Chapter II: Part 2

The first evening was a reproduction of that at Oroville, there being also one believer to be baptized. On the second evening, in view of the Lord's Supper and the baptism, our good deacon, as soon as his work was done, was "all abroad" in Chinatown. Squad after squad he brought, and seeing them seated, went out after more. When about 9:15 P.M., I commenced my discourse, the room was packed. Oh, what joy it was, what inspiration, to look into those eyes fixed closely upon me, and tell them of the love of God in Christ! Yong Jin's quick, animated interpretations of my sentences were not interruptions, but seemed to urge me on. I am sure that the Spirit spoke through me to some hearts, and that I shall see the fruits of that seed-sowing in the better world. After the most careful and repeated statements as to what a partaking of the bread and wine would mean, and as to the guilt of those who should partake _without_ meaning what they did, a goodly number, eight or nine, I think, who had never before consented to be recognized as Christians, did thus profess that they received Christ as Saviour and Lord. They did it in the sight and in the midst of others who did not do it--did it with a painstaking and an apparent determination which encourages my hope that they will hold fast and be led on to clearer light and the full day.

Reaching home on Friday noon, I started for Petaluma on Saturday morning. That evening was spent partly at the Mission House preaching the word, and partly at the church preparing our pupils for the parts they were to take in the anniversary exercises on the following evening. Our brothers, Jee Gam and Lem Chung, were with me. I see that I have already exhausted my space and venture only to add, that this anniversary service was one of deep interest. The Congregational Church at which it was held was crowded, auditors standing in the doors. All the exercises by the pupils were well rendered. The address by Jee Gam and the songs by Lem Chung seemed to win all hearts. The report of the year's work at the school was more cheering than any we have been able to make for years; the collection amounted to about sixty-five dollars, and last and best of all, the gospel work done by our Chinese brethren at the Mission House was the means of leading at least two, heretofore undecided, to take their stand clearly and decisively as followers of Christ.

In a later letter, Dr. Pond adds:

It seems that _three_ instead of _two_, as I have it in my article, were led to confess Christ at Petaluma last Sunday. One other was almost persuaded, but said he must first send home to China the bones of his father. (Matt. 8:21). Jee Gam explained to him that he could do that as a _Christian_, without _worshiping_ his father. But he could not be persuaded. He is a very bright and promising young man, and I hope and pray that this wrong decision may not cost him his salvation.

Jee Gam and Lum Chung were so wrought upon by what they saw and by what God wrought by them at Petaluma, that they came back fired with a desire to do something like it at our Central Mission House. This is what I have long wished for, but could never seem to inspire the brethren with courage to undertake. On Tuesday evening the first of a series of meetings was held there. The room was crowded. Some scoffed, some tried to seem indifferent, but _all heard_ the word, and one took a stand for Christ. The brethren take hold well, each one contriving to make himself the center of a group of heathen, so as to go right to work in the after-meeting. Pray for them.

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BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.

MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.

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WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

ME.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A.,
Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.

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

VT.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Ellen Osgood, Montpelier, Vt.

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

MASS. and R.I.--Woman's Home Miss. Association,
Secretary, Miss Natalie Lord, Boston, Mass.[2]

N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. William Spalding, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y.

ALA.--Woman's Missionary Union,
Secretary, Miss S.S. Evans, Birmingham, Ala.

MISS.--Woman's Miss. Union,
Secretary, Miss Sarah J. Humphrey. Tougaloo, Miss.

TENN. and ARK.--Woman's Missionary Union of Central South Conference,
Secretary, Miss Anna M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.

LA.--Woman's Miss. Union,
Secretary, Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans, La.

FLA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park, Fla.

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

IND.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne, Ind.

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

MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society,
Secretary, Miss Katharine Plant, 2651 Portland Avenue,
Minneapolis, Minn.

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

KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society,
Secretary, Mrs. G.L. Epps, Topeka, Kan.

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.

NEB.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 N Broad St., Fremont, Neb.

COLORADO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Packard, Pueblo, Colo.

DAKOTA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
President, Mrs. T.M. Hills, Sioux Falls;
Secretary, Mrs. W.B. Dawes, Redfield;
Treasurer, Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.

[Footnote 2: For the purpose of exact information, we note that
while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass.
and R.I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.]

We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since _undesignated funds will not reach us_.

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Ladies upon whom the duty devolves to plan and lead missionary meetings, will welcome the suggestions in the following paper by Mrs. Regal, Secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ohio, which paper was read at the recent Annual Meeting of the Officers of Woman's State Organizations.

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THE LOCAL SOCIETY--ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.

BY MRS. FLORA K. REGAL, OBERLIN, OHIO.

The local society will always have its active and its passive membership. How to increase the latter from without, and how to transfer recruits from the passive to the active list, are problems that have taxed the ingenuity of not a few and have not infrequently been abandoned as insoluble. It has so long been said, "This missionary work always has to be carried on by a few," that the expression has come to have something of the force of axiomatic truth which, of course, no one dares assail. And so the missionary society lives on, decade after decade, with less than a quarter of the women of the church on its list, and of that quarter not more than one-fourth active members. How to change these conditions, is the problem which confronts us.

