Chapter M: J. a

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We have had a great spiritual blessing. Only three of my thirty-three Sunday-school boys are not Christians. Sometimes the responsibility almost overpowers me. They have so little help at home, but find so much to hinder and discourage. One bright, smart boy of fifteen has within a few months come into my class, and has accepted Jesus as his Saviour. For nine years he has been smoking, following the example of his father and older brother. Since his conversion he feels he cannot follow this habit, and he is making brave efforts to overcome it. Young as he is, the habit has a very strong hold upon him, and he finds it hard work. But God is helping him, and I know he will succeed. He comes to me each night to report his progress, and for a week has met me every night with a glad smile and the words: “God has helped me, and I haven’t smoked to-day.” One day he got so far as to light the cigarette a boy had forced upon him, but he remembered the verse he had just learned—I Corinthians x, 13—and he threw the cigarette away. There are many equally interesting cases, where help and encouragement are so much needed.

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ONE OF OUR SCHOLARS.—He is in the Third Reader class, and is learning the simplest questions in arithmetic. This is his first year in school, and instead of being a little boy, as you might suppose, he is thirty-five years old, and a “Baptist preacher.”

When he first came, he said: “I ain’t got no learning; what I knows, I just picked up myself.”

One of the boys said: “I advised him to come, so that he can learn to explain, and when he gets up to preach, folks won’t sniggle in their sleeves.”

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FOR THE CHILDREN.

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DOLLARS FOR SELF, AND CENTS FOR CHRIST.

“Yes, I always give for missions and everything else,” said Phil. “I give something every Sunday; don’t you?”

“Why, no; I give five or ten cents when I think I can spare it, when I have a good deal of money and don’t want it for anything,” said Tom.

“I give whatever papa or mamma gives me for it,” said James. “Sometimes it’s more, and sometimes it’s less.”

“Oh, I always give my own money!” said Phil. “I don’t think it’s any giving at all unless you do that.”

“Yours is the best way, I’m sure,” said Tom, soberly. “They say it’s the regular giving that counts.”

“And then, of course, what you give is just so much out of what you’d like to spend on yourself.”

“Yes,” said Phil, feeling very self-denying and virtuous.

“I’m going to try your way,” said Tom. “And I’m going to keep an account and see what it will amount to.”

The three boys were on their way home from Sunday-school, where they had heard from a missionary some very interesting accounts of the great work which is going on in Africa. He had succeeded in deeply stirring the sympathies of his young hearers, so that many of them went away with the solemn feeling that they should in some sense be held answerable if they did not strive to hold out a helping hand to those in such sore need. For the present it was plain that missionary interest was to be centered in the “dark continent,” and little societies were formed among Sunday-school children, they believing it would be pleasanter to put their gifts together than to offer them separately.

Several boys came to Phil’s house on the next afternoon to talk it over, and Phil brought his account-book to put down their names as the first members of their society, with a preamble in which occurred many high-sounding words setting forth their resolves and intentions.

“What’s this, Phil?” asked his uncle, picking up the book on the same evening, after tea.

“Oh, that’s my account-book, uncle; I brought it down to take names and draw up resolutions for our missionary society.”

“May I read it, or is it a secret organization?”

“Certainly, you may. I am simply, you know, trying to work up the idea of liberal giving among the boys.”

“A most excellent idea,” said his uncle, concealing his amusement at Phil’s rather pompous tone. “Let me see: Bananas, twenty-five cents; soda water, ten cents; peanuts, twenty-five cents; bat, thirty-five cents; candy, fifteen cents; base-ball cap, seventy-five cents; Sunday-school, six cents——”

“Oh, stop, Uncle George; that isn’t in it! That’s when I was visiting at Cousin Tom’s, and I promised mamma that I’d put down every cent I spent.”

But Uncle George seemed not to hear, and went on:

“Peanuts, fifteen cents; bananas, twenty-five cents; getting shoe mended, forty cents; soda water, ten cents; missionaries, five cents; getting bat mended, fifteen cents; lemonade for the boys, fifty cents; bananas, twenty-five cents; collection in church, two cents.”

“_Please_ give me the book, uncle.”

“I’m glad you don’t forget your charitable duties, Phil,” said his uncle, giving up the book with rather a mischievous smile.

Phil took it in some confusion. He had heretofore thought but little more of his spendings than to remember his mother’s wish that he should keep an account of the money with which she had kept him so liberally supplied. Now, in looking over his hasty entries, he was astonished.

“Well, well!” he exclaimed, as he added up one page: “two dollars and ninety cents for eating and play, and seventeen cents for giving, and I bragging to the boys what a good thing it is to give regularly!”

He was a conscientious boy, and his heart smote him as he ran over the long list, and thought with his newly-awakened feelings, of the bread of life which that money might have carried to starving souls. If his mother had aimed to teach him a lesson through his account-book, she had not failed.

He got up at last and stood before the glass.

“Now, my young man,” said he, shaking his head very threateningly at the boyish face he saw there, “you know very well that a quarter for peanuts doesn’t look any larger to you than a pin’s head, and that a quarter for giving looks as big as a cart-wheel—but that’s got to stop, sir! This book isn’t going to hold any more accounts of dollars for trash and cents for Sunday-school.”—_The Christian Giver._

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RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1887.

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MAINE, $168.30.

Auburn. High St. Cong. Ch $25.00
Augusta. Sab. Sch. Class, Cong. Ch.; by Alice
Means, Treas., 3, Miss K. Carpenter’s Class,
3, _for Talladega C._ 6.00
Bangor. “A Friend,” _for Debt_ 5.00
Bath. Winter St. Cong. Ch., 2 bbls. of C.,
_for Selma, Ala._, 2.70 _for freight_ 2.70
Bethel. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.56
Blue Hill. Miss Caroline Joy, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 2.50
Castine. Class No. 9, Trinity Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 1.05
Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch., ad’l to const.
C. C. NICHOLS L. M. 24.00
Hallowell. By Sylvina L. Smith, _for freight_ 3.00
Machias. Cong. Ch. 6.42
Portland. Saint Lawrence St. Ch., 20; J. J.
Gerrish, 10 30.00
Scarboro. Cong. Ch. 5.50
South Waterford. Miss M. E. Shurtleff 1.00
Turner. Cong. Ch. 4.28
Wells. B. Maxwell, _for Debt_ 10.00
Westbrook. Second Cong. Ch. 15.79
West Brooksville. Miss Lucy J. Henry, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 2.50
Woolwich. Cong. Ch. 12.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $534.27.

