Chapter II: Part 2

Please stand here by the door and talk to the people. Feet get cold? I don't wonder. The door was made an inch and a half too short. You ask "why in the name of health don't you fix it?" Well, just sit there against the wall. You sit down, and a projecting horizontal joist takes you right in the back of the neck and makes you crane your head forward in a most uncomfortable way. Poor place to get asleep; one would pitch right forward on the floor. You see, if we commenced to "fix up," we wouldn't know where to begin, for one lack is as great as another. One night we held a meeting in that building, and before morning the thermometer fell to zero. We need a good stove; that one is full of cracks in front, so we always left a boy to watch after meeting till the fire died out. We just make the house do; strips have been laid on the floor, paper pasted over the wall gaps, seats of rough boards set in the building, windows tightened, and there we gathered. God's Spirit met us in spite of cold and dinginess and needs. I believe ten or twelve rose for prayers during those two weeks. Since warm weather Brother Myers has continued the meetings, and I trust a score or more have given their hearts to the Lord.

JAS. T. FORD.

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STUDENT'S LETTER.

TALLADEGA COLLEGE, Talladega, Ala., April, 1885.

It is wonderful to notice how many and what interesting changes may take place during the few years of one's life. The first eleven years of my life I spent as a slave, but I have lived to see these glorious days of freedom. I was born upon my master's plantation in Monroe County, Ala., where I lived till 1865, when I was set at liberty with the rest of my unfortunate brethren.

While living upon that plantation I saw many of the horrors of slavery with my own eyes. One of the mean and degrading things I remember was the way the slaves had to live, crowded together in one house. There were three or four different families, consisting of twelve or fifteen persons, all living in the same room. There was only one house for colored people, and it had only one room.

Although my master did not have so many slaves and was not so mean as some other slave-holders about him, still, the treatment which his slaves received was shockingly cruel. I remember very distinctly the paddling block, the paddle, and the great whip used upon that place. There comes very vividly before my mind the whipping of a hired man. I know just how every rag of clothes was taken off, and how he was tied down in the front yard between the gate and the house, so that he could not move hand or foot, and how the master would whip him a while and walk about and smoke his pipe a while, as the poor hired slave lay upon the ground and cried for mercy, but there was none to help him.

Whenever my thoughts go back to those dark days, I recollect the time when my own brother ran away because he was not willing to take the whipping which the master wanted to give him late one afternoon. I think of how the bloodhounds came, and how they chased him, while mother, brothers, and fellow-slaves stood trembling, and how glad all were when we learned that the dogs could not catch him.

If I could forget all other heart-rending scenes of those dark days, I could not erase from my memory the cruel treatment which I saw my own mother receive. Though I was small, I think of how I used to see her work hard, and how she was scolded and cursed as she was driven about like a dog. I saw her laid upon that paddling-block, and I heard her distressing cries, but, like the rest of her children, I could do nothing.

I love to contrast my present condition with what it was a few years ago, and as I do so I do not forget the A. M. A., whose workers found me in the lowest depths of ignorance and helped me up. When liberated, soon after the surrender, I could not read a word and did not know a letter. I do not remember that I had ever seen the inside of a book of any kind. It was in 1867 that I learnt the alphabet upon the plantation by the light of pine knots. During the years 1868 and 1869 I was a rag-picker in the streets of Mobile. God has led me on, and now I am a student in Talladega College, and expect soon to have finished a course of study which will enable me to go forth to lead men to Christ and to teach them better methods of living. I speak of this contrast not boastfully, but humbly and with deep gratitude to God, who took me from the woes and degradation of slavery and has given me a double freedom. I am so glad for the schools the A. M. A. has in the South; I am so glad for what they have done for me. Through one of these schools I was led to Christ. Soon after that I felt called to the ministry; and in Talladega College I am permitted to finish a course of study, and to some degree equip myself for the work of life. All praise to an organization that seeks for poor, ignorant and sinful men, leads them to Christ, instructs them, and then sends them out to bless the world.

A STUDENT.

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OBITUARY.

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MRS. H. M. STEVENS.

Another veteran teacher of the A. M. A. has been called home to her rest. On the morning of May 7, at her home in St. Albans, Vt., Mrs. H. M. Stevens, known to A. M. A. workers as Miss E. M. Barnes, of Bakersfield, Vt., fell asleep after a severe and painful sickness of several mouths.

Miss Barnes entered the service of the Association in 1865 and left it in 1882, to minister to her devoted friend and fellow laborer, Miss Sarah A. G. Stevens, in her last sickness. When released from this service of love her own health prevented her return to the Southern work. Her first year was spent at Arlington, Va. She spent six years in the Lewis High School, Macon, Ga., four years in the Le Moyne Institute, Memphis, Tenn., and her last six in Fisk University--seventeen years of devoted, earnest and fruitful labor in behalf of the colored youth in the South.

