Chapter II: Part 2

Here in these mountains live over two million people, two-thirds of whom have never written nor received a letter, could not read one if printed and sent them. They take no newspapers, and the great events of nations or discoveries of science have been nothing to them. Questions of vital importance to our country have never troubled them. They knew there was a war, for contending armies met on their grounds. With few exceptions their sympathies were with the Union. Too poor to own slaves to any extent, they had no motive for seceding, and many of them joined our army and were faithful soldiers.

At the close of the war, they went back to their secluded homes, and between them and the world the curtain fell again. We very well know that mortals cannot rise above their surroundings only within defined limits. Alas! for the defeated manhood and blasted womanhood in our land, held down to earth by unfortunate surroundings. They are looking to you for help. You have done nobly in sustaining a work in their midst. Besides what you have done at Pleasant Hill, Grand View and other points, you have enabled us to organize eight churches and build one academy and eight houses of worship. You have sent among us most efficient teachers. Besides their school duties they have taken upon themselves to visit the homes, to pray with the sick, to distribute clothing among the needy, to go to the homes of the students, to share their humble fare and sleep in their crowded rooms. They have spared neither time nor strength to carry the uplifting word to those needy souls. From the better classes we have been fortunate enough to draw a nucleus for each of our churches. We have some Sunday-school superintendents that for zeal and tact are models in their work and many a Northern school might rejoice in the possession of such officers. They are not so well versed in Scripture as we could wish, but they spare neither time nor expense to prepare themselves for their work.

This class of people responds quickly to the new life that comes to them by the school, the railroad or the business man. If we could find as ready response in the masses as we find in the individuals, our work in the mountains would be quickly done. But, alas! what of these hundreds of thousands who seemingly have no more aspiration than the brute in their field? They are wedded to the customs of their ancestors, and they rebel at any innovation. Give them tobacco, and whiskey, and pistols, a little meal and bacon and coffee, a crude bed and a roof, and that, to them, is living. Oh, those purposeless lives! They exist simply because they are in the world and cannot help it. With the girls especially, marriage is the chief aim, and what should be the holy relation is entered upon almost in childhood. As soon as they begin to lisp they are talking of their lovers. A little wee girl came to a teacher's home, and after answering in monosyllables the common questions as to schools and Sunday-schools, there was a lull in the conversation, when she spoke up: "I hain't got no sweetheart." For all marriage is the chief aim, it is surprising how little preparation they make for it. No bridal trousseau is ever thought of; not even a new dress is made for the occasion. I have seen many a bride in calf-skin shoes, old calico dress, long apron, with no cuffs nor collar, and her hair falling from her comb, while the groom appeared with uncombed hair, stogy shoes, jean pants and in shirt sleeves.

We have no rollicking girls or boisterous boys; we never see a crowing, cooing baby. The children are born old. The babies have a sad and dejected look, as if this world were a "dreary wilderness of woe," and they grieve they were ever born. Poor little ones in the Southland! how many are gathered home ere a twelve months' stay on earth. Besides this weary, aged look of the children, we frequently find those who look like walking corpses. A little inquiry reveals the fact that they are clay eaters. We have them in our schools. In our Jellico school, we have children whose elder sisters had to sprinkle pepper around the hearthstones to keep them from digging out the clay and eating it. The habit once formed, it seems to last them during life; where it ever originated I don't know, but have no doubt it was from lack of proper nourishment.

Our women! how shall I describe them? I wish I might picture them before you as they ride into town with their babies in their arms and a child or two on their horses with them, or as they walk in with heavy, dragging gait, loaded with some produce for sale, or as they stand for hours open-eyed and open-mouthed around the counters of some country store. I wish you could see them in their cabin homes, as bare of comfort as a wild desert waste, or at work in the field with the family, but always and everywhere with a chew of tobacco or a snuff stick in their mouths. They never express a desire for what they have not, nor a murmur at what they have, but their very movements are a complaint--a wail. On their face is ever seen that weary, resigned, passionless look. They never lighten with joy or surprise. If you could manage to fire a Vesuvius before their eyes you would never know by any outward expression but that they had seen volcanoes every day of their lives. There is no imagery, no ideality. The world to them is a humdrum routine, a common-place affair. They have no heroes, and they look upon all men, not as protectors, but seducers, not as beings formed in the image of a pure and holy God, but in the image of a God of lust and debauchery.

When first going among these people, the ludicrous or comical keeps presenting itself, but as you stay year by year the terrible _reality_ of their lives presses sore upon you. You are cramped by their narrowness; you are depressed by their lack of buoyancy; you grow distrustful because of their perfidy; you become sharer of their woes, but they have no joys to share.

Our work among them was begun none too soon. The eye of the speculator is being turned to our mineral and timber resources, and with unscrupulous money-makers for a centre and a demoralized people to gather round them, and no Christ in their midst, what strongholds of Satan would be formed. When we commenced our work seven years ago the field was open to the Congregationalists. If we could have had means to have secured helpers we could have planted ourselves largely, for we had continuous calls to come and organize churches. The people of better minds are sick and tired of the church life around them; they cannot indorse it and so are called infidels. But we have found no infidels there; still it takes no prophet to see that the reaction from this demoralized church life all through the mountains is going to create a great wave of infidelity unless real Christians come to the rescue very soon.

How these things nerve us to increased efforts to save the children and youth from these ways of death. Our hope for the land is in saving them, and our work is largely for them. We have many Sunday-schools connected with our churches and many others where we furnish some helps and where our students teach. Our Bands of Hope are encouraging. Our Christian Endeavor Society has a large membership, and is a power for good. But while we rejoice over these places that have these helps we think of the hundreds of counties along this mountain range that have no such helps. Senator Plumb has stated that the assessment in Alabama for pistols, guns and dirks is four times that on farming implements, and Kentucky's record of crime is far worse than Alabama's. Who of us can say that he is innocent of this shed blood, unless he is doing something toward sending the only cure--a Christian civilization? Because the work has many discouragements, are we excused? Because the people are prejudiced against us and our principles, shall we withdraw, and let them sink lower and lower?

