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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 30459 ***
+
+The American Missionary
+
+MARCH, 1885.
+
+  VOL. XXXIX.
+  NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+                                                            PAGE.
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+  THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL                                           67
+  DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.                                  68
+  PARAGRAPHS                                                       69
+  TILLOTSON CHURCH--WORD TO MINISTERS                              70
+  THE TEST APPLIED                                                 71
+  RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR                   74
+  A TEACHER'S APPEAL                                               75
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+  PREACHING THE MAIN FEATURE IN MISSIONARY WORK                    76
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+  ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI                          79
+  VIEWS IN TEXAS                                                   81
+  WEEK OF PRAYER                                                   82
+  LETTER FROM STUDENT                                              84
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+  LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA                                   84
+  BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING ANCESTORS (cut)                  86
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+  WOMAN'S SOCIETIES                                                86
+  LETTER FROM LADY MISSIONARY                                      87
+  MONTHLY REPORT OF A TEACHER                                      88
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+  VIC'S LILIES                                                     88
+
+RECEIPTS                                                           89
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NEW YORK:
+
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
+
+Rooms, 56 Reade Street.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Price 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.
+
+Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class
+matter.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Mass.
+
+
+_Vice-Presidents._
+
+  Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo.
+  Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill.
+  Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y.
+  Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D. D., Mass.
+  Rev. D. O. MEARS, D. D., Mass.
+
+
+_Corresponding Secretary._
+
+  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Assistant Corresponding Secretary._
+
+  Rev. JAMES POWELL, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Treasurer._
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Auditors._
+
+  W. H. ROGERS,
+  PETER McCARTEE.
+
+
+_Executive Committee._
+
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.
+  A. P. FOSTER, Secretary.
+
+  _For Three Years._
+
+  LYMAN ABBOTT.
+  A. S. BARNES.
+  J. R. DANFORTH.
+  CLINTON B. FISK.
+  A. P. FOSTER.
+
+  _For Two Years._
+
+  S. B. HALLIDAY.
+  SAMUEL HOLMES.
+  SAMUEL S. MARPLES.
+  CHARLES L. MEAD.
+  ELBERT B. MONROE.
+
+  _For One Year._
+
+  J. E. RANKIN.
+  WM. H. WARD.
+  J. L. WITHROW.
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN.
+  EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.
+
+
+_District Secretaries._
+
+  Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D. D., _21 Cong'l House, Boston_.
+  Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _112 West Washington Street, Chicago_.
+
+
+_Field Officers._
+
+  Rev. J. E. ROY, D. D., _Field Superintendent_.
+  Prof. ALBERT SALISBURY, _Superintendent of Education_.
+
+
+_Bureau of Woman's Work._
+
+  _Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
+Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to
+the District Secretaries; letters for the "American Missionary," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office.
+
+
+DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
+
+May be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York,
+or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21
+Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 113 West Washington Street,
+Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a
+Life Member.
+
+
+FORM OF A BEQUEST.
+
+"I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in
+trust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person
+who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the
+'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied,
+under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to
+its charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by
+three witnesses.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+_Advertisements._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+VOL. XXXIX.     MARCH, 1885.     NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+$365,000
+
+NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Your Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a
+day are imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized
+plans of the Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the
+pressing needs of the early future.--
+
+[FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ADOPTED BY ANNUAL MEETING AT SALEM.]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FIGURES.
+
+           _Receipts:_            Col. & Don.     Estates.      Total.
+
+  Oct. 1, 1884, to Jan. 31, 1885   $66,078.97    $9,605.91    $75,684.88
+  Oct. 1, 1883, to Jan. 31, 1884    69,941.52     9,809.35     79,750.87
+                                    ---------    ---------     ---------
+    Decrease                        $3,862.55      $203.44     $4,065.99
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Where the color-sergeant plants the standard, there the soldiers are
+expected to rally. The Finance Committee at the Salem meeting
+inscribed on the A. M. A. standard $365,000 needed for 1884-5, and
+called upon the churches to advance to the support. _The Figures_
+showing receipts of our treasury indicate just how far the churches
+have come up in response to the call. Had we received the $1,000 a
+day recommended, our total receipts would be $123,000, as against the
+$75,684.88 now reported. Will not the captains of our church hosts
+rally the forces to an immediate advance? One-third of our fiscal
+year has already passed. The showing is not what we had hoped, but
+time enough remains to make up for the deficiency.
+
+Will our friends please bear these things in mind?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.
+
+
+In the death of Dr. Pike, which occurred in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 29,
+the American Missionary Association has lost a most earnest and
+successful worker. Repeated and protracted attacks of throat and lung
+troubles during the last two or three years, terminating in an
+illness that confined him to his room for three months, gave warning
+to his friends of the approach of death. But with the hopefulness
+peculiar to the disease, and especially characteristic of himself, he
+entertained almost to the last the expectation of recovery. Yet death
+had no terror; on the contrary, while he wished to live for the sake
+of his family and the Association, he personally welcomed death with
+the most joyful feelings.
+
+Dr. Pike was born in Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 6, 1831, graduated from
+Dartmouth College in 1858, and from Andover Theological Seminary in
+1861. He was ordained associate pastor with Rev. Austin Richards, D.
+D., of the Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, N. H., April
+23, 1862, and remained in that position till May 1, 1865. He was
+acting pastor at East Hampton, Conn., from 1865 to 1867, and during
+the latter year he entered the service of the Association as agent,
+residing in Rochester, N. Y. In 1870 he became District Secretary, a
+position which he filled till his death, and to which he devoted the
+best energies of his life. His peculiar gifts fitted him for some
+special services. During the years 1872-4 he accompanied the Jubilee
+Singers in a tour through the United States and Great Britain. They
+were welcomed by the royal family and by the nobility, and by large
+and enthusiastic popular audiences. Their success, in its pecuniary
+results, finds a fitting monument in the substantial and commodious
+Jubilee Hall, at Nashville, Tenn.; and the untiring industry, the
+skill and tact and energy of Mr. Pike as business manager contributed
+in a large measure to this gratifying result. Before returning to
+America he made a rapid trip through Egypt and Palestine. In 1881 he
+assumed the editorship of the _American Missionary_, and brought to
+that service a degree of variety and breadth that gave a new impulse
+to the usefulness of the magazine. He devoted much thought and
+research to the condition of Africa, and became so well acquainted
+with it that editors of leading journals in this city and pastors of
+churches sometimes sought information from him in regard to it. He
+wrote two volumes on the History of the Jubilee Singers, which have
+had a very wide circulation.
+
+Dr. Pike was eminently social and was blessed with unusual
+conversational powers, and gave to others and won from them to
+himself strong personal friendships. As a public speaker he was
+earnest, animated and eloquent, and was gladly welcomed in the pulpit
+and in the meetings of Associations and Conferences. His leading
+characteristic was that of an organizer. He was perpetually devising
+plans for active work and was diligent and untiring in his efforts to
+carry them out. He was a man of prayer and of faith in God, which
+sustained him in his constant labors, in his days of trial and in his
+sickness and death. At his own request his mortal remains rest in
+Nashua, the scene of his first pastorate, and his long sleep will be
+with those whom he loved. By the generosity of Mrs. O. A. Woodbury a
+portion of a cemetery lot was given for his burial, on which an
+expensive monument is erected, and on one face of which will be
+inscribed his name.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Since writing the above we have learned that a special memorial
+service was held Sunday evening, February 1st, in the Chapel of Fisk
+University. This was in every way appropriate, in consequence of the
+intimate relations of Dr. Pike's life to the upbuilding of that
+institution. With considerable feeling, President Cravath referred to
+the fact that twenty years ago E. P. Smith, Dr. Pike and himself
+entered upon the work of the American Missionary Association, and
+that he was now left alone, adding that in the death of Brother Pike,
+Fisk University had lost one of its warmest friends.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We notice the death of Mrs. Dr. L. B. Lane, of St. Charles, Ill. She
+died on the 14th of January last, at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs.
+Lane and her husband were ordained missionaries of the Am. Miss.
+Assoc. to Siam in 1848. They returned in 1855, since which time they
+have resided in this country. She was a good and true servant of
+Christ when in the foreign field and no less so in her own land. Her
+death came suddenly, but found her thoroughly prepared to go.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Few men in this country have had more experience in addressing
+children, or greater success in winning them to Christ, than Rev. E.
+P. Hammond. The result of this experience he has condensed in an
+interesting and instructive little volume, entitled "Conversion of
+Children." It will prove helpful and encouraging to parents and
+interesting to children. We thank Mr. Hammond for the gift of fifty
+copies of his book, which we have distributed among our missionaries
+in the South, by whom they are appreciated and found useful in their
+work.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some time ago a Southern paper, in speaking of Dr. Roy, referred to
+him as a colored man. At the time we thought the writer was mistaken,
+but since looking over his itinerary, which our readers will find in
+another part of the magazine, we have been led to feel that we shall
+have to modify somewhat our opinion. The doctor himself explicitly
+declares that at one point in their journey he and his companions
+were all of the same color. At any rate he is not ashamed to call
+them _brethren_, and we may also add that they are not ashamed of
+him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Tillotson, at Austin, Texas, has taken to itself a church
+organization. This was effected on the first Sabbath of the year--a
+very interesting occasion. Superintendent Roy and Rev. Jeremiah
+Porter, spending his second winter in Austin, were present to assist
+the pastor, Rev. J. H. Parr, who, with his wife, united in the
+organization. It consisted of twenty members, half of them teachers
+and half students. Principal W. L. Gordon and wife presented their
+two little children, born in the Institute, for baptism. Mr. Gordon
+and Mr. R. F. Ferrell, a student, were ordained as deacons by prayer
+and the laying on of hands. Mr. Porter offered the prayer of
+institution, and broke the bread at the communion table. This
+venerable servant of God had just passed his 80th birthday. His
+golden wedding will come next June. His multitude of friends will be
+glad to know that the United States Government, having put him upon
+the retired list as chaplain, is continuing his salary. Mrs. Porter
+is assisting the special missionary, Miss M. J. Adams, Professor
+Dean, and other teachers and scholars, in supporting two mission
+schools contiguous to the Institute. Miss Rose M. Kinney, a veteran
+in the service, is matron and preceptress. The Tillotson is moving on
+this year smoothly and successfully. A church in connection with
+these main chartered institutions is essential to their best
+Christian result.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Just a word with our ministerial readers. The heavy mail that daily
+comes to this office brings us occasionally a letter with some such
+words as these: "I preached to my people last Sunday an A. M. A.
+sermon, and as a result I send you a contribution which is larger
+than the church ever gave this cause before." Exactly, brother; let
+the people know what is wanted and why it is wanted, and then let
+them have a chance to give and they will meet the responsibility
+every time. Another letter brings us this: "A few weeks ago I
+preached a sermon on the work of the A. M. A. My congregation were so
+deeply interested in what I said they requested my manuscript for
+publication. Thinking you might be interested I send you a copy of
+the published sermon." Exactly, again. We were interested, and long
+before we had finished reading the discourse we understood full well
+why the people were interested. Another letter: "The Missions of the
+A. M. A. occupied our attention last monthly concert. I gave a bird's
+eye view of the whole field and then selections were read from the
+papers and addresses given at Salem. By this time the brethren were
+quite ready to turn on the streams of their own thought. We found it
+difficult to bring the meeting to an end. It was a great success. I
+propose to follow it up." Again, exactly. Missionary information when
+properly brought forward will make a meeting that for interest cannot
+be surpassed. It is one of the strangest things in the world that so
+many people have gotten the impression that a missionary meeting must
+be dull, and that a missionary discourse must be uninteresting. It is
+an impression that ought not to exist. Let sermons be preached. Let
+the thrilling, soul-inspiring facts that go to make up the history of
+missions be made known and the impression will soon be driven out of
+existence.
+
+Brethren, we invite you to glean in the great field of the American
+Missionary Association. There will be rich returns for you and your
+people and golden returns for us.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE TEST APPLIED.
+
+
+When Berea College was started, in 1858, its students were all
+white. The following year the question was raised, "What if colored
+students should apply?" One teacher voiced the sentiment of all when
+he said, "If any one made in God's image comes to get knowledge which
+will enable him to understand the revelation of God in Jesus Christ,
+he cannot be rejected." The simple declaration of that sentiment had
+the effect to make most of the students leave at the end of the term,
+never to return. The John Brown raid, happening soon after, rendered
+the school still more unpopular, and the war following a little
+later, the school had to suspend altogether. But when the war ended
+and, in 1865, the college opened its doors again, there being no
+longer slavery, the question of color soon came up for consideration.
+
+In one of the by-laws to the constitution of the college was this
+statement: "The object of this college shall be to furnish the
+facilities for a thorough education to all persons of good moral
+character." Three colored youths applied for admission. On
+examination they were found to be "persons of good moral character."
+There was only one thing to do. They were promptly admitted. What
+followed? There were at the time seventy-five students in the
+college, and we are told, "the morning that those three harmless
+youths walked in, half the school walked out."
+
+But some one will say: "That was at the close of the war, when the
+feelings of our white brethren at the South were naturally very
+sensitive; that time, however, has passed away. We can now plant
+schools and churches on an anti-caste basis, with open doors and
+welcome hands for colored people, _if they choose to come_. No such
+exhibition of race prejudice would now be made." _Well, let us see._
+
+For several years past we have had our attention turned to the
+terrible destitution of the people in the mountain region of Kentucky
+and places adjacent. Two years ago we sent a special missionary to
+labor among these people. He made his headquarters at Williamsburg,
+the county seat of Whitley County, Kentucky. The town was sixty-seven
+years old, yet it never had a church edifice; nor had the county,
+with a population of fourteen thousand, ever had a church edifice
+finished and dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. There were
+very few schools, and what few there were could not be considered
+schools by intelligent people. Our missionary went to work. The
+people heard him gladly. A new life came into their famished souls.
+They rallied round him. They built a beautiful church edifice. An
+academy, too, was erected; able and skilled teachers were put in
+charge. The missionary did not confine himself to the town merely.
+For miles up and down the valley he traveled, preaching as he went.
+Wherever he came the people were roused and steps taken to have
+churches and schools planted.
+
+But the church and the academy above referred to must be dedicated.
+At the dedication this Association was represented by Assistant
+Corresponding Secretary Powell, by Field Superintendent Roy and by
+Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Ward, of the Executive Committee. And dedicated they
+were to the glory of God for the maintenance and spread of a _free_
+gospel and Christian learning. Special emphasis was placed upon the
+fact that over the entrance to these temples was written, _Whosoever
+will may come_. Does some one ask why that was specially emphasized?
+Because we were in a country where popular sentiment said, Into white
+churches and white schools there was a certain class who, on account
+of the color of their skin, would not be admitted. When you are in a
+community that publicly indorses a wrong, silence regarding that
+wrong is complicity. Under such circumstances, to say nothing about
+it is the same thing as to sign your name to a document affirming the
+thing to be right. To dedicate a Christian church in New York City
+and say nothing about the evils of Mormonism would be nothing
+strange, but to dedicate a Christian church in Salt Lake City and be
+silent as to what the teaching and the practice of that church was to
+be in regard to polygamy would be _treason_ to the Gospel. We
+therefore made specially prominent at the dedication the broad
+principles on which our mission rested. Some said they were sorry to
+hear such things proclaimed; others said nothing, but feared; while a
+few said, That is right. It is just as it ought to be.
+
+The school started off with bright skies above and a broad distant
+view around. The bell rung out its pealing calls, and bright-eyed,
+rosy-cheeked children and youth clambered up the hill side to enjoy
+such educational privileges as that country had never known. All was
+peace and prosperity. School was crowded, and everybody was happy.
+But suddenly the whole heavens were overcast. From horizon to horizon
+a deathly pall enshrouded the entire sky--and the cloud large enough
+to do all this was only the size of a black child's face! _Whosoever
+will may come_, we had said. Did we _mean_ it? Oh, yes, _but_ it is
+hardly right to sacrifice the feelings of that whole school merely to
+gratify the wish of--_a nigger_. Did we mean it? Oh, yes, but it is
+hardly right to imperil the very existence of the school merely to
+take in that one poor, despised and uninfluential colored child! Did
+we mean it? Oh, yes, but is it right, is it wise, to receive _one_
+when you know that by so doing you will lose twenty--perhaps more--to
+receive one whom you will have to help, and lose twenty--or perhaps
+more--who can help you? Did we mean it? Oh, yes, certainly, but would
+it not be better to reason with the applicant and show her that while
+we ourselves have no objection, yet things being as they are, she
+would really do more for her people by staying away than by insisting
+that she should be received? Why not take some such position as that?
+We will have peace and harmony and prosperity. We shall be able to
+tell our friends in the distance we are getting along swimmingly. We
+are true to our principles. _Whosoever will may come._ We have no
+trouble with the negro question. We simply let it alone. Our dear
+brethren down South are perfectly delighted to receive us. We have no
+trouble with them whatever, and the cause is going forward
+triumphantly.
+
+_Is_ that the way to meet the responsibility? Imagine the Lord Jesus
+Christ at the door of that school when that black child came asking
+admission. What would have been His answer? Say, reader, imagine what
+_would_ have been His answer. Put on your thinking cap. Summon to
+your aid all the help that quibbling and dodging and sophistry can
+give, and after you have gone through it all, what do you think would
+have been His answer? Well, here is the answer the American
+Missionary Association sent as quickly as the telegraph could carry
+it: _Admit all applicants irrespective of color._ And then what
+followed? Nearly half the scholars picked up their things and left!
+This happened a few weeks ago. We had about a hundred students. We
+have now about fifty, and we may lose even those. Letter writing is
+easy. Talk is cheap. Even _Buncombe_ is not a lost art. But actions
+speak louder than words. Let us know what follows when _the test is
+applied_, and then we shall know just what profession of loyalty to
+principle signifies. Berea stood by its guns, and it has steadily
+grown in favor with God and man ever since. And it will win in the
+end. Then what a glorious triumph! No regrets for having played the
+hypocrite, no regrets for having played the part of a time server, no
+regrets for having played the part of a trimmer, no regrets for
+having played the part of a special pleader, no regrets for having
+concealed its colors behind its back in shameful silence as to its
+past history, no regrets for having turned away one of Christ's
+little ones for whom He died, no regrets for having counseled it,
+while professing friendship, to go elsewhere. What a glorious
+triumph!
+
+And we, too, shall win--and our triumph shall be glorious. Let us go
+forward preaching the Word, and when the time comes let there be no
+attempt to postpone its issue--but let the test be applied. Better go
+down standing on our principles than live with our principles denied
+and dishonored.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR.
+
+
+The _Independent_ of Feb. 5 has an exceedingly interesting article on
+the above subject from the pen of Rev. Dr. J. E. Edwards, Danville,
+Virginia.
+
+He says that at an early period in this century Southern Methodists
+sent missionaries to labor with the slaves on the rice and cotton
+plantations. In 1845 Southern Methodism had in church fellowship
+124,000 slaves. At one time the Methodist membership in Charleston,
+S. C., was in the proportion of five colored to one white. Blacks and
+whites worshiped in the same house and were ministered to by the same
+pastor.
+
+One of the early reports of the South Carolina Board has the
+following: "We claim it best, as a general rule, to include the
+colored people in the same pastoral charge with the whites, and to
+preach to both classes in one congregation, as our practice has been.
+The gospel is the same for all men, and to enjoy its privileges in
+common, promotes good will."
+
+We read so far and stopped. That language has the marks of the gospel
+of Jesus Christ all over it. "All ye are brethren." So says the
+gospel, and this report says the same. But how would it do to take
+the language above quoted into a Southern white Methodist Conference
+now! Just let the above report, without comment and without
+explanation, be introduced to-day into such a Conference, and what an
+explosion would follow!
+
+It is too bad to quote the rest of the report, because it mars
+somewhat the beauty of what goes before; but here it is: "That when
+the galleries or other sittings are insufficient, we consider it the
+duty of our brethren and friends to provide the necessary
+accommodations that none may make such a neglect a plea for absenting
+themselves from public worship." "_Galleries or other sittings._"
+There is the fly in the ointment. Of course, at communion, the master
+class was served first and the slave class afterward.
+
+The Church of Christ is His body. But does Christ allow His followers
+to decide that distinctions shall be made at His table on account of
+the hue of the skin? When a Temple is erected in which Christ's
+disciples are to meet for worship, is there anything in the gospel
+that warrants a division of seats so that here superiors shall sit
+and there inferiors? Where is the word that warrants it? and what is
+the analysis that will find it in the spirit of the gospel? All honor
+to the slave-holders who furnished the means of the gospel to the
+slaves. All honor to the men and women who pointed the sin-burdened
+negroes to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. We
+have no doubt but that as Dr. Edwards says, "Multiplied thousands
+upon thousands of the sons of Ham will rise up in judgment to bless
+the faithful men of the South for their long-continued labors in
+teaching the benighted negro the way of life." We have no doubt of
+it; but in the resurrection will the whites put in an appearance
+first and the blacks second? In the day of judgment will the whites
+lead and the blacks follow? Will there be galleries with hard seats
+in Heaven for negroes and ground floors easy of access with soft
+seats for Caucasians? Will the great chorus of Heaven be divided into
+two parts, a white division and a black division? And will the
+Hallelujah Chorus as sung by the white choir be more acceptable to
+God than that sung by the black choir?
+
+Yes, the slave-holders did a great deal for the religious training
+and the spiritual welfare of the slaves, and in consequence of what
+they did, with God's blessing, the colored people of our country are
+almost immeasurably lifted above their benighted heathen brethren in
+Africa. Yes, that is all so. Does Dr. Edwards ask us to praise them
+for it? We do. But, brethren, we must also add, "These ought ye to
+have done and not to leave the other undone."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A TEACHER'S APPEAL.
+
+
+We publish the following from F. A. Chase, Professor of Natural
+Science in Fisk University. He pleads, of course, for Fisk, yet his
+plea holds good for all our higher institutions. We commend it to our
+friends. The American Missionary Association could make good use,
+say, of a "_One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund_" for the scientific
+departments of its mission schools. It may be that some one whom God
+has blessed with riches is waiting for just such an opportunity as
+this particular branch of our great field opens. Special funds for a
+designated institution, to be used for the promotion of Christian
+science, as outlined by Prof. Chase, are earnestly solicited:
+
+     Are there not some friends of the work among the Freedmen
+     who can appreciate the need of a teacher for a _complete
+     scientific outfit_?
+
+     The race has been kept during slavery from all knowledge
+     of science. Their trades and occupations being of the
+     roughest, and having ignorant parentage, nothing has been
+     learned from the business of life, nor in answer to the
+     questioning of childhood and youth. There is no race now
+     admitted to the privileges of liberal education so barren
+     of scientific ideas and so lacking in scientific spirit.
+     Those who know this people solely from their fine
+     literary and oratorical abilities have no conception of
+     their great deficiency in science. It does not need to be
+     said that, until this is remedied, they cannot be
+     expected to hold their own in a scientific age, and in
+     competition with a scientific race.
+
+     Though our course of study is brought down to the very
+     minimum of college work, and the instruction is of a
+     most elementary character, still there are eight sciences
+     to be taught. But this teaching, to be successful,
+     requires the use of illustrative material. With the
+     general introduction of illustrations in our modern
+     schools began the rapid progress in science that
+     distinguishes our age. All true teachers of science
+     affirm with one voice that this aid is indispensable even
+     with the most favored races.
+
+     In botany, zoology, mineralogy and geology we need
+     specimens--the great type examples on which
+     classification is founded. In physiology and anatomy we
+     need, in default of _material_, cheap models. In natural
+     philosophy, chemistry and astronomy we need
+     apparatus--not the costly instruments of precision, but
+     plain, cheap pieces, that are fitted to illustrate and in
+     some cases demonstrate the many and various principles
+     that are taught.
+
+     In the pressure of the growing work upon the society,
+     beyond a small sum for incidental expenses, most of the
+     money appropriated for schools goes for the payment of
+     salaries. Our land and our buildings have come from other
+     sources. But our outfit of school requisites has been for
+     the most part overlooked. Some fine instruments have been
+     presented to us, much more costly than we would have
+     selected for ourselves; but their value would be
+     increased many fold by accessory and supplementary
+     apparatus. Are there not those who can, by special gifts,
+     make up this lack also? Must _we_, of all other teachers
+     of science, be left to make bricks without straw? What
+     answer should be made to those who depreciate the negro's
+     mental capacity? Is it not a pitiful waste of the
+     opportunity, that a factory building should be put up,
+     workmen hired, materials supplied, but no _machinery_ put
+     in? Yet this has been going on with class after class for
+     ten years.
+
+     Three-fourths of our graduates follow teaching as a
+     profession, and are more or less teachers of science.
+     They should not only learn that which apparatus alone can
+     teach, but also how to use it themselves. Should a master
+     workman be expected to teach the theory and practice of a
+     trade through the use of _pictures_ of tools and
+     machines?
+
+     We have not neglected our opportunities in respect to
+     making collections of specimens about us, and
+     constructing cheap forms of apparatus. We have learned
+     new trades and toiled early and late and often through
+     whole vacations. But, without workshop appliances, part
+     of that accomplished is unsatisfactory, and the major and
+     more difficult part remains untouched. But where one has
+     a great pressure of outside duties incidental to such a
+     work as this, how utterly inadequate such driblets of
+     time as can be spared are for such a task can easily be
+     imagined.
+
+     Is there any lover of science and friend of the freedmen
+     who can understand our condition and give us ten thousand
+     dollars for an outfit, and if possible an additional sum
+     as an endowment for annual expenses?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PREACHING THE MAIN FACTOR IN MISSIONARY WORK.
+
+REV. GEORGE R. LEAVITT.
+
+
+It is a fact of history that the preaching of the Word has been the
+great missionary agency. The Bible is a missionary book. The great
+figure in the Old Testament history was the preacher of
+righteousness--Enoch, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, the great line of
+prophets--they were missionary preachers. In the beginning of
+Christianity, the great figure was the preacher--John the Baptist,
+the Apostles, our blessed Lord Himself. The salient feature in the
+New Testament may be said to be a succession of great missionary
+sermons which are expositions of the Gospel. In the history of the
+Christian Church the great figure has been the preacher. The Church
+of God is the body of Jesus Christ. As such she is the eye and ear,
+she is the hands and feet of the Lord, but especially she is the
+voice of the Lord. Doth not wisdom cry in all time? Did not the
+Spirit when sent forth lift the voice declaring the great Gospel
+message? And when the Church has had that possession of the Spirit,
+has it not been especially her inspiration to cry out with the Gospel
+message? The great figure in this Association work in the past has
+been the teacher. We have had a gifted line of men and women in this
+work, and to them all honor be given. It would be impossible for us
+to give them the honor which is their due; but in the future the
+great figure is to be the missionary preacher, the man who can reach
+masses of men with the Gospel message. We are lifting this race, and
+what has been true in the past will be true in the future.
+
+Perhaps I can not better exhibit this subject in the little space
+allowed me than in noticing some of the traits which should
+characterize the missionary preacher, and while the truth is general
+and applicable to all parties, I trust that we may be under the
+direction of the Spirit and take to heart these great traits we shall
+be looking for in the preacher of the future in the South.
+
+The missionary preacher is a man who, to be effective, should be a
+man of spiritual morality, a man of irreproachable character. I
+presume the colored man has been maligned in the South, as his
+character has so often been brought out among us. One of our
+enthusiastic teachers was asked, "How many Uncle Toms do you find in
+the South?" And she replied, "About as many as there are in the
+North." A truth was there that we ourselves may very well take.
+
+There are three ways in which the Gospel is published. One is in the
+book, one is by the voice, and the third by the life. The voice lies
+between the book and the life, and the life is the great publication
+of the message, and unless we have a voice of a man who is
+spiritually qualified by a holy life, we have not a competent Gospel
+preacher. In speaking of this matter of morality, we should have
+something more in view than natural morals--there is a spiritual
+morality. We want the higher. A man who has in himself the Spirit of
+God, produces this type of morality. We can not canvass this subject
+by the motives of worldliness. It takes two crosses to save the
+world--the cross of Christ and the cross of the believer. A
+ministerial brother said, in speaking of certain ones, that they had
+undergone a deplorable religious transformation, that at one time
+they held the Gospel of regeneration, but they had come to love the
+Gospel of recreation. Ah, what a transformation has come over too
+many of our churches and the community in loving this form of
+worldliness!
+
+It is a matter of great satisfaction that our schools in the South
+are doing such efficient work in this direction, as reports indicate,
+and as private information shows. I quite lately had information from
+General Armstrong touching this point of high morality that is
+developed in the school. The young men and young women, he said,
+compare well with the young men and young women in our Northern
+schools. This is a matter of great satisfaction, because the preacher
+of the future is to come out of these schools.
+
+The second essential in the missionary preacher, if he is to be
+successful, is a mind which is spiritually illuminated, a man who is
+intelligent in the truth. I presume the great characteristic of the
+old-time preacher in the South is his ignorance, and if we should
+select one point at which a change needs to take place, it is at this
+point of instruction. He needs to be intelligent.
+
+Now, to these things ought to be added training in all branches of
+knowledge, just as widely as possible, but we must fix our attention
+especially upon one source of knowledge, namely, the Word of God.
+The missionary preacher needs to be a man established in the
+Scriptures. John the Baptist grew in grace. Our blessed Lord Himself
+grew in grace. The man who is to be effective as a preacher in
+elevating the world is a man who grows in grace. What is grace? It is
+the undeserved favor of God exhibited in the plan of salvation for
+the redemption of man. And the first truths of that grace say simply,
+but how grandly, "grow in grace;" we are to be "ministers of grace;"
+to be "masters of grace." The minister in the South is to be a master
+of grace. Do you know how far it is away? It seems but a step, but
+oh, what a work when we begin to comprehend the great things of God!
+Do you know the height, depth and length of the great salvation of
+the love of God? Ezekiel tells us of the depth of the stream when he
+first came to it, that to his apprehension the water came up to his
+foot, but, as he advanced, it came to the ankle, and the knee and the
+loin, and then it was water to swim in, a river that could not be
+passed over. Oh, my brethren, we need to understand these great
+things of God, so that we may become masters of grace, for if we do
+not, the missionary preacher that comes up under our influence will
+not be thoroughly qualified for his duties.
+
+Then there is another quality; the missionary preacher, to be
+effective as a missionary, must be, not only a "shining," but like
+John also a "burning light." Then nothing shall be concealed. What
+does the Scripture say in that psalm? "There is nothing hid from the
+light?" No; "There is nothing hid from the heat thereof." We want a
+Gospel preacher among those people who has a Gospel heat from which
+nothing can be hid. How many things we can say of this fuel! We have
+spoken of the Word of God. The Word of God is the light, and it is
+the fuel for a fire. Our blessed Saviour when He was on the way to
+Emmaus with the Disciples enkindled their hearts, not by his personal
+presence; but when he opened the Scriptures, then they testified,
+"Did not our hearts burn within us?" That was what took place at
+Pentecost. The Holy Spirit did not bring the fuel that day, but they
+had been gathering it as they spoke of Christ, and as they came
+together to offer prayers, the Holy Spirit came, and the Word was a
+fire in their bones; then fire came and kindled them, and then came
+that wonderful effect.
+
+Sir James Herschel tells us in a little story, in fragments of his
+biography, how after his telescopes became famous they were
+distributed quite widely through Europe, and when he published his
+great discovery, he began to receive complaints. Men said to him, in
+angry letters, "We do not see what you see." In his response to them
+he said: "Perhaps you do not take the care in your observations that
+I do," and he spoke of one particular thing that is carefully noted.
+"Do you take care," he said, "of the matter of temperature? The
+instrument with which I examine the stars must be of the temperature
+of the stars as nearly as may be, and when I observe on a winter
+night I place my glass on the lawn at Greenwich, and let it stand
+there until the instrument comes to be of the temperature of the air.
+But beyond that," he said, "not only must my instrument be of the
+right temperature, but I must be. Oftentimes," he said, "I have been
+out in the winter air for two hours before I would open my glass,
+because I must come to be of the same temperature as the instrument
+itself." What a spiritual truth there is here! God's Word the
+instrument, and the temperature that of the heavens. But we must be
+of the temperature of that Bible and that heavens! Oh, for the heat
+of the Gospel to be in the minister of Christ wherever he stands, and
+then there will be nothing hid from its searching power.
+
+I think this subject is often presented in a way to confuse it. We
+speak of heat in a way not to comprehend precisely what we want; and
+let me touch upon the point which shows what I mean. When the Saviour
+was at the well with the woman, it was the love in His heart from
+which she could not be hid. What a lesson Peter learned that day when
+our Saviour, in His great interview by the sea, asked him: "Lovest
+thou me?" and said, "Feed my sheep and my lambs." There was a lesson
+burned into his heart of the personal love of Christ.
+
+I heard Mr. Sankey sing last week "The Ninety and Nine," and he
+prefaced it by saying that the old hymn was worn out. I was sorry to
+hear him say that, but there was one accent he gave in singing which
+was very affecting. When one expostulates with the shepherd that he
+has ninety and nine with him, he cries out: "It is my sheep." I fancy
+when Peter came to Pentecost and saw those great crowds before him
+there was one element of preparation he needed, and the Saviour had
+taught him how to feed his sheep and feed his lambs, and it lived so
+in his heart that nothing could be hid from it.
+
+I am speaking too long on this matter. But it is a great subject.
+This Association has a glorious opportunity. There is no cause that
+comes to us that touches our inspiration and consecration like this
+society, and the opportunity is such as, in my judgment, the
+Christian Church never had.
+
+Now, we say this, we cannot do this work by any other form of service
+but by preaching the Gospel, with at least these elements in it I
+have mentioned. We speak of the hand work for Christ, but we want the
+net work for Christ. When I was in Japan, I saw all over the bay, in
+the night, little boats of fishermen. The men were in the boats two
+and two, one holding a torch. They were busily engaged the night
+through. I asked one, "Is this your mode of fishing?" and I was shown
+a great seine net that lay upon the shore, and I was told, "This is
+here especially for day fishing." When I stood before the young men
+in the school at Kioto I referred to this. I said "It seems to me in
+Japan you are doing the night fishing now; it is fishing in the night
+with a torch, but, young men, there is a morning coming when the
+great net is to be cast, your hands are to be upon it, and you are to
+have the privilege of a great cast for God." It has come this year,
+and those young men went out preachers of righteousness, clothed with
+power to reach the masses of men, and they have drawn in hundreds,
+and there is hope of the thousands, and that is what we want in this
+work, men who can go to those Southern fields, to those five millions
+of whom we have heard, and cast the great seine net of the Gospel;
+and they are coming.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.
+
+PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
+
+REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.
+
+
+JAN. 4, Sunday.--Assisted in organizing at the Tillotson Institute a
+church of twenty-one members. Lord's Supper. Prof. W. L. Gordon's two
+children baptized.
+
+JAN. 5, Monday.--At Austin depot. Waited for train five hours to 8 P. M.
+
+JAN. 6, Tuesday.--Arrived in San Antonio at 1 A. M. Departed for
+Flatonia at 8 A. M., arriving at noon. Looked up the folks. Preached
+at night for Pastor T. E. Hillson, whose second child was baptized,
+as the first had been by the same hand at the dedication in Luling,
+his alternate church.
+
+JAN. 7, Wednesday.--Up at 4 and off to Luling, arriving by daylight.
+Off then, by livery rig, 45 miles to Riddleville.
+
+JAN. 8, Thursday.--On to Helena, 15 miles. Ride out with freedman, 3
+miles, to our Colony Church. Lecture at night for Pastor Thompson.
+
+JAN. 9, Friday.--Half a day of writing. Visited at another freedman's
+home, taking supper. Preached at night.
+
+JAN. 10, Saturday.--Brother Thompson, with another colored man and
+myself, start for Corpus, 80 miles, reaching Goliad, 35 miles, at
+night. We are entertained at Pastor T. Benson's.
+
+JAN. 11, Sunday.--In the morning, Sunday-school, preaching and
+communion. At night, preaching. Conferring all day, at the intervals,
+with "parties," being called upon even after retiring at night.
+
+JAN. 12, Monday.--Up and off before daylight, without breakfast. But
+Mrs. Benson has provided for us a grand lunch box that lasts us three
+for the two days through to Corpus. No place on the way, to put up;
+no chance to buy eatables. Our boss has planned to reach the half-way
+spot on the Popolota for camping. The day wears away, and it is 10
+o'clock before we come to the halting-place. For the last three hours
+Brother Thompson had led the way lantern in hand, splashing through
+the mud and water. We turn under a live oak, take out and feed the
+jaded horses, and eat our snack, and commit ourselves to the Heavenly
+Father, and at 11 o'clock turn in for the night, Brother Thompson on
+the ground, _under_ the hack, and Brother Eding and I _in_ the hack,
+doubled like a couple of jackknives into our four feet square of
+space, being all of a color. By our side the ponies through the night
+crunch their corn; and, by turn, we jump up to drive off the cows
+from stealing their hay. But we sleep, and snore, and rest some.
+
+TUESDAY, Jan 13.--Up and off by daybreak. We camp for breakfast
+lunch. We camp for dinner lunch. As we consume the fragments, how we
+do bless Mrs. Benson. When, at her own table, we had praised her
+baking and cooking, she responded: "Oh, I learned that at Talladega
+College." Then I had to tell Dr. Strieby's story of the native
+preacher, who thanked him for the good wife who had been trained in
+one of the American Missionary Association schools, saying that he
+had gotten more than he had anticipated--a good cook and housekeeper.
+On, on we trudge through the heavy mud. Night has come, and we are
+yet seven miles from Corpus, and the cold, "wet norther" that has
+been drizzling upon us all day, as we had been fearing, has at last
+broken upon us. Again Brother Thompson is on the lead, with lantern
+in hand, through the slush, and he has walked more than half the way
+through the day. The black-waxy is heavy for the wheels, and slippery
+for the poor old freedman ponies that have no shoes. Pastor J. W.
+Strong, who for four years has manfully held this extreme
+southwestern outpost of Congregationalism, having learned of our
+approach from a dashing country rider, comes along in the dark, one
+mile out to meet us, in Oriental style. After our salaams, he gallops
+back to town to make the final arrangement for our entertainment. It
+is now 8.30 P. M., too late for the preaching; and, for once, the
+preacher is glad that the storm has kept the people away from the
+appointment. But the next night they make it up, and the preacher
+tries to make it up, too. When Mr. Thompson brought me down, six
+years ago, we came straight through by fording, belly-deep to the
+horses, across the reef, three miles long, that forms the nexus
+between the Nueces Bay and the Corpus Christi Bay. On either side was
+deep water or miring sand. Once, since that, he has had to _tote_ his
+passengers out on his back. The reef has been washed out in spots.
+Lo! this time we go up around the head of the bay, ten miles farther.
+Brother Thompson claims that he can endure such jaunts without wear
+or much weariness, because he is so abstemious as not to drink tea or
+coffee nor to eat meat. And everybody knows him to be a true, pure
+and high-minded Christian minister who, though he has had but
+little schooling, has been so taught of God in the Word, that after
+these eleven years in the same parish, that at Helena, he is yet
+confided in there as an able pulpit teacher. In old times, his people
+were Presbyterians. Blood will tell; and doctrine, too.
+
+[Illustration: VIEWS IN TEXAS]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WEEK OF PRAYER.
+
+
+NASHVILLE, TENN.--The week of prayer was observed here this year as
+usual, a meeting being held each day. Notwithstanding the bad
+weather, the attendance was fair and the interest good, although not
+of a revival kind. Before that time special efforts had been made in
+connection with the labors of Rev. Mr. Field, the evangelist, and
+twenty-five professed conversions took place. A pleasant state of
+feeling in religion has existed since then. In the circumstances the
+order of subjects for prayer was closely observed, except that the
+subject of missions was postponed until Sunday evening, that being
+the regular time for our monthly missionary meeting. The occasion was
+one of unusual interest. The special subjects considered were the
+Congo territory, the Congo conference, the mission to Bihé and that
+to Umzila's kingdom. In the last mentioned mission we here have a
+peculiar interest, as two of our former students, Mr. and Mrs.
+Ousley, have been sent there as missionaries by the American Board.
+Both are graduates of our college course and Mr. Ousley has since
+studied theology at Oberlin. A letter from him, written at Cape Town,
+Africa, was read at our meeting. Since then one has been received
+from Mrs. Ousley, dated at Durban, Natal, which they had reached in
+safety and good health and spirits. They were about to sail the next
+day for Inhambane, their final destination. So as to locate them
+better we had at the meeting, on our board, a map of that station.
+Our society writes them once a month. They are very dear to us and we
+hope they will do much good in Africa. Mr. Ousley dedicated himself
+one Sunday in the summer of 1878 to that field of labor and has never
+swerved from his purpose. The last part of the meeting was devoted to
+a season of prayer for Secretary Pike in consideration of his serious
+illness.
+
+  A. K. SPENCE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MEMPHIS, TENN.--Our church, as formerly, observed the week of prayer,
+with, however, nothing of special note in the way of outward results.
+The stormy weather from the first until the middle of the week
+greatly hindered the attendance. There was, notwithstanding, for
+those who came, a blessed realization of spiritual benefit.
+
+There were no special meetings at the Le Moyne School, the teachers
+attending the night meetings at the church.
+
+We were quickened by the thought that even a few souls gathered in
+each of many places, make up a great company in supplication before
+God. The topics presented for each evening came to our minds with
+more than ordinary freshness and force, and the weight of all
+accumulated to the last. I trust that we were duly impressed with a
+sense of the obligation incurred by thus confessing to the truth and
+importance of those themes, and by coming with them to the Lord.
+Those members of church who, unhindered by other things, come to
+meeting in stormy weather are more clear in their testimony that it
+pays, in direct returns of spiritual strength and joy in the
+fellowship of Christ.
+
+The spirit of our meetings at the close was just such as warrants a
+continuance of effort, but the winter has been unusually cold and,
+unlike the custom North, it would be an extraordinary excitement
+which would secure a general interest and attendance now.
+
+  B. A. IMES.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SAVANNAH, GA.--The week of prayer was a spiritual feast to those who
+attended the meetings, held each night in the Congregational Church,
+and the results still continue to appear. Topics assigned by the
+Alliance followed.
+
+To our church the week of prayer was largely a season of review, the
+whole cycle of blessings, needs and hopes passing in prayerful
+review. The meeting for thanksgiving, on Monday night, was a goodly
+remembrance of special blessings during the past year, and the
+exercises were chiefly supplications, experiences and rejoicings of
+those who one year ago had no Christian hope. By count, more than
+one-half of the persons present were, as one said, only "yearlings."
+The ready use of Bible promises at this meeting measured well the
+value of our special missionary's Bible work. Two mothers, each with
+her family about her, testified in word and deed that the one year of
+Christian life had created home forces and blessings of infinite
+worth. The time of confession and consecration lasted the whole week,
+and proofs of genuineness are not wanting. Said one: "The new year
+shall not be so dull as the old one." Another: "The new year I give
+_all_ to my Master, Jesus." And kindred promises were frequent and
+fervent.
+
+Results of week of prayer: Church much encouraged and quickened, new
+consecration to work, one convert, a number of interested souls, but
+chiefly the quickened desire for growth of individuals in all that
+makes Christian character; and, more than all, the growth of
+missionary spirit shown in the earnest prayers for the conversion of
+the world to Christ.
+
+At the close of the "Missionary night" meeting, one of the oldest
+members of the Church called at the pastor's study and asked for the
+Missionary magazines, saying: "I am just beginning to hear God's call
+to missionary work, and I want to know more of what the A. M. A. is
+doing for our people, and to have my part in it." Seed _will_ grow.
+
+  DANA SHERRILL.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SANTEE AGENCY, NEB.--We remembered the week of prayer by services in
+the chapel every evening, except on Thursday and Saturday, when we
+held the meetings in the afternoon for the convenience of our Indians
+who live at a distance from the Mission. The spirit of prayer rested
+upon all of our several school boarding halls, and we felt that the
+mercy seat had come near.
+
+The line of instruction in these meetings was concerning the Holy
+Spirit as enlightening the mind, convicting of sin, revealing Christ
+to the soul, and abiding with the believer.
+
+Our young men very generally took part in prayer. And their prayers
+showed a clear understanding of the truths spoken, and deep feeling
+with regard to their own needs and the wonderful revelation of the
+mercy of Christ. And they seemed to open their hearts to the ministry
+of the Spirit.
+
+The same spirit of tender prayerfulness and devotion to the Master
+was manifest among the girls, a number of them coming out as
+candidates for church membership and eagerly forming a class for the
+study of the Catechism.
+
+In the middle of these days of prayer, we were startled by the word
+that came from a brother missionary's family, the Rev. J. P.
+Williamson, at Yankton Agency, Dakota, that his children were all
+sick with scarlet fever, that one was dead and another dying. We took
+their burden on our hearts in prayer. And the merciful Father spared
+the one on the borders of death.
+
+By this I was called away from Santee for two days to attend the
+burial of the dear missionary child that was taken. But I found no
+interruption of interest when I returned. Thus, all in all, the
+experiences of this week have been very precious, and we believe that
+larger fruits of it are yet to appear.
+
+  ALFRED L. RIGGS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A STUDENT.
+
+
+  ----, Miss., January 18, 1885.
+
+DEAR PROFESSOR: As I only wrote you a few days ago, you will no doubt
+be surprised somewhat to receive this letter so soon after. But it is
+on a matter of great importance that I write you. I think I told you
+in my letter previous to this that I found no Sabbath-school here,
+and that I had formed a little class among my day pupils.
+
+This is my second Sabbath here, and we met this morning in our little
+schoolroom for the first time. How happy it made me feel to meet with
+such a pleasant little band of children, all eager to talk and learn
+of Jesus. But I was greatly pained to find that the teachers who
+recently taught here failed to have Sabbath-school. I inquired of
+those present this morning how long since they had Sabbath school
+here, and was informed, "three years." I then asked what the teachers
+did who previously taught free school here; the answer which came
+from many was, "They visited on Sundays." I don't see how they could
+content themselves at doing nothing in a place like this, when there
+is so much work to do. I have not in all my experience of school
+teaching found a place so pitifully neglected and needful as this.
+What I want to say, Professor, is this: We have no Sabbath-school
+literature of any kind.
+
+Have you anything that you could send me, Professor, for my little
+Sabbath-school? If so, please send it at my expense. I shall be glad
+to get anything that I could interest them with; I mean to have them
+come to my room Sunday afternoons, that I may read to them and talk
+with those who are not Christians, and perhaps you can find something
+that would be good for that purpose. We shall be glad of anything.
+There is so much work here, and I shall be so glad if I can do any
+good. Now, Professor, if you can find ANYTHING to send us, do send it
+at once. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain your pupil and
+friend,
+
+  ---- ----.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA.
+
+BY REV. W. C. POND.
+
+
+Our brother Lou Quong, for several years the Chinese Helper in our
+West School in this city, has recently returned from a visit to his
+native land. I was so greatly interested in his account of his
+experience as a Christian, thrown back into the heathen associations
+of his childhood, that I asked him to write it out for me, and I give
+it to the readers of THE MISSIONARY with only a few corrections of
+his English,--respecting which, during his absence, he has lost some
+ground:
+
+"I came to California in 1876, and lived in the city of San
+Francisco. In the day-time I worked in a family, but in the evenings
+I attended the Mission school. In 1877, I became a poor Christian
+among our countrymen here. The schools were cared for by all the good
+Christian friends that are in this free country, and even by some
+from England and other nations. They were looked after by Rev. W. C.
+Pond, pastor of Bethany Church--the same church that all our Chinese
+brethren go to, to take the Lord's Supper, once in two months.
+
+Last September I paid a visit to my home--the home that I had left
+for so long a time. But before I go I make up my mind to stand up for
+Jesus, who has kindly given His life for my soul. At first my heart
+was some troubled about going back to my heathen country, but I pray,
+and kept praying that Jesus would go with me. So He heard my humble
+prayers. He was going before me, and made everything smooth for me. I
+got home Oct. 9th, at noon. In a few moments there came all the
+people of my village, both young and old, women and men, asking me
+about California. I answered them the best I could. Some of them try
+to get a look on my head at first, to see if my hair is all right,
+for they believed Christian Chinese have their queue cut off, and
+belong to California. He is no more Chinaman. For this cause they
+trouble me many days.
+
+I met Rev. C. R. Hager at Hong Kong, when first I got there. We fell
+to talking of the Mission work among our people.
+
+When I was at home, as soon as my father worshiped the ancestors or
+the idols, he sent one of my little sisters to call me to join the
+worship; but my mother, who has a better spirit, told my father that
+I would not worship them any more, "for (as she said) he have told me
+that he did thank God _in his heart_, and that he love us the same."
+Thus, my mother stopped the calling for the worshiping of the
+ancestors ever since. I thank God for this first.
+
+During the time I was at home there were seven or eight brethren
+called at my house and did shake hands with me. Some of them I knew
+in California, but the rest I knew not and never saw them before; yet
+they could find their fellow-brethren in Christ, and came from far
+to do so. Some of them are Bible-sellers; some are preachers. They
+show their brotherly love and Christian faith by bringing candy and
+oranges for my sisters. And my father was also glad to see them, each
+time they call. Some of them did take dinner with us in our family.
+Rev. Mr. Jones also call, and he preached to the people in my
+village. He can use the chop-sticks, and did eat our food. In the
+evening, with the moon shining, and in the day-time he asked me to
+take him to the market-place, to tell the people the same thing in
+Chinese as we preached here in California. He was astonished that the
+people treated him so well, and did not say a bad word to him about
+it.
+
+Now comes the hardest thing for a Chinese Christian to bear; that is,
+the marriage day. I was married on March 28, 1884. I had been engaged
+by my parents when I was fourteen years old to a girl who was only
+nine, and lived four miles away. When she come to our house to live
+with us, then she begin to ask me why I did not worship the ancestors
+with her on the marriage day; and I begin with my lesson to her in
+simple things, telling her why I don't worship those things any more.
+When I make a prayer to God before I go to bed she laugh at me
+because I pray to nothing--no God that I can _see_. But I told her
+that she must bow her head too when I pray, and must keep still. So,
+after this, she pay more attention to what I tell her about this
+great God that I have found in California.
+
+Once she ask me why I don't take Mr. Ying's example, and do just like
+he do to please all men. For Mr. Ying was living in the same house
+with us, and had come back from California at the same time with me;
+and though he had been in our Mission schools for two or three years,
+yet he will not take Jesus as his Lord. So when he got back to China,
+he do things just as free as any heathen. So I ask her: "Well,
+suppose a man who served his ancestors, and all the dead and all the
+idols with all his heart; yet he would not take care of himself and
+go about smoking opium, gambling, throwing away his money in
+foolishness, and leaving his whole family uncared for. Now, how do
+you like that?" Then she said, without delay, "I will not like such a
+man. I rather take a man that is called a Christian, and have him do
+good, than to have him serve ancestors and gods and do bad things."
+Though she was a heathen, yet I think she see a little light now. I
+left home to come here again, Oct. 29, but I still pray God to keep
+her on the right way; and may she become a Christian woman by the
+Lord's power alone! Thus the Lord blessed me. May He bless all the
+workers in His vineyard."
+
+[Illustration: BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING TABLETS OF DECEASED
+ANCESTORS.]
+
+I have exceedingly interesting accounts from the new fields: Alturas,
+Modoc Co.; Tulare, Tulare Co., and San Diego. In Sacramento where
+Rev. Mr. Jones is engaged in special services, we hear of crowds
+gathering about him in the street when he speaks there, and following
+him into the mission house till it is completely packed. We hear also
+that some hearts seem to have been touched; and that the hope is
+cherished that some who were far off have been brought nigh. Space
+fails me to go into details; but I bespeak the earnest prayers of all
+who love this cause and love our Lord, that this evangelistic work
+may yield us the glad harvests for which we have been wrestling with
+God.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We are glad to notice that the ladies of Connecticut have recently
+organized a State Missionary Society to co-operate with the leading
+benevolent societies for work in our own country. Nothing in these
+days can be accomplished without organization. What is everybody's
+business is nobody's business, and causes whose support is left to
+those who merely happen to have an interest in them are very likely
+to be neglected. We wish that in every State of the Union, ladies'
+domestic missionary societies might be organized. The great work
+which our Association is called upon to perform among women needs to
+be specially brought to the attention of the Christian ladies in our
+churches. This information can only be effectually disseminated
+through organized and systematic effort. We are prepared to furnish
+interesting missionary material to all who will ask for it. We invite
+correspondence with missionary societies, promising to give careful
+attention to any inquiries they may make. With gratitude do we record
+the fact that the interest in the woman's department of the American
+Missionary Association's work is steadily enlarging.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A LADY MISSIONARY.
+
+
+----, Ga., January, 1885.
+
+DEAR FRIENDS: As I take my pen to write my mind goes back to the
+general letter that I wrote. Can I tell you of any improvement among
+those with whom we have to do, since that time? Watching the progress
+of our school from day to day the upward tendency seems slow, but
+looking back a year a marked improvement can be seen. While they
+learn readily they remember well, and the homes of those who come in
+contact with our church and school are different. Last Saturday was
+the coldest day of the winter, but Miss Robertson and I, according to
+a previous appointment went to the Dunwoody settlement to hold a
+woman's meeting. I think I wrote you about a similar meeting one year
+ago; this is the third one that I have held, and the meetings have
+gained in interest. In that settlement, before they commence
+planting, the people have a fast day; they neither eat, wash their
+faces nor perform any ordinary duties from one sunset to the next.
+They pray in their homes and unitedly for God's blessing upon the
+labor of their hands. It reminds me of the way fast days used to be
+kept in the early history of New England. I am inclined to think they
+caught the idea from the people who came from New England here. I do
+not know that such a custom is observed except in this settlement. I
+asked the women if a blessing followed their prayers? They answered
+decidedly, "Yes," and said that while the people all about them had
+suffered for the necessities of life, in that settlement they had
+never since freedom bought corn, rice or potatoes, but had raised
+sufficient for their needs. In their simplicity they take God at His
+word, "Ask and ye shall receive."
+
+Last Sabbath another couple entered upon the "_matrimonial sea_,"
+this time young people. The gorgeous attire of the wedding party can
+be better imagined than described. We see few tokens of love and
+affection among this people. In the Sunday-school lesson of last
+Sabbath the questions and remarks of our pupils led us to think that
+it was almost a missing link in their lives; it seemed impossible for
+them to understand why the people should fall on Paul's neck and kiss
+him; it is a rare sight to see a kiss exchanged among them.
+
+Yesterday, after school, the parson went with me over the swamps to
+the homes of some of our scholars. We passed through several ditches,
+where the water was up to the hubs of the buggy wheels; there was a
+log for a foot-path over these places. It was very muddy all along
+the way, and yet these children are seldom absent from school.
+To-day, the clouds are heavy and dark, and the rain has come down in
+torrents, yet many have come into school from these long distances,
+to our surprise, one boy having the promise of being promoted into
+the second reader came at least six miles, bringing a chicken and six
+eggs to pay for his book; when he arrived he was wet to his skin.
+Two-thirds of our school were present to-day. I realize as never
+before the effort these children are making for themselves. Oh! I
+remember how freely money was given and the young men from our homes
+that freedom might be obtained for this people; then the women must
+wait and pray at home, but now the way is open for women to teach the
+young of this vast race that the future may not disclose a nation
+within a nation, hostile to the good and true of a Christian people.
+Shall there not be volunteers among our New England girls, who shall
+say: "Here am I. Send me" to the work?
+
+Very cordially yours,
+
+  E. P.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some of our hard-worked sisters at the North may wish to enter the
+service of the A. M. A., that they may get a little rest and find
+time for literary culture. We commend to such a careful perusal of
+the following report.
+
+MONTHLY REPORT BY MISS H.
+
+Days taught during the month, 25; Hours taught, 150; Scholars
+classified, 73; Tuition collected, $54.75; School books sold, 111;
+Book money, $24.00; School programmes, 10; Slates corrected, 1,250;
+Arithmetical examples (oral), 325; Words written on the blackboard,
+225; Spelling words (oral), 450; Reading lessons, 50; Golden Texts,
+4; New song taught, 1; Five-minute talks, 10; Conducted chapel
+exercises, 4; Conducted home devotions, 5; Tuesday evening public
+talk, 1; Interviewed mothers of refractory scholars, 5; Notes to
+parents, 10; Postal cards (absent scholars), 20; Written examination,
+1; Choir meetings, 4; Whipped scholar, 1; Attended woman's prayer
+meeting, 4; Church services, 20.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+VIC'S LILIES.
+
+
+School was dismissed, and the boys and girls came rushing out with
+merry shouts and laughter. The voices had a musical ring and the
+intonation peculiar to uncultivated colored lads and lassies. They
+were a comely, thrifty-looking set, and the instinctive hopefulness
+of their race looked from the bright eyes and shone in the cheery
+faces. Life had gone hard with some, but had failed to quench their
+faith in the good time yet to come.
+
+As they neared the corner of the street and came in sight of a large,
+handsome white house, a girl's voice called, "Hush! hush!"
+
+"Lor', now, Vic!" her brother Phil remonstrated, "what nonsense!" But
+in spite of the remonstrance every voice took a lower tone, and the
+house was passed almost in silence. The blinds of the house were
+closed, and from the door-knob hung the black-and-white token of
+mourning. Vic was saying, "Yes, sick jest two days; taken Sunday and
+died this morning. When I tol' teacher, she said, 'Death loves a
+shining mark.'"
+
+"I'm awful sorry," said Nan; "he was a mighty peart little 'un, and
+he al'ays looked up and smiled when we passed. But if I'd knowed he
+was really goin', I'd sent a message to sister Fan. Don't you think
+she'd like to know about the Christmas tree, Vic?"
+
+"You're a green un," said Phil. "You don't s'pose that little pink
+and white chap has gone to our heaven, do you? He'll see Fan a heap
+sight! She's off in a little cubby-hole with all the rest of the
+darkies. All the first-class 'commodations b'longs to the white
+peoples, ye know."
+
+"Hush, Phil," said Vic; "you shan't stuff Nan so. Everything will be
+all right, honey, when we gets up dere. Shouldn't be s'prised if Fan
+knew all 'bout the tree. And p'rhaps the good Lord will let her help
+take care of the little fellow till his po' mother comes. Ole Dinah
+says she's awfully cut up--his mother, you know. You see they're
+strangers here, came for the mammy's health; and Frankie, he was the
+only chile. 'Pears like I want to comfort the po' mammy. My lily has
+three blossoms. I mean to take them all to her."
+
+"'Pears like you'd better min' your own business. She may be a dog-on
+white lady, if she do come from the Norf. Like as not she'd turn up
+her nose at your lilies. I'll 'low the little un was a brick, but
+you'd better let his mother 'lone." This was Phil's advice.
+
+But although Victoria Porter had a black skin, she had a tender,
+loving heart, and she had pored over the Christ-life until she had
+unconsciously imbibed its spirit. She was always yearning to comfort
+some one. Later in the day she stood at the door of the white
+mansion, holding her precious lilies. "They're for his mother," she
+said to Dinah. "Tell her we chil'ens loved Frankie, and we're all
+mighty sorry."
+
+It was a simple message and a simple offering, and the giver was a
+poor little black girl; but behind the gift was sincerity and love,
+and the heart of the poor, sorrowing mother was touched and
+comforted.
+
+And Vic's lilies had a mission of which she knew not. They preached a
+lovely sermon on the high privilege and duty of comforting others. We
+may be poor, and very humble may be our station in life; but if we
+try, we may make life brighter and sweeter to someone. What a glad
+surprise it will be to Vic when the Saviour honors her many kind acts
+by the words--"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
+these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."
+
+  E. E. B.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1885.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAINE, $714.22.
+
+  Andover. "Friends"                                        $9.50
+  Bangor. "Little Women" and "Busy Bees" of Bangor, and
+    Ladies of Hampden, Bbl. of Christmas Presents, _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., 32.50; Winter St. Ch., 47.15  79.65
+  Brunswick. 2 Bbls. and 1 Box of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Centre Lebanon. "A Friend"                                10.00
+  Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     21.00
+  Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. STEPHEN A.
+    CORDWELL and PETER W. FILES, L. M's                     68.31
+  Elliot. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 3.50
+  Ellsworth. Cong. Ch.                                      34.47
+  Farmington. Rev. C. E. Pope's S. S. Class, _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                       5.00
+  Gardiner. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 3.20 _for
+    Freight_, by Miss S. E. Adams                            3.20
+  Gorham. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 2 _for Freight_,
+    by Miss M. E. Smith                                      2.00
+  Limington. "A. B."                                         2.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. Chas. D. Crane, _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. C. D. Crane, _for Selma, Ala._            8.00
+  North Bridgeton. By Miss Proctor's Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Wilmington, N. C._                                  1.00
+  Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and Daughters                     35.00
+  Orono. Bbl. and Box of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Portland. High Street Ch.                                 90.50
+  Portland. Brown Thurston's Class, High St. Sab. Sch.,
+    _for Student Aid, Hamilton N. & A. Inst._               25.00
+  Portland. Miss A. Partridge, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._, 59c. _for freight_                    .59
+  Searsport. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      11.00
+  Searsport. 2 Bbls of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 4 _for
+    freight_, by Mrs. C. T. Hawes                            4.00
+  South Berwick. Mrs. MATILDA BURLEIGH to const. herself
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Union. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Woolwich. Mrs. E. M. Gardner.                               .50
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $474.22
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Castine. Estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, by Rev. Geo.
+    M. Adams, Ex.                                         $240.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $714.22
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.21.
+
+  Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch.                                 12.24
+  Antrim. "Friends" by John E. Hastings                     26.50
+  Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                15.00
+  Candia. Frank E. Page                                      5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               20.00
+  Concord. South Ch. Sab. Sch.                               8.99
+  Derry. Woman's Miss'y Soc. (one share)                    20.00
+  East Alstead. Cong. Ch.                                   13.63
+  Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. _for
+    Talladega C._, 1 _for freight_                          21.00
+  Exeter. Mary E. Shute                                     15.00
+  Exeter. Miss A. E. McIntire, Bbl. of C. _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, 50c. _for freight_                                .50
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     14.28
+  Francestown. Cong. Ch.                                    25.00
+  Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                12.20
+  Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch. (one share)                      20.00
+  Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson                        10.00
+  Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. Gerry                         1.00
+  Hollis. "A Friend"                                         1.00
+  Hudson. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Keene. First. Cong. Sab Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta
+    U._                                                     70.00
+  Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.                             46.30
+  Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., _for freight_    2.50
+  Lebanon. Cong. Soc., _for Atlanta U._                     40.00
+  Lisbon. "A Friend"                                         2.00
+  Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury                            1.00
+  Lyme. Cong. Ch., to const. Dea. W. S. BALCH L. M.         30.00
+  Manchester. Franklin St. Church                           70.50
+  Mason. Box of C., _for Dudley, N. C._; 1.60 _for
+    freight_                                                 1.60
+  Milford. "Willing Workers," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                     50.00
+  Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          25.96
+  Nashua. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc.                            6.75
+  New Ipswich. Leavitt Lincoln                              50.00
+  Newport. Cong. Ch.                                        42.52
+  Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson                            5.00
+  Penacook. JEREMIAH C. MARTIN, to const. himself L. M.     30.00
+  Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              5.30
+  Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.03; Rev. Geo. Goodyear, 5     33.03
+  Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l                        1.41
+
+
+VERMONT, $678.67.
+
+  Barnet. Cong. Ch.                                         72.00
+  Bennington. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Dea. G. A.
+    WATTLES, HENRY G. ROOT and Miss E. M. HUBBARD L. M's    53.20
+  Bennington Centre. First Cong. Ch.                        16.25
+  Cambridge. Madison Safford                                 5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  30.62
+  Hartford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 14.06
+  Ludlow. "A Friend"                                         5.00
+  Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Atlanta U._
+  Marshfield. Lyman Clark                                   20.00
+  Montpelier. Mrs. L. C. Bowen                              10.00
+  New Haven. "P. M."                                       100.00
+  New Haven. Ladies' Aid Soc., 2 Bbls. C., _for Oaks,
+    N. C._
+  Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   9.36
+  Saint Albans. Henry E. Seymour                             5.00
+  Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch., 54.72; "A Colored
+    Man," 2                                                 56.72
+  Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           50.00
+  Springfield. Mrs. F. Parks                               100.00
+  Stowe. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Part share)                        8.00
+  Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                              10.00
+  West Randolph. Miss B. Nichols                              .50
+  West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.                               11.69
+  West Randolph. Susan E. Albin                              7.00
+  West Randolph. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Woman's Work_         5.00
+  Williston. Cong. Ch.                                      16.00
+  Woodstock. Cong. Ch.                                      19.00
+  By Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for McIntosh, Ga._; Johnson,
+    Sab. Sch., $13.67; Chelsea, Ladies' Soc., $10;
+    Pittsford, Cong. Sab. Sch., 20; Montpelier, Ladies,
+    $10                                                     53.67
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $5,202.67.
+
+  Amherst. William M. Graves, 20; "A Friend," 10            30.00
+  Amherst. Young People of Cong Ch., 10; Mrs. T. P.
+    Huntington, 2, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._           12.00
+  Andover. Free Christian Ch. and Soc., 80.82; "A
+    Friend," 30                                            110.82
+  Andover. Ladies' Union H. M. Soc. (70 of which _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._)                             72.00
+  Andover. Mrs. Blake, _for Fort Sully, Dak._                5.00
+  Andover. West Parish Juv. Miss'y Soc. (One share)         20.00
+  Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. CLIFTON E. STOWE L. M.                           10.00
+  Ashland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  10.56
+    Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 279.14; Rev.
+    MORTON DEXTER, 40, to const. himself L. M.; Mrs. E.
+    C. Parkhurst, 20; Mrs. M. B. Adams (one share), 20;
+    Miss Harriet N. Kirk, 15; "Mrs. W.," 1.--Brighton.
+    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50.--Brookline. Harvard Ch. and
+    Soc., 88.48.--Cambridge. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._, 6.25.--Cambridge. "A
+    Friend," 4.--Cambridgeport. Prospect Ch. and Soc.,
+    87.55.--Cambridgeport. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of
+    Pilgrim Ch. to const. Mrs. E. D. LEAVITT L. M.,
+    30.--Dorchester. Young People's Mission Circle of
+    Second Ch., by Edith L. Mansfield, Treas., 40, _for
+    Two shares_, and 8 _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.
+    C._--Dorchester. Mrs. Wm. Wales, 6.--South Boston.
+    Phillips Ch. and Soc., 68.29                           763.71
+  Bedford. "M. E. R."                                        5.00
+  Braintree. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       22.53
+  Brimfield. Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch. to const.
+    MINER H. CORBIN L. M.                                   37.77
+  Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Chattanooga, Tenn._                                     31.12
+  Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              50.00
+  Charlton. Cong. Ch., 12.26 and Sab., Sch., 1.64           13.90
+  Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, _for
+    Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._                         60.00
+  Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc., 21.24; Miss E.
+    Davenport, 5                                            26.24
+  Chicopee Falls. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. Mrs.
+    JULIA M. DAKIN L. M.                                    30.00
+  Clinton. Mrs. R. N. Ingalls, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Clinton. By Marion E. McPhail, Treas., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      20.00
+  Clinton. Miss'y Soc., _for Talladega C._, _freight_        2.40
+  Clinton. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Kittrell, N. C._
+  Cotuit. Union Ch.                                         14.25
+  Curtisville. Frances M. Clarke                             3.00
+  Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane                              100.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      25.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._; 2 _for Freight_                           2.00
+  East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. Miss
+    NELLY M. KEMP L. M.                                     41.90
+  Easthampton. ----, _for Reading R., Talladega C._          4.00
+  East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      8.00
+  East Weymouth. Cong. Soc.                                 16.00
+  Edgartown. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 80.70; Third Cong.
+    Ch., 10.20                                              90.90
+  Falmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           40.50
+  Framingham. Plym. Ch. and Soc., 48.86; and Sab.
+    Sch., 13.19; Mrs. S. N. Brewer, 10; "G. N.," 5; "A
+    Friend," 10                                             87.05
+  Gardner. First Cong. Ch.                                  19.31
+  Globe Village. Union Ch. Sab Sch.                         25.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. And Soc., 98; Mrs.
+    Nancy E. Brooks, 10                                    108.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Bal. Share)             5.00
+  Grafton. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. CHESTER KELLOGG
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., 12.37; and Sab. Sch.,
+    9.48                                                    21.85
+  Hardwick. E. B. Foster                                     5.00
+  Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., Dea. EBENEZER
+    WEBSTER'S Class, to const. him L. M., 30; Mrs.
+    Appleton's Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._,
+    5; Perry Elliott's Class, 3.41                          38.41
+  Holliston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
+    _for Talladega C._
+  Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.                               6.37
+  Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      5.69
+  Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch.                         176.95
+  Lee. Elizur Smith                                        100.00
+  Leeds. E. L. Clark                                         5.00
+  Lenox. F. Augustus Schemerborn, 25; Richard
+    Goodman, 15; Henry Sedgewick, 10                        50.00
+  Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (2 of which _for Indian
+    M._), to const. Rev. C. A. DICKINSON and Mrs. C. A.
+    DICKINSON L. M's                                       200.00
+  Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch                                 41.62
+  Lowell. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Malden. "Two Friends," 2; "A Friend," 1                    3.00
+  Maplewood. Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       7.00
+  Marlborough. Young People's Mission Circle of Union
+    Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                      25.00
+  Matfield. Mrs. W. S. E. Shaw, Box of C., _for
+    Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                             5.00
+  Merrimac. Cong. Ch.                                       25.00
+  Methuen. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  Middlefield. "A Friend"                                    5.00
+  Milford. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls.
+    of C., _for Talladega C._; 2.50 _for Freight_            2.50
+  Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        58.45
+  Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., 12.36; First Cong. Sab.
+    Sch., 20, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                 32.36
+  Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford                             4.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            50.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          20.00
+  Needham. Evan. Cong. Ch.                                   3.50
+  New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr.                     30.00
+  New Bedford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                25.00
+  Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.                               123.85
+  Newton. "A Friend," _for Talladega C._                     3.00
+  Newton. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   94.26
+  Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.15
+  North Billerica. Mrs. E. R. Gould, _for Macon, Ga._        4.00
+  Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.00
+  North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. WILLIAM WRIGHT and LUTHER K. SNELL L. M's        45.00
+  North Brookfield. Mrs. W. H. Montague, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                            5.00
+  North Hadley. Mt. Holyoke Sem., Miss L. W. Shattuck,
+    5; Miss Anna C. Edwards, 5, _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            10.00
+  Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs.
+    DAVIS GREGORY and EDWIN FREEMAN L. M's                  71.31
+  Oxford. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             20.33
+  Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, _for Kittrell, N. C._       6.00
+  Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._      25.00
+  Pepperell. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              2.59
+  Pittsfield. James H. Dunham, 50; First Cong. Ch.,
+    25; Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 5                           80.00
+  Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         14.64
+  Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._   40.00
+  Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              75.00
+  Royalston. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            15.00
+  Royalston. Mrs. H. M. Estabrook                            5.00
+  Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           86.28
+  Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Somerville. E. Stone, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._          50.00
+  Somerville. "M"                                           50.00
+  Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._; 3.05 _for Freight_                   3.05
+  South Wellfleet. "A Life Member"                           1.00
+  South Weymouth. Sec. Cong. Ch., Miss Grover's S. S.
+    Class, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                    10.00
+  Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               2.01
+  Springfield First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 20;
+    "Friends" 5.60, _for Oaks, N. C._                       25.60
+  Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.                                    48.96
+  Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              23.00
+  Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               40.39
+  Sunderland. "The Acorns," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       7.73
+  Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             53.39
+  Walpole. Or. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 43; Mrs. C. F.
+    Metcalf, 1; Miss L. J. Gould, 1                         45.00
+  Walpole. Mr. Johnson, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           1.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. M. Fuller, _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            10.00
+  Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Tougaloo U._                                       10.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. J. Q. A. Pierce                            1.00
+  Wayland. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Kittrell, N. C._            5.50
+  Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            100.46
+  Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.                                74.75
+  West Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                9.78
+  Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           12.54
+  West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       30.25
+  West Dennis. Mrs. Sarah S. Crowell                         1.50
+  Westfield. Miss E. B. Dickinson, 50.10; Mrs. C. W.
+    Fowler, 5                                               55.10
+  Westfield. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Second Ch., Bbl. of
+    C., val. 66, _for Straight U._; 1.65 _for Freight_       1.65
+  West Newbury. J. C. Carr                                   1.00
+  West Springfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5.20 of which
+    _for Hampton N and A. Inst._)                           95.20
+  Winchester. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           55.00
+  Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       75.00
+  Woburn. William Temple                                     5.00
+  Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., 209.16; Piedmont Ch.
+    (ad'l), 50.77; Rev. C. M. Lamson, 5; "A Friend," 2
+    Dictionaries (Greek and Latin)                         264.93
+  Worcester. Collected by Mrs. C. M. Lamson, of Salem
+    St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                     25.00
+  Worcester. "A Friend," _for Kindergarten, Storrs
+    Sch., Atlanta, Ga._                                     25.00
+  Worcester. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, by Mrs. H. B.
+    Merriman (one share)                                    20.00
+  Worcester. Mrs. H. L. Stearns' S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               5.00
+  ----. "Mount Holyoke," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._      8.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                           2.00
+  By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n:
+    Springfield, First, 26.96; South, 81.81; Blandford,
+    6; Palmer, Second, 50; Mittineague, 28                 192.77
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,198.63
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by Wm. W.
+    Wyman, Ex.                                               4.04
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,202.67
+
+  CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE: NEW
+    HAMPSHIRE, Keene Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch.,
+    1 Bbl., _for McIntosh, Ga._; Walpole, Ladies of
+    Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. _for Dakota Home_. MASSACHUSETTS,
+    Dorchester, Mrs. James Foster, "The Family
+    Library," etc.; Mrs. R. L. Prouty, Pkg.
+    "Congregationalists"; Fitchburg, Herbert H. Dole,
+    Pkg. "Youth's Companion"; Harvard, Woman's Benev.
+    Soc. of Ev. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, val. 35; Lawrence, Ladies' Benev. Soc. of
+    Lawrence St. Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 75, _for Talladega
+    C._; Templeton, Elizabeth C. D. Shattuck, Bundle,
+    val. (in part) 3.16, _for Chattanooga, Tenn._;
+    Revere, Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls., _for Chattanooga,
+    Tenn._; Watertown, Ladies of Phillips Ch., 1 Bbl.
+    RHODE ISLAND, Westerly, Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for
+    Savannah, Ga._
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $1,684.77.
+
+  Barrington. Cong. Ch. (ad'l)                              17.40
+  Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                                  65.00
+  Newport. "A Friend"                                       10.00
+  Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                                      77.14
+  Providence. Union Cong. Ch.                              785.23
+  Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                              50.00
+  Seekonk and East Providence. Cong. Ch., to const.
+    ROBERT R. PEARSE and ALBERT M. FINNAMORE L. M's         60.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,064.77
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Providence. Estate of Anthony B. Arnold, by John H.
+    Cheever and Wm. Knight, Exrs.                          620.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,684.77
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $4,766.91.
+
+  Bethel. Cong. Ch.                                        107.08
+  Bethel. "Willing Workers," _for Talladega C._             20.00
+  Black Rock. Cong. Ch.                                     11.54
+  Branford. Cong. Ch.                                        9.13
+  Bridgeport. Children of North Ch. Infant Class, _for
+    Cal. Chinese M._                                        20.00
+  Bridgeport. Miss Wood, Box Books, etc., _for Talladega
+    C._
+  Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  20.00
+  Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            15.63
+  Canterbury. Westminster Cong. Ch.                          9.07
+  Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          17.84
+  Cromwell. Cong. Ch.                                       78.00
+  Danielsonville. Case of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._
+  Fair Haven. Miss H. L. Rice, _for Indian M._               1.00
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     57.80
+  Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                12.00
+  Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            32.94
+  Hadlyme. Joseph W. Hungerford                            100.00
+  Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. (5 of which _for
+    Indian M._)                                            281.65
+  Hartford. Second Ch. of Christ, 150; Gilbert G.
+    Mosely, 10                                             160.00
+  Jewett City. Cong. Ch.                                     9.04
+  Kensington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            26.65
+  Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. Williams                            25.00
+  Ledyard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.                 24.78
+  Lyme. First Ecc. Soc.                                     34.47
+  Middletown. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._          30.00
+  Milton. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+  Montville. First Cong. Ch.                                10.15
+  Mount Carmel. W. W. Woodruff, _for Tillotson C. and
+    N. Inst._                                               25.00
+  Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch.                                  12.50
+  Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.                                      80.00
+  New Britain. South Cong. Ch.                             198.41
+  New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. Adams, _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   10.00
+  New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50.; College St. Cong. Ch.,
+    36.65, and Sab. Sch., 11; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, 30,
+    to const. Miss LUCIE J. HARRISON L. M.                 127.66
+  New Haven. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of United Ch.,
+    _for Dakota Home, Santee Agency_                        50.00
+  New Haven. L. M. Law, 25; Miss Julia Leek, 1, _for
+    Indian M._                                              26.00
+  Newington. Miss Agnes Belden, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  New London. Second Cong. Ch., 595.24; "A Friend," 1.50   596.74
+  Newtown. Cong. Soc.                                       20.00
+  Northford. Cong. Ch.                                      15.08
+  Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 217.10; Miss Sarah M. Lee,
+    25                                                     242.10
+  Norwichtown. "First Ch."                                  21.00
+  Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                                 15.00
+  Orange. Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._          35.00
+  Plainville. "A Friend"                                   100.00
+  Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.                                  55.00
+  Rockville. J. Edwards Banta, Box papers, etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._, 1, _for Freight_                            1.00
+  Salisbury, Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             52.70
+  South Britain. Cong. Ch.                                  15.41
+  Staffordville. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+  Talcottville. Sarah T. Avery                               5.00
+  Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             29.66
+  Thompsonville. D. Pease                                     .50
+  Tolland. Mrs. Lucy L. Clough, 50, _for Indian M._, 25
+    _for Chinese M._ and 25 _for Freedmen_                 100.00
+  Torrington. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Cask of C.,
+    etc., _for Talladega C._, 4, _for freight_               4.00
+  Wallingford. First Cong. Ch.                              35.33
+  Wapping. Cong Ch.                                         16.75
+  Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch.                              196.00
+  Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                          200.00
+  West Hartford. A. Chappell, 10; Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 8.02    18.02
+  Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                         66.41
+  Windsor Locks. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Dormitory,
+    Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                               195.00
+  Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Winsted. Elias E. Gilman, 10; Mrs. Emily W. Case, 10      20.00
+  Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss                              10.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $3,739.04
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Ellington. Estate of Maria Pitkin, by Edwin Talcott,
+    Ex.                                                 $1,027.87
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $4,766.91
+
+
+NEW YORK, $2,739.93.
+
+  Baldwinsville. Howard Carter                              25.00
+  Binghamton. Sheldon Warner                                 5.00
+  Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch., 531; Plymouth Ch.,
+    464.51; South Cong. Ch., 50; Ch. of the Covenant
+    Sab. Sch., bal. to const. Mrs. JULIETTE H. MACKAY
+    L. M., 20; Mrs. M. L. Hollis, 2; Rev. E. P. Thwing,
+    Pkg. Books                                           1,067.51
+  Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee
+    Agency_                                                 37.50
+  Canastota. E. B. Northrup                                100.00
+  Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     28.53
+  Ellington. Mrs. H. B. Rice, 10; Mrs. E. Rice, 4;
+    A. C. Rice, 2                                           16.00
+  Flushing. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Miss C. T. Gilman, 2.30, _for
+    freight_                                                12.30
+  Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.84, and Sab. Sch., 6.25    37.09
+  Groton. Cong. Ch., 18.08; Mrs. Kesia Bostwick, 7.; Dr.
+    Clark Chapman, 5                                        30.08
+  Himrods. Mrs. G. L. Ayres, _for Woman's Work_              5.00
+  Homer. Sab. Sch. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._    1.00
+  Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones                                  15.00
+  Keeseville. Enos Barnes                                    1.50
+  Lockport. First Cong. Ch.                                 18.06
+  Lockport. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._      14.00
+  Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway                                3.00
+  Middlesex. Lester Adams                                   20.00
+  Morristown. First Cong. Ch.                                8.00
+    New York. S. T. Gordon (of which 100 _for Little
+    Rock, Ark._; 100 _for Wilmington, N. C._; 100 _for
+    Tougaloo, Miss._; and 100 _for Tillotson C. & N.
+    Inst._), 500                                           500.00
+  New York. Roswell Smith, 250; By "Aunt Patience," 1      251.00
+  New York. The Century Co., 50 cop. "Songs of the
+    Church" (second hand), _for Marion, Ala._
+  North Walton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                         35.90
+  Owasco. Mrs. A Stewart                                     1.00
+  Oswego. Primary Pub. Sch., Box Books _for Oaks, N. C._
+  Port Richmond. Captain Stephen Squier                      5.00
+  Salamanca. Rev. Wm. C. Scofield                            7.00
+  Saratoga. Cong. Ch., Ladies Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega, C._
+  Sinclairville. E. Williams                                 3.00
+  Syracuse. ----                                             5.00
+  Syracuse. Mrs. Caroline B. Curtis, Box Papers, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 1.70 _for Freight_                     1.70
+  Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             35.67
+  Warsaw. Cong. Ch.                                         20.34
+  Waterville. Mrs. Winchel, 5; Mrs. J. Candee, 5            10.00
+  Westmoreland. Miss C. M. Miller                             .75
+  West Salamanca. "A Friend"                               419.00
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $26.73.
+
+  Jersey City. First Cong. Ch.                               6.73
+  Montclair. Mrs. J. F. Pratt's Sab. Sch. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               8.00
+  Perth Amboy. Friday Afternoon Class, by Miss E. W.
+    Martin, Bdl. S. S. Papers
+  Raritan. Miss S. Provost, Case of Books and Papers
+  ----. "Heart's Content"                                   10.00
+  ----. "A Friend," _for Santee Agency, Neb._                2.00
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $50.50.
+
+  Guy's Mills. Cong. Ch., 18.50; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5;
+    Children's Miss'y Soc., 5                               28.50
+  Kingston. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                 10.00
+  Philadelphia. Sarah Furber                                 1.00
+  Sewickley. "E. H. T.," _for Indian M._                     2.00
+  Stony Creek. Charles E. Webster                            9.00
+
+
+OHIO, $544.11.
+
+  Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson                               2.28
+  Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      11.00
+  Cleveland. Mrs. A. Scott (_one share_)                    20.00
+  Cleveland. Franklin Av. Cong. Ch.                         15.00
+  Cincinnati. Geo. S. Gray, 18 Anthem Books, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Delaware. Wm. Bevan                                        5.00
+  Greenwich. Anna M. Mead                                    1.50
+  Geneva. "H. A. W."                                         1.50
+  Kingsville. Myron Whiting                                250.00
+  North Benton. Mrs. M. J. Hartzell                          2.50
+  Oberlin. First. Cong. Ch., 87.88; E. P. Barrows, 10;
+    Mrs. C. C. Wheat, 1                                     98.88
+  Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., _15 for furnishing room
+    and 10 for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._              25.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5; Mrs. M. J. P.
+    Hatch, 1, _for Reading-room, Lexington, Ky._             6.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                             1.50
+  Painesville. First Cong. Ch., 51.64, to const. N. O.
+    LEE L. M.; Mrs. E. Hickok, 5                            56.64
+  Painesville. "O. W. H. M. U.," by Mrs. Wm. Clayton,
+    Treas.                                                   4.76
+  Painesville. Sab. Sch. Class, by M. M. House, _for
+    Santee Agency, Neb._                                     3.00
+  Radnor. Edward D. Jones                                    5.00
+  Ravenna. Cong. Ch.                                        23.55
+  Savannah. George Mackie                                    1.00
+  Saybrook. Mrs. A. M. Messenger, 2; Dea. D. Maltby, 1       3.00
+  Tallmadge. Rev. Luther Shaw, 8 Bibles
+  Unionville. Mrs. E. F. Burnelle                            2.00
+  Windham. Wm. A. Perkins                                    5.00
+
+
+INDIANA, $22.00.
+
+  Elkhart. First Cong. Ch.                                  15.00
+  Indianapolis. Rev O. C. McKullock, Box Books, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                        5.00
+  Sparta. John Hawkswell                                     1.50
+  Versailles. John D. Nichols                                 .50
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $837.99.
+
+  Atkinson. First Cong. Ch., Box S. S. Papers, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Batavia. Cong. Ch.                                        65.00
+  Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote                                5.00
+  Brimfield. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00
+  Champaign. Cong. Ch.                                      45.55
+  Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 198.53; South Cong. Ch.,
+    39.26; Mrs. J. H. McArthur, 5                          242.79
+  Chicago. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of N. E. Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, Mobile, Ala._                               47.10
+  Chicago. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     25.00
+  Chicago. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           13.00
+  Elgin. Cong. Ch.                                          32.48
+  Elgin. Mrs. E. E. C. Borden (20 of which _for Hampton
+    N. & A. Inst._)                                         30.00
+  Galesburg. First Church of Christ                         37.10
+  Galva. Theodora Miss'y Soc., Bbl. and Box of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Geneso. Cong. Ch.                                        116.30
+  Geneseo. Young Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Hamlet. Levi Cooper                                         .50
+  Ivanhoe. Miss Mary Cowdry, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                      5.00
+  Lyndon. Mrs. H. Deming                                      .50
+  Lombard. First Cong. Ch.                                   9.50
+  Malden. Cong. Ch.                                         13.00
+  Maywood. Woman's Co-operative Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.     5.00
+  Millburn. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Moline. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., 23.50. Incorrectly
+    ack. in Nov. number from Hartford, Ct.
