Mr. Williams, who represented the Christian association of the\nyoung men of Minneapolis. The Indian women, too, had their missionary\nmeeting, and show the same traits and give evidence of the same activity\nand zeal that make their white sisters the main strength of the\nChristian Church.\n\nSo we bid all take heart, and go on upward--iyakaptapi. C. L. HALL.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nINDIANS IN THE DAKOTA ASSOCIATION.\n\n\nThis is an ecclesiastical body of a hundred churches that has the\nopportunity to show the unity of the spirit in race fellowship. Besides\nthe local German Association, one of the five belonging to it, the\nIndian Mission churches and pastors of the Santee Agency and of Fort\nSully, with their superintendents, Revs. Alfred L. and Thomas M. Riggs,\nare among the members. At the recent annual meeting, held at Huron,\nSeptember 17th to 20th, there were present the Riggs brothers, three\nlady missionaries, and two female and four male Indians. The service of\nRev. A. L. Riggs, as moderator, was justly commended for its urbanity\nand promptness. At the meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society, held\nwith the mixed assembly, the two Indian women, Estelle Ward and Ellen\nSpotted Bear, were brought forward, in their usual white woman's garb,\nto make talks, which were interpreted by Mrs. T. M. Riggs. During some\ndiscussion upon Indian work, the Riggs brothers supplemented their\nremarks by addresses from Frank Frazier and Stephen Yellow Hawk, a\ndeacon and a pastor. At the Communion, on the Lord's Day, this deacon\nwas associated with three white men in distributing the elements. At the\nfinal meeting, on Sunday night, with a crowded house, between the\naddresses of Rev. Drs. Jos. B. Clark and Jos. E. Roy were sandwiched two\nhymns, sung by the natives and their teachers, and also an address by\nthe dignified pastor at the Santee Agency, Rev. Artemas Ehnamani,\ninterpreted by Rev. A. L. Riggs. This, and the talks of the other\nIndians, reported their former condition as heathen and their coming to\nthe light through their missionaries. Particularly touching was the\nallusion of Pastor Ehnamani to the sainted men, Drs. Williamson and\nRiggs. All showed the one spirit, that of the common Redeemer.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE.\n\n\nOn the 6th, 7th and 8th of October the third annual meeting of the Lake\nMohonk Conference was held. Hon. Albert K. Smiley and Mrs. Smiley, as\nusual, extended the hospitality of their magnificent mountain retreat to\nthe friends of the Indian. The sessions of the conference were of great\ninterest. Eminent men and women read historical and suggestive papers,\nand ably discussed the great questions of the Indian problem. The\nconference, after much earnest debate, were unanimous in recommending\nsuch legislation by Congress as will give allotments of land in\nseveralty to the Indians--the sale of lands not required for occupancy,\nand funding of proceeds therefor for their benefit--the early\ndiscontinuance of rations and annuities, increased educational\nfacilities, including industrial and especially agricultural, and the\ndispersion and diffusion of the Indians among the other people of the\ncountry, with all the rights and immunities of other citizens.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nGENERAL SURVEY.\n\n\nThis Association by its chartered rights is authorized to go anywhere\nthat it finds people destitute of Gospel privileges. Limitation of means\nand co\u00f6peration with other societies may compel it to a narrower sphere\nthan the demands call for; but this is the principle that underlies the\nAssociation's organization, and that has characterized all its historic\ndevelopment. The work is at present confined to this country. We have\nmissions in sixteen States and three Territories. The combined\npopulation of these States and Territories is 17,459,610, and at least\none-third of that number are the legitimate objects of this\nAssociation's care. By reason of the necessities of the people our work\nis both evangelistic and educational: the church and the school in their\nunited aim securing the salvation of body, mind and soul; reaching home\nlife, social life and business life; laying the only foundation on which\ncan rest a progressive and enduring civilization. These mighty forces of\nChristianity--mother and daughter--in mutual helpfulness and in close\nproximity, are the agencies through which, with God's blessing, we hope\nto reach and save the people.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCHURCH WORK SOUTH.\n\n\nSTATISTICS.\n\n  Churches                                          112\n  Missionaries, of which 89 are pastors             119\n  Members                                         6,881\n  Added during the year                           1,127\n  Sunday School scholars                         10,569\n\n\nIn this department of our work we are permitted to report very decided\ngrowth. Heretofore, the average number of churches organized each year\nhas been six. This year the number runs up to seventeen. This increase\ncomes from the maturing of enterprises that have been nursed for a\nlonger or shorter time, and also the fruiting of our school process and\nthe enlarging of our mountain work. These new churches are at Pleasant\nView and Rockhold, Ky.; at Cedar Cliff, Melville and Johnson's, N. C.;\nat Jellico, Pleasant Hill, Robbins, Jonesboro, Grand View and Helenwood,\nTenn.; at Rutland, Ga.; Ironton, Ala.; Greenville, Miss.; Abbeville,\nLa.; and at Dallas and Austin, Tex. They have all been supplied with the\nministry of the word, though several have been yoked two and two under\none pastor. Eight of them have houses of worship, the others use\nschool-houses or chapels of school buildings.\n\nOf the 89 pastors who have ministered to our 112 churches, 30 were from\nthe North and 59 were raised up in our own institutions at the South.\nThe average membership of these churches is 61. Total additions for the\nyear, 1,127, of which, on confession of faith, 883. Raised for church\npurposes, $12,394.78; for benevolence, $1,625.86.\n\nThe evangelist, Rev. J. C. Fields, accompanied by his wife, who aids him\nby song, has continued his service through the year. He has labored at\nLouisville; in our three churches at Nashville; at Meridian, Jackson and\nGreenville, Miss.; and at Athens, Tecumseh, Montgomery, Marion, Selma,\nTalladega, Birmingham, Ironton and Shelby Iron Works, Ala. As a result,\nbetween seven and eight hundred souls were hopefully led to Christ, and\nabout one half of them gathered into our churches; while other\ndenominations shared in the precious harvest. At several of the places\nvisited, the religious interest assumed marvelous power.\n\nAt Marion there were 55 who professed Christ, the work spreading from\nour church into the State Normal school located there. Two-thirds of the\nconverts were young men, ranging from fifteen to twenty years of age,\nwho gave themselves earnestly to prayer and labor for the conversion of\ntheir comrades. A little girl, eight years old, was the first of a\nfamily to accept Christ. Her mother followed. The father, a drunkard,\nthrough the persuasion of friends, visited the church for the first\ntime. When opportunity was given those desiring salvation to express\ntheir desire, the little child crossed over to where her father was, and\nbegged him to come. He did not that evening, but a few nights later he\nyielded and gave his heart to the Saviour. It is a custom among the\ncolored people to give the hand of welcome to those who have made up\ntheir minds to become Christians; and we can well believe, as an\neye-witness describes, \"it was a beautiful as well as a touching scene\nwhen this little girl stepped forward to welcome father and mother on\nthe Lord's side.\"\n\nAt Talladega College there were 116 conversions, including every inmate\nof the ladies' hall, and, with a single exception, every boy in the\nStone Hall. The meetings, as distinctively revival, had to come to a\nclose for lack of material upon which to work, and take the form of\npraise and thanksgiving unto God for the marvelous display of His grace.\nIt was a literal fulfillment of the Divine promise to \"pour out a\nblessing that there should not be room enough to receive it.\"\n\nAt Selma there were 300 who confessed their Saviour. Gray-haired men,\ngrandmothers, men and women in the prime of life, youth and children,\nwere among the converts. \"The most glorious work of grace,\" writes\nPastor Curtis, \"it has ever been my privilege to see.\"\n\nRevivals have also been enjoyed in the Central Church and Straight\nUniversity, New Orleans; in the Tougaloo University, where nearly all\nthe students were led to Christ; at New Iberia, La., where, under the\nlabors of the pastor, fifty-nine were brought into church fellowship;\nin the First and University churches, Atlanta, and at several other\nplaces. It has been a year of marked religious interest and progress\nnearly all over the field.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nEDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH.\n\n\nSTATISTICS.\n\n  Chartered Institutions                              6\n  Normal and Graded Schools                          14\n  Common Schools                                     36\n  Instructors                                       250\n  Pupils                                          8,823\n\n  Classifying the students, we have: Theological, 96; Law, 67;\n  College, 52; College Preparatory, 113; Normal, 814; Grammar,\n  Intermediate and Primary, 7,681.\n\n\nThe resignation during the year of Professor Salisbury, Superintendent\nof our school work, and the transfer to Chicago of Dr. Roy,\nSuperintendent of our church work at the South, raised the question\nwhether, in view of the system to which these brethren had reduced the\nwork of their respective fields, the two departments might not be\nconsolidated and their care assigned to one man. With much hesitation it\nwas decided to try the experiment. Rev. C. J. Ryder, of Medina, O., has\nbeen selected to take the new position, and has entered upon its duties.\nHis headquarters will be at Cincinnati, from which point, by reason of\nits central location and excellent railroad facilities, the whole field\nwill be easily accessible. We regretfully part with Professor Salisbury.\nThe three years of his service have been very valuable to our work, and\nit is largely because of this service we are permitted to report that\nour schools were never before so well organized nor so efficient as now.\n\nThe exhibit of our schools in the World's Exposition at New Orleans\nattracted much attention from visitors. The New Orleans papers spoke of\nit in very complimentary terms. Descriptions of it were written and\nwidely published in the newspapers all over the country. President\nHitchcock, of Straight University, Rev. S. E. Lathrop and several of our\ncolored students, took charge successively of the exhibit, and were on\nhand to answer questions regarding the American Missionary Association,\nits schools and its work. A large number of pamphlets and tracts were\ndistributed. Representatives from every State in the Union, and from\nnearly every nation on the face of the earth, dropped in to learn the\nobject-lesson the exhibit taught of what Christian education had done\nfor the Indian and the Negro.\n\nAt Midway, Ga., an additional building has been erected for the\nDorchester Academy. The Storrs School, Atlanta, by the sale of bullets\ndug from the battlefields around the city, realized enough to secure a\nmuch-needed kindergarten building. Mrs. F. L. Allen, of Waterbury,\nConn., has donated us a property in Quitman, Ga., containing three acres\nof land, on which stands a hotel building, nearly new and thoroughly\nfurnished, to be used as a school for girls. The ladies of the First and\nSecond Congregational churches of Waterbury promptly seconded Mrs.\nAllen's gift by raising $1,000 to make the necessary alterations to put\nthe building in order for the school, and the ladies of the\nCongregational churches of the State have so far responded to an appeal\nfor them to assume the support of the school, that it starts out with an\nassurance of success from the beginning. Rev. J. H. Parr, formerly of\nthe Tillotson Institute, is to have the school in charge.\n\nWe have not been able to spend much money this year in brick and\nmortar. We have been obliged to put our funds almost exclusively into\nthe more practical work of mind and character building.\n\nFisk University celebrated its twentieth anniversary this year by\ngraduating from its college course fifteen, two of the number being\nyoung ladies. This makes 52 who have been graduated from Fisk. The\nSuperintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Tennessee, several\nState officials, many Senators and Representatives attended the\nCommencement exercises and alumni dinner. A series of speeches in\ncommendation of the good work done at the institution were made by these\ngentlemen, who bore testimony to the high standing of the Fisk students\nas teachers and citizens throughout the State. Of the 37 graduates\nprevious to the class of this year, the record shows that 24 of them are\nprincipals and teachers in different schools; 5 are pastors of churches;\n1 is a missionary in Africa under the American Board; 2 are practicing\nlawyers; 2 are studying for the professions--1 in a theological, the\nother in a medical school; 1 is a member of the Tennessee Legislature;\nand 2, who were teachers, have died. Its roll numbers 427, including\nrepresentatives of 21 States and 1 Territory.\n\nTalladega College has had 365 students. This was more than it could\ncomfortably care for. The girls' hall was crowded. Some applicants had\nto be refused for lack of room. The new Cassidy School building, having\nbeen used by over 200 pupils, continues to justify its right to be.\nProsperity has marked the life of this college in all its departments.\n\nAtlanta University maintains its well-earned reputation for school work\nof the highest order; 297 students have shared its privileges. Colonel\nL. W. Avery, Chairman of the State Board of Visitors, in his report last\nyear, was so emphatic and strong in his praise of what he had seen and\nheard at the University, that the other members of the Board would not\nbelieve him, and he was compelled to modify his praises before they\nwould accept his report. This year the whole Board was present at the\nexaminations, and the result is that they have every one been converted,\nand are now ready to go even farther than the Colonel in testifying that\n\"the proficiency attained in the scholastic results has been simply\nastonishing.\" The University continues to receive the annual\nappropriation of $8,000 from the State--a fact that is all significant\nrespecting the undeniable worth of the school.\n\nTougaloo University, located on the Illinois Central R. R., about eight\nmiles north of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, receives State aid\nto the amount of $3,000 annually. Two hundred and sixteen students last\nyear have taxed its utmost capacity for accommodation. Governor Lowry\nand the State Board of Visitors attended the commencement exercises, and\nwere surprised at the evidence of the Negro's capacity for education.\nFour students took degrees in the elementary Normal course that requires\nten years to complete it, and one took the degree from the higher Normal\ncourse, to complete which requires twelve years.\n\nStraight University, New Orleans, notwithstanding the devastation of\nfloods and the failure of cotton crops that last year so severely\naffected the very limited finances of the colored people of Louisiana,\nwas filled with students at the beginning of the school year, and\ncontinued not only crowded, but _over_crowded to the end; 584 scholars\nwere enrolled, including representatives from Cuba, Honduras, New\nMexico, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, and even Old\nEngland.