I.--It has not always been clear who should be included in the membership, but with the broad scope given to our Home Missionary Unions, its auxiliaries should include:

_First._--Every woman who thinks that if she were living on some lonely frontier and had for years heard no sermon, no public prayer, no songs of praise, had no communion service, no Christian fellowship, she would welcome the home missionary and all the sweet influences of the Gospel.

_Second._--Every woman who thinks we owe it to the Freedwoman to put into her life and home something of the sweetness and purity of our own; to the Indian woman a sympathetic effort for her uplifting, in atonement for a "Century of Dishonor."

_Third._--Every woman who thinks that if she, or her sister or daughter, were heroic enough to share the labors and sacrifices of a home missionary, she ought to have some better place to live in than an old grocery, a room over a saloon or the basement of a church.

_Fourth._--Every woman who thinks that if she were an inmate of a Mormon home she might not have grace to welcome the companionship of the second, third or tenth woman who might be sealed by celestial marriage to her husband.

_Fifth._--Every woman who thinks there are worthy young men trying to prepare themselves for ministerial or missionary work whose struggle with poverty ought to be relieved.

_Sixth._--Every woman who would welcome for her own children, if she were living in some Godless community, the Sunday-school missionary and the books, papers, lesson helps, prayers and Christian songs which make the Sunday-school a place of blessed influences.

If there be in any Christian church a woman who will respond to none of these calls for service to the extent of a moderate annual membership fee, say twenty-five cents, she has missed the true import of the Gospel and has never entered into its most blessed privileges. Let us assume that there is no such, but that rightly approached, every woman worthy a place in the church will be willing to enroll herself into at least the passive membership of the local society.

II.--The management of this new membership, presumably uninformed, indifferent, possibly prejudiced, will require familiar acquaintance with our six benevolences, sympathy with them all, much practical wisdom, good courage, and the spirit of I Corinthians, 13th chapter.

The _President_ must do more than preside at the meetings. She must plan every detail; must know beforehand what hymns, what Scripture lesson, who shall lead in singing and in prayer, what reports, what letters, what original papers, what selections, what business. Everything must be carefully planned and written down, yet there must be withal a certain amount of elasticity of management, so that the timid question may be answered, the objection removed, the enthusiasm expressed. The President will welcome strangers and greet the diffident and neglected. She will not be _surprised_ at seeing anybody at the meeting. It was reasonably to be expected.

The _Secretary_ will do more than keep the minutes of the meetings. She will not forget the proper public announcement of the meetings and will add special invitations to such as may not feel themselves included in the general. She will send for such printed helps as are needed for use. She will fill out distinctly and promptly such blanks as are needed for Conference, State or other Reports, and her quarterly and annual reports will be helpful from their information and their inspiration.

The _Treasurer_ will do more than passively receive what is brought to her hands. She will see that no one is overlooked when a canvass is made for any object; that pledges are redeemed; that the way is made easy for the poor to give without embarrassment and the rich without ostentation. She will see that all moneys are forwarded as designated and that _they go through the State Treasury_.

But the highest qualification any local officer can possess, is the ability to transfer members from the passive to the active list. Some practical hints toward this result maybe gathered from the following suggestions:

Aim at unity of effect for each meeting. Make some one of the six benevolences the subject, and center everything--Scripture, hymn, prayer, letter, paper, leaflet, about the single topic. Suppose it be "Missions on our Western frontier." Ask some lady to prepare a fifteen minutes' paper. Give out in addition six back numbers of the _Home Missionary_ to as many ladies, asking each to select a paragraph or short article bearing directly on the subject and which she thinks will, or ought to, interest the meeting. Let several of these ladies be chosen from the passive list--the diffident or even the indifferent. In making their selections, they will perhaps have made their first acquaintance with missionary magazines and will have learned something about the heroism of our home missionaries. Moreover, they will have participated in the exercises. This, repeated with variations, will give them courage to speak, and intelligent thoughts to express. _They are on the way to active participation._ Crown the exercises with a collection. The leader must know how to kindle enthusiasm and put it to the tangible proof.

The subject for the next meeting may be some branch of the work of the American Missionary Association, as "Indian Missions in Dakota." Assign to some one a paper, an historical sketch. She will need books from the missionary library. "Ten years among the Dakotas," and "Mary and I; or, Life among the Sioux," (to which she would never think of going for help unless informed that the Dakotas and Sioux are one.) She may also send to Miss Emerson for further helps. Then, in addition, give out back numbers of the _American Missionary_ to two or three passive ladies, asking them to make short selections concerning Indian missions--or let one read Prof. G.F. Wright's leaflet--"Indian Missions as seen upon the ground"--and another some missionary's letter. Call out expressions of interest in the work--proofs of its success--etc., and ask if we ought not to do something for its support. Give to everyone present a small envelope with the request that it be brought to the next meeting with a free will offering for Indian missions.

The next meeting may be devoted to "Christian work among the Mormons," using the "New West Reports," "The Gleaner," newspaper extracts, missionary letters and, if possible, have the experience of some one who has visited the schools and the homes of sin-cursed Utah. Having awakened deep interest, the proposition to procure a lecture or a musical entertainment and devote the proceeds to the New West Commission will probably find favor and be carried on to success.

