Chapter C

BYRON, GA.

BY REV. S. E. LATHROP.

I recently attended the closing exercises of Rev. P. W. Young’s school at Byron. Going down on an evening freight train, I arrived at 9 p. m., and proceeded with my little girl and Bro. Young to the church, which is used also as a school-room. People in these country places are slow in getting together, at night especially. After working hard all day in the fields (it was just the busiest “cotton-cropping” time), they have to go home, get their suppers, dress up in their best clothes, and then go perhaps three or four miles. So it was half-past ten o’clock before the audience arrived in sufficient numbers; but finally the curtain was drawn and the exercises began. Declamations, readings, dialogues and music were given by the school, with much credit to themselves and their teachers. These exercises were under the direction of Mrs. Amelia Young, the pastor’s excellent wife, who showed decided talent in managing. It was after midnight when the exercises closed, and then your reporter was called on for a speech, which at that hour of the night (or rather morning) turned out to have one merit—that of brevity. A young neighboring teacher also made a speech, and the session was closed.

Next morning came off the examination of the classes, which showed commendable progress and encouraging attention to the studies. These country schools have many disadvantages which are not felt in larger places; but Bro. Young and his wife have evidently done a good work here, and are elevating and helping the whole community by their labors. A picnic dinner was spread in the church, as the rain prevented its service in the beautiful grove surrounding. After bountifully satisfying the inner man, and a little more speech-making, we returned home well pleased.

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TALLADEGA COLLEGE—LAYING OF CORNER-STONE.

PRESIDENT H. S. DE FOREST.

The corner-stone of the new dormitory which Mrs. Stone gives to Talladega College was laid May 13th. Scripture was read and prayer offered by President De Forest. Professor Andrews, the veteran in American missionary service in Alabama, laid the stone and gave an address, in which fitting reference was made to the good lady who, having seen and known none of us here, with her queenly benevolence, has blessed not only this school of Christian learning, and others in the South, but indeed round the world. The students were well represented by Spencer Snell, a member both of the Normal and Theological departments; after which a very appreciative address was delivered by Captain N. A. McAfee, a citizen of the place and a friend of the college from its foundation.

The sun was very hot that afternoon, and the services, beginning at 5 o’clock, naturally ended in a collation, which was followed by off-hand speeches, the singing of old-time songs, and music from a brass band. Some references were made to the past, but the prevailing thought was of gratitude to God for what He has wrought, of the duties of the hour, and of preparation for the auspicious future. Twelve years ago the corner-stone of Foster Hall was laid, in the days of turmoil, fear and violence. The first college building, now called Swayne Hall, was begun nearly thirty years ago; and it is a noteworthy fact that one who worked as a slave on that structure is the brick contractor of this, while his home to-day is the place owned by his master at the time of the surrender. The history of this man, who is a pillar in the college church, as well as an influential citizen among both blacks and whites, shows something of the possibilities and hopefulness of this Southern work. More of it is to be done, and it is a privilege to have a hand in it.

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NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.

REV. ALFRED CONNET.

This Conference, organized two years ago at Raleigh, held its third meeting with Bethany Church at McLeansville. The churches were all represented. Rev. Islay Walden and his delegate, Deacon Potter, together with three others, came fifty miles in a one-horse wagon to attend the Conference. One of the party, Mrs. Hill, now a widow, has had twelve children, forty grand-children and twelve great-grand-children. She had never seen the cars nor heard a railroad whistle till she came to the Conference.

The opening sermon was preached by Rev. David Peebles, of Dudley, from John vii. 37. On Friday the Conference organized by electing Rev. G. S. Smith, of Raleigh, Moderator, and re-electing Rev. David Peebles, Clerk. The morning meeting for prayer and reports from the churches was a precious season.

Rev. Mr. Peebles discussed Church and Sunday-school Singing and Pictorial Preaching; Rev. W. H. Ellis, Children for Christ; Rev. G. S. Smith, the A. M. A. Work and National Council. The sermon Friday night was by Rev. Islay Walden; text, the first Psalm. Saturday afternoon the Conference held an experience meeting, in which some very interesting and touching reminiscences were given, particularly that of the death and burial of the martyr, Rev. Mr. Luke, related by Mr. Peebles. While this was in progress, Mr. James Gilmore, who sold the A. M. A. the grounds for this mission, came in, was made an honorary member, and sat, an interested listener, until the close.

Saturday night, the Conference held a rousing temperance meeting and took strong ground by a unanimous vote in favor of total abstinence, the use of unfermented wine at communion, and in favor of prohibition, as submitted to the people of this State by the last legislature for their ratification next August. The leading temperance speech was made by Deacon Jones, of Raleigh, whose grave was gratuitously dug for him at Chapel Hill some years ago by the Ku Klux, but which he declined to occupy. He tells us the Congregational Church at Raleigh is known as the prohibition church.

On the Sabbath the Sunday-school occupied the hour from 10 to 11 a.m. Sermon at 11 by Dr. Roy on the Great Commission. Text, Matt. xxviii. 18–20. In the afternoon one infant was baptized and nine persons received into the church, the pastor, Rev. A. Connet, officiating. Communion was administered by Revs. G. S. Smith and David Peebles.

Sunday night was devoted to the cause of Missions. Rev. A. Connet, for ten years in the employ of the A. H. M. S., presented the cause of Home Missions. Rev. G. S. Smith presented in earnest and eloquent words the cause of the A. M. A. He was followed by Rev. J. E. Roy, D.D., who gave a clear outline of the discoveries and missionary operations on the continent of Africa. He told us how the Christian world is looking to the colored population of this country to evangelize the “Dark Continent.”

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AFRICA.

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THE ORDINATION AT GOOD HOPE.

REV. H. M. LADD.

