Chapter II: Part 2

_Friday, Dec. 23._--The men insisted that this day must be spent here in rest; that they needed it, and must have it. We said “All right,” and after cleaning up our guns and pistols, we went over to the beautiful island of Mokrat, where we were told that game abounded, to see what we could get for our table. We crossed in a crazy log boat that threatened every moment to go to the bottom. Here, after bagging game enough for a day or two, an accident happened. As I was running through some bushes I suddenly became lame, and thought that a serpent had bitten me; but it afterward proved to be a thorn driven into the ankle clear to the bone. Doctor said it was in the worst possible place, and did not dare to cut for it. But the pain soon became so great that it was unbearable, and the foot could not be touched to the ground. It nauseated me, too, and was altogether proving itself so much more than expected, that he determined to probe for it. Twice he attempted it, working half an hour or so each time and sinking the forceps over half an inch and all he dared, and finally, to ease the pain, he cut the nerve. My chief consolation is that I am not the first man who has had a “thorn in the flesh.”

_Saturday, Dec. 24._--We were up early. I was for starting, but the Doctor was afraid of inflammation in my ankle, and all things considered we determined to wait till noon; but the men were drunk, our guide especially, and we were not able to get off till 2 P.M. With a sling I managed my ankle quite comfortably. Soon after leaving Aboo-Hamed we passed a region where the ground was covered with most beautiful stones of many colors, red, green and black. When we had made about 10 or 12 miles we went into camp, as much to let the men get sober as anything. The spot we chose was a lovely one on the bank of the river, sheltered by a grove of palms. Christmas Eve on the Nile! Was there ever a more beautiful one? When the afterglow of a rich sunset had faded from the sky, the moon rose and looked down at us through the palm branches. We had the desert stretching away to the rear, and the winding river with its fringe of palms in front of us. We lay on the floor of our tent thinking of home and telling stories of the happy days of “auld lang syne” till we were warned that it was time to turn in. We are now in the region of crocodiles. We have seen one, and the guide to keep us from the water has told some most fearful stories. He has even tried to make us believe that a crocodile will catch and devour two camels at once. The name of our camping place is _Moushra Adehaish_.

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THE CHINESE.

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CLIPPINGS FROM CORRESPONDENCE.

BY REV. W. C. POND.

Our readers may possibly remember that we have been making an experimental effort to plant a mission at Point Pedro, a Chinese fishing village, on one of the headlands making out into San Francisco Bay, about twenty miles from this city, and at least five miles from any American village. The work resembles, as to its difficulties, that which would be encountered in any village in China itself, and the teacher--Miss Mary C. Waterbury--is almost as much alone there as she would be if at work in China. One American family--a gentleman and his wife--reside at the point, having charge of the ranch and collecting the ground rents due from the Chinese fishermen, and in this family she has her only opportunity for free conversation in her native tongue. I make the following extract from a letter from her, giving an account of a “Moon Festival,” observed there by the Chinese. “It was a never-to-be-forgotten scene. I only wished that every Christian in this land could have looked upon it. This day has been a general holiday; no fishing, no work of any kind. These poor, tired men, who ply the oar and draw the net seven days in the week, early and late, day and night, are resting. They are to have a good dinner and a good time generally; and, in connection with it, are observing the oldest form of idol-worship this dark world has ever seen. This--not in China, or in Ethiopia, but right here in Christian America, under the very sound and light of the glorious gospel of the Light of the World. Under the clear shining of a bright, full moon a table is spread with the very best the offerer can afford, and then his guests come out, and, one by one, bow down to the moon and worship--worship, ‘not the one who carries the lantern,’ as a Christian Chinese said, ‘but the lantern itself.’ This is about all there was of it--and it does not make much of a story,--but nothing ever impressed me more deeply. I had read of idolatry before, but now I was looking it square in the face. Not many days ago a poor old man died here. Ever since, his daughter and her husband and the grand-children have been worshiping his spirit with all sorts of votive offerings; not from love to him, not to express their reverence for his memory, but from fear of his ghost. And so, right here in America, there is growing up a generation of idolaters.”

Mrs. Langdon, of Stockton, writes: “Since Lee Pak Un came (the Chinese helper) two of our boys have joined the association. We have one pupil who attended school for some time, then absented himself for months, and has now returned. He can read understandingly, is a good Chinese scholar, and is very intelligent, but when approached on religious matters cannot be made to know what I am talking about. The inability, however, is evidently moral. Lee Pak Un says: His friend, surname brother, says he will not be a Christian while his father lives; he is afraid of him. ‘If any man cometh unto me and hateth not his own father, * * * he cannot be my disciple.’ How often these hard sayings of our Lord find illustration in our missionary work! How many of our believing Chinese have been obliged to take the position of one _hating_ father and mother--to do what is interpreted by them and others as acts of hatred, in order to be Christ’s disciples! How often, after returning to China, have they been obliged to stand unmoved by a father’s threats and curses and a mother’s tears, or else bow down to idols and deny their Lord!”

