Chapter II: Part 2

President Brooks has the real welfare of his pupils at heart, and is educating them in a practical as well as theoretical way. He is teaching them how to become useful and honorable men and women, and his labors have the cordial approval of all our best citizens. President Brooks is so much gratified with his success thus far that he visits the North shortly, hoping to get further aid in establishing this school, and proposes, if his expectations are realized, to add a mechanical and agricultural department to his present course of instruction. The school closed with an attendance of one hundred and seven pupils. This under-taking is a very praiseworthy one, and will, we doubt not, meet with the encouragement it most certainly deserves. In Virginia, Tennessee and Louisiana these schools for the colored youth are attracting the attention and securing the liberal approval of the legislatures and public men of those states, and so it will be here.

We noticed among the many visitors present at the examination, Gov. Pease, Rev. Mr. Wright, Judge Fulmore, Mr. A. P. Wooldridge, Profs. Winn and Johnson, all of whom expressed themselves highly gratified with the success of the school.

We recommend to our people who take an interest in education to visit this Institution. They can be assured of a polite and hospitable welcome, and most of them will be surprised and pleased to see what a superior school and school building we have in our midst.

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AVERY INSTITUTE, CHARLESTON.

The school year at Avery Institute closed Thursday, June 30, the last three days being given to public exercises. Tuesday was “examination day.” I wish you all could see the school as it looked that morning from the rostrum. The bright eager eyes, the earnest faces, the neat appropriate style of dress, and the respectful scholar-like behavior of the students, even the tiniest ones, are a strong contrast to the appearance of the street children. You suppose our scholars belong to a better class than the street children? To be sure they do; but these same lower classes may become respectable, and have much more to encourage them to rise, than those had who have already struggled up. The visitors were, of course, friends of the school and of the scholars, and they said many kind and appreciative things about the school and the recitations they heard. We tried to make the examinations strictly honest. Every scholar was given a chance, as far as possible, to show what he had done in every study he had pursued; and to take the words of those who visited the different classes, the result was satisfactory.

Wednesday was “children’s day,” when the little ones in the lower rooms gave the entertainment, and the older scholars attended as guests, with other friends of the small entertainers. The affair was very child-like and pretty. The recitations and dialogues were such as the children could appreciate; the songs bright, airy little things; and the singing a half-shy dainty rippling of very sweet music. Through all there was no appearance of the “Now-all-are-looking-at-me” feeling that sometimes makes children’s exhibitions such pitiful things.

On Thursday was the Anniversary. The course of study having been extended one year, there was no graduating class. The exercises consisted of essays by members of the upper classes, the recitation of a few poems, one or two dialogues, and music. The music was very good, the dialogues natural, the recitations well chosen and well spoken, that entitled “Mona’s Water” being very strongly rendered; but the most interesting part of this entertainment was the essays. Three prizes had been offered, and three gentlemen of the city acted as judges, to decide on the merits of the different essays. All were called good, and with reason. Those of the youngest class in essay writing were delightfully child-like, natural and original. That on “Intemperance,” to which the prize was awarded, had besides a strong-hearted earnestness and depth of thought that were surprising. The essays of the middle class showed more mature thought, or, perhaps, a reaching out towards mature thought—a calm looking forward and trying to prepare for earnest living. The prize in this class came to the essay entitled, “We Learn not for School, but for Life.” The essays of the upper class seemed to have for a key-note a sentiment we always find among the best of our people here, when we get at their hearts and hopes and aspirations—the elevation of their race. Do not think there was any sameness in these essays. Each reached this thought in a different way. It gleamed out in “Everything was Made to be Happy;” it made itself felt as one of the foundations of “Progress;” and it formed the crown of the prize essay, “Nothing Great is Lightly Won,” when, after brave words calling to action, it closed with the quotation from Longfellow’s “Psalm of Life:”

“Lives of great men all remind us,
We may make our lives sublime,” etc.,

leaving one with the thought that helping others is the best and greatest work here, and that our lives must be right towards God if we would really help.

In the evening of this same day the Normal exhibition was held. Every part of the programme was well executed.

C.

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LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL.

REV. S. E. LATHROP, MACON, GA.

The closing examinations occupied nearly two days, May 31st and June 1st. The attendance of parents and other visitors was larger than at any previous occasion for some years past, showing perhaps an increasing interest in educational matters. Most of the older scholars (about fifteen of them) had left previously to teach country schools; but the classes which were examined acquitted themselves remarkably well. The questioning by the teachers threw them upon their own resources, and proved the excellent instruction they have had. The noticeable quickness and readiness of answer, and the mastery of each branch of study, showed that they have been trained to think for themselves, and not merely to learn by rote. In reading, geography, history, grammar, composition, arithmetic, algebra, natural philosophy, and other branches, the scholars showed very commendable proficiency, and again answered the often-answered question, “Can the negro learn?”

One thing highly commended by all the visitors, and an important feature of the instruction, was the constant use of writing. The scholars spell out their lessons by writing on slate or black-board. They frequently prepare written compositions or reviews of lessons in grammar and geography, and in many ways are taught to express in written characters the thoughts drawn from their studies. Thus the facts are firmly fixed in mind, and they learn also by the same process to write, spell, capitalize, punctuate and compose. Some of the exercises written as ordinary lessons displayed handsome penmanship.

