Chapter II: Part 2

The boys and girls seemed happy, too, and when I looked at their faces in the chapel and met them later in the home and school, I found in many of them a gentleness and frankness, a trustfulness and willingness to be taught, that surprised me. I had looked for less of these qualities than in white children, but I found more than would be found in most white schools.

Their reverence and attention in church, too, was in striking contrast with what I have seen in many places where the children seem to take no part in the worship. These children always take the attitude of devotion during prayer, and sit quietly and with serious demeanor through three or four services on Sunday. They seem to enjoy it, too, even when there is a part that they imperfectly understand, on account of the use of two languages in these services. They love Bible stories and hymns, and accept what they are taught concerning religious things, with a simplicity that I have been used to finding only in the youngest. Perhaps it is because they are so shut in by themselves here. They know little of the indifference or half concealed hostility to religious truth that is so common in larger communities, even among those who attend church regularly.

During the first weeks here, while our windows were constantly open, I was struck by the amount of singing I heard. From more than one of the houses where the scholars live I could hear the hymn sung at morning prayers; then came the voices of the school in their opening exercises, and later of the music classes. Beside this we often heard the boys and girls singing in recreation hours for pleasure, and again at night before retiring, their evening hymn. The sacred words and the young voices could not fail to bring good thoughts, and I was reminded of Luther’s saying, “The devil always flies from music, especially sacred music, because he is a gloomy spirit, and cannot bear joy and gladness.”

I am conscious that after three months here I see many things in a different light from that in which I first saw them. I have learned that there are some peculiar hindrances to teaching the Indians, so that it is by no means always easy. I have learned, also, that the teachers, with all their happiness in their work, see enough of sickness and ignorance and evil many times to make their hearts ache.

Yet the cheerful view I received at first was not a false one. There is more to make one sad here than in many other places, but there is also much to make one glad. There is the constant contact with young life, the opportunity to see how much the every-day blessings of home and school are worth to those who have not had them, the sympathy that comes from a common purpose frankly avowed, and in addition there are abundant opportunities and favorable conditions for teaching these boys and girls to love Christ, and to feel concerning themselves,

“He’s fitting us to enter
Into His service sweet.”

I think nearly all who are here, both teachers and scholars, feel that this lonely little cluster of buildings away off on an Indian reservation, is, for them, one of the best places the earth contains.

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THE CHINESE.

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BY REV. W. C. POND.

“A great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are
many adversaries.”—1 _Cor_., xvi, 9.

What Paul experienced at Ephesus, we find to be true in our humble work among the Chinese in California. We are grateful that the door is open, and that it is as great and as effectual as it is. We cannot deny that there are also “many adversaries.”

Our Chinese brethren think that some of these, among their own countrymen, and even among the pupils in our schools, are peculiarly annoying. Jee Gam was telling me, a few days since, of an experience with one of these, which I asked him to write out for the readers of THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY:

“Several months ago, while Mrs. Lamont, Gin Foo King and myself, were busily engaged in teaching the other scholars at the Barnes school, our attention was diverted by the voice of one who was not studying, but talking aloud. He was a pompous fellow, who, though he is only a servant, dresses like a very rich man. Working for $16 per month, he wears a purple figured silk coat and a gold bracelet. He puts on the appearance, in the school-room, of high breeding and great learning. As we listened to him, this is what we heard: ‘What doctrine have the foreigners? They have no duty between Emperor and officials, parents and children, elder and younger brother, husband and wife, or even between friends; but we, Chinese, are taught by our great sage, Confucius. His teaching on these duties is above all that men ever taught on earth. The foreigner has not the son of heaven (meaning the Emperor). When he is 21 years old he leaves his home and thinks no more of his parents; not only so, but leaves them to take care of themselves. The husband lends his wife to his friends, who walk with her arm in arm on the street. The way of courtship and marriage is like that of beasts. He knows no politeness, no integrity, no modesty, and no shame; in fact, all foreigners are barbarians. Confucius said: “I have heard of barbarians becoming Chinese, but have never heard of Chinese becoming barbarians.”’ He continued at length in that way. Gin Foo King and I listened till patience failed us. ‘Where did you get your knowledge about the foreigners?’ I asked. ‘What do you know of the Bible?’ He gave no answer. ‘Who are these people that Confucius called barbarians? Were they Americans, or English, or Germans? Would you take your teacher, Mrs. Lamont, for a barbarian? Would you claim that you are more enlightened than she?’ I then explained to him that those whom Confucius called barbarians were people within the Chinese Empire; his China was a small country, covering only a few of the present central provinces, and all the people outside that district were esteemed to be barbarians. There were no Americans when he lived, and as to English and Germans, he knew nothing about them. He did not call _them_ barbarians.”

When the pupils heard this, they laughed at the pretentious scholar. Since then he does not loudly and boastfully contend; at least, in our presence; but I have reason to think that he works against us privately. We pray for him, and we hope that God will answer our prayers and open his eyes and change his heart, so that he may see the beauty and the excellence there is in Christ.

Our brethren are justified in praying for such adversaries. Some years ago one who had (for the sake of learning English) been very constant at the Oakland school, on becoming a Christian confessed that for months he had carried a pistol in his pocket, determined, if he could with safety, to shoot Jee Gam because of his zeal in leading his countrymen to Christ. We did not labor for that “adversary” in vain.

Another was formerly a constant attendant at the Bethany school, and a constant student of the New Testament. But it was in search of material with which to counteract the influence of helpers and teachers, and hold his fellow pupils firm to the ancestral faith. Among other passages he came upon that one in Matt. ix, 17, which speaks of the new wine in old bottles. It served his purpose admirably. “China,” he said, “is an old bottle, very old; you must not put this new doctrine into it; it will burst.” But Hong Sing, who was then a member of this school, answered him well: “It is not China that is old and weak, but our heathen customs of worshipping ancestors and buying luck at the shrine of Joss, etc., etc. Put the doctrine of Christ into these and it will burst them certainly; but put it into China, and it will make her stronger and fairer than ever.”