No little interest centered about the ordination of Kelly M. Kemp. It took place at Good Hope Station, Sherbro’ Island, West Coast of Africa, Sunday, April 10th.[A] Being the first ceremony of the kind in which the church and community had ever participated, it was naturally looked forward to by many, not only as a matter of deep interest in itself, but also as the harbinger of a better state of things for the enfeebled and almost discouraged church. Yet the field was an important one and must not be given up. The Lord had set His seal upon some faithful souls here, and they were praying and hoping for better things. Here, in the little graveyard adjoining the church, lay those who had given their lives that Africa might be redeemed. Here, by their side, lay one of Africa’s own sons, the gifted Barnabas Root, whose Christian graces of character had endeared him to all who knew him, and whose brilliant attainments had been to all the friends of the colored race at once a promise and a fulfillment of their fondest expectations. Their mute appeal, seconding the conviction that God had not forgotten this station, was eloquent, and prevailed. Good Hope was not to be given up. On the contrary, it was to be strengthened, so far as human power could do so, with a good hope, true to its name, that God would add His blessing in the fulfillment of the rich promises of His grace.

The property of the mission here is on all sides acknowledged to be the finest on the island. It consists of a large tract of land, part of it well wooded, about a quarter of a mile wide and a mile long, running back from the Sherbro’ River or Sound, and commanding a fine view of its many beautiful islands, stretching across to the native town of Bendoo on the opposite side. The mission house, large and well built, the church and school-house, besides a large number of “fakis,” or groups of native huts, are on this land. The grounds in front of the mission house are neatly laid out with gravel walks and shrubbery, and extend to the river road skirting the bank, where lies the mission boat moored to its wharf. It may be truly said of this place, in the words of the grand old hymn, that

“Every prospect pleases
And only man is vile.”

The property was well enough, and there was work enough to be done among the dense native population settled upon or near it; but an ordained minister to be the pastor of the church, a married man, a man fully qualified for the great and responsible work, one after God’s own heart, earnest, energetic, efficient, spiritually minded, with a paramount love for the lost souls of his own people, was wanting. The good seed had been sown, but there was needed some one to harrow it in, nurture the growth and reap the harvest. In this extremity God raised up one who seems to be the right man for the place. Mr. Kemp is a graduate of Lincoln University, and ably represents the thorough and practical training of that institution. With his coming and installation as pastor, the struggling church took heart, and determined, forgetting those things which were behind, to press forward toward those better things which they believed were in store. The examination took place on Saturday evening, April 9th, and was well attended, and although Mr. Kemp was feeling somewhat unwell at the time he stood the long and searching fire of questions, theological, wise and otherwise, with credit to himself and with great satisfaction to the council, which, besides the “my-doxy” members, was composed of representatives of various shades of theological opinion. This fact indeed formed one of the pleasantest features of the council. Here in the midst of a heathenism rendered fouler and more corrupt by contact with an immoral civilization, and in a common work for a common Master and a common people, party names were wholly forgotten. One of the best and most earnest prayers that I have ever heard was offered on this occasion by an excellent brother of the Church Missionary Society, and he had no book before him or gown on his back. The ordination exercises on Sabbath morning were attended by a full house, while a deep sense of the solemnity of the hour seemed to pervade every heart. The Holy Spirit was manifestly present to sanctify the new relationship with the outpouring of His grace. As appropriate to the occasion, the third chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy was read. The sermon, full of earnestness and spiritual power, was preached by Brother Evans of the Shengay Mission. The charge to the people by Brother Jowett was partially historical, reviewing the course of the church in times past, and counseling sound wisdom for the future. Brother Nurse, who knew something of the wants of the field, gave the charge to the pastor; and Brother Jackson, of whose growing work at Avery Station a fuller account will be given at another time, as his co-worker in the mission, very feelingly gave his brother missionary the right hand of fellowship; while it was my privilege to offer the ordaining prayer. After the benediction, pronounced by their new pastor, the people, with tears of gladness in their eyes, flocked around him and his good wife, whom they had already learned to love, for a hearty hand-shaking, which, as some one has truly said, is also one of the means of grace. Can it be necessary, after this little glimpse, so hurriedly taken, of the hopeful relation just entered into, to ask the sympathy and prayers of all the friends of missions for the blessings of God to rest upon the new missionary and his work at Sherbro’ Island? He will have many trying hours in that dark land, where there are worse things to be feared and harder to be contended against than physical death. But the promises are his as well as ours, and unitedly we can plead them at the throne of grace. The promises of God include Africa.

FOOTNOTE:

[A] The location of Mr. Kemp was a matter of such importance, considering the fewness of the workers and the demands of the work, that it called for and received the most careful thought and attention. After considering the subject in its various bearings, and after duly consulting with all the persons concerned, it was finally decided to station Mr. Kemp and his wife at Good Hope.

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THE CHINESE.

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“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”

_Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association._

PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. Stone, D.D., Robert B. Forman, Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D.D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D.D., Jacob S. Taber, Esq.

DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D.D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P. Baker, James M. Haven. Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball, A. L. Van Blarcon, Esq., George Harris, Esq., and the Secretary ex officio.

SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq.

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ANNIVERSARIES.

BY REV. W. C. POND.

Since my last communication was forwarded, the four Mission Schools in San Francisco have held their anniversary at Bethany Church, a crowded audience being held attentive and interested till nearly 10 o’clock. An address delivered on that occasion by Jee Gam was forwarded in advance of delivery, and published in the last MISSIONARY. Last evening, Sunday, May 22d, the anniversary of the Sacramento Mission was held at the First Congregational Church in that city. The _Record-Union_, the leading paper at our capital, devotes nearly a whole column to a notice of it, including a verbatim report of the address by our helper Lem Chung. I am sure that I cannot put our columns in the MISSIONARY to better use this month than by reproducing that address entire.

ADDRESS BY LEM CHUNG.

