Chapter II: Part 2

“Well, it won’t hurt them if they don’t see the shady side,” I say to myself again.

“Yes, but am I _truthful_ in the matter?” I reply, and so even conscience puts me up to make a gentle growl. There is nothing very bad to growl about; no more probably than I need; far less than I deserve; but there is something, almost always, on which if one allowed himself to brood, he could soon get up steam to scold hard. And I am not thinking just here of the greater trials of our work, as when some riotous outburst of anti-Chinese prejudice sends these people at sunset to their several retreats, and seems, for the time, to knock our schools prostrate; nor of the sore trials from false brethren among our Chinese Christians—starting discords in the little flocks—or by their vile conduct bringing reproach on the Gospel that they have proclaimed. Those things, I am grateful to say, belong to years past; and, besides, we don’t growl at the great trials—it is the comparatively little things that put us in a scolding mood.

For instance: here is a teacher who has done well—been faithful, skilful and successful; has won the intense affection—almost the reverence of her pupils. But her heart is young, and somebody else’s heart is young also, and these two have grown together, till, in an hour of general congratulation, their hands are joined, and they start off upon life’s journey no longer twain. Then the same zeal, the same concentration of interest and effort which made her so successful a teacher, is developed touching home cares and a husband’s comfort; and weeks grow to months and months to years, and her face is not seen, even for an hour, in the school-room where she served so well. She did not mean it so to be; but so it was, and the shrewd heathen Chinese, that was almost persuaded in view of her zeal and self-denial to become a Christian, thinks now that he sees through it all: “Good pay, good teach; no pay, no teach.”

Here is another teacher who took up the work with zeal and loved it—so she said and so she thought; better and better the longer she wrought. But she is cumbered with much serving all day long, and brings a weak flesh, and, consequently, a not very willing spirit to her evening’s service at the mission. The pupils note it. It is indeed unmistakable, for the head nods and the eyes close, time and again, before the last school hour is half expired. They don’t like to burden her, and one by one they drop out of the school. The Superintendent intervenes as gently as he can; but he finds that it is very difficult to dismiss a teacher and not lose a friend.

Here is a field where the opportunity is evidently large, and the gate to it seems wide open. You enter it hopefully. Plans seem to form themselves almost without your thinking. Arrangements are made and the work begins. Then it appears the arrangements were _not_ made; that you “reckoned without your host;” his plans and yours do not exactly dovetail, and in this case a miss is as good, and as ill, as a mile. Delays ensue; disappointment and failure seem inevitable. The very elements seem to have conspired against you. And yet that opportunity must not be lost, for there are golden harvests possible in that wide-open field, and, somehow, you must reap them.

It is getting past the middle of your fiscal year. We have tried hard to make one dollar do the work of two, and yet the appropriation is well nigh exhausted. Contributions come in slowly. The churches, you fancy, have forgotten this work; or, possibly they dare not propose it among their charities. You sally forth, subscription book in hand. You take the easy ones first, the men that you “_know_” will give. But they respond to your “know” with a different “No.” and you draw back to your retirement, you enter into your closet, and learn to go forth the next time in the use of a coinage and a wisdom not your own and prayer, or the prayer-hearing Master, pulls you through, so that when the year ends the year’s bills are all paid and you take a fresh start for the next twelve-months’ campaign.

But a truce to all this. Who expects to make a voyage and encounter no storms? Who can hope to win a battle without finding that there are blows to take as well as blows to give? Our Master never promised us that just now the currents should float in either to the fulfilment of our task or the attainment of a full salvation; but forewarning us that in the world we should have great trials and tribulation, he adds, “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

I conclude with this little extract from a letter just received from a new helper, Jue Lee, whom we have sent to Oroville: “Now the school is here first-rate getting on. We have almost thirty scholars every night, but Mr. Ostrom, [Pastor of the church, W. C. P.], read the Bible also. I explain China to them. Now I hope God open their ears to hear; find out this true light soon, and come to worship same God. But Christ is a faithful Saviour, and will not forsake those who put their trust in Him. But I, at first, dislike here; it seem everything so strange to me. Now that I remember what the Bible says: ‘But the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head’ [I am content]. Now I hope God give me power to preach and soon they will be all converted.”

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WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

Room 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston.

MISS NATHALIE LORD, _Secretary_. MISS ABBY W. PEARSON, _Treasurer_.

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MONTHLY REPORT.

This Association has now become a corporate body. A meeting of the Association to complete the business of incorporation by adopting the Charter and By-Laws, was held in the chapel of Mt. Vernon church, on March 30. In spite of the stormy weather the meeting was a large one. Upon a motion to adopt the Charter, the opposition (to the so-called “restriction” policy) at once offered an amendment, to postpone the whole matter of incorporation for a few weeks. A lively and somewhat lengthy discussion followed, which resulted in the loss of the amendment and the adoption of the Charter by a large majority. The debate was renewed over the obnoxious “9th Article,” and an amendment to strike out the word “Home,” as defining the work of auxiliaries, was proposed; but this was lost by a vote of 87 to 30, and the original Article adopted by a vote of 97 to 15.

The Association feel that they have reason to rejoice, not only in the result, but in the whole course of the meeting. It was evident that the opposition steadily lost ground, while the sentiment that the policy of the Association thus far has been a wise and fitting one, made a constant gain. We hope and believe that this is an omen of the increasing good-will and confidence of Christian people towards the Association. While we are thankful for the steady growth of interest and the expressions of that interest in material aid, we pray and long always for more; and we beg that none of the friends of the work will remit, or intermit their interest, but that they will rather redouble their efforts as they see how the field opens before us, and how good a thing it is to help our neighbors in this way, and to serve our country and God.

We give an extract or two from a letter lately received from Miss Carter, at Nashville, telling us something of how she has used the contents of her last barrel, and of the working of her sewing-school.