Alstead East. Cong. Ch. $9.54
Alstead Center. Cong. Ch. 7.94
Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Concord. Miss Folger, _for Talledega C._ 2.00
Exeter. Cong. Ch., 4.97; Miss Alcina Grover, 1
_for Atlanta U._ 5.97
Fitzwilliam. Horace Cooledge, 5; C. D.
Bigelow, 1. 6.00
Francestown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.05
Great Falls. Mrs. H. F. Dixon, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 10.00
Greenfield. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Hanover. “A Friend” 20.00
Lancaster. Mrs. A. M. Amsden 5.00
Littleton. Mrs. B. W. Kilburn, _for the Debt_ 3.00
Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.91
Milford. “Willing Workers,” _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Pembroke. Prof. I. Walker’s Bible Class, _for
Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ 3.00
Penacook. Cong. Ch., 18.11; Sab. Sch. of Cong.
Ch., 10 28.11
Tilton. Cong. Ch. 40.00
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$255.52

LEGACIES.

Goffstown. Heirs Estate of Miss Frances
Meriam, by Samuel Upson, Admr. $78.75
Hollis. Estate of John C. Jewett, by E. J.
Colburn, Ex. 200.00
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$534.27

VERMONT, $702.64.

Bennington Center. Bbl. of C. and 5, _for
McIntosh, Ga._ $5.00
Berlin. First Cong. Ch. 8.48
Berlin. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.21
Brandon. Mrs. L. G. Case, _for Indian M._ 5.00
Burlington. Eldridge Sab. Sch. 3.00
Charlotte. “M. L. H.” 2.00
Chelsea. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 10.00
Fairlee. Cong. Ch. 13.12
Greensboro. Cong. Ch. 5.50
Jericho Center. Mrs. Julia Graves 5.00
Lowell. Cong. Ch. 5.41
Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.51
Montgomery Center. Heman Hopkins 2.00
New Haven. Mrs. Cephas H. Kent, _for Jones
Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._ 5.00
Newport. M. B. Hall 2.00
North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 13.14
Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.75
North Thetford. Cong. Ch. 6.62
North Troy. Bbl. of C. and 2, _for McIntosh,
Ga._ 2.00
Orwell. Ladies’ of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh,
Ga._ 17.50
Post Mills. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Sheldon. S. M. Hulbert. 5.00
Springfield. —— 200.00
Springfield. A. Woolson, _for Atlanta U._ 20.00
West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 13.01
West Fairlee. Mrs. C. M. Holbrook 1.50
West Fairlee Center. Mrs. E. May 5.00
Westfield. Cong. Ch. 6.62
West Randolph. Girls’ Mission Circle, 10;
Ladies’ Mission Soc., 10, by Mrs. V. M.
Hardy, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 20.00
Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 36.05, to const.
EMORY H. JONES L. M., Sab. Sch. of Cong.
Ch., 15.22 51.27
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$481.64
LEGACIES.

Jamaica. Estate of Mrs. Hepsibah H. Stowell,
by Mrs. Ella J. Robinson, to const. JOHN C.
ROBINSON, MRS. ELLA J. ROBINSON, MRS. LUCY
KELLOGG, MRS. MARY MUZZY, MRS. NORA MUZZY
and MISS JENNIE BARNES L. M.’s. $200.00
Jericho. Estate of Hosea Spaulding, C. M.
Spaulding, 10; A. C. Spaulding, 5; Nellie M.
Percival, 3; E. J. Spaulding, 3 21.00
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$702.64

MASSACHUSETTS, $6,261.64.

Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch. $16.00
Amherst. Rev. W. H. Beaman, _for Atlanta U._ 2.00
Amherst. Miss Sabra Snell, Bbl. of C., _for
Oaks, N.C._, 1.97 _for Freight_ 1.97
Andover. South Cong. Ch., 55; West Parish Ch.
and Soc., 50; C. E. Goodell, 25 130.00
Auburn. Christian Endeavor Soc., _for Debt_ 10.00
Auburndale. James Bird’s Sab. Sch. Class, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00
Boston. Sam. D. Warren, 100; Rev. Phillips
Brooks, 50; Wm. P. Kuhn, 50; Geo. W. Coburn,
50; Frank J. Garrison, 10; F. L. Ames, 100;
D. P. Kimball, 100; John P. Almy, 50, _for
Atlanta U._; Old South Ch., 50; Mrs. Harriet
S. Strong, 50, _for Student Aid, Atlanta
U._; “A Friend,” 60; Benj. Cutler, _for
Indian M._ 1.—Charlestown: Sab. Sch. of
Winthrop Cong. Ch., _for Oaks, N.C._,
15.—Dorchester: Village Ch. “Band of Faith,”
_for McIntosh, Ga._, 15.—South Boston: Sab.
Sch. of Phillips Ch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._, 50 751.00
Boxford. Rev. W. S. Coggin, _for Macon, Ga._ 1.00
Bridgewater. “A Friend” 5.00
Brookline. “An Aged Friend” 1.00
Cambridge. Rev. W. A. Mundell and Wife, _for
Debt_ 5.00
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch., ad’l. 5.00
Chicopee. Earnest Workers of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Chicopee. Eleanor M. Woodworth, _for Indian M._ 5.00
Clinton. First. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 89.01
Clinton. Ladies’ Miss’y Ass’n, _for Clinton
Chapel, Talladega C._ 4.00
Cummington. Mrs. H. M. Porter 2.00
Dunstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.00
East Cambridge. Natural Science Collection, by
Miss Jennie S. Arms, _for Talladega C._
Easthampton. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 114.32
East Somerville. Franklin St. Ch. Sab. Sch.,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 55.00
Fitchburg. “A. C. H.,” _for the Debt_ 10.00
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Georgetown. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 40.62;
Mrs. Richmond Dole, 4.50 45.12
Granby. “A Friend,” to const. MRS. L. W. HUNT
L. M. 30.00
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 50.50
Groveland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Santee Indian M._ 10.00
Hanover. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 6.00
Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for
Tillotson, C. & N. Inst._ 100.00
Hinsdale. Kate C. Plemkett 7.00
Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch., _for Talladega
C._ 25.00
Holliston. “Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4.” 30.00
Holliston. “Friends,” “Lippincott’s
Pronouncing Biographical Dictionary,” _for
Talladega C._
Kingston. Mayflower Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Lancaster. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2
bbls. of C., _for Atlanta U._
Leicester. “Thank Offering” 5.00
Lenox. Cong. Ch. 3.89
Leominster. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
2 bbls. of C., _for Atlanta. U._, 3.75 _for
Freight_ 3.75
Leverett. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 9.50
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00
Mansfield. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.61
Melrose Highlands. Ladies of Cong. Ch., ad’l
_for Debt_ 1.00
Milford. “Friends,” “Chambers’ Cyclopedia,” 10
vols. _for Talladega C._
Mittineague. Southworth Paper Co., 573 lbs.
paper, _for Talladega C._
Mittineague. Southworth & Co., writing paper,
_for Atlanta U._
Natick. “Cash” 25.00
Newbury. First Ch. 20.44
Newburyport. Harriet O. Haskell 1.00
Newton. “Thank Offering” 1.00
Newton Center. By Miss H. S. Cousens, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 40.00
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.36
Newton Center. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
Northampton. The Mary A. Burnham School, _for
Fort Berthold Indian M._ 292.00
Northampton. “A Friend,” by Miss S. M. Burt,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Northampton. A. L. Williston, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 21.00
Northampton. “Friends,” _for Santee Indian M._ 20.00
Northboro. Martha D. Wells 1.50
North Leominster. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong.
Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta U._, 2 _for
Freight_ 2.00
Norwood. A. W. Stetson, 25; Geo. S. Winslow,
10; Francis O. Winslow, 10; “Friends,” 5;
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
Orange. Central Evan. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Randolph. Miss Abby W. Turner, 50; Miss Alice
M. Turner, 25; Mrs. John J. Crawford, 25;
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 100.00
Randolph. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Woman’s
Work_ 30.00
Randolph. Geo. B. Belcher 10.00
Reading. Mrs. Susan Bancroft 7.00
Rockland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Rockport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 12.00
Salem. Dr. J. A. Emmerton, _for Atlanta U._ 10.00
Saxonville. Edwards Ch. and Soc. 17.50
Somerville. Young Ladies’ Missionary Circle of
Franklin St. Ch., _for Santee Indian M._ 70.00
Somerville. Broadway Ch. and Soc., 15.31; Day
St. Ch. and Soc., 5.05 20.36
Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.96
Southbridge. “Friends,” Christmas Box, by Miss
Ellen Vinton, _for Oaks, N.C._
South Framingham. F. J. Stevens, _for Fort
Berthold, Indian M._, 40; “Friends” 12 52.00
South Framingham. “Friends,” _for Indian M._ 31.00
South Framingham. Sab. Sch. of South Cong.
Ch., _for Mountain White Work_ 20.60
South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. 26.00
South Hadley. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of First
Cong. Ch., _for Woman’s Work_ 20.00
South Hadley Falls. Mary F. Mathews 0.50
Springfield. Sab. Sch., of Hope Ch., _for
Student Aid, Burrill Sch., Rosebud Indian M._ 64.10
Springfield. Miss Carrie E. Bowdoin 10.00
Taunton. Sab. Sch. of Broadway Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.66
Templeton. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Savannah, Ga._ 10.00
Waltham. By Miss Ella J. Lawrence, Sec.
Missions Class, _for Student Aid, Storrs
Sch._ 3.00
Ware. First Cong. Ch. 52.72
Wellesley. “A Member of Cong. Ch.” to const.
MRS. WILLIAM L. RUSSELL L. M. 30.00
Wellesley Hills. “A” 430.00
Westfield. Mrs. Wm. Warren, 1; Mrs. H. O.
Case, 1; Miss Mary Rood, 1, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._; Mrs. Isabella Coleman,
Bbl. of C. _for Atlanta U._ 3.00
Westfield. Mrs. C. W. Fowler, Patchwork, _for
Macon, Ga._
Westminster. First Cong. Ch., 50.67;
“Friends,” 11 61.67
West Warren. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 12.50
Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.40
Williamstown. Rev. Mark Hopkins, D.D. 25.00
Wilmington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 25.00
Woburn. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Woburn. Ladies’ Charitable Reading Soc., _for
freight_ 2.40
Worcester. David Whitcomb, 500; Union Ch. and
Soc., 197.38; “W. J. W.” 2 699.35
Worcester. G. Henry Whitcomb, _for Santee
Indian M._ and to const. HARRY E. WHITCOMB
L. M. 75.00
Worcester. Sab. Sch. of Piedmont Cong. Ch.
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
Worcester. Old South Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 20.00
Worcester. Sab. Sch. of Piedmont Cong. Ch.,
_for Rosebud Indian M._ 14.82
Worcester. Plym. Mite Band, adl. by L. M.
Crawford, Treas., _for Tougaloo U._ 0.50
Yarmouth. Bbl. of C., by Mrs. E. C. Howes,
_for Oaks, N.C._
By Chas. Marsh, Treas., Hampden Benev. Ass’n:
Chester. Second 5.09
East Long Meadow 23.00
Springfield. Memorial 41.00
Westfield. First (3 of which _for Rosebud
Indian M._ and 70 _for Hampton N. & A.
Inst._) 240.00
Westfield. Second, _for Indian M._ 145.08
West Springfield. First 23.00
“ “ Park St. 5.00
“ “ Mittineague 14.80 496.97
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$5,060.01
LEGACIES.

Hopkinton. Estate of Eliza W. Jenks 1.63
Uxbridge. Estate of Mrs. A. H. Tucker, by
Jacob Taft, Ex. 1200.00
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$6,261.64
CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.

Hallowell, Me. By Sylvina L. Smith, Bbl., _for
Birmingham, Ala._
Portland, Me. By D. P. Lord, Half Bbl., _for
Louisville, Ky._
Andover, Mass. Mrs. Wm. Abbot, Bbl., _for
Macon, Ga._
Chelsea, Mass. Mrs. C. A. Richardson, Box.
Dalton, Mass. Ladies’ Sew. Circle of Cong.
Ch., two and half Bbls., Val. 31.76, _for
Williamsburg, Ky._
North Andover, Mass. By Mrs. E. A. Stillings,
Sec., Bbl., Val. 56.
South Sudbury, Mass. Mrs. J. D. Goodenough,
Bdl.
Watertown, Mass. Phillips Ch. Sewing Circle, 2
Bbls., val., 124.50, _for Williamsburg and
Louisville, Ky._
Woburn, Mass. Ladies’ Charitable Reading Soc.,
Bbl. _for Oahe, Indian M._

RHODE ISLAND, $85.00.

Providence. “A Friend,” (5 of which _for
Indian M._) 10.00
LEGACY.
Providence. Estate of Mrs. Mary Ann Angell, by
Wm. P. Goodwin, Sec. 75.00
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$85.00

CONNECTICUT, $4,790.73.

