{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_57591/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_57591","id":"gutenberg_57591","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57591","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.       APRIL, 1882.       NO. 4\n\nTHE\n\nAmerican Missionary\n\n\u201cTHEY ARE RISING ALL ARE RISING, THE BLACK AND WHITE TOGETHER\u201d\n\n\nNEW YORK:\n\nPUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,\n\nROOMS, 56 READE STREET.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nPrice, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nEntered at the Post-Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class\nmatter.]\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\n                             CONTENTS.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n  EDITORIAL.\n                                                           PAGE.\n    A FINANCIAL APPEAL                                        97\n    PARAGRAPHS                                                98\n    AN OLD-TIME MIDNIGHT SLAVE FUNERAL (cut)                  99\n    PARAGRAPHS                                               100\n    DEATH OF EDGAR KETCHUM                                   100\n    GOVERNMENTAL AID TO COMMON SCHOOLS, BY REV. C. C.\n      PAINTER                                                101\n    BENEFACTIONS\u2012GENERAL NOTES\u2012Africa, Indians,\n      Chinese                                                103\n\n\n  FIELD WORK.\n\n    WORTHY OF RECORD                                         104\n    CHURCH, HOME AND SCHOOL, WILMINGTON, N.C. (cut)          105\n    A WEEK AMONG THE WORKERS\u2012AT ATLANTA, GA.;\n      TALLADEGA, ALA.; FISK UNIVERSITY; LE MOYNE\n      INSTITUTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA.; SAN FRANCISCO;\n      HAMPTON, VA.                                           106\n    REVIVAL IN CENTRAL CHURCH AND STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY,\n      NEW ORLEANS                                            113\n    HOW THE FREEDMEN CHILDREN DO IT                          114\n    CHURCH AT LITTLE ROCK, ARK.; CHURCH AT LULING, TEX.      115\n\n\n  AFRICA.\n\n    REV. MR. LADD AT KHARTOUM                                115\n\n\n  CHILDREN\u2019S PAGE.\n\n    CHING LING\u2019S PASSPORT, BY MRS. HARRIET A. CHEEVER        117\n\n\n  RECEIPTS                                                   119\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 \u2012\u2012 dollars, in\ntrust, to pay the same in \u2012\u2012 days after my decease to the person\nwho, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the\n\u2018American Missionary Association\u2019 of New York City, to be applied,\nunder the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association,\nto its charitable uses and purposes.\u201d The Will should be attested\nby 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                               THE\n\n                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n           VOL. XXXVI.      APRIL, 1882.         No. 4.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nA FINANCIAL APPEAL.\n\nIn the last number of the MISSIONARY we stated that our receipts\nfor the four months of the fiscal year to January 31 had been\n$83,893.39, or an advance over last year of only 19 per cent.,\ninstead of $100,000, or the advance of 23 per cent. asked for at\nthe Annual Meeting.\n\nSpecial calls for finishing new buildings, useless unless finished,\nnecessary repairs on old buildings, etc., compelled us to make\nappropriations to the amount of the 23 per cent., but the falling\noff in anticipated receipts left a deficit of $16,107.\n\nWe had hoped that February would show an improvement, but, with\nregret, we are compelled to say that the receipts for that month\nare about $1,000 less than for February, 1881. We needed $125,000\nto meet the total demands due February 28, and our receipts at that\ndate are $100,045.97, a deficiency of about $25,000.\n\nTo us there is the choice between a _debt_ and _retrenchment_;\nwith our patrons, whose servants we are, is the opportunity of\nrelief. We dare not make a debt; we are held to this by our pledge\nto our friends, and by our past bitter experience. Retrenchment\nis a distressing alternative. It will check the progress along\nthe whole line of our work. The increased receipts of the past\ntwo years have given to the colored people a new impulse of hope\nand activity. New buildings have been erected, schools have been\nenlarged, new churches formed, and the spirit of self-help has been\nawakened in an unwonted degree in the schools and the churches.\nRetrenchment will check all this. Years may be required to regain\nit. Importunate calls for the continuance of the extended work\ncrowd upon us, and denial must create discouragement, and this will\nbe intensified by the disasters of the late floods. To a struggling\npeople, such a drawback is an incalculable evil. In their behalf we\nappeal\u2012yes, earnestly and importunately we appeal\u2012to our friends to\ncome forward to their aid promptly and generously.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nWe give place in this number of the MISSIONARY to communications\nrelating to a week\u2019s work among the workers, which we believe will\nbe of special interest to our readers.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRev. A. E. Winship, of Somerville, Mass., who was the author of\nthe first concert exercise in behalf of the American Missionary\nAssociation, has just prepared a second exercise on the same\nsubject. The exercise can be had gratuitously, with Jubilee Songs\nto accompany it, on application to Rev. C. L. Woodworth, 21\nCongregational House, Boston, Mass. We can assure Sunday-schools\nand churches that the exercise is one of the best, and that its use\ncan hardly fail to awaken new interest in the concert.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nOn another page will be found a very interesting letter from\nMr. Ladd, giving an account of a rebellion among the tribes in\nthe vicinity of Khartoum that threatens to hinder his progress.\nA letter of more recent date says that he and Dr. Snow have\nrelinquished the hope of reaching Fatiko at present, but that they\nhave made arrangements with the Government for passage on one of\nits smaller steamers that will enable them to visit the region of\nthe Sobat. Our explorers manifest both caution and courage, and we\ncommend them to the prayers of God\u2019s people.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA Northern man now resident in Florida, and always, both North and\nSouth, a warm friend of our work among the colored people, after\nreading in our notice of the Nashville Conference, the appeal for\nanother Theological Seminary further South, gives the whole matter\nnot only a most cordial, but practical, indorsement by pledging\nhimself \u201cto be one of ten or twenty or fifty to contribute $1,000\neach to make a beginning in the good work.\u201d With thanks to our\nfriend for his liberality, we send forth the question, Where are\nthe nine, the nineteen or the forty-nine?\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\u201cIn those portions of the South where the plantations were largest,\nand the slaves the most numerous, they were very fond of burying\ntheir dead at night, and as near midnight as possible. In case\nof a funeral, they assembled from adjoining plantations in large\nnumbers, provided with pine knots and pieces of fat pine called\nlightwood, which, when ignited, made a blaze compared with which\nour city torchlight processions are most sorry affairs. When\nall was in readiness, they lighted these torches, formed into a\nprocession, and marched slowly to the distant grave, singing the\nmost solemn music. Sometimes they sang hymns they had committed to\nmemory, but oftener those more tender and plaintive, composed by\nthemselves, that have since been introduced to the people of the\nNorth and of Europe as plantation melodies. The appearance of such\na procession, winding through the fields and woods, as revealed by\ntheir flaming torches, marching slowly to the sound of their wild\nmusic, was weird and imposing to the highest degree.\u201d\u2012From \u201cIn the\nBrush,\u201d by Rev. H. W. Pierson, D.D.\n\n[Illustration: An old-time midnight slave funeral.]\n\nTwo or three second-hand communion sets will be very gratefully\nreceived by as many of our needy young churches in the South.\nChurches at the North changing from their present to better will\nplease take note.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThere were twins in this country. One was slavery and the other\npolygamy. One is dead and the other is threatened as never before.\nThis Association is proud of the part it took in the extinction of\nthe former. It now extends its heartiest sympathies to those who\nare determined upon the destruction of the latter.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nA postal from one of our schools at the South says: \u201cWe received\nrecently a good-sized box of books and only a few of any value.\nLatin books of ancient date, German, French, Spanish, and Patent\nOffice Reports are of no use to us. Please ask our friends not\nto send such, as they are only a bill of expense.\u201d We have had,\nheretofore, to make statements of this sort in the MISSIONARY.\nWe are always thankful for the liberality of our friends, but we\ninvoke their discretion in giving.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe Congregational Year Book, just issued by our British brethren,\nis a document well worthy of study on this side of the water.\nBesides the usual statistics of ministers and churches, it makes\nmention of 19 colleges, 31 new schools, 37 missionary and other\nsocieties, 41 Congregational institutions, 48 periodicals,\npublished by Congregationalists. It also gives the statistics of 16\nnon-conformist institutions, one of which is a Ministers\u2019 Seaside\nHome\u2012a species of benevolence that would be invaluable to our\nmissionary laborers at the South. The record of so much enterprise\nand work qualifies the reader to appreciate Dr. Henry Allon\u2019s\neloquent and powerful discourse on \u201cThe Church of the Future,\u201d\nwhich is printed in the same volume.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nThe death of Edgar Ketchum, Esq., which occurred March 3, removes\nfrom us a philanthropist and Christian; it diminishes the rapidly\nthinning ranks of earnest Christian Abolitionists, and it takes\none who had long been an officer of the American Missionary\nAssociation. Mr. Ketchum was admitted to the bar in 1834; in\n1841 he was made Commissioner of Public Funds for this State; in\n1861 he was appointed by President Lincoln Collector of Internal\nRevenue for the Ninth District of New York; and in 1867 he was made\na Register in Bankruptcy by Chief-Justice Chase, which position\nhe held till the time of his death. Mr. Ketchum early identified\nhimself with the anti-slavery cause, and was ardent and constant in\nhis endeavors to promote it. His house was fired by the rioters in\n1863. He was for a long time President of the Board of Managers of\nthe House of Refuge, on Randall\u2019s Island, to whose interest he gave\nuntiring and uncompensated time and attention. He was Treasurer of\nthis Association from 1865 to 1879, a position of responsibility\nand supervision, but not of active duty, and without salary. He\nwas also the legal counsellor of the Association for many years.\nMr. Ketchum was a man of fine personal presence, of very genial\nmanners, of active business habits, and a devoted Christian.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nGOVERNMENTAL AID TO COMMON SCHOOLS.\n\nWHAT CONGRESS MAY DO AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n_Rev. C. C. Painter._\n\nEducation by the State rests upon the sole basis of self-protection.\n\nA despotism must stand impregnable, if at all, in the strength\nof its armament. But not so with a republic. It must stand in\nthe intelligence and virtue of its citizens. It were a solecism\nin logic and common sense to admit the nation\u2019s right to manumit\nthe slave as a war measure, and equip him with the ballot as a\nreconstructive measure necessary to the safety of the republic,\nbut deny at once the right and the duty of qualifying him for the\nduties of citizenship when an understanding of these duties is also\nessential to that safety. The constitutional right to use the same\npower, which is now invoked to qualify the voter for the duty with\nwhich the general government has charged him, has been exercised\nso many times in regard to less important matters that precedents\nare not wanting to justify this application of it, even to one who\nwishes to know that a thing has been done before he will believe it\ncan be done.\n\nWhatever criticism may be made upon the use which some of the\nStates made of their share of the $28,000,000 of money distributed\nfrom the surplus funds of the Treasury by the Act of June 23, 1836,\nno one can doubt that it was constitutionally done, and done by the\nsame discretion and power which would be used in giving aid now to\nthe States. And it may be said that the use of this fund so largely\nby the States at their discretion for school purposes legitimates\nthe confident assurance that a fund now given specifically for\nschools would be wisely and conscientiously devoted to that object.\n\nAs to the present needs look at the facts:\n\nThere are in the United States 6,239,958 persons, ten years of age\nor over, who cannot write their names. More than three-fourths of\nthese are found in the old slave States. More than one-half of the\nwhole number are colored. If the general government should provide\nmeans to sustain a school for this class alone for three months\nin the year, at a salary for the teachers of $30 per month for a\nschool of 30 pupils, it would require the sum of $18,719,958. Of\nthis $14,449,579 would go into the old slave States, $9,187,922\nbecause of colored illiterates, leaving $4,961,657 for the whites,\nand $4,579,439 would go to the other States for both black and\nwhite illiterates.\n\nIn 1879 North Carolina raised for common schools a sum which would\ngive $20 per annum to each school of 30 illiterates (not school\nchildren). How long it would take that State to make intelligent\nand safe voters of her citizens at that rate is matter for sober\nreflection, not alone to the politician, who remembers what the\nelectoral vote of that State is for President, but to every citizen.\n\nIf the government should enable North Carolina to keep up her\nschools for four months at fair wages, instead of one month, as at\npresent, at such a salary as can secure only an inferior teacher,\nit would be something, but not all that is needed. If such a sum\nshould be given, Mississippi would receive as her share of it\n$1,119,603; New Jersey, with nearly exactly the same population,\nwould receive $159,747. But $959,529 of Mississippi\u2019s share would\nbe because of colored illiteracy, leaving nearly exactly the same\namount for white illiterates which New Jersey would receive,\nwhich shows conclusively that it is because of the negro chiefly\nthis help is needed, and for him, as a voter, the nation at large\nis responsible. In considering the disparity between the sum\nthat would go to the South and the new States of the Northwest\nrespectively, not only must we remember the negro as a factor in\nthe problem, but also these facts: By the ordinance of 1787, by\nwhich Virginia ceded the great northwest territory to the general\ngovernment on such terms\u2012Mr. Webster said, in his great speech\non the Foote resolution\u2012as \u201cfixed forever the character of the\npopulation of the vast regions northwest of the Ohio by excluding\nfrom them involuntary servitude, and impressed on the soil itself,\nwhile it was yet a wilderness, an incapacity to sustain any\nother than freemen.