Since leaving the South her life has been a pleasant and useful one as Mrs. Stevens, the wife of a devoted husband and an earnest and zealous Christian woman in the city and the church where her lot was cast. The testimony to her nobility and earnestness of character was manifested in signal ways by the church and people during her sickness, and she has evidently left behind a precious memory of her short life in St. Albans. I have before me a letter written to a teacher in Fisk University less than three weeks before her death, and it will interest her friends to learn how the years of her life which she spent in the work of giving help to the struggling colored youth of the South looked to her as she lay upon her dying bed in her pleasant home surrounded by the friends that loved her so well.

She wrote: "I thank the Lord for the years He gave me in that Southern land. Those seventeen years were the hardest, happiest and most satisfying of my life. I have ever thanked God for giving me a place among that noble band of workers. I have arranged to establish a permanent scholarship at Fisk, so that my influence will still live there after I am gone. I loved the work there more than any other I have ever done. In all my weakness I am resting in the Everlasting Arms, and find there strength sufficient to support, trusting entirely to the blood that cleanseth from all sin and saves unto the uttermost."

The news of Mrs. Stevens' death was telegraphed to Fisk University, and on the Sunday night following, an impressive memorial service was held in the chapel of Livingstone Hall. The story of her life and labors, as told by those who knew her well, produced a deep impression upon the students, and will bear in their lives fruit in greater consecration and the spirit of self-sacrifice. The testimony borne by several of the young men who were about to graduate, and one who had already graduated, to the influence exerted on their lives and character by Mrs. Stevens was the highest tribute that could have been paid to the gentleness, nobility and spirituality of her character. To her counsel, encouragement and sympathy they felt they were indebted for their best inspiration. Her influence lives in the world, and will continue to increase through the lives and labors of others whom she led to the feet of their Lord, and to consecration to the uplifting of their race. May the spirit of Mrs. Stevens continue to be the spirit of those who represent the A. M. A. in its work for the uplifting of a depressed but struggling race!

E. M. CRAVATH.

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MISS O. E. GOODRIDGE.

Died, at Talladega, Ala., May 25, 1885, Miss O. E. Goodridge, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

Miss Goodridge was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., of a godly and New England ancestry. She became a Christian in her earliest years and joined the church when but a child. From the beginning she was instructed in the Scriptures, which can make wise unto salvation, and her nature, less rugged than that of some, was well perfected by grace. Seeking usefulness in needy fields, she offered herself to the A. M. A., and last year began her work in Talladega, where she proved herself a devoted and successful teacher, a woman of great refinement and goodness, and a faithful servant of Christ. Herself a disciple sitting at Jesus' feet, she never forgot her Master in her teaching, while her unconscious influence was powerful for good. Her illness was but of a few days' duration, nor was it considered fatal until within a few hours of the end. Winning in person and of rare beauty of character, she has greatly endeared herself to her associates and to all who knew her. Though death came suddenly it did not find her unprepared. Her hope was in Christ, and her end was a peaceful falling asleep.

H. S. DE FOREST.

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BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.

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MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.

We are glad to report a movement in favor of State organizations for woman's work in our own country in co-operation with the Am. Home Miss. Soc., the Am. Miss. Assoc., the New West Ed. Com., etc. At a special meeting called at Saratoga on June 4, action was taken by the representatives of the several Woman's Missionary Societies, advocating the formation of State societies, whose object should be to co-operate with the established societies of the Congregational order, in raising funds and increasing intelligence respecting missionary work in this country.

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Two years ago the ladies of Vermont pledged the support of one teacher at McIntosh, Ga., but increased their contributions until they assumed the entire support of the school. A year ago they undertook the expense of an addition to the school building, to be called the "Vermont School." In connection with the State Association, at Bellows Falls, a ladies' meeting was held on Wednesday morning, June 10, in behalf of the American Missionary Association, addressed by their teacher, Miss Plimpton, and by Miss Emerson, Secretary of the Woman's Bureau. The following report was submitted by the State Committee:

The committee re-appointed by the convention held at St. Albans
last June, to raise money for the school for the freedmen in
McIntosh, Ga., desires to present the following report for the
year:

FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 1885.

Total contributions $848.86
Expenses of postage and printing 11.16

Remitted to H. W. Hubbard 837.70
Add balance on hand May, 1884 259.28
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Total $1,096.98

Estimated expense of school this year $856.00
To apply on new building 240.98
-------- $1,096.98

Acknowledgment was also made for barrels and boxes of clothing, papers, books, toys and materials for sewing school, with money sent to pay freight. Additional contributions are expected before Sept. 30, to apply on the new school building.

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At the recent meeting of the State Association of Illinois, held in Rockford, the ladies organized the "Illinois Home Miss. Union." The constitution adopted embraces all home causes as embodied in the following form:

ARTICLE 1. This Society shall be called the Woman's Home
Missionary Union of the State of ----. Its object shall be to
promote missionary and evangelistic work in all parts of our
land by forming auxiliaries in the churches of the State, and
through them collecting money for the various existing societies
of the Congregational order.

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A TRUE INCIDENT.

