Chapter II: Part 2

Our missions have numbered 17; of these, 11 have been sustained during the entire year, and two others for eleven months. We have no vacation in our schools, unless forced to it by lack of funds, or by other causes which we cannot control.

The number of workers has varied from 23 to 28; the aggregate number of months of service being 309. Of these 91 are to be credited to our Chinese missionary helpers, and 218 to Americans. The total number of pupils enrolled is 1,044. The average enrollment month by month has been 461; the average attendance, 247. These numbers are smaller than those of last year, or of any preceding year for a great while; which comes of a serious diminution in another quarter which it has been out of our power to avert. Our resources for current work have been less than in previous years by more than $3,000—last year, $12,341.80; this year, $8,989.30. This statement is to date; I trust the amount will be increased somewhat before the books are finally closed. It was impossible to maintain the larger work with the smaller sum. I think that we can truly say: We have done what we could. The most serious loss is in the employment of Chinese missionary helpers; we ought to have had twice as many in the field as we were able to employ.

The expenditures on account of current work have been as follows: For salaries of superintendent, teachers and helpers, $6,222.80; for rents of mission houses, $2,103; for incidentals, $634.15; total, $8,959.95. The contributions made directly to the treasury of this Auxiliary amount, at this writing, to $2,989.30, of which about $250 were given expressly for permanent property.

While we note with sadness these diminutions, we record with gladness an increase at the point of largest interest, the point towards which all our endeavors tend. We find in our statistical columns, under the head of “Profess to have ceased from idol worship,” an aggregate of 211; under that of “Giving evidence of Christian character,” 150. These are larger numbers than we have ever before been privileged to place at the foot of these columns; and among those who give evidence of Christian character are many who a year ago either walked in utter darkness, or were refusing to let in on their hearts the dawning light of Christ. I cannot as yet state exactly the number who seem during this year to have accepted Christ, but I think it cannot be much less than fifty. If so, then the total number of whom this hope has been cherished since our work began, cannot be much less than 650.

These encouragements are due, under God, very largely to some tentative evangelistic work which we have undertaken. The results are such as lead us to pray for the privilege of enlarging this branch of our service and prosecuting it with greater vigor. We are praying—and I think with faith and unity—that God would raise up among us some one on whom we can bestow this special gift. I _look for_ an answer. I _expect_ that during this new fiscal year, upon which we have entered, the providence of God will open the way, and the Spirit of God will beckon us on to a system of evangelization which will reach to all our missions and will pass beyond them, making the wilderness to blossom as the rose.

Among the “new departures” of the year is the beginning of work among the Japanese. The first attempt to Christianize the Japanese in California was made in connection with the First Cong. Church in this city. The first Japanese baptized were received to that church; but the work was suffered to lapse, and other denominations have supplied our mortifying lack of service. A beginning has again been made, this time in Oakland. Mr. N. Kusaki, a young Japanese who was graduated last summer from the Pacific Theological Seminary, led off in the undertaking. He still assists in it, though it has now been placed in the hands of an American lady as the principal teacher. It is an experiment at present, but gives good promise of success.

Another interesting development, which, however, dates back a little more than a year, is the Foreign Missionary Society organized by our Chinese brethren. This movement was spontaneous; no urgency or even suggestion from me occasioned it. It was put into almost complete working order before I was made aware of it. Its primary object is to sustain missionary operations in South China, the provinces from which our brethren came. But its watchword is nothing less than “China for Christ.” They have already gathered nearly $250, contributed not from an abundance, but out of deep poverty.

Another point of interest is the marked change in the spiritual atmosphere of some of our missions—notably those at Stockton, Petaluma and Oroville. It seems to foretoken a “wide and effectual door” soon to open before us, which God grant that we may have the men and the means to enter for a campaign aggressive and victorious.

WM. C. POND.

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RECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1887.

MAINE, $774.00.

Bangor. Cen. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100.; Sab.
Sch. of First Parish, 13.26 $113.26
Bath. Members of Winter St. Ch. 100.00
Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10;
“Response to Appeal,” 10 20.00
Blanchard. Dea. Jacob Blanchard 2.00
Brewer. M. Hardy, to const. PETER MCLEOD L. M. 50.00
Bridgton. Mrs. Julia P. Hale 2.00
Brownfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Calais. First Cong. Ch. 34.00
Eastport. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch. 5.00
Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. 4.52
Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. 11.33
Hampden. Chas. E. Hicks 2.00
Kittery Point. First Cong. Ch. 17.00
Litchfield Corners. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. 19.19
Madison. Cong. Ch. 22.00
New Sharon. Cong. Ch. 4.00
North Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.25
North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. 6.39
Otisfield. Cong. Ch. 11.11
Phillips. “Glad Helpers,” by Miss C. T. Crosby 6.00
Portland. Second Parish Ch., 210; “One
interested in the work of A. M. A.” 25 235.00
Pownal. “Friends,” by P. Chapin 10.00
Princeton. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Searsport. First Cong. Ch. 10.80
Waterford. First Cong. Ch., 4; Sab. Sch. 10 14.00
West Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. 6.50
Willard. Rev. Amasa Loring 2.00
Winthrop. Cong. Ch. 4.40
Wiscasset. Cong. Ch. 4.25
Yarmouth. First Parish Ch. 30.00
—— “Friend in Maine,” _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 2.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $2,127.81.

Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.40
Bath. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.31
Boscawen. Sab. Sch. Convention 10.57
Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Campton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Colebrook. “E. and C.” 2.00
Concord. West Cong. Ch., 16.35; North Cong.
Ch., 11.08; “Friend,” 5 32.43
East Derry. First Ch. and Soc. 21.64
Fitzwilliam. Mrs. Fanny Hancock 5.00
Goffstown. Cong. Ch. adl. to const. DAVID
GRANT and JOSEPH S. THOMPSON, L. M’s. 2.00
Gorham. “Guests of the Glen House and Cong.
Ch.” 6.50
Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00
Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.40
Hancock. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Hanover. Dartmouth College Cong. Ch. 33.85
Hollis. Cong. Ch. 19.00
Hooksett. Cong. Ch. 19.95
Jaffrey. East Cong. Ch. 30.00
Keene. Cong. Union Meeting 33.10
Keene. Sab. Sch. Class, Second Cong. Ch. _for
Woman’s Work_ 20.00
Kensington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Lisbon. First Cong. Ch. 8.86
Manchester. Mrs. Mary E. Hidden, 10; Francis
B. Eaton. 5; E. L. Bryant, 2; A. H. Daniels,
2; Mrs. C. W. Wallace, 5 24.00
Milford. D. S. Burnham 10.00
Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Nashua. First Ch. 100.00
Northwood Centre. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 12.30
Orford. West Cong. Ch., 11; John Pratt, 10 21.00
Seabrook and Hampton Falls. First Evan. Cong.
Ch. 8.00
South Newmarket. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Temple. Mrs. R. R. Goodyear, 5; Mrs. Lucy W.
C. Keyes, 1.50 6.50
Walpole. Cong. Ch. 19.00
West Lebanon. Miss’y Soc., Box of C., _for
Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._
——. “A Friend in N.B.” 35.00
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$627.81

LEGACY.