DEAR FRIENDS: I am a Chinese. Why I not be a heathen? A few years ago I didn’t know anything about the Bible. I didn’t know about Christ. I had not heard of the true and living God; but I heard of this land, where so many of my countrymen came and I come too, and here I found Christian people who loved Christ, and for His sake love me and show me the way of life. When I first hear of the Bible I didn’t think I like it. I said: If no other books, I don’t care for this one; I don’t want such a book as this. I thought I didn’t need any more gods, for I said I have all kinds in the temple, and I could see them if I go there, but the God I hear of in America I cannot see! When I learn in the Bible what it says about the heathen gods that are made of silver and gold, the works of men’s hands—how they have mouth and cannot speak, eyes cannot see, ears and cannot hear, noses cannot smell, and hands but handle not—I learn also the God of the Bible made all things and sees us all the time, every thing is ruled by His hands. We must fear him, for He is powerful and glorious, but the idols is unwise. I am obliged to leave the idols and come to worship the true God, and trying to observe His law and commandments the Bible shows me how sinful I am, and if Christ had not come to the world to save me I am sure get lost.

After I was converted I study the Bible more and more and learn great deal, great wonder to me. Now the Bible is a precious book. I am glad I accept the Saviour for my Saviour and His God for my God. “I pass from death unto life, from darkness and bondage of sin into the glorious light and liberty of a new creature in Christ Jesus.” What I expect to do if I still be a heathen? I must be bound to worshiping idols, bow down to all kinds of gods; great fear to them and not dare to touch them. Whenever I enter the temple, cannot without three bow to the idols.

The people of China are great superstitious; they believe every things whatever chance to hear or think. Let me tell you how some of the people doing when any of the family getting sick: They have a doctor, but they think some kind of spirit troubling them, it may chance their ancient father or friends or enemies who died before. They think they must offer something for them to eat that they may go away, or some times they go into the temple to pray to the idols. They hope the idols may tell what are the reason with the sick that they find out how they may do and get well. How the idols can tell them? Let me make known to you: A piece of wood has been smoothen in the shape of a banana and cut in equal size the longest way. This they throw down before the idols that they may give a certain condition according which they request before; may be they say: If this is the spirit of an enemy let this pieces of wood fall both the same way, or some other way, they may choose, till they find out what is the matter and offer sacrifice that the spirit may leave off troubling and let the sick get well. The thief can pray the idols that he may get help to steal! The gambler can ask that he may win the money; the robber that he may be able to get what he wishing for. If any kind of business going to be taken up the idols must first be asked about it. Every one is sure to say, “Now, idols, if you help me good, I going to bring you something nice to eat when I get success.”

When I was coming over to Cal., suddenly a storm came up, the wind violent sweeping over the great ocean; the water dashing high upon the boat. The sailors all at work to make the ship more safe. The passengers all trembling with fear and desperate to arrive in San Francisco. Is there any chance to be rescued from the storm? Yes, soon there was heard one of our number calling: “Whosoever man in this ship have any money let us have some of it, that we may sacrifice to the goddess of the sea that she may deliver us out of the storm and let us arrive safe to the land of Cal.” I had a small sum of money. I gave half of it; others gave also. The man cast it into the water and asked the goddess that she let no harm come to us, and we promise more sacrifice if we get here.

There are many reasons for going before the idols, but I have no chance to tell so much as I like to. A few weeks since I was in San Francisco. I found some of the people from the town near my home in China, getting money to send and build a temple over there. Every one who give to help build it can have their names hang up in the temple, but if any one who give $20 to $50 they have a present, and at the time of first worship or dedication a band of music to honor them on their way home. Some of them asked me to give, but I said, “No, I cannot, I rather put money in the missionary fund.” They said, “Your parents will feel sorrow and disgrace if they not see your name; but if you don’t want your name you can give and have your parent’s name put there; no one of your Christian men know it; you can be a Christian just the same.” I said, “I do not wish to help my parents to sin; I don’t believe idol worship and I cannot help about it. If I be a Christian I must try to live like one.”

There is a great difference in the religion taught by the Saviour and that of the heathen. It is great change to me to try to be a Christian, to know the true God who sees us all the time. I have worked many things for the idols. I feel thankful I shall do so no more. Before I come to the light my life was gloomy, miserable, hopeless; always was fearing the evil spirit going to trouble me; but I don’t fear them now.

Would I go back to idolatry? No; the Bible says, “Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shall not bow down thyself to them nor serve them.” I cannot serve idols again; but I will try to serve my heavenly Father, and bring all I can to bow down to Him. I wish every one in China and America knew about the Bible. I thank all Christian people that they led me to the true way. I hope you will pray that I may always be faithful, and at last receive the crown of life and dwell with God in the world to come.

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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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We are glad to bring before our friends this month the work among the colored people in Washington, D.C., as it has been carried on there by Mrs. C. B. Babcock. In her field, as in that of our other Southern missionaries, the industrial work occupies a prominent position. Here the women and children learn lessons of practical value to them, as they are taught to cut and make their own garments and repair old ones, while at the same time they are instructed in truths of the highest importance. In a letter recently received, Mrs. Babcock writes of this work: “The ladies of the Congregational church have given 180 yards material for the industrial work, and a few of them gave a supper to the women’s class, numbering fifty. The women have made 102 new garments besides mending 100 old ones during these three months. This has been of untold help to them and their families.” Her girl’s sewing-school numbers 135. The natural outgrowth of these schools has been prayer-meetings for the women and young girls respectively. “The mother’s prayer-meetings have been deeply interesting of late,” she tells us.