For the next meeting, choose another object, as "Parsonage Building." Distribute copies of the _Church Building Quarterly_ and again the indispensable back numbers of _The Home Missionary_, and have extracts read which show the discomfort, and even distress, which come to the family of the home missionary. Propose aid in the form of a birthday offering, in which every member brings in an envelope as many cents as she is years old. The result may be surprising.

For other objects other plans, but in every case the way should be prepared for _intelligent giving_.

It has sometimes resulted favorably to secure, at the beginning of the year, pledges for some definite, well understood object, as a teacher's or missionary's salary, or a share in one, which should apparently but not really exhaust the resources of the society, and have the payments made as early in the year as practicable. Then pursue intelligent study of the other fields until the time is ripe for proposing generous aid to the one which appeals most strongly to the combined judgment and sympathy. And so on through the year, in which time the six benevolences can all be reached. This somewhat irregular method of procedure has perhaps no better defence than that it has been known to produce good results. A society the intelligence and consecration of whose members could be relied upon would doubtless find the plan of monthly pledges, to be divided according to some accepted schedule, much easier. No special labor would have to be expended to make the need apparent, or to awaken sympathy for the object, or to choose the best means of attaining it. Gifts would be systematic and uniform throughout the year and could be counted upon.

The machinery, well oiled at the start, would run smoothly and quietly, and woman's work would not be made unpleasantly prominent. But it seems doubtful whether as many gifts would flow into the treasury and whether the gifts would be accompanied by as much interest, sympathy and prayer.

The hints concerning management thus far presuppose a Home Missionary Society organized on the modern basis of a programme of devotional exercises and various mission studies, and do not apply to those cases in which such exercises have been engrafted upon a sewing society with a long line of Dorcases as Presidents, and antecedents too respectable to be ruthlessly set aside. How shall a sewing society be so modified as to best subserve the present home missionary needs? Do not create friction by attempting a sudden and complete revolution. Propose that the brief devotional exercises with which such gatherings sometimes close be placed a little earlier than usual, that there may be time for some interesting missionary letter or some inspiring leaflet, or other selection, or better still, an original paper on some live topic. When about the usual season for beginning the missionary box arrives, prepare a symposium on the subject of boxes. Select and distribute brief paragraphs from the magazines concerning missionary debts, from missionary letters concerning unpaid salaries, and lead gradually up to the question whether if we were missionaries we would rather receive a box or a check for an unpaid salary. Which would best enable a minister to look his creditors, who are also his parishioners, in the face--the new pulpit suit or cash to pay off accumulated bills? In trying to decide between box and salary, the society may decide for _both_, and a point is gained. When box preparations begin, assign them a proper place in the meeting. Do not permit papers and addresses to be sandwiched between rolling quilt frames and turning down refractory hems, or punctuated by requests or signals for scissors, thread, and bits of gingham; and do not spoil garments by working with divided attention. Give each its hour or its day. Best of all, when a box is in preparation, sew early, late, and often, till it is despatched. Then resume the studies, being especially careful to have their first resumption provided with an attractive programme. In all cases when studies have been grafted upon sewing, _encourage the graft_. It ought to yield better fruit than the original stock.

It should be the constant aim of those in charge of local societies to inspire in the membership intelligent interest in the six branches of our work--to cultivate a spirit of liberality toward them all--to create in every member a desire to aid them all. Only with such an aim can the local society achieve its highest usefulness.

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RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1889.

MAINE, $123.20.

Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const. MISS
NETTIE R. SPALDING L.M. $30.00

Bangor. Central Ch. Sewing Circle, _for
Freight to Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 1.53

Bethel. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch. 5.00

Castine. "Rainbow Band,"
_for Tougaloo U._ 5.80

Castine. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00

Gorham. J.H. Hinckley, Papers and
Cards, _for Meridian, Miss._

Hiram. Mrs. Moore. S.S. Papers,
_for Meridian, Miss._

Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00

Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. 7.87

Portland. Second Parish Chinese Class,
by H. Mabel Leach, Sec.,
_for Chinese M. in Cal._ 50.00

Rockland. "The King's Daughters," by
Mrs. D.P. Hatch, _for Woman's Work_ 10.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,169.97.

Brookline. Cong. Ch. 6.05

Concord. "Friend" 5.00

Derry. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 16.00

Dover. First Ch. 140.65

Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. 10. _for Chinese
M. in Cal._, 10. _for Miss Collin's Work_ 20.00

Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 15.00

Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.50,
L.W. Preston, 3 33.50

Jaffrey. "Lillies of the Field,"
_for Storrs Sch._ 9.00

Keene. "S." 20; Primary Dep't Second
Cong. Sab. Sch., 5 25.00

Keene. Mrs. M.E. DeBevoise's S.S. Class,
_for Oaks, N.C._ 20.00

Keene. P'k'g Papers. _for Savannah, Ga._

Littleton. "Mrs. B.W.K." 5.00

Nashua. Ladies' Circle of Pilgrim Ch.,
Bbl. and Box C., _for Storrs Sch._

Penacook. Cong. Ch. 23.00

Plaiston and North Haverhill, Mass.
Cong. Ch. 130.88; Mrs. Eliza W.
Merrill, 50. 180.88

Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 6.10

Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 134.79

Rye. Cong. Ch. 30.00

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$669.97

ESTATE.

