{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_48435/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_48435","id":"gutenberg_48435","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48435","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":"MARCH, 1887.\n\n                     THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY\n\n                            VOL. XLI.\n\n                             NO. 3.\n\n\n\n\n                            CONTENTS\n\n\n                           EDITORIAL.\n\n                                                            PAGE\n\n  FINANCIAL--A GOOD IDEA,                                     65\n  EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENTS,                               66\n  THY KINGDOM COME--PARAGRAPH,                                68\n  WE ARE VERILY GUILTY CONCERNING OUR BROTHER,                69\n  DOES THE HIGHER EDUCATION BEFIT THE NEGRO?                  71\n  SOME CHANGE NEEDED,                                         73\n  NEW LIGHT IN THE SOUTH,                                     74\n  PARAGRAPH--DEATH OF MR. WEIR,                               75\n\n\n                           THE SOUTH.\n\n  NOTES IN THE SADDLE. Supt. C. J. Ryder,                     75\n  DEDICATION OF BALLARD BUILDING,                             77\n  OUR SCHOOL OF OBSERVATION--CHARLESTON, S. C.,               79\n  CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS,                                       80\n\n\n                          THE INDIANS.\n\n  A VISIT TO THE DAKOTAS,                                     82\n\n\n                          THE CHINESE.\n\n  FROM REV. F. B. PERKINS,                                   84\n\n\n                     BUREAU OF WOMAN\u2019S WORK.\n\n  EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS--LETTER FROM JENNIE COX,             86\n\n\n                        FOR THE CHILDREN.\n\n  LETTER FROM A COLOURED BOY TO HIS TEACHER--LETTER\n    FROM MRS. A. A. MYERS,                                   88\n\n\n  RECEIPTS,                                                  89\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                            NEW YORK:\n\n        PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n\n                    =Rooms, 56 Reade Street.=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n               Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.\n\n  Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter.\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n\nPRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass.\n\n\n_Vice-Presidents._\n\n  Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N. Y.\n  Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass.\n  Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.\n  Rev. D. O. MEARS, D.D., Mass.\n  Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, Mo.\n\n\n_Corresponding Secretary._\n\n  REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._\n\n\n_Associate Corresponding Secretaries._\n\n  Rev. JAMES POWELL, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._\n  Rev. A. F. BEARD, 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  PETER MCCARTEE.\n  CHAS. P. PEIRCE.\n\n\n_Executive Committee._\n\n  JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.\n  A. P. FOSTER, Secretary.\n\n  _For Three Years._\n\n    S. B. HALLIDAY.\n    SAMUEL HOLMES.\n    SAMUEL S. MARPLES.\n    CHARLES L. MEAD.\n    ELBERT B. MONROE.\n\n  _For Two Years._\n\n    J. E. RANKIN.\n    WM. H. WARD.\n    J. W. COOPER.\n    JOHN H. WASHBURN.\n    EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.\n\n  _For One Year._\n\n    LYMAN ABBOTT.\n    A. S. BARNES.\n    J. R. DANFORTH.\n    CLINTON B. FISK.\n    A. P. FOSTER.\n\n\n_District Secretaries._\n\n  Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D.D., _21 Cong\u2019l House, Boston_.\n  Rev. J. E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago_.\n\n\n_Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._\n\n  Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON.\n\n\n_Field Superintendent._\n\n  Rev. C. J. RYDER, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._\n\n\n_Bureau of Woman\u2019s Work._\n\n  _Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCOMMUNICATIONS\n\nRelating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the\nCorresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting\nfields, to Rev. James Powell, D.D., or to the District Secretaries;\nletters for \u201cTHE AMERICAN MISSIONARY,\u201d to the Editor, at the New\nYork Office.\n\nDONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS\n\nIn drafts, checks, registered letters or post office orders may\nbe sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York,\nor, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21\nCongregational House, Boston, Mass., or 151 Washington Street,\nChicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes\na Life Member.\n\nFORM OF A BEQUEST.\n\n\u201cI BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ----\ndollars, in trust, to pay the same in ---- days after my\ndecease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act\nas Treasurer of the \u2018American Missionary Association,\u2019 of New\nYork City, to be applied, under the direction of the Executive\nCommittee of the Association, to its charitable uses and\npurposes.\u201d The Will should be attested by three witnesses.\n\n\n\n\n                    THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n  VOL. XLI.               MARCH, 1887.               No. 3.\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n\nThe receipts published this month bring us to the end of\none-third of our fiscal year. They are $17,712 less than\none-third of $350,000, the total amount recommended by the\nNational Council and the Annual Meeting. Our payments have been\nin excess of receipts $9,130. Add this excess to the $5,000 debt\nwith which we began the year, and you have the condition of our\ntreasury. We have borrowed the money to meet the deficit. Our\nmissionaries are all paid, our work is being pushed and sustained\nat every point. It is evident that there must be a large increase\nin contributions from churches and individuals. The contributions\nare voluntary. As a generous contributor to our treasury says\nin a letter just received, \u201cResolutions of annual meetings are\nnot collectable taxes.\u201d Our work is entirely dependent upon the\nfree-will offerings of our supporters. We appeal to them with\nthis understanding. We invite their thoughtful attention to all\nthe facts in the case. The next few months are the best in the\nyear to collect money. People are all at home and about their\nbusiness. Pastors are all in their pulpits. All the machinery\nof church and Sunday-school activities are in operation. We\nearnestly beseech pastors and church officers, and all friends,\nnot to let this harvest-time pass without making special effort\nto put the finances of the A. M. A. on an assured foundation,\nbefore the summer months with their vacations and interruptions\nof church work come.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nA GOOD IDEA.\n\nThis little missive shows the way in which one pastor works the\ncause of benevolence in his parish:\n\n  \u201c_Dear Friends_:\n\n  The American Missionary Association is the Hand we have extended\n  toward the seven million of colored people in the South, toward\n  the two hundred and seventy-five thousand Indians in the West,\n  and to the one hundred thousand Chinese on the Pacific Slope, to\n  help lift them to Christian character and citizenship.\n\n  The accompanying leaflet shows us what the Association is doing,\n  while the envelope is to receive the annual offering which we are\n  to make the coming Sabbath, ----.\n\n  Shall we send a prayer with our gifts?\n                       Faithfully yours.\u201d\n\nWe have a supply of leaflets, collecting cards and envelopes\nwhich we will furnish gratis on order to any who request them for\nuse in taking up contributions.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe Annual Report for 1885-\u201986 is now ready, and on application\nwill be mailed to any one who wishes it.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA precious revival of religion has been enjoyed in the Atlanta\nUniversity, of which a full report will be given next month.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nEXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENTS\n\nSELECTED FROM NUMEROUS LETTERS RECENTLY RECEIVED.\n\n\u201cOur contributions, though not large, are larger than they would\nbe were it not for the copies of the magazine read by the people.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are doing better for you than ever before, though not half\nwhat we ought to. Hope you will get your $350,000 and $150,000\nmore added to it.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe magazine is of interest, and is enjoyed always. It is doing\na noble and appreciated work.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are glad to be able to send this year the largest collection\nthe church has ever taken for the work of the Association. We\nshall hope even to improve on this next time.\u201d\n\n\u201cI will see that the matter of looking up subscribers for your\nmagazine is placed in proper hands. I am much interested in your\nwork.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe magazine does good. We love the Association, and do not fail\nto give our little.\u201d\n\n\u201cI will do what I can to increase interest in our work, and, if\npossible, extend the circulation of your magazine.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe information furnished by the magazine is used freely in\nour monthly meetings by those who receive it. We regard the A.\nM. A. as one of the most useful and sacred of the benevolent\norganizations to which we contribute.\u201d\n\n\u201cI do wish that more of our people would take your magazine. I\nshall recommend it to their notice.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe last number of THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY is worth its weight\nin gold. I wish it could be found in every one of our families.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are thoroughly interested in your work, and will give you a\nbetter collection this year than we did last. I can say so much\nwith confidence.\u201d\n\n\u201cThat your magazine is a power in your behalf is evident from\na glance at our record, as our little country church averages\nnearly $200 a year in support of your work. As long as I remain\npastor of the church, it will not be my fault if this good record\nis not continued.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe copies of THE MISSIONARY which come here are all used, and\nprofitably so. Our parish is thoroughly interested in your work,\nand we have one of our best reporters to represent your field at\nour monthly concerts.\u201d\n\nTo those who will help in extending the circulation of THE\nAMERICAN MISSIONARY, we will, on order, send sample copies. The\nsubscription price is 50 cents. Send orders to H. W. Hubbard,\nTreasurer, 56 Reade street, New York city.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWe do not desire to have the money that rightfully belongs to\nother missionary boards find its way into our treasury; yet we do\nrejoice that there are many noble men and women in the different\ndenominations who were among the constituents of the Association\nin its early days, and who have remained its constituents down to\nthe present time. One of them attended our last annual meeting,\nand enclosing $30 to make a Life Membership, which makes the\nthirty-first Life Member that he has constituted, writes in\nregard to that meeting as follows:\n\n\u201cThe meeting at New Haven was the best I ever attended;\neverything moved so easily, and there seemed to be such a\ngood spirit. But of all the papers read, there was none that\ninterested me so much as Rev. Dr. Strieby\u2019s, from the fact that\nit carried me back to those dark days when I, as an Abolitionist\nand a Presbyterian, united with the Society. He brought all the\nhistorical facts of those days out so clearly that I had to say\namen, and amen, and thank God that I had lived to see the great\nchange in our beloved America. I have never left a stone unturned\nfor the A. M. A., for I have always found it true to humanity and\nworking for the interest of the Master. Therefore I have stood\nby it, and at the same time never have forsaken the Board of my\nown church. I am sure that meeting brought me a little nearer to\nHeaven, and I rejoice that I was spared to enjoy its blessings.\nPush on until all men of all nations of the world are brought to\nthe knowledge of the truth as it is in our blessed Jesus.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWhen we offer the prayer, \u201cThy kingdom come, Thy will be done\nin earth as it is in heaven,\u201d it is simply a petition that the\nkingdom of heaven become the kingdom of earth. The kingdom of\nheaven, in so far as it is in the earth, is in the hearts of\nmen. When it shall be in the hearts of all men and call forth\ntheir loyal service, the prayer will be answered. As Christians\nwe are bound not only to pray but to help answer our prayers.\nInto what a field for self-culture membership in Christ\u2019s church\nintroduces the believer! Large thoughts tend to make large\nsouls. It is not merely the local church or community in which\none happens to be, for whose interests he prays and plans and\nworks; it is the kingdom of God in the earth. The local church\nmay be small and limited in the opportunities that it offers for\nsoul-growth, but the kingdom of God has no limit. In its reach\nit is wide as humanity. \u201cChrist sees in every man, even in the\npoorest and most miserable, a human being whose privilege it is\nto become a member of the kingdom of God.\u201d The vision of the\ndisciple should be like that of the Master. High and low, rich\nand poor, ignorant and learned, are words that mark degrees and\nconditions in human society, but in the Divine sight all are low\nand poor and ignorant and lost who have not by the regenerating\npower of the Holy Ghost, through faith in Jesus Christ, been born\ninto the kingdom of God. The Gospel is to be preached to every\ncreature. If we cannot go in person we can in purse and prayer.\nRepresentatively we can preach in the ends of the earth, heal\nthe sick, feed the hungry and clothe the naked. Obligations to\nthe particular home field that the individual church to which we\nbelong cultivates, absolve us not from the obligations we owe\nto the world-field into which the kingdom of God is coming by\nthe extension of the church universal. This large view of our\npersonal relation to Christ\u2019s kingdom as a whole, this faith that\nsees in every man a brother for whom Christ died, compel us to\nan interest in missions. The triumphs of the gospel in the South\nand at the West and in foreign lands, will be just as precious to\nus as the triumphs of the gospel in our own community. We shall\ndesire to have a part in winning them, for wherever the scenes\nare laid the triumphs are Christ\u2019s, and therefore ours.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPresident Cleveland not only believes that the Indian can be\ncivilized, but that it is the duty of the Government to help. He\nsays the Indians \u201care a portion of our people, are under the\nauthority of our Government, and have a peculiar claim upon, and\nare entitled to, the fostering care and protection of the Nation.\nThe Government cannot relieve itself of this responsibility until\nthey are so far trained and civilized as to be able wholly to\nmanage and care for themselves. The paths in which they should\nwalk must be clearly marked out for them, and they must be led\nor guided until they are familiar with the way, and competent to\nassume the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship.\u201d\n\nLet Congress make these sentiments the basis of Indian\nlegislation, and let all the servants of the Government who have\nto do with the Indians work with these truths in view, and in a\nvery few years the wisdom and economy of the policy will appear\nin such a light that all will be compelled to approve it. And yet\nall this will fail unless the Gospel be brought to the Indians at\nthe same time. The particular value of this Government movement\nin behalf of the Indian is, that it will not only prepare the way\nfor the coming of the Gospel, but will also protect the effects\nof the Gospel from the evil influences of wicked men. Had the\nhindrances which have shut out Christianity from the Indians been\nremoved, as they could and ought to have been by the Government,\nthe Gospel long ago would have solved the Indian problem, and the\nGospel must solve it now.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nWE ARE VERILY GUILTY CONCERNING OUR BROTHER.\n\nBY MRS. A. McDOUGALL.\n\nFrom the day when we come to Him for rest, taking His yoke upon\nus, we give assent to the oneness of God\u2019s people in Christ,\nand to the oneness of the work given them to do. We sing of the\nsacred tie that binds our hearts into one, we preach about it, we\npray over it, in a theoretic way we believe it; but it seems as\nif it requires something like the fountains of the great deep to\nbe broken up to make us practically realize all that the singing,\npreaching, praying and believing involve. Our loyalty to the\nUnion slumbered and slept, as securely as the ten virgins, till\nthe trumpet blew all over the land. Who then felt his life too\ndear to offer it for the Union? What lady\u2019s hand was too delicate\nto scrape lint, make bandages, or pack boxes of home comforts\nfor the boys at the front? How many timid hearts made themselves\nbrave to endure the sight of horrible suffering, that they\nmight minister and so help; but now we have grown careless and\nsecure, as if we had no part in the work which the war left for\nus to do. In travelling through the southern part of this great\ncommonwealth, along the highways and byways, over long reaches of\ndark country, the between places, outside and beyond the centres\nwhere mission and educational work is being done, we see the\nvast crowds of people \u201cwho have not come to their own;\u201d people\nwho have a triple hunger consuming them, the hunger of poverty,\nthe hunger for knowledge and the hunger after righteousness.