\u201d And six days after, in his reply to Hayne,\nhe said, also, that \u201cit set forth and declared it to be a high\nand binding duty of the government itself to support schools and\nadvance the means of education on the plain reason that religion,\nmorality and knowledge are necessary to good government.\u201d By this\nordinance of cession, Virginia stipulated that the proceeds from\nthis vast territory should be considered as a common fund for\nthe use and benefit of such as have become or may become members\nof the confederation or federal alliance of States. The other\nStates claiming unsettled lands within their territory also ceded\ntheir titles to the general government, which became possessed\nof the whole. From time to time Congress has made most liberal\ngrants of this land to the new States for school purposes, so\nthat Minnesota, for example, has realized from her share, or has\nthe land from which, at the same rate of sale, she can realize a\nfund of $20,000,000 for educational purposes, while the old States\nhave not had a dollar, excepting their share in the grant for the\nendowment of agricultural colleges by Act of 1862, in which the new\nStates as well as the old shared ratably. It may be truly said,\nthen, that every instinct of self-preservation demands that the\nunquestionable right of the general government shall be exercised\nin using the means at its disposal to meet the great danger which\nthreatens us from the presence and power of ignorant voters; and\nthat every sentiment of justice to the negro himself as the subject\nof many wrongs and the possible avenger of them, and to the States\nthemselves, requires that governmental aid shall be given to the\ncommon schools of the country.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nBENEFACTIONS\n\nEx-Gov. Colby has made a conditional pledge of $10,000 to the\ntrustees of the Maine Agricultural College.\n\nGen. E. W. Leavenworth, of Syracuse, N.Y., has recently given\n$10,000 to Hamilton College to found a scholarship.\n\nOf the \u00a3265,000 endowment secured last year for the University of\nPennsylvania, Mr. Joseph A. Wharton gave \u00a3100,000.\n\nNewton Case, of Hartford, Conn., has offered to give $100,000 for\nthe library of Hartford Theo. Sem., provided an equal amount is\nraised.\n\nBy the sale of the Williston Mills at Easthampton, Williston\nSeminary comes into possession of $200,000 and Amherst College of\n$100,000.\n\nOver $100,000 has been raised for land and a new dormitory at\nWilliams College. The fund for the Garfield Professorship amounts\nto $42,000.\n\nThe late Joseph E. Sheffield gives $100,000 to the Berkeley\nDivinity School, Middletown, Conn. His gifts to Yale College will\nprobably aggregate from half a million to a million and a half.\n\nUniversity College, Liverpool, England, is to receive \u00a3105,000 from\ndifferent individuals. Lord Derby, the Rathborne family, Mrs. Grant\nand the trustees of the late R. L. Jones have _subscribed_ \u00a310,000\neach of the amount.\n\n\u201c_The colored people are too poor to endow their schools. Their\nvery existence is endangered so long as they are made to depend\nupon the yearly gifts of the churches. To endow is to carry a\nmagnificent beginning to completion._\u201d\u2012Rev. T. J. Morgan, D.D.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nGENERAL NOTES.\n\n\nAFRICA.\n\n\u2012It is reported that Piaggia, the Italian explorer, who purposed\npenetrating the Galla country in Southern Abyssinia, is dead.\n\n\u2012Col. Mills, who formerly occupied the post of Consul-General and\nEnglish Political Agent at Mascate, has been appointed to succeed\nDr. Kirk at Zanzibar.\n\n\u2012M. Masp\u00e9ro, director of the Egyptian museum, has succeeded in\ndiscovering the opening of the pyramid of Meydoum which has passed\nuntil now as impenetrable.\n\n\u2012M. Tagliabue, correspondent of the _Exploratore_, has made from\nMassaoua an excursion among the Bogos, where he has specially\nstudied the tobacco plantations.\n\n\u2012M. Godfrey Roth, who gave proof of so much zeal at the time of the\narrival of the caravans of slaves at Siout, has been attached to\nGiegler Pasha, at Khartoum, for the suppression of the slave trade.\n\n\u2012Rohlfs has written the Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society that\nhe hoped to return to London in January, and go from thence to\nCairo, to negotiate peace with the Khedive on the part of the King\nof Abyssinia, under the auspices of the English government, from\nwhich he beseeches aid in favor of the Emperor of Abyssinia.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTHE INDIANS.\n\n\u2012The London Missionary Society has furnished their Indian missions\non the North Pacific Coast with a small steamer. The Baptists also\nhave one on Puget Sound.\n\n\u2012The Protestant Episcopal Church sustains 394 missionaries in its\nhome field, of whom 52 labor among the Indians.\n\n\u2012The Presbytery of West Virginia, although itself a weak Home\nMissionary Presbytery, has ordained three ministers for Alaska.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n\n\u2012The Chinese government has decided to increase the tax on foreign\nopium and impose a tax on native opium.\n\n\u2012A Chinese ship loaded with tea recently arrived in London. It is\nthe first that ever reached that port.\n\n\u2012Rev. H. V. Noyes, of the Presbyterian mission at Canton, has\nprepared a Concordance of the New Testament in Chinese.\n\n\u2012There were 18 graduates of the Scientific Department of the\nTraining School at Kioto, Japan, and all remained to pursue the\nstudy of theology.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nWORTHY OF RECORD.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nIn the May number of the magazine for 1881, was a picture and a\ndescription of Christ\u2019s Church, in Wilmington, N.C. We intimated\nat that time that the same generous friend who had built the\nchurch intended still larger outlays and improvements at the same\npoint, an account of which might be expected at a future time.\nThat time has come, and we proceed to complete the picture and\nthe description of Hon. James J. H. Gregory\u2019s noble gift to the\nWilmington mission.\n\n_First, the School-House._\u2012This was, originally, a wooden two-story\nbuilding, 84 \u00d7 30 feet, one end of which was occupied by the\nmission family, and the other by the schools. It would accommodate,\nby crowding, 150 pupils. This building has now been completely\nremodeled, and the whole of it devoted to schools and mission work.\nIt has been flanked by two wings, each 54 \u00d7 16, two stories high,\nhaving a front of 116 feet, with room for 300 or 350 pupils. The\nlower story contains three school rooms, first and second primary\nand grammar; also room for lady missionary, in which she holds\nsewing classes, prayer-meetings, and deals out books, papers and\nclothing to the needy.\n\n[Illustration: CHURCH, HOME AND SCHOOL, WILMINGTON, N.C.]\n\nThe upper story contains high-school room, principal\u2019s room,\nassistant\u2019s recitation room, and a hall capable of seating between\nthree and four hundred, and which can be used, if necessary, for a\nstill higher grade of school in the future.\n\n_Second, the Mission House._\u2012The house is a wooden frame in a\nbrick \u201cjacket,\u201d the main part three stories high, and each story\ncontaining four rooms fifteen feet square, with an open fire-place\nin each. The L has nine rooms, exclusive of storeroom, pantry and\nwash-room, the latter of which is in the basement.\n\nThe roofs are flat, that on the main building having, beneath the\neaves, eighteen ventilators, which insure fresh air for the house\nand coolness for the chambers. The house is finished throughout\nin pitch-pine, merely varnished, no paint being used inside. The\nwindow sashes and the door frames are of cypress, and with care\nwill last a century.\n\nThe brick is deep red, laid in one-half cement and one-half mortar,\na mixture which has hardened like stone. The walls are plastered\nwith the same, with the addition of hair to give it proper tenacity\nand cohesion. The whole structure is solid, airy and imposing,\nadmirably arranged for convenience in domestic work and for the\ncomfort of the teachers and missionaries.\n\nThe entire cost of the Home, and of the extension and repairs on\nthe school-house, is $12,550, and including the church (which is\nseen on the left hand of the picture), the whole group of buildings\nhas cost the donor $16,150.\n\nFor the purposes in behalf of which they were erected they\nare nearly perfect. Utility and comfort have been combined in\neverything with the least possible waste of room or money. They are\na monument to the head and heart and hand of the generous giver,\nsuch as any might covet, but such as few will have.\n\nWhile they stand they will be a beacon of light and hope to\nbenighted thousands, and will bring upon the head of their author\nthe blessing of many ready to perish. Who will imitate the example\nand share in the reward?\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nA WEEK AMONG THE WORKERS.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nEXPERIENCES AND DUTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL\nCHURCH, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, FEB. 12.\n\n_By Rev. Evarts Kent._\n\nWould you like to see our church? Look upon the cover of the\nAMERICAN MISSIONARY you hold in your hand; lower left hand corner.\nThere it is, an attractive, beautiful brick structure with brown\nstone trimmings, slate roof, tower, bell, organ, everything, in\nfact, but a _mortgage_.\n\nThe first experience of this day is sunshine! At this season of the\nyear \u201cthe Gate City of the South,\u201d unlike the New Jerusalem, has\nneither foundations nor pavements. Its streets are horrible pits,\nits sidewalks miry clay, and any day of the week that brings real\nnorthern sunshine is by no means the least of blessings. And this,\nthe first pleasant Sabbath of the year, is bright and clear as the\nsunniest of New England May days, and we walk on dry land to the\nhouse of God through what only a day or two since was the Red (mud)\nSea.\n\nAfter sunshine comes Sunday-school, from 9:30 to 11 A.M. The\npastor is superintendent. After the opening exercises, the school\nseparates by classes, each going to its own room for forty minutes\u2019\nstudy of the lesson.\n\nOur school at present numbers 14 classes, of which three are\nBible classes; an infant class numbering 60 and still growing,\nthe ten other classes being composed of boys and girls from eight\nto sixteen years of age. Attendance for to-day is 210, a fair\naverage for pleasant weather. At the close of study hour the school\nre-assembles for general review, which occupies about a quarter of\nan hour, and includes the previous lessons of the quarter as well\nas that of to-day. The review, though necessarily brief, reveals\ntwo things: One is the fact that we have a corps of earnest,\nfaithful and competent teachers. The other, that the pupils have\nstudied their lessons and are learning how to think. The promptness\nof response, the intelligence of the answers given, and the\nthoughtfulness of the questions asked by them, I have rarely seen\nsurpassed. That they are in great part either students or graduates\nof the Storrs school will explain the reason of any unusual\nproficiency. The majority of the children in our Sunday-school are\nas wide-awake, active, keen, as you will find anywhere, and any\ndull, prosy, goody-good teacher will find ours the best school in\nthe world\u2012to stay away from.\n\nAt three o\u2019clock we gather at the first church service of the\nday. This is Communion with us, and in connection with the\nadministration of the Sacrament, a brother recently chosen deacon\nis to be set apart for that office.\n\nThe sermon which preceded was founded upon a clause from Acts vi.,\n3, \u201cMen of good report.\u201d It emphasized the importance of calling to\nthe diaconate only such men as were of unblemished reputation and\nunquestioned integrity in all that concerned themselves and others.\n\nAfter the sermon, amidst the most impressive stillness of the\ncongregation, the deacon elect was consecrated to his office,\nthrough the laying on of hands by the pastor and the other deacons,\nand with prayer. The service was peculiarly solemn, and will tend\nto awaken in our people a truer conception of the qualifications\nessential to the holding of responsible positions in the church.\n\nThe exercises were concluded with the administration of the Lord\u2019s\nSupper. Following this service is a half-hour prayer meeting in one\nof the Bible classrooms.\n\nTo-day the attendance is unusually large. That there is more than\ncommon interest is evinced by the twelve earnest prayers offered\nand the expressions of desire to serve God on the part of some who\nare still without the fold.\n\nA sermon to parents in the evening, previously announced, and\npreached to a large and attentive congregation, brings this day\nto a close\u2012a day filled with work, of which only an outline is\ngiven\u2012work that instead of weariness brings rest and strength and\ncourage.\n\n\nWORK IN THE THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT AT TALLADEGA, MONDAY, FEB.\n13\u2012\u201cAVERAGE EXPERIENCES OF AN AVERAGE DAY.\u201d\n\n_By Rev. G. W. Andrews._\n\nWe got an hour\u2019s study before breakfast and two more after it,\nso as to be ready for the 10 o\u2019clock lecture on the Messianic\nProphecies\u2012a lecture, since no suitable text-book can be found. The\nbell strikes at 10 sharp, and nine intelligent-looking young men,\nwhose average age is about twenty-seven, are soon in their seats\nand the lecturer in his chair. A brief prayer for the blessing of\nHeaven on the hour\u2019s work is offered, all standing with folded arms\nand bowed heads. Then follows a review of the last lecture for\ntwenty minutes, each pupil rising in his place and reciting without\nquestions. Questions and explanations must come afterwards. They\nknow in brief what they are expected to recite, for it was written\nthe day previous in their lecture books. They must repeat verses\n8, 9, 10 and 11 of Psalm xvi.; must discuss what Peter says on\nthese verses in Acts ii., 25\u201331, and what Paul says in Acts xiii.,\n33\u201337, and what Christ says in Luke xxiv., 44\u201346; also consider at\nsome length the question \u201cWhether all this Psalm is Messianic or\nonly certain verses.\u201d Two or three theories, a few questions, and\nthe recitation is ended. Some grasped and carried the burden of\nthought easily, and some, from over-anxiety, stumbled, but all were\nfairly good. Monday is not the best day for school, as all teachers\nknow. Every man now springs to his pencil and paper, taking down\nanother lecture to be studied and recited to-morrow. This time it\nis Psalm xxii., as this one is classed with Psalms xvi., xl. and\nlxix. They write rapidly, copy into their lecture books after going\nto their rooms, also paste in \u201cproof texts,\u201d memorize verses 14\u201321,\nexamine reference books, one or two theories, and in general get\nready for another day. This class has no time for idleness, and I\nam glad to say desires none. A clergyman from the North who heard\nthem recite recently said: \u201cIt is the best theological recitation I\never heard.\u201d About a year is spent on the Messianic Prophecies. We\nmemorize them all.\n\nOne swift hour is gone. In five minutes another class studying\nsystematic theology are in their places. A word of prayer as\nbefore, and the work of reciting begins. We recite from Pond\u2019s\ntheology, and supplement from our Andover lectures and ourselves.