{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_57510/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_57510","id":"gutenberg_57510","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57510","summary":null,"tags":["Category: History - American","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings","Category: Teaching & Education","Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals","Home missions -- Periodicals","The American Missionary"],"text":"Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online\nDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This\nfile was produced from images generously made available\nby Cornell University Digital Collections)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration:\n\nVOL. XXXVI.      MARCH, 1882.      NO. 3.\n\nTHE\n\nAmerican Missionary\n\n\n\u201cTHEY ARE RISING ALL ARE RISING, THE BLACK AND WHITE TOGETHER\u201d\n\n\nNEW YORK:\nPUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,\nROOMS, 56 READE STREET.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPrice, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nEntered at the Post-Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.]\n\n\n\n\n                             CONTENTS.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n  EDITORIAL.\n                                                         PAGE.\n    SO FAR\u2014PAMPHLET NO. 7                                  65\n    PARAGRAPHS                                             66\n    ARTHINGTON MISSION\u2014A PARALLEL                          67\n    LATEST NEWS FROM REV. H. M. LADD                       68\n    MAP OF MISSION IN EASTERN AFRICA                       69\n    THE SLAVE MUSIC OF THE SOUTH, BY REV. GEO. H.\n      GRIFFIN                                              70\n    ROUND THE WORLD                                        72\n    REVIVAL NEWS                                           73\n    GENERAL NOTES\u2014Africa, Indians, Chinese                 74\n    BENEFACTIONS\u2014\u201cMISSIONARY PAPERS\u201d                       76\n    A BLIND SAMPSON, BY REV. A. J. BIDDLE                  77\n\n\n  THE FREEDMEN.\n\n    TWENTY YEARS AFTER FREEDOM (with cuts)                  78\n    EMERSON INSTITUTE, MOBILE, ALA., BURNED                 80\n\n\n  THE INDIANS.\n\n    CHRISTMAS AT SPOKAN FALLS, W. T., ETC.                  82\n\n\n  THE CHINESE.\n\n    CLIPPINGS FROM FORTHCOMING ANNUAL REPORT\n      OF OUR CALIFORNIA AUXILIARY                           82\n\n\n  CHILDREN\u2019S PAGE.\n\n    BOY LIFE IN CHINA                                       83\n\n\n  RECEIPTS                                                  84\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Missionary Association,\n\n56 READE STREET, NEW YORK.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n  PRESIDENT, HON. WM. B. WASHBURN, Mass.\n\n\n  CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.\n\n    Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._\n\n\n  TREASURER.\n\n    H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._\n\n\n  DISTRICT SECRETARIES.\n\n    Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_.\n    Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _New York_.\n    Rev. JAMES POWELL, _Chicago_.\n\n\nCOMMUNICATIONS\n\nrelating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the\nCorresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields,\nto the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the\n\u201cAmerican Missionary,\u201d to Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., at the New York\nOffice.\n\n\nDONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS\n\nmay be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York,\nor, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, Rev. C.\nL. Woodworth, Dist. Sec., 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass.,\nor Rev. James Powell, Dist. Sec., 112 West Washington Street,\nChicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a\nLife Member. Letters relating to boxes and barrels of clothing may\nbe addressed to the persons above named.\n\n\nFORM OF A BEQUEST.\n\n\u201cI BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of \u2014\u2014\ndollars, in trust, to pay the same in \u2014\u2014 days after my decease to\nthe person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer\nof the \u2018American Missionary Association\u2019 of New York City, to be\napplied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the\nAssociation, to its charitable uses and purposes.\u201d The Will should\nbe attested by three witnesses.\n\nThe Annual Report of the A. M. A. contains the Constitution of the\nAssociation and the By-Laws of the Executive Committee. A copy will\nbe sent free on application.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\n                                THE\n\n                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n            VOL. XXXVI.       MARCH, 1882.       NO. 3.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nSO FAR.\n\nOne-third of the fiscal year of this Association ended January\n31. Our friends will be glad to learn of our progress so far. Our\nannual meeting, after careful deliberation, decided that $300,000\n(or 23 per cent. more than last year) would be needed for the\ngrowing work of this year; and we have been obliged to expend more\nthan one-third of this amount, showing that our estimate was none\ntoo large.\n\nOur receipts for the four months ending January 31 have been\n$83,893.39. Of this amount $9,191.72 was received in legacies,\nand $74,701.67 from other sources. There has been a decrease in\nlegacies of $3,132.28, and an increase from other sources of\n$16,601.18, making a total increase of $13,468.90, or a little more\nthan 19 per cent. over that of last year instead of the 23 per\ncent. asked for.\n\nIt will be seen that during the remaining eight months not only the\n$200,000 allotted for that time must be raised, but also $16,107 of\ndeficiency. This will require an increase of 25 per cent. over the\nincome for the corresponding months of last year.\n\nThe increase of receipts from living donors is gratifying, and we\nappeal with great confidence to those who have given to add to\ntheir gifts, and to those who have not yet contributed to increase\nthe amount of their usual donations, so that the treasury of the\nLord may be full, and that the work be not hindered.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWe have just published Pamphlet No. 7 of our series,\ncontaining the address of President E. H. Fairchild, D.D., at\nWorcester, on \u201cGod\u2019s Designs for and through the Negro Race,\u201d and\n\u201cMissions the Work of this Era,\u201d by Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D. Copies\nwill be sent free on application.\n\nWe have received recent letters of a hopeful character from our\nMendi Mission. Rev. J. M. Williams, after a preaching tour among\nthe native villages, returned suffering from a serious illness from\nwhich he appears to be recovering. A neat tombstone has been placed\nover the remains of Rev. Kelly M. Kemp at the Good Hope Station.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMessrs. D. Lothrop & Co. have done good service in publishing\n\u201cAround the World Tour of Missions,\u201d by Mr. W. F. Bainbridge. The\nbook purports to give a universal survey of Christian Missions, and\ncontains in its appendix a list of missionary societies, home and\nforeign. The amount of information in its 582 pages is a valuable\ncontribution to the missionary literature of the day.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA friend sending a donation to constitute a life member says: \u201cI\nbelieve that this makes twenty-six life members which I have made\nduring the last eight or ten years. Were you to ask me to-day to\ngive you the full sum, $780, I could not do it, but as it came by\n$30 at a time, I have not felt it, but have been made happy in\nmaking others to rejoice by a small amount yearly given to your\nsociety. Why not urge others to adopt some such system of giving?\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWe publish elsewhere an account of the burning of the\nCongregational church and school building of the Emerson Institute,\nMobile, Ala. The origin of the fire is indicated by the following\noffer of reward: \u201c$300 reward. The undersigned will pay the above\nreward of $300 for the arrest, conviction and punishment of any\nperson or persons who set fire to any of the following buildings,\nto wit: Residence of John F. Cotham, house of Annie C. Sullivan,\nhouse belonging to estate of Boulo, Congregational Church building.\nA. P. BUSH, President Mobile Board of Underwriters.\u201d\n\nThe school was enjoying a winter of unusual prosperity at the time\nof the fire, and as will be seen by the communication referred to\nit has made temporary arrangements for the continuation of its work.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nOur newly-appointed business agent for the Mendi Mission, Mr. I.\nJ. St. John, in describing his journey from Freetown, West Africa,\nto our Good Hope Station, writes: \u201cMr. Hall and myself had been on\nthe water in a boat with nothing but the soft side of a hard board\nto sit on and sleep on for three days and two nights, with nothing\nto eat but bread and strawberry jam. The worst of it was the board\neach of us had was only fourteen inches wide and four feet long.\u201d\nThese brethren will watch with special interest the report of the\nreceipts for the John Brown Steamer, which we shall commence to\nbuild as soon as the money is assured. We trust the friends of this\nAssociation will keep right on furnishing funds for this object.\nAbout one-third of the $10,000 needful has been subscribed.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nARTHINGTON MISSION.\u2014A PARALLEL.\n\nThe enterprises of different nationalities operating in\nnortheastern Africa are continually converging about Khartoum,\nwhich, during the past three years, has been transformed in\nappearance from an African to a semi-European city. Good houses and\nextensive stores have been constructed, and at present all supplies\nrequired by modern civilization are furnished.\n\nThe activity in this locality is indicated by some of the following\ncircumstances: Recently Mr. Goodwin, engineer at Cairo, reported to\nthe Egyptian government the necessity of prolonging the railroads\nof lower Egypt to the Egyptian Soudan. A Spanish association is\nplanning an expedition from Korosko to the Albert Lake. Agents of\nthe Italian Society of Commerce are on their way to Khartoum for\nmercantile purposes. The English government contemplate locating\nconsuls south of the desert, both at Souakim and Khartoum. A\nspecial interest seems just now to be taken in the Galla country.\nBaron M\u00fcller, with a German expedition, is heading towards this\nlocality. Piaggia is at Khartoum, from whence he purposes to\npenetrate the same region. There is also reason to believe that\nCount Pennazzi is already making his explorations in that country.\n\nWe are chiefly interested, however, in an enterprise which is\nparallel to our proposed Arthington Mission.\n\nIt appears that a Swedish missionary society, founded in 1856,\nwas organized with a purpose to labor among the Gallas, reaching\ntheir country via Khartoum and the Blue Nile. The society seems to\nhave been delayed and embarrassed in its operations, so much so\nthat it decided in 1866 to locate its stations at Massaoua and its\nimmediate neighborhood on the Red Sea. Here it gave instruction to\nsome 200 children, boys and girls, at its three stations. Some of\nthese children were pure heathen from the Galla tribes, and others\nbelonged to the Abyssinian church.\n\nIn 1877 Galla merchants came from Jemma, south of Abyssinia, and\nanxiously requested that teachers be sent them. No Europeans at\nthat time could enter the country. Consequently three native\nyouths, who had been brought up at the mission schools and who\nburned with zeal to carry the gospel of Christ to their fellow\ncountrymen, returned with the traders and established a mission for\nAbyssinian and Galla children at Godjam, and began to preach to the\npeople, who seemed very willing to hear the glad tidings. Neither\nlanguage nor climate could hinder these, as they do Europeans.\n\nThe Swedish Society, however, has recently resolved to return to\nits original purpose, and already one of its missionaries, Mr.\nArrhenius, accompanied by Onesimus, an Abyssinian by birth, and\nanother fellow laborer, are supposed to be on their way to Enarea,\nvia Berber, Khartoum and the Blue Nile, to found a mission in\nSouthern Abyssinia. Mr. Arrhenius purposed to leave for the Galla\nCountry November, 1881, and it is not improbable that he may have\nfallen in with Messrs. Ladd and Snow, at Khartoum. By reference to\nthe accompanying map it will be seen that Enarea lies in about the\nsame latitude as the mouth of the Sobat, on the White Nile, being\nsituated some 400 miles from it in an easterly direction. Both of\nthese points lie in the territory designated by Mr. Arthington. At\nthe latter, it will be remembered, we somewhat expect to locate\nour first mission station. The experience of this Swedish Society\nduring its fifteen years of labor gives it a great advantage. Its\nstudents may not only prove of service among the Gallas, they may\nalso aid us in our mission.\n\nIt is encouraging to note the activities among the different\nnationalities for the development of trade and internal\nimprovements in that portion of the Nile Basin which we hope to\noccupy, but especially the fact that He who has affirmed that\nEthiopia shall stretch out her hands unto God, is moving upon the\nhearts of Swedish, English and American Christians simultaneously\nto enter and occupy that country for Christ.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nLATEST NEWS FROM REV. H. M. LADD.\n\nBERBER, ON THE NILE, Dec. 31, 1881.\u2014\u201cWe arrived in\nBerber, safe and sound, day before yesterday, the 29th, being\nsixteen days from Korosko. We were nine days to Aboo Hamed, making\nforced marches of twelve and thirteen hours, and averaging, to that\nplace, thirty-three miles a day. At Aboo Hamed we rested one day,\nand from that place to Berber averaged twenty-one miles a day. I\nhave only time for a few lines now, as we go on board our dahabuyeh\nfor Khartoum to-night. The Atmoor desert is a trying one, and\nnobody had better undertake it who has not a large amount of pluck\nand endurance. We, however, are in perfect health and good spirits.\nOn our arrival we found all the merchant boats engaged. There\nwas here only one dahabuyeh belonging to the Governor. We went\nto him and asked for it. He refused. We fell back on our orders\nfrom Cairo. He changed his mind, and said we might take it _if_ we\ncould get an order for it from Khartoum. We telegraphed to Raouf\nPasha, Governor-General of Soudan. This morning the order came by\ntelegram, and also a telegram of welcome to the Soudan. The Reis\nhas reported to us. The dahabuyeh now lies in front of our tents,\nsubject to our orders and ready to sail. In a few minutes we go on\nboard, and hope to reach Khartoum by the 5th. I will try to send my\njournal from there, and bring it up to date. We are highly pleased\nwith Berber and the people we find here. Everything so far has gone\nwell. We are pressing forward just as fast as is possible.\u201d\n\n[Illustration: _Map of Mission in Eastern Africa._]\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTHE SLAVE MUSIC OF THE SOUTH.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBY REV. GEORGE H. GRIFFIN, MILFORD, CT.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nIf ever the real genius for music seems to have been born in the\nsoul of an entire race, that race is the African. Explorers of the\ndark continent speak of a marked musical taste among the negroes on\ntheir native heath, but the American type of African is still more\nlargely developed in that direction.\n\nSome of the European races are naturally full of song, but in them\nthe culture of music as a science is also illustrated.\n\nThe light and pleasing melodies of Italian operas or the grand and\nsonorous chords of German symphonies and sonatas show the results\nof a high degree of musical education.\n\nBut, in searching for that undefinable entity which is sometimes\ncalled the \u201csoul of music,\u201d or, in other words, that kind of music\nwhich finds a responsive thrill in every human breast, because\nit speaks most clearly the language of man\u2019s best impulses and\ntenderest feelings, it seems to the writer that the slave songs\nof the South meet the demand more nearly than any other style of\nmusical expression. These children of bondage knew nothing of\nthe methods of the schools, yet, in the harmonious blending and\nbalancing of the four parts, their vocalization is seldom equalled;\nwhile their skill in translating heart throbs into the descriptive\nlanguage of the diatonic scale is rarely surpassed.\n\nNo exhaustive analysis of the slave music is here attempted.\n\nIt is, however, a very rich mine to explore. Suffice to indicate\nits principal features, namely these, among others: great\nsimplicity, but richness in the harmony, coupled with much variety\nand originality of melody. Many of the \u201cresolutions\u201d of chords\nare abrupt and startling; some of them doubtless contrary to the\nprinciples of \u201cthorough bass,\u201d but all the more expressive on that\naccount of the rough and rugged experiences which gave them birth.\nWhile the _tempo_ of these songs is largely common, or four-four,\nthere are strange points of emphasis put upon syllables and\nunexpected cadences in rhythm, which are well nigh unreducible to\nmusical notation.\n\nThe _ad libitum_ passages are numerous, and the musical intervals\noften abnormal, as in rapid changes from major to minor, and\nconversely, like \u201cRoll, Jordan, Roll\u201d; also in the use of a minor\nthird, while singing on a major key, as in \u201cRun to Jesus.\u201d\n\nTheir general style is recitative and chorus, though a few are pure\nsolos or unisonal measures.\n\nThe music and words of many of these songs were born together.\n\nThis is true, especially, of those associated with social worship,\nwhich, having been produced by the sudden inspiration of religious\nfervor came forth spontaneously from one voice, while the multitude\ncaught the refrain and sang it out with a mighty chorus, as the\nsound of many waters.\n\nAssuming the correctness of Geo. MacDonald\u2019s definition of a song,\nas a composition in which the emotional largely overbalances\nthe intellectual element, their songs, with their fullness of\nsentiment, seem to realize the ideal.\n\nA proper classification of these products of slavery should\ndistinguish between those songs which groan with the agonies of a\nhard and cruel thralldom, and those which palpitate with the joy\nof a present salvation, and the hope of a glorious home of freedom\nbeyond the grave.\n\nAmong the selections belonging to the first of these divisions, the\nminor key naturally predominates. Indeed, this is the pitch upon\nwhich the majority of human hearts, the world over, are tuned. A\nmore exquisite minor melody than \u201cNobody Knows the Trouble I See,\u201d\ncan hardly be conceived. So, too, for pure pathos nothing can excel\n\u201cYou May Bury Me in the East.\u201d But for bold and thrilling grandeur,\nscarcely anything in all the musical conceptions of the ages can be\nconsidered superior to \u201cGo Down, Moses, way down in Egypt Land.\u201d As\nthe slaves used to roar it out, it must have seemed like the very\nvoice of Jehovah himself.