One Sunday evening, sitting in my study, preparing for our evening service, while the Chinese Sunday-school was going on in an adjoining room, I overheard some Chinaman vigorously exhorting the pupils. I went out to see who it was. It was this “adversary.” I asked what he was saying. “He is telling us,” a pupil replied, “that he has found out that Jesus is the true God and only Saviour, and asking us all to believe in Him.”

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BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK.

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A WEEK AT A NORMAL SCHOOL.

A visitor at one of our normal schools in the South asked the principal for a schedule of a week’s work, _outside_ of the regular school duties. The visitor reports this school to be equal to Northern schools of the same grade and one where the aim is not only to promote good scholarship but also to develop earnest and intelligent Christian character.

SCHEDULE.

Sunday, 9 A. M. Miss H. S. S. Teacher’s Meeting.
Sunday, 10 A. M. S. S. Church and Choir.
to 1 P. M.
Sunday, P. M. S. S. Class, Reading and
Prayer Meeting.
Sunday, 7:30 P. M. Church Service.
Monday Miss P. Mothers’ Meeting.
Monday 3:30 P. M. Miss L. Girl’s Society.
Monday 3:30 P. M. Miss F. School Visitation.
Tuesday, 4 to 5 P. M. Miss F. Class Prayer Meeting.
Tuesday, 7:30 P. M. Church Prayer Meeting.
Wednesday School Visitation.
Wednesday 6 P. M. School Teacher’s Meeting.
Wednesday 7:30 P. M. Miss H. Reading Circle.
Thursday Miss F. and Girls’ Prayer and D. B.
others Work.
Thursday 3:30 P. M. Teacher’s Class.
Thursday 7:30 P. M. Daniel’s Band, Bible Study
and School Prayer Meeting.
Friday School Visitation.
Friday Miss L. Primary Teacher’s Meeting.
Friday Individual Work.
Saturday Cleaning, Mending, etc.
Saturday Miss H. Music Lessons.

In addition to this regular missionary work every week and every day in the week, there are Temperance and Missionary meetings, the preparation of Missionary letters and various incidental Christian works. This school is a fair illustration of all.

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HOW WE RAISED THE DEBT.

Mother was East and father had gone to the Association at Plankington. Only _Taute_ was left to keep us straight. We had run through the list and done most everything, except going swimming and the pillow-fight. There were still several raw September days to be disposed of.

Putting the play-room to rights one day, our throats just ached for chocolate creams. We would make Taute pay so much a sight of the play-room in apple-pie order. Taute would not be taxed, but would like some jumping-jacks and nuns for her little Oahe girls, and we could come by our chocolate creams honestly.

It would be hard to tell how it all came about, for one said one thing and one another, until out of all the Babel and confusion we decided on a fair, a real missionary fair. How our tongues wagged while our fingers flew! How the jumping-jacks multiplied, and the sedate little nuns came trooping forth each with prayer-book and rosary, after whole families of pert-looking acorn dolls! As by magic the bright bits of paper grew into kites, mats and book-markers, and pen-wipers and pin-cushions; how could one have a fair without them!

The day came at last. We had from Thursday evening until the next Monday afternoon. (What a trying day Sunday was. Do you think it was very, very wicked counting our jacks and nuns, and seeing how much they would bring?)

The dining-room table Mamma let us have, and a string running across the room made a splendid trapeze, where the nuns flirted and danced with their jacks, the tea-kettles bubbled and the acorn baskets turned somersaults. Oh! ’twas just shocking! And the acorn dolls that kept watch over the fancy articles didn’t behave a bit better. They bowed and curtseyed until their heads bobbed off. Even the brave potato-man, who was marshal of the day, could scarcely sit still on his potato-horse. Perhaps they felt good because they were going to raise the A. M. A. debt.

And it was just as Mabel and Olive had said: Miss Haynes did buy a jack and Miss Leonard a nun, and Miss Ilsley and Miss Pratt both took dolls. Then those who had jacks wanted nuns and those who had nuns must have jacks, and no one could resist the acorn dolls, their heads rolled off so easily. Our buttonhole bouquets, too, were just one cent, and little Ruthie Chadbourne’s papa and mamma thought missionary candy very good for her, so they bought ever so many little scallop-shells full at five cents apiece.

Miss Hunter, of Greenwood, was here, and had to buy out of politeness, and when it was all over Mamma bought us out—that was, we are quite sure, out of kindness. We had forgotten to say that Father and Mother had come home. They had to come to help buy the things, you see. Now that it is all over, we want you should know what a happy time we had, and send you our pennies to raise the debt with. Your friends and co-workers,

THREE LITTLE RIGGS CHILDREN
AND THEIR THREE RIGGS-WARNER COUSINS.

P. S.—We have forgotten all about our chocolate creams.

SANTEE AGENCY, Neb., September, 1886.

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RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1886

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MAINE, $421.41.

Bangor. Hammond St. Cong. Ch., ad’l, 37.50;
First Cong. Sab. Sch., 17.51; Cen. Cong. Ch.
and Soc., 10. $65.01
Bangor. W. S. Dennett, 26; John L. Crosby, 2
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 28.00
Bath. Mrs. James Covel. 1.00
Blue Hill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00
Brewer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Calais. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Talladega
C._ 10.00
Castine. Mrs. C. M. Cushman, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 6.00
Castine. “Your loving little friends.” Mary
and Margaret J. Cushman, 2 ea. 4.00
Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const.
FREDERIC D. LARRABEE and HARRY H. MELCHER,
L. M’s. 67.23
East Orrington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 21.00
Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l to
const. MRS. SARAH J. HAMBLIN, SUMNER L.
OSBORNE and GEORGE W. CROCKER, L. M’s. 22.03
New Gloucester. By Mrs. A. R. Jordan, 4; Two
bbls. and one box of goods, _for Selma, Ala._ 4.00
Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
North Anson. Mrs. Eunice S. Brown. 10.00
Norway. Mrs. Mary K. Frost. 2.50
Orono. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Portland. Williston Sab. Sch., to const. DR.
A. K. P. MESERVE and EDMUND T. GARLAND, L.
M’s. 60.00
Saco. First Parish Cong. Ch. 10.64
South Gardiner. Cong. Ch. 6.00
South Paris. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Union. By Mrs. S. L. Norcross, 5; Two bbls. of
goods, _for Selma, Ala._ 5.00
Waterford. Cen. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Wells. “Christmas Club of Little Children,
Second Ch.,” Pulpit Bible, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._
York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $579.13.

Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.32
Bennington. Children of Cong. Ch., _for
Rosebud Indian M._ 2.10
Bradford. “E. B. G” 1.00
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Campton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00
Concord. Cong. Ch., 76 87; David E. Willard,
5; “A Friend,” 5 86.87
Derry. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for Woman’s
Work_ 20.00
Durham. Miss Carrie Mathes, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 10.00
Goffstown. Mrs. M. A. Stinson, 10; Ladies,
bbl. of Clothing, etc., val. 8, _for Brewer
Inst._ 10.00
Gorham. Cong. Ch. 2.50
Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Haverhill. Cong. Ch. 12.15
Hollis. “A Friend, Christmas Offering” 20.00
Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch., to const.
LEONARD J. TUTTLE, WM. G HALL, MISS LAURA B.
TILDEN, MRS. J. L. WYMAN and AZRO B.
SKINNER, L. M’s. 161.06
Londonderry. C. S. Pillsbury 1.00
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.50
New Ipswich. Children’s 24th Annual Fair (1 of
which from a little boy _for Indian M_)
14.85 and Cong. Sab. Sch., 20, to const.
MISS CARRIE B. WILSON, L. M. 34.85
New Ipswich. Leveritt Lincoln. 10.00
Pelham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.28
Penacook. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.00
Portsmouth. (——). 5.00
Stratham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS.
MARIA H. THOMPSON, L. M. 39.00
Suncook. Mrs. Elsie G. Green. 5.00
Wilton. Second Cong. Ch. 24.50
Winchester. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.00

VERMONT, $890.67.

Barnet. Mrs Mary W. Boardman, 100; Cong. Ch.,
adl., 67.10. 167.10
Barton Landing. Ladies Aid Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
_for McIntosh, Ga._ 5.50
Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. (30 of which to
const. MISS LUCIA E. ADAMS, L. M.) 49.60
Bennington Center. First Cong. Ch. 28.00
Bradford. Mrs. E. C. Redington, by Mrs. Henry
Fairbanks, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 5.00
Cabot. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Chelsea. Cong. Ch. 49.04
Duxbury. Cong. Ch. 5.70
Essex. “Cash”. 4.50
Glover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Granby and Victory. Cong Ch. and Soc. 3.34
Guildhall. Ladies, by Mrs. Geo. Hubbard, _for
McIntosh, Ga._ 5.00
Hartford. Second Cong. Ch., 29.60; “A Friend,”
16. 45.60
Jamaica. Ladies, by Mrs. A. W. Wild, _for
McIntosh, Ga._ 3.00
Manchester. Mrs. Anna B. Burton, to const.
GEORGE G. BURTON, L. M. 30.00
Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.,
_for Atlanta U._
Marshfield. Cong. Ch. 7.42
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 34.68
Montpelier. L. C. Bowen. 5.00
Newbury. Hon. P. W. Ladd. 5.00
New Haven. By Mrs. L. W. Stowe, Two bbls.,
_for Oaks, N.C._
Newport. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs.
Henry Fairbanks. 27.75
Newport. “A Friend, Christmas Offering”. 10.00
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10; Mrs. H.
Burton, 1 11.00
Orwell. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Peacham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.03
Rupert. Cong. Ch. 17.04
Rutland. Gen’l W. Y. Ripley, 25; Hon. Redfield
Proctor, 25, _for Atlanta U._ 50.00
Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 99.87
Springfield. Mrs. B. D. Forbush, _for Macon,
Ga., freight_ 1.80
Stowe. Cong. Ch. 44.00
Townshend. Proceeds of Harvest Festival held
by the boys and girls of Cong. Sab. Sch.,
_for McIntosh, Ga._ 14.66
West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 11.19
West Randolph. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Ladies of Vermont, _for McIntosh, Ga._—
Barton Landing, 1 bbl., freight 2.00
Essex Junction, freight 1.80
Hartland, 1 bbl.
Ludlow, 1 bbl., freight 2.00
North Craftsbury. ½ bbl. freight 2.00
Wallingford, 1 bbl. freight 1.00
Walpole, 1 bbl.
Windham, 1 bbl. 2.00
West Charleston, 9.05
———— 19.85

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,329.42.

Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Amherst. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Andover. Free Christian Ch. 2.85
Ashburnham. M. Wetherbee. 1.00
Ashfield. “A Friend”. 2.00
Ayer. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.80
Boston. Park St. Ch., _for Park St. Mission
Station, Indian M._, 208.62; Homeland Branch
of Sewing Circle, Park St. Ch., _for ed. of
two Indian girls, Oahe, Indian M._, 100;
Union Ch. and Soc., 145.85; Miss Julia S.
Bartlett, _for Student Aid, Atlanta, U.,
Ga._, 100; “A Lady,” 100; Mrs. C. A.
Spaulding, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 50;
Mt. Vernon Ch., Mrs. C. C. Parkhurst, 20;
“Mite from a friend in Central Ch.”, 2, ——
Dorchester; Village Ch. and Soc., 45.47. 771.94
Bridgewater. Central Square Sab. Sch., _for
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Brimfield. Ladies Union of Second Cong. Ch.,
_for Freight_. 2.00
Brookline. “A Friend”. 50.00
Cambridgeport. Mrs. M. L. C. Whitney. 1.50
Charlemont. Cong. Ch. 4.86
Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc. 18.80
Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 58.79;
Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 6.27. 65.06
Curtisville. “Mrs. G. E. D.” 5.00
Dalton. Hon. Z. M. Crane 100.00
Dedham. Cong. Ch. 8.00
East Bridgewater. Union Ch. and Soc. 21.95
Easthampton. Payson Cong. Ch., 221.46; Payson
Ch. Sab. Sch., 50; First Cong. Sab. Sch.,
28.88; “Louise,” 50c. 301.34
East Longmeadow. Eunice Morgan. 0.50
Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.72
Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for Chinese M._ 7.34
Fall River. “Friends,” _for Indian M._ 11.00
Falmouth. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._ 10.00
Fitchburg. Ladies of Rollstone Ch., box of C.,
val. 110, _for Straight U._
Framingham. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 21.55
Framingham. Mrs. T. N. Brewer, 10; Geo.
Nourse, 5. 15.00
Granby. Cong. Ch. to const. DEA. SIMEON
KELLOGG, CYRUS A. SMITH and ARTHUR T.
WARNER, L. M. 100.00
Granville. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb. 10.00
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 37.80; Jeanette
Thompson, 50c. 38.30
Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Hardwick. Cal. Cong. Ch. 8.65
Harwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.92
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4 30.00
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch., 20.26; First Cong.
Ch., adl. by Gen’l Carrington, 10; _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 30.26
Lakeville. “A Friend” 4.50
Leicester. First Cong. Ch. 57.41
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 17.86
Lincoln. Chas. S. Smith and “Other Friends,”
12 bbls. Apples, _for Atlanta U._
Ludlow. “Precious Pearls,” bbl. of C., etc.;
Cash, 2.50, _for Macon, Ga._ 2.50
Lynn. First Ch. of Christ 15.75
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.85
Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 43.00
Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Marion. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Marshfield. Rev. E. Alden, _for Atlanta U._ 20.00
Newburyport. Sab. Sch. Class, North Cong. Ch. 4.21
Newton. Newton Indian Ass’n, ad’l, _for Santee
Indian M._ 20.00
North Abington. Lorenzo Bowen, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 2.00
North Adams. First Cong. Ch. 63.58
Northampton. A. L. Williston, 500; “A Friend,”
50c. 500.50
North Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const.
WILLIAM MOORE, L. M. 70.00
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. 120.53
North Brookfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00
North Brookfield. Union Ch. Sab. Sch., 25;
Cong. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., 14.50, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 39.50
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch., 58.98; South Ch.
and Soc., 52.77, to const. REV. I. C. SMART,
L. M. 111.75
Pittsfield. “Friends,” 29.02; Miss Salsbury’s
School, 13.25, _for Indian M._ 42.27
Pittsfield. Mrs. H. M. Hurd, Box and Bbl. of
C., 4 for freight, _for Tougaloo U._ 4.00
Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Plympton. Rev. V. J. Hartshorne. 5.00
Prescott. Rev. Augustus Alvord 5.00
Prescott. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Marie Adlof
Sch’p Fund._ 0.20
Reading. Cong. Ch. 26.39; “A Friend,” 2. 28.39
Reading. Mrs. Eliza A. White, Bbl. of C.,
etc., _for Macon, Ga._
Rockland. Cong. Ch. 67.00
Rutland. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Somerville. Franklin St. Ch., 19.24; “Friend,”
15, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 34.24
Somerville. Day St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. 6.63
Southboro. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.32
South Hadley Falls. ——, _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 2.00
South Weymouth. Union Ch. and Soc. 36.87
Springfield. South Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Springfield. “Friends,” _for Indian M._ 5.50
Springfield. “Friends,” Box of C., etc., and
Pkg. Miss’y Maps, _for Macon, Ga._
Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 63.67
Stockbridge. Lydia I. Walker, _for Tougaloo,
Miss._ 1.00
Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., adl. to const.
MRS. WM. F. ARMS, ABNER GAY and ALBERT M.
DARLING, L. M’s. 33.60
Taunton. “Friends,” _for Indian M._ 12.50
Taunton. “A Friend.” 1.00
Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.63
Townsend. Harriet N. Spaulding, _for freight_. 3.00
Upton. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. First Cong. Ch., 2
Bbls. of C., 3 for freight, _for Mobile,
Ala._ 3.00
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. 52.32
Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.07
Ware. C. C. Hitchcock, _for Mountain White
Work_. 10.00
Warren. Mrs. Mary B. Carpenter, 5 for Woman’s
Work, and 5 _for Mountain White Work_. 10.00
Watertown. Mrs. E. P. Wilson, _for freight_. 0.45
Waverly. Mrs. Jane D. Butler. 1.00
Westboro. Ladies’ Soc. by Mrs. E. E. Bixby,
_for Woman’s Work_, and to const. MRS.
PAMELIA S. CONVERSE, L. M. 43.00
Westboro. Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc., _for
freight_. 1.50
West Boxford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C.,
_for Thomasville, Ga._
West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.50
West Dennis. Mrs. S. S. Crowell, _for Marie
Adlof Sch’p Fund._ 0.10
West Newbury. J. C. Carr. 4.00
West Medford. Miss Sara J. Blanchard, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 2.00
West Medway. Third Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 30
to const. NATHAN W. DAVENPORT, L. M.; Mrs.
E. C. T. Robbins, 50 c. 30.50
Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 786.96
Whitinsville. Rev. J. Thurston, _freight on_
Boxes, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 24.74
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 4.00
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., Bbl. of C., 1 _for
freight, for Atlanta U._ 1.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 120.55
Winchester. Mrs. Mary F. Smith, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 10.00
Worcester. Union Ch. 176.36
Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 115.44
Worcester. Y. L. Mission Circle, Pilgrim Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 70.00
Worcester. “Mission Harvesters,” Salem St.
Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 65.00
Worcester. Primary and Intermediate Classes
Piedmont Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 38.00
By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass’n.
Chicopee. Third. 10.60
Holyoke. First. 11.91
Holyoke. Second. 67.20
Ludlow. 15.63
South Hadley Falls. 33.00
Springfield. Hope. 30.42
Springfield. Memorial. 53.00
Springfield. North. 34.35
West Springfield. Park St. 34.22 290.33

RHODE ISLAND, $167.48.