\nThe subject to-day happens to be baptism. These four young men\nknow what they are about and march ahead with vigor. Contrary\nto the common opinion, they master the abstractions of theology\nmore easily than they memorize the \u201cproof texts.\u201d Baptism is a\nlive subject in these parts, and the work of understanding it is\nentered on with evident relish. One discusses Jewish Proselyte\nbaptism, another John\u2019s baptism, another Christian baptism, as a\n\u201ctoken,\u201d a \u201csign,\u201d a \u201cseal\u201d and a \u201crite,\u201d instituted by our Lord,\nthe mode not essential, while all together examine in groups, and\na few, in particular, the hundred and fourteen classic examples of\n\u201cbaptizo.\u201d These make it plain that \u201cbaptizo\u201d does not always nor\neven generally mean immerse. The passages examined from the New\nTestament proved the same to them. They were a little surprised at\nthe new light. Immersion as the only baptism works great mischief\namong the colored people, leading them to trust in the outward rite\nrather than the inward cleansing. A very interesting hour with an\ninteresting class. I can give you no idea of it. Please give us\nmore room next time. The rest of the day is spent in private study.\nTalladega has 30 ministers in the field, and through such men is\nthe way upward for the colored people. The colored preacher is a\nbishop of the most dominant order, hence he must be wisely fitted\nfor his work. We give much time here to the study of the Bible.\n\u201cThe entrance of Thy word giveth light.\u201d\n\n\nCOLLEGE WORK IN FISK UNIVERSITY, FEB. 14, 1882.\n\n_By Prof. A. K. Spence._\n\nTo-day there is in the college classes an actual attendance of\ntwenty-eight students. Four others are absent; three for the\npurpose of teaching, and one on account of ill health. Of those\npresent, two are seniors, six are juniors, five are sophomores, and\nfifteen are freshmen. The freshman class is the largest we have\never had, numbering at one time twenty.\n\nThe classes for to-day are calculus, Horace, Thucydides,\ntrigonometry, French, physiology, English literature, logic,\ngeology and Latin prose composition. In some cases classes of\ndifferent grades are united in the same study, and students of the\nhigher Normal course recite with college students. The present\nsenior class has never been taught separately. The imaginary\nvisitor, as he goes from room to room to-day, will not see much\nthat is peculiar either in classes or teaching. The days of romance\nin this work have gone by. Aside from African features, more or\nless pronounced, and some Southernisms in voice and expression, you\nmight imagine you were listening to a class in a new Northwestern\ncollege.\n\nWe are orthodox, and believe in the good old idea of discipline\nthrough the hard study of Latin, Greek, and mathematics, with\nthe usual amount of science, both natural and mental, and the\net ceteras. The colored man is just a man, and his mind must be\ndealt with as are other minds. He must climb the difficult hill of\neducation, as his white brother, by many a slow and weary step;\nand, as in white colleges, many a toiler falls out by the way\nand few reach the shining top. The average time spent by each of\nthe thirty-two college students thus far under our instruction is\nfour and nine-sixteenths years. Some have been with us as long as\nseven or eight years. The average time is growing less with better\nschools and increased facilities elsewhere. Quite a number now\ncome to us prepared to enter the college preparatory course, and,\noccasionally, one fitted to enter college. A college planted in\nan intelligent community takes root at once in a soil prepared,\nand soon brings fruitage. Not so with the effort begun here twelve\nyears ago, to develop a college among a people just out of bondage.\n\nNearly all the students in college are dependent on their own\nefforts, with the aid so kindly given by friends in the North, in\nacquiring an education. Only one has property, and two live at\nhome with their parents in the city. Several have others dependent\non them. One, a lady, has care of the family, both parents being\ndead. During the last summer all were at work\u2012three as porters on\nrailroads, two as clerks, one had charge of a church, which, under\nhis ministry, enjoyed a revival of religion, and the rest taught\nschool. Some teach classes in the university and some do manual\nlabor. Nearly all are compelled to be absent a part of the college\nyear, thus increasing their toil when they return. Who would not\nhelp people who are thus helping themselves?\n\nAll the college students are professing Christians, and out of the\nthirty-two, twenty-one have become so while students here. One is a\nlicentiate for the ministry, and several, we hope, will enter that\ncalling. Four of the college students are ladies.\n\nThe college is the apex of our educational pyramid. The higher the\napex, the broader the base. Passing downward, we find in college\npreparatory 48; in higher normal, 27; in normal, 167; in the model\nschool, 135. Scattered through different grades we have 12, taking,\nin addition to other studies, one hour a day of special instruction\nwith reference to the ministry. Twenty-four have already graduated\nfrom college, one of whom is dead. Of the others, one is a lawyer,\none is a minister, five are learning professions, three being\nthe ministry, and all the rest are teaching, many of whom occupy\nimportant positions, one being a professor in this University.\n\n\nA DAY AT LE MOYNE INSTITUTE, MEMPHIS, TENN., FEB. 15, 1882.\n\n_By Prof. A. J. Steele._\n\nA day\u2019s work in any well organized school is, ordinarily, a simple\nenough matter. An intelligent description of the same is quite a\ndifferent affair. If the reader will follow me I will attempt to\nshow him what is done in an average day at Le Moyne.\n\nWe first enter the library and reading room. Here are 1,000\nvolumes, a cabinet of 1,500 natural history specimens, a number of\nperiodicals, etc.\n\nPassing now to the assembly room, on the upper floor, about 90\nstudents of the Normal department are in their seats, and, as the\nclock in the tower is striking nine, and the lower schools are\nabout to march in, we will take seats with the eight teachers on\nthe platform for morning devotions. There are about 200 pupils\nbefore us. A song is sung, accompanied on the piano; a short\nselection is read from the Scriptures; the Principal leads in a\nbrief prayer, in which all seem to join, with bowed heads; a few\nmoments\u2019 silent prayer, another song, and the lower schools file\nout of the room and the work of the day begins. During the day we\nshall find the students in the assembly room preserving their own\norder, a teacher seldom being seen in the room.\n\nIn the grammar room we shall hear recitations in English grammar\nand composition, conducted by Miss Pelton, the entire work being\nmade as practical as possible to secure correct speaking and\nwriting.\n\nIn the mathematical room, where Miss Parmelee receives us, we shall\nhear classes in arithmetic, from one in compound numbers to those\ncompleting the book. A class is just taking up algebra; while\nstepping to the Principal\u2019s room we may inspect the neatly-bound\npapers of a class that has successfully passed its final\nexamination on this subject.\n\nIn the room across the hall where Miss Hamilton presides we shall\nhear classes in both political and physical geography, and we shall\nbe especially interested in hearing the senior class in theory and\npractice.\n\nProfessor Steele\u2019s classes in the natural sciences and civil\ngovernment we may find in the library.\n\nPassing now to the model school we see a quiet, busy room, with\nthree grades of pupils under the care of Miss Cornes. Besides the\nordinary lessons we hear an object lesson given on some flowers.\nWe notice the skillful use of corn and other seeds by the children\nas an aid in the practical understanding of numbers. We note that\nnearly every child in the room can write a readable hand on his\nslate, and we are fortunate in hearing Miss Miller, the music\nteacher, give her lesson in music.\n\nEntering now the intermediate school we find about 50 pupils under\nthe care of Miss Lyman\u2012studying in the next three higher grades.\nObject lessons, drawing and music are continued here. Classes\nfrom this room are taught by members of the senior class, Normal\ndepartment, for practice work, under the watchful criticism of Miss\nLyman.\n\nFinally we pass to the industrial rooms, where we find Miss Milton\ninstructing classes in needlework, etc., and with great interest\nobserve the instruction and practice of the class of girls in the\nart of cooking, the subject to-day being a cream cake, which is\nprepared and baked under the direction of the teacher.\n\nThe music room we must pass by, and we can but glance into the\nvocal class of 50 from the Normal department to notice that\nthey are reading music quite readily under the very successful\ninstruction of the music teacher.\n\n\nA DAY AMONG THE LOWLY, FEB. 16, 1882.\n\n_By Miss Lena Saunders, New Orleans._\n\nThursday is visiting day. No mothers\u2019 meeting nor sewing school. My\nearly morning visit to the Colored Orphanage made and prayer said,\nI called upon the sick deacon. Armed with his blessing, my Bible\nand basket of creature comforts I went on. Aunt Patience\u2019s humble\nhome of one room came first. I had missed Aunt Patience from the\nmothers\u2019 meeting and now missed her cordial welcome. She was ill\nand had lost all confidence in the missionary. It happened in this\nway. The church prayer-meeting was very loud one night, the day had\nbeen a long, weary one, and, when about 10 o\u2019clock, a woman was\nendued with \u201cthe power,\u201d and the consequent excitement ensued, I\nquietly left the meeting. Aunt Patience was there, and this morning\nbefore I had even inquired about the \u201cmisery,\u201d she exclaimed, \u201cYou\ndun prayed that the Holy Spirit would come with power and you\ntelled us to pray for\u2019t tu, and _we did pray good_. Then when it\ncame you\u2019se the very fust \u2019un to skedaddle; you didn\u2019t \u2019cognize the\nanswer to your own prayers, honey,\u201d and the tears were in her eyes.\n\n\u201cSure enough,\u201d I said, \u201cbut I didn\u2019t know \u2019twas coming in that\nway.\u201d \u201cBut, honey, when ye prays to _God_ for power ye must take it\nas it comes and be on the lookout.\u201d \u201cAunt Patience,\u201d I said, \u201cthe\npower I prayed for was that the Good Spirit would come into our\nhearts and make us kind and loving and patient toward each other,\nteach us how to lead dying souls to Christ and incline our hearts\nto keep God\u2019s commandments.\u201d \u201cYes, honey.\u201d After a little further\ntalk we knelt in prayer, and in her petition Aunt Patience prayed,\n\u201cMassa Jesus teach dis ole chile to serve you quiet-like if dat\nbes\u2019 please you.\u201d They only need to be taught. The next old sister\nwas more destitute. \u2018Mancipation met all her needs \u2019ceptin\u2019 the\nrations. With a few of God\u2019s promises and a material proof of His\nlove she was comforted.\n\nThree little girls were absent from the sewing-school, so I called\nto enquire for them. The mother had learned to guard their health,\nand so kept them out of the rain\u2012reluctantly, because she wanted\nthem to hear about Christ\u2019s sermon on the mount, which for several\nweeks had been our sewing-school Bible lesson.\n\nOld Mrs. H. was at her ironing board, with heaps of snowy linen\nabout her. Only a few days ago she was \u201ca sinner woman.\u201d To-day she\nsang quietly \u201cI\u2019ve been redeemed,\u201d and her face sang, too. Sister\nF.\u2019s house is my Valley of Baca. I stopped a moment for a cooling\ndraught.\n\nLittle street children followed for Sunday-school papers. At least\nfifty were distributed, and a word about the Crucified One dropped\namong as many children. Some of them sat down under the trees to\nthoughtfully study the picture of Christ blessing little children,\nand one said, \u201cSee. See, dat misses knows ol about it.\u201d\n\nThe next was the \u201cpeople\u2019s hour.\u201d From one to two each day they\ncome for old clothes and new teaching. Then came the Northern\nmail; afterwards the students\u2019 mid-week prayer-meeting. Here\nteachers and scholars are co-workers, and each strengthened by the\nothers\u2019 prayers. Baptized anew, I sought the abodes of poverty\nand wretchedness. Sinning women turned their eyes for the moment\nfrom the king of the carnival to the King of Heaven. The Chinamen\nwere very busy, but Yam stopped to say, \u201cI bring more boyee next\nSunday.\u201d Little Joe darted round the corner to ask, \u201cGwine to have\nSunday-school to-day, teacher?\u201d Poor little Joe doesn\u2019t see any\ndifference in the days, and reckons Sunday from the Sunday-school.\nPassing the large market, I bought a few delicious oranges for the\ndying man in the attic of an ill-famed house, and hurried on, for\nnight was coming. There was no need to hurry. The attic was empty,\nbut \u201cout of the depths\u201d of sin the Lord heard the cry. Prayers at\nthe Orphanage closed the day, while the carnival lights made night\nin the old city seem beautiful morning.\n\nWhere has the day gone? Into to-morrow\u2019s past. Who noted its\nflight? The recording Angel. When will its history be read? In that\nGreat Day, when Aunt Patience and little Joe, and all who came\nbetween, shall stand side by side with missionary and teacher, and\nshall say, \u201cWe b\u2019lieves, \u2019cause we\u2019se dun taught,\u201d and they shall\nadd, \u201cWe taught, because we were sent.\u201d\n\n\nDAY\u2019S EXPERIENCE AMONG THE CHINESE.\n\n_By Jee Gam, San Francisco._\n\nAt a quarter past eight I started for my usual journey to\nOakland, but as there was no Chinese case in court I returned\nhome. I generally read or study on my trip, so as to waste no\ntime, but this morning my heart felt like David\u2019s when he said:\n\u201cOh, praise the Lord for his wonderful goodness to the children\nof men.\u201d The night before at half-past nine a fire broke out in\nthe next building, which came very near burning the roof of our\nMission-house. Nearly all my clothing and bedding were taken down\nstairs by friends, but through the providence of God not the\nslightest damage was done to our Mission. No wonder that my heart\noverflowed when I thought how God had preserved us. Immediately\nafter reaching home I was asked to go with a Chinese friend to his\nattorney and do a little interpreting for him. I then went to the\nPalace Hotel to call on Hon. Yung Wing, who was on his way to\nPekin. My intention was to invite him to visit our school and speak\nto the pupils, for I thought a few words from him would have great\nweight. Not being able to see him, I returned home and went out\nagain to do some shopping for our Chinese Christian Association.\n\nA few minutes before 7 P.M. our scholars came flocking into\nBrenham Place School-house. Just before nine the bell rang, and\nour principal, Miss J. S. Worley, asked for Scripture recitations.\nThis week the verses were to contain either the word new or old, it\nbeing the last Friday of our year. Miss Worley spoke a few words\nabout \u201cPutting off the old man and putting on the new man,\u201d which\nI translated, and I hope that many of our scholars will become new\ncreatures in Christ Jesus. Singing followed, and the school was\nclosed with the Lord\u2019s prayer. I wish you could look in upon this\nschool. One hundred and ten scholars are present, of all ages,\nsizes and appearances; a few studying history, grammar, geography;\nsome reading in the third reader, others repeating A B C. They\nhave been in America from a few days to seven or eight years.