The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 03, March, 1888

Chapter II: Part 2

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VT.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

CONN.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.

N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.C. Creegan, Syracuse, N.Y.

OHIO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, Ohio.

Ill.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago, I11.

MICH.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich.

Wis.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis.

MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. H.L. Chase, 2,750 Second Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.

IOWA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Ella B. Marsh, Grinnell, Iowa.

KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. Addison Blanchard, Topeka, Kan.

SOUTH DAKOTA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. W.H. Thrall, Amour, Dak.

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Not many weeks since, the Congregational Sunday-school of Ithaca, N.Y., sent us forty-five dollars towards the education of an Indian girl at Santee Agency, saying "we expect to make it seventy dollars." The story "How I Became A Golden Missionary," tells how they did it. It is a clear case of evolution. If any of our young people do not know what evolution is, they can learn how to start one by reading

HOW I BECAME A GOLDEN MISSIONARY.

My birthplace was in a very Superior region, as for millions of years I had dwelt near Lake Superior. My superior quality almost defied the arts of man. I first became conscious of existence when being liberated from my copper prison. I was, as I heard men say, ninety per cent. pure copper. Up to this time I had never been disturbed, but now sounded sharply the click of the hammer upon the cold chisel that rudely separated me from all that had been most closely associated with me. I heard men say that I was to be made over; and I was transported far away to a place where I was exposed to fierce fires, and without suffering I was made to assume a liquid form. I was then poured into a mold from which I came out, verily, a new creature. I was very bright and beautiful, shining and glowing, as if still retaining in myself the fires that had transformed me. I now discovered that I had a new name, for they called me "One Cent," and gave me this motto, "In God we trust."

I heard it said that I was a tool to assist in civilization, and I soon found myself aiding men in commercial transactions. I had manifold experiences and, like most useful people, found that while age increased my usefulness it subdued my glitter. At last, after many, many years, I fell into the hands of a Sabbath-school Superintendent with a missionary spirit, and by him was distributed with many of my companions to the children of his Sabbath-school, with the injunction to multiply. I fell into the hands of a boy who undertook to help me in a business way which should tend to my rapid increase. At the end of a fixed period I and my companions were to be returned to the Superintendent with our respective gains; and then, after relating our experiences, we were to be sent forth as missionaries to the Indians. Before this, my aims had been simply to aid in commerce, with no definite plan before me, and like all who have no fixed purpose, I drifted here and there and took no special interest in the world. But now I was to become a missionary; I was not only to aid in civilization but in advancing Christianity.

My new aim in life made me anxious concerning the boy who was to be my helper. I took the deepest interest in all his plans in regard to me and listened attentively when he bargained with his father for a fourth of a cent's worth of yarn and the use of a needle with which to darn his father's socks. I thought that a boy of sixteen who was willing to increase me by undertaking to darn his father's stockings, deserved all the aid that I could give him. I looked on with interest and admiration, while he, with earnest toil, completed his task. When the task was ended, I found myself increased from one to three cents. This small beginning was in reality the most important of all our transactions and demonstrated that we could work harmoniously together.

While he went to the St. Lawrence for his vacation, he did not give me a vacation nor wrap me in a napkin, but left me where I grew to four cents. Then we invested my whole increase in hickory nuts, which transaction increased me to fifteen cents. I here discovered that I had not only multiplied but had become of a more precious metal. I was now silver. We now invested in peanuts and hickory nuts and I was increased from fifteen to thirty cents. The community in which we lived manifested such a fondness for peanuts that we again invested and I found myself increased to seventy-five cents.

Coming in contact with one who mourned over sleepless nights, we undertook to add to her comfort by making a hop pillow. Having invested in materials, and the boy making the pillow himself upon the machine, we realized an increase of twenty-five cents. Now to my great surprise and still greater delight, I found that I had again been transformed into a more precious metal. I was now gold. As I could attain no higher degree in precious metals, it was decreed that in this form I should go forth on my career as a missionary.

Good-bye to you, Lottie, and Rose, and Marion, and John, and Carl, and Waldo. Our association has been very pleasant together, and I hope that in taking leave of you I am not to pass altogether from your knowledge. I should desire that this history of my growth and increase may accompany me, that in time to come I may be able to report to you of the good that through me you have been able to accomplish. Once more good-bye.

YOUR HAPPY MISSIONARY GOLD DOLLAR.

CHILDREN'S PAGE.

THE STORY OF THE BULLETS.

Among some unpublished papers of the late Rev. Dr. Pike, we find the following story, which we know will be of interest to our readers, both from the sketch itself and the association with its author:

A few years after Gen. Hooker fought his famous battle of the clouds, I visited Lookout Mountain, and, while searching for some memento on the battle-field, picked up a slightly bruised rifle bullet. This to me was a real prize. It was not too large, it would keep.

A slight illness, aggravated by the fatigue of the day, induced me to accept the urgent request of a former acquaintance to spend the night with him upon the mountain. During the evening, I chanced to show him the bullet, saying I thought myself quite fortunate in finding it.

"Oh," said he, "that's nothing. A colored woman after the battle gathered and sold so many that she was able to purchase a cow with the money, and now that cow supports her family."

I left Chattanooga the nest morning, and thought no more of the incident for a dozen years. A short time since, however, I was spending the night in a small village in one of the mountain towns of Tennessee. At nightfall, looking out from my hotel, I observed a company of colored people ambling along towards a low wooden meeting-house, and time hanging heavily on my hands, I decided to join the dusky worshipers. I slipped in, therefore, when the meeting was a little under way, and allowed myself to be ushered up to the front seat, directly under the eye of an intelligent looking young man who proved to be the preacher for the occasion. After a few opening services, which embraced the usual variety in ordinary churches, the minister took for his text the passage, "Ask, and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you."

"Now," said he, when he had gotten on well with his introduction, "you must not believe you will surely receive precisely the thing you ask for in just the way you might like it. Let me give you an illustration from my personal experience. When a little boy, I lived with my mother on the southern slope of Lookout Mountain, and remember well the day that Gen. Hooker fought his great battle up there and how he and his soldiers marched bravely away. For a long time the children and the grown people searched the battle-fields over, day after day, hoping to find things of value. My mother made it her business to hunt for bullets, and at length the number she gathered herself and took from us boys was so great that she was able to purchase a cow with the money they brought.

"A benevolent gentleman living in New York at this time soon after secured the Government buildings on the top of the mountain that had been used for the sick soldiers, and fitted them up nicely for Northern teachers, who opened a boarding-school for white students. I took milk to the institution from our cow, every morning, and how I wished that I might gain admittance to the school and procure an education! One day I heard the scholars reciting in concert, 'Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.' It came over me most powerfully and I repeated it again and again. I said it to my mother, and inquired of her what it meant, and why it impressed me so, and who it was that said it.

"She replied, 'I dunno. I reckon I'se heard dem words afore. 'Pears like dey was spoke by the bressed Lord.'

"The more I thought of it, the more undecided I was what I could do, or what my mother could do for me, I knew, however, that the Lord could do everything.