\nWe are compelled to see ignorance, helplessness and consequent\nshiftlessness, contending hopelessly with the might and\nmeanness of greed. This great need in a professedly Christian\nland--people perishing for lack of knowledge, where knowledge is\na birthright--causes our hearts to burn within us, and we say,\nhow long until the whole body of Christ feels this pain? Oh, if\nthey only knew! And we take the task willingly of telling of it.\nAlas, they are so busy, the farm, the merchandise, the different\nenterprises of ecclesiastical masonry and millinery, and we find\nthat the need is too far away for general sympathy.\n\nI am reminded of an incident in the lumber country. One of the\nworkmen, an exceedingly tall man, cut his foot with an axe,\nliterally splitting his great toe. A sympathetic little one\ninquired anxiously, \u201cWill it be long till you feel it? It is so\nfar away from your head, you know,\u201d she added apologetically. The\npain in the Southern limb of the body politic has not reached all\nthe members yet. If it had, the fair hands that erstwhile scraped\nlint would do as much as the women of Brittany did for the ransom\nof Bertrand Des Guesclin, spin one day\u2019s spinning; the men, who\ngave themselves, would give a crumb of their cake to preserve\nthe fought-for Union. On the Church of the living God this work\nmust fall, by the people of God it must be done, if it is done at\nall. There are people who have given themselves, who are in the\nforefront of this battle. We do not all recognize that we, who\nhold the Head and are all members one of another, live under the\nrule of the Beloved, our New Testament David. \u201cThe part of those\nwho go forth to battle and they who tarry by the stuff shall be\nalike\u201d--alike in the cost, the danger and the glory of triumph.\nThen, when we restore that which we took not away, the blessing\nthat multiplies falls upon us until we have not room enough to\nreceive it.\n\nWe must have our eyes touched with His eye-salve to see clearly\nthe Christ in these helpless ones whose hands are stretched out\nto touch our hearts. Human nature, even renewed human nature,\nhas some queer inconsistencies. The way in which we fulfill\nScripture by turning everyone to his own way is wonderful. One\nof our own ways is how much readier we are to give charity than\nto pay debt. One of the best men I ever knew paid the new hands\nin his establishment less than they could hire their board for,\nand subscribed liberally to a home where boys could get plain\nboard at half price. Now, God\u2019s way is: \u201cThe worker is worthy of\nhis meat.\u201d This dear, good man believed he was doing something\nreligious when he gave the part he kept back from wages in\ncharity. This is an instance of a widely-spreading delusion.\n\nGive, and give liberally, for the conversion of the polished\nJapanese, the philosophical Brahmin, the filially-trained\nChinese, the monotheistic Mohammedan, the heathen of distant\nAfrica and the isles of the sea. You are right. The marching\norders of the Grand Army are: \u201cGo ye into all the world and\npreach the Gospel to every creature.\u201d \u201cAll\u201d and \u201cevery\u201d cover\nevery inch of ground. Go on and prosper and the Lord magnify thy\nwork.\n\nBut, stay, there is here a debt to be paid, restitution to be\nmade. \u201cLeave there thy gift before the altar, go thy way, first\nbe reconciled to thy brother, then come and offer thy gift.\u201d\n\nThy brother in black has a controversy with thee. And his\nAdvocate is thy Judge. Listen to the plea: \u201cAll the fields\ncleared and tilled in this broad south land, we cleared and\ntilled them. The roads that are made we made them, the bridges\nbuilt we built them. We have been like Joseph in Egypt, whatever\nhas been done here we have been the doers of it. We are American\ncitizens. We have bought our citizenship dear with the sweat of\nour bodies and the blood of our backs. We have waded the red\nsea to freedom. The hands that reaped your fields for nought\nare held out to you for knowledge. We ask for our share of your\ncivilization and your Christianity.\u201d Fellow Christians, the back\npay must be made up.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nDOES THE HIGHER EDUCATION BEFIT THE NEGRO?\n\nBY PRESIDENT H. S. DE FOREST, D.D.\n\nIt was once believed that a little learning was a dangerous\nthing, but it is now held that much learning is perilous to the\nnegro. His risk is in over-education. Manual training is good for\nhim, of course. He has a natural talent for that which came down\nfrom inheritance and has been worked in with both care and pains.\nHe also needs moral training, though this is not an ancient\nheir-loom in his family. But for his mental development, the\nfundamental branches, few and simple, are thought to be enough.\nThe higher range of study, even if he be capable of reaching it,\nwould only harm him and unfit him for his place. This opinion,\nheld by not a few, has been stated by Bishop Pierce as follows:\n\u201cThe negroes are entitled to elementary education the same as\nthe whites from the hands of the State. It is the duty of the\nchurch to improve the colored ministry, but by theological\ntraining rather than by literary education. In my judgment,\nhigher education, so-called, would be a positive calamity to\nthe negroes. It would increase the friction between the races,\nproducing endless strifes, elevate negro aspirations far above\nthe station he was created to fill, and resolve the whole into\na political faction, full of strife, mischief and turbulence.\nNegroes ought to be taught that the respect of the white race can\nonly be obtained by good character and conduct. My conviction\nis that negroes have no right in juries, legislatures, or in\npublic office. Right involves character and qualification. The\nappointment of any colored man to office by the Government is\nan insult to the Southern people, and provokes conflict and\ndissatisfaction, when if left as they ought to be, in their\nnatural sphere, there would be quiet and good order.\u201d\n\nThe argument then is briefly this: The negro is a low order of\nman, fit only for a low place, and therefore best trained by a\nlow order of studies. The error is two-fold, embracing both a\nfalsehood and a fallacy: a falsehood, for as far as inherent\nnature is concerned, the negro is no lower than the rest of the\nhuman race; and a fallacy, for if he were, or so far as he has\nbecome so from the force of circumstances, the more urgent the\ndemand for superior training. The negro is a man, and, like any\nother man, is profited by choice mental culture. Furthermore,\nthe disabilities of the past make his higher education specially\nnecessary, and as fast as possible the most promising of the\nblack race should attain the best and choicest culture. In bare\noutline some of the reasons for this opinion may be thus stated:\n\n(1.) The negro has ability for the highest range of studies,\nand to debar him therefrom is to sin both against the man and\nhis Maker. Many, especially those who cannot spell his name\nwithout putting in one \u201cg\u201d too many, doubt the intellectual\npower of the negro. It is true that heredity holds with him as\nwith other men. A race scarce one and twenty years removed from\nenforced ignorance does not climb the hill of science as nimbly\nas those who inherit the brain, will and spiritual forces which\ngenerations and centuries have accumulated. But twenty-one years,\nand of wretched environment too, have sufficed to show that souls\nclad in the blackest African setting are capable of the highest\nthought and most difficult studies. The evidence on this point\nis abundant and conclusive. To deny the negro this ability is\nonly to advertise one\u2019s ignorance or prejudice. And since God\nhas written his truth both in his word and works, and also given\nto the black man aptitude and thirst for the highest and most\nhidden, it does not become a race longer out of darkness and\nfurther removed from heathenism to say \u201cthus far and no farther\u201d\nin the culture of immortality. The negro should receive the\nhigher education because God has made him capable of it, and he\nis profited thereby as much as any other man.\n\n(2.) The higher range of studies is necessary to supplant\nself-conceit with self-reliance. Measuring themselves by\nthemselves, an ignorant people are always inflated by the merest\nmodicum of knowledge. Broad scholarship gives modesty, but the\nsciolist everywhere is a braggart. None are so satisfied with\ntheir acquisitions as the valedictorians of very poor schools.\nWhere gold is scarce, a little metal, and chiefly alloy, will\nserve for many a big spangle, and the greater the darkness the\nbrighter it shines. The serene satisfaction with which the\nAfrican novice will misapply and mispronounce grandiloquent\nspeech can only be cured by the presence of some scholarly men\nwho have climbed far enough to see the heights and to know that\nthe low-land is a bog.\n\nBut wise self-reliance is as rare among an ignorant people as\nconceit and folly are abundant. One part of the problem before\nus is to develop manly courage. Slavery cut the hamstrings of\nindependence and sapped very manhood. As a rule the negro is\nnot certain of his rights nor is he heroic in maintaining them.\nHe has long been habituated to wrong, and the passive virtues\nhave become disproportionate. From the days of the Cyrenian\nhe has ever borne the cross, and naturally his back is bent\nand his knees are weak. Probably there is no other man in this\ncountry who can be wronged with such impunity and success as the\nnegro. He is outraged in business, in society and in politics.\nHe knows his wrong, but he does not know of his power to repel\nit. He needs a manly self-reliance, and that he must have or he\nwill always be victimized. As Franklin said, \u201cIf we make sheep\nof ourselves the wolves will have us.\u201d It is true the virtue\nneeded is largely moral. Scholarship alone cannot give it, but\nscholarship is a prime ingredient. The step of one walking\nin darkness is of necessity halting and hesitant. The higher\neducation is essential to that higher courage without which right\nand privilege are insecure.\n\n(3.) The negro needs well-trained leaders and they must come from\nhis own people. Race prejudice is an uncomfortable fact, and\nthere are two sides to the color line. The Moses of the future\ncannot, in general, be an Egyptian, whether teacher, preacher or\npolitician. But the future Moses will need all the learning of\nEgypt. A task is before him. The Red Sea indeed has been passed\nand God is going before. But the wilderness is simply terrible,\nand many are falling by the way. Leaders must be trained, and to\ndo this is now our chief work. Every regiment certainly needs a\ncompetent colonel, and among every one thousand men there surely\nought to be one well bred and well read, broad and thoughtful and\nscholarly, trained to thought, enriched with varied knowledge,\nand able either to cope with men or to grapple with difficulties.\nBy this meager percentage, seven thousand liberally trained men\nare needed for the nearly seven million Africans in our country.\nWe conclude then, that while all should have the lower education,\na great many should receive the higher. Every man may need\nsilver, but the best commerce of the world requires that some\nshould also have gold, and a good deal of it.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nSOME CHANGE NEEDED.\n\nWe publish the following as evidence of the necessity for\nCongregational Churches among the colored people. There are some\nkinds of religion from which intelligent people wish to get\naway. Of these kinds it can be truthfully said that a \u201cspecial\nreligious interest\u201d is not a blessing.--ED.\n\n\u201cThe church here was organized in April, 1882. From the beginning\nwe have held worship in one room of the Knox school building,\nwhich is owned by the A. M. A. This room is not large enough\nto accommodate the people when there is anything like a good\ninterest, as we cannot seat, comfortably, more than one hundred\npersons. We are, therefore, put to great inconvenience at times.\nAgain, there is not the air of sacredness in worshiping in a\nschool-house as there is in an out-and-out church edifice. At\nleast it is so among the people here.\n\n\u201cGreat as these reasons are for a church building, yet there is\nanother still greater. It is this; we are holding our services\nnot farther away than thirty steps from a colored Baptist church\nwhose congregation is immense. Moreover, our meetings are held at\nthe same hour as theirs. Their great demonstrations and shoutings\nare destructive to the solemnity and comfort of our quiet and\norderly congregations. When there is special religious interest\namong that people--and it is almost a perpetual thing--the good\neffect of our services is almost as good as none.\n\n\u201cNow, to carry out our building plan we need fifteen hundred or\ntwo thousand dollars. We hope our Northern friends will give us\nat least one thousand dollars of this amount. Please respond as\nsoon as possible, as we are very anxious to complete our church\nby next April when our fifth anniversary will be held. We wish to\nhold that service in the new edifice.\n\n\u201cThe future good of the work here will depend very much upon our\nability to build within the year 1887.\u201d\n\nAnd the following is an evidence of the necessity for\nCongregational ministers:\n\n\u201cDEAR SIR: I hav been infome buy Some of you brothren. As I\nwished to Change my Relation Ship with the Church to Some other\nbranch of Church. I. hav. come. to. the. conclusion to Join.\nwith. you. Church. as. a. Colord. Missionarie. in you church\nwith. my. peopl. I. Am. in. the. best of. Good. Standing. in.\nthe. Church. And if. you. Dought. this frase. you. can. Rite to\nthe Rit Rev Bishop in Regard. to. my. Standing in the. Church,\nbut Dont. Say to him what. I. say. to. you a bout. Joinen you\nChurch. if. you. please. not as. I. am tring. to Run. off but. I\nLike to. no what. I Am Going. to. Do. first I hav been a Elder\nin the Church for. 9 years and for five years I. hav. not. Got.\n3000. Dollars, for. my Laber. not as. I. Dezier riches of this\nEarth. but. a Enought. to Live. with. in this. Life. I. Am\nthinking to tak. up. a home Stide, on Goverment. Land. in Kansas.\nor. in Alabama. or Some plase where Grate meny of our people is\nbut if. I. am Blesst. to Join. with you Church. I. will Do. as\nyou. Law Says. I. m. familey. wife. and one. neace. And. I Expect\nmy. neace will. not. be. with. us. Long please be So Kine. as. to\nanswer this Soon as. you. Get. it.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nNEW LIGHT IN THE SOUTH.\n\nThe two sections began life together and formed a government.\nThe South had the advantage of soil, climate, and wealth. At the\nend of eighty-four years the two grappled and fought. The Yankee\nsection came to the fight richer and stronger than our Southern\nsection, and beat us into the earth while we did our best.\nTo-day these Yankees are rich in everything, and we are poor in\neverything but manhood and womanhood, and have less than we began\nwith one hundred years back. These same Yankees furnish the bulk\nof the capital we use, the food we eat, the clothes we wear,\nthe books we read and study, and the high-grade teaching in the\nnormal schools of the Southern States. Almost every convenience\nof life and invention of art and science we know, came from these\nsame people, who have in ten years done more for Florida than\nthe Florida natives have done in fifty. Almost any one of their\nlarge communities could buy the whole South for a park if they\nliked it for that purpose. In a fight they could crush us like\neggshells. In politics they are masters, and we have to hold\nour breath in every big campaign to avoid offending them. Their\npercentage of ignorance is one-tenth of ours. When trouble comes\non us we depend on them for most of the help, and get it. The\nworld knows them as America, and us as outlying and unconsidered\nprovinces.--_Greenville, (S. C.) News._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nGEORGE W. MONISTY was a slave, and was sold from his parents\nin 1853, being taken to Mississippi. He subsequently served\nas a Union soldier all through the war, and finally settled\nat Lafayette, Ind. While at the Wabash depot recently, George\nfancied he recognized two colored women who were passing, _en\nroute_ to Iowa. The recognition was mutual, and with tears,\ncries of joy, and embraces, the mother, brother and sister came\ntogether after a separation of thirty-three years.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nREV. W. W. WEIR, pastor of the 2d Congregational Church in\nEureka, Kansas, died Nov. 21st, in his fifty-first year. He\nhad been sick some time with consumption, and his death was\nnot unexpected. He began his ministry in the African Methodist\nChurch, and was ordained as a Congregational minister in Eureka\nin 1881. In an obituary in a local paper it is said of him:\n\u201cConsidering the limited privileges which he had in his youth, he\nwas a man of superior qualifications, and each year has increased\nthe esteem in which he was held by the community.