\nTheir occupations also vary\u2012shoemakers, cigarmakers, tailors,\nlaundry-men, cooks, clerks, etc. Many of them are true followers of\nthe Lord Jesus; others have just begun to feel interested in this\nnew religion.\n\nOur new year commenced February 17. We held a watch-night meeting\nthe 16th. Many of our brethren spoke on God\u2019s goodness to us. When\nthe clock struck twelve we all knelt down (about thirty present),\nand six of our brethren prayed. After each prayer a hymn was sung.\nA few words were said about making new resolutions, and that we\nshould go forward and work more zealously for the Master. The\nChinese temple, about half a block away, was signaling the new year\nwith the sound of trumpets. The heathen Chinese offer prayer to the\nGod of war and wealth, etc., but our prayer was that they might\nknow the true God.\n\nAt a little before six A.M. our Chinese friends began to come\nto wish us a Happy New Year. At nine A.M. a delightful union\nprayer-meeting was held by the five different denominations. At\n11 A.M. we again assembled at our Association rooms, when Rev. W.\nC. Pond addressed us, and gave us a motto for the new year, with\ngood advice, which I hope we shall all follow. The meeting of the\nGeneral Association was held at seven P.M., and was the best yearly\nmeeting we ever had. The business meeting followed with reports of\nthe secretary and treasurer. Thus the days come and go:\n\n    \u201cOnly the eternal day\n    Shall come but never go\u201d\n\n\nHOLIDAY AT HAMPTON, SATURDAY, FEB. 18, 1882.\n\n_By Miss Isabel B. Eustis._\n\nThere are to-day at Hampton 85 Indian students, 57 boys and 38\ngirls, representing 15 different tribes.\n\nSaturday is a holiday for most of the Indians, but the rising\nbell sounds loud as usual, to call the scholars to their early\nbreakfast, and the meal well over, the work call is given at\nquarter to seven. Most of the Indian boys who have had their five\nhalf days of school and five half days at their trades feel that\nthey have earned a good holiday, and are not disturbed by it.\nEleven who are in the advanced classes hurry off to the shops.\nWild-Cat and Murie go to the printing office to set up type for the\n_Southern Workman_; five are carpenters, and work on the new desks\nand benches for the school. Chisholm fits uppers on shoe-lasts to\nhelp fill a Government contract. Robbie Conalez goes to the big\nbarn to put it in order and feed the cattle. Peters works in the\nblacksmith shop, and Maquimetus fits the spokes in a new set of\ncart-wheels, and earns an extra afternoon hour for himself by his\ngood work.\n\nMeanwhile the girls have gone to their rooms and begun the week\u2019s\ncleaning. The floors are scrubbed, and the wardrobes and bureau\ndrawers put in order. Some of them have cedar boughs, the boys have\ncut for them, and they fasten them upon the walls in pretty and\nfantastic designs, tieing them with ribbons and hanging Christmas\ncards and bright papers from them. A few make pretty bowers for\ntheir dollies, and perch them in a cunning way among the branches,\nwhere they get loving and admiring glances from the little girls\nbelow.\n\nThen the clothes which have been washed and ironed during the week\nare laid out, and the room is ready for the teacher\u2019s visit.\n\nNobody knows when the Indian girls would think it worth while to\nchange their garments, or how they would be laundried, if it were\nnot for the week\u2019s inspection. As it is, the piles are most of them\nfull and white and neatly folded, and the rather stolid faces grow\neager as they look over the teacher\u2019s shoulder to see whether a\nzero or a five on the record is to reward the work.\n\nSoon the matron\u2019s room is a busy place. Girls in all the chairs and\ngirls on the floor, all manner of rents and rips and holes to be\nrepaired, and the motherly lady who has done the work many times\nfor her own children and grandchildren, goes among them busy and\npatient, finds patches and pieces, gives a hint here and a lesson\nthere, till the garments are whole again.\n\nWhen the morning\u2019s work is done, the lawn in front of Virginia\nHall becomes a gay play-ground. See-saws and jump-ropes, balls and\ncroquet mallets are kept busy all the afternoon. A few fortunate\ngirls borrow a boat from one of the teachers and row in the pretty\ncreek. The boys come now and then to the edge of the ground and\nlook rather longingly over the boundaries, but turn back and find a\nvent for their spirits in foot-ball and leap-frog and the parallel\nbars, remembering that Washington\u2019s Birthday comes next week and it\nwill all be common ground. The games last till the sun sends its\nlast slanting beams over the creek and the lawn and the six o\u2019clock\nbell announces that the day of work and pleasure is over.\n\nBefore the shadows of night fall heavily, the school assembles in\nthe chapel. The hush of worship comes upon the crowded room. The\nsong of praise and voice of petition rise, and then while all heads\nbow in silent prayer the burden and pain and desire of 500 hearts\nare told to Him who understands. So another week ends; its record\nis made of success and failure, of work and sacrifice.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nREVIVAL IN CENTRAL CHURCH AND STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS.\n\nW. S. ALEXANDER, D.D.\n\nWe have occasion to bless the \u201cEvangelical Alliance,\u201d which, under\nthe Divine direction, introduced the observance of the \u201cWeek of\nPrayer.\u201d It has been with us every year a period of religious\nawakening. Its coming is anxiously and prayerfully anticipated.\nThrough the month of December our prayer meetings were tender\nand earnest. The thoughts of the people seemed centered upon the\nlonged-for presence of the Holy Spirit and the \u201cWeek of Prayer,\u201d as\nthe gate-way to a glorious experience of spiritual refreshment.\n\nThe first week in January was marked by growing earnestness on\nthe part of God\u2019s people, but no real case of inquiry among the\nunconverted. The second week brought some to the \u201cmourners\u2019 seats,\u201d\nbut no important break in the ranks of sinners. We all felt that\nthe Lord was drawing near. The congregations greatly increased\nuntil the audience room was entirely filled. The third week of our\ncontinuous services was exceedingly precious. The Holy Spirit came\nin power. The truth preached in great simplicity was owned of God\nin the awakening of nearly one hundred souls. On many occasions\nthirty were on the anxious seats, weeping and calling upon God for\nmercy. From these seats on two successive evenings nine persons\narose and said they felt the assurance of forgiveness and a change\nof heart. During the five weeks of continuous services 66 professed\nhope in the Saviour, of which number 25 were students of our\nUniversity. From our family of boarding students at Stone Hall\neleven were brought under conviction, who have joyfully consecrated\nthemselves to the service of the Saviour.\n\nIt was a very tender and impressive scene where among the\n\u201cinquirers after God\u201d were so many of our bright, mature students.\nWe hope most earnestly that they all may be strong for God and\neverything that is good.\n\nOn the first Sabbath in February, 81 were received to Central\nChurch on profession of their faith, and on the two succeeding\nSabbaths four more, 35 in all. I mention, as a fact showing\nthe prevalence of infant baptism, that of the 35 admitted on\nprofession only nine received baptism, the remaining 26 having\nbeen christened. Our friends in the North will be glad to know\nthat of the nearly 100 awakened and the 66 converted only six\nmanifested any undue excitement, and but one of the number had been\nan attendant upon our church services. The church is stronger in\nevery respect. The average attendance upon our Sabbath services is\nlarger by nearly 100, and there is every indication of a steady and\nhealthful growth.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nHOW THE FREEDMEN CHILDREN DO IT.\n\nMr. E. C. Silsby, of Selma, Ala., writes:\n\nOur Sunday-school have been interested in the proposed missionary\nsteamboat \u201cJohn Brown,\u201d for the Mendi Mission. Several Sundays ago\nwe voted to take the contributions of subsequent sessions until\nthey should amount to $10, to be sent on for the boat. A picture\nof the boat was drawn on the board and the contribution of classes\nrecorded as given. The result is shown by the enclosed order for\n$10.20. A class of little girls who have a \u201cmite box,\u201d not only\nvoted its contents, but held a fair for the sale of articles which\nhad been prepared by their own deft fingers, under the direction of\ntheir teacher, applying the proceeds to the fund. May the boat do\nmuch toward carrying the \u201cglad tidings.\u201d\n\nRev. Evarts Kent, of Atlanta, Ga., writes:\n\nI send you draft for the amount of our annual collection for the\nA. M. A. You will be interested to know that the contributions\nwere mainly in small sums, from five cents to one dollar, and that\nthere were eighty-five different contributions. I enclose you\nspecimens of the envelopes I had printed for the purpose. I think\nthey added somewhat to the amount. One little boy of ten years of\nage brought his envelope with five cents in it\u2012the most generous\ncontribution of all. He is the eldest of three brothers, all in\nthe Storrs school, kept there by a mother who is not a Christian,\nand extremely poor\u2012so poor that when visited in sickness the other\nday by Miss Stevenson and Mrs. Kent the only dishes in the house\nwere a tin plate, a tin spoon, one cup and a broken knife; we are\nhelping them just now; but it was most touching when they called\nat the house last Saturday evening and found this lad getting\nhis missionary envelope, received the Sunday before, \u201cready for\nto-morrow.\u201d I doubt if Our Saviour has seen anything like it since\nthat day when in Judea He was looking into the treasury.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nCHURCH AT LITTLE ROCK, ARK.\n\nBY REV. B. F. FOSTER.\n\nA number of the friends of the A. M. A. would no doubt be glad to\nhear from our church-work here. Since our dedicatory exercises,\nwhich proved to be such an inspiration to our little band of\nbelievers, we have been marching onward and upward.\n\nThe first day of this year and the first Sabbath in the month was\nour communion season. A delightful season it was, too. We had\nintended beginning a series of meetings to last four or five weeks,\nbut the cold and inclement weather prevented us from putting on the\nplastering, and we could not, therefore, commence with any hope of\nsuccess. We decided to defer till warmer weather. Notwithstanding\nthis impediment, the word found lodging in the hearts of twelve\nof our young people, all of whom connected themselves with the\nCongregational Church. We also received one by recommendation.\nAll of these seem to be hopeful conversions. Our Sabbath meetings\nare well attended. As soon as we make the last payment on our\nchurch-lot\u2012which will be the 18th of February\u2012we hope to complete\nour building. The insurance on it is $1,000. When completed, its\ncost will be $2,000. We are waiting very anxiously for the erection\nof the \u201cEdward Smith College\u201d here.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nDEDICATION OF CHURCH AT LULING, TEXAS.\n\nOn the 26th of February the new Congregational Church edifice was\ndedicated, Supt. Roy assisting Pastor Hillson. The house is 24 \u00d7 46\nfeet\u2012is tastefully built. The lot was given by Mr. T. W. Pierce, of\nBoston, the president of the Galveston & San Antonio Railroad, \u201cThe\nSun Set Route;\u201d and this association assisted in the building.\n\nMiss M. E. Green, our teacher at Flatonia, thirty miles away,\ncame up with her baby organ to play it and lead the music of the\noccasion, adding much to the enjoyment of the same. She found\nhere some young men, now in business, whom she had taught as boys\nelsewhere, and whom she had trained in singing, now to join her in\nthis service.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nAFRICA.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nREV. MR. LADD AT KHARTOUM.\n\n                                       KHARTOUM, Jan. 9, 1882.\n\nWe are in Khartoum at last, and glad to get here after the long\nDesert journey and the slow sail from Berber. We arrived on\nSaturday, the 7th, a little after noon. The American Consul came on\nboard to welcome us. He is said to be the richest man in Khartoum,\nand we found that he had spared himself no trouble and expense\nin fitting up rooms for our use while here. We are indeed very\ncomfortably situated.\n\nOur arrival seemed to be a great event in the city, and all the\nprominent people were anxious to be among the first to welcome us.\nOne party of six gentlemen called. They said they had heard that we\nhad come to found schools and churches, that they were delighted at\nthe idea, and hoped that we would commence at once at Khartoum, as\ntheir children were suffering for the want of education, there not\nbeing a school of any kind in Khartoum. One of them had formerly\ngiven a large tract of land for this purpose, but it had not been\nused; if we would accept it, it was ours now, and we might build\nupon it as soon as we pleased. There is a report current, which\nseems to have some foundation in fact, that there have been serious\ntroubles during the last two or three weeks in the vicinity of\nFashoda, near the Sobat.\n\nJanuary 11.\u2012Giegler Pasha has just returned from Fashoda, and this\nis his statement of the present difficulty in the Soudan:\n\n\u201cA fanatical Arab by the name of Mohammad Achmet, who lived upon an\nisland in the Nile, south of here, by his much fasting and praying,\nfinally got his head turned, and believed that he was a prophet,\nsent to be a Saviour of the people. He wrote letters all around the\ncountry, and soon had a large following. Many flocked around his\nstandard, especially from among those disaffected ones who wished\nto escape the payment of their taxes. They finally became obnoxious\nto the government, and a detachment of 120 men was sent against\nthem on the island. These were not properly handled and were slain\nat once, as fast as they landed. The leader now feared to remain\nlonger on the river, and crossing over with all the men, women and\nchildren, who had gathered around him, he retired to a mountain,\nsome distance back, called Jebel Geder. It was the policy of the\ngovernment now to let them alone, but a new Governor of Fashoda\nhaving been appointed, he must needs show his zeal by getting\nafter the rebels. He frequently asked permission to attack them,\nand finally, contrary to orders, he collected the garrisons from\nthe Sobat Station, from Kaka, and from Fashoda, about 400 regular\nsoldiers, and taking with him 200 Shillooks, and other irregulars,\nunder the king or chief of the Shillooks, he marched against the\nrebels.\n\n\u201cThis chief of the Shillooks was a fine young man\u2012loyal and\nenergetic\u2012who administered affairs among his people in the\ninterests of the Government. The advance was made by forced\nmarches. They were six days on the way, and when the \u2018fool\u2019 reached\nthe mountain, instead of resting his men, he commenced the attack\nafter a two hours march on the seventh day, when the men were worn\nout and utterly unfit for it. They were all cut to pieces and\nslain. About 60 were taken prisoners, and only 70 out of about 600\nescaped. The Governor of Fashoda was killed, and also the Chief of\nthe Shillooks, which we greatly regret, as we intended to make him\na Pasha. He will be a great loss to us. We wanted to send him to\nCairo, as he was anxious to see the Khedive.