\n\nIn these songs it is easy to trace the effects of a galling yoke\ncrushing the poor body to the dust, while the soul rises triumphant\nover circumstances in the conviction of its true nobility and in\nthe hope, though long deferred, of realizing, even on earth, its\nfull liberty. The sweetest utterances of the sacred poets of all\nthe centuries have been those \u201csongs in the night\u201d that came forth\nfrom the bitterest experiences of human woe.\n\nIt is related of a certain German nobleman that he had a number of\nwires stretched from turret to turret of his castle which acted\nlike a great \u00c6olian harp, bringing forth richest music, but _only_\nwhen the tempests played upon its quivering strings. So may it be\nsaid of the slaves in their forlorn condition, that they sang most\nsweetly when the storms of adversity beat upon them most fiercely.\n\nHappily the days of slave music are past. The system which brought\nit into existence is abolished; but the world owes a great debt of\ngratitude to those who have made a study of these songs and put\nthem in print for the benefit of future generations.\n\nThis article would not be complete without a single mention of the\nFisk Jubilee Company, whose wonderful history\u2014more romantic than\nthe wildest fiction\u2014furnishes a living illustration of our theme.\n\nTheir first performances doubtless represented the native music of\nthe South more perfectly than the present cultured state of their\nvoices will allow; but, while art has refined their methods, it has\nalso served to adorn nature with a chaste and quiet beauty which\nwins a way to every soul that comes under its magic spell.\n\nThe evident enjoyment with which they pour forth their music like\nbirds\u2014their marvelous power of _crescendo_ and _diminuendo_\u2014their\nfaultless articulation both of notes and words, even in the most\n_piano_ and prolonged chords\u2014stamp their style as a model for\nchurch choirs and all who engage in the service of sacred song.\n\nGod be praised that we live to see this day, when these\nlong-despised and down-trodden sons and daughters of toil can visit\nour Northern cities in the full enjoyment of American citizenship,\nand teach us of the alleged and boasted superior race how to sing\nmost expressively and effectively the Lord\u2019s song in a strange land.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nROUND THE WORLD.\n\n\u2014New York.\u2014There are 489 churches and missions of all\ndenominations laboring for the spiritual welfare of the City of New\nYork, of which about 400 are evangelical Protestant churches.\n\n\u2014Chicago.\u2014The number of churches in Chicago has increased in ten\nyears from 156 to 218. The Congregationalists and Presbyterians\nhave each lost one church in that time.\n\n\u2014Omaha.\u2014The largest Congregational Church in Nebraska is at\nOmaha. During the past year 49 persons were admitted to its\nmembership by its pastor, Rev. A. F. Sherrell.\n\n\u2014Ogden.\u2014The influx of Mormons to Utah is indicated by the fact\nthat more than 2,000 recruits left Liverpool for that Territory\nlast summer.\n\n\u2014San Francisco.\u2014There were 1,682 pupils enrolled in the schools\nof the A. M. A. in California last year, of which number 140 were\nhopefully converted.\n\n\u2014Sandwich Islands.\u2014A $6,000 church for the Chinese has been built\nat Honolulu, $500 being given by a Chinaman who was formerly hired\nout for $4 per month.\n\n\u2014Yokohama.\u2014The Reformed Church in America has at its Yokohama\nstation 158 members, 8 preaching places, 3 Sunday-schools, 131\nscholars, with a boarding department.\n\n\u2014Hong Kong.\u2014The Mission of the Basle Society at Hong Kong has 145\ncommunicants. The London Missionary Society has 32 missionaries,\nnative and foreign, at the same point.\n\n\u2014Calcutta.\u2014A sect of Hindoo dissenters has recently made an\nattack on the idol of Juggernaut. They profess belief in Hindoo\ndeities, but do not respect their images.\n\n\u2014Bombay.\u2014The native dispensary of the St. John\u2019s Mission,\nBombay, has an average attendance of about 60 patients, who are\nread to daily by the missionaries of the English Church.\n\n\u2014Cairo.\u2014The Mohammedans at Cairo have a very extensive\ntraining-school, in which 10,000 students are taught annually the\ndoctrines contained in the Koran.\n\n\u2014Naples.\u2014The Wesleyan Methodists sustain regular preaching in 96\npreaching places in Italy. In the Naples district they have 575\nmembers and 196 probationers.\n\n\u2014Rome.\u2014The Free Church of Italy has 15 ordained ministers, 15\nevangelists and 1,800 communicants. Its theological college,\nattended by 16 students, is situated at Rome.\n\n\u2014Turin.\u2014The village of Bertrolla, near Turin, in Italy, has\nrenounced Romanism and accepted the Protestant faith. The\narchbishop suspended the priest and closed the church against the\n2,000 parishioners.\n\n\u2014Paris.\u2014In Paris there are said to be 89 Sunday-schools, with\n7,596 scholars. The international series of lessons is used in 32\nof these schools.\n\n\u2014London.\u2014Three Congregational churches in the north of London\nhave opposed the application of the Salvation Army for permission\nto occupy their chapels as centres for religious work.\n\n\u2014Liverpool.\u2014Bishop Ryle has delivered a strong charge to his\nclergy in consequence of the existence of a body of churchmen who\nseemed determined to un-Protestantize the church.\n\n\u2014New York.\u2014Rev. Albert B. Simpson, with a company of associates,\nhas undertaken a new evangelistic work for the masses in the\nAcademy of Music, New York.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nREVIVAL NEWS.\n\n\u2014Meetings have been held every evening during the week for some\ntime at Talladega College. Several conversions are reported.\n\n\u2014A precious revival has been in progress some weeks in Fisk\nUniversity. Nightly meetings have been held, and at last report\ntwenty-five students had given evidence of conversion.\n\n\u2014Special meetings were held during the week of prayer at the Le\nMoyne Institute. Three persons have been hopefully converted, and\nothers are inquiring the way of life. The church also has advanced\nto a better spiritual condition.\n\n\u2014This month has been characterized by a great awakening in\nStraight University, New Orleans. It is believed that ten of\nthe young lady boarders have been hopefully converted. The good\ninfluence is widely felt throughout the school.\n\n\u2014Professor Francis writes from Atlanta University: \u201cFor some days\npast our school has been much moved by the presence of the Holy\nSpirit, who has brought quite a number to confess their need of\na Saviour, and quickened greatly the zeal of many who had before\nborne the name of Christ. We are holding extra meetings, and the\ninterest deepens from day to day, so that we have good reason\nto hope that a good harvest may be gathered in, if we exercise\ndue fidelity and patience. The impressions of the gracious work\nwe enjoyed last year have remained with us, and already quite a\nnumber have this year taken their stand for Christ, and we rejoice\ngreatly at the good dealings of the Lord with us, and seek greater\nblessings.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nGENERAL NOTES.\n\n\nAFRICA.\n\n\u2014A dispatch from Cairo announces the death of Mgr. Comboni,\nApostolic Vicar of Central Africa.\n\n\u2014The colonies of Natal, discontented with their form of\ngovernment, demand the institution of a parliamentary rule upon the\nmodel of that which has been granted the colony of the Cape.\n\n\u2014The Queen of Madagascar has named for the first time the\nministers and secretaries of state, and at the same time given a\nlaw relative to their functions.\n\n\u2014A steamer with two helixes has been ordered by an English house\nfor the civilizing station of the Portuguese which is to be\nestablished upon the Congo.\n\n\u2014A society is formed in Liberia, under the title of Liberia\nInterior Association, with a view of developing commerce with the\ninterior, of seeking means of transportation and the employ of\nbeasts in some parts of the country, and of bestowing attention\nupon the commercial, agricultural and political interests of the\ncolony in the interior.\n\n\u2014The College of Liberia will be transferred into the country,\nwhere to classical studies will be joined instruction in manual\nlabor, to teach the natives the use and practice of the instruments\nof European industry.\n\n\u2014P. Autunes, Professor at Braga, set out the 15th of October,\nwith two assistants and three workmen, to establish at Hailla,\nnear Humpata, where the Boers are, schools for the children of the\ncolonists, the Boers and natives, under the direction of chosen\nteachers. He will also establish an industrial and professional\nschool of arts and trades necessary for African life. The\nPortuguese government has granted lands to him, reserving to itself\nthe approval of the rules which will regulate these different\nestablishments.\n\nMR. A. E. JACKSON, of the Mendi Mission, in appealing\nfor supplies, says: \u201cThere are persons here who desire to unite\nin matrimony. They are just emerging from paganism, and any favor\nshown them by the Mission adds so much to its influence for good.\nThey ought to have plain white dresses, white gloves, shoes or\nslippers, and a little underwear; and for encouragement, some\nbedding\u2014sheets, pillow-cases, and such like. We have a young\ncouple with us who were married this year, and Mrs. Jackson is now\npreparing clothing for another couple who will marry in about two\nweeks.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTHE INDIANS.\n\n\u2014The American Baptist Home Missionary Society reports 90 churches,\nwith nearly 6,000 church members, among the Indians in the Indian\nTerritory.\n\n\u2014Santiago Reino, an Indian from the Taos Pueblo, was recently\nbaptized and received into the church at Cenecero, Colorado. So far\nas known, he is the first from that Pueblo to receive Christian\nbaptism.\n\n\u2014Rev. Mr. Hicks, of McAllister, Indian Territory, has selected\na site for a church, and reorganized a Sunday-school with 40\nscholars. He hopes soon to reorganize a church with 20 members.\nFour infants have already received the rite of baptism.\n\n\u2014The presence of fifteen civilized Indians at the Presbytery of\nIdaho\u2014one of them an ordained minister, four ruling elders, two\nlicentiates, three applying for licensure, and all of them church\nmembers\u2014speaking and singing the praises of God, was a grand\ntestimony to the power and influence of the Christian religion.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n\n\u2014China proper is said to be entirely open to the missionary and\nthe Bible colporteur with the exception of Hunan.\n\n\u2014Miss H. Carter, a teacher among the Chinese in Boston, writes:\nIt is not unusual to find a man who learns the alphabet and a few\nwords in a single lesson. One pupil of more than twenty-five years\nlearned to read so rapidly at his weekly lesson that he could study\nintelligently the Sunday-school Bible lesson in Isaiah lv. at the\nend of five months.\n\n\u2014A Chinese named Wang, aged sixty-two, applying for baptism said:\n\u201cI should not like to die without having obeyed the commandment\nof the Lord Jesus.\u201d When asked what name he intended to choose at\nhis baptism, he said: \u201cLazarus was a poor man, just as I am a poor\nman; I should like therefore to be called by his name.\u201d He was\naccordingly baptized by the name of Lazarus.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nBENEFACTIONS.\n\n\u2014Mr. Haskell, editor of the Boston _Herald_, has subscribed $1,000\nto Bates College.\n\n\u2014Mr. John P. Howard has given $28,000 to the University of\nVermont, for rebuilding its main edifice.\n\n\u2014Amherst College is to receive about $50,000 for its library from\nthe estate of the late Joel Stiles, of Boston.\n\n\u2014Mr. C. H. McCormick has added $50,000 to his already liberal\ngifts to the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of the Northwest.\n\n\u2014The Boston University has come into possession of the $2,000,000\nestate bequeathed to the institution ten years ago by Isaac Rich,\nof Boston.\n\n\u2014The will of the late Cornelius Sweetser bequeathed $10,000 to\nthe Thomaston Academy, the income of $15,000 for public and school\nlibraries, $5,000 for a Sweetser school fund, and $12,000 to the\nYork Institute.\n\n\u2014St. Johnsbury Academy has received from Thaddeus Fairbanks an\nadditional $40,000 as a permanent fund. To this a gift of $50,000\nis added from the estate of Governor Erastus Fairbanks, making,\nwith sums otherwise secured, an endowment fund of $100,000.\n\n\u2014_The Executive Committee of the A. M. A. reported at its annual\nmeeting that $15,000 were needed for a Boy\u2019s Dormitory at Straight\nUniversity, New Orleans, La. One individual offers $5,000 of this\namount on condition that the remaining $10,000 be secured._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA volume of 420 pages, entitled \u201cMissionary Papers,\u201d by\nRev. John C. Lowrie, D.D., is the work of a man well qualified to\nwrite on a broad range of missionary topics. Dr. Lowrie was once\na missionary in India, and for many years has been the senior\nSecretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. These\npapers are, therefore, the results of extended observation and\nof long and varied experience. They, like their author, are not\nsensational, but scholarly and practical. We subjoin a quotation\nfrom the paper on \u201cLess Favored Races.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs to passing by the degraded, ignorant and uncivilized races, in\norder to reach those who are in some degree intelligent, polite and\ncivilized\u2014well, we do not so understand the example of the first\nChristians. The Apostle Peter might have made a splendid argument\nfor the Hebrews as the main people to be first evangelized,\npointing to their wonderful history, their unrivaled geographical\nposition, their intellectual force, their widely-spread settlements\nin other countries; so the Apostle Paul might have spent a part of\nhis unequaled eloquence in a plea for the Greeks as the people of\nculture, and of the Romans as full of energy. But how little do we\nfind in the first missionary records of ethnographic, political,\ncommercial, conventional ideas as motives for evangelizing labor.\nWe ought to understand, moreover, the lesson of our own Anglo-Saxon\nhistory; where were men and women to be found who were less\nattractive than the early inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland?\nThe same Gospel that brought them to their present standing can\nchange the people of Africa and make them intelligent, cultured,\ndevoted Christians.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nA BLIND SAMSON.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nFROM ADDRESS OF REV. A. J. BIDDLE, AT WARSAW, N.Y.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nYears ago, when the negro was a bondman, Longfellow thus spoke of\nhim:\n\n    \u201cThere is a poor blind Samson in the land,\n      Shorn of his strength and bound in bands of steel,\n    Who may in some grim revel raise his hand\n      And shake the pillars of the common weal.\n    Till the vast temples of our liberties\n      A shapeless mass of muck and rubbish lies.\u201d\n\nWell he is blind enough yet, poor enough, a Samson, too, and what\nis more, he is no longer bound. His locks are beginning to grow,\nand he is beginning to place his brawny hand upon the pillars of\nour common weal; not angrily, but ignorantly. We placed them there\nhoping that he would prove a support, and he will if we watch and\ndirect him. But thus far he has been a menace to our liberties; not\nfrom malice, but because he is what he is. We have not dealt with\nhim wisely; but from the fatal day over two hundred years ago, when\nthat thrifty Dutchman landed the first negro on the hanks of the\nJames River to this, we have blundered. Our treatment of him has\nbeen a mixture of stupidity and wickedness. We never should have\nbrought him here, but we did.\n\nIt should have been our endeavor to raise him from his barbarism by\ncareful education, but that was forbidden by law. We should have\nemancipated him gradually, but that we could not do. We should have\nfitted him for citizenship before giving him the ballot, but we did\nthe opposite. When emancipated, we should have educated him, but\nthat was too much trouble. So from the outset we have done those\nthings we ought not to have done, and left undone those things we\nought to have done. We can see it now, but it requires little wit\nto see our blunders after they are made, and we are suffering the\nconsequences. But note three points:\n\n1st. The negro is a part of our nation. One person in every eight\nof our population is of African descent. He is going to stay a\npermanent part of our population. You cannot colonize him. He will\nnot die out. The exodus is but a ripple, and that from one part of\nthe nation to another. In the South he will live and thrive. His\nrace increases with frightful rapidity. It does no good to grumble\nabout it. The problem we must solve is to build up a peaceful,\nprosperous nation with such a population as we have.\n\n2d. They are citizens; they have the right to vote; they will\nvote; the votes will be counted. The time will soon come when they\nwill hold the balance of power in every Southern State. Political\nparties will bid for their vote, cater to their wishes and\nprejudices, and shape legislation to catch their votes.\n\n3d. They are as a class miserably poor, densely ignorant and low\nin their moral conception and practice. Seventeen years ago they\nwere turned loose without a cent of their own or a letter of the\nalphabet. That they have done well in acquiring property and\nknowledge under the circumstances, is the testimony of all who know\nthem. Many of them have little homes of their own, and those who\ncan read and write are numbered now by the hundred thousand. Take\nthem altogether, it is estimated that they own on an average above\n$11 worth of property. It is an encouraging fact that in seventeen\nyears they have accumulated so much as that. But what poverty does\nthat indicate, with $11 for each man, woman and child among them!\nHere we must not forget that they are six hundred years behind the\nwhite race in civilization. They as a rule must be separated from\nthe whites. We cannot absorb them, as we do the German, or Irish.\nThey will be clannish by the nature of the case. The more ignorant\nthey remain the more clannish they will grow, and our only safety\nlies in making them feel that their interest is not separated from,\nbut identical with the other citizens of the Republic. I tell you,\nfriends, that the mightiest question of the nation yet, is what to\ndo with that great mass of half civilized, impoverished, ignorant\npeople that cover the South.\n\n\n\n\nTHE FREEDMEN.\n\nREV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D.D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA,\nGA.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTWENTY YEARS AFTER FREEDOM.\n\nIt is worthy of note that near where the first slaves disembarked\nin our country, bondmen were first disenthralled by the events\nof our civil war. Gen. Butler, in May, 1861, issued his famous\nproclamation, declaring the negroes about his camp in Hampton\ncontrabands.\n\nAt that time, and later on, thousands of them gathered in near\nproximity to his headquarters, living for the most part in an\nimprovised city, christened Slabtown. Twenty years have wrought\nmany changes in the condition of these people. Slabtown has\ndisappeared, and in its place and for miles around, cottages with\ngarden plots, and even considerable farms, are found. A large\nnumber of these are owned by the freed people, who constitute a\nmajority in Elizabeth City county, and form a quasi-negro republic.