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE SOUTH.\n\n\nNOTES IN THE SADDLE.\n\nBY FIELD-SUPERINTENDENT C. J RYDER.\n\nThe Lincoln Memorial Church at Washington, D. C., are rejoicing\nin their remodeled building. Various branches of missionary work\nare carried on with increased vigor. The industrial training is\nnow under the direction of the _pastoress_, Mrs. Moore, and is\nreaching a large number of women and girls. The outlook of this\nwork at Washington was never so bright as now.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nDudley, N. C., is a smart little village, having in its entire\npopulation only four white families. The two saloons in the\ntown, however, are kept by white men--a pretty sorrowful\nand disgraceful comment upon the white race. The County\nSuperintendent of schools spoke in the highest praise of the A.\nM. A. school and church at Dudley. Congregationalism here, as\nelsewhere, is the synonym for intelligence and purity.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWilmington is still saddened by the death of Rev. D. D. Dodge,\nfor a long time the active pastor of the Congregational Church in\nthat city. But the work goes on with continued prosperity.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA little nine-year-old daughter of the pastor of the A. M. A.\nchurch at Beaufort, N. C., has used her time so wisely between\nschool hours that she sat down to the organ and played ordinary\nmusic readily. Can any other little A. M. A. girl no older show\nbetter use of her time? This little girl has had only a few\nweeks\u2019 instruction in music.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nNo one who has not visited Charleston, S. C., can form any idea\nof the terrible results of that awful earthquake visitation.\nThe citizens have accomplished wonders in repairing the ruins\nof their homes and churches and shops, but it will be months\nyet before the fearful desolation can be overcome. Poor\nCharleston, what with war and cyclones and earthquakes has she\nnot suffered! Is it Divine punishment for her rash and fearful\nsins of the past? Who can say it is? Who dare say it is not? The\nCongregational Church was uninjured by the \u201cquake.\u201d Extensive\nrepairs had just been made in the building, and the services of\nre-dedication came immediately after that night of earthquake\nhorrors, and were very impressive. Many conversions have taken\nplace since the re-opening of the church.\n\nAvery Institute suffered seriously from the earthquake. Extensive\nand expensive repairs were made necessary before the school could\nbe opened. These are now completed. I learned of some two hundred\npupils who were waiting to enter Avery as soon as it should be\nopened.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAt Savannah, Ga., I found a most delightful state of religious\ninterest. More than a hundred have been hopefully converted\nduring the few weeks just passed. Many interesting incidents have\noccurred. One young man, who has been rather a wild young fellow,\nbecame a Christian. He was at once anxious for his mother, who\nwas not a Christian. One night she refused to come to evening\nservice. The friend who went to invite her gave up in despair.\nBut God did not give up. His spirit still strove with her, and\nshe came into the church and took the very back seat. But she\nwas the first to come forward when the invitation was given to\nthose who desired prayers for themselves. She sat with bowed\nhead a long time. Her son was there praying for her. There was\nno excitement. At last this mother, rising to her feet, walked\nacross the house, and taking the preacher by the hand, said: \u201cI\nwill venture.\u201d There was joy in many hearts. The mother and son\nare now praying that the aged grandmother may find her way into\nthe fold of the Good Shepherd, even in her trembling old age.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMcIntosh is also rejoicing in a spiritual harvest. Twenty-eight,\nall on confession of their faith, joined the A. M. A. church\non the last communion Sabbath. Dorchester Academy is full, and\nmore than full. The enrollment for January was 250, and _sixty\npupils had been turned away because there was no \u201croom to receive\nthem.\u201d_ Miss Plimpton, with three young lady assistants, does\nthis tremendous work with marvellous success. The pastor had been\nill for a few Sabbaths, and the Sabbath duties fell upon these\noverworked and heroic women. As I looked into the schoolrooms,\ncrowded to their very doors, hot and oppressive, it seemed to me\nthat if anywhere on this continent the Master\u2019s work is being\ndone, it is right here at McIntosh, Ga. They are indeed Sisters\nof Mercy. A little girl in one of our schools was asked what\nthe feminine of Friar was. She replied, \u201cFricassee.\u201d In that\nhot school-room it seemed almost possible that these Protestant\nteachers might be unwillingly converted into female Friars,\naccording to the little girl\u2019s definition.\n\nThe teachers are reaching out in every direction. In a little\ntumbled down, or tumbling down, log cabin, Miss Robertson holds\nmission service every Sabbath. From seventy to ninety, mostly\nmen and boys, gather to sing, hear God\u2019s word read, and gather\nuseful lessons from the wise and loving counsel of this earnest\nChristian soul. One hundred dollars are needed at once to put\nthis cabin into such shape as shall make it suitable for these\nservices.\n\nIn pushing out through the swamps that lie all round Dorchester,\nthe teachers not infrequently see great, venomous snakes (water\nmoccasins) tumble off the path before them into the water. And\nyet these are timid ladies, and shrink just as you do, gentle\nreader, from such monsters. They are there for Christ\u2019s sake, and\nin His name they go forward.\n\nWill not some earnest Christian at the North increase his\ncontribution, so that the school facilities at Dorchester Academy\nmay meet the demand another year, and so that the hearts of these\nChristian heroines may be comforted and cheered?\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nDEDICATION OF BALLARD BUILDING.\n\nThe first Sunday in this New Year was a memorable day with\nus at Tougaloo, having been looked forward to with eager\nexpectancy for months--especially by the carpenter\u2019s apprentices\nand other wood-working students, who, no doubt, next to Mr.\nStephen Ballard himself, of New York, feel a sense of personal\nproprietorship and joyful interest in \u201cBallard school-house,\u201d\nwhich was dedicated that day.\n\nThe new school-house is not only a monument to Mr. Ballard\u2019s\nphilanthropy, but also to the value and success of the mechanical\ntraining given here, as the work was almost entirely done by the\nstudents.\n\nThe day of dedication was the third of a succession of days\nunusually cold for us, and the air was full of snow-flakes,\nso that few of the expected guests from a distance made their\nappearance, and the extreme unpleasantness of the day kept most\nof even our near neighbors at home. However, besides the students\nand their immediate friends, we had as guests Miss Dickey, the\nhonored head of Mt. Hermon Seminary at Clinton, with two of her\nassistants; Rev. J. B. Oliver, of the Congregational Church at\nGreenville, and Rev. C. L. Harris, of the Congregational Church\nat Jackson; also Mr. Moses Folsom, of Iowa, a representative of\n\u201c_The Burlington Hawkeye_,\u201d with a friend of his.\n\nProbably none of the _special days_ in the annals of the school\nhave passed off with more unity and spontaneity of feeling, nor\nleft a happier consciousness behind. The Sunday-school lesson\nhad for its title \u201cThe Beginning,\u201d and besides its regular and\nordinary teachings, was specially and happily applied, and, at\nits close, ten persons were received into church membership.\nThe regular dedicatory ceremonies and services took place in\nthe afternoon and were good throughout. Rev. C. L. Harris,\nof Jackson, delivered the address. Always energetic and\nenthusiastic, and ready for whatever word or work his day and\nopportunity bring him, he gave us a really excellent address.\nHe gave in the outset a sketch of the life of the Christian\nmerchant who had considered himself the Lord\u2019s steward of the\nfunds required to build this school-house and the shops required\nfor our trades. He then spoke at large upon the three-fold work\nto which this institution was dedicated,--the education of head,\nhand and heart, all tending to the firm and right establishment\nof the home and fitting for the widest usefulness.\n\nThe last thing in the service supplied an outlet for the\nmanifestation of the loving and joyful interest with which the\nservice had been participated in by the congregation, and was\napparently at least _as much_ enjoyed as any part of it, namely,\nthe taking of a collection. The subscription, started with the\nthank-offering of Thanksgiving Day, for seating the new chapel,\nhad reached $36.50. The collection at the dedication service\nbrought it to $97.35, additional free-will offerings next morning\nmaking up the hundred. At this writing a beginning has been made\non the remaining $66.25. About one-fourth of this has been given\nby our own students, and nearly one-half by the colored people\nconnected with, or interested in, our school.\n\nA sermon from Rev. J. B. Oliver in the evening closed the\nexercises of the day.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nOUR SCHOOL OF OBSERVATION.\n\nBY MISS ANNA M. CAHILL, FISK UNIVERSITY.\n\nSixty bright faces welcomed me as I took my place with\nother visitors, this afternoon, in the school-room of our\npractice school. These faces are the property of as many happy\nchildren--children with no more weight of years upon them than\nproperly belongs to pupils in a primary school. As I looked\ndown the rows of little seats on this my first visit for the\nyear, I saw at once that many new pupils had taken their places\nin this company since the first of September, but some of the\nlittle folks have grown so familiar that I realize they are soon\nto \u201cgraduate\u201d into the English department of the University.\nAt least half a dozen of those before me are the children\nof parents, one or both of whom were pupils at Fisk at some\ntime during the first ten years of its work. They come from\ncomfortable and well-regulated homes in the city, as do the\nmajority of those primary pupils.\n\nThe special occasion that drew us together to-day was the public\nexercise of the practice teachers who taught in the school\nduring the fall term. Every member of the senior normal class\nspends six weeks, at some time during the year, in practice\nwork, under the direction and criticism of the principal of the\nschool. To-day each of the four teachers taught three classes\nten minutes apiece, and in the two hours thus occupied, not only\nthe regulation studies, reading and number, were presented, but\nvery interesting lessons were taught in elementary grammar,\ngeography of Tennessee, form, color and physiology. When the\nbright sunlight gave its aid by flashing through a prism the\nrainbow colors on the wall, the little people were quick to tell\nhow these colors might be combined and others formed; and when to\nthe physiology class there were shown the heart, lungs and liver\nof a sheep, they gathered with so much interest around their\nyoung teacher that spectators and school were forgotten in their\nchildish eagerness to ask and answer questions.\n\nIn one of the motion-songs that varied the exercises of the\nafternoon, these little people sang of the shoemaker, \u201cAll he\nwants is his elbow room,\u201d and as I came away impressed with a\nsense of the power developing in that school-room and thought of\nthe future of its pupils, I said gladly to myself, \u201cAll they want\nis their elbow room.\u201d\n\nThese public exercises are held semi-annually, in order that all\nmembers of the normal class may have opportunity to show the\nresult of their practice work.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nCHARLESTON, S. C.\n\nA young man who recently united with our church on profession of\nfaith, in his first prayer at the Wednesday night prayer meeting,\nsaid: \u201cHelp us young men to pray a little faster and a little\nbetter, for you know how slow and imperfect we are. We cannot\nhelp ourselves. You are our only help. Lead us in the way that we\nshould go, and help us to withstand the temptations which come\nevery day.\u201d It is the same idea which St. Paul gives us when he\nsays: \u201cNot as though I had already attained, either were already\nperfect, but I follow after.\u201d \u201cA little faster and a little\nbetter.\u201d What a lesson for Christians generally. If we all would\nbe a little faster in doing good, in giving to aid in this work\nof raising up fallen humanity, there would be no need of constant\nappeal from the treasury department of the A. M. A. and the other\ngreat missionary organizations, and if Christians would pray a\nlittle better, that is, with more earnest desire for a literal\nanswer to their prayers, His Kingdom would speedily come in the\nhearts of men. His _will_ would be more generally done \u201con earth,\nas it is in Heaven.\u201d\n\n\nVOLCANO AND TIDAL WAVE.\n\nA good sister recently came into the parsonage very much\nexercised in mind. After a while she said: \u201cWell, it\u2019s just as I\nexpected. One of them things has broke out in Summerville.\u201d We\nasked: \u201cWhat is it? The smallpox?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d \u201cThe cholera?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d \u201cA\nriot?\u201d \u201cNo. Not any disease or anything like that. It is one of\nthem things. I think they call it a _volcano_, or something like\na _tidal wave_, you know.\u201d\n\nThere is nothing new under the sun, says the wise man,\nbut I hardly think he saw in his day and generation--a\nvolcano--something like a tidal wave! And yet the idea is a good\none, typical, I think, of the American Missionary Association,\nwhich, years ago, began in a humble way to pour forth--not fire\nand smoke and ashes--although the outcome of its work was fire\nand smoke and ashes to false opinion and wrong. Like a volcano,\nit sent forth material which moulded itself into the public\nsentiment of years ago, and since, like a tidal wave, this\nsentiment has continued to sweep over the continent until all\nthe nationalities represented in this country are beginning to\nrecognize the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. GEO.\nC. ROWE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nCUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS.\n\nBY REV. B. DODGE, PLEASANT HILL, TENN.\n\nWhat have you done? This is a fair question for friends of this\nmission, North, West and East, to ask. I propose briefly to\nanswer it. I left my pastorate in the \u201cPine Tree\u201d State, and,\nwith my wife and daughter, entered upon the work here October\n1st, 1884. To leave a New England home for these mountain wilds\nis much like entering a new world. But, coming not to _play_, but\n_work_, duty said: \u201cLook about you--East, West, North and South.\u201d\nIt was done, and the outlook showed a large amount of illiteracy\nin every neighborhood, many living so far away from school as to\nbe totally beyond their reach, and many young people growing up\nwith no knowledge of books.\n\nWhat could be done? More impressively the answer came than I can\ntell it: Build a house for school and worship which may bless\npresent and future generations. But, from a human standpoint, to\nerect such a building as was needed seemed extremely difficult,\nif not impossible, with limited means on every side, no market,\nno railroad, and 2,000 feet above the sea level. But, being used\nto hard work from early life, and not easily _scared_, I grappled\nwith the idea of building a house for the double purpose named.\nI laid the matter before the A. M. A., and was by them requested\nto undertake the building of such a house as, in my judgment, was\nneeded.\n\nI began the work March 1st, 1885. A good lady donated five acres\nof land (a lovely spot) for church and school purposes, and\ndeeded the lot to the A. M. A., and also contributed $50 to the\nbuilding. I then headed a subscription paper with $50, and the\npeople here added enough by timber and labor to make in all $300.\n\nI then employed a man to put in a good foundation of split stone,\nlaid in masonry and elevated twenty inches above the ground, the\nsize of the building to be 50\u00d747 feet, including tower.\n\nWhat next? It was to hew a white oak frame in the forest and haul\nit to the building spot, then have it framed. At length I invited\nmen to raise it, and women to bring a dinner.\n\nWhen gathered we sought, with uncovered heads under the blue sky,\nthe blessings of heaven on the future of the house and freedom\nfrom accident during its erection.\n\nAt 11 A. M. the school, marshalled by its worthy teacher, Mrs.\nLord, came and marched around the walls and waiting timber with\nsongs of greeting, and when the song ended, the men responded\nwith three lusty cheers for the school. At sunset the frame stood\non its solid base.\n\nThere stood the bones, but where was the _flesh_? I took my men,\nand, with axes and saws, we went to the forest to fell the trees\nfor logs; but when a few were sawed the mill failed. Must we\ngive it up? Not yet. In the saddle I went down the mountain to\nLost Creek, sixteen miles, and to Sparta, seventeen, for lumber.\nThrough much hardship it was hauled, it taking two days for a\ngood team to make one trip, and sometimes getting a thorough\nsoaking in a storm by a night camp-fire. Some forty loads were\ndragged up the steep mountain and on to Pleasant Hill. This\ncoming up the Cumberland Mountains with a load means much more\nthan a stranger can comprehend. When it takes three hours to go\ntwo miles we may suppose there is some pulling. You can find some\nhills in Western Massachusetts and in Maine, but they are mole\nmounds as compared with the brow of these mountains. But the men\nwho had the hauling in charge were patient and faithful to the\nlast.