Several leading white citizens attended the exercises, and expressed themselves as being much pleased. Among them were Professor Williams, principal of the State Asylum for the Blind, located here, a firm friend of negro education; and Professor Link, a professional teacher of many years’ experience, who said, significantly, in private: “I attend all the white schools, and I don’t see any difference”—which is quite an admission for a native Southerner. There was also Rev. J. W. Burke, a leading Methodist Episcopal clergyman, publisher and assistant editor of the _Wesleyan Christian Advocate_, well known as an excellent Christian man and a true friend of the negro. All the visitors showed decided interest and pleasure. A violent rain-storm arising in the afternoon doubtless kept away many who would have attended.

The literary exercises were held in the church at 4 p. m., June 1st, in the presence of a large and attentive audience. The school, marching in to organ music, were massed together upon the pulpit platform, one tier above another, making a very striking and memorable group. As I looked into the bright eyes and smiling faces of all shades of color, from jet black to almost pure white, and noted the neat, tasty dress, and the beaming of intelligence from the animated features, and remembered the thoroughness of the examination they had passed, I looked back to another scene, sixteen years ago, when, as a soldier in General Wilson’s cavalry, we took possession of this city, and heard the rumors of peace confirmed, just at the end of the long and bloody war. That was my first sight of the negroes of Macon. Then they were uncouth, ragged, ignorant and untrained; but now what a change! I thanked God and took courage.

As the school stood in this grouped position, they sang beautifully the song “Our Motto,” in which the chorus of each verse was “Be faithful, firm and true.” Then repeating together the Twenty-third Psalm, and chanting the Lord’s Prayer, they took their seats in the body of the church, and the literary programme went on. The reading of selections and compositions, the declamations and music, were all well rendered. The singing was especially deserving of notice, as, on account of the severe illness of Miss Raynor, the music teacher, the scholars were deprived of their accustomed organ accompaniment and musical leadership. But they had been well trained, and acquitted themselves with much credit to their teacher and themselves. A song entitled “The Farmer’s Boy,” with a whistling chorus, was especially well sung and whistled. The senior class sang a parting song, and the benediction by Rev. J. W. Burke at 6 P. M. closed the arduous and successful year’s work of the school.

During the year there have been 162 pupils enrolled. Miss C. H. Gilbert, who has been principal for the past three years, is a very successful and experienced instructor, and deserves great credit for the thoroughness and progress of the school. The assistants, Misses J. A. Raynor and C. M. Park, have also done faithful and valuable work. The school has almost outgrown its present quarters, and much needs increased accommodations. The daily Macon _Telegraph and Messenger_ published full and eulogistic reports of the closing exercises.

Mrs. Elizabeth Lathrop, wife of the Macon missionary, has been doing an important work in the industrial line among the girls during the year. Laboring simply as minister’s wife, she has accomplished a good deal of missionary work, not the least important of which has been the sewing school. Beginning last December with twelve pupils, the number increased to 133 on the roll, with an average weekly attendance of 55. Northern friends have contributed thread, needles and other material, and during the seven months the class have made, under the instruction of Mrs. Lathrop, three hundred and six garments (aprons, dresses, handkerchiefs and under clothing), besides twenty-six patch-work quilts, all but three of these completely finished. On June 4th there was an exhibition of these articles at the Lewis High School, an astonishment to all who beheld. The mothers sat there with glad, grateful tears rolling down their cheeks, at the thought of the benefits received in this manner. Speeches of eulogistic gratitude were made by the colored Methodist preachers, and the day closed with the distribution of the garments to the girls who had made them. Much good has been accomplished in this way, and this industrial training is receiving, as it should, more attention than formerly in different places.

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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.

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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THE ANNIVERSARY AT STOCKTON.

Last month I gave some account of our anniversary at Sacramento, with the address by Lem Chung. Last Sabbath evening, June 19th, we held our anniversary at Stockton. It was an exceedingly interesting and useful service. The church was well filled—better than ever before when I have been there. The report of the secretary, Mr. M. J. Nightingale, and the supplementary one by the teacher, Mrs. M. B. Langdon, showed good work done with glad results. Just 100 Chinese had been enrolled as pupils in the school during the year, though the largest enrolment in any one month was 49. The average attendance on some months rose to 35 or 36, but the average for the year was 25. Two of the pupils have been baptized and received into the Congregational church in Stockton during the year, and others are now ready to be thus received.

The exercises by the pupils were well rendered. The pastor of the church, Rev. John Hooper, made an earnest and effective address, pledging his own sympathy and co-operation in such terms as will be very helpful to us in the year to come. Your superintendent said a few words also; but that which thrilled us most of all was the brief and modest address of our new helper, Lee Pak Yuen, converted in connection with our Oakland Mission, and a member of the First Congregational church in that city. I give it to our readers just as it was uttered.

ADDRESS BY LEE PAK YUEN.

Dear Friends and Teachers: I am very glad to see you all, but I have not much to say to you. I can only tell you how I became a Christian.

