Chapter II: Part 2

Among the Poncas, since last December, we have had a missionary, Rev. J. E. Smith, who, while maintaining Sabbath services with good attendance, has during the week taught a government school. At the Upper Ponca settlement, during the months of February and March, a mission day school was kept by Albert Frazier, a native teacher.

_Oahe._--This mission, with its out-stations, is in charge of Rev. T. L. Riggs. The native helpers are Titus Jugg, Elizabeth Winjan, William Lee, Daniel Lee, Samuel Smiley, Stephen Yellow Hawk and Edwin Phelps, all, with one exception, full-blood Dakota Indians.

The Indians of the Rosebud Agency on the White River have long been calling for missionaries to be sent among them. The Park Street Church, Boston, has given $400 to open a mission in that needy region, and Mr. Riggs expects to have a well-established out-station on the White River before the beginning of the coming winter.

During the year a movement has been made to establish an industrial school at Oahe. The Indian Bureau gave twenty scholarships. Alonzo Trask, Esq., executor in the Marquand estate, gave $1,500 toward a building, on condition that an additional $1,500 be raised. This additional amount Mr. Riggs secured. The beginning of the school was made in January. Twelve scholars were all that could be accommodated. They were promptly secured. The school has been continued by the exercise of strictest economy and the willing self-sacrifices of all concerned. The experiment has proved a success, and a good beginning has been made for another year. The new building is now about, if not quite, ready, and fitted to receive forty scholars.

The church at Oahe bears the significant name of Shiloh. A place of rest it has proved to many a weary soul--yet of rest only as it has prepared for activity. During the year God has been pleased to manifest His grace in saving power. Seventeen new members have been received on profession of their faith and three by letter. The total membership is 54. The greater part of these are young men and women, not more than half being over thirty years of age and not more than five being past forty-five years. This church enjoys the ministrations of Stephen Yellow Hawk and David Lee.

_Fort Berthold._--This point with the territory adjacent is held by Rev. C. L. Hall. The day school has had 129 pupils during the year. Six of the Indian girls have been taken into the teachers' home, with marked benefit to the mission work. Increased interest has been manifested in the church services, the average attendance being 75. At Fort Stevenson a Government school (75 pupils) has been kept by Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wells. Religious meetings have been held fortnightly on Thursday evening and Sabbath school each Sunday. The Crow agency, after waiting two years, is still begging for us to send a missionary.

Leaving Fort Berthold and striking westward about 1,000 miles, we come to Skokomish Agency, Washington Territory, where Rev. Myron Eells stands almost alone to represent the interest our denomination takes in the salvation of the Indians of that region. At Skokomish he has a church of 46 members; at Dunginess a church of 28 members, where he spends two Sabbaths and the intervening week each month; and at Squakson, a small reservation formerly in charge of the Presbyterians, who have now withdrawn, he conducts public worship once a month. In these three places he has under his pastoral care 102 families; average attendance at public worship, 150; at Sabbath school, 84; at prayer meeting, 62. Infant baptisms, 19; adult baptisms and reception to church membership, 11. Many of the Christian Indians are efficient helpers in the prayer meeting and the Sunday school, assisting Mr. Eells when he is present and carrying on the work when he is absent.

At Santa Fé, New Mexico, we have maintained during part of the year four teachers who have had under instruction Pueblo Indian children, for whom Government scholarships had been secured.

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WORK AMONG THE CHINESE.

STATISTICS.

Schools 18
Missionaries 38
Pupils enrolled 1,457
Average attendance 810
Ceased from idol worship 171
Giving evidence of conversion 112

These figures show three more missions and twelve more missionaries than the statistics of last year. In the missionary force there are eleven Chinese helpers.

Four new schools have been opened at the following points: Alturas, Fresno, San Diego and Tulare. The school at Alturas, in the northeastern part of California, though established for the Chinese, like all other A. M. A. schools, is open to everybody, irrespective of race or color, and the Indians in the vicinity have so largely availed themselves of the privilege that they greatly outnumber the Chinese. This school is under the care of Mrs. Griffiths, wife of the pastor of the Congregational Church in the place. She has the constant coöperation of her husband, who welcomes to his church all who can be induced to attend from the school. The mission at Stockton, the first one established by us in California, was closed last year, but has been reopened with an attendance and promise such as it never had before. Our schools are all in the hands of devoted and efficient teachers, are well located and well rooted. We are justified in feeling that they are all fairly on the way to become permanent.

The California Chinese mission, whose superintendency has been under the care of Rev. W. C. Pond ever since its organization in 1875, is auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. It has its own President and Board of Managers. It works in closest harmony with the parent society, and while it must look to us for by far the largest part of the funds necessary to carry its work forward, yet it does not rely wholly upon our appropriations, but makes continuous efforts to raise money itself.

It reports as having received into its own treasury the past year $3,141.20. Its property consists of the Barnes and the West Mission Houses in San Francisco, together with an interest in the North Mission House of San Francisco and the new Mission House in Tulare. Mr. Pond has made strenuous efforts to secure sufficient contributions to bring to pass, without incurring debt, a transfer of these properties to the A. M. A., and he informs us that this result is now assured and that the transfer will soon be made. We shall thus come into possession of property worth upward of $9,000, free from debt.

The past year has not been in garnered results so fruitful as our Superintendent and his co-workers had expected; yet they have been faithful in the cultivation of the field. Early in the year they determined to be more aggressive than formerly. If the Chinese would not come in greater numbers to the schools, then the missionaries would go to them. Three men in the providence of God were at hand who were impressed with the importance of this aggressive work, and who were able to preach to the Chinese in their own language; Rev. D. D. Jones, who had returned from missionary work in South China, Jee Gam and Wong Ock. These brethren have been engaged in evangelistic work both at the mission houses and on the streets in San Francisco and at several other points. But "hard hearts," threatened persecution, and actively working prejudice have everywhere stood in the way of progress.

Still God did not leave His children altogether without some evidence of His favor. There were eighteen who professed conversion and twelve who received baptism. The reflex influence of these evangelistic services has been productive of great spiritual blessing to our missionaries and to the Chinese Christians. It has driven them to realize that they must more than ever trust in the power of God's spirit to overcome the difficulties; that they must faithfully hold and work every point now occupied; that they must pray on and labor on until the Holy Spirit descend in power to break the stony hearts and dissipate the opposing forces of Mongolian heathenism on the one hand and Caucasian inconsistency and infidelity on the other. "Brethren, pray for us!" is the almost heart-agonizing appeal Superintendent Pond makes to the constituents of this Association. "Never before," he writes, "were we so well prepared to do good service to the Master, and to move on with saving power among these dark souls purchased with His blood, as now, at the opening of this new fiscal year. Yet never before did we look on into the year with such a sense of utter helplessness or such a despair of real success except through the co-working of the Holy Ghost."

We commend this appeal for prayer to all our friends. Let there go up such a cry to God for help that in Pentecostal power His spirit may be outpoured upon our Chinese missions; and not only will the good results be felt in our own country, but they will reach in blessing even the vast empire of China and make strong and glad the hearts of our Christian brethren there.

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THE WOMAN'S BUREAU.