"Well, the nest time I met the good-natured teacher who managed the school, I made bold to ask him to allow me to tell him all about it, and this was his reply. 'Our Lord made that promise long before the discovery of America and the establishment of the peculiar institutions of this country. If he had lived at this day, I reckon,' he continued with a look of drollery, 'he would have said "Ask and ye shall receive--if you aint a nigger." I can't take you into my school because you are black, but I'll send you down to the American Missionary school at Chattanooga. You can ask and receive there whether you are black or white.'

"So, shortly after he told my experience to the teacher in the town, who arranged that my mother should take me and the cow to a little farm just out of the city, giving me an opportunity to attend his school regularly until I was fitted to enter an institution of a higher grade. I then went away and pursued a course of study for six years, teaching during the summer and receiving aid from my mother, who kept the cow all the while for her own support and my assistance. I asked, I received, but not just in the way I hoped."

When he had finished speaking, I took him heartily by the hand, told him of my early visit to the mountain and the bullet still in my possession. I talked with him about his teachers, his struggles for self-help, his aim to work for the progress of the church and his consecration to the duties of the Christian ministry. I conversed with him in reference to others of his acquaintance and believe that his experience serves to illustrate the ingenuity of the colored people in seeking their own advancement.

"They climb like corals, grave on grave,
But pave a path that's sunward,
They're beaten back in many a fray,
Yet newer strength they borrow;
And where the vanguard rests to-day,
The rear shall camp to-morrow."

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RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1888.

MAINE, $977.34.

Auburn. SAMUEL J.M. PERKINS, to const. himself L.M. ...$30.00

Bangor. Hammond St. Ch. ...15.50 Bangor. Center Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...5.00

Bath. Winter St. Ch., 100; Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., 34 ...134.00

Belfast. Miss E.M. Pond, Bbl. of C.; Miss G. Longfellow, Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._

Brewer. Mrs. C.S. Hardy, 10; M. Hardy, 10, _for Indian M._ ...20.00

Brunswick. Mrs. S.C.L. Clement, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...25.00

Brunswick. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...8.10

Castine. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...5.00

Castine. Class 9, Trin. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ ...2.32

Cumberland Center. Silas M. Rideout, _for Mountain Work_ ...1.00

East Otisfield. Mrs. Susan Lovel, 5; Rev. J. Loring, 2; Mrs. Sarah P. Morton, 1 ...8.00

Ellsworth. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. C.F.W. HUBBARD L.M. ...41.33 Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. ...2.02

Gorham. "Helping Hand Soc.," _for Freight_ ...2.00

Hallowell. Mrs. F.C. Page, 15 _for Mountain Work_ and 10 _for Indian M._ ...25.00

Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...10.87 Madison. Cong. Ch. ...1.00

New Castle. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Bedding, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Norridgewock. Mrs. Caroline F. Dole, _for Freight_ ...1.45

North Yarmouth. Dea. Asa A. Lufkin ...5.00

Portland. State St. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 197; High St. Ch., 195.72; Williston Ch., 69.39; Rev. I.P. Warren, 60, to const. STANLEY P. WARREN, M.D., and MRS. SUSAN H. CANADA L.M.'s; Friends in West Cong. Ch., 5; Seamen's Bethel Ch., 5 ...532.11

Portland. Sab. Sch of Seamen's Bethel, _for Indian M._ ...2.00

Portland. Infant S.S. Class, St. Lawrence St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...3.00

Portland. Mrs. J.M. Gould, 2.50; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Plummer, 1 _for Indian M._ ...3.50

South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class, _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...2.00

Union. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Bedding, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Waldoboro. First Cong. Ch. ...12.00

Woolwich. E.M. Gardner, _for Tougaloo U._ ...0.50

----. Mrs. M.W. Stone, _for Pupils, Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...70.00

NEW HAMPSHIKE, $518.38.

Amherst. Miss L.F. Boylston (20 of which _for Woman's Work_) ...70.00

Bedford. Presb. Ch. ...12.67 Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...20.00

Concord. Dea. F. Coffin's Class, 10, and Jos. T. Sleeper's Class, 10, South Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...20.00

Derry. Ladies' Aux., First Cong. Ch., _for Woman's Work_ ...20.00

Farmington. First Cong. Ch. ...23.77

Great Falls. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Woman's Work_ ...25.00

Harrisville. Mrs. L.B. Richardson, 10; Darius Farwell, 2 ...12.00

Keene. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 90, to const. GEORGE E. HITcHCOCK, MRS. HARRIET L. BUCKMINSTER and LUCY M. CARLTON L.M.'s Sab. Sch of Second Cong. Ch., 48.49 ...$138.49

Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...45.00

Lempster. Helen Bingham and Marianna Smith ...5.00

Londonderry. Charles S. Pillsbury ...1.00

Manchester. Sab. Sch., by E. Ferren, Treas., _for Pupils, Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...75.00

Merrimac. First Cong. Ch. ...2.85

Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, 5; A Friend, 2 ...7.00

Pembroke. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...2.00

Rindge. Ladies' Sewing Cir., _for Freight_ ...5.00

South Newmarket. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._

Union. "Do Good Soc.," by Mrs. G.S. Butler, _for Indian M._ ...1.00

West Lebanon. Mission Band of Cong. Ch. ...20.00

Winchester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...12.60

VERMONT, $737.77.

Barnet. Cong. Ch., 70, to const. ALEXANDER HOLMES and EMELINE H. WALLACE L.M.'s Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 17.85 ...87.85

Bennington. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., 10, Mrs. G.W. Hannan, 2; A.B. Valentine, 1, _for McIntosh, Ga._ ...13.00

Bethel. Mrs. Laura F. Sparhawk ...5.00

Brattleboro. "A Friend," 50; E. Crosby, 25, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...75.00

Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. ...25.51 Brownington. S.S. Tinkham ...5.00

Castleton. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks ...3.00

Chester. Cong. Ch. ...33.50

Dorset. Ten Cent Collection, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks ...7.20

East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 48.86; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 3.50 ...52.36

Essex Junction. Cong. Ch. ...10.70

Granby. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks ...1.40

Granby. Infant Class Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...1.15

Hardwick. H.R. Mack, _for Indian M._ ...5.00

Hartland. Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ ...7.00

Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., etc., _for Atlanta, U._

Montpelier. "C.L.S.C.," _for Storrs Sch._ ...9.00 Montpelier. Sab. Sch. of Bethany Ch. ...8.00

Montpelier. Ladies of Bethany Ch., Box of C., val. 75, _for McIntosh, Ga._

Newbury. Hon. P.W. Ladd ...5.00

Plainfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ ...3.00

Rutland. Cong. Ch., 81.47; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 10 ...91.47

Saint Johnsbury. Sab. Sch. of South Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...40.00

Saint Johnsbury. "Little Helpers" Miss'y Circle of South Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks ...10.00

Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud M._ ...3.41

Salisbury. Monthly Concert, 15; J.E. Weeks, _for McIntosh, Ga._ ...20.00

Springfield. F.V.A. Townsend, to const, ERVIN A. TOWNSEND L.M. ...30.00

Swanton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ ...2.00

Westbrook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...5.00

Windham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...15.00 Windsor. "A Friend," 25; Cong. Ch., 8 ...33.00 Woodstock. Cong. Ch. ...7.22

Ladies of Vermont, _for McIntosh, Ga._:

Barnet. Bbl. of C. Barton. " ".