\n\nThe blacks are courteous in their deportment toward the white\ncitizens, who in return display much kindness and good will. One of\nthe negroes, when asked recently by a Northern gentleman how his\npeople were treated by the whites, is reported to have said. \u201cOh,\nwe are largely in the majority, and the white man knows how to keep\nhis place.\u201d They seem willing that the white people should hold\nthe important offices, and the most cordial relations apparently\nexist between all classes. Not long after the recent election in\nVirginia, the black people about Fortress Monroe were observed to\nbe intently reading the newspapers. A ministerial-looking colored\nman, of fifty or upward, was asked by the writer if there was any\nlaw forbidding the white people to read. \u201cWhy do you wish to know\nthat?\u201d he inquired. On being told that the colored people were seen\nreading the papers while the white laborers were standing idly\nabout, he replied pertinently, \u201cThese white folks don\u2019t like the\nway the election went much, but it just suited us.\u201d\n\n[Illustration: ASSEMBLY-ROOM AT HAMPTON.]\n\nThe improvements about Fortress Monroe and Hampton during the\npast twenty years have been considerable. New buildings have been\nconstructed inside of the fort, and Mr. Harrison Phoebus has built\nnear the government wharf a mammoth, hotel, the Hygeia, capable of\naccommodating a thousand visitors. The Soldier\u2019s Home at Hampton\nhas extensive grounds, and accommodations for over 600 people.\nA large and tasteful building has just been completed, with an\naudience room seating from six to eight hundred. The grounds and\nbuildings connected with the Soldier\u2019s Home are kept up with much\ncare and expense.\n\nThe Hampton Institute, which has done much to work all the changes\nmentioned, is a village by itself, and Gen. Armstrong, its\nprincipal, has 704 students under his supervision. The village of\nHampton, which was burned early in the war, has been rebuilt, and\nrecently Newport News has come to the front in consequence of the\nextension of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad to that point. Already\nthe company has constructed a pier said to be the largest in the\nUnited States, and land is held at $16,000 an acre at a point where\nscarcely a dozen houses can be seen. The harbor facilities at\nNewport News are unrivaled.\n\nThese varied developments have created a demand for labor and\ngiven to the negro, especially as he is the recognized laborer, a\ngrand opportunity for securing property. A canvasser for a sewing\nmachine company, who has spent three years in Eastern Virginia,\ntestifies that the negroes have most of the money to be found in\nthat country. He says they are prompt in paying their instalments,\nwhereas when he sells to the poorer white people he fails to\ncollect his money, for the reason that they have none.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe manners and customs of the people are still unique. It is no\nuncommon thing to see a heifer or a steer harnessed to a cart and\ndriven by one or two women who bring supplies to market. Possibly\none-half of the conveyances seen by a visitor during a month\u2019s stay\nare of this fashion; but the proprietors do not seem to be unhappy.\nIndeed, a Wall street broker, who had been spending a month at\nthe Hygeia hotel, and who was fond of the recreation afforded by\nvisiting Hampton on market days, affirmed that these negroes were\nthe happiest people he ever saw.\n\nIf twenty years of freedom can work such changes all over the land\nas are manifested here, where emancipation first dawned, surely the\nfuture is full of hope.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nEMERSON INSTITUTE, MOBILE, ALA., BURNED.\n\nEmerson Institute is lying in ruins. For the second time in her\nhistory she is smoldering in ashes, and we are in mourning for the\ndestruction of our little church, made dear by so many sacred and\nhallowed associations, and our beautiful school building, in which\nso many happy hours of toil have been spent and labors of love\nperformed. November 21 a vain attempt was made to burn the little\nCongregational church at Mobile, but the fire, being set at an\nearly hour in the evening, was discovered and soon extinguished.\nThe insurance company repaired damages at an expense of $30. Now,\nwhen our minds were relaxing this tension, and lapse of time was\ngiving us a degree of security against further molestation, the\nenemy approaches again and applies the torch\u2014this time with\nmarvelous success.\n\nThe fire was discovered about two o\u2019clock on the morning of January\n23 by one of the teachers, who was startled by the crackling sound\nof the flames. Arousing her room-mate and looking out to make sure\nof the evidence, they discovered the flames and gave the alarm\nof \u201cfire\u201d to the household. It was set at the northwest corner\nof the church, facing toward the house, and when discovered the\nwhole end was a sheet of flame. In an incredibly short space of\ntime Mr. Crawford was throwing an acid stream from our \u201cBabcock\nExtinguisher\u201d into the devouring flames, but they had gained so\ngreat an advantage before discovery that the \u201cBabcock\u201d alone could\nnot avail. The alarm boxes being out of order the tower bell could\nnot be struck. The Hook and Ladder Company were early on hand, but\nhad no fire buckets. When we found ourselves powerless to quench\nthe consuming flames on the church, we turned our attention to\nthe school building standing near. Danger to that did not seem\ngreat as the building was of brick, the night was still and damp\nand the engines had arrived. But thinking it better to err on the\nsafe side, most of the movable furniture was carried out. Before\nthis was fully accomplished, however, the cornice had caught and\nthe flames rapidly spread over the roof, leaping higher and higher\nin mock derision of the little shower bath from the hose. Not\nuntil the roof had fallen and the flames had spread to all parts\nand our hopes were buried in despair, did the engines succeed in\ngetting water enough to throw a respectable stream. Help delayed\nwas unavailing. It seems almost incredible that our school building\nshould burn down before our very eyes, under such circumstances.\nWas it an enemy did this foul deed? Who can tell? God only, who\nreads the hearts of men, can answer. The expressed sentiments of\nthe best people of the city are in severe condemnation of the act,\nand a reward of $300 has been offered for the arrest and conviction\nof the incendiary.\n\nThe question which presented itself to us, even before the smoke\nhad died away, was, \u201cWhat shall we do?\u201d For a time we felt\nconstrained to utter the language of Gideon: \u201cO, my Lord! if the\nLord be with us, why, then, is all this befallen us?\u201d The answer\ncame clear and unmistakable: \u201cGo, in this thy might, and thou\nshalt save Israel from the hands of the Midianites; have not I\nsent thee?\u201d The way was made plain to us at once, when Rev. Mr.\nOwen, pastor of the Third Baptist Church (colored) threw wide open\nits doors and said: \u201cWe gladly make room for you here.\u201d The offer\nwas as thankfully received as it was generously given. Scholars,\npatrons and friends seem as anxious that the work should be\ncontinued without delay as we ourselves. So that we re-open school\nagain on Monday, Jan. 30, with three departments, at the Third\nBaptist Church, about one mile from the \u201cHome,\u201d and two departments\nin the basement of Little Zion Church, about three blocks distant\nfrom the Home. Of course, the accommodations now will be in sad\ncontrast to those enjoyed in our well-arranged and convenient\nschool-room, and our labors will be much more arduous and trying;\nbut the Lord has said, \u201cAs thy days so shall thy strength be,\u201d\nand we go forward relying on His strength. Our school seemed in a\nmost prosperous condition, over two hundred pupils enrolled, and\neverything moving on to the satisfaction of all. The Sunday-school\nhas not had a larger attendance for three years than now. There\nseemed to be a constantly growing interest manifested, and the\noutlook was very encouraging.\n\nNothing at all was saved from the church. The cabinet organ, the\nSunday-school library of over two hundred volumes, a valuable chart\nused by the primary department of the school, together with Bibles,\nsinging-books, etc., all perished in the flames.\n\nIn our now pressing needs we cannot close this article without\nan appeal to the earnest, hopeful and sympathetic friends at the\nNorth. \u201cCome over and help us.\u201d\n\n                                         MISS EMMA CAUGHEY.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE INDIANS\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nCHRISTMAS AT SPOKAN FALLS, W. T.\u2014SCHOOL WORK, Etc.\n\n_By Rev. H. T. Cowley._\n\nChristmas is always the greatest occasion of the year with these\nIndians, and its recent recurrence was unusually enjoyed. The\nprincipal attraction is the opportunity to worship, hear anew\nthe story of the Saviour\u2019s birth, renew their consecration and\nparticipate in the ordinance of the Lord\u2019s Supper. A social\nfestival follows all, tribal affairs are discussed and efforts are\nmade to heal jealousies and alienations.\n\nOn this occasion there was a marked religious interest and a very\nvisible improvement in outward condition. The school-house, which\nis as yet our only place of meeting, was densely crowded; many had\ncome over twenty miles in sleds and on horseback.\n\nFather Eells, their former missionary, was present and addressed\nthem, renewing old associations. There were seven infant and one\nadult baptisms; and two others, a wife and husband, expressed a\ndesire to unite with the church at our next communion. It was\naltogether a precious occasion, which we shall all long remember.\nThe school now numbers sixteen scholars equally divided between\nthe sexes, and is making reasonable progress considering the\ndisadvantages we contend with. A day school among Indians, as a\ngeneral rule, fails of the best results. The imperative demand is\nfor a boarding and industrial department and a matron. I have been\ncalling the attention of the Indian Department to this necessity\nfor the past six years, but as the Spokans are a small tribe and\npeacefully inclined, Congress has overlooked them, while at the\nsame time their country is being rapidly filled by white settlers\nand no adequate provision has been made for their permanent\nlocation or education. Commissioner Price has, however, recently\ninformed me of his recommendation to secure an appropriation of\n$5,000 to enable Spokans who wish to avail themselves of the\nprovisions of the Indian Homestead Act to pay the land fees and\ncommissions.\n\nWe are also much in need of a house of worship, as the school-house\n(18\u00d724) is too small and inconvenient for that purpose. Dr.\nAtkinson informs me that he raised $50 while East to help in this\nobject, but about $200 more will be required to supplement the work\nof the Indians.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nCLIPPINGS FROM THE FORTHCOMING ANNUAL REPORT OF OUR CALIFORNIA\nAUXILIARY.\n\n[BY REV. W. C. POND.]\n\nGENERAL VIEW.\u2014\u201cThe past year has been one of blessing at\nalmost every point of our experience. We have to record our roll of\nmembers unbroken, so far as we know, by any stroke of death; our\nschools increasingly prosperous, on the whole, from the beginning\nof the year to its close; our work larger and better, we trust,\nthan ever before; a deeper and more general interest in it, we have\nreason to think, on the part of the churches, and our receipts,\nespecially in the way of gifts made directly to our own treasury,\nmuch larger than in any preceding year.\u201d\n\nOUR WORK AS A WHOLE.\u2014\u201cFifteen schools have been sustained\nfor a longer or shorter period in the year, a gain upon last year\u2019s\nwork of three schools. Of these fifteen, nine were sustained the\nentire year, with no vacation at all, except for two or three days\nat the annual holidays. Of the other six, all except one were\ncommenced during the year, and all but two are still in operation.\nOne of them is still an experiment, and may be discontinued; the\nothers give such promise of usefulness\u2014are, indeed, already\nbearing such good fruit\u2014that I think they are experiments no\nlonger.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe had at the close of the previous year 20 teachers and helpers\nemployed, six of whom were Chinese. At the close of this year 27\nlaborers\u2014nine Chinese. The total number of months of missionary\nservice is 286, being more by 40 than in any other year of our\nMission\u2019s history. We have great satisfaction now in all our\nworkers. Our Chinese helpers give us especial joy, as being\nthemselves the fruit of our mission-work. They are faithful,\nzealous, and, generally, wise; and God owns their labors, setting\nHis seal upon their ministry by using it for the salvation of\nlost souls. We greatly desire to call others into this service,\nhoping that when they have learned among us to teach by teaching,\nand to preach by preaching, it may please the Master to use them\nnot only to carry the good news of a Saviour to the Chinese in\nAmerica, but to evangelize also some of the myriads in their own\nland. The total number of pupils enrolled was 1,632, an increase\nupon the previous year of 76, even as that year showed an increase\nof 67 on the one further back. The average membership month by\nmonth reaches an aggregate of 562, a gain upon the year preceding\nof 78, and the average attendance was 288, a gain of 36. We find\nlike gains in the columns representing those who have ceased from\nidol worship and who give evidence of conversion. How many began\nthe new life during the year it is impossible to state accurately.\nNo month has passed without some accessions to our Association\nof Christian Chinese, and to join that Association is to confess\nChrist. I estimate the hopeful conversions at 56, and the total\nnumber brought to repentance since our mission-work began at more\nthan 325. The contributions of these Chinese brethren to the work\nof Christ through the treasury, either of our Mission or of their\nAssociation, amount to about $1,900.\u201d\n\nPOSTSCRIPT.\n\nThe Secretary takes the liberty to add, by way of bringing the\nstory of our work down to the date at which this report is issued,\nthat the monthly reports for the first third of the present\nyear\u2014that is from September 1 to December 31\u2014show that the\nenrolled membership of our schools, month by month, has averaged\n677, against a like enrollment last year of 473; the aggregate\naverage attendance 325, against 215 last year. And the total number\nenrolled in all the schools up to December 31 was, this year.\n1,104; last year, 753. So the work grows; may the gracious results\nmultiply in far greater proportion! Brethren, pray for us.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nCHILDREN\u2019S PAGE\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nBOY LIFE IN CHINA.\n\n                                              HANGCHOW, China.\n\nMy dear children: I think you will be interested to hear something\nabout the life of boys in China. Well, to begin at the beginning,\nwhen a little baby-boy makes his appearance into the world he is\nwelcomed very warmly. When he is a month old a grand ceremony is\ngone through; the child is washed, and its head shaved, all except\ntwo little tufts of hair on each side of the head behind the ear,\nwhich are tied tight and stick out at right angles from the head.\nHe is dressed up very smartly, and a feast is given. Up to about\nsix or seven years old, boys are allowed to do much as they like;\nbut after that they are taken to school, and learn reading, writing\nand manners. They do not seem, as a rule, to be taught arithmetic;\nbut the master is very particular about his pupils\u2019 manners. In\nevery school there is put up opposite the entrance a tablet in\nhonor of Confucius, and all the pupils have to bow low before it,\nholding up their books with both hands towards it, both on entering\nand leaving school; they also bow in the same way to the master.\nThe books which they learn at school are full of the sayings of\nthe wise man Confucius, who was born 551 B.C., and lived about the\ntime when the Jews were returning from their captivity in Babylon.\nConfucius himself did not write any books, but his disciples wrote\ndown his wise sayings, and the boys at school learn them off by\nheart.\n\nIt is astonishing what memories these Chinese boys have, and what\na number of pages they will repeat straight off, as fast as their\ntongues can go, and hardly stopping to take breath. They learn\ntheir lessons aloud, and consequently as you walk along the street\nyou can tell when you are drawing near a school by the noise, which\nbecomes simply a din if you enter; and you can only wonder how the\nchildren ever learn anything, and what the master has done to his\nears to make them strong enough to bear all that noise. When the\nboys repeat their lessons they stand with their backs to their\nmaster, and, swinging their bodies from side to side, gabble off\nthe words as fast as they can, without any stops except for breath.\nThey are not expected to understand what they learn till they have\nbeen many years at school.\n\nI dare say you wonder whether the Chinese school-boys play any\ngames. They do not know anything about such nice games as cricket,\nfoot-ball, marbles, etc. But at the new year they have a grand time\nof flying kites.\n\nThe streets at that time look quite gay with groups of people,\ndressed, not as at other times, in dark cotton clothes, but in\nsilks and satins of crimson, green, blue, purples and various\nhues, often with beautifully embroidered sleeves, and jackets\noften lined with fur. The children look particularly smart, being\nadorned with gay caps and hats, ornamented with gilt figures\nor Chinese characters, especially the Chinese character which\nmeans \u201chappiness.\u201d The Chinese kites are very elaborate, and are\ngenerally in the shape of some animal\u2014a gigantic butterfly, a\ncentipede, a bird, a dragon, etc.; and it is a fine sight to watch\nsuch a kite rise, rise steadily in the still, clear atmosphere,\ntill it becomes almost a speck. Sometimes they fly these kites at\nnight, and send lighted lanterns up after them, which startle the\nunwary into imagining there are new stars appearing in the sky!\n\nBut you know, dear children, that these Chinese have evil hearts\nas well as we, which need the renewing of the Holy Ghost. Will you\npray that they may receive this great blessing?\u2014_Mary Elwin in C.\nM. Juvenile Instructor._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nRECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1882.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n  MAINE, $462.36.\n\n    Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       $50.00\n    Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., $25.70; Mrs. J.C., $1         26.70\n    Belfast. Rev. Wooster Parker                               5.00\n    Bethel. F. B.                                              1.00\n    Brunswick. C. R. S.                                        0.50\n    Bucksport. Miss L. S. Barnard                              5.00\n    Castine. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         10.00\n    Dennysville. \u2014\u2014                                           21.68\n    East Madison. Eliza Bicknell                               4.00\n    Ellsworth. L. F. D.                                        0.50\n    Gorham. Bbl. of C. and $2.75 _for Selma, Ala._             2.75\n    Hallowell. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Fisk. U._                                                5.17\n    Hallowell. 