The Woman's Bureau has proved a most efficient agency in our work during the past year. The family and the home where mother and sister are the strong guard of purity and moral strength, the newly-freed people knew nothing about from experience. Our missionaries, more than two-thirds of whom were women, found themselves face to face with the duty of caring for their unfortunate sisters. When the Christian women of the country were taking up and discussing the special claims of degraded and lost women for woman's special effort, and organizing societies to meet that claim, the American Missionary Association had the whole business in operation on a large and successful scale. When, therefore, the Woman's Bureau was created, it was neither to inaugurate a new work nor in imitation of other organizations. The purpose was to make the Christian women of the country more intelligently acquainted with a branch of our mission long in operation, and induce them by an increase of their contributions and sympathy and prayers to make it more widely successful. Miss D. E. Emerson, who not only by her experience as a missionary in the field, but also by her experience as a clerk in the New York office, was admirably qualified to take the Bureau in charge, was made its Secretary. She has opened direct channels of communication between the lady missionaries on the field and the Christian women of the churches. Sunday schools and ladies' missionary societies have been furnished an opportunity to assume, either wholly or partially, the support of an assigned missionary from whom they have regularly received letters. She has arranged to have addresses given upon the work at missionary meetings and conferences, either by herself or by a lady missionary, so far as she could, wherever and whenever such service has been desired. The work has been steadily growing upon her hands. The interest is widening and deepening. With no increase of machinery, with but little increase of expense, and with no divisive disturbance, either in the Association or in the churches, our Woman's Bureau quietly and effectively carries forward its operations at the North and at the South, at the East and at the West.

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FINANCES.

_Receipts for 1884-5._

Donations from Churches and Individuals $191,698.35
Legacies 41,501.66
U. S. Government for Indian Schools 9,458.13
Slater Fund for Industrial Training 8,600.00
Tuition, Rents, etc. 39,635.92
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Total $290,894.06

As compared with the receipts of last year, these figures show $191,698.35 collections and donations this year, as against $164,056.77 last; legacies, $41,501.66 this year, as against $64,559.42 last; a gain in contributions from the living of $27,641.58, a loss from legacies of $23,057.76. The receipts from all sources for the past year, notwithstanding the heavy loss in legacies, are in excess over the receipts of the preceding year $3,299.87. The expenditures for the year have been $306,345.93, leaving a debt on the year just closed of $15,451.87. This, added to the deficit of the previous year, leaves us with a total indebtedness of $29,237.73. But over against this and in close connection with it, should be stated the fact that in both years the indebtedness has been owing to an increase of appropriations to meet the absolutely necessary demands of the new Indian missions transferred to us by the American Board. In 1883-4, we expended on these missions, including $11,495.19 received from the U. S. Government, $33,204.95. In 1884-5, including $9,458.13 from the Government, we spent $41,283.75. The churches had laid this work upon us, and we could not avoid these expenditures.

We began the year with a debt of $13,785.86. The task before us, therefore, if our work was to be kept to its former scale, was to increase our receipts over the previous year $27,571.72, or twice the deficit. We have made that increase in donations from the living, with $69.86 to spare, and that, too, in the face of the stringency of the times. Had the legacies remained the same as the preceding year (which were $61,807.31 less than the legacies of the year preceding that), we should have closed this year without a debt, and had $7,605.89 on hand to apply on the debt with which we started out.

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CONCLUSION.

In conclusion, this review of the year inspires first of all songs of thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father for His manifold blessings upon the work and workers, and then our heartfelt gratitude to the pastors, churches and friends that have so nobly and generously, many of them at great self-sacrifice, contributed to sustain the work. With such evidence from heaven that the work is God's, with such evidence from earth that it rests upon the hearts and consciences of His people as a sacred trust, we cannot but feel that in it all Providence is saying unto us, _Go forward_. But what say our constituents? We present them our report. We await their answer.

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RECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1885.

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MAINE, $1,078.85.

Albany. Cong. Ch. $1.00
Augusta. Joel Spalding 10.00
Bangor. Hammond St. Ch., 100; Cen. Cong. Ch. and
Soc., 75 175.00
Bangor. Dudley Coe, 1; C. M., M. F. and A. B. Duren,
30c., _for Rosebud_ _Indian M._ 1.30
Bath. "A Friend" 5.00
Belfast. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. 75.00
Brownfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Brownville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.75
Cumberland Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.17
Deer Isle. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Gardiner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.25
Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Gilead Cong. Ch. 4.50
Gorham. Miss E. B. Emery 5.00
Kennebunkport. South Cong. Ch., 12; First Cong. Ch., 3 15.00
Machias. Center St. Cong. Ch. 9.30
Madison. "Friends in Cong. Ch.," by Mrs. Ezra Dinsmore 20.00
Oldtown. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Orono. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Portland. Second Parish Ch., 182.17, to const. HORACE
H. RICKER, G. R. FURBISH, E. A. BASCOM, MRS. LUCY A.
FOGG, MRS. MARY E. MERRILL and NATHAN WESTON L. Ms.;
State St. Ch., 150; Williston Cong. Ch., 95: West
Cong. Ch., 11; Abyssinian Cong. Ch., 10; T. B.
Percy, 5 453.17
Princeton. "A Friend" 2.00
Presque Isle. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Saco. First Cong. Ch. 10.42
Scarboro. Cong. Ch. 13.15
Sherman Mills. Washburn Memorial Ch. 5.00
South Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 14.20; "Miss'y
Soc.," 5 19.20
Turner. Cong. Ch. 7.50
Wells. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Westbrook. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.26
West Brooksville. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Windham. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Winslow. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Wintersport. Miss. M. M. Morrell 2.50
Winthrop. Mrs. Otis Packard, 30, to const. DEA. GEO.
O. PACKARD L. M.; Cong. Ch. and Soc., 12.10 42.10
York Corner. Second Cong. Ch. 8.28

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $963.04.

Amherst. Miss M. C. Boylston 20.00
Auburn. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Bennington. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Canterbury. "Friend" 5.00
Chester. Mrs. Mary E. Hidden 10.00
Concord. First Ch., 125; Friend in North Cong. Ch., 5 130.00
Danbury. "A few members Cong. Ch." 6.00
Derry. First Cong. Ch. 23.85
Durham. Cong. Ch. 27.00
East Derry. Rev. H. M. Penniman 5.00
Epping. "Friend" 1.00
Fitzwilliam. Louisa Hill, 10; Fanny Hancock, 5; Cong.
Ch., 3.50 18.50
Franklin Falls. J. C. Neal 1.00
Goffstown. Mrs. M. A. Stinson 10.00
Gorham. Cong. Ch. 6.29
Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 43.40
Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.10
Hanover. Cong. Ch. Dart. College 79.90
Harrisville. Darius Farwell 2.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.25
Jaffrey. N. P. Phelps 1.00
Keene. Mrs. D. W. Buckminster, and Miss Mason 3.00
Kensington. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Laconia. Cong. Ch. 35.00
Manchester. Mary A. Allison 3.00
Meriden. Cong. Ch. 21.00
New Boston. "A Friend" (50 of which _for Cal. Chinese
M._) 100.50
New Market. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 3.55, Dea. T. H.
Wiswall, 10 13.55
North Conway. Cong. Ch. 20.00
North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 17.25; S. H. Leavitt,
Isabella Smith and Julia M. Philbrook, 10 ea., to
const. MORRIS H. SMITH, L. M. 47.25
Peterborough. Cong. Ch. 5.50
Piermont. Cong. Sab. Sch. 9.00
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Portsmouth. Rev. W. W. Dow 5.00
Rye. Cong. Ch. 11.75
Shelburne. Cong. Ch. 1.50
Sullivan. Cong. Ch. 6.10
Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.95
Temple. Mrs. Geo. Goodyear and Sister 5.00
Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch. 8.42
Walpole. First Cong. Ch. 22.07
Webster. "A Friend" 5.00
West Concord. J. W. Chandler 1.00
Wilton. Second Cong. Ch. 12.00
By Geo. Swain--Amherst Cong. Ch., 11.40--Brookline
Cong. Ch., 8.82--Peterboro' Union Evan. Ch., 13.50 33.72
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$852.63

LEGACY.