I have not often, in the last two or three years, made mention in the MISSIONARY of our Petaluma school. It has been one of the smallest of our missions, with comparatively little occurring, month by month, to interest our readers or to encourage us. But for several months past, under the care of Miss Carrie L. Jones, daughter of Rev. Dr. R. G. Jones, pastor of the Congregational Church in that city, and through the faithful service of our helper, Wong Ock, new interest has been developed, the attendance has almost trebled, and the harvest seems to be close at hand. One of the pupils, not yet an avowed Christian, writes to Miss Jones as follows: “I come to school every night at 7 o’clock to learn to read and write. I go to meeting Wednesday and to church Sunday-school. Some China boy would like to love Jesus Christ and God. My good friend Wong Ock is a good boy, and I like him very much. California is a good country. Good-bye.” From Wong Ock himself I have several letters on file, from which I give the following extracts: “I feel much comfort and happiness in my heart when I try to do God’s will. I hope I may be faithful at all times and trust in Him, so He may help me, and I may bear much fruit in His name. Charlie, one of our boys, has joined the Christian Association in the last two weeks. Now I find him very good. He seems to have entirely left his old habits, and has given his heart to serve the Lord Jesus.” Again, “I feel very contented, as I have made acquaintance with my Lord and Saviour. I am willing now to give up all I have for His name’s sake, for His righteousness’ sake. But I often shed many tears for those around us who have not known the gospel. For my part (_i. e._, so far as I myself am concerned), I am thankful for those who love Jesus and teach me so well in his name. I hope the reward of my Lord be multiplied to them, so they may know to lead His flock back to His fold. But you know how many of the hearts have been discouraged on account of the bad actions of some Chinese. Nevertheless, we must be faithful. Then I think everything will be well done in the Lord’s sight.” What he means is this: that if we are faithful our Lord will be pleased and will accept us, even though many of those for whom we labor and pray refuse to give up their opium, their gambling, their hatreds, and refuse to become Christians, because they would, as Christians, be obliged to abandon these things. Some months since I proposed to Wong Ock, as I could not afford, considering the size of the school, to pay him the full salary of a helper (_i. e._, $25 per month), to seek work for part of the day in some family, as several of our helpers do, or else to go to Point Pedro with reference to making a thorough experiment in the work there. To have accepted either proposition would have increased his monthly income by at least $10, or 66 per cent. This is his reply: “I prayed to God, and He has shown me the right way, I think. No matter to me in what place I work, only for Jesus Christ. But I think I am useful here; also can study myself. I need but little money, only enough to keep me, and you can give what you think best. I do not wish to leave here, nor work in family, as I get too tired to study; not feel very strong. The question is, What use am I to God? Because not our will, but His, be done. If we can be of use to God, we ought to be satisfied, whether we dwell among the savages or become poor and suffer as Job did, for even our Christ the Lord left the holier and happier place and came to this dark and sinful world to die for our sins. Now, I am sorry if a man drive a hen away, if the eggs she set upon have not time enough to be hatched. My dear brother, if I feel so for the hen, shall I leave the boys whom I have preached to and cared for ever so long, and some of them nearly come to be Christians? I think not. Still I wish to do right.”

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CHILDREN’S PAGE

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TED’S TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

A TRUE STORY.

BY AN ATLANTA TEACHER

Between you and me Ted isn’t his real name, but, since I cannot tell you the name which his father and mother gave him, I suppose Ted will do for a boy as well as anything else. The fact is I do not want that you should think so much of the name as of the boy; for I assure you Ted is a boy worth thinking about, even if he is only nine years old, and if he hasn’t a very great superabundance (Did you ever see or hear such a big word?) of money, and doesn’t own a horse, nor a dog, nor a velocipede, nor a bicycle, nor a hundred other things that money will buy. I can tell you though that Ted has ever so many things that money--no, not all the money that Vanderbilt, nor Jay Gould, nor any other man has--can not buy. I mean Ted’s father and mother and two little brothers, and a cunning little sister with eyes like stars, and cheeks like a peach-blossom, and a mouth like a ripe cherry. Then Ted knows a good deal about ever so many things. Of course he got a great deal of this knowledge from his father and mother, as any boy can who has a good father and mother, and what is a boy going to do who hasn’t both?

Ted knows the men and women in the Bible just like a book; better too. He knows them just as well as he does the people living around him, and he can go to the map and find all those places mentioned in the New Testament.

The father, and mother, and Ted, and the little sister (I wish I might tell you her name), made that map, and some day, perhaps, I shall tell you how they did it. Ted’s baby brother, two years old, can name some of the places, too, though Ted says it is very hard for him to say _Cappadocia_, and I think it is no wonder, for that is a dreadful word for a child to say.

Well, as I said before, Ted has all these rich possessions of family friends and knowledge, and better than all, he has, I think, the love of God in his heart just as earnest, and true, and tender as if he were a grown-up man. I do not think that one has to wait to be a grown-up person to love God, do you?

Because of this love, Ted has a great love for human beings, and wants to do all he can to help them, and make them better. He knows that he is a small boy, and cannot do a man’s work, but he does not sit down and say he will wait till he is a man, but he does a little boy’s work as well as he can. Now I will tell you what he has done within the last few months. He has formed a temperance society, and ever so many little boys and girls have joined it.

No one can be a member of this society until he has promised not to drink beer, nor egg-nog, nor anything that has alcohol in it, and he must say he will not use tobacco, nor swear, nor say bad words of any kind.

The way he began was, one day a little boy came into the yard, I mean Ted’s father’s yard, to split wood. He was just a little fellow, not much larger, I believe, than Ted himself, and, if you can believe me, he was smoking!

Of course Ted was shocked, and he thought it must be stopped, so he talked to the little boy, and after some persuasion got him to promise not to touch tobacco again, and _that_ was Ted’s society. Well, the little boy began to help Ted to persuade other little boys to join the society. And so they found plenty. You see there are ever so many people everywhere ready to be good and wise if they only had some one to show them how. So it came about that one after another the little boys went to Ted’s house to sign the pledge. Ted’s mother, who is one of those mothers that can be in many ways a great comfort to a boy, helped about getting cards for the children, and bits of blue ribbon to wear as a sign that they belonged to Ted’s society.

Well, little girls began to join too. Of course Ted’s little sister did so the first of all, for she does not like to be behind her brother in doing right things, and then other little girls came. Why, one evening I went to Ted’s house, and there were seven little people who had just been in to sign the pledge. Of course they carried a great deal of mud into the house. (It is a very muddy place where Ted lives. Oh, my! Sometimes I think there is more mud than anything else there.)

