Chapter II: Part 2

I wish I could take you to a Christian Indian's home. You might see nothing but a plain log house, and you might wonder why the tears came in my eyes as he said to me, "That is my daughter's room; the boys sleep up stairs; this is for me and my wife." They are tears of joy, for I knew them when they herded as swine, in a wigwam. It is the religion of Christ which has brought respect for womanhood.

I want to take you far away in the forest to Red Lake. The head chief, Mah-dwah-go-no-wind, was a remarkable man as a wild man, true, honest and brave. He came and asked me to give him a missionary. I loved him and we were warm friends. I said "I cannot give you a missionary for the American Missionary Association has a missionary now in that field." The chief came again and again to see me. He said: "I want your religion. If you refuse I will ask the Roman Catholics." I wrote Rev. Dr. Strieby, and told him the situation. I said "The field is in my diocese. I have the right to send a missionary there, but ask your consent because I will never be a party to present Christian divisions to heathen men." After due deliberation, the Association consented. I am happy to tell you that that old chief and nearly all the adults of his band are faithful communicants. At my last visit, the chief came to me and said, "My Father, since you were here, my old wife with whom I have lived fifty years, has gone to sleep in the grave. I shall go to lie by her side. I have heard that white Christians bless the place where they sleep as belonging to God. Will you bless the place where my wife sleeps and ask God to care for it until he calls his children out of the grave?" We formed a procession of the Indians, the clergy and the old chief and myself, and marched around the place singing in Ojibway, "Jesus lover of my soul"; then I read appropriate scripture, made an address and offered prayer, and asked blessing on this "acre of God." After the service the chief said: "I thank you for telling me I have a Saviour. I thank you for blessing the place where my wife sleeps. I have your face on my heart. Good bye."

I could keep you longer than I ought telling you of the lights and shadows of missionary life. The North American Indian is the noblest type of a wild man on the earth. He recognizes a Great Spirit, he loves his home, he is passionately devoted to his people, and believes in a future life. The Ojibway language is a marvel. The verb has inflections by thousands. If an Indian says "I love" and stops, you can tell by the inflection of the verb whether he loves an animate or inanimate object, a man or a woman. The nicest shade of meaning in St. Paul's Epistles could be conveyed in Ojibway, and I have heard a missionary say, "A classic Greek temple standing in the forest would not be more marvelous than this wonderful language."

The Indians are heathen folk and will often come to the Christian life fettered by old heathen ideas, and some may stumble and fall; they did in St. Paul's time; but I can say that some of the noblest instances of the power of religion I have ever known have been among these poor red men. I can recall death-beds where an Indian looked up in my face and said, "The Great Spirit has called me to go on the last journey. I am not afraid to go, for Jesus is going with me, and I shall not be lonesome on the road."

I am happy to tell you that the clouds are breaking. Thousands of this poor race are rejoicing in the light of the Gospel. The heart of the nation has been touched, and thousands are laboring for their salvation. The Indians are not decreasing. It is due to the absence of internecine wars, to their protection from dangerous contagious diseases, to better medical care and a wiser administration. In the future, Indians must have citizenship, but not until they are prepared for this precious boon. The ballot cannot redeem humanity. I was asked by President Cleveland what I thought of making the Indian a voter. I said, "It has been tried." Under an old territorial law, any Indian who wore the civilized dress could vote. I have heard of an election where a tribe of Indians were put through a hickory shirt and pair of pants, and we know how that election went. The Indian must have the protection of law. In his wild state he has the "lex talionis." He becomes a Christian. A drunken wild man kills his cow or insults his wife. He could punish the brute, but we have taught him that he must not revenge his wrongs, and so the Christian Indian is pitiably helpless. I can take you to an Indian village where property and life are safe, where childhood, womanhood, and old age are cared for, and it is due to the Gospel of Christ.

While missionary work must be carried on in the native tongue, the schools ought to teach the English language--if schools are conducted only in the heathen tongue, you not only have no Christian ideas, but when the child has learned to read, he has no books. He should be taught in a language which opens to him the literature, the science and the Christian teaching of the Christian world. The Gospel of Jesus Christ will do for the Indian what it has done for others through all the ages--give him home, manhood and freedom.

Lastly--we are living in eventful times. One hundred years ago the people who spoke the English tongue were less numerous than some of the Latin races of Europe. To-day one hundred and fifty millions of people speak the English language. When we remember how God made the Greek tongue the language of the world to prepare for the first preaching of the Gospel of His Son, may we not believe he designs to use our English tongue to prepare for the second coming of our Lord?

Brethren, we hear a great deal about Indian problems, Negro problems, and problems which hinder all work for God and man. When General Sherman and other officers of the army were sent out to investigate that awful massacre in Colorado, they wrote in their report: "The Indian problem, like all other human problems, can be solved by one sentence in an old book--'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.'"

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LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS.

I went to Oahe to take two girls to school, and was gone eleven days. I travelled nearly three hundred miles, driving my ponies myself, and last Sabbath held the services for Spotted Bear in the morning, as Mr. Riggs was absent; taught a class in the afternoon, and returned to Cheyenne agency on Monday, to find that the Indian man who went with me had returned home. I visited the Government school there, and witnessed Major McChesney issue the annuities to the Indians; found a party of Indians coming this way as far as the Itazipco camp on the Moreau; came with them so far--about forty-five miles from here--and from there Bessie, Jumbo (my ponies) and I came on alone. I drove the forty-five miles in one day, arriving here at dark.

At Cheyenne a number of fine-looking, well-dressed young Indian men came up to me and addressed me in English. I did not recognize some of them, and they told me they went to school to me in '75, '76 and '77. I remember them as dirty little long-haired, blanket Indians. It made my heart strong to take these manly young men by the hand and to hear them say, "You were my first teacher."

One night, when I was coming home, we got into camp, and the Indian tent had on one side a man and his wife, his son and daughter, and his baby twins. On the other side of the fire, another man, wife and child, four dogs, two puppies, and back of the fire a man and his wife and two young men and myself. When supper was ready, the dogs were put outside, the children hushed, and the head man said, "Winona pray." They were all strangers to me but two of them, so you may know I was surprised. I prayed, and when I finished, all said, "Ho, ho, ho," that is, all the men. I was again surprised at the universal consent or endorsement of the petition. I had some rich experiences, many hardships new to me, but I sowed seed which I doubt not will spring up. A half-breed Indian, Joe Hodgkiss, and his wife, were very kind to me.

When I got in sight of the house here, men stood all along the road waiting to shake hands with me. I should not have undertaken the trip, but the girls were about fifteen years old, and if they were not in school this winter they never would be. I could not see the good material in them wasted. Mr. Reed could not go, and he did not want Elias to leave his school to go. So I hired a team and went. I am glad I did. God meant me to get into the homes and hearts of those strangers, and I had no fear but that he planned it all.