Lebanon. Estate of Mary A. F. Tracy, by Stephen A.
Tracy, Ex. 110.41
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$963.04

VERMONT, $2,216.07.

Bakersfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00
Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc. by Katie B.
Joslyn, Treas. _for Share_ 13.00
Bradford. Mrs. C. D. Redington, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks,
_for McIntosh, Ga._ 10.00
Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.86
Brattleboro. "A Friend," 33.35; Joseph Wilder, 10 43.35
Brownington. Dea. William Spencer, 5; S. S. Tinkham, 5 10.00
Burlington. First Cong. Ch. 188.58
Cambridge. Madison Safford and wife 38.52
Cambridge. E. Wheelock, B. Holmes, O. W. Reynolds, S. M.
Safford and Madison Safford, 5 ea.; Mrs. M. Blaisdell,
3; Mrs. M. Waterhouse, 2; J. W. Turner, 2; Mrs. L.
Eaton, 1; E. Bentley, 1 34.00
Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.50
Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.58
Chester. J. L. Fisher 5.00
Enosburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Fair Haven. "Light Bearers" Cong. Sab. Sch. (3 of which
_for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._) 17.57
Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Glover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.50
Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Greensborough. "A few friends," by Rev. S. Knowlton 12.00
Guildhall. Cong. Ch. 3.26
Hartford. E. Morris, 100; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buel, 10 110.00
Hartland. Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 5.00
Lunenburg. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Lyndonville. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Manchester. Samuel G. Cone, 20; Mrs. S. G. Cone, 5 25.00
Marshfield. Rev. J. D. Bailey 7.44
Milton. "M. L. D.," 3; B. Fairchild, M. D., 2 5.00
Montgomery Centre. Cong. Ch. 7.77
Morrisville. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Newbury. Mrs. E. P. Keyes, 30, to const. J. T. ATKINSON
L. M.; H. E. Keyes, 30, to const. HELEN R. AIKEN L. M. 60.00
New Haven. Cong. Ch., 25, and Sab. Sch. 5, _for Indian
M._ 30.00
North Pownal. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Norwich. Ashley Blodgett, 5; Mrs. H. Burton, 2; Cong.
Ch., 1 8.00
Peacham. Miss Varnum, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for
McIntosh, Ga._ 2.00
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 5; "D.," 2 7.00
Pittsford. Mrs. E. H. Denison 5.00
Quechee. Rev. N. F. Carter 10.00
Royalton. A. W. Kenney, 30; First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
17.75 47.75
Rutland. Mrs. Wm. D. Marsh 10.00
Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., 200; Rev. Henry
Fairbanks, 100 300.00
Saint Johnsbury. Union Meeting, North and South Chs.,
_for Indian M._ 168.81
Saxton's River. "Friend" 1.00
South Royalton. Mrs. S. H. Jones 10.00
Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks, 100; A. Woolson, 100 200.00
Stowe. Joseph Pike 1.00
Swanton. C. C. Long 10.00
Underhill. Chas. A. Birchard 5.00
Vergennes. Cong. Ch. 20.00
West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 32.53
Willamstown. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Windham. Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.01
Wolcott. Rev. J. F. Whitney 2.00
Woodstock. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry
Fairbanks 10.50
Worcester. Cong. Ch. 5.63
----. "A Friend" 300.00
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$1,992.16

LEGACIES.

North Ferrisburg. Estate of Sylvia Dean, by J. M.
Dean, Ex. 15.00
Wilmington. Estate of Judah Moore 208.91
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$2,216.07

MASSACHUSETTS, $10,843.55.

