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NO. 3.\n\n                                THE\n\n                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n               \u201cTo the Poor the Gospel is Preached.\u201d\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n                           MARCH, 1881.\n\n\n\n\n                            _CONTENTS_:\n\n\n  EDITORIAL.\n\n    PARAGRAPHS                                                65\n    SENATOR BROWN ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION\u2014OVERTURE\n      TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL                                 67\n    MIXED SCHOOLS                                             68\n    EXCEPTIONS AND THE RULE\u2014CONVERSION VERSUS EDUCATION       69\n    INCONSIDERATE GIVING                                      71\n    THE INDIAN PROBLEM: Gen. S. C. Armstrong                  72\n    GENERAL NOTES\u2014Africa, Indians                             74\n    ITEMS FROM THE FIELD                                      76\n\n\n  THE FREEDMEN.\n\n    NORTH CAROLINA, MCLEANSVILLE\u2014Severe Winter, Good\n      Progress, etc.                                          78\n    GEORGIA, ATLANTA\u2014Sequel to Begging Letter: Mrs.\n      T. N. Chase                                             79\n    ALABAMA, MOBILE\u2014Emerson Institute                         80\n    MISSISSIPPI, TOUGALOO\u2014A Changed Home                      81\n    TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE\u2014Cabin, Frame House and Little\n      Brick                                                   82\n    TEXAS, PARIS\u2014The African Congregational Church            83\n\n\n  THE INDIANS.\n\n    COMMUNION SUNDAY AT HAMPTON: Miss Isabel B. Eustis        85\n\n\n  WOMAN\u2019S HOME MISS. ASSOC\u2019N\n\n    ANNOUNCEMENT                                              87\n\n\n  CHILDREN\u2019S PAGE.\n\n    CHILD\u2019S LETTER\u2014A CRUMB FOR THE BOYS                       89\n\n\n  RECEIPTS                                                    89\n\n\n  AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC.                                96\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                             NEW YORK:\n\n         Published by the American Missionary Association,\n                      ROOMS, 56 READE STREET.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n                Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.\n\nEntered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter.\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Missionary Association,\n\n56 READE STREET, N. Y.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n  PRESIDENT.\n\n    HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.\n\n\n  VICE-PRESIDENTS.\n\n    Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio.\n    Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis.\n    Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass.\n    Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me.\n    Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct.\n    WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I.\n    Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D. D., Mass.\n    Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I.\n    Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I.\n    Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. J.\n    Rev. EDWARD BEECHER, D. D., N. Y.\n    Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill.\n    Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C.\n    Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La.\n    Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H.\n    Rev. EDWARD HAWES, D.D., Ct.\n    DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio.\n    Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt.\n    Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Minn.\n    Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y.\n    Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Washington Ter.\n    Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa.\n    Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill.\n    EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H.\n    Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct.\n    Rev. W. L. GAGE, D. D., Ct.\n    A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y.\n    Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio.\n    Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn.\n    Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California.\n    Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon.\n    Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C.\n    Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis.\n    S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass.\n    Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass.\n    Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa.\n    Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct.\n    Sir PETER COATS, Scotland.\n    Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng.\n    WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y.\n    J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass.\n    E. A. GRAVES, Esq., N. J.\n    Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill.\n    DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct.\n    A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass.\n    Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y.\n    FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt.\n    JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R. I.\n    Rev. E. P. GOODWIN, D.D., Ill.\n    Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D.D., Mo.\n    J. W. SCOVILLE, Esq., Ill.\n    E. W. BLATCHFORD, Esq., Ill.\n    C. D. TALCOTT, Esq., Ct.\n    Rev. JOHN K. MCLEAN, D.D., Cal.\n    Rev. RICHARD CORDLEY, D.D., Kansas.\n    Rev. W. H. WILLCOX, D. D., Mass.\n    Rev. G. B. WILLCOX, D. D., Ill.\n    Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR. D. D., N. Y.\n    Rev. GEO. M. BOYNTON, Mass.\n    Rev. E. B. WEBB, D. D., Mass.\n    Hon. C. I. WALKER, Mich.\n    Rev. A. H. ROSS, Mich.\n\n\n  CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.\n\n    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._\n\n\n  DISTRICT SECRETARIES.\n\n    REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_.\n    REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_.\n    REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_.\n\n    H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._\n    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_.\n\n\n  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.\n\n    ALONZO S. BALL,\n    A. S. BARNES,\n    C. T. CHRISTENSEN,\n    H. L. CLAPP,\n    CLINTON B. FISK,\n    ADDISON P. FOSTER,\n    S. B. HALLIDAY,\n    A. J. HAMILTON,\n    SAMUEL HOLMES,\n    CHARLES A. HULL,\n    EDGAR KETCHUM,\n    CHAS. L. MEAD,\n    SAMUEL S. MARPLES,\n    WM. T. PRATT,\n    J. A. SHOUDY,\n    JOHN H. WASHBURN.\n\n\nCOMMUNICATIONS\n\nrelating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the\nCorresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to\nthe District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the \u201cAmerican\nMissionary,\u201d to Rev. C. C. PAINTER, at the New York Office.\n\n\nDONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS\n\nmay be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New\nYork, or when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21\nCongregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street,\nChicago, Ill. A payment of Thirty dollars at one time constitutes a\nLife Member.\n\n\n\n\n                                THE\n\n                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n             VOL. XXXV.       MARCH, 1881.      No. 3.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nWe call attention to our new pamphlet (No. 6,) which contains\nthe papers read at the woman\u2019s meeting held at Norwich, Conn.,\nOct. 13th, in connection with our Annual Meeting. This has been\npublished, and will be sent to those of our friends who express the\nwish to have it.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\u201cCommunion Sunday at Hampton,\u201d by Miss Eustis, and Mrs. Chase\u2019s\n\u201cSequel to a Begging Letter,\u201d we are confident will each be read\nwith very tender, almost tearful gratitude, and will thrill the\nreader with most sweet hopes of the triumphant success of our\nprayers and labors for the despised and wronged, but soon to be\nredeemed, races. The grace that is redeeming them is also sweetly\ntouching the hearts of many with reference to them.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nIn this number of the MISSIONARY, the W. H. M. Association\nannounces the purpose of bringing and keeping before the Christian\nwomen of our land their relation to the great work in which this\nAssociation is engaged.\n\nWhen the claims of the colored women of the South and of the Indian\nwomen of the West have been heard and recognized by their sisters\nof New England, we are confident that the work of elevating and\nsaving them will receive a new and wonderful impulse. We call\nattention to the announcement and suggestions made.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe acceptance by Rev. Henry M. Ladd, of Walton, N. Y., of the\nposition of Superintendent of the African missions of the A. M. A.,\nand his readiness to enter upon the work by the 1st of February,\nwas announced in the last number of the MISSIONARY. Mr. Ladd sailed\nfor the Mendi mission on the 12th of February, and was followed\non the 16th by Rev. K. M. Kemp, a native of North Carolina, and\na graduate of Lincoln University, who, with his wife, are to\nre-enforce that mission.\n\nAfter a visit to our missions on the western coast, Mr. Ladd\nexpects to enter upon an exploration of the Upper Nile basin for\nthe purpose of locating the Arthington mission.\n\nWe have at once an interesting fact and practical suggestions in\nthe action of the Ladies\u2019 Missionary Society of Elgin, Ill. This\nsociety is a branch of the Woman\u2019s Board for the Interior, and is\nequipped with two treasurers\u2014one to receive contributions for the\nforeign, and the other for home work.\n\nAt the meeting referred to, papers were read on the work at\nHampton, on the work at Fisk, and on the school and church work\nof the A. M. A., which gave great interest to the meeting, and\nawakened enthusiasm for this branch of home mission work.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nW. E. Blackstone, of Oak Park, Cook County, Ill., has published a\ngeneral directory of missionary societies of this and other lands,\nwhich will be a great convenience to those who wish to communicate\nwith such, and a source of valuable information to those who would\nget a comprehensive view of the work the church of Christ is doing\nfor the evangelization of the world. This pamphlet is neatly and\ncompactly gotten up, and is well worth the 25 cents asked for it.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nOne who is spending his first year at the South writes as follows:\n\u201cWhen I listen in the prayer-meetings to remarks and prayers,\nespecially the latter, I cannot help wishing that the churches of\nthe North could be present to be \u2018edified,\u2019 for they surely would\nbe. I know those who have given largely to the A. M. A., both as\nmen count largeness and as the Lord counts it (and His way is not\nalways man\u2019s way), and they would have more than felt satisfied\nwith their investment just to have been present for one hour in\nsome of the meetings at which it has been my privilege to be in the\nlast two months. I am satisfied that we are building wiser than we\nknow when we are seeking to introduce a \u2018colored element\u2019 into the\nCongregationalism of the Republic; but how much wiser, I do not\nprofess to be able to measure even in imagination.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n_The tone of Southern sentiment_ is changing toward the negro,\nin all parts of the South. In his recent message, Gov. Jarvis,\nof North Carolina, took occasion to speak in warm terms of the\npleasant relations existing between the races, and adds: \u201cI am glad\nto say negroes are becoming more industrious and thrifty.\u201d\n\nHe refers, with satisfaction, to their industrial fairs held at\nRaleigh, and to the encouragement shown them by the whites, and\nurges it as an imperative duty that full and equal justice shall be\ndone the blacks, and that they shall not be left to work out their\ndestiny unaided. He favors greater provision for public schools,\nand recommends that the school tax shall be 2.5 mills on the dollar.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThat was quite a love feast held in the Opera House, Lynchburg,\nVa., a few weeks since, when local politicians, United States\nofficials and Northern business men of the city united, regardless\nof party prejudices, in tendering a supper to capitalists from\nPittsburgh, and all joined in applauding the name of Blaine, from\nwhom a telegram was received during the evening, \u201cuntil the rafters\nrang again.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWhatever opinion we may form as to the justice of the charges made\nby Senator Dawes or the sufficiency of Secretary Schurz\u2019s reply,\nwe can and do rejoice that they seem to vie with each other in\ndemanding justice for the Poncas, and we would commend not alone\nto the Massachusetts Senator, but to all the members of Congress,\nthe appeal of the Secretary of the Interior, and express the\nconviction that the American people will not hold them guiltless\nof a large share of the guilt incurred in that matter, if they\nfail, before adjournment, to carry out the recommendations of the\nPresident. Mr. Schurz concludes his letter to Senator Dawes as\nfollows:\n\n\u201cPermit me now to make an appeal for the Poncas to you, Senator.\nLet these Indians at last have rest. Recognize their rights by\ngiving them the indemnity they justly asked for and which I asked\nfor them years ago. Let them quietly go about their farms and\nimprove their homes and send their children to school, undisturbed\nby further agitation. That is the best service you can render them.\nThey would probably be in a better condition already had that\nagitation never reached them.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nSENATOR BROWN ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION.\n\nHon. Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, who has recently been elected\nU. S. Senator, has for a long time manifested an interest in our\nwork. A short time since he gave $50,000 to an institution under\nthe auspices of the Baptists, for the education of the whites. On\nthe night before his election, in an address to the Legislature, he\nexpressed his appreciation of the importance of education in the\nfollowing words:\n\n\u201cI have the educational question very much at heart. Disguise\nit as you may, the New England States, with their schools and\nuniversities, have dictated laws to this continent. They have sent\nNew England ideas all over the West, and they dominate there.\nLook at Prussia, that little Empire over which Napoleon rushed\nand almost obliterated. Hardly a generation passed before it had\nin turn humbled France and taken the power from its Empire. The\nbright-eyed boys in your mountains and wire-grass may represent you\nnobly before the world if you educate them. We must also educate\nthe colored race, and they ought to be educated for the benefit\nof the Union, and by the friends of the Union. I would devote\nthe proceeds of the public lands to this purpose on a basis of\nilliteracy. The colored people are citizens, and we must do them\njustice. Let us give them every legal right. Social rights will\ntake care of themselves.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nOVERTURE TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL.\n\nIt is felt by many of our missionaries South that their work would\nbe facilitated by a creed, prepared under direction of the National\nCouncil, suited to the average intelligence of the Freedmen who\napply for admission to our new churches. To this end, therefore,\nthe Central South Conference, at its recent meeting in Memphis,\ndrew up an overture setting forth the reasons why such creed should\nbe provided, and presented it to the Council at St. Louis. After\npreliminary statements, the overture adds:\n\n\u201cOur eight colleges and our two score normal and high schools,\nwith their more than 8,000 students, and these, with their 150,000\npupils in primary schools, where they teach, are rapidly preparing\nthe material out of which churches of our faith and polity will be\ndeveloped.\n\n\u201cThese children of nature, with their ready faith but rude\nculture, coming into the inheritance of this New Testament way of\nthe churches, need the \u2018sincere milk of the word\u2019\u2014a declaration\nof doctrine that shall not be in the nomenclature nor in the\nphilosophy of a past age, but in the language and after the spirit\nof our improved New England theology. They need a form of sound\nwords such as that when they have once learned it they will not\nneed to be taught over again what it does not mean in spite of its\nphraseology.\n\n\u201cAs a duty of brotherly love and of honest recompense we owe them\nthe best things we have to give in the way of the freshest and\nripest statement of the ideas and doctrines which have leavened the\nEast and the West, and are now setting the South in foment.\u201d\n\nWe trust the Committee appointed by the Council to formulate a\nstatement of doctrine will meet the want.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nMIXED SCHOOLS.\n\nOpposition to mixed schools in the South is not confined to the\nwhite race. Intelligent colored people see that these mean no\nopportunity for them as teachers, at least for some years to come.\nThose who would be willing to wield the birchen rod over colored\nchildren are as yet largely in excess of those who would consent to\nhave a colored teacher wield it over them.\n\nMixed schools are needed in all the sparsely settled neighborhoods,\nwhich includes, of course, all the country outside of the larger\nvillages, as none other can be effectively maintained. None\nothers can be harmonized with the democratic ideas upon which our\ninstitutions are based, and it is safe to say that anything which\nis favored by every public and private interest, and is opposed\nonly by prejudice, will in the end gain the day. Victories are\nbeing won with such rapidity that we can afford to wait patiently\nfor this one, which when gained will prove the Appomattox of this\nwar.\n\nAlmost all that can be gained for the negro by legislation has been\naccomplished; to overcome prejudices which wrong and hinder him,\nwill now depend largely upon himself. The gratifying fact, attested\nby prominent men all over the South, is that he is playing his\npart with commendable manliness, and is gaining what will never be\nlong withheld from those who deserve it\u2014the respect of his white\nneighbors.\n\nIt would be well for those who complain of the slow progress made\nfor better feelings and sentiments among the Southern whites in\nregard to the negroes, and their manifest unwillingness to accord\nto them their rights, quietly to digest a recent letter from the\nSuperintendent of Schools in Cambridge, Mass., who explains that he\nhas not employed properly qualified colored teachers in that city,\nsimply because there is so much color prejudice among the people\nthat he deems it inexpedient to do so.\n\nWe know of a young colored woman, a graduate of the high-school\nof the town in which she lives, admitted by all parties to be the\nbest scholar of her class, and one of the best ever graduated from\nthe school, who cannot find employment in the profession for which\nshe has so ably qualified herself, only because she has a trace of\nnegro blood in her veins. When Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and\nwe may as well include the whole of New England, have reached and\noccupied sufficiently long to feel comfortable upon it, the ground\nwhich they insist the South ought to take at one bound, the South\nmay be more favorably affected by their preaching of equal rights.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nEXCEPTIONS AND THE RULE.\n\nThere may be exceptions which, after all, confirm the rule to which\nthey do not wholly conform, but to say that it is by exceptions the\nrule is to be proven, is to betray a blind adhesion to maxims whose\nclaim to credence is their antiquity alone.\n\nA partial and hasty generalization from two or three particulars\nsuffices for the enunciation of a general law applicable to all\ncases. The declaration of a more careful investigator that a number\nof particular facts are not harmonious with the law as enunciated\nis met, not with a revision of the law, but with the assertion that\nexceptions do not invalidate, but prove the rule.\n\nA naturalist in the tropics describes water as being under all\ncircumstances a fluid. The solid block of ice which drifts for the\nfirst time into his field of observation he will not accept as\ndisproving his doctrine, but as being the exception necessary to\nconfirm it.