Amherst. Estate of Luther Melendy, by A. A.
Rotch, Admr. 1,000.00
Candia. Estate of Jona. Martin, by J. C. Smith
and N. M. Smith, Ex’s. 500.00
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$2,127.81

VERMONT, $512.36.

Barnet. Y. P. S. of C. E., _for Marie Adlof
Fund_ 2.00
Bennington. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch. 11.62
Cambridge. Madison Safford. 10; S. M. Safford,
5 15.00
Chester. J. L. Fisher 10.00
Coventry. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.40
East Berkshire. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Enosburg. First Cong. Ch. 22.00
Glover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.50
Granby. “Friends” 1.00
Guilford. Miss S. Maria Tyler, by Mrs. Ellen
D. Wild 2.00
Jericho Center. “A Friend” 12.00
Manchester. Emma A. Brown 1.00
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 29.27
Middlebury. Mrs. Stewart, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Newbury. Mrs. Edward P. Keyes, to const. MARY
L. JEWETT L. M. 30.00
Post Mills. “A Friend,” by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks 5.00
Royalston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 22.72; A.
W. Kenney 30., to const. MRS. ABBIE T.
DANFORTH L. M. 52.72
Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. 122.23
Sharon. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch. 5.00
South Burlington. Eldridge Mission Sab. Sch.,
_for Indian M._ 8.00
Swanton. Cong. Ch., 10.65; C. C. Long, 10 20.65
Waterbury. Cong. Ch. 9.30
West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 17.56
West Brattleboro. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of
C., and 3 _for freight, for McIntosh, Ga._ 3.00
Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
West Townshend. Cong. Ch. 5.51
Williamstown. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 24; Gilbert A.
Davis, 10 34.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $12,422.79.