At a little junction in Wisconsin, a score of passengers alighting from a train were told that the one they wished to take was four hours behind time. A big washout had swept away a bridge or embankment. There were a few exclamations of dismay and impatience, as that four hours delay meant the losing of other connections, the failure of many plans and appointments. It was a cold, rainy day, with a raw, penetrating east wind that speedily drove them all into the close, dismal waiting room. One woman, taking writing materials from a satchel, which she contrived to use for a desk, became utterly oblivious to everything as her pencil flew over the letter that would carry comfort and cheer to a far-off loved one. Suddenly she became conscious that a score of people were sitting in complete silence around her, with not a book or paper to read, looking as forlorn and miserable as possible. Laying aside her writing, she said, "My husband and I are missionaries among the colored people in Alabama. I am now on my way back to the work. Perhaps you might be interested to hear something about it, and if you care to ask any questions, I will be very happy to answer them."

An old lady sitting near, bounced up in a great rage. "_I_ don't want to hear a _word_ about the niggers." The rest of her muttered exclamations were lost as she rushed out, slamming the door behind her.

The missionary began to tell them about the climate, the tropical luxuriance of fruit and flowers, and of the great cotton fields. By that time questions began to pour in thick and fast, and in less than five minutes she had an eager audience listening to every word. She went on to tell of the condition of the colored people at the close of the war; ignorant, utterly destitute, with no more knowledge than a baby of how to shift for themselves; of the hard struggle it had been and still was for many of them to live; of the miserable pittance they generally received for their labor; of their home life, their peculiarities, and other things of interest.

About that time the irate woman, unable longer to endure the discomfort of the weather outside, came quietly in, looking rather disgusted at the prospect of being obliged, after all, to hear something about "the niggers."

The recital of some special incidents of peculiar trial and hardship which had come under the missionary's own observation brought tears of sympathy to many eyes; but best of all was the sudden conversion of our wrathful woman, who exclaimed: "I declare that's too bad! What makes them stand it? Why don't they all come North, where they could have a fair chance?" As she was told "the reason why," she grew full of sympathy and interest, and was even more eager than the others in suggestions and inquiries. But when they were told of what had already been done by the American Missionary Association and others toward establishing and maintaining schools and churches among them, of the devoted missionaries and teachers that had carried already so much of comfort and help into their sad lives, of the steady upward progress they were making in knowledge and intelligence, in the acquirement of homes and ability to care for themselves, all seemed to appreciate as never before the importance of the work that is being done in the South.

The distant whistle of the train surprised them all, and as they crowded about the missionary to take her hand and bid her God speed in her blessed work, one woman said: "I used to give pennies to the work of the A. M. A., but they shall be dollars now."

MRS. A. W. C.

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CHILDREN'S PAGE.

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THE LITTLE BLACK GIRL'S SACRIFICE.

BY MRS. M. E. SANGSTER

Little Ida had been invited to attend a party made by white children at the school house. To her mother's mind the question of her going turned on her having a scarlet sash to wear. By the kindness of a child in the family where Ida and her mother, who figures in our story as "Aunt Chloe," had their home, the want was finally met.

Now for the story of the scarlet sash, after it became Ida's property. She wore it to the party, where she laughed and sang, and played games, and looked like a poppy among the roses. She behaved very politely, too, like a well-trained child whose mother had lived in the "fust families."

After that, she wore it in church and to Sunday-school. It looped itself beautifully over her best, brown striped dress, and gave her the sense of being equal in appearance with the other children.

Miss Raymond, her teacher, told me that Ida really seemed to understand the lesson better, and to take more interest in reciting her golden text, after she came into possession of her precious sash. It was so thick and soft and rich; it felt so nice to the little black fingers, which every now and then stroked it lovingly. I am sure the sash was a means of grace to Ida.

Children who have everything they want, who are clothed in purple and fine linen every day, cannot imagine how much delight a poor child sometimes takes in an innocent bit of finery.

Now, I want to tell you what became of the sash at last.

One day the superintendent at the Sunday-school asked the children to come to order, because a lady was about to talk to them.

The lady was a missionary; her work had been somewhere a great way off, among people who had hardly any money, and had a great deal of trouble to get bread and meat. Their minister, the lady said, had to live in a house dug right out of the side of a hill. She had lived in such a little bit of a house herself for a great many weeks. Poor as these people were, they had built a little church, and were trying very hard to pay for it. They had not any singing-books nor Bibles for their Sunday-school, nor any library-books; but the children thought nothing of walking five miles or more to go to Sunday-school.

What would the children here in this lovely room give for those children in the far, far West?

It happened that Ida's teacher had lately talked to her class about the meanness of giving to the Lord that which it cost them nothing to give. So when the collection-box was passed around, they dropped in their pennies and silver-pieces, and those who had nothing with them were told to bring their share on the next Sunday. And some of them began to plan their little sacrifices.

Ida's dusky face was a study. Once or twice she paused, irresolute. At last, when school was over, she whispered;

"Teacher, may I stay a moment?"

"Yes, dear," said Miss Raymond.

When the two were by themselves in the little half-circle where their class usually sat, Ida, with trembling hands, untied the beloved sash, and, laying it on her teacher's lap, said, "Please, Miss Raymond, this is the prettiest thing I've got, and I want to send it to the children who haven't any Bibles."

"But the sash will do them no good, Ida."

"The worf of it will," replied the child; "and it's worf free dollars, any way; mammy said so."