But the question is asked: "Have you no public schools or churches in this large section of the country?" Yes, schools for a few months in the year, taught in little log school houses, some with floors and some with none; some with a tiny window and some without; some have doors and some haven't. Very few have desks; in most there are but slab benches. But worse than the school house and its surroundings is the illiterate, immoral teacher who attempts to teach the children. As for church organizations they are numerous, and a large majority are church members; but alas for the Christianity taught and practiced. Religion and morality are divorced. With most of them, religion is the thing of a moment and not of a life. Meetings once a month during the summer, and that is all the Christian institution the people have, and we call it _instruction_. We are inclined to smile at the thought of a preacher prefacing his sermon with the boast that he has no learning; that his "jeens" coat has never brushed the chalk off college walls, and what he has to say is "no fixup" of his own, but direct from "_sac_-rid writ" or an "inspiration of the Speret." But our smiles end with a sigh when we see that there is not only _ignorance_, but "the poison of asps is under their lips." Their hatred for all other churches than their own is intense. They have no charity for any religion outside of their own church. The excitement and strife for membership is unequalled even in the craze of their political wars. They are bigoted and intolerant, they have no idea of practical Christianity. They have no prayer-meeting, no family prayers, no Sunday-schools. One minister living near where we have recently planted some Sunday-schools gave a whole sermon to talking against them, and said if any one would show him from the Bible where Sunday-schools were taught he'd believe they were right; but a few weeks later, pressed by seeing our schools drawing so largely from the community, he thought something must be done, so with a few of his leading members they announced the organization of a school near ours. They sent to Jellico on Saturday and bought two gallons of whiskey in order to draw the crowd. Of course, such a school lasted but a few days, but their hatred doesn't die so easily. We could help many churches if it were not for this jealousy among their ministers. The people are our friends, and our growing churches are a stimulant to them. Paul said: "What matter if Christ were preached through envy, only so he were preached," and if we can provoke them to good works, will not the children be blessed? Whatever cause prompts them to church building, to prayer or outward Christian living, they must be bettered by it.

And so, slowly, but steadily, this great mass is going to be leavened. It may not come in your day or mine, but come it will, and happy will we be in that far-off time to know that we had something to do in bringing about such needed results. We are confident of success. Right must win "since God is God," and the day is coming when the great "I Am" will dwell in all these churches. Then the bigot will say, "my brother;" the intolerant will grasp hands in loyal fellowship, and Christian hearts will pulsate in one common rhythm. Then will our mountains and hills break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

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NEEDS OF THE COLORED WOMEN AND GIRLS.

BY MRS. G.W. MOORE.

I have been asked to speak to you on the needs of four millions of women and girls. The time allotted for this paper is far too limited for me to give more than a glimpse of their real condition.

In considering the needs of the colored women and girls of the South, you must bear in mind their past condition, present status and future prospects, together with the forces that have contributed to each, before you can know and feel the heart yearnings and struggles of my sisters.

No human lips can tell the story of that dark night that has left its impress upon the habits, customs and life of a whole race of people. The crudest results of that iniquitous system fell heaviest upon the colored woman. From childhood, no matter how favorably situated, she was liable to become the doomed victim of the grossest outrages. There was no assurance that she would not be a constant associate in the field with the coarsest and most ignorant men of both races, or at any moment, at the caprice of the master, be sold. Swayed, body, mind and spirit, by a master class who found it necessary to close every avenue of intelligence in order to accomplish his fiendish purposes, this creature, made in the image of God, was often taught that there was no God of justice for her. Her body, instead of being a fit temple for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, was subject to the foulest demands of sensuality. No wonder they sang,

"Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord,
Nobody knows but Jesus."

These slave songs, born of agony, might well be called "The Passion Flowers" of the slave cabin. Thank God that all of my sisters were not thus brutalized, and even to those who were, God was merciful. Deep down underneath the lacerated and bruised heart, rested the "Shekinah of the Lord," preventing the wholesale transmission of vice. Two hundred and fifty years of such tuition gave her but little chance to develop her womanhood.

Intuitively she knew that there was a living God, and she sought Him in visions, and listened for His voice, and looked forward and persevered for that home not made with hands, and from her heart were wrung these words:

"O Lord, O my Lord, O my good Lord,
Keep me from sinking down."

And then comforted, she cried out triumphantly--

"Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel,
Then why not every man?"

Many have told me their struggles, and I know of others who even suffered death rather than submit to the outrage of chastity. One poor mother with three beautiful baby girls, driven to despair by realizing their probable doom if allowed to live, sent them back to the God who gave them and then took her own life.

Thus the colored women and girls lived before the war.

How have they fared since Freedom?

Have they had a fair chance in the race of life? No. They have met caste-prejudice, the ghost of slavery, at every step of their journey during these years of freedom. They have been made to feel that they are a separate species of the human family. The phrases "Your people" and "Your place," do not so much designate their race identity, as the fixed status in the sisterhood of races. This idea, as harmless as it may appear, or as much as it is used, with varied phrases of meaning, according to the attitude of the speaker, has been one of the greatest barriers to the progress of the Negro, especially of the women and girls. It has colored everything they have to do. Their place, like the ebony of their skin, is a dark place. In the home, and in social life, "their place" is confined to colored society, colored schools and colored churches. Be it understood, I am not reflecting upon colored society, but am pointing out the limitations that no other race in this country has to contend with, in its efforts to rise.

The higher the plane of culture the colored women and girls reach, the more sensitive they become, and the more keenly the effects of ostracism are felt. In wages it does not matter how capable she may be, she must not aspire. I have asked several persons, "What is the greatest need of the colored woman and girl?" and many have replied, "To be good servants." Assuming that this is her highest need, can good servants be had without good wages?

In education, her place is the colored school, if there is one far or near, and if there is no school for colored youth, (as is sometimes the case) the no-school is her place. In religious life, her place is the colored church. No matter how her soul may long for a more intelligent Gospel than perchance surrounds her, she must find it there.

Her place in the work of reform, if she has fallen or desires to reform, is the public street. I could relate many incidents which have come under my personal observation in Washington, (and Washington is far ahead of many places in the South) to illustrate how our fallen sisters have suffered worse than death, because doors have been shut against them. Several cases have been brought to me this year, one since writing this paper, but my sisters, the sad fact is like the advent of our blessed Lord, there is no room in the inn for her.