Brownington. Bbl. of C. ...$5.00 Cambridge. Bbl. of C. ...2.00 Charlotte. Half-Bbl. of C. ...2.00 Derby. Bbl. of C. ...3.00

Farihaven. Bbl. of C.

Greensboro. " " ...3.00

Island Pond. " " Lowell. Half-Bbl. of C. Montpelier. Box of C.

North Craftsbury. Bbl. of C ...3.00 Wallingford. ...0.50

Weybridge. Bbl of C. ...2.00 ------ $20.50 ------- $633.77

LEGACY.

Bradford. Estate of Mrs. C.D. Redington, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks ...100.00

------- $737.77

MASSACHUSETTS, $16,495.66.

Amherst. Mrs. Elijah Ayers, Bbl. of C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Andover. "A Friend," to const. Miss LUCY J. KIMBALL L.M. ...75.00

Andover. L.G. Merrill, _for Student Aid, Mobile, Ala._ ...10.00

Andover. Mrs. Wm. Abbot, Pkg. Books, etc., and 1.42 _for Student Aid, Sherwood, Tenn._ ...1.42

Ashburnham. M. Wetherbee ...2.00

Attleboro. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 60; First Cong. Ch., 16.53 ...74.53

Beverly. Washington St., Cong. Ch. ...79.45

Beverly. Member of Dane St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...2.00

Boston. Park St. Homeland Circle, 101, _for Tougaloo U._; 54 _for Student Aid, Striaght U._; 3 _for Indian M._, and to const MRS. DAVID GREGG, MRS. ADDIS E. BOWLER, MRS. CHARLES E. SPENCER, MRS. ALBERT F. FISHER and MISS ALICE L TENNEY L.M.'s ...158.00

" Park St. Ch., add'l ...115.00

" "Partial payment of the debt due from the North to the Colored Race in the South" ...50.00

" Mrs. C.A. Spaulding, to const MRS. MARY W. WOOD L.M., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ ...30.00

" Ezar Farnsworth, _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...30.00

" "A Friend," to const. DEA. THOMAS Y. CROWELL L.M. ...30.00

" "W.E.M." ...25.00

Charlestown. Mrs. C.W. Flint, Pkg. of C., _for Tougaloo U._

Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch. ...115.32

" "Friends," _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...10.00

" Miss Mary A. Tuttle, _for Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund_ ...1.00

" Miss M.E. Lapham, Half-Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._

Jamaica Plain. "Gleaners," _for Freight, Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...1.70

Roxbury. Immanuel Cong. Ch. ...58.40 " "Friend" ...10.00

" Sab. Sch. of Highland Ch., 9.94, and Bdl. of S.S. Papers, _for Jackson, M._ ...$9.94

------ $654.36

Brimfield. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...5.00

Brookline. Harvard Ch. ...75.95

Cambridge. Bible Class, S.M. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...25.00

Cambridge. First Cong. Ch., _for Storrs Sch._ ...9.00

Cambridge. Mrs. M.L.C. Whitney ...1.50

Campello. South Cong. Ch., 25.00; Mrs. Allen Leach, 50 cts. ...25.50

Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...27.35

Chesterfield. "Hill Top Gleaners," _for Indian M._ ...11.00

Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. ...4.00 Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...21.71

Clinton. Mrs. H.N. Bigelow, by W.H.M. Soc., _for Talladega C._ ...15.00

Conway. Cong. Ch. ...13.00 Curtisville. Mrs. Frances M. Clarke ...5.00

Dalton. Zenas Crane, Jr. _for Mountain White Work_ ...100.00

Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane ...100.00

East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...25.00

East Cambridge. Ladies' Union Scoiable, Bbl. of C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

East Dennis. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...15.00

Enfield. E.P. Smith, 50; Miss L.E. Fairbanks' Sab. Sch. Class, 25; Mrs. J.E. Wood's Sab. Sch. Class, 10; Mrs. Geo. C. Ewing, 10; Mrs. J.E. Clark, 5; Mrs. C. Savage, 5; Mrs. Bartlett's Sab. Sch. Class, 7; H. Graves, 1, _for Indian M._ ...113.00

Enfield. Mrs. J.S. Wood, _for Indian Student Aid_ ...40.00

Enfield. Mrs. M. McClary, 5; Miss Smith's Sab. Sch. Class, 5; Mrs. Richards' Sab. Sch. Class, 3.70; Miss Crowthers' Sab. Sch. Class, 2.30; _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...16.00

Enfield. Woman's Missionary Society ...28.25

Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 111.62; Third Cong. Ch., 8.89 ...120.51

Falmouth. First Ch. ...16.00

Framingham. Mary L. Bridgeman and Friends, Box Books, etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Georgetown. Sab. Sch. of Memorial Ch. ...7.20 Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. ...37.30 Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...108.40 Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...49.91

Haverhill. Center Cong. Ch. and Soc. 86; West Cong. Ch. 16, bal. to const. MRS. ABBIE C. HAZELTINE L.M. ...102.00

Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...100.00

Haverhill. Sab. Sch. Classes of West Cong. Ch.; Eben Websters's 14.42; Amos Hazeline's 8.34; Nos. 9 and 10; 8.12; _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...30.98

Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...20.00

Holliston. "Friends," 5; Class of Young Men, Cong. Sab. Sch., 3; _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...8.00

Holliston. "Friends," Spoons., Val. 11.61, _for Talladega C._

Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Santee Indian M._ ...17.50

Holyoke. Mrs. Corrain's Class of Girls, 18 Aprons, Reading Matter, etc., _for Macon, Ga._

Lawrence. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of Bedding, etc., 3 _for Freight, for Talladega C._ ...3.00

Leicester. First Cong. Ch. ...98.46

Leicester. Member of First Cong. Ch. _for Talladega C._ ...2.60

Leominster. Miss Carrie Woods' Sab. Sch. Class, Box of Articles, _for Talladega C._

Lowell. Kirk St. Ch. ...$175.00

Malden. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C. etc., _for Straight U._

Marlboro. T.B. Patch ...1.00

Marshfield. Rev. E. Alden, _for Student Aid, Atlanta, U._ ...20.00

Medfield. Second Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ ...3.00

Merrimac. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. to const. EDWARD C. HOPPER L.M. ...50.00

Merrimac. Cong. Ch. ...39.35 Middleton. "Friends," _for Mobile, Ala._ ...2.00

Milford. "Friends," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...5.00

Millbury. First Cong. Ch. ...49.68 Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford ...4.00 Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc. ...38.41 Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...92.98

North Amherst. "Friends," 17; Mrs. G.E. Fisher, 15, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...32.00

North Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...25.00

North Brookfield. Union Ch., Box of Bedding, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Northfield. Trin. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00

North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch. ...7.96 North Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...16.39

Norton. Mrs. C.P. Harrison, _for Macon, Ga._ ...10.00

Norton. Young Ladies of Wheaton Sem. _for Woman's Work_ ...10.00

Norwood. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...40.00

Oakham. Cong. Ch. ...19.00 Otis. Rev. S.W. Powell ...3.00 Oxford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...26.33 Pepperell. Evan. Cong. Ch. ...22.00

Pittsfield. Mrs. Harriet A. Campbell, 100, incorrectly ack. in Feb. from Dalton, Mass.

