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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No.
+11, November, 1885, by Various
+
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+Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No. 11, November, 1885
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: October 2, 2013 [EBook #43870]
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+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ***
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+
+The American Missionary,
+
+NOVEMBER, 1885.
+
+VOL. XXXIX
+
+NO. 11.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CONTENTS
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+
+                                                                   PAGE.
+
+    THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL                                           297
+    WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK AND SAY                                   298
+    DEATH OF PRESIDENT WARE                                          300
+    IYAKAPTAPI                                                       301
+    INDIANS IN THE DAKOTA ASSOCIATION                                303
+
+THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
+
+    GENERAL SURVEY--CHURCH WORK SOUTH                                304
+    EDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH                                           306
+    INDUSTRIAL TRAINING                                              309
+    MOUNTAIN WORK                                                    310
+    WORK AMONG THE INDIANS                                           311
+    WORK AMONG THE CHINESE                                           313
+    THE WOMAN'S BUREAU--FINANCES                                     315
+    CONCLUSION                                                       316
+
+RECEIPTS                                                             317
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NEW YORK:
+
+PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
+
+Rooms, 56 Reade Street.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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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. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y.
+    Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill.
+    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. J. E. ROY, D. D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago_.
+  Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions_.
+  Rev. C. J. RYDER, _Field Superintendent_.
+
+
+_Bureau of Woman's Work._
+
+  Secretary, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade St., N. Y._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
+Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to
+Rev. James Powell, D. D., or 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 112 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.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE  AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+VOL. XXXIX.     NOVEMBER, 1885.     NO. 11.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+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.
+
+                                   Donations.      Legacies.
+
+  Oct. 1, 1884, to Sept. 30, 1885 $249,392.10     $41,501.66   $290,894.06
+  Oct. 1, 1883, to Sept. 30, 1884  223,034.77      64,559.42    287,594.19
+                                   ----------     ----------    ----------
+                               Inc.$26,357.63 Dec.$23,057.76 Inc.$3,299.87
+
+The figures given above mark the close of our fiscal year. While they
+show a gratifying increase of receipts from living donors over those of
+the preceding year, the falling off in legacies has been so heavy that
+our books balance on the wrong side, and we are obliged to report a debt
+of $15,451.87, which, with the debt of the preceding year, makes a total
+indebtedness of $29,237.73.
+
+For an analysis of the figures, we refer our readers to the report of
+the Executive Committee on the finances of the year, published in
+another part of this number. It was a grand rally our friends made to
+save us. We fear that some of them sacrificed more than they ought in
+contributing so generously as they did. We pray that God may abundantly
+reward them. We thank them, one and all, with a heartiness greater than
+we can express. We would not sit in judgment upon the churches and
+professed friends who have contributed nothing to our treasury during
+the year. We know that some of them were not financially able. But we
+cannot believe that this was true of a majority of them.
+
+The Congregational Year Book of 1885 reports 4,092 Congregational
+churches in the United States. We received during the year contributions
+from 1,677. What can be done to bring the non-contributing churches into
+line is a question we beg the pastors of contributing churches and the
+friends of the Association to help us answer. The pastors and members of
+these non-contributing churches as a general thing do not read our
+magazine. They are ignorant of our needs, and we do not know how to
+reach them so as to wake them up. Had we an army of agents to visit and
+talk to them, we might move them to take our work upon their thought and
+sympathy. Our appeals by circular, by newspaper, resolutions of State
+conferences and of the National Council, all fail to move them. They
+still continue not to hear and not to do. There is only one way that we
+can think of by which they can be reached, and that is for the local
+conferences to take the matter in hand, and select a committee of "a
+persistent ONE," who by letter, and, if need be, by personal visitation,
+will bring the delinquents up to meet the obligations of fellowship and
+denominational honor.
+
+But as seen over against this long list of _do-nothings_ what a grand
+army the 1,677 contributing churches appear! Theirs has been the work
+and theirs is the glory of "_a well done_" both from God and man. They
+form a base of supplies from which the army at the front can be
+recruited and sustained, and which can be counted on for support till
+the victory is won. We enter upon the new year with fresh confidence and
+renewed strength. No such word as "_fail_" finds place in our vocabulary
+so long as we have such friends behind us and God above and around us.
+The work will not be permitted to suffer. We shall throw off the debt.
+The faithful 1,677 will be reinforced. Our friends will be multiplied,
+and the work carried triumphantly forward.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK AND SAY.
+
+EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE TREASURER DURING THE PAST FEW
+WEEKS.
+
+
+"If any part of the country is to be put first, the South should be, and
+helped most. Hence the inclosed, half of it from myself and the other
+half from the Congregational church here. Your work and that of your
+compeers is above criticism. All there is of you is put in with a skill
+and completeness which are not surpassed; and your plans are as large as
+the field and as complete as its needs. No one could get more out of the
+money or put it where it would do more good. You and yours are as
+unmingled beneficence as rum shops are unmitigated maleficence. Were it
+in my power, I would build a new school-house in the South every year.
+My heart never thinks of you and your work without blessing you in it;
+and I have written the above as a sort of relief." (We hardly feel
+ourselves worthy of such generous praise, but we do very heartily thank
+our brother for his warm indorsement.--ED.)
+
+"Inclosed find a small sum to help elevate and Christianize the colored
+freedmen. Grains of sand make the mountains, and drops of water the
+ocean, and the invisible workmen rear the coral islands; so may God's
+people one and all _do what they can_, and your debt will be wiped out."
+
+"At our meeting last evening, I read your appeal and took up a
+collection of $6, which I send you. It is a little Home Missionary
+church of only 10 members, but they are good ones, and in earnest. Hope
+all other churches will do as well and your society be saved from debt."
+
+"Got your final appeal before last Sunday, but were so happy to think we
+had not waited for it, having taken our collection and subscription two
+weeks before. But owing to the general poverty among my people, we had
+to give time, and the sum is only now made up. I may say that this
+little amount at this time represents more real _giving_ than any
+collection I ever secured. May a blessing go with it."
+
+"I feel myself, like Paul, a debtor to all men, especially the classes
+you represent. Accept, then, my single mite, in the spirit in which I
+desire to send it, and may the Lord free you from the threatening debt
+by leading your constituency to feel their indebtedness to these classes
+and to Himself."
+
+"I inclose $10, and wish I might increase it a hundred-fold. I had
+already given all that I intended, but could not resist the urgent
+appeal for the needy."
+
+"The notices of your financial need came and touched a responsive chord
+in my heart. A week ago I gave a preparatory notice that a collection
+would be taken yesterday in your behalf. The people responded quite
+liberally. Inclosed find draft for the amount. You have my earnest
+prayer for the success of your effort to raise what you lack. May God
+bless you in your work and labor of love." (It was indeed a generous
+contribution, yet nearly one-third of it came out of the pastor.--ED.)
+
+"I had thought I had done all I could afford in these times, but
+coincident with your appeal came the inclosed, for which I had another
+place; but here, take it. The Lord will provide."
+
+"In response to your society's importunity, I inclose $2. I took the
+collection up after a sermon I preached on Foreign Missions. We
+surprised our people by the amount, as we don't usually get by a
+collection one dollar. I hope you will realize soon that there is no
+debt." (We have always believed that one of the best ways to rouse
+people up to Home Missions is to stir them up on Foreign Missions.--ED.)
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DEATH OF PRESIDENT WARE.
+
+
+Edmund A. Ware was born in North Wrentham, now Norfolk, Mass., Dec. 22,
+1837, and died suddenly of heart disease in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25,
+1885. He passed the early years of his life under conditions which made
+him acquainted with hardships, and fitted him to have warm sympathy for
+those who struggled against obstacles and trials.
+
+He was graduated from Yale College in 1863. During his college course
+his attention was often turned to the field for Christian work, then
+being opened in the South by the steady advance of our armies, and his
+sympathies were strongly enlisted for a race just coming out of the
+prison house of bondage, and he was ambitious to have a part in laying
+the foundations of a new and better society in the regions desolated by
+war.
+
+He was appointed an officer of the Freedman's Bureau in 1867, with
+charge of the schools opened under its auspices in the State of Georgia,
+which position he held for three years, until the closing of that branch
+of the work of the government.
+
+His great work, however, was in connection with Atlanta University, an
+institution for higher education, whose foundation he was active in
+securing, and over whose interests he presided until the day of his
+death. He labored for its welfare and that of the people in whose
+interests it was established with rare devotion, and rejoiced in its
+steady growth and prosperity with special personal gratification.
+
+Owing to some peculiar circumstances the institution early secured the
+favorable attention of the State authorities, and an annual
+appropriation from the State treasury. In the endeavors to secure and
+confirm this grant he was conspicuously and honorably active, and during
+the many years of its continuance his relations to the officers of the
+State with whom he has thus been brought into contact have been
+exceptionally pleasant, and in some cases cordial.
+
+During the last year of his life he took great interest in the
+successful opening of an industrial department in the institution, and
+for the last few weeks his great anxiety had been to secure the
+furnishing of a large new building whose erection he had personally
+overlooked. He had returned to Atlanta in advance of his family to make
+preparations for the school year soon to open, had completed most of his
+plans, and seemed in unusual good health and spirits. Soon after dinner
+on Friday, Sept. 25, feeling dizzy while in his own house, where he was
+alone, he sought the open air and walked toward the house of Professor
+Bumstead, but becoming alarmed by increasing faintness he made loud
+calls, which were promptly responded to by Mr. and Mrs. Bumstead; but in
+spite of all remedies and efforts he speedily passed away to enter upon
+his well-earned rest and his glorious reward. The crushing effects of
+this sudden blow upon his household, upon his associates and the people
+who loved and revered him, cannot be described. At his funeral services
+all classes of the community were largely represented, and sympathy for
+the bereaved was profound. The grief of former pupils was touching, and
+was like that of children bereft of a father.
+
+So passed away in the maturity of his powers and the midst of his
+usefulness, one of the earliest and most efficient of that great company
+who have toiled since the war in this broad and needy field. His
+departure seems like a translation; being taken suddenly without the
+pains and anxieties of wasting sickness, in the full tide of his
+greatest success, before any impairment of vigor or any calamity had
+overtaken the work he loved so well. He was a man of great power over
+other men, especially over young people, who were caught up by his
+enthusiasm, and borne along sometimes to the attainment of surprising
+results. He was well fitted to be a leader in the sphere he chose for
+himself, and made his mark upon his generation, and had a large and
+honorable share in securing the results already achieved, which are to
+bless the State and nation with increasing power.
+
+A good man has fallen, and a great gap is made in the ranks of laborers
+at the front; but the Lord who loves his own cause better than we do
+will see that it suffers no loss. As the Lord has taken care that his
+servant rests from his labors, it is ours to see that they follow Him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+IYAKAPTAPI.
+
+
+That is, the _ascent_ from the plains of the head-waters of the
+Minnesota River to the Coteau du Prairie, or high table-land to the
+west. The old trail up-hill here gave the name _Ascension_ to the place.
+There the tribes--Dakota tribes--met together for their annual autumn
+feast--the missionary conference on the 24th of September. On the
+Sabbath the little church was too small, and 400 Indians, with a
+sprinkling of white people, sat outside in the sun, some on benches, and
+most on the grass, around the Communion table. The tents of those who
+had come in from long distances were pitched on either side in the
+ravines, among the fall foliage, and the wide brown plain, with a long
+gleam of shining lake far off, lay below. As we took the bread and hid
+our faces in our hands, we thought of that distribution by Galilee, when
+they sat in companies on the grassy slope by the lake. It was not "the
+touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still," but
+the real presence of Him who said "I am the bread of life," to these
+400 Christian Indians whom He had brought up from the low, dead level of
+barbarism to the present heights of Christian life.
+
+One little dark baby in a white dress was baptized, and four young
+people publicly confessed their faith in a newly-found Saviour.
+
+Solomon, "His Own Grandfather," who has gathered a church of the Dakota
+refugees from the Minnesota troubles of 1862, over in Manitoba, spoke to
+us of the spiritual nature of God's kingdom; and Ehnamani, who years ago
+laid down his warrior weapons, administered the bread, telling us of the
+tribulation and fire through which Christ went to become bread for our
+life. Then the "beloved John," our brother missionary who threw his
+young strength into the Dakota work at its darkest hour twenty-five
+years ago, could hardly control the emotion with which he spoke of the
+trials out of which the Dakotas had been brought to this present joy and
+strength through "His stripes."
+
+It has been a long _ascent_ for fifty years, but now fourteen churches,
+with a thousand members; eleven young men's Christian associations; a
+native missionary society, receiving contributions amounting this year
+to $1,165, much of it the fruit of hard labor by Dakota women, with the
+needle and at the wash-tub; a Christian community with its own native
+justices of the peace, rigidly enforcing temperance and marital law,
+and, according to the testimony of the United States agent on the
+ground, more careful of religious observances than white communities,
+and no less exemplary in morals; thousands of acres of cultivated land;
+these are some of the outward signs of the inner life of God in the
+heart.
+
+Add to this the 1,000 or more converts gathered in later years and
+claimed by Episcopalians and Roman Catholics; add the long roll of those
+who have ascended to their Lord; add the white people who have been
+saved and inspired by the example of their Dakota brethren, and compute
+if you can the spiritual fruit of the Dakota Indian Mission.
+
+Then think of this result wrought out, in the midst of what is fast
+becoming one of the most influential communities of our land. Christian
+churches by hundreds, Christian colleges and Christian homes, all built
+on this early Indian work as a foundation. Then, as we rejoice in the
+present interest in work for Indians, remember the obloquy and
+opposition of the past through which the early workers struggled.
+
+To appreciate this ascent, one should come up from Western Indian
+barbarism, and not down from Eastern culture.
+
+Leave the nightly drumming and dancing and revelry, the daily offering
+to heathen gods, the daily wailing and cutting of the flesh at the
+scaffold of sepulture, and one will acknowledge that God alone has
+wrought this change.
+
+Before the regular sessions of the conference a "theological institute"
+occupied two days. This was attended by some thirty pastors and leading
+members of the churches. There were lectures on Bible history, on
+family relations, on preaching and pastoral work. Then the general
+meeting opened with a hymn written for the occasion by the organist, a
+young Indian, and the singing was led by native young men. The topics at
+the conference were such as the education of children, the missionary
+cause; and the one that seemed to call out most discussion was, "How to
+secure the spiritual growth of the Church." The young men showed great
+interest in their Christian associations, and voted to affiliate with
+their kindred in the white communities, of whom they heard through the
+Rev. Mr. Williams, who represented the Christian association of the
+young men of Minneapolis. The Indian women, too, had their missionary
+meeting, and show the same traits and give evidence of the same activity
+and zeal that make their white sisters the main strength of the
+Christian Church.
+
+So we bid all take heart, and go on upward--iyakaptapi. C. L. HALL.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+INDIANS IN THE DAKOTA ASSOCIATION.
+
+
+This is an ecclesiastical body of a hundred churches that has the
+opportunity to show the unity of the spirit in race fellowship. Besides
+the local German Association, one of the five belonging to it, the
+Indian Mission churches and pastors of the Santee Agency and of Fort
+Sully, with their superintendents, Revs. Alfred L. and Thomas M. Riggs,
+are among the members. At the recent annual meeting, held at Huron,
+September 17th to 20th, there were present the Riggs brothers, three
+lady missionaries, and two female and four male Indians. The service of
+Rev. A. L. Riggs, as moderator, was justly commended for its urbanity
+and promptness. At the meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society, held
+with the mixed assembly, the two Indian women, Estelle Ward and Ellen
+Spotted Bear, were brought forward, in their usual white woman's garb,
+to make talks, which were interpreted by Mrs. T. M. Riggs. During some
+discussion upon Indian work, the Riggs brothers supplemented their
+remarks by addresses from Frank Frazier and Stephen Yellow Hawk, a
+deacon and a pastor. At the Communion, on the Lord's Day, this deacon
+was associated with three white men in distributing the elements. At the
+final meeting, on Sunday night, with a crowded house, between the
+addresses of Rev. Drs. Jos. B. Clark and Jos. E. Roy were sandwiched two
+hymns, sung by the natives and their teachers, and also an address by
+the dignified pastor at the Santee Agency, Rev. Artemas Ehnamani,
+interpreted by Rev. A. L. Riggs. This, and the talks of the other
+Indians, reported their former condition as heathen and their coming to
+the light through their missionaries. Particularly touching was the
+allusion of Pastor Ehnamani to the sainted men, Drs. Williamson and
+Riggs. All showed the one spirit, that of the common Redeemer.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE.
+
+
+On the 6th, 7th and 8th of October the third annual meeting of the Lake
+Mohonk Conference was held. Hon. Albert K. Smiley and Mrs. Smiley, as
+usual, extended the hospitality of their magnificent mountain retreat to
+the friends of the Indian. The sessions of the conference were of great
+interest. Eminent men and women read historical and suggestive papers,
+and ably discussed the great questions of the Indian problem. The
+conference, after much earnest debate, were unanimous in recommending
+such legislation by Congress as will give allotments of land in
+severalty to the Indians--the sale of lands not required for occupancy,
+and funding of proceeds therefor for their benefit--the early
+discontinuance of rations and annuities, increased educational
+facilities, including industrial and especially agricultural, and the
+dispersion and diffusion of the Indians among the other people of the
+country, with all the rights and immunities of other citizens.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+GENERAL SURVEY.
+
+
+This Association by its chartered rights is authorized to go anywhere
+that it finds people destitute of Gospel privileges. Limitation of means
+and coöperation with other societies may compel it to a narrower sphere
+than the demands call for; but this is the principle that underlies the
+Association's organization, and that has characterized all its historic
+development. The work is at present confined to this country. We have
+missions in sixteen States and three Territories. The combined
+population of these States and Territories is 17,459,610, and at least
+one-third of that number are the legitimate objects of this
+Association's care. By reason of the necessities of the people our work
+is both evangelistic and educational: the church and the school in their
+united aim securing the salvation of body, mind and soul; reaching home
+life, social life and business life; laying the only foundation on which
+can rest a progressive and enduring civilization. These mighty forces of
+Christianity--mother and daughter--in mutual helpfulness and in close
+proximity, are the agencies through which, with God's blessing, we hope
+to reach and save the people.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHURCH WORK SOUTH.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+  Churches                                          112
+  Missionaries, of which 89 are pastors             119
+  Members                                         6,881
+  Added during the year                           1,127
+  Sunday School scholars                         10,569
+
+
+In this department of our work we are permitted to report very decided
+growth. Heretofore, the average number of churches organized each year
+has been six. This year the number runs up to seventeen. This increase
+comes from the maturing of enterprises that have been nursed for a
+longer or shorter time, and also the fruiting of our school process and
+the enlarging of our mountain work. These new churches are at Pleasant
+View and Rockhold, Ky.; at Cedar Cliff, Melville and Johnson's, N. C.;
+at Jellico, Pleasant Hill, Robbins, Jonesboro, Grand View and Helenwood,
+Tenn.; at Rutland, Ga.; Ironton, Ala.; Greenville, Miss.; Abbeville,
+La.; and at Dallas and Austin, Tex. They have all been supplied with the
+ministry of the word, though several have been yoked two and two under
+one pastor. Eight of them have houses of worship, the others use
+school-houses or chapels of school buildings.
+
+Of the 89 pastors who have ministered to our 112 churches, 30 were from
+the North and 59 were raised up in our own institutions at the South.
+The average membership of these churches is 61. Total additions for the
+year, 1,127, of which, on confession of faith, 883. Raised for church
+purposes, $12,394.78; for benevolence, $1,625.86.
+
+The evangelist, Rev. J. C. Fields, accompanied by his wife, who aids him
+by song, has continued his service through the year. He has labored at
+Louisville; in our three churches at Nashville; at Meridian, Jackson and
+Greenville, Miss.; and at Athens, Tecumseh, Montgomery, Marion, Selma,
+Talladega, Birmingham, Ironton and Shelby Iron Works, Ala. As a result,
+between seven and eight hundred souls were hopefully led to Christ, and
+about one half of them gathered into our churches; while other
+denominations shared in the precious harvest. At several of the places
+visited, the religious interest assumed marvelous power.
+
+At Marion there were 55 who professed Christ, the work spreading from
+our church into the State Normal school located there. Two-thirds of the
+converts were young men, ranging from fifteen to twenty years of age,
+who gave themselves earnestly to prayer and labor for the conversion of
+their comrades. A little girl, eight years old, was the first of a
+family to accept Christ. Her mother followed. The father, a drunkard,
+through the persuasion of friends, visited the church for the first
+time. When opportunity was given those desiring salvation to express
+their desire, the little child crossed over to where her father was, and
+begged him to come. He did not that evening, but a few nights later he
+yielded and gave his heart to the Saviour. It is a custom among the
+colored people to give the hand of welcome to those who have made up
+their minds to become Christians; and we can well believe, as an
+eye-witness describes, "it was a beautiful as well as a touching scene
+when this little girl stepped forward to welcome father and mother on
+the Lord's side."
+
+At Talladega College there were 116 conversions, including every inmate
+of the ladies' hall, and, with a single exception, every boy in the
+Stone Hall. The meetings, as distinctively revival, had to come to a
+close for lack of material upon which to work, and take the form of
+praise and thanksgiving unto God for the marvelous display of His grace.
+It was a literal fulfillment of the Divine promise to "pour out a
+blessing that there should not be room enough to receive it."
+
+At Selma there were 300 who confessed their Saviour. Gray-haired men,
+grandmothers, men and women in the prime of life, youth and children,
+were among the converts. "The most glorious work of grace," writes
+Pastor Curtis, "it has ever been my privilege to see."
+
+Revivals have also been enjoyed in the Central Church and Straight
+University, New Orleans; in the Tougaloo University, where nearly all
+the students were led to Christ; at New Iberia, La., where, under the
+labors of the pastor, fifty-nine were brought into church fellowship;
+in the First and University churches, Atlanta, and at several other
+places. It has been a year of marked religious interest and progress
+nearly all over the field.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+EDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+  Chartered Institutions                              6
+  Normal and Graded Schools                          14
+  Common Schools                                     36
+  Instructors                                       250
+  Pupils                                          8,823
+
+  Classifying the students, we have: Theological, 96; Law, 67;
+  College, 52; College Preparatory, 113; Normal, 814; Grammar,
+  Intermediate and Primary, 7,681.
+
+
+The resignation during the year of Professor Salisbury, Superintendent
+of our school work, and the transfer to Chicago of Dr. Roy,
+Superintendent of our church work at the South, raised the question
+whether, in view of the system to which these brethren had reduced the
+work of their respective fields, the two departments might not be
+consolidated and their care assigned to one man. With much hesitation it
+was decided to try the experiment. Rev. C. J. Ryder, of Medina, O., has
+been selected to take the new position, and has entered upon its duties.
+His headquarters will be at Cincinnati, from which point, by reason of
+its central location and excellent railroad facilities, the whole field
+will be easily accessible. We regretfully part with Professor Salisbury.
+The three years of his service have been very valuable to our work, and
+it is largely because of this service we are permitted to report that
+our schools were never before so well organized nor so efficient as now.
+
+The exhibit of our schools in the World's Exposition at New Orleans
+attracted much attention from visitors. The New Orleans papers spoke of
+it in very complimentary terms. Descriptions of it were written and
+widely published in the newspapers all over the country. President
+Hitchcock, of Straight University, Rev. S. E. Lathrop and several of our
+colored students, took charge successively of the exhibit, and were on
+hand to answer questions regarding the American Missionary Association,
+its schools and its work. A large number of pamphlets and tracts were
+distributed. Representatives from every State in the Union, and from
+nearly every nation on the face of the earth, dropped in to learn the
+object-lesson the exhibit taught of what Christian education had done
+for the Indian and the Negro.
+
+At Midway, Ga., an additional building has been erected for the
+Dorchester Academy. The Storrs School, Atlanta, by the sale of bullets
+dug from the battlefields around the city, realized enough to secure a
+much-needed kindergarten building. Mrs. F. L. Allen, of Waterbury,
+Conn., has donated us a property in Quitman, Ga., containing three acres
+of land, on which stands a hotel building, nearly new and thoroughly
+furnished, to be used as a school for girls. The ladies of the First and
+Second Congregational churches of Waterbury promptly seconded Mrs.
+Allen's gift by raising $1,000 to make the necessary alterations to put
+the building in order for the school, and the ladies of the
+Congregational churches of the State have so far responded to an appeal
+for them to assume the support of the school, that it starts out with an
+assurance of success from the beginning. Rev. J. H. Parr, formerly of
+the Tillotson Institute, is to have the school in charge.
+
+We have not been able to spend much money this year in brick and
+mortar. We have been obliged to put our funds almost exclusively into
+the more practical work of mind and character building.
+
+Fisk University celebrated its twentieth anniversary this year by
+graduating from its college course fifteen, two of the number being
+young ladies. This makes 52 who have been graduated from Fisk. The
+Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Tennessee, several
+State officials, many Senators and Representatives attended the
+Commencement exercises and alumni dinner. A series of speeches in
+commendation of the good work done at the institution were made by these
+gentlemen, who bore testimony to the high standing of the Fisk students
+as teachers and citizens throughout the State. Of the 37 graduates
+previous to the class of this year, the record shows that 24 of them are
+principals and teachers in different schools; 5 are pastors of churches;
+1 is a missionary in Africa under the American Board; 2 are practicing
+lawyers; 2 are studying for the professions--1 in a theological, the
+other in a medical school; 1 is a member of the Tennessee Legislature;
+and 2, who were teachers, have died. Its roll numbers 427, including
+representatives of 21 States and 1 Territory.
+
+Talladega College has had 365 students. This was more than it could
+comfortably care for. The girls' hall was crowded. Some applicants had
+to be refused for lack of room. The new Cassidy School building, having
+been used by over 200 pupils, continues to justify its right to be.
+Prosperity has marked the life of this college in all its departments.
+
+Atlanta University maintains its well-earned reputation for school work
+of the highest order; 297 students have shared its privileges. Colonel
+L. W. Avery, Chairman of the State Board of Visitors, in his report last
+year, was so emphatic and strong in his praise of what he had seen and
+heard at the University, that the other members of the Board would not
+believe him, and he was compelled to modify his praises before they
+would accept his report. This year the whole Board was present at the
+examinations, and the result is that they have every one been converted,
+and are now ready to go even farther than the Colonel in testifying that
+"the proficiency attained in the scholastic results has been simply
+astonishing." The University continues to receive the annual
+appropriation of $8,000 from the State--a fact that is all significant
+respecting the undeniable worth of the school.
+
+Tougaloo University, located on the Illinois Central R. R., about eight
+miles north of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, receives State aid
+to the amount of $3,000 annually. Two hundred and sixteen students last
+year have taxed its utmost capacity for accommodation. Governor Lowry
+and the State Board of Visitors attended the commencement exercises, and
+were surprised at the evidence of the Negro's capacity for education.
+Four students took degrees in the elementary Normal course that requires
+ten years to complete it, and one took the degree from the higher Normal
+course, to complete which requires twelve years.
+
+Straight University, New Orleans, notwithstanding the devastation of
+floods and the failure of cotton crops that last year so severely
+affected the very limited finances of the colored people of Louisiana,
+was filled with students at the beginning of the school year, and
+continued not only crowded, but _over_crowded to the end; 584 scholars
+were enrolled, including representatives from Cuba, Honduras, New
+Mexico, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, and even Old
+England.
+
+Tillotson Institute, Texas, has also had a very crowded and successful
+year. This is the youngest of our chartered schools. It has the modesty
+that in every way is becoming the youngest member of the family, but in
+all that is excellent in work it stands not a whit behind the oldest and
+the best. It has already outgrown the comfortable limits of its
+habitation. The crowding process has struck it, and its cry for relief
+is growing sharper and sharper. We shall have to heed its cry one of
+these days. The great and rapidly-growing State of Texas challenges our
+forethought and our care. The State Superintendent of Public
+Instruction, Hon. B. M. Baker, was present at the commencement
+exercises, and after commending the teachers for their faithful work and
+testifying that the best teachers of the colored schools in Texas were
+graduates of the Tillotson Institute, he publicly thanked the people of
+the North for the establishment and maintenance of the school. Judge
+Fullmore, a county school superintendent, who was also present, not only
+indorsed all that Mr. Baker had said, but added that in his appointments
+of teachers he always gave Tillotson graduates the preference, and that
+a certificate of graduation from Tillotson in the hands of an applicant
+was all the evidence of character and ability he needed.
+
+Were we to continue sketching the salient points in the work of our
+other schools scattered all over the South, it would be simply to give
+fresh illustrations of the five facts already made prominent--crowded
+schools, growing necessities, faithful work, good results and outside
+commendation.
+
+As compared with last year, the statistics in our school work show a
+falling off of two chartered institutions and seven common schools. On
+its face, this looks like loss; in reality, it is gain. The two
+chartered institutions dropped out of our statistics are Berea and
+Hampton, that, as a matter of fact, have been for several years
+self-sustaining and independent, and which, as formerly fostered by us,
+we have hitherto reported; they are still in the field, doing a greater
+work than ever, while the seven common schools, dropped because they
+ceased to be needed where they were located, are more than represented
+in the better work of the other schools, to strengthen which the money
+thus set free has been transferred.
+
+We are steadily but slowly coming to the realization of the idea that
+was the inspiration of the American Missionary Association's school
+system--Christian colleges and Normal schools for the training of
+leaders, and Christian preparatory schools to furnish them with the
+right kind of material. The South is year by year, as its financial
+ability increases and its public sentiment improves, doing more for the
+rudimental instruction of its children. It is the duty of the State to
+provide elementary education for every child within its borders, and to
+that point the Southern States must one day come; but just in proportion
+as they come to that point, the necessities for our work increase. The
+demand for Christian teachers and preachers and professional men in all
+ranks at the South will grow as facilities for the elementary education
+of the children multiply. Our aim is not only to save the land from
+ignorance, but to save it from godless intelligence. Infidelity is as
+much the enemy of free institutions as ignorance; and when the children
+are intelligent, an ignorant leadership is almost as effective as an
+infidel leadership to raise up an infidel people; so that, as
+intelligence spreads among the youth of the South, we are placed under
+accumulating obligations, by virtue of our loyalty to the kingdom of our
+Lord, and by virtue of our interest in the perpetuity of republican
+institutions, to strengthen, enlarge and multiply this work. Of course,
+just now, and for a great many years to come, by far the greater part of
+our school work must be in the lower grades of instruction. So long as
+it can be said, that in the Southern States eighty per cent. of the
+colored and thirty per cent. of the white population are illiterate;
+that there are not educational facilities enough to furnish fifty per
+cent. of the children with even a chance to learn their letters; that
+there are whole communities and sections in which there are no schools
+whatever; that there are thousands and tens of thousands of children and
+youth who would be glad to go to school did they have opportunity; so
+long we must continue to furnish elementary instruction in all our
+schools, and as far as possible to open such small schools as may meet
+the present but transient exigency, to be dropped, as we have the seven
+common schools above referred to, when, from whatever cause, the
+necessity for them has passed away. The Executive Committee desires to
+emphasize and to have the constituents of the American Missionary
+Association keep it constantly before them, that as the cause and means
+of popular education extend in the South, the necessity for the work of
+the Association becomes stronger and stronger.
+
+As seen from this stand-point, the desirability of bringing our larger
+institutions as speedily as possible, where they shall be able to take
+care of themselves, becomes clear and urgent. They should be at once so
+far endowed that the question of their permanence as conservators of the
+supremacy of Christian leadership in the thought, character and life of
+the people should be settled beyond peradventure for all time.
+
+We commend these schools to the special regard of those who are looking
+about to invest money where, in the name of the Lord, it will yield rich
+and enduring returns.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
+
+
+  Schools in which industries are taught             16
+  Special industrial teachers                        10
+  Teachers combining industrial with other work      21
+
+
+Industrial teaching is made prominent at Santee, Oahe, at all of our
+chartered institutions, at Le Moyne Institute, Memphis, Tenn., Lewis
+High School, Macon, Ga., and incidentally at six other schools. Aid has
+been received from the Slater Fund for this work at Macon, Atlanta,
+Nashville, Tougaloo, Talladega, Memphis and Austin. Nearly all the
+scholars in attendance pursue some of the branches of industry taught.
+Housekeeping, cooking, dress-making, care of the sick, agriculture,
+blacksmithing, harness-making, type-setting and printing are made
+prominent, according to the conveniences at hand. Atlanta, Talladega and
+Tougaloo have farms which are worked by the students under the
+instruction of practical farmers. At several other points farming could
+be successfully taught if only we had the farms, and we could have the
+farms if only we had the money.
+
+For the teaching of the trades we need special buildings. Progress has
+been made in this direction. Atlanta University has erected "The Knowles
+Industrial Building," a memorial of the late Mr. L. J. Knowles, of
+Worcester, Mass., whose widow not long before her death appropriated
+$6,000 for this object. It is a brick building 100 by 44 feet, with two
+stories and a basement, and, for its use, is one of the finest in the
+South. At Macon, a two-story building has been constructed--the upper
+story for the Lewis Library and the lower for a carpenter shop. At
+Talladega has been also built a two-story structure, the upper story to
+be used for carpentry and the lower for blacksmithing. The citizens of
+Memphis two years ago gave Professor Steele $1,000 to put a girl's
+industrial department into the Le Moyne school, and now they have
+pledged him $600 more to secure a workshop for the boys. Fort Berthold
+in Dakota and Fisk and Straight Universities at the South greatly need
+industrial buildings, and there are other schools of which the same
+might be said with equal emphasis.
+
+It is difficult to overestimate the importance of industrial training.
+Latest in development in connection with our schools, it may yet prove
+first in value. Labor is heaven-ordained. It is the chief
+instrumentality through which a people are elevated. Grace saves the
+soul and transforms character instantly. It makes the savage and
+sinner kind and good instantly; but it will not instantly make him a
+good farmer, a skilled mechanic, a trained scholar. Up from the lowest
+to the highest, man must toil patiently and laboriously. Nature will
+tolerate neither jumps nor deceptions. It is no kindness to put a man
+where he is out of place, and still less is it a kindness to make him
+believe that he has a right to be there. He who climbs up into position
+or who is foisted into it by any other instrumentality than by the toil
+necessary to fit him for the position, the same is a thief and a robber.
+The police forces of Nature will speedily put him under arrest. The
+judicial forces of Nature will soon cast him into a prison, out of which
+he shall not come until beginning at the bottom, by diligent labor, he
+is willing to pay the last farthing at every step in the process of his
+advancement. The implements and the products of industry are the gauges
+of civilization. Between the roughly-hewn stone hatchet and the
+finely-polished steel axe lies all the history of the world's progress.
+The college, the library, the fine residence and the factory of modern
+civilization are at one end of the line, the other end of which starts
+from the dug-out and the hut. Man, in the highest estate, forget or
+ignore it as he may, has that in him which connects him with the lowest,
+and labor, the hard labor of his ancestors, extending through the ages
+as well as his own, has been the means of bringing him where he is. If
+the Indian and the negro are to be elevated, they must rise by the same
+steps as have others. They must _work_ their way up. But they who are
+above them, remembering the pit out of which they themselves have been
+dug, must give them a chance to rise, and help them as they try to rise.
+That they have the capacity for elevation along every line of human
+development has been abundantly proved over and over again. The
+industrial exhibit of the colored people at the recent Centennial
+Exposition in New Orleans, was in every way gratifying to their friends.
+Though these people are only 20 years out of the house of their 250
+years' bondage, antedated by millenniums of barbarism, they sent
+articles showing their progress in the industries that more than filled
+the entire gallery assigned them in one end of the immense Government
+building.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MOUNTAIN WORK.
+
+
+This work has gone forward the past year with marked success. In
+Kentucky, Rev. J. T. Ford, having taken the pastoral charge of the
+church at Williamsburg, Rev. A. A. Myers was at liberty to give himself
+to more extended missionary work; and, as might be expected, he has gone
+into it with a will. He has organized three new churches; one at
+Jellico, with 11 members; one at Pleasant View, with 13 members, and one
+at Rockhold, with 15 members. Under his superintendency the Jellico
+church has erected a good, commodious house, but it needs a bell. The
+congregations number from 250 to 300, and the pastor, Rev. E. W.
+Bullock, reports the interest as increasing.
+
+Pleasant View Church has also put up a house of worship, now complete
+except seats. At Rockland, stone is on the ground. Mr. Myers using his
+own team to haul it, himself being teamster, and the lumber is all ready
+to begin work. A chapel is soon to be erected at South Williamsburg,
+where there are hundreds around the mills who cannot be induced to
+attend church up town. Eleven Sunday-schools, with an enrollment of
+1,200 and an average of 750, have been maintained. These schools extend
+from Jellico on the State line to the northern part of Whitley County
+along the railroad. Besides these, several students from the Academy
+have conducted Sunday-schools at their homes, reporting an enrollment of
+160.
+
+Day schools have been kept at Woodbine, Rockhold, Dowlais and Jellico
+with marked success.
+
+The Williamsburg Academy has had an enrollment of 203. The reputation
+and influence of this school are extending far and wide. The teachers,
+imbued with the missionary spirit, have been a power in the church and
+in the community as well as in the school. The question whether our
+schools could be kept up if colored students were admitted, has been
+squarely met and answered, and right at our central station,
+Williamsburg, we have had colored pupils during the past two terms. When
+they were first admitted, there was a stampede of the white scholars,
+reducing the number of pupils from 120 to 40, but as they had a chance
+to think the matter over, and they saw the school going right along as
+if nothing had happened, and that it was going to keep right along, they
+began to come back again, with still others to join them, so that the
+school closed with a larger enrollment than the previous year. The
+excitement caused a discussion that found its way into the newspapers of
+the State, and gave the school such an advertisement as could not have
+been secured by years of ordinary work. We shall have no more trouble
+with the color question in Whitley County. It has been settled, and
+settled right.
+
+In Tennessee, the Independent Church at Sherwood, and its pastor, Rev.
+A. B. Smith, have entered our fellowship by joining the Central South
+Association. On the Cumberland plateau, Pastor B. Dodge has secured the
+organization of a church with 16 members, which is associated with his
+church at Pomona. An organ and hymn-books were furnished by the Pilgrim
+Church, Cambridgeport, Mass. The people have subscribed $300, chiefly in
+lumber, toward a much-needed chapel for church and day school. At both
+these points day schools have been maintained. At Grand View, the first
+year of the Academy has proved a success, and now a church has been
+organized in association with it, both to be under the care of Rev. C.
+B. Riggs.
+
+The school work of Mrs. St. Clair in Scott County has been remarkable.
+Three years ago there were 27 saloons and two Sunday-schools in the
+county, one school held in Mrs. St. Clair's tent and the other in a
+blacksmith shop; now there are three saloons and 25 Sunday-schools, and
+the good people are praying with much confidence that their prayers will
+be answered for three less saloons and three more Sunday-schools. Mr. R.
+F. Taft, of Worcester, Mass., was sent down to help in this field. His
+labors were wonderfully blessed. Two churches, one at Robbins, the other
+at Helenwood, were organized. He is not able to continue in our service,
+but, in speaking of what has been accomplished, he has this to say:
+"Wherever I went the people were so eager to hear the Gospel that it was
+a joyous work to me. All came together, natives and Northerners, and our
+colored brethren. If the A. M. A. has accomplished nothing more, it has
+broken down the line of color, and to-day all mingle together in seeking
+after the pearl of great price." The work of Mr. Taft has been taken up
+by Rev. W. E. Barton, a recent graduate of Berea College, who finds
+already so much on his hands that he is crying for help.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WORK AMONG THE INDIANS.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+  Churches                                            5
+  Members                                           301
+  Ministers                                           7
+  Schools                                            15
+  Teachers                                           52
+  Pupils                                            706
+  Sunday-school scholars                            776
+
+
+Our Indian work is chiefly in Nebraska and Dakota, among the great Sioux
+nation that numbers about sixty thousand, and the tribes that mingle
+with, or are located around, them. We have three main stations, Santee,
+Oahe and Fort Berthold, all situated on the Missouri River, and at
+points strategic for pushing missions out among the people.
+
+_Santee._--Here is planted the Santee Normal School, under the care of
+Rev. A. L. Riggs. This institution, pioneer of its kind, began work for
+the higher training of Indian pupils fifteen years ago. Its history and
+experience show the great advancement that has been made by the Indian
+mind. At first the pupils came as to a sort of picnic, and expected to
+slip out when the fun stopped. But now the discipline, attendance and
+class work are of a high order and will compare favorably with schools
+of similar grade elsewhere. One thing quite noteworthy about Santee is
+that while it is often impossible to fill the desired quota of girls for
+other schools, applications at Santee from girls and young women far
+exceed the ability to receive them. This school, with its 177 pupils
+busily engaged in their studies under the instruction of an able corps
+of teachers, in possession of buildings that are up to the times in all
+their equipments, reaching by its influence every Indian village of the
+great empire of the Missouri River basin, is an institution from which,
+with God's blessing upon its work, we have a right to expect great
+things in the future.
+
+Pilgrim Church, under the joint pastorate of the Rev. Artemas Ehnamani
+and Rev. A. L. Riggs, honors the faith and polity of the Pilgrim Fathers
+in its co-operation with the school, nurturing and extending the cause
+of Christian education. Its roll numbers 164 names, and its
+Sabbath-school reports an attendance of 183.
+
+Great and urgent fields inviting missionary occupancy lie all around
+Santee. Swift Bear's colony, numbering sixteen families, an offshoot
+from Rosebud agency, has located along the Niobrara. Others are coming
+down this fall as soon as their little crops are harvested. All the land
+on the north side of the Niobrara, twenty miles east of the mouth of the
+Keya-paba, and much of the land on the Ponca Creek close by, is now
+taken. Here has just been built a school-house given by Deacon Burrill,
+of Oberlin, Ohio, a little building of two rooms, one for the teacher's
+residence, and the other for the school room and chapel. A son of Pastor
+Ehnamani, of the Santee Church, is to take charge of this station.
+
+Among the Poncas, since last December, we have had a missionary, Rev. J.
+E. Smith, who, while maintaining Sabbath services with good attendance,
+has during the week taught a government school. At the Upper Ponca
+settlement, during the months of February and March, a mission day
+school was kept by Albert Frazier, a native teacher.
+
+_Oahe._--This mission, with its out-stations, is in charge of Rev. T. L.
+Riggs. The native helpers are Titus Jugg, Elizabeth Winjan, William Lee,
+Daniel Lee, Samuel Smiley, Stephen Yellow Hawk and Edwin Phelps, all,
+with one exception, full-blood Dakota Indians.
+
+The Indians of the Rosebud Agency on the White River have long been
+calling for missionaries to be sent among them. The Park Street Church,
+Boston, has given $400 to open a mission in that needy region, and Mr.
+Riggs expects to have a well-established out-station on the White River
+before the beginning of the coming winter.
+
+During the year a movement has been made to establish an industrial
+school at Oahe. The Indian Bureau gave twenty scholarships. Alonzo
+Trask, Esq., executor in the Marquand estate, gave $1,500 toward a
+building, on condition that an additional $1,500 be raised. This
+additional amount Mr. Riggs secured. The beginning of the school was
+made in January. Twelve scholars were all that could be accommodated.
+They were promptly secured. The school has been continued by the
+exercise of strictest economy and the willing self-sacrifices of all
+concerned. The experiment has proved a success, and a good beginning has
+been made for another year. The new building is now about, if not quite,
+ready, and fitted to receive forty scholars.
+
+The church at Oahe bears the significant name of Shiloh. A place of rest
+it has proved to many a weary soul--yet of rest only as it has prepared
+for activity. During the year God has been pleased to manifest His grace
+in saving power. Seventeen new members have been received on profession
+of their faith and three by letter. The total membership is 54. The
+greater part of these are young men and women, not more than half being
+over thirty years of age and not more than five being past forty-five
+years. This church enjoys the ministrations of Stephen Yellow Hawk and
+David Lee.
+
+_Fort Berthold._--This point with the territory adjacent is held by Rev.