\n\nThe work went slowly on for lack of funds. Twice it stopped, and\nno sound of saw or hammer was heard. Some prophesied it would\ntake seven years to complete the building. Troubled dreams and\nwakefulness came, and sleep said, \u201cIf you don\u2019t go on with the\nwork I will not come to you.\u201d I then said to the carpenter:\n\u201cCome Monday morning, and I will be responsible for your pay.\u201d\nHe came, and Monday\u2019s mail brought me $6 from the Sunday-school\nin Edgecomb, Me. I paid the carpenter Saturday night, and said,\n\u201cCome again.\u201d He came, and Monday\u2019s mail at 11 A. M. brought $7\nfrom the Sunday-school in East Orrington, Me. Rebuked for my\nlack of faith, I said, \u201cCome again,\u201d and the third Monday at 11\nA. M. brought $25 from that noble man, Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, of\nMarblehead, Mass., who always sells honest seed, and has also\nrecently sent us a fine bell and paid the freight on it.\n\nSlowly the building grew, till, by much tug and toil, where\nmarkets and railroads were far away, and even money absent,\nto-day the house stands finished.\n\nThe last thing, the furnishing, is being done. So we are planning\nto christen it with services there next Sabbath, and on Monday\nenter it with our growing and promising school, which, ere long,\nif friends stand firm to its interests, is to be one of the\nbright lights in the State of Tennessee.\n\nSo much for the new house on the Cumberland Mountains.\n\n\nHOW HAS IT BEEN DONE?\n\n\u201cExcept the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build\nit.\u201d\n\nIt is the _Lord\u2019s_ work, through his dear children. He has\nawakened in the hearts of Christian men, women, young people,\nand even _little_ children, an interest in this work, so that,\nby closest attention and careful application of funds, God has\nenabled me to engineer the work till I can see that He means the\nhouse shall stand complete, without so much as a nickel of debt\nupon it.\n\nWe have also organized a Congregational Church, and have\nin connection with our work another church at Pomona, and\nSabbath-schools in all three.\n\nI preach twice each Sabbath, riding twelve miles in the saddle.\nWith increasing faith in God and this mountain work, which\ndemands much grace and not a little grit, I ask the prayers of\nthose who pray.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE INDIANS.\n\n\nA VISIT TO THE DAKOTAS.\n\nBY SECRETARY J. E. ROY.\n\nIn 1871, on a tour of home missionary supervision in Dakota,\nI came over the Missouri in a canoe, the only mode then of\ntransportation to this Santee Agency School. I found here Rev.\nA. L. Riggs, who had come the year before to take up the newly\ninitiated work of Rev. J. P. Williamson, who removed up the\nriver thirty miles to open a mission upon the reservation of the\nYankton Sioux. At that time Mr. Riggs had already displaced the\ncabin home and cabin school-house by a frame residence and a\nframe chapel school-house about 30\u00d750. Now I find that the chapel\nhas been spread out upon the sides and elongated in the rear,\nwith sliding doors to shut off each of the several new parts into\nadditional recitation and Sunday-school rooms, and the whole to\nbe crowded for morning prayers and Sabbath service. There have\nalso come on, the Dakota Home for Young Women, the Bird\u2019s Nest\nfor Little Children and the Cottage for Little Boys, each of the\nthree under a matron, and the Dakota Hall for Young Men, with\none of the teachers\u2019 families there in charge. Then come the\nwell-built shops for shoemaking, carpentry and blacksmithing;\nand lastly, the three-story dining-hall, with accommodation for\na hundred and fifty at the tables, with rooms for teachers and\nworkers, and a whole story yet to be finished off, when funds\nare in hand, to accommodate more girls. The whole is heated\nby furnaces and supplied with the most approved apparatus for\ncooking, baking and laundry work.\n\nBut, beyond this expanding of the shell, I find the inner\ninstitution matured into a good deal of character and strength.\nThough it has grown by itself, it has come to be very much\nlike our best boarding-schools at the South. The course of the\nyear makes up more than two hundred pupils, and there are now\nhere one hundred and thirty. The mass of them have learned the\nEnglish, and the classes are taught in it. Many of them have\nbeen advanced in English studies. The r\u00e9gime everywhere takes on\nthe Christian type. A great majority of the scholars have been\nbrought to a personal acquaintance with Christ. A good number of\nteachers and preachers have already been sent forth. Music--vocal\nand instrumental--brings in its refining influence. A splendid\ncorps of teachers is employed. Every pupil, male and female,\nhas some work to do. The shops for blacksmithing, carpentry and\nshoemaking have each a competent workman as instructor, and those\ndepartments are run under the closest inspection. I have seen one\nIndian doing a fine job of shoeing horses, that most important of\nall work in blacksmithing.\n\nMr. Riggs, the father of the Theological Institute of Chicago\nSeminary, has brought the same feature in here. And so for\ntwo weeks, about twenty-five men, young pastors and divinity\nstudents, coming in from their fields, are drilled in the\npractical Bible doctrines and methods of preaching and pastoral\nwork. The lectures have run from two to four in a day. Clearly\nit has been a season of stimulus and of replenishment to the\nyoung brethren. Those who were pleased with the young people from\nthis school, who sang at the Chicago Council, at the New Haven\nAnniversary and over the East, last fall, will be glad to learn\nthat at least half a hundred of equal cultivation could be sent\nout as specimens. Three native teachers are here employed, and\nthey can use either language. It has been a great delight to me\nto hear Pastor Artemas Ehnamani preach in his own pulpit in the\npresence of his church, that numbers a couple of hundred, and\nwithout the chopping up of his address by the intervention of an\ninterpreter.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n\nBY REV. F. B. PERKINS.\n\n\nMr. Pond has just left for San Francisco, after a week of\nexhausting toil for the Chinese missions here and in Santa\nBarbara. For his relief, I have undertaken to write this letter,\nthat his vacation--for so he calls it--may not be altogether\nfarcical. I do it the more readily for the opportunity it gives\nme of saying some things which your readers would not be likely\nto learn from him.\n\nIt has long been my conviction that, in proportion to the means\nemployed, no form of Christian work on this coast yields so large\na revenue as Chinese missions. I am sure this is so as regards\nthat carried on under the direction of the A. M. A. And the\nexplanation I find largely in the Christ-like devotion of your\nsuperintendent and his coadjutors.\n\nIt is but a single illustration of this spirit which Mr. Pond\u2019s\nrecent visit offers. Both at Santa Barbara and San Diego the\nmissions have lost their rented premises, and are literally\nhomeless. It seems imperative that, if the work is to go on,\nthey should no longer be subject to the disabilities of rented\nbuildings. But it is a fixed principle of this mission, on\nno account to incur a debt. So it is of Mr. Pond, as regards\nhimself; but for Christ\u2019s needy ones he has more than once\naccepted the burden. This he has now again done. In Santa Barbara\nhe purchased a lot for $600, for which land he is personally\nliable, but which he holds in trust for the mission. On that\nlot, by the close of this week, a chapel will be erected by a\nChristian friend, at a cost of $340. For this property a moderate\nrental is to be paid by the mission, and when the sums thus paid\nshall amount to the price of the land it, together with the\nbuilding, (toward which the little Chinese band have already\npaid $150), becomes the property of the mission. In San Diego\nthe course pursued has been the same, only that here, owing to\nthe rise in real estate, the amount assumed by Mr. Pond and one\nother friend of the work, is $2,500. By similar acts of Christian\nself-sacrifice in the past, the mission has already become\npossessed of property to the value of $10,000, all without the\nburden of debt, or an even temporary diversion of its funds.\n\nBut is the mission work worth all this toil and sacrifice? Mr.\nPond, in a carefully guarded statement, says, that since the\nestablishment of this mission the Chinese converts number over\n600, at least fifty having been added during the past year;\nand this statement, you observe, makes no mention of results\nwide reaching in their beneficence which do not involve this\nradical heart work. If this statement be accepted as correct, the\nquestion is answered. But is there really any such a character as\na Christian Chinese? Many persons say, \u201cNo.\u201d It is but a day or\ntwo since a Christian man denied it, in my hearing. My reply to\nhim was to ask for his standard of judgment. If his demand was\nthat Chinamen should cease to become Chinese, and, abandoning\nall their associations, habits and prejudices, become simply\nAmericans, doubtless they are not Christians; but in that case,\nneither are converts from many another nationality to be reckoned\nas Christians. Or if absolute freedom from infirmities and faults\nbe made the test, this would shut them out, but it would shut\nout many others also. Alas! it would be fatal to the hopes of\nthe writer. But if the test be the same we apply to ourselves,\nlove more or less enthusiastic, loyalty true, even if troubling,\nto our Divine Master, and our judgments be according to the law\nof charity, then we have no more reason to look askant upon a\nChinese than upon a Bohemian, or a negro brother. The grace of\nGod works out in these and in those alike, encountering similar\nobstacles and being triumphant in about an equal degree.\n\n_Ex uno disce omnes._ He was a house servant, and naturally not\nof amiable disposition or agreeable ways. But some twelve months\nago his employer began to notice a change in his bearing, a more\ncheerful observance of his duties and a generally pleasanter\nmanner. Awhile ago he came to the lady, and said: \u201cMrs. B., I\u2019m\na Christian. I don\u2019t know as you have thought it, but I am.\u201d\n\u201cYes, Jim,\u201d was the reply, \u201cI have seen it for some months past.\u201d\nYet he is as much a Chinaman now as ever, and no more faultless\nperhaps than an American Christian. But he is \u201cfollowing on,\u201d\nreaching out after likeness to the Master, and that is about as\nmuch as most of us can claim.\n\n\u201cBut so much of the work seems fruitless owing to the migratory\nlife these people live.\u201d Well, twelve years ago I was among the\nprospectors of Southern Colorado. During one of our meetings,\nI noticed a Chinaman enter the room. Through all the service\nhe maintained a respectful and interested attitude, and at the\nclose, taking his hand, I asked him; \u201cYou sabe (understand)?\nYou know our Jesus, our Saviour.\u201d \u201cYes, I know.\u201d \u201cWhere did you\nlearn?\u201d \u201cSan Fis.\u201d \u201cWho taught you?\u201d \u201cMiss Loomis (Rev. Dr.\nLoomis).\u201d So I had come across one of these waifs in the heart of\nthe Rocky Mountains, and two years after he had gone out from his\nChristian teacher. I don\u2019t know how clear his views of sin and\nsalvation were, nor how hearty his trust in the atoning Saviour.\nThat could only be learned by longer intercourse, and I have\nnever seen him since. But he knew enough to find his way into\nthat little cabin in the wilds of Colorado, and to speak with\napparent intelligence and sympathy of the things of the kingdom.\nNor could I doubt that he stood as the representative of very\nmany who go out from these mission schools, and are lost to all\nbut the all-seeing eye of Infinite Love.\n\nThe work in their behalf may seem to be, but it is not,\nfruitless. From this number let us not doubt it, many will\nstand forth at last, redeemed unto God, monuments alike to the\nunspeakable grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the patient\nfidelity of Christ\u2019s disciples.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nBUREAU OF WOMAN\u2019S WORK.\n\nMISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.\n\n\nPlease remember to renew the \u201cshares\u201d in the support of teachers.\nThose who desire it can have their shares transferred from year\nto year to new fields, thus obtaining more varied knowledge of\nthe work from the missionary correspondence.\n\n\nEXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.\n\n_Missionary._--I am happy to write you that the $25 pledged for\nthe support of a teacher is again ready for you. The letters\nreceived were enjoyed very much in the Society and I know greatly\nincreased our interest and membership.\n\n_New York Missionary Union._--Our auxiliaries voted the $1,100\nthe coming year for the A. M. A. (support of three missionaries.)\nI have promised, as last year, bi-monthly letters from each\nof these teachers. Our auxiliaries much enjoy the letters and\ngreatly miss them if anything delays.\n\n_Local Church Society, Conn._--The amount of our pledge is\ncollected and will be forwarded. We have received the missionary\nletters monthly and we take them into our Mission Circle, and\nread them, and frequently they are read from the pulpit so that\nall may hear the good results of help given. We wish the good\nwork God-speed.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nIt will be remembered that after the Annual Meeting in New Haven\nthe Indian students from the Santee Normal Training School made\na short campaign among the churches. The writer of the following\nletter was one of the students, and in it she tells a friend what\nshe saw and thought as she went from place to place.\n\n  _Dear Friend_:\n\n  I will now try to tell you how much I enjoyed our trip East. We\n  had good and hard times, too. We left Santee Oct. 12th. We were\n  gone for eight weeks. It seems very nice to get back to Santee. I\n  think more of the school every time I go away and come back.\n\n  We stopped over Sunday at Chicago; then we took train for New\n  Haven, Conn., and it was a very tiresome journey, for we never\n  had been on the train for such a long distance. We reached New\n  Haven Tuesday evening; then the next afternoon we went to the\n  meeting. The church was just packed, so they had the meeting in\n  two churches and we had to go back and forth to sing. We sang in\n  Dakota and English.\n\n  I want to tell you some of the places we went to. It will take\n  me too long if I try to tell you all. We met a great many of our\n  teachers\u2019 friends.\n\n  We went to Essex and had a very pleasant afternoon at Miss\n  Pratt\u2019s home. We felt as though we were going to see some of our\n  old acquaintances when we knew that we were to meet our teachers\u2019\n  friends. As we went in Boston I thought of you and wondered how\n  many times you had been in that depot. I like Boston very well,\n  but not as well as I like our old home Santee.\n\n  At Providence I met one of my teachers, Prof. Wilson, and I went\n  home with him and spent the night at his house and had a very\n  good time.\n\n  At Northampton, after the service was out, two young ladies\n  invited us to go with them the next morning to Smith College, so\n  we went around and saw the most of the buildings; then again we\n  went to South Hadley Seminary, and I could not make out which\n  school I liked the best. I think I never saw so many young ladies\n  at once as I did that morning.\n\n  When we were in Newport one thing we wanted to see very much was\n  the ocean; but it rained when we reached the city, so we were\n  afraid that after all we could not see the ocean; but some kind\n  friends sent their carriages and drivers to take us out to the\n  beach, and we girls got in one carriage, and we all enjoyed that\n  ride very much because we saw the great waters we had heard so\n  much about. As we went along and saw the large, beautiful houses\n  closed, I wondered why the people built such beautiful houses\n  just for the summer. I think they might have used their money\n  some other way just as well as to spend all on houses like that.\n  Perhaps it was wrong for me to wish it, but I did, when I saw so\n  many right along the beach. I wished we had some of that money\n  for our work out here, and if we did it would do more good than\n  just to stand as those houses did, just for the looks.\n\n  At Groton we had a very pleasant evening with some young ladies\n  who invited us to take tea with them. Many of them got so\n  interested in our people that they kept asking us about one\n  thing or another all the time. On our way home we stopped at New\n  York and Brooklyn, and we saw the Suspension Bridge and we were\n  surprised to see it; I wanted to see it very much; and one more\n  thing too, and that was the Niagara Falls. We went across on\n  Canada side and when we saw the Falls it seemed as though there\n  never could be so much of water falling down at once. I think it\n  is just grand to see it, and to hear the great noise it makes.\n\n  At Southport we had a very pleasant place to stay and we enjoyed\n  being there with such good kind friends and to know that we had\n  such friends at the East. One morning while we were staying there\n  we had a very hard storm, but in the afternoon it cleared off\n  and we went to the shore and gathered some shells and stones to\n  take home with us. We were there for two or three days, while\n  Miss Ilsley, Mr. Shelton and Mr. Riggs went to other places. At\n  Norwich, Miss Ilsley wasn\u2019t with us, so John played for the short\n  time she was away. We missed her very much.