Ted, and his mother and father, were there, looking just as happy as if nothing could make them so glad as to have the carpet all covered with muddy prints of little shoes; but I do not think they were so very glad about the mud as they were to see that the small attempt to do good promised to become a great work, and that, with God’s blessing, Ted might be the means of helping those little boys and girls to become good men and women.

Ted has more than one hundred little people in his society now, and he still keeps working to get in more.

I think I forgot to tell you that Ted lives among the colored people in the South, and that his society consists of colored children; but, never mind, isn’t it just as good to know it now, as if I told you at first?

Yes, his father and mother are missionaries, and if it were not such a large name to give a little boy, I should say that Ted is a missionary too.

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OBITUARY.

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Miss Sarah A. G. Stevens, for 14 years a teacher among the Freedmen under the commission of the A. M. A., the last three of which were spent in Fisk University, was called to her rest, from the home of her brother in her native place, St. Johnsbury, Vt., on April 5th. She entered the service of the Association in the fall of 1866, and retired at the close of the school-year in 1880, with health and strength so impaired that the rest and change of climate, which she subsequently sought, brought no real improvement. These years of faithful service had been cheerfully and enthusiastically given. The thought of them gave her great comfort and satisfaction during the months of weariness and suffering which preceded her death. Her recovery was hoped for by herself and friends up to the beginning of the new year. In January her physician sent word to Miss E. M. Barnes, a teacher in Fisk University, that there were developments of a fatal disease, and that death was but a question of a few weeks, possibly months.

Miss Barnes had been associated with Miss Stevens for ten years as a teacher in the South, and had been her most intimate friend and companion. She owed her life under God to the faithful nursing and care of Miss Stevens, when attacked by yellow fever during the prevalence of that scourge in the city of Memphis, Tenn., in the fall of 1873, at which time three teachers of the Mission Home lost their lives. Miss Barnes resigned her position and hastened to the bedside of her sick friend. The following extract from her letter, announcing the death of her friend, will best illustrate the peacefulness and beauty of the closing weeks of her life:

“The messenger came for her Wednesday morning, April 5th. Yesterday we laid her body away to its last rest. Rest--how much that means to her; it had been so long since she had known rest. She had failed very rapidly during the week, and yet death came suddenly in the end. Tuesday afternoon, after some hours of great pain and suffering, a change came, and, breathing peacefully as a child, she passed away with an upward look, as if the joys of Heaven were already bursting upon her sight. During the last days of her life she spoke confidently and calmly of her hopes of the future. Often, when suffering the most intensely, nothing would soothe and quiet her so quickly as reading from the Bible. I never remember a murmur against her suffering during all her illness. Allusion was made at her funeral, by her pastor, to her work in the South; that such an example of self-denial and devotion to the Master’s work among the lowly was a legacy to any community.”

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RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1882.

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MAINE, $2,594.67.

Blue Hill. N. A. F. $1.00
Brewer. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
Brunswick. First Cong. Ch., _for Freight_, by
Mrs. J. D. Lincoln 4.50
Dennysville. Peter E. Vose, $5; “A Friend,” $5 10.00
Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 68.05
Gardiner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.33
Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.26
New Gloucester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.55
Portland. “S. A. M.,” $100; Ladies’ Circle,
High St. Ch., _for Freight_, $8.48 108.48
Portland. Mrs. Chas. Andrews, _for Student
Aid_, _Straight U._ 2.00
Portland. Abyssinian Ch. Sab. Sch., Box Books,
_for Wilmington, N.C._
South Berwick. “Friends,” Bbl. of C., _for
Macon, Ga._
South Waterford. Mrs. C. D. 1.00
Waldoborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.50
Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Yarmouth. Rev. A. L. 1.00
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$364.67

LEGACIES.

Bath. Estate of Chas. Clapp, Jr. ($200 of
which _for Lady Missionaries, Wilmington, N.
C._ and _Selma, Ala._), 2,200.00
Waterford. Estate of Rev. J. A. Douglass, to
const. MISS H. E. DOUGLASS L. M. 30.00
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$2,594.67

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $234.27.

Alstead. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Amherst. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const.
JAMES KNIGHT L. M. 15.00
Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Durham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.34
Hanover. “Friends,” _for Atlanta U._ 10.00
Hillsborough Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $3;
O. C., $1 4.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.67
Langdon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. DEA. TAYLOR G. SWEAT L. M. 63.10
Mason. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.65
Nashua. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of. C., _for
Straight U._
Orford. A. E. 0.51
Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. 21.00

VERMONT, $390.98.

Cambridge. M. and C. Safford 46.52
Charlotte. Mrs. M. E. E. 0.50
Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.77
Clarendon. Mrs. N. J. Smith 5.00
East Poultney. A. D. Wilcox, $5; J. M., 50c. 5.50
Manchester. Miss Ellen Hawley, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.80
Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.80
North Craftsbury. Individuals, _for Mag._ 2.00
Rutland. Cong. Ch. 138.09
Sharon. Mrs. A. F., $1; Miss S. P. F., $1 2.00
West Brattleborough. Mrs. F. C. Gaines 4.00
Westminster West. Mrs. Z. D. 1.00
Wolcott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00
Woodstock. Hon. Frederick Billings, _for
Atlanta U._ 100.00
——. “Ex-Teacher” 5.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $7,942.56.

