Chapter II: Part 2

KOROSCO, NUBIA, Dec. 12.—We found our camels ready for us, and we shall start into the great desert early to-morrow morning. To-day the men are making the necessary preparation in the way of food, etc. The Governer here, acting under orders from down the river, is very attentive. The water at Murat, the only point where there is any on the desert, is bad, and cannot be used for drinking; we shall, therefore, have to carry enough to last us till we reach Aboo Hamed and the river again. The doctor has had his hands full, attending to all sorts of people with all sorts of troubles, and evidently is destined to be quite in demand. We are both well and in good trim for the journey.

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THE CHINESE.

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NOTES FROM THE FIELD.

BY REV. W. C. POND.

1. The statistical reports for November are in some respects more encouraging than ever; thirteen schools in operation, having an aggregate enrolled membership of 700—a round number, but an exact one. Never before did our aggregate rise so high. The average attendance was 339. Ten of our pupils received baptism, and four or five others, as having begun the Christian life, were accepted as members of the “Association of Christian Chinese,” there to remain under further instruction for six months or more before they are baptized. Twenty-nine teachers were employed, of whom ten were Chinese helpers—uniting service in the field with special training for a larger Gospel-work. Some of these, I hope, may yet preach Christ in China, under the direction of our American Missionary Association.

2. The Marysville Chinese Mission celebrated its second anniversary on Sunday evening, December 11. The Presbyterian Church in that city—a spacious and beautiful edifice—was filled, and the audience was evidently greatly interested. At the close of a dialogue on the question why a Chinaman should become a Christian, and of the address in English by our helper, Lee Sam, the interest pressed beyond due bounds, and broke forth into applause. One memorable feature of the service was the baptism of six Chinese. From the statement of the teacher, Miss Mattie A. Flint, as presented at this meeting and since then published in _The Pacific_, I make the following extracts:

“The school has been maintained without interruption except on occasional holidays. In connection with it a Sunday-school has been sustained, meeting every Sabbath at 6 o’clock in the evening. The total number of Chinese enrolled as pupils in the Mission School is 98. All these have been, for a shorter or longer period, under our influence, and must have learned something about Jesus and his power to save from sin. The average membership, month by month, has been about 35. The largest average attendance in any one month was 23. The average attendance for the year, 17. * * * Ten of the pupils have joined the Association during the past year. From among the members of the Association five have been baptized and received in the Presbyterian Church, and six others are now recommended for baptism. We rejoice greatly in the fruit of our labors. I pray God for still richer harvests in time to come.

“One of those baptized and received to the church has returned to China. I venture to give the following extract from a letter which I received from him a few weeks since: ‘We meet on the steamer three Christian brothers beside me. I feel comfortable in the way my home. They about five hundred of my country men in the steamer. But they are all heathen; we are preacher for them. They are never heard the gospel of life, and some very glad to hear us, and some are not. How wonderful our Heavenly Father has make this world! We are cross the great ocean, we ought thank Him for His kindness for us and His love. When we get near Japan they are idolatrous people to ask for us to give money to sacrifice idols goddess. I say no; if I have money I would like to put on missionary fund. But they are scold and angry for us. But we are not afraid for them. Jesus Christ with us always.’”

THE BETHANY CHURCH OF MARYSVILLE.—A variety of considerations which could not be fully stated without trespassing too largely upon your space led us to believe that the time had come when our brethren in Marysville should be organized into a church of Christ. Rev. P. L. Carden, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, very cordially seconded the proposition, and proffered letters of dismission and recommendation to such of our Chinese brethren as had already been admitted to his church. The brethren themselves received the proposal with great joy.

It was a new step in the history of our own work among the Chinese of this State, though in connection with other missions two or three churches composed exclusively of Chinese have existed for many years. It was taken after much prayer, and with a peaceful assurance that the Master himself led us that way. The matter was talked over with the brethren somewhat carefully on Sunday afternoon; and then after the anniversary exercises over, we remained at the Mission House till late at night, explaining to them the simple confession of Faith and Covenant of the Bethany Church, San Francisco, which they adopted as their own. My inquiries into the Christian experience of one and another gave me still greater joy than I had before in view of our Marysville work, and at the end of this meeting it was agreed to gather at the Mission House at 2:30 P.M. of Monday, and organize the church. This plan was carried out, several American Christians being present with us and adding their prayers and cordial God-speed; and I could easily find it in my heart to wish that every church organized in America had in it nine such happy, hearty, praying, working young men as this Bethany Church in Marysville has.

3. OROVILLE.—We had scarcely concluded the meeting above referred to, when it became time to take the train for Oroville, twenty-eight miles distant. I took our faithful helper, Lee Sam, with me, desiring him to spend two or three months at least in Oroville. Here I found a sad state of things. Sufficient care had not been taken in receiving members to our Association there, and I am afraid that few, if any, among them are true Christians. In a strife for the pre-eminence they had become bitter, one toward another, and I hoped, and still hope, that the good judgment, the gentle spirit, the Christian example and the faithful preaching of Lee Sam will, with the blessing of God, set things right again. The school in Oroville is blessed with a very faithful teacher, who is aided and guided by her father, Rev. A. Ostrom, pastor of the Congregational Church, himself formerly a missionary in China. Mr. Ostrom speaks Chinese, but not in the dialect of the districts from which our Chinese have come, and he cannot communicate with them, except through the English language. We ought to have had a good helper there six months ago, but I had not the man to spare, nor the funds to sustain him. Now I leave Marysville destitute, that Oroville may be supplied.

We spent Monday and Tuesday evenings till a very late hour seeking to secure mutual forgiveness and to bring peace. We succeeded so far as the weaker party was concerned; and the confession of fault and the request for forgiveness were made with tearful eyes. But as to the other, and hitherto the controlling faction, no relenting could be made to appear. They have since withdrawn and set up some sort of a house and a worship by themselves. But I believe that our prayers will be answered, and that out of all this will come shortly a far better work than has ever yet been done for the thousands of Chinese who centre at this town.