Abington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.12
Acton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 13.00
Alford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.03
Amherst. Amherst College Ch., 203.56; First
Cong. Ch., 25; Rev. G. S. Dickerman, 25 253.56
Andover. South Ch. and Soc., 50; West Parish
Ch. and Soc., 50 100.00
Ashfield. Henry Taylor 8.50
Auburn. Cong. Ch. 48.75
Boston. Park St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1,000.00
Boston. J. Q. Adams, 100; E. L.
Pickard, 25; C. S. Roberts, 25;
Geo. M. Fiske, 25; Wm. Lloyd
Garrison, 10, _for Atlanta U._ 185.00
Boston. Sab. Sch. of Park St. Ch.
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. 180.00
Boston. “A Friend” 50.00
Boston. Sab. Sch. of Old So. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 40.00
Boston. Rev. E. B. Palmer 10.00
Boston. Mrs. M. L. Houston 10.00
Boston. Rev. R. B. Howard 5.00
Boston. “A Friend” 2.50
Brighton. Mrs. Elizabeth Bicknell 5.00
Charleston. Winthrop Ch. and Soc. 68.86
Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch., (5 of
which from Miss Grace Wilder,
_for Indian M._) 139.12
Dorchester. Sab. Sch. of Second
Cong. Ch. 18.36
Dorchester. Mrs. R. W. Prouty 5.00
Roxbury. John G. Cary, 15; Harriet
C. Cary, 15, to const. REBECCA
B. CARY L. M. 30.00
—————— 1,798.84
Boxford. First Cong. Ch. 64.33, to const. MISS
MARY L. SAWYER and JAMES P. CLEVELAND L.
M’s., “M. N. Z.” 5 69.33
Braintree. First Ch. and Soc. 20.34
Brimfield. Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 34.00
Brockton. Porter Evan. Ch. and Soc., to const.
WALTER B. LEWIS, RUFUS E. TILTON and MISS
LUCY H. FULLER L. M’s. 91.65
Brookline. Mrs. Wm. B. Strong 10.00
Buckland. Cong. Ch. 25.57
Cambridge. North Ave. Cong. Ch. adl. 100.00
Cambridge. Sab. Sch., Class of Miss M. E. C.
Smith, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch., 440.18; Pilgrim
Ch., 32.19 472.37
Cambridgeport. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim Ch., _for
Kreutzer Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund, for Student
Aid, Atlanta U., 50., for Student Aid,
Straight U., 50_ 100.00
Canton. Elijah A. Morse, 100; Evan. Cong. Ch.,
19.50 119.50
Centerville. Rev. Wm. Leonard 5.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Clinton. Girls’ Mission Circle, by Annie L.
Hitchcock, _for Indian Sch’p_ 27.11
Coleraine. Mrs. P. B. Smith 5.00
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. 31.47
Conway. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Dalton. John H. Smith, 10; Mrs. John H. Smith,
5; Llewellyn H. Andrews, 5; _for Mountain
White Work_ 20.00
Danvers. First Cong. Ch. 105.02
Deerfield. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Dracut. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
East Bridgewater. Union Cong. Ch. 25.63
East Brookfield. “A Friend” 2.00
East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken 10.00
East Charlemont. Mrs. A. P. Leavitt, to const.
MRS. H. J. STONE, MRS. CALEB DICKINSON and
MRS. M. M. HILLMAN L. M’s. 100.00
East Milton. Mrs. Susanna Beale, _for Straight
U._ 5.00
East Taunton. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Everett. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Fitchburg. Rollstone Cong. Ch., 89.09; C. S.
Tolman, 15; Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Eaton, 10;
Geo. Cook, 5 119.09
Foxboro. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 45.00
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Gloucester. Nancy E. Brooks 20.00
Granville. O. S. Dickinson, to const. MRS.
MARILLA ALDERMAN L. M. 30.00
Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 146.58
Great Barrington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 343.55; C. C.
Phillips, 2 345.55
Groton. Ortho. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
Harvard. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 14.00
Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, 200; “C” 10 210.00
Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. 8; Sab. Sch. of Cong.
Ch., to const. JOHN HALL JONES L. M., 30;
Wilbur M. Purrington, 5 43.00
Hingham. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Holbrook. Winthrop Ch. (100. of which from
Miss Sarah J. Holbrook, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._), 210.45; Mrs. B. J. Holbrook, 2 212.45
Holden. “Friends” 10.00
Holliston. “Bible of Christians of District
No. 4.” 30.00
Housatonic. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 15.00
Hubbardston. “A Friend” 20.00
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. 8.67
Kingston. Mayflower Ch. 14.00
Lakeville and Taunton Precinct. Sab. Sch. 7.30
Lancaster. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.10
Lawrence. Trinity Cong. Ch. 18.52; United
Cong. Ch. 6.22 24.74
Lee. First Cong. Ch. 110, and Sab. Sch. 125 235.00
Lincoln. By Frank W. Smith, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Lowell. Pawtucket Ch. and Soc. 23.13
Lynn. J. Porter Woodbury, 4.50; Chestnut St.
Ch., 6 10.50
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.00
Malden. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ 20.33
Massachusetts. “B” 12.00
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. 96.99
Melrose Highlands. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15;
Mrs. F. W. Lewis, 50c. 15.50
Middleboro. Central Cong. Ch. 50.85
Middlefield. Cong. Ch. 31.00
Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.47
Milford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 25.00
Millbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 102.73,
to const. HARRY N. ROGERS, GEORGE E. PERRY
and MRS. MARIA H. AIKEN L. M’s.; M. D.
Garfield and Daughter, 10 112.73
Nantucket. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Woman’s
Work_ 2.55
Natick. “Friend” 5.00
New Bedford. Mrs. I. E. Jenney 5.00
New Boston. Cong. Soc. 6.00
New Salem. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Newton. Eliot Ch. 90.00
Newton Centre. F. A. Gardner 2.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 5.23
Northampton. First Cong. Ch., 292.84; Jared
Clark, 25 317.84
North Brookfield. James Miller, 20; Mrs. F.
Walker, 5; Albert Spooner, 4; D. W. Knight,
1.50; J. E. Miller 1., to const. JAMES E.
MILLER L. M.; Union Cong. Ch., 31, to const.
ROBERT MORSE L. M.; “Mrs. H. M. N. of First
Ch.” 5 67.50
North Chelmsford. Second Cong. Ch., to const.
MISS IDA A. KNOWLES, L. M. 36.79
North Chelmsford. “A Friend,” _for Chinese M._ 5.00
North Concord. “The Little Christian Workers,”
by Sadie E. Parsons 5.00
Northfield. Rev. J. P. Humphrey and Wife, 5,
ea.; Rev. M. H. Wells and Miss A. T. Wells,
5, ea. 20.00
North Leominster. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., to
const. MYRA L. MERRIAM L. M. 36.00
North Middleboro. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 136.00
Phillipston. D. and L. Mixter 2.00
Pittsfield. Individuals, So. Cong. Ch., _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00
Pittsfield. Mrs. H. M. Hurd 2.00
Princeton. Ladies, by Mrs. A. H. Whitteker,
_for Woman’s Work_ 12.00
Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Randolph. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 141.10,
and Sab. Sch., 15 156.10
Reading. “A Friend” 5.00
Revere. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 6.00
Richmond. Cong. Ch. 6.42
Rockland. Elijah Shaw 50.00
Saundersville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Scotland. Mrs. Jane N. Leonard, _for freight_ 1.00
Scotland. Mrs E. Alden 0.25
Shelburne Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.
Classes, No. 4, 1.75; No. 5, 1; No. 12,
35c.; No. 13, 3.50, _for Tougaloo U._ 6.60
Shelburne Falls. Mrs. J. A. Richmond 5.00
Shrewsbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Indian M._ 50.00
Shrewsbury. Cong. Ch. 35.52
Somerville. MRS MARY C. SAWYER, to const.
herself and MISS MAIZIE BLAIKIE L. M’s. 60.00
Southboro. Pilgrim Ch. 23.43
South Braintree. South Cong. Ch. 14.00
South Dartmouth. Ladies, by Mrs. Smith. 0.50
South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 173.53
South Hadley Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Santee Indian M._ 15.64
South Natick. John Eliot Ch. 18.69
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 67.00
South Weymouth. Primary Dept. Sab. Sch. of
Second Cong. Ch. _for two little boys,
Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._ 10.00
Spencer. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 86.26
Springfield. Mrs. James D. Litchfield 1.00
Stockbridge. Miss Alice Byington, _for Santee
Indian M._ 30.00
Sturbridge. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 20.00
Sunderland. “A Friend” 1.50
Taunton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 200;
Winslow Ch. and Soc., 90, to const., REV.
GEORGE H. REED, DEA. ANDREW S. BRIGGS and
DWELLY T. SMITH L. M.’s; Union Ch., 29.90 319.90
Taunton. Young People’s Union of Broadway
Cong. Ch., _for Santee Indian M._ 50.00
Upton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 61.15
Uxbridge. Evan. Cong. Ch. 28.00
Waltham. Sab. Sch. Class, by Mrs. Ella J.
Lawrence, _for Student Aid, Storrs Sch.,
Atlanta, Ga._ 6.00
Warren. “A Friend,” 5.00
Watertown. “Friends,” 3.50
Webster. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Wellesley. M. A. Stevens 5.00
Wellfleet. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.14
Wendell. Dea. N. C. Williams 1.00
Westboro. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 129.37; “Two
Lovers of the cause,” 20 149.37
West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10;
Chas. T. White, 5 15.00
West Brookfield. Cong. Ch., 21; “Friend,” 40;
“H. E. W.” 1 62.00
Westfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
Westfield. First and Second Cong. Chs., _for
Straight U._ 14.50
Westford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Indian M._ 10.75
West Gardner. Mrs. M. B. Knowlton 20.00
Westhampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 26.00
West Newbury. First Parish Cong. Ch., _for
Santee Indian M._ 7.50
West Newton. “Pax,” 5.00
West Springfield. Mrs. Lucy M. Bagg, 200; Mrs.
C. E. Beardslee, 1 201.00
West Stockbridge Center. Cong. Ch. 1.52
Weymouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.75
Whitinsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., (30 of
which _for Indian M._) 60.00
Whitman. Miss C. H. Whitman. 100; Cong. Ch.
and Soc., 53 153.00
Winchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., (12.10
of which _for Indian M._) 54.70
Woburn. Daniel Richardson 500.00
Wollaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.75
Wollaston. Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C. Val.,
34.37, _for Wilmington, N.C._, 1 _for
Freight_ 1.00
Woods Holl. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Worcester. Plym. Cong. Ch., 266.34; “J. W.,”
270; Union Ch., 182.52; Sab. Sch. of Union
Ch., 46.21; Hiram Smith and family, 50; “A.
N. X.” 50; Salem St. Ch., 40.53; “A Friend,”
25; Mrs. S. A. Howard and nephew, 10 920.60
Wrentham. First Cong. Ch. 17.22
—— “A Friend,” 100.00
—— —— 10.00
——. “To go with the dear little girl’s dime,” 0.10
By Chas. Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass’n.:
Blandford. 23.58
Holyoke. First 16.22
Holyoke. Second 60.51
Longmeadow. Gent’s Benev. Soc. 16.45
Monson. 30.00
Springfield. Olivet 34.00
Springfield. First 20.00
Springfield. Hope 44.06
Springfield. Hope, _for Hampton
Inst._ 22.04
—————— 266.86
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$10,897.79

LEGACIES.

Enfield. Estate of J. B. Woods, by Rev. R. M.
Woods, Trustee 50.00
Northampton. Estate of Mrs. Emma Graves, by C.
H. Dickinson, Ex. 450.00
Stoughton. Estate of Mrs. Betsey E. Capen 25.00
Woburn. Estate of Mrs. Mary J. Keyes, by Miss
Ruth M. Leathe, Ex’s. 1,000.00
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$12,422.79

RHODE ISLAND, $1,719.97.

Little Compton. Mrs. A. Pierce 5.00
Providence. Geo. H. Corliss 1,000.00
Providence. Central Cong. Ch. 714.97

CONNECTICUT, $6,857.30.