Abington. RICHARD VINING, to const. himself L.
M. 30.00
Amesbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Amesbury. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., and $1.50
_for Freight, for Washington, D.C._ 1.50
Amherst. First Cong. Ch., $50; Second Cong.
Ch. and Soc., $10.10 60.10
Andover. Francis H. Johnson 100.00
Andover. Sab. Sch. of College Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Andover. George Ripley, $50, _for Talladega
C._; Ladies’ Aux. and Sab. Sch., $40; _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 90.00
Arlington. Orthodox Sewing Circle, Box of C.,
_for Macon, Ga._
Ashburnham. M. W. 1.00
Athol Center. Mrs. E. E., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 1.00
Bolton. “A Friend,” _for Atlanta U._ 9.00
Barre. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Belchertown. Mrs. R. W. Walker 5.00
Bernardston. “Friends,” by Mrs. P. 5.00
Blandford. Miss H. M. H. 1.00
Boston. Central Church and Soc., $910.55; S.
D. Smith, Organ, $200; Mrs. E. C. Ford, $25;
Mrs. B. P., 50c 1,136.05
Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Assn., _for
Lady Missionaries_ 272.63
Bradford. Pupils of Academy, _for Atlanta U._ 35.39
Brimfield. Second. Cong. Sab. Sch., bal. to
const. EDWARD BLISS L. M. 15.00
Brockton. L. C. Sanford, _for Tougaloo U._ 1.32
Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 104.94
Buckland. “A Friend” 10.00
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. M. C. Coll. 13.13
Charlemont. E. G. 1.00
Charlton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.86
Chelsea. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Cohasset. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.20
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $31.16;
Mrs. S., $1 32.16
Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Curtisville. Mrs. M. L., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 1.00
Danvers. Sab. Sch. of Maple St. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Danvers. “A Friend” 5.00
Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.50
Dorchester. Miss E. P., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 1.00
East Bridgewater. Union Cong. Ch. 34.00
Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00
Feeding Hills. Cong. Ch. 5.30
Fitchburgh. Sab. Sch. of Rollston Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Fitchburgh. “Mrs. C. W. H.” 10.00
Florence. Florence Ch. 26.65
Framingham. Young Ladies’ Mission Circle,
Bundle of C.
Georgetown. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.27
Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.12
Hadley. G. W. A. 1.00
Haverhill. Miss S. E. M. 0.50
Holden. M. A. Perry 4.00
Hubbardston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.00
Lancaster. MRS. C. S. BALLARD, _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._, and to const. herself L.
M. 30.00
Lawrence. “E. F. E.” 1.00
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00
Leicester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 67.90
Leominster. Primary Dept. O. C. Ch. Sab. Sch.,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 24.50
Littleton. Rev. Wm. Sewall, Bundle of C.
Longmeadow. G. M. McQ. 0.50
Lowell. High St. Cong. Ch. 76.33
Lunenburgh. Lettie Wilson, _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 30.00
Lynn. B. V. French, $25; Central Cong. Ch. and
Soc., $17 42.00
Malden. Miss Kent, Bbl. of C., _for
Wilmington, N.C._
Malden. Miss M. K. 1.00
Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 40.00
Marion. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 5.00
Maynard. “J. D. F.” 1.00
Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.25
Milford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 99.66
Monson. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. E. H.
BYINGTON L. M. 30.05
Monson. G. W. Andrew’s Sab. Sch. Class, _for
John Brown Steamer_ 3.00
Montague. First Cong. Ch. 18.02
Newburyport. _For freight, for Washington,
D.C._ 2.35
Newburyport. “A Friend,” _for Freight_ 2.00
Newburyport. “A Friend,” Bbl. of C., _for
Charlotte, N.C._
Newton. Eliot Ch. 170.00
Newton. Ellen D. Jackson, Package Bibles, _for
Macon, Ga._
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.45
Newton Center. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Newton Center. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for
Atlanta U._ 10.00
Newton Lower Falls. M. A. M. 0.50
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.60
Northampton. A. L. Williston, $630; Edwards
Ch., $66.53 696.53
Northampton. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for
Talladega C._ 25.00
North Truro. Rev. Chas. Morgan, Box of Books,
_for Wilmington N.C._
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.31
Orange. Central Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Peabody. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 96.00
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Prescott. A. M. B. 0.50
Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.50
Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 16.30
Royalston. Joseph Estabrook, $15; First Cong.
Sab. Sch., $5 20.00
Salem. Primary Dept. of Tab. Ch. Sab. Sch.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00
Sandwich. Mrs. H. H. N. 1.00
Somerville. Franklin St. Ch. and Soc. 139.22
Southborough. Pilgrim Evan. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 121.26
Springfield. First Cong. Ch., $82.56; South
Ch., $52.85 135.41
Springfield. G. & C. Merriam, one Dictionary,
extra binding, _for Atlanta U._
Sudbury. Union Ch. and Soc. 22.00
Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch. 30.00
Tewkesbury. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Hampton N. &
A. Inst._ 10.00
Ware. East Ch. ($100 of which from Hon.
William Hyde, _for John Brown Steamer_), to
const. ISAAC JEFFRIES, S. B. WETHERELL,
HENRY P. PERKINS, MRS. A. W. BOWEN, FLORENCE
STURTEVANT and MARTHA YALE L. Ms. 409.20
Walpole. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. REV. FRANCIS J. MARSH L. M. 40.60
Waterbury. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Marion,
Ala._
Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., $6.17; Mrs.
E. F. F., 50c. 6.67
Watertown. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. of Phillips Ch.,
2 Bbls. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._
Westborough. Miss S. M. H. 0.50
West Boxford. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Lewis High Sch., Macon, Ga._ 12.00
West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const.
MISS ALICE WHITE L. M. 35.00
Westhampton. Cong. Ch. 33.00
West Roxbury. A. Wiswall, to const. MISS
FANNIE H. WISWALL L. M. 50.00
West Springfield. “Mission Band,” _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 12.34
Winchester. Stephen Cutter, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 24.00
Woburn. L. B. Soc., Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta
U._
Worcester. Central Ch. and Soc. 87.46
Worcester. Ladies of Central Ch., Package of
C., by Mrs. Alphonso Wood, _for Tillotson C.
& N. Inst._
Yarmouth. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of
C., _for Talladega C._
——. Bbl. of C., for Rev. A. W. Curtis.
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$5,407.53

LEGACIES.