4. The mission-house at Santa Barbara was burned to the ground in the latter part of November. It was a rented building, and the most valuable part of the mission escaped the flames, so that the loss was not great. I record with much thankfulness the fact that the Congregational Church in Santa Barbara, notwithstanding that it had, just the week before, completed an offering of $327.50 for our Theological Seminary, and scarcely a month before had made a generous contribution to our Mission, at once took a collection amounting to $27.55 to repair the damages of this fire. The origin of the fire is hard to explain. Our helper regards it as no accident, but as having come from the hatred of heathen Chinese.

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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“TESSIE.”

BY A. WESTON W.

“Dunno, miss.”

“But, Tessie, you must know where you got it.”

“’Deed, miss, I dunno no more’n de dade. I nebber tuk it none: it jes’ comed.”

“Just came! O Tessie, Tessie! are you never going to be good?”

“I is good, miss,” said the little colored girl, who could not seem to learn how very wicked it is to take other people’s property, and who had never been taught it is wrong to tell an untruth.

“Yes, Tessie, you are good about some things,” I said; “but you are not good when you take things out of my room, as you did last night.”

“Deed, miss, I nebber tuk it none: it jes’ comed.”

“Tessie,” I said solemnly, “what will you do when God asks you about this.”

“I jes’ say I dunno nuffin’ ’tall ’bout it.”

“But you can’t tell a lie about it to God, for he saw you take it.”

“Reckon ye’re out dar, ’cause it were dark as Egyp,” said Tessie, grinning at me, and showing a row of white teeth and a pair of large black eyes.

“But, Tessie,” I said, “that makes no difference; God sees you all the time, and knows what you do in the dark, just as well as what you do when it is light.”

The girl’s expression changed, and she looked about her stealthily, as though in some dark corner she expected to see some one looking at her. Failing in that, she looked back at me, and said:

“’Tain’t wurth while ter vex ’im.”

“No, Tessie,” I said, “it’s not right to vex any one who has been kind to us; and God does more for us than any earthly friends we have.”

“Reckon ef I puts it back in de dark agin, he’ll see it?”

“Yes, Tessie, God will see you, whether you put it back at night, or in the day.”

“Den it’ll be all right?”

“If you make up your mind never to take again what does not belong to you.”

“S’posen His head’s turned round the wrong way, an’ He don’t see me?”

“God’s head is never turned round, Tessie; it is always towards us.”

That evening I watched Tessie to see the effect of our conversation, and soon after dark I discovered her on her way to my room, with the little thermometer she had taken from it the night before.

After that, there seemed to be a decided change in Tessie, which pleased me very much; but I was even more pleased when, one day, I found her with a bottle of cologne in her hand, and heard what she was saying.

“I reckon it smells kind o’ good, an’ I reckon I’d like ter hab it; but de good God’s a-lookin’ on, an’ he moight ax ’bout it some day.”

My little friends, would it not be well if we could take that as a sort of watch-word—“He might ask about it some day”? Do we not all do little things quietly, in a kind of slurring way, as if they wouldn’t count? And yet we would be ashamed to be asked about them. Remember that everything counts, and that “He might ask about it some day.”—_Well-Spring._

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RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1881.

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MAINE, $556.18.

Augusta. John Dorr, $15; Mrs. D. A. F., 50c. $15.50
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Bethel. Mrs. E. W. W. 1.00
Boothbay. Mrs. F. H. 0.67
Brewer. M. Hardy, $50; Sab. Sch. of F’st Cong.
Ch., $15, _for John Brown, St’r_ 55.00
Brewer. First Cong. Ch. 7.40
Calais. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.20
Falmouth. First Ch., Bbl. of C.; Second Ch., 2
Bbls. of C.; For Freight, $7; “A Friend,”
$1, _for Selma, Ala._ 8.00
Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. 6.18
Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const.
MISS MARY C. HINKLEY, MISS MARY E. SMITH and
DR. H. H. HUNT L.Ms 33.41
Limerick. Ladies, 2 Boxes of C., _for Raleigh,
N.C._
Limerick. S. F. H. 0.50
Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. 7.22
Newport. Mrs. M. S. N. 1.00
New Sharon. First Cong. Ch. 5.82
No. Bridgton. Co’g Ch. & Soc., $3; C. H. G.,
50c 3.50
Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $40;
Individuals, _for Mag._, $1.50 41.50
North Vassalborough. Joseph White 10.00
Orland. M. C. Trott ($4 of which _for Indian
M._) 8.00
Portland. Second Parish Ch. and Soc. 134.78
Richmond. S. S. 0.50
Searsport. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 15.00
Skowhegan. Mrs. S. P. 1.00
Union. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
Sweden. Mrs. D. N. 0.50
Westbrook. Warren Ch. and Soc., to const. JOHN
E. WARREN and HEZEKIAH ELWELL L.Ms 60.00
Woolwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.50
York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $356.45.

Antrim. By Imla Wright 28.00
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.15
Claremont. Mrs. S. C. C. 0.50
Concord. F’st Cong. Ch. & Soc., $85.31; “A
Friend,” $2; “A Friend,” $1; C. T. P., 50c 88.81
Derry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.54
Fisherville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.84
Fitzwilliam. H. H. W. 1.00
Hanover. Mrs. E. M. Y., $1; Miss L. J. S.,
50c; L. B. D., 50c. 2.00
Harrisville. Darius Farwell, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Hollis. C. B. 0.50
Hopkinton. Rev. D. S. 0.60
Keene. Benev. Soc. of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl.
of C., val. $54; Mrs. N. R. Cooke, _for
Freight and Mag._ 3.00
Keene. Miss S. E. H., 60c.; Mrs. N. R. C., 10c 0.70
Marlborough. Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
Nashua. First Ch. and Soc. 35.14
New Ipswich. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Sab. Sch._
Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
Marietta, Ga._ 4.00
New London. M. K. Trussell 2.25
Northwood Center. “A. B. W.” 2.00
Peterborough. A. A. F. 1.00
Peterborough. Box of bedding, val. $15.44,
_for Tougaloo U._
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.00
Pittsfield. Box and Bbl. of C., _for Talladega
C._, & Bbl., val. $50, _for Marion, Ala._
Rochester. “J. M.,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Salem. Mrs. G. D. K. and Mrs. D. E., 50c. ea. 1.00
Stratham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS.
MARTHA LANE THOMPSON L. M. 30.00
Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
West Campton. T. J. Sanborn 5.00
Wilton. Bbl. of C., val. $60.
Wolfborough. First Cong. Ch., to const. REV.
GEORGE W. CHRISTIE L. M. 31.42

VERMONT, $460.63.