+C. L. Hall. The day school has had 129 pupils during the year. Six of
+the Indian girls have been taken into the teachers' home, with marked
+benefit to the mission work. Increased interest has been manifested in
+the church services, the average attendance being 75. At Fort Stevenson
+a Government school (75 pupils) has been kept by Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
+Wells. Religious meetings have been held fortnightly on Thursday evening
+and Sabbath school each Sunday. The Crow agency, after waiting two
+years, is still begging for us to send a missionary.
+
+Leaving Fort Berthold and striking westward about 1,000 miles, we come
+to Skokomish Agency, Washington Territory, where Rev. Myron Eells stands
+almost alone to represent the interest our denomination takes in the
+salvation of the Indians of that region. At Skokomish he has a church of
+46 members; at Dunginess a church of 28 members, where he spends two
+Sabbaths and the intervening week each month; and at Squakson, a small
+reservation formerly in charge of the Presbyterians, who have now
+withdrawn, he conducts public worship once a month. In these three
+places he has under his pastoral care 102 families; average attendance
+at public worship, 150; at Sabbath school, 84; at prayer meeting, 62.
+Infant baptisms, 19; adult baptisms and reception to church membership,
+11. Many of the Christian Indians are efficient helpers in the prayer
+meeting and the Sunday school, assisting Mr. Eells when he is present
+and carrying on the work when he is absent.
+
+At Santa Fé, New Mexico, we have maintained during part of the year four
+teachers who have had under instruction Pueblo Indian children, for whom
+Government scholarships had been secured.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WORK AMONG THE CHINESE.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+  Schools                                            18
+  Missionaries                                       38
+  Pupils enrolled                                 1,457
+  Average attendance                                810
+  Ceased from idol worship                          171
+  Giving evidence of conversion                     112
+
+
+These figures show three more missions and twelve more missionaries than
+the statistics of last year. In the missionary force there are eleven
+Chinese helpers.
+
+Four new schools have been opened at the following points: Alturas,
+Fresno, San Diego and Tulare. The school at Alturas, in the
+northeastern part of California, though established for the Chinese,
+like all other A. M. A. schools, is open to everybody, irrespective of
+race or color, and the Indians in the vicinity have so largely availed
+themselves of the privilege that they greatly outnumber the Chinese.
+This school is under the care of Mrs. Griffiths, wife of the pastor of
+the Congregational Church in the place. She has the constant coöperation
+of her husband, who welcomes to his church all who can be induced to
+attend from the school. The mission at Stockton, the first one
+established by us in California, was closed last year, but has been
+reopened with an attendance and promise such as it never had before. Our
+schools are all in the hands of devoted and efficient teachers, are well
+located and well rooted. We are justified in feeling that they are all
+fairly on the way to become permanent.
+
+The California Chinese mission, whose superintendency has been under the
+care of Rev. W. C. Pond ever since its organization in 1875, is
+auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. It has its own
+President and Board of Managers. It works in closest harmony with the
+parent society, and while it must look to us for by far the largest part
+of the funds necessary to carry its work forward, yet it does not rely
+wholly upon our appropriations, but makes continuous efforts to raise
+money itself.
+
+It reports as having received into its own treasury the past year
+$3,141.20. Its property consists of the Barnes and the West Mission
+Houses in San Francisco, together with an interest in the North Mission
+House of San Francisco and the new Mission House in Tulare. Mr. Pond has
+made strenuous efforts to secure sufficient contributions to bring to
+pass, without incurring debt, a transfer of these properties to the A.
+M. A., and he informs us that this result is now assured and that the
+transfer will soon be made. We shall thus come into possession of
+property worth upward of $9,000, free from debt.
+
+The past year has not been in garnered results so fruitful as our
+Superintendent and his co-workers had expected; yet they have been
+faithful in the cultivation of the field. Early in the year they
+determined to be more aggressive than formerly. If the Chinese would not
+come in greater numbers to the schools, then the missionaries would go
+to them. Three men in the providence of God were at hand who were
+impressed with the importance of this aggressive work, and who were able
+to preach to the Chinese in their own language; Rev. D. D. Jones, who
+had returned from missionary work in South China, Jee Gam and Wong Ock.
+These brethren have been engaged in evangelistic work both at the
+mission houses and on the streets in San Francisco and at several other
+points. But "hard hearts," threatened persecution, and actively working
+prejudice have everywhere stood in the way of progress.
+
+Still God did not leave His children altogether without some evidence of
+His favor. There were eighteen who professed conversion and twelve who
+received baptism. The reflex influence of these evangelistic services
+has been productive of great spiritual blessing to our missionaries and
+to the Chinese Christians. It has driven them to realize that they must
+more than ever trust in the power of God's spirit to overcome the
+difficulties; that they must faithfully hold and work every point now
+occupied; that they must pray on and labor on until the Holy Spirit
+descend in power to break the stony hearts and dissipate the opposing
+forces of Mongolian heathenism on the one hand and Caucasian
+inconsistency and infidelity on the other. "Brethren, pray for us!" is
+the almost heart-agonizing appeal Superintendent Pond makes to the
+constituents of this Association. "Never before," he writes, "were we so
+well prepared to do good service to the Master, and to move on with
+saving power among these dark souls purchased with His blood, as now,
+at the opening of this new fiscal year. Yet never before did we look on
+into the year with such a sense of utter helplessness or such a despair
+of real success except through the co-working of the Holy Ghost."
+
+We commend this appeal for prayer to all our friends. Let there go up
+such a cry to God for help that in Pentecostal power His spirit may be
+outpoured upon our Chinese missions; and not only will the good results
+be felt in our own country, but they will reach in blessing even the
+vast empire of China and make strong and glad the hearts of our
+Christian brethren there.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE WOMAN'S BUREAU.
+
+
+The Woman's Bureau has proved a most efficient agency in our work during
+the past year. The family and the home where mother and sister are the
+strong guard of purity and moral strength, the newly-freed people knew
+nothing about from experience. Our missionaries, more than two-thirds of
+whom were women, found themselves face to face with the duty of caring
+for their unfortunate sisters. When the Christian women of the country
+were taking up and discussing the special claims of degraded and lost
+women for woman's special effort, and organizing societies to meet that
+claim, the American Missionary Association had the whole business in
+operation on a large and successful scale. When, therefore, the Woman's
+Bureau was created, it was neither to inaugurate a new work nor in
+imitation of other organizations. The purpose was to make the Christian
+women of the country more intelligently acquainted with a branch of our
+mission long in operation, and induce them by an increase of their
+contributions and sympathy and prayers to make it more widely
+successful. Miss D. E. Emerson, who not only by her experience as a
+missionary in the field, but also by her experience as a clerk in the
+New York office, was admirably qualified to take the Bureau in charge,
+was made its Secretary. She has opened direct channels of communication
+between the lady missionaries on the field and the Christian women of
+the churches. Sunday schools and ladies' missionary societies have been
+furnished an opportunity to assume, either wholly or partially, the
+support of an assigned missionary from whom they have regularly received
+letters. She has arranged to have addresses given upon the work at
+missionary meetings and conferences, either by herself or by a lady
+missionary, so far as she could, wherever and whenever such service has
+been desired. The work has been steadily growing upon her hands. The
+interest is widening and deepening. With no increase of machinery, with
+but little increase of expense, and with no divisive disturbance, either
+in the Association or in the churches, our Woman's Bureau quietly and
+effectively carries forward its operations at the North and at the
+South, at the East and at the West.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FINANCES.
+
+
+_Receipts for 1884-5._
+
+  Donations from Churches and Individuals   $191,698.35
+  Legacies                                    41,501.66
+  U. S. Government for Indian Schools          9,458.13
+  Slater Fund for Industrial Training          8,600.00
+  Tuition, Rents, etc.                        39,635.92
+                                            -----------
+    Total                                   $290,894.06
+
+
+As compared with the receipts of last year, these figures show
+$191,698.35 collections and donations this year, as against $164,056.77
+last; legacies, $41,501.66 this year, as against $64,559.42 last; a gain
+in contributions from the living of $27,641.58, a loss from legacies of
+$23,057.76. The receipts from all sources for the past year,
+notwithstanding the heavy loss in legacies, are in excess over the
+receipts of the preceding year $3,299.87. The expenditures for the year
+have been $306,345.93, leaving a debt on the year just closed of
+$15,451.87. This, added to the deficit of the previous year, leaves us
+with a total indebtedness of $29,237.73. But over against this and in
+close connection with it, should be stated the fact that in both years
+the indebtedness has been owing to an increase of appropriations to meet
+the absolutely necessary demands of the new Indian missions transferred
+to us by the American Board. In 1883-4, we expended on these missions,
+including $11,495.19 received from the U. S. Government, $33,204.95. In
+1884-5, including $9,458.13 from the Government, we spent $41,283.75.
+The churches had laid this work upon us, and we could not avoid these
+expenditures.
+
+We began the year with a debt of $13,785.86. The task before us,
+therefore, if our work was to be kept to its former scale, was to
+increase our receipts over the previous year $27,571.72, or twice the
+deficit. We have made that increase in donations from the living, with
+$69.86 to spare, and that, too, in the face of the stringency of the
+times. Had the legacies remained the same as the preceding year (which
+were $61,807.31 less than the legacies of the year preceding that), we
+should have closed this year without a debt, and had $7,605.89 on hand
+to apply on the debt with which we started out.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CONCLUSION.
+
+
+In conclusion, this review of the year inspires first of all songs of
+thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father for His manifold blessings upon the
+work and workers, and then our heartfelt gratitude to the pastors,
+churches and friends that have so nobly and generously, many of them at
+great self-sacrifice, contributed to sustain the work. With such
+evidence from heaven that the work is God's, with such evidence from
+earth that it rests upon the hearts and consciences of His people as a
+sacred trust, we cannot but feel that in it all Providence is saying
+unto us, _Go forward_. But what say our constituents? We present them
+our report. We await their answer.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1885.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAINE, $1,078.85.
+
+  Albany. Cong. Ch.                                         $1.00
+  Augusta. Joel Spalding                                    10.00
+  Bangor. Hammond St. Ch., 100; Cen. Cong. Ch. and
+    Soc., 75                                               175.00
+  Bangor. Dudley Coe, 1; C. M., M. F. and A. B. Duren,
+    30c., _for Rosebud_ _Indian M._                          1.30
+  Bath. "A Friend"                                           5.00
+  Belfast. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               10.00
+  Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch.                               75.00
+  Brownfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             8.00
+  Brownville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            11.75
+  Cumberland Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     31.17
+  Deer Isle. Cong. Ch.                                       4.00
+  Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    30.00
+  Gardiner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              13.25
+  Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                7.00
+  Gilead Cong. Ch.                                           4.50
+  Gorham. Miss E. B. Emery                                   5.00
+  Kennebunkport. South Cong. Ch., 12; First Cong. Ch., 3    15.00
+  Machias. Center St. Cong. Ch.                              9.30
+  Madison. "Friends in Cong. Ch.," by Mrs. Ezra Dinsmore    20.00
+  Oldtown. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00
+  Orono. Cong. Ch.                                           7.00
+  Portland. Second Parish Ch., 182.17, to const. HORACE
+    H. RICKER, G. R. FURBISH, E. A. BASCOM, MRS. LUCY A.
+    FOGG, MRS. MARY E. MERRILL and NATHAN WESTON L. Ms.;
+    State St. Ch., 150; Williston Cong. Ch., 95: West
+    Cong. Ch., 11; Abyssinian Cong. Ch., 10; T. B.
+    Percy, 5                                               453.17
+  Princeton. "A Friend"                                      2.00
+  Presque Isle. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00
+  Saco. First Cong. Ch.                                     10.42
+  Scarboro. Cong. Ch.                                       13.15
+  Sherman Mills. Washburn Memorial Ch.                       5.00
+  South Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 14.20; "Miss'y
+    Soc.," 5                                                19.20
+  Turner. Cong. Ch.                                          7.50
+  Wells. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           20.00
+  Westbrook. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      13.26
+  West Brooksville. Cong. Ch.                                4.00
+  Windham. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00
+  Winslow. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  10.00
+  Wintersport. Miss. M. M. Morrell                           2.50
+  Winthrop. Mrs. Otis Packard, 30, to const. DEA. GEO.
+    O. PACKARD L. M.; Cong. Ch. and Soc., 12.10             42.10
+  York Corner. Second Cong. Ch.                              8.28
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $963.04.
+
+  Amherst. Miss M. C. Boylston                              20.00
+  Auburn. Cong. Ch.                                         14.00
+  Bennington. Cong. Ch.                                      7.00
+  Canterbury. "Friend"                                       5.00
+  Chester. Mrs. Mary E. Hidden                              10.00
+  Concord. First Ch., 125; Friend in North Cong. Ch., 5    130.00
+  Danbury. "A few members Cong. Ch."                         6.00
+  Derry. First Cong. Ch.                                    23.85
+  Durham. Cong. Ch.                                         27.00
+  East Derry. Rev. H. M. Penniman                            5.00
+  Epping. "Friend"                                           1.00
+  Fitzwilliam. Louisa Hill, 10; Fanny Hancock, 5; Cong.
+    Ch., 3.50                                               18.50
+  Franklin Falls. J. C. Neal                                 1.00
+  Goffstown. Mrs. M. A. Stinson                             10.00
+  Gorham. Cong. Ch.                                          6.29
+  Great Falls. First Cong. Ch.                              43.40
+  Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             44.10
+  Hanover. Cong. Ch. Dart. College                          79.90
+  Harrisville. Darius Farwell                                2.00
+  Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               7.25
+  Jaffrey. N. P. Phelps                                      1.00
+  Keene. Mrs. D. W. Buckminster, and Miss Mason              3.00
+  Kensington. Cong. Ch.                                      2.00
+  Laconia. Cong. Ch.                                        35.00
+  Manchester. Mary A. Allison                                3.00
+  Meriden. Cong. Ch.                                        21.00
+  New Boston. "A Friend" (50 of which _for Cal. Chinese
+    M._)                                                   100.50
+  New Market. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 3.55, Dea. T. H.
+    Wiswall, 10                                             13.55
+  North Conway. Cong. Ch.                                   20.00
+  North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 17.25; S. H. Leavitt,
+    Isabella Smith and Julia M. Philbrook, 10 ea., to
+    const. MORRIS H. SMITH, L. M.                           47.25
+  Peterborough. Cong. Ch.                                    5.50
+  Piermont. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  9.00
+  Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            10.00
+  Portsmouth. Rev. W. W. Dow                                 5.00
+  Rye. Cong. Ch.                                            11.75
+  Shelburne. Cong. Ch.                                       1.50
+  Sullivan. Cong. Ch.                                        6.10
+  Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                8.95
+  Temple. Mrs. Geo. Goodyear and Sister                      5.00
+  Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch.                                      8.42
+  Walpole. First Cong. Ch.                                  22.07
+  Webster. "A Friend"                                        5.00
+  West Concord. J. W. Chandler                               1.00
+  Wilton. Second Cong. Ch.                                  12.00
+  By Geo. Swain--Amherst Cong. Ch., 11.40--Brookline
+   Cong. Ch., 8.82--Peterboro' Union Evan. Ch., 13.50       33.72
+                                                          -------
+                                                          $852.63
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Lebanon. Estate of Mary A. F. Tracy, by Stephen A.
+    Tracy, Ex.                                             110.41
+                                                          -------
+                                                          $963.04
+
+
+VERMONT, $2,216.07.
+
+  Bakersfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            9.00
+  Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc. by Katie B.
+    Joslyn, Treas. _for Share_                              13.00
+  Bradford. Mrs. C. D. Redington, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks,
+    _for McIntosh, Ga._                                     10.00
+  Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               21.86
+  Brattleboro. "A Friend," 33.35; Joseph Wilder, 10         43.35
+  Brownington. Dea. William Spencer, 5; S. S. Tinkham, 5    10.00
+  Burlington. First Cong. Ch.                              188.58
+  Cambridge. Madison Safford and wife                       38.52
+  Cambridge. E. Wheelock, B. Holmes, O. W. Reynolds, S. M.
+    Safford and Madison Safford, 5 ea.; Mrs. M. Blaisdell,
+    3; Mrs. M. Waterhouse, 2; J. W. Turner, 2; Mrs. L.
+    Eaton, 1; E. Bentley, 1                                 34.00
+  Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             19.50
+  Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             32.58
+  Chester. J. L. Fisher                                      5.00
+  Enosburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              25.00
+  Fair Haven. "Light Bearers" Cong. Sab. Sch. (3 of which
+    _for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._)                       17.57
+  Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               5.00
+  Glover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                15.50
+  Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch.                              4.00
+  Greensborough. "A few friends," by Rev. S. Knowlton       12.00
+  Guildhall. Cong. Ch.                                       3.26
+  Hartford. E. Morris, 100; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buel, 10   110.00
+  Hartland. Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for McIntosh, Ga._    5.00
+  Lunenburg. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Lyndonville. Cong. Ch.                                    14.00
+  Manchester. Samuel G. Cone, 20; Mrs. S. G. Cone, 5        25.00
+  Marshfield. Rev. J. D. Bailey                              7.44
+  Milton. "M. L. D.," 3; B. Fairchild, M. D., 2              5.00
+  Montgomery Centre. Cong. Ch.                               7.77
+  Morrisville. Cong. Ch.                                    14.00
+  Newbury. Mrs. E. P. Keyes, 30, to const. J. T. ATKINSON
+    L. M.; H. E. Keyes, 30, to const. HELEN R. AIKEN L. M.  60.00
+  New Haven. Cong. Ch., 25, and Sab. Sch. 5, _for Indian
+    M._                                                     30.00
+  North Pownal. Cong. Ch.                                   15.00
+  Norwich. Ashley Blodgett, 5; Mrs. H. Burton, 2; Cong.
+    Ch., 1                                                   8.00
+  Peacham. Miss Varnum, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for
+    McIntosh, Ga._                                           2.00
+  Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 5; "D.," 2                           7.00
+  Pittsford. Mrs. E. H. Denison                              5.00
+  Quechee. Rev. N. F. Carter                                10.00
+  Royalton. A. W. Kenney, 30; First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
+    17.75                                                   47.75
+  Rutland. Mrs. Wm. D. Marsh                                10.00
+  Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., 200; Rev. Henry
+    Fairbanks, 100                                         300.00
+  Saint Johnsbury. Union Meeting, North and South Chs.,
+    _for Indian M._                                        168.81
+  Saxton's River. "Friend"                                   1.00
+  South Royalton. Mrs. S. H. Jones                          10.00
+  Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks, 100; A. Woolson, 100  200.00
+  Stowe. Joseph Pike                                         1.00
+  Swanton. C. C. Long                                       10.00
+  Underhill. Chas. A. Birchard                               5.00
+  Vergennes. Cong. Ch.                                      20.00
+  West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.                               32.53
+  Willamstown. Cong. Ch.                                    12.00
+  Windham. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  13.01
+  Wolcott. Rev. J. F. Whitney                                2.00
+  Woodstock. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry
+    Fairbanks                                               10.50
+  Worcester. Cong. Ch.                                       5.63
+  ----. "A Friend"                                         300.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,992.16
+
+  LEGACIES.
+
+  North Ferrisburg. Estate of Sylvia Dean, by J. M.
+    Dean, Ex.                                               15.00
+  Wilmington. Estate of Judah Moore                        208.91
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $2,216.07
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $10,843.55.
+
+  Acton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Atlanta U._                  10.00
+  Amesbury. MRS. EDMUND MORRILL, to const. herself L. M.    30.00
+  Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 85, to const. MISS
+    LULU LOUISA LAWTON and CEPHAS F. FRARY L. Ms.; First
+    Cong. Ch., 35; "C.," 30                                150.00
+  Andover. John Smith                                      500.00
+  Ashland. G. M. Perry, 5; Edwin Perry, 5                   10.00
+  Attleboro. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      6.24
+  Auburn. Cong. Ch.                                         66.00
+  Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            42.00
+  Boston. "Wilberforce," 300; Mrs. C. A. Spaulding,
+    100; "Friend in Need," 100; Jona. A. Lane, 25;
+    Dr. Edward Strong and Wife, 25; Mrs. O. H. White,
+    20;  "A Friend," 10; "A Friend," 5; Rev. R. B.
+    Howard, 5.--Cambridge North Av. Ch. and Soc.,
+    209.55--Cambridgeport, Pilgrim Ch., 127.55--Chelsea,
+    A. C. Tenney, 25--Dorchester, Second Cong. Ch. and
+    Soc., 187.61; Mrs. R. W. Prouty, 5--East Boston,
+    Maverick Ch. and Soc. 26.25--Somerville, Franklin St.
+    Ch., 125; Franklin St. Ch., "M.," 50; Miss M. C.
+    Sawyer, 10; Woman's Home Miss'y Soc. of Prospect
+    Hill Ch., 10                                         1,365.96
+  Ballardvale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.00
+  Barre. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           51.75
+  Berkley. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  13.28
+  Bernardston. Orthodox Cong. Soc.                           8.75
+  Billerica. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              8.00
+  Boxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         40.70
+  Bridgewater. "A Friend"                                   30.00
+  Brockton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Porter Evan.
+    Ch. and Soc., 61.53, to const. MISS CORNELIA EDDY
+    and MISS LIZZIE F. TROW L. Ms.; Mrs. L. C. Sanford,
+    5                                                      141.53
+  Carlisle. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               5.18
+  Centreville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           22.50
+  Chatham. Cong. Ch.                                         6.50
+  Chester Center. First Cong. Ch.                            5.22
+  Conway. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                31.23
+  Cummington. Cong. Ch.                                     11.30
+  Danvers. Maple St. Ch.                                    75.00
+  Dedham. "Three Friends"                                    4.50
+  Duxbury. Mrs. R. R. Holmes                                 1.00
+  East Charlemont. Cong. Ch.                                16.00
+  Easthampton. First Cong. Ch., 47; First Cong. Ch. and
+    Sab. Sch., 25; Rev. A. M. Colton, 5                     77.00
+  East Granville. "Y. P. Soc. of Christian Endeavor"         5.00
+  Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               50.00
+  Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 45.00
+  Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                3.28
+  Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. and Soc., 128.59; "A Friend,"
+    30 to const. MRS. CLARA W. HUBBARD L. M.; C. C. Ch.,
+    25.50                                                  184.09
+  Florence. Cong. Ch.                                       12.35
+  Foxborough. Ortho. Cong. Ch.                              51.65
+  Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc., 25; E. H. Warren, 1    26.00
+  Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         35.00
+  Gilbertville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     50.00
+  Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. ALFRED H.
+    RICHARDSON L. M.                                        25.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., 15; Mrs. M. A.
+    Harrington, 10                                          25.00
+  Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc                          44.31
+  Granby. Mission Circle, by Mrs. A. W. T. Fisk, _for
+    Miss'y, Atlanta, Ga._                                   15.00
+  Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 69.25; Cong. Ch., 10;
+    First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10                            89.25
+  Greenwich. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             18.50
+  Hanover. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                     5.00
+  Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                    100.00
+  Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols                           100.00
+  Hinsdale. J. Hosmer, 10; Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Plunkett,
+    7; C. J. Kittredge, 3; Rev. J. H. Laird, 2; S.
+    Kittredge, 2; Miss S. Warriner, 1; L. Payne, 1;
+    Others, 4                                               30.00
+  Housatonic. "Friends," 15; Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; Cong.
+    Ch. (ad'l), 1                                           26.00
+  Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.                               7.25
+  Ipswich. Mission Band of So. Ch., 6.30; "A Friend," 50c    6.80
+  Kingston. Mayflower Ch.                                   40.00
+  Lancaster. Ev. Cong. Ch.                                  36.55
+  Leverett. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch.                           9.50
+  Longmeadow. "M. C. G."                                    10.00
+  Ludlow Centre. "A Friend"                                  1.00
+  Lowell. Pawtucket Ch. and Soc.                            18.00
+  Mansfield. P. M. Edwards                                   1.00
+  Medway. Village Ch. and Soc.                              27.00
+  Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        65.62
+  Middleborough. Central Cong. Ch.                          52.00
+  Middlefield. "A Friend"                                    2.00
+  Middleton. Mrs. Loring Carleton                            4.50
+  Milford. "A Friend"                                        1.00
+  Millbury. By Lizzie M. Garfield                            5.75
+  Millers Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          4.60
+  Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox                             10.00
+  Monson. E. F. Morris, 50; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Holmes,
+    Jr., 50; Mrs. N. M. Field, 25; Mrs. C. O. Chapin, 5    130.00
+  Monument Beach. Wm. R. Vining                             50.00
+  Neponset. Miss S. L. Tuttle's S. S. Class, Bbl. of C.,
+    _for Wilmington, N. C._, 1 _for Freight_                 1.00
+  New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     50.00
+  Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Le Moyne Inst._    8.00
+  Newburyport. Freedmen's Aid Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                20.00
+  Newton. Eliot Ch.                                        130.00
+  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   50.00
+  Norfolk. Cong. Ch.                                         4.00
+  North Abington. Cong. Ch., 5; Rev. J. H. Jones, 5         10.00
+  Northampton. First Cong. Ch., 279.23; "A Friend," 100;
+    Edwards Ch. Benev. Soc., 87.50; Jared Clark, 25        491.73
+  Northborough. Evan. Cong. Ch., 68; Sab. Sch., 10          78.00
+  Northbridge Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.              10.00
+  North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch., 50; and Sab. Sch.,
+    30, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                          80.00
+  North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., 35.59; Mrs.
+    Hannah M. Nye, 5; Miss Abbie W. Johnson, 5              45.59
+  North Chelmsford. Second Cong. Ch., to const. MISS ADA
+    M. SHELDON L. M.                                        50.00
+  North Middleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. DEA.
+    SOLOMON WHITE L. M.                                     45.00
+  Oakham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.62; Miss Susan Fairbanks,
+    10                                                      40.62
+  Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          50.00
+  Paxton. Cong. Ch.                                         16.75
+  Pigeon Cove. Mrs. M. L. Thalheimer, deceased, by M. E.
+    Thalheimer                                              25.00
+  Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Second Cong.
+    Sab. Sch., 5; E. R. M., 2.50                           107.50
+  Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch.                                 5.00
+  Prescott. "A Friend"                                       5.00
+  Princeton. Cong. Ch.                                      20.50
+  Provincetown. First Cong. Ch.                             14.63
+  Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          17.00
+  Randolph. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       201.80
+  Reading. Old South and Bethesda Chs., to const. FRANK
+    W. B. PRATT and E. P. FITTS L. Ms., 87.85; J. M.
+    Carleton, 5; "A Friend," 4.50                           97.35
+  Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Elijah Shaw, 50        125.00
+  Rutland. Children of Cong. Ch., 10, and Papers, _for
+    Robbins, Tenn._                                         10.00
+  Salem. Crombie St. Ch. and Soc., 50.15; George Driver,
+    2                                                       52.15
+  Sandwich. Mrs. Card                                        2.00
+  Saundersville. Cong Ch. and Soc.                          15.00
+  Scituate. Cen. Cong. Ch. and S. S.                        24.55
+  Scotland. Miss Mary H. Leonard                             2.00
+  Shelburne Falls. Sab. Sch. Concert, 8.01; Three Classes
+    Cong. S. S., 5.99, _for Indian M._                      14.00
+  Shrewsbury. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Greene, 500; Cong.
+    Ch. and Soc., 112.33                                   612.33
+  South Abington. Miss C. H. Whitman, 100; Cong. Ch.
+    and Soc., 47.59                                        147.59
+  South Amherst. Cong. Ch.                                   7.72
+  South Dartmouth. Cong. Ch.                                 9.00
+  South Egremont. Mrs. Huldah Bills, 30, to const. REV.
+    P. T. FARWELL L. M.; Cong. Ch., 25                      55.00
+  South Franklin. Union Cong. Ch.                            5.25
+  South Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 31.25; Cong. Sab.
+    Sch., 8.85                                              40.10
+  South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Parish                  31.00
+  South Natick. John Eliot Ch.                               6.16
+  South Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch. (ad'l)                    2.12
+  South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; "A
+    Friend," 25                                             74.00
+  Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         68.10
+  Springfield. "A Friend," 500; A. C. Hunt, 10,
+    "L. E. W.," 10                                         520.00
+  Springfield. Infant Class, Cong. S. S., 2; Miss L.
+    Fay's S. S. Class, 1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._         3.00
+  Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.                                    23.90
+  Stoughton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             13.72
+  Sudbury. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc.                         37.00
+  Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.             100.00
+  Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            25.00
+  Taunton. Winslow Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which to
+    const. GEO. W. ANDROS L. M.)                            49.27
+  Taunton. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._      39.00
+  Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. FRANK H.
+    KASSON L. M.                                            32.00
+  Topsfield. "A Friend"                                      1.00
+  Townsend. "Member Cong. Ch."                               5.00
+  Uxbridge. Evan. Cong. Co. and Soc.                        29.45
+  Ware. C. C. Hitchcock                                     10.00
+  Warren. Cong. Ch., 100; "N. G.," 5                       105.00
+  Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell, _for Chinese M._             5.00
+  Wayland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               30.00
+  Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             11.00
+  West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       20.00
+  Westboro. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch.                           50.00
+  West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          15.00
+  West Boylston. G. W. Ames, 3; Polly W. Ames, 3; Mrs.
+    A. Campbell, 1.50                                        7.50
+  West Cummington. Cong. Ch.                                 3.00
+  Westfield. Mrs. C. W. Fowler, 5; Dr. H. Holland, 3         8.00
+  Westford. Union Ch.                                       17.00
+  West Gardner. M. B. Knowlton                              10.00
+  West Gardner. Nettie M. Bartlett, _for Rosebud Indian
+    M._                                                      2.00
+  Westhampton. Miss Mary Edwards, "in Memory of Mrs.
+    Catharine Edwards"                                       5.00
+  Westminster. F. Lombard, 5; Mrs. Mossman, 25c              5.25
+  West Springfield. Mrs. Lucy M. Bagg                      200.00
+  West Tisbury. First Cong. Ch.                              9.63
+  Whately. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00
+  Whitinsville. S. F. Morse                                  2.00
+  Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            24.50
+  Winchendon. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                       50.00
+  Winchester. S. Elliot                                     25.00
+  Woburn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         204.60
+  Woburn. Ladies' Charitable Reading Soc., Bbl. of C.,
+    val. 52.40, _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 1.17 _for
+    Freight_                                                 1.17
+  Wollaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              8.05
+  Woods Holl. Cong. Ch.                                     20.00
+  Worcester. "Friend," 500; Piedmont Ch., 400; Plymouth
+    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 130; Samuel R. Heywood, 100;
+    Hiram Smith and family, 30; Mrs. S. A. Howard, 5     1,165.00
+  Worcester. "A Friend," _for Charleston, S. C._             4.00
+  Worthington. Cong. Ch.                                    19.34
+  Yarmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                10.29
+  By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n--Ludlow,
+    23.90--Palmer, Second, 15--Springfield, Mrs. E.
+    Clarke, 5--Westfield, Second, 108.80--West
+    Springfield, Park St., 23                              175.70
+                                                       ----------
+                                                       $10,261.55
+
+  LEGACIES.
+
+  Boston. Estate of Rev. H. B. Hooker, D. D.                50.00
+  Enfield. Estate of Dea. Henry Fobes, by W. B.
+    Kimball, Ex.                                           500.00
+  Oakham. Estate of Perly Ayres, by William Spear, Ex.      32.00
+                                                       ----------
+                                                       $10,843.55
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $2,432.84.
+
+  Bristol. Mrs. Rogers, 100; First Cong. Ch., 30           130.00
+  East Providence. Samuel Belden, to const. REV.
+    WILLIAM FITZ, HARMON S. BABCOCK, SAMUEL BELDEN
+    BABCOCK, RICHARD W. CONE, JOHN CHURCHILL, and
+    SAMUEL BELDEN CHURCHILL L. Ms.                         180.00
+  Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                                      58.50
+  Providence. George H. Corliss, 1000; Central Cong.
+    Ch., 718; Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc., 119.22;
+    James Coats, 100; Beneficent Cong. Ch., 50; "A
+    Friend," 5                                           1,992.22
+  Slatersville. Cong. Ch.                                   31.00
+  Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.12; Emeline Smith, 5     35.12
+  Woonsocket. Globe Cong. Ch.                                6.00
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $10,360.07.
+
+  Abington. Cong. Ch.                                       14.50
+  Andover. "A Friend"                                       20.00
+  Berlin. "A Friend," 50; Second Cong. Ch., 19.24           69.24
+  Bethlehem. "A Friend"                                      5.00
+  Birmingham. Cong. Ch.                                     35.35
+  Bolton. By Mrs. L. H. Barber, _for Conn. Sch.,
+    Quitman, Ga._                                            5.00
+  Branford. H. G. Harrison                                  10.00
+  Bristol. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch.,
+    Quitman, Ga._                                           55.00
+  Brooklyn. First Trin. Ch. and Cong. to const.
+    WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE L. M.                                38.00
+  Buckingham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             2.65
+  Canaan. Estate Daniel Norton, Package Books and 50c         .50
+  Chaplin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               15.00
+  Cheshire. "A Friend," 25; Cong. Ch., 21.25                46.25
+  Chester. Cong. Ch.                                        35.00
+  Cobalt. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+  Cromwell. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._         1.00
+  Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch., to const. MRS.
+    FANNY L. KEECH and MISS CHLOE P. DAVISON L. Ms.         60.00
+  Durham. Cong. Ch.                                         23.00
+  East Avon. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    22.25
+  East Hartford. H. L. Goodwin, 100; First Ch., 30;
+    Abraham Williams, 10; South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15     155.00
+  East Granby. Cong. Ch.                                     5.00
+  East Windsor. "A Friend"                                   5.00
+  Elliott. Wm. Osgood                                        1.00
+  Fairfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Santee
+     Agency, Neb._                                          20.00
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                    140.49
+  Glastonbury. James B. Williams (ad'l), 200; First
+    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 82.58                              282.58
+  Goshen. Mrs. Moses Lyman                                   5.00
+  Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. WM. H. LEE L. M.     30.00
+  Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Share_                     20.00
+  Hartford. Mrs. Catherine R. Hillyer                       20.00
+  Hebron. "Friends"                                          7.00
+  Hockanum. Mrs. E. M. Roberts                               5.00
+  Huntington. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00
+  Huntington. Oliver Baird, _for Rosebud Indian M._          1.00
+  Kensington. Lucy J. Upson, Arthur W. Upson, Alice O.
+    Upson and Mary H. Upson, 5 ea.                          20.00
+  Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss                              5.00
+  Kent. First Cong. Soc.                                    25.64
+  Lebanon. "A few Friends"                                  30.00
+  Manchester. "C. S. S."                                    10.00
+  Meriden. First Cong. Ch., 100; First Cong. Ch.,
+    "A Friend," 25; Edmund Tuttle, 30, to const.
+    MISS ELLEN E. TUTTLE L. M.                             155.00
+  Milford. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                150.00
+  Milford. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 50, and Sab. Sch., 25.59     75.59
+  Mount Carmel. Mrs. J. M. Swift bal. to const. WILLIAM
+    E. SWIFT L. M.                                          10.00
+  Nepaug. South Cong. Ch.                                    3.25
+  New Britain. First Ch. of Christ, 69.30; Members South
+    Cong. Ch., 40 (30 of which to const. EMMA GERTRUDE
+    ROGERS L. M.); Rev. J. W. Cooper, 25                   134.30
+  New Canaan. "Friend E."                                   10.00
+  New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50; Alfred Walker, 10             60.00
+  New London. "First Ch. of Christ"                         64.60
+  New Preston. Mrs. Betsy Averill                           10.00
+  Norfolk. Mrs. Mary D. Bassett                              4.00
+  Northford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             20.00
+  North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett, 50; "A friend's
+    mite," 2                                                52.00
+  North Stamford. Cong. Soc.                                 6.76
+  North Stonington. Dudley R. Wheeler                       20.00
+  Norwich. ----                                          1,000.00
+  Norwich. First Cong. Ch., 50; Othniel Gager, 24;
+    Sarah A. Huntington, 10                                 84.00
+  Old Lyme. Cong. Ch.                                       64.34
+  Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch.                                   18.00
+  Plainfield. Cong. Ch.                                      5.27
+  Plainville. William Cowles                                20.00
+  Plymouth. "A Friend," 500; "A Friend," 50                550.00
+  Preston. Long Soc. Sab. Sch.                               2.00
+  Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          24.00
+  Prospect. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Ridgebury. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00
+  Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch.                               38.00
+  Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. (4.30 of which _for
+    Tillotson C. and N. Inst._)                             71.76
+  Rockville. J. N. Stickney                                 10.00
+  Rockville. Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tillotson
+    C. and N. Inst._                                         9.44
+  Roxbury. "A Friend, Birthday Offering"                     3.00
+  Salisbury. "The Twins," Miriam and Rose Goddard, aged
+    5 weeks, by Rev. J. C. Goddard                           1.00
+  Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch.                                30.00
+  Somerville. Cong. Ch.                                     14.60
+  Southbury. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 5; "A Friend," 1           6.00
+  Southington. First Cong. Ch.                              60.80
+  South Killingly. Cong. Ch.                                 3.00
+  Southport. "A gift in the name of Frederick Marquand"
+    (4,000 of which _for Special Indian Work in
+    Dakota_)                                             4,500.00
+  Southport. "A Friend," to const. Miss ABBIE B. LORD
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  South Windsor. Sam'l T. Wolcott                           20.00
+  Stamford. Friends, Cong. Ch., by Rev. S. Scoville        100.00
+  Stanwich. David Banks, 100; John Brush, 5; Mrs. Chas.
+    Brush, 5; Mary A. Lockwood, 1; Cong. Ch., 5            116.00
+  Stratford. "A Friend"                                      2.00
+  Talcottville. Cong. Ch.                                   80.00
+  Terryville. A. S. Gaylord, 10; Mr. & Mrs. Elizur
+    Fenn, 5 ea.                                             20.00
+  Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 43.25; P. Darrow, 15.51             58.76
+  Thompson. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch.,
+    Quitman Ga._                                            27.00
+  Tolland. Cong. Ch.                                        11.82
+  Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           36.14
+  Torrington. L. Wetmore, 150; First Cong. Ch., 10         160.00
+  Vernon Center. Miss H. B. Chapin                           2.00
+  Voluntown and Sterling. Cong. Ch., bal. to const.
+    MISS MARY E. P. ELDERKIN L. M.                          17.28
+  Washington. Cong. Soc.                                    34.75
+  Waterbury. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., by Mrs. H. M.
+    Dutton, _for Conn. Sch., Quitman Ga._                  200.00
+  Waterbury. "Sunshine Circle," _for Macon, Ga._             8.00
+  Waterbury. "A Friend," 10; "A Friend," Second Cong.
+    Ch., 5                                                  15.00
+  Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             44.55
+  Wauregan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              18.00
+  West Avon. Cong. Ch.                                      15.00
+  Westbrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 56.54; "Cash," 2           58.54
+  West Hartland. Deacons of Cong. Ch.                        4.00
+  West Haven. "A few Ladies," by Mrs. Emeline Smith         20.00
+  Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallory                    5.00
+  Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Ch.                             19.66
+  Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               21.35
+  Windham. Westminster Cong. Ch.                             9.06
+  Windsor Locks. "A Friend"                                 10.00
+  Winsted. Miss Emeline Catlin and Sister                   10.00
+  Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       20.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                         300.00
+  ----. "Connecticut Friend"                                10.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                          10.00
+                                                       ----------
+                                                       $10,110.07
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven,
+    _for Talladega C._                                     250.00
+                                                       ----------
+                                                       $10,360.07
+
+
+NEW YORK, $3,493.43.
+
+  Amsterdam. Mrs. Mary A. Bartlett                           2.00
+  Amsterdam. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._              1.00
+  Bangor. Cong. Ch.                                          4.09
+  Bay Shore. Cong. Ch.                                      11.65
+  Berkshire. First Cong. Ch.                                54.00
+  Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock                               5.00
+  Binghamton. Sheldon Warner                                 5.00
+  Bridgewater. Cong. Ch.                                    20.16
+  Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch., 468.55; Member Plym. Ch., 25;
+    Julius Davenport, 100; "A Member of Central Ch. Sab.
+    Sch.," Dr. Behrend's, 30, to const. MRS. DAVID M.
+    STONE L. M.; Rev. E. P. Thwing, 2; "A Friend," 1       626.55
+  Brookton. Rev. I. Bradnack                                 3.00
+  Cambridge. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00
+  Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     42.00
+  Candor. Cong. Ch.                                         15.00
+  Central New York. "Thank Offering"                        10.00
+  Chateaugay. Rev. C. C. Torrey                             10.00
+  Chenango Co. "Life Member"                                10.00
+  Copenhagen. Cong. Ch. and S. S.                           10.00
+  Coventry. First Cong. Ch.                                  6.54
+  Coxsackie. Mrs. E. F. Spoor, 2.50; Miss A. G. Fairchild,
+    2.50                                                     5.00
+  Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; Second Cong.
+    Ch., 5                                                  54.00
+  East Watertown. Mrs. T. Merwin                            10.00
+  East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, 30; C. M. Clark, 3           33.00
+  Flushing. "Friends"                                        5.00
+  Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears                                  128.36
+  Goshen. "A Friend"                                         2.00
+  Hammondville. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00
+  Havana. J. F. Phelps                                       5.00
+  Hopkinton. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Hudson. Abraham S. Peet                                    3.00
+  Jamestown. First Cong. Ch., 7; Sab. Sch., 14.49           21.49
+  Kiantone. Cong. Ch.                                        8.56
+  Le Roy. Mrs. L. A. Parsons                                 4.50
+  Little Valley. First Cong. Ch.                             6.14
+  Maine Village. Cong. Ch.                                  15.40
+  Malone. Mrs. H. R. Wilson                                  3.00
+  Massena. Cong. Ch.                                        25.00
+  Middletown. First Cong. Ch.                               36.17
+  Millville. By Henry L. Hommedieu                          10.00
+  New York. John Dwight, 200; A. S. Barnes, 100;
+    "H. W. H.," 60 to const. WILLIAM HUBBARD and MISS
+    D. E. EMERSON L. Ms.; S. T. Gordon, 30; ----, 11.25;
+    Joseph S. Hol, 10; "Colored Orphan Asylum and its
+    Chaplain, Stephen Angell," 10; James W. Treadwell,
+    5; M. H. Bartow, 2; "A Friend," 1                      449.25
+  Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              115.79
+  Norwich. By Rev. A. G. Upton                               5.00
+  Nunda. "A Friend," (10 _of which for Chinese and
+    Indian M._)                                             15.00
+  Nyack. John W. Towt                                      100.00
+  Oneonta. Mrs. L. I. Safford                                5.00
+  Orient. Cong. Ch.                                         18.58
+  Owego. Dr. L. H. Allen                                    10.00
+  Parishville. Cong. Ch.                                     6.00
+  Pekin. Abigail Peck                                       25.00
+  Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                       30.00
+  Richford. Cong. Ch.                                        6.66
+  Rochester. Geo. Thayer                                    25.00
+  Rodman. Miss Eliza Gates, 20; John S. Sill, 5             25.00
+  Rome. Rev. Wm. B. Hammond                                  5.00
+  Salamanca. Cong. Ch. and Pastor                            7.00
+  Seneca Falls. Cong. Ch.                                   10.25
+  Sherburne. "A Friend"                                     10.00
+  Silver Creek. Mrs. Simeon Howes, 7.50; W. Chapin, 7.50    15.00
+  Syracuse. Plymouth Ch., 133.03; C. A. Hamlin, 25         158.03
+  Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel                                 5.00
+  Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge, 10; Bethesda Welsh Cong.
+    Ch., 10; Plymouth Cong. Ch., 7                          27.00
+  Wading River. Cong. Ch.                                   15.00
+  Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton                            5.00
+  ----. ----                                                 2.00
+  By Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas., for _Miss'y, Tougaloo,
+    Miss._--Copenhagen, Ladies' Aux., 50--Danby, Mrs. S.
+    Johnson's S. S. Class, 9.18--Poughkeepsie, Ladies'
+    H. M. Union, 20--Rushville, Ladies' Soc., 10--Saratoga
+    Springs, Aux. Soc., 20--West Groton, Y. P. Miss'y
+    Soc., 20                                               129.18
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $2,457.35
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Walton. Estate of Elizabeth Bassett (500 of which
+    _for Mendi M._) by G. W. Fitch and T. S. Hoyt,
+    Executors                                            1,036.08
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $3,493.43
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $10,154.40.
