Chapter II: Part 2

The missions of the American Missionary Association at the South are like orange trees, perennial, evergreen, and continually bearing golden fruit, and of these there is none more abounding in vitality than Talladega. All the year round the foliage glistens, the blossoming sheds its fragrance, and every winter there is an ample harvest. Sometimes one from abroad comes in to shake the tree and gather the fruit, and sometimes not; but however that may be, the soil is previously and thoroughly prepared by these consecrated missionaries, the tree is watered and nourished and tended the year round, and the harvest _expected_, and it comes.

Are there no spiritual frosts to blight? They are impossible, if the {134} spiritual atmosphere be kept clear, and the Holy Ghost be a daily and hourly companion and friend.

It is by no means unusual in Talladega for every unbelieving pupil in the boarding department to be converted. This year there were over forty hopeful conversions, and Rev. James Wharton, an English evangelist, by his earnest preaching was of very great assistance. It is noticeable that if any who have had little _previous_ training are converted through the preaching of an evangelist, they are not likely to hold out well.

On the first Sunday in March, twenty-seven of the converts were received into the college church, with two from the Baptist Church. More will come later as the fruits of the revival, while a few will join other churches. Eighteen of the number were young men, and among them were the two sons of Pres. DeForest, one fourteen, the other nine, years of age.

Prof. G.W. Andrews, D.D., the pastor this year, conducted the services; there was no sermon proper and no time for any, but there was much of the beautiful music of these colored people; they sing out their fervid souls with their rich and powerful voices. Nearly all were baptized, and much more was made of the right hand of fellowship than is usual in any Northern church. And it is needful for these children, for they will call for constant help months and years to come. With few exceptions, they are not reared in Christian homes, are not educated from the cradle in the Christian faith. The services were both solemn and joyful, and very tender and touching.

Such an avowal is the most significant of all things, anytime, anywhere, but here we know that every life is to be one of toil and bitter struggle, a fight in which the odds are, to appearances, all against them; more than all, that this young man, that young woman, with the dusky face, the mellow voice and the eager spirit, now in covenant with us, is to be a missionary to the heathen, and of his own people. What may he not accomplish? What may she not do for Christ? And these heathen are in our own country; they are our own people. These young missionaries are very peculiarly ours, and it is through the Northern churches that they are trained for their work. Shall not then those churches adopt them in their hearts, carry them in their prayers, and let them suffer no lack in their preparation? Their work in the future for the Master's kingdom will depend very much upon us Christians of the North.

Talladega College is exceedingly prosperous. The day-school is very large; the Sunday-school packs the chapel, and the Sunday congregation is much too crowded for health or comfort in a room seating but two hundred and fifty. The college is working all the time, for a church, earning many small sums. The result, with some gifts, amounts to about $400. Where is the man or the woman to aid in this godly enterprise? to share in this work so essential and so abundantly fruitful? {135}

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THREE PICTURES FROM LE MOYNE SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENN.

BY MISS ESTHER H. BARNES.

I would like to bring before you three pictures which I saw this week. The first is the interior of a single room. The tattered, soiled bed and the fireplace took up a large part of the room, and the rest was nearly filled with the confusion of odds and ends that make up the belongings of such a home. A feeble fire rested on the uneven bricks of the fireplace, and the chimney above was covered with newspapers in the last stages of dilapidation and dirt. There was no window, but a little sliding shutter, moved aside a few inches, admitted light enough to make the darkness visible as it fell on the smoke-stained boards, and the dusky faces of the inmates seated close to the fire on old chairs and boxes. A home more forlorn than this little pen, which, with a smaller back shed, is the only residence of at least five human beings, I can hardly conceive.

Now for a more cheering picture. It is a cozy sitting-room, papered with taste and furnished in harmony. Everything looks neat, from the snowy bed-spread to the pretty clock on the mantel, and the dainty bunch of pansies on the wall above. Open doors give glimpses of other rooms as well ordered as this, while intelligence and kindness beam in the dark faces of gentle mother and cheery bright-eyed daughters. When people ask us how we can bear to teach "niggers," they generally have in mind those tattered, lazy persons, who are most wont to show themselves on the street corners, and so make the deepest impression on the average white mind.

But look at my third picture, and you will see both how we can like our work, and what is one of the things that make a difference between the second home I have described and the first. The large school-room is filled. More than one hundred and twenty-five students are arranged in classes, most of whom are standing in their places ready to pass to recitation rooms. One of their number is at the piano. Another stands at the desk to give the word of command. Now he strikes the bell and the pupils in long file pass out, marching with their heads up. Not a teacher is in sight. Everything is orderly and is running of itself, as it does every day. This is nothing wonderful, of course, though I know some white schools which could not be trusted to this degree to the control of monitors. But it is only a sign of the influences that here lead to self-reliance and self-control. Every year a new set of uncouth and undeveloped young people come shambling in, looking around with bewildered eyes. But they soon begin to straighten up and fall into step. Their vague ideas get settled, and their minds, slow at first, wake up. In a few years they will be made over new, not perfect, but vastly improved. They will be out teaching, spreading light from scores of new centres, and sending new pupils to "Old Le Moyne." {136}

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THE EVANGELIST AT WORK.