\n\n  Sometimes the people asked us such funny questions. At Boston we\n  had service Sunday evening, and after the close of the meeting\n  one lady came up and said, \u201cIs your teacher Indian?\u201d It seems\n  she would have known the difference between us and our teacher,\n  for she was not Indian at all. Then again at one place--I don\u2019t\n  remember just where--one lady said to me, \u201cHow is it you all have\n  such good teeth?\u201d I told her \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d Then again she said,\n  \u201cDo the Indians ever have the toothache?\u201d I told her yes, and I\n  think she was surprised to hear my answer.\n\n  Since I have come back I want to help more in this work, and I\n  hope I will be able to do so in the future by God\u2019s help.\n\n                          Your friend,\n\n                                                  JENNIE W. COX.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nFOR THE CHILDREN.\n\n\n(_Letter from a colored boy to his teacher._)\n\n  _Dear S. S. Teacher_:\n\n  I want to extend my thanks and gratitude to you for that _bright\n  light_ you presented to me yesterday (I mean that Bible). For\n  God says it is a lamp and a light, and I believe it. I have been\n  wanting one for a long time, because I am trying to be one of the\n  _very best_ Christian boys, and I need God\u2019s word to teach me\n  and instruct me how to be the _best_ boy. I hope you will have\n  a large attendance in your class to-morrow, and I hope they all\n  may be on time. As God has given me the Bible I will make it my\n  lamp and my light and also my rule to live by. And I will ask God\n  to help me as I read it, to understand it, and I do want to walk\n  \u201cEven as He.\u201d I know God\u2019s word can make me whiter than pop-corn\n  and sweeter than candy.* I would ask of thee to teach me all you\n  can.\n\n                                                        Good Night.\n\n  * At the Christmas Festival pop-corn and candy were referred to\n  by one of the speakers in illustration.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n(_Letter from Mrs. A. A. Myers._)\n\nWe read in the old story that every mamma crow thinks her own\nlittle crows are the whitest of birds. And I think no one will be\nsurprised that, having worked with the little folks in Kentucky\nfor five years, I should have a little weakness toward them, and\nif I repeat some of their wise sayings and doings it is only what\nmight be expected.\n\nLittle Elbert, between three and four years of age, with his\ngolden text in mind, took his kitty on his knee and very gravely\nsaid to it, \u201cKitty if you lack wisdom, ask of God and he will\ngive it to you.\u201d Looking at the new moon one evening he said,\n\u201cThere\u2019s a piece broken out of it;\u201d and one evening when the\nsetting sun cast out those rays peculiar to it when the air is\nfull of moisture, he exclaimed, \u201cMamma, the sun is sticking its\nfeet at us.\u201d Little Ernest, three years old, was awakened in the\nnight by hearing our church bell ring a fire alarm. He began to\ncry, saying \u201cOur Sabbath-school is burning up.\u201d Little Johnny,\nfive years old, was so interested in class over the story of\nthe blind man going with clay on his eyes to the pool of Siloam\nto wash, and returning seeing, that when in the general review\nbefore the school, he sitting in the middle of a full house, the\nquestion was asked, \u201cWhat did Christ tell the blind man to do\nafter anointing his eyes,\u201d Johnny could wait no longer but spoke\nout in a clear ringing voice, \u201cI dess the blind man was glad\nof it, don\u2019t you?\u201d Callie\u2019s answer, in the same review, to the\nquestion, \u201cWhere did Christ tell the blind man to go and wash,\u201d\nwas, \u201cGo to the mud-puddle and wash.\u201d\n\nI will try soon to tell you something about our Band of Hope\nlittle folks.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nRECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1887.\n\n\nMAINE, $646.11.\n\n  Bangor. W. S. Dennett, _for Pleasant Hill,\n    Tenn._                                                  $6.00\n  Bath. Central Ch. and Soc.                                42.00\n  Bridgton and Bath. Packages of work _for\n    Selma, Ala._\n  Brownville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV.\n    WILLIS LERMOND, E. W. STICKNEY and Hon. A.\n    H. MERRILL L M\u2019S.                                      102.61\n  Brunswick. Two bbls. of C. _for Selma, Ala._\n  Castine. Trin. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00\n  Castine. Class No. 9, Trin. Cong. Ch. Sab.\n    Sch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._                     1.05\n  Cornish. Cong. S. S., _for Mobile, Ala._                  10.00\n  Dennysville Cong. Ch.                                     10.38\n  Farmington. Pastor\u2019s Bible Class of Cong. Ch.,\n    _for Student Aid, Talladega, C._                         2.00\n  Foxcroft. Mrs. D. Blanchard                                2.00\n  Gorham. One bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._,\n    2.50 _for freight_                                       2.50\n  Hallowell. Mrs. F. C. Page, _for Indian M._               10.00\n  Machias. Miss Sara P. Hill\u2019s S. S. Class, _for\n    Indian M._                                               1.50\n  North Bridgton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for\n    freight_                                                 2.87\n  North Edgecomb. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Pleasant\n    Hill, Tenn._                                             5.00\n  Orland. \u201cFriends,\u201d by S. E. Buck                          40.00\n  Portland. High St. Ch. (35 of which _for the\n    Debt_)                                                 226.97\n  Portland. Williston Ch.                                   59.68\n  Portland. Brown Thurston\u2019s Class, High St.\n    Sab. Sch., _for Hampton N. and A. Inst._                25.00\n  Portland. By Miss D. P. Lord, 10; Mrs. Nowell,\n    1; _for Louisville, Ky._                                11.00\n  Portland. Bbl. and box of C., _for Wilmington,\n    N. C._\n  Rockland. Cong. Ch.                                       41.40\n  Skowhegan. Ladies\u2019 M. Soc. of Cong. Ch.                    7.40\n  Wells. B. Maxwell                                         20.00\n  Wells. Young People\u2019s Miss\u2019y Soc. of Second\n    Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                          5.00\n  Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                          6.75\n\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE, $729.04.\n\n  Amherst. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                       $2.00\n  Antrim. \u201cFriends,\u201d by John E. Hastings                    12.00\n  Concord. \u201cFriends\u201d                                         1.00\n  Derry. One bbl., _for McIntosh, Ga._, 2 _for\n    freight_                                                 2.00\n  Exeter. Mary E. Shute                                     25.00\n  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     10.50\n  Franklin Falls. Mrs. Walter Aiken, _for\n    Student Aid, Atlanta U._                                50.00\n  Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                25.60\n  Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                8.08\n  Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson                        10.00\n  Jaffrey. \u201cLillies of the Field,\u201d Box of\n    Bedding, etc., _for Storrs Sch., Atlanta,\n    Ga._\n  Keene. Second Cong. Ch., 19.76, and Sab. Sch.,\n    46.65                                                   66.41\n  Keene. S. S. Class, Cong. Ch., by Mrs. K. L.\n    Wright, _for Woman\u2019s Work_                              20.00\n  Lebanon. C. M. Baxter, _for Woman\u2019s Work_                 75.00\n  Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               23.00\n  Lebanon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 8; Miss Mary\n    Choate, 4; _for Student Aid, Straight U._               12.00\n  Lyme. Cong. Ch.                                           34.50\n  Manchester. Franklin St. Ch.                             113.11\n  Ossipee Center. Cong. Ch.                                 35.00\n  Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thomson.                            7.00\n  Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, _for Indian\n    M._, and to const. TOM S. WOTKYNS, ARTHUR E.\n    RICHARDSON and CHARLES S. HORTON, L. M\u2019S.               96.00\n  Rindge. Cong. Ch.                                          2.23\n  Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. (12.59 of which _for\n    Indian M._)                                             36.69\n  Tilton. Cong. Ch.                                          4.30\n  Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch.                                     10.87\n  Walpole. Member of Cong. Ch.                              20.00\n  Wolfboro. Rev. S. Clark                                    5.00\n  By George Swain:\n        Amherst. Cong. Ch.                        8.00\n        Brookline. Cong. Ch.                      5.25\n        New Boston. Presb. Ch.                    1.50\n        New Ipswich. Cong. Ch.                    7.00      21.75\n\n\nVERMONT, $543.32.\n\n  Bennington. Second Cong. Ch.                              45.27\n  Braintree. Ladies and Sab. Sch., _for\n    McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild                    8.44\n  Brattleboro. Mrs. F. C. Rice, _for Student\n    Aid, Talladega C._                                      78.00\n  Brattleboro. By Mrs. F. A. Wells, Sec. Ladies\u2019\n    Soc., 3 bbls. of C., _for Talladega C._\n  Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.,\n    \u201cChristmas Gift\u201d                                        15.00\n  Burlington. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Student Aid, Straight U._                               50.00\n  Burlington. Ladies of College St. Ch., _for\n    McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs Henry Fairbanks                   5.00\n  Castleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh,\n    Ga._, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks                            3.50\n  Chester. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., to const.\n    MRS. IRENA MARTIN BREWER and MISS LIZZIE E.\n    ROUNDS, L. M\u2019S.                                         64.72\n  East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. JOHN\n    ELLSWORTH HANCOCK, L. M.                                35.00\n  Fair Haven. Christmas Cards, _for Athens, Ala._\n  Granby. Infant Class, by H. W. Matthews, _for\n    Marie Adlof Sch\u2019p Fund_                                  0.50\n  Hubbardton. Mrs. James Flagg                               5.05\n  Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 3.59\n  Norwich. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                       10.00\n  Pittsford. Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey                         10.00\n  Poultney. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00\n  Randolph. Mrs. Isaac Nichols                               1.50\n  Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch.                         134.52\n  West Randolph. Miss Susan E. Albin                         7.00\n  Windsor. Mrs. Mary J. Wyman                               25.00\n  Woodstock. Cong. Ch.                                      16.25\n  ----. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                           5.50\n  Ladies of Vermont, _for McIntosh, Ga._:\n        Charlotte. 1 Bbl., _for Freight_        2.00\n        Cornwall.    \u201c         \u201c\n        Coventry.    \u201c         \u201c                2.00\n        Derby.       \u201c         \u201c                2.50\n        Hartland.    \u201c         \u201c                2.00\n        Middlebury.  \u201c         \u201c                2.00\n        Newport.     \u201c         \u201c                2.00\n        Rutland.     \u201c         \u201c\n        Springfield. \u201c         \u201c\n        St. Johnshury. 1 bbl., \u201c\n        Stafford.      1 Box,  \u201c                3.00\n        West Glover.   1 Bbl., \u201c                2.00        17.50\n\n\nMASSACHUSETTS, $7,406.39.\n\n  Amherst. Miss Mary H. Scott, Bbl. of C., _for\n    Tougaloo U._\n  Amherst. First Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Fisk U._\n  Andover. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n    Atlanta U._                                             25.00\n  Andover. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                       20.00\n  Andover. Miss L. G. Merrill, _for Mobile, Ala._            8.00\n  Andover. I. Starbuck, _for Student Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                            1.00\n  Andover. Package of Christmas Cards, _for\n    Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._\n  Ashby. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Student Aid, Atlanta U._                                52.35\n  Attleboro. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      60.00\n  Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           270.11\n  Beverly. Washington St. Ch. and Soc.                      53.16\n  Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 223.02;\n    Homeland Circle of Park St. Ch., 100 _for\n    Woman\u2019s Work_ & 54 _for Student Aid,\n    Straight U._, and to const. MRS. JACOB\n    FULLARTON, MRS. DAVID H. BREWER, MRS. CHAS.\n    HOUGHTON, MISS EMMA NEWTON & MISS ISABELLA\n    H. HOBART, L. M\u2019S. \u201cA Friend,\u201d 30; Miss M.\n    A. Willard, 4; Union Ch., ad\u2019l, 2; Benjamin\n    Cutler, 1.--Dorchester: Second Cong. Ch. and\n    Soc. 134.55; Village Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Student Aid, Atlanta U._, 50, and _for\n    Student Aid, Straight U._, 12.67; \u201cFriend,\u201d\n    $5; \u201cFriend,\u201d _for Greenwood, S. C._, Bbl.\n    of C.--Jamaica Plain: By Miss I. Blake, 2\n    Bls. of C.; Miss I. Blake, _for Freight_, 2,\n    _for Talladega C._--Roxbury: Immanuel Cong.\n    Ch., 35.36.--West Roxbury: South Evan. Ch.\n    and Soc., 20.75                                        674.35\n  Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc., 75.02; \u201cE.\n    P.\u201d 1                                                   76.02\n  Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch.                               19.27\n  Cambridge. Hannah E. Moore                                 8.00\n  Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc.,\n    215.62; Ladies\u2019 Miss\u2019y Soc. of Pilgrim Ch.,\n    30, to const. MRS. REV. GEORGE A. TEWKSBURY\n    L. M.; Pilgrim Ch., M. C. Coll., 2.97                  248.59\n  Chelsea. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Atlanta U._                                        25.00\n  Chelsea. Miss E. Davenport                                 5.00\n  Clinton. First Evan. Ch.                                  12.11\n  Clinton. Mrs. E. K. Gibbs, _for Freight_                   0.50\n  Coleraine. MRS. PRUDENCE B. SMITH, to\n    constitute herself L. M.                                30.00\n  Concord. Mrs. E. Hunt                                      5.00\n  Curtisville. Mrs. Frances M. Clark                         4.50\n  Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane                              100.00\n  Dedham. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Straight U._                                       25.00\n  Dracut. Cong. Ch.                                          7.00\n  East Billerica. Mrs. A. R. Richardson                      5.00\n  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for\n    Student Aid, Talladega C._                              25.00\n  East Douglas. Cong. Ch.                                   52.72\n  Easthampton. Payson Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   20.00\n  East Somerville. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howard                50.00\n  Fitchburg. Mrs. Mary C. Whittier, 5; J. C.\n    Moulton, 5, _for Student Aid, Straight U._              10.00\n  Fall River. First Cong. Ch, (44.04 of which\n    _for Indian M._)                                        99.29\n  Fall River. Third Cong Ch.                                10.37\n  Falmouth. First Cong. Ch.                                  8.46\n  Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc.                         31.72\n  Framingham. Plymouth Sab. Sch.                            24.00\n  Gardner. First Cong. Ch.                                  28.89\n  Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           8.00\n  Gloucester. Evan. Ch. and Soc.                           108.00\n  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., 15 _for\n    Woman\u2019s Work_, 15 _for Student Aid, Straight\n    U._, Miss\u2019y Soc. of Sab. Sch., 5 _for\n    Woman\u2019s Work_ to const. MRS. LAVINIA\n    STODDART L. M.                                          35.00\n  Gloucester. Miss C. A. Lyle, _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                 5.00\n  Great Barrington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee\n    Indian M._                                              12.00\n  Greenfield. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   25.00\n  Hadley. Member of Russell Ch.                              3.00\n  Harwichport. Pilgrim Ch.                                  18.00\n  Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud\n    Indian M._, 6.43; \u201cHarvest Festival,\u201d 3.32;\n    Rev. Mr. Lowell\u2019s Class, 3.71; Mrs. Lowell\u2019s\n    Class, _for Talladega C._, 6.44; Dea. Amos\n    Hazeltine\u2019s Class, 6.92; Dea. Eben Webster\u2019s\n    Class, 4.70\n  Haverhill. West Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        20.00\n  Hingham. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                        0.25\n  Holliston. Primary Class Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               8.50\n  Holliston. Class of Young Ladies\u2019, Cong. Sab.\n    Sch., Bbl. of C.; \u201cA Friend,\u201d Side of\n    Leather and Shoemakers\u2019 Supplies:\n    Cranberries, Quinces and Clothing, _for\n    Talladega C._\n  Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             73.14\n  Hopkinton. Cong. S. S., by Ellen Brewer, 8;\n    Cong. Sab. Sch., by Miss J. L. Bridges, 8,\n    _for Mobile, Ala._                                      16.00\n  Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             15.00\n  Ipswich. South Ch. and Soc.                               35.00\n  Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc.                       87.96\n  Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Marie Adlof Sch\u2019p Fund_                                 10.00\n  Leicester. J. W. Brown, _for Talladega C._                 3.95\n  Lenox. \u201cDo What You Can Soc.,\u201d _for Pleasant\n    Hill, Tenn._                                            25.00\n  Leominster. Ortho. Cong. Ch., _for Student\n    Aid, Atlanta U._                                        60.64\n  Littleton. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n    Atlanta U._                                              5.00\n  Littleton. J. C. Houghton                                  5.00\n  Loudville. Mrs. Mary E. Rust                               1.50\n  Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch., 210; First Cong.\n    Ch. and Soc., 47.98, to const. SIDNEY A.\n    DREWETT L. M.; John St. Cong. Ch.,\n    28.88; Mrs. Geo. C. Osgood, 1                          287.86\n  Lynn. Cong. Ch., _for Freight_                             3.00\n  Malden. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Atlanta U._                                        50.00\n  Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            25.28\n  Maplewood. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C.,\n    80c. _for Freight, for Wilmington, N. C._                0.80\n  Marlboro. Members Un. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Marie Adlof Sch\u2019p Fund_                                  2.50\n  Marlboro. T. B. Patch                                      1.00\n  Medford. \u201cA Woman to the Rescue,\u201d _for Debt_              50.00\n  Medford. McCullom Mission Circle of Mystic\n    Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                      25.00\n  Medford. Mrs. Alfred Tufts, 10; Ladies of\n    Mystic Ch., ad\u2019l, 50c.                                  10.50\n  Medway. Village Ch. and Soc., 31.63; \u201cA\n    Friend,\u201d 5                                              36.63\n  Merrimac. Cong. Ch.                                       50.00\n  Millbury. First Cong. Ch.                                 52.08\n  Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford                             4.00\n  Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Atlanta U._                                        50.00\n  New Bedford. Trin. Ch. and Soc.                           22.89\n  Newton. Eliot Ch., 45.92; Woman\u2019s Gift, 1,\n    _for Debt_, 1 _for Atlanta U._, 50c. _for\n    New Building_                                           48.42\n  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   70.52\n  Newton Upper Falls. S. D. Hunt                             5.00\n  Newtonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           82.06\n  North Amherst. Cong. Ch., 1/2 Bbl. of C., _for\n    Fisk U._\n  Northampton. \u201cFriends,\u201d 6; \u201cA Friend,\u201d 1.50,\n    _for Indian M._                                          7.50\n  Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.00\n  Northfield. Mission Band, 4.20 _for Marie\n    Adlof Sch\u2019p Fund_, and 5 _for Woman\u2019s Work_,\n    by Mrs. E. R. Drake                                      9.20\n  North Leominster. Miss Annie Herrin\u2019s S. S.\n    Class of Boys, _for Student Aid, Straight U._            5.00\n  North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch., 1.20; Miss Hunt,\n    _for Charleston, S. C._, 1                               2.20\n  North Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          30.97\n  Oakham. Cong. Ch.                                         22.01\n  Oxford. Cong. Ch., 50, and Sab. Sch. 20.75                70.75\n  Pepperell. Y. P. S. C. E. of Ev. Cong. Ch.                 1.25\n  Pittsfield. James H. Dunham                               50.00\n  Quincy. Girls\u2019 Mission Circle of Ev. Cong. Ch,\n    _for Student Aid, Straight U._                           8.70\n  Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         15.91\n  Royalston. Ladies\u2019 Sew. Circle, 2 Bbls. of C.,\n    etc., value 10.20, _for Greenwood, S. C._\n  Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          108.02\n  Shelburne Falls. \u201cAmerican Missionary Aids,\u201d\n    by Mrs. A. N. Russell, _for Woman\u2019s Work_               20.00\n  Shelburne Falls. E. Maynard                               10.00\n  Shelburne Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch. Class, No. 4,\n    3.32; Class No. 13, 1, _for Woman\u2019s Work_                4.32\n  Shelburne Falls. Ladies\u2019 Aid Soc. of Cong.\n    Ch., Bbl. of C., value 30.84, _for Tougaloo\n    U._\n  Somerville. Prospect Hill Ch., _for Woman\u2019s\n    Work_                                                  103.00\n  Somerville. E. Stone, (50 of which _for\n    Student Aid, Fisk U._)                                 100.00\n  Southampton. Miss S. S. Edward\u2019s Sab. Sch.,\n    Infant Class                                             0.70\n  South Framingham. R. L. Day, _for Mountain\n    Work in Ky._                                           100.00\n  South Hadley Falls. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by\n    Miss Lizzie Gaylord, _for Debt_                          5.00\n  South Weymouth. Member of Second Ch., to\n    const. MRS. MINOT GARDNER L. M.                         30.00\n  South Weymouth. Ladies\u2019 Praying Circle of\n    Second Ch.                                              14.00\n  Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        224.33\n  Springfield. Memorial Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Fisk U._                                           25.00\n  Springfield. Miss M. A. Dickinson, _for\n    Freight_                                                 1.00\n  Springfield. Miss M. A. Dickinson, _for Debt_              0.50\n  Springfield. Five Classes in Sab. Sch.,\n    Christmas offering, by Miss M. A. Dickinson,\n    Box of C., etc., value 10.35, _for Oaks, N.\n    C._\n  Stoughton. Mrs. Betsey E. Capen                            1.00\n  Sudbury. Ladies of Ev. Un. Ch., ad\u2019l, _for\n    Debt_                                                    0.60\n  Warren. Cong. Ch.                                        113.00\n  Warren. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n    Straight U._                                            40.15\n  Watertown. Phillips Mission Band, 50, _for\n    Student Aid, Straight U._, 90c. _for Freight_           50.90\n  Watertown. \u201cFriends,\u201d 1.50; \u201cFriend,\u201d 50c.                 2.00\n  Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               18.66\n  Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             80.27\n  Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       55.00\n  West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    7.40\n  West Boxford. \u201cThe Gleaners,\u201d _for Student\n    Aid, Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._                             10.00\n  Westfield. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n    Atlanta U._                                             20.00\n  Westfield. B. B. Adams, Jr., _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                 5.00\n  Westhampton. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., by Mrs. E.\n    P. Torrey, Sec., _for Woman\u2019s Work_, and\n    bal. to const. MRS. A. E. TODD L. M.                    10.00\n  Westhampton. Grace J. Edwards, T. B. Card\n    Collection                                               5.00\n  West Medway. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                            1.00\n  West Newbury. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.                      13.22\n  West Newton. Second Cong. Ch.                             23.31\n  West Newton. By Capt. S. E. Howard, Clothing,\n    etc., _for Talladega C._\n  Woburn. Mrs. S. S. Greenough                               4.50\n  Worcester. Salem St. Ch., 30.01, Piedmont Ch.,\n    17; \u201cA Friend,\u201d 10                                      57.01\n  Worcester. Primary Dept. Piedmont Sab. Sch.,\n    _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                         48.00\n  Worcester. Pilgrim Ch., _for Indian M._                   17.53\n  Worcester. Nettie Orr, 10; \u201cFriends,\u201d 2, _for\n    Student Aid, Talladega C._                              12.00\n  Worcester. Mrs. Jennie J. Ware, _for Macon,\n    Ga._                                                     5.00\n  By Chas. Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass\u2019n:\n        Huntington. Second                    10.57\n        Monson                                32.86\n        Springfield. First                    32.08\n        Springfield. South                    62.24\n        Springfield. Olivet                    3.32        141.07\n                                                          -------\n                                                        $5,306.39\n\n\nLEGACIES.\n\n  Whitinsville. Estate of Frances A. Batchelor,\n    deceased, by her mother, Mrs. Mary A.\n    Batchelor                                            2,000.00\n  Boston. Hollis Moore Memorial Trust, by E. K.\n    Alden, Residuary Legatee                               100.00\n                                                          -------\n                                                        $7,406.39\n\n\nCLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.\n\n  North Bridgeton, Me. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2\n    Bbls., _for Williamsburg_ and _Louisville,\n    Ky._\n  South Berwick, Me. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl.,\n    _for Wilmington, N. C._\n  Hancock, N. H. \u201cCheerful Workers,\u201d Bbl., _for\n    Oaks, N. C._\n  Warner, N. H. W. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2\n    Bbls., _for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._\n  Bedford, Mass. Case, _for Charleston, S. C._\n  Brimfield, Mass. Ladies\u2019 Union of Second Cong.\n    Ch., Bbl., _for Oaks, N. C._\n  Cambridgeport, Mass. By Mrs. R. L. Snow,\n    Reading Matter, _for Straight U._\n  Fitchburg, Mass. H. H. Dole, 1 year\u2019s No\u2019s.\n    \u201cYouth\u2019s Companion.\u201d\n  Framingham, Mass. Ladies of Plym. Ch., Bbl.,\n    value 71, _for Tuskegee, Ala._\n  Framingham, Mass. Ladies of Plym. Ch., Bbl.,\n    value 38, _for Kittrell, N. C._\n  Holyoke, Mass. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., Case,\n    _for Citronelle_.\n  Lynn, Mass. Chestnut St. Ch., 2 Bbls., _for\n    Marion, Ala._\n  Milford, Mass. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., 3 Bbls.,\n    _for Talladega C._\n  Newbury, Mass. First Parish, Bbl., _for\n    Straight U._\n  Newton, Mass. F. A. Sew. Circle, 2 Bbls., _for\n    Macon, Ga._\n  Somerset, Mass. M. C. of Cong. Ch., Bbl., _for\n    Straight U._\n  Somerville, Mass. Y. P. M. Band, Day St. Ch.,\n    Bbl., _for Marietta, Ga._\n  Somerville, Mass. Primary Dept. of Prospect\n    Hill Ch., Box, _for Straight U._\n  Watertown. Mass. Ladies of Phillips Ch., 2\n    Bbls., _for Athens, Ga._\n  Watertown, Mass. Phillips Mission Band, Bbl.\n    and Box, _for Louisville, Ky._\n  Waverley, Mass. Mrs. Wm. H. Chany, Pkg.\n  Westboro, Mass. L. F. Soc., Bbl., value 22,\n    _for Straight U._\n\n\nRHODE ISLAND, $454.78.\n\n  Bristol. First Cong. Ch.                                  39.18\n  Bristol. Mrs. Hope Walker, _for Rosebud Indian\n    M._                                                      5.00\n  East Providence. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._               31.00\n  Little Compton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Marie Adlof Sch\u2019p Fund_                                 20.00\n  Newport. Mrs. S. L. Little, _for McIntosh, Ga._            6.00\n  Pawtucket. Mrs. Maria E. Edwards                         200.00\n  Providence. Union Cong. Ch., ad\u2019l                        152.60\n  Providence. Miss C. Danielson, _for Indian M._             1.00\n\n\nCONNECTICUT, $5,027.71.\n\n  Abington. Package of Christmas Cards, _for\n    Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._\n  Berlin. \u201cGolden Ridge Mission Circle,\u201d by Mrs.\n    W. S. Brandeyn, _for Avery Inst._                       10.00\n  Berlin. Second Cong. Ch.                                   5.00\n  Bethel. Cong. Ch.                                         59.68\n  Birmingham. Miss Hattie A. Curtiss                         2.00\n  Bloomfield. Cong. Ch.                                     12.87\n  Bristol. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Storrs\n    Sch., Atlanta, Ga._                                     10.00\n  Canterbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       2.64\n  Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.06; Rev. T. A.\n    Emerson, 10; Mrs. Frances H. Emerson, 10                50.06\n  Deep River. Cong. Ch.                                     23.47\n  Durham. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   10.00\n  East Canaan. Ladies\u2019 Miss\u2019y Soc. of Cong. Ch.,\n    _for Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._                             14.00\n  East Granby. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn.\n    Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._                                         5.00\n  East Hampton. Mrs. L. A. Skinner, _for Student\n    Aid, Talladega C._                                       5.00\n  East Wallingford. Mrs. Benj. Hall                          5.00\n  East Woodstock. Roll of Patchwork, by M. M.\n    Paine, _for Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._\n  Ellington. Miss S. K. Gilbert                              5.00\n  Enfield. \u201cBe True Soc.,\u201d by Miss A. Johnson,\n    2; Mrs. S. W. Winch, 25c., _for Macon, Ga._              2.25\n  Fairfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., 30, _for Santee\n    Indian M._, 25, _for Tougaloo U._                       55.00\n  Fairfield. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                     10.24\n  Falls Village. First Cong. Ch., to const.\n    MYRON H. DEAN and MISS HATTIE M. MILLARD, L.\n    M\u2019S.                                                    64.64\n  Hadlyme. Jos. W. Hungerford, 100; R. E.\n    Hungerford, 100; Miss Nellie A. Hungerford, 3          203.00\n  Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   8.42\n  Hartford, Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., 269.12;\n    Second Ch. of Christ, 100.50                           369.62\n  Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   20.00\n  Hartford. Mrs. M. C. Bemis, 20; Windsor Av.\n    Cong. Ch., 12.50; Park Cong. Ch., ad\u2019l, 8               40.50\n  Jewett City. Second Cong. Ch.                             23.00\n  Kensington. Wm. Upson, 10; Edward Cowles, 5;\n    Mrs. Edward Cowles, 2; Miss Eliza Cowles, 2;\n    Sidney M. Cowles, 1                                     20.00\n  Lakeville. Mrs. G. B. Burrall\u2019s S. S. Class,\n    _for Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch Ga._                               20.00\n  Lebanon. First Cong. Ch.                                  11.01\n  Ledyard. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               23.65\n  Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                                     45.08\n  Meriden. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Fisk U._                                           50.00\n  Middletown. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Indian Sab. Sch. Work_                                  25.00\n  Milford. Ladies\u2019 Soc. of First Cong. Ch., Bbl.\n    of articles _for Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._\n  Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch.                                  19.00\n  New Britain. \u201cFriends,\u201d First Ch., _for\n    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                    7.00\n  New Britain. First Cong, Ch. Sab. Sch.,\n    Primary Dept., _for Rosebud Indian M._                   5.00\n  New Haven. Cong. Churches, _for Expenses of\n    Annual Meeting_, by T. H. Sheldon, Treas.