There is much need of temperance work all through the South, and it is encouraging to read of the new Band of Hope in Washington. “It has succeeded beyond my expectations,” Mrs. Babcock writes, “not only interesting the colored churches about us, but also bringing in, as officers and helpers, some of the colored public school teachers and students from Howard University. There has been a good deal of enthusiasm about our meetings. Of course, our exercises must be made interesting, and I work hard for it, but _it pays_, when I see such audiences as we’ve had. And then I know that our Scripture readings and lessons from the Temperance Catechism must do good.”

Mrs. Babcock has worked in Washington in connection with the Lincoln Memorial church, which was organized January 10th, and Rev. S. P. Smith installed as pastor. Of this church she writes, under date of June 3d: “Our little church is prospering, having now twenty-one members, some being added as fruits of our revival. * * Rev. Mr. Smith is greatly encouraged. I have made over an old carpet for the platform, helped to buy chairs, Bible and communion table, so that when our pulpit comes we shall be nicely fixed. Our hall is very large and rather _dreary_ without any pulpit furniture. Nobody knows but those who have worked in the field, how great are the obstacles in the way of forming a colored Congregational church. We have the same jealousy and bitter feeling from the _churches around_ us that there is farther South.”

Speaking of the sickness and suffering among the colored people, Mrs. Babcock says: “I feel that I’ve been greatly blessed in having friends at the North respond so nobly to my appeals for help. I have sold a great deal of clothing, and the money received for it has done much good.”

In connection with this allusion to the generosity of Northern friends, it may be well to mention that in the last six months boxes and barrels of clothing, sewing materials, etc., have been sent through this Association to the amount of $1,674.00, and, in addition, books and papers valued at $93.88.

Since the annual meeting in October, six of the auxiliaries alone have contributed $1,228.70, the largest contribution being from the Second church in Dorchester, of $445.70.

We would gratefully acknowledge, too, the hearty response to the appeal for Sunday-school papers for the colored schools in the South. We have on hand still a long list of Sunday-schools waiting for supply.

Receipts of the Association from April 25th to May 31st, 1881:

From Auxiliaries $349.45
” Donations 174.50
” Life Members 60.00
” Annual Members 12.00
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$595.95

Donation of Case’s Maps of United States, British Provinces, etc., from S. M. H.

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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THE STORY OF REBECCA.

BY REV. J. E. ROY, D.D.

The following incident in the life of a freedwoman affected me very much. Let me tell you her history.

In the old times, Col. Holly, of Middle Tennessee, was known as a kind master; but failing in business, his slaves had to be sold; then, hoping to retrieve his fortune, removed to Arkansas, taking with him two little slave girls, one of whom was Rebecca, four and a half years old. Here she grew up in his family, and was married to a man who belonged to another master, and who hired his time, paying one-half his wages as a mechanic.

In Tennessee her mother was, of course, taken away to another family. Her father, who had not belonged to Col. Holly, had already been sold to the Red River country, where he soon after died.

Recently, at Little Rock, I was a guest for five days in the house of Rebecca. Her husband owned his home, together with two other places. Her only son and a son-in-law were teaching school, and she was mothering the two little girls of her deceased daughter. On the centre table were a large family Bible and a copy of Shakespeare, both rich in binding and illustration; and on the walls were some, not costly, but tasteful and suggestive pictures, one of which represented Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner and John Brown. Her deportment was that of a lady; her company enjoyable. She said she remembered well the time and the scene when she was taken from her mother. The screaming was yet ringing in her ears. She bore in mind the last words of her mother, as she put a little red flannel shawl round her neck: “God bless my child! God bless my child!” She had in memory also her own crying and bursting of heart. So, too, was fresh in her mind, her weeping of nights in the new home, until, upon the imperative chiding of master and mistress, she was obliged to repress that relief of hidden sorrow.

Her young mistress, who was of about the same age, upon growing up, was sent to the High School of the city, and she herself was kept at home, and not allowed even to learn to read the Bible, out of which she was to be judged at the last day. She did experience a keen sense of injustice and of murmuring; but all of that she was obliged to suppress.

But what had become of her mother? “After freedom,” twenty-one and a half years since the parting, she came over to look up the daughter. But how shall there be an unmistakable recognition? Col. Holly and his wife have both passed away. Fortunately, a woman, who came over with the family, still survived. She brought the mother to the home of Rebecca, and pointing to her said, “That is your daughter.” Then such hugging, kissing, and shouting of joy and weeping, as is the sensation of the neighborhood. I am sure that I never heard a daughter speak with more enthusiasm of love, concerning her mother, than did Mrs. Solomon. She thought she would have known her anyhow; and her mother half came to the same conclusion when with such accuracy she depicted the scene of the parting.

And now she must go to visit the old family. Though the master and mistress are gone, in their place is left the daughter, whom she had nursed upon her own breast, and who is now married to a Northern man. Old times and scenes and friends are talked over, but soon she gives vent to the pent-up sorrows of the mother’s heart. With all the intensity of a great nature, she told of the grief at her separation from Rebecca. It was as though she had dropped blood from her heart; she went weeping and mourning every where. “I wept as I was making the bread, and _them that eat the most of my bread eat the most of my heart_.” So David had said: “Thou feedest them with the bread of tears.” The old colored people told her she must pray and the Lord would remove all that. In her prayer it seemed as though there were deep waters and high mountains between her and her child, and that the Lord would have to send men and remove the mountains, and make a way over the waters so that she could come to her child; and now He had done it all, and brought her to tell her story to the remnant of the old household. The young mistress, while her husband walks the floor in deep and mute emotion, herself bursts into tears, and as her only relief, declares: “My father was such a man that he never would have done that thing if he had not got broke.” “Oh,” said the sable matron, now rising up from the crushing of her womanhood, “I never thought anything about what _caused_ it.” As Rebecca came to freedom she tried to learn, but her work for bread and the clumsiness of her unused powers were so great, she desisted, and now her Bible is read to her by the children.