East Providence. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Kingston. Cong. Ch. 26.73
Newport. D. B. Fitts, 20; Mary D. Spencer, 10:
Miss Elizabeth Dunn, 2; E. P. Allen, 1; S.
McAdams, 1; “Five Friends,” 5; “A Friend,”
1.50, _for Indian M._ 40.50
Newport. Ladies’ Aid Soc., Trunk of C., etc.,
_for Macon, Ga._
Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 5.25
Providence. Young Ladies’ Mission Circle of
North Cong. Ch. _for Indian M._ 24.00
Rumford. L. Sundberg, _for Santee Indian M._ 5.00

CONNECTICUT, $4,636.05.

Ansonia. C. Chamberlain. 1.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 55.85
Black Rock. Cong. Ch. 30.50
Branford. Birthday Pennies of Infant Dept.
Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Marie Adlof Sch’p
Fund_. 2.25
Bridgeport. Second Cong. Soc., 65.94; Park St.
Ch., 30.56. 96.50
Bristol. Cong. Ch. 10.03
Clinton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.64
Clintonville. Geo. S. Vibbert & Co. 5.00
Columbia. Cong. Ch. 20.07
Cromwell. Cong. Ch. (30 of which to const. E.
S. COE, L. M.) 155.72
Eastford. Cong. Ch. 10.31
East Hartford. First Ch., to const. REV.
CHARLES S. NASH, L. M. 32.00
Enfield. “Friends,” _for Indian M._ 35.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 132.49
Franklin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Groton. Cong. Ch. to const. REV. ANDREW J.
MCLEOD, L. M. 33.18
Groton. “Fire Flies,” by Mrs. C B. Whitman,
_for Rosebud Indian M._, and to const. MISS
MINNIE L. EWEN, L. M. 30.00
Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. MISS MARY
JANE DUDLEY, L. M. 30.00
Haddam. First Cong. Ch. 13.72
Hartford. “Friend,” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Higganum. Cong. Ch. 23.00
Kensington. Cong. Ch. 20.50
Madison. Cong. Ch. 6.72
Meriden. First Cong. Ch., 100 to const. CHAS.
H. PINKS, E. C. LITTLE and NATHAN TAYLOR, L.
M’s.; Center Ch., “A Friend.” 5. 105.00
Middletown. Third Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Milford. Plymouth Ch. 50.00
Milford. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., 13.56; Mrs.
Owen T. Clark, 4, _for Bird’s Nest, Santee
Indian M._ 17.56
Millington. “A Friend.” 4.50
New Britain. South Cong. Ch., to const. THOMAS
W. WILBUR, CLARENCE F. CARROLL and MRS. J.
W. COOPER, L. M’s 113.43
New Britain. First Ch. of Christ (1 of which
_for Indian M._) 94.50
New Britain. C. E. Mitchell, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 10.00
New Canaan. Cong. Ch. 41.10
New Haven. Easter I. Armstrong, _for Grand
River Indian M._ 5.00
New Haven. J. W. Butler 1.00
Newington. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., val. 28,
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._
New London. First Cong. Ch. 46.51
New London. Rev. E. W. Bacon, _for Workshop,
Macon, Ga._ 5.00
New London. “Friends,” _for Indian M._ 1.50
New Milford. First Cong. Ch. 78.39
North Greenwich. Cong. Ch., adl. to const.
AUGUSTUS FERRIS and JABEZ HUSTED, L. M’s. 29.00
North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett. 13.50
North Stamford. “A Friend.” 5.00
Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. 387.20
Norwich Town. “First Cong. Ch.” 20.00
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 17.00
Oxford. Cong. Ch. 19.43
Plainfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 5.00
Plainfield. Y. P. M. S., Box of C., _for
Thomasville, Ga._
Plainville. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Oaks,
N.C._ 20.00
Plainville. Mrs. Mary E. Morse. 5.00
Plantsville. Ladles’ Industrial Soc., by Mrs.
E. W. Twichell, Sec., _for Conn. Industrial
Sch., Ga._ 35.00
Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 68.25
Poquonock. Thomas Duncan, _for Bell for
Woodbine, Ky._ 120.00
Putnam. Second Cong. Ch., adl. to const. JOHN
DAVENPORT, MRS. HENRY TOURTELLOTTE, MRS.
HARRIET E. PALMER and MRS. MARGARETT
MACDONALD, L. M’s. 35.19
Putnam. “Mission Workers,” _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Richford. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Riverton. Rev. S. H. Vietz. 1.00
Rocky Hill. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. (5 of which _for
Indian M._). 5.20
South Coventry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.65
South Britain. Cong. Ch. 2.40
Southport. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 91.51
Stratford. Cong. Ch. 40.45
Terryville. Cong. Ch. 122.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 22.90
Torrington. Ladies of First Cong. Ch. _for
Conn. Indl. Sch., Ga._ 7.00
Vernon Center. Mrs. L. K. Pearl. 0.50
Wallingford. Cong. Ch. 97.71
Washington. F. A. Frisbie. 1.00
Waterbury. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Box of
C., _for Thomasville, Ga._
Weathersfield. Miss Lila Adams’ S. S. Class,
_for Rutland Sew. Sch., Macon, Ga._ 3.00
Westbrook. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Westchester. Cong. Ch. 26.02
West Hartford. First Ch. of Christ, 108.30;
Mrs. Mary A. Butler, 10. 118.30
Westport. Cong. Ch. 14.47
Westport. Richard Wakeman, Nellie Wakeman and
Clara Wakeman, _for Woman’s Work_. 1.56
Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00
Woodbury. “Coral Workers” of North Cong. Ch.,
_for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 50.00
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch., bal. to const.
MRS. MAQUIS GREENE, L. M. 16.33
——. “A Friend in Conn.,” _for Hope Station,
Indian M._ 75.00
By Mrs. S. M. Hotchkiss, Sec. W. H. M. U. of
Conn., _for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga._
Bridgeport. Ladies H. M. Soc. of North Ch. 50.00
Plainfield. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Plainville. Ladies Soc., box of C., val. 59,
_for Williamsburg, Ky._ 60.00
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$3,030.54
LEGACIES.