+
+  Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts                              30.00
+  Bordentown. L. Beeuwkes                                    3.00
+  Bound Brook. Cong. Ch., 75.39; and Sab. Sch. 25, _for
+    Tillotson C. and  N. Inst._                            100.39
+  Chester. Cong. Ch., 35.45, and Sab. Sch., 4.68            40.13
+  Closter. Rev. G. W. Plack                                  5.00
+  Englewood. Rev. Geo. B. Cheever, D. D., and Wife       9,716.88
+  Jersey City Heights. "A Friend"                            2.00
+  Montclair. First Cong. Ch., 110; First Cong. Ch. Sab.
+    Sch., 50; Mrs. Edward Sweet, 50                        210.00
+  Trenton. S. T. Sherman                                    20.00
+  Westfield. Children's Mission Band of Cong. Ch.,
+    _for Share_                                             20.00
+  Woodbridge. Cong. Ch.                                      7.00
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $1,640.91.
+
+  Cambridgeboro. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.           10.00
+  Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson and Miss Eliza Dickson,
+    15 ea.                                                  30.00
+  Guy's Mills. Mrs. F. Maria Guy                             1.00
+  Jeanesville. Welsh Cong. Ch.                               5.00
+  Mercersburg. Thomas C. Johnston                            4.00
+  Morris Run. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                3.00
+  Philadelphia. "Member of Central Cong. Ch.," 50; Chas.
+    Burnham, 50; John Edmands, 25                          125.00
+  Pottsville. Cong. Ch., 1.48; Rev. D. T. Davies, 3          4.48
+  Ridgeway. Rev. O. D. Crawford                              2.00
+  Shamokin. Cong. Ch.                                        4.00
+  Troy. Chas. C. Paine                                     100.00
+  Washington. Mrs. M. H. McFarland                          10.00
+                                                         --------
+                                                          $298.48
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Pittsburg. Estate of Chas. Avery                       1,342.43
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,640.91
+
+
+OHIO, $1,035.87.
+
+  Alliance. Welsh Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                        6.00
+  Alliance. Mrs. J. M. Thomas                                5.00
+  Barton. Miss A. C. Hitchcock, 5; Cong. Ch., 2.83;
+    _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                               7.83
+  Berea. Cong. Ch.                                          11.50
+  Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab. Sch., 5            10.00
+  Bowling Green. Mrs. Mary H. Leet, _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                 5.00
+  Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      15.00
+  Canfield. Cong. Ch.                                       13.00
+  Castalia. Cong. Ch.                                        3.00
+  Chagrin Falls. John S. Bullard, 20; Cong. Ch., 12.07      32.07
+  Chardon. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._             5.00
+  Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ruggles, 10; Lawrence
+    St. Welsh Cong. Ch., 10; Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles, 2      22.00
+  Claridon. L. T. Wilmot, 10; Cong. Sab. Sch., 7.50; Mr.
+    and Mrs. D. B. Ladd, 5                                  22.50
+  Cleveland. Mrs. H. B. Spelman (25 of which _for Student
+    Aid, Atlanta U._)                                       30.00
+  Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury, 50; First Cong. Ch.,
+    22.75; Euclid Av. Cong. Ch., Friend, 10; J. J. Low,
+    5; Mount Zion Cong. Ch., 1                              88.75
+  Columbus. Dr. W. Gladden, 10; Geo. W. Bright, 10; Mrs.
+    Walter Craft and Children, 7; Miss Beatrice Terrell,
+    1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                           28.00
+  Columbus. Mrs. M. K. Bates, 10; Benj. Talbot, 1           11.00
+  Conneaut. H. E. Pond                                       5.00
+  Conneaut. H. E. Pond, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           2.00
+  Garrettsville. Cong. Ch., 23.25, and Sab. Sch., 1.75;
+    Woman's Miss'y Soc., 5, to const. REV. J. R. NICHOLS
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Greenwich. Rev. C. H. Phelps                               5.00
+  Gustavus. First Cong. Ch.                                  7.20
+  Hartford. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00
+  Hudson. Mrs. H. Baldwin                                    5.00
+  Ironton. First Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+  Lafayette. Cong. Ch.                                       8.00
+  Lorain. First Cong. Ch.                                   28.89
+  Madison Lake. Mrs. H. B. Fraser                           25.00
+  Marietta. First Cong. Ch.                                  2.00
+  Marysville. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00
+  Medina. Woman's Miss'y Soc., First Cong. Ch.              20.00
+  Mount Vernon. "A Friend"                                   5.00
+  Newark. Welsh Cong. Ch., 9.27; Lewis Jones, 2             11.27
+  Newburg. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+  North Bloomfield. W. C. Savage                             5.00
+  North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch.                               10.30
+  Norwalk. "A Sower beside all Waters.," bal. to const.
+    REV. T. F. HILDRETH L. M.                               20.00
+  Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., 121.98; Homer Johnson,
+    M. D., 5                                               126.98
+  Oberlin. Young Woman's Miss'y Soc., Oberlin C., _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   50.00
+  Painesville. Rev. S. W. Pierson                            5.00
+  Randolph. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00
+  Richfield. Mrs. Uri Oviatt, 5; Dea. T. E. Ellsworth, 2     7.00
+  Rochester. Cong Ch.                                        4.00
+  Rock Creek. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of New Lyme Inst.,
+    _for Model Sch. Building, Straight U._                  10.00
+  Rootstown. "Young Peoples' Band of Christian Endeavor,"
+    by H. M. Reed, Treas.                                   17.00
+  Saybrook. Cong. Ch.                                       18.50
+  Steubenville. First Cong. Ch.                              5.00
+  Tallmadge. Tallmadge Benev. Ass'n                         25.49
+  Toledo. Central Cong. Ch., 20; State Line Ch., 2;
+    Washington St. Cong. Ch., 5.50                          27.50
+  Wakeman. Cong. Ch.                                        15.65
+  Wayne. First Cong. Ch.                                    25.00
+  Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. Garlick                             2.00
+  York. Cong. Ch.                                           24.00
+  Youngstown. "Two Friends"                                  7.00
+  By Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas. O. W. H. M. U., _for Lady
+    Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._--Oberlin W. H. M. S. of
+    Second Cong. Ch., 75--Cleveland, Y. P. M. Soc. of
+    First Ch., 20--Hudson, W. H. M. S., 5.44               100.44
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,005.87
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Hanging Rock. Estate of Rachel R. Hamilton, by
+    Robert Peebles, Executor                                30.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,035.87
+
+
+INDIANA, $58.00.
+
+  Auburn. James Adams                                       20.00
+  Brooklyn. Rev. Wm. Richey, 1; Mrs. F. J. Richey, 1         2.00
+  Liber. Thomas Towle                                        1.00
+  Michigan City. Cong. Ch.                                  35.00
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $2,284.64.
+
+  Albany. ----                                              10.00
+  Amboy. First Cong. Ch.                                    45.00
+  Aurora. N. L. Janes                                       10.00
+  Bartlett. Cong. Ch.                                       20.00
+  Bellmont Cong. Ch. and "Friends"                           8.51
+  Brimfield Cong. Ch.                                       12.25
+  Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. McKinney                           10.00
+  Carthage. Mrs. Elizabeth Bernethy                         50.00
+  Chenoa. Mrs. M. A. Ketcham, 1; Mrs. Cutter, 50 cents       1.50
+  Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 110.04; J. M. Williams, 100;
+    Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., 20.43; Rev. J. M. Williams,
+    10; Lake View Cong. Ch., 7.50; H. J. Kilbourn, 3;
+    "M. W.," 1                                             251.97
+  Chicago. Ladies M. Soc. N. E. Cong. Ch., _for Miss'y,
+    Mobile, Ala._                                           25.00
+  Collinsville. J. F. Wadsworth                             10.00
+  Crystal Lake. Cong. Ch.                                   24.08
+  Elgin. Cong. Ch., 175.78; W. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
+    26.12                                                  201.90
+  Englewood. Cong. Ch.                                      20.60
+  Forest. Cong. Ch.                                         16.90
+  Galesburg. First Cong. Ch.                                66.73
+  Galesburg. "A Friend," _for Emerson Inst._                25.00
+  Garden Prairie. Mrs. A. A. Dawson, 75c.; Willie L.
+    Dawson, 25c.                                             1.00
+  Geneseo. Mrs. Henry Nourse                                50.00
+  Glencoe. Arthur H. Day                                     5.00
+  Griggsville. Mrs. A. W. Green                              5.00
+  Highland Park. L. S. Bingham                               5.00
+  Hinsdale. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; J. W. Bushnell, 5          15.00
+  Kewanee. Cong. Ch.                                       264.18
+  La Harpe. Cong. Ch.                                       17.50
+  La Salle. "An aged Friend"                               200.00
+  Lisbon. Cong. Ch.                                          7.18
+  Lyndon. Cong. Ch.                                         11.05
+  Lyonsville. Cong. Ch.                                     11.00
+  Metamora. Members Cong. Ch. (Christian Union)             32.15
+  Millburn. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Miss'y, Mobile,
+    Ala._                                                   30.00
+  Nebraska. Mrs. Carse and Daughter, 1 ea.                   2.00
+  Nora. Cong. Ch.                                           13.00
+  Oak Park. First Cong. Ch., 100; Rev. J. E. Roy, 30, to
+    const. EDGAR C. ELLIS L. M.; "E.," 10                  140.00
+  Olive. Cong. Ch.                                           8.76
+  Olney. First Cong. Ch.                                     8.00
+  Peoria. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                             25.00
+  Peoria. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                             9.00
+  Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss                               15.00
+  Princeville. Mrs. Olive L. Cutter                         10.00
+  Providence. Cong. Ch.                                     42.38
+  Rantoul. Cong. Ch.                                         3.25
+  Ravenswood. Cong. Ch.                                     40.00
+  Rochelle. C. F. Holcomb                                   15.00
+  Rockford. Thomas D. Robertson                             50.00
+  Rockton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 5.50; "A Friend," 5.50;
+    "C. P.," 5                                              16.00
+  Roseville. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Axtell                       1.00
+  Rutland. Cong. Ch.                                         3.00
+  Shirland. Rev. E. Colton                                   5.00
+  Sycamore. Hon. Henry Wood                                 10.00
+  Wataga. Cong. Ch.                                         11.00
+  Winnebago. N. F. Parsons, 15; O. T. Holcomb, 2;
+    J. L. McLain, 25c.                                      17.25
+  Woodburn. Cong. Ch.                                        7.45
+  Wyanet. Rev. F. C. Cochran                                10.00
+  ----. "A Friend in Illinois"                              75.00
+  By Mrs. E. F. Williams, _for Lady
+    Missionaries_--Galesburg Ladies' Miss'y Soc.
+    of Brick Ch., 11; Lombard, by Women's H. M. U.
+    of Ill., 10.05--Moline Ladies' W. H. M. U., 13.00       34.05
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $2,034.64
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Peoria. Estate of Moses Pettengill, by Rev.
+    A. A. Stevens                                          250.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $2,284.64
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $2,089.35.
+
+  Addison. Cong. Ch.                                         6.00
+  Alpena. First Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._                41.00
+  Ann Arbor. Mrs. Walker, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._          .50
+  Banks. Cong. Ch.                                           4.04
+  Bedford. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._                      6.22
+  Benton Harbor. Cong. Sab. Sch.                             8.00
+  Benzonia. Cong. Ch., 49.50 (ad'l) to const. E. P.
+    SMITH and DEA. J. R. BARR L. Ms.; Rev. Joseph S.
+    Fisher, 30, to const. JAMES T. BRISSENDEN L. M.         79.50
+  Bradley. First Cong. Ch.                                    .96
+  Calumet. Dr. Chas. W. Niles                               25.00
+  Calumet. Boys' Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., by John
+    Knauf, Treas., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._            4.00
+  Carson City. Cong. Ch.                                     2.00
+  Church's Corners. Cornelius Clement, 10; Dea. N. R.
+    Rowley, 5; A. W. Douglass, 5; Mrs. John Williams,
+    2; James Robins, 2; C. Alpaugh, P. Hallock, H.
+    Reed, Dea. G. S. Wells, D. H. Gardner, John Wells,
+    and P. Cunningham, 1 ea; J. Robins, W. Hazen and
+    W. C. Robins, 50c. ea; Cong. Ch., 8.80                  41.30
+  Coloma. Cong. Ch.                                          3.09
+  Croton. Cong. Ch.                                          2.85
+  Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 139.40; First Cong. Ch.
+    and Sab. Sch., 50; "A Friend," 61.50, by Rev. J.
+    Porter, to const. CALVIN THOMPSON GARLAND and MARY
+    EVANS GARLAND L. Ms.; Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 87.71   338.61
+  Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     20.00
+  Dowagiac. Cong. Ch.                                       11.35
+  East Saginaw. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                25.00
+  East Saginaw. Mrs. A. M. Spencer                           2.00
+  Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._          16.00
+  Galesburg. First Cong. Ch.                                16.56
+  Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           12.25
+  Grand Blanc. "Willing Workers," _for Teacher, Santee
+    Agency, Neb._                                           10.00
+  Grand Rapids. Members First Cong. Ch.                     25.00
+  Greenville. M. Rutan                                     500.00
+  Homer. Mrs. C. C. Evarts                                   5.00
+  Hopkins. First Cong. Ch., 2.88; Second Cong. Ch.,
+    13.54                                                   16.42
+  Hubbardston. Cong. Ch.                                     3.25
+  Hudsonville. Cong. Ch.                                     1.46
+  Jackson. "A Friend"                                        5.00
+  Johnston and Barry. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._            .75
+  Imlay City. Cong. Ch.                                      4.50
+  Irving. Cong. Ch.                                          4.00
+  Kensington. John Thompson                                  5.00
+  Lansing. Plymouth Ch., 40; Prof. R. C. Kedzie, 10;
+    Mrs. A. Wheeler, 50c.                                   50.50
+  Leroy. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._                        7.00
+  Litchfield. First Cong. Ch.                               17.20
+  Manistee. Cong. Ch.                                       23.50
+  New Baltimore. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          5.00
+  New Haven. S. E. Mills                                     5.00
+  New Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._        2.00
+  Orion. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Berridge                         5.00
+  Ovid. Cong. Ch.                                            3.60
+  Owosso. Cong. Ch.                                         14.03
+  Robinson. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00
+  Saint Ignace. Cong. Ch.                                    2.25
+  Saint Johns. H. M. Perrin, 50; A. J. Baldwin, 10;
+    C. A. Shaw, 5; _for Student Aid, Fisk U._               65.00
+  Tipton. Rev. A. A. Wall                                     .50
+  Union City. "A Friend"                                   200.00
+  Union City. Cong. Ch. (50 of which _for Straight U_)     139.41
+  Vermontville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          25.00
+  Wacousta. Cong. Ch.                                        4.50
+  White Cloud. Rev. John Jeffries                            1.00
+  Ypsilanti. M. G. Wood, _for Talladega C._                  5.00
+  By Mrs. A. McDougall, _for Straight U._--"A Friend,"
+    100--Charlotte,75--Edmore, 6.25--Nashville,
+    4--Olivet, 39--Vermontville, 21                        245.25
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $653.66.
+
+  Baraboo. Cong. Ch.                                         7.00
+  Beloit. First Cong. Ch., 25; Second Cong. Ch. Sab.
+    Sch., 8.19; Mrs. H. Nelson, 1.50                        34.69
+  Bloomer. Cong. Ch.                                         2.00
+  Bloomington. Cong. Ch.                                     3.20
+  Brandon. Cong. Ch.                                        17.75
+  Brodhead. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Clinton. John H. Cooper                                    5.00
+  Columbus. Olivet Ch. (20 of which _for Miss'y, Austin,
+    Tex._), 42.50; Olivet Sab. Sch., 5                      47.50
+  Cooksville. Cong. Ch.                                      3.50
+  Darlington. "Two Friends" in Cong. Ch.                     1.00
+  Eagle. Pleasant Hill Presb. Ch.                            3.75
+  Eau Claire. First Cong. Ch.                               35.00
+  Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch.                                  11.00
+  Fox Lake. Miss M. J. Adams                                 5.75
+  Hartford. Cong. Ch.                                       15.50
+  Hartland. Cong. Ch.                                       22.00
+  Kaukauna. "A Friend"                                       5.00
+  Kinnickinnick. Cong. Ch.                                   4.41
+  Lake Geneva. Y. P. Soc., _for Miss'y, Austin, Tex._        5.00
+  Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             10.00
+  Lancaster. Ladies' Aid Soc., _for Macon, Ga._              2.35
+  Leeds. Cong. Ch.                                           5.00
+  Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch.                            75.00
+  New Lisbon. Cong. Ch.                                      5.59
+  Peshtigo. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Todd                         2.00
+  Pewaukee. Cong. Ch.                                        6.00
+  Platteville. Ladies' Soc., _for Miss'y, Austin, Tex._      4.16
+  Ripon. Cong. Ch., 69.50; Mrs. C. T. Tracy, 5              74.50
+  River Falls. Cong. Ch.                                    17.50
+  Rosendale. Cong. Ch.                                       5.50
+  Salem. William Munson                                     50.00
+  Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Library,
+    Macon, Ga._                                             15.00
+  Sheboygan. "A true Friend of the Freedmen"                 5.00
+  Sparta. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+  Spring Green. Welsh Cong. Ch., 2; English Cong.
+    Ch., 1.30                                                3.30
+  Whitewater. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch.,                       78.18
+  _For Missionary, Austin, Tex_--Appleton, Ladies Soc.
+    Cong. Ch., 12.75--Arena, Ladies of Cong. Ch.,
+    4.08--Eau Claire, Cong. Sab. Sch., 10--New Lisbon,
+    Ladies Cong. Ch., 1.50--Stoughton, "A. B. S.,"
+    1--Birthday Box Cong. Sab. Sch., 1.20--Whitewater,
+    Cong. Sab. Sch., 20                                     50.53
+
+
+IOWA, $859.15.
+
+  Algona. Cong. Ch.                                         11.00
+  Almoral. Cong. Ch.                                         7.37
+  Amity. Cong. Ch.                                           9.00
+  Atlantic. Cong. Ch., 20.93; Sab. Sch., 5.75               26.68
+  Bear Grove. Cong. Ch. (6 of which from Mrs. O. C.
+    Warne and family)                                        7.25
+  Belknap. Cong. Ch.                                         2.10
+  Big Rock. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                              5.00
+  Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch., 43.49; Mrs. E. O. Price, 2       45.49
+  Central City. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., 10;
+    Cong. Ch., 10                                           20.00
+  Chester Center. Cong. Ch.                                 26.00
+  Danville. Cong. Ch.                                        8.80
+  Decorah. Cong. Ch.                                        31.26
+  Denmark. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  18.50
+  Des Moines. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 262.13; North Park
+    Cong. Ch., 5.89                                        268.02
+  Des Moines. Plym. Cong. Ch., 23.75; Ladies of Plym.
+    Ch., 13; North Park Ch., 7.05; Ladies of Pilgrim
+    Ch., 2.50; _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                   46.30
+  Des Moines. T. S. Wright, _for Talladega C._              10.00
+  Dubuque. German Cong. Sab. Sch.                            5.00
+  Durant. "Friends"                                         10.00
+  Earlville. Cong. Ch.                                       6.35
+  Eldora. Cong. Ch.                                         12.31
+  Elkader. Mary H. Carter                                    5.00
+  Grinell. Samuel F. Cooper, _for Fisk U._                 100.00
+  Grand View. German Cong. Ch.                               5.00
+  Green Mountain. "Lady in Cong. Ch."                        2.00
+  Independence. Cong. Ch., 11.44; Rev. Daniel Chapman, 2    13.44
+  Kersauqua. Infant Class Cong. S. S.                        2.00
+  McGregor. J. H. Ellsworth, 10; Cong. Ch., 8; Ladies'
+    Miss'y Soc., 3.50                                       21.50
+  Miles. Cong. Ch.                                           7.50
+  Mitchell. Cong. Ch.                                        5.55
+  New Providence. Cong. Ch.                                  5.00
+  Newton. Cong. Ch.                                         18.00
+  Oakland. Cong. Ch.                                         5.55
+  Onawa. Cong. Ch.                                           5.85
+  Pattersonville. Cong. Ch.                                  5.00
+  Postville. Cong. Ch.                                      11.36
+  Preston. Cong. Ch.                                         5.00
+  Salem. Rev. D. D. Tibbets and Members Cong. Ch.            5.00
+  Sheldon. Cong. Ch.                                         7.50
+  Sioux Rapids. Cong. Ch.                                    2.40
+  Spencer. Rev. G. G. Perkins                                2.00
+  Victor. "A Friend"                                         1.00
+  Wayne. Cong. Ch., 5.56; D. C. Smith, 1                     6.56
+  Webster City. Cong. Ch.                                    7.21
+  Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore                            15.00
+  By Mrs. G. W. Reynolds, Treas., _for Miss'y, New
+    Orleans, La._--Chester Center, Ladies, 3.25--Clay,
+    Y. L. Bible Class, 5; Rosebud Class, 4.20; Ladies,
+    85c.--Wayne, Ladies, 5                                  18.30
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $308.47.
+
+  Alexandria. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                8.00
+  Appleton. Madison and Lac Qui Parle Churches, 1 ea.        3.00
+  Brownsville. Mrs. S. M. McHose                             2.00
+  Cannon Falls. Cong. Ch.                                    4.35
+  Clearwater. Cong. Ch.                                      2.40
+  Edgerton. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00
+  Hancock. Cong. Ch.                                         1.50
+  Hastings. D. B. Truax                                      5.00
+  Hutchinson. Cong. Ch.                                      8.00
+  Mankato. Woman's Miss'y Soc.                               8.89
+  Minneapolis. Mrs. Irene E. Hale, 50; Plymouth Ch.,
+    15.42; The Open Door Ch., 9.15; Rev. E. S. Williams,
+    5                                                       79.57
+  Montevideo. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                        3.00
+  Morris. Cong. Ch.                                         11.29
+  Owatonna. First Cong. Ch.                                  6.06
+  Rushford. Cong. Ch.                                        2.20
+  Saint Paul. "Cheerful Giver"                              25.00
+  Springfield. Cong. Ch.                                     2.00
+  Waseca. Cong. Ch.                                          5.58
+  By Mrs. J. N. Cross, Treas.--Clearwater, M. S.,
+    25c.--Cottage Grove, Ladies Aux. Union S. S.,
+    11.50--Glyndon, W. M. S., _for Miss'y, Austin,
+    Tex._, 10--Minneapolis, Plym. Ch., W. H. M. S.,
+    98.28 (50 of which _for Student Aid Fisk
+    U._)--Waseca, W. M. S., 8.60                           128.63
+
+
+KANSAS, $113.98.
+
+  Arkansas City. "A Friend"                                 20.00
+  Atchison. "Mission Band," by Mrs. Ellen Patton,
+    _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                          5.00
+  Deerton. Cong. Ch.                                          .33
+  Eureka. Cong. Ch.                                          3.77
+  Highland. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00
+  Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch., 3; Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 2        5.00
+  Milford. Cong. Ch.                                         2.00
+  Muscotah. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Osawatomie. Cong. Ch.                                     14.00
+  Sterling. Cong. Ch.                                       30.00
+  Topeka. Tuition                                           18.88
+
+
+MISSOURI, $207.06.
+
+  Brookfield. Cong. Ch.                                     13.76
+  Cameron. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00
+  Carthage. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00
+  Kahoka. Cong. Ch.                                          1.00
+  Laclede. Rev. E. D. Seward and wife                        3.00
+  St. Louis. First Cong. Ch., 100; Cong. Ch., 5; Pilgrim
+    Cong. Ch., 61                                          166.00
+  St. Joseph. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               10.00
+  Springfield. Central Ch.                                   1.30
+
+
+COLORADO, $25.70.
+
+  Colorado Springs. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 6.50; Mrs.
+    J. W. Pickett, 5                                        11.50
+  Crested Butte. Cong. Ch.                                   3.00
+  Denver. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab. Sch., 5                    10.00
+  Manitou. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._          1.20
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $115.52.
+
+  Blair. First Cong. Ch.                                     7.00
+  Camp Creek. Cong. Ch.                                      3.20
+  Crete. Cong. Ch., 24.50; J. R. Little, 10                 34.50
+  Friend. Cong. Ch.                                          1.70
+  Maineland. Cong. Ch.                                       1.00
+  McCook. "A Friend"                                         9.00
+  North Platte. "A Friend"                                   1.00
+  Omaha. Mrs. Gaylord                                       10.10
+  Sutton. First Cong. Ch.                                    4.62
+  Syracuse. Cong. Ch.                                        1.00
+  Waco. Cong. Ch.                                            2.40
+  Weeping Water. Cong. Ch.                                  25.00
+  York. First Cong. Ch.                                     15.00
+
+
+DAKOTA, $94.36.
+
+  Badger. Firesteel Cong. Ch.                                1.58
+  Dawson. Cong. Ch.                                          4.00
+  Deadwood. Cong. Ch.                                       26.05
+  Elk Point. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Harwood. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._          1.00
+  Hope. Cong. Ch.                                            6.03
+  Iroquois. Cong. Ch.                                        1.00
+  Jamestown. Mrs. M. S. Wells                                5.00
+  Springfield. Cong. Ch.                                     2.00
+  Springfield. Chas. Seccombe, _for Rosebud Indian M._        .20
+  Valley Springs. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.           2.50
+  Windsor. Mrs. Sarah P. Wirt                               10.00
+                                                           ------
+                                                           $69.36
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Wahpeton. Estate of Mrs. L. H. Porter, by Rev. Samuel
+    F. Porter                                               25.00
+                                                           ------
+                                                           $94.36
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $30.00.
+
+  Los Angeles. Mrs. Milo Whiting                             5.00
+  Lugonia. C. H. Lathrop                                    15.00
+  Oakland. Rev. J. M. McPherron                             10.00
+
+
+OREGON, $50.70.
+
+  Oregon City. Friends in Cong. Ch.                         10.00
+  The Dalles. Rev. E. P. Roberts, 30, to const. MYRA
+    H. ROBERTS L. M.; First Cong. Ch., 10.70                40.70
+
+
+MONTANA, $3.00.
+
+  Glendive. Cong. Ch.                                        3.00
+
+
+ARIZONA, $6.01.
+
+  Benson. Rev. R. T. Liston, _for Rosebud Indian M._         1.00
+  Benson. Rev. R. T. Liston                                  5.01
+
+
+WASHINGTON T., $12.75.
+
+  Houghton. First Ch. of Christ                              5.25
+  Skokomish. Rev. M. Eells                                   5.00
+  Tacoma. Mrs. Eliza Taylor                                  2.00
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $7,610.62.
+
+  Washington. U. S. Gov., _for Education of Indians_     7,570.62
+  Washington. Gen. E. Whittlesey, 20; Lincoln Mem.
+    Ch., 10; ----, 10                                       40.00
+
+
+MARYLAND, $200.00.
+
+  Baltimore. "A Friend"                                    200.00
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $4,060.75.
+
+  Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch.                               12.00
+  Memphis. Slater Fund                                   1,200.00
+  Nashville. Slater Fund                                 2,800.00
+  Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition, 30.44; Jackson St.
+    Cong. Ch., 5                                            35.44
+  Pomona. Cong. Ch.                                          4.94
+  Sherwood. Union Ch.                                        8.37
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $89.05.
+
+  McLeansville. First Cong. Ch.                              1.05
+  Oaks. Cong. Ch., 11.64; Mission Band, 2.36                14.00
+  Raleigh. Geo. S. Smith                                    10.00
+  Wilmington. "Tithes, 30," to const. MISS A. E.
+    FARRINGTON L. M.; Cong. Ch., 34                         64.00
+
+
+SOUTH CAROLINA, $30.00.
+
+  Charleston. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00
+
+
+GEORGIA, $524.75.
+
+  Atlanta. Kindergarten, Tuition                             8.25
+  Belmont. Cong. Ch.                                          .50
+  Cypress Slash. Cong. Ch., 6; Rev. Geo. C. Rowe, 4         10.00
+  Macon. Slater Fund                                       500.00
+  Miller's Station. Rev. Wilson Callen and Wife              5.00
+  Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke                        1.00
+
+
+ALABAMA, $2,181.15.
+
+  Athens. Rev. H. S. Williams                               12.00
+  Montgomery. Cong. Ch.                                     15.00
+  Selma. Cong. Ch., 27.15; Lady Teachers Cong.
+    S. S., 7                                                34.15
+  Talledega. Slater Fund                                 2,000.00
+  Talladega. Cong. Ch.                                     120.00
+
+
+FLORIDA, $69.00.
+
+  Orange City. First Cong. Ch.                               3.00
+  St. Augustine. Rent                                       66.00
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, $1,588.25.
+
+  Tougaloo. Slater Fund                                  1,500.00
+  Tougaloo. Rev. G. Stanley Pope and Wife, 50; Cong.
+    Ch., 20; Wm. D. Hitchcock, 10; Miss Kellogg, 1;
+    Sidney Daniels, 1; Rent, 6.25                           88.25
+
+
+LOUISIANA, $17.20.
+
+  New Orleans. Central Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. and
+    Individuals                                             17.20
+  New Orleans. Pres. Hitchcock, Box of Minerals,
+    _for Talladega C._
+
+
+TEXAS, $625.48.
+
+  Austin. Slater Fund                                      600.00
+  Austin. Tuition                                           16.23
+  Dallas. Cong. Ch.                                          2.25
+  Paris. Cong. Ch., 3; Sab. Sch., 45c.; Woman's
+    Miss'y Soc., 1.55                                        5.00
+  Paris. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Indian M., Fort
+    Berthold, Dak._                                          2.00
+
+
+INCOMES, 1,349.69.
+
+  Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._                             1,023.57
+  Crane Scholarship Fund, _for Straight U._                  8.34
+  Dike Fund, _for Straight U._                              50.00
+  General Endowment Fund                                    50.00
+  Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._                       160.00
+  Scholarship Fund, _for Straight U._                       57.78
+
+
+CANADA, $110.
+
+  Montreal. Rev. John Fraser                                10.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                         100.00
+                                                       ----------
+
+  Total for September                                  $69,587.32
+  Total from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30                        290,894.06
+                                                       ==========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+  Subscriptions for September                              $48.00
+  Previously acknowledged                                1,209.68
+                                                        ---------
+    Total                                               $1,257.68
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  Watertown. Conn. Estate of Dr. John De Forest, by
+    Erastus L. De Forest, Ex., _for the benefit of
+    Hampton N. & A. Inst._                              $5,000.00
+
+
+ENDOWMENT.
+
+  Watertown. Conn. Estate of Dr. John De Forest, by
+    Erastus L. De Forest, Ex., _for President's Chair,
+    Talladega C._                                       $5,000.00
+                                                        =========
+
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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="550" height="443" alt="The American Missionary, VOL. XXXIX, NO. 11, November 1885." title="" />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">EDITORIAL.</div>
+<span class="linenum"><span class="smcap">Page.</span></span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">The Figures&mdash;Financial</span></span><span class="linenum">297</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">What Our Friends Think and Say</span></span><span class="linenum">298</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">Death of President Ware</span></span><span class="linenum">300</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">Iyakaptapi</span></span><span class="linenum">301</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">Indians in the Dakota Association</span></span><span class="linenum">303</span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center">THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</div>
+<br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">General Survey&mdash;Church Work South</span></span><span class="linenum">304</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">Educational Work South</span></span><span class="linenum">306</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">Industrial Training</span></span><span class="linenum">309</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">Mountain Work</span></span><span class="linenum">310</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">Work Among the Indians</span></span><span class="linenum">311</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">Work Among the Chinese</span></span><span class="linenum">313</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">The Woman's Bureau&mdash;Finances</span></span><span class="linenum">315</span><br />
+<span class="chapline"><span class="smcap">Conclusion</span></span><span class="linenum">316</span><br />
+<br />
+<span class="chapline">RECEIPTS</span><span class="linenum">317</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</span>, LL. D., Mass.</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Vice-Presidents.</i>
+<br />
+<table width="60%" summary="Vice_Presidents">
+  <tr>
+    <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>Rev. <span class="smcap">C. L. Goodell</span>, D. D., Mo.</td>
+    <td>Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D. D., Ill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>Rev. <span class="smcap">A. J. F. Behrends</span>, D. D., N. Y.</td>
+    <td>Rev. <span class="smcap">Alex. McKenzie</span>, D. D., Mass.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td colspan="3" align="center">Rev. <span class="smcap">D. O. Mears</span>, D. D., Mass.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Corresponding Secretary.</i>
+<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">M. E. Strieby</span>, D. D., <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i>
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<i>Assistant Corresponding Secretary.</i>
+<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">James Powell</span>, D. D., <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>
+<br />
+<span class="smcap">W. H. Rogers,</span>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class="smcap">Peter McCartee.</span></span><br />
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Executive Committee.</i></div>
+<br />
+<span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>, Chairman.
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;"><span class="smcap">A. P. Foster</span>, Secretary.</span>
+<br />
+<br />
+<table width="60%" summary="Executive Committee">
+  <tr>
+    <td width="2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+    <td width="33%" align="center"><i>For Three Years.</i></td>
+    <td width="33%" align="center"><i>For Two Years.</i></td>
+    <td width="30%" align="center"><i>For One Year.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">Lyman Abbott.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin.</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">Samuel Holmes.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">Wm. H. Ward.</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">J. R. Danforth.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">Samuel S. Marples.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">J. L. Withrow.</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">Charles L. Mead.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">John H. Washburn.</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">A. P. Foster.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">Elbert B. Monroe.</span></td>
+    <td><span class="smcap">Edmund L. Champlin.</span></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>District Secretaries.</i></div>
+
+Rev. <span class="smcap">C. L. Woodworth</span>, D. D., <i>21 Cong'l House, Boston</i>.<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Roy, D. D.</span>, <i>151 Washington Street, Chicago</i>.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">Charles W. Shelton</span>, <i>Financial Secretary for Indian Missions</i>.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 7em;">Rev. <span class="smcap">C. J. Ryder</span>, <i>Field Superintendent</i>.</span><br />
+<br />
+<div class="center"><i>Bureau of Woman's Work.</i><br />
+
+Secretary, Miss <span class="smcap">D. E. Emerson</span>, <i>56 Reade St., 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
+Rev. James Powell, D. D., or to the District Secretaries: letters for
+the "<span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>," 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 112 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_297" id="Page_297">[Pg 297]</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>NOVEMBER, 1885.</b></td>
+    <td align="right" width="25%"><b><span class="smcap">No.</span> 11.</b></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center large">American Missionary Association.</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center large">
+<b>$365,000</b>
+<br /><br />
+NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p class="large">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>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td align="right">Donations.</td>
+  <td align="right">Legacies.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Oct. 1, 1884, to Sept. 30, 1885</td>
+  <td align="right">$249,392.10</td>
+  <td align="right">$41,501.66</td>
+  <td align="right">$290,894.06</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Oct. 1, 1883, to Sept. 30, 1884</td>
+  <td align="right">223,034.77</td>
+  <td align="right">64,559.42</td>
+  <td align="right">287,594.19</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+  <td align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+  <td align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td align="right">Inc. $26,357.63</td>
+  <td align="right">Dec. $23,057.76</td>
+  <td align="right">Inc. $3,299.87</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>The figures given above mark the close of our fiscal year. While they
+show a gratifying increase of receipts from living donors over those of
+the preceding year, the falling off in legacies has been so heavy that
+our books balance on the wrong side, and we are obliged to report a debt
+of $15,451.87, which, with the debt of the preceding year, makes a total
+indebtedness of $29,237.73.</p>
+
+<p>For an analysis of the figures, we refer our readers to the report of
+the Executive Committee on the finances of the year, published in
+another part of this number. It was a grand rally our friends made to
+save us.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_298" id="Page_298">[Pg 298]</a></span> We fear that some of them sacrificed more than they ought in
+contributing so generously as they did. We pray that God may abundantly
+reward them. We thank them, one and all, with a heartiness greater than
+we can express. We would not sit in judgment upon the churches and
+professed friends who have contributed nothing to our treasury during
+the year. We know that some of them were not financially able. But we
+cannot believe that this was true of a majority of them.</p>
+
+<p>The Congregational Year Book of 1885 reports 4,092 Congregational
+churches in the United States. We received during the year contributions
+from 1,677. What can be done to bring the non-contributing churches into
+line is a question we beg the pastors of contributing churches and the
+friends of the Association to help us answer. The pastors and members of
+these non-contributing churches as a general thing do not read our
+magazine. They are ignorant of our needs, and we do not know how to
+reach them so as to wake them up. Had we an army of agents to visit and
+talk to them, we might move them to take our work upon their thought and
+sympathy. Our appeals by circular, by newspaper, resolutions of State
+conferences and of the National Council, all fail to move them. They
+still continue not to hear and not to do. There is only one way that we
+can think of by which they can be reached, and that is for the local
+conferences to take the matter in hand, and select a committee of "a
+persistent ONE," who by letter, and, if need be, by personal visitation,
+will bring the delinquents up to meet the obligations of fellowship and
+denominational honor.</p>
+
+<p>But as seen over against this long list of <i>do-nothings</i> what a grand
+army the 1,677 contributing churches appear! Theirs has been the work
+and theirs is the glory of "<i>a well done</i>" both from God and man. They
+form a base of supplies from which the army at the front can be
+recruited and sustained, and which can be counted on for support till
+the victory is won. We enter upon the new year with fresh confidence and
+renewed strength. No such word as "<i>fail</i>" finds place in our vocabulary
+so long as we have such friends behind us and God above and around us.
+The work will not be permitted to suffer. We shall throw off the debt.
+The faithful 1,677 will be reinforced. Our friends will be multiplied,
+and the work carried triumphantly forward.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK AND SAY.</h3>
+
+<h4>EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE TREASURER DURING THE PAST FEW
+WEEKS.</h4>
+
+
+<p>"If any part of the country is to be put first, the South should be, and
+helped most. Hence the inclosed, half of it from myself and the other
+half from the Congregational church here. Your work and that of your<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_299" id="Page_299">[Pg 299]</a></span>
+compeers is above criticism. All there is of you is put in with a skill
+and completeness which are not surpassed; and your plans are as large as
+the field and as complete as its needs. No one could get more out of the
+money or put it where it would do more good. You and yours are as
+unmingled beneficence as rum shops are unmitigated maleficence. Were it
+in my power, I would build a new school-house in the South every year.
+My heart never thinks of you and your work without blessing you in it;
+and I have written the above as a sort of relief." (We hardly feel
+ourselves worthy of such generous praise, but we do very heartily thank
+our brother for his warm indorsement.&mdash;<span class="smcap">Ed.</span>)</p>
+
+<p>"Inclosed find a small sum to help elevate and Christianize the colored
+freedmen. Grains of sand make the mountains, and drops of water the
+ocean, and the invisible workmen rear the coral islands; so may God's
+people one and all <i>do what they can</i>, and your debt will be wiped out."</p>
+
+<p>"At our meeting last evening, I read your appeal and took up a
+collection of $6, which I send you. It is a little Home Missionary
+church of only 10 members, but they are good ones, and in earnest. Hope
+all other churches will do as well and your society be saved from debt."</p>
+
+<p>"Got your final appeal before last Sunday, but were so happy to think we
+had not waited for it, having taken our collection and subscription two
+weeks before. But owing to the general poverty among my people, we had
+to give time, and the sum is only now made up. I may say that this
+little amount at this time represents more real <i>giving</i> than any
+collection I ever secured. May a blessing go with it."</p>
+
+<p>"I feel myself, like Paul, a debtor to all men, especially the classes
+you represent. Accept, then, my single mite, in the spirit in which I
+desire to send it, and may the Lord free you from the threatening debt
+by leading your constituency to feel their indebtedness to these classes
+and to Himself."</p>
+
+<p>"I inclose $10, and wish I might increase it a hundred-fold. I had
+already given all that I intended, but could not resist the urgent
+appeal for the needy."</p>
+
+<p>"The notices of your financial need came and touched a responsive chord
+in my heart. A week ago I gave a preparatory notice that a collection
+would be taken yesterday in your behalf. The people responded quite
+liberally. Inclosed find draft for the amount. You have my earnest
+prayer for the success of your effort to raise what you lack. May God
+bless you in your work and labor of love." (It was indeed a generous
+contribution, yet nearly one-third of it came out of the pastor.&mdash;<span class="smcap">Ed.</span>)</p>
+
+<p>"I had thought I had done all I could afford in these times, but
+coincident with your appeal came the inclosed, for which I had another
+place; but here, take it. The Lord will provide."</p>
+
+<p>"In response to your society's importunity, I inclose $2. I took the
+collection up after a sermon I preached on Foreign Missions. We
+surprised <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_300" id="Page_300">[Pg 300]</a></span>our people by the amount, as we don't usually get by a
+collection one dollar. I hope you will realize soon that there is no
+debt." (We have always believed that one of the best ways to rouse
+people up to Home Missions is to stir them up on Foreign Missions.&mdash;<span class="smcap">Ed.</span>)</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>DEATH OF PRESIDENT WARE.</h3>
+
+
+<p>Edmund A. Ware was born in North Wrentham, now Norfolk, Mass., Dec. 22,
+1837, and died suddenly of heart disease in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25,
+1885. He passed the early years of his life under conditions which made
+him acquainted with hardships, and fitted him to have warm sympathy for
+those who struggled against obstacles and trials.</p>
+
+<p>He was graduated from Yale College in 1863. During his college course
+his attention was often turned to the field for Christian work, then
+being opened in the South by the steady advance of our armies, and his
+sympathies were strongly enlisted for a race just coming out of the
+prison house of bondage, and he was ambitious to have a part in laying
+the foundations of a new and better society in the regions desolated by
+war.</p>
+
+<p>He was appointed an officer of the Freedman's Bureau in 1867, with
+charge of the schools opened under its auspices in the State of Georgia,
+which position he held for three years, until the closing of that branch
+of the work of the government.</p>
+
+<p>His great work, however, was in connection with Atlanta University, an
+institution for higher education, whose foundation he was active in
+securing, and over whose interests he presided until the day of his
+death. He labored for its welfare and that of the people in whose
+interests it was established with rare devotion, and rejoiced in its
+steady growth and prosperity with special personal gratification.</p>
+
+<p>Owing to some peculiar circumstances the institution early secured the
+favorable attention of the State authorities, and an annual
+appropriation from the State treasury. In the endeavors to secure and
+confirm this grant he was conspicuously and honorably active, and during
+the many years of its continuance his relations to the officers of the
+State with whom he has thus been brought into contact have been
+exceptionally pleasant, and in some cases cordial.</p>
+
+<p>During the last year of his life he took great interest in the
+successful opening of an industrial department in the institution, and
+for the last few weeks his great anxiety had been to secure the
+furnishing of a large new building whose erection he had personally
+overlooked. He had returned to Atlanta in advance of his family to make
+preparations for the school year soon to open, had completed most of his
+plans, and seemed in unusual good health and spirits. Soon after dinner
+on Friday, Sept. 25, feeling dizzy while in his own house, where he was
+alone, he sought the open air and walked toward the house of Professor
+Bumstead, but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_301" id="Page_301">[Pg 301]</a></span> becoming alarmed by increasing faintness he made loud
+calls, which were promptly responded to by Mr. and Mrs. Bumstead; but in
+spite of all remedies and efforts he speedily passed away to enter upon
+his well-earned rest and his glorious reward. The crushing effects of
+this sudden blow upon his household, upon his associates and the people
+who loved and revered him, cannot be described. At his funeral services
+all classes of the community were largely represented, and sympathy for
+the bereaved was profound. The grief of former pupils was touching, and
+was like that of children bereft of a father.</p>
+
+<p>So passed away in the maturity of his powers and the midst of his
+usefulness, one of the earliest and most efficient of that great company
+who have toiled since the war in this broad and needy field. His
+departure seems like a translation; being taken suddenly without the
+pains and anxieties of wasting sickness, in the full tide of his
+greatest success, before any impairment of vigor or any calamity had
+overtaken the work he loved so well. He was a man of great power over
+other men, especially over young people, who were caught up by his
+enthusiasm, and borne along sometimes to the attainment of surprising
+results. He was well fitted to be a leader in the sphere he chose for
+himself, and made his mark upon his generation, and had a large and
+honorable share in securing the results already achieved, which are to
+bless the State and nation with increasing power.</p>
+
+<p>A good man has fallen, and a great gap is made in the ranks of laborers
+at the front; but the Lord who loves his own cause better than we do
+will see that it suffers no loss. As the Lord has taken care that his
+servant rests from his labors, it is ours to see that they follow Him.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>IYAKAPTAPI.</h3>
+
+
+<p>That is, the <i>ascent</i> from the plains of the head-waters of the
+Minnesota River to the Coteau du Prairie, or high table-land to the
+west. The old trail up-hill here gave the name <i>Ascension</i> to the place.