For the first three years I was in California I did not like Jesus, and I did scold those Chinese Christians who spoke about him. I only liked to go and gamble, and play cards and drink. So I had no money to live on. I felt very sorry; but afterward I was asked to come to school, and for many months in school I also talked against Jesus; but the teacher did not scold me, but was very kind to me. He taught me, at length, to read this verse in Matt. ix. 13, “For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” But, at last, the Holy Spirit convinced me to believe in Jesus with all my heart, and now I thank you very much for what you have done for me and for my countrymen. I hope the Lord bless you, and bring many to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

I know the Lord is very strong. He helps every one to believe in Him. Without Him we can do nothing. He will watch over us and take care of us. Now I will tell you what I did while I was in China. I left California to go back to China to my father’s house. He called me to worship the gods, but I would not. My father had made all preparations for my worshiping. He took my hand to go out of the door to worship the ancestors, and he wanted me to kneel down and pray to them. Because I would not, he scolded me and called me crazy.

I came out to Hong Kong and stopped there one month. I then went back to my home, and found my father crying, and all very sad. I asked, “What is the matter?” My father answered: “You are no good. You come home and will not worship my gods. The gods will kill your brothers.” I then went to see my brothers, and found one of them very sick indeed. The doctor said he cannot live two days. I almost cried myself. My father then said to me: “If he dies I shall kill you. If I do not kill you, all your other brothers will die.” I then took my father’s hand, and knelt down and asked the Lord Jesus to bless him; but my father scolded me all the time, for he did not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour. He heard my prayer for my brother’s sickness. In twenty days he was all well. All the people of my village called me Christ; but I said, I am not Christ; he is in heaven. The Bible says, “Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name I will do it.”

My dear friends, I hope you will not forget to pray for China, that all may be brought to believe in the true God. Let us remember the promise, “Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost part of the earth for thy possession.”

THE MAY REPORTS.

I add the following item, clipped from _The Pacific_ of June 8th:

The monthly reports for May from the various mission schools of the California Chinese mission are very encouraging. The work is larger and, as we gladly believe, _better_ than ever before—more schools, more teachers, more pupils, and, we trust, many souls seeking Christ. The statistics are as follows: Schools, 14; teachers and helpers, 27; pupils enrolled, 566; of whom 190 were received during May, against 68 who left the schools. The aggregate average attendance was 314. Since the beginning of the present fiscal year (Sept. 1, 1880), 1,245 pupils have been enrolled. Of the pupils now in the schools, 136 are reported as giving evidence of conversion.

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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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TWENTY MINUTES A-DAY WORKING SOCIETY,

IN CONNECTION WITH THE WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

For the benefit of ladies interested in home missionary work, but prevented from forming or joining auxiliaries, we have this month a new plan to propose, a plan which offers some of the advantages of both individual and co-operative work.

The Twenty Minutes a-Day Working Society originated, we believe, in England, where it appears to be accomplishing great good. Its characteristic features are found in other associations among English ladies, who seem to have a special liking for being bound together by aim and rules without organization or meetings. But the idea has been adopted in some of the churches of our country also, and, it is said, with admirable success.

The following are the rules by which the members of this society bind themselves:

1. To work twenty minutes a day, or two hours a week, according to convenience.

2. Each lady to furnish her own materials, and make such articles as are suitable either for home missionaries and their families at the West, or for distribution among the colored people.

3. To contribute at least one book a year, not necessarily new.

4. To contribute fifty cents a year for the purpose of defraying expenses of transportation, &c.

5. To pray each day for those to whom these gifts are sent, and also for the prosperity of our organization.

6. Articles made are to be sent twice a year to the rooms of the Woman’s Home Missionary Association, at such times as shall be designated by the committee.

For further information apply to the Secretary of the Woman’s Home Missionary Association, 20 Congregational House, Boston.

The interest roused by the late Home Missionary Convention at Chicago shows how real and earnest is the purpose in the hearts of many of our people to undertake with new determination and zeal the task of keeping and of recovering this land for a true Christianity. Every day exposes anew to us, if our eyes are open, the monstrous and fatal dangers which threaten our Republic. But do we consider, does each Christian reflect, that not one of these evils, not one evil, would endanger our beloved country, if the good news brought by Christ were accepted and worked out in every home and every life?

“Ten times one is ten;” yes, there is well unfolded the secret of Christian life and strength, and of the coming millennium. Let each of us now say: “I have been saved by the knowledge of Christ; to how many can I convey this knowledge the coming year? Can I send it to ten more? to one more? It is not for me to wait to see what ten others will do. What can I do, and now, to help recover what is lost, to keep what is yet ours in our dear land?” Oh, let us try it. We are not doing enough, and our time of working may be short, if we let the enemy come in like a flood; but let us work, each work, alone, together; work and pray, for we have already seen something of what God’s power and goodness can do in multiplying single-handed and feeble (?) efforts made in His name.

A word more to the children about the Sunday-school papers. A generous response has come in, but still the Secretary has a large number of names of schools ready to receive above the number of those ready to give. Are there not other Sunday-schools with papers to send? Is there not some girl or boy ready to undertake to collect the same? Do not be afraid to send a few, if you have not many, only send them regularly and with prayer. Do not forget to be “ready to distribute, willing to communicate.” This is your opportunity as well as that of your father and mother, and the work is great. Write to the Secretary of the Woman’s Home Missionary Association, 20 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., and she will send you the name of a school where the boys and girls will be, you can hardly think how, eager and glad to get your papers.

Receipts of Woman’s Home Missionary Association from May 31 to June 27, 1881:

From auxiliaries $169.92
” life members 20.00
” annual members 2.00
” donations 52.50
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$244.42

Boxes and barrels:

From W. Newton, Aux. to Mrs.
Babcock, valued at $30.00
” Son of Rev. Mr. Alvord,
Nashua, to Miss Wilson. 50.00
” Miss. Sunbeams, Phillip’s Ch.,
South Boston, to the West 15.00

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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GRACIE’S MISTAKE.