Acton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Atlanta U._ 10.00
Amesbury. MRS. EDMUND MORRILL, to const. herself L. M. 30.00
Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 85, to const. MISS
LULU LOUISA LAWTON and CEPHAS F. FRARY L. Ms.; First
Cong. Ch., 35; "C.," 30 150.00
Andover. John Smith 500.00
Ashland. G. M. Perry, 5; Edwin Perry, 5 10.00
Attleboro. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.24
Auburn. Cong. Ch. 66.00
Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.00
Boston. "Wilberforce," 300; Mrs. C. A. Spaulding,
100; "Friend in Need," 100; Jona. A. Lane, 25;
Dr. Edward Strong and Wife, 25; Mrs. O. H. White,
20; "A Friend," 10; "A Friend," 5; Rev. R. B.
Howard, 5.--Cambridge North Av. Ch. and Soc.,
209.55--Cambridgeport, Pilgrim Ch., 127.55--Chelsea,
A. C. Tenney, 25--Dorchester, Second Cong. Ch. and
Soc., 187.61; Mrs. R. W. Prouty, 5--East Boston,
Maverick Ch. and Soc. 26.25--Somerville, Franklin St.
Ch., 125; Franklin St. Ch., "M.," 50; Miss M. C.
Sawyer, 10; Woman's Home Miss'y Soc. of Prospect
Hill Ch., 10 1,365.96
Ballardvale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Barre. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 51.75
Berkley. Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.28
Bernardston. Orthodox Cong. Soc. 8.75
Billerica. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Boxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.70
Bridgewater. "A Friend" 30.00
Brockton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Porter Evan.
Ch. and Soc., 61.53, to const. MISS CORNELIA EDDY
and MISS LIZZIE F. TROW L. Ms.; Mrs. L. C. Sanford,
5 141.53
Carlisle. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.18
Centreville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.50
Chatham. Cong. Ch. 6.50
Chester Center. First Cong. Ch. 5.22
Conway. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.23
Cummington. Cong. Ch. 11.30
Danvers. Maple St. Ch. 75.00
Dedham. "Three Friends" 4.50
Duxbury. Mrs. R. R. Holmes 1.00
East Charlemont. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Easthampton. First Cong. Ch., 47; First Cong. Ch. and
Sab. Sch., 25; Rev. A. M. Colton, 5 77.00
East Granville. "Y. P. Soc. of Christian Endeavor" 5.00
Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.00
Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.28
Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. and Soc., 128.59; "A Friend,"
30 to const. MRS. CLARA W. HUBBARD L. M.; C. C. Ch.,
25.50 184.09
Florence. Cong. Ch. 12.35
Foxborough. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 51.65
Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc., 25; E. H. Warren, 1 26.00
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00
Gilbertville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 50.00
Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. ALFRED H.
RICHARDSON L. M. 25.00
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., 15; Mrs. M. A.
Harrington, 10 25.00
Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc 44.31
Granby. Mission Circle, by Mrs. A. W. T. Fisk, _for
Miss'y, Atlanta, Ga._ 15.00
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 69.25; Cong. Ch., 10;
First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10 89.25
Greenwich. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.50
Hanover. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 5.00
Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 100.00
Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols 100.00
Hinsdale. J. Hosmer, 10; Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Plunkett,
7; C. J. Kittredge, 3; Rev. J. H. Laird, 2; S.
Kittredge, 2; Miss S. Warriner, 1; L. Payne, 1;
Others, 4 30.00
Housatonic. "Friends," 15; Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; Cong.
Ch. (ad'l), 1 26.00
Huntington. Second Cong. Ch. 7.25
Ipswich. Mission Band of So. Ch., 6.30; "A Friend," 50c 6.80
Kingston. Mayflower Ch. 40.00
Lancaster. Ev. Cong. Ch. 36.55
Leverett. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch. 9.50
Longmeadow. "M. C. G." 10.00
Ludlow Centre. "A Friend" 1.00
Lowell. Pawtucket Ch. and Soc. 18.00
Mansfield. P. M. Edwards 1.00
Medway. Village Ch. and Soc. 27.00
Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.62
Middleborough. Central Cong. Ch. 52.00
Middlefield. "A Friend" 2.00
Middleton. Mrs. Loring Carleton 4.50
Milford. "A Friend" 1.00
Millbury. By Lizzie M. Garfield 5.75
Millers Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.60
Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox 10.00
Monson. E. F. Morris, 50; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Holmes,
Jr., 50; Mrs. N. M. Field, 25; Mrs. C. O. Chapin, 5 130.00
Monument Beach. Wm. R. Vining 50.00
Neponset. Miss S. L. Tuttle's S. S. Class, Bbl. of C.,
_for Wilmington, N. C._, 1 _for Freight_ 1.00
New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Le Moyne Inst._ 8.00
Newburyport. Freedmen's Aid Soc., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 20.00
Newton. Eliot Ch. 130.00
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 4.00
North Abington. Cong. Ch., 5; Rev. J. H. Jones, 5 10.00
Northampton. First Cong. Ch., 279.23; "A Friend," 100;
Edwards Ch. Benev. Soc., 87.50; Jared Clark, 25 491.73
Northborough. Evan. Cong. Ch., 68; Sab. Sch., 10 78.00
Northbridge Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch., 50; and Sab. Sch.,
30, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 80.00
North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., 35.59; Mrs.
Hannah M. Nye, 5; Miss Abbie W. Johnson, 5 45.59
North Chelmsford. Second Cong. Ch., to const. MISS ADA
M. SHELDON L. M. 50.00
North Middleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. DEA.
SOLOMON WHITE L. M. 45.00
Oakham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.62; Miss Susan Fairbanks,
10 40.62
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Paxton. Cong. Ch. 16.75
Pigeon Cove. Mrs. M. L. Thalheimer, deceased, by M. E.
Thalheimer 25.00
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Second Cong.
Sab. Sch., 5; E. R. M., 2.50 107.50
Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch. 5.00
Prescott. "A Friend" 5.00
Princeton. Cong. Ch. 20.50
Provincetown. First Cong. Ch. 14.63
Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00
Randolph. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 201.80
Reading. Old South and Bethesda Chs., to const. FRANK
W. B. PRATT and E. P. FITTS L. Ms., 87.85; J. M.
Carleton, 5; "A Friend," 4.50 97.35
Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Elijah Shaw, 50 125.00
Rutland. Children of Cong. Ch., 10, and Papers, _for
Robbins, Tenn._ 10.00
Salem. Crombie St. Ch. and Soc., 50.15; George Driver,
2 52.15
Sandwich. Mrs. Card 2.00
Saundersville. Cong Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Scituate. Cen. Cong. Ch. and S. S. 24.55
Scotland. Miss Mary H. Leonard 2.00
Shelburne Falls. Sab. Sch. Concert, 8.01; Three Classes
Cong. S. S., 5.99, _for Indian M._ 14.00
Shrewsbury. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Greene, 500; Cong.
Ch. and Soc., 112.33 612.33
South Abington. Miss C. H. Whitman, 100; Cong. Ch.
and Soc., 47.59 147.59
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. 7.72
South Dartmouth. Cong. Ch. 9.00
South Egremont. Mrs. Huldah Bills, 30, to const. REV.
P. T. FARWELL L. M.; Cong. Ch., 25 55.00
South Franklin. Union Cong. Ch. 5.25
South Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 31.25; Cong. Sab.
Sch., 8.85 40.10
South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Parish 31.00
South Natick. John Eliot Ch. 6.16
South Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch. (ad'l) 2.12
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; "A
Friend," 25 74.00
Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 68.10
Springfield. "A Friend," 500; A. C. Hunt, 10,
"L. E. W.," 10 520.00
Springfield. Infant Class, Cong. S. S., 2; Miss L.
Fay's S. S. Class, 1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 3.00
Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 23.90
Stoughton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.72
Sudbury. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc. 37.00
Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch. 100.00
Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Taunton. Winslow Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which to
const. GEO. W. ANDROS L. M.) 49.27
Taunton. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 39.00
Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. FRANK H.
KASSON L. M. 32.00
Topsfield. "A Friend" 1.00
Townsend. "Member Cong. Ch." 5.00
Uxbridge. Evan. Cong. Co. and Soc. 29.45
Ware. C. C. Hitchcock 10.00
Warren. Cong. Ch., 100; "N. G.," 5 105.00
Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell, _for Chinese M._ 5.00
Wayland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Westboro. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00
West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
West Boylston. G. W. Ames, 3; Polly W. Ames, 3; Mrs.
A. Campbell, 1.50 7.50
West Cummington. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Westfield. Mrs. C. W. Fowler, 5; Dr. H. Holland, 3 8.00
Westford. Union Ch. 17.00
West Gardner. M. B. Knowlton 10.00
West Gardner. Nettie M. Bartlett, _for Rosebud Indian
M._ 2.00
Westhampton. Miss Mary Edwards, "in Memory of Mrs.
Catharine Edwards" 5.00
Westminster. F. Lombard, 5; Mrs. Mossman, 25c 5.25
West Springfield. Mrs. Lucy M. Bagg 200.00
West Tisbury. First Cong. Ch. 9.63
Whately. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Whitinsville. S. F. Morse 2.00
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.50
Winchendon. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 50.00
Winchester. S. Elliot 25.00
Woburn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 204.60
Woburn. Ladies' Charitable Reading Soc., Bbl. of C.,
val. 52.40, _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 1.17 _for
Freight_ 1.17
Wollaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.05
Woods Holl. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Worcester. "Friend," 500; Piedmont Ch., 400; Plymouth
Cong. Ch. and Soc., 130; Samuel R. Heywood, 100;
Hiram Smith and family, 30; Mrs. S. A. Howard, 5 1,165.00
Worcester. "A Friend," _for Charleston, S. C._ 4.00
Worthington. Cong. Ch. 19.34
Yarmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 10.29
By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n--Ludlow,
23.90--Palmer, Second, 15--Springfield, Mrs. E.
Clarke, 5--Westfield, Second, 108.80--West
Springfield, Park St., 23 175.70
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$10,261.55

LEGACIES.

Boston. Estate of Rev. H. B. Hooker, D. D. 50.00
Enfield. Estate of Dea. Henry Fobes, by W. B.
Kimball, Ex. 500.00
Oakham. Estate of Perly Ayres, by William Spear, Ex. 32.00
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$10,843.55

RHODE ISLAND, $2,432.84.

Bristol. Mrs. Rogers, 100; First Cong. Ch., 30 130.00
East Providence. Samuel Belden, to const. REV.
WILLIAM FITZ, HARMON S. BABCOCK, SAMUEL BELDEN
BABCOCK, RICHARD W. CONE, JOHN CHURCHILL, and
SAMUEL BELDEN CHURCHILL L. Ms. 180.00
Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. 58.50
Providence. George H. Corliss, 1000; Central Cong.
Ch., 718; Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc., 119.22;
James Coats, 100; Beneficent Cong. Ch., 50; "A
Friend," 5 1,992.22
Slatersville. Cong. Ch. 31.00
Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.12; Emeline Smith, 5 35.12
Woonsocket. Globe Cong. Ch. 6.00

CONNECTICUT, $10,360.07.