\n\nTillotson Institute, Texas, has also had a very crowded and successful\nyear. This is the youngest of our chartered schools. It has the modesty\nthat in every way is becoming the youngest member of the family, but in\nall that is excellent in work it stands not a whit behind the oldest and\nthe best. It has already outgrown the comfortable limits of its\nhabitation. The crowding process has struck it, and its cry for relief\nis growing sharper and sharper. We shall have to heed its cry one of\nthese days. The great and rapidly-growing State of Texas challenges our\nforethought and our care. The State Superintendent of Public\nInstruction, Hon. B. M. Baker, was present at the commencement\nexercises, and after commending the teachers for their faithful work and\ntestifying that the best teachers of the colored schools in Texas were\ngraduates of the Tillotson Institute, he publicly thanked the people of\nthe North for the establishment and maintenance of the school. Judge\nFullmore, a county school superintendent, who was also present, not only\nindorsed all that Mr. Baker had said, but added that in his appointments\nof teachers he always gave Tillotson graduates the preference, and that\na certificate of graduation from Tillotson in the hands of an applicant\nwas all the evidence of character and ability he needed.\n\nWere we to continue sketching the salient points in the work of our\nother schools scattered all over the South, it would be simply to give\nfresh illustrations of the five facts already made prominent--crowded\nschools, growing necessities, faithful work, good results and outside\ncommendation.\n\nAs compared with last year, the statistics in our school work show a\nfalling off of two chartered institutions and seven common schools. On\nits face, this looks like loss; in reality, it is gain. The two\nchartered institutions dropped out of our statistics are Berea and\nHampton, that, as a matter of fact, have been for several years\nself-sustaining and independent, and which, as formerly fostered by us,\nwe have hitherto reported; they are still in the field, doing a greater\nwork than ever, while the seven common schools, dropped because they\nceased to be needed where they were located, are more than represented\nin the better work of the other schools, to strengthen which the money\nthus set free has been transferred.\n\nWe are steadily but slowly coming to the realization of the idea that\nwas the inspiration of the American Missionary Association's school\nsystem--Christian colleges and Normal schools for the training of\nleaders, and Christian preparatory schools to furnish them with the\nright kind of material. The South is year by year, as its financial\nability increases and its public sentiment improves, doing more for the\nrudimental instruction of its children. It is the duty of the State to\nprovide elementary education for every child within its borders, and to\nthat point the Southern States must one day come; but just in proportion\nas they come to that point, the necessities for our work increase. The\ndemand for Christian teachers and preachers and professional men in all\nranks at the South will grow as facilities for the elementary education\nof the children multiply. Our aim is not only to save the land from\nignorance, but to save it from godless intelligence. Infidelity is as\nmuch the enemy of free institutions as ignorance; and when the children\nare intelligent, an ignorant leadership is almost as effective as an\ninfidel leadership to raise up an infidel people; so that, as\nintelligence spreads among the youth of the South, we are placed under\naccumulating obligations, by virtue of our loyalty to the kingdom of our\nLord, and by virtue of our interest in the perpetuity of republican\ninstitutions, to strengthen, enlarge and multiply this work. Of course,\njust now, and for a great many years to come, by far the greater part of\nour school work must be in the lower grades of instruction. So long as\nit can be said, that in the Southern States eighty per cent. of the\ncolored and thirty per cent. of the white population are illiterate;\nthat there are not educational facilities enough to furnish fifty per\ncent. of the children with even a chance to learn their letters; that\nthere are whole communities and sections in which there are no schools\nwhatever; that there are thousands and tens of thousands of children and\nyouth who would be glad to go to school did they have opportunity; so\nlong we must continue to furnish elementary instruction in all our\nschools, and as far as possible to open such small schools as may meet\nthe present but transient exigency, to be dropped, as we have the seven\ncommon schools above referred to, when, from whatever cause, the\nnecessity for them has passed away. The Executive Committee desires to\nemphasize and to have the constituents of the American Missionary\nAssociation keep it constantly before them, that as the cause and means\nof popular education extend in the South, the necessity for the work of\nthe Association becomes stronger and stronger.\n\nAs seen from this stand-point, the desirability of bringing our larger\ninstitutions as speedily as possible, where they shall be able to take\ncare of themselves, becomes clear and urgent. They should be at once so\nfar endowed that the question of their permanence as conservators of the\nsupremacy of Christian leadership in the thought, character and life of\nthe people should be settled beyond peradventure for all time.\n\nWe commend these schools to the special regard of those who are looking\nabout to invest money where, in the name of the Lord, it will yield rich\nand enduring returns.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nINDUSTRIAL TRAINING.\n\n\n  Schools in which industries are taught             16\n  Special industrial teachers                        10\n  Teachers combining industrial with other work      21\n\n\nIndustrial teaching is made prominent at Santee, Oahe, at all of our\nchartered institutions, at Le Moyne Institute, Memphis, Tenn., Lewis\nHigh School, Macon, Ga., and incidentally at six other schools. Aid has\nbeen received from the Slater Fund for this work at Macon, Atlanta,\nNashville, Tougaloo, Talladega, Memphis and Austin. Nearly all the\nscholars in attendance pursue some of the branches of industry taught.\nHousekeeping, cooking, dress-making, care of the sick, agriculture,\nblacksmithing, harness-making, type-setting and printing are made\nprominent, according to the conveniences at hand. Atlanta, Talladega and\nTougaloo have farms which are worked by the students under the\ninstruction of practical farmers. At several other points farming could\nbe successfully taught if only we had the farms, and we could have the\nfarms if only we had the money.\n\nFor the teaching of the trades we need special buildings. Progress has\nbeen made in this direction. Atlanta University has erected \"The Knowles\nIndustrial Building,\" a memorial of the late Mr. L. J. Knowles, of\nWorcester, Mass., whose widow not long before her death appropriated\n$6,000 for this object. It is a brick building 100 by 44 feet, with two\nstories and a basement, and, for its use, is one of the finest in the\nSouth. At Macon, a two-story building has been constructed--the upper\nstory for the Lewis Library and the lower for a carpenter shop. At\nTalladega has been also built a two-story structure, the upper story to\nbe used for carpentry and the lower for blacksmithing. The citizens of\nMemphis two years ago gave Professor Steele $1,000 to put a girl's\nindustrial department into the Le Moyne school, and now they have\npledged him $600 more to secure a workshop for the boys. Fort Berthold\nin Dakota and Fisk and Straight Universities at the South greatly need\nindustrial buildings, and there are other schools of which the same\nmight be said with equal emphasis.\n\nIt is difficult to overestimate the importance of industrial training.\nLatest in development in connection with our schools, it may yet prove\nfirst in value. Labor is heaven-ordained. It is the chief\ninstrumentality through which a people are elevated. Grace saves the\nsoul and transforms character instantly. It makes the savage and\nsinner kind and good instantly; but it will not instantly make him a\ngood farmer, a skilled mechanic, a trained scholar. Up from the lowest\nto the highest, man must toil patiently and laboriously. Nature will\ntolerate neither jumps nor deceptions. It is no kindness to put a man\nwhere he is out of place, and still less is it a kindness to make him\nbelieve that he has a right to be there. He who climbs up into position\nor who is foisted into it by any other instrumentality than by the toil\nnecessary to fit him for the position, the same is a thief and a robber.\nThe police forces of Nature will speedily put him under arrest. The\njudicial forces of Nature will soon cast him into a prison, out of which\nhe shall not come until beginning at the bottom, by diligent labor, he\nis willing to pay the last farthing at every step in the process of his\nadvancement. The implements and the products of industry are the gauges\nof civilization. Between the roughly-hewn stone hatchet and the\nfinely-polished steel axe lies all the history of the world's progress.\nThe college, the library, the fine residence and the factory of modern\ncivilization are at one end of the line, the other end of which starts\nfrom the dug-out and the hut. Man, in the highest estate, forget or\nignore it as he may, has that in him which connects him with the lowest,\nand labor, the hard labor of his ancestors, extending through the ages\nas well as his own, has been the means of bringing him where he is. If\nthe Indian and the negro are to be elevated, they must rise by the same\nsteps as have others. They must _work_ their way up. But they who are\nabove them, remembering the pit out of which they themselves have been\ndug, must give them a chance to rise, and help them as they try to rise.\nThat they have the capacity for elevation along every line of human\ndevelopment has been abundantly proved over and over again. The\nindustrial exhibit of the colored people at the recent Centennial\nExposition in New Orleans, was in every way gratifying to their friends.\nThough these people are only 20 years out of the house of their 250\nyears' bondage, antedated by millenniums of barbarism, they sent\narticles showing their progress in the industries that more than filled\nthe entire gallery assigned them in one end of the immense Government\nbuilding.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMOUNTAIN WORK.\n\n\nThis work has gone forward the past year with marked success. In\nKentucky, Rev. J. T. Ford, having taken the pastoral charge of the\nchurch at Williamsburg, Rev. A. A. Myers was at liberty to give himself\nto more extended missionary work; and, as might be expected, he has gone\ninto it with a will. He has organized three new churches; one at\nJellico, with 11 members; one at Pleasant View, with 13 members, and one\nat Rockhold, with 15 members. Under his superintendency the Jellico\nchurch has erected a good, commodious house, but it needs a bell. The\ncongregations number from 250 to 300, and the pastor, Rev. E. W.\nBullock, reports the interest as increasing.\n\nPleasant View Church has also put up a house of worship, now complete\nexcept seats. At Rockland, stone is on the ground. Mr. Myers using his\nown team to haul it, himself being teamster, and the lumber is all ready\nto begin work. A chapel is soon to be erected at South Williamsburg,\nwhere there are hundreds around the mills who cannot be induced to\nattend church up town. Eleven Sunday-schools, with an enrollment of\n1,200 and an average of 750, have been maintained. These schools extend\nfrom Jellico on the State line to the northern part of Whitley County\nalong the railroad. Besides these, several students from the Academy\nhave conducted Sunday-schools at their homes, reporting an enrollment of\n160.\n\nDay schools have been kept at Woodbine, Rockhold, Dowlais and Jellico\nwith marked success.\n\nThe Williamsburg Academy has had an enrollment of 203. The reputation\nand influence of this school are extending far and wide. The teachers,\nimbued with the missionary spirit, have been a power in the church and\nin the community as well as in the school. The question whether our\nschools could be kept up if colored students were admitted, has been\nsquarely met and answered, and right at our central station,\nWilliamsburg, we have had colored pupils during the past two terms. When\nthey were first admitted, there was a stampede of the white scholars,\nreducing the number of pupils from 120 to 40, but as they had a chance\nto think the matter over, and they saw the school going right along as\nif nothing had happened, and that it was going to keep right along, they\nbegan to come back again, with still others to join them, so that the\nschool closed with a larger enrollment than the previous year. The\nexcitement caused a discussion that found its way into the newspapers of\nthe State, and gave the school such an advertisement as could not have\nbeen secured by years of ordinary work. We shall have no more trouble\nwith the color question in Whitley County. It has been settled, and\nsettled right.\n\nIn Tennessee, the Independent Church at Sherwood, and its pastor, Rev.\nA. B. Smith, have entered our fellowship by joining the Central South\nAssociation. On the Cumberland plateau, Pastor B. Dodge has secured the\norganization of a church with 16 members, which is associated with his\nchurch at Pomona. An organ and hymn-books were furnished by the Pilgrim\nChurch, Cambridgeport, Mass. The people have subscribed $300, chiefly in\nlumber, toward a much-needed chapel for church and day school. At both\nthese points day schools have been maintained. At Grand View, the first\nyear of the Academy has proved a success, and now a church has been\norganized in association with it, both to be under the care of Rev. C.\nB. Riggs.\n\nThe school work of Mrs. St. Clair in Scott County has been remarkable.\nThree years ago there were 27 saloons and two Sunday-schools in the\ncounty, one school held in Mrs. St. Clair's tent and the other in a\nblacksmith shop; now there are three saloons and 25 Sunday-schools, and\nthe good people are praying with much confidence that their prayers will\nbe answered for three less saloons and three more Sunday-schools. Mr. R.\nF. Taft, of Worcester, Mass., was sent down to help in this field. His\nlabors were wonderfully blessed. Two churches, one at Robbins, the other\nat Helenwood, were organized. He is not able to continue in our service,\nbut, in speaking of what has been accomplished, he has this to say:\n\"Wherever I went the people were so eager to hear the Gospel that it was\na joyous work to me. All came together, natives and Northerners, and our\ncolored brethren. If the A. M. A. has accomplished nothing more, it has\nbroken down the line of color, and to-day all mingle together in seeking\nafter the pearl of great price.\" The work of Mr. Taft has been taken up\nby Rev. W. E. Barton, a recent graduate of Berea College, who finds\nalready so much on his hands that he is crying for help.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWORK AMONG THE INDIANS.\n\n\nSTATISTICS.\n\n  Churches                                            5\n  Members                                           301\n  Ministers                                           7\n  Schools                                            15\n  Teachers                                           52\n  Pupils                                            706\n  Sunday-school scholars                            776\n\n\nOur Indian work is chiefly in Nebraska and Dakota, among the great Sioux\nnation that numbers about sixty thousand, and the tribes that mingle\nwith, or are located around, them. We have three main stations, Santee,\nOahe and Fort Berthold, all situated on the Missouri River, and at\npoints strategic for pushing missions out among the people.\n\n_Santee._--Here is planted the Santee Normal School, under the care of\nRev. A. L. Riggs. This institution, pioneer of its kind, began work for\nthe higher training of Indian pupils fifteen years ago. Its history and\nexperience show the great advancement that has been made by the Indian\nmind. At first the pupils came as to a sort of picnic, and expected to\nslip out when the fun stopped. But now the discipline, attendance and\nclass work are of a high order and will compare favorably with schools\nof similar grade elsewhere. One thing quite noteworthy about Santee is\nthat while it is often impossible to fill the desired quota of girls for\nother schools, applications at Santee from girls and young women far\nexceed the ability to receive them. This school, with its 177 pupils\nbusily engaged in their studies under the instruction of an able corps\nof teachers, in possession of buildings that are up to the times in all\ntheir equipments, reaching by its influence every Indian village of the\ngreat empire of the Missouri River basin, is an institution from which,\nwith God's blessing upon its work, we have a right to expect great\nthings in the future.