MRS. HARRIET A. CHEEVER.

“Just think, mamma! grandpa Gray gave me a five dollar bill just as he was getting into the cars to go home, and said I might do just what I pleased with it; wasn’t that splendid?”

“Yes, Gracie, what shall you do with it?”

“Don’t know yet, shall have to think;” and Gracie flattened her nose against the window-pane one short moment, the next she exclaimed:

“Oh, see, ma, there goes one of those colored students; do you suppose they ever learn much?”

Something in the child’s tone pained Mrs. Gray, and she answered seriously:

“Just as much as any others; my little girl has yet to learn that any difference in young men that is only skin deep is a very slight difference, and none whatever in the sight of God.”

“Well,” replied the petted child, “I like white folks best, and _always shall_;” and she gave her pretty head with its fair hair a smart little toss. Before her mother could reply, she asked hastily:

“May I run across the bit of woods and see Jennie Hale a little while?”

Her mother said yes, and the next moment Gracie was skipping along through the “bit of woods” towards the home of her little friend, when all at once she struck her foot against a little stump, bounded into the air for an instant, then fell heavily. There she lay moaning in dreadful pain.

“Oh, dear!” she cried, “I’ve broken my ankle, I know I have, and that horrid Dr. Stuart will have to set it, and he sha’n’t, he sha’n’t! I’ll die if he does! Oh, dear, what shall I do!”

Dr. Frank Bates, a colored student in the medical department of the college for freedmen, close by, was walking slowly along with a book in his hand—a way these students have, somehow, of improving every moment—when he thought he heard a moan. He listened, and sure enough it _was_ a moan, very near, too, and putting the book in his pocket, he soon reached the spot where Gracie was lying.

He was a very tall, strong young man, but tender-hearted and gentle as a woman could be. He knelt beside Gracie, who cried with pain when he tried to lift her.

“There, there,” he crooned pityingly, his great, soft eyes full of compassion; “wait a moment, and Dr. Frank’ll make it all right for poor sissy;” and seeing at once what was the real trouble, he fortunately found a little board, and tearing his bright Madras handkerchief into strips, with what skill he could carefully splintered and bandaged the broken limb; then lifting her firmly in his strong arms, he carried her steadily and safely along to her home.

Grade’s mother, in all her distress at her little girl’s pain, did not forget to thank him warmly for what he had done. Then she added. “Now we will send for Dr. Stuart, and soon have you comfortable, poor little Gracie.”

But to Mrs. Gray’s surprise, Gracie cried out: “Oh no, no, mamma, let Dr. Frank stay; I know my limb is broken and must be set all right; he told me so; but I want Dr. Frank; I’ll be good, only let him stay.”

Turning to the young giant who stood quietly by, Mrs. Gray asked if he dared undertake the case, and understood properly what must be done.

And he proved he did understand perfectly, for not even the famous Dr. Stuart could more carefully or skillfully have done what was needed than did Dr. Frank.

Such friends as they grew to be—the dark-skinned, intelligent young student, and his fair little patient!

One day Gracie said to her father, “Papa, sha’n’t you pay Dr. Frank just as much for what he has done for me as you should any one else?”

Mr. Gray thought a moment, then replied:

“Yes, Gracie, I certainly shall; it is only right; he has earned it as fairly certainly as any one else could have done.”

And what a help and encouragement it was, the handsome sum which Gracie’s grateful papa paid to Dr. Frank one day. But one other day, the great tears stood in Dr. Frank’s fine dark eyes, and he couldn’t say a word for a long time, when Gracie made him a present of her five dollar bill “to buy a book with, to remember her by,” she said child-like; but when he could find his voice again, he said so sadly, that Gracie will never forget it:

“No fear that Dr. Frank will ever forget the first dear white child who ever gave him kind words and dared trust him. I am very, very grateful for dear little sissy’s dollars; but oh, the kind words are the sweetest sounds Dr. Frank has ever heard yet.”

One day Gracie asked her mother if she remembered how proudly she said she should _always_ like white folks best.

“Yes, I remember,” replied her mother.

“So does God,” said Gracie very gently; “but I’ve been praying Him to remember it no more, for what _should_ I have done without my good, kind Dr. Frank?”

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RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1881.

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MAINE, $147.08.

Augusta. Benj. Spaulding $5.00
Bangor. Hammond St. Sab. Sch. 11.00
Blanchard. “D.B.” 10.00
Brunswick. J. W. Perry, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00
East Union. David Fowler 5.00
Ellsworth. Mrs. L. T. Phelps 10.00
Gorham. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. and $2.50 _for
freight, for Selma, Ala._ 2.50
Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. 5.11
North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid,
Selma, Ala._ 27.45
Portland. Ladies’ Aux. H. M. A. of Williston
Ch., Box of C. and $1.52 _for freight, for
Wilmington, N.C._ 1.52
Saint Albans. Rev. W. S. Sewall 6.50
Winterport. Mrs. Dr. E. Manter, _for
California Chinese M._ 52.00
York. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $136.39.