Alburgh. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $29;
“Individual” (ad’l). $16 45.00
Bennington Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Cabot. Mrs. S. S. H. 1.00
Castleton. Mrs. L. G. S. 1.00
Colchester. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
East Hardwick. Mrs. J. F. F., _for Student Aid_ 1.00
East Sheldon. S. M. H. 0.50
Essex. “Cash” 1.00
Essex Center. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Essex Junction. Cong. Ch. 18.00
Hartford. Cong. Ch. coll., $24.17; E. Morris,
$100; E. W. Morris $30, to const. DEA.
NORMAN NEWTON L. M. 154.17
Lower Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.70
Montpelier. Bethany Ch. Sab. Sch. 6.05
Morgan 4 Corners. Miss L. L. 0.50
Newbury. Hon. P. W. Ladd 5.00
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00
Peacham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.80
Peru. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00
Post Mills. Ladies, Bbl. of C.
Pittsfield. Miss M. J. S. 0.50
Rochester. Mrs. L S. Patten 5.62
Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch. 48.18
Springfield. Cong. Ch. 18.68
Townsend. Nancy B. Batchelder 2.00
Wallingford. Cong. S. S., Miss Minnie Childs’
class; Miss Lizzie Gleghorn’s class; Mrs.
Jay Newton’s class; Miss Ettie A. Ballou’s
class, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.43
West Fairlee. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6, and Sab.
Sch., $7.50 13.50
West Westminster. Mrs. A. S. G. 1.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $7,305.26.