+  Oglesby. T. T. Bent                                        5.00
+  Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   16.60
+  Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens                                10.00
+  Plainfield. Mrs. Edward Ebbs                              10.00
+  Port Byron. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch. _for Missionary,
+    Mobile, Ala._                                           17.50
+  Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Cross                            10.00
+  Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, Sen.                              2.00
+  Roseville. Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga_.
+  Shabbona. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which from
+    "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._)                 46.57
+  Wilmette. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._     12.50
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $773.09.
+
+  Allendale. Cong. Ch., 4.15, and Sab. Sch., 1.85            6.00
+  Delhi Mills. "A Friend"                                    2.00
+  Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     20.00
+  Grandville. "E. B."                                        2.00
+  Greenville. M. Rutan                                     500.00
+  Hancock. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Soc., _for Theo.
+    Dept., Talladega C._                                    25.00
+  Laingsburg. Cong. Ch.                                     10.85
+  Lake Lyndon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Lansing. Plymouth Ch.                                      4.71
+  Northville. D. Pomeroy                                     5.00
+  Oakley. Ch. of Christ                                      1.00
+  Olivet. Cong. Ch.                                         96.92
+  Saline. Eli Benton                                        50.00
+  Three Oaks. Cong. Ch.                                     19.61
+  White Lake. Robert Garner                                 10.00
+
+
+IOWA, $637.35.
+
+  Burlington. Cong. Ch.                                     15.41
+  Davenport. Geo. W. Ells                                   10.00
+  Des Moines. Dr. H. L. Whitman, _for Talladega C._        500.00
+  Dubuque. Young Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Dubuque. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, New Orleans, La._                           10.00
+  Grinnell. Cong. Ch.                                       30.29
+  Grinnell. By Miss Ella E. Marsh, _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                           17.75
+  Grinnell. C. A. Taylor's Sab. Sch. Class, _for Talladega
+    C._                                                      7.35
+  McGregor. Woman's Miss'y Soc.                              6.30
+  New Hampton. Woman's Cent. Soc.                            2.25
+  Osage. Cheerful Giver's Mission Band                       8.00
+  Stuart. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                            5.00
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $222.04.
+
+  Appleton. Cong. Ch.                                       81.57
+  Beloit. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+   Talladega C._                                            30.00
+  Elkhorn. Cong. Ch.                                        16.00
+  Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch.                                    13.00
+  Geneva. Cong. Ch.                                         10.73
+  Janesville. "Busy Bees," First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Macon, Ga_.                                 3.00
+  New London. First Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  New Richmond. First Cong. Ch.                             18.45
+  Nicollet. Mrs. D. D. Kellogg, Sewing Machine, _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  Oshkosh. Mrs. Lucy Bartlett, Box Books, _for Library_,
+    and Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Racine. Mrs. D, D. Nichols                                  .50
+  Ripon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 10.85; Do Good Soc., 95c.   11.80
+  Ripon. Do Good Soc., 6.80; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 5.19;
+    _for Macon, Ga._                                        11.99
+  Salem. First. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Williamsburg,
+    Ky._                                                    15.00
+  Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Macon, Ga._        10.00
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $406.63.
+
+  Excelsior. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Glyndon. Union Ch.                                         3.42
+  Hamilton. Cong. Ch.                                        4.00
+  Mankato. Belgrade Sab. Sch.                                1.65
+  Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 33.35; First Cong. Ch.,
+    11.15; The Open Door Cong. Ch., 3.15                    47.65
+  Northfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C.,
+    Freight_                                                 5.65
+  Rochester. G. H. Swasey                                    1.00
+  Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch.                            67.11
+  Worthington. Union Cong. Ch.                              14.15
+  ----. "Friends," _for Atlanta U._                        250.00
+
+
+KANSAS, $15.95.
+
+  Atchison. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                              3.00
+  Topeka. Tuition                                           12.95
+
+
+MISSOURI, $97.71.
+
+  Kansas City. Clyde Cong. Ch.                               5.00
+  Saint Joseph. Tab. Cong. Ch.                               9.00
+  Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch.                              83.71
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $42.88.
+
+  Exeter. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 7.45; Children's Mission
+    Band, 3.55; First Cong. Ch., 7.80                       18.80
+  Wahoo. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Waverly. Cong. Ch.                                         4.00
+
+
+DAKOTA, $10.00.
+
+  Fort Berthold. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                 10.00
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $25.00.
+
+  San Francisco. Rev. J. Rowell                             25.00
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $15.00.
+
+  Washington. Mrs. Abby N. Bailey, 10; Lincoln Mission
+    Sab. Sch., 5                                            15.00
+
+
+MARYLAND, $4.00.
+
+  Federalsburg. Sarah Beals                                  4.00
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $106.14.
+
+  Lexington. Tuition, 38.40; Rent, 5.54                     43.94
+  Williamsburg. Tuition, 58; Rent, 1                        59.00
+  Williamsburg. Rev. J. T. Ford, _for Room_                  3.20
+
+
+VIRGINIA, $6.00.
+
+  Herndon. Cong. Ch.                                         6.00
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $712.21
+
+  Chattanooga. Miss L. M. Lawson                             1.00
+  Jellico. Tuition                                          29.00
+  Jonesboro. Tuition                                         5.50
+  Knoxville. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Memphis. Tuition                                         229.65
+  Nashville. Tuition                                       425.06
+  Nashville. Jackson St. Cong. Ch.                           5.00
+  Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $221.01.
+
+  Kittrell. Tuition                                         14.00
+  McLeansville. Cong. Ch.                                    5.74
+  Wilmington. Tuition                                      188.27
+  Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00
+  Wilmington. By Miss Warner, _for Student Aid_              3.00
+
+
+SOUTH CAROLINA, $15.00.
+
+  Charleston. Plym. Cong. Ch.                               15.00
+
+
+GEORGIA, $612.47.
+
+  Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 226.95; Rent, 3           229.95
+  Atlanta. Prof. T. A. Chase                                 5.00
+  Macon. Tuition                                           149.95
+  Macon. Cong. Ch.                                          10.00
+  Macon. Unknown Friends, 2 Boxes of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  McIntosh. Tuition                                         43.36
+  Savannah. Tuition                                        174.21
+
+
+ALABAMA, $925.76.
+
+  Athens. Tuition                                          168.70
+  Marion. Cong. Ch.                                         45.52
+  Mobile. Tuition                                          205.60
+  Montgomery. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00
+  Selma. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Talladega. Tuition                                       445.14
+  Talladega. Miss J. Lunt, _for Student Aid_                10.00
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, $124.15.
+
+  Tougaloo. Tuition                                        112.15
+  Tougaloo. By Miss Mary A. Scott, _for Student Aid_        12.00
+
+
+LOUISIANA, $290.00.
+
+  New Orleans. Tuition                                     290.00
+
+
+TEXAS, $151.88.
+
+  Austin. Tuition                                          148.88
+  Helena. Rev. M. Thompson                                   3.00
+
+
+INCOMES, $895.00.
+
+  Avery Estate, _for Mendi M._                             570.00
+  Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta U._                    150.00
+  Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._                       125.00
+  Plumb Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._                     50.00
+
+
+PERSIA, $10.00.
+
+  Oroomiah. Mrs. E. W. Labaree, by Charles Marsh,
+    Treas. H. B. A.                                         10.00
+
+                                                       ----------
+  Total for January                                    $24,342.98
+  Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31                          75,684.88
+                                                       ==========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+  Subscriptions for January                                274.10
+  Previously acknowledged                                  402.47
+                                                        ---------
+  Total                                                   $676.57
+                                                        =========
+
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
+  56 Reade Street, N. Y.
+
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+
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+work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_
+contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong.
+
+2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
+accommodate the increasing number of students; MEETING HOUSES for the
+new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious,
+for these churches.
+
+3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers and teachers here
+and missionaries to Africa--a pressing want.
+
+4. FUNDS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENTS--to purchase farm implements,
+plows, harrows and cultivators; to erect shops and furnish tools and
+materials for instruction and use in the mechanic arts, for
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+The American Missionary
+
+MARCH, 1885.
+
+  VOL. XXXIX.
+  NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+                                                            PAGE.
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+  THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL                                           67
+  DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.                                  68
+  PARAGRAPHS                                                       69
+  TILLOTSON CHURCH--WORD TO MINISTERS                              70
+  THE TEST APPLIED                                                 71
+  RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR                   74
+  A TEACHER'S APPEAL                                               75
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+  PREACHING THE MAIN FEATURE IN MISSIONARY WORK                    76
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+  ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI                          79
+  VIEWS IN TEXAS                                                   81
+  WEEK OF PRAYER                                                   82
+  LETTER FROM STUDENT                                              84
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+  LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA                                   84
+  BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING ANCESTORS (cut)                  86
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+  WOMAN'S SOCIETIES                                                86
+  LETTER FROM LADY MISSIONARY                                      87
+  MONTHLY REPORT OF A TEACHER                                      88
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+  VIC'S LILIES                                                     88
+
+RECEIPTS                                                           89
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+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Mass.
+
+
+_Vice-Presidents._
+
+  Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo.
+  Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill.
+  Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y.
+  Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D. D., Mass.
+  Rev. D. O. MEARS, D. D., Mass.
+
+
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+
+  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
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+
+  Rev. JAMES POWELL, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
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+
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+
+  W. H. ROGERS,
+  PETER McCARTEE.
+
+
+_Executive Committee._
+
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.
+  A. P. FOSTER, Secretary.
+
+  _For Three Years._
+
+  LYMAN ABBOTT.
+  A. S. BARNES.
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+  WM. H. WARD.
+  J. L. WITHROW.
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN.
+  EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.
+
+
+_District Secretaries._
+
+  Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D. D., _21 Cong'l House, Boston_.
+  Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _112 West Washington Street, Chicago_.
+
+
+_Field Officers._
+
+  Rev. J. E. ROY, D. D., _Field Superintendent_.
+  Prof. ALBERT SALISBURY, _Superintendent of Education_.
+
+
+_Bureau of Woman's Work._
+
+  _Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
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+Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to
+the District Secretaries; letters for the "American Missionary," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office.
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+Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a
+Life Member.
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+
+"I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in
+trust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person
+who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the
+'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied,
+under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to
+its charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by
+three witnesses.
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+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+VOL. XXXIX.     MARCH, 1885.     NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+$365,000
+
+NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Your Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a
+day are imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized
+plans of the Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the
+pressing needs of the early future.--
+
+[FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ADOPTED BY ANNUAL MEETING AT SALEM.]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FIGURES.
+
+           _Receipts:_            Col. & Don.     Estates.      Total.
+
+  Oct. 1, 1884, to Jan. 31, 1885   $66,078.97    $9,605.91    $75,684.88
+  Oct. 1, 1883, to Jan. 31, 1884    69,941.52     9,809.35     79,750.87
+                                    ---------    ---------     ---------
+    Decrease                        $3,862.55      $203.44     $4,065.99
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Where the color-sergeant plants the standard, there the soldiers are
+expected to rally. The Finance Committee at the Salem meeting
+inscribed on the A. M. A. standard $365,000 needed for 1884-5, and
+called upon the churches to advance to the support. _The Figures_
+showing receipts of our treasury indicate just how far the churches
+have come up in response to the call. Had we received the $1,000 a
+day recommended, our total receipts would be $123,000, as against the
+$75,684.88 now reported. Will not the captains of our church hosts
+rally the forces to an immediate advance? One-third of our fiscal
+year has already passed. The showing is not what we had hoped, but
+time enough remains to make up for the deficiency.
+
+Will our friends please bear these things in mind?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.
+
+
+In the death of Dr. Pike, which occurred in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 29,
+the American Missionary Association has lost a most earnest and
+successful worker. Repeated and protracted attacks of throat and lung
+troubles during the last two or three years, terminating in an
+illness that confined him to his room for three months, gave warning
+to his friends of the approach of death. But with the hopefulness
+peculiar to the disease, and especially characteristic of himself, he
+entertained almost to the last the expectation of recovery. Yet death
+had no terror; on the contrary, while he wished to live for the sake
+of his family and the Association, he personally welcomed death with
+the most joyful feelings.
+
+Dr. Pike was born in Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 6, 1831, graduated from
+Dartmouth College in 1858, and from Andover Theological Seminary in
+1861. He was ordained associate pastor with Rev. Austin Richards, D.
+D., of the Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, N. H., April
+23, 1862, and remained in that position till May 1, 1865. He was
+acting pastor at East Hampton, Conn., from 1865 to 1867, and during
+the latter year he entered the service of the Association as agent,
+residing in Rochester, N. Y. In 1870 he became District Secretary, a
+position which he filled till his death, and to which he devoted the
+best energies of his life. His peculiar gifts fitted him for some
+special services. During the years 1872-4 he accompanied the Jubilee
+Singers in a tour through the United States and Great Britain. They
+were welcomed by the royal family and by the nobility, and by large
+and enthusiastic popular audiences. Their success, in its pecuniary
+results, finds a fitting monument in the substantial and commodious
+Jubilee Hall, at Nashville, Tenn.; and the untiring industry, the
+skill and tact and energy of Mr. Pike as business manager contributed
+in a large measure to this gratifying result. Before returning to
+America he made a rapid trip through Egypt and Palestine. In 1881 he
+assumed the editorship of the _American Missionary_, and brought to
+that service a degree of variety and breadth that gave a new impulse
+to the usefulness of the magazine. He devoted much thought and
+research to the condition of Africa, and became so well acquainted
+with it that editors of leading journals in this city and pastors of
+churches sometimes sought information from him in regard to it. He
+wrote two volumes on the History of the Jubilee Singers, which have
+had a very wide circulation.
+
+Dr. Pike was eminently social and was blessed with unusual
+conversational powers, and gave to others and won from them to
+himself strong personal friendships. As a public speaker he was
+earnest, animated and eloquent, and was gladly welcomed in the pulpit
+and in the meetings of Associations and Conferences. His leading
+characteristic was that of an organizer. He was perpetually devising
+plans for active work and was diligent and untiring in his efforts to
+carry them out. He was a man of prayer and of faith in God, which
+sustained him in his constant labors, in his days of trial and in his
+sickness and death. At his own request his mortal remains rest in
+Nashua, the scene of his first pastorate, and his long sleep will be
+with those whom he loved. By the generosity of Mrs. O. A. Woodbury a
+portion of a cemetery lot was given for his burial, on which an
+expensive monument is erected, and on one face of which will be
+inscribed his name.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Since writing the above we have learned that a special memorial
+service was held Sunday evening, February 1st, in the Chapel of Fisk
+University. This was in every way appropriate, in consequence of the
+intimate relations of Dr. Pike's life to the upbuilding of that
+institution. With considerable feeling, President Cravath referred to
+the fact that twenty years ago E. P. Smith, Dr. Pike and himself
+entered upon the work of the American Missionary Association, and
+that he was now left alone, adding that in the death of Brother Pike,
+Fisk University had lost one of its warmest friends.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We notice the death of Mrs. Dr. L. B. Lane, of St. Charles, Ill. She
+died on the 14th of January last, at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs.
+Lane and her husband were ordained missionaries of the Am. Miss.
+Assoc. to Siam in 1848. They returned in 1855, since which time they
+have resided in this country. She was a good and true servant of
+Christ when in the foreign field and no less so in her own land. Her
+death came suddenly, but found her thoroughly prepared to go.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Few men in this country have had more experience in addressing
+children, or greater success in winning them to Christ, than Rev. E.
+P. Hammond. The result of this experience he has condensed in an
+interesting and instructive little volume, entitled "Conversion of
+Children." It will prove helpful and encouraging to parents and
+interesting to children. We thank Mr. Hammond for the gift of fifty
+copies of his book, which we have distributed among our missionaries
+in the South, by whom they are appreciated and found useful in their
+work.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some time ago a Southern paper, in speaking of Dr. Roy, referred to
+him as a colored man. At the time we thought the writer was mistaken,
+but since looking over his itinerary, which our readers will find in
+another part of the magazine, we have been led to feel that we shall
+have to modify somewhat our opinion. The doctor himself explicitly
+declares that at one point in their journey he and his companions
+were all of the same color. At any rate he is not ashamed to call
+them _brethren_, and we may also add that they are not ashamed of
+him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Tillotson, at Austin, Texas, has taken to itself a church
+organization. This was effected on the first Sabbath of the year--a
+very interesting occasion. Superintendent Roy and Rev. Jeremiah
+Porter, spending his second winter in Austin, were present to assist
+the pastor, Rev. J. H. Parr, who, with his wife, united in the
+organization. It consisted of twenty members, half of them teachers
+and half students. Principal W. L. Gordon and wife presented their
+two little children, born in the Institute, for baptism. Mr. Gordon
+and Mr. R. F. Ferrell, a student, were ordained as deacons by prayer
+and the laying on of hands. Mr. Porter offered the prayer of
+institution, and broke the bread at the communion table. This
+venerable servant of God had just passed his 80th birthday. His
+golden wedding will come next June. His multitude of friends will be
+glad to know that the United States Government, having put him upon
+the retired list as chaplain, is continuing his salary. Mrs. Porter
+is assisting the special missionary, Miss M. J. Adams, Professor
+Dean, and other teachers and scholars, in supporting two mission
+schools contiguous to the Institute. Miss Rose M. Kinney, a veteran
+in the service, is matron and preceptress. The Tillotson is moving on
+this year smoothly and successfully. A church in connection with
+these main chartered institutions is essential to their best
+Christian result.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Just a word with our ministerial readers. The heavy mail that daily
+comes to this office brings us occasionally a letter with some such
+words as these: "I preached to my people last Sunday an A. M. A.
+sermon, and as a result I send you a contribution which is larger
+than the church ever gave this cause before." Exactly, brother; let
+the people know what is wanted and why it is wanted, and then let
+them have a chance to give and they will meet the responsibility
+every time. Another letter brings us this: "A few weeks ago I
+preached a sermon on the work of the A. M. A. My congregation were so
+deeply interested in what I said they requested my manuscript for
+publication. Thinking you might be interested I send you a copy of
+the published sermon." Exactly, again. We were interested, and long
+before we had finished reading the discourse we understood full well
+why the people were interested. Another letter: "The Missions of the
+A. M. A. occupied our attention last monthly concert. I gave a bird's
+eye view of the whole field and then selections were read from the
+papers and addresses given at Salem. By this time the brethren were
+quite ready to turn on the streams of their own thought. We found it
+difficult to bring the meeting to an end. It was a great success. I
+propose to follow it up." Again, exactly. Missionary information when
+properly brought forward will make a meeting that for interest cannot
+be surpassed. It is one of the strangest things in the world that so
+many people have gotten the impression that a missionary meeting must
+be dull, and that a missionary discourse must be uninteresting. It is
+an impression that ought not to exist. Let sermons be preached. Let
+the thrilling, soul-inspiring facts that go to make up the history of
+missions be made known and the impression will soon be driven out of
+existence.
+
+Brethren, we invite you to glean in the great field of the American
+Missionary Association. There will be rich returns for you and your
+people and golden returns for us.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE TEST APPLIED.
+
+
+When Berea College was started, in 1858, its students were all
+white. The following year the question was raised, "What if colored
+students should apply?" One teacher voiced the sentiment of all when
+he said, "If any one made in God's image comes to get knowledge which
+will enable him to understand the revelation of God in Jesus Christ,
+he cannot be rejected." The simple declaration of that sentiment had
+the effect to make most of the students leave at the end of the term,
+never to return. The John Brown raid, happening soon after, rendered
+the school still more unpopular, and the war following a little
+later, the school had to suspend altogether. But when the war ended
+and, in 1865, the college opened its doors again, there being no
+longer slavery, the question of color soon came up for consideration.
+
+In one of the by-laws to the constitution of the college was this
+statement: "The object of this college shall be to furnish the
+facilities for a thorough education to all persons of good moral
+character." Three colored youths applied for admission. On
+examination they were found to be "persons of good moral character."
+There was only one thing to do. They were promptly admitted. What
+followed? There were at the time seventy-five students in the
+college, and we are told, "the morning that those three harmless
+youths walked in, half the school walked out."
+
+But some one will say: "That was at the close of the war, when the
+feelings of our white brethren at the South were naturally very
+sensitive; that time, however, has passed away. We can now plant
+schools and churches on an anti-caste basis, with open doors and
+welcome hands for colored people, _if they choose to come_. No such
+exhibition of race prejudice would now be made." _Well, let us see._
+
+For several years past we have had our attention turned to the
+terrible destitution of the people in the mountain region of Kentucky
+and places adjacent. Two years ago we sent a special missionary to
+labor among these people. He made his headquarters at Williamsburg,
+the county seat of Whitley County, Kentucky. The town was sixty-seven
+years old, yet it never had a church edifice; nor had the county,
+with a population of fourteen thousand, ever had a church edifice
+finished and dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. There were
+very few schools, and what few there were could not be considered
+schools by intelligent people. Our missionary went to work. The
+people heard him gladly. A new life came into their famished souls.
+They rallied round him. They built a beautiful church edifice. An
+academy, too, was erected; able and skilled teachers were put in
+charge. The missionary did not confine himself to the town merely.
+For miles up and down the valley he traveled, preaching as he went.
+Wherever he came the people were roused and steps taken to have
+churches and schools planted.
+
+But the church and the academy above referred to must be dedicated.
+At the dedication this Association was represented by Assistant
+Corresponding Secretary Powell, by Field Superintendent Roy and by
+Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Ward, of the Executive Committee. And dedicated they
+were to the glory of God for the maintenance and spread of a _free_
+gospel and Christian learning. Special emphasis was placed upon the
+fact that over the entrance to these temples was written, _Whosoever
+will may come_. Does some one ask why that was specially emphasized?
+Because we were in a country where popular sentiment said, Into white
+churches and white schools there was a certain class who, on account
+of the color of their skin, would not be admitted. When you are in a
+community that publicly indorses a wrong, silence regarding that
+wrong is complicity. Under such circumstances, to say nothing about
+it is the same thing as to sign your name to a document affirming the
+thing to be right. To dedicate a Christian church in New York City
+and say nothing about the evils of Mormonism would be nothing
+strange, but to dedicate a Christian church in Salt Lake City and be
+silent as to what the teaching and the practice of that church was to
+be in regard to polygamy would be _treason_ to the Gospel. We
+therefore made specially prominent at the dedication the broad
+principles on which our mission rested. Some said they were sorry to
+hear such things proclaimed; others said nothing, but feared; while a
+few said, That is right. It is just as it ought to be.
+
+The school started off with bright skies above and a broad distant
+view around. The bell rung out its pealing calls, and bright-eyed,
+rosy-cheeked children and youth clambered up the hill side to enjoy
+such educational privileges as that country had never known. All was
+peace and prosperity. School was crowded, and everybody was happy.
+But suddenly the whole heavens were overcast. From horizon to horizon
+a deathly pall enshrouded the entire sky--and the cloud large enough
+to do all this was only the size of a black child's face! _Whosoever
+will may come_, we had said. Did we _mean_ it? Oh, yes, _but_ it is
+hardly right to sacrifice the feelings of that whole school merely to
+gratify the wish of--_a nigger_. Did we mean it? Oh, yes, but it is
+hardly right to imperil the very existence of the school merely to
+take in that one poor, despised and uninfluential colored child! Did
+we mean it? Oh, yes, but is it right, is it wise, to receive _one_
+when you know that by so doing you will lose twenty--perhaps more--to
+receive one whom you will have to help, and lose twenty--or perhaps
+more--who can help you? Did we mean it? Oh, yes, certainly, but would
+it not be better to reason with the applicant and show her that while
+we ourselves have no objection, yet things being as they are, she
+would really do more for her people by staying away than by insisting
+that she should be received? Why not take some such position as that?
+We will have peace and harmony and prosperity. We shall be able to
+tell our friends in the distance we are getting along swimmingly. We
+are true to our principles. _Whosoever will may come._ We have no
+trouble with the negro question. We simply let it alone. Our dear
+brethren down South are perfectly delighted to receive us. We have no
+trouble with them whatever, and the cause is going forward
+triumphantly.
+
+_Is_ that the way to meet the responsibility? Imagine the Lord Jesus
+Christ at the door of that school when that black child came asking
+admission. What would have been His answer? Say, reader, imagine what
+_would_ have been His answer. Put on your thinking cap. Summon to
+your aid all the help that quibbling and dodging and sophistry can
+give, and after you have gone through it all, what do you think would
+have been His answer? Well, here is the answer the American
+Missionary Association sent as quickly as the telegraph could carry
+it: _Admit all applicants irrespective of color._ And then what
+followed? Nearly half the scholars picked up their things and left!
+This happened a few weeks ago. We had about a hundred students. We
+have now about fifty, and we may lose even those. Letter writing is
+easy. Talk is cheap. Even _Buncombe_ is not a lost art. But actions
+speak louder than words. Let us know what follows when _the test is
+applied_, and then we shall know just what profession of loyalty to
+principle signifies. Berea stood by its guns, and it has steadily
+grown in favor with God and man ever since. And it will win in the
+end. Then what a glorious triumph! No regrets for having played the
+hypocrite, no regrets for having played the part of a time server, no
+regrets for having played the part of a trimmer, no regrets for
+having played the part of a special pleader, no regrets for having
+concealed its colors behind its back in shameful silence as to its
+past history, no regrets for having turned away one of Christ's
+little ones for whom He died, no regrets for having counseled it,
+while professing friendship, to go elsewhere. What a glorious
+triumph!
+
+And we, too, shall win--and our triumph shall be glorious. Let us go
+forward preaching the Word, and when the time comes let there be no
+attempt to postpone its issue--but let the test be applied. Better go
+down standing on our principles than live with our principles denied
+and dishonored.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR.
+
+
+The _Independent_ of Feb. 5 has an exceedingly interesting article on
+the above subject from the pen of Rev. Dr. J. E. Edwards, Danville,
+Virginia.
+
+He says that at an early period in this century Southern Methodists
+sent missionaries to labor with the slaves on the rice and cotton
+plantations. In 1845 Southern Methodism had in church fellowship
+124,000 slaves. At one time the Methodist membership in Charleston,
+S. C., was in the proportion of five colored to one white. Blacks and
+whites worshiped in the same house and were ministered to by the same
+pastor.
+
+One of the early reports of the South Carolina Board has the
+following: "We claim it best, as a general rule, to include the
+colored people in the same pastoral charge with the whites, and to
+preach to both classes in one congregation, as our practice has been.
+The gospel is the same for all men, and to enjoy its privileges in
+common, promotes good will."
+
+We read so far and stopped. That language has the marks of the gospel
+of Jesus Christ all over it. "All ye are brethren." So says the
+gospel, and this report says the same. But how would it do to take
+the language above quoted into a Southern white Methodist Conference
+now! Just let the above report, without comment and without
+explanation, be introduced to-day into such a Conference, and what an
+explosion would follow!
+
+It is too bad to quote the rest of the report, because it mars
+somewhat the beauty of what goes before; but here it is: "That when
+the galleries or other sittings are insufficient, we consider it the
+duty of our brethren and friends to provide the necessary
+accommodations that none may make such a neglect a plea for absenting
+themselves from public worship." "_Galleries or other sittings._"
+There is the fly in the ointment. Of course, at communion, the master
+class was served first and the slave class afterward.
+
+The Church of Christ is His body. But does Christ allow His followers
+to decide that distinctions shall be made at His table on account of
+the hue of the skin? When a Temple is erected in which Christ's
+disciples are to meet for worship, is there anything in the gospel
+that warrants a division of seats so that here superiors shall sit
+and there inferiors? Where is the word that warrants it? and what is
+the analysis that will find it in the spirit of the gospel? All honor
+to the slave-holders who furnished the means of the gospel to the
+slaves. All honor to the men and women who pointed the sin-burdened
+negroes to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. We
+have no doubt but that as Dr. Edwards says, "Multiplied thousands
+upon thousands of the sons of Ham will rise up in judgment to bless
+the faithful men of the South for their long-continued labors in
+teaching the benighted negro the way of life." We have no doubt of
+it; but in the resurrection will the whites put in an appearance
+first and the blacks second? In the day of judgment will the whites
+lead and the blacks follow? Will there be galleries with hard seats
+in Heaven for negroes and ground floors easy of access with soft
+seats for Caucasians? Will the great chorus of Heaven be divided into
+two parts, a white division and a black division? And will the
+Hallelujah Chorus as sung by the white choir be more acceptable to
+God than that sung by the black choir?
+
+Yes, the slave-holders did a great deal for the religious training
+and the spiritual welfare of the slaves, and in consequence of what
+they did, with God's blessing, the colored people of our country are
+almost immeasurably lifted above their benighted heathen brethren in
+Africa. Yes, that is all so. Does Dr. Edwards ask us to praise them
+for it? We do. But, brethren, we must also add, "These ought ye to
+have done and not to leave the other undone."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A TEACHER'S APPEAL.
+
+
+We publish the following from F. A. Chase, Professor of Natural
+Science in Fisk University. He pleads, of course, for Fisk, yet his
+plea holds good for all our higher institutions. We commend it to our
+friends. The American Missionary Association could make good use,
+say, of a "_One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund_" for the scientific
+departments of its mission schools. It may be that some one whom God
+has blessed with riches is waiting for just such an opportunity as
+this particular branch of our great field opens. Special funds for a
+designated institution, to be used for the promotion of Christian
+science, as outlined by Prof. Chase, are earnestly solicited:
+
+     Are there not some friends of the work among the Freedmen
+     who can appreciate the need of a teacher for a _complete
+     scientific outfit_?
+
+     The race has been kept during slavery from all knowledge
+     of science. Their trades and occupations being of the
+     roughest, and having ignorant parentage, nothing has been
+     learned from the business of life, nor in answer to the
+     questioning of childhood and youth. There is no race now
+     admitted to the privileges of liberal education so barren
+     of scientific ideas and so lacking in scientific spirit.
+     Those who know this people solely from their fine
+     literary and oratorical abilities have no conception of
+     their great deficiency in science. It does not need to be
+     said that, until this is remedied, they cannot be
+     expected to hold their own in a scientific age, and in
+     competition with a scientific race.
+
+     Though our course of study is brought down to the very
+     minimum of college work, and the instruction is of a
+     most elementary character, still there are eight sciences
+     to be taught. But this teaching, to be successful,
+     requires the use of illustrative material. With the
+     general introduction of illustrations in our modern
+     schools began the rapid progress in science that
+     distinguishes our age. All true teachers of science
+     affirm with one voice that this aid is indispensable even
+     with the most favored races.
+
+     In botany, zoology, mineralogy and geology we need
+     specimens--the great type examples on which
+     classification is founded. In physiology and anatomy we
+     need, in default of _material_, cheap models. In natural
+     philosophy, chemistry and astronomy we need
+     apparatus--not the costly instruments of precision, but
+     plain, cheap pieces, that are fitted to illustrate and in
+     some cases demonstrate the many and various principles
+     that are taught.
+
+     In the pressure of the growing work upon the society,
+     beyond a small sum for incidental expenses, most of the
+     money appropriated for schools goes for the payment of
+     salaries. Our land and our buildings have come from other
+     sources. But our outfit of school requisites has been for
+     the most part overlooked. Some fine instruments have been
+     presented to us, much more costly than we would have
+     selected for ourselves; but their value would be
+     increased many fold by accessory and supplementary
+     apparatus. Are there not those who can, by special gifts,
+     make up this lack also? Must _we_, of all other teachers
+     of science, be left to make bricks without straw? What
+     answer should be made to those who depreciate the negro's
+     mental capacity? Is it not a pitiful waste of the
+     opportunity, that a factory building should be put up,
+     workmen hired, materials supplied, but no _machinery_ put
+     in? Yet this has been going on with class after class for
+     ten years.
+
+     Three-fourths of our graduates follow teaching as a
+     profession, and are more or less teachers of science.
+     They should not only learn that which apparatus alone can
+     teach, but also how to use it themselves. Should a master
+     workman be expected to teach the theory and practice of a
+     trade through the use of _pictures_ of tools and
+     machines?
+
+     We have not neglected our opportunities in respect to
+     making collections of specimens about us, and
+     constructing cheap forms of apparatus. We have learned
+     new trades and toiled early and late and often through
+     whole vacations. But, without workshop appliances, part
+     of that accomplished is unsatisfactory, and the major and
+     more difficult part remains untouched. But where one has
+     a great pressure of outside duties incidental to such a
+     work as this, how utterly inadequate such driblets of
+     time as can be spared are for such a task can easily be
+     imagined.
+
+     Is there any lover of science and friend of the freedmen
+     who can understand our condition and give us ten thousand
+     dollars for an outfit, and if possible an additional sum
+     as an endowment for annual expenses?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PREACHING THE MAIN FACTOR IN MISSIONARY WORK.
+
+REV. GEORGE R. LEAVITT.
+
+
+It is a fact of history that the preaching of the Word has been the
+great missionary agency. The Bible is a missionary book. The great
+figure in the Old Testament history was the preacher of
+righteousness--Enoch, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, the great line of
+prophets--they were missionary preachers. In the beginning of
+Christianity, the great figure was the preacher--John the Baptist,
+the Apostles, our blessed Lord Himself. The salient feature in the
+New Testament may be said to be a succession of great missionary
+sermons which are expositions of the Gospel. In the history of the
+Christian Church the great figure has been the preacher. The Church
+of God is the body of Jesus Christ. As such she is the eye and ear,
+she is the hands and feet of the Lord, but especially she is the
+voice of the Lord. Doth not wisdom cry in all time? Did not the
+Spirit when sent forth lift the voice declaring the great Gospel
+message? And when the Church has had that possession of the Spirit,
+has it not been especially her inspiration to cry out with the Gospel
+message? The great figure in this Association work in the past has
+been the teacher. We have had a gifted line of men and women in this
+work, and to them all honor be given. It would be impossible for us
+to give them the honor which is their due; but in the future the
+great figure is to be the missionary preacher, the man who can reach
+masses of men with the Gospel message. We are lifting this race, and
+what has been true in the past will be true in the future.
+
+Perhaps I can not better exhibit this subject in the little space
+allowed me than in noticing some of the traits which should
+characterize the missionary preacher, and while the truth is general
+and applicable to all parties, I trust that we may be under the
+direction of the Spirit and take to heart these great traits we shall
+be looking for in the preacher of the future in the South.
+
+The missionary preacher is a man who, to be effective, should be a
+man of spiritual morality, a man of irreproachable character. I
+presume the colored man has been maligned in the South, as his
+character has so often been brought out among us. One of our
+enthusiastic teachers was asked, "How many Uncle Toms do you find in
+the South?" And she replied, "About as many as there are in the
+North." A truth was there that we ourselves may very well take.
+
+There are three ways in which the Gospel is published. One is in the
+book, one is by the voice, and the third by the life. The voice lies
+between the book and the life, and the life is the great publication
+of the message, and unless we have a voice of a man who is
+spiritually qualified by a holy life, we have not a competent Gospel
+preacher. In speaking of this matter of morality, we should have
+something more in view than natural morals--there is a spiritual
+morality. We want the higher. A man who has in himself the Spirit of
+God, produces this type of morality. We can not canvass this subject
+by the motives of worldliness. It takes two crosses to save the
+world--the cross of Christ and the cross of the believer. A
+ministerial brother said, in speaking of certain ones, that they had
+undergone a deplorable religious transformation, that at one time
+they held the Gospel of regeneration, but they had come to love the
+Gospel of recreation. Ah, what a transformation has come over too
+many of our churches and the community in loving this form of
+worldliness!
+
+It is a matter of great satisfaction that our schools in the South
+are doing such efficient work in this direction, as reports indicate,
+and as private information shows. I quite lately had information from
+General Armstrong touching this point of high morality that is
+developed in the school. The young men and young women, he said,
+compare well with the young men and young women in our Northern
+schools. This is a matter of great satisfaction, because the preacher
+of the future is to come out of these schools.
+
+The second essential in the missionary preacher, if he is to be
+successful, is a mind which is spiritually illuminated, a man who is
+intelligent in the truth. I presume the great characteristic of the
+old-time preacher in the South is his ignorance, and if we should
+select one point at which a change needs to take place, it is at this
+point of instruction. He needs to be intelligent.
+
+Now, to these things ought to be added training in all branches of
+knowledge, just as widely as possible, but we must fix our attention
+especially upon one source of knowledge, namely, the Word of God.
+The missionary preacher needs to be a man established in the
+Scriptures. John the Baptist grew in grace. Our blessed Lord Himself
+grew in grace. The man who is to be effective as a preacher in
+elevating the world is a man who grows in grace. What is grace? It is
+the undeserved favor of God exhibited in the plan of salvation for
+the redemption of man. And the first truths of that grace say simply,
+but how grandly, "grow in grace;" we are to be "ministers of grace;"
+to be "masters of grace." The minister in the South is to be a master
+of grace. Do you know how far it is away? It seems but a step, but
+oh, what a work when we begin to comprehend the great things of God!
+Do you know the height, depth and length of the great salvation of
+the love of God? Ezekiel tells us of the depth of the stream when he
+first came to it, that to his apprehension the water came up to his
+foot, but, as he advanced, it came to the ankle, and the knee and the
+loin, and then it was water to swim in, a river that could not be
+passed over. Oh, my brethren, we need to understand these great
+things of God, so that we may become masters of grace, for if we do
+not, the missionary preacher that comes up under our influence will
+not be thoroughly qualified for his duties.
+
+Then there is another quality; the missionary preacher, to be
+effective as a missionary, must be, not only a "shining," but like
+John also a "burning light." Then nothing shall be concealed. What
+does the Scripture say in that psalm? "There is nothing hid from the
+light?" No; "There is nothing hid from the heat thereof." We want a
+Gospel preacher among those people who has a Gospel heat from which
+nothing can be hid. How many things we can say of this fuel! We have
+spoken of the Word of God. The Word of God is the light, and it is
+the fuel for a fire. Our blessed Saviour when He was on the way to
+Emmaus with the Disciples enkindled their hearts, not by his personal
+presence; but when he opened the Scriptures, then they testified,
+"Did not our hearts burn within us?" That was what took place at
+Pentecost. The Holy Spirit did not bring the fuel that day, but they
+had been gathering it as they spoke of Christ, and as they came
+together to offer prayers, the Holy Spirit came, and the Word was a
+fire in their bones; then fire came and kindled them, and then came
+that wonderful effect.
+
+Sir James Herschel tells us in a little story, in fragments of his
+biography, how after his telescopes became famous they were
+distributed quite widely through Europe, and when he published his
+great discovery, he began to receive complaints. Men said to him, in
+angry letters, "We do not see what you see." In his response to them
+he said: "Perhaps you do not take the care in your observations that
+I do," and he spoke of one particular thing that is carefully noted.
+"Do you take care," he said, "of the matter of temperature? The
+instrument with which I examine the stars must be of the temperature
+of the stars as nearly as may be, and when I observe on a winter
+night I place my glass on the lawn at Greenwich, and let it stand
+there until the instrument comes to be of the temperature of the air.
+But beyond that," he said, "not only must my instrument be of the
+right temperature, but I must be. Oftentimes," he said, "I have been
+out in the winter air for two hours before I would open my glass,
+because I must come to be of the same temperature as the instrument
+itself." What a spiritual truth there is here! God's Word the
+instrument, and the temperature that of the heavens. But we must be
+of the temperature of that Bible and that heavens! Oh, for the heat
+of the Gospel to be in the minister of Christ wherever he stands, and
+then there will be nothing hid from its searching power.
+
+I think this subject is often presented in a way to confuse it. We
+speak of heat in a way not to comprehend precisely what we want; and
+let me touch upon the point which shows what I mean. When the Saviour
+was at the well with the woman, it was the love in His heart from
+which she could not be hid. What a lesson Peter learned that day when
+our Saviour, in His great interview by the sea, asked him: "Lovest
+thou me?" and said, "Feed my sheep and my lambs." There was a lesson
+burned into his heart of the personal love of Christ.
+
+I heard Mr. Sankey sing last week "The Ninety and Nine," and he
+prefaced it by saying that the old hymn was worn out. I was sorry to
+hear him say that, but there was one accent he gave in singing which
+was very affecting. When one expostulates with the shepherd that he
+has ninety and nine with him, he cries out: "It is my sheep." I fancy
+when Peter came to Pentecost and saw those great crowds before him
+there was one element of preparation he needed, and the Saviour had
+taught him how to feed his sheep and feed his lambs, and it lived so
+in his heart that nothing could be hid from it.
+
+I am speaking too long on this matter. But it is a great subject.
+This Association has a glorious opportunity. There is no cause that
+comes to us that touches our inspiration and consecration like this
+society, and the opportunity is such as, in my judgment, the
+Christian Church never had.
+
+Now, we say this, we cannot do this work by any other form of service
+but by preaching the Gospel, with at least these elements in it I
+have mentioned. We speak of the hand work for Christ, but we want the
+net work for Christ. When I was in Japan, I saw all over the bay, in
+the night, little boats of fishermen. The men were in the boats two
+and two, one holding a torch. They were busily engaged the night
+through. I asked one, "Is this your mode of fishing?" and I was shown
+a great seine net that lay upon the shore, and I was told, "This is
+here especially for day fishing." When I stood before the young men
+in the school at Kioto I referred to this. I said "It seems to me in
+Japan you are doing the night fishing now; it is fishing in the night
+with a torch, but, young men, there is a morning coming when the
+great net is to be cast, your hands are to be upon it, and you are to
+have the privilege of a great cast for God." It has come this year,
+and those young men went out preachers of righteousness, clothed with
+power to reach the masses of men, and they have drawn in hundreds,
+and there is hope of the thousands, and that is what we want in this
+work, men who can go to those Southern fields, to those five millions
+of whom we have heard, and cast the great seine net of the Gospel;
+and they are coming.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.
+
+PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
+
+REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.
+
+
+JAN. 4, Sunday.--Assisted in organizing at the Tillotson Institute a
+church of twenty-one members. Lord's Supper. Prof. W. L. Gordon's two
+children baptized.
+
+JAN. 5, Monday.--At Austin depot. Waited for train five hours to 8 P. M.
+
+JAN. 6, Tuesday.--Arrived in San Antonio at 1 A. M. Departed for
+Flatonia at 8 A. M., arriving at noon. Looked up the folks. Preached
+at night for Pastor T. E. Hillson, whose second child was baptized,
+as the first had been by the same hand at the dedication in Luling,
+his alternate church.
+
+JAN. 7, Wednesday.--Up at 4 and off to Luling, arriving by daylight.
+Off then, by livery rig, 45 miles to Riddleville.
+
+JAN. 8, Thursday.--On to Helena, 15 miles. Ride out with freedman, 3
+miles, to our Colony Church. Lecture at night for Pastor Thompson.
+
+JAN. 9, Friday.--Half a day of writing. Visited at another freedman's
+home, taking supper. Preached at night.
+
+JAN. 10, Saturday.--Brother Thompson, with another colored man and
+myself, start for Corpus, 80 miles, reaching Goliad, 35 miles, at
+night. We are entertained at Pastor T. Benson's.
+
+JAN. 11, Sunday.--In the morning, Sunday-school, preaching and
+communion. At night, preaching. Conferring all day, at the intervals,
+with "parties," being called upon even after retiring at night.
+
+JAN. 12, Monday.--Up and off before daylight, without breakfast. But
+Mrs. Benson has provided for us a grand lunch box that lasts us three
+for the two days through to Corpus. No place on the way, to put up;
+no chance to buy eatables. Our boss has planned to reach the half-way
+spot on the Popolota for camping. The day wears away, and it is 10
+o'clock before we come to the halting-place. For the last three hours
+Brother Thompson had led the way lantern in hand, splashing through
+the mud and water. We turn under a live oak, take out and feed the
+jaded horses, and eat our snack, and commit ourselves to the Heavenly
+Father, and at 11 o'clock turn in for the night, Brother Thompson on
+the ground, _under_ the hack, and Brother Eding and I _in_ the hack,
+doubled like a couple of jackknives into our four feet square of
+space, being all of a color. By our side the ponies through the night
+crunch their corn; and, by turn, we jump up to drive off the cows
+from stealing their hay. But we sleep, and snore, and rest some.
+
+TUESDAY, Jan 13.--Up and off by daybreak. We camp for breakfast
+lunch. We camp for dinner lunch. As we consume the fragments, how we
+do bless Mrs. Benson. When, at her own table, we had praised her
+baking and cooking, she responded: "Oh, I learned that at Talladega
+College." Then I had to tell Dr. Strieby's story of the native
+preacher, who thanked him for the good wife who had been trained in
+one of the American Missionary Association schools, saying that he
+had gotten more than he had anticipated--a good cook and housekeeper.
+On, on we trudge through the heavy mud. Night has come, and we are
+yet seven miles from Corpus, and the cold, "wet norther" that has
+been drizzling upon us all day, as we had been fearing, has at last
+broken upon us. Again Brother Thompson is on the lead, with lantern
+in hand, through the slush, and he has walked more than half the way
+through the day. The black-waxy is heavy for the wheels, and slippery
+for the poor old freedman ponies that have no shoes. Pastor J. W.
+Strong, who for four years has manfully held this extreme
+southwestern outpost of Congregationalism, having learned of our
+approach from a dashing country rider, comes along in the dark, one
+mile out to meet us, in Oriental style. After our salaams, he gallops
+back to town to make the final arrangement for our entertainment. It
+is now 8.30 P. M., too late for the preaching; and, for once, the
+preacher is glad that the storm has kept the people away from the
+appointment. But the next night they make it up, and the preacher
+tries to make it up, too. When Mr. Thompson brought me down, six
+years ago, we came straight through by fording, belly-deep to the
+horses, across the reef, three miles long, that forms the nexus
+between the Nueces Bay and the Corpus Christi Bay. On either side was
+deep water or miring sand. Once, since that, he has had to _tote_ his
+passengers out on his back. The reef has been washed out in spots.
+Lo! this time we go up around the head of the bay, ten miles farther.
+Brother Thompson claims that he can endure such jaunts without wear
+or much weariness, because he is so abstemious as not to drink tea or
+coffee nor to eat meat. And everybody knows him to be a true, pure
+and high-minded Christian minister who, though he has had but
+little schooling, has been so taught of God in the Word, that after
+these eleven years in the same parish, that at Helena, he is yet
+confided in there as an able pulpit teacher. In old times, his people
+were Presbyterians. Blood will tell; and doctrine, too.
+
+[Illustration: VIEWS IN TEXAS]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WEEK OF PRAYER.
+
+
+NASHVILLE, TENN.--The week of prayer was observed here this year as
+usual, a meeting being held each day. Notwithstanding the bad
+weather, the attendance was fair and the interest good, although not
+of a revival kind. Before that time special efforts had been made in
+connection with the labors of Rev. Mr. Field, the evangelist, and
+twenty-five professed conversions took place. A pleasant state of
+feeling in religion has existed since then. In the circumstances the
+order of subjects for prayer was closely observed, except that the
+subject of missions was postponed until Sunday evening, that being
+the regular time for our monthly missionary meeting. The occasion was
+one of unusual interest. The special subjects considered were the
+Congo territory, the Congo conference, the mission to Bih� and that
+to Umzila's kingdom. In the last mentioned mission we here have a
+peculiar interest, as two of our former students, Mr. and Mrs.
+Ousley, have been sent there as missionaries by the American Board.
+Both are graduates of our college course and Mr. Ousley has since
+studied theology at Oberlin. A letter from him, written at Cape Town,
+Africa, was read at our meeting. Since then one has been received
+from Mrs. Ousley, dated at Durban, Natal, which they had reached in
+safety and good health and spirits. They were about to sail the next
+day for Inhambane, their final destination. So as to locate them
+better we had at the meeting, on our board, a map of that station.
+Our society writes them once a month. They are very dear to us and we
+hope they will do much good in Africa. Mr. Ousley dedicated himself
+one Sunday in the summer of 1878 to that field of labor and has never
+swerved from his purpose. The last part of the meeting was devoted to
+a season of prayer for Secretary Pike in consideration of his serious
+illness.
+
+  A. K. SPENCE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MEMPHIS, TENN.--Our church, as formerly, observed the week of prayer,
+with, however, nothing of special note in the way of outward results.
+The stormy weather from the first until the middle of the week
+greatly hindered the attendance. There was, notwithstanding, for
+those who came, a blessed realization of spiritual benefit.
+
+There were no special meetings at the Le Moyne School, the teachers
+attending the night meetings at the church.
+
+We were quickened by the thought that even a few souls gathered in
+each of many places, make up a great company in supplication before
+God. The topics presented for each evening came to our minds with
+more than ordinary freshness and force, and the weight of all
+accumulated to the last. I trust that we were duly impressed with a
+sense of the obligation incurred by thus confessing to the truth and
+importance of those themes, and by coming with them to the Lord.
+Those members of church who, unhindered by other things, come to
+meeting in stormy weather are more clear in their testimony that it
+pays, in direct returns of spiritual strength and joy in the
+fellowship of Christ.
+
+The spirit of our meetings at the close was just such as warrants a
+continuance of effort, but the winter has been unusually cold and,
+unlike the custom North, it would be an extraordinary excitement
+which would secure a general interest and attendance now.
+
+  B. A. IMES.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SAVANNAH, GA.--The week of prayer was a spiritual feast to those who
+attended the meetings, held each night in the Congregational Church,
+and the results still continue to appear. Topics assigned by the
+Alliance followed.
+
+To our church the week of prayer was largely a season of review, the
+whole cycle of blessings, needs and hopes passing in prayerful
+review. The meeting for thanksgiving, on Monday night, was a goodly
+remembrance of special blessings during the past year, and the
+exercises were chiefly supplications, experiences and rejoicings of
+those who one year ago had no Christian hope. By count, more than
+one-half of the persons present were, as one said, only "yearlings."
+The ready use of Bible promises at this meeting measured well the
+value of our special missionary's Bible work. Two mothers, each with
+her family about her, testified in word and deed that the one year of
+Christian life had created home forces and blessings of infinite
+worth. The time of confession and consecration lasted the whole week,
+and proofs of genuineness are not wanting. Said one: "The new year
+shall not be so dull as the old one." Another: "The new year I give
+_all_ to my Master, Jesus." And kindred promises were frequent and
+fervent.
+
+Results of week of prayer: Church much encouraged and quickened, new
+consecration to work, one convert, a number of interested souls, but
+chiefly the quickened desire for growth of individuals in all that
+makes Christian character; and, more than all, the growth of
+missionary spirit shown in the earnest prayers for the conversion of
+the world to Christ.
+
+At the close of the "Missionary night" meeting, one of the oldest
+members of the Church called at the pastor's study and asked for the
+Missionary magazines, saying: "I am just beginning to hear God's call
+to missionary work, and I want to know more of what the A. M. A. is
+doing for our people, and to have my part in it." Seed _will_ grow.
+
+  DANA SHERRILL.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SANTEE AGENCY, NEB.--We remembered the week of prayer by services in
+the chapel every evening, except on Thursday and Saturday, when we
+held the meetings in the afternoon for the convenience of our Indians
+who live at a distance from the Mission. The spirit of prayer rested
+upon all of our several school boarding halls, and we felt that the
+mercy seat had come near.
+
+The line of instruction in these meetings was concerning the Holy
+Spirit as enlightening the mind, convicting of sin, revealing Christ
+to the soul, and abiding with the believer.
+
+Our young men very generally took part in prayer. And their prayers
+showed a clear understanding of the truths spoken, and deep feeling
+with regard to their own needs and the wonderful revelation of the
+mercy of Christ. And they seemed to open their hearts to the ministry
+of the Spirit.
+
+The same spirit of tender prayerfulness and devotion to the Master
+was manifest among the girls, a number of them coming out as
+candidates for church membership and eagerly forming a class for the
+study of the Catechism.
+
+In the middle of these days of prayer, we were startled by the word
+that came from a brother missionary's family, the Rev. J. P.
+Williamson, at Yankton Agency, Dakota, that his children were all
+sick with scarlet fever, that one was dead and another dying. We took
+their burden on our hearts in prayer. And the merciful Father spared
+the one on the borders of death.
+
+By this I was called away from Santee for two days to attend the
+burial of the dear missionary child that was taken. But I found no
+interruption of interest when I returned. Thus, all in all, the
+experiences of this week have been very precious, and we believe that
+larger fruits of it are yet to appear.
+
+  ALFRED L. RIGGS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A STUDENT.
+
+
+  ----, Miss., January 18, 1885.
+
+DEAR PROFESSOR: As I only wrote you a few days ago, you will no doubt
+be surprised somewhat to receive this letter so soon after. But it is
+on a matter of great importance that I write you. I think I told you
+in my letter previous to this that I found no Sabbath-school here,
+and that I had formed a little class among my day pupils.
+
+This is my second Sabbath here, and we met this morning in our little
+schoolroom for the first time. How happy it made me feel to meet with
+such a pleasant little band of children, all eager to talk and learn
+of Jesus. But I was greatly pained to find that the teachers who
+recently taught here failed to have Sabbath-school. I inquired of
+those present this morning how long since they had Sabbath school
+here, and was informed, "three years." I then asked what the teachers
+did who previously taught free school here; the answer which came
+from many was, "They visited on Sundays." I don't see how they could
+content themselves at doing nothing in a place like this, when there
+is so much work to do. I have not in all my experience of school
+teaching found a place so pitifully neglected and needful as this.
+What I want to say, Professor, is this: We have no Sabbath-school
+literature of any kind.
+
+Have you anything that you could send me, Professor, for my little
+Sabbath-school? If so, please send it at my expense. I shall be glad
+to get anything that I could interest them with; I mean to have them
+come to my room Sunday afternoons, that I may read to them and talk
+with those who are not Christians, and perhaps you can find something
+that would be good for that purpose. We shall be glad of anything.
+There is so much work here, and I shall be so glad if I can do any
+good. Now, Professor, if you can find ANYTHING to send us, do send it
+at once. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain your pupil and
+friend,
+
+  ---- ----.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA.
+
+BY REV. W. C. POND.
+
+
+Our brother Lou Quong, for several years the Chinese Helper in our
+West School in this city, has recently returned from a visit to his
+native land. I was so greatly interested in his account of his
+experience as a Christian, thrown back into the heathen associations
+of his childhood, that I asked him to write it out for me, and I give
+it to the readers of THE MISSIONARY with only a few corrections of
+his English,--respecting which, during his absence, he has lost some
+ground:
+
+"I came to California in 1876, and lived in the city of San
+Francisco. In the day-time I worked in a family, but in the evenings
+I attended the Mission school. In 1877, I became a poor Christian
+among our countrymen here. The schools were cared for by all the good
+Christian friends that are in this free country, and even by some
+from England and other nations. They were looked after by Rev. W. C.
+Pond, pastor of Bethany Church--the same church that all our Chinese
+brethren go to, to take the Lord's Supper, once in two months.
+
+Last September I paid a visit to my home--the home that I had left
+for so long a time. But before I go I make up my mind to stand up for
+Jesus, who has kindly given His life for my soul. At first my heart
+was some troubled about going back to my heathen country, but I pray,
+and kept praying that Jesus would go with me. So He heard my humble
+prayers. He was going before me, and made everything smooth for me. I
+got home Oct. 9th, at noon. In a few moments there came all the
+people of my village, both young and old, women and men, asking me
+about California. I answered them the best I could. Some of them try
+to get a look on my head at first, to see if my hair is all right,
+for they believed Christian Chinese have their queue cut off, and
+belong to California. He is no more Chinaman. For this cause they
+trouble me many days.
+
+I met Rev. C. R. Hager at Hong Kong, when first I got there. We fell
+to talking of the Mission work among our people.
+
+When I was at home, as soon as my father worshiped the ancestors or
+the idols, he sent one of my little sisters to call me to join the
+worship; but my mother, who has a better spirit, told my father that
+I would not worship them any more, "for (as she said) he have told me
+that he did thank God _in his heart_, and that he love us the same."
+Thus, my mother stopped the calling for the worshiping of the
+ancestors ever since. I thank God for this first.
+
+During the time I was at home there were seven or eight brethren
+called at my house and did shake hands with me. Some of them I knew
+in California, but the rest I knew not and never saw them before; yet
+they could find their fellow-brethren in Christ, and came from far
+to do so. Some of them are Bible-sellers; some are preachers. They
+show their brotherly love and Christian faith by bringing candy and
+oranges for my sisters. And my father was also glad to see them, each
+time they call. Some of them did take dinner with us in our family.
+Rev. Mr. Jones also call, and he preached to the people in my
+village. He can use the chop-sticks, and did eat our food. In the
+evening, with the moon shining, and in the day-time he asked me to
+take him to the market-place, to tell the people the same thing in
+Chinese as we preached here in California. He was astonished that the
+people treated him so well, and did not say a bad word to him about
+it.
+
+Now comes the hardest thing for a Chinese Christian to bear; that is,
+the marriage day. I was married on March 28, 1884. I had been engaged
+by my parents when I was fourteen years old to a girl who was only
+nine, and lived four miles away. When she come to our house to live
+with us, then she begin to ask me why I did not worship the ancestors
+with her on the marriage day; and I begin with my lesson to her in
+simple things, telling her why I don't worship those things any more.
+When I make a prayer to God before I go to bed she laugh at me
+because I pray to nothing--no God that I can _see_. But I told her
+that she must bow her head too when I pray, and must keep still. So,
+after this, she pay more attention to what I tell her about this
+great God that I have found in California.
+
+Once she ask me why I don't take Mr. Ying's example, and do just like
+he do to please all men. For Mr. Ying was living in the same house
+with us, and had come back from California at the same time with me;
+and though he had been in our Mission schools for two or three years,
+yet he will not take Jesus as his Lord. So when he got back to China,
+he do things just as free as any heathen. So I ask her: "Well,
+suppose a man who served his ancestors, and all the dead and all the
+idols with all his heart; yet he would not take care of himself and
+go about smoking opium, gambling, throwing away his money in
+foolishness, and leaving his whole family uncared for. Now, how do
+you like that?" Then she said, without delay, "I will not like such a
+man. I rather take a man that is called a Christian, and have him do
+good, than to have him serve ancestors and gods and do bad things."
+Though she was a heathen, yet I think she see a little light now. I
+left home to come here again, Oct. 29, but I still pray God to keep
+her on the right way; and may she become a Christian woman by the
+Lord's power alone! Thus the Lord blessed me. May He bless all the
+workers in His vineyard."
+
+[Illustration: BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING TABLETS OF DECEASED
+ANCESTORS.]
+
+I have exceedingly interesting accounts from the new fields: Alturas,
+Modoc Co.; Tulare, Tulare Co., and San Diego. In Sacramento where
+Rev. Mr. Jones is engaged in special services, we hear of crowds
+gathering about him in the street when he speaks there, and following
+him into the mission house till it is completely packed. We hear also
+that some hearts seem to have been touched; and that the hope is
+cherished that some who were far off have been brought nigh. Space
+fails me to go into details; but I bespeak the earnest prayers of all
+who love this cause and love our Lord, that this evangelistic work
+may yield us the glad harvests for which we have been wrestling with
+God.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We are glad to notice that the ladies of Connecticut have recently
+organized a State Missionary Society to co-operate with the leading
+benevolent societies for work in our own country. Nothing in these
+days can be accomplished without organization. What is everybody's
+business is nobody's business, and causes whose support is left to
+those who merely happen to have an interest in them are very likely
+to be neglected. We wish that in every State of the Union, ladies'
+domestic missionary societies might be organized. The great work
+which our Association is called upon to perform among women needs to
+be specially brought to the attention of the Christian ladies in our
+churches. This information can only be effectually disseminated
+through organized and systematic effort. We are prepared to furnish
+interesting missionary material to all who will ask for it. We invite
+correspondence with missionary societies, promising to give careful
+attention to any inquiries they may make. With gratitude do we record
+the fact that the interest in the woman's department of the American
+Missionary Association's work is steadily enlarging.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A LADY MISSIONARY.
+
+
+----, Ga., January, 1885.
+
+DEAR FRIENDS: As I take my pen to write my mind goes back to the
+general letter that I wrote. Can I tell you of any improvement among
+those with whom we have to do, since that time? Watching the progress
+of our school from day to day the upward tendency seems slow, but
+looking back a year a marked improvement can be seen. While they
+learn readily they remember well, and the homes of those who come in
+contact with our church and school are different. Last Saturday was
+the coldest day of the winter, but Miss Robertson and I, according to
+a previous appointment went to the Dunwoody settlement to hold a
+woman's meeting. I think I wrote you about a similar meeting one year
+ago; this is the third one that I have held, and the meetings have
+gained in interest. In that settlement, before they commence
+planting, the people have a fast day; they neither eat, wash their
+faces nor perform any ordinary duties from one sunset to the next.
+They pray in their homes and unitedly for God's blessing upon the
+labor of their hands. It reminds me of the way fast days used to be
+kept in the early history of New England. I am inclined to think they
+caught the idea from the people who came from New England here. I do
+not know that such a custom is observed except in this settlement. I
+asked the women if a blessing followed their prayers? They answered
+decidedly, "Yes," and said that while the people all about them had
+suffered for the necessities of life, in that settlement they had
+never since freedom bought corn, rice or potatoes, but had raised
+sufficient for their needs. In their simplicity they take God at His
+word, "Ask and ye shall receive."
+
+Last Sabbath another couple entered upon the "_matrimonial sea_,"
+this time young people. The gorgeous attire of the wedding party can
+be better imagined than described. We see few tokens of love and
+affection among this people. In the Sunday-school lesson of last
+Sabbath the questions and remarks of our pupils led us to think that
+it was almost a missing link in their lives; it seemed impossible for
+them to understand why the people should fall on Paul's neck and kiss
+him; it is a rare sight to see a kiss exchanged among them.
+
+Yesterday, after school, the parson went with me over the swamps to
+the homes of some of our scholars. We passed through several ditches,
+where the water was up to the hubs of the buggy wheels; there was a
+log for a foot-path over these places. It was very muddy all along
+the way, and yet these children are seldom absent from school.
+To-day, the clouds are heavy and dark, and the rain has come down in
+torrents, yet many have come into school from these long distances,
+to our surprise, one boy having the promise of being promoted into
+the second reader came at least six miles, bringing a chicken and six
+eggs to pay for his book; when he arrived he was wet to his skin.
+Two-thirds of our school were present to-day. I realize as never
+before the effort these children are making for themselves. Oh! I
+remember how freely money was given and the young men from our homes
+that freedom might be obtained for this people; then the women must
+wait and pray at home, but now the way is open for women to teach the
+young of this vast race that the future may not disclose a nation
+within a nation, hostile to the good and true of a Christian people.
+Shall there not be volunteers among our New England girls, who shall
+say: "Here am I. Send me" to the work?
+
+Very cordially yours,
+
+  E. P.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some of our hard-worked sisters at the North may wish to enter the
+service of the A. M. A., that they may get a little rest and find
+time for literary culture. We commend to such a careful perusal of
+the following report.
+
+MONTHLY REPORT BY MISS H.
+
+Days taught during the month, 25; Hours taught, 150; Scholars
+classified, 73; Tuition collected, $54.75; School books sold, 111;
+Book money, $24.00; School programmes, 10; Slates corrected, 1,250;
+Arithmetical examples (oral), 325; Words written on the blackboard,
+225; Spelling words (oral), 450; Reading lessons, 50; Golden Texts,
+4; New song taught, 1; Five-minute talks, 10; Conducted chapel
+exercises, 4; Conducted home devotions, 5; Tuesday evening public
+talk, 1; Interviewed mothers of refractory scholars, 5; Notes to
+parents, 10; Postal cards (absent scholars), 20; Written examination,
+1; Choir meetings, 4; Whipped scholar, 1; Attended woman's prayer
+meeting, 4; Church services, 20.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+VIC'S LILIES.
+
+
+School was dismissed, and the boys and girls came rushing out with
+merry shouts and laughter. The voices had a musical ring and the
+intonation peculiar to uncultivated colored lads and lassies. They
+were a comely, thrifty-looking set, and the instinctive hopefulness
+of their race looked from the bright eyes and shone in the cheery
+faces. Life had gone hard with some, but had failed to quench their
+faith in the good time yet to come.
+
+As they neared the corner of the street and came in sight of a large,
+handsome white house, a girl's voice called, "Hush! hush!"
+
+"Lor', now, Vic!" her brother Phil remonstrated, "what nonsense!" But
+in spite of the remonstrance every voice took a lower tone, and the
+house was passed almost in silence. The blinds of the house were
+closed, and from the door-knob hung the black-and-white token of
+mourning. Vic was saying, "Yes, sick jest two days; taken Sunday and
+died this morning. When I tol' teacher, she said, 'Death loves a
+shining mark.'"
+
+"I'm awful sorry," said Nan; "he was a mighty peart little 'un, and
+he al'ays looked up and smiled when we passed. But if I'd knowed he
+was really goin', I'd sent a message to sister Fan. Don't you think
+she'd like to know about the Christmas tree, Vic?"
+
+"You're a green un," said Phil. "You don't s'pose that little pink
+and white chap has gone to our heaven, do you? He'll see Fan a heap
+sight! She's off in a little cubby-hole with all the rest of the
+darkies. All the first-class 'commodations b'longs to the white
+peoples, ye know."
+
+"Hush, Phil," said Vic; "you shan't stuff Nan so. Everything will be
+all right, honey, when we gets up dere. Shouldn't be s'prised if Fan
+knew all 'bout the tree. And p'rhaps the good Lord will let her help
+take care of the little fellow till his po' mother comes. Ole Dinah
+says she's awfully cut up--his mother, you know. You see they're
+strangers here, came for the mammy's health; and Frankie, he was the
+only chile. 'Pears like I want to comfort the po' mammy. My lily has
+three blossoms. I mean to take them all to her."
+
+"'Pears like you'd better min' your own business. She may be a dog-on
+white lady, if she do come from the Norf. Like as not she'd turn up
+her nose at your lilies. I'll 'low the little un was a brick, but
+you'd better let his mother 'lone." This was Phil's advice.
+
+But although Victoria Porter had a black skin, she had a tender,
+loving heart, and she had pored over the Christ-life until she had
+unconsciously imbibed its spirit. She was always yearning to comfort
+some one. Later in the day she stood at the door of the white
+mansion, holding her precious lilies. "They're for his mother," she
+said to Dinah. "Tell her we chil'ens loved Frankie, and we're all
+mighty sorry."
+
+It was a simple message and a simple offering, and the giver was a
+poor little black girl; but behind the gift was sincerity and love,
+and the heart of the poor, sorrowing mother was touched and
+comforted.
+
+And Vic's lilies had a mission of which she knew not. They preached a
+lovely sermon on the high privilege and duty of comforting others. We
+may be poor, and very humble may be our station in life; but if we
+try, we may make life brighter and sweeter to someone. What a glad
+surprise it will be to Vic when the Saviour honors her many kind acts
+by the words--"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
+these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."
+
+  E. E. B.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1885.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAINE, $714.22.
+
+  Andover. "Friends"                                        $9.50
+  Bangor. "Little Women" and "Busy Bees" of Bangor, and
+    Ladies of Hampden, Bbl. of Christmas Presents, _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., 32.50; Winter St. Ch., 47.15  79.65
+  Brunswick. 2 Bbls. and 1 Box of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Centre Lebanon. "A Friend"                                10.00
+  Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     21.00
+  Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. STEPHEN A.
+    CORDWELL and PETER W. FILES, L. M's                     68.31
+  Elliot. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 3.50
+  Ellsworth. Cong. Ch.                                      34.47
+  Farmington. Rev. C. E. Pope's S. S. Class, _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                       5.00
+  Gardiner. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 3.20 _for
+    Freight_, by Miss S. E. Adams                            3.20
+  Gorham. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 2 _for Freight_,
+    by Miss M. E. Smith                                      2.00
+  Limington. "A. B."                                         2.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. Chas. D. Crane, _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. C. D. Crane, _for Selma, Ala._            8.00
+  North Bridgeton. By Miss Proctor's Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Wilmington, N. C._                                  1.00
+  Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and Daughters                     35.00
+  Orono. Bbl. and Box of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Portland. High Street Ch.                                 90.50
+  Portland. Brown Thurston's Class, High St. Sab. Sch.,
+    _for Student Aid, Hamilton N. & A. Inst._               25.00
+  Portland. Miss A. Partridge, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._, 59c. _for freight_                    .59
+  Searsport. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      11.00
+  Searsport. 2 Bbls of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 4 _for
+    freight_, by Mrs. C. T. Hawes                            4.00
+  South Berwick. Mrs. MATILDA BURLEIGH to const. herself
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Union. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Woolwich. Mrs. E. M. Gardner.                               .50
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $474.22
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Castine. Estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, by Rev. Geo.
+    M. Adams, Ex.                                         $240.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $714.22
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.21.
+
+  Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch.                                 12.24
+  Antrim. "Friends" by John E. Hastings                     26.50
+  Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                15.00
+  Candia. Frank E. Page                                      5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               20.00
+  Concord. South Ch. Sab. Sch.                               8.99
+  Derry. Woman's Miss'y Soc. (one share)                    20.00
+  East Alstead. Cong. Ch.                                   13.63
+  Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. _for
+    Talladega C._, 1 _for freight_                          21.00
+  Exeter. Mary E. Shute                                     15.00
+  Exeter. Miss A. E. McIntire, Bbl. of C. _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, 50c. _for freight_                                .50
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     14.28
+  Francestown. Cong. Ch.                                    25.00
+  Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                12.20
+  Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch. (one share)                      20.00
+  Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson                        10.00
+  Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. Gerry                         1.00
+  Hollis. "A Friend"                                         1.00
+  Hudson. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Keene. First. Cong. Sab Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta
+    U._                                                     70.00
+  Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.                             46.30
+  Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., _for freight_    2.50
+  Lebanon. Cong. Soc., _for Atlanta U._                     40.00
+  Lisbon. "A Friend"                                         2.00
+  Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury                            1.00
+  Lyme. Cong. Ch., to const. Dea. W. S. BALCH L. M.         30.00
+  Manchester. Franklin St. Church                           70.50
+  Mason. Box of C., _for Dudley, N. C._; 1.60 _for
+    freight_                                                 1.60
+  Milford. "Willing Workers," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                     50.00
+  Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          25.96
+  Nashua. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc.                            6.75
+  New Ipswich. Leavitt Lincoln                              50.00
+  Newport. Cong. Ch.                                        42.52
+  Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson                            5.00
+  Penacook. JEREMIAH C. MARTIN, to const. himself L. M.     30.00
+  Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              5.30
+  Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.03; Rev. Geo. Goodyear, 5     33.03
+  Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l                        1.41
+
+
+VERMONT, $678.67.
+
+  Barnet. Cong. Ch.                                         72.00
+  Bennington. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Dea. G. A.
+    WATTLES, HENRY G. ROOT and Miss E. M. HUBBARD L. M's    53.20
+  Bennington Centre. First Cong. Ch.                        16.25
+  Cambridge. Madison Safford                                 5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  30.62
+  Hartford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 14.06
+  Ludlow. "A Friend"                                         5.00
+  Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Atlanta U._
+  Marshfield. Lyman Clark                                   20.00
+  Montpelier. Mrs. L. C. Bowen                              10.00
+  New Haven. "P. M."                                       100.00
+  New Haven. Ladies' Aid Soc., 2 Bbls. C., _for Oaks,
+    N. C._
+  Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   9.36
+  Saint Albans. Henry E. Seymour                             5.00
+  Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch., 54.72; "A Colored
+    Man," 2                                                 56.72
+  Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           50.00
+  Springfield. Mrs. F. Parks                               100.00
+  Stowe. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Part share)                        8.00
+  Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                              10.00
+  West Randolph. Miss B. Nichols                              .50
+  West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.                               11.69
+  West Randolph. Susan E. Albin                              7.00
+  West Randolph. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Woman's Work_         5.00
+  Williston. Cong. Ch.                                      16.00
+  Woodstock. Cong. Ch.                                      19.00
+  By Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for McIntosh, Ga._; Johnson,
+    Sab. Sch., $13.67; Chelsea, Ladies' Soc., $10;
+    Pittsford, Cong. Sab. Sch., 20; Montpelier, Ladies,
+    $10                                                     53.67
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $5,202.67.
+
+  Amherst. William M. Graves, 20; "A Friend," 10            30.00
+  Amherst. Young People of Cong Ch., 10; Mrs. T. P.
+    Huntington, 2, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._           12.00
+  Andover. Free Christian Ch. and Soc., 80.82; "A
+    Friend," 30                                            110.82
+  Andover. Ladies' Union H. M. Soc. (70 of which _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._)                             72.00
+  Andover. Mrs. Blake, _for Fort Sully, Dak._                5.00
+  Andover. West Parish Juv. Miss'y Soc. (One share)         20.00
+  Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. CLIFTON E. STOWE L. M.                           10.00
+  Ashland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  10.56
+    Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 279.14; Rev.
+    MORTON DEXTER, 40, to const. himself L. M.; Mrs. E.
+    C. Parkhurst, 20; Mrs. M. B. Adams (one share), 20;
+    Miss Harriet N. Kirk, 15; "Mrs. W.," 1.--Brighton.
+    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50.--Brookline. Harvard Ch. and
+    Soc., 88.48.--Cambridge. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._, 6.25.--Cambridge. "A
+    Friend," 4.--Cambridgeport. Prospect Ch. and Soc.,
+    87.55.--Cambridgeport. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of
+    Pilgrim Ch. to const. Mrs. E. D. LEAVITT L. M.,
+    30.--Dorchester. Young People's Mission Circle of
+    Second Ch., by Edith L. Mansfield, Treas., 40, _for
+    Two shares_, and 8 _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.
+    C._--Dorchester. Mrs. Wm. Wales, 6.--South Boston.
+    Phillips Ch. and Soc., 68.29                           763.71
+  Bedford. "M. E. R."                                        5.00
+  Braintree. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       22.53
+  Brimfield. Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch. to const.
+    MINER H. CORBIN L. M.                                   37.77
+  Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Chattanooga, Tenn._                                     31.12
+  Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              50.00
+  Charlton. Cong. Ch., 12.26 and Sab., Sch., 1.64           13.90
+  Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, _for
+    Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._                         60.00
+  Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc., 21.24; Miss E.
+    Davenport, 5                                            26.24
+  Chicopee Falls. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. Mrs.
+    JULIA M. DAKIN L. M.                                    30.00
+  Clinton. Mrs. R. N. Ingalls, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Clinton. By Marion E. McPhail, Treas., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      20.00
+  Clinton. Miss'y Soc., _for Talladega C._, _freight_        2.40
+  Clinton. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Kittrell, N. C._
+  Cotuit. Union Ch.                                         14.25
+  Curtisville. Frances M. Clarke                             3.00
+  Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane                              100.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      25.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._; 2 _for Freight_                           2.00
+  East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. Miss
+    NELLY M. KEMP L. M.                                     41.90
+  Easthampton. ----, _for Reading R., Talladega C._          4.00
+  East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      8.00
+  East Weymouth. Cong. Soc.                                 16.00
+  Edgartown. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 80.70; Third Cong.
+    Ch., 10.20                                              90.90
+  Falmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           40.50
+  Framingham. Plym. Ch. and Soc., 48.86; and Sab.
+    Sch., 13.19; Mrs. S. N. Brewer, 10; "G. N.," 5; "A
+    Friend," 10                                             87.05
+  Gardner. First Cong. Ch.                                  19.31
+  Globe Village. Union Ch. Sab Sch.                         25.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. And Soc., 98; Mrs.
+    Nancy E. Brooks, 10                                    108.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Bal. Share)             5.00
+  Grafton. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. CHESTER KELLOGG
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., 12.37; and Sab. Sch.,
+    9.48                                                    21.85
+  Hardwick. E. B. Foster                                     5.00
+  Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., Dea. EBENEZER
+    WEBSTER'S Class, to const. him L. M., 30; Mrs.
+    Appleton's Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._,
+    5; Perry Elliott's Class, 3.41                          38.41
+  Holliston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
+    _for Talladega C._
+  Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.                               6.37
+  Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      5.69
+  Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch.                         176.95
+  Lee. Elizur Smith                                        100.00
+  Leeds. E. L. Clark                                         5.00
+  Lenox. F. Augustus Schemerborn, 25; Richard
+    Goodman, 15; Henry Sedgewick, 10                        50.00
+  Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (2 of which _for Indian
+    M._), to const. Rev. C. A. DICKINSON and Mrs. C. A.
+    DICKINSON L. M's                                       200.00
+  Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch                                 41.62
+  Lowell. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Malden. "Two Friends," 2; "A Friend," 1                    3.00
+  Maplewood. Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       7.00
+  Marlborough. Young People's Mission Circle of Union
+    Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                      25.00
+  Matfield. Mrs. W. S. E. Shaw, Box of C., _for
+    Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                             5.00
+  Merrimac. Cong. Ch.                                       25.00
+  Methuen. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  Middlefield. "A Friend"                                    5.00
+  Milford. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls.
+    of C., _for Talladega C._; 2.50 _for Freight_            2.50
+  Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        58.45
+  Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., 12.36; First Cong. Sab.
+    Sch., 20, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                 32.36
+  Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford                             4.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            50.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          20.00
+  Needham. Evan. Cong. Ch.                                   3.50
+  New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr.                     30.00
+  New Bedford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                25.00
+  Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.                               123.85
+  Newton. "A Friend," _for Talladega C._                     3.00
+  Newton. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   94.26
+  Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.15
+  North Billerica. Mrs. E. R. Gould, _for Macon, Ga._        4.00
+  Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.00
+  North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. WILLIAM WRIGHT and LUTHER K. SNELL L. M's        45.00
+  North Brookfield. Mrs. W. H. Montague, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                            5.00
+  North Hadley. Mt. Holyoke Sem., Miss L. W. Shattuck,
+    5; Miss Anna C. Edwards, 5, _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            10.00
+  Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs.
+    DAVIS GREGORY and EDWIN FREEMAN L. M's                  71.31
+  Oxford. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             20.33
+  Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, _for Kittrell, N. C._       6.00
+  Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._      25.00
+  Pepperell. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              2.59
+  Pittsfield. James H. Dunham, 50; First Cong. Ch.,
+    25; Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 5                           80.00
+  Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         14.64
+  Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._   40.00
+  Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              75.00
+  Royalston. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            15.00
+  Royalston. Mrs. H. M. Estabrook                            5.00
+  Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           86.28
+  Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Somerville. E. Stone, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._          50.00
+  Somerville. "M"                                           50.00
+  Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._; 3.05 _for Freight_                   3.05
+  South Wellfleet. "A Life Member"                           1.00
+  South Weymouth. Sec. Cong. Ch., Miss Grover's S. S.
+    Class, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                    10.00
+  Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               2.01
+  Springfield First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 20;
+    "Friends" 5.60, _for Oaks, N. C._                       25.60
+  Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.                                    48.96
+  Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              23.00
+  Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               40.39
+  Sunderland. "The Acorns," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       7.73
+  Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             53.39
+  Walpole. Or. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 43; Mrs. C. F.
+    Metcalf, 1; Miss L. J. Gould, 1                         45.00
+  Walpole. Mr. Johnson, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           1.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. M. Fuller, _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            10.00
+  Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Tougaloo U._                                       10.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. J. Q. A. Pierce                            1.00
+  Wayland. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Kittrell, N. C._            5.50
+  Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            100.46
+  Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.                                74.75
+  West Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                9.78
+  Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           12.54
+  West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       30.25
+  West Dennis. Mrs. Sarah S. Crowell                         1.50
+  Westfield. Miss E. B. Dickinson, 50.10; Mrs. C. W.
+    Fowler, 5                                               55.10
+  Westfield. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Second Ch., Bbl. of
+    C., val. 66, _for Straight U._; 1.65 _for Freight_       1.65
+  West Newbury. J. C. Carr                                   1.00
+  West Springfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5.20 of which
+    _for Hampton N and A. Inst._)                           95.20
+  Winchester. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           55.00
+  Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       75.00
+  Woburn. William Temple                                     5.00
+  Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., 209.16; Piedmont Ch.
+    (ad'l), 50.77; Rev. C. M. Lamson, 5; "A Friend," 2
+    Dictionaries (Greek and Latin)                         264.93
+  Worcester. Collected by Mrs. C. M. Lamson, of Salem
+    St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                     25.00
+  Worcester. "A Friend," _for Kindergarten, Storrs
+    Sch., Atlanta, Ga._                                     25.00
+  Worcester. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, by Mrs. H. B.
+    Merriman (one share)                                    20.00
+  Worcester. Mrs. H. L. Stearns' S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               5.00
+  ----. "Mount Holyoke," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._      8.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                           2.00
+  By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n:
+    Springfield, First, 26.96; South, 81.81; Blandford,
+    6; Palmer, Second, 50; Mittineague, 28                 192.77
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,198.63
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by Wm. W.
+    Wyman, Ex.                                               4.04
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,202.67
+
+  CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE: NEW
+    HAMPSHIRE, Keene Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch.,
+    1 Bbl., _for McIntosh, Ga._; Walpole, Ladies of
+    Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. _for Dakota Home_. MASSACHUSETTS,
+    Dorchester, Mrs. James Foster, "The Family
+    Library," etc.; Mrs. R. L. Prouty, Pkg.
+    "Congregationalists"; Fitchburg, Herbert H. Dole,
+    Pkg. "Youth's Companion"; Harvard, Woman's Benev.
+    Soc. of Ev. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, val. 35; Lawrence, Ladies' Benev. Soc. of
+    Lawrence St. Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 75, _for Talladega
+    C._; Templeton, Elizabeth C. D. Shattuck, Bundle,
+    val. (in part) 3.16, _for Chattanooga, Tenn._;
+    Revere, Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls., _for Chattanooga,
+    Tenn._; Watertown, Ladies of Phillips Ch., 1 Bbl.
+    RHODE ISLAND, Westerly, Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for
+    Savannah, Ga._
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $1,684.77.
+
+  Barrington. Cong. Ch. (ad'l)                              17.40
+  Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                                  65.00
+  Newport. "A Friend"                                       10.00
+  Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                                      77.14
+  Providence. Union Cong. Ch.                              785.23
+  Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                              50.00
+  Seekonk and East Providence. Cong. Ch., to const.
+    ROBERT R. PEARSE and ALBERT M. FINNAMORE L. M's         60.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,064.77
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Providence. Estate of Anthony B. Arnold, by John H.
+    Cheever and Wm. Knight, Exrs.                          620.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,684.77
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $4,766.91.
+
+  Bethel. Cong. Ch.                                        107.08
+  Bethel. "Willing Workers," _for Talladega C._             20.00
+  Black Rock. Cong. Ch.                                     11.54
+  Branford. Cong. Ch.                                        9.13
+  Bridgeport. Children of North Ch. Infant Class, _for
+    Cal. Chinese M._                                        20.00
+  Bridgeport. Miss Wood, Box Books, etc., _for Talladega
+    C._
+  Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  20.00
+  Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            15.63
+  Canterbury. Westminster Cong. Ch.                          9.07
+  Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          17.84
+  Cromwell. Cong. Ch.                                       78.00
+  Danielsonville. Case of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._
+  Fair Haven. Miss H. L. Rice, _for Indian M._               1.00
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     57.80
+  Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                12.00
+  Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            32.94
+  Hadlyme. Joseph W. Hungerford                            100.00
+  Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. (5 of which _for
+    Indian M._)                                            281.65
+  Hartford. Second Ch. of Christ, 150; Gilbert G.
+    Mosely, 10                                             160.00
+  Jewett City. Cong. Ch.                                     9.04
+  Kensington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            26.65
+  Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. Williams                            25.00
+  Ledyard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.                 24.78
+  Lyme. First Ecc. Soc.                                     34.47
+  Middletown. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._          30.00
+  Milton. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+  Montville. First Cong. Ch.                                10.15
+  Mount Carmel. W. W. Woodruff, _for Tillotson C. and
+    N. Inst._                                               25.00
+  Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch.                                  12.50
+  Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.                                      80.00
+  New Britain. South Cong. Ch.                             198.41
+  New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. Adams, _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   10.00
+  New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50.; College St. Cong. Ch.,
+    36.65, and Sab. Sch., 11; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, 30,
+    to const. Miss LUCIE J. HARRISON L. M.                 127.66
+  New Haven. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of United Ch.,
+    _for Dakota Home, Santee Agency_                        50.00
+  New Haven. L. M. Law, 25; Miss Julia Leek, 1, _for
+    Indian M._                                              26.00
+  Newington. Miss Agnes Belden, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  New London. Second Cong. Ch., 595.24; "A Friend," 1.50   596.74
+  Newtown. Cong. Soc.                                       20.00
+  Northford. Cong. Ch.                                      15.08
+  Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 217.10; Miss Sarah M. Lee,
+    25                                                     242.10
+  Norwichtown. "First Ch."                                  21.00
+  Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                                 15.00
+  Orange. Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._          35.00
+  Plainville. "A Friend"                                   100.00
+  Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.                                  55.00
+  Rockville. J. Edwards Banta, Box papers, etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._, 1, _for Freight_                            1.00
+  Salisbury, Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             52.70
+  South Britain. Cong. Ch.                                  15.41
+  Staffordville. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+  Talcottville. Sarah T. Avery                               5.00
+  Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             29.66
+  Thompsonville. D. Pease                                     .50
+  Tolland. Mrs. Lucy L. Clough, 50, _for Indian M._, 25
+    _for Chinese M._ and 25 _for Freedmen_                 100.00
+  Torrington. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Cask of C.,
+    etc., _for Talladega C._, 4, _for freight_               4.00
+  Wallingford. First Cong. Ch.                              35.33
+  Wapping. Cong Ch.                                         16.75
+  Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch.                              196.00
+  Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                          200.00
+  West Hartford. A. Chappell, 10; Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 8.02    18.02
+  Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                         66.41
+  Windsor Locks. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Dormitory,
+    Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                               195.00
+  Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Winsted. Elias E. Gilman, 10; Mrs. Emily W. Case, 10      20.00
+  Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss                              10.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $3,739.04
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Ellington. Estate of Maria Pitkin, by Edwin Talcott,
+    Ex.                                                 $1,027.87
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $4,766.91
+
+
+NEW YORK, $2,739.93.