+There the tribes&mdash;Dakota tribes&mdash;met together for their annual autumn
+feast&mdash;the missionary conference on the 24th of September. On the
+Sabbath the little church was too small, and 400 Indians, with a
+sprinkling of white people, sat outside in the sun, some on benches, and
+most on the grass, around the Communion table. The tents of those who
+had come in from long distances were pitched on either side in the
+ravines, among the fall foliage, and the wide brown plain, with a long
+gleam of shining lake far off, lay below. As we took the bread and hid
+our faces in our hands, we thought of that distribution by Galilee, when
+they sat in companies on the grassy slope by the lake. It was not "the
+touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still," but
+the real presence of Him who said "I am the bread of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_302" id="Page_302">[Pg 302]</a></span> life," to these
+400 Christian Indians whom He had brought up from the low, dead level of
+barbarism to the present heights of Christian life.</p>
+
+<p>One little dark baby in a white dress was baptized, and four young
+people publicly confessed their faith in a newly-found Saviour.</p>
+
+<p>Solomon, "His Own Grandfather," who has gathered a church of the Dakota
+refugees from the Minnesota troubles of 1862, over in Manitoba, spoke to
+us of the spiritual nature of God's kingdom; and Ehnamani, who years ago
+laid down his warrior weapons, administered the bread, telling us of the
+tribulation and fire through which Christ went to become bread for our
+life. Then the "beloved John," our brother missionary who threw his
+young strength into the Dakota work at its darkest hour twenty-five
+years ago, could hardly control the emotion with which he spoke of the
+trials out of which the Dakotas had been brought to this present joy and
+strength through "His stripes."</p>
+
+<p>It has been a long <i>ascent</i> for fifty years, but now fourteen churches,
+with a thousand members; eleven young men's Christian associations; a
+native missionary society, receiving contributions amounting this year
+to $1,165, much of it the fruit of hard labor by Dakota women, with the
+needle and at the wash-tub; a Christian community with its own native
+justices of the peace, rigidly enforcing temperance and marital law,
+and, according to the testimony of the United States agent on the
+ground, more careful of religious observances than white communities,
+and no less exemplary in morals; thousands of acres of cultivated land;
+these are some of the outward signs of the inner life of God in the
+heart.</p>
+
+<p>Add to this the 1,000 or more converts gathered in later years and
+claimed by Episcopalians and Roman Catholics; add the long roll of those
+who have ascended to their Lord; add the white people who have been
+saved and inspired by the example of their Dakota brethren, and compute
+if you can the spiritual fruit of the Dakota Indian Mission.</p>
+
+<p>Then think of this result wrought out, in the midst of what is fast
+becoming one of the most influential communities of our land. Christian
+churches by hundreds, Christian colleges and Christian homes, all built
+on this early Indian work as a foundation. Then, as we rejoice in the
+present interest in work for Indians, remember the obloquy and
+opposition of the past through which the early workers struggled.</p>
+
+<p>To appreciate this ascent, one should come up from Western Indian
+barbarism, and not down from Eastern culture.</p>
+
+<p>Leave the nightly drumming and dancing and revelry, the daily offering
+to heathen gods, the daily wailing and cutting of the flesh at the
+scaffold of sepulture, and one will acknowledge that God alone has
+wrought this change.</p>
+
+<p>Before the regular sessions of the conference a "theological institute"
+occupied two days. This was attended by some thirty pastors and leading
+members of the churches. There were lectures on Bible history, on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_303" id="Page_303">[Pg 303]</a></span>
+family relations, on preaching and pastoral work. Then the general
+meeting opened with a hymn written for the occasion by the organist, a
+young Indian, and the singing was led by native young men. The topics at
+the conference were such as the education of children, the missionary
+cause; and the one that seemed to call out most discussion was, "How to
+secure the spiritual growth of the Church." The young men showed great
+interest in their Christian associations, and voted to affiliate with
+their kindred in the white communities, of whom they heard through the
+Rev. Mr. Williams, who represented the Christian association of the
+young men of Minneapolis. The Indian women, too, had their missionary
+meeting, and show the same traits and give evidence of the same activity
+and zeal that make their white sisters the main strength of the
+Christian Church.</p>
+
+<p>So we bid all take heart, and go on upward&mdash;iyakaptapi. <span class="smcap">C. L. Hall</span>.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>INDIANS IN THE DAKOTA ASSOCIATION.</h3>
+
+
+<p>This is an ecclesiastical body of a hundred churches that has the
+opportunity to show the unity of the spirit in race fellowship. Besides
+the local German Association, one of the five belonging to it, the
+Indian Mission churches and pastors of the Santee Agency and of Fort
+Sully, with their superintendents, Revs. Alfred L. and Thomas M. Riggs,
+are among the members. At the recent annual meeting, held at Huron,
+September 17th to 20th, there were present the Riggs brothers, three
+lady missionaries, and two female and four male Indians. The service of
+Rev. A. L. Riggs, as moderator, was justly commended for its urbanity
+and promptness. At the meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society, held
+with the mixed assembly, the two Indian women, Estelle Ward and Ellen
+Spotted Bear, were brought forward, in their usual white woman's garb,
+to make talks, which were interpreted by Mrs. T. M. Riggs. During some
+discussion upon Indian work, the Riggs brothers supplemented their
+remarks by addresses from Frank Frazier and Stephen Yellow Hawk, a
+deacon and a pastor. At the Communion, on the Lord's Day, this deacon
+was associated with three white men in distributing the elements. At the
+final meeting, on Sunday night, with a crowded house, between the
+addresses of Rev. Drs. Jos. B. Clark and Jos. E. Roy were sandwiched two
+hymns, sung by the natives and their teachers, and also an address by
+the dignified pastor at the Santee Agency, Rev. Artemas Ehnamani,
+interpreted by Rev. A. L. Riggs. This, and the talks of the other
+Indians, reported their former condition as heathen and their coming to
+the light through their missionaries. Particularly touching was the
+allusion of Pastor Ehnamani to the sainted men, Drs. Williamson and
+Riggs. All showed the one spirit, that of the common Redeemer.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_304" id="Page_304">[Pg 304]</a></span></p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THE LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE.</h3>
+
+
+<p>On the 6th, 7th and 8th of October the third annual meeting of the Lake
+Mohonk Conference was held. Hon. Albert K. Smiley and Mrs. Smiley, as
+usual, extended the hospitality of their magnificent mountain retreat to
+the friends of the Indian. The sessions of the conference were of great
+interest. Eminent men and women read historical and suggestive papers,
+and ably discussed the great questions of the Indian problem. The
+conference, after much earnest debate, were unanimous in recommending
+such legislation by Congress as will give allotments of land in
+severalty to the Indians&mdash;the sale of lands not required for occupancy,
+and funding of proceeds therefor for their benefit&mdash;the early
+discontinuance of rations and annuities, increased educational
+facilities, including industrial and especially agricultural, and the
+dispersion and diffusion of the Indians among the other people of the
+country, with all the rights and immunities of other citizens.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</h3>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>GENERAL SURVEY.</h3>
+
+
+<p>This Association by its chartered rights is authorized to go anywhere
+that it finds people destitute of Gospel privileges. Limitation of means
+and coöperation with other societies may compel it to a narrower sphere
+than the demands call for; but this is the principle that underlies the
+Association's organization, and that has characterized all its historic
+development. The work is at present confined to this country. We have
+missions in sixteen States and three Territories. The combined
+population of these States and Territories is 17,459,610, and at least
+one-third of that number are the legitimate objects of this
+Association's care. By reason of the necessities of the people our work
+is both evangelistic and educational: the church and the school in their
+united aim securing the salvation of body, mind and soul; reaching home
+life, social life and business life; laying the only foundation on which
+can rest a progressive and enduring civilization. These mighty forces of
+Christianity&mdash;mother and daughter&mdash;in mutual helpfulness and in close
+proximity, are the agencies through which, with God's blessing, we hope
+to reach and save the people.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>CHURCH WORK SOUTH.</h3>
+
+<h4>STATISTICS.</h4>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="stats" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Statistics">
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Churches</td> <td align="right">112</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Missionaries, of which 89 are pastors</td> <td align="right">119</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Members</td> <td align="right">6,881</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Added during the year</td> <td align="right">1,127</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Sunday School scholars</td> <td align="right">10,569</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>In this department of our work we are permitted to report very decided
+growth. Heretofore, the average number of churches organized each year
+has been six.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_305" id="Page_305">[Pg 305]</a></span> This year the number runs up to seventeen. This increase
+comes from the maturing of enterprises that have been nursed for a
+longer or shorter time, and also the fruiting of our school process and
+the enlarging of our mountain work. These new churches are at Pleasant
+View and Rockhold, Ky.; at Cedar Cliff, Melville and Johnson's, N. C.;
+at Jellico, Pleasant Hill, Robbins, Jonesboro, Grand View and Helenwood,
+Tenn.; at Rutland, Ga.; Ironton, Ala.; Greenville, Miss.; Abbeville,
+La.; and at Dallas and Austin, Tex. They have all been supplied with the
+ministry of the word, though several have been yoked two and two under
+one pastor. Eight of them have houses of worship, the others use
+school-houses or chapels of school buildings.</p>
+
+<p>Of the 89 pastors who have ministered to our 112 churches, 30 were from
+the North and 59 were raised up in our own institutions at the South.
+The average membership of these churches is 61. Total additions for the
+year, 1,127, of which, on confession of faith, 883. Raised for church
+purposes, $12,394.78; for benevolence, $1,625.86.</p>
+
+<p>The evangelist, Rev. J. C. Fields, accompanied by his wife, who aids him
+by song, has continued his service through the year. He has labored at
+Louisville; in our three churches at Nashville; at Meridian, Jackson and
+Greenville, Miss.; and at Athens, Tecumseh, Montgomery, Marion, Selma,
+Talladega, Birmingham, Ironton and Shelby Iron Works, Ala. As a result,
+between seven and eight hundred souls were hopefully led to Christ, and
+about one half of them gathered into our churches; while other
+denominations shared in the precious harvest. At several of the places
+visited, the religious interest assumed marvelous power.</p>
+
+<p>At Marion there were 55 who professed Christ, the work spreading from
+our church into the State Normal school located there. Two-thirds of the
+converts were young men, ranging from fifteen to twenty years of age,
+who gave themselves earnestly to prayer and labor for the conversion of
+their comrades. A little girl, eight years old, was the first of a
+family to accept Christ. Her mother followed. The father, a drunkard,
+through the persuasion of friends, visited the church for the first
+time. When opportunity was given those desiring salvation to express
+their desire, the little child crossed over to where her father was, and
+begged him to come. He did not that evening, but a few nights later he
+yielded and gave his heart to the Saviour. It is a custom among the
+colored people to give the hand of welcome to those who have made up
+their minds to become Christians; and we can well believe, as an
+eye-witness describes, "it was a beautiful as well as a touching scene
+when this little girl stepped forward to welcome father and mother on
+the Lord's side."</p>
+
+<p>At Talladega College there were 116 conversions, including every inmate
+of the ladies' hall, and, with a single exception, every boy in the
+Stone Hall. The meetings, as distinctively revival, had to come to a
+close for lack of material upon which to work, and take the form of
+praise and thanksgiving unto God for the marvelous display of His grace.
+It was a literal fulfillment of the Divine promise to "pour out a
+blessing that there should not be room enough to receive it."</p>
+
+<p>At Selma there were 300 who confessed their Saviour. Gray-haired men,
+grandmothers, men and women in the prime of life, youth and children,
+were among the converts. "The most glorious work of grace," writes
+Pastor Curtis, "it has ever been my privilege to see."</p>
+
+<p>Revivals have also been enjoyed in the Central Church and Straight
+University, New Orleans; in the Tougaloo University, where nearly all
+the students were led to Christ; at New Iberia, La., where, under the
+labors of the pastor, fifty-nine were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_306" id="Page_306">[Pg 306]</a></span> brought into church fellowship;
+in the First and University churches, Atlanta, and at several other
+places. It has been a year of marked religious interest and progress
+nearly all over the field.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>EDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH.</h3>
+
+<h4>STATISTICS.</h4>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="stats" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Statistics">
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Chartered Institutions</td> <td align="right">6</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Normal and Graded Schools</td> <td align="right">14</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Common Schools</td> <td align="right">36</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Instructors</td> <td align="right">250</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Pupils</td> <td align="right">8,823</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="blockquot">Classifying the students, we have: Theological, 96; Law, 67;
+College, 52; College Preparatory, 113; Normal, 814; Grammar,
+Intermediate and Primary, 7,681.</div>
+
+<p>The resignation during the year of Professor Salisbury, Superintendent
+of our school work, and the transfer to Chicago of Dr. Roy,
+Superintendent of our church work at the South, raised the question
+whether, in view of the system to which these brethren had reduced the
+work of their respective fields, the two departments might not be
+consolidated and their care assigned to one man. With much hesitation it
+was decided to try the experiment. Rev. C. J. Ryder, of Medina, O., has
+been selected to take the new position, and has entered upon its duties.
+His headquarters will be at Cincinnati, from which point, by reason of
+its central location and excellent railroad facilities, the whole field
+will be easily accessible. We regretfully part with Professor Salisbury.
+The three years of his service have been very valuable to our work, and
+it is largely because of this service we are permitted to report that
+our schools were never before so well organized nor so efficient as now.</p>
+
+<p>The exhibit of our schools in the World's Exposition at New Orleans
+attracted much attention from visitors. The New Orleans papers spoke of
+it in very complimentary terms. Descriptions of it were written and
+widely published in the newspapers all over the country. President
+Hitchcock, of Straight University, Rev. S. E. Lathrop and several of our
+colored students, took charge successively of the exhibit, and were on
+hand to answer questions regarding the American Missionary Association,
+its schools and its work. A large number of pamphlets and tracts were
+distributed. Representatives from every State in the Union, and from
+nearly every nation on the face of the earth, dropped in to learn the
+object-lesson the exhibit taught of what Christian education had done
+for the Indian and the Negro.</p>
+
+<p>At Midway, Ga., an additional building has been erected for the
+Dorchester Academy. The Storrs School, Atlanta, by the sale of bullets
+dug from the battlefields around the city, realized enough to secure a
+much-needed kindergarten building. Mrs. F. L. Allen, of Waterbury,
+Conn., has donated us a property in Quitman, Ga., containing three acres
+of land, on which stands a hotel building, nearly new and thoroughly
+furnished, to be used as a school for girls. The ladies of the First and
+Second Congregational churches of Waterbury promptly seconded Mrs.
+Allen's gift by raising $1,000 to make the necessary alterations to put
+the building in order for the school, and the ladies of the
+Congregational churches of the State have so far responded to an appeal
+for them to assume the support of the school, that it starts out with an
+assurance of success from the beginning. Rev. J. H. Parr, formerly of
+the Tillotson Institute, is to have the school in charge.</p>
+
+<p>We have not been able to spend much money this year in brick and
+mortar.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_307" id="Page_307">[Pg 307]</a></span> We have been obliged to put our funds almost exclusively into
+the more practical work of mind and character building.</p>
+
+<p>Fisk University celebrated its twentieth anniversary this year by
+graduating from its college course fifteen, two of the number being
+young ladies. This makes 52 who have been graduated from Fisk. The
+Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Tennessee, several
+State officials, many Senators and Representatives attended the
+Commencement exercises and alumni dinner. A series of speeches in
+commendation of the good work done at the institution were made by these
+gentlemen, who bore testimony to the high standing of the Fisk students
+as teachers and citizens throughout the State. Of the 37 graduates
+previous to the class of this year, the record shows that 24 of them are
+principals and teachers in different schools; 5 are pastors of churches;
+1 is a missionary in Africa under the American Board; 2 are practicing
+lawyers; 2 are studying for the professions&mdash;1 in a theological, the
+other in a medical school; 1 is a member of the Tennessee Legislature;
+and 2, who were teachers, have died. Its roll numbers 427, including
+representatives of 21 States and 1 Territory.</p>
+
+<p>Talladega College has had 365 students. This was more than it could
+comfortably care for. The girls' hall was crowded. Some applicants had
+to be refused for lack of room. The new Cassidy School building, having
+been used by over 200 pupils, continues to justify its right to be.
+Prosperity has marked the life of this college in all its departments.</p>
+
+<p>Atlanta University maintains its well-earned reputation for school work
+of the highest order; 297 students have shared its privileges. Colonel
+L. W. Avery, Chairman of the State Board of Visitors, in his report last
+year, was so emphatic and strong in his praise of what he had seen and
+heard at the University, that the other members of the Board would not
+believe him, and he was compelled to modify his praises before they
+would accept his report. This year the whole Board was present at the
+examinations, and the result is that they have every one been converted,
+and are now ready to go even farther than the Colonel in testifying that
+"the proficiency attained in the scholastic results has been simply
+astonishing." The University continues to receive the annual
+appropriation of $8,000 from the State&mdash;a fact that is all significant
+respecting the undeniable worth of the school.</p>
+
+<p>Tougaloo University, located on the Illinois Central R. R., about eight
+miles north of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, receives State aid
+to the amount of $3,000 annually. Two hundred and sixteen students last
+year have taxed its utmost capacity for accommodation. Governor Lowry
+and the State Board of Visitors attended the commencement exercises, and
+were surprised at the evidence of the Negro's capacity for education.
+Four students took degrees in the elementary Normal course that requires
+ten years to complete it, and one took the degree from the higher Normal
+course, to complete which requires twelve years.</p>
+
+<p>Straight University, New Orleans, notwithstanding the devastation of
+floods and the failure of cotton crops that last year so severely
+affected the very limited finances of the colored people of Louisiana,
+was filled with students at the beginning of the school year, and
+continued not only crowded, but <i>over</i>crowded to the end; 584 scholars
+were enrolled, including representatives from Cuba, Honduras, New
+Mexico, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, and even Old
+England.</p>
+
+<p>Tillotson Institute, Texas, has also had a very crowded and successful
+year. This is the youngest of our chartered schools. It has the modesty
+that in every way is becoming the youngest member of the family, but in
+all that is excellent in work it stands not a whit behind the oldest and
+the best. It has already outgrown the comfortable limits of its
+habitation. The crowding process has struck<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_308" id="Page_308">[Pg 308]</a></span> it, and its cry for relief
+is growing sharper and sharper. We shall have to heed its cry one of
+these days. The great and rapidly-growing State of Texas challenges our
+forethought and our care. The State Superintendent of Public
+Instruction, Hon. B. M. Baker, was present at the commencement
+exercises, and after commending the teachers for their faithful work and
+testifying that the best teachers of the colored schools in Texas were
+graduates of the Tillotson Institute, he publicly thanked the people of
+the North for the establishment and maintenance of the school. Judge
+Fullmore, a county school superintendent, who was also present, not only
+indorsed all that Mr. Baker had said, but added that in his appointments
+of teachers he always gave Tillotson graduates the preference, and that
+a certificate of graduation from Tillotson in the hands of an applicant
+was all the evidence of character and ability he needed.</p>
+
+<p>Were we to continue sketching the salient points in the work of our
+other schools scattered all over the South, it would be simply to give
+fresh illustrations of the five facts already made prominent&mdash;crowded
+schools, growing necessities, faithful work, good results and outside
+commendation.</p>
+
+<p>As compared with last year, the statistics in our school work show a
+falling off of two chartered institutions and seven common schools. On
+its face, this looks like loss; in reality, it is gain. The two
+chartered institutions dropped out of our statistics are Berea and
+Hampton, that, as a matter of fact, have been for several years
+self-sustaining and independent, and which, as formerly fostered by us,
+we have hitherto reported; they are still in the field, doing a greater
+work than ever, while the seven common schools, dropped because they
+ceased to be needed where they were located, are more than represented
+in the better work of the other schools, to strengthen which the money
+thus set free has been transferred.</p>
+
+<p>We are steadily but slowly coming to the realization of the idea that
+was the inspiration of the American Missionary Association's school
+system&mdash;Christian colleges and Normal schools for the training of
+leaders, and Christian preparatory schools to furnish them with the
+right kind of material. The South is year by year, as its financial
+ability increases and its public sentiment improves, doing more for the
+rudimental instruction of its children. It is the duty of the State to
+provide elementary education for every child within its borders, and to
+that point the Southern States must one day come; but just in proportion
+as they come to that point, the necessities for our work increase. The
+demand for Christian teachers and preachers and professional men in all
+ranks at the South will grow as facilities for the elementary education
+of the children multiply. Our aim is not only to save the land from
+ignorance, but to save it from godless intelligence. Infidelity is as
+much the enemy of free institutions as ignorance; and when the children
+are intelligent, an ignorant leadership is almost as effective as an
+infidel leadership to raise up an infidel people; so that, as
+intelligence spreads among the youth of the South, we are placed under
+accumulating obligations, by virtue of our loyalty to the kingdom of our
+Lord, and by virtue of our interest in the perpetuity of republican
+institutions, to strengthen, enlarge and multiply this work. Of course,
+just now, and for a great many years to come, by far the greater part of
+our school work must be in the lower grades of instruction. So long as
+it can be said, that in the Southern States eighty per cent. of the
+colored and thirty per cent. of the white population are illiterate;
+that there are not educational facilities enough to furnish fifty per
+cent. of the children with even a chance to learn their letters; that
+there are whole communities and sections in which there are no schools
+whatever; that there are thousands and tens of thousands of children and
+youth who would be glad to go to school did they have opportunity; so
+long we<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_309" id="Page_309">[Pg 309]</a></span> must continue to furnish elementary instruction in all our
+schools, and as far as possible to open such small schools as may meet
+the present but transient exigency, to be dropped, as we have the seven
+common schools above referred to, when, from whatever cause, the
+necessity for them has passed away. The Executive Committee desires to
+emphasize and to have the constituents of the American Missionary
+Association keep it constantly before them, that as the cause and means
+of popular education extend in the South, the necessity for the work of
+the Association becomes stronger and stronger.</p>
+
+<p>As seen from this stand-point, the desirability of bringing our larger
+institutions as speedily as possible, where they shall be able to take
+care of themselves, becomes clear and urgent. They should be at once so
+far endowed that the question of their permanence as conservators of the
+supremacy of Christian leadership in the thought, character and life of
+the people should be settled beyond peradventure for all time.</p>
+
+<p>We commend these schools to the special regard of those who are looking
+about to invest money where, in the name of the Lord, it will yield rich
+and enduring returns.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="stats" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Statistics">
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Schools in which industries are taught</td> <td align="right">16</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Special industrial teachers</td> <td align="right">10</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Teachers combining industrial with other work</td> <td align="right">21</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>Industrial teaching is made prominent at Santee, Oahe, at all of our
+chartered institutions, at Le Moyne Institute, Memphis, Tenn., Lewis
+High School, Macon, Ga., and incidentally at six other schools. Aid has
+been received from the Slater Fund for this work at Macon, Atlanta,
+Nashville, Tougaloo, Talladega, Memphis and Austin. Nearly all the
+scholars in attendance pursue some of the branches of industry taught.
+Housekeeping, cooking, dress-making, care of the sick, agriculture,
+blacksmithing, harness-making, type-setting and printing are made
+prominent, according to the conveniences at hand. Atlanta, Talladega and
+Tougaloo have farms which are worked by the students under the
+instruction of practical farmers. At several other points farming could
+be successfully taught if only we had the farms, and we could have the
+farms if only we had the money.</p>
+
+<p>For the teaching of the trades we need special buildings. Progress has
+been made in this direction. Atlanta University has erected "The Knowles
+Industrial Building," a memorial of the late Mr. L. J. Knowles, of
+Worcester, Mass., whose widow not long before her death appropriated
+$6,000 for this object. It is a brick building 100 by 44 feet, with two
+stories and a basement, and, for its use, is one of the finest in the
+South. At Macon, a two-story building has been constructed&mdash;the upper
+story for the Lewis Library and the lower for a carpenter shop. At
+Talladega has been also built a two-story structure, the upper story to
+be used for carpentry and the lower for blacksmithing. The citizens of
+Memphis two years ago gave Professor Steele $1,000 to put a girl's
+industrial department into the Le Moyne school, and now they have
+pledged him $600 more to secure a workshop for the boys. Fort Berthold
+in Dakota and Fisk and Straight Universities at the South greatly need
+industrial buildings, and there are other schools of which the same
+might be said with equal emphasis.</p>
+
+<p>It is difficult to overestimate the importance of industrial training.
+Latest in development in connection with our schools, it may yet prove
+first in value. Labor is heaven-ordained. It is the chief
+instrumentality through which a people are elevated. Grace saves the
+soul and transforms character instantly. It makes<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_310" id="Page_310">[Pg 310]</a></span> the savage
+and sinner kind and good instantly; but it will not instantly make him a
+good farmer, a skilled mechanic, a trained scholar. Up from the lowest
+to the highest, man must toil patiently and laboriously. Nature will
+tolerate neither jumps nor deceptions. It is no kindness to put a man
+where he is out of place, and still less is it a kindness to make him
+believe that he has a right to be there. He who climbs up into position
+or who is foisted into it by any other instrumentality than by the toil
+necessary to fit him for the position, the same is a thief and a robber.
+The police forces of Nature will speedily put him under arrest. The
+judicial forces of Nature will soon cast him into a prison, out of which
+he shall not come until beginning at the bottom, by diligent labor, he
+is willing to pay the last farthing at every step in the process of his
+advancement. The implements and the products of industry are the gauges
+of civilization. Between the roughly-hewn stone hatchet and the
+finely-polished steel axe lies all the history of the world's progress.
+The college, the library, the fine residence and the factory of modern
+civilization are at one end of the line, the other end of which starts
+from the dug-out and the hut. Man, in the highest estate, forget or
+ignore it as he may, has that in him which connects him with the lowest,
+and labor, the hard labor of his ancestors, extending through the ages
+as well as his own, has been the means of bringing him where he is. If
+the Indian and the negro are to be elevated, they must rise by the same
+steps as have others. They must <i>work</i> their way up. But they who are
+above them, remembering the pit out of which they themselves have been
+dug, must give them a chance to rise, and help them as they try to rise.
+That they have the capacity for elevation along every line of human
+development has been abundantly proved over and over again. The
+industrial exhibit of the colored people at the recent Centennial
+Exposition in New Orleans, was in every way gratifying to their friends.
+Though these people are only 20 years out of the house of their 250
+years' bondage, antedated by millenniums of barbarism, they sent
+articles showing their progress in the industries that more than filled
+the entire gallery assigned them in one end of the immense Government
+building.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>MOUNTAIN WORK.</h3>
+
+
+<p>This work has gone forward the past year with marked success. In
+Kentucky, Rev. J. T. Ford, having taken the pastoral charge of the
+church at Williamsburg, Rev. A. A. Myers was at liberty to give himself
+to more extended missionary work; and, as might be expected, he has gone
+into it with a will. He has organized three new churches; one at
+Jellico, with 11 members; one at Pleasant View, with 13 members, and one
+at Rockhold, with 15 members. Under his superintendency the Jellico
+church has erected a good, commodious house, but it needs a bell. The
+congregations number from 250 to 300, and the pastor, Rev. E. W.
+Bullock, reports the interest as increasing.</p>
+
+<p>Pleasant View Church has also put up a house of worship, now complete
+except seats. At Rockland, stone is on the ground. Mr. Myers using his
+own team to haul it, himself being teamster, and the lumber is all ready
+to begin work. A chapel is soon to be erected at South Williamsburg,
+where there are hundreds around the mills who cannot be induced to
+attend church up town. Eleven Sunday-schools, with an enrollment of
+1,200 and an average of 750, have been maintained. These schools extend
+from Jellico on the State line to the northern part of Whitley County
+along the railroad. Besides these, several students from the Academy
+have conducted Sunday-schools at their homes, reporting an enrollment of
+160.</p>
+
+<p>Day schools have been kept at Woodbine, Rockhold, Dowlais and Jellico
+with marked success.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_311" id="Page_311">[Pg 311]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>The Williamsburg Academy has had an enrollment of 203. The reputation
+and influence of this school are extending far and wide. The teachers,
+imbued with the missionary spirit, have been a power in the church and
+in the community as well as in the school. The question whether our
+schools could be kept up if colored students were admitted, has been
+squarely met and answered, and right at our central station,
+Williamsburg, we have had colored pupils during the past two terms. When
+they were first admitted, there was a stampede of the white scholars,
+reducing the number of pupils from 120 to 40, but as they had a chance
+to think the matter over, and they saw the school going right along as
+if nothing had happened, and that it was going to keep right along, they
+began to come back again, with still others to join them, so that the
+school closed with a larger enrollment than the previous year. The
+excitement caused a discussion that found its way into the newspapers of
+the State, and gave the school such an advertisement as could not have
+been secured by years of ordinary work. We shall have no more trouble
+with the color question in Whitley County. It has been settled, and
+settled right.</p>
+
+<p>In Tennessee, the Independent Church at Sherwood, and its pastor, Rev.
+A. B. Smith, have entered our fellowship by joining the Central South
+Association. On the Cumberland plateau, Pastor B. Dodge has secured the
+organization of a church with 16 members, which is associated with his
+church at Pomona. An organ and hymn-books were furnished by the Pilgrim
+Church, Cambridgeport, Mass. The people have subscribed $300, chiefly in
+lumber, toward a much-needed chapel for church and day school. At both
+these points day schools have been maintained. At Grand View, the first
+year of the Academy has proved a success, and now a church has been
+organized in association with it, both to be under the care of Rev. C.
+B. Riggs.</p>
+
+<p>The school work of Mrs. St. Clair in Scott County has been remarkable.
+Three years ago there were 27 saloons and two Sunday-schools in the
+county, one school held in Mrs. St. Clair's tent and the other in a
+blacksmith shop; now there are three saloons and 25 Sunday-schools, and
+the good people are praying with much confidence that their prayers will
+be answered for three less saloons and three more Sunday-schools. Mr. R.
+F. Taft, of Worcester, Mass., was sent down to help in this field. His
+labors were wonderfully blessed. Two churches, one at Robbins, the other
+at Helenwood, were organized. He is not able to continue in our service,
+but, in speaking of what has been accomplished, he has this to say:
+"Wherever I went the people were so eager to hear the Gospel that it was
+a joyous work to me. All came together, natives and Northerners, and our
+colored brethren. If the A. M. A. has accomplished nothing more, it has
+broken down the line of color, and to-day all mingle together in seeking
+after the pearl of great price." The work of Mr. Taft has been taken up
+by Rev. W. E. Barton, a recent graduate of Berea College, who finds
+already so much on his hands that he is crying for help.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>WORK AMONG THE INDIANS.</h3>
+
+<h4>STATISTICS.</h4>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="stats" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Statistics">
+
+<tr>
+  <td>Churches</td> <td align="right">5</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Members</td> <td align="right">301</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Ministers</td> <td align="right">7</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Schools</td> <td align="right">15</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Teachers</td> <td align="right">52</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Pupils </td> <td align="right">706</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Sunday-school scholars</td> <td align="right">776</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>Our Indian work is chiefly in Nebraska and Dakota, among the great Sioux
+nation<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_312" id="Page_312">[Pg 312]</a></span> that numbers about sixty thousand, and the tribes that mingle
+with, or are located around, them. We have three main stations, Santee,
+Oahe and Fort Berthold, all situated on the Missouri River, and at
+points strategic for pushing missions out among the people.</p>
+
+<p><i>Santee.</i>&mdash;Here is planted the Santee Normal School, under the care of
+Rev. A. L. Riggs. This institution, pioneer of its kind, began work for
+the higher training of Indian pupils fifteen years ago. Its history and
+experience show the great advancement that has been made by the Indian
+mind. At first the pupils came as to a sort of picnic, and expected to
+slip out when the fun stopped. But now the discipline, attendance and
+class work are of a high order and will compare favorably with schools
+of similar grade elsewhere. One thing quite noteworthy about Santee is
+that while it is often impossible to fill the desired quota of girls for
+other schools, applications at Santee from girls and young women far
+exceed the ability to receive them. This school, with its 177 pupils
+busily engaged in their studies under the instruction of an able corps
+of teachers, in possession of buildings that are up to the times in all
+their equipments, reaching by its influence every Indian village of the
+great empire of the Missouri River basin, is an institution from which,
+with God's blessing upon its work, we have a right to expect great
+things in the future.</p>
+
+<p>Pilgrim Church, under the joint pastorate of the Rev. Artemas Ehnamani
+and Rev. A. L. Riggs, honors the faith and polity of the Pilgrim Fathers
+in its co-operation with the school, nurturing and extending the cause
+of Christian education. Its roll numbers 164 names, and its
+Sabbath-school reports an attendance of 183.</p>
+
+<p>Great and urgent fields inviting missionary occupancy lie all around
+Santee. Swift Bear's colony, numbering sixteen families, an offshoot
+from Rosebud agency, has located along the Niobrara. Others are coming
+down this fall as soon as their little crops are harvested. All the land
+on the north side of the Niobrara, twenty miles east of the mouth of the
+Keya-paba, and much of the land on the Ponca Creek close by, is now
+taken. Here has just been built a school-house given by Deacon Burrill,
+of Oberlin, Ohio, a little building of two rooms, one for the teacher's
+residence, and the other for the school room and chapel. A son of Pastor
+Ehnamani, of the Santee Church, is to take charge of this station.</p>
+
+<p>Among the Poncas, since last December, we have had a missionary, Rev. J.
+E. Smith, who, while maintaining Sabbath services with good attendance,
+has during the week taught a government school. At the Upper Ponca
+settlement, during the months of February and March, a mission day
+school was kept by Albert Frazier, a native teacher.</p>
+
+<p><i>Oahe.</i>&mdash;This mission, with its out-stations, is in charge of Rev. T. L.
+Riggs. The native helpers are Titus Jugg, Elizabeth Winjan, William Lee,
+Daniel Lee, Samuel Smiley, Stephen Yellow Hawk and Edwin Phelps, all,
+with one exception, full-blood Dakota Indians.</p>
+
+<p>The Indians of the Rosebud Agency on the White River have long been
+calling for missionaries to be sent among them. The Park Street Church,
+Boston, has given $400 to open a mission in that needy region, and Mr.
+Riggs expects to have a well-established out-station on the White River
+before the beginning of the coming winter.</p>
+
+<p>During the year a movement has been made to establish an industrial
+school at Oahe. The Indian Bureau gave twenty scholarships. Alonzo
+Trask, Esq., executor in the Marquand estate, gave $1,500 toward a
+building, on condition that an additional $1,500 be raised. This
+additional amount Mr. Riggs secured. The <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_313" id="Page_313">[Pg 313]</a></span>beginning of the school was
+made in January. Twelve scholars were all that could be accommodated.
+They were promptly secured. The school has been continued by the
+exercise of strictest economy and the willing self-sacrifices of all
+concerned. The experiment has proved a success, and a good beginning has
+been made for another year. The new building is now about, if not quite,
+ready, and fitted to receive forty scholars.</p>
+
+<p>The church at Oahe bears the significant name of Shiloh. A place of rest
+it has proved to many a weary soul&mdash;yet of rest only as it has prepared
+for activity. During the year God has been pleased to manifest His grace
+in saving power. Seventeen new members have been received on profession
+of their faith and three by letter. The total membership is 54. The
+greater part of these are young men and women, not more than half being
+over thirty years of age and not more than five being past forty-five
+years. This church enjoys the ministrations of Stephen Yellow Hawk and
+David Lee.</p>
+
+<p><i>Fort Berthold.</i>&mdash;This point with the territory adjacent is held by Rev.
+C. L. Hall. The day school has had 129 pupils during the year. Six of
+the Indian girls have been taken into the teachers' home, with marked
+benefit to the mission work. Increased interest has been manifested in
+the church services, the average attendance being 75. At Fort Stevenson
+a Government school (75 pupils) has been kept by Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
+Wells. Religious meetings have been held fortnightly on Thursday evening
+and Sabbath school each Sunday. The Crow agency, after waiting two
+years, is still begging for us to send a missionary.</p>
+
+<p>Leaving Fort Berthold and striking westward about 1,000 miles, we come
+to Skokomish Agency, Washington Territory, where Rev. Myron Eells stands
+almost alone to represent the interest our denomination takes in the
+salvation of the Indians of that region. At Skokomish he has a church of
+46 members; at Dunginess a church of 28 members, where he spends two
+Sabbaths and the intervening week each month; and at Squakson, a small
+reservation formerly in charge of the Presbyterians, who have now
+withdrawn, he conducts public worship once a month. In these three
+places he has under his pastoral care 102 families; average attendance
+at public worship, 150; at Sabbath school, 84; at prayer meeting, 62.
+Infant baptisms, 19; adult baptisms and reception to church membership,
+11. Many of the Christian Indians are efficient helpers in the prayer
+meeting and the Sunday school, assisting Mr. Eells when he is present
+and carrying on the work when he is absent.</p>
+
+<p>At Santa Fé, New Mexico, we have maintained during part of the year four
+teachers who have had under instruction Pueblo Indian children, for whom
+Government scholarships had been secured.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>WORK AMONG THE CHINESE.</h3>
+
+<h4>STATISTICS.</h4>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="stats" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Statistics">
+<tr>
+  <td>Schools</td> <td align="right">18</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Missionaries</td> <td align="right">38</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Pupils enrolled</td> <td align="right">1,457</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Average attendance</td> <td align="right">810</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Ceased from idol worship</td> <td align="right">171</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Giving evidence of conversion</td> <td align="right">112</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>These figures show three more missions and twelve more missionaries than
+the statistics of last year. In the missionary force there are eleven
+Chinese helpers.</p>
+
+<p>Four new schools have been opened at the following points: Alturas,
+Fresno,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_314" id="Page_314">[Pg 314]</a></span> San Diego and Tulare. The school at Alturas, in the
+northeastern part of California, though established for the Chinese,
+like all other A. M. A. schools, is open to everybody, irrespective of
+race or color, and the Indians in the vicinity have so largely availed
+themselves of the privilege that they greatly outnumber the Chinese.
+This school is under the care of Mrs. Griffiths, wife of the pastor of
+the Congregational Church in the place. She has the constant coöperation
+of her husband, who welcomes to his church all who can be induced to
+attend from the school. The mission at Stockton, the first one
+established by us in California, was closed last year, but has been
+reopened with an attendance and promise such as it never had before. Our
+schools are all in the hands of devoted and efficient teachers, are well
+located and well rooted. We are justified in feeling that they are all
+fairly on the way to become permanent.</p>
+
+<p>The California Chinese mission, whose superintendency has been under the
+care of Rev. W. C. Pond ever since its organization in 1875, is
+auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. It has its own
+President and Board of Managers. It works in closest harmony with the
+parent society, and while it must look to us for by far the largest part
+of the funds necessary to carry its work forward, yet it does not rely
+wholly upon our appropriations, but makes continuous efforts to raise
+money itself.</p>
+
+<p>It reports as having received into its own treasury the past year
+$3,141.20. Its property consists of the Barnes and the West Mission
+Houses in San Francisco, together with an interest in the North Mission
+House of San Francisco and the new Mission House in Tulare. Mr. Pond has
+made strenuous efforts to secure sufficient contributions to bring to
+pass, without incurring debt, a transfer of these properties to the A.
+M. A., and he informs us that this result is now assured and that the
+transfer will soon be made. We shall thus come into possession of
+property worth upward of $9,000, free from debt.</p>
+
+<p>The past year has not been in garnered results so fruitful as our
+Superintendent and his co-workers had expected; yet they have been
+faithful in the cultivation of the field. Early in the year they
+determined to be more aggressive than formerly. If the Chinese would not
+come in greater numbers to the schools, then the missionaries would go
+to them. Three men in the providence of God were at hand who were
+impressed with the importance of this aggressive work, and who were able
+to preach to the Chinese in their own language; Rev. D. D. Jones, who
+had returned from missionary work in South China, Jee Gam and Wong Ock.
+These brethren have been engaged in evangelistic work both at the
+mission houses and on the streets in San Francisco and at several other
+points. But "hard hearts," threatened persecution, and actively working
+prejudice have everywhere stood in the way of progress.</p>
+
+<p>Still God did not leave His children altogether without some evidence of
+His favor. There were eighteen who professed conversion and twelve who
+received baptism. The reflex influence of these evangelistic services
+has been productive of great spiritual blessing to our missionaries and
+to the Chinese Christians. It has driven them to realize that they must
+more than ever trust in the power of God's spirit to overcome the
+difficulties; that they must faithfully hold and work every point now
+occupied; that they must pray on and labor on until the Holy Spirit
+descend in power to break the stony hearts and dissipate the opposing
+forces of Mongolian heathenism on the one hand and Caucasian
+inconsistency and infidelity on the other. "Brethren, pray for us!" is
+the almost heart-agonizing appeal Superintendent Pond makes to the
+constituents of this Association. "Never before," he writes, "were we so
+well prepared to do good service to the Master, and to move on with
+saving power among these dark souls purchased with His<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_315" id="Page_315">[Pg 315]</a></span> blood, as now,
+at the opening of this new fiscal year. Yet never before did we look on
+into the year with such a sense of utter helplessness or such a despair
+of real success except through the co-working of the Holy Ghost."</p>
+
+<p>We commend this appeal for prayer to all our friends. Let there go up
+such a cry to God for help that in Pentecostal power His spirit may be
+outpoured upon our Chinese missions; and not only will the good results
+be felt in our own country, but they will reach in blessing even the
+vast empire of China and make strong and glad the hearts of our
+Christian brethren there.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>THE WOMAN'S BUREAU.</h3>
+
+
+<p>The Woman's Bureau has proved a most efficient agency in our work during
+the past year. The family and the home where mother and sister are the
+strong guard of purity and moral strength, the newly-freed people knew
+nothing about from experience. Our missionaries, more than two-thirds of
+whom were women, found themselves face to face with the duty of caring
+for their unfortunate sisters. When the Christian women of the country
+were taking up and discussing the special claims of degraded and lost
+women for woman's special effort, and organizing societies to meet that
+claim, the American Missionary Association had the whole business in
+operation on a large and successful scale. When, therefore, the Woman's
+Bureau was created, it was neither to inaugurate a new work nor in
+imitation of other organizations. The purpose was to make the Christian
+women of the country more intelligently acquainted with a branch of our
+mission long in operation, and induce them by an increase of their
+contributions and sympathy and prayers to make it more widely
+successful. Miss D. E. Emerson, who not only by her experience as a
+missionary in the field, but also by her experience as a clerk in the
+New York office, was admirably qualified to take the Bureau in charge,
+was made its Secretary. She has opened direct channels of communication
+between the lady missionaries on the field and the Christian women of
+the churches. Sunday schools and ladies' missionary societies have been
+furnished an opportunity to assume, either wholly or partially, the
+support of an assigned missionary from whom they have regularly received
+letters. She has arranged to have addresses given upon the work at
+missionary meetings and conferences, either by herself or by a lady
+missionary, so far as she could, wherever and whenever such service has
+been desired. The work has been steadily growing upon her hands. The
+interest is widening and deepening. With no increase of machinery, with
+but little increase of expense, and with no divisive disturbance, either
+in the Association or in the churches, our Woman's Bureau quietly and
+effectively carries forward its operations at the North and at the
+South, at the East and at the West.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<h3>FINANCES.</h3>
+
+<h4><i>Receipts for 1884-5.</i></h4>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="stats" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Finances">
+<tr>
+  <td>Donations from Churches and Individuals</td> <td align="right">$191,698.35</td><td>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Legacies</td> <td align="right">41,501.66</td> <td>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>U. S. Government for Indian Schools</td> <td align="right">9,458.13</td><td>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Slater Fund for Industrial Training</td> <td align="right">8,600.00</td><td>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Tuition, Rents, etc.</td> <td align="right">39,635.92</td><td>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td colspan="3" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total</td> <td align="right">$290,894.06</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>As compared with the receipts of last year, these figures show
+$191,698.35 col<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_316" id="Page_316">[Pg 316]</a></span>lections and donations this year, as against $164,056.77
+last; legacies, $41,501.66 this year, as against $64,559.42 last; a gain
+in contributions from the living of $27,641.58, a loss from legacies of
+$23,057.76. The receipts from all sources for the past year,
+notwithstanding the heavy loss in legacies, are in excess over the
+receipts of the preceding year $3,299.87. The expenditures for the year
+have been $306,345.93, leaving a debt on the year just closed of
+$15,451.87. This, added to the deficit of the previous year, leaves us
+with a total indebtedness of $29,237.73. But over against this and in
+close connection with it, should be stated the fact that in both years
+the indebtedness has been owing to an increase of appropriations to meet
+the absolutely necessary demands of the new Indian missions transferred
+to us by the American Board. In 1883-4, we expended on these missions,
+including $11,495.19 received from the U. S. Government, $33,204.95. In
+1884-5, including $9,458.13 from the Government, we spent $41,283.75.