2 Bbls. C., _for Talladega, Ala._,\n      and _McIntosh, Ga._\n    Hampden. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Hiram. Sab. Sch., _for Selma, Ala._                        1.00\n    Litchfield. Miss Maria Plimpton                            2.00\n    Limerick. Rev. T. N. Lord                                  2.50\n    Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and daughters, to\n      const. SARAH E. BUCK L. M.                              30.00\n    Portland. State St. Ch., $75; High St. Ch. and\n      Soc., $100; Mrs. L. D., $1                             176.00\n    Portland. \u201cLadies of Maine,\u201d _for Lady\n      Missionaries_                                           50.00\n    Portland. Brown Thurston\u2019s S. S. Class, High\n      St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Hampton N. & A.\n      Inst._                                                  25.00\n    Portland. Bbl. of C. and 50c. _for Freight_,\n      by Mary A. Perkins                                       0.50\n    South Paris. Cong. Ch.                                     6.06\n    Union. Cong. Ch.; _for Freight_, $1.50; Cong.\n      Sab. Sch., $3.50; _for Selma, Ala._                      5.00\n    Union. Rev. F. V. N., 50c.; Mrs. H. R. B., 50c.            1.00\n    Weld. Rev. D. D. T.                                        1.00\n    Wells. D. Maxwell                                         20.00\n\n\n  NEW HAMPSHIRE, $462.47.\n\n    Amherst. Cong. Ch., $15.60; Mrs. C. M. B., $1             16.60\n    Amherst. \u201cFriends,\u201d Box C. and $2, _for\n      Wilmington, N.C._                                        2.00\n    Antrim. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                        10.00\n    Acworth. D. C. A.                                          0.50\n    Concord. South Ch. and Soc.                               50.11\n    Dover. First Parish Ch. and Soc.                          91.16\n    Dublin. Mrs. L. B. Richardson, $10; Malachi\n      Richardson, $10; R. E., $1, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                21.00\n    East Alstead. S. D. H.                                     1.00\n    East Jaffrey. Rev. J. C. Staples and family,\n      _for Marietta, Ga._                                      5.00\n    Exeter. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                        30.00\n    Exeter. Ladies, 3 Bbls. of C. and $5, _for\n      Freight, for Talladega C._                               5.00\n    Fisherville. PRISCILLA P. GAGE, $30, to const.\n      herself L. M.; Jeremiah C. Martin, $16.25;\n      Mrs. A. W. Fiske, $5                                    51.25\n    Francestown. R. G. C.                                      0.51\n    Great Falls. W. H. M. A. Aux., Bbl. of C.,\n      _for Student Aid, Fisk U._\n    Greenland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             15.00\n    Hancock. \u201cCheerful Workers,\u201d Bundle C., val.\n      $8.\n    Haverhill. Eliza Cross                                     5.00\n    Hillsborough. Mrs. N. T., $1; Mrs. J. G., $1               2.00\n    Lancaster. E. M. K.                                        0.50\n    Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $27; O. S. M.,\n      50c.                                                    27.50\n    Londonderry. C. S. P.                                      1.00\n    Lyme. T. L. Gilbert ($1 of which _for John\n      Brown Steamer_)                                          3.00\n    Manchester. I. G. M.                                       0.51\n    Mason. L. J. G.                                            0.50\n    Milford. Cong. Ch.                                        12.29\n    Mount Vernon. J. A. S.                                     1.00\n    New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $10.50; G.\n      T., $1                                                  11.50\n    New Ipswich. By Mrs. L. A. O., $1 _for\n      Freight_; Dea. R. T., 50c.                               1.50\n    Pembroke. C. C. S.                                         0.51\n    Peterborough. Union Evan. Ch. to const. MRS.\n      ELLEN M. HATCH, L. M.                                   30.00\n    Peterborough. Mrs. Eph. Holt ($1 _for John\n      Brown Steamer_)                                          2.00\n    Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              10.00\n    Rindge. Collected by Mrs. Street, _for Almeda,\n      S.C._                                                    4.55\n    Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 2.55\n    Short Falls. J. W. C.                                      0.50\n    South Newmarket. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        5.81\n    Stratham. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 15.00\n    Tilton and Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                 20.00\n    Wilton. A. B. C.                                           0.50\n    Winchester. Cong. Ch.                                      2.62\n    \u2014\u2014 \u201cFriend of Colored People\u201d                              3.00\n\n\n  VERMONT, $811.15.\n\n    Barnet. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   10.37\n    Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     74.66\n    Bradford. Bbl. of C., val. $35, _for\n      Charleston, S.C._\n    Brandon. \u201cJ. L. H.\u201d                                       10.00\n    Brownington. S. S. Tinkham                                 5.00\n    Chester. G. H. C.                                          0.60\n    East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch., $27.78; O. P.,\n      50c.; S. W. O., 51c.                                    28.79\n    Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     2.00\n    Lowell. Cong. Ch.                                          7.68\n    McIndoes. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              12.00\n    Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                18.15\n    Middlebury. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               21.80\n    Montpelier. Bethany Ch. and Soc.                          12.80\n    Newport. Willie Richmond                                  30.00\n    Northfield. O. D. E.                                       1.00\n    North Thetford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $7.70;\n      Mrs. E. G. B., 50c.                                      8.20\n    Pawlet. A. F.                                              1.00\n    Pittsfield. H. O. G.                                       0.50\n    Pittsford. N. P. Humphrey                                 10.00\n    Pittsford. \u201cDea. A. D. T.,\u201d $4; Dr. and Mrs.\n      Smith, $2; Mrs. A. W., $1; H. K., 50c.                   7.50\n    Pittsford. Mrs. Swift\u2019s S. S. Class, _for S.\n      S. First Cong. Ch. Atlanta, Ga._                         3.00\n    Randolph. Mrs. Isaac Nichols                               2.00\n    Royalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              17.50\n    Saint Albans. A. O. Brainerd (ad\u2019l), to const.\n      MRS. JANE E. BRAINERD L. M.                             25.00\n    Saint Albans. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., Young Men\u2019s\n      Class, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                       13.00\n    Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch.                         283.99\n    Stowe. Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. H. S. ATKINS,\n      L. M.                                                   46.42\n    Waitsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            16.88\n    Westfield. Cong. Ch.                                       2.00\n    West Rutland. M. Newton ($5 of which _for John\n      Brown Steamer_)                                         10.00\n    Worcester. Cong. Ch.                                       3.31\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                             685.15\n\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Jericho. Estate of Hosea Spaulding, C. M.\n      Spaulding, $60; A. C. Spaulding, $30; E. E.\n      Spaulding, $18; Nellie M. Percival, $18                126.00\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                             811.15\n\n\n  MASSACHUSETTS, $10,925.60.\n\n    Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad\u2019l), to const.\n      REV. FRANKLIN P. WOOD, L. M.                            25.00\n    Alford. Rev. J. Jay Dana, to const. MRS. ANNA\n      B. DECAMP, L. M.                                        30.00\n    Amherst. Amherst College, $63.95; G. C.\n      Munsell, $2; W. H., $1: S. S., $1; H. B.,\n      50c.; A. I. C., 50c.; Mrs. William Stearns,\n      Jr., _for Freight_, $5                                  73.95\n    Andover. South Ch. and Soc., $300; West Cong.\n      Ch., $37.15; Edwin E. Goodell, $25; \u201cA\n      Friend,\u201d $10; Miss C. R. Jackson, $10; H.\n      C., $1; W. A., 50c.; Mrs. F. R. B., 50c.               384.15\n    Ashby. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          12.91\n    Ashfield. Ladies\u2019 Soc., Bbl. of C., _for\n      Talladega C._\n    Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding ($10 of which _for\n      John Brown Steamer_)                                    50.00\n    Barre. Mrs. A. R. M.                                       0.50\n    Beverly. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50; Ladies\u2019 Benev.\n      Soc. of Dane St. Ch., Bbl. of C., and $2\n      _for Freight, for Student Aid, Fisk U._                 52.00\n    Beverly. S. D. C. and E. H. G., $1; Mrs. S.\n      N., $1: Miss M. R. O., $1                                3.00\n    Boston. Woman\u2019s Home Miss. Ass\u2019n, _for Lady\n      Missionaries_                                          204.78\n    Boston. Miss H. N. Kirk ($5 of which _for\n      Indian_ and $5 _for Chinese M._)                        15.00\n    Boston. Rev. H. M. Dexter, D.D., _for Freight_             2.43\n    Boston. Mt. Vernon Ch. and Soc., $341.31; Rev.\n      Charles Nichols, $30, to const. JOHN G. CARY\n      L. M.; Rev. P. Fisk, $10; Mrs. L. A.\n      Bartholomew, $5; Mrs. J. K. H., 50c.; Mrs.\n      M. A. C., 50c.; F. D. C., 51c.; Mrs. T. K.,\n      50c.; J. H., 50c.                                      388.82\n    Boston Highlands. Immanuel Ch. and Soc.                   40.00\n    Boxford. Miss F. C.                                        1.00\n    Boxford. Bbl. of C., _for Talladega C._\n    Boyleston Centre. \u201cFriends,\u201d 2 Bbls. of C.,\n      _for Talladega C._\n    Bridgewater. Central Square Sab. Sch., $10;\n      Rev. I. D., $1, _for John Brown Steamer_                11.00\n    Bridgewater. Mrs. I. D.                                    1.00\n    Brimfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $29.36;\n      Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $14.08                       43.44\n    Brockton. Mrs. E. H., $1; L. C., $1                        2.00\n    Brookfield. Mrs. J. S. M.                                  1.02\n    Cambridge. A. E. H.                                        1.00\n    Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch., Ladies\u2019 Miss.\n      Soc., $30, to const. MRS. JAMES H. SPARROW,\n      L. M.; Miss A. A. P., 50c.                              30.50\n    Charlestown. Mrs. H. B., Jr.                               0.50\n    Charlton. Rev. W. C. F.                                    1.00\n    Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $30.95;\n      Miss E. D., 50c.                                        31.45\n    Chelsea. \u201cUnion Home Mission Band,\u201d _for Lady\n      Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._                        119.00\n    Chicopee. Third Cong. Ch. ($25 of which _for\n      Hampton N. & A. Inst._)                                 65.73\n    Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc.                         79.98\n    Colerain. P. B. S.                                         1.00\n    Conway. D. L.                                              1.00\n    Curtissville. G. E. D.                                     1.00\n    Dalton. Mrs. Z. M. Crane, $100; Mrs. James B.\n      Crane, $100; A. B., $1                                 201.00\n    Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                   3.50\n    Danvers. A. C. B., $1; Mrs. C. W. L., 50c.                 1.50\n    Dedham. E. P. B., 50c.; E. P. C., 50c.                     1.00\n    Dorchester. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                     1.00\n    Duxbury. Mrs. Rebecca R. Holmes                            2.50\n    East Boston. Dea. T. D. D.                                 0.50\n    East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.\n      JACOB WILLIAMS and WM. H. BRIGGS, L. M\u2019s                66.48\n    East Hampton. Mrs. A. L. C., $1; Mrs. D. F.\n      L., $1; I. A. J., 50c.; S. E. W., 50c.                   3.00\n    East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch., $34.55, and Sab.\n      Sch., $16.97; Mrs. G. W. C., $1                         52.52\n    Enfield. Edward Smith, _for Little Rock, Ark._         5,000.00\n    Fall River. First Cong. Ch., $82.67; Miss J.\n      W. B., $1; J. A. B., $1                                 84.67\n    Fitchburgh. Benj. Snow, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                               100.00\n    Fitchburgh. D. S. E., $1; Mrs. R. B. M., $1;\n      A. C. H., $1; Mrs. L. W., $1; A. F. A.,\n      50c.; H. H. Dole, Bundle \u201cYouth\u2019s Companion\u201d             4.50\n    Fitchburgh. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for furnishing\n      Straight U._                                             1.00\n    Florence. Sab. Sch. Class No. 7, _for Student\n      Aid, Talladega C._                                      17.50\n    Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc., $128.89;\n      Mrs. S. N. Brewer, $5                                  133.89\n    Framingham. Young People\u2019s Miss. Circle of\n      Plym. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._              25.00\n    Framingham. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   14.65\n    Gardner. Lucy Matthews                                     3.00\n    Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to\n      const. CHAS. BLATCHFORD, ADAM P. STODDART,\n      MISS LUCY S. DAVIS and MISS MIRANDA STEELE\n      L. Ms                                                  120.00\n    Grantville. Rev. J. Edwards, Books.\n    Granville Corners. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb                10.00\n    Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.               100.00\n    Greenfield. Second Cong. Soc.                             50.71\n    Greenwich Village. Daniel Parker                           2.00\n    Hadley. Mrs. Rodney Smith and \u201cFriends,\u201d Box\n      of C. _for Athens, Ga._\n    Harwich. Cong. Ch.                                        10.40\n    Haverhill. Fourth Cong. Ch., $5; West Cong.\n      Ch. and Soc., $4.90; J. U., $1; C. C., $1;\n      Mrs. S. C., 50c.                                        12.40\n    Holliston. Mrs. W. R. T.                                   1.00\n    Holliston. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., 2 Bbls. C. and\n      bedding, _for Talladega C._\n    Hopkinton. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50; First Cong.\n      Sab. Sch., $47.81; First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n      $5.13                                                  102.94\n    Ipswich. Linebrook Ch. and Soc.                            5.39\n    Lancaster. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., Box and Bbl.\n      of C., _for Talladega C._\n    Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                100.00\n    Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of\n      bedding, and $8 _for Freight, for Straight\n      U._                                                      8.00\n    Leicester. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                     10.00\n    Lowell. Kirk St. Ch. Sab. Sch., $83.94; M. C.,\n      $1                                                      84.94\n    Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      90.00\n    Middleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   25.74\n    Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        61.78\n    Milford. First. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $83.88;\n      Individuals, _for Mag._, by P. P. Parkhurst,\n      $3                                                      86.88\n    Milford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for ed. of Indian\n      Youth, Hampton N. and A. Inst._                         40.00\n    Mittineague. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Melrose. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n      Aid, Fisk U._                                           50.00\n    Methuen. \u201cMethuen,\u201d _for John Brown Steamer_              10.00\n    Monson. \u2014\u2014 $20; Mrs. Dewey\u2019s S. S. Class, $1;\n      S. E. B., $1                                            22.00\n    Montery. Mrs. F. A. T.                                     0.50\n    New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr. ($10 of\n      which _for John Brown Steamer_)                         30.00\n    Newburyport. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 2.00\n    Newburyport. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for\n      Washington, D.C._\n    Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.                               239.53\n    Newton. Eliot Sewing Soc., Bbl. of C., _for\n      Tillotson Inst._\n    Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n      $64.78; J. W., 50c.                                     65.28\n    Newton Centre. Ladies of First Ch., by Mrs. D.\n      L. Furber, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                50.00\n    Newton Centre. B. W. K., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 1.00\n    Northampton. \u201cAunt M,\u201d _for John Brown Steamer_            2.00\n    Northborough. Mrs. A. E. D. F.                             1.00\n    North Brookfield. R. H. B., 50c.; P. K. H.,\n      50c.; Mrs. H., 50c.; Mrs. U., 50c.                       2.00\n    Northbridge Centre. E. S. P.                               0.30\n    Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $3.20; Mrs. A.\n      M. D. A., 51c.                                           3.71\n    North Newton. Rev. S. E. L.                                0.50\n    Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          34.00\n    North Reading. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          4.00\n    North Somerville. \u201cA Friend\u201d                               1.00\n    Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $15.68, and\n      Sab. Sch., $18                                          33.68\n    Palmer. Second Cong. Ch.                                  15.00\n    Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $3.69; C. B., $1            4.69\n    Pittsfield. Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Spear, $100;\n      Mrs. J. A. J., $1                                      101.00\n    Reading. Old South Ch. and Soc., $28; A. T.