+
+  Baldwinsville. Howard Carter                              25.00
+  Binghamton. Sheldon Warner                                 5.00
+  Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch., 531; Plymouth Ch.,
+    464.51; South Cong. Ch., 50; Ch. of the Covenant
+    Sab. Sch., bal. to const. Mrs. JULIETTE H. MACKAY
+    L. M., 20; Mrs. M. L. Hollis, 2; Rev. E. P. Thwing,
+    Pkg. Books                                           1,067.51
+  Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee
+    Agency_                                                 37.50
+  Canastota. E. B. Northrup                                100.00
+  Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     28.53
+  Ellington. Mrs. H. B. Rice, 10; Mrs. E. Rice, 4;
+    A. C. Rice, 2                                           16.00
+  Flushing. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Miss C. T. Gilman, 2.30, _for
+    freight_                                                12.30
+  Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.84, and Sab. Sch., 6.25    37.09
+  Groton. Cong. Ch., 18.08; Mrs. Kesia Bostwick, 7.; Dr.
+    Clark Chapman, 5                                        30.08
+  Himrods. Mrs. G. L. Ayres, _for Woman's Work_              5.00
+  Homer. Sab. Sch. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._    1.00
+  Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones                                  15.00
+  Keeseville. Enos Barnes                                    1.50
+  Lockport. First Cong. Ch.                                 18.06
+  Lockport. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._      14.00
+  Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway                                3.00
+  Middlesex. Lester Adams                                   20.00
+  Morristown. First Cong. Ch.                                8.00
+    New York. S. T. Gordon (of which 100 _for Little
+    Rock, Ark._; 100 _for Wilmington, N. C._; 100 _for
+    Tougaloo, Miss._; and 100 _for Tillotson C. & N.
+    Inst._), 500                                           500.00
+  New York. Roswell Smith, 250; By "Aunt Patience," 1      251.00
+  New York. The Century Co., 50 cop. "Songs of the
+    Church" (second hand), _for Marion, Ala._
+  North Walton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                         35.90
+  Owasco. Mrs. A Stewart                                     1.00
+  Oswego. Primary Pub. Sch., Box Books _for Oaks, N. C._
+  Port Richmond. Captain Stephen Squier                      5.00
+  Salamanca. Rev. Wm. C. Scofield                            7.00
+  Saratoga. Cong. Ch., Ladies Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega, C._
+  Sinclairville. E. Williams                                 3.00
+  Syracuse. ----                                             5.00
+  Syracuse. Mrs. Caroline B. Curtis, Box Papers, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 1.70 _for Freight_                     1.70
+  Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             35.67
+  Warsaw. Cong. Ch.                                         20.34
+  Waterville. Mrs. Winchel, 5; Mrs. J. Candee, 5            10.00
+  Westmoreland. Miss C. M. Miller                             .75
+  West Salamanca. "A Friend"                               419.00
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $26.73.
+
+  Jersey City. First Cong. Ch.                               6.73
+  Montclair. Mrs. J. F. Pratt's Sab. Sch. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               8.00
+  Perth Amboy. Friday Afternoon Class, by Miss E. W.
+    Martin, Bdl. S. S. Papers
+  Raritan. Miss S. Provost, Case of Books and Papers
+  ----. "Heart's Content"                                   10.00
+  ----. "A Friend," _for Santee Agency, Neb._                2.00
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $50.50.
+
+  Guy's Mills. Cong. Ch., 18.50; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5;
+    Children's Miss'y Soc., 5                               28.50
+  Kingston. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                 10.00
+  Philadelphia. Sarah Furber                                 1.00
+  Sewickley. "E. H. T.," _for Indian M._                     2.00
+  Stony Creek. Charles E. Webster                            9.00
+
+
+OHIO, $544.11.
+
+  Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson                               2.28
+  Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      11.00
+  Cleveland. Mrs. A. Scott (_one share_)                    20.00
+  Cleveland. Franklin Av. Cong. Ch.                         15.00
+  Cincinnati. Geo. S. Gray, 18 Anthem Books, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Delaware. Wm. Bevan                                        5.00
+  Greenwich. Anna M. Mead                                    1.50
+  Geneva. "H. A. W."                                         1.50
+  Kingsville. Myron Whiting                                250.00
+  North Benton. Mrs. M. J. Hartzell                          2.50
+  Oberlin. First. Cong. Ch., 87.88; E. P. Barrows, 10;
+    Mrs. C. C. Wheat, 1                                     98.88
+  Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., _15 for furnishing room
+    and 10 for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._              25.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5; Mrs. M. J. P.
+    Hatch, 1, _for Reading-room, Lexington, Ky._             6.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                             1.50
+  Painesville. First Cong. Ch., 51.64, to const. N. O.
+    LEE L. M.; Mrs. E. Hickok, 5                            56.64
+  Painesville. "O. W. H. M. U.," by Mrs. Wm. Clayton,
+    Treas.                                                   4.76
+  Painesville. Sab. Sch. Class, by M. M. House, _for
+    Santee Agency, Neb._                                     3.00
+  Radnor. Edward D. Jones                                    5.00
+  Ravenna. Cong. Ch.                                        23.55
+  Savannah. George Mackie                                    1.00
+  Saybrook. Mrs. A. M. Messenger, 2; Dea. D. Maltby, 1       3.00
+  Tallmadge. Rev. Luther Shaw, 8 Bibles
+  Unionville. Mrs. E. F. Burnelle                            2.00
+  Windham. Wm. A. Perkins                                    5.00
+
+
+INDIANA, $22.00.
+
+  Elkhart. First Cong. Ch.                                  15.00
+  Indianapolis. Rev O. C. McKullock, Box Books, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                        5.00
+  Sparta. John Hawkswell                                     1.50
+  Versailles. John D. Nichols                                 .50
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $837.99.
+
+  Atkinson. First Cong. Ch., Box S. S. Papers, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Batavia. Cong. Ch.                                        65.00
+  Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote                                5.00
+  Brimfield. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00
+  Champaign. Cong. Ch.                                      45.55
+  Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 198.53; South Cong. Ch.,
+    39.26; Mrs. J. H. McArthur, 5                          242.79
+  Chicago. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of N. E. Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, Mobile, Ala._                               47.10
+  Chicago. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     25.00
+  Chicago. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           13.00
+  Elgin. Cong. Ch.                                          32.48
+  Elgin. Mrs. E. E. C. Borden (20 of which _for Hampton
+    N. & A. Inst._)                                         30.00
+  Galesburg. First Church of Christ                         37.10
+  Galva. Theodora Miss'y Soc., Bbl. and Box of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Geneso. Cong. Ch.                                        116.30
+  Geneseo. Young Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Hamlet. Levi Cooper                                         .50
+  Ivanhoe. Miss Mary Cowdry, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                      5.00
+  Lyndon. Mrs. H. Deming                                      .50
+  Lombard. First Cong. Ch.                                   9.50
+  Malden. Cong. Ch.                                         13.00
+  Maywood. Woman's Co-operative Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.     5.00
+  Millburn. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Moline. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., 23.50. Incorrectly
+    ack. in Nov. number from Hartford, Ct.
+  Oglesby. T. T. Bent                                        5.00
+  Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   16.60
+  Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens                                10.00
+  Plainfield. Mrs. Edward Ebbs                              10.00
+  Port Byron. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch. _for Missionary,
+    Mobile, Ala._                                           17.50
+  Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Cross                            10.00
+  Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, Sen.                              2.00
+  Roseville. Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga_.
+  Shabbona. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which from
+    "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._)                 46.57
+  Wilmette. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._     12.50
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $773.09.
+
+  Allendale. Cong. Ch., 4.15, and Sab. Sch., 1.85            6.00
+  Delhi Mills. "A Friend"                                    2.00
+  Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     20.00
+  Grandville. "E. B."                                        2.00
+  Greenville. M. Rutan                                     500.00
+  Hancock. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Soc., _for Theo.
+    Dept., Talladega C._                                    25.00
+  Laingsburg. Cong. Ch.                                     10.85
+  Lake Lyndon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Lansing. Plymouth Ch.                                      4.71
+  Northville. D. Pomeroy                                     5.00
+  Oakley. Ch. of Christ                                      1.00
+  Olivet. Cong. Ch.                                         96.92
+  Saline. Eli Benton                                        50.00
+  Three Oaks. Cong. Ch.                                     19.61
+  White Lake. Robert Garner                                 10.00
+
+
+IOWA, $637.35.
+
+  Burlington. Cong. Ch.                                     15.41
+  Davenport. Geo. W. Ells                                   10.00
+  Des Moines. Dr. H. L. Whitman, _for Talladega C._        500.00
+  Dubuque. Young Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Dubuque. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, New Orleans, La._                           10.00
+  Grinnell. Cong. Ch.                                       30.29
+  Grinnell. By Miss Ella E. Marsh, _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                           17.75
+  Grinnell. C. A. Taylor's Sab. Sch. Class, _for Talladega
+    C._                                                      7.35
+  McGregor. Woman's Miss'y Soc.                              6.30
+  New Hampton. Woman's Cent. Soc.                            2.25
+  Osage. Cheerful Giver's Mission Band                       8.00
+  Stuart. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                            5.00
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $222.04.
+
+  Appleton. Cong. Ch.                                       81.57
+  Beloit. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+   Talladega C._                                            30.00
+  Elkhorn. Cong. Ch.                                        16.00
+  Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch.                                    13.00
+  Geneva. Cong. Ch.                                         10.73
+  Janesville. "Busy Bees," First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Macon, Ga_.                                 3.00
+  New London. First Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  New Richmond. First Cong. Ch.                             18.45
+  Nicollet. Mrs. D. D. Kellogg, Sewing Machine, _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  Oshkosh. Mrs. Lucy Bartlett, Box Books, _for Library_,
+    and Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Racine. Mrs. D, D. Nichols                                  .50
+  Ripon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 10.85; Do Good Soc., 95c.   11.80
+  Ripon. Do Good Soc., 6.80; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 5.19;
+    _for Macon, Ga._                                        11.99
+  Salem. First. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Williamsburg,
+    Ky._                                                    15.00
+  Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Macon, Ga._        10.00
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $406.63.
+
+  Excelsior. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Glyndon. Union Ch.                                         3.42
+  Hamilton. Cong. Ch.                                        4.00
+  Mankato. Belgrade Sab. Sch.                                1.65
+  Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 33.35; First Cong. Ch.,
+    11.15; The Open Door Cong. Ch., 3.15                    47.65
+  Northfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C.,
+    Freight_                                                 5.65
+  Rochester. G. H. Swasey                                    1.00
+  Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch.                            67.11
+  Worthington. Union Cong. Ch.                              14.15
+  ----. "Friends," _for Atlanta U._                        250.00
+
+
+KANSAS, $15.95.
+
+  Atchison. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                              3.00
+  Topeka. Tuition                                           12.95
+
+
+MISSOURI, $97.71.
+
+  Kansas City. Clyde Cong. Ch.                               5.00
+  Saint Joseph. Tab. Cong. Ch.                               9.00
+  Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch.                              83.71
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $42.88.
+
+  Exeter. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 7.45; Children's Mission
+    Band, 3.55; First Cong. Ch., 7.80                       18.80
+  Wahoo. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Waverly. Cong. Ch.                                         4.00
+
+
+DAKOTA, $10.00.
+
+  Fort Berthold. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                 10.00
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $25.00.
+
+  San Francisco. Rev. J. Rowell                             25.00
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $15.00.
+
+  Washington. Mrs. Abby N. Bailey, 10; Lincoln Mission
+    Sab. Sch., 5                                            15.00
+
+
+MARYLAND, $4.00.
+
+  Federalsburg. Sarah Beals                                  4.00
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $106.14.
+
+  Lexington. Tuition, 38.40; Rent, 5.54                     43.94
+  Williamsburg. Tuition, 58; Rent, 1                        59.00
+  Williamsburg. Rev. J. T. Ford, _for Room_                  3.20
+
+
+VIRGINIA, $6.00.
+
+  Herndon. Cong. Ch.                                         6.00
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $712.21
+
+  Chattanooga. Miss L. M. Lawson                             1.00
+  Jellico. Tuition                                          29.00
+  Jonesboro. Tuition                                         5.50
+  Knoxville. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Memphis. Tuition                                         229.65
+  Nashville. Tuition                                       425.06
+  Nashville. Jackson St. Cong. Ch.                           5.00
+  Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $221.01.
+
+  Kittrell. Tuition                                         14.00
+  McLeansville. Cong. Ch.                                    5.74
+  Wilmington. Tuition                                      188.27
+  Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00
+  Wilmington. By Miss Warner, _for Student Aid_              3.00
+
+
+SOUTH CAROLINA, $15.00.
+
+  Charleston. Plym. Cong. Ch.                               15.00
+
+
+GEORGIA, $612.47.
+
+  Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 226.95; Rent, 3           229.95
+  Atlanta. Prof. T. A. Chase                                 5.00
+  Macon. Tuition                                           149.95
+  Macon. Cong. Ch.                                          10.00
+  Macon. Unknown Friends, 2 Boxes of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  McIntosh. Tuition                                         43.36
+  Savannah. Tuition                                        174.21
+
+
+ALABAMA, $925.76.
+
+  Athens. Tuition                                          168.70
+  Marion. Cong. Ch.                                         45.52
+  Mobile. Tuition                                          205.60
+  Montgomery. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00
+  Selma. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Talladega. Tuition                                       445.14
+  Talladega. Miss J. Lunt, _for Student Aid_                10.00
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, $124.15.
+
+  Tougaloo. Tuition                                        112.15
+  Tougaloo. By Miss Mary A. Scott, _for Student Aid_        12.00
+
+
+LOUISIANA, $290.00.
+
+  New Orleans. Tuition                                     290.00
+
+
+TEXAS, $151.88.
+
+  Austin. Tuition                                          148.88
+  Helena. Rev. M. Thompson                                   3.00
+
+
+INCOMES, $895.00.
+
+  Avery Estate, _for Mendi M._                             570.00
+  Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta U._                    150.00
+  Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._                       125.00
+  Plumb Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._                     50.00
+
+
+PERSIA, $10.00.
+
+  Oroomiah. Mrs. E. W. Labaree, by Charles Marsh,
+    Treas. H. B. A.                                         10.00
+
+                                                       ----------
+  Total for January                                    $24,342.98
+  Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31                          75,684.88
+                                                       ==========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+  Subscriptions for January                                274.10
+  Previously acknowledged                                  402.47
+                                                        ---------
+  Total                                                   $676.57
+                                                        =========
+
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
+  56 Reade Street, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WANTS.
+
+1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing
+work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_
+contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong.
+
+2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
+accommodate the increasing number of students; MEETING HOUSES for the
+new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious,
+for these churches.
+
+3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers and teachers here
+and missionaries to Africa--a pressing want.
+
+4. FUNDS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENTS--to purchase farm implements,
+plows, harrows and cultivators; to erect shops and furnish tools and
+materials for instruction and use in the mechanic arts, for
+carpenters, blacksmiths, tin-men, harness and shoemakers; and to
+supply the girls' industrial rooms with sewing and knitting
+materials.
+
+5. Ten Thousand new subscribers for THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. All in
+favor of indorsing this want will please send on their vote, making
+use of the following:
+
+
+FORM OF BALLOT.
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, _Esq., Treasurer_,
+
+  _56 Reade Street, New York_:
+
+  _Inclosed please find Fifty Cents, subscription for_ THE AMERICAN
+  MISSIONARY _for the year 1885._
+
+  _Sign with your Name and Address._
+
+We are not afraid of a heavy vote. Roll up the majority!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+_Advertisements._
+
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+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 536px;">
+<img src="images/title.jpg" width="536" height="409" alt="The American Missionary-March, 1885-Vol. XXXIX. No. 3" title="The American Missionary" />
+</div>
+
+
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+
+<span class="linenum"><span class="smcap">Page.</span></span><br />
+<div class="center">EDITORIAL.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">The Figures&mdash;Financial</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_67'>67</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Death of Rev. G. D. Pike, D. D.</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_68'>68</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Paragraphs</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_69'>69</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Tillotson Church&mdash;Word to Ministers</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_70'>70</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">The Test Applied</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_71'>71</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Religious Culture of the Slaves Before
+the War</span><span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">A Teacher's Appeal</span><span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Preaching the Main Feature in Missionary
+Work</span><span class="linenum">  <a href='#Page_76'>76</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">THE SOUTH.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Itinerary from Austin to Corpus
+Christi</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_79'>79</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Views in Texas</span><span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_81'>81</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Week of Prayer</span><span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_82'>82</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Letter from Student</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_84'>84</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">THE CHINESE.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Lou Quong at His Home in China</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_84'>84</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Bride and Bridegroom Worshiping
+Ancestors</span> (cut)<span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_86'>86</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Woman's Societies</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_86'>86</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Letter from Lady Missionary</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_87'>87</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Monthly Report of a Teacher</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_88'>88</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">CHILDREN'S PAGE.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Vic's Lilies</span><span class="linenum">  <a href='#Page_88'>88</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">RECEIPTS</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_89'>89</a></span><br />
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+NEW YORK:<br />
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.<br />
+Rooms, 56 Reade Street.
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+Price 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.<br />
+Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class
+matter.
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[Pg ii]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h2>American Missionary Association.</h2>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center"><span class="smcap">President</span>, Hon. <span class="smcap">Wm. B. Washburn, LL. D.</span>, Mass.</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Vice-Presidents.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">C. L. Goodell</span>, D. D., Mo.</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D. D., Ill.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">A. J. F. Behrends</span>, D. D., N. Y.</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 3.15em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Alex. McKenzie</span>, D. D., Mass.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 16em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">D. O. Mears</span>, D. D., Mass.</span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Corresponding Secretary.</i><br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">M. E. Strieby, D. D.</span>, <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i>
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Assistant Corresponding Secretary.</i><br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">James Powell, D. D.</span>, <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i>
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Treasurer.</i><br />
+<span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, Esq., <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i>
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Auditors.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 14em;"><span class="smcap">W. H. Rogers,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 3em;"><span class="smcap">Peter McCartee</span>.</span>
+<br /><br />
+<div class="center"><i>Executive Committee.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>, Chairman.</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><span class="smcap">A. P. Foster</span>, Secretary.</span><br />
+
+<span class="medium">
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><i>For Three Years.</i></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 9em;"><i>For Two Years.</i></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;"><i>For One Year.</i></span>
+</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">Lyman Abbott.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6.5em;"><span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin.</span></span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><span class="smcap">Samuel Holmes.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5.75em;"><span class="smcap">Wm. H. Ward.</span></span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">J. R. Danforth.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><span class="smcap">Samuel S. Marples.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4.5em;"><span class="smcap">J. L. Withrow</span>.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5.5em;"><span class="smcap">Charles L. Mead.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5.5em;"><span class="smcap">John H. Washburn.</span></span>
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">A. P. Foster.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><span class="smcap">Elbert B. Monroe.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5.25em;"><span class="smcap">Edmund L. Champlin.</span></span><br />
+
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>District Secretaries.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">C. L. Woodworth, D.D.</span>, <i>21 Cong'l House, Boston</i>.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Charles W. Shelton</span>, <i>112 West Washington Street, Chicago</i>.</span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Field Officers.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Roy, D.D.</span>, <i>Field Superintendent.</i></span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 14em;">Prof. <span class="smcap">Albert Salisbury</span>, <i>Superintendent of Education</i>.</span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Bureau of Woman's Work.</i><br />
+<i>Secretary</i>, Miss <span class="smcap">D. E. Emerson</span>, <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h4>COMMUNICATIONS</h4>
+
+<p>Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to
+the District Secretaries; letters for the "American Missionary," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office.</p>
+
+
+<h4>DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</h4>
+
+<p>May be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York,
+or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21
+Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 113 West Washington Street,
+Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a
+Life Member.</p>
+
+
+<h4>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h4>
+
+<p>"I <span class="smcap">bequeath</span> to my executor (or executors) the sum of &mdash;&mdash; dollars, in
+trust, to pay the same in &mdash;&mdash; days after my decease to the person
+who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the
+'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied,
+under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to
+its charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by
+three witnesses.</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center"><i>Advertisements.</i></div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+
+<div class="center">
+Below is a fac-simile of the Bottle of<br />
+<br />
+<span class="large"><b>THE GENUINE</b></span>
+<br /><br />
+<span class="xlarge"><b>BROWN'S GINGER.</b></span>
+<br /><br />
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+<br />
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+</div>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 257px;">
+<img src="images/img073.jpg" width="257" height="687" alt="Package of Brown's Ginger" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="medium">&mdash;FOR&mdash;</span>
+<br />
+<span class="smcap"><b>Cramps, Colic, Stomach-Ache, indigestion, etc.</b></span>
+<br /><br />
+Frederick Brown, Philadelphia&mdash;&mdash;Established 1822.
+</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<b>
+<span class="large">Ayer's</span>
+<br />
+<span class="xlarge">Cherry Pectoral</span>
+</b>
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
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+of Croup, finds the little sufferer, with red and swollen face,
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+Mrs. Emma Gedney, 159 West 128 st., New York, writes: "While in the
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+with Croup; it seemed as if he would die from strangulation. Ayer's
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+than half an hour, the little patient was breathing easily. The
+doctor said that the Pectoral saved my darling's life." Mrs. Chas. B.
+Landon, Guilford, Conn., writes: "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>Saved My Life,</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>and also the life of my little son. As he is troubled with Croup, I
+dare not be without this remedy in the house." Mrs. J. Gregg, Lowell,
+Mass., writes: "My children have repeatedly taken Ayer's Cherry
+Pectoral for Coughs and Croup. It gives immediate relief, followed by
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+boys, both of whom have been, from infancy, subject to violent
+attacks of Croup. About six months ago we began using Ayer's Cherry
+Pectoral, and it acts like a charm. In a few minutes after the child
+takes it, he breathes easily and rests well. Every mother ought to
+know what a blessing I have found in Ayer's Cherry Pectoral." Mrs.
+Wm. C. Reid, Freehold, N. J., writes: "In our family, Ayer's
+medicines have been blessings for many years. In cases of Colds and
+Coughs, we take</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>and the inconvenience is soon forgotten."</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+PREPARED BY
+<br />
+<b>Dr. J. C. Ayer &amp; Co., Lowell, Mass.</b>
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Sold by all Druggists.</span><br />
+<br /><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>Happiness</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>results from that true contentment which indicates perfect health of
+body and mind. You may possess it, if you will purify and invigorate
+your blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. E. M. Howard, Newport, N. H.,
+writes: "I suffered for years with Scrofulous humors. After using two
+bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>Found</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>great relief. It has entirely restored me to health." James French,
+Atchison, Kans., writes: "To all persons suffering from Liver
+Complaint, I would strongly recommend Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I was
+afflicted with a disease of the liver for nearly two years, when a
+friend advised me to take this medicine. It gave prompt relief, and
+has cured me." Mrs. H. M. Kidder, 41 Dwight st., Boston, Mass.,
+writes: "For several years I have used Ayer's Sarsaparilla in my
+family. I never feel safe, even</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>At Home</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>without it. As a liver medicine and general purifier of the blood, it
+has no equal." Mrs. A. B. Allen, Winterpock, Va., writes: "My
+youngest child, two years of age, was taken with Bowel Complaint,
+which we could not cure. We tried many remedies, but he continued to
+grow worse, and finally became so reduced in flesh that we could only
+move him upon a pillow. It was suggested by one of the doctors that
+Scrofula might be the cause of the trouble. We procured a bottle of</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>AYER'S<br />
+Sarsaparilla</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>and commenced giving it to him. It surely worked wonders, for, in a
+short time, he was completely cured."</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+Sold by all Druggists.
+<br />
+<b>Price $1; Six bottles, $5.</b>
+<br />
+Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer &amp; Co., Lowell,<br />
+Mass., U. S. A.<br />
+</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+<h1>
+  <span class="small">THE</span><br /><span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>
+</h1>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+<table width="60%" summary="Title" align="center">
+  <tr>
+    <td align="left" width="25%"><b><span class="smcap">Vol.</span> XXXIX.</b></td>
+    <td align="center" width="50%"><b>MARCH, 1885.</b></td>
+    <td align="right" width="25%"><b><span class="smcap">No.</span> 3.</b></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center large">American Missionary Association.</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center large">
+<b>$365,000</b>
+<br /><br />
+NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+
+<p>Your Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a
+day are imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized
+plans of the Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the
+pressing needs of the early future.&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="right">
+[<span class="smcap">Finance Committee's Report Adopted by Annual Meeting at Salem.</span>]
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>THE FIGURES.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="The Figures">
+
+
+<tr>
+  <td align="center"><i>Receipts:</i></td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">Col. and Don.</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">Estates.&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">Total.&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Oct. 1, 1884, to Jan. 31, 1885</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$66,078.97</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$9,605.91</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$75,684.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Oct. 1, 1883, to Jan. 31, 1884</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">69,941.52</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,809.35</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">79,750.87</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td></td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Decrease</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$3,862.55</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$203.44</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$4,065.99</td>
+</tr>
+
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>Where the color-sergeant plants the standard, there the soldiers are
+expected to rally. The Finance Committee at the Salem meeting
+inscribed on the A. M. A. standard $365,000 needed for 1884-5, and
+called upon the churches to advance to the support. <i>The Figures</i>
+showing receipts of our treasury indicate just how far the churches
+have come up in response to the call. Had we received the $1,000 a
+day recommended, our total receipts would be $123,000, as against the
+$75,684.88 now reported. Will not the captains of our church hosts
+rally the forces to an immediate advance? One-third of our fiscal
+year has already passed. The showing is not what we had hoped, but
+time enough remains to make up for the deficiency.</p>
+
+<p>Will our friends please bear these things in mind?</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.</h3>
+
+
+<p>In the death of Dr. Pike, which occurred in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 29,
+the American Missionary Association has lost a most earnest and
+successful worker. Repeated and protracted attacks of throat and lung
+troubles during the last two or three years, terminating in an
+illness that confined him to his room for three months, gave warning
+to his friends of the approach of death. But with the hopefulness
+peculiar to the disease, and especially characteristic of himself, he
+entertained almost to the last the expectation of recovery. Yet death
+had no terror; on the contrary, while he wished to live for the sake
+of his family and the Association, he personally welcomed death with
+the most joyful feelings.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Pike was born in Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 6, 1831, graduated from
+Dartmouth College in 1858, and from Andover Theological Seminary in
+1861. He was ordained associate pastor with Rev. Austin Richards, D.
+D., of the Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, N. H., April
+23, 1862, and remained in that position till May 1, 1865. He was
+acting pastor at East Hampton, Conn., from 1865 to 1867, and during
+the latter year he entered the service of the Association as agent,
+residing in Rochester, N. Y. In 1870 he became District Secretary, a
+position which he filled till his death, and to which he devoted the
+best energies of his life. His peculiar gifts fitted him for some
+special services. During the years 1872-4 he accompanied the Jubilee
+Singers in a tour through the United States and Great Britain. They
+were welcomed by the royal family and by the nobility, and by large
+and enthusiastic popular audiences. Their success, in its pecuniary
+results, finds a fitting monument in the substantial and commodious
+Jubilee Hall, at Nashville, Tenn.; and the untiring industry, the
+skill and tact and energy of Mr. Pike as business manager contributed
+in a large measure to this gratifying result. Before returning to
+America he made a rapid trip through Egypt and Palestine. In 1881 he
+assumed the editorship of the <i>American Missionary</i>, and brought to
+that service a degree of variety and breadth that gave a new impulse
+to the usefulness of the magazine. He devoted much thought and
+research to the condition of Africa, and became so well acquainted
+with it that editors of leading journals in this city and pastors of
+churches sometimes sought information from him in regard to it. He
+wrote two volumes on the History of the Jubilee Singers, which have
+had a very wide circulation.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Pike was eminently social and was blessed with unusual
+conversational powers, and gave to others and won from them to
+himself strong personal friendships. As a public speaker he was
+earnest, animated and eloquent, and was gladly welcomed in the pulpit
+and in the meetings of Associations and Conferences. His leading
+characteristic was that of an<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span> organizer. He was perpetually devising
+plans for active work and was diligent and untiring in his efforts to
+carry them out. He was a man of prayer and of faith in God, which
+sustained him in his constant labors, in his days of trial and in his
+sickness and death. At his own request his mortal remains rest in
+Nashua, the scene of his first pastorate, and his long sleep will be
+with those whom he loved. By the generosity of Mrs. O. A. Woodbury a
+portion of a cemetery lot was given for his burial, on which an
+expensive monument is erected, and on one face of which will be
+inscribed his name.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>Since writing the above we have learned that a special memorial
+service was held Sunday evening, February 1st, in the Chapel of Fisk
+University. This was in every way appropriate, in consequence of the
+intimate relations of Dr. Pike's life to the upbuilding of that
+institution. With considerable feeling, President Cravath referred to
+the fact that twenty years ago E. P. Smith, Dr. Pike and himself
+entered upon the work of the American Missionary Association, and
+that he was now left alone, adding that in the death of Brother Pike,
+Fisk University had lost one of its warmest friends.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<p>We notice the death of Mrs. Dr. L. B. Lane, of St. Charles, Ill. She
+died on the 14th of January last, at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs.
+Lane and her husband were ordained missionaries of the Am. Miss.
+Assoc. to Siam in 1848. They returned in 1855, since which time they
+have resided in this country. She was a good and true servant of
+Christ when in the foreign field and no less so in her own land. Her
+death came suddenly, but found her thoroughly prepared to go.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>Few men in this country have had more experience in addressing
+children, or greater success in winning them to Christ, than Rev. E.
+P. Hammond. The result of this experience he has condensed in an
+interesting and instructive little volume, entitled "Conversion of
+Children." It will prove helpful and encouraging to parents and
+interesting to children. We thank Mr. Hammond for the gift of fifty
+copies of his book, which we have distributed among our missionaries
+in the South, by whom they are appreciated and found useful in their
+work.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>Some time ago a Southern paper, in speaking of Dr. Roy, referred to
+him as a colored man. At the time we thought the writer was mistaken,
+but since looking over his itinerary, which our readers will find in
+another part of the magazine, we have been led to feel that we shall
+have to modify somewhat our opinion. The doctor himself explicitly
+declares that<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span> at one point in their journey he and his companions
+were all of the same color. At any rate he is not ashamed to call
+them <i>brethren</i>, and we may also add that they are not ashamed of
+him.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<p>The Tillotson, at Austin, Texas, has taken to itself a church
+organization. This was effected on the first Sabbath of the year&mdash;a
+very interesting occasion. Superintendent Roy and Rev. Jeremiah
+Porter, spending his second winter in Austin, were present to assist
+the pastor, Rev. J. H. Parr, who, with his wife, united in the
+organization. It consisted of twenty members, half of them teachers
+and half students. Principal W. L. Gordon and wife presented their
+two little children, born in the Institute, for baptism. Mr. Gordon
+and Mr. R. F. Ferrell, a student, were ordained as deacons by prayer
+and the laying on of hands. Mr. Porter offered the prayer of
+institution, and broke the bread at the communion table. This
+venerable servant of God had just passed his 80th birthday. His
+golden wedding will come next June. His multitude of friends will be
+glad to know that the United States Government, having put him upon
+the retired list as chaplain, is continuing his salary. Mrs. Porter
+is assisting the special missionary, Miss M. J. Adams, Professor
+Dean, and other teachers and scholars, in supporting two mission
+schools contiguous to the Institute. Miss Rose M. Kinney, a veteran
+in the service, is matron and preceptress. The Tillotson is moving on
+this year smoothly and successfully. A church in connection with
+these main chartered institutions is essential to their best
+Christian result.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<p>Just a word with our ministerial readers. The heavy mail that daily
+comes to this office brings us occasionally a letter with some such
+words as these: "I preached to my people last Sunday an A. M. A.
+sermon, and as a result I send you a contribution which is larger
+than the church ever gave this cause before." Exactly, brother; let
+the people know what is wanted and why it is wanted, and then let
+them have a chance to give and they will meet the responsibility
+every time. Another letter brings us this: "A few weeks ago I
+preached a sermon on the work of the A. M. A. My congregation were so
+deeply interested in what I said they requested my manuscript for
+publication. Thinking you might be interested I send you a copy of
+the published sermon." Exactly, again. We were interested, and long
+before we had finished reading the discourse we understood full well
+why the people were interested. Another letter: "The Missions of the
+A. M. A. occupied our attention last monthly concert. I gave a bird's
+eye view of the whole field and then selections were read from the
+papers and addresses given at Salem. By this time the brethren were
+quite ready to turn on the streams of their own thought.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span> We found it
+difficult to bring the meeting to an end. It was a great success. I
+propose to follow it up." Again, exactly. Missionary information when
+properly brought forward will make a meeting that for interest cannot
+be surpassed. It is one of the strangest things in the world that so
+many people have gotten the impression that a missionary meeting must
+be dull, and that a missionary discourse must be uninteresting. It is
+an impression that ought not to exist. Let sermons be preached. Let
+the thrilling, soul-inspiring facts that go to make up the history of
+missions be made known and the impression will soon be driven out of
+existence.</p>
+
+<p>Brethren, we invite you to glean in the great field of the American
+Missionary Association. There will be rich returns for you and your
+people and golden returns for us.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THE TEST APPLIED.</h3>
+
+
+<p>When Berea College was started, in 1858, its students were all
+white. The following year the question was raised, "What if colored
+students should apply?" One teacher voiced the sentiment of all when
+he said, "If any one made in God's image comes to get knowledge which
+will enable him to understand the revelation of God in Jesus Christ,
+he cannot be rejected." The simple declaration of that sentiment had
+the effect to make most of the students leave at the end of the term,
+never to return. The John Brown raid, happening soon after, rendered
+the school still more unpopular, and the war following a little
+later, the school had to suspend altogether. But when the war ended
+and, in 1865, the college opened its doors again, there being no
+longer slavery, the question of color soon came up for consideration.</p>
+
+<p>In one of the by-laws to the constitution of the college was this
+statement: "The object of this college shall be to furnish the
+facilities for a thorough education to all persons of good moral
+character." Three colored youths applied for admission. On
+examination they were found to be "persons of good moral character."
+There was only one thing to do. They were promptly admitted. What
+followed? There were at the time seventy-five students in the
+college, and we are told, "the morning that those three harmless
+youths walked in, half the school walked out."</p>
+
+<p>But some one will say: "That was at the close of the war, when the
+feelings of our white brethren at the South were naturally very
+sensitive; that time, however, has passed away. We can now plant
+schools and churches on an anti-caste basis, with open doors and
+welcome hands for colored people, <i>if they choose to come</i>. No such
+exhibition of race prejudice would now be made." <i>Well, let us see.</i></p>
+
+<p>For several years past we have had our attention turned to the
+terrible destitution of the people in the mountain region of Kentucky
+and places adjacent. Two years ago we sent a special missionary to
+labor among<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span> these people. He made his headquarters at Williamsburg,
+the county seat of Whitley County, Kentucky. The town was sixty-seven
+years old, yet it never had a church edifice; nor had the county,
+with a population of fourteen thousand, ever had a church edifice
+finished and dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. There were
+very few schools, and what few there were could not be considered
+schools by intelligent people. Our missionary went to work. The
+people heard him gladly. A new life came into their famished souls.
+They rallied round him. They built a beautiful church edifice. An
+academy, too, was erected; able and skilled teachers were put in
+charge. The missionary did not confine himself to the town merely.
+For miles up and down the valley he traveled, preaching as he went.
+Wherever he came the people were roused and steps taken to have
+churches and schools planted.</p>
+
+<p>But the church and the academy above referred to must be dedicated.
+At the dedication this Association was represented by Assistant
+Corresponding Secretary Powell, by Field Superintendent Roy and by
+Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Ward, of the Executive Committee. And dedicated they
+were to the glory of God for the maintenance and spread of a <i>free</i>
+gospel and Christian learning. Special emphasis was placed upon the
+fact that over the entrance to these temples was written, <i>Whosoever
+will may come</i>. Does some one ask why that was specially emphasized?
+Because we were in a country where popular sentiment said, Into white
+churches and white schools there was a certain class who, on account
+of the color of their skin, would not be admitted. When you are in a
+community that publicly indorses a wrong, silence regarding that
+wrong is complicity. Under such circumstances, to say nothing about
+it is the same thing as to sign your name to a document affirming the
+thing to be right. To dedicate a Christian church in New York City
+and say nothing about the evils of Mormonism would be nothing
+strange, but to dedicate a Christian church in Salt Lake City and be
+silent as to what the teaching and the practice of that church was to
+be in regard to polygamy would be <i>treason</i> to the Gospel. We
+therefore made specially prominent at the dedication the broad
+principles on which our mission rested. Some said they were sorry to
+hear such things proclaimed; others said nothing, but feared; while a
+few said, That is right. It is just as it ought to be.</p>
+
+<p>The school started off with bright skies above and a broad distant
+view around. The bell rung out its pealing calls, and bright-eyed,
+rosy-cheeked children and youth clambered up the hill side to enjoy
+such educational privileges as that country had never known. All was
+peace and prosperity. School was crowded, and everybody was happy.
+But suddenly the whole heavens were overcast. From horizon to horizon
+a deathly pall enshrouded the entire sky&mdash;and the cloud large enough
+to do all this was only the size of<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span> a black child's face! <i>Whosoever
+will may come</i>, we had said. Did we <i>mean</i> it? Oh, yes, <i>but</i> it is
+hardly right to sacrifice the feelings of that whole school merely to
+gratify the wish of&mdash;<i>a nigger</i>. Did we mean it? Oh, yes, but it is
+hardly right to imperil the very existence of the school merely to
+take in that one poor, despised and uninfluential colored child! Did
+we mean it? Oh, yes, but is it right, is it wise, to receive <i>one</i>
+when you know that by so doing you will lose twenty&mdash;perhaps more&mdash;to
+receive one whom you will have to help, and lose twenty&mdash;or perhaps
+more&mdash;who can help you? Did we mean it? Oh, yes, certainly, but would
+it not be better to reason with the applicant and show her that while
+we ourselves have no objection, yet things being as they are, she
+would really do more for her people by staying away than by insisting
+that she should be received? Why not take some such position as that?
+We will have peace and harmony and prosperity. We shall be able to
+tell our friends in the distance we are getting along swimmingly. We
+are true to our principles. <i>Whosoever will may come.</i> We have no
+trouble with the negro question. We simply let it alone. Our dear
+brethren down South are perfectly delighted to receive us. We have no
+trouble with them whatever, and the cause is going forward
+triumphantly.</p>
+
+<p><i>Is</i> that the way to meet the responsibility? Imagine the Lord Jesus
+Christ at the door of that school when that black child came asking
+admission. What would have been His answer? Say, reader, imagine what
+<i>would</i> have been His answer. Put on your thinking cap. Summon to
+your aid all the help that quibbling and dodging and sophistry can
+give, and after you have gone through it all, what do you think would
+have been His answer? Well, here is the answer the American
+Missionary Association sent as quickly as the telegraph could carry
+it: <i>Admit all applicants irrespective of color.</i> And then what
+followed? Nearly half the scholars picked up their things and left!
+This happened a few weeks ago. We had about a hundred students. We
+have now about fifty, and we may lose even those. Letter writing is
+easy. Talk is cheap. Even <i>Buncombe</i> is not a lost art. But actions
+speak louder than words. Let us know what follows when <i>the test is
+applied</i>, and then we shall know just what profession of loyalty to
+principle signifies. Berea stood by its guns, and it has steadily
+grown in favor with God and man ever since. And it will win in the
+end. Then what a glorious triumph! No regrets for having played the
+hypocrite, no regrets for having played the part of a time server, no
+regrets for having played the part of a trimmer, no regrets for
+having played the part of a special pleader, no regrets for having
+concealed its colors behind its back in shameful silence as to its
+past history, no regrets for having turned away one of Christ's
+little ones for whom He died, no regrets for having counseled it,
+while professing friendship, to go elsewhere. What a glorious
+triumph!</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[Pg 74]</a></span></p>
+<p>And we, too, shall win&mdash;and our triumph shall be glorious. Let us go
+forward preaching the Word, and when the time comes let there be no
+attempt to postpone its issue&mdash;but let the test be applied. Better go
+down standing on our principles than live with our principles denied
+and dishonored.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR.</h3>
+
+
+<p>The <i>Independent</i> of Feb. 5 has an exceedingly interesting article on
+the above subject from the pen of Rev. Dr. J. E. Edwards, Danville,
+Virginia.</p>
+
+<p>He says that at an early period in this century Southern Methodists
+sent missionaries to labor with the slaves on the rice and cotton
+plantations. In 1845 Southern Methodism had in church fellowship
+124,000 slaves. At one time the Methodist membership in Charleston,
+S. C., was in the proportion of five colored to one white. Blacks and
+whites worshiped in the same house and were ministered to by the same
+pastor.</p>
+
+<p>One of the early reports of the South Carolina Board has the
+following: "We claim it best, as a general rule, to include the
+colored people in the same pastoral charge with the whites, and to
+preach to both classes in one congregation, as our practice has been.
+The gospel is the same for all men, and to enjoy its privileges in
+common, promotes good will."</p>
+
+<p>We read so far and stopped. That language has the marks of the gospel
+of Jesus Christ all over it. "All ye are brethren." So says the
+gospel, and this report says the same. But how would it do to take
+the language above quoted into a Southern white Methodist Conference
+now! Just let the above report, without comment and without
+explanation, be introduced to-day into such a Conference, and what an
+explosion would follow!</p>
+
+<p>It is too bad to quote the rest of the report, because it mars
+somewhat the beauty of what goes before; but here it is: "That when
+the galleries or other sittings are insufficient, we consider it the
+duty of our brethren and friends to provide the necessary
+accommodations that none may make such a neglect a plea for absenting
+themselves from public worship." "<i>Galleries or other sittings.</i>"
+There is the fly in the ointment. Of course, at communion, the master
+class was served first and the slave class afterward.</p>
+
+<p>The Church of Christ is His body. But does Christ allow His followers
+to decide that distinctions shall be made at His table on account of
+the hue of the skin? When a Temple is erected in which Christ's
+disciples are to meet for worship, is there anything in the gospel
+that warrants a division of seats so that here superiors shall sit
+and there inferiors? Where is the word that warrants it? and what is
+the analysis that will find it in the spirit of the gospel? All honor
+to the slave-holders who<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</a></span> furnished the means of the gospel to the
+slaves. All honor to the men and women who pointed the sin-burdened
+negroes to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. We
+have no doubt but that as Dr. Edwards says, "Multiplied thousands
+upon thousands of the sons of Ham will rise up in judgment to bless
+the faithful men of the South for their long-continued labors in
+teaching the benighted negro the way of life." We have no doubt of
+it; but in the resurrection will the whites put in an appearance
+first and the blacks second? In the day of judgment will the whites
+lead and the blacks follow? Will there be galleries with hard seats
+in Heaven for negroes and ground floors easy of access with soft
+seats for Caucasians? Will the great chorus of Heaven be divided into
+two parts, a white division and a black division? And will the
+Hallelujah Chorus as sung by the white choir be more acceptable to
+God than that sung by the black choir?</p>
+
+<p>Yes, the slave-holders did a great deal for the religious training
+and the spiritual welfare of the slaves, and in consequence of what
+they did, with God's blessing, the colored people of our country are
+almost immeasurably lifted above their benighted heathen brethren in
+Africa. Yes, that is all so. Does Dr. Edwards ask us to praise them
+for it? We do. But, brethren, we must also add, "These ought ye to
+have done and not to leave the other undone."</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>A TEACHER'S APPEAL.</h3>
+
+
+<p>We publish the following from F. A. Chase, Professor of Natural
+Science in Fisk University. He pleads, of course, for Fisk, yet his
+plea holds good for all our higher institutions. We commend it to our
+friends. The American Missionary Association could make good use,
+say, of a "<i>One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund</i>" for the scientific
+departments of its mission schools. It may be that some one whom God
+has blessed with riches is waiting for just such an opportunity as
+this particular branch of our great field opens. Special funds for a
+designated institution, to be used for the promotion of Christian
+science, as outlined by Prof. Chase, are earnestly solicited:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p>Are there not some friends of the work among the Freedmen
+who can appreciate the need of a teacher for a <i>complete
+scientific outfit</i>?</p>
+
+<p>The race has been kept during slavery from all knowledge
+of science. Their trades and occupations being of the
+roughest, and having ignorant parentage, nothing has been
+learned from the business of life, nor in answer to the
+questioning of childhood and youth. There is no race now
+admitted to the privileges of liberal education so barren
+of scientific ideas and so lacking in scientific spirit.
+Those who know this people solely from their fine
+literary and oratorical abilities have no conception of
+their great deficiency in science. It does not need to be
+said that, until this is remedied, they cannot be
+expected to hold their own in a scientific age, and in
+competition with a scientific race.</p>
+
+<p>Though our course of study is brought down to the very
+minimum of college<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span> work, and the instruction is of a
+most elementary character, still there are eight sciences
+to be taught. But this teaching, to be successful,
+requires the use of illustrative material. With the
+general introduction of illustrations in our modern
+schools began the rapid progress in science that
+distinguishes our age. All true teachers of science
+affirm with one voice that this aid is indispensable even
+with the most favored races.</p>
+
+<p>In botany, zoology, mineralogy and geology we need
+specimens&mdash;the great type examples on which
+classification is founded. In physiology and anatomy we
+need, in default of <i>material</i>, cheap models. In natural
+philosophy, chemistry and astronomy we need
+apparatus&mdash;not the costly instruments of precision, but
+plain, cheap pieces, that are fitted to illustrate and in
+some cases demonstrate the many and various principles
+that are taught.</p>
+
+<p>In the pressure of the growing work upon the society,
+beyond a small sum for incidental expenses, most of the
+money appropriated for schools goes for the payment of
+salaries. Our land and our buildings have come from other
+sources. But our outfit of school requisites has been for
+the most part overlooked. Some fine instruments have been
+presented to us, much more costly than we would have
+selected for ourselves; but their value would be
+increased many fold by accessory and supplementary
+apparatus. Are there not those who can, by special gifts,
+make up this lack also? Must <i>we</i>, of all other teachers
+of science, be left to make bricks without straw? What
+answer should be made to those who depreciate the negro's
+mental capacity? Is it not a pitiful waste of the
+opportunity, that a factory building should be put up,
+workmen hired, materials supplied, but no <i>machinery</i> put
+in? Yet this has been going on with class after class for
+ten years.</p>
+
+<p>Three-fourths of our graduates follow teaching as a
+profession, and are more or less teachers of science.
+They should not only learn that which apparatus alone can
+teach, but also how to use it themselves. Should a master
+workman be expected to teach the theory and practice of a
+trade through the use of <i>pictures</i> of tools and
+machines?</p>
+
+<p>We have not neglected our opportunities in respect to
+making collections of specimens about us, and
+constructing cheap forms of apparatus. We have learned
+new trades and toiled early and late and often through
+whole vacations. But, without workshop appliances, part
+of that accomplished is unsatisfactory, and the major and
+more difficult part remains untouched. But where one has
+a great pressure of outside duties incidental to such a
+work as this, how utterly inadequate such driblets of
+time as can be spared are for such a task can easily be
+imagined.</p>
+
+<p>Is there any lover of science and friend of the freedmen
+who can understand our condition and give us ten thousand
+dollars for an outfit, and if possible an additional sum
+as an endowment for annual expenses?</p></div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.</h3>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>PREACHING THE MAIN FACTOR IN MISSIONARY WORK.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">REV. GEORGE R. LEAVITT.</div>
+
+
+<p>It is a fact of history that the preaching of the Word has been the
+great missionary agency. The Bible is a missionary book. The great
+figure in the Old Testament history was the preacher of
+righteousness&mdash;Enoch, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, the great line of
+prophets&mdash;they were missionary preachers. In the beginning of
+Christianity, the great figure was the preacher&mdash;John the Baptist,
+the Apostles, our blessed Lord Himself. The salient feature in the
+New Testament may be said to be a succession of great missionary
+sermons which are expositions<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[Pg 77]</a></span> of the Gospel. In the history of the
+Christian Church the great figure has been the preacher. The Church
+of God is the body of Jesus Christ. As such she is the eye and ear,
+she is the hands and feet of the Lord, but especially she is the
+voice of the Lord. Doth not wisdom cry in all time? Did not the
+Spirit when sent forth lift the voice declaring the great Gospel
+message? And when the Church has had that possession of the Spirit,
+has it not been especially her inspiration to cry out with the Gospel
+message? The great figure in this Association work in the past has
+been the teacher. We have had a gifted line of men and women in this
+work, and to them all honor be given. It would be impossible for us
+to give them the honor which is their due; but in the future the
+great figure is to be the missionary preacher, the man who can reach
+masses of men with the Gospel message. We are lifting this race, and
+what has been true in the past will be true in the future.</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps I can not better exhibit this subject in the little space
+allowed me than in noticing some of the traits which should
+characterize the missionary preacher, and while the truth is general
+and applicable to all parties, I trust that we may be under the
+direction of the Spirit and take to heart these great traits we shall
+be looking for in the preacher of the future in the South.</p>
+
+<p>The missionary preacher is a man who, to be effective, should be a
+man of spiritual morality, a man of irreproachable character. I
+presume the colored man has been maligned in the South, as his
+character has so often been brought out among us. One of our
+enthusiastic teachers was asked, "How many Uncle Toms do you find in
+the South?" And she replied, "About as many as there are in the
+North." A truth was there that we ourselves may very well take.</p>
+
+<p>There are three ways in which the Gospel is published. One is in the
+book, one is by the voice, and the third by the life. The voice lies
+between the book and the life, and the life is the great publication
+of the message, and unless we have a voice of a man who is
+spiritually qualified by a holy life, we have not a competent Gospel
+preacher. In speaking of this matter of morality, we should have
+something more in view than natural morals&mdash;there is a spiritual
+morality. We want the higher. A man who has in himself the Spirit of
+God, produces this type of morality. We can not canvass this subject
+by the motives of worldliness. It takes two crosses to save the
+world&mdash;the cross of Christ and the cross of the believer. A
+ministerial brother said, in speaking of certain ones, that they had
+undergone a deplorable religious transformation, that at one time
+they held the Gospel of regeneration, but they had come to love the
+Gospel of recreation. Ah, what a transformation has come over too
+many of our churches and the community in loving this form of
+worldliness!</p>
+
+<p>It is a matter of great satisfaction that our schools in the South
+are doing such efficient work in this direction, as reports indicate,
+and as private information shows. I quite lately had information from
+General Armstrong touching this point of high morality that is
+developed in the school. The young men and young women, he said,
+compare well with the young men and young women in our Northern
+schools. This is a matter of great satisfaction, because the preacher
+of the future is to come out of these schools.</p>
+
+<p>The second essential in the missionary preacher, if he is to be
+successful, is a mind which is spiritually illuminated, a man who is
+intelligent in the truth. I presume the great characteristic of the
+old-time preacher in the South is his ignorance, and if we should
+select one point at which a change needs to take place, it is at this
+point of instruction. He needs to be intelligent.</p>
+
+<p>Now, to these things ought to be added training in all branches of
+knowledge, just as widely as possible, but we must fix our attention
+especially upon one<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[Pg 78]</a></span> source of knowledge, namely, the Word of God.
+The missionary preacher needs to be a man established in the
+Scriptures. John the Baptist grew in grace. Our blessed Lord Himself
+grew in grace. The man who is to be effective as a preacher in
+elevating the world is a man who grows in grace. What is grace? It is
+the undeserved favor of God exhibited in the plan of salvation for
+the redemption of man. And the first truths of that grace say simply,
+but how grandly, "grow in grace;" we are to be "ministers of grace;"
+to be "masters of grace." The minister in the South is to be a master
+of grace. Do you know how far it is away? It seems but a step, but
+oh, what a work when we begin to comprehend the great things of God!
+Do you know the height, depth and length of the great salvation of
+the love of God? Ezekiel tells us of the depth of the stream when he
+first came to it, that to his apprehension the water came up to his
+foot, but, as he advanced, it came to the ankle, and the knee and the
+loin, and then it was water to swim in, a river that could not be
+passed over. Oh, my brethren, we need to understand these great
+things of God, so that we may become masters of grace, for if we do
+not, the missionary preacher that comes up under our influence will
+not be thoroughly qualified for his duties.</p>
+
+<p>Then there is another quality; the missionary preacher, to be
+effective as a missionary, must be, not only a "shining," but like
+John also a "burning light." Then nothing shall be concealed. What
+does the Scripture say in that psalm? "There is nothing hid from the
+light?" No; "There is nothing hid from the heat thereof." We want a
+Gospel preacher among those people who has a Gospel heat from which
+nothing can be hid. How many things we can say of this fuel! We have
+spoken of the Word of God. The Word of God is the light, and it is
+the fuel for a fire. Our blessed Saviour when He was on the way to
+Emmaus with the Disciples enkindled their hearts, not by his personal
+presence; but when he opened the Scriptures, then they testified,
+"Did not our hearts burn within us?" That was what took place at
+Pentecost. The Holy Spirit did not bring the fuel that day, but they
+had been gathering it as they spoke of Christ, and as they came
+together to offer prayers, the Holy Spirit came, and the Word was a
+fire in their bones; then fire came and kindled them, and then came
+that wonderful effect.</p>
+
+<p>Sir James Herschel tells us in a little story, in fragments of his
+biography, how after his telescopes became famous they were
+distributed quite widely through Europe, and when he published his
+great discovery, he began to receive complaints. Men said to him, in
+angry letters, "We do not see what you see." In his response to them
+he said: "Perhaps you do not take the care in your observations that
+I do," and he spoke of one particular thing that is carefully noted.
+"Do you take care," he said, "of the matter of temperature? The
+instrument with which I examine the stars must be of the temperature
+of the stars as nearly as may be, and when I observe on a winter
+night I place my glass on the lawn at Greenwich, and let it stand
+there until the instrument comes to be of the temperature of the air.
+But beyond that," he said, "not only must my instrument be of the
+right temperature, but I must be. Oftentimes," he said, "I have been
+out in the winter air for two hours before I would open my glass,
+because I must come to be of the same temperature as the instrument
+itself." What a spiritual truth there is here! God's Word the
+instrument, and the temperature that of the heavens. But we must be
+of the temperature of that Bible and that heavens! Oh, for the heat
+of the Gospel to be in the minister of Christ wherever he stands, and
+then there will be nothing hid from its searching power.</p>
+
+<p>I think this subject is often presented in a way to confuse it. We
+speak of heat in a way not to comprehend precisely what we want; and
+let me touch upon the point which shows what I mean. When the Saviour
+was at the well with the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[Pg 79]</a></span> woman, it was the love in His heart from
+which she could not be hid. What a lesson Peter learned that day when
+our Saviour, in His great interview by the sea, asked him: "Lovest
+thou me?" and said, "Feed my sheep and my lambs." There was a lesson
+burned into his heart of the personal love of Christ.</p>
+
+<p>I heard Mr. Sankey sing last week "The Ninety and Nine," and he
+prefaced it by saying that the old hymn was worn out. I was sorry to
+hear him say that, but there was one accent he gave in singing which
+was very affecting. When one expostulates with the shepherd that he
+has ninety and nine with him, he cries out: "It is my sheep." I fancy
+when Peter came to Pentecost and saw those great crowds before him
+there was one element of preparation he needed, and the Saviour had
+taught him how to feed his sheep and feed his lambs, and it lived so
+in his heart that nothing could be hid from it.</p>
+
+<p>I am speaking too long on this matter. But it is a great subject.
+This Association has a glorious opportunity. There is no cause that
+comes to us that touches our inspiration and consecration like this
+society, and the opportunity is such as, in my judgment, the
+Christian Church never had.</p>
+
+<p>Now, we say this, we cannot do this work by any other form of service
+but by preaching the Gospel, with at least these elements in it I
+have mentioned. We speak of the hand work for Christ, but we want the
+net work for Christ. When I was in Japan, I saw all over the bay, in
+the night, little boats of fishermen. The men were in the boats two
+and two, one holding a torch. They were busily engaged the night
+through. I asked one, "Is this your mode of fishing?" and I was shown
+a great seine net that lay upon the shore, and I was told, "This is
+here especially for day fishing." When I stood before the young men
+in the school at Kioto I referred to this. I said "It seems to me in
+Japan you are doing the night fishing now; it is fishing in the night
+with a torch, but, young men, there is a morning coming when the
+great net is to be cast, your hands are to be upon it, and you are to
+have the privilege of a great cast for God." It has come this year,
+and those young men went out preachers of righteousness, clothed with
+power to reach the masses of men, and they have drawn in hundreds,
+and there is hope of the thousands, and that is what we want in this
+work, men who can go to those Southern fields, to those five millions
+of whom we have heard, and cast the great seine net of the Gospel;
+and they are coming.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THE SOUTH.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="smcap">Rev. Joseph E. Roy, D. D., Field Superintendent.</span><br />
+<span class="smcap">Prof. Albert Salisbury, Superintendent of Education.</span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.</div>
+
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 4, Sunday.&mdash;Assisted in organizing at the Tillotson Institute a
+church of twenty-one members. Lord's Supper. Prof. W. L. Gordon's two
+children baptized.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 5, Monday.&mdash;At Austin depot. Waited for train five hours to 8 <span class="smcap">p. m.</span></p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 6, Tuesday.&mdash;Arrived in San Antonio at 1 <span class="smcap">a. m.</span> Departed for
+Flatonia at 8 <span class="smcap">a. m.</span>, arriving at noon. Looked up the folks. Preached
+at night for Pastor T. E. Hillson, whose second child was baptized,
+as the first had been by the same hand at the dedication in Luling,
+his alternate church.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 7, Wednesday.&mdash;Up at 4 and off to Luling, arriving by daylight.
+Off then, by livery rig, 45 miles to Riddleville.</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[Pg 80]</a></span></p>
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 8, Thursday.&mdash;On to Helena, 15 miles. Ride out with freedman, 3
+miles, to our Colony Church. Lecture at night for Pastor Thompson.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 9, Friday.&mdash;Half a day of writing. Visited at another freedman's
+home, taking supper. Preached at night.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 10, Saturday.&mdash;Brother Thompson, with another colored man and
+myself, start for Corpus, 80 miles, reaching Goliad, 35 miles, at
+night. We are entertained at Pastor T. Benson's.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 11, Sunday.&mdash;In the morning, Sunday-school, preaching and
+communion. At night, preaching. Conferring all day, at the intervals,
+with "parties," being called upon even after retiring at night.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 12, Monday.&mdash;Up and off before daylight, without breakfast. But
+Mrs. Benson has provided for us a grand lunch box that lasts us three
+for the two days through to Corpus. No place on the way, to put up;
+no chance to buy eatables. Our boss has planned to reach the half-way
+spot on the Popolota for camping. The day wears away, and it is 10
+o'clock before we come to the halting-place. For the last three hours
+Brother Thompson had led the way lantern in hand, splashing through
+the mud and water. We turn under a live oak, take out and feed the
+jaded horses, and eat our snack, and commit ourselves to the Heavenly
+Father, and at 11 o'clock turn in for the night, Brother Thompson on
+the ground, <i>under</i> the hack, and Brother Eding and I <i>in</i> the hack,
+doubled like a couple of jackknives into our four feet square of
+space, being all of a color. By our side the ponies through the night
+crunch their corn; and, by turn, we jump up to drive off the cows
+from stealing their hay. But we sleep, and snore, and rest some.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Tuesday</span>, Jan 13.&mdash;Up and off by daybreak. We camp for breakfast
+lunch. We camp for dinner lunch. As we consume the fragments, how we
+do bless Mrs. Benson. When, at her own table, we had praised her
+baking and cooking, she responded: "Oh, I learned that at Talladega
+College." Then I had to tell Dr. Strieby's story of the native
+preacher, who thanked him for the good wife who had been trained in
+one of the American Missionary Association schools, saying that he
+had gotten more than he had anticipated&mdash;a good cook and housekeeper.
+On, on we trudge through the heavy mud. Night has come, and we are
+yet seven miles from Corpus, and the cold, "wet norther" that has
+been drizzling upon us all day, as we had been fearing, has at last
+broken upon us. Again Brother Thompson is on the lead, with lantern
+in hand, through the slush, and he has walked more than half the way
+through the day. The black-waxy is heavy for the wheels, and slippery
+for the poor old freedman ponies that have no shoes. Pastor J. W.
+Strong, who for four years has manfully held this extreme
+southwestern outpost of Congregationalism, having learned of our
+approach from a dashing country rider, comes along in the dark, one
+mile out to meet us, in Oriental style. After our salaams, he gallops
+back to town to make the final arrangement for our entertainment. It
+is now 8.30 <span class="smcap">p. m.</span>, too late for the preaching; and, for once, the
+preacher is glad that the storm has kept the people away from the
+appointment. But the next night they make it up, and the preacher
+tries to make it up, too. When Mr. Thompson brought me down, six
+years ago, we came straight through by fording, belly-deep to the
+horses, across the reef, three miles long, that forms the nexus
+between the Nueces Bay and the Corpus Christi Bay. On either side was
+deep water or miring sand. Once, since that, he has had to <i>tote</i> his
+passengers out on his back. The reef has been washed out in spots.
+Lo! this time we go up around the head of the bay, ten miles farther.
+Brother Thompson claims that he can endure such jaunts without wear
+or much weariness, because he is so abstemious as not to drink tea or
+coffee nor to eat meat. And everybody knows him to be a true, pure
+and high-minded Christian minister<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span> who, though he has had but
+little schooling, has been so taught of God in the Word, that after
+these eleven years in the same parish, that at Helena, he is yet
+confided in there as an able pulpit teacher. In old times, his people
+were Presbyterians. Blood will tell; and doctrine, too.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[Pg 82]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 451px;">
+<img src="images/img089.jpg" width="451" height="628" alt="VIEWS IN TEXAS" title="" />
+<span class="caption">VIEWS IN TEXAS</span>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>WEEK OF PRAYER.</h3>
+
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Nashville, Tenn.</span>&mdash;The week of prayer was observed here this year as
+usual, a meeting being held each day. Notwithstanding the bad
+weather, the attendance was fair and the interest good, although not
+of a revival kind. Before that time special efforts had been made in
+connection with the labors of Rev. Mr. Field, the evangelist, and
+twenty-five professed conversions took place. A pleasant state of
+feeling in religion has existed since then. In the circumstances the
+order of subjects for prayer was closely observed, except that the
+subject of missions was postponed until Sunday evening, that being
+the regular time for our monthly missionary meeting. The occasion was
+one of unusual interest. The special subjects considered were the
+Congo territory, the Congo conference, the mission to Bih&eacute; and that
+to Umzila's kingdom. In the last mentioned mission we here have a
+peculiar interest, as two of our former students, Mr. and Mrs.
+Ousley, have been sent there as missionaries by the American Board.
+Both are graduates of our college course and Mr. Ousley has since
+studied theology at Oberlin. A letter from him, written at Cape Town,
+Africa, was read at our meeting. Since then one has been received
+from Mrs. Ousley, dated at Durban, Natal, which they had reached in
+safety and good health and spirits. They were about to sail the next
+day for Inhambane, their final destination. So as to locate them
+better we had at the meeting, on our board, a map of that station.
+Our society writes them once a month. They are very dear to us and we
+hope they will do much good in Africa. Mr. Ousley dedicated himself
+one Sunday in the summer of 1878 to that field of labor and has never
+swerved from his purpose. The last part of the meeting was devoted to
+a season of prayer for Secretary Pike in consideration of his serious
+illness.</p>
+
+<div class="right smcap">A. K. Spence.</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Memphis, Tenn.</span>&mdash;Our church, as formerly, observed the week of prayer,
+with, however, nothing of special note in the way of outward results.
+The stormy weather from the first until the middle of the week
+greatly hindered the attendance. There was, notwithstanding, for
+those who came, a blessed realization of spiritual benefit.</p>
+
+<p>There were no special meetings at the Le Moyne School, the teachers
+attending the night meetings at the church.</p>
+
+<p>We were quickened by the thought that even a few souls gathered in
+each of many places, make up a great company in supplication before
+God. The topics presented for each evening came to our minds with
+more than ordinary freshness and force, and the weight of all
+accumulated to the last. I trust that we were duly impressed with a
+sense of the obligation incurred by thus confessing to the truth and
+importance of those themes, and by coming with them to the Lord.
+Those members of church who, unhindered by other things, come to
+meeting in stormy weather are more clear in their testimony that it
+pays, in direct returns of spiritual strength and joy in the
+fellowship of Christ.</p>
+
+<p>The spirit of our meetings at the close was just such as warrants a
+continuance of effort, but the winter has been unusually cold and,
+unlike the custom North, it would be an extraordinary excitement
+which would secure a general interest and attendance now.</p>
+
+<div class="right smcap">B. A. Imes.</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[Pg 83]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Savannah, Ga.</span>&mdash;The week of prayer was a spiritual feast to those who
+attended the meetings, held each night in the Congregational Church,
+and the results still continue to appear. Topics assigned by the
+Alliance followed.</p>
+
+<p>To our church the week of prayer was largely a season of review, the
+whole cycle of blessings, needs and hopes passing in prayerful
+review. The meeting for thanksgiving, on Monday night, was a goodly
+remembrance of special blessings during the past year, and the
+exercises were chiefly supplications, experiences and rejoicings of
+those who one year ago had no Christian hope. By count, more than
+one-half of the persons present were, as one said, only "yearlings."
+The ready use of Bible promises at this meeting measured well the
+value of our special missionary's Bible work. Two mothers, each with
+her family about her, testified in word and deed that the one year of
+Christian life had created home forces and blessings of infinite
+worth. The time of confession and consecration lasted the whole week,
+and proofs of genuineness are not wanting. Said one: "The new year
+shall not be so dull as the old one." Another: "The new year I give
+<i>all</i> to my Master, Jesus." And kindred promises were frequent and
+fervent.</p>
+
+<p>Results of week of prayer: Church much encouraged and quickened, new
+consecration to work, one convert, a number of interested souls, but
+chiefly the quickened desire for growth of individuals in all that
+makes Christian character; and, more than all, the growth of
+missionary spirit shown in the earnest prayers for the conversion of
+the world to Christ.</p>
+
+<p>At the close of the "Missionary night" meeting, one of the oldest
+members of the Church called at the pastor's study and asked for the
+Missionary magazines, saying: "I am just beginning to hear God's call
+to missionary work, and I want to know more of what the A. M. A. is
+doing for our people, and to have my part in it." Seed <i>will</i> grow.</p>
+
+<div class="right smcap">Dana Sherrill.</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Santee Agency, Neb.</span>&mdash;We remembered the week of prayer by services in
+the chapel every evening, except on Thursday and Saturday, when we
+held the meetings in the afternoon for the convenience of our Indians
+who live at a distance from the Mission. The spirit of prayer rested
+upon all of our several school boarding halls, and we felt that the
+mercy seat had come near.</p>
+
+<p>The line of instruction in these meetings was concerning the Holy
+Spirit as enlightening the mind, convicting of sin, revealing Christ
+to the soul, and abiding with the believer.</p>
+
+<p>Our young men very generally took part in prayer. And their prayers
+showed a clear understanding of the truths spoken, and deep feeling
+with regard to their own needs and the wonderful revelation of the
+mercy of Christ. And they seemed to open their hearts to the ministry
+of the Spirit.</p>
+
+<p>The same spirit of tender prayerfulness and devotion to the Master
+was manifest among the girls, a number of them coming out as
+candidates for church membership and eagerly forming a class for the
+study of the Catechism.</p>
+
+<p>In the middle of these days of prayer, we were startled by the word
+that came from a brother missionary's family, the Rev. J. P.
+Williamson, at Yankton Agency, Dakota, that his children were all
+sick with scarlet fever, that one was dead and another dying. We took
+their burden on our hearts in prayer. And the merciful Father spared
+the one on the borders of death.</p>
+
+<p>By this I was called away from Santee for two days to attend the
+burial of the dear missionary child that was taken. But I found no
+interruption of interest when I returned. Thus, all in all, the
+experiences of this week have been very precious, and we believe that
+larger fruits of it are yet to appear.</p>
+
+<div class="right smcap">Alfred L. Riggs.</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[Pg 84]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>LETTER FROM A STUDENT.</h3>
+
+
+<div class="right">&mdash;&mdash;, Miss., January 18, 1885.</div>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Dear Professor</span>: As I only wrote you a few days ago, you will no doubt
+be surprised somewhat to receive this letter so soon after. But it is
+on a matter of great importance that I write you. I think I told you
+in my letter previous to this that I found no Sabbath-school here,
+and that I had formed a little class among my day pupils.</p>
+
+<p>This is my second Sabbath here, and we met this morning in our little
+schoolroom for the first time. How happy it made me feel to meet with
+such a pleasant little band of children, all eager to talk and learn
+of Jesus. But I was greatly pained to find that the teachers who
+recently taught here failed to have Sabbath-school. I inquired of
+those present this morning how long since they had Sabbath school
+here, and was informed, "three years." I then asked what the teachers
+did who previously taught free school here; the answer which came
+from many was, "They visited on Sundays." I don't see how they could
+content themselves at doing nothing in a place like this, when there
+is so much work to do. I have not in all my experience of school
+teaching found a place so pitifully neglected and needful as this.
+What I want to say, Professor, is this: We have no Sabbath-school
+literature of any kind.</p>
+
+<p>Have you anything that you could send me, Professor, for my little
+Sabbath-school? If so, please send it at my expense. I shall be glad
+to get anything that I could interest them with; I mean to have them
+come to my room Sunday afternoons, that I may read to them and talk
+with those who are not Christians, and perhaps you can find something
+that would be good for that purpose. We shall be glad of anything.
+There is so much work here, and I shall be so glad if I can do any
+good. Now, Professor, if you can find <span class="smcap">anything</span> to send us, do send it
+at once. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain your pupil and
+friend,</p>
+
+<div class="right">&mdash;&mdash; &mdash;&mdash;.</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THE CHINESE.</h3>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">BY REV. W. C. POND.</div>
+
+
+<p>Our brother Lou Quong, for several years the Chinese Helper in our
+West School in this city, has recently returned from a visit to his
+native land. I was so greatly interested in his account of his
+experience as a Christian, thrown back into the heathen associations
+of his childhood, that I asked him to write it out for me, and I give
+it to the readers of <span class="smcap">The Missionary</span> with only a few corrections of
+his English,&mdash;respecting which, during his absence, he has lost some
+ground:</p>
+
+<p>"I came to California in 1876, and lived in the city of San
+Francisco. In the day-time I worked in a family, but in the evenings
+I attended the Mission school. In 1877, I became a poor Christian
+among our countrymen here. The schools were cared for by all the good
+Christian friends that are in this free country, and even by some
+from England and other nations. They were looked after by Rev. W. C.
+Pond, pastor of Bethany Church&mdash;the same church that all our Chinese
+brethren go to, to take the Lord's Supper, once in two months.</p>
+
+<p>Last September I paid a visit to my home&mdash;the home that I had left
+for so long a time. But before I go I make up my mind to stand up for
+Jesus, who has<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[Pg 85]</a></span> kindly given His life for my soul. At first my heart
+was some troubled about going back to my heathen country, but I pray,
+and kept praying that Jesus would go with me. So He heard my humble
+prayers. He was going before me, and made everything smooth for me. I
+got home Oct. 9th, at noon. In a few moments there came all the
+people of my village, both young and old, women and men, asking me
+about California. I answered them the best I could. Some of them try
+to get a look on my head at first, to see if my hair is all right,
+for they believed Christian Chinese have their queue cut off, and
+belong to California. He is no more Chinaman. For this cause they
+trouble me many days.</p>
+
+<p>I met Rev. C. R. Hager at Hong Kong, when first I got there. We fell
+to talking of the Mission work among our people.</p>
+
+<p>When I was at home, as soon as my father worshiped the ancestors or
+the idols, he sent one of my little sisters to call me to join the
+worship; but my mother, who has a better spirit, told my father that
+I would not worship them any more, "for (as she said) he have told me
+that he did thank God <i>in his heart</i>, and that he love us the same."
+Thus, my mother stopped the calling for the worshiping of the
+ancestors ever since. I thank God for this first.</p>
+
+<p>During the time I was at home there were seven or eight brethren
+called at my house and did shake hands with me. Some of them I knew
+in California, but the rest I knew not and never saw them before; yet
+they could find their fellow-brethren in Christ, and came from far
+to do so. Some of them are Bible-sellers; some are preachers. They
+show their brotherly love and Christian faith by bringing candy and
+oranges for my sisters. And my father was also glad to see them, each
+time they call. Some of them did take dinner with us in our family.
+Rev. Mr. Jones also call, and he preached to the people in my
+village. He can use the chop-sticks, and did eat our food. In the
+evening, with the moon shining, and in the day-time he asked me to
+take him to the market-place, to tell the people the same thing in
+Chinese as we preached here in California. He was astonished that the
+people treated him so well, and did not say a bad word to him about
+it.</p>
+
+<p>Now comes the hardest thing for a Chinese Christian to bear; that is,
+the marriage day. I was married on March 28, 1884. I had been engaged
+by my parents when I was fourteen years old to a girl who was only
+nine, and lived four miles away. When she come to our house to live
+with us, then she begin to ask me why I did not worship the ancestors
+with her on the marriage day; and I begin with my lesson to her in
+simple things, telling her why I don't worship those things any more.
+When I make a prayer to God before I go to bed she laugh at me
+because I pray to nothing&mdash;no God that I can <i>see</i>. But I told her
+that she must bow her head too when I pray, and must keep still. So,
+after this, she pay more attention to what I tell her about this
+great God that I have found in California.</p>
+
+<p>Once she ask me why I don't take Mr. Ying's example, and do just like
+he do to please all men. For Mr. Ying was living in the same house
+with us, and had come back from California at the same time with me;
+and though he had been in our Mission schools for two or three years,
+yet he will not take Jesus as his Lord. So when he got back to China,
+he do things just as free as any heathen. So I ask her: "Well,
+suppose a man who served his ancestors, and all the dead and all the
+idols with all his heart; yet he would not take care of himself and
+go about smoking opium, gambling, throwing away his money in
+foolishness, and leaving his whole family uncared for. Now, how do
+you like that?" Then she said, without delay, "I will not like such a
+man. I rather take a man that is called a Christian, and have him do
+good, than to have him serve ancestors and gods and do bad things."
+Though she was a heathen, yet I think she see a little<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[Pg 86]</a></span> light now. I
+left home to come here again, Oct. 29, but I still pray God to keep
+her on the right way; and may she become a Christian woman by the
+Lord's power alone! Thus the Lord blessed me. May He bless all the
+workers in His vineyard."</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 439px;">
+<img src="images/img094.jpg" width="439" height="399" alt="Bride and Bridegroom Worshiping Tablets of Deceased
+Ancestors." title="" />
+<span class="caption">Bride and Bridegroom Worshiping Tablets of Deceased
+Ancestors.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>I have exceedingly interesting accounts from the new fields: Alturas,
+Modoc Co.; Tulare, Tulare Co., and San Diego. In Sacramento where
+Rev. Mr. Jones is engaged in special services, we hear of crowds
+gathering about him in the street when he speaks there, and following
+him into the mission house till it is completely packed. We hear also
+that some hearts seem to have been touched; and that the hope is
+cherished that some who were far off have been brought nigh. Space
+fails me to go into details; but I bespeak the earnest prayers of all
+who love this cause and love our Lord, that this evangelistic work
+may yield us the glad harvests for which we have been wrestling with
+God.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>We are glad to notice that the ladies of Connecticut have recently
+organized a State Missionary Society to co-operate with the leading
+benevolent societies for work in our own country. Nothing in these
+days can be accomplished without organization. What is everybody's
+business is nobody's business, and causes whose support is left to
+those who merely<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[Pg 87]</a></span> happen to have an interest in them are very likely
+to be neglected. We wish that in every State of the Union, ladies'
+domestic missionary societies might be organized. The great work
+which our Association is called upon to perform among women needs to
+be specially brought to the attention of the Christian ladies in our
+churches. This information can only be effectually disseminated
+through organized and systematic effort. We are prepared to furnish
+interesting missionary material to all who will ask for it. We invite
+correspondence with missionary societies, promising to give careful
+attention to any inquiries they may make. With gratitude do we record
+the fact that the interest in the woman's department of the American
+Missionary Association's work is steadily enlarging.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>LETTER FROM A LADY MISSIONARY.</h3>
+
+
+<div class="right smcap">&mdash;&mdash;, Ga., January, 1885.</div>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Dear Friends</span>: As I take my pen to write my mind goes back to the
+general letter that I wrote. Can I tell you of any improvement among
+those with whom we have to do, since that time? Watching the progress
+of our school from day to day the upward tendency seems slow, but
+looking back a year a marked improvement can be seen. While they
+learn readily they remember well, and the homes of those who come in
+contact with our church and school are different. Last Saturday was
+the coldest day of the winter, but Miss Robertson and I, according to
+a previous appointment went to the Dunwoody settlement to hold a
+woman's meeting. I think I wrote you about a similar meeting one year
+ago; this is the third one that I have held, and the meetings have
+gained in interest. In that settlement, before they commence
+planting, the people have a fast day; they neither eat, wash their
+faces nor perform any ordinary duties from one sunset to the next.
+They pray in their homes and unitedly for God's blessing upon the
+labor of their hands. It reminds me of the way fast days used to be
+kept in the early history of New England. I am inclined to think they
+caught the idea from the people who came from New England here. I do
+not know that such a custom is observed except in this settlement. I
+asked the women if a blessing followed their prayers? They answered
+decidedly, "Yes," and said that while the people all about them had
+suffered for the necessities of life, in that settlement they had
+never since freedom bought corn, rice or potatoes, but had raised
+sufficient for their needs. In their simplicity they take God at His
+word, "Ask and ye shall receive."</p>
+
+<p>Last Sabbath another couple entered upon the "<i>matrimonial sea</i>,"
+this time young people. The gorgeous attire of the wedding party can
+be better imagined than described. We see few tokens of love and
+affection among this people. In the Sunday-school lesson of last
+Sabbath the questions and remarks of our pupils led us to think that
+it was almost a missing link in their lives; it seemed impossible for
+them to understand why the people should fall on Paul's neck and kiss
+him; it is a rare sight to see a kiss exchanged among them.</p>
+
+<p>Yesterday, after school, the parson went with me over the swamps to
+the homes of some of our scholars. We passed through several ditches,
+where the water was up to the hubs of the buggy wheels; there was a
+log for a foot-path over these places. It was very muddy all along
+the way, and yet these children are seldom absent from school.
+To-day, the clouds are heavy and dark, and the rain has come down<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[Pg 88]</a></span> in
+torrents, yet many have come into school from these long distances,
+to our surprise, one boy having the promise of being promoted into
+the second reader came at least six miles, bringing a chicken and six
+eggs to pay for his book; when he arrived he was wet to his skin.
+Two-thirds of our school were present to-day. I realize as never
+before the effort these children are making for themselves. Oh! I
+remember how freely money was given and the young men from our homes
+that freedom might be obtained for this people; then the women must
+wait and pray at home, but now the way is open for women to teach the
+young of this vast race that the future may not disclose a nation
+within a nation, hostile to the good and true of a Christian people.
+Shall there not be volunteers among our New England girls, who shall
+say: "Here am I. Send me" to the work?</p>
+
+<div>
+<span style="margin-left: 4em;">Very cordially yours,</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 27em;">E. P.</span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<p>Some of our hard-worked sisters at the North may wish to enter the
+service of the A. M. A., that they may get a little rest and find
+time for literary culture. We commend to such a careful perusal of
+the following report.</p>
+
+<div class="center"><span class="smcap">monthly report by miss h.</span></div>
+
+<p>Days taught during the month, 25; Hours taught, 150; Scholars
+classified, 73; Tuition collected, $54.75; School books sold, 111;
+Book money, $24.00; School programmes, 10; Slates corrected, 1,250;
+Arithmetical examples (oral), 325; Words written on the blackboard,
+225; Spelling words (oral), 450; Reading lessons, 50; Golden Texts,
+4; New song taught, 1; Five-minute talks, 10; Conducted chapel
+exercises, 4; Conducted home devotions, 5; Tuesday evening public
+talk, 1; Interviewed mothers of refractory scholars, 5; Notes to
+parents, 10; Postal cards (absent scholars), 20; Written examination,
+1; Choir meetings, 4; Whipped scholar, 1; Attended woman's prayer
+meeting, 4; Church services, 20.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>CHILDREN'S PAGE.</h3>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>VIC'S LILIES.</h3>
+
+
+<p>School was dismissed, and the boys and girls came rushing out with
+merry shouts and laughter. The voices had a musical ring and the
+intonation peculiar to uncultivated colored lads and lassies. They
+were a comely, thrifty-looking set, and the instinctive hopefulness
+of their race looked from the bright eyes and shone in the cheery
+faces. Life had gone hard with some, but had failed to quench their
+faith in the good time yet to come.</p>
+
+<p>As they neared the corner of the street and came in sight of a large,
+handsome white house, a girl's voice called, "Hush! hush!"</p>
+
+<p>"Lor', now, Vic!" her brother Phil remonstrated, "what nonsense!" But
+in spite of the remonstrance every voice took a lower tone, and the
+house was passed almost in silence. The blinds of the house were
+closed, and from the door-knob hung the black-and-white token of
+mourning. Vic was saying, "Yes, sick jest two days; taken Sunday and
+died this morning. When I tol' teacher, she said, 'Death loves a
+shining mark.'"</p>
+
+<p>"I'm awful sorry," said Nan; "he was a mighty peart little 'un, and
+he al'ays looked up and smiled when we passed. But if I'd knowed he
+was really<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[Pg 89]</a></span> goin', I'd sent a message to sister Fan. Don't you think
+she'd like to know about the Christmas tree, Vic?"</p>
+
+<p>"You're a green un," said Phil. "You don't s'pose that little pink
+and white chap has gone to our heaven, do you? He'll see Fan a heap
+sight! She's off in a little cubby-hole with all the rest of the
+darkies. All the first-class 'commodations b'longs to the white
+peoples, ye know."</p>
+
+<p>"Hush, Phil," said Vic; "you shan't stuff Nan so. Everything will be
+all right, honey, when we gets up dere. Shouldn't be s'prised if Fan
+knew all 'bout the tree. And p'rhaps the good Lord will let her help
+take care of the little fellow till his po' mother comes. Ole Dinah
+says she's awfully cut up&mdash;his mother, you know. You see they're
+strangers here, came for the mammy's health; and Frankie, he was the
+only chile. 'Pears like I want to comfort the po' mammy. My lily has
+three blossoms. I mean to take them all to her."</p>
+
+<p>"'Pears like you'd better min' your own business. She may be a dog-on
+white lady, if she do come from the Norf. Like as not she'd turn up
+her nose at your lilies. I'll 'low the little un was a brick, but
+you'd better let his mother 'lone." This was Phil's advice.</p>
+
+<p>But although Victoria Porter had a black skin, she had a tender,
+loving heart, and she had pored over the Christ-life until she had
+unconsciously imbibed its spirit. She was always yearning to comfort
+some one. Later in the day she stood at the door of the white
+mansion, holding her precious lilies. "They're for his mother," she
+said to Dinah. "Tell her we chil'ens loved Frankie, and we're all
+mighty sorry."</p>
+
+<p>It was a simple message and a simple offering, and the giver was a
+poor little black girl; but behind the gift was sincerity and love,
+and the heart of the poor, sorrowing mother was touched and
+comforted.</p>
+
+<p>And Vic's lilies had a mission of which she knew not. They preached a
+lovely sermon on the high privilege and duty of comforting others. We
+may be poor, and very humble may be our station in life; but if we
+try, we may make life brighter and sweeter to someone. What a glad
+surprise it will be to Vic when the Saviour honors her many kind acts
+by the words&mdash;"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
+these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."</p>
+
+<div class="right">E. E. B.</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1885.</h3>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MAINE">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2">MAINE, $714.22.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. "Friends"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$9.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bangor. "Little Women" and "Busy Bees" of Bangor, and Ladies of
+Hampden, Bbl. of Christmas Presents, <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., 32.50; Winter St. Ch., 47.15</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">79.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brunswick. 2 Bbls. and 1 Box of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Centre Lebanon. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Stephen A. Cordwell</span> and <span class="smcap">Peter
+W. Files, L. M's</span></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">68.31</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elliot. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ellsworth. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">34.47</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Farmington. Rev. C. E. Pope's S. S. Class, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gardiner. Bbl. of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i>, 3.20 <i>for Freight</i>, by Miss
+S. E. Adams</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gorham. Bbl. of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i>, 2 <i>for Freight</i>, by Miss M.
+E. Smith</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Limington. "A. B."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Castle. Mrs. Chas. D. Crane, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Castle. Mrs. C. D. Crane, <i>for Selma, Ala.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Bridgeton. By Miss Proctor's Sch., <i>for Student Aid,
+Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and Daughters</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Orono. Bbl. and Box of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Portland. High Street Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">90.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Portland. Brown Thurston's Class, High St. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student
+Aid, Hamilton N. &amp; A. Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Portland. Miss A. Partridge, Bbl. of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>, 59c.
+<i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.59</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Searsport. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Searsport. 2 Bbls of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i>, 4 <i>for freight</i>, by Mrs.