\n\nPilgrim Church, under the joint pastorate of the Rev. Artemas Ehnamani\nand Rev. A. L. Riggs, honors the faith and polity of the Pilgrim Fathers\nin its co-operation with the school, nurturing and extending the cause\nof Christian education. Its roll numbers 164 names, and its\nSabbath-school reports an attendance of 183.\n\nGreat and urgent fields inviting missionary occupancy lie all around\nSantee. Swift Bear's colony, numbering sixteen families, an offshoot\nfrom Rosebud agency, has located along the Niobrara. Others are coming\ndown this fall as soon as their little crops are harvested. All the land\non the north side of the Niobrara, twenty miles east of the mouth of the\nKeya-paba, and much of the land on the Ponca Creek close by, is now\ntaken. Here has just been built a school-house given by Deacon Burrill,\nof Oberlin, Ohio, a little building of two rooms, one for the teacher's\nresidence, and the other for the school room and chapel. A son of Pastor\nEhnamani, of the Santee Church, is to take charge of this station.\n\nAmong the Poncas, since last December, we have had a missionary, Rev. J.\nE. Smith, who, while maintaining Sabbath services with good attendance,\nhas during the week taught a government school. At the Upper Ponca\nsettlement, during the months of February and March, a mission day\nschool was kept by Albert Frazier, a native teacher.\n\n_Oahe._--This mission, with its out-stations, is in charge of Rev. T. L.\nRiggs. The native helpers are Titus Jugg, Elizabeth Winjan, William Lee,\nDaniel Lee, Samuel Smiley, Stephen Yellow Hawk and Edwin Phelps, all,\nwith one exception, full-blood Dakota Indians.\n\nThe Indians of the Rosebud Agency on the White River have long been\ncalling for missionaries to be sent among them. The Park Street Church,\nBoston, has given $400 to open a mission in that needy region, and Mr.\nRiggs expects to have a well-established out-station on the White River\nbefore the beginning of the coming winter.\n\nDuring the year a movement has been made to establish an industrial\nschool at Oahe. The Indian Bureau gave twenty scholarships. Alonzo\nTrask, Esq., executor in the Marquand estate, gave $1,500 toward a\nbuilding, on condition that an additional $1,500 be raised. This\nadditional amount Mr. Riggs secured. The beginning of the school was\nmade in January. Twelve scholars were all that could be accommodated.\nThey were promptly secured. The school has been continued by the\nexercise of strictest economy and the willing self-sacrifices of all\nconcerned. The experiment has proved a success, and a good beginning has\nbeen made for another year. The new building is now about, if not quite,\nready, and fitted to receive forty scholars.\n\nThe church at Oahe bears the significant name of Shiloh. A place of rest\nit has proved to many a weary soul--yet of rest only as it has prepared\nfor activity. During the year God has been pleased to manifest His grace\nin saving power. Seventeen new members have been received on profession\nof their faith and three by letter. The total membership is 54. The\ngreater part of these are young men and women, not more than half being\nover thirty years of age and not more than five being past forty-five\nyears. This church enjoys the ministrations of Stephen Yellow Hawk and\nDavid Lee.\n\n_Fort Berthold._--This point with the territory adjacent is held by Rev.\nC. L. Hall. The day school has had 129 pupils during the year. Six of\nthe Indian girls have been taken into the teachers' home, with marked\nbenefit to the mission work. Increased interest has been manifested in\nthe church services, the average attendance being 75. At Fort Stevenson\na Government school (75 pupils) has been kept by Mr. and Mrs. B. F.\nWells. Religious meetings have been held fortnightly on Thursday evening\nand Sabbath school each Sunday. The Crow agency, after waiting two\nyears, is still begging for us to send a missionary.\n\nLeaving Fort Berthold and striking westward about 1,000 miles, we come\nto Skokomish Agency, Washington Territory, where Rev. Myron Eells stands\nalmost alone to represent the interest our denomination takes in the\nsalvation of the Indians of that region. At Skokomish he has a church of\n46 members; at Dunginess a church of 28 members, where he spends two\nSabbaths and the intervening week each month; and at Squakson, a small\nreservation formerly in charge of the Presbyterians, who have now\nwithdrawn, he conducts public worship once a month. In these three\nplaces he has under his pastoral care 102 families; average attendance\nat public worship, 150; at Sabbath school, 84; at prayer meeting, 62.\nInfant baptisms, 19; adult baptisms and reception to church membership,\n11. Many of the Christian Indians are efficient helpers in the prayer\nmeeting and the Sunday school, assisting Mr. Eells when he is present\nand carrying on the work when he is absent.\n\nAt Santa F\u00e9, New Mexico, we have maintained during part of the year four\nteachers who have had under instruction Pueblo Indian children, for whom\nGovernment scholarships had been secured.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWORK AMONG THE CHINESE.\n\n\nSTATISTICS.\n\n  Schools                                            18\n  Missionaries                                       38\n  Pupils enrolled                                 1,457\n  Average attendance                                810\n  Ceased from idol worship                          171\n  Giving evidence of conversion                     112\n\n\nThese figures show three more missions and twelve more missionaries than\nthe statistics of last year. In the missionary force there are eleven\nChinese helpers.\n\nFour new schools have been opened at the following points: Alturas,\nFresno, San Diego and Tulare. The school at Alturas, in the\nnortheastern part of California, though established for the Chinese,\nlike all other A. M. A. schools, is open to everybody, irrespective of\nrace or color, and the Indians in the vicinity have so largely availed\nthemselves of the privilege that they greatly outnumber the Chinese.\nThis school is under the care of Mrs. Griffiths, wife of the pastor of\nthe Congregational Church in the place. She has the constant co\u00f6peration\nof her husband, who welcomes to his church all who can be induced to\nattend from the school. The mission at Stockton, the first one\nestablished by us in California, was closed last year, but has been\nreopened with an attendance and promise such as it never had before. Our\nschools are all in the hands of devoted and efficient teachers, are well\nlocated and well rooted. We are justified in feeling that they are all\nfairly on the way to become permanent.\n\nThe California Chinese mission, whose superintendency has been under the\ncare of Rev. W. C. Pond ever since its organization in 1875, is\nauxiliary to the American Missionary Association. It has its own\nPresident and Board of Managers. It works in closest harmony with the\nparent society, and while it must look to us for by far the largest part\nof the funds necessary to carry its work forward, yet it does not rely\nwholly upon our appropriations, but makes continuous efforts to raise\nmoney itself.\n\nIt reports as having received into its own treasury the past year\n$3,141.20. Its property consists of the Barnes and the West Mission\nHouses in San Francisco, together with an interest in the North Mission\nHouse of San Francisco and the new Mission House in Tulare. Mr. Pond has\nmade strenuous efforts to secure sufficient contributions to bring to\npass, without incurring debt, a transfer of these properties to the A.\nM. A., and he informs us that this result is now assured and that the\ntransfer will soon be made. We shall thus come into possession of\nproperty worth upward of $9,000, free from debt.\n\nThe past year has not been in garnered results so fruitful as our\nSuperintendent and his co-workers had expected; yet they have been\nfaithful in the cultivation of the field. Early in the year they\ndetermined to be more aggressive than formerly. If the Chinese would not\ncome in greater numbers to the schools, then the missionaries would go\nto them. Three men in the providence of God were at hand who were\nimpressed with the importance of this aggressive work, and who were able\nto preach to the Chinese in their own language; Rev. D. D. Jones, who\nhad returned from missionary work in South China, Jee Gam and Wong Ock.\nThese brethren have been engaged in evangelistic work both at the\nmission houses and on the streets in San Francisco and at several other\npoints. But \"hard hearts,\" threatened persecution, and actively working\nprejudice have everywhere stood in the way of progress.\n\nStill God did not leave His children altogether without some evidence of\nHis favor. There were eighteen who professed conversion and twelve who\nreceived baptism. The reflex influence of these evangelistic services\nhas been productive of great spiritual blessing to our missionaries and\nto the Chinese Christians. It has driven them to realize that they must\nmore than ever trust in the power of God's spirit to overcome the\ndifficulties; that they must faithfully hold and work every point now\noccupied; that they must pray on and labor on until the Holy Spirit\ndescend in power to break the stony hearts and dissipate the opposing\nforces of Mongolian heathenism on the one hand and Caucasian\ninconsistency and infidelity on the other. \"Brethren, pray for us!\" is\nthe almost heart-agonizing appeal Superintendent Pond makes to the\nconstituents of this Association. \"Never before,\" he writes, \"were we so\nwell prepared to do good service to the Master, and to move on with\nsaving power among these dark souls purchased with His blood, as now,\nat the opening of this new fiscal year. Yet never before did we look on\ninto the year with such a sense of utter helplessness or such a despair\nof real success except through the co-working of the Holy Ghost.\"\n\nWe commend this appeal for prayer to all our friends. Let there go up\nsuch a cry to God for help that in Pentecostal power His spirit may be\noutpoured upon our Chinese missions; and not only will the good results\nbe felt in our own country, but they will reach in blessing even the\nvast empire of China and make strong and glad the hearts of our\nChristian brethren there.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTHE WOMAN'S BUREAU.\n\n\nThe Woman's Bureau has proved a most efficient agency in our work during\nthe past year. The family and the home where mother and sister are the\nstrong guard of purity and moral strength, the newly-freed people knew\nnothing about from experience. Our missionaries, more than two-thirds of\nwhom were women, found themselves face to face with the duty of caring\nfor their unfortunate sisters. When the Christian women of the country\nwere taking up and discussing the special claims of degraded and lost\nwomen for woman's special effort, and organizing societies to meet that\nclaim, the American Missionary Association had the whole business in\noperation on a large and successful scale. When, therefore, the Woman's\nBureau was created, it was neither to inaugurate a new work nor in\nimitation of other organizations. The purpose was to make the Christian\nwomen of the country more intelligently acquainted with a branch of our\nmission long in operation, and induce them by an increase of their\ncontributions and sympathy and prayers to make it more widely\nsuccessful. Miss D. E. Emerson, who not only by her experience as a\nmissionary in the field, but also by her experience as a clerk in the\nNew York office, was admirably qualified to take the Bureau in charge,\nwas made its Secretary. She has opened direct channels of communication\nbetween the lady missionaries on the field and the Christian women of\nthe churches. Sunday schools and ladies' missionary societies have been\nfurnished an opportunity to assume, either wholly or partially, the\nsupport of an assigned missionary from whom they have regularly received\nletters. She has arranged to have addresses given upon the work at\nmissionary meetings and conferences, either by herself or by a lady\nmissionary, so far as she could, wherever and whenever such service has\nbeen desired. The work has been steadily growing upon her hands. The\ninterest is widening and deepening. With no increase of machinery, with\nbut little increase of expense, and with no divisive disturbance, either\nin the Association or in the churches, our Woman's Bureau quietly and\neffectively carries forward its operations at the North and at the\nSouth, at the East and at the West.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nFINANCES.\n\n\n_Receipts for 1884-5._\n\n  Donations from Churches and Individuals   $191,698.35\n  Legacies                                    41,501.66\n  U. S. Government for Indian Schools          9,458.13\n  Slater Fund for Industrial Training          8,600.00\n  Tuition, Rents, etc.                        39,635.92\n                                            -----------\n    Total                                   $290,894.06\n\n\nAs compared with the receipts of last year, these figures show\n$191,698.35 collections and donations this year, as against $164,056.77\nlast; legacies, $41,501.66 this year, as against $64,559.42 last; a gain\nin contributions from the living of $27,641.58, a loss from legacies of\n$23,057.76. The receipts from all sources for the past year,\nnotwithstanding the heavy loss in legacies, are in excess over the\nreceipts of the preceding year $3,299.87. The expenditures for the year\nhave been $306,345.93, leaving a debt on the year just closed of\n$15,451.87. This, added to the deficit of the previous year, leaves us\nwith a total indebtedness of $29,237.73. But over against this and in\nclose connection with it, should be stated the fact that in both years\nthe indebtedness has been owing to an increase of appropriations to meet\nthe absolutely necessary demands of the new Indian missions transferred\nto us by the American Board. In 1883-4, we expended on these missions,\nincluding $11,495.19 received from the U. S. Government, $33,204.95. In\n1884-5, including $9,458.13 from the Government, we spent $41,283.75.\nThe churches had laid this work upon us, and we could not avoid these\nexpenditures.\n\nWe began the year with a debt of $13,785.86. The task before us,\ntherefore, if our work was to be kept to its former scale, was to\nincrease our receipts over the previous year $27,571.72, or twice the\ndeficit. We have made that increase in donations from the living, with\n$69.86 to spare, and that, too, in the face of the stringency of the\ntimes. Had the legacies remained the same as the preceding year (which\nwere $61,807.31 less than the legacies of the year preceding that), we\nshould have closed this year without a debt, and had $7,605.89 on hand\nto apply on the debt with which we started out.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCONCLUSION.\n\n\nIn conclusion, this review of the year inspires first of all songs of\nthanksgiving to our Heavenly Father for His manifold blessings upon the\nwork and workers, and then our heartfelt gratitude to the pastors,\nchurches and friends that have so nobly and generously, many of them at\ngreat self-sacrifice, contributed to sustain the work. With such\nevidence from heaven that the work is God's, with such evidence from\nearth that it rests upon the hearts and consciences of His people as a\nsacred trust, we cannot but feel that in it all Providence is saying\nunto us, _Go forward_. But what say our constituents? We present them\nour report. We await their answer.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1885.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMAINE, $1,078.85.\n\n  Albany. Cong. Ch.                                         $1.00\n  Augusta. Joel Spalding                                    10.00\n  Bangor. Hammond St. Ch., 100; Cen. Cong. Ch. and\n    Soc., 75                                               175.00\n  Bangor. Dudley Coe, 1; C. M., M. F. and A. B. Duren,\n    30c., _for Rosebud_ _Indian M._                          1.30\n  Bath. \"A Friend\"                                           5.00\n  Belfast. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               10.00\n  Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch.                               75.00\n  Brownfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             8.00\n  Brownville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            11.75\n  Cumberland Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     31.17\n  Deer Isle. Cong. Ch.                                       4.00\n  Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    30.00\n  Gardiner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              13.25\n  Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                7.00\n  Gilead Cong. Ch.                                           4.50\n  Gorham. Miss E. B. Emery                                   5.00\n  Kennebunkport. South Cong. Ch., 12; First Cong. Ch., 3    15.00\n  Machias. Center St. Cong. Ch.                              9.30\n  Madison. \"Friends in Cong. Ch.,\" by Mrs. Ezra Dinsmore    20.00\n  Oldtown. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00\n  Orono. Cong. Ch.                                           7.00\n  Portland. Second Parish Ch., 182.17, to const. HORACE\n    H. RICKER, G. R. FURBISH, E. A. BASCOM, MRS. LUCY A.\n    FOGG, MRS. MARY E. MERRILL and NATHAN WESTON L. Ms.;\n    State St. Ch., 150; Williston Cong. Ch., 95: West\n    Cong. Ch., 11; Abyssinian Cong. Ch., 10; T. B.\n    Percy, 5                                               453.17\n  Princeton. \"A Friend\"                                      2.00\n  Presque Isle. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00\n  Saco. First Cong. Ch.                                     10.42\n  Scarboro. Cong. Ch.                                       13.15\n  Sherman Mills. Washburn Memorial Ch.                       5.00\n  South Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 14.20; \"Miss'y\n    Soc.,\" 5                                                19.20\n  Turner. Cong. Ch.                                          7.50\n  Wells. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           20.00\n  Westbrook. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      13.26\n  West Brooksville. Cong. Ch.                                4.00\n  Windham. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00\n  Winslow. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  10.00\n  Wintersport. Miss. M. M. Morrell                           2.50\n  Winthrop. Mrs. Otis Packard, 30, to const. DEA. GEO.\n    O. PACKARD L. M.; Cong. Ch. and Soc., 12.10             42.10\n  York Corner. Second Cong. Ch.                              8.28\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE, $963.04.\n\n  Amherst. Miss M. C. Boylston                              20.00\n  Auburn. Cong. Ch.                                         14.00\n  Bennington. Cong. Ch.                                      7.00\n  Canterbury. \"Friend\"                                       5.00\n  Chester. Mrs. Mary E. Hidden                              10.00\n  Concord. First Ch., 125; Friend in North Cong. Ch., 5    130.00\n  Danbury. \"A few members Cong. Ch.\"                         6.00\n  Derry. First Cong. Ch.                                    23.85\n  Durham. Cong. Ch.                                         27.00\n  East Derry. Rev. H. M. Penniman                            5.00\n  Epping. \"Friend\"                                           1.00\n  Fitzwilliam. Louisa Hill, 10; Fanny Hancock, 5; Cong.\n    Ch., 3.50                                               18.50\n  Franklin Falls. J. C. Neal                                 1.00\n  Goffstown. Mrs. M. A. Stinson                             10.00\n  Gorham. Cong. Ch.                                          6.29\n  Great Falls. First Cong. Ch.                              43.40\n  Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             44.10\n  Hanover. Cong. Ch. Dart. College                          79.90\n  Harrisville. Darius Farwell                                2.00\n  Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               7.25\n  Jaffrey. N. P. Phelps                                      1.00\n  Keene. Mrs. D. W. Buckminster, and Miss Mason              3.00\n  Kensington. Cong. Ch.                                      2.00\n  Laconia. Cong. Ch.                                        35.00\n  Manchester. Mary A. Allison                                3.00\n  Meriden. Cong. Ch.                                        21.00\n  New Boston. \"A Friend\" (50 of which _for Cal. Chinese\n    M._)                                                   100.50\n  New Market. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 3.55, Dea. T. H.\n    Wiswall, 10                                             13.55\n  North Conway. Cong. Ch.                                   20.00\n  North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 17.25; S. H. Leavitt,\n    Isabella Smith and Julia M. Philbrook, 10 ea., to\n    const. MORRIS H. SMITH, L. M.                           47.25\n  Peterborough. Cong. Ch.                                    5.50\n  Piermont. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  9.00\n  Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            10.00\n  Portsmouth. Rev. W. W. Dow                                 5.00\n  Rye. Cong. Ch.                                            11.75\n  Shelburne. Cong. Ch.                                       1.50\n  Sullivan. Cong. Ch.                                        6.10\n  Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                8.95\n  Temple. Mrs. Geo. Goodyear and Sister                      5.00\n  Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch.                                      8.42\n  Walpole. First Cong. Ch.                                  22.07\n  Webster. \"A Friend\"                                        5.00\n  West Concord. J. W. Chandler                               1.00\n  Wilton. Second Cong. Ch.                                  12.00\n  By Geo. Swain--Amherst Cong. Ch., 11.40--Brookline\n   Cong. Ch., 8.82--Peterboro' Union Evan. Ch., 13.50       33.72\n                                                          -------\n                                                          $852.63\n\n  LEGACY.\n\n  Lebanon. Estate of Mary A. F. Tracy, by Stephen A.\n    Tracy, Ex.                                             110.41\n                                                          -------\n                                                          $963.04\n\n\nVERMONT, $2,216.07.\n\n  Bakersfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            9.00\n  Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc. by Katie B.\n    Joslyn, Treas. _for Share_                              13.00\n  Bradford. Mrs. C. D. Redington, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks,\n    _for McIntosh, Ga._                                     10.00\n  Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               21.86\n  Brattleboro. \"A Friend,\" 33.35; Joseph Wilder, 10         43.35\n  Brownington. Dea. William Spencer, 5; S. S. Tinkham, 5    10.00\n  Burlington. First Cong. Ch.                              188.58\n  Cambridge. Madison Safford and wife                       38.52\n  Cambridge. E. Wheelock, B. Holmes, O. W. Reynolds, S. M.\n    Safford and Madison Safford, 5 ea.; Mrs. M. Blaisdell,\n    3; Mrs. M. Waterhouse, 2; J. W. Turner, 2; Mrs. L.\n    Eaton, 1; E. Bentley, 1                                 34.00\n  Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             19.50\n  Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             32.58\n  Chester. J. L. Fisher                                      5.00\n  Enosburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              25.00\n  Fair Haven. \"Light Bearers\" Cong. Sab. Sch. (3 of which\n    _for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._)                       17.57\n  Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               5.00\n  Glover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                15.50\n  Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch.                              4.00\n  Greensborough. \"A few friends,\" by Rev. S. Knowlton       12.00\n  Guildhall. Cong. Ch.                                       3.26\n  Hartford. E. Morris, 100; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buel, 10   110.00\n  Hartland. Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for McIntosh, Ga._    5.00\n  Lunenburg. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00\n  Lyndonville. Cong. Ch.                                    14.00\n  Manchester. Samuel G. Cone, 20; Mrs. S. G. Cone, 5        25.00\n  Marshfield. Rev. J. D. Bailey                              7.44\n  Milton. \"M. L. D.,\" 3; B. Fairchild, M. D., 2              5.00\n  Montgomery Centre. Cong. Ch.                               7.77\n  Morrisville. Cong. Ch.                                    14.00\n  Newbury. Mrs. E. P. Keyes, 30, to const. J. T. ATKINSON\n    L. M.; H. E. Keyes, 30, to const. HELEN R. AIKEN L. M.  60.00\n  New Haven. Cong. Ch., 25, and Sab. Sch. 5, _for Indian\n    M._                                                     30.00\n  North Pownal. Cong. Ch.                                   15.00\n  Norwich. Ashley Blodgett, 5; Mrs. H. Burton, 2; Cong.\n    Ch., 1                                                   8.00\n  Peacham. Miss Varnum, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for\n    McIntosh, Ga._                                           2.00\n  Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 5; \"D.,\" 2                           7.00\n  Pittsford. Mrs. E. H. Denison                              5.00\n  Quechee. Rev. N. F. Carter                                10.00\n  Royalton. A. W. Kenney, 30; First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n    17.75                                                   47.75\n  Rutland. Mrs. Wm. D. Marsh                                10.00\n  Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., 200; Rev. Henry\n    Fairbanks, 100                                         300.00\n  Saint Johnsbury. Union Meeting, North and South Chs.,\n    _for Indian M._                                        168.81\n  Saxton's River. \"Friend\"                                   1.00\n  South Royalton. Mrs. S. H. Jones                          10.00\n  Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks, 100; A. Woolson, 100  200.00\n  Stowe. Joseph Pike                                         1.00\n  Swanton. C. C. Long                                       10.00\n  Underhill. Chas. A. Birchard                               5.00\n  Vergennes. Cong. Ch.                                      20.00\n  West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.                               32.53\n  Willamstown. Cong. Ch.                                    12.00\n  Windham. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  13.01\n  Wolcott. Rev. J. F. Whitney                                2.00\n  Woodstock. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry\n    Fairbanks                                               10.50\n  Worcester. Cong. Ch.                                       5.63\n  ----. \"A Friend\"                                         300.00\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $1,992.16\n\n  LEGACIES.\n\n  North Ferrisburg. Estate of Sylvia Dean, by J. M.\n    Dean, Ex.                                               15.00\n  Wilmington. Estate of Judah Moore                        208.91\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $2,216.07\n\n\nMASSACHUSETTS, $10,843.55.\n\n  Acton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Atlanta U._                  10.00\n  Amesbury. MRS. EDMUND MORRILL, to const. herself L. M.    30.00\n  Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 85, to const. MISS\n    LULU LOUISA LAWTON and CEPHAS F. FRARY L. Ms.; First\n    Cong. Ch., 35; \"C.,\" 30                                150.00\n  Andover. John Smith                                      500.00\n  Ashland. G. M. Perry, 5; Edwin Perry, 5                   10.00\n  Attleboro. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      6.24\n  Auburn. Cong. Ch.                                         66.00\n  Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            42.00\n  Boston. \"Wilberforce,\" 300; Mrs. C. A. Spaulding,\n    100; \"Friend in Need,\" 100; Jona. A. Lane, 25;\n    Dr. Edward Strong and Wife, 25; Mrs. O. H. White,\n    20;  \"A Friend,\" 10; \"A Friend,\" 5; Rev. R. B.\n    Howard, 5.--Cambridge North Av. Ch. and Soc.,\n    209.55--Cambridgeport, Pilgrim Ch., 127.55--Chelsea,\n    A. C. Tenney, 25--Dorchester, Second Cong. Ch. and\n    Soc., 187.61; Mrs. R. W. Prouty, 5--East Boston,\n    Maverick Ch. and Soc. 26.25--Somerville, Franklin St.\n    Ch., 125; Franklin St. Ch., \"M.,\" 50; Miss M. C.\n    Sawyer, 10; Woman's Home Miss'y Soc. of Prospect\n    Hill Ch., 10                                         1,365.96\n  Ballardvale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.00\n  Barre. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           51.75\n  Berkley. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  13.28\n  Bernardston. Orthodox Cong. Soc.                           8.75\n  Billerica. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              8.00\n  Boxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         40.70\n  Bridgewater. \"A Friend\"                                   30.00\n  Brockton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Porter Evan.\n    Ch. and Soc., 61.53, to const. MISS CORNELIA EDDY\n    and MISS LIZZIE F. TROW L. Ms.; Mrs. L. C. Sanford,\n    5                                                      141.53\n  Carlisle. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               5.18\n  Centreville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           22.50\n  Chatham. Cong. Ch.                                         6.50\n  Chester Center. First Cong. Ch.                            5.22\n  Conway. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                31.23\n  Cummington. Cong. Ch.                                     11.30\n  Danvers. Maple St. Ch.                                    75.00\n  Dedham. \"Three Friends\"                                    4.50\n  Duxbury. Mrs. R. R. Holmes                                 1.00\n  East Charlemont. Cong. Ch.                                16.00\n  Easthampton. First Cong. Ch., 47; First Cong. Ch. and\n    Sab. Sch., 25; Rev. A. M. Colton, 5                     77.00\n  East Granville. \"Y. P. Soc. of Christian Endeavor\"         5.00\n  Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               50.00\n  Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 45.00\n  Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                3.28\n  Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. and Soc., 128.59; \"A Friend,\"\n    30 to const. MRS. CLARA W. HUBBARD L. M.; C. C. Ch.,\n    25.50                                                  184.09\n  Florence. Cong. Ch.                                       12.35\n  Foxborough. Ortho. Cong. Ch.                              51.65\n  Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc., 25; E. H. Warren, 1    26.00\n  Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         35.00\n  Gilbertville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk\n    U._                                                     50.00\n  Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. ALFRED H.\n    RICHARDSON L. M.                                        25.00\n  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., 15; Mrs. M. A.