\n\nIt becomes a matter of interest to know in what way exceptions do\nconfirm what they seemingly disprove, and how many maybe admitted\nbefore we shall revise our classifications and re-state our general\nrule, because false in its old form. Unquestionably an indisputable\nexception proves at least that the rule is not universal, and\nsuggests that there may be a thousand more facts out of harmony\nwith it.\n\nAnglo-Saxon prejudice and conceit have laid it down as a general\nrule, a law of race, that the negro is only a somewhat superior\ngrade of monkey, incapable of any high degree of intellectual\ndevelopment; that the only good Indian is a dead Indian, and the\nbest use he can be put to is to make a target of him for the\ntraining of our soldiers in musket firing.\n\nThe American Missionary Association has been engaged for the past\nscore of years in developing exceptions to these dicta, and it is\ntime to raise the question seriously whether these only prove the\nrule or demand its revision!\n\nWe respectfully submit that the experiments made show a large\nnumber of exceptions; in fact, the number has been numerous exactly\nin proportion to the largeness of our opportunities and facilities\nfor developing them. A serious doubt ought by this time to take\npossession of the public mind whether $32,000,000 spent in Indian\nwars during the past dozen years is not rather expensive target\npractice, and whether the results shown by those who, under great\ndisadvantages, have been attempting to civilize and Christianize\nthe Indians, are not of such character as to demand most\nemphatically that our method of dealing with them shall be changed.\n\nWe also challenge attention to the results of our educational\nexperiments in the South, as demanding in all fairness that they\nshall be made on a national scale, and not simply by the private\nenterprise of philanthropists.\n\nIt is time the old answer of ignorance and stupid imbecility that\nexceptions only prove the rule should be thrown to the dogs, and\nwe should as a nation convert the dangerous elements with which we\nhave so wickedly and foolishly dealt into sources of national power\nand safety.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nCONVERSION VERSUS EDUCATION.\n\nIt was a wild and weird scene that we looked down upon from the\ngallery of one of the prominent colored churches in a Southern\ncity a few months since. The preacher had, at 10 o\u2019clock, p. m.,\nfinished his part of the service, having preached an excellent\nand very simple sermon, in which there was nothing calculated to\nproduce the violent scenes which followed, and having come down\nfrom the pulpit, the brethren and sisters took the meeting under\ntheir own management.\n\nUp to this time it had been as quiet and decorous as a deacons\u2019\nmeeting in New England. A stentorian \u201cson of thunder\u201d now led the\nsinging, and a general movement of the whole assembly at once\nbegan. Soon, nearly a hundred \u201cseekers\u201d were kneeling at the\n\u201cmourners\u2019 bench,\u201d a row of seats extending across the church,\nin all stages of physical and spiritual abasement. Prayer and\nsong followed each other in rapid and boisterous succession,\nwhile the congregation of believers marched and counter-marched,\neach one discharging at once his duty and a volley of counsel or\nencouragement to the mourners as he passed along the line.\n\nBlack was the ground and prevailing color. The lights were hardly\nsufficient to resolve this nebulous blackness into faces, black\nsun-bonnets of the sisters, and black-coated forms of the brethren\nmoving to and fro through the room, while the singers sang, the\nexhorters exhorted, the mourners mourned in dismal howls, and the\nshouters shouted and leaped in ecstatic joy. Now and then, one\nwould come to the surface of all this uproar, to tell what voices\nhe had heard, what visions he had seen, what dreams he had dreamed,\nand receive the assurance from the minister: \u201cI have no more doubt\nthat he has got religion, than I have of my own existence,\u201d which\nwould be the signal for a general shout of \u201cglory to God!\u201d that\nmade the preceding bedlam seem tame, and gave renewed impetus to\nthe marchings and songs and prayers.\n\nThese meetings had been in nightly session for weeks, and continued\nfor weeks afterward, prolonged often, as on this night, until 2\no\u2019clock in the morning. As we left, about midnight, our driver, an\nintelligent negro, said: \u201cYou are going away too early. Things will\nget pretty warm after awhile. \u2019Ligion strikes a nigger first in the\nfoot and then works up; it is just beginning to work, it will be\nlively after awhile;\u201d of which there could not be much doubt.\n\nOne of our missionaries, some time since, was applied to by a\ncolored woman for admission to the church. At her examination\nbefore the committee, she had a wonderful dream to tell as proof of\nher conversion. The committee, not deeming it sufficient evidence,\nrefused her application. She went immediately to one of the old\nministers, and the day of her immersion was duly celebrated by a\ngreat gathering, of which she was the heroine. As she clambered up\nthe bank of the river, shouting aloud, she suddenly encountered one\nof the deacons whose church had refused her admission. Giving a\nsudden pause to her religious fervor, she thrust her clenched hand\ninto his face, exclaiming: \u201cThere, I am baptized,\u201d and followed up\nwith imprecations upon himself, pastor, and church, which were, to\nsay the least, not saintly, and then resumed her shout of glory!\n\nTo one who has seen the negro often under religious excitement, it\nis evident that he seeks it as many men do intoxication, for the\nmere pleasurable excitement; he neither feels nor hears, nor does\nhe know of reasons for being a better man morally because of his\nreligion; if it only makes him happier, it meets his need, and the\nonly demand he has to make of it.\n\nThis is a just idea of what conversion was under the old-style\nminister among the negroes. Of course, there were many among them\nwho preached a purer Gospel, and sought renewed spiritual lives\namong their people, especially before emancipation, but with\nfreedom came the hope of political or other power, which could be\ngained most easily by the preacher, and many sought and secured\nsuch positions who were utterly unscrupulous as well as ignorant.\nIt is such a ministry as this which, more than anything else,\nopposes to-day our work among the Freedmen.\n\nDr. Sears stated last spring, in his address at the School\nSuperintendents\u2019 Convention, that he knew of the presence of one\ntrained normal teacher in a village to necessitate the dismissal of\nseven old-fashioned teachers. Contrast and comparison revealed sad\ndeficiencies before unknown, and the committee was forced to get\nrid of the poor teachers. And so it is chiefly by what we compel\nothers to do, that we are to estimate the value of our intelligent\nand largely undenominational work in the South. The Freedmen\nare beginning to see that religion is something different from\ndreaming dreams or seeing visions, or shouting, or anything of the\nkind; that it means honest, pure, industrious lives, inspired and\ncontrolled by the spirit of Jesus Christ. Education is securing\nsomething better than such conversions, in fact is making them\nimpossible with the new generation.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nINCONSIDERATE GIVING.\n\nWe deem it inaccurate to say \u201cinconsiderate charity,\u201d for such\ngiving is not charitable giving. \u201cTo him that _knoweth_ to do\ngood and doeth it not, to him it is sin.\u201d The obligation is as\nimperative that we shall give intelligently as that we shall give\nat all. The intolerable tramp nuisance with which we have been\nso grievously afflicted, was nourished and built up by the illy\nconsidered sentiment which found expression in the declaration of\na well-known minister, who said he would refuse to give anything\nto the cause of missions before he would refuse a gift to the poor\nfellow who asked at his door for help, and in the custom of a good\nwoman of wealth, who bought a set of crockery for tramps, and\nalways kept a large coffee-pot full of that delightful beverage\non the stove ready for the use of her frequent guests, a dozen of\nwhom she has been known to feed in one day. There can be no doubt\nthat a ready and full _supply_ of this kind will develop an almost\ninfinite _demand_.\n\nA lady, prominent and well-known in New York city, whose habit\nwas never to give to any one asking at the door, but to take the\naddress of the applicant and investigate the case, said that in\nseventeen years\u2019 experience she had never found a single deserving\none among the many who had so applied; in every case a fictitious\naddress had been given.\n\nWe can do no safe and really charitable work until such work is\nintelligently organized, so that deserving cases are supplied\nwith just the kind of aid needed, and fictitious and unworthy\nones are exposed and punished. We must know, either by ourselves\nor accredited and trusted agents, what we are doing if we are to\nbenefit rather than curse our fellows by our so-called charities.\n\nThe friends of the negro are in danger constantly of being imposed\nupon by impostors, who rob the cause they desire to promote of\nmuch-needed funds. It is very easy for one who comes soliciting\naid for a prospective college or church to secure testimonials\nthat said institution is greatly needed, and that the solicitor is\nseeking money for a most important purpose.\n\nIt is not necessary to show, which is by no means the case, that\nall who come from the South asking aid for such causes are frauds,\nin order to give weight to our words of caution. Many of these\nare attempting honestly a most important work, and ought to have\nsympathy and material aid, but the individual to whom application\nis made has neither time nor facilities for making the proper\ninvestigations to establish this fact. True, the applicant\nhas testimonials, but they need investigation no less than the\napplicant himself.\n\nWe know of several cases where funds have been contributed, and\nhave been expended in the erection and maintenance of schools,\nwhich are doing honest and most valuable work, concerning which\nnothing but praise should be spoken, and yet nothing but the life\nof one man stands between this present use of these funds and an\nutter perversion of them. The school property is the personal\nproperty of the individual who procured the funds, and at his death\nwill of necessity pass into the hands of others, who can do what\nthey choose with it.\n\nWe know of one case where a wealthy man from New York, spending the\nwinter in the South, became interested in a negro public school\nnear his hotel. He converted the rude building into a New England\nschool-house, supplied with first-class apparatus, and took great\nsatisfaction in what he had done for the poor negroes. Next year\nthe negro school was transferred to another building, and the\nwhites made this one, with its books, globes, and philosophical\napparatus, the foundation of a higher school for their own race. We\nbelieve it best for the friends of negro education to work, through\nsome one of the various organizations which are doing this work,\nwho are in position to do it more wisely and efficiently than they\ncould do it; and would call attention to the following suggestions\nfrom a correspondent of the New York _Tribune_, as being wise and\nof urgent importance:\n\n  \u201cThere are associations connected with nearly every religious\n  denomination in the country, to meet the great and terrible need\n  of education among the millions of the emancipated and their\n  children. These associations are under the administration of the\n  best and most sagacious business men in our communities, and\n  it is safe to say that the moneys committed to the custody of\n  these associations are judiciously, desirably and economically\n  appropriated. Of one of these associations I have personal and\n  familiar knowledge. It has extensive colleges or universities in\n  Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and\n  Texas, besides numerous schools scattered throughout the Southern\n  States. Nearly $300,000 was expended by this association the past\n  year, almost exclusively in the interest of these people, one\n  excellent woman putting $150,000 in the treasury, to be expended\n  in making much needed additions to colleges so utterly thronged\n  by applicants that they were compelled to turn numbers from their\n  doors.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTHE INDIAN PROBLEM.\n\nGEN. S. C. ARMSTRONG.\n\nThe Indian problem is upon us as never before.\n\nThe wrongs of the Poncas, both in themselves and as illustrating\nour country\u2019s mode of dealing with the red race for generations,\nhave touched and stirred the people.\n\nThe sum of six generations of slavery has been to the negro,\noppression, offset by steady progress through it all, and only\ninjury to the white man. The sum of six generations of Indian\ntreatment has been a succession of wrongs, offset by little real\nadvantage, and the steady gain of the white man.\n\nThe negro acquired our language and ways, and by becoming the\nindustrial reliance of the South, became, even more than his\nmaster, capable of taking care of himself. We have destroyed the\nreliance of the Indian, his game, and have put nothing in its\nplace. With all the justice and humanity intended in our annual\noutlay for the red race, there is a pauperizing, weakening tendency\nthat is full of danger. Practically, has the politician been any\nbetter guardian than the slave-holder?\n\nThe country is waking up to a sense of justice. The shameful record\nof violated treaties and untold wrongs for the past hundred years\nis being brought out. From the outraged negro, for whom the country\ncan now do nothing but help educate him, and who, indeed, needs\nnothing but intelligence to fit him to hold his own, our people are\nturning to the Indian and demanding that Government open before him\nthe only way to manhood and citizenship\u2014_rights_ and _education_.\nIt must be done.\n\nIn the \u201cCentury of Dishonor,\u201d just published by the well-known\nauthor, \u201cH. H.,\u201d she states that \u201cTo write in full the history of\none of these Indian communities, of its forced migrations, wars,\nand miseries, would fill a volume by itself.\u201d\n\nAs this shall be better realized, a stronger public sentiment will\nbe formed and felt. Other forces are at work. The three hundred and\nfifty Indian youth who have come voluntarily from the West, many\nof them children of chiefs, and entered the Carlisle and Hampton\nschools, have already proved their capacity for mechanical and\nagricultural, as well as for mental and religious improvements. Not\nbut that this has already been abundantly shown; but the work has\nbeen done at our doors; the evidence is thrust upon us.\n\nHow many know that of the 275,000 Indians in the United States,\n150,000 are already self-supporting, 84,000 partly so, while only\n31,000 are entirely dependent on the Government; that their numbers\nare hardly diminished since the landing of the Pilgrims?\n\nBishop Whipple, of Minnesota, says: \u201cThe North American Indian\nis the noblest type of a heathen man on the face of the earth.\nHe recognizes a Great Spirit; he believes in immortality; he has\na keen intellect; he is a clear thinker; he is brave, fearless,\nand until betrayed, he is true to his plighted faith; he has a\npassionate love for his children and counts it joy to die for his\npeople. Our most terrible wars have been with this noblest type of\nIndians and with those who have been the white man\u2019s friends.\u201d\n\nNearly three years\u2019 experience at Hampton has shown that the chief\ndanger, the death-rate, while serious, is not discouraging. Our 80\nIndian pupils are now in better health than ever before. They need\nin bodily ailments careful, prompt treatment; with that there is\nlittle danger. It is clear that the death-rate is not increased by\ntransplanting them to the East.\n\nIs not the story of our last communion service which I sent to the\nMISSIONARY last week evidence enough to stimulate Christians to\nthe greatest effort for this race? I write this paper especially\nto urge upon the American Missionary Association and its friends\nsome effort for Indians in connection with their institutions for\ncolored people.\n\nThe mingling of races at Hampton has worked admirably. Our colored\nstudents increased in number last year by 37 in spite of the 70\nIndians for whom separate and special pecuniary provision was made\nby Government and by friends.\n\nBringing Indians to negro schools is like putting raw recruits\namong old soldiers. The former are pushed along by a thousand\nindirect helpful influences; they are improved by contact with\nthose always ahead of them in the march of civilization; and the\nlatter are ennobled by what they do for their needy brethren. It\nworks well; such mingling will strengthen and not weaken your\nschools, if Hampton experience is safe to go by. To make men of the\nsavages on our frontier and to save their souls by putting them\nwith the ex-slave of the country is a grand work, if it has been\ncalled \u201csensational.\u201d\n\nWhy not take these twenty Indian children that the Indian\ndepartment are ready to give you? This would be safe; then feel\nyour way along. Let them study mornings and work afternoons,\nand play Saturdays. We do so. The labor is one of some delicacy\nand difficulty. But the Indian is like everybody else. That\u2019s\nour experience. Treat him firmly, fairly, kindly; give him no\nsecond-rate teacher; he is keen and appreciative.\n\nWhy not go ahead? The Government will place them at your doors free\nof expense, and give you $150 a year for twelve months\u2019 schooling\nand care\u2014which will barely pay for their food and clothing. That\u2019s\nall we can get. The people must pay in part the cost of such\neducation to get it done. We try to obtain a yearly seventy-dollar\nscholarship for each one and have been fairly successful. You can\nget these by working for them. You say, \u201cWe have no room for them;\nwhere is the money with which to erect buildings?\u201d\n\nWe hope next fall to have thirty more Indian girls, making fifty\nboys and fifty girls, and are now trying to raise twenty thousand\ndollars to put up next summer a suitable building for the girls,\nthat shall have every appliance for practical education, including\ncooking, sewing, clothes-making, washing and ironing, and housework\ngenerally, furnishing room for seventy.\n\nWe have no idea where the money is to come from. We have faith\nthat it will come, because such work is in the line of God\u2019s\nprovidential movement. He who wisely works in that line cannot\nfail. The way to get it is to ask for it, prepare for it, push for\nit, be worthy of it, pray for it, and it will come. The people of\nthe country will sustain a good work for Indians.\n\nSome may object that it will trespass upon the negro. Has it been\nso here? How would our colored students feel to-day if our Indians\nwere to be withdrawn? They would vote solidly against it; they\nwould lose and not gain, and they know it. Is the mutual love and\nrespect of these races of no account?\n\nThe American Missionary Association aims to destroy caste. This\nis our way to do it. Nothing here has ever filled me with more\npleasure than watching our students\u2019 recreations, in which race\nlines are utterly forgotten. They exist between them, and many\nfeared, in consequence, disastrous results of their mingling. Two\nof our most important and successful Indian teachers are negroes,\ngraduates of this school.\n\nThree seventy-dollar scholarships are contributed by Virginia\nchurches for this Indian work, from Petersburg, Portsmouth, and\nHampton, respectively. Southern churches are aiding negro schools.\n\nHave faith and go in for Indians!\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nGENERAL NOTES.\n\n\nAfrica.\n\n\u2014A French school of arch\u00e6ology, like those which already exist\nat Rome and Athens, will be established at Cairo. M. Maspero,\nProfessor in the College of France, has charge of the organization.\n\n\u2014M. L. Vassion, attached to the office of foreign affairs in\nFrance, has gone to Cairo; he will start from there for Khartoum\nand the river Blanc, where he will study the nature of the\ncommercial relations which it will be possible to establish with\nSoudan.\n\n\u2014Dr. Pogge and his companion, M. Wissman, have sailed from Hamburg\nfor Saint Paul de Loanda. The German Government has officially\nasked for them the protection of the Portuguese Government, by\nwhich they may traverse the African possessions on the western side.\n\n\u2014The mission of Algiers proposes to found two new stations between\nthe great lakes and the Atlantic. The first will be upon the Congo\nitself, at the point where the river bends to the north; the second\nwill be in the States of Mouata Yamvo.\n\n\u2014Messrs. Brazza and Ballay will descend the Alima in the\ntransportable steamer which the latter has obtained from Europe, to\ncomplete the exploration of the Congo.\n\n\u2014The _L\u2019Afrique_, in an article on the Sanitary Condition of Africa\nand the adjacent Isles, says, \u201cMadeira is remarkably healthy,\nso that it has been for a long time chosen as a sanitarium for\nconsumptives. Malaria is wholly unknown there; dysentery is rare\nand shows itself only in the epidemic form.