+C. T. Hawes</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">South Berwick. Mrs. <span class="smcap">Matilda Burleigh</span> to const. herself L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Union. Bbl. of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woolwich. Mrs. E. M. Gardner.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[Pg 90]</a></span><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$474.22</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="medium">LEGACY.</span></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Castine. Estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, by Rev. Geo. M. Adams, Ex.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$240.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$714.22</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NEW HAMPSHIRE">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.21.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.24</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Antrim. "Friends" by John E. Hastings</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">26.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Candia. Frank E. Page</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Concord. South Ch. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.99</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Derry. Woman's Miss'y Soc. (one share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Alstead. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.63</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i>;
+Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. <i>for Talladega C.</i>, 1 <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Exeter. Mary E. Shute</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Exeter. Miss A. E. McIntire, Bbl. of C. <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>,
+50c. <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.28</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Francestown. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch. (one share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. Gerry</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hollis. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hudson. Bbl. of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Keene. First. Cong. Sab Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">70.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">46.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lebanon. Cong. Soc., <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lisbon. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lyme. Cong. Ch., to const. Dea. <span class="smcap">W. S. Balch L. M.</span></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Franklin St. Church</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">70.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mason. Box of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i>; 1.60 <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Milford. "Willing Workers," <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.96</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nashua. Bbl. of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Ipswich. Leavitt Lincoln</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newport. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">42.52</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Penacook. <span class="smcap">Jeremiah C. Martin</span>, to const. himself L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.03; Rev. Geo. Goodyear, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">33.03</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.41</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;VERMONT">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />VERMONT, $678.67.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Barnet. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">72.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bennington. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Dea. <span class="smcap">G. A. Wattles</span>, <span class="smcap">Henry G.
+Root</span> and Miss <span class="smcap">E. M. Hubbard</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">53.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bennington Centre. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cambridge. Madison Safford</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.62</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.06</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ludlow. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marshfield. Lyman Clark</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Montpelier. Mrs. L. C. Bowen</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. "P. M."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Ladies' Aid Soc., 2 Bbls. C., <i>for Oaks, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.36</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Albans. Henry E. Seymour</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch., 54.72; "A Colored Man," 2</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">56.72</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Springfield. Mrs. F. Parks</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stowe. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Part share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Randolph. Miss B. Nichols</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.69</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Randolph. Susan E. Albin</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Randolph. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Woman's Work</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williston. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woodstock. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">19.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">By Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i>; Johnson, Sab. Sch.,
+$13.67; Chelsea, Ladies' Soc., $10; Pittsford, Cong. Sab. Sch., 20;
+Montpelier, Ladies, $10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">53.67</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MASSACHUSETTS">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MASSACHUSETTS, $5,202.67.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Amherst. William M. Graves, 20; "A Friend," 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Amherst. Young People of Cong Ch., 10; Mrs. T. P. Huntington, 2,
+<i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. Free Christian Ch. and Soc., 80.82; "A Friend," 30</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">110.82</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. Ladies' Union H. M. Soc. (70 of which <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">72.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. Mrs. Blake, <i>for Fort Sully, Dak.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. West Parish Juv. Miss'y Soc. (One share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const. <span class="smcap">Clifton E.
+Stowe</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ashland. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.56</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 279.14; Rev. <span class="smcap">Morton Dexter</span>, 40,
+to const. himself L. M.; Mrs. E. C. Parkhurst, 20; Mrs. M. B. Adams
+(one share), 20; Miss Harriet N. Kirk, 15; "Mrs. W.," 1.&mdash;Brighton.
+Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50.&mdash;Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc.,
+88.48.&mdash;Cambridge. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i>,
+6.25.&mdash;Cambridge. "A Friend," 4.&mdash;Cambridgeport. Prospect Ch. and
+Soc., 87.55.&mdash;Cambridgeport. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Pilgrim Ch. to
+const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">E. D. Leavitt</span> L. M., 30.&mdash;Dorchester. Young People's
+Mission Circle of Second Ch., by Edith L. Mansfield, Treas., 40, <i>for
+Two shares</i>, and 8 <i>for Student Aid, Wilmington, N. C.</i>&mdash;Dorchester.
+Mrs. Wm. Wales, 6.&mdash;South Boston. Phillips Ch. and Soc., 68.29</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">763.71</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bedford. "M. E. R."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Braintree. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">22.53</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brimfield. Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Miner H. Corbin</span>
+L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">37.77</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Chattanooga, Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">31.12</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Charlton. Cong. Ch., 12.26 and Sab., Sch., 1.64</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, <i>for Missionary,
+Chattanooga, Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">60.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc., 21.24; Miss E. Davenport, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">26.24</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicopee Falls. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">Julia M. Dakin</span> L.
+M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. Mrs. R. N. Ingalls, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. By Marion E. McPhail, Treas., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega
+C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. Miss'y Soc., <i>for Talladega C.</i>, <i>freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.40</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for Kittrell, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cotuit. Union Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Curtisville. Frances M. Clarke</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i>; 2
+<i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. Miss <span class="smcap">Nelly M. Kemp</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">41.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[Pg 91]</a></span><div class="sub1">Easthampton. &mdash;&mdash;, <i>for Reading R., Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Weymouth. Cong. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Edgartown. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 80.70; Third Cong. Ch., 10.20</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">90.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Falmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Framingham. Plym. Ch. and Soc., 48.86; and Sab. Sch., 13.19; Mrs. S.
+N. Brewer, 10; "G. N.," 5; "A Friend," 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">87.05</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gardner. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">19.31</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Globe Village. Union Ch. Sab Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. And Soc., 98; Mrs. Nancy E. Brooks, 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">108.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Bal. Share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grafton. Bbl. of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. <span class="smcap">Chester Kellogg</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., 12.37; and Sab. Sch., 9.48</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.85</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hardwick. E. B. Foster</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., Dea. <span class="smcap">Ebenezer Webster's</span> Class, to
+const. him L. M., 30; Mrs. Appleton's Class, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i>, 5; Perry Elliott's Class, 3.41</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">38.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Holliston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.37</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.69</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">176.95</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lee. Elizur Smith</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Leeds. E. L. Clark</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lenox. F. Augustus Schemerborn, 25; Richard Goodman, 15; Henry
+Sedgewick, 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (2 of which <i>for Indian M.</i>), to const.
+Rev. <span class="smcap">C. A. Dickinson</span> and Mrs. <span class="smcap">C. A. Dickinson</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">41.62</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lowell. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Malden. "Two Friends," 2; "A Friend," 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Maplewood. Bbl. of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marlborough. Young People's Mission Circle of Union Ch., <i>for
+Tillotson C. &amp; N. Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Matfield. Mrs. W. S. E. Shaw, Box of C., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i>; 5 <i>for
+Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Merrimac. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Methuen. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Middlefield. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Milford. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for
+Talladega C.</i>; 2.50 <i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">58.45</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., 12.36; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 20, <i>for
+Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">32.36</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Straight U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Needham. Evan. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Bedford. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">123.85</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton. "A Friend," <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of C., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">94.26</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Billerica. Mrs. E. R. Gould, <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const. <span class="smcap">William
+Wright</span> and <span class="smcap">Luther K. Snell</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Brookfield. Mrs. W. H. Montague, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Hadley. Mt. Holyoke Sem., Miss L. W. Shattuck, 5; Miss Anna C.
+Edwards, 5, <i>for Student Aid, Straight U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">Davis Gregory</span> and
+<span class="smcap">Edwin Freeman</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">71.31</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oxford. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.33</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, <i>for Kittrell, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pepperell. 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.59</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pittsfield. James H. Dunham, 50; First Cong. Ch., 25; Second Cong.
+Sab. Sch., 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">80.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.64</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">75.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Royalston. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Royalston. Mrs. H. M. Estabrook</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">86.28</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Somerville. E. Stone, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Somerville. "M"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>; 3.05
+<i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.05</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">South Wellfleet. "A Life Member"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">South Weymouth. Sec. Cong. Ch., Miss Grover's S. S. Class, <i>for
+Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega
+C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.01</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Springfield First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 20; "Friends" 5.60, <i>for
+Oaks, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">48.96</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">23.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.39</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sunderland. "The Acorns," <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.73</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">53.39</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Walpole. Or. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 43; Mrs. C. F. Metcalf, 1; Miss L.
+J. Gould, 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Walpole. Mr. Johnson, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Mrs. M. Fuller, <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Mrs. J. Q. A. Pierce</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wayland. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Kittrell, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.46</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">74.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.78</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.54</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Dennis. Mrs. Sarah S. Crowell</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westfield. Miss E. B. Dickinson, 50.10; Mrs. C. W. Fowler, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">55.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westfield. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Second Ch., Bbl. of C., val. 66,
+<i>for Straight U.</i>; 1.65 <i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Newbury. J. C. Carr</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Springfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5.20 of which <i>for Hampton N and
+A. Inst.</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">95.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winchester. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">55.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[Pg 92]</a></span>
+<div class="sub1">Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">75.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woburn. William Temple</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., 209.16; Piedmont Ch. (ad'l), 50.77;
+Rev. C. M. Lamson, 5; "A Friend," 2 Dictionaries (Greek and Latin)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">264.93</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Collected by Mrs. C. M. Lamson, of Salem St. Ch., <i>for
+Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. "A Friend," <i>for Kindergarten, Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, by Mrs. H. B. Merriman (one share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Mrs. H. L. Stearns' S. S. Class, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "Mount Holyoke," <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n: Springfield, First,
+26.96; South, 81.81; Blandford, 6; Palmer, Second, 50; Mittineague,
+28</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">192.77</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$5,198.63</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="medium">LEGACY.</span></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by Wm. W. Wyman, Ex.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$5,202.67</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"><span class="smcap">Clothing, Etc., Received at Boston Office</span>: <span class="smcap">New Hampshire</span>, Keene
+Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., 1 Bbl., <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i>;
+Walpole, Ladies of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. <i>for Dakota Home</i>.
+<span class="smcap">Massachusetts</span>, Dorchester, Mrs. James Foster, "The Family Library,"
+etc.; Mrs. R. L. Prouty, Pkg. "Congregationalists"; Fitchburg,
+Herbert H. Dole, Pkg. "Youth's Companion"; Harvard, Woman's Benev.
+Soc. of Ev. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>, val. 35;
+Lawrence, Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Lawrence St. Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 75,
+<i>for Talladega C.</i>; Templeton, Elizabeth C. D. Shattuck, Bundle, val.
+(in part) 3.16, <i>for Chattanooga, Tenn.</i>; Revere, Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls.,
+<i>for Chattanooga, Tenn.</i>; Watertown, Ladies of Phillips Ch., 1 Bbl.
+<span class="smcap">Rhode Island</span>, Westerly, Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., <i>for Savannah, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;RHODE ISLAND">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />RHODE ISLAND, $1,684.77.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Barrington. Cong. Ch. (ad'l)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.40</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Central Falls. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">65.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newport. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">77.14</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Providence. Union Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">785.23</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Seekonk and East Providence. Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Robert R. Pearse</span>
+and <span class="smcap">Albert M. Finnamore</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">60.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$1,064.77</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="medium">LEGACY.</span></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Providence. Estate of Anthony B. Arnold, by John H. Cheever and Wm.
+Knight, Exrs.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">620.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$1,684.77</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;CONNECTICUT">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />CONNECTICUT, $4,766.91.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bethel. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">107.08</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bethel. "Willing Workers," <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Black Rock. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.54</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Branford. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.13</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bridgeport. Children of North Ch. Infant Class, <i>for Cal. Chinese
+M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bridgeport. Miss Wood, Box Books, etc., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.63</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Canterbury. Westminster Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.07</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.84</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cromwell. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">78.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Danielsonville. Case of C., <i>for Tougaloo, Miss.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fair Haven. Miss H. L. Rice, <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">57.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Straight U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">32.94</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hadlyme. Joseph W. Hungerford</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. (5 of which <i>for Indian M.</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">281.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Second Ch. of Christ, 150; Gilbert G. Mosely, 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">160.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Jewett City. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kensington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">26.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. Williams</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ledyard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">24.78</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lyme. First Ecc. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">34.47</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Middletown. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Milton. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Montville. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mount Carmel. W. W. Woodruff, <i>for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">80.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Britain. South Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">198.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. Adams, <i>for Student Aid,
+Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50.; College St. Cong. Ch., 36.65, and Sab.
+Sch., 11; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, 30, to const. Miss <span class="smcap">Lucie J. Harrison
+L. M.</span></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">127.66</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of United Ch., <i>for Dakota
+Home, Santee Agency</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. L. M. Law, 25; Miss Julia Leek, 1, <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">26.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newington. Miss Agnes Belden, Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New London. Second Cong. Ch., 595.24; "A Friend," 1.50</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">596.74</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newtown. Cong. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northford. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.08</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 217.10; Miss Sarah M. Lee, 25</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">242.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Norwichtown. "First Ch."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Orange. Cong. Ch., <i>for Tillotson C. &amp; N. Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plainville. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">55.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rockville. J. Edwards Banta, Box papers, etc., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i>, 1,
+<i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salisbury, Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">52.70</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">South Britain. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Staffordville. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Talcottville. Sarah T. Avery</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">29.66</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Thompsonville. D. Pease</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tolland. Mrs. Lucy L. Clough, 50, <i>for Indian M.</i>, 25 <i>for Chinese
+M.</i> and 25 <i>for Freedmen</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Torrington. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Cask of C., etc., <i>for
+Talladega C.</i>, 4, <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wallingford. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.33</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wapping. Cong Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">196.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Hartford. A. Chappell, 10; Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 8.02</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.02</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilton. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">66.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Windsor Locks. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Dormitory, Tillotson C. &amp; N.
+Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">195.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winsted. Elias E. Gilman, 10; Mrs. Emily W. Case, 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[Pg 93]</a></span><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$3,739.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="medium">LEGACY.</span></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ellington. Estate of Maria Pitkin, by Edwin Talcott, Ex.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$1,027.87</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$4,766.91</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NEW YORK">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NEW YORK, $2,739.93.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Baldwinsville. Howard Carter</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Binghamton. Sheldon Warner</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch., 531; Plymouth Ch., 464.51; South
+Cong. Ch., 50; Ch. of the Covenant Sab. Sch., bal. to const. Mrs.
+<span class="smcap">Juliette H. Mackay</span> L. M., 20; Mrs. M. L. Hollis, 2; Rev. E. P.
+Thwing, Pkg. Books</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,067.51</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Santee Agency</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">37.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Canastota. E. B. Northrup</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">28.53</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ellington. Mrs. H. B. Rice, 10; Mrs. E. Rice, 4; A. C. Rice, 2</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Flushing. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i>; Miss
+C. T. Gilman, 2.30, <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.84, and Sab. Sch., 6.25</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">37.09</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Groton. Cong. Ch., 18.08; Mrs. Kesia Bostwick, 7.; Dr. Clark
+Chapman, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.08</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Himrods. Mrs. G. L. Ayres, <i>for Woman's Work</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Homer. Sab. Sch. Class, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Keeseville. Enos Barnes</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lockport. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.06</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lockport. Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Middlesex. Lester Adams</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Morristown. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New York. S. T. Gordon (of which 100 <i>for Little Rock, Ark.</i>; 100
+<i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>; 100 <i>for Tougaloo, Miss.</i>; and 100 <i>for
+Tillotson C. &amp; N. Inst.</i>), 500</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New York. Roswell Smith, 250; By "Aunt Patience," 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">251.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New York. The Century Co., 50 cop. "Songs of the Church" (second
+hand), <i>for Marion, Ala.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Walton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Owasco. Mrs. A Stewart</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oswego. Primary Pub. Sch., Box Books <i>for Oaks, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Port Richmond. Captain Stephen Squier</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salamanca. Rev. Wm. C. Scofield</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saratoga. Cong. Ch., Ladies Soc., Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega, C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sinclairville. E. Williams</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Syracuse. &mdash;&mdash; </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Syracuse. Mrs. Caroline B. Curtis, Box Papers, etc., <i>for Macon,
+Ga.</i>; 1.70 <i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.70</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.67</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Warsaw. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.34</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Waterville. Mrs. Winchel, 5; Mrs. J. Candee, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westmoreland. Miss C. M. Miller</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Salamanca. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">419.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NEW JERSEY">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NEW JERSEY, $26.73.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Jersey City. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.73</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Montclair. Mrs. J. F. Pratt's Sab. Sch. Class, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Perth Amboy. Friday Afternoon Class, by Miss E. W. Martin, Bdl. S.
+S. Papers</div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Raritan. Miss S. Provost, Case of Books and Papers</div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "Heart's Content"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend," <i>for Santee Agency, Neb.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;PENNSYLVANIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />PENNSYLVANIA, $50.50.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Guy's Mills. Cong. Ch., 18.50; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5; Children's
+Miss'y Soc., 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">28.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kingston. Welsh Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Philadelphia. Sarah Furber</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sewickley. "E. H. T.," <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stony Creek. Charles E. Webster</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;OHIO">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />OHIO, $544.11.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.28</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cleveland. Mrs. A. Scott (<i>one share</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cleveland. Franklin Av. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cincinnati. Geo. S. Gray, 18 Anthem Books, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Delaware. Wm. Bevan</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenwich. Anna M. Mead</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Geneva. "H. A. W."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kingsville. Myron Whiting</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">250.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Benton. Mrs. M. J. Hartzell</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. First. Cong. Ch., 87.88; E. P. Barrows, 10; Mrs. C. C.
+Wheat, 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">98.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., <i>15 for furnishing room and 10 for
+Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5; Mrs. M. J. P. Hatch, 1, <i>for
+Reading-room, Lexington, Ky.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Painesville. First Cong. Ch., 51.64, to const. <span class="smcap">N. O. Lee</span> L. M.; Mrs.
+E. Hickok, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">56.64</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Painesville. "O. W. H. M. U.," by Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.76</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Painesville. Sab. Sch. Class, by M. M. House, <i>for Santee Agency,
+Neb.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Radnor. Edward D. Jones</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ravenna. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">23.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Savannah. George Mackie</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saybrook. Mrs. A. M. Messenger, 2; Dea. D. Maltby, 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tallmadge. Rev. Luther Shaw, 8 Bibles</div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Unionville. Mrs. E. F. Burnelle</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Windham. Wm. A. Perkins</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;INDIANA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />INDIANA, $22.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elkhart. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Indianapolis. Rev O. C. McKullock, Box Books, etc., <i>for Macon,
+Ga.</i>; 5 <i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sparta. John Hawkswell</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Versailles. John D. Nichols</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;ILLINOIS">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />ILLINOIS, $837.99.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Atkinson. First Cong. Ch., Box S. S. Papers, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Batavia. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">65.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brimfield. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Champaign. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 198.53; South Cong. Ch., 39.26; Mrs. J. H.
+McArthur, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">242.79</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicago. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of N. E. Cong. Ch., <i>for Missionary,
+Mobile, Ala.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">47.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicago. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicago. South Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elgin. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">32.48</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elgin. Mrs. E. E. C. Borden (20 of which <i>for Hampton N. &amp; A.
+Inst.</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Galesburg. First Church of Christ</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">37.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Galva. Theodora Miss'y Soc., Bbl. and Box of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Geneso. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">116.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Geneseo. Young Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., etc., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hamlet. Levi Cooper</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ivanhoe. Miss Mary Cowdry, <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lyndon. Mrs. H. Deming</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[Pg 94]</a></span>
+<div class="sub1">Lombard. First Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Malden. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Maywood. Woman's Co-operative Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Millburn. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Moline. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., 23.50. Incorrectly ack. in Nov.
+number from Hartford, Ct.</div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oglesby. T. T. Bent </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plainfield. Mrs. Edward Ebbs </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Port Byron. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch. <i>for Missionary, Mobile,
+Ala.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Cross </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, Sen. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Roseville. Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Bbl. of C., etc., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Shabbona. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which from "A Friend,"
+<i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i>) </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">46.57</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilmette. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.50</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MICHIGAN">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MICHIGAN, $773.09.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Allendale. Cong. Ch., 4.15, and Sab. Sch., 1.85 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Delhi Mills. "A Friend" </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dexter. Dennis Warner </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grandville. "E. B." </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenville. M. Rutan </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hancock. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Soc., <i>for Theo. Dept.,
+Talladega C.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Laingsburg. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.85</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lake Lyndon. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lansing. Plymouth Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.71</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northville. D. Pomeroy </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oakley. Ch. of Christ </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Olivet. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">96.92</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saline. Eli Benton </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">19.61</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">White Lake. Robert Garner </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;IOWA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />IOWA, $637.35.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Burlington. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Davenport. Geo. W. Ells </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Des Moines. Dr. H. L. Whitman, <i>for Talladega C.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dubuque. Young Ladies' Benev. Soc., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div> </td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dubuque. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Missionary, New
+Orleans, La.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grinnell. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.29</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grinnell. By Miss Ella E. Marsh, <i>for Missionary, New Orleans, La.</i></div> </td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grinnell. C. A. Taylor's Sab. Sch. Class, <i>for Talladega C.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.35</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">McGregor. Woman's Miss'y Soc. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Hampton. Woman's Cent. Soc. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Osage. Cheerful Giver's Mission Band </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stuart. Woman's Miss'y Soc., <i>for Missionary, New Orleans, La.</i></div> </td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;WISCONSIN">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />WISCONSIN, $222.04.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Appleton. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">81.57</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Beloit. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div> </td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elkhorn. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Geneva. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.73</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Janesville. "Busy Bees," First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid,
+Macon, Ga</i>. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New London. First Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Richmond. First Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.45</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nicollet. Mrs. D. D. Kellogg, Sewing Machine, <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oshkosh. Mrs. Lucy Bartlett, Box Books, <i>for Library</i>, and Box of
+C., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Racine. Mrs. D, D. Nichols </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ripon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 10.85; Do Good Soc., 95c. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ripon. Do Good Soc., 6.80; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 5.19; <i>for Macon,
+Ga.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.99</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salem. First. Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MINNESOTA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MINNESOTA, $406.63.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Excelsior. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Glyndon. Union Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.42</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hamilton. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mankato. Belgrade Sab. Sch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 33.35; First Cong. Ch., 11.15; The
+Open Door Cong. Ch., 3.15 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">47.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Talladega C., Freight</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rochester. G. H. Swasey </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">67.11</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worthington. Union Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "Friends," <i>for Atlanta U.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">250.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;KANSAS">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />KANSAS, $15.95.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Atchison. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Topeka. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.95</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MISSOURI">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MISSOURI, $97.71.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kansas City. Clyde Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Joseph. Tab. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">83.71</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NEBRASKA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NEBRASKA, $42.88.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Exeter. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 7.45; Children's Mission Band, 3.55;
+First Cong. Ch., 7.80 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wahoo. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Waverly. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;DAKOTA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />DAKOTA, $10.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fort Berthold. Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian M.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;CALIFORNIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />CALIFORNIA, $25.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">San Francisco. Rev. J. Rowell </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $15.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Washington. Mrs. Abby N. Bailey, 10; Lincoln Mission Sab. Sch., 5 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MARYLAND">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MARYLAND, $4.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Federalsburg. Sarah Beals </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;KENTUCKY">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />KENTUCKY, $106.14.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lexington. Tuition, 38.40; Rent, 5.54 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">43.94</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williamsburg. Tuition, 58; Rent, 1 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">59.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williamsburg. Rev. J. T. Ford, <i>for Room</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.20</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;VIRGINIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />VIRGINIA, $6.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Herndon. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;TENNESSEE">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />TENNESSEE, $712.21</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chattanooga. Miss L. M. Lawson </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Jellico. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">29.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Jonesboro. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Knoxville. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Memphis. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">229.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nashville. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">425.06</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nashville. Jackson St. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NORTH CAROLINA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NORTH CAROLINA, $221.01.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kittrell. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">McLeansville. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.74</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilmington. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">188.27</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilmington. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilmington. By Miss Warner, <i>for Student Aid</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;SOUTH CAROLINA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />SOUTH CAROLINA, $15.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Charleston. Plym. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[Pg 95]</a></span></p>
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;GEORGIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />GEORGIA, $612.47.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 226.95; Rent, 3</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">229.95</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Atlanta. Prof. T. A. Chase</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Macon. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">149.95</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Macon. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Macon. Unknown Friends, 2 Boxes of C., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">McIntosh. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">43.36</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Savannah. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">174.21</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;ALABAMA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />ALABAMA, $925.76.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Athens. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">168.70</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marion. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.52</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mobile. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">205.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Montgomery. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Selma. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Talladega. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">445.14</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Talladega. Miss J. Lunt, <i>for Student Aid</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MISSISSIPPI">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MISSISSIPPI, $124.15.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tougaloo. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">112.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tougaloo. By Miss Mary A. Scott, <i>for Student Aid</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;LOUISIANA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />LOUISIANA, $290.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Orleans. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">290.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;TEXAS">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />TEXAS, $151.88.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Austin. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">148.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Helena. Rev. M. Thompson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;INCOMES">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />INCOMES, $895.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Avery Estate, <i>for Mendi M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">570.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Graves Library Fund, <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">150.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Howard Theo. Fund, <i>for Howard U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">125.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plumb Scholarship Fund, <i>for Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;PERSIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />PERSIA, $10.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oroomiah. Mrs. E. W. Labaree, by Charles Marsh, Treas. H. B. A.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total for January</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$24,342.98</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">75,684.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">=========</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Subscriptions for January</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">274.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Previously acknowledged</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">402.47</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$676.57</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">=======</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 20em;"><span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, Treas.,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">56 Reade Street, N. Y.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>WANTS.</h3>
+
+<p>1. A steady <span class="smcap">increase</span> of regular income to keep pace with the growing
+work. This increase can only be reached by <i>regular</i> and <i>larger</i>
+contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong.</p>
+
+<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational institutions, to
+accommodate the increasing number of students; <span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span> for the
+new churches we are organizing; <span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious,
+for these churches.</p>
+
+<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers and teachers here
+and missionaries to Africa&mdash;a pressing want.</p>
+
+<p>4. <span class="smcap">Funds for Industrial Departments</span>&mdash;to purchase farm implements,
+plows, harrows and cultivators; to erect shops and furnish tools and
+materials for instruction and use in the mechanic arts, for
+carpenters, blacksmiths, tin-men, harness and shoemakers; and to
+supply the girls' industrial rooms with sewing and knitting
+materials.</p>
+
+<p>5. Ten Thousand new subscribers for <span class="smcap">The American Missionary</span>. All in
+favor of indorsing this want will please send on their vote, making
+use of the following:</p>
+
+
+<div class="center"><br />FORM OF BALLOT.</div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, <i>Esq., Treasurer</i>,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 15em;"><i>56 Reade Street, New York</i>:</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><i>Inclosed please find Fifty Cents, subscription for</i> <span class="smcap">The American Missionary</span> <i>for the year 1885.</i></span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;"><i>Sign with your Name and Address.</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>We are not afraid of a heavy vote. Roll up the majority!</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[Pg 96]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div>
+<div class="sandbox">
+<div class="sandbag01"><span></span></div>
+<div class="sandbag02"><span></span></div>
+<div class="sandbag03"><span></span></div>
+<div class="sandbag04"><span></span></div>
+
+<p class="medsmall"><b><i>Eighteen years</i></b> of terrible headache, disgusting nasal discharges,
+dryness of the throat, acute bronchitis, coughing, soreness of the
+lungs, rising bloody mucus, and even night sweats, incapacitating me
+from my professional duties, and bringing me to the verge of the
+grave&mdash;all were caused by, and the result of nasal catarrh. After
+spending hundreds of dollars and obtaining no relief, I compounded my
+Catarrh Specific and Cold Air Inhaling Balm, and wrought upon myself
+a wonderful cure. Now I can speak for hours with no difficulty, and
+can breathe freely in any atmosphere.<br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 35em;">T. P. CHILDS.</span>
+</p>
+
+<p><b><span class="large">DANGER SIGNALS</span></b>
+<span class="medium">Do you take cold easily? Have you a cold in the head that does not
+get better? Have you a hacking cough? Is your throat affected? Are
+you troubled with hoarseness? Soreness of the throat? Difficulty in
+breathing? Have you pain in the head between and above the eyes? A
+sense of fulness in the head? Are the passages of the nose stopped
+up? Is your breath foul? Have you lost all sense of smell? Are you
+troubled with hawking? Spitting? Weak, inflamed eyes? Dullness or
+dizziness of the head? Dryness or heat of the nose? Is your voice
+harsh or rough? Have you any difficulty in talking? Have you an
+excessive secretion of mucus or matter in the nasal passages, which
+must either be blown from the nose, or drop back behind the palate,
+or hawked or snuffed backward to the throat? Ringing or roaring or
+other noises in the ears, more or less impairment of the hearing? If
+so you have <b>CATARRH</b>.</span></p>
+
+<p><b><span class="large">120,000</span></b>
+<span class="medium">Catarrhal cases have applied to me for relief. Many thousands have
+received my Specific, and are cured. We add a few of the many
+hundreds of unsolicited certificates which have been sent to us by
+grateful patients&mdash;</span></p>
+
+<p class="medsmall">
+My wife is entirely cured. <span class="smcap">I. V. Collins</span>, Corcket, Tex.<br />
+Your remedy has cured me. <span class="smcap">M. Alshuler</span>, Mattoon, Ill.<br />
+Your treatment has cured my daughter of Catarrh, induced
+by a severe attack of measles.
+<span class="smcap">John W. Riley</span>, U. S. Express Agent, Troy, O.<br />
+Your treatment did me great good. I have not lost a
+day by sickness this year.
+<span class="smcap">Abner Graham</span>, Biddle Uni'sity, Charlotte, N. C.<br />
+I have used your Catarrh treatment, and am cured. A
+thousand thanks to you for so sure a remedy.
+<span class="smcap">Fannie Dement</span>, Dyer Station Tenn.<br />
+The medicine did for me all you represented.
+<span class="smcap">T. H. Messmore</span>, Cadillac, Mich.<br />
+My health is fully restored. The horrid and loathsome
+disease is all gone. My lungs feel all right.
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. W. D. Lincoln</span>, York, Neb.<br />
+Your treatment has cured me; Your inhalers are excellent.
+This is the only radical cure I have ever found.
+<span class="smcap">E. S. Martin, M. E.</span> Church, Port Carbon, PA.<br />
+I have so far recovered that I am able to attend church,
+can walk half a mile, have a good appetite, and am gaining
+all the time.
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. A. N. Munger</span>, Detroit, Mich.<br />
+Now I am cured; head free; air passages all open, and
+breathing natural. A thousand thanks to you for so sure
+a remedy.
+<span class="smcap">(Judge) J. Collett</span>, Lima, Ohio.<br />
+I was thought to have had Consumption, and had suffered
+many years with what was really Catarrh, before I
+procured your treatment. I have had no return of the disease.
+<span class="smcap">(Miss) Louie James</span>, Crab Orchard, Ky.
+</p>
+
+
+<div class="center large"><b>Childs' Catarrh Specific</b></div>
+
+<p class="medium"><b>Will effectually and permanently cure any case of catarrh, no matter
+how desperate. The treatment is local as well as constitutional, and
+can only be obtained at Troy, O. We especially desire to treat those
+who have tried other remedies without success.</b></p>
+
+<p class="medium">Childs' Treatment for Catarrh, and for disease of the Bronchial
+Tubes, can be taken at home with perfect ease and safety, by the
+patient. No expense need be entailed beyond the cost of the medicine.
+A full statement of method of home treatment and cost will be sent on
+application.</p>
+
+<div class="center">
+Address <b>REV. T. P. CHILDS, Troy, Ohio.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Mention this paper.</i>
+</div>
+
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div style="clear: left;">&nbsp;</div>
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No.
+03, March, 1885, by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No. 03, March, 1885
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: November 12, 2009 [EBook #30459]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, MARCH 1885 ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD, and the Online
+Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This
+file was produced from images generously made available
+by Cornell University Digital Collections.)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+The American Missionary
+
+MARCH, 1885.
+
+  VOL. XXXIX.
+  NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+                                                            PAGE.
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+  THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL                                           67
+  DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.                                  68
+  PARAGRAPHS                                                       69
+  TILLOTSON CHURCH--WORD TO MINISTERS                              70
+  THE TEST APPLIED                                                 71
+  RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR                   74
+  A TEACHER'S APPEAL                                               75
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+  PREACHING THE MAIN FEATURE IN MISSIONARY WORK                    76
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+  ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI                          79
+  VIEWS IN TEXAS                                                   81
+  WEEK OF PRAYER                                                   82
+  LETTER FROM STUDENT                                              84
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+  LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA                                   84
+  BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING ANCESTORS (cut)                  86
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+  WOMAN'S SOCIETIES                                                86
+  LETTER FROM LADY MISSIONARY                                      87
+  MONTHLY REPORT OF A TEACHER                                      88
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+  VIC'S LILIES                                                     88
+
+RECEIPTS                                                           89
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NEW YORK:
+
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
+
+Rooms, 56 Reade Street.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Price 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.
+
+Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class
+matter.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Mass.
+
+
+_Vice-Presidents._
+
+  Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo.
+  Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill.
+  Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y.
+  Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D. D., Mass.
+  Rev. D. O. MEARS, D. D., Mass.
+
+
+_Corresponding Secretary._
+
+  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Assistant Corresponding Secretary._
+
+  Rev. JAMES POWELL, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Treasurer._
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Auditors._
+
+  W. H. ROGERS,
+  PETER McCARTEE.
+
+
+_Executive Committee._
+
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.
+  A. P. FOSTER, Secretary.
+
+  _For Three Years._
+
+  LYMAN ABBOTT.
+  A. S. BARNES.
+  J. R. DANFORTH.
+  CLINTON B. FISK.
+  A. P. FOSTER.
+
+  _For Two Years._
+
+  S. B. HALLIDAY.
+  SAMUEL HOLMES.
+  SAMUEL S. MARPLES.
+  CHARLES L. MEAD.
+  ELBERT B. MONROE.
+
+  _For One Year._
+
+  J. E. RANKIN.
+  WM. H. WARD.
+  J. L. WITHROW.
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN.
+  EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.
+
+
+_District Secretaries._
+
+  Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D. D., _21 Cong'l House, Boston_.
+  Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _112 West Washington Street, Chicago_.
+
+
+_Field Officers._
+
+  Rev. J. E. ROY, D. D., _Field Superintendent_.
+  Prof. ALBERT SALISBURY, _Superintendent of Education_.
+
+
+_Bureau of Woman's Work._
+
+  _Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
+Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to
+the District Secretaries; letters for the "American Missionary," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office.
+
+
+DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
+
+May be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York,
+or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21
+Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 113 West Washington Street,
+Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a
+Life Member.
+
+
+FORM OF A BEQUEST.
+
+"I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in
+trust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person
+who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the
+'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied,
+under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to
+its charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by
+three witnesses.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+_Advertisements._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Below is a fac-simile of the Bottle of
+
+THE GENUINE
+
+BROWN'S GINGER.
+
+(SIZE REDUCED ONE FOURTH.)
+
+
+SEE THAT THE STRIP OVER CORK IS UNBROKEN.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Frederick Brown, Philadelphia----Established 1822.
+
+
+--FOR--
+
+CRAMPS, COLIC, STOMACH-ACHE, INDIGESTION, ETC.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Ayer's
+
+Cherry Pectoral
+
+Should be kept constantly at hand, for use in emergencies of the
+household. Many a mother, startled in the night by the ominous sounds
+of Croup, finds the little sufferer, with red and swollen face,
+gasping for air. In such cases Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is invaluable.
+Mrs. Emma Gedney, 159 West 128 st., New York, writes: "While in the
+country, last winter, my little boy, three years old, was taken ill
+with Croup; it seemed as if he would die from strangulation. Ayer's
+Cherry Pectoral was tried in small and frequent doses, and, in less
+than half an hour, the little patient was breathing easily. The
+doctor said that the Pectoral saved my darling's life." Mrs. Chas. B.
+Landon, Guilford, Conn., writes: "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
+
+  Saved My Life,
+
+and also the life of my little son. As he is troubled with Croup, I
+dare not be without this remedy in the house." Mrs. J. Gregg, Lowell,
+Mass., writes: "My children have repeatedly taken Ayer's Cherry
+Pectoral for Coughs and Croup. It gives immediate relief, followed by
+cure." Mrs. Mary E. Evans, Scranton, Pa., writes: "I have two little
+boys, both of whom have been, from infancy, subject to violent
+attacks of Croup. About six months ago we began using Ayer's Cherry
+Pectoral, and it acts like a charm. In a few minutes after the child
+takes it, he breathes easily and rests well. Every mother ought to
+know what a blessing I have found in Ayer's Cherry Pectoral." Mrs.
+Wm. C. Reid, Freehold, N. J., writes: "In our family, Ayer's
+medicines have been blessings for many years. In cases of Colds and
+Coughs, we take
+
+  Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
+
+and the inconvenience is soon forgotten."
+
+  PREPARED BY
+  Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
+  Sold by all Druggists.
+
+
+  Happiness
+
+results from that true contentment which indicates perfect health of
+body and mind. You may possess it, if you will purify and invigorate
+your blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. E. M. Howard, Newport, N. H.,
+writes: "I suffered for years with Scrofulous humors. After using two
+bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I
+
+  Found
+
+great relief. It has entirely restored me to health." James French,
+Atchison, Kans., writes: "To all persons suffering from Liver
+Complaint, I would strongly recommend Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I was
+afflicted with a disease of the liver for nearly two years, when a
+friend advised me to take this medicine. It gave prompt relief, and
+has cured me." Mrs. H. M. Kidder, 41 Dwight st., Boston, Mass.,
+writes: "For several years I have used Ayer's Sarsaparilla in my
+family. I never feel safe, even
+
+  At Home
+
+without it. As a liver medicine and general purifier of the blood, it
+has no equal." Mrs. A. B. Allen, Winterpock, Va., writes: "My
+youngest child, two years of age, was taken with Bowel Complaint,
+which we could not cure. We tried many remedies, but he continued to
+grow worse, and finally became so reduced in flesh that we could only
+move him upon a pillow. It was suggested by one of the doctors that
+Scrofula might be the cause of the trouble. We procured a bottle of
+
+  AYER'S
+  Sarsaparilla
+
+and commenced giving it to him. It surely worked wonders, for, in a
+short time, he was completely cured."
+
+  Sold by all Druggists.
+  Price $1; Six bottles, $5.
+
+  Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell,
+  Mass., U. S. A.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+VOL. XXXIX.     MARCH, 1885.     NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+$365,000
+
+NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Your Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a
+day are imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized
+plans of the Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the
+pressing needs of the early future.--
+
+[FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ADOPTED BY ANNUAL MEETING AT SALEM.]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FIGURES.
+
+           _Receipts:_            Col. & Don.     Estates.      Total.
+
+  Oct. 1, 1884, to Jan. 31, 1885   $66,078.97    $9,605.91    $75,684.88
+  Oct. 1, 1883, to Jan. 31, 1884    69,941.52     9,809.35     79,750.87
+                                    ---------    ---------     ---------
+    Decrease                        $3,862.55      $203.44     $4,065.99
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Where the color-sergeant plants the standard, there the soldiers are
+expected to rally. The Finance Committee at the Salem meeting
+inscribed on the A. M. A. standard $365,000 needed for 1884-5, and
+called upon the churches to advance to the support. _The Figures_
+showing receipts of our treasury indicate just how far the churches
+have come up in response to the call. Had we received the $1,000 a
+day recommended, our total receipts would be $123,000, as against the
+$75,684.88 now reported. Will not the captains of our church hosts
+rally the forces to an immediate advance? One-third of our fiscal
+year has already passed. The showing is not what we had hoped, but
+time enough remains to make up for the deficiency.
+
+Will our friends please bear these things in mind?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.
+
+
+In the death of Dr. Pike, which occurred in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 29,
+the American Missionary Association has lost a most earnest and
+successful worker. Repeated and protracted attacks of throat and lung
+troubles during the last two or three years, terminating in an
+illness that confined him to his room for three months, gave warning
+to his friends of the approach of death. But with the hopefulness
+peculiar to the disease, and especially characteristic of himself, he
+entertained almost to the last the expectation of recovery. Yet death
+had no terror; on the contrary, while he wished to live for the sake
+of his family and the Association, he personally welcomed death with
+the most joyful feelings.
+
+Dr. Pike was born in Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 6, 1831, graduated from
+Dartmouth College in 1858, and from Andover Theological Seminary in
+1861. He was ordained associate pastor with Rev. Austin Richards, D.
+D., of the Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, N. H., April
+23, 1862, and remained in that position till May 1, 1865. He was
+acting pastor at East Hampton, Conn., from 1865 to 1867, and during
+the latter year he entered the service of the Association as agent,
+residing in Rochester, N. Y. In 1870 he became District Secretary, a
+position which he filled till his death, and to which he devoted the
+best energies of his life. His peculiar gifts fitted him for some
+special services. During the years 1872-4 he accompanied the Jubilee
+Singers in a tour through the United States and Great Britain. They
+were welcomed by the royal family and by the nobility, and by large
+and enthusiastic popular audiences. Their success, in its pecuniary
+results, finds a fitting monument in the substantial and commodious
+Jubilee Hall, at Nashville, Tenn.; and the untiring industry, the
+skill and tact and energy of Mr. Pike as business manager contributed
+in a large measure to this gratifying result. Before returning to
+America he made a rapid trip through Egypt and Palestine. In 1881 he
+assumed the editorship of the _American Missionary_, and brought to
+that service a degree of variety and breadth that gave a new impulse
+to the usefulness of the magazine. He devoted much thought and
+research to the condition of Africa, and became so well acquainted
+with it that editors of leading journals in this city and pastors of
+churches sometimes sought information from him in regard to it. He
+wrote two volumes on the History of the Jubilee Singers, which have
+had a very wide circulation.
+
+Dr. Pike was eminently social and was blessed with unusual
+conversational powers, and gave to others and won from them to
+himself strong personal friendships. As a public speaker he was
+earnest, animated and eloquent, and was gladly welcomed in the pulpit
+and in the meetings of Associations and Conferences. His leading
+characteristic was that of an organizer. He was perpetually devising
+plans for active work and was diligent and untiring in his efforts to
+carry them out. He was a man of prayer and of faith in God, which
+sustained him in his constant labors, in his days of trial and in his
+sickness and death. At his own request his mortal remains rest in
+Nashua, the scene of his first pastorate, and his long sleep will be
+with those whom he loved. By the generosity of Mrs. O. A. Woodbury a
+portion of a cemetery lot was given for his burial, on which an
+expensive monument is erected, and on one face of which will be
+inscribed his name.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Since writing the above we have learned that a special memorial
+service was held Sunday evening, February 1st, in the Chapel of Fisk
+University. This was in every way appropriate, in consequence of the
+intimate relations of Dr. Pike's life to the upbuilding of that
+institution. With considerable feeling, President Cravath referred to
+the fact that twenty years ago E. P. Smith, Dr. Pike and himself
+entered upon the work of the American Missionary Association, and
+that he was now left alone, adding that in the death of Brother Pike,
+Fisk University had lost one of its warmest friends.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We notice the death of Mrs. Dr. L. B. Lane, of St. Charles, Ill. She
+died on the 14th of January last, at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs.
+Lane and her husband were ordained missionaries of the Am. Miss.
+Assoc. to Siam in 1848. They returned in 1855, since which time they
+have resided in this country. She was a good and true servant of
+Christ when in the foreign field and no less so in her own land. Her
+death came suddenly, but found her thoroughly prepared to go.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Few men in this country have had more experience in addressing
+children, or greater success in winning them to Christ, than Rev. E.
+P. Hammond. The result of this experience he has condensed in an
+interesting and instructive little volume, entitled "Conversion of
+Children." It will prove helpful and encouraging to parents and
+interesting to children. We thank Mr. Hammond for the gift of fifty
+copies of his book, which we have distributed among our missionaries
+in the South, by whom they are appreciated and found useful in their
+work.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some time ago a Southern paper, in speaking of Dr. Roy, referred to
+him as a colored man. At the time we thought the writer was mistaken,
+but since looking over his itinerary, which our readers will find in
+another part of the magazine, we have been led to feel that we shall
+have to modify somewhat our opinion. The doctor himself explicitly
+declares that at one point in their journey he and his companions
+were all of the same color. At any rate he is not ashamed to call
+them _brethren_, and we may also add that they are not ashamed of
+him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Tillotson, at Austin, Texas, has taken to itself a church
+organization. This was effected on the first Sabbath of the year--a
+very interesting occasion. Superintendent Roy and Rev. Jeremiah
+Porter, spending his second winter in Austin, were present to assist
+the pastor, Rev. J. H. Parr, who, with his wife, united in the
+organization. It consisted of twenty members, half of them teachers
+and half students. Principal W. L. Gordon and wife presented their
+two little children, born in the Institute, for baptism. Mr. Gordon
+and Mr. R. F. Ferrell, a student, were ordained as deacons by prayer
+and the laying on of hands. Mr. Porter offered the prayer of
+institution, and broke the bread at the communion table. This
+venerable servant of God had just passed his 80th birthday. His
+golden wedding will come next June. His multitude of friends will be
+glad to know that the United States Government, having put him upon
+the retired list as chaplain, is continuing his salary. Mrs. Porter
+is assisting the special missionary, Miss M. J. Adams, Professor
+Dean, and other teachers and scholars, in supporting two mission
+schools contiguous to the Institute. Miss Rose M. Kinney, a veteran
+in the service, is matron and preceptress. The Tillotson is moving on
+this year smoothly and successfully. A church in connection with
+these main chartered institutions is essential to their best
+Christian result.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Just a word with our ministerial readers. The heavy mail that daily
+comes to this office brings us occasionally a letter with some such
+words as these: "I preached to my people last Sunday an A. M. A.
+sermon, and as a result I send you a contribution which is larger
+than the church ever gave this cause before." Exactly, brother; let
+the people know what is wanted and why it is wanted, and then let
+them have a chance to give and they will meet the responsibility
+every time. Another letter brings us this: "A few weeks ago I
+preached a sermon on the work of the A. M. A. My congregation were so
+deeply interested in what I said they requested my manuscript for
+publication. Thinking you might be interested I send you a copy of
+the published sermon." Exactly, again. We were interested, and long
+before we had finished reading the discourse we understood full well
+why the people were interested. Another letter: "The Missions of the
+A. M. A. occupied our attention last monthly concert. I gave a bird's
+eye view of the whole field and then selections were read from the
+papers and addresses given at Salem. By this time the brethren were
+quite ready to turn on the streams of their own thought. We found it
+difficult to bring the meeting to an end. It was a great success. I
+propose to follow it up." Again, exactly. Missionary information when
+properly brought forward will make a meeting that for interest cannot
+be surpassed. It is one of the strangest things in the world that so
+many people have gotten the impression that a missionary meeting must
+be dull, and that a missionary discourse must be uninteresting. It is
+an impression that ought not to exist. Let sermons be preached. Let
+the thrilling, soul-inspiring facts that go to make up the history of
+missions be made known and the impression will soon be driven out of
+existence.
+
+Brethren, we invite you to glean in the great field of the American
+Missionary Association. There will be rich returns for you and your
+people and golden returns for us.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE TEST APPLIED.
+
+
+When Berea College was started, in 1858, its students were all
+white. The following year the question was raised, "What if colored
+students should apply?" One teacher voiced the sentiment of all when
+he said, "If any one made in God's image comes to get knowledge which
+will enable him to understand the revelation of God in Jesus Christ,
+he cannot be rejected." The simple declaration of that sentiment had
+the effect to make most of the students leave at the end of the term,
+never to return. The John Brown raid, happening soon after, rendered
+the school still more unpopular, and the war following a little
+later, the school had to suspend altogether. But when the war ended
+and, in 1865, the college opened its doors again, there being no
+longer slavery, the question of color soon came up for consideration.
+
+In one of the by-laws to the constitution of the college was this
+statement: "The object of this college shall be to furnish the
+facilities for a thorough education to all persons of good moral
+character." Three colored youths applied for admission. On
+examination they were found to be "persons of good moral character."
+There was only one thing to do. They were promptly admitted. What
+followed? There were at the time seventy-five students in the
+college, and we are told, "the morning that those three harmless
+youths walked in, half the school walked out."
+
+But some one will say: "That was at the close of the war, when the
+feelings of our white brethren at the South were naturally very
+sensitive; that time, however, has passed away. We can now plant
+schools and churches on an anti-caste basis, with open doors and
+welcome hands for colored people, _if they choose to come_. No such
+exhibition of race prejudice would now be made." _Well, let us see._
+
+For several years past we have had our attention turned to the
+terrible destitution of the people in the mountain region of Kentucky
+and places adjacent. Two years ago we sent a special missionary to
+labor among these people. He made his headquarters at Williamsburg,
+the county seat of Whitley County, Kentucky. The town was sixty-seven
+years old, yet it never had a church edifice; nor had the county,
+with a population of fourteen thousand, ever had a church edifice
+finished and dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. There were
+very few schools, and what few there were could not be considered
+schools by intelligent people. Our missionary went to work. The
+people heard him gladly. A new life came into their famished souls.
+They rallied round him. They built a beautiful church edifice. An
+academy, too, was erected; able and skilled teachers were put in
+charge. The missionary did not confine himself to the town merely.
+For miles up and down the valley he traveled, preaching as he went.
+Wherever he came the people were roused and steps taken to have
+churches and schools planted.
+
+But the church and the academy above referred to must be dedicated.
+At the dedication this Association was represented by Assistant
+Corresponding Secretary Powell, by Field Superintendent Roy and by
+Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Ward, of the Executive Committee. And dedicated they
+were to the glory of God for the maintenance and spread of a _free_
+gospel and Christian learning. Special emphasis was placed upon the
+fact that over the entrance to these temples was written, _Whosoever
+will may come_. Does some one ask why that was specially emphasized?
+Because we were in a country where popular sentiment said, Into white
+churches and white schools there was a certain class who, on account
+of the color of their skin, would not be admitted. When you are in a
+community that publicly indorses a wrong, silence regarding that
+wrong is complicity. Under such circumstances, to say nothing about
+it is the same thing as to sign your name to a document affirming the
+thing to be right. To dedicate a Christian church in New York City
+and say nothing about the evils of Mormonism would be nothing
+strange, but to dedicate a Christian church in Salt Lake City and be
+silent as to what the teaching and the practice of that church was to
+be in regard to polygamy would be _treason_ to the Gospel. We
+therefore made specially prominent at the dedication the broad
+principles on which our mission rested. Some said they were sorry to
+hear such things proclaimed; others said nothing, but feared; while a
+few said, That is right. It is just as it ought to be.
+
+The school started off with bright skies above and a broad distant
+view around. The bell rung out its pealing calls, and bright-eyed,
+rosy-cheeked children and youth clambered up the hill side to enjoy
+such educational privileges as that country had never known. All was
+peace and prosperity. School was crowded, and everybody was happy.
+But suddenly the whole heavens were overcast. From horizon to horizon
+a deathly pall enshrouded the entire sky--and the cloud large enough
+to do all this was only the size of a black child's face! _Whosoever
+will may come_, we had said. Did we _mean_ it? Oh, yes, _but_ it is
+hardly right to sacrifice the feelings of that whole school merely to
+gratify the wish of--_a nigger_. Did we mean it? Oh, yes, but it is
+hardly right to imperil the very existence of the school merely to
+take in that one poor, despised and uninfluential colored child! Did
+we mean it? Oh, yes, but is it right, is it wise, to receive _one_
+when you know that by so doing you will lose twenty--perhaps more--to
+receive one whom you will have to help, and lose twenty--or perhaps
+more--who can help you? Did we mean it? Oh, yes, certainly, but would
+it not be better to reason with the applicant and show her that while
+we ourselves have no objection, yet things being as they are, she
+would really do more for her people by staying away than by insisting
+that she should be received? Why not take some such position as that?
+We will have peace and harmony and prosperity. We shall be able to
+tell our friends in the distance we are getting along swimmingly. We
+are true to our principles. _Whosoever will may come._ We have no
+trouble with the negro question. We simply let it alone. Our dear
+brethren down South are perfectly delighted to receive us. We have no
+trouble with them whatever, and the cause is going forward
+triumphantly.
+
+_Is_ that the way to meet the responsibility? Imagine the Lord Jesus
+Christ at the door of that school when that black child came asking
+admission. What would have been His answer? Say, reader, imagine what
+_would_ have been His answer. Put on your thinking cap. Summon to
+your aid all the help that quibbling and dodging and sophistry can
+give, and after you have gone through it all, what do you think would
+have been His answer? Well, here is the answer the American
+Missionary Association sent as quickly as the telegraph could carry
+it: _Admit all applicants irrespective of color._ And then what
+followed? Nearly half the scholars picked up their things and left!
+This happened a few weeks ago. We had about a hundred students. We
+have now about fifty, and we may lose even those. Letter writing is
+easy. Talk is cheap. Even _Buncombe_ is not a lost art. But actions
+speak louder than words. Let us know what follows when _the test is
+applied_, and then we shall know just what profession of loyalty to
+principle signifies. Berea stood by its guns, and it has steadily
+grown in favor with God and man ever since. And it will win in the
+end. Then what a glorious triumph! No regrets for having played the
+hypocrite, no regrets for having played the part of a time server, no
+regrets for having played the part of a trimmer, no regrets for
+having played the part of a special pleader, no regrets for having
+concealed its colors behind its back in shameful silence as to its
+past history, no regrets for having turned away one of Christ's
+little ones for whom He died, no regrets for having counseled it,
+while professing friendship, to go elsewhere. What a glorious
+triumph!
+
+And we, too, shall win--and our triumph shall be glorious. Let us go
+forward preaching the Word, and when the time comes let there be no
+attempt to postpone its issue--but let the test be applied. Better go
+down standing on our principles than live with our principles denied
+and dishonored.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR.
+
+
+The _Independent_ of Feb. 5 has an exceedingly interesting article on
+the above subject from the pen of Rev. Dr. J. E. Edwards, Danville,
+Virginia.
+
+He says that at an early period in this century Southern Methodists
+sent missionaries to labor with the slaves on the rice and cotton
+plantations. In 1845 Southern Methodism had in church fellowship
+124,000 slaves. At one time the Methodist membership in Charleston,
+S. C., was in the proportion of five colored to one white. Blacks and
+whites worshiped in the same house and were ministered to by the same
+pastor.
+
+One of the early reports of the South Carolina Board has the
+following: "We claim it best, as a general rule, to include the
+colored people in the same pastoral charge with the whites, and to
+preach to both classes in one congregation, as our practice has been.
+The gospel is the same for all men, and to enjoy its privileges in
+common, promotes good will."
+
+We read so far and stopped. That language has the marks of the gospel
+of Jesus Christ all over it. "All ye are brethren." So says the
+gospel, and this report says the same. But how would it do to take
+the language above quoted into a Southern white Methodist Conference
+now! Just let the above report, without comment and without
+explanation, be introduced to-day into such a Conference, and what an
+explosion would follow!
+
+It is too bad to quote the rest of the report, because it mars
+somewhat the beauty of what goes before; but here it is: "That when
+the galleries or other sittings are insufficient, we consider it the
+duty of our brethren and friends to provide the necessary
+accommodations that none may make such a neglect a plea for absenting
+themselves from public worship." "_Galleries or other sittings._"
+There is the fly in the ointment. Of course, at communion, the master
+class was served first and the slave class afterward.
+
+The Church of Christ is His body. But does Christ allow His followers
+to decide that distinctions shall be made at His table on account of
+the hue of the skin? When a Temple is erected in which Christ's
+disciples are to meet for worship, is there anything in the gospel
+that warrants a division of seats so that here superiors shall sit
+and there inferiors? Where is the word that warrants it? and what is
+the analysis that will find it in the spirit of the gospel? All honor
+to the slave-holders who furnished the means of the gospel to the
+slaves. All honor to the men and women who pointed the sin-burdened
+negroes to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. We
+have no doubt but that as Dr. Edwards says, "Multiplied thousands
+upon thousands of the sons of Ham will rise up in judgment to bless
+the faithful men of the South for their long-continued labors in
+teaching the benighted negro the way of life." We have no doubt of
+it; but in the resurrection will the whites put in an appearance
+first and the blacks second? In the day of judgment will the whites
+lead and the blacks follow? Will there be galleries with hard seats
+in Heaven for negroes and ground floors easy of access with soft
+seats for Caucasians? Will the great chorus of Heaven be divided into
+two parts, a white division and a black division? And will the
+Hallelujah Chorus as sung by the white choir be more acceptable to
+God than that sung by the black choir?
+
+Yes, the slave-holders did a great deal for the religious training
+and the spiritual welfare of the slaves, and in consequence of what
+they did, with God's blessing, the colored people of our country are
+almost immeasurably lifted above their benighted heathen brethren in
+Africa. Yes, that is all so. Does Dr. Edwards ask us to praise them
+for it? We do. But, brethren, we must also add, "These ought ye to
+have done and not to leave the other undone."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A TEACHER'S APPEAL.
+
+
+We publish the following from F. A. Chase, Professor of Natural
+Science in Fisk University. He pleads, of course, for Fisk, yet his
+plea holds good for all our higher institutions. We commend it to our
+friends. The American Missionary Association could make good use,
+say, of a "_One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund_" for the scientific
+departments of its mission schools. It may be that some one whom God
+has blessed with riches is waiting for just such an opportunity as
+this particular branch of our great field opens. Special funds for a
+designated institution, to be used for the promotion of Christian
+science, as outlined by Prof. Chase, are earnestly solicited:
+
+     Are there not some friends of the work among the Freedmen
+     who can appreciate the need of a teacher for a _complete
+     scientific outfit_?
+
+     The race has been kept during slavery from all knowledge
+     of science. Their trades and occupations being of the
+     roughest, and having ignorant parentage, nothing has been
+     learned from the business of life, nor in answer to the
+     questioning of childhood and youth. There is no race now
+     admitted to the privileges of liberal education so barren
+     of scientific ideas and so lacking in scientific spirit.
+     Those who know this people solely from their fine
+     literary and oratorical abilities have no conception of
+     their great deficiency in science. It does not need to be
+     said that, until this is remedied, they cannot be
+     expected to hold their own in a scientific age, and in
+     competition with a scientific race.
+
+     Though our course of study is brought down to the very
+     minimum of college work, and the instruction is of a
+     most elementary character, still there are eight sciences
+     to be taught. But this teaching, to be successful,
+     requires the use of illustrative material. With the
+     general introduction of illustrations in our modern
+     schools began the rapid progress in science that
+     distinguishes our age. All true teachers of science
+     affirm with one voice that this aid is indispensable even
+     with the most favored races.
+
+     In botany, zoology, mineralogy and geology we need
+     specimens--the great type examples on which
+     classification is founded. In physiology and anatomy we
+     need, in default of _material_, cheap models. In natural
+     philosophy, chemistry and astronomy we need
+     apparatus--not the costly instruments of precision, but
+     plain, cheap pieces, that are fitted to illustrate and in
+     some cases demonstrate the many and various principles
+     that are taught.
+
+     In the pressure of the growing work upon the society,
+     beyond a small sum for incidental expenses, most of the
+     money appropriated for schools goes for the payment of
+     salaries. Our land and our buildings have come from other
+     sources. But our outfit of school requisites has been for
+     the most part overlooked. Some fine instruments have been
+     presented to us, much more costly than we would have
+     selected for ourselves; but their value would be
+     increased many fold by accessory and supplementary
+     apparatus. Are there not those who can, by special gifts,
+     make up this lack also? Must _we_, of all other teachers
+     of science, be left to make bricks without straw? What
+     answer should be made to those who depreciate the negro's
+     mental capacity? Is it not a pitiful waste of the
+     opportunity, that a factory building should be put up,
+     workmen hired, materials supplied, but no _machinery_ put
+     in? Yet this has been going on with class after class for
+     ten years.
+
+     Three-fourths of our graduates follow teaching as a
+     profession, and are more or less teachers of science.
+     They should not only learn that which apparatus alone can
+     teach, but also how to use it themselves. Should a master
+     workman be expected to teach the theory and practice of a
+     trade through the use of _pictures_ of tools and
+     machines?
+
+     We have not neglected our opportunities in respect to
+     making collections of specimens about us, and
+     constructing cheap forms of apparatus. We have learned
+     new trades and toiled early and late and often through
+     whole vacations. But, without workshop appliances, part
+     of that accomplished is unsatisfactory, and the major and
+     more difficult part remains untouched. But where one has
+     a great pressure of outside duties incidental to such a
+     work as this, how utterly inadequate such driblets of
+     time as can be spared are for such a task can easily be
+     imagined.
+
+     Is there any lover of science and friend of the freedmen
+     who can understand our condition and give us ten thousand
+     dollars for an outfit, and if possible an additional sum
+     as an endowment for annual expenses?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PREACHING THE MAIN FACTOR IN MISSIONARY WORK.
+
+REV. GEORGE R. LEAVITT.
+
+
+It is a fact of history that the preaching of the Word has been the
+great missionary agency. The Bible is a missionary book. The great
+figure in the Old Testament history was the preacher of
+righteousness--Enoch, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, the great line of
+prophets--they were missionary preachers. In the beginning of
+Christianity, the great figure was the preacher--John the Baptist,
+the Apostles, our blessed Lord Himself. The salient feature in the
+New Testament may be said to be a succession of great missionary
+sermons which are expositions of the Gospel. In the history of the
+Christian Church the great figure has been the preacher. The Church
+of God is the body of Jesus Christ. As such she is the eye and ear,
+she is the hands and feet of the Lord, but especially she is the
+voice of the Lord. Doth not wisdom cry in all time? Did not the
+Spirit when sent forth lift the voice declaring the great Gospel
+message? And when the Church has had that possession of the Spirit,
+has it not been especially her inspiration to cry out with the Gospel
+message? The great figure in this Association work in the past has
+been the teacher. We have had a gifted line of men and women in this
+work, and to them all honor be given. It would be impossible for us
+to give them the honor which is their due; but in the future the
+great figure is to be the missionary preacher, the man who can reach
+masses of men with the Gospel message. We are lifting this race, and
+what has been true in the past will be true in the future.
+
+Perhaps I can not better exhibit this subject in the little space
+allowed me than in noticing some of the traits which should
+characterize the missionary preacher, and while the truth is general
+and applicable to all parties, I trust that we may be under the
+direction of the Spirit and take to heart these great traits we shall
+be looking for in the preacher of the future in the South.
+
+The missionary preacher is a man who, to be effective, should be a
+man of spiritual morality, a man of irreproachable character. I
+presume the colored man has been maligned in the South, as his
+character has so often been brought out among us. One of our
+enthusiastic teachers was asked, "How many Uncle Toms do you find in
+the South?" And she replied, "About as many as there are in the
+North." A truth was there that we ourselves may very well take.
+
+There are three ways in which the Gospel is published. One is in the
+book, one is by the voice, and the third by the life. The voice lies
+between the book and the life, and the life is the great publication
+of the message, and unless we have a voice of a man who is
+spiritually qualified by a holy life, we have not a competent Gospel
+preacher. In speaking of this matter of morality, we should have
+something more in view than natural morals--there is a spiritual
+morality. We want the higher. A man who has in himself the Spirit of
+God, produces this type of morality. We can not canvass this subject
+by the motives of worldliness. It takes two crosses to save the
+world--the cross of Christ and the cross of the believer. A
+ministerial brother said, in speaking of certain ones, that they had
+undergone a deplorable religious transformation, that at one time
+they held the Gospel of regeneration, but they had come to love the
+Gospel of recreation. Ah, what a transformation has come over too
+many of our churches and the community in loving this form of
+worldliness!
+
+It is a matter of great satisfaction that our schools in the South
+are doing such efficient work in this direction, as reports indicate,
+and as private information shows. I quite lately had information from
+General Armstrong touching this point of high morality that is
+developed in the school. The young men and young women, he said,
+compare well with the young men and young women in our Northern
+schools. This is a matter of great satisfaction, because the preacher
+of the future is to come out of these schools.
+
+The second essential in the missionary preacher, if he is to be
+successful, is a mind which is spiritually illuminated, a man who is
+intelligent in the truth. I presume the great characteristic of the
+old-time preacher in the South is his ignorance, and if we should
+select one point at which a change needs to take place, it is at this
+point of instruction. He needs to be intelligent.
+
+Now, to these things ought to be added training in all branches of
+knowledge, just as widely as possible, but we must fix our attention
+especially upon one source of knowledge, namely, the Word of God.
+The missionary preacher needs to be a man established in the
+Scriptures. John the Baptist grew in grace. Our blessed Lord Himself
+grew in grace. The man who is to be effective as a preacher in
+elevating the world is a man who grows in grace. What is grace? It is
+the undeserved favor of God exhibited in the plan of salvation for
+the redemption of man. And the first truths of that grace say simply,
+but how grandly, "grow in grace;" we are to be "ministers of grace;"
+to be "masters of grace." The minister in the South is to be a master
+of grace. Do you know how far it is away? It seems but a step, but
+oh, what a work when we begin to comprehend the great things of God!
+Do you know the height, depth and length of the great salvation of
+the love of God? Ezekiel tells us of the depth of the stream when he
+first came to it, that to his apprehension the water came up to his
+foot, but, as he advanced, it came to the ankle, and the knee and the
+loin, and then it was water to swim in, a river that could not be
+passed over. Oh, my brethren, we need to understand these great
+things of God, so that we may become masters of grace, for if we do
+not, the missionary preacher that comes up under our influence will
+not be thoroughly qualified for his duties.
+
+Then there is another quality; the missionary preacher, to be
+effective as a missionary, must be, not only a "shining," but like
+John also a "burning light." Then nothing shall be concealed. What
+does the Scripture say in that psalm? "There is nothing hid from the
+light?" No; "There is nothing hid from the heat thereof." We want a
+Gospel preacher among those people who has a Gospel heat from which
+nothing can be hid. How many things we can say of this fuel! We have
+spoken of the Word of God. The Word of God is the light, and it is
+the fuel for a fire. Our blessed Saviour when He was on the way to
+Emmaus with the Disciples enkindled their hearts, not by his personal
+presence; but when he opened the Scriptures, then they testified,
+"Did not our hearts burn within us?" That was what took place at
+Pentecost. The Holy Spirit did not bring the fuel that day, but they
+had been gathering it as they spoke of Christ, and as they came
+together to offer prayers, the Holy Spirit came, and the Word was a
+fire in their bones; then fire came and kindled them, and then came
+that wonderful effect.
+
+Sir James Herschel tells us in a little story, in fragments of his
+biography, how after his telescopes became famous they were
+distributed quite widely through Europe, and when he published his
+great discovery, he began to receive complaints. Men said to him, in
+angry letters, "We do not see what you see." In his response to them
+he said: "Perhaps you do not take the care in your observations that
+I do," and he spoke of one particular thing that is carefully noted.
+"Do you take care," he said, "of the matter of temperature? The
+instrument with which I examine the stars must be of the temperature
+of the stars as nearly as may be, and when I observe on a winter
+night I place my glass on the lawn at Greenwich, and let it stand
+there until the instrument comes to be of the temperature of the air.
+But beyond that," he said, "not only must my instrument be of the
+right temperature, but I must be. Oftentimes," he said, "I have been
+out in the winter air for two hours before I would open my glass,
+because I must come to be of the same temperature as the instrument
+itself." What a spiritual truth there is here! God's Word the
+instrument, and the temperature that of the heavens. But we must be
+of the temperature of that Bible and that heavens! Oh, for the heat
+of the Gospel to be in the minister of Christ wherever he stands, and
+then there will be nothing hid from its searching power.
+
+I think this subject is often presented in a way to confuse it. We
+speak of heat in a way not to comprehend precisely what we want; and
+let me touch upon the point which shows what I mean. When the Saviour
+was at the well with the woman, it was the love in His heart from
+which she could not be hid. What a lesson Peter learned that day when
+our Saviour, in His great interview by the sea, asked him: "Lovest
+thou me?" and said, "Feed my sheep and my lambs." There was a lesson
+burned into his heart of the personal love of Christ.
+
+I heard Mr. Sankey sing last week "The Ninety and Nine," and he
+prefaced it by saying that the old hymn was worn out. I was sorry to
+hear him say that, but there was one accent he gave in singing which
+was very affecting. When one expostulates with the shepherd that he
+has ninety and nine with him, he cries out: "It is my sheep." I fancy
+when Peter came to Pentecost and saw those great crowds before him
+there was one element of preparation he needed, and the Saviour had
+taught him how to feed his sheep and feed his lambs, and it lived so
+in his heart that nothing could be hid from it.
+
+I am speaking too long on this matter. But it is a great subject.
+This Association has a glorious opportunity. There is no cause that
+comes to us that touches our inspiration and consecration like this
+society, and the opportunity is such as, in my judgment, the
+Christian Church never had.
+
+Now, we say this, we cannot do this work by any other form of service
+but by preaching the Gospel, with at least these elements in it I
+have mentioned. We speak of the hand work for Christ, but we want the
+net work for Christ. When I was in Japan, I saw all over the bay, in
+the night, little boats of fishermen. The men were in the boats two
+and two, one holding a torch. They were busily engaged the night
+through. I asked one, "Is this your mode of fishing?" and I was shown
+a great seine net that lay upon the shore, and I was told, "This is
+here especially for day fishing." When I stood before the young men
+in the school at Kioto I referred to this. I said "It seems to me in
+Japan you are doing the night fishing now; it is fishing in the night
+with a torch, but, young men, there is a morning coming when the
+great net is to be cast, your hands are to be upon it, and you are to
+have the privilege of a great cast for God." It has come this year,
+and those young men went out preachers of righteousness, clothed with
+power to reach the masses of men, and they have drawn in hundreds,
+and there is hope of the thousands, and that is what we want in this
+work, men who can go to those Southern fields, to those five millions
+of whom we have heard, and cast the great seine net of the Gospel;
+and they are coming.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.
+
+PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
+
+REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.
+
+
+JAN. 4, Sunday.--Assisted in organizing at the Tillotson Institute a
+church of twenty-one members. Lord's Supper. Prof. W. L. Gordon's two
+children baptized.
+
+JAN. 5, Monday.--At Austin depot. Waited for train five hours to 8 P. M.
+
+JAN. 6, Tuesday.--Arrived in San Antonio at 1 A. M. Departed for
+Flatonia at 8 A. M., arriving at noon. Looked up the folks. Preached
+at night for Pastor T. E. Hillson, whose second child was baptized,
+as the first had been by the same hand at the dedication in Luling,
+his alternate church.
+
+JAN. 7, Wednesday.--Up at 4 and off to Luling, arriving by daylight.
+Off then, by livery rig, 45 miles to Riddleville.
+
+JAN. 8, Thursday.--On to Helena, 15 miles. Ride out with freedman, 3
+miles, to our Colony Church. Lecture at night for Pastor Thompson.
+
+JAN. 9, Friday.--Half a day of writing. Visited at another freedman's
+home, taking supper. Preached at night.
+
+JAN. 10, Saturday.--Brother Thompson, with another colored man and
+myself, start for Corpus, 80 miles, reaching Goliad, 35 miles, at
+night. We are entertained at Pastor T. Benson's.
+
+JAN. 11, Sunday.--In the morning, Sunday-school, preaching and
+communion. At night, preaching. Conferring all day, at the intervals,
+with "parties," being called upon even after retiring at night.
+
+JAN. 12, Monday.--Up and off before daylight, without breakfast. But
+Mrs. Benson has provided for us a grand lunch box that lasts us three
+for the two days through to Corpus. No place on the way, to put up;
+no chance to buy eatables. Our boss has planned to reach the half-way
+spot on the Popolota for camping. The day wears away, and it is 10
+o'clock before we come to the halting-place. For the last three hours
+Brother Thompson had led the way lantern in hand, splashing through
+the mud and water. We turn under a live oak, take out and feed the
+jaded horses, and eat our snack, and commit ourselves to the Heavenly
+Father, and at 11 o'clock turn in for the night, Brother Thompson on
+the ground, _under_ the hack, and Brother Eding and I _in_ the hack,
+doubled like a couple of jackknives into our four feet square of
+space, being all of a color. By our side the ponies through the night
+crunch their corn; and, by turn, we jump up to drive off the cows
+from stealing their hay. But we sleep, and snore, and rest some.
+
+TUESDAY, Jan 13.--Up and off by daybreak. We camp for breakfast
+lunch. We camp for dinner lunch. As we consume the fragments, how we
+do bless Mrs. Benson. When, at her own table, we had praised her
+baking and cooking, she responded: "Oh, I learned that at Talladega
+College." Then I had to tell Dr. Strieby's story of the native
+preacher, who thanked him for the good wife who had been trained in
+one of the American Missionary Association schools, saying that he
+had gotten more than he had anticipated--a good cook and housekeeper.
+On, on we trudge through the heavy mud. Night has come, and we are
+yet seven miles from Corpus, and the cold, "wet norther" that has
+been drizzling upon us all day, as we had been fearing, has at last
+broken upon us. Again Brother Thompson is on the lead, with lantern
+in hand, through the slush, and he has walked more than half the way
+through the day. The black-waxy is heavy for the wheels, and slippery
+for the poor old freedman ponies that have no shoes. Pastor J. W.
+Strong, who for four years has manfully held this extreme
+southwestern outpost of Congregationalism, having learned of our
+approach from a dashing country rider, comes along in the dark, one
+mile out to meet us, in Oriental style. After our salaams, he gallops
+back to town to make the final arrangement for our entertainment. It
+is now 8.30 P. M., too late for the preaching; and, for once, the
+preacher is glad that the storm has kept the people away from the
+appointment. But the next night they make it up, and the preacher
+tries to make it up, too. When Mr. Thompson brought me down, six
+years ago, we came straight through by fording, belly-deep to the
+horses, across the reef, three miles long, that forms the nexus
+between the Nueces Bay and the Corpus Christi Bay. On either side was
+deep water or miring sand. Once, since that, he has had to _tote_ his
+passengers out on his back. The reef has been washed out in spots.
+Lo! this time we go up around the head of the bay, ten miles farther.
+Brother Thompson claims that he can endure such jaunts without wear
+or much weariness, because he is so abstemious as not to drink tea or
+coffee nor to eat meat. And everybody knows him to be a true, pure
+and high-minded Christian minister who, though he has had but
+little schooling, has been so taught of God in the Word, that after
+these eleven years in the same parish, that at Helena, he is yet
+confided in there as an able pulpit teacher. In old times, his people
+were Presbyterians. Blood will tell; and doctrine, too.
+
+[Illustration: VIEWS IN TEXAS]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WEEK OF PRAYER.
+
+
+NASHVILLE, TENN.--The week of prayer was observed here this year as
+usual, a meeting being held each day. Notwithstanding the bad
+weather, the attendance was fair and the interest good, although not
+of a revival kind. Before that time special efforts had been made in
+connection with the labors of Rev. Mr. Field, the evangelist, and
+twenty-five professed conversions took place. A pleasant state of
+feeling in religion has existed since then. In the circumstances the
+order of subjects for prayer was closely observed, except that the
+subject of missions was postponed until Sunday evening, that being
+the regular time for our monthly missionary meeting. The occasion was
+one of unusual interest. The special subjects considered were the
+Congo territory, the Congo conference, the mission to Bihe and that
+to Umzila's kingdom. In the last mentioned mission we here have a
+peculiar interest, as two of our former students, Mr. and Mrs.
+Ousley, have been sent there as missionaries by the American Board.
+Both are graduates of our college course and Mr. Ousley has since
+studied theology at Oberlin. A letter from him, written at Cape Town,
+Africa, was read at our meeting. Since then one has been received
+from Mrs. Ousley, dated at Durban, Natal, which they had reached in
+safety and good health and spirits. They were about to sail the next
+day for Inhambane, their final destination. So as to locate them
+better we had at the meeting, on our board, a map of that station.
+Our society writes them once a month. They are very dear to us and we
+hope they will do much good in Africa. Mr. Ousley dedicated himself
+one Sunday in the summer of 1878 to that field of labor and has never
+swerved from his purpose. The last part of the meeting was devoted to
+a season of prayer for Secretary Pike in consideration of his serious
+illness.
+
+  A. K. SPENCE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MEMPHIS, TENN.--Our church, as formerly, observed the week of prayer,
+with, however, nothing of special note in the way of outward results.
+The stormy weather from the first until the middle of the week
+greatly hindered the attendance. There was, notwithstanding, for
+those who came, a blessed realization of spiritual benefit.
+
+There were no special meetings at the Le Moyne School, the teachers
+attending the night meetings at the church.
+
+We were quickened by the thought that even a few souls gathered in
+each of many places, make up a great company in supplication before
+God. The topics presented for each evening came to our minds with
+more than ordinary freshness and force, and the weight of all
+accumulated to the last. I trust that we were duly impressed with a
+sense of the obligation incurred by thus confessing to the truth and
+importance of those themes, and by coming with them to the Lord.
+Those members of church who, unhindered by other things, come to
+meeting in stormy weather are more clear in their testimony that it
+pays, in direct returns of spiritual strength and joy in the
+fellowship of Christ.
+
+The spirit of our meetings at the close was just such as warrants a
+continuance of effort, but the winter has been unusually cold and,
+unlike the custom North, it would be an extraordinary excitement
+which would secure a general interest and attendance now.
+
+  B. A. IMES.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SAVANNAH, GA.--The week of prayer was a spiritual feast to those who
+attended the meetings, held each night in the Congregational Church,
+and the results still continue to appear. Topics assigned by the
+Alliance followed.
+
+To our church the week of prayer was largely a season of review, the
+whole cycle of blessings, needs and hopes passing in prayerful
+review. The meeting for thanksgiving, on Monday night, was a goodly
+remembrance of special blessings during the past year, and the
+exercises were chiefly supplications, experiences and rejoicings of
+those who one year ago had no Christian hope. By count, more than
+one-half of the persons present were, as one said, only "yearlings."
+The ready use of Bible promises at this meeting measured well the
+value of our special missionary's Bible work. Two mothers, each with
+her family about her, testified in word and deed that the one year of
+Christian life had created home forces and blessings of infinite
+worth. The time of confession and consecration lasted the whole week,
+and proofs of genuineness are not wanting. Said one: "The new year
+shall not be so dull as the old one." Another: "The new year I give
+_all_ to my Master, Jesus." And kindred promises were frequent and
+fervent.
+
+Results of week of prayer: Church much encouraged and quickened, new
+consecration to work, one convert, a number of interested souls, but
+chiefly the quickened desire for growth of individuals in all that
+makes Christian character; and, more than all, the growth of
+missionary spirit shown in the earnest prayers for the conversion of
+the world to Christ.
+
+At the close of the "Missionary night" meeting, one of the oldest
+members of the Church called at the pastor's study and asked for the
+Missionary magazines, saying: "I am just beginning to hear God's call
+to missionary work, and I want to know more of what the A. M. A. is
+doing for our people, and to have my part in it." Seed _will_ grow.
+
+  DANA SHERRILL.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SANTEE AGENCY, NEB.--We remembered the week of prayer by services in
+the chapel every evening, except on Thursday and Saturday, when we
+held the meetings in the afternoon for the convenience of our Indians
+who live at a distance from the Mission. The spirit of prayer rested
+upon all of our several school boarding halls, and we felt that the
+mercy seat had come near.
+
+The line of instruction in these meetings was concerning the Holy
+Spirit as enlightening the mind, convicting of sin, revealing Christ
+to the soul, and abiding with the believer.
+
+Our young men very generally took part in prayer. And their prayers
+showed a clear understanding of the truths spoken, and deep feeling
+with regard to their own needs and the wonderful revelation of the
+mercy of Christ. And they seemed to open their hearts to the ministry
+of the Spirit.
+
+The same spirit of tender prayerfulness and devotion to the Master
+was manifest among the girls, a number of them coming out as
+candidates for church membership and eagerly forming a class for the
+study of the Catechism.
+
+In the middle of these days of prayer, we were startled by the word
+that came from a brother missionary's family, the Rev. J. P.
+Williamson, at Yankton Agency, Dakota, that his children were all
+sick with scarlet fever, that one was dead and another dying. We took
+their burden on our hearts in prayer. And the merciful Father spared
+the one on the borders of death.
+
+By this I was called away from Santee for two days to attend the
+burial of the dear missionary child that was taken. But I found no
+interruption of interest when I returned. Thus, all in all, the
+experiences of this week have been very precious, and we believe that
+larger fruits of it are yet to appear.
+
+  ALFRED L. RIGGS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A STUDENT.
+
+
+  ----, Miss., January 18, 1885.
+
+DEAR PROFESSOR: As I only wrote you a few days ago, you will no doubt
+be surprised somewhat to receive this letter so soon after. But it is
+on a matter of great importance that I write you. I think I told you
+in my letter previous to this that I found no Sabbath-school here,
+and that I had formed a little class among my day pupils.
+
+This is my second Sabbath here, and we met this morning in our little
+schoolroom for the first time. How happy it made me feel to meet with
+such a pleasant little band of children, all eager to talk and learn
+of Jesus. But I was greatly pained to find that the teachers who
+recently taught here failed to have Sabbath-school. I inquired of
+those present this morning how long since they had Sabbath school
+here, and was informed, "three years." I then asked what the teachers
+did who previously taught free school here; the answer which came
+from many was, "They visited on Sundays." I don't see how they could
+content themselves at doing nothing in a place like this, when there
+is so much work to do. I have not in all my experience of school
+teaching found a place so pitifully neglected and needful as this.
+What I want to say, Professor, is this: We have no Sabbath-school
+literature of any kind.
+
+Have you anything that you could send me, Professor, for my little
+Sabbath-school? If so, please send it at my expense. I shall be glad
+to get anything that I could interest them with; I mean to have them
+come to my room Sunday afternoons, that I may read to them and talk
+with those who are not Christians, and perhaps you can find something
+that would be good for that purpose. We shall be glad of anything.
+There is so much work here, and I shall be so glad if I can do any
+good. Now, Professor, if you can find ANYTHING to send us, do send it
+at once. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain your pupil and
+friend,
+
+  ---- ----.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA.
+
+BY REV. W. C. POND.
+
+
+Our brother Lou Quong, for several years the Chinese Helper in our
+West School in this city, has recently returned from a visit to his
+native land. I was so greatly interested in his account of his
+experience as a Christian, thrown back into the heathen associations
+of his childhood, that I asked him to write it out for me, and I give
+it to the readers of THE MISSIONARY with only a few corrections of
+his English,--respecting which, during his absence, he has lost some
+ground:
+
+"I came to California in 1876, and lived in the city of San
+Francisco. In the day-time I worked in a family, but in the evenings
+I attended the Mission school. In 1877, I became a poor Christian
+among our countrymen here. The schools were cared for by all the good
+Christian friends that are in this free country, and even by some
+from England and other nations. They were looked after by Rev. W. C.
+Pond, pastor of Bethany Church--the same church that all our Chinese
+brethren go to, to take the Lord's Supper, once in two months.
+
+Last September I paid a visit to my home--the home that I had left
+for so long a time. But before I go I make up my mind to stand up for
+Jesus, who has kindly given His life for my soul. At first my heart
+was some troubled about going back to my heathen country, but I pray,
+and kept praying that Jesus would go with me. So He heard my humble
+prayers. He was going before me, and made everything smooth for me. I
+got home Oct. 9th, at noon. In a few moments there came all the
+people of my village, both young and old, women and men, asking me
+about California. I answered them the best I could. Some of them try
+to get a look on my head at first, to see if my hair is all right,
+for they believed Christian Chinese have their queue cut off, and
+belong to California. He is no more Chinaman. For this cause they
+trouble me many days.
+
+I met Rev. C. R. Hager at Hong Kong, when first I got there. We fell
+to talking of the Mission work among our people.
+
+When I was at home, as soon as my father worshiped the ancestors or
+the idols, he sent one of my little sisters to call me to join the
+worship; but my mother, who has a better spirit, told my father that
+I would not worship them any more, "for (as she said) he have told me
+that he did thank God _in his heart_, and that he love us the same."
+Thus, my mother stopped the calling for the worshiping of the
+ancestors ever since. I thank God for this first.
+
+During the time I was at home there were seven or eight brethren
+called at my house and did shake hands with me. Some of them I knew
+in California, but the rest I knew not and never saw them before; yet
+they could find their fellow-brethren in Christ, and came from far
+to do so. Some of them are Bible-sellers; some are preachers. They
+show their brotherly love and Christian faith by bringing candy and
+oranges for my sisters. And my father was also glad to see them, each
+time they call. Some of them did take dinner with us in our family.
+Rev. Mr. Jones also call, and he preached to the people in my
+village. He can use the chop-sticks, and did eat our food. In the
+evening, with the moon shining, and in the day-time he asked me to
+take him to the market-place, to tell the people the same thing in
+Chinese as we preached here in California. He was astonished that the
+people treated him so well, and did not say a bad word to him about
+it.
+
+Now comes the hardest thing for a Chinese Christian to bear; that is,
+the marriage day. I was married on March 28, 1884. I had been engaged
+by my parents when I was fourteen years old to a girl who was only
+nine, and lived four miles away. When she come to our house to live
+with us, then she begin to ask me why I did not worship the ancestors
+with her on the marriage day; and I begin with my lesson to her in
+simple things, telling her why I don't worship those things any more.
+When I make a prayer to God before I go to bed she laugh at me
+because I pray to nothing--no God that I can _see_. But I told her
+that she must bow her head too when I pray, and must keep still. So,
+after this, she pay more attention to what I tell her about this
+great God that I have found in California.