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GRAND VIEW, TENN.

A teacher writes: "Doubtless you have learned how full our school is. We all feel that we _must_ do something in some way to have more buildings. Several were obliged to go away last week, being unable to secure boarding-places. The dormitory is more than full. There are sixteen boys in four small rooms; three boys occupy one end of the old store house near the railroad. This warm weather is certainly favorable for them. Twenty new pupils came one day. Others are expected to-morrow. Where shall we put them? Nine in the main room are now without seats; chairs were placed in the aisle. In the primary room it is just as full, forty-two being crowded into space intended for thirty-two."

Another: "We are blessed with a deep religious awakening, which has reached many of the students."

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BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.

MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.

In reading our list of Missionaries and Mission Stations, ladies will recognize many familiar names of those in whom they have become particularly interested through contributions to the work.

Maine ladies will find their four teachers for whose support they have become responsible.

Vermont ladies will look at the McIntosh School with a sense of proprietorship, and rejoice in its enlargement.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island may find their four teachers sustained by the Woman's Home Missionary Association, and many Massachusetts ladies who have been especially interested in the school at Tougaloo may rejoice to be connected with such an institution.

Connecticut ladies have done much for their school at Thomasville, Ga., although not as largely through their State Union. This school was begun through the liberality of a Connecticut lady, and for its continuance and development this Association depends upon the Bureau of Woman's Work. Contributions from all sources are solicited.

The New York Union abides by its principles to increase its contribution each year, and in addition to the support of three missionaries, pledges six hundred dollars to the general work.

The Ohio Union comes forward also with an appropriation to the general work, additional to the support of four missionaries.

The Illinois Union continues its support to two missionaries, and hopes for a third during the year.

If the ladies of Michigan will look at the Athens, Ala., Trinity School in our list, they will see their own State represented there, an incentive, we trust, to special effort toward the sum recommended by the officers of their Union.

The ladies of Minnesota have the opportunity to aid the school at Jonesboro, Tennessee, and if they carry out the recommendation of their Minnesota Missionary Society, they will this year sustain in full the two lady teachers.

The other Missionary Unions represented in our list have shown especial interest, and nearly all have made such pledge of help as will soon secure them a special representative in the field.

A Children's Missionary is sustained by ladies and children, and special work is also assigned to Christian Endeavor Societies.

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Thus it will be seen that the long list of Ladies' Societies shown each month as co-operating with us, is not merely in name. We really have their help, and a careful reading of our list of missionaries will make clear that we not only need their help, but can give them much more to do.

A lady recently brought to us five hundred dollars as the result of her personal effort, and when we expressed to her our thanks she exclaimed, "Don't say a word; it is _my_ work as well as yours." Let us be workers together.

In sending your money to your State officers, do not fail to designate it as for the _American Missionary Association_.

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The Way One Mission Band in Iowa raised its money--"Our society was organized in 1888, and the first year we sent twenty dollars for Beach Institute. We have about twenty members, from five to thirteen years of age. We meet once a month through the summer, but close for the winter. Last summer I gave to all over ten years of age a nickel, and those under ten a penny to see how much they could gain. These are a few of the reports. One little boy with his nickel bought a sitting of eggs from which he raised eleven chickens, which he sold for two dollars and twenty cents. Another raised nine chickens which he sold for two dollars. Another bought a little turkey, which he sold at Thanksgiving for a dollar and ten cents. Another with a penny bought a squash vine, from which he sold five large squashes for fifty-five cents. Another bought a row of potatoes for which he received fifty cents, and so the pennies multiplied. I gave mite-boxes to all in the spring, and so at the end of the year we are able again to send you the neat little sum of twenty-five dollars."

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WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

MAINE.

WOMAN'S AID TO A.M.A. Chairman of Committee--Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.

VERMONT.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. A.B. Swift, 167 King St., Burlington. Secretary--Mrs. E.C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Montpelier. Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.

MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.

[1]WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. President--Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cambridge, Mass. Secretary--Miss Nathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston. Treasurer--Miss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congregational House, Boston.

[Footnote 1: 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.]

CONNECTICUT.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. Secretary--Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. Treasurer--Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford.

NEW YORK.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse. Treasurer--Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford.

OHIO.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. J.G.W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St, Cleveland. Secretary--Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin. Treasurer--Mrs. F.L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

INDIANA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. C.B. Safford, Elkhart. Secretary--W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne. Treasurer--Mrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis.

ILLINOIS.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, 409 Orchard St, Chicago. Secretary--C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St. Chicago. Treasurer--Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Champaign.

IOWA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. T.O. Douglass, Grinnell. Secretary--Miss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell. Treasurer--Mrs. M.J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque.

MICHIGAN.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave., Detroit. Secretary--Mrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing. Treasurer--Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Greenville.

WISCONSIN.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. H.A. Miner, Madison. Secretary--Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead. Treasurer--Mrs. C.C. Keeler, Beloit.

MINNESOTA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President--Mrs. E.S. Williams, Box 464, Minneapolis. Secretary--Miss Gertude A. Keith, 1350, Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Treasurer--Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Northfield.

NORTH DAKOTA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President--Mrs. A.J. Pike, Dwight. Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood. Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Fisher, Fargo.

SOUTH DAKOTA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. A.H. Robbins, Bowdle. Secretary--Mrs. T.M. Jeffris, Huron. Treasurer--Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.

NEBRASKA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. T.H. Leavitt, 1216 H. St., Lincoln. Secretary--Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 No. Broad St., Fremont. Treasurer--Mrs. D.E. Perry, Crete.

MISSOURI.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. C.L. Goodell, 3006 Pine St., St. Louis. Secretary--Mrs. E.P. Bronson, 3100 Chestnut St., St. Louis. Treasurer--Mrs. A.E. Cook, 4145 Bell Ave., St. Louis.

KANSAS.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President--Mrs. F.J. Storrs, Topeka. Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka. Treasurer--Mrs. J.G. Dougherty, Ottawa.

COLORADO AND WYOMING.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. J.W. Pickett, White Water, Colorado. Secretary--Miss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado. Treasurer--Mrs. S.A. Sawyer, Boulder, Colorado. Treasurer--Mrs. W.L. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. Elijah Cash, 937 Temple St., Los Angeles. Secretary--Mrs. H.K.W. Bent, Box 426, Pasadena. Treasurer--Mrs. H.W. Mills, So. Olive St., Los Angeles.

CALIFORNIA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President--Mrs. H.L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oakland. Secretary--Miss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st. St., Oakland. Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Havens, 1339 Harrison St., Oakland.

LOUISIANA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. R.D. Hitchcock, New Orleans. Secretary--Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans. Treasurer--Mrs. C.S. Shattuck, Hammond.