Newburyport. Estate of Sarah W. Hale, by Isaac
H. Boardman, Trustee $1,977.03
South Hadley. Estate of Addison Gridley 100.00
Watertown. Estate of Mrs. Hannah Shephard, by
Abiel Abbott, Ex. 100.00
Westhampton. Estate of Miss Submit Bridgman,
by L. Bridgman, Ex. 200.00
Westhampton. Estate of Mrs. Sophronia
Bridgman, by L. Bridgman, Ex. 158.00
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$7,942.56

RHODE ISLAND, $10.50.

Newport. Rev. Thatcher Thayer, D.D. 10.00
Providence. S. L. H. 0.50

CONNECTICUT, $3,243.96.

Ashford. Wm. D. Carpenter, $5; A. Peck, $2 7.00
Avon. Mrs. A. P. Case 3.00
Bethlehem. Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., _for
Marion, Ala._
Birmingham. Cong. Ch. ($100 of which from
William E. Downs) 133.35
Bolton. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Bridgeport. S. C. Kingman, _for Tillotson C. &
N. Inst._ 15.00
Brookfield. Cong. Ch. 17.03
Chester. T. A. C. C. 1.00
Collinsville. Chas. Blair, _for furnishing
room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 35.00
East Hampton. Cong. Ch. ($1 of which _for John
Brown Steamer_) 47.45
East Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
East Hampton. Dea. Samuel Skinner, _for
Talladega C._ 10.00
East Hartland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00
East Haven. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Essex. Young Ladies, Bbl. of C.
Farmington. Cong. Ch. Quarterly Coll. 54.81
Franklin. Cong. Ch. 10.74
Georgetown. Cong. Ch. 7.17
Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch. 39.54
Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Hartford. Mrs. S. E. Perkins, $300; “Mrs. L.
C. D.,” $100; E. F. M., $1 401.00
Hartford. Rev. Wm. Thompson, D.D., _for
Talladega C._ 10.00
Harwinton. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from Mrs.
Hilpah Watson, _for John Brown Steamer_) 53.80
Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., _for
Marion, Ala._
Litchfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., 2 Bbls. C., _for
Marion, Ala._
Litchfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Lyme. Grassy Hill Cong. Ch., $13; J. L., 50c. 13.50
Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Mansfield. Bbl. of C., _for Straight U._
Mansfield Centre. First Cong. Ch. 9.00
Meriden. Center Cong. Ch., $14.75; Mrs. E. E.
Leonard, $5 19.75
Middletown. First Cong. Ch. ($4 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) 40.02
Middletown. “L. C. B.,” $10; Miss M. H., $1 11.00
New Britain. “South Ch., a Friend,” $10; Mrs.
N. H., $1 11.00
New Britain. C. B. Erwin, _for President’s
House, Talladega C._ 61.75
New Britain. Maria S. and Julia A. Kelsey 5.00
New Haven. Center Ch., $126.36; Davenport
Cong. Ch. $102.70; Howard Ave. Cong Ch.,
$10.37; J. E. B., $1 240.43
New Haven. E. L. De Forest, _for Yale Library
Fund, Talladega C._ 25.00
New Milford. Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., _for
Marion, Ala._
New Preston. Cong. Ch., by Miss J. M. Averill
($10 of which from “Two Friends,” _for
Rebuilding Emerson Inst._) 67.75
New Preston. Rev. Henry Upson 10.00
Norfolk. Mrs. T. T. Cowles, $20; Joseph R.
Cowles, $20; “D.,” $2 42.00
North Coventry. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Northford. Cong. Ch. 5.00
North Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50; Miss M. D.,
$1, _for John Brown Steamer_ and to const.
MRS. LUCY A. HEMINGWAY L. M. 51.00
North Haven. Cong. Ch., to const. EDWARD L.
LINSLEY, JARED B. BASSETT and FREDERICK C.
BRADLEY L. Ms. 111.26
Norwich. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Box of
C., _for Atlanta U._
Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. 200.00
Plantsville. Cong. Ch. ($9 of which _for John
Brown Steamer_) 291.02
Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch. (ad’l), _for John
Brown Steamer_ 12.88
Plantsville. Mrs. Mary Hotchkiss, _for Atlanta
U._ 5.00
Plymouth. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 45.00
Saybrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.10
Sherman. Cong. Ch. 16.66
Somers. Cong. Sab. Sch., 2 Bbls of C., _for
Marion, Ala._
South Coventry. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.24
South Glastonbury. Mrs. B., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 1.00
South Glastonbury. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Southport. “A Friend” 30.00
Thomaston. “A Friend” 1.00
Unionville. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 44.21
Washington. “Z,” _for Indian M._ 1.00
Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 474.00
West Hartford. D. G. P. 0.50
West Hartford. “E. W. M.,” _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Westport. Charles Scofield 5.00
Whitneyville. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch. 75.00
Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch. 70.00
Woodbridge. Bbl. of C., by E. C. Newton, Supt.
Cong. S. S.
Woodbury. Mrs. Wyckoff, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 2.00
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$3,043.96

LEGACY.

Stanwich. Estate of Mary A. Brush, by J. H.
Brush, Ex. 200.00
——————————
$3,243.96

NEW YORK, $2,678.55.