Berlin. John Thomson 0.50
Birmingham. Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls. of C., _for
Thomasville, Ga._
Bloomfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn.
Indl. Sch. Ga._ 14.00
Bolton. Ella J. Barber 1.00
Bolton. Mrs. T. L. Brown, _for the Debt_ 1.00
Branford. Cong. Ch. (10 of which from Rev. H.
P. Bake and 10 from H. G. Harrison) 40.20
Bridgeport. Second Cong. Ch. 84.28
Bristol. Cong. Ch., (55 of which _for Conn.
Indl. Sch., Ga._) 80.00
Bristol. Mrs. Lucy A. Camp and Miss Julia E.
Camp, _for Indian M._ 10.00
Bristol. F. C. Covell, _for Debt_ 10.00
Buckingham. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., Bbl. of C.,
_for Thomasville, Ga._
Bethlehem. “The Willing Helpers,” by Mrs. S.
P. Hayes, _for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 3.00
Center Brook. Ladies’ of Cong. Ch. _for Conn.
Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 18.25
Clintonville. “Thank-offering” 60.00
Colchester. Mary E. Gillette 0.50
Danbury. Mrs. E. M. Hotchkiss, (1 of which
_for Hampton N. & A. Inst._) 2.00
East Berlin. “A Friend” 16.00
East Hampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Indian M._ 6.50
East Hartford. “Friends,” _for Indian M._ 86.73
East Hartford. First Church 20.00
East Morris. Richard Turkington 5.00
East River. Mrs. C. M. Washburn 100.00
East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells 5.00
Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 125.00
Enfield. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 65.00
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch., (50 of which to
const. WALTER S. BISHOP L. M.) 79.50
Glastonbury. First Cong. Ch. 264.55
Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch. 35.00
Hartford. Charles T. Hillyer 1000.00
Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., _for Santee
Indian M._ 50.00
Hartford. Sab. Sch. of First Ch. 24.00
Hartland. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.45
Kensington. “A Friend” 4.50
Kent. First Cong. Soc. 33.55
Litchfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Litchfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Indian M._ 25.00
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for
Santee Indian M._ 107.19
Mansfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.
_for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._
Meriden. J. W. Yale 10.00
Middlebury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Indian M._ 10.00
Milford. Ladies Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
_for Thomasville, Ga._
New Haven. Church of the Redeemer, 205; Howard
Av. Cong. Ch., 24; “A Friend,” 5 234.00
New Haven. Miss. M. D. Swifts’ Sab. Sch.
Class. College St. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian
M._ 5.67
New Haven. Rev. and Mrs. A. P. Miller, in
Memory of Maud, _for Fisk U._ 3.00
New London. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Santee Indian M._ 42.00
New London. Mrs. A. E. Lewis, 1.50; Miss Sarah
Rogers, 50c., _for Dakota Indian M._ 2.00
New Preston. Rev. Henry Upson 5.00
Norfolk. Young Ladies Miss’y Band, _for
Talladega C., freight_ 5.00
Norwich Town. “The Other Girl’s Soc.”, Bbl. of
Goods, _for Thomasville, Ga._
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 19.45
Plainville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. Box of
Christmas Gifts, _for Oaks, N.C._
Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Santee Indian M._ 65.00
Plantsville. Collected by Miss Fanny W.
Cummings, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.30
Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 12.01
Sherman. Ladies Miss’y Soc. of Cong. Ch., Box
of C. _for Thomasville, Ga._
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 68.63
Thomaston. Mission Circle, _for Student Aid.
Straight U._ 45.00
Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.52
Waterbury. Primary Sab. Sch. Class, Second
Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._, 10; “Sunshine
Circle,” _for Rosebud Indian M._, 10: Sab.
Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud
Indian M._, 7 27.00
Waterbury. Mrs. G. C. Hill’s Sab. Sch. _Class,
for Student Aid, Thomasville, Ga._ 10.00
Wauregan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
West Hartford. Mrs. Mary A. Butler 10.00
Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 30.00
Winsted. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., _for
Talladega C._ 10.00
——. “A Friend,” _for Hope Station, Indian M._ 75.00
——. “A Friend in Conn.,” _for Beach Inst.
Savannah, Ga._, and to const. REV. ALLEN
HAZEN, D.D., and MRS. REV. THEODORE C.
PEASE, L. M’s. 60.00
Woman’s Home Miss’y Union, of Conn., by Mrs.
S. M. Hotchkiss, Sec., _for Conn. Ind’l
Sch., Ga._:
Bridgeport. Ladies H. M. Soc., of
North Cong. Ch. 50.00
Huntington. Ladies H. M. Soc. 16.00 66.00
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$3,297.28

LEGACIES.

Hartford. Estate of Dr. J. R. Lee 1,243.45
New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven,
_for Atlanta U._ 250.00
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4,790.73

NEW YORK, $6,144.48.

Adams Basin. Mrs. H. Clark 5.00
Binghamton. “A Friend” 5.00
Brooklyn. “A Friend” 2,000.00
Brooklyn. “A Friend” 2.00
Cambridge Centre. Ladies Miss’y Soc., Half
Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo U._
Chenango Forks. Cong. Ch. 15.89
Ellington. Harriet B. Rice, 8; Mrs. Eliza
Rice, deceased, 2 10.00
Fort Covington. “A. B.” 1.00
Fredonia. Miss C. H. Gilbert. Patchwork, _for
Macon, Ga._
Gilbertsville. Rev. A. Wood 10.00
Gloversville. Cong. Ch. (100 of which from
Mrs. U. M. Place.) 218.00
Goshen. Fannie E. Crane, _for Marie Adlof
Sch’p Fund_ 1.60
Groton. Mrs. Kezia Bostwick 8.00
Honeoye. Cong. Ch. 28.00
Jamestown. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Jefferson. Mrs. Susannah Ruliffson 2.50
Lawrenceville. Lucius Hulburd 5.00
Lebanon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Athens,
Ala._ 2.00
Lincoln. J. D. Dewey 5.00
Livonia. Ladies Miss’y Soc., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Ludlowville. Sidney S. Todd 250.00
Martinsburg. Mrs. A. H. Arthur 1.00
Massena. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 13.47
Millers Place. Bbl. of C., for _Bird’s Nest
Santee Indian M._
New York. J. A. Bostwick, 1,000; Cornelius N.
Bliss, 100, _for Atlanta U._ 1100.00
New York. Wager Swayne, _for Talladega C._ 120.00
New York. Mrs. H. B. Spelman, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
New York. “A Friend,” 100; B. B. Adams, Jr., 5 105.00
Orient. Cong. Ch. 14.80
Ovid. D. W. Kinne 1.50
Pekin. Abigail Peck 25.00
Prattsburg. G. W. Dodd 5.00
Syracuse. Ladies of Danforth Cong. Ch., bbl.
of C., etc., _for Macon. Ga._
Union Falls. Francis E. Duncan 15.00
Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 19.00
Woman’s Home Missionary Union of N. Y., by
Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas. _for Woman’s Work_,
Brooklyn. L. W. A. Soc. of Puritan Ch. to
const. MRS. EDWARD P. INGERSOLL, L. M. 30.00
Riverhead. W. H. M. S. 25.00
————— 55.00
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$4,098.76

LEGACY.