\u201d\n\n\u2014Bishop Crowther returned to Lagos, from a six months\u2019 absence on\nthe Upper Nile, just in time for his wife\u2019s prayer, that she might\ndie in his arms, to be answered. She did so, though unconscious of\nthe fact, on the 19th of October last.\n\nAdjai, afterwards Bishop Samuel Crowther, and Asano, afterwards\nSusanna, his wife, were children of the same tribe, kidnapped,\nrescued, and landed almost the same time, though not in the\nsame party, at Sierra Leone, and were placed in the same church\nmissionary school. They were married fifty-one years since, in 1829.\n\n\u2014_A Kaffir Girl\u2019s Worthy Example._ One day a Kaffir girl in South\nAfrica went to a missionary and dropped four sixpences into his\nhand, saying: \u201cThis is your money.\u201d\n\n\u201cYou don\u2019t owe me anything,\u201d replied the teacher.\n\n\u201cI do,\u201d she answered; \u201cand I will tell you how. At the public\nexamination you promised a sixpence to any one in the class I was\nin who would write the best specimen on a slate. I gave in my slate\nand got the sixpence; but you did not know then that another person\nwrote that specimen for me. Yesterday you were reading in the\nchurch about Zaccheus, who said: \u2018If I have taken anything from any\nman by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.\u2019 I took from you\none sixpence, and I bring you back four.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nThe Indians\n\nSISSETON AGENCY, DAKOTA TERRITORY.\u2014Mr. Charles Crissey, the agent,\nin a brief report, says:\n\nThere have been built since I came here in 1879 seven new frame\nhouses, and three others finished that were not habitable when I\ncame, besides a number of log houses roofed and floored. A new\nengine has been procured and put in place for the flour mill,\nand the building enlarged to double its former capacity. A barn\n21\u00d770 feet has been built; the school building repaired, after six\nyears\u2019 use; the old engine converted into a portable saw-mill; and\ntimber for a new church at Good Will sawed out. The people have\nbeen supplied with 95 yoke of work cattle, with yokes and chains\ncomplete; also with all the plows, wagons, harrows, etc., that they\nwill need for some time.\n\nI have also had thrown upon my care the Brown Earth Indians,\nformerly living here, 30 families, now 40 miles away, who are\ntrying to get homesteads like white men. They have been supplied\nwith 20 yoke of oxen, 20 wagons, all tools necessary, including\nportable forge and tools, also carpenters\u2019 tools, and material for\na new school-house.\n\nThe Drifting Goose Indians have been quietly disposed of and\nsettled at Crow Creek, D. T., after being on my hands ten months.\n\nThree Indians are now talking of building for themselves frame\nhouses as good and large as the one I live in, provided the\nGovernment will furnish half the material required.\n\nOur grain is not all threshed yet. From present indications it will\nreach about 28,000 bushels wheat and 10,000 bushels oats; potatoes,\ncorn, etc., in abundance. I cut down the estimate on flour for this\nseason 25,000 lbs. The Indians now furnish about 70 per cent. of\nwhat they eat.\n\nMy next step will be to introduce stock raising, by procuring cows\nand calves for this people.\n\nWASHINGTON TERRITORY.\u2014Hon. John McReavy has fitted up a hall at\nUnion City for church purposes, and the people have procured an\norgan and bell for the same object.\n\nThe Clallam Indians at Jamestown, near Dunginess, Washington\nTerritory, have bought a bell for their church, the first church\nbell in their county, although it has been settled more than twenty\nyears, and has a white population of over five hundred and fifty.\n\nThe members of the church at Seabeck, at the close of the services\non the first Sabbath in December, presented their pastor, Rev.\nM. Eells, with a purse containing forty dollars and fifty cents;\nand the ladies of the place who are not members of the church,\npresented his wife on Christmas with a box containing articles of\nclothing worth about thirty dollars.\n\nTwo persons at Jamestown were received into our church in December,\nand two more at S\u2019kokomish in January, all on profession of faith.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nITEMS FROM THE FIELD.\n\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\u2014_The Memorial Church_, recently known as the\nLincoln Mission, has, as noted in the last MISSIONARY, just\nblossomed into a church, and begins its life as such in a renovated\nhall on the corner of Eleventh and R streets. The A. M. A. and\nthe trustees of the Mission decided last fall that the building\nmust be repaired, and the work was so far completed that it was\noccupied again by the church on the first Sabbath of the new year.\nThe room will seat about 800 people, and with the expenditure of\n$75 for matting in the aisles, would be very attractive indeed.\nMrs. Babcock, city missionary, has opened industrial schools in\nconnection with this church, both for mothers and the younger\ngirls, and proves a great help in the spiritual work of the church.\n\nRALEIGH, N. C.\u2014The winter has been unusually severe, and our people\nare so very poor and unprepared for it that the attendance at\nchurch services has been very small. A part of the time it has\nbeen so cold and muddy that it was impossible for the people to get\nabout. The Sunday-school numbers 128.\n\nWOODBRIDGE, N. C.\u2014The young folks are wide awake and hard at work.\nThere are three grades in school, the highest studying Mental\nand Written Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, History, Physiology,\nReading, Writing and Spelling. The school is working as never\nbefore. A Band of Truth and Purity has been organized, pledged to\nbe temperate, truthful and chaste, and to observe the rules of good\nsociety. It meets weekly in a social way and strictly examines its\nmembers.\n\nMACON, GA.\u2014Some idea both of the sufferings of the poor who\ncould not possibly meet the increased expense, and also of the\ndrafts upon our appropriations for our school work in the South,\nnecessitated by the intensity of the cold, may be gathered from the\nstatement of Mr. Lathrop, of Macon, Ga., when he says: \u201cFor a week\nor more the mercury stood below the freezing point, going down to\nzero one night, and ranging from 8 to 30 degrees above, most of\nthe time. In some places wood could with difficulty be purchased\nfor $15 per cord by those who had the money.\u201d Pastor Lathrop has\nopened a library of more than 1,000 volumes, open to all classes at\nthe cost of five cents per month to each member. The cold winter\nhere, as at all points in the South, has materially increased the\nexpense of school and church work, and at the same time hindered\nits progress.\n\nATLANTA, GA.\u2014Mr. Francis writes: \u201cI have just come from an Inquiry\nMeeting, which was attended by forty persons, most of whom give\ngood evidence that they are earnestly seeking the salvation of\ntheir souls. We have had less faithful activity in religious\nmatters thus far in our school year than usual, owing to a variety\nof circumstances, but during this week the attention of very many\nhas been aroused, and we are walking under the shadow of the\nmanifest presence of the Spirit. Quite a number have already given\ngood evidence that they have submitted to Christ, and several now\nare apparently not far from the kingdom of God. We have a large\nattendance, there being 102 girls and about 90 boys in the family,\nand we hope to gather a large harvest for the Master. We shall hold\nsome extra meetings, but do not expect to interfere with regular\nschool work. Thus far the interest is quiet, deep and persuasive\namong the girls, and we trust will be equally thorough in the other\nhousehold. Pray that we may have wisdom and fidelity to rightly\ncare for the precious interests at stake.\u201d\n\nLAWRENCE, KAN.\u2014The last number of the MISSIONARY stated that\na young colored man had been put in charge of the Second\nCongregational Church of Lawrence. He (Rev. H. R. Pickney) reports\nthe outlook of that enterprise as in every way encouraging. Several\nhave been received into the church by letter, and the church\nhas been quickened under the manifest presence of the Spirit in\nconnection with a series of meetings, in which Brother Markham\naided the pastor.\n\nCHATTANOOGA, TENN.\u2014It has been awfully wet, muddy and cold all the\nmonth; the like has not been experienced here for many years. The\ngreat suffering among the poor for the want of food, fuel, clothing\nand shelter to keep them from the terribly cold weather, was\nfearful. It rained steadily through the week of prayer, and we were\nable to have meeting only one night.\n\nNASHVILLE, TENN.\u2014During the present term, a deep religious interest\nhas obtained among the students in Jubilee Hall. It began soon\nafter the opening of the fall term. New students, especially,\nseemed to be deeply interested in their own spiritual welfare,\nand when the opportunity presented itself, offered themselves for\nprayers.\n\nThe week set apart by the International College Y. M. C. A. for\nprayer was observed by the members of the association in the\nInstitution, in a half-hour prayer-meeting each evening. During\nthat week several persons were hopefully converted. The meetings\nwere afterward continued. Up to the time of writing fourteen\nstudents have made a profession of their faith in Christ, and\nothers are inquiring.\n\nThe day of prayer for colleges was a good one. Several of the\nstudents are doing good work among their people in this vicinity,\npreaching where there is opportunity and holding prayer-meetings\nin private houses, so far as they can without interference with\ntheir studies, and with good effect both upon the people, and upon\nthemselves as looking forward to their future work.\n\nFLATONIA, TEXAS.\u2014A set of outline maps is needed for the school.\nCan anyone furnish a second-hand set?\n\nSELMA, ALA.\u2014Rev. C. B. Curtis writes that he has been very busy\nholding meetings every night since the beginning of the week of\nprayer. He has been assisted by his brother from Marion and by Rev.\nMr. Hinman, of Oberlin. Thus far there have been six conversions,\na great many inquirers, and a great reviving of the members of the\nchurch.\n\nMEMPHIS, TENN.\u2014Through the kindness of Judge J. O. Pierce, the\ncabinet of Le Moyne Normal School has just been increased by the\naddition of a fine collection of minerals and fossils, numbering\nsome hundreds of unusually fine specimens. A very interesting\nfeature of the institution, added this season, is an experimental\nkitchen in which practical cookery is taught to the girls of the\nschool. Besides this, classes are trained in needlework, etc., a\nroom having been fitted up for this especial purpose.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE FREEDMEN.\n\nREV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.,\n\nFIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nNORTH CAROLINA.\n\nLicense of a Minister\u2014Severe Winter\u2014Good Progress\u2014Poverty.\n\nREV. ALFRED CONNET, M\u2019LEANSVILLE.\n\nOn the 23d of January the church licensed John M. Brooks to preach\nGospel, the license to extend till the time of the meeting of the\nState Conference at this place next May. It is expected that the\nConference will be asked to examine him and renew his license. He\nis industrious, economical, has good talent, is a good student,\none of our most advanced pupils, a zealous Christian, a member of\nthis church, and anxious to gain a thorough education, that he may\npreach Christ to his fellow-men.\n\nHe has no resources but his own labor. He earned nearly but not\nquite enough during vacation to carry him through this school year.\nHe asked my advice whether he should stay at school or go and teach\na school that is offered him. I advised him to stay while his money\nlasted, believing that when that is gone the Lord will send more.\nTen dollars will meet his wants.\n\nThis has been an unusually severe winter. The colored people have\nbeen poorly prepared for it, both in regard to comfortable houses\nand clothing.\n\nOur January communion was postponed, on account of the severe\nweather, till the first Sunday in February. We are expecting some\nadditions to the church.\n\nOur pupils have never made better progress. The deep snow which lay\nabout four weeks kept some, chiefly primary scholars, away. Those\nwho did come have done good work. We have among our pupils nine\nteachers, several others preparing to teach, and two preparing for\nthe ministry.\n\nA young lady, three miles distant, is sick with consumption. Mrs.\nConnet and I called upon her Saturday. She spent a year at Hampton,\nas student, and some years laboring at Waterbury, Ct., the last\nsixteen months as chief cook at the St. John\u2019s School. Her health\nfailed and she came home. She said she did not want to be buried\nso far away from her people. She and her sister were working and\nsaving their wages to buy a farm for their parents, near the church\nand school. Her greatest trial now is that she will have to give up\nthis cherished object of her life. We read and prayed with her, and\ncommended her to him who healeth all our diseases.\n\nIt is sad to see the sick and dying in such uncomfortable hovels.\nThis young lady is an invalid in a log house. In many places the\ndaubing is out. The floor is of rough plank, with cracks between.\nThe joists are partly covered with loose plank, while large spaces\nare not covered at all. There is no window, and the door is left\nopen most of the time for light. The room is about eighteen by\ntwenty feet. At one end is a fire-place, which answers the double\npurpose of cooking the simple fare and heating the small apartment.\nThe bed of the sick is at the other end.\n\nThe above, with slight variation, is a description of the houses in\nwhich all the colored people live.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nGEORGIA.\n\nThanksgiving Letter\u2014Sequel to Begging Letter.\n\nMRS. T. N. CHASE, ATLANTA.\n\n  I confess that it is with some regret I must inform you the 26\n  rooms are all furnished, for this very morning the post brought\n  me these words from dear old Massachusetts: \u201cMy Willing Workers,\n  a society of nearly 70 young people, earnestly desire to send\n  $25 to furnish a room in response to your letter in the October\n  AMERICAN MISSIONARY, but fear it is too late. * * With kindest\n  wishes for abundant answers to all your begging letters, I am\n  yours, sincerely,\n\n                                                        Mrs. W.\u201d\n\nDuring the past three months so many such cheering, cordial\nmessages have come in response to that October call, that I\u2019m sure\nthey have a mission to other hearts as well as mine.\n\nBefore ever the October MISSIONARY reached my eyes, came this\nmessage from a tried veteran in the field who frequents the New\nYork office: \u201cI think myself fortunate in seeing the advance sheets\nof the MISSIONARY, and in getting the first taste of your appeal; I\nthink it my privilege to be the first to respond. Save me a light\nand cheery room, to be named my daughter.\u201d\n\nA few days later came the following from one who has made thousands\nof hearts glad during the past two years.\n\n\u201cI have just finished reading your letter in the October\nMISSIONARY, and as I closed, proposed to my wife that we each\nrespond with $25. She, good, dear wife that she is, at once\nassented, and enclosed I send you my check for $50.\u201d\n\nNext came an inquiry from one who had \u201cjust read\u201d the appeal. He\nhad furnished a room ten years before in memory of a brother, and\nnow begged the privilege of naming another for a sainted sister.\nHis consideration for others that made him fear the furnishing of\n_two_ rooms was too great a privilege to be granted to _one_, made\nus question whether the millennium had not really begun.\n\nLater comes a check, and \u201cThe money is the gift of the\nSunday-school, and they desire to have the room named for our old\npastor,\u2014\u2014-, who was one of the early abolitionists, and lived to\nsee the slave made free. We feel it would give him pleasure could\nhe know that we remembered him in this way.\u201d\n\nAgain from the Ladies\u2019 Department of a Classical School \u201cway down\nin Maine.\u201d \u201cWe number fifteen girls in our home, and are\u2014some of\nus, at least\u2014trying to work for the same Master as you in your\nSouthern home. We bring our money regularly to our meetings, and\nsoon expect to send you the money to fit up a room for some girl\nwho shall in the future do good work.\u201d\n\nStill later, \u201cAnother of my dear Sunday-school scholars, a young\nlady of twenty, for whom I\u2019ve labored, prayed and trembled for many\nlong months, has been \u2018born again.\u2019 She is radiant with the new\nlove in her soul, and when I think how long she was indifferent\nto all His entreaties, and know what an unsatisfactory life she\nwas leading. I cannot thank and praise Him enough who has so\ntransformed her. And so with the \u2018song of thanksgiving\u2019 on my lips\nI offer to Him through you this memorial of love and gratitude.\nAppropriate it, if you please, to the furnishing of a room in the\nnew wing. Name it for me, if you choose, but know assuredly it will\nhenceforth be to me a \u2018Peniel.\u2019\u201d\n\nBut I must not weary you with extracts. The unwritten history of\nother gifts will doubtless touch our hearts even more deeply when\nrevealed in the light of the Bright Hereafter.\n\nOver 80 girls have already filled the new rooms. Next year it is\nhoped still another addition will be made. If so, writing another\nbegging letter will be no burden while the memory of such prompt\nand delightful responses remains.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nALABAMA.\n\nEmerson Institute.\n\nMISS EMMA R. CAUGHEY, MOBILE.\n\nEmerson Institute, formerly occupying Blue College, which was\nburned in 1876, is now in the third year of its progress and\ngrowth, the present school building being dedicated in May, 1878.\n\nDuring the years 1876-1878 the work never ceased; the workers\nhaving put their hands to the plow did not look back nor abandon\nthe labor to which they had consecrated themselves. Under many\ndifficulties and discouragements the school did not wholly lose\nits organization. For a time after the fire a small church opened\nits doors for its accommodation. It was afterward removed to a\nlittle corner grocery, which was secured and made as inviting as\npossible. The third removal was to rooms in the present \u201cMission\nHome.\u201d Now we rejoice in a comfortable and convenient brick\nbuilding, in a very pleasant part of the city, in the midst of a\ngrove of pine and live-oak trees. This present year our work has\nbeen assuming new proportions, which, although a cause for great\nencouragement, involved us in new difficulties. Early in the year,\nfor lack of room, we were obliged to refuse forty or fifty pupils\nadmission to the intermediate and primary grades. In the course\nof a few weeks the A. M. A. sent us another teacher, and a new\ndepartment was at once formed. But where should it find a home?\nOur walls would not expand. Again the basement room of a church\nnear by furnished a haven, and the primary department, numbering\nbetween seventy and eighty, has been receiving instruction there.\nIn the meantime, arrangements have been made for the removal of\nour own Congregational church from its old site to a place by the\nside of our school building, where it will be fitted up to answer\nthe double purpose of chapel and schoolroom; and the primary\ndepartment will find more commodious and convenient quarters, and\nhope, in the course of a few weeks. Up to this time we have had\nenrolled 300 pupils, under the instruction of six teachers, two of\nwhom are teachers in the Normal room, so that the pupils must all\nbe seated in four different rooms.\n\nMany friends from the North have been generous to us this year, and\nwe wish to acknowledge their kind donations and express our hearty\nappreciation of their gifts through the columns of the MISSIONARY.\nThe cow purchased with money received by Miss Boynton from various\nfriends at the North, has been a great luxury and comfort to us at\nthe Home.\n\nOne five-dollar bill given to Miss Boynton, designed especially for\ntable use, provided us with various essential articles: jelly cups\nbeing exchanged for drinking glasses, a needed coffee-pot, tea-pot,\ncups, saucers, etc. A set of silver teaspoons helped to supply\na deficiency. Sheets, pillowslips and towels replaced worn out\narticles of prime necessity. Thus, while our personal wants have\nbeen so thoughtfully provided for, other friends have generously\nremembered the poor and needy Freedmen among whom we labor, very\nmany of whom are suffering for the necessities of life. Within a\nweek two well-filled boxes of good second-hand clothing came to\nRev. O. D. Crawford, forwarded to him by friends in Dubuque and\nWaterloo, Iowa, the distribution of which has called forth tears\nof gratitude, and invoked blessings on the heads of the donors\nfrom many a poverty-stricken soul. I would that space permitted\nme to depict some of the distressing needs of the poor right at\nour own door, that the generous heart of the North might be opened\nto relieve. I shall hope to avail myself of a future opportunity\nto give a more minute account of our work, its growing needs and\nopportunities.