Bangor. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $10; Dea. R.
H. Farr, $10, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Berkshire. Chas. T. Leonard, $2; Mrs.
Sophronia Miller, $2 4.00
Brooklyn. Church of the Pilgrims, $454.35; “A
Friend,” $10 464.35
Brooklyn. $5, _for Student Aid, Howard U._;
“Friends,” Bbl. of C. and $1, _for Freight,
for Washington, D.C._ 6.00
Binghamton. J. D. Wells 23.00
Buffalo. First Cong. Ch. 34.86
Camden. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 30.30
Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., $40;
Mrs. M. M. W., $1 41.00
Dansville. Mrs. Fanny C. Noyes, Box of Papers
Evans. Mrs. R. P. R. Camp 2.00
Fairport. Mrs. C. H. Dickinson 200.00
Fredonia. Sab. Sch. of Presb. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Fredonia. Mr. Hubbard, _for Student Aid, Lewis
High Sch., Macon, Ga._ 10.00
Hopkinton. Mrs. T. H. Laughlin 13.00
Hudson. “S. A. M.” 7.00
Kiantone. Mrs. G. C. Frissell 2.00
Lincoln. J. D. Dewey, $5; James Newhall, $5;
Mrs. M. J. Newhall, $5 15.00
Morrisville. A. B. De Forest 10.00
Munnsville. T. B. Rockwell 5.00
New York. Broadway Tabernacle, $820.34; S. T.
Gordon, $250 and 3 Packages “New Song;” “A
Few Friends,” by John T. Rockwell, $50; F.
P. Sherman, $5; National Temperance Soc.,
Illustrated Temp. Papers 1,125.34
New York. Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, $100; Jacob D.
Vermilye, $50; Edgar S. Auchincloss, $50;
John Sinclair, $50; John Paton, $25, _for
Memorial Scholarship Fund_; Rev. D. Stuart
Dodge, $100, _for Yale Library Fund_; John
Gibb, $100; N. Currier, $25; Cash, $10;
Cash, $5, _for Talladega C._ 515.00
New York. J. R. Anderson, Pkg. Books, _for
Macon, Ga._
Oneida. Edward Loomis, $3; “Money Found,” $2 5.00
Owego. L. H. Allen 10.00
Paris. Mrs. A. Pierce 10.00
Prattsburgh. “A.” 5.00
Riverhead. Mrs. Geo. Miller 5.00
Schenectady. A. W. V. 0.50
Sing Sing. “A Friend,” Box of C., $2 _for
Freight_ 2.00
South Granby. JUSTUS T. GERE, bal. to const.
himself L. M. 20.00
Spencerport. Sarah Vannest, $10; Mary Dyer,
$5, _for Straight U._ 15.00
Syracuse. “S. J. W.” 20.00
Syracuse. Mrs. Clara C. Clarke 7.20
Troy. “Desert Palm Mission,” M. & M. F. C.,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00

NEW JERSEY, $388.04.

Bound Brook. Cong. Ch. 10.10
Camden. Mrs. J. T. C. 2.00
East Orange. Cong. Ch. 56.67
Englewood. Chas. Taylor 11.00
Lakewood. A. F. 0.50
Lyons Farms. “C.” 3.00
Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 150.56
Newark. MRS. S. S. SICKELS, $100, to const.
herself L. M.; First Cong. Ch., $54.21 154.21

PENNSYLVANIA, $2,148.06.

Clark. Mrs. E. Dickson and Miss Eliza Dickson,
$5 each 10.00
Centre Road. J. A. Scovel ($10 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) 15.00
East Smithfield. Miss Lucy Gerould, _for
Atlanta U._ 10.00
Philadelphia. Friend’s Book Store, Box of
Books; R. & J. Beck, Microscope, val., $5,
_for Macon, Ga._
———————
$35.00

LEGACY.

Washington. Estate of Samuel McFarland, by
Abel M. Evans, Ex. 2,113.06
—————————
$2,148.06

OHIO, $863.56.

Ashtabula. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Burton. Cong. Ch. ($10 of which from Ladies’
Miss. Soc., _for work among Women_) 49.82
Chagrin Falls. “Cheerful Workers,” _for
Tougaloo U._ 10.00
Chagrin Falls. Cong. Ch., Communion Set and
Box of Papers and Books, _for Macon, Ga._
Cincinnati. Mrs. Betsey E. Aydelott 5.00
Cleveland. Rev. P. Kimball 300.00
Columbus. First Cong. Ch. 116.03
Cuyahoga Falls. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 13.06
Fremont. “Do Something Missionary Band,” _for
Student Aid, Straight U._ 13.00
Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury, in memory her
deceased husband, Samuel Kingsbury 100.00
Greenwich. Wm. M. Mead 10.00
Hartford. S. C. Baker, $2.50; Mrs. R. H. P.,
$1; Mrs. H. J., $1; Others, $2.50; Burg
Hill, J. M. J., $1; S. G. B., $1; H. B.,
50c.; Brookfield, E. F., 50c. 10.00
Kelloggsville. Mrs. Pliny Kellogg, _for
Emerson Inst._ 5.00
Madison. Ladies Benev. Soc., _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00
North Kingsville. D. C. Caughy, $5; Miss Eliza
Comings, $5, _for Emerson Inst._ 10.00
Norwalk. Frederick Upson 5.00
Oberlin. Sab. Sch., in Farror Neighborhood,
$2; J. T. B., $1, _for John Brown Steamer_ 3.00
Plymouth. E. A. 1.00
Sandusky. First Cong. Ch. 108.65
Savannah. J. A. Patterson 5.00
Sheffield. Cong. Ch., $18; Cong. Sab. Sch. $5 23.00
Steubenville. “Young Missionaries” of First
Cong. Ch., $10; Woman’s Soc., $5, _for Lady
Missionary, Topeka, Kansas_ 15.00
Sylvania. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Tallmadge. Miss H. W. C. 1.60
Toledo. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Straight
U._ 1.00
Wellington. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00
Youngstown. “Thank offering” 2.00

ILLINOIS, $608.89.