Perry. Estate of Martha B. Sheldon, by Milton
A. Barber, Ex. 2,045.72
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$6,144.48

NEW JERSEY, $273.37

Bound Brook. Ladies Miss’y Soc. of Cong. Ch.
_for Chinese M._ 20.00
Montclair. Young Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., bbl. of
C., _for Thomasville, Ga._
Newark. C. S. Haines, 30; Mrs. Maria Snyder, 8 38.00
Newfield. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 23.00
Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 100.37
Park Ridge. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 7.00
Plainfield. “A Friend of Home Missions,” by
Woman’s Miss’y Union 5.00
Roselle. “A Friend,” _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 50.00
Trenton. S. T. Sherman 30.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $30.00.

Philadelphia. Frederick S. Kimball, _for
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Philadelphia. Susan Longstreth, Patchwork,
_for Macon, Ga._
Ridgway. Class, by Minnie Cline, _for Oaks,
N.C._ 5.00

OHIO $766.97.

Cleveland. Miss B. A. Dutton, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Dover. Miss C. Griffin, _for Student Aid,
Athens, Ala._ 8.00
Geneva. “H” 1.50
Geneva. Wm. Jaquays 1.10
Lenox. Nelson French 4.50
Madison. Mrs. H. B. Fraser, 100 for _Indian
M._, and 100 _for Chinese M. in Cal._ 200.00
Madison. Central Cong. Ch. 33.65
Mansfield. First Cong. Ch. (50 of which _for
Mechanical Building, Tillotson Inst._, and
10 _for Marie Adlof Schp. Fund_), 151.95;
Sab Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Santee
Indian M._, 75 226.95
Mount Vernon. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 10.00
Oberlin. Mrs. C. R. Commons 25.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. and Friends, _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 10.00
Oberlin. E. J. Goodrich, 5, _for Tillotson C.
and N. Inst._ 5.00
Pittsfield. F. E. Young 2.00
Sandusky. First Cong. Ch. 26.01
Salem. David A. Allen 25.00
Wakeman. Sab Sch. of Cong. Ch. 8.45
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Ohio, by Mrs.
Ella J. Mahoney, Treas. _for Woman’s Work_:
Conneaut. Mission Band 5.00
Madison. Elias Strong, 5; J. Dayton, 5 10.00
Mansfield. W. B. S. of First Ch. 25.96
Oberlin. W. B. S. of First Ch. 77.85
Pittsfield. W. B. S. 5.00
Salem. Mrs. D. A. Allen 5.00
Springfield. W. M. S. of First Cong.
Ch. 20.00
Springfield. Boy’s S. S. Class, First
Cong. Ch. 1.00
Wellington. L. B. S. 5.00
—————— 154.81

INDIANA, $3.50.

Fort Wayne. Y. P. A. of Plym Ch. _for Debt_ 3.50

ILLINOIS, $2,659.16.

Batavia. Y. P. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 5.00
Blue Island. Cong. Ch. 6.78
Bunker Hill. Cong. Ch. 15.50
Canton. Cong. Ch. 44.90
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., 100; “Hapland,” 100;
Millard Av. Cong. Ch., 14.50; Mary L.
Smallwood, 5 219.50
Chicago. Ladies’ Aid Soc. of Plym. Cong. Ch.,
_for Emerson Inst._ 50.00
Chicago. Mrs. J. Porter, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 10.00
Chicago. Cong. Sab. Sch., Evanston Av., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 11.66
Creston. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Dundee. Cong. Ch. 20.09
Dundee. Mrs C. H. Rover, _for Santee Indian M._ 6.00
Elgin. “Two Ladies,” Patchwork, _for Macon,
Ga._
Elmwood. Y. P. Soc, _for Student Aid, Mobile,
Ala._ 10.00
Fairbury. Miss Mary A. Hyde, _for Jones
Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._ 5.00
Farmington. J. W. Newell, to const. REV
CHARLES E. MARSH L. M. 50.00
Freeport. L. A. Warner 5.00
Freeport. Mr. Farley, Bbl. of C., _for
Talladega C._
Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ 34.90
Hinsdale. J. W. Bushnell 5.00
Jacksonville. Mrs. Jane Retter 1.00
Lisbon. Dr. Gilman Kendall 3.00
Lombard. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
Mobile, Ala._
Lyndon. Cong. Ch. 5, and Sab. Sch. 5 10.00
Mendon. Mrs. Jeanette Fowler, to const. MRS.
C. M. SHUMACKE, and MISS LIZZIE LINGHAM, L. M’s. 100.00
Millington. Mrs. D. A. Aldrich 5.00
Naperville. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana 20.00
Paxton. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss 25.00
Quincy. Joshua Perry 10.00
Rockford. Lewis S. Swezey, deceased 1,815.33
Sterling. MRS. MARY E. MCKINNEY, 30 to const.
herself L. M., “Cheerful Workers,” Cong. Ch.
5 35.00
Wheaton. Ladies of First Ch. of Christ, Bbl.
of C., _for Athens, Ga._
Woman’s Home Miss’y Union of Ill., Mrs. B. F.
Leavitt, Treas., _for Woman’s Work_:
Ashkum. Senior Soc. 0.15
Chicago. W. M. S. of N. E. Ch. 30.93
Rockford. W. H. M. U. of Second Ch. 6.00
Oak Park. Ladies Benev. Circle 5.00
Onarga. W. H. M. U. of Second Ch. 3.42
Moline. Mission Circle, ad’l to const.
MRS. M. C. EELLS, L. M. 20.00
Providence. W. H. M. U. 7.00
—————— 72.50

MICHIGAN, $234.51.