Will you who have heard this true story help the American Missionary Association with your pennies and prayers, in their work of educating these poor people?

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RECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1881.

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MAINE, $132.04.

Auburn. Mrs. B. J. $1.00
Bangor. First Cong. Ch. 19.37
Bethel. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.60
Brunswick. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 20.00
Camden. “A Friend” 1.00
Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Kennebunk Port. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.
$7.70; First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5.50 13.20
North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.18
Orono. Cong. Ch. 1.73
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $6; Infant
Class, Cong. S. S., $2 8.00
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.96
Waterford. S. E. Hersey 2.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $446.29.

Acworth. Cong. Soc. 15.90
Bath. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Bedford. Mrs. S. French, _for Student Aid,
Williston Sch._ 2.00
Canterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.50
East Jaffrey. Benj. Pierce 5.00
Exeter. Second Ch. 5.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.61
Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch., by Chas. P. Chase,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 30.00
Lebanon. Miss Mary L. Choate, to const. MRS.
O. W. BALDWIN, L. M. 30.00
Mason. Ladies, by Anna M. Hosmer, _for
Wilmington, N.C._ 7.50
Manchester. C. B. Southworth 25.00
Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Orford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20; Mrs. M. B.
Pratt, $10 30.00
Pembroke. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.13
Plymouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 85.08
Rindge. Cong Ch. and Soc. 2.17
Rochester. “J. M. and Sister,” _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00
Walpole. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. REV. FRED.
L. ALLEN, L. M. 30.00
Winchester. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.40
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$376.29

LEGACY.

Gilsum. Estate of Mrs. Eunice F. Downing, by
Sarah F. Hayward 70.00
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$446.29

VERMONT, $110.33.

Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Clarendon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Danby. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.30
Dorset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.88
East Wallingford. Miss E. A. H., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 1.00
Hinesburgh. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Jericho. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
Lunenburgh. Chas. W. King 5.00
Morrisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Pawlet. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.81
Pawlet. A. F. 1.00
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.34

MASSACHUSETTS, $6,091.39.

Andover. Francis H. Johnson, $100; C. L.
Mills, $20 120.00
Andover. G. W. W. Dove, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 50.00
Ashfield. Henry Taylor 5.00
Attleborough. Ebenezer Carpenter, _for Fisk
U._ and to const. MRS. HATTIE E. CARPENTER,
L. M. 30.00
Barre. Evan. Ch. Sab. Sch. 10.84
Billingham. E. W., deceased, by J. T. Massey,
Ex. 0.75
Blackstone. Mrs. Hannah Hodgson 2.00
Boston. J. T. Bailey, $100; Mrs. E. C. Ford,
$25; “A Friend,” $10; Mrs. E. P. Eayrs, $5 140.00
Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Association,
_for Lady Missionaries in Southern States_ 160.41
Brimfield. Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._
Brookline. S. B. White 10.00
Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. of Pilgrim
Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Refugees_
Charlemont. E.G. 1.00
Charlton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.68
Chelsea. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $18.14;
Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $7.50 25.64
Conway. Cong. Ch. 34.65
Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc. 75.00
East Braintree. E. A. F. 0.50
East Bridgewater. Union Cong. Ch. 25.36
Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.11
Franklin. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.78
Groton. Elizabeth Farnsworth 20.00
Halifax. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.06
Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Holliston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
Bbl. of C. _for Savannah, Ga._
Hubbardston. “A Friend.” 5.00
Hyde Park. Heart & Hand Soc., _for Athens,
Ala._ 25.00
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Lee. J. W. B. 1.00
Littleton. Mrs. James C. Houghton, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 7.00
Lowell. Leonard Kimball, _for Fisk U._ 100.00
Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.75
Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for
Wilmington, N.C._ 3,500.00
Millbury. M. E. Bond 3.50
Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 57.51
Montague. Cong. Ch. 23.65
Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond, _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00
New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr. 20.00
Newburyport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc.,
$26.87; North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $22.31 49.18
Newton. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of First Cong.
Ch., to const. MRS. D. L. FURBER, L. M. 30.00
Newton Centre. Mrs. J. B. H. 0.50
Newton Highlands. Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C.,
and $1 _for freight, for Atlanta, Ga._ 1.00
Newton Highlands. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Newtonville. “M. W. M.” 1.00
North Abington. Bbl. of C., by N. Noyes, _for
Tougaloo U._
Northampton. “A Friend.” 100.00
Northampton. Mrs. F. E. G. Stoddard, Box of
Books, _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._, and
$7.80 _for freight_ 7.80
North Amherst. Friends, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 7.00
North Amherst. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong.
Ch., Bbl. of Bedding and C., _for Atlanta,
Ga._
Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
North Somerville. “A Friend.” 1.00
Norwood. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Orange. Central Ev. Cong. Ch. 10.35
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.78
Rehoboth. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. J. F.
MOULTON, L. M. 25.00
Rutland. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Salem. Geo. Driver 2.00
Sandwich. Mrs. Robert Tobey, _for Indian
Student Aid, Hampton Inst._ 5.00
Shelburne. Cong. Ch. 56.79
Somerville. A. R. 0.50
Southfield. Mrs. E. B. C. 1.00
South Framingham. So. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 204.00
South Natick. Young Eliot’s Miss. Circle, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
(ad’l) to const. MRS. JUSTINA A. TINKHAM and
MISS JANE ELLEN LOUD, L. M’s 46.00
Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 170.35
Springfield. Memorial Ch., $52.82; North Cong.
Ch. and Soc. $25 77.82
Springfield. Ira Merrill, $5; Mrs. Ira
Merrill, $5, _for rebuilding Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch. $26.28
Taunton. Union Ch. and Soc. 9.80
Townsend. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell, $5: _for Chinese
M._, and $1 _for Mag._ 6.00
Westborough. Freedmen’s Miss. Assn., Bbl. of
C., _for Savannah, Ga._
West Gloucester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Westminster. Bbl. of C. _for Tougaloo, Miss._
West Roxbury. South Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 66.06
West Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Winchendon. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 109.00
Worcester. Salem St. Cong. Ch. 41.23
Worthington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.76
—— Three Bbl’s C., _for Marion, Ala._
—— “A Friend.” 100.00

RHODE ISLAND, $44.00.