Amherst. First Cong. Ch. 98.85
Amherst. Agl. College, _for repairs, Talladega
C._ 35.00
Andover. Ladies’ Union Home Miss. Soc., $80
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._, Ladies
Charitable Soc. of So. Ch., 2 Bbls. C.,
value $121.73, _for Talladega C._ 80.00
Andover. Rev. W. L. R., 50c.; Dea. A. A., 50c. 1.00
Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Ashby. G. S. S. 0.50
Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. GEORGE CLARK L. M. 30.86
Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 174.00
Auburndale. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 60.00
Austin. Miss E. J. Chesley 2.00
Belchertown. Mrs. D. B. B. 0.51
Belmont. Miss E. E. C. 0.60
Blandford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Boston. Union Ch. and Soc., $97.84; Mrs. R. W.
Prouty, $5; Mrs. D. C. Southwick, $2; E. M. R.,
50c.; F. M. N., 50c. 105.84
Boston. Woman’s Home Miss. Association, by
Mrs. H. M. Moore, Treas., _for Lady
Missionaries_ 242.28
Boston. Cong. House, Bbl. of C., _for
Talladega, Ala._
Boston. Mrs. S. L., _for Cooking Sch.,
Talladega C._ 1.00
Boston. Bbl. of C., _for Washington, D.C._
Boston Highlands. WILLIAM EATON, $30, to
const. himself L. M.; Miss Grace E. Soren, $2 32.00
Boxford. Cong. Ch., _for furnishing rooms_,
STONE HALL, _Talladega C._ 30.00
Brockton. Joseph Hewett 5.00
Brockton. Bbl. of C., by Miss H. L. Sanford
and Mrs. Eliza Hamilton, _for Tougaloo,
Miss._
Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 110.00
Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc.,
$116.39; Pilgrim Ch. and Soc., M. C., $8.78 125.17
Charlestown. “A Friend.” 3.00
Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 69.23
Chelsea. Mrs. John Gordon, Bbl. of C., _for
Marion, Ala._
Chester. Rev. A. E. T. 0.50
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.12
Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.66
Conway. M. A. W. 0.50
Cotuit. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Clinton. Mrs. A. R. W. 1.00
Douglass. Mr. H. 0.50
Dracut. First Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00
East Bridgewater. Union Sociable, Un. Ch. and
Soc., $5.50 and Bbl. of C. 5.50
Easthampton. Payson Cong. Ch., $436.58; Payson
Sab. Sch., $37.50; First Cong. Ch. Sab.
Sch., $54 528.08
Enfield. “A Friend,” $100; Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$27.55; Ira D. Haskell, $5 132.55
East Somerville. A. F. 0.50
Fall River. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.63
Framingham. Ladies of Plymouth Ch., Bbl. of
C., val. $88, _for Atlanta U._
Freetown. Cong. Ch. $7.56; “A Friend,” $10 17.56
Fitchburgh. J. A. Conn (of which $21.55 _for
John Brown Steamer_) 43.11
Fitchburgh. Mrs. G. B. H. 0.50
Florence. A. L. Williston, $1,210 (of which
$200 _for John Brown Steamer_, and $10 _for
Library Talladega C._); Florence Ch., $117.88 1,327.88
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 101.18
Globe Village. Evan. Free Ch. ($10 of which
from L. W. Curtis, M.D., _for John Brown
Steamer_) 44.72
Globe Village. B. M. Bugbee, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 10.00
Gloucester. M. A. H. 0.10
Grafton. Ev. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.07
Greenfield. D. C. R. 0.50
Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $8.69; Sab.
Sch., $11.15 19.84
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.24
Hamilton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.87
Hardwick. E. B. Foster, $5; “Friends,” $3.51;
“A Friend,” 55c. 9.06
Haverhill. Mrs. Mary B. Jones 10.00
Holden. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.00
Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 2.00
Lakeville. “Lakeville” 2.00
Leverett. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.00
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 34.42
Longmeadow. Miss S. W. S. 1.00
Lowell. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($70 of which
_for Hampton N. & A. Inst._), $88.77; “Happy
Helpers Mission Circle,” Eliot Ch., $70,
_for ed. of an Indian Girl, Hampton N. & A.
Inst._ 158.77
Lowell. Geo. F. Willey, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.40
Lowell. “A. C. B.,” $1; Mrs. S. L. P., 50c. 1.50
Malden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.12
Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Matfield. Mrs. S. D. Shaw 2.00
Medfield. “Two Friends,” _for John Brown
Steamer_ 20.00
Medfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., B. of C.
Medford. S. J. B. 0.50
Merrimac. John K. Sargent 2.00
Middleborough. E. B. E. 0.50
Millbury. M. D. Garland, $5; Mrs. L. S., 50c. 5.50
Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($6 of which from
Mrs. H. Dewey’s S. S. Class) 23.44
Mount Auburn. W. S. G. 0.50
Natick. Rev. D. W., _for Postage_ 0.10
Newbury. First Parish Ch., Bbl. of C.
Newburyport. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.26
Newton. Mrs. C. F. R. 0.50
Newton Highlands. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 13.00
Newtonville. Mrs. Mary P. Hayes, _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Austin, Tex._ 25.00
North Adams. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which to const.
GEORGE W. CHASE, L. M.) 126.77
Northampton. “A Friend,” $100; Wm. K. Wright,
$30; C. B. Kingsley. $30, to const. JARED
CLARK, L. M. 160.00
Northampton. Rev. Wm. S. Leavitt, in name and
memory of his father, Rev. Joshua Leavitt,
D.D., four cases of Books, _for College
Library, Talladega C._
Northbridge Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.00
North Brookfield. Miss A. W. Johnson, _for
student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Northborough. Mrs. M. D. Wells 5.00
Norfolk. L. L. W. 0.50
North Somerville. “A Friend” 1.00
North Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.07
North Wilmington. L. F. M. 1.00
Norwood. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Paxton. Evan. Ch. and Soc., to const. MISS
ELLA L. ROWELLS, L. M. 37.00
Peabody. T. S. 0.50
Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $40.98;
First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $25; Second Cong.
Ch. Sab. Sch., $5; I. B., $1; Mrs. H. M. H.,
50c.; H. A. B., 50c. 72.98
Rockport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 5.00
Roxbury. H. W. T. 0.50
Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 40.00
Salem. “S. O. D.” $3; Mrs. N. P., 50c.; Miss
M. L. R., 60c. 4.10
Salem. 3 Bbls. of C., _for Washington, D.C._
Sandwich. Mrs. Silas Fish, Bbl. of Books and
Papers, _for Talladega, Ala._
Shirley Village. “L” 1.00
South Boston. Phillips Ch. and Soc. 16.55
South Framingham. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00
South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$50; Mrs. M. F. Cutler, $5 55.00
South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.20
South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.
($2.60 of which _for Indian M_) 29.60
Springfield. North Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Springfield. Mrs. A. C. Hunt, $1.25; Mrs. A.
A. H., $1; M. B., $1 3.25
Sterling. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS.
ISABELLA J. BAILEY L. M. 34.00
Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 50.88
Sutton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.75
Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.50
Taunton. C. M. Rhodes, $30, to const. MRS.
ANNIE B. RHODES L. M.; Mrs. E. W., 50c. 30.50
Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.00
Tolland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.39
Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.97
Townsend. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Ball, 2 Bbls. of
C.; Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
Atlanta U._
Upton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00
Upton. Ladies’ Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C.
and $3, _for Freight, for Mobile_ 3.00
Ware. Wm. L. B. 1.00
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 58.67
Watertown. Mrs. E. H. P. 0.60
Watertown. Corban Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
Marion, Ala._
Waverley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.82
Wellesley. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 18.93
Webster. First Cong. Ch. 5.00
West Acton. Rev. J. W. B. 0.51
Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Ass’n, $25,
and 2 Bbls. C., _for furnishing room and
Student Aid, Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 25.00
Westborough. B. A. Nourse, 2 Bbls. Papers _for
Atlanta U._, and 1 Bbl. _for Fisk U._
Westborough. S. M. M. 0.50
West Boylston. “Willing Workers,” Cong. Ch.
and Soc., 2 Bbls. of C., _for Atlanta U._,
and $3 _for Freight_ 3.00
West Boylston. Mrs. G. W. W. 1.50
West Cummington. Rev. J. B. B. 0.50
Westhampton. Miss H. F. Clapp, _for Mendi M._ 10.00
West Haverhill. Dea. Eben Webster’s Sab. Sch.
Class, Cong. Ch., $8.20; Mrs. L. P. F., 50c. 8.70
West Medford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.09
Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.00
Westminster. Ladies Sew. Circle of Cong Ch.,
Bbl. of C., val. $50, and $3 _for Freight,
for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 3.00
West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.58
West Newton. B. of C. for Washington, D.C.
West Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Westport. Union Pacific Sab. Sch. 3.35
Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1,344.83
Winchendon. M. D. B. 1.00
Winchester. Stephen Cutter, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 24.00
Woburn. Miss R. M. Leathe 20.00
Woburn. S. B. Soc., Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta
U._
Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., $252.20;
Plymouth Ch., $106.95; Mrs. A. H. Wilder,
$5; “A Friend,” $5; “A Friend,” $1 370.15
Worcester. Girls’ Mission Circle, “The
Mayflowers,” _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._, and to const. REV. JOS. F. LOVERING L.
M. 30.00
———, “Friends,” _for furnishing room, Stone
Hall, Talladega C._ 30.00
———, “A Friend” 20.00
———, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00

RHODE ISLAND, $638.22.

Barrington. Cong. Ch., $50, and Sab. Sch., $10 60.00
Bristol. Mrs. M. D. W. R. 1.00
Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 78.82
Pawtucket. Wm. E. Tolman, $5; M. H. G., 50c. 5.50
Providence. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 492.90
Providence. Miss Maria Eddy, Bundle of C.,
_for Indian Girls’ Sewing Sch., Hampton N. &
A. Inst._
Providence. 2 large Boxes of C., for
Washington, D.C.

CONNECTICUT, $2,685.94.

Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 34.40
Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. 13.76
Bloomfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Branford. Cong. Ch. 7.25
Bridgeport. Second Cong. Ch., $43; C. M. M., $1 44.00
Bridgeport. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 25.50
Canaan. First Cong. Ch., $6.38; “A Friend,” $2 8.38
Canaan. ———, _for John Brown Steamer_ 3.00
Canaan. “M. A. N.,” _for Chinese M._ 3.00
Canton Center. Wm. G. Hallock 10.00
Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
AUGUSTUS HILLIARD and CHARLES E. WELLMAN, L.
M’s 66.15
Colchester. Rev. S. G. Willard, _for Student
Aid, Straight U._ 10.00
Colchester. Mrs. C. B. McCall, _for Chinese M._ 10.00
Colchester. Mrs. M. E. G. 0.50
Collinsville. Mrs. B., _for Cooking Sch.,
Talladega C._ 1.00
Cornwall. First Cong. Ch. 11.00
Darien. H. S. M. 1.00
Eastford. Cong. Ch. 12.22
East Hartford. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Ellington. Cong. Ch. 62.07
Ellsworth. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Talladega C._ 20.00
Essex. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Falls Village. Cong. Ch. 4.86
Farmington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 40.00
Glastonbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 157.00
Glastonbury. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., $5,
and Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
Goshen. Mrs. Moses Lyman 5.00
Granby. First Cong. Ch. 12.60
Haddam. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Hadlyme. Jos. W. Hungerford 100.00
Hanover. Cong. Ch., $19, and Sab. Sch., $5 24.00
Hartford. Park Ch., $78.28; “A Friend,”
$12.50; A. S. K., $1; Mrs. J. O., 50c.; Mrs.
F. R. F., 50c.; Mrs. W. T., 50c.; Rev. W. D.
McF., 51c. 93.79
Hartford. ——— _for Talladega C._ 100.00
Hartford. L. H. Hart, $50; “A Friend,” $5,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 55.00
Harwinton. Virgil R. Barker, _for Indian M._ 10.00
Kent. First Cong. Soc. 37.68
Kensington. Cong. Ch. 11.50
Lakeville. Rev. C. L. Kitchel’s Bible Class,
$25; Thos. L. Norton, $5; Mrs. Thos. L.
Norton, $5; W. W. N., $1; S. R. N., $1, _for
John Brown Steamer_ 37.00
Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. W. 1.00
Madison. Cong. Ch. 13.30
Meriden. Center Cong. Ch., $22; Miss L. F.,
$1; “H. J.,” $10 33.00
Middletown. S. H. B. 0.50
Milford. Sab. Sch. of Plymouth Cong. Ch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 32.50
Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.59
New Britain. South Cong. Ch. ($30 of which to
const. REV. JAMES W. COOPER L. M.), $88.41;
H. E. S., 51c. 88.92
New Britain. Hon. J. B. Tallcott, _for
Repairs, Talladega C._ 50.00
New Haven. Third Ch., $31; Mrs. P. N. Yale,
$5; “A Friend,” $1; J. P. S., 50c.; A. M. G.,
50c.; C. A. S., 60c. 38.10
New Haven. Prof. James D. Dana, _for Atlanta
U._ 25.00
New Haven. “A Friend,” _for Books_ 6.00
New Haven. Hiram Camp, 8 Clocks, _for
Talladega C._
Newington. Cong. Ch. 11.52
New London. First Church of Christ, $39.03;
Miss Mary A. R. Rogers, $2; Mrs. J. A.
Rogers, $1.50; H. L., $1; Mrs. R. C. L., 50c. 44.03
Northford. Dea. C. F. 0.50
North Greenwich. Cong. Ch., to const. ANNA
KNAPP L. M. 41.32
North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett, _for Mendi M._ 15.00
North Stonington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Mendi
M._ 18.50
Norwich. Broadway Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 20.00
Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 350.00
Norwich. Broadway Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 50.00
Norwich. Park Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. &
N. Inst._ 10.95
Norwich Town. Miss S. H. P. 0.51
Orange. Cong. Ch. 5.76
Putnam. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 30.00
Putnam. Mrs. H. G. S. 0.50
Prospect. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.20
Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 31.00
Ridgefield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Salisbury. Young Men’s Class Cong. Sab. Sch.,
by Thos. L. Newton, $10,00; Mrs. Gov.
Holley’s Sab. Sch. Class, $5, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 15.00
Somers. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 15.51
Somers. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Staffordville. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Stamford. “Cheerful Workers,” _for Strieby
Hall, Tougaloo U._ 75.00
Stamford. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.61
Stonington. R. T. 1.00
Stonington. Bbl. of C., _for Talladega C._
Stratford. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 62.27
Torringford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Unionville. First Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 66.65
Vernon. Cong. Sab. Sch., $18; Miss C., 75c.,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 18.75
Warren. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 20.00
Washington. Mrs. O. S. Brinsmade, $2; F. A. F.,
$1; “Z.,” $1 4.00
Waterbury. J. G. D. 0.50
Wauregan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.25
Westbrook. Cong. Ch., An. Coll., $22.30; Mon.
Con. Coll., $23.69, to const. CHARLES H.
SMITH L. M. 45.99
West Haven. Mrs. E. C. Kimball 5.00
West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.00
West Winsted. Young People of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Wilton. W. O. S. 1.00
Windsor Locks. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Straight U._ 50.00
Windsor Locks. Mrs. A. S. H. 0.50
Winsted. Mrs. C. C. Colt, $5; Mrs. D. L.
Strong, $5, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
Wolcott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.55
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch., to const. HARRIS
SANGER L. M. 27.50

NEW YORK, $2,440.13.