MISSISSIPPI.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. A.F. Whiting, Tougaloo. Secretary--Miss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougaloo. Treasurer--Miss S.L. Emerson, Tougaloo.

ALABAMA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. H.W. Andrews, Talladega. Secretary--Miss S.S. Evans, 2612 Fifth Ave., Birmingham. Treasurer--Mrs. E.J. Ponney, Selma.

FLORIDA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. S.P. Gale, Jacksonville. Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. Treasurer--Mrs. L.C. Partridge, Longwood.

TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION. President--Miss M.F. Wells, Athens, Ala. Secretary--Miss A.M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. Treasurer--Mrs. G.S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn.

NORTH CAROLINA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. President--Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill. Secretary--Miss A.E. Farrington, Raleigh. Treasurer--Miss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh.

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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RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1889.

THE DANIEL HAND FUND,

_For the Education of Colored People_,

FROM

Mr. DANIEL HAND, GUILFORD, CONN.

Income for October, 1889, ...$960.00
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CURRENT RECEIPTS.

MAINE, $722.09.

Auburn. Sam'l J.M. Perkins ...10.00

Bangor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...29.00

Bath. Mrs. Anna Covel ...1.00

Belfast. First Cong. Ch. ...29.55

Brewer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 17.25; Sab. Sch. of First Cong.
Ch., 15 ...32.25

Brownville. Mrs. A.H. Merrill ...100.00

Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch., to const. CHARLES W. MACE, WARREN L.
HUNT and GEORGE C. GRAHAM L.M's ...125.78

Cumberland Mills. Y.L. Mission Band, by Mrs. E.M. Cousins, _for
Freight_, _to Selma, Ala._ ...2.00

Falmouth. Ruben Merrill ...10.00

Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...5.10

Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Foxcroft. Mrs. D. Blanchard ...1.00

Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (16 of which _for Cal. Chinese M._)
...40.26

Harrison. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...8.00

Minot Center. Miss Lizzie E. Washburn's S.S. Class, _for Mountain
Work_ ...10.00

Newcastle. Cong. Ch., _for Chinese M._ ...12.00

New Gloucester. Cong. Ch. ...51.50

North Bridgton. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

North Buxton. Cong. Ch. ...5.20

Norway. Mrs. M.K. Frost ...1.00

Rockland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...5.00

South Berwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. FRANK BEAVEN, CALVIN
MORRISON and MOSES SMITH L.M's ...100.00

South Paris. Cong. Ch. ...1.00

Vassalboro. Sab. Sch. of Riverside Cong. Ch. ...1.00

York. First Cong. Ch. ...16.50

----. "Kennebunkport, Maine" ...5.00

----. "Friend in Maine," _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...10.00

Woman's Aid to American Miss'y Ass'n, by Mrs. C.A. Woodbury:

Portland. Ladies of Second Parish Ch, _for Acres Memorial Room_,
_Selma, Ala._ ...70.45

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $264.44.

Brookline. Cong. Ch. ...2.00

Concord. South Cong. Ch. 53.94 to const. GEORGE H. WHITMAN L.M.;
"Friend" 5. ...58.94

Hampstead. Cong. Ch. to const. DEA. CHARLES W. PRESSEY L.M. ...43.50

Hanover. Mrs. Susan J. Kellogg ...10.00

Hudson. E.A. Warner, _for Student Aid_, _Wilmington, N.C._ ...10.00

Keene. Primary Dep't Second. Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._
...5.00

Kensington. Cong. Ch. And Soc. ...5.00

Lyme. Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. L.D. WARREN L.M. ...31.10

Manchester. Mrs. David Cross, _for Indian M._ ...10.00

Merrimack. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...9.50

Mount Vernon. Lucia E. Trevitti's S.S. Class, Christmas gift ...5.40

Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...10.00

Newmarket. Thomas H. Wiswall ...10.00

Northampton. E. Gove ...10.00

Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. ...8.00

South Newmarket. Miss H.L. Fitts, _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...25.00

West Rindge. Geo. G. Williams, _for Mountain Work_ ...11.00

VERMONT, $389.96.

Barton Landing. Childrens' Miss'y Soc., by Kate B. Joslyn, Treas.,
_for Indian M._ ...10.00

Bellows Falls. First Cong. Ch., to const. JAMES BLANCHARD, JOHN B.
MORSE and E.B. SEARLE L.M's ...95.12

Brownington. "A Widow" ...13.00

Burlington. College St. Cong. Ch. ...90.51

Cabot. Mrs. Sarah S. Russell, 2.50; Mrs. L. McAlister, 50c. ...3.00

Chester. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh,
Ga._

Danville. Cong. Ch. 21, and Sab. Sch. 11, to const. REV. WM. H.
STUART L.M. ...32.00

East Hardwick, Mrs. J.R. Delano, _for Christmas_, _McIntosh, Ga._
...5.00

Fairlee. "A Friend." ...1.00

Holland. Cong. Ch. ...8.35

Newbury. Mrs. Edward P. Keyes ...10.00

Norwich. Mrs. H. Burton ...2.00

Saxtons River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...25.00

Shoreham. Nellie A. Tottingham ...3.13

Wallingford. ----, _for Christmas Dinner_, _McIntosh, Ga._ ...1.65

Waterbury. Rev. and Mrs. L.H. Elliot ...8.00

West Barnet. Mission Band (eight little girls), by Margaret 8. Bole,
_for Indian M._ ...5.00

West Brattleboro. Benev. Soc. Cong. Ch. by Clara M. Stedman, _for
Freight to McIntosh, Ga._ ...2.00

Westminster West. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. bal. to const. WILLIAM E.
HITCHCOCK L.M. ...21.15

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

Barnet. Voluntary Off. Soc. ...9.67

Brattleboro. Sab. Sch. (special) ...10.00

McIndoes Falls. Sab. Sch. ...8.08

Montpelier. W.H.M.S. ...5.00

Newport. Ladies ...21.30

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MASSACHUSETTS, $15,186.89.