\n\n\u201cIt is difficult to estimate the number of those who have assembled\naround this fanatical leader, but probably it is in the vicinity of\n1,500. We feared that they might take Fashoda, and so I went down\nto see about it. I have left troops at Fashoda, but the Sobat is\nabandoned, as there is really nothing there worth saving, except\na few straw huts, and they are welcome to them if they want them.\nThe station of Kaka is also left without a garrison. The people\nhave become uneasy, and these events, taken with the news of the\ntroubles at Cairo, have frightened them. We are expecting troops\nfrom Cairo, but not to put down this muss, which we hope will all\nbe over before they arrive. We are short of troops at all points,\nand need more to protect the country. I would not advise you to go\nby boat. Wait and go by government steamer, if you go at all. I\nhave just returned from Fashoda, and these are about the facts in\nthe case.\u201d\n\nThe above statement does not differ materially from the current\nreports, except in the number of the insurgents, and that has\nprobably been greatly exaggerated in the minds of the people. It\nmust also be remembered that this is the best phase which the\ngovernment, wishing to smooth the matter over and hush it up, can\nput upon it. The probable number of the insurgents is about five or\nsix thousand. They are now armed with some 600 Remington rifles,\nbesides their own native weapons, and are complete masters of the\ncountry west of Kaka, and towards Kardofan. They are said to have\nsecret agents in Khartoum, who send them word of the movements of\nthe government. Their numbers are also said to be increasing every\nday. Now, taking into consideration all that has been stated, we\nseem to be shut up to one of three courses, viz.:\n\n1. To follow the advice of the more timid, and considering our\njourney necessarily brought to an end, to look about here, learn\nall that we can, and then to return. This has been suggested as\nperhaps our only course by some who wish to display \u201cthe better\npart of valor.\u201d I may say that I have all along felt that while\nthings are not as we could wish, that yet a way would be opened for\nus to go forward. I cannot bring myself to turn around now and go\nback, without at least seeing the Sobat. We both feel that nothing\nshort of actual danger to life ought to turn us back from our\npurpose after coming so far, if we can find the means to go on.\n\n2. To wait here till a government steamer is sent up to Gondokoro,\ntake passage in it and see the country as best we can. The most we\ncan learn about this plan is that no steamer is likely to leave\nhere in less than a month; that it will take fifty days to reach\nGondokoro, on account of the _sud_ and other obstructions, and\nthat it will not be possible to get away from there before the\nrainy season sets in. The _sud_ is the great trouble. Sometimes\nwhole weeks have to be spent in the marshes in one spot, cutting a\nchannel through.\n\n3. To get the use of a little steamer in some way and do what we\nstarted out to do\u2012explore the region of the Sobat. The least that\nwe can get a steamer for is said to be \u00a312 a day. We cannot expect\nto be gone less than a month and do the work well. That would be\n\u00a3360.\n\nYou can understand, I think, what our perplexity is. Our hope\nnow is to arrange it in some way through Giegler Pasha to get a\nsteamer at a more reasonable sum. As soon as we can do this, I\nthink we shall go on, and if we do, the French Consul, an able\nFrench gentleman, and our Consul with others, advise us to ask for\na body-guard of soldiers from the government. We need your prayers,\nand I wish we might have your wisdom in this emergency.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nCHILDREN\u2019S PAGE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nCHING LING\u2019S PASSPORT.\n\nBY MRS. HARRIET A. CHEEVER.\n\n\u201cAnd you say there is no hope!\u201d\n\n\u201cNone whatever, that we can see.\u201d\n\n\u201cBut I am barely five-and-thirty, Doctor. Only think! still in my\nearly prime,\u201d urged the pleading voice.\n\n\u201cI know it, Fairfax; I know it, my poor fellow; and would\nthankfully have it otherwise, but God wills it so. I cannot deceive\nyou, and your special request was to know the truth.\u201d\n\n\u201cBut Heaven knows I was unprepared for it!\u201d was the passionate\nrejoinder.\n\n\u201cTry and calm yourself, my friend,\u201d continued the doctor in\nlow, deliberate tones. \u201cI\u2019ve still another unwelcome piece of\nintelligence: Mrs. Carter says she can remain no longer, feeling as\nshe does, completely worn out with her duties; and just now, with\nso many critical cases on my hands, I hardly know where to look for\nanother nurse. You say there is no friend or relative you could\nsummon?\u201d\n\n\u201cNo; and it makes no sort of difference _who_ comes in Mrs.\nCarter\u2019s place; I might as well die alone like a dog, if I\u2019ve got\nto hand in my checks at the outset of the game\u2012confound this heat!\u201d\nand the voice even more than the words was full of bitterness and\nrebellion.\n\nDr. Wharton took his hat, but paused again at the bedside.\n\n\u201cI am going around by the Chinese quarter this noon,\u201d he said,\n\u201cand will do my best to bring some good assistant. Some of those\nChinamen make excellent nurses. Have you any objection to trying\none?\u201d\n\n\u201cOh, I don\u2019t care a\u2012pin who comes,\u201d answered the poor, impatient,\nsuffering man; and the next moment the doctor left the room as the\nnurse glided softly in, and the patient closed his weary eyes.\n\nPhilip Fairfax was a man of wealth and education, but his fine\nfortune had been sadly misused. Moreover, his naturally sound\nphysical constitution had been unwarrantably abused by a hard round\nof indulgence in dissipation and vice, which had caused him in\nhis early manhood to fall an easy prey to the dangerous malarial\nfever so prevalent at certain seasons, and which now had assumed a\nmalignant form, rendering recovery almost impossible.\n\nJust previous to the foregoing conversation, a consultation of the\nablest physicians of the county had been held in Mr. Fairfax\u2019s\nelegant library, with what result we have already seen.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\u201cDo you give it up, Ching?\u201d\n\n\u201cYes: me givee up, but trust God still.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe tellee you, it impossible; college chances not for Chinese\nboys.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt not impossible with mine God. All things are possible with Him.\nMe only givee up for this term,\u201d was the cheerful reply.\n\nThe scene was a Chinese cabin, scantily furnished, but extremely\nneat in its simple arrangements. On lines outside, handsomely\nmade clothes were drying, while on the one large piece of kitchen\nfurniture in the cabin\u2012a huge stove\u2012numerous irons were heating.\n\nChing Ling, as he was called, was a great overgrown boy of\nseventeen, who had picked up religion, as his companions\ngrotesquely name it, at some of the chapel meetings connected with\none of our institutions for learning. He was a quaint, original\ncharacter, and could turn his hand to almost anything useful\u2012turn\nit to good purpose too. He had learned to read, nobody knew how or\nwhen, and now the absorbing, irrepressible longing of his heart was\nto get an education, at the college. It made no difference how much\nor how often others ridiculed the eager desire, there it remained,\nand after some laughable banter on the part of his less ambitious\nassociates on one occasion, as to his many projects and failures\nin attempting an entrance to those halcyon halls, his good-natured\nreply was:\n\n\u201cOh, me wriggly in yet, somehow. You see!\u201d\n\nChing Ling was ironing briskly and skillfully when Dr. Wharton\u2019s\nbuggy stopped before the door, and without alighting the doctor\nbeckoned Ching to come to him.\n\n\u201cWant to earn some money, Ching?\u201d asked the Doctor.\n\nChing\u2019s delicate hands were instantly held out in mock display of\nentreaty.\n\n\u201cWould you go into danger for money, Ching?\u201d\n\nThe small hands were quickly withdrawn as he replied:\n\n\u201cMe do no wrong for muchee monee?\u201d\n\n\u201cBut would you go into a close, sick room, and nurse a gentleman\nwho has a dangerous disease\u2012a man perhaps dying with fever?\u201d\n\n\u201cYes, Doctor; me no afraid of the sickness or the fever. Mine God\nwould go with Ching; no God, all danger; with God, all safee.\u201d\n\n\u201cCome on, then, I want you right away.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe days grew hotter and the fever grew fiercer, and the\nrequirements of the irritable, dying man became almost unendurable;\nbut the ungainly Ching never flinched as with untiring, patient\nhands he waited upon the hard master whose young life was fast\nburning itself out in the relentless fires of the unyielding fever.\n\nMr. Fairfax had been fitfully dozing at the close of a weaker,\nbut slightly more comfortable day, when, on suddenly opening his\neyes, he saw Ching catching a peep into a little, dark book he had\nnoticed before\u2012one he had evidently carried about with him.\n\nAll at once he asked in a thin, vexed voice:\n\n\u201cWhat confounded book is that you\u2019re always reading?\u201d\n\nThe slant eyes filled with tears as a hurt voice replied:\n\n\u201cThis mine Bible, my Christ book; my passport in this book; this no\n_confound_ book, this mine dear Bible!\u201d\n\n\u201cYour passport!\u201d and the thin voice really had the semblance of a\nlaugh it. \u201cWhat kind of a passport, pray!\u201d\n\n\u201cListen: \u2018There is no other name under Heaven given among men,\nwhereby we must be saved. The blood of Jesus Christ his son\ncleanseth us from all sin,\u2019\u201d\u2012here Ching was interrupted:\n\n\u201cDoes it say _all_ sin, boy? look sharp, now!\u201d\n\n\u201cYes, master; all sin.\u201d\n\n\u201cLet me see.\u201d\n\nA faint ray of light was admitted while the poor weak eyes scanned\nthe page; yes, it was there, sure enough.\n\nThen the sick man, roused to momentary energy, asked questions\u2012a\nfew that night, more the next day, until by degrees he learned\nall the story of poor Ching\u2019s conversion; his eager desire for\nlearning, and as he read the Bible more and more to his now willing\nlistener, a new light and hope dawned for the sick man.\n\nWe cannot take space to tell minutely how Ching cried and rejoiced\nwhen one day Mr. Fairfax had a lawyer come and so arrange his will\nas to handsomely endow the college, also giving Ching\u2012faithful boy\nthat he was\u2012a \u201cchance;\u201d but this was not the best of it. Ching\nprayed so hard, and was so skillful in his wonderful ministrations\nat the sick man\u2019s bedside, and the calming, soothing influence of\nhis passport, his \u201cChrist book,\u201d was so blessed, that, after all,\nthe naturally strong physical nature of the man asserted itself, to\nthe amazement and gratitude of the physicians, and Philip Fairfax\nlived to be the almoner of his own bounties.\n\nAnd now Ching Ling\u2019s pointed fingers hold a pen powerful for good\namong his countrymen, and Philip Fairfax is one of the chief\nbenefactors of the blessed institution whose inmates dearly love\nthe kind Christian gentleman, spending so much of his time and\nmoney in their interest, while always in the breast pocket of\nhis coat is a little dark book, the very counterpart of Ching\u2019s,\ncontaining also the rich man\u2019s passport in time to come, \u201cto\nmansions in the skies.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nRECEIPTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1882.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n  MAINE, $885.25.\n\n    Andover. Mrs. E. P.                                        1.00\n    Augusta. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($30 of\n      which from B. E. Potter to const. FRANK A.\n      LITTLE, L. M.)                                          63.00\n    Biddeford. J. N. A.                                        1.00\n    Blue Hill. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                      1.00\n    Brunswick. Mrs. David Patten.                              5.00\n    Ellsworth. Mrs. L. T. Phelps.                             10.00\n    Falmouth. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. and $1\n      _for Freight, for Wilmington, N.C._                      1.00\n    Farmington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Normal Sch., Wilmington, N.C._                           5.00\n    Limington. Arzella Boothby.                                2.00\n    Machias. Ladies, 3 Bbls. of C. and $2.09 _for\n      Freight, for Wilmington, N.C._                           2.09\n    Newcastle. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      18.00\n    New Gloucester. \u201cFriends,\u201d by Mary K. Lunt,\n      _for Student Aid, Selma, Ala._                          12.00\n    Portland. Ladies Circle and Sab. Sch. of High\n      St. Cong. Ch., Set Furniture _for\n      Wilmington, N.C._\n    Portland. E. G.                                            1.00\n    Skowhegan. Mrs. L. W. Weston.                              5.00\n    South Berwick. Dea. I. P. Yeaton, $10; Hugh\n      and Philip Lewis, $3.                                   13.00\n    South Freeport. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of\n      C. and $3 _for Freight, for Wilmington, N.C._            3.00\n    Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. Of C., and\n      $1.86 _for Freight, for Wilmington N.C._                 1.86\n    Ladies in Maine, by Mary E Smith, Chairman\n      Com., _for support of Lady Missionaries at\n      Wilmington, N.C., and Selma, Ala_.                     670.30\n                                                            -------\n                                                             815.25\n\n    LEGACIES.\n\n    Bangor. Bequest of Miss Maria Thoreau, by Geo.\n      A. Thatcher.                                            50.00\n    Bethel. Estate of Sarah J. Chapman, by A. W.\n      Valentine, Ex.                                          20.00\n                                                            -------\n                                                             885.25\n\n\n  NEW HAMPSHIRE, $429.89.\n\n    Bristol. Mrs. H. M. E.                                     1.00\n    Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               10.00\n    Claremont. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             43.36\n    Colebrook. J. A. H.                                        0.50\n    Concord. South Cong. Ch., by M. P. W., to\n      const. MRS. LOUISA M. WARE GREELEY, L.M.                30.00\n    Dover. Mrs. S. H. Foye, $3; Mrs. Fairbanks,\n      $2, _for Raleigh, N.C._                                  5.00\n    Durham. A. G. W.                                           0.51\n    Epping. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 2.50\n    Exeter. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Mendi M._                         8.00\n    Francestown. A. F.                                         0.50\n    Great Falls. First Cong. Ch., $28.89; Mrs. M.\n      M. W., 50c.                                             29.39\n    Keene. Mrs. J. A. G.                                       0.60\n    Lancaster. H. F. H.                                        1.00\n    Mason. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. and $1\n      _for Freight, for Wilmington, N.C._                      1.00\n    Nashua. G. H.                                              1.00\n    Nashua. Rev. and Mrs. F. D. Austin, $10; Mrs.