Southington. Estate of Sally B. Gridley, by
Elizur Fenn, Ex. 1,577.00
Watertown. Estate of Mrs. Huldah Coe, by Leman
W. Cutler, Ex. 28.51
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$4,636.05

NEW YORK, $3,026.74.

Albany. First Cong. Ch. (28 of which _for
Indian M_) 85.60
Albany. Young Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 bbls. of
C., _for Tougaloo U._
Alfred Center. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon 5.00
Allentown. Six Young Girls, Lot of Patchwork,
_for Mobile, Ala._
Baldwinsville. Howard Carter 100.00
Binghamton. First Cong. Ch. 78.67
Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch. (100 of which
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._) 1,601.00
Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, _for Ballard
Building, Tougaloo, Miss._ 407.07
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee
Indian M._ 37.50
Chateaugay. Joseph Shaw 5.00
Coventry. S. A. Beardslee 10.00
De Kalb. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Fairport. Primary Classes of Cong. Sab. Sch.,
_for Santee Indian M._ 10.00
Fairport. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Marie
Adlof Sch’p Fund_ 7.13
Flushing. R. B. Parsons 5.00
Frankfort. D. Hopkins 1.50
Fredonia. Jeannie E. Kinsman, _for Pupil,
Athens, Ala._ 10.00
Gloversville. “Friends,” _for Indian M._ 43.67
Gloversville. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 1.00
Gouverneur. “A Friend” 1.00
Java. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Le Roy. M. J. McEwen 5.00
Maine Village. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 1.30
McGrawville. H. D. Corey 1.00
New York. Pilgrim Ch. to const. JOSIAH
LOMBARD, GEO. L. VAN EMBURG, JAMES PHYFE,
JR., MRS. PHEBE B. LAND, MISS FANNIE M.
CHAMPLIN, MRS. MARY H. ALLEN and WM. C.
HILLS, L. M’s, 192.80; S. T. Gordon, 150; M.
H. Bartow, 2; “A Friend,” 1 345.80
New York. “Two Friends,” 25 ea., _for Indian
M._ (Proceeds sale of gifts contributed by
Miss Ilsley) 50.00
New York. Mrs. H. B. Spelman, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
New York. D. Appleton & Co., _for Fisk U._ 25.00
Oriskany. Mrs. R. W. Porter 1.00
Orwell. Ladies of Cong. Soc., box of C., _for
Tougaloo U._
Owego. L. H. Allen, M.D. 25.00
Perry Center. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.,
_for Tougaloo U._
Randolph. “A Friend” 5.00
Rochester. Mrs. E. M. Rider 5.00
Smyrna. Sab. Sch. Miss’y Soc. of Cong. Ch. 50.00
West Bloomfield. Mrs. Reid and Mrs. Sherrill,
_for Macon, Ga._ 1.50
Whitesboro. Mrs. L. Halsey 10.00
Woodville. Ladies of Cong. Soc., bbl. of C.,
_for Tougaloo U._
By Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas. W. H. M. U. of N.Y.
_for Woman’s Work_.
Binghamton. W. H. M. S. to const.
MRS. DR. ALICE FRENCH MILLS,
L. M. 30.00
Oswego. W. H. M. S. 10.00
Perry Center. Ladies’ Aux. 13.00
—————— 53.00

NEW JERSEY, $166.00.

Arlington. Miss Mary P. Talman 1.00
Arlington. “Friends,” Pkg. of C.
Bound Brook. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., 25; Robert
Swayze, 5; W. H. Whiting, 5, _for Mountain
White Work_ 35.00
Bound Brook. Sab. Sch. Of Cong. Ch. 10.00
East Orange. L. F. Hovey 20.00
Montclair. J. Van Vleck 100.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $492.65.

Center Road. “A Friend” 300.00
Guy’s Mills. Minnie Bronson, _for Freight_ 1.65
North East. Mrs. M. K. Spooner, 5; Miss C. A.
Talcott, 1 6.00
Philadelphia. A. H. STEVENS, M.D., to const.
himself and MRS. A. B. STEVENS, L. M.’s 60.00
Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.09
Pittsburg. B. Preston 100.00

OHIO, $594.10.

Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thomson 2.28
Atwater. “Willing Workers,” _for Freight_ 1.50
Burton. Mrs. L. G. French 1.00
Cincinnati. Walnut Hills Cong. Ch. 47.11
Cincinnati. Mrs. Betsey E. Aydelott 5.00
Cleveland. Mount Zion Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 8.50
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., adl., 7; Rev. H.
Trautman, 3.50 10.50
Conneaut. H. E. Pond, 5, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ Incorrectly ack. in January number
Geneva. Mrs. Mary A. Kingsbury 10.00
Mallet Creek. Miss J. A. Bingham 5.00
Medina. First Con. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 30.25
Medina. J. Dannaly’s Sab. Sch. Class, $5.08;
—— 48c., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.56
Mount Vernon. First Cong. Ch. adl. 20.50
Oberlin. First Cong. Ch. 68.34
Oberlin. Jabez L. Burrell, _for work in
Tennessee_ 41.75
Oberlin. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Indian
girl, Oahe, Dak._ 10.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 10.00
Oberlin. Y. W. C. A., _for Student Aid,
Williamsburg, Ky._ 1.00
Painesville. W. H. Stocking 1.00
Ripley. Mission Band of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Ruggles. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Ruggles. N. E. Gault’s Sab. Sch. Class, _for
Rosebud Indian M._ 3.00
Seville. T. B. and A. C. Dowd 5.00
South Ridge. “U. H.” 0.50
Tallmadge. First Cong. Ch. $39.83, Young
Ladies’ Mission Circle $20 59.83
Tallmadge. Rev. Luther and S. A. Shaw, Bibles,
Val. 2.
Twinsburg. Individuals, by Mrs. J. T. Herrick,
_for Charleston, S.C._ 13.42
Wauseon. Cong. Ch. 17.06
Wellington. First Cong. Ch. to const. DEA. E.
BENEDICT, L. M. 50.00
Wellington. Benev. Soc., by Mrs. Frank
Bennett, _for Oahe Indian M._ 25.00
Yellow Springs. G. Garrison 5.00
—— —— 15.00
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$499.10
LEGACY.