Allenstown. Estate of Jabez Green, by
Mrs. Elsie G. Green, _for Green
Memorial Ch., Bending Oaks, Ala._ 500.00

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$1,169.97

VERMONT, $498.33.

Burlington. "Tithes" 1.00

Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc.,
by Kate B. Joslyn, Treas., _for
Indian Sch'p._ 10.00

Chester. Cong. Ch. 2.75

Coventry. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
_for McIntosh, Ga._ 12.70

Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Storrs Sch._ 6.00

Manchester. Miss E.J. Kellogg 10.00

Middlebury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 19.53

Montpelier. Bethany Cong. Ch. 37.65

New Haven. Cong. Ch. ad'l to const. REV.
W.B. HAGUE L.M. 25.50

Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00

Putney. "A few members Cong. Ch." by
Mrs. A.C. Shattuck, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 9.00

----. "A Friend" 20.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vermont,
by Mrs. W.P. Fairbanks, Treas.,
_for McIntosh, Ga._:

Bridport. Ladies 10.00

Brookfield. Ladles' H.M. Soc.
of Second Ch. 6.20

Burlington. Ladies' H.M.S.
of College St. Ch. 20.00

Charlotte. Ladies. 13.75

East Burke. W.H.M.U. Aux. 5.00

Enosburg. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 9.00

Fairlee. Ladies. 5.25

Franklin. Ladies. 2.30

Greensboro. Ladies of
Cong. Ch. 13.28

McIndoes Falls. Mrs. W.R.
Monteith 1.00

Middlebury. Ladies. 20.25

Montpelier. W.H.M.S. 5.00

Saint Johnsbury. Ladies. 100.00

Waitefield. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 8.22

Woodstock. Ladies. 20.00

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$398.38

ESTATE.

Post Mill. Estate of Eliza R. (Heaton)
Dodge, by Edward N. Heaton, Ex. 100.00

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$498.38

MASSACHUSETTS, $11,766.85.

Andover. "A Friend," by Stephen Ballard,
_for Girls' Dormitory, Macon, Ga._ 1,581.75

Andover. "A Friend," by Stephen Ballard,
_for School Building, Lexington, Ky._ 425.00

Ashfield. Cong. Ch. 27.90

Auburndale. Rev. Horace Dutton,
_for Athens, Ga._ 5.00

Ayer. First Cong. Ch. 7.16

Boston. Old South Ch. bal. 250.00

Sab. Sch., of Old South Ch.,
_for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00

Mrs. Susan C. Warren,
56; Henry Woods, 50,
_for Missionary horse,
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 106.00

A.W. Stetson, _for Girls' Hall,
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

"A Lady Friend" 10.00

Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch.,
B.C. Hardwick 100.00

Village Ch. 45.37

Harvard Cong. Ch. 5.45

Mrs. Torray,
_for Marion, Ala._ 5.00

Jamaica Plain. Cen. Cong. Ch., ad'l 4.00

------ $560.82

Boxford. First Cong. Ch. 41.83

Cambridge. Miss M.F. Aiken, _for Girl's
Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 100.00

Cambridge. Albert Bushnell Hart 5.00

Chelsea. Central Ch. 114.27

Chelsea. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 25.00

Clinton. C.L. Swan 100.00

Colerain. Mrs. P.B. Smith 5.00

Cummington. Village Ch. 24.75; "Friends"
4.25; Mrs. S.R. Wilbur, 1., to const REV.
WILBUR RAND L.M. 30.00

Dalton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.
_for Indian Sch'p_ 17.50

Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of Payson Ch.,
_for Indian M._, and to const CHARLES H.
JOHNSON and MISS ELEANOR J. MAYHER
L.M's 80.31

Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of Payson Ch.,
_for Grand View, Tenn._ 19.02

Enfield. Cong. Ch. 50.00

Franklin. Mrs. Stephen Kenrich 25.00

Groton. Box Books, _for Theo. Dept.,
Talladega C._

Harrison. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Mobile, Ala._ 5.60

Harwich (Cape Cod). Miss Tamesin
Brooks, 100; Miss S.G. Brooks, 50,
_for Girl's Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 150.00

Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No.
4, 50; "A Friend" 50. 100.00

Hyannis. Cong. Ch. 2.00

Hyde Park. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 26.71

Hyde Park. Ladies' Home M. Soc., Bbl. C.,
_for Tougaloo U._

Lawrence. Sab. Sch. Class Lawrence St. Ch. 10.00

Lawrence. Fred Eaton, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 5.00

Leominster. Ortho Cong. Ch. 180.00

Lee. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 75.00

Linden. Mrs. Sarah A. Dowse, _for Chinese
M. in Cal._, and to const MRS. SARAH F.
MAXWELL L.M. 30.00