“Wednesday evening,” she writes, “I had a reception in my room. The guests were dirty, ragged, pitiful boys; some of them can read, some cannot, but all of them are spell-bound by the wonderful stories of _St. Nicholas_ and _The Youth’s Companion_. If the children who sent these papers and magazines sacrificed anything in so doing, may they be blessed for it; they would be could they see the happy, wondering faces of the children, who almost reverently turn the pages and spell out the stories.” * * * “I wish it were possible for you to come into my sewing-school of a Tuesday evening. At two o’clock the girls assemble—noisy, rough girls,—racing and laughing they burst into the room where I wait for them: a room where a family of father, mother and five children live, one of many, in some old barracks that were used in the war. We begin with reading of Scripture and a short prayer, and sometimes the girls sing with their rich, full voices; then we are all ready for the work, which is sometimes sewing, sometimes cutting. There is a great deal of commendable rivalry among the girls as to which shall sew best and fastest, so their tongues run fast until I silence them with a proposal to read or tell a story. They are deeply interested in ‘Pilgrim’s Progress,’ and beside we are having ten minute talks on Physiology, and the care of the body. The immorality among the women and young girls is something to make one’s heart ache, and my daily prayer is that I may do something to turn them to better, purer lives.

“When a garment is finished, the maker buys it for a trifling sum, within the means of the poorest. My other school meets Thursdays, in a school-house, and is conducted on nearly the same plan.

“Pure hearted Northern girls, with homes where every comfort and luxury abound, you cannot picture to yourselves the poverty and degradation of some of these homes where I go daily. Perhaps you read Dickens and Thackeray with moist eyes, and then, laying aside the book, comfort yourselves with the thought, ‘Well, after all there is no Nancy or Bill Sykes. There was never any one so miserable as ‘little Nell’ or ‘poor Jo;’ never any such frightful creature as one of these great hearts has wept over and the other has laughed over.’ But believe me, there _are_ just such; no novelist’s pen has ever colored too highly possible poverty and degradation. What would you say, or rather what would you _do_, were you to enter a cabin where I have been many times? The first time I ever saw —— she was standing in her door-way on a snowy, cold day, _her only article of clothing a calico wrapper_. Within, the one room was as cheerless as a place well could be. In one corner stood a bedstead with only a dirty husk bed on it, in another, a table; there were two chairs, neither boasting a seat; on the table were a few broken dishes, and this list enumerates all there was in the room, absolutely _all_. This woman lives with a man many years older than she; he is a brute, and in his drunken passions beats her; she with one paralyzed and utterly powerless arm can do nothing to defend herself. Perhaps it is no wonder if she too, drinks at times, to forget her misery, yet no amount of persuasion or entreaty will induce her to separate from this man.

“How can other girls and women be saved? Certainly not by the efforts of one woman working single-handed among them, not by the efforts of many such, perhaps; yet possibly by the earnest prayers of pure hearts, that send help while they still pray.”

Receipts of the Association from March 1 to March 28, 1881:

From Auxiliaries $377.63
Donations 90.95
Life Members 245.00
Annual Members 33.00
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$746.58

DONATIONS.

Through Cong. Pub. Society, from Hoosac S. S., Hymn books, papers, &c., for Miss Julia A. Wilson, Baxter Springs, Kansas, $15.88.

Bible Society, New York, 60 Bibles for Mrs. Amelia S. Steele, Almeda, S.C., $24.

From Park St. S. S., Boston, for land for church, to Mrs. A. S. Steele, Almeda, $30. From friends, for Mrs. Steele, new clothing, etc., $25.

Barrel valued at $37, sent to Mrs. Steele, from Ladies’ Benevolent Society, Piedmont Church, Worcester, Mass.

Two cases, valued at $100 each, to Western Missionaries, from Shawmut Av. Church, Boston.

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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CLAUDIE’S COLOR LINE.

MISS MARY L. SAWYER.

“I never, _never_ can bring myself to do it, Auntie; I know I never can!” and Claudie’s blue eyes grew so very cloudy that Auntie thought the rain drops would surely fall.

“Very well, my darling, you may do as you please,” she said, cheerily; “but now run out into the sunshine, for I shall be very busy this morning and you must amuse yourself.”

That did not seem a hard thing to the little girl, as she wanted to explore the new home into which she had come for the first time the night before. How strange everything looked; the blue mountains in the distance, the cotton fields where women were picking the white balls into baskets, the little log cabins with their queer mud chimneys, and the mules shaking their long ears as they drew the great wagons piled high with snowy cotton bales along the road to town. From the open window of the great brick building opposite she could hear the hum of voices, for this was a colored college, and Claudie’s uncle was one of its Professors. Her mamma had gone to Heaven a little time before, and this was why she was playing alone in the Southern sunshine at Auntie Faith’s home.

But why was she alone? Out under the cedar trees were Pink and Chloe and little Midge “playing supper” with persimmons and chincapins, and breaking out now and then into song as naturally as the mocking-birds themselves. They had viewed Claudie from afar with round, admiring eyes, reserved the biggest chincapins for her use, and Pink had even ventured to say “Howdy?” but the little stranger stood aloof. Not a cross word or a naughty one had any of the children spoken, and they looked as clean and neat as Claudie herself would have looked had she been eating very ripe persimmons as freely as they. Pink’s black eyes were as full of fun and sparkle as Claudie’s blue ones, and her face as bright, and yet playing with these children was the very thing Claudie had said she could never, never do!

I really don’t like to tell you her reason, she would be so ashamed of it now. It was just because their merry little faces were colored _black_ instead of _white_!

Now Claudie would never have been so foolish if she had not heard some grown-up people talking after this fashion just before she left the North:

“I really don’t see how dear Mrs. Faith, with her refined tastes, can _live_ among the blacks,” said one.

“Think of eating at the same table, and actually touching them! It fairly makes me shiver,” echoed another, who sat with one arm around a big Newfoundland dog while she fed him with candy.

And after Mrs. Faith, with tears in her eyes, had told the story of her work and described her love and respect for her colored friends, another lady smilingly said:

“I have enjoyed your talk _so_ much, Mrs. Faith; but I don’t envy you in the least. I know I couldn’t _endure_ the negroes.”

Claudie was not old enough to understand that people who talk in this way are not the best or the wisest or the most refined people, and so their words influenced her. She was a very sociable little body, however, and playing alone soon grew dull. It was hot on the veranda, and, too, indeed, that shady nook under the cedars seemed the only cool spot in the yard just then, and how cunning little Midge did look!

“No second-class on board the train,
No difference in the fare,”

piped Pink, gleefully, as she set her table with gouber shells for plates.