Amoskeag. Mrs. Henry B. Stearns, $2; Mrs. N.
Stearns, $2 4.00
Dover. S. H. F. 0.50
Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Franklin Falls. J. B. H. 1.00
Gilsum. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.50
Goffstown. G. P. 1.00
Hampstead. Ann M. Howard 5.00
Hanover. Dartmouth College Ch. and Soc. 22.00
Hollis. Cong. Ch. 6.19
Mason. Cong. Ch. 4.75
Meriden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Nashua. Lavinia Albert, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00
Stoddard. Rev. B. Southworth 5.00
Troy. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.45
Wakefield. Rev. Nathaniel Barker 2.00

VERMONT, $318.03.

East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Fayetteville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.17
Dummerston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.15
Jericho Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.25
Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.60
McIndoe’s Falls. Dea. W. R. Monteith 5.00
Newport. M. Benton Hall 2.00
Newbury. Mrs. D. J. 1.00
New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20.47; Rev. S.
Knowlton, $10 30.47
North Clarendon. Mrs. Wm. D. Marsh 5.00
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $10; Mrs. B. B.
Newton, $5 15.00
Richmond. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.24
Saint Albans. Mrs. M. A. Stranahan’s S. S.
Class, Cong. Ch., $50; Young Men’s Bible
Class, $10, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 60.00
Saint Albans. Class in First Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
Sheldon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00
Shoreham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.23
Underhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00
Vergennes. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.92

MASSACHUSETTS, $6,403.46.

Amherst. W. S. Clark, _for repairs, Talladega
C._ 50.00
Andover. Chapel Ch. and Soc. 93.92
Andover. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., by Mrs. J. C.
Dove, $55, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._;
Sab. Sch. of Free Ch., $10, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 65.00
Ashburnham. M. W. 1.00
Ashfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $41.54, to
const. REV. J. WADHAMS, L.M.; B. Howes, $1.30 42.84
Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 93.44
Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding 46.00
Bedford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS.
MARY W. HANAFORD, L. M. 39.66
Beverly. Dane St. Ch. and Soc. 83.03
Boston. “Wilberforce.” 2,014.00
Boston. Immanuel Cong. Ch. and Soc. $100;
Central Cong. Ch. (ad’l), $20; “W. E. M.” $10 130.00
Boston. Ladies, _for Washington, D.C._ 7.00
Brocton. “A Friend” 10.00
Brookline. “S. A. C.” 10.00
Cambridge. Children’s Doll Show, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Charlestown. Ivory Littlefield 50.00
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $31.28;
Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $11 42.28
Chelsea. Mrs. E. C. 0.50
Conway. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 22.00
Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 182.56
Easthampton. Mrs. Emily G. Williston 150.00
East Medway. Mrs. E. D. 1.00
East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
REV. J. W. MALCOLM, L. M. 53.00
Framingham. “A Friend.” 5.00
Globe Village. Mrs. T. M. 1.00
Groton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.65
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.66
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.31
Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.26
Housatonic. Housatonic Cong. Ch. and Soc 52.85
Hyde Park. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Athens, Ala._ 25.00
Hubbardston. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tougaloo U._ 9.00
Lynn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.36
Lynnfield Centre. Cong Ch. and Soc. 5.57
Linden. Young People’s Soc., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 6.00
Long Meadow. Ladies’ Benev. Ass’n. 15.80
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.64
Mansfield. W. J. T., 75c.; S. E. S., 25c 1.00
Mattapoisett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Mittineague. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.46
Monson. Mrs. C. C. Chapin and her S. S. Class,
_for ed. of an Indian boy, Hampton N. and A.
Inst._ 12.00
Montville. Sylvester Jones 2.00
New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. 96.78
Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00
Newburyport and Amesbury. Ladies, _for
Washington, D.C._ 6.50
Newburyport. Belleville Cong. Ch., $57.11; P.
H. Lunt, $25 82.11
Newburyport. Miss Mary Couch, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Newton Centre. Ladies of Mrs. Furber’s Bible
Class, $50; Mrs. M. B. Furber, $25, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 75.00
Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.98
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.04
North Brookfield. Miss A. W. Johnson, $5; Miss
A. W. Johnson and Friends, Bbl. of C., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
North Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
DEA. DAVID PRATT, L. M. 30.00
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 59.00
Oakham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 64.93
Orleans. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Paxton. “Friends,” by E. L. Rowell, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 4.00
Peabody. Prof. J. K. Cole, _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 10.00
Peabody. Thomas Stimpson, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.50
Reading. Bethesda Cong. Ch. and Soc., $52.79;
Mrs. W. W., 50c 53.29
Rockville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc. 278.25
Sherborn. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 30.00
Shirley Village. L. Holbrook, $5; L. F. L., 50c 5.50
Somerset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
South Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., M. C. Coll. 16.00
South Hadley. Teachers and Pupils of Mount
Holyoke Sem. (40c. _of which for rebuilding
Tougaloo, Miss._) 14.90
Springfield. “M.” 1000.00
Springfield. Olivet Cong. Ch. and Soc., $31;
“A Friend,” $1 32.00
Springfield. Olivet Cong. Sab. Sch. _for
Indian boys and girls, Hampton N. and A.
Inst._ 23.22
Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 51.82
Tolland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.93
Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.75
Uxbridge. Mrs. Charles Ellis 2.00
Wakefield. “Mission Workers” of Cong. Ch.,
$15; Three Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., $13,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 28.00
Walpole. Rev. H. L. Kendall 10.00
West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Westhampton. Cong. Ch. 12.23
Wellesley. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Westport. Pacific Union Sab. Sch. 3.56
West Somerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
West Springfield. Park St. Ch. and Soc. 44.54
West Springfield. Mission Band of Cong. Ch.
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00
Worcester. Union Sab. Sch. $35, _for
furnishing room, Stone Hall_, and $15 _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Worcester. Cent. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 22.00
Winchester. N. W. C. H. 0.50
Yarmouth. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
_for Charleston, S.C._
—— “A Friend” 10.00
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5,919.12

LEGACY.