Pittsfield. Mrs. H.M. Hurd, Bbl. of C., _for Jonesboro, Tenn._

Quincy. Rev. Edward Norton, _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00

Salem. South Ch. and Soc. ...81.92 Salem. Young Ladies, _for Freight_ ...3.00

Somerville. E. Stone, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...50.00

Southampton. Cong. Soc., _for Freight_ ...3.00

South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch., 2; "A Friend," 5, _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...7.00

South Weymouth. Mrs. H.W. Bolster, Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._

Spencer. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...148.91

Spencer. Benev. Soc. and Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., etc., _for Atlanta U._

Springfield. Pkg. of C. and Bed-quilt, from Miss Minnie A. Dickinson's Class of Girls, _for Miss Douglass, Oaks, N.C._

Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. ...62.43 Stoughton. Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ ...1.00

Sturbridge. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...6.42

Sunderland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...7.03

Swampscott. Cong. Ch., to const. MISS MARY E. STORY L.M. ...30.00

Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...23.73

Townsend. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., Box of Books, etc., Cash 3, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...3.00

Waltham. "The Missionary Nine," _for Talladega C._ ...4.00

Ware. Primary Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...2.00

Watertown. Phillips Mission Band, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ ...50.00

Webster. R.B. Eddy, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...1.00

Wellesley. "Two Friends," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...6.00

Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch., (50 of which _for Indian M._) ...100.00

Westfield. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Straight U._

Westhampton. "A&A," ...10.00

West Medford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...$1.00

West Newton. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...35.00

West Somerville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. and Box of Bedding, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Weymouth. Mrs. Vaughan, Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._

Wakefield. Cong. Ch. ...43.25 Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l ...25.00 Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 66.20

Williamstown. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...20.00

Winchedon. Atlanta Soc., Bbl. of C., etc., _for Atlanta U._

Woburn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 195; Mrs. Susan S. Greenough, 5 ...200.00

Worcester. Piedmont Ch., 84; Thomas W. Thompson, 20 ...104.00

Worcester. Mission Harvesters, Salem St. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...75.00

Worcester. _For Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._ ...20.00

Worcester. "Lady Member Main St. Bapt. Ch.," _for Indian M._ ...10.00

----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...18.58

By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Co. Benev. Ass'n.

East Longmeadow. ...17.50 Monson. ...31.85 South Hadley Falls. ...15.00 Springfield. South. ...99.52 " First. ...68.56 West Springfield. Park St. ...15.00

Westfield. First, _for Hampton N.&A. Inst._ ...70.00 --------- 317.43

--------- $4,545.00

LEGACIES.

Chicopee. Estate of Maria Smith, by E.B. Clark, Ex. ...1000.00

Danvers. Estate of Mrs. Caroline Gould, by Chas. H. Gould, Ex. ...500.00

Deerfield. Estate of Tamesin S. Clark, by S.D. Drury, Ex. ...2000.00

Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by Wm. M. Wyman, Ex. ...4.04

Newtonville. Estate of Mrs. Mary P. Hayes, by Wm. Laing, Ex. ...4268.78

Roxbury. Estate of H.B. Hooker, D.D., by Arthur W. Tuffts, Ex. ...50.00

Sherborn. Estate of Mrs. Anna Barber, by Lowell Cooidge, Ex. ...356.88

Springfield. Estate of Charles Merriam, by Charles Marsh, Ex. ...3000.00

West Brookfield. Estate of Mrs. Lucy Ellis (proceeds sales of 5 shares of stocks), Geo. Davis, Adm'r, by Langdon S. Ward ...733.75

Worcester. Estate of Charlotte E. Metcalf, by Mrs. Mary M. Chester ...36.33

---------- $16,495.66

CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.

Mason, N.H. By L. June Goodwin, Bbl., _for Storrs Sch._

Rindge, N.H. Ladies' B. Soc., 2 Bbls., Val, 81.57, _for Storrs Sch._

Goffstown, N.H. By Miss E. Kendall, Bbl., _for Oaks, N.C._

East Cambridge, Mass. Miss M.F. Aiken, Box, _for Kittrell, N.C._

Framingham, Mass. "Friends," Bbl., _for Kittrell, N.C._

Lawrence, Mass. Ladies' Benev. Soc., of Lawrence St. Ch., Bbl., Val., 78.36, _for Talladega C._

Marlboro, Mass. Bbl.

Medfield, Mass. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl., _for Oaks, N.C._

Natick, Mass. Primary Dept. of First

Cong. Ch., Box Gifts, _for Sab. Sch., Chattanooga, Tenn._

Norwood, Mass. Agnes P. Robbing, Box, _for Savannah, Ga._

Stoughton, Mass. Cong. Ch., Half Bbl., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Watertown, Mass. Collected by Mrs. Woodworth, 2 Bbls., _for Oaks, N.C._

Weatboro, Mass. Ladies Freedmen's Ass'n, Bbl., Val., 51, _for Atlanta, U._

RHODE ISLAND, $1,020.21.

Central Falls. Cong. Ch., _for student Aid, Indian M._ ...$107.25

East Providence. Samuel Belden (60 of which to const. HENRY A. BREWSTER and EVA BELDEN CHURHCILL L. M's) ...150.00

Newport. Mrs. Eliza D.W. Thayer, _for Santee Indian M._ ...12.00

Newport Misa Sophia L. Little (1 _for Woman's Work_) ...5.00

Providence. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...500.00

Providence. Union Cong. Ch. _for Indian M._ ...54.80

Providence. Union Cong. Ch. _for Ramona Ind. Sch._ ...8.50

Providence. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch., _for Studend Aid, Fisk U._ ...50.00

Providence. Center Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...45.00

Providence, Beneficent and Cong. Ch's, 43.16; Dr. Vose, 1; Caroline Danielson, 1, _for Indian M._ ...45.16

Providence. Lady of Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 4 new Cloaks

Tiverton Four Corners. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 14, "A Friend," 1 ...15.00

Westerly. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...25.00

Westerly. Mrs. Mary T. Babcock, _for Mountain Work_ ...1.50

CONNECTICUT, $4,486.56.

Bantam. S.H. Dudley ...1.00

Berlin. Golden Ridge Missionary Circle, by Elizabeth P. Wilcox ...25.00

Bethel. Cong. Ch. (5 of which from "A Friend," thank offering) ...54.24

Collinsvllle. Howard Collins, _for Talladega C._ ...10.00

Birmingham. Mrs. Chas. A. Sterling, _for Indian M._ ...5.00

Bridgeport. "Four o'clocks" First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...10.00

Canaan. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim Ch., _for Oaks, N.C._ ...21.05

Canaan. Ladies' Missionary Sac, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...14.00

Colchester. W.C.T.U., Bbl. Ot C., _for Talladega C._

Cromwell. Cong. Ch. ...121.01 Danbury. First Cong. Ch. ...108.77 East Hartland. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., ...16.15 East River. Mrs. Caroline M. Washburne, ...100.00

East Woodstock. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 25.25; Mrs. Paine's S.S. Class of boys, 1.25, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...26.50

East Woodstock. Silas Newton, 2.50; Mrs. Emma L. Finck, 2.50 ...5.00

Enfield. Ladies' Soc. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., etc., _for Thomasville, Ga._