East Providence. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Pawtucket. Mrs. C. Blodgett 10.00
Providence. Ladies, by Miss Marsh, _for Byron,
Ga._ 14.00

CONNECTICUT, $8,428.78.

Birmingham. W. E. Downes, _for Tillotson C.
and N. Inst._ 100.00
Brooklyn. “E. F. B.” 25.00
Colebrook. Cong. Ch. 17.05
Colebrook River. Miles Gillett 2.00
East Haven. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Ekonk. Elizabeth W. Kasson 10.00
East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells 5.00
Gilead. Cong. Ch. 20.68
Hartford. Mrs. Ellery Hills, $350; A. S. K., $1 351.00
Hartford. George Kellogg, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 100.00
Hartford. Benev. Soc. of Asylum Hill Cong.
Ch., 2 Bbls. and a Box of Bedding and New
C., and $3.90 _for freight, for Atlanta, Ga._ 3.90
Huntington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch. 21.00
Mansfield Centre. First Cong. Ch. 8.00
Mill Brook. Mrs. E. R. A. 1.00
Orange. Rev. E. E. Rogers, _for freight_ 2.00
New Britain. H. S. Walter, _for Straight U._ 70.00
New Haven. North Ch., $180.64; Mrs. S. A.
Thomas, $5 185.64
New Hartford. North Cong. Ch. 20.10
North Cornwall. Cong. Ch. 13.82
Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. 100.00
Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U., and to const._ ELIZABETH B.
HUNTINGTON, SUSAN D. HUNTINGTON and JOHN P.
HUNTINGTON, L. M’s 100.00
Plantsville. Dea. T. Higgins, _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00
Poquonock. Cong. Ch. 18.16
South Coventry. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
South Windsor. Second. Cong. Ch. 24.23
Rockville. First. Cong. Ch. 111.00
Roxbury. Hervey M. Booth 10.00
Warehouse Point. “Friend.” 10.00
Westford. Cong. Ch. 5.00
West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.29
Windsor. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Woodstock. Cong. Sab. Sch. 18.35
—— “A Friend in Conn.” 50.00
—— “A Friend in Conn.” 10.00
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$1,501.28

LEGACIES.

New Haven. Estate of Mrs. Mary A. Hotchkiss,
by Richard E. Rice, Ex. 470.00
Orange. Estate of Mrs. Huldah Coe, by Leman W.
Cutler, Ex. 6,457.50
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$8,428.78

NEW YORK, $878.82.

Baldwinsville. Howard Carter 10.00
Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch., ($30 of which to
const. SAMUEL S. MARPLES, L. M.) $86.48;
East Cong. Ch., $84.72; Church of the
Pilgrims, $72; “A Friend,” $50 293.20
Buffalo. Two Bbls. C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._
Cambria. Cong. Ch. $15.00
Candor. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00
Columbus. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.50
Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.41
Danby. First Cong. Ch., bal. to const. WILLIAM
E. CHAPMAN, L. M. 18.00
Eden. Mrs. H. McNett 2.00
Fairport. Mrs. Rev. J. Butler 10.00
Gainesville. —— 1.00
Gloversville. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 12.50
Groton. Dr. C. Chapman 6.00
Homer. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Lake George. “G. H.” 1.00
New York. Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, $200; Mrs. Wm. E.
Dodge, $100; Robbins Battell, $25, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 325.00
New York. J. Goetschins 1.50
Orient. Miss H. M. W. 1.00
Parishville. Cong. Ch. 6.35
Penn Yan. Mrs. D. B. Prosser 15.00
Perry Centre. Cong. Ch. 20.76
Rome. John B. Jervis 25.00
Sherburne. Ladies, Bbl. of C., and $2.60 _for
freight, for Talladega Ala._ 2.60
Smyrna. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Turin. Mrs. Martha Woolworth 5.00
Verona. Cong. Ch. 18.00

NEW JERSEY, $108.50.

Boonton. G. W. Esten Bbl. of Books and Papers.
Bound Brook. Cong. Ch. 13.50
Newark. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Newark. Collection at General Association _for
Lincoln Memorial Church, Washington D.C._ 75.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $25.00.

Hyde Park. Thomas Eynon and Mrs J. L. Eynon 25.00

OHIO, $463.61.

Ashtabula. James Hall 3.00
Castalia. Cong. Ch. $6.85 and Sab. Sch., $2.15 9.00
Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury, $30; Rev. R.
B. Johns, $5 35.00
Crab Creek. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00
Elyria. First Cong. Ch., to const. REV. JAMES
B. STOCKING, ROLLIN B. CARY and ALEXANDER
LAMBERTON, L. Ms. 111.67
Geneva. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo
U._ 36.50
Huntsburgh. Capt. A. E. Millard, $5; Mrs. M.
E. Millard, $5 10.00
Kelley’s Island. Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._ 20.70
Kent. Cong. Ch. 12.12
Marietta. Cong. Ch. 57.70
Mechanicsburgh. Rev. N. H. 1.00
Medina. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C., and bal. to const._ MISS ELLEN
J. MASON, L. M. 10.00
Newark. “A Friend,” $50; MRS. J. C. WHEATON,
$25 adl. to const. herself L. M. 75.00
North Benton. Simon Hartzel, _for Talladega C._ 5.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 11.30
Paddy’s Run. Cong. Ch. 27.00
Parkman. Dea. J. S. H. 1.00
Strongsville. L. Freeman, _for furnishing a
room, Tougaloo U._ 25.00
Tallmadge. Mrs. D. B. T., by J. P. 0.62
Toledo. Second Cong. Ch. 5.00
Willoughby. Bbl. Of C., Miss M. P. Hastings,
$2 _for freight, for Tougaloo, Miss._ 2.00

INDIANA, $1.00.