Danvers. Estate of Mrs. Jonas Fiske, by
Ebenezer Peabody 484.34
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6,403.46

RHODE ISLAND, $89.26.

Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 84.26
Providence. Ladies, _for Washington, D.C._ 5.00

CONNECTICUT, $4,358.30.

Bridgeport. Daniel E. Marsh, _for Tillotson C.
and N. Inst._ 100.00
Bridgeport. Second Cong. Ch. 77.73
Bolton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Colchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 89.34
Durham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $30; Cong.
Sab. Sch., $5 35.00
East Hampton. Dea. Samuel Skinner, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
East Hartford. E. A. Williams 20.00
East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MISS EMMA LYON, L. M. 30.00
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.35
Georgetown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.70
Glastenbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 125.00
Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.97
Hartford. Roland Mather, $500; Mrs. L. C.
Dewing, $100; “A Friend,” $50; Talcot St.
Cong. Ch. (collected by five little girls),
$21.18 671.18
Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss 5.00
Kent. First Cong. Soc. 34.84
Ledyard. Cong. Ch. 19.45
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. 56.89
Meriden. E. T. 1.00
Middletown. A. Doolittle 5.00
Morris. H. W. 0.50
Mount Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for ed. of an
African lad_ 66.87
New Britain. Young Ladies’ Soc., Bbl. and Box
of C. and $5 _for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 5.00
New Haven. James H. Foy, $10 _for Student Aid_
and $25 _for furnishing a room, Talladega C._ 35.00
New London. “A friend in First Ch.” _for
Talladega C._ 300.00
New London. First Ch. 57.71
New Preston Hill. Cong. Ch. 14.00
North Cornwall. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00
Northfield. Cong. Ch. 31.50
North Haven. E. Dickerman 2.00
Plainville. Cong. Ch. to const. MRS. TITUS
DARROW, L. M. 66.00
Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., $25; Dea. T.
Higgins, $25, _for Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 88.07
Putnam. “Mrs. E. W. S.,” $20; Mrs. M. A. K.
$15, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 35.00
Scitico. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Selma,
Ala._ 75.00
Somerville. Cong Ch. $65.54; Sab. Sch. of
Cong. Ch., Box of S. S. Books 65.54
Stamford. Miss H. H. 0.50
Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.04
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 68.90
Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 73.00
Wallingford. T. B. Bartholomew 5.00
West Stafford. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Wilton. Cong. Ch. 15.50
Winsted. C. B. Hallett 10.00
Woodbury. North Cong. Ch. 18.00
Woodstock. E. L. Snow, $350; First Cong. Ch.
and Soc., $20.22 370.22
Vernon. Cong. Sab. Sch., $13.50; “A Friend,”
$2, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 15.50
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2,858.30

LEGACIES.

Bridgeport. Estate of Mrs. Laura Sherman, by
Mrs. Mary B. Loomis, Executrix 500.00
New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven,
_for Talladega C._ 1,000.00
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4,358.30

NEW YORK, $779.92.

Bangor. R. H. Farr 20.00
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch., $171.90; South
Cong. Ch. (ad’l), $3 174.90
Brooklyn. Ladies, _for Washington, D.C._ 21.00
Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. 45.98
Connecticut. Mrs. R. K. 1.00
Cortland. Ladies of Home Miss. Soc., Box of
papers and 25c. _for freight_ 0.25
Coventry. S. A. Beardsley 5.00
Coxsackie. Mrs. E. F. Spoor, $5; Miss A. G.
Fairchild, $5 10.00
Deansville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.25
Fredonia. Sab Sch. of Presb. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._, and to const. MRS. SUSAN G.
WHITE, L. M. 50.00
Floyd. Cong. Ch. 2.53
Groton. Cong. Ch. 25.77
Ithaca. First Cong. Ch. 40.50
Little Valley. Cong. Ch. 3.60
Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Mexico. Mrs. Susan K. Butterfield 50.00
Middletown. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Munnsville. Cong. Ch. 7.00
New York. S. T. Gordon, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 200.00
New York. S. T. Gordon, 275 copies of “The New
Song.”
Owego. Bbl. of C., _for Mobile, Ala._
Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 18.23
Sidney Plain. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.71
Sinclairville. Earl C. Preston 2.00
North Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 2.25
Spencerport. “A Friend” 20.00
Ticonderoga. H. P. Bake and family 5.00
Triangle. Gerrit S. Morse 2.00
Wellsville. First Cong. Ch. 21.95

NEW JERSEY, $94.24.

East Orange. Grove St. Cong. Ch. 23.74
Elizabeth. Mrs. H. W. P. 1.00
Jersey City. “S. E. H.” 10.00
Montclair. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $15; Mrs. J.
F. Pratt’s Sab. Sch. Class, $5. _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00
Newark. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
furnishing room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 24.00
New Brunswick. Mrs. S. L. C. 0.50
Paterson. Broadway Tabernacle Sab. Sch. 10.00
Vineland. Mrs. M. A. Cone 5.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $29.48.