Abington. First Cong. Ch. ...43.75

Amherst. Second Cong. Ch. ...8.75

Andover. "A Friend," _for Girls' Dormitory_, _Macon, Ga._ ...1,384.98

Andover. West Cong. Ch., 50; M.E. Manning, 10 ...60.00

Andover. Juv. Miss'y Soc. of West Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._
...25.00

Ashfield. "A Friend." ...1.80

Attleboro. Second Cong. Ch. ...89.87

Auburndale. Cong. Ch. ...352.62

Bedford. Church of Christ ...10.00

Beverly. Dane St. Cong. Ch., _for Missionary Teacher_ ...102.02

Boston. Mount Vernon Cong. Ch. ...544.99

Mount Vernon Ch., Edward A. Strong ...25.00

Shawmut Cong. Ch. ...237.06

Miss Cornelia Warren, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...100.00

"M.L.E." ...10.00

Mrs. J.B. Potter, _for Student Aid_, _Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00

Dorchester. Village Ch. ...31.06

Harvard Cong. Ch. ...20.00

Roxbury. Immanuel Ch. ...163.32

Eliot Cong. Ch. ...61.74

Highland Branch Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._ ...4.85

------ 1206.02

Braintree. First Cong. Ch. ...23.75

Brighton. Ladies, Bbl. of C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Brimfield. Ladies' Union of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. Of C., etc., 2
_for Freight_, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...2.00

Brimfield. Ladles' Home Miss'y Soc. First Cong. Ch., B. of C., _for
Tougaloo U._

Campello. "A Friend," _for Mountain Work_ ...50.00

Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. ...41.19

Cambridgeport. Dea. R.L. SNOW, for L.M. ...30.00

Cambridgeport. "Helping Circle of King's Daughters," Pilgrim Cong.
Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...50.00

Cambridgeport. Sab. Sch. of Prospect St. Cong. Ch, _for S.S.,
Talladega, Ala._ ...19.50

Cambridgeport. Mrs. Anna E. Douglass, _for Freight to Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._ ...1.50

Centreville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...5.00

Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. ...39.10

Chicopee. Mrs. Mosman's Class, 9; Miss Woodworth's Class, 3.38, Sab.
Sch. of Third Cong. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...12.38

Dalton. Mrs. Louise F. Crane, 100; Miss Clara L. Crane, 100; W.M.
Crane, 100 ...300.00

Deerfield. A.C. Williams ...3.00

Douglass. Mrs. James Wells, 5, and Mrs. Wells' S.S. Class, 5, _for
Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ ...10.00

Dracut. Cong. Ch. ...15.00

East Bridgewater. Union Cong. Ch. ...10.88

East Cambridge. Miss M.F. Aiken ...5.00

Easthampton. Payson Cong. Ch. (6 of which _for Indian M._) ...235.50

Easthampton. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., _for Teacher, Indian M._
...50.00

Edgartown. Cong. Ch. ...11.08

Erving. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...3.00

Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...36.00

Everett. Cong. Ch., ad'l ...0.50

Falmouth. Cong. Ch. ...20.00

Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. (70 of which from Y.P.S. of C.K., _for
Indian Sch'p_) ...321 40

Fitchburg. Cal. Cong. Ch. ...17.00

Franklin. First Cong. Ch. ...26.00

Georgetown. Peabody Memorial Ch., (30 of which from Sab. Sch. to
const. ELLA W. MACE L.M.) ...102.00

Globe Village. Free Evan. Soc. (30 of which to const. FREDERICK G.
BLANCHARD L.M.) ...53.05

Gloucester. Lanesville Cong. Ch. ...12.25

Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...75.00

Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. ...27.46

Hardwick. Cal. Cong. Ch. ...4.85

Haverhill. C. Coffin. ...0.50

Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...25.00

Holbrook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...12.00

Holbrook, Mrs. J.V. Thayer, _for Freight to Dakota_ ...0.70

Holliston. "Bible Christians," ...50.00

Holliston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 15; "Friends," 6. _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ ...21.00

Holyoke. Mrs. Mary E. Rust ...1.00

Hopkinton. First Cong. Ch. ...69.56

Hopkinton. Mrs. Wing's S.S. Class, _for Emerson Inst., Mobile, Ala._
...12.00

Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. ...17.00

Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...31.00

Lakeville. Miss Betsey Kinsley ...4.50

Lee. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...25.00

Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. _for new building, Williamsburg, Ky._
...64.70

Lincoln. Sab. Sen. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._
...20.00

Littleton. Cong. Ch. ...13.78

Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. to const. F.W. ELY. L.M; John St. Cong.
Ch., 32.39; Miss S.R. Harlow, 1 ...83.39

Lynn. First Cong. Ch. ...11.53

Malden. First Cong. Ch. ...33.00

Marlboro. Union. Cong. Ch., to const. ELMER D. HOWE L.M., _for Indian
Sch'p._ ...75.00

Medway. Village Ch. ...50.00

Medway. E.F. Richardson, Bbl. of C., etc, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...

Melrose, Frontier Aid Soc;. _for Straight U._ ...10.00

Melrose. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...2.75

Methuen. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...14.69

Milford. "King's Daughters," by Mrs. Webster Woodbury, for furnishing
two rooms _Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...50.00

Milford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...43.30

Mill River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...21.00

Monson. Mrs. John Packard ...1.00

Montague. First Cong. Ch. ...15.50

Newburyport. Prospect St. Ch., 45.86; Whitefield Cong. Ch., 20.01
...65.87

Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. ...50.00

Newton Highlands. Miss E.H. Craft ...1.00

North Adams. Cong. Ch. ...150.69

North Amherst. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Indian M._ ...22.44

Northampton. "B" ...3.00

North Attleboro. Frank H. Bennett, _for Mountain Work._ ...5.00

Northbridge. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...18.01

North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. J.E.
PORTER and JOHN S. COOKE L.M's ...65.07

Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch., 9.78; Mrs. E.B. Wheaton, 30, to const. SILAS
H. COBB L.M. ...39.78

North Weymouth. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...10.00

North Weymouth. Miss Edith M. Bates ...2.00

Oxford. Cong. Ch. ...20.00

Peabody. Sab. Sch. South Cong. Ch., _for Teacher, Indian M._ ...50.00

Peabody. Prof. J.K. Cole. Books etc., _for Lathrop Library, Sherwood,
Tenn._ ...

Peru. Rev. S.W. Powell ...5.00

Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch., 65; South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 40.97
...105.97

Pittsfield. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for Mountain Work_ ...30.00

Quincy Point. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. ...0.60

Reading. Cong. Ch. ...18.00

Rockdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...4.25

Salem. Sab. Sch. of Tab. Ch., _for Student Aid, Tillotson Inst._
...25.00

Salem. Mrs. Lucy E. Friend, Box Books, _for Lathrop Library,
Sherwood, Tenn._ ...

Southampton. Cong. Ch. ...1.10

Southboro. Pilgrim. Ch. ...33.88

South Dennis. Cong. Ch. ...3.14

South Weymouth. Cong. Ch. (20., of wh. from Primary Dept. of Sab.
Sch. _for Student Aid, Macon, Ga._) ...43.00

Springfield. Miss N. Burnham, _for Mountain Work_ ...20.00

Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. ...60.50

Stoneham. Cong. Ch. ...33.00

Sudbury. Cong. Ch. ...34.82

Sunderland. Ladies' Sew. Soc. Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo U._ ...