Orland. Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 1.00

ILLINOIS, $2,417.22.

Chicago. C. G. Hammond, $1,000; Bethany Ch.,
$15.37; Rev. E. N. Andrews, $5 1,020.37
Chicago. Jubilee Singers, special contribution
at First Cong. Ch., _for Chapel, Nashville,
Tenn._ 111.34
Chicago. James W. Porter, $10; Neddie, Charles
and Huntington Blatchford, $9, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 19.00
Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., Ladies Miss. Soc.,
_for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 11.41
Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., _for Emerson
Inst._ 2.00
Dundee. Cong. Ch. 22.45
Dunlap. Elmira Jones 10.00
Geneseo. H. Davison 2.00
Highland Park. L. S. B. 0.50
La Fayette. “P. M. H.” 1.00
Lawn Ridge. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Lyndon. Mrs A. H., $1; Mrs. M. W. 50c. 1.50
Metamora. “Friends” by A. C. Rouse, _for
rebuilding Tougaloo, Miss._ 20.75
Newark. Horace Day 5.00
Princeton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.43
Payson. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Rockford. Second Cong. Ch. 120.86
Seward. Cong. Ch., $22; and Sab. Sch., $8.
(_Incorrectly ack. in June._)
Seward. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 2.00
Waukegan. Young People’s Miss. Soc., _for
Emerson Inst._ 10.00
Wyoming. Cong. Ch. 4.61
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1,417.22

LEGACY.

Galesburg. Estate of Mrs. W. C. Willard, by
Prof. T. R. Willard, Ex. 1,000.00
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2,417.22

MICHIGAN, $228.39.

Battle Creek. Presb. and Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00
Battle Creek. Ladies, Box of C., and $2.21
_for Freight, for Talladega, Ala._ 2.21
Calumet. J. H. 0.50
Canandaigua. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Detroit. First Cong. Ch. 50.00
Detroit. Miss J. Higley, _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 4.00
Frankfort. Mrs. J. B. C. 0.50
Kalamo. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l), to const.
WILLIS A. ANDERSON, GEORGE D. ALLEN, MRS.
LOTTIE WARTZ, MILES B. MILLER, and MRS.
ELIZA OLIVER, L. Ms. 100.00
Leland. F. C. 1.00
Milford. Mrs. E. G. 1.00
Morenci. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Northport. Cong. Ch. 8.43
Olivet. “W. J. H.” 25.00
Webster. Cong. Ch. 10.75

WISCONSIN, $180.33.

Arena. Cong. Ch. 5.70
Beloit. J. E. T. 0.50
Columbus. Calvin Baker 5.00
Milwaukee. Mrs. Wm. Millard, _for Emerson
Inst._ 5.00
Racine. A. E. N., _for Indian M._ 1.00
River Falls. “S. W.,” $19; “W. M. N.,” $6 25.00
Rosendale. Cong. Ch. $24.53, and Sab. Sch. $4 28.53
Sparta. Individuals, _for Mag._ 1.50
Wauwatosa. Cong. Ch., to const. ALFRED H.
DUPREE and EMERY A. SWAN, L. Ms 75.00

IOWA, $125.97.

Cedar Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing
a room, Talladega C._ 12.00
Cherokee Co. Second Cong. Ch. 5.00
Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 45.25
Creston. H. W. Perrigo 10.00
Creston. Pilgrim Ch., _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 0.50
Floris. “Mary and Martha.” 5.00
Garden. ——, _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans,
La._ 5.00
Logan. Cong. Ch. 8.00
McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc. $16.87
Meriden. Cong. Ch. 3.35
Meriden. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 2.00
Quasqueton. Rev. A. Manson 5.00
Storm Lake. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary,
New Orleans, La._ 2.00
West Liberty. Mrs. L. K. Sesson, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00

MISSOURI, $1.00.

Saint Louis. Mrs. M. K. J. 1.00

MINNESOTA, $37.07.

Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $31.37; Second
Cong. Ch., $1.20 32.57
Rose Creek. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Rushford. Cong. Ch. 2.50

NEBRASKA, $3.00.

Clarksville. Cong. Ch. 3.00

COLORADO, $25.00.

Colorado Springs. Young People’s Mission
Circle, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._, and
bal. to const. MRS. J. W. PICKETT, L. M. 25.00

CALIFORNIA, $150.00.

Oakland. Mrs. E. A. Gray, _for School-house in
Georgia_ 150.00

OREGON, $38.50.

Albany. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Forest Grove. Cong. Ch., Prof. J. W. Marsh,
$20; Capt. E. R. Merriman, $2; I. L. Smith
and others, $1.50 23.50

WASHINGTON TER., $5.51.

Fidalgo. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., ($3.60 of which
_for School-house in Ga._) 5.00
Skokomish. Rev. M. E. 0.51

MARYLAND, $2.00.

Emmitsburgh. David Gamble 2.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $112.93.

Wilmington. Williston Sch., Tuition 107.93
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $247.80.

Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 247.80

TENNESSEE, $642.80.

Chattanooga. Rent 250.00
Chattanooga. G. R. _for furnishing room,
Tougaloo U._ 1.00
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 207.15
Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition 159.65
Nashville. Fisk University, Society for the
Evangelization of Africa, _for Student Aid,
Mendi M._ 25.00

GEORGIA, $1,053.08.