Alpena. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta
U._ 25.00
Benzonia. Dea. Amasa Waters, 10; Asa Waters,
3; H. B. Balch, 1 14.00
Clinton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Savannah, Ga._ 20.00
Farwell. Cong. Ch. 8.28
Galesburg. “A Friend,” 100.00
Laingsburg. First Cong. Ch. 5.50
Lake Linden. Rev. J. W. Savage, _for Talladega
C._ 10.00
New Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 17.01
Olivet. Bbl. of Books, etc., by H. Williams,
_for Talladega C._
Romeo. Cong. Ch. 24.00
Summit. L. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 5.72
Woman’s Home Missionary Soc., by Mrs. E. F.
Grabill, Treas., _for Woman’s Work_:
Allendale. W. M. Soc. 5.00

WISCONSIN, $235.72.

Beloit. Mrs. Sarah M. Clay, Patchwork, _for
Macon, Ga._
Bloomer. First Cong. Ch. 4.75
Elkhorn. “Soc. of Christian Endeavor,” _for
Woman’s Work_ 3.00
Green Bay. Mrs. J. M. Smith, 24 Testaments,
_for Macon, Ga._
Janesville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 8.62
Kenosha. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 15.00
Lake Geneva. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., Box of
C., _for Jonesboro, Tenn._
Mazamanie. Cong. Ch. 10.50
Menasha. E. D. Smith 100.00
Menomonee. Sab Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Marie
Adlof Sch’p Fund_ 24.00
Monroe. Frances H. Cook, _for Macon, Ga._ 1.00
River Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 5; Miss
Calista Andrews, 5 10.00
Sheboygan. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 2.50
Union Grove. Cong. Ch., 22.50 and Sab. Sch., 1 23.50
Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor 5.00
Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Wis., _for
Woman’s Work_:
Arena. W. H. M. S. 1.55
Beloit. W. H. M. S. of Second Ch. 5.00
Eau Claire. W. H. M. S. of First Ch. 10.00
Menomonee. “A Friend” 10.00
New Lisbon. W. H. M. S. 1.30
—————— 27.85

IOWA, $234.22.

Alta. J. C. Heywood 1.00
Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch. 11.00
Denmark. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 3.00
DeWitt. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Dubuque. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Talladega C._ 0.60
East Des Moines. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 5.33
Garwin. Talmon Dewey 3.20
Green Mountain. Cong Ch. 15.50
Keokuk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 11.34
Muscatine. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Talladega C._ 20.00
Oskaloosa. S. R. Pettit 2.50
Red Oak. Mrs. M. A. Willis, _for Student Aid,
Athens, Ala._ 5.00
Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore 10.00
Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Iowa, _for
Woman’s Work_:
Anamosa. Freedmen’s Aid Soc. 10.00
Cherokee. Y. L. H. M. Circle 5.00
Des Moines. W. M. S. of Plym. Ch. 30.00
Dubuque. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Durant. Y. L. M. S. 5.00
Durant. “Cheerful Workers” 6.00
Edgewood. Miss Sarah Platt 5.00
Grinnell. W. H. M. U. 3.79
Grinnell. W. H. M. U. 12.41
Hawthorne. L. M. S. 2.89
Marion. L. M. S. 16.68
Marion. “Busy Gleaners” 10.00
Mount Pleasant. L. M. S. 3.70
Polk City. “Young Girls,” 0.28
Red Oak. L. M. S. 10.00
Salem. L. M. S. 5.00
Traer. Miss Wilder’s S. S. Class 7.00
—————— 142.75

MINNESOTA, $536.48.

Etter. Miss’y Soc., Patchwork, _for Jonesboro,
Tenn._
Fish Lake. Sab. Sch., by A. E. Oakes 2.50
Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 15.24
Little Falls. Cong. Ch., 1.93, and Sab. Sch.,
1.49 3.42
Minneapolis. Judge E. S. Jones, _for Jones
Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._, 50; Richard
Chute, _for Atlanta U._, 20; Sab. Sch. of
Scandinavian Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta
U._, 5.25; Lyndale Ch. Box _for Jonesboro,
Tenn._ 75.25
Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 21; Vine
Cong. Ch., 2 23.00
Northfield. Geo. M. Phillips, _for Atlanta U._ 50.00
Owatonna. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Rochester. Cong. Ch. 28.57
Rochester. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 10.50
Saint Paul. Plym. Cong. Ch. 29.50
Saint Paul. Mrs. C. G. Higbee, 10; Ladies’
Miss’y Soc., Box of C., _for Student Aid,
Jonesboro, Tenn._ 10.00
Sleepy Eye. Rev. S. M. MacNeill 2.50
Winona. First Cong. Ch. 80.00
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$336.48

LEGACY.

Minneapolis. Estate of Mrs. L. H. Porter, by
Rev. Sam’l F. Porter, Ex. 200.00
——————
$536.48

MISSOURI, $119.00.

Holden. Mrs. S. E. Hawes, _for Indian M._ 4.00
Saint Louis. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 115.00

KANSAS, $21.00.

Carbondale. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Hiawatha. Ladies Soc., of Cong. Ch., _for
Santa Fe, N.M._ 5.00
Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ 15.00

DAKOTA, $23.50.

Columbia. Cong Ch. 4.25
Egan. Rev. C. W. Matthews and Wife 5.00
Redfield. Sab. Sch., 5.25; A. E. Carpenter, 5;
_for Student Aid, Mobile, Ala._ 10.25
Sioux Falls. Cong. Ch., ad’l 4.00

COLORADO, $5.00.

Boulder. Geo. S. Gibson, ad’l to const. FRED.
L. CHASE, L. M. 5.00

NEBRASKA, $41.87.

Blair. Cong. Ch. 4.08
David City. Y. P. S. C. E. 5.36
Exeter. First Cong. Ch. 7.50
Fairfield. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Friend. Cong. Ch. 3.93
Lakeside. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Oxford. F. A. Wood 5.00

CALIFORNIA, $148.40.

Grass Valley. Edward Coleman, 100; Cong. Ch.,
19.40 119.40
Los Angeles. L. D. Chapin and Wife 25.00
Oakland. Miss Sarah W. Horton, 3; Ladies of
First Cong. Ch., ad’l, 1, _for Debt_ 4.00
Riverside. Mrs. W. F. Montague, Patchwork,
_for Macon, Ga._

WASHINGTON TER., $18.50.

Skokomish. Rev. M. Eells 18.50

OREGON, $38,00.

Forest Grove. Prof. Jos. W. Marsh 20.00
Salem. Cong. Ch. 18.00

VIRGINIA, $6.20.

Herndon. Cong. Ch. 6.20

KENTUCKY, $143.15.

Berea. Sab. Sch. of “Ch. at Berea,” _for Marie
Adlof Sch’p Fund_ 12.65
Williamsburg. Tuition 130.50

TENNESSEE, $1,114,21.