+
+Once she ask me why I don't take Mr. Ying's example, and do just like
+he do to please all men. For Mr. Ying was living in the same house
+with us, and had come back from California at the same time with me;
+and though he had been in our Mission schools for two or three years,
+yet he will not take Jesus as his Lord. So when he got back to China,
+he do things just as free as any heathen. So I ask her: "Well,
+suppose a man who served his ancestors, and all the dead and all the
+idols with all his heart; yet he would not take care of himself and
+go about smoking opium, gambling, throwing away his money in
+foolishness, and leaving his whole family uncared for. Now, how do
+you like that?" Then she said, without delay, "I will not like such a
+man. I rather take a man that is called a Christian, and have him do
+good, than to have him serve ancestors and gods and do bad things."
+Though she was a heathen, yet I think she see a little light now. I
+left home to come here again, Oct. 29, but I still pray God to keep
+her on the right way; and may she become a Christian woman by the
+Lord's power alone! Thus the Lord blessed me. May He bless all the
+workers in His vineyard."
+
+[Illustration: BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING TABLETS OF DECEASED
+ANCESTORS.]
+
+I have exceedingly interesting accounts from the new fields: Alturas,
+Modoc Co.; Tulare, Tulare Co., and San Diego. In Sacramento where
+Rev. Mr. Jones is engaged in special services, we hear of crowds
+gathering about him in the street when he speaks there, and following
+him into the mission house till it is completely packed. We hear also
+that some hearts seem to have been touched; and that the hope is
+cherished that some who were far off have been brought nigh. Space
+fails me to go into details; but I bespeak the earnest prayers of all
+who love this cause and love our Lord, that this evangelistic work
+may yield us the glad harvests for which we have been wrestling with
+God.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We are glad to notice that the ladies of Connecticut have recently
+organized a State Missionary Society to co-operate with the leading
+benevolent societies for work in our own country. Nothing in these
+days can be accomplished without organization. What is everybody's
+business is nobody's business, and causes whose support is left to
+those who merely happen to have an interest in them are very likely
+to be neglected. We wish that in every State of the Union, ladies'
+domestic missionary societies might be organized. The great work
+which our Association is called upon to perform among women needs to
+be specially brought to the attention of the Christian ladies in our
+churches. This information can only be effectually disseminated
+through organized and systematic effort. We are prepared to furnish
+interesting missionary material to all who will ask for it. We invite
+correspondence with missionary societies, promising to give careful
+attention to any inquiries they may make. With gratitude do we record
+the fact that the interest in the woman's department of the American
+Missionary Association's work is steadily enlarging.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A LADY MISSIONARY.
+
+
+----, Ga., January, 1885.
+
+DEAR FRIENDS: As I take my pen to write my mind goes back to the
+general letter that I wrote. Can I tell you of any improvement among
+those with whom we have to do, since that time? Watching the progress
+of our school from day to day the upward tendency seems slow, but
+looking back a year a marked improvement can be seen. While they
+learn readily they remember well, and the homes of those who come in
+contact with our church and school are different. Last Saturday was
+the coldest day of the winter, but Miss Robertson and I, according to
+a previous appointment went to the Dunwoody settlement to hold a
+woman's meeting. I think I wrote you about a similar meeting one year
+ago; this is the third one that I have held, and the meetings have
+gained in interest. In that settlement, before they commence
+planting, the people have a fast day; they neither eat, wash their
+faces nor perform any ordinary duties from one sunset to the next.
+They pray in their homes and unitedly for God's blessing upon the
+labor of their hands. It reminds me of the way fast days used to be
+kept in the early history of New England. I am inclined to think they
+caught the idea from the people who came from New England here. I do
+not know that such a custom is observed except in this settlement. I
+asked the women if a blessing followed their prayers? They answered
+decidedly, "Yes," and said that while the people all about them had
+suffered for the necessities of life, in that settlement they had
+never since freedom bought corn, rice or potatoes, but had raised
+sufficient for their needs. In their simplicity they take God at His
+word, "Ask and ye shall receive."
+
+Last Sabbath another couple entered upon the "_matrimonial sea_,"
+this time young people. The gorgeous attire of the wedding party can
+be better imagined than described. We see few tokens of love and
+affection among this people. In the Sunday-school lesson of last
+Sabbath the questions and remarks of our pupils led us to think that
+it was almost a missing link in their lives; it seemed impossible for
+them to understand why the people should fall on Paul's neck and kiss
+him; it is a rare sight to see a kiss exchanged among them.
+
+Yesterday, after school, the parson went with me over the swamps to
+the homes of some of our scholars. We passed through several ditches,
+where the water was up to the hubs of the buggy wheels; there was a
+log for a foot-path over these places. It was very muddy all along
+the way, and yet these children are seldom absent from school.
+To-day, the clouds are heavy and dark, and the rain has come down in
+torrents, yet many have come into school from these long distances,
+to our surprise, one boy having the promise of being promoted into
+the second reader came at least six miles, bringing a chicken and six
+eggs to pay for his book; when he arrived he was wet to his skin.
+Two-thirds of our school were present to-day. I realize as never
+before the effort these children are making for themselves. Oh! I
+remember how freely money was given and the young men from our homes
+that freedom might be obtained for this people; then the women must
+wait and pray at home, but now the way is open for women to teach the
+young of this vast race that the future may not disclose a nation
+within a nation, hostile to the good and true of a Christian people.
+Shall there not be volunteers among our New England girls, who shall
+say: "Here am I. Send me" to the work?
+
+Very cordially yours,
+
+  E. P.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some of our hard-worked sisters at the North may wish to enter the
+service of the A. M. A., that they may get a little rest and find
+time for literary culture. We commend to such a careful perusal of
+the following report.
+
+MONTHLY REPORT BY MISS H.
+
+Days taught during the month, 25; Hours taught, 150; Scholars
+classified, 73; Tuition collected, $54.75; School books sold, 111;
+Book money, $24.00; School programmes, 10; Slates corrected, 1,250;
+Arithmetical examples (oral), 325; Words written on the blackboard,
+225; Spelling words (oral), 450; Reading lessons, 50; Golden Texts,
+4; New song taught, 1; Five-minute talks, 10; Conducted chapel
+exercises, 4; Conducted home devotions, 5; Tuesday evening public
+talk, 1; Interviewed mothers of refractory scholars, 5; Notes to
+parents, 10; Postal cards (absent scholars), 20; Written examination,
+1; Choir meetings, 4; Whipped scholar, 1; Attended woman's prayer
+meeting, 4; Church services, 20.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+VIC'S LILIES.
+
+
+School was dismissed, and the boys and girls came rushing out with
+merry shouts and laughter. The voices had a musical ring and the
+intonation peculiar to uncultivated colored lads and lassies. They
+were a comely, thrifty-looking set, and the instinctive hopefulness
+of their race looked from the bright eyes and shone in the cheery
+faces. Life had gone hard with some, but had failed to quench their
+faith in the good time yet to come.
+
+As they neared the corner of the street and came in sight of a large,
+handsome white house, a girl's voice called, "Hush! hush!"
+
+"Lor', now, Vic!" her brother Phil remonstrated, "what nonsense!" But
+in spite of the remonstrance every voice took a lower tone, and the
+house was passed almost in silence. The blinds of the house were
+closed, and from the door-knob hung the black-and-white token of
+mourning. Vic was saying, "Yes, sick jest two days; taken Sunday and
+died this morning. When I tol' teacher, she said, 'Death loves a
+shining mark.'"
+
+"I'm awful sorry," said Nan; "he was a mighty peart little 'un, and
+he al'ays looked up and smiled when we passed. But if I'd knowed he
+was really goin', I'd sent a message to sister Fan. Don't you think
+she'd like to know about the Christmas tree, Vic?"
+
+"You're a green un," said Phil. "You don't s'pose that little pink
+and white chap has gone to our heaven, do you? He'll see Fan a heap
+sight! She's off in a little cubby-hole with all the rest of the
+darkies. All the first-class 'commodations b'longs to the white
+peoples, ye know."
+
+"Hush, Phil," said Vic; "you shan't stuff Nan so. Everything will be
+all right, honey, when we gets up dere. Shouldn't be s'prised if Fan
+knew all 'bout the tree. And p'rhaps the good Lord will let her help
+take care of the little fellow till his po' mother comes. Ole Dinah
+says she's awfully cut up--his mother, you know. You see they're
+strangers here, came for the mammy's health; and Frankie, he was the
+only chile. 'Pears like I want to comfort the po' mammy. My lily has
+three blossoms. I mean to take them all to her."
+
+"'Pears like you'd better min' your own business. She may be a dog-on
+white lady, if she do come from the Norf. Like as not she'd turn up
+her nose at your lilies. I'll 'low the little un was a brick, but
+you'd better let his mother 'lone." This was Phil's advice.
+
+But although Victoria Porter had a black skin, she had a tender,
+loving heart, and she had pored over the Christ-life until she had
+unconsciously imbibed its spirit. She was always yearning to comfort
+some one. Later in the day she stood at the door of the white
+mansion, holding her precious lilies. "They're for his mother," she
+said to Dinah. "Tell her we chil'ens loved Frankie, and we're all
+mighty sorry."
+
+It was a simple message and a simple offering, and the giver was a
+poor little black girl; but behind the gift was sincerity and love,
+and the heart of the poor, sorrowing mother was touched and
+comforted.
+
+And Vic's lilies had a mission of which she knew not. They preached a
+lovely sermon on the high privilege and duty of comforting others. We
+may be poor, and very humble may be our station in life; but if we
+try, we may make life brighter and sweeter to someone. What a glad
+surprise it will be to Vic when the Saviour honors her many kind acts
+by the words--"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
+these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."
+
+  E. E. B.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1885.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAINE, $714.22.
+
+  Andover. "Friends"                                        $9.50
+  Bangor. "Little Women" and "Busy Bees" of Bangor, and
+    Ladies of Hampden, Bbl. of Christmas Presents, _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., 32.50; Winter St. Ch., 47.15  79.65
+  Brunswick. 2 Bbls. and 1 Box of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Centre Lebanon. "A Friend"                                10.00
+  Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     21.00
+  Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. STEPHEN A.
+    CORDWELL and PETER W. FILES, L. M's                     68.31
+  Elliot. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 3.50
+  Ellsworth. Cong. Ch.                                      34.47
+  Farmington. Rev. C. E. Pope's S. S. Class, _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                       5.00
+  Gardiner. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 3.20 _for
+    Freight_, by Miss S. E. Adams                            3.20
+  Gorham. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 2 _for Freight_,
+    by Miss M. E. Smith                                      2.00
+  Limington. "A. B."                                         2.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. Chas. D. Crane, _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. C. D. Crane, _for Selma, Ala._            8.00
+  North Bridgeton. By Miss Proctor's Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Wilmington, N. C._                                  1.00
+  Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and Daughters                     35.00
+  Orono. Bbl. and Box of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Portland. High Street Ch.                                 90.50
+  Portland. Brown Thurston's Class, High St. Sab. Sch.,
+    _for Student Aid, Hamilton N. & A. Inst._               25.00
+  Portland. Miss A. Partridge, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._, 59c. _for freight_                    .59
+  Searsport. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      11.00
+  Searsport. 2 Bbls of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 4 _for
+    freight_, by Mrs. C. T. Hawes                            4.00
+  South Berwick. Mrs. MATILDA BURLEIGH to const. herself
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Union. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Woolwich. Mrs. E. M. Gardner.                               .50
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $474.22
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Castine. Estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, by Rev. Geo.
+    M. Adams, Ex.                                         $240.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $714.22
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.21.
+
+  Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch.                                 12.24
+  Antrim. "Friends" by John E. Hastings                     26.50
+  Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                15.00
+  Candia. Frank E. Page                                      5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               20.00
+  Concord. South Ch. Sab. Sch.                               8.99
+  Derry. Woman's Miss'y Soc. (one share)                    20.00
+  East Alstead. Cong. Ch.                                   13.63
+  Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. _for
+    Talladega C._, 1 _for freight_                          21.00
+  Exeter. Mary E. Shute                                     15.00
+  Exeter. Miss A. E. McIntire, Bbl. of C. _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, 50c. _for freight_                                .50
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     14.28
+  Francestown. Cong. Ch.                                    25.00
+  Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                12.20
+  Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch. (one share)                      20.00
+  Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson                        10.00
+  Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. Gerry                         1.00
+  Hollis. "A Friend"                                         1.00
+  Hudson. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Keene. First. Cong. Sab Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta
+    U._                                                     70.00
+  Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.                             46.30
+  Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., _for freight_    2.50
+  Lebanon. Cong. Soc., _for Atlanta U._                     40.00
+  Lisbon. "A Friend"                                         2.00
+  Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury                            1.00
+  Lyme. Cong. Ch., to const. Dea. W. S. BALCH L. M.         30.00
+  Manchester. Franklin St. Church                           70.50
+  Mason. Box of C., _for Dudley, N. C._; 1.60 _for
+    freight_                                                 1.60
+  Milford. "Willing Workers," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                     50.00
+  Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          25.96
+  Nashua. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc.                            6.75
+  New Ipswich. Leavitt Lincoln                              50.00
+  Newport. Cong. Ch.                                        42.52
+  Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson                            5.00
+  Penacook. JEREMIAH C. MARTIN, to const. himself L. M.     30.00
+  Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              5.30
+  Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.03; Rev. Geo. Goodyear, 5     33.03
+  Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l                        1.41
+
+
+VERMONT, $678.67.
+
+  Barnet. Cong. Ch.                                         72.00
+  Bennington. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Dea. G. A.
+    WATTLES, HENRY G. ROOT and Miss E. M. HUBBARD L. M's    53.20
+  Bennington Centre. First Cong. Ch.                        16.25
+  Cambridge. Madison Safford                                 5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  30.62
+  Hartford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 14.06
+  Ludlow. "A Friend"                                         5.00
+  Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Atlanta U._
+  Marshfield. Lyman Clark                                   20.00
+  Montpelier. Mrs. L. C. Bowen                              10.00
+  New Haven. "P. M."                                       100.00
+  New Haven. Ladies' Aid Soc., 2 Bbls. C., _for Oaks,
+    N. C._
+  Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   9.36
+  Saint Albans. Henry E. Seymour                             5.00
+  Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch., 54.72; "A Colored
+    Man," 2                                                 56.72
+  Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           50.00
+  Springfield. Mrs. F. Parks                               100.00
+  Stowe. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Part share)                        8.00
+  Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                              10.00
+  West Randolph. Miss B. Nichols                              .50
+  West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.                               11.69
+  West Randolph. Susan E. Albin                              7.00
+  West Randolph. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Woman's Work_         5.00
+  Williston. Cong. Ch.                                      16.00
+  Woodstock. Cong. Ch.                                      19.00
+  By Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for McIntosh, Ga._; Johnson,
+    Sab. Sch., $13.67; Chelsea, Ladies' Soc., $10;
+    Pittsford, Cong. Sab. Sch., 20; Montpelier, Ladies,
+    $10                                                     53.67
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $5,202.67.
+
+  Amherst. William M. Graves, 20; "A Friend," 10            30.00
+  Amherst. Young People of Cong Ch., 10; Mrs. T. P.
+    Huntington, 2, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._           12.00
+  Andover. Free Christian Ch. and Soc., 80.82; "A
+    Friend," 30                                            110.82
+  Andover. Ladies' Union H. M. Soc. (70 of which _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._)                             72.00
+  Andover. Mrs. Blake, _for Fort Sully, Dak._                5.00
+  Andover. West Parish Juv. Miss'y Soc. (One share)         20.00
+  Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. CLIFTON E. STOWE L. M.                           10.00
+  Ashland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  10.56
+    Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 279.14; Rev.
+    MORTON DEXTER, 40, to const. himself L. M.; Mrs. E.
+    C. Parkhurst, 20; Mrs. M. B. Adams (one share), 20;
+    Miss Harriet N. Kirk, 15; "Mrs. W.," 1.--Brighton.
+    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50.--Brookline. Harvard Ch. and
+    Soc., 88.48.--Cambridge. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._, 6.25.--Cambridge. "A
+    Friend," 4.--Cambridgeport. Prospect Ch. and Soc.,
+    87.55.--Cambridgeport. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of
+    Pilgrim Ch. to const. Mrs. E. D. LEAVITT L. M.,
+    30.--Dorchester. Young People's Mission Circle of
+    Second Ch., by Edith L. Mansfield, Treas., 40, _for
+    Two shares_, and 8 _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.
+    C._--Dorchester. Mrs. Wm. Wales, 6.--South Boston.
+    Phillips Ch. and Soc., 68.29                           763.71
+  Bedford. "M. E. R."                                        5.00
+  Braintree. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       22.53
+  Brimfield. Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch. to const.
+    MINER H. CORBIN L. M.                                   37.77
+  Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Chattanooga, Tenn._                                     31.12
+  Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              50.00
+  Charlton. Cong. Ch., 12.26 and Sab., Sch., 1.64           13.90
+  Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, _for
+    Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._                         60.00
+  Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc., 21.24; Miss E.
+    Davenport, 5                                            26.24
+  Chicopee Falls. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. Mrs.
+    JULIA M. DAKIN L. M.                                    30.00
+  Clinton. Mrs. R. N. Ingalls, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Clinton. By Marion E. McPhail, Treas., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      20.00
+  Clinton. Miss'y Soc., _for Talladega C._, _freight_        2.40
+  Clinton. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Kittrell, N. C._
+  Cotuit. Union Ch.                                         14.25
+  Curtisville. Frances M. Clarke                             3.00
+  Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane                              100.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      25.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._; 2 _for Freight_                           2.00
+  East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. Miss
+    NELLY M. KEMP L. M.                                     41.90
+  Easthampton. ----, _for Reading R., Talladega C._          4.00
+  East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      8.00
+  East Weymouth. Cong. Soc.                                 16.00
+  Edgartown. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 80.70; Third Cong.
+    Ch., 10.20                                              90.90
+  Falmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           40.50
+  Framingham. Plym. Ch. and Soc., 48.86; and Sab.
+    Sch., 13.19; Mrs. S. N. Brewer, 10; "G. N.," 5; "A
+    Friend," 10                                             87.05
+  Gardner. First Cong. Ch.                                  19.31
+  Globe Village. Union Ch. Sab Sch.                         25.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. And Soc., 98; Mrs.
+    Nancy E. Brooks, 10                                    108.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Bal. Share)             5.00
+  Grafton. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. CHESTER KELLOGG
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., 12.37; and Sab. Sch.,
+    9.48                                                    21.85
+  Hardwick. E. B. Foster                                     5.00
+  Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., Dea. EBENEZER
+    WEBSTER'S Class, to const. him L. M., 30; Mrs.
+    Appleton's Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._,
+    5; Perry Elliott's Class, 3.41                          38.41
+  Holliston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
+    _for Talladega C._
+  Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.                               6.37
+  Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      5.69
+  Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch.                         176.95
+  Lee. Elizur Smith                                        100.00
+  Leeds. E. L. Clark                                         5.00
+  Lenox. F. Augustus Schemerborn, 25; Richard
+    Goodman, 15; Henry Sedgewick, 10                        50.00
+  Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (2 of which _for Indian
+    M._), to const. Rev. C. A. DICKINSON and Mrs. C. A.
+    DICKINSON L. M's                                       200.00
+  Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch                                 41.62
+  Lowell. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Malden. "Two Friends," 2; "A Friend," 1                    3.00
+  Maplewood. Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       7.00
+  Marlborough. Young People's Mission Circle of Union
+    Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                      25.00
+  Matfield. Mrs. W. S. E. Shaw, Box of C., _for
+    Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                             5.00
+  Merrimac. Cong. Ch.                                       25.00
+  Methuen. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  Middlefield. "A Friend"                                    5.00
+  Milford. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls.
+    of C., _for Talladega C._; 2.50 _for Freight_            2.50
+  Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        58.45
+  Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., 12.36; First Cong. Sab.
+    Sch., 20, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                 32.36
+  Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford                             4.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            50.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          20.00
+  Needham. Evan. Cong. Ch.                                   3.50
+  New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr.                     30.00
+  New Bedford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                25.00
+  Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.                               123.85
+  Newton. "A Friend," _for Talladega C._                     3.00
+  Newton. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   94.26
+  Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.15
+  North Billerica. Mrs. E. R. Gould, _for Macon, Ga._        4.00
+  Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.00
+  North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. WILLIAM WRIGHT and LUTHER K. SNELL L. M's        45.00
+  North Brookfield. Mrs. W. H. Montague, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                            5.00
+  North Hadley. Mt. Holyoke Sem., Miss L. W. Shattuck,
+    5; Miss Anna C. Edwards, 5, _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            10.00
+  Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs.
+    DAVIS GREGORY and EDWIN FREEMAN L. M's                  71.31
+  Oxford. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             20.33
+  Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, _for Kittrell, N. C._       6.00
+  Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._      25.00
+  Pepperell. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              2.59
+  Pittsfield. James H. Dunham, 50; First Cong. Ch.,
+    25; Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 5                           80.00
+  Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         14.64
+  Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._   40.00
+  Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              75.00
+  Royalston. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            15.00
+  Royalston. Mrs. H. M. Estabrook                            5.00
+  Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           86.28
+  Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Somerville. E. Stone, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._          50.00
+  Somerville. "M"                                           50.00
+  Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._; 3.05 _for Freight_                   3.05
+  South Wellfleet. "A Life Member"                           1.00
+  South Weymouth. Sec. Cong. Ch., Miss Grover's S. S.
+    Class, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                    10.00
+  Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               2.01
+  Springfield First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 20;
+    "Friends" 5.60, _for Oaks, N. C._                       25.60
+  Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.                                    48.96
+  Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              23.00
+  Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               40.39
+  Sunderland. "The Acorns," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       7.73
+  Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             53.39
+  Walpole. Or. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 43; Mrs. C. F.
+    Metcalf, 1; Miss L. J. Gould, 1                         45.00
+  Walpole. Mr. Johnson, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           1.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. M. Fuller, _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            10.00
+  Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Tougaloo U._                                       10.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. J. Q. A. Pierce                            1.00
+  Wayland. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Kittrell, N. C._            5.50
+  Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            100.46
+  Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.                                74.75
+  West Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                9.78
+  Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           12.54
+  West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       30.25
+  West Dennis. Mrs. Sarah S. Crowell                         1.50
+  Westfield. Miss E. B. Dickinson, 50.10; Mrs. C. W.
+    Fowler, 5                                               55.10
+  Westfield. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Second Ch., Bbl. of
+    C., val. 66, _for Straight U._; 1.65 _for Freight_       1.65
+  West Newbury. J. C. Carr                                   1.00
+  West Springfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5.20 of which
+    _for Hampton N and A. Inst._)                           95.20
+  Winchester. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           55.00
+  Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       75.00
+  Woburn. William Temple                                     5.00
+  Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., 209.16; Piedmont Ch.
+    (ad'l), 50.77; Rev. C. M. Lamson, 5; "A Friend," 2
+    Dictionaries (Greek and Latin)                         264.93
+  Worcester. Collected by Mrs. C. M. Lamson, of Salem
+    St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                     25.00
+  Worcester. "A Friend," _for Kindergarten, Storrs
+    Sch., Atlanta, Ga._                                     25.00
+  Worcester. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, by Mrs. H. B.
+    Merriman (one share)                                    20.00
+  Worcester. Mrs. H. L. Stearns' S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               5.00
+  ----. "Mount Holyoke," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._      8.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                           2.00
+  By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n:
+    Springfield, First, 26.96; South, 81.81; Blandford,
+    6; Palmer, Second, 50; Mittineague, 28                 192.77
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,198.63
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by Wm. W.
+    Wyman, Ex.                                               4.04
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,202.67
+
+  CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE: NEW
+    HAMPSHIRE, Keene Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch.,
+    1 Bbl., _for McIntosh, Ga._; Walpole, Ladies of
+    Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. _for Dakota Home_. MASSACHUSETTS,
+    Dorchester, Mrs. James Foster, "The Family
+    Library," etc.; Mrs. R. L. Prouty, Pkg.
+    "Congregationalists"; Fitchburg, Herbert H. Dole,
+    Pkg. "Youth's Companion"; Harvard, Woman's Benev.
+    Soc. of Ev. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, val. 35; Lawrence, Ladies' Benev. Soc. of
+    Lawrence St. Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 75, _for Talladega
+    C._; Templeton, Elizabeth C. D. Shattuck, Bundle,
+    val. (in part) 3.16, _for Chattanooga, Tenn._;
+    Revere, Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls., _for Chattanooga,
+    Tenn._; Watertown, Ladies of Phillips Ch., 1 Bbl.
+    RHODE ISLAND, Westerly, Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for
+    Savannah, Ga._
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $1,684.77.
+
+  Barrington. Cong. Ch. (ad'l)                              17.40
+  Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                                  65.00
+  Newport. "A Friend"                                       10.00
+  Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                                      77.14
+  Providence. Union Cong. Ch.                              785.23
+  Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                              50.00
+  Seekonk and East Providence. Cong. Ch., to const.
+    ROBERT R. PEARSE and ALBERT M. FINNAMORE L. M's         60.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,064.77
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Providence. Estate of Anthony B. Arnold, by John H.
+    Cheever and Wm. Knight, Exrs.                          620.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,684.77
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $4,766.91.
+
+  Bethel. Cong. Ch.                                        107.08
+  Bethel. "Willing Workers," _for Talladega C._             20.00
+  Black Rock. Cong. Ch.                                     11.54
+  Branford. Cong. Ch.                                        9.13
+  Bridgeport. Children of North Ch. Infant Class, _for
+    Cal. Chinese M._                                        20.00
+  Bridgeport. Miss Wood, Box Books, etc., _for Talladega
+    C._
+  Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  20.00
+  Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            15.63
+  Canterbury. Westminster Cong. Ch.                          9.07
+  Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          17.84
+  Cromwell. Cong. Ch.                                       78.00
+  Danielsonville. Case of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._
+  Fair Haven. Miss H. L. Rice, _for Indian M._               1.00
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     57.80
+  Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                12.00
+  Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            32.94
+  Hadlyme. Joseph W. Hungerford                            100.00
+  Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. (5 of which _for
+    Indian M._)                                            281.65
+  Hartford. Second Ch. of Christ, 150; Gilbert G.
+    Mosely, 10                                             160.00
+  Jewett City. Cong. Ch.                                     9.04
+  Kensington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            26.65
+  Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. Williams                            25.00
+  Ledyard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.                 24.78
+  Lyme. First Ecc. Soc.                                     34.47
+  Middletown. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._          30.00
+  Milton. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+  Montville. First Cong. Ch.                                10.15
+  Mount Carmel. W. W. Woodruff, _for Tillotson C. and
+    N. Inst._                                               25.00
+  Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch.                                  12.50
+  Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.                                      80.00
+  New Britain. South Cong. Ch.                             198.41
+  New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. Adams, _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   10.00
+  New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50.; College St. Cong. Ch.,
+    36.65, and Sab. Sch., 11; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, 30,
+    to const. Miss LUCIE J. HARRISON L. M.                 127.66
+  New Haven. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of United Ch.,
+    _for Dakota Home, Santee Agency_                        50.00
+  New Haven. L. M. Law, 25; Miss Julia Leek, 1, _for
+    Indian M._                                              26.00
+  Newington. Miss Agnes Belden, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  New London. Second Cong. Ch., 595.24; "A Friend," 1.50   596.74
+  Newtown. Cong. Soc.                                       20.00
+  Northford. Cong. Ch.                                      15.08
+  Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 217.10; Miss Sarah M. Lee,
+    25                                                     242.10
+  Norwichtown. "First Ch."                                  21.00
+  Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                                 15.00
+  Orange. Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._          35.00
+  Plainville. "A Friend"                                   100.00
+  Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.                                  55.00
+  Rockville. J. Edwards Banta, Box papers, etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._, 1, _for Freight_                            1.00
+  Salisbury, Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             52.70
+  South Britain. Cong. Ch.                                  15.41
+  Staffordville. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+  Talcottville. Sarah T. Avery                               5.00
+  Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             29.66
+  Thompsonville. D. Pease                                     .50
+  Tolland. Mrs. Lucy L. Clough, 50, _for Indian M._, 25
+    _for Chinese M._ and 25 _for Freedmen_                 100.00
+  Torrington. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Cask of C.,
+    etc., _for Talladega C._, 4, _for freight_               4.00
+  Wallingford. First Cong. Ch.                              35.33
+  Wapping. Cong Ch.                                         16.75
+  Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch.                              196.00
+  Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                          200.00
+  West Hartford. A. Chappell, 10; Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 8.02    18.02
+  Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                         66.41
+  Windsor Locks. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Dormitory,
+    Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                               195.00
+  Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Winsted. Elias E. Gilman, 10; Mrs. Emily W. Case, 10      20.00
+  Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss                              10.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $3,739.04
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Ellington. Estate of Maria Pitkin, by Edwin Talcott,
+    Ex.                                                 $1,027.87
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $4,766.91
+
+
+NEW YORK, $2,739.93.
+
+  Baldwinsville. Howard Carter                              25.00
+  Binghamton. Sheldon Warner                                 5.00
+  Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch., 531; Plymouth Ch.,
+    464.51; South Cong. Ch., 50; Ch. of the Covenant
+    Sab. Sch., bal. to const. Mrs. JULIETTE H. MACKAY
+    L. M., 20; Mrs. M. L. Hollis, 2; Rev. E. P. Thwing,
+    Pkg. Books                                           1,067.51
+  Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee
+    Agency_                                                 37.50
+  Canastota. E. B. Northrup                                100.00
+  Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     28.53
+  Ellington. Mrs. H. B. Rice, 10; Mrs. E. Rice, 4;
+    A. C. Rice, 2                                           16.00
+  Flushing. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Miss C. T. Gilman, 2.30, _for
+    freight_                                                12.30
+  Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.84, and Sab. Sch., 6.25    37.09
+  Groton. Cong. Ch., 18.08; Mrs. Kesia Bostwick, 7.; Dr.
+    Clark Chapman, 5                                        30.08
+  Himrods. Mrs. G. L. Ayres, _for Woman's Work_              5.00
+  Homer. Sab. Sch. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._    1.00
+  Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones                                  15.00
+  Keeseville. Enos Barnes                                    1.50
+  Lockport. First Cong. Ch.                                 18.06
+  Lockport. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._      14.00
+  Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway                                3.00
+  Middlesex. Lester Adams                                   20.00
+  Morristown. First Cong. Ch.                                8.00
+    New York. S. T. Gordon (of which 100 _for Little
+    Rock, Ark._; 100 _for Wilmington, N. C._; 100 _for
+    Tougaloo, Miss._; and 100 _for Tillotson C. & N.
+    Inst._), 500                                           500.00
+  New York. Roswell Smith, 250; By "Aunt Patience," 1      251.00
+  New York. The Century Co., 50 cop. "Songs of the
+    Church" (second hand), _for Marion, Ala._
+  North Walton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                         35.90
+  Owasco. Mrs. A Stewart                                     1.00
+  Oswego. Primary Pub. Sch., Box Books _for Oaks, N. C._
+  Port Richmond. Captain Stephen Squier                      5.00
+  Salamanca. Rev. Wm. C. Scofield                            7.00
+  Saratoga. Cong. Ch., Ladies Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega, C._
+  Sinclairville. E. Williams                                 3.00
+  Syracuse. ----                                             5.00
+  Syracuse. Mrs. Caroline B. Curtis, Box Papers, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 1.70 _for Freight_                     1.70
+  Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             35.67
+  Warsaw. Cong. Ch.                                         20.34
+  Waterville. Mrs. Winchel, 5; Mrs. J. Candee, 5            10.00
+  Westmoreland. Miss C. M. Miller                             .75
+  West Salamanca. "A Friend"                               419.00
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $26.73.
+
+  Jersey City. First Cong. Ch.                               6.73
+  Montclair. Mrs. J. F. Pratt's Sab. Sch. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               8.00
+  Perth Amboy. Friday Afternoon Class, by Miss E. W.
+    Martin, Bdl. S. S. Papers
+  Raritan. Miss S. Provost, Case of Books and Papers
+  ----. "Heart's Content"                                   10.00
+  ----. "A Friend," _for Santee Agency, Neb._                2.00
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $50.50.
+
+  Guy's Mills. Cong. Ch., 18.50; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5;
+    Children's Miss'y Soc., 5                               28.50
+  Kingston. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                 10.00
+  Philadelphia. Sarah Furber                                 1.00
+  Sewickley. "E. H. T.," _for Indian M._                     2.00
+  Stony Creek. Charles E. Webster                            9.00
+
+
+OHIO, $544.11.
+
+  Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson                               2.28
+  Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      11.00
+  Cleveland. Mrs. A. Scott (_one share_)                    20.00
+  Cleveland. Franklin Av. Cong. Ch.                         15.00
+  Cincinnati. Geo. S. Gray, 18 Anthem Books, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Delaware. Wm. Bevan                                        5.00
+  Greenwich. Anna M. Mead                                    1.50
+  Geneva. "H. A. W."                                         1.50
+  Kingsville. Myron Whiting                                250.00
+  North Benton. Mrs. M. J. Hartzell                          2.50
+  Oberlin. First. Cong. Ch., 87.88; E. P. Barrows, 10;
+    Mrs. C. C. Wheat, 1                                     98.88
+  Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., _15 for furnishing room
+    and 10 for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._              25.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5; Mrs. M. J. P.
+    Hatch, 1, _for Reading-room, Lexington, Ky._             6.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                             1.50
+  Painesville. First Cong. Ch., 51.64, to const. N. O.
+    LEE L. M.; Mrs. E. Hickok, 5                            56.64
+  Painesville. "O. W. H. M. U.," by Mrs. Wm. Clayton,
+    Treas.                                                   4.76
+  Painesville. Sab. Sch. Class, by M. M. House, _for
+    Santee Agency, Neb._                                     3.00
+  Radnor. Edward D. Jones                                    5.00
+  Ravenna. Cong. Ch.                                        23.55
+  Savannah. George Mackie                                    1.00
+  Saybrook. Mrs. A. M. Messenger, 2; Dea. D. Maltby, 1       3.00
+  Tallmadge. Rev. Luther Shaw, 8 Bibles
+  Unionville. Mrs. E. F. Burnelle                            2.00
+  Windham. Wm. A. Perkins                                    5.00
+
+
+INDIANA, $22.00.
+
+  Elkhart. First Cong. Ch.                                  15.00
+  Indianapolis. Rev O. C. McKullock, Box Books, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                        5.00
+  Sparta. John Hawkswell                                     1.50
+  Versailles. John D. Nichols                                 .50
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $837.99.
+
+  Atkinson. First Cong. Ch., Box S. S. Papers, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Batavia. Cong. Ch.                                        65.00
+  Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote                                5.00
+  Brimfield. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00
+  Champaign. Cong. Ch.                                      45.55
+  Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 198.53; South Cong. Ch.,
+    39.26; Mrs. J. H. McArthur, 5                          242.79
+  Chicago. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of N. E. Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, Mobile, Ala._                               47.10
+  Chicago. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     25.00
+  Chicago. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           13.00
+  Elgin. Cong. Ch.                                          32.48
+  Elgin. Mrs. E. E. C. Borden (20 of which _for Hampton
+    N. & A. Inst._)                                         30.00
+  Galesburg. First Church of Christ                         37.10
+  Galva. Theodora Miss'y Soc., Bbl. and Box of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Geneso. Cong. Ch.                                        116.30
+  Geneseo. Young Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Hamlet. Levi Cooper                                         .50
+  Ivanhoe. Miss Mary Cowdry, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                      5.00
+  Lyndon. Mrs. H. Deming                                      .50
+  Lombard. First Cong. Ch.                                   9.50
+  Malden. Cong. Ch.                                         13.00
+  Maywood. Woman's Co-operative Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.     5.00
+  Millburn. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Moline. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., 23.50. Incorrectly
+    ack. in Nov. number from Hartford, Ct.
+  Oglesby. T. T. Bent                                        5.00
+  Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   16.60
+  Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens                                10.00
+  Plainfield. Mrs. Edward Ebbs                              10.00
+  Port Byron. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch. _for Missionary,
+    Mobile, Ala._                                           17.50
+  Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Cross                            10.00
+  Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, Sen.                              2.00
+  Roseville. Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga_.
+  Shabbona. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which from
+    "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._)                 46.57
+  Wilmette. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._     12.50
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $773.09.
+
+  Allendale. Cong. Ch., 4.15, and Sab. Sch., 1.85            6.00
+  Delhi Mills. "A Friend"                                    2.00
+  Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     20.00
+  Grandville. "E. B."                                        2.00
+  Greenville. M. Rutan                                     500.00
+  Hancock. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Soc., _for Theo.
+    Dept., Talladega C._                                    25.00
+  Laingsburg. Cong. Ch.                                     10.85
+  Lake Lyndon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Lansing. Plymouth Ch.                                      4.71
+  Northville. D. Pomeroy                                     5.00
+  Oakley. Ch. of Christ                                      1.00
+  Olivet. Cong. Ch.                                         96.92
+  Saline. Eli Benton                                        50.00
+  Three Oaks. Cong. Ch.                                     19.61
+  White Lake. Robert Garner                                 10.00
+
+
+IOWA, $637.35.
+
+  Burlington. Cong. Ch.                                     15.41
+  Davenport. Geo. W. Ells                                   10.00
+  Des Moines. Dr. H. L. Whitman, _for Talladega C._        500.00
+  Dubuque. Young Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Dubuque. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, New Orleans, La._                           10.00
+  Grinnell. Cong. Ch.                                       30.29
+  Grinnell. By Miss Ella E. Marsh, _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                           17.75
+  Grinnell. C. A. Taylor's Sab. Sch. Class, _for Talladega
+    C._                                                      7.35
+  McGregor. Woman's Miss'y Soc.                              6.30
+  New Hampton. Woman's Cent. Soc.                            2.25
+  Osage. Cheerful Giver's Mission Band                       8.00
+  Stuart. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                            5.00
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $222.04.
+
+  Appleton. Cong. Ch.                                       81.57
+  Beloit. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+   Talladega C._                                            30.00
+  Elkhorn. Cong. Ch.                                        16.00
+  Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch.                                    13.00
+  Geneva. Cong. Ch.                                         10.73
+  Janesville. "Busy Bees," First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Macon, Ga_.                                 3.00
+  New London. First Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  New Richmond. First Cong. Ch.                             18.45
+  Nicollet. Mrs. D. D. Kellogg, Sewing Machine, _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  Oshkosh. Mrs. Lucy Bartlett, Box Books, _for Library_,
+    and Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Racine. Mrs. D, D. Nichols                                  .50
+  Ripon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 10.85; Do Good Soc., 95c.   11.80
+  Ripon. Do Good Soc., 6.80; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 5.19;
+    _for Macon, Ga._                                        11.99
+  Salem. First. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Williamsburg,
+    Ky._                                                    15.00
+  Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Macon, Ga._        10.00
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $406.63.
+
+  Excelsior. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Glyndon. Union Ch.                                         3.42
+  Hamilton. Cong. Ch.                                        4.00
+  Mankato. Belgrade Sab. Sch.                                1.65
+  Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 33.35; First Cong. Ch.,
+    11.15; The Open Door Cong. Ch., 3.15                    47.65
+  Northfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C.,
+    Freight_                                                 5.65
+  Rochester. G. H. Swasey                                    1.00
+  Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch.                            67.11
+  Worthington. Union Cong. Ch.                              14.15
+  ----. "Friends," _for Atlanta U._                        250.00
+
+
+KANSAS, $15.95.
+
+  Atchison. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                              3.00
+  Topeka. Tuition                                           12.95
+
+
+MISSOURI, $97.71.
+
+  Kansas City. Clyde Cong. Ch.                               5.00
+  Saint Joseph. Tab. Cong. Ch.                               9.00
+  Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch.                              83.71
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $42.88.
+
+  Exeter. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 7.45; Children's Mission
+    Band, 3.55; First Cong. Ch., 7.80                       18.80
+  Wahoo. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Waverly. Cong. Ch.                                         4.00
+
+
+DAKOTA, $10.00.
+
+  Fort Berthold. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                 10.00
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $25.00.
+
+  San Francisco. Rev. J. Rowell                             25.00
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $15.00.
+
+  Washington. Mrs. Abby N. Bailey, 10; Lincoln Mission
+    Sab. Sch., 5                                            15.00
+
+
+MARYLAND, $4.00.
+
+  Federalsburg. Sarah Beals                                  4.00
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $106.14.
+
+  Lexington. Tuition, 38.40; Rent, 5.54                     43.94
+  Williamsburg. Tuition, 58; Rent, 1                        59.00
+  Williamsburg. Rev. J. T. Ford, _for Room_                  3.20
+
+
+VIRGINIA, $6.00.
+
+  Herndon. Cong. Ch.                                         6.00
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $712.21
+
+  Chattanooga. Miss L. M. Lawson                             1.00
+  Jellico. Tuition                                          29.00
+  Jonesboro. Tuition                                         5.50
+  Knoxville. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Memphis. Tuition                                         229.65
+  Nashville. Tuition                                       425.06
+  Nashville. Jackson St. Cong. Ch.                           5.00
+  Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $221.01.
+
+  Kittrell. Tuition                                         14.00
+  McLeansville. Cong. Ch.                                    5.74
+  Wilmington. Tuition                                      188.27
+  Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00
+  Wilmington. By Miss Warner, _for Student Aid_              3.00
+
+
+SOUTH CAROLINA, $15.00.
+
+  Charleston. Plym. Cong. Ch.                               15.00
+
+
+GEORGIA, $612.47.
+
+  Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 226.95; Rent, 3           229.95
+  Atlanta. Prof. T. A. Chase                                 5.00
+  Macon. Tuition                                           149.95
+  Macon. Cong. Ch.                                          10.00
+  Macon. Unknown Friends, 2 Boxes of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  McIntosh. Tuition                                         43.36
+  Savannah. Tuition                                        174.21
+
+
+ALABAMA, $925.76.
+
+  Athens. Tuition                                          168.70
+  Marion. Cong. Ch.                                         45.52
+  Mobile. Tuition                                          205.60
+  Montgomery. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00
+  Selma. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Talladega. Tuition                                       445.14
+  Talladega. Miss J. Lunt, _for Student Aid_                10.00
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, $124.15.
+
+  Tougaloo. Tuition                                        112.15
+  Tougaloo. By Miss Mary A. Scott, _for Student Aid_        12.00
+
+
+LOUISIANA, $290.00.
+
+  New Orleans. Tuition                                     290.00
+
+
+TEXAS, $151.88.
+
+  Austin. Tuition                                          148.88
+  Helena. Rev. M. Thompson                                   3.00
+
+
+INCOMES, $895.00.
+
+  Avery Estate, _for Mendi M._                             570.00
+  Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta U._                    150.00
+  Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._                       125.00
+  Plumb Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._                     50.00
+
+
+PERSIA, $10.00.
+
+  Oroomiah. Mrs. E. W. Labaree, by Charles Marsh,
+    Treas. H. B. A.                                         10.00
+
+                                                       ----------
+  Total for January                                    $24,342.98
+  Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31                          75,684.88
+                                                       ==========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+  Subscriptions for January                                274.10
+  Previously acknowledged                                  402.47
+                                                        ---------
+  Total                                                   $676.57
+                                                        =========
+
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
+  56 Reade Street, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WANTS.
+
+1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing
+work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_
+contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong.
+
+2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
+accommodate the increasing number of students; MEETING HOUSES for the
+new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious,
+for these churches.
+
+3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers and teachers here
+and missionaries to Africa--a pressing want.
+
+4. FUNDS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENTS--to purchase farm implements,
+plows, harrows and cultivators; to erect shops and furnish tools and
+materials for instruction and use in the mechanic arts, for
+carpenters, blacksmiths, tin-men, harness and shoemakers; and to
+supply the girls' industrial rooms with sewing and knitting
+materials.
+
+5. Ten Thousand new subscribers for THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. All in
+favor of indorsing this want will please send on their vote, making
+use of the following:
+
+
+FORM OF BALLOT.
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, _Esq., Treasurer_,
+
+  _56 Reade Street, New York_:
+
+  _Inclosed please find Fifty Cents, subscription for_ THE AMERICAN
+  MISSIONARY _for the year 1885._
+
+  _Sign with your Name and Address._
+
+We are not afraid of a heavy vote. Roll up the majority!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+_Advertisements._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+
+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No.
+03, March, 1885, by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
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+Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No. 03, March, 1885
+
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+The American Missionary
+
+MARCH, 1885.
+
+  VOL. XXXIX.
+  NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+                                                            PAGE.
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+  THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL                                           67
+  DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.                                  68
+  PARAGRAPHS                                                       69
+  TILLOTSON CHURCH--WORD TO MINISTERS                              70
+  THE TEST APPLIED                                                 71
+  RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR                   74
+  A TEACHER'S APPEAL                                               75
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+  PREACHING THE MAIN FEATURE IN MISSIONARY WORK                    76
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+  ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI                          79
+  VIEWS IN TEXAS                                                   81
+  WEEK OF PRAYER                                                   82
+  LETTER FROM STUDENT                                              84
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+  LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA                                   84
+  BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING ANCESTORS (cut)                  86
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+  WOMAN'S SOCIETIES                                                86
+  LETTER FROM LADY MISSIONARY                                      87
+  MONTHLY REPORT OF A TEACHER                                      88
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+  VIC'S LILIES                                                     88
+
+RECEIPTS                                                           89
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NEW YORK:
+
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
+
+Rooms, 56 Reade Street.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Price 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.
+
+Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class
+matter.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Mass.
+
+
+_Vice-Presidents._
+
+  Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo.
+  Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill.
+  Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y.
+  Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D. D., Mass.
+  Rev. D. O. MEARS, D. D., Mass.
+
+
+_Corresponding Secretary._
+
+  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Assistant Corresponding Secretary._
+
+  Rev. JAMES POWELL, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Treasurer._
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Auditors._
+
+  W. H. ROGERS,
+  PETER McCARTEE.
+
+
+_Executive Committee._
+
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.
+  A. P. FOSTER, Secretary.
+
+  _For Three Years._
+
+  LYMAN ABBOTT.
+  A. S. BARNES.
+  J. R. DANFORTH.
+  CLINTON B. FISK.
+  A. P. FOSTER.
+
+  _For Two Years._
+
+  S. B. HALLIDAY.
+  SAMUEL HOLMES.
+  SAMUEL S. MARPLES.
+  CHARLES L. MEAD.
+  ELBERT B. MONROE.
+
+  _For One Year._
+
+  J. E. RANKIN.
+  WM. H. WARD.
+  J. L. WITHROW.
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN.
+  EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.
+
+
+_District Secretaries._
+
+  Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D. D., _21 Cong'l House, Boston_.
+  Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _112 West Washington Street, Chicago_.
+
+
+_Field Officers._
+
+  Rev. J. E. ROY, D. D., _Field Superintendent_.
+  Prof. ALBERT SALISBURY, _Superintendent of Education_.
+
+
+_Bureau of Woman's Work._
+
+  _Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
+Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to
+the District Secretaries; letters for the "American Missionary," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office.
+
+
+DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
+
+May be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York,
+or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21
+Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 113 West Washington Street,
+Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a
+Life Member.
+
+
+FORM OF A BEQUEST.
+
+"I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in
+trust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person
+who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the
+'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied,
+under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to
+its charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by
+three witnesses.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+_Advertisements._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+Atchison, Kans., writes: "To all persons suffering from Liver
+Complaint, I would strongly recommend Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I was
+afflicted with a disease of the liver for nearly two years, when a
+friend advised me to take this medicine. It gave prompt relief, and
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+
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+has no equal." Mrs. A. B. Allen, Winterpock, Va., writes: "My
+youngest child, two years of age, was taken with Bowel Complaint,
+which we could not cure. We tried many remedies, but he continued to
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+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+VOL. XXXIX.     MARCH, 1885.     NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+$365,000
+
+NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Your Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a
+day are imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized
+plans of the Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the
+pressing needs of the early future.--
+
+[FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ADOPTED BY ANNUAL MEETING AT SALEM.]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FIGURES.
+
+           _Receipts:_            Col. & Don.     Estates.      Total.
+
+  Oct. 1, 1884, to Jan. 31, 1885   $66,078.97    $9,605.91    $75,684.88
+  Oct. 1, 1883, to Jan. 31, 1884    69,941.52     9,809.35     79,750.87
+                                    ---------    ---------     ---------
+    Decrease                        $3,862.55      $203.44     $4,065.99
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Where the color-sergeant plants the standard, there the soldiers are
+expected to rally. The Finance Committee at the Salem meeting
+inscribed on the A. M. A. standard $365,000 needed for 1884-5, and
+called upon the churches to advance to the support. _The Figures_
+showing receipts of our treasury indicate just how far the churches
+have come up in response to the call. Had we received the $1,000 a
+day recommended, our total receipts would be $123,000, as against the
+$75,684.88 now reported. Will not the captains of our church hosts
+rally the forces to an immediate advance? One-third of our fiscal
+year has already passed. The showing is not what we had hoped, but
+time enough remains to make up for the deficiency.
+
+Will our friends please bear these things in mind?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.
+
+
+In the death of Dr. Pike, which occurred in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 29,
+the American Missionary Association has lost a most earnest and
+successful worker. Repeated and protracted attacks of throat and lung
+troubles during the last two or three years, terminating in an
+illness that confined him to his room for three months, gave warning
+to his friends of the approach of death. But with the hopefulness
+peculiar to the disease, and especially characteristic of himself, he
+entertained almost to the last the expectation of recovery. Yet death
+had no terror; on the contrary, while he wished to live for the sake
+of his family and the Association, he personally welcomed death with
+the most joyful feelings.
+
+Dr. Pike was born in Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 6, 1831, graduated from
+Dartmouth College in 1858, and from Andover Theological Seminary in
+1861. He was ordained associate pastor with Rev. Austin Richards, D.
+D., of the Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, N. H., April
+23, 1862, and remained in that position till May 1, 1865. He was
+acting pastor at East Hampton, Conn., from 1865 to 1867, and during
+the latter year he entered the service of the Association as agent,
+residing in Rochester, N. Y. In 1870 he became District Secretary, a
+position which he filled till his death, and to which he devoted the
+best energies of his life. His peculiar gifts fitted him for some
+special services. During the years 1872-4 he accompanied the Jubilee
+Singers in a tour through the United States and Great Britain. They
+were welcomed by the royal family and by the nobility, and by large
+and enthusiastic popular audiences. Their success, in its pecuniary
+results, finds a fitting monument in the substantial and commodious
+Jubilee Hall, at Nashville, Tenn.; and the untiring industry, the
+skill and tact and energy of Mr. Pike as business manager contributed
+in a large measure to this gratifying result. Before returning to
+America he made a rapid trip through Egypt and Palestine. In 1881 he
+assumed the editorship of the _American Missionary_, and brought to
+that service a degree of variety and breadth that gave a new impulse
+to the usefulness of the magazine. He devoted much thought and
+research to the condition of Africa, and became so well acquainted
+with it that editors of leading journals in this city and pastors of
+churches sometimes sought information from him in regard to it. He
+wrote two volumes on the History of the Jubilee Singers, which have
+had a very wide circulation.
+
+Dr. Pike was eminently social and was blessed with unusual
+conversational powers, and gave to others and won from them to
+himself strong personal friendships. As a public speaker he was
+earnest, animated and eloquent, and was gladly welcomed in the pulpit
+and in the meetings of Associations and Conferences. His leading
+characteristic was that of an organizer. He was perpetually devising
+plans for active work and was diligent and untiring in his efforts to
+carry them out. He was a man of prayer and of faith in God, which
+sustained him in his constant labors, in his days of trial and in his
+sickness and death. At his own request his mortal remains rest in
+Nashua, the scene of his first pastorate, and his long sleep will be
+with those whom he loved. By the generosity of Mrs. O. A. Woodbury a
+portion of a cemetery lot was given for his burial, on which an
+expensive monument is erected, and on one face of which will be
+inscribed his name.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Since writing the above we have learned that a special memorial
+service was held Sunday evening, February 1st, in the Chapel of Fisk
+University. This was in every way appropriate, in consequence of the
+intimate relations of Dr. Pike's life to the upbuilding of that
+institution. With considerable feeling, President Cravath referred to
+the fact that twenty years ago E. P. Smith, Dr. Pike and himself
+entered upon the work of the American Missionary Association, and
+that he was now left alone, adding that in the death of Brother Pike,
+Fisk University had lost one of its warmest friends.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We notice the death of Mrs. Dr. L. B. Lane, of St. Charles, Ill. She
+died on the 14th of January last, at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs.
+Lane and her husband were ordained missionaries of the Am. Miss.
+Assoc. to Siam in 1848. They returned in 1855, since which time they
+have resided in this country. She was a good and true servant of
+Christ when in the foreign field and no less so in her own land. Her
+death came suddenly, but found her thoroughly prepared to go.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Few men in this country have had more experience in addressing
+children, or greater success in winning them to Christ, than Rev. E.
+P. Hammond. The result of this experience he has condensed in an
+interesting and instructive little volume, entitled "Conversion of
+Children." It will prove helpful and encouraging to parents and
+interesting to children. We thank Mr. Hammond for the gift of fifty
+copies of his book, which we have distributed among our missionaries
+in the South, by whom they are appreciated and found useful in their
+work.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some time ago a Southern paper, in speaking of Dr. Roy, referred to
+him as a colored man. At the time we thought the writer was mistaken,
+but since looking over his itinerary, which our readers will find in
+another part of the magazine, we have been led to feel that we shall
+have to modify somewhat our opinion. The doctor himself explicitly
+declares that at one point in their journey he and his companions
+were all of the same color. At any rate he is not ashamed to call
+them _brethren_, and we may also add that they are not ashamed of
+him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Tillotson, at Austin, Texas, has taken to itself a church
+organization. This was effected on the first Sabbath of the year--a
+very interesting occasion. Superintendent Roy and Rev. Jeremiah
+Porter, spending his second winter in Austin, were present to assist
+the pastor, Rev. J. H. Parr, who, with his wife, united in the
+organization. It consisted of twenty members, half of them teachers
+and half students. Principal W. L. Gordon and wife presented their
+two little children, born in the Institute, for baptism. Mr. Gordon
+and Mr. R. F. Ferrell, a student, were ordained as deacons by prayer
+and the laying on of hands. Mr. Porter offered the prayer of
+institution, and broke the bread at the communion table. This
+venerable servant of God had just passed his 80th birthday. His
+golden wedding will come next June. His multitude of friends will be
+glad to know that the United States Government, having put him upon
+the retired list as chaplain, is continuing his salary. Mrs. Porter
+is assisting the special missionary, Miss M. J. Adams, Professor
+Dean, and other teachers and scholars, in supporting two mission
+schools contiguous to the Institute. Miss Rose M. Kinney, a veteran
+in the service, is matron and preceptress. The Tillotson is moving on
+this year smoothly and successfully. A church in connection with
+these main chartered institutions is essential to their best
+Christian result.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Just a word with our ministerial readers. The heavy mail that daily
+comes to this office brings us occasionally a letter with some such
+words as these: "I preached to my people last Sunday an A. M. A.
+sermon, and as a result I send you a contribution which is larger
+than the church ever gave this cause before." Exactly, brother; let
+the people know what is wanted and why it is wanted, and then let
+them have a chance to give and they will meet the responsibility
+every time. Another letter brings us this: "A few weeks ago I
+preached a sermon on the work of the A. M. A. My congregation were so
+deeply interested in what I said they requested my manuscript for
+publication. Thinking you might be interested I send you a copy of
+the published sermon." Exactly, again. We were interested, and long
+before we had finished reading the discourse we understood full well
+why the people were interested. Another letter: "The Missions of the
+A. M. A. occupied our attention last monthly concert. I gave a bird's
+eye view of the whole field and then selections were read from the
+papers and addresses given at Salem. By this time the brethren were
+quite ready to turn on the streams of their own thought. We found it
+difficult to bring the meeting to an end. It was a great success. I
+propose to follow it up." Again, exactly. Missionary information when
+properly brought forward will make a meeting that for interest cannot
+be surpassed. It is one of the strangest things in the world that so
+many people have gotten the impression that a missionary meeting must
+be dull, and that a missionary discourse must be uninteresting. It is
+an impression that ought not to exist. Let sermons be preached. Let
+the thrilling, soul-inspiring facts that go to make up the history of
+missions be made known and the impression will soon be driven out of
+existence.
+
+Brethren, we invite you to glean in the great field of the American
+Missionary Association. There will be rich returns for you and your
+people and golden returns for us.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE TEST APPLIED.
+
+
+When Berea College was started, in 1858, its students were all
+white. The following year the question was raised, "What if colored
+students should apply?" One teacher voiced the sentiment of all when
+he said, "If any one made in God's image comes to get knowledge which
+will enable him to understand the revelation of God in Jesus Christ,
+he cannot be rejected." The simple declaration of that sentiment had
+the effect to make most of the students leave at the end of the term,
+never to return. The John Brown raid, happening soon after, rendered
+the school still more unpopular, and the war following a little
+later, the school had to suspend altogether. But when the war ended
+and, in 1865, the college opened its doors again, there being no
+longer slavery, the question of color soon came up for consideration.
+
+In one of the by-laws to the constitution of the college was this
+statement: "The object of this college shall be to furnish the
+facilities for a thorough education to all persons of good moral
+character." Three colored youths applied for admission. On
+examination they were found to be "persons of good moral character."
+There was only one thing to do. They were promptly admitted. What
+followed? There were at the time seventy-five students in the
+college, and we are told, "the morning that those three harmless
+youths walked in, half the school walked out."
+
+But some one will say: "That was at the close of the war, when the
+feelings of our white brethren at the South were naturally very
+sensitive; that time, however, has passed away. We can now plant
+schools and churches on an anti-caste basis, with open doors and
+welcome hands for colored people, _if they choose to come_. No such
+exhibition of race prejudice would now be made." _Well, let us see._
+
+For several years past we have had our attention turned to the
+terrible destitution of the people in the mountain region of Kentucky
+and places adjacent. Two years ago we sent a special missionary to
+labor among these people. He made his headquarters at Williamsburg,
+the county seat of Whitley County, Kentucky. The town was sixty-seven
+years old, yet it never had a church edifice; nor had the county,
+with a population of fourteen thousand, ever had a church edifice
+finished and dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. There were
+very few schools, and what few there were could not be considered
+schools by intelligent people. Our missionary went to work. The
+people heard him gladly. A new life came into their famished souls.
+They rallied round him. They built a beautiful church edifice. An
+academy, too, was erected; able and skilled teachers were put in
+charge. The missionary did not confine himself to the town merely.
+For miles up and down the valley he traveled, preaching as he went.
+Wherever he came the people were roused and steps taken to have
+churches and schools planted.
+
+But the church and the academy above referred to must be dedicated.
+At the dedication this Association was represented by Assistant
+Corresponding Secretary Powell, by Field Superintendent Roy and by
+Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Ward, of the Executive Committee. And dedicated they
+were to the glory of God for the maintenance and spread of a _free_
+gospel and Christian learning. Special emphasis was placed upon the
+fact that over the entrance to these temples was written, _Whosoever
+will may come_. Does some one ask why that was specially emphasized?
+Because we were in a country where popular sentiment said, Into white
+churches and white schools there was a certain class who, on account
+of the color of their skin, would not be admitted. When you are in a
+community that publicly indorses a wrong, silence regarding that
+wrong is complicity. Under such circumstances, to say nothing about
+it is the same thing as to sign your name to a document affirming the
+thing to be right. To dedicate a Christian church in New York City
+and say nothing about the evils of Mormonism would be nothing
+strange, but to dedicate a Christian church in Salt Lake City and be
+silent as to what the teaching and the practice of that church was to
+be in regard to polygamy would be _treason_ to the Gospel. We
+therefore made specially prominent at the dedication the broad
+principles on which our mission rested. Some said they were sorry to
+hear such things proclaimed; others said nothing, but feared; while a
+few said, That is right. It is just as it ought to be.
+
+The school started off with bright skies above and a broad distant
+view around. The bell rung out its pealing calls, and bright-eyed,
+rosy-cheeked children and youth clambered up the hill side to enjoy
+such educational privileges as that country had never known. All was
+peace and prosperity. School was crowded, and everybody was happy.
+But suddenly the whole heavens were overcast. From horizon to horizon
+a deathly pall enshrouded the entire sky--and the cloud large enough
+to do all this was only the size of a black child's face! _Whosoever
+will may come_, we had said. Did we _mean_ it? Oh, yes, _but_ it is
+hardly right to sacrifice the feelings of that whole school merely to
+gratify the wish of--_a nigger_. Did we mean it? Oh, yes, but it is
+hardly right to imperil the very existence of the school merely to
+take in that one poor, despised and uninfluential colored child! Did
+we mean it? Oh, yes, but is it right, is it wise, to receive _one_
+when you know that by so doing you will lose twenty--perhaps more--to
+receive one whom you will have to help, and lose twenty--or perhaps
+more--who can help you? Did we mean it? Oh, yes, certainly, but would
+it not be better to reason with the applicant and show her that while
+we ourselves have no objection, yet things being as they are, she
+would really do more for her people by staying away than by insisting
+that she should be received? Why not take some such position as that?
+We will have peace and harmony and prosperity. We shall be able to
+tell our friends in the distance we are getting along swimmingly. We
+are true to our principles. _Whosoever will may come._ We have no
+trouble with the negro question. We simply let it alone. Our dear
+brethren down South are perfectly delighted to receive us. We have no
+trouble with them whatever, and the cause is going forward
+triumphantly.
+
+_Is_ that the way to meet the responsibility? Imagine the Lord Jesus
+Christ at the door of that school when that black child came asking
+admission. What would have been His answer? Say, reader, imagine what
+_would_ have been His answer. Put on your thinking cap. Summon to
+your aid all the help that quibbling and dodging and sophistry can
+give, and after you have gone through it all, what do you think would
+have been His answer? Well, here is the answer the American
+Missionary Association sent as quickly as the telegraph could carry
+it: _Admit all applicants irrespective of color._ And then what
+followed? Nearly half the scholars picked up their things and left!
+This happened a few weeks ago. We had about a hundred students. We
+have now about fifty, and we may lose even those. Letter writing is
+easy. Talk is cheap. Even _Buncombe_ is not a lost art. But actions
+speak louder than words. Let us know what follows when _the test is
+applied_, and then we shall know just what profession of loyalty to
+principle signifies. Berea stood by its guns, and it has steadily
+grown in favor with God and man ever since. And it will win in the
+end. Then what a glorious triumph! No regrets for having played the
+hypocrite, no regrets for having played the part of a time server, no
+regrets for having played the part of a trimmer, no regrets for
+having played the part of a special pleader, no regrets for having
+concealed its colors behind its back in shameful silence as to its
+past history, no regrets for having turned away one of Christ's
+little ones for whom He died, no regrets for having counseled it,
+while professing friendship, to go elsewhere. What a glorious
+triumph!
+
+And we, too, shall win--and our triumph shall be glorious. Let us go
+forward preaching the Word, and when the time comes let there be no
+attempt to postpone its issue--but let the test be applied. Better go
+down standing on our principles than live with our principles denied
+and dishonored.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR.
+
+
+The _Independent_ of Feb. 5 has an exceedingly interesting article on
+the above subject from the pen of Rev. Dr. J. E. Edwards, Danville,
+Virginia.
+
+He says that at an early period in this century Southern Methodists
+sent missionaries to labor with the slaves on the rice and cotton
+plantations. In 1845 Southern Methodism had in church fellowship
+124,000 slaves. At one time the Methodist membership in Charleston,
+S. C., was in the proportion of five colored to one white. Blacks and
+whites worshiped in the same house and were ministered to by the same
+pastor.
+
+One of the early reports of the South Carolina Board has the
+following: "We claim it best, as a general rule, to include the
+colored people in the same pastoral charge with the whites, and to
+preach to both classes in one congregation, as our practice has been.
+The gospel is the same for all men, and to enjoy its privileges in
+common, promotes good will."
+
+We read so far and stopped. That language has the marks of the gospel
+of Jesus Christ all over it. "All ye are brethren." So says the
+gospel, and this report says the same. But how would it do to take
+the language above quoted into a Southern white Methodist Conference
+now! Just let the above report, without comment and without
+explanation, be introduced to-day into such a Conference, and what an
+explosion would follow!
+
+It is too bad to quote the rest of the report, because it mars
+somewhat the beauty of what goes before; but here it is: "That when
+the galleries or other sittings are insufficient, we consider it the
+duty of our brethren and friends to provide the necessary
+accommodations that none may make such a neglect a plea for absenting
+themselves from public worship." "_Galleries or other sittings._"
+There is the fly in the ointment. Of course, at communion, the master
+class was served first and the slave class afterward.
+
+The Church of Christ is His body. But does Christ allow His followers
+to decide that distinctions shall be made at His table on account of
+the hue of the skin? When a Temple is erected in which Christ's
+disciples are to meet for worship, is there anything in the gospel
+that warrants a division of seats so that here superiors shall sit
+and there inferiors? Where is the word that warrants it? and what is
+the analysis that will find it in the spirit of the gospel? All honor
+to the slave-holders who furnished the means of the gospel to the
+slaves. All honor to the men and women who pointed the sin-burdened
+negroes to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. We
+have no doubt but that as Dr. Edwards says, "Multiplied thousands
+upon thousands of the sons of Ham will rise up in judgment to bless
+the faithful men of the South for their long-continued labors in
+teaching the benighted negro the way of life." We have no doubt of
+it; but in the resurrection will the whites put in an appearance
+first and the blacks second? In the day of judgment will the whites
+lead and the blacks follow? Will there be galleries with hard seats
+in Heaven for negroes and ground floors easy of access with soft
+seats for Caucasians? Will the great chorus of Heaven be divided into
+two parts, a white division and a black division? And will the
+Hallelujah Chorus as sung by the white choir be more acceptable to
+God than that sung by the black choir?
+
+Yes, the slave-holders did a great deal for the religious training
+and the spiritual welfare of the slaves, and in consequence of what
+they did, with God's blessing, the colored people of our country are
+almost immeasurably lifted above their benighted heathen brethren in
+Africa. Yes, that is all so. Does Dr. Edwards ask us to praise them
+for it? We do. But, brethren, we must also add, "These ought ye to
+have done and not to leave the other undone."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A TEACHER'S APPEAL.
+
+
+We publish the following from F. A. Chase, Professor of Natural
+Science in Fisk University. He pleads, of course, for Fisk, yet his
+plea holds good for all our higher institutions. We commend it to our
+friends. The American Missionary Association could make good use,
+say, of a "_One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund_" for the scientific
+departments of its mission schools. It may be that some one whom God
+has blessed with riches is waiting for just such an opportunity as
+this particular branch of our great field opens. Special funds for a
+designated institution, to be used for the promotion of Christian
+science, as outlined by Prof. Chase, are earnestly solicited:
+
+     Are there not some friends of the work among the Freedmen
+     who can appreciate the need of a teacher for a _complete
+     scientific outfit_?
+
+     The race has been kept during slavery from all knowledge
+     of science. Their trades and occupations being of the
+     roughest, and having ignorant parentage, nothing has been
+     learned from the business of life, nor in answer to the
+     questioning of childhood and youth. There is no race now
+     admitted to the privileges of liberal education so barren
+     of scientific ideas and so lacking in scientific spirit.
+     Those who know this people solely from their fine
+     literary and oratorical abilities have no conception of
+     their great deficiency in science. It does not need to be
+     said that, until this is remedied, they cannot be
+     expected to hold their own in a scientific age, and in
+     competition with a scientific race.
+
+     Though our course of study is brought down to the very
+     minimum of college work, and the instruction is of a
+     most elementary character, still there are eight sciences
+     to be taught. But this teaching, to be successful,
+     requires the use of illustrative material. With the
+     general introduction of illustrations in our modern
+     schools began the rapid progress in science that
+     distinguishes our age. All true teachers of science
+     affirm with one voice that this aid is indispensable even
+     with the most favored races.
+
+     In botany, zoology, mineralogy and geology we need
+     specimens--the great type examples on which
+     classification is founded. In physiology and anatomy we
+     need, in default of _material_, cheap models. In natural
+     philosophy, chemistry and astronomy we need
+     apparatus--not the costly instruments of precision, but
+     plain, cheap pieces, that are fitted to illustrate and in
+     some cases demonstrate the many and various principles
+     that are taught.
+
+     In the pressure of the growing work upon the society,
+     beyond a small sum for incidental expenses, most of the
+     money appropriated for schools goes for the payment of
+     salaries. Our land and our buildings have come from other
+     sources. But our outfit of school requisites has been for
+     the most part overlooked. Some fine instruments have been
+     presented to us, much more costly than we would have
+     selected for ourselves; but their value would be
+     increased many fold by accessory and supplementary
+     apparatus. Are there not those who can, by special gifts,
+     make up this lack also? Must _we_, of all other teachers
+     of science, be left to make bricks without straw? What
+     answer should be made to those who depreciate the negro's
+     mental capacity? Is it not a pitiful waste of the
+     opportunity, that a factory building should be put up,
+     workmen hired, materials supplied, but no _machinery_ put
+     in? Yet this has been going on with class after class for
+     ten years.
+
+     Three-fourths of our graduates follow teaching as a
+     profession, and are more or less teachers of science.
+     They should not only learn that which apparatus alone can
+     teach, but also how to use it themselves. Should a master
+     workman be expected to teach the theory and practice of a
+     trade through the use of _pictures_ of tools and
+     machines?
+
+     We have not neglected our opportunities in respect to
+     making collections of specimens about us, and
+     constructing cheap forms of apparatus. We have learned
+     new trades and toiled early and late and often through
+     whole vacations. But, without workshop appliances, part
+     of that accomplished is unsatisfactory, and the major and
+     more difficult part remains untouched. But where one has
+     a great pressure of outside duties incidental to such a
+     work as this, how utterly inadequate such driblets of
+     time as can be spared are for such a task can easily be
+     imagined.
+
+     Is there any lover of science and friend of the freedmen
+     who can understand our condition and give us ten thousand
+     dollars for an outfit, and if possible an additional sum
+     as an endowment for annual expenses?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PREACHING THE MAIN FACTOR IN MISSIONARY WORK.
+
+REV. GEORGE R. LEAVITT.
+
+
+It is a fact of history that the preaching of the Word has been the
+great missionary agency. The Bible is a missionary book. The great
+figure in the Old Testament history was the preacher of
+righteousness--Enoch, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, the great line of
+prophets--they were missionary preachers. In the beginning of
+Christianity, the great figure was the preacher--John the Baptist,
+the Apostles, our blessed Lord Himself. The salient feature in the
+New Testament may be said to be a succession of great missionary
+sermons which are expositions of the Gospel. In the history of the
+Christian Church the great figure has been the preacher. The Church
+of God is the body of Jesus Christ. As such she is the eye and ear,
+she is the hands and feet of the Lord, but especially she is the
+voice of the Lord. Doth not wisdom cry in all time? Did not the
+Spirit when sent forth lift the voice declaring the great Gospel
+message? And when the Church has had that possession of the Spirit,
+has it not been especially her inspiration to cry out with the Gospel
+message? The great figure in this Association work in the past has
+been the teacher. We have had a gifted line of men and women in this
+work, and to them all honor be given. It would be impossible for us
+to give them the honor which is their due; but in the future the
+great figure is to be the missionary preacher, the man who can reach
+masses of men with the Gospel message. We are lifting this race, and
+what has been true in the past will be true in the future.
+
+Perhaps I can not better exhibit this subject in the little space
+allowed me than in noticing some of the traits which should
+characterize the missionary preacher, and while the truth is general
+and applicable to all parties, I trust that we may be under the
+direction of the Spirit and take to heart these great traits we shall
+be looking for in the preacher of the future in the South.
+
+The missionary preacher is a man who, to be effective, should be a
+man of spiritual morality, a man of irreproachable character. I
+presume the colored man has been maligned in the South, as his
+character has so often been brought out among us. One of our
+enthusiastic teachers was asked, "How many Uncle Toms do you find in
+the South?" And she replied, "About as many as there are in the
+North." A truth was there that we ourselves may very well take.
+
+There are three ways in which the Gospel is published. One is in the
+book, one is by the voice, and the third by the life. The voice lies
+between the book and the life, and the life is the great publication
+of the message, and unless we have a voice of a man who is
+spiritually qualified by a holy life, we have not a competent Gospel
+preacher. In speaking of this matter of morality, we should have
+something more in view than natural morals--there is a spiritual
+morality. We want the higher. A man who has in himself the Spirit of
+God, produces this type of morality. We can not canvass this subject
+by the motives of worldliness. It takes two crosses to save the
+world--the cross of Christ and the cross of the believer. A
+ministerial brother said, in speaking of certain ones, that they had
+undergone a deplorable religious transformation, that at one time
+they held the Gospel of regeneration, but they had come to love the
+Gospel of recreation. Ah, what a transformation has come over too
+many of our churches and the community in loving this form of
+worldliness!
+
+It is a matter of great satisfaction that our schools in the South
+are doing such efficient work in this direction, as reports indicate,
+and as private information shows. I quite lately had information from
+General Armstrong touching this point of high morality that is
+developed in the school. The young men and young women, he said,
+compare well with the young men and young women in our Northern
+schools. This is a matter of great satisfaction, because the preacher
+of the future is to come out of these schools.
+
+The second essential in the missionary preacher, if he is to be
+successful, is a mind which is spiritually illuminated, a man who is
+intelligent in the truth. I presume the great characteristic of the
+old-time preacher in the South is his ignorance, and if we should
+select one point at which a change needs to take place, it is at this
+point of instruction. He needs to be intelligent.
+
+Now, to these things ought to be added training in all branches of
+knowledge, just as widely as possible, but we must fix our attention
+especially upon one source of knowledge, namely, the Word of God.
+The missionary preacher needs to be a man established in the
+Scriptures. John the Baptist grew in grace. Our blessed Lord Himself
+grew in grace. The man who is to be effective as a preacher in
+elevating the world is a man who grows in grace. What is grace? It is
+the undeserved favor of God exhibited in the plan of salvation for
+the redemption of man. And the first truths of that grace say simply,
+but how grandly, "grow in grace;" we are to be "ministers of grace;"
+to be "masters of grace." The minister in the South is to be a master
+of grace. Do you know how far it is away? It seems but a step, but
+oh, what a work when we begin to comprehend the great things of God!
+Do you know the height, depth and length of the great salvation of
+the love of God? Ezekiel tells us of the depth of the stream when he
+first came to it, that to his apprehension the water came up to his
+foot, but, as he advanced, it came to the ankle, and the knee and the
+loin, and then it was water to swim in, a river that could not be
+passed over. Oh, my brethren, we need to understand these great
+things of God, so that we may become masters of grace, for if we do
+not, the missionary preacher that comes up under our influence will
+not be thoroughly qualified for his duties.
+
+Then there is another quality; the missionary preacher, to be
+effective as a missionary, must be, not only a "shining," but like
+John also a "burning light." Then nothing shall be concealed. What
+does the Scripture say in that psalm? "There is nothing hid from the
+light?" No; "There is nothing hid from the heat thereof." We want a
+Gospel preacher among those people who has a Gospel heat from which
+nothing can be hid. How many things we can say of this fuel! We have
+spoken of the Word of God. The Word of God is the light, and it is
+the fuel for a fire. Our blessed Saviour when He was on the way to
+Emmaus with the Disciples enkindled their hearts, not by his personal
+presence; but when he opened the Scriptures, then they testified,
+"Did not our hearts burn within us?" That was what took place at
+Pentecost. The Holy Spirit did not bring the fuel that day, but they
+had been gathering it as they spoke of Christ, and as they came
+together to offer prayers, the Holy Spirit came, and the Word was a
+fire in their bones; then fire came and kindled them, and then came
+that wonderful effect.
+
+Sir James Herschel tells us in a little story, in fragments of his
+biography, how after his telescopes became famous they were
+distributed quite widely through Europe, and when he published his
+great discovery, he began to receive complaints. Men said to him, in
+angry letters, "We do not see what you see." In his response to them
+he said: "Perhaps you do not take the care in your observations that
+I do," and he spoke of one particular thing that is carefully noted.
+"Do you take care," he said, "of the matter of temperature? The
+instrument with which I examine the stars must be of the temperature
+of the stars as nearly as may be, and when I observe on a winter
+night I place my glass on the lawn at Greenwich, and let it stand
+there until the instrument comes to be of the temperature of the air.
+But beyond that," he said, "not only must my instrument be of the
+right temperature, but I must be. Oftentimes," he said, "I have been
+out in the winter air for two hours before I would open my glass,
+because I must come to be of the same temperature as the instrument
+itself." What a spiritual truth there is here! God's Word the
+instrument, and the temperature that of the heavens. But we must be
+of the temperature of that Bible and that heavens! Oh, for the heat
+of the Gospel to be in the minister of Christ wherever he stands, and
+then there will be nothing hid from its searching power.
+
+I think this subject is often presented in a way to confuse it. We
+speak of heat in a way not to comprehend precisely what we want; and
+let me touch upon the point which shows what I mean. When the Saviour
+was at the well with the woman, it was the love in His heart from
+which she could not be hid. What a lesson Peter learned that day when
+our Saviour, in His great interview by the sea, asked him: "Lovest
+thou me?" and said, "Feed my sheep and my lambs." There was a lesson
+burned into his heart of the personal love of Christ.
+
+I heard Mr. Sankey sing last week "The Ninety and Nine," and he
+prefaced it by saying that the old hymn was worn out. I was sorry to
+hear him say that, but there was one accent he gave in singing which
+was very affecting. When one expostulates with the shepherd that he
+has ninety and nine with him, he cries out: "It is my sheep." I fancy
+when Peter came to Pentecost and saw those great crowds before him
+there was one element of preparation he needed, and the Saviour had
+taught him how to feed his sheep and feed his lambs, and it lived so
+in his heart that nothing could be hid from it.
+
+I am speaking too long on this matter. But it is a great subject.
+This Association has a glorious opportunity. There is no cause that
+comes to us that touches our inspiration and consecration like this
+society, and the opportunity is such as, in my judgment, the
+Christian Church never had.
+
+Now, we say this, we cannot do this work by any other form of service
+but by preaching the Gospel, with at least these elements in it I
+have mentioned. We speak of the hand work for Christ, but we want the
+net work for Christ. When I was in Japan, I saw all over the bay, in
+the night, little boats of fishermen. The men were in the boats two
+and two, one holding a torch. They were busily engaged the night
+through. I asked one, "Is this your mode of fishing?" and I was shown
+a great seine net that lay upon the shore, and I was told, "This is
+here especially for day fishing." When I stood before the young men
+in the school at Kioto I referred to this. I said "It seems to me in
+Japan you are doing the night fishing now; it is fishing in the night
+with a torch, but, young men, there is a morning coming when the
+great net is to be cast, your hands are to be upon it, and you are to
+have the privilege of a great cast for God." It has come this year,
+and those young men went out preachers of righteousness, clothed with
+power to reach the masses of men, and they have drawn in hundreds,
+and there is hope of the thousands, and that is what we want in this
+work, men who can go to those Southern fields, to those five millions
+of whom we have heard, and cast the great seine net of the Gospel;
+and they are coming.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.
+
+PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
+
+REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.
+
+
+JAN. 4, Sunday.--Assisted in organizing at the Tillotson Institute a
+church of twenty-one members. Lord's Supper. Prof. W. L. Gordon's two
+children baptized.
+
+JAN. 5, Monday.--At Austin depot. Waited for train five hours to 8 P. M.
+
+JAN. 6, Tuesday.--Arrived in San Antonio at 1 A. M. Departed for
+Flatonia at 8 A. M., arriving at noon. Looked up the folks. Preached
+at night for Pastor T. E. Hillson, whose second child was baptized,
+as the first had been by the same hand at the dedication in Luling,
+his alternate church.
+
+JAN. 7, Wednesday.--Up at 4 and off to Luling, arriving by daylight.
+Off then, by livery rig, 45 miles to Riddleville.
+
+JAN. 8, Thursday.--On to Helena, 15 miles. Ride out with freedman, 3
+miles, to our Colony Church. Lecture at night for Pastor Thompson.
+
+JAN. 9, Friday.--Half a day of writing. Visited at another freedman's
+home, taking supper. Preached at night.
+
+JAN. 10, Saturday.--Brother Thompson, with another colored man and
+myself, start for Corpus, 80 miles, reaching Goliad, 35 miles, at
+night. We are entertained at Pastor T. Benson's.
+
+JAN. 11, Sunday.--In the morning, Sunday-school, preaching and
+communion. At night, preaching. Conferring all day, at the intervals,
+with "parties," being called upon even after retiring at night.
+
+JAN. 12, Monday.--Up and off before daylight, without breakfast. But
+Mrs. Benson has provided for us a grand lunch box that lasts us three
+for the two days through to Corpus. No place on the way, to put up;
+no chance to buy eatables. Our boss has planned to reach the half-way
+spot on the Popolota for camping. The day wears away, and it is 10
+o'clock before we come to the halting-place. For the last three hours
+Brother Thompson had led the way lantern in hand, splashing through
+the mud and water. We turn under a live oak, take out and feed the
+jaded horses, and eat our snack, and commit ourselves to the Heavenly
+Father, and at 11 o'clock turn in for the night, Brother Thompson on
+the ground, _under_ the hack, and Brother Eding and I _in_ the hack,
+doubled like a couple of jackknives into our four feet square of
+space, being all of a color. By our side the ponies through the night
+crunch their corn; and, by turn, we jump up to drive off the cows
+from stealing their hay. But we sleep, and snore, and rest some.
+
+TUESDAY, Jan 13.--Up and off by daybreak. We camp for breakfast
+lunch. We camp for dinner lunch. As we consume the fragments, how we
+do bless Mrs. Benson. When, at her own table, we had praised her
+baking and cooking, she responded: "Oh, I learned that at Talladega
+College." Then I had to tell Dr. Strieby's story of the native
+preacher, who thanked him for the good wife who had been trained in
+one of the American Missionary Association schools, saying that he
+had gotten more than he had anticipated--a good cook and housekeeper.
+On, on we trudge through the heavy mud. Night has come, and we are
+yet seven miles from Corpus, and the cold, "wet norther" that has
+been drizzling upon us all day, as we had been fearing, has at last
+broken upon us. Again Brother Thompson is on the lead, with lantern
+in hand, through the slush, and he has walked more than half the way
+through the day. The black-waxy is heavy for the wheels, and slippery
+for the poor old freedman ponies that have no shoes. Pastor J. W.
+Strong, who for four years has manfully held this extreme
+southwestern outpost of Congregationalism, having learned of our
+approach from a dashing country rider, comes along in the dark, one
+mile out to meet us, in Oriental style. After our salaams, he gallops
+back to town to make the final arrangement for our entertainment. It
+is now 8.30 P. M., too late for the preaching; and, for once, the
+preacher is glad that the storm has kept the people away from the
+appointment. But the next night they make it up, and the preacher
+tries to make it up, too. When Mr. Thompson brought me down, six
+years ago, we came straight through by fording, belly-deep to the
+horses, across the reef, three miles long, that forms the nexus
+between the Nueces Bay and the Corpus Christi Bay. On either side was
+deep water or miring sand. Once, since that, he has had to _tote_ his
+passengers out on his back. The reef has been washed out in spots.
+Lo! this time we go up around the head of the bay, ten miles farther.
+Brother Thompson claims that he can endure such jaunts without wear
+or much weariness, because he is so abstemious as not to drink tea or
+coffee nor to eat meat. And everybody knows him to be a true, pure
+and high-minded Christian minister who, though he has had but
+little schooling, has been so taught of God in the Word, that after
+these eleven years in the same parish, that at Helena, he is yet
+confided in there as an able pulpit teacher. In old times, his people
+were Presbyterians. Blood will tell; and doctrine, too.
+
+[Illustration: VIEWS IN TEXAS]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WEEK OF PRAYER.
+
+
+NASHVILLE, TENN.--The week of prayer was observed here this year as
+usual, a meeting being held each day. Notwithstanding the bad
+weather, the attendance was fair and the interest good, although not
+of a revival kind. Before that time special efforts had been made in
+connection with the labors of Rev. Mr. Field, the evangelist, and
+twenty-five professed conversions took place. A pleasant state of
+feeling in religion has existed since then. In the circumstances the
+order of subjects for prayer was closely observed, except that the
+subject of missions was postponed until Sunday evening, that being
+the regular time for our monthly missionary meeting. The occasion was
+one of unusual interest. The special subjects considered were the
+Congo territory, the Congo conference, the mission to Bih� and that
+to Umzila's kingdom. In the last mentioned mission we here have a
+peculiar interest, as two of our former students, Mr. and Mrs.
+Ousley, have been sent there as missionaries by the American Board.
+Both are graduates of our college course and Mr. Ousley has since
+studied theology at Oberlin. A letter from him, written at Cape Town,
+Africa, was read at our meeting. Since then one has been received
+from Mrs. Ousley, dated at Durban, Natal, which they had reached in
+safety and good health and spirits. They were about to sail the next
+day for Inhambane, their final destination. So as to locate them
+better we had at the meeting, on our board, a map of that station.
+Our society writes them once a month. They are very dear to us and we
+hope they will do much good in Africa. Mr. Ousley dedicated himself
+one Sunday in the summer of 1878 to that field of labor and has never
+swerved from his purpose. The last part of the meeting was devoted to
+a season of prayer for Secretary Pike in consideration of his serious
+illness.
+
+  A. K. SPENCE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MEMPHIS, TENN.--Our church, as formerly, observed the week of prayer,
+with, however, nothing of special note in the way of outward results.
+The stormy weather from the first until the middle of the week
+greatly hindered the attendance. There was, notwithstanding, for
+those who came, a blessed realization of spiritual benefit.
+
+There were no special meetings at the Le Moyne School, the teachers
+attending the night meetings at the church.
+
+We were quickened by the thought that even a few souls gathered in
+each of many places, make up a great company in supplication before
+God. The topics presented for each evening came to our minds with
+more than ordinary freshness and force, and the weight of all
+accumulated to the last. I trust that we were duly impressed with a
+sense of the obligation incurred by thus confessing to the truth and
+importance of those themes, and by coming with them to the Lord.