Malden. First Cong. Ch. 60.00

Maplewood. Mrs. Crombie's Class,
_for Wilmington, N.C._ 4.00

Mapleton. Ladies' M. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
Box Books, 1 _for Freight, Jonesboro, Tenn._ 1.00

Marblehead. Hon. J.J.H. Gregory, 25;
Ladies of Cong. Ch. 23,
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 48.00

Marlboro. Union Ch. and Soc., to const.
WILLIAM STETSON and MISS HATTIE L.
OUTHANK L.M's 70.50

Melrose. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. material,
_for Sew. Dept., Talladega, C._

Millbury. First Cong. Ch. 47.25

Newburyport. Belleville Cong. Ch. 77.45

Newton Center. Mrs. Sarah C. Davis,
_for Indian M._ 200.00

Northampton. A.L. Williston,
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 23.00

North Adams. Ladies' H.M.S. of Cong. Ch.,
Miss Harriet N. Adams, _for Chinese
M. in Cal._ 80.00

North Weymouth. Edith M. Bates 2.00

Oakham. Cong. Ch. 18.00

Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.87

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

Royalston. First Cong. Ch. Easter
Offering. 9.00

Salem. L.M. Soc. of South Church.,
Pkg. of C., _for Tougaloo U._

South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. 20.25

South Hadley Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 20.30

Somerville. Franklin St. Cong. Ch. 73.05

Somerville. Y.P.S.C.E. of Day St. Ch.,
_for Missionary horse, Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 15.00

Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.04

Taunton. United Cong. Ch. 16.81

Templeton. Trinitarian Soc. 22.10

Upton. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00

Warren. Mrs. Mary B. Carpenter, 5 _for Indian M._, and 5 _for Mountain Work_ 10.00

Wellesley. College Christian Ass'n, _for Mountain Work_ 30.00

Wellesley. Cong. Ch., _for Indian Work_ 10.00

West Boylston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Freight to McLeansville, N.C._ 5.17

West Medford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Boys' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 30.00

West Medway. Mrs. L.S. Thayer, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00

West Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. 3.00

Winchendon. Cong. Ch. and Parish 113.61

Winchendon. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Freight
to Talladega, Ala._ 1.03

Woburn. Cong. Ch., Bbl. material,
_for Sewing Dep't., Talladega C._

Worcester. "Friend." 5.00

Worcester. ----, _for Chinese M. in Cal._ 5.00

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

----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid_,
_Fisk U._ 25.00

Hampden Benevolent Association, by
Charles Marsh, Treas.:

East Longmeadow 23.15

Longmeadow. Ladies' Benev.
Soc. 20.85

Longmeadow. Gent's Benev. Soc. 19.25

Monson. 32.93

Westfield. Second. 24.47

West Springfield. Park St. 11.60

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$5,066.55

ESTATES.

North Chelmsford. Estate of Mrs. Julia
A. Clark, by John H. Clark, Executor 6,000.00

Reading. Estate of Mrs. Sarah G. Temple,
by Arthur W. Temple, Ex. 200.00

Worcester. Estate of Dwight Reed, by
E.J. Whittemore, Adm'r 500.00

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$11,766.55

CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE

Belchertown, Mass. "Friends," by Mrs.
D.B. Bruce, Box and Bbl., _for Sherwood,
Tenn._

Malden, Mass. M. Kent, Bbl.,
_for Kittrell, N.C._

RHODE ISLAND, $281.59.

Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 52.12

Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. 79.47

Providence. James Coats, _for Student
Missionary, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 100.00

Providence. Aux. North Cong. Ch., by
Miss Mary E. Eastwood,
_for Dakota Indian M._ 50.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,872.97.

Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00

Bethel. Ladies' M. Circle, Bbl. bedding,
etc., _for Talladega C._

Berlin. Mrs. Harriet N. Wilcox 10.00

Berlin. C. Dunham, 5; W.H. Upson, 4;
"A Friend," 1, _for Tougaloo U._ 10.00

Clinton. Cong. Ch. 2.00

Colchester. First Ch. of Christ 71.00

Cornwall Hollow. "Thanksgiving Workers,"
1.50, also package Patchwork, _for
Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 1.50

East Hartford. First Ch. 34.00

East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00

Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch., (30 of which to const MRS. EMMA L. McINTOSH L.M.) 68.58

Hartford. Fourth Cong. Ch., (of which
18.31, _for Indian M._,) to const
H.G.O. MILLER L.M. . 36.25

Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch. 6.06

Hebron. First Cong. Ch., 21.25; Benj. A.
Bissell 10; Miss C. Eliza White,
_for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._, 5 36.25

Kent. First Cong. Ch. 13.19

Litchfield. First Cong. Ch. 42.68

Lyme. Ladies' Soc. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C.,
_for Thomasville, Ga._

Meriden. Center Ch. 22.00

Mystic Bridge. Mrs. Wm. Clift, _for Chinese Work in Ca._ 2.00

New Britain. Missionary Soc., Bbl. C.
and Table Furniture, _for Williamsburg, Ky._

New Haven. Howard Av. Ch., 11.75; College
St. Ch., 10; Dixwell Av. Ch., 5; Ch.
of Redeemer, 5; Davenport Ch., 4.85;
Ferry St. Ch., 3; United Ch., 8.75; "H."
15; "A Friend," 5 68.35