The last night of the three weeks' series of meetings at Marion was a memorable one. Every night the church, which was a large-sized building, was well filled with an attentive congregation, hungering and thirsting for the bread and water of life. After singing and prayer and hearing the testimonies from the young converts present, who told with unmistakable clearness how they had given their hearts to God, a few words were spoken, especially to them, showing what God requires of them now they have become Christians. Afterwards the gospel was preached to the unconverted and an invitation given for those who wished to become Christians to signify their desire. A number responded, including an old man supposed to be at least ninety years of age. The old man had long thought of being a Christian, but never could get to the point of decision until now. He looked back upon his long life of sin; he wept, he prayed, he arose and confessed that he had then and there taken Christ as his Saviour. Was not he a brand plucked from the burning?

It was most encouraging to see a young lady bringing along to the pastor's house nearly every day some two or three of her school companions or friends, to be prayed for and spoken with about the way of salvation. The Christians worked faithfully visiting the houses of their friends to pray and speak with them and to bring them out to the meeting at night.

At Mobile, although the first week it rained six days in succession, yet the people came out well and were repaid for their faithfulness. Every night for the past three weeks large numbers of all classes have been personally interested, and with the exception of one service, we have had cause to thank God for conversions. Fathers and mothers are rejoicing over sons and daughters brought to Christ. A large number of young people from the Sabbath-school as well as from the day-school have started on the new life. The teachers say that a marked change is observable and that the young converts seem to be trying their very best to live up to their profession. Forty-six were received into the church and will have the instruction that is so much needed by young converts.

One of the teachers and myself, while visiting some of the converts, found five young women in one house rejoicing in the pardoning love of God. "Truly," said the old grandmother, "salvation has come to this house." We found that, some years ago, three mothers had died and left five orphan children, who were taken by the grandmother and who had now grown into womanhood. Two sisters first became Christians and the others soon followed. One said, "I used to be so fond of going to the theatre, but now I have no heart for that sort of thing; I mean to live a good Christian life and do all I can for my Saviour." They were all received into church, and joined as well the Young People's Society of {137} Christian Endeavor, which is a good thing for young people, as it trains them for future work, and to be active and useful in the service of Christ.

JAMES WHARTON.

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THE CHINESE.

LETTER FROM REV. W.C. POND.

Our anniversary was an occasion of much interest. The attendance was large, and our brethren acquitted themselves well. The _Record-Union_, the principal daily of Sacramento, published both the addresses in full.

We have good news from our evangelists. They are doing great good, if we can judge at all by what we see: and they are in training, I believe, for larger and better service in the years to come. I shall have much to write about this for the _next Missionary_, much more than I can crowd into the space allowed me.

The new work at San Buenaventura opens finely. It is already one of our largest interior schools; and two or three, possibly _four_, of the Chinese have already been led to believe; so that before Low Quong returns he expects to organize an Association and get Christian work into systematic operation.

I am greatly pleased also with the reports from Tucson. Yong Jin, who has done excellent evangelistic work at Santa Cruz, goes to Tucson next week. He is an earnest Christian, and though somewhat deficient in English is better educated in Chinese and is an excellent preacher.

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FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK.

BY LOW QUONG.

In January last I was asked to do some evangelistic work in the Northern part of this State. The first place I visited was Oroville. There we have a branch mission with a fine mission house, or, we might call it a Chinese church and school combined. The church has a membership of about fifteen. The evening scholars were usually about twenty or more. This school has a faithful teacher, and all together makes a fruitful mission. Although I was there only about a month--yet I enjoyed the work very much, and my acquaintance with the brethren there and their kindness to me I can never forget. I will now give you some little incidents of my work there. The town has about three hundred Chinese inhabitants, and most of our brethren and scholars live in the town, but there were also a good many outside of the town. These are mostly miners. But even these hard-working men, when they got through their day's work, {138} came to town at night to attend our evening school; and on Sundays also, to hear the preaching of the gospel.

At the end of the month, when Mr. Pond came to Oroville, we had the Lord's supper in our little Chinese church. It was held in the evening. One far-away brother was informed by letter, and he came over a long, rough road to attend the Lord's table. It was about eight o'clock when he reached the church. We asked him what time he started to walk; he said at one o'clock in the afternoon. He had walked fully seven hours just for the Lord's supper, and early in the morning he had to walk back again to his place, while we took the train for Marysville. During my stay at Oroville, four members were added to the Association and one was baptized and received to the church. We would have had two, but one had gone to work in a place sixty miles from town. He had waited for Mr. Pond to come up for nearly a whole month, so he could be baptized, and he had gone only a week when Mr. Pond came. Lately I have received a letter from him, that he has returned to Oroville.

The Chinese inhabitants at Oroville are very kind to the Christian Chinese. They never trouble them and always send their boys to the evening school. I heard not long ago from their teacher, that the whole mission house has been renovated and a new floor put down at the expense of the brethren and scholars.

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CHIN GAING IN CHINA.

[EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS IN ALAMEDA, CAL., BY CHIN GAING.]

It is over eleven years since I left my home in China. Near the end of 1882 I began to attend the mission school in San Francisco. After being there about two years I joined the Christian Association, and six months from then I was baptized and joined Bethany Church.

Two years ago I returned to China. My friends there knew that I had changed my religion, and so, when I went back they asked me many questions.

My relatives wanted to know about the people in this country, what religion they had and what gods they worshiped. And whether the Chinese who went there believed the same as the American people.

I told them we believed in one God. They said, "Which one?"

I answered, the one that created the heaven and the earth, and all things in the world and the sea. The God who has all power and whom we ought to worship.

My mother then came up and said: "Do not talk such things; we are Chinese and must keep our customs."

I said I could not keep those which were against God. So they said: "If you have anything good, then keep it."