\n    Local Com.                                             242.04\n  New Haven. Humphrey St. Cong. Ch., 53.22, and\n    Sab. Sch., 75.28; College St. Cong. Ch.,\n    57.82                                                  186.32\n  New Haven. Three Sab. Sch. Classes in First\n    Ch., and other friends, 3 Bbls. and 1 Box of\n    Goods, and _for Freight_, 11.08, _for Jones\n    Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._                             11.08\n  New Haven. Dwight Place Ch., Box of C., _for\n    Fisk U._\n  Newington. Cong. Ch.                                      97.99\n  New London. Second Cong. Ch.                             711.32\n  New Preston. Ladies, by Mrs. F. S. Child, _for\n    Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch Ga._                                    14.00\n  Norfolk. Cong. Ch.                                       149.65\n  Norfolk. Rev. John De Peu, _for Chinese M._               13.00\n  Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 216.45; First Cong.\n    Ch., ad\u2019l, 1.59                                        218.04\n  Norwich. Francis E. Dowe, _for Indian M._                  5.00\n  Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                                 11.14\n  Old Saybrook. Mission Band of Cong. Ch., _for\n    Indian M._                                              10.00\n  Orange. Cong. Ch.                                          8.00\n  Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.                                  35.50\n  Prospect. B. B. Brown                                     20.00\n  Putnam. Mrs. A. S. Fitts, _for Student Aid,\n    Fisk U._                                                17.50\n  Salisbury. Cong. Ch.                                      37.20\n  Salisbury. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 10; T. L.\n    Norton\u2019s S. S. Class, 5; Home Class, 5; Miss\n    Roraback\u2019s Class, 5; L. W. Harvey\u2019s Class,\n    3; Mrs. M. H. Williams and Mrs. Lyman, 3,\n    _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                              31.00\n  Sherman. Ladies, by Mrs. A. G. Herrick, _for\n    Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch Ga._                                    10.00\n  Somers. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                13.50\n  South Haven. First Cong. Ch.                              10.00\n  Southington. Cong. Ch.                                    75.00\n  South Manchester. Ladies\u2019 Sewing Soc., _for\n    Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._                                  22.00\n  Southport. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Indian M._                     36.00\n  Thomaston. Ladies of First Ch., _for Conn.\n    Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._                                        30.00\n  Tolland. Mrs. Lucy L. Clough                               5.00\n  Torrington. \u201cValley Gleaners,\u201d _for Fort\n    Berthold, Indian M._                                    50.00\n  Torrington. Mrs. A. E. Perrin, Bbl. of C.;\n    Contents of Toy Banks, 56c., for Talledega C.             .56\n  Wallingford. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                   63.43\n  Wapping. Cong. Ch.                                        21.41\n  Warren. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Debt_                    3.50\n  Watertown. Mrs. F. Scott\u2019s Class, _for Fort\n    Berthold, Indian M._                                    10.00\n  West Hartford. Anson Chappell                             10.00\n  Wethersfield. M. J. Amidon, 5; Others, 5, _for\n    Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                                   10.00\n  Wethersfield. Cong. Ch.                                    1.00\n  Wethersfield. Friends by Rev. G. J. Tillotson,\n    3 bbls., of C. etc. val. 110; _for Pleasant\n    Hill Tenn._\n  Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                         70.00\n  Windsor. Cong. Sab. Sch., 35; \u201cA Friend\u201d of\n    Cong. Sab. Sch., 35, _for Student Aid,\n    Indian M._                                              70.00\n  Winsted. W. L. Gilbert, _for Pleasant Hill,\n    Tenn._                                                  10.00\n  Winthrop. Mrs. M. A. Jones, 1.50; Miss C.\n    Rice, 1                                                  2.50\n  Wolcott. Cong. Ch.                                         5.10\n  Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss                              10.00\n  ----.----.                                               500.00\n  ----. By E. W. Hazen _for Debt_                            4.00\n  By Mrs. S. M. Hotchkiss, Sec W. H. M. U. of\n    Conn., _for Conn. Ind\u2019l Sch., Ga._:\n      New Haven. Ladies\u2019 H. M. Soc. of\n        College St. Ch.                     35.00           35.00\n                                                          -------\n                                                        $4,138.91\n\n\nLEGACY.\n\n  Greenwich. Estate of Israel Peck, by Daniel S.\n    Mead, Jr., Ex\u2019r.                                       888.80\n                                                          -------\n                                                        $5,027.71\n\n\nNEW YORK, $1,026.08.\n\n  Albany. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                        56.00\n  Albany. Chas A. Beach                                     25.00\n  Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch., 29.75; John M.\n    Stearns, 5; Mrs. M. L. Hollis, 3                        37.75\n  Brooklyn. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, _for Woman\u2019s\n    Work_                                                   20.00\n  Candor. Pastor and Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box of\n    Bedding, etc., _for Talladega C._\n  Churchville. Union Cong. Ch.                              25.32\n  Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry                                      2.50\n  Connecticut. Mrs. R. Kimball, _for Debt_                    .50\n  Fairport. Children\u2019s Soc., Contents of\n    Birthday Box, _for Woman\u2019s Work_                         4.65\n  Franklin. S. G. Smith                                      5.00\n  Galway. Delia C. Davis, _for Atlanta U._                   5.00\n  Havana. J. F. Phelps                                       4.00\n  Homer. Cong. Ch., Picture and Two Books, _for\n    Talladega C._\n  Hudson. Mrs. D. H. Jones                                  15.00\n  Ithaca. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student\u2019s Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                           35.00\n  Lebanon. Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., _for\n    Athens, Ala._\n  Lima. Mrs. O. Warner                                       1.50\n  Lockport. Miss E. B. Balliott, Sec. W. H. M.\n    Soc., 2 Bbls. of C., _for Talladega C._\n  Lowville. Mrs. L. C. Hough                                20.00\n  Malone. Mrs. Mary K. Wead                                100.00\n  Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway                                5.00\n  Massina. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Papers,\n    _for Talladega C._\n  Morrisville. Cong. Ch.                                    10.15\n  Newark Valley. Mrs. H. B. Loveland, _for\n    repairs on Lincoln Mem. Ch., Washington_.               27.00\n  New York. A Member of Broadway Tabernacle, by\n    Dr. Wm. L. Taylor, 100; W. Jennings Demorest\n    (30 of which to const. himself L. M.), 50;\n    Pilgrim Ch., ad\u2019l, 27; \u201cGood Cheer Ass\u2019n,\u201d\n    by Miss Agnes E. Warner, 5                             182.00\n  New York. John R. Ford, _for Fisk U._                    100.00\n  Norwich. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Fisk U._                                           25.00\n  Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               25.23\n  Norwich. Agnes McCann, Box of Thimbles, _for\n    Athens, Ala._\n  Oneida. \u201cHattie\u2019s Pennies,\u201d _for Marie Adlof\n    Fund_                                                     .13\n  Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Ch., \u201cA Friend,\u201d\n    _for Indian M._                                         20.00\n  Rome. Rev. Wm. B. Hammond                                 10.00\n  Saratoga. Woman\u2019s Soc. Plym. Ch., _for Student\n    Aid, Talladega C._                                       4.40\n  Syracuse. Plymouth Cong. Ch.                              88.75\n  Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel                                 5.00\n  Vernon Center. Rev. G. C. Judson                           1.00\n  Warsaw. Indian Soc. of Boys and Girls, by S.\n    V. Lawrence, _for Dakota Indian M._                     15.00\n  Waterville. Mrs. Julia Candee, 5; Mrs. Wm.\n    Winchell, 5                                             10.00\n  Waverly. Anna A. Merriam, _for Marie Adlof\n    Fund_                                                     .20\n  West Camden. E. W. Curtis, _for Debt_                      1.00\n  By Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas. W. H. M. U. of N.\n    Y., _for Woman\u2019s Work_:\n        Albany, L. H. M. S. to const. MRS. SARAH J.\n          SMART and MRS. JUDITH A. POLLARD, L. M\u2019s. 60.00\n        Brooklyn. Infant Class, Puritan Ch.          3.00\n        New York. \u201cThe King\u2019s Daughters\u201d             7.00\n        Poughkeepsie. Ladies\u2019 H. M. S.              25.00\n        Sherburne. Ladies\u2019 Aux.                     19.00\n        Smyrna. L. H. M. Aux.                       25.00\n                                                           139.00\n\n\nNEW JERSEY, $219.22.\n\n  Arlington. Herbert Overacre, True Blue Card\n    Collection, 5; \u201cA Friend,\u201d 5                            10.00\n  Arlington. Mrs. G. Overacre, _for Charleston,\n    S. C._                                                   2.00\n  Colts Neck. Reformed Ch.                                   6.78\n  Lakewood. \u201cG. L.\u201d                                          3.00\n  Montclair. \u201cS. S. Class,\u201d 8; \u201cS. S. Class,\u201d 5\n    _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                         13.00\n  Paterson. Benj. Crane                                     20.00\n  Roselle. Miss Betsey B. Tenney, _for Pleasant\n    Hill, Tenn._                                            25.00\n  Upper Montclair. Sab. Sch. of Christian Union\n    Cong. Ch.                                               13.55\n  Vineland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 11.01\n  Woodbridge. First Cong. Ch.                               14.88\n  ----. \u201cA Lady from New Jersey.\u201d                          100.00\n\n\nPENNSYLVANIA, $2,056.51.\n\n  Carbondale. \u201cThank-offering.\u201d                              2.50\n  Center Road. J. A. Scovel                                 10.00\n  Coudersport. John S. Mann                                  5.00\n  Nanticoke. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                 9.01\n  Scranton. Thomas Eynon                                    25.00\n  West Alexander. John McCoy                                 5.00\n                                                          -------\n                                                           $56.51\n\n\nLEGACY.\n\n  Philadelphia. Estate of James Smith, by Frank\n    P. Pendleton, Ex.                                    2,000.00\n                                                          -------\n                                                         2,056.51\n\n\nOHIO, $1,321.92.\n\n  Akron. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk\n    U._                                                     50.00\n  Andover. Cong. Ch.                                         9.10\n  Ashtabula. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Fisk U._                                           25.00\n  Atwater. _For Freight_                                     1.50\n  Atwater. Willing Workers, Roll of Carpet, _for\n    Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._\n  Berea. James S. Smedley                                    5.00\n  Chardon. Cong. Ch.                                         7.53\n  Cincinnati. Mrs. Ruggles, _for Louisville, Ky._            2.00\n  Cleveland. Euclid Av. Cong. Ch. (10 of which\n    _for Indian M._)                                       170.00\n  Cleveland. \u201cA Lady of Jennings Av. Cong. Ch.,\u201d\n    50; Madison Av. Cong. Ch., 6.29                         56.29\n  Cleveland. Ladies\u2019 Home Miss\u2019y Soc. of Euclid\n    Av. Cong. Ch., _for Woman\u2019s Work_                       20.00\n  Cleveland. Mount Zion Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Fisk U._                                            9.50\n  Cleveland. Mrs. C. A. Garlick, _for Indian M._             1.50\n  Delaware. Wm. Bevan                                        5.00\n  Dover. Christmas Dinner, _for Athens, Ala._\n  Fredericksburg. First Cong. Ch.                           12.00\n  Huntsburg. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab Sch., 10; A.\n    E. and M. E. Millard, 15                                30.00\n  Kingsville. Myron Whiting                                400.00\n  Lyme. Cong. Ch.                                           16.80\n  New Lyme. A. J. Holman                                    10.00\n  North Benton. Margaret J. Hartzell                         2.50\n  Oberlin. Rev. E. P. Barrows, 10; Harris Lewis,\n    5                                                       15.00\n  Painesville. First Ch.                                    44.78\n  Perrysburg. Mrs. P. W. Warriner, 50c; Rev. J.\n    K. Deering, 50c                                          1.00\n  Radnor. Edward D. Jones                                    5.00\n  Rockport. Cong. Ch.                                        0.50\n  Saybrook. Wm. C. Sexton                                    3.00\n  Strongsville. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for\n    Debt_                                                    3.00\n  Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                            27.74\n  Unionville. Mrs. J. C. Burnelle                            5.00\n  Windham. Wm. A. Perkins                                    5.00\n  ---- \u201cAn Ohio Friend.\u201d                                     10.00\n  By Mrs. Ella J. Mahony, Treas. O. W. H. M. U.,\n    _for Woman\u2019s Work_:\n        Ohio Woman\u2019s H. M. U.                               68.18\n                                                         --------\n                                                        $1,021.92\n\n\nLEGACY.\n\n  Cleveland. Estate of Brewster Pelton, by John\n    G. Jennings, Ex.                                       300.00\n                                                          -------\n                                                         1,321.92\n\n\nINDIANA, $29.27\n\n  Kokomo. Cong. Ch.                                         19.27\n  Michigan City. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Marie Adlof Sch\u2019p Fund_                                 10.00\n\n\nILLINOIS, $794.94.\n\n  Batavia. Cong. Ch.                                        54.30\n  Beaver Creek. Joseph Pike                                  1.00\n  Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote                                4.00\n  Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote, _for Woman\u2019s Work_            3.00\n  Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. McKinney                           11.00\n  Chicago. New Eng. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._              80.55\n  Chicago. New England Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.,\n    24.89; Y. L. M. S. of New Eng. Cong. Ch.,\n    12.33; Mrs. J. H. McArthur, 5                           42.22\n  Creal Springs. Rev. P. W. Wallace                          2.50\n  Elgin. Ladies Miss\u2019y Soc., Bbl. of C., etc.,\n    _for Macon, Ga._\n  Englewood. Ladies Miss\u2019y Soc. of Cong. Ch.                30.00\n  Galesburg. Mrs. S. P. M. Avery                            10.00\n  Galesburg. First Church of Christ, Box of\n    Christmas Gifts; Mrs. Ridley, S. S. Papers,\n    _for Athens, Ala._\n  Ivanhoe. \u201cSunbeam Band,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n    Tougaloo U._                                            15.02\n  Lombard. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Mobile, Ala._               3.00\n  Lowell. V. G. Lutz                                         5.00\n  Maywood. H. W. Small, 1; L. V. Ferris, 1                   2.00\n  Millburn. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00\n  Normal. Mrs. P. E. Leach                                   2.00\n  Peoria. First Cong. Ch. to const. MRS. MARY E.\n    BAILEY, MRS. ABBY BLAIR, MRS. HELEN BRIGGS,\n    MRS. MARY CLARK, MRS. AGNES M. HANSEL and\n    MRS. MARY MEALS, L. M\u2019s.                               200.00\n  Princeton. Cong. Ch.                                      20.70\n  Quincy. First Union Cong. Ch.                             86.15\n  Ravenswood. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. HELEN M.\n    LLOYD L. M.                                             31.03\n  Ridge Prairie. Rev. Andrew Kern                            2.50\n  Sterling. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n    Aid, Fisk U._                                           20.00\n  Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell                                    5.00\n  Turner. Mrs. R. Currier                                    4.50\n  By Mrs. B. F. Leavitt, Treas. W. H. M. U. of\n    Ill., _for Woman\u2019s Work_:\n  Ashkum. Aux. and Y. L. M. C.                   0.65\n  Chicago. W. M. S. of Lincoln Park Church      21.50\n  Chicago. L. M. M. of New England Cong. Ch.    12.00\n  Oak Park. L. B. S. of Cong. Ch.               32.25\n  Port Byron. W. M. S.                          16.00\n  Rockford. W. H. M. U. of First Ch.            26.27\n  Rockford. H. M. U. of Second Ch.              10.80\n  Rockford. Y. L. M. S. of First Cong. Ch.,\n     _for Indian M._                            25.00\n  Springfield. Mrs. C. S. Post                   5.00\n                                               ------     $149.47\n\n\nMICHIGAN, $572.97.