Ebensburgh. Cong. Ch. Mon. Colls. 11.48
Mercer. J. K. 1.00
Mercersburg. Thomas C. Johnston (of which $2
_for Chinese_ and $2 _for Mendi M._) 5.00
Philadelphia. M. E. M. 1.00
Prentiss Vale. Mrs. William Lovejoy, bal. to
const. MRS. J. T. HALL, L. M. 10.00
Terrytown. Dr. G. F. H. 1.00

OHIO, $574.63.

Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson 2.28
Ashtabula. Women’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.79
Brighton. Cong. Ch. 5.14
Cardington. W. A. Nichols 5.00
Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch. 101.00
Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch., $100, and Sab.
Sch. $10, _for Strieby Hall, Tougaloo U._ 110.00
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden, _for Mendi
M._ 5.00
Greensburgh. Mrs. H. B. Harrington, _for
Tougaloo U._ 10.00
Jersey. Mrs. Lucinda Sinnet, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo U._ 10.00
Madison. L. H. Ree, _for Strieby Hall,
Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Mansfield. First Cong. Ch., $61.93; Women’s
Beneficent Soc. of First Ch., $17.12; Young
People’s Soc. of First Ch., $17.37, to
const. MRS. SAMUEL AU, MRS. JOHN LAWSON,
MISS VIOLA PLEASANTS, L. Ms 96.42
Marysville. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Oberlin. Ladies’ Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 75.00
Oberlin. J. W. Merrill 30.00
Sandusky. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box of Bedding,
_for Fisk U._
Wellington. —— 5.00

ILLINOIS, $300.74.

Beecher. Mrs. A. H. Perry, _for freight_ 2.00
Chicago. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Chicago. Mrs. Flovelle’s S. S. Class, N. E.
Ch., _for Emerson Inst._ 1.24
Dundee. Mrs. W. D. 1.00
Geneseo. Women’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Geneseo. Henry Nourse, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 42.50
Kewannee. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 30.00
Lewistown. Mrs. Myron Phelps 50.00
Moline. Thomas Jewett, _for Ladies’ Hall,
Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Moline. Mrs. Sarah L. Barnard, _for Student
Aid. Fisk U._ 3.00
Princeton. Mrs. C. Cook 5.00
Quincy. L. Kingman 10.00
Rockford. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of First Cong.
Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Tonica. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
—— “A Friend.” 1.00

MICHIGAN, $84.50.

Battle Creek. Cong. and Presb. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid. Talladega C._ 12.00
Benzonia. Cong. Ch., $11.12; “Friends,” $4.88 16.00
Chelsea. John C. Winans 10.00
Coral. Benj. H. Lewis 5.50
Flint. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 10.00
Milford. Mrs. Wm. A. Arms (Silver Wedding
Thank Offering) 5.00
Northville. D. Pomeroy 5.00
Owosso. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid. Fisk U._ 15.00
Richland. Dea. J. B. 1.00
Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 5.00

IOWA, $506.07.

Burlington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 27.50
Chester Center. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 12.00
Council Bluffs. N. P. Dodge, _for furnishing
room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 35.00
Cresco. Ladies’ Aid Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 1.00
Decorah. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 15.00
Dubuque. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 20.00
Dubuque. Young Ladies’ Benev. Soc., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00
Des Moines. Cong. Ch., $6.35; Women’s Miss.
Soc. of Cong. Ch., $16.65, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 23.00
Des Moines. Mrs. C. H. Getchell $35, and Mrs.
A. W. Rollins $35, _for furnishing rooms,
Stone Hall_; Mrs. Samuel Merrill, $25, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 95.00
Eldora. Mrs. J. S. R. 0.25
Eldon. F. M. 0.51
Emerson. A. A. F. & E. H. F. 1.00
Fort Madison. Francis Sawyer 20.00
Green Mountain. Cong. Ch. 28.54
Keokuk. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 12.50
Mason City. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.50
Mount Pleasant. James McDowell 2.20
Muscatine. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Muscatine. Henry Hoover, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 2.00
Reinbeck. Collection at Central Association,
_for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 7.00
Sergeant’s Bluff. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for
Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 1.00
Sheldon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 2.00
Sonora. Charles Fisher 50.00
South Muscatine. Mission Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Tipton. William Coutts 5.00
Waterloo. Cong. Ch. $80.07, and Joseph Bennett
$2, _for President’s House_; Cong. Sab. Sch.
$20, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 102.07

WISCONSIN, $138.56.

Elkhorn. “C. E. W.” 5.00
Evansville. Cong. Ch. 11.85
Leeds. Cong. Ch. 7.05
Milford. Bbl. of C., _for Mobile, Ala._
Milwaukee. Ladies’ Aid Soc. of Spring St. Ch.
_for furnishing room, Stone Hall, Straight
U._ 50.00
Milwaukee. C. D Booth 2.00
Racine. Star Missionary Soc. of First Presb.
Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 40.00
Racine. Mrs. R. B. Miner 1.50
Windsor. Union Cong. Ch. 21.16

KANSAS, $8.57.

Carbondale. Cong. Ch. 3.57
Whiting. S. P. Belden 5.00

MINNESOTA, $70.88.