Aurora. First Cong. Ch. 19.25
Avon. Cong. Ch., $20; Mrs. E. C., 50c. 20.50
Brighton. First Cong Ch. 6.10
Chandlerville. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Chicago. Plymouth Cong. Ch., $83.15; Mrs. H.
H. B., $1 84.15
Chicago. James W. Porter, _for Atlanta U._ 20.00
Chicago. H. B. Cragin, $10; “A Friend,” $1.11,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 11.11
Chicago. Miss Belle Dunham, _for Straight U._ 5.00
Creston. Cong. Ch. 9.20
Emington. Two Classes in Broughton Sab. Sch.,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 15.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which to const.
MRS. T. S. SNYDAM L. M.) 111.15
Galesburg. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of Brick Cong.
Ch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Geneseo. Cong. Ch. 50.00
Glencoe. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Jacksonville. Joy Prairie Sab. Sch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. 47.50
Kewanee. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., _for Tougaloo U._ 20.50
Kewanee. Mrs. Ruth Shaw 10.00
Lawn Ridge. A. Crawford 10.00
Lyndon. J. M. Hamilton 5.00
Moline. Thomas Jewett, _for Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Moline.——-, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Northampton. R. W. Gilliam 5.00
Oneida. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.75
Plainfield. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Princeville. Wm. C. Stevens 5.00
Quincy. L. Kingman 10.00
Winnebago. Cong. Ch. 17.68
——A Friend, $10, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
U._, and $5 _for John Brown Steamer_ 15.00

INDIANA, $5.50.

Versailles. J. B. Rebuck, $3; J. D. Nichols,
$2.50 5.50

MICHIGAN, $4,241.81.

Battle Creek. Cong. and Presb. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 12.00
Calumet. Robert Dobbie 30.50
Clio. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Covert. Ladies Miss’y Soc., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 11.00
Edwardsburgh. U. E. 0.50
Grand Rapids. E. M. Ball 15.00
Hancock. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Olivet. Y. M. C. A., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 60.00
Manistee. First Ch., to const. MRS. B. M.
CUTCHEON L. M. 31.45
Muskegon. “The Little Coral Workers,” by Miss
A. K. Fairfield, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Northport. Cong. Ch. 4.94
Romeo. Mrs. M. A. J. 1.00
Vermontville. Cong. Ch. 34.42
White Lake. Robert Garner 10.00
Ypsilanti. J. H. 1.00
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$241.81

LEGACY.

Kalamazoo. Estate of William A. House 4,000.00
—————————
$4,241.81

WISCONSIN, $400.93.

Arena. Ladies Miss’y Soc., $2.50; Mrs. W. B.,
$1. Beloit. Ladies Miss’y Soc., $63. Ladies
Miss’y Soc. of 2d Cong. Ch., $11. Eau
Claire. Ladies Miss’y Soc., $30.80. Elk
Grove. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $1.50.
Lancaster. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $15.
Mazomanie. Ladies Miss’y Soc., $2.30. Ripon.
Ladies Miss’y Soc., $18. Stevens’ Point.
Mrs. Montague, $3. Waupun. Young Ladies of
S. S., $10. Ladies Miss’y Soc., $5;
Whitewater. Ladies Missionary Soc., $20.65;
_for Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 183.75
Beloit. The Eclipse Wind Engine Co., Windmill,
_for Atlanta U._
Kaukauna. Cong. Ch., $7.06; Sab. Sch., 50c.,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 7.56
Kenosha. Thomas Gillespie, M.D. 5.00
Milwaukee. “Mission Circle,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 16.00
Monroe. H. E. Boardman, M.D. ($7.25 of which
from “Our Family Missionary Box”) 7.75
New Richmond. First Cong. Ch. 13.55
Oshkosh. First Cong. Ch. 65.32
Wauwatosa. Cong. Ch. 90.00
West Salem. Cong. Ch. 12.00

IOWA, $322.56.

Atlantic. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Big Rock. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Creston. First Cong. Ch. 21.00
Decorah. G. C. Winship 10.00
Des Moines. A. Y. Rawson 25.00
Dunlap. Cong. Ch. 23.26
Gilman. Cong. Ch. 11.50
Grinnell. Samuel F. Cooper, _for Fisk U._ 50.00
Grinnell. First Cong. Ch. 17.30
Hampton. “Friends” 3.50
Magnolia. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Marion. “Willing Workers,” Box of C., val.
$20, _for Straight U._
Marion. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
McGregor. Cong. Ch. 16.25
Miles. Cong. Ch. 7.25
Monticello. Mrs. H. D. S. and Mrs. H. F. P. 1.00
Preston. Cong. Ch. 5.25
Traer. Cong. Ch. ($10 of which _for John Brown
Steamer_, and $10 _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._), to const. A. J. BROWER L. M. 30.00
Tipton. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Wilton Junction. A. C. H. 1.00
Iowa City. “Friends,” $15.20; Grinnell,
“Friends,” $2; Waterloo, “Friends,” $5;
Wilton, “A Friend,” $1; Cedar Rapids, “A
Friend,” $1; Grinnell, “A Friend,” $4;
Davenport, “Friends,” $2; Muscatine,
“Friends,” $4.80, _for furnishing a room in
Stone Hall, Talladega C., in memory of Mrs.
Mary S. Thatcher_ 35.00
Ladies of Durant, $10.25; Ladies of Waverly,
$5; Ladies of Clinton, $5; by Mrs. M. G.
Phillips, _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans,
La._ 20.25

KANSAS, $13.00.