Ida stooped down and kissed it; it was not giving what cost her nothing to part with her treasured ribbon.

Mass Raymond took it with a tender look, rolled it up and carried it home.

One evening, in her parlor, she told its story to a party of young people, and then remarked: "The sash ought to bring more than three dollars, when that little black girl gave it up so cheerfully."

In a few moments there lay a little pile of silver and paper on the centre table, and Ida's sash had brought eight dollars for the good cause. Before the week was over it had gone from hand to hand, and the eight dollars became twenty without much difficulty.

Fanny said she thought we ought to send the sash back to Ida, or give her another one; but no, that would have taken the sweetness from her self-denial.

She came to school without her ribbon, having been scolded by Aunt Chloe, who could not understand her action, and thought it great folly; but all winter long there was a brave light in Ida's dark face, and a contented expression in her eyes. She had given the scarlet sash for Christ's sake, and he had blessed her deed, and owned her as one of his little ones. Happy Ida!

ABRIDGED FROM S. S. TIMES.

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RECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1885.

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MAINE, $278.87.

Augusta. Mrs. Skeeles' S. S. Class, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ $1.00
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; First Cong.
Ch., 20.32 95.32
Bath. Central Ch. and Soc. 40.00
Bethel. First Cong. Ch. 4.55
Hallowell. Mrs. H. K. Baker 5.00
Limington. "A. B." 2.00
North Bridgeton. Miss Proctor's Sch., _for Wilmington,
N. C._ 1.00
Norway. Ladies, bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
Saint Albans. Mrs. W. S. Sewall and family 1.50
Skowhegan. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., by A. L. Colby, Treas. 8.00
South Berwick. Mrs. Hodgkins' S. S. Class, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 14.00
South Paris. Cong. Ch. 6.50
Union. Cong Ch., 4; Ladies' Soc., 4 8.00
Waterford. Centre Ch. Sab. Sch. 10.00
By Mrs. J. P. Hubbard, Treas. Woman's Aux., _for
Missionary, Selma, Ala._ Albany, Mrs. Lovejoy,
3.--Bridgeton, Miss Hale, 1.--Casco, Mrs. Mayberry,
1.--Denmark, Ch., by Miss Davis, 2.--Orland, Ch., by
Miss Buck, 23.--Portland, State St. Ch., 50; Rev. S.
Longfellow, 2 82.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $202.60.

Bath. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.61
Bedford. Cong. Ch., bbl. Bedding, etc., _for Talladega
C._
Canterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.25
East Derry. Mrs. M. G. Pigeon, _for Missionary, Austin,
Tex._ 20.00
Franklin. Mrs. R. C. Andrews, _for Indian M._ 5.00
London. K. S. Price 5.00
Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns 30.00
Portsmouth. North Ch. and Soc. 105.04
Winchester. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.70

VERMONT, $537.36.

Bakersfield. By Mrs. J. A. Perkins, _for Missionary,
McIntosh, Ga._ 5.75
Brattleborough. E. Crosby & Co., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 25.00
Corinth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.00
Cornwall. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 17.61
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. 19.85
Granby. Mrs. Nancy Appleton 5.00
Hyde Park. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Manchester. "A Friend" 5.00
Manchester. Mrs. A. C. Reed, pkg. C., 1.25 _Freight,
for Atlanta U._ 1.25
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.44
Newbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. Bedding, etc., 1.70
_Freight, for Atlanta U._ 1.70
New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.66
Plymouth. Coll. at Furnace .69
Quechee. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.05
Townshend. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. MRS. C. C. TAFT
L. M. 25.76
Vergennes. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. D. L. RAY
L. M. 30.00
Ladies of Vermont, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for
McIntosh, Ga._, Benson, 10.--Bethel (5 of which for
building fund), 10.75--Bridport, 33.--Braintree,
5.--Charlotte, 30.25--East Hardwick (3 of which from
Young Ladies' Aid Soc.), 10.25--Fairlee, 11.--Franklin,
5.40.--New Haven, 25.06.--Newport, ad'l, 1.16.--North
Troy, 1.--Quechee, 1.--Saint Albans, 15.--Saint
Johnsbury, ad'l, 2.54.--Sharon, 10.--Swanton,
15.25.--West Rutland, 16.10.--Total, 202.76 (less
11.16 expenses) 191.60

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,636.44.

Alford and West Stockbridge Centre, Cong Ch's. 2.93
Amesbury. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Amherst. Miss M. H. Scott, bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo U._
Andover. Free Christian Church, 100, to const. MRS.
RUTH F. EMERSON, MRS. AGNES B. DONALD and BENJ. W.
FARNUM L. M's; Chapel, Ch. and Soc., 81 181.00
Athol. Evangelical Ch. 75.00

Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch., 539.14; Union Ch. and
Soc., 107.32; Park Street Ch. and Soc., ad'l, 10;
"Friend," _for Indian M._, 10; Mrs. E. P Eayrs,
5--Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Straight U._, 50--Charlestown.
Winthrop Ch. and Soc., 72.74--Chelsea. Woman's
Union Home M. Band, _for Missionary,
Chattanooga, Tenn._, 60--Dorchester. Sab. Sch.
Class, Second Ch., _for Indian M., Dakota_, 1.58;
Mrs. E. J. W. Baker, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._,
50--Roxbury. Eliot Ch. and Soc.,
75.51--Somerville. Winter Hill Ch. and Soc., 20;
Henry Howard, 20; Broadway Ch. and Soc., 17.41;
M. P. Elliott, _Freight_, 2 1,040.70