While in China I could not help seeing how much the people spent in {139} foolishness. They have so many idol processions, which cost a great deal of money. The people gladly give to keep up their worship, as they are in darkness and know not the name of Jesus, which is the only name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.

But how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

And so it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace."

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BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.

MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.

WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

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

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

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

N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.C. Creegan, Syracuse, N.Y.

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

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

MICH.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich.

WIS.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis.

MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. H.L. Chase, 2,750 Second Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.

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

KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. Addison Blanchard, Topeka, Kan.

SOUTH DAKOTA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.E. Young, Sioux Falls, Dak.

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"Twenty-three unanswered letters look down upon me. Eighteen came to-day." Such is the burdened sigh of one of our earnest, self-denying missionaries, who is upon the mission field that she may relieve the suffering, teach the ignorant and save souls, and for whom the days are all too short for these duties alone.

Have our readers ever felt the burden of unanswered letters? Pastors, Sunday-school teachers, housekeepers--busy people that you are--have you ever felt the twinge of unrest, almost discouragement, because some friendly letter, which you enjoyed receiving, lay unanswered waiting a spare hour? And have you ever had to "brace up" to what, in a life of leisure might be a pastime, but in a life so full of care and responsibility becomes a task? Then you will surely be ready unselfishly to

SPARE OUR TEACHERS.

How can it be done? Not by withholding your letters from them. If any missionaries anywhere need words of appreciation and good cheer they are those who year after year sacrifice social life and religious privileges to mingle with the ignorant, uncultured--yes, and impure--that they may lift them up into the healthful ways of righteousness. Write to them, encourage {140} them, but do not ask for a special letter for your next missionary meeting. Tell them _not to write_, that you have heard or can hear from them every month through their letters sent to the officers at New York and that you learn of the work through the A.M.A. magazine. Thank them for making this monthly missionary letter so full and interesting.

"But that monthly letter is a copied letter," some one answers, "and we wish our teacher to write to us, _to us alone, and in her own hand_." Yes, it is a copied letter in order that it may be sent to others who are interested in, and helping, the same work, and that the missionaries' time may be given to the work about them instead of being spent so largely in writing. But it is a fresh letter. It has the latest monthly news and was written for you, and if not in the same hand is as truly yours as a typewritten letter, which is the sort most of us receive and give in the high-work pressure of now-a-days.

We provide _The American Missionary_, furnish our printed leaflets freely, and will send the monthly missionary letters to all who desire to hear thus from their contributions--as we hope all do--thus giving the very best information that the field affords; but we most earnestly hope the missionaries may be allowed their time for their missionary duties pressing upon them. _The Missionary_ is the word from your missionary. Read it, and if you do not like it, write us, and we will try again next month.

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RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1888.

MAINE, $146.84.

Augusta. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $21.45 Bangor. Sab. Sch. of First Parish Ch. 13.85 Belfast. _For Wilmington, N.C._ 1.79 Brewer. Mrs. C.S. Hardy, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 30.00 Brewer. "A Friend." First Ch., _for Indian M._ 10.00 Brunswick. "Little Folks," _for Indian Sch'p_ 25.00 Castine. Prof. F.W. Foster 1.00 Cumberland Center. By Miss J.G. Merrill, Bbl. of C. for Selma, Ala., 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 Limington. By Rev. Chas. H. Gates, _for Freight_ 2.00 Machias. Sarah Hills Sab. Sch. Class _for ed. Indian boy_ 2.50 Portland. Fourth Cong. Ch. 15.00 Portland. Mrs. W.W. Brown's S.S. Class, 10; Class in Bethel Sab. Sch. 1.75; _for Rosebud Indian M._ 11.75 South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 1.50 South Paris. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Woodfords. By Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, _for Freight_ 2.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $190.30.

Alstead. Miss Eliza Gorham 1.00 Bedford. Milton B. George, _for Indian M._ 1.00 Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.35 Epping. Mrs. Geo. N. Sheppard's S.S. Class, Cong. Ch. 4.00 Exeter. "Friend" 30.00 Haverhill. Members Cong. Ch. 18.30 Hudson. Cong, Ch. and Soc. $3.00 Lancaster. Mrs. A.M. Amsden 5.00 Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.65 Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Pembroke. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00 Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Individuals 15.00 Stratham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 Tilton. Cong. Ch., 40; Class of Boys _for Student Aid_, 2 42.00

VERMONT, $394.93.

Barnet. Y.P.S.C.E. 1 _for Chinese M._ and 1 _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2.00 Bradford. First Cong. Ch. 30.02 Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.50 Burlington. Ladies of First Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 40.00 Burlington. Mission Band, _for Indian M._ 24.00 Burlington. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 17.86 Cambridge. Madison Stafford 10.00 Cornwall. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 East Arlington. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Fairlee. Cong. Ch. 12.25 Greensboro. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Lunenburg. Mrs. C.W. King, Easter offering 5.00 North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 9.83 North Ferrisburg. C.W. Wicker 10.00 Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.13 Norwich. J.G. Stimson, for Church in Hartford, Vt., Extra 100.00 Orwell. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for McIntosh, Ga._ $17.57 South Burlington. Eldridge Sab. Sch. 4.00 Waitsfield. Box of C. for McIntosh, Ga., 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 11.02 West Fairlee. Mrs. C.M. Holbrook 2.00 West Randolph. Miss Susan B. Albin 6.00 West Randolph. "Mission Builders," First Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 6.00 Weybridge. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 5.75 Windham. Cong. Ch. to const., WAYLAND G. ADAMS L.M. 31.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,725.85.

Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch. 10.80 Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Calvin E. Goodell, 25 125.00 Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. 26.25 Auburndale. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 31.07 Boston. E.K. Alden, D.D., "In fraternal remembrance of James Powell" 100.00 " "C.A.H." _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 100.00 " B. Wilkins. Box of Goods, _for Wilmington, N.C._ " Samuel Ward & Co., Quantity of Stationary _for Wilmington, N.C._ Charlestown. Sewing Circle of Winthrop Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 Dorchester. Miss Mary A. Tuttle ad'l _for Marie Adlof Fund_ 1.25 Jamaica Plain. R.W. Wood 50.00 " Nellie F. Riley 4.50 Roxbury. Mrs. A.W. Tuffts, _for Freight_ 2.24 ------- 277.99 Boxford. Sab, Sch, of Cong, Ch., _for Jellico, Tenn._ 37.51 Brimfield. First Cong. Ch. 6.20 Buckland. Cong. Ch. 26.13 Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Chicopee. Eleanor Woodworth, _for Indian M._ 5.00 Chicopee Falls. Ladies Benev. Soc., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00 Clinton. C.L. Swan, _for Sch'p, Hampton N. & A. Institute_ 70.00 Clinton. Mrs. J.M. Dakin, _for Clinton Chapel, Talladega_ 10.00 Dalon. Cong. Ch., to const. PAYSON E. LITTLE and HEMAN MITCHELL L.M.'s 75.86 Douglas. "Thank offering from a friend." 5.00 East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 Easthampton. First Cong. Ch. 65.18 Enfield. Miss Lucretia Cary's S.S. Class, 6; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 4.05; _for Rosebud Indian M._ 10.05 Erving. Cong. Ch. 4.04 Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. 44.00 Foxboro. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 73.45 Foxboro. Cong. Soc. Bbl., of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ Framingham. "Friend." 40.00 Granville. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb 5.00 Hadley. First Ch. 12.00 Hadley. Sab. Sch. of First Ch. 11.00 Haverhill. Bethany Ass'n of North Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00 Holliston. "Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4." 67.00 Holliston. L.A. Claflin, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 Holyoke. Miss'y Soc. _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.50 Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Lancaster. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Ch. 16.78 Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. $16.00 Littleton. J.C. Houghton 4.00 Lowell. First Cong, Ch. to const. ALBERT J. DONNELL L.M. 32.00 Malden. First Ch. (20 of which from Wm. L. Greene) 78.50 Mansfield. Ortho Cong. Ch. 11.36 Mansfield. Ladies Miss'y Soc., _for Wilmington N.C._ 4.00 Maplewood. Ladies' Union, Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington N.C._, 1 _for Freight_ 1.00 Medford. "A Friend," bal. to const. MRS. ANNA C. FARNSWORTH L.M. 20.00 Melrose. Ladles of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of material, _for Sewing Dept. Talladega C._ Merrimac. Ladies Miss'y Soc., by Mrs. Nichols, Treas. 16.75 Millbury. C.E. Hunt, to const. FREDERICK W. HUNT L.M. 30.00 Mittineague. Southworth Co., Case of Paper, _for Straight U._ Montague. Cong. Ch. 9.00 Montville. O.B. Jones, _for Indian M._ 2.00 New Bedford. Mrs. I.H. Bartlett, Jr. 30.00 New Boston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Indian M._ 3.72 Newbury. First Ch. 17.05 Newburyport. Harriet O. Haskell 2.00 Newton Center. Ladies Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 40.00 Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for Indian M._ 25.00 Newton Center. Maria B. Farber Soc. Y.L., Bbl of C., etc., _for Washington, D.C._ North Amherst. Mrs. Daniel Dickinson, deceased, by Chas. R. Dickinson, to const. ISABELLE M. PHELPS L.M. 30.00 Northampton. Primary Dep't Edwards Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 15.00 North Leominster. Leonard Burrage, _for Theo. Dept. Santee Indian Sch._ 2000.00 North Reading. Cong. Ch. 6.42 Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.93 Peabody. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 Pittsfield. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 27.14 Plymouth. Ch. of Pilgrimage 85.22 Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. 6.35 Randolph. Miss Abby W. Turner, 50; Miss Alice M. Turner, 25; Mrs. John J. Crawford, 25; _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 100.00 Reading. "Friend in Cong. Ch." 2.00 Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc., to const. GEO. A. CHANDLER, GEORGE S. ROPES and JOHN R. SMITH L.M.'s 339.10 Shelburne Falls. A.N. Russell, 2.5O; Herbert A. Russell, 2.50 5.00 Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. 15.80 Somerville. Miss'y Circle of Franklin St. Ch., _for Freight_ 2.10 Southbridge. Cong. Ch. 49.88 South Framingham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Robbins, Tenn._ 16.06 South Framingham. G.M. Amsden 5.00 South Hadley. First Cong Ch. 29.25 Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. First Cong. Ch., 50; Sab. Sch. of Memorial Ch., 25; _for Fisk U._ 15.00 Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 4.50 Stoughton. Cong. Ch., bal. _for Freight_ 0.75 Tewksbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 15.00 Upton. Bbl of C., _for Mobile, Ala._ Waltham. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl. of material _for Sewing Dept., Talladega C._ Ware. Sab. Sch. of East Cong. Ch., _for Santee Indian M._ 25.00 Wellesley. "Friends in Wellesley College," _for Indian M._ 9.00 Westboro. Miss'y Soc., 3, and Pkg. Furnishings, by Miss Bixby, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 3.00 West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.05 West Medway. C. Albert Adams 10.00 West Medway. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 3.00 West Somerville. Mrs. Taplin, Bbl. of Goods, 1.30 _for freight, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 1.30 Weymouth and Braintree. Cong Ch. 48.76 Whitman. "A Friend," to Const. MRS. LYDIA A. PRATT and MISS LIZZIE REED L.M'S. 60.00 Wollaston. First Cong. Ch. (10 of which _for Indian M._) 15.00 Worcester. Union Ch., 214.75; Piedmont Ch., 65; "A Friend" 20; Salem St. Ch., 17.75 317.50 Worcester. P.E. Moen, 50; "S.E.J." 25, _for Indian M._ 75.00 Worcester. O.S. Mission C. of Old South Ch., _for Toughaloo U._ 16.00 Worcester. "Piedmont Ch., A Friend." _for Atlanta U._ 10.00 Worcester. Benev. Soc. of Plym. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 ---- Massachusetts Indian Ass'n, _for Indian M._ 10.00 ---- "A Friend," adl. _for Fisk U._ 31.42 By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n: Agawam. _for Indian M._ 5.00 East Granville 10.00 Indian Orchard 14.78 Ludlow 15.00 Palmer. First 5.06 Springfield. South 66.62 Westfield. First, to const. MRS. MARY E. RICHARDSON L.M. 100.87 West Springfield. First, to const. MRS. C.S. BEARDSLEE L.M. 34 00 ------ 251.33 -------- $5,375.85