Claudie started. Why, Auntie sung that song once, and she said it meant that Jesus and the angels loved black people just as well as white ones, and thought them quite as beautiful. How funny to forget that! If the little angels would be willing to play with colored children of course she could, and then those persimmons were vanishing _so_ fast!

The next minute a little white-robed maiden was flying through the rose-garden toward the cedars.

“Oh, Pink!” she cried, breathlessly, “I never ate a persimmon in all my life.”

“We is saving some for you,” answered Pink, as graciously as if her polite advances had been received at first, “an’ Chloe got some ‘simmon bread an’ Midge brought some goubers.”

What these new delights were Claudie had no idea, and the children’s tongues ran faster than ever as they explained. After the feast came an exploring trip, and under Pink’s guidance the yard and the adjoining field proved a perfect storehouse of treasures.

“’Clare, I done forgot,” she cried, suddenly producing a long necklace of chincapins, and presenting it shyly to Claudie; “I made it on purpose for you.”

“Oh, you splendid Pink!” cried Claudie; “you are the very nicest little girl I know!” and throwing her arms around her new friend’s neck she kissed her rapturously.

Then of course they must play house, with Claudie as the well-dressed mamma, and then came school and church and everything else they could think of, till at last, tired out with play, they threw themselves down in the shade to tell stories.

“I wonder if Heaven is over yonder by the mountains,” said Claudie, dreamily; “my mamma is in Heaven, and she has a beautiful white robe, and a golden crown and a harp!”

“An’ my mamma is in Hebben, too, an’ she wears a collarette,” chimed in Chloe with much importance; “but Hebben isn’t on the mountains; it’s in England!”

Claudie had just opened her mouth to dispute this remarkable statement, when Pink took up the argument:

“Chloe doesn’t know nuffin ’bout it,” she laughed. “She just thinks that ’cause cousin Emma went to England in a big ship with a heap of colored people to sing, an’ she said ev’rybody was so good it seemed just like Heaven, and nobody seemed to notice that they weren’t as white as anybody, an’ she saw the queen, an’ she went to dinner with white folks in splendid big houses, an’ a white gen’leman took her out to dinner hisself, an’ treated her ’zactly like a white lady; an’ she says, ‘’magine me in Washington an’ Gene’l Sherman taking me out to dinner!’”

Pink stopped breathless.

“But she did say it were sure ’nuff Hebben dere! You didn’t tell it all, Pink Symond,” persisted Chloe, indignantly.

“Yes,” said Pink, more soberly, “she _did_ say that when they came home an’ she had to ride in smoking cars, an’ couldn’t go to table with white folks at hotels, an’ was treated just like we all are, she thought England must be Heaven sure enough, ’cause everybody says this is the freest country outside of Heaven!”

Just then this theological discussion was ended by the sound of the dinner-bells, and Pink and Claudie, with arms lovingly around each other, walked slowly toward the house.

“Of such is the kingdom of Heaven,” murmured Uncle Faith as he watched them from his study window, and the tired look on his face faded away and something came instead that made Claudie say wonderingly—

“Oh, Uncle Faith, you look like—like the apostle John!”

“I think Pink is perfectly beautiful, Auntie,” whispered Claudie at her bedtime talk that night, “and I do wish those ladies at home could see her. You know, Auntie”—the fair face flushing—“I was so ignorant ’bout the colored people this morning, and I didn’t know any better, and I s’pose that’s just the way with those ladies. Isn’t there some way we could tell them, Auntie, that the colored people are just like us, and that they don’t seem so very colored after all?”

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RECEIPTS

FOR MARCH, 1881.

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MAINE, $131.43.

Augusta. South Cong. Soc., ($30 of which from
BARRETT E. POTTER, to const. DEA. GEO. F.
HAWES, L. M.) $51; Mrs. A. M. C., 50c.; Mrs.
D. A. F., 50c. $52.00
Farmington. H. P. K., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 1.00
Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.40
Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Hermon. Mrs. M. A. Peabody 1.00
Hiram. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. L. W.
Hubbard, Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._,
$2.50 _for freight_ 2.50
Kennebunk. Union Cong. Ch. 15.53
Machias. Centre St. Ch. and Soc. 14.50
Sweden. Members Cong. Ch. 5.00
Windham. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Windham Centre. J. T., 50c.; Mrs. B. F. D., 50c 1.00
Woolwich. J. C. S. 0.50
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$111.43
LEGACY.

Bethel. Estate of Sarah J. Chapman, by A. W.
Valentine, Ex. 20.00
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$131.43

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $306.42.

Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.86
Colebrook. J. A. H. 0.50
Dover. E. J. L. 1.00
Exeter. Three Bbls. of C., _for Talladega,
Ala._
Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.98
Fisherville. Rev. A. Wm. Fiske, $30, to const.
MRS. A. W. FISKE, L. M.; MRS. MARY C.
ATKINSON, $30, to const. herself L. M. 60.00
Fitzwilliam. Dea. R. B. Phillips, $5; H. H. W.
60c. 5.60
Francestown. R. G. C. 0.50
Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 26.23
Haverhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.32
Hillsborough Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$4.30; H. O. C., $1 5.30
Hollis. Cong. Ch. (89c. of which _for Woman’s
work for Women_) 26.78
Laconia. “Friends,” Box of C., _for
Washington, D.C._
Lancaster. Mrs. A. M. Amsden 5.00
Littleton. Mrs. B. W. K. 1.00
Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc., adl. to const. DEA.
SAMUEL F. BALL, L. M. 10.80
Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $57.33, to
const. DEA. LEONARD FRENCH, L. M.;
“Pillsbury,” $5 62.33
Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.59
Mason. E. B. Newell 2.00
New Boston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.73
Orford. David E. Willard 5.00
Troy. M. W. W. 0.60
Wolfborough. —— 5.00

VERMONT, $289.61.