+Those members of church who, unhindered by other things, come to
+meeting in stormy weather are more clear in their testimony that it
+pays, in direct returns of spiritual strength and joy in the
+fellowship of Christ.
+
+The spirit of our meetings at the close was just such as warrants a
+continuance of effort, but the winter has been unusually cold and,
+unlike the custom North, it would be an extraordinary excitement
+which would secure a general interest and attendance now.
+
+  B. A. IMES.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SAVANNAH, GA.--The week of prayer was a spiritual feast to those who
+attended the meetings, held each night in the Congregational Church,
+and the results still continue to appear. Topics assigned by the
+Alliance followed.
+
+To our church the week of prayer was largely a season of review, the
+whole cycle of blessings, needs and hopes passing in prayerful
+review. The meeting for thanksgiving, on Monday night, was a goodly
+remembrance of special blessings during the past year, and the
+exercises were chiefly supplications, experiences and rejoicings of
+those who one year ago had no Christian hope. By count, more than
+one-half of the persons present were, as one said, only "yearlings."
+The ready use of Bible promises at this meeting measured well the
+value of our special missionary's Bible work. Two mothers, each with
+her family about her, testified in word and deed that the one year of
+Christian life had created home forces and blessings of infinite
+worth. The time of confession and consecration lasted the whole week,
+and proofs of genuineness are not wanting. Said one: "The new year
+shall not be so dull as the old one." Another: "The new year I give
+_all_ to my Master, Jesus." And kindred promises were frequent and
+fervent.
+
+Results of week of prayer: Church much encouraged and quickened, new
+consecration to work, one convert, a number of interested souls, but
+chiefly the quickened desire for growth of individuals in all that
+makes Christian character; and, more than all, the growth of
+missionary spirit shown in the earnest prayers for the conversion of
+the world to Christ.
+
+At the close of the "Missionary night" meeting, one of the oldest
+members of the Church called at the pastor's study and asked for the
+Missionary magazines, saying: "I am just beginning to hear God's call
+to missionary work, and I want to know more of what the A. M. A. is
+doing for our people, and to have my part in it." Seed _will_ grow.
+
+  DANA SHERRILL.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SANTEE AGENCY, NEB.--We remembered the week of prayer by services in
+the chapel every evening, except on Thursday and Saturday, when we
+held the meetings in the afternoon for the convenience of our Indians
+who live at a distance from the Mission. The spirit of prayer rested
+upon all of our several school boarding halls, and we felt that the
+mercy seat had come near.
+
+The line of instruction in these meetings was concerning the Holy
+Spirit as enlightening the mind, convicting of sin, revealing Christ
+to the soul, and abiding with the believer.
+
+Our young men very generally took part in prayer. And their prayers
+showed a clear understanding of the truths spoken, and deep feeling
+with regard to their own needs and the wonderful revelation of the
+mercy of Christ. And they seemed to open their hearts to the ministry
+of the Spirit.
+
+The same spirit of tender prayerfulness and devotion to the Master
+was manifest among the girls, a number of them coming out as
+candidates for church membership and eagerly forming a class for the
+study of the Catechism.
+
+In the middle of these days of prayer, we were startled by the word
+that came from a brother missionary's family, the Rev. J. P.
+Williamson, at Yankton Agency, Dakota, that his children were all
+sick with scarlet fever, that one was dead and another dying. We took
+their burden on our hearts in prayer. And the merciful Father spared
+the one on the borders of death.
+
+By this I was called away from Santee for two days to attend the
+burial of the dear missionary child that was taken. But I found no
+interruption of interest when I returned. Thus, all in all, the
+experiences of this week have been very precious, and we believe that
+larger fruits of it are yet to appear.
+
+  ALFRED L. RIGGS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A STUDENT.
+
+
+  ----, Miss., January 18, 1885.
+
+DEAR PROFESSOR: As I only wrote you a few days ago, you will no doubt
+be surprised somewhat to receive this letter so soon after. But it is
+on a matter of great importance that I write you. I think I told you
+in my letter previous to this that I found no Sabbath-school here,
+and that I had formed a little class among my day pupils.
+
+This is my second Sabbath here, and we met this morning in our little
+schoolroom for the first time. How happy it made me feel to meet with
+such a pleasant little band of children, all eager to talk and learn
+of Jesus. But I was greatly pained to find that the teachers who
+recently taught here failed to have Sabbath-school. I inquired of
+those present this morning how long since they had Sabbath school
+here, and was informed, "three years." I then asked what the teachers
+did who previously taught free school here; the answer which came
+from many was, "They visited on Sundays." I don't see how they could
+content themselves at doing nothing in a place like this, when there
+is so much work to do. I have not in all my experience of school
+teaching found a place so pitifully neglected and needful as this.
+What I want to say, Professor, is this: We have no Sabbath-school
+literature of any kind.
+
+Have you anything that you could send me, Professor, for my little
+Sabbath-school? If so, please send it at my expense. I shall be glad
+to get anything that I could interest them with; I mean to have them
+come to my room Sunday afternoons, that I may read to them and talk
+with those who are not Christians, and perhaps you can find something
+that would be good for that purpose. We shall be glad of anything.
+There is so much work here, and I shall be so glad if I can do any
+good. Now, Professor, if you can find ANYTHING to send us, do send it
+at once. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain your pupil and
+friend,
+
+  ---- ----.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA.
+
+BY REV. W. C. POND.
+
+
+Our brother Lou Quong, for several years the Chinese Helper in our
+West School in this city, has recently returned from a visit to his
+native land. I was so greatly interested in his account of his
+experience as a Christian, thrown back into the heathen associations
+of his childhood, that I asked him to write it out for me, and I give
+it to the readers of THE MISSIONARY with only a few corrections of
+his English,--respecting which, during his absence, he has lost some
+ground:
+
+"I came to California in 1876, and lived in the city of San
+Francisco. In the day-time I worked in a family, but in the evenings
+I attended the Mission school. In 1877, I became a poor Christian
+among our countrymen here. The schools were cared for by all the good
+Christian friends that are in this free country, and even by some
+from England and other nations. They were looked after by Rev. W. C.
+Pond, pastor of Bethany Church--the same church that all our Chinese
+brethren go to, to take the Lord's Supper, once in two months.
+
+Last September I paid a visit to my home--the home that I had left
+for so long a time. But before I go I make up my mind to stand up for
+Jesus, who has kindly given His life for my soul. At first my heart
+was some troubled about going back to my heathen country, but I pray,
+and kept praying that Jesus would go with me. So He heard my humble
+prayers. He was going before me, and made everything smooth for me. I
+got home Oct. 9th, at noon. In a few moments there came all the
+people of my village, both young and old, women and men, asking me
+about California. I answered them the best I could. Some of them try
+to get a look on my head at first, to see if my hair is all right,
+for they believed Christian Chinese have their queue cut off, and
+belong to California. He is no more Chinaman. For this cause they
+trouble me many days.
+
+I met Rev. C. R. Hager at Hong Kong, when first I got there. We fell
+to talking of the Mission work among our people.
+
+When I was at home, as soon as my father worshiped the ancestors or
+the idols, he sent one of my little sisters to call me to join the
+worship; but my mother, who has a better spirit, told my father that
+I would not worship them any more, "for (as she said) he have told me
+that he did thank God _in his heart_, and that he love us the same."
+Thus, my mother stopped the calling for the worshiping of the
+ancestors ever since. I thank God for this first.
+
+During the time I was at home there were seven or eight brethren
+called at my house and did shake hands with me. Some of them I knew
+in California, but the rest I knew not and never saw them before; yet
+they could find their fellow-brethren in Christ, and came from far
+to do so. Some of them are Bible-sellers; some are preachers. They
+show their brotherly love and Christian faith by bringing candy and
+oranges for my sisters. And my father was also glad to see them, each
+time they call. Some of them did take dinner with us in our family.
+Rev. Mr. Jones also call, and he preached to the people in my
+village. He can use the chop-sticks, and did eat our food. In the
+evening, with the moon shining, and in the day-time he asked me to
+take him to the market-place, to tell the people the same thing in
+Chinese as we preached here in California. He was astonished that the
+people treated him so well, and did not say a bad word to him about
+it.
+
+Now comes the hardest thing for a Chinese Christian to bear; that is,
+the marriage day. I was married on March 28, 1884. I had been engaged
+by my parents when I was fourteen years old to a girl who was only
+nine, and lived four miles away. When she come to our house to live
+with us, then she begin to ask me why I did not worship the ancestors
+with her on the marriage day; and I begin with my lesson to her in
+simple things, telling her why I don't worship those things any more.
+When I make a prayer to God before I go to bed she laugh at me
+because I pray to nothing--no God that I can _see_. But I told her
+that she must bow her head too when I pray, and must keep still. So,
+after this, she pay more attention to what I tell her about this
+great God that I have found in California.
+
+Once she ask me why I don't take Mr. Ying's example, and do just like
+he do to please all men. For Mr. Ying was living in the same house
+with us, and had come back from California at the same time with me;
+and though he had been in our Mission schools for two or three years,
+yet he will not take Jesus as his Lord. So when he got back to China,
+he do things just as free as any heathen. So I ask her: "Well,
+suppose a man who served his ancestors, and all the dead and all the
+idols with all his heart; yet he would not take care of himself and
+go about smoking opium, gambling, throwing away his money in
+foolishness, and leaving his whole family uncared for. Now, how do
+you like that?" Then she said, without delay, "I will not like such a
+man. I rather take a man that is called a Christian, and have him do
+good, than to have him serve ancestors and gods and do bad things."
+Though she was a heathen, yet I think she see a little light now. I
+left home to come here again, Oct. 29, but I still pray God to keep
+her on the right way; and may she become a Christian woman by the
+Lord's power alone! Thus the Lord blessed me. May He bless all the
+workers in His vineyard."
+
+[Illustration: BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING TABLETS OF DECEASED
+ANCESTORS.]
+
+I have exceedingly interesting accounts from the new fields: Alturas,
+Modoc Co.; Tulare, Tulare Co., and San Diego. In Sacramento where
+Rev. Mr. Jones is engaged in special services, we hear of crowds
+gathering about him in the street when he speaks there, and following
+him into the mission house till it is completely packed. We hear also
+that some hearts seem to have been touched; and that the hope is
+cherished that some who were far off have been brought nigh. Space
+fails me to go into details; but I bespeak the earnest prayers of all
+who love this cause and love our Lord, that this evangelistic work
+may yield us the glad harvests for which we have been wrestling with
+God.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We are glad to notice that the ladies of Connecticut have recently
+organized a State Missionary Society to co-operate with the leading
+benevolent societies for work in our own country. Nothing in these
+days can be accomplished without organization. What is everybody's
+business is nobody's business, and causes whose support is left to
+those who merely happen to have an interest in them are very likely
+to be neglected. We wish that in every State of the Union, ladies'
+domestic missionary societies might be organized. The great work
+which our Association is called upon to perform among women needs to
+be specially brought to the attention of the Christian ladies in our
+churches. This information can only be effectually disseminated
+through organized and systematic effort. We are prepared to furnish
+interesting missionary material to all who will ask for it. We invite
+correspondence with missionary societies, promising to give careful
+attention to any inquiries they may make. With gratitude do we record
+the fact that the interest in the woman's department of the American
+Missionary Association's work is steadily enlarging.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A LADY MISSIONARY.
+
+
+----, Ga., January, 1885.
+
+DEAR FRIENDS: As I take my pen to write my mind goes back to the
+general letter that I wrote. Can I tell you of any improvement among
+those with whom we have to do, since that time? Watching the progress
+of our school from day to day the upward tendency seems slow, but
+looking back a year a marked improvement can be seen. While they
+learn readily they remember well, and the homes of those who come in
+contact with our church and school are different. Last Saturday was
+the coldest day of the winter, but Miss Robertson and I, according to
+a previous appointment went to the Dunwoody settlement to hold a
+woman's meeting. I think I wrote you about a similar meeting one year
+ago; this is the third one that I have held, and the meetings have
+gained in interest. In that settlement, before they commence
+planting, the people have a fast day; they neither eat, wash their
+faces nor perform any ordinary duties from one sunset to the next.
+They pray in their homes and unitedly for God's blessing upon the
+labor of their hands. It reminds me of the way fast days used to be
+kept in the early history of New England. I am inclined to think they
+caught the idea from the people who came from New England here. I do
+not know that such a custom is observed except in this settlement. I
+asked the women if a blessing followed their prayers? They answered
+decidedly, "Yes," and said that while the people all about them had
+suffered for the necessities of life, in that settlement they had
+never since freedom bought corn, rice or potatoes, but had raised
+sufficient for their needs. In their simplicity they take God at His
+word, "Ask and ye shall receive."
+
+Last Sabbath another couple entered upon the "_matrimonial sea_,"
+this time young people. The gorgeous attire of the wedding party can
+be better imagined than described. We see few tokens of love and
+affection among this people. In the Sunday-school lesson of last
+Sabbath the questions and remarks of our pupils led us to think that
+it was almost a missing link in their lives; it seemed impossible for
+them to understand why the people should fall on Paul's neck and kiss
+him; it is a rare sight to see a kiss exchanged among them.
+
+Yesterday, after school, the parson went with me over the swamps to
+the homes of some of our scholars. We passed through several ditches,
+where the water was up to the hubs of the buggy wheels; there was a
+log for a foot-path over these places. It was very muddy all along
+the way, and yet these children are seldom absent from school.
+To-day, the clouds are heavy and dark, and the rain has come down in
+torrents, yet many have come into school from these long distances,
+to our surprise, one boy having the promise of being promoted into
+the second reader came at least six miles, bringing a chicken and six
+eggs to pay for his book; when he arrived he was wet to his skin.
+Two-thirds of our school were present to-day. I realize as never
+before the effort these children are making for themselves. Oh! I
+remember how freely money was given and the young men from our homes
+that freedom might be obtained for this people; then the women must
+wait and pray at home, but now the way is open for women to teach the
+young of this vast race that the future may not disclose a nation
+within a nation, hostile to the good and true of a Christian people.
+Shall there not be volunteers among our New England girls, who shall
+say: "Here am I. Send me" to the work?
+
+Very cordially yours,
+
+  E. P.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some of our hard-worked sisters at the North may wish to enter the
+service of the A. M. A., that they may get a little rest and find
+time for literary culture. We commend to such a careful perusal of
+the following report.
+
+MONTHLY REPORT BY MISS H.
+
+Days taught during the month, 25; Hours taught, 150; Scholars
+classified, 73; Tuition collected, $54.75; School books sold, 111;
+Book money, $24.00; School programmes, 10; Slates corrected, 1,250;
+Arithmetical examples (oral), 325; Words written on the blackboard,
+225; Spelling words (oral), 450; Reading lessons, 50; Golden Texts,
+4; New song taught, 1; Five-minute talks, 10; Conducted chapel
+exercises, 4; Conducted home devotions, 5; Tuesday evening public
+talk, 1; Interviewed mothers of refractory scholars, 5; Notes to
+parents, 10; Postal cards (absent scholars), 20; Written examination,
+1; Choir meetings, 4; Whipped scholar, 1; Attended woman's prayer
+meeting, 4; Church services, 20.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+VIC'S LILIES.
+
+
+School was dismissed, and the boys and girls came rushing out with
+merry shouts and laughter. The voices had a musical ring and the
+intonation peculiar to uncultivated colored lads and lassies. They
+were a comely, thrifty-looking set, and the instinctive hopefulness
+of their race looked from the bright eyes and shone in the cheery
+faces. Life had gone hard with some, but had failed to quench their
+faith in the good time yet to come.
+
+As they neared the corner of the street and came in sight of a large,
+handsome white house, a girl's voice called, "Hush! hush!"
+
+"Lor', now, Vic!" her brother Phil remonstrated, "what nonsense!" But
+in spite of the remonstrance every voice took a lower tone, and the
+house was passed almost in silence. The blinds of the house were
+closed, and from the door-knob hung the black-and-white token of
+mourning. Vic was saying, "Yes, sick jest two days; taken Sunday and
+died this morning. When I tol' teacher, she said, 'Death loves a
+shining mark.'"
+
+"I'm awful sorry," said Nan; "he was a mighty peart little 'un, and
+he al'ays looked up and smiled when we passed. But if I'd knowed he
+was really goin', I'd sent a message to sister Fan. Don't you think
+she'd like to know about the Christmas tree, Vic?"
+
+"You're a green un," said Phil. "You don't s'pose that little pink
+and white chap has gone to our heaven, do you? He'll see Fan a heap
+sight! She's off in a little cubby-hole with all the rest of the
+darkies. All the first-class 'commodations b'longs to the white
+peoples, ye know."
+
+"Hush, Phil," said Vic; "you shan't stuff Nan so. Everything will be
+all right, honey, when we gets up dere. Shouldn't be s'prised if Fan
+knew all 'bout the tree. And p'rhaps the good Lord will let her help
+take care of the little fellow till his po' mother comes. Ole Dinah
+says she's awfully cut up--his mother, you know. You see they're
+strangers here, came for the mammy's health; and Frankie, he was the
+only chile. 'Pears like I want to comfort the po' mammy. My lily has
+three blossoms. I mean to take them all to her."
+
+"'Pears like you'd better min' your own business. She may be a dog-on
+white lady, if she do come from the Norf. Like as not she'd turn up
+her nose at your lilies. I'll 'low the little un was a brick, but
+you'd better let his mother 'lone." This was Phil's advice.
+
+But although Victoria Porter had a black skin, she had a tender,
+loving heart, and she had pored over the Christ-life until she had
+unconsciously imbibed its spirit. She was always yearning to comfort
+some one. Later in the day she stood at the door of the white
+mansion, holding her precious lilies. "They're for his mother," she
+said to Dinah. "Tell her we chil'ens loved Frankie, and we're all
+mighty sorry."
+
+It was a simple message and a simple offering, and the giver was a
+poor little black girl; but behind the gift was sincerity and love,
+and the heart of the poor, sorrowing mother was touched and
+comforted.
+
+And Vic's lilies had a mission of which she knew not. They preached a
+lovely sermon on the high privilege and duty of comforting others. We
+may be poor, and very humble may be our station in life; but if we
+try, we may make life brighter and sweeter to someone. What a glad
+surprise it will be to Vic when the Saviour honors her many kind acts
+by the words--"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
+these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."
+
+  E. E. B.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1885.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAINE, $714.22.
+
+  Andover. "Friends"                                        $9.50
+  Bangor. "Little Women" and "Busy Bees" of Bangor, and
+    Ladies of Hampden, Bbl. of Christmas Presents, _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., 32.50; Winter St. Ch., 47.15  79.65
+  Brunswick. 2 Bbls. and 1 Box of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Centre Lebanon. "A Friend"                                10.00
+  Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     21.00
+  Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. STEPHEN A.
+    CORDWELL and PETER W. FILES, L. M's                     68.31
+  Elliot. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 3.50
+  Ellsworth. Cong. Ch.                                      34.47
+  Farmington. Rev. C. E. Pope's S. S. Class, _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                       5.00
+  Gardiner. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 3.20 _for
+    Freight_, by Miss S. E. Adams                            3.20
+  Gorham. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 2 _for Freight_,
+    by Miss M. E. Smith                                      2.00
+  Limington. "A. B."                                         2.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. Chas. D. Crane, _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. C. D. Crane, _for Selma, Ala._            8.00
+  North Bridgeton. By Miss Proctor's Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Wilmington, N. C._                                  1.00
+  Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and Daughters                     35.00
+  Orono. Bbl. and Box of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Portland. High Street Ch.                                 90.50
+  Portland. Brown Thurston's Class, High St. Sab. Sch.,
+    _for Student Aid, Hamilton N. & A. Inst._               25.00
+  Portland. Miss A. Partridge, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._, 59c. _for freight_                    .59
+  Searsport. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      11.00
+  Searsport. 2 Bbls of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 4 _for
+    freight_, by Mrs. C. T. Hawes                            4.00
+  South Berwick. Mrs. MATILDA BURLEIGH to const. herself
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Union. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Woolwich. Mrs. E. M. Gardner.                               .50
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $474.22
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Castine. Estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, by Rev. Geo.
+    M. Adams, Ex.                                         $240.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $714.22
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.21.
+
+  Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch.                                 12.24
+  Antrim. "Friends" by John E. Hastings                     26.50
+  Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                15.00
+  Candia. Frank E. Page                                      5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               20.00
+  Concord. South Ch. Sab. Sch.                               8.99
+  Derry. Woman's Miss'y Soc. (one share)                    20.00
+  East Alstead. Cong. Ch.                                   13.63
+  Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. _for
+    Talladega C._, 1 _for freight_                          21.00
+  Exeter. Mary E. Shute                                     15.00
+  Exeter. Miss A. E. McIntire, Bbl. of C. _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, 50c. _for freight_                                .50
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     14.28
+  Francestown. Cong. Ch.                                    25.00
+  Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                12.20
+  Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch. (one share)                      20.00
+  Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson                        10.00
+  Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. Gerry                         1.00
+  Hollis. "A Friend"                                         1.00
+  Hudson. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Keene. First. Cong. Sab Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta
+    U._                                                     70.00
+  Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.                             46.30
+  Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., _for freight_    2.50
+  Lebanon. Cong. Soc., _for Atlanta U._                     40.00
+  Lisbon. "A Friend"                                         2.00
+  Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury                            1.00
+  Lyme. Cong. Ch., to const. Dea. W. S. BALCH L. M.         30.00
+  Manchester. Franklin St. Church                           70.50
+  Mason. Box of C., _for Dudley, N. C._; 1.60 _for
+    freight_                                                 1.60
+  Milford. "Willing Workers," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                     50.00
+  Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          25.96
+  Nashua. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc.                            6.75
+  New Ipswich. Leavitt Lincoln                              50.00
+  Newport. Cong. Ch.                                        42.52
+  Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson                            5.00
+  Penacook. JEREMIAH C. MARTIN, to const. himself L. M.     30.00
+  Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              5.30
+  Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.03; Rev. Geo. Goodyear, 5     33.03
+  Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l                        1.41
+
+
+VERMONT, $678.67.
+
+  Barnet. Cong. Ch.                                         72.00
+  Bennington. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Dea. G. A.
+    WATTLES, HENRY G. ROOT and Miss E. M. HUBBARD L. M's    53.20
+  Bennington Centre. First Cong. Ch.                        16.25
+  Cambridge. Madison Safford                                 5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  30.62
+  Hartford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 14.06
+  Ludlow. "A Friend"                                         5.00
+  Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Atlanta U._
+  Marshfield. Lyman Clark                                   20.00
+  Montpelier. Mrs. L. C. Bowen                              10.00
+  New Haven. "P. M."                                       100.00
+  New Haven. Ladies' Aid Soc., 2 Bbls. C., _for Oaks,
+    N. C._
+  Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   9.36
+  Saint Albans. Henry E. Seymour                             5.00
+  Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch., 54.72; "A Colored
+    Man," 2                                                 56.72
+  Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           50.00
+  Springfield. Mrs. F. Parks                               100.00
+  Stowe. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Part share)                        8.00
+  Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                              10.00
+  West Randolph. Miss B. Nichols                              .50
+  West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.                               11.69
+  West Randolph. Susan E. Albin                              7.00
+  West Randolph. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Woman's Work_         5.00
+  Williston. Cong. Ch.                                      16.00
+  Woodstock. Cong. Ch.                                      19.00
+  By Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for McIntosh, Ga._; Johnson,
+    Sab. Sch., $13.67; Chelsea, Ladies' Soc., $10;
+    Pittsford, Cong. Sab. Sch., 20; Montpelier, Ladies,
+    $10                                                     53.67
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $5,202.67.
+
+  Amherst. William M. Graves, 20; "A Friend," 10            30.00
+  Amherst. Young People of Cong Ch., 10; Mrs. T. P.
+    Huntington, 2, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._           12.00
+  Andover. Free Christian Ch. and Soc., 80.82; "A
+    Friend," 30                                            110.82
+  Andover. Ladies' Union H. M. Soc. (70 of which _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._)                             72.00
+  Andover. Mrs. Blake, _for Fort Sully, Dak._                5.00
+  Andover. West Parish Juv. Miss'y Soc. (One share)         20.00
+  Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. CLIFTON E. STOWE L. M.                           10.00
+  Ashland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  10.56
+    Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 279.14; Rev.
+    MORTON DEXTER, 40, to const. himself L. M.; Mrs. E.
+    C. Parkhurst, 20; Mrs. M. B. Adams (one share), 20;
+    Miss Harriet N. Kirk, 15; "Mrs. W.," 1.--Brighton.
+    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50.--Brookline. Harvard Ch. and
+    Soc., 88.48.--Cambridge. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._, 6.25.--Cambridge. "A
+    Friend," 4.--Cambridgeport. Prospect Ch. and Soc.,
+    87.55.--Cambridgeport. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of
+    Pilgrim Ch. to const. Mrs. E. D. LEAVITT L. M.,
+    30.--Dorchester. Young People's Mission Circle of
+    Second Ch., by Edith L. Mansfield, Treas., 40, _for
+    Two shares_, and 8 _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.
+    C._--Dorchester. Mrs. Wm. Wales, 6.--South Boston.
+    Phillips Ch. and Soc., 68.29                           763.71
+  Bedford. "M. E. R."                                        5.00
+  Braintree. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       22.53
+  Brimfield. Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch. to const.
+    MINER H. CORBIN L. M.                                   37.77
+  Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Chattanooga, Tenn._                                     31.12
+  Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              50.00
+  Charlton. Cong. Ch., 12.26 and Sab., Sch., 1.64           13.90
+  Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, _for
+    Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._                         60.00
+  Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc., 21.24; Miss E.
+    Davenport, 5                                            26.24
+  Chicopee Falls. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. Mrs.
+    JULIA M. DAKIN L. M.                                    30.00
+  Clinton. Mrs. R. N. Ingalls, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Clinton. By Marion E. McPhail, Treas., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      20.00
+  Clinton. Miss'y Soc., _for Talladega C._, _freight_        2.40
+  Clinton. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Kittrell, N. C._
+  Cotuit. Union Ch.                                         14.25
+  Curtisville. Frances M. Clarke                             3.00
+  Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane                              100.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      25.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._; 2 _for Freight_                           2.00
+  East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. Miss
+    NELLY M. KEMP L. M.                                     41.90
+  Easthampton. ----, _for Reading R., Talladega C._          4.00
+  East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      8.00
+  East Weymouth. Cong. Soc.                                 16.00
+  Edgartown. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 80.70; Third Cong.
+    Ch., 10.20                                              90.90
+  Falmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           40.50
+  Framingham. Plym. Ch. and Soc., 48.86; and Sab.
+    Sch., 13.19; Mrs. S. N. Brewer, 10; "G. N.," 5; "A
+    Friend," 10                                             87.05
+  Gardner. First Cong. Ch.                                  19.31
+  Globe Village. Union Ch. Sab Sch.                         25.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. And Soc., 98; Mrs.
+    Nancy E. Brooks, 10                                    108.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Bal. Share)             5.00
+  Grafton. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. CHESTER KELLOGG
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., 12.37; and Sab. Sch.,
+    9.48                                                    21.85
+  Hardwick. E. B. Foster                                     5.00
+  Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., Dea. EBENEZER
+    WEBSTER'S Class, to const. him L. M., 30; Mrs.
+    Appleton's Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._,
+    5; Perry Elliott's Class, 3.41                          38.41
+  Holliston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
+    _for Talladega C._
+  Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.                               6.37
+  Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      5.69
+  Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch.                         176.95
+  Lee. Elizur Smith                                        100.00
+  Leeds. E. L. Clark                                         5.00
+  Lenox. F. Augustus Schemerborn, 25; Richard
+    Goodman, 15; Henry Sedgewick, 10                        50.00
+  Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (2 of which _for Indian
+    M._), to const. Rev. C. A. DICKINSON and Mrs. C. A.
+    DICKINSON L. M's                                       200.00
+  Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch                                 41.62
+  Lowell. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Malden. "Two Friends," 2; "A Friend," 1                    3.00
+  Maplewood. Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       7.00
+  Marlborough. Young People's Mission Circle of Union
+    Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                      25.00
+  Matfield. Mrs. W. S. E. Shaw, Box of C., _for
+    Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                             5.00
+  Merrimac. Cong. Ch.                                       25.00
+  Methuen. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  Middlefield. "A Friend"                                    5.00
+  Milford. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls.
+    of C., _for Talladega C._; 2.50 _for Freight_            2.50
+  Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        58.45
+  Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., 12.36; First Cong. Sab.
+    Sch., 20, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                 32.36
+  Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford                             4.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            50.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          20.00
+  Needham. Evan. Cong. Ch.                                   3.50
+  New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr.                     30.00
+  New Bedford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                25.00
+  Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.                               123.85
+  Newton. "A Friend," _for Talladega C._                     3.00
+  Newton. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   94.26
+  Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.15
+  North Billerica. Mrs. E. R. Gould, _for Macon, Ga._        4.00
+  Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.00
+  North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. WILLIAM WRIGHT and LUTHER K. SNELL L. M's        45.00
+  North Brookfield. Mrs. W. H. Montague, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                            5.00
+  North Hadley. Mt. Holyoke Sem., Miss L. W. Shattuck,
+    5; Miss Anna C. Edwards, 5, _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            10.00
+  Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs.
+    DAVIS GREGORY and EDWIN FREEMAN L. M's                  71.31
+  Oxford. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             20.33
+  Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, _for Kittrell, N. C._       6.00
+  Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._      25.00
+  Pepperell. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              2.59
+  Pittsfield. James H. Dunham, 50; First Cong. Ch.,
+    25; Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 5                           80.00
+  Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         14.64
+  Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._   40.00
+  Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              75.00
+  Royalston. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            15.00
+  Royalston. Mrs. H. M. Estabrook                            5.00
+  Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           86.28
+  Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Somerville. E. Stone, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._          50.00
+  Somerville. "M"                                           50.00
+  Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._; 3.05 _for Freight_                   3.05
+  South Wellfleet. "A Life Member"                           1.00
+  South Weymouth. Sec. Cong. Ch., Miss Grover's S. S.
+    Class, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                    10.00
+  Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               2.01
+  Springfield First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 20;
+    "Friends" 5.60, _for Oaks, N. C._                       25.60
+  Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.                                    48.96
+  Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              23.00
+  Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               40.39
+  Sunderland. "The Acorns," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       7.73
+  Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             53.39
+  Walpole. Or. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 43; Mrs. C. F.
+    Metcalf, 1; Miss L. J. Gould, 1                         45.00
+  Walpole. Mr. Johnson, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           1.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. M. Fuller, _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            10.00
+  Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Tougaloo U._                                       10.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. J. Q. A. Pierce                            1.00
+  Wayland. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Kittrell, N. C._            5.50
+  Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            100.46
+  Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.                                74.75
+  West Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                9.78
+  Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           12.54
+  West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       30.25
+  West Dennis. Mrs. Sarah S. Crowell                         1.50
+  Westfield. Miss E. B. Dickinson, 50.10; Mrs. C. W.
+    Fowler, 5                                               55.10
+  Westfield. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Second Ch., Bbl. of
+    C., val. 66, _for Straight U._; 1.65 _for Freight_       1.65
+  West Newbury. J. C. Carr                                   1.00
+  West Springfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5.20 of which
+    _for Hampton N and A. Inst._)                           95.20
+  Winchester. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           55.00
+  Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       75.00
+  Woburn. William Temple                                     5.00
+  Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., 209.16; Piedmont Ch.
+    (ad'l), 50.77; Rev. C. M. Lamson, 5; "A Friend," 2
+    Dictionaries (Greek and Latin)                         264.93
+  Worcester. Collected by Mrs. C. M. Lamson, of Salem
+    St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                     25.00
+  Worcester. "A Friend," _for Kindergarten, Storrs
+    Sch., Atlanta, Ga._                                     25.00
+  Worcester. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, by Mrs. H. B.
+    Merriman (one share)                                    20.00
+  Worcester. Mrs. H. L. Stearns' S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               5.00
+  ----. "Mount Holyoke," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._      8.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                           2.00
+  By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n:
+    Springfield, First, 26.96; South, 81.81; Blandford,
+    6; Palmer, Second, 50; Mittineague, 28                 192.77
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,198.63
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by Wm. W.
+    Wyman, Ex.                                               4.04
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,202.67
+
+  CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE: NEW
+    HAMPSHIRE, Keene Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch.,
+    1 Bbl., _for McIntosh, Ga._; Walpole, Ladies of
+    Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. _for Dakota Home_. MASSACHUSETTS,
+    Dorchester, Mrs. James Foster, "The Family
+    Library," etc.; Mrs. R. L. Prouty, Pkg.
+    "Congregationalists"; Fitchburg, Herbert H. Dole,
+    Pkg. "Youth's Companion"; Harvard, Woman's Benev.
+    Soc. of Ev. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, val. 35; Lawrence, Ladies' Benev. Soc. of
+    Lawrence St. Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 75, _for Talladega
+    C._; Templeton, Elizabeth C. D. Shattuck, Bundle,
+    val. (in part) 3.16, _for Chattanooga, Tenn._;
+    Revere, Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls., _for Chattanooga,
+    Tenn._; Watertown, Ladies of Phillips Ch., 1 Bbl.
+    RHODE ISLAND, Westerly, Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for
+    Savannah, Ga._
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $1,684.77.
+
+  Barrington. Cong. Ch. (ad'l)                              17.40
+  Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                                  65.00
+  Newport. "A Friend"                                       10.00
+  Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                                      77.14
+  Providence. Union Cong. Ch.                              785.23
+  Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                              50.00
+  Seekonk and East Providence. Cong. Ch., to const.
+    ROBERT R. PEARSE and ALBERT M. FINNAMORE L. M's         60.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,064.77
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Providence. Estate of Anthony B. Arnold, by John H.
+    Cheever and Wm. Knight, Exrs.                          620.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,684.77
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $4,766.91.
+
+  Bethel. Cong. Ch.                                        107.08
+  Bethel. "Willing Workers," _for Talladega C._             20.00
+  Black Rock. Cong. Ch.                                     11.54
+  Branford. Cong. Ch.                                        9.13
+  Bridgeport. Children of North Ch. Infant Class, _for
+    Cal. Chinese M._                                        20.00
+  Bridgeport. Miss Wood, Box Books, etc., _for Talladega
+    C._
+  Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  20.00
+  Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            15.63
+  Canterbury. Westminster Cong. Ch.                          9.07
+  Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          17.84
+  Cromwell. Cong. Ch.                                       78.00
+  Danielsonville. Case of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._
+  Fair Haven. Miss H. L. Rice, _for Indian M._               1.00
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     57.80
+  Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                12.00
+  Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            32.94
+  Hadlyme. Joseph W. Hungerford                            100.00
+  Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. (5 of which _for
+    Indian M._)                                            281.65
+  Hartford. Second Ch. of Christ, 150; Gilbert G.
+    Mosely, 10                                             160.00
+  Jewett City. Cong. Ch.                                     9.04
+  Kensington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            26.65
+  Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. Williams                            25.00
+  Ledyard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.                 24.78
+  Lyme. First Ecc. Soc.                                     34.47
+  Middletown. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._          30.00
+  Milton. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+  Montville. First Cong. Ch.                                10.15
+  Mount Carmel. W. W. Woodruff, _for Tillotson C. and
+    N. Inst._                                               25.00
+  Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch.                                  12.50
+  Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.                                      80.00
+  New Britain. South Cong. Ch.                             198.41
+  New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. Adams, _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   10.00
+  New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50.; College St. Cong. Ch.,
+    36.65, and Sab. Sch., 11; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, 30,
+    to const. Miss LUCIE J. HARRISON L. M.                 127.66
+  New Haven. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of United Ch.,
+    _for Dakota Home, Santee Agency_                        50.00
+  New Haven. L. M. Law, 25; Miss Julia Leek, 1, _for
+    Indian M._                                              26.00
+  Newington. Miss Agnes Belden, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  New London. Second Cong. Ch., 595.24; "A Friend," 1.50   596.74
+  Newtown. Cong. Soc.                                       20.00
+  Northford. Cong. Ch.                                      15.08
+  Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 217.10; Miss Sarah M. Lee,
+    25                                                     242.10
+  Norwichtown. "First Ch."                                  21.00
+  Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                                 15.00
+  Orange. Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._          35.00
+  Plainville. "A Friend"                                   100.00
+  Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.                                  55.00
+  Rockville. J. Edwards Banta, Box papers, etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._, 1, _for Freight_                            1.00
+  Salisbury, Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             52.70
+  South Britain. Cong. Ch.                                  15.41
+  Staffordville. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+  Talcottville. Sarah T. Avery                               5.00
+  Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             29.66
+  Thompsonville. D. Pease                                     .50
+  Tolland. Mrs. Lucy L. Clough, 50, _for Indian M._, 25
+    _for Chinese M._ and 25 _for Freedmen_                 100.00
+  Torrington. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Cask of C.,
+    etc., _for Talladega C._, 4, _for freight_               4.00
+  Wallingford. First Cong. Ch.                              35.33
+  Wapping. Cong Ch.                                         16.75
+  Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch.                              196.00
+  Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                          200.00
+  West Hartford. A. Chappell, 10; Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 8.02    18.02
+  Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                         66.41
+  Windsor Locks. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Dormitory,
+    Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                               195.00
+  Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Winsted. Elias E. Gilman, 10; Mrs. Emily W. Case, 10      20.00
+  Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss                              10.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $3,739.04
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Ellington. Estate of Maria Pitkin, by Edwin Talcott,
+    Ex.                                                 $1,027.87
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $4,766.91
+
+
+NEW YORK, $2,739.93.
+
+  Baldwinsville. Howard Carter                              25.00
+  Binghamton. Sheldon Warner                                 5.00
+  Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch., 531; Plymouth Ch.,
+    464.51; South Cong. Ch., 50; Ch. of the Covenant
+    Sab. Sch., bal. to const. Mrs. JULIETTE H. MACKAY
+    L. M., 20; Mrs. M. L. Hollis, 2; Rev. E. P. Thwing,
+    Pkg. Books                                           1,067.51
+  Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee
+    Agency_                                                 37.50
+  Canastota. E. B. Northrup                                100.00
+  Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     28.53
+  Ellington. Mrs. H. B. Rice, 10; Mrs. E. Rice, 4;
+    A. C. Rice, 2                                           16.00
+  Flushing. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Miss C. T. Gilman, 2.30, _for
+    freight_                                                12.30
+  Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.84, and Sab. Sch., 6.25    37.09
+  Groton. Cong. Ch., 18.08; Mrs. Kesia Bostwick, 7.; Dr.
+    Clark Chapman, 5                                        30.08
+  Himrods. Mrs. G. L. Ayres, _for Woman's Work_              5.00
+  Homer. Sab. Sch. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._    1.00
+  Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones                                  15.00
+  Keeseville. Enos Barnes                                    1.50
+  Lockport. First Cong. Ch.                                 18.06
+  Lockport. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._      14.00
+  Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway                                3.00
+  Middlesex. Lester Adams                                   20.00
+  Morristown. First Cong. Ch.                                8.00
+    New York. S. T. Gordon (of which 100 _for Little
+    Rock, Ark._; 100 _for Wilmington, N. C._; 100 _for
+    Tougaloo, Miss._; and 100 _for Tillotson C. & N.
+    Inst._), 500                                           500.00
+  New York. Roswell Smith, 250; By "Aunt Patience," 1      251.00
+  New York. The Century Co., 50 cop. "Songs of the
+    Church" (second hand), _for Marion, Ala._
+  North Walton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                         35.90
+  Owasco. Mrs. A Stewart                                     1.00
+  Oswego. Primary Pub. Sch., Box Books _for Oaks, N. C._
+  Port Richmond. Captain Stephen Squier                      5.00
+  Salamanca. Rev. Wm. C. Scofield                            7.00
+  Saratoga. Cong. Ch., Ladies Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega, C._
+  Sinclairville. E. Williams                                 3.00
+  Syracuse. ----                                             5.00
+  Syracuse. Mrs. Caroline B. Curtis, Box Papers, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 1.70 _for Freight_                     1.70
+  Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             35.67
+  Warsaw. Cong. Ch.                                         20.34
+  Waterville. Mrs. Winchel, 5; Mrs. J. Candee, 5            10.00
+  Westmoreland. Miss C. M. Miller                             .75
+  West Salamanca. "A Friend"                               419.00
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $26.73.
+
+  Jersey City. First Cong. Ch.                               6.73
+  Montclair. Mrs. J. F. Pratt's Sab. Sch. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               8.00
+  Perth Amboy. Friday Afternoon Class, by Miss E. W.
+    Martin, Bdl. S. S. Papers
+  Raritan. Miss S. Provost, Case of Books and Papers
+  ----. "Heart's Content"                                   10.00
+  ----. "A Friend," _for Santee Agency, Neb._                2.00
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $50.50.
+
+  Guy's Mills. Cong. Ch., 18.50; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5;
+    Children's Miss'y Soc., 5                               28.50
+  Kingston. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                 10.00
+  Philadelphia. Sarah Furber                                 1.00
+  Sewickley. "E. H. T.," _for Indian M._                     2.00
+  Stony Creek. Charles E. Webster                            9.00
+
+
+OHIO, $544.11.
+
+  Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson                               2.28
+  Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      11.00
+  Cleveland. Mrs. A. Scott (_one share_)                    20.00
+  Cleveland. Franklin Av. Cong. Ch.                         15.00
+  Cincinnati. Geo. S. Gray, 18 Anthem Books, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Delaware. Wm. Bevan                                        5.00
+  Greenwich. Anna M. Mead                                    1.50
+  Geneva. "H. A. W."                                         1.50
+  Kingsville. Myron Whiting                                250.00
+  North Benton. Mrs. M. J. Hartzell                          2.50
+  Oberlin. First. Cong. Ch., 87.88; E. P. Barrows, 10;
+    Mrs. C. C. Wheat, 1                                     98.88
+  Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., _15 for furnishing room
+    and 10 for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._              25.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5; Mrs. M. J. P.
+    Hatch, 1, _for Reading-room, Lexington, Ky._             6.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                             1.50
+  Painesville. First Cong. Ch., 51.64, to const. N. O.
+    LEE L. M.; Mrs. E. Hickok, 5                            56.64
+  Painesville. "O. W. H. M. U.," by Mrs. Wm. Clayton,
+    Treas.                                                   4.76
+  Painesville. Sab. Sch. Class, by M. M. House, _for
+    Santee Agency, Neb._                                     3.00
+  Radnor. Edward D. Jones                                    5.00
+  Ravenna. Cong. Ch.                                        23.55
+  Savannah. George Mackie                                    1.00
+  Saybrook. Mrs. A. M. Messenger, 2; Dea. D. Maltby, 1       3.00
+  Tallmadge. Rev. Luther Shaw, 8 Bibles
+  Unionville. Mrs. E. F. Burnelle                            2.00
+  Windham. Wm. A. Perkins                                    5.00
+
+
+INDIANA, $22.00.
+
+  Elkhart. First Cong. Ch.                                  15.00
+  Indianapolis. Rev O. C. McKullock, Box Books, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                        5.00
+  Sparta. John Hawkswell                                     1.50
+  Versailles. John D. Nichols                                 .50
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $837.99.
+
+  Atkinson. First Cong. Ch., Box S. S. Papers, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Batavia. Cong. Ch.                                        65.00
+  Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote                                5.00
+  Brimfield. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00
+  Champaign. Cong. Ch.                                      45.55
+  Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 198.53; South Cong. Ch.,
+    39.26; Mrs. J. H. McArthur, 5                          242.79
+  Chicago. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of N. E. Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, Mobile, Ala._                               47.10
+  Chicago. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     25.00
+  Chicago. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           13.00
+  Elgin. Cong. Ch.                                          32.48
+  Elgin. Mrs. E. E. C. Borden (20 of which _for Hampton
+    N. & A. Inst._)                                         30.00
+  Galesburg. First Church of Christ                         37.10
+  Galva. Theodora Miss'y Soc., Bbl. and Box of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Geneso. Cong. Ch.                                        116.30
+  Geneseo. Young Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Hamlet. Levi Cooper                                         .50
+  Ivanhoe. Miss Mary Cowdry, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                      5.00
+  Lyndon. Mrs. H. Deming                                      .50
+  Lombard. First Cong. Ch.                                   9.50
+  Malden. Cong. Ch.                                         13.00
+  Maywood. Woman's Co-operative Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.     5.00
+  Millburn. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Moline. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., 23.50. Incorrectly
+    ack. in Nov. number from Hartford, Ct.
+  Oglesby. T. T. Bent                                        5.00
+  Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   16.60
+  Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens                                10.00
+  Plainfield. Mrs. Edward Ebbs                              10.00
+  Port Byron. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch. _for Missionary,
+    Mobile, Ala._                                           17.50
+  Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Cross                            10.00
+  Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, Sen.                              2.00
+  Roseville. Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga_.
+  Shabbona. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which from
+    "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._)                 46.57
+  Wilmette. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._     12.50
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $773.09.
+
+  Allendale. Cong. Ch., 4.15, and Sab. Sch., 1.85            6.00
+  Delhi Mills. "A Friend"                                    2.00
+  Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     20.00
+  Grandville. "E. B."                                        2.00
+  Greenville. M. Rutan                                     500.00
+  Hancock. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Soc., _for Theo.
+    Dept., Talladega C._                                    25.00
+  Laingsburg. Cong. Ch.                                     10.85
+  Lake Lyndon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Lansing. Plymouth Ch.                                      4.71
+  Northville. D. Pomeroy                                     5.00
+  Oakley. Ch. of Christ                                      1.00
+  Olivet. Cong. Ch.                                         96.92
+  Saline. Eli Benton                                        50.00
+  Three Oaks. Cong. Ch.                                     19.61
+  White Lake. Robert Garner                                 10.00
+
+
+IOWA, $637.35.
+
+  Burlington. Cong. Ch.                                     15.41
+  Davenport. Geo. W. Ells                                   10.00
+  Des Moines. Dr. H. L. Whitman, _for Talladega C._        500.00
+  Dubuque. Young Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Dubuque. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, New Orleans, La._                           10.00
+  Grinnell. Cong. Ch.                                       30.29
+  Grinnell. By Miss Ella E. Marsh, _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                           17.75
+  Grinnell. C. A. Taylor's Sab. Sch. Class, _for Talladega
+    C._                                                      7.35
+  McGregor. Woman's Miss'y Soc.                              6.30
+  New Hampton. Woman's Cent. Soc.                            2.25
+  Osage. Cheerful Giver's Mission Band                       8.00
+  Stuart. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                            5.00
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $222.04.
+
+  Appleton. Cong. Ch.                                       81.57
+  Beloit. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+   Talladega C._                                            30.00
+  Elkhorn. Cong. Ch.                                        16.00
+  Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch.                                    13.00
+  Geneva. Cong. Ch.                                         10.73
+  Janesville. "Busy Bees," First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Macon, Ga_.                                 3.00
+  New London. First Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  New Richmond. First Cong. Ch.                             18.45
+  Nicollet. Mrs. D. D. Kellogg, Sewing Machine, _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  Oshkosh. Mrs. Lucy Bartlett, Box Books, _for Library_,
+    and Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Racine. Mrs. D, D. Nichols                                  .50
+  Ripon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 10.85; Do Good Soc., 95c.   11.80
+  Ripon. Do Good Soc., 6.80; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 5.19;
+    _for Macon, Ga._                                        11.99
+  Salem. First. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Williamsburg,
+    Ky._                                                    15.00
+  Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Macon, Ga._        10.00
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $406.63.
+
+  Excelsior. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Glyndon. Union Ch.                                         3.42
+  Hamilton. Cong. Ch.                                        4.00
+  Mankato. Belgrade Sab. Sch.                                1.65
+  Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 33.35; First Cong. Ch.,
+    11.15; The Open Door Cong. Ch., 3.15                    47.65
+  Northfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C.,
+    Freight_                                                 5.65
+  Rochester. G. H. Swasey                                    1.00
+  Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch.                            67.11
+  Worthington. Union Cong. Ch.                              14.15
+  ----. "Friends," _for Atlanta U._                        250.00
+
+
+KANSAS, $15.95.
+
+  Atchison. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                              3.00
+  Topeka. Tuition                                           12.95
+
+
+MISSOURI, $97.71.
+
+  Kansas City. Clyde Cong. Ch.                               5.00
+  Saint Joseph. Tab. Cong. Ch.                               9.00
+  Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch.                              83.71
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $42.88.
+
+  Exeter. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 7.45; Children's Mission
+    Band, 3.55; First Cong. Ch., 7.80                       18.80
+  Wahoo. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Waverly. Cong. Ch.                                         4.00
+
+
+DAKOTA, $10.00.
+
+  Fort Berthold. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                 10.00
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $25.00.
+
+  San Francisco. Rev. J. Rowell                             25.00
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $15.00.
+
+  Washington. Mrs. Abby N. Bailey, 10; Lincoln Mission
+    Sab. Sch., 5                                            15.00
+
+
+MARYLAND, $4.00.
+
+  Federalsburg. Sarah Beals                                  4.00
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $106.14.
+
+  Lexington. Tuition, 38.40; Rent, 5.54                     43.94
+  Williamsburg. Tuition, 58; Rent, 1                        59.00
+  Williamsburg. Rev. J. T. Ford, _for Room_                  3.20
+
+
+VIRGINIA, $6.00.
+
+  Herndon. Cong. Ch.                                         6.00
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $712.21
+
+  Chattanooga. Miss L. M. Lawson                             1.00
+  Jellico. Tuition                                          29.00
+  Jonesboro. Tuition                                         5.50
+  Knoxville. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Memphis. Tuition                                         229.65
+  Nashville. Tuition                                       425.06
+  Nashville. Jackson St. Cong. Ch.                           5.00
+  Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $221.01.
+
+  Kittrell. Tuition                                         14.00
+  McLeansville. Cong. Ch.                                    5.74
+  Wilmington. Tuition                                      188.27
+  Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00
+  Wilmington. By Miss Warner, _for Student Aid_              3.00
+
+
+SOUTH CAROLINA, $15.00.
+
+  Charleston. Plym. Cong. Ch.                               15.00
+
+
+GEORGIA, $612.47.
+
+  Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 226.95; Rent, 3           229.95
+  Atlanta. Prof. T. A. Chase                                 5.00
+  Macon. Tuition                                           149.95
+  Macon. Cong. Ch.                                          10.00
+  Macon. Unknown Friends, 2 Boxes of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  McIntosh. Tuition                                         43.36
+  Savannah. Tuition                                        174.21
+
+
+ALABAMA, $925.76.
+
+  Athens. Tuition                                          168.70
+  Marion. Cong. Ch.                                         45.52
+  Mobile. Tuition                                          205.60
+  Montgomery. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00
+  Selma. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Talladega. Tuition                                       445.14
+  Talladega. Miss J. Lunt, _for Student Aid_                10.00
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, $124.15.
+
+  Tougaloo. Tuition                                        112.15
+  Tougaloo. By Miss Mary A. Scott, _for Student Aid_        12.00
+
+
+LOUISIANA, $290.00.
+
+  New Orleans. Tuition                                     290.00
+
+
+TEXAS, $151.88.
+
+  Austin. Tuition                                          148.88
+  Helena. Rev. M. Thompson                                   3.00
+
+
+INCOMES, $895.00.
+
+  Avery Estate, _for Mendi M._                             570.00
+  Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta U._                    150.00
+  Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._                       125.00
+  Plumb Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._                     50.00
+
+
+PERSIA, $10.00.
+
+  Oroomiah. Mrs. E. W. Labaree, by Charles Marsh,
+    Treas. H. B. A.                                         10.00
+
+                                                       ----------
+  Total for January                                    $24,342.98
+  Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31                          75,684.88
+                                                       ==========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+  Subscriptions for January                                274.10
+  Previously acknowledged                                  402.47
+                                                        ---------
+  Total                                                   $676.57
+                                                        =========
+
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
+  56 Reade Street, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WANTS.
+
+1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing
+work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_
+contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong.
+
+2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
+accommodate the increasing number of students; MEETING HOUSES for the
+new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious,
+for these churches.
+
+3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers and teachers here
+and missionaries to Africa--a pressing want.
+
+4. FUNDS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENTS--to purchase farm implements,
+plows, harrows and cultivators; to erect shops and furnish tools and
+materials for instruction and use in the mechanic arts, for
+carpenters, blacksmiths, tin-men, harness and shoemakers; and to
+supply the girls' industrial rooms with sewing and knitting
+materials.
+
+5. Ten Thousand new subscribers for THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. All in
+favor of indorsing this want will please send on their vote, making
+use of the following:
+
+
+FORM OF BALLOT.
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, _Esq., Treasurer_,
+
+  _56 Reade Street, New York_:
+
+  _Inclosed please find Fifty Cents, subscription for_ THE AMERICAN
+  MISSIONARY _for the year 1885._
+
+  _Sign with your Name and Address._
+
+We are not afraid of a heavy vote. Roll up the majority!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+_Advertisements._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+[Illustration: CHILD'S CATARRH SPECIFIC]
+
+
+_Eighteen years_ of terrible headache, disgusting nasal discharges,
+dryness of the throat, acute bronchitis, coughing, soreness of the
+lungs, rising bloody mucus, and even night sweats, incapacitating me
+from my professional duties, and bringing me to the verge of the
+grave--all were caused by, and the result of nasal catarrh. After
+spending hundreds of dollars and obtaining no relief, I compounded my
+Catarrh Specific and Cold Air Inhaling Balm, and wrought upon myself
+a wonderful cure. Now I can speak for hours with no difficulty, and
+can breathe freely in any atmosphere.
+
+  T. P. CHILDS.
+
+
+DANGER SIGNALS
+
+Do you take cold easily? Have you a cold in the head that does not
+get better? Have you a hacking cough? Is your throat affected? Are
+you troubled with hoarseness? Soreness of the throat? Difficulty in
+breathing? Have you pain in the head between and above the eyes? A
+sense of fulness in the head? Are the passages of the nose stopped
+up? Is your breath foul? Have you lost all sense of smell? Are you
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+</pre>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 536px;">
+<img src="images/title.jpg" width="536" height="409" alt="The American Missionary-March, 1885-Vol. XXXIX. No. 3" title="The American Missionary" />
+</div>
+
+
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+
+<span class="linenum"><span class="smcap">Page.</span></span><br />
+<div class="center">EDITORIAL.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">The Figures&mdash;Financial</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_67'>67</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Death of Rev. G. D. Pike, D. D.</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_68'>68</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Paragraphs</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_69'>69</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Tillotson Church&mdash;Word to Ministers</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_70'>70</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">The Test Applied</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_71'>71</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Religious Culture of the Slaves Before
+the War</span><span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">A Teacher's Appeal</span><span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Preaching the Main Feature in Missionary
+Work</span><span class="linenum">  <a href='#Page_76'>76</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">THE SOUTH.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Itinerary from Austin to Corpus
+Christi</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_79'>79</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Views in Texas</span><span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_81'>81</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Week of Prayer</span><span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_82'>82</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Letter from Student</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_84'>84</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">THE CHINESE.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Lou Quong at His Home in China</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_84'>84</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Bride and Bridegroom Worshiping
+Ancestors</span> (cut)<span class="linenum"> <a href='#Page_86'>86</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Woman's Societies</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_86'>86</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Letter from Lady Missionary</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_87'>87</a></span><br />
+<span class="chapline">Monthly Report of a Teacher</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_88'>88</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">CHILDREN'S PAGE.</div><br />
+<span class="chapline">Vic's Lilies</span><span class="linenum">  <a href='#Page_88'>88</a></span><br />
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">RECEIPTS</span><span class="linenum"><a href='#Page_89'>89</a></span><br />
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+NEW YORK:<br />
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.<br />
+Rooms, 56 Reade Street.
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+Price 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.<br />
+Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class
+matter.
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[Pg ii]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h2>American Missionary Association.</h2>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center"><span class="smcap">President</span>, Hon. <span class="smcap">Wm. B. Washburn, LL. D.</span>, Mass.</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Vice-Presidents.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">C. L. Goodell</span>, D. D., Mo.</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D. D., Ill.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">A. J. F. Behrends</span>, D. D., N. Y.</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 3.15em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Alex. McKenzie</span>, D. D., Mass.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 16em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">D. O. Mears</span>, D. D., Mass.</span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Corresponding Secretary.</i><br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">M. E. Strieby, D. D.</span>, <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i>
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Assistant Corresponding Secretary.</i><br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">James Powell, D. D.</span>, <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i>
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Treasurer.</i><br />
+<span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, Esq., <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i>
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Auditors.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 14em;"><span class="smcap">W. H. Rogers,</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 3em;"><span class="smcap">Peter McCartee</span>.</span>
+<br /><br />
+<div class="center"><i>Executive Committee.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>, Chairman.</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><span class="smcap">A. P. Foster</span>, Secretary.</span><br />
+
+<span class="medium">
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><i>For Three Years.</i></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 9em;"><i>For Two Years.</i></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;"><i>For One Year.</i></span>
+</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">Lyman Abbott.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6.5em;"><span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin.</span></span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><span class="smcap">Samuel Holmes.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5.75em;"><span class="smcap">Wm. H. Ward.</span></span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">J. R. Danforth.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><span class="smcap">Samuel S. Marples.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 4.5em;"><span class="smcap">J. L. Withrow</span>.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5.5em;"><span class="smcap">Charles L. Mead.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5.5em;"><span class="smcap">John H. Washburn.</span></span>
+
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">A. P. Foster.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><span class="smcap">Elbert B. Monroe.</span></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 5.25em;"><span class="smcap">Edmund L. Champlin.</span></span><br />
+
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>District Secretaries.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">C. L. Woodworth, D.D.</span>, <i>21 Cong'l House, Boston</i>.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Charles W. Shelton</span>, <i>112 West Washington Street, Chicago</i>.</span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Field Officers.</i></div>
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Roy, D.D.</span>, <i>Field Superintendent.</i></span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 14em;">Prof. <span class="smcap">Albert Salisbury</span>, <i>Superintendent of Education</i>.</span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Bureau of Woman's Work.</i><br />
+<i>Secretary</i>, Miss <span class="smcap">D. E. Emerson</span>, <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h4>COMMUNICATIONS</h4>
+
+<p>Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to
+the District Secretaries; letters for the "American Missionary," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office.</p>
+
+
+<h4>DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</h4>
+
+<p>May be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York,
+or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21
+Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 113 West Washington Street,
+Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a
+Life Member.</p>
+
+
+<h4>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h4>
+
+<p>"I <span class="smcap">bequeath</span> to my executor (or executors) the sum of &mdash;&mdash; dollars, in
+trust, to pay the same in &mdash;&mdash; days after my decease to the person
+who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the
+'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied,
+under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to
+its charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by
+three witnesses.</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center"><i>Advertisements.</i></div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+
+<div class="center">
+Below is a fac-simile of the Bottle of<br />
+<br />
+<span class="large"><b>THE GENUINE</b></span>
+<br /><br />
+<span class="xlarge"><b>BROWN'S GINGER.</b></span>
+<br /><br />
+<span class="medium">(SIZE REDUCED ONE FOURTH.)</span><br />
+<br />
+SEE THAT THE STRIP OVER CORK IS UNBROKEN.
+</div>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 257px;">
+<img src="images/img073.jpg" width="257" height="687" alt="Package of Brown's Ginger" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="medium">&mdash;FOR&mdash;</span>
+<br />
+<span class="smcap"><b>Cramps, Colic, Stomach-Ache, indigestion, etc.</b></span>
+<br /><br />
+Frederick Brown, Philadelphia&mdash;&mdash;Established 1822.
+</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<b>
+<span class="large">Ayer's</span>
+<br />
+<span class="xlarge">Cherry Pectoral</span>
+</b>
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>Should be kept constantly at hand, for use in emergencies of the
+household. Many a mother, startled in the night by the ominous sounds
+of Croup, finds the little sufferer, with red and swollen face,
+gasping for air. In such cases Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is invaluable.
+Mrs. Emma Gedney, 159 West 128 st., New York, writes: "While in the
+country, last winter, my little boy, three years old, was taken ill
+with Croup; it seemed as if he would die from strangulation. Ayer's
+Cherry Pectoral was tried in small and frequent doses, and, in less
+than half an hour, the little patient was breathing easily. The
+doctor said that the Pectoral saved my darling's life." Mrs. Chas. B.
+Landon, Guilford, Conn., writes: "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>Saved My Life,</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>and also the life of my little son. As he is troubled with Croup, I
+dare not be without this remedy in the house." Mrs. J. Gregg, Lowell,
+Mass., writes: "My children have repeatedly taken Ayer's Cherry
+Pectoral for Coughs and Croup. It gives immediate relief, followed by
+cure." Mrs. Mary E. Evans, Scranton, Pa., writes: "I have two little
+boys, both of whom have been, from infancy, subject to violent
+attacks of Croup. About six months ago we began using Ayer's Cherry
+Pectoral, and it acts like a charm. In a few minutes after the child
+takes it, he breathes easily and rests well. Every mother ought to
+know what a blessing I have found in Ayer's Cherry Pectoral." Mrs.
+Wm. C. Reid, Freehold, N. J., writes: "In our family, Ayer's
+medicines have been blessings for many years. In cases of Colds and
+Coughs, we take</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>and the inconvenience is soon forgotten."</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+PREPARED BY
+<br />
+<b>Dr. J. C. Ayer &amp; Co., Lowell, Mass.</b>
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Sold by all Druggists.</span><br />
+<br /><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>Happiness</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>results from that true contentment which indicates perfect health of
+body and mind. You may possess it, if you will purify and invigorate
+your blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. E. M. Howard, Newport, N. H.,
+writes: "I suffered for years with Scrofulous humors. After using two
+bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>Found</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>great relief. It has entirely restored me to health." James French,
+Atchison, Kans., writes: "To all persons suffering from Liver
+Complaint, I would strongly recommend Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I was
+afflicted with a disease of the liver for nearly two years, when a
+friend advised me to take this medicine. It gave prompt relief, and
+has cured me." Mrs. H. M. Kidder, 41 Dwight st., Boston, Mass.,
+writes: "For several years I have used Ayer's Sarsaparilla in my
+family. I never feel safe, even</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>At Home</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>without it. As a liver medicine and general purifier of the blood, it
+has no equal." Mrs. A. B. Allen, Winterpock, Va., writes: "My
+youngest child, two years of age, was taken with Bowel Complaint,
+which we could not cure. We tried many remedies, but he continued to
+grow worse, and finally became so reduced in flesh that we could only
+move him upon a pillow. It was suggested by one of the doctors that
+Scrofula might be the cause of the trouble. We procured a bottle of</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>AYER'S<br />
+Sarsaparilla</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adquote">
+<p>and commenced giving it to him. It surely worked wonders, for, in a
+short time, he was completely cured."</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+Sold by all Druggists.
+<br />
+<b>Price $1; Six bottles, $5.</b>
+<br />
+Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer &amp; Co., Lowell,<br />
+Mass., U. S. A.<br />
+</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+<h1>
+  <span class="small">THE</span><br /><span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>
+</h1>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+<table width="60%" summary="Title" align="center">
+  <tr>
+    <td align="left" width="25%"><b><span class="smcap">Vol.</span> XXXIX.</b></td>
+    <td align="center" width="50%"><b>MARCH, 1885.</b></td>
+    <td align="right" width="25%"><b><span class="smcap">No.</span> 3.</b></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center large">American Missionary Association.</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center large">
+<b>$365,000</b>
+<br /><br />
+NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+
+<p>Your Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a
+day are imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized
+plans of the Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the
+pressing needs of the early future.&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="right">
+[<span class="smcap">Finance Committee's Report Adopted by Annual Meeting at Salem.</span>]
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>THE FIGURES.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="The Figures">
+
+
+<tr>
+  <td align="center"><i>Receipts:</i></td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">Col. and Don.</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">Estates.&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">Total.&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Oct. 1, 1884, to Jan. 31, 1885</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$66,078.97</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$9,605.91</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$75,684.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Oct. 1, 1883, to Jan. 31, 1884</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">69,941.52</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,809.35</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">79,750.87</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td></td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Decrease</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$3,862.55</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$203.44</td>
+  <td align="right" valign="bottom">$4,065.99</td>
+</tr>
+
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>Where the color-sergeant plants the standard, there the soldiers are
+expected to rally. The Finance Committee at the Salem meeting
+inscribed on the A. M. A. standard $365,000 needed for 1884-5, and
+called upon the churches to advance to the support. <i>The Figures</i>
+showing receipts of our treasury indicate just how far the churches
+have come up in response to the call. Had we received the $1,000 a
+day recommended, our total receipts would be $123,000, as against the
+$75,684.88 now reported. Will not the captains of our church hosts
+rally the forces to an immediate advance? One-third of our fiscal
+year has already passed. The showing is not what we had hoped, but
+time enough remains to make up for the deficiency.</p>
+
+<p>Will our friends please bear these things in mind?</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.</h3>
+
+
+<p>In the death of Dr. Pike, which occurred in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 29,
+the American Missionary Association has lost a most earnest and
+successful worker. Repeated and protracted attacks of throat and lung
+troubles during the last two or three years, terminating in an
+illness that confined him to his room for three months, gave warning
+to his friends of the approach of death. But with the hopefulness
+peculiar to the disease, and especially characteristic of himself, he
+entertained almost to the last the expectation of recovery. Yet death
+had no terror; on the contrary, while he wished to live for the sake
+of his family and the Association, he personally welcomed death with
+the most joyful feelings.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Pike was born in Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 6, 1831, graduated from
+Dartmouth College in 1858, and from Andover Theological Seminary in
+1861. He was ordained associate pastor with Rev. Austin Richards, D.
+D., of the Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, N. H., April
+23, 1862, and remained in that position till May 1, 1865. He was
+acting pastor at East Hampton, Conn., from 1865 to 1867, and during
+the latter year he entered the service of the Association as agent,
+residing in Rochester, N. Y. In 1870 he became District Secretary, a
+position which he filled till his death, and to which he devoted the
+best energies of his life. His peculiar gifts fitted him for some
+special services. During the years 1872-4 he accompanied the Jubilee
+Singers in a tour through the United States and Great Britain. They
+were welcomed by the royal family and by the nobility, and by large
+and enthusiastic popular audiences. Their success, in its pecuniary
+results, finds a fitting monument in the substantial and commodious
+Jubilee Hall, at Nashville, Tenn.; and the untiring industry, the
+skill and tact and energy of Mr. Pike as business manager contributed
+in a large measure to this gratifying result. Before returning to
+America he made a rapid trip through Egypt and Palestine. In 1881 he
+assumed the editorship of the <i>American Missionary</i>, and brought to
+that service a degree of variety and breadth that gave a new impulse
+to the usefulness of the magazine. He devoted much thought and
+research to the condition of Africa, and became so well acquainted
+with it that editors of leading journals in this city and pastors of
+churches sometimes sought information from him in regard to it. He
+wrote two volumes on the History of the Jubilee Singers, which have
+had a very wide circulation.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Pike was eminently social and was blessed with unusual
+conversational powers, and gave to others and won from them to
+himself strong personal friendships. As a public speaker he was
+earnest, animated and eloquent, and was gladly welcomed in the pulpit
+and in the meetings of Associations and Conferences. His leading
+characteristic was that of an<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span> organizer. He was perpetually devising
+plans for active work and was diligent and untiring in his efforts to
+carry them out. He was a man of prayer and of faith in God, which
+sustained him in his constant labors, in his days of trial and in his
+sickness and death. At his own request his mortal remains rest in
+Nashua, the scene of his first pastorate, and his long sleep will be
+with those whom he loved. By the generosity of Mrs. O. A. Woodbury a
+portion of a cemetery lot was given for his burial, on which an
+expensive monument is erected, and on one face of which will be
+inscribed his name.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>Since writing the above we have learned that a special memorial
+service was held Sunday evening, February 1st, in the Chapel of Fisk
+University. This was in every way appropriate, in consequence of the
+intimate relations of Dr. Pike's life to the upbuilding of that
+institution. With considerable feeling, President Cravath referred to
+the fact that twenty years ago E. P. Smith, Dr. Pike and himself
+entered upon the work of the American Missionary Association, and
+that he was now left alone, adding that in the death of Brother Pike,
+Fisk University had lost one of its warmest friends.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<p>We notice the death of Mrs. Dr. L. B. Lane, of St. Charles, Ill. She
+died on the 14th of January last, at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs.
+Lane and her husband were ordained missionaries of the Am. Miss.
+Assoc. to Siam in 1848. They returned in 1855, since which time they
+have resided in this country. She was a good and true servant of
+Christ when in the foreign field and no less so in her own land. Her
+death came suddenly, but found her thoroughly prepared to go.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>Few men in this country have had more experience in addressing
+children, or greater success in winning them to Christ, than Rev. E.
+P. Hammond. The result of this experience he has condensed in an
+interesting and instructive little volume, entitled "Conversion of
+Children." It will prove helpful and encouraging to parents and
+interesting to children. We thank Mr. Hammond for the gift of fifty
+copies of his book, which we have distributed among our missionaries
+in the South, by whom they are appreciated and found useful in their
+work.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>Some time ago a Southern paper, in speaking of Dr. Roy, referred to
+him as a colored man. At the time we thought the writer was mistaken,
+but since looking over his itinerary, which our readers will find in
+another part of the magazine, we have been led to feel that we shall
+have to modify somewhat our opinion. The doctor himself explicitly
+declares that<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span> at one point in their journey he and his companions
+were all of the same color. At any rate he is not ashamed to call
+them <i>brethren</i>, and we may also add that they are not ashamed of
+him.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<p>The Tillotson, at Austin, Texas, has taken to itself a church
+organization. This was effected on the first Sabbath of the year&mdash;a
+very interesting occasion. Superintendent Roy and Rev. Jeremiah
+Porter, spending his second winter in Austin, were present to assist
+the pastor, Rev. J. H. Parr, who, with his wife, united in the
+organization. It consisted of twenty members, half of them teachers
+and half students. Principal W. L. Gordon and wife presented their
+two little children, born in the Institute, for baptism. Mr. Gordon
+and Mr. R. F. Ferrell, a student, were ordained as deacons by prayer
+and the laying on of hands. Mr. Porter offered the prayer of
+institution, and broke the bread at the communion table. This
+venerable servant of God had just passed his 80th birthday. His
+golden wedding will come next June. His multitude of friends will be
+glad to know that the United States Government, having put him upon
+the retired list as chaplain, is continuing his salary. Mrs. Porter
+is assisting the special missionary, Miss M. J. Adams, Professor
+Dean, and other teachers and scholars, in supporting two mission
+schools contiguous to the Institute. Miss Rose M. Kinney, a veteran
+in the service, is matron and preceptress. The Tillotson is moving on
+this year smoothly and successfully. A church in connection with
+these main chartered institutions is essential to their best
+Christian result.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<p>Just a word with our ministerial readers. The heavy mail that daily
+comes to this office brings us occasionally a letter with some such
+words as these: "I preached to my people last Sunday an A. M. A.
+sermon, and as a result I send you a contribution which is larger
+than the church ever gave this cause before." Exactly, brother; let
+the people know what is wanted and why it is wanted, and then let
+them have a chance to give and they will meet the responsibility
+every time. Another letter brings us this: "A few weeks ago I
+preached a sermon on the work of the A. M. A. My congregation were so
+deeply interested in what I said they requested my manuscript for
+publication. Thinking you might be interested I send you a copy of
+the published sermon." Exactly, again. We were interested, and long
+before we had finished reading the discourse we understood full well
+why the people were interested. Another letter: "The Missions of the
+A. M. A. occupied our attention last monthly concert. I gave a bird's
+eye view of the whole field and then selections were read from the
+papers and addresses given at Salem. By this time the brethren were
+quite ready to turn on the streams of their own thought.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span> We found it
+difficult to bring the meeting to an end. It was a great success. I
+propose to follow it up." Again, exactly. Missionary information when
+properly brought forward will make a meeting that for interest cannot
+be surpassed. It is one of the strangest things in the world that so
+many people have gotten the impression that a missionary meeting must
+be dull, and that a missionary discourse must be uninteresting. It is
+an impression that ought not to exist. Let sermons be preached. Let
+the thrilling, soul-inspiring facts that go to make up the history of
+missions be made known and the impression will soon be driven out of
+existence.</p>
+
+<p>Brethren, we invite you to glean in the great field of the American
+Missionary Association. There will be rich returns for you and your
+people and golden returns for us.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THE TEST APPLIED.</h3>
+
+
+<p>When Berea College was started, in 1858, its students were all
+white. The following year the question was raised, "What if colored
+students should apply?" One teacher voiced the sentiment of all when
+he said, "If any one made in God's image comes to get knowledge which
+will enable him to understand the revelation of God in Jesus Christ,
+he cannot be rejected." The simple declaration of that sentiment had
+the effect to make most of the students leave at the end of the term,
+never to return. The John Brown raid, happening soon after, rendered
+the school still more unpopular, and the war following a little
+later, the school had to suspend altogether. But when the war ended
+and, in 1865, the college opened its doors again, there being no
+longer slavery, the question of color soon came up for consideration.</p>
+
+<p>In one of the by-laws to the constitution of the college was this
+statement: "The object of this college shall be to furnish the
+facilities for a thorough education to all persons of good moral
+character." Three colored youths applied for admission. On
+examination they were found to be "persons of good moral character."
+There was only one thing to do. They were promptly admitted. What
+followed? There were at the time seventy-five students in the
+college, and we are told, "the morning that those three harmless
+youths walked in, half the school walked out."</p>
+
+<p>But some one will say: "That was at the close of the war, when the
+feelings of our white brethren at the South were naturally very
+sensitive; that time, however, has passed away. We can now plant
+schools and churches on an anti-caste basis, with open doors and
+welcome hands for colored people, <i>if they choose to come</i>. No such
+exhibition of race prejudice would now be made." <i>Well, let us see.</i></p>
+
+<p>For several years past we have had our attention turned to the
+terrible destitution of the people in the mountain region of Kentucky
+and places adjacent. Two years ago we sent a special missionary to
+labor among<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span> these people. He made his headquarters at Williamsburg,
+the county seat of Whitley County, Kentucky. The town was sixty-seven
+years old, yet it never had a church edifice; nor had the county,
+with a population of fourteen thousand, ever had a church edifice
+finished and dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. There were
+very few schools, and what few there were could not be considered
+schools by intelligent people. Our missionary went to work. The
+people heard him gladly. A new life came into their famished souls.
+They rallied round him. They built a beautiful church edifice. An
+academy, too, was erected; able and skilled teachers were put in
+charge. The missionary did not confine himself to the town merely.
+For miles up and down the valley he traveled, preaching as he went.
+Wherever he came the people were roused and steps taken to have
+churches and schools planted.</p>
+
+<p>But the church and the academy above referred to must be dedicated.
+At the dedication this Association was represented by Assistant
+Corresponding Secretary Powell, by Field Superintendent Roy and by
+Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Ward, of the Executive Committee. And dedicated they
+were to the glory of God for the maintenance and spread of a <i>free</i>
+gospel and Christian learning. Special emphasis was placed upon the
+fact that over the entrance to these temples was written, <i>Whosoever
+will may come</i>. Does some one ask why that was specially emphasized?
+Because we were in a country where popular sentiment said, Into white
+churches and white schools there was a certain class who, on account
+of the color of their skin, would not be admitted. When you are in a
+community that publicly indorses a wrong, silence regarding that
+wrong is complicity. Under such circumstances, to say nothing about
+it is the same thing as to sign your name to a document affirming the
+thing to be right. To dedicate a Christian church in New York City
+and say nothing about the evils of Mormonism would be nothing
+strange, but to dedicate a Christian church in Salt Lake City and be
+silent as to what the teaching and the practice of that church was to
+be in regard to polygamy would be <i>treason</i> to the Gospel. We
+therefore made specially prominent at the dedication the broad
+principles on which our mission rested. Some said they were sorry to
+hear such things proclaimed; others said nothing, but feared; while a
+few said, That is right. It is just as it ought to be.</p>
+
+<p>The school started off with bright skies above and a broad distant
+view around. The bell rung out its pealing calls, and bright-eyed,
+rosy-cheeked children and youth clambered up the hill side to enjoy
+such educational privileges as that country had never known. All was
+peace and prosperity. School was crowded, and everybody was happy.
+But suddenly the whole heavens were overcast. From horizon to horizon
+a deathly pall enshrouded the entire sky&mdash;and the cloud large enough
+to do all this was only the size of<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span> a black child's face! <i>Whosoever
+will may come</i>, we had said. Did we <i>mean</i> it? Oh, yes, <i>but</i> it is
+hardly right to sacrifice the feelings of that whole school merely to
+gratify the wish of&mdash;<i>a nigger</i>. Did we mean it? Oh, yes, but it is
+hardly right to imperil the very existence of the school merely to
+take in that one poor, despised and uninfluential colored child! Did
+we mean it? Oh, yes, but is it right, is it wise, to receive <i>one</i>
+when you know that by so doing you will lose twenty&mdash;perhaps more&mdash;to
+receive one whom you will have to help, and lose twenty&mdash;or perhaps
+more&mdash;who can help you? Did we mean it? Oh, yes, certainly, but would
+it not be better to reason with the applicant and show her that while
+we ourselves have no objection, yet things being as they are, she
+would really do more for her people by staying away than by insisting
+that she should be received? Why not take some such position as that?
+We will have peace and harmony and prosperity. We shall be able to
+tell our friends in the distance we are getting along swimmingly. We
+are true to our principles. <i>Whosoever will may come.</i> We have no
+trouble with the negro question. We simply let it alone. Our dear
+brethren down South are perfectly delighted to receive us. We have no
+trouble with them whatever, and the cause is going forward
+triumphantly.</p>
+
+<p><i>Is</i> that the way to meet the responsibility? Imagine the Lord Jesus
+Christ at the door of that school when that black child came asking
+admission. What would have been His answer? Say, reader, imagine what
+<i>would</i> have been His answer. Put on your thinking cap. Summon to
+your aid all the help that quibbling and dodging and sophistry can
+give, and after you have gone through it all, what do you think would
+have been His answer? Well, here is the answer the American
+Missionary Association sent as quickly as the telegraph could carry
+it: <i>Admit all applicants irrespective of color.</i> And then what
+followed? Nearly half the scholars picked up their things and left!
+This happened a few weeks ago. We had about a hundred students. We
+have now about fifty, and we may lose even those. Letter writing is
+easy. Talk is cheap. Even <i>Buncombe</i> is not a lost art. But actions
+speak louder than words. Let us know what follows when <i>the test is
+applied</i>, and then we shall know just what profession of loyalty to
+principle signifies. Berea stood by its guns, and it has steadily
+grown in favor with God and man ever since. And it will win in the
+end. Then what a glorious triumph! No regrets for having played the
+hypocrite, no regrets for having played the part of a time server, no
+regrets for having played the part of a trimmer, no regrets for
+having played the part of a special pleader, no regrets for having
+concealed its colors behind its back in shameful silence as to its
+past history, no regrets for having turned away one of Christ's
+little ones for whom He died, no regrets for having counseled it,
+while professing friendship, to go elsewhere. What a glorious
+triumph!</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[Pg 74]</a></span></p>
+<p>And we, too, shall win&mdash;and our triumph shall be glorious. Let us go
+forward preaching the Word, and when the time comes let there be no
+attempt to postpone its issue&mdash;but let the test be applied. Better go
+down standing on our principles than live with our principles denied
+and dishonored.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR.</h3>
+
+
+<p>The <i>Independent</i> of Feb. 5 has an exceedingly interesting article on
+the above subject from the pen of Rev. Dr. J. E. Edwards, Danville,
+Virginia.</p>
+
+<p>He says that at an early period in this century Southern Methodists
+sent missionaries to labor with the slaves on the rice and cotton
+plantations. In 1845 Southern Methodism had in church fellowship
+124,000 slaves. At one time the Methodist membership in Charleston,
+S. C., was in the proportion of five colored to one white. Blacks and
+whites worshiped in the same house and were ministered to by the same
+pastor.</p>
+
+<p>One of the early reports of the South Carolina Board has the
+following: "We claim it best, as a general rule, to include the
+colored people in the same pastoral charge with the whites, and to
+preach to both classes in one congregation, as our practice has been.
+The gospel is the same for all men, and to enjoy its privileges in
+common, promotes good will."</p>
+
+<p>We read so far and stopped. That language has the marks of the gospel
+of Jesus Christ all over it. "All ye are brethren." So says the
+gospel, and this report says the same. But how would it do to take
+the language above quoted into a Southern white Methodist Conference
+now! Just let the above report, without comment and without
+explanation, be introduced to-day into such a Conference, and what an
+explosion would follow!</p>
+
+<p>It is too bad to quote the rest of the report, because it mars
+somewhat the beauty of what goes before; but here it is: "That when
+the galleries or other sittings are insufficient, we consider it the
+duty of our brethren and friends to provide the necessary
+accommodations that none may make such a neglect a plea for absenting
+themselves from public worship." "<i>Galleries or other sittings.</i>"
+There is the fly in the ointment. Of course, at communion, the master
+class was served first and the slave class afterward.</p>
+
+<p>The Church of Christ is His body. But does Christ allow His followers
+to decide that distinctions shall be made at His table on account of
+the hue of the skin? When a Temple is erected in which Christ's
+disciples are to meet for worship, is there anything in the gospel
+that warrants a division of seats so that here superiors shall sit
+and there inferiors? Where is the word that warrants it? and what is
+the analysis that will find it in the spirit of the gospel? All honor
+to the slave-holders who<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</a></span> furnished the means of the gospel to the
+slaves. All honor to the men and women who pointed the sin-burdened
+negroes to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. We
+have no doubt but that as Dr. Edwards says, "Multiplied thousands
+upon thousands of the sons of Ham will rise up in judgment to bless
+the faithful men of the South for their long-continued labors in
+teaching the benighted negro the way of life." We have no doubt of
+it; but in the resurrection will the whites put in an appearance
+first and the blacks second? In the day of judgment will the whites
+lead and the blacks follow? Will there be galleries with hard seats
+in Heaven for negroes and ground floors easy of access with soft
+seats for Caucasians? Will the great chorus of Heaven be divided into
+two parts, a white division and a black division? And will the
+Hallelujah Chorus as sung by the white choir be more acceptable to
+God than that sung by the black choir?</p>
+
+<p>Yes, the slave-holders did a great deal for the religious training
+and the spiritual welfare of the slaves, and in consequence of what
+they did, with God's blessing, the colored people of our country are
+almost immeasurably lifted above their benighted heathen brethren in
+Africa. Yes, that is all so. Does Dr. Edwards ask us to praise them
+for it? We do. But, brethren, we must also add, "These ought ye to
+have done and not to leave the other undone."</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>A TEACHER'S APPEAL.</h3>
+
+
+<p>We publish the following from F. A. Chase, Professor of Natural
+Science in Fisk University. He pleads, of course, for Fisk, yet his
+plea holds good for all our higher institutions. We commend it to our
+friends. The American Missionary Association could make good use,
+say, of a "<i>One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund</i>" for the scientific
+departments of its mission schools. It may be that some one whom God
+has blessed with riches is waiting for just such an opportunity as
+this particular branch of our great field opens. Special funds for a
+designated institution, to be used for the promotion of Christian
+science, as outlined by Prof. Chase, are earnestly solicited:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p>Are there not some friends of the work among the Freedmen
+who can appreciate the need of a teacher for a <i>complete
+scientific outfit</i>?</p>
+
+<p>The race has been kept during slavery from all knowledge
+of science. Their trades and occupations being of the
+roughest, and having ignorant parentage, nothing has been
+learned from the business of life, nor in answer to the
+questioning of childhood and youth. There is no race now
+admitted to the privileges of liberal education so barren
+of scientific ideas and so lacking in scientific spirit.
+Those who know this people solely from their fine
+literary and oratorical abilities have no conception of
+their great deficiency in science. It does not need to be
+said that, until this is remedied, they cannot be
+expected to hold their own in a scientific age, and in
+competition with a scientific race.</p>
+
+<p>Though our course of study is brought down to the very
+minimum of college<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span> work, and the instruction is of a
+most elementary character, still there are eight sciences
+to be taught. But this teaching, to be successful,
+requires the use of illustrative material. With the
+general introduction of illustrations in our modern
+schools began the rapid progress in science that
+distinguishes our age. All true teachers of science
+affirm with one voice that this aid is indispensable even
+with the most favored races.</p>
+
+<p>In botany, zoology, mineralogy and geology we need
+specimens&mdash;the great type examples on which
+classification is founded. In physiology and anatomy we
+need, in default of <i>material</i>, cheap models. In natural
+philosophy, chemistry and astronomy we need
+apparatus&mdash;not the costly instruments of precision, but
+plain, cheap pieces, that are fitted to illustrate and in
+some cases demonstrate the many and various principles
+that are taught.</p>
+
+<p>In the pressure of the growing work upon the society,
+beyond a small sum for incidental expenses, most of the
+money appropriated for schools goes for the payment of
+salaries. Our land and our buildings have come from other
+sources. But our outfit of school requisites has been for
+the most part overlooked. Some fine instruments have been
+presented to us, much more costly than we would have
+selected for ourselves; but their value would be
+increased many fold by accessory and supplementary
+apparatus. Are there not those who can, by special gifts,
+make up this lack also? Must <i>we</i>, of all other teachers
+of science, be left to make bricks without straw? What
+answer should be made to those who depreciate the negro's
+mental capacity? Is it not a pitiful waste of the
+opportunity, that a factory building should be put up,
+workmen hired, materials supplied, but no <i>machinery</i> put
+in? Yet this has been going on with class after class for
+ten years.</p>
+
+<p>Three-fourths of our graduates follow teaching as a
+profession, and are more or less teachers of science.