+The churches had laid this work upon us, and we could not avoid these
+expenditures.</p>
+
+<p>We began the year with a debt of $13,785.86. The task before us,
+therefore, if our work was to be kept to its former scale, was to
+increase our receipts over the previous year $27,571.72, or twice the
+deficit. We have made that increase in donations from the living, with
+$69.86 to spare, and that, too, in the face of the stringency of the
+times. Had the legacies remained the same as the preceding year (which
+were $61,807.31 less than the legacies of the year preceding that), we
+should have closed this year without a debt, and had $7,605.89 on hand
+to apply on the debt with which we started out.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>CONCLUSION.</h3>
+
+
+<p>In conclusion, this review of the year inspires first of all songs of
+thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father for His manifold blessings upon the
+work and workers, and then our heartfelt gratitude to the pastors,
+churches and friends that have so nobly and generously, many of them at
+great self-sacrifice, contributed to sustain the work. With such
+evidence from heaven that the work is God's, with such evidence from
+earth that it rests upon the hearts and consciences of His people as a
+sacred trust, we cannot but feel that in it all Providence is saying
+unto us, <i>Go forward</i>. But what say our constituents? We present them
+our report. We await their answer.</p>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<h3>RECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 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"><br />MAINE, $1,078.85.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Albany. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">$1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Augusta. Joel Spalding</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bangor. Hammond St. Ch., 100; Cen. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">175.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bangor. Dudley Coe, 1; C. M., M. F. and A. B. Duren, 30c., <i>for
+Rosebud</i> <i>Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.30</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bath. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Belfast. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">75.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brownfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brownville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cumberland Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">31.17</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Deer Isle. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gardiner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gilead Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gorham. Miss E. B. Emery</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kennebunkport. South Cong. Ch., 12; First Cong. Ch., 3</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Machias. Center St. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.30</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Madison. "Friends in Cong. Ch.," by Mrs. Ezra Dinsmore</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oldtown. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Orono. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Portland. Second Parish Ch., 182.17, to const. <span class="smcap">Horace H. Ricker</span>, <span class="smcap">G. R.
+Furbish</span>, <span class="smcap">E. A. Bascom</span>, <span class="smcap">Mrs. Lucy A. Fogg</span>, <span class="smcap">Mrs. Mary E. Merrill</span> and
+<span class="smcap">Nathan Weston</span> L. Ms.; State St. Ch., 150; Williston Cong. Ch., 95: West
+Cong. Ch., 11; Abyssinian Cong. Ch., 10; T. B. Percy, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">453.17</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Princeton. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_317" id="Page_317">[Pg 317]</a></span><div class="sub1">Presque Isle. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saco. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.42</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Scarboro. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.15</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sherman Mills. Washburn Memorial Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 14.20; "Miss'y Soc.," 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">19.20</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Turner. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wells. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westbrook. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.26</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Brooksville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Windham. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Winslow. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wintersport. Miss. M. M. Morrell</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Winthrop. Mrs. Otis Packard, 30, to const. <span class="smcap">Dea. Geo. O. Packard</span> L. M.;
+Cong. Ch. and Soc., 12.10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">42.10</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">York Corner. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.28</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, $963.04.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Amherst. Miss M. C. Boylston</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Auburn. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bennington. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Canterbury. "Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chester. Mrs. Mary E. Hidden</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Concord. First Ch., 125; Friend in North Cong. Ch., 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">130.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Danbury. "A few members Cong. Ch."</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Derry. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">23.85</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Durham. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">27.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Derry. Rev. H. M. Penniman</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Epping. "Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Fitzwilliam. Louisa Hill, 10; Fanny Hancock, 5; Cong. Ch., 3.50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Franklin Falls. J. C. Neal</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Goffstown. Mrs. M. A. Stinson</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gorham. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.29</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Great Falls. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">43.40</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">44.10</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hanover. Cong. Ch. Dart. College</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">79.90</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Harrisville. Darius Farwell</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Jaffrey. N. P. Phelps</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Keene. Mrs. D. W. Buckminster, and Miss Mason</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kensington. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Laconia. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Mary A. Allison</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Meriden. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">21.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Boston. "A Friend" (50 of which <i>for Cal. Chinese M.</i>)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Market. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 3.55, Dea. T. H. Wiswall, 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.55</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Conway. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 17.25; S. H. Leavitt, Isabella Smith
+and Julia M. Philbrook, 10 ea., to const. <span class="smcap">Morris H. Smith</span>, L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">47.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Peterborough. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Piermont. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Portsmouth. Rev. W. W. Dow</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rye. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Shelburne. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sullivan. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.10</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.95</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Temple. Mrs. Geo. Goodyear and Sister</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.42</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Walpole. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">22.07</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Webster. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Concord. J. W. Chandler</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wilton. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">By Geo. Swain&mdash;Amherst Cong. Ch., 11.40&mdash;Brookline Cong. Ch.,
+8.82&mdash;Peterboro' Union Evan. Ch., 13.50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">33.72</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1"></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$852.63</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><div class="medium">LEGACY.</div></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lebanon. Estate of Mary A. F. Tracy, by Stephen A. Tracy, Ex.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">110.41</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">$963.04</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, $2,216.07.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bakersfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc. by Katie B. Joslyn, Treas. <i>for
+Share</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bradford. Mrs. C. D. Redington, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, <i>for McIntosh,
+Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">21.86</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brattleboro. "A Friend," 33.35; Joseph Wilder, 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">43.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brownington. Dea. William Spencer, 5; S. S. Tinkham, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Burlington. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">188.58</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cambridge. Madison Safford and wife</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">38.52</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cambridge. E. Wheelock, B. Holmes, O. W. Reynolds, S. M. Safford and
+Madison Safford, 5 ea.; Mrs. M. Blaisdell, 3; Mrs. M. Waterhouse, 2; J.
+W. Turner, 2; Mrs. L. Eaton, 1; E. Bentley, 1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">34.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">19.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">32.58</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chester. J. L. Fisher</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Enosburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Fair Haven."Light Bearers" Cong. Sab. Sch. (3 of which <i>for
+Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga.</i>)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.57</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Glover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Greensborough. "A few friends," by Rev. S. Knowlton</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Guildhall. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.26</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hartford. E. Morris, 100; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buel, 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">110.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hartland. Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lunenburg. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lyndonville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Manchester. Samuel G. Cone, 20; Mrs. S. G. Cone, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Marshfield. Rev. J. D. Bailey</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.44</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Milton. "M. L. D.," 3; B. Fairchild, M. D., 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Montgomery Centre. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.77</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Morrisville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Newbury. Mrs. E. P. Keyes, 30, to const. <span class="smcap">J. T. Atkinson</span> L. M.; H. E.
+Keyes, 30, to const. <span class="smcap">Helen R. Aiken</span> L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">60.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Cong. Ch., 25, and Sab. Sch. 5, <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Pownal. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Norwich. Ashley Blodgett, 5; Mrs. H. Burton, 2; Cong. Ch., 1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Peacham. Miss Varnum, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 5; "D.," 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pittsford. Mrs. E. H. Denison</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Quechee. Rev. N. F. Carter</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Royalton. A. W. Kenney, 30; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 17.75</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">47.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rutland. Mrs. Wm. D. Marsh</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., 200; Rev. Henry Fairbanks, 100</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">300.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. Union Meeting, North and South Chs., <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">168.81</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saxton's River. "Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Royalton. Mrs. S. H. Jones</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks, 100; A. Woolson, 100</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Stowe. Joseph Pike</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Swanton. C. C. Long</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Underhill. Chas. A. Birchard</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Vergennes. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">32.53</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Willamstown. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Windham. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.01</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wolcott. Rev. J. F. Whitney</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Woodstock. Ladies, <i>for McIntosh, Ga.</i>, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Worcester. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.63</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">300.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center">$1,992.16</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><div class="medium">LEGACIES.</div></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Ferrisburg. Estate of Sylvia Dean, by J. M. Dean, Ex.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wilmington. Estate of Judah Moore</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">208.91</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1"></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1"></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">$2,216.07</td> </tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MASSACHUSETTS">
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_318" id="Page_318">[Pg 318]</a></span></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MASSACHUSETTS, $10,843.55.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Acton. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Atlanta U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Amesbury. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Edmund Morrill</span>, to const. herself L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 85, to const. <span class="smcap">Miss Lulu Louisa
+Lawton</span> and <span class="smcap">Cephas F. Frary</span> L. Ms.; First Cong. Ch., 35; "C.," 30</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">150.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Andover. John Smith</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ashland. G. M. Perry, 5; Edwin Perry, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Attleboro. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.24</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Auburn. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">66.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">42.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Boston. "Wilberforce," 300; Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, 100; "Friend in
+Need," 100; Jona. A. Lane, 25; Dr. Edward Strong and Wife, 25; Mrs. O.
+H. White, 20; "A Friend," 10; "A Friend," 5; Rev. R. B. Howard,
+5.&mdash;Cambridge North Av. Ch. and Soc., 209.55&mdash;Cambridgeport, Pilgrim
+Ch., 127.55&mdash;Chelsea, A. C. Tenney, 25&mdash;Dorchester, Second Cong. Ch. and
+Soc., 187.61; Mrs. R. W. Prouty, 5&mdash;East Boston, Maverick Ch. and Soc.
+26.25&mdash;Somerville, Franklin St. Ch., 125; Franklin St. Ch., "M.," 50;
+Miss M. C. Sawyer, 10; Woman's Home Miss'y Soc. of Prospect Hill Ch., 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,365.96</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ballardvale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Barre. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">51.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Berkley. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.28</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bernardston. Orthodox Cong. Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Billerica. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Boxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">40.70</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bridgewater. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brockton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Porter Evan. Ch. and Soc.,
+61.53, to const. <span class="smcap">Miss Cornelia Eddy</span> and <span class="smcap">Miss Lizzie F. Trow</span> L. Ms.; Mrs.
+L. C. Sanford, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">141.53</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Carlisle. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.18</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Centreville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">22.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chatham. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chester Center. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.22</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Conway. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">31.23</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cummington. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.30</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Danvers. Maple St. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">75.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Dedham. "Three Friends"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Duxbury. Mrs. R. R. Holmes</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Charlemont. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Easthampton. First Cong. Ch., 47; First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 25;
+Rev. A. M. Colton, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">77.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Granville. "Y. P. Soc. of Christian Endeavor"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">45.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.28</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. and Soc., 128.59; "A Friend," 30 to const.
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. Clara W. Hubbard</span> L. M.; C. C. Ch., 25.50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">184.09</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Florence. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">12.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Foxborough. Ortho. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">51.65</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc., 25; E. H. Warren, 1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">26.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gilbertville. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. <span class="smcap">Alfred H. Richardson</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., 15; Mrs. M. A. Harrington, 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">44.31</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Granby. Mission Circle, by Mrs. A. W. T. Fisk, <i>for Miss'y, Atlanta,
+Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 69.25; Cong. Ch., 10; First Cong. Ch. and
+Soc., 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">89.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Greenwich. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hanover. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hinsdale. J. Hosmer, 10; Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Plunkett, 7; C. J.
+Kittredge, 3; Rev. J. H. Laird, 2; S. Kittredge, 2; Miss S. Warriner, 1;
+L. Payne, 1; Others, 4</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Housatonic. "Friends," 15; Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 1</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">26.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ipswich. Mission Band of So. Ch., 6.30; "A Friend," 50c</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.80</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kingston. Mayflower Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">40.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lancaster. Ev. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">36.55</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Leverett. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Longmeadow. "M. C. G."</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ludlow Centre. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lowell. Pawtucket Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Mansfield. P. M. Edwards</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Medway. Village Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">27.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">65.62</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Middleborough. Central Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">52.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Middlefield. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Middleton. Mrs. Loring Carleton</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Milford. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Millbury. By Lizzie M. Garfield</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Millers Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.60</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Monson. E. F. Morris, 50; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Holmes, Jr., 50; Mrs. N.
+M. Field, 25; Mrs. C. O. Chapin, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">130.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Monument Beach. Wm. R. Vining</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Neponset. Miss S. L. Tuttle's S. S. Class, Bbl. of C., <i>for Wilmington,
+N. C.</i>, 1 <i>for Freight</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., <i>for Le Moyne Inst.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Newburyport. Freedmen's Aid Soc., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Newton. Eliot Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">130.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Norfolk. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Abington. Cong. Ch., 5; Rev. J. H. Jones, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Northampton. First Cong. Ch., 279.23; "A Friend," 100; Edwards Ch.
+Benev. Soc., 87.50; Jared Clark, 25</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">491.73</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Northborough. Evan. Cong. Ch., 68; Sab. Sch., 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">78.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Northbridge Center. First 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., 50; and Sab. Sch., 30, <i>for Student
+Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">80.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., 35.59; Mrs. Hannah M. Nye,
+5; Miss Abbie W. Johnson, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">45.59</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Chelmsford. Second Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Miss Ada M. Sheldon</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Middleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. <span class="smcap">Dea. Solomon White</span>
+L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">45.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oakham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.62; Miss Susan Fairbanks, 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">40.62</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Paxton. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">16.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pigeon Cove. Mrs. M. L. Thalheimer, deceased, by M. E. Thalheimer</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 5;
+E. R. M., 2.50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">107.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Prescott. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Princeton. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Provincetown. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.63</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Randolph. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">201.80</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Reading. Old South and Bethesda Chs., to const. <span class="smcap">Frank W. B. Pratt</span> and
+<span class="smcap">E. P. Fitts</span> L. Ms., 87.85; J. M. Carleton, 5; "A Friend," 4.50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">97.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Elijah Shaw, 50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">125.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_319" id="Page_319">[Pg 319]</a></span>
+<div class="sub1">Rutland. Children of Cong. Ch., 10, and Papers, <i>for Robbins, Tenn.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Salem. Crombie St. Ch. and Soc., 50.15; George Driver, 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">52.15</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sandwich. Mrs. Card</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saundersville. Cong Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Scituate. Cen. Cong. Ch. and S. S.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">24.55</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Scotland. Miss Mary H. Leonard</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Shelburne Falls. Sab. Sch. Concert, 8.01; Three Classes Cong. S. S.,
+5.99, <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Shrewsbury. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Greene, 500; Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
+112.33</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">612.33</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Abington. Miss C. H. Whitman, 100; Cong. Ch. and Soc., 47.59</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">147.59</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Amherst. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.72</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Dartmouth. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Egremont. Mrs. Huldah Bills, 30, to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. P. T. Farwell</span> L.
+M.; Cong. Ch., 25</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">55.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Franklin. Union Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 31.25; Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.85</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">40.10</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Parish</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">31.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Natick. John Eliot Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.16</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch. (ad'l)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.12</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; "A Friend," 25</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">74.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">68.10</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Springfield. "A Friend," 500; A. C. Hunt, 10, "L. E. W.," 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">520.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Springfield. Infant Class, Cong. S. S., 2; Miss L. Fay's S. S. Class,
+1, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">23.90</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Stoughton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.72</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sudbury. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">37.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Taunton. Winslow Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which to const. <span class="smcap">Geo. W.
+Andros</span> L. M.)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">49.27</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Taunton. Union Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">39.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. Frank H. Kasson</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">32.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Topsfield. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Townsend. "Member Cong. Ch."</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Uxbridge. Evan. Cong. Co. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">29.45</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ware. C. C. Hitchcock</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Warren. Cong. Ch., 100; "N. G.," 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">105.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell, <i>for Chinese M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wayland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westboro. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Boylston. G. W. Ames, 3; Polly W. Ames, 3; Mrs. A. Campbell, 1.50</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Cummington. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westfield. Mrs. C. W. Fowler, 5; Dr. H. Holland, 3</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westford. Union Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Gardner. M. B. Knowlton</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Gardner. Nettie M. Bartlett, <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westhampton. Miss Mary Edwards, "in Memory of Mrs. Catharine Edwards"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westminster. F. Lombard, 5; Mrs. Mossman, 25c</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Springfield. Mrs. Lucy M. Bagg</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Tisbury. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.63</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Whately. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Whitinsville. S. F. Morse</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">24.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Winchendon. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Winchester. S. Elliot</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Woburn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">204.60</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Woburn. Ladies' Charitable Reading Soc., Bbl. of C., val. 52.40, <i>for
+Williamsburg, Ky.</i>, 1.17 <i>for Freight</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.17</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wollaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.05</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Woods Holl. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Worcester. "Friend," 500; Piedmont Ch., 400; Plymouth Cong. Ch. and
+Soc., 130; Samuel R. Heywood, 100; Hiram Smith and family, 30; Mrs. S.
+A. Howard, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1,165.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Worcester. "A Friend," <i>for Charleston, S. C.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Worthington. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">19.34</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Yarmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.29</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n&mdash;Ludlow, 23.90&mdash;Palmer,
+Second, 15&mdash;Springfield, Mrs. E. Clarke, 5&mdash;Westfield, Second,
+108.80&mdash;West Springfield, Park St., 23</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">175.70</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$10,261.55</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><div class="medium">LEGACIES.</div></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Boston. Estate of Rev. H. B. Hooker, D. D.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Enfield. Estate of Dea. Henry Fobes, by W. B. Kimball, Ex.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oakham. Estate of Perly Ayres, by William Spear, Ex.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">32.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$10,843.55</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, $2,432.84.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bristol. Mrs. Rogers, 100; First Cong. Ch., 30</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">130.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Providence. Samuel Belden, to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. William Fitz</span>, <span class="smcap">Harmon S.
+Babcock</span>, <span class="smcap">Samuel Belden Babcock</span>, <span class="smcap">Richard W. Cone</span>, <span class="smcap">John Churchill</span>, and
+<span class="smcap">Samuel Belden Churchill</span> L. Ms.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">180.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">58.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Providence. George H. Corliss, 1000; Central Cong. Ch., 718; Pilgrim
+Cong. Ch. and Soc., 119.22; James Coats, 100; Beneficent Cong. Ch., 50;
+"A Friend," 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1,992.22</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Slatersville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">31.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.12; Emeline Smith, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">35.12</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Woonsocket. Globe 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;CONNECTICUT">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />CONNECTICUT, $10,360.07.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Abington. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Andover. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Berlin. "A Friend," 50; Second Cong. Ch., 19.24</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">69.24</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bethlehem. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Birmingham. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">35.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bolton. By Mrs. L. H. Barber, <i>for Conn. Sch., Quitman, Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Branford. H. G. Harrison</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bristol. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Conn. Sch., Quitman, Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">55.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brooklyn. First Trin. Ch. and Cong. to const. <span class="smcap">William Woodbridge</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">38.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Buckingham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.65</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Canaan. Estate Daniel Norton, Package Books and 50c</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chaplin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cheshire. "A Friend," 25; Cong. Ch., 21.25</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">46.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chester. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cobalt. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cromwell. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Fanny L. Keech</span> and
+<span class="smcap">Miss Chloe P. Davison</span> L. Ms.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">60.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Durham. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">23.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Avon. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">22.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Hartford. H. L. Goodwin, 100; First Ch., 30; Abraham Williams, 10;
+South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">155.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Granby. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Windsor. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_320" id="Page_320">[Pg 320]</a></span><div class="sub1">Elliott. Wm. Osgood</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Fairfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Santee Agency, Neb.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">140.49</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Glastonbury. James B. Williams (ad'l), 200; First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
+82.58</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">282.58</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Goshen. Mrs. Moses Lyman</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Wm. H. Lee</span> L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Share</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Mrs. Catherine R. Hillyer</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hebron. "Friends"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hockanum. Mrs. E. M. Roberts</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Huntington. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Huntington. Oliver Baird, <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kensington. Lucy J. Upson, Arthur W. Upson, Alice O. Upson and Mary H.
+Upson, 5 ea.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kent. First Cong. Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.64</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lebanon. "A few Friends"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Manchester. "C. S. S."</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Meriden. First Cong. Ch., 100; First Cong. Ch., "A Friend," 25; Edmund
+Tuttle, 30, to const. <span class="smcap">Miss Ellen E. Tuttle</span> L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">155.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Milford. First Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">150.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Milford. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 50, and Sab. Sch., 25.59</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">75.59</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Mount Carmel. Mrs. J. M. Swift bal. to const. <span class="smcap">William E. Swift</span> L. M.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Nepaug. South Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Britain. First Ch. of Christ, 69.30; Members South Cong. Ch., 40
+(30 of which to const. <span class="smcap">Emma Gertrude Rogers</span> L. M.); Rev. J. W. Cooper,
+25</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">134.30</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Canaan. "Friend E."</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50; Alfred Walker, 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">60.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New London. "First Ch. of Christ"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">64.60</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Preston. Mrs. Betsy Averill</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Norfolk. Mrs. Mary D. Bassett</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Northford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett, 50; "A friend's mite," 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">52.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Stamford. Cong. Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.76</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Stonington. Dudley R. Wheeler</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Norwich. &mdash;&mdash; </div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Norwich. First Cong. Ch., 50; Othniel Gager, 24; Sarah A. Huntington,
+10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">84.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Old Lyme. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">64.34</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Plainfield. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.27</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Plainville. William Cowles</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Plymouth. "A Friend," 500; "A Friend," 50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">550.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Preston. Long Soc. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">24.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Prospect. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ridgebury. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">38.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. (4.30 of which <i>for Tillotson C. and N.
+Inst.</i>)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">71.76</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rockville. J. N. Stickney</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rockville. Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">9.44</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Roxbury. "A Friend, Birthday Offering"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Salisbury. "The Twins," Miriam and Rose Goddard, aged 5 weeks, by Rev.
+J. C. Goddard</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Somerville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.60</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Southbury. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 5; "A Friend," 1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Southington. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">60.80</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Killingly. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Southport. "A gift in the name of Frederick Marquand" (4,000 of which
+<i>for Special Indian Work in Dakota</i>)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4,500.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Southport. "A Friend," to const. Miss <span class="smcap">Abbie B. Lord</span> L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">South Windsor. Sam'l T. Wolcott</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Stamford. Friends, Cong. Ch., by Rev. S. Scoville</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Stanwich. David Banks, 100; John Brush, 5; Mrs. Chas. Brush, 5; Mary A.
+Lockwood, 1; Cong. Ch., 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">116.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Stratford. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Talcottville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">80.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Terryville. A. S. Gaylord, 10; Mr. &amp; Mrs. Elizur Fenn, 5 ea.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 43.25; P. Darrow, 15.51</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">58.76</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Thompson. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Conn. Sch., Quitman Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">27.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Tolland. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.82</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">36.14</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Torrington. L. Wetmore, 150; First Cong. Ch., 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">160.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Vernon Center. Miss H. B. Chapin</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Voluntown and Sterling. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. <span class="smcap">Miss Mary E. P.
+Elderkin</span> L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.28</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Washington. Cong. Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">34.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Waterbury. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., by Mrs. H. M. Dutton, <i>for Conn.
+Sch., Quitman Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Waterbury. "Sunshine Circle," <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Waterbury. "A Friend," 10; "A Friend," Second Cong. Ch., 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">44.55</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wauregan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Avon. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westbrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 56.54; "Cash," 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">58.54</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Hartland. Deacons of Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">West Haven. "A few Ladies," by Mrs. Emeline Smith</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallory</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">19.66</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">21.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Windham. Westminster Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.06</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Windsor Locks. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Winsted. Miss Emeline Catlin and Sister</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">300.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "Connecticut Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$10,110.07</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><div class="medium">LEGACY.</div></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">250.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$10,360.07</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, $3,493.43.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Amsterdam. Mrs. Mary A. Bartlett</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Amsterdam. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., <i>for Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bangor. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.09</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bay Shore. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.65</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Berkshire. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">54.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</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">Bridgewater. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.16</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch., 468.55; Member Plym. Ch., 25; Julius Davenport,
+100; "A Member of Central Ch. Sab. Sch.," Dr. Behrend's, 30, to const.
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. David M. Stone</span> L. M.; Rev. E. P. Thwing, 2; "A Friend," 1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">626.55</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brookton. Rev. I. Bradnack</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cambridge. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">42.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Candor. Cong. Ch. </div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Central New York. "Thank Offering"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chateaugay. Rev. C. C. Torrey</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chenango Co. "Life Member"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Copenhagen. Cong. Ch. and S. S.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Coventry. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.54</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Coxsackie. Mrs. E. F. Spoor, 2.50; Miss A. G. Fairchild, 2.50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; Second Cong. Ch., 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">54.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Watertown. Mrs. T. Merwin</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_321" id="Page_321">[Pg 321]</a></span><div class="sub1">East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, 30; C. M. Clark, 3</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">33.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Flushing. "Friends"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">128.36</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Goshen. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hammondville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Havana. J. F. Phelps</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hopkinton. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hudson. Abraham S. Peet</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Jamestown. First Cong. Ch., 7; Sab. Sch., 14.49</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">21.49</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kiantone. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.56</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Le Roy. Mrs. L. A. Parsons</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Little Valley. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.14</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Maine Village. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.40</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Malone. Mrs. H. R. Wilson</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Massena. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Middletown. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">36.17</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Millville. By Henry L. Hommedieu</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New York. John Dwight, 200; A. S. Barnes, 100; "H. W. H.," 60 to const.
+<span class="smcap">William Hubbard</span> and <span class="smcap">Miss D. E. Emerson</span> L. Ms.; S. T. Gordon, 30; &mdash;&mdash;,
+11.25; Joseph S. Hol, 10; "Colored Orphan Asylum and its Chaplain,
+Stephen Angell," 10; James W. Treadwell, 5; M. H. Bartow, 2; "A Friend,"
+1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">449.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">115.79</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Norwich. By Rev. A. G. Upton</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Nunda. "A Friend," (10 <i>of which for Chinese and Indian M.</i>)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Nyack. John W. Towt</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oneonta. Mrs. L. I. Safford</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Orient. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.58</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Owego. Dr. L. H. Allen</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Parishville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pekin. Abigail Peck</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Richford. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.66</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rochester. Geo. Thayer</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rodman. Miss Eliza Gates, 20; John S. Sill, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rome. Rev. Wm. B. Hammond</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Salamanca. Cong. Ch. and Pastor</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Seneca Falls. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sherburne. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Silver Creek. Mrs. Simeon Howes, 7.50; W. Chapin, 7.50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Syracuse. Plymouth Ch., 133.03; C. A. Hamlin, 25</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">158.03</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge, 10; Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch., 10; Plymouth
+Cong. Ch., 7</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">27.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wading River. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. &mdash;&mdash; </div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">By Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas., for <i>Miss'y, Tougaloo, Miss.</i>&mdash;Copenhagen,
+Ladies' Aux., 50&mdash;Danby, Mrs. S. Johnson's S. S. Class,
+9.18&mdash;Poughkeepsie, Ladies' H. M. Union, 20&mdash;Rushville, Ladies' Soc.,
+10&mdash;Saratoga Springs, Aux. Soc., 20&mdash;West Groton, Y. P. Miss'y Soc., 20</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">129.18</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$2,457.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><div class="medium">LEGACY.</div></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Walton. Estate of Elizabeth Bassett (500 of which <i>for Mendi M.</i>) by G.
+W. Fitch and T. S. Hoyt, Executors</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1,036.08</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td> </tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$3,493.43</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, $10,154.40.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bordentown. L. Beeuwkes</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bound Brook. Cong. Ch., 75.39; and Sab. Sch. 25, <i>for Tillotson C. and
+N. Inst.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.39</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chester. Cong. Ch., 35.45, and Sab. Sch., 4.68</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">40.13</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Closter. Rev. G. W. Plack</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Englewood. Rev. Geo. B. Cheever, D. D., and Wife</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9,716.88</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Jersey City Heights. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Montclair. First Cong. Ch., 110; First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 50; Mrs.
+Edward Sweet, 50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">210.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Trenton. S. T. Sherman</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Westfield. Children's Mission Band of Cong. Ch., <i>for Share</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Woodbridge. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</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, $1,640.91.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cambridgeboro. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson and Miss Eliza Dickson, 15 ea.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Guy's Mills. Mrs. F. Maria Guy</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Jeanesville. Welsh Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Mercersburg. Thomas C. Johnston</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Morris Run. Welsh Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Philadelphia. "Member of Central Cong. Ch.," 50; Chas. Burnham, 50;
+John Edmands, 25</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">125.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pottsville. Cong. Ch., 1.48; Rev. D. T. Davies, 3</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.48</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ridgeway. Rev. O. D. Crawford</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Shamokin. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Troy. Chas. C. Paine</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Washington. Mrs. M. H. McFarland</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$298.48</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><div class="medium">LEGACY.</div></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pittsburg. Estate of Chas. Avery</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1,342.43</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$1,640.91</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, $1,035.87.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Alliance. Welsh Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Alliance. Mrs. J. M. Thomas</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Barton. Miss A. C. Hitchcock, 5; Cong. Ch., 2.83; <i>for Student Aid,
+Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.83</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Berea. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab. Sch., 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bowling Green. Mrs. Mary H. Leet, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Canfield. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Castalia. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chagrin Falls. John S. Bullard, 20; Cong. Ch., 12.07</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">32.07</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chardon. Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ruggles, 10; Lawrence St. Welsh Cong.
+Ch., 10; Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles, 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">22.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Claridon. L. T. Wilmot, 10; Cong. Sab. Sch., 7.50; Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
+Ladd, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">22.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cleveland. Mrs. H. B. Spelman (25 of which <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta
+U.</i>)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury, 50; First Cong. Ch., 22.75; Euclid Av.
+Cong. Ch., Friend, 10; J. J. Low, 5; Mount Zion Cong. Ch., 1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">88.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Columbus. Dr. W. Gladden, 10; Geo. W. Bright, 10; Mrs. Walter Craft and
+Children, 7; Miss Beatrice Terrell, 1, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">28.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Columbus. Mrs. M. K. Bates, 10; Benj. Talbot, 1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Conneaut. H. E. Pond</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Conneaut. H. E. Pond, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Garrettsville. Cong. Ch., 23.25, and Sab. Sch., 1.75; Woman's Miss'y
+Soc., 5, to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. J. R. Nichols</span> L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Greenwich. Rev. C. H. Phelps</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Gustavus. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.20</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hudson. Mrs. H. Baldwin</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ironton. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lafayette. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lorain. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">28.89</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Madison Lake. Mrs. H. B. Fraser</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Marietta. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Marysville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Medina. Woman's Miss'y Soc., First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_322" id="Page_322">[Pg 322]</a></span><div class="sub1">Mount Vernon. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Newark. Welsh Cong. Ch., 9.27; Lewis Jones, 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.27</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Newburg. Welsh Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Bloomfield. W. C. Savage</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.30</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Norwalk. "A Sower beside all Waters.," bal. to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. T. F.
+Hildreth</span> L. M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., 121.98; Homer Johnson, M. D., 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">126.98</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oberlin. Young Woman's Miss'y Soc., Oberlin C., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk
+U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Painesville. Rev. S. W. Pierson</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Randolph. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Richfield. Mrs. Uri Oviatt, 5; Dea. T. E. Ellsworth, 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rochester. Cong Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rock Creek. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of New Lyme Inst., <i>for Model
+Sch. Building, Straight U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rootstown. "Young Peoples' Band of Christian Endeavor," by H. M. Reed,
+Treas.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saybrook. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Steubenville. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Tallmadge. Tallmadge Benev. Ass'n</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.49</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Toledo. Central Cong. Ch., 20; State Line Ch., 2; Washington St. Cong.
+Ch., 5.50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">27.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wakeman. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.65</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wayne. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. Garlick</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">York. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">24.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Youngstown. "Two Friends"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">By Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas. O. W. H. M. U., <i>for Lady Missionary,
+Atlanta, Ga.</i>&mdash;Oberlin W. H. M. S. of Second Cong. Ch., 75&mdash;Cleveland,
+Y. P. M. Soc. of First Ch., 20&mdash;Hudson, W. H. M. S., 5.44</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.44</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$1,005.87</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><div class="medium">LEGACY.</div></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hanging Rock. Estate of Rachel R. Hamilton, by Robert Peebles, Executor</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$1,035.87</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, $58.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Auburn. James Adams</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brooklyn. Rev. Wm. Richey, 1; Mrs. F. J. Richey, 1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Liber. Thomas Towle</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Michigan City. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</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, $2,284.64.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Albany. &mdash;&mdash; </div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Amboy. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">45.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Aurora. N. L. Janes</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bartlett. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bellmont Cong. Ch. and "Friends"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.51</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brimfield Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">12.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. McKinney</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Carthage. Mrs. Elizabeth Bernethy</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chenoa. Mrs. M. A. Ketcham, 1; Mrs. Cutter, 50 cents</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 110.04; J. M. Williams, 100; Lincoln Park
+Cong. Ch., 20.43; Rev. J. M. Williams, 10; Lake View Cong. Ch., 7.50; H.
+J. Kilbourn, 3; "M. W.," 1 </div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">251.97</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chicago. Ladies M. Soc. N. E. Cong. Ch., <i>for Miss'y, Mobile, Ala.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Collinsville. J. F. Wadsworth</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Crystal Lake. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">24.08</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Elgin. Cong. Ch., 175.78; W. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 26.12</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">201.90</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Englewood. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.60</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Forest. Cong. Ch. </div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">16.90</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Galesburg. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">66.73</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Galesburg. "A Friend," <i>for Emerson Inst.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Garden Prairie. Mrs. A. A. Dawson, 75c.; Willie L. Dawson, 25c.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Geneseo. Mrs. Henry Nourse</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Glencoe. Arthur H. Day</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Griggsville. Mrs. A. W. Green</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Highland Park. L. S. Bingham</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; J. W. Bushnell, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kewanee. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">264.18</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">La Harpe. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">La Salle. "An aged Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lisbon. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.18</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lyndon. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.05</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lyonsville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Metamora. Members Cong. Ch. (Christian Union)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">32.15</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Millburn. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., <i>for Miss'y, Mobile, Ala.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Nebraska. Mrs. Carse and Daughter, 1 ea.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Nora. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oak Park. First Cong. Ch., 100; Rev. J. E. Roy, 30, to const. <span class="smcap">Edgar C.
+Ellis</span> L. M.; "E," 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">140.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Olive. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.76</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Olney. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Peoria. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Peoria. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Princeville. Mrs. Olive L. Cutter</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Providence. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">42.38</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rantoul. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ravenswood. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">40.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rochelle. C. F. Holcomb</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rockford. Thomas D. Robertson</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rockton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 5.50; "A Friend," 5.50; "C. P.," 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Roseville. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Axtell</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rutland. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Shirland. Rev. E. Colton</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sycamore. Hon. Henry Wood</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wataga. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Winnebago. N. F. Parsons, 15; O. T. Holcomb, 2; J. L. McLain, 25c.</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">17.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Woodburn. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.45</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wyanet. Rev. F. C. Cochran</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend in Illinois"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">75.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">By Mrs. E. F. Williams, <i>for Lady Missionaries</i>&mdash;Galesburg Ladies'
+Miss'y Soc. of Brick Ch., 11; Lombard, by Women's H. M. U. of Ill.,
+10.05&mdash;Moline Ladies' W. H. M. U., 13.00</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">34.05</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$2,034.64</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><div class="medium">LEGACY.</div></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Peoria. Estate of Moses Pettengill, by Rev. A. A. Stevens</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">250.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$2,284.64</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, $2,089.35.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Addison. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Alpena. First Cong. Ch., <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">41.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ann Arbor. Mrs. Walker, <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Banks. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.04</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bedford. Cong. Ch., <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.22</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Benton Harbor. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Benzonia. Cong. Ch., 49.50 (ad'l) to const. <span class="smcap">E. P. Smith</span> and <span class="smcap">Dea. J. R.
+Barr</span> L. Ms.; Rev. Joseph S. Fisher, 30, to const. <span class="smcap">James T. Brissenden</span> L.
+M.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">79.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bradley. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">.96</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Calumet. Dr. Chas. W. Niles</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Calumet. Boys' Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., by John Knauf, Treas., <i>for
+Student Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Carson City. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Church's Corners. Cornelius Clement, 10; Dea. N. R. Rowley, 5; A. W.
+Douglass, 5; Mrs. John Williams, 2; James Robins, 2; C. Alpaugh, P.
+Hallock, H. Reed, Dea. G. S. Wells, D. H. Gardner, John Wells, and P.
+Cunningham, 1 ea; J. Robins, W. Hazen and W. C. Robins, 50c. ea; Cong.
+Ch., 8.80</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">41.30</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Coloma. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.09</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_323" id="Page_323">[Pg 323]</a></span><div class="sub1">Croton. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.85</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 139.40; First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 50; "A
+Friend," 61.50, by Rev. J. Porter, to const. <span class="smcap">Calvin Thompson Garland</span> and
+<span class="smcap">Mary Evans Garland</span> L. Ms.; Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 87.71</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">338.61</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">Dowagiac. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">East Saginaw. 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">East Saginaw. Mrs. A. M. Spencer</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Ch., <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">16.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Galesburg. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">16.56</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">12.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Grand Blanc. "Willing Workers," <i>for Teacher, Santee Agency, Neb.</i></div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Grand Rapids. Members First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</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">Homer. Mrs. C. C. Evarts</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hopkins. First Cong. Ch., 2.88; Second Cong. Ch., 13.54</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">16.42</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hubbardston. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hudsonville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.46</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Jackson. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Johnston and Barry. Cong. Ch., <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Imlay City. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Irving. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kensington. John Thompson</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lansing. Plymouth Ch., 40; Prof. R. C. Kedzie, 10; Mrs. A. Wheeler,
+50c.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Leroy. Cong. Ch., <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Litchfield. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.20</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Manistee. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">23.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Baltimore. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Haven. S. E. Mills</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Orion. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Berridge</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ovid. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.60</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Owosso. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.03</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Robinson. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saint Ignace. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saint Johns. H. M. Perrin, 50; A. J. Baldwin, 10; C. A. Shaw, 5; <i>for
+Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">65.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Tipton. Rev. A. A. Wall</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Union City. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Union City. Cong. Ch. (50 of which <i>for Straight U</i>)</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">139.41</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Vermontville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wacousta. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">White Cloud. Rev. John Jeffries</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ypsilanti. M. G. Wood, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">By Mrs. A. McDougall, <i>for Straight U.</i>&mdash;"A Friend," 100&mdash;Charlotte,
+75&mdash;Edmore, 6.25&mdash;Nashville, 4&mdash;Olivet, 39&mdash;Vermontville, 21</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">245.25</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, $653.66.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Baraboo. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Beloit. First Cong. Ch., 25; Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 8.19; Mrs. H.