Andover. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 6.00
Birmingham. Cong. Ch., 134.01; J. Tomlinson, 15 149.01
Bolton. “A Friend,” 5.00
Bozrah. Cong. Ch., 7; Miss Hannah Mapes, 5 12.00
Bridgeport. Second Cong. Ch., 79.80; Sab. Sch.
of Second Cong. Ch., 50 129.80
Bristol. Cong. Ch., 114.36; Sab. Sch. Class,
J. J. Jennings, Teacher, 10; L. P. Judd, 3;
E. B. Ives, 1, _for Indian M._ 128.36
Brooklyn. First Trin. Ch. and Cong. to const.
EUGENE H. FULLER L. M. 47.25
Buckingham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.14
Canterbury. Rev. E. C. Haynes 5.00
Central Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.50
Cheshire. “A Friend,” 30.00
Colchester. Mrs. Mary E. Gillette 1.00
Collinsville. John D. Andrews, 10; Mrs. Milo
Chidsey, 5; A. F. Alderman, 5; J. B. Flint,
5; Cong. Ch., 20 45.00
Cornwall Hollow. “Thanksgiving Workers,” True
Blue Card, _for Thomasville, Ga._ 5.00
Coventry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.43
Danbury. Edwin Blackman 1.00
Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.00
East Hartford. H. L. Goodwin, 100; First Ch.,
30; South Cong. Ch. (5 of which from Mrs. E.
M. Roberts), 29.69; Mrs. Susan F. Elmer, 10;
Mrs. R. G. Spencer, 5 174.69
East Hartford. First Ch. (10 of which _for
Mountain White Work_) 20.00
East Hartford. “Friends,” _for Indian M._ 15.00
Ekonk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. of Voluntown and
Sterling 19.00
Ellington. Cong. Ch. (30 of which to const.
REV. WILLIAM T. HUTCHINS L. M.) 135.05
Farmington. Cong. Ch. (200 of which from Dea.
Henry D. Hawley) 268.43
Franklin. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Greeneville. Cong. Ch. 22.00
Griswold. Cong. Ch. 45.00
Hampton. “Three Friends in Cong. Ch.” 6.50;
“Friend in Cong. Ch.,” 2 8.50
Hartford. Roland Mather, 500; “Response to
Appeal,” 1 501.00
Manchester. Second Cong. Ch. (29.50 of which
_for Mountain White Work_) 91.59
Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. 20.15
Meriden. First Cong. Ch. (50 of which _for
Indian M._) to const. MRS. E. J. SCOVILLE,
LILLIE D. AUGUR, H. W. LEIP, N. OLDS, and
EDWIN S. MAY L. Ms. 325.00
Millington. Cong. Ch., 4; “A Friend,” 2 6.00
Monroe. Cong. Ch., 18.60; “A Friend,” 10 28.60
Moodus. Miss Mary E. Dyer 5.00
Mount Carmel. Mrs. J. M. Swift 10.00
New Haven. Humphrey St. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 176.16
Newington. Cong. Ch. 81.44
New London. First Cong. Ch., 49.42; Mrs. B. P.
McEwen, 24 73.42
New Milford. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for Sch’p Hampton Inst._ 70.00
New Milford. John S. Turrill 15.00
New Preston. “E.” 1.00
Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Santee
Indian M._ 20.00
Norfolk. R. Battell, _for Austin, Tex._ 25.00
Northford. Cong. Ch. 21.00
North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett 25.00
North Haven. F. C. Bradley 10.00
North Stamford. Cong. Soc., by Mrs. A. B.
Davenport 5.00
North Stonington. Dudley R. Wheeler 20.00
Norwich. Park Cong. Ch. 1,241.89
Norwich. First Cong. Ch., 110; Miss Sarah M.
Lee, 25; Othniel Gager, 24 159.00
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 38.07
Plymouth. Cong. Ch., 80; Geo. Langdon, 50 130.00
Putnam. Mrs. Mary A. Keith 1.00
Redding. Cong. Ch. add’l 2.00
Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 24.29
Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. (6.24 of which
_for Indian M._) 68.34
Rockville. G. L. Grant 5.00
Roxbury. Cong. Ch., 22.23, and Sab. Sch., 8 30.23
Simsbury. Mr. Simonds, _for Straight U._ 1.00
South Coventry. Mrs. Mary J. Bennett, _for
Williamsburg, Ky._ 20.00
South Norwalk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 50 _for
Santee Indian M._; 50 _for Oakes, N.C._ 100.00
Southport. Cong. Ch., to const. EDWARD M.
GOULDEN, HENRY W. BANKS, ELIZA A. BULKLEY,
MARIA G. PERRY and MRS. C. M. GILMAN L. M’s. 164.89
Stafford. Mrs. Thomas H. Thresher 5.00
Stanwich. David Banks, 10; Mrs. Charles Brush,
5; John Brush, 5; Mrs. M. A. Lockwood, 2;
Mr. Parsons, 50c.; Cong. Ch., 5 27.50
Terryville. N. T. Baldwin 20.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 21.80; Eagle Rock Cong.
Ch., 6.02 27.82
Thomaston. Mission Soc.; _for Straight U._ 20.00
Thompsonville. Fred. A. King, 5; Mrs. Jane C.
Simpson, 5; _for Straight U._ 10.00
Tolland. Mrs. L. L. Clough 5.00
Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00
Torrington. L. Wetmore 150.00
Watertown. E. L. DeForest, _for Talladega C._ 500.00
West Cheshire. Cong. Ch. 23.00
West Hartford. “Friends,” _for Woman’s Work_ 40.00
West Hartford. “X” 5.00
West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith 10.00
Williamsville. Cong. Ch. 2.75
Wilton. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Winchester. “Ten Times One Circle,” by Miss
Mary A. Goodenough, Sec., _for Indian M._ 30.00
Winchester. “A Friend” 5.00
Windsor. “A Friend,” to const. MISS ANNA M.
SILL and MISS MARY E. SILL L. M’s. 60.00
Winsted. Dea. David Strong, 100; Henry Gay,
50; Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, 15; “Friend,” 10;
L. M. Blake, 10; Mrs. J. A. Strong, 10; Mrs.
Jane C. Blake, 5; Misses Emoline and
Sophronia Catlin, 10 210.00
——. “A Friend in Connecticut” 50.00
——. “Connecticut” 25.00
Woman’s Home Miss’y Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.
M. Hotchkiss, Sec’y, _for Conn. Ind’l Sch.
Ga._
Chaplin. Ladies M. Soc. 15.00
Kent. Ladies M. Soc., _for Mountain
White Work_. 20.00
—————— 35.00
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$6,207.30

LEGACIES.

Bethlehem. Estate of Mrs. John N. Crane, by
Ralph Munson, Ex. 50.00
New London. Trust Estate of H. P. Haven, 300
_for Talladega C._, 300 _for Tillotson C.
and N. Inst._ 600.00
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$6,857.30

NEW YORK, $2,495.37.