\n      H., 50c.                                                28.50\n    Rockland. Elijah Shaw, $10; Miss Mary N. Shaw,\n      $5, _for John Brown Steamer_                            15.00\n    Roxbury. Mrs. E. D.                                        0.50\n    Rutland. First Ch.                                         8.00\n    Uxbridge. W. J.                                            1.00\n    Salem. A. P., $1; J. H. T., 60c.                           1.60\n    Salisbury and Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch.                   12.50\n    Shirley Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        8.66\n    Somerville. Mrs. H. T. S.                                  0.50\n    South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $8, and\n      Sab. Sch., $23.50                                       31.50\n    Southampton. J. E. Phelps                                  5.00\n    South Braintree. A. P. W.                                  1.00\n    Southbridge. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which to const.\n      REV. JOSEPH DANIELSON L. M.)                           125.49\n    South Dartmouth. Mrs. M. P. Staples, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                           5.00\n    South Deerfield. Miss L. E. W.                             1.00\n    South Weymouth. Union Cong Ch. and Soc., bal.\n      to const. GEORGE REED, ALFRED O. CRAWFORD\n      and REV. WILLIAM H. BOLSTER L. Ms                       60.40\n    Spencer. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $183.90; Cong.\n      Sab. Soc., Primary Dept., $7.50                        191.40\n    Springfield. \u201cH. M.\u201d                                     500.00\n    Springfield. South Cong. Ch., $54.50; First\n      Cong. Ch., $49.70                                      104.20\n    Stockbridge. Miss Adele Brewer, 2 Bbls. C.,\n      _for Raleigh, N.C._\n    Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            25.00\n    Warren. Cong. Ch.                                         26.20\n    Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.\n      ANDREW W. FULLER L. M.                                  48.75\n    Wellesley. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for\n      Washington, D.C._\n    West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       10.00\n    Westborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $31.27;\n      Mrs. E. F., $1                                          32.27\n    West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to\n      const. REV. F. J. FAIRBANKS L. M.                       75.00\n    West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       25.00\n    West Brookfield. Dis. No. 3 Sab. Sch., _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                      7.51\n    Westfield. First Cong. Ch.                                 6.34\n    West Medway. S. A. C.                                      0.50\n    West Medbury. \u201cFriend,\u201d _for Student Aid, Fisk\n      U._                                                     15.00\n    Westminster. Ladies Sew. Circle, Bbl. of C.,\n      _for Tillotson Inst._\n    West Newbury. Dr. O. Warren, $2; J. C. Carr,\n      $2; M. A. R., 50c.                                       4.50\n    West Newbury. First Ch. and Parish, 2 Bbls. of\n      C. (one of which _for McIntosh Ga._). val.\n      $90.\n    West Newbury. First Ch. and Parish, Bbl. of C.\n      and 77c. _for Freight_                                   0.77\n    West Newton. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50, _for\n      Student Aid_, and $35 _for furnishing a\n      room, Talladega C._                                     85.00\n    West Newton. Mrs. S. E. and J. B. W., $1 each,\n      _for John Brown Steamer_                                 2.00\n    West Newton. Mrs. Sarah Erving                             2.50\n    West Somerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        4.00\n    West Springfield. Park St. Cong. Ch., $31;\n      Second Cong. Ch., $11.84                                42.84\n    West Springfield. First Cong. Ch.                         16.00\n    Whitinsville. S. A. D.                                     1.00\n    Williamsburg. First Cong. Ch. ($5 of which\n      _for Hampton N. & A. Inst._)                            63.00\n    Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. ($7.49 of which\n      _for Indian M._)                                        14.98\n    Wilmington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           28.00\n    Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for freight_                    2.00\n    Woburn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $116.41;\n      William Temple, $5                                     121.41\n    Wolliston. Mrs. H. B. C.                                   0.50\n    Worcester. Old South Ch. and Soc., $40.54; Wm.\n      Workman, $15; Rev. W. J. W., $1; E. W., $1              57.54\n    Worcester. MRS. G. HENRY WHITCOMB, _for\n      furnishing a room, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._\n      and to const. herself L. M.                             30.00\n    Worcester. Young Ladies\u2019 Mission Circle of\n      Central Ch., _for furnishing a room,\n      Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                                25.00\n    Yarmouth. Bbl. of C., _for Florence, Ala._\n    Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         5.00\n                                                          \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                         $10,875.60\n\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Athol. Estate of Mrs. D. A. Bowker, by Mrs.\n      Mary E. Bowker, Execs.                                  50.00\n                                                          \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                         $10,925.60\n\n\n  RHODE ISLAND, $142.97.\n\n    Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n      $21.45; \u201cA Friend,\u201d $2                                  23.45\n    Nayatt. M. A. S.                                           0.51\n    Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $15; A. A. F.,\n      50c.; Mrs. R. B., 51c.                                  16.01\n    Providence. Young Ladies\u2019 Mission Band of\n      Beneficent Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk\n      U._                                                    100.00\n    Providence. Arthur A. Fuller                               3.00\n\n\n  CONNECTICUT, $3,266.19.\n\n    Ansonia. J. H. Bartholomew                                20.00\n    Avon. Mrs. S. Andrews, _for John Brown Steamer_           10.00\n    Bantam Falls. Cornelia Bradley                             2.00\n    Branford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                20.00\n    Berlin. Rev. J. Whittlesey                                10.00\n    Bridgeport. Infant Class, by Mrs. C. R.\n      Palmer, _for Lady Missionary among Refugees_            20.00\n    Bristol. Chas. E. Nott, _for Repairs,\n      Talladega C._                                           50.00\n    Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing a\n      room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._                         35.00\n    Bristol. Mrs S. T. S.                                      1.00\n    Burnside. Miss E. S.                                       1.00\n    Chaplin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               15.00\n    Cheshire. Thomas Savage                                    5.00\n    Colchester. Mrs. C. F. S. and Mrs. E. H. O.                1.00\n    Cornwall. G. H. Cole                                       1.21\n    Cornwall Bridge. George H. Swift                          10.00\n    Cromwell. Cong. Ch.                                       55.00\n    Deep River. Cong. Ch.                                     26.73\n    East Hartford. First Ch.                                  35.00\n    Ellington. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                40.00\n    Enfield. First Cong. Ch., $50; Miss E. A. L.,\n      $1                                                      51.00\n    Essex. First Cong. Ch.                                    10.00\n    Farmington. Cong. Ch. ($175 of which from\n      Henry D. Hawley to const. MISS MARY ELIZA\n      HOYT and MRS. ELIZABETH K. THOMAS, L. Ms)              231.54\n    Glastonbury. F. C. C., $1; C. W. S., 50c.                  1.50\n    Glastonbury. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., Bbl.\n      of C., _for Tougaloo_\n    Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                             31.60\n    Greenwich. Israel Peck                                     5.50\n    Greenwich. L. M. W., $1; Miss H. M. T., $1,\n      _for John Brown Steamer_                                 2.00\n    Guilford. Mrs. Lucy E. Tuttle ($100 of which\n      _for John Brown Steamer_)                              120.00\n    Guilford. First Cong. Ch.                                 23.00\n    Hamden. H. H.                                              0.50\n    Hanover. Cong. Ch. (ad\u2019l)                                  6.50\n    Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch.                          158.97\n    Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Sab. Sch., $25\n      _for Talladega C._ and $25 _for Atlanta U._             50.00\n    Hartford. Geo. Kellogg, _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                            100.00\n    Hartford. Mrs. Mary C. Bemis ($10 of which\n      _for John Brown Steamer_)                               30.50\n    Hartford. Miss C. A. J., $1; W. H. C., $1; J.\n      W., $1; Mrs. C. C. D., $1; Mrs. E. R. R.,\n      $1; H. E. B., $1; Mrs. S. N. K., 50c.; Prof.\n      W. T., 60c.; G. M. C., 50c.; Mrs. L. L., 50c.            8.10\n    Higganum. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                40.00\n    Jewett City. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           25.00\n    Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss                              5.50\n    Ledyard. Cong. Ch.                                        22.00\n    Lyme. Rev. William B. Cary, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20.62; Cong.\n      Sab. Sch., $19.38, _for furnishing room,\n      Talladega C._                                           40.00\n    Meriden. Robert P. Rand, $5; A. B., $1                     6.00\n    Middletown. W. M. D.                                       1.00\n    Milford. First Cong. Ch.                                  25.70\n    Milford. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                      5.00\n    Montville. First Cong. Ch.                                 5.30\n    Moodus. Amasa Day Chaffee, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Moose Meadow. Mrs. H. L. E.                                0.51\n    Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.                                     107.00\n    New Britain. Augustus Stanley, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    New Britain. Mrs. O. C. S., $1; A. A., 51c.                1.51\n    New Haven. Dwight Place Ch., by Nelson Hall,\n      $50; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, $10; \u201cA Friend,\u201d\n      $3; \u201cW. C. S.,\u201d $2; E. A. P., $1; J. E., $1;\n      Mrs. F. P. G., $1; Miss E. A. B., $1; H. N.\n      D., $1; Mrs. R. P. B., $1; Mrs. R. U., 50c.;\n      E. C., 50c.; G. W. N., 50c.                             72.50\n    New Haven. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Talladega C._                  0.75\n    New Haven. Dr. Wm. B. De Forest, _for\n      Talladega C._                                           25.00\n    New Haven. North Ch. Miss. Sab. Sch., _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                     20.00\n    New London. Second Cong. Ch.                             631.43\n    New London. Mrs. J. N. Harris, _for Talladega\n      C._                                                     50.00\n    New London. \u201cFriends,\u201d Box Pictures and C.\n      _for Talladega C._\n    New Milford. Cong. Ch., $90, to const. GEORGE\n      HINE and T. DWIGHT MERWIN L. Ms.; Mrs. F. G.\n      B., $1                                                  91.00\n    Norfolk. M. A. C.                                          0.51\n    Northford. Cong. Sab. Sch., $10; Miss F. L.\n      S., $1, _for John Brown Steamer_                        11.00\n    North Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          9.20\n    North Woodstock. Cong. Ch.                                25.74\n    Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $100; Mrs.\n      Wm. B. St. John, $3                                    103.00\n    Norwich. W. R. B., 50c.; Miss R. C. W., 50c.               1.00\n    Norwich Town. First Cong. Ch.                             59.50\n    Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., $30.50, _for\n      Hampton N. and A. Inst._, and $13.35 _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                     43.85\n    Plymouth. Sab. Sch., by L. D. Baldwin, Supt.,\n      _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                         50.00\n    Plymouth. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Talladega C._                   3.00\n    Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.                                  27.00\n    Prospect. B. B. Brown                                     20.00\n    Putnam. Class No. 14, Sec. Cong. Ch. Sab.\n      Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ and to const.\n      WALTER P. WHITE L. M.                                   30.00\n    Saybrook. Cong. Ch.                                       10.43\n    Sharon. Mrs. B. S.                                         1.00\n    South Coventry. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n      Aid, Talladega C._                                      12.50\n    South Windsor. First Cong. Ch., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          10.00\n    South Windsor. C. W.                                       0.60\n    Stafford Springs. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   25.00\n    Stamford. \u201cCheerful Workers,\u201d _for Strieby\n      Hall, T. U._                                            25.00\n    Stonington. Rev. H. B. Mead, $5; Ladies of\n      Cong. Ch., $5, _for Student Aid, Talladega\n      C._                                                     10.00\n    Thompsonville. D. P.                                       1.00\n    Tolland. MRS. LUCY L. CLOUGH, $50, _for\n      Indian_ and $50 _for Chinese M._, and to\n      const. herself L. M.                                   100.00\n    Vernon. Mrs. E. P.                                         1.00\n    Warren. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          48.25\n    Washington. \u201cZ.,\u201d _for Indian M._                          1.00\n    Washington. Rev. W. C.                                     0.51\n    Watertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_ and to const. CHARLES B. WOODWARD\n      L. M.                                                   61.00\n    West Haven. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          10.00\n    Willington. Mrs. H. C. Harbison                            3.00\n    Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, _for Student\n      Aid. Talladega C._                                      20.00\n    Woodbridge. Cong. Ch.                                     12.00\n    Woodbridge. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Woodbury. First Cong. Ch., $23.50; Mrs. E. L.\n      Curtiss, $10.50; Mrs. H. D. C., 50c.                    34.50\n    \u2014\u2014. \u201cFriend\u201d                                              17.50\n\n\n  NEW YORK, $1,793.37.\n\n    Albany. D. A. T.                                           1.00\n    Baldwinsville. Harvard Carter                             20.00\n    Bangor. Individuals, by Rev. W. C. Sexton                  1.50\n    Brooklyn. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton $20; Miss E. O.,\n      $1; H. W. B., 50c.                                      21.50\n    Canandaigua. H. Gregory                                    3.00\n    Canastota. Enoch Northrup, $5; Mr. and Mrs. R.\n      H. Childs, $5                                           10.00\n    Castile. Rev. Jeremiah Porter                             10.00\n    Chestertown. Mrs. S. H. Foster, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          10.00\n    Churchville. Mission Circle of Cong. Sab.\n      Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_                          10.00\n    Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry                                      5.00\n    Coxsackie. Rev. M. Lusk                                    5.00\n    Crown Point. \u201cL. H. P.\u201d                                   50.00\n    Ellington. H. B. Rice, $5; Mrs. Eliza Rice,\n      $4; A. C. R., $1, _for John Brown Steamer_              10.00\n    Chenango Forks. Cong. Ch., $9; Mrs. M. H., 50c.            9.50\n    Fairport. First Cong. Ch.                                 89.87\n    Franklin. Mrs. I. H. Penfield, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 5.00\n    Gainesville. Box of C., _for Tougaloo U._\n    Galway. Presb. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Galway. Delia C. Davis, _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                             10.00\n    Gouverneur. Mrs. H. D. S.                                  0.50\n    Harpersfield. G. S. H.                                     1.00\n    Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones                                  15.00\n    Hume. L. H. P.                                             1.00\n    Ilion. Mrs. Sophia Miller ($1 of which _for\n      John Brown Steamer_)                                     7.00\n    Le Roy. A. McEwen                                          5.00\n    Lima. Chas. D. Miner, Sen., $5; Mrs. A. E. M.,\n      50c.                                                     5.50\n    Locust Valley. Mrs. Sarah Palmer                           6.00\n    Marcellus. Mrs. L. H.                                      1.00\n    Middlesex. Lester and E. J. Adams                         10.00\n    Millbrook. Mrs. J. W. C.                                   0.50\n    New Lebanon Centre. Ladies Soc., Bbl. of C.,\n      _for Lassitus Mills, N.C._\n    New York. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, $30, to const.\n      JAMES D. BURRUS, L. M.; Dr. A. S. Ball, $5;\n      F. J. S. K., $1                                         36.00\n    New York. John Dwight, $100 _for John Brown\n      Steamer_; $100 _for Tougaloo U._                       200.00\n    New York. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Tillotson C. & N.\n      Inst._                                                 100.00\n    New York. S. T. Gordon ($10 of which _for John\n      Brown Steamer_)                                         10.50\n    New York. Broadway Tab. Sab. Sch., Class No.\n      11, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                          10.00\n    New York. W. A. M., _for John Brown Steamer_               1.00\n    New York. Gen. Wager Swayne, Bbl. of Books; C.\n      L. Mead, Suit of Clothing, _for Talladega C._\n    Oriskany. Albert Halsey, $5; Mrs. R. W. P., $1             6.00\n    Perry Centre. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., $13.91, and\n      Box of C.                                               13.91\n    Poughkeepsie. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,\n      _for John Brown Steamer_                                10.00\n    Rochester. A. Hubregtre                                    2.00\n    Saratoga Springs. Mrs. A. M. Wheeler                       2.00\n    Tompkinsville. Mrs. Maria Snyder                           5.00\n    Troy. Mary and Margaret J. Cushman                         3.00\n    Vernon Centre. Mary R. Judson                              3.00\n    Walton. First Cong. Ch., $56.26; Mrs. T. J.