LEGACIES.

Beverly. Estate of John Lovett, by Chas. T. Lovett, Ex. 250.00
Sherborn. Estate of Oliver Barber, by J.W. Barber, Ex. 100.00
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$5,725.35

CLOTHING, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.

Andover, Mass. Mrs. Selah Merrill, 1 Bbl. _for Tougaloo U._ Gloucester, Mass. Mary Brooks, 1 Bdl. S.S. Papers Groton, Mass. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. _for Oaks, N.C._ Malden, Mass. M. Kent, 1 Bbl., _for Kittrell, N.C._ Quincy, Mass. Harriet S. Proctor, 1 Case Rockport, Mass. 1 Bdl Yarmouth, Mass. Sewing Circle of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for Atlanta U._

RHODE ISLAND, $90.02.

Bristol, "Wide Awakes" of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fort Berthold, Dak._ 8.00 Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 21.52 Pawtucket. "Mission Workers" _for Indian Sch'p._ 52.50 Providence. Hon. A.C. Barstow, 10; "A Friend", 1, _for Tougaloo U._ 11.00

CONNECTICUT, $3,249.58.

Ansonia. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 4.00 Ashford. Mrs. C.S. Trowbridge 5.00 Banksville. George Derby 1.00 Branford. Rev. Henry P. Bake, 10; H.G. Harrison, 10; Cong Ch. 7.69 27.69 Bridgeport. Infant Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 11.00 Bristol. Cong. Ch. (56 of which from Ladies, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._) 93.66 Bristol. Mr. E. Peck's S.S. Class, _for Indian M._ 5.00 Cheshire. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 21.00 Darien. Cong. Ch. 9.29 East Hampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 5.00 East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells 5.00 Enfield. Sheffield C. Reynolds 1000.00 Enfield. J.N. Allen, _for Indian M._ 100.00 Enfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 Essex. First Cong. Ch. 26.00 Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. (of which 100.72 _for Indian Mission_) 308.12 Glastonbury. J.B. Williams Co., _for Ind'l Building, Austin, Texas_ 250.00 Glastonbury. Louise Williams, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 0.50 Greenville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid. Straight U._ 15.62 Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch. 31.17 Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. JOHN W. NORTON L.M. 30.00 Hampton. First Cong. Ch., 24.08; "Additional to Collection," 5 29.08 Hartford. Rodney Dennis, 25; Daniel R. Howe, 25, _for Tougaloo U._ 50.00 Huntington. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch. Ga._ 11.00 Ivoryton. Mr. Northrup, 10; Mr. Rose, 50c., _for Tougaloo U._ 10.50 Kensington. Geo. W. Ford, 5; Miss F.A. Robbins, 5; Mrs. A.J. Benedict, 5; Rev. A.J. Benedict, 2; Mrs. A.A. Hart, 1; _for Tougaloo U._ 18.00 Kensington. Edward Cowles 5.00 Kent. Cong. Ch. 28.86 Meriden. Miss Alice Porter, _for Indian M._ 5.00 Mystic Bridge. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Thomasville, Ga._ 2.35 New Britain. Rev. J.W. Cooper, D.D., _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00 New Canaan. W.H.M. Soc. of Cong. Ch. _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 5.00 New Haven. Church of the Redeemer, 100; Mrs. S.A. Thomas, 5 105.00 New Haven. L.M. Law, _for Indian Sch'p_ 25.00 New Haven. Mrs. Henry Farnam, 25; Mrs. J.F. Douglass, 3; Mrs. J.H. Fog, 10; Mrs. R.W. Bolles, 5; _for Indian M._ 43.00 New Haven. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 15.00 New London. Sab. Sch. First Ch. of Christ, 56.97; Mrs. Anna H. Perkins, 50; Mrs. Lora E. Learned and Miss Learned, 15; J.C. Learned, 10; _for Indian M._ 131.97 New London. Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Chapbell, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.00 Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 35; "A Friend," 18; _for Indian Scholarships_ 53.00 Norfolk. Miss Gertrude Cowles, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.50 North Canaan. Pilgrim Ch. 26.70 Norwich. James Dana Colt, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.00 Old Saybook. Cong. Ch. 27.76 Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 21.05 Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 27.27 Redding. "A Friend" 2.50 Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 2.70 Saybrook. Cong. Conference, by Rev. B. Paine 10.85 Saybrook. Mrs. Giles F. Ward, Case of Books Southport. "A Friend" 5.00 Stony Creek. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Terryville. Cong. Ch. 47.00 Terryville. Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Gaylord, _for Indian M._ 10.00 Thomaston. Mrs. H.H. Mitchell, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 20.00 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 18.50 Thompsonville. Sab. Sch. of First Presb. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ $22.13 Tolland. Mrs. J.L. Clough, _for Indian M._ 1.00 Torringford. "A Friend" 1.00 Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.87 Walllngford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for "Bird's Nest" Indian M._ 50.00 Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. 60.71 Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 75; Israel Holmes, 5; _for Indian M._ 80.00 Waterbury. H.W. Scoville, 10; Mrs. H.M. Peck, 6; Miss K.L. Peck, 5; _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 Wauregan. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Westchester. "Christian Bees," Bbl. of C., _for Jellico, Tenn._ West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith 10.00 West Winsted. T.C. Davis, 5; Mrs. A.O. Davis, 5 10.00 Wethersfield. Sab. Sch. Class, by Frances S. Shedd, _for Indian M._ 10.00 Wethersfield. Emma L. Harris' S.S. Class, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 3.50 Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 Windsor Locks. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 25.00 ---- "A Friend in Conn.," _for Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._ 75.00 ---- "Plantsville," _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 Women's Home Missionary Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, Sec. _for Conn. Ind. Sch., Ga._: Sheffield. Y.L.H.M. Circle, 12.13 12.13