Ravenna. Estate of Samuel Hastings, by H. H.
Nichols, Ex. 95.00
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$594.10

ILLINOIS, $1,560.37.

Batavia. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Cazenovia. “Ebenezer” 5.00
Champaign. Cong. Ch. 35.16
Champaign. Y. P. Aid Soc. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $125; South Cong.
Ch., $46; Rev. Henry Willard, $45; New Eng.
Cong. Ch., $41.55; Leavitt St. Cong. Ch.,
$14.61; Rev J. A. Adams, $5; Western Av.
Cong. Chapel ad’l, $2 279.16
Chicago. Union Park Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Santee Indian M._ 50.00
Dallas City. Sophia Miller 1.50
Galesburg. “Friends,” Bbl. of reading matter,
_for Macon, Ga._
Geneseo. Mrs. A. T. Nourse 30.00
Geneseo. Zenana Soc. 2 Bbls. of C., _for
Tougaloo U._
Hinsdale. Mrs. E. C. Linsley 1.50
Jefferson. Cong. Ch. 12.50
Kewanee. Cong. Ch. 105.50
Lombard. First Ch. 6.70
Marseilles. First Cong. Ch. 5.00
Marshall. Mrs. C. Clark 1.00
Moline. First Cong. Ch. 35.00
Morrison. Cong. Ch. (30 of which to const.
MRS. HENRIETTA SMITH, L. M.) 50.00
Naperville. Prof. G. O. Sindlinger, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00
Naperville. Prof G. W. Sindlinger 5.00
Oak Park. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 51.00
Oak Park. Rev. W. E. Blackstone 3.00
Payson. J. K. Scarborough 100.00
Peoria. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. _for
Mobile, Ala._
Piano. Cong. Ch. 1.25
Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss 10.00
Rockford. Lewis S. Swezey, of First Cong. Ch. 628.60
Rockford. First Cong. Ch. 23.15
Thomasboro. “G.” 4.00
Waverly. Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.32
Wood Lawn Park. Mrs Frank I. Smith, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Wyoming. Cong. Ch. 16.86
By Mrs. B. F. Leavitt, Treas., Ill. W. H. M.
U., _for Woman’s Work_.
Galesburg. W. M. S. of Brick Ch. 36.70
Mendon. W. M. S. 7.50
Rockford. Union in Second Cong. Ch. 7.97
——————
52.17

MICHIGAN, $415.35.

Adrian. B. S. Allen 4.00
Ann Arbor. Cong. Ch., $5; Mrs. C. B. C.
Fuller, $1, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 6.00
Battle Creek. “A mite towards the $350,000” 1.50
Benzonia. First Cong. Ch. 13.50
Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. Stickney 1.00
Calumet. Robert Dobbie 30.00
Calumet. “Helping Hands,” by Mrs. J. N.
Wright, _for Woman’s Work_ 10.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 23.34
Covert. “Band of Hope,” _for Santa Fe Mission_ 1.00
Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 11.89; Trumbull Av.
Cong. Sab. Sch., 3 14.89
East Gilead. Conf. Ch., by Rev. L. Curtiss 2.50
Galesburg. “A Friend”. 58.88
Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rev.
J. H. H. Sengstacke_ 40.00
Greenville. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Hart. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett 2.00
Kalamazoo. E. B. Allen, _for Marie Adlof Sch’p
Fund_ 0.40
Lansing. Plymouth Ch. 30.00
Milford. Mrs. Wm. A. Arms, 5; Eliza Greacen, 1 6.00
Olivet. Wm. B. Palmer 100.00
Tecumseh. James Vincent 10.00
Traverse City. “A Christmas Mite” 1.00
White Cloud. First Cong. Ch. 8.34

WISCONSIN, $248.85.

Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., 35.83. First Cong.
Ch., 22 57.83
Cooksville. Edward Gilley 5.00
Eau Claire. First Cong. Sab Sch. 25.00
Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch. 11.40
Fox Lake. Cong. Ch. 4.94
Janesville. First Cong. Ch., 51.83; L. P. and
M. A. Frost, 5 56.83
Kenosha. Miss E. M. Newcomb 2.00
La Crosse. W. H. Holcomb, Sen. 2.00
Lake Geneva. G. Montague 4.50
Prairie du Chien. Cong. Ch., _for Storrs Sch.
Atlanta, Ga._ 5.00
Raymond. Cong. Ch. 2.10
Ripon. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.49
Sparta. Cong. Ch. 27.57
Whitewater. Cong. Ch. ad’l 35.19
Woman’s Home Missionary Union, _for Woman’s
Work_
Baraboo. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 1.00
Beloit. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 0.50
Black Earth. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 2.00
Brodhead. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 1.00
Raymond. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 2.00
Janesville. “A Friend” 0.50
—————— 7.00

IOWA, $186.85.

Cedar Rapids. Ladies in Cong. Ch., by Iowa W.
H. M. U. 11.55
Cedar Rapids. Miss Laura L. Brockseint 5.00
Central City. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Charles City. First Cong. Ch. 48.93
Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 14.20
Cresco. Cong. Ch. ad’l. 2.00
Dunlap. Cong. Ch. 13.40
Eldora. Cong. Ch. 21.69
Emmetsburg. Cong. Ch. 5.03
Gilman. First Cong. Ch. 4.50
Grand View. German Cong. Ch. 5.00
Hillsboro. John W. Hammond 5.00
Magnolia. Cong. Ch., 5.20, and Sab. Sch., 5 10.20
Monticello. Cong. Ch. 5.51
Oldfield. Highland Sab. Sch. 5.09
Osage. First Cong. Ch. 19.75

MINNESOTA, $381.65.

Austin. Cong. Union Ch. 43.96
Duluth. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 37.04
Excelsior. Cong. Ch. 9.50
Faribault. Cong. Ch. 25.47
Minneapolis. First Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 45.85
Minneapolis. Prof. Wm. M. Bristoll 5.00
Morristown. Union Sab. Sch. 2.50
Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 47.61
Rochester. “Y. L. Whatsoever Club” in Cong. S.
S., 25; Cong. Sab. Sch., 14.50, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 39.50
Saint Charles. First Cong. Ch. 5.55
Saint Cloud. First Cong. Ch. 5.90
Saint Paul. Plym. Cong. Ch. 13.77
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$281.65

LEGACY.