Barre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.06
Bethel. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.26
Burlington. “A Friend” 1.00
Castleton. Cong. Ch and Soc. 32.00
Clarendon. Mrs. A. Smith 5.00
East Poultney. J. M. 0.50
Essex Junction. Elizabeth T. Macomber 2.00
Greensborough. Mrs. L. S. Patton 5.00
Hubbardton. Mrs D. J. Flagg, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 2.00
Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.14
North Ferrisburgh. MRS. C. W. WICKER, to
const. herself L. M. 30.00
Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.75
Norwich. Mrs. H. Burton 5.00
Quechee. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. JOSEPH
C. PARKER, L. M. 26.50
Royalton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 21.75
Saint Albans. Dea. H. M. Stevens, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00
Shelburne. “A Friend,” _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00
Strafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Wallingford. Cong. Ch., by Miss L. A. Kelley,
Bbl. of C. and $1 _for freight, for
Tougaloo, Miss._ 1.00
West Charleston. Rev. W. T. Herrick, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 8.65
—— “A Friend” 10.00
—— “A Friend” 10.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,458.38.

Abington. S. L. 0.50
Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.15
Amesbury. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for
Washington, D.C._
Andover. C. E. Goodell, $25; A Friend, $5 30.00
Andover. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00
Andover. “A Friend,” _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
Arlington. Cong. Church and Soc. 25.00
Ashburnham. Fa r of Children’s Circle of Cong.
Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 45.70
Ashfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.50
Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 3.50
Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00
Athol. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. ANDREW J.
HAMILTON and ELBRIDGE E. SPAULDING, L. M.’s 75.00
Barre. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Cong. Ch. 14.03
Berlin. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Boston. Old South Cong. Church and Soc.,
$672.24; “A Friend,” $1.50 673.74
Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Association,
Abbie W. Pearson, Treas., $150.40, _for Lady
Missionaries_; Individuals, _for Mag._, $2 152.40
Boston. Mrs. M. E. Hayden, 2 Boxes of
Articles, _for Fair at Emerson Inst._
Boston Highlands. Miss E. Torrey’s Sab. Sch.
Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00
Boston Highlands. Eliot Dorcas Soc., Bbl.
Bedding and C., _for Fisk U._
Bradford. Elijah Bradstreet, _for Fisk U._ 10.00
Bridgewater. Sab. Sch. of Cent. Sq. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Brockton. Mrs. B. Sanford, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
Brockton. Mrs. L. C. Sanford, Bbl. of C.
Brookline. “A Friend” 50.00
Buckland. “A Friend” 5.00
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 9.66
Charlton. Bbl. of C. and $1 _for freight_, by
Mrs. H. M. Fiske, _for Kansas Refugee M._ 1.00
Chelsea. “E. G.” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Dalton. First Cong. Ch. 33.98
Danvers. Miss C. W. L. 0.50
Dedham. Miss M. C. Burgess, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 100.00
Dorchester. “A Friend of the Freedmen,” $5; C.
E. B., $1; Mrs. E. T., 50c.; Mrs. M. J. B.,
50c. 7.00
Dracut. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Easton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.75
Fitchburg. H. M. F. 0.50
Foxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.56
Franklin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 15.25
Framingham. Mrs. J. W. C., 50c.; Mrs. F. B.
H., 50c. 1.00
Georgetown. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.82
Greenfield. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Hampshire Co. “A Friend” 100.00
Harwichport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 6.00
Hatchville. Mrs. V. N.H. 1.00
Heath. Mrs. W. E. Hunt, _for Macon, Ga._ 2.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 105.00
Hopkinton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.
_for Mobile, Ala._
Hubbardston. “A Friend,” _for Kansas Refugee
M._ 2.00
Linden. “A little boy,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 0.25
Littleton. Mrs. Wm. Sewall, _for the poor,
Mobile, Ala._ 4.00
Lowell. Edwin Lamson, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 2.00
Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.25
Marblehead. J. J. H. Gregory, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 65.00
Marion. Ladies’ Missionary Soc. 5.00
Millbury. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _Bbl. of
bedding, for Atlanta U._
Monson. Mrs. C. O. Chapin and her S. S. Class,
_for ed. of an Indian boy, Hampton N. and A.
Inst._ 10.00
Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00
Newburyport. Freedmen’s Aid Soc., Bbl. of C.,
_for Washington, D.C._
Newton. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Northampton. “A Friend,” to const. MISS
HARRIET S. BILLINGS and MRS. ELIZABETH MEAD,
L. M.’s 100.00
Northampton. First Cong. Ch., _for ed. of an
Indian, Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 50.00
Northampton. “A Friend,” _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. 11.00
North Somerville. “A Friend” 1.00
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Oxford. Mrs. Edward Bardwell, $5; Mrs. D.
Payne, $5; _for the poor, Mobile, Ala._ 10.00
Peabody. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., by Mrs.
Sperry, 2 Bbls. of Bedding, _for Atlanta U._
Peru. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00
Roxbury. “A Friend,” _for the poor, Mobile,
Ala._ 15.00
Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.00
Salem. Sab. Sch. of South Soc., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 70.00
Salisbury and Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch. and
Soc. 10.00
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Southborough. P. E. Ch. and Soc. 23.16
South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $25; Mrs.
M. C. Tilton, $2 27.00
South Framingham. G. M. Amsden 5.00
South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00
Springfield. “M.,” _for rebuilding, Tougaloo,
Miss._ 100.00
Springfield. Homer Merriam, to const. RUTH E.
CLIZBIE, L. M. 30.00
Springfield. T. S. S. 0.50
South Royalston. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Stockbridge. Alice Byington, _for Ind. Sch.,
McIntosh, Ga._ 5.00
Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.64
Tewksbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls. of C.
and $3 _for freight, for Talladega C._ 3.00
Upton. “Friends,” Bbl. of C., _for Washington,
D.C._
Ware. East Cong. Ch. and Soc., $410.90; First
Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35.60 446.50
Warren. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. CHARLES F.
PIERCE, L. M. 65.18
Watertown. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for Talladega,
Ala._
Westborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $95.03;
Sab. Sch. of Evan. Cong. Ch., $50 145.03
Westhampton. Miss H. F. C. 1.00
West Medway. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Westminster. Bbl. of C. val. $45, by Mrs. J.
B. Wood; Mrs. H. G. Whitney, $2 _for freight_ 2.00
Westport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 3.54
Weymouth and Braintree. Union Cong. Ch. 23.79
Wilmington. Mrs. Susan Bancroft 6.00
Winchester. “A Friend” 1.00
Woburn. E. F. F. 1.00
Worcester. Minnie A. Winter 5.00
Worcester. Washburn & Moen, 1142 lbs. of
Galvanized Barb Fencing, _3 miles of fencing
for Winsted Lawn, Talladega, Miss._
—— “A Friend,” to const. MRS. SUSAN M. SPRAGUE
and MRS. LYDIA S. SPRAGUE, L. M’s. 60.00
—— “A Friend” 10.00
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$3,308.38
LEGACY.