NEW YORK, $3,371.16.

Albany. Chas. A. Beach 40.00 Astoria. Miss Frances W. Blackwell, _for Indian M._ 2.00 Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch. 60.09 Brooklyn. Rossiter W. Raymond, 50; Mrs. H.P. Ludlam, 20; Mrs. G.W. Tallman, 5; _for Atlanta U._ 75.00 Brooklyn. Miss M.A. Hall's Sab. Sch. Class, 6.60 _for the poor_; 3 _for Student Aid_; Mrs. Hall, 3; Miss Carrie Strong, 1; Miss Flossie Bingham, 1; _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 14.60 Brooklyn. Rev. S.B. Halliday, Pkg. Books, etc. Buffalo. Mrs. Wm. G. Bancroft, _for Indian M._ 100.00 Buffalo. Miss Fannie Skinner, Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._ Canastota. Rev. W.W. Warner 12.25 Danby. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Goods, _for Jellico, Tenn._ Deansville. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Fairport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 18.95 Fredonia. T.S. Hubbard, _for Lincoln Mem. Parish, Washington, D.C._ 25.00 Gloversville. Cong. Ch., ad'l. 11.00 Goshen. "A Friend," 1 _for Atlanta U._, 1 _for Marie Adlof Schp. Fund_ 2.00 Jamestown. Mrs. Julia Jones Hall, 2000, ack. in March Missionary, should read _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Austin, Tex._ Jewett. "Friends." Bbl. of C., _for Greenwood, S.C._ Keene Valley. Cong. Ch. 1.12 Livonia. Y.L.M. Soc. of Pres. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 8.00 Marcellus. Mrs. L.F. Hemenway 5.00 Massena. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega, C._ 12.00 Mount Vernon. B.B. Adams, Jr., Pkg of C. New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1000; Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, 100; D. Willis James, 100; Hamilton Walls, 60; Hon. John Jay, 25; J. Fred'k Kernochan, 25; Chas. L. Meade, 25; _for Atlanta U._ 1,325.00 New York. Wm. E. Dodge Educational Fund, 300; Mrs. Melissa P. Dodge, 100; _for Student Aid, Atlanta. U._ 400.00 New York. Gen. Wager Swayne, 120; Alanson Trask, 100; _for Talladega C_ $220.00 New York. John Dwight, 200; S.T. Gordon, 100; Hon. John Jay, 25 325.00 Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 17.50 Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Anne S. Banfield, (12.25 of which for Indian M.) 24.50 Poughkeepsie. C.C. Moore, _for Talladega C._ 10.00 Rochester. McGuire Bible Class, Central Ch., S.S., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 Sag Harbor. Geo. B. Brown 1.00 Sherburne. Sab. Sch. of First Cong Ch., _for Talladega C._ 24.11 Syracuse. Plym. Cong. Ch. 103.54 Wading River. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Waverly. Mission Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 West Camden. Miss Nancy Curtiss, 1.50; Miss Elizabeth W. Curtiss, 1 2.50 Westmoreland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 3.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Albany. Aux. 25.00 Binghamton. H.M. Soc., to const. MRS. C.E. WELCH and MISS LIZZIE HAMILTON L.M.'s 60.00 Brooklyn. Willing Aid Soc. of Puritan Ch., to const. MRS. LEROY T. SMITH and MRS. SARAH B. STANCHFIELD L.M.'s 60.00 Canastota. Mrs. W.W. Warner 1.00 New York. H.S.C. 25.00 Riverhead. Ladies' H.M. Soc. 25.00 Warsaw. "Earnest Workers" 50.00 -------- 246.00 -------- $3,121.16

LEGACY.

New York. Trustees Estate of Wm. E. Dodge, _for Theo. Student, Talladega C._ 250.00 -------- $3,371.16

NEW JERSEY, $193.39.