Batavia. “A Friend” 5.00
Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock 5.00
Binghamton. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Brooklyn. GEO. H. SHIRLEY, to const. himself
L. M. 30.00
Brooklyn. E. D. New England Cong. Ch., and
Sab. Sch. to const. JOHN M. STEARNS L. M. 30.00
Cambridge. Ladies Miss’y Soc., by Miss F. A.
Wells 5.50
Copenhagen. Cong. Ch. 17.71
Coventry. S. A. Beardslee 10.00
Danby. Cong. Ch. bal. to const. LENNA M. BROCK
L. M. 15.28
Dansville. —— 1.00
Eden. Miss A. H. Ames, 3; Mrs. McNult, 2 5.00
Fairport. J. E. Howard 50.00
Flatbush. Mrs. S. K. Thurston, 2; Mrs. D. B.
Harris, 1 3.00
Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears 178.36
Ithaca. E. P. Gilbert 10.00
Jamaica. “A Friend” 0.10
Jamestown. First Cong. Ch., 52, and Sab. Sch.,
7.47, to const. REV. HENRY FRANK L. M. 59.47
Kelloggsville. Miss Carrie L. Taylor 25.00
Kinderhook. Rev. W. Ingalls 1.00
Lebanon. Coll. A. M. A. Concert, 5.41; Marvin
Day, 5; Thomas Hitchcock, 5; Alfred Seymour,
5; Mrs. Servilia G. Childs, 3; J. H.
Wagoner, 3.59; G. G. Grovenor, 1; E. M.
Lamb, 1; H. Seymour, 50c.; J. Fisk, 50c., to
const. JOSIAH H. WAGONER L. M. 30.00
Marion. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Mexico. E. Wheeler, Cath. Wheeler and Mrs. H.
C. Gould, 50c. ea., Millie Gould, 10c. 1.60
Millers Place. Mrs. E. M. Pierson 5.00
Millville. Mrs. Tripp, Mrs. Colburn, Mrs.
Waldron and Mrs. Linsley, 50c. ea. 2.00
Morristown. Cong. Ch. 3.20
Mount Vernon. Sab. Sch. of Reformed Ch., _for
Mountain White Work_ 51.15
New York. E. F. Browning, 100; John Gibb, 25;
S. Wilde’s Sons, 5., _for Talladega C._ 130.00
New York. Z. Stiles Ely, 100, “A Friend,” 100,
“H. W. H.” 100., to const. ETHEL MAY
HUBBARD, MRS. LOUISA S. ROYCE and REV. C. W.
SHELTON L. M’s., “D. E. E.” 25; Homer N.
Lockwood, 25; Rev. Stephen Angell, 10; C. A.
Smith, 2 362.00
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.51
Norwich. “A Friend,” _for Memphis, Tenn._ 20.00
Nunda. “A Friend” 15.00
Ogdensburg. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Oneida. Edward Loomis 5.00
Owego. Cong. Ch. (20.17 of which _for Indian
M._) 30.17
Owasco. Miss Anice Stewart 2.00
Patchogue. Rev. Otis D. Crawford 2.00
Pekin. Miss Abigail Peck 25.00
Rensselaer Falls. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Rochester. Gen’l A. W. Riley, 50; South Cong.
Ch., 10 60.00
Rutland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 12.00
Shelter Island. Hannah M. Overton 10.00
Silver Creek. W. Chapin 12.00
Syracuse. Abner Bates 1.00
Troy. “A Friend” 25.00
Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 5.00
Utica. Plym. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge, _for Mountain
White Work_ 5.00
Walton. Little Helpers Miss’y Soc. of Cong.
Ch., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 20.00
West Carthage. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 7.32
White Plains. Dr. N. F. Curtis 10.00
Woman’s Home Miss’y Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.
H. Cobb, Treas., _for Woman’s Work_:
Copenhagen. Ladies Aux., to const.
MISS ELLA WOOLWORTH, L. M. 50.00
Walton. Aux. 25.00
—————— 75.00
——. “A Lady in Essex Co.” 30.00
————————
$1,495.37

LEGACY.

Albany. Estate of Mrs. Joanna T. D. Carner, T.
J. Van Alstyne, Ex. 1,000.00
————————
$2,495.37

NEW JERSEY, $327.64.

Arlington. Mrs. G. Overacre, Bbl. of C., _2
for freight, for Tougaloo U._ 2.00
Bound Brook. Young Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of
Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 15.00
Bound Brook. Mrs. Wm. W. Jordon, _for Indian
M._ 5.00
Chester. Cong. Ch., 17.33, and Sab. Sch., 5.31 22.64
Jersey City Heights. Mrs. Caroline L. Ames 2.00
Passaic. Mrs. P. S. Pruden 1.00
Seabright. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, _for Fisk U._ 200.00
Summit. Central Presb. Ch., to const. CHARLES
T. GOODRICH L. M. 30.00
Trenton. S. T. Sherman 25.00
——. “A Friend,” 25.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $1,600.01.

Cambridgeboro. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Easton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00
Lansford. Welsh Cong. Ch. 6.50
Philadelphia. Dr. James F. Stone 5.00
Pittsburg. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 9.03
Scranton. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 5.50
Shire Oaks. Miss Jane Wilson 2.00
Washington. Mrs. Mary H. McFarland 10.00
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$83.03

LEGACY.

Pittsburg. Estate of Charles Avery 1,516.98
————————
$1,600.01

OHIO, $1,818.13.

Ashtabula. Second Cong. Ch. (of which 1.29
from Willie and Hellen McCreery, proceeds of
garden) 10.12
Bellevue. Cong. Ch. 25.55
Chagrin Falls. First Cong. Ch. 24.25
Chagrin Falls. Miss Florence Sperry, _for
Straight U._ 6.00
Cincinnati. Central Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Ch. 6.10
Claridon. EMMA E. STEBBINS, to const. herself
L. M., 35; “The Penny Savers.” 4 39.00
Cleveland. “Macedonian Circle,” _for Indian M._ 35.00
Cleveland. Mrs. H. B. Spelman, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Cleveland. Jennings Av. Cong. Ch., 30.51;
First Cong. Ch., 44.55; Sab. Sch. of Frankin
Av. Cong. Ch., 26.43; Madison Av. Cong. Ch.,
10; Mrs. A. Scott, 10; Mrs. C. A. Garlick, 2 123.49
Columbus. Rev. Benjamin Talbot 1.00
Dover. Second Cong. Ch. 30.16
Edinburg. Cong. Ch. 17.00
Elyria. Rev. E. E. Williams 1.50
Garrettsville. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury 10.10
Greenfield. Cong. Ch. 3.80
Gustavus. Cong. Ch. 6.50
Hampden. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Hartford. Mrs. E. R. Rexford, 5; Cong. Ch.,
3.85 8.85
Hudson. Cong. Ch. 12.08
Ironton. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Jefferson. Cong. Ch. 3.50
Kingsville. Myron Whiting 100.00
Lafayette. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Lorain. Cong. Co. (10 of which bal. to const.
WILLIAM AMZI DICK L. M.) 44.00
Madison. Central Cong. Ch., 25; Mrs. L. H.
Roe. 25; Mrs. E. A. Crocker, 5; Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Wilcox, 5; Mrs. Eliza Strong, 5 65.00
Medina. Cong. Ch., to const. MAY WOODWARD,
HERBERT ROSS, JOHN P. CALVERT and JOHN
DANNLEY L. M.’s, 140.71; J. Donnaly’s Sab.
Sch. Class, 5 145.71
North Kingsville. Rev E. J. Comings 10.00
North Ridgeville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for
Williamsburg, Ky._ 3.00
Norwalk. “T. H.” 5.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., 161.75; First Cong.
Ch., 63; Miss Mary L. Matthews, 5 229.75
Painsville. Cong. Ch., 3.02; Miss L. Smith, 1 4.02
Rootstown. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., 15.44; Rev. G. H.
Peeke, 2 17.44
Tallmadge. First Cong. Ch. 4.50
Toledo. Washington St. Cong. Ch., 31.42; “A
Friend of H. and F. Missions,” 5 36.42
Wakeman. Second Cong. Ch. 8.00
Warren. Cong. Ch. 10.60
York. Cong. Ch. 24.00
Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Ohio, by Mrs.
Ella J. Mahony, Treas., _for Woman’s Work_:
Akron. L. M. S., First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Burton. H. M. S. 20.00
Claridon. H. M. S. 10.00
Cleveland. Girls’ Mission Band,
Bethlehem Welsh Ch. 5.00
Cleveland. W. H. M. S., First Cong.
Ch. 2.84
Cleveland. Y. P. S. C. E., First
Cong. Ch. 7.40
Garrettsville. Aux. 5.00
Harmer. Oak Grove Mission Band 10.00
Harmer. L. H. M. S. 7.35
Hudson. L. H. M. S. 1.75
Litchfield. H. M. S. 5.00
North Bloomfield. H. M. S. 5.00
Oberlin. H. M. S. of Second Cong.
Ch. 107.00
Oberlin. Woman’s Aid Soc. of First
Cong. Ch. 75.50
Randolph. H. M. S. 5.00
—————— 286.84
————————
$1,467.28

LEGACY.