Fairfield. Mrs. A.B. Nichols, _for Mountain Work_ ...6.00

Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch. ...40.02

Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...25.00

Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of second Cong. Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...11.13

Farmington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., add'l ...10.00 Groton. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...25.30 Guilford. Mrs. Sarah A. Todd ...5.00

Hadlyme. R.E. Hungerford, 100; Jos. W. Hungerford, 100 ...200.00

Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., 279.02; Mrs. M. C. Bemis, 20; "A Friend," Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., 5 ...304.02

Hartford. Newton Case, 100 _for Talladega C._; R. Mather, 5O _for Talladega C._; Mrs. F.H. Wood, 10 _for Talladega C._ ...160.00

Hartford. "A Friend," Christmas Gifts and 5 _for Postage_ ...5.00

Hartford. Sarah Porter Cooley, Box Christmas Gifts, _for Thomasvtlle, Ga._

Higganum. Sab. Sch, of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...4.10

Jewett City. Second Cong. Ch. ...15.00 Kensington. Cong. Ch. ...25.75

Lakeville. Mrs. G.B. Burrall's Sab. Sch. Class, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...25.00

Lebanon. Goshen Soc. ...5.91 Lyme. First Cong. Ch. ...45.00

Meriden. E.K. Breckenridge ...4.50

Middlebury. Cong. Ch. ...10.54

Mllford. Plymouth Ch. ...50.00

Montvllle. First Cong. Ch. ...7.50

Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch. ...17.00

NaugatucK. Cong. Ch. (75 of which _for Indian M._) ...200.00

New Britain. Sab. Sch, of First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...50.00

New Canaan. True Blue Card, Coll. by Helen and Rose Rogers ...1.50

New Haven. Davenport Ch., 82.68; College St. Cong. Ch., 72.30 ...154.98

New Haven. Mrs. Henry Farnam, _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...20.00

New Haven. Ithamar W. Butler ...1.00 New London. Second Cong. Ch. ...625.62

New London. Mary L. Miner, 50; Judge John G. Crump, 5, _for Indian M._ ...55.00

New London. "Friends, First Cong. Ch.," _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...31.00

Newtown. Cnog. Ch. and Soc. ...15.00

Norfolk. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talldega C._ ...1.00

North Guilford. A.E. Bartlett ...2.30 North Woodstock. Cong. Ch. ...2.50

Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 228.07; First Cong. Ch., 22.57 ...250.64

Norwichtown. "*, First Cong. Ch." ...58.00 Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch. ...4.16

Old Saybrook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M., Hampton Inst._ ...24.86

Old Saybrook. Young girls of Seaside Mission Band for Home Work, _for Santee Indian M._ ...11.00

Grange. Cong. Ch. ...8.14 Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...6.00

Plainville. Solomon Curtis, to const. MRS. JENNET H. KINGSBURY, MRS. LILIAN BENTLEY, MISS MARY TOMLINSON, BEAYTON LEWIS, CHAS. RYDER, MISS HELEN WOODRUFF, MISS CELIS BASSET, MRS. OLIVE HEMINWAY, W.S. PEASE, ETTA FENN and FRANK SPRAGUE L.M.'S ...800.00

Pomfret. First Cong. Ch. ...33.67

Preston City. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Oaks, N.C._ ...17.30

Putnam. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...17.50

Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. ...72.94 Salisbury. Cong. Ch. ...30.47

Salisbury. Sab. Sch. Class of Mra. Sarah A. Clark, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...7.25

Somers. Cong. Ch. ...7.50 Southington. Cong. Ch. ...68.00 South Windsor. First Cong. Ch. ...6.37 Tolland. Cong. Ch. ...11.00

Torrington. "valley Gleaners," _for Pupils Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...25.00

Torrington. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. Bedding, etc., _for Talladega C._

Vernon Center. Cong. Ch. ...20.00

Wallingford; Albert P. Hough, _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...5.00

Waterbury. Ladiea' Soc., Second Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., _for Thomasville, Ga._

Watertown. Mrs. F. Scott's Class, _for Pupils, Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...10.00

Westchester. Cong. Ch. ...$15.09

West Hartford. Anson Chappell, 10; Mrs. C.R. Swift, 5; "A Friend," 3 ...18.00

Wethersfield. Miss J.C. Francis' S.S. Class, _for Rosebud Indian M._, and to const. CHARLES S. ADAMS L.M. ...30.00

Wilton. Cong. Ch. ...60.00

Winthrop. Mrs. M.A. Jones, 1.50; Mrs. C. Rice, 1 ...2.50

Wolcott. Cong. Ch. ...6.00 Woodbury. Coral Workers, _for Freight_ ...2.50 ----. _For Hope Station, Indian M._ ...75.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, Sec., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._

Bridgeport. L.H.M.S. of First Cong. Ch. ...25.00

Naugatuck. Ladies. ...25.00 Suffield. Y.L.H.M. Circle ...12.87 Torrington. Aux. ...7.00

Hartford. First Ch. Aux., _for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ ...20.00 ------- 89.87

NEW YORK, $4,248.76.

Binghamton. "A Friend" ...6.00

Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch. (100 of which from Geo. H. Nichols, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._), 861; Clinton Av. Cong. Ch. (J.D.) 500 ...1361.00

Brooklyn. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Lewis Av. Cong. Ch., _for Woman's Work_ ...13.05

Chateaguay. Joseph Shaw ...5.00 Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry ...2.00

Copaque Iron Works. Union Sab. Sch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...10.00

Frankfort. Dewey Hopkins ...1.50 Galway. Delia C. Davis, _for Atlanta U._ ...5.00

Goshen. Fannie E. Crane, _for Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund_ ...1.50

Greigsville. Mrs. F.A. Gray ...1.00

Ithaca. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Indian Student Aid_, to const. GEORGE F. BEARDSLEY L.M. ...45.00

Jamestown. Mrs. Julia Jones Hall ...2000.00 Lisle. R.C. Osborn ...5.00

Lockport. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. Bedding, etc., _for Talladega C._

Malone. Mrs. Mary K. Wead ...100.00

Millville. Mrs. James M. Linsley, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...1.00

Morristown. First Cong. Ch. ...8.00 Morrisville. Cong. Ch. ...4.09

New Lebanon Center. Rev. F.W. Everest, 5; Mrs. F.W. Everest, Pkg. of C. ...5.00

New York. Pilgrim Ch., 140.05 to const. WILLIAM H. HOWE, C.J. HASBROUCK, M.D., ARTHUR S. LANE and REUREN SMALL L.M.'S; "A Friend," 100; "Mrs. R." 50 ...290.05

New York. Broadway Tab. Sab. Sch., _for Pupils, Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...50.00

New York. "A Friend," 5 _for Moblie, Ala._; 5 _for Fisk U._ ...10.00

New York. S.T. Gorton, Music, Val. 50, _for Talladaga C._

North Walton. Cong. Ch. ...18.00

Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 36.37; H.T. Dunham, 10 ...46.37

Peeksville. Mrs. and Mrs. John R. Ayer ...5.00

Perry Center. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._

Port Chester. Milo Mead ...4.00

Poughkeepsie. Jno. F. Winslow, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...10.00

Poughkeepsie. Young Ladies' Soc., _for Fisk U._ ...10.00

Rome. Wm. B. Hammond ...10.00

Saratoga. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...20.00

Sherburne. "Friends," Fancy Articles, _for Fair, Talladega C._

Sherburne. Miss Hattie Lathrop, Pkg. Pen Wipers, _for Athens, Ala._

Spencerport. Primary Dept., by Miss Celia M. Day ...$8.00

Spring Valley. Miss Mary C. Waterbury, _for Special Evang'l Work, Chinese M._ ...30.00

Vernon Center. G.C. Judson ...2.00

Walton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ ...35.44

Warsaw. Indian Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Santee Indian M._ ...27.25

Waterville. Mrs. Wm. Winchell ...5.00

West Winfield. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. A.E. KINMOUTH L.M. ...30.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:

Albany. Ladies Aux., to const. MRS. ELLEN L. TENNEY L.M. ...30.00

Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. of Puritan Cong. Ch. ...28.51

Homer. Ladies' Aux. ...5.00 -------- 63.51

NEW JERSEY, $107.44.