\n\n  Adrian. C. C. Spooner                                      5.00\n  Alpena. Member of Cong. Ch.                               25.00\n  Ann Arbor. Mrs. R. M. Cady                                 1.00\n  Banks. Cong. Ch.                                          .8.65\n  Bay City. Mrs. A. P. Lyon                                  5.00\n  Calumet. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                           40.00\n  Covert. Ladies\u2019 Miss. Soc., by Mrs. E. F.\n    Grabill, Treas. W. H. M. S. of Mich., _for\n    Woman\u2019s Work_                                           10.00\n  Detroit. \u201cA Friend\u201d, First Cong. Ch., _for\n    Kreutzer Marie Adolf Sch\u2019p_                            100.00\n  Detroit. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 25; Rev. J. D.\n    McLaulin, 9.22                                          34.22\n  Detroit. Rev. J. D. McLaulin, _for Student\n    Aid, Tougaloo U._                                       25.00\n  Grand Rapids. South Cong. Ch.                              2.50\n  Hancock. Woman\u2019s M. Soc. Cong. Ch., _for\n    Student Aid, Talladega C._                              25.00\n  Kalamo. Mrs. S. E. Slosson                                 1.60\n  Northville. D. Pomeroy                                     5.00\n  Portland. Fanny Wadsworth Miss\u2019y Soc., by\n    Sadie Hinman, Treas., _for Debt_                         4.50\n  Romeo. Miss E. B. Dickinson                               50.00\n  Stanton. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00\n  Union City. I. W. Clark                                  200.00\n  Union City. Mrs. S. M. Lucas                               0.50\n  Wheatland. N. R. Rowley                                   10.00\n  White Lake. Robert Garner                                 10.00\n\n\nWISCONSIN, $620.16.\n\n  Delavan. Cong. Ch.                                        12.72\n  La Crosse. Cong. Ch.                                     100.00\n  Lake Geneva. Cong. Ch.                                    20.78\n  Madison. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n    Atlanta U._                                             40.00\n  Menominee. John H. Knapp (100 of which _for\n    Indian M._)                                            200.00\n  Milwaukee. Gr. Av. Cong. Ch., 40; Hanover St.\n    Cong. Ch., 11.13                                        51.13\n  Prairie du Chien. \u201cFriend,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n    Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._                               5.50\n  Racine. Mrs. D. D. Nichols                                 0.50\n  Ripon. Union Fair, College and Sab. Sch., _for\n    Macon, Ga._                                              6.00\n  Ripon. Mrs. C. T. Tracy                                    5.00\n  Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Macon,\n    Ga._                                                    15.00\n  Stoughton. Mrs. E. B. Sewall                               1.00\n  Watertown. Cong. Ch.                                       8.93\n  Waupun. Cong. Ch., 21.90; and Sab. Sch., 10               31.90\n  Windsor. Cong. Ch.                                         7.00\n  Woman\u2019s Home Missionary Union of Wis., _for\n    Woman\u2019s Work_:\n      Alden. Ladies of Cong. Ch.                     1.75\n      Baraboo. W. M. S.                             25.00\n      Decorah. L. M. S.                             25.00\n      Eldora. \u201c                                      6.50\n      Elk Horn. \u201c                                    7.00\n      Grinnell. W. H. M. U.                          3.14\n      Madison. W. M. S.                             25.00\n      Marion. Y. P. M. S.                           20.00\n      McGregor. W. M. S.                            10.87\n      Osage. \u201c                                       4.45\n      Stacysville. \u201c                                 5.00\n      Polk City. Collected by Minnie Stubbs and\n        Dolly Egleston                               0.74\n      Windsor. W. M. S.                              5.00\n                                                  -------  114.70\n\n\nIOWA, $423.67.\n\n  Anamosa. \u201cA Friend,\u201d 5; _Juv. Miss\u2019y Soc._, 5;\n    _for Student Aid, Straight U._                          10.00\n  Burlington. Cong. Ch., ad\u2019l                                7.29\n  Cedar Rapids. Mrs. R. D. Stephens, _for\n    Student Aid, Straight U._                              100.00\n  Cedar Rapids. Birthday Box, Mission Sab. Sch.\n    of Cong. Ch.                                             2.65\n  Danville. Cong. Ch.                                        9.00\n  Davenport. Young Ladies Miss\u2019y Soc., _for\n    Student Aid, Talladega C._                              75.00\n  Des Moines. Plymouth Cong. Ch.                           143.08\n  Edgewood. N. G. PLATT, to const. himself L. M.            33.00\n  Genoa Bluff. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student\n    Aid, Straight U._                                       11.70\n  Independence. By Rev. W. S. Potwin, _for\n    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               6.00\n  Newton. Wittenberg Sab. Sch.                              14.05\n  Sheffield. Mrs. Agnes Floyd, _for Fort\n    Berthold, Indian M._                                     5.00\n  Tabor. Cong. Ch.                                           9.90\n  Washington. Ladies of Franklin Cong. Ch.,\n    Bedding, _for Talladega C._\n\n\nMISSOURI, $131.32.\n\n  Meadville. Ladies Soc., by Mrs. J. W. Abell,\n    _for Woman\u2019s Work_                                      13.11\n  Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch.                             118.21\n\n\nKANSAS, $9.50.\n\n  Chetopa. Mary E. Pinkerton                                 1.00\n  Hampton. Rev. I. T.                                        0.50\n  Sabetha. First Cong. Ch.                                   8.00\n\n\nDAKOTA, $28.05.\n\n  Fort Berthold. Wm. Kirkwood, _for Indian M._              10.00\n  Harwood. Cong. Ch.                                         1.50\n  Plankinton. Woman\u2019s Miss\u2019y Soc., by C. G.\n    Black, Treas A. C. U., _for Woman\u2019s Work_                8.00\n  Plankinton Mrs. C. G. Black\u2019s S. S. Class, 2;\n    W. M. Soc., 2.80, _for Indian M._                        4.80\n  Redfield. Cong. Ch.                                        3.75\n\n\nCOLORADO, $75.00.\n\n  Boulder. Geo. L. Gibson                                   25.00\n  Denver. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for\n    Marie Adlof Sch\u2019p Fund_                                 50.00\n\n\nNEBRASKA, $54.39.\n\n  Beatrice. First Cong. Ch.                                  5.00\n  Crete. Mrs. F. I. Foss                                    10.00\n  Greenwood. Mrs. C. A. Mathis, _Freight for\n    Macon, Ga._                                              2.00\n  Omaha. W. N. McCandlish, to const. MISS\n    CHARLOTTE J. HOWELLS, L. M.                             30.00\n  Ponca Agency. Ponca Mission                                7.39\n\n\nCALIFORNIA, $46.00.\n\n  National City. J. E. Cushman                              25.00\n  Oakland. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n    Indian M. and Freedmen_                                 15.00\n  Riverside. John P. Fisk, Jr., _for Macon, Ga._             1.00\n  San Jacinto. Mrs. L. N. Suydam, 3; Nellie and\n    Keith Suydam, 1 each                                     5.00\n\n\nWASHINGTON TER., $11.26.\n\n  Houghton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Birthday\n    offerings, _for Talladega C._                           11.26\n\n\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $16.00.\n\n  Washington. Rev. W. W. Patton, D. D., _for\n    Charleston, S. C._                                      15.00\n  Washington. \u201cLittle Rills of Llensmary\u201d                    1.00\n\n\nKENTUCKY, $136.25.\n\n  Berea. Ch. at Berea                                        1.25\n  Williamsburg. Tuition                                    135.00\n\n\nTENNESSEE, $870.85.\n\n  Grand View. Tuition                                       32.50\n  Jonesboro. Tuition, 3.50; Rent, 2                          5.50\n  Memphis. Tuition                                         338.15\n  Nashville. Tuition                                       489.70\n  Nashville. Prof. F. A. Chase                               5.00\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA, $195.52.\n\n  Pekin. Cong. Ch.                                          15.00\n  Wilmington. Tuition                                      175.00\n  Wilmington. Miss Hyde\u2019s S. S. Class, 3.52;\n    Miss Farrington\u2019s S. S. Class, 2, _for\n    Indian M._                                               5.52\n\n\nSOUTH CAROLINA, $1.00.\n\n  Columbia. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n    Atlanta U._                                              1.00\n\n\nGEORGIA, $683.71.\n\n  Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition                            220.10\n  Macon. Tuition, 166.10; Rent, 3.75                       169.85\n  Macon. \u201cMissionary Birthday Box,\u201d Cong. Sab.\n    Sch.                                                    13.21\n  McIntosh. Tuition                                         57.50\n  Savannah. Tuition                                        187.50\n  Thomasville. Tuition                                      35.05\n  Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, _for Debt_            0.50\n\n\nFLORIDA, $10.00.\n\n  Orlando. M. Marty                                         10.00\n\n\nALABAMA, $375.00.\n\n  Athens. Tuition                                           41.75\n  Mobile. Tuition                                          224.45\n  Talladega. Tuition                                        88.80\n  Talladega. Woman\u2019s Miss\u2019y Ass\u2019n, _for Indian\n    M._                                                     20.00\n\n\nLOUISIANA, $292.00.\n\n  New Orleans. Tuition                                     242.00\n  New Orleans. S. B. Steers, _for Student Aid,\n    Talladega C._                                           50.00\n\n\nMISSISSIPPI, $66.70.\n\n  Canton. Mrs. Hattie C. Garrett, _for Debt_                 5.00\n  Columbus. Women of Pine Grove Ch., _for Debt_              0.30\n  Tougaloo. Tuition, 7.50; Rent, 51.90                      59.40\n  Tougaloo. Helping Hand Soc., _for Indian M._               2.00\n\n\nTEXAS, $229.62.\n\n  Austin. Tuition                                          217.62\n  Austin. Miss J. A. Condict, _for Student Aid_             12.00\n\n\nINCOME, $602.55.\n\n  Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._                               602.55\n\n\nCANADA, $10.00.\n\n  Montreal. \u201cC. A.\u201d                                          5.00\n  Sherbrooke. Mrs. H. J. Morey                               5.00\n                                                      ===========\n  Donations                                             17,528.99\n  Legacies                                               5,288.80\n  Incomes                                                  692.55\n  Tuition and Rents                                      2,719.87\n                                                      -----------\n  Total for January                                    $26,140.21\n  Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31                          86,914.18\n                                                      ===========\n\n\nFOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n  Subscriptions for January                               $187.76\n  Previously acknowledged                                  251.42\n                                                      -----------\n        Total                                             $439.18\n\n                           H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,\n                                           56 Reade St., N. Y.\n\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\n                 1850 Thirty-Seventh Year. 1887\n\n                         Manhattan Life\n\n                          INSURANCE CO.\n\n                          OF NEW YORK,\n\n                      156 AND 158 BROADWAY.\n\n\n                         AGENTS WANTED.\n\nWe desire to engage the services of competent, reliable men as\nAgents, in localities where this company is not now represented.\nLiberal arrangements will be made with men who would like to\nundertake the business. The requirements are, a good reputation\nfor honesty and integrity, popularity, intelligence, industry and\nperseverance. With these qualities any man can succeed; if he can\nadd enthusiasm he can command great success. Send references as\nto ability, integrity, etc.\n\n        Accumulation                     11,155,000\n        Surplus, by New York standard,    2,254,000\n\n_Cash surrender values. Policy incontestable after five years.\nVery liberal to insurers, embracing the non-forfeiture law of New\nYork._\n\n\n                   JAMES M. McLEAN, President.\n  J. L. HALSEY, 1st Vice-Pres\u2019t.\n                H. B. STOKES, 2d Vice-Pres\u2019t.\n                               H. Y. WEMPLE, Secretary.\n                                          S. N. STEBBINS, Actuary.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                            INDELIBLE\n\n[Illustration]\n\nMark your Clothing! Clear Record of half a Century.\n\n\u201cMost Reliable and Simplest for plain or decorative marking.\u201d Use\na common pen.\n\nSold by all Druggists Stationers, News and Fancy Goods dealers.\n\n                            PAYSON\u2019S\n\n                         Indelible Ink!\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nYou Can Have The Phila. LADIES\u2019 HOME JOURNAL AND PRACTICAL\nHOUSEKEEPER, mailed to any address for 6 months, for only 25\ncents, either stamps or silver--a small sum of money. If you will\nread it 6 months you will not be without it afterward.\n\nElegantly Illustrated AND Handsomely PRINTED.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nMRS. LOUISA KNAPP, Editor; Mrs. E. C. Hewitt, and Mrs. J. H.\nLambert, Associate Editors.\n\nPure and Safe Fiction only. Domestic Stories by Elizabeth Stuart\nPhelps, Josiah Allen\u2019s Wife, Marion Harland, Rose Terry Cooke,\nHarriet P. Spofford, Mary Abbott Rand, Ella R. Church.\n\nA Series of Poems by Will Carlton.\n\n_Author of \u201cBetsy and I Are Out,\u201d \u201cOver the Hills to The Poor\nHouse.\u201d_\n\nPractical Fashions, with Illustrations, by Jenny June.\n\nPractical House keeping matters by CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK.\n\nCottage Dinners, Dainties and Desserts for afternoon teas, or\nevening companies, with table manners and Etiquette, methods of\nserving and garnishing. A whole page for Mothers, and care of\nchildren, &c. Artistic Needlework Department, fully illustrated,\nand edited by MISS MARY KNAPP. =OVER 400,000= copies printed each\nissue.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n_WE SEND FREE_ Our own special new & original STAMPING OUTFIT\nTo any person sending us only four subscribers for six months,\nat 25 cents each; or we will send this Outfit _and_ the LADIES\u2019\nHOME JOURNAL one year for only $1.00. Our new, 1887 Outfit was\ndesigned expressly for our subscribers only, by MRS. KNAPP,\nEditor of the LADIES\u2019 HOME JOURNAL.\n\nThe outfit contains patterns for every branch of needlework and\nflower painting, and _every pattern is the full working size_.\nThe several Flannel Skirt patterns are each long enough to stamp\na breadth of flannel at once without removing the pattern, and\nthe scallops have the corners turned. The outfit contains (new)\na beautiful Spray of Roses wide enough for the end of a Table\ncover; an entirely new design for Tinsel work; several bouquets,\neach long enough for the corner of a Table spread, or a Tidy; and\nthe alphabet is large enough for Towels, Napkins, Handkerchiefs,\nor Hat-bands.\n\nEach outfit is accompanied by directions for doing Stamping by\n_Parker\u2019s new patent method without paint or powder_. Address:\n\nCURTIS PUBLISHING CO., Philada., Pa.\n\n\n\n\nTranscriber\u2019s Notes\n\n\nPunctuation missing from the scan was added. Period and\nwell-known alternate spellings retained (e.g. mamma for mama).\n\n\u201cPresideent\u201d changed to \u201cPresident\u201d on page 64. (President, Hon.\nWm. B. Washburn)\n\n\u201ccollectable\u201d left uncorrected on page 65 as part of the\nquotation \u201care not collectable taxes\u201d\n\n\u201caud\u201d changed to \u201cand\u201d on page 75. (and is reaching a large\nnumber of women)\n\n\u201cphilanthrophy\u201d changed to \u201cphilanthropy\u201d (a monument to Mr.\nBallard\u2019s philanthropy)\n\n\u201cr\u00e8gime\u201d changed to \u201cr\u00e9gime\u201d on page 83 (The r\u00e9gime everywhere)\n\n\u201cTalledega\u201d changed to \u201cTalladega\u201d on page 89 under the first\nentry for Farmington.\n\n\u201cTalladga\u201d changed to \u201cTalladega\u201d on page 90 under the first\nentry for Holliston.\n\n\u201c25.00\u201d added on page 95 to the entry for Boulder. Geo. L.\nGibson. A smudge near the number indicates a probable scanning or\npage damage error, and 25.00 fills out the total for Colorado.\n\n\u201cOrlanda\u201d changed to \u201cOrlando\u201d on page 95 in the section for\nFlorida.\n\n\u201cboquets\u201d changed to \u201cbouquets\u201d on page 96 (several bouquets,\neach long enough)","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 41, No. 03, March, 1887","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":19079}