Ware. First Cong. Ch., _for Mountain Work_ ...18.00

West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Westboro. "Friend," _for Indian M._ ...1.00

West Boxford. Cong. Ch. ...7.00

West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...7.33

West Brookfield. Miss Emily S. Woods and her Sab. Sch. Class, _for
Mountain Work_ ...10.00

West Dennis. Mrs. S.S. Crowell ...1.50

Westfield. Primary Class Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Straight U._ ...15.00

Westfield. Mrs. C.W. Fowler. Box S.S. Material and Books; 3.75 _for
Freight,_ etc. _for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...3.75

West Gardner. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc. _for Indian Sch'p_ ...35 00

West Medford. Cong. Ch. ...11.04

West Medway. Third Cong. Ch., to const. MISS EMMA C. PARTRIDGE L.M.
...30.00

West Somerville. Cong. Ch. ...6.00

Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. ...33.46

Winchester. Ladies' Western Miss'y Soc., adl. _for Girls' Dormitory,
Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...10.00

Woburn. First cong. Ch. ..326.36

Wollaston. "A Friend." ...1.00

Worcester. Miss Sarah E. Wheeler ...5.00

Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. ...50.00

Hampden County Benevolent Society, by Charles Marsh, Treasurer:

Chicopee, Third ...8.03
Holyoke, First ...20.52
Westfield, Second ...56.99
West Springfield, Mittineag. ...3.67
" " Park St. ...39.11
" " Park St. Sab. Sch. _for ed. of a young Indian_ ...21.65

------ 149 37

Woman's Home Missionary Association,
_for Salaries of Teachers_ ...880.00

------$8,263.92

ESTATES.

West Roxbury. Estate of E.W. Tolman, by Rev. N.G. Clark. Ex.
...172.97

Worcester. Estate of Dwight Reed, by E. J. Whittemore. Adm'r
...6,750.00

------$15,186.89

CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.

Cumberland Mills, Me. Young Ladies' Mission Band, Bbl. _for Selma,
Ala._

West Falmouth, Me. Rev. Wm. H. Haskell, Bbl., _for Troy, N.C._

Auburndale, Mass. Miss Alice Williston, Bbl, _for Greenwood, S.C._

Ashfield, Mass. Cong. Ch. by Mrs. Daniel Williams, Bbl., _for
McLeansville, N.C._

Marshfield, Mass. Rev. E. Alden, 2 Bbls., val. 57.25 _for
Williamsburg, Ky._

West Roxbury, Mass. Y.P.S.C.E. of So. Evan. Ch., 2 Bbls., _for Chapel
Hill, N.C._

Worchester, Mass. Miss S.E. Wheeler, Bbl. _Wilmington, N.C._

RHODE ISLAND, $372.74.

Central Falls. Cong. Ch. ...47.72

East Providence. S. Belden ...50.00

East Providence. Newman Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. WILLIAM W. ELLIS
L.M. ...30.00

Kingston. Cong. Ch. ...41.74

Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. ...144.28

Providence. Union Cong. Ch., 12; North Cong. Ch., 11; Free Cong. Ch.,
5, _for new building, Williamsburg, Ky._ ...28.00

Tiverton. Cong. Ch.. 21; Church Supply, 10; _for new building,
Williamsburg, Ky._ ...31.00

CONNECTICUT, $8,266.04

Abington. Cong. Ch. ...5.00

Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. ...44.80

Bethel. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., 30: _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ and 30 _for Talladega C._ ...60.00

Black Rock. Cong. Ch. ...27.00

Bloomfield. Cong. Ch ...4.50

Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Ch., 37.76; Y.P.S.C.E, of South Cong. Ch.,
5 ...42.76

Bristol. J.J. Jennings' S.S. Class, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._
...10.00

Burlington. Cong. Ch. ...1.00

Canton Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc ...10.00

Central Village. Cong. Ch. ...4.00

Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...40.38

Collinsville. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ ...31.00

Danbury. First Cong. Ch., 101.32; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 27
...128.32

Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...20.28

Deep River. Cong. Ch., to const. FREDERIC C. PRATT L.M. ...35.00

Eastford. Cong. Ch. ...14.56

Enfield. "Friends In First Cong. Ch," _for Indian M., Native Pastor_
...150.00

Greeneville. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. REV. THOMAS SIMMS L.M.
...10.00

Griswold. First Cong. Ch. ...30.00

Gullford. "A Memorial Offering." ...200.00

Haddam. Cong. Ch. ...9.75

Hagganum. Cong. Ch., 29; Mrs. Susan Gladwin, 5 ...34.00

Hartford. Mrs. Mary C. Bemis ...20.00

Hartford. Warburton Chapel Sab. Sch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.
Girls' Indl. Hall._ ...17.75

Huntington. Cong, Ch. ...11.00

Kensington. Mary Frost, deceased, by Mrs. E.S. Tulbs ...3.00

Litchfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ ...50.00

Madison. Cong. Ch. ...5.80

Manchester. First Cong, Ch. ...91.20

Meriden. Sab. Sen. of First Cong. Ch. ...15.00

Meriden. Robert P. Rand ...3.50

Middlefield. Cong Ch. to const. JAMES LYMAN and ALBERT R. TUCKER
L.M's ...64.64

Middletown. First Cong. Ch. ...112.55

Milford. First Cong. Ch. ...150.00

Milford. Sab. Sch. of Plymouth Ch. ...10.87

Mount Carmel. Mrs. J.M. Swift ...10.00

New Britain. South Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN B, SMITH, F.A. GIDDINGS,
G.E. ROOT and MARTIN S. WIARD L.M's ...290.80

New Canaan. Cong. Ch. ...24.21

New Haven. College St. Cong. Ch. ...54.50

New Haven. Sab. Sch. of Center CH., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._
...25.00

New Haven. H.C. Rowe, _for Ballard Normal Sch._ ...10.00

New London. Trust Estate of Harry P. Haven (70. of which _for Indian
Sch'p_) ...370.00

New London. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch. 70. Mrs. L.E. Learned and
Daughters 17.50, _for Indian Sch'ps_ ...87.50

New London. "A Friend" _for Chinese M._ ...0.50

New Milford. First Cong. Ch., 80.16; "Friends" 10 ...90.16

Newington. Cong. Ch. ...24.36

New Preston. Mrs. Betsy Averill. _for Mountain Work_ ...10.00

Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...15.27

Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. ...63.09

Norwich. Buckingham Sab. Sch. ...25.00

Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. ...40.64

Plainville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Oaks N.C._ ...20.00

Pomfret. "Friends" ...0.50

Poquonock. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch, _for Mountain Work_ ...15.00

Prospect. B.B. Brown ...20.00

Putnam. Second Cong. Ch ...20.99

Roxbury. Mrs. D.H. Beardsley ...4.50

Roxbury. Mrs. J.S. Beardsley, Pkg. patchwork, _for Sherwood,
Tenn._...