Chester. "A Friend" 5.00 East Orange. F.W. Van Wagenen, _for Marion, Ala._ 25.00 Manchester. Cong. Ch. 6.00 Newark. C.S. Halnes 30.00 Newfield. Cong. Ch. 24.50 Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 102.89

PENNSYLVANIA, $84.00.

Bradford. Charles E. Webster 4.00 Cambridge. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 Neath. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Ridgway. Young People's Bible Class, by Minnie J. Kline, _for Oaks, N.C._ 5.00 Scrangon. Plym. Cong. Ch. 25.00 Scranton. Mrs. Jane L. Eynon, _for Indian Sch'p_ 40.00

OHIO, $264.36.

Alliance. Sab. Sch. of Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00 Bryan. S.E. Blakeslee 5.00 Canfield. Cong. Ch. 6.13 Castalia. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 9.32 Dover. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._ 20.00 Elyria. Cong. Ch., 3, and Sab. Sch., 6, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 9.00 Jersey. Mrs. Charlotte F. Slough and C. Fred Slough 5.00 Madison. Central Cong. Ch. 48.00 Mansfield. F.E. Tracy, _for Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 37.05 North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch. $5.87 North Ridgeville. Miss M.M. Lickwish, _for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ 4.25 Oberlin. Mrs. Maria Godell Frost 2.00 Rockport. Mrs. Carrie S. Bassett 4.50 Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., 19.05; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 17.73 36.78 Toledo. W.M.U. Central Cong. Ch,. _for Woman's Work_ 20.00 Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Columbus. Eastwood Church L.M.S. 10.00 Conneaut. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 Medina. Primary S.S. Class 0.50 -------- 15.50 -------- $233.40

LEGACY.

Oberlin. Estate of Henry Cowles, D.D., Royalty on Commentary 30.96
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$264.36

ILLINOIS, $718.14.

Aurora. First Cong. Ch. 47.31 Batavia. Y.P. Miss'y Soc. 10.00 Chicago. First Cong. Ch. 153.81 Evanston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U. Schp._ 52.36 Forest. Cong. Ch. 16.70 Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ, 46.14 and Sab. Sch., 13.44 59.58 Harvard. Young People's Miss'y Soc. 7.05 Joy Prairie. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 13.00 Lisbon. Gilman Kendall, 1; Mrs. L.M. Kendall, 1 2.00 Lombard. Ladies, _for Mobile, Ala._ 8.00 Peoria. Mrs. John L. Griswold, 100; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 25.50; _for Fisk U._ 125.50 Peoria. S.S. Class, _for Mobile, Ala._ 5.00 Princeton. Mrs. P.B. Corss 20.00 Ridge Prairie. Rev. A. Kern 1.00 Summer Hill. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Thomasboro. "R" 3.00 Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell 10.00 ---- "Hapland" 100.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Alton. W.H.M.U. 9.00 Ashkum 0.94 Chicago. Leavitt St. Ch. 1.39 McLean. W.H.M.U. 10.00 Morris 10.00 Oak Park. Ladies' Benev. Circle 16.00 Payson 1.00 Providence 8.00 Rockford. Second Ch. 4.00 Rockford. W.H.M.U. of Second Ch. 2.50 Sycamore. W.H.M.U. 0.25 Toulon 0.75 Waukegan. Miss Knight 3.50 Wilmette 1.00 ---- 78.83

MICHIGAN, $398.54.

Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch. 47.50 Augusta. First Cong. Ch. 2.33 Calumet. Cong. Ch. 169.83 Detroit. Edward Hall, _for Athens, Ala._ 10.00 Galesburg. P.H. Whitford 102.24 New Baltimore. Cong. Church 17.80 Olivet. Cong. Ch. 32.84

WISCONSIN, $470.58.

Baraboo. Cong. Ch. 2.50 Clinton. Cong. Ch. 2.33 Fulton. Cong. Ch. 6.58 Columbus. Cong. Ch. $1.20 Elkhorn. Cong. Ch. 10.30 Fulton. Cong. Ch. 6.58 Green Bay. Pkg. Basted Work, _for Mobile, Ala._ Hartford. First Cong Ch. and Soc. 40.00 Menomonie. John H. Knapp 300.00 Paris and Bristol. Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 0.70 Platteville. Cong. Ch., 26.35; Y.P.S.C.E., 2 28.35 Paririe du Chien. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Racine. E.B. Kilbourne 15.00 Rio. Cong. Ch. 2.60 Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Sun Prairie. Cong Ch. 3.67 Tomah. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Trempealeau. Cong. Ch. 4.20 Union Grove. Cong. Ch. 2.78 Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor 5.00 Waupun. Cong. Ch., 15.40; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 10 25.40 West Salem. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Wyocena. Cong. Ch. 1.97

IOWA, $319.31.

Ames. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Savannah, Ga._ Atlantic. Cong. Ch. 28.14 Belle Plaine. JAMES P. HENRY, to const. himself L.M. 30.00 Cedar Rapids. Rev. C.H. Moore 2.00 Cherokee. "A Friend," to const. J.A. RISLEY, G.T. FOSTER, JAMES O. DONNELL, JOHN P. DICKEY and W.T. BURROUGHS L. M's 150.00 Miles. Cong. Ch. 12.05 Moravia. Miss O. Hoffman 0.50 Newton. First Cong. Ch., 17; Mrs. S.S. Derbyshire, 2 19.00 Ricevllle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 3.00 Webster City. "Friends," 4, and Bbl. of Goods, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 4.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa, _for Woman's Work_: Anamosa. W.H.M.U. 10.00 Almora. W.H.M.U. 1.00 Council Bluffs. W.M.S. 10.00 Decorah. W.H.M.U. 25.00 Dubuque. S.S. 7.00 Mount Pleasant. W.H.M.U. 5.80 Red Oak. L.M.S. 10.00 Rockford. W.H.M.U. 1.82 -------- 70.62

MINNESOTA, $570.94.