\n      E. J. Hall, $11, _for Student Aid, Straight\n      U._                                                     21.00\n    Nashua. \u201cFriends,\u201d Set Furniture, val. $40,\n      _for Wilmington, N.C._\n    New Ipswich. J. W. C.                                      0.50\n    Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               49.53\n    South Newmarket. Ladies, 2 Bbls. C., _for\n      Wilmington, N.C._\n    Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               11.50\n    Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson                           10.00\n    Wentworth. Ephraim Cook, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 5.00\n    Wilton. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of\n      C., _for Savannah, Ga._\n                                                            -------\n                                                            $231.89\n\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Nashua. Estate of \u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012                                   198.00\n                                                            -------\n                                                            $429.89\n\n\n  VERMONT, $214.89.\n\n    Burlington. J. P.                                          1.00\n    Cornwall. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 33.30\n    Greensborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         17.00\n    Ludlow. Mrs. L. M.                                         1.00\n    Monkton. Henry Miles                                       5.00\n    Morrisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           15.00\n    Pawlet. A. Flower, _for John Brown Steamer_                2.00\n    Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            46.00\n    Post Mill Village. Mrs. E. J. C. May, Bbl. of\n      C., _for Savannah, Ga._\n    Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    49.17\n    Thetford. P. R.                                            1.00\n    Townshend. Mrs. M. B. Burnap                               5.00\n    Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C.\n      and $1 _for Freight_                                     1.00\n    Wells River. H. D.                                         0.51\n    West Brattleborough. Dea. P. F. Perry                      3.00\n    West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          8.25\n    Wethersfield. Mrs. Edson Chamberlin                       10.00\n    Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             16.66\n\n\n  MASSACHUSETTS, $5,032.83.\n\n    Amherst. \u201cC.\u201d ($10 of which _for John Brown\n      Steamer_)                                               25.00\n    Andover. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of\n      Books, _for Emerson Inst._\n    Andover. West Parish Juv. Miss\u2019y Soc., _for\n      Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   25.00\n    Auburndale. \u201cFriends in Cong. Ch.,\u201d for\n      Student Aid, Fisk U.                                    30.00\n    Beverly. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Washington St.\n      Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta U._\n    Beverly. A. H.                                             0.50\n    Boston. Nancy B. Curtis, $200; B. F.\n      Whittemore, $25; \u201cA. L. M.,\u201d $20; Mrs. Susan\n      Collins, $5; 8 Individuals, $1 each; 6\n      Individuals, 50c. each; E. C. H., 51c.                 261.51\n    Boston. By S. D. Smith, organ, _for Savannah,\n      Ga._                                                   400.00\n    Boston. Woman\u2019s Home Missionary Association,\n      _for Lady Missionaries_                                204.78\n    Boston. Trinity Ch., by Mrs. Hayden, _for\n      Mobile, Ala._                                           20.00\n    Boston. Miss L. P. Auld, _for Student Aid,\n      Normal Sch., Wilmington, N.C._                           4.00\n    Bradford. Ladies, 2 Bbls C. _for Wilmington,\n      N.C._\n    Brookline. \u201cS.A.\u201d                                         20.00\n    Campello. Mrs. A. L.                                       0.51\n    Chelsea. Ladies Union Home Mission Band, 5\n      Bbls. of C., _for Chattanooga, Tenn._, val.\n      $100\n    Cummington. \u201cA few Friends\u201d                                8.00\n    Dunstable. J. S., _for Student Aid, Straight\n      U._                                                      1.00\n    East Bridgewater. C. H.                                    1.00\n    Falmouth. \u2012\u2012 to const. GEO. E. CLARKE L. M.               30.00\n    Fall River. M. E.                                          1.00\n    Fitchburg. W. M. Leathe, _for Student Aid,\n      Fisk U._                                                10.00\n    Framingham. Aux. to Woman\u2019s Home Miss. Assn.,\n      $15; Ladies of Plym. Ch., Box of Bedding,\n      _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                           15.00\n    Framingham. Mrs. F. B. H., 50c.; Mrs. E. E.\n      G., 51c.                                                 1.01\n    Gilbertville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student\n      Aid, Fisk U._                                           50.00\n    Great Barrington. Mrs. L. M. Chapin                        5.00\n    Greenfield. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Student Aid, Atlanta U._                                23.37\n    Greenwich. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. REV. E.\n      P. BLODGETT, L. M.                                      30.00\n    Groton. Miss Elizabeth Farnsworth                         20.00\n    Harwichport. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc.                         10.00\n    Haverhill. Center Ch., Bbl. of C., _for\n      Talladega C._\n    Hingham. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          3.38\n    Holliston. \u201cDistrict No. 4 Bible Christians\u201d              25.00\n    Holliston. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for\n      Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   20.00\n    Housatonic. W. G.                                          0.51\n    Hubbardston. A. G. D., $1; Mrs. A. B., 50c.                1.50\n    Hubbardston. Mrs. E. B. P., $1; \u201cE. C.,\u201d $1.\n      _for John Brown Steamer_                                 2.00\n    Lanesborough. Rev. W. F. Avery                             5.00\n    Lawrence. Sab. Sch. of Lawrence St. Cong. Ch.,\n      _for Student Aid_, Fisk U.                              50.00\n    Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n      $171.30; \u201cA.,\u201d $10                                     181.30\n    Lowell. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              70.00\n    Lowell. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls. of\n      C. and $4.50 _for Freight_; First Cong. Ch.,\n      2 Bbls. of C. _for Wilmington, N.C._                     4.50\n    Lowell. Mrs. M. E. Bartlett, _for Student Aid,\n      Normal Sch., Wilmington, N.C._                           8.00\n    Malden. Rev. W. H. Willcox, D.D. _for Student\n      Aid, Fisk U._                                           50.00\n    Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, $2,550,\n      _for Buildings, Wilmington, N.C._, and $50\n      _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                           2,600.00\n    Marlborough. Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              10.00\n    Medfield. Mary J. Cheney, 2 Bbls. of C., _for\n      Savannah, Ga._\n    Medway. Miss C. P.                                         0.60\n    Middleborough. Mrs. G. H. D.                               1.00\n    Monson. Mrs. G. W. Andrews, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 5.00\n    Newburyport. ANN P. BASSETT, in memory of her\n      sister, and to const. herself L. M.                     30.00\n    Newburyport. J. D., $1; Miss P. N., 50c.; Mrs.\n      J. B., 50c.                                              2.00\n    Northborough. Mrs. H. B. D.                                1.00\n    Paxton. Cong. Ch., by Ella L. Rowell, _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                     10.00\n    Peabody. Prof. J. K. C.                                    1.00\n    Peru. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_.                                               10.00\n    Phillipston. Eva C. Knowlton, Bbl. of C., _for\n      Savannah, Ga._\n    Reading. James M. Carlton, $5; Mrs. S. P. W.,\n      50c.                                                     5.50\n    Rockland. Elijah Shaw to const. MISS NANCY\n      HOLBROOK L. M.                                          35.00\n    Roxbury. Miss S. B. Jones.                                10.00\n    Rutland. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          8.00\n    Salem. Primary Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              12.00\n    Salem. Mrs. P. H. McI.                                     1.00\n    Somerville. Matthew P. Elliot. Box Hats and $2\n      _for Freight, for Atlanta U._                            2.00\n    Somerville. H. B. S.                                       0.50\n    Southbridge. Miss S. R. L.                                 1.00\n    South Hadley. Mt. H. Sem., \u201cA Friend.\u201d                     2.00\n    South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n      $51; Miss Grover\u2019s Sab. Sch. Class, _for\n      Student Aid, Atlanta U._, $12; to const.\n      MRS. LUCY E. REED and MISS CHARLOTTE B.\n      TOWER L. Ms.                                            63.00\n    Springfield. Mrs. J. D. L., $1; G. B. K. $1                2.00\n    Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              25.30\n    Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          8.00\n    Upton. Ladies\u2019 Soc. (ad\u2019l), _for Freight_                  0.30\n    Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         24.41\n    Warwick. A. W.                                             1.00\n    Watertown. \u201cCorban Society,\u201d Phillips Ch.,\n      $18.17, _for Independent Lincoln Temperance\n      Soc., St. Augustine, Fla._, also 3 Bbls. of\n      C., _for Talladega C._                                  18.17\n    Watertown. Mrs. Wm. R.                                     0.60\n    West Boylston. \u201cWilling Workers,\u201d $35 _for\n      Student Aid, Atlanta U._, $25 _for Student\n      Aid, Storrs Sch._, and $10 _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                70.00\n    West Boylston. C. T. W., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 1.00\n    West Dennis. Mrs. S. S. C.                                 1.00\n    West Newton. J. H. P.                                      0.50\n    Winchester. Mrs. N. W. C. H.                               0.50\n    Woburn. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                         2.00\n    Worcester. Central Church, $92.58; Old So. Ch.\n      and Soc. (ad\u2019l), $1; M. F. W., $1                       94.58\n    Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Student Aid, Straight U._                               50.00\n    Worcester. Children, by M. F. W., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                           1.00\n    Worcester. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Central Ch.,\n      2 Bbls. of C., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._\n    \u2012\u2012 Two Bbls. C., _for Talladega C._\n    \u2012\u2012 Bbl. of C., _for Macon, Ga._\n                                                          --\u2012\u2012\u2012----\n                                                          $4,728.83\n\n    LEGACIES.\n\n    Boston. Estate of Rev. Henry B. Hooker, D.D.,\n      in part                                               $200.00\n    Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by\n      Wm. W. Wyman, Ex.                                        4.00\n    Westfield. Estate of DEA. CHARLES A. JESSUP              100.00\n                                                          --\u2012\u2012\u2012----\n                                                          $5,032.83\n\n\n  RHODE ISLAND, $101.77.\n\n    Newport. D. B. Fitts                                       5.00\n    Peace Dale. Rev. O. P. E.                                  1.00\n    Pawtucket. Mrs. H. M. Blodgett                            10.00\n    Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch., $52.29;\n      North Cong. Ch., $28.48; Union Cong. Ch. and\n      Soc. (ad\u2019l) $5                                          85.77\n\n\n  CONNECTICUT, $1,858.53.\n\n    Ansonia. Mrs. J. D., $1; Mrs. M. T., $1; C.\n      C., 50c.                                                 2.50\n    Bridgeport. V. C., 50c.; Mrs. J. E. G. C.,\n      50c.; W. G. L., 50c.                                     1.50\n    Bridgeport. E. B. P. and A. B. P., $1 ea.,\n      _for John Brown Steamer_.                                2.00\n    Bristol. Cong. Ch., _for Mendi M._                       143.79\n    Burnside. Sab. Sch. Class, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 1.00\n    Canton Center. Mrs. S. B. H.                               1.00\n    Chapin. Rev. J. W. S., $1; J. W. C., 51c.                  1.51\n    Chester. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. M. A.\n      HURLBURT and MRS. JABEZ BACKUS L. Ms., $70;\n      Mrs. Sarah H. Watrous, $2                               72.00\n    Chester. Hon. E. C. Hungerford, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          10.00\n    Collinsville. \u2012\u2012, _for Student Aid, Talladega\n      C._                                                     13.50\n    Danbury. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., Box of\n      bedding and $2 _for Freight, for Talladega\n      C._                                                      2.00\n    Darien. Mrs. N. E. G.                                      1.00\n    Danielsonville. J. H. B.                                   0.50\n    Derby. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          12.25\n    East Wallingford. Mrs. Benj. Hall.                         5.00\n    East Woodstock. S. N. and E. L., $1 each                   2.00\n    Ellsworth. Cong. Sab. Sch., bal. _for\n      furnishing room, Talladega C._                          10.00\n    Groton. Mrs. M. E. W.                                      1.00\n    Guilford. Mrs. Sarah Todd, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 5.00\n    Guilford. H. N. D.                                         0.50\n    Hartford. Mrs. E. Hills, $400; \u201cTwo Members\n      Asylum Hill Cong. Ch.,\u201d $40; Mrs. Catherine\n      R. Hillyer, $30, to const., MISS CATHERINE\n      R. HILLYER L. M.; South Cong. Ch., $11.                481.00\n    Hartford. D. H. Wells, _for Tillotson C. and\n      N. Inst._                                               25.00\n    Hartford. Mrs. John Olmstead, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Jewett City. Mrs. E. G. B.                                 1.00\n    Lakeville. Mrs. S. P. Robbins                              5.00\n    Lebanon. W. H.                                             1.00\n    Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                                     20.00\n    Meriden. Center Cong. Ch.                                 23.50\n    Middlefield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          10.00\n    Mill Brook. E. A.                                          1.00\n    Morris. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. WM. L.