Atlanta. Peabody Fund, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 400.00
Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition $243.30, Rent, $3 246.30
Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition $100.10; Rent $12 112.10
Atlanta. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Bainbridge. H. R. S. 1.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition 62.85
Macon. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Marietta. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta
U._ 30.00
McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition 27.36
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $125; Rent $10 135.00
Savannah. Cong. Ch., $6.19, and Sab. Sch.,
$2.28 8.47

ALABAMA, $478.55.

Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition 156.75
Mobile. Emersonian Mission Band, ($20 of which
_for Mendi M._) 45.60
Montgomery. City Fund $210.00
Selma. Cong. Ch. 22.35
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 35.85
Talladega. Wm. Savery, $5; D. Johnson, $2; N.
L., $1, _for rebuilding barn, Talladega,
Ala._ 8.00

MISSISSIPPI, $119.45.

Greenwood. By “R. W. J.,” _for rebuilding
Tougaloo, Miss._ 11.00
Jackson. Friends, by A. B. W., _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 2.10
Madison. “Friends,” by A. B. W., _for
rebuilding Tougaloo, Miss._ 9.60
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $73.75; Rent,
$20 93.75
Tougaloo. Rev. G. S. Pope, _for Student Aid_ 3.00

LOUISIANA, $148.15.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 141.50
New Orleans. Mrs. F. D., $1; Mrs. D. S., Mrs.
C. J. and Mrs. B. C. 50c. ea.; Other sums by
Rev. W. S. A. $4.15 6.65

TEXAS, $318.24.

Austin. Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Tuition 204.85
Austin. Rev. W. E. Brooks, $92.09; Rev. E. B.
Wright D.D., and wife $10; “A Friend,” $5;
Eggleston Brothers, $5, _for Tillotson C.
and N. Inst._ 112.09
Corpus Christi. First Cong. Ch. 1.30

CANADA, $5.00.

Unionville. Rev. Edward Ebbs 5.00

SWITZERLAND, $19.31.

Geneva. Legacy of Henri Serment, by W. Serment 19.31

SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000.00.

Sandwich Islands. “A Friend,” 1,000.00

LEGACIES, $210.00.

Sundry Estates 210.00

INCOME FUND, $278.87.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 278.87
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Total for May 24,577.93
Total from Oct. 1st to May 31st $150,487.84

FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Portland, Me. C. M. Seales, _for furnishing a
room_ 25.00
Plainfield, N.H. Mrs. Hannah Stevens 25.00
Norwich, Conn. “A Friend.” 400.00
Plainville, Conn. Mrs. Clapp 5.00
Thomaston, Conn. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., by Mrs.
Horace A. Potter, Sec., $13, and Bbl. of C. 13.00
Watertown, Conn. Alma de F. Curtiss and Fannie
E. Curtiss, by Mrs. Mary F. Curtiss 100.00
LeRoy, N.Y. Miss D. A. Phillips, _for
furnishing a room_ 25.00
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Total 593.00
Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to April
30th 4,264.71
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$4,857.71

FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.

New Jersey. “Anti-Slavery Friend” 515.00
Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to April
30th 20,098.76
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Total $20,613.76
==========

H. W. Hubbard, _Treas._,
56 Reade St., N.Y.

American Missionary Association,

56 READE STREET, N.Y.

* * * * *

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, Oregon.
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,
J. A. 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, counseling, 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.

ART. X. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting.

FOOTNOTE:

[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit; repentance, faith and holy obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the wicked, and salvation of the righteous.

The American Missionary Association.

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AIM AND WORK.

To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in AFRICA.

STATISTICS.

CHURCHES: _In the South_—in Va., 1; N.C., 6; S.C., 2; Ga., 13; Ky., 6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 2. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 76.

INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, Raleigh, N.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 31. Total 51.

TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 284; among the Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 11; in Africa, 13. Total, 330. STUDENTS—In Theology, 102; Law, 23; in College Course, 75; in other studies, 7,852. Total, 8,052. Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. INDIANS under the care of the Association, 13,000.

WANTS.

1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the strong.

2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES for the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious, for these churches.

3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.

Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. office, as below:

NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., Treasurer, 56 Reade Street.
BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Dis’t Sec., Room 21
Congregational House.
CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, Dis’t Sec., 112 West Washington
Street.

MAGAZINE.

This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year not less than five dollars.

Those who wish to remember the AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the following

FORM OF A BEQUEST.

“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”

The will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States three are required—in other States only two], who should write against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, their street and number]. The following form of attestation will answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required that the Will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator.

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COPY OF THE REVISED NEW TESTAMENT FREE.

During the coming month we will send free by mail a copy of the Revised Edition of the New Testament (Oxford Edition, limp cloth, red edges), a very handsome book, to any subscriber who will renew his subscription to the WITNESS now, by sending us $1.50 by money order, bank draft, or registered letter. Even if subscription is not due until next year, by remitting the amount now, the subscription will be extended and the Testament sent at once. This is the edition authorized by the English and American committees, and it contains a history of the revision and an appendix giving the list of American corrections which were not concurred in by the English committee.

A club of three copies of WITNESS for a year, directed separately, will be sent for $4 remitted direct to this office, and also three copies of this Testament.

A club of six GEMS OF POETRY for a year will be $4, and three copies of Revised New Testament will be sent gratis with it.

A club of nine SABBATH READING will be sent for a year for $4, and three copies of Revised New Testament gratis.

All directed separately and all postpaid.

Address,

JOHN DOUGALL & CO.,
_No. 21 Vandewater Street, N.Y._

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BISCOTINE.

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As an article of common diet for infants, particularly those suffering from delicate constitution, weak intestines, or looseness of the bowels, it will be found to give health and strength with more certainty than the crude substances now in use, and not, like them, liable to sour on the stomach.

DELLUC & CO.,

Importing and Dispensing French Chemists,

635 BROADWAY, N.Y. CITY.

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ALSO ALL HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.

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