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nMISSISSIPPI.\n\nA Changed Home.\n\nMiss Koons, of Tougaloo, Miss., relates the following interesting\nnarrative:\n\nTwo of our young men, brothers, were converted last fall term.\nTheir step-father was a hard drinker; their mother not a Christian.\nWhen they returned from their Christmas vacation, one of them,\ngreatly troubled, told me what an unpleasant vacation they had had,\nso much so, that he felt as if he could not stay, but must come\nback to us. The step-father was drunk continually, and kept about\nhim other drunken associates, abused the mother, and by his conduct\nso grieved the boys that they felt they could not endure it.\n\nThey went home in June and took charge of the farm. They held a\nlittle prayer-meeting every Wednesday evening and Sunday morning\nwith the mother and step-father. They also went together to\nthe house of a near neighbor\u2014a terribly wicked man\u2014and held a\nprayer-meeting with the family every Sunday afternoon. The story\nof the Prodigal Son was the means of the conversion of one of the\nbrothers, and some weeks after his conversion he came in to ask\nwhere it might be found in the Bible, saying, \u201cI have been hunting\nfor it for two weeks, and can\u2019t find it.\u201d He says now, \u201cI often\nread the Bible to my mother, and explained to her that story of\nthe Prodigal Son, to the best of my knowledge.\u201d During the summer\nthe mother was converted, afterward the step-father, and then the\nneighbor for whom and with whom the boys had been praying. His face\nwas of joy as he told of the conversion of his mother, who \u201ccould\nnot bear the thought of her boys going one way and she another,\u201d\nand he exclaimed, \u201cOh, Miss Koons, our home is a different place\nnow!\u201d\n\nBoth the boys were at work in the Sabbath-school\u2014one at home and\nthe other some miles from home, and neither one missed a Sabbath\nfrom June to the time of their return to us in November.\n\nI hardly need tell you that they are not among the silent members\nof our weekly prayer-meetings.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTENNESSEE.\n\nCabin, \u201cFrame House,\u201d and \u201cLittle Brick.\u201d\n\nMISS ALICE E. CARTER, NASHVILLE.\n\nMy method of work probably does not bear the merit of originality,\nyet the work itself holds for me all the charm and freshness of\nnovelty. Day by day draws me closer to the hearts of the people;\nday by day draws us together closer to that universal Heart, nearer\nto the Christ whom we try to serve.\n\nTo make a beginning of visiting seemed at first a puzzling and\nalmost perilous matter. To attempt the mazes of the city\u2014alleys\nwhere one cabin differed from another cabin only in its greater or\nless dilapidation without, and squalor within; to hazard a walk\nacross the common and bottoms through the almost impassable mud,\nwere equally difficult beginnings, and yet it is in these city\nalleys and in the bottoms and commons outside the city limits that\nthe work is waiting\u2014a harvest too great for the few laborers.\n\nThere were many ways, I soon learned, to make entrance to the homes\nof the people. The halloo at the gate would immediately bring the\nloud \u201ccome in,\u201d and a simple excuse, as a wish to warm or rest, or\nto inquire where such a cabin might be, would gain for me a ready\nwelcome. Then, with a few minutes\u2019 chatting and close observation,\nit would be an easy matter to detect the special need there.\n\nAt first I chose for my visits only the cabins, or, in the parlance\nof the people, the _shanties_, but, as my work has widened, I have\noften learned of need and suffering in many a \u201cframe house,\u201d or\n\u201clittle brick.\u201d Indeed, it seems as if the difference between those\nin the cabin and those in the frame house and the little brick lies\nhere: the former have never _tried_ to get above their wretched\npoverty; the latter _have tried_, and, with a measure of success,\nstill remain poor. Those in the cabins need everything\u2014food and\nclothing primarily, no doubt; but of paramount importance are their\nother needs, viz., to be elevated from their sloth and indolence\nand licentiousness by the forces of education and religion. Those\nin the frame house and little brick need encouragement in the path\nalready chosen.\n\nI was asked to visit one day in a neat brick cottage which I\nshould have passed many times with no suspicion of need within. On\nentering, the first thing that attracted my attention was that the\nwalls and ceiling were entirely unfinished; the walls were the bare\nbricks, and overhead were the flooring beams, and, where the walls\nand ceiling met, were wide open spaces for the wind to sift up from\nunder the eaves. The inmates were a colored woman, unfitted for\nwork by age and rheumatism, and her daughter; the daughter was her\nwidowed mother\u2019s only dependence, yet the poor girl was lying sick\nwith pneumonia, and had been two weeks without medical treatment.\nThey had no money, but pride kept them reticent of their affairs.\nTo provide medicines, and later, little delicacies; to visit the\nsick girl every day and sometimes twice a day was my care for three\nweeks. She is now well again, and they are independent.\n\nI have made, up to December 31, one hundred and twenty-five calls,\nand have succeeded in relieving some suffering with gifts of fuel\nand food, although the little accomplished in that direction is as\none drop in the sea.\n\nFrom barrels of clothing received from the North I have sold and\ngiven a great many garments; have oftener sold, because it seems\nalways wiser, although the prices may be ridiculously small. This\nmoney helps me to purchase medicine for the many sick persons.\nLet me add here, that with homeopathic remedies I have had most\nflattering success, always preparing the medicines myself, and\ncarefully renewing them until the patients, without exception so\nfar, are cured.\n\nIn addition to my visits, I have tried to reach the women by means\nof cabin prayer-meetings, and to help the girls and young women\nby the medium of sewing-schools. I have two schools in successful\noperation in different parts of the city. One numbers twenty\npupils, the other nearly forty. We begin with prayer and short\nScripture reading, and then with great eagerness the girls set\nabout their sewing, or lesson in cutting, as the case may be. When\na garment is finished, each girl purchases her own work for a dime\nor fifteen cents.\n\nWhile they sew I read to them, if occasion permits, and sometimes\nthey sing. They have begged to meet twice a week\u2014a fact which\nproves their enthusiasm. My kind friends in Boston and Providence\nhave done much toward supplying me with print, gingham and cotton\ncloth for my sewing-schools.\n\nIn Sunday-school work I have succeeded in drawing some strangers\ninto my own class at Howard Chapel, and in forming some other\nclasses for volunteer teachers from Jubilee Hall.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTEXAS.\n\n\u201cThe African Congregational Church\u201d of Paris.\n\nThe origin of this church, back in the dark days of terror, in\n1868, was so unique, so spontaneous, so much after the spirit and\nform of the New Testament Churches, that we think it worth while to\nmake some record of the same. At that time the colored people were\nindeed \u201cscattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd.\u201d Separated\nfrom the old church edifices of the white people, they had not yet\ngathered themselves into their own churches. A Mr. Smith, from\nIllinois, who had gone through the war as a soldier, and who had\nsettled in mercantile business in Jefferson, Texas, and whose life\nwas soon after sacrificed in the turbulence of those times, came up\nthrough Paris lecturing to the colored people. He proposed a church\nthat would accommodate all the Christians, and the result was the\norganization above named, with a regular constitution and covenant.\nIts preamble reads thus:\n\n\u201cWe, the ministers and members of different Christian churches,\nfeeling greatly embarrassed in our former church relations, and\nregarding those matters of difference which divided the churches to\nwhich we have belonged as being unimportant, mischievous in their\ntendency, and in discordance with the spirit of Christianity, do\nnow, on this 15th day of March, 1868, unite in a new organization,\nthe African Congregational Church. Thankful to God, our gracious\nand mighty _Redeemer_, for this right and privilege of choosing\nand adopting our own church forms, ceremonies, and government, and\nof worshiping God as our conscience dictates, we hereby solemnly\npledge ourselves to God and to one another that we will maintain\na Scriptural Christian character, and support such laws and\nregulations founded on the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments\nas shall be adopted from time to time by two-thirds of the members\nof this church.\u201d\n\nThe Constitution provides in the five articles for the election of\n\u201cdiscreet and faithful members\u201d as trustees, deacons, a clerk and\ntreasurer, who shall pay out money only by vote of the church upon\nan order from the clerk; for the use of either one of the three\nmodes of baptism; and for the choosing of ministers, \u201cwho shall\npreside over all the deliberations of the church;\u201d a Scriptural\nplurality of preaching elders, a \u201cpresbytery\u201d _in_, and not over\nthe church.\n\nNot being acquainted with the technical term of \u201ccovenant,\u201d they\nbind themselves by five articles of \u201cChurch Fellowship.\u201d The first\nrequires evidence of a Christian experience; not stopping with the\nfact, of which they were not aware, that Congregationalism was, at\nfirst, a protest against receiving unregenerate members into the\nchurch, they go back to Acts xx., 20, 21. The third reads: \u201cThat,\ntrusting in the promised grace of God, we will not indulge in our\nhearts, nor practice, any of these manifest works of the flesh\u201d\n(see Gal. v., 20, 21); example: adultery, fornication, uncleanness,\netc. The fourth binds them to cultivate the fruits of the Spirit\n(Gal. v., 22, 23). In the fifth they bind themselves to obey the\nScriptures (1 Thess. v., 11, 12), \u201cby studying to be quiet in doing\nour own business, working with our own hands, walking honestly\ntoward them that are without;\u201d and also to discharge faithfully\ntheir Christian duties as subjects of civil law and authority in\nobedience to God (Rom. xii., 1, 2).\n\nHere is the way by which, for lack of a council (of which they\nknew nothing), and for lack of authority this side of the Lord\nJesus Christ, whom they had taken as the Head of their Church, they\nordained their first presiding pastor:\n\n\u201c_Resolved_, That we, the members of this church, in conference\nassembled, do call, set apart, and ordain our well-beloved\nbrother, John McAdams, as the pastor of the church, to minister\nto us in spiritual things as the minister of the Gospel; that we\nhereby authorize our said well-beloved brother to administer the\nordinances of baptism and the holy sacrament of the Lord\u2019s Supper,\nand to solemnize the rite of matrimony in accordance with the laws\nof this State; and that our well-beloved brother be furnished with\na certified copy of this resolution.\u201d\n\nFour years later the church called to its aid Rev. Warren Norton,\na Congregational minister then at Brenham, Texas, in ordaining\nbrothers Albert Gray and Wm. Hamilton as their ministers in the\nLord. And this last fall I was permitted to participate in a\nregular council for the ordination of Mr. J. W. Roberts as pastor\nin that same church, and of Mr. J. W. Strong as a pastor for the\nchurch in Corpus Christi. We had a sermon and all the other parts,\nincluding the solemn laying on of hands in prayer; but still we\nwere only helping the church in a function which, in the first\nplace, it exercised alone with a beautiful simplicity and all\nlegitimate _authority_.\n\nHow has the church gotten along? Why, it ran up to a large\nmembership. It paid $115 in gold for a lot, and built a church. It\nbranched out into the Shiloh, the New Hope, and the Pattonville\nAfrican Congregational churches, in neighborhoods about, and these\nfour became associated in a quarterly conference. But, as the\npropagandists came along, they found in the walls of the mother\nchurch stones with old inscriptions. Baptists, African M. E.,\nCampbellite, Northern M. E., and each pulled out his own and set up\nchurches of those several sorts, so that now the original church\nbuilding is the shabbiest of the lot, and the membership is only\nan average. But still, with a high standing for character, with an\neducated minister, and an educated teacher, Prof. S. W. White, with\na new and more respectable site, purchased, with the old acre and\na half to be sold, and with some members of property (two of them\nlarge farmers) and of influence in the community, they give promise\nof great usefulness, promise of realizing the expectations of the\nmartyr founder.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE INDIANS.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nCOMMUNION SUNDAY AT HAMPTON.\n\nMISS ISABEL D. EUSTIS.\n\nMany warm friends of Hampton have come to see her on her gala days;\nhave crowded into the hall decorated with flags and flowers, while\nthe band played a welcome, and her graduates waited to give to the\naudience the fruit of their three years\u2019 study and experience.\nPerhaps some of these would like to go with the quiet company who\nare walking to the little church in the Soldiers\u2019 Cemetery, near\nthe close of a bright day that has fallen in the midst of weeks of\nrain and storm, and join in the simple communion service of the\nfirst Sunday in the New Year.\n\nThe afternoon sunlight slants in through the windows upon the\nplain walls and benches, and lights up the dusky faces of the\ncolored and Indian students who fill the seats. The simple service\nupon the communion table is the gift of the strong and loving\nwoman, who gave the best of her heart and brain to Hampton at its\nstart, and who kept her connection with the church she helped to\norganize until she was called to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.\nIn the seats nearest the table are six colored and eight Indian\nstudents who begin the New Year by confessing Christ as their\nSaviour. We ask ourselves, as we notice their quiet and decorous\nmanner, if these can be some of the strange and uncouth people\nwho came knocking at our doors two years ago, and as we watch the\nsweet, softening expressions stealing over their faces, telling of\nreverent and gentle thoughts within, we wonder still more if these\nare the very faces from which once it seemed impossible to win an\nanswering smile.\n\nThe congregation rise and sing together in full, sweet chorus,\nas only a colored audience can, \u201cMy faith looks up to thee.\u201d\nThe minister reads the creed and covenant, and then the Indian\nscholars, whose parents had, perhaps, hardly heard the name of\nChrist, come one by one to receive the rite of baptism. As they\nkneel beside the font the minister says to each, separately and\ncalling him by name, \u201cDo you promise to take Jesus Christ as your\nSaviour, to love him and serve him? Do you _promise_?\u201d and the\nemphatic Indian assent and little Annie\u2019s timid \u201cYes, sir,\u201d are\nheard through the still church, and those who wait to hear know\nthat the heart\u2019s promise has gone with the lips.\n\nAhuka (White Wolf) comes first for baptism. As he stands there\nquiet and reverent, a sudden memory of the first time we saw and\nknew him flashes across our minds. We see again the school-room,\nthe day after the arrival of the new pupils. They are seated\nin a semi-circle around a teacher, who stands by a black-board\non which some easy English words have been written: \u201cStand up;\nWalk; Stop; Look up;\u201d which she has been teaching the scholars to\nillustrate. On the front seat at one end sits Ahuka, a somewhat\nalarming-looking pupil. His thick, shaggy, black hair bangs down to\nhis waist over the blanket which he holds wrapped tight about him,\nwhile he casts now and then stealthy but keen glances from under\nhis heavy eyebrows.\n\nTeacher debates for a few seconds whether to call on him for\na recitation; but concludes not to shirk, and he comes to the\nboard. Teacher points to the first word on the blackboard, on the\npronunciation of which she has been drilling the class, and looks\nat the brave for a response. Brave looks at her, then at the word,\nback again, more sharply at her, says nothing. Teacher mustn\u2019t\nexpect a response in a hurry, keeps her pointer on the word and\nher eye on the brave. Brave continues to transfer his glance from\nthe word to the teacher, till suddenly, whether in despair or rage\nshe cannot tell, he throws his head back, bends forward and utters\na prolonged howl. Teacher with difficulty restrains herself from\na flight down the corridor, and doesn\u2019t question why he is called\n\u201cthe Wolf.\u201d It is no difficult task to picture him back in the\nwilds of Dakota.\n\nWe think of him now: his quiet and reverent manner; the pleading\nlook we have learned to know in the once defiant, savage eyes,\nand we pray that as he is laying aside all that was the pride\nand pleasure of his savage strength he may grow (slowly he must,\nbut certainly he shall) into the beauty and power and glory of a\nChristian manhood.\n\nHarry Brown, Chief White Horse\u2019s manly little son, stands by the\nfont now. We came near making a bad mistake about Harry. The day\nthat the minister had appointed to talk to the scholars who were\nto unite with the church was a crisp winter one, and the creek\nwas covered with glittering ice. Harry went skating; almost the\nfirst chance he\u2019d had since he left Dakota. There was no way to\ntell the time; he was having splendid fun. He stayed too long;\nwhen he came back it was too late for the meeting. The next day,\nwhen the minister kindly made an appointment for him by himself,\none of the first questions he asked was, \u201cHarry, do you pray?\u201d\n\u201cNo.\u201d \u201cNot pray?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d \u201cDid you ever pray?\u201d \u201cYes.\u201d \u201cAnd you don\u2019t\npray now?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d \u201cWhy not?\u201d And then Harry shut himself behind his\nIndian reserve and his inability to talk English, and didn\u2019t say\nanything more. It certainly didn\u2019t look as if he was far on the\nroad to saint-ship. And yet if there was a boy in the school who\nwas commending himself by his faithful, kind and manly conduct\nit was Harry Brown. What did it mean? The minister asked one of\nthe teachers, with whom the boy might not be so shy, to try and\nfind out. She dismissed the interpreter, who seemed to embarrass\nhim, and all her questions were answered with thoughtfulness and\nearnestness till the old one came up, \u201cHarry, the minister says you\ndon\u2019t pray?\u201d Then came the same emphatic \u201c_No_.\u201d \u201cWell, Harry, this\nisn\u2019t a little thing you want to do. You are going to give yourself\nto God to be His child all your life, and you say you don\u2019t pray to\nHim. It seems as if you didn\u2019t care much about it. We think you had\nbetter wait till the next Communion Sunday, and be sure you mean\nwhat you are going to do.\u201d \u201cHow long?\u201d said Harry. \u201cTwo months.\u201d\n\u201cToo long. Can\u2019t wait. Must come now,\u201d said Harry decidedly. \u201cHow\nlong have you been trying to do right, Harry?\u201d \u201cTwo years.\u201d Then\nI think Harry\u2019s good angel put a thought into the teacher\u2019s mind.\n\u201cHarry, have you changed your room lately? Do you stay now with\nthose seven boys up-stairs?\u201d \u201cYes.\u201d \u201cIs that the reason you don\u2019t\npray? Are you ashamed?\u201d \u201cYes.\u201d \u201cDoesn\u2019t any boy in that room pray?\u201d\n\u201cJust one.\u201d \u201cWell, if you are going to be Christ\u2019s soldier you\nhave got to fight for Him sometimes when it\u2019s hard. Will you pray\nto-night?\u201d \u201cYes.\u201d And knowing that older Christians had wavered\nbefore the same temptations, and not been more honest and brave\nin acknowledging it, we forebore to shut the boy away from the\npatient guidance and long suffering love which leads us all. A few\nweeks afterward we asked Harry one day when the interpreter was by,\n\u201cHarry, do you pray now?\u201d The little interpreter himself looked\nup with a quick, bright smile, \u201cAll we boys in that room pray now\nevery night.\u201d It was a good victory, surely, for the first one.\nGod grant that each of those who are now confessing Christ be kept\nby Him in the temptations which will crowd them in the life to\nwhich they must go.\n\nThe service is almost over. The bread and wine have been passed. To\neach waiting heart down through its darkness to its weakness has\ncome the touch of the Divine Soul which is light and power.\n\nOnce more the sweet strong chorus rises, \u201cJesus, Lover of my Soul.