Albany. First Cong. Ch., $134.25; Miss E. L. H., $1 135.28
Alfred Centre. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon 5.00
Bangor. R. H. Farr, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Binghamton. Hon. H. N. Lester, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Binghamton. Mrs. C. Bean 5.00
Brier Hill. O. J. 0.50
Brooklyn. Clinton Ave. Cong. Ch. ($100 of
which _for Tougaloo U._) 850.00
Brooklyn. Ch. of Christian Endeavor, $40.36;
J. Erhardt, $1.50 41.86
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Missionaries at Ladies’ Island, S.C., and
Fernandina, Fla._ 160.00
Brooklyn. T. E. Goodrich, _for Mobile, Ala._ 12.25
Canandaigua. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 43.91
Chateaugay. Joseph Shaw 5.00
Chestertown. Rev. R. C. C. 1.00
Columbus. Miss Sally Williams 10.00
Coventry. S. A. Beardslee 5.00
East Bloomfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 19.00
East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, $20; Chas. M.
Clark, $2 22.00
Ellington. G. W. 1.00
Evans. Miss L. P. 1.00
Felts Mills. Joel A. Hubbard 30.00
Greenville. F. H. W. 1.00
Hamilton. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Harlem. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. to const.
CAROLINE PLATT BROWN L. M. 30.00
Homer. _For Talladega, Ala._ 18.39
Homer. Mrs. Augusta Arnold, $3; F. F. Pratt, $2 5.00
Jamestown. Mrs. J. L. H. 1.00
Keesville. Mrs. M. A. Higby 2.00
Lima. GEORGE THAYER, to const. himself and
GEORGE W. THAYER L. Ms 100.00
Little Valley. H. S. H. 1.00
Newark Valley. Box of C., _for Talladega, Ala._
New Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
New York. Broadway Tabernacle Sab. Sch. ($25
of which _for Student Aid, Fisk U._) 75.00
New York. W. Williams, $20; Morey H. Bartow,
$15; Dr. A. S. Ball, $5; Dr. A. Smith, $5;
Mrs. L. B. B., $1; Miss J. A. Van A., 60c. 46.60
New York. American Bible Soc., Grant of
Bibles, val. $828.50.
New York. S. T. Gordon, 100 copies “New Song.”
New York. Gen. Wager Swayne, a framed picture
of A. Lincoln, _for Talladega C._
North Franklin. M. P. Foote 5.00
Norwich. Cong. Ch. 0.60
Ovid. David W. Kinne 5.00
Pekin. Miss Olivia Root, $5.50; L. C., _for
Bibles_, 50c. 6.00
Perry Center. “A Friend” 10.00
Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. M. 0.50
Pulaski. Cong. Ch. 52.00
Riverhead. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Sag Harbor. Charles N. Brown, to const. CAPT.
GEORGE C. GIBBS L. M. 30.00
Saratoga Springs. Nathan Hickok 2.00
Schenectady. Bbl. of C. and $2, _for Freight_,
by Rev. J. H. Munsell; Mrs. W. H. S., 50c. 2.50
Smyrna. Sab. Sch. Miss. Soc. of First Cong.
Ch., to const. ELBERT F. SMITH L. M. 50.00
Springville. Lawrence Weber 3.00
Syracuse. Mrs. S. J. White, $10; Mrs. C. C. C., 50c. 10.50
Tarrytown. S. M. M. 1.00
Upper Aquebogue. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 34.01
West Camden. Mrs. S. L. Smith ($5 of which
_for Chinese M._) 10.00
West Brook. Dea. T. S. Hoyt 3.00
West Groton. Ladies’ Foreign Miss. Soc. 5.00
Westmoreland. A. S. B. 0.50
West Winfield. Cong. Ch. 10.30
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1,986.70

LEGACIES.

Munnsville. Estate Mandana Barber 67.87
Utica. Estate of Cornelia Hurlburt, by G. C.
Morehouse 385.56
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2,440.13

NEW JERSEY, $173.57.

Belleville. J. B. 1.00
Colt’s Neck. Reformed Ch. 5.00
East Orange. Mrs. G. A. Titus ($2.50 of which
_for Mendi M._) 3.00
Jersey City. First Cong. Ch. 60.57
Montclair. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., $53
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._, and $35 _for
support of Indian Girl, Hampton N. & A.
Inst._ 88.00
Montclair. Mrs. J. H. Pratt’s S. S. Class,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.00
Montclair. First Cong. Ch. 3.00
Raritan. Miss S. Provost, $4 and Box of Papers 4.00
Rahway. Mrs. B. T. 1.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $81.30.

Cambridgeborough. Rev. W. G. 1.00
Philadelphia. E. S. M., $1; B. F. B. and G. C. H.,
50c. each 2.00
Pittsburgh. B. Preston, $50; Plymouth Cong.
Ch., $23.30 73.30
Providence. Welsh Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00

OHIO, $780.75.

Akron. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Ashtabula. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Talladega C._ 25.00
Beloit. M. H. 1.00
Bissells. Mrs. S. H. E. 1.00
Brownhelm. Cong. Ch. 17.25
Chagrin Falls. “Earnest Workers,” _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 13.00
Chagrin Falls. First Cong. Ch. 11.22
Cincinnati. Storrs Ch. Sab. Sch. 30.00
Cleveland. Franklin Av. Cong. Ch. and Sab.
Sch., $18.50; Miss M. P., 50c.; Miss A. W.,
50c. 19.50
Cleveland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. of the
Heights, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 16.00
Cleveland. “A Friend,” Piano, _for Theo. Dept.
Talladega C._
Columbus. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00
Conneaut. H. E. Pond 5.00
Coolville. Rev. C. Mowery 5.00
East Cleveland. Mrs. Milton Hubby, _for
Cooking Sch., Talladega C._ 10.00
Fostoria. J. D. De C. 0.50
Geneva. W. C. Pancost 2.00
Gustavus. “Ladies,” _for Freight_ 2.00
Jersey. Mrs. Lucinda Sinnet 20.00
Mansfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Marietta. Rev. I. M. P. 0.50
Martinsburgh. Horatio Hough, $5; A. H. A., $1 6.00
North Benton. Simon Hartzel 5.00
North Bloomfield. Mrs. E. H. Brown, $5; Miss
Annie E. Brown, $5, _for Cooking Sch.,
Talladega C._ 10.00
North Eaton. Mrs. M. O. 1.00
North Fairfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 5.84
Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. 13.00
Norwalk. Mrs. Dr. Newton, $1.50; Mrs. Dr. R.,
50c., _for Cooking Sch., Talladega C._ 2.00
Oberlin. J. W. Merrill, $100; J. B. Clarke, $10 110.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 30.00
Oberlin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 12.50
Peru. “Friends,” _for Freight_ 2.40
Salem. Asa W. Allen, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
South Ridge. Mrs. U. Haviland 2.00
Springfield. Cong. Ch. 5.04
Wadsworth. M. J. H. 0.50
Wellington. E. W. 0.50
Weymouth. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Youngstown. “An old Friend” 1.00
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480.75

LEGACY.