Bernardston. Miss M. L. Newcomb, 60.00, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._; 20.00, _for Share_ 80.00
Danvers Centre. Missionary Soc., Box S. S
Supplies, _for Williamsburg, Ky._
Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 160.71
East Bridgewater. Union Ch. 32.23
East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 25.00
Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.86
Fall River. Pastoral Aid Soc. of Central Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega, C._ 10.00
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Georgetown, First Cong Ch. and Soc. 46.84
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. ELLIS
P. HARLOW L. M. 30.00
Hardwick. First Calvinistic Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Harvard. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Share_ 20.00
Haverhill. D. Crowell's Bible Class, Centre Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 61.10
Holliston. Primary Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., 6; Clothing,
val. 1, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00
Lakeville. Precinct Ch. 53.00
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00
Littleton. "Friends," for Atlanta U. 10.00
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.96
Medway. Mrs. Geo. M. Richardson, _for Wilmington,
N. C., Freight_ 1.00
Montague. First Cong. Ch. 16.00
New Bedford. First Cong. Ch. 52.00
Newburyport. Belleville Ch. and Soc., 77.30, to const.
JOSHUA HALE, JR., and JOSEPH H. CURRIER, L. M's;
North Ch., 68.65 145.95
Newton. Ladies' Freedmen's Aid Soc., _for Share_ 20.00
Newton. Miss Annie Boyden, 2 bbls. of C., etc., _for
Macon, Ga._
Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 74.10
Northampton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 52.38
Northampton. "A Friend," 50; Cong. Ch., 25 75.00
Northampton. Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Share_ 20.00
Northampton. Miss J. B. Kingsley, _for Indian M._ 1.00
North Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.50
North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc. 15.33
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.29
Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Rutland. Cong. Ch. 5.15
Salem. Tabernacle Ch and Soc. 320.81
Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., _for Talladega C._ 10.00
Saugus. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00
Shelburne Falls. Mrs. J. A. Richmond 2.00
South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. 87.30
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.00
Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 3.00
Springfield. "A Friend" 5.00
Topsfield. Mrs. Ephraim Perkins 4.00
Ware. Livingston Band, _for Indian M., Fort Sul'y_ 20.00
Watertown. Friend 1.00
Westborough. Ladies' Freedmen's Mission Soc. _for
Freight_ 2.00
Westfield. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
West Medway. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.45
Weymouth and Braintree. Union Ch. 44.26
Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 50.00
Whitinsville. Ladies' Miss'y Circle of Cong. Ch., box
of C., _for Macon, Ga._; 10 _for Freight_ 10.00
Williamsburg. Ladies' Sew. Soc., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 40.00
Wilmington. Mrs. Noyes, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00
Winchendon. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 93.55
Yarmouth. Ladies' Sew. Circle, _for Fisk University
Freight_ 1.50
----. "A Friend" 100.00
By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n.
Holyoke, Second, 28.24--Palmer, 20--Springfield.
Olivet, 35.30; Mrs Edw. Clarke, 5; North Sab.
Sch., _for Missionary, Tougaloo, Miss._, 25 113.54

CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.
MAINE--Farmington. Ladies' Soc.,
Bbl.--MASSACHUSETTS--Chelsea. W. H. M Band, bdl.
Papers--Hyde Park, W. H. M. Soc., bbl., _for
Jonesboro, Tenn._--Medway, Ladies' B. Soc., bbl.,
_for Wilmington, N. C._--Newton, Ladies' F. A.
Soc., bbl., _for Macon, Ga._--Somerville, Matthew
P. Elliot, pkg. Hats, _for Atlanta U._, Val.
50--Waquoit. Rev. Joshua Gay, box
Books--Westborough. Ladies' F. M. Soc.,
bbl.--Worcester, Ladies' B. U. of Piedmont Ch.,
bbl., _for Marietta, Ga._, Val. 50--Yarmouth,
Ladies' Sew. Circle, bbl., _for Fisk U._

RHODE ISLAND, $2.00.

Central Falls. Mrs. Maria E. Edwards, bbl. of Goods,
2 _Freight_ 2.00

CONNECTICUT, $1,563.47.