Sharon. John H. Cleaveland ...5.00

Simsbury. James Reid ...1.50

Stamford. Y.P.S.C.E., by Grace S. Bean ...1.80

South Manchester. First Cong. Ch., ad'l. ...5.00

South Norwalk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. MRS. SUSAN M. HALL. MISS
MAY Q. SMITH and MRS. MARY GRAVES L.M's. ...95.00

Somers. Cong. Ch. ...7.50

Somers. "Henrietta and Harriet." Memorial Offering, Carpet and Bbl.
of Goods, 2.45 _for Freight, for Beach Inst._ ...2.45

Southbury. Cong. Ch. ...5.00

South Killingly. Cong. Ch. ...8.50

South Wethersfield. Sab. Sch Class. by Bertha H. Griswold, _for
Woman's Work._ ...2.00

Talcottville. Cong. Ch. ...60.00

Thomaston. Cong. Ch. ...11.23

Thomaston. Ladies Benev. Soc. by Mrs. G.A. Lemmon, Sec., _for Conn.
Ind'l Sch., Ga_ ...30.00

Thompson. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Mountain Work_ ...3.75

Thompson. Ladies, by Miss Julia Shaw, ad'l, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch.,
Ga._ ...0.25

Torrington. "Helpmeet Circle of King's Daughters," _for Grand View,
Tenn._ ...10.00

Waterbury. Mrs. G.C. Hill, Pkg. Patchwork, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...

West Hartford. First Church of Christ, ...102.96

West Hartford. Mrs. E.W. Morris, _for Mountain Work_ ...10.00

Westbrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...25.60

Williamsville. Cong. Ch. ...5.00

Windsor. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 30 _for Tougaloo U._ and 20
_for Grand View, Tenn._ ...50.00

Winsted. Mrs. M.A. Mitchell _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...25.00

Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. ...56.60

----. "A Friend," ...500.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Connecticut, by Mrs. Wilder Smith,
Sec., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ Suffield. Aux ...5.00 ...5.00
------$3,768 04

ESTATES.

Norwich. Estate of Hezekiah F. Rudd, by John M. Johnson, Executor
...3,500.00

Thompson. Estate of Levi B. Mowry, by R.E. Holmes, Trustee
...1,000.00

------$8,266.04

NEW YORK, $962.94.

Albany. First Cong. Ch., 51; Miss E.L. Hill, 1 ...52.00

Albany. Mrs. M.H. Williams, Pkg. Kindergarten material, and Pkg.
Patchwork, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...

Alfred Center. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon ...5.00

Binghamton. First Cong. Ch. ...100.56

Binghamton. Girls' Mission Band of Cong. Ch., "Faithful Workers," by
Cornelia Sturtevant, _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...15.00

Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch., 75.; "A Friend," to const. HON. THOMAS B.
REED L.M. 30, ...105.00

Brooklyn, Julius Davenport, _for Atlanta U._ ...100.00

Brooklyn. Miss Prentice's Class, Sab. Sch. Ch. of the Pilgrims, _for
Indian Sch'p_ ...70.00

Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee Indian M._ ...37.50

Brooklyn. Mrs. Rev. Geo. Hollis, _for Mountain Work_ ...5.00

Brooklyn. Lewis Av. Cong. Ch., Communion Set ...

Buffalo, First Cong. Ch. ...100.00

Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...25.75

Chateaugay. Joseph Shaw ...4.50

Cortland. Cong. Ch. to const. MRS. JANE R. SAMSON L.M. ...30.00

Fairport. Primary Classes Cong. Sab. Sch., by Miss S.E. Dowd, _for
Dakota Home_ ...40.00

Fairport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...18.58

Franklin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...1.00

Fulton. "A Friend" ...1.00

Greene. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...3.10

Honeoye. Sab Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...7.00

Jamestown. First Cong. Ch. ...48.00

LeRoy. Mrs. D.A. Phillips, 10; Mrs. Alex. McEwen, 10; "A Friend," 1
...21.00

Lysander. Cong. Ch. ...7.15

Millers Place. Cong. Ch. ...8.00

New York. Frank C. Overton, 10; A. Wetherin. 10, _for Student Aid,
Lincoln N. Inst., Marion, Ala._ ...20.00

New York. Albert T. Hall, Trunk of Books ...

Oneonta. Mrs. L.J. Safford ...2.00

Phoenix. Primary Class, Cong. S.S., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._
...1.30

Portchester. Milo Mead ...5.00

Rochester. Geo. Thayer, 25; Geo. W. Thayer, 10; Mrs. E.M. Rider, 4.50
...39.50

Sag Harbor. Charles N. Brown, to const. WILLIAM H. YOUNGS L.M.
...30.00

Sing Sing. Mrs. C.E. Judd, to const. REV. LELAND E. TUPPER L.M.
...30.00

Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas.,
_for Woman's Work_: Aquebogue. Ladies Aux. ...15.00 Rochester.
Ladies' Aux. South Ch. ...5.00 ------ 20.00

NEW JERSEY, $2.11.

Bound Brook. Cong. Ch. ...2.11

PENNSYLVANIA, $107.60.

Elvilla. Thomas McCleery ...10.00

Germantown. Freedman's Concert, by Mission Guild of First Cong. Ch.
...14.60

North East. Miss C.A. Talcott. ...1.00

Philadelphia. Miss S. Longstreth, _for Mountain Work_ ...50.00

Philadelphia. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._
...30.00

Shire Oaks. Jane Wilson ...2.00

OHIO, $442.69.

Akron. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...50.00

Akron. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Ballard Normal
Sch._ ...50.00

Alexis. Cong. Ch. ...6.00

Andover. Cong. Ch. ...4.00

Ashtabula. First Cong. Ch. ...17.25

Belpre. Cong. Ch. ...13.00

Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch. ...7.70

Cleveland. Young People of C., by Miss E.A. Johnson, _for Mountain
Work_ ...4.50

Claridon. Cong. Ch. ...22.46

Cincinnati. Walnut Hills Cong. Ch. 76.52; Lawrence St. Welsh Cong.
Ch., 20 ...96.52

Columbus, C.E. Dunham, _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...4.00

Lindenville. Mrs. Lydia C. Beares ...5.00

Lorain. Cong. Ch., 38.18; Y.P.S.C.E, 10. ...48.18

Medina. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Box Bedding, 1.05 _for Freight, for
Ballard Normal Sch._ ...1.05

Mesopotamia. Ladies' Benev. Society of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
Freight, for Tougaloo U._ ...2.00

Oberlin. Dudley Allen, M.D., 30 to const. PROF. JOHN F. PECK L.M.;
Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 10.91 ...40.91

Pittsfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Mountain Work_ ...3.62

Rochester. Cong. Ch. ...1.15

Radnor. Edward D. Jones ...5.00

Tallmadge. Ladies' H.M. Soc., _for Woman's Work_ ...20.00

Unionville. Cong. Ch. ...4.80

Wellington. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._
...5.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ohio by Mrs. M.C. Morrison, _for an
Organ for Miss Collins' Indian Work_ ...30.55

INDIANA, $1.00.