Arlington. Mrs. G. Overacre ...0.50

East Orange. "A Friend," 50; "Friends" in Grove St. Ch., 6; "A Friend," 1 ...57.00

Salem. W. Graham Tyler, to const. MRS. SALLIE R. TYLER L.M. ...30.00

Upper Montclair. Sab. Sch. of Christian Union Ch. ...19.94

PENNSYLVANIA, $28.50.

Carbondale. Rev. D.L. Davis ...2.50 Claysville. Mrs. Jennie D. Sheller ...5.00

Franklin. Sab. Sch. of M.E. Ch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00

New Milford. Horace A. Summers ...5.00 Providence. Welsh Cong. Ch. ...3.00 West Alexander. Thomas McCleery ...5.00

OHIO, $439.94.

Andover Center. Cong. Ch. ...2.85 Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thomson ...2.28

Berea. James S. Smedley, 5; First Cong. Ch., 3.70 ...8.70

Chester Cross Roads. Cong. Ch. ...5.00

Claridon. L.T. Wilmot, 10 bal. to const. S.E. WILMOT L.M.; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 10 ...20.00

Delaware. William Bevan ...5.00

Dover. 2 Boxes Christmas Gifts, 1 Box S.S. Papers; Mrs. Whitney, Christmas dinner _for Teachers_; 3 little Aldrich Children, .80, _for Athens, Ala._ ...0.80

Geneva. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Grand View, Tenn._ ...10.00

Geneva. "W" ...1.00 Greensburg. Mrs. H.B. Harrington ...5.00

Harmar. Mrs. Lydia N. Hart, _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...75.00

Lenox. Cong. Ch. ...5.00 Lyme. Cong. Ch. ...16.27

Medina. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for Macon, Ga._ val. 30

New Lyme. A.J. Holman ...10.00 North Benton. Simon Hartzell ...5.00 Overlin. First Ch. ...48.02 Perrysburg. Rev. J.K. Deering ...0.75 Radnor. Edward D. Jones ...5.00 Springfield. First Cong. Ch. ...15.00

Springfield. Bbl. of C., Miss Jessie M. Garfield (for Freight, 1) _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...1.00

Tallmadge. MISS SARAH M. HALL, 30, to const. herself L.M.; "A Friend," 9.50 ...39.50

Toledo. Ladies' Soc., Cen. Cong. Ch., _for Woman's Work_ ...6.00

Toledo. Central Cong. Ch. ...5.50

Toledo. Miss A.M. Nichols, Bbl. of C., Pupils of La Grange Sch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._

Twinsburg. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 30, to const. E.B. Lane L.M.; "A Friend." 2 ...$82.00

Unionville. Mrs. E.F. Burnelle, 5; Mrs. Elvira Stratton, 2 ...7.00

Willington. ----, _for Oahe Ind'I Sch._ ...25.00

Windham. Wm. A. Perkins ...5.00

Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., _for Woman's Work:_

Cleveland. Plymouth Ch. L.B.S. Aux. ...1.00

Cleveland. First Cong. Ch. L.H.M.S. ...2.27

Hudson. L.H.M.S. ...5.00

Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. L.M.S. ...44.00

Salem. Mrs. D.A. Allen ...6.00

Springfield. First Cong. Ch. L.M.S. ...20.00

------ 78.27

INDIANA, $2.00.

Sparta. John Hawkswell ...2.00

ILLINOIS, $734.16.

Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norrs, _for Talladega C._ ...10.00

Batavia. Cong. Ch. ...36.00

Belvidere. Mrs. M.C. Foote, 4.50 _for Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._, and 3 _for Woman's Work_ ...7.50

Camp Point. Mrs. S.B. McKinney ...10.00

Chicago. New England Ch., 54.47; Leavitt St. Cong. Ch., 18.83; Y.L.M.S. Of New Eng. Ch., 17.03 ...90.33

Chicago. Mrs. Jermiah Porter, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...25.00

Chicago. By Ella W. Moore, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...11.20

Chicago. Jennie A. Dickinson, Bdl. S.S. Papers, _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Concord. Joy Prairie Soc. Bbl. of C., _for Mobile, Ala._

Crete. Phineas Chapman, to const. MRS. E.C. REED L.M. ...50.00

Downer Groves. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...4.00

Elgin. "A Friend," to const. Rev. G.R. MILTON L.M. ...75.00

Elgin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._ ...25.00

Emington. Cong. Ch. ...5.00

Galesburg. First Cong. Ch. ...35.14

Galesburg. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., Box of Books, etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Hinsdale, Cong. Ch. ...20.00

Mattoon. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...7.20

Morrison. William Wallace and Robert Wallace ...55.00

Naperville. A.A. Smith ...4.00

New Grandchain. Rev. P.W. Wallace ...2.50

Paxton. Mrs. J.B. Shaw, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...15.00

Princeton. Mrs. R.D. Harrison, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...5.00

Rockford. First Cong. Ch. ...46.80

Roscoe. Ladies' Soc., Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., _for Thomasville, Ga._

Roseville. Mrs. L.C. Axtell, Bbl. of Hats, _for Talledega C._; Mrs. S.J. Axtell, Bbl. of Hats, _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Sycamore. Henry Wood ...10.00

Wayne. Cong. Ch. ...7.50

---- "Cash" ...0.50

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., by Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:

Amboy. Mission Band ...24.00

Canton. W.H.M.U. First Ch. ...4.15

Chicago. L.M. Soc. New England Ch. ...22.32

Chicago. W.M. Soc. Lincoln Park Ch. ...$8.80

Port Byron, L.M. Soc. ...14.30

Rockford. Y.L.M. Soc. First Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...40.00

Rockford. Y.L.M. & F.M. Soc. of Second Ch. ...2.50

Sheffield ...4.50

Toulon. "Lamplighters" ...1.00

----- 121.67

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., _for Woman's Work_:

Chebanse. Aux. to Ill. U. ...5.50

Morris. W.M.S. ...10.00

Oak Park, L.B. Soc. ...16.50

Toulon. H.M.U. ...0.95

Sterling. W.M.S. ...10.00

Wilmette, Aux. to Ill. U. ...5.87

------- 48.82

MICHIGAN, $458.78.