Excelsior. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Litchfield. “Friends.” 3.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 33.94
Minneapolis. E. D. First Cong. Ch. 7.94
Northfield. Mrs. A. Willey, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Zumbrota. Mrs. H. S. D. 1.00

NEBRASKA, $2.50.

Harvard. Cong. Ch. 2.50

CALIFORNIA, $2,293.75.

San Francisco. Receipts of the California
Chinese Mission 2,293.75

OREGON, 50c.

Springfield. Mrs. M. A. S. 0.50

NORTH CAROLINA, $212.36.

Dudley. Pub. Sch. Fund, $75; Tuition, $28.89 103.89
Wilmington. Normal Sch. Tuition 103.47
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $265.50.

Charleston. Avery Normal Inst., Tuition 265.50

TENNESSEE, $353.20.

Chattanooga. Miss Blanche Curtis, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 40.00
Chattanooga. W. F., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 1.00
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition, $154; “A
Friend,” _for printing_, $18.25 172.25
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 139.95

GEORGIA, $735.13.

Athens. Lizzie McCombs, _for Atlanta U._ 5.00
Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, $305.35; Rent,
$3 308.35
Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition, $94.25; Rent,
$5.69; First Cong. Ch., $25 124.85
Atlanta. Peabody Fund, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 100.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, $62.75; Cong.
Ch., $5 67.75
McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition 18.30
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $90.88; Rent,
$20 110.88

ALABAMA, $383.95.

Marion. Cong. Ch. 3.35
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $92.95;
Emersonian Mission Band, $9.55; Cong. Ch.,
$1.20 104.70
Montgomery. City Fund 210.00
Selma. First Cong. Ch. 27.50
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 33.40
Talladega. Dea. Hardwick, $2; W. B., $1;
Others $2, _for repairs, Talladega C._ 5.00

MISSISSIPPI, $164.20.

Carroll Co. “Friends,” by H. Tanner, _for
Strieby Hall, Tougaloo U._ 5.25
Copiah Co. “Friends,” by E. E. Sims, _for
Strieby Hall, Tougaloo U._ 6.00
Gillsberg. W. H. T. 0.50
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $112.45; Rent,
$40 152.45

LOUISIANA, $168.15.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 168.15

TEXAS, $105.00.

Austin. Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Tuition 104.00
Goliad. Rev. M. T. 1.00

INCOME FUND, $290.00.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 190.00
C. F. Dike Fund 50.00
General Fund 50.00

ENGLAND, $10.00.

Albyns. Miss S. L. Ropes 10.00

SCOTLAND, $200.00.

Glasgow. Mrs. Ann McDowall, by Rev. Geo.
Morris, _for a Teacher, Fisk U._ 200.00
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Total 19,224.35
Total from Oct. 1st to June 30th $169,712.19

* * * * *

FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Newton, Mass. Eliot Sewing Soc., $26, and Bbl.
of Bedding, _for furnishing a room_ 26.00
Spencer, Mass. Young Ladies’ Soc., by Mrs. J.
W. Temple, $25, and Bbl. of Bedding, _for
furnishing two rooms_ 25.00
Southington, Conn. Mrs. W. M. McLaughlin, $23,
and package of Bedding, _for furnishing a
room_ 23.00
Irvington, N.Y. Mrs. R. W. Lambdin 5.00
Adams Mills, Ohio. Mrs. M. A. Smith 13.00
—————
Total 92.00
Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to June
30th 4,857.71
—————————
Total $4,949.71

* * * * *

RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION,

_From Jan. 17th to May 17th, 1881._

E. PALACHE, _Treasurer_.

I. From our Auxiliaries, viz.:
Marysville Chinese Mission:
Chinese monthly offerings $33.40
Sacramento Chinese Mission:
Chinese monthly offerings $29.10
Mr. Lubin 3.00 32.10
Santa Barbara Chinese Mission:
Chinese monthly offerings 24.00
N. C. Pitcher }
Mrs. N. C. Pitcher } An. Mem. 4.00 28.00
Stockton Chinese Mission:
Chinese monthly offerings 12.00
—————
Total 105.50

II. From Churches:
Oakland First Cong. Ch. Coll. $13.60
Sacramento First Cong. Ch. Coll. 10.50
San Francisco:
First Cong. Ch. Coll. 32.70
Two Annual Members 4.50 37.20
—————
Total 61.30

III. From Individuals:
Messrs. Balfour, Guthrie & Co. 1,000.00
By Messrs. Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Alexander
Balfour, Esq., and Hon. Stephen Williamson,
M.P. of Liverpool, England, each $500 1,000.00
Hon. O. C. Pratt 100.00
Chinese 1.50
————————
Total 2,101.50

IV. From Eastern Friends:
Norwich, Conn., Mrs. Edward B. Huntington, to
constitute W. R. Burnham Esq., a life member 25.00
Newark, N.J. 0.45
—————
Total 25.45
———————
Grand Total $2,293.75

* * * * *

GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND.

Lebanon Springs, N.Y. Miss Belinda Sanford $1,000.00

* * * * *

FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.

London, Eng. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., by
Rev. O. H. White, D.D., £1,169 5s. 0d. 5,670.86
Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to June
30th 20,613.76
—————————
Total $26.284.62

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, 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, Mass.
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, D.D., _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.