+Nelson, 1.50</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">34.69</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bloomer. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bloomington. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.20</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brandon. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brodhead. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Clinton. John H. Cooper</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Columbus. Olivet Ch. (20 of which <i>for Miss'y, Austin, Tex.</i>), 42.50;
+Olivet Sab. Sch., 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">47.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cooksville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Darlington. "Two Friends" in Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Eagle. Pleasant Hill Presb. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Eau Claire. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">35.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Fox Lake. Miss M. J. Adams</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.75</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hartford. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hartland. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">22.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kaukauna. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kinnickinnick. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.41</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lake Geneva. Y. P. Soc., <i>for Miss'y, Austin, Tex.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lancaster. Ladies' Aid Soc., <i>for Macon, Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Leeds. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">75.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Lisbon. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.59</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Peshtigo. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Todd</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pewaukee. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Platteville. Ladies' Soc., <i>for Miss'y, Austin, Tex.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.16</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Ripon. Cong. Ch., 69.50; Mrs. C. T. Tracy, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">74.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">River Falls. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rosendale. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Salem. William Munson</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Library, Macon, Ga.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sheboygan. "A true Friend of the Freedmen"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sparta. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Spring Green. Welsh Cong. Ch., 2; English Cong. Ch., 1.30</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.30</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Whitewater. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch.,</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">78.18</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1"><i>For Missionary, Austin, Tex</i>&mdash;Appleton, Ladies Soc. Cong. Ch.,
+12.75&mdash;Arena, Ladies of Cong. Ch., 4.08&mdash;Eau Claire, Cong. Sab. Sch.,
+10&mdash;New Lisbon, Ladies Cong. Ch., 1.50&mdash;Stoughton, "A. B. S.,"
+1&mdash;Birthday Box Cong. Sab. Sch., 1.20&mdash;Whitewater, Cong. Sab. Sch., 20</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">50.53</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, $859.15.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Algona. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Almoral. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.37</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Amity. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Atlantic. Cong. Ch., 20.93; Sab. Sch., 5.75</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">26.68</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Bear Grove. Cong. Ch. (6 of which from Mrs. O. C. Warne and family)</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Belknap. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.10</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Big Rock. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch., 43.49; Mrs. E. O. Price, 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">45.49</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Central City. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., 10; Cong. Ch., 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Chester Center. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">26.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Danville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.80</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Decorah. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">31.26</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Denmark. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Des Moines. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 262.13; North Park Cong. Ch., 5.89</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">268.02</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Des Moines. Plym. Cong. Ch., 23.75; Ladies of Plym. Ch., 13; North Park
+Ch., 7.05; Ladies of Pilgrim Ch., 2.50; <i>for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">46.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Des Moines. T. S. Wright, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Dubuque. German Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Durant. "Friends"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Earlville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Eldora. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">12.31</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Elkader. Mary H. Carter</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Grinell. Samuel F. Cooper, <i>for Fisk U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Grand View. German Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Green Mountain. "Lady in Cong. Ch."</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Independence. Cong. Ch., 11.44; Rev. Daniel Chapman, 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.44</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kersauqua. Infant Class Cong. S. S.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">McGregor. J. H. Ellsworth, 10; Cong. Ch., 8; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 3.50</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">21.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Miles. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Mitchell. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.55</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Providence. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Newton. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oakland. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.55</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Onawa. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.85</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pattersonville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Postville. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.36</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Preston. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Salem. Rev. D. D. Tibbets and Members Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_324" id="Page_324">[Pg 324]</a></span><div class="sub1">Sheldon. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sioux Rapids. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.40</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Spencer. Rev. G. G. Perkins</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Victor. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wayne. Cong. Ch., 5.56; D. C. Smith, 1</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.56</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Webster City. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.21</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">By Mrs. G. W. Reynolds, Treas., <i>for Miss'y, New Orleans, La.</i>&mdash;Chester
+Center, Ladies, 3.25&mdash;Clay, Y. L. Bible Class, 5; Rosebud Class, 4.20;
+Ladies, 85c.&mdash;Wayne, Ladies, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.30</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, $308.47.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Alexandria. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Appleton. Madison and Lac Qui Parle Churches, 1 ea.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brownsville. Mrs. S. M. McHose</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cannon Falls. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.35</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Clearwater. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.40</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Edgerton. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hancock. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hastings. D. B. Truax</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hutchinson. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Mankato. Woman's Miss'y Soc.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.89</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Minneapolis. Mrs. Irene E. Hale, 50; Plymouth Ch., 15.42; The Open Door
+Ch., 9.15; Rev. E. S. Williams, 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">79.57</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Montevideo. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Morris. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">11.29</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Owatonna. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.06</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Rushford. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.20</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Saint Paul. "Cheerful Giver"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Springfield. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Waseca. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.58</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">By Mrs. J. N. Cross, Treas.&mdash;Clearwater, M. S., 25c.&mdash;Cottage Grove,
+Ladies Aux. Union S. S., 11.50&mdash;Glyndon, W. M. S., <i>for Miss'y, Austin,
+Tex.</i>, 10&mdash;Minneapolis, Plym. Ch., W. H. M. S., 98.28 (50 of which <i>for
+Student Aid Fisk U.</i>)&mdash;Waseca, W. M. S., 8.60</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">128.63</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, $113.98.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Arkansas City. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">20.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Atchison. "Mission Band," by Mrs. Ellen Patton, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Deerton. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">.33</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Eureka. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.77</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Highland. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch., 3; Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 2</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Milford. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Muscotah. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Osawatomie. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sterling. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Topeka. Tuition</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">18.88</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, $207.06.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Brookfield. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">13.76</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cameron. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Carthage. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Kahoka. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Laclede. Rev. E. D. Seward and wife</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">St. Louis. First Cong. Ch., 100; Cong. Ch., 5; Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 61</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">166.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">St. Joseph. Cong. Sab. Sch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Springfield. Central Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.30</td> </tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;COLORADO">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />COLORADO, $25.70.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Colorado Springs. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 6.50; Mrs. J. W. Pickett, 5</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">11.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Crested Butte. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Denver. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab. Sch., 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Manitou. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.20</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, $115.52.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Blair. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Camp Creek. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.20</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Crete. Cong. Ch., 24.50; J. R. Little, 10</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">34.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Friend. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.70</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Maineland. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">McCook. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">9.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">North Platte. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Omaha. Mrs. Gaylord</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.10</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sutton. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.62</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Syracuse. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Waco. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.40</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Weeping Water. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">York. First Cong. Ch.</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;DAKOTA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />DAKOTA, $94.36.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Badger. Firesteel Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.58</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Dawson. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Deadwood. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">26.05</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Elk Point. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Harwood. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Hope. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">6.03</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Iroquois. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Jamestown. Mrs. M. S. Wells</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Springfield. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Springfield. Chas. Seccombe, <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">.20</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Valley Springs. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Windsor. Mrs. Sarah P. Wirt</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$69.36</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><div class="medium">LEGACY.</div></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wahpeton. Estate of Mrs. L. H. Porter, by Rev. Samuel F. Porter</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">25.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">$94.36</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, $30.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Los Angeles. Mrs. Milo Whiting</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Lugonia. C. H. Lathrop</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oakland. Rev. J. M. McPherron</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;OREGON">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />OREGON, $50.70.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oregon City. Friends in Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">The Dalles. Rev. E. P. Roberts, 30, to const. <span class="smcap">Myra H. Roberts</span> L. M.;
+First Cong. Ch., 10.70</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">40.70</td> </tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;MONTANA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />MONTANA, $3.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Glendive. Cong. Ch.</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;ARIZONA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />ARIZONA, $6.01.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Benson. Rev. R. T. Liston, <i>for Rosebud Indian M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Benson. Rev. R. T. Liston</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.01</td> </tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;WASHINGTON">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />WASHINGTON T., $12.75.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Houghton. First Ch. of Christ</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Skokomish. Rev. M. Eells</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Tacoma. Mrs. Eliza Taylor</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;DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $7,610.62.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Washington. U. S. Gov., <i>for Education of Indians</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">7,570.62</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Washington. Gen. E. Whittlesey, 20; Lincoln Mem. Ch., 10; &mdash;&mdash;, 10</div></td>
+<td align="right" valign="bottom">40.00</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, $200.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Baltimore. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">200.00</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, $4,060.75.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Memphis. Slater Fund</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1,200.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Nashville. Slater Fund</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2,800.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition, 30.44; Jackson St. Cong. Ch., 5</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">35.44</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Pomona. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">4.94</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Sherwood. Union Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.37</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, $89.05.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">McLeansville. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.05</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Oaks. Cong. Ch., 11.64; Mission Band, 2.36</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Raleigh. Geo. S. Smith</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Wilmington. "Tithes, 30," to const. <span class="smcap">Miss A. E. Farrington</span> L. M.; Cong.
+Ch., 34</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">64.00</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, $30.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Charleston. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">30.00</td> </tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;GEORGIA">
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_325" id="Page_325">[Pg 325]</a></span></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />GEORGIA, $524.75.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Atlanta. Kindergarten, Tuition</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Belmont. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">.50</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Cypress Slash. Cong. Ch., 6; Rev. Geo. C. Rowe, 4</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Macon. Slater Fund</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">500.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Miller's Station. Rev. Wilson Callen and Wife</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00</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, $2,181.15.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Athens. Rev. H. S. Williams</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">12.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Montgomery. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Selma. Cong. Ch., 27.15; Lady Teachers Cong. S. S., 7</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">34.15</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Talledega. Slater Fund</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2,000.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Talladega. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">120.00</td> </tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;FLORIDA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />FLORIDA, $69.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Orange City. First Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">St. Augustine. Rent</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">66.00</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, $1,588.25.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Tougaloo. Slater Fund</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1,500.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Tougaloo. Rev. G. Stanley Pope and Wife, 50; Cong. Ch., 20; Wm. D.
+Hitchcock, 10; Miss Kellogg, 1; Sidney Daniels, 1; Rent, 6.25</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">88.25</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, $17.20.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Orleans. Central Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. and Individuals</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">17.20</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">New Orleans. Pres. Hitchcock, Box of Minerals, <i>for Talladega C.</i></div></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, $625.48.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Austin. Slater Fund</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">600.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Austin. Tuition</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">16.23</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Dallas. Cong. Ch.</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">2.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Paris. Cong. Ch., 3; Sab. Sch., 45c.; Woman's Miss'y Soc., 1.55</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">5.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Paris. Woman's Miss'y Soc., <i>for Indian M., Fort Berthold, Dak.</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;INCOMES">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />INCOMES, 1,349.69.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Avery Fund, <i>for Mendi M.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1,023.57</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Crane Scholarship Fund, <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">8.34</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Dike Fund, <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">General Endowment Fund</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">50.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Howard Theo. Fund, <i>for Howard U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">160.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Scholarship Fund, <i>for Straight U.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">57.78</td> </tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;CANADA">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />CANADA, $110.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Montreal. Rev. John Fraser</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&mdash;&mdash;. "A Friend"</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">100.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total for September</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">$69,587.32</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">290,894.06</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">=========</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 September</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">$48.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Previously acknowledged</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">1,209.68</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total</div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">$1,257.68</td></tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="tenth" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="receipts" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Receipts&mdash;ENDOWMENT">
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Conn. Estate of Dr. John De Forest, by Erastus L. De Forest,
+Ex., <i>for the benefit of Hampton N. &amp; A. Inst.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">$5,000.00</td> </tr>
+
+<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><br />ENDOWMENT.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td><div class="sub1">Watertown. Conn. Estate of Dr. John De Forest, by Erastus L. De Forest,
+Ex., <i>for President's Chair, Talladega C.</i></div></td><td align="right" valign="bottom">$5,000.00</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">=========</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 20em;">H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">56 Reade St., N. Y.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+
+<hr class="full" />
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 274px;">
+<img src="images/img346.jpg" width="274" height="199" alt="[Count Rumford.] Horsford's Acid Phospate." title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="medium">(LIQUID.)</span>
+</div>
+
+<div class="adnarrow">
+
+<p>A preparation of the phosphates of lime, magnesia, potash and iron with
+phosphoric acid in such form as to be readily assimilated by the system.</p>
+
+<p>Prepared according to the directions of Prof. E. N. Horsford, of
+Cambridge, Mass.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<br />
+<span class="large">FOR DYSPEPSIA,</span><br />
+<span class="large">MENTAL and PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION</span><br />
+<span class="large"><b>Weakened Energy</b>,</span><br />
+<span class="medium"><b>NERVOUSNESS, INDIGESTION, Etc.</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adnarrow">
+<p>Universally recommended and prescribed by physicians of all schools.</p>
+
+<p>Its action will harmonize with such stimulants as are necessary to take.</p>
+
+<p>It is the best tonic known, furnishing sustenance to both brain and
+body.</p>
+
+<p>It makes a delicious drink with water and sugar only.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;"><b>Invigorating, Strengthening,</b></span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 35em;"><b>Healthful, Refreshing.</b></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tenth" />
+
+<div class="adnarrow">
+<p>Prices Reasonable. Pamphlet giving further particulars mailed free.
+Manufactured by the</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<b>Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I.</b>
+</div>
+<br />
+
+<div class="center">
+<img src="images/img346a.jpg" width="27" height="17" alt="[pointing hand]" title="" />
+<b>BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.</b>
+<img src="images/img346b.jpg" width="28" height="18" alt="[pointing hand]" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<br />
+<span class="xlarge"><b>LUNDBORG'S</b></span><br />
+<span class="xlarge"><b>PERFUMES.</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adnarrow">
+<p><b>Lundborg's Perfume</b>, Edenia.</p>
+
+<p><b>Lundborg's Perfume</b>, Marêchal Niel Rose.</p>
+
+<p><b>Lundborg's Perfume</b>, Alpine Violet.</p>
+
+<p><b>Lundborg's Perfume</b>, Lily of the Valley</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="xlarge"><b>LUNDBORG'S</b></span><br />
+<span class="xlarge"><b>RHENISH COLOGNE.</b></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="adnarrow">
+<p>A box containing <b>Samples</b> of all the above five articles <b>prepaid</b> to your
+nearest <b>Railroad</b> Express Office (which should be named) for Fifty
+Cents&mdash;Money Order, Stamps or Currency.</p>
+
+<p>Address: <b>YOUNG, LADD &amp; COFFIN, 24 Barclay St., New York.</b></p>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="section" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="xlarge">UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.</span>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 427px;">
+<img src="images/img347.jpg" width="427" height="411" alt="[(portrait and signature) H B Stowe.]" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large"><b>NEW POPULAR EDITION. CLOTH, $1.00.</b></span>
+</div>
+
+<div class="adnarrow">
+<p>"I cannot refrain from expressing to you the deep gratitude that I feel
+to Almighty God who has inspired both your heart and your head in the
+composition of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' It would be out of place here to
+enumerate the various beauties, singular, original, and lasting, which
+shine throughout the work."&mdash;<span class="smcap">The Earl of Shaftesbury.</span></p>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large">
+ON THE THRESHOLD.<br />
+<b>BY T. T. MUNGER. $1.00.</b>
+</span>
+</div>
+
+<div class="adnarrow">
+<p>A book of sensible, helpful talks to young people on Purpose, Friends
+and Companions, Manners, Thrift, Self-Reliance and Courage, Health,
+Reading and Intellectual Life, Amusements, and Faith.</p>
+
+<p>"It is sensible, earnest, candid, and discriminating, and, withal,
+thoroughly interesting."&mdash;<i>The Congregationalist</i> (Boston).</p>
+
+<p>"It is worth, for young men, dozens of average Sunday-school
+books."&mdash;<i>The Well-Spring.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="tenth" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large">THE PROPHET OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS.</span>
+</div>
+
+<div class="adnarrow">
+<p><span class="smcap">By Charles Egbert Craddock</span>, author of "In the Tennessee Mountains,"
+"Down the Ravine," etc. 16mo, $1.25.</p>
+
+<p>This is one of the most noteworthy of American novels. The striking
+figure and fate of "the prophet," the cave and stealthy operations of
+the "moonshiners," and the engaging love story which runs as a golden
+thread through it all, are depicted with great power and fascination.</p>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="tenth" />
+
+<div class="center">
+<span class="large">
+EIGHT STUDIES OF THE LORD'S DAY.
+</span><br />
+1 vol. 12mo, $1.50.
+</div>
+
+<div class="adnarrow">
+<p>This book sets forth distinctly the Sabbatic origin and character of the
+Lord's Day. The subject is treated historically and with great fullness.</p>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="adnarrow">* * * <i>For sale by all Booksellers. Sent by mail,
+post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers.</i>
+</div>
+<br />
+<div class="center">
+<span class="xlarge">
+HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN &amp; CO., Boston, Mass.
+</span>
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
+
+
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No.
+11, November, 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
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+
+Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No. 11, November, 1885
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: October 2, 2013 [EBook #43870]
+
+Language: English
+
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ***
+
+
+
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+Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD, and the Online
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+
+
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+
+
+
+The American Missionary,
+
+NOVEMBER, 1885.
+
+VOL. XXXIX
+
+NO. 11.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CONTENTS
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+
+                                                                   PAGE.
+
+    THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL                                           297
+    WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK AND SAY                                   298
+    DEATH OF PRESIDENT WARE                                          300
+    IYAKAPTAPI                                                       301
+    INDIANS IN THE DAKOTA ASSOCIATION                                303
+
+THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
+
+    GENERAL SURVEY--CHURCH WORK SOUTH                                304
+    EDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH                                           306
+    INDUSTRIAL TRAINING                                              309
+    MOUNTAIN WORK                                                    310
+    WORK AMONG THE INDIANS                                           311
+    WORK AMONG THE CHINESE                                           313
+    THE WOMAN'S BUREAU--FINANCES                                     315
+    CONCLUSION                                                       316
+
+RECEIPTS                                                             317
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+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. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y.
+    Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill.
+    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. J. E. ROY, D. D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago_.
+  Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions_.
+  Rev. C. J. RYDER, _Field Superintendent_.
+
+
+_Bureau of Woman's Work._
+
+  Secretary, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade St., N. Y._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
+Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to
+Rev. James Powell, D. D., or 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 112 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.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE  AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+VOL. XXXIX.     NOVEMBER, 1885.     NO. 11.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+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.
+
+                                   Donations.      Legacies.
+
+  Oct. 1, 1884, to Sept. 30, 1885 $249,392.10     $41,501.66   $290,894.06
+  Oct. 1, 1883, to Sept. 30, 1884  223,034.77      64,559.42    287,594.19
+                                   ----------     ----------    ----------
+                               Inc.$26,357.63 Dec.$23,057.76 Inc.$3,299.87
+
+The figures given above mark the close of our fiscal year. While they
+show a gratifying increase of receipts from living donors over those of
+the preceding year, the falling off in legacies has been so heavy that
+our books balance on the wrong side, and we are obliged to report a debt
+of $15,451.87, which, with the debt of the preceding year, makes a total
+indebtedness of $29,237.73.
+
+For an analysis of the figures, we refer our readers to the report of
+the Executive Committee on the finances of the year, published in
+another part of this number. It was a grand rally our friends made to
+save us. We fear that some of them sacrificed more than they ought in
+contributing so generously as they did. We pray that God may abundantly
+reward them. We thank them, one and all, with a heartiness greater than
+we can express. We would not sit in judgment upon the churches and
+professed friends who have contributed nothing to our treasury during
+the year. We know that some of them were not financially able. But we
+cannot believe that this was true of a majority of them.
+
+The Congregational Year Book of 1885 reports 4,092 Congregational
+churches in the United States. We received during the year contributions
+from 1,677. What can be done to bring the non-contributing churches into
+line is a question we beg the pastors of contributing churches and the
+friends of the Association to help us answer. The pastors and members of
+these non-contributing churches as a general thing do not read our
+magazine. They are ignorant of our needs, and we do not know how to
+reach them so as to wake them up. Had we an army of agents to visit and
+talk to them, we might move them to take our work upon their thought and
+sympathy. Our appeals by circular, by newspaper, resolutions of State
+conferences and of the National Council, all fail to move them. They
+still continue not to hear and not to do. There is only one way that we
+can think of by which they can be reached, and that is for the local
+conferences to take the matter in hand, and select a committee of "a
+persistent ONE," who by letter, and, if need be, by personal visitation,
+will bring the delinquents up to meet the obligations of fellowship and
+denominational honor.
+
+But as seen over against this long list of _do-nothings_ what a grand
+army the 1,677 contributing churches appear! Theirs has been the work
+and theirs is the glory of "_a well done_" both from God and man. They
+form a base of supplies from which the army at the front can be
+recruited and sustained, and which can be counted on for support till
+the victory is won. We enter upon the new year with fresh confidence and
+renewed strength. No such word as "_fail_" finds place in our vocabulary
+so long as we have such friends behind us and God above and around us.
+The work will not be permitted to suffer. We shall throw off the debt.
+The faithful 1,677 will be reinforced. Our friends will be multiplied,
+and the work carried triumphantly forward.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK AND SAY.
+
+EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE TREASURER DURING THE PAST FEW
+WEEKS.
+
+
+"If any part of the country is to be put first, the South should be, and
+helped most. Hence the inclosed, half of it from myself and the other
+half from the Congregational church here. Your work and that of your
+compeers is above criticism. All there is of you is put in with a skill
+and completeness which are not surpassed; and your plans are as large as
+the field and as complete as its needs. No one could get more out of the
+money or put it where it would do more good. You and yours are as
+unmingled beneficence as rum shops are unmitigated maleficence. Were it
+in my power, I would build a new school-house in the South every year.
+My heart never thinks of you and your work without blessing you in it;
+and I have written the above as a sort of relief." (We hardly feel
+ourselves worthy of such generous praise, but we do very heartily thank
+our brother for his warm indorsement.--ED.)
+
+"Inclosed find a small sum to help elevate and Christianize the colored
+freedmen. Grains of sand make the mountains, and drops of water the
+ocean, and the invisible workmen rear the coral islands; so may God's
+people one and all _do what they can_, and your debt will be wiped out."
+
+"At our meeting last evening, I read your appeal and took up a
+collection of $6, which I send you. It is a little Home Missionary
+church of only 10 members, but they are good ones, and in earnest. Hope
+all other churches will do as well and your society be saved from debt."
+
+"Got your final appeal before last Sunday, but were so happy to think we
+had not waited for it, having taken our collection and subscription two
+weeks before. But owing to the general poverty among my people, we had
+to give time, and the sum is only now made up. I may say that this
+little amount at this time represents more real _giving_ than any
+collection I ever secured. May a blessing go with it."
+
+"I feel myself, like Paul, a debtor to all men, especially the classes
+you represent. Accept, then, my single mite, in the spirit in which I
+desire to send it, and may the Lord free you from the threatening debt
+by leading your constituency to feel their indebtedness to these classes
+and to Himself."
+
+"I inclose $10, and wish I might increase it a hundred-fold. I had
+already given all that I intended, but could not resist the urgent
+appeal for the needy."
+
+"The notices of your financial need came and touched a responsive chord
+in my heart. A week ago I gave a preparatory notice that a collection
+would be taken yesterday in your behalf. The people responded quite
+liberally. Inclosed find draft for the amount. You have my earnest
+prayer for the success of your effort to raise what you lack. May God
+bless you in your work and labor of love." (It was indeed a generous
+contribution, yet nearly one-third of it came out of the pastor.--ED.)
+
+"I had thought I had done all I could afford in these times, but
+coincident with your appeal came the inclosed, for which I had another
+place; but here, take it. The Lord will provide."
+
+"In response to your society's importunity, I inclose $2. I took the
+collection up after a sermon I preached on Foreign Missions. We
+surprised our people by the amount, as we don't usually get by a
+collection one dollar. I hope you will realize soon that there is no
+debt." (We have always believed that one of the best ways to rouse
+people up to Home Missions is to stir them up on Foreign Missions.--ED.)
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DEATH OF PRESIDENT WARE.
+
+
+Edmund A. Ware was born in North Wrentham, now Norfolk, Mass., Dec. 22,
+1837, and died suddenly of heart disease in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25,
+1885. He passed the early years of his life under conditions which made
+him acquainted with hardships, and fitted him to have warm sympathy for
+those who struggled against obstacles and trials.
+
+He was graduated from Yale College in 1863. During his college course
+his attention was often turned to the field for Christian work, then
+being opened in the South by the steady advance of our armies, and his
+sympathies were strongly enlisted for a race just coming out of the
+prison house of bondage, and he was ambitious to have a part in laying
+the foundations of a new and better society in the regions desolated by
+war.
+
+He was appointed an officer of the Freedman's Bureau in 1867, with
+charge of the schools opened under its auspices in the State of Georgia,
+which position he held for three years, until the closing of that branch
+of the work of the government.
+
+His great work, however, was in connection with Atlanta University, an
+institution for higher education, whose foundation he was active in
+securing, and over whose interests he presided until the day of his
+death. He labored for its welfare and that of the people in whose
+interests it was established with rare devotion, and rejoiced in its
+steady growth and prosperity with special personal gratification.
+
+Owing to some peculiar circumstances the institution early secured the
+favorable attention of the State authorities, and an annual
+appropriation from the State treasury. In the endeavors to secure and
+confirm this grant he was conspicuously and honorably active, and during
+the many years of its continuance his relations to the officers of the
+State with whom he has thus been brought into contact have been
+exceptionally pleasant, and in some cases cordial.
+
+During the last year of his life he took great interest in the
+successful opening of an industrial department in the institution, and
+for the last few weeks his great anxiety had been to secure the
+furnishing of a large new building whose erection he had personally
+overlooked. He had returned to Atlanta in advance of his family to make
+preparations for the school year soon to open, had completed most of his
+plans, and seemed in unusual good health and spirits. Soon after dinner
+on Friday, Sept. 25, feeling dizzy while in his own house, where he was
+alone, he sought the open air and walked toward the house of Professor
+Bumstead, but becoming alarmed by increasing faintness he made loud
+calls, which were promptly responded to by Mr. and Mrs. Bumstead; but in
+spite of all remedies and efforts he speedily passed away to enter upon
+his well-earned rest and his glorious reward. The crushing effects of
+this sudden blow upon his household, upon his associates and the people
+who loved and revered him, cannot be described. At his funeral services
+all classes of the community were largely represented, and sympathy for
+the bereaved was profound. The grief of former pupils was touching, and
+was like that of children bereft of a father.
+
+So passed away in the maturity of his powers and the midst of his
+usefulness, one of the earliest and most efficient of that great company
+who have toiled since the war in this broad and needy field. His
+departure seems like a translation; being taken suddenly without the
+pains and anxieties of wasting sickness, in the full tide of his
+greatest success, before any impairment of vigor or any calamity had
+overtaken the work he loved so well. He was a man of great power over
+other men, especially over young people, who were caught up by his
+enthusiasm, and borne along sometimes to the attainment of surprising
+results. He was well fitted to be a leader in the sphere he chose for
+himself, and made his mark upon his generation, and had a large and
+honorable share in securing the results already achieved, which are to
+bless the State and nation with increasing power.
+
+A good man has fallen, and a great gap is made in the ranks of laborers
+at the front; but the Lord who loves his own cause better than we do
+will see that it suffers no loss. As the Lord has taken care that his
+servant rests from his labors, it is ours to see that they follow Him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+IYAKAPTAPI.
+
+
+That is, the _ascent_ from the plains of the head-waters of the
+Minnesota River to the Coteau du Prairie, or high table-land to the
+west. The old trail up-hill here gave the name _Ascension_ to the place.
+There the tribes--Dakota tribes--met together for their annual autumn
+feast--the missionary conference on the 24th of September. On the
+Sabbath the little church was too small, and 400 Indians, with a
+sprinkling of white people, sat outside in the sun, some on benches, and
+most on the grass, around the Communion table. The tents of those who
+had come in from long distances were pitched on either side in the
+ravines, among the fall foliage, and the wide brown plain, with a long
+gleam of shining lake far off, lay below. As we took the bread and hid
+our faces in our hands, we thought of that distribution by Galilee, when
+they sat in companies on the grassy slope by the lake. It was not "the
+touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still," but
+the real presence of Him who said "I am the bread of life," to these
+400 Christian Indians whom He had brought up from the low, dead level of
+barbarism to the present heights of Christian life.
+
+One little dark baby in a white dress was baptized, and four young
+people publicly confessed their faith in a newly-found Saviour.
+
+Solomon, "His Own Grandfather," who has gathered a church of the Dakota
+refugees from the Minnesota troubles of 1862, over in Manitoba, spoke to
+us of the spiritual nature of God's kingdom; and Ehnamani, who years ago
+laid down his warrior weapons, administered the bread, telling us of the
+tribulation and fire through which Christ went to become bread for our
+life. Then the "beloved John," our brother missionary who threw his
+young strength into the Dakota work at its darkest hour twenty-five
+years ago, could hardly control the emotion with which he spoke of the
+trials out of which the Dakotas had been brought to this present joy and
+strength through "His stripes."
+
+It has been a long _ascent_ for fifty years, but now fourteen churches,
+with a thousand members; eleven young men's Christian associations; a
+native missionary society, receiving contributions amounting this year
+to $1,165, much of it the fruit of hard labor by Dakota women, with the
+needle and at the wash-tub; a Christian community with its own native
+justices of the peace, rigidly enforcing temperance and marital law,
+and, according to the testimony of the United States agent on the
+ground, more careful of religious observances than white communities,
+and no less exemplary in morals; thousands of acres of cultivated land;
+these are some of the outward signs of the inner life of God in the
+heart.
+
+Add to this the 1,000 or more converts gathered in later years and
+claimed by Episcopalians and Roman Catholics; add the long roll of those
+who have ascended to their Lord; add the white people who have been
+saved and inspired by the example of their Dakota brethren, and compute
+if you can the spiritual fruit of the Dakota Indian Mission.
+
+Then think of this result wrought out, in the midst of what is fast
+becoming one of the most influential communities of our land. Christian
+churches by hundreds, Christian colleges and Christian homes, all built
+on this early Indian work as a foundation. Then, as we rejoice in the
+present interest in work for Indians, remember the obloquy and
+opposition of the past through which the early workers struggled.
+
+To appreciate this ascent, one should come up from Western Indian
+barbarism, and not down from Eastern culture.
+
+Leave the nightly drumming and dancing and revelry, the daily offering
+to heathen gods, the daily wailing and cutting of the flesh at the
+scaffold of sepulture, and one will acknowledge that God alone has
+wrought this change.
+
+Before the regular sessions of the conference a "theological institute"
+occupied two days. This was attended by some thirty pastors and leading
+members of the churches. There were lectures on Bible history, on
+family relations, on preaching and pastoral work. Then the general
+meeting opened with a hymn written for the occasion by the organist, a
+young Indian, and the singing was led by native young men. The topics at
+the conference were such as the education of children, the missionary
+cause; and the one that seemed to call out most discussion was, "How to
+secure the spiritual growth of the Church." The young men showed great
+interest in their Christian associations, and voted to affiliate with
+their kindred in the white communities, of whom they heard through the
+Rev. Mr. Williams, who represented the Christian association of the
+young men of Minneapolis. The Indian women, too, had their missionary
+meeting, and show the same traits and give evidence of the same activity
+and zeal that make their white sisters the main strength of the
+Christian Church.
+
+So we bid all take heart, and go on upward--iyakaptapi. C. L. HALL.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+INDIANS IN THE DAKOTA ASSOCIATION.
+
+
+This is an ecclesiastical body of a hundred churches that has the
+opportunity to show the unity of the spirit in race fellowship. Besides
+the local German Association, one of the five belonging to it, the
+Indian Mission churches and pastors of the Santee Agency and of Fort
+Sully, with their superintendents, Revs. Alfred L. and Thomas M. Riggs,
+are among the members. At the recent annual meeting, held at Huron,
+September 17th to 20th, there were present the Riggs brothers, three
+lady missionaries, and two female and four male Indians. The service of
+Rev. A. L. Riggs, as moderator, was justly commended for its urbanity
+and promptness. At the meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society, held
+with the mixed assembly, the two Indian women, Estelle Ward and Ellen
+Spotted Bear, were brought forward, in their usual white woman's garb,
+to make talks, which were interpreted by Mrs. T. M. Riggs. During some
+discussion upon Indian work, the Riggs brothers supplemented their
+remarks by addresses from Frank Frazier and Stephen Yellow Hawk, a
+deacon and a pastor. At the Communion, on the Lord's Day, this deacon
+was associated with three white men in distributing the elements. At the
+final meeting, on Sunday night, with a crowded house, between the
+addresses of Rev. Drs. Jos. B. Clark and Jos. E. Roy were sandwiched two
+hymns, sung by the natives and their teachers, and also an address by
+the dignified pastor at the Santee Agency, Rev. Artemas Ehnamani,
+interpreted by Rev. A. L. Riggs. This, and the talks of the other
+Indians, reported their former condition as heathen and their coming to
+the light through their missionaries. Particularly touching was the
+allusion of Pastor Ehnamani to the sainted men, Drs. Williamson and
+Riggs. All showed the one spirit, that of the common Redeemer.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE.
+
+
+On the 6th, 7th and 8th of October the third annual meeting of the Lake
+Mohonk Conference was held. Hon. Albert K. Smiley and Mrs. Smiley, as
+usual, extended the hospitality of their magnificent mountain retreat to
+the friends of the Indian. The sessions of the conference were of great
+interest. Eminent men and women read historical and suggestive papers,
+and ably discussed the great questions of the Indian problem. The
+conference, after much earnest debate, were unanimous in recommending
+such legislation by Congress as will give allotments of land in
+severalty to the Indians--the sale of lands not required for occupancy,
+and funding of proceeds therefor for their benefit--the early
+discontinuance of rations and annuities, increased educational
+facilities, including industrial and especially agricultural, and the
+dispersion and diffusion of the Indians among the other people of the
+country, with all the rights and immunities of other citizens.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+GENERAL SURVEY.
+
+
+This Association by its chartered rights is authorized to go anywhere
+that it finds people destitute of Gospel privileges. Limitation of means
+and cooeperation with other societies may compel it to a narrower sphere
+than the demands call for; but this is the principle that underlies the
+Association's organization, and that has characterized all its historic
+development. The work is at present confined to this country. We have
+missions in sixteen States and three Territories. The combined
+population of these States and Territories is 17,459,610, and at least
+one-third of that number are the legitimate objects of this
+Association's care. By reason of the necessities of the people our work
+is both evangelistic and educational: the church and the school in their
+united aim securing the salvation of body, mind and soul; reaching home
+life, social life and business life; laying the only foundation on which
+can rest a progressive and enduring civilization. These mighty forces of
+Christianity--mother and daughter--in mutual helpfulness and in close
+proximity, are the agencies through which, with God's blessing, we hope
+to reach and save the people.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHURCH WORK SOUTH.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+  Churches                                          112
+  Missionaries, of which 89 are pastors             119
+  Members                                         6,881
+  Added during the year                           1,127
+  Sunday School scholars                         10,569
+
+
+In this department of our work we are permitted to report very decided
+growth. Heretofore, the average number of churches organized each year
+has been six. This year the number runs up to seventeen. This increase
+comes from the maturing of enterprises that have been nursed for a
+longer or shorter time, and also the fruiting of our school process and
+the enlarging of our mountain work. These new churches are at Pleasant
+View and Rockhold, Ky.; at Cedar Cliff, Melville and Johnson's, N. C.;
+at Jellico, Pleasant Hill, Robbins, Jonesboro, Grand View and Helenwood,
+Tenn.; at Rutland, Ga.; Ironton, Ala.; Greenville, Miss.; Abbeville,
+La.; and at Dallas and Austin, Tex. They have all been supplied with the
+ministry of the word, though several have been yoked two and two under
+one pastor. Eight of them have houses of worship, the others use
+school-houses or chapels of school buildings.
+
+Of the 89 pastors who have ministered to our 112 churches, 30 were from
+the North and 59 were raised up in our own institutions at the South.
+The average membership of these churches is 61. Total additions for the
+year, 1,127, of which, on confession of faith, 883. Raised for church
+purposes, $12,394.78; for benevolence, $1,625.86.
+
+The evangelist, Rev. J. C. Fields, accompanied by his wife, who aids him
+by song, has continued his service through the year. He has labored at
+Louisville; in our three churches at Nashville; at Meridian, Jackson and
+Greenville, Miss.; and at Athens, Tecumseh, Montgomery, Marion, Selma,
+Talladega, Birmingham, Ironton and Shelby Iron Works, Ala. As a result,
+between seven and eight hundred souls were hopefully led to Christ, and
+about one half of them gathered into our churches; while other
+denominations shared in the precious harvest. At several of the places
+visited, the religious interest assumed marvelous power.
+
+At Marion there were 55 who professed Christ, the work spreading from
+our church into the State Normal school located there. Two-thirds of the
+converts were young men, ranging from fifteen to twenty years of age,
+who gave themselves earnestly to prayer and labor for the conversion of
+their comrades. A little girl, eight years old, was the first of a
+family to accept Christ. Her mother followed. The father, a drunkard,
+through the persuasion of friends, visited the church for the first
+time. When opportunity was given those desiring salvation to express
+their desire, the little child crossed over to where her father was, and
+begged him to come. He did not that evening, but a few nights later he
+yielded and gave his heart to the Saviour. It is a custom among the
+colored people to give the hand of welcome to those who have made up
+their minds to become Christians; and we can well believe, as an
+eye-witness describes, "it was a beautiful as well as a touching scene
+when this little girl stepped forward to welcome father and mother on
+the Lord's side."
+
+At Talladega College there were 116 conversions, including every inmate
+of the ladies' hall, and, with a single exception, every boy in the
+Stone Hall. The meetings, as distinctively revival, had to come to a
+close for lack of material upon which to work, and take the form of
+praise and thanksgiving unto God for the marvelous display of His grace.
+It was a literal fulfillment of the Divine promise to "pour out a
+blessing that there should not be room enough to receive it."
+
+At Selma there were 300 who confessed their Saviour. Gray-haired men,
+grandmothers, men and women in the prime of life, youth and children,
+were among the converts. "The most glorious work of grace," writes
+Pastor Curtis, "it has ever been my privilege to see."
+
+Revivals have also been enjoyed in the Central Church and Straight
+University, New Orleans; in the Tougaloo University, where nearly all
+the students were led to Christ; at New Iberia, La., where, under the
+labors of the pastor, fifty-nine were brought into church fellowship;
+in the First and University churches, Atlanta, and at several other
+places. It has been a year of marked religious interest and progress
+nearly all over the field.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+EDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+  Chartered Institutions                              6
+  Normal and Graded Schools                          14
+  Common Schools                                     36
+  Instructors                                       250
+  Pupils                                          8,823
+
+  Classifying the students, we have: Theological, 96; Law, 67;
+  College, 52; College Preparatory, 113; Normal, 814; Grammar,
+  Intermediate and Primary, 7,681.
+
+
+The resignation during the year of Professor Salisbury, Superintendent
+of our school work, and the transfer to Chicago of Dr. Roy,
+Superintendent of our church work at the South, raised the question
+whether, in view of the system to which these brethren had reduced the
+work of their respective fields, the two departments might not be
+consolidated and their care assigned to one man. With much hesitation it
+was decided to try the experiment. Rev. C. J. Ryder, of Medina, O., has
+been selected to take the new position, and has entered upon its duties.
+His headquarters will be at Cincinnati, from which point, by reason of
+its central location and excellent railroad facilities, the whole field
+will be easily accessible. We regretfully part with Professor Salisbury.
+The three years of his service have been very valuable to our work, and
+it is largely because of this service we are permitted to report that
+our schools were never before so well organized nor so efficient as now.
+
+The exhibit of our schools in the World's Exposition at New Orleans
+attracted much attention from visitors. The New Orleans papers spoke of
+it in very complimentary terms. Descriptions of it were written and
+widely published in the newspapers all over the country. President
+Hitchcock, of Straight University, Rev. S. E. Lathrop and several of our
+colored students, took charge successively of the exhibit, and were on
+hand to answer questions regarding the American Missionary Association,
+its schools and its work. A large number of pamphlets and tracts were
+distributed. Representatives from every State in the Union, and from
+nearly every nation on the face of the earth, dropped in to learn the
+object-lesson the exhibit taught of what Christian education had done
+for the Indian and the Negro.
+
+At Midway, Ga., an additional building has been erected for the
+Dorchester Academy. The Storrs School, Atlanta, by the sale of bullets
+dug from the battlefields around the city, realized enough to secure a
+much-needed kindergarten building. Mrs. F. L. Allen, of Waterbury,
+Conn., has donated us a property in Quitman, Ga., containing three acres
+of land, on which stands a hotel building, nearly new and thoroughly
+furnished, to be used as a school for girls. The ladies of the First and
+Second Congregational churches of Waterbury promptly seconded Mrs.
+Allen's gift by raising $1,000 to make the necessary alterations to put
+the building in order for the school, and the ladies of the
+Congregational churches of the State have so far responded to an appeal
+for them to assume the support of the school, that it starts out with an
+assurance of success from the beginning. Rev. J. H. Parr, formerly of
+the Tillotson Institute, is to have the school in charge.
+
+We have not been able to spend much money this year in brick and
+mortar. We have been obliged to put our funds almost exclusively into
+the more practical work of mind and character building.
+
+Fisk University celebrated its twentieth anniversary this year by
+graduating from its college course fifteen, two of the number being
+young ladies. This makes 52 who have been graduated from Fisk. The
+Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Tennessee, several
+State officials, many Senators and Representatives attended the
+Commencement exercises and alumni dinner. A series of speeches in
+commendation of the good work done at the institution were made by these
+gentlemen, who bore testimony to the high standing of the Fisk students
+as teachers and citizens throughout the State. Of the 37 graduates
+previous to the class of this year, the record shows that 24 of them are
+principals and teachers in different schools; 5 are pastors of churches;
+1 is a missionary in Africa under the American Board; 2 are practicing
+lawyers; 2 are studying for the professions--1 in a theological, the
+other in a medical school; 1 is a member of the Tennessee Legislature;
+and 2, who were teachers, have died. Its roll numbers 427, including
+representatives of 21 States and 1 Territory.
+
+Talladega College has had 365 students. This was more than it could
+comfortably care for. The girls' hall was crowded. Some applicants had
+to be refused for lack of room. The new Cassidy School building, having
+been used by over 200 pupils, continues to justify its right to be.
+Prosperity has marked the life of this college in all its departments.
+
+Atlanta University maintains its well-earned reputation for school work
+of the highest order; 297 students have shared its privileges. Colonel
+L. W. Avery, Chairman of the State Board of Visitors, in his report last
+year, was so emphatic and strong in his praise of what he had seen and
+heard at the University, that the other members of the Board would not
+believe him, and he was compelled to modify his praises before they
+would accept his report. This year the whole Board was present at the
+examinations, and the result is that they have every one been converted,
+and are now ready to go even farther than the Colonel in testifying that
+"the proficiency attained in the scholastic results has been simply
+astonishing." The University continues to receive the annual
+appropriation of $8,000 from the State--a fact that is all significant
+respecting the undeniable worth of the school.
+
+Tougaloo University, located on the Illinois Central R. R., about eight
+miles north of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, receives State aid
+to the amount of $3,000 annually. Two hundred and sixteen students last
+year have taxed its utmost capacity for accommodation. Governor Lowry
+and the State Board of Visitors attended the commencement exercises, and
+were surprised at the evidence of the Negro's capacity for education.
+Four students took degrees in the elementary Normal course that requires
+ten years to complete it, and one took the degree from the higher Normal
+course, to complete which requires twelve years.
+
+Straight University, New Orleans, notwithstanding the devastation of
+floods and the failure of cotton crops that last year so severely
+affected the very limited finances of the colored people of Louisiana,
+was filled with students at the beginning of the school year, and
+continued not only crowded, but _over_crowded to the end; 584 scholars
+were enrolled, including representatives from Cuba, Honduras, New
+Mexico, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, and even Old
+England.
+
+Tillotson Institute, Texas, has also had a very crowded and successful
+year. This is the youngest of our chartered schools. It has the modesty
+that in every way is becoming the youngest member of the family, but in
+all that is excellent in work it stands not a whit behind the oldest and
+the best. It has already outgrown the comfortable limits of its
+habitation. The crowding process has struck it, and its cry for relief
+is growing sharper and sharper. We shall have to heed its cry one of
+these days. The great and rapidly-growing State of Texas challenges our
+forethought and our care. The State Superintendent of Public
+Instruction, Hon. B. M. Baker, was present at the commencement
+exercises, and after commending the teachers for their faithful work and
+testifying that the best teachers of the colored schools in Texas were
+graduates of the Tillotson Institute, he publicly thanked the people of
+the North for the establishment and maintenance of the school. Judge
+Fullmore, a county school superintendent, who was also present, not only
+indorsed all that Mr. Baker had said, but added that in his appointments
+of teachers he always gave Tillotson graduates the preference, and that
+a certificate of graduation from Tillotson in the hands of an applicant
+was all the evidence of character and ability he needed.
+
+Were we to continue sketching the salient points in the work of our
+other schools scattered all over the South, it would be simply to give
+fresh illustrations of the five facts already made prominent--crowded
+schools, growing necessities, faithful work, good results and outside
+commendation.
+
+As compared with last year, the statistics in our school work show a
+falling off of two chartered institutions and seven common schools. On
+its face, this looks like loss; in reality, it is gain. The two
+chartered institutions dropped out of our statistics are Berea and
+Hampton, that, as a matter of fact, have been for several years
+self-sustaining and independent, and which, as formerly fostered by us,
+we have hitherto reported; they are still in the field, doing a greater
+work than ever, while the seven common schools, dropped because they
+ceased to be needed where they were located, are more than represented
+in the better work of the other schools, to strengthen which the money
+thus set free has been transferred.
+
+We are steadily but slowly coming to the realization of the idea that
+was the inspiration of the American Missionary Association's school
+system--Christian colleges and Normal schools for the training of
+leaders, and Christian preparatory schools to furnish them with the
+right kind of material. The South is year by year, as its financial
+ability increases and its public sentiment improves, doing more for the
+rudimental instruction of its children. It is the duty of the State to
+provide elementary education for every child within its borders, and to
+that point the Southern States must one day come; but just in proportion
+as they come to that point, the necessities for our work increase. The
+demand for Christian teachers and preachers and professional men in all
+ranks at the South will grow as facilities for the elementary education
+of the children multiply. Our aim is not only to save the land from
+ignorance, but to save it from godless intelligence. Infidelity is as
+much the enemy of free institutions as ignorance; and when the children
+are intelligent, an ignorant leadership is almost as effective as an
+infidel leadership to raise up an infidel people; so that, as
+intelligence spreads among the youth of the South, we are placed under
+accumulating obligations, by virtue of our loyalty to the kingdom of our
+Lord, and by virtue of our interest in the perpetuity of republican
+institutions, to strengthen, enlarge and multiply this work. Of course,
+just now, and for a great many years to come, by far the greater part of
+our school work must be in the lower grades of instruction. So long as
+it can be said, that in the Southern States eighty per cent. of the
+colored and thirty per cent. of the white population are illiterate;
+that there are not educational facilities enough to furnish fifty per
+cent. of the children with even a chance to learn their letters; that
+there are whole communities and sections in which there are no schools
+whatever; that there are thousands and tens of thousands of children and
+youth who would be glad to go to school did they have opportunity; so
+long we must continue to furnish elementary instruction in all our
+schools, and as far as possible to open such small schools as may meet
+the present but transient exigency, to be dropped, as we have the seven
+common schools above referred to, when, from whatever cause, the
+necessity for them has passed away. The Executive Committee desires to
+emphasize and to have the constituents of the American Missionary
+Association keep it constantly before them, that as the cause and means
+of popular education extend in the South, the necessity for the work of
+the Association becomes stronger and stronger.
+
+As seen from this stand-point, the desirability of bringing our larger
+institutions as speedily as possible, where they shall be able to take
+care of themselves, becomes clear and urgent. They should be at once so
+far endowed that the question of their permanence as conservators of the
+supremacy of Christian leadership in the thought, character and life of
+the people should be settled beyond peradventure for all time.