What is the true place of our women and girls? It is that place which is not circumscribed by the mere accident of birth and race, where she can rise just as high as she has the ability to reach and sustain. My five years' experience in Europe as a Jubilee Singer gave me a taste of the sweets of true womanhood, unfettered by caste-prejudice and by a low estimate of my position. There my complexion was not a target for insult and ostracism. Our needs are not only those common to other races, but are in a vast measure greater, because of the past and present difficulties. The masses furnish the most difficult problem to solve. How can we rescue them from poverty and illiteracy, and not pauperize them? How can we prevent crime, check immorality and decrease mortality? The answer lies in giving to them better home life, more elevating social surroundings, better educational advantages in school and industries, and a higher type of Christian life and worship.

My first introduction into an intelligent idea of practical Christianity was at Fisk University. There, and at many similar institutions under the A.M.A., may be found the epitome of a Christian home. Such schools furnish potent object lessons; such are the factors of the problem in answer to the question of how to meet the needs of the colored women and girls, who are to preside over the homes of eight millions of people, who had no home twenty-three years ago. Washington, alone, has a population of eighty thousand colored people, and more than forty thousand of these are women and girls.

It is said that the "hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world." It matters not whether that hand be black or white, but it does matter whether that hand be intelligent or ignorant. They not only need the education of the schools to develop their minds, and industrial training to prepare their hands for the practical duties of life, but Christian education, such as is given in the schools of the Association.

More than three thousand women and thousands of men have gone out under the A.M.A., in school, home and church, for the uplifting, Christianizing and elevating of our people.

Eternity alone will reveal the work that these Christian heroines and heroes have done in the Master's name. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews would need be extended to give to them their rightful place in the role of achievements of faith. We need not wait for eternity, we now see some of the grand results; their memory is already engraven upon the hearts, and their spirit infused into the life of thousands of educated colored young men and women, who have gone out among their people, carrying educated minds, trained hands and warm hearts, as an outgrowth of that labor which has not been in vain. This magnificent record of Christian endeavor and conquest has largely been made possible by the foresight, energy and fidelity of the many who have been and are at the head of the different departments of the A.M.A.

How can the Association more fully meet these needs? By continuing woman's work for woman, through their Woman's Bureau. Through this agency, ladies of the churches can furnish volunteers for the work and the base of supply. While we at the front are in the heat of the battle, you at home, through your missionary societies, young people's meetings, and Sunday-schools, can aid us with your prayers, your sympathy, your gifts and service. Those in the larger churches can sustain a missionary in the field, and may it be said of all, both large and small, "They have done what they could." Then we can sing,

"March on, and you shall gain the victory,
March on, and you shall gain the day."

My sisters, we must first be touched by the Spirit of the Master, and through him touch them. This work cannot be done perfunctorily or professionally.

And now in conclusion allow me to thank you in behalf of the millions whom I represent, for the faithful work and practical sympathy already given, and appeal to you in his name, and through you to the thousands whom you represent, for a continuation of your Christian efforts and support, also for greater supplies and larger gifts to the treasury of the A.M.A., that it may be able to furnish the laborers according to the demands of the growing needs of more than four millions of colored women and girls, who are trying to help themselves. Our lamented President Garfield said to the Jubilee Singers during their visit to Mentor: "Ethiopia is not only stretching out her hand unto God, but God is stretching out his hand unto Ethiopia." We believe this, and that the time is coming when all races shall sing:

"O, brethren, rise and shine and give God the glory,
For the year of Jubilee."

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RECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1888.

MAINE, $186.96.

Augusta. North Parish Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ $3.60

Bangor. W.S. Dennett, for _Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._ 20.00

Bangor. Y.M.C.A., 9.66; Miss Mary F.
Duren, 1, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.66

Bath. Sab. Sch. of Central Ch.,
_for Mountain White Work_ 23.00

Bluehill. "A Friend" 1.00

Brewer. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 15.00

Brunswick. Marshall Cram 10.00

Falmouth. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for
Freight to Williamsburg, Ky._ 0.50

Gorham. "A Friend," bal. to const. MRS.
HENRY J. LEAVITT L.M. 21.00

Gorham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 10, _for
Selma, Ala._, 10 _for Mountain White Work_ 20.00

Gorham. "Friend," _for Mountain White Work_ 10.00

Lyman. Cong. Ch. 4.85

Machias. Gilbert Longfellow 10.00

Orono. Cong. Ch. 15.10

Patten. Cong. Ch. 15.00

South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class,
_for Wilmington, N.C._ 3.00

West Brooksville. Cong. Ch. 2.25

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $430.96.

Candia. John P. French and Mary E.C.
French 200.00

Exeter. Mrs. Samuel Hall, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 5.00

Franklin Falls. Mrs. Stephen Kenrick 25.00

Great Falls. Ladies, _for Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._ 8.20

Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. 11.06

Keene. G.E. Whitney, 5; Mrs. C. Hatch,
4.25; Rev. G.H. De Bevoise and other
"Friends," 4.75; Sab. Sch.
of First Cong. Ch., 5 19.00

Keene. C.D. Robertson, _for Mountain
White work._ 1.00

Nashua. First Cong. Ch. 47.17

Nashua. "Friends," 27; Ladies' Charitable
Soc., 10 _for Dormitory, Brewer Normal
Sch., Greenwood, S.C._ 37.40

Newington. Cong. Ch. 4.68

New Ipswich. Children's Fair, _for Freight
to Straight U._ 1.10

Pelham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.40

Pembroke. Mrs. Mary Thompson, 10;
Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 8, _for
Wilmington, N.C._ 18.00

Raymond. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00

Tamworth. Cong. Ch. 2.00

VERMONT, $159.10.