\n      O., 50c.                                                56.76\n    Warsaw. Cong. Soc.                                        24.04\n    Watertown. Geo. Cook                                       2.00\n    Waterville. Mrs. J. Candee, $3; Mrs. Wm.\n      Winchell, $2                                             5.00\n    Watkins. E. D.                                             1.00\n    West Chazy. Daniel Bassett                                 5.00\n    West Farms. J. A.                                          1.00\n    Whitestown. \u2014\u2014                                             5.00\n    \u2014\u2014 \u201cFriends\u201d                                              25.00\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                            $861.08\n\n    LEGACIES.\n\n    Dryden. Estate of Lucy B. Eastman, by Geo. E.\n      Goodrich                                               200.00\n    Homer. Estate of Mrs. Celinda E. Hubbard, by\n      Dea. Manley Hobart, Ex.                                725.29\n    Jefferson. Estate of Miss Hubbard, by Miss S.\n      Rulifson                                                 7.00\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                          $1,793.37\n\n\n  NEW JERSEY, $212.00.\n\n    Chester. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                       25.00\n    Irvington. Rev. A. Underwood, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                               100.00\n    Jersey City. Tabernacle Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   40.00\n    Jersey City. S. E. H.                                     10.00\n    Newark. R. D. W.                                           1.00\n    Paterson. P. Van Houten                                    5.00\n    Trenton. A. P. Sherman, $10, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_; S. T. Sherman, $10, _for Mendi M._            20.00\n    Trenton. Mrs. Olivia S. Fuller                            11.00\n\n\n  PENNSYLVANIA, $91.50.\n\n    Allentown. Rev. C. M.                                      0.50\n    Canton. H. Sheldon                                         5.00\n    Centre Road Station. J. A. Scovel                         10.00\n    Conneaut. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                     10.00\n    Corry. Cong. Ch.                                           2.00\n    Cowdersport. \u201cPostal Order\u201d                                5.00\n    Honesdale. Mrs. H. Weston                                  3.00\n    Kennett Square. H. M. D.                                   1.00\n    Philadelphia. W. P. F. and Others, $1.50; Rev.\n      H. L. P., $1                                             2.50\n    Pittston. James Challenger, $2.50 and Box of\n      Books                                                    2.50\n    Scranton. F. E. Nettleton                                 15.00\n    South Bethlehem. H. D. Kitchell                            5.00\n    Washington. Mrs. M. H. McFarland, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          25.00\n    West Alexander. J. McCoy and wife                          5.00\n\n\n  OHIO, $1,576.23.\n\n    Alliance. Mrs. J. L. Thomas                                1.50\n    Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson                               2.28\n    Belpre. Cong. Ch.                                          3.94\n    Bellevue. \u201cHappy Workers\u201d Miss. So. of Cong.\n      Ch., _for Mendi M._                                     10.00\n    Berea. James S. Smedley, $10; F. S. Smedley,\n      $3; F. B., $1, _for John Brown Steamer_                 14 00\n    Berea. James S. Smedley                                    5.00\n    Brooklyn Village. M. L. M.                                 1.00\n    Cincinnati. \u201cAgamemnon\u201d                                   25.00\n    Claridon. Rev. C. C. Starbuck, _for Student\n      Aid, Talladega C._                                       6.00\n    Cleveland. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              70.00\n    Cleveland. S. H. Sheldon, _for Talladega C._              50.00\n    Cleveland. Euclid Av. Cong. Ch.                           28.64\n    Dayton. E. P.                                              0.51\n    Dayton. D. E. McSherry & Co., one self-opening\n      and closing gate, _for Talladega C._\n    Delaware. William Bevan                                    5.00\n    East Liverpool. A. W. A., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 1.00\n    Elyria. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Fisk U._                                                30.00\n    Fosteria. C. M.                                            1.00\n    Fulton. D. C. H.                                           0.50\n    Gambier. J. S. Sawer                                       5.00\n    Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury, $8; \u201cA Friend,\u201d $1,\n      _for John Brown Steamer_                                 9.00\n    Greenfield. Wm. Smith                                      4.00\n    Harrison. Dr. J. D. B.                                     5.00\n    Huntsburgh. A. E. Millard and Mrs. M. E.\n      Millard, $5 ea.                                         10.00\n    Jefferson. J. A. Howells, $2.50.; James\n      Whittemore, $2.50; Rev. S. W. D., $1;\n      \u201cFriends,\u201d $1.45, _for Talladega C._                     7.45\n    Kelloggsville. Rev. Hinds Smith, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                           2.00\n    Kingsville. Myron Whiting, $20; Jeremiah Luce\n      and wife, $6                                            26.00\n    Marietta. Rev. C. S. Irwin and wife                        1.25\n    Marysville. O. M. S.                                       1.00\n    Medina. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc. ($1.50 of which\n      from a Sab. Sch. class), _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           10.00\n    Medina. E. J. M., _for Student Aid, Talladega\n      C._                                                      0.50\n    North Benton. Margret J. Hartzell                          3.00\n    North Bloomfield. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega. C._                                          35.00\n    North Kingsville. Rev. E. J. Comings, $10; B.\n      S. Noyes, $2                                            12.00\n    Norwalk. Rev. Chas. N. Fitch, _for Cooking\n      Sch. Talladega C._                                       6.00\n    Oberlin. Ladies Soc. of First Cong. Ch. _for\n      Lady Missionary, Atlanta. Ga._                          75.00\n    Oberlin. First Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Talladega\n      C._                                                     50.00\n    Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n      Atlanta U._                                             30.00\n    Oberlin. \u201cA Friend,\u201d $25; L. F., $1., _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                     26.00\n    Oberlin. First Cong Ch., Mrs. C. G. Finney,\n      $20; Second Cong Ch., $12.94; Individuals,\n      _for Mag._, by Rev. Geo. Thompson, $4.50;\n      Mrs. J. F. B., 51c.                                     37.95\n    Painesville. First Ch., Hon. Reuben Hitchcock,\n      _for Lady Missionary, Athens, Ala._                    500.00\n    Painesville. Hon. Reuben Hitchcock, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          50.00\n    Painesville. First Cong. Ch., $42.40; Mrs. L.\n      S. and E. S., $1; By Rev. G. R. M., _for\n      Freight_, $1                                            44.40\n    Parisville. D. D.                                          0.50\n    Peru. Henry Clapp, _for Talladega C._                      5.00\n    Peru. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Student Aid, Talladega\n      C._                                                      0.50\n    Richwood. Edward D. Jones                                  5.00\n    Ruggles. Mrs. H. T.                                        0.50\n    Sandusky. Ladies\u2019 Miss. Soc. Box of C. and $3,\n      _for Freight, for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._             3.00\n    Sandusky. Chester Woolworth                                5.00\n    Saybrook. Wm. C. Sexton                                    2.00\n    Seville. First Cong. Ch. of Guilford, $10;\n      Mrs. A. C. Dowd, $5; T. B. Dowd, $5, _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                     20.00\n    Sicily. S. W. Huggins, $10; J. F. Cumberland,\n      $5                                                      15.00\n    Troy. Cong. Ch.                                            7.00\n    Twinsburgh. J. R. Parmelee                                 2.00\n    Unionville. Rev. J. M. Fraser and Mrs. H. B.\n      Fraser, _for Chinese M. in Cal._                        50.00\n    Unionville. Mrs. H. B. Fraser, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                               100.00\n    Unionville. Package of Goods, _for Selma, Ala._\n    Wakeman. Second Cong. Ch.                                 10.85\n    West Andover. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00\n    West Williamsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    10.00\n    Wellington. \u201cYoung Ladies Mission Circle,\u201d\n      _for John Brown Steamer_                                10.00\n    Wellington. A. H. A.                                       0.50\n    Willoughby. Mary P. Hastings                              10.00\n    Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. Garlick ($1 _for John\n      Brown Steamer_)                                          1.50\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                           1,469.27\n\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Cleveland. Estate of Chas. French                        106.96\n                                                           \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                           1,576.23\n\n\n  INDIANA, $40.\n\n    Dublin. H. M.                                              1.00\n    New Corydon. Geo. Stolz                                    5.00\n    Newville. A. D.                                            1.00\n    South Bend. R. BURROUGHS to const. himself L.\n      M.                                                      30.00\n    Sparta. John Hawkswell, $2.50; Mrs. L. R., 50c.            3.00\n\n\n  ILLINOIS, $750.89.\n\n    Altamont. E. P., _for Student Aid, Talladega\n      C._                                                      1.00\n    Altona. Cong. Ch., $3.81; Ladies Mis. Soc.\n      Cong. Ch., $5                                            8.81\n    Altona. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 5.00\n    Amboy. C. A. Church ($5 of which _for John\n      Brown Steamer_)                                          5.50\n    Beecher. Cong. Ch.                                        10.30\n    Buda. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_            5.87\n    Bunker Hill. J. W. B.                                      0.50\n    Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $114.41; Lawndale\n      Cong. Ch., $10.50; W. S., $1; H. B., $1; J.\n      B., 50c.                                               127.41\n    Chicago. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc. of New Eng. Cong.\n      Ch., _for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._                 8.04\n    Chicago. Ladies. Bbl. of C., _for Washington,\n      D.C._\n    Cobden. E. W. T.                                           0.50\n    Danville. Mrs. Anna M. Swan                                5.00\n    Elmwood. K. H. Reed                                       20.00\n    Elgin. Mrs. E. E. C. B.                                    1.00\n    Farmington. Phineas Chapman                               50.00\n    Galesburg. E. A. C. and Mrs. H. S. H., 50c. ea.            1.00\n    Geneseo. First Cong. Ch., $8.85; First Cong.\n      Sab. Sch., $21.35; Mrs. E. L. Atkinson, $5              35.20\n    Geneseo. \u201cBand of Sisters,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           25.00\n    Geneseo. \u201cBusy Workers,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                            5.00\n    Geneseo. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for John Brown Steamer_              1.00\n    Glencoe. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_              10.00\n    Granville. \u201cMerry Workers,\u201d _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.10\n    Hampton. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           11.00\n    Highland Park. L. S. Bingham                               5.00\n    Huntley. Rev. D. Chapman and Son, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                           5.00\n    Kewannee. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Fisk U._                                                25.00\n    La Grange. John W. Bushnell ($1 of which _for\n      John Brown Steamer_)                                     6.00\n    Lisbon. Dr. G. K.                                          0.50\n    Lombard. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          10.00\n    Lyndon. Mrs. M. W.                                         0.50\n    Lowell. V. G. Lutz                                         5.00\n    Maywood. R. B. B., _for John Brown Steamer_                1.00\n    Morris. Miss N. Sample                                     5.00\n    Neponset. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 7.50\n    Quincy. L. Kingman                                         5.00\n    Rock Falls. Rev. R. A.                                     0.60\n    Roseville. Mr. and Mrs. Axtell, Box\n      Ornithological Specimens and Bbl. of Hats,\n      _for Talladega C._\n    Odell. Mrs. H. E. Davis, $10; Mrs. John\n      MacWilliams, $10                                        20.00\n    Ottawa. Cong. Ch., $11.55; Cong. Sab. Sch.,\n      $25.82                                                  37.37\n    Payson. J. K. Scarborough, $60, to const. JOHN\n      F. SPENCER and MRS. HARRIET S. KAY, L. Ms.;\n      Payson Cong. Sab. Sch., $20                             80.00\n    Port Byron. Ladies\u2019 Miss. Soc.                             5.00\n    Sheffield. Cong. Sab. Sch. (ad\u2019l), _for Lady\n      Missionary, Savannah, Ga._                               4.25\n    Sycamore. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           50.00\n    Sycamore. Rev. A. S.                                       0.50\n    Stillman Valley. Cong. Ch.                                10.44\n    Thomasborough. H. M. Seymour                               5.00\n    Toulon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Fisk U._                                                13.50\n    Tonica. J. C. Heywood                                     10.50\n    Union. Union Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 5.00\n    Victoria. Cong. Ch.                                        6.00\n    Washington. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n      Tougaloo U._                                            30.00\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                            $700.80\n\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Morrison. Estate of John Roy, by Frank\n      Clendenin, Admr.                                        50.00\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                            $750.89\n\n\n  MICHIGAN, $1,102.46.\n\n    Allegan. Mrs. R. E. Booth, _for furnishing a\n      room Tillotson T. & N. Inst._                           30.00\n    Alpine & Walker. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                           1.00\n    Battle Creek. Cong. and Presb. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              11.00\n    Church\u2019s Corners. Cong. Ch., $16, and Sab.\n      Sch., $10.80; James Robbins, C. Foller and\n      A. W. Douglass, $2 each; Friends, $5.60                 38.40\n    Chelsea. John C. Winans                                   50.00\n    Covert. Cong. Sab. Sch., $20; A. S. Packard,\n      $20, _for John Brown Steamer_                           40.00\n    Custer. Rev. L. Curtiss                                    3.00\n    Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     10.00\n    Detroit. Mrs. P., _for John Brown Steamer_                 1.00\n    Detroit. J. C. H., $1; Mrs. C. H. L., 50c.                 1.50\n    East Saginaw. Cong. Ch., $92.91, to const.\n      LUCIUS C. STORRS, EDWIN W. GLYNN and\n      CLARENCE L. JUDD L. Ms.; Mrs. M. S., 50c.               93.41\n    Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                           5.00\n    Grand Rapids. Abijah Wood, to const. HARVEY J.\n      HOLISTER L. M.                                          30.00\n    Greenville. M. Rutan, _for Tillotson C. & N.\n      Inst._                                                 500.00\n    Greenville. \u201cFriends,\u201d Box of books and C.,\n      and $3.65, _for freight, for Talladega C._               3.65\n    Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett                                2.00\n    Kalamazoo. Mrs. H. C. B.                                   0.50\n    Laingsburg. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00\n    Muskegon. Cong. Ch.                                       15.00\n    Olivet. A. T.                                              1.00\n    Port Huron. C. G. M., 50c.; Miss A. B., 50c.               1.00\n    Three Oaks. Cong. Ch.                                     40.00\n    Union City. Cong. Sab. Sch., $13, bal. to\n      const. MRS. ALICE M. COLLINS L. M.; Mrs. D.\n      B. W. and Mrs. E. J. H., 50c. ea.                       14.00\n    Whitehall. B. H.                                           1.00\n    \u2014\u2014 \u201cA Western Man\u201d ($100 of which _for John\n      Brown Steamer_ and $50 _for Indian M._)                200.00\n\n\n  WISCONSIN, $882.43.\n\n    Appleton. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,\n      _for Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._                  10.00\n    Arena. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc., _for Lady\n      Missionary, Talladega, Ala._                             2.30\n    Baraboo. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           10.00\n    Beloit. Sab. Sch. Class of First Cong. Ch.,\n      _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                          2.50\n    Beloit. Dr. A.                                             1.00\n    Bristol & Paris. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc., _for Lady\n      Missionary, Talladega, Ala._                            10.00\n    Columbus. J. Q. A.                                         1.00\n    Fond du Lac. Mrs. R. M. Lewis, $2.50; Mrs. R.\n      W. B., 50c.                                              3.00\n    Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch., $35.40; W. H. H., 50c.           35.90\n    Geneva Lake. Mrs. H. A. Allan, _for repairs,\n      Talladega C._                                           10.00\n    Madison. First Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. SARAH\n      D. WRIGHT, MRS. ELLEN W. LAMB, EDWIN SUMNER,\n      HIRAM JOHNSON and WILLIAM ANDERSON L. Ms.              100.00\n    Menasha. Cash                                              5.00\n    Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch.                            68.23\n    Milwaukee. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc. of Grand Av.\n      Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary, Talladega,\n      Ala._                                                   25.00\n    Milwaukee. Young People\u2019s Miss. Circle of\n      Grand Av. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           16.00\n    Milwaukee. Rev. Mr. Ide\u2019s Children, _for\n      Reading Room, Talladega C._                              4.00\n    Racine. D. D. N.                                           1.00\n    Racine. Cong. Ch., box of C. _for Talladega C._\n    Ripon. \u201cFamily of sister of Hon. E. P. Smith\u201d\n      (ad\u2019l,) _for furnishing room, Talladega C._             10.00\n    Ripon. Miss Mary Jarvis, _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                            7.00\n    Rosendale. Cong. Sab. Sch., $5; Mrs. H. M. C.,\n      $1, _for John Brown Steamer_                             6.00\n    Salem. William Munson                                     50.00\n    Sheboygan. D. B.                                           1.00\n    Stevens\u2019 Point. Mrs. F. H. Montague                        3.00\n    Whitewater. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc., _for Lady\n      Missionary, Talladega, Ala._                             0.50\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                            $382.43\n\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Monroe. Estate of Mrs. Orissa Rood, by J. L.\n      Rood, Ex.                                              500.00\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                            $882.43\n\n\n  IOWA, $660.94.\n\n    Burlington. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which to const.\n      THOMAS R. RANKIN, L. M.) $51.16; Mrs. R. G.\n      H., 50c.                                                51.66\n    Cedar Rapids. Mrs. R. D. Stephens, _for\n      Student Aid, Straight U._                               10.00\n    Cedar Falls. Mrs. T. R. Robbins                            3.00\n    Clay. Cong. Ch. $3, and Sab. Sch. $4                       7.00\n    Danville. Cong. Ch.                                       14.00\n    Davenport. Geo. W. Ells ($5 of which _for John\n      Brown Steamer_)                                         15.00\n    Decorah. First Cong. Ch.                                  44.05\n    Dubuque. Mrs. James Beach, Bbl. of C., _for\n      Talladega C._\n    Dubuque. Mrs. J. B.                                        1.00\n    Earlville. Cong. Ch.                                       3.28\n    Eldora. Cong. Ch.                                         10.00\n    Fontanelle. Ladies, _for Freight_                          2.50\n    Fort Dodge. Cong. Ch.                                      5.70\n    Franklin. Cong. Ch.                                        2.12\n    Genoa Bluffs. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady\n      Missionary, New Orleans_                                 3.00\n    Gilman. Rev. F. Magoun and \u201cFriends\u201d _for\n      furnishing a room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._            35.00\n    Iowa City. J. T. T. and Mrs. E. A. B.                      1.00\n    Le Grand. T. P. Craig ($1 _for John Brown\n      Steamer_)                                                5.00\n    Marion. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady\n      Missionary, New Orleans_                                15.00\n    Marion. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 5.00\n    McGregor. Woman\u2019s Missionary Soc.                         12.21\n    New Hampton. Woman\u2019s Cent. Soc.                            2.35\n    Oskaloosa. Daniel Lane                                     5.00\n    Prairie City. Cong. Ch.                                    4.40\n    Sherrills Mount. German Cong. Ch.                          2.00\n    Wittemberg. Cong. Ch.                                      4.85\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                            $264.12\n\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Tabor. Estate of D. E. Woods, by Rev. John Todd          396.82\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                            $660.94\n\n\n  MINNESOTA, $412.28.\n\n    Austin. Cong. Ch.                                         24.34\n    Excelsior. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00\n    Faribault. Cong. Ch.                                      30.84\n    Dean. A. B. Hilts ($5 of which _for John Brown\n      Steamer_)                                                6.00\n    Glyndon. Sab. Sch. of \u201cThe Ch. at Glyndon,\u201d\n      $10; Infant Class, $1, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                11.00\n    Hamilton. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00\n    Hutchinson. Cong. Ch.                                      2.00\n    Northfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           41.26\n    Northfield. A. L. and Mrs. C. T. N., 50c. ea.              1.00\n    Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $36.47; Second\n      Cong. Ch., $2; J. G. N., 55c.; J. C., 55c.              39.57\n    Minneapolis. E. D. First Cong. Ch.                       150.00\n    Rochester. Cong. Ch.                                      40.27\n    Tivoli. L. H., _for John Brown Steamer_                    1.00\n    Winona. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which to const. MISS\n      ELIZABETH WHITMAN L. M.)                                50.00\n\n\n  KANSAS, $12.26.\n\n    Bavaria. A. M.                                             0.50\n    Emporia. Cong. Ch                                         11.76\n\n\n  NEBRASKA, $71.24.\n\n    Arborville. Cong. Ch.                                      1.96\n    Nebraska City. \u201cA Friend.\u201d                                11.00\n    Omaha. Cong. Ch.                                          34.58\n    Omaha. \u201cK. & C.,\u201d _for John Brown Steamer_                10.00\n    Randolph. Cong. Ch.                                        1.00\n    Red Cloud. Cong. Ch.                                       1.00\n    Silver. Melinda Bowen                                     10.00\n    Wayland. Cong. Ch.                                         1.70\n\n\n  DAKOTA, 50c.\n\n    Yankton. Mrs. W. H. H. B.                                  0.50\n\n\n  UTAH, 51c.\n\n    Wood\u2019s Cross. Rev. D. P.                                   0.51\n\n\n  COLORADO, $37.91.\n\n    Denver. First Cong. Ch., $36.90, to const.\n      REV. J. V. HILTON L. M.; J. W. S., 50c.; A.\n      R. B., 51c.                                             37.91\n\n\n  CALIFORNIA, $533.31.\n\n    Benicia. Mrs. N. P. S.                                     0.51\n    San Francisco. Receipts of the California\n      Chinese Mission                                        532.80\n\n\n  WASHINGTON TER., $22.85.\n\n    Skokomish. Cong. Ch.                                      22.85\n\n\n  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $2.30.\n\n    Washington. \u201cLittle Rills of Liensmary,\u201d by\n      Rev. M. Porter Snell                                     2.30\n\n\n  KENTUCKY, $10.20.\n\n    Berea. Cong. Ch.                                          10.20\n\n\n  TENNESSEE, $1,000.25.\n\n    Memphis. Le Moyne Inst., Tuition                         198.25\n    Memphis. Hattie A. Hilton                                  5.00\n    Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition                              787.00\n    Nashville. Prof. F. A. Chase                              10.00\n\n\n  NORTH CAROLINA, $143.55.\n\n    Wilmington. Tuition                                      138.55\n    Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                      5.00\n\n\n  SOUTH CAROLINA, $289.50.\n\n    Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition                         289.50\n\n\n  GEORGIA, $822.96.\n\n    Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition                             408.61\n    Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition                            166.80\n    Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition                          100.85\n    McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition                     15.70\n    Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition                           126.00\n    Savannah. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Atlanta U._                     5.00\n\n\n  ALABAMA. $521.64.\n\n    Anniston. Tuition                                          5.00\n    Athens. Trinity Sch., Tuition                              7.25\n    Childersburg. Rev. A. J.                                   1.00\n    Marion. Cong. Ch.                                         33.80\n    Marion. Rev. A. W. C. _for John Brown Steamer_             1.00\n    Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition                           154.85\n    Mobile. Cong. Ch.                                          1.00\n    Montgomery. Public Fund                                  175.00\n    Montgomery. M. Blanche Curtiss, _for Student\n      Aid, Atlanta U._                                        18.00\n    Selma. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.20\n    Selma. D. G. & W. H. G.                                    1.00\n    Shelby Iron Works. G. G. F.                                0.50\n    Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition                         103.04\n    Talladega. Woman\u2019s Miss. Ass\u2019n., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          10.00\n\n\n  MISSISSIPPI, $136.30.\n\n    Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition                           129.00\n    Tougaloo. Rev. G. S. Pope, _for Freight_                   7.30\n\n\n  LOUISIANA, $169.50.\n\n    New Orleans. Straight U. Tuition                         169.50\n\n\n  FLORIDA, $60.70.\n\n    Monticello. Rent                                          50.00\n    Orange City. \u201cOne of the least of His\n      Disciples\u201d ($10 of which _for John Brown\n      Steamer_)                                               10.70\n\n\n  TEXAS, $103.95.\n\n    Austin. Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Tuition               101.25\n    Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                      2.70\n\n\n  CANADA, $2.50.\n\n    Caledonia. A. C. Buck                                      2.00\n    Montreal. H. G.                                            0.50\n\n\n  INCOME FUND, $1,154.\n\n    Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._                               694.00\n    Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta U._                    150.00\n    Theological Endowment Fund, _for Howard U._              225.00\n    Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._                           50.00\n    Greenwich (N.Y.) Town Bonds, _for Straight U._            35.00\n                                                          \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                            $28,688.77\n    Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31                         $83,893.39\n\n         *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n  FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.\n\n    Pawlet, Vt. A. Flower                                      5.00\n    Hartford, Conn. Park Cong. Ch.                           158.14\n    Terryville, Conn. R. D. H. Allen                          50.00\n    New York, N.Y. John Dwight                               100.00\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                               $313.14\n\n         *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n    Receipts of the California Chinese Mission, E.\n      Palache, Treasurer, from Sept. 28, 1881, to\n      Jan. 4, 1882, applicable to the expenses of\n      the year ending Aug. 31, 1881, being in\n      fulfillment of pledges made for that purpose:\n\n      I. FROM AUXILIARIES, VIZ.\u2014\n\n    Petaluma Mission                                          $9.00\n    Sacramento Mission. Seven memberships                     14.00\n    Santa Barbara Mission. Rev. S. M. Crowther                 2.00\n    Stockton Mission                                           2.00\n                                                              \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                                $27.00\n\n      II. FROM CHURCHES\u2014\n\n    Oakland First Cong. Ch.                                   13.25\n    Rio Vista Cong. Ch. Mrs. M. L. Merritt                     5.00\n    San Francisco. First Cong. Ch. Collection,\n      $3.00; Three annual memberships. $6.00                   9.00\n    Plymouth. Mrs. S. S. Smith                                 2.00\n    Bethany Ch. Eighteen annual memberships,\n      $36.00; Miss Lilian Ladd, $2.50; Friends,\n      which, with previous donations, constitute\n      Mrs. JANE C. SNOOK and Miss JESSIE S. WORLEY\n      life members, $11.00: An Unknown Friend,\n      50c.; D. S. Woo, adl. to const. himself life\n      member, $17.00; Jee Gam. adl. to const.\n      himself life member, $17.50                             84.50\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n      Total                                                 $113.75\n\n      III. FROM INDIVIDUAL DONORS\u2014\n\n    Miss M. C. Waterbury                                     $50.00\n    N. P. Cole, Esq.                                          25.00\n    Rev. J. Rowel                                             20.00\n                                                              \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n      Total                                                  $95.00\n\n      IV. FROM EASTERN FRIENDS\u2014\n\n    Bangor, Me. E. R. Burpee. Esq.                          $100.00\n    Bangor, Me. \u201cAlmost Home\u201d                                 25.00\n    Grinnell, Ia. Bethel Mission Sunday-School.\n      Miss Helen Brewer\u2019s class                                1.00\n    Montana. Lee Haim                                          2.00\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n      Total                                                 $128.00\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n      Grand Total                                           $363.75\n\n    Also the following amounts, applicable to the\n      expenses of the year ending Aug. 31. 1882:\n\n      I. AUXILIARIES, VIZ.\u2014\n    Marysville. Collection at Anniversary        $24.55\n    Two annual memberships                         4.00\n    Chinese monthly offerings                     22.25\n                                                  \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014      $50.80\n    Oroville. Chinese monthly offerings                        2.20\n    Petaluma. Chinese monthly offerings                        4.45\n    Sacramento. Chinese monthly offerings                     18.50\n    Santa Barbara. Collection at\n          Anniversary                              2.30\n    Twelve annual memberships                     24.00\n    Chinese monthly offerings                     18.00\n                                                  \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014       44.30\n    Santa Cruz. Chinese monthly offerings                     12.50\n    Stockton. Rev. J. Hooper                       1.00\n    Chinese monthly offerings                      9.00\n                                                  \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014       10.00\n                                                             \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                               $142.75\n\n      II. FROM CHURCHES\u2014\n\n    Grass Valley Cong. Ch. Mrs. H. Scott                       2.00\n    Los Angeles Cong. Ch. Miss A. L. Peabody                   2.00\n    Oakland First Cong. Ch. collection                         9.30\n    Rio Vista Cong. Ch. Mrs. A. J. Gardner                     2.00\n    San Francisco First Cong. Ch. Three annual\n      members                                                  7.00\n    Third Ch. Mrs. Boole                                       2.00\n    Westminster Cong. Ch. Rev. I. Jacobus                      2.00\n                                                              \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                             $26.30\n                                                              \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                               $169.05\n\n                                      H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,\n                                                56 Reade St., N.Y.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nSeveral unusually important books for Sunday-school and Parish\nLibraries will be issued by D. LOTHROP & CO. during February.\n\n\n                            NOW READY.\n\n  Hall in the Grove. Pansy\u2019s new story. Price, $1.50.\n\n  To-Days and Yesterdays. By the author of June to June. $1.25.\n\n  Around the World Tour of Christian Missions. By W. F.\n    Bainbridge. $2.00.\n\n  Round the World Letters. By Lucy S. Bainbridge. $1.50.\n\nD. LOTHROP & CO., Boston, publish the most Popular and Valuable\nSunday-school Books, including the celebrated Pansy and Prize\nBooks, and send catalogues Free.\n\nThe _Congregationalist_, one of our leading papers, says:\n\n\u201cD. LOTHROP & CO.\u2019S Magazines for Young People are not only pure\nand educational in the best sense, but they are MOST POPULAR in the\nlanguage.\u201d\n\n\n                            WIDE AWAKE\n\n                      SENDS GREETINGS TO THE\n\n                    Whole World of Young Folks,\n\nand promises such a store of treasures as an immense amount of\nmoney can procure from best Authors and Artists, who are working\nbravely for our young folks.\n\n\n                            WIDE AWAKE\n\nGreatly enlarged, is only $2.50 a year.\n\n\n                       Little Folks\u2019 Reader,\n\n75 cents a year. The LITTLE FOLKS\u2019 READER is a sixteen\npage quarto, _exquisitely gotten up in every detail of letter press\nand illustrations_.\n\n\n                            THE PANSY,\n\nA Pictorial Weekly Paper for Young People. Edited by Mrs. G. R.\nAlden, author of the Pansy Books. 50 cents a year.\n\n\n                             BABYLAND,\n\n50 cents a year. _It is full of large, gay pictures sweet little\nstories and jingles, and very funny drawings for copying on slates._\n\nSend subscriptions to\n\n                   D. LOTHROP & CO., PUBLISHERS,\n                  32 Franklin St., Boston, Mass.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                            Father Kemp\n\nOriginator of the world-renowned \u201cOld Folks Concerts,\u201d and\nproprietor of the popular Boot and Shoe Store, 1,090 Washington\nstreet, Boston, testifies by the following letter in the benefit he\nreceived from using Hood\u2019s Sarsaparilla.\n\n                               BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 16, 1882.\n\nGENTLEMEN.\u2014Your preparation has done so much for me that I cannot\nrefrain from sending you my simple, unsolicited testimony. In my\ntravels through this country and Europe, and giving two concerts\nper day for more than twenty years, I found at last my health\nbecame so impaired that I had to give it up. That was fifteen years\nago. Since that time until last summer (when I commenced taking\nHood\u2019s Sarsaparilla), I had scarcely seen a well day. Dangerous\nsymptoms with constant roaring in the head, abscesses forming,\nwith fearful suffering until they would break, and then only a\ntemporary relief until another would form. My legs from the ankle\nto knee would swell and turn black; in fact, I suffered all that\nman could suffer and live. I consulted the most eminent physicians\nin the country and could get no relief. A friend prevailed on me\nto try your preparation. I did so. Result, to-day I am a well\nman: no pains or ails, and can do as much work, feel as fresh, as\nforty years ago. I am well known through the country, and would be\nwilling to answer any letter of inquiry as regards my case.