\u201d\nWe go out into the twilight. The young crescent and the star of\nlove hang in the Western sky whose glowing sunset lights are\nreflected in the lovely waters, and through the heavens falls a\nvoice with the old word, at once reproof and inspiration, \u201cSay not\nye, There are yet four months and then cometh the harvest. Behold,\nI say unto you, Lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they\nare white already to harvest, and he that reapeth receiveth wages\nand gathereth fruit unto life eternal.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nWOMAN\u2019S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.\n\nRoom 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston.\n\nMISS NATHALIE LORD, _Secretary_.  MISS ABBY W. PEARSON, _Treasurer_.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nThe Executive Committee of the W. H. M. A. are happy to announce\nthat with this number of the AMERICAN MISSIONARY and of the _Home\nMissionary_, they begin a series of monthly reports of their work,\nwhich they know will be welcomed by many. The American Missionary\nAssociation and the American Home Missionary Society have each\ngenerously given us the opportunity of reporting in its monthly\npublication the work undertaken by us in its field. Our friends\nwill therefore find in the AMERICAN MISSIONARY, accounts from our\nmissionaries among the negroes; and in the _Home Missionary_,\nreports from the West. For the courtesy which has given as this\nopportunity we desire to express, thus publicly, our thanks.\n\nRecent statements show that the present condition of our work is\nnot known. Five ladies are now at work in the South and West,\nand two more teachers will soon go to Utah. Those already in the\nfield are: Miss Mary Snyder, Assistant Principal of the Academy\nat Albuquerque, New Mexico; Miss Julia A. Wilson, who is working\namong the colored refugees in Kansas; Miss Alice E. Carter, acting\nas city missionary in Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. Clara B. Babcock, who\nis doing missionary work in connection with the colored church\nrecently formed in Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Almira S. Steele, who\nteaches a day and Sunday-school at Almeda, S. C. Detailed accounts\nof the work of each of these will be given from time to time. But,\nthat more work may be undertaken, we ask for larger contributions\nand a wider support, for annual subscriptions and donations as well\nas for auxiliary societies.\n\nSome suggestions as to organization and management of auxiliaries\nare here made in the hope that they may be helpful. In many places\nthe sewing society, devoted to parish work, may take in addition\nthe Home Mission work, if it is as agreeable to the members as\nit has been found to be in many cases already. At each meeting,\nsome one previously appointed may communicate intelligence of Home\nMission work, while others sew.\n\nIn other places the old cent society to which our grandmothers\nbelonged is available as the channel for contributions.\n\nIn other places still, a wholly separate organization may be\nmost advisable, in which the filling of Home Mission boxes, the\ncollection of money for the W. H. M. A., and the communication of\nintelligence as to Home Mission work may be the only objects of the\nsociety.\n\nThe regular Woman\u2019s Prayer Meeting might well set apart one\nmeeting each month where they are held weekly, or a meeting at\nlonger intervals when they occur less frequently; this monthly or\nquarterly meeting to be devoted to prayer and conversation about\nthe spread of the Gospel in our own country. At these meetings a\ncollection may be taken and there may be a treasurer to receive\nthis, and an officer, either secretary or president, to preside at\nthe meeting. It is not necessary that these officers should serve\nno other organizations, since the same person not infrequently\nacts as an officer in one or more societies and keeps the business\nof each by itself. It seems wise, however, whenever a sufficient\nnumber of persons can be obtained, to have separate officers for\ndifferent organizations. The end to be attained is that there be a\ndefinite, separate time given to praying and working for the cause\nof the evangelization of our own country, and a definite, separate\ncontribution arranged so that each woman of the church may have\njust the channel at hand by which to send her own offering for this\ncause direct to its destination.\n\nAnd further, may we not ask those churches that have adopted the\nsystem of weekly offerings, known as the \u201cHarris plan,\u201d to put this\nAssociation also on their list, to make this one of the channels\nof distribution through which individual members of the church\nshow their desire and accomplish their purpose of co-operating in\nChrist\u2019s work of saving men? It is no longer\u2014if it ever ought to\nhave been\u2014the age in which Christian men and women should wait\nto be stirred, to be urged, even to be invited, to give. Does\nit not become each of us to find out by calculation, careful,\ngenerous calculation, how much we can afford to the specific work\nof spreading the Gospel; and then through what channels we can\nbest effect our object? And if this is done by all will there not\nbe some who will wish to send part of their funds through this\nsociety, whose work is, directly, for the women and children of our\ncountry?\n\nNew opportunities for work are presenting themselves almost every\nweek, in the new West, the South, for Indian girls, for colored\nwomen and children. There is no quarter to which we can look that\nwe do not see those, dear to us by nature, and by what Christ has\ndone for us, waiting to be helped and to be taught; nor, as yet,\nhave we had any lack of those who were well fitted for the work of\nteaching and helping, and anxious to go into it.\n\nWe, therefore, ask the Christian women in our churches whether,\nin addition to the interest, money and prayer they are giving to\nkindred societies, they do not wish to give also to this particular\nwork which seems at once so urgent and so promising. It requires\nbut small individual sums, regularly and prayerfully given, to\nenable the church to pursue a vigorous and effective work in this\ndirection for the kingdom of Christ.\n\n  Receipts from Oct. 15, 1880, to Jan. 1, 1881:\n\n    From auxiliaries                                    $761.00\n    From donations                                       155.08\n    From life members                                    100.00\n    From annual members                                   81.00\n                                                       \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n    Total                                             $1,097.08\n\nThe committee also acknowledge with thanks, the following\ndonations: From the Congregational Publishing Society, $19 worth\nof papers and maps, and from Mr. J. L. Hommett, three large wall\nmaps, and from S. M. H. a movable black-board, all for the use of\nMrs. Steele at Almeda, S. C. A barrel has been sent to Miss Carter\ncontaining new material for use in her Industrial school, and\nclothing for distribution.\n\n\n\n\nCHILDREN\u2019S PAGE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                                     6 WASHINGTON PLACE,}\n                             TROY, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1880.}\n\nDear Mr. Hubbard: I remember your showing us the place where you\nput our contributions, in the great safe on Reade St., and your\ndeciding where you met Aunty Lizzie before.\n\nI will send a share of the money which we earned, for the American\nMissionary Association.\n\nThis Summer I devoted one of my broods to your society. The hen\u2019s\nname was Nano: she had eight chickens. Two of them died, four\nwere given to Papa for the hen\u2019s feed, and the rest were sold for\nfifty-three cents.\n\nThis was this hen\u2019s second brood.\n\nMargaret had also a hen named Goldy, and her second brood was\ndevoted to your society. She stole her nest in the bushes and\nhatched thirteen little, beautiful chickens;\u2014five died, two are\nkept, and the three remaining ones were sold for eighty-eight\ncents. We earned money in other ways, so we each add the necessary\nsum to make it two dollars.\n\nI send much love to you, and Miss Dodge. Your Loving Little Friend,\n\n                                                MARY F. CUSHMAN.\n\n\nA CRUMB FOR THE BOYS.\n\nA clergyman on his way to a missionary meeting overtook a boy, and\nasked him about the road, and where he was going.\n\n\u201cOh!\u201d he said, \u201cI\u2019m going to the meeting to hear about the\nmissionaries.\u201d\n\n\u201cMissionaries!\u201d said the minister. \u201cWhat do you know about\nmissionaries?\u201d\n\n\u201cWhy,\u201d said the boy, \u201cI\u2019m part of the concern. I\u2019ve got a\nmissionary-box, and I always go to the missionary meeting. I\nbelong.\u201d\n\nNow that is what we want. Every child should feel that he is \u201cpart\nof the concern,\u201d and that his work is just as important as that of\nany one else. Linch-pins are little things; but, if they drop out,\nthe wagon is very likely to come to a stand-still. Every pin and\nscrew should be in working order, and every child should be able to\nsay, \u201cI always go to the missionary meeting. Why, I\u2019m part of the\nconcern!\u201d\u2014_Exchange._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nRECEIPTS\n\nFOR JANUARY, 1881.\n\n\n  MAINE, $696.91.\n\n    Alfred. Mrs. Charlotte Dane, _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                            $20.00\n    Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                15.54\n    Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $150;\n      First Cong. Sab. Sch., $14.67                          164.67\n    Bethel. T. and M. E. B.                                    1.00\n    Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      23.65\n    Blanchard. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                      5.00\n    Brunswick. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $11.38;\n      Marshall Cram, $10                                      21.38\n    Brunswick. Box of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._\n    Calais. John Barker, _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           25.00\n    Castine. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.00\n    Cumberland Centre. J. W.                                   1.00\n    Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. JAMES\n      GRAHAM, L. M.                                           45.00\n    Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           48.00\n    Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    10.00\n    Gilead. I. B.                                              0.51\n    Hallowell. Correction.\u2014Fannie A. Davis, $25,\n      ack. in Dec. number, should read \u201cFriends\u201d\n      by F. A. D.\n    Machias. Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.36; Prayer\n      Meeting Coll., $5.14; E. G. L., 50c.; U. M.\n      Penniman, $5                                            16.00\n    Norway. Mrs. Mary K. Frost                                 5.00\n    North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         5.00\n    Orland. S. E. Buck to const. MISS HANNAH T.\n      BUCK, L. M.                                             30.00\n    Portland. High St. Cong. Ch., $100; State St.\n      Ch., $84.66; Mrs. L. D., $1                            185.66\n    Richmond. Ladies of Cong. Parish, _for\n      Freight_, $1; Cong. Ch., half Bbl. of C.                 1.00\n    Scarborough. \u201cA Thank Offering\u201d                           38.00\n    Skowhegan. Mrs. F. A. M., $1; M. D. P., $1                 2.00\n    South Berwick. Ladies, Bbl. of C. _for\n      Wilmington, N. C._\n    Thomaston. Infant Class in Cong. Sab. Sch.,\n      $6; Mrs. J. H., 50c.                                     6.50\n    Weld. Rev. D. D. Tappan                                    2.00\n    Wells. B. Maxwell                                         20.00\n\n\n  NEW HAMPSHIRE, $440.42.\n\n    Amherst. Cong. Ch., $20.50; Miss C. M.\n      Boylston, $20                                           40.50\n    Amherst. Ladies U. M. Soc., $29; L. K.\n      Melendy, $25, _for Student Aid, Straight U._            54.00\n    Amherst. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., Box of C. and\n      $2, _for Freight, for Wilmington, N. C._                 2.00\n    Brookline. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00\n    Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.\n      DEA. CHAS. KIMBALL, L. M.                               51.50\n    Colebrook. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                        13.69\n    Dover. First Cong. Ch. (ad\u2019l)                              1.94\n    Exeter. \u201cFriends\u201d _for Chapel, Wilmington, N.\n      C._                                                      0.50\n    Francestown. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.\n      REV. H. M. KELLOGG, L. M.                               34.20\n    Fisherville. J. C. Martin                                 10.00\n    Greenfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            10.05\n    Greenville. E. G. Heald                                    6.00\n    Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             20.77\n    Hancock. Ladies\u2019 Sewing Circle and The\n      Cheerful Workers, Bbl of C., and $1.50 _for\n      Freight, for McIntosh, Ga._                              1.50\n    Hebron. J. B. C.                                           1.00\n    Hillsborough Bridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   12.75\n    Keene. Geo. Cook                                           5.00\n    Keene. Correction:\u2014Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc. of\n      First Ch., Bbl. of C. acknowledged in Feb.\n      number, should read, of Second Ch.\n    Kensington. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Chapel,\n      Wilmington, N. C._                                       2.50\n    Londonderry. C. S. P.                                      1.00\n    Manchester. W. O. A., 50c.; I. G. M., 50c.                 1.00\n    Marlborough. Ladies\u2019 Freedman\u2019s Aid Soc., _for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              10.00\n    Milford. Cong. Ch., $11.90; Mr. and Mrs.\n      Harris, $10                                             21.90\n    Nashua. Pilgrim Ch.                                       27.11\n    Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, $5; C. C. S.,\n      51c.                                                     5.51\n    Pittsfield. John L. Thorndike                             10.00\n    Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 4.50\n    Rochester. Phebe J. Moody, _for furnishing\n      room, Atlanta U._                                       25.00\n    Sanbornton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            15.00\n    Short Falls. J. W. C.                                      0.50\n    Stratham. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 10.00\n    West Lebanon. Mrs. E. L. K.                                0.50\n    West Peterborough. Mrs. Lucy B. Richardson                10.00\n    Wilton. Willing Workers, _for Student Aid,\n      Wilmington Normal Sch._                                 15.00\n    Wilton. A. B. C.                                           0.50\n    Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark                                 5.00\n\n\n  VERMONT, $638.95.\n\n    Barnet. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   10.00\n    Bennington. Second Cong. Ch.                              86.66\n    Berlin. Cong. Ch.                                         13.06\n    Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. H.\n      A. TITUS, L. M.                                         36.25\n    Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     10.29\n    Burlington. N. G. H.                                       1.00\n    Cabot. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from Milton\n      Fisher)                                                 14.02\n    Chester. Penny Contributions of Cong. Sab.\n      Sch., $50; \u201cA Friend,\u201d $15; Cong. Ch. and\n      Soc., $16.03; G. H. C., 60c.                            81.63\n    Clarenden. Mrs. J. P.                                      1.00\n    Cornwall. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 11.33\n    East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch.                            20.86\n    Fairlee. \u201cFriends\u201d                                         5.00\n    Felchville. M. C. F.                                       0.51\n    Ludlow. N. M. P.                                           1.10\n    Middlebury. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               23.53\n    North Thetford. Cong. Ch., $8.56; Mrs. E. G.\n      B., 50c.                                                 9.06\n    Pittsford. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                        44.00\n    Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch., \u201cNew Year\u2019s Gift.\u201d              13.40\n    Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., $136.45;\n      South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35                          171.45\n    Sharon. Mrs. A. F., $1; S. P. F., $1                       2.00\n    Thetford. Rev. L. H. Elliot                               10.00\n    Townshend. Mrs. Mary Burnap, $5; Mrs. Anne\n      Rice, $5; Mrs. Harvey Holbrook, $2; Mrs. W.\n      C., $1; Mrs. E. H., $1; S. D. W., $1; G. P.,\n      $1                                                      16.00\n    Vergennes. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing\n      room, Atlanta U._                                       25.00\n    Weathersfield. Mrs. Edson Chamberlin                      10.00\n    West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    9.80\n    West Randolph. Mary and Susan E. Albin, $6; S.\n      J. W., $1                                                7.00\n    West Rutland. W. Newton                                    5.00\n\n\n  MASSACHUSETTS, $7,929.61.\n\n    Amesbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C.,\n      _for Washington, D. C._\n    Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $45, to\n      const. MRS. ELLA M. HALL, L. M.; MRS. OLIVE\n      C. STERNS, $30, to const. herself L. M.; Wm.\n      M. Graves, $20; \u201cA Friend,\u201d $5; \u201cA Friend,\u201d\n      $10                                                    110.00\n    Amherst. \u201cFriends,\u201d 18 Bbls. apples and 3\n      Bbls. vegetables, _for Atlanta_.\n    Andover. West Parish Cong. Ch.                            29.18\n    Andover. G. W. W. Dove, _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                             25.00\n    Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                             25.00\n    Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           10.00\n    Ashland. Ladies Assn., Bbl. of C., _for\n      Talladega C._\n    Auburn. Cong. Ch.                                         29.42\n    Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           173.71\n    Ayers Village. Mrs. E. M. C.                               0.50\n    Berlin. Mrs. Mary G. Houghton                              5.00\n    Barre. E. C. Sab. Sch.                                    19.58\n    Boston. \u201cWilberforce,\u201d _for Chapels_                   1,000.00\n    Boston. \u201cA Friend,\u201d New Year\u2019s Gift _for a\n      Chapel_                                                300.00\n    Boston. Woman\u2019s Home Missionary Association,\n      by Mrs. H. M. Moore, Chairman of Finance\n      Com., ($30 of which to const. MRS. HANNAH F.\n      TYLER, L. M.)                                          247.91\n    Boston. Cong. Pub Soc., Box of books and\n      papers _for Talladega C._\n    Boston. Charles Nichols. $30, to const. EDDIE\n      WORTHEN, L. M.; Miss S. B. Jones, $15; Mount\n      Vernon Ch., ad\u2019l. $3; \u201cH. B. H.,\u201d $5; Miss\n      A. P. B., 50c.                                          53.50\n    Brimfield. Cong. Ch., $39.56, to const. NEWTON\n      S. HUBBARD, L. M.; Second Cong. Ch. Sab.\n      Sch., $15                                               54.56\n    Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc.                          104.20\n    Cambridge. A. E. Hildreth, $100; Mrs. A. G.,\n      $1; Miss R. L. McP., $1; F. C. S., $1                  103.00\n    Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc.,\n      $109.09; \u201cCash,\u201d $25; G. B. C., $1; V. D.,\n      50c.; A. A. P., 50c.                                   136.09\n    Charlton. Rev. W. C. Fiske                                 2.00\n    Chelmsford. \u201cA Friend.\u201d                                    5.00\n    Chester. Rev. A. E. T.                                     0.50\n    Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           6.00\n    Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       12.78\n    Coleraine. Mrs. Wm. B. McG.                                1.00\n    Dalton. Hon. Z. M. Crane                                 100.00\n    Dalton. Mrs. J. B. Crane, _for Indian M.,\n      Hampton Inst._                                         100.00\n    Danvers. J. F. Fuller, 5 Bbls. apples, _for\n      Atlanta_.