Abington. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.00
Ansonia. First Cong. Ch. 22.52
Bethel. "Willing Workers," _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 40.00
Bethel. "Willing Workers," cask of C., etc., _for
Talladega C._
Bozrah. Cong Ch. 4.00
Bridgeport. "Cheerful Workers," _for Share_ 22.00
Bridgeport. Nathaniel Wheeler, Wheeler & Wilson Sew.
Machine, _for Wilmington, N. C._
Bridgeport. Miss Carrie Wood, box Bedding, etc., _for
Talladega C._
Bristol. Mrs. S. T. Smith 1.50
Cheshire. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Conn. Sch. Quitman, Ga._ 30.00
Darien. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Share_ 10.00
East Hampton. Dea. Skinner, _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 5.00
Gilead. Cong. Ch. 15.60
Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, 50; Cong. Ch., 3.50 53.50
Hartford. Mrs. Catharine B. Hillyer, 30, to const.
LUCY TUDOR HILLYER L. M.; Windsor Av. Cong. Sab.
Sch., 10 40.00
Hartford. Centre Ch., 2 bbls. Bedding and C., _for
Talladega C._
Middlefield. Lyman A. Mills 30.00
Mount Carmel. Cong. Ch. 27.30
New Britain. South Cong. Ch., to const. CHARLES
PECK, GEO. P. ROCKWELL, OLIVER STANLEY, REV. CHAS
E. STEELE, JOHN B. TALCOTT and DEA. JOHN WIARD
L. M's 192.88
New Haven. First Ch. 204.89
North Cornwall. Cong. Ch. 41.85
Roxbury. Cong. Ch., 15.65, and Sab. Sch., 15 30.65
Sherman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.50
Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.36
West Stafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Westville. Cong. Ch. 19.00
----. "A Friend" 600.93
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$1,436.48

LEGACY.

Hartford. Estate of Dr. John R. Lee, by John
Hooker, Ex. 126.99
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$1,563.47

NEW YORK, $2,499.90.

Albany. First Cong. Ch., 120.73; Chas. A. Beach, 25 145.73
Albion. Miss H. M. Woodward, _for Wilmington, N. C._ 1.75
Bergen. First Cong. Ch. 12.50
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch., 429.06; Julius
Davenport, 100; South Cong. Ch., 50; "A Friend"
30, to const. MISS ELIZABETH CLEVELAND L. M. 609.06
Chateaugay. Rev. C. C. Torrey 5.00
Chittenango. Mrs. Amelia L. Brown 5.00
Ellington. Mrs. Anson Crosby 1.00
Leroy. Mrs. A. McEwen 5.00
Lima. "A Friend" 2.00
New York. S. T. Gordon, 100; Gen. Clinton B.
Fisk, 30, to const. Mrs. LURETTA C. STICKEL L. M. 130.00
New York. Mrs. Wm. E. Dodge, 100; Rev. D. Stuart
Dodge, 100, _for Atlanta U._ 200.00
New York. Mrs. H. B. Spelman, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Northville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.00
Perry Centre. Cong. Ch., 30, to const. MRS.
WILLIAM R. BATHRICK L. M.; R. J. Booth, pkg.
Papers 30.00
Rushville. Cong. Ch. 4.57
Rutland. First Cong. Ch. 9.69
Saratoga. Miss F. A. Marvin, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 2.00
Sherburne. Cong. Sab. Sch., 35.37; "Friends," 35,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 70.37
Syracuse. Primary Dept. Plym. Sab. Sch., _for Share_ 20.00
Wellsville. First Cong. Ch. 24.19
West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. (50 of which _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._) 81.00
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$1,395.86

LEGACIES.

New York. Estate of Wm. E. Dodge, _for Atlanta U._ 100.00
North Winfield. Estate of Miss E. Jane Alexander,
by Thomas E. Harrison and Olive E. Harrison, Exs. 500.00
Norwich. Estate of John Foote (90 of which to
const. MARY C. FOOTE, ACHSA S. FOOTE and SUSAN L.
PECK L. M.'s.), by John Mitchell, Ex. 504.04
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$2,499.90

NEW JERSEY, $489.49.

Arlington. "A Friend." 2.00
Bound Brook. Cong. Ch. 11.49
Maywood. E. K. Breckenridge 20.00
Montclair. First Cong. Ch. (30 of which to const.
REV. JAMES POWELL, D. D., L. M.) 376.00
Montclair. Woman's Home Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Missionary, Tougaloo, Miss._ 75.00
Montclair. Mrs Pratt's S. S. Class, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 5.00
Morristown. Miss Julia Dodge, half bbl. Papers, _for
Macon, Ga._

PENNSYLVANIA, $77.10.

Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch. 28.20
Ridgway. "C. D. O." .50
Scranton. Miss Sarah E. Hawley 10.00
Shoemakertown. Cheltenham Academy, bbl. Boys' C., _for
Wilmington, N. C._
West Alexander. Jane C. Davidson 38.40

OHIO, $1,704.39.

Andover. Cong. Ch. 6.78
Austinburg. Ladies' Benev. Soc., bbl. of C., _for
Fisk U._, 1.17 _for Freight_ 1.17
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., 11.46; Mrs. Charlotte
Ruggles, 2 13.46
Cleveland. Ladies' H. M. Soc. of Euclid Av. Cong.
Ch., _for Missionary, Santee Agency_ 20.00
Conneaut. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Elyria. First Cong. Ch. (30 of which to const. E.
W. METCALF L. M.) 500.00
Four Corners. Cong. Ch. 5.58
Freedom. Cong. Ch., 10; Sab Sch., 5 15.00
Hudson. Cong. Ch., adl. _for Straight U._ .50
Marietta. Miss M. B. Diamond, pkg. of C., _for Macon,
Ga._
New Concord. Wm. Lee, Sen. 2.00
Norwalk and Peru. By Rev. H. Lawrence, box and
bbl. Bibles, Testaments, etc., _for Talladega C._
Oberlin. First Cong. Ch. 79.10
Oberlin. First Ch. Sab. Sch., 50 copies "Manual
of Praise," _for Chapel, Talladega C._
Paddy's Run. Cong. Ch. 23.80
Wakeman. Cong. Ch. 14.00
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 13.00
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$704.39

LEGACY.