Lunenburg. Charles W. King 15.00

Norwich. William E. Lewis 5.00

Springfield. "Splinters of the Board,"
by Myrtle A. Ellison, Treas., 2.25 for
_Tougaloo U._, and 2.25 _for Indian M._ 4.50

Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch. 64.85

Swanton. Cong. Ch. 15.65

Wallingford. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and
Soc., Bbl. of C.: Cash, 1, by Miss C.M.
Townsend, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 1.00

Westminster West. Sab. Sch. of Cong.
Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 19.10

West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00

Vermont Woman's Home Miss'y Union,
by Mrs. William P. Fairbanks, Treas.,
_for McIntosh, Ga._:

Castleton. Ladies, by
M.K. Adams 3.00

Dorset. W.H.M. Soc., _for
School, Marshallville, Ga._ 5.00

Newport. Ladles of Cong.
Ch. 20.00

----- 28.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $7,332.96.

Amesbury. Main St. Cong. Ch. 9.87

Amherst. Members of Amherst College
Ch. 45.00

Andover. George W.W. Dove, _for Tillotson
C. and N. Inst._ 25.00

Arlington. Rev. R.B. Howard, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 2.00

Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. 20.00

Mrs. Emily P. Eayers 5.00

"Friend" 4.50

Daniel S Ford. _for Laundry,
Talladega C._ 300.00

Rev. C.A. Richardson,
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

W.H. Emerson, _for Sherwood,
Tenn._ 10.00

Mrs. J.B. Potter, _for
Wilmington, N.C._ 8.00

A.A. Winsor, _for
Talladega C._ 5.00

Dorchester. Rev. Mrs. Houston,
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

Miss Mary A. Tuttle, _for
Rosebud Indian M._ 0.50

"Miss T.," _for Indian M._ 5.00

Roxbury. Walnut Ave. Cong.
Ch., ad'l 10.00

Somerville. Sab. Sch. of Franklin
St. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Santee Normal Sch._ 40.00

Mrs. N.B. Wilder, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 15.00

West Somerville. Ladies' Aid Soc.,
Box of Bedding, _for
Talladega C._

------- 443.00

Bernardston. Cong. Ch. 8.00

Blackstone. Rev. L.M. Pierce 10.00

Brimfield. First Cong. Ch. 8.50

Brockton. Porter Evan. Ch. and Soc.,
69.28 to const. HARRISON D. WILBUR and
MISS MARY A. CHADBOURNE L.M.'s;
Mrs. J.R. Perkins, 5; Mrs. S.A.
Southworth, 2 76.28

Brockton. Central Methodist Ch. Sab.
Sch., 5.11; Mrs. O.M. Littlefield, 2,
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 7.11

Cambridge. Mem. First Ch. and Shepard
Soc., 50; MRS. J. RUSSEL BRADFORD, 15,
bal. to const. herself L.M. 65.00

Cambridgeport. Mrs. J.D. Merriam, 50;
Mrs. E. Kendall, 25; Ladies' Miss'y
Soc., 25, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 100.00

Cambridgport. Y.P.S.C.E. of Pilgrim Ch. 7.00

Campello. South Cong. Ch. 100.00

Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. 48.98

Chelsea. Mrs. Mary A. Hallgreen, 5; Mr.
Flanders, 5, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

Chester Center. D.B. Lyman 1.00

Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Colerain. Mrs. Prudence B. Smith 5.00

Curtisville. Cong. Ch. 20.85

Dalton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ 45.00

Danvers Center. Sab. Sch. of First Ch.,
_for Atlanta, U._ 11.98

Dedham. First Cong. Ch. 105.40

Dover. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.87

Dracut. First Cong. Ch. 10.00

East Bridgewater. Sab. Sch., _for
Talladega C._ 12.50

East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken
(3.85 of which _for Freight to Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._) 5.35

East Dennis. Union Sab. Sch., _for
Talladega C._ 5.00

East Granville. Y.P.S. of C.E., by John
A. Gellett, Treas. 2.50

Easthampton. First. Cong. Ch. 61.07

East Taunton. Ev. Cong. Ch., _for Mountain
White Work_ 5.06

East Weymouth. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 28.00

East Weymouth. Mrs. James Vining, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00

Enfield. Mrs. F.W. Kimball's Primary
Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud
Indian M._ 5.00

Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00

Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.05

Florence. Florence Ch. 20.00

Fitchburg. Cal. Cong. Ch. 50.50

Fitchburg. Sab. Sch. of Rollstone Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00

Franklin. First Cong. Ch. addl. 9.60

Franklin. ---- _for Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00

Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 56.21

Haverhill. A.P. Nichols, _for Talladega C._ 100.00

Hinsdale. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Indl. Sch., Williamsburg, Ky._ 40.40

Holbrook. Sab. Sch. of Winthrop Ch., _for
Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 10.00

Holliston. "Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4." 50.00

Holliston. Rev. Geo. M. Adams, D.D., _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

Holyoke. F.B. Jones, _for Macon, Ga._ 9.50

Hyannis Port. Cong. Ch., 6.63; Sab. Sch.,
3.36; Dr. W.J. Wright, 2.01, _for Student
Aid, Straight U._ 12.00

Ipswich. First Ch. 10.00

Lakeville and Taunton. Precinct Ch. and
Soc. 60.00

Lanesville. William L. Saunders, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00

Lawrence. J.H. Eaton, _for Talladega C._ 5.00

Leverett Y.P.S.C.E., _for Grand View,
Tenn._ 13.00

Littleton. "A Friend" 50.00

Lowell. R. Stevens 5.00

Lynnfield Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 33,
to const. REV. HARRY L. BRICKETT L.M.;
Cong. Sab. Sch., 5.10 38.10

Ludlow. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Malden. Mrs. Mary D. Convers, _for Laundry,
Talladega, Tenn._ 500.00

Maplewood. Infant S.S. Class, _for
Wilmington, N.C._ 1.00

Marblehead. J.J.H. Gregory, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 66.00

Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch. ad'l. 51.69

Monson. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Wilmington, N.C._ 12.00

Newburyport. Prospect St. Cong. Ch.,
273.25, to const CHARLES H. COFFIN, MRS.
FRANCES E. COFFIN, REV. P.S. HULBERT,
MRS. P.S. HULBERT and KATE CAMPBELL
HURD, M.D., L.M.'s.: North Cong. Ch.
and Soc., 30 303.25