Madison. Estate of Mrs. H. B. Fraser, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 200.00
Oberlin. Estate of Alonzo Bailey 150.85
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$1,818.13

INDIANA, $11.00.

Liber. Thomas Towle 1.00
New Corydon. Geo. Stolz 10.00

ILLINOIS, $1,337.61.

Atkinson. Cong. Ch. 7.09
Aurora. N. L. Janes 10.00
Avon. Cong. Ch. 13.68
Beecher. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Earlville. “J. A. D.” 50.00
Chicago. New Eng. Cong. Ch., 25.24; Lake View
Cong. Ch., 10; Union Park Cong. Ch., adl.,
5; “H. E. D.,” 3; “Cash,” 2.56; “Cash,” 50c. 46.30
Clinton. Franklin C. King 1.00
Delavan. R. Hoghton 10.00
Dover. By Rev. I. Brown 5.80
Dundee. Cong. Ch. 10.92
Elgin. Cong. Ch. 98.90
Emington. Cong. Ch. 5.25
Galesburg. First Cong. Ch. 80.00
Glencoe. Ch. of Christ 52.35
Granville. Y. P. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 20; “A
Friend,” 5 25.00
Greenville. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Gridley. Cong. Ch. 13.50
Jacksonville. James M. Longley 5.00
Joy Prairie. Cong. Ch., to const. JAMES W.
TUPPER L. M. 45.55
Lacon. “Dorcas” 25.00
La Salle. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Marseilles. Cong. Ch. 33.55
Mattoon. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Millburn. Cong. Ch. 17.00
Moline. First Cong. Ch. 72.41
Oak Park. Young Men’s Miss’y Soc., by Willis
L. Herrick, Pres., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 50.00
Oak Park. Y. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Orange. H. Rowles 5.00
Paxton. Mrs. J. B. Shaw 20.00
Payson. J. K. Scarborough 100.00
Plainfield. Cong. Ch. 10.25
Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss, 25; Cong. Ch.,
12.30; Mrs. S. C. Clapp, 10; Rev. F. Bascom,
10 57.30
Rochelle. C. F. Holcomb 20.00
Roscoe. “A Friend” 5.00
Roseville. Cong. Ch. 9.13
Sandwich. Cong. Ch. 35.00
Sheffield. Cong. Ch. 30.62
Stillman Valley. Cong. Ch. 41.40
Toulon. Cong. Ch., to const. EDWARD B.
STARRETT L. M. 35.62
Waukegan. Cong. Ch., 9.75; Y. P. M. Soc. of
Cong. Ch., 12 21.75
Wauponsee Grove. Cong. Ch. 14.37
Wheaton. Mrs E. H. D. French 0.50
Winnebago. N. F. Parsons, 15; Mrs. O. T.
Holcomb, 2 17.00
Yorkville. Mrs. Sarah J. Wheeler, 5; Mrs.
Elvira H. Colton, 5 10.00
Woman’s Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. B. F.
Leavitt, Treas., _for Woman’s Work_:
Atkinson. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 5.00
Chicago. Ladies’ M. Soc., Leavitt
St. Ch. 1.82
Illini. “Thank Offering” 8.00
Moline. To const. Mrs. W. W. BEARBY
L. M. 30.00
New Windsor 5.00
Oak Park. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. 31.75
Rockford. H. M. Soc. of Second Ch. 32.60
Rockford. W. H. M. Soc. of First Ch. 20.65
Rockford. Ladies’ M. Soc. of First
Ch. 9.20
Thawville. L. H. and For. M. Soc. 1.90
Toulon. Ladies 3.45
—————— 149.37

MICHIGAN, $961.17.

Addison. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Almont. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Ann Arbor. “A Friend,” 30, to const. ERNEST
PERRY L. M.; Mrs. Maria Wood, 2.50 32.50
Benzonia. —— 5.00
Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. Stickney 1.00
Calumet. “Mission Band,” by Miss Gertrude
Colton, _for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund_ 25.00
Covert. Albert Packard, _for Talladega C._ 10.00
Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 210.60; Arthur H.
Bigg. M. D., to const. MRS. ADALINE E. W.
BIGG L. M., 30 240.60
East Gilead. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Edwardsburg. S. C. Olmsted 5.00
Grand Rapids. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for Woman’s Work_ 25.00
Hancock. Cong. Ch. 91.00
Hancock. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Talladega C._ 12.00
Homestead. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.00
Jackson. Mrs. L. C. Nash and daughter 5.00
Kalamazoo. Cong. Ch., 96.11; Sarah M. Sleeper,
5 101.11
Lansing. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. LUCY
WHEELER L. M. 30.50
Manistee. Y. L. M. Soc., by Miss A. E. Lewis,
Treas., _for Oahe Ind’l Sch._ 50.00
Memphis. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Olivet. W. B. Palmer, 50; Morning Star Mission
Band, 10, _for Talladega C._ 60.00
Pontiac. Cong. Ch. 6.05
Portland. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Saginaw City. Mrs A. M. Spencer 2.00
Standish. First Cong. Ch. 2.00
Summit. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Three Rivers. E. B. Linsley 2.00
Traverse City. First Cong. Ch. 29.18
Union City. Cong. Ch., 35; “A Friend,” 50 85.00
Watervliet. Cong. Ch. 10.81
Wayne. Cong. Ch. 8.00
West Adrian. First Cong. Ch. 15.42
Ypsilanti. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Woman’s Home Miss’y Union, by Mrs. E. F.
Grabill, Treas., _for Woman’s Work_:
Allendale. W. H. and F. M. Soc. 6.00
Ypsilanti. Cheerful Helpers 5.00
Ypsilanti. Women of the Ch. 5.00
———— 16.00

WISCONSIN, $850.82.