Northfield. Estate of Mrs. Amanda Field, by T.
J. Field, Adm. 150.00
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$3,458.38

RHODE ISLAND, $526.52.

Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch., $426.02;
Rev. A. H. M., 50c. 426.52
Providence. A. D. Lockwood, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 100.00
Providence. Central Ch., one Bbl. and two
Boxes of C. _for Washington, D.C._

CONNECTICUT, $3,244.01.

Ashford. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Bethlehem. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.15
Branford. H. G. H. 1.00
Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch. 93.81
Collinsville. Mrs. Chidsey, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 5.00
Derby. First Cong. Ch. 17.50
East Hartford. First Cong. Ch. ($10 of which
from Abraham Williams), _for Kansas Refugee
M._ 20.00
East Hartland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.55
Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 100.00
Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch., to const.
CHARLES N. HUBBARD, L. M. 37.10
Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.00
Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Hartford. Mrs. Polly Johnson, _for Mendi M._ 1.50
Hartford. Mrs. John Olmsted, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00
Harwinton. Cong. Ch. 44.80
Hebron. L. W. R. 1.00
Lebanon. Ladies’ Social Soc. of First Cong.
Ch., Bbl. of C.
Litchfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Manchester. First Cong. Ch., Box dried fruit,
_for Tougaloo, Miss._
Meriden. Edmund Tuttle, to const. MISS MARY A.
RICE, L. M. 30.00
Milldale. J. B. D. 0.50
New Haven. Church of the Redeemer, $191.75,
and books, val. $14, from Rev. S. W. Barnum 191.75
New Haven. “A Friend,” _for Indian M._ 20.00
New Haven. H. F. Hart, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 25.00
New Haven. E. P. Judd, books, val. $100, _for
College Library, Talladega C._
New Haven. “A Friend,” Box of books, _for
Tougaloo U._
New London. Mrs. Robert McEwen, _for Hampton
N. & A. Inst., new building for Indian girls_ 100.00
New London. First Church 50.75
Norfolk. Cong. Ch., $50; M. A. C., $1 51.00
North Greenwich. Mrs. A. D. 0.50
North Stamford. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Norwich Town. _For Kansas Refugee M._ 5.00
Norwich. Park Cong. Ch. and Soc. 866.62
Norwich. Miss Mary W. Rockwell, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Norwich. Home Miss. Soc. of Second Cong. Ch.,
Box of bedding, _for Atlanta U._
Norwich. Home Miss. Soc. of Park Ch., Bbl. of
bedding and towels, _for Tillotson C. and N.
Inst._
Orange. Rev. E. E. R., _for Macon, Ga._ 1.00
Plantsville. Cong. Ch. 365.35
Plantsville. “Friends,” $80; Mrs. E. P.
Hotchkiss, $5, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 85.00
Prospect. R. R. Brown, $20; Cong. Ch., $17 37.00
Somersville. “A Friend,” _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 1.00
South Windsor. Cong. Ch., $32; C. W., 50c. 32.50
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 77.68
Thompsonville. H. P. P. 1.00
Tolland. Lucy L. Clough, ($50 of which _for
Indian M._) 100.00
Tolland. Cong. Ch. 6.35
Vernon Depot. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 9.00
Warren. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.60
Woodbury. “F. J.,” _for ed. of Indians,
Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 1.00
Woodburn. Benjamin Fabrique 20.00
West Winsted. “A Friend,” _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
—— “A Friend,” _for rebuilding, Tougaloo,
Miss._ 10.00
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$2,644.01
LEGACIES.

South Britain. Estate of Nancy P. Mitchell, by
C. LeRoy Mitchell, Admr. 500.00
New London. “Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven”
_for rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 100.00
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$3,244.01

NEW YORK, $796.01.

Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock 5.00
Binghamton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Binghamton. Young People of Cong. Ch. through
Miss S. Bean, Box of articles, _for fair,
Mobile, Ala._
Black Creek. Cong. Ch., $3.30; Miss M. T. $1 4.30
Brooklyn. C. T. Christensen, $100; Park Cong.
Ch., $10.63; Sab. Sch. of Ch. of the
Covenant, $3 113.63
Brooklyn. Mrs. B. W. Gleason, package of C.,
_for Kansas Refugee M._
Canajoharie. Mrs. D. H. P. 0.50
Clifton Springs. Anna B. Miller, _for the
poor, Mobile, Ala._ 2.00
Cutchogue. Mrs. L. D. Whaley, $9; Presb. Ch.,
Box of C., _for the poor, Mobile, Ala._ 9.00
East Aurora. Rev. R. M. Sandford 4.00
Ellington. Mrs. H. B. Rice, _for Woman’s Work
for Women_ 10.00
Ellington. Cong. Ch. 2.50
Franklin. First Cong. Ch., to const. REV. JOHN
H. FRAZER, L. M. 51.20
Flushing. First Cong. Soc. 15.00
Geneva. Mrs. C. H. 0.50
Gloversville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Straight U._ 40.00
Griffins Mills. Abijah Paul 2.00
Hamilton. “A Friend” 15.00
Hamilton. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 6.00
Harlem. Cong. Ch., $45.53; Sab. Sch. of Cong.
Ch., $30; to const. CHARLES P. PIERCE, L. M. 75.53
Homer. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Talladega,
Ala._
Honeoye. Cong. Ch. 64.10
McDonough. Miss Caroline Sawtelle 2.00
Millbrook. Mrs. J. W. C. 0.51
New York. “Artist,” $25; A. N. Selter, $10; J.
S. Holt, $10; Dr. A. S. Ball, $5 50.00
Oneida. S. H. Goodwin, $10; Edward Loomis, $2 12.00
Oriskany. Albert Halsey, $5; Mrs. E. D. P., $1 6.00
Oxford. Assoc. Presb. Ch. 8.69
Palmyra. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for the poor,
Mobile, Ala._ 2.50
Penn Yan. W. M. Taylor 2.50
Perry Center. Mrs. E. A. S. 1.00
Portland. John S. Coon 15.00
Prattsburgh. “A.” 5.00
Rochester. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Plym. Cong.
Ch., _for Straight U._ 10.55
Sackets Harbor. Mrs. Anar. H. Barnes, _for
Indian M._ 40.00
Sherburne. Mrs. F. L. Rexford, _for Talladega
C._ 12.00
Silver Creek. Mrs. Eliza Lee, $100; W. Chapin,
$5; C. H., $1; Others, $1 107.00
Syracuse. C. A. Hamlin 50.00
Westmoreland. A. S. B. 0.50
West Winfield. Miss A. K. 0.50

NEW JERSEY, $240.00.