\n    Harrington, 10                                          25.00\n  Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc                          44.31\n  Granby. Mission Circle, by Mrs. A. W. T. Fisk, _for\n    Miss'y, Atlanta, Ga._                                   15.00\n  Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 69.25; Cong. Ch., 10;\n    First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10                            89.25\n  Greenwich. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00\n  Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             18.50\n  Hanover. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                     5.00\n  Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Student Aid, Fisk\n    U._                                                    100.00\n  Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols                           100.00\n  Hinsdale. J. Hosmer, 10; Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Plunkett,\n    7; C. J. Kittredge, 3; Rev. J. H. Laird, 2; S.\n    Kittredge, 2; Miss S. Warriner, 1; L. Payne, 1;\n    Others, 4                                               30.00\n  Housatonic. \"Friends,\" 15; Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; Cong.\n    Ch. (ad'l), 1                                           26.00\n  Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.                               7.25\n  Ipswich. Mission Band of So. Ch., 6.30; \"A Friend,\" 50c    6.80\n  Kingston. Mayflower Ch.                                   40.00\n  Lancaster. Ev. Cong. Ch.                                  36.55\n  Leverett. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch.                           9.50\n  Longmeadow. \"M. C. G.\"                                    10.00\n  Ludlow Centre. \"A Friend\"                                  1.00\n  Lowell. Pawtucket Ch. and Soc.                            18.00\n  Mansfield. P. M. Edwards                                   1.00\n  Medway. Village Ch. and Soc.                              27.00\n  Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        65.62\n  Middleborough. Central Cong. Ch.                          52.00\n  Middlefield. \"A Friend\"                                    2.00\n  Middleton. Mrs. Loring Carleton                            4.50\n  Milford. \"A Friend\"                                        1.00\n  Millbury. By Lizzie M. Garfield                            5.75\n  Millers Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          4.60\n  Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox                             10.00\n  Monson. E. F. Morris, 50; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Holmes,\n    Jr., 50; Mrs. N. M. Field, 25; Mrs. C. O. Chapin, 5    130.00\n  Monument Beach. Wm. R. Vining                             50.00\n  Neponset. Miss S. L. Tuttle's S. S. Class, Bbl. of C.,\n    _for Wilmington, N. C._, 1 _for Freight_                 1.00\n  New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     50.00\n  Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Le Moyne Inst._    8.00\n  Newburyport. Freedmen's Aid Soc., _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                20.00\n  Newton. Eliot Ch.                                        130.00\n  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   50.00\n  Norfolk. Cong. Ch.                                         4.00\n  North Abington. Cong. Ch., 5; Rev. J. H. Jones, 5         10.00\n  Northampton. First Cong. Ch., 279.23; \"A Friend,\" 100;\n    Edwards Ch. Benev. Soc., 87.50; Jared Clark, 25        491.73\n  Northborough. Evan. Cong. Ch., 68; Sab. Sch., 10          78.00\n  Northbridge Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.              10.00\n  North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch., 50; and Sab. Sch.,\n    30, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                          80.00\n  North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., 35.59; Mrs.\n    Hannah M. Nye, 5; Miss Abbie W. Johnson, 5              45.59\n  North Chelmsford. Second Cong. Ch., to const. MISS ADA\n    M. SHELDON L. M.                                        50.00\n  North Middleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. DEA.\n    SOLOMON WHITE L. M.                                     45.00\n  Oakham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.62; Miss Susan Fairbanks,\n    10                                                      40.62\n  Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          50.00\n  Paxton. Cong. Ch.                                         16.75\n  Pigeon Cove. Mrs. M. L. Thalheimer, deceased, by M. E.\n    Thalheimer                                              25.00\n  Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Second Cong.\n    Sab. Sch., 5; E. R. M., 2.50                           107.50\n  Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch.                                 5.00\n  Prescott. \"A Friend\"                                       5.00\n  Princeton. Cong. Ch.                                      20.50\n  Provincetown. First Cong. Ch.                             14.63\n  Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          17.00\n  Randolph. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       201.80\n  Reading. Old South and Bethesda Chs., to const. FRANK\n    W. B. PRATT and E. P. FITTS L. Ms., 87.85; J. M.\n    Carleton, 5; \"A Friend,\" 4.50                           97.35\n  Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Elijah Shaw, 50        125.00\n  Rutland. Children of Cong. Ch., 10, and Papers, _for\n    Robbins, Tenn._                                         10.00\n  Salem. Crombie St. Ch. and Soc., 50.15; George Driver,\n    2                                                       52.15\n  Sandwich. Mrs. Card                                        2.00\n  Saundersville. Cong Ch. and Soc.                          15.00\n  Scituate. Cen. Cong. Ch. and S. S.                        24.55\n  Scotland. Miss Mary H. Leonard                             2.00\n  Shelburne Falls. Sab. Sch. Concert, 8.01; Three Classes\n    Cong. S. S., 5.99, _for Indian M._                      14.00\n  Shrewsbury. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Greene, 500; Cong.\n    Ch. and Soc., 112.33                                   612.33\n  South Abington. Miss C. H. Whitman, 100; Cong. Ch.\n    and Soc., 47.59                                        147.59\n  South Amherst. Cong. Ch.                                   7.72\n  South Dartmouth. Cong. Ch.                                 9.00\n  South Egremont. Mrs. Huldah Bills, 30, to const. REV.\n    P. T. FARWELL L. M.; Cong. Ch., 25                      55.00\n  South Franklin. Union Cong. Ch.                            5.25\n  South Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 31.25; Cong. Sab.\n    Sch., 8.85                                              40.10\n  South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Parish                  31.00\n  South Natick. John Eliot Ch.                               6.16\n  South Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch. (ad'l)                    2.12\n  South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; \"A\n    Friend,\" 25                                             74.00\n  Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         68.10\n  Springfield. \"A Friend,\" 500; A. C. Hunt, 10,\n    \"L. E. W.,\" 10                                         520.00\n  Springfield. Infant Class, Cong. S. S., 2; Miss L.\n    Fay's S. S. Class, 1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._         3.00\n  Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.                                    23.90\n  Stoughton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             13.72\n  Sudbury. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc.                         37.00\n  Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.             100.00\n  Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            25.00\n  Taunton. Winslow Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which to\n    const. GEO. W. ANDROS L. M.)                            49.27\n  Taunton. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._      39.00\n  Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. FRANK H.\n    KASSON L. M.                                            32.00\n  Topsfield. \"A Friend\"                                      1.00\n  Townsend. \"Member Cong. Ch.\"                               5.00\n  Uxbridge. Evan. Cong. Co. and Soc.                        29.45\n  Ware. C. C. Hitchcock                                     10.00\n  Warren. Cong. Ch., 100; \"N. G.,\" 5                       105.00\n  Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell, _for Chinese M._             5.00\n  Wayland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               30.00\n  Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             11.00\n  West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       20.00\n  Westboro. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch.                           50.00\n  West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          15.00\n  West Boylston. G. W. Ames, 3; Polly W. Ames, 3; Mrs.\n    A. Campbell, 1.50                                        7.50\n  West Cummington. Cong. Ch.                                 3.00\n  Westfield. Mrs. C. W. Fowler, 5; Dr. H. Holland, 3         8.00\n  Westford. Union Ch.                                       17.00\n  West Gardner. M. B. Knowlton                              10.00\n  West Gardner. Nettie M. Bartlett, _for Rosebud Indian\n    M._                                                      2.00\n  Westhampton. Miss Mary Edwards, \"in Memory of Mrs.\n    Catharine Edwards\"                                       5.00\n  Westminster. F. Lombard, 5; Mrs. Mossman, 25c              5.25\n  West Springfield. Mrs. Lucy M. Bagg                      200.00\n  West Tisbury. First Cong. Ch.                              9.63\n  Whately. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00\n  Whitinsville. S. F. Morse                                  2.00\n  Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            24.50\n  Winchendon. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                       50.00\n  Winchester. S. Elliot                                     25.00\n  Woburn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         204.60\n  Woburn. Ladies' Charitable Reading Soc., Bbl. of C.,\n    val. 52.40, _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 1.17 _for\n    Freight_                                                 1.17\n  Wollaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              8.05\n  Woods Holl. Cong. Ch.                                     20.00\n  Worcester. \"Friend,\" 500; Piedmont Ch., 400; Plymouth\n    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 130; Samuel R. Heywood, 100;\n    Hiram Smith and family, 30; Mrs. S. A. Howard, 5     1,165.00\n  Worcester. \"A Friend,\" _for Charleston, S. C._             4.00\n  Worthington. Cong. Ch.                                    19.34\n  Yarmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                10.29\n  By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n--Ludlow,\n    23.90--Palmer, Second, 15--Springfield, Mrs. E.\n    Clarke, 5--Westfield, Second, 108.80--West\n    Springfield, Park St., 23                              175.70\n                                                       ----------\n                                                       $10,261.55\n\n  LEGACIES.\n\n  Boston. Estate of Rev. H. B. Hooker, D. D.                50.00\n  Enfield. Estate of Dea. Henry Fobes, by W. B.\n    Kimball, Ex.                                           500.00\n  Oakham. Estate of Perly Ayres, by William Spear, Ex.      32.00\n                                                       ----------\n                                                       $10,843.55\n\n\nRHODE ISLAND, $2,432.84.\n\n  Bristol. Mrs. Rogers, 100; First Cong. Ch., 30           130.00\n  East Providence. Samuel Belden, to const. REV.\n    WILLIAM FITZ, HARMON S. BABCOCK, SAMUEL BELDEN\n    BABCOCK, RICHARD W. CONE, JOHN CHURCHILL, and\n    SAMUEL BELDEN CHURCHILL L. Ms.                         180.00\n  Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                                      58.50\n  Providence. George H. Corliss, 1000; Central Cong.\n    Ch., 718; Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc., 119.22;\n    James Coats, 100; Beneficent Cong. Ch., 50; \"A\n    Friend,\" 5                                           1,992.22\n  Slatersville. Cong. Ch.                                   31.00\n  Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.12; Emeline Smith, 5     35.12\n  Woonsocket. Globe Cong. Ch.                                6.00\n\n\nCONNECTICUT, $10,360.07.\n\n  Abington. Cong. Ch.                                       14.50\n  Andover. \"A Friend\"                                       20.00\n  Berlin. \"A Friend,\" 50; Second Cong. Ch., 19.24           69.24\n  Bethlehem. \"A Friend\"                                      5.00\n  Birmingham. Cong. Ch.                                     35.35\n  Bolton. By Mrs. L. H. Barber, _for Conn. Sch.,\n    Quitman, Ga._                                            5.00\n  Branford. H. G. Harrison                                  10.00\n  Bristol. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch.,\n    Quitman, Ga._                                           55.00\n  Brooklyn. First Trin. Ch. and Cong. to const.\n    WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE L. M.                                38.00\n  Buckingham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             2.65\n  Canaan. Estate Daniel Norton, Package Books and 50c         .50\n  Chaplin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               15.00\n  Cheshire. \"A Friend,\" 25; Cong. Ch., 21.25                46.25\n  Chester. Cong. Ch.                                        35.00\n  Cobalt. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00\n  Cromwell. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._         1.00\n  Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch., to const. MRS.\n    FANNY L. KEECH and MISS CHLOE P. DAVISON L. Ms.         60.00\n  Durham. Cong. Ch.                                         23.00\n  East Avon. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00\n  East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    22.25\n  East Hartford. H. L. Goodwin, 100; First Ch., 30;\n    Abraham Williams, 10; South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15     155.00\n  East Granby. Cong. Ch.                                     5.00\n  East Windsor. \"A Friend\"                                   5.00\n  Elliott. Wm. Osgood                                        1.00\n  Fairfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Santee\n     Agency, Neb._                                          20.00\n  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                    140.49\n  Glastonbury. James B. Williams (ad'l), 200; First\n    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 82.58                              282.58\n  Goshen. Mrs. Moses Lyman                                   5.00\n  Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. WM. H. LEE L. M.     30.00\n  Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Share_                     20.00\n  Hartford. Mrs. Catherine R. Hillyer                       20.00\n  Hebron. \"Friends\"                                          7.00\n  Hockanum. Mrs. E. M. Roberts                               5.00\n  Huntington. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00\n  Huntington. Oliver Baird, _for Rosebud Indian M._          1.00\n  Kensington. Lucy J. Upson, Arthur W. Upson, Alice O.\n    Upson and Mary H. Upson, 5 ea.                          20.00\n  Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss                              5.00\n  Kent. First Cong. Soc.                                    25.64\n  Lebanon. \"A few Friends\"                                  30.00\n  Manchester. \"C. S. S.\"                                    10.00\n  Meriden. First Cong. Ch., 100; First Cong. Ch.,\n    \"A Friend,\" 25; Edmund Tuttle, 30, to const.