Beloit. First Cong. Ch., 27; Mrs. Sanford
Richardson, 5 32.00
Berlin. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Boscobel. Cong. Ch., _for Woman’s Work_ 10.00
Columbus. C. Baker 5.00
Darlington. Cong. Ch. 7.05
Fox Lake. M. Jarvis 5.00
Hartland. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Lake Geneva. Mrs. Geo. Allen 5.00
Lancaster. Cong. Ch. 58.10
Madison. First Cong. Ch., 39.26; “A. E. H. D.,” 1 40.26
Madison. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00
Menasha. E. D. Smith 50.00
Milwaukee. Win. Dawes, 40; Tab. Welsh Cong.
Ch., 3 43.00
Monroe. Miss Frances A. Locke 5.00
Pewaukee. Cong. Ch. 5.80
Racine. Mrs. M. B. Erskine 50.00
River Falls. First Cong. Ch. 40.00
Shawano. Chas. Upham, _for Talladega C._ 10.00
Sheboygan. Dea. D. Brown 1.00
Sparta. First Cong. Ch., 17.59, and Sab. Sch.,
17.25 34.84
Whitewater. Geo. S. Marsh, “In Memoriam of
Fred. B. Marsh,” 200; “Tithe Fund,” 5 205.00
By Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Wisconsin,
_for Woman’s Work_:
Arena. W. H. M. S. 3.25
Barneweld. W. H. M. S. 5.00
Beloit. L. M. S. of First Cong. Ch. 10.60
Boscobel. W. H. M. S. 5.00
Brandon. W. H. M. S. 4.00
Columbus. Ladies of Olivet Cong. Ch. 35.00
Eau Claire. L. H. M. S. of First
Cong. Ch. 11.70
Fond du Lac. L. H. M. S. 10.00
Milton. L. H. M. S. 4.00
Oshkosh. L. H. M. S. 10.00
Stoughton. S. S. Birthday Box 0.47
Wauwatosa. L. M. S. 9.25
Stoughton. “A Friend,” 3; “A
Friend,” 2; Rainbow Soc., 1 6.00
—— “A Friend,” by Mrs. Jeremiah Porter 70.00
—————— 184.27
Woman’s Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. C. C.
Keeler, Treas., _for Woman’s Work_:
Arena. W. M. Soc. 5.00
Mazomanie. W. H. M. S. 2.00
Milton 6.00
Stoughton 3.00
—————— 16.00

IOWA, $197.43.

Algona. Mrs. Mary H. Carter 5.00
Ames. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Bear Grove. Union Sab. Sch. Infant Class, _for
Rosebud Indian M._ 1.25
Cedar Falls. Cong. Ch. (10 of which from Mrs.
A. G. Thompson) 20.00
Cherokee. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
McIntosh, Ga._ 5.00
Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 13.37
Creston. Cong. Ch. 23.00
Cromwell. Cong. Ch. 3.15
Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch. 17.00
Denmark. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Des Moines. North Park Cong. Ch., 5.05;
“Traveler,” 1 6.05
Dunlap. Cong. Ch. 13.20
Dubuque. First Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. M. J.
NICHOSON L. M. 54.37
Eldon. Cong. Ch. 9.30
Greene. Rudolph Landes 4.00
Iowa City. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.08
Keokuk. Cong. Ch. 20.70
Marion. Cong. Ch. 16.09
Newton. Cong. Ch. 12.61
Postville. Cong. Ch. 16.43
Rockford. Cong. Ch. 12.15
Tabor. Cong. Ch. 66.47
University Place. “A Friend” 15.00
Waterloo. Cong. Ch., 20; Rev. Moses K. Cross, 10 30.00
By Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Iowa, _for
Woman’s Work_:
Anamosa. Freedman’s Soc. 18.00
Council Bluffs 20.00
Dubuque. Y. L. Ben. Soc. 22.55
Eldon. Mrs. M. B. Holyoke 1.00
Emmetsburg. W. H. M. U. 10.00
Genoa Bluffs. Ladies 1.30
Harlan. Ladies 1.70
Rockford. Ladies 1.86
Sheldon. Ladies 1.00
Waterloo. Ladies 11.80
—————— 89.21

MINNESOTA, $753.51.

Alexandria. Ladies’ Home Miss’y Soc., _for
Woman’s Work_ 20.00
Amiret. Mrs. L. H. Dwinnell 2.00
Austin. Cong. Union Ch., 42.66; Mrs. S. C.
Bacon, 10 52.66
Brownsville. Mrs. S. M. McHose 5.00
Clearwater. Cong. Ch. “Birthday Box” 2.82
Edina. Mission Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 2.00
Excelsior. Cong. Ch. 13.72
Glyndon. Church at Glyndon, 8.91, and Sab.
Sch., 70c. 9.61
Hopkins. Mission Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.50
Lake City. Cong. Ch. 6.72
Litchfield. Miss’y Band, by Mrs. Hattie
Greenleaf, _for Student Aid, Storrs Sch.,
Atlanta, Ga._ 20.00
Mankato. “Missionary Garden,” by Emma Hegeman,
Treas. 14.08
Mankato. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., by H. Pierson,
Sec., _for Woman’s Work_ 12.00
Mazeppa. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 10.00
Mazeppa. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 3.00
Minneapolis. Miss Mary T. Hale, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 19; Mrs. D. C. Bell,
5; Vine Cong. Ch., 12.70; Union Ch., 5.59 42.29
Rochester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 1.30
Waseca. Cong. Ch. 8.50
Worthington. Sab. Sch. Union Cong. Ch. 5.08

Woman’s Home Miss’y Union, by Mrs. J. N.
Cross, Treas., _for Woman’s Work_:
Austin. W. M. S. 23.13
Cottage Grove. W. M. S. 8.50
Excelsior. Aux. 2.47
Granite Falls. W. M. S. 3.94
Glyndon. W. M. S. 10.00
Minneapolis. Plym. W. H. M. S., to
const. MRS. ELIZABETH C. GALE
and MRS. ORPHA P. SMITH L. M’s 99.00
Minneapolis. Second. Ch. W. M. S. 12.50
Minneapolis. First Ch. W. M. S. 30.00
Minneapolis. Plym. Y. L. M. S. 22.50
Minneapolis. East-side Mission
Bible Class and Sew. Sch. 5.00
Owatonna. W. M. S. 15.00
Saint Paul. Plym. W. H. M. S. 25.00
Saint Paul. Mrs. Dr. Higbee 25.00
Waseca. W. M. S. 4.52
——————— 286.56
By Rev. T. L. Riggs, _for Oahe Ind’l Sch_:
Lake City. J. Manning 5.00
Lake City. —— 0.70
Litchfield. First Presb. Ch. and
“Friends” 22.00
Ottumwa. —— 8.00
Minneapolis. Vine Cong. Ch. 19.01
Minneapolis. Second Cong. Ch. 10.41
Minneapolis. “Friends” 6.00
Minneapolis. Miss C. King 5.00
Minneapolis. “Pilg’m Friends” 2.40
Minneapolis. Mrs. J. H. Butters 2.00
Minneapolis. Mrs. W. Butters 2.00
Minneapolis. R. L. Prodt 1.00
Rochester. Cong. Ch. 20.29
Saint Paul. Sab. Sch. Plym. Ch. 75.00
Waseca. Cong. Ch. 13.25
Waseca. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.47
Winona. Rev. J. H. Crum 2.00
Winona. —— Hubbard 5.00
Worthington. “Friends” 3.22
——————— 206.75

MISSOURI, $31.00.

Laclede. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Seward 5.00
Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. 26.00

KANSAS, $2,257.67.