Bergen Point. Reformed Church, by Rev. H. W.
F. Jones 50.00
Englewood. C. T. 1.00
Montclair. Mrs. S. T. Pratt’s S. S. Class,
$13; “A Lady Friend,” $1 14.00
Montclair. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 40.00
Morristown. Miss Ella M. Graves, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo U._ 100.00
Orange Valley. Cong. Ch., Package S. S.
Papers; Mrs. H. M. A., 50c. 0.50
Newark. C. S. Haines 30.00
Paterson. H. H. 0.50
Raritan. Mrs. S. Provost, $4, and Box of papers 4.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $157.01.

Coudersport. Mr. & Mrs. John S. Mann 6.50
Philadelphia. H. W. Pitkin, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 100.00
Philadelphia. A. H. Wilstack, _for Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Pittsburgh. E. P. 0.51

OHIO, $1,506.16.

Alliance. Mrs. J. L. Thomas 1.50
Ashtabula. “A Friend,” 100.00
Bowling Green. Mrs. P. Minton, $1.50; Rev. J.
K. Deering, $1.50; Mrs. J. K. D., 50c. 3.50
Bissells. Mrs. S. H. E. 1.00
Brookfield. By Evan T. Tomas, Sec. 10.00
Burton. Cong. Ch., (of which S. A. H., $10; L.
R. B. $10, C. C. $10, to const. MRS. SARAH
A. HOTCHKISS, L. M.) 40.26
Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch. _for furnishing
rooms, Tougaloo U._ 37.00
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., $18; “M. H. B.,” $1 19.00
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of bedding
and C., _for Fisk U._
Columbus. Miss C. Herd, _for ed. of a colored
man for the ministry_ 5.00
Fort Recovery. J. F. Collins 5.00
Four Corners. Cong. Ch. 11.75
Gallion. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Pres. Ch., Box
of C., _for the poor, Mobile, Ala._
Geneva. Young People’s Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
the poor, Mobile, Ala._ 5.00
Gustavus. Ladies, 50c., _for Student Aid_,
Bbl. of C., and $1.50 _for freight, for
Talladega C._ 2.00
Hudson. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 2.65
Kingsville. Presb. Ch., $14; Rev. D. L.
Hickok, $10; Mrs. A., $1; Ladies, 3 Bbls. of
C., _for the poor, Mobile, Ala._ 25.00
Lenox. Cong. Ch., $11.75; A. J. Holman, $10 21.75
Madison. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.48
Mallet Creek. Dr. J. A. Bingham 5.00
Mechanicstown. S. M. 1.00
Newark. Mrs. Lewis Jones 2.00
Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., $90; Mrs. J. F. B.,
60c. 90.60
Painesville. Reuben Hitchcock, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 150.00
Painesville. S. W. P. 1.00
Pierpont. Mrs. S. W. 1.00
Ravenna. S. H. 1.00
Sandusky. First Cong. Ch. 159.77
Sandusky. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box of bedding,
_for Fisk U._
Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Saybrook. Dist. No. 3, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._, $2.30, and _for freight_, $1.70 4.00
Seville. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Tallmadge. Miss H. W. C. 0.50
Toledo. First Cong. Ch., $24; Third Cong. Ch.,
$10.70, _for furnishing rooms, Tougaloo U._ 34.70
Unionville. Mrs. J. M. Frazer, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Wakeman. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 31.70
Wauseon. Cong. Ch., _for furnishing rooms,
Tougaloo U._ 12.00
West Williamsfield. Cong. Ch. 11.00
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$906.16
LEGACY.

Andover. Estate of Orrin B. Case, by Thomas
Case 600.00
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$1,506.16

INDIANA, $5.50.

Dublin. H. M. 1.00
Economy. C. W. O., $1; Mrs. L. M., $1 2.00
Fort Wayne. Mrs. E. T. M. 0.50
Sparta. John Hawkswell 2.00

ILLINOIS, $1,098.90.

Amboy. C. A. Church, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
Avon. Mrs. Celinda Woods, $3.50; “A Friend,”
$1.50 5.00
Belvidere. Miss Elizabeth Smith 3.00
Buda. J. B. Stewart, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 100.00
Byron. A. A. Johnston 5.00
Chicago. New England Ch. (ad’l), $118.61;
Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., $10.89 129.50
Chicago. C. B. Bouton, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 50.00
Chicago. Mrs. E. W. Blatchford, $10; Mrs. C.
H. Case, $5; Ladies’ Aid. Soc. of Leavitt
St. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.; Lincoln Park
Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.; Ladies of New England
Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for the poor,
Mobile, Ala._ 15.00
Chicago. Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., Woman’s Miss.
Soc., _for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 13.90
Downers’ Grove. J. W. Bushnell, _for
rebuilding Tougaloo U._ 3.00
Elgin. “Friends in Cong. Ch.” 50.00
Geneva. Cong. Ch., B. of C., _for the poor,
Mobile, Ala._
Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 33.68
Highland. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Huntley. T. S. Huntley 10.00
Hutsonville. C. V. N. 1.00
Ivanhoe. Mrs. S. S. 1.00
Jacksonville. T. W. Melendy, $10; H. L. and M.
C. Melendy, $10 20.00
Milburn. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl.
of C., _for the poor, Mobile, Ala._
Moline. Ladies’ Aid Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Moline. —— 10.00
Orange. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Ottawa. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00
Payson. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Plymouth. N. F. Burton 10.00
Quincy. Lorenzo Bull, _for rebuilding
Tougaloo, Miss._ 100.00
Quincy. Joshua Perry 10.00
Stillman Valley. Cong. Ch. 8.32
Streator. Mrs. M. L. W. 0.50
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$673.90
LEGACY.