Abington. Cong. Ch. 14.50
Andover. "A Friend" 20.00
Berlin. "A Friend," 50; Second Cong. Ch., 19.24 69.24
Bethlehem. "A Friend" 5.00
Birmingham. Cong. Ch. 35.35
Bolton. By Mrs. L. H. Barber, _for Conn. Sch.,
Quitman, Ga._ 5.00
Branford. H. G. Harrison 10.00
Bristol. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch.,
Quitman, Ga._ 55.00
Brooklyn. First Trin. Ch. and Cong. to const.
WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE L. M. 38.00
Buckingham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.65
Canaan. Estate Daniel Norton, Package Books and 50c .50
Chaplin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Cheshire. "A Friend," 25; Cong. Ch., 21.25 46.25
Chester. Cong. Ch. 35.00
Cobalt. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Cromwell. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.00
Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch., to const. MRS.
FANNY L. KEECH and MISS CHLOE P. DAVISON L. Ms. 60.00
Durham. Cong. Ch. 23.00
East Avon. Cong. Ch. 10.00
East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.25
East Hartford. H. L. Goodwin, 100; First Ch., 30;
Abraham Williams, 10; South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15 155.00
East Granby. Cong. Ch. 5.00
East Windsor. "A Friend" 5.00
Elliott. Wm. Osgood 1.00
Fairfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Santee
Agency, Neb._ 20.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 140.49
Glastonbury. James B. Williams (ad'l), 200; First
Cong. Ch. and Soc., 82.58 282.58
Goshen. Mrs. Moses Lyman 5.00
Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. WM. H. LEE L. M. 30.00
Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Share_ 20.00
Hartford. Mrs. Catherine R. Hillyer 20.00
Hebron. "Friends" 7.00
Hockanum. Mrs. E. M. Roberts 5.00
Huntington. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Huntington. Oliver Baird, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.00
Kensington. Lucy J. Upson, Arthur W. Upson, Alice O.
Upson and Mary H. Upson, 5 ea. 20.00
Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss 5.00
Kent. First Cong. Soc. 25.64
Lebanon. "A few Friends" 30.00
Manchester. "C. S. S." 10.00
Meriden. First Cong. Ch., 100; First Cong. Ch.,
"A Friend," 25; Edmund Tuttle, 30, to const.
MISS ELLEN E. TUTTLE L. M. 155.00
Milford. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 150.00
Milford. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 50, and Sab. Sch., 25.59 75.59
Mount Carmel. Mrs. J. M. Swift bal. to const. WILLIAM
E. SWIFT L. M. 10.00
Nepaug. South Cong. Ch. 3.25
New Britain. First Ch. of Christ, 69.30; Members South
Cong. Ch., 40 (30 of which to const. EMMA GERTRUDE
ROGERS L. M.); Rev. J. W. Cooper, 25 134.30
New Canaan. "Friend E." 10.00
New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50; Alfred Walker, 10 60.00
New London. "First Ch. of Christ" 64.60
New Preston. Mrs. Betsy Averill 10.00
Norfolk. Mrs. Mary D. Bassett 4.00
Northford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett, 50; "A friend's
mite," 2 52.00
North Stamford. Cong. Soc. 6.76
North Stonington. Dudley R. Wheeler 20.00
Norwich. ---- 1,000.00
Norwich. First Cong. Ch., 50; Othniel Gager, 24;
Sarah A. Huntington, 10 84.00
Old Lyme. Cong. Ch. 64.34
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 18.00
Plainfield. Cong. Ch. 5.27
Plainville. William Cowles 20.00
Plymouth. "A Friend," 500; "A Friend," 50 550.00
Preston. Long Soc. Sab. Sch. 2.00
Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00
Prospect. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Ridgebury. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch. 38.00
Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. (4.30 of which _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._) 71.76
Rockville. J. N. Stickney 10.00
Rockville. Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tillotson
C. and N. Inst._ 9.44
Roxbury. "A Friend, Birthday Offering" 3.00
Salisbury. "The Twins," Miriam and Rose Goddard, aged
5 weeks, by Rev. J. C. Goddard 1.00
Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch. 30.00
Somerville. Cong. Ch. 14.60
Southbury. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 5; "A Friend," 1 6.00
Southington. First Cong. Ch. 60.80
South Killingly. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Southport. "A gift in the name of Frederick Marquand"
(4,000 of which _for Special Indian Work in
Dakota_) 4,500.00
Southport. "A Friend," to const. Miss ABBIE B. LORD
L. M. 30.00
South Windsor. Sam'l T. Wolcott 20.00
Stamford. Friends, Cong. Ch., by Rev. S. Scoville 100.00
Stanwich. David Banks, 100; John Brush, 5; Mrs. Chas.
Brush, 5; Mary A. Lockwood, 1; Cong. Ch., 5 116.00
Stratford. "A Friend" 2.00
Talcottville. Cong. Ch. 80.00
Terryville. A. S. Gaylord, 10; Mr. & Mrs. Elizur
Fenn, 5 ea. 20.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 43.25; P. Darrow, 15.51 58.76
Thompson. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch.,
Quitman Ga._ 27.00
Tolland. Cong. Ch. 11.82
Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.14
Torrington. L. Wetmore, 150; First Cong. Ch., 10 160.00
Vernon Center. Miss H. B. Chapin 2.00
Voluntown and Sterling. Cong. Ch., bal. to const.
MISS MARY E. P. ELDERKIN L. M. 17.28
Washington. Cong. Soc. 34.75
Waterbury. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., by Mrs. H. M.
Dutton, _for Conn. Sch., Quitman Ga._ 200.00
Waterbury. "Sunshine Circle," _for Macon, Ga._ 8.00
Waterbury. "A Friend," 10; "A Friend," Second Cong.
Ch., 5 15.00
Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.55
Wauregan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00
West Avon. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Westbrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 56.54; "Cash," 2 58.54
West Hartland. Deacons of Cong. Ch. 4.00
West Haven. "A few Ladies," by Mrs. Emeline Smith 20.00
Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallory 5.00
Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Ch. 19.66
Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.35
Windham. Westminster Cong. Ch. 9.06
Windsor Locks. "A Friend" 10.00
Winsted. Miss Emeline Catlin and Sister 10.00
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
----. "A Friend" 300.00
----. "Connecticut Friend" 10.00
----. "A Friend" 10.00
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$10,110.07

LEGACY.

New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven,
_for Talladega C._ 250.00
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$10,360.07

NEW YORK, $3,493.43.