Allegan. N.B. West, to const. C.F. GRIMER L.M. ...29.90

Allegan. First Cong. Ch., _for Sch'p, Fisk U._ ...2.00

Alpena. "A Sister," _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...25.00

Ann Arbor. Young People's Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch. ...60.00

Armada. Cong. Ch., 15.70 and Sab. Sch., 3.30 ...19.00

Benton Harbor. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., etc., _for Athens, Ala._

Charlotte. First Cong. Ch. ...15.00

Detroit. Rev. John D. McLanlin, 25 _for Student Aid, Fisk U._; 25 _for Indian M._ and to const JOHN MACKIE L.M. ...50.00

Grand Haven. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...7.30

Grand Ledge. E. Beckwith ...10.00

Grand Rapids. Y.L. Park Miss'y Soc., _for Santee Indian M._ ...20.00

Hopkins Station. Second Cong. Ch. ...19.00

Jackson, Mrs. Z.H. Field and Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box of 100 dressed dolls, _for Tougaloo, Miss._

Manistee, Y.L. Mission Circle, _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...25.00

Memphis. "Cheerful Workers," by L.G. Russell, _for Athens, Ala._ ...1.00

South Haven. Clark Pierce ...10.00

Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. ...43.00

Three Oaks. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...7.00

Union City. "A Friend" ...100.00

White Lake. Robert Garner ...10.00

----. Mrs. H.W. Floyd, _for Pupils, Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...5.58

WISCONSIN, $425.19.

Appleton. First Cong. Ch. ...45.58

Berlin. W.H.M.U. of Cong. Ch. ...5.00

Delavan. Cong. Ch. ...91.60

Eau Claire. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., 15; "Soc. of Cheerful Givers," 3.84; Second Cong. Ch., 3 ...21.84

Fond du Lac. ----, _for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._ ...25.00

Hartford. "In memory of Mary L. Freeman" ...15.00

Lake Geneva. Cong. Ch. ...9.28

Milwaukee. Hanover St. Cong. Ch., 25; William Dawes, 20 ...45.00

New Richmond. First Cong. Ch. ...35.65

Racine. Sab. Sch. of First Presb. Ch., _for Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund_ ...25.00

Racine. Mrs. C.E. Marsh, 20; Mrs. D.D. Nichols, 50 cts. ...20.50

Ripon. Y.M.C.A., of Ripon College ...1.50

River Falls. Miss H.E. Levings, _for Pupils, Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...35.00

Salem. Mrs. R. Hartnell, Year's Sub. "Rural New Yorker," _for Athens, Ala._

Sun Prairie. Sab. Sch. of First Cong Ch. ...6.80

Whitewater. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...10.86

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Wis., _for Woman's Work_:

Arena. L.H.M.S. 87

Baraboo. L.H.M.S. 3 00

Bloomington. Mrs. M.D. Beardsley. 2 00

Eau Claire. L.H.M.S. 3 25

Eau Claire. L.H.M.S. _for Oahe Indian M_. 5 00

Evansville. L.H.M.S. 1 00

Madison. L.H.M.S. 5 40

Ripon. L.H.M.S. 10 00

Wyoming. L.H.M.S. 1 06

----- $31 58

IOWA, $218.82.

Burlington. Cong. Ch. 20 12

Cedar Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 5 18

Cedar Rapids. Cong. Mission Sab. Sch., Birthday Box. 3 65

Clay. Infant Class Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee Indian M_. 1 48

Clear Lake. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Woman's Work_. 2 00

Genoa Bluffs. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U_. 5 00

Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 9 54

Monticello. Cong. Ch., 13; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Woman's Work_ 12. 25 00

New Providence. "A Friend". 5 00

Oskaloosa. Cong. Ch., add'l. 3 62

Shenandoah. Busy Bees Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Beach Inst. Savannah, Ga_. 25 00

Strawberry Point. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch. (_5 for Santee Indian M_.) 8 85

Tabor. Cong. Ch. 12 30

Tyrone. Mrs. Mary A. Payne. 2 00

Waterloo. J.H. Leavitt, _for Talladega C_. 5 00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa, _for Woman's Work_:

Cedar Rapids. W.H.M.U. 10 80

Dubuque. L.M.S. 25 00

Des Moines. W.M.S., Plymouth Ch. 11 65

Grinnell. W.H.M.U. 9 23

Magnolia. W.H.M.U. 2 10

Marion. Y.P. Soc. 15 00

McGregor. 6 30

Stacyville. 5 00

----- $85 08

MINNESOTA, $230.69.

Austin. W.H.M.S., Box of Mags. etc,. _for
Jonesboro', Tenn_.

Freeborn. Cong. Ch. 2 00 Glencoe. Cong. Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 5 54 Hutchinson. Cong. Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 3 91 Litchfield. "M.E.W." 5 00 Litchfield. M.E. Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 2 06 Mazeppa. Half-Bbl. of Papers, _for Wilmington, N.C._ Medford. Cong. Ch. 5 00

Minneapolis. Union Ch., 13.75; Horace Leighton, 10; J.F. Elwell, 5; Como Av. Ch., 3.39; Primary Class, Plym. Ch. Sab. Sch., 3, G. Leighton, 1; Mrs. Bevin, 1; Bart and Helen Libby, 50 cts., _for Oahe

Ind'l Sch_. 37 64 Minneapolis. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U_. 34 40 Minneapolis. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 11 60 Northfield. "A Friend," _for Mountain Work_. 5 00

Rushford. Rev. A.F. Burwell, Box of Books, _for Jonesboro' Tenn_. Saint Paul. Plymouth Ch., 26.41; Pacific Cong. Ch., 5.05 31 46

Saint Paul. House of Hope, _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 21 00 Saint Paul. Sab. Sch. Class of Boys, _for Student Aid. Talledega C_. 1 50 Saint Paul. Miss Susie, Chittenden and "Friends," Bbl. of C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn_. Wabashaw. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10 12 Wilmar. Presb. Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 4 46 Winona. First Cong. Ch. 50 00 Zambrota. Half-Bbl. of Papers, for _Wilmington, N.C._

MISSOURI, $268.36.

Kansas City. First Cong. Ch. 151 96 Meadville. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Woman's Work_. 5 50 Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch., 66.28; Pilgrim Cong. Ch. add'l, 44.62. 110 90

KANSAS, $13.90.

Sabetha. Cong. Ch. 10 00 Wano. Cong. Ch. 3 90

DAKOTA, $140.47.

Fort Berthold. Miss Briggs, _for Debt_. 10 00 Oahe. ---_for Endowment, Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 40 00 Oahe. "One of the teachers," _for Oahe Ind'l Sch_. 14 00 Redfield. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch. 9 80 ------ $73 80 Legacy.

Dakota, Legacy (in part) of Mrs. L.H.
Porter, by Rev. S.F. Porter, Ex. 66 67
------
$140.47

NEBRASKA, $14.92

Franklin. Cong. Ch. 5 12 Fremont. Cong. Ch. 7 55 Steele City. Cong. Ch. 2 25

OREGON, $1.88.

East Portland. First Cong. Ch. 1 88

WASHINGTON TER. $25.00.

Seattle. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 25 00

COLORADO, $29.97.