Seville. Estate of Lyman W. Strong, by Chas.
S. Strong, Ex. 300.00
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780.75

ILLINOIS, 1,282.58.

Aurora. Mrs. J. Hatch 5.00
Cambridge. Young People’s Miss. Circle, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Cambridge. First Cong. Ch. 12.30
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $269.83; New England
Cong. Ch., 198.66; Lincoln Park Cong. Ch.,
$30.01; Rev. James Tompkins, $2 500.50
Chicago. C. B. Bouton, $50; First Cong. Sab.
Sch., $50, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00
Chicago. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of N. E. Ch., _for
Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 10.41
Concord. James J. Thorndike 2.25
Dover. Cong. Ch. 38.40
Galesburg. Geo. Avery, $10; J. G. W., $1 11.00
Geneseo. First Cong. Ch. 75.00
Geneseo. Mr. Nourse, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 42.50
Granville. Stephen Harrison, $10; Hiram Colby,
$10; A. W. Hopkins and Will Hawthorne, $10,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 30.00
Hampton. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Hampton. Sab. Sch., $2.25 and package S. S.
Papers, _for Talladega C._ 2.25
Kewanee. Mrs. J. A. T. 1.00
Marshall. Mrs. G. E. C. 1.00
Maywood. Union Sab. Sch., $25, _for Tougaloo
U._ and $10 _for John Brown Steamer_ 35.00
Millburn. Woman’s Miss. Soc. (ad’l), _for Lady
Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 10.00
Northampton. R. W. Gilliam 5.00
Oak Park. Cong. Ch., $112.49; J. M. R., $1 113.49
Oak Park. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid_ 25.00
Oak Park. Wm. E. Blackstone, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.50
Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss 15.00
Princeton. Ladies of Cong. Ch. (ad’l), _for
Lady Missionary in Ga._ 1.00
Ravenswood. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Rio. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Rockford. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Roscoe. “Two Friends,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 1.50
Shirland. Mrs. J. G. L. 1.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 41.48
Quincy. Mrs. H. B. Comstock, $10; Lucius
Kingman, $5 15.00
Tiskilwa. Rev. R. E. Cutler 2.00
Waukegan. Young People’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 25.00
Wilmette. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 6.50
Winnetka. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 16.50

INDIANA, $4.25.

Westchester. Cong. Ch. 4.25

MICHIGAN, $216.52.

Battle Creek. J. E. W., $1; Mrs. S. A. G., 54c. 1.54
Battle Creek. Cong. and Presb. Sab. Sch., Box
of S. S. Books, _for Talladega, Ala._
Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. S. 1.00
Detroit. Mrs. E. E. S., $1; Mrs. W. S. P., 50c. 1.50
Galesburgh. “Friends,” _for Furnishing Room,
Talladega C._ 25.00
Greenville. Hon. C. C. Ellsworth, $35, _for
Furnishing Room_; Cong. Sab. Sch., $27.98,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 62.98
Jackson. “The Willing Workers,” by Rev. J. W.
Hough, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Kalamo. Mrs. S. E. B., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
Marble. Mrs. J. Barnes 5.00
Milford. Wm. A. Arms to const. SANFORD AVERY
ARMS L. M. 30.00
Parma. Mrs. M. B. Tanner 2.00
Pentwater. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Port Huron. L. W. Rice and family 5.00
Portland. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Romeo. Cong. Ch. 51.50
Vassar. Mrs. O. W. Selden 2.00
Warren. “A Friend” 5.00

WISCONSIN, $167.66.

Clinton. John H. Cooper 5.00
Columbus. Olivet Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., $31.92; First Cong.
Ch., $19.05; Mrs. B. D., $1; W. P., 51c. 52.48
Beloit. Prof. J. Emerson, _for Talladega C._ 5.00
Brandon. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 1.38
Brandon. Box of C., _for Tougaloo U._
Delavan. Cong. Sab. Sch., Box of C., _for
Talladega, Ala._
Durand. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00
Evansville. N. W. 1.00
Fort Howard. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 5.00
Janesville. Mrs. F. S. Eldred, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Peshtigo. Rev. L. W. Winslow, _for Talladega
C._ 5.00
Racine. Mrs. R. Canfield, $5; C. A. Weed, $2 7.00
Raymond. T. Sands 2.00
Ripon. “Family of Sister of Hon. E. P. Smith,”
_for Furnishing Room, Talladega C._ 25.00
Ripon. “J. A. T.” 6.00
Union Grove. Cong. Ch. 16.71
Walworth. Mrs. D. R. S. Colton 5.00
West Salem. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 2.59
Windsor. H. H. S. 0.50

IOWA, $579.72.