Amsterdam. Mrs. Mary A. Bartlett 2.00
Amsterdam. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 1.00
Bangor. Cong. Ch. 4.09
Bay Shore. Cong. Ch. 11.65
Berkshire. First Cong. Ch. 54.00
Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock 5.00
Binghamton. Sheldon Warner 5.00
Bridgewater. Cong. Ch. 20.16
Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch., 468.55; Member Plym. Ch., 25;
Julius Davenport, 100; "A Member of Central Ch. Sab.
Sch.," Dr. Behrend's, 30, to const. MRS. DAVID M.
STONE L. M.; Rev. E. P. Thwing, 2; "A Friend," 1 626.55
Brookton. Rev. I. Bradnack 3.00
Cambridge. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.00
Candor. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Central New York. "Thank Offering" 10.00
Chateaugay. Rev. C. C. Torrey 10.00
Chenango Co. "Life Member" 10.00
Copenhagen. Cong. Ch. and S. S. 10.00
Coventry. First Cong. Ch. 6.54
Coxsackie. Mrs. E. F. Spoor, 2.50; Miss A. G. Fairchild,
2.50 5.00
Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; Second Cong.
Ch., 5 54.00
East Watertown. Mrs. T. Merwin 10.00
East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, 30; C. M. Clark, 3 33.00
Flushing. "Friends" 5.00
Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears 128.36
Goshen. "A Friend" 2.00
Hammondville. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Havana. J. F. Phelps 5.00
Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Hudson. Abraham S. Peet 3.00
Jamestown. First Cong. Ch., 7; Sab. Sch., 14.49 21.49
Kiantone. Cong. Ch. 8.56
Le Roy. Mrs. L. A. Parsons 4.50
Little Valley. First Cong. Ch. 6.14
Maine Village. Cong. Ch. 15.40
Malone. Mrs. H. R. Wilson 3.00
Massena. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Middletown. First Cong. Ch. 36.17
Millville. By Henry L. Hommedieu 10.00
New York. John Dwight, 200; A. S. Barnes, 100;
"H. W. H.," 60 to const. WILLIAM HUBBARD and MISS
D. E. EMERSON L. Ms.; S. T. Gordon, 30; ----, 11.25;
Joseph S. Hol, 10; "Colored Orphan Asylum and its
Chaplain, Stephen Angell," 10; James W. Treadwell,
5; M. H. Bartow, 2; "A Friend," 1 449.25
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 115.79
Norwich. By Rev. A. G. Upton 5.00
Nunda. "A Friend," (10 _of which for Chinese and
Indian M._) 15.00
Nyack. John W. Towt 100.00
Oneonta. Mrs. L. I. Safford 5.00
Orient. Cong. Ch. 18.58
Owego. Dr. L. H. Allen 10.00
Parishville. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Pekin. Abigail Peck 25.00
Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 30.00
Richford. Cong. Ch. 6.66
Rochester. Geo. Thayer 25.00
Rodman. Miss Eliza Gates, 20; John S. Sill, 5 25.00
Rome. Rev. Wm. B. Hammond 5.00
Salamanca. Cong. Ch. and Pastor 7.00
Seneca Falls. Cong. Ch. 10.25
Sherburne. "A Friend" 10.00
Silver Creek. Mrs. Simeon Howes, 7.50; W. Chapin, 7.50 15.00
Syracuse. Plymouth Ch., 133.03; C. A. Hamlin, 25 158.03
Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 5.00
Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge, 10; Bethesda Welsh Cong.
Ch., 10; Plymouth Cong. Ch., 7 27.00
Wading River. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton 5.00
----. ---- 2.00
By Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas., for _Miss'y, Tougaloo,
Miss._--Copenhagen, Ladies' Aux., 50--Danby, Mrs. S.
Johnson's S. S. Class, 9.18--Poughkeepsie, Ladies'
H. M. Union, 20--Rushville, Ladies' Soc., 10--Saratoga
Springs, Aux. Soc., 20--West Groton, Y. P. Miss'y
Soc., 20 129.18
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$2,457.35

LEGACY.

Walton. Estate of Elizabeth Bassett (500 of which
_for Mendi M._) by G. W. Fitch and T. S. Hoyt,
Executors 1,036.08
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$3,493.43

NEW JERSEY, $10,154.40.

Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts 30.00
Bordentown. L. Beeuwkes 3.00
Bound Brook. Cong. Ch., 75.39; and Sab. Sch. 25, _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 100.39
Chester. Cong. Ch., 35.45, and Sab. Sch., 4.68 40.13
Closter. Rev. G. W. Plack 5.00
Englewood. Rev. Geo. B. Cheever, D. D., and Wife 9,716.88
Jersey City Heights. "A Friend" 2.00
Montclair. First Cong. Ch., 110; First Cong. Ch. Sab.
Sch., 50; Mrs. Edward Sweet, 50 210.00
Trenton. S. T. Sherman 20.00
Westfield. Children's Mission Band of Cong. Ch.,
_for Share_ 20.00
Woodbridge. Cong. Ch. 7.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $1,640.91.

Cambridgeboro. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson and Miss Eliza Dickson,
15 ea. 30.00
Guy's Mills. Mrs. F. Maria Guy 1.00
Jeanesville. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00
Mercersburg. Thomas C. Johnston 4.00
Morris Run. Welsh Cong. Ch. 3.00
Philadelphia. "Member of Central Cong. Ch.," 50; Chas.
Burnham, 50; John Edmands, 25 125.00
Pottsville. Cong. Ch., 1.48; Rev. D. T. Davies, 3 4.48
Ridgeway. Rev. O. D. Crawford 2.00
Shamokin. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Troy. Chas. C. Paine 100.00
Washington. Mrs. M. H. McFarland 10.00
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$298.48

LEGACY.

Pittsburg. Estate of Chas. Avery 1,342.43
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$1,640.91

OHIO, $1,035.87.

Alliance. Welsh Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 6.00
Alliance. Mrs. J. M. Thomas 5.00
Barton. Miss A. C. Hitchcock, 5; Cong. Ch., 2.83;
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 7.83
Berea. Cong. Ch. 11.50
Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab. Sch., 5 10.00
Bowling Green. Mrs. Mary H. Leet, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 5.00
Brownhelm. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Canfield. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Castalia. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Chagrin Falls. John S. Bullard, 20; Cong. Ch., 12.07 32.07
Chardon. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ruggles, 10; Lawrence
St. Welsh Cong. Ch., 10; Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles, 2 22.00
Claridon. L. T. Wilmot, 10; Cong. Sab. Sch., 7.50; Mr.
and Mrs. D. B. Ladd, 5 22.50
Cleveland. Mrs. H. B. Spelman (25 of which _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._) 30.00
Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury, 50; First Cong. Ch.,
22.75; Euclid Av. Cong. Ch., Friend, 10; J. J. Low,
5; Mount Zion Cong. Ch., 1 88.75
Columbus. Dr. W. Gladden, 10; Geo. W. Bright, 10; Mrs.
Walter Craft and Children, 7; Miss Beatrice Terrell,
1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 28.00
Columbus. Mrs. M. K. Bates, 10; Benj. Talbot, 1 11.00
Conneaut. H. E. Pond 5.00
Conneaut. H. E. Pond, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 2.00
Garrettsville. Cong. Ch., 23.25, and Sab. Sch., 1.75;
Woman's Miss'y Soc., 5, to const. REV. J. R. NICHOLS
L. M. 30.00
Greenwich. Rev. C. H. Phelps 5.00
Gustavus. First Cong. Ch. 7.20
Hartford. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Hudson. Mrs. H. Baldwin 5.00
Ironton. First Cong. Ch. 5.00
Lafayette. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Lorain. First Cong. Ch. 28.89
Madison Lake. Mrs. H. B. Fraser 25.00
Marietta. First Cong. Ch. 2.00
Marysville. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Medina. Woman's Miss'y Soc., First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Mount Vernon. "A Friend" 5.00
Newark. Welsh Cong. Ch., 9.27; Lewis Jones, 2 11.27
Newburg. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00
North Bloomfield. W. C. Savage 5.00
North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch. 10.30
Norwalk. "A Sower beside all Waters.," bal. to const.
REV. T. F. HILDRETH L. M. 20.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., 121.98; Homer Johnson,
M. D., 5 126.98
Oberlin. Young Woman's Miss'y Soc., Oberlin C., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Painesville. Rev. S. W. Pierson 5.00
Randolph. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Richfield. Mrs. Uri Oviatt, 5; Dea. T. E. Ellsworth, 2 7.00
Rochester. Cong Ch. 4.00
Rock Creek. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of New Lyme Inst.,
_for Model Sch. Building, Straight U._ 10.00
Rootstown. "Young Peoples' Band of Christian Endeavor,"
by H. M. Reed, Treas. 17.00
Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 18.50
Steubenville. First Cong. Ch. 5.00
Tallmadge. Tallmadge Benev. Ass'n 25.49
Toledo. Central Cong. Ch., 20; State Line Ch., 2;
Washington St. Cong. Ch., 5.50 27.50
Wakeman. Cong. Ch. 15.65
Wayne. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. Garlick 2.00
York. Cong. Ch. 24.00
Youngstown. "Two Friends" 7.00
By Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas. O. W. H. M. U., _for Lady
Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._--Oberlin W. H. M. S. of
Second Cong. Ch., 75--Cleveland, Y. P. M. Soc. of
First Ch., 20--Hudson, W. H. M. S., 5.44 100.44
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$1,005.87

LEGACY.