+
+We commend these schools to the special regard of those who are looking
+about to invest money where, in the name of the Lord, it will yield rich
+and enduring returns.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
+
+
+  Schools in which industries are taught             16
+  Special industrial teachers                        10
+  Teachers combining industrial with other work      21
+
+
+Industrial teaching is made prominent at Santee, Oahe, at all of our
+chartered institutions, at Le Moyne Institute, Memphis, Tenn., Lewis
+High School, Macon, Ga., and incidentally at six other schools. Aid has
+been received from the Slater Fund for this work at Macon, Atlanta,
+Nashville, Tougaloo, Talladega, Memphis and Austin. Nearly all the
+scholars in attendance pursue some of the branches of industry taught.
+Housekeeping, cooking, dress-making, care of the sick, agriculture,
+blacksmithing, harness-making, type-setting and printing are made
+prominent, according to the conveniences at hand. Atlanta, Talladega and
+Tougaloo have farms which are worked by the students under the
+instruction of practical farmers. At several other points farming could
+be successfully taught if only we had the farms, and we could have the
+farms if only we had the money.
+
+For the teaching of the trades we need special buildings. Progress has
+been made in this direction. Atlanta University has erected "The Knowles
+Industrial Building," a memorial of the late Mr. L. J. Knowles, of
+Worcester, Mass., whose widow not long before her death appropriated
+$6,000 for this object. It is a brick building 100 by 44 feet, with two
+stories and a basement, and, for its use, is one of the finest in the
+South. At Macon, a two-story building has been constructed--the upper
+story for the Lewis Library and the lower for a carpenter shop. At
+Talladega has been also built a two-story structure, the upper story to
+be used for carpentry and the lower for blacksmithing. The citizens of
+Memphis two years ago gave Professor Steele $1,000 to put a girl's
+industrial department into the Le Moyne school, and now they have
+pledged him $600 more to secure a workshop for the boys. Fort Berthold
+in Dakota and Fisk and Straight Universities at the South greatly need
+industrial buildings, and there are other schools of which the same
+might be said with equal emphasis.
+
+It is difficult to overestimate the importance of industrial training.
+Latest in development in connection with our schools, it may yet prove
+first in value. Labor is heaven-ordained. It is the chief
+instrumentality through which a people are elevated. Grace saves the
+soul and transforms character instantly. It makes the savage and
+sinner kind and good instantly; but it will not instantly make him a
+good farmer, a skilled mechanic, a trained scholar. Up from the lowest
+to the highest, man must toil patiently and laboriously. Nature will
+tolerate neither jumps nor deceptions. It is no kindness to put a man
+where he is out of place, and still less is it a kindness to make him
+believe that he has a right to be there. He who climbs up into position
+or who is foisted into it by any other instrumentality than by the toil
+necessary to fit him for the position, the same is a thief and a robber.
+The police forces of Nature will speedily put him under arrest. The
+judicial forces of Nature will soon cast him into a prison, out of which
+he shall not come until beginning at the bottom, by diligent labor, he
+is willing to pay the last farthing at every step in the process of his
+advancement. The implements and the products of industry are the gauges
+of civilization. Between the roughly-hewn stone hatchet and the
+finely-polished steel axe lies all the history of the world's progress.
+The college, the library, the fine residence and the factory of modern
+civilization are at one end of the line, the other end of which starts
+from the dug-out and the hut. Man, in the highest estate, forget or
+ignore it as he may, has that in him which connects him with the lowest,
+and labor, the hard labor of his ancestors, extending through the ages
+as well as his own, has been the means of bringing him where he is. If
+the Indian and the negro are to be elevated, they must rise by the same
+steps as have others. They must _work_ their way up. But they who are
+above them, remembering the pit out of which they themselves have been
+dug, must give them a chance to rise, and help them as they try to rise.
+That they have the capacity for elevation along every line of human
+development has been abundantly proved over and over again. The
+industrial exhibit of the colored people at the recent Centennial
+Exposition in New Orleans, was in every way gratifying to their friends.
+Though these people are only 20 years out of the house of their 250
+years' bondage, antedated by millenniums of barbarism, they sent
+articles showing their progress in the industries that more than filled
+the entire gallery assigned them in one end of the immense Government
+building.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MOUNTAIN WORK.
+
+
+This work has gone forward the past year with marked success. In
+Kentucky, Rev. J. T. Ford, having taken the pastoral charge of the
+church at Williamsburg, Rev. A. A. Myers was at liberty to give himself
+to more extended missionary work; and, as might be expected, he has gone
+into it with a will. He has organized three new churches; one at
+Jellico, with 11 members; one at Pleasant View, with 13 members, and one
+at Rockhold, with 15 members. Under his superintendency the Jellico
+church has erected a good, commodious house, but it needs a bell. The
+congregations number from 250 to 300, and the pastor, Rev. E. W.
+Bullock, reports the interest as increasing.
+
+Pleasant View Church has also put up a house of worship, now complete
+except seats. At Rockland, stone is on the ground. Mr. Myers using his
+own team to haul it, himself being teamster, and the lumber is all ready
+to begin work. A chapel is soon to be erected at South Williamsburg,
+where there are hundreds around the mills who cannot be induced to
+attend church up town. Eleven Sunday-schools, with an enrollment of
+1,200 and an average of 750, have been maintained. These schools extend
+from Jellico on the State line to the northern part of Whitley County
+along the railroad. Besides these, several students from the Academy
+have conducted Sunday-schools at their homes, reporting an enrollment of
+160.
+
+Day schools have been kept at Woodbine, Rockhold, Dowlais and Jellico
+with marked success.
+
+The Williamsburg Academy has had an enrollment of 203. The reputation
+and influence of this school are extending far and wide. The teachers,
+imbued with the missionary spirit, have been a power in the church and
+in the community as well as in the school. The question whether our
+schools could be kept up if colored students were admitted, has been
+squarely met and answered, and right at our central station,
+Williamsburg, we have had colored pupils during the past two terms. When
+they were first admitted, there was a stampede of the white scholars,
+reducing the number of pupils from 120 to 40, but as they had a chance
+to think the matter over, and they saw the school going right along as
+if nothing had happened, and that it was going to keep right along, they
+began to come back again, with still others to join them, so that the
+school closed with a larger enrollment than the previous year. The
+excitement caused a discussion that found its way into the newspapers of
+the State, and gave the school such an advertisement as could not have
+been secured by years of ordinary work. We shall have no more trouble
+with the color question in Whitley County. It has been settled, and
+settled right.
+
+In Tennessee, the Independent Church at Sherwood, and its pastor, Rev.
+A. B. Smith, have entered our fellowship by joining the Central South
+Association. On the Cumberland plateau, Pastor B. Dodge has secured the
+organization of a church with 16 members, which is associated with his
+church at Pomona. An organ and hymn-books were furnished by the Pilgrim
+Church, Cambridgeport, Mass. The people have subscribed $300, chiefly in
+lumber, toward a much-needed chapel for church and day school. At both
+these points day schools have been maintained. At Grand View, the first
+year of the Academy has proved a success, and now a church has been
+organized in association with it, both to be under the care of Rev. C.
+B. Riggs.
+
+The school work of Mrs. St. Clair in Scott County has been remarkable.
+Three years ago there were 27 saloons and two Sunday-schools in the
+county, one school held in Mrs. St. Clair's tent and the other in a
+blacksmith shop; now there are three saloons and 25 Sunday-schools, and
+the good people are praying with much confidence that their prayers will
+be answered for three less saloons and three more Sunday-schools. Mr. R.
+F. Taft, of Worcester, Mass., was sent down to help in this field. His
+labors were wonderfully blessed. Two churches, one at Robbins, the other
+at Helenwood, were organized. He is not able to continue in our service,
+but, in speaking of what has been accomplished, he has this to say:
+"Wherever I went the people were so eager to hear the Gospel that it was
+a joyous work to me. All came together, natives and Northerners, and our
+colored brethren. If the A. M. A. has accomplished nothing more, it has
+broken down the line of color, and to-day all mingle together in seeking
+after the pearl of great price." The work of Mr. Taft has been taken up
+by Rev. W. E. Barton, a recent graduate of Berea College, who finds
+already so much on his hands that he is crying for help.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WORK AMONG THE INDIANS.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+  Churches                                            5
+  Members                                           301
+  Ministers                                           7
+  Schools                                            15
+  Teachers                                           52
+  Pupils                                            706
+  Sunday-school scholars                            776
+
+
+Our Indian work is chiefly in Nebraska and Dakota, among the great Sioux
+nation that numbers about sixty thousand, and the tribes that mingle
+with, or are located around, them. We have three main stations, Santee,
+Oahe and Fort Berthold, all situated on the Missouri River, and at
+points strategic for pushing missions out among the people.
+
+_Santee._--Here is planted the Santee Normal School, under the care of
+Rev. A. L. Riggs. This institution, pioneer of its kind, began work for
+the higher training of Indian pupils fifteen years ago. Its history and
+experience show the great advancement that has been made by the Indian
+mind. At first the pupils came as to a sort of picnic, and expected to
+slip out when the fun stopped. But now the discipline, attendance and
+class work are of a high order and will compare favorably with schools
+of similar grade elsewhere. One thing quite noteworthy about Santee is
+that while it is often impossible to fill the desired quota of girls for
+other schools, applications at Santee from girls and young women far
+exceed the ability to receive them. This school, with its 177 pupils
+busily engaged in their studies under the instruction of an able corps
+of teachers, in possession of buildings that are up to the times in all
+their equipments, reaching by its influence every Indian village of the
+great empire of the Missouri River basin, is an institution from which,
+with God's blessing upon its work, we have a right to expect great
+things in the future.
+
+Pilgrim Church, under the joint pastorate of the Rev. Artemas Ehnamani
+and Rev. A. L. Riggs, honors the faith and polity of the Pilgrim Fathers
+in its co-operation with the school, nurturing and extending the cause
+of Christian education. Its roll numbers 164 names, and its
+Sabbath-school reports an attendance of 183.
+
+Great and urgent fields inviting missionary occupancy lie all around
+Santee. Swift Bear's colony, numbering sixteen families, an offshoot
+from Rosebud agency, has located along the Niobrara. Others are coming
+down this fall as soon as their little crops are harvested. All the land
+on the north side of the Niobrara, twenty miles east of the mouth of the
+Keya-paba, and much of the land on the Ponca Creek close by, is now
+taken. Here has just been built a school-house given by Deacon Burrill,
+of Oberlin, Ohio, a little building of two rooms, one for the teacher's
+residence, and the other for the school room and chapel. A son of Pastor
+Ehnamani, of the Santee Church, is to take charge of this station.
+
+Among the Poncas, since last December, we have had a missionary, Rev. J.
+E. Smith, who, while maintaining Sabbath services with good attendance,
+has during the week taught a government school. At the Upper Ponca
+settlement, during the months of February and March, a mission day
+school was kept by Albert Frazier, a native teacher.
+
+_Oahe._--This mission, with its out-stations, is in charge of Rev. T. L.
+Riggs. The native helpers are Titus Jugg, Elizabeth Winjan, William Lee,
+Daniel Lee, Samuel Smiley, Stephen Yellow Hawk and Edwin Phelps, all,
+with one exception, full-blood Dakota Indians.
+
+The Indians of the Rosebud Agency on the White River have long been
+calling for missionaries to be sent among them. The Park Street Church,
+Boston, has given $400 to open a mission in that needy region, and Mr.
+Riggs expects to have a well-established out-station on the White River
+before the beginning of the coming winter.
+
+During the year a movement has been made to establish an industrial
+school at Oahe. The Indian Bureau gave twenty scholarships. Alonzo
+Trask, Esq., executor in the Marquand estate, gave $1,500 toward a
+building, on condition that an additional $1,500 be raised. This
+additional amount Mr. Riggs secured. The beginning of the school was
+made in January. Twelve scholars were all that could be accommodated.
+They were promptly secured. The school has been continued by the
+exercise of strictest economy and the willing self-sacrifices of all
+concerned. The experiment has proved a success, and a good beginning has
+been made for another year. The new building is now about, if not quite,
+ready, and fitted to receive forty scholars.
+
+The church at Oahe bears the significant name of Shiloh. A place of rest
+it has proved to many a weary soul--yet of rest only as it has prepared
+for activity. During the year God has been pleased to manifest His grace
+in saving power. Seventeen new members have been received on profession
+of their faith and three by letter. The total membership is 54. The
+greater part of these are young men and women, not more than half being
+over thirty years of age and not more than five being past forty-five
+years. This church enjoys the ministrations of Stephen Yellow Hawk and
+David Lee.
+
+_Fort Berthold._--This point with the territory adjacent is held by Rev.
+C. L. Hall. The day school has had 129 pupils during the year. Six of
+the Indian girls have been taken into the teachers' home, with marked
+benefit to the mission work. Increased interest has been manifested in
+the church services, the average attendance being 75. At Fort Stevenson
+a Government school (75 pupils) has been kept by Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
+Wells. Religious meetings have been held fortnightly on Thursday evening
+and Sabbath school each Sunday. The Crow agency, after waiting two
+years, is still begging for us to send a missionary.
+
+Leaving Fort Berthold and striking westward about 1,000 miles, we come
+to Skokomish Agency, Washington Territory, where Rev. Myron Eells stands
+almost alone to represent the interest our denomination takes in the
+salvation of the Indians of that region. At Skokomish he has a church of
+46 members; at Dunginess a church of 28 members, where he spends two
+Sabbaths and the intervening week each month; and at Squakson, a small
+reservation formerly in charge of the Presbyterians, who have now
+withdrawn, he conducts public worship once a month. In these three
+places he has under his pastoral care 102 families; average attendance
+at public worship, 150; at Sabbath school, 84; at prayer meeting, 62.
+Infant baptisms, 19; adult baptisms and reception to church membership,
+11. Many of the Christian Indians are efficient helpers in the prayer
+meeting and the Sunday school, assisting Mr. Eells when he is present
+and carrying on the work when he is absent.
+
+At Santa Fe, New Mexico, we have maintained during part of the year four
+teachers who have had under instruction Pueblo Indian children, for whom
+Government scholarships had been secured.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WORK AMONG THE CHINESE.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+  Schools                                            18
+  Missionaries                                       38
+  Pupils enrolled                                 1,457
+  Average attendance                                810
+  Ceased from idol worship                          171
+  Giving evidence of conversion                     112
+
+
+These figures show three more missions and twelve more missionaries than
+the statistics of last year. In the missionary force there are eleven
+Chinese helpers.
+
+Four new schools have been opened at the following points: Alturas,
+Fresno, San Diego and Tulare. The school at Alturas, in the
+northeastern part of California, though established for the Chinese,
+like all other A. M. A. schools, is open to everybody, irrespective of
+race or color, and the Indians in the vicinity have so largely availed
+themselves of the privilege that they greatly outnumber the Chinese.
+This school is under the care of Mrs. Griffiths, wife of the pastor of
+the Congregational Church in the place. She has the constant cooeperation
+of her husband, who welcomes to his church all who can be induced to
+attend from the school. The mission at Stockton, the first one
+established by us in California, was closed last year, but has been
+reopened with an attendance and promise such as it never had before. Our
+schools are all in the hands of devoted and efficient teachers, are well
+located and well rooted. We are justified in feeling that they are all
+fairly on the way to become permanent.
+
+The California Chinese mission, whose superintendency has been under the
+care of Rev. W. C. Pond ever since its organization in 1875, is
+auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. It has its own
+President and Board of Managers. It works in closest harmony with the
+parent society, and while it must look to us for by far the largest part
+of the funds necessary to carry its work forward, yet it does not rely
+wholly upon our appropriations, but makes continuous efforts to raise
+money itself.
+
+It reports as having received into its own treasury the past year
+$3,141.20. Its property consists of the Barnes and the West Mission
+Houses in San Francisco, together with an interest in the North Mission
+House of San Francisco and the new Mission House in Tulare. Mr. Pond has
+made strenuous efforts to secure sufficient contributions to bring to
+pass, without incurring debt, a transfer of these properties to the A.
+M. A., and he informs us that this result is now assured and that the
+transfer will soon be made. We shall thus come into possession of
+property worth upward of $9,000, free from debt.
+
+The past year has not been in garnered results so fruitful as our
+Superintendent and his co-workers had expected; yet they have been
+faithful in the cultivation of the field. Early in the year they
+determined to be more aggressive than formerly. If the Chinese would not
+come in greater numbers to the schools, then the missionaries would go
+to them. Three men in the providence of God were at hand who were
+impressed with the importance of this aggressive work, and who were able
+to preach to the Chinese in their own language; Rev. D. D. Jones, who
+had returned from missionary work in South China, Jee Gam and Wong Ock.
+These brethren have been engaged in evangelistic work both at the
+mission houses and on the streets in San Francisco and at several other
+points. But "hard hearts," threatened persecution, and actively working
+prejudice have everywhere stood in the way of progress.
+
+Still God did not leave His children altogether without some evidence of
+His favor. There were eighteen who professed conversion and twelve who
+received baptism. The reflex influence of these evangelistic services
+has been productive of great spiritual blessing to our missionaries and
+to the Chinese Christians. It has driven them to realize that they must
+more than ever trust in the power of God's spirit to overcome the
+difficulties; that they must faithfully hold and work every point now
+occupied; that they must pray on and labor on until the Holy Spirit
+descend in power to break the stony hearts and dissipate the opposing
+forces of Mongolian heathenism on the one hand and Caucasian
+inconsistency and infidelity on the other. "Brethren, pray for us!" is
+the almost heart-agonizing appeal Superintendent Pond makes to the
+constituents of this Association. "Never before," he writes, "were we so
+well prepared to do good service to the Master, and to move on with
+saving power among these dark souls purchased with His blood, as now,
+at the opening of this new fiscal year. Yet never before did we look on
+into the year with such a sense of utter helplessness or such a despair
+of real success except through the co-working of the Holy Ghost."
+
+We commend this appeal for prayer to all our friends. Let there go up
+such a cry to God for help that in Pentecostal power His spirit may be
+outpoured upon our Chinese missions; and not only will the good results
+be felt in our own country, but they will reach in blessing even the
+vast empire of China and make strong and glad the hearts of our
+Christian brethren there.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE WOMAN'S BUREAU.
+
+
+The Woman's Bureau has proved a most efficient agency in our work during
+the past year. The family and the home where mother and sister are the
+strong guard of purity and moral strength, the newly-freed people knew
+nothing about from experience. Our missionaries, more than two-thirds of
+whom were women, found themselves face to face with the duty of caring
+for their unfortunate sisters. When the Christian women of the country
+were taking up and discussing the special claims of degraded and lost
+women for woman's special effort, and organizing societies to meet that
+claim, the American Missionary Association had the whole business in
+operation on a large and successful scale. When, therefore, the Woman's
+Bureau was created, it was neither to inaugurate a new work nor in
+imitation of other organizations. The purpose was to make the Christian
+women of the country more intelligently acquainted with a branch of our
+mission long in operation, and induce them by an increase of their
+contributions and sympathy and prayers to make it more widely
+successful. Miss D. E. Emerson, who not only by her experience as a
+missionary in the field, but also by her experience as a clerk in the
+New York office, was admirably qualified to take the Bureau in charge,
+was made its Secretary. She has opened direct channels of communication
+between the lady missionaries on the field and the Christian women of
+the churches. Sunday schools and ladies' missionary societies have been
+furnished an opportunity to assume, either wholly or partially, the
+support of an assigned missionary from whom they have regularly received
+letters. She has arranged to have addresses given upon the work at
+missionary meetings and conferences, either by herself or by a lady
+missionary, so far as she could, wherever and whenever such service has
+been desired. The work has been steadily growing upon her hands. The
+interest is widening and deepening. With no increase of machinery, with
+but little increase of expense, and with no divisive disturbance, either
+in the Association or in the churches, our Woman's Bureau quietly and
+effectively carries forward its operations at the North and at the
+South, at the East and at the West.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FINANCES.
+
+
+_Receipts for 1884-5._
+
+  Donations from Churches and Individuals   $191,698.35
+  Legacies                                    41,501.66
+  U. S. Government for Indian Schools          9,458.13
+  Slater Fund for Industrial Training          8,600.00
+  Tuition, Rents, etc.                        39,635.92
+                                            -----------
+    Total                                   $290,894.06
+
+
+As compared with the receipts of last year, these figures show
+$191,698.35 collections and donations this year, as against $164,056.77
+last; legacies, $41,501.66 this year, as against $64,559.42 last; a gain
+in contributions from the living of $27,641.58, a loss from legacies of
+$23,057.76. The receipts from all sources for the past year,
+notwithstanding the heavy loss in legacies, are in excess over the
+receipts of the preceding year $3,299.87. The expenditures for the year
+have been $306,345.93, leaving a debt on the year just closed of
+$15,451.87. This, added to the deficit of the previous year, leaves us
+with a total indebtedness of $29,237.73. But over against this and in
+close connection with it, should be stated the fact that in both years
+the indebtedness has been owing to an increase of appropriations to meet
+the absolutely necessary demands of the new Indian missions transferred
+to us by the American Board. In 1883-4, we expended on these missions,
+including $11,495.19 received from the U. S. Government, $33,204.95. In
+1884-5, including $9,458.13 from the Government, we spent $41,283.75.
+The churches had laid this work upon us, and we could not avoid these
+expenditures.
+
+We began the year with a debt of $13,785.86. The task before us,
+therefore, if our work was to be kept to its former scale, was to
+increase our receipts over the previous year $27,571.72, or twice the
+deficit. We have made that increase in donations from the living, with
+$69.86 to spare, and that, too, in the face of the stringency of the
+times. Had the legacies remained the same as the preceding year (which
+were $61,807.31 less than the legacies of the year preceding that), we
+should have closed this year without a debt, and had $7,605.89 on hand
+to apply on the debt with which we started out.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CONCLUSION.
+
+
+In conclusion, this review of the year inspires first of all songs of
+thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father for His manifold blessings upon the
+work and workers, and then our heartfelt gratitude to the pastors,
+churches and friends that have so nobly and generously, many of them at
+great self-sacrifice, contributed to sustain the work. With such
+evidence from heaven that the work is God's, with such evidence from
+earth that it rests upon the hearts and consciences of His people as a
+sacred trust, we cannot but feel that in it all Providence is saying
+unto us, _Go forward_. But what say our constituents? We present them
+our report. We await their answer.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1885.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAINE, $1,078.85.
+
+  Albany. Cong. Ch.                                         $1.00
+  Augusta. Joel Spalding                                    10.00
+  Bangor. Hammond St. Ch., 100; Cen. Cong. Ch. and
+    Soc., 75                                               175.00
+  Bangor. Dudley Coe, 1; C. M., M. F. and A. B. Duren,
+    30c., _for Rosebud_ _Indian M._                          1.30
+  Bath. "A Friend"                                           5.00
+  Belfast. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               10.00
+  Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch.                               75.00
+  Brownfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             8.00
+  Brownville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            11.75
+  Cumberland Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     31.17
+  Deer Isle. Cong. Ch.                                       4.00
+  Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    30.00
+  Gardiner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              13.25
+  Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                7.00
+  Gilead Cong. Ch.                                           4.50
+  Gorham. Miss E. B. Emery                                   5.00
+  Kennebunkport. South Cong. Ch., 12; First Cong. Ch., 3    15.00
+  Machias. Center St. Cong. Ch.                              9.30
+  Madison. "Friends in Cong. Ch.," by Mrs. Ezra Dinsmore    20.00
+  Oldtown. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00
+  Orono. Cong. Ch.                                           7.00
+  Portland. Second Parish Ch., 182.17, to const. HORACE
+    H. RICKER, G. R. FURBISH, E. A. BASCOM, MRS. LUCY A.
+    FOGG, MRS. MARY E. MERRILL and NATHAN WESTON L. Ms.;
+    State St. Ch., 150; Williston Cong. Ch., 95: West
+    Cong. Ch., 11; Abyssinian Cong. Ch., 10; T. B.
+    Percy, 5                                               453.17
+  Princeton. "A Friend"                                      2.00
+  Presque Isle. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00
+  Saco. First Cong. Ch.                                     10.42
+  Scarboro. Cong. Ch.                                       13.15
+  Sherman Mills. Washburn Memorial Ch.                       5.00
+  South Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 14.20; "Miss'y
+    Soc.," 5                                                19.20
+  Turner. Cong. Ch.                                          7.50
+  Wells. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           20.00
+  Westbrook. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      13.26
+  West Brooksville. Cong. Ch.                                4.00
+  Windham. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00
+  Winslow. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  10.00
+  Wintersport. Miss. M. M. Morrell                           2.50
+  Winthrop. Mrs. Otis Packard, 30, to const. DEA. GEO.
+    O. PACKARD L. M.; Cong. Ch. and Soc., 12.10             42.10
+  York Corner. Second Cong. Ch.                              8.28
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $963.04.
+
+  Amherst. Miss M. C. Boylston                              20.00
+  Auburn. Cong. Ch.                                         14.00
+  Bennington. Cong. Ch.                                      7.00
+  Canterbury. "Friend"                                       5.00
+  Chester. Mrs. Mary E. Hidden                              10.00
+  Concord. First Ch., 125; Friend in North Cong. Ch., 5    130.00
+  Danbury. "A few members Cong. Ch."                         6.00
+  Derry. First Cong. Ch.                                    23.85
+  Durham. Cong. Ch.                                         27.00
+  East Derry. Rev. H. M. Penniman                            5.00
+  Epping. "Friend"                                           1.00
+  Fitzwilliam. Louisa Hill, 10; Fanny Hancock, 5; Cong.
+    Ch., 3.50                                               18.50
+  Franklin Falls. J. C. Neal                                 1.00
+  Goffstown. Mrs. M. A. Stinson                             10.00
+  Gorham. Cong. Ch.                                          6.29
+  Great Falls. First Cong. Ch.                              43.40
+  Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             44.10
+  Hanover. Cong. Ch. Dart. College                          79.90
+  Harrisville. Darius Farwell                                2.00
+  Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               7.25
+  Jaffrey. N. P. Phelps                                      1.00
+  Keene. Mrs. D. W. Buckminster, and Miss Mason              3.00
+  Kensington. Cong. Ch.                                      2.00
+  Laconia. Cong. Ch.                                        35.00
+  Manchester. Mary A. Allison                                3.00
+  Meriden. Cong. Ch.                                        21.00
+  New Boston. "A Friend" (50 of which _for Cal. Chinese
+    M._)                                                   100.50
+  New Market. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 3.55, Dea. T. H.
+    Wiswall, 10                                             13.55
+  North Conway. Cong. Ch.                                   20.00
+  North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 17.25; S. H. Leavitt,
+    Isabella Smith and Julia M. Philbrook, 10 ea., to
+    const. MORRIS H. SMITH, L. M.                           47.25
+  Peterborough. Cong. Ch.                                    5.50
+  Piermont. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  9.00
+  Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            10.00
+  Portsmouth. Rev. W. W. Dow                                 5.00
+  Rye. Cong. Ch.                                            11.75
+  Shelburne. Cong. Ch.                                       1.50
+  Sullivan. Cong. Ch.                                        6.10
+  Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                8.95
+  Temple. Mrs. Geo. Goodyear and Sister                      5.00
+  Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch.                                      8.42
+  Walpole. First Cong. Ch.                                  22.07
+  Webster. "A Friend"                                        5.00
+  West Concord. J. W. Chandler                               1.00
+  Wilton. Second Cong. Ch.                                  12.00
+  By Geo. Swain--Amherst Cong. Ch., 11.40--Brookline
+   Cong. Ch., 8.82--Peterboro' Union Evan. Ch., 13.50       33.72
+                                                          -------
+                                                          $852.63
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Lebanon. Estate of Mary A. F. Tracy, by Stephen A.
+    Tracy, Ex.                                             110.41
+                                                          -------
+                                                          $963.04
+
+
+VERMONT, $2,216.07.
+
+  Bakersfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            9.00
+  Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc. by Katie B.
+    Joslyn, Treas. _for Share_                              13.00
+  Bradford. Mrs. C. D. Redington, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks,
+    _for McIntosh, Ga._                                     10.00
+  Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               21.86
+  Brattleboro. "A Friend," 33.35; Joseph Wilder, 10         43.35
+  Brownington. Dea. William Spencer, 5; S. S. Tinkham, 5    10.00
+  Burlington. First Cong. Ch.                              188.58
+  Cambridge. Madison Safford and wife                       38.52
+  Cambridge. E. Wheelock, B. Holmes, O. W. Reynolds, S. M.
+    Safford and Madison Safford, 5 ea.; Mrs. M. Blaisdell,
+    3; Mrs. M. Waterhouse, 2; J. W. Turner, 2; Mrs. L.
+    Eaton, 1; E. Bentley, 1                                 34.00
+  Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             19.50
+  Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             32.58
+  Chester. J. L. Fisher                                      5.00
+  Enosburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              25.00
+  Fair Haven. "Light Bearers" Cong. Sab. Sch. (3 of which
+    _for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga._)                       17.57
+  Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               5.00
+  Glover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                15.50
+  Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch.                              4.00
+  Greensborough. "A few friends," by Rev. S. Knowlton       12.00
+  Guildhall. Cong. Ch.                                       3.26
+  Hartford. E. Morris, 100; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buel, 10   110.00
+  Hartland. Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for McIntosh, Ga._    5.00
+  Lunenburg. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Lyndonville. Cong. Ch.                                    14.00
+  Manchester. Samuel G. Cone, 20; Mrs. S. G. Cone, 5        25.00
+  Marshfield. Rev. J. D. Bailey                              7.44
+  Milton. "M. L. D.," 3; B. Fairchild, M. D., 2              5.00
+  Montgomery Centre. Cong. Ch.                               7.77
+  Morrisville. Cong. Ch.                                    14.00
+  Newbury. Mrs. E. P. Keyes, 30, to const. J. T. ATKINSON
+    L. M.; H. E. Keyes, 30, to const. HELEN R. AIKEN L. M.  60.00
+  New Haven. Cong. Ch., 25, and Sab. Sch. 5, _for Indian
+    M._                                                     30.00
+  North Pownal. Cong. Ch.                                   15.00
+  Norwich. Ashley Blodgett, 5; Mrs. H. Burton, 2; Cong.
+    Ch., 1                                                   8.00
+  Peacham. Miss Varnum, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for
+    McIntosh, Ga._                                           2.00
+  Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 5; "D.," 2                           7.00
+  Pittsford. Mrs. E. H. Denison                              5.00
+  Quechee. Rev. N. F. Carter                                10.00
+  Royalton. A. W. Kenney, 30; First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
+    17.75                                                   47.75
+  Rutland. Mrs. Wm. D. Marsh                                10.00
+  Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., 200; Rev. Henry
+    Fairbanks, 100                                         300.00
+  Saint Johnsbury. Union Meeting, North and South Chs.,
+    _for Indian M._                                        168.81
+  Saxton's River. "Friend"                                   1.00
+  South Royalton. Mrs. S. H. Jones                          10.00
+  Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks, 100; A. Woolson, 100  200.00
+  Stowe. Joseph Pike                                         1.00
+  Swanton. C. C. Long                                       10.00
+  Underhill. Chas. A. Birchard                               5.00
+  Vergennes. Cong. Ch.                                      20.00
+  West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.                               32.53
+  Willamstown. Cong. Ch.                                    12.00
+  Windham. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  13.01
+  Wolcott. Rev. J. F. Whitney                                2.00
+  Woodstock. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry
+    Fairbanks                                               10.50
+  Worcester. Cong. Ch.                                       5.63
+  ----. "A Friend"                                         300.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,992.16
+
+  LEGACIES.
+
+  North Ferrisburg. Estate of Sylvia Dean, by J. M.
+    Dean, Ex.                                               15.00
+  Wilmington. Estate of Judah Moore                        208.91
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $2,216.07
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $10,843.55.
+
+  Acton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Atlanta U._                  10.00
+  Amesbury. MRS. EDMUND MORRILL, to const. herself L. M.    30.00
+  Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 85, to const. MISS
+    LULU LOUISA LAWTON and CEPHAS F. FRARY L. Ms.; First
+    Cong. Ch., 35; "C.," 30                                150.00
+  Andover. John Smith                                      500.00
+  Ashland. G. M. Perry, 5; Edwin Perry, 5                   10.00
+  Attleboro. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      6.24
+  Auburn. Cong. Ch.                                         66.00
+  Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            42.00
+  Boston. "Wilberforce," 300; Mrs. C. A. Spaulding,
+    100; "Friend in Need," 100; Jona. A. Lane, 25;
+    Dr. Edward Strong and Wife, 25; Mrs. O. H. White,
+    20;  "A Friend," 10; "A Friend," 5; Rev. R. B.
+    Howard, 5.--Cambridge North Av. Ch. and Soc.,
+    209.55--Cambridgeport, Pilgrim Ch., 127.55--Chelsea,
+    A. C. Tenney, 25--Dorchester, Second Cong. Ch. and
+    Soc., 187.61; Mrs. R. W. Prouty, 5--East Boston,
+    Maverick Ch. and Soc. 26.25--Somerville, Franklin St.
+    Ch., 125; Franklin St. Ch., "M.," 50; Miss M. C.
+    Sawyer, 10; Woman's Home Miss'y Soc. of Prospect
+    Hill Ch., 10                                         1,365.96
+  Ballardvale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.00
+  Barre. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           51.75
+  Berkley. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  13.28
+  Bernardston. Orthodox Cong. Soc.                           8.75
+  Billerica. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              8.00
+  Boxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         40.70
+  Bridgewater. "A Friend"                                   30.00
+  Brockton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Porter Evan.
+    Ch. and Soc., 61.53, to const. MISS CORNELIA EDDY
+    and MISS LIZZIE F. TROW L. Ms.; Mrs. L. C. Sanford,
+    5                                                      141.53
+  Carlisle. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               5.18
+  Centreville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           22.50
+  Chatham. Cong. Ch.                                         6.50
+  Chester Center. First Cong. Ch.                            5.22
+  Conway. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                31.23
+  Cummington. Cong. Ch.                                     11.30
+  Danvers. Maple St. Ch.                                    75.00
+  Dedham. "Three Friends"                                    4.50
+  Duxbury. Mrs. R. R. Holmes                                 1.00
+  East Charlemont. Cong. Ch.                                16.00
+  Easthampton. First Cong. Ch., 47; First Cong. Ch. and
+    Sab. Sch., 25; Rev. A. M. Colton, 5                     77.00
+  East Granville. "Y. P. Soc. of Christian Endeavor"         5.00
+  Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               50.00
+  Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 45.00
+  Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                3.28
+  Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. and Soc., 128.59; "A Friend,"
+    30 to const. MRS. CLARA W. HUBBARD L. M.; C. C. Ch.,
+    25.50                                                  184.09
+  Florence. Cong. Ch.                                       12.35
+  Foxborough. Ortho. Cong. Ch.                              51.65
+  Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc., 25; E. H. Warren, 1    26.00
+  Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         35.00
+  Gilbertville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                     50.00
+  Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. ALFRED H.
+    RICHARDSON L. M.                                        25.00
+  Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., 15; Mrs. M. A.
+    Harrington, 10                                          25.00
+  Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc                          44.31
+  Granby. Mission Circle, by Mrs. A. W. T. Fisk, _for
+    Miss'y, Atlanta, Ga._                                   15.00
+  Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 69.25; Cong. Ch., 10;
+    First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10                            89.25
+  Greenwich. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             18.50
+  Hanover. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                     5.00
+  Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Student Aid, Fisk
+    U._                                                    100.00
+  Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols                           100.00
+  Hinsdale. J. Hosmer, 10; Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Plunkett,
+    7; C. J. Kittredge, 3; Rev. J. H. Laird, 2; S.
+    Kittredge, 2; Miss S. Warriner, 1; L. Payne, 1;
+    Others, 4                                               30.00
+  Housatonic. "Friends," 15; Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; Cong.
+    Ch. (ad'l), 1                                           26.00
+  Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.                               7.25
+  Ipswich. Mission Band of So. Ch., 6.30; "A Friend," 50c    6.80
+  Kingston. Mayflower Ch.                                   40.00
+  Lancaster. Ev. Cong. Ch.                                  36.55
+  Leverett. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch.                           9.50
+  Longmeadow. "M. C. G."                                    10.00
+  Ludlow Centre. "A Friend"                                  1.00
+  Lowell. Pawtucket Ch. and Soc.                            18.00
+  Mansfield. P. M. Edwards                                   1.00
+  Medway. Village Ch. and Soc.                              27.00
+  Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        65.62
+  Middleborough. Central Cong. Ch.                          52.00
+  Middlefield. "A Friend"                                    2.00
+  Middleton. Mrs. Loring Carleton                            4.50
+  Milford. "A Friend"                                        1.00
+  Millbury. By Lizzie M. Garfield                            5.75
+  Millers Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          4.60
+  Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox                             10.00
+  Monson. E. F. Morris, 50; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Holmes,
+    Jr., 50; Mrs. N. M. Field, 25; Mrs. C. O. Chapin, 5    130.00
+  Monument Beach. Wm. R. Vining                             50.00
+  Neponset. Miss S. L. Tuttle's S. S. Class, Bbl. of C.,
+    _for Wilmington, N. C._, 1 _for Freight_                 1.00
+  New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     50.00
+  Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Le Moyne Inst._    8.00
+  Newburyport. Freedmen's Aid Soc., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                20.00
+  Newton. Eliot Ch.                                        130.00
+  Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                   50.00
+  Norfolk. Cong. Ch.                                         4.00
+  North Abington. Cong. Ch., 5; Rev. J. H. Jones, 5         10.00
+  Northampton. First Cong. Ch., 279.23; "A Friend," 100;
+    Edwards Ch. Benev. Soc., 87.50; Jared Clark, 25        491.73
+  Northborough. Evan. Cong. Ch., 68; Sab. Sch., 10          78.00
+  Northbridge Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.              10.00
+  North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch., 50; and Sab. Sch.,
+    30, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                          80.00
+  North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., 35.59; Mrs.
+    Hannah M. Nye, 5; Miss Abbie W. Johnson, 5              45.59
+  North Chelmsford. Second Cong. Ch., to const. MISS ADA
+    M. SHELDON L. M.                                        50.00
+  North Middleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. DEA.
+    SOLOMON WHITE L. M.                                     45.00
+  Oakham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.62; Miss Susan Fairbanks,
+    10                                                      40.62
+  Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          50.00
+  Paxton. Cong. Ch.                                         16.75
+  Pigeon Cove. Mrs. M. L. Thalheimer, deceased, by M. E.
+    Thalheimer                                              25.00
+  Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Second Cong.
+    Sab. Sch., 5; E. R. M., 2.50                           107.50
+  Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch.                                 5.00
+  Prescott. "A Friend"                                       5.00
+  Princeton. Cong. Ch.                                      20.50
+  Provincetown. First Cong. Ch.                             14.63
+  Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          17.00
+  Randolph. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       201.80
+  Reading. Old South and Bethesda Chs., to const. FRANK
+    W. B. PRATT and E. P. FITTS L. Ms., 87.85; J. M.
+    Carleton, 5; "A Friend," 4.50                           97.35
+  Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; Elijah Shaw, 50        125.00
+  Rutland. Children of Cong. Ch., 10, and Papers, _for
+    Robbins, Tenn._                                         10.00
+  Salem. Crombie St. Ch. and Soc., 50.15; George Driver,
+    2                                                       52.15
+  Sandwich. Mrs. Card                                        2.00
+  Saundersville. Cong Ch. and Soc.                          15.00
+  Scituate. Cen. Cong. Ch. and S. S.                        24.55
+  Scotland. Miss Mary H. Leonard                             2.00
+  Shelburne Falls. Sab. Sch. Concert, 8.01; Three Classes
+    Cong. S. S., 5.99, _for Indian M._                      14.00
+  Shrewsbury. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Greene, 500; Cong.
+    Ch. and Soc., 112.33                                   612.33
+  South Abington. Miss C. H. Whitman, 100; Cong. Ch.
+    and Soc., 47.59                                        147.59
+  South Amherst. Cong. Ch.                                   7.72
+  South Dartmouth. Cong. Ch.                                 9.00
+  South Egremont. Mrs. Huldah Bills, 30, to const. REV.
+    P. T. FARWELL L. M.; Cong. Ch., 25                      55.00
+  South Franklin. Union Cong. Ch.                            5.25
+  South Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 31.25; Cong. Sab.
+    Sch., 8.85                                              40.10
+  South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Parish                  31.00
+  South Natick. John Eliot Ch.                               6.16
+  South Plymouth. Second Cong. Ch. (ad'l)                    2.12
+  South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; "A
+    Friend," 25                                             74.00
+  Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         68.10
+  Springfield. "A Friend," 500; A. C. Hunt, 10,
+    "L. E. W.," 10                                         520.00
+  Springfield. Infant Class, Cong. S. S., 2; Miss L.
+    Fay's S. S. Class, 1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._         3.00
+  Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.                                    23.90
+  Stoughton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             13.72
+  Sudbury. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc.                         37.00
+  Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. Sch.             100.00
+  Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            25.00
+  Taunton. Winslow Cong. Ch. and Soc. (30 of which to
+    const. GEO. W. ANDROS L. M.)                            49.27
+  Taunton. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._      39.00
+  Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. FRANK H.
+    KASSON L. M.                                            32.00
+  Topsfield. "A Friend"                                      1.00
+  Townsend. "Member Cong. Ch."                               5.00
+  Uxbridge. Evan. Cong. Co. and Soc.                        29.45
+  Ware. C. C. Hitchcock                                     10.00
+  Warren. Cong. Ch., 100; "N. G.," 5                       105.00
+  Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell, _for Chinese M._             5.00
+  Wayland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               30.00
+  Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             11.00
+  West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       20.00
+  Westboro. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch.                           50.00
+  West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          15.00
+  West Boylston. G. W. Ames, 3; Polly W. Ames, 3; Mrs.
+    A. Campbell, 1.50                                        7.50
+  West Cummington. Cong. Ch.                                 3.00
+  Westfield. Mrs. C. W. Fowler, 5; Dr. H. Holland, 3         8.00
+  Westford. Union Ch.                                       17.00
+  West Gardner. M. B. Knowlton                              10.00
+  West Gardner. Nettie M. Bartlett, _for Rosebud Indian
+    M._                                                      2.00
+  Westhampton. Miss Mary Edwards, "in Memory of Mrs.
+    Catharine Edwards"                                       5.00
+  Westminster. F. Lombard, 5; Mrs. Mossman, 25c              5.25
+  West Springfield. Mrs. Lucy M. Bagg                      200.00
+  West Tisbury. First Cong. Ch.                              9.63
+  Whately. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00
+  Whitinsville. S. F. Morse                                  2.00
+  Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            24.50
+  Winchendon. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                       50.00
+  Winchester. S. Elliot                                     25.00
+  Woburn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         204.60
+  Woburn. Ladies' Charitable Reading Soc., Bbl. of C.,
+    val. 52.40, _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 1.17 _for
+    Freight_                                                 1.17
+  Wollaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              8.05
+  Woods Holl. Cong. Ch.                                     20.00
+  Worcester. "Friend," 500; Piedmont Ch., 400; Plymouth
+    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 130; Samuel R. Heywood, 100;
+    Hiram Smith and family, 30; Mrs. S. A. Howard, 5     1,165.00
+  Worcester. "A Friend," _for Charleston, S. C._             4.00
+  Worthington. Cong. Ch.                                    19.34
+  Yarmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                10.29
+  By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n--Ludlow,
+    23.90--Palmer, Second, 15--Springfield, Mrs. E.
+    Clarke, 5--Westfield, Second, 108.80--West
+    Springfield, Park St., 23                              175.70
+                                                       ----------
+                                                       $10,261.55
+
+  LEGACIES.
+
+  Boston. Estate of Rev. H. B. Hooker, D. D.                50.00
+  Enfield. Estate of Dea. Henry Fobes, by W. B.
+    Kimball, Ex.                                           500.00
+  Oakham. Estate of Perly Ayres, by William Spear, Ex.      32.00
+                                                       ----------
+                                                       $10,843.55
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $2,432.84.
+
+  Bristol. Mrs. Rogers, 100; First Cong. Ch., 30           130.00
+  East Providence. Samuel Belden, to const. REV.
+    WILLIAM FITZ, HARMON S. BABCOCK, SAMUEL BELDEN
+    BABCOCK, RICHARD W. CONE, JOHN CHURCHILL, and
+    SAMUEL BELDEN CHURCHILL L. Ms.                         180.00
+  Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.                                      58.50
+  Providence. George H. Corliss, 1000; Central Cong.