\n    MISS ELLEN E. TUTTLE L. M.                             155.00\n  Milford. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                150.00\n  Milford. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 50, and Sab. Sch., 25.59     75.59\n  Mount Carmel. Mrs. J. M. Swift bal. to const. WILLIAM\n    E. SWIFT L. M.                                          10.00\n  Nepaug. South Cong. Ch.                                    3.25\n  New Britain. First Ch. of Christ, 69.30; Members South\n    Cong. Ch., 40 (30 of which to const. EMMA GERTRUDE\n    ROGERS L. M.); Rev. J. W. Cooper, 25                   134.30\n  New Canaan. \"Friend E.\"                                   10.00\n  New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50; Alfred Walker, 10             60.00\n  New London. \"First Ch. of Christ\"                         64.60\n  New Preston. Mrs. Betsy Averill                           10.00\n  Norfolk. Mrs. Mary D. Bassett                              4.00\n  Northford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             20.00\n  North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett, 50; \"A friend's\n    mite,\" 2                                                52.00\n  North Stamford. Cong. Soc.                                 6.76\n  North Stonington. Dudley R. Wheeler                       20.00\n  Norwich. ----                                          1,000.00\n  Norwich. First Cong. Ch., 50; Othniel Gager, 24;\n    Sarah A. Huntington, 10                                 84.00\n  Old Lyme. Cong. Ch.                                       64.34\n  Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch.                                   18.00\n  Plainfield. Cong. Ch.                                      5.27\n  Plainville. William Cowles                                20.00\n  Plymouth. \"A Friend,\" 500; \"A Friend,\" 50                550.00\n  Preston. Long Soc. Sab. Sch.                               2.00\n  Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          24.00\n  Prospect. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00\n  Ridgebury. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00\n  Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch.                               38.00\n  Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. (4.30 of which _for\n    Tillotson C. and N. Inst._)                             71.76\n  Rockville. J. N. Stickney                                 10.00\n  Rockville. Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tillotson\n    C. and N. Inst._                                         9.44\n  Roxbury. \"A Friend, Birthday Offering\"                     3.00\n  Salisbury. \"The Twins,\" Miriam and Rose Goddard, aged\n    5 weeks, by Rev. J. C. Goddard                           1.00\n  Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch.                                30.00\n  Somerville. Cong. Ch.                                     14.60\n  Southbury. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 5; \"A Friend,\" 1           6.00\n  Southington. First Cong. Ch.                              60.80\n  South Killingly. Cong. Ch.                                 3.00\n  Southport. \"A gift in the name of Frederick Marquand\"\n    (4,000 of which _for Special Indian Work in\n    Dakota_)                                             4,500.00\n  Southport. \"A Friend,\" to const. Miss ABBIE B. LORD\n    L. M.                                                   30.00\n  South Windsor. Sam'l T. Wolcott                           20.00\n  Stamford. Friends, Cong. Ch., by Rev. S. Scoville        100.00\n  Stanwich. David Banks, 100; John Brush, 5; Mrs. Chas.\n    Brush, 5; Mary A. Lockwood, 1; Cong. Ch., 5            116.00\n  Stratford. \"A Friend\"                                      2.00\n  Talcottville. Cong. Ch.                                   80.00\n  Terryville. A. S. Gaylord, 10; Mr. & Mrs. Elizur\n    Fenn, 5 ea.                                             20.00\n  Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 43.25; P. Darrow, 15.51             58.76\n  Thompson. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch.,\n    Quitman Ga._                                            27.00\n  Tolland. Cong. Ch.                                        11.82\n  Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           36.14\n  Torrington. L. Wetmore, 150; First Cong. Ch., 10         160.00\n  Vernon Center. Miss H. B. Chapin                           2.00\n  Voluntown and Sterling. Cong. Ch., bal. to const.\n    MISS MARY E. P. ELDERKIN L. M.                          17.28\n  Washington. Cong. Soc.                                    34.75\n  Waterbury. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., by Mrs. H. M.\n    Dutton, _for Conn. Sch., Quitman Ga._                  200.00\n  Waterbury. \"Sunshine Circle,\" _for Macon, Ga._             8.00\n  Waterbury. \"A Friend,\" 10; \"A Friend,\" Second Cong.\n    Ch., 5                                                  15.00\n  Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             44.55\n  Wauregan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              18.00\n  West Avon. Cong. Ch.                                      15.00\n  Westbrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 56.54; \"Cash,\" 2           58.54\n  West Hartland. Deacons of Cong. Ch.                        4.00\n  West Haven. \"A few Ladies,\" by Mrs. Emeline Smith         20.00\n  Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallory                    5.00\n  Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Ch.                             19.66\n  Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               21.35\n  Windham. Westminster Cong. Ch.                             9.06\n  Windsor Locks. \"A Friend\"                                 10.00\n  Winsted. Miss Emeline Catlin and Sister                   10.00\n  Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       20.00\n  ----. \"A Friend\"                                         300.00\n  ----. \"Connecticut Friend\"                                10.00\n  ----. \"A Friend\"                                          10.00\n                                                       ----------\n                                                       $10,110.07\n\n  LEGACY.\n\n  New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven,\n    _for Talladega C._                                     250.00\n                                                       ----------\n                                                       $10,360.07\n\n\nNEW YORK, $3,493.43.\n\n  Amsterdam. Mrs. Mary A. Bartlett                           2.00\n  Amsterdam. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._              1.00\n  Bangor. Cong. Ch.                                          4.09\n  Bay Shore. Cong. Ch.                                      11.65\n  Berkshire. First Cong. Ch.                                54.00\n  Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock                               5.00\n  Binghamton. Sheldon Warner                                 5.00\n  Bridgewater. Cong. Ch.                                    20.16\n  Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch., 468.55; Member Plym. Ch., 25;\n    Julius Davenport, 100; \"A Member of Central Ch. Sab.\n    Sch.,\" Dr. Behrend's, 30, to const. MRS. DAVID M.\n    STONE L. M.; Rev. E. P. Thwing, 2; \"A Friend,\" 1       626.55\n  Brookton. Rev. I. Bradnack                                 3.00\n  Cambridge. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00\n  Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     42.00\n  Candor. Cong. Ch.                                         15.00\n  Central New York. \"Thank Offering\"                        10.00\n  Chateaugay. Rev. C. C. Torrey                             10.00\n  Chenango Co. \"Life Member\"                                10.00\n  Copenhagen. Cong. Ch. and S. S.                           10.00\n  Coventry. First Cong. Ch.                                  6.54\n  Coxsackie. Mrs. E. F. Spoor, 2.50; Miss A. G. Fairchild,\n    2.50                                                     5.00\n  Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; Second Cong.\n    Ch., 5                                                  54.00\n  East Watertown. Mrs. T. Merwin                            10.00\n  East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, 30; C. M. Clark, 3           33.00\n  Flushing. \"Friends\"                                        5.00\n  Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears                                  128.36\n  Goshen. \"A Friend\"                                         2.00\n  Hammondville. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00\n  Havana. J. F. Phelps                                       5.00\n  Hopkinton. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00\n  Hudson. Abraham S. Peet                                    3.00\n  Jamestown. First Cong. Ch., 7; Sab. Sch., 14.49           21.49\n  Kiantone. Cong. Ch.                                        8.56\n  Le Roy. Mrs. L. A. Parsons                                 4.50\n  Little Valley. First Cong. Ch.                             6.14\n  Maine Village. Cong. Ch.                                  15.40\n  Malone. Mrs. H. R. Wilson                                  3.00\n  Massena. Cong. Ch.                                        25.00\n  Middletown. First Cong. Ch.                               36.17\n  Millville. By Henry L. Hommedieu                          10.00\n  New York. John Dwight, 200; A. S. Barnes, 100;\n    \"H. W. H.,\" 60 to const. WILLIAM HUBBARD and MISS\n    D. E. EMERSON L. Ms.; S. T. Gordon, 30; ----, 11.25;\n    Joseph S. Hol, 10; \"Colored Orphan Asylum and its\n    Chaplain, Stephen Angell,\" 10; James W. Treadwell,\n    5; M. H. Bartow, 2; \"A Friend,\" 1                      449.25\n  Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              115.79\n  Norwich. By Rev. A. G. Upton                               5.00\n  Nunda. \"A Friend,\" (10 _of which for Chinese and\n    Indian M._)                                             15.00\n  Nyack. John W. Towt                                      100.00\n  Oneonta. Mrs. L. I. Safford                                5.00\n  Orient. Cong. Ch.                                         18.58\n  Owego. Dr. L. H. Allen                                    10.00\n  Parishville. Cong. Ch.                                     6.00\n  Pekin. Abigail Peck                                       25.00\n  Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                       30.00\n  Richford. Cong. Ch.                                        6.66\n  Rochester. Geo. Thayer                                    25.00\n  Rodman. Miss Eliza Gates, 20; John S. Sill, 5             25.00\n  Rome. Rev. Wm. B. Hammond                                  5.00\n  Salamanca. Cong. Ch. and Pastor                            7.00\n  Seneca Falls. Cong. Ch.                                   10.25\n  Sherburne. \"A Friend\"                                     10.00\n  Silver Creek. Mrs. Simeon Howes, 7.50; W. Chapin, 7.50    15.00\n  Syracuse. Plymouth Ch., 133.03; C. A. Hamlin, 25         158.03\n  Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel                                 5.00\n  Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge, 10; Bethesda Welsh Cong.\n    Ch., 10; Plymouth Cong. Ch., 7                          27.00\n  Wading River. Cong. Ch.                                   15.00\n  Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton                            5.00\n  ----. ----                                                 2.00\n  By Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas., for _Miss'y, Tougaloo,\n    Miss._--Copenhagen, Ladies' Aux., 50--Danby, Mrs. S.\n    Johnson's S. S. Class, 9.18--Poughkeepsie, Ladies'\n    H. M. Union, 20--Rushville, Ladies' Soc., 10--Saratoga\n    Springs, Aux. Soc., 20--West Groton, Y. P. Miss'y\n    Soc., 20                                               129.18\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $2,457.35\n\n  LEGACY.\n\n  Walton. Estate of Elizabeth Bassett (500 of which\n    _for Mendi M._) by G. W. Fitch and T. S. Hoyt,\n    Executors                                            1,036.08\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $3,493.43\n\n\nNEW JERSEY, $10,154.40.\n\n  Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts                              30.00\n  Bordentown. L. Beeuwkes                                    3.00\n  Bound Brook. Cong. Ch., 75.39; and Sab. Sch. 25, _for\n    Tillotson C. and  N. Inst._                            100.39\n  Chester. Cong. Ch., 35.45, and Sab. Sch., 4.68            40.13\n  Closter. Rev. G. W. Plack                                  5.00\n  Englewood. Rev. Geo. B. Cheever, D. D., and Wife       9,716.88\n  Jersey City Heights. \"A Friend\"                            2.00\n  Montclair. First Cong. Ch., 110; First Cong. Ch. Sab.\n    Sch., 50; Mrs. Edward Sweet, 50                        210.00\n  Trenton. S. T. Sherman                                    20.00\n  Westfield. Children's Mission Band of Cong. Ch.,\n    _for Share_                                             20.00\n  Woodbridge. Cong. Ch.                                      7.00\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA, $1,640.91.\n\n  Cambridgeboro. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.           10.00\n  Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson and Miss Eliza Dickson,\n    15 ea.                                                  30.00\n  Guy's Mills. Mrs. F. Maria Guy                             1.00\n  Jeanesville. Welsh Cong. Ch.                               5.00\n  Mercersburg. Thomas C. Johnston                            4.00\n  Morris Run. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                3.00\n  Philadelphia. \"Member of Central Cong. Ch.,\" 50; Chas.\n    Burnham, 50; John Edmands, 25                          125.00\n  Pottsville. Cong. Ch., 1.48; Rev. D. T. Davies, 3          4.48\n  Ridgeway. Rev. O. D. Crawford                              2.00\n  Shamokin. Cong. Ch.                                        4.00\n  Troy. Chas. C. Paine                                     100.00\n  Washington. Mrs. M. H. McFarland                          10.00\n                                                         --------\n                                                          $298.48\n\n  LEGACY.\n\n  Pittsburg. Estate of Chas. Avery                       1,342.43\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $1,640.91\n\n\nOHIO, $1,035.87.\n\n  Alliance. Welsh Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                        6.00\n  Alliance. Mrs. J. M. Thomas                                5.00\n  Barton. Miss A. C. Hitchcock, 5; Cong. Ch., 2.83;\n    _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                               7.83\n  Berea. Cong. Ch.                                          11.50\n  Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab. Sch., 5            10.00\n  Bowling Green. Mrs. Mary H. Leet, _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                 5.00\n  Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      15.00\n  Canfield. Cong. Ch.                                       13.00\n  Castalia. Cong. Ch.                                        3.00\n  Chagrin Falls. John S. Bullard, 20; Cong. Ch., 12.07      32.07\n  Chardon. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._             5.00\n  Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ruggles, 10; Lawrence\n    St. Welsh Cong. Ch., 10; Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles, 2      22.00\n  Claridon. L. T. Wilmot, 10; Cong. Sab. Sch., 7.50; Mr.\n    and Mrs. D. B. Ladd, 5                                  22.50\n  Cleveland. Mrs. H. B. Spelman (25 of which _for Student\n    Aid, Atlanta U._)                                       30.00\n  Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury, 50; First Cong. Ch.,\n    22.75; Euclid Av. Cong. Ch., Friend, 10; J. J. Low,\n    5; Mount Zion Cong. Ch., 1                              88.75\n  Columbus. Dr. W. Gladden, 10; Geo. W. Bright, 10; Mrs.