New Marlboro. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Newton. Eliot Mission Circle, _for
Rosebud Indian M._ 5.00

North Adams. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00

Northampton. A. Lyman Williston 300.00

Northampton. A. Lyman Williston, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 21.00

Northampton. Geo. W. Cable's Sab. Sch.
Class. Edwards Ch. 75.42

North Billerica. Mrs. E.R. Gould,
_for Sherwood, Tenn._ 3.00

North Brookfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong.
Ch., _for Pleasant Hill. Tenn._ 25.00

Northfield. Trin. Cong. Ch. 12.00

North Weymouth. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
8: Ladies of Cong. Ch., 7, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 15.00

North Weymouth. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim
Ch., _for Student Aid, Gregory
Inst._ 8.00

Norton. Sab. Sch. of Trin. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Pepperell. "Friends," 2 Bbls. C., etc.,
_for Greenwood, S.C._

Phillipston. D. & L. Mixter 2.00

Pittsfield. A.A. Mills, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 13.95

Plainfield. Mrs. Albert Dyer 5.00

Randolph. Rev. J.C. Labaree, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

Reading. Cong. Ch. 18.00

Reading. Miss E.A. White, _Freight for
Sherwood, Tenn._ 2.00

Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Salem. Sab. Sch. of Tabernacle Ch. 25.00

Salem. "Friends," _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 2.00

Southampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00

South Natick. John Eliot Ch. 14.63

South Weymouth. Union Cong. Sab. Sch.,
_for Wilmington. N.C._ 50.00

Spencer. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 40.00

Sudbury. Cong. Ch. 52.42

Townsend. Ladies' Soc., bbl. of C., etc.,
_for Sherwood, Tenn._

Townsend Harbor. By Helen E. Haynes,
_for freight to Greenwood, S.C._ 2.00

Uxbridge. Wm. H. Seagrave 25.00

Ware. Young Men's Class, Sab. Sch. East
Cong. Ch., _for Indian Scholarship_ 35.00

Walpole. Mr. & Mrs. Loring Johnson, _for
new building, McIntosh, Ga._ 60.00

Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. 21.27

Wendell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.55

Wellesley. Wellesley College, Woman's
Christian Ass'n, _for Library Fund,
Macon, Ga._ 40.00

Wellesley College. Miss Marion Metcalf,
_for Indian M._ 5.07

Westfield. Mrs. M.A. Shurtleff. 5; Miss
Elizabeth Phelps, 5, _for Jewett Hall,
Grand View, Tenn._ 10.00

Westfield. Mrs. C.W. Fowler, Box of
C., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Westford. "A Friend" 5.00

West Medway. Dorcas Soc. Third Cong.
Ch., 10: Ladies' Char. Soc. Third Cong.
Ch., 5, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 15.00

West Springfield. Miss Mary W. Southworth,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00

Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (300 of
which for _Mountain Work, Tenn._) 1,077.73

Whitinsville. Cong. Ch., _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 15.00

Williamstown. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Fisk U._ 20.00

Williamstown. South Cong. Ch. 15.50

Winchendon. First Cong. Ch., 11; and
Sab. Sch., 20.79 31.79

Winchendon. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch.,
(3 of which _for freight to Grand View,
Tenn._) 7.82

Winchester. First Cong. Ch. (25.08 of
which _for Indian M._) 52.68

Wollaston. Cong. Ch., 16.35;
Friend, 50 cts 16.85

Worcester. Central Ch., 141.35; Summer
St. Mission Chapel Ch., 6.40 147.75

Worcester. Piedmont Ch., _for Paris, Tex._ 61.86

Worcester. Primary and Intermediate
Depart's. Piedmont Sab. Sch., _for church
building, Roxton, Texas_ 50.00

Worcester. Union Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 75.00

Worcester. Ladies of Union Ch., _for Indian
Scholarship_ 20.50

Worcester. Infant Class of Central Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Lincoln Normal Inst.,
Marion, Ala._ 8.00

Worcester. "Friend," _for Rev. J.R. McLean,
Paris, Texas_ 5.00

----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 50.00

Hampden Benevolent Association, by
Charles Marsh, Treas.:

East Granville $10.00

Ludlow 17.64

Monson 35.42

South Hadley Falls 31.29

Springfield. First 20.00

Westfield. Second 19.20

West Springfield, Park St. 18.00

-------- 146.55

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$5,832.96

ESTATES.

Medfield. Estate of Mrs. Abigail Cummings, _for education, instruction and improvement of the Colored population of the South_ 1,000.00

Phillipston. Estate of Trowbridge Ward, by James Watts, Ex. 500.00

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$7,332.96

CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.

Falmouth, Me. First Cong. Ch., Bbl., _for
Williamsburg, Ky._

South Berwick, Me. Ladies of Cong. Ch.,
Bbl., _for Wilmington, N.C._

New Ipswich, N.H. Cong. Sab. Sch. and
Mrs. L.A. Obear, Case, _for Straight U._

Pittsfield, N.H. By S.G. French, Bbl.
and Box, _for Marion, Ala._

Auburndale, Mass. Mrs. Johnson, 2 Packages.

Cambridgeport, Mass. Pilgrim Ch., Case
Comfortables, Val. 20, _for Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._

Dorchester, Mass. Ladies of Harvard Ch.,
2 Bbls., _for Selma, Ala._

Ipswich, Mass. Ladles' Benev. Soc. of
First Ch., Bbl., Val. 25. _for Oaks, N.C._

Marshfield Mass. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of
First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls., Val. 48.25

Millbury, Mass. Miss Emily S. Ewell,
Box, _for Mrs. J.T. Ware, Atlanta, Ga._

Phillipston, Mass. Ladies of Cong. Ch.,
and Mrs. Annie S. Sawyer, 2 Boxes.

Reading, Mass. E.A. White, Bbl., _for
Sherwood, Tenn._

Somerville, Mass. Young People's Miss.
Circle of Day St. Ch., Bbl., val. 92.75,
Box. val. 75, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Townsend Harbor, Mass. By Helen E.
Haynes, Bbl., _for Greenwood, S.C._

Winchendon. Mass. Y.P.S.C.E., Case,
_for Grand View, Tenn._

RHODE ISLAND, $525.54.