+They should not only learn that which apparatus alone can
+teach, but also how to use it themselves. Should a master
+workman be expected to teach the theory and practice of a
+trade through the use of <i>pictures</i> of tools and
+machines?</p>
+
+<p>We have not neglected our opportunities in respect to
+making collections of specimens about us, and
+constructing cheap forms of apparatus. We have learned
+new trades and toiled early and late and often through
+whole vacations. But, without workshop appliances, part
+of that accomplished is unsatisfactory, and the major and
+more difficult part remains untouched. But where one has
+a great pressure of outside duties incidental to such a
+work as this, how utterly inadequate such driblets of
+time as can be spared are for such a task can easily be
+imagined.</p>
+
+<p>Is there any lover of science and friend of the freedmen
+who can understand our condition and give us ten thousand
+dollars for an outfit, and if possible an additional sum
+as an endowment for annual expenses?</p></div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.</h3>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>PREACHING THE MAIN FACTOR IN MISSIONARY WORK.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">REV. GEORGE R. LEAVITT.</div>
+
+
+<p>It is a fact of history that the preaching of the Word has been the
+great missionary agency. The Bible is a missionary book. The great
+figure in the Old Testament history was the preacher of
+righteousness&mdash;Enoch, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, the great line of
+prophets&mdash;they were missionary preachers. In the beginning of
+Christianity, the great figure was the preacher&mdash;John the Baptist,
+the Apostles, our blessed Lord Himself. The salient feature in the
+New Testament may be said to be a succession of great missionary
+sermons which are expositions<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[Pg 77]</a></span> of the Gospel. In the history of the
+Christian Church the great figure has been the preacher. The Church
+of God is the body of Jesus Christ. As such she is the eye and ear,
+she is the hands and feet of the Lord, but especially she is the
+voice of the Lord. Doth not wisdom cry in all time? Did not the
+Spirit when sent forth lift the voice declaring the great Gospel
+message? And when the Church has had that possession of the Spirit,
+has it not been especially her inspiration to cry out with the Gospel
+message? The great figure in this Association work in the past has
+been the teacher. We have had a gifted line of men and women in this
+work, and to them all honor be given. It would be impossible for us
+to give them the honor which is their due; but in the future the
+great figure is to be the missionary preacher, the man who can reach
+masses of men with the Gospel message. We are lifting this race, and
+what has been true in the past will be true in the future.</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps I can not better exhibit this subject in the little space
+allowed me than in noticing some of the traits which should
+characterize the missionary preacher, and while the truth is general
+and applicable to all parties, I trust that we may be under the
+direction of the Spirit and take to heart these great traits we shall
+be looking for in the preacher of the future in the South.</p>
+
+<p>The missionary preacher is a man who, to be effective, should be a
+man of spiritual morality, a man of irreproachable character. I
+presume the colored man has been maligned in the South, as his
+character has so often been brought out among us. One of our
+enthusiastic teachers was asked, "How many Uncle Toms do you find in
+the South?" And she replied, "About as many as there are in the
+North." A truth was there that we ourselves may very well take.</p>
+
+<p>There are three ways in which the Gospel is published. One is in the
+book, one is by the voice, and the third by the life. The voice lies
+between the book and the life, and the life is the great publication
+of the message, and unless we have a voice of a man who is
+spiritually qualified by a holy life, we have not a competent Gospel
+preacher. In speaking of this matter of morality, we should have
+something more in view than natural morals&mdash;there is a spiritual
+morality. We want the higher. A man who has in himself the Spirit of
+God, produces this type of morality. We can not canvass this subject
+by the motives of worldliness. It takes two crosses to save the
+world&mdash;the cross of Christ and the cross of the believer. A
+ministerial brother said, in speaking of certain ones, that they had
+undergone a deplorable religious transformation, that at one time
+they held the Gospel of regeneration, but they had come to love the
+Gospel of recreation. Ah, what a transformation has come over too
+many of our churches and the community in loving this form of
+worldliness!</p>
+
+<p>It is a matter of great satisfaction that our schools in the South
+are doing such efficient work in this direction, as reports indicate,
+and as private information shows. I quite lately had information from
+General Armstrong touching this point of high morality that is
+developed in the school. The young men and young women, he said,
+compare well with the young men and young women in our Northern
+schools. This is a matter of great satisfaction, because the preacher
+of the future is to come out of these schools.</p>
+
+<p>The second essential in the missionary preacher, if he is to be
+successful, is a mind which is spiritually illuminated, a man who is
+intelligent in the truth. I presume the great characteristic of the
+old-time preacher in the South is his ignorance, and if we should
+select one point at which a change needs to take place, it is at this
+point of instruction. He needs to be intelligent.</p>
+
+<p>Now, to these things ought to be added training in all branches of
+knowledge, just as widely as possible, but we must fix our attention
+especially upon one<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[Pg 78]</a></span> source of knowledge, namely, the Word of God.
+The missionary preacher needs to be a man established in the
+Scriptures. John the Baptist grew in grace. Our blessed Lord Himself
+grew in grace. The man who is to be effective as a preacher in
+elevating the world is a man who grows in grace. What is grace? It is
+the undeserved favor of God exhibited in the plan of salvation for
+the redemption of man. And the first truths of that grace say simply,
+but how grandly, "grow in grace;" we are to be "ministers of grace;"
+to be "masters of grace." The minister in the South is to be a master
+of grace. Do you know how far it is away? It seems but a step, but
+oh, what a work when we begin to comprehend the great things of God!
+Do you know the height, depth and length of the great salvation of
+the love of God? Ezekiel tells us of the depth of the stream when he
+first came to it, that to his apprehension the water came up to his
+foot, but, as he advanced, it came to the ankle, and the knee and the
+loin, and then it was water to swim in, a river that could not be
+passed over. Oh, my brethren, we need to understand these great
+things of God, so that we may become masters of grace, for if we do
+not, the missionary preacher that comes up under our influence will
+not be thoroughly qualified for his duties.</p>
+
+<p>Then there is another quality; the missionary preacher, to be
+effective as a missionary, must be, not only a "shining," but like
+John also a "burning light." Then nothing shall be concealed. What
+does the Scripture say in that psalm? "There is nothing hid from the
+light?" No; "There is nothing hid from the heat thereof." We want a
+Gospel preacher among those people who has a Gospel heat from which
+nothing can be hid. How many things we can say of this fuel! We have
+spoken of the Word of God. The Word of God is the light, and it is
+the fuel for a fire. Our blessed Saviour when He was on the way to
+Emmaus with the Disciples enkindled their hearts, not by his personal
+presence; but when he opened the Scriptures, then they testified,
+"Did not our hearts burn within us?" That was what took place at
+Pentecost. The Holy Spirit did not bring the fuel that day, but they
+had been gathering it as they spoke of Christ, and as they came
+together to offer prayers, the Holy Spirit came, and the Word was a
+fire in their bones; then fire came and kindled them, and then came
+that wonderful effect.</p>
+
+<p>Sir James Herschel tells us in a little story, in fragments of his
+biography, how after his telescopes became famous they were
+distributed quite widely through Europe, and when he published his
+great discovery, he began to receive complaints. Men said to him, in
+angry letters, "We do not see what you see." In his response to them
+he said: "Perhaps you do not take the care in your observations that
+I do," and he spoke of one particular thing that is carefully noted.
+"Do you take care," he said, "of the matter of temperature? The
+instrument with which I examine the stars must be of the temperature
+of the stars as nearly as may be, and when I observe on a winter
+night I place my glass on the lawn at Greenwich, and let it stand
+there until the instrument comes to be of the temperature of the air.
+But beyond that," he said, "not only must my instrument be of the
+right temperature, but I must be. Oftentimes," he said, "I have been
+out in the winter air for two hours before I would open my glass,
+because I must come to be of the same temperature as the instrument
+itself." What a spiritual truth there is here! God's Word the
+instrument, and the temperature that of the heavens. But we must be
+of the temperature of that Bible and that heavens! Oh, for the heat
+of the Gospel to be in the minister of Christ wherever he stands, and
+then there will be nothing hid from its searching power.</p>
+
+<p>I think this subject is often presented in a way to confuse it. We
+speak of heat in a way not to comprehend precisely what we want; and
+let me touch upon the point which shows what I mean. When the Saviour
+was at the well with the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[Pg 79]</a></span> woman, it was the love in His heart from
+which she could not be hid. What a lesson Peter learned that day when
+our Saviour, in His great interview by the sea, asked him: "Lovest
+thou me?" and said, "Feed my sheep and my lambs." There was a lesson
+burned into his heart of the personal love of Christ.</p>
+
+<p>I heard Mr. Sankey sing last week "The Ninety and Nine," and he
+prefaced it by saying that the old hymn was worn out. I was sorry to
+hear him say that, but there was one accent he gave in singing which
+was very affecting. When one expostulates with the shepherd that he
+has ninety and nine with him, he cries out: "It is my sheep." I fancy
+when Peter came to Pentecost and saw those great crowds before him
+there was one element of preparation he needed, and the Saviour had
+taught him how to feed his sheep and feed his lambs, and it lived so
+in his heart that nothing could be hid from it.</p>
+
+<p>I am speaking too long on this matter. But it is a great subject.
+This Association has a glorious opportunity. There is no cause that
+comes to us that touches our inspiration and consecration like this
+society, and the opportunity is such as, in my judgment, the
+Christian Church never had.</p>
+
+<p>Now, we say this, we cannot do this work by any other form of service
+but by preaching the Gospel, with at least these elements in it I
+have mentioned. We speak of the hand work for Christ, but we want the
+net work for Christ. When I was in Japan, I saw all over the bay, in
+the night, little boats of fishermen. The men were in the boats two
+and two, one holding a torch. They were busily engaged the night
+through. I asked one, "Is this your mode of fishing?" and I was shown
+a great seine net that lay upon the shore, and I was told, "This is
+here especially for day fishing." When I stood before the young men
+in the school at Kioto I referred to this. I said "It seems to me in
+Japan you are doing the night fishing now; it is fishing in the night
+with a torch, but, young men, there is a morning coming when the
+great net is to be cast, your hands are to be upon it, and you are to
+have the privilege of a great cast for God." It has come this year,
+and those young men went out preachers of righteousness, clothed with
+power to reach the masses of men, and they have drawn in hundreds,
+and there is hope of the thousands, and that is what we want in this
+work, men who can go to those Southern fields, to those five millions
+of whom we have heard, and cast the great seine net of the Gospel;
+and they are coming.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THE SOUTH.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="smcap">Rev. Joseph E. Roy, D. D., Field Superintendent.</span><br />
+<span class="smcap">Prof. Albert Salisbury, Superintendent of Education.</span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.</div>
+
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 4, Sunday.&mdash;Assisted in organizing at the Tillotson Institute a
+church of twenty-one members. Lord's Supper. Prof. W. L. Gordon's two
+children baptized.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 5, Monday.&mdash;At Austin depot. Waited for train five hours to 8 <span class="smcap">p. m.</span></p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 6, Tuesday.&mdash;Arrived in San Antonio at 1 <span class="smcap">a. m.</span> Departed for
+Flatonia at 8 <span class="smcap">a. m.</span>, arriving at noon. Looked up the folks. Preached
+at night for Pastor T. E. Hillson, whose second child was baptized,
+as the first had been by the same hand at the dedication in Luling,
+his alternate church.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 7, Wednesday.&mdash;Up at 4 and off to Luling, arriving by daylight.
+Off then, by livery rig, 45 miles to Riddleville.</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[Pg 80]</a></span></p>
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 8, Thursday.&mdash;On to Helena, 15 miles. Ride out with freedman, 3
+miles, to our Colony Church. Lecture at night for Pastor Thompson.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 9, Friday.&mdash;Half a day of writing. Visited at another freedman's
+home, taking supper. Preached at night.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 10, Saturday.&mdash;Brother Thompson, with another colored man and
+myself, start for Corpus, 80 miles, reaching Goliad, 35 miles, at
+night. We are entertained at Pastor T. Benson's.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 11, Sunday.&mdash;In the morning, Sunday-school, preaching and
+communion. At night, preaching. Conferring all day, at the intervals,
+with "parties," being called upon even after retiring at night.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Jan.</span> 12, Monday.&mdash;Up and off before daylight, without breakfast. But
+Mrs. Benson has provided for us a grand lunch box that lasts us three
+for the two days through to Corpus. No place on the way, to put up;
+no chance to buy eatables. Our boss has planned to reach the half-way
+spot on the Popolota for camping. The day wears away, and it is 10
+o'clock before we come to the halting-place. For the last three hours
+Brother Thompson had led the way lantern in hand, splashing through
+the mud and water. We turn under a live oak, take out and feed the
+jaded horses, and eat our snack, and commit ourselves to the Heavenly
+Father, and at 11 o'clock turn in for the night, Brother Thompson on
+the ground, <i>under</i> the hack, and Brother Eding and I <i>in</i> the hack,
+doubled like a couple of jackknives into our four feet square of
+space, being all of a color. By our side the ponies through the night
+crunch their corn; and, by turn, we jump up to drive off the cows
+from stealing their hay. But we sleep, and snore, and rest some.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Tuesday</span>, Jan 13.&mdash;Up and off by daybreak. We camp for breakfast
+lunch. We camp for dinner lunch. As we consume the fragments, how we
+do bless Mrs. Benson. When, at her own table, we had praised her
+baking and cooking, she responded: "Oh, I learned that at Talladega
+College." Then I had to tell Dr. Strieby's story of the native
+preacher, who thanked him for the good wife who had been trained in
+one of the American Missionary Association schools, saying that he
+had gotten more than he had anticipated&mdash;a good cook and housekeeper.
+On, on we trudge through the heavy mud. Night has come, and we are
+yet seven miles from Corpus, and the cold, "wet norther" that has
+been drizzling upon us all day, as we had been fearing, has at last
+broken upon us. Again Brother Thompson is on the lead, with lantern
+in hand, through the slush, and he has walked more than half the way
+through the day. The black-waxy is heavy for the wheels, and slippery
+for the poor old freedman ponies that have no shoes. Pastor J. W.
+Strong, who for four years has manfully held this extreme
+southwestern outpost of Congregationalism, having learned of our
+approach from a dashing country rider, comes along in the dark, one
+mile out to meet us, in Oriental style. After our salaams, he gallops
+back to town to make the final arrangement for our entertainment. It
+is now 8.30 <span class="smcap">p. m.</span>, too late for the preaching; and, for once, the
+preacher is glad that the storm has kept the people away from the
+appointment. But the next night they make it up, and the preacher
+tries to make it up, too. When Mr. Thompson brought me down, six
+years ago, we came straight through by fording, belly-deep to the
+horses, across the reef, three miles long, that forms the nexus
+between the Nueces Bay and the Corpus Christi Bay. On either side was
+deep water or miring sand. Once, since that, he has had to <i>tote</i> his
+passengers out on his back. The reef has been washed out in spots.
+Lo! this time we go up around the head of the bay, ten miles farther.
+Brother Thompson claims that he can endure such jaunts without wear
+or much weariness, because he is so abstemious as not to drink tea or
+coffee nor to eat meat. And everybody knows him to be a true, pure
+and high-minded Christian minister<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span> who, though he has had but
+little schooling, has been so taught of God in the Word, that after
+these eleven years in the same parish, that at Helena, he is yet
+confided in there as an able pulpit teacher. In old times, his people
+were Presbyterians. Blood will tell; and doctrine, too.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[Pg 82]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 451px;">
+<img src="images/img089.jpg" width="451" height="628" alt="VIEWS IN TEXAS" title="" />
+<span class="caption">VIEWS IN TEXAS</span>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>WEEK OF PRAYER.</h3>
+
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Nashville, Tenn.</span>&mdash;The week of prayer was observed here this year as
+usual, a meeting being held each day. Notwithstanding the bad
+weather, the attendance was fair and the interest good, although not
+of a revival kind. Before that time special efforts had been made in
+connection with the labors of Rev. Mr. Field, the evangelist, and
+twenty-five professed conversions took place. A pleasant state of
+feeling in religion has existed since then. In the circumstances the
+order of subjects for prayer was closely observed, except that the
+subject of missions was postponed until Sunday evening, that being
+the regular time for our monthly missionary meeting. The occasion was
+one of unusual interest. The special subjects considered were the
+Congo territory, the Congo conference, the mission to Bih&eacute; and that
+to Umzila's kingdom. In the last mentioned mission we here have a
+peculiar interest, as two of our former students, Mr. and Mrs.
+Ousley, have been sent there as missionaries by the American Board.
+Both are graduates of our college course and Mr. Ousley has since
+studied theology at Oberlin. A letter from him, written at Cape Town,
+Africa, was read at our meeting. Since then one has been received
+from Mrs. Ousley, dated at Durban, Natal, which they had reached in
+safety and good health and spirits. They were about to sail the next
+day for Inhambane, their final destination. So as to locate them
+better we had at the meeting, on our board, a map of that station.
+Our society writes them once a month. They are very dear to us and we
+hope they will do much good in Africa. Mr. Ousley dedicated himself
+one Sunday in the summer of 1878 to that field of labor and has never
+swerved from his purpose. The last part of the meeting was devoted to
+a season of prayer for Secretary Pike in consideration of his serious
+illness.</p>
+
+<div class="right smcap">A. K. Spence.</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Memphis, Tenn.</span>&mdash;Our church, as formerly, observed the week of prayer,
+with, however, nothing of special note in the way of outward results.
+The stormy weather from the first until the middle of the week
+greatly hindered the attendance. There was, notwithstanding, for
+those who came, a blessed realization of spiritual benefit.</p>
+
+<p>There were no special meetings at the Le Moyne School, the teachers
+attending the night meetings at the church.</p>
+
+<p>We were quickened by the thought that even a few souls gathered in
+each of many places, make up a great company in supplication before
+God. The topics presented for each evening came to our minds with
+more than ordinary freshness and force, and the weight of all
+accumulated to the last. I trust that we were duly impressed with a
+sense of the obligation incurred by thus confessing to the truth and
+importance of those themes, and by coming with them to the Lord.
+Those members of church who, unhindered by other things, come to
+meeting in stormy weather are more clear in their testimony that it
+pays, in direct returns of spiritual strength and joy in the
+fellowship of Christ.</p>
+
+<p>The spirit of our meetings at the close was just such as warrants a
+continuance of effort, but the winter has been unusually cold and,
+unlike the custom North, it would be an extraordinary excitement
+which would secure a general interest and attendance now.</p>
+
+<div class="right smcap">B. A. Imes.</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[Pg 83]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Savannah, Ga.</span>&mdash;The week of prayer was a spiritual feast to those who
+attended the meetings, held each night in the Congregational Church,
+and the results still continue to appear. Topics assigned by the
+Alliance followed.</p>
+
+<p>To our church the week of prayer was largely a season of review, the
+whole cycle of blessings, needs and hopes passing in prayerful
+review. The meeting for thanksgiving, on Monday night, was a goodly
+remembrance of special blessings during the past year, and the
+exercises were chiefly supplications, experiences and rejoicings of
+those who one year ago had no Christian hope. By count, more than
+one-half of the persons present were, as one said, only "yearlings."
+The ready use of Bible promises at this meeting measured well the
+value of our special missionary's Bible work. Two mothers, each with
+her family about her, testified in word and deed that the one year of
+Christian life had created home forces and blessings of infinite
+worth. The time of confession and consecration lasted the whole week,
+and proofs of genuineness are not wanting. Said one: "The new year
+shall not be so dull as the old one." Another: "The new year I give
+<i>all</i> to my Master, Jesus." And kindred promises were frequent and
+fervent.</p>
+
+<p>Results of week of prayer: Church much encouraged and quickened, new
+consecration to work, one convert, a number of interested souls, but
+chiefly the quickened desire for growth of individuals in all that
+makes Christian character; and, more than all, the growth of
+missionary spirit shown in the earnest prayers for the conversion of
+the world to Christ.</p>
+
+<p>At the close of the "Missionary night" meeting, one of the oldest
+members of the Church called at the pastor's study and asked for the
+Missionary magazines, saying: "I am just beginning to hear God's call
+to missionary work, and I want to know more of what the A. M. A. is
+doing for our people, and to have my part in it." Seed <i>will</i> grow.</p>
+
+<div class="right smcap">Dana Sherrill.</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Santee Agency, Neb.</span>&mdash;We remembered the week of prayer by services in
+the chapel every evening, except on Thursday and Saturday, when we
+held the meetings in the afternoon for the convenience of our Indians
+who live at a distance from the Mission. The spirit of prayer rested
+upon all of our several school boarding halls, and we felt that the
+mercy seat had come near.</p>
+
+<p>The line of instruction in these meetings was concerning the Holy
+Spirit as enlightening the mind, convicting of sin, revealing Christ
+to the soul, and abiding with the believer.</p>
+
+<p>Our young men very generally took part in prayer. And their prayers
+showed a clear understanding of the truths spoken, and deep feeling
+with regard to their own needs and the wonderful revelation of the
+mercy of Christ. And they seemed to open their hearts to the ministry
+of the Spirit.</p>
+
+<p>The same spirit of tender prayerfulness and devotion to the Master
+was manifest among the girls, a number of them coming out as
+candidates for church membership and eagerly forming a class for the
+study of the Catechism.</p>
+
+<p>In the middle of these days of prayer, we were startled by the word
+that came from a brother missionary's family, the Rev. J. P.
+Williamson, at Yankton Agency, Dakota, that his children were all
+sick with scarlet fever, that one was dead and another dying. We took
+their burden on our hearts in prayer. And the merciful Father spared
+the one on the borders of death.</p>
+
+<p>By this I was called away from Santee for two days to attend the
+burial of the dear missionary child that was taken. But I found no
+interruption of interest when I returned. Thus, all in all, the
+experiences of this week have been very precious, and we believe that
+larger fruits of it are yet to appear.</p>
+
+<div class="right smcap">Alfred L. Riggs.</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[Pg 84]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>LETTER FROM A STUDENT.</h3>
+
+
+<div class="right">&mdash;&mdash;, Miss., January 18, 1885.</div>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Dear Professor</span>: As I only wrote you a few days ago, you will no doubt
+be surprised somewhat to receive this letter so soon after. But it is
+on a matter of great importance that I write you. I think I told you
+in my letter previous to this that I found no Sabbath-school here,
+and that I had formed a little class among my day pupils.</p>
+
+<p>This is my second Sabbath here, and we met this morning in our little
+schoolroom for the first time. How happy it made me feel to meet with
+such a pleasant little band of children, all eager to talk and learn
+of Jesus. But I was greatly pained to find that the teachers who
+recently taught here failed to have Sabbath-school. I inquired of
+those present this morning how long since they had Sabbath school
+here, and was informed, "three years." I then asked what the teachers
+did who previously taught free school here; the answer which came
+from many was, "They visited on Sundays." I don't see how they could
+content themselves at doing nothing in a place like this, when there
+is so much work to do. I have not in all my experience of school
+teaching found a place so pitifully neglected and needful as this.
+What I want to say, Professor, is this: We have no Sabbath-school
+literature of any kind.</p>
+
+<p>Have you anything that you could send me, Professor, for my little
+Sabbath-school? If so, please send it at my expense. I shall be glad
+to get anything that I could interest them with; I mean to have them
+come to my room Sunday afternoons, that I may read to them and talk
+with those who are not Christians, and perhaps you can find something
+that would be good for that purpose. We shall be glad of anything.
+There is so much work here, and I shall be so glad if I can do any
+good. Now, Professor, if you can find <span class="smcap">anything</span> to send us, do send it
+at once. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain your pupil and
+friend,</p>
+
+<div class="right">&mdash;&mdash; &mdash;&mdash;.</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THE CHINESE.</h3>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">BY REV. W. C. POND.</div>
+
+
+<p>Our brother Lou Quong, for several years the Chinese Helper in our
+West School in this city, has recently returned from a visit to his
+native land. I was so greatly interested in his account of his
+experience as a Christian, thrown back into the heathen associations
+of his childhood, that I asked him to write it out for me, and I give
+it to the readers of <span class="smcap">The Missionary</span> with only a few corrections of
+his English,&mdash;respecting which, during his absence, he has lost some
+ground:</p>
+
+<p>"I came to California in 1876, and lived in the city of San
+Francisco. In the day-time I worked in a family, but in the evenings
+I attended the Mission school. In 1877, I became a poor Christian
+among our countrymen here. The schools were cared for by all the good
+Christian friends that are in this free country, and even by some
+from England and other nations. They were looked after by Rev. W. C.
+Pond, pastor of Bethany Church&mdash;the same church that all our Chinese
+brethren go to, to take the Lord's Supper, once in two months.</p>
+
+<p>Last September I paid a visit to my home&mdash;the home that I had left
+for so long a time. But before I go I make up my mind to stand up for
+Jesus, who has<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[Pg 85]</a></span> kindly given His life for my soul. At first my heart
+was some troubled about going back to my heathen country, but I pray,
+and kept praying that Jesus would go with me. So He heard my humble
+prayers. He was going before me, and made everything smooth for me. I
+got home Oct. 9th, at noon. In a few moments there came all the
+people of my village, both young and old, women and men, asking me
+about California. I answered them the best I could. Some of them try
+to get a look on my head at first, to see if my hair is all right,
+for they believed Christian Chinese have their queue cut off, and
+belong to California. He is no more Chinaman. For this cause they
+trouble me many days.</p>
+
+<p>I met Rev. C. R. Hager at Hong Kong, when first I got there. We fell
+to talking of the Mission work among our people.</p>
+
+<p>When I was at home, as soon as my father worshiped the ancestors or
+the idols, he sent one of my little sisters to call me to join the
+worship; but my mother, who has a better spirit, told my father that
+I would not worship them any more, "for (as she said) he have told me
+that he did thank God <i>in his heart</i>, and that he love us the same."
+Thus, my mother stopped the calling for the worshiping of the
+ancestors ever since. I thank God for this first.</p>
+
+<p>During the time I was at home there were seven or eight brethren
+called at my house and did shake hands with me. Some of them I knew
+in California, but the rest I knew not and never saw them before; yet
+they could find their fellow-brethren in Christ, and came from far
+to do so. Some of them are Bible-sellers; some are preachers. They
+show their brotherly love and Christian faith by bringing candy and
+oranges for my sisters. And my father was also glad to see them, each
+time they call. Some of them did take dinner with us in our family.
+Rev. Mr. Jones also call, and he preached to the people in my
+village. He can use the chop-sticks, and did eat our food. In the
+evening, with the moon shining, and in the day-time he asked me to
+take him to the market-place, to tell the people the same thing in
+Chinese as we preached here in California. He was astonished that the
+people treated him so well, and did not say a bad word to him about
+it.</p>
+
+<p>Now comes the hardest thing for a Chinese Christian to bear; that is,
+the marriage day. I was married on March 28, 1884. I had been engaged
+by my parents when I was fourteen years old to a girl who was only
+nine, and lived four miles away. When she come to our house to live
+with us, then she begin to ask me why I did not worship the ancestors
+with her on the marriage day; and I begin with my lesson to her in
+simple things, telling her why I don't worship those things any more.
+When I make a prayer to God before I go to bed she laugh at me
+because I pray to nothing&mdash;no God that I can <i>see</i>. But I told her
+that she must bow her head too when I pray, and must keep still. So,
+after this, she pay more attention to what I tell her about this
+great God that I have found in California.</p>
+
+<p>Once she ask me why I don't take Mr. Ying's example, and do just like
+he do to please all men. For Mr. Ying was living in the same house
+with us, and had come back from California at the same time with me;
+and though he had been in our Mission schools for two or three years,
+yet he will not take Jesus as his Lord. So when he got back to China,
+he do things just as free as any heathen. So I ask her: "Well,
+suppose a man who served his ancestors, and all the dead and all the
+idols with all his heart; yet he would not take care of himself and
+go about smoking opium, gambling, throwing away his money in
+foolishness, and leaving his whole family uncared for. Now, how do
+you like that?" Then she said, without delay, "I will not like such a
+man. I rather take a man that is called a Christian, and have him do
+good, than to have him serve ancestors and gods and do bad things."
+Though she was a heathen, yet I think she see a little<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[Pg 86]</a></span> light now. I
+left home to come here again, Oct. 29, but I still pray God to keep
+her on the right way; and may she become a Christian woman by the
+Lord's power alone! Thus the Lord blessed me. May He bless all the
+workers in His vineyard."</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 439px;">
+<img src="images/img094.jpg" width="439" height="399" alt="Bride and Bridegroom Worshiping Tablets of Deceased
+Ancestors." title="" />
+<span class="caption">Bride and Bridegroom Worshiping Tablets of Deceased
+Ancestors.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>I have exceedingly interesting accounts from the new fields: Alturas,
+Modoc Co.; Tulare, Tulare Co., and San Diego. In Sacramento where
+Rev. Mr. Jones is engaged in special services, we hear of crowds
+gathering about him in the street when he speaks there, and following
+him into the mission house till it is completely packed. We hear also
+that some hearts seem to have been touched; and that the hope is
+cherished that some who were far off have been brought nigh. Space
+fails me to go into details; but I bespeak the earnest prayers of all
+who love this cause and love our Lord, that this evangelistic work
+may yield us the glad harvests for which we have been wrestling with
+God.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p>We are glad to notice that the ladies of Connecticut have recently
+organized a State Missionary Society to co-operate with the leading
+benevolent societies for work in our own country. Nothing in these
+days can be accomplished without organization. What is everybody's
+business is nobody's business, and causes whose support is left to
+those who merely<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[Pg 87]</a></span> happen to have an interest in them are very likely
+to be neglected. We wish that in every State of the Union, ladies'
+domestic missionary societies might be organized. The great work
+which our Association is called upon to perform among women needs to
+be specially brought to the attention of the Christian ladies in our
+churches. This information can only be effectually disseminated
+through organized and systematic effort. We are prepared to furnish
+interesting missionary material to all who will ask for it. We invite
+correspondence with missionary societies, promising to give careful
+attention to any inquiries they may make. With gratitude do we record
+the fact that the interest in the woman's department of the American
+Missionary Association's work is steadily enlarging.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>LETTER FROM A LADY MISSIONARY.</h3>
+
+
+<div class="right smcap">&mdash;&mdash;, Ga., January, 1885.</div>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Dear Friends</span>: As I take my pen to write my mind goes back to the
+general letter that I wrote. Can I tell you of any improvement among
+those with whom we have to do, since that time? Watching the progress
+of our school from day to day the upward tendency seems slow, but
+looking back a year a marked improvement can be seen. While they
+learn readily they remember well, and the homes of those who come in
+contact with our church and school are different. Last Saturday was
+the coldest day of the winter, but Miss Robertson and I, according to
+a previous appointment went to the Dunwoody settlement to hold a
+woman's meeting. I think I wrote you about a similar meeting one year
+ago; this is the third one that I have held, and the meetings have
+gained in interest. In that settlement, before they commence
+planting, the people have a fast day; they neither eat, wash their
+faces nor perform any ordinary duties from one sunset to the next.
+They pray in their homes and unitedly for God's blessing upon the
+labor of their hands. It reminds me of the way fast days used to be
+kept in the early history of New England. I am inclined to think they
+caught the idea from the people who came from New England here. I do
+not know that such a custom is observed except in this settlement. I
+asked the women if a blessing followed their prayers? They answered
+decidedly, "Yes," and said that while the people all about them had
+suffered for the necessities of life, in that settlement they had
+never since freedom bought corn, rice or potatoes, but had raised
+sufficient for their needs. In their simplicity they take God at His
+word, "Ask and ye shall receive."</p>
+
+<p>Last Sabbath another couple entered upon the "<i>matrimonial sea</i>,"
+this time young people. The gorgeous attire of the wedding party can
+be better imagined than described. We see few tokens of love and
+affection among this people. In the Sunday-school lesson of last
+Sabbath the questions and remarks of our pupils led us to think that
+it was almost a missing link in their lives; it seemed impossible for
+them to understand why the people should fall on Paul's neck and kiss
+him; it is a rare sight to see a kiss exchanged among them.</p>
+
+<p>Yesterday, after school, the parson went with me over the swamps to
+the homes of some of our scholars. We passed through several ditches,
+where the water was up to the hubs of the buggy wheels; there was a
+log for a foot-path over these places. It was very muddy all along
+the way, and yet these children are seldom absent from school.
+To-day, the clouds are heavy and dark, and the rain has come down<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[Pg 88]</a></span> in
+torrents, yet many have come into school from these long distances,
+to our surprise, one boy having the promise of being promoted into
+the second reader came at least six miles, bringing a chicken and six
+eggs to pay for his book; when he arrived he was wet to his skin.
+Two-thirds of our school were present to-day. I realize as never
+before the effort these children are making for themselves. Oh! I
+remember how freely money was given and the young men from our homes
+that freedom might be obtained for this people; then the women must
+wait and pray at home, but now the way is open for women to teach the
+young of this vast race that the future may not disclose a nation
+within a nation, hostile to the good and true of a Christian people.
+Shall there not be volunteers among our New England girls, who shall
+say: "Here am I. Send me" to the work?</p>
+
+<div>
+<span style="margin-left: 4em;">Very cordially yours,</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 27em;">E. P.</span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<p>Some of our hard-worked sisters at the North may wish to enter the
+service of the A. M. A., that they may get a little rest and find
+time for literary culture. We commend to such a careful perusal of
+the following report.</p>
+
+<div class="center"><span class="smcap">monthly report by miss h.</span></div>
+
+<p>Days taught during the month, 25; Hours taught, 150; Scholars
+classified, 73; Tuition collected, $54.75; School books sold, 111;
+Book money, $24.00; School programmes, 10; Slates corrected, 1,250;
+Arithmetical examples (oral), 325; Words written on the blackboard,
+225; Spelling words (oral), 450; Reading lessons, 50; Golden Texts,
+4; New song taught, 1; Five-minute talks, 10; Conducted chapel
+exercises, 4; Conducted home devotions, 5; Tuesday evening public
+talk, 1; Interviewed mothers of refractory scholars, 5; Notes to
+parents, 10; Postal cards (absent scholars), 20; Written examination,
+1; Choir meetings, 4; Whipped scholar, 1; Attended woman's prayer
+meeting, 4; Church services, 20.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>CHILDREN'S PAGE.</h3>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>VIC'S LILIES.</h3>
+
+
+<p>School was dismissed, and the boys and girls came rushing out with
+merry shouts and laughter. The voices had a musical ring and the
+intonation peculiar to uncultivated colored lads and lassies. They
+were a comely, thrifty-looking set, and the instinctive hopefulness
+of their race looked from the bright eyes and shone in the cheery
+faces. Life had gone hard with some, but had failed to quench their
+faith in the good time yet to come.</p>
+
+<p>As they neared the corner of the street and came in sight of a large,
+handsome white house, a girl's voice called, "Hush! hush!"</p>
+
+<p>"Lor', now, Vic!" her brother Phil remonstrated, "what nonsense!" But
+in spite of the remonstrance every voice took a lower tone, and the
+house was passed almost in silence. The blinds of the house were
+closed, and from the door-knob hung the black-and-white token of
+mourning. Vic was saying, "Yes, sick jest two days; taken Sunday and
+died this morning. When I tol' teacher, she said, 'Death loves a
+shining mark.'"</p>
+
+<p>"I'm awful sorry," said Nan; "he was a mighty peart little 'un, and
+he al'ays looked up and smiled when we passed. But if I'd knowed he
+was really<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[Pg 89]</a></span> goin', I'd sent a message to sister Fan. Don't you think
+she'd like to know about the Christmas tree, Vic?"</p>
+
+<p>"You're a green un," said Phil. "You don't s'pose that little pink
+and white chap has gone to our heaven, do you? He'll see Fan a heap
+sight! She's off in a little cubby-hole with all the rest of the
+darkies. All the first-class 'commodations b'longs to the white
+peoples, ye know."</p>
+
+<p>"Hush, Phil," said Vic; "you shan't stuff Nan so. Everything will be
+all right, honey, when we gets up dere. Shouldn't be s'prised if Fan
+knew all 'bout the tree. And p'rhaps the good Lord will let her help
+take care of the little fellow till his po' mother comes. Ole Dinah
+says she's awfully cut up&mdash;his mother, you know. You see they're
+strangers here, came for the mammy's health; and Frankie, he was the
+only chile. 'Pears like I want to comfort the po' mammy. My lily has
+three blossoms. I mean to take them all to her."</p>
+
+<p>"'Pears like you'd better min' your own business. She may be a dog-on
+white lady, if she do come from the Norf. Like as not she'd turn up
+her nose at your lilies. I'll 'low the little un was a brick, but
+you'd better let his mother 'lone." This was Phil's advice.</p>
+
+<p>But although Victoria Porter had a black skin, she had a tender,
+loving heart, and she had pored over the Christ-life until she had
+unconsciously imbibed its spirit. She was always yearning to comfort
+some one. Later in the day she stood at the door of the white
+mansion, holding her precious lilies. "They're for his mother," she
+said to Dinah. "Tell her we chil'ens loved Frankie, and we're all
+mighty sorry."</p>
+
+<p>It was a simple message and a simple offering, and the giver was a
+poor little black girl; but behind the gift was sincerity and love,
+and the heart of the poor, sorrowing mother was touched and
+comforted.</p>
+
+<p>And Vic's lilies had a mission of which she knew not. They preached a
+lovely sermon on the high privilege and duty of comforting others. We
+may be poor, and very humble may be our station in life; but if we
+try, we may make life brighter and sweeter to someone. What a glad
+surprise it will be to Vic when the Saviour honors her many kind acts
+by the words&mdash;"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
+these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."</p>
+
+<div class="right">E. E. B.</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1885.</h3>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MAINE">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2">MAINE, $714.22.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. "Friends"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$9.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bangor. "Little Women" and "Busy Bees" of Bangor, and Ladies of
+Hampden, Bbl. of Christmas Presents, <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., 32.50; Winter St. Ch., 47.15</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">79.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brunswick. 2 Bbls. and 1 Box of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Centre Lebanon. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Stephen A. Cordwell</span> and <span class="smcap">Peter
+W. Files, L. M's</span></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">68.31</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elliot. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ellsworth. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">34.47</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Farmington. Rev. C. E. Pope's S. S. Class, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gardiner. Bbl. of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i>, 3.20 <i>for Freight</i>, by Miss
+S. E. Adams</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gorham. Bbl. of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i>, 2 <i>for Freight</i>, by Miss M.
+E. Smith</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Limington. "A. B."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Castle. Mrs. Chas. D. Crane, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Castle. Mrs. C. D. Crane, <i>for Selma, Ala.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Bridgeton. By Miss Proctor's Sch., <i>for Student Aid,
+Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and Daughters</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Orono. Bbl. and Box of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Portland. High Street Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">90.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Portland. Brown Thurston's Class, High St. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student
+Aid, Hamilton N. &amp; A. Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Portland. Miss A. Partridge, Bbl. of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>, 59c.
+<i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.59</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Searsport. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Searsport. 2 Bbls of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i>, 4 <i>for freight</i>, by Mrs.
+C. T. Hawes</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">South Berwick. Mrs. <span class="smcap">Matilda Burleigh</span> to const. herself L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Union. Bbl. of C., <i>for Selma, Ala.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woolwich. Mrs. E. M. Gardner.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[Pg 90]</a></span><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$474.22</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="medium">LEGACY.</span></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Castine. Estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, by Rev. Geo. M. Adams, Ex.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$240.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$714.22</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NEW HAMPSHIRE">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.21.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.24</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Antrim. "Friends" by John E. Hastings</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">26.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Candia. Frank E. Page</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Concord. South Ch. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.99</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Derry. Woman's Miss'y Soc. (one share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Alstead. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.63</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i>;
+Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. <i>for Talladega C.</i>, 1 <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Exeter. Mary E. Shute</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Exeter. Miss A. E. McIntire, Bbl. of C. <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>,
+50c. <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.28</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Francestown. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch. (one share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. Gerry</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hollis. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hudson. Bbl. of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Keene. First. Cong. Sab Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">70.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">46.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lebanon. Cong. Soc., <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lisbon. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lyme. Cong. Ch., to const. Dea. <span class="smcap">W. S. Balch L. M.</span></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Franklin St. Church</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">70.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mason. Box of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i>; 1.60 <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Milford. "Willing Workers," <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.96</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nashua. Bbl. of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Ipswich. Leavitt Lincoln</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newport. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">42.52</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Penacook. <span class="smcap">Jeremiah C. Martin</span>, to const. himself L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.03; Rev. Geo. Goodyear, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">33.03</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.41</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;VERMONT">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />VERMONT, $678.67.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Barnet. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">72.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bennington. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Dea. <span class="smcap">G. A. Wattles</span>, <span class="smcap">Henry G.
+Root</span> and Miss <span class="smcap">E. M. Hubbard</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">53.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bennington Centre. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cambridge. Madison Safford</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.62</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.06</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ludlow. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marshfield. Lyman Clark</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Montpelier. Mrs. L. C. Bowen</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. "P. M."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Ladies' Aid Soc., 2 Bbls. C., <i>for Oaks, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.36</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Albans. Henry E. Seymour</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch., 54.72; "A Colored Man," 2</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">56.72</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Springfield. Mrs. F. Parks</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stowe. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Part share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Randolph. Miss B. Nichols</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.69</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Randolph. Susan E. Albin</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Randolph. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Woman's Work</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williston. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woodstock. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">19.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">By Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i>; Johnson, Sab. Sch.,
+$13.67; Chelsea, Ladies' Soc., $10; Pittsford, Cong. Sab. Sch., 20;
+Montpelier, Ladies, $10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">53.67</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MASSACHUSETTS">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MASSACHUSETTS, $5,202.67.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Amherst. William M. Graves, 20; "A Friend," 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Amherst. Young People of Cong Ch., 10; Mrs. T. P. Huntington, 2,
+<i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. Free Christian Ch. and Soc., 80.82; "A Friend," 30</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">110.82</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. Ladies' Union H. M. Soc. (70 of which <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">72.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. Mrs. Blake, <i>for Fort Sully, Dak.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Andover. West Parish Juv. Miss'y Soc. (One share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const. <span class="smcap">Clifton E.
+Stowe</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ashland. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.56</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 279.14; Rev. <span class="smcap">Morton Dexter</span>, 40,
+to const. himself L. M.; Mrs. E. C. Parkhurst, 20; Mrs. M. B. Adams
+(one share), 20; Miss Harriet N. Kirk, 15; "Mrs. W.," 1.&mdash;Brighton.
+Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50.&mdash;Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc.,
+88.48.&mdash;Cambridge. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i>,
+6.25.&mdash;Cambridge. "A Friend," 4.&mdash;Cambridgeport. Prospect Ch. and
+Soc., 87.55.&mdash;Cambridgeport. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Pilgrim Ch. to
+const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">E. D. Leavitt</span> L. M., 30.&mdash;Dorchester. Young People's
+Mission Circle of Second Ch., by Edith L. Mansfield, Treas., 40, <i>for
+Two shares</i>, and 8 <i>for Student Aid, Wilmington, N. C.</i>&mdash;Dorchester.
+Mrs. Wm. Wales, 6.&mdash;South Boston. Phillips Ch. and Soc., 68.29</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">763.71</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bedford. "M. E. R."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Braintree. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">22.53</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brimfield. Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Miner H. Corbin</span>
+L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">37.77</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Chattanooga, Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">31.12</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Charlton. Cong. Ch., 12.26 and Sab., Sch., 1.64</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, <i>for Missionary,
+Chattanooga, Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">60.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc., 21.24; Miss E. Davenport, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">26.24</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicopee Falls. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">Julia M. Dakin</span> L.
+M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. Mrs. R. N. Ingalls, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. By Marion E. McPhail, Treas., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega
+C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. Miss'y Soc., <i>for Talladega C.</i>, <i>freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.40</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Clinton. 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for Kittrell, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cotuit. Union Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Curtisville. Frances M. Clarke</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i>; 2
+<i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. Miss <span class="smcap">Nelly M. Kemp</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">41.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[Pg 91]</a></span><div class="sub1">Easthampton. &mdash;&mdash;, <i>for Reading R., Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">East Weymouth. Cong. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Edgartown. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 80.70; Third Cong. Ch., 10.20</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">90.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Falmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Framingham. Plym. Ch. and Soc., 48.86; and Sab. Sch., 13.19; Mrs. S.
+N. Brewer, 10; "G. N.," 5; "A Friend," 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">87.05</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gardner. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">19.31</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Globe Village. Union Ch. Sab Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. And Soc., 98; Mrs. Nancy E. Brooks, 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">108.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Bal. Share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grafton. Bbl. of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. <span class="smcap">Chester Kellogg</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., 12.37; and Sab. Sch., 9.48</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.85</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hardwick. E. B. Foster</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., Dea. <span class="smcap">Ebenezer Webster's</span> Class, to
+const. him L. M., 30; Mrs. Appleton's Class, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i>, 5; Perry Elliott's Class, 3.41</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">38.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Holliston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.37</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.69</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">176.95</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lee. Elizur Smith</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Leeds. E. L. Clark</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lenox. F. Augustus Schemerborn, 25; Richard Goodman, 15; Henry
+Sedgewick, 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (2 of which <i>for Indian M.</i>), to const.
+Rev. <span class="smcap">C. A. Dickinson</span> and Mrs. <span class="smcap">C. A. Dickinson</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">41.62</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lowell. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Malden. "Two Friends," 2; "A Friend," 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Maplewood. Bbl. of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marlborough. Young People's Mission Circle of Union Ch., <i>for
+Tillotson C. &amp; N. Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Matfield. Mrs. W. S. E. Shaw, Box of C., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i>; 5 <i>for
+Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Merrimac. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Methuen. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Middlefield. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Milford. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for
+Talladega C.</i>; 2.50 <i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">58.45</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., 12.36; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 20, <i>for
+Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">32.36</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Straight U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Needham. Evan. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Bedford. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">123.85</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton. "A Friend," <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of C., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">94.26</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Billerica. Mrs. E. R. Gould, <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const. <span class="smcap">William
+Wright</span> and <span class="smcap">Luther K. Snell</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Brookfield. Mrs. W. H. Montague, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Hadley. Mt. Holyoke Sem., Miss L. W. Shattuck, 5; Miss Anna C.
+Edwards, 5, <i>for Student Aid, Straight U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">Davis Gregory</span> and
+<span class="smcap">Edwin Freeman</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">71.31</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oxford. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.33</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, <i>for Kittrell, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pepperell. 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for Dudley, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.59</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pittsfield. James H. Dunham, 50; First Cong. Ch., 25; Second Cong.
+Sab. Sch., 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">80.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.64</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">75.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Royalston. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Royalston. Mrs. H. M. Estabrook</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">86.28</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Somerville. E. Stone, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Somerville. "M"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>; 3.05
+<i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.05</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">South Wellfleet. "A Life Member"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">South Weymouth. Sec. Cong. Ch., Miss Grover's S. S. Class, <i>for
+Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega
+C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.01</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Springfield First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 20; "Friends" 5.60, <i>for
+Oaks, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">48.96</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">23.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.39</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sunderland. "The Acorns," <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.73</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">53.39</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Walpole. Or. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 43; Mrs. C. F. Metcalf, 1; Miss L.
+J. Gould, 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Walpole. Mr. Johnson, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Mrs. M. Fuller, <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Mrs. J. Q. A. Pierce</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wayland. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Kittrell, N. C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.46</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">74.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.78</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.54</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Dennis. Mrs. Sarah S. Crowell</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westfield. Miss E. B. Dickinson, 50.10; Mrs. C. W. Fowler, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">55.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westfield. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Second Ch., Bbl. of C., val. 66,
+<i>for Straight U.</i>; 1.65 <i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Newbury. J. C. Carr</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Springfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5.20 of which <i>for Hampton N and
+A. Inst.</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">95.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winchester. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">55.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[Pg 92]</a></span>
+<div class="sub1">Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">75.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woburn. William Temple</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., 209.16; Piedmont Ch. (ad'l), 50.77;
+Rev. C. M. Lamson, 5; "A Friend," 2 Dictionaries (Greek and Latin)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">264.93</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Collected by Mrs. C. M. Lamson, of Salem St. Ch., <i>for
+Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. "A Friend," <i>for Kindergarten, Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, by Mrs. H. B. Merriman (one share)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Mrs. H. L. Stearns' S. S. Class, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "Mount Holyoke," <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n: Springfield, First,
+26.96; South, 81.81; Blandford, 6; Palmer, Second, 50; Mittineague,
+28</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">192.77</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$5,198.63</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="medium">LEGACY.</span></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by Wm. W. Wyman, Ex.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$5,202.67</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"><span class="smcap">Clothing, Etc., Received at Boston Office</span>: <span class="smcap">New Hampshire</span>, Keene
+Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., 1 Bbl., <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i>;
+Walpole, Ladies of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. <i>for Dakota Home</i>.
+<span class="smcap">Massachusetts</span>, Dorchester, Mrs. James Foster, "The Family Library,"
+etc.; Mrs. R. L. Prouty, Pkg. "Congregationalists"; Fitchburg,
+Herbert H. Dole, Pkg. "Youth's Companion"; Harvard, Woman's Benev.
+Soc. of Ev. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>, val. 35;
+Lawrence, Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Lawrence St. Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 75,
+<i>for Talladega C.</i>; Templeton, Elizabeth C. D. Shattuck, Bundle, val.
+(in part) 3.16, <i>for Chattanooga, Tenn.</i>; Revere, Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls.,
+<i>for Chattanooga, Tenn.</i>; Watertown, Ladies of Phillips Ch., 1 Bbl.
+<span class="smcap">Rhode Island</span>, Westerly, Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., <i>for Savannah, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;RHODE ISLAND">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />RHODE ISLAND, $1,684.77.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Barrington. Cong. Ch. (ad'l)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.40</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Central Falls. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">65.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newport. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">77.14</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Providence. Union Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">785.23</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Seekonk and East Providence. Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Robert R. Pearse</span>
+and <span class="smcap">Albert M. Finnamore</span> L. M's</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">60.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$1,064.77</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="medium">LEGACY.</span></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Providence. Estate of Anthony B. Arnold, by John H. Cheever and Wm.
+Knight, Exrs.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">620.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$1,684.77</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;CONNECTICUT">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />CONNECTICUT, $4,766.91.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bethel. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">107.08</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bethel. "Willing Workers," <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Black Rock. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.54</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Branford. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.13</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bridgeport. Children of North Ch. Infant Class, <i>for Cal. Chinese
+M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bridgeport. Miss Wood, Box Books, etc., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.63</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Canterbury. Westminster Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.07</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.84</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cromwell. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">78.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Danielsonville. Case of C., <i>for Tougaloo, Miss.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fair Haven. Miss H. L. Rice, <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">57.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Straight U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">32.94</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hadlyme. Joseph W. Hungerford</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. (5 of which <i>for Indian M.</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">281.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Second Ch. of Christ, 150; Gilbert G. Mosely, 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">160.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Jewett City. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kensington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">26.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. Williams</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ledyard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">24.78</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lyme. First Ecc. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">34.47</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Middletown. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Milton. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Montville. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mount Carmel. W. W. Woodruff, <i>for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">80.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Britain. South Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">198.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. Adams, <i>for Student Aid,
+Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50.; College St. Cong. Ch., 36.65, and Sab.
+Sch., 11; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, 30, to const. Miss <span class="smcap">Lucie J. Harrison
+L. M.</span></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">127.66</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of United Ch., <i>for Dakota
+Home, Santee Agency</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Haven. L. M. Law, 25; Miss Julia Leek, 1, <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">26.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newington. Miss Agnes Belden, Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New London. Second Cong. Ch., 595.24; "A Friend," 1.50</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">596.74</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Newtown. Cong. Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northford. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.08</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 217.10; Miss Sarah M. Lee, 25</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">242.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Norwichtown. "First Ch."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Orange. Cong. Ch., <i>for Tillotson C. &amp; N. Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plainville. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">55.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rockville. J. Edwards Banta, Box papers, etc., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i>, 1,
+<i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salisbury, Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">52.70</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">South Britain. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Staffordville. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Talcottville. Sarah T. Avery</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">29.66</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Thompsonville. D. Pease</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tolland. Mrs. Lucy L. Clough, 50, <i>for Indian M.</i>, 25 <i>for Chinese
+M.</i> and 25 <i>for Freedmen</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Torrington. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Cask of C., etc., <i>for
+Talladega C.</i>, 4, <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wallingford. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.33</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wapping. Cong Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">196.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Hartford. A. Chappell, 10; Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 8.02</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.02</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilton. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">66.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Windsor Locks. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Dormitory, Tillotson C. &amp; N.
+Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">195.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Winsted. Elias E. Gilman, 10; Mrs. Emily W. Case, 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[Pg 93]</a></span><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$3,739.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="medium">LEGACY.</span></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ellington. Estate of Maria Pitkin, by Edwin Talcott, Ex.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$1,027.87</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$4,766.91</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NEW YORK">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NEW YORK, $2,739.93.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Baldwinsville. Howard Carter</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Binghamton. Sheldon Warner</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch., 531; Plymouth Ch., 464.51; South
+Cong. Ch., 50; Ch. of the Covenant Sab. Sch., bal. to const. Mrs.
+<span class="smcap">Juliette H. Mackay</span> L. M., 20; Mrs. M. L. Hollis, 2; Rev. E. P.
+Thwing, Pkg. Books</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,067.51</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Santee Agency</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">37.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Canastota. E. B. Northrup</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">28.53</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ellington. Mrs. H. B. Rice, 10; Mrs. E. Rice, 4; A. C. Rice, 2</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Flushing. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i>; Miss
+C. T. Gilman, 2.30, <i>for freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.84, and Sab. Sch., 6.25</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">37.09</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Groton. Cong. Ch., 18.08; Mrs. Kesia Bostwick, 7.; Dr. Clark
+Chapman, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.08</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Himrods. Mrs. G. L. Ayres, <i>for Woman's Work</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Homer. Sab. Sch. Class, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Keeseville. Enos Barnes</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lockport. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.06</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lockport. Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Middlesex. Lester Adams</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Morristown. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New York. S. T. Gordon (of which 100 <i>for Little Rock, Ark.</i>; 100
+<i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i>; 100 <i>for Tougaloo, Miss.</i>; and 100 <i>for
+Tillotson C. &amp; N. Inst.</i>), 500</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New York. Roswell Smith, 250; By "Aunt Patience," 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">251.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New York. The Century Co., 50 cop. "Songs of the Church" (second
+hand), <i>for Marion, Ala.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Walton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Owasco. Mrs. A Stewart</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oswego. Primary Pub. Sch., Box Books <i>for Oaks, N. C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Port Richmond. Captain Stephen Squier</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salamanca. Rev. Wm. C. Scofield</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saratoga. Cong. Ch., Ladies Soc., Bbl. of C., <i>for Talladega, C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sinclairville. E. Williams</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Syracuse. &mdash;&mdash; </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Syracuse. Mrs. Caroline B. Curtis, Box Papers, etc., <i>for Macon,
+Ga.</i>; 1.70 <i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.70</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">35.67</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Warsaw. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.34</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Waterville. Mrs. Winchel, 5; Mrs. J. Candee, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Westmoreland. Miss C. M. Miller</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">West Salamanca. "A Friend"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">419.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NEW JERSEY">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NEW JERSEY, $26.73.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Jersey City. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.73</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Montclair. Mrs. J. F. Pratt's Sab. Sch. Class, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Perth Amboy. Friday Afternoon Class, by Miss E. W. Martin, Bdl. S.
+S. Papers</div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Raritan. Miss S. Provost, Case of Books and Papers</div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "Heart's Content"</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend," <i>for Santee Agency, Neb.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;PENNSYLVANIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />PENNSYLVANIA, $50.50.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Guy's Mills. Cong. Ch., 18.50; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5; Children's
+Miss'y Soc., 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">28.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kingston. Welsh Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Philadelphia. Sarah Furber</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sewickley. "E. H. T.," <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stony Creek. Charles E. Webster</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;OHIO">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />OHIO, $544.11.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.28</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cleveland. Mrs. A. Scott (<i>one share</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cleveland. Franklin Av. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Cincinnati. Geo. S. Gray, 18 Anthem Books, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Delaware. Wm. Bevan</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenwich. Anna M. Mead</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Geneva. "H. A. W."</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kingsville. Myron Whiting</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">250.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">North Benton. Mrs. M. J. Hartzell</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. First. Cong. Ch., 87.88; E. P. Barrows, 10; Mrs. C. C.
+Wheat, 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">98.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., <i>15 for furnishing room and 10 for
+Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5; Mrs. M. J. P. Hatch, 1, <i>for
+Reading-room, Lexington, Ky.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Painesville. First Cong. Ch., 51.64, to const. <span class="smcap">N. O. Lee</span> L. M.; Mrs.
+E. Hickok, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">56.64</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Painesville. "O. W. H. M. U.," by Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.76</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Painesville. Sab. Sch. Class, by M. M. House, <i>for Santee Agency,
+Neb.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Radnor. Edward D. Jones</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ravenna. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">23.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Savannah. George Mackie</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saybrook. Mrs. A. M. Messenger, 2; Dea. D. Maltby, 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tallmadge. Rev. Luther Shaw, 8 Bibles</div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Unionville. Mrs. E. F. Burnelle</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Windham. Wm. A. Perkins</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;INDIANA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />INDIANA, $22.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elkhart. First Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Indianapolis. Rev O. C. McKullock, Box Books, etc., <i>for Macon,
+Ga.</i>; 5 <i>for Freight</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sparta. John Hawkswell</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Versailles. John D. Nichols</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;ILLINOIS">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />ILLINOIS, $837.99.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Atkinson. First Cong. Ch., Box S. S. Papers, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Batavia. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">65.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Brimfield. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Champaign. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 198.53; South Cong. Ch., 39.26; Mrs. J. H.
+McArthur, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">242.79</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicago. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of N. E. Cong. Ch., <i>for Missionary,
+Mobile, Ala.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">47.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicago. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chicago. South Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elgin. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">32.48</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elgin. Mrs. E. E. C. Borden (20 of which <i>for Hampton N. &amp; A.
+Inst.</i>)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Galesburg. First Church of Christ</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">37.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Galva. Theodora Miss'y Soc., Bbl. and Box of C., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Geneso. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">116.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Geneseo. Young Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., etc., <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hamlet. Levi Cooper</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ivanhoe. Miss Mary Cowdry, <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lyndon. Mrs. H. Deming</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[Pg 94]</a></span>
+<div class="sub1">Lombard. First Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Malden. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Maywood. Woman's Co-operative Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Millburn. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Moline. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., 23.50. Incorrectly ack. in Nov.
+number from Hartford, Ct.</div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oglesby. T. T. Bent </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plainfield. Mrs. Edward Ebbs </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Port Byron. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch. <i>for Missionary, Mobile,
+Ala.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Cross </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, Sen. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Roseville. Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Bbl. of C., etc., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Shabbona. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which from "A Friend,"
+<i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i>) </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">46.57</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilmette. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.50</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MICHIGAN">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MICHIGAN, $773.09.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Allendale. Cong. Ch., 4.15, and Sab. Sch., 1.85 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Delhi Mills. "A Friend" </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dexter. Dennis Warner </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grandville. "E. B." </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Greenville. M. Rutan </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hancock. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Soc., <i>for Theo. Dept.,
+Talladega C.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Laingsburg. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.85</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lake Lyndon. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lansing. Plymouth Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.71</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northville. D. Pomeroy </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oakley. Ch. of Christ </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Olivet. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">96.92</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saline. Eli Benton </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">19.61</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">White Lake. Robert Garner </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;IOWA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />IOWA, $637.35.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Burlington. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Davenport. Geo. W. Ells </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Des Moines. Dr. H. L. Whitman, <i>for Talladega C.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dubuque. Young Ladies' Benev. Soc., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div> </td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Dubuque. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Missionary, New
+Orleans, La.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grinnell. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.29</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grinnell. By Miss Ella E. Marsh, <i>for Missionary, New Orleans, La.</i></div> </td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Grinnell. C. A. Taylor's Sab. Sch. Class, <i>for Talladega C.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.35</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">McGregor. Woman's Miss'y Soc. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Hampton. Woman's Cent. Soc. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Osage. Cheerful Giver's Mission Band </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Stuart. Woman's Miss'y Soc., <i>for Missionary, New Orleans, La.</i></div> </td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;WISCONSIN">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />WISCONSIN, $222.04.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Appleton. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">81.57</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Beloit. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></div> </td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Elkhorn. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Geneva. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.73</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Janesville. "Busy Bees," First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid,
+Macon, Ga</i>. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New London. First Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Richmond. First Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.45</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nicollet. Mrs. D. D. Kellogg, Sewing Machine, <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oshkosh. Mrs. Lucy Bartlett, Box Books, <i>for Library</i>, and Box of
+C., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Racine. Mrs. D, D. Nichols </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ripon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 10.85; Do Good Soc., 95c. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Ripon. Do Good Soc., 6.80; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 5.19; <i>for Macon,
+Ga.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.99</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Salem. First. Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MINNESOTA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MINNESOTA, $406.63.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Excelsior. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Glyndon. Union Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.42</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Hamilton. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mankato. Belgrade Sab. Sch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 33.35; First Cong. Ch., 11.15; The
+Open Door Cong. Ch., 3.15 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">47.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Northfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Talladega C., Freight</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Rochester. G. H. Swasey </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">67.11</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Worthington. Union Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "Friends," <i>for Atlanta U.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">250.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;KANSAS">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />KANSAS, $15.95.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Atchison. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Topeka. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.95</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MISSOURI">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MISSOURI, $97.71.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kansas City. Clyde Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Joseph. Tab. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">83.71</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NEBRASKA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NEBRASKA, $42.88.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Exeter. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 7.45; Children's Mission Band, 3.55;
+First Cong. Ch., 7.80 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">18.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wahoo. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Waverly. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;DAKOTA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />DAKOTA, $10.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Fort Berthold. Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian M.</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;CALIFORNIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />CALIFORNIA, $25.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">San Francisco. Rev. J. Rowell </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $15.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Washington. Mrs. Abby N. Bailey, 10; Lincoln Mission Sab. Sch., 5 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MARYLAND">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MARYLAND, $4.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Federalsburg. Sarah Beals </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;KENTUCKY">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />KENTUCKY, $106.14.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Lexington. Tuition, 38.40; Rent, 5.54 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">43.94</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williamsburg. Tuition, 58; Rent, 1 </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">59.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Williamsburg. Rev. J. T. Ford, <i>for Room</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.20</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;VIRGINIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />VIRGINIA, $6.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Herndon. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;TENNESSEE">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />TENNESSEE, $712.21</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Chattanooga. Miss L. M. Lawson </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Jellico. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">29.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Jonesboro. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Knoxville. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Memphis. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">229.65</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nashville. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">425.06</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Nashville. Jackson St. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;NORTH CAROLINA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />NORTH CAROLINA, $221.01.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Kittrell. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">McLeansville. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.74</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilmington. Tuition </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">188.27</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilmington. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Wilmington. By Miss Warner, <i>for Student Aid</i> </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;SOUTH CAROLINA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />SOUTH CAROLINA, $15.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Charleston. Plym. Cong. Ch. </div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[Pg 95]</a></span></p>
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;GEORGIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />GEORGIA, $612.47.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 226.95; Rent, 3</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">229.95</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Atlanta. Prof. T. A. Chase</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Macon. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">149.95</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Macon. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Macon. Unknown Friends, 2 Boxes of C., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">McIntosh. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">43.36</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Savannah. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">174.21</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;ALABAMA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />ALABAMA, $925.76.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Athens. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">168.70</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Marion. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">45.52</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Mobile. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">205.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Montgomery. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Selma. Cong. Ch.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Talladega. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">445.14</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Talladega. Miss J. Lunt, <i>for Student Aid</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MISSISSIPPI">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MISSISSIPPI, $124.15.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tougaloo. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">112.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Tougaloo. By Miss Mary A. Scott, <i>for Student Aid</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;LOUISIANA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />LOUISIANA, $290.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">New Orleans. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">290.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;TEXAS">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />TEXAS, $151.88.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Austin. Tuition</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">148.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Helena. Rev. M. Thompson</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;INCOMES">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />INCOMES, $895.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Avery Estate, <i>for Mendi M.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">570.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Graves Library Fund, <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">150.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Howard Theo. Fund, <i>for Howard U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">125.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Plumb Scholarship Fund, <i>for Fisk U.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;PERSIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />PERSIA, $10.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Oroomiah. Mrs. E. W. Labaree, by Charles Marsh, Treas. H. B. A.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total for January</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$24,342.98</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">75,684.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">=========</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Subscriptions for January</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">274.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">Previously acknowledged</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">402.47</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">$676.57</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><div class="sub1"></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">=======</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 20em;"><span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, Treas.,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">56 Reade Street, N. Y.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>WANTS.</h3>
+
+<p>1. A steady <span class="smcap">increase</span> of regular income to keep pace with the growing
+work. This increase can only be reached by <i>regular</i> and <i>larger</i>
+contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong.</p>
+
+<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational institutions, to
+accommodate the increasing number of students; <span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span> for the
+new churches we are organizing; <span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious,
+for these churches.</p>
+
+<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers and teachers here
+and missionaries to Africa&mdash;a pressing want.</p>
+
+<p>4. <span class="smcap">Funds for Industrial Departments</span>&mdash;to purchase farm implements,
+plows, harrows and cultivators; to erect shops and furnish tools and
+materials for instruction and use in the mechanic arts, for
+carpenters, blacksmiths, tin-men, harness and shoemakers; and to
+supply the girls' industrial rooms with sewing and knitting
+materials.</p>
+
+<p>5. Ten Thousand new subscribers for <span class="smcap">The American Missionary</span>. All in
+favor of indorsing this want will please send on their vote, making
+use of the following:</p>
+
+
+<div class="center"><br />FORM OF BALLOT.</div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, <i>Esq., Treasurer</i>,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 15em;"><i>56 Reade Street, New York</i>:</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;"><i>Inclosed please find Fifty Cents, subscription for</i> <span class="smcap">The American Missionary</span> <i>for the year 1885.</i></span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;"><i>Sign with your Name and Address.</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>We are not afraid of a heavy vote. Roll up the majority!</p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[Pg 96]</a></span></p>
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div>
+<div class="sandbox">
+<div class="sandbag01"><span></span></div>
+<div class="sandbag02"><span></span></div>
+<div class="sandbag03"><span></span></div>
+<div class="sandbag04"><span></span></div>
+
+<p class="medsmall"><b><i>Eighteen years</i></b> of terrible headache, disgusting nasal discharges,
+dryness of the throat, acute bronchitis, coughing, soreness of the
+lungs, rising bloody mucus, and even night sweats, incapacitating me
+from my professional duties, and bringing me to the verge of the
+grave&mdash;all were caused by, and the result of nasal catarrh. After
+spending hundreds of dollars and obtaining no relief, I compounded my
+Catarrh Specific and Cold Air Inhaling Balm, and wrought upon myself
+a wonderful cure. Now I can speak for hours with no difficulty, and
+can breathe freely in any atmosphere.<br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 35em;">T. P. CHILDS.</span>
+</p>
+
+<p><b><span class="large">DANGER SIGNALS</span></b>
+<span class="medium">Do you take cold easily? Have you a cold in the head that does not
+get better? Have you a hacking cough? Is your throat affected? Are
+you troubled with hoarseness? Soreness of the throat? Difficulty in
+breathing? Have you pain in the head between and above the eyes? A
+sense of fulness in the head? Are the passages of the nose stopped
+up? Is your breath foul? Have you lost all sense of smell? Are you
+troubled with hawking? Spitting? Weak, inflamed eyes? Dullness or
+dizziness of the head? Dryness or heat of the nose? Is your voice
+harsh or rough? Have you any difficulty in talking? Have you an
+excessive secretion of mucus or matter in the nasal passages, which
+must either be blown from the nose, or drop back behind the palate,
+or hawked or snuffed backward to the throat? Ringing or roaring or
+other noises in the ears, more or less impairment of the hearing? If
+so you have <b>CATARRH</b>.</span></p>
+
+<p><b><span class="large">120,000</span></b>
+<span class="medium">Catarrhal cases have applied to me for relief. Many thousands have
+received my Specific, and are cured. We add a few of the many
+hundreds of unsolicited certificates which have been sent to us by
+grateful patients&mdash;</span></p>
+
+<p class="medsmall">
+My wife is entirely cured. <span class="smcap">I. V. Collins</span>, Corcket, Tex.<br />
+Your remedy has cured me. <span class="smcap">M. Alshuler</span>, Mattoon, Ill.<br />
+Your treatment has cured my daughter of Catarrh, induced
+by a severe attack of measles.
+<span class="smcap">John W. Riley</span>, U. S. Express Agent, Troy, O.<br />
+Your treatment did me great good. I have not lost a
+day by sickness this year.
+<span class="smcap">Abner Graham</span>, Biddle Uni'sity, Charlotte, N. C.<br />
+I have used your Catarrh treatment, and am cured. A
+thousand thanks to you for so sure a remedy.
+<span class="smcap">Fannie Dement</span>, Dyer Station Tenn.<br />
+The medicine did for me all you represented.
+<span class="smcap">T. H. Messmore</span>, Cadillac, Mich.<br />
+My health is fully restored. The horrid and loathsome
+disease is all gone. My lungs feel all right.
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. W. D. Lincoln</span>, York, Neb.<br />
+Your treatment has cured me; Your inhalers are excellent.
+This is the only radical cure I have ever found.
+<span class="smcap">E. S. Martin, M. E.</span> Church, Port Carbon, PA.<br />
+I have so far recovered that I am able to attend church,
+can walk half a mile, have a good appetite, and am gaining
+all the time.
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. A. N. Munger</span>, Detroit, Mich.<br />
+Now I am cured; head free; air passages all open, and
+breathing natural. A thousand thanks to you for so sure
+a remedy.
+<span class="smcap">(Judge) J. Collett</span>, Lima, Ohio.<br />
+I was thought to have had Consumption, and had suffered
+many years with what was really Catarrh, before I
+procured your treatment. I have had no return of the disease.
+<span class="smcap">(Miss) Louie James</span>, Crab Orchard, Ky.
+</p>
+
+
+<div class="center large"><b>Childs' Catarrh Specific</b></div>
+
+<p class="medium"><b>Will effectually and permanently cure any case of catarrh, no matter
+how desperate. The treatment is local as well as constitutional, and
+can only be obtained at Troy, O. We especially desire to treat those
+who have tried other remedies without success.</b></p>
+
+<p class="medium">Childs' Treatment for Catarrh, and for disease of the Bronchial
+Tubes, can be taken at home with perfect ease and safety, by the
+patient. No expense need be entailed beyond the cost of the medicine.
+A full statement of method of home treatment and cost will be sent on
+application.</p>
+
+<div class="center">
+Address <b>REV. T. P. CHILDS, Troy, Ohio.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Mention this paper.</i>
+</div>
+
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div style="clear: left;">&nbsp;</div>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
+
+
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No.
+03, March, 1885, by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No. 03, March, 1885
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: November 12, 2009 [EBook #30459]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, MARCH 1885 ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD, and the Online
+Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This
+file was produced from images generously made available
+by Cornell University Digital Collections.)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+The American Missionary
+
+MARCH, 1885.
+
+  VOL. XXXIX.
+  NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+                                                            PAGE.
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+  THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL                                           67
+  DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.                                  68
+  PARAGRAPHS                                                       69
+  TILLOTSON CHURCH--WORD TO MINISTERS                              70
+  THE TEST APPLIED                                                 71
+  RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR                   74
+  A TEACHER'S APPEAL                                               75
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+  PREACHING THE MAIN FEATURE IN MISSIONARY WORK                    76
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+  ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI                          79
+  VIEWS IN TEXAS                                                   81
+  WEEK OF PRAYER                                                   82
+  LETTER FROM STUDENT                                              84
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+  LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA                                   84
+  BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING ANCESTORS (cut)                  86
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+  WOMAN'S SOCIETIES                                                86
+  LETTER FROM LADY MISSIONARY                                      87
+  MONTHLY REPORT OF A TEACHER                                      88
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+  VIC'S LILIES                                                     88
+
+RECEIPTS                                                           89
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NEW YORK:
+
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
+
+Rooms, 56 Reade Street.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Price 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.
+
+Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class
+matter.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Mass.
+
+
+_Vice-Presidents._
+
+  Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo.
+  Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill.
+  Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y.
+  Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D. D., Mass.
+  Rev. D. O. MEARS, D. D., Mass.
+
+
+_Corresponding Secretary._
+
+  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Assistant Corresponding Secretary._
+
+  Rev. JAMES POWELL, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Treasurer._
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+_Auditors._
+
+  W. H. ROGERS,
+  PETER McCARTEE.
+
+
+_Executive Committee._
+
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.
+  A. P. FOSTER, Secretary.
+
+  _For Three Years._
+
+  LYMAN ABBOTT.
+  A. S. BARNES.
+  J. R. DANFORTH.
+  CLINTON B. FISK.
+  A. P. FOSTER.
+
+  _For Two Years._
+
+  S. B. HALLIDAY.
+  SAMUEL HOLMES.
+  SAMUEL S. MARPLES.
+  CHARLES L. MEAD.
+  ELBERT B. MONROE.
+
+  _For One Year._
+
+  J. E. RANKIN.
+  WM. H. WARD.
+  J. L. WITHROW.
+  JOHN H. WASHBURN.
+  EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.
+
+
+_District Secretaries._
+
+  Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D. D., _21 Cong'l House, Boston_.
+  Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _112 West Washington Street, Chicago_.
+
+
+_Field Officers._
+
+  Rev. J. E. ROY, D. D., _Field Superintendent_.
+  Prof. ALBERT SALISBURY, _Superintendent of Education_.
+
+
+_Bureau of Woman's Work._
+
+  _Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
+Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to
+the District Secretaries; letters for the "American Missionary," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office.
+
+
+DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
+
+May be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York,
+or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21
+Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 113 West Washington Street,
+Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a
+Life Member.
+
+
+FORM OF A BEQUEST.
+
+"I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in
+trust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person
+who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the
+'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied,
+under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to
+its charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by
+three witnesses.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+_Advertisements._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Below is a fac-simile of the Bottle of
+
+THE GENUINE
+
+BROWN'S GINGER.
+
+(SIZE REDUCED ONE FOURTH.)
+
+
+SEE THAT THE STRIP OVER CORK IS UNBROKEN.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Frederick Brown, Philadelphia----Established 1822.
+
+
+--FOR--
+
+CRAMPS, COLIC, STOMACH-ACHE, INDIGESTION, ETC.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Ayer's
+
+Cherry Pectoral
+
+Should be kept constantly at hand, for use in emergencies of the
+household. Many a mother, startled in the night by the ominous sounds
+of Croup, finds the little sufferer, with red and swollen face,
+gasping for air. In such cases Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is invaluable.
+Mrs. Emma Gedney, 159 West 128 st., New York, writes: "While in the
+country, last winter, my little boy, three years old, was taken ill
+with Croup; it seemed as if he would die from strangulation. Ayer's
+Cherry Pectoral was tried in small and frequent doses, and, in less
+than half an hour, the little patient was breathing easily. The
+doctor said that the Pectoral saved my darling's life." Mrs. Chas. B.
+Landon, Guilford, Conn., writes: "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
+
+  Saved My Life,
+
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+dare not be without this remedy in the house." Mrs. J. Gregg, Lowell,
+Mass., writes: "My children have repeatedly taken Ayer's Cherry
+Pectoral for Coughs and Croup. It gives immediate relief, followed by
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+boys, both of whom have been, from infancy, subject to violent
+attacks of Croup. About six months ago we began using Ayer's Cherry
+Pectoral, and it acts like a charm. In a few minutes after the child
+takes it, he breathes easily and rests well. Every mother ought to
+know what a blessing I have found in Ayer's Cherry Pectoral." Mrs.
+Wm. C. Reid, Freehold, N. J., writes: "In our family, Ayer's
+medicines have been blessings for many years. In cases of Colds and
+Coughs, we take
+
+  Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
+
+and the inconvenience is soon forgotten."
+
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+  Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
+  Sold by all Druggists.
+
+
+  Happiness
+
+results from that true contentment which indicates perfect health of
+body and mind. You may possess it, if you will purify and invigorate
+your blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. E. M. Howard, Newport, N. H.,
+writes: "I suffered for years with Scrofulous humors. After using two
+bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I
+
+  Found
+
+great relief. It has entirely restored me to health." James French,
+Atchison, Kans., writes: "To all persons suffering from Liver
+Complaint, I would strongly recommend Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I was
+afflicted with a disease of the liver for nearly two years, when a
+friend advised me to take this medicine. It gave prompt relief, and
+has cured me." Mrs. H. M. Kidder, 41 Dwight st., Boston, Mass.,
+writes: "For several years I have used Ayer's Sarsaparilla in my
+family. I never feel safe, even
+
+  At Home
+
+without it. As a liver medicine and general purifier of the blood, it
+has no equal." Mrs. A. B. Allen, Winterpock, Va., writes: "My
+youngest child, two years of age, was taken with Bowel Complaint,
+which we could not cure. We tried many remedies, but he continued to
+grow worse, and finally became so reduced in flesh that we could only
+move him upon a pillow. It was suggested by one of the doctors that
+Scrofula might be the cause of the trouble. We procured a bottle of
+
+  AYER'S
+  Sarsaparilla
+
+and commenced giving it to him. It surely worked wonders, for, in a
+short time, he was completely cured."
+
+  Sold by all Druggists.
+  Price $1; Six bottles, $5.
+
+  Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell,
+  Mass., U. S. A.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+VOL. XXXIX.     MARCH, 1885.     NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+$365,000
+
+NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Your Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a
+day are imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized
+plans of the Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the
+pressing needs of the early future.--
+
+[FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ADOPTED BY ANNUAL MEETING AT SALEM.]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FIGURES.
+
+           _Receipts:_            Col. & Don.     Estates.      Total.
+
+  Oct. 1, 1884, to Jan. 31, 1885   $66,078.97    $9,605.91    $75,684.88
+  Oct. 1, 1883, to Jan. 31, 1884    69,941.52     9,809.35     79,750.87
+                                    ---------    ---------     ---------
+    Decrease                        $3,862.55      $203.44     $4,065.99
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Where the color-sergeant plants the standard, there the soldiers are
+expected to rally. The Finance Committee at the Salem meeting
+inscribed on the A. M. A. standard $365,000 needed for 1884-5, and
+called upon the churches to advance to the support. _The Figures_
+showing receipts of our treasury indicate just how far the churches
+have come up in response to the call. Had we received the $1,000 a
+day recommended, our total receipts would be $123,000, as against the
+$75,684.88 now reported. Will not the captains of our church hosts
+rally the forces to an immediate advance? One-third of our fiscal
+year has already passed. The showing is not what we had hoped, but
+time enough remains to make up for the deficiency.
+
+Will our friends please bear these things in mind?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D.
+
+
+In the death of Dr. Pike, which occurred in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 29,
+the American Missionary Association has lost a most earnest and
+successful worker. Repeated and protracted attacks of throat and lung
+troubles during the last two or three years, terminating in an
+illness that confined him to his room for three months, gave warning
+to his friends of the approach of death. But with the hopefulness
+peculiar to the disease, and especially characteristic of himself, he
+entertained almost to the last the expectation of recovery. Yet death
+had no terror; on the contrary, while he wished to live for the sake
+of his family and the Association, he personally welcomed death with
+the most joyful feelings.
+
+Dr. Pike was born in Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 6, 1831, graduated from
+Dartmouth College in 1858, and from Andover Theological Seminary in
+1861. He was ordained associate pastor with Rev. Austin Richards, D.
+D., of the Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, N. H., April
+23, 1862, and remained in that position till May 1, 1865. He was
+acting pastor at East Hampton, Conn., from 1865 to 1867, and during
+the latter year he entered the service of the Association as agent,
+residing in Rochester, N. Y. In 1870 he became District Secretary, a
+position which he filled till his death, and to which he devoted the
+best energies of his life. His peculiar gifts fitted him for some
+special services. During the years 1872-4 he accompanied the Jubilee
+Singers in a tour through the United States and Great Britain. They
+were welcomed by the royal family and by the nobility, and by large
+and enthusiastic popular audiences. Their success, in its pecuniary
+results, finds a fitting monument in the substantial and commodious
+Jubilee Hall, at Nashville, Tenn.; and the untiring industry, the
+skill and tact and energy of Mr. Pike as business manager contributed
+in a large measure to this gratifying result. Before returning to
+America he made a rapid trip through Egypt and Palestine. In 1881 he
+assumed the editorship of the _American Missionary_, and brought to
+that service a degree of variety and breadth that gave a new impulse
+to the usefulness of the magazine. He devoted much thought and
+research to the condition of Africa, and became so well acquainted
+with it that editors of leading journals in this city and pastors of
+churches sometimes sought information from him in regard to it. He
+wrote two volumes on the History of the Jubilee Singers, which have
+had a very wide circulation.
+
+Dr. Pike was eminently social and was blessed with unusual
+conversational powers, and gave to others and won from them to
+himself strong personal friendships. As a public speaker he was
+earnest, animated and eloquent, and was gladly welcomed in the pulpit
+and in the meetings of Associations and Conferences. His leading
+characteristic was that of an organizer. He was perpetually devising
+plans for active work and was diligent and untiring in his efforts to
+carry them out. He was a man of prayer and of faith in God, which
+sustained him in his constant labors, in his days of trial and in his
+sickness and death. At his own request his mortal remains rest in
+Nashua, the scene of his first pastorate, and his long sleep will be
+with those whom he loved. By the generosity of Mrs. O. A. Woodbury a
+portion of a cemetery lot was given for his burial, on which an
+expensive monument is erected, and on one face of which will be
+inscribed his name.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Since writing the above we have learned that a special memorial
+service was held Sunday evening, February 1st, in the Chapel of Fisk
+University. This was in every way appropriate, in consequence of the
+intimate relations of Dr. Pike's life to the upbuilding of that
+institution. With considerable feeling, President Cravath referred to
+the fact that twenty years ago E. P. Smith, Dr. Pike and himself
+entered upon the work of the American Missionary Association, and
+that he was now left alone, adding that in the death of Brother Pike,
+Fisk University had lost one of its warmest friends.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We notice the death of Mrs. Dr. L. B. Lane, of St. Charles, Ill. She
+died on the 14th of January last, at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs.
+Lane and her husband were ordained missionaries of the Am. Miss.
+Assoc. to Siam in 1848. They returned in 1855, since which time they
+have resided in this country. She was a good and true servant of
+Christ when in the foreign field and no less so in her own land. Her
+death came suddenly, but found her thoroughly prepared to go.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Few men in this country have had more experience in addressing
+children, or greater success in winning them to Christ, than Rev. E.
+P. Hammond. The result of this experience he has condensed in an
+interesting and instructive little volume, entitled "Conversion of
+Children." It will prove helpful and encouraging to parents and
+interesting to children. We thank Mr. Hammond for the gift of fifty
+copies of his book, which we have distributed among our missionaries
+in the South, by whom they are appreciated and found useful in their
+work.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some time ago a Southern paper, in speaking of Dr. Roy, referred to
+him as a colored man. At the time we thought the writer was mistaken,
+but since looking over his itinerary, which our readers will find in
+another part of the magazine, we have been led to feel that we shall
+have to modify somewhat our opinion. The doctor himself explicitly
+declares that at one point in their journey he and his companions
+were all of the same color. At any rate he is not ashamed to call
+them _brethren_, and we may also add that they are not ashamed of
+him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Tillotson, at Austin, Texas, has taken to itself a church
+organization. This was effected on the first Sabbath of the year--a
+very interesting occasion. Superintendent Roy and Rev. Jeremiah
+Porter, spending his second winter in Austin, were present to assist
+the pastor, Rev. J. H. Parr, who, with his wife, united in the
+organization. It consisted of twenty members, half of them teachers
+and half students. Principal W. L. Gordon and wife presented their
+two little children, born in the Institute, for baptism. Mr. Gordon
+and Mr. R. F. Ferrell, a student, were ordained as deacons by prayer
+and the laying on of hands. Mr. Porter offered the prayer of
+institution, and broke the bread at the communion table. This
+venerable servant of God had just passed his 80th birthday. His
+golden wedding will come next June. His multitude of friends will be
+glad to know that the United States Government, having put him upon
+the retired list as chaplain, is continuing his salary. Mrs. Porter
+is assisting the special missionary, Miss M. J. Adams, Professor
+Dean, and other teachers and scholars, in supporting two mission
+schools contiguous to the Institute. Miss Rose M. Kinney, a veteran
+in the service, is matron and preceptress. The Tillotson is moving on
+this year smoothly and successfully. A church in connection with
+these main chartered institutions is essential to their best
+Christian result.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Just a word with our ministerial readers. The heavy mail that daily
+comes to this office brings us occasionally a letter with some such
+words as these: "I preached to my people last Sunday an A. M. A.
+sermon, and as a result I send you a contribution which is larger
+than the church ever gave this cause before." Exactly, brother; let
+the people know what is wanted and why it is wanted, and then let
+them have a chance to give and they will meet the responsibility
+every time. Another letter brings us this: "A few weeks ago I
+preached a sermon on the work of the A. M. A. My congregation were so
+deeply interested in what I said they requested my manuscript for
+publication. Thinking you might be interested I send you a copy of
+the published sermon." Exactly, again. We were interested, and long
+before we had finished reading the discourse we understood full well
+why the people were interested. Another letter: "The Missions of the
+A. M. A. occupied our attention last monthly concert. I gave a bird's
+eye view of the whole field and then selections were read from the
+papers and addresses given at Salem. By this time the brethren were
+quite ready to turn on the streams of their own thought. We found it
+difficult to bring the meeting to an end. It was a great success. I
+propose to follow it up." Again, exactly. Missionary information when
+properly brought forward will make a meeting that for interest cannot
+be surpassed. It is one of the strangest things in the world that so
+many people have gotten the impression that a missionary meeting must
+be dull, and that a missionary discourse must be uninteresting. It is
+an impression that ought not to exist. Let sermons be preached. Let
+the thrilling, soul-inspiring facts that go to make up the history of
+missions be made known and the impression will soon be driven out of
+existence.