New Haven. Dwight Place Sab. Sch., 50;
Sab. Sch. of College St. Cong. Ch., 15,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 65.00

New Haven. M.E. Baldwin,
_for Chinese M. in Cal._ 10.00

New London. Trust Estate of Henry P.
Haven, 150, _for Talladega C., and 100
for Tougaloo U._ 250.00

New London. Henry R. Bond, _for Tillotson
C. and N. Inst._ 200.00

North Coventry. Cong. Ch. 27.46

North Haven. Elihu Dickerman 3.00

Norwich. S.B. Bishop 200.00

Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch. 25.00

Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44;
Mrs. Geo. Dibble, 10 54.00

Plainfield. First Cong. Ch. 27.10

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

Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Indian M._ 20.05

South Norwalk. Cong. Ch. 12.00

Stamford. Dea. Philip H. Brown 5.00

Terryville. "Soldiers of Christ." 10.00

Wallingford. Cong. Ch. 7.47

Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 50;
Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 43.24,
_for Tougaloo U._ 93.24

Waterbury. "A Friend,"
_for Chinese M. in Cal._ 5.00

Waterbury. "Sunshine Circle" of Second
Cong. Ch., _for Woman's Work_ 5.00

Westminster. Mrs. S.B. Carter, _for
Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 5.00

Westville. Cong. Ch. 18.23

Willington. Cong. Ch. 1.50

Woodbury. North Cong. Ch. 23.06

----. "A Friend." 200.00

----. "A Friend." 104.00

----. "A Friend." 30.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of
Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss. Sec.,
_for Woman's Work_:

Ellington. Ladies' Soc., _for
Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 20.00

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$1,872.97

ESTATE.

North Stonington. Estate of Dudley R.
Wheeler, by Jennie Wheeler, Executrix 1,000.00

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$2,872.97

NEW YORK, $15,858.76.

Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, _for Chandler
Sch. Building, Lexington, Ky._ 375.00

Brooklyn. Puritan Cong. Ch. 45.89

Brooklyn, E.D. New England Cong. Ch. 20.00

Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. 11.30

Crown Point. "A Friend," to const
ELMER J BARKER L.M. 30.00

Fairport. Cong. Ch., to const A. WORTH
PALMER L.M. 47.40

Jamaica. "S.G.A." _for Chinese Work in Cal_ 5.00

Marion. "A Life Member." 1.00

New Lebanon. Cong. Ch. 22.50

New York. Gen'l Clinton B. Fisk, to
const. Miss ALMIRA MARSHALL L.M. 30.00

New York. John Gibb, _for Talladega C._ 25.00

Owasco. Anice Stewart 2.00

Sherburne. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 20.83

Troy. "Cash," _for Indian Work_ 0.10

Warsaw. Cong. Ch. 24.29

Warwick. "A Friend," _for Chinese
M. in Cal._ 2.00

Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton, _for
Chinese M. in Cal._ 5.00

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$667.31

ESTATES.

Homer. Estate of Elias Root, by
Vernon F. Stone, Ex. 841.45

New York. Trust Estate of W.E. Dodge,
_for Theo. Dep't, Talladega C._ 100.00

Shushan. Estate of William Law,
by John F. Day, Ex. 14,250.00

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$15,858.78

NEW JERSEY, $243.25.

Arlington. Herbert Overacre, on True
Blue Card 5.00

Arlington. Mission Band, _for Savannah, Ga._ 0.75

Bound Brook. M.H. Roundey and G.A.
Roundey, _for Chinese M. in Cal._ 10.00

East Orange. B. Van Wagenen, _for Student Aid,
Marion, Ala._ 8.00

Plainfield. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, bal. to
const. MARY KNOWLTON WHITON L.M. 5.00

Upper Montclair. Cong. Ch. 214.50

PENNSYLVANIA, $20.00.

Marshalfield Valley. Geo. A. Marsh's S.S.
Class for Boys, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00

Scranton. "F.T.," _for Chinese M. in Cal._ 5.00

OHIO, $645.84.

Andover. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, _for
Student Aid, Jellico, Tenn._ 22.00

Akron. West Hill Cong. Ch. 47.88

Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad'l to
const. ELGIN H. HINMAN L.M. 20.43

Claridon. Pkg. Papers, _for Savannah, Ga._

Cleveland. Bethlehem Bohemian Cong. Ch. 32.06

Cleveland. M.L. Berger, D.D.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00

Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00

Cincinnati. Walnut Hills Cong. S.S. 10;
Ladies' M. Soc. of W.H. Cong. Ch., 2.50;
and Bbl. C., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 12.50

Elyria. First Cong. Ch., (40 of which from
Sab. Sch.) to const JOHN A. TOPLIFF and
ARTHUR L. GARFORD L.M. 172.42

Fremont. C.T. Rogers 5.00

Geneva. First Cong. Ch. 18.15

Grafton. Mrs. Sally Tuttle 4.00

Hudson. Cong. Ch. 14.50

Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. 62.25

Warren. Mite Soc., _for Sch'p End't Fund,
Fisk U._ 7.05

Wellington. Cong. Sab. Sch., and Y.P.S.C.E.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00