Brazil. Mrs. C. Clark ...1.00

Indianapolis. "Friend," Box Sewing Sch. Material, _for Sherwood,
Tenn._ ...

ILLINOIS, $6,478.57

Amboy. Mrs. Andrews, Patchwork and Bibles, _for Mobile, Ala._ ...

Big Rock. Cong. Ch. ...6.00

Chicago. "R.A.W." 500; New England Cong. Ch. 107.46; South Cong. Ch.,
65.55; Rev. Henry Willard, 25; First Cong. Ch., 186.72; South Park
Cong. Ch., 18.36 ...903.09

Chicago. "Friends in First Cong. Ch.," _for Teacher, Indian M._
...25.00

Chicago. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., by Mrs. E.P. Goodwin, _for Fort
Berthold Indian M._ ...20.00

Chicago. Prof. A.M. Bacon, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ ...5.00

Chicago. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch. and "Friends," Box of C., etc.,
_for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...

Delavan. R. Houghton ...15.00

Downer's Grove. Cong. Ch. ...13.09

Galesburg. Mrs. S.P.M. Avery ...15.00

Galva. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ ...7.55

Geneseo. Mrs. E.L. Atkinson ...5.00

Granville. Stephan Harrison ...10.00

Jacksonville. Cong. Ch. ...49.66

Marshall. Rev. Dana Sherrill ...5.90

Morrison. Ellen S. Brown ...1.00

Oak Park. Cong Ch. ...224.15

Poplar Grove. Cong. Ch. ...11.30

Princeton. First Cong. Ch., 13.50; Mrs. P.B. Corss, 10 ...23.50

Rockford. First Cong. Ch. ...76.00

Saint Charles. Cong. Ch. ...6.00

Toulon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Boxes Clothing, Books, etc., _for
Sherwood, Tenn._

Waverly. Cong. Ch. ...23.67

Wheaton. College Cong. Ch. ...27.46

Woodstock. O. Hobart ...2.00

York Center. Mission Sab. Sch. ...3.20

------$1,478.57

ESTATE.

LaSalle. Estate of Mrs. Sarah Lathrop, Hon. J.H. Miller, Ex.
...5,000.00

------$6,478.57

MICHIGAN, $359.02.

Adrian. First Cong. Ch. ...17.67

Ann Arbor. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Athens,
Ala._

Battle Creek. "A Friend," ...0.50

Bay City. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...9.42

Benzonia. Amasa Waters ...14.00

Calumet. Helping Hand Soc., by Annie Grierson, _for Marie Adlof Fund_
...20.00

Detroit. First Cong. Ch. ...68.17

Dexter. Dennis Warner ...20.00

Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Ch. ...10.00

East Saginaw. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._
...12.50

East Saginaw. Dea. N.H. Culver ...1.00

Grand Rapids. Mrs. S.A.B. Carrier ...1.00

Greenville. Cong. Ch. ...50.00

Lansing. Plymouth Ch. ...27.00

LeRoy. Cong. Ch. ...4.25

Olivet. Cong. Ch. ...75.97

South Haven. Cong. Ch. ...3.10

Tecumseh. James Vincent ...10.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Michigan. by Mrs. E.F. Grabill,
Treas., _for Woman's Work_:

Bay City. Mrs. M.M. Andrews, _for Trinity Sch._ ...1.50

Benton Harbor. W.H.M.S., _for Trinity Sch._ ...5.00

Cheboygan. Sab. Sch. _for Freedman and Mountain Work_ ...1.50

Detroit. Mount Hope Sab. Sch., _for Mountain Work_ ...2.59

Highland Station. W.M.S., _for Trinity Sch._ ...3.85

------ 14.44

WISCONSIN, $150.44.

Appleton. Mrs. J.T. Reeve ...5.00

Berlin. Mission Band, "Young Conquerors," by Rev. A.B. Penniman, _for
Librarian of Fisk U._ ...3.86

Beloit. Second Cong. Ch. ...32.13

Beloit. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C. etc., _for Sherwood,
Tenn._ ...

Bristol and Paris. Woman's Miss'y Soc., Bbl. C. etc., _for Sherwood,
Tenn._ ...

Delavan. C.T. Smith ...44.00

Fox Lake. Cong. Ch. ...5.30

Lake Geneva. MILO BARNARD to const. himself L.M. ...30.00

Menomonie. First Cong. Ch. ...16.03

Menomonie. Mrs. V.A. Knapp. Bbl. of C. etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._
...

Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch. ...14.12

Sturgeon Bay. "Friends," Box of C. etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...

IOWA, $441.35.

Ames. First Cong. Ch. ...15.05

Chester Center. Cong. Ch. ...12.85

Cresco. Willard Converse ...5.00

Denmark. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...15.00

Doon. Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Mather ...15.00

Dubuque. Cong. Ch., 12; Sab. Sch. of Immanuel Cong. Ch., 5. ...17.00

Eldora. Cong. Ch. (1.38 of which from Sab. Sch.), _for Atlanta U._
...109.75

Goldfield. Chas. Philbrook ...2.00

Grinnell. Cong. Ch. ...9.15

Independence. New England Cong. Ch. ...6.50

Magnolia. Cong. Ch. 9.46, and Sab. Sch. 10 ...19.46

Maquoketa. Y.P.S.C.E., Box of C., _for Tougaloo U._ ...

McGregor. Cong. Ch. (5. of which _for Fisk U._) ...50.70

Newton. Children's Mission Band of Wittenberg Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Savannah, Ga._ ...25.00

Newton. Cong. Ch. ...15.92

Shenandoah. Cong. Ch. 20.85, and Sab. Sch. 1.68 ...22.53

Sioux City. First Cong. Ch. ...37.62

Spencer. First Cong. Sab. Cong. S.S. 5.; Birthday Missionary Box of
First Cong. S.S. 5. ...10.00

Tipton. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Grand View, Tenn._
...5.00

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

Cedar Falls. L.M.S. ...2.90

Dubuque. L.M.S. ...10.67

Fairfield. W.M.S. ...5.00

Grinnell. W.H.M.U. ...13.16

Hampton. L.M.S. ...5.00

Magnolia. L.M.S. ...2.50

Mason. L.M.S. ...6.50

Sheldon. L.M.S. ...2.00

------ 47.82

MINNESOTA. $296.52.