Chicago. Estate of Mrs. E. H. Craven, by E. N.
Blatchford, Adm., $200, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._, and $225 _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 425.00
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$1,098.90

MICHIGAN, $540.68.

Alpena. Mrs. S. Hitchcock, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 20.00
Battle Creek. Presb. and Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00
Brighton. Mrs. M. A. Kellogg 5.00
Calumet. Cong. Ch. 242.44
Calumet. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 28.68
Church’s Corners. H. C. 1.00
Covert. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 11.00
Gaylord. A. Van Auken 3.00
Grand Rapids. E. M. Ball 10.00
Laingsburg. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 2.11
Lansing. Plymouth Ch. 33.00
Litchfield. First Cong. Ch. 19.75
Olivet. Cong. Ch. 8.70
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$390.68
LEGACY.

Union City. Bequest of Miss Sarah B. Clark,
_for repairing roof of Swayne Hall,
Talladega, Ala._, by I. W. Clark 150.00
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$540.68

WISCONSIN, $224.30.

Arena. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 1.55
Berlin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $10; Mrs. Geo.
Waring, $5; W. F., $1; “A Friend,” $1;
“Friends,” 1 Bbl. and 2 Boxes of C., _for
Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 17.00
Beloit. Ladies of First Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 3.00
Beloit. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for freight_ 1.53
Broadhead. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Bristol and Paris. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for
Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 3.00
Kaukauna. Cong. Ch. 2.50
Kenosha. L. G. M. 1.00
Lake Geneva. Mrs. H. A. Allan, _for Theo.
Dept., Talladega C._ 15.00
Madison. First Cong. Ch., adl. 50.00
Mazo Manie. Mrs. R. Laughlin, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 2.00
Milton. First Cong. Ch. 8.71
Ripon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 15.00
Sparta. First Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN L. WOY
and WILLIAM LOHMILLER, L. M.’s 60.01
Sun Prairie. Cong. Sab. Sch. 9.00
White Water. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $20,
Prof. Saulsbury, $5, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 25.00
Woodworth. Ladies’ Soc., Bbl. of C. and $5
_for Freight, for Macon, Ga._ 5.00

IOWA, $438.97.

Algona. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Anamosa. Woman’s Freedmen’s Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00
Big Rock. Cong. Ch. 19.00
Big Rock. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00
Burlington. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Cedar Rapids. T. M. Sinclair, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00
Cedar Rapids. Miss A. W. D. 0.50
Clay. Cong. Ch., _for Kansas Refugee M._ 17.00
Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 36.00
Clinton. Dr. E. R. Mullet, $1.50; H. C. Y.,
$1; H. R. W., 50c.; C. B., 50c. 3.50
Clinton. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 5.00
Davenport. Geo. W. Ells 10.00
Denmark. J. H. 0.51
De Witt. Rev. J. F. T. 1.00
Dubuque. Mrs. J. Merrit Rice, Box of C.; Cong.
Ch. and Young People’s Benev. Soc., Bbl. of
C., _for the poor, Mobile, Ala._
Dunlap. Cong. Ch. 15.73
Grinnell. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $33.35; By
Rev. J. S. F., $1 34.35
Grinnell. “Eight Friends,” $20; Prof. F. P.
Brewer, $2.21; _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 22.21
Lyons. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 10.00
Marion. “Willing Workers,” _for Straight U._ 30.00
Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. 31.50
Miles. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 1.75
Montour. Cong. Ch. 14.70
Montour. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Kansas
Refugee M._ 1.00
Newton. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 11.22
Oskaloosa. Rev. Asa Turner and wife, _for
Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 20.00
Sabula. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 5.00
Tabor. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
U._ 5.00
Wayne. Ladies, $2; D. C. S., $1; _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 3.00
Wilton. Ladies’ Missionary Soc., $10; Ladies
$5, _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 15.00
Winthrop. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Council Bluffs. Ladies’ Home Miss. Soc., $15;
Iowa Falls, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $15; Ames,
Ladies of Cong. Ch., $5; Bear Grove, Ladies
of Cong. Ch., $5; Shelbyville, Ladies of
Cong. Ch., $5, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 45.00

MISSOURI, $132.35.

Index. W. B. Wills, $10; P. M. Wills, $5; F.
P., $1; Others, $1.50 17.50
Meadville. Cong. Ch. 8.25
New Cambria. Cong. Ch. 2.10
Saint Louis. Mrs. R. Webb 100.00
St. Louis. Miss Mary E. Edgell, _for the Poor,
Mobile, Ala._ 5.00

KANSAS, $14.67.

Burlington. John Morris 2.00
Lane. Mrs. N. D. Coleman 2.00
Russell. First Cong. Ch. 10.67

MINNESOTA, $114.64.

Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 20.81
Minneapolis. E. D. First Cong. Ch. 12.63
Northfield. A. N. N. 1.00
Plainview. “Mission Helpers,” _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 7.00
Saint Paul. Sab. Sch. of Plym. Cong. Ch. _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Tivoli. L. H. 1.00
Waseca. Cong. Soc. 15.00
Zumbrota. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MRS. WILLIAM B. WARD, L. M. 32.20

NEBRASKA, $37.88.

Red Willow. “A Friend” 37.88

COLORADO, $10.50.

Colorado Springs. Young Ladies’ Miss. Soc.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
Loveland. C. E. F. 0.50

CALIFORNIA, $300.00.

San Diego. George W. Marston 150.00
Oakland. Mrs. E. A. Gray, _for School-house in
Georgia_ 150.00

OREGON, $23.00.

The Dalles. First Cong. Ch. 13.00
Oregon City. Rev. Amos W. Bower 10.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $4.06.

Washington. Lincoln Memorial Cong. Ch. 4.06

MARYLAND, $100.00.

Baltimore. “A Friend,” 100.00

WEST VIRGINIA, $4.00.

Elm Grove. Mrs. B. D. Atkinson 4.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $151.75.

Wilmington. Normal School, Tuition 106.75
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 45.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $321.75.

Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 321.75

TENNESSEE, $320.33.

Memphis. Le Moyne School, Tuition 207.50
Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition 112.40
Nashville. “A Widow’s Mite,” _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 0.43

GEORGIA, $827.72.

Atlanta. Storrs School, Tuition, $324.35;
Rent, $3 327.35
Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition, $125.25; Rent,
$7.80 133.05
Atlanta. First Cong. Ch. 125.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, $92.95; Rent,
$5.50 98.45
McIntosh. Tuition 6.87
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $123; Rent, $10 133.00
Spoonville. “Friends,” _for furnishing rooms,
Tougaloo U._ 2.00
Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstack, _for Mendi
M._ 2.00

ALABAMA, $597.97.

Marion. Cong. Ch. 1.25
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition 222.70
Mobile. Emersonian Mission Band, $5; “A
Friend,” $5; Miss R. A. Smith, $2.50, _for
the poor, Mobile, Ala._ 12.50
Mobile. Ch. Offering, _for Mendi M._ 1.00
Montgomery. Pub. Sch. Fund 221.25
Montgomery. Miss H. M. Scott, to const. LUCY
C. SANFORD, L. M., _and for furnishing
rooms, Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Selma. Cong. Ch. 12.75
Shelby Iron Works. A. E. S. B. 0.51
Talladega. Talladega College, Tuition, $75.50;
H. L. B., 51c. 76.01

LOUISIANA, $251.00.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 150.50
New Orleans. Central Cong. Ch. 100.00
New Iberia. B. K. 0.50

MISSISSIPPI, $120.70.

Tougaloo. Renters on McKee’s Plantation, _for
fitting up Chapel_, $3.50; Tougaloo,
“Friends,” $1.25; Canton, “Friends,” $2.10;
Livingstone, $1.80; Sweet Canaan Ch., $2.50,
_for furnishing rooms in Ladies’ Hall_ 11.15
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition 102.60
Hinds Co. “Friends,” by A. Costello, $3.50; by
Andrew Moman, $3.45, _for furnishing rooms,
Tougaloo U._ 6.95

TEXAS, $45.75.

Austin. Tillotson C. and N. Inst. Tuition 44.50
Corpus Christi. First. Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 1.25

INCOME FUND, $455.00.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 355.00
General Endowment Fund 50.00
C. F. Dike Fund 50.00

SCOTLAND, $100.00.

—— “A. P.” 100.00

PERSIA, $50.00.

Orsonnat. E. W. Labaree 50.00

JAPAN, $40.00

Kobe. REV. R. HENRY DAVIS ($10 of which _for
Chinese M. in San Francisco_), $30, to
const. himself L. M.; Miss Anna Y. Davis, $10 40.00
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Total for March $16,987.47
Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st 104,509.93

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FOR TILLOTSON C. & N. INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Norwich, Conn. Ladies of Park Ch., by Mrs. L.
B. Young 27.00
Buffalo, N.Y. W. G. Bancroft 50.00
Romeo, Mich. Miss T. S. Clark 15.00
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Total $92.00
Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to Feb.
28th 4,110.71
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Total 4,202.71

FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.

From Oct. 1st. to March 31st $17,993.06
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H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._,
56 Reade St., N.Y.

American Missionary Association,

56 READE STREET, N.Y.

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PRESIDENT.

HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio.
Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass.
Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D.D., Me.
Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D.D., Ct.
WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R.I.
Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D.D., Mass.
Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R.I.
Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D.D., R.I.
Rev. RAY PALMER, D.D., N.J.
Rev. EDWARD BEECHER, D.D., N.Y.
Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D.D., Ill.
Rev. W. W. PATTON, D.D., D.C.
Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La.
Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D.D., N.H.
Rev. EDWARD HAWES, D.D., Ct.
DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio.
Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt.
Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D.D., Minn.
Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N.Y.
Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Washington Ter.
Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D.D., Iowa.
Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill.
EDWARD SPAULDING, M.D., N.H.
Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D.D., Ct.
Rev. W. L. GAGE, D.D., Ct.
A. S. HATCH, Esq., N.Y.
Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D.D., Ohio.
Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn.
Rev. A. L. STONE, D.D., California.
Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D.D., Oregon.
Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D.D., D.C.
Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D.D., Wis.
S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass.
Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass.
Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa.
Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct.
Sir PETER COATS, Scotland.
Rev. HENRY ALLON, D.D., London, Eng.
WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N.Y.
J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass.
E. A. GRAVES, Esq., N.J.
Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.
DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct.
A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass.
Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., N.Y.
FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt.
JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R.I.
Rev. E. P. GOODWIN, D.D., Ill.
Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D.D., Mo.
J. W. SCOVILLE, Esq., Ill.
E. W. BLATCHFORD, Esq., Ill.
C. D. TALCOTT, Esq., Ct.
Rev. JOHN K. MCLEAN, D.D., Cal.
Rev. RICHARD CORDLEY, D.D., Kansas.
Rev. W. H. WILLCOX, D.D., Mass.
Rev. G. B. WILLCOX, D.D., Ill.
Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., N.Y.
Rev. GEO. M. BOYNTON, Mass.
Rev. E. B. WEBB, D.D., Mass.
Hon. C. I. WALKER, Mich.
Rev. A. H. ROSS, Mich.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.

REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._

DISTRICT SECRETARIES.

REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_.
REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_.
REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_.

H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Treasurer, N.Y._
REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

ALONZO S. BALL,
A. S. BARNES,
C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
CLINTON B. FISK,
ADDISON P. FOSTER,
S. B. HALLIDAY,
A. J. HAMILTON,
SAMUEL HOLMES,
CHARLES A. HULL,
CHAS. L. MEAD,
SAMUEL S. MARPLES,
WM. T. PRATT,
J. A. SHOUDY,
JOHN H. WASHBURN.

COMMUNICATIONS

relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American Missionary,” to Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., at the New York Office.

DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.

Constitution of the American Missionary Association.

INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.

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ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.”

ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent fields of effort.

ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, may become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty dollars, a life member; provided that children and others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting.

ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of September, October or November, for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall be designated by the Executive Committee.

ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one representative.

ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members.

ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies; the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final.

The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous promotion of the missionary work.

Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting business.

ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves.

ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.