Minneapolis. Estate of Mrs. L. H. Porter, by
Rev. S. F. Porter, Ex. 100.00
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$381.65

MISSOURI, $15.10.

Cameron. Cong. Ch. 5.35
Laclede. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Seward 4.50
Saint Louis. Third Cong. Ch. 5.25

KANSAS, $30.20.

Topeka. Modern Language Miss’y Soc. Washburne
College, _for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._ 25.00
Waubaunsee. Cong. Ch., _for Marie Adlof Sch’p
Fund_ 5.20

DAKOTA, $12.26.

Redfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Woman’s Work_ 4.26
Valley Springs. “Cheerful Workers,” by Mrs. M.
S. Butler 5.00
Wahpeton. First Cong. Ch. 3.00

COLORADO, $59.54.

Boulder. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., by Mrs. S. A.
Sawyer, Treas. 3.00
Denver. First Cong. Ch. 46.80
Highland Lake. Sab. Sch. Miss’y Soc., _for
Marie Adolf Sch’p Fund_ 9.74

CALIFORNIA, $42.47.

Ontario. Bethel Cong. Ch. 5.00
Pasadena. Cong. Ch., 5.47; Rev. G. S. F.
Savage, D.D., 5 10.47
Santa Barbara. Rev. Edward Hildreth 25.00
Wrights. Rev. J. R. Wright 2.00

KENTUCKY, $88.75.

Williamsburg. Tuition 88.75

TENNESSEE, $952.65.

Jellico. Tuition 80.75
Jonesboro. Tuition 0.50
Memphis. Tuition 390.00
Nashville. Tuition 479.40
Pleasant Hill. By Miss J. Lundy 2.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $207.85.

Wilmington. Tuition 207.85

GEORGIA, $963.22.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 290.30
Atlanta. S. M. Inman, 100; Col. A. E. Buck,
25, _for Forges for Blacksmith Shop, Atlanta
U._ 125.00
Macon. Tuition, 230.70; Rent, 7.50 238.20
McIntosh. Tuition 37.67
Savannah. Tuition 220.40
Savannah. Pansy Soc., _for Beach Inst._ 2.50
Thomasville. Tuition 48.15
Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke 1.00

FLORIDA, $5.00.

Jacksonville. Mrs. Anna Chadwick 5.00

ALABAMA, $462.25.

Mobile. Tuition 222.50
Talladega. Tuition, 116.25; Cong. Ch. Sab.
Sch., 7 123.25
Athens. Tuition 116.50

MISSISSIPPI, $99.00.

Tougaloo. Tuition 99.00

TEXAS, $294.55.

Austin. Tuition 259.75
Austin. “A Friend,” 30; “A Friend,” 3, by Miss
Kinney; ——, for Freight on Bell, 1.80 34.80

INCOMES, $1,602.50.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 240.00
C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00
Endowment Fund, _for President’s Chair,
Talladega C._ 462.50
General Endowment Fund 50.00
Graves Scholarship Fund., _for Atlanta U._ 150.00
Graves Sch’p Fund, _for Talladega C._ 125.00
Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._ 50.00
Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._ 475.00

CANADA, $5.00.

Montreal. “C. A.” 5.00

SANDWICH ISLANDS, $250.00.

Kohala, Hawaii. “A Friend.” 250.00

GERMANY, $50.00.

Berlin. Prof. and Mrs. C. M. Mead 50.00

TURKEY, $10.00.

Van. Rev. Geo. C. Reynolds 10.00

AFRICA, $9.50.

Inhambam. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ousley, _for Fisk
U._ 9.50

* * * * *

RECEIVED FOR THE DEBT.

MAINE, $16.50.

Bangor. Dr. H. F. Hanson 4.50
Hampden. A Few Ladies 12.00

VERMONT, $6.45.

Cornwall. —— 1.00
Duxbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 1.45
North Thetford. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 4.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $78.33.

Andover. Ladies of the Free Christian Church,
to const. MRS. MARY ANN MANDER, L. M. 27.15
Boston. “A Woman to the Rescue.” 0.25
Holyoke. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch. 17.03
Princeton. Women of Cong. Ch. 11.00
Watertown. “A Woman to the Rescue.” 0.40
Wellesley Hills. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 11.50
West Newton. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch.,
collected by “H. F. C.” 1.00
——. “A Woman to the Rescue.” 10.00

CONNECTICUT, $23.30.

Cromwell. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Plainville. Mrs. Mary E. Morse 1.00
Salisbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., collected by
Carrie Griggs, Susie Norton, Lucy French,
Julia Landon and Eliza Warner 12.30

ILLINOIS, $11.00.

Crete. Mrs. Samuel Cushing 1.00
Rockford. Mrs. E. W. Chandler of Y. L. M. S.
First Ch., 5; Mrs. J. D. B. Salter, 5, by
Mrs. B. F. Leavitt. Treas. Ill. W. H. M. U. 10.00

WISCONSIN, $2.00.

Portage. Mrs. G. A. Jones 2.00

MINNESOTA, $1.30.

Saint Paul. A few Ladies by H. F. Roberts 1.30
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Total for Debt $138.88
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Donations 18,096.46
Legacies 1,800.51
Incomes 1,602.50
Tuition and Rents 2,895.97
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Total for December $24,395.44
Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 60,773.97
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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for December 179.25
Previously acknowledged 72.17
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Total 251.42

H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,
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Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious printer’s punctuation errors corrected.

Ditto marks replaced by the text they represent in order to facilitate alignment for eBooks.

Inconsistent accents retained as there are various authors, and the accents are consistent within each article.

“Presideent” changed to “President” on the inside cover.

“Talledega” changed to “Talladega” in the Calais entry on page 58.

“Springfied” changed to “Springfield” on page 60.