+
+Brethren, we invite you to glean in the great field of the American
+Missionary Association. There will be rich returns for you and your
+people and golden returns for us.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE TEST APPLIED.
+
+
+When Berea College was started, in 1858, its students were all
+white. The following year the question was raised, "What if colored
+students should apply?" One teacher voiced the sentiment of all when
+he said, "If any one made in God's image comes to get knowledge which
+will enable him to understand the revelation of God in Jesus Christ,
+he cannot be rejected." The simple declaration of that sentiment had
+the effect to make most of the students leave at the end of the term,
+never to return. The John Brown raid, happening soon after, rendered
+the school still more unpopular, and the war following a little
+later, the school had to suspend altogether. But when the war ended
+and, in 1865, the college opened its doors again, there being no
+longer slavery, the question of color soon came up for consideration.
+
+In one of the by-laws to the constitution of the college was this
+statement: "The object of this college shall be to furnish the
+facilities for a thorough education to all persons of good moral
+character." Three colored youths applied for admission. On
+examination they were found to be "persons of good moral character."
+There was only one thing to do. They were promptly admitted. What
+followed? There were at the time seventy-five students in the
+college, and we are told, "the morning that those three harmless
+youths walked in, half the school walked out."
+
+But some one will say: "That was at the close of the war, when the
+feelings of our white brethren at the South were naturally very
+sensitive; that time, however, has passed away. We can now plant
+schools and churches on an anti-caste basis, with open doors and
+welcome hands for colored people, _if they choose to come_. No such
+exhibition of race prejudice would now be made." _Well, let us see._
+
+For several years past we have had our attention turned to the
+terrible destitution of the people in the mountain region of Kentucky
+and places adjacent. Two years ago we sent a special missionary to
+labor among these people. He made his headquarters at Williamsburg,
+the county seat of Whitley County, Kentucky. The town was sixty-seven
+years old, yet it never had a church edifice; nor had the county,
+with a population of fourteen thousand, ever had a church edifice
+finished and dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. There were
+very few schools, and what few there were could not be considered
+schools by intelligent people. Our missionary went to work. The
+people heard him gladly. A new life came into their famished souls.
+They rallied round him. They built a beautiful church edifice. An
+academy, too, was erected; able and skilled teachers were put in
+charge. The missionary did not confine himself to the town merely.
+For miles up and down the valley he traveled, preaching as he went.
+Wherever he came the people were roused and steps taken to have
+churches and schools planted.
+
+But the church and the academy above referred to must be dedicated.
+At the dedication this Association was represented by Assistant
+Corresponding Secretary Powell, by Field Superintendent Roy and by
+Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Ward, of the Executive Committee. And dedicated they
+were to the glory of God for the maintenance and spread of a _free_
+gospel and Christian learning. Special emphasis was placed upon the
+fact that over the entrance to these temples was written, _Whosoever
+will may come_. Does some one ask why that was specially emphasized?
+Because we were in a country where popular sentiment said, Into white
+churches and white schools there was a certain class who, on account
+of the color of their skin, would not be admitted. When you are in a
+community that publicly indorses a wrong, silence regarding that
+wrong is complicity. Under such circumstances, to say nothing about
+it is the same thing as to sign your name to a document affirming the
+thing to be right. To dedicate a Christian church in New York City
+and say nothing about the evils of Mormonism would be nothing
+strange, but to dedicate a Christian church in Salt Lake City and be
+silent as to what the teaching and the practice of that church was to
+be in regard to polygamy would be _treason_ to the Gospel. We
+therefore made specially prominent at the dedication the broad
+principles on which our mission rested. Some said they were sorry to
+hear such things proclaimed; others said nothing, but feared; while a
+few said, That is right. It is just as it ought to be.
+
+The school started off with bright skies above and a broad distant
+view around. The bell rung out its pealing calls, and bright-eyed,
+rosy-cheeked children and youth clambered up the hill side to enjoy
+such educational privileges as that country had never known. All was
+peace and prosperity. School was crowded, and everybody was happy.
+But suddenly the whole heavens were overcast. From horizon to horizon
+a deathly pall enshrouded the entire sky--and the cloud large enough
+to do all this was only the size of a black child's face! _Whosoever
+will may come_, we had said. Did we _mean_ it? Oh, yes, _but_ it is
+hardly right to sacrifice the feelings of that whole school merely to
+gratify the wish of--_a nigger_. Did we mean it? Oh, yes, but it is
+hardly right to imperil the very existence of the school merely to
+take in that one poor, despised and uninfluential colored child! Did
+we mean it? Oh, yes, but is it right, is it wise, to receive _one_
+when you know that by so doing you will lose twenty--perhaps more--to
+receive one whom you will have to help, and lose twenty--or perhaps
+more--who can help you? Did we mean it? Oh, yes, certainly, but would
+it not be better to reason with the applicant and show her that while
+we ourselves have no objection, yet things being as they are, she
+would really do more for her people by staying away than by insisting
+that she should be received? Why not take some such position as that?
+We will have peace and harmony and prosperity. We shall be able to
+tell our friends in the distance we are getting along swimmingly. We
+are true to our principles. _Whosoever will may come._ We have no
+trouble with the negro question. We simply let it alone. Our dear
+brethren down South are perfectly delighted to receive us. We have no
+trouble with them whatever, and the cause is going forward
+triumphantly.
+
+_Is_ that the way to meet the responsibility? Imagine the Lord Jesus
+Christ at the door of that school when that black child came asking
+admission. What would have been His answer? Say, reader, imagine what
+_would_ have been His answer. Put on your thinking cap. Summon to
+your aid all the help that quibbling and dodging and sophistry can
+give, and after you have gone through it all, what do you think would
+have been His answer? Well, here is the answer the American
+Missionary Association sent as quickly as the telegraph could carry
+it: _Admit all applicants irrespective of color._ And then what
+followed? Nearly half the scholars picked up their things and left!
+This happened a few weeks ago. We had about a hundred students. We
+have now about fifty, and we may lose even those. Letter writing is
+easy. Talk is cheap. Even _Buncombe_ is not a lost art. But actions
+speak louder than words. Let us know what follows when _the test is
+applied_, and then we shall know just what profession of loyalty to
+principle signifies. Berea stood by its guns, and it has steadily
+grown in favor with God and man ever since. And it will win in the
+end. Then what a glorious triumph! No regrets for having played the
+hypocrite, no regrets for having played the part of a time server, no
+regrets for having played the part of a trimmer, no regrets for
+having played the part of a special pleader, no regrets for having
+concealed its colors behind its back in shameful silence as to its
+past history, no regrets for having turned away one of Christ's
+little ones for whom He died, no regrets for having counseled it,
+while professing friendship, to go elsewhere. What a glorious
+triumph!
+
+And we, too, shall win--and our triumph shall be glorious. Let us go
+forward preaching the Word, and when the time comes let there be no
+attempt to postpone its issue--but let the test be applied. Better go
+down standing on our principles than live with our principles denied
+and dishonored.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR.
+
+
+The _Independent_ of Feb. 5 has an exceedingly interesting article on
+the above subject from the pen of Rev. Dr. J. E. Edwards, Danville,
+Virginia.
+
+He says that at an early period in this century Southern Methodists
+sent missionaries to labor with the slaves on the rice and cotton
+plantations. In 1845 Southern Methodism had in church fellowship
+124,000 slaves. At one time the Methodist membership in Charleston,
+S. C., was in the proportion of five colored to one white. Blacks and
+whites worshiped in the same house and were ministered to by the same
+pastor.
+
+One of the early reports of the South Carolina Board has the
+following: "We claim it best, as a general rule, to include the
+colored people in the same pastoral charge with the whites, and to
+preach to both classes in one congregation, as our practice has been.
+The gospel is the same for all men, and to enjoy its privileges in
+common, promotes good will."
+
+We read so far and stopped. That language has the marks of the gospel
+of Jesus Christ all over it. "All ye are brethren." So says the
+gospel, and this report says the same. But how would it do to take
+the language above quoted into a Southern white Methodist Conference
+now! Just let the above report, without comment and without
+explanation, be introduced to-day into such a Conference, and what an
+explosion would follow!
+
+It is too bad to quote the rest of the report, because it mars
+somewhat the beauty of what goes before; but here it is: "That when
+the galleries or other sittings are insufficient, we consider it the
+duty of our brethren and friends to provide the necessary
+accommodations that none may make such a neglect a plea for absenting
+themselves from public worship." "_Galleries or other sittings._"
+There is the fly in the ointment. Of course, at communion, the master
+class was served first and the slave class afterward.
+
+The Church of Christ is His body. But does Christ allow His followers
+to decide that distinctions shall be made at His table on account of
+the hue of the skin? When a Temple is erected in which Christ's
+disciples are to meet for worship, is there anything in the gospel
+that warrants a division of seats so that here superiors shall sit
+and there inferiors? Where is the word that warrants it? and what is
+the analysis that will find it in the spirit of the gospel? All honor
+to the slave-holders who furnished the means of the gospel to the
+slaves. All honor to the men and women who pointed the sin-burdened
+negroes to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. We
+have no doubt but that as Dr. Edwards says, "Multiplied thousands
+upon thousands of the sons of Ham will rise up in judgment to bless
+the faithful men of the South for their long-continued labors in
+teaching the benighted negro the way of life." We have no doubt of
+it; but in the resurrection will the whites put in an appearance
+first and the blacks second? In the day of judgment will the whites
+lead and the blacks follow? Will there be galleries with hard seats
+in Heaven for negroes and ground floors easy of access with soft
+seats for Caucasians? Will the great chorus of Heaven be divided into
+two parts, a white division and a black division? And will the
+Hallelujah Chorus as sung by the white choir be more acceptable to
+God than that sung by the black choir?
+
+Yes, the slave-holders did a great deal for the religious training
+and the spiritual welfare of the slaves, and in consequence of what
+they did, with God's blessing, the colored people of our country are
+almost immeasurably lifted above their benighted heathen brethren in
+Africa. Yes, that is all so. Does Dr. Edwards ask us to praise them
+for it? We do. But, brethren, we must also add, "These ought ye to
+have done and not to leave the other undone."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A TEACHER'S APPEAL.
+
+
+We publish the following from F. A. Chase, Professor of Natural
+Science in Fisk University. He pleads, of course, for Fisk, yet his
+plea holds good for all our higher institutions. We commend it to our
+friends. The American Missionary Association could make good use,
+say, of a "_One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund_" for the scientific
+departments of its mission schools. It may be that some one whom God
+has blessed with riches is waiting for just such an opportunity as
+this particular branch of our great field opens. Special funds for a
+designated institution, to be used for the promotion of Christian
+science, as outlined by Prof. Chase, are earnestly solicited:
+
+     Are there not some friends of the work among the Freedmen
+     who can appreciate the need of a teacher for a _complete
+     scientific outfit_?
+
+     The race has been kept during slavery from all knowledge
+     of science. Their trades and occupations being of the
+     roughest, and having ignorant parentage, nothing has been
+     learned from the business of life, nor in answer to the
+     questioning of childhood and youth. There is no race now
+     admitted to the privileges of liberal education so barren
+     of scientific ideas and so lacking in scientific spirit.
+     Those who know this people solely from their fine
+     literary and oratorical abilities have no conception of
+     their great deficiency in science. It does not need to be
+     said that, until this is remedied, they cannot be
+     expected to hold their own in a scientific age, and in
+     competition with a scientific race.
+
+     Though our course of study is brought down to the very
+     minimum of college work, and the instruction is of a
+     most elementary character, still there are eight sciences
+     to be taught. But this teaching, to be successful,
+     requires the use of illustrative material. With the
+     general introduction of illustrations in our modern
+     schools began the rapid progress in science that
+     distinguishes our age. All true teachers of science
+     affirm with one voice that this aid is indispensable even
+     with the most favored races.
+
+     In botany, zoology, mineralogy and geology we need
+     specimens--the great type examples on which
+     classification is founded. In physiology and anatomy we
+     need, in default of _material_, cheap models. In natural
+     philosophy, chemistry and astronomy we need
+     apparatus--not the costly instruments of precision, but
+     plain, cheap pieces, that are fitted to illustrate and in
+     some cases demonstrate the many and various principles
+     that are taught.
+
+     In the pressure of the growing work upon the society,
+     beyond a small sum for incidental expenses, most of the
+     money appropriated for schools goes for the payment of
+     salaries. Our land and our buildings have come from other
+     sources. But our outfit of school requisites has been for
+     the most part overlooked. Some fine instruments have been
+     presented to us, much more costly than we would have
+     selected for ourselves; but their value would be
+     increased many fold by accessory and supplementary
+     apparatus. Are there not those who can, by special gifts,
+     make up this lack also? Must _we_, of all other teachers
+     of science, be left to make bricks without straw? What
+     answer should be made to those who depreciate the negro's
+     mental capacity? Is it not a pitiful waste of the
+     opportunity, that a factory building should be put up,
+     workmen hired, materials supplied, but no _machinery_ put
+     in? Yet this has been going on with class after class for
+     ten years.
+
+     Three-fourths of our graduates follow teaching as a
+     profession, and are more or less teachers of science.
+     They should not only learn that which apparatus alone can
+     teach, but also how to use it themselves. Should a master
+     workman be expected to teach the theory and practice of a
+     trade through the use of _pictures_ of tools and
+     machines?
+
+     We have not neglected our opportunities in respect to
+     making collections of specimens about us, and
+     constructing cheap forms of apparatus. We have learned
+     new trades and toiled early and late and often through
+     whole vacations. But, without workshop appliances, part
+     of that accomplished is unsatisfactory, and the major and
+     more difficult part remains untouched. But where one has
+     a great pressure of outside duties incidental to such a
+     work as this, how utterly inadequate such driblets of
+     time as can be spared are for such a task can easily be
+     imagined.
+
+     Is there any lover of science and friend of the freedmen
+     who can understand our condition and give us ten thousand
+     dollars for an outfit, and if possible an additional sum
+     as an endowment for annual expenses?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PREACHING THE MAIN FACTOR IN MISSIONARY WORK.
+
+REV. GEORGE R. LEAVITT.
+
+
+It is a fact of history that the preaching of the Word has been the
+great missionary agency. The Bible is a missionary book. The great
+figure in the Old Testament history was the preacher of
+righteousness--Enoch, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, the great line of
+prophets--they were missionary preachers. In the beginning of
+Christianity, the great figure was the preacher--John the Baptist,
+the Apostles, our blessed Lord Himself. The salient feature in the
+New Testament may be said to be a succession of great missionary
+sermons which are expositions of the Gospel. In the history of the
+Christian Church the great figure has been the preacher. The Church
+of God is the body of Jesus Christ. As such she is the eye and ear,
+she is the hands and feet of the Lord, but especially she is the
+voice of the Lord. Doth not wisdom cry in all time? Did not the
+Spirit when sent forth lift the voice declaring the great Gospel
+message? And when the Church has had that possession of the Spirit,
+has it not been especially her inspiration to cry out with the Gospel
+message? The great figure in this Association work in the past has
+been the teacher. We have had a gifted line of men and women in this
+work, and to them all honor be given. It would be impossible for us
+to give them the honor which is their due; but in the future the
+great figure is to be the missionary preacher, the man who can reach
+masses of men with the Gospel message. We are lifting this race, and
+what has been true in the past will be true in the future.
+
+Perhaps I can not better exhibit this subject in the little space
+allowed me than in noticing some of the traits which should
+characterize the missionary preacher, and while the truth is general
+and applicable to all parties, I trust that we may be under the
+direction of the Spirit and take to heart these great traits we shall
+be looking for in the preacher of the future in the South.
+
+The missionary preacher is a man who, to be effective, should be a
+man of spiritual morality, a man of irreproachable character. I
+presume the colored man has been maligned in the South, as his
+character has so often been brought out among us. One of our
+enthusiastic teachers was asked, "How many Uncle Toms do you find in
+the South?" And she replied, "About as many as there are in the
+North." A truth was there that we ourselves may very well take.
+
+There are three ways in which the Gospel is published. One is in the
+book, one is by the voice, and the third by the life. The voice lies
+between the book and the life, and the life is the great publication
+of the message, and unless we have a voice of a man who is
+spiritually qualified by a holy life, we have not a competent Gospel
+preacher. In speaking of this matter of morality, we should have
+something more in view than natural morals--there is a spiritual
+morality. We want the higher. A man who has in himself the Spirit of
+God, produces this type of morality. We can not canvass this subject
+by the motives of worldliness. It takes two crosses to save the
+world--the cross of Christ and the cross of the believer. A
+ministerial brother said, in speaking of certain ones, that they had
+undergone a deplorable religious transformation, that at one time
+they held the Gospel of regeneration, but they had come to love the
+Gospel of recreation. Ah, what a transformation has come over too
+many of our churches and the community in loving this form of
+worldliness!
+
+It is a matter of great satisfaction that our schools in the South
+are doing such efficient work in this direction, as reports indicate,
+and as private information shows. I quite lately had information from
+General Armstrong touching this point of high morality that is
+developed in the school. The young men and young women, he said,
+compare well with the young men and young women in our Northern
+schools. This is a matter of great satisfaction, because the preacher
+of the future is to come out of these schools.
+
+The second essential in the missionary preacher, if he is to be
+successful, is a mind which is spiritually illuminated, a man who is
+intelligent in the truth. I presume the great characteristic of the
+old-time preacher in the South is his ignorance, and if we should
+select one point at which a change needs to take place, it is at this
+point of instruction. He needs to be intelligent.
+
+Now, to these things ought to be added training in all branches of
+knowledge, just as widely as possible, but we must fix our attention
+especially upon one source of knowledge, namely, the Word of God.
+The missionary preacher needs to be a man established in the
+Scriptures. John the Baptist grew in grace. Our blessed Lord Himself
+grew in grace. The man who is to be effective as a preacher in
+elevating the world is a man who grows in grace. What is grace? It is
+the undeserved favor of God exhibited in the plan of salvation for
+the redemption of man. And the first truths of that grace say simply,
+but how grandly, "grow in grace;" we are to be "ministers of grace;"
+to be "masters of grace." The minister in the South is to be a master
+of grace. Do you know how far it is away? It seems but a step, but
+oh, what a work when we begin to comprehend the great things of God!
+Do you know the height, depth and length of the great salvation of
+the love of God? Ezekiel tells us of the depth of the stream when he
+first came to it, that to his apprehension the water came up to his
+foot, but, as he advanced, it came to the ankle, and the knee and the
+loin, and then it was water to swim in, a river that could not be
+passed over. Oh, my brethren, we need to understand these great
+things of God, so that we may become masters of grace, for if we do
+not, the missionary preacher that comes up under our influence will
+not be thoroughly qualified for his duties.
+
+Then there is another quality; the missionary preacher, to be
+effective as a missionary, must be, not only a "shining," but like
+John also a "burning light." Then nothing shall be concealed. What
+does the Scripture say in that psalm? "There is nothing hid from the
+light?" No; "There is nothing hid from the heat thereof." We want a
+Gospel preacher among those people who has a Gospel heat from which
+nothing can be hid. How many things we can say of this fuel! We have
+spoken of the Word of God. The Word of God is the light, and it is
+the fuel for a fire. Our blessed Saviour when He was on the way to
+Emmaus with the Disciples enkindled their hearts, not by his personal
+presence; but when he opened the Scriptures, then they testified,
+"Did not our hearts burn within us?" That was what took place at
+Pentecost. The Holy Spirit did not bring the fuel that day, but they
+had been gathering it as they spoke of Christ, and as they came
+together to offer prayers, the Holy Spirit came, and the Word was a
+fire in their bones; then fire came and kindled them, and then came
+that wonderful effect.
+
+Sir James Herschel tells us in a little story, in fragments of his
+biography, how after his telescopes became famous they were
+distributed quite widely through Europe, and when he published his
+great discovery, he began to receive complaints. Men said to him, in
+angry letters, "We do not see what you see." In his response to them
+he said: "Perhaps you do not take the care in your observations that
+I do," and he spoke of one particular thing that is carefully noted.
+"Do you take care," he said, "of the matter of temperature? The
+instrument with which I examine the stars must be of the temperature
+of the stars as nearly as may be, and when I observe on a winter
+night I place my glass on the lawn at Greenwich, and let it stand
+there until the instrument comes to be of the temperature of the air.
+But beyond that," he said, "not only must my instrument be of the
+right temperature, but I must be. Oftentimes," he said, "I have been
+out in the winter air for two hours before I would open my glass,
+because I must come to be of the same temperature as the instrument
+itself." What a spiritual truth there is here! God's Word the
+instrument, and the temperature that of the heavens. But we must be
+of the temperature of that Bible and that heavens! Oh, for the heat
+of the Gospel to be in the minister of Christ wherever he stands, and
+then there will be nothing hid from its searching power.
+
+I think this subject is often presented in a way to confuse it. We
+speak of heat in a way not to comprehend precisely what we want; and
+let me touch upon the point which shows what I mean. When the Saviour
+was at the well with the woman, it was the love in His heart from
+which she could not be hid. What a lesson Peter learned that day when
+our Saviour, in His great interview by the sea, asked him: "Lovest
+thou me?" and said, "Feed my sheep and my lambs." There was a lesson
+burned into his heart of the personal love of Christ.
+
+I heard Mr. Sankey sing last week "The Ninety and Nine," and he
+prefaced it by saying that the old hymn was worn out. I was sorry to
+hear him say that, but there was one accent he gave in singing which
+was very affecting. When one expostulates with the shepherd that he
+has ninety and nine with him, he cries out: "It is my sheep." I fancy
+when Peter came to Pentecost and saw those great crowds before him
+there was one element of preparation he needed, and the Saviour had
+taught him how to feed his sheep and feed his lambs, and it lived so
+in his heart that nothing could be hid from it.
+
+I am speaking too long on this matter. But it is a great subject.
+This Association has a glorious opportunity. There is no cause that
+comes to us that touches our inspiration and consecration like this
+society, and the opportunity is such as, in my judgment, the
+Christian Church never had.
+
+Now, we say this, we cannot do this work by any other form of service
+but by preaching the Gospel, with at least these elements in it I
+have mentioned. We speak of the hand work for Christ, but we want the
+net work for Christ. When I was in Japan, I saw all over the bay, in
+the night, little boats of fishermen. The men were in the boats two
+and two, one holding a torch. They were busily engaged the night
+through. I asked one, "Is this your mode of fishing?" and I was shown
+a great seine net that lay upon the shore, and I was told, "This is
+here especially for day fishing." When I stood before the young men
+in the school at Kioto I referred to this. I said "It seems to me in
+Japan you are doing the night fishing now; it is fishing in the night
+with a torch, but, young men, there is a morning coming when the
+great net is to be cast, your hands are to be upon it, and you are to
+have the privilege of a great cast for God." It has come this year,
+and those young men went out preachers of righteousness, clothed with
+power to reach the masses of men, and they have drawn in hundreds,
+and there is hope of the thousands, and that is what we want in this
+work, men who can go to those Southern fields, to those five millions
+of whom we have heard, and cast the great seine net of the Gospel;
+and they are coming.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.
+
+PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
+
+REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.
+
+
+JAN. 4, Sunday.--Assisted in organizing at the Tillotson Institute a
+church of twenty-one members. Lord's Supper. Prof. W. L. Gordon's two
+children baptized.
+
+JAN. 5, Monday.--At Austin depot. Waited for train five hours to 8 P. M.
+
+JAN. 6, Tuesday.--Arrived in San Antonio at 1 A. M. Departed for
+Flatonia at 8 A. M., arriving at noon. Looked up the folks. Preached
+at night for Pastor T. E. Hillson, whose second child was baptized,
+as the first had been by the same hand at the dedication in Luling,
+his alternate church.
+
+JAN. 7, Wednesday.--Up at 4 and off to Luling, arriving by daylight.
+Off then, by livery rig, 45 miles to Riddleville.
+
+JAN. 8, Thursday.--On to Helena, 15 miles. Ride out with freedman, 3
+miles, to our Colony Church. Lecture at night for Pastor Thompson.
+
+JAN. 9, Friday.--Half a day of writing. Visited at another freedman's
+home, taking supper. Preached at night.
+
+JAN. 10, Saturday.--Brother Thompson, with another colored man and
+myself, start for Corpus, 80 miles, reaching Goliad, 35 miles, at
+night. We are entertained at Pastor T. Benson's.
+
+JAN. 11, Sunday.--In the morning, Sunday-school, preaching and
+communion. At night, preaching. Conferring all day, at the intervals,
+with "parties," being called upon even after retiring at night.
+
+JAN. 12, Monday.--Up and off before daylight, without breakfast. But
+Mrs. Benson has provided for us a grand lunch box that lasts us three
+for the two days through to Corpus. No place on the way, to put up;
+no chance to buy eatables. Our boss has planned to reach the half-way
+spot on the Popolota for camping. The day wears away, and it is 10
+o'clock before we come to the halting-place. For the last three hours
+Brother Thompson had led the way lantern in hand, splashing through
+the mud and water. We turn under a live oak, take out and feed the
+jaded horses, and eat our snack, and commit ourselves to the Heavenly
+Father, and at 11 o'clock turn in for the night, Brother Thompson on
+the ground, _under_ the hack, and Brother Eding and I _in_ the hack,
+doubled like a couple of jackknives into our four feet square of
+space, being all of a color. By our side the ponies through the night
+crunch their corn; and, by turn, we jump up to drive off the cows
+from stealing their hay. But we sleep, and snore, and rest some.
+
+TUESDAY, Jan 13.--Up and off by daybreak. We camp for breakfast
+lunch. We camp for dinner lunch. As we consume the fragments, how we
+do bless Mrs. Benson. When, at her own table, we had praised her
+baking and cooking, she responded: "Oh, I learned that at Talladega
+College." Then I had to tell Dr. Strieby's story of the native
+preacher, who thanked him for the good wife who had been trained in
+one of the American Missionary Association schools, saying that he
+had gotten more than he had anticipated--a good cook and housekeeper.
+On, on we trudge through the heavy mud. Night has come, and we are
+yet seven miles from Corpus, and the cold, "wet norther" that has
+been drizzling upon us all day, as we had been fearing, has at last
+broken upon us. Again Brother Thompson is on the lead, with lantern
+in hand, through the slush, and he has walked more than half the way
+through the day. The black-waxy is heavy for the wheels, and slippery
+for the poor old freedman ponies that have no shoes. Pastor J. W.
+Strong, who for four years has manfully held this extreme
+southwestern outpost of Congregationalism, having learned of our
+approach from a dashing country rider, comes along in the dark, one
+mile out to meet us, in Oriental style. After our salaams, he gallops
+back to town to make the final arrangement for our entertainment. It
+is now 8.30 P. M., too late for the preaching; and, for once, the
+preacher is glad that the storm has kept the people away from the
+appointment. But the next night they make it up, and the preacher
+tries to make it up, too. When Mr. Thompson brought me down, six
+years ago, we came straight through by fording, belly-deep to the
+horses, across the reef, three miles long, that forms the nexus
+between the Nueces Bay and the Corpus Christi Bay. On either side was
+deep water or miring sand. Once, since that, he has had to _tote_ his
+passengers out on his back. The reef has been washed out in spots.
+Lo! this time we go up around the head of the bay, ten miles farther.
+Brother Thompson claims that he can endure such jaunts without wear
+or much weariness, because he is so abstemious as not to drink tea or
+coffee nor to eat meat. And everybody knows him to be a true, pure
+and high-minded Christian minister who, though he has had but
+little schooling, has been so taught of God in the Word, that after
+these eleven years in the same parish, that at Helena, he is yet
+confided in there as an able pulpit teacher. In old times, his people
+were Presbyterians. Blood will tell; and doctrine, too.
+
+[Illustration: VIEWS IN TEXAS]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WEEK OF PRAYER.
+
+
+NASHVILLE, TENN.--The week of prayer was observed here this year as
+usual, a meeting being held each day. Notwithstanding the bad
+weather, the attendance was fair and the interest good, although not
+of a revival kind. Before that time special efforts had been made in
+connection with the labors of Rev. Mr. Field, the evangelist, and
+twenty-five professed conversions took place. A pleasant state of
+feeling in religion has existed since then. In the circumstances the
+order of subjects for prayer was closely observed, except that the
+subject of missions was postponed until Sunday evening, that being
+the regular time for our monthly missionary meeting. The occasion was
+one of unusual interest. The special subjects considered were the
+Congo territory, the Congo conference, the mission to Bihe and that
+to Umzila's kingdom. In the last mentioned mission we here have a
+peculiar interest, as two of our former students, Mr. and Mrs.
+Ousley, have been sent there as missionaries by the American Board.
+Both are graduates of our college course and Mr. Ousley has since
+studied theology at Oberlin. A letter from him, written at Cape Town,
+Africa, was read at our meeting. Since then one has been received
+from Mrs. Ousley, dated at Durban, Natal, which they had reached in
+safety and good health and spirits. They were about to sail the next
+day for Inhambane, their final destination. So as to locate them
+better we had at the meeting, on our board, a map of that station.
+Our society writes them once a month. They are very dear to us and we
+hope they will do much good in Africa. Mr. Ousley dedicated himself
+one Sunday in the summer of 1878 to that field of labor and has never
+swerved from his purpose. The last part of the meeting was devoted to
+a season of prayer for Secretary Pike in consideration of his serious
+illness.
+
+  A. K. SPENCE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MEMPHIS, TENN.--Our church, as formerly, observed the week of prayer,
+with, however, nothing of special note in the way of outward results.
+The stormy weather from the first until the middle of the week
+greatly hindered the attendance. There was, notwithstanding, for
+those who came, a blessed realization of spiritual benefit.
+
+There were no special meetings at the Le Moyne School, the teachers
+attending the night meetings at the church.
+
+We were quickened by the thought that even a few souls gathered in
+each of many places, make up a great company in supplication before
+God. The topics presented for each evening came to our minds with
+more than ordinary freshness and force, and the weight of all
+accumulated to the last. I trust that we were duly impressed with a
+sense of the obligation incurred by thus confessing to the truth and
+importance of those themes, and by coming with them to the Lord.
+Those members of church who, unhindered by other things, come to
+meeting in stormy weather are more clear in their testimony that it
+pays, in direct returns of spiritual strength and joy in the
+fellowship of Christ.
+
+The spirit of our meetings at the close was just such as warrants a
+continuance of effort, but the winter has been unusually cold and,
+unlike the custom North, it would be an extraordinary excitement
+which would secure a general interest and attendance now.
+
+  B. A. IMES.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SAVANNAH, GA.--The week of prayer was a spiritual feast to those who
+attended the meetings, held each night in the Congregational Church,
+and the results still continue to appear. Topics assigned by the
+Alliance followed.
+
+To our church the week of prayer was largely a season of review, the
+whole cycle of blessings, needs and hopes passing in prayerful
+review. The meeting for thanksgiving, on Monday night, was a goodly
+remembrance of special blessings during the past year, and the
+exercises were chiefly supplications, experiences and rejoicings of
+those who one year ago had no Christian hope. By count, more than
+one-half of the persons present were, as one said, only "yearlings."
+The ready use of Bible promises at this meeting measured well the
+value of our special missionary's Bible work. Two mothers, each with
+her family about her, testified in word and deed that the one year of
+Christian life had created home forces and blessings of infinite
+worth. The time of confession and consecration lasted the whole week,
+and proofs of genuineness are not wanting. Said one: "The new year
+shall not be so dull as the old one." Another: "The new year I give
+_all_ to my Master, Jesus." And kindred promises were frequent and
+fervent.
+
+Results of week of prayer: Church much encouraged and quickened, new
+consecration to work, one convert, a number of interested souls, but
+chiefly the quickened desire for growth of individuals in all that
+makes Christian character; and, more than all, the growth of
+missionary spirit shown in the earnest prayers for the conversion of
+the world to Christ.
+
+At the close of the "Missionary night" meeting, one of the oldest
+members of the Church called at the pastor's study and asked for the
+Missionary magazines, saying: "I am just beginning to hear God's call
+to missionary work, and I want to know more of what the A. M. A. is
+doing for our people, and to have my part in it." Seed _will_ grow.
+
+  DANA SHERRILL.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SANTEE AGENCY, NEB.--We remembered the week of prayer by services in
+the chapel every evening, except on Thursday and Saturday, when we
+held the meetings in the afternoon for the convenience of our Indians
+who live at a distance from the Mission. The spirit of prayer rested
+upon all of our several school boarding halls, and we felt that the
+mercy seat had come near.
+
+The line of instruction in these meetings was concerning the Holy
+Spirit as enlightening the mind, convicting of sin, revealing Christ
+to the soul, and abiding with the believer.
+
+Our young men very generally took part in prayer. And their prayers
+showed a clear understanding of the truths spoken, and deep feeling
+with regard to their own needs and the wonderful revelation of the
+mercy of Christ. And they seemed to open their hearts to the ministry
+of the Spirit.
+
+The same spirit of tender prayerfulness and devotion to the Master
+was manifest among the girls, a number of them coming out as
+candidates for church membership and eagerly forming a class for the
+study of the Catechism.
+
+In the middle of these days of prayer, we were startled by the word
+that came from a brother missionary's family, the Rev. J. P.
+Williamson, at Yankton Agency, Dakota, that his children were all
+sick with scarlet fever, that one was dead and another dying. We took
+their burden on our hearts in prayer. And the merciful Father spared
+the one on the borders of death.
+
+By this I was called away from Santee for two days to attend the
+burial of the dear missionary child that was taken. But I found no
+interruption of interest when I returned. Thus, all in all, the
+experiences of this week have been very precious, and we believe that
+larger fruits of it are yet to appear.
+
+  ALFRED L. RIGGS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A STUDENT.
+
+
+  ----, Miss., January 18, 1885.
+
+DEAR PROFESSOR: As I only wrote you a few days ago, you will no doubt
+be surprised somewhat to receive this letter so soon after. But it is
+on a matter of great importance that I write you. I think I told you
+in my letter previous to this that I found no Sabbath-school here,
+and that I had formed a little class among my day pupils.
+
+This is my second Sabbath here, and we met this morning in our little
+schoolroom for the first time. How happy it made me feel to meet with
+such a pleasant little band of children, all eager to talk and learn
+of Jesus. But I was greatly pained to find that the teachers who
+recently taught here failed to have Sabbath-school. I inquired of
+those present this morning how long since they had Sabbath school
+here, and was informed, "three years." I then asked what the teachers
+did who previously taught free school here; the answer which came
+from many was, "They visited on Sundays." I don't see how they could
+content themselves at doing nothing in a place like this, when there
+is so much work to do. I have not in all my experience of school
+teaching found a place so pitifully neglected and needful as this.
+What I want to say, Professor, is this: We have no Sabbath-school
+literature of any kind.
+
+Have you anything that you could send me, Professor, for my little
+Sabbath-school? If so, please send it at my expense. I shall be glad
+to get anything that I could interest them with; I mean to have them
+come to my room Sunday afternoons, that I may read to them and talk
+with those who are not Christians, and perhaps you can find something
+that would be good for that purpose. We shall be glad of anything.
+There is so much work here, and I shall be so glad if I can do any
+good. Now, Professor, if you can find ANYTHING to send us, do send it
+at once. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain your pupil and
+friend,
+
+  ---- ----.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA.
+
+BY REV. W. C. POND.
+
+
+Our brother Lou Quong, for several years the Chinese Helper in our
+West School in this city, has recently returned from a visit to his
+native land. I was so greatly interested in his account of his
+experience as a Christian, thrown back into the heathen associations
+of his childhood, that I asked him to write it out for me, and I give
+it to the readers of THE MISSIONARY with only a few corrections of
+his English,--respecting which, during his absence, he has lost some
+ground:
+
+"I came to California in 1876, and lived in the city of San
+Francisco. In the day-time I worked in a family, but in the evenings
+I attended the Mission school. In 1877, I became a poor Christian
+among our countrymen here. The schools were cared for by all the good
+Christian friends that are in this free country, and even by some
+from England and other nations. They were looked after by Rev. W. C.
+Pond, pastor of Bethany Church--the same church that all our Chinese
+brethren go to, to take the Lord's Supper, once in two months.
+
+Last September I paid a visit to my home--the home that I had left
+for so long a time. But before I go I make up my mind to stand up for
+Jesus, who has kindly given His life for my soul. At first my heart
+was some troubled about going back to my heathen country, but I pray,
+and kept praying that Jesus would go with me. So He heard my humble
+prayers. He was going before me, and made everything smooth for me. I
+got home Oct. 9th, at noon. In a few moments there came all the
+people of my village, both young and old, women and men, asking me
+about California. I answered them the best I could. Some of them try
+to get a look on my head at first, to see if my hair is all right,
+for they believed Christian Chinese have their queue cut off, and
+belong to California. He is no more Chinaman. For this cause they
+trouble me many days.
+
+I met Rev. C. R. Hager at Hong Kong, when first I got there. We fell
+to talking of the Mission work among our people.
+
+When I was at home, as soon as my father worshiped the ancestors or
+the idols, he sent one of my little sisters to call me to join the
+worship; but my mother, who has a better spirit, told my father that
+I would not worship them any more, "for (as she said) he have told me
+that he did thank God _in his heart_, and that he love us the same."
+Thus, my mother stopped the calling for the worshiping of the
+ancestors ever since. I thank God for this first.
+
+During the time I was at home there were seven or eight brethren
+called at my house and did shake hands with me. Some of them I knew
+in California, but the rest I knew not and never saw them before; yet
+they could find their fellow-brethren in Christ, and came from far
+to do so. Some of them are Bible-sellers; some are preachers. They
+show their brotherly love and Christian faith by bringing candy and
+oranges for my sisters. And my father was also glad to see them, each
+time they call. Some of them did take dinner with us in our family.
+Rev. Mr. Jones also call, and he preached to the people in my
+village. He can use the chop-sticks, and did eat our food. In the
+evening, with the moon shining, and in the day-time he asked me to
+take him to the market-place, to tell the people the same thing in
+Chinese as we preached here in California. He was astonished that the
+people treated him so well, and did not say a bad word to him about
+it.
+
+Now comes the hardest thing for a Chinese Christian to bear; that is,
+the marriage day. I was married on March 28, 1884. I had been engaged
+by my parents when I was fourteen years old to a girl who was only
+nine, and lived four miles away. When she come to our house to live
+with us, then she begin to ask me why I did not worship the ancestors
+with her on the marriage day; and I begin with my lesson to her in
+simple things, telling her why I don't worship those things any more.
+When I make a prayer to God before I go to bed she laugh at me
+because I pray to nothing--no God that I can _see_. But I told her
+that she must bow her head too when I pray, and must keep still. So,
+after this, she pay more attention to what I tell her about this
+great God that I have found in California.
+
+Once she ask me why I don't take Mr. Ying's example, and do just like
+he do to please all men. For Mr. Ying was living in the same house
+with us, and had come back from California at the same time with me;
+and though he had been in our Mission schools for two or three years,
+yet he will not take Jesus as his Lord. So when he got back to China,
+he do things just as free as any heathen. So I ask her: "Well,
+suppose a man who served his ancestors, and all the dead and all the
+idols with all his heart; yet he would not take care of himself and
+go about smoking opium, gambling, throwing away his money in
+foolishness, and leaving his whole family uncared for. Now, how do
+you like that?" Then she said, without delay, "I will not like such a
+man. I rather take a man that is called a Christian, and have him do
+good, than to have him serve ancestors and gods and do bad things."
+Though she was a heathen, yet I think she see a little light now. I
+left home to come here again, Oct. 29, but I still pray God to keep
+her on the right way; and may she become a Christian woman by the
+Lord's power alone! Thus the Lord blessed me. May He bless all the
+workers in His vineyard."
+
+[Illustration: BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING TABLETS OF DECEASED
+ANCESTORS.]
+
+I have exceedingly interesting accounts from the new fields: Alturas,
+Modoc Co.; Tulare, Tulare Co., and San Diego. In Sacramento where
+Rev. Mr. Jones is engaged in special services, we hear of crowds
+gathering about him in the street when he speaks there, and following
+him into the mission house till it is completely packed. We hear also
+that some hearts seem to have been touched; and that the hope is
+cherished that some who were far off have been brought nigh. Space
+fails me to go into details; but I bespeak the earnest prayers of all
+who love this cause and love our Lord, that this evangelistic work
+may yield us the glad harvests for which we have been wrestling with
+God.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
+
+MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We are glad to notice that the ladies of Connecticut have recently
+organized a State Missionary Society to co-operate with the leading
+benevolent societies for work in our own country. Nothing in these
+days can be accomplished without organization. What is everybody's
+business is nobody's business, and causes whose support is left to
+those who merely happen to have an interest in them are very likely
+to be neglected. We wish that in every State of the Union, ladies'
+domestic missionary societies might be organized. The great work
+which our Association is called upon to perform among women needs to
+be specially brought to the attention of the Christian ladies in our
+churches. This information can only be effectually disseminated
+through organized and systematic effort. We are prepared to furnish
+interesting missionary material to all who will ask for it. We invite
+correspondence with missionary societies, promising to give careful
+attention to any inquiries they may make. With gratitude do we record
+the fact that the interest in the woman's department of the American
+Missionary Association's work is steadily enlarging.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LETTER FROM A LADY MISSIONARY.
+
+
+----, Ga., January, 1885.
+
+DEAR FRIENDS: As I take my pen to write my mind goes back to the
+general letter that I wrote. Can I tell you of any improvement among
+those with whom we have to do, since that time? Watching the progress
+of our school from day to day the upward tendency seems slow, but
+looking back a year a marked improvement can be seen. While they
+learn readily they remember well, and the homes of those who come in
+contact with our church and school are different. Last Saturday was
+the coldest day of the winter, but Miss Robertson and I, according to
+a previous appointment went to the Dunwoody settlement to hold a
+woman's meeting. I think I wrote you about a similar meeting one year
+ago; this is the third one that I have held, and the meetings have
+gained in interest. In that settlement, before they commence
+planting, the people have a fast day; they neither eat, wash their
+faces nor perform any ordinary duties from one sunset to the next.
+They pray in their homes and unitedly for God's blessing upon the
+labor of their hands. It reminds me of the way fast days used to be
+kept in the early history of New England. I am inclined to think they
+caught the idea from the people who came from New England here. I do
+not know that such a custom is observed except in this settlement. I
+asked the women if a blessing followed their prayers? They answered
+decidedly, "Yes," and said that while the people all about them had
+suffered for the necessities of life, in that settlement they had
+never since freedom bought corn, rice or potatoes, but had raised
+sufficient for their needs. In their simplicity they take God at His
+word, "Ask and ye shall receive."
+
+Last Sabbath another couple entered upon the "_matrimonial sea_,"
+this time young people. The gorgeous attire of the wedding party can
+be better imagined than described. We see few tokens of love and
+affection among this people. In the Sunday-school lesson of last
+Sabbath the questions and remarks of our pupils led us to think that
+it was almost a missing link in their lives; it seemed impossible for
+them to understand why the people should fall on Paul's neck and kiss
+him; it is a rare sight to see a kiss exchanged among them.
+
+Yesterday, after school, the parson went with me over the swamps to
+the homes of some of our scholars. We passed through several ditches,
+where the water was up to the hubs of the buggy wheels; there was a
+log for a foot-path over these places. It was very muddy all along
+the way, and yet these children are seldom absent from school.
+To-day, the clouds are heavy and dark, and the rain has come down in
+torrents, yet many have come into school from these long distances,
+to our surprise, one boy having the promise of being promoted into
+the second reader came at least six miles, bringing a chicken and six
+eggs to pay for his book; when he arrived he was wet to his skin.
+Two-thirds of our school were present to-day. I realize as never
+before the effort these children are making for themselves. Oh! I
+remember how freely money was given and the young men from our homes
+that freedom might be obtained for this people; then the women must
+wait and pray at home, but now the way is open for women to teach the
+young of this vast race that the future may not disclose a nation
+within a nation, hostile to the good and true of a Christian people.
+Shall there not be volunteers among our New England girls, who shall
+say: "Here am I. Send me" to the work?
+
+Very cordially yours,
+
+  E. P.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some of our hard-worked sisters at the North may wish to enter the
+service of the A. M. A., that they may get a little rest and find
+time for literary culture. We commend to such a careful perusal of
+the following report.
+
+MONTHLY REPORT BY MISS H.
+
+Days taught during the month, 25; Hours taught, 150; Scholars
+classified, 73; Tuition collected, $54.75; School books sold, 111;
+Book money, $24.00; School programmes, 10; Slates corrected, 1,250;
+Arithmetical examples (oral), 325; Words written on the blackboard,
+225; Spelling words (oral), 450; Reading lessons, 50; Golden Texts,
+4; New song taught, 1; Five-minute talks, 10; Conducted chapel
+exercises, 4; Conducted home devotions, 5; Tuesday evening public
+talk, 1; Interviewed mothers of refractory scholars, 5; Notes to
+parents, 10; Postal cards (absent scholars), 20; Written examination,
+1; Choir meetings, 4; Whipped scholar, 1; Attended woman's prayer
+meeting, 4; Church services, 20.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHILDREN'S PAGE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+VIC'S LILIES.
+
+
+School was dismissed, and the boys and girls came rushing out with
+merry shouts and laughter. The voices had a musical ring and the
+intonation peculiar to uncultivated colored lads and lassies. They
+were a comely, thrifty-looking set, and the instinctive hopefulness
+of their race looked from the bright eyes and shone in the cheery
+faces. Life had gone hard with some, but had failed to quench their
+faith in the good time yet to come.
+
+As they neared the corner of the street and came in sight of a large,
+handsome white house, a girl's voice called, "Hush! hush!"
+
+"Lor', now, Vic!" her brother Phil remonstrated, "what nonsense!" But
+in spite of the remonstrance every voice took a lower tone, and the
+house was passed almost in silence. The blinds of the house were
+closed, and from the door-knob hung the black-and-white token of
+mourning. Vic was saying, "Yes, sick jest two days; taken Sunday and
+died this morning. When I tol' teacher, she said, 'Death loves a
+shining mark.'"
+
+"I'm awful sorry," said Nan; "he was a mighty peart little 'un, and
+he al'ays looked up and smiled when we passed. But if I'd knowed he
+was really goin', I'd sent a message to sister Fan. Don't you think
+she'd like to know about the Christmas tree, Vic?"
+
+"You're a green un," said Phil. "You don't s'pose that little pink
+and white chap has gone to our heaven, do you? He'll see Fan a heap
+sight! She's off in a little cubby-hole with all the rest of the
+darkies. All the first-class 'commodations b'longs to the white
+peoples, ye know."
+
+"Hush, Phil," said Vic; "you shan't stuff Nan so. Everything will be
+all right, honey, when we gets up dere. Shouldn't be s'prised if Fan
+knew all 'bout the tree. And p'rhaps the good Lord will let her help
+take care of the little fellow till his po' mother comes. Ole Dinah
+says she's awfully cut up--his mother, you know. You see they're
+strangers here, came for the mammy's health; and Frankie, he was the
+only chile. 'Pears like I want to comfort the po' mammy. My lily has
+three blossoms. I mean to take them all to her."
+
+"'Pears like you'd better min' your own business. She may be a dog-on
+white lady, if she do come from the Norf. Like as not she'd turn up
+her nose at your lilies. I'll 'low the little un was a brick, but
+you'd better let his mother 'lone." This was Phil's advice.
+
+But although Victoria Porter had a black skin, she had a tender,
+loving heart, and she had pored over the Christ-life until she had
+unconsciously imbibed its spirit. She was always yearning to comfort
+some one. Later in the day she stood at the door of the white
+mansion, holding her precious lilies. "They're for his mother," she
+said to Dinah. "Tell her we chil'ens loved Frankie, and we're all
+mighty sorry."
+
+It was a simple message and a simple offering, and the giver was a
+poor little black girl; but behind the gift was sincerity and love,
+and the heart of the poor, sorrowing mother was touched and
+comforted.
+
+And Vic's lilies had a mission of which she knew not. They preached a
+lovely sermon on the high privilege and duty of comforting others. We
+may be poor, and very humble may be our station in life; but if we
+try, we may make life brighter and sweeter to someone. What a glad
+surprise it will be to Vic when the Saviour honors her many kind acts
+by the words--"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
+these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."
+
+  E. E. B.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1885.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAINE, $714.22.
+
+  Andover. "Friends"                                        $9.50
+  Bangor. "Little Women" and "Busy Bees" of Bangor, and
+    Ladies of Hampden, Bbl. of Christmas Presents, _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., 32.50; Winter St. Ch., 47.15  79.65
+  Brunswick. 2 Bbls. and 1 Box of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Centre Lebanon. "A Friend"                                10.00
+  Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     21.00
+  Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. STEPHEN A.
+    CORDWELL and PETER W. FILES, L. M's                     68.31
+  Elliot. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 3.50
+  Ellsworth. Cong. Ch.                                      34.47
+  Farmington. Rev. C. E. Pope's S. S. Class, _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                       5.00
+  Gardiner. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 3.20 _for
+    Freight_, by Miss S. E. Adams                            3.20
+  Gorham. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 2 _for Freight_,
+    by Miss M. E. Smith                                      2.00
+  Limington. "A. B."                                         2.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. Chas. D. Crane, _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  New Castle. Mrs. C. D. Crane, _for Selma, Ala._            8.00
+  North Bridgeton. By Miss Proctor's Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Wilmington, N. C._                                  1.00
+  Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and Daughters                     35.00
+  Orono. Bbl. and Box of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Portland. High Street Ch.                                 90.50
+  Portland. Brown Thurston's Class, High St. Sab. Sch.,
+    _for Student Aid, Hamilton N. & A. Inst._               25.00
+  Portland. Miss A. Partridge, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._, 59c. _for freight_                    .59
+  Searsport. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      11.00
+  Searsport. 2 Bbls of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 4 _for
+    freight_, by Mrs. C. T. Hawes                            4.00
+  South Berwick. Mrs. MATILDA BURLEIGH to const. herself
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Union. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
+  Woolwich. Mrs. E. M. Gardner.                               .50
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $474.22
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Castine. Estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, by Rev. Geo.
+    M. Adams, Ex.                                         $240.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                          $714.22
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.21.
+
+  Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch.                                 12.24
+  Antrim. "Friends" by John E. Hastings                     26.50
+  Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                15.00
+  Candia. Frank E. Page                                      5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               20.00
+  Concord. South Ch. Sab. Sch.                               8.99
+  Derry. Woman's Miss'y Soc. (one share)                    20.00
+  East Alstead. Cong. Ch.                                   13.63
+  Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. _for
+    Talladega C._, 1 _for freight_                          21.00
+  Exeter. Mary E. Shute                                     15.00
+  Exeter. Miss A. E. McIntire, Bbl. of C. _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, 50c. _for freight_                                .50
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     14.28
+  Francestown. Cong. Ch.                                    25.00
+  Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                12.20
+  Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch. (one share)                      20.00
+  Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson                        10.00
+  Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. Gerry                         1.00
+  Hollis. "A Friend"                                         1.00
+  Hudson. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Keene. First. Cong. Sab Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta
+    U._                                                     70.00
+  Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.                             46.30
+  Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., _for freight_    2.50
+  Lebanon. Cong. Soc., _for Atlanta U._                     40.00
+  Lisbon. "A Friend"                                         2.00
+  Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury                            1.00
+  Lyme. Cong. Ch., to const. Dea. W. S. BALCH L. M.         30.00
+  Manchester. Franklin St. Church                           70.50
+  Mason. Box of C., _for Dudley, N. C._; 1.60 _for
+    freight_                                                 1.60
+  Milford. "Willing Workers," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                     50.00
+  Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          25.96
+  Nashua. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc.                            6.75
+  New Ipswich. Leavitt Lincoln                              50.00
+  Newport. Cong. Ch.                                        42.52
+  Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson                            5.00
+  Penacook. JEREMIAH C. MARTIN, to const. himself L. M.     30.00
+  Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              5.30
+  Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.03; Rev. Geo. Goodyear, 5     33.03
+  Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l                        1.41
+
+
+VERMONT, $678.67.
+
+  Barnet. Cong. Ch.                                         72.00
+  Bennington. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Dea. G. A.
+    WATTLES, HENRY G. ROOT and Miss E. M. HUBBARD L. M's    53.20
+  Bennington Centre. First Cong. Ch.                        16.25
+  Cambridge. Madison Safford                                 5.00
+  Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  30.62
+  Hartford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 14.06
+  Ludlow. "A Friend"                                         5.00
+  Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Atlanta U._
+  Marshfield. Lyman Clark                                   20.00
+  Montpelier. Mrs. L. C. Bowen                              10.00
+  New Haven. "P. M."                                       100.00
+  New Haven. Ladies' Aid Soc., 2 Bbls. C., _for Oaks,
+    N. C._
+  Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   9.36
+  Saint Albans. Henry E. Seymour                             5.00
+  Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch., 54.72; "A Colored
+    Man," 2                                                 56.72
+  Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           50.00
+  Springfield. Mrs. F. Parks                               100.00
+  Stowe. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Part share)                        8.00
+  Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch.                              10.00
+  West Randolph. Miss B. Nichols                              .50
+  West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.                               11.69
+  West Randolph. Susan E. Albin                              7.00
+  West Randolph. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Woman's Work_         5.00
+  Williston. Cong. Ch.                                      16.00
+  Woodstock. Cong. Ch.                                      19.00
+  By Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for McIntosh, Ga._; Johnson,
+    Sab. Sch., $13.67; Chelsea, Ladies' Soc., $10;
+    Pittsford, Cong. Sab. Sch., 20; Montpelier, Ladies,
+    $10                                                     53.67
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $5,202.67.
+
+  Amherst. William M. Graves, 20; "A Friend," 10            30.00
+  Amherst. Young People of Cong Ch., 10; Mrs. T. P.
+    Huntington, 2, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._           12.00
+  Andover. Free Christian Ch. and Soc., 80.82; "A
+    Friend," 30                                            110.82
+  Andover. Ladies' Union H. M. Soc. (70 of which _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._)                             72.00
+  Andover. Mrs. Blake, _for Fort Sully, Dak._                5.00
+  Andover. West Parish Juv. Miss'y Soc. (One share)         20.00
+  Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. CLIFTON E. STOWE L. M.                           10.00
+  Ashland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  10.56
+    Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 279.14; Rev.
+    MORTON DEXTER, 40, to const. himself L. M.; Mrs. E.
+    C. Parkhurst, 20; Mrs. M. B. Adams (one share), 20;
+    Miss Harriet N. Kirk, 15; "Mrs. W.," 1.--Brighton.
+    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50.--Brookline. Harvard Ch. and
+    Soc., 88.48.--Cambridge. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._, 6.25.--Cambridge. "A
+    Friend," 4.--Cambridgeport. Prospect Ch. and Soc.,
+    87.55.--Cambridgeport. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of
+    Pilgrim Ch. to const. Mrs. E. D. LEAVITT L. M.,
+    30.--Dorchester. Young People's Mission Circle of
+    Second Ch., by Edith L. Mansfield, Treas., 40, _for
+    Two shares_, and 8 _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.
+    C._--Dorchester. Mrs. Wm. Wales, 6.--South Boston.
+    Phillips Ch. and Soc., 68.29                           763.71
+  Bedford. "M. E. R."                                        5.00
+  Braintree. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       22.53
+  Brimfield. Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch. to const.
+    MINER H. CORBIN L. M.                                   37.77
+  Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Chattanooga, Tenn._                                     31.12
+  Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              50.00
+  Charlton. Cong. Ch., 12.26 and Sab., Sch., 1.64           13.90
+  Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, _for
+    Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._                         60.00
+  Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc., 21.24; Miss E.
+    Davenport, 5                                            26.24
+  Chicopee Falls. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. Mrs.
+    JULIA M. DAKIN L. M.                                    30.00
+  Clinton. Mrs. R. N. Ingalls, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Clinton. By Marion E. McPhail, Treas., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      20.00
+  Clinton. Miss'y Soc., _for Talladega C._, _freight_        2.40
+  Clinton. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Kittrell, N. C._
+  Cotuit. Union Ch.                                         14.25
+  Curtisville. Frances M. Clarke                             3.00
+  Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane                              100.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Talladega C._                                      25.00
+  East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._; 2 _for Freight_                           2.00
+  East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. Miss
+    NELLY M. KEMP L. M.                                     41.90
+  Easthampton. ----, _for Reading R., Talladega C._          4.00
+  East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      8.00
+  East Weymouth. Cong. Soc.                                 16.00
+  Edgartown. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 80.70; Third Cong.
+    Ch., 10.20                                              90.90
+  Falmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           40.50
+  Framingham. Plym. Ch. and Soc., 48.86; and Sab.
+    Sch., 13.19; Mrs. S. N. Brewer, 10; "G. N.," 5; "A
+    Friend," 10                                             87.05
+  Gardner. First Cong. Ch.                                  19.31
+  Globe Village. Union Ch. Sab Sch.                         25.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. And Soc., 98; Mrs.
+    Nancy E. Brooks, 10                                    108.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Bal. Share)             5.00
+  Grafton. Bbl. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. CHESTER KELLOGG
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., 12.37; and Sab. Sch.,
+    9.48                                                    21.85
+  Hardwick. E. B. Foster                                     5.00
+  Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., Dea. EBENEZER
+    WEBSTER'S Class, to const. him L. M., 30; Mrs.
+    Appleton's Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._,
+    5; Perry Elliott's Class, 3.41                          38.41
+  Holliston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
+    _for Talladega C._
+  Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.                               6.37
+  Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      5.69
+  Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch.                         176.95
+  Lee. Elizur Smith                                        100.00
+  Leeds. E. L. Clark                                         5.00
+  Lenox. F. Augustus Schemerborn, 25; Richard
+    Goodman, 15; Henry Sedgewick, 10                        50.00
+  Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (2 of which _for Indian
+    M._), to const. Rev. C. A. DICKINSON and Mrs. C. A.
+    DICKINSON L. M's                                       200.00
+  Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch                                 41.62
+  Lowell. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._
+  Malden. "Two Friends," 2; "A Friend," 1                    3.00
+  Maplewood. Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
+  Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       7.00
+  Marlborough. Young People's Mission Circle of Union
+    Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                      25.00
+  Matfield. Mrs. W. S. E. Shaw, Box of C., _for
+    Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                             5.00
+  Merrimac. Cong. Ch.                                       25.00
+  Methuen. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     30.00
+  Middlefield. "A Friend"                                    5.00
+  Milford. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls.
+    of C., _for Talladega C._; 2.50 _for Freight_            2.50
+  Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        58.45
+  Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., 12.36; First Cong. Sab.
+    Sch., 20, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                 32.36
+  Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford                             4.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            50.00
+  Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          20.00
+  Needham. Evan. Cong. Ch.                                   3.50
+  New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr.                     30.00
+  New Bedford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                25.00
+  Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.                               123.85
+  Newton. "A Friend," _for Talladega C._                     3.00
+  Newton. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   94.26
+  Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.15
+  North Billerica. Mrs. E. R. Gould, _for Macon, Ga._        4.00
+  Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.00
+  North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to
+    const. WILLIAM WRIGHT and LUTHER K. SNELL L. M's        45.00
+  North Brookfield. Mrs. W. H. Montague, _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                            5.00
+  North Hadley. Mt. Holyoke Sem., Miss L. W. Shattuck,
+    5; Miss Anna C. Edwards, 5, _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            10.00
+  Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs.
+    DAVIS GREGORY and EDWIN FREEMAN L. M's                  71.31
+  Oxford. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             20.33
+  Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, _for Kittrell, N. C._       6.00
+  Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._      25.00
+  Pepperell. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Dudley, N. C._
+  Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              2.59
+  Pittsfield. James H. Dunham, 50; First Cong. Ch.,
+    25; Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 5                           80.00
+  Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         14.64
+  Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._   40.00
+  Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              75.00
+  Royalston. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            15.00
+  Royalston. Mrs. H. M. Estabrook                            5.00
+  Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           86.28
+  Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Somerville. E. Stone, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._          50.00
+  Somerville. "M"                                           50.00
+  Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for
+    Wilmington, N. C._; 3.05 _for Freight_                   3.05
+  South Wellfleet. "A Life Member"                           1.00
+  South Weymouth. Sec. Cong. Ch., Miss Grover's S. S.
+    Class, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._                    10.00
+  Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               2.01
+  Springfield First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 20;
+    "Friends" 5.60, _for Oaks, N. C._                       25.60
+  Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.                                    48.96
+  Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              23.00
+  Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               40.39
+  Sunderland. "The Acorns," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       7.73
+  Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             53.39
+  Walpole. Or. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 43; Mrs. C. F.
+    Metcalf, 1; Miss L. J. Gould, 1                         45.00
+  Walpole. Mr. Johnson, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           1.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. M. Fuller, _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                            10.00
+  Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Tougaloo U._                                       10.00
+  Watertown. Mrs. J. Q. A. Pierce                            1.00
+  Wayland. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Kittrell, N. C._            5.50
+  Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            100.46
+  Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.                                74.75
+  West Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                9.78
+  Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           12.54
+  West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       30.25
+  West Dennis. Mrs. Sarah S. Crowell                         1.50
+  Westfield. Miss E. B. Dickinson, 50.10; Mrs. C. W.
+    Fowler, 5                                               55.10
+  Westfield. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Second Ch., Bbl. of
+    C., val. 66, _for Straight U._; 1.65 _for Freight_       1.65
+  West Newbury. J. C. Carr                                   1.00
+  West Springfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Atlanta U._                                             10.00
+  Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5.20 of which
+    _for Hampton N and A. Inst._)                           95.20
+  Winchester. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+    Aid, Fisk U._                                           55.00
+  Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._       75.00
+  Woburn. William Temple                                     5.00
+  Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., 209.16; Piedmont Ch.
+    (ad'l), 50.77; Rev. C. M. Lamson, 5; "A Friend," 2
+    Dictionaries (Greek and Latin)                         264.93
+  Worcester. Collected by Mrs. C. M. Lamson, of Salem
+    St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                     25.00
+  Worcester. "A Friend," _for Kindergarten, Storrs
+    Sch., Atlanta, Ga._                                     25.00
+  Worcester. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, by Mrs. H. B.
+    Merriman (one share)                                    20.00
+  Worcester. Mrs. H. L. Stearns' S. S. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               5.00
+  ----. "Mount Holyoke," _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._      8.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                           2.00
+  By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n:
+    Springfield, First, 26.96; South, 81.81; Blandford,
+    6; Palmer, Second, 50; Mittineague, 28                 192.77
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,198.63
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by Wm. W.
+    Wyman, Ex.                                               4.04
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $5,202.67
+
+  CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE: NEW
+    HAMPSHIRE, Keene Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch.,
+    1 Bbl., _for McIntosh, Ga._; Walpole, Ladies of
+    Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. _for Dakota Home_. MASSACHUSETTS,
+    Dorchester, Mrs. James Foster, "The Family
+    Library," etc.; Mrs. R. L. Prouty, Pkg.
+    "Congregationalists"; Fitchburg, Herbert H. Dole,
+    Pkg. "Youth's Companion"; Harvard, Woman's Benev.
+    Soc. of Ev. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., _for Wilmington,
+    N. C._, val. 35; Lawrence, Ladies' Benev. Soc. of
+    Lawrence St. Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 75, _for Talladega
+    C._; Templeton, Elizabeth C. D. Shattuck, Bundle,
+    val. (in part) 3.16, _for Chattanooga, Tenn._;
+    Revere, Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls., _for Chattanooga,
+    Tenn._; Watertown, Ladies of Phillips Ch., 1 Bbl.
+    RHODE ISLAND, Westerly, Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for
+    Savannah, Ga._
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $1,684.77.
+
+  Barrington. Cong. Ch. (ad'l)                              17.40
+  Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                                  65.00
+  Newport. "A Friend"                                       10.00
+  Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                                      77.14
+  Providence. Union Cong. Ch.                              785.23
+  Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                              50.00
+  Seekonk and East Providence. Cong. Ch., to const.
+    ROBERT R. PEARSE and ALBERT M. FINNAMORE L. M's         60.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,064.77
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Providence. Estate of Anthony B. Arnold, by John H.
+    Cheever and Wm. Knight, Exrs.                          620.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,684.77
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $4,766.91.
+
+  Bethel. Cong. Ch.                                        107.08
+  Bethel. "Willing Workers," _for Talladega C._             20.00
+  Black Rock. Cong. Ch.                                     11.54
+  Branford. Cong. Ch.                                        9.13
+  Bridgeport. Children of North Ch. Infant Class, _for
+    Cal. Chinese M._                                        20.00
+  Bridgeport. Miss Wood, Box Books, etc., _for Talladega
+    C._
+  Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  20.00
+  Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            15.63
+  Canterbury. Westminster Cong. Ch.                          9.07
+  Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          17.84
+  Cromwell. Cong. Ch.                                       78.00
+  Danielsonville. Case of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._
+  Fair Haven. Miss H. L. Rice, _for Indian M._               1.00
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                     57.80
+  Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                12.00
+  Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Straight U._                                            32.94
+  Hadlyme. Joseph W. Hungerford                            100.00
+  Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. (5 of which _for
+    Indian M._)                                            281.65
+  Hartford. Second Ch. of Christ, 150; Gilbert G.
+    Mosely, 10                                             160.00
+  Jewett City. Cong. Ch.                                     9.04
+  Kensington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            26.65
+  Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. Williams                            25.00
+  Ledyard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.                 24.78
+  Lyme. First Ecc. Soc.                                     34.47
+  Middletown. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._          30.00
+  Milton. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+  Montville. First Cong. Ch.                                10.15
+  Mount Carmel. W. W. Woodruff, _for Tillotson C. and
+    N. Inst._                                               25.00
+  Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch.                                  12.50
+  Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.                                      80.00
+  New Britain. South Cong. Ch.                             198.41
+  New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. Adams, _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   10.00
+  New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50.; College St. Cong. Ch.,
+    36.65, and Sab. Sch., 11; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, 30,
+    to const. Miss LUCIE J. HARRISON L. M.                 127.66
+  New Haven. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of United Ch.,
+    _for Dakota Home, Santee Agency_                        50.00
+  New Haven. L. M. Law, 25; Miss Julia Leek, 1, _for
+    Indian M._                                              26.00
+  Newington. Miss Agnes Belden, Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  New London. Second Cong. Ch., 595.24; "A Friend," 1.50   596.74
+  Newtown. Cong. Soc.                                       20.00
+  Northford. Cong. Ch.                                      15.08
+  Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., 217.10; Miss Sarah M. Lee,
+    25                                                     242.10
+  Norwichtown. "First Ch."                                  21.00
+  Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch.                                 15.00
+  Orange. Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._          35.00
+  Plainville. "A Friend"                                   100.00
+  Pomfret. First Cong. Ch.                                  55.00
+  Rockville. J. Edwards Banta, Box papers, etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._, 1, _for Freight_                            1.00
+  Salisbury, Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             52.70
+  South Britain. Cong. Ch.                                  15.41
+  Staffordville. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+  Talcottville. Sarah T. Avery                               5.00
+  Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             29.66
+  Thompsonville. D. Pease                                     .50
+  Tolland. Mrs. Lucy L. Clough, 50, _for Indian M._, 25
+    _for Chinese M._ and 25 _for Freedmen_                 100.00
+  Torrington. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Cask of C.,
+    etc., _for Talladega C._, 4, _for freight_               4.00
+  Wallingford. First Cong. Ch.                              35.33
+  Wapping. Cong Ch.                                         16.75
+  Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch.                              196.00
+  Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                          200.00
+  West Hartford. A. Chappell, 10; Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 8.02    18.02
+  Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                         66.41
+  Windsor Locks. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Dormitory,
+    Tillotson C. & N. Inst._                               195.00
+  Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Winsted. Elias E. Gilman, 10; Mrs. Emily W. Case, 10      20.00
+  Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss                              10.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $3,739.04
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Ellington. Estate of Maria Pitkin, by Edwin Talcott,
+    Ex.                                                 $1,027.87
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $4,766.91
+
+
+NEW YORK, $2,739.93.
+
+  Baldwinsville. Howard Carter                              25.00
+  Binghamton. Sheldon Warner                                 5.00
+  Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch., 531; Plymouth Ch.,
+    464.51; South Cong. Ch., 50; Ch. of the Covenant
+    Sab. Sch., bal. to const. Mrs. JULIETTE H. MACKAY
+    L. M., 20; Mrs. M. L. Hollis, 2; Rev. E. P. Thwing,
+    Pkg. Books                                           1,067.51
+  Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee
+    Agency_                                                 37.50
+  Canastota. E. B. Northrup                                100.00
+  Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     28.53
+  Ellington. Mrs. H. B. Rice, 10; Mrs. E. Rice, 4;
+    A. C. Rice, 2                                           16.00
+  Flushing. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10, _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._; Miss C. T. Gilman, 2.30, _for
+    freight_                                                12.30
+  Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.84, and Sab. Sch., 6.25    37.09
+  Groton. Cong. Ch., 18.08; Mrs. Kesia Bostwick, 7.; Dr.
+    Clark Chapman, 5                                        30.08
+  Himrods. Mrs. G. L. Ayres, _for Woman's Work_              5.00
+  Homer. Sab. Sch. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._    1.00
+  Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones                                  15.00
+  Keeseville. Enos Barnes                                    1.50
+  Lockport. First Cong. Ch.                                 18.06
+  Lockport. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._      14.00
+  Marcellus. Mrs. L. Hemenway                                3.00
+  Middlesex. Lester Adams                                   20.00
+  Morristown. First Cong. Ch.                                8.00
+    New York. S. T. Gordon (of which 100 _for Little
+    Rock, Ark._; 100 _for Wilmington, N. C._; 100 _for
+    Tougaloo, Miss._; and 100 _for Tillotson C. & N.
+    Inst._), 500                                           500.00
+  New York. Roswell Smith, 250; By "Aunt Patience," 1      251.00
+  New York. The Century Co., 50 cop. "Songs of the
+    Church" (second hand), _for Marion, Ala._
+  North Walton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                         35.90
+  Owasco. Mrs. A Stewart                                     1.00
+  Oswego. Primary Pub. Sch., Box Books _for Oaks, N. C._
+  Port Richmond. Captain Stephen Squier                      5.00
+  Salamanca. Rev. Wm. C. Scofield                            7.00
+  Saratoga. Cong. Ch., Ladies Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
+    Talladega, C._
+  Sinclairville. E. Williams                                 3.00
+  Syracuse. ----                                             5.00
+  Syracuse. Mrs. Caroline B. Curtis, Box Papers, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 1.70 _for Freight_                     1.70
+  Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                             35.67
+  Warsaw. Cong. Ch.                                         20.34
+  Waterville. Mrs. Winchel, 5; Mrs. J. Candee, 5            10.00
+  Westmoreland. Miss C. M. Miller                             .75
+  West Salamanca. "A Friend"                               419.00
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $26.73.
+
+  Jersey City. First Cong. Ch.                               6.73
+  Montclair. Mrs. J. F. Pratt's Sab. Sch. Class, _for
+    Student Aid, Talladega C._                               8.00
+  Perth Amboy. Friday Afternoon Class, by Miss E. W.
+    Martin, Bdl. S. S. Papers
+  Raritan. Miss S. Provost, Case of Books and Papers
+  ----. "Heart's Content"                                   10.00
+  ----. "A Friend," _for Santee Agency, Neb._                2.00
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $50.50.
+
+  Guy's Mills. Cong. Ch., 18.50; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5;
+    Children's Miss'y Soc., 5                               28.50
+  Kingston. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                 10.00
+  Philadelphia. Sarah Furber                                 1.00
+  Sewickley. "E. H. T.," _for Indian M._                     2.00
+  Stony Creek. Charles E. Webster                            9.00
+
+
+OHIO, $544.11.
+
+  Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson                               2.28
+  Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      11.00
+  Cleveland. Mrs. A. Scott (_one share_)                    20.00
+  Cleveland. Franklin Av. Cong. Ch.                         15.00
+  Cincinnati. Geo. S. Gray, 18 Anthem Books, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Delaware. Wm. Bevan                                        5.00
+  Greenwich. Anna M. Mead                                    1.50
+  Geneva. "H. A. W."                                         1.50
+  Kingsville. Myron Whiting                                250.00
+  North Benton. Mrs. M. J. Hartzell                          2.50
+  Oberlin. First. Cong. Ch., 87.88; E. P. Barrows, 10;
+    Mrs. C. C. Wheat, 1                                     98.88
+  Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., _15 for furnishing room
+    and 10 for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._              25.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 5; Mrs. M. J. P.
+    Hatch, 1, _for Reading-room, Lexington, Ky._             6.00
+  Oberlin. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                             1.50
+  Painesville. First Cong. Ch., 51.64, to const. N. O.
+    LEE L. M.; Mrs. E. Hickok, 5                            56.64
+  Painesville. "O. W. H. M. U.," by Mrs. Wm. Clayton,
+    Treas.                                                   4.76
+  Painesville. Sab. Sch. Class, by M. M. House, _for
+    Santee Agency, Neb._                                     3.00
+  Radnor. Edward D. Jones                                    5.00
+  Ravenna. Cong. Ch.                                        23.55
+  Savannah. George Mackie                                    1.00
+  Saybrook. Mrs. A. M. Messenger, 2; Dea. D. Maltby, 1       3.00
+  Tallmadge. Rev. Luther Shaw, 8 Bibles
+  Unionville. Mrs. E. F. Burnelle                            2.00
+  Windham. Wm. A. Perkins                                    5.00
+
+
+INDIANA, $22.00.
+
+  Elkhart. First Cong. Ch.                                  15.00
+  Indianapolis. Rev O. C. McKullock, Box Books, etc.,
+    _for Macon, Ga._; 5 _for Freight_                        5.00
+  Sparta. John Hawkswell                                     1.50
+  Versailles. John D. Nichols                                 .50
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $837.99.
+
+  Atkinson. First Cong. Ch., Box S. S. Papers, _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Batavia. Cong. Ch.                                        65.00
+  Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote                                5.00
+  Brimfield. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00
+  Champaign. Cong. Ch.                                      45.55
+  Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 198.53; South Cong. Ch.,
+    39.26; Mrs. J. H. McArthur, 5                          242.79
+  Chicago. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of N. E. Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, Mobile, Ala._                               47.10
+  Chicago. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     25.00
+  Chicago. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           13.00
+  Elgin. Cong. Ch.                                          32.48
+  Elgin. Mrs. E. E. C. Borden (20 of which _for Hampton
+    N. & A. Inst._)                                         30.00
+  Galesburg. First Church of Christ                         37.10
+  Galva. Theodora Miss'y Soc., Bbl. and Box of C., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Geneso. Cong. Ch.                                        116.30
+  Geneseo. Young Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Talladega C._
+  Hamlet. Levi Cooper                                         .50
+  Ivanhoe. Miss Mary Cowdry, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
+    U._                                                      5.00
+  Lyndon. Mrs. H. Deming                                      .50
+  Lombard. First Cong. Ch.                                   9.50
+  Malden. Cong. Ch.                                         13.00
+  Maywood. Woman's Co-operative Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.     5.00
+  Millburn. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Moline. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., 23.50. Incorrectly
+    ack. in Nov. number from Hartford, Ct.
+  Oglesby. T. T. Bent                                        5.00
+  Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   16.60
+  Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens                                10.00
+  Plainfield. Mrs. Edward Ebbs                              10.00
+  Port Byron. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch. _for Missionary,
+    Mobile, Ala._                                           17.50
+  Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Cross                            10.00
+  Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, Sen.                              2.00
+  Roseville. Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Bbl. of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga_.
+  Shabbona. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which from
+    "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._)                 46.57
+  Wilmette. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._     12.50
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $773.09.
+
+  Allendale. Cong. Ch., 4.15, and Sab. Sch., 1.85            6.00
+  Delhi Mills. "A Friend"                                    2.00
+  Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     20.00
+  Grandville. "E. B."                                        2.00
+  Greenville. M. Rutan                                     500.00
+  Hancock. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Soc., _for Theo.
+    Dept., Talladega C._                                    25.00
+  Laingsburg. Cong. Ch.                                     10.85
+  Lake Lyndon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           20.00
+  Lansing. Plymouth Ch.                                      4.71
+  Northville. D. Pomeroy                                     5.00
+  Oakley. Ch. of Christ                                      1.00
+  Olivet. Cong. Ch.                                         96.92
+  Saline. Eli Benton                                        50.00
+  Three Oaks. Cong. Ch.                                     19.61
+  White Lake. Robert Garner                                 10.00
+
+
+IOWA, $637.35.
+
+  Burlington. Cong. Ch.                                     15.41
+  Davenport. Geo. W. Ells                                   10.00
+  Des Moines. Dr. H. L. Whitman, _for Talladega C._        500.00
+  Dubuque. Young Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Talladega C._                                           25.00
+  Dubuque. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
+    Missionary, New Orleans, La._                           10.00
+  Grinnell. Cong. Ch.                                       30.29
+  Grinnell. By Miss Ella E. Marsh, _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                           17.75
+  Grinnell. C. A. Taylor's Sab. Sch. Class, _for Talladega
+    C._                                                      7.35
+  McGregor. Woman's Miss'y Soc.                              6.30
+  New Hampton. Woman's Cent. Soc.                            2.25
+  Osage. Cheerful Giver's Mission Band                       8.00
+  Stuart. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Missionary, New
+    Orleans, La._                                            5.00
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $222.04.
+
+  Appleton. Cong. Ch.                                       81.57
+  Beloit. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+   Talladega C._                                            30.00
+  Elkhorn. Cong. Ch.                                        16.00
+  Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch.                                    13.00
+  Geneva. Cong. Ch.                                         10.73
+  Janesville. "Busy Bees," First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
+    Student Aid, Macon, Ga_.                                 3.00
+  New London. First Cong. Ch., Box of C., etc., _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  New Richmond. First Cong. Ch.                             18.45
+  Nicollet. Mrs. D. D. Kellogg, Sewing Machine, _for
+    Macon, Ga._
+  Oshkosh. Mrs. Lucy Bartlett, Box Books, _for Library_,
+    and Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  Racine. Mrs. D, D. Nichols                                  .50
+  Ripon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 10.85; Do Good Soc., 95c.   11.80
+  Ripon. Do Good Soc., 6.80; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 5.19;
+    _for Macon, Ga._                                        11.99
+  Salem. First. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Williamsburg,
+    Ky._                                                    15.00
+  Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Macon, Ga._        10.00
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $406.63.
+
+  Excelsior. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Glyndon. Union Ch.                                         3.42
+  Hamilton. Cong. Ch.                                        4.00
+  Mankato. Belgrade Sab. Sch.                                1.65
+  Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 33.35; First Cong. Ch.,
+    11.15; The Open Door Cong. Ch., 3.15                    47.65
+  Northfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C.,
+    Freight_                                                 5.65
+  Rochester. G. H. Swasey                                    1.00
+  Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch.                            67.11
+  Worthington. Union Cong. Ch.                              14.15
+  ----. "Friends," _for Atlanta U._                        250.00
+
+
+KANSAS, $15.95.
+
+  Atchison. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                              3.00
+  Topeka. Tuition                                           12.95
+
+
+MISSOURI, $97.71.
+
+  Kansas City. Clyde Cong. Ch.                               5.00
+  Saint Joseph. Tab. Cong. Ch.                               9.00
+  Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch.                              83.71
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $42.88.
+
+  Exeter. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 7.45; Children's Mission
+    Band, 3.55; First Cong. Ch., 7.80                       18.80
+  Wahoo. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Waverly. Cong. Ch.                                         4.00
+
+
+DAKOTA, $10.00.
+
+  Fort Berthold. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                 10.00
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $25.00.
+
+  San Francisco. Rev. J. Rowell                             25.00
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $15.00.
+
+  Washington. Mrs. Abby N. Bailey, 10; Lincoln Mission
+    Sab. Sch., 5                                            15.00
+
+
+MARYLAND, $4.00.
+
+  Federalsburg. Sarah Beals                                  4.00
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $106.14.
+
+  Lexington. Tuition, 38.40; Rent, 5.54                     43.94
+  Williamsburg. Tuition, 58; Rent, 1                        59.00
+  Williamsburg. Rev. J. T. Ford, _for Room_                  3.20
+
+
+VIRGINIA, $6.00.
+
+  Herndon. Cong. Ch.                                         6.00
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $712.21
+
+  Chattanooga. Miss L. M. Lawson                             1.00
+  Jellico. Tuition                                          29.00
+  Jonesboro. Tuition                                         5.50
+  Knoxville. Cong. Ch.                                      12.00
+  Memphis. Tuition                                         229.65
+  Nashville. Tuition                                       425.06
+  Nashville. Jackson St. Cong. Ch.                           5.00
+  Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $221.01.
+
+  Kittrell. Tuition                                         14.00
+  McLeansville. Cong. Ch.                                    5.74
+  Wilmington. Tuition                                      188.27
+  Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00
+  Wilmington. By Miss Warner, _for Student Aid_              3.00
+
+
+SOUTH CAROLINA, $15.00.
+
+  Charleston. Plym. Cong. Ch.                               15.00
+
+
+GEORGIA, $612.47.
+
+  Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 226.95; Rent, 3           229.95
+  Atlanta. Prof. T. A. Chase                                 5.00
+  Macon. Tuition                                           149.95
+  Macon. Cong. Ch.                                          10.00
+  Macon. Unknown Friends, 2 Boxes of C., _for Macon, Ga._
+  McIntosh. Tuition                                         43.36
+  Savannah. Tuition                                        174.21
+
+
+ALABAMA, $925.76.
+
+  Athens. Tuition                                          168.70
+  Marion. Cong. Ch.                                         45.52
+  Mobile. Tuition                                          205.60
+  Montgomery. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00
+  Selma. Cong. Ch.                                          20.80
+  Talladega. Tuition                                       445.14
+  Talladega. Miss J. Lunt, _for Student Aid_                10.00
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, $124.15.
+
+  Tougaloo. Tuition                                        112.15
+  Tougaloo. By Miss Mary A. Scott, _for Student Aid_        12.00
+
+
+LOUISIANA, $290.00.
+
+  New Orleans. Tuition                                     290.00
+
+
+TEXAS, $151.88.
+
+  Austin. Tuition                                          148.88
+  Helena. Rev. M. Thompson                                   3.00
+
+
+INCOMES, $895.00.
+
+  Avery Estate, _for Mendi M._                             570.00
+  Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta U._                    150.00
+  Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._                       125.00
+  Plumb Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._                     50.00
+
+
+PERSIA, $10.00.
+
+  Oroomiah. Mrs. E. W. Labaree, by Charles Marsh,
+    Treas. H. B. A.                                         10.00
+
+                                                       ----------
+  Total for January                                    $24,342.98
+  Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31                          75,684.88
+                                                       ==========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+  Subscriptions for January                                274.10
+  Previously acknowledged                                  402.47
+                                                        ---------
+  Total                                                   $676.57
+                                                        =========
+
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
+  56 Reade Street, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WANTS.
+
+1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing
+work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_
+contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong.
+
+2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
+accommodate the increasing number of students; MEETING HOUSES for the
+new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious,
+for these churches.
+
+3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers and teachers here
+and missionaries to Africa--a pressing want.
+
+4. FUNDS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENTS--to purchase farm implements,
+plows, harrows and cultivators; to erect shops and furnish tools and
+materials for instruction and use in the mechanic arts, for
+carpenters, blacksmiths, tin-men, harness and shoemakers; and to
+supply the girls' industrial rooms with sewing and knitting
+materials.
+
+5. Ten Thousand new subscribers for THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. All in
+favor of indorsing this want will please send on their vote, making
+use of the following:
+
+
+FORM OF BALLOT.
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, _Esq., Treasurer_,
+
+  _56 Reade Street, New York_:
+
+  _Inclosed please find Fifty Cents, subscription for_ THE AMERICAN
+  MISSIONARY _for the year 1885._
+
+  _Sign with your Name and Address._
+
+We are not afraid of a heavy vote. Roll up the majority!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+_Advertisements._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+[Illustration: CHILD'S CATARRH SPECIFIC]
+
+
+_Eighteen years_ of terrible headache, disgusting nasal discharges,
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+
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+
+
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+
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+get better? Have you a hacking cough? Is your throat affected? Are
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+must either be blown from the nose, or drop back behind the palate,
+or hawked or snuffed backward to the throat? Ringing or roaring or
+other noises in the ears, more or less impairment of the hearing? If
+so you have CATARRH.
+
+
+120,000
+
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+grateful patients--
+
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+
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+
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+
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+  ABNER GRAHAM, Biddle Uni'sity, Charlotte, N. C.
+
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+  thousand thanks to you for so sure a remedy.
+  FANNIE DEMENT, Dyer Station Tenn.
+
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+  T. H. MESSMORE, Cadillac, Mich.
+
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+  disease is all gone. My lungs feel all right.
+  MRS. W. D. LINCOLN, York, Neb.
+
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+  This is the only radical cure I have ever found.
+  E. S. MARTIN, M. E. Church, Port Carbon, PA.
+
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+  can walk half a mile, have a good appetite, and am gaining
+  all the time.
+  MRS. A. N. MUNGER, Detroit, Mich.
+
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+  breathing natural. A thousand thanks to you for so sure
+  a remedy.
+  (JUDGE) J. COLLETT, Lima, Ohio.
+
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+  (MISS) LOUIE JAMES, Crab Orchard, Ky.
+
+
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+
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+
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+
+Address REV. T. P. CHILDS, Troy, Ohio. _Mention this paper._
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