\n    Dorchester. Mrs. Susan Collins, $5; Second\n      Cong. Sab. Sch., $2                                      7.00\n    East Berkshire. Cong. Ch.                                 10.00\n    East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          61.29\n    East Longmeadow. Mrs. G. W. C., $1; E. M., $1              2.00\n    East Medway. First Ch. of Christ                          14.00\n    Essex Co. \u201cHoward,\u201d _for Repairs, Talladega C._          100.00\n    Everett. A Friend                                         10.00\n    Fall River. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $14; M.\n      E., $1; C. E. F., 50c.                                  15.50\n    Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       10.00\n    Fitchburgh. Mrs. Wm. Hubbard, $10; \u201cA Friend,\u201d\n      $5                                                      15.00\n    Florence. Mrs. I. G. Jewett                                1.50\n    Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc.                        157.88\n    Framingham. Young People\u2019s Soc., by Alice\n      Hastings, $25, and Box of C., _for Student\n      Aid, Talladega C._                                      25.00\n    Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         61.93\n    Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to\n      const. ALEXANDER PETTIGREW, JOHN K. DUSTIN,\n      JR., and JERGEN C. OVERBECK, L. M\u2019s.                   110.00\n    Grafton. Evan. Sab. Sch., Box of Books\n    Grafton. Ladies Sew. Circle, Bbl. of C., _for\n      Atlanta_.\n    Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n      $100 to const. C. W. BALDWIN, A. W. SELKIRK,\n      and I. R. PRINDLE, L. M\u2019s.; Mrs. L. M.\n      Chapin, $5                                             105.00\n    Greenwich Village. Daniel Parker                           2.00\n    Groton. Rev. Darwin Adams                                 10.00\n    Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., $8.16; and Sab.\n      Sch., $7.67                                             15.83\n    Hampden. W. B. S.                                          1.00\n    Hardwick. C. A. W.                                         1.00\n    Haverhill. West Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17.81;\n      and Sab. Sch. (Eben Webster\u2019s Class), $3.24;\n      Mrs. L. P. F., 50c.; E. W., 50c.; Mrs. S.\n      C., 50c.; C. C., 51c.                                   23.06\n    Haverhill. Mrs. Mary Ann Chase ($5 of which\n      _for Indian M._)                                        10.00\n    Hingham. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          2.86\n    Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch. ($200 of which\n      from Bequest of E. N. H., and $50 from E. E.\n      H.), $322.01; Mrs. C. Thayer, $5                       327.01\n    Holden. \u201cFriends,\u201d Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta,\n      Ga._\n    Holliston. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,\n      $20; Band of Helpers, $5.25; Other Sources,\n      $1.75; _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                    36.00\n    Holliston. \u201cBible Christians of Dist. No. 4.\u201d             25.00\n    Hopkinton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $90.04;\n      Cong. Ch. and Soc., Mon. Con. Coll., $11.85            102.09\n    Housatonic. W. G.                                          0.50\n    Ipswich. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         38.63\n    Ipswich. Limebrook Cong. Ch.                               5.00\n    Lawrence. Lawrence Cong. Ch.                              95.00\n    Lee. M. A. H.                                              1.00\n    Leicester. Mrs. M. A. S. and Miss A. G. L.,\n      50c. each; Cong. Sab. Sch., Pkg. of papers               1.00\n    Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   19.17\n    Lexington. G. S.                                           0.50\n    Lincoln. \u201cFriends,\u201d 24 Bbls. apples, _for\n      Atlanta_.\n    Lowell. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $90.10; M.\n      C., $1                                                  91.10\n    Lowell. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Emerson Inst._                    2.00\n    Lowell. Miss Puffer, Box of C., _for\n      Talladega_.\n    Lynn. B. V. French, $25; Central Cong. Ch. and\n      Soc., $20                                               45.00\n    Mansfield. P. M. E.                                        1.00\n    Malden. Mrs. Valeria G. Stone, by Trustees             1,292.05\n    Medway. E. M.                                              5.00\n    Merrimac. John K. Sargent, $2; Chas. N.\n      Sargent, $2                                              4.00\n    Middleborough. Mrs. G. H. D., $1; E. B. E.,\n      50c.                                                     1.50\n    Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $61.46;\n      Mary E. Bond, $7.25                                     68.71\n    Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                             25.00\n    Millbury. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n      furnishing room, Atlanta U._                            25.00\n    Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox                             10.00\n    Monson. Cong. Ch., $19; Mrs. Dewey\u2019s Sab. Sch.\n      Class, $6, _for furnishing room, Atlanta U._            25.00\n    Monson. Two Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Student Aid, Tougaloo U._                                9.00\n    Monterey. Young Ladies\u2019 Sew. Soc., by Amelia\n      A. Bidwell, _for Ed. of Indians, Hampton,\n      Va._                                                    10.00\n    Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond                                10.00\n    Newburyport. Leavitt Lincoln, $10; Miss S. N.\n      B., 50c.                                                10.50\n    Newburyport. \u201cFriend,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n      Tougaloo U._                                            10.00\n    New Bedford. Mrs. H. W.                                    1.00\n    Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         243.64\n    Newton. \u201cFriends,\u201d 11 Bbls. Apples, _for\n      Atlanta_.\n    Newton. \u201cLadies\u2019 Freedmen\u2019s Aid Soc.,\u201d by\n      Ellen D. Jackson, _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           50.00\n    Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n      $13.73; Mrs. W. T. W., 50c.                             14.03\n    Newton Highlands. Sunday Sch., by E. W. B.,\n      _for freight_                                            7.85\n    North Amherst. Miss Harrington, _for Student\n      Aid, Tougaloo U._                                       12.00\n    Northampton. \u201cA Friend,\u201d $100; \u201cMember of\n      first Cong. Ch.,\u201d $5                                   105.00\n    Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            3.00\n    North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                20.00\n    Norfolk. Friends, 18 Bbls. Apples, _for\n      Atlanta_.\n    Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6.25, and\n      Sab. Sch., $20                                          26.25\n    Oxford. First Cong. Ch., $31.50; First Cong.\n      Sab. Sch., $18; L. Shumway, $10                         59.50\n    Paxton. Ella Rowell, _for Freight_                         1.60\n    Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35.35;\n      H. A. B., 50c.; Mrs. H. M. Hurd, a\n      Comfortable                                             35.85\n    Plymouth. Pilgrimage Ch. and Soc., $50.18;\n      Mrs. C. W. P., 50c.                                     50.68\n    Reading. Old South Ch. and Soc., $12.50; A. T.\n      H., 50c.                                                13.00\n    Reading. Bethesda Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                            100.00\n    Reading. Rev. W. H. Willcox, D. D. and Wife,\n      _for furnishing rooms, Atlanta U._                      50.00\n    Rockland. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Student Aid, Atlanta\n      U._                                                     25.00\n    Royalston. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                      1.00\n    Salem. A. and M. B., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                            1.00\n    Salem. Individuals, _for Mag._                             2.70\n    Sherborn. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.                                1.00\n    Somerville. Prospect Hill Ch. and Soc., $5.56;\n      Miss M. C. Sawyer, $2; \u201cA Friend,\u201d $1.25;\n      Mrs. H. T. S., 50c.                                      9.31\n    Southampton. Miss E. L. S.                                 0.60\n    South Boston. Miss J. A.                                   0.50\n    South Deerfield. Mrs. M. B. R.                             0.50\n    South Egremont. \u201cA Friend\u201d to const. REV.\n      ALLEN F. DECAMP, L. M.                                  30.00\n    South Hadley. H. M.                                        1.00\n    South Weymouth. Union Ch. and Soc., to const.\n      JOHN A. FOGG, L. M.                                     30.00\n    South Weymouth. Miss Grover\u2019s Class in Second\n      Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta\n      U._                                                      7.00\n    Springfield. Mrs. R. K., $1; Mrs. R. C. H., $1             2.00\n    Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              15.25\n    Sutton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $21.50; Mrs.\n      M. H. L., $1                                            22.50\n    Topsfield. Richard Price, _for furnishing\n      rooms, Atlanta U._                                      50.00\n    Tewksbury. North Ch., $5 and 2 Bbls. of C.,\n      _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                          5.00\n    Uxbridge. W. J.                                            1.00\n    Walpole. Lowell Mann, 4 Bbls. apples and 1\n      Bbl. cranberries, _for Atlanta_.\n    Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $88.39; L.\n      A. S., 50c.                                             88.89\n    Ware. C. C. Hitchcock, _for Student Aid, Fisk\n      U._                                                     25.00\n    Watertown. Phillip\u2019s Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C.,\n      _for Talladega_.\n    Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             27.03\n    Wellesley. May Chase, _for furnishing room,\n      Atlanta U._                                             12.50\n    Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., (Mon. Coll.)             22.69\n    Westborough. Ladies\u2019 Freedman\u2019s Aid Soc., Bbl.\n      of bedding _for Atlanta U._\n    Westborough. Freedmen\u2019s Miss. Assn., Bbl. of\n      C., _for Savannah_.\n    West Boylston. Willing Workers, $25; _for\n      Student Aid, Storr\u2019s Sch., and_ $25 _for\n      furnishing a room, Atlanta U._                          50.00\n    West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., (of which\n      $10 _for Indian M._)                                    42.00\n    Westminster. \u201cE. A. W.\u201d                                    5.00\n    West Newbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17;\n      J. C. Carr, $2.50                                       19.50\n    Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., $27.39; A. F.\n      W., 50c.; Mrs. S. A. D., 50c.                           28.39\n    Whitinsville. Mrs. J. C. Whitin, _for Student\n      Aid, Talladega C._                                      30.00\n    Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          48.80\n    Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for Atlanta U._                 3.00\n    Winchendon. Mrs. M. D. B.                                  1.00\n    Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., $120; Cong. Ch. and\n      Soc., $27.81; William Temple, $5; G. A. B.,\n      $1; \u201cS. B. Soc.,\u201d by E. A. E., $2, _for\n      freight_                                               155.81\n    Worcester. Ladies of Plymouth Ch., $11.50; and\n      2 Bbls. of C., _for Student Aid, Talladega\n      C._                                                     11.50\n    Worcester. Central Cong. Ch.                             100.00\n    Yarmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                            8.00\n    \u2014\u2014 B. Sanford, Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo_.\n    \u2014\u2014 Unknown Source, Bbl. of C.\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                          $7,399.61\n    LEGACIES.\n\n    Boston. Estate of Rebecca I. Gilman, by Hannah\n      E. Gilman, Ex.                                         185.00\n    West Medway. Estate of Lucy M. Clark                     340.00\n    Lancaster. Interest, Legacy of Sophia Stearns,\n      by Wm. M. Wyman, Ex.                                     5.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                          $7,929.61\n\n\n  RHODE ISLAND, $91.51.\n\n    Barrington. Cong. Ch., $36.88, and Sab. Sch.,\n      $23.20                                                  60.00\n    Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. and Soc.                 25.00\n    Pawtucket. Mrs. R. B., 51c.; Mrs. R. R., 50c.              1.01\n    Providence. S. L. H.                                       0.50\n    Westerly. Mrs. Emeline Smith                               5.00\n\n\n  CONNECTICUT, $2,862.64.\n\n    Bridgeport. J. B.                                          1.00\n    Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  20.00\n    Brookfield. Cong. Ch.                                     15.61\n    Burnside. Miss E. S.                                       0.50\n    Cobalt. Mrs. Lewis Taylor                                  2.00\n    Colchester. Mrs M. J. G.                                   0.50\n    Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          17.20\n    Cornwall. First Cong. Ch.                                 17.00\n    Cromwell. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for furnishing room,\n      Atlanta U._                                             25.00\n    Cromwell. Cong. Ch.                                       23.00\n    Deep River. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $32.73, to\n      const. DEA. JABEZ SOUTHWORTH, L. M.; \u201cJ.,\u201d\n      Thank Offering, $4                                      36.73\n    Durham. G. Newton                                          5.00\n    Farmington. Cong. Ch. Quar. Coll.; ($75 of\n      which from Henry D. Hawley, _for General\n      Purposes_, and $50 _for Tillotson Inst._)              169.23\n    Glastonbury. Wm. S. Williams                             100.00\n    Grassy Hill. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           14.00\n    Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch., Bbl. Dried Apples,\n      _for Talladega C._\n    Greenwich. Miss Sarah Mead                                50.00\n    Groton. Cong. Ch.                                          4.00\n    Guilford. First Cong. Ch., $21.05; Eli\n      Parmelee, $10                                           31.05\n    Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, $50; Jos. W.\n      Hungerford, $50; Cong. Ch., $4.80                      104.80\n    Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., $385.23; Mrs.\n      Mary C. Bemis, $20; Windsor Av. Cong. Ch.,\n      $11.73; Mrs. Joseph Terry, $5                          421.96\n    Hartford. O. D. Case & Co., Box of Wall Maps\n      _for Talladega C._\n    Jewett City. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           35.00\n    Kensington. Cong. Ch. (50c. of which _for\n      Refugees in Kansas_)                                    10.50\n    Lebanon. Exeter Cong. Ch.                                 10.58\n    Manchester. E.A. B.                                        0.50\n    Mansfield Centre. Miss L. S., $1; Mrs. E. M.\n      S. T., $1, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._               2.00\n    Middlebury. Cong. Ch. (ad\u2019l)                               6.93\n    Milford. First Cong. Ch.                                  15.36\n    Montville. First Cong. Ch.                                 5.50\n    Moodus. Master Amasa Day Chaffee, proceeds of\n      Garden for the year 1880                                 3.00\n    Morris. F. L.                                              0.50\n    New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H.\n      Adams, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                        5.00\n    New Haven. \u201cA Friend,\u201d $50; Third Cong. Ch.,\n      $20.75; W. A. L., 60c.; G. Johnson, $2; M.\n      N., $1; Mrs. U., $1; Individuals, _for\n      Mag._, $1; E. A. P., $1                                 77.35\n    New London. Second Cong. Ch.                             618.41\n    New London. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Talladega C._,\n      and to const. REV. EDWARD W. BACON, L. M.               30.00\n    Newtown. Cong. Ch.                                         5.00\n    Northford. C. F.                                           0.50\n    North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett                            19.50\n    North Stamford. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                 5.00\n    Norwalk. First Cong. Ch., $60.97, to const.\n      GEO. B. ST. JOHN and H. B. WIGHAM, L. M\u2019s;\n      Mrs. Wm. B. St. John, $3                                63.97\n    Norwich. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                            2.00\n    Norwich Town. \u201cMember of First Cong. Ch.,\u201d\n      $38; S. H. P., 50c.                                     38.50\n    Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                                 19.90\n    Orange. Cong. Ch.                                          6.56\n    Plainfield. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               10.00\n    Plantsville. Hattie Higgins, $25; Ladies\u2019\n      Soc., $25, _for furnishing rooms, Atlanta U._           50.00\n    Plymouth. Cong. Ch.                                       15.50\n    Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.                                  50.00\n    Putnam. Sab. Sch. Class, by W. P. White, Sec.,\n      $15.50; Miss H., 50c.                                   16.00\n    Salisbury. Cong. Ch.                                      57.03\n    South Norwalk. Mrs. G. P. A.                               0.60\n    Stafford Springs. F. J. Chandler                           5.00\n    Terryville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           70.00\n    Thomaston. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from \u201cA\n      Friend\u201d)                                                36.20\n    Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               6.38\n    Unionville. Ladies\u2019 Soc., by Miss Belle B.\n      Dunham, $18.04, and Bbl. of C., _for Student\n      Aid, Talladega C._                                      18.04\n    Vernon Depot. Sab. Sch., by C. D. Tucker, _for\n      Student Aid, Atlanta U._                                 9.00\n    Washington. F. A. F.                                       1.00\n    Watertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. RUTH M.\n      ATWOOD and FRANK LOVELAND, L. M\u2019s.                      63.25\n    West Suffield. \u201cA Friend.\u201d                                 2.00\n    Winsted. Mrs. Mary A. Mitchell, _for Student\n      Aid, Talladega C._                                      10.00\n    Wolcottville. L. Wetmore                                 100.00\n    Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss                              10.00\n    \u2014\u2014 \u201cA Friend.\u201d                                            25.00\n    \u2014\u2014 \u201cA Friend of the Needy\u201d                                17.50\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                          $2,612.64\n    LEGACY.\n\n    New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven,\n      _for Talladega C._                                     250.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                          $2,862.64\n\n\n  NEW YORK, $1,226.03.\n\n    Bangor. Cong. Ch.                                         21.00\n    Bangor. Mrs. L. K., 50c.; Mrs. H. T., 50c.                 1.00\n    Brooklyn. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for a Teacher_                     30.00\n    Brooklyn. Church of the Pilgrims, (ad\u2019l), $20;\n      \u201cA Friend,\u201d $5; Mrs. Rev. Geo. Hollis, $2;\n      J. A. S., $1                                            28.00\n    Binghamton. Sheldon Warner                                10.00\n    Brier Hill. O. J.                                          0.50\n    Canastota. E. B. Northrop, $5; Mr. and Mrs. R.\n      H. Childs, $5                                           10.00\n    Centreville. Mrs. Jerusha Higgins                          2.00\n    Chataugay. Joseph Shaw                                     5.00\n    Coxsackie. Rev. Matthias Lusk                              5.00\n    Fillmore. L. L. Nourse                                     5.00\n    Fulton. J. C. Galispie, $10; Almon Bristol,\n      $5; T. W. Chesebro, $5; Dea. F. S., 50c.                20.50\n    Greigsville. Mrs. Sarah J. Palmer, $2; Mrs. H.