Hanging Rock. Estate of Rachel R. Hamilton, by
Robert Peebles, Executor 30.00
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$1,035.87

INDIANA, $58.00.

Auburn. James Adams 20.00
Brooklyn. Rev. Wm. Richey, 1; Mrs. F. J. Richey, 1 2.00
Liber. Thomas Towle 1.00
Michigan City. Cong. Ch. 35.00

ILLINOIS, $2,284.64.

Albany. ---- 10.00
Amboy. First Cong. Ch. 45.00
Aurora. N. L. Janes 10.00
Bartlett. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Bellmont Cong. Ch. and "Friends" 8.51
Brimfield Cong. Ch. 12.25
Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. McKinney 10.00
Carthage. Mrs. Elizabeth Bernethy 50.00
Chenoa. Mrs. M. A. Ketcham, 1; Mrs. Cutter, 50 cents 1.50
Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 110.04; J. M. Williams, 100;
Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., 20.43; Rev. J. M. Williams,
10; Lake View Cong. Ch., 7.50; H. J. Kilbourn, 3;
"M. W.," 1 251.97
Chicago. Ladies M. Soc. N. E. Cong. Ch., _for Miss'y,
Mobile, Ala._ 25.00
Collinsville. J. F. Wadsworth 10.00
Crystal Lake. Cong. Ch. 24.08
Elgin. Cong. Ch., 175.78; W. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
26.12 201.90
Englewood. Cong. Ch. 20.60
Forest. Cong. Ch. 16.90
Galesburg. First Cong. Ch. 66.73
Galesburg. "A Friend," _for Emerson Inst._ 25.00
Garden Prairie. Mrs. A. A. Dawson, 75c.; Willie L.
Dawson, 25c. 1.00
Geneseo. Mrs. Henry Nourse 50.00
Glencoe. Arthur H. Day 5.00
Griggsville. Mrs. A. W. Green 5.00
Highland Park. L. S. Bingham 5.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; J. W. Bushnell, 5 15.00
Kewanee. Cong. Ch. 264.18
La Harpe. Cong. Ch. 17.50
La Salle. "An aged Friend" 200.00
Lisbon. Cong. Ch. 7.18
Lyndon. Cong. Ch. 11.05
Lyonsville. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Metamora. Members Cong. Ch. (Christian Union) 32.15
Millburn. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Miss'y, Mobile,
Ala._ 30.00
Nebraska. Mrs. Carse and Daughter, 1 ea. 2.00
Nora. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Oak Park. First Cong. Ch., 100; Rev. J. E. Roy, 30, to
const. EDGAR C. ELLIS L. M.; "E.," 10 140.00
Olive. Cong. Ch. 8.76
Olney. First Cong. Ch. 8.00
Peoria. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Peoria. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 9.00
Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss 15.00
Princeville. Mrs. Olive L. Cutter 10.00
Providence. Cong. Ch. 42.38
Rantoul. Cong. Ch. 3.25
Ravenswood. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Rochelle. C. F. Holcomb 15.00
Rockford. Thomas D. Robertson 50.00
Rockton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 5.50; "A Friend," 5.50;
"C. P.," 5 16.00
Roseville. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Axtell 1.00
Rutland. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Shirland. Rev. E. Colton 5.00
Sycamore. Hon. Henry Wood 10.00
Wataga. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Winnebago. N. F. Parsons, 15; O. T. Holcomb, 2;
J. L. McLain, 25c. 17.25
Woodburn. Cong. Ch. 7.45
Wyanet. Rev. F. C. Cochran 10.00
----. "A Friend in Illinois" 75.00
By Mrs. E. F. Williams, _for Lady
Missionaries_--Galesburg Ladies' Miss'y Soc.
of Brick Ch., 11; Lombard, by Women's H. M. U.
of Ill., 10.05--Moline Ladies' W. H. M. U., 13.00 34.05
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$2,034.64

LEGACY.

Peoria. Estate of Moses Pettengill, by Rev.
A. A. Stevens 250.00
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$2,284.64

MICHIGAN, $2,089.35.

Addison. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Alpena. First Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ 41.00
Ann Arbor. Mrs. Walker, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ .50
Banks. Cong. Ch. 4.04
Bedford. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ 6.22
Benton Harbor. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.00
Benzonia. Cong. Ch., 49.50 (ad'l) to const. E. P.
SMITH and DEA. J. R. BARR L. Ms.; Rev. Joseph S.
Fisher, 30, to const. JAMES T. BRISSENDEN L. M. 79.50
Bradley. First Cong. Ch. .96
Calumet. Dr. Chas. W. Niles 25.00
Calumet. Boys' Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., by John
Knauf, Treas., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 4.00
Carson City. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Church's Corners. Cornelius Clement, 10; Dea. N. R.
Rowley, 5; A. W. Douglass, 5; Mrs. John Williams,
2; James Robins, 2; C. Alpaugh, P. Hallock, H.
Reed, Dea. G. S. Wells, D. H. Gardner, John Wells,
and P. Cunningham, 1 ea; J. Robins, W. Hazen and
W. C. Robins, 50c. ea; Cong. Ch., 8.80 41.30
Coloma. Cong. Ch. 3.09
Croton. Cong. Ch. 2.85
Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 139.40; First Cong. Ch.
and Sab. Sch., 50; "A Friend," 61.50, by Rev. J.
Porter, to const. CALVIN THOMPSON GARLAND and MARY
EVANS GARLAND L. Ms.; Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 87.71 338.61
Dexter. Dennis Warner 20.00
Dowagiac. Cong. Ch. 11.35
East Saginaw. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
East Saginaw. Mrs. A. M. Spencer 2.00
Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ 16.00
Galesburg. First Cong. Ch. 16.56
Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.25
Grand Blanc. "Willing Workers," _for Teacher, Santee
Agency, Neb._ 10.00
Grand Rapids. Members First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Greenville. M. Rutan 500.00
Homer. Mrs. C. C. Evarts 5.00
Hopkins. First Cong. Ch., 2.88; Second Cong. Ch.,
13.54 16.42
Hubbardston. Cong. Ch. 3.25
Hudsonville. Cong. Ch. 1.46
Jackson. "A Friend" 5.00
Johnston and Barry. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ .75
Imlay City. Cong. Ch. 4.50
Irving. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Kensington. John Thompson 5.00
Lansing. Plymouth Ch., 40; Prof. R. C. Kedzie, 10;
Mrs. A. Wheeler, 50c. 50.50
Leroy. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ 7.00
Litchfield. First Cong. Ch. 17.20
Manistee. Cong. Ch. 23.50
New Baltimore. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
New Haven. S. E. Mills 5.00
New Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 2.00
Orion. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Berridge 5.00
Ovid. Cong. Ch. 3.60
Owosso. Cong. Ch. 14.03
Robinson. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Saint Ignace. Cong. Ch. 2.25
Saint Johns. H. M. Perrin, 50; A. J. Baldwin, 10;
C. A. Shaw, 5; _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 65.00
Tipton. Rev. A. A. Wall .50
Union City. "A Friend" 200.00
Union City. Cong. Ch. (50 of which _for Straight U_) 139.41
Vermontville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Wacousta. Cong. Ch. 4.50
White Cloud. Rev. John Jeffries 1.00
Ypsilanti. M. G. Wood, _for Talladega C._ 5.00
By Mrs. A. McDougall, _for Straight U._--"A Friend,"
100--Charlotte,75--Edmore, 6.25--Nashville,
4--Olivet, 39--Vermontville, 21 245.25

WISCONSIN, $653.66.