+    Ch., 718; Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc., 119.22;
+    James Coats, 100; Beneficent Cong. Ch., 50; "A
+    Friend," 5                                           1,992.22
+  Slatersville. Cong. Ch.                                   31.00
+  Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.12; Emeline Smith, 5     35.12
+  Woonsocket. Globe Cong. Ch.                                6.00
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $10,360.07.
+
+  Abington. Cong. Ch.                                       14.50
+  Andover. "A Friend"                                       20.00
+  Berlin. "A Friend," 50; Second Cong. Ch., 19.24           69.24
+  Bethlehem. "A Friend"                                      5.00
+  Birmingham. Cong. Ch.                                     35.35
+  Bolton. By Mrs. L. H. Barber, _for Conn. Sch.,
+    Quitman, Ga._                                            5.00
+  Branford. H. G. Harrison                                  10.00
+  Bristol. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch.,
+    Quitman, Ga._                                           55.00
+  Brooklyn. First Trin. Ch. and Cong. to const.
+    WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE L. M.                                38.00
+  Buckingham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             2.65
+  Canaan. Estate Daniel Norton, Package Books and 50c         .50
+  Chaplin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               15.00
+  Cheshire. "A Friend," 25; Cong. Ch., 21.25                46.25
+  Chester. Cong. Ch.                                        35.00
+  Cobalt. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+  Cromwell. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._         1.00
+  Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch., to const. MRS.
+    FANNY L. KEECH and MISS CHLOE P. DAVISON L. Ms.         60.00
+  Durham. Cong. Ch.                                         23.00
+  East Avon. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    22.25
+  East Hartford. H. L. Goodwin, 100; First Ch., 30;
+    Abraham Williams, 10; South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15     155.00
+  East Granby. Cong. Ch.                                     5.00
+  East Windsor. "A Friend"                                   5.00
+  Elliott. Wm. Osgood                                        1.00
+  Fairfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Santee
+     Agency, Neb._                                          20.00
+  Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                    140.49
+  Glastonbury. James B. Williams (ad'l), 200; First
+    Cong. Ch. and Soc., 82.58                              282.58
+  Goshen. Mrs. Moses Lyman                                   5.00
+  Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. WM. H. LEE L. M.     30.00
+  Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Share_                     20.00
+  Hartford. Mrs. Catherine R. Hillyer                       20.00
+  Hebron. "Friends"                                          7.00
+  Hockanum. Mrs. E. M. Roberts                               5.00
+  Huntington. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00
+  Huntington. Oliver Baird, _for Rosebud Indian M._          1.00
+  Kensington. Lucy J. Upson, Arthur W. Upson, Alice O.
+    Upson and Mary H. Upson, 5 ea.                          20.00
+  Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss                              5.00
+  Kent. First Cong. Soc.                                    25.64
+  Lebanon. "A few Friends"                                  30.00
+  Manchester. "C. S. S."                                    10.00
+  Meriden. First Cong. Ch., 100; First Cong. Ch.,
+    "A Friend," 25; Edmund Tuttle, 30, to const.
+    MISS ELLEN E. TUTTLE L. M.                             155.00
+  Milford. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._                150.00
+  Milford. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 50, and Sab. Sch., 25.59     75.59
+  Mount Carmel. Mrs. J. M. Swift bal. to const. WILLIAM
+    E. SWIFT L. M.                                          10.00
+  Nepaug. South Cong. Ch.                                    3.25
+  New Britain. First Ch. of Christ, 69.30; Members South
+    Cong. Ch., 40 (30 of which to const. EMMA GERTRUDE
+    ROGERS L. M.); Rev. J. W. Cooper, 25                   134.30
+  New Canaan. "Friend E."                                   10.00
+  New Haven. Nelson Hall, 50; Alfred Walker, 10             60.00
+  New London. "First Ch. of Christ"                         64.60
+  New Preston. Mrs. Betsy Averill                           10.00
+  Norfolk. Mrs. Mary D. Bassett                              4.00
+  Northford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             20.00
+  North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett, 50; "A friend's
+    mite," 2                                                52.00
+  North Stamford. Cong. Soc.                                 6.76
+  North Stonington. Dudley R. Wheeler                       20.00
+  Norwich. ----                                          1,000.00
+  Norwich. First Cong. Ch., 50; Othniel Gager, 24;
+    Sarah A. Huntington, 10                                 84.00
+  Old Lyme. Cong. Ch.                                       64.34
+  Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch.                                   18.00
+  Plainfield. Cong. Ch.                                      5.27
+  Plainville. William Cowles                                20.00
+  Plymouth. "A Friend," 500; "A Friend," 50                550.00
+  Preston. Long Soc. Sab. Sch.                               2.00
+  Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          24.00
+  Prospect. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Ridgebury. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00
+  Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch.                               38.00
+  Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. (4.30 of which _for
+    Tillotson C. and N. Inst._)                             71.76
+  Rockville. J. N. Stickney                                 10.00
+  Rockville. Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tillotson
+    C. and N. Inst._                                         9.44
+  Roxbury. "A Friend, Birthday Offering"                     3.00
+  Salisbury. "The Twins," Miriam and Rose Goddard, aged
+    5 weeks, by Rev. J. C. Goddard                           1.00
+  Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch.                                30.00
+  Somerville. Cong. Ch.                                     14.60
+  Southbury. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 5; "A Friend," 1           6.00
+  Southington. First Cong. Ch.                              60.80
+  South Killingly. Cong. Ch.                                 3.00
+  Southport. "A gift in the name of Frederick Marquand"
+    (4,000 of which _for Special Indian Work in
+    Dakota_)                                             4,500.00
+  Southport. "A Friend," to const. Miss ABBIE B. LORD
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  South Windsor. Sam'l T. Wolcott                           20.00
+  Stamford. Friends, Cong. Ch., by Rev. S. Scoville        100.00
+  Stanwich. David Banks, 100; John Brush, 5; Mrs. Chas.
+    Brush, 5; Mary A. Lockwood, 1; Cong. Ch., 5            116.00
+  Stratford. "A Friend"                                      2.00
+  Talcottville. Cong. Ch.                                   80.00
+  Terryville. A. S. Gaylord, 10; Mr. & Mrs. Elizur
+    Fenn, 5 ea.                                             20.00
+  Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 43.25; P. Darrow, 15.51             58.76
+  Thompson. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch.,
+    Quitman Ga._                                            27.00
+  Tolland. Cong. Ch.                                        11.82
+  Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           36.14
+  Torrington. L. Wetmore, 150; First Cong. Ch., 10         160.00
+  Vernon Center. Miss H. B. Chapin                           2.00
+  Voluntown and Sterling. Cong. Ch., bal. to const.
+    MISS MARY E. P. ELDERKIN L. M.                          17.28
+  Washington. Cong. Soc.                                    34.75
+  Waterbury. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., by Mrs. H. M.
+    Dutton, _for Conn. Sch., Quitman Ga._                  200.00
+  Waterbury. "Sunshine Circle," _for Macon, Ga._             8.00
+  Waterbury. "A Friend," 10; "A Friend," Second Cong.
+    Ch., 5                                                  15.00
+  Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             44.55
+  Wauregan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              18.00
+  West Avon. Cong. Ch.                                      15.00
+  Westbrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 56.54; "Cash," 2           58.54
+  West Hartland. Deacons of Cong. Ch.                        4.00
+  West Haven. "A few Ladies," by Mrs. Emeline Smith         20.00
+  Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallory                    5.00
+  Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Ch.                             19.66
+  Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               21.35
+  Windham. Westminster Cong. Ch.                             9.06
+  Windsor Locks. "A Friend"                                 10.00
+  Winsted. Miss Emeline Catlin and Sister                   10.00
+  Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       20.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                         300.00
+  ----. "Connecticut Friend"                                10.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                          10.00
+                                                       ----------
+                                                       $10,110.07
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven,
+    _for Talladega C._                                     250.00
+                                                       ----------
+                                                       $10,360.07
+
+
+NEW YORK, $3,493.43.
+
+  Amsterdam. Mrs. Mary A. Bartlett                           2.00
+  Amsterdam. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._              1.00
+  Bangor. Cong. Ch.                                          4.09
+  Bay Shore. Cong. Ch.                                      11.65
+  Berkshire. First Cong. Ch.                                54.00
+  Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock                               5.00
+  Binghamton. Sheldon Warner                                 5.00
+  Bridgewater. Cong. Ch.                                    20.16
+  Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch., 468.55; Member Plym. Ch., 25;
+    Julius Davenport, 100; "A Member of Central Ch. Sab.
+    Sch.," Dr. Behrend's, 30, to const. MRS. DAVID M.
+    STONE L. M.; Rev. E. P. Thwing, 2; "A Friend," 1       626.55
+  Brookton. Rev. I. Bradnack                                 3.00
+  Cambridge. Cong. Ch.                                       5.00
+  Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                     42.00
+  Candor. Cong. Ch.                                         15.00
+  Central New York. "Thank Offering"                        10.00
+  Chateaugay. Rev. C. C. Torrey                             10.00
+  Chenango Co. "Life Member"                                10.00
+  Copenhagen. Cong. Ch. and S. S.                           10.00
+  Coventry. First Cong. Ch.                                  6.54
+  Coxsackie. Mrs. E. F. Spoor, 2.50; Miss A. G. Fairchild,
+    2.50                                                     5.00
+  Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 49; Second Cong.
+    Ch., 5                                                  54.00
+  East Watertown. Mrs. T. Merwin                            10.00
+  East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, 30; C. M. Clark, 3           33.00
+  Flushing. "Friends"                                        5.00
+  Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears                                  128.36
+  Goshen. "A Friend"                                         2.00
+  Hammondville. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00
+  Havana. J. F. Phelps                                       5.00
+  Hopkinton. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Hudson. Abraham S. Peet                                    3.00
+  Jamestown. First Cong. Ch., 7; Sab. Sch., 14.49           21.49
+  Kiantone. Cong. Ch.                                        8.56
+  Le Roy. Mrs. L. A. Parsons                                 4.50
+  Little Valley. First Cong. Ch.                             6.14
+  Maine Village. Cong. Ch.                                  15.40
+  Malone. Mrs. H. R. Wilson                                  3.00
+  Massena. Cong. Ch.                                        25.00
+  Middletown. First Cong. Ch.                               36.17
+  Millville. By Henry L. Hommedieu                          10.00
+  New York. John Dwight, 200; A. S. Barnes, 100;
+    "H. W. H.," 60 to const. WILLIAM HUBBARD and MISS
+    D. E. EMERSON L. Ms.; S. T. Gordon, 30; ----, 11.25;
+    Joseph S. Hol, 10; "Colored Orphan Asylum and its
+    Chaplain, Stephen Angell," 10; James W. Treadwell,
+    5; M. H. Bartow, 2; "A Friend," 1                      449.25
+  Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              115.79
+  Norwich. By Rev. A. G. Upton                               5.00
+  Nunda. "A Friend," (10 _of which for Chinese and
+    Indian M._)                                             15.00
+  Nyack. John W. Towt                                      100.00
+  Oneonta. Mrs. L. I. Safford                                5.00
+  Orient. Cong. Ch.                                         18.58
+  Owego. Dr. L. H. Allen                                    10.00
+  Parishville. Cong. Ch.                                     6.00
+  Pekin. Abigail Peck                                       25.00
+  Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                       30.00
+  Richford. Cong. Ch.                                        6.66
+  Rochester. Geo. Thayer                                    25.00
+  Rodman. Miss Eliza Gates, 20; John S. Sill, 5             25.00
+  Rome. Rev. Wm. B. Hammond                                  5.00
+  Salamanca. Cong. Ch. and Pastor                            7.00
+  Seneca Falls. Cong. Ch.                                   10.25
+  Sherburne. "A Friend"                                     10.00
+  Silver Creek. Mrs. Simeon Howes, 7.50; W. Chapin, 7.50    15.00
+  Syracuse. Plymouth Ch., 133.03; C. A. Hamlin, 25         158.03
+  Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel                                 5.00
+  Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge, 10; Bethesda Welsh Cong.
+    Ch., 10; Plymouth Cong. Ch., 7                          27.00
+  Wading River. Cong. Ch.                                   15.00
+  Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton                            5.00
+  ----. ----                                                 2.00
+  By Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas., for _Miss'y, Tougaloo,
+    Miss._--Copenhagen, Ladies' Aux., 50--Danby, Mrs. S.
+    Johnson's S. S. Class, 9.18--Poughkeepsie, Ladies'
+    H. M. Union, 20--Rushville, Ladies' Soc., 10--Saratoga
+    Springs, Aux. Soc., 20--West Groton, Y. P. Miss'y
+    Soc., 20                                               129.18
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $2,457.35
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Walton. Estate of Elizabeth Bassett (500 of which
+    _for Mendi M._) by G. W. Fitch and T. S. Hoyt,
+    Executors                                            1,036.08
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $3,493.43
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $10,154.40.
+
+  Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts                              30.00
+  Bordentown. L. Beeuwkes                                    3.00
+  Bound Brook. Cong. Ch., 75.39; and Sab. Sch. 25, _for
+    Tillotson C. and  N. Inst._                            100.39
+  Chester. Cong. Ch., 35.45, and Sab. Sch., 4.68            40.13
+  Closter. Rev. G. W. Plack                                  5.00
+  Englewood. Rev. Geo. B. Cheever, D. D., and Wife       9,716.88
+  Jersey City Heights. "A Friend"                            2.00
+  Montclair. First Cong. Ch., 110; First Cong. Ch. Sab.
+    Sch., 50; Mrs. Edward Sweet, 50                        210.00
+  Trenton. S. T. Sherman                                    20.00
+  Westfield. Children's Mission Band of Cong. Ch.,
+    _for Share_                                             20.00
+  Woodbridge. Cong. Ch.                                      7.00
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $1,640.91.
+
+  Cambridgeboro. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.           10.00
+  Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson and Miss Eliza Dickson,
+    15 ea.                                                  30.00
+  Guy's Mills. Mrs. F. Maria Guy                             1.00
+  Jeanesville. Welsh Cong. Ch.                               5.00
+  Mercersburg. Thomas C. Johnston                            4.00
+  Morris Run. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                3.00
+  Philadelphia. "Member of Central Cong. Ch.," 50; Chas.
+    Burnham, 50; John Edmands, 25                          125.00
+  Pottsville. Cong. Ch., 1.48; Rev. D. T. Davies, 3          4.48
+  Ridgeway. Rev. O. D. Crawford                              2.00
+  Shamokin. Cong. Ch.                                        4.00
+  Troy. Chas. C. Paine                                     100.00
+  Washington. Mrs. M. H. McFarland                          10.00
+                                                         --------
+                                                          $298.48
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Pittsburg. Estate of Chas. Avery                       1,342.43
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,640.91
+
+
+OHIO, $1,035.87.
+
+  Alliance. Welsh Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                        6.00
+  Alliance. Mrs. J. M. Thomas                                5.00
+  Barton. Miss A. C. Hitchcock, 5; Cong. Ch., 2.83;
+    _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                               7.83
+  Berea. Cong. Ch.                                          11.50
+  Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab. Sch., 5            10.00
+  Bowling Green. Mrs. Mary H. Leet, _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                 5.00
+  Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      15.00
+  Canfield. Cong. Ch.                                       13.00
+  Castalia. Cong. Ch.                                        3.00
+  Chagrin Falls. John S. Bullard, 20; Cong. Ch., 12.07      32.07
+  Chardon. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._             5.00
+  Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ruggles, 10; Lawrence
+    St. Welsh Cong. Ch., 10; Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles, 2      22.00
+  Claridon. L. T. Wilmot, 10; Cong. Sab. Sch., 7.50; Mr.
+    and Mrs. D. B. Ladd, 5                                  22.50
+  Cleveland. Mrs. H. B. Spelman (25 of which _for Student
+    Aid, Atlanta U._)                                       30.00
+  Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury, 50; First Cong. Ch.,
+    22.75; Euclid Av. Cong. Ch., Friend, 10; J. J. Low,
+    5; Mount Zion Cong. Ch., 1                              88.75
+  Columbus. Dr. W. Gladden, 10; Geo. W. Bright, 10; Mrs.
+    Walter Craft and Children, 7; Miss Beatrice Terrell,
+    1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                           28.00
+  Columbus. Mrs. M. K. Bates, 10; Benj. Talbot, 1           11.00
+  Conneaut. H. E. Pond                                       5.00
+  Conneaut. H. E. Pond, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._           2.00
+  Garrettsville. Cong. Ch., 23.25, and Sab. Sch., 1.75;
+    Woman's Miss'y Soc., 5, to const. REV. J. R. NICHOLS
+    L. M.                                                   30.00
+  Greenwich. Rev. C. H. Phelps                               5.00
+  Gustavus. First Cong. Ch.                                  7.20
+  Hartford. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00
+  Hudson. Mrs. H. Baldwin                                    5.00
+  Ironton. First Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+  Lafayette. Cong. Ch.                                       8.00
+  Lorain. First Cong. Ch.                                   28.89
+  Madison Lake. Mrs. H. B. Fraser                           25.00
+  Marietta. First Cong. Ch.                                  2.00
+  Marysville. Cong. Ch.                                     10.00
+  Medina. Woman's Miss'y Soc., First Cong. Ch.              20.00
+  Mount Vernon. "A Friend"                                   5.00
+  Newark. Welsh Cong. Ch., 9.27; Lewis Jones, 2             11.27
+  Newburg. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                   5.00
+  North Bloomfield. W. C. Savage                             5.00
+  North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch.                               10.30
+  Norwalk. "A Sower beside all Waters.," bal. to const.
+    REV. T. F. HILDRETH L. M.                               20.00
+  Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., 121.98; Homer Johnson,
+    M. D., 5                                               126.98
+  Oberlin. Young Woman's Miss'y Soc., Oberlin C., _for
+    Student Aid, Fisk U._                                   50.00
+  Painesville. Rev. S. W. Pierson                            5.00
+  Randolph. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00
+  Richfield. Mrs. Uri Oviatt, 5; Dea. T. E. Ellsworth, 2     7.00
+  Rochester. Cong Ch.                                        4.00
+  Rock Creek. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of New Lyme Inst.,
+    _for Model Sch. Building, Straight U._                  10.00
+  Rootstown. "Young Peoples' Band of Christian Endeavor,"
+    by H. M. Reed, Treas.                                   17.00
+  Saybrook. Cong. Ch.                                       18.50
+  Steubenville. First Cong. Ch.                              5.00
+  Tallmadge. Tallmadge Benev. Ass'n                         25.49
+  Toledo. Central Cong. Ch., 20; State Line Ch., 2;
+    Washington St. Cong. Ch., 5.50                          27.50
+  Wakeman. Cong. Ch.                                        15.65
+  Wayne. First Cong. Ch.                                    25.00
+  Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. Garlick                             2.00
+  York. Cong. Ch.                                           24.00
+  Youngstown. "Two Friends"                                  7.00
+  By Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas. O. W. H. M. U., _for Lady
+    Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._--Oberlin W. H. M. S. of
+    Second Cong. Ch., 75--Cleveland, Y. P. M. Soc. of
+    First Ch., 20--Hudson, W. H. M. S., 5.44               100.44
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,005.87
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Hanging Rock. Estate of Rachel R. Hamilton, by
+    Robert Peebles, Executor                                30.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $1,035.87
+
+
+INDIANA, $58.00.
+
+  Auburn. James Adams                                       20.00
+  Brooklyn. Rev. Wm. Richey, 1; Mrs. F. J. Richey, 1         2.00
+  Liber. Thomas Towle                                        1.00
+  Michigan City. Cong. Ch.                                  35.00
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $2,284.64.
+
+  Albany. ----                                              10.00
+  Amboy. First Cong. Ch.                                    45.00
+  Aurora. N. L. Janes                                       10.00
+  Bartlett. Cong. Ch.                                       20.00
+  Bellmont Cong. Ch. and "Friends"                           8.51
+  Brimfield Cong. Ch.                                       12.25
+  Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. McKinney                           10.00
+  Carthage. Mrs. Elizabeth Bernethy                         50.00
+  Chenoa. Mrs. M. A. Ketcham, 1; Mrs. Cutter, 50 cents       1.50
+  Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., 110.04; J. M. Williams, 100;
+    Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., 20.43; Rev. J. M. Williams,
+    10; Lake View Cong. Ch., 7.50; H. J. Kilbourn, 3;
+    "M. W.," 1                                             251.97
+  Chicago. Ladies M. Soc. N. E. Cong. Ch., _for Miss'y,
+    Mobile, Ala._                                           25.00
+  Collinsville. J. F. Wadsworth                             10.00
+  Crystal Lake. Cong. Ch.                                   24.08
+  Elgin. Cong. Ch., 175.78; W. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
+    26.12                                                  201.90
+  Englewood. Cong. Ch.                                      20.60
+  Forest. Cong. Ch.                                         16.90
+  Galesburg. First Cong. Ch.                                66.73
+  Galesburg. "A Friend," _for Emerson Inst._                25.00
+  Garden Prairie. Mrs. A. A. Dawson, 75c.; Willie L.
+    Dawson, 25c.                                             1.00
+  Geneseo. Mrs. Henry Nourse                                50.00
+  Glencoe. Arthur H. Day                                     5.00
+  Griggsville. Mrs. A. W. Green                              5.00
+  Highland Park. L. S. Bingham                               5.00
+  Hinsdale. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10; J. W. Bushnell, 5          15.00
+  Kewanee. Cong. Ch.                                       264.18
+  La Harpe. Cong. Ch.                                       17.50
+  La Salle. "An aged Friend"                               200.00
+  Lisbon. Cong. Ch.                                          7.18
+  Lyndon. Cong. Ch.                                         11.05
+  Lyonsville. Cong. Ch.                                     11.00
+  Metamora. Members Cong. Ch. (Christian Union)             32.15
+  Millburn. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Miss'y, Mobile,
+    Ala._                                                   30.00
+  Nebraska. Mrs. Carse and Daughter, 1 ea.                   2.00
+  Nora. Cong. Ch.                                           13.00
+  Oak Park. First Cong. Ch., 100; Rev. J. E. Roy, 30, to
+    const. EDGAR C. ELLIS L. M.; "E.," 10                  140.00
+  Olive. Cong. Ch.                                           8.76
+  Olney. First Cong. Ch.                                     8.00
+  Peoria. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Atlanta U._                                             25.00
+  Peoria. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Tougaloo U._                                             9.00
+  Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss                               15.00
+  Princeville. Mrs. Olive L. Cutter                         10.00
+  Providence. Cong. Ch.                                     42.38
+  Rantoul. Cong. Ch.                                         3.25
+  Ravenswood. Cong. Ch.                                     40.00
+  Rochelle. C. F. Holcomb                                   15.00
+  Rockford. Thomas D. Robertson                             50.00
+  Rockton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 5.50; "A Friend," 5.50;
+    "C. P.," 5                                              16.00
+  Roseville. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Axtell                       1.00
+  Rutland. Cong. Ch.                                         3.00
+  Shirland. Rev. E. Colton                                   5.00
+  Sycamore. Hon. Henry Wood                                 10.00
+  Wataga. Cong. Ch.                                         11.00
+  Winnebago. N. F. Parsons, 15; O. T. Holcomb, 2;
+    J. L. McLain, 25c.                                      17.25
+  Woodburn. Cong. Ch.                                        7.45
+  Wyanet. Rev. F. C. Cochran                                10.00
+  ----. "A Friend in Illinois"                              75.00
+  By Mrs. E. F. Williams, _for Lady
+    Missionaries_--Galesburg Ladies' Miss'y Soc.
+    of Brick Ch., 11; Lombard, by Women's H. M. U.
+    of Ill., 10.05--Moline Ladies' W. H. M. U., 13.00       34.05
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $2,034.64
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Peoria. Estate of Moses Pettengill, by Rev.
+    A. A. Stevens                                          250.00
+                                                        ---------
+                                                        $2,284.64
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $2,089.35.
+
+  Addison. Cong. Ch.                                         6.00
+  Alpena. First Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._                41.00
+  Ann Arbor. Mrs. Walker, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._          .50
+  Banks. Cong. Ch.                                           4.04
+  Bedford. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._                      6.22
+  Benton Harbor. Cong. Sab. Sch.                             8.00
+  Benzonia. Cong. Ch., 49.50 (ad'l) to const. E. P.
+    SMITH and DEA. J. R. BARR L. Ms.; Rev. Joseph S.
+    Fisher, 30, to const. JAMES T. BRISSENDEN L. M.         79.50
+  Bradley. First Cong. Ch.                                    .96
+  Calumet. Dr. Chas. W. Niles                               25.00
+  Calumet. Boys' Class in Cong. Sab. Sch., by John
+    Knauf, Treas., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._            4.00
+  Carson City. Cong. Ch.                                     2.00
+  Church's Corners. Cornelius Clement, 10; Dea. N. R.
+    Rowley, 5; A. W. Douglass, 5; Mrs. John Williams,
+    2; James Robins, 2; C. Alpaugh, P. Hallock, H.
+    Reed, Dea. G. S. Wells, D. H. Gardner, John Wells,
+    and P. Cunningham, 1 ea; J. Robins, W. Hazen and
+    W. C. Robins, 50c. ea; Cong. Ch., 8.80                  41.30
+  Coloma. Cong. Ch.                                          3.09
+  Croton. Cong. Ch.                                          2.85
+  Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 139.40; First Cong. Ch.
+    and Sab. Sch., 50; "A Friend," 61.50, by Rev. J.
+    Porter, to const. CALVIN THOMPSON GARLAND and MARY
+    EVANS GARLAND L. Ms.; Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 87.71   338.61
+  Dexter. Dennis Warner                                     20.00
+  Dowagiac. Cong. Ch.                                       11.35
+  East Saginaw. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
+    Fisk U._                                                25.00
+  East Saginaw. Mrs. A. M. Spencer                           2.00
+  Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._          16.00
+  Galesburg. First Cong. Ch.                                16.56
+  Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           12.25
+  Grand Blanc. "Willing Workers," _for Teacher, Santee
+    Agency, Neb._                                           10.00
+  Grand Rapids. Members First Cong. Ch.                     25.00
+  Greenville. M. Rutan                                     500.00
+  Homer. Mrs. C. C. Evarts                                   5.00
+  Hopkins. First Cong. Ch., 2.88; Second Cong. Ch.,
+    13.54                                                   16.42
+  Hubbardston. Cong. Ch.                                     3.25
+  Hudsonville. Cong. Ch.                                     1.46
+  Jackson. "A Friend"                                        5.00
+  Johnston and Barry. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._            .75
+  Imlay City. Cong. Ch.                                      4.50
+  Irving. Cong. Ch.                                          4.00
+  Kensington. John Thompson                                  5.00
+  Lansing. Plymouth Ch., 40; Prof. R. C. Kedzie, 10;
+    Mrs. A. Wheeler, 50c.                                   50.50
+  Leroy. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._                        7.00
+  Litchfield. First Cong. Ch.                               17.20
+  Manistee. Cong. Ch.                                       23.50
+  New Baltimore. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          5.00
+  New Haven. S. E. Mills                                     5.00
+  New Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._        2.00
+  Orion. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Berridge                         5.00
+  Ovid. Cong. Ch.                                            3.60
+  Owosso. Cong. Ch.                                         14.03
+  Robinson. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00
+  Saint Ignace. Cong. Ch.                                    2.25
+  Saint Johns. H. M. Perrin, 50; A. J. Baldwin, 10;
+    C. A. Shaw, 5; _for Student Aid, Fisk U._               65.00
+  Tipton. Rev. A. A. Wall                                     .50
+  Union City. "A Friend"                                   200.00
+  Union City. Cong. Ch. (50 of which _for Straight U_)     139.41
+  Vermontville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          25.00
+  Wacousta. Cong. Ch.                                        4.50
+  White Cloud. Rev. John Jeffries                            1.00
+  Ypsilanti. M. G. Wood, _for Talladega C._                  5.00
+  By Mrs. A. McDougall, _for Straight U._--"A Friend,"
+    100--Charlotte,75--Edmore, 6.25--Nashville,
+    4--Olivet, 39--Vermontville, 21                        245.25
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $653.66.
+
+  Baraboo. Cong. Ch.                                         7.00
+  Beloit. First Cong. Ch., 25; Second Cong. Ch. Sab.
+    Sch., 8.19; Mrs. H. Nelson, 1.50                        34.69
+  Bloomer. Cong. Ch.                                         2.00
+  Bloomington. Cong. Ch.                                     3.20
+  Brandon. Cong. Ch.                                        17.75
+  Brodhead. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Clinton. John H. Cooper                                    5.00
+  Columbus. Olivet Ch. (20 of which _for Miss'y, Austin,
+    Tex._), 42.50; Olivet Sab. Sch., 5                      47.50
+  Cooksville. Cong. Ch.                                      3.50
+  Darlington. "Two Friends" in Cong. Ch.                     1.00
+  Eagle. Pleasant Hill Presb. Ch.                            3.75
+  Eau Claire. First Cong. Ch.                               35.00
+  Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch.                                  11.00
+  Fox Lake. Miss M. J. Adams                                 5.75
+  Hartford. Cong. Ch.                                       15.50
+  Hartland. Cong. Ch.                                       22.00
+  Kaukauna. "A Friend"                                       5.00
+  Kinnickinnick. Cong. Ch.                                   4.41
+  Lake Geneva. Y. P. Soc., _for Miss'y, Austin, Tex._        5.00
+  Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             10.00
+  Lancaster. Ladies' Aid Soc., _for Macon, Ga._              2.35
+  Leeds. Cong. Ch.                                           5.00
+  Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch.                            75.00
+  New Lisbon. Cong. Ch.                                      5.59
+  Peshtigo. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Todd                         2.00
+  Pewaukee. Cong. Ch.                                        6.00
+  Platteville. Ladies' Soc., _for Miss'y, Austin, Tex._      4.16
+  Ripon. Cong. Ch., 69.50; Mrs. C. T. Tracy, 5              74.50
+  River Falls. Cong. Ch.                                    17.50
+  Rosendale. Cong. Ch.                                       5.50
+  Salem. William Munson                                     50.00
+  Sheboygan. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Library,
+    Macon, Ga._                                             15.00
+  Sheboygan. "A true Friend of the Freedmen"                 5.00
+  Sparta. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+  Spring Green. Welsh Cong. Ch., 2; English Cong.
+    Ch., 1.30                                                3.30
+  Whitewater. Cong Ch. and Sab. Sch.,                       78.18
+  _For Missionary, Austin, Tex_--Appleton, Ladies Soc.
+    Cong. Ch., 12.75--Arena, Ladies of Cong. Ch.,
+    4.08--Eau Claire, Cong. Sab. Sch., 10--New Lisbon,
+    Ladies Cong. Ch., 1.50--Stoughton, "A. B. S.,"
+    1--Birthday Box Cong. Sab. Sch., 1.20--Whitewater,
+    Cong. Sab. Sch., 20                                     50.53
+
+
+IOWA, $859.15.
+
+  Algona. Cong. Ch.                                         11.00
+  Almoral. Cong. Ch.                                         7.37
+  Amity. Cong. Ch.                                           9.00
+  Atlantic. Cong. Ch., 20.93; Sab. Sch., 5.75               26.68
+  Bear Grove. Cong. Ch. (6 of which from Mrs. O. C.
+    Warne and family)                                        7.25
+  Belknap. Cong. Ch.                                         2.10
+  Big Rock. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                              5.00
+  Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch., 43.49; Mrs. E. O. Price, 2       45.49
+  Central City. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., 10;
+    Cong. Ch., 10                                           20.00
+  Chester Center. Cong. Ch.                                 26.00
+  Danville. Cong. Ch.                                        8.80
+  Decorah. Cong. Ch.                                        31.26
+  Denmark. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                  18.50
+  Des Moines. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 262.13; North Park
+    Cong. Ch., 5.89                                        268.02
+  Des Moines. Plym. Cong. Ch., 23.75; Ladies of Plym.
+    Ch., 13; North Park Ch., 7.05; Ladies of Pilgrim
+    Ch., 2.50; _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._                   46.30
+  Des Moines. T. S. Wright, _for Talladega C._              10.00
+  Dubuque. German Cong. Sab. Sch.                            5.00
+  Durant. "Friends"                                         10.00
+  Earlville. Cong. Ch.                                       6.35
+  Eldora. Cong. Ch.                                         12.31
+  Elkader. Mary H. Carter                                    5.00
+  Grinell. Samuel F. Cooper, _for Fisk U._                 100.00
+  Grand View. German Cong. Ch.                               5.00
+  Green Mountain. "Lady in Cong. Ch."                        2.00
+  Independence. Cong. Ch., 11.44; Rev. Daniel Chapman, 2    13.44
+  Kersauqua. Infant Class Cong. S. S.                        2.00
+  McGregor. J. H. Ellsworth, 10; Cong. Ch., 8; Ladies'
+    Miss'y Soc., 3.50                                       21.50
+  Miles. Cong. Ch.                                           7.50
+  Mitchell. Cong. Ch.                                        5.55
+  New Providence. Cong. Ch.                                  5.00
+  Newton. Cong. Ch.                                         18.00
+  Oakland. Cong. Ch.                                         5.55
+  Onawa. Cong. Ch.                                           5.85
+  Pattersonville. Cong. Ch.                                  5.00
+  Postville. Cong. Ch.                                      11.36
+  Preston. Cong. Ch.                                         5.00
+  Salem. Rev. D. D. Tibbets and Members Cong. Ch.            5.00
+  Sheldon. Cong. Ch.                                         7.50
+  Sioux Rapids. Cong. Ch.                                    2.40
+  Spencer. Rev. G. G. Perkins                                2.00
+  Victor. "A Friend"                                         1.00
+  Wayne. Cong. Ch., 5.56; D. C. Smith, 1                     6.56
+  Webster City. Cong. Ch.                                    7.21
+  Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore                            15.00
+  By Mrs. G. W. Reynolds, Treas., _for Miss'y, New
+    Orleans, La._--Chester Center, Ladies, 3.25--Clay,
+    Y. L. Bible Class, 5; Rosebud Class, 4.20; Ladies,
+    85c.--Wayne, Ladies, 5                                  18.30
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $308.47.
+
+  Alexandria. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                8.00
+  Appleton. Madison and Lac Qui Parle Churches, 1 ea.        3.00
+  Brownsville. Mrs. S. M. McHose                             2.00
+  Cannon Falls. Cong. Ch.                                    4.35
+  Clearwater. Cong. Ch.                                      2.40
+  Edgerton. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00
+  Hancock. Cong. Ch.                                         1.50
+  Hastings. D. B. Truax                                      5.00
+  Hutchinson. Cong. Ch.                                      8.00
+  Mankato. Woman's Miss'y Soc.                               8.89
+  Minneapolis. Mrs. Irene E. Hale, 50; Plymouth Ch.,
+    15.42; The Open Door Ch., 9.15; Rev. E. S. Williams,
+    5                                                       79.57
+  Montevideo. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                        3.00
+  Morris. Cong. Ch.                                         11.29
+  Owatonna. First Cong. Ch.                                  6.06
+  Rushford. Cong. Ch.                                        2.20
+  Saint Paul. "Cheerful Giver"                              25.00
+  Springfield. Cong. Ch.                                     2.00
+  Waseca. Cong. Ch.                                          5.58
+  By Mrs. J. N. Cross, Treas.--Clearwater, M. S.,
+    25c.--Cottage Grove, Ladies Aux. Union S. S.,
+    11.50--Glyndon, W. M. S., _for Miss'y, Austin,
+    Tex._, 10--Minneapolis, Plym. Ch., W. H. M. S.,
+    98.28 (50 of which _for Student Aid Fisk
+    U._)--Waseca, W. M. S., 8.60                           128.63
+
+
+KANSAS, $113.98.
+
+  Arkansas City. "A Friend"                                 20.00
+  Atchison. "Mission Band," by Mrs. Ellen Patton,
+    _for Student Aid, Talladega C._                          5.00
+  Deerton. Cong. Ch.                                          .33
+  Eureka. Cong. Ch.                                          3.77
+  Highland. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00
+  Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch., 3; Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 2        5.00
+  Milford. Cong. Ch.                                         2.00
+  Muscotah. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00
+  Osawatomie. Cong. Ch.                                     14.00
+  Sterling. Cong. Ch.                                       30.00
+  Topeka. Tuition                                           18.88
+
+
+MISSOURI, $207.06.
+
+  Brookfield. Cong. Ch.                                     13.76
+  Cameron. Cong. Ch.                                        10.00
+  Carthage. Cong. Ch.                                        2.00
+  Kahoka. Cong. Ch.                                          1.00
+  Laclede. Rev. E. D. Seward and wife                        3.00
+  St. Louis. First Cong. Ch., 100; Cong. Ch., 5; Pilgrim
+    Cong. Ch., 61                                          166.00
+  St. Joseph. Cong. Sab. Sch.                               10.00
+  Springfield. Central Ch.                                   1.30
+
+
+COLORADO, $25.70.
+
+  Colorado Springs. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 6.50; Mrs.
+    J. W. Pickett, 5                                        11.50
+  Crested Butte. Cong. Ch.                                   3.00
+  Denver. Cong. Ch., 5, and Sab. Sch., 5                    10.00
+  Manitou. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._          1.20
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $115.52.
+
+  Blair. First Cong. Ch.                                     7.00
+  Camp Creek. Cong. Ch.                                      3.20
+  Crete. Cong. Ch., 24.50; J. R. Little, 10                 34.50
+  Friend. Cong. Ch.                                          1.70
+  Maineland. Cong. Ch.                                       1.00
+  McCook. "A Friend"                                         9.00
+  North Platte. "A Friend"                                   1.00
+  Omaha. Mrs. Gaylord                                       10.10
+  Sutton. First Cong. Ch.                                    4.62
+  Syracuse. Cong. Ch.                                        1.00
+  Waco. Cong. Ch.                                            2.40
+  Weeping Water. Cong. Ch.                                  25.00
+  York. First Cong. Ch.                                     15.00
+
+
+DAKOTA, $94.36.
+
+  Badger. Firesteel Cong. Ch.                                1.58
+  Dawson. Cong. Ch.                                          4.00
+  Deadwood. Cong. Ch.                                       26.05
+  Elk Point. Cong. Ch.                                      10.00
+  Harwood. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._          1.00
+  Hope. Cong. Ch.                                            6.03
+  Iroquois. Cong. Ch.                                        1.00
+  Jamestown. Mrs. M. S. Wells                                5.00
+  Springfield. Cong. Ch.                                     2.00
+  Springfield. Chas. Seccombe, _for Rosebud Indian M._        .20
+  Valley Springs. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.           2.50
+  Windsor. Mrs. Sarah P. Wirt                               10.00
+                                                           ------
+                                                           $69.36
+
+  LEGACY.
+
+  Wahpeton. Estate of Mrs. L. H. Porter, by Rev. Samuel
+    F. Porter                                               25.00
+                                                           ------
+                                                           $94.36
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $30.00.
+
+  Los Angeles. Mrs. Milo Whiting                             5.00
+  Lugonia. C. H. Lathrop                                    15.00
+  Oakland. Rev. J. M. McPherron                             10.00
+
+
+OREGON, $50.70.
+
+  Oregon City. Friends in Cong. Ch.                         10.00
+  The Dalles. Rev. E. P. Roberts, 30, to const. MYRA
+    H. ROBERTS L. M.; First Cong. Ch., 10.70                40.70
+
+
+MONTANA, $3.00.
+
+  Glendive. Cong. Ch.                                        3.00
+
+
+ARIZONA, $6.01.
+
+  Benson. Rev. R. T. Liston, _for Rosebud Indian M._         1.00
+  Benson. Rev. R. T. Liston                                  5.01
+
+
+WASHINGTON T., $12.75.
+
+  Houghton. First Ch. of Christ                              5.25
+  Skokomish. Rev. M. Eells                                   5.00
+  Tacoma. Mrs. Eliza Taylor                                  2.00
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $7,610.62.
+
+  Washington. U. S. Gov., _for Education of Indians_     7,570.62
+  Washington. Gen. E. Whittlesey, 20; Lincoln Mem.
+    Ch., 10; ----, 10                                       40.00
+
+
+MARYLAND, $200.00.
+
+  Baltimore. "A Friend"                                    200.00
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $4,060.75.
+
+  Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch.                               12.00
+  Memphis. Slater Fund                                   1,200.00
+  Nashville. Slater Fund                                 2,800.00
+  Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition, 30.44; Jackson St.
+    Cong. Ch., 5                                            35.44
+  Pomona. Cong. Ch.                                          4.94
+  Sherwood. Union Ch.                                        8.37
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $89.05.
+
+  McLeansville. First Cong. Ch.                              1.05
+  Oaks. Cong. Ch., 11.64; Mission Band, 2.36                14.00
+  Raleigh. Geo. S. Smith                                    10.00
+  Wilmington. "Tithes, 30," to const. MISS A. E.
+    FARRINGTON L. M.; Cong. Ch., 34                         64.00
+
+
+SOUTH CAROLINA, $30.00.
+
+  Charleston. Cong. Ch.                                     30.00
+
+
+GEORGIA, $524.75.
+
+  Atlanta. Kindergarten, Tuition                             8.25
+  Belmont. Cong. Ch.                                          .50
+  Cypress Slash. Cong. Ch., 6; Rev. Geo. C. Rowe, 4         10.00
+  Macon. Slater Fund                                       500.00
+  Miller's Station. Rev. Wilson Callen and Wife              5.00
+  Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke                        1.00
+
+
+ALABAMA, $2,181.15.
+
+  Athens. Rev. H. S. Williams                               12.00
+  Montgomery. Cong. Ch.                                     15.00
+  Selma. Cong. Ch., 27.15; Lady Teachers Cong.
+    S. S., 7                                                34.15
+  Talledega. Slater Fund                                 2,000.00
+  Talladega. Cong. Ch.                                     120.00
+
+
+FLORIDA, $69.00.
+
+  Orange City. First Cong. Ch.                               3.00
+  St. Augustine. Rent                                       66.00
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, $1,588.25.
+
+  Tougaloo. Slater Fund                                  1,500.00
+  Tougaloo. Rev. G. Stanley Pope and Wife, 50; Cong.
+    Ch., 20; Wm. D. Hitchcock, 10; Miss Kellogg, 1;
+    Sidney Daniels, 1; Rent, 6.25                           88.25
+
+
+LOUISIANA, $17.20.
+
+  New Orleans. Central Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. and
+    Individuals                                             17.20
+  New Orleans. Pres. Hitchcock, Box of Minerals,
+    _for Talladega C._
+
+
+TEXAS, $625.48.
+
+  Austin. Slater Fund                                      600.00
+  Austin. Tuition                                           16.23
+  Dallas. Cong. Ch.                                          2.25
+  Paris. Cong. Ch., 3; Sab. Sch., 45c.; Woman's
+    Miss'y Soc., 1.55                                        5.00
+  Paris. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Indian M., Fort
+    Berthold, Dak._                                          2.00
+
+
+INCOMES, 1,349.69.
+
+  Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._                             1,023.57
+  Crane Scholarship Fund, _for Straight U._                  8.34
+  Dike Fund, _for Straight U._                              50.00
+  General Endowment Fund                                    50.00
+  Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._                       160.00
+  Scholarship Fund, _for Straight U._                       57.78
+
+
+CANADA, $110.
+
+  Montreal. Rev. John Fraser                                10.00
+  ----. "A Friend"                                         100.00
+                                                       ----------
+
+  Total for September                                  $69,587.32
+  Total from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30                        290,894.06
+                                                       ==========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+  Subscriptions for September                              $48.00
+  Previously acknowledged                                1,209.68
+                                                        ---------
+    Total                                               $1,257.68
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  Watertown. Conn. Estate of Dr. John De Forest, by
+    Erastus L. De Forest, Ex., _for the benefit of
+    Hampton N. & A. Inst._                              $5,000.00
+
+
+ENDOWMENT.
+
+  Watertown. Conn. Estate of Dr. John De Forest, by
+    Erastus L. De Forest, Ex., _for President's Chair,
+    Talladega C._                                       $5,000.00
+                                                        =========
+
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