Jellico. Tuition 27.00
Jonesboro. Tuition 26.60; Rent, 1.00 27.60
Memphis. Tuition 430.30
Nashville. Tuition 510.33
Nashville. Prof F. A. Chase, _for Scientific
Dept. Fisk U._ 37.18
Nashville. Union Ch. of Fisk U. 25.00
Sherwood. Tuition 56.80

NORTH CAROLINA, $200.30.

Dudley. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Hillsboro. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Marie Adlof
Sch’p, Atlanta U._ 1.50
Melville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Melville, N.C._ 1.15
Troy. Cong. Ch. 0.50
Wilmington. Tuition 179.40
Wilmington. Miss Fitts, 4.50; Miss Farrington,
3.75; Miss Peck, 2.50; Miss Warner, 2 12.75

GEORGIA, $752.50.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch. Tuition 262.85
Atlanta. Hon. J. Norcross, _for Atlanta U._ 25.00
Atlanta. Rent 6.00
Macon. Tuition 177.70
McIntosh. Tuition 43.00
Savannah. Tuition 167.20
Thomasville. Tuition 70.75

FLORIDA, $2.00.

Georgiana. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Munson 2.00

ALABAMA, $419.08.

Athens. Tuition 89.85
Citronelle. Rev. M. M. Schwarzauer 1.33
Mobile. Tuition 236.75
Talladega. Tuition 91.15

LOUISIANA, $305.00.

New Orleans. Tuition 305.00

MISSISSIPPI, $143.75.

Tougaloo. Tuition, 135.50; Rent, 8.25 143.75

TEXAS, $249.05.

Austin. Tuition 224.00
Austin. Miss Rose McKinney, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 20.00
Dodd City. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 2.05
Paris. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 3.00

INCOMES, $485.00.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 355.00
Belden Sch’p Fund, _for Talladega C._ 30.00
C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00
General Endowment Fund 50.00

CANADA, $5.00.

Montreal. “A” 5.00

JAPAN, $400.00.

Okayama. Miss E. Talcott, _for Indian M._ 400.00
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Donations 19,177.82
Legacies 5,515.55
Incomes 485.00
Tuition and Rents 3,123.13
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Total for March $28,301.50
Total from Oct. 1 to March 31 127,605.47
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JOSEPH PARKER'S PEOPLE'S BIBLE.

(1) Genesis. (2) Exodus. (3) Leviticus—Numbers
XXVII. (4) Numbers—Deuteronomy.
(5) Joshua—Judges V. Now ready.
To be complete in 25 vols. Each vol. complete
in itself.

"A stupendous work."—_Spurgeon._

MEYER'S GREAT COMMENTARIES on the
New Testament. American Edition. 10
vols. ready. Each, $3. See catalogue.

"Meyer's Commentaries are of immense
value."—_Dr. Thos. Armitage._

THIRTY THOUSAND THOUGHTS.

An encyclopedia of choicest thoughts from
all sources on all topics. In 7 vols. 4 vols.
now ready. Vol. 5 ready May 10. Each, $3.50.

"It is the cream of wisdom: the very gems
of thought."—_Inter-Ocean._ Chicago.

YOUNG'S GREAT BIBLE CONCORDANCE.

$5.

"Cruden's is child's play compared with
it."—_Spurgeon._

SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPEDIA.

3 vols. $18.

“The ideal religious encyclopedia.”—_Hitchcock._

SCHAFF’S DICTIONARY OF LIVING DIVINES.

Supplement to the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia.
Just ready. $3.

“A very valuable book of reference.”

LITTLE’S BIBLICAL LIGHTS AND SIDE-LIGHTS. $4.

Furnishes illustrations from the Bible for every purpose.

OUR ANALYTICAL CATALOGUE is especially
arranged for pastors and missionaries on
a new plan. Price 10 cents.

FUNK & WAGNALLS,

PUBLISHERS,

_18 & 20 Astor Place, New York._

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“25 Years in the Poultry Yard”

33d Edition. 108 pages. How to prevent HOG and POULTRY CHOLERA, GAPES and ROUPE. I wrote it as a system of practical HOG and POULTRY keeping. Symptoms and remedies for all diseases. How to feed for Eggs. 25c. in stamps. A copy of “The Cove Dale Poultry Yard,” containing illus. Catalogue and Price List of 30 varieties FREE.

A. M. LANG, Box 846, Cincinnati, O.

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EUROPE

TENTH SEASON. The most enjoyable and economical excursions ever planned. =More furnished for the money= than in =Any Tour yet offered=. =All Travel and Hotels first-class.= COMPANY SELECT. By the Palatial, Fast, New Steamship, =CITY OF ROME=. Send for circular free.

E. TOURJEE, Boston.

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WARNER BRO’S
CELEBRATED
CORALINE
CORSETS]

9 MILLION

worn during the past six years.

This marvelous success is due—

1st.—To the superiority of Coraline over all other materials, as a stiffener for Corsets.

2d.—To the superior quality, shape and workmanship of our Corsets, combined with their low prices.

Avoid cheap imitations made of various kinds of cord. None are genuine unless

“DR. WARNER’S CORALINE”

is printed on inside of steel cover.

FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING MERCHANTS.

WARNER BROTHERS,

359 Broadway, New York City.

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Hamilton Vocalion Organs

of 2 manuals and 2 sets of pedals, $750; equalling in beauty, variety and volume a pipe organ of 600 pipes by the best maker. Circulars, with testimonials of leading musicians and organists of the world.

WAREROOMS,

28 E. 23d STREET, NEW YORK.

“I have only words of praise in its favor.”—_Henry Eyre Brown, Organist, Brooklyn Tabernacle._

“Especially valuable for Churches and Concert Rooms.”—_A. H. Messiter, Organist, Trinity Ch., N.Y._

“A tone so rich and musical must be recognized as valuable for special and new orchestral effects.”—_Henry Carter, Organist, N.Y._

“Your Vocalion has a magnificent future.”—_Sir Arthur Sullivan._

“A rare combination of power and sweetness.”—_Adelina Patti._

Catalogue sent free.

WAREROOMS, 28 EAST 23d ST., NEW YORK, N.Y.

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JOSEPH GILLOTT’S

STEEL PENS

GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION—1878.

THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS

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Missionaries of the A. M. A.

May now have a first-class Sewing Machine without paying the usual prices charged by manufacturers and their agents.

READ THIS.