Burlington. John Morris 3.00
Lawrence. Cong. Ch. 1.50
Ottawa. First Cong. Ch. 8.50

MINNESOTA, $192.94.

Belle Prairie. E. T. A. 1.00
Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 33.12
Minneapolis. Sab. Sch. of Plymouth Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Minneapolis. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Atlanta U._ 28.60
Rushford. Cong. Ch. 3.14
Shakopee. Mrs. R. P. Riggs 1.00
Winona. Cong. Ch., $30 of which to const. M.
J. LAIRD L. M. 51.25
Zumbrota. First Cong. Ch. 22.83

NEBRASKA, $23.00.

Beatrice. Mrs. B. F. Hotchkiss 5.00
Crete. Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C., _for Marion, Ala._
Nebraska City. “A Thank Offering” 10.00
Omaha. “K. & C.” 8.00

MISSOURI, $76.36.

Index. W. B. Wills, $10; F. P. M., $1; Others,
$1.25 12.25
Kansas City. First Cong. Ch. 64.11

CALIFORNIA, $20.50.

Oakland. Mrs. J. T. A. 0.50
San Francisco. “Friend of Missions” 20.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $38.49.

Washington. Mrs. A. N. Bailey 5.00
Washington. “Willing Workers” of Lincoln
Mission, $20, _for Mendi M._, $2; _for John
Brown Steamer_ 22.00
Washington. Lincoln Memorial Cong. Ch. 10.19
Washington. “Friend,” _for Washington, D.C._ 1.30

MARYLAND, $10.00.

Emmittsburg. David Gamble, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $193.80.

Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Wilmington. Normal School, Tuition 188.80

SOUTH CAROLINA, $275.00.

Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 265.00
Charleston. Plymouth Ch. 10.00

TENNESSEE, $755.10.

Chattanooga. Rent 250.00
Memphis. Le Moyne Inst. 196.60
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 263.50
Nashville. Missionary Soc. of Fisk U., _for
Student Aid, Mendi M._ 25.00
Nashville. Cash 20.00

GEORGIA, 767.83.

Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition, $239.45; Rent, $2 241.45
Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 240.70
Atlanta. First Cong. Ch. 30.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition 89.58
McIntosh. Tuition 18.85
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $135.35; Rent,
$11.40 146.75
Stone Mountain. E. M. M. 0.50

ALABAMA, $497.55.

Anniston. Tuition 7.00
Marion. Tuition, $5.75; Cong. Ch., $4 9.75
Mobile. Emerson Inst. Tuition, $153.40; Cong.
Ch. $1.35 154.75
Mobile. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Montgomery. Public Fund, $175; Cong. Ch., $60 235.00
Montgomery. Miss M. Blanche Curtis, _for
Atlanta U._ 9.00
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 78.05

LOUISIANA, $270.55.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition, $219.55;
Friends, $1; Central Ch., $50 270.55

MISSISSIPPI, $111.75.

Hazelhurst. E. E. S. and N. R. R., 50c. each 1.00
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $97.75; Miss
K. K. Koons, $10; Miss F. J. Webster, $3 110.75

TEXAS, $140.90.

Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Tuition 140.40
Whitmans. Mrs. I. H. 0.50

WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $2.

Sumner. Mrs. Eliza Taylor, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.00

INDIAN TERRITORY, $1.

Vinita. Calvary Union Ch. 1.00

DAKOTA TERRITORY, $3.

Bethel. Rev. L. Bridgman 3.00

CANADA, $12.

Lenoxville. A. Spaulding 2.00
Ontario. “A Friend,” by Mr. Loudon, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00

FRANCE, $20.

Paris. Rev. Edward W. Hitchcock, D.D., _for
Yale Library Fund, Talladega C._ 20.00
——————————
Total $29,519.61
Total from Oct. 1 to April 30 $161,542.16
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FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.

Rehoboth, Mass. Cong. Ch. $5.70
New Haven, Conn. Howard Ave. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Plantsville, Conn. Cong. Ch. 100.00
Income Fund 175.00
——————————
Total $292.70
Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1 to March 31 2,191.73
——————————
Total $2,484.43

FOR ENDOWMENT FUND.

Watertown, Conn. Estate of Benjamin De Forest,
by Leman W. Cutler, Ex., _for Support of
President of Talladega C._ 10,000.00
New York. N.Y. Railway Bond from William
Belden, _for Scholarship Fund, Talladega C._ 1,000.00
——————————
Total $11,000.00
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THE

CARPENTER ORGANS.

On page (192) will be found a rich and beautiful illustration of one of the world-famous Carpenter Organs. The secret of success in my business lies in personal supervision of the details of that business. The superlative excellence of the Carpenter Action is due to the vigilant personal oversight of the inventor. The sweetness and evenness of tone, combined with the durable and massive elegance of external finish in these organs, recommend then to all lovers of music. At the Worcester works (the largest Action Manufactory in the world) more than 100 different styles are made, ranging in price from $20 to $2,000. The moral and religious influence of a sweet-toned organ in a family is incalculable. The subdued harmonies and mellow persuasiveness of organ-music tranquilize and elevate the whole nature.

When through storied windows bright
Falls the dim religious light,
Enhuing all the air with Iris sweet,
Then with mellow thunder deep
Let the ocean-throated organ speak;
Let its rolling billows sweep
Through our souls with might, with might!

’Tis not the voice of puny man
That issues from these Pipes of Pan,
Nor yet some yearning spirit of the air--
Rather we seem to hear from out the skies,
Now low, now loud, through opened gates of Paradise,
The deep-toned viol, and the golden trumpet’s blare,
And far hosannas from the innumerable caravan!

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Circulars sent on application.

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AND

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