Denver. John R. Hanna. 25 00 Denver. Miss A.R. Bell, 1; Ladies First Cong. Ch., _for Freight_, 47 cts. _for Oahe Ind'l Sch. 1 47 Highland Lake. Cong. Ch. 3 50

CALIFORNIA, $171.40

Arcata. Miss S.P. Locke. 4 00 Martinez. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 5 00 Oakland. Edison D. Hale, _for Atlanta U_. 2 00 Pomona. Mary F. Wheeler. 1 00 Riverside. Chas. W. Herron's Class in Sab. Sch. 5 65 San Francisco. Receipts of the California Chinese Mission 153 75

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $10.00.

Washington. "A Friend," _for Indian M_. 10 00

MARYLAND, $25.00.

Baltimore. Martin Hawley, _for Talladega C_. 25 00

VIRGINIA, $70.00.

Hampton. "A Thank Offering," _for Oahe Indl'l Sch_. 70 00

KENTUCKY, $5.10.

Berea. "Church at Berea". 5 10

TENNESSEE, $1,116.00.

Crossville. Cong. Ch. ...................... $2 73 Deer Lodge. Cong, Ch., Christmas Offering... 2 95 Grand View. Cong. Ch., 6, and Sab. Sch. 10, New Year's Offering................... 16 00 Helenwood. Cong. Ch. ....................... 3 00 Jonesboro. Pub. Sch. Fund, 75; Tuition, 15.60 90 60 Jonesboro. "Unknown Friends," S. S. Papers ................................... Memphis. Tuition ........................... 398 85 Nashville. Tuition, 534.70; Rent, 6.50; Rev. F. A. Chase, Christmas Offering, 10; "A Friend," 10; Howard Ch., Christmas Offering, 4.47 565 67 Robbins. Mrs. A. C. Ellis .................. 5 00 Sherwood. Union Ch., Christmas Coll., 6.25; Union Ch. Sab. Sch., Birthday Box, 5.54 ..................................... 11 79

NORTH CAROLINA, $224.10.

Lassiter's Mills. Cong. Ch. ................ 1 00 McLeansville. First Cong. Ch., 1.40; Second Cong. Ch., 35 cts. 1 75 Melville, Ch. and Sab. Sch. ................ 1 55 Wilmington. Tuition, 178.10; Cong. Ch., 30 ....................................... 208 10 Wilmington. By Miss H. L. Fitts, _for Student Aid_................................... 7 50 Wilmington. Primary Classes in Sab. Sch., Miss Hyde's Class, 2.30; Miss Denton's Class, 40 cts.; Mr. Littleton's Class, 1.50, _for Rosebud Indian M. ........... 4 20

SOUTH CAROLINA, $213.00

Charleston. Tuition ........................ 213 00

GEORGIA, $762.96.

Andersonville. Cong. Ch., Christmas Coll. 1 30 Atlanta. Storrs. Sch., Tuition ............. 240 00 Atlanta. Teachers and Students, Atlanta U., _for Indian M._ ................. 15 00 Atlanta. Nettie Stith ...................... 1 00 Cypress Slash. Cong. Ch. 2, and Sab. Sch. 50 cts. .................................. 2 50 Macon. Tuition ............................. 137 85 Marietta. Ch. and Sab. Ch................... 4 00 McIntosh. Tuition .......................... 57 00 Rutland. Cong. Ch., Christmas Coll.......... 1 00 Savannah. Tuition, 211.45; First Cong. Ch., Taylor St., 8.45 ......................... 219 90 Thomasville. Tuition, 67.50: Conn. Ind'I Sch., Christmas Thank Offering, 5......... 72 50

ALABAMA, $630.29.

Athens. Tuition............................. 37 90 Birmingham. Cong. Ch.. _for Talladega C._ 4 00 Marion. Tuition. ........................... 120 00 Mobile. Tuition, 257.40; Emerson Inst., Christmas gift, 7.33; Cong. Ch. 3.60 and Sab. Sch., 1.01 .......................... 269 34 Montgomery. Cong. Ch, 10; Dr. Dorsette. 60 cts., _for Student Aid, Talladega C_ 10 60 Rowland. Rev. E. Reynolds, Box of Books, _for Sherwood, Tenn_................. Selma. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talledega C_. ......................... 15 00 Shelby Iron Works. Cong. Ch., 5 _for Talledega C.,_ Cong. Ch., Christmas Offerings, 5 10 00 Talladega. Tuition, 162.20; Cove Ch., 2.. 164 30 Talladega. Sab. Suh., New Year's Offering, _for Indian M._ ..................... 9 35

FLORIDA, $30.00.

Jacksonville. Sarah M. Burt, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U_........................ 25 00 Orange Park. Cong. Ch. ..................... 5 00

LOUISIANA, $391.00

New Orleans. Tuition ....................... 290 00 New Orleans. S. B. Steers, _for Theo. Student Aid, Talledega C. ........................ 100 00 -----. Mr. Exidor, _for Student Aid, Fisk U 1 00

MISSISSIPPI, $129.85

Jackson. Cong. Ch., Christmas and Thanksgiving Coll's....................... 2 00 Piney Grove. Christmas Offering, by Rev. E. Tapley ................................ 30 Tougaloo. Tuition, 105.55; Rent, 2; Sab. Sch., 20 ................................. 127 55

TEXAS, $121.40

Austin. Tuition ............................ 111 40 Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. .................. 10 00

INCOMES, $510.88

Avery Fund, _for MendÃ M_ ............. 110 00 Plumb Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U_........ 240 88

NEWFOUNDLAND, $1.00

St. Johns. Mrs. A.F. Steer ................. 1 00 ======= Donations .................................. $20,166 93 Incomes .................................... 810 53 Legacies ................................... 12,116 45 Rents ...................................... 8 50 Tuition .................................... 3,225 90 --------- Total for January ................. $36,325 61 Total from Oct. 1 to Jan'y 31 ..... 91,415 51

ENDOWMENT FUND.

Baldwinsville, N. Y. Howard Carter, _for Ed. of Theo. Students_ ................ 500 00

FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for January .................. $152 13 Previously acknowledged .................... 275 96 ------- Total ................................ $456 09

Receipts of the California Chinese Mission, received since Sept. 30th, on account of expenses of year ending August 31, 1887. E. Palache, Treas.:

From Auxiliary Missions. - Alameda, Chinese Am. Mem's, 18; Cong. Ch., 6.25. Oakland, Chinese Ann. Mem's, 80; Mrs. E. C. Keutz, 2. - Oroville, Chinese Ann. Mem's, 4. - Sacremento, Chinese Ann. Mems, 30. - Other Ann. Mem's 6. 96 95

From Churches. - Antioch, Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 5 - Bryon, Cong. Ch., Rev. W. H. Tubb, 1. - Clayton, Cong. Ch., Rev. J. H. Strong, 2. - Oakland, First Cong. Ch., Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D. D., 2 - San Francisco, Bethany Ch. Chinese Ann. Mem's, 10.50 - Other Ann. Mem's, 2 ............................... 22 50

From Individual - Geo. C. Boardman ....... 10 00

From Eastman Friends - South Braintree, Mass., Rev. Jathan B. Sewall ........... 25 00 ------ Total .............................. $153 75

H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 55 Reade St., N. Y.

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