Youngstown. J.D. Whitney 1.00

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

Bellevue. Cong Ch. L.M.S.,
_for Miss Collins' Work_ 5.60

Cincinnati. Center Ch., W.H.M.S.,
_for Miss Collins' Work_ 4.00

Columbus. Eastwood Ch.,
Y.L.M.S, _for Miss Collins'
Work_ 5.00

Cuyahoga Falls. L.M.S.,
_for Miss Collins' Work_ 8.00

Kelly's Island. Aux.,
_for Miss Collins' Work_ 3.00

Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., L.A.S.,
_for Miss Collins' Work_ 9.00

Willoughby. Miss M.P. Hastings,
_for Miss Collins' Work_ 1.00

Willoughby. Miss M.P. Hastings 25.00

------- 60.60

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$545.84

ESTATE.

Oberlin. Estate of Maria L. Root 100.00

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$645.84

INDIANA, $30.00.

Bloomington. Mrs. A.B. Woodford,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00

ILLINOIS, $1,012.83.

Camp Point. Mrs. S.B. McKinney 15.00

Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., 272.63;
New England Cong. Ch., 49.62;
Plymouth Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN R.
LAING L.M., 30.36; Leavitt St. Cong.
Ch., 3.36 355.97

Earlville. "J.A.D." 25.00

Elgin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for Athens, Ala._ 15.21

Glencoe. Cong. Ch., to const OTIS McGAW
HOWARD, U.B. KLETZING, BENJ. F. NEWHALL,
JAMES K. CALHOUN and MISS LAURA STAR
L.M.'s 150.00

Hyde Park. South Park Cong. Ch. 10.00

Hyde Park. "Olin Family," 2; A.W. Cole, 1--Bbl. C., _for Student Aid, Marion, Ala._ 3.00

Ivanhoe. Fremont Cong. Ch. 23.00

Lewistown. Mrs. Myron Phelps 50.00

Mendon. Cong. Ch. 18.00

Oak Park. Cong. Ch. 178.38

Peoria. Miss Ruthford's S.S. Class,
Cong. Ch., _for Mobile, Ala._ 5.00

Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Corss 10.00

Quincy. Joshua Perry 10.00

Rockford. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch. 30.00

Rockland. Y.L.M. Soc. Second Cong. Ch.,
_for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U._ 17.68

Sycamore. First Cong. Ch. 68.59

Wilmette. Cong. Ch. 27.00

----. "A Friend." 1.00

MICHIGAN, $283.81.

Calumet Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00

Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 131.89;
Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 75.27 207.16

East Gilead. Rev. L. Curtiss 2.65

Kalamazoo. Mrs. J.A. Kent 10.00

Richmond. First Cong. Ch. 14.00

WISCONSIN, $90.82.

Delevan. Cong. Ch. 23.20

Grand Rapids. Cong. Ch. 27.22

Milwaukee. Grand Ave. Cong. Ch. 30.40

Sheboygan. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 10.00

IOWA, $282.60.

Bear Grove. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Clear Lake. Christian Endeavor Soc., by
Miss Mary Thompson, _for Woman's Work_ 4.00

Council Bluffs. _For Tillotson
C. and N. Inst._ 3.00

Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch., to const.
REV JULIUS A. REED and REV. CARL
HESS L.M's 70.00

East Des Moines. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 7.65

Eldora. First Cong. Ch. 2.60

Garwin. Talman Dewey 3.25

Genoa Bluffs. Rev. James Rowe,
_for Ch. Building, Nat, Ala._ 1.00

Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 18.39

Iowa City. Cong. Ch. 40.00

Kelley. Rev. and Mrs. S.A. Arnold 4.00

McGregor. J.H. Ellsworth 10.00

Olds. Jason H. Martin 5.00

Sawyer. Francis Sawyer 20.00

Tipton. Woman's M. Soc., Bbl. C.,
_for Savannah, Ga._

Victor. Mrs. C.L. McDermid, 3; Friends, 1.,
_for Church Building, "Nat," Ala._ 4.00

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

Ames. L.A. Soc. 5.00

Charles City. L.M.S. 25.00

Chester Center. W.H.M.U. 4.75

Durant. Mrs. S.M. Dutton. 3.00

Grinnell W.H.M.U. 9.96

Marion. "Busy Gleaners,"
_for Santee Sch._ 20.00

Osage. Y.P.S.C.E. 4.25

Sheldon. W.H.M.U. 4.00

Sioux City. L.M.S. 1.00

Webster City. Y.P.S.C.E. 2.75

------ 79.71

MINNESOTA, $185.91.

Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 23.20

Saint Charles. First Cong. Ch. 1.50

Waseca. I.L. Claghorn, Box Papers,
_for Thomasville, Ga._

Winona. Second Cong. Ch., 3.81,
and Sab. Sch., .71 4.52

Zumbrota. Cong. Ch. 17.67

Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society,
by Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Treas.,
_for Woman's Work_:

Alexandria. L.M.S. 20.00

Austin. W.M.S. 6.27

Duluth. Friends in Council 13.74

Elk River. W.M.S. 7.00

Marshall. W.M.S. 5.00

Minneapolis. Plymouth L.M.S. 28.19

Minneapolis. Park Ave. L.M.S. 15.00

Minneapolis. Lyndale W.M.S. 13.30

Minneapolis. Open Door Mission
Band 3.00

Northfield. Special 2.00

Rochester. Sab. Sch., _for
Santee Agency_ 3.51

Saint Paul. Plymouth L.M.S. 20.00

Saint Paul. Plymouth Y.L.M.S. 5.00

Springfield. "Cheerful Givers." 3.00

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$145.01

Less for Expenses 5.99

-------- 139.02

MISSOURI, $56.00.

Kansas City. M. Marty 10.00

Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. 46.00

KANSAS, $42.01.

Alma. Cong. Ch. 3.30

Kirwin. First Cong. Ch. 10.00

Manhattan. Cong. Ch. 28.71

DAKOTA, $14.00.

Castlewood. Mrs. Geo. Allen 5.00

Vermillion. First Cong. Ch. 9.00

NEBRASKA, $20.25.

Beatrice. Mrs. B.F. Hotchkiss 10.00

Franklin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.25

COLORADO, $2.50.

Denver. Miss Clark's S.S. Class, First
Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 2.50

CALIFORNIA, $25.00.

Los Gatos. Mrs. H.G. Noyes and
L.E. Agard 20.00

Saratoga. Sarah Brown, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 5.00

OREGON, $13.00.

East Portland. Mrs. Anna M. Bancroft 3.00

Forest Grove. Cong. Ch. 10.00

WASHINGTON, $2.50.

Skokomish. "Little Workers,"
by Rev. M. Eells 2.50

KENTUCKY, $1.66.

Woodbine. Rev. E.H. Bullock 1.66

NORTH CAROLINA, $54.25.

Chapel Hill. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 5.00

McLeansville. Rev. A. Connet,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 12.50

Nalls. "Friends," 2.50; Cong. Ch., 50c. 3.00

Oaks. Miss E.W. Douglas 30.00

Pekin. Cong. Ch. 1.00

Troy. "Friends," 2; Y.P.S.C.E., 50c.;
Ch., 25c. 2.75

TENNESSEE, $10.99.

Glenmary. Cong. Ch. 0.64

Sunbright. Cong. Ch. 0.35

Nashville. W.R. Morris of Fist University,
_for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U._ 10.00

ALABAMA, $3.00

Mobile. First Cong. Ch., _for Mobile, Ala._ 3.00

TEXAS, $3.00.

Austin. W.M.S. of Tillotson Inst.,
_for Fort Berthold Indian M._ 3.00

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Donations $12,023.19

Estates 23,591.45

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$35,614.64

INCOME, $1,835.50.

Avery Fund. _for Mendi M._ 196.75

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

Graves Sch'p Fund, _for
Talladega C._ 125.00

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

Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 62.50

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

Howard Theo. Fund, _for
Howard U._ 650.00

Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis,
Tenn._ 75.00

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

Stone Fund, _for Talladega C._ 25.00

Straight University Sch'p Fund,
_for Straight U._ 47.50

Tuthill King Fund, _for
Berea C._ 50.00

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

-------- 1,885.50

TUITION, $4,155.41.

Lexington, Ky., Tuition 257.13

Williamsburg, Ky., Tuition 70.65

Woodbine, Ky., Tuition 7.00

Beaufort, N.C., Public Fund 154.60

Wilmington, N.C., Tuition 166.60

Charleston, S.C., Tuition 216.00

Deer Lodge, Tenn., Tuition 37.75

Grand View, Tenn., Tuition 35.25

Jellico, Tenn., Tuition 41.40

Jonesboro, Tenn., Tuition 12.70

Nashville, Tenn., Tuition 510.54

Pleasant Hill, Tenn., Tuition 24.20

Sherwood, Tenn., Tuition 400.00

Atlanta, Ga., Storrs Sch.,
Tuition 222.69

Macon, Ga., Tuition 233.45

Savannah, Ga., Tuition 170.50

Thomasville, Ga., Tuition 65.00

Athens, Ala., Tuition 79.55

Marion, Ala., Tuition 76.78

Mobile, Ala., Tuition 210.20

Talladega, Ala., Tuition 283.86

New Orleans, La., Tuition 652.75

Meridian, Miss., Tuition 79.20

Tougaloo, Miss., Tuition 24.05

Austin, Texas, Tuition 183.56

-------- 4,155.41

United States Government Appropriation
for Indians 5,678.50

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Total for June $47,284.05

SUMMARY.

Donations $147,213.31

Estates 50,121.54

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$197,334.85

Income 8,117.96

Tuition 30,289.62

United States Government appropriation
for Indians 15,219.37

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Total from Oct. 1 to June 30 $250,911.80

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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for June 25.05

Previously acknowledged 687.57

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Total $712.62

ENDOWMENT FUND.

Rockford, Ill. Estate of Rev. Benjamin
Foltz, by Charles G. Foltz, Ex. $500.00

DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLE.

Income for June, 1889, from investments $2,325.00

Previously acknowledged 28,144.86

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Total $30,469.86

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