Brookville. Rev. S. G. Wright 2.00
Burlingame. Mrs. Mary S. Leonard 0.50
Chapman. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Council Grove. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Emporia. First Cong. Ch. 47.71
Lawrence. Cong. Ch., 10; Pilgrim Ch., 1 11.00
Manhattan. “Friends,” 16.00
Meriden. J. Rutty 10.00
Milford. Cong. Ch. 2.30
Osawatomie. Cong. Ch., 5; Rev. S. L. Adair, 5 10.00
Topeka. First Cong. Ch. 108.14
Valley Falls. Cong. Ch. 15.25
Wyandotte. Cong. Ch. 14.77
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$257.67

LEGACY.

Olathe. Estate of Miss Fanny A. Beckwith by
Watts Beckwith (1,000 of which _for Chinese
M._ and 30 to const. REV. B. F. WORRELL L. M.) 2,000.00
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$2,257.67

DAKOTA, $96.55.

Chamberlin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Oahe
Ind’l Sch._ 2.60
Fort Berthold. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Harwood. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Henry. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Ipswich. Cong. Ch. 6.25
Jamestown. Mrs. M. S. Wells 5.00
Lake Henry. Cong. Ch. 8.60
Lake Preston. By Mrs. Sue Fifield, Terr.
Treas. H. M. S. 4.46
Volga. Cong. Ch. 1.57
Wahpeton. First Cong. Ch. 6.07
Yankton. Cong. Ch. 41.00

COLORADO, $39.00.

Denver. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for Oahe
Ind’l Sch._ 35.00
Fort Lewis. Mrs. J. B. Irvine 4.00

NEBRASKA, $115.36.

Arborville. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Camp Creek. Cong. Ch. 18.25
Crete. Mrs. A. B. Pratt 2.00
Exeter. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., by Mrs. D. B.
Perry 5.00
Lincoln. Cong. Ch. 27.85
Omaha. Saint Mary’s Av. Cong. Ch. 38.51
Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 3.50
Red Cloud. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Santee Agency. Indian pupils—Charles Hoffman,
2; Frank Redstone, 2; Arthur Tibbetts, 1;
Alfred Mandan, 1; David Livingston, 1; James
Milbourne, 1; Edward Wanstall, 75c.; Grover
Cleveland, 50c. 9.25

CALIFORNIA, $5.00.

Los Angeles. Mrs. Milo Whiting 5.00

OREGON, $45.00.

Oregon City. Cong. Ch. 13.50
Salem. Cong. Ch. 17.50
The Dalles. First Cong. Ch. 14.00

MONTANA, $7.00.

Helena. First Cong. Ch. 7.00

WASHINGTON TER., $33.00.

Medical Lake. First. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Skokomish. Cong. Ch. 17.75
Tacoma. Mrs. Eliza Taylor 5.25

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $17,400.21.

Washington. U.S. Government, _for Indian M._ 17,357.21
Washington. First Cong. Ch., 24; Lincoln
Mission, 10; Lincoln Memorial Ch., 4;
Tabernacle Ch., 5 43.00

VIRGINIA, $6.57.

Herndon. Cong. Ch. 6.57

KENTUCKY, $64.70.

Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. 57.45
Williamsburg. Rent 7.25

TENNESSEE, $2,700.55.

Jonesboro. Cong. Ch., 25.14; Miss’y Soc.,
6.90, and Sab. Sch., 4.25 36.29
Memphis. Slater Fund 1,000.00
Nashville. Slater Fund 1,650.00
Nashville. Union Cong. Ch. 12.50
Nashville. Coll’s at Sab. Sch. in Fisk U. held
by three children of the Faculty during
vacation 1.76

NORTH CAROLINA, $16.40.

Oakes. “Friends,” by Miss E. W. Douglass 3.15
Troy. Cong. Ch. 0.50
Wilmington. Tuition, 7.75; “Thank offering,” 5 12.75

GEORGIA, $526.00.

Atlanta. Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, D.D., 5; Wm. A.
Haygood, 5; J. G. Thrower, 5; “A Friend,” 5,
_for Atlanta U._ 20.00
Macon. Slater Fund 500.00
Marietta. Cong. Ch., 3, and Sab Sch., 2 5.00
Savannah. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, for
Student Aid, Hampton Inst. 1.00

ALABAMA, $1,424.65.

Florence. First Cong. Ch. 3.00
Talladega. Slater Fund 1,400.00
Talladega. Rev. H. S. DeForest, 11.25; M. H.
Clary, _for Talladega C._, 8.40; Tuition, 2 21.65

FLORIDA, $6.00.

Daytona. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Orange City. “From one who loves the Lord,” 1.00

LOUISIANA, $1,003.00.

Haasville. Mrs. F. D. Blood 3.00
New Orleans. Slater Fund 1,000.00

MISSISSIPPI, $1,515.00.

Homewood. W. H. Thomas 1.00
Tougaloo. Slater Fund 1,500.00
Tougaloo. W. D. Hitchcock, 10; Rent, 4. 14.00

TEXAS, $631.20.

Austin. Slater Fund 600.00
Helena. Cong. Ch. 31.20

INCOMES, $1,685.00.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 1,555.00
Belden Sch’p Fund, _for Talladega C._ 30.00
C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00
General Endowment Fund 50.00

CHINA, $25.00.

Faiku. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Clapp, of Shansi
Mission, North China 25.00
==========
Donations $29,453.99
Legacies 8,542.83
Incomes 1,685.00
Rents 11.25
U.S. Government, _for Indians_ 17,357.21
Slater Fund 7,650.00
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Total for September $64,700.28
Total from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 306,761.31
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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for September $48.59
Previously acknowledged 996.22
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Total $1,044.81
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THEOLOGICAL ENDOWMENT FUND.

North Bloomfield, Ohio. “A Friend,” _for
Talladega C._ $709.25
=========

H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,
56 Reade St., N.Y.

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Literary Notes.

THE LINCOLN history in _The Century_, by the private secretaries of Mr. Lincoln, Messrs. Nicolay and Hay, will deal during the coming year with the political and military history of the early period of the war. New light will be thrown upon certain events of that period by the publication of correspondence and other documents never before printed, and unknown to but a small circle. The historians now enter upon a more important and personal part of their narrative. The publication of this history has brought an increase of 25,000 subscribers to _The Century_.

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MRS. FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT will contribute a short serial to the coming volume of _St. Nicholas for Young Folks_, which is said to be a worthy successor of that author’s famous “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” which appeared in _St. Nicholas_ a year ago. Joel Chandler Harris, John Burroughs, Frank R. Stockton, H. H. Boyesen, J. T. Trowbridge, Col. Richard M. Johnstone, and Louisa M. Alcott are among the many distinguished writers who will contribute serial and short stories to this famous magazine for young people.

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GEORGE W. CABLE will contribute a novelette to early numbers of _The Century_, and Frank R. Stockton has written a three-part story, “The Dusantes,” for the same magazine. Mr. Stockton’s new novel, “The Hundredth Man,” has just been issued.

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THE SIBERIAN PAPERS, by George Kennan, will be a great feature of _The Century_ for the coming year. Mr. Kennan has just returned from a journey of 15,000 miles through European and Asiatic Russia, undertaken at the request of the editor of _The Century_. By means of a circular letter from the Russian Minister of the Interior, Mr. Kennan was enabled to visit nearly every important prison and mine in Siberia.

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