\n      BURGESS L. M.                                           30.00\n    New Britain. Mrs. A. A.                                    1.00\n    New Hartford. John Richards\u2019 Bible Class,\n      North Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._             22.00\n    New Haven. College St. Cong. Ch., $49.13;\n      Dwight Place Ch., $30; \u201cT.,\u201d $10; Mrs. Eliza\n      A. Prudden, $5; M. N., $1; R. F., $1; Rev.\n      S. W. Barnum, 6 vols. \u201cRomanism as it is\u201d               96.13\n    Norfolk. The Misses Eldridge, $100; R.\n      Battelle, $10; Mrs. Welch, $5, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                         115.00\n    Norfolk. Miss Eldridge, _for Student Aid, Fisk\n      U._                                                     10.00\n    North Guilford. Mrs. Eben F. Dudley                        5.00\n    Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., $133.74; First\n      Cong. Ch., $17.85                                      151.59\n    Saybrook. Mrs. M. L. Whittlesey, Bbl. of C.,\n      _for Savannah, Ga._\n    Seymour. Cong. Ch.                                        14.62\n    South Britain. E. M. A.                                    1.00\n    South Norwalk. Rev. Wm. H. Gilbert                        10.00\n    South Windsor. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Mobile,\n      Ala._                                                   13.00\n    Rockville. Bbl. of C., and $1.59 _for\n      Freight_, by Mrs. A. P. Hammond, _for\n      Raleigh, N.C._                                           1.59\n    Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               23.80\n    Terryville. A. S. Gaylord, _for Student Aid,\n      Fisk U._                                                50.00\n    Terryville. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for ed. of Indians,\n      Hampton N. & A. Inst._                                  26.25\n    Thomaston. Cong. Ch.                                      37.00\n    Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               8.00\n    Wallingford. Rev. E. J. D.                                 1.00\n    Washington. \u201cZ.,\u201d _for Indian M._                          1.00\n    Waterbury. First Cong. Ch.                               300.00\n    West Avon. Cong. Ch.                                       7.00\n    Westbrook. Charles Chapman, 2d, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          10.00\n    Windsor Locks. Mrs. L. P. Dexter                           6.00\n    Winsted. Mrs. Emily W. Case ($10 of which _for\n      Student Aid, Talladega C._)                             11.00\n    Winsted. Mrs. C. S., $1; Cong. Ch., Box S. S.\n      Books                                                    1.00\n    Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                     40.00\n\n\n  NEW YORK, $810.20.\n\n    Albany. Vina S. Knowles                                    5.00\n    Amsterdam. S. L. Bell                                      5.00\n    Amsterdam. Sab. Sch. Class Presb. Ch., _for\n      Ladies\u2019 Island, S.C._                                    2.50\n    Bangor. Cong. Ch.                                         15.24\n    Brentwood. E. F. Richardson, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Brooklyn. Mrs. Lewis Tappan, $10; Rev. E. P.\n      Thwing, $10, and 100 copies \u201cPersian Queen;\u201d\n      Mrs. Rev. Geo. Hollis, $2                               22.00\n    Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. Church of the Pilgrims,\n      _for ed. of Indians, Hampton N. & A. Inst._            200.00\n    Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for\n      Missionaries at Ladies\u2019 Island, S.C., and\n      Fernandina, Fla._                                      150.00\n    Castile. Rev. Jeremiah Porter                             20.50\n    Champion. Box of Books, by Rev. C. W. Fifield.\n    Dryden. Mrs. M. L. K.                                      1.00\n    East Bloomfield. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Peck, _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                      3.00\n    Flushing. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        13.19\n    Franklin. Cong. Ch.                                       38.35\n    Goshen. \u201cFreedmen\u2019s Friend,\u201d $2, and Bundle of\n      C.                                                       2.00\n    Hamilton. Second Cong. Ch.                                17.00\n    Honeoye. Cong. Ch.                                        64.75\n    Jamesport. Rev. T. N. Benedict                            15.00\n    Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch.                                    11.00\n    New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             26.46\n    New York. Rev. H. C. Hayden, D.D., $10; Miss\n      E. Merritt, $10; Dr. A. S. Ball, $5; \u201cA\n      Friend,\u201d $5; Miss M. H., 50c.                           30.50\n    North Walton. Cong. Sab. Sch., $13.24; Cong.\n      Ch. $15.40                                              28.64\n    Oneonta. Mrs. W. McC., $1; Mrs. H. C. S., $1;\n      L. J. S., $1                                             3.00\n    Patchogue. Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C. _for\n      Marion, Ala._\n    Plattsburgh. G. W. Dodds                                   5.00\n    Poughkeepsie. W. C. S.                                     0.50\n    Rome. John B. Jervis                                      25.00\n    Saugerties. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00\n    Troy. Mrs. E. C. S.                                        1.00\n    Union Valley. William C. Angel, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                           2.00\n    Volney. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.                      18.67\n    West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.\n      REV. SAMUEL B. SHERRILL L. M.                           61.90\n    West Camden. N. C.                                         1.00\n    West Camden. E. W. C., _for John Brown Steamer_            1.00\n\n\n  NEW JERSEY, $74.63.\n\n    Elizabeth. Mrs. H. W. P.                                   1.00\n    Jersey City. Sab. Sch. of Tab. Cong. Ch., _for\n      Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   10.00\n    Lyons Farms. Raymond T. Crane, package S. S.\n      Papers.\n    Montclair. Mrs. J. H. A.                                   0.50\n    Morristown. Rev. W. B.                                     1.00\n    Newark. Belleville Ave. Cong. Ch., Samuel\n      Baldwin, deceased, by J. H. Denison                     10.00\n    Newfield. Rev. Charles Willey                             10.00\n    Orange Valley. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Cong.\n      Ch., by Mrs. Austin Adams, Bbl. of Bedding\n      and 50c. _for Freight, for Tillotson C. & N.\n      Inst._; Mrs. A. A., 50c. _for Mag._                      1.00\n    Paterson. Sab. Sch. of Tabernacle Cong. Ch.\n      $15.63; Mrs. C. A. F. 50c.                              16.13\n    Salem. W. G. Tyler                                        25.00\n\n\n  PENNSYLVANIA, $77.00.\n\n    Gibson. \u201cFriends,\u201d $60, to const. DR. AMASA\n      WARD and HENRY R. MACK L. Ms.; L. G., 50c.;\n      Miss B. C., 50c.                                        61.00\n    Hermitage. Mrs. Margaret Stewart, $4; Mrs. E.\n      P., $1                                                   5.00\n    Philadelphia. M. E. M.                                     1.00\n    Prentissvale. Mrs. C. L. Allen, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_.                                         10.00\n\n\n  OHIO, $326.99.\n\n    Barnes. G. McF., $1; A. McF., 50c.                         1.50\n    Burton. Mrs. H. F.                                         0.50\n    Castalia. Mrs. I. W. S.                                    1.00\n    Chardon. Cong. Ch.                                        13.25\n    Chardon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Tougaloo U._                                            10.00\n    Claridon. D. B. L. and O. W., 50c. ea.                     1.00\n    Cleveland. Mrs. H. P. Hickox, $10; Miss B. J.\n      D., 51c.                                                10.51\n    Cleveland. Sab. Sch. of Heights Cong. Ch.,\n      _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                               8.00\n    Columbus. Rev. Benj. Talbot, _for Library,\n      Talladega C._                                           10.00\n    Fostoria. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n      Straight U._                                            20.25\n    Harmar. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student\n      Aid, Talladega C._                                      10.39\n    Lexington. Rev. D. A. S.                                   0.50\n    Lyme. Cong. Ch.                                           16.71\n    Madison. W. H. S.                                          1.00\n    Oberlin. Harris Lewis                                      5.00\n    Oberlin. Miss J. C. Miller, _for Freight, for\n      Talladega C._                                            2.00\n    Painesville. Hon. Reuben Hitchcock, _for\n      Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                                25.00\n    Plain. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student\n      Aid, Straight U._                                        5.38\n    Sharonville. J. H.                                         1.00\n    South Salem. D. S. Pricer, $4.50; Miss M. M.\n      M., 50c.                                                 5.00\n    Strongsville. Elijah Lyman                                10.00\n    Toledo. Mrs. M. A. Harrington                              5.00\n    Toledo. \u201cFriends,\u201d by Miss Parmelee, _for\n      Memphis, Tenn._                                         25.00\n    Toledo. Mrs. Eliza H. Weed ($1.50 of which\n      _for John Brown Steamer_)                                2.00\n    Wakeman. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student\n      Aid, Fisk U._                                           29.75\n    Warren. Emma Ways\u2019 S. S. Class, _for Mobile,\n      Ala._                                                    3.75\n    Weymouth. J. G. Webster, _for Freight_                     3.50\n                                                            \u2012\u2012\u2012----\n                                                            $226.99\n\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Oberlin. Estate of Mary I. Hulburd, by Hiram\n      Hulburd, Ex.                                           100.00\n                                                            \u2012\u2012\u2012----\n                                                            $326.99\n\n\n  ILLINOIS, $312.55.\n\n    Altamont. Miss E. P., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                            1.00\n    Aurora. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for\n      Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   25.00\n    Batavia. Cong. Ch.                                        39.19\n    Batavia. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Byron. I. S. K.                                            1.00\n    Chicago. E. Rathbone, $15; \u201cA Friend,\u201d $5;\n      Mrs. J. H. McArthur, $5; M. C. S., $1; H.\n      B., $1; Mrs. E. F. C., 50c.                             27.50\n    Chicago. Col. C. G. Hammond, _for Student Aid,\n      Fisk U._                                                60.00\n    Chicago. Ladies of U. P. Ch., _for Lady\n      Missionary, Mobile, Ala._                               25.00\n    Crystal Lake. Cong. Ch.                                   10.00\n    Dundee. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student\n      Aid, Fisk U._                                            3.00\n    Elgin. Cong. Ch.                                          10.78\n    Englewood. Mrs. P. I. F.                                   1.00\n    Evanston. Cong. Sab. Sch., Box of Christmas\n      Gifts and $2 _for Mobile, Ala._                          2.00\n    Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ, $43.60; D. W.\n      F., $1                                                  44.60\n    Millington. Mrs. C. J. O. V., $1; Mrs. D. W.\n      J., $1                                                   2.00\n    Paxton. Cong. Ch.                                         18.48\n    Princeville. W. S. Stevens                                 5.00\n    Rockford. B. B.                                            1.00\n    Roseville. Mrs. S. M. Axtell, _for freight for\n      Talladega C._                                            5.00\n    Shabbona. Chas. White (birthday gift)                     10.00\n    Sycamore. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student\n      Aid, Fisk U._                                            7.00\n    Sycamore. Mrs. E. W., A. C. W. and W. H. W.,\n      _for John Brown Steamer_                                 1.00\n    Turner. Mrs. Roxanna Currier                               2.00\n    Wyanet. J. R. P.                                           1.00\n\n\n  MICHIGAN, $1,599.61.\n\n    Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch.                                45.65\n    Armada. First Cong. Ch.                                   34.26\n    Battle Creek. S. A. G., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 1.00\n    Blissfield. W. C.                                          0.50\n    Covert. W. F. C.                                           1.00\n    Detroit. Mrs. C. H. Ladd, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 5.00\n    Galesburgh. P. H. Whitford, $100; Sarah M.\n      Sleeper, $5                                            105.00\n    Grand Rapids. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rev. J. H.\n      H. Sengstacke_                                          70.00\n    Greenville. Mrs. E. P. C.                                  1.00\n    Hudson. A. W. C.                                           0.50\n    Kalamazoo. Mrs. J. A. Kent                                 5.00\n    Morenci. Cong. Sab. Sch., $4; Mrs. L. A. A.,\n      $1, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                      5.00\n    Olivet. Cong. Ch.                                         11.00\n    Owosso. First Cong. Ch. ($20 of which from A.\n      Gould)                                                  35.05\n    Saint Clair. Cong. Ch.                                    15.61\n    Summit. Ladies Missionary Soc., $4.24; Mrs. A.\n      Van S., 50c.                                             4.74\n    Tallman. First Cong. Ch.                                   0.85\n    Union City. \u201cA Friend,\u201d $1,000; Cong. Ch.\n      ($3.50 of which from Andrew Lucas), $157.95;\n      A. L., 50c.                                          1,158.45\n                                                          \u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012----\n                                                          $1,499.61\n\n    LEGACY.\n\n    Kalamazoo. Estate of Sophia Hitchcock, by D.\n      T. Allen, Ex.                                          100.00\n                                                          \u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012----\n                                                          $1,599.61\n\n\n  WISCONSIN, $130.50.