Ada. Cong. Ch. 5.79 Cannon Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 15.85 Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 66.53; Vine Cong. Ch., 16.95; Lyndale Cong. Ch., 15.85 99.33 Paynesville. Cong. Ch. 12.55 Rochester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.85 Stillwater. Rev. Wm. Boutwell, _for Indian M._ 5.00 Zumbrota. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. J.B. LOCKE and A.B. FOLSOM L.M.'s 17.10 ---- "Minnesota Friends," _for Atlanta U._ 200.00 Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society, by Mrs. C.N. Cross, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Austin. W.M.S. 2.95 Elk River. W.M.S. 8.25 Glynton. W.M.S. 10.00 Marshall. W.M.S. 14.00 Minneapolis. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch., to const. MRS. S.R. SYKES and MISS SELMA JOHNSON L.M.'s 74.17 Minneapolis. Y.L.M.S. of Plym. Ch. 8.60 Minneapolis. W.M.S. of Como Ave. Ch. $1000 Minneapolis. Children's M.B. of Pilgrim Ch. 2.50 Rochester. Whatsoever Club 15.00 Saint Paul. W.H.M.S. of Plym. Ch. 25.00 " Lend a Hand Soc., Plym. Ch. 10.00 Worthington. W.M.S. 5.00 -------- 185.47

MISSOURI, $10.25.

Lamar. Cong. Ch. 2.25 Saint Louis. Hyde Park Cong. Ch. 8.00

KANSAS, $23.65.

Boling. Prof. L.A. Stone 3.00 Osawatomie. C.S. and M.E. Adair, 3, Rev. S.L. Adair, 2, _for Atlanta, U._ 5.00 Sedgwick. Plym. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ 10.65 Wakefield. Mrs. M.L. Mason 4.00

DAKOTA, $20.00.

Elk Point. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Sioux Falls. Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Johnson, _for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.00

NEBRASKA, $46.03.

Omaha. First Cong, Ch., 38.79; Hillside Cong. Ch., 4.55 43.34 Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 2.69

ARKANSAS, $11.30.

Little Rock. First Cong. Ch. 6.30 Little Rock. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 5.00

WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $25.00.

Skokomish. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Seattle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Athens, Ala._ 10.00

CALIFORNIA, $10.00.

Los Angeles. "R.P.A. and Wife" 10.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $17.00.

Washington. Miss James, 5; Minnie S. Cook, 2, _for Lincoln Mem. Parish, Washington_ 7.00 Washington. Lincoln Mem. Ch. 10.00

KENTUCKY, $249.55.

Lexington. Tuition 213.55 Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. 36.00

TENNESSEE, $1,088.44.

Grand View. Tuition 60.00 Helenwood. John Frye 2.00 Jonesboro. Tuition, 23.10; Rent, 4.50 27.60 Memphis. Tuition 408.70 Nashville. Tuition. 577.14; Rent, 6.50 583.64 Pleasant Hill. From sale Bbl. of Holly 6.50

NORTH CAROLINA, $193.20.

Pekin. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Salem. Cong. Ch. 4.70 Troy. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Wilmington. Tuition 176.50 Wilmington. Miss H.L. Fitts, _for Student Aid_ 10.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $227.50.

Charleston. Tuition $221.50 Greenwood. Brewer Normal Sch. 5.00 Millitt. "Little Children in Miss Osceola Pleasant's Sch.," _for Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund_ 1.00

GEORGIA, $1,160.09.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 540.45 Atlanta. "Seven Birthday Offerings," First Cong. Ch. 1.14 Macon. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1 2.00 Marietta. Cong. Ch., 1, and Sab. Sch., 1 2.00 McIntosh. Tuition 49.00 Savannah. Tuition 214.00 Savannah. Miss A.D. Gerrish 23.50 Thomasville. Tuition 62.95 Woodville. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 2.60

ALABAMA, $510.90.

Athens. Tuition 70.45 Marion. Tuition 107.95 Mobile. Tuition 212.50 Selma. Rent 100.00 Talladega. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Indian M._ 20.00

FLORIDA, $24.05.

Altona. J.S. Blackman 3.00 Saint Augustine. E. Sabin 5.05 Winter Park. Cong. Ch. 16.00

LOUISIANA, $320.50.

New Orleans. Tuition 320.50

MISSISSIPPI, $149.85.

Salem. Cong. Ch., Christmas Gift 1.00 Tougaloo. Tuition, 139.85; Rent, 9.60 148.85

TEXAS, $122.00.

Austin. Tuition 122.00

INCOMES, $485.00.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 355.00 Belden Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 30.00 C.P. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00 General Endowment Fund 50.00

BULGARIA, $8.00.

Samokov. Pilgrim 8.00

AFRICA, $10.00.

Kambini, Inhambane. Rev. B.F. Ousley 10.00 ========== Donations $15,870.30 Legacies 630.96 Incomes 485.00 Tuition 3,777.39 Rents 120.60 -------- Total for March $20,884.26 Total from Oct. 1 to March 31 130,976.15 ========

FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY,

Subscriptions for March $84.78 Previously acknowledged 562.50 -------- Total $647.28

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H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,

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Footnote 1: Deceased.