Anoka. Cong. Ch. ...2.40

Crookston. Cong. Ch. ...3.45

Elk River. Cong. Ch. ...5.00

Granite Falls. Cong. Ch. ...8.60

Mankato. Cong. Ch. ...14.40

Mapleton. Cong. Ch. ...3.00

Minneapolis. First Cong. Ch. 36.50; Silver Lake Cong. Ch. 13; Union
Cong. Ch. 6.10; Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 10; Como Av. Cong. Ch. 5.21;
Plymouth Ch., "Life Member" 5 ...75.81

Northfield. First Cong. Ch. ...37.55

Plainview. Miss M.R. Carpenter. Box Books and Papers _for Jonesboro,
Tenn._

Saint Paul. Pacific Cong. Ch. 10; Plymouth Cong. Ch. 9.32 ...19.32

Sterling. Cong. Ch. ...2.00

Wadena. Cong. Ch. ...6.00

Waseca. Cong. Ch. 7.82; Rev. J.E. Smith 5 ...12.82

Waterville. Cong. Ch. ...4.13

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

Austin ...9.68

Duluth, Pilgrim Ch., _for Meridian, Miss._ ...20.00

Janesville. S.S. ...0.88

Minneapolis. Park Av. ...17.00

Minneapolis. Plymouth ...25.75

Minneapolis. Plymouth Y.L. ...10.23

Saint Paul. Atlantic, _for Santee Agency_ ...5.00

West Dora ...0.50

Winona. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for Santee Agency_ ...3.00

Saint Cloud ...10.00

------ 102.04

MISSOURI. $56.70.

Ironton. J. Markham ...2.50

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

Neosho. Cong. Ch. ...4.65

Saint Joseph. Tabernacle Cong. Ch. ...47.55

ARKANSAS. $2.22.

Little Rock. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim Cong. Ch. ...2.22

KANSAS. $64.02.

Atchison. First Cong. Ch. ...3.27

Highland. Mrs. Daniel Kloss, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...5.00

Leavenworth. First Cong. Ch. ...52.52

Onaga. Cong. Ch. ...3.23

NORTH DAKOTA, $12.14.

Jamestown. Mrs. M.S. Wells ...3.00

Fargo. First Cong. Ch., adl ...9.14

SOUTH DAKOTA, $24.63.

Chamberlain. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Erwin. Cong. Ch. ...2.13

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

Armour. W.M.S. ...2.00

Chamberlain. W.M.S. ...2.00

Lake Preston. W.M.S. ...3.50

Sioux Falls. W.M.S. ...5.00

------ 12.50

NEBRASKA, $79.35.

Ashland. Cong. Ch. ...3.50

Clarke. Cong. Ch. ...7.00

Fairmont. Cong. Ch. ...7.35

Lewiston. J.B. White ...30.00

Omaha. W.H. Holcomb, Sen. ...2.00

Rising City. First Cong. Ch. ...29.50

COLORADO, $81.00.

Denver. First Cong. Ch. ...81.00

OREGON, $35.00.

Forest Grove. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Portland. First Cong. Ch. ...20.00

Portland. Miss Libbie D. Kelsey, _for Student Aid, Sherwood, Tenn._
...5.00

WASHINGTON, $1.05.

Anacortes. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., ad'l. ...1.05

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $179.33.

Washington. Mount Pleasant Cong. Ch. to const. BENJAMIN HOWARD DAVIS
L.M., 49.33; "Anonymous," 30 ...79.33

Washington. "A friend," through Rev. W.W. Patton, D.D, _for Theo.
Dep't, Howard U._ ...100.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $10.62.

Chapel Hill. Mrs. C.E. Jones ...4.00

Dry Creek. Cong. Ch. ...0.06

Nalls. Cong. Ch. ...0.45

Troy. Cong. Ch. ...0.30

Wilmington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...4.81

Wilmington. Prof. G.A. Woodard ...1.00

GEORGIA, $5.00

Milford. Rev. J.A. Jones ...5.00

FLORIDA, $7.28.

Daytona. Cong. Ch. ...7.28

ALABAMA, $16.26.

Talladega. Rev. H.S. DeForest, _for Talladega C._ ...16.26

Marion. Two valuable Bbls. Clothing and Christmas Toys, _for Lincoln
N. Inst._

TEXAS, $3.40.

Dallas. Cong. Ch. ...3.40

TENNESSEE, $73.98.

Chattanooga. First Cong. Ch. ...10.46

Deer Lodge. Cong. Ch. Thanksgiving Coll. ...5.50

Jonesboro. Cong. Ch. 16.33, and Sab. Sch. 4.19 ...20.52

Nashville. Cong. Ch. ...25.00

Nashville. Prof. F.A. Chase, _for Scientific Dep't, Fisk U._ ...12.50

MISSISSIPPI.

Meridian. Mr. Parish, Ton of Coal.

ENGLAND, $10.00.

Chigwell. Miss S.L. Ropes ...10.00

BULGARIA, $6.00.

Samokov. Rev. J.F. Clark ...6.00

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Donations ...$18,689.41

Estates ...16,422.97

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$35,112.38

INCOME, $340.00.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ ...190.00

C F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ ...50.00

General Endowment Fund, _for Freedmen_ ...50.00

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

------ 340.00

TUITION, $4,061.15.

Lexington, Ky. Tuition ...207.35

Jonesboro, Tenn. Tuition ...2.00

Memphis, Tenn. Tuition ...563.65

Nashville, Tenn. Tuition ...595.60

Pine Mountain, Tenn. Tuition ...47.18

Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Public Sch. Fund ...30.00

Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition ...7.50

Sherwood. Tenn. Tuition ...35.00

Chapel Hill, N.C. Tuition ...6.50

Troy, N.C. Tuition ...9.00

Wilmington, N.C. Tuition ...190.12

Charleston, S.C. Tuition ...240.50

Greenwood, S.C. Tuition ...38.10

Macon, Ga. Tuition ...407.60

McIntosh, Ga. Tuition ...34.37

Savannah, Ga. Tuition ...256.05

Thomasville, Ga. Tuition ...82.10

Athens, Ala. Tuition ...84.25

Marion, Ala. Tuition ...45.25

Mobile, Ala. Tuition ...264.35

Selma, Ala. Tuition ...94.80

Meridian, Miss. Tuition ...79.15

Tougaloo, Miss. Tuition ...184.50

New Orleans, La. Tuition ...895.75

Austin, Texas. Tuition ...151.48

------ 4,061.15

United States Government for the Education of Indians ...702.00

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Total for December ...$40,215.53

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SUMMARY.

Donations ...$53,151.97

Estates ...29,420.27

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$82,572.24

Income ...3,376.15

Tuition ...8,783.84

United States Government for the Education of Indians ...5,069.18

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Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 ...$99,801.41

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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for December ...$139.09

Previously acknowledged ...67.76

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Total ...$206.85

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H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer,
56 Reade N.Y.