\n      A. G., $1; Miss L. A. G., $1                             4.00\n    Hamilton. Correction\u2014Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,\n      ack. in Jan. number, should read, Sab. Sch.\n      of Second Cong. Ch.\n    Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones                                  15.00\n    Hume. Mrs. L. H. P.                                        1.00\n    Ithaca. Miss Jennie Stebbins, _for Talladega\n      C._                                                     10.00\n    Jamesport. Friends, by Rev. T. N. Benedict                15.00\n    Kingsborough. J. W.                                        1.00\n    Livonia. Geo. Jackman, _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                              8.50\n    Livonia. Mrs. Rachel Calvert, $5; Miss Matilda\n      Jackman, $5; _for Storrs School, Atlanta,\n      Ga._                                                    10.00\n    Locust Valley. Mrs. Sarah Palmer ($1 of which\n      _for Woman\u2019s Work for Woman_)                            6.00\n    Ludlowville. S. S. Todd                                    5.00\n    Marcellus. Mrs. L. H.                                      1.00\n    Marion. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Woman\u2019s Work for\n      Woman_                                                   1.00\n    Middletown. Geo. Wickham, Bbl. of Apples;\n      Lewis Wisner, Bbl. of Apples.\n    Middlesex. Lester and Emma J. Adams                       10.00\n    Nassau. Isaac O. Rankin                                    5.00\n    Newburgh. J. H. Corwin, pkg. reading matter\n    New York. S. T. Gordon, $250; Z. Stiles Ely,\n      $250; Broadway Tabernacle Sab. Sch. Miss.\n      Soc., $50; E. R. Dillingham, $25; \u201cX. Y.\n      Z.,\u201d $10 and package of Maps; J. A. V. A.,\n      60c.                                                   585.60\n    New York. Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., _for\n      furnishing room, Atlanta, U._                           25.00\n    Orient. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   25.00\n    Otisco Valley. Mrs. O. S. Frisbie, deceased,\n      by I. T. Frisbie                                        50.00\n    Penn Yan. E. W. Mills                                     10.00\n    Perry Centre. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., $12.25, and\n      Bbl. of C., by Miss Belle Sheldon, Treas.               12.25\n    Plattsburgh. G. W. Dodds                                   5.00\n    Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. M.                                0.51\n    Rochester. Gen. A. W. Riley                               25.00\n    Rome. John B. Jervis                                      25.00\n    Sherburne. Chas. A. Fuller, _for Talladega C._            25.00\n    Syracuse. W. E. Abbott, $50; Miss C. W., $1               51.00\n    Troy. E. C. S.                                             1.00\n    Troy. Mary F. and Margaret Cushman, earnings\n      in raising chickens and from other sources               2.00\n    Union Falls. Francis E. Duncan, $10; Mrs.\n      Fanny D. Duncan, $10                                    20.00\n    Walton. First Cong. Ch.                                   67.17\n    Walton. C. S. Fitch, _for Mendi M._                        5.00\n    Watkins. Mrs. E. S. M., $1; Miss E. D., $1                 2.00\n    West Camden. E. M. H.                                      1.00\n    West Chazy. Daniel Bassett                                 5.00\n    Windsor. Mrs. Julia Woodruff, $2; Rev. J. S.\n      P., $1                                                   3.00\n    \u2014\u2014 \u201cA Friend\u201d                                             50.00\n\n\n  NEW JERSEY, $39.70.\n\n    Camden. Mrs. J. T. Crane                                   2.00\n    Fairview. D. D. Anderson                                   5.00\n    Newark. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, $20; Mrs. L.,\n      60c.; Mrs. M., 60c.                                     21.20\n    Newfield. Rev. Chas. Wiley                                10.00\n    Paterson. Mrs. E. F.                                       1.00\n    Roseville. J.C.                                            0.50\n\n\n  PENNSYLVANIA, $27.96.\n\n    Allentown. Rev. C. M.                                      0.50\n    Canton. H. Sheldon                                         5.00\n    Cherry Ridge. Miss M. D.                                   1.00\n    Erie. Carrie Sprague, _for Ind. Dept., Le\n      Moyne Sch._                                              2.00\n    Kenneth Square. H. M. D.                                   1.00\n    Minersville. First Cong. Ch.                               7.61\n    Philadelphia. C. E. B.                                     0.50\n    Philadelphia. Sab. Sch. Union, Pkg. Papers,\n      _for Talladega C._\n    West Alexander. Ladies, $10.35, and 2 Bbls. of\n      C., _for Atlanta, Ga._                                  10.35\n\n\n  OHIO, $1,346.40.\n\n    Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thomson                                2.28\n    Bellefontaine. Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay, _for\n      Refugees in Kansas_                                     10.00\n    Berea. James S. Smedley                                    5.00\n    Braceville. S. P. I.                                       1.00\n    Bristolville. Mrs. Fansler, Bbl. of C., _for\n      Tougaloo_\n    Bryan. S. E. Blakeslee                                     5.50\n    Chippewa. M. S. F.                                         1.00\n    Cleveland. Franklin Ave. Cong. Ch., $13.25;\n      Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles, $2; C. B. Ruggles,\n      $2; Mrs. C. W. R., $1                                   18.25\n    Columbus. Mrs. P. L. Alcott                                5.00\n    Conneaut. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  9.16\n    Cuyahoga Falls. G. S., $1; J. B. H., $1; J. A.\n      V., $1                                                   3.00\n    Elyria. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             40.00\n    Findlay. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   8.60\n    Galion. Mrs. E. C. Linsley                                 3.00\n    Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury, $10; Wm. C. Sexton,\n      $2                                                      12.00\n    Geneva. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo_.\n    Heart\u2019s Grove. T. R.                                       0.50\n    Hilliard. E. McC.                                          0.50\n    Kent. Sab. Sch. Children, Cong. Ch.                        4.50\n    Kinsman. Rev. H. D. K.                                     0.50\n    Lyme. Cong. Ch.                                           25.33\n    Madison. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $20,\n      _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._, and $20 _for\n      Ch. and Sch. building for Refugees in Kansas_           40.00\n    Marysville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_             5.00\n    Medina. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                            7.00\n    Mount Vernon. First Cong. Ch., to const. C. G.\n      COOPER, F. L. FAIRCHILD, REV. R. T. HALL,\n      MRS. T. W. LINSTEAD, CHARLES COOPER, L. M\u2019s            161.25\n    North Benton. Mrs. Margaret J. Hartzel                     5.00\n    North Fairfield. H. E. S.                                  0.50\n    Oberlin. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for Lady\n      Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._                               75.00\n    Oberlin. \u201cFriends,\u201d Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta,\n      Ga._\n    Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., $27; Harris Lewis,\n      $5; B. F. W., 50c.                                      32.50\n    Painesville. First Cong. Ch., $24.22; Mrs. L.\n      S., $1; E. L., 50c.; Mrs. E. M., $1                     26.72\n    Painesville. R. Hitchcock (First Cong. Ch.),\n      _for Lady Missionary, Athens, Ala._                    700.00\n    Parisville. Rev. D. D.                                     0.50\n    Radnor. Troedshewdalar Ch.                                 6.00\n    Ravenna. Cong. Ch., _for Ladies\u2019 Hall,\n      Tougaloo U._                                            29.70\n    Rootstown. Cong. Ch. (ad\u2019l), to const. FRANCIS\n      P. BICKFORD, L. M.                                      23.50\n    Rootstown. Friends, Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo_.\n    Ruggles. H. T.                                             0.50\n    Salem. Asa W. Allen, to const. Mrs. THEDA E.\n      ALLEN, L. M.                                            30.00\n    Savannah. J. A. Patterson                                  5.00\n    Seville. Julia Hulburt                                     5.00\n    Sharonville. J. H.                                         1.00\n    Sicily. S. W. Huggins, $7; J. F. Cumberland, $3           10.00\n    Strongsville. Elijah Lyman                                10.00\n    Sulphur Springs. \u201cFriends,\u201d Bbl. of C., _for\n      Tougaloo_.\n    Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $2; Friends,\n      _for Freight_, $2.60                                     4.60\n    Unionville. Mrs. H. B. Fraser, _for Woman\u2019s\n      Work for Woman_                                         10.00\n    Wellington. A. H. A.                                       0.51\n    Welshfield. Mrs. S. P.                                     1.00\n    Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. G.                                  1.00\n\n\n  INDIANA, $18.05.\n\n    Elkhart. Cong. Ch.                                         7.55\n    Madison. G. W. Southwick                                   5.00\n    Versailles. John B. Rebuck, $3; J. D. Nichols,\n      $2.50                                                    5.50\n\n\n  ILLINOIS, $1,073.75.\n\n    Aurora. Mrs. J. H.                                         1.00\n    Chicago. New England Cong. Ch., $10 (ad\u2019l),\n      Mon. Con., $15.83; First Cong. Ch., Mon.\n      Con., $22.71; E. Rathburn, $10.50; Mrs. J.\n      H. McArthur, $5; J. H. P., $1; Mrs. J. M.\n      S., $1                                                  66.04\n    Chicago. Ladies of Union Park Cong. Ch., _for\n      Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._                          25.00\n    Chicago. Warner Smeenk, _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           10.00\n    Cobden. E. W. Towne                                        2.00\n    Crescent. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00\n    Dixon. \u201cA Friend of Missions,\u201d $150; C. A.\n      Davis, $5                                              155.00\n    Elgin. Cong. Ch. (ad\u2019l)                                   10.92\n    Evanston. Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C.; Pres. Ch., 2\n      Bbls. of C., _for Talladega_.\n    Galesburg. First Church of Christ, $35.75;\n      Mrs. H. S. H., $1                                       36.75\n    Geneseo. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad\u2019l), $123.63;\n      Mrs. Lucy B. Perry, $5; Cong. Sab. Sch.,\n      $28.20                                                 156.83\n    Geneseo. \u201cBand of Sisters,\u201d Cong. Ch., _for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              50.00\n    Hamlet. L. C.                                              1.00\n    Henry. Cong. Ch. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc.                       15.00\n    Ivanhoe. G. B.                                             0.50\n    Kewanee. Cong. Ch. to const. REV. J. F. LOBA\n      and MRS. L. M. B. LOBA, L. M\u2019s                          78.86\n    Kewanee. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady\n      Missionary, Liberty Co., Ga._, by Mrs. C. C.\n      Cully                                                   20.00\n    Lisbon. Dr. G. K.                                          0.50\n    Morrison. Cong. Ch.                                       25.00\n    Naperville. Cong. Ch.                                     10.50\n    Oak Park. Cong. Ch.                                       62.80\n    Park Ridge. Rev. L. P. Sabin                               2.00\n    Paxton. \u201cA Friend.\u201d                                       10.00\n    Plymouth. L. A. Cook                                      10.00\n    Port Byron. Ladies\u2019 Mission Circle, $5.25;\n      Emma Hollister, $2                                       7.25\n    Providence. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary,\n      Liberty Co., Ga._, for Mrs. C. C. Cully                 10.00\n    Rosemond. Mrs. B. A. P.                                    0.50\n    Seward. Cong. Ch., Rev. E. F. Wright                       5.00\n    Sycamore. A. S.                                            0.50\n    Sparta. Bryce Crawford, $5; P. B. Gault, $2;\n      J. R. A., $1; J. H., $1; R. H. R., $1; D. P.\n      B., $1; J. G., $1                                       12.00\n    Tonica. J. C. Heywood                                      5.50\n    Wauponsee Grove. Cong. Ch.                                 4.00\n    Weathersfield. Cong. Ch., $2; Mr. and Mrs. A.\n      B. Kellogg, $5                                           7.00\n    Wilmette. Cong. Ch., $7.30, Miss C. B., 50c.               7.80\n    Woodstock. Cong. Ch.                                       9.50\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                            $823.75\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Galesburg. Mrs. W. C. Willard, by Prof. T. R.\n      Willard, Ex.                                           250.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                          $1,073.75\n\n\n  MICHIGAN, $348.98.\n\n    Armada. Cong. Ch.                                         16.00\n    Assyria. Mrs. M. B., $1; Mrs. D. H., 25c.,\n      _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                          1.25\n    Battle Creek. \u201cFriends,\u201d $1.10; C. A., $1;\n      _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                          2.10\n    Blissfield. Pres. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                            2.52\n    Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. S., $1; J. McC., 50c.               1.50\n    Calumet. Miss. Soc., by E. T. Curtiss, _for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              20.00\n    Charlotte. Ladies, 2 Bbls. of C., _for\n      Talladega_.\n    Clio. Cong. Ch.                                           10.00\n    Covert. Cong. Ch., $13.91; F. C., $1                      14.91\n    Detroit. Pres. Sab. Sch., Thanksgiving\n      offering, _for Repairs, Talladega C._                   25.00\n    Detroit. Individuals, by N. A. E. Nutting, $2;\n      J. C. H., 50c.                                           2.50\n    Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     10.00\n    Frankfort. First. Cong. Ch.                                2.29\n    Galesburgh. W. Whitford, _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           25.00\n    Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett                                1.50\n    Ludington. Cong. Ch.                                       4.14\n    Ludington. Ellen C. Shaw                                   4.00\n    Olivet. Wm. B. Palmer, $100, _for\n      Encyclopedias_; Young Ladies of Ladies\u2019\n      Hall, Box of C. and $1.25, _for Freight, for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._                             101.25\n    Otsego. Cong. Ch.                                          7.00\n    Owasso. Cong. Ch.                                         51.52\n    Pontiac. Jackson Voorhies                                  2.00\n    Romeo. Miss S. S. Clarke                                  10.00\n    Stanton. First Cong. Ch.                                  14.50\n    Union City. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               17.00\n    Union City. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for Talladega\n      C._\n\n\n  WISCONSIN, $333.06.\n\n    Appleton. MRS. MINA PFENNING, to const.\n      herself L. M.                                           50.00\n    Beloit. First Cong. Ch., $32; Second Cong. Ch.\n      Sab. Sch., $10.75 _for Talladega C._                    42.75\n    Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., $8.41; W. P., 51c.               8.92\n    Brandon. Busy Bees, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo\n      U._                                                     12.00\n    Evansville. N. W.                                          1.00\n    Fond du Lac. H. S. M.                                      0.50\n    Geneva. D. L. H., 50c.; Mrs. D. A. B., 50c.                1.00\n    Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch., $20.24; W. H. H., 50c.           20.74\n    Liberty. Cong. Ch.                                         2.00\n    Mazo Manie. R. L.                                          1.00\n    Milwaukee. Rev. H. D. Kitchell                            10.00\n    New Richmond. Cong. Ch.                                    8.60\n    Ripon. Cong. Ch.                                          54.52\n    Salem. William Munson $50; F. W. Munson, $4.42            54.42\n    Salem. Cong. Ch.                                           3.10\n    Whitewater. Cong. Ch.                                     60.31\n    Wilmot. Cong. Ch.                                          2.20\n\n\n  IOWA, $422.89.\n\n    Bellevue. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady\n      Missionary, New Orleans_                                 5.00\n    Burlington. Cong. Ch.                                    106.32\n    Clay. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New\n      Orleans_                                                 1.50\n    Clinton. Cong. Ch., to const. WM. RUSSELL, L.\n      M.                                                      30.00\n    Crawfordsville. J. A. A.                                   1.00\n    Des Moines. Mrs. A. W. Rollins, _for Talladega\n      C._                                                     10.00\n    Grand Junction. J. T.                                      1.00\n    Grinnell. \u201cF. P. B.,\u201d $6; Mrs. A. S. Smith,\n      4.50                                                    10.50\n    Grinnell. Prof. H. W. Parker, _for Talladega\n      C._                                                      5.00\n    Grinnell. S. H. Herrick\u2019s Sab. Sch. Class,\n      _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                          5.00\n    Grinnell. Mrs. C. Hobart, Sewing Machine, _for\n      Le Moyne Sch._\n    Hampton. \u201cFour Sisters of Cong. Ch.\u201d                       3.00\n    Keokuk. Cong. Ch., $50.29; Mrs. R. A. W., 50c.            50.79\n    Marion. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc., _for Lady\n      Missionary in New Orleans_                              10.40\n    McGregor. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc., bal. to const.\n      MRS. D. D. FRASER, L. M.                                19.71\n    McGregor. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc., Box of C., val.\n      $23.68, _for New Orleans, La._\n    Muscatine. Cong. Sab. Sch., $20; Mrs. Cora L.\n      Weed, $5, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._               25.00\n    Oskaloosa. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                10.00\n    Orchard. Cong. Ch.                                         5.10\n    Osage. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc.                                  4.52\n    Sherrills Mount. Rev. Jacob Reuth                          2.00\n    Tabor. \u201cFriend,\u201d _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._           20.00\n    Waterloo. Leavitt & Johnson, _for Talladega C._           25.00\n    Waterloo. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           26.00\n    Waterloo. Mrs. W. W. F.                                    0.50\n    Iowa. Postville, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $3;\n      Decorah, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $10; Ceresco,\n      Ladies of Cong. Ch., $5.15; McGregor,\n      Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc., $12.40; Lansing, Woman\u2019s\n      Miss. Soc., $2; Waucoma, Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc.,\n      $2; Lawler, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $1;\n      Garnaville, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $1;\n      Fayette, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $1; Elkader,\n      Mrs. Mary H. Carter, $3; Marshalltown, Young\n      People\u2019s Miss. Soc., $5; _by Mrs. Henry L.\n      Chase, Green Mountain, for Lady Missionary,\n      New Orleans, La._                                       45.55\n\n\n  MISSOURI, $77.46.