Austinburg. Estate of L. B. Austin, by William
Pulis, Ex. 1,000.00
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$1,704.39

ILLINOIS, $681.09.

Chicago. Fist Cong. Ch., 100; N. E. Cong. Ch.,
44.03; South Cong. Ch., 34.83; Y. L. Miss'y Soc.
of N. E. Cong. Ch., 25.20 204.06
Chicago. Union Park Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Cobden. C. C. Wright 5.00
Dundee. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Galena. Mrs. Ann Bean 2.00
Geneseo. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Missionaries_ 55.00
Glencoe. Cong. Ch. of Christ 50.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. 29.00
Ivanhoe. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Kewanee. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kellogg 5.00
La Grange. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Lake Forest. Mrs. W. H. Terry, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Lewiston. Mrs. Myron Phelps 50.00
Lowell. V. G. Lutz 5.00
Malden. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Marseilles. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Missionary_ 10.50
Mendon. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Missionary,
Austin, Tex._ 21.00
Neponset. Cong. Ch. 6.20
Oak Park. Mrs. A. Ridell 2.00
Payson. Miss Lizzie Scarborough, _for Missionaries_ 10.00
Peoria. Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., box of C., _for
Talladega C._
Rockford. A. D. Forbes 10.00
Rosemond. "Busy Bee Soc" 1.67
Seward. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for
Missionaries_ 6.00
Shirland. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Stillman Valley. Cong. Ch. 16.66
Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell 10.00
Tonica. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 17.00
Winnebago. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 15.00

MICHIGAN, $213.59.

Calumet. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 50.00
Calumet. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Share_ 20.00
Charlotte. First Cong. Ch. 15.00
Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Ch., _for Rev. J. H. H.
Sengstacke_ 20.00
Grass Lake. Union Meeting, _for Straight U._ 21.03
Homestead. Morris Case 5.00
Kalamazoo. Mrs. H. Ralston .50
Jackson. Mrs. L. H. Field, _for Straight U._ 2.00
Lake Lynden. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Litchfield. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
Share_ 12.50
Manistee. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Mattawan. First Cong. Ch. 2.60
Olivet. Cong. Ch. 4.06
Reed City. Cong. Ch. 4.35
Romeo. Mrs. E. A. Berry, _for Straight U._ 1.00
Saint Joseph. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. (5 of which _for
Missionary, Indian M._) 10.00
Webster. Cong. Ch. 20.55

IOWA, $1,019.41.

Afton. Ladies of Pilgrim Cong. Ch., _for
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00
Algona. A. Zahlten 10.00
Anamosa. Women's Freedmen's Soc., _for
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 15.00
Creston. Mrs. N. H. Whittlesey, _for Missionary,
New Orleans, La._ 2.00
Davenport. Rev. J. A. Reed, 50; Young Ladies'
Miss'y Soc., 25; _for Student Aid, Talladega C._;
Bbl. of C., _for Talladega C._ 75.00
Des Moines. Young People of Plym. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Des Moines. Bbl. of C., by Mrs. S. G. Otis, _for
Talladega C._
Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 28.18
Hawthorne. Rev. N. H. Blackmer 4.00
Iowa City. Cong Ch. 46.45
Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. 17.75
Marshalltown. "A Friend." 10.00
Muscatine. Cong. Ch. 65.25
Rock Rapids. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Tipton. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch. 5.00
Ladies of Iowa, by Mrs. Geo. W. Reynolds, Treas.,
_for Missionary, New Orleans La._ Charles City,
10.--Chester Centre, 7.--Davenport,
24.25.--Grinnell, 80.--New Hampton, 5, Children's
Soc., 3.--North Des Moines, Mrs. St. John,
1.--Osage, 10.--Waterloo, 10.50 150.75
Ladies of Iowa, by Ella E. Marsh, Treas., _for
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ Eldora, 2.50.--Iowa
Falls, 1.03.--Otho, 4.50.--Tabor, 15.--Webster
City, 2 25.03
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$519.41

LEGACY.

Burlington. Estate of David Leonard, by Mrs. Mary
S. Leonard, Executrix 500.00
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$1,019.41

WISCONSIN, $751.29.

Clinton. Ladies' H. M. Soc., _for Missionary,
Austin, Tex._ 2.20
Geneva. Rev. J. K. Kilbourn, box of Books, etc.,
_for Macon Ga._, 3 _for Freight_ 3.00
La Crosse. Cong. Ch. 75.65
Lake Geneva. Mary J. Barnard 15.00
Lake Mills. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.70
Madison. Ladies' H. M. Soc., _for Missionary,
Austin, Tex._ 25.00
Milwaukee. Plym. Cong. Ch. 18.34
Neenah. E. B. Ranney 40.00
Oshkosh. Mrs. Lucy Bartlett, Pulpit Bible, and 2
Books, _for Macon, Ga._
Rosendale. Cong. Ch. 28.40
Shopiere. Cong. Sab Sch. 12.00
Stoughton. Mrs. E. B. Sewall 1.00
Waukesha. Young People's Miss'y. Soc. _for Share_ 20.00
Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor 5.00
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$251.29

LEGACY.