Bristol. First Cong. Ch. 45.91

East Providence. S. Belden. 75.00

Hughsdale. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for
Williamsburg, Ky._ 4.28

Kingston. Cong. Ch. 36.22

Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. 75.00

Thornton. Union Cong. Sab. Sch.,
_for Williamsburg, Ky._ 2.75

Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.96

Providence. Churches, by G.E. Luther:

Beneficent Cong. Ch. 48.40

Central Cong. Ch. 85.75

Union " 70.80

Pilgrim " 15.65

North " 7.80

Plymouth " 5.22

Park Place, Pawtucket Cong.
Ch. 8.15

Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. 15.65

------ 252.42

CONNECTICUT, $2,239.19.

Abington. Cong. Ch., to const. MISS
ALTHEA M. LORD L.M. 35.50

Canaan. ---- 1.00

Chester. Cong. Ch. 37.00

Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 57.47

East Hampton. Philo. Bevin, 25; Dea. S.
Skinner, 10; A.H. Conklin, E.C. Barton
and H.H. Abbe, 65, _for Talladega C._ 100.00

Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. 9.50

Granby. Cong. Ch. 3.75

Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. MISS
CALLIE F. DAVIS L.M. 30.00

Guilford. "Wigwam Club," First Cong.
Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_, and to const.
CATHARINE L. GRISWOLD, L.M. 30.00

Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch. 2.00

Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch., 72.48;
Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., "A Friend," 10;
"A Friend," 1 83.48

Hartford. C.A. Jewell, 25; Roland Mather,
25; John C. Parsons, 5; J.S. Wells,
5; "R.D.," 5; "Amicus," 5; "A Friend,"
5; "A Friend," 5; "A Friend," 50 cts.,
_for Jewett Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 85.50

Kensington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 30, to
const. MRS. GEORGE L. TAYLOR L.M.;
Mayflower Mission Circle, 5, _for
Tougaloo U._ 35.00

Mansfeld. Mrs. N.J. Stevenson, _for
Indian M._ 5.00

Meriden. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for Jewett Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 25.00

Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 20.57

Middletown. First Ch., 116.50; South
Cong. Ch., 52.59 169.09

Middletown. Benj. Douglass, _for Jewett
Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 10.00

Milton. Cong. Ch. 13.00

Mount Carmel. Cong. Ch. 35.36

New Britain. First Cong. Ch., _for Jewett
Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 50.00

New Britain. Sab. Sch. of South Ch., _for
Indian M._ 25.10

New Canaan. Woman's Home Miss'y Soc.
of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 26.00

New Haven. Mrs. E.G. Cady, 30, to const.
MISS MARY LUCY JEWETT L.M.;
Howard Ave. Cong. Ch., 7.66,
_for Jewett Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 37.66

New Haven. Miss Fannie Skinner, 6 Silver
Forks, _for Teachers' Home, Macon, Ga._

Newington. Cong. Ch. 40.50

North Branford. Cong. Ch. 16.68

Norwich. Mrs. Mary B. Holyoke, _for Jewett
Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 25.00

Norwich Town. Sab. Sch. of First Cong.
Ch., 17.90; Rev. W.B. Clark. 50 cts., _for
Jewett Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 18.40

Old Lyme. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn.
Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 20.00

Plainville. "King's Daughters," _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 4.00

Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Atlanta U._ 32.06

Plymouth. George Langdon, _for Jewett
Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 10.00

Salisbury. Proceeds of Fair by the King's
Daughters, by Mrs. John C. Goddard,
_for Decatur, Ala._ 25.00

Southington. Geo. B. Finch 1.00

Southport. "Friends" in Cong. Ch., _for
Out-Station, Grand River, Indian M._ 186.00

Southport. "Friends," 90; "Friends,"
75, _for Grand River, Indian M._ 165.00

Stonington. Miss Anne Williams Hill's
S.S. Class, _for Talladega C._ 8.00

Stratford. Cong. Ch. 25.12

Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 35.10

Thomaston. H.M. Soc. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 30.00

Thompson. Cong. Ch. 17.05

Thompson. Cong. Ch., collected by Miss
Julia Shaw, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 30.75

Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00

Vernon. Cong. Ch. 13.55

Washington. Cong. Ch., by S.J. Nettleton,
_for Student Aid, Santee Normal Sch._ 25.00

Wauregan. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., by Carrie
Fellows, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 8.00

Westminster. Rev. S.B. Carter and Wife. 10.00

Winsted. David Strong, _for Theo. Dept.,
Talladega C._ 25.00

----. "A Friend" 500.00

----. "A Conn. Friend" 80.00

NEW YORK, $4,826.43.

Alfred Center. Mrs. Ada F. Kenyon 5.00

Amsterdam. D. Cady 10.00

Ashland. Rev. O.B. Hitchcock 5.00

Binghamton. First Cong. Ch. 53.08

Blodgett Mills. Miss E.C. Nason, Bbl. of
Papers, _for Savannah, Ga._

Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, _for Ballard
Sch. Building, Macon, Ga._ 2,060.00

Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, _for Student
Aid_ 144.00

Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 40.00

Brooklyn. Miss J.E. Prentiss' Sab. Sch.
Class, Ch. of Pilgrims. _for Indian
Scholarship_ 70.00

Brooklyn. Lee Ave. Cong. Ch. 13.75

Brooklyn. Lee Ave. Cong. Ch., Infant
Class "Birthday offerings," _for
Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.00

Brooklyn. Mayflower Mission Sab. Sch.,
_for Williamsburg, Ky._ 5.00

Brooklyn. Rev. T.L. Cuyler, _for Jewett
Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 10.00

Elmira. Park Ch., _for Grand View, Tenn._ 50.00

Fredonia. Miss Mary F. Lord 5.00

Ithaca. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for Indian Sch'p._ 27.70

Marion. "Friend." 1.00

Massena. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 18.00

Medina. M.P. Lyman 1.50

Mexico. E. Wheeler 1.00

New Haven. Cong. Ch., to const. DEA.
EDWARD W. ROBINSON L.M. 34.00

New York. Gen. Wager Swayne. 50;
Ralph Wells, 25, _for Talladega C._ 75.00

New York. H.P. Van Liew, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00

Orient. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 12.50

Schenectady. Mrs. J.W. Chute, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00

----. "A Friend," _for Jenkins Chapel, Talladega, Ala._ 6.00

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

Churchville. Ladies' Aux. 10.00

Homer. Mrs. Coleman Hitchcock 5.00

Homer. Ladies' Aux. 1.00

----- 16.00

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$2,683.48

ESTATES.