\n\n    Kirksville. J. S. Blackman                                10.00\n    Kansas City. First Cong. Ch.                              67.46\n\n\n  KANSAS, $44.01.\n\n    Leavenworth. Mrs. A. E. H.                                 0.51\n    Manhattan. Cong. Sab. Sch., $17.50; M. P., 50c.           18.00\n    Meriden. J. Rutty                                         10.00\n    Olathe. Rev. W. W. McM.                                    1.00\n    Topeka. H. N. F.                                           1.00\n    Wyandotte. First Cong. Ch.                                13.50\n\n\n  MINNESOTA, $555.06.\n\n    Austin. Cong. Union Ch.                                   26.50\n    Excelsior. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00\n    Fairibault. Cong. Ch.                                     23.40\n    Hamilton. Cong. Ch.                                        4.00\n    Hutchinson. Cong. Ch., $1.62; \u201cTwo Friends,\u201d $2            3.62\n    Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $28.71; Second\n      Cong. Ch., $2.40; J. G. N., 50c.                        31.61\n    Minneapolis. Rev. E. M. Williams, _for\n      furnishing rooms, Atlanta U._                           50.00\n    Northfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           40.00\n    Northfield. J. W. S., $1; A. L., 51c.                      1.51\n    Owatonna. Cong. Ch.                                       13.81\n    St. Paul. Plymouth Ch.                                    48.60\n    Wabasha. Cong. Ch.                                         9.50\n    Wadena. J. K.                                              0.51\n    Waseca. \u201cC. and K.\u201d                                       12.00\n    Waseca. \u201cFriends\u201d ($150 _of which for Student\n      Aid, Atlanta U._)                                      250.00\n    Winona. First Cong. Ch., to const. H. M.\n      KINNEY, L. M.                                           30.00\n\n\n  CALIFORNIA, $418.25.\n\n    Santa Cruz. Pliny Fay                                     10.00\n    San Francisco. Receipts of the California\n      Chinese Mission                                        408.25\n\n\n  OREGON, $10.00.\n\n    Canyon City. E. S. Penfield                               10.00\n\n\n  DAKOTA, $2.00.\n\n    Dakota. Mrs. M. S. Wells                                   2.00\n\n\n  NEBRASKA, $34.80.\n\n    Nebraska City. Ladies\u2019 Miss. Soc.                          3.00\n    Ponca. G. H. S.                                            1.00\n    Weeping Water. Cong. Ch.                                  15.80\n    York. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._           15.00\n\n\n  COLORADO, $3.00.\n\n    Colorado Springs. Edward Hildreth                          3.00\n\n\n  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $2.00.\n\n    Washington. \u201cLittle Rills of Llensmary,\u201d by\n      Rev. M. P. Snell                                         2.00\n\n\n  TENNESSEE, $460.75.\n\n    Chattanooga. Rent                                        150.00\n    Memphis. Le Moyne School, Tuition                        186.25\n    Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition                      114.50\n    Nashville. Prof. F. A. Chase                              10.00\n\n\n  NORTH CAROLINA, $106.25.\n\n    Wilmington. Normal School, Tuition                       106.25\n\n\n  SOUTH CAROLINA, $325.25.\n\n    Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition                         325.25\n\n\n  GEORGIA, $674.61.\n\n    Athens. Wm. A. Pledger, _for furnishing room,\n      Atlanta U._                                             17.00\n    Atlanta. Atlanta University, Tuition                     230.50\n    Atlanta. Storrs School, Tuition                          219.01\n    Atlanta. Prof. T. N. Chase, _for furnishing\n      room, A. U._                                            12.50\n    Atlanta. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Student Aid_                     5.50\n    Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition                           60.85\n    Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $107.75; Rent,\n      $10                                                    117.75\n    Savannah. Rev. B. D. Conkling                             10.00\n    Savannah. Rev. J. H. H. S., _for Talladega C._             1.00\n    Spoonville. M. B. C.                                       0.50\n\n\n  ALABAMA, $505.55.\n\n    Marion. R. A. M.                                           0.50\n    Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $226.05; Cong.\n      Ch., 60c.                                              226.65\n    Mobile. Mothers\u2019 Missionary Assn., _for Mendi\n      M._, by Mrs. O. D. Crawford                              3.50\n    Montgomery. Public Fund                                  175.00\n    Selma. Rev. C. B. Curtiss, _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                            2.45\n    Talladega. Talladega College, Tuition                     97.45\n\n\n  MISSISSIPPI, $48.20.\n\n    Bolton\u2019s Depot. E. E. S.                                   0.50\n    Jackson. S. Lemly & Son, _for Ladies\u2019 Hall,\n      Tougaloo U._                                            20.00\n    Jackson. A. W.                                             0.50\n    Tougaloo. Tougaloo U.                                     27.20\n\n\n  LOUISIANA, $104.25.\n\n    New Orleans. Straight University, Tuition                104.25\n\n\n  TEXAS, $3.75.\n\n    Centennial. N. C. W.                                       0.25\n    Goliad. J. R. S. H.                                        0.50\n    Helena. Children of Busy Bee Mission Circle,\n      $2; G. H., 50c.; D. D., 50c.                             3.00\n\n\n  INCOME FUND, $77.\n\n    \u2014\u2014 Town of Greenwich, N. Y., _for Straight U._            35.00\n    \u2014\u2014 Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._                             42.00\n\n\n  DOMINION OF CANADA, $33.\n\n    Caledonia. A. C. Buck                                      2.00\n    Guelph. First Cong. Ch.                                   10.00\n    Orangeville. Rev. J. H.                                    1.00\n    Sherbrooke. Saml. F. Morey                                20.00\n\n\n  JAMAICA, WEST INDIES, $5.\n\n    Pear Tree Grove. Rev. H. B. Wolcott                        5.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total for January                                $20,984.05\n    Total from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st                      70,424.49\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n  RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.\n\n    _From Oct. 7th, 1880, to Jan. 17th, 1881._\n    E. PALACHE, _Treasurer_.\n\n    I. From our Auxiliaries, viz.:\n      Marysville Chinese Mission:\n        Collection at Anniversary                 24.85\n        Six Annual Members                        11.50\n        Chinese Pupils                             8.90       45.25\n      Sacramento Chinese Mission:\n        Chinese monthly offerings                             25.00\n      Santa Barbara Chinese Mission:\n        Collection at Anniversary                  2.55\n        Rev. E. P. Baker, $1; Mrs. Guy White,\n           $1; Mrs. Josiah Bates, $4               6.00\n        Nine Annual Memberships                   18.50\n        Chinese monthly offerings                 24.00       51.05\n    Stockton Chinese Mission:\n        Chinese monthly offerings                              9.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                             130.30\n\n    II. From Churches:\n        Grass Valley Cong. Ch., Rev. F. B. Perkins, by\n          Edward Coleman, Esq., $15; Mrs. H. Scott, $2        17.00\n        Oakland First Cong. Ch. Coll.                         15.00\n        Redwood Cong. Ch., Mrs. K. M. Fox                      2.00\n      San Francisco:\n        First Cong. Ch. Coll.                                 46.60\n        Bethany Ch., Mrs. Mary Mailer, $2; H. C.\n          George, $2; Chinese, $5                              9.00\n        San Jose Cong. Ch., Mrs. M. S. Post, $2; Miss\n          M. W. Bye, $1                                        3.00\n        Santa Cruz Cong. Ch., Two coll\u2019s.                     20.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                             112.60\n\n    III. From Individuals:\n      Oakland:\n        At Annual Meeting, cash, $1.50; Annual\n          Members, $20.50                                     22.00\n      Point Pedro:\n        Chas. W. Otis, Esq.                                    3.50\n      San Francisco:\n        Four Chinese Brethren                                 14.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                              39.50\n    IV. Eastern Friends:\n      \u201cAlmost Home\u201d                                           25.85\n      Bangor, Me., E. R. Burpee                              100.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                             125.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Grand total                                         $408.25\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n  FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.\n\n    Exeter, N. H. Mrs. Woodbridge Odlin                      100.00\n    Saint Johnsbury, Vt. Mrs. T. M. Howard                    10.00\n    Ayer, Mass. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding                          25.00\n    Holliston, Mass. \u201cN. G.\u201d                                   5.00\n    Norton, Mass. Mrs. E. B. Wheaton                          25.00\n    South Abington. Mass. Ladies\u2019 Sewing Circle of\n      Cong. Ch.                                               25.00\n    South Abington, Mass. Ladies of Cong. Ch.                 25.00\n    Clifton Springs, N. Y. A. Peirce                          25.00\n    Ansonia, Conn. J. H. Bartholomew                         100.00\n    New Haven, Conn. Atwater Treat                           400.00\n    New London, Conn. Mrs. McEwen and Mrs. Perkins            50.00\n    Painesville, Ohio. Reuben Hitchcock                       50.00\n    Salem, Ohio. D. A. Allen                                  25.00\n    Lewistown, Ill. Mrs. Myron Phelps                         25.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                               $890.00\n    Previously acknowledged in December Receipts           3,186.50\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                             $4,076.50\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n  FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.\n\n    Leeds, England. Robert Arthington, conditional\n      Pledge, \u00a33,000.\n    Received from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st                    1,608.96\n                                                         ==========\n\n                                    H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._,\n                                                     56 Reade St.\n\n\n\n\nThe American Missionary Association.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nAIM AND WORK.\n\nTo preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with\nthe almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its\nmain efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens\nand Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely\nrelated to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE\nin America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane\nand Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in\nAFRICA.\n\n\nSTATISTICS.\n\nCHURCHES: _In the South_\u2014In Va., 1; N. C., 6; S. C., 2; Ga., 13;\nKy., 6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_,\n2. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 76.\n\nINSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE\nSOUTH.\u2014_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.;\nAtlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.;\nand Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington,\nRaleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Savannah, Macon,\nAtlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis,\nTenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 31. Total 51.\n\nTEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.\u2014Among the Freedmen, 284;\namong the Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 11; in Africa, 13. Total,\n330. STUDENTS\u2014In Theology, 102; Law, 23; in College Course, 75;\nin other studies, 7,852. Total, 8,052. Scholars taught by former\npupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. INDIANS under the care\nof the Association, 13,000.\n\n\nWANTS.\n\n1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the\ngrowing work. 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Applications for credits may be addressed\nas above direct, or through any first-class Bank or Banker.\n\n                       BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,\n                     26 Chapel St., Liverpool.\n\n                       BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,\n                Founder\u2019s Court, Lothbury, London.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n               NEW AND IMPROVED STYLES THIS SEASON.\n\n  MASON\n  AND\n  HAMLIN\n  ORGANS\n\nBEST IN THE WORLD: winners of highest distinction at EVERY GREAT\nWORLD\u2019S FAIR FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. Prices, $51, $57, $66, $84, $108,\nto $508 and upward. For easy payments, $6.30 a quarter and upward.\nCatalogues free. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 154 Tremont Street,\nBoston; 46 East 14th Street, NEW YORK; 149 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\n                   J. & R. 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NELSON & SONS,\n\n                 No. 42 Bleecker Street, New York.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                 _1850._                   _1881._\n\n                        THIRTY-FIRST YEAR.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n                             MANHATTAN\n\n                        LIFE INSURANCE CO.,\n\n                           OF NEW YORK.\n\n  Assets, January 1, 1880,                =$ 9,706,101.68=\n  Assets, January 1, 1881,                 =10,151,289.28=\n  Income, year 1880,                        =1,998,383.03=\n  Claims paid, Returned Premiums, &c.,      =1,300,966.29=\n  All other payments, Taxes, &c.,             =252,229.14=\n  Liabilities, New York Standard,           =8,144,454.38=\n  Surplus,                                  =2,006,834.90=\n\nSolid, conservative, economical.\n\nSee new form of Policy\u2014plain, liberal, incontestable,\nnon-forfeitable.\n\nNon-participating, very low rate, fixed premium policies issued, as\nwell as the ordinary participating, ordinary rate policies.\n\nIts liberal published tables of surrender values fixes that\nimportant point.\n\n  HENRY STOKES, _President_.\n  C. Y. WEMPLE, _Vice-President_.\n  J. L. HALSEY, _Secretary_.\n  S. N. STEBBINS, _Actuary_.\n  H. Y. WEMPLE,}\n  H. B. STOKES,} _Assistant Secretaries_.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                         W. & B. DOUGLAS,\n\n                        Middletown, Conn.,\n\n                         MANUFACTURERS OF\n\n                              PUMPS,\n\n   HYDRAULIC RAMS, GARDEN ENGINES, PUMP CHAIN AND FIXTURES, IRON\n            CURBS, YARD HYDRANTS, STREET WASHERS, ETC.\n\n                          [Illustration]\n\n Highest Medal awarded them by the Universal Exposition at Paris,\nFrance, in 1867; Vienna, Austria, in 1873; and Philadelphia, 1876.\n\n\n                         Founded in 1832.\n\n\n                        Branch Warehouses:\n\n                         85 & 87 John St.\n                             NEW YORK,\n                                AND\n                         197 Lake Street,\n                             CHICAGO.\n\n                _For Sale by all Regular Dealers._\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                      THE THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME\n\n                              OF THE\n\n                       American Missionary.\n\n                               1881.\n\n\nShall we not have a largely increased Subscription List for 1881?\n\nWe regard the _Missionary_ as the best means of communication with\nour friends, and to them the best source of information regarding\nour work.\n\nA little effort on the part of our friends, when making their own\nremittances, to induce their neighbors to unite in forming Clubs,\nwill easily double our list, and thus widen the influence of our\nMagazine, and aid in the enlargement of our work.\n\nUnder editorial supervision at this office, aided by the steady\ncontributions of our intelligent missionaries and teachers in\nall parts of the field, and with occasional communications from\ncareful observers and thinkers elsewhere, the _American Missionary_\nfurnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward\namong the Indians, the Chinamen on the Pacific Coast, and the\nFreedmen as citizens in the South and as missionaries in Africa.\n\nIt will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting\nthe races among which it labors, and will give a monthly summary of\ncurrent events relating to their welfare and progress. Patriots and\nChristians interested in the education and Christianizing of these\ndespised races are asked to read it, and assist in its circulation.\nBegin with the January number and the new year. The price is only\nFifty Cents per annum.\n\nThe Magazine will be sent gratuitously, if preferred, to the\npersons indicated on page 96. Donations and subscriptions should be\nsent to\n\n             H. W. HUBBARD, _Treasurer_, 56 Reade Street, New York\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                         A FOOL\u2019S ERRAND.\n\n                       By One of the Fools.\n\n\n            \u201c_The Greatest Romance of American History\n                    since Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin._\u201d\n\n                        12mo. CLOTH, $1.00.\n\n\n\u201cHolds the critic spell-bound.... English literature contains no\nsimilar picture.\u201d\u2014_International Review._\n\n\u201cThe story is brilliant and fascinating, evidently a leaf from\nexperience.\u201d\u2014_Chicago Evening Journal._\n\n\u201cAn awakening book, a thrilling book, indeed.\u201d\u2014_Cincinnati\nCommercial._\n\n\u201cThe sated novel-reader will find it fresh and thrilling.\u201d\u2014_Boston\nDaily Advertiser._\n\n\u201cAbounds in sketches not matched in the whole range of modern\nfiction.\u201d\u2014_Boston Traveler._\n\n\u201cThe book will rank among the famous novels that, once written,\nmust be read by everybody.\u201d\u2014_Portland Advertiser._\n\n\u201cThe night-ride of young Lily Servosse ... is one of the finest\nand most thrilling incidents that has ever been told in history or\nromance.\u201d\u2014_San Francisco Chronicle._\n\n\u201cA _live_ novel. Read \u2018A Fool\u2019s Errand,\u2019 for the reading will carry\nits own reward.\u201d\u2014_Providence Press._\n\n                          AGENTS WANTED.\n\n              Sold everywhere, or mailed post-paid by\n\n                     FORDS, HOWARD & HULBERT,\n                           _27 Park Place, New York_.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                          [Illustration]\n\n                         BARBER BIT BRACE.\n\nHereafter every Bit Brace found in any market with Jaws as shown\nin the above cut, and bearing our name, will be made of Rolled\nSteel and heavily Nickel Plated. The Head is of Lignumvit\u00e6, and\nthe revolving Hand piece of Rosewood. The Jaws are of forged and\ntempered Steel, and will adapt themselves to any shape tool tang,\nround, square or flat, and hold it perfectly without any fitting.\nWhen made with a Ratchet Attachment it will bore in places where\nthere is not room to revolve the Sweep; a slight back and forth\nmotion driving the bit in or out. We formerly used Iron Jaws, which\nwore out. All such we will now replace with Steel, sending them by\nmail prepaid on receipt of 25 cents. They are all one size and will\nfit any Brace which we ever made. Our Braces are for sale by nearly\nall Hardware Dealers. Those who do not have them in stock will\nfurnish them if requested. Price from $1.75 to $3.25 each. Many\nBraces are sold for less money; but this is the only Steel Brace in\nmarket; and one of them is worth six of any other kind. Save this\nnotice as it may not appear again.\n\n                        MILLERS FALLS CO.,\n                             74 Chambers St., New York.\n\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nDAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK.\n\n\n\n\nTranscriber\u2019s Notes\n\n\nObvious printer\u2019s punctuation errors have been corrected.\nArithmetic errors detected in the Receipts section have been left\nas printed. Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained due to\nmultiple authors. Ditto marks have been replaced with the text\nthey represent in order to facilitate eBook alignment.\n\nDuplicate \u201cthe\u201d removed from page 81. (gifts through the columns)","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 35, No. 3, March 1881","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":23149}