\n\n    Baraboo. Mrs. M. C. Tilton                                 2.00\n    Black Earth. Ladies\u2019 Miss\u2019y Soc., _for Lady\n      Missionary_                                              5.00\n    Bristol and Paris. Cong. Chs.                             37.00\n    Caledonia. T. S.                                           1.00\n    Columbus. Ladies\u2019 Miss\u2019y Soc. of Olivet Ch.,\n      _for Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._                   8.00\n    Fond du Lac. Ladies\u2019 Miss\u2019y Soc., _for Lady\n      Missionary, Talladega, Ala._                            10.00\n    Fond du Lac. H. S. M., 50c.; Mrs. H. B., 50c.              1.00\n    Fredonia. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00\n    Madison. Ladies\u2019 Miss\u2019y Soc., _for Lady\n      Missionary, Talladega, Ala._                             5.00\n    Menasha. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               38.50\n    Plattville. Rev. A. P. Johnson, _for Mag._                 3.50\n    Ripon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls. of C.,\n      _for Talladega C._\n    Superior. Mrs. J. W. Gates                                 5.00\n    Tomah. Rev. E. Chalmers Haynes, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                           5.00\n    Watertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Lady\n      Missionary, Talladega, Ala._                             8.00\n\n\n  IOWA, $418.79.\n\n    Anamosa. Mrs. D. McCarn                                    2.00\n    Burlington. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $17.50; Mrs.\n      E. S. Grimes, $20, _for Lady Missionary, New\n      Orleans, La._                                           37.50\n    Clay. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary, New\n      Orleans, La._                                            4.00\n    Clinton. First Cong. Ch.                                  25.00\n    Central City. Ladies\u2019 Miss\u2019y Soc.                         16.00\n    Davenport. Edwards\u2019 Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                          10.00\n    Davenport. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady\n      Missionary, New Orleans, La._                           12.50\n    Des Moines. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 2 Bbls. of C.\n      and Bedding, _for Talladega C._\n    Fayette. H. W. Waterbury                                   3.00\n    Genoa Bluff. Cong. Ch.                                     8.00\n    Green Mountain. REV. HENRY L. CHASE and MRS.\n      HENRY L. CHASE, to const. themselves L. Ms              75.00\n    Grinnell. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              28.49\n    Grinnell. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           20.00\n    Keokuk. Cong. Ch.                                         67.00\n    New Hampton. Mrs. E. F. Powers                             2.50\n    Oskaloosa. Rev. Asa Turner, $10; Mrs. Asa\n      Turner, $10; Mrs. B. F. Northrop, $4, _for\n      Student Aid Tougaloo U._                                24.00\n    Postville. First Cong. Ch.                                11.10\n    Tabor. Dr. J. F. S.                                        0.50\n    Waltham. Wm. Mason                                         5.00\n    Algona. Woman\u2019s Miss\u2019y Soc., $3.45; Cedar\n      Rapids, Woman\u2019s Miss\u2019y Soc., $10, by Mrs. M.\n      G. Phillips, _for Lady Missionary, New\n      Orleans, La._                                           13.45\n    Cresco. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $1.25; Decorah,\n      Ladies of Cong. Ch., $10; Elkader, Mrs. Mary\n      H. Carter, $2; Mrs. H. B. C., $1; Fayette,\n      Ladies of Cong. Ch., $3.75; Lansing, Woman\u2019s\n      Miss. Soc., $3; Marshalltown, Young Ladies\u2019\n      Soc., $5; Monona, Ladies\u2019 Aid Soc., $1;\n      McGregor, Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc., $12; National,\n      Mrs. Dea. Sherman, $2; Ogden, Ladies of\n      Cong. Ch., $1.50; Postville, Ladies of Cong.\n      Ch., $3.75; Traer, Ladies of Cong. Ch.,\n      $6.50, by Mrs. Henry L. Chase, _for Lady\n      Missionary, New Orleans, La._                           53.75\n\n\n  MINNESOTA, $240.32.\n\n    Alexandria. First Cong. Ch., _for Flatonia,\n      Tex._                                                    6.00\n    Campbell. Samuel F. Porter and Mrs. L. H.\n      Porter, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                     100.00\n    Duluth. \u201c* M. *,\u201d _for Student Aid, Talladega\n      C._                                                     10.00\n    Glyndon. S. N. W., _for Emerson Inst._                     1.00\n    Hamilton. Wm. E. Brown, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 2.10\n    Hawley. Adna Colburn, Sr., $10; Adna Colburn,\n      Jr., $10                                                20.00\n    Hawley. M. C., _for John Brown Steamer_                    1.00\n    Marshall. Cong. Ch.                                       19.00\n    Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $30.22; E. J. G.,\n      50c.                                                    30.72\n    Northfield. Rev. H. L. Kendall, _for Teacher,\n      McIntosh, Ga._                                          50.00\n    Saint Paul. Rev. R. H.                                     0.50\n\n\n  KANSAS, $24.35.\n\n    Grant. Mrs. S. D. Peirce                                  10.00\n    Manhattan. Sab. Ch. of First Cong. Ch.                    14.35\n\n\n  NEBRASKA, $32.13.\n\n    Exeter. Woman\u2019s Miss\u2019y Soc.                               15.00\n    Indianola. Rev. Amos Dresser, _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                10.00\n    Knox County. First Cong. Ch., _for John Brown\n      Steamer_                                                 5.13\n    Wayland. Sarah P. Locke                                    2.00\n\n\n  UTAH TER., $2.\n\n    White Rocks. Miss Eliza C. Ayer                            2.00\n\n\n  COLORADO, $42.\n\n    Colorado Springs. Young People\u2019s Mission\n      Circle, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                 41.00\n    Evans. Mrs. A. L. V., _for John Brown Steamer_             1.00\n\n\n  WASHINGTON TER., $4.\n\n    Olympia. First Cong. Ch.                                   4.00\n\n\n  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $10.\n\n    Washington. Instructors and Students in Howard\n      University, _for John Brown Steamer_                    10.00\n\n\n  MARYLAND, $100.\n\n    Baltimore. T. D. Anderson                                100.00\n\n\n  KENTUCKY, $13.01.\n\n    Ashland. Hugh Means                                       10.00\n    Berea. Sab. Sch. of Ch. of Christ, _for John\n      Brown Steamer_                                           3.01\n\n\n  VIRGINIA, $2.10.\n\n    Elm Grove. Mrs. B. D. A., $1; C. P. A., $1;\n      Emma Herbst, 10c. _for John Brown Steamer_               2.10\n\n\n  TENNESSEE, $514.98.\n\n    Cave Spring. Students of Milligan College,\n      _for Mendi M._                                           2.00\n    Green Brier. Miss S. E. T.                                 0.51\n    Grassy Cove. Rev. J. S.                                    1.00\n    Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition                          202.50\n    Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition                      308.95\n\n\n  NORTH CAROLINA, $200.51.\n\n    McLeansville. M. A. McL.                                   0.51\n    Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition                         195.00\n    Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                      5.00\n\n\n  SOUTH CAROLINA, $315.90.\n\n    Charleston. Avery Institute, Tuition                     292.65\n    Charleston. Cong. Ch.                                     20.00\n    Greenwood. Tuition                                         3.25\n\n\n  GEORGIA, $1,148.73.\n\n    Atlanta. Atlanta University, Tuition, $278.63;\n      Rent, $4                                               282.63\n    Atlanta. Storr\u2019s School, Tuition, $435.60;\n      Rent, $6                                               441.60\n    Atlanta. Cong. Ch.                                       120.00\n    Savannah. Beach Institute, Tuition, $142.95;\n      Rent, $11.90                                           154.85\n    Savannah. Cong. Ch.                                       40.00\n    McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition                     18.20\n    Macon. Lewis High School, Tuition                         86.45\n    Macon. Cong. Ch.                                           5.00\n\n\n  ALABAMA, $569.78.\n\n    Anniston. Tuition                                          2.50\n    Florence. Cong. Ch.                                        2.33\n    Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition                           204.10\n    Mobile. Cong. Ch.                                         10.00\n    Mobile. Cong. Ch., $1; Lulu A. C. $1, _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                      2.00\n    Montgomery. Public Fund                                  175.00\n    Montgomery. M. Blanche Curtis, _for Student\n      Aid, Atlanta U._                                         9.00\n    Talladega. Talladega College, Tuition                    163.75\n    Talladega. \u201cThe Strivers,\u201d Talladega C. _for\n      Mendi M._                                                1.10\n\n\n  LOUISIANA, $164.50.\n\n    New Orleans. Straight University, Tuition                164.50\n\n\n  MISSISSIPPI, $142.95.\n\n    Tougaloo. Tougaloo University, Tuition,\n      $117.45; Rent $15                                      132.45\n    Tougaloo. Cong. Ch., _for John Brown Steamer_             10.00\n    Jackson. W. L.                                             0.50\n\n\n  TEXAS, $176.00.\n\n    Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Tuition                 173.00\n    Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for\n      John Brown Steamer_                                      2.40\n    Whitman. Mrs. I. H.                                        0.60\n\n\n  CALIFORNIA, $10.00.\n\n    Santa Cruz. Pliny Fay                                     10.00\n\n\n  INCOME FUND, $140.00.\n\n    C. F. Dike Fund                                           87.50\n    Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._                           35.00\n    Theological Endowment Fund, _for Howard U._               17.50\n\n\n  CANADA, 50c.\n\n    Guelph. S. H.                                              0.50\n\n\n  ENGLAND, $25.41.\n\n    Congregational Union, \u00a35 5s.                              25.41\n                                                          \u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012----\n          Total                                           16,152.58\n    Total from Oct. 1st to Feb. 28th                    $100,045.97\n\n\n  FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.\n\n    Derby, Conn. First Cong. Ch.                              19.25\n    Hartford, Conn. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch.                     19.50\n    Norfolk, Conn. \u201cFriends in Cong. Ch.\u201d                     24.00\n    Southington, Conn. Coll. Union Meeting, First\n      Cong. Ch.                                               20.19\n    Arthington Mission Fund, Income                          337.65\n    London, Eng. Freedman\u2019s Missions Aid Soc., \u00a3300        1,458.00\n                                                          \u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012----\n                                                           1,878.59\n    Previously ack. in Jan. receipts                         313.14\n                                                          \u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012\u2012----\n          Total                                           $2,191.73\n\n                                   H. W. 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The Distiller\u2019s Daughter and other stories            .75\n  115. Greyledge: an original book                          1.25\n  116. Rachel Noble\u2019s Experience                             .90\n  117. Doing and Dreaming                                   1.25\n  118. Mother Herring\u2019s Chicken                             1.00\n  119. Brought Home                                          .75\n  120. Our Poll and other stories                            .75\n  121. Rachel and the S. C.                                 1.25\n  122. Cobwebs and Cables                                   1.00\n  123. Fearndale                                            1.00\n  124. David\u2019s Little Lad                                   1.00\n  125. Alec Green                                           1.00\n  126. Buy Your Own Cherries and other stories               .75\n  127. Grandmother Dear                                     1.00\n  128. Jennie\u2019s Geranium; Lost in the Snow                  1.00\n  129. The Brewer\u2019s Family                                   .90\n  130. Sidney Grey                                          1.00\n  131. Froggie\u2019s Little Brother                             1.25\n  132. Jessie\u2019s Struggles                                   1.00\n  133. Dot and her Treasures                                1.00\n  134. Jessie Dyson, John Worth                             1.00\n  135. Faith Hayne                                          1.00\n  136. Scamp and I                                          1.25\n  137. Caleb Deane\u2019s Clock                                  1.00\n  138. Black Bob. Scrub, the Workhouse Boy                  1.00\n  139. Millerton People                                     1.25\n  140. Duties and Duties                                    1.25\n  141. The Curse of Telfourd                                1.25\n  142. The Scathed and the Saved                            1.25\n  143. Castle Williams                                      1.25\n  144. Ruth and Her Friends                                 1.00\n  145. Old Bill\u2019s Good Angel                                 .75\n  146. Mabel\u2019s Experience                                   1.00\n  147. The Cousins                                          1.25\n  148. Under the Curse of the Cup                           1.25\n  149. Bunyan\u2019s Pilgrim\u2019s Progress                          1.50\n  150. Louis\u2019 School Days                                   1.50\n  151. Blossom and Blight                                   1.00\n  152. A Candle Lighted by the Lord                         1.00\n  153. Bruey, a Little Worker for Christ                    1.00\n  154. History of a Shilling, Toil and Trust                 .75\n  155. Wee Donald, Chips                                    1.00\n  156. 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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_\u2012In 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.\u2012_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.;\nAtlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans,\nLa., and Austin, Tex.\u20128. _Graded or Normal Schools_: Wilmington,\nN.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;\nMontgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.\u201211. _Other\nSchools_, 35. Total, 54.\n\nTEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.\u2012Among the Freedmen, 319;\namong the Chinese, 28; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total,\n369. STUDENTS.\u2012In 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\u2012a 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\nObvious printer\u2019s punctuation errors and omissions were corrected.\nInconsistent hyphenation was retained due to the multiplicity of\nauthors. Period spellings were retained.","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 36, No. 4, April, 1882","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":20217}