Brooklyn. Estate of Alfred S. Barnes,
_for Fisk U._ 925.00

New York. Estate of W.E. Dodge, _for
Theo. Student Aid_ 150.00

Ransomville. Estate of John Powley 1,067.95

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$4,826.43

NEW JERSEY, $222.99.

Arlington. Arlington Mission Band,
_for Savannah, Ga._ 1.00

Chester. "A Friend of Missions,"
_for Mountain White Work_ 30.00

East Orange. Grove St. Cong. Ch. 19.10

Montclair. D.O. Eshbaugh, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00

Montclair. Young Ladies Miss'y Soc.,
Bbl. of C., _for Meridian, Miss._

Morristown. Woman's Indian Ass'n,
_for Indian M._ 20.00

Newark. Belleville Ave. Cong. Ch. 107.89

Newark. Rev. J.M. Whitin, _for Prize in
English Composition, Talladega C._ 15.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $29.00.

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

Guy's Mills. Mrs. F. Maria Guy 2.00

Lansford. First Cong. Ch. 10.00

Montrose. Mrs. D.T. Brewster, _for Jewett
Mem. Hall_, Grand View, Tenn._ 1.00

New Milford. H.A. Summers 5.00

Philadelphia. A.L. Elwyn, _for Jewett
Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 1.00

Saire Oaks. Miss Jane Wilson 2.00

OHIO, $612.18.

Alexis. Cong. Ch. 6.00

Canfield. Cong. Ch. 10.10

Claridon. First Cong. Ch., 33.65; L.T.
Wilmot, 10 45.65

Claridon. Ladies' Benev. Soc.; Pkg.
sheets and quilts, _for Tougaloo U._

Cincinnati. Walnut Hills Cong. Ch. and
Sab. Sch. 86.63

Cleveland. "In Memory of J.M.F. and
H.B.F.", 50; Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch.,
21.90; Union Cong. Ch., 2 73.90

Hampden. Cong. Ch. 3.00

Hicksville. E.M. Ensign 10.00

Lenox. Cong. Ch. 3.00

Napoleon. Mrs. N.B. Palmer 1.00

New Richland. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston 2.00

North Bloomfield. F.O. Reeve 5.00

Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 85.20

Oberlin. Rev. C.V. Spear, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 5.00

Parisville. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 27.05

Radnor. Edward D. Jones 5.00

Ruggles. Cong. Ch. 18.65

Wauseon. Cong. Ch. 25.00

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

Harmar. Ladies' Oak Grove
Miss. Band 5.00

Hudson. W.H.M.S. 5.00

Ravenna. Cong. Ch. Miss.
Band. 30.00

------- 40.00

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$452.18

ESTATE.

Tallmadge. Estate of Rev. John Seward,
by Wm. H. Upson, Ex. 160.00
-------

$612.18

INDIANA, $9.00.

Fort Wayne. Cong. Ch. 9.00

ILLINOIS, $724.06.

Aurora. Mrs. J.L. Greenfield, _for Chinese
M._, and to const. S.H. SHERWOOD, MRS.
H.H. BONSLOUGH and MRS. J.E. GREENFIELD
L.M.'s 100.00

Camp Point. Mrs. S.B. McKinney 12.00

Chicago. First Cong. Ch., 149.88; O.B.
Green, 125; Rev. Arthur Little, D.D., 25;
E.F. Parr, 15 314.88

Chicago. Bethany Cong. Ch., _for Printing
Dept, Santee Ag., Neb._ 8.10

Chicago. Estate of Dea. Philo Carpenter,
by Rev. J.E. Roy, Trustee, Box of books
etc., _for Talladega C._

Danville. First Presb. Sab. Sch, 14.10;
Col. Candler, 5: Mrs. C.M. Young, 2;
Mrs. A.M. Swan, 2; Mrs. Crane, 50c, _for
Talladega C._ 20.00

Danville. H.M. Kimball, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 20.00

Dover. Cong. Ch. 31.50

Elmwood. Cong. Ch. 21.15

Lyndon. J.M. Hamilton 1.00

Napersville. "Friends" _for Sch'p
Endowment Fund, Fisk U._ 21.08

Paxton. George L. Shaw 3.00

Pecatonica. Seward Cong. Ch. 34.25

Plainfield. Mrs. A.E. Hagar 5.00

Polo. Miss Emma R. Pearson, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 10.50

Rockford. Miss Gracie Morton, _for
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 1.00

Stillman Valley. Lovejoy Johnson 25.00

Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union,
by Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Treas., _for
Woman's Work_:

Ashkum 2.91

Alton. _for Mt. White Work_ 20.01

Chicago. New England Ch. 42.00

Oak Park 13.00

Danvers. "Busy Bees" 5.00

------ 82.91

MICHIGAN, $295.12.

Battle Creek. J.B. Chapin, M.D. 1.00

Calumet. Sab Sch. Cong. Ch. _for Theo.
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00

Clinton. Cong. Ch. 12.25

East Gilead. Rev. L. Curtis 1.60

Galesburg. Cong. Ch. 23.00

Hancock. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00

Union City. First Cong. Ch., 100.87: I.W.
Clark, 100 200.87

Wheatland. Cong. Ch. 1.40

Whittaker. Cong. Ch. 5.00

IOWA, $319.27.