Algona. W. M. Soc. 1.50
Bellevue. J. C. Hughey 2.50
Castalia. W. H. Baker and family 30.00
Cedar Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch., $13; Prof. M. W.
Bartlett, $5 _for Furnishing Room, Stone
Hall, Talladega C._ 18.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 19.63
Cherokee. FRANK E. WHITMORE, to const. himself
L. M. 30.00
Council Bluffs. Mrs. Mary B. Swann, $35, _for
Furnishing Room_, Cong. Sab. Sch., $30, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 65.00
Danville. Mrs. Harriet Huntington, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Denmark. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Des Moines. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Furnishing
Room, Talladega C._ 35.00
Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Plym. Cong.
Ch. _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._,
by Mrs. M. G. Phillips 25.00
Eldora. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Grinnell. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. M. G.
Phillips, _for Lady Missionary in New
Orleans_ 47.80
Keokuk. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 40.00
Kelley. Miss S. E. P. 0.50
Lewis. Cong. Ch. 16.76
Marion. Cong. Ch. 37.50
Marshalltown. J. S. G. 0.60
Maquokita. Rev. W. S. Potwin, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 17.00
Muscatine. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 20.00
Osage. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. M. G.
Phillips, _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans,
La._ 8.70
Osage. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 4.50
Ottumwa. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Rockford. Woman’s Miss. Soc., by Mrs. M. G.
Phillips, _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans,
La._ 3.18
Seneca. Rev. O. Littlefield, $10; Mrs. O.
Littlefield, $2.50 12.50
Shenandoah. Cong. Ch. 7.95
Stacyville. Woman’s Miss. Soc., by Mrs. M. G.
Phillips, _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans,
La._ 3.65
Tabor. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 16.45
Tabor. Individuals, by Mrs. J. L. Smith 2.00
Tipton. W. T. W., $1; S. P. D., $1; Mrs. M. D. C.,
50c. 2.50
Waterloo. Cong. Ch. (ad’l), $7; Mrs. W. W. F.,
50c. 7.50
Waterloo. Miss Smith, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 2.00
Wentworth. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. M. G.
Phillips, _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans,
La._ 2.00
Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore, $10; Mrs. H.
F. Parlin, $5 15.00

MINNESOTA, $197.58.

Campbell. Rev. S. F. Porter 10.00
Douglass. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Faribault. “Helping Hands,” _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 10.00
Glyndon. “The Church at Glyndon,” _for
Talladega C._ 4.36
Minneapolis. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $19.95; Pilgrim
Ch., $2.30; Second Cong. Ch., $1.20 23.45
Minneapolis. E. D. First Cong. Ch. 9.64
Northfield. Cong. Ch. 81.17
Plainview. Cong. Ch., $17, and Sab. Sch., $4 21.00
Rushford. ———, _for John Brown Steamer_ 0.46
Saint Paul. C. S. C. 0.50
Sauk Center. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Sauk Center. James A. Norris 2.00

KANSAS, $23.50.

Burlingame. “A Friend” 1.00
Manhattan. Cong. Ch., Mrs. Mary Parker 10.00
Meriden. Mrs. J. Rutty 10.00
Oswego. E. F. S. 0.50
Solomon City. M. W. E. 1.00
Stockton. Cong. Ch. 1.00

NEBRASKA, $49.95.

Blair. Sab. Sch. Classes Cong. Ch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Exeter. Mrs. B. R. and Mrs. C. A. B., 50c. ea. 1.00
Fremont. First Cong. Ch., $16.95, and Sab.
Sch., $13 29.95
Omaha. “K. and C.” 8.00
Oxford. Rev. S. N. Grout 5.00
Waverly. J. G. E. 1.00

MISSOURI, $19.24.

Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch. 19.24

DAKOTA, $2.00.

Jamestown. Mrs. M. S. Wells 2.00

CALIFORNIA, $10.00.

National City. Theron Parsons, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00

OREGON, $5.75.

Forest Grove. Cong. Ch., $3.75; W. D. L., $1;
M. F. L., $1 5.75

MARYLAND, $5.00.

Federalsburgh. Sarah A. Beals 5.00

TENNESSEE, $588.65.

Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 227.75
Memphis. First Cong Ch., _for Organ_ 50.00
Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition 310.40
Nashville. Mrs. S. 0.50

NORTH CAROLINA, $197.50.

Wilmington. Normal School, Tuition, $192.50;
Cong. Ch., $5 197.50

SOUTH CAROLINA, $337.00.

Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition, $317; Cong.
Ch., $20 337.00

GEORGIA, $526.10.

Atlanta. Atlanta University, Tuition, $119.40;
Rent, $3 122.40
Atlanta. Storrs School, Tuition 161.60
Macon. Lewis High School, Tuition, $77.15;
Cong. Ch., $5 82.15
McIntosh. Tuition 7.80
Savannah. Beach Institute, Tuition, $139.50;
Rent, $12.65 152.15

ALABAMA, $508.02.

Anniston. Tuition 1.50
Athens. Trinity School, Tuition 14.25
Marion. Cong. Ch. 1.60
Mobile. Emerson Institute, Tuition, $174.05;
Cong. Ch., $2.15 176.20
Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00
Selma. Cong. Ch., $11; Mrs. W. R., $1 12.00
Talladega. Talladega College, Tuition 104.87
Talladega. First Cong. Ch., $11.10; Members of
Prof. Geo. N. Ellis’ Bible Class, Theo.
Students, $11.50, _for John Brown Steamer_ 22.60

MISSISSIPPI, $114.50.

Jackson. A. W. 0.50
Tougaloo. Tougaloo University, Tuition 111.50
Tougaloo. “W. H. T.” _for Strieby Hall,
Tougaloo U._ 2.50

LOUISIANA, $168.90.

New Orleans. Straight University, Tuition 163.90
New Orleans. G. F. Jewett, _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 5.00

TEXAS, $157.10.

Austin. Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Tuition 154.00
Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch., $1.55; Cong. Sab.
Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_, $1.55 3.10

INCOME FUND, $665.00.

Theological Endowment Fund, _for Howard U._ 375.00
Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 190.00
C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00
General Fund 50.00

CANADA, $2.00.

Paris. Mrs. Sarah Hamilton 2.00

BULGARIA, $15.00.

Samokov. Rev. J. F. Clark 15.00

———, $1.89.

———. Small sums received for postage from
April 14, 1880, to Dec. 16, 1881 1.89
———. Three Bbls. of C., _for Talladega, Ala._
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Total 21,323.84
Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 $55,204.62
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H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._,
56 Reade St., N.Y.

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 toward the INDIANS. It has also a mission in AFRICA.

STATISTICS.

CHURCHES: _In the South_—In District of Columbia, 1; Virginia, 1; North Carolina, 6; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 7; Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; Kansas, 1; Arkansas, 1; Louisiana, 18; Mississippi, 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 3. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total, 82.

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, Tex.—8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: Wilmington, N.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.—11. _Other Schools_, 35. Total, 54.

TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 319; among the Chinese, 28; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total, 369. STUDENTS.—In theology, 104; law, 20; in college course, 91; in other studies, 8,884. Total, 9,108. 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
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