\n\n                          Respectfully yours,      FATHER KEMP,\n\n  Originator of the \u201cOld Folks Concerts,\u201d and sixty-one years old.\n\n\n                       Hood\u2019s Sarsaparilla,\n\nSold by all druggists. Price $1; six for $5. Made only by C. I.\nHOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                         NEW AND STANDARD\n\n                           School Books\n\nfor every branch and grade of instruction. Full particulars given\nin catalogues and specimen pages to any teacher. Among most recent\nissues we call attention to\n\n  Barnes\u2019 Primary Drawing Series               18 cts.\n  Monteith\u2019s Popular Science Reader            80 cts.\n  Woman\u2019s Pestalozzian French and German\n    Books, each                                35 cts.\n  Brief History of Ancient Peoples               $1.00\n  Dr. John Lord\u2019s \u201cPoints of History\u201d             1.00\n  Scarborough\u2019s Greek Lessons (by Professor\n    of Greek in Wilberforce University)           1.00\n  Carrington\u2019s Battle Maps of the Revolution      1.25\n  Sill\u2019s Lessons in English                    60 cts.\n  Ficklin\u2019s Elements of Algebra                80 cts.\n  Supplementary Readers\u2019 Six Books, &c.\n\n                              Address\n                        A. S. BARNES & CO.,\n               111 and 113 William Street, New York.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                             PAYSON\u2019S\n\n                          INDELIBLE INK,\n\n                  FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH A\n                      COMMON PEN. WITHOUT A\n                           PREPARATION.\n\n\n          It still stands unrivaled after 50 years\u2019 test.\n\n\n                      THE SIMPLEST AND BEST.\n\nSales now greater than ever before.\n\nThis Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all\nrivals.\n\nReport of Judges: \u201cFor simplicity of application and indelibility.\u201d\n\n\n                            INQUIRE FOR\n\n                      PAYSON\u2019S COMBINATION!!!\n\nSold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many\nFancy Goods and Furnishing Houses.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                           N.Y. WITNESS.\n\n\n\u261e There will be many important events occurring during the\ncoming year that you will not know about unless you take the\nWITNESS. Do you know now, for instance, that a sober and Christian\nyoung man, a private soldier of the U. S. Army, has been thrown\ninto prison and subjected to great privations and indignities by\nhis superior officers\u2014treated worse than the miserable wretch\nGuiteau\u2014for writing a letter to the WITNESS\u2014a letter which is of\ngreat importance to all young men and all parents? There are many\nthings published in the WITNESS that other papers dare not print,\nfor fear of offending some rich and powerful corporation, and so\nlosing their patronage.\n\n                 The price of the WITNESS is $1.50\n                  a year, post-paid; club price,\n                      five for $6.00. Sample\n                          copy sent free.\n\nMinisters, Missionaries, Evangelists of all Denominations, and\nTeachers can have the WITNESS for One Dollar a year.\n\n                        JOHN DOUGALL & CO.,\n                     New York Witness Office,\n                17 to 21 VANDEWATER St., NEW YORK.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\n=Case\u2019s School Furniture.=\u2014Parties about to purchase School\nFurniture are invited to correspond with us. Our work is all of\nthe most approved patterns, and is unequaled for strength and\ndurability.\n\n=Camp\u2019s Outline Maps.=\u2014Set of 9 maps, with key. No. 1,\nHemispheres; No. 2, North America; No. 3, United States: No. 4,\nSouth America; No. 5, Europe; No. 6, Asia; No. 7, Africa; No. 8,\nOceanica; No. 9, Physical World.\n\n=Case\u2019s Bible Atlas.=\u2014Embracing 16 full-page maps, quarto\nsize, beautifully printed in colors, covering the whole ground of\nBiblical Geography; also 16 pages of Explanatory Notes on the maps.\nSent by mail on receipt of price; bound in boards, $1.; cloth,\n$1.50. _Agents wanted._\n\nCirculars sent on application.\n\n                   O. D. CASE & CO., Publishers\n                                AND\n                  School Furniture Manufacturers,\n                         HARTFORD, - CONN.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                          KELLY & JONES,\n\n                   202 Greene Street, - New York\n\n                       LOW AND HIGH PRESSURE\n\n                               STEAM\n\n                             AND OTHER\n\n                         HEATING APPARATUS.\n\n\n                      We make a Specialty of\n\n             Steam Heating and Ventilating. Apparatus,\n                      for Churches, Schools,\n                   Public Buildings and Private\n                            Residences.\n\nPlans and Specifications of the latest and most approved methods\nfurnished on application.\n\n\nOur apparatus is in operation in the following buildings:\n\nFisk University, Nashville, Tenn.; Atlanta University, Atlanta,\nGeorgia; Third Judicial District Court House, New York City; Museum\nof Art, New York City; Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co.,\nNew York City; State College, near Bellefonte, Pa.; New York State\nReformatory, Elmira, N.Y.; Point St. School, Providence, R.I.;\nBoard of Education (Schools), Pittsburgh, Pa.; Van Wert Co. Court\nHouse, Van Wert, Ohio; Mahoning Co. Court House, Youngstown, Ohio;\nWashington Co. Court House, Washington, Pa.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n[Illustration: THE RISING SUN STOVE POLISH]\n\n    For beauty of gloss, for saving of toil.\n    For freeness from dust and slowness to soil,\n    And also for cheapness \u2019tis yet unsurpassed,\n    And thousands of merchants are selling it fast.\n\n    Of all imitations \u2019tis well to beware;\n    The half risen sun every package should bear;\n    For this is the \u201ctrade mark\u201d the MORSE BROS. use,\n    And none are permitted the mark to abuse.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                     ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS.\n\n[Illustration: SMITH AMERICAN ORGANS ARE THE BEST.]\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                 _Catalogues Free on Application._\n\nAddress the Company either at\n\n  BOSTON, MASS., 531 Tremont Street;\n  LONDON, ENG., 57 Holborn Viaduct;\n  KANSAS CITY, Mo., 817 Main Street;\n  ATLANTA, GA., 27 Whitehall Street;\n  Or, DEFIANCE, O.\n\n\n                         OVER 95,000 SOLD.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                          JOHN VAN & CO.,\n\n                         MANUFACTURERS OF\n\n                           VAN\u2019S PATENT\n\n                           WROUGHT-IRON\n\n                              RANGES,\n\n           For Hotels, Public and Private Institutions,\n                       and Private Families,\n                        in a great variety\n                             of sizes.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n               HOTEL BROILERS, PORTABLE BAKE OVENS,\n\n       Carving Tables, Laundry Stoves, Coffee and Tea Urns,\n\n        And all kinds of Implements for Culinary Purposes.\n\n         No. 10 EAST FOURTH ST.,    -     CINCINNATI, OHIO\n\n\nThis house has furnished the American Missionary Association, for\ntheir Colleges, Ranges and other Kitchen Apparatus, also Laundry\nStoves.\n\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                       WEBSTER\u2019S UNABRIDGED.\n\n\nThe following, from Webster, page 1164, shows the value of its\nillustrative definitions.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n=1=, flying jib; =2=, jib; =3=, fore-top-mast-stay\nsail; =4=, fore-course; =5=, foretop sail; =6=,\nforetop-gallant sail; =7=, fore-royal; =8=, fore\nsky-sail; =9=, fore-royal studding sail; =10=,\nfore-top-gallant studding sail; =11=, foretop-mast studding\nsail; =12=, main-course; =13=, maintopsail; =14=,\nmaintop-gallant sail; =15=, main-royal; =16=, main\nsky-sail; =17=, main royal studding-sail; =18=, main\ntop-gallant studding-sail; =19=, maintop-mast studding sail;\n=20=, mizzen-course; =21=, mizzen-top sail; =22=,\nmizzen-top-gallant sail; =23=, mizzen-royal; =24=, mizzen\nsky-sail; =25=, mizzen-spanker.\n\nThe pictures in Webster under the =12= words, =Beef=,\n=Boiler=, =Castle=, =Column=, =Eye=,\n=Horse=, =Moldings=, =Phrenology=, =Ravelin=,\n=Ships=, (pages 1164 and 1219) =Steam engine=,\n=Timbers=, define =343= words and terms far better than\nthey could be defined in words.\n\n\n                    New Edition of WEBSTER has\n                  118,000 Words, 3000 Engravings,\n                  4600 New Words & Meanings, and\n                      Biographical Dictionary\n                        of over 9700 Names.\n\n\u261e In meeting names, how frequently the thought, \u201cWho was he?\nWhere was he? What was he? When was he?\u201d The =New Biographical\nDictionary= in Webster\u2019s Unabridged just answers these questions\nin brief.\n\n\n                           GET THE BEST.\n\nIT IS THE BEST PRACTICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY\nEXTANT.\u2014_London Quarterly Review._\n\nThe Courts look to it as of the highest authority in all questions\nof definitions\u2014MORRISON R. WAITE, _Chief Justice U.S.\nSupreme Court._\n\n\n                         GET THE STANDARD,\n\n  =Webster\u2019s= is the Dictionary used                =W=\n      in Govern\u2019t Printing office, 1881.\n  =E=very state purchase of Dictionaries            =E=\n      for Schools has been Webster\u2019s.\n  =B=ooks in the Public Schools of the              =B=\n      U.S. are mainly based on Webster.\n  =S=_ale of Webster\u2019s_ is over =20= times the      =S=\n      sale of any other series of Dict\u2019s.\n  =T=HIRTY-TWO THOUSAND= have been put              =T=\n      in the public schools of the U.S.\n  =E=ach new edition has become more and            =E=\n      more =The Standard=.\n  =R=_ecommended_ by the State Supt\u2019s Schools in    =R=\n      =36= States, and =50= College Pres\u2019ts\n\n\n                      IS IT NOT THE STANDARD?\n\n        Published by =G. & C. MERRIAM=, Springfield, Mass.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                    BALL\u2019S _HEALTH PRESERVING_\n\n                              CORSET\n\n                      SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW\n\n[Illustration: EVERY CORSET WARRANTED SATISFACTORY OR MONEY\nREFUNDED]\n\nBy a novel arrangement of fine-coiled wire spring, which yield\nreadily to every movement of the wearer, the most =Perfect\nFitting= and comfortable corset ever made is secured.\n\nIs Approved by the Best Physicians. For sale by all leading dealers.\n\n                        Lady Agents Wanted.\n\n                       Price by Mail, $1.50.\n\n                       Manufactured only by\n\n                        CHICAGO CORSET CO.,\n\n                           Chicago, Ill.\n\n               and FOY, HARMON & Co., New Haven, Ct.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                         ESTABLISHED 1780.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nSet Complete in Terry, $58. Set Complete in Plush, $64. Parlor,\nLodge and Church Furniture. No charge for packing. Sent for\nIllustrated Catalogue.\n\n                        SHAW, APPLIN & CO.,\n                                      27 Sudbury St., Boston.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n           BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD. VITALIZED PHOS-PHITES.\n\n\nIt restores the energy lost by Nervousness or Indigestion;\nrelieves Lassitude and Neuralgia; refreshes the Nerves tired by\nWorry, Excitement, or Excessive Brain Fatigue; strengthens a\nFailing Memory, and gives Renewed Vigor in all Diseases of Nervous\nExhaustion or Debility. It is the only PREVENTIVE of Consumption.\n\nIt gives Vitality to the Insufficient Bodily or Mental Growth of\nChildren; gives Quiet, Rest and Sleep, as it promotes Good Health\nto Brain and Body.\n\n     Composed of the Nerve-Giving Principles of the Ox-Brain\n                          and Wheat-Germ.\n\n          PHYSICIANS HAVE PRESCRIBED =500,000= PACKAGES.\n\n              For sale by Druggists, or by Mail, $1.\n\n            F. CROSBY CO., 664 and 666 Sixth Ave., N.Y.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                            ESTEY ORGAN\n\n[Illustration]\n\n                           J. Estey & Co\n\n                          Brattleboro Vt.\n\nAs musical culture increases it demands in musical instruments for\nhome, church, or school, excellence in tone, tasteful workmanship,\nand durability.\n\n                  SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                         LESSON COMMENTARY\n\nOn the International Lessons for 1882. Covering not only the\nlessons for the whole year, but the entire book of Mark, and\naccompanied by the \u201cRevised Version Text,\u201d a revised reprint of\nthe \u201cCambridge Scholars\u2019 Commentary.\u201d Prepared by G. F. Maclear,\nD.D., and J. J. S. Perowne, D.D. Price, =10c.=, postpaid. Book\nis put up in strong postal card covers. No similar work for less\nthan $1. Large sales are expected, and orders will be filled in\nturn. We also publish a complete Bible Dictionary of two thousand\ncomplete articles, 512 columns, and nearly 100 illustrations, for\n10c., postpaid; The \u201cTeachers Compendium,\u201d nine books on teaching,\nin one; The \u201cIdeal Sunday-School;\u201d \u201cSunday-School Management\u201d (a\nchoice book for teachers); \u201cWord Pictures\u201d and \u201cNormal Half-Hours,\u201d\neach for 10c., postpaid. Address,\n\n                          DAVID C. COOK,\n\n                                        148 Madison St., Chicago.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                              BABCOCK\n\n                               FIRE\n\n                           EXTINGUISHER\n\n\n                   A Sentinel that Never Sleeps.\n\n\n                        SIMPLE!\n                            EFFECTIVE!\n                                   DURABLE!\n\n\n                          S. F. HAYWARD,\n\n                          GENERAL AGENT,\n\n                     407 Broadway, N.Y. City.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                     60,000 TONS USED IN 1881.\n\nOne ton will build two miles of staunch three-strand Barb Fence.\nOne strand will make an old wooden fence impassable to large\ncattle. One strand at bottom will keep out hogs.\n\n                   Washburn & Moen Man\u2019f\u2019g Co.,\n\n                         WORCESTER, MASS.,\n\n                         Manufacturers of\n\n                    Patent Steel Barb Fencing.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA STEEL Thorn Hedge. No other Fencing so cheap or put up so\nquickly. Never rusts, stains, decays, shrinks nor warps. Unaffected\nby fire, wind or flood. A complete barrier to the most unruly\nstock. Impassable by man or beast.\n\nNo other Fence Material so easily handled by small proprietors\nand tenants, or large planters in the South.\n\nShipped on spools containing 100 pounds, or eighty rods of\nFencing. Can be kept on the Reel for transient uses.\n\n           CHEAPEST, BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE OF FENCES.\n\nSend for Illustrative Pamphlets and Circulars, as above.\n\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\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\nclosely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted\nCHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its\nhumane and Christian policy toward the INDIANS. It has also a\nmission in AFRICA.\n\n\nSTATISTICS.\n\nCHURCHES: _In the South_\u2014In District of Columbia, 1; Virginia, 1;\nNorth Carolina, 6; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 7;\nTennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; Kansas, 1; Arkansas, 1; Louisiana, 18;\nMississippi, 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 3. _Among the Indians_, 1.\nTotal, 82.\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,\nLa., and Austin, Tex.\u20148. _Graded or Normal Schools_: Wilmington,\nN.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;\nMontgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.\u201411. _Other\nSchools_, 35. Total, 54.\n\nTEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.\u2014Among the Freedmen, 319;\namong the Chinese, 28; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total,\n369. STUDENTS.\u2014In theology, 104; law, 20; in college course, 91;\nin other studies, 8,884. Total, 9,108. 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. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and\n_larger_ contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the\nstrong.\n\n2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to\naccommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES for\nthe new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and\npious, for these churches.\n\n3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and\nmissionaries to Africa\u2014a pressing want.\n\nBefore sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.\noffice as directed on second page cover.\n\n\nTHE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\nWe are anxious to put the AMERICAN MISSIONARY on a paying basis. We\nintend to make it worth its price, and we ask our patrons to aid us:\n\n1. More of our readers can take pains to send us either the\nmoderate subscription price (50 cents), or $1.00, naming a friend\nto whom we may send a second copy.\n\n2. A special friend in each church can secure subscribers at\nclub-rates (12 copies for $5 or 25 copies for $10).\n\n3. Business men can benefit themselves by advertising in a\nperiodical that has a circulation of 20,000 copies monthly and that\ngoes to many of the best men and families in the land. Will not our\nfriends aid us to make this plan a success?\n\nWe nevertheless renew the offer hitherto made, that the MISSIONARY\nwill be sent gratuitously, if desired, to the Missionaries of\nthe Association; to Life Members; to all Clergymen who take\nup collections for the Association; to Superintendents of\nSabbath-schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries;\nto Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does\nnot prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year\nnot less than five dollars.\n\nSubscriptions and advertisements should be sent to H. W. HUBBARD,\nTreasurer, 56 Reade street, New York, N.Y.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nATKIN & PROUT, PRINTERS, 12 BARCLAY ST., N.Y.\n\n\n\n\nTranscriber\u2019s Notes:\n\n\nCorrected obvious printer\u2019s punctuation errors and omissions.\nInconsistent hyphenation retained due to the multiplicity of\nauthors. Period spelling (including Spokan) retained.\n\n\u201cSteet\u201d changed to \u201cStreet\u201d on the inside cover. (56 Reade Street)\n\nMissing \u201ca\u201d added in \u201cadopt\u201d on page 66. (adopt some such system of\ngiving)\n\nMissing space added between \u201cweeks\u201d and \u201cin\u201d on page 73. (some\nweeks in Fisk University)\n\n\u201cTalledega\u201d changed to \u201cTalladega\u201d in the Winsted entry on page 88.","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 36, No. 3, March, 1882","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":19367}