Baraboo. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Beloit. First Cong. Ch., 25; Second Cong. Ch. Sab.
Sch., 8.19; Mrs. H. Nelson, 1.50 34.69
Bloomer. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Bloomington. Cong. Ch. 3.20
Brandon. Cong. Ch. 17.75
Brodhead. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Clinton. John H. Cooper 5.00
Columbus. Olivet Ch. (20 of which _for Miss'y, Austin,
Tex._), 42.50; Olivet Sab. Sch., 5 47.50
Cooksville. Cong. Ch. 3.50
Darlington. "Two Friends" in Cong. Ch. 1.00
Eagle. Pleasant Hill Presb. Ch. 3.75
Eau Claire. First Cong. Ch. 35.00
Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Fox Lake. Miss M. J. Adams 5.75
Hartford. Cong. Ch. 15.50
Hartland. Cong. Ch. 22.00
Kaukauna. "A Friend" 5.00
Kinnickinnick. Cong. Ch. 4.41
Lake Geneva. Y. P. Soc., _for Miss'y, Austin, Tex._ 5.00
Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Lancaster. Ladies' Aid Soc., _for Macon, Ga._ 2.35
Leeds. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch. 75.00
New Lisbon. Cong. Ch. 5.59
Peshtigo. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Todd 2.00
Pewaukee. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Platteville. Ladies' Soc., _for Miss'y, Austin, Tex._ 4.16
Ripon. Cong. Ch., 69.50; Mrs. C. T. Tracy, 5 74.50
River Falls. Cong. Ch. 17.50
Rosendale. Cong. Ch. 5.50
Salem. William Munson 50.00
Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Library,
Macon, Ga._ 15.00
Sheboygan. "A true Friend of the Freedmen" 5.00
Sparta. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Spring Green. Welsh Cong. Ch., 2; English Cong.
Ch., 1.30 3.30
Whitewater. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch., 78.18
_For Missionary, Austin, Tex_--Appleton, Ladies Soc.
Cong. Ch., 12.75--Arena, Ladies of Cong. Ch.,
4.08--Eau Claire, Cong. Sab. Sch., 10--New Lisbon,
Ladies Cong. Ch., 1.50--Stoughton, "A. B. S.,"
1--Birthday Box Cong. Sab. Sch., 1.20--Whitewater,
Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 50.53

IOWA, $859.15.

Algona. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Almoral. Cong. Ch. 7.37
Amity. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Atlantic. Cong. Ch., 20.93; Sab. Sch., 5.75 26.68
Bear Grove. Cong. Ch. (6 of which from Mrs. O. C.
Warne and family) 7.25
Belknap. Cong. Ch. 2.10
Big Rock. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch., 43.49; Mrs. E. O. Price, 2 45.49
Central City. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., 10;
Cong. Ch., 10 20.00
Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 26.00
Danville. Cong. Ch. 8.80
Decorah. Cong. Ch. 31.26
Denmark. Cong. Sab. Sch. 18.50
Des Moines. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 262.13; North Park
Cong. Ch., 5.89 268.02
Des Moines. Plym. Cong. Ch., 23.75; Ladies of Plym.
Ch., 13; North Park Ch., 7.05; Ladies of Pilgrim
Ch., 2.50; _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 46.30
Des Moines. T. S. Wright, _for Talladega C._ 10.00
Dubuque. German Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Durant. "Friends" 10.00
Earlville. Cong. Ch. 6.35
Eldora. Cong. Ch. 12.31
Elkader. Mary H. Carter 5.00
Grinell. Samuel F. Cooper, _for Fisk U._ 100.00
Grand View. German Cong. Ch. 5.00
Green Mountain. "Lady in Cong. Ch." 2.00
Independence. Cong. Ch., 11.44; Rev. Daniel Chapman, 2 13.44
Kersauqua. Infant Class Cong. S. S. 2.00
McGregor. J. H. Ellsworth, 10; Cong. Ch., 8; Ladies'
Miss'y Soc., 3.50 21.50
Miles. Cong. Ch. 7.50
Mitchell. Cong. Ch. 5.55
New Providence. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Newton. Cong. Ch. 18.00
Oakland. Cong. Ch. 5.55
Onawa. Cong. Ch. 5.85
Pattersonville. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Postville. Cong. Ch. 11.36
Preston. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Salem. Rev. D. D. Tibbets and Members Cong. Ch. 5.00
Sheldon. Cong. Ch. 7.50
Sioux Rapids. Cong. Ch. 2.40
Spencer. Rev. G. G. Perkins 2.00
Victor. "A Friend" 1.00
Wayne. Cong. Ch., 5.56; D. C. Smith, 1 6.56
Webster City. Cong. Ch. 7.21
Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore 15.00
By Mrs. G. W. Reynolds, Treas., _for Miss'y, New
Orleans, La._--Chester Center, Ladies, 3.25--Clay,
Y. L. Bible Class, 5; Rosebud Class, 4.20; Ladies,
85c.--Wayne, Ladies, 5 18.30

MINNESOTA, $308.47.

Alexandria. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.00
Appleton. Madison and Lac Qui Parle Churches, 1 ea. 3.00
Brownsville. Mrs. S. M. McHose 2.00
Cannon Falls. Cong. Ch. 4.35
Clearwater. Cong. Ch. 2.40
Edgerton. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Hancock. Cong. Ch. 1.50
Hastings. D. B. Truax 5.00
Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Mankato. Woman's Miss'y Soc. 8.89
Minneapolis. Mrs. Irene E. Hale, 50; Plymouth Ch.,
15.42; The Open Door Ch., 9.15; Rev. E. S. Williams,
5 79.57
Montevideo. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 3.00
Morris. Cong. Ch. 11.29
Owatonna. First Cong. Ch. 6.06
Rushford. Cong. Ch. 2.20
Saint Paul. "Cheerful Giver" 25.00
Springfield. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Waseca. Cong. Ch. 5.58
By Mrs. J. N. Cross, Treas.--Clearwater, M. S.,
25c.--Cottage Grove, Ladies Aux. Union S. S.,
11.50--Glyndon, W. M. S., _for Miss'y, Austin,
Tex._, 10--Minneapolis, Plym. Ch., W. H. M. S.,
98.28 (50 of which _for Student Aid Fisk
U._)--Waseca, W. M. S., 8.60 128.63

KANSAS, $113.98.

Arkansas City. "A Friend" 20.00
Atchison. "Mission Band," by Mrs. Ellen Patton,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
Deerton. Cong. Ch. .33
Eureka. Cong. Ch. 3.77
Highland. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch., 3; Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 2 5.00
Milford. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Muscotah. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Osawatomie. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Sterling. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Topeka. Tuition 18.88

MISSOURI, $207.06.