Atlantic. Bear Grove Cong. Ch. 0.50

Cedar Falls. Cong. Ch., adl 3.00

Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 15.50

Clinton. Cong. Ch. 15.00

Des Moines. North Park Ch., 12.30, and
Sab. Sch. 2 14.30

Edgewood. Cong. Ch. 2.75

Fort Dodge. Cong. Ch. 12.10

Grinnell. Cong. Ch., 11.36; Sab. Sch. Concert,
Cong. Ch., 14.28 25.64

Grinnell. Mrs. J.B. Grinnell, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00

Hawarden. Cong. Ch. 4.47

Independence. Rev. W.S. Potwin, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00

Monticello. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Montour. Cong Ch., to const. MRS. J.G.
CRONK L.M. 31.82

Muscatine. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00

Newton. Cong. Ch. 19.96

Sioux Rapids. Cong. Ch. 3.14

Strawberry Point. Cong. Ch. 2.75

Tipton. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch. 7.50

Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union
_for Woman's Work_:

Dubuque. L.M.S. 25.00

Dubuque. Y.L.B.S. 18.00

Des Moines. L.M.S. Plym. 5.27

Fairfield. W.M.S. 2.20

Lyons. L.M.S. 7.53

Magnolia. W.H.M.U. 4.25

Osage. L.M.S. 3.20

Shenandoah. ---- 2.78

------ 68.23

WISCONSIN, $165.09.

Beloit. Mrs. C.M. Nelson, Box of C.,
_for Sherwood, Tenn._

Clinton. Cong. Ch. 37.18

Emerald Grove. "Friends" _for Marion, Ala._ 0.50

Lake Geneva. Y.P.M. Soc., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00

Leeds. Cong. Ch. 10.50

Milton. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Racine. Mrs. Canfield Sith 20.00

West Salem. Cong. Ch. 4.00

Whitewater. Cong. Ch., 31.54; Sab. Sch.
Cong. Ch., 11.37 42.91

Windsor. Cong. Ch. 20.00

MINNESOTA, $187.18.

Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 20.00

New Richland. Ladies, Box of C., _for
Jonesboro, Tenn._

Northfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 59.93

Saint Paul. "Members and Friends"
Pacific Cong. Ch., to const. REV. E.C.
EVANS L.M. 30.00

Saint Paul. H.B. Ayres, _for Jewett Mem.
Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 75.00

Saint Paul. S.S. Class, _for Talladega C._ 2.25

MISSOURI, $138.05.

Laclede. Miss Clara A. Seward, _for Woman's
Work_ 2.00

Saint Joseph. Tabernacle Cong. Ch. 25.30

Saint Louis. Wm. Humphrey, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. 100.75

KANSAS, $14.45.

Burlingame. "A Friend." 1.00

Meriden. J. Rutty 10.00

Stockton. First Cong. Ch. 3.45

DAKOTA, $43.50.

Chamberlain. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.00

Jamestown. Mrs. M.S. Wells 3.50

Rapid City. "A Friend." 2.00

Ree Heights. Olive Branch Mission Band,
by Nettie Galloway 1.00

Yankton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 20.00

Dakota Woman's Home Missionary Union,
by Mrs. Sue Fifield, Treas., _for Woman's
Work_:

Henry. W.M.S. 5.00

Sioux Falls. W.M.S. 5.00

Vermillion. W.M.S. 3.00

------- 13.00

NEBRASKA, $2.20.

Red Cloud. Cong. Ch. 2.20

COLORADO, $124.10.

Brighton. Presb. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 14.00

Denver. First Cong. Ch. 46.60

Denver. Ladies' Aid Soc., 50; Zion Bapt.
Sab. Sch., 3.50, _for Student Aid, Tillotson
C. and N. Inst._ 53.50

West Denver. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 10.00

CALIFORNIA, $15.50.

Eureka. First Cong. Ch. 10.00

Riverside. Mrs. D.C. Parsons' S.S. Class
Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 5.50

OREGON, $12.50.

Forest Grove. First Cong. Ch. 12.50

WASHINGTON TERR., $5.00.

Roy. Mrs. Eliza Taylor 5.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $8.82.

Washington. Lincoln Mem. Ch. 8.82

KENTUCKY, $1.66.

Woodbine. Rev. E.H. Bullock 1.66

TENNESSEE, $43.00.

Crossville. G. Walton 2.00

Nashville. Rev. P.A. Chase 10.00

Pleasant Hill. "A Friend," 5; "A Friend,"
5; "A Friend," 1; "A Friend," 10; Rev.
Mr. Vincent and Others, 10, by Rev. B.
Dodge, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 31.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $27.50.

Salem. Cong. Ch. 1.50

Strieby. Cong. Ch. 8.50

Troy. S.D. Leak 0.50

Wilmington. Miss H.E. Fitts, 11; Miss
A.E. Farrington, 6; _for Wilmington,
N.C._ 17.00

GEORGIA, $1.50.

Marietta. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 75c
each 1.50

ALABAMA, $2.00.

Marion. Miss Estelle Lovelace, _for tuition
of a little girl, Lincoln Normal Inst._ 2.00

TEXAS, $42.50.

Austin. Rev. H.L. Hubbell, D.D. 15.00

Helena. Cong. Ch. 27.40

CANADA, $15.00.

Montreal. Chas. Alexander 5.00

Sherbrooke. Mrs. H.J. Morey 10.00

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Donations $14,959.26

Estates 3,802.95

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$18,762.21

INCOMES, $1,822.72.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 128.97

De Forest Fund, _for President's
Chair, Talladega C._ 481.25

Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 62.50

Hastings Sch'p Fund, _for
Atlanta U._ 12.50

Howard Theo. Fund, _for
Howard U._ 615.00

Tuthill King Fund, 125 _for Atlanta
U._ and 75 _for Berea C._ 200.00

Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis,
Tenn._ 162.50

Luke Mem. Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega
C._ 10.00

Plumb Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._ 50.00

Stone Sch'p Fund, _for
Talladega C._ 25.00

Sch'p Fund, _for Straight U._ 45.00

Rev. J. and Lydia Dawes Wood
Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._ 25.00

Yale Library Fund, _for Talladega
C._ 5.00

-------- $1,822.72

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Total for November $20,584.93

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SUMMARY.

Donations 31,261.99

Estates 3,961.29

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$35,223.28

Incomes 1,822.72

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Total from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 $37,046.00
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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for November $51.90

Previously received 20.25

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Total $72.15

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