\n    Walter Craft and Children, 7; Miss Beatrice Terrell,\n    1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                           28.00\n  Columbus. Mrs. M. K. Bates, 10; Benj. Talbot, 1           11.00\n  Conneaut. H. E. Pond                                       5.00\n  Conneaut. H. E. Pond, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           2.00\n  Garrettsville. Cong. Ch., 23.25, and Sab. Sch., 1.75;\n    Woman's Miss'y Soc., 5, to const. REV. J. R. NICHOLS\n    L. M.                                                   30.00\n  Greenwich. Rev. C. H. Phelps                               5.00\n  Gustavus. First Cong. Ch.                                  7.20\n  Hartford. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00\n  Hudson. Mrs. H. Baldwin                                    5.00\n  Ironton. First Cong. Ch.                                   5.00\n  Lafayette. Cong. Ch.                                       8.00\n  Lorain. First Cong. Ch.                                   28.89\n  Madison Lake. Mrs. H. B. Fraser                           25.00\n  Marietta. First Cong. Ch.                                  2.00\n  Marysville. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00\n  Medina. Woman's Miss'y Soc., First Cong. Ch.              20.00\n  Mount Vernon. \"A Friend\"                                   5.00\n  Newark. Welsh Cong. Ch., 9.27; Lewis Jones, 2             11.27\n  Newburg. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                   5.00\n  North Bloomfield. W. C. Savage                             5.00\n  North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch.                               10.30\n  Norwalk. \"A Sower beside all Waters.,\" bal. to const.\n    REV. T. F. HILDRETH L. M.                               20.00\n  Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., 121.98; Homer Johnson,\n    M. D., 5                                               126.98\n  Oberlin. Young Woman's Miss'y Soc., Oberlin C., _for\n    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   50.00\n  Painesville. Rev. S. W. Pierson                            5.00\n  Randolph. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00\n  Richfield. Mrs. Uri Oviatt, 5; Dea. T. E. Ellsworth, 2     7.00\n  Rochester. Cong Ch.                                        4.00\n  Rock Creek. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of New Lyme Inst.,\n    _for Model Sch. Building, Straight U._                  10.00\n  Rootstown. \"Young Peoples' Band of Christian Endeavor,\"\n    by H. M. Reed, Treas.                                   17.00\n  Saybrook. Cong. Ch.                                       18.50\n  Steubenville. First Cong. Ch.                              5.00\n  Tallmadge. Tallmadge Benev. Ass'n                         25.49\n  Toledo. Central Cong. Ch., 20; State Line Ch., 2;\n    Washington St. Cong. Ch., 5.50                          27.50\n  Wakeman. Cong. Ch.                                        15.65\n  Wayne. First Cong. Ch.                                    25.00\n  Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. Garlick                             2.00\n  York. Cong. Ch.                                           24.00\n  Youngstown. \"Two Friends\"                                  7.00\n  By Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas. O. W. H. M. U., _for Lady\n    Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._--Oberlin W. H. M. S. of\n    Second Cong. Ch., 75--Cleveland, Y. P. M. Soc. of\n    First Ch., 20--Hudson, W. H. M. S., 5.44               100.44\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $1,005.87\n\n  LEGACY.\n\n  Hanging Rock. Estate of Rachel R. Hamilton, by\n    Robert Peebles, Executor                                30.00\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $1,035.87\n\n\nINDIANA, $58.00.\n\n  Auburn. James Adams                                       20.00\n  Brooklyn. Rev. Wm. Richey, 1; Mrs. F. J. Richey, 1         2.00\n  Liber. Thomas Towle                                        1.00\n  Michigan City. Cong. Ch.                                  35.00\n\n\nILLINOIS, $2,284.64.\n\n  Albany. ----                                              10.00\n  Amboy. First Cong. Ch.                                    45.00\n  Aurora. N. L. Janes                                       10.00\n  Bartlett. Cong. Ch.                                       20.00\n  Bellmont Cong. Ch. and \"Friends\"                           8.51\n  Brimfield Cong. Ch.                                       12.25\n  Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. McKinney                           10.00\n  Carthage. Mrs. Elizabeth Bernethy                         50.00\n  Chenoa. Mrs. M. A. Ketcham, 1; Mrs. Cutter, 50 cents       1.50\n  Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 110.04; J. M. Williams, 100;\n    Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., 20.43; Rev. J. M. Williams,\n    10; Lake View Cong. Ch., 7.50; H. J. Kilbourn, 3;\n    \"M. W.,\" 1                                             251.97\n  Chicago. Ladies M. Soc. N. E. Cong. Ch., _for Miss'y,\n    Mobile, Ala._                                           25.00\n  Collinsville. J. F. Wadsworth                             10.00\n  Crystal Lake. Cong. Ch.                                   24.08\n  Elgin. Cong. Ch., 175.78; W. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,\n    26.12                                                  201.90\n  Englewood. Cong. Ch.                                      20.60\n  Forest. Cong. Ch.                                         16.90\n  Galesburg. First Cong. Ch.                                66.73\n  Galesburg. \"A Friend,\" _for Emerson Inst._                25.00\n  Garden Prairie. Mrs. A. A. Dawson, 75c.; Willie L.\n    Dawson, 25c.                                             1.00\n  Geneseo. Mrs. Henry Nourse                                50.00\n  Glencoe. Arthur H. Day                                     5.00\n  Griggsville. Mrs. A. W. Green                              5.00\n  Highland Park. L. S. Bingham                               5.00\n  Hinsdale. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; J. W. Bushnell, 5          15.00\n  Kewanee. Cong. Ch.                                       264.18\n  La Harpe. Cong. Ch.                                       17.50\n  La Salle. \"An aged Friend\"                               200.00\n  Lisbon. Cong. Ch.                                          7.18\n  Lyndon. Cong. Ch.                                         11.05\n  Lyonsville. Cong. Ch.                                     11.00\n  Metamora. Members Cong. Ch. (Christian Union)             32.15\n  Millburn. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Miss'y, Mobile,\n    Ala._                                                   30.00\n  Nebraska. Mrs. Carse and Daughter, 1 ea.                   2.00\n  Nora. Cong. Ch.                                           13.00\n  Oak Park. First Cong. Ch., 100; Rev. J. E. Roy, 30, to\n    const. EDGAR C. ELLIS L. M.; \"E.,\" 10                  140.00\n  Olive. Cong. Ch.                                           8.76\n  Olney. First Cong. Ch.                                     8.00\n  Peoria. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n    Atlanta U._                                             25.00\n  Peoria. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n    Tougaloo U._                                             9.00\n  Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss                               15.00\n  Princeville. Mrs. Olive L. Cutter                         10.00\n  Providence. Cong. Ch.                                     42.38\n  Rantoul. Cong. Ch.                                         3.25\n  Ravenswood. Cong. Ch.                                     40.00\n  Rochelle. C. F. Holcomb                                   15.00\n  Rockford. Thomas D. Robertson                             50.00\n  Rockton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 5.50; \"A Friend,\" 5.50;\n    \"C. P.,\" 5                                              16.00\n  Roseville. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Axtell                       1.00\n  Rutland. Cong. Ch.                                         3.00\n  Shirland. Rev. E. Colton                                   5.00\n  Sycamore. Hon. Henry Wood                                 10.00\n  Wataga. Cong. Ch.                                         11.00\n  Winnebago. N. F. Parsons, 15; O. T. Holcomb, 2;\n    J. L. McLain, 25c.                                      17.25\n  Woodburn. Cong. Ch.                                        7.45\n  Wyanet. Rev. F. C. Cochran                                10.00\n  ----. \"A Friend in Illinois\"                              75.00\n  By Mrs. E. F. Williams, _for Lady\n    Missionaries_--Galesburg Ladies' Miss'y Soc.\n    of Brick Ch., 11; Lombard, by Women's H. M. U.\n    of Ill., 10.05--Moline Ladies' W. H. M. U., 13.00       34.05\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $2,034.64\n\n  LEGACY.\n\n  Peoria. Estate of Moses Pettengill, by Rev.\n    A. A. Stevens                                          250.00\n                                                        ---------\n                                                        $2,284.64\n\n\nMICHIGAN, $2,089.35.\n\n  Addison. Cong. Ch.                                         6.00\n  Alpena. First Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._                41.00\n  Ann Arbor. Mrs. Walker, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._          .50\n  Banks. Cong. Ch.                                           4.04\n  Bedford. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._                      6.22\n  Benton Harbor. Cong. Sab. Sch.                             8.00\n  Benzonia. Cong. Ch., 49.50 (ad'l) to const. E. P.\n    SMITH and DEA. J. R. BARR L. Ms.; Rev. Joseph S.\n    Fisher, 30, to const. JAMES T. BRISSENDEN L. M.         79.50\n  Bradley. First Cong. Ch.                                    .96\n  Calumet. Dr. Chas. W. Niles                               25.00\n  Calumet. Boys' Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., by John\n    Knauf, Treas., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._            4.00\n  Carson City. Cong. Ch.                                     2.00\n  Church's Corners. Cornelius Clement, 10; Dea. N. R.\n    Rowley, 5; A. W. Douglass, 5; Mrs. John Williams,\n    2; James Robins, 2; C. Alpaugh, P. Hallock, H.\n    Reed, Dea. G. S. Wells, D. H. Gardner, John Wells,\n    and P. Cunningham, 1 ea; J. Robins, W. Hazen and\n    W. C. Robins, 50c. ea; Cong. Ch., 8.80                  41.30\n  Coloma. Cong. Ch.                                          3.09\n  Croton. Cong. Ch.                                          2.85\n  Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 139.40; First Cong. Ch.\n    and Sab. Sch., 50; \"A Friend,\" 61.50, by Rev. J.\n    Porter, to const. CALVIN THOMPSON GARLAND and MARY\n    EVANS GARLAND L. Ms.; Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 87.71   338.61\n  Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     20.00\n  Dowagiac. Cong. Ch.                                       11.35\n  East Saginaw. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                25.00\n  East Saginaw. Mrs. A. M. Spencer                           2.00\n  Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._          16.00\n  Galesburg. First Cong. Ch.                                16.56\n  Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           12.25\n  Grand Blanc. \"Willing Workers,\" _for Teacher, Santee\n    Agency, Neb._                                           10.00\n  Grand Rapids. Members First Cong. Ch.                     25.00\n  Greenville. M. Rutan                                     500.00\n  Homer. Mrs. C. C. Evarts                                   5.00\n  Hopkins. First Cong. Ch., 2.88; Second Cong. Ch.,\n    13.54                                                   16.42\n  Hubbardston. Cong. Ch.                                     3.25\n  Hudsonville. Cong. Ch.                                     1.46\n  Jackson. \"A Friend\"                                        5.00\n  Johnston and Barry. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._            .75\n  Imlay City. Cong. Ch.                                      4.50\n  Irving. Cong. Ch.                                          4.00\n  Kensington. John Thompson                                  5.00\n  Lansing. Plymouth Ch., 40; Prof. R. C. Kedzie, 10;\n    Mrs. A. Wheeler, 50c.                                   50.50\n  Leroy. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._                        7.00\n  Litchfield. First Cong. Ch.                               17.20\n  Manistee. Cong. Ch.                                       23.50\n  New Baltimore. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          5.00\n  New Haven. S. E. Mills                                     5.00\n  New Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._        2.00\n  Orion. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Berridge                         5.00\n  Ovid. Cong. Ch.                                            3.60\n  Owosso. Cong. Ch.                                         14.03\n  Robinson. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00\n  Saint Ignace. Cong. Ch.                                    2.25\n  Saint Johns. H. M. Perrin, 50; A. J. Baldwin, 10;\n    C. A. Shaw, 5; _for Student Aid, Fisk U._               65.00\n  Tipton. Rev. A. A. Wall                                     .50\n  Union City. \"A Friend\"                                   200.00\n  Union City. Cong. Ch. (50 of which _for Straight U_)     139.41\n  Vermontville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          25.00\n  Wacousta. Cong. Ch.                                        4.50\n  White Cloud. Rev. John Jeffries                            1.00\n  Ypsilanti. M. G. Wood, _for Talladega C._                  5.00\n  By Mrs. A. McDougall, _for Straight U._--\"A Friend,\"\n    100--Charlotte,75--Edmore, 6.25--Nashville,\n    4--Olivet, 39--Vermontville, 21                        245.25\n\n\nWISCONSIN, $653.66.\n\n  Baraboo. Cong. Ch.                                         7.00\n  Beloit. First Cong. Ch., 25; Second Cong. Ch. Sab.\n    Sch., 8.19; Mrs. H. Nelson, 1.50                        34.69\n  Bloomer. Cong. Ch.                                         2.00\n  Bloomington. Cong. Ch.                                     3.20\n  Brandon. Cong. Ch.                                        17.75\n  Brodhead. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00\n  Clinton. John H. Cooper                                    5.00\n  Columbus. Olivet Ch. (20 of which _for Miss'y, Austin,\n    Tex._), 42.50; Olivet Sab. Sch., 5                      47.50\n  Cooksville. Cong. Ch.                                      3.50\n  Darlington. \"Two Friends\" in Cong. Ch.                     1.00\n  Eagle. Pleasant Hill Presb. Ch.                            3.75\n  Eau Claire. First Cong. Ch.                               35.00\n  Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch.                                  11.00\n  Fox Lake. Miss M. J. Adams                                 5.75\n  Hartford. Cong. Ch.                                       15.50\n  Hartland. Cong. Ch.                                       22.00\n  Kaukauna. \"A Friend\"                                       5.00\n  Kinnickinnick. Cong. Ch.                                   4.41\n  Lake Geneva. Y. P. Soc., _for Miss'y, Austin, Tex._        5.00\n  Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             10.00\n  Lancaster. Ladies' Aid Soc., _for Macon, Ga._              2.35\n  Leeds. Cong. Ch.                                           5.00\n  Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch.                            75.00\n  New Lisbon. Cong. Ch.                                      5.59\n  Peshtigo. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Todd                         2.00\n  Pewaukee. Cong. Ch.                                        6.00\n  Platteville. Ladies' Soc., _for Miss'y, Austin, Tex._      4.16\n  Ripon. Cong. Ch., 69.50; Mrs. C. T. Tracy, 5              74.50\n  River Falls. Cong. Ch.                                    17.50\n  Rosendale. Cong. Ch.                                       5.50\n  Salem. William Munson                                     50.00\n  Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Library,\n    Macon, Ga._                                             15.00\n  Sheboygan. \"A true Friend of the Freedmen\"                 5.00\n  Sparta. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00\n  Spring Green. Welsh Cong. Ch., 2; English Cong.\n    Ch., 1.30                                                3.30\n  Whitewater. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch.,                       78.18\n  _For Missionary, Austin, Tex_--Appleton, Ladies Soc.\n    Cong. Ch., 12.75--Arena, Ladies of Cong. Ch.,\n    4.08--Eau Claire, Cong. Sab. Sch., 10--New Lisbon,\n    Ladies Cong. Ch., 1.50--Stoughton, \"A. B. S.,\"\n    1--Birthday Box Cong. Sab. Sch., 1.20--Whitewater,\n    Cong. Sab. Sch., 20                                     50.53\n\n\nIOWA, $859.15.\n\n  Algona. Cong. Ch.                                         11.00\n  Almoral. Cong. Ch.                                         7.37\n  Amity. Cong. Ch.                                           9.00\n  Atlantic. Cong. Ch., 20.93; Sab. Sch., 5.75               26.68\n  Bear Grove. Cong. Ch. (6 of which from Mrs. O. C.\n    Warne and family)                                        7.25\n  Belknap. Cong. Ch.                                         2.10\n  Big Rock. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                              5.00\n  Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch., 43.49; Mrs. E. O. Price, 2       45.49\n  Central City. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., 10;\n    Cong. Ch., 10                                           20.00\n  Chester Center. Cong. Ch.                                 26.00\n  Danville. Cong. Ch.                                        8.80\n  Decorah. Cong. Ch.                                        31.26\n  Denmark. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  18.50\n  Des Moines. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 262.13; North Park\n    Cong. Ch., 5.89                                        268.02\n  Des Moines. Plym. Cong. Ch., 23.75; Ladies of Plym.\n    Ch., 13; North Park Ch., 7.05; Ladies of Pilgrim\n    Ch., 2.50; _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                   46.30\n  Des Moines. T. S. Wright, _for Talladega C._              10.00\n  Dubuque. German Cong. Sab. Sch.                            5.00\n  Durant. \"Friends\"                                         10.00\n  Earlville. Cong. Ch.                                       6.35\n  Eldora. Cong. Ch.                                         12.31\n  Elkader. Mary H. Carter                                    5.00\n  Grinell. Samuel F. Cooper, _for Fisk U._                 100.00\n  Grand View. German Cong. Ch.                               5.00\n  Green Mountain. \"Lady in Cong. Ch.\"                        2.00\n  Independence. Cong. Ch., 11.44; Rev. Daniel Chapman, 2    13.44\n  Kersauqua. Infant Class Cong. S. S.                        2.00\n  McGregor. J. H. Ellsworth, 10; Cong. Ch., 8; Ladies'\n    Miss'y Soc., 3.50                                       21.50\n  Miles. Cong. Ch.                                           7.50\n  Mitchell. Cong. Ch.                                        5.55\n  New Providence. Cong. Ch.                                  5.00\n  Newton. Cong. Ch.                                         18.00\n  Oakland. Cong. Ch.                                         5.55\n  Onawa. Cong. Ch.                                           5.85\n  Pattersonville. Cong. Ch.                                  5.00\n  Postville. Cong. Ch.                                      11.36\n  Preston. Cong. Ch.                                         5.00\n  Salem. Rev. D. D. Tibbets and Members Cong. Ch.            5.00\n  Sheldon. Cong. Ch.                                         7.50\n  Sioux Rapids. Cong. Ch.                                    2.40\n  Spencer. Rev. G. G. Perkins                                2.00\n  Victor. \"A Friend\"                                         1.00\n  Wayne. Cong. Ch., 5.56; D. C. Smith, 1                     6.56\n  Webster City. Cong. Ch.                                    7.21\n  Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore                            15.00\n  By Mrs. G. W. Reynolds, Treas., _for Miss'y, New\n    Orleans, La._--Chester Center, Ladies, 3.25--Clay,\n    Y. L. Bible Class, 5; Rosebud Class, 4.20; Ladies,\n    85c.--Wayne, Ladies, 5                                  18.30\n\n\nMINNESOTA, $308.47.\n\n  Alexandria. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                8.00\n  Appleton. Madison and Lac Qui Parle Churches, 1 ea.        3.00\n  Brownsville. Mrs. S. M. McHose                             2.00\n  Cannon Falls. Cong. Ch.                                    4.35\n  Clearwater. Cong. Ch.                                      2.40\n  Edgerton. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00\n  Hancock. Cong. Ch.                                         1.50\n  Hastings. D. B. Truax                                      5.00\n  Hutchinson. Cong. Ch.                                      8.00\n  Mankato. Woman's Miss'y Soc.                               8.89\n  Minneapolis. Mrs. Irene E. Hale, 50; Plymouth Ch.,\n    15.42; The Open Door Ch., 9.15; Rev. E. S. Williams,\n    5                                                       79.57\n  Montevideo. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                        3.00\n  Morris. Cong. Ch.                                         11.29\n  Owatonna. First Cong. Ch.                                  6.06\n  Rushford. Cong. Ch.                                        2.20\n  Saint Paul. \"Cheerful Giver\"                              25.00\n  Springfield. Cong. Ch.                                     2.00\n  Waseca. Cong. Ch.                                          5.58\n  By Mrs. J. N. Cross, Treas.--Clearwater, M. S.,\n    25c.--Cottage Grove, Ladies Aux. Union S. S.,\n    11.50--Glyndon, W. M. S., _for Miss'y, Austin,\n    Tex._, 10--Minneapolis, Plym. Ch., W. H. M. S.,\n    98.28 (50 of which _for Student Aid Fisk\n    U._)--Waseca, W. M. S., 8.60                           128.63\n\n\nKANSAS, $113.98.\n\n  Arkansas City. \"A Friend\"                                 20.00\n  Atchison. \"Mission Band,\" by Mrs. Ellen Patton,\n    _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                          5.00\n  Deerton. Cong. Ch.                                          .33\n  Eureka. Cong. Ch.                                          3.77\n  Highland. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00\n  Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch., 3; Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 2        5.00\n  Milford. Cong. Ch.                                         2.00\n  Muscotah. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00\n  Osawatomie. Cong. Ch.                                     14.00\n  Sterling. Cong. Ch.                                       30.00\n  Topeka. Tuition                                           18.88\n\n\nMISSOURI, $207.06.\n\n  Brookfield. Cong. Ch.                                     13.76\n  Cameron. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00\n  Carthage. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00\n  Kahoka. Cong. Ch.                                          1.00\n  Laclede. Rev. E. D. Seward and wife                        3.00\n  St. Louis. First Cong. Ch., 100; Cong. Ch., 5; Pilgrim\n    Cong. Ch., 61                                          166.00\n  St. Joseph. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               10.00\n  Springfield. Central Ch.                                   1.30\n\n\nCOLORADO, $25.70.\n\n  Colorado Springs. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 6.50; Mrs.\n    J. W. Pickett, 5                                        11.50\n  Crested Butte. Cong. Ch.                                   3.00\n  Denver. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab. Sch., 5                    10.00\n  Manitou. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._          1.20\n\n\nNEBRASKA, $115.52.\n\n  Blair. First Cong. Ch.                                     7.00\n  Camp Creek. Cong. Ch.                                      3.20\n  Crete. Cong. Ch., 24.50; J. R. Little, 10                 34.50\n  Friend. Cong. Ch.                                          1.70\n  Maineland. Cong. Ch.                                       1.00\n  McCook. \"A Friend\"                                         9.00\n  North Platte. \"A Friend\"                                   1.00\n  Omaha. Mrs. Gaylord                                       10.10\n  Sutton. First Cong. Ch.                                    4.62\n  Syracuse. Cong. Ch.                                        1.00\n  Waco. Cong. Ch.                                            2.40\n  Weeping Water. Cong. Ch.                                  25.00\n  York. First Cong. Ch.                                     15.00\n\n\nDAKOTA, $94.36.\n\n  Badger. Firesteel Cong. Ch.                                1.58\n  Dawson. Cong. Ch.                                          4.00\n  Deadwood. Cong. Ch.                                       26.05\n  Elk Point. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00\n  Harwood. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._          1.00\n  Hope. Cong. Ch.                                            6.03\n  Iroquois. Cong. Ch.                                        1.00\n  Jamestown. Mrs. M. S. Wells                                5.00\n  Springfield. Cong. Ch.                                     2.00\n  Springfield. Chas. Seccombe, _for Rosebud Indian M._        .20\n  Valley Springs. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.           2.50\n  Windsor. Mrs. Sarah P. Wirt                               10.00\n                                                           ------\n                                                           $69.36\n\n  LEGACY.\n\n  Wahpeton. Estate of Mrs. L. H. Porter, by Rev. Samuel\n    F. Porter                                               25.00\n                                                           ------\n                                                           $94.36\n\n\nCALIFORNIA, $30.00.\n\n  Los Angeles. Mrs. Milo Whiting                             5.00\n  Lugonia. C. H. Lathrop                                    15.00\n  Oakland. Rev. J. M. McPherron                             10.00\n\n\nOREGON, $50.70.\n\n  Oregon City. Friends in Cong. Ch.                         10.00\n  The Dalles. Rev. E. P. Roberts, 30, to const. MYRA\n    H. ROBERTS L. M.; First Cong. Ch., 10.70                40.70\n\n\nMONTANA, $3.00.\n\n  Glendive. Cong. Ch.                                        3.00\n\n\nARIZONA, $6.01.\n\n  Benson. Rev. R. T. Liston, _for Rosebud Indian M._         1.00\n  Benson. Rev. R. T. Liston                                  5.01\n\n\nWASHINGTON T., $12.75.\n\n  Houghton. First Ch. of Christ                              5.25\n  Skokomish. Rev. M. Eells                                   5.00\n  Tacoma. Mrs. Eliza Taylor                                  2.00\n\n\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $7,610.62.\n\n  Washington. U. S. Gov., _for Education of Indians_     7,570.62\n  Washington. Gen. E. Whittlesey, 20; Lincoln Mem.\n    Ch., 10; ----, 10                                       40.00\n\n\nMARYLAND, $200.00.\n\n  Baltimore. \"A Friend\"                                    200.00\n\n\nTENNESSEE, $4,060.75.\n\n  Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch.                               12.00\n  Memphis. Slater Fund                                   1,200.00\n  Nashville. Slater Fund                                 2,800.00\n  Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition, 30.44; Jackson St.\n    Cong. Ch., 5                                            35.44\n  Pomona. Cong. Ch.                                          4.94\n  Sherwood. Union Ch.                                        8.37\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA, $89.05.\n\n  McLeansville. First Cong. Ch.                              1.05\n  Oaks. Cong. Ch., 11.64; Mission Band, 2.36                14.00\n  Raleigh. Geo. S. Smith                                    10.00\n  Wilmington. \"Tithes, 30,\" to const. MISS A. E.\n    FARRINGTON L. M.; Cong. Ch., 34                         64.00\n\n\nSOUTH CAROLINA, $30.00.\n\n  Charleston. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00\n\n\nGEORGIA, $524.75.\n\n  Atlanta. Kindergarten, Tuition                             8.25\n  Belmont. Cong. Ch.                                          .50\n  Cypress Slash. Cong. Ch., 6; Rev. Geo. C. Rowe, 4         10.00\n  Macon. Slater Fund                                       500.00\n  Miller's Station. Rev. Wilson Callen and Wife              5.00\n  Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke                        1.00\n\n\nALABAMA, $2,181.15.\n\n  Athens. Rev. H. S. Williams                               12.00\n  Montgomery. Cong. Ch.                                     15.00\n  Selma. Cong. Ch., 27.15; Lady Teachers Cong.\n    S. S., 7                                                34.15\n  Talledega. Slater Fund                                 2,000.00\n  Talladega. Cong. Ch.                                     120.00\n\n\nFLORIDA, $69.00.\n\n  Orange City. First Cong. Ch.                               3.00\n  St. Augustine. Rent                                       66.00\n\n\nMISSISSIPPI, $1,588.25.\n\n  Tougaloo. Slater Fund                                  1,500.00\n  Tougaloo. Rev. G. Stanley Pope and Wife, 50; Cong.\n    Ch., 20; Wm. D. Hitchcock, 10; Miss Kellogg, 1;\n    Sidney Daniels, 1; Rent, 6.25                           88.25\n\n\nLOUISIANA, $17.20.\n\n  New Orleans. Central Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. and\n    Individuals                                             17.20\n  New Orleans. Pres. Hitchcock, Box of Minerals,\n    _for Talladega C._\n\n\nTEXAS, $625.48.\n\n  Austin. Slater Fund                                      600.00\n  Austin. Tuition                                           16.23\n  Dallas. Cong. Ch.                                          2.25\n  Paris. Cong. Ch., 3; Sab. Sch., 45c.; Woman's\n    Miss'y Soc., 1.55                                        5.00\n  Paris. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Indian M., Fort\n    Berthold, Dak._                                          2.00\n\n\nINCOMES, 1,349.69.\n\n  Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._                             1,023.57\n  Crane Scholarship Fund, _for Straight U._                  8.34\n  Dike Fund, _for Straight U._                              50.00\n  General Endowment Fund                                    50.00\n  Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._                       160.00\n  Scholarship Fund, _for Straight U._                       57.78\n\n\nCANADA, $110.\n\n  Montreal. Rev. John Fraser                                10.00\n  ----. \"A Friend\"                                         100.00\n                                                       ----------\n\n  Total for September                                  $69,587.32\n  Total from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30                        290,894.06\n                                                       ==========\n\n\nFOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n  Subscriptions for September                              $48.00\n  Previously acknowledged                                1,209.68\n                                                        ---------\n    Total                                               $1,257.68\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n  Watertown. Conn. Estate of Dr. John De Forest, by\n    Erastus L. De Forest, Ex., _for the benefit of\n    Hampton N. & A. Inst._                              $5,000.00\n\n\nENDOWMENT.\n\n  Watertown. Conn. Estate of Dr. John De Forest, by\n    Erastus L. 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