Monroe. Estate of Mrs. Orrissa Rood, by J. L. Rood,
Ex. 500.00
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$751.29

MINNESOTA, $20.60.

Minneapolis. Plym. Ch. 18.35
Rushford. Cong. Ch. 2.25

MISSOURI, $31.70.

Kirkville. J. S. Blackman 4.00
Saint Louis. Fifth Cong. Ch. 27.70

KANSAS, $72.84.

Cora. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Manhattan. "Friend." 10.00
Reno Centre. First Ch. of Christ 2.77
Topeka. Tuition 17.07
Manhattan. First Cong. Ch., to const. MISS CLARA CASTLE
L. M. 31.00

COLORADO, $8.70.

Highland Lake. Sab. Sch. Miss'y Soc. (4.25 of
which _for Chinese M._) 8.70

NEBRASKA, $42.97.

Albion. Cong. Ch. 7.30
Ashland. Cong. Ch. 5.45
Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch. 1.70
Fairfield. Cong. Ch. 12.52
South Bend. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 5.00
Stanton. Mrs. Laura E. Dada 5.00
Steele City. Cong. Ch. 6.00

DAKOTA, $3.00.

Watertown. Cong. Ch. 3.00

WASHINGTON TER., $2.75.

Cheyenne. "A Friend." 2.75

WYOMING TER., $22.00.

Cheyenne, First Cong. Ch. 22.00

CALIFORNIA, $13.00.

Arcata. "A Friend" 5.00
Elk Creek. J. E. Lee 8.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $140.65.

Washington. First Cong. Ch. 127.15
Washington. Howard U., Mon. Con. Coll. 13.50

KENTUCKY, $175.77.

Lexington. Tuition, 63.25; Rent, 2.77 66.02
Williamsburg. Tuition 71.75
Woodbine. Tuition 38.00

VIRGINIA, $8.55.

Herndon. Cong. Ch. 8.55

TENNESSEE, $781.81.

Jellico. Tuition 41.00
Jonesboro. Tuition 3.50
Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch. 12.00
Maryville. Mrs. R. A. Frame, _for Maryville, Tenn.,
Freight_ 1.75
Memphis. Tuition 269.70
Nashville. Tuition, 396.86; Jackson St. Cong. Ch., 5 401.86
Pleasant Hill. Mrs. E. C. Bennett, _for Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._ 50.00
Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch. 2.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $251.20.

Troy. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Wilmington. Tuition, 200.20; Cong. Ch., 10 210.20
Wilmington. Odd Minutes Miss'y Soc., 20; "Willing
Workers," 20; _for Indian M._ 40.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $319.50.

Charleston. Tuition, 304.50; Plymouth Cong. Ch., 15 319.50

GEORGIA, $653.58.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 264.95
Dalton. Rev. Milton Rowley, box Books, etc., _for
Macon, Ga._
Macon. Tuition, 172.70; Rent, 4; Cong Ch., 16.05 192.75
Macon. Prof. A. J. Burger, Pulpit Bible _for Macon,
Ga._
McIntosh. Tuition, 22.38; Rent, 1.50 23.88
Savannah. Tuition, 152; Cong. Ch., 20 172.00

ALABAMA, $418.72.

Marion. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Mobile. Tuition 187.70
Mobile. Woman's H. M. Ass'n for _Missionary, Fort
Berthold_ 10.00
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Selma. First Cong. Ch., 14.75: Sab. Sch., 10; Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Silsby, 10 34.75
Selma. Woman's Miss'y Ass'n, _for Indian M._ 15.00
Selma. Woman's Miss'y Ass'n of Alabama 5.00
Talladega. Tuition, 96; Cong. Sab. Sch., 15.27 111.27
Talladega. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Share_ 20.00

FLORIDA, $10.00.

Saint Augustine. Rent 10.00

MISSISSIPPI, $36.00.

Tougaloo. Tuition 36.00

TEXAS, $245.05.

Austin. Tuition 235.05
Fort Worth. M. Marty 10.00

INCOMES, $462.50.

Avery Fund, for _Mendi M._ 300.00
Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._ 102.50
Luke Mem. Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 10.20
Mrs. N. M. & Miss Abbie Stone Scholarship Fund, _for
Talladega C._ 25.00
Straight U. Fund, _for Straight U._ 20.00
Yale Library Fund, for _Talladega C._ 4.80

CANADA, $5.00.

Canada, Montreal. "C. A." 5.00
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Total for May $17,372.89
Total from Oct. 1 to May 31 158,757.17
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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for May 49.14
Previously acknowledged 969.94
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Total $1,019.08
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H. W. Hubbard, Treas.,
56 Reade St., N. Y.

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