Any missionary in the service of the A. M. A. can, by sending an order on the Association for the amount, receive a Sewing Machine as shown below at 60 per cent. discount off the prices stated, and can let the payments be made at the rate of $2.00 per month, if they so desire. Or 10 per cent. further discount will be allowed if the full amount is paid in cash on delivery of machine. Read the following “ad.” and send for an illustrated catalogue, which will give full particulars.

Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Prices, $45, $50, $55, $60, $57.50, $65.

AVERY
SEWING MACHINE

SWIFT
SURE
SIMPLE
SILENT
STRONG]

NEW IMPROVED HIGH ARM,
NEW MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES

and Rotary Movements, Automatic Direct and Perfect Action, Cylinder Shuttle, Self-setting Needle, Positive Feed, No Springs, Few Parts, Minimum Weight, No Friction, No Noise, No Wear, No Fatigue, No “Tantrums,” Capacity Unlimited, Always in Order, Richly Ornamented, Nickel-plated and Gives Perfect Satisfaction.

Send for Circulars.

The Avery Sewing Machine Agency,

_77 Chambers Street, New York_,

P.O. BOX 2002.

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Clinton H. Meneely

BELL COMPANY

Troy, N.Y.,

MANUFACTURE SUPERIOR

Church, Chime, and

Peal Bells.

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1850 Thirty-Seventh Year. 1887

Manhattan Life

INSURANCE CO.

OF NEW YORK,

156 AND 158 BROADWAY.

AGENTS WANTED.

We desire to engage the services of competent, reliable men as Agents, in localities where this company is not now represented. Liberal arrangements will be made with men who would like to undertake the business. The requirements are, a good reputation for honesty and integrity, popularity, intelligence, industry and perseverance. With these qualities any man can succeed; if he can add enthusiasm he can command great success. Send references as to ability, integrity, etc.

Accumulation =_11,155,000_=
Surplus, by New York standard, =_2,254,000_=

_Cash surrender values. Policy incontestable after five years. Very liberal to insurers, embracing the non-forfeiture law of New York._

JAMES M. McLEAN, President.

J. L. HALSEY, 1st Vice-Pres’t.
H. B. STOKES, 2d Vice-Pres’t.
H. Y. WEMPLE, Secretary.
S. N. STEBBINS, Actuary.

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MASON & HAMLIN

IMPROVED

UPRIGHT PIANOS

With their Improved Method of Stringing.

PATENTED JULY 24, 1883.

CHARACTERIZED BY

BRIGHTEST, PUREST TONES, GREATEST DURABILITY,
IMPROVED METHOD OF STRINGING.

The Strings being directly secured to the iron frame by metal fastenings will not require tuning one-quarter as often as Pianos on the old system.

This new mode of piano construction, invented by Mason & Hamlin in 1882, has been fully proved, many excellent experts pronouncing it the “greatest improvement made in pianos of the century.”

WARRANT.—_Each piano will be accompanied by the fullest warrant. Determined to achieve the very highest reputation for their pianofortes, should defect develop itself in any one, the Company will be more eager to correct it than the purchaser can be to have them._

Pianos can be rented, if preferred, at moderate cost, with privilege of purchase.

MASON & HAMLIN

ORGANS

THE WHOLE WORLD SAYS:

At every Great World’s Exhibition since 1867, these organs have
been awarded the Highest Honors.

Supplied to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

Used in Westminster Abbey.

Used in St. James’s Hall.

Always used by Ira D. Sankey.

After having used a Mason & Hamlin Organ eight years at Corisco Island, off the western coast of Equatorial Africa, the Rev. C. De Heer, Missionary, writes:

“This is the only organ, American or European, that has not gone to pieces within six months after its arrival.”

100 Styles, $22 to $900. Catalogues free.

MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN & PIANO CO.,

BOSTON, 154 Tremont St.;
NEW YORK, 46 East 14th St.;
CHICAGO, 148 Wabash Ave.

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STATEMENT.

PHENIX INSURANCE COMPANY

OF BROOKLYN, N.Y.

JANUARY 1st, 1887.

CASH CAPITAL $1,000,000.00
GROSS SURPLUS 4,383,171.68
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Gross Assets $5,383,171 68
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ASSETS.

United States Bonds, market value $1,104,250.00
Other Stocks and Bonds 1,502,858.90
Loans on Bond and Mortgage 294,900.00
Loans on Call 80,758.76
Cash in Bank and Office 495,135.83
Real Estate 1,082,787.53
Premiums in Course of Collection 667,231.88
Interest Accrued 11,716.42
Bills Receivable for Marine Premiums 140,284.55
Rents Due and Accrued 3,247.81
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$5,383,171.68
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LIABILITIES.

CASH CAPITAL $1,000,000.00
Reserve for Unearned Premiums 3,466,886.97
Reserve for Unpaid Losses 353,759.88
All Other Liabilities 5,438.10
NET SURPLUS 557,086.78
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$5,383,171.68
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STEPHEN CROWELL, President,
WM. R. CROWELL, Vice-President.
PHILANDER SHAW, Secretary.
GEO. H. FISKE, }
CHAS. C. LITTLE, } Ass’t Sec’s.
JOHN H. DOUGHERTY,}

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OLD SOUTH CHURCH, BOSTON, Feb., 1887.

We have used _Laudes Domini_ at our weekly services, Friday evenings, for nearly a year. Our people regard it as a great success.

S. CARR, JR., Organist. REV. GEO. A. GORDON.

“Dr Robinson has been, of all our hymn and tune book makers, the most successful.”

—REV. LYMAN ABBOTT, D.D.

“_Laudes Domini_ is one of the latest, and one of the very best of the many good hymn-books produced in the present generation, a book as nearly perfect as that most eminent of all hymn book makers, Dr. Charles S. Robinson, can make one.”—_The Congregationalist._

“If we were conducting a ‘gospel service’ of many days’ continuance in any church having this hymnal, we would not care to introduce special hymn-books”.—REV. DR. GEO. F. PENTECOST, in ‘_Words and Weapons_’.

Responsive Reading Services are bound with _Laudes Domini_ when desired.

Dr. Robinson’s Hymn and Tune Books are not experiments. Churches adopting them are never disappointed.

“SPIRITUAL SONGS FOR SOCIAL WORSHIP” never fails to give satisfaction in the Prayer Meeting.

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USE

“Our constant
aim is to make them
the Finest in the World.”]

PRESS OF HOLT BROTHERS, 119-121 NASSAU ST., N.Y.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious printer’s punctuation errors correct. Inconsistent hyphenation retained due the multiplicity of authors.

Changed “misionaries” to “missionaries” in the